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JEKALD-ADY'ANrB. Vm. W, DOWN IE, Publisher. MILTiANK, SOUTH DAKOTA If Spain is wise she will withdraw from Cuba before the insurgents make it her Abyssinia. Tlie selection of five scientific men to outline a forestry policy for this country is not an exciting event, hut there may he billions ill it for the Americans of the future. The latest comet, which is now re treating, never got nearer the earth than 34,000,000 miles. Comets are in teresting objccts, but the chances of collision with one does not warrant much excitement. The Italian army in Ahypsfnia male a forced march and attacked when it should have retreateu. 1 JUS is a warn ing to Gen. Weyler, but there has been no indication that he stands in need of it. Mexico grows, in proportion, more rapidly han Canada, the increase in our Southern neighbor in four years having been 900,000, or about 8 per cent. A republican form of govern ment is the first element of American prosperity. Professional hunters who hunt and trap among the mountains along tin Snake and Grand ltonde rivers in Washington say that the weather ha« been so mild in that region all winter that the bears never once went into winter quarters. By he end of the present year Eng land will have under construction or newly completed thirteen battle ships, thirty-six cruisers and sixty-eight tor pedo boat destroyers. This appears t« be the real British opinion of arbitra tion. A French scientist says he has dis covered a method of applying the rays to bombs so as to disclose their contents. It would be more to the pur pose to go ahead with brain radiogra phy and keep under inspection the man who is thinking bombs. Gen. Weyler's latest proclamation demands the surrender of the teachers of divinity who are giving aid and comfort to the revolution. His busy and ferocious pen will probably next be directed against the insurgent chambermaids. All Turkey rings with acclaim be cause the sultan has kissed the mantle of the prophet. This means that the murder of heretics has the national ap proval and that there will be no change in the ancient attitude of the Turk toward Christian subjects. Tramps applying hereafter for relief in Manchester, Eng., will be required to perforin one day's full work before continuing on their journey. On the second application, four days' work will be exacted. Tramps are likely to become scarce in that corner of Eng land. Ijargp schools of fur seals have ap peared on the coast near Santa Cruz, Cal., this month, and unprecedented catches have been made. -The total catch since the seals appeared is said ti b«» about 50t. and tbe seals are much larger than those caught in pre vious years. A number of whales have also been seen off the coast lately. Tennessee will take another year to prepare for its centennial interna tional exposition, which will open at Nashville from May 1, 1897, to Nov. 1. Among the seven large buildings, one will be a reproduction of the Parthe non at Athens. The immense native resources of Tennessee will be bolter understood after the gates of this big show are opened. A commuter at New York has sued a railway company for $30,000 dam ages for ejection from a train beeaust he was overburdened with packages. Perhaps he was trying to remove his household effects, for a commuter or suburbanite is accustomed to travel with six or eight packages, and looks bewildered when he finds himself with none. It is promised that the Grant monu ment. at Riverside Park, New York, will be completed on the anniversary of the general's birth, April 27, of next year. The fund amounts to $r29, 931.91, of which thre-fifths has been exjteuded. New York has been slow in this undertaking, but it is hoped that the date now fixed will not be iubject to further change. TILE NEWS JiESUME. DIGEST OP THE NEWS FK0M PARTS OP THE WOULD. Comprehenslve RpvleW if the Iinporlnot Hapix-iiinKS €»f I»e Past Week Cnll«Ml From the Tel egrraph Reports—The Notable Kveutn nl Home and Abroad Tfcfti llave Attracted Attention. The Nation'! Capital. The president has approved the bill granting the right of way to the Co lumbia & KcmI Mountain through the Oolvillo reservation, Washington. Geo. W. II. Penrose, commander at Fort Douglas, Ctah. has been retired, after thirty-live years' service in the military department of the govern ment. The house committee of elections (No. 