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Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-01
Central. Quaker settlement Grows

CENTRAL CITY. Neb., Sept. SO.-(Spe-
cial.)--About twenty new residences and a
new dormitory have just been built ON the
college section northwest OF town by the
Quakens
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-01
Hastings Need. More School Room.

HASTINGS, Neb,, Sept. 3O.-(Special.)- y
The public schools of Hastings are crowded
to such an extent the city will soon be COM
pelied to build another school building. The
building Of new high school is also con-
templated, as the present one is too small
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-01

, SOUTH OMAHA NEWS. =,

Postmaster Etter is In receipt of an order
from the postmaster general directing that
a record be kept of the weights Of all
mail matter received and sent out from this
office from October 8 to November 5, inclu-
sive. Mail is to be weighed in classified
| order SO that at the conclusion of the work
it will be known just how many pounds of
mail of the various classes passed through
the office. AS soon this order was re-
ceived Postmaster Etter made request on
the department for additional help, as only
two mailing clerks are employed here. In
reply, Mr.. Etter was informed by the de-
partment that there was no appropriation at
the present time for the employment of ad-
ditional help and that the present force
would have to perform the additional work.
AS the order provides for mail being classi-
fled before it is weighed considerable extra
work will have to be done. Forty three
sack of mail are now received daily, and as
many sacks are dispatched. 1t will thus
be seen that the two mailing clerks will
have large amount of additional work to
do in the sorting out of the different classes
of mail before weighing. The South Omaha
postofIice has been badly hampered for some
time by the lack of help. Nine carriers
manage to give very good service in the
delivery of mail, but it is in the Office
where more help is needed. Besides one
more mailing clerk, a registry clerk is
needed. AS soon as Congressman Mercer re-
turns an effort will be made to have him
use his influence to secure the appointment
of two additional clerks. Should this be
done the service will then be first t-class in
every respect. 1t appears THAI there is no
provision now for the appointment OF sub
stltute clerks, SO that If there is extra work
to be done the regular force must do 1t re-
gardless of the number of hours 1T takes.
AS the letter carriers have strong or
ganization they receive far better treatment
than the clerks, being allowed fifteen days
vacation each year with pay One of the
questions brought before the annual con-
venticn of letter carriers held at Scranton
Pa, last month was the pay of substitutes
The associaticu would like to have substi-
tutes paid at the rate of $500 a year after
two years service, instead OF 5000 as at
present. This question has been submitted
to the government, and 1t is expected that
some definite action will be taken before
many months.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-01
g ~
A Home Remedy for
COLDS

In every home there is usually a remedy
upon which the whole family depends
most households this remedy is Dr. Humph-
rey's Specific 1T" for Colds and Grip-from
the old folks to the little tots, they all TAX,
"77'' and with the same result-the first
dose restores the checked circulation (indi,
Gated by chill or shlyer), starts the blood
coursing through the veins and SO breaks
up" the Cold, Always carry a vial OF "77,"
1t fits the vest pocket. A handy remedy is
the stitch in time.
For sale by all druggists, or sent on re.
cept OF price, 25c and 800
Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Co.,
Cor. William & John Sts., New York.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28

den 70 myself. Was troubled With
smothering spells, also palpitatinn o1
the heart and that bearing. down 4eel.
ing, and could not be on my feet mnch.
II WAS growing worse III the time,
until I took your medicine.
eater taking three boxes Of Lydia
=. -Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Losenges, the tumor passed from me.
my health has been better ever
since, can now walk quite : distance
and am troubled no more with palpita-
ton Of the heart or bloating. ] rec
ommend your medicine to all sufferers
from female troubles"
II u hardly reasonable to suppose
that any one can doubt the efficiency
OF Mrs. PinkhamI methods and msdi-
cine 81 the face of the tremendous vol.
uma Of testimony. y M Ms:
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28
Fatal Diphtherla

Alma. the E-year-Ol't daughter Ol
Mr.. and Mrs; Julian Richard. r. port.
ed Friday In crltisaI condition.
from diphtheriH. died Friday shortly
after nine O'Clock Owing Is the
contagious na,urs. Of the disease the
funeral was private and the remains
were given burial saturday morning,
Another child II this family IL III
with the same disraat'. but HI pes are
entertained iOrt lts cOvrrv. The
bereaved family have the sympathy
Of the community IN their, great
affliceion. ....>'@* ~. >. *a"t :.,T' II ~
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28
j OREGON At. HONOLULU.

jUnitstf SKATES Warships sana Transports
ysN ~. fPlsptiful There. ,... irss,s !,
Honolulu, Feb, l5.-Warships and
transports Of the United Stats have
been well represented At tie port during
the past 10 days. At this time both the
Oregon and Philads slphis 1ars here abe-
sides the tenders Iris and Scandia. The
transports Morgan City, Ohio and SEN
ator all arrived safely and after taking
on coal and supplies tho three vessels
left again for tho long voyage to Manila.
The hattleship Oregon arrived on the
sth, from Csllaot with AL we'll On board.
On tho way ovsr she stopped two days
ct Galapagos $ialsnd Tor coal The
Oregon u likely, TO remain here two Of
three weeks fof repsirs. >
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28

Some of the possible railroad
constr uction for the year 1899 in.
cludes the following:
The Minneapolis & st. Louis ex.
tension of $50 miles. -
Construction on the North.
western from Sanborn to the state
line; about ninety miles.
Construction on the Omaha
from Madelia; thirty. five miles.
Construction ON the North.
western from New Ulm to Man.
kato. -,''. - "''
Completion ofthe Great North
ern Coon Creek cutoff into Du.
luth about sixty miles. .s.l f 1
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28
II 8. ' u. 1T J
Will, NOT IFleHTil A DUEL.

Count d'Almesas sPrsfsrs Continuing His
i ~ SCampst1n in ths Cortss. n.,~
MADRlD, Feb. 4.-In the, .cortes the
debates on the conduct Of thew with
the United States were continued, but
little q. interest was developed in either
chamber IL :.,s. t,;>
3f Count sd'Almenas declined to accept
the challenge to q duel sent him by
General Linazes, whom he had charged
with cowardice in connection, with the
capitalization Of Santiago He declares
that he win not yield to intimidation.
but will continue the campaign against
the generak in the senate, whore hs
will read the violently provocative letter
he has received from General Linares.
General Pando intends to- speak
against peace with the nj United, States
and will then resign his senatorship.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28

S@-epl. Liggett., OF the Minnesota
agricultural school, escaped from the
Minnesota climate long enough to
20 to New Orleans and freeze his
nose while witnessing the Mardi
NGraa.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28
From 3 sat,,rday,s Daily. 7 = n.
HAD HIS SON ARRESTED.%
{, ~ I. e, > ,..-r--- : '---'--- x $
SWanvillo Mar E.ts Charged bA
His Father With Horse i
Stealing. E@

Friday morning Sheriff Riderire-
ceived . telegram m from j ustice j #
McRae, Of OiSwanville. asking to inter
cept aud arrest q man there on his
way from sSwanvi'le, driving a sorfel
horse hitched to q red road cart. He
further; described the man as wear.
ing q black fur sovercoat, but eaid
nothing, about the charge against
him. 7 The sheriff asked for more
particulars. and stated that the man
was charge with horse stealing.
Tho offleer started out on the Swan
vile road and not meeting the man
before reaching Flensburg, he was
convinced that he had taken another
route, 10 he returned to the city, aud
found the man wanted at the Litale
Falls house. II ...s5 tIff,,. N: !. I.
The mans name is jim. !. Chevalier,
and he IL q resident Of Swanville
The sheriff placed him under arrest,
hut after hearing his version IL the
affair. and being convinced of its
truthfulness. did not lock him up.
~ According to the accused's story,
his father, who lives at or near
Benson. MIDn., having d large num-
her Of horses that..be had mo- work
for. sent four Of them ;to44his son to
| use them during the winter for their
keeping. One; the animal he was
driving, he wanted to keep. and he
says be offered bis father $t5 for the
animal and would pay him. In wood.
He claims that the offer was ac-
eepted and that he'shipped hisfather
one carload Of wood and recently re-
turned him the Other three horses.
His father came to Swanville and
asked why he did not return the
other horse and; his SON told hir,
that he supposed he had bought II
and was ready IL ship the remainder
Of the wood to ialnll his agreement.
The father said that he had decided
not to sell the animal. and refused to
paysior the wood received, claiming
that he woud take 1t .!uS 4 pay.
.ment for the use L. Of the
horses. q The young man then
refused to- give MP the horne and
came to town, to seek legal advice ID
the matter. A Swanville lconstable
canIe In today and itoOk Chew alier
back tOKwanvilla,, and he will have
his prsiiIiiDaty te1aminatiOn before
. Justlce, Nc Rae on 4 charge OF horse
stealing, his tat her mak,nE the com.
plaihts County ATTORNEY Lyon wat
j sent Tor to prosecute sths caSe. but
he cannot 70 there before next Tues.
day. s0niwhich a1ay ish prObable the
thea ring VIII BE- had st I ~ T q. 81
The authorities here think that the
case VIII D0tsahm6ant to much. n
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28
\ sUPPR Ess srHEM.
From The .yt.i Paul Dispstch !,

From tne Se.iksouA O1epoSCnssy5s 5sasits AFTess
The course Of safety for the
! American army il Manila lies in
! destroying the insurgent army and
capturing its leaders. Nothing
can be gained BY parleying with
them or waiting for them to lay
( down their arms and voluntarily
acqniesce liz American supremacy.
The natives are mt intelligent
enough to understand any method
! offending a quarrel except BY light
ing it out. Further more, Agnin'
aldo ard the other chiefs cannot
be trusted nor allowed any op.
portunlty to make mischief. Con.
sequently the only way to deal
with the natives is to convince
them by actual demonstration that
the United States can and will
rule Every one Of the PHILIPPINE Is.
lands, and every part thereof, aid
that no instruction can possibly
succeed. ,,....~asz s5es. ,.ss. F
The forcible pscification Of that
territory will offend some of our
sentlmeo talists. The same class,
that regards the Indian a. a much.
abused innocent, is ready to make
a saint and martyr out of every
dead Philippine incvdiary
There will b. bowls from that
class every lie a Filipino is
killed, but thfthowkrs will heed
not and care not for the Americ.
ans who are slain in that sort of
warfare. The same morbid sentl.
mentality sends flowers to muir.
derer and forgets the murlerer's
victim, lauds the red man and for
gets the massacred settler, makes
q hero out of the Filipino, but for.
CTS the dead American volunteer.
One would think that a sense of
shame and decency: would compel,
the sentimentalist to choose some
better occas,on for singing his
mock herolcs.<
Plain, practical people, with q
reasonable amount Of common
sense, real morality andproper feel.
j, g, are growing Impatient with
the cant and sham nd2gusb ofthe
Filipino lovers. And, Is the eight.
ing. progresses and more Of our
American volunteers are wounded
and killed, the friends Of those
volunteers will not toler ate so
willingly comparisons Of Aguinal.
do with Washington and imsgin.
ary, rcsem blanceB betveen the
battle Of Banke Hill sHd tho at.
tempt to massacre the people Of.
MsDlia. fsE ~
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28

Princeton Union: The Indians Of
the Mile sLacs reservation, ], a0.called.
will >.cslvs another bunch Of Uucle
SANS good money today. and the
dealers around the lake expect q
good business for a couple 81 weeks,
very merchant has laid In q stock
In anticipation Oi this trade J $l&u
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28

Senator Davis made a speech be.
fore the Union League club in
,hicaeo Wednesday evening, and
asnkly discussed the Philippine
situation. He is firmly Of the
opinion that the United States
must suppress the present re.
bellion, and maintain a govern.
ment there until the people are
capable of self government. He is
convinced that the natives are not
now competent to govern the is.
lands.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28

q; Sauk Rapids Sentinel: Arthur D.
Wood. son Of A.. Drlacy Wood, was
10 the, village yesterday visiting. the
place Of bis nativity. Mr.. Wood Ia
now the editor and proprietor of
fthe Grand Marais, mich. } Herald. -,
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28
Y MINOR Il ITEMS or INTEREST.

. Tho Cs,iforni. lesislatare has passed
|aus utisscs.tgca itll: y w 9Taff et.ft
~ The Wabaah Toad has awarded to the
Bsnwih, the Richmo md and the Rhode
Island works . contract for 40 new loco
Senior Rivera and Senior e. D. Rio, the
Filipino educational embassy, have left
Washington for Halifax; from which
port they sail for England. IN.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28

Sauk Rapids Sentinel: The j.
Nals lumber company fars MAKING
preparations TO start their mill ii
opera tion ABOUT ths flfst Of April.
A large quantity Of logs are now on
hand which were taken ont Of the
river lsst;ialis and placed sOn the bank
ana wtll furnish Employment @until
the logs can he brought down river.
A big cut 10 contemplated the com
Ing season. .iit
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28

The Cubans had q great cele.
bration in Havana Feb. "a, that
date being the fourth anniversary
of the breaking out Of the revolu.
ton that finally resulted il s. ain
abandoning Cuba. A large part Of
the Cuban army paraded the
streets Of the city.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28

UnqualiAsd eunDsss Of Lydia 1
Pinkhan's Vegetable Oompouzd

Nrs. ELlzA1Ern WHEElocx, Maarnuo.
AA, lows, in the following lstter az.
scribes her rseovsry from : vsIy Ssiti.
81 cooditiou: " 15a5 i+ssy
''DEA1 Mn. PMKHA,G:-I havS hae,n
taking your Vegetable Cpmp ana
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28
The Minnesota senate appears
to favor. m eight.hour day for
municipal employees. 80.

