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vrnlnf and continued during Thurnlajr
for a m hnn) of Instruction Mr. 3ert Old-
Ir-y. rrand patron, of Odar Bluff", and
Mra. B. K. Marahall, Brand conductress,
and a IHnatlon of tm mrmbfra of Grace
chapter of Vork wers present to asit In
nitting on the work. The new chapter it
said to he rtarted out In A very flourish
Inc wndltion.
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ONEILi Neb., Feb. U.-8pecial.,-Tlia
cltlsena of the O'Neill school district In
mass meeting today passed a resolution to
not accept the proposition offered by their
ex-treasurer, Bernard McUreevy, and
paemd anohr revolution coiling on the
board to collect the amount a found due
tha tUstriot In any manner found to be
available. Tha special committee appointed
to examine tha acoounta of tha ex-Ueaa-
urer found tha amount due to be K3UU
Intaead o $2,711. as reported by McQreevy
In this connection Secretary O. W. Bmlth
of tha school board reported that ha found
where McOreevy had taken credit twice
In several canes for the lami warrants.
Tha paid warrants are not to be found to
una In making the comparison, but 8ecre
tary Bmlth says that In some case only
tha number of the warrantvwas entered In
the register of warrants paid, and In other
cases only tha name of the person to whom
tha warrant was made payable.
When tha committee called on McOreevy
at tha jail and explained to him the situa
tion ha sold that he did not know that
ha owed that amount, but that If he did
owe that much he guessed he would have
to pay It. No explanation waa offered by
McOreevy as to where tha paid warrants
are except that he says he left them In
tha bank vault and does not now know
where they are. After the meeting ad
journed there appeared to be some differ-
enoa of opinion among those present as to
just what powers were vested In the school
board by tha resolution passed.
t'unanlalnaat Wat Competent Witness.
BEATRICE. Neb.. Feb. IS. (Special Tele
gramsThe case of the state of Nebraska
agnlnst Frank Stevens, charged by Emma
Cnllyer. nn Inmate of the Institution for
Feeble Minded, with being the father of
her unborn child, was called In Judge In-
man's court this morning and dismissed on
the grounds that the plaintiff wis not
competent to testify against the accused.
Jary Jnstlltes Homlrlde.
WHITMAN. Neb., Feb. 13. (Special Tele
gram.) The coroner's Jury In the inquest
over the remains of J. Boehme, who was
killed In the depot here Friday night ly
Oeorge B. Phillips, ' practically acquitted
Phillips In its verdict of "killed In self-
defense."
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BTATMTIOSJ OF BASK FAILl'RKS
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' Uravetarr Horse of BanklnB Board
Compiles Some Flsmres.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
UNCOLdf, Feb. 11 (Special.) Secretary
- Roys of the State Banking board Is com
piling statistics, for his annual report.
Among other things he will show Is the per
cent of doposlts lost by reason of bank
failures, in 1901 the per cent waa .0008; In
1903 the loss was .00S per rent and In 1903
the per cent was .0004. From January 1
until November U, at the time the last
call waa closed, there had not been a
single bank failure In the state, the O'Neill
bank having failed after the call had been
closed. There Is still In the hands of the
receivers for the defunct banks $300,000.
The nine banks that have failed have paid
- to depositors 64 per cent of the money on
deposit, besides the money still In the
hands of the receivers. The total deposits
for these years was as follows: 1901, 131.-
431.K.M; 1902, 14,487,S19.2; 1908, $.17,073,81)2.24;
1904, $39,675,183.14.
A number of residents of Box Butte
county arrived In IJneoln today to argue
the Griffin Irrigation bill. The meeting
will be held Wednesday afternoon, but the
westerners concluded to get here on time.
UXPKRIME.VrS ARB ALMOST FATAL
Rac-aplngr Gas front Gsglst Overcomes
several People.
FAPILLION, Neb.. Feb. 13.-(Spedal.)-
Uurlng an experiment Saturday, conducted
by II. P. Beerline, with a gasoline engine
in his store, several of the onlookers were
overcome by the gas escaping through the
exhaust. The young son of E. E. Pacey
was the first victim. Complaining of being
sleepy, .he, fell, oyer, ,unionaclou, and while
hurrying o his assistance those In the
room discovered the unsteadiness of them-
helves and that navigation was nearly Im
possible. It was some time after the engine
was shut off that the men recovered. Some
were very sick for a short time, but no
serious results have followed.
