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VOL. IX.
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASRA,BDHES0AY, MAY 24, 1893.
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Moved to Foley's Old Stand.
The Nicest Stock of the Season
Is here, is unpacked, is marked low, and is ready for
Anyone Who Likes a Good Thing.
We are simply asking for business that
will save buyers money.
Our Wonderful Spring Stock
will make friends, outshine rivals, win victories,
and sell itself on its merits every time.
Men's und Boys5 Clothing,
Hats and Caps, Boots and Shos,
Gents' Furnishing Goods.
Marvels of Popularity in Seasonable Styles
and Fair Figures.
TflBIISPBAGHMBST TRIAL
EMBEZZLER AND BIGAMIST.
Accused Nebraska Officials
Their Case.
Close
BEGUN THE ARGUMENTS
Judge Uoane Opens the Oratory, Pre.
anting the Law and Commentlne on
the Caie Testimony In Rebuttal
Introduced by the Defense.
THE MODEL CLOTHING HOUSE
Foley's Old Stand,
ILslz lEIzistelxi, jtPzoprletor-
North Platte National Bank,
Lincoln, May S3. The respondents
in the impeachment trial have closed
their case so far as the introduction of
testimony is concerned. At Tuesday
morning's session several witnesses were
examined, after which followed the in
troduction of the record of the last ses
sion of the legislature pouching npon
the question of impeachment. After
the noon recess the attorneys for the
managers introduced their testimonyin
rebuttal. This required hut a short
time, and as the last witness left th9
stand Judge Doane commenced the
opening address, presenting the law and
commenting upon the case.
A CHANGE OF HEART.
the
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
-Paid up Capital,
w vr Bip.au,
c. r. IDDINQS,
A. T, STEEITZ,
HIRECTOKS:
O. II. CAKTER,
ti. LINDSAY,
71. OTTKf,
I). W. UAKEll.
II. OBEBfcT,
A. 1). BUCKWORTH.
All businc33 intrusted to us handled promptly, carofulhyand at lowest rates.
F, IDDING-S.
LUMBER
! COAL,
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Order by telephone from Newton's' Book Store.
Dr.
N. McOABE, Prop. J. E. BUSH, Manager.
NORTH PLATTE PHARMACY,
Successor to J. Q. Thacker.
ISFOlTJEE PLATTE,
WE AIM TO HANDLE THE BEST GRADE OF GOODS,
SELL THEM AT REASONABLE PRICES, AND WARRANT
EVERYTHING AS REPRESENTED.
orders from the country and along the line of the Union
Pacific Railway Solicited.
k B J. BROEKER,
Merchant Tailor,
OL 23 -A. 3NT 3D J TNTX5 3R. IE3 X A. X 33. 33 XI
LARGE STOCK OF PIECE GOODS,
embracing all the new designs, kept ou hand and made to order.
PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED.
PRICES LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE
Spruce Street, between Fifth and Sixth.
THE CASINO BILLIARD HALL,
J. E. GRACE, Proprietor.
SUPERIOR BILLIARD and POOL TABLES.
Bar Stocked with the Finest of Liquors.
A QUIET AND ORDERLY RESORT
Where gentlemen will receive courteous treatment at all times and
where they will always be welcome. Our billiard and pool hall
is not surpassed in the city and lovers of these games can
be accommodated at all times.
A Texas Sinn's Heart Mores Over to
Bight Si dr.
san Antonio. Tex., May 2a. A case
of radical displacement of tlio heart,
acd the patient still alive and able to do
a good day's work, 13 causing a stir m
medical circles here. About one year
aero A. L. Kinsely, a young druggist of
Waco, Tex., became afflicted with
pleurisy, and as the diseaso progressed
his heart was forced from the left to thn
right side, and it is now located on the
extreme right 6ide ct the body and bo
near the "surface that the'pulsations are
remarkably strong. The pressure of the
heart against the right lung produces a
shortness of breath, but otherwise Sir.
Kinsely Buffers no inconvenience. He
recovered from the attack of pleurisy
eight months ago, but his heart still re
mains on the right side. He has been
examined 03 many physicians, and his
case H the only one known in the his
tory of medical Bcience.
International Congress of Miners.
Brussels, May 23. The International
congress of miners opened. The British
delegates submitted a resolution m
favor of an eight-hour day. The Bel
gian, I rench nud Austrians moved, in
asmuch as the conditions are varied,
that each country and district
be free to employ such means
to secure it as was deemed best.
The English delegates opposed the
amendment and a hot debate followed.
