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BRYAN TO LECTURE

Lincoln. Neb., Nov. lit has been
definitely arranged that William j.
Bryan is to take the lecture platform,
and his first address will be delivered
at Atlanta, Ga, early in December. His
route, as far as it has at present been
arranged. will be. after leaving Attain
ia, Jacksonville. Savannah, Charles
ton, Augusta. Birmingham and New
Orleans. After leaving the latter city
Mr.. Bryan will go through Texas, then
on to California and Oregon. and will
not reach the cities of the east before
the latter part of February, 1897.
The nan behind the enterprise is v.
f. McBee of Norfolk, Va, the superin-
tendent of the Seaboard Air Line. On
election night Mr.. McBee, who had
a hard worker for the Bryan ticket,
wired to this city Offering Mr.. Bryan a
very large amount for a series of lee
lures in case the election should turn
against him. No attention was paid
to the matter at that time by Mr.. Bry-
an, but after the defeat of the demo-
cratic ticket had been formally ac-
knowledged by the democratic leaders.
Mr.. McBee once more renewed his Of
fers, negotiations were begun and the
result has been that Mr.. Bryan has
signed contracts for a series of lectures
under the management OF Alexander
ComstOck, who is the representative
and associate OF Mr.. McBee in the en-
terprise. The terms Of the agreement,
from a financial standpoint, have not
been made public, but it is reliably I'M
derstood that the remuneration which
Mr. Bryan is to receive will exceed the
salary he would have received as pres
ident Of the United States in the event
OF his election to that Office.
Arrangements are already under way
to have the delivery Of Mr.. Bryan's
first lecture in Atlanta made the occa-
sion of a great demonstration, which
will be in the nature OF a monster re-
ception. The lectures to be delivered
by Mr.. Bryan will be non-partisan in
their character and will, for the most
part, be upon governmental and social
topics. as 1t is expressly stipulated in
the contract that the tour shall have
no political aspect or ooloring.
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MERCHANT ~SANDBAGGED.

Brazil. Ind. Nov. Thames Track
well, aged 80 years, who keeps a little
store on Lambert street. near the Van
dalia railroad. was almost murdered by
a mysterious stranger last night about
9 O'Clock. Some man wearing a mask
entered his store from the rear and
struck him senseless. Hastily closing
and locking the front door, the thief
rifed the old mans pockets. and began
working at the money drawer when
Trackwell recovered consciousness and
called for help. Neighbors rushed in,
and while they were battering down
the front door the thief escaped
through the rear door. A posse has
been searching for him, hut he is still
at large. Trackwell's condition is II
sidered dangerous.
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he woman called for the death of the

supposed rapist. A rope was placed
around The mans neck. but he declar-
ed his innocence. arguing with them
to put upon themselves
and their children the curse of having
taken the life of an innocent man. His
GOODNESS resulted in his being turned
over to the proper authorities and the
full investigation by the grand jury
has resulted in his acquittal.
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MAY RESULT IN A LYNCHING.

R%onceverte, w. Va, Nov. 17.--News
reached here today from Sweet Chally-
bette Springs. lear the Monroe county
line, OF a murder which has caused
great excitement and which may result
in a l%ynching. At a or husking bee
Frank Worshan got in a quarrel with
some Of the huskers, who had been
teasing Worshan about a young lady.
Worshan became SO enraged h a he
threatened to shoot, Il drew a re-
volver. George Long, a friend to Wor-
shan and who had taken part in the
guying of his friend, tried to act as
peacemaker. This seemed to enrage
Worshan still more. and he pointed his
pistol ut Long. Long threw his arm
up to get the pistol out of range, when
the weapon was discharged and the
bullet passed through Longs head.
making a wound from which he died
in an hour. Worshan escaped, but a
sheriff's posse rs after him and if he
is captured and brought back to the
springs he is likely to suffer immediate
punishment.
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RAISED THE AMOUNT.