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RAILS SPREAD OS THE Bl'RI.IXGTOX
I'assenaer Train Rons Off the Track
Sear Ravenna.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. Feb. 13.-Bur-
llngton passenger train No. 41 was wrecked
half way between Ravenna and St. Michael
this morning. It Is . stated here that the
train ran along the ties several 'train
lengths. None of the cars tipped over
and no one was Injured. A crew has been
sent to the scene to get the train on the
track.'. The spreading of the rails was the
cause.
hew Eastern Star Lodges.
PLATTSMOVTH, Neb., Feb. 13.-(Spe
clal.) Tha Nebraska Masonic Home chap.
tar Of tho Eastern Star was organised In
this city with a membership of thirty-two
by .Jesse Oldley, the grand . patron, as
slsted by the grand secretary, Anna C.
Simpson, , and members of Vesta chapter
No. of Omaha, with the following named
officers: W. M.,' Miss Kittle Cummins;
A. M.. Mrs. Dr. T. P. Livingston; W. P,
' J. C. Peterson; conductor, Mrs. C. C. Par
tus!: . assistant conductor. Mra. XV. L.
i Pickett; secretary. Mrs. A. C. Helps; treas
urer. Mrs. Oliver Dovey; Adah, Miss Edith
, rila; Ruth, Miss Antonla Keesler; Esther,
Hiss Mac Petrsnn;: Martha, Miss i-dna
sterson; Electa, Mrs. J. Pepperberg; war
Irs. Dr. E. W,- Cook; sentinel, Mrs
Pickett; chaplain. Mrs. V. V. Leon
su-d: marshal. Mrs. W. H. Newell. After
orffahlxln;. members of Vesta chapter ex
emplllled the degree work of the order
Klcgunt refreshments were served by the
Plattsmouth won.en.
YORK. Neb., Feb. 13. (Speclul.) A new
Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star
was Instituted at Bradshaw Wednesday
Kens of Nebraska.
STELLA. Feb. 13. The State bank will
begin the erection In the spring of a new
hank building on the same location as they
now occupy. .
STELLA. Feb. 12. The Shubert and the
Stella bowling clubs had a matched game
here last week. In which the Stella boys
scored the most points.
FALLS CITY. Feb. 13 Bishop Williams
of Omaha visited this city Sunday,
preached and confirmed a class in the
Episcopal church in the morning.
BEATRICE, Feb 13. In a tight here be
tween Will Trumley, a chicken picker, and
Guy Shryuer the former was badly beaten.
The Injured man Is under the care of a
physician.
BEATRICE. Feb. 13 A vouna msn named
Hawkins, an employe of the Dempster fac
tory, nan his naml Daaly injured Dy getting
the member caught In the machine he was
operating.
MADISON. Feb. 18. Thomaa O'Shea has
sold his lumber yard at this place to the
Loonar Lumber company of Sioux Falls,
H. D. The yard was invoiced and posses
sion given Friday.
MADISON. Feb. IS. There is a disease
among cuttle In this vicinity. The Virginia
ranch, four miles east, lost live head the
last week. The cattle act as though they
had been poisoned.
HUMBOLDT. KVh. 13. County Clerk
Jake Tanner is slowly recovering from a
severe attack of blood poisoning, wihcu
affected both arms and incapacitated him
for his official duties for several weeks.
BEATRICE. Feb. 13 The senior class of
the high school elected these officers Satur
day: iawre.nce Weaver, president; Miss
ileta Bivens, vice president; Samuel M.
Rinaker, secretary; Miss Grace Carre,
treasurer.
GRAND ISLAND. Feb. 13 The Lleder-
kraus society has appointed a commutes
to formulate a program for a Schiller even
ing on tho occasion of the lOoth anniver
sary of the death of the great German poet
and philosopher.
HUMBOLDT. Feb. It. A log house lo
cated on the Miles ranch, occupied by Sam
uonover and family, was destroyed Dy nre.
It originated In an overheated stove In a
room adjoining the one In which members
of the family were working.
MADISON. Feb. 13. Madison had no
trains Thursday. The snow plow came up
from Columbus at midnight. The drifts
are enormous on the country roaus. Two
out of four carriers could not make their
trips yesterday and today.
BEATRICE. Feo. 13. About fifty friends
of Supervisor H. J. Randall assisted him
in eclenrating his 65th birthday on Saturday
evening at the home ot his son, Fred Ran
dall. A splendid supper was served and
Mr. Randall received a number of beautiful
presents hs mementoes of the occasion.
GRAND ISLAND. Feb. 13. The Commer
cial club has called a meeting for Tues
day evening and it Is expected that steps
will be taken to formulate petitions ana
protests to the legislature against the pas
sage of the Shreck bill, or the tampering
in any way with the present satisiactory
Slocumb law.
STELLA. Feb. 13. McKlnley post and
the Women's Relief corps took their dinner
tmxKela and went to the nome 01 Mr. ana
Hlrtlln In ul W,l nt.rf n v where thev held a
surprise party as the occasion or the twen
ty-nan wedding anniversary or Mr. ana
Mrs. riouana.
MADISON. Feb. 13. A debate took place
between the Albion and Madison htgn
schools at the opera house on tho question
of the government ownership of railroads.
Albion had the affirmative and Madison the
negative of the question. About 0 people
were present, ihe decision was renuerea
In favor of the affirmative.
STELLA. Feb. 13. The students of the
Dawson Hiah school took advantage of
the line sleighing and visited the Stella
High school Friday afternoon. Farmers re
port that the snow Is nearly two feet deep
on the level In cornstalk fields, and should
it go off with a warm rain in the spring
win undoubtedly do mucn damage to
bridges.
BEATRICE. Feb. 13.-A debate was held
Saturday evening between representatives
from the Girls' Debating club and the Crab-
tree Florensle club, ihe suoject deuated
was. Resolved. That Women, as Well as
Men. Have a Right to Vote." At the close
of the debate the decision was given to the
Girls' Debating club. Tha affirmative was
upheld by Messrs. stall, Freshman and
mwrence and tne negative Dy Misses
Clancy, Kidd and Dnbbs.
HUMBOLDT. Feb. 13 At the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Dawson-
Nemaha Telephone company omcers for
the coming year were selected as follows:
President, Joseph U. Helm; vice president,
J. O. McGinnis; treasurer, Jonas Helm;
secretary. N. R. Judd. The above Hut, to
gether with Messrs. O. C. Ayers, G. W.
Wiltse and W. G. Hummel, comprise the
board of directors. According to the re
port of the secretary, the company has In
operation lu8 'phones and has erected dur
ing the year Just closed fifteen miles of
new line.
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Extraordinary Chamnasrae Record.
Statistics for 1904 show an import of 131,130
cases of G. H. Mumm'a champagne, the
largest on record. The magnificent quality
of the Extra Dry for purity, natural dry
ness and bouquet is unsurpassed.
atersor
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W, L. I
FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
Fair Today la braka Warmer In
East Portion Tomorrow
Fair.
OMAHA ITEM STRICKEN OUT
Senate Subcommittee Eliminate! Profisisn
for Indian Bnpply Depot.
IOWA FARES WELL IN BUILDING BILL
Wyomlag Senators Making; Effort to
Heeare the Opening; of the Wind
River Reservation In
that State.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. (Special Tele
gram.) Appropriations of $lu.oiiO each to
maintain at Omaha, Neb., and St. Louis,
Mo., warehouses for the receipt, storage
and shipping of goods for the Indian serv
ice are stricken out.
Tho requirement that actions against In
dians whose affairs Hire under the super
vision of Indian agents or bonded super
intendents shall be brought In the district
court of the county In which the Indian
resides is stricken out.
Leaks In Rnlldlng Rill.
Iienks are becoming more pronounced as
the public building bill comee nearer of
Introduction. In addition to the Nebraska
Items which the bill carries, giving public
buildings for Grand Islund. York and
Plattsmouth, Information Is obtained that
Des Moines, la., will receive $."'X,000 for
Its public building; Shenandoah, la., $i,0()
for a site; Clarlnda, $46,0U0 for a building,
and Atlantic, $10,000 addltloaul. tor ctouin
Dakota the bill will carry the following
Items: Mitchell, building. $75,000; Water
town, $76,000; Huron, site, $10,000; Lead, site,
$1S,0U0, and for Deadwood. $7,000. making
the building and site at Deadwood cost
$au7,000.
Dr. K. Bates of Crete, Neb., was today
on recommendation of Congressman Hin
shaw appointed a member of the Board of
Pension examiners for Saline county, vice
W. S. Ix)ve. resigned.
Congressman Hitchcock left for Omaha
today.
Ask Opening of Reservation.