One of the French delegates reproached
the English for a lack of international
sympathy, saying that whenever there
was a strike in Northern France English
coal flowed freely into that country, and
whoever heard of the English miners
taking any step to prevent this. The
debae was still on when au adjourn
ment was taken-
Fal:il Collision on'.tho'-Nortliern Pacific.
Minneapolis, May 2 i. A bad-collision
is reported on the Northern Pacific
near Little Falls, Minn. The postal
clerk, engineer and fireman were killed.
Minneapolis, May v3. A special from
B;oux Rapids confirms the report of a
collision on the Northern Pacific, but
says no one was" killed, although a num
ber of trainmen and passengers were in
jured. The collision was between train
No. 8, from Winnipeg and Fargo, and a
freight. It occurred at Watab," six
miles from Sioux Rapids.
Italy's Cabinet Reconstructed.
Rome, May 23. Giolitti has agreed to
reconstruct his cabinet, with Gagliardo
as minister of finance; Cauconico, jus
tice; Grimaldi, treasury. Bria. foreign
affaire; Pelloux, war; Racchia, marine;
Lacava, commerce; Martini, public in
structions; Genala. public works; Fin
oechiaro and Aprile, posts and telegraphs.
tour Killed at Cleveland.
Cleveland, O., May 23. A terrific
wind storm struck this city at 0 o'clock
this morning. Four men wore instantly
killed and many injured in numerous
casualties. A scaffold blown from it
fastenings resulted ia the serious injury
of four men, one of whom will die.
Thotuii Ryan Mack In To pel; a.
Topeka, May Thomas Ryan,
Harrison's minister to Mexico, who has
just been succeeded bv Mr. Gray of In
diana, returned to hi3 home in Topeka,
bringing his family with him. He may
resume the practice of law.
Brief Career of a Sunday School Leetarer
In SlonxCIty.
Sioux Cixy, May 23. D. M. Hawk-
came to Sioux City several months ago
. from Denver with best of recommenda
tions and obtained a position with tW
A. Li. Bauer commission company
collector. He commenced his career
( a Sunday school lecturer. He brought
a wife with him. Soon it was found
that he was an embezzler, and on Wm
promise to pav he was not prosecuted,
A woman, claiming to be Allie Hawk,
his wife, came here from Council BlaSi
and swore out a warrant for his arrest,
charging him with bigamy. He eluded
the officers. A warrant is also oat for
him for embezzlement. Mrs. Hawk No.
? married Hawk at Elk Point, she claims.
STRIKE ORDER WAS BOGUS.
.
Chicago act! Northwestern Opera tT
Quit Their Keys, hut Are Ordered
Bach by Chief Ramsey.
Chicago, May 23. The long, antic):
pated strike of the. telesrraph operator
on the Chicago and Northwester raH-.
way occurred at 4 o'clock a. m. rAnl
hour later a disastrous wreck ocevrrod
on the 3hlwaukee division of the road.
A heavy freight train left the raik star
North Evanston, piling the cars po&
each other and blocking all the tracks.
It has been learned that the strike
was the result of a bogus dispatch sect
over the company's lines at "10 o'clock,
last night. Grand Chief Ramsay seat
an order to the operators to return and
all are now at their keys.
Professor Van Angelbcck nu Trial.
Des Moines. May 23. The trial of
Professor Van Angelbeck, for using the
mails for fraudulent purposes, in pro-.
moting the sales of bogus diplomas is
sued "by what is called the National uni
versity of Chicago, wa3 resumed here.
Several witnesses from Kentucky and
New York are here, and some testified
in behalf of the government. Van An
geloeck, when cros3 examined by the
government, broke down. He-sobbed
loudly, and the jurymen, were ordered
to leave their seats until he wa3 quieted.
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ELECTRIC METER KNOCKED OUT.
A Brooklyn Jury Decides That It Is Far
From Accurate.
New York, May 23. Electric light
people have always asserted that meters
used to measure electricity were abso
lutely correct and that CU3-
ttt- never paid tor more eiec
,,nv. 1 nc riM ire. tricity than was actually used m
illumination. A jury in the city court
of Brooklyn thought differently, how
ever, and decided that notwithstand
ing the meter of the Edison Electric II
luminating company said that Lewis
Jacobs usedf $122 worth of electrici
ty in his clothing store at 523 Ful
ton street in one month, he had really
used only $32 worth. Lawyer Harris
for Jacobs, said an electric light meter
was a progressive arithmetical machine,
sired bv close corporation and
damned by a suering public.
