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The Florence daily tribune., 1898-12-06
The Smoothest Train in the Unite.
States

On Sunday, November 20, the
Burlington Route made a radical
change in the schedule of the Chi
cago Special, its finest and fastest
Denver-Chicago train.
Heretofore, this train has left
Denver in the morning -immedi-
ately after the arrival of d. & R. G..
and Colorado Midland trains from
the West. 1t now leaves at LAO
y. m, arriving at Omaha in time
for breakfast next morning, and at
Chicago at S.15 p m. the same day.
In other words, it runs l ,046 miles
in twenty-nine and one-half hours
an average rate of speed of
about thirty-six miles an hour.
There are not half dozen long
distance trains in the United
States which are scheduled faster
than thirty-six miles an hour. And
there is not one-not a single one
which has as good a record as
he Chicago SPECIAL for being ''on
time all the time"
The equipment of the Chicago
Special consists Of one sleeping.
one dining, one library, and two
chair cars. The cars are of the
newest design, and have been in
service less than six months. All
OF them have the new wide vesti-
bule, and are lighted with Pintsch
gas.
The sleeper is upholstered in
peacock blue, and contains twelve
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-12-06

First Church OF Christ, Scientist.
Every Sunday at the Rogers building, Mai
QStreet: Sunday morning service 0:45: eve.
ing at 7:+5; Sunday School IL AS: 1nqul
meeting every Wednesday evening at As
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-12-06
Church Services and Religious mt.the
In Florence

First Baptist Church,
REV. ROBERT D. GRAHAM.
Sunday School, 10 q. M; preaching Ii rs an
7:30 in Union Hall.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-12-06

st. Benedct's Roman Catholic Church.
p. GREGORY, o. S. B., Pastor
Sunday services, first and third Sundays in ga
month high mass and sermon. 10 q, M: s.
day School Mt p. M: vespers and bened
tion of the blessed sacrament at 80 p. m.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-26

PoRT AU PRINCE, April 26.-The Hal
tian coast vessel which has just arrived
here reports having sighted five war
ships, painted dark gray, passing the
Mole ST. Nicolas, the western point of
the northern part of Haiti, on Saturday
last.
The correspondent of The Associated
Press was unable to verify the state
ment made, and he was also unable to
obtain any definite information regard
ing the nationality of the ships alleged
to have been seen by the coaster.
SAINT VINCENT, Cape Verde Islands,
April 26.-The Spanish fleet is still here,
but it is reported that the vessels sail
from these islands today.
LONDON, April ga dispatch to The
Daily Mail from st. Vincent, Cape
Verde islands, dated Monday, says:
Visiting the Spanish fleet has been
forbidden and no man@uvreing, target
practice or exercising whatever is pro-
ceeding. All the ships have been
painted black since they arrived here.
No shore leave is granted
'sThe cruisers, including the Vizcaya
and the Almirante Oquendo, have been
all day coaling from the Ciudad de
Cadix. All the stores, medicines and
supplies in st. VINCENT have been pur-
Chased to supply the squadron, and even
passing vessels are laid under contribu-
ton. The bay is busy with launches
and boats carrying stores, and the port
is brilliantly Illuminated all night with
electric searchlights and signals.
1.-TWO Portuguese men, ofwar are
here and Governor General De Lacerde
is staying until the Spxniards depart.
The Portuguese consitrA the Spanish
fleet very strong, and believe that Spain
will be victorious at the commence
ment, but that Americas money will
eventually triumph. y
WASHINGTON, April 26.-The Post to-
day says: ''phe Spanish fleet, which
modified at Cape Verde islands, was
yesterday notified by Portugal to leave
st. Vincent"
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-26
What War Means.

AS the prospect of war comes near
er and nearer, day by day, says the
Los Angeles Times, the normal mind
ed man is sobered, for he sees the gal
liant lads of our navy and army falling
in the red hell of combat; he sees the
mighty cruisers going down to des-
truction with the OLD flag flying; lie
sees the tears of woman, and his ears
are wounded with their cries Of sor-
row; he sees the manned lying in the
hospitals battling for life; he sees the
surgeons stripped for work, with their
1 barred arms reeking with the blood of
our beloved boys; he sees the shell
tearing gaps through ediflces that
wealth has builded; ne sees the
wealth of the nation burned up in
powder and smoke, and sunk in the
sea, shattered into ruins on the land:
/ he sees death stalking along the GRIM
/ son decks of our men-of-war in ten
! thousand awful guises; he hears the
means of the dying, the hiss of bull
! lets, the shrek of shells, the roar Of
artillery, and he sees the flames blow
/ ing from the muzZles of great guns,
streaming from sky piercing rockets,
and bursting from the bowels of our
great ships of commerce. These are
the visions the thoughtful men see,
as the lines of battle form and the
squadrons deploy, and these are the
sounds that fright his ears in imagi-
nation, for they are the concomitants
of war.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-26
BELLIGERENT SPANIARD,
One of PoIo's Suite Challenges Consul
General Lee and Captain Sigsbee
to Fight Duels.