Senator Clark of Wyoming today pre
sented a Joint resolution of the legislature
of Wyoming praying congress to open the
Shoshone Indian reservation. The resolu
tion recites that the opening of the Wind
River reservation would be of great bene
fit not only to Wyoming but to the entire
wast.
Senator Warren's bill opening the Sho
shone reservation. Is made a part of the
Indian appropriation bill which is now
before the committee on Indian affairs of
the senate, A separate measure opening
this reservation was defeated In the house.
by reason of a preferential right being
accorded Asmus Boysen of Council Bluffs
to locate 640 acres of land in that reserva
tion In compensation for money expended
hi prospecting work.
Senator Warren's bill, which has been at
tached to the Indian appropriation bill,
eliminates the Boysen claim and only sets
forth the treaty as concluded between the
Indians and Major James McLaughlin,
United States Indian Inspector. There Is,
however, a scheme on foot to Introduce tho
Boysen claim into the conference com
mittee, which must necessarily result be
cause tho senate committee has agreed to
already report ten pages of new matter
in the appropriation bill, and the bill is
not half completed. Senator Stewart,
chairman of the committee, stated today
he hoped to report the bill on Thursday,
but there are so many amendments re
ported by the suh-commlttee that the re
port may be connidcrabiy deferred.
New Ranks for lOTva.
These Iowa national bunks have been
authorized to begin business: . Tho Second
National bank of New Hampton, $50,000 cap
ital; W. O. Shaffer, president.; I Padde.ii,
vice president; A. H. 'Shaffer, cashier. The
First National of Rlppey, with $25,000 cap
ital; W. H. McCainmon, president'; J. M.
Wood worth, vice president; J. H. Van Scoy,
cashier.
Favorable Report on Boundary.
The senate committee on the Judiciary
today authorized a favorable report on a
bill fixing the boundary line between South
Dakota and Nebraska. It provides that
the boundary line south of Union county.
South Dakota, shall be in the main chan
nel of the Missouri river as now existing.
This was agreed upon In a compact be
tween the legislatures of the two states and
was made necessary by the frequent shift
Ing of the channel of the rivet.
CONDITIONS IN STOCK YARDS
Missouri Legislative Committee In
vestlgatUig Alleged Discrimina
tion at St. Lonis.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 13. The Joint committee
appointed by the Missouri legislature to In
quire Into stock yard conditions in this
state for the object, it is stated, of f ram
Ing uniform legislation for Missouri, Illi
nois and Kansas, began its hearings here
today.
E. S. Brooks, secretary and treasurer Of
the Independent Stock Yards company of
St. Louts, testified that facts In his pos
session led him to believe that the terminal
railroad association discriminated against
his yards in favor of the East St. Louis
yards, which are controlled, he said, by
the "Big Four," meaning the so called Beef
trust
Mr. Brooks did not go into details regard
ing the alleged delays he encountered, but
offered to submit the delivery sheets of his
company In evidence. He declared that the
only explanation ever given in, answer to
his protests was that the drlaw "were
unavoidable."
O. Conrad of California. Mo., testified
that he was frequently delayed In getting
his cars Info the Independent yards and
that consequently he "missed the market"
on the days he Intended his stock should be
sold.
COLDEST FOR MANY YEARS
(Continued from First Page.)
train in question had been held at S.irgents
while rotarles cleared the tracks of snow.
The passengers received every comfort pos
sible under the circumstances. Interrup
tion of telegraph Icrvlce made It Impossible
to communicate with the stalled train.
hence the sensational rumor. Tho Rio
Grande was also compelled to hold west
bound trains at Sallda because of the
blockade. All delayed trains resumed th'slr
Journey at 6 o'clock this afternoon. At no
time were the broad-gauge sections of the
Rio Grande Interrupted, only the narrow
gauge being affected. The heavy snowfall
In northern New Mexico made It Impossible
to run trains south of Antonito, and they
were annulled.
Three Feet of Ice at St. Lonis.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. IS. The temperature to
night registered 6 below zero, a rise of 13
degrees today, which had marked the cold
est weather experienced in St. Louis since
January 6, 1881 when the temperature was
20 below. ,
Rlvermen state that the Ice has an aver
age thickness of three feet, and In the vi
cinity of Eads bridge extends almost to the
bottom of the river. Old rlvermen my the
river has not been In such condition In
thirty-five years.