The jury brought in a verdict for
$32, the amount Jacob3 had offered to
pay. The verdict saddled the costs of
the suit, amounting to $1 I9,n tbe.com
pany. The meter is au Edison inven
tion.
NEW YORK'S GREAT SPEED.
en the Two Great
nes in Frocress.
ad South Une
fPopulists.
m
May H. A serious rate
ow between the South-
" w . Canadian Pacific
VMttion is, which of the
t cheaper from New
. The Canadian
b known to itself,
to a differential
aft. at any other
n New York
jrhich has been
r rates between
n order to force
Columbian steamship
the Canadian Pa-
cut under its own
Pacific, with its
ess, claims that it
the trouble be-
and Panama rail-
ted the rate cut-
cities. The Cana-
Iwsys demanded the
ial except when it
to keep out of Ualr
itintends to put the
Tne contest between
rp orations will be most
fsr they are, perhap3, the
' . . . , .
in tne country tnac can
mm rates from ocean to
Canadian Pacific has made
redaction from the rates of
Pacific.
THONORTH AND SOUTH LINE.
road,?
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thaaaMamJaV
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theSeJram
Uncle Sam's New "IVar Vessel Breaks All
Kecords The Swiftest of Her
Kind Afloat.
Boston, Mav ?X "With forward tor
pedo tubes bnrie'd deep in the sea and
water pushed almost as high as the fore
castle, the armored cruiser New York
steamed across the line, breaking the
world's record and -winning for het
builders the largest premium ever paid
in any country. When 21 knots waa
predicted as the speed for the now
cruiser many hoped, but few believed,
that her engines would ever be able to
drive such an immense mass of steel
through the water at this rate. Yheu
Assaxslnated :t Settler.
Chamberlain, S. D., Mar i'3. An
unknown assassin called a settler named
Mattson. living 30 mile3 south, to his
door and murdered him in cold blood.
No motive is known at this time, but it
is reported that parties in the vicinity
had been anxious for his removal. A
German susDected of committing the
crime was brought here during the
night and lodged in jail. The prelimir
nary examination will be held on the
arrival of the coroner from the scene of
the murder. Sensational developments
are expected.
I'roiiiutcr lSliuichard nn Trial.
Cheyenne. May 23. Ben Blaachard,
the promoter, who promised to build
Cheyenne a $2,0110,000 smelter if a bonus
of $200,000 was raised for him, is on
trial in the district court for issuing
worthless checks. Cheyenne people
raised the bonus, bat would not turn
the funds over to Blanchard" until he
made some showing toward building
the smelter. He started work, but
Gsveraor Has Ilenrd From
Mm of ihm States Iote rested.
Oxaafi, May 23 Governor Crounse
has risjitved replies from most of the
Kbvmhrs ef tke states interested, and
fixed 'Jsmm 21 as the date noon which
the Iatat'state Railway convention will
be held at Liacoln. The last legislature
passed & resolution instructing the gov
ernor' t invite the governors of Texas,
Oklahoma, Kansas. South Da
kota, Jfortfc Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa,
MisssM'-MML Arkansas to send renre-
6entatfrs to a convention, whose object
is to 'nValM plans for the construction
and operation of a railway to run from
the Dakotas to Galveston, Tex. This
railwaytis to. be owned and controlled
by the states represented in this conven
tion. Te, object;, is to secure cheaper
transportation and a shorter distance to
market
V
r Indorsed by Populist.
Topeka May " 3. Amass meeting of
the leading Populists of northwestern
Kansas was held at Oberlin, at which
resolutions', were adopted declaring in
favor oUn building of a line of rail-
THE CRUISER NEW YORK.
sne crossed tne line, However, witn a
speea or al.uy Knots, ana some correc
tions yet to be added for tide, the en
thusiasm on board waa iutense. The
performance -places the United States in
the van among the navies of the world,
and gives us not' only the most power
ful but the swiftest armored cruising
vessel.
DISBANDED BY THE COMMANDER.
i
A Now York G. A. It. Post Punished Fo
an Irregular Resolution.
Albany, May 2U. Commander Joseph
P. Cleary. of the state department cf
the Grand Army of the Kepnblic, has'
issued an order disbanding tho Noah L.
Farnum post in New York Citv, which
has a membership of 252, for passing a
resolution severely condemning the pen
sion system, and sending copies to Presi
dent Cleveland and members of con
gress, without first having tho resolu
tion approved by the department and
national commander of the Grand Army
of the Republic, as.rules provide. .