2) has decided to report that the last congressional election heehl in the Filth Louisiana district was null and void on account of fraud and intimida tion. The sitting member for that district is Charles J. Uoatner, a Demo crat. People Talked About. Archbishop Kenriek was buried with Imposing ceremonies at St. Louis. Mai tin Van liroehlin. a well known engineer. one» Capt. Fads' right-hand man. died in North Platte, Neb. Mrs. Cvcilia Uaker, wife of George C. Uaker, and director in the Tuesday Musical club, died at Denver from the rupture of a blood vessel in her brain. Aaron Beans, who had ten children, twenty-live grandchildren and thirty nine great-grandchildrc n. all of whom are living except two. died at Akron, Ohio, aged nineiy-nine years. Chief .lustice Charles Dot1, of the su preme court of New Hampshire, was stricken with paralysis in the depot at Kollinsford, N. 11., and died almost in stantly. Nathan Tampkins, aged ninety veirs died at Galesburg. Mich., on a farm he purchased from the government in 18o''«. Andrew Jackson signed the deed. Mrs. Chauneey Ives Filley, wife of the prominent Republican leader, died in St. Ixmis, after an illness of one week, of pneumonia. She was sixty tive years of age, the couple having cel ebrated their forty-first wedding annl versa ry. Edgar Wilson Nye's will has bem admitted to nrobate. It is very short, being written on two sheets of note paper in his own handwriting, signed, sealed and properly witnessed. lie leaves all his pro\erty to his wife, in fee simple, and she1 is made executrix of the will. The value of the estate is not estimated. Accidental Happening *. Electric ears in St. Louis collided with fatal consequences. Fire started in the Cooper-Tlagues Furniture company's store in Denver last evening, causing damage to stock and building estimated at $tr.000. Five workmen employed by the Standard Oil company at Bayonne, N. .1., were severely burned by the over flow of boiling liar from a tank. The residence of ex-Congressman D. C. Giddingw at Breham, Tex., burned. Col. Giddings was badly scorched alKut the head and face. The building wlis valued at $50,000, partly insured. The crews of incoming vessels at Baltimore report great hardships at sea during the jwist month and several serious accidents as a result of heavy weather. The three children of James Beau soliel wen: left locked in the house near Penetanguishene. Ont., while the parents went to see a neignoor. The house took fire and before assistance could IK1 given the children were burn ed to death. A daughter of John Hahn, a prosper ous farmer of the Ciioetaw-Hatehee valley, Geneva county, Ala., was burn ed to death while burning brush, ller brother and sister attempted to save her, but their clothing became ignited and both were fatally burned. Crime* and Crlmln •la. Mrs. John iveifer, an insane woman of Decatur. .\»ich.. slashed her hus band's throat. He will die. Henry Irvin, collector at, Presque Isle, Me., is reported missing, and his accounts are said to be short several thousand dollars. Edward Davieco, an inventor, who conducted his business under the title of the Eureka Fuel Economizer com pany, committed suicide at New York. George Boetz. aged 10, shot and kill ed himself in Floral Park, Union Hill, N. J., because he had been accused by his stepfather of stealing two rings and selling them. Stephen Powell, a merchant of Hempstead, L. I., was murdered with in a few feet of his own door. It is thought robbery was the object of the murder. Fidel Tritchler, aged 34 years, a prominent kaker and a member of se lect council of Allentown, Pa., mur dered his wife and then fired two bul lets into hi* own brain. He cannot recover. Warren Burns, an Ottumwa, Iowa, druggist took an opiato for his nerves. It produced delirium and he attempted suicide by cutting the arteries in his arm and neck. Physicians were sum moned in time to save his life. Charles Montgomery, said to be the leader of a gang which robbod the Santa Fe passenger train near Hutch inson, Kan., a year ago, has been ar rested tod placed in jail at Perry. O. A school h'n«e twelve miles from Oklahoma City, in which several scores of colored people were holding a con up with dyna the occupants cert, has been blown mite and «everal of slightly hurt. AI.L ant horn ics are from Washing- The San Frnncifwo awaiting instructions ton for entering proceedings against Mayor Sutro for sending defamatory matter relating to Collis P. Hunting ton through the mails. Carl Feigelbaum was resentenced in New York by Justice Smythe to le electrocuted during the week of April 'Si. ne was convicted of the murder of Mrs. Hoffman Aug. 31. 