Cold Record Broken at Kansas City.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 13.-Tlie climax of
the severe cold spell which began on Janu
ary 1, since which time the temperature has
never arisen above tho freezing point, was
reached at 6 o'clock this morning, when
21.2 below zero was recorded by the gov
ernment thermometer and 25 degrees by
other thermometers, the official Instrument
being affected by dense smoke from chim
neys nearby. The weather forecaster con
cedes that the former official low record of
22 below zero on February 12. 1899, has been
brikeu. Fifteen Inches of snow He on the
ground and the sky Is clear. The coldest
January on record is being followed by an
unprecedented February.
This statement of conditions in Kansas
City may be extended to western Missouri,
Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Indian
Territory, all points reporting the coldest
weather of the winter and most of them
the coldest ever known. A dozen persons
have been reported frozen to death In the
southwest In the lost two days. Winter
wheat is covered by snow and is not af
fected by the cold. Stock losses are not
heavy because owners had ample warning.
Trains on all railroads are delayed by
snowdrifts, the wind carrying the dry snow
Into the cuts. The temperature throughout
the southwest has moderated today, but
zero temperature Is general tonight.
Salina was the coldest point In Kansas,
reporting SI degrees below zero.
In central and western Kansas the wind
became a gsle, piling the snow high In
the cuts, and the temperature went to .10
degrees below zero. Practically no snow
has fallen In the past twenty-four hours,
but the snows of the three days previous
were blown Into huge drifts that ef
fectually blocked railway traffic All trains
on the Santa Fe, Missouri Pacific, Rock
Island and Union Pacific, west of Kansas
City, were many hours late, and some of
the through trains from California have
been abandoned. , r
On the plains of western . Kansas hun
dreds of herds of cattle were stampeded
by the fierce, gale. In- Oklahoma and In
dian Territory the weather was the coldest
on record, reaching 10 degrees below zero.
The supply of coal is short and fear Is ex
pressed that many of the poorer Indians
will succumb. ' Cattlemen In the Chicka
saw nation report many cattle frozen to
death.
The cold wave extends to westprn Arkan
sas, Fcrt Smith reporting 8 degrees below.
Telegraph wires in all directions are de
moralized. The following below, zero temperatures
are reported In Missouri: Trenton, 25; 8e
dalla, 24; Kansas Oity, 22; Springfield, 20.
Kansas: Ottawa, 28; Topeka, and Concor
dia, 22; Lawrence and Dodge City, 20;
Wichita, IS; Oklahoma City, 10; Fort Smith,
8. In Kansas City there was intense suf
fering among the poor and a negro woman
was found frozen to death In her hovel
near the river.
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CIL BLUFFS: Brown, 5T7 Main St.; Camp
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W. Broadway.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13,-Forecast of the
weather for Tuesday and Wednesday:
For Nebraska Fair Tuesday, warmer in
euat portion; Wednesday, fair.
For Iowa, Missouri and Kansas Fair and
warmer Tuesday; Wednesday, fair.
For Colorado and Wyoming Fair Tues
day, warmer In south portion; Wednesday,
fair.
For North Dakota Fair and colder Tues
day; Wednesday, fair.
For South Dakota Fair Tuesday and
Wednesday; colder Tuesday night or
Wednesday. .
Local Record.
OFFICE OF TUB WEATHER BUREAU.
OMAHA, Ftb. 13. Official record of temper
ature and precipitation, com id red with the
corresponding day of the last three years:
11JD. lH. VMS. 1903.
Maximum temperature.. 4 60 Irf
Minimum temperature... 22 10 22
Mean temperature 9 3 11 M
Precipitation 00 ,wi T .00
Temperature and precipitation departures
from the normal at Omaha since March 1.
und comparison with the last two years:
Normal ienieriiiure , 2fi
Deficiency for the 'day 34
Total deficiency since March 1. 1M 841
Normal precipitation .0:1 Inch
IH-neioncy rnr me iay .1.3 Inch
Total rainfall since Marcli 1... ....27. 15 Inches
neni iency since Aiarcn 1, nun.... 4. in inches
Kxcess for cor. period. 1!4 l.tW Inches
Dellclency rorcoi. period, 1HU3 Ttluches
Repot ta from Illations at T I', si.
Maximum
LOOK OUT FOR PNEUMONIA
Station, and State
of Weather.
Bismarck, cloudy
Cheyenne, clear
( hicago, clear
Davenport, clear.....
Ienver, clear
Havre, cloudy
Helena, cloudy
Huron, snowing
Kansua tliv, clear..,
North Plutte. clear..,
Omaha, clear ,
Rapid City, cloudy..,
St. Iuils. clear
St. Paul, clear ,
Salt I.-tke ( liv. clear
Valentine, cloudy....
WlllUton. snowing
1 I ridicules trace
Tem
perature
at 7 p. m.
Tem
perature.
Rain-
full,
22 a .
1 24 .u
10 , .(1
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12 us .(in
M 30 T
'M 26 T
10 lu T
4 .(!
3 24 .ul
3 4 .00
32 .i
0 2 .00
4 - i .00
1 3J .00
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22 22 ,0ci
of precipitation.
L. A. WBUU, Local Forecaster.
Colds and Grip Rapidly Develop Into the
Fatal Disease at This Season
of the Year.
The nneumonia season is on colds, erln
and other ailments frequently terminate in
this dread oiseuse unless your system Is
fortified agitiiiBt it by a strengthening in
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medicinal proptrties ot the Iron combined
in proper proportions. It improves the
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the cheeks.
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and one bottle produces wonderful results.
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If you are buffering from any organic
weskness or disease, or nervous affection.
or any run aown weaaenea condition
dyspepsia, constipation, catarrh, torpid
liver, aiuiicy uintnK, rneuniauum, gout
female conipiuiui, hcwvuxdi-kii, nervous
prostration, nervous or general debility
nvsteria, neuraxinema, or any disease or
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nature of your trouble, and you will re
reive advice absolutely free, also our Free
Medical Book. There are so iiianv serious
diseaaes which are the direct result of at)
impure or impoveriMiiea coiiiniion or the
blood thut every sufferer. 110 mutter what
the trouble is, should write to our medical
board for free advice. There Is hardly an
ailment or dtaeasn hut what could be kh
tlvely cured and perfect health restored If
the blood were pientirul, pure and rich.
No matter what your trouble is, write at
once to our meuiesi department, and you
will be told jUHt what to do to he restored
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Warning- for the Southeast.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. The weather
bureau Issued the following special fore
cast: The coldest wave of the season will over
spread the eastern part of the United States
tonight, with temperaure below zero ns far
south as Virginia and freezing weather in
the central portions of the Florida penin
sula. gome Nebraska Weather.
LINCOLN, Feb. J3. The mercury regis
tered 26 degrees below zero at 8 o'clock this
morning. This is tho coldest weather Lin
coln lias known since 1&97. On account of
the bad train service, interrupted by the
recent drifting snows, there is a scarcity of
steam coal here and unless shipments are
resumed soon there may be somo Inconveni
ence on account of the shortage. ' In central
Nebraska the thermometer showed as low
as 32 degrees below at 8 o'clock today
HARVARD, Neb., Feb. 13. (Special.)-
Several Inches increase In the snowfall with
the mercury 10 degrees below zero most
of the duy yesterauy, accompanied by a
strong north wind, delayed trains badly
and stopped business generally. Saturday
night the mercury went to 18 below and
fully 10 most of the day yesterday, but
the wind had stopped blowing and the I
day was clear and pleasant.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Feb. 13 (Spe
cial.) Railroad men who have kept a rec
ord allege thia to be the thirty-eighth day
of the winter upon which the thermometer
has registered zero weather or lower.
Whilo the mercury was at 17 below Sunday
morning, owing to tha wind and the driv
ing snovr, last night waa the coldest of the
winter. The loose snow that fell on Fri
day night and Saturday was rapidly placed
into high drifts and the snow plowa were
In big demand. Freight traffic was com
pletely annulled last night and passenger
trains delayed or snowbound for hours.
It was also the worst night of the winter
for stock. The severe cold has hitherto
been quiet, unaccompanied by wind.
Cold at Auburn.
AUBURN, Neb., Feb. 13.-(Speclal.)-ThU
morning was a record-breaker for cold
weather. At the government signal sta
tion the thermometer registered 35 degrees
below. A driving snowstorm prevailed all
day Saturday, but it cleared oft during the
night and grew colder. Sunday the ther
mometer stood from 6 to 14 degrees below.
The wind has shifted to the southwest and
the temperature has risen to about zero.