TORONTO, April 26.-Lieutenant Car
rienz of the suite of Senior Polo Ber-
nabe was seen relative to the report
that he had challenged Captain Sigsbee
If the Maine to fight duel. He cor
roborated the story. He said he had
sent his challenge on the Goth, and if he
does not hear from Captain Sigsbee by
the 2Sth he will brand him a coward.
Should Captain Sigshee refuse, the lieu
tenant will then challenge Consul Gen
eral Lee.
WASHINGTON, April 26.--It is not
known whether or not Lee and Sigsbee
have received the challenges. The
Spaniard is an expert swordsman and
pistol user. He wanted to issue the
challenges before he left Washington,
but Senior Polo would not allow it. His
grievance is the testimony given by
Lee and Sigsbee that the Maine was
blown up by Spaniards.
PHILADELPHIA, April 26. = Captain
Sigsbee says he has received no chal-
lenge and don't believe the report. If
it comes. he says he can't say what he
will dc.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-26
THE RIGHT OF SEARCH.
Instructions Published In the Official
Gazette al afadrid-Castclar
swears Allegiance.

MADRID, April 26.-The Official Ga
zette has published the instructions of
the Spanish government respecting the
right of search of neutral vessels. In
brief, they set forth that warships may
detain merchantmen in any non-neutral
waters for tho purpose Of verifying the
authenticity OF the lag and for examin-
ing the cargo, ii the vessel is bound for
a hostile port.
A dispatch from Barcelona says the
canceling of coal contracts by British
firms will lead to paralysis of the To-
cal men. The anti British feeling,
therefore, is receiving accentuation.
A council of officers has been APP
pointed to advise the minister of ma
rine, Admiral Bermejo.
Senior Emilio CASTELAR,, the Republi-
can leader, appeared in the chamber for
the first time since 1883 and took the
oath among the monarchists, kneeling
and with his band on the Gospel. The
other Republicans and Carlists only
gave Their pledge while standing with
the hand pressed upon the heart.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-26
TO TAKE TWO PORTS,
Strategic Boards Urged to Supplement
the Pacific Blockade With More
iWarlike Operations.

WASHINGTON, April 26.-The strategic
boards of the army and navy are being
urged to supplement the Pacific block
AIDE by the taking of one port ON the
north coast of Cuba and one on the
south coast, for the purpose of estab-
fishing juncture with Genral Gomez s
insurgent troops at Sancti Spiritus and
with General Gareia's insurgent forces
in Santiago de Cuba.
Secretary Albertini of the Cuban le-
CATION said that movements of this
character would be extremely valuable
in opening up connections with the in
surgent forces. 1t is felt that small
ports could be taken practically without
opposition, and that Cienfuegos, on the
south coast, and Sagua la Grande, on
the north coast, are probably best fitted,
in point of location and lack of coast de-
feses, as these bases of supplies.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-26
Union Improvement Go.
.SuppHers Of Natural Gas { Water.
PLUMBING And GAS FITTING

All who contemplate having plumb
ing or gas fitting done should consider
that little saving in first cost is not
always economy. We buy our goods
at first hands, strictly for cash. We
have expert plumbers and will guar
antee all work, at prices as low as
consistent with first class material
and workmanship. We will be here
to protect our work as long as gas
lasts and people use water.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-26
DIVISION
For Rent.

Furnished rooms suitable for stu
dents or others, with bath room
also apartments suitable for light
housekeeping. Apply to Miss Arab
j. Evans, Wiley street.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-26
WILL NOT DECLARE NEUTRALITY
Germany Determined to BE In Position
to Intervene, If Necessary.

