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The new North-west., 1896-05-22
MlxADo SENDS A COMMISSION
viii Study the Workings of Elec-
trical Power and Telephones.

San Francisco, May E.-Among the pas
cial commission from the Mikado OF ia
pan to study into the workings Of electii-
cal power and the telephone systems IN
the United States. The commission ,s
composed of s. Mine, r. Natayama an
Y. Wadachi. They will be about two
weeks in examining into the telephone
and electrical systems of San Francisco,
Sacramento. Fresno ana other cities, anl
may also visit Europe. They expect to be
absent from Japan six or seven months.
An over our empire now said Com
missioner Mine. there Is great interest
In electrical power and in electrical light
ing. Electricity has been introduced III
several cities, but the government wants
1T all over the country. 1t is the same
way with the telephones. We have seen
the value of them and desire to have
them generally adopted. It is our inten-
ton to study into the workings of both
systems III the United States. We want to
generate electricity from the many pow
erful waterfalls in our country and use
1t for electric railways, general power and
lighting.
wherever we can we intend to use
electricity. It will, according to the ideas
of our government, be especially valuable
in connection with our various public ana
private enterprises. 1t is our desire also
to utilize the long distance telephone in
Japan
The new North-west., 1896-05-22
\ STORE ROBBED AT M1ssouI.A
aIntisers Saw the burglars Shadows
but Thought Them Tennlsters.

Missoula. Mont, May 1.-THE dry goods
establishment Of EIosey, Judson & Phelaz
was bn1glarized last night. Entrance Vas
effected through a door leading into laa
office, which is an addition built On to the
main building. a light was burning n
the office. From a window opposite the
door whore entrance was effected could be
seen the manner In which the door 5Vas
fastened, namely, BY two strong bolts
The burglars pushed the door in, break
Ing the casing. The till was riaed Of
few stamps All the cash drawers showed
signs g. being tampered with. Two over
coats, several pairs Of shoes and thra.-
hats, personal property Of members Of tne
1rm, We're taken, besides an endless guam.
tity Of new shirts, underwear and shoes
aggregating several hundred dollars
worth.
The robbers were heard by several Of the
roomers on the next floor, who head
voices and saw shadows on a fence near
by, but were taken for drunken wood
haulers calling at the store for goods they
had purchased the day before AS yet
there is no clue This makes the fourth
time in two years this store has peen
burglarized.
The new North-west., 1896-05-22
KING !ALFoNso's TENTH BIRTHDAY
Fines Removed From the Cuban,
presN.

Havana. May 17.--Today is the tenth an
niversary of the birth of King Alfonzo
XIII, and in order to celebrate that event
the fines which have been laid upon the
Cuban press have been removed
Later details have been received of the
engagement near Limonar in Matanzas
The local forces Of Limonar made a re-
connasance after the enga cement and
found 19 more bodies Of insurgents be-
sides the bodies Of Is which were left
on the field. Reliable information has
been received here by the authorities that
the insurgent loss is much greater than at
first believed. and that their leader, Ce
phro. was seriously wounded, besides one
insurgent captain being killed. The in
surgent leader Layilan is also wounded.
Near Punta Cirava in Havana province,
at the farm of Carbon, three squadrons
Of cavalry surprised q band Of insurgents
who left three killed when they retired.
Tt Is supposed the insurgent leader,
Del Gado, was killed or wounded
Captain Rapadan met the insurgents un-
cato. in Havana province, and killed four
insurgents.
The column of colonel Alonzo, passing
by Gunes de Nieranda N Santa Clara,
pursued a band OF insurgents and came UP
with them six separate times. intiicting
upon tham loss Of 2G killed. The column
of troops had four wounded.
The new North-west., 1896-05-22
SUPREME COUNCIL. OF THE A. p. 4.
Reports of Committees the Chief
Work of the Day.

Washington, May 15.-The session of the
supreme council of the a. T. A. meeting
today was devoted mainly to consuera ton
of committee reports. Five congressman
spoke before the council during the after
noon. Among those We're Linton OF Mich
igan and Htlborn of California. The report
of the committee on agitation took the
ground that agitation without education
is dangerous to the cause. The commit
tee recommended that a bureau of inform
alton be established, to consist of the su-
preme president and one member of each
state council.
The work of the junior A. p. A. was
reviewed and the proposition urged that
the body be placed under control of the
women's auxiliary of the A. F. A.
The main point of the report, however
was the recommendation that all property
of the United States except such as is
owned and used by national, state or mu-
nicipal organizations be taxed. The re-
port was adopted.
The committee on ritual and parapher-
MALTA made an extended report covering
technical changes of the ritual.
An Armenian subscription was raised
The advisory board will report tomor-
row.
The new North-west., 1896-05-22
A NARROW EsCAPE FROM Dk 4T,H
Three Hundred Dancers barely Get
Out of the Hall in Time.

Chicago, May 17.-Nearly half the busi-
ness portion of the suburban town of Blue
Island was destroyed by fire today. AL
together 26 buildings were consumed en-
failing total loss of about $15O,000. Three
hundred people who were attending
dance in Saenger hall had a narrow es-
cape from death. The building caught
fire while the dance was in progress and
a stampede ensned Many persons were
bruised, though none were seriously in
jurcu.
The last Of the escaping crowd rushed
through cloud OF smoke and heard the
sound of burning unbers behind them.
In spite of the efforts OF the flreInen ali
the buildings in Grove street between
Western avenue and Henry street, the
west side OF Western avenue between
Grove and Vermont streets, and every
building ON the east side of Western
avenue were destroyed.
The new North-west., 1896-05-22
Buffalo Carpenters Have Commenced
Protructed Struggle.

Buffalo, N Y, May ls.-The proposed
strike of carpenters today for the eight
hour worlkday has been met by a lockout.
AS the men presented themselves at the
shops they were required to answer a
question as to whether they were for
eight hours. # the reply was in the af-
firmative they were discharged on the
spot. BY noon 200 dismissed carpenters
had reported at headquarters. A protraot-
ed struggle is anticipat ed.
The new North-west., 1896-05-22
GIVEN A DOMAIN AND CHATEAU
Lady Halle Remembered in Com.
memoration of Her Jubilee.

London, May 17.-At the Marlborough
house on Saturday In the presence of a
distinguished company the Prince OF
Wales, on behalf of the subscribers, pre-
sented to Lady Halle a silver ivory cask-
ct containing the deeds to domain and
chateau near Venice. The presentation
was In commemoration Of the jubilee of
the v1olinist, who made her debut at vi
snna In 1846 as Wilhelmina Neruda, when
only years old.
The new North-west., 1896-05-22
WILL RESUME BALLor1Ne: TO-DAY

Conference Delegates Discussed the
Election of Bishops Yesterday.
Cleveland, May 1.-THE delegates to the
Methodist Episcopal general conference
found time today to discuss politics IN
connection with the election of bishops.
The failure Of any Of the leading candi-
dates to receive tWo-thrds vote inspired
talk TO the effect that motion Will Ie
made tomorrow to change the rule so as
to provide that the election shall be by a
majority instead Of a two-thirds 1t is
also said d motion will be made to elect
three instead Of two bishops. It is not
believed, however, that either of these
motions win prevail. The friends of DIR
Buttz, DR.. McCabe and DR.. Cranston are
still confident of the success Of those can
didates and much earnest electioneerina
has been done today and the contest when
the balloting Is resumed tomorrow is like.
ly to prove very spirited.
The new North-west., 1896-05-22
rABon OPERA HOUSE AT AUCTION
Two Foreclosure Suits .Aggres:ttlns
Nenrly $1,OOA,ppO.

Denver. May 17.-That the Tabor opera
house and the Tabor block will soon re
sold at public auction seems certain, the
state supreme court having confirmed the
action Of the Arapahoe county district
court giving the Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company authority TO
foreclose Its first mortgage of $500, 900 Mrs
Laura D. Smith. who holds second mort
gage for s400, 600, has also obtained from
the court permission to foreclose
The new North-west., 1896-05-22
L BIG FIRE All ATLANTA, GA
At Midnight Last Night 1t Was stiIE
NMrniuss EiercpIy