CRESTON, la., Feb. 13.-8pocial.)-In-
tense cold weather Sunday forced the aban
donment ot a number of church services
and kept Indoor all of those who, except
from necessity, were compelled to face the
frigid atmosphere. The mercury has
reached aa low aa 16 and at o'clock this
morning showed 21 degrees below zero.
The oldest inhabitant has gone way back
to sit down to look over the records. Traffics
on the Burlington road Is at a standstill
on some of the branches, while It Is with
great difficulty the main lines sre kept
open. Trains are all late.
PLATTSMOUTH, Neb.. Feb. IV-(Special.)
the mereury registering 30 degrees helow
zero this morning, which the old settlers
say has not been equaled In their recol
levtlon. The citizens of Plattsmouth were
yesterday given ail the pleasure afforded
those who reside In a town having no rail
road service, us no Chicago daily news
papers were received here during the day,
and thoso from Omaha, due her at 4:40
a. m.. did not arrive until 7 o'clock in the
evening. All but two passenger trains' on
the Burlington were annulled, and one of
these was twelve hours late on account of
tho snow drifting on the track. At 2 o'clock
this afternoon mercury registered 10 dc
greiea above, making a change of 40 de
grees within six hours.
Warmer at Alliance.
ALLIANCE. Neb.. Feb. 13. (Special Tele
gram.) A rise in temperature In two hours
of 20 degrees is the soothing record of the
beginning of the third week of the coldest
weather experienced continuously In years.
At II a. m. It la 10 above and conditions west
and north of here are Improving rapidly.
BEATRICE, Neb.. Feb. U (Special Tele
gram.) The railroads entering Beatrice are
Just recovering from the tleup experienced
in the terrible storm of Saturday and Sun
day. The Burlington and Union Paclflo
roads got trains through to Lincoln today
but the Nebraska Clty-Holdredge branch
will probably not be opened until tomor
row. The Rock Island westbound passen
ger, which had been laid out In a snow
drift near Steinauer since Saturday, ar
rived this morning and proceeded on to
Fairbury. Nothing has been heard from
the eaatbound passenger.
Traffic In a way has been resumed, but
trains are all behind time. The govern
ment thermometer here this morning reg
istered 3a degrees below zero.
Old Man Frersea to Death.
CALLAWAY, Neb., Feb. 13.-C. W. Gray,
80 years old, living alone on his ranch,
was frozen to death on the prairie while
trying to reach tho house of a neighbor.
HUMBOLDT, Neb., Feb. 13. (Special.)
Ice on tho Missouri river at Rulo is re
ported thirty inches thick and It Is claimed
would bear the weight of a railroad train.
The thermometer, stood at 18 below zero
Sunday morning.
NORFOLK, Neb., Feb. 13.-The thermom
eter registered 29 degrees below zero this
morning. '
Conditions In Iowa.
DES MOINES, Fob. 13. Tho mercury
broke all records here today, the thermom
eter registering 2ti degrees below zero after
a piercing cold, extending over the last
fifty-six hours. Owing to the long dura
tion of the extreme and steady cold much
suffering Is reported by county overseers
of poor and charitable institutions. Unless
the weather becomes more moderate in
the next twelve hours there Is bound to be
considerable more suffering throughout the
city and the state.
KEOKUK, la., Feb. 13.-AU previous rec
ords hers were broken today. The govern
ment thermometer registered 27 below.
BURLINGTON, la., Feb. 13. Today was
the coldest ever known here. The ther
mometer registered 32 below zero. Tho
wind has drifted snow into railroad cuts, so
as to almost entirely block traffic on the
Carthage, Kansas City, Fort Madison and
Oskaloosa branches of the Burlington rond.
Main lino trains are from twelve to seven
teen hours late.
One Death at Cedar Rapids.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Feb. 111. (Special
Telegram.) Monday was the coldest day of
the season here. The thermometer regis
tered 32 below. Ono death Is reported and
all trains save the Northwestern were
abandoned and. these were from one to
seven hours late.
Cedar Rapids Is threatened with a coal
famine and much suffering if the railroad
blockade Is not soon broken to allow of the
dealers getting the coal ordered. The
starch works have already shut down and
tho packing house has but enough to last
over today,. The cereal mills have ' but
a week's supply on hand and many families
are without coal. ,
G, S. Fettit, a pioneer of this city and
one of the most prominent business men,
was found dead In the snow near his home
Monday afternoon. Street car men had
noticed him denning the snow from his
walks a short time before and It is not
known whether he was stricken with heart
trouble or frozen to death by the extremely
cold weather. The coroner Is Investigating.
Train Lost Tlnec Days.
NEVADA. Mo., Feb. 13.-The Missouri
Pacific sent a relief train from Nevada
today for Butler supplied with provisions
and eatables. It goes to relieve a pas
senger train on the Interstate line that
has been blocked In eight feet of snow
since Friday night, between Madison and
Clridley. Kan. Nothing has been heard
from tho crew in nearly twenty hours.
There are no telegraphic communications
on account of broken wires.
Fifty Thousand Cattle Die.
WICHITA, Kan.. Feb. 13. W. E. Bolton,
secretary of the Oklahoma Uve Stock as
sociation, says the live stock losses this
year will be the greatest since tho great
blizzard of 18MJ. He pluces tho number of
head lost on the range In western Kansas,
western Oklahoma and the Panhandle of
Texas at 50.000 head.
Sixty Years of Wedded Bliss
S. C. Thomas and Wife
Celebrate Their 60th An
niversary and Attribute
Their Vigorous Health
and Activity to the Regu
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ravilllon. Sept. 14. 1!04.
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taken It for severs! years pas', and think
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the world. My wife and I have Just cele
brated the emh anniversary of our mar
riage, and the way I now feel I expect ts
live and enjoy life for many years to
come." S. C. Thamas.
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Price si. Insist on the aenulne. and see that the "Old Chemist" trade
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DEATH RECORD.
A. T. D. Hughes.
HOWE. Neb., Feb. U. (Special.) A. T.
D. Hughes dlcwl at his home near IIowo,
Neb., in his 73d year. Mr. Hughes waa
one of tho early settlers of Nebraska, com
ing to Nemaha county in the spring of
1867. He took up a farm on arrival in
Nebraska and has resided on the same for
the last forty-eight years. When the Mis
souri Pacllic railroad was built Mr. Hughes
donated it a right-of-way through his farm
and the station of Howe was located. He
laid out a townslte which is known as
Howe, being near tho old farm of Hon.
Chutch Howe. His aged wlfo survives him.
also a large and well respected family of
children. The remains will be laid to rest
In tho cemetery at Howe on February '14,
Rev. D. B. I.ako officiating at the services.
J. Corn-In Fergus.
HUMBOLDT, Neb., Feb. 13. (Special.)
J. Corwln Fergus, one of the most suc
cessful and prominent among Richardson
(bunty farmers and stockmen, sled Sunday
morning at his home seven miles north
east of the city, after an Illness lasting
over a year or more. Mr. Fergus came to
this county soon after being discharged
from the army after the civil war. In which
ho served three years ns member of an
Ohio regiment of Infantry.
"Vrnnk Pctraahek.
HUMBOLDT, Neb., Feb. 13. (Special. )
A decided shock to family and friends was
the sudden und unexpected death Saturday
evening at S o'clock of Frank Pctrushek,
one of the successful farmers, residing a
few miles south of the city. Mr. Petrashek
was In his 33d year. He wns born on the
farm where he died and his father still
lives. Funeral services are to be held at
the home Tuesday noon, conducted Jointly
by the two societies to which the deceased
belonged Knights of Pythias and C. S. P.
S., a Bohemian organization.
Mrs. Foster.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Feb. 13. (Spe
clul.) Mrs. Foster, mother of Mrs. Moody
of this city, Mrs. Piixton of Montana,
FTank Foster of Colorado and Thomas
Foster of Arizona, died at the homo of her
daughter in this city Saturday of grip and
general debility, ot the age of 74 years.
The funeral took place yesterday morning.
Interment being made at Greeley Center,
her former home.
Mra. Elisabeth Hu miner.
COLUMBUS. Neb., Feb. 13. (Special Tele
gram.) Mrs. Klizabeth Kummer died at the
family home here today. She was 76 years
old and wus botn in Canton Berne, Switzer
land. With her husband, she was among
the early settlers of this county, coming
here in 1859. She leaves four Bons, all re
siding in this city, except Rudolph, who re
sides in Red Cloud.
Mother of General, Colby.
BEATRICE, Neb.. Feb. 13. (Special.)
General L. W. Colby was called to Free
port. 111., Saturday afternoon by a tele
gram announcing the death of his mother,
Mrs. Abigail Livingston Colby. Deceased
was 91 years of age. Mrs. Colby made her
home In Beatrice for some time with her
son. She is survived by three children.
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