BERLIN, April 26.-It is announced
emi-officialiy that Germany, following
the course adopted in the China Japan
and the Turlo-Greelz wars, will not is
sue declaration of neutrality, the idea
being to preserve her freedom of action
and ito be in a position to intervene Il
she considers it necessary.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-26
JUDGE DAY HoNORED.

He Will Take Sherman's Place, Who Re
signed as Secretary of State.
WASHINGTON, April 26.-Secretary OF
State Sherman has resigned and Assist
ant Secretary Day has been appointed to
the place. The resignation will take
effect as soon as the president wishes.
Judge Day is at Canton arranging his
private affairs.
John b. Moore, professor of interna-
tional law at Columbia university, New
York, and formerly second assistant
secretary of state, has been chosen to
succeed Judge Day as assistant secre-
tary of state.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-26
Minneapolis and Columbia Located

NEwPoR@, r. l., April 26. - The
cruiser Columbia of the flying squad
ron, which left Hampton Roads Satur-
day, has arrived here. An officer of the
Columbia, who came ashore soon after,
said that the officers of the ship were
entirely in ignorance as to the nature OF
their visit to this city. The cruiser
Minneapolis, steaming rapidly up the
coast, passed Highland Light, Mass.
She was headed in toward Massachu-
sets bay.
They willsprobably go out to convoy
che Paris.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-26
Hampton Roads Blockaded.

On BOARD THE FLAGSHIP BROOKLYN
OFF FORTRESS MONROE, April 26.-rhe
entrance to Hampton Roads, the KEY to
Washington, Norfolk, Baltimore, Rich
mond, Newport News and many other
less important cities has been mined and
state of pacific blockade declared. No
vessel will be allowed to enter Hampton
Roads between the hours OF sunset and
sunrise.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-26
STRANGE FLEET.
Warships Seen on Saturday Off
the Haitian Coast.
MIGHT BE SPANISH VESSELS

The Flotilla Of the Dons still Declared
to BE at Cape Verde Islands Reported
They May Sail Today--yisitors Refused
Permission to Inspect the Fleet-Portu-
guese Warships Awaiting the Departure
of the yessels-efficers of the Portu-
guese Navy Think Their Neighbor Has
Lot OF Formidable Fighters Gath
cred Together.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-26
WelSbach Lights Reduced to SL25

Large mica chimneys 40c extra. We
are the only authorized agents for
the genuine 'Welsbach. All other
incandescent lamps are infringements.
$500 reward for the conviction OF
any one selling spurious burners as
'sW"
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-26

This is a point worth considering.
Remember everything first class and
work guaranteed to be according to
the most approved sanitary regula-
tions.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-04-26

Let your enthusiasm travel with
you, but don't get it checked.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13

best Is on Sunday morning, when they ride
from their homes to mass in the nearest
church or.cathedral. On one Sunday morn
Ing. while riding ~leisurely into a small viii
lage on my way to this town, ] met a crowd
OF worshipers on their way to mass. Nearly
all the women were on muleback and sat
or lolled as if they were in an easy chair
in their own homes. A few, probably
Weather than the others or else delicate In
health, were accompanied by little darby
boys, who held over them q parasol or an
umbrella.
ION Sunday each woman wears a huge
rosary, sometimes so large as to be uncom-
Portable. / saw several that were so I'M
wieldy that they went over the shoulders and
formed a huge line, larger, indeed, than a
string of sleigh bells. These are ornamental
~rosaries and are not used for prayer. The
praying rosary is as small and dainty as
those Used by fashionable women In our
own Roman Catholic churches. Besides the
fan and the rosary every woman was pro-
vided with a neat and often handsomely
bound prayer book and a huge lighted cigar
or cigarette.
This is indeed the land for women who
love the weed. A few smoke cigarettes ana
pipes, but the majority like partajas, per-
fectos, Napoleons and other rolls Of the
weed larger than those usually seen in our
own land. They smoke them at home and
in the streets, at the table or on the ball
cony, lying in hammocks or lolling on their
steeds, end only desist when within the
sacred walls Of the church. The moment
mass is over and they emerge into the sun
light the first thing the women do is to
light a fresh cigar and then climb into the
saddlop
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13
Eeminfne Personals,

1t is not generally known that Madame
Patti made her professional debut In Cuba.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, though in the sew
enties. is a well-preserved woman and a fine
type Of the old school southern woman. The
routine of her life has for years remained
unchanged, but her famous wit Is as brilliant
as ever.
Mrs. Lille Devereux Blake announced at
the convention Of the Federation Of Women's
Clubs in New York last Thursday that the
American eagle is a hen, and she wants 1t
to be known henceforth as "the hen Bird Of
American liberty" This il indeed carrying
the woman's rights question into entirely new
fields.
In Vienna telephone girls are required to
change their dresses and wear a uniform
when on duty. as the dirt they brought in
from the streets affected the instruments.
Their costume Is a dark skirt and waist,
with sleeves striped black and yellow. the
Austrian national colors.
Mrs. Adelia A. F. Johnston, dean OF the
women's department of Oberl.n college, first
woman professor in this first college To prac-
tice co-educatiop. has inspired her friends
to raise a sum of $4,000 to found a perma-
nent Adelia A. Field Johnston professor
ship, whose incumbent shal! always be a
woman
IA movement has been started in Georgia
10 honor the memory Of Miss Winnie Davis
by establishing an industrial school for girls.
The movement Is headed by the Daughters
Of the Confederacy and will have the hearty
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13

the evening. The hood protects the head,
Is becoming and is no trouble to put off or
on or hold on ones knee. Any shrewd dam
sci or dame can make her own opera hood
out Of a bit Of satin and a half yard Of fur.
as shown in the picture. has a rolling facing
Of white satin edged with fur and ties under
the chin by means Of broad satin ribbons
or long scarfs of chiffon.
Feather goas are so short and SO large
in girth just now that they are more be-
coming than ever. They are made Of ostrich
plumage. striped from the stem and put as
an edging on frills Of muslin. Thus great
size Is gained at no increase OF value and
the women seem to prefer boas In mixed
colors and with forked ends. Boas Of grey
and white, pansy purple and blue, green
and brown feathers are some Of the favor
lite and most becoming combinations.
Crinkled Louise Seize bows, tufts OF
osprey and large naeds Of chiffon are still
favorite additions to the evening couture,
but p%rettiest Of all such devices are the
marabout tufts, dangling with the tiniest
diamond shaped scraps of polished pearl or
jet spangles. Like fairy weeping willows,
bending under precious loads, the marabout
plume flutters in the tallest point on the
head and glitters splendidly at every turn.
What fur and velvet and MORE can
achieve in the makeup of a toilet is shown
by the single figure this week. Blue de. la
refine is the color Of the velvet skirt over
which falls a redingote of paler blue MORE
picked out In dark blue dots. A jabot of
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13
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and somo Of them are small masterpieces.
A green case. for instance, will have a dec
Grafton Of purple grape clusters, or a wine
red cover may show in miniature the apples
OF Hesperides. From Paris as well come
card cases in the exact form of corre-
srondence envelopes. Where the point of
the flap fits Town a metal disk, bearing the
owners coat Of arms, forms the catch and
locks the cards in.
Fringe is a species OF trimming that
seemed to have been effectually cast aside,
but OF late considerable decoration OF fancy
bodices, ETC., has been done with small
ruf1es Of silk, having their edges raveled
for a space of half to three-quarters OF an
inch. This might be safely called a har-
binger of fringe just as we see indications
on all sides Of the colored embroidery re-
gaining Its place on handkerchiefs. A smart
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13
CHARACTER OF HANDWRITING.
A Few Simple Rules for Guessing the
Disposition of the Writer.

N rev S1"Ule bNuIeb lOE ~
Disposition Of the Writer.
For a little im%promptu fun when a few
friends happen to drop in, ask each one to
write any quotation that pops into his or her
head and carefully sign their name in full.
Pen and Ink is better than pencil. but the
latter will answer at a pinch. II the writing
is dark, this shows a leaning toward ath-
letics and q love for outdoor life and sports.
II the letters are slender and faint, the
writer Is reserved and rarely shows emotion
or becomes confidential. slipping letters indl.
cate a very sensitive disposition, whereas
those that are straight up and down evince
ability to face the world and throw of the
"slings and arrows of outrageous fortune"
Curls and loops are out of fashion now
a-days, but any inclination to ornate pen
manship is a sure Indication OF a leaning to-
| ward the romantic and sentimental, while
the least desire to shade a letter shows Inn
agination and a tendency to idealize common
things. II the same letter Is formed differ.
emily by the same person this shows love OF
change. Long loops or endings to the lette.s
indicate that the writer wears his heart
upon his sleeve or in other words, is trust
ing, non-secretive and very fond of COM
pany. If the ~" has a specially long finish
this shows affectation, but If the same person
Is also careless about crossing the IT'S"
the combination is an unhappy one, as il
points to fickleness in work and affectation.
A curved cross to the st." or the incurving
OF the first letters of a word shows an affec-
tionate and good natured disposition IL taken
separately; but II the two are INDUCED in
by the same writer it is a sign OF jealousy,
Writing that is rather small points to
cleverness, quick intuition, a liking for ones
own way, brilliant intellect and fine powers
Of penetration. Round, jolly, comparable
looking letters betoken a disposition to cor
respond.
With these hints in mind 1t will be sur
prising to find how much character reading
may be done and how many caps may BIZ
found to fit ourselves and our friends.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13