Z Tho Yellowstone National park
season win open June Ii and close
Sept. Il. ,'tE5GJ r GtEt
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28

Bryan tslked to . nd.money
audience in Nv arlington Wednes-
day evening. 20 most of his Re.
marks were about expansion and
imperialism.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28

There il apparently an sgree
ment on the army bill. An arm,
establishment Of 1OO, 900 men vii
be provided for, Of which 35,0O(
will be temporary. )
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28
Senator Davis ! arrived il I 81.
Paul Friday for : short visit N With
his parents.

We are sorry 70 w that there i
! prompt denial Of the rumor that
Alger was to pry himself loose
from the administ ration.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28

minneapolis sLnrnbernban:- The
Boom company have begun their
spring workdf driving piles in the
river. The warm weather Of the
past few days warned them that it
was the better part of discretion to
pnsh their work. and accOrd'nxly a
large crew has been actively engaged
this week. A number OF the. local
manufacturers have also been
strengthening their mill ponds by
driving additional. piIes to guard
against damage from high water, =.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28
At the ST.. Cloud Land office

-. A.& - : - :" 80. - 80 :
M. D. TaylOr-It is surprisinK tbt
number Oi inquiries that are reeived
at the lanG office almost daily re
latfng to the vacant land. iu the I;
Cloud land district. Some days We
receive as many NJ thirty letters,
and one day very recently inquiries
came from Conneti"ut, New jersey,
Indiana, Arkansas and one other
middle western state the name o1
which has slipped inys memory.
There seems to be movement 81
people living In the cities to the
country. :, +
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28

q ION ',,..' 2ss'
u I Cod.liivs | I, OH, / ;,sith hyp'o'.,;
asphosphites. Although that
was nearly twenty five years
I aslIso. vi L stands aIone' To-
\ day the one great remedy
lor 90 ailt'c'.1tilon, / q The i 4 throat
and lungs M C 5sa1 .i'.ss 81 c,s ss.1 ,1I
The bod taste and odos shave been
atakea asvay. tie ~ l&sex ,has been
pafay dgssted ind de most jen.
Z siiliive Jtoa,adh ob3ects 10 e rarely. !
Noe os,e h ~ III the and 69ese.
= &c plain o1. . ltlg,e ut of ten ean
I'VE ScOTTS .ElsulS SION snd q,
D eet Il s1haHs Why Il crs so
maay y.ca1es ofs eariy consumption
Even In advanced Gases Il brings
! comfort md greatly proloass life.
soe. and 9,.oo, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, New Yosk.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-02-28

The Rear Of motherhpod a r.pidly passing,
away and nothing has, done 80 much to
drive i away ~ TIE record of Dr. Pierres
Favorite Prescription. g = =
I Dr. Pierce has held that danger and pain
q the time 81 paStnrition were really un.
nece.eary and unnatural, and that Is every
womah were healthy and strong @ Nature
formed s psiniessiy ana ssisiy. Y11 az abuse
Of centuries Of corsets-of health destroy
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-25
THE RAILROAD FRANCHISES.
Preliminary Meeting of the SUD-
Committee on streets To-NOrr0w.

The Subcommittee on streets Will niece
tomorrow 10 discuss the proposed plan
for making all the franchises ~ the
Richmond Railway and Electric Company
expire December 81 1900. The meeting
will be for the discussion Of preliminary
details.
Representatives OF the old company VIII
be present 10 give their Views, anl The
various legal phases Of the question will
have 20 be referred TO Cily-AttOrnCy poll
lard for investigation. The principal
question involved IS whether by allowing
the branch lines to be operated a',e- The
franchises expire the rights of the city
will thereby be prejudiced.
It Is said that the officials Of the old
company are opposed 10 the arrangement
suggested In the resolution when = 70
be discussed tomorrow. Their objection
Is based upon the fact that the line Is
sold as a whole, with all branches. would
probably bring a far larger price than
IL 1t Is sold piecemeal, according to the
dates that the franchises expire. They
believe that their chances OF securing the
property are much better II the line Is
sold in penny numbers.
The Council Committee on Claims and
Salaries Will have It's regular meeting In
Roor No. II of the City Hall next Mon
day at o'clock.
The Committee on Accounts and Print
ing will meet on the same evening at Z
O'Clock, In Room No u Of the City Hail.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-25
How Dollar Sign Originated.
Correspondence Of the Boston Tran
script)