An Iowun Chotcn IHshop.
Dayton, O., May ;.'3. In the United
Brethren conference, Rev. G. A. Funk
houser, who was elected bishop last
Friday, declined the office. Professor
J. S. Mills of Toledo, la., was then
elected bishop.
Professor Gueii: Iiir Dead.
St. Louis, May 23. Martin Gueu
ther, professor of theology in Concordia
college, died of paralysis of the heart.
He came from Saxony, Germany, in
145.
The New Postmasters.
Washington, May 2::, The president
appointed Peter "Walker postmaster at
Robinson, Ills., and John Montgomery
at Lake City, Minn.
The Ohio and Scioto Hizh.
Cincinnati, May ?3. The Ohio river
is rising rapidly. The Scioto is again
raging, a wide stretch of bottom lands
being overflowed.
New Dead Letter Superintendent.
Washington, May 23. Bernard
Goodeof Detroit has been appointed
superintendent of the dead letter office.
Injunction Made Permanent.
Omaha, May 23. The temporary in
iunction in the union depot case was
made permanent.
Arkansas City Shaken Up.
Arkansas . City, Kan., May 23. An
earthquake of considerable energy was
felt here.
road froin -Bismarck. N. D.. south
caino to.grief when he came to pay th:jtE4ifekota3,NebraskaiKan-
worKinen no nau empioyeu, as no nau
no funds to meet the checks he issued.
RUSSIA' WAS DISSATISFI ED
Dynamiter Gilbert Refuted a Piirdon.
London, May 23. Home Secretary
Asquith has refused to grant the peti
tion for the release of James Gilbert?,
alias Cunningham, a convict in Portland
prison, who was sentenced May 18, 18P6,
to penal servitude for life for having
been connected with tho dynamite ex
plosions at the houses cf parliament and
the tower of London on Jane Jf4. 1685.
The plea for Gilbert's release was based
on the allegation that he has heart disease.
Court of Inquiry.
Leavenworth, May 23. The board
of managers of the National Soldiers'
homes arrived Hero from St. Louis and
were met by Governor A. J. Smith.
The investigation of the charges pre
ferred against Governor Smith by Chief
Surgeon Wever began and is being con
ducted behind closed doors. It will
probably continue all week.
A Wife Arrested For looping;.
Fort Scott, May 23. John Morri
son, proprietor of the Nevada House at
Nevada, Mo., had hi3 wife ai-rested in
this '"ity on the charge of having eloped
with J. E. Marton of Nevada. She has
secreted their three children, ho claims,
and he is unable to find them.
Fatal Boiler Explosion.
Kee.ve, N. H., May 23. The boilers
of the Beaver mills exploded. Two men
were killed and a number injured.
Won by an American.
Brussels, May 4!?. The -American,
Ranger, won the king's prize in the in
ternational bicycle tournament.
Elasira II nk Fails.
Elmira, N. Y., May 2 The Elmira
National bank closed its doors.
Death or a Duke,
Paris, May 5i3. The Dnke of Morto
uart is dead, t
Dud Champion Dead.
Douglas, Wy., May 23. Dud Champ
ion, a brotner or tne notorious rustier,
Nate Champion, who was killed by in
vaders last spring, was killed bv Shon
sey, one of the invaders. Shonseyis
here in jail.
?.Iexic:m Counterfeiters Captured.
City of Mexjco, May 23. A gang
of counterfeiters who have been operat
ing here for several months .have been
captured, together with several thous
and dollars of spurious coin and an en
tire outfit.
AVhlto Caps Whip a Wife Heater.
Martinsville, Ind.?May U3. White
caps called on David Boaney, a market
gardener, at midnight and whipped him
with straps until he was unconscious.
He was then warned to leave the coun
try. He was a wife beater.
In the Regular Georgia Way.
Waycross, Ga., May 23. NearHazel
Zinrst Eph Marcel, who murdered I. J.
Brown and another negro, name un
known, was taken from jail and hanged
by a mob.
Escaped Prisoners Caught.
Cheyenne, May ?3. The four 'horse
thieves who escaped from the Lander
jail were recaptured by the sheriffs
posse after a running fight.,
Killed His Wife' Traducer.
Pleasant Plains, Ark., May 23.
Professor Thorp shot and killed T. R.
Mason for slandering Mrs. Thorp.
I A New Industry For Fairfield, la.
Fairfield, la.. May 23. The Steves
Railway Rail Joint company has been
incorporated here with a capital stