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Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

letting golden opportunities slip out OF their
grasp
Peru is generally very generous with big
enterprises which mean the development OF
tho country. An English syndicate furnished
millions Of dollars to build the Central rail-
road Of Peru. The government has secured
control by giving the company the manage
ment of the road for fifty years, the right to
all the guano In Peru and large tract OF
land, the Pyrna, In the interior. for colcniza-
tion purposes. This district is most fertile.
and coffee and everything that can be grown
Nm warm climates are nrndmccl there.N
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
FORECAST OF ropAy's WEATHER.
Light SHOWS VIII Give Place to n
uuI Cold SnpII


WASHINGTON, Jan. l.--Thc forecast for
Saturday is:
For Nebraska.-Light SHOWS. followed by
clearing, colder weather; northwestcrly
winds.
For Colorado Threatening weather and
snow; continued colder; northorly winds
For South Ddkota--Partly cloudy weather
and local snows continued cold; northerly
winds.
For Wyoming 49, Light snow; variable
winds.
For Missouri--Raln or snow; much colder;
northweStcrly winds In northern and vest
ern portions.
For 1owa-Rain or snow; much colbert
northwcsterly winds
For Kansas.-Rain or snow, followed by
clearing and colder weather; northerly
winds.
Local Record.
OFFICE or THE WEATHER BUREAU,
OMAHA, Jan. 1.--Omaha record of rainfall
responding day of the past three years;
1897. 1896, 1895, 1891.
Maximum temperature. 81 81 27 50
Minimum temperature. 81 is 10 20
Average temperature..., ~ 30 is Az
Raintall .,......,.,,....,,. VI .W W w
Record OF temperature aud precipitation
at Omaha for the day and since March l,
1896
Normal temperature for the day.. q
Excess for the day,.,..................... 20
Accumulated excess since March L.. %
Normal precipitation for the day. ,O3 inch
Deficiency for the day,,..,..,...... .02 inch
Total precipitation since Mch. | 50 % inches
Deficiency for cor pei od 1896, II 2S inches
Deficiency for cor period 1885. 1i.9S inches
Reports from stations At = II. IN.
Seventy fifth meridian time
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
Sly Arrests for Gambling.

James Harding and James Dlggs. the coll
orcd men who became involved In tho
gambling case with Tom Dcnnson, tho
proprietor of policy shop which has AN
office on South Thirteenth street, last
Thursday afternoon, were arrested yester-
day and gave bonds for their appearance
before Judge Gordon. Thomas pennison,
Joseph Parks, William Ncstlchouse and
Frank Heacock appeared at the station
and also gave bonds for their appearance
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

You can't 60 on losing
flesh under ordinary con-
ditions without the knowl-
edge that something is
wrong, either with digeS-
ton or nutrition. If the
brain and nerves are not fed,
they can't work. If the
blood is not well supplied,
it can't travel on its life
journey through the body.
Wasting is tearing down;
Scott's Emulsion is building
up. Its first action is to i'm
prove digestion, createan ap-
petite and supply needed nu-
triton. Book free.
SCOTT d BOVINE. Chemists. ssn York.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
Fire RecorJ of the Year.

The records of the city fire department for
1896 show that the department answered
forty-fve alarms during the year. The lcsses
on buildings and contents amounted to $l4,-
S25, while the insurance amounted to Sl2,-
$50. Many OF the homes destroyed were not
insured. No large free occurred during the
year the heaviest loss being during April,
which foots up to $3.50. In many casee
where small buildings were burned it was
necessary for the department to lay 1,600
feet of hose which took considerable time,
thus giving the fire a good start The
pressure is very light when it is necessary
to lay such long line of hose and this in a
measure accounts for the total destruction
of a number of homes. At the present time
the paid fire department is composed OF six
men. as follows: Fred NJ. Smith, chief; w. l..
Holland, superintendent fire alarm service;
David Garrett John Briggs, Ed Hanley and
Matt McCune nremen.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
Let All the DrunIss Go.

A short session of police court was held
yesterday morning for tle purpose of dis
posing OF the cases picked up the night
before, II was hardly necessary, as the
were few who were boisterous in their wei
come to the new year Only half a dozen
Judge Gordon was feeling kindly and he
discharged them all.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
Six Countries VIII lie There.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The governments
OF Egypt. Venezuela, Switzerland and Mex
leo, with France and Russia. heretofore an
nounced have signifed to this government
their intention TO be represented at the uni
yersal postal convention next May.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
VAST PETROLEUM BEDS.

peter Bacigalupi, the phonograph and
X ray man OF this city, has a large tract OF
land covered with petroleum beds, and ar
open them up. The matter has not pro-
gressed far enough to make a statement for
publication, but If the project goes through
his beds will probably produce enough oil
to supply the Peruvian demand and sur
plus for shipment to this coast.
Besides its vast mineral deposits Peru
has extensive agricultural resources. In
every valley there is a river, and here the
land is fertile. On the tableland9, where
there are no rivers, there are deserts. Peru
is a great country for sugar. You can raise
q number of crops from cne planting The
cotton plants are very large. They grow ten
or twelve feet high. You need not be afraid
to make this statement Rice is grown In
great abundance All these commodities, as
well as vicuna and alpaca wool of finest
quality, Peruvian bark etc, was sent to EAg-
land. America could easily get the trade.
Until tho Grace line of steamers was put
on the line from New York to Callao, about
four years ago, nearly all the minerals were
shipped to England. Now 70 per cent Of the
gold, silver copper and kerosene produced is
taken to New York. The Graces are the
only American shippers a Peru, but they
have built up big business. San Francisco
should have some Of this trade, as il Is but
5000 miles distant and New York is IL 000
The Grace people are talking of putting on a
line from San Francisco to Calicoa and Val
pqraioo
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
South Omaha News
4 igI 81 81 q z; 2. g 81 g q 81

The year just closed was a great one for
this market in the sheep trade and indica-
tions all favor a still further improvement
in 1897. Local killers have fully doubled
their purchases, as compared with any
former year, and the volume of business
done with feeders has more than doubled
The increase is shown by the receipts for the
last seven years, which follow: 1890, 1885,
S73; 1891. 1863. Si5 1892, 1888 593; 1893, 252 ,273
1894. 243945; 1895, 20i,S70; 1895, 35S 005
December shipments of feeder cattle foot up
to 701 cars O,292 head. OF this number 269
cars went to Nebraska and 345 to Iowa
only AIS cLre Added to last months ship
ments were about 5000 head of cattle, which
were driven out, making a total of over &c.
600 head
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
House Party at the DeIIone.

At the Dellone hotel last evening was
given house party to which a number OF
Tho friends Of the guests were invited in ad-
ditlon to those who make that hosiery their
home. The parlors we're tastefully deco
rated for the occasion and the evening was
spent in dancing, card playing and in listen
ing to some musical selections. During the
evening champagne punch was served and
also light lunch.
The Social Five Dancing club gave an in
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

healthier-anyway doctors did not insist
on such things SO much. That sort of
treatment was not fad as it is to-day.
Many woman goes on suffering tortures
in silence because her natural modesty
prevents her taking the step she knows
will follow when she calls on a doctor.
There is relief for these women and 9TH
ers. II is in DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription. This is an Ijsolutely certain
remedy for all the weaknesses and dis
eases of woman's peculiar organs. 1t is
the preparation of all eminent and Sue
cessful specialist-a regularly graduated,
experienced and skilled physician, who
has for over thirty years made n specially
of diseases of women. This is the only
medicine for women that emanates from
such a source. 1t is sold by all good drug
gists, and its sales amount to more than
the combined sales of all other prepara-
tions designed for the same purposes.
HEAD uEAyyl Do you feel sleepy aud sluggish
and halfdead all dayl Is your sleep restiessl
DO you have bad dreaInsl Does a little eXertion
tire you out Are you short windedl DO YOU
have palpitation Of the hearth II you do, YOU
probably need DR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets All
OF these symptoms come from constipation more
frequently than they do from any other cause.
Pleasant Pellets will cure them by curing consti.
patton. The Pellets" are the only absolutely
permanent cure for this prevalent disorder.
They are tiny, sugar coated granules and a little
vial holds forty of them. One Pellet " Is a gen.
ue laxative aud two a mild cathartic.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
AMERICAN MEATS IN PERU.

1T was pleasing to me to see American
bacon, hams, canned meats and the like in
Peru after the advent Of the Grace steamers,
but there should be a line of steamers from
this port that would go to Calicao, touching
at Mexican and Central American ports.
California wines and liquors are badly
needed in Peru, as the wines there are very
poor Our canned goods would bring high
prices.
There has always been a demand for
California wheat, but the people cannot get
it. There is no wheat grown in Peru, and the
wheat brought from Chile is very dark in
color and has a hard she'll The American
consul at Calao has been trying to get
American wheat and other products inn
ported, and has go up statistics to show that
1,1S5,020 bushels were brought to Callao
alone in 1895. II the market was secured 1t
would mean considerable to California grain
growers
AT the present time nearly everything
comes to Peru from England. but the people
are anxious for American goods Of all kinds,
and cannot get as much as they want of
them. The merchants Of San Francisco are
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
Patents to Western inventors.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-(SpecaI.)-Pat-
ents have been issued as follows: Nebraska
Cyrus f, Bake, Fullerton, car coupling; Cy-
rus A. Peterson Stratton telegraph pole
Myron Twss, Norfolk, windmill
Ioya-John b, Bartholomew. Des Molnes,
extensible pole for separators George w.
Clayton, Lebanon, fence post; Patrick ii.
Conner and L. Clark, Monticello, corn
husker; George w. Fields and " A. Boyn-
ton. Shannon City, twine holder; Warren c.
Johnson Oskaloosa, coal drilling machine;
William Morley, Fontanelle. band cutter and
feeder; James A. Norton, Odebolt, table at
tachmont for beds; John NJ. Rainey Keller
ton, automatic car and airbrake coupling;
oliver b, Ross, Spencer, automatic measure
for creameries,
South Dakota-Wallace A. Houts Parker
and l.. G. Nilsson, Sioux City, Ia, telephone
switch hoX
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

Result Of the Examination of Defec-
tive nInteA at NeMpnrt NcMs.

~
tive Plates at Newport News.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The special board
appointed by Secretary Herbert to examine
a number of defective structural steel plates
delivered by the Carnegie Steel company at
Newport News for the battleships Kentucky
and Kearsarge has submitted its report to
the Navy department. The board made ex-
tensive tests OF the material at the ship
yards and arrived at the following conclu-
sions: That IL the specifications be held
to require the test of the plates to be made
by bending the specimens longitudlnaly
only, a large proportion of the steel COM
plies with tho specifications. IT, however, a
transverse bending test is also required only
one lot of plates-the seventeen and one
half pound plates-meet the demands The
defects are attributed to the fact that the
plates receive the most work of the mills
in the direction OF their length and the fail
ure OF the inspectors to detect these defects
is due to the failure of the specifications
to rqulre other than such bending test Upon
these findings the department has authorized
the constructor at Newport News to use
so much of the steel plate on hand as he
may find suitable, while the inspectors at
the mills have been instructed to make
transverse bending tests OF plates hereafter.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
Saw Miu poIIer EspIodes.

MIDDLESBORO. Ky, Jan. 1.-The boiler
OF Bowman's saw mill. near Tazewell
Tenn. exploded today vita frlghtful re-
sos Ians urea Tbs ked w Snd doe
Neal and b. II. Bowman were badly
scalded.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
HOTELS.
BARKER HOTEL.

THIRTEENTH AND JONES STREETS.
40 rooms baths, steam heat and all modern
convenlences Rates. $3.50 and $500 per day.
Table unexcelled. Special low rates TO regular
boarders. FRANK HILDlTCH. Mgr.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

formal New Years dance at Patterson hall
last evening at which twenty couples par
ticipatcd.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
notice of Irrigation nond sale.

The directors OF the Middle Loup Val-
ley Irrigation district invite sealed pro-
posals for 100000 Un part or whole) of
bonds OF said district up to 2 p. m. of JAM
uary 10. 1897. Address.
CHARLES NIcoLAI, Secretary,
Sargent. Neb.
D2id20t
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02

In our great
gra II d moth er's
day women did
not have to sub
NIT to the exam
nations and local
treatment so uni
formly insisted
upon by present
day physicians.
|. p e r h aps t Ii ey
were naturally
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-09
THE DISTRICT COURTS.

Judgment was renered by agreement
in the Thirty-seventh District court
this morning in case of the state of
Texas against Theo. Vanderstratten,
suit for taxes.
The CleghOrn case was concluded in
the Thirty-seventh District court yes
terday, judgment being rendered for
Mrs. JOsefa de Ia Cara Cleghorn, the
ihtervenor in the suit.
Judgment was rendered for plain
tiff in the following eases:
Mary NJ. Hogue VS., James NJ. Hogue,
divorce:
Pedro Hernandez VS.. Gertrude Her
nandez. divorce.
Ida Henderson, ct. al, VS.. Manuel
Hernandez, note and fOreclOsure.
A case of Mary II. Andrews ct al.
against the Estate of H. B. Andrews,
suit to cancel and remove cloud from
title. was dismissed at plaintiffs costs
in the FOrty-fifth District court this
morning.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-09
PEARSALL POINTERS.

Pearsall. Tex, March 6.-The social
hop at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Haynes last Tuesday night was
well attended and all report having
spent the most enjoyable evening.
Dancing was the principle feature of
the evening and pastime in which all
participated freely. and continued al
most until near u o'clock. when all
were invited into the dining room
where a bOunteous supper, was served
in most tempting manner. After
supper dancing was again resumed
and continued until the early hours
of morn.
The social at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. III. III. Peel on last Monday
night for the benefit of the Episcopal
church was well attended and quite
a neat sum was cleared by the church.
Col. Lane, of San Antonio, was in
Pearsall this week attending to legal
business.
Quite a number of the Stockmen of
this county anticipate attending the
stockmen's convention In San aAnto-
MO next week.
Miss Edith Rowley, sister Of Mrs.
A. +. Starrat, died at the home of her
sister last night.
r. ]. Jennings returned this week
to Pearsall after an absence of sew
eral weeks looking after cattle inter-
ests.
Judge John Z. Bivens returned
Wednesday of this week from San
Patricio county, where he had been
attending court.
Frank Woods returned from San An
tonic Wednesday, where he had been
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-09
A RUNAWAY.

\ runaway took place last night,
which started near the pOstoffice and
wound up at the Menger hotel 1t was
about 1918 o'clock, just after the
band concert was over, and the crowd
on the plaza had dispersed. 1t was
t1ne horse attached to good
buggy. a wheel was broken by run
ming against n post on Alamo plaza
and at Crockett street it ran into an
old vehicle of Joseph Brown, a col
Ored man, living at West End, who
was returning from church with Jose
phine Johnson. The runaway was
stopped by the buggy colliding with
n hack. The name of the owner of
the runaway horse could not be learn
ed, but it is said to be Victor f.
Vaughan, of 119 South Olive street.
There were two ladies in the buggy.
but they jumped out before they were
hurt.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-09
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

-"Airi air!" gBped the dying man.
The brave girl heard him and hesitated
not a moment. Leaping from her wheel
she punctured both her tires with all
possible haste.-Detroit News.
-Nursegirl-I lost track of the
child, mum, and" Good gracious!
Why didn't you speak to policeman
Nursegid-'T was speaking. to wan all
the tonne, mum."-Pearson's Weekly.
His Observation-Disclosures
do you like your new mamma, John
nie2" Johnnie-"Oh, purity good. I ct
jar of plums yistady, and she blamed
it on the hired girl."-Cleveland Leader.
Young Wife-"Oh, John, the rats
have eaten all of my cake!" John
"What! All of it?" Young Wife
'cEvery piece. 1 feel like crying" John
sob, don't cry over a few rats
Hartford Times.
Mr.. Watts-"The idea Of the pastor
getting up at the close of the church
fair and saying that he was deeply
touched!" Mrs. Watts-"And why
shouldn't he say so?" Mr.. Watts-"Be-
cause he was the only man there who
hadn't been; that's why.'-Indianapolis
Journal.
His Observation.-"Didy you know"
said the man who was reading an article
about the contraction of metals, "that
a clock ticks faster in winter than sum-
mer?" mo, never noticed that about
a clock. But I know gas meter does"
indianapolis Journal.
Don't you think $40 a week ALI
mony is little too much to demand"
asked the referee in the divorce case,
"when he is only making $50?" mo, I
DON'T" said the lady; that's what
used to make him gimme while 1 was
livin' with him-"-Cincinnat Enquirer.
His Hard Lines.-"Poor mani" ex-
claimed the prison missionary, to whom
the sheriff's guest had been relating a
tale of woe. "Your life seems to have
been one unbroken series of misbor-
tunes" "Yes," sighed the fallen one,
81 have had many trials. buffalo
Courier.
-"Ah," observed the bystander,
learning to ride the bicycle, see. How
are you getting on?" 81 sometimes get
crane to lift me on" she remarked,
icily, land at other times fall off the
house into the saddle" And then she
tried to mount, and ran nto,the lamp
post again.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-09
PERSONAL MENTION.

Hon. F. B. Earnest, of Laredo, is in
the city.
Mr.. Oswald Grospietsch has located
in this city.
Paul Hesse, a merchant of Laredo,
is at the Mahncke.
Rev. FIR. Ayers, of New Orleans, is
in the city for visit.
James B. Wells, of Brownsville,
Texas, is at the Menger.
julius and Henry J. Runge, of Gal
weston, are at the Menger.
John Wilkins, Jr., Charles Gross
man and William Maurer have return
ed from New Orleans.
4. z. Burchard, of Gainesville, Tex,
is in the city, on a visit to his chill
dren, Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ. Brown.
George Wurzbach, who has been at
tending dental college at Nashville,
Tenn, arrived in the city last night to
spend a vacation at home.
]. w. Light and wife, of Chicka-
hasha, l. T., arrived in the city this
morning, accompanied by y. b. Ian
than, Mrs. Riddle and Mrs. Sparks.
They are quartered a. them averick
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-09
RAILROAD NOTES.