Atlanta, Ga, May 1.-THE most serious
contiagration this city has experienced in
10 years broke out shortly before IL o'clock
tonight in a block in the center of the
city.
At midnight the fire had made a COM
p;ete sweep of the block, and was threat
ening to spread across Decatur street. This
total loss on the Markham house block is
probably 5000 900, largely covered By in
surance.
The new North-west., 1896-05-22
ANNOUNCEMENT WAS PREMATURE

Miners Federation Hnn Not Decided
TO Affiliate With the American
Denver, May 17.--1t appears that the an
nouncement that the Miners Federation
had decided to affiliate with the American
Federation of Labor was premature. The
move is said to be strongly favored by
many of the members, but 1t can not be
learned that official action has been taken
In any way upon the matter.
The new North-west., 1896-05-22
Fatal Fight Between Nesroes

Bristol, Tenn, May l7.-Several negroes
engaged in a fight this afternoon near
Washington college, resulting in two be-
ing shot, one cut with an ak and one
being wounded on the head. from which
he will die.
The new North-west., 1896-05-22
WANTS TELLER FOR PRESIDENT
Rocky aIountnfn News Suggests q
COmbina tlOn.

Denver, May 18.-The Rocky Mountain
News in {. leading editorial today suggests
that the Colorado democracy with the
democracy of neighboring states pre-
sent Senator Teller In the democratic ma
tonal convention as a candidate for the
presidential nomina ton, should he bear
himself al st. Louis as he Is expected to
n
The new North-west., 1896-05-22
A CYCLONE SWEPT OVER FARMS
Devastated the Country and Fatally
Injured a Farmer.

Newton, Kan, May ia destructive
cyclone devastated a stretch Of country
about eight miles long and 100 yards wide
two miles northwest of Mound Ridge, on
the Missouri Pacific, this morning at 8
o'clock. Samuel Barr, farmer, was
fatally injured. Torrents Of rain fell
The new North-west., 1896-05-22
oBsEou1Es OF COL. cockEnrL1
Held in Scottish Rite Hall, New
York,

New Y ork, May 1S.-The obseques of the
late Colonel John A. Cockerill We're held
today in Scottisch Rite hall On the
casket was the brown lnortuary banner
of the Loyal Legion, on Which was
wreath of White roses and immort elles in
scribed "Fron Johns Wife
The services included brief addresses
by r. Z. Brohan exalted ruler of the
B. P. Q. E., and ). Howard, Jr, presi-
dent of the Press club. The body was
conveyed to the Calvary Baptist church,
where religious services were conducted
by Rev, DR.. Macarthur.
The new North-west., 1896-05-22

General trade Is not brisk at New Or
leans, and the volume Of business Is under
expectations.
The new North-west., 1896-05-22

STRIKE RESULTED IN A LOCKOUT
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-17
BANKS.

Every boy and
girl wants to keep
their money in a
Bank. We have
them at all prices,
from l0c up to CSC,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-17
curs Your stomsc CHI.

You can quickly do this by using
South American Nsrvine. 1t can cure
every case of weak stomach In the world
It always cures, never falls. IL knows
no failure. It will gladden. your heart
ana put sunshine into your life. lt is a
most surprising cure A week stomaoh
and broken nerves will drag you down
TO death. South American Nervine VIII
help you immediately. NO tailuresi
always cures; never disappoints Lovely
20 take. Sold by Durbin, wright q Co.,
drnggists, Canton, Ohio.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-17
Street Cars,

Ready TO go, Tor
25c, 4Sc and 1850
each.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-17

Horse and
Carriages.

Double Carriages, csc
Single Carriages. -, 48c
Buckboards,
for 48c and CSC
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-17

Welcome for all Children Bring the Little q
TOy over from last year. Buy now before the great
in Stark county. Prices ALWAYS THE LOWEST
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-17

Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Av.sdsd osia Msdla sslA~inisr Fab. San Franchises.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-12-17
DRUMS.