pretty. of course, and to make variety tic
the ribbon In n very short bow, leaving the
ends to hang straight down 10 the waist.
Another fad Is to fasten the inside edges
or the long ends together with gold studs.
first making eyelets In the ribbon, of course.
Many OF the small pelerines ana other
shoulder capes OF last winter are modishly
changed into very attractive styles with a
frlll at the edges and long slender stole
fronts. Sometimes these additions are OF
brown, dark green or other deep-toned silk
or velvet. oveIlald with a rich yoke design
IN SILK or bead passementerie, and the frill
at the edge Is made of fur with matching
parel-ends, finished with a number of sable.
fox or mink tails at the throat, and a
fringe OF the same at the ends OF the
panels.
Among the countless modes in French
dress skirts. designed to suit every form
and fancy, is . distinctive style which is
moulded very closely to the hips, and has
Invisible boX-plaits at the back. producing
necessary fullness on the under side. hut
leaving the upper portion OF the skirt like
the s%everest ridlng-habit. with neither gath
'ers' folds OF plaits in evidence. Very mar
row at the top. the skirt gradually expands
IN bell style. sweeping outward with artis-
tic grace. At the back 1t Is fastened with
a number OF invisible hooks. or else there
Is a visible double row OF small butfana
Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13
STOCK AND NECkTIE SALE.
New Device for Raising Fnnds for
r. Charttabl. Purposes.

New Device for Raising Fnnds for
r. Charitable Purposes.
The sick soldiers and others that have a
claim upon sweet charity may now breathe
a sigh of comfort and rest assured that their
needs will be well attended to, for the in
genuity OF the fin de steele young woman
has been turned to account at the stock and
necktie sales that are the fad OF the present
moment. At Lenox, Newport, Bernardsville
and, in fact, wherever the fashionable young
woman Of the east makes her headquarters.
some good, round sums of money have re-
Gently been made by these novel sales.
THE idea is," one girl said, that both
men and women wear stocks and neckties.
and Of all sorts and conditions. They are
like the Webster's spelling book, something
that everybody wants" This does away with
the general complaint at sales Of fancy arti-
cles that nothing could be found for men
or boys to buy; that the knick-knacks were
all those dear to the hearts OF women. At
the stock and necktie sales everybody finds
jr-t what he has been secretly longing for,
ah aiting him.
The sales are managed on true business
principles. One of the girls Is deputized to
buy remnants Of ribbons and other goods
tndt are well dudpteu 10 the purpose. linen
for several days there are regular sewing
bees, when they are made up after the latest
imported models that have been purchased
and the whole atmosphere OF the place is
gay with the chatter OF the sale that Is to
be.
Cards and notices are distributed that ap-
prise the neighborhood Of the event; and as
soon as the house is thrown open to re-
ceive the buyers, the rooms become a hub
bub Of fun and frivolity. while all the time
the dear old filthy lucre is quietly being
slipped into the boxes under the tables.
Stocks, four-in-hands, ascots, butterfly ties
and every whim Of fashion in neck-gear is
displayed for day and evening wear,
Some Of the girls give lessons in tieing
the bows and %cravats; for this is often a
very complicated affair. The lessons are
paid for by time, 5 cents a minute, which
rather puts a premium on quickness OF COM
prehension; but it is to be doubted whether
strict attention is always given, as usually
these cash boxes are quite full.
Sometimes, to add to the receipts, tea and
bread and butter are served. This is really
a very good plan; for when one has been
recklessly extravagant and enticed to buy
many more Of these pretty things than his
purse sanctions. there is nothing so soothing