Omaha, Neb.. Nov. 1.-THE western
mail out of Omaha this afternoon bore
n certificate of President Gordon w.
Wattles, of the TransmissiSsippi and
Information Exposition association ad-
dressed to the secretary of the treas
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blood. 70 take Hoods Sarsaparilla. and
prevent such cruptions and suffering.
81 had a dreadful carbuE Gle abscess,
red, fiery, fierce and sore. The doctor at
tended me over seven weeks. When the
,5scess broke, the pains were terrible, and
/ thought l should not live through it. \
acard and read so much about Hoods
%!arsaparilla, that I decided to take it, and
my husband, who was suffering with
DOLLS, took !. also. 1t so0n purified our
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BEATEN TO DEATH BY ROBBERS

BEATEN TO DEATH BY ROBBERS.
Jackson. Miss, Nov. 17.-Michael
O'Connor. an aged merchant, doing
business in the suburbs Of this city.
was found lying on his front gallery
last night at a late hour in an C
scious condition. dying this morning.
During lucid moments he stated that a
negro named Chas. Robinson had call
ed at his store, and under pretense Of
buying something knocked him in the
head with a coupling pin. Two negroes
by that name were Jailed today, and it
IS certain one of them is the guilty par
ty. O'Connor was beaten almost to
death about a year ago in a similar
manner. He came here about four
years ago from Chicago.
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The great insurance companies are
considering the establishment of an
enormous sanitarium for the care of
consumptives who develop the disease
AFTER 1nsuring 1t is a cold business
proposition to cure or prolong the life
of the policy-holder, by which means
money will be saved to the companies.
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10 cure all old sores, to heal an in
"oieht ulcer, or to speedily cure piles,
you need simply apply DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve according to directions.
us maSic-like action will surprise You.
Chas. N. Settele.
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Il funny incident happened during a
performance of Verdi's Macbeth in
Dublin, is recorded by Arditi in his
"Reminiscences" In the sleep-walk-
ing scene, when the nurse and the doc
tor appear on the stage together, and
~confabulate with one another, a loud
voice suddenly called out from the gal
ieTy' causing a o a of laughter in the
middle of a most serious scene: Hal
TO- doctor! Well, lis it a boy or a girl?"
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ROBBERS RUN TO EARTH.

Hastings, Neb., Nov. 17.-Chief OF
Police Lepinski returned this morning
from Hanover, Kan, where he traced
the Davenport, Neb., bank robbers, and
succeeded in unearthing an organized
gang Of the boldest kind of robbers,
who have been operating through this
part of the state for the last six
months. Last Saturday morning the
Bank OF Davenport was robbed Of ev-
erything in the safe. amounting to sew
eral thousand dollars. The work was
done by professionals. Chief Lepinski
rot onto their track and followed them
to Hanover. Kan, where he arrested
three Of them yesterday. The robbers
den was what is called a hole in the
wall, and was run by n Of the gang,
who disposed Of the stolen goods. In
searching the cellar the officer dug up
about $500 in gold and $50 in silver,
plenty OF gold watches and jewelry, be-
sides a large roll Of scrip and several
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B0iIs

It i often difficult to convince peo-
he their blood is impure, until dread
snl carbunclcS, assesses. boils. scrof
ala or salt rhcum. are painful proof OF
the fact. IL is wisdom now. or when
eyer there is any indication of
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MURDER At OMAHA.
A WYOMING RANCHMAN HAS HIS
SKULL CRUSHED IN THE
WINDSOR HOTEL.
His Companion is Now Missing and
1t is Supposed That He Perpetrat-
ed the Deed-Bank Robbers Run
to Earth-A Large Batch of Crimi-
nal News of Importance.

Omaha, Neb., Nov. 17.-Late this aft
ernoon Gay Hutsonpiller, a Wyoming
ranchman, was discovered en- the bed
in his room at the Windsor hotel with
the skull crushed in by blows from a
coupling pin, and G. Elliott. the room
mate of the murdered man, was miss
ing. Hu%tsonpiller and Elicit were 10th
from the Big Horn basin in Wyoming,
and during the past season had been
engaged with Buffalo Bits Wild West
in his congress of rough riders. They
have been in Omaha since the show
disbanded and have been roCming to-
gether. first at the Metropolitan, and
later at the Windsor. Hutsonpiller
his companion was apparently without
funds, and as late as Sunday the for
mer had a 800 bill changed in making
a purchase.
Shortly after noon today, Elliott.
who was up stairs, called to his friend,
who went up and was not seen again
alive. Later Elliott entered the Office,
settled the ccounts for both and after
going to the Metropolitan for some
baggage held there for a bill, which he
paid, returned to the Windsor and lott
cred around until 4:O5. when he order
ed his baggage to the Burlington depot.
saying that he would take the after
noon train for the west.
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Washington, d. c.. Nov. 17.-Sena-
tor Vest of Missouri, who arrived here
today, expressed the opinion that il
would be impossible for the republic
cans to pass the Dingley bill, or any
other tariff bill, through the senate at
the coming session.
Il have no doubt" he said, the re-
publican senator's who voted for the
democrats at The last session against
the consideration of the Dingley bill.
with the possible exception of Carter.
will stand with us again, and if they
do, there is no possibility of passing
the bill
The senator feels no apprehension
over the prospect of his election, but
says with Blackburn and Voorhees, and
other silver democrats practically beat
en- for reelection. he feels the silver
men have a very narrow margin if any
in the senate during the Fifty-ffth
congress.
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SOVEREIGN KE-ELEcTEn-