Every boy should
have q drum this
year. See this man
has two. We start
our Drums at 25c,
4Sc, 75c to Csc,
complete.
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1896-04-02

ducer for Europe that America has held
for long time past. He says that north
Of the parallel of about SO degrees the
country is mostly immense deserts,
without forests, and SO cold as to for
bid cultivation. But south Of those
deserts there is the greatest forest belt
in the world, extending most Of the
way from the Ural Mountains to the
Pacific coast. South of this forest belt,
up to about so degrees of latitude, are
the great Siberian plains, having a
black soil Of unsurpassed fertility. AT
comparatively small cost this soil could
be made to produce each year great
crops of wheat, rice, and maize. These
could be exported during the summer
season through the waterways of the
Irish, Obi, Yenesei, and Lena, with
their numerous branches, and in the
winter by the Siberian railroad, which
will touch all points of Importance on
these fertile plains. The rivers and
their branches will be connected by
numerous canals and the railroad fin
ished early in the next century, and
then an era Of enormous development
in Siberia will have begun. Port Dick
son, at the mouth of the Yenesei in the
Siberian Sea, which was discovered
by Nordenskjold, is named by him as
one from which navigation to the Attain
tic Ocean can be performed without
much difficulty when it has been con.
nected by telegraph with the coast sta
tions, so as to receive information about
the rapidly changing ice conditions il
the Siberian Sea.
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1896-04-02
The Beetles Strength.

A note dentomologist who had been
writing on the wonderful feats of
strength as exhibited in the beetle fam
lily, tells the following: 81 selected a
common black water-beetle weighing
four and two-tenth grains, and found
that he was able to carry load Of shot
in a small bag, the whole weighing
eight and one-fourth ounces, or exactly
S5S times the weight Of the bug. If a
man weighing $50 pounds could carry
as much accordingly, he could shoulder
a forty-five-ton locomotive, and then
chain train of cars together and take
the whole lot across the country at 4
tiye-mile-an-hot.T gait.
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1896-04-02
A NINE-FOOT MUSTACHE,
James II. Brown, of Idaho, Is the
PossesSor and Has No Rival.

James Fl. Brown, of Idaho, Is the
PossesSor and Has No Rival.
James III. Brown, issue clerk at the
Fort Hall agency, Ross Fork. Bing-
ham County, Idaho, has the longest
mustache of any man living. 1t meas
ures nine feet from tip to tip, four and
half feet each way from the center of
the lip. This mustache is Mr. Browns
greatest joy and pride. 1t is most care
fully kept, and would attract marked
attention anywhere. The Indians look
upon this enormously long mustache
with awe and reverence. believing Mr..
Brown to have been exceptionally bless
ed by God.
Mr. Brown is by birth a Virginian.
He was born in LoudOun County, eley-
en- miles west of Leesburg, near what
is known now as Round Hill. His faith
er moved from LOudOun County to
Barbour County, then in Virginia, but
now in West Virginia, in October, 1851.
Mr.. Browns occupation has always
been that of farmer. with the excep-
ton of q period of eighteen years, which
he devoted to the lumber business. and
the time he has been giving to Uncle
Sam. Fourteen months ago Mr.. Brown
was appointed issue clerk at the Fort
Hall Indian agency, which position he
Is still filling.
The fame of Mr. Browns elongated
muStache is by no means confined to
the wilds of Idaho. 1t is known
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1896-04-02
THE fihSi LAD (.
Handsome Mrs. Cleveland Is as
Popular as Ever.

Popular as Ever.
Mrs. Cleveland's frequent social ap-
pearances lately have shown very clear
ly that the strong fascination which her
presence always eXerted among wom-
Ell has not leSsened the veriest jot. She
is the most interesting women In the
country to-day, particularly in the fact
that people never tire of looking at her.
No one was ever yet heard to say that
he had been able to watch her quite as
long as he would have liked. \ great
many people now know her intimately
and are able to see her frequently; but.
for the great majority to whom this in
timacy is denied, the only OppOrtuni-
ties come with the important functions
at the White House.
At one of Mrs Cleveland'S teas re
Gently perhaps 1000 women had the
pleasure OF shaking hands with her,
and at the same time enjoyed a little
chat. 1t would have been hard to find
any woman in all this number who. af-
ter this enjoyment. did not find some
point from which she could stand and
feast her eyes again on her hostess.
Every detail Of her appearance, every
ornament she wore. and every word
she said was discussed and admired.
In evening dress Mrs Cleveland is the
handsOmest woman III Washington to-
day. She has Il beautiful neck and we'll
rounded shoulders, and, with the spar
kle of her jewels. making picture of
White House mistress which is simply
regal Her smile is contagious. for her
manners are always agreeably gra-
ciOus.
Ruth and Esther and baby Marian
are miniatures of their mother. The
two elder girls love to get Il glimpse of
the grand daylight dOings in their home,
and to do it have to peep through the
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1896-04-02
Military visitors from Europe h

Military visitors from Europe have
always been surprised at the laXness
with which strangers have been al
lowed to inspect American fortitica-
tions, often being allowed to roam
about wherever they pleased without
q permit. Recent orders have been
issued which in certain cases, at least,
will impose much greater strictness in
this respect. The Commandant at
Fort Hamilton, n. Y, has received in
structions from Washington to refuse
admission to strangers, and wicked
British spies seeking to lay bare our
weakness will here1-,er be kept at a
distance.
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1896-04-02
Several Russian war ships are

Several Russian war ships are Win
tering in Klau-Chau Bay, and Russia
has secured in this harbor one Of the
most important gateways of Northern
China. Its position is convenient TO
Corea, and it is one Of the sea portals
of Pekin. A coal field is situated with
in 100 miles of the bay, and near it is
one of the best iron mining centers Of
rope are making faces at the Monroe
doctrine Russia is walking off with
prizes that seemed beyond Its reach q
few months ago.
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1896-04-02
Feelings in a Wreck.

"How does it feel to be on an engine
when it collides with another train?"
We'll" said the old engineer. sit is
not so easy to answer that question
because if you are running at a high
rate of speed when the accident hap,
pens it is all over in a few seconds,
and if you are fortunately left with 4
little life and consciousness in you,
you feel like one who has just awak-
ened from q bad dream, with very
distant recollectiOns of the particulars
II was once running east on the fast
express, which was a double-header,
with my engine in the lead. We were
running fifty miles an hour when we
struck a coal train that had failed to
clear the main track, and was pulling
slowly into the middle track. We
plowed right through the caboose and
four cars, ripping the sides out Of
them, and it was all done so quick
that with my hand ON the throttle
had Just time to shut off the steam
before l was bumped up against the
front end of the cab so fOrcibly that
the wind was knocked completely out
of me.
Il remember grinding and crush.
ing Of the timbers, the flying of glass,
and the breaking of my ribs against
the reverse lever, when 1 rebounded,
and the mad plunging of the engines,
but it was all over in five seconds, and
l felt relieved to feel a little life left
i'm me- -
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1896-04-02

A Cleveland girl who had a young
man arrested for kissing her admitted
on the witness stand that she had
kissed him first. The defendant was
discharged. 1t loked like clear case
of iustifiable osculation in self-defense
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1896-04-02

The German Kaiser seems deter
mined to express his contempt for
everything English. The ink is scarce
ly dry on his telegram to President
Kruger of the Transvaal when comes
the news that he has forbidden the
use of the British monocle by officers
of the German army. He says that the
use of the single-barreled eyeglass is
q ridiculous affectation," and he
won't have it.
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1896-04-02
THINGS BEING GvEHED UP.

1 stole down by the brooklet side;
The moon was bright.
I stole a dozen kisses there,
That blissful night.
/ stole Il march on other men;
| knew my part.
l was SO good at stealing that
/ stole her heart.
Now we are happy man and wife.
Why seem it strange
If, when I'm fast asleep in bed,
She steals my change?
-YOnkers Statesman.
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1896-04-02
Youthful Curiosity.

A case has been brought to the atten-
tion of the Dover (MeD Observer in
which the parents of small boy were
talking about hanging, and in the
course of the converse ton the method
was described minutely. A little later
the child went out, got a rope, and
tying it to beam, proceeded to expert
ment. He was so successful in his in
vestigation that when he was found he
was black in the face, and would have
died soon.
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1896-04-02

If the north pole was not to be found
by an American it is a matter of salts
faction that the discoyerer should be
q Norwegian. Next to the Phoenicians
the Morse have been the worlds great
est seafaring race, and it is not abso,
luteIy certain that they did not dis
cover America.
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1896-04-02

The report that r. L. Garner, the
master of the monkey language, is to
be sent to Africa again proves to be un-
true. 1t is limited that possibly through
his subtle influence too many people
have been induced to make monkeys
Of themselves" already in Africa.