| Correspondence of the Boston Tran
script)
Some weeks ago Dr. Marcus Baker. OF
this city, published in one Of the maya
zines an account OF a theory which he
has T. account for the origin Of the fami-
far dollar sign. This has long been in
dispute. All sorts of explanations have
been given, the most common of which
is. that the initials Of the United States
are crossed. But there have been seven
or eight other theories 20 account for the
dollar sign which are about IS good. DIT.
Baker. in his researches IN the library
Of the Bureau of Education. came across
an old book entitled "a Compendium of
Federal Arithmetic. designed for the use
of schools, and especially calculated for
the meridian of the United States"
which was published at LaDsngburg. n.
Y, in 1877. Its author was the Rev.
Chauncey Lee. of Rutland. VI. In this
book the author sets forth system of
what he calls characteristics" by which
one vertical stroke was to designate the
mill. two vertical strokes the cent, these
two crossed by one S-shaped stroke the
dime, and for the dollar the sign consist
ing Of the two verticals with the two
curved strokes, now so familiar was
proposed.
At that time the people of the country
were just emerging from the use Of
pounds. shilings. and pence, where each
was separated by a space from the next
denomination. 1t accordingly seemed
necessary TO Mr.. Lee to have an arb-
trary mark for each of the denomina-
lions of our monetary system. But he
soon found that one character with the
decimal point, was all that was neces-
sarY and in the latter part Of his own
book all of the elaborate system of sym
bols except the one intended TO mark
the dollar was found to have been drop
ped.
Or. Baker certainly finds the dollar
sign in this old arithmetic. and he does
not find II In use at any earlier date.
BY the time Adams's Arithmetic was pub
lished. in 1898. the symbol had become
well established. He, therefore, regards
Mr.. Lee as the inventor and believes
the sign to have been absolutely arbi-
trary in It's origin. Since the publication
OF his paper in one of the magazines,
Dr Baker has received many letters on
the subject, but none in which his con-
illusions are challenged. He intends. for
further notification, 10 make a study OF
the departmental records 10 see when
the dollar sign first appeared Ia the Trea-
sury accounts.
He also hopes to make more thorough
search OF the old text books TO see, II.
by chance, any use OF this sign prior 10
that OF Rev. Chauncey Lee can be dis
covered. Perhaps some of the descen-
daDts of Mr. Lee will be able TO find the
authors manuscript. in which case some
additional light might be thrown upon
the subject 1t Is certainly Interesting 10
know the origin OF thing in such con-
slant use as the. dollar sign. DR.. Bakers
discoveries seem likely TO take all the
sentiment out OF the matter. but this
is the common result Of modern historical
research.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-25
STRONG ATTRACTIONS THIS WEEK.
Largest Bill ut the Auditorium Ever
offered TO It's Patrons.

The success that Manager Leath has
enjoyed at the Auditorium this season is
due to the high-class performance that
he has given the public
The bill for this week is larger than
last, and, in fact, it is larger than ever
given at this resort, and includes six OF
the very best acts in their lines Of busi-
ness, besides the Citizens Band.
The famous English ventriloquist, Ed
win +. Reynard. whose work has been
seen in all the large cities Of Europe
and America, will introduce his walking,
talking, and singing automatons.
Jeanette Darlington and Marian Mar
telle, a pair of distinguished vocalists,
will be seen here for the first time in
Miss MaFtelle's latest craze. Society VS..
Stage"
contortion dancer in vaudeville, will make
contation dancer in vaudeville, will make
her second bow TO a Richmond audience.
She has alresdy made many friends here.
The transatlantic comedian ana
dancer, John Z. Drew, whose name is
familiar 10 theatre-goers as a leading
comedian, will entertain in a monologue
said TO be up 10 his standard.
Miss Mamie Harnish. known as "The
Little Handicap Girl" will be seen here
for the first time, and 1.-THE Murphys," in
an eccentric acrobatic comedy sketch,
complete the bill
The comfort, pleasure, and convenience
of the patrons OF the Auditorium Will be
looked after by Manager Leath and his
corps of assistants. and the Traction line
provides a most complete service. The
regular night performances and Saturday
matinees will be given.