~ i-ltI-l'-N M I.i4t.' I Ell.
Rochester, y. Y. Nov. Il. The prin-
c,pal business al the Knights Of La
her convention this afternoon was the
election of officers. james K. Sovereign
present general master workman. was
reelected without opposition. For gon-
eral worthy foreman there were two
candidates, Phillip l.. Anon. master
workman of district No. 49, Of Jersey
City and Thomas b. Mcclure of Am
sterd&m. n. Y. the latter being elect
ed. For tn" general executive board.
consisting of three members there
were eight nominations. Henry Il. Mar
tin, Of Minneapolis. at present a mem
Brooklyn. and Daniel RIown Of Butte.
Montana, We're elected. 1t was voted
by the general assembly to refuse to
recognize or sustain tn" organizations
Of any men who had taken the places
OF men on strikes. Il is probable the
general assembly will conclude its la
lors tomorrow night.
Daniel Brown. the Montana member
Of the new executive beard and a pres
identill "loctOr from Montana on the
Blyan-Watson ticket ~tonight.in speak
ing Cf the election Of Sovereign said:
Il think by the reelection of Soy
ereign at the present time the Knights
of Labor will increase the membership
in the west, south and east fully Go per
cent in the coming year due to the ac-
tive part Sovereign has taken in the
past campaign on the side of free silver
and he is certainly one of the ablest la
Dor leaders we have il the United
States" Mr.. Brown also stated that the
people of the west were determined to
do all they could to protect their own
interests and negotiations had been
started between the southern and
northwestern interests for the purpose
of constructing a railroad line from
Montana to New Orleans through the
agricultural belt, with a view of divert
ing the large shipments of wheat and
other products from their present
channel to New Orleans.
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Whisper it to your n~eighbors that he
Republican is the best paper in the
state. and hat it can be had for so
cents per month.
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Take Laxative BrJmp OIJniua Tablets.
All druggists rrfgH' We money if it
fails to cure. PC.
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TORNADO.

The scene Of Lincoln J. Carter's new
play, THE Tornado" is laid in a Wis
consin village, on the Fourth of July.
An approaching storm soon becomes
manifest, it turns out to be a veritahl"
tornado. housess are torn n
blown away great trees are take up
roots and all, and waited into space.
lightning flashes and thunder peals.
The scene is one Of awful intensity and
truthfulness. Then follows the deck
OF a great ocean steamer.the grand rig
cling scene with six sailors on the yard
arm Of a mast, furling sail; a collision
Of two steamships, a scene showing tn"
open sea tossing a lone man about on
the waves which run as high as tn"
stage will permit. Chicago harbor al
night. a dissecting room in a medical
college, a beautiful autumnal scene in
the Wisconsin woods. THE Tornado
was unanimously pronounced the most
deliberately staged melodrama ever
seen in Chicago by the entire press of
that city.
Dean Stanley actually suffered from
listening to music, and yet Jenny Lind
once told Max Muller he paid her the
highest compliment she had ever re-
ceived. Stanley was very fond of 'Jen-
ny Lind, but when she stayed at his
fathers palace at Norwich, he always
left the room when she sang. One
evening Jenny Lind had been singing
Handel's Il know that my Redeemer
liveth." Stanley, As usual, had left the
room, but he came back after the music
was over, n came shyly up to Jenny
Lind. You know" he said, Il dislike
music: | am very stupid. tone-deaf, as
others are color-blind. But he said
with some warmth. tonight. when
from a distance l heard you singing
that song, l had an inkling of what
people mean by music. Something
came over me which l had never felt
before; Or, yes, l had felt it once be
fore in my life Jenny Lind was all
attention. Some years ago." he con
tinued, Il was at Vienna, and one even
ing there was a tattoo before the palace
performed by 400 drummers. felt
shaken up, and tonight, while listening
to your singing. the same feeling came
over me; | felt deeply moved" Dear
man she added, Il know he meant it.
and a more honest compliment | never
received in all my life
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Look out ioTtle Kir-
mess parade Thurs
daV evening.
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quarters, said this afternoon that the
Irishman was in prime condition, and
there was no basis for the reports of his
overtraining.
ARIZONA MILITIA ORDERED OUT.
PHOENIX (Ariz.). Feb. 12.-Major r.
Allyn Lewis, commanding the Second
Battalion, N. G.. A. wires from Bowie
that he has positive information that
the Maher- -Fitzsimmons fight is to be
brought off tomorrow within Arizona
lines.
This morning Governor Hughes or
dered to Eastern Arizona. three COM
panies of militia, two from Tucson and
one from Yuma. They will be held at
Bowie or San Simon, where commissary
positions are available.
The companies at Nogales, Phoenix
Tempe and Mesa were also instructed
to prepare for active service at once
Each company must report twenty five
men ready for active duty.
The Governor has telegraphed Major
Lewis to prevent at all hazards the
passage of persons to engage in prize
fight, as they will be implicated in a
conspiracy to commit a felony. This
evening the Governor wired the South
ern Pacific that he is informed an at
tempt will be made to bring off the fight
in Arizona, and begging that company
not to become accessories by carrying
the fighters.
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CHEERS FOR MKINLEY.
Annual Banquet of the Marquette Club
at Chicago.