1SSM, and the court of appeals denied him a new trial. The body of William Etlinger, the Center county desperado, who mur dered Constable John Barnes rather than submit to arrest, and then blew his brains otrt. was stolen from the grave at Belifonte, Pa. it is miaowed it was removed by students. Wiiiiam G. Watson, superintendent of the Hudson Kiver division of the West Shore road, died at New York. Death wa.s tin' result of a pistol shot wound inflicted by ex Detective Ed ward Clitiord at Weehawken, N. J. Clifford pleads to temporary insanity. Gavan Moorer and William Boyd, students at the agricultural college of Evergreen. Ala., disputed over some in significant matter and Moorer assault ed Boyd with a knife. Boyd picked up a scantling and crushed Moorer's skull, producing instant death. Boyd is fa tally cut. mi unknown man snatched a tray of Jewelry in which were forty diamonds, valued at $5,im), from a show window in Gotteslebel's jewelry store at Den ver. He was tired upon by clerks and several bystanders. The thief returned the lire, slightly wounding George Jan seen. He escaped. Margil ret Henry was sent to the county jail for three months at Cam den, N. J., having been convicted of the charge of being a common scold. Margaret's reputation as a talker wan such that the court decided to make her sentence a severe one. This con viction was found under the provisions of an old law. Foreign Goaslp, Italy hrs a new cabinet .with Itudlni at the head. A state of siege has been declared in Valencia, Spain, to pnt an end to all a u i- A i c1 i a n demonstrations. The French Radicals and Socialists are angry that the cross of the legion of Honor should have been bestowed upon Prince llenry of Orleans, and the matter will be debated in the chandler of deputies at the earliest opportunity. leading bankers, manufacturers and merchants of the foreign colonies in Mexico will give a complimentary din ner to President Diaz and present him with a massive gold plate, with a com memorative inscription, worth $80.ti00. The testimonial is an exhibit of grati tude for the protection his administra tion has given to all foieign interests. Gen. Booth, of the Salvation army, arrived in London unexpectedly. He came overland from Brindisi in re sponse to urgem appeals from head quarters re^-irding the American situ ation. The general did not go to head quarters, but was ci"seted with Bram-: well Booth. The espionage trial at T/eipsic. which has attracted much attention, was ended with the sentencing of Srhoren. a Luxemburger. and the df-ef defendant, to seven years 'imprison ment. Pfeifltr was sentenced to two years .ami Kinghaucr to one year's im prisonment. Otherwise. An enthusiastic state immigration convention was held at Helena, Mont. Revivals at Anderson. Ind., have made some of the converts insane. Perrine's comet goes out of sight, never to return. Ground has been brokipn for the Methodist university at Washington. Debs' case was nolled in the United States court in Chicago. The National Reform party was or ganized at Pittsburg. President Van Horn, of the Canadian Pacific, denies that his road is seeking an independent entrance to New York. The Ilev. Dr. Brown was unable to attend the trial before the Congrega tional trial of San Francisco, and his attorney announced that he was seri ously ill, and it is feared his brain is affected. It is proposed in Nebraska to have the Democratic, voters settle the silver question at a primary election, and have the delegates to the national con vention instructed according to the re sult. The official crop bulletin for March says that Michigan wheat is in first class condition, having "wintered"' ex ceptionally well. Considering the .short hay crop of last season, live stock is also wintering remarkably well. An organization known as the Na tional Association of Embalmers 1 as had its birth at Pittsburg. On of the principal objects is to force under takers to raise prices for embalming, and to keep their prices uniform all over the country. David K. Watson was nominated by the Republicans for congress in the Twelfth Ohio district which is usually Democratic, Mr. Watson breaking the record by defeating Mr. Outhwait" during the political landslide two years ago. The general fund of Yale university will be increased by $200,t00, a sum that was set aside in the will of the late Thomas B. Sleane of New York. Mr. Sloane left his Battery property to his wife on condition that should she marry again the property would revert to Yale. The announcement of her en gagement to Mr. Barclay, and that the wedding will take place soon, will de prive her oi the use of the property. IlaeliclorN, Hcjolco First Burglar—ll-ello, Jim! Why, you look as if you had been In a rail way accident wince I saw you last. What's wrong? Second Burglar—I got int* a house where the woman was wait in' up for her husband, and she mistook me for him. Newark (N. J.) Standard Take I'ar Iter's ing-ci* Tonic home wit I*yon. You will lint! It to t\cKM] your I'xpectut ions In ntviUiiK colils, and tunny 11th. ache* ami weaknesses. The London Times says: "England Is a (M iiee-maker." So is a bull in a diiuu «liop a piece-maker. Pain 1h not. conducive to pleasnre. pspeci&lly whon occasioned by corns. Hindt'rcorris will liloabo you, l'or it removes Uieui perltclly We rend sometimes of a great fnnt of mcntory, but one who visits Chicago brlnjrs away a memory of great feet. FITS -A II Kit "topped freet'V Ir. K lino's frrvc Knilurrr. N I' itMifi I tir*i uc. Mitrvi 1'U.s i'iiri'v iv»* ai"I •-1rial i«i 11«-1••••«t» il ctKk. bcuil to ir. K.11111 ,uai 1 A Mr. Olds has Invented an Improved r« friperator—a gentleman of the Olds cool, evidently. C**'a Oongh Batmn In the oldest and best. It. will brmtk up Cold nnlckef tlian anything el»e. It Is always reliable Try it. An Englishman compelled to boy a false optie said be was opposed to a "b'ye" j! riff. If the Uaby Is Catting Teeth. Be arui use thai oM an«1 w»i i tn*»l rt*mc»|v, MB*. Wwil/ow's SoOTiiiNU SVKtr 'or i liilurtn Teething. To keep children perpetually ln-doors h:o no iudoorsment among sensible people. Plso's Cure for Consumption has saved me large doctor bills.—L. Baker, 42^s Regent Sq., Philadelphia, Pa.,Dee. 8, A traveler from tbe West said be came East ou "a Pullman Vesta Buell" train. Many an actress is not good looking, uf she makes tip for It. It is by far easier to belittle a great n:.ui than to stamp a small man great. "Brown's Bronchial Troches" are unri valled for relieving Coughs Hoarseness and all Throat Troubles. Sold only in boxes. The bear broker's motto: Whatever goes up Is bound to come down. I THE KINQ CURE OVER ALL FOR NEURALGIA, SCIATICA is mmi 3 "No wonder poor Dinnic's so tired, all day that great big piece of n PLUG No matter how much you are charged for a small piece of other brands, the chew is no better than "Battle Ax." For JO cents you get almost twice as much as of other high grade goods. The 5 cent piece is nearly as large as other JO cent pieces of equal quality. IrTctiijC U ITboropsoo't Eye Watar. Good. UN K. PAW LI, 11®0 Oil] ISl r"a". Vashin I {iTing ,'. trover my sei ard 01: •encc i or better is what you iil?11 days for almost want to buy, until y0u ,-sition tired of bein^ told that Jen8iv.e know what you want gfo into a store. The fcjj ilitaris ment shops help the s-jpat evil by advertising & our stanlv's of i lit? ^"fltonwuci ties at reduced prices, jusHndly a sake of the advertising ,r tlvl et people to go to t^^or •me haven't the things a a e y a v e s o e i n a good which in six castiMinlsh is next to no good sc-ccurret cheap in every way^ead tl standard goods. '.ome o In any merchandisers™? —in medicine it is a crmv .ud Lo ies. .bjectec iiient ''ormaH all of idded ectiou :onf«sl xmflict .was re you know just what yo-:l3ft you know it has benefifewill friends or family, and want, for the sake of a some obscure unknown :-r^solui tion with no record of ress rules of it. The proprietors oi I^'ho dard remedy must keep you want re s0u? quality or it won't Ion culiinji the standard. In en.able 1 Scott's is the standard tk ^xiie overf and has been for motto th twenty years. (Ind.) 7 Mr. Dist fiume in the lostol tinuet w«?re All druggists sell Scott's EkS Two sizes— 50 cents »ad|u Us whicl Cuba deual npect and clni«i sonal CiStn iowee be s row cnet a wee lug ven Hoi Mr clra carrying del th( of 8{M oil sic cr« tci W! fo jec tic -W Bi in 4i to •P V hi pi 0 i o lc Hh MY AGENTS ,"':it'* BML -M F^Successfully IENSIONAVI'.j SMOKE YOU 8 O a It 1 a JW'