Vice President and General Mana
ger B. +. Yoakum, of the st. Louis and
San Francisco, arrived on the St.
Louis Limited this morning in his pri
vate car.
Mr.. w. X. Crawford, attorney for
the Chicago and Southeastern rail-
road, passed through the city over the
Southern Pacific yesterday in private
car 100, accompanied by his wife, en-
route to San Francisco.
Colonel Junius Brutus Brooks, of
the Arkansas Pass, arrived yesterday
to help entertain the stockmen and
put in word edgeways for his popu-
lar road He will be here all week.
Mr.. Roswell Miller, president of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
railroad, headquarters at Chicago, ar
rived in the city from Ell Paso over
the Southern Pacific yesterday in pri-
vate car wisconsin" He is here for
benefit of his health and expects to re-
main about two weeks, after which he
exepcts to go to New Orleans.
Beginning today a tri-weekly mix
ed train will be run between Victoria
and Cuero, each way, on Tuesday,
Thursdays, and Saturdays, connecting
with the Arkansas Pass road. This
will enable passengers from San An
tonic OgO through to Victoria with
out twenty-fOur hours layOver at
Cuero as heretofore.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-09
HOW THE CossAcKs FISH.
Thousands of Them Congregate on the
Urah River In Winter.

Thousands of Them Congregate on the
Urah River In Winter.
On the steppes on the east shore of
the River Ural, which forms the Dor
der line between Asia and Europe as
far as to its mouth in the Caspian sea,
live the Ural-Cossacks. The country is
governed by "netman," kind of q
chief, whose stronghold and residence
is the famous Fortress Uralsk. These
Cossacks, who are half settlers and
half boundary guards, make their liv-
ing chiefly by fishing.
The fields and meadows are by nature
very poor and almost sterile. But close
to the river bed there is some richer
soil, which would, if farmed properly,
bring good returns. Agriculture, how
ever, is not the Cossack's ambition. He
does not care for nor understand it. He
is without the necessary capital for 9th
er business, and for him is nothing left
but fishing, which, as it is, is very good
in Ural. Of course, even for this a
certain capital is required, and conse-
quently tine rich Cossacks are the lead
ers of the large fishermen, each gang be-
ing called an "arbjil."
| The Ural CoSsacks have the monopoly
for fishing in the Ural and on the Cas-
plan sea. For their full disposal and
use is on area of 20 versts cast and
west, and hundred versts north and
south. Governing their rights, share
in the catch. ways of working together,
ETC., are laws which are strictly COM
piled with. The fisheries take place at
different times and even in the winter.
Besides the different varieties of stur-
geon or "sterletarten," from which the
world-famous Astrachan caviar is made,
there are also carp, shad, pike and 9TH
crs. The spring fisheries with nets last
six weeks and bring 1000 loads of fish.
In the fall the catch consists chiefly
of sturgeon, and amounts to about 1000
loads.
The winter fishing with ice hooks
takes place in December and January,
AS soon as the ice is Strong enough,
usually in December, so it can hold
thousands of people and hundreds OF
sleighs, the netman gathers his people
at Uralsk for the winter fishing. Thus
they come and bring their sleighs.
They usually carry pick or pike In
their right hand and couple of large
hooks in the left. OF these hooks one
is longer than the other, the long one
for catching the fish under the ice and
the shorter one for lifting the fish out
of the hole. The netman, or chief, re
mains by his sleigh in the middle OF the
frozen stream. Upon his command the
Cossacks all rush in on the ice. a gun
shot is the given signal for the com
mencement, Before long the ice IL
, perforated in many hundred places, an6
now is the time when the long fishhool
is used. When the Cossack catches {
fish with the long hook he pulls it Close
to the edge of the hole, then with The
shorter hook he lifts his catch upoI
, the ice, coloring this all red with The
|, blood of it. The fish is sailed anc
shipped to the interior of Russia, w'her'
there is a great demand for it during tn
. fasting days.-Translated from Fue
ALE Welt.
READ THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-09
LOCAL RECORD.

Maximum temperature yesterday,
So degrees.
Minimum temperature in past "A
hours, 81.
Mean temperature, 76.
Normal temperature, 60.
Temperature at a. III. this date
90.
Sensible temperature, 81.
Relative humidity, 80.
Wind, direction, southeast.
Wind, velocity, 6 miles.
Weather cloudy.
Fl. III. CURLEY, Observer.