CHICAGO, Feb 12-Mingled with
homage to the great emancipation, Abra-
ham Lincoln on the occasion of his
eighty-seventh birthday anniversary
was a great Republican greeting to-
night to the Republican leader from
Ohio, William Mckinley, at the Tenth
annual banquet of the Marquette Club,
held in the banquet halls of the Audi
torium Hotel. More than 1000 promi-
nent Republican citizens of this and
other cities listened to the praises of
Lincoln and Republicanism, and made
the event a memorable one politically
by voicing their pent-up admiration
for the Canton citizen as Presidential
candidate.
Wrapping a coat about him and
standing without a hat in the buster
ing snow-laden east wind from the lake
Ohio's Ex-Governor spoke to a hundred
men from the Michigan avenue bal
cony a few words about Lincoln The
men were members of the Cook County
Mckinley Marching Club, who brought
band and abundant enthusiasm. and
were rewarded for their march through
a snow storm.
At the Speakers table, which ex-
quet hail. were seated among others
the following: President Dewitt, Will
lam Mckinley at his right, Senator
Thurston at his left, Senator J. c.
Fritchard of North Carolina, Governor
Upham of Wisconsin, Mayor Swift, ex-
Congressman George E. Adams and
Congressman Foss of Chicago, George
r. Peck of Chicago. Mark A. Hanna of
Ohio. Ex-Governor Oglesby of Illinois,
Mayor Washburn of Chicago, ex-
United States Senator Farwell of Illi-
nois Powell Clayton OF Arkansas. Rob-
ert C. Wahl of Wisconsin, John r. Tan
Her of Illinois, T. n. Jamison, Chairman
of the Republican State Committee of
Illinois; Chauncey I. F7illey of Missouri
and Marvin Hughitt, President of the
Northwestern Railroad.
After President Dewitt had spoken
under embarrassing difficulties, General
Arthur II. Chetlain of Chicago spoke
forcibly of the duty which faced Repub-
lican clubs in the impending contest.
Then William Mckinley rose to re-
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NEW YORK, Feb. PA special ca
BILE dispatch to the Herald" from Pan
anna says: A great fire ragged in Guy
aquil, Ecuador, to-day, beginning at l
o'clock in the morning. When the fire
men and soldiers, who were hurriedly
ordered out to help them, finally
brought it under control, thousands OF
panic-stricken persons were wandering
homeless in the streets many lay dead
In the morgues, and property worth
nearly $2000.000 had been destroyed,
including the noble cathedral and the
convent which adjoined it.
The panic, which begun among the
nuns in the convent, several of whom
were burned, was contagious, and the
city became terror-stricken when the
seriousness of the situation was
grasped President General Alfaro
with his family took refuge on board
a steamship in the harbor.
1t is believed that at least thirty-four
persons suffered death, and it is known
that many were injured.
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TRANSVAAL TROUBLES.
Great Britain Issues Blue Book In
Relation TO the Disturbances.

Great Britain Issues q Blue Book In
Relation to the Disturbances.
LONDON, Feb. 12.-The Government
has issued a blue book containing the
dispatches which passed between Mr..
Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the
Colonies; Sir Hercules Robinson, Gov
ernor of the Cape Colonies; President
Kreuger of the South African Republic
and others in regard to the disturbances
in the Transvaal
The book contains dispatch from Sir
Jacobus A. Dewet, British Diplomatic
Agent at Pretoria, which announces
that Dr. Jameson and his followers had
crossed the frontier of the Transvaal,
made an appeal to the Governments of
Germany and France for their interven-
ton.
On receipt of Sir j. A. Dewet's dis
patch Mr.. Chamberlain telegraphed to
Governor Robinson on January 18th as
follows:
Great Britain will resist at all cost
the interference of any foreign Power
in the affairs of the Transvaal. The
suggestion that Germany had contem-
plated such a step was met in this coun-
try by an unprecedented and unani-
nous outburst of public feeling. Great
Britain will not tolerate any change in
her relations with the Transvaal."
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THE WAR IN CUBA
ivy Battles in Which the Insurgents
Were Repu1sed.

HAVANA, Feb. 12-(From a staff
correspondent of the United Press).-
Yesterday morning party of rebels
under command of the insurgent leader
Castillo attacked the town of Managua,
in the Havana Province. A detachment
of volunteers who were stationed in the
town surrendered to the rebels, after
having made weak resistance, and
Joined the insurgents, taking with them
all the arms and ammunition in their
possession. A force of Spanish regulars
made a strong defense, repulsing the
enemy, who, according to the official re-
port of the engagement, lost four killed
and many wounded, including the lead
e1 Castillo. The Spanish troops report
that they sustained no losses.
Bands of insurgents under Perez and
Martinez attacked detachment of
forty Spanish soldiers in the vicinity of
San Nicolas, in the Province of Matan-
zas yesterday. The Spaniards retreat
ed to Chico Chico, where they were re-
inforced by the Cuenca battalion of vol
unteers, with whose aid they succeeded
in defeating the rebels. The official re-
port of this battle says the Government
forces lost two killed, while the insur-
gents lost five killed.
General Weyler, the new Captain
General and Chief of the
Spanish army in Cuba, receiy ed the
American newspaper correspondents in
a body to-day. He greeted the press
Representatives in cordial manner,
and offered to aid them in every possi-
bic way in obtaining reliable news of
the war. General Weyler said that no
interference with the cabling of reports
would be made except when the matter
contained in them was grossly false or
of such character as might tend to ex-
cite public alarm.
When asked to define his programme
for the suppression of the insurrection,
the Captain General said: 'Notwith-
standing the reputation which has been
built up for me by the filibusters, I can
assert beforehand that my conduct will
surely be more deserving than that of
the insurgents. You can tell your peo-
pie that whatever I may do, the United
States would do under similar circum-
stances
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ceive the plaudits of his fellow-Repub-
licans, who listened in unusual silence
while he spoke to the toast Abraham
Lincoln
Senator Thurston followed the ex-
Governor of Ohio, speaking to the toast
THE Impending Contest" His stir
ring eloquence on behalf of Republican
doctrines was punctuated with rounds
OF applause, and when he said that the
'-glory of the Mckinley tariff will give
victory to the Republican party" a
thousand men rose from their seats
and repeated the scene which followed
the presentation of Mckinley.
The last speaker on the list was Sen
ator Pritchard of North Carolina, who
was assigned to speak to the toast Our
Hope in the South. His sentiments
were vociferously received, and the as
sembly had another opportunity to
make a Mckinley demonstration when
the Senator lauded the Ohio man as the
logical candidate for the new South,
and it's best friend, because of his pro-
lection principles, which had been en-
bodied in the Republican platform.
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TRAGIC SUICIDE.
A Well-Known Resident of Anderson
Ends His Life.

RED BLUFF, Feb. 12.-Joshua Charl-
ton, well-known resident of Ander-
son, comitted suicide yesterday after
noon in a tragic manner by blowing
his brains out with a shotgun. In COM
pany with his brother George Charl-
ton, and his brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnston, the unfortunate
man was travelling taward Red Bluff
in wagon. Becoming suddenly insane
he placed a cartridge in his shotgun
and pressing the muzzle of the weapon
against his forehead, announced his in
tention of suiciding.
His brother attempted to restrain
him, but the maniac threatened to shoot
the entire party if they interfered with
his purpose.
After telling them that he could no
longer live on account of his ill-health,
and bidding them a touching farewell,
he pulled the trigger, and the discharge
carried away the entire top of his head.
Charlton was industrious and re-
spected, but suffered greatly from ner-
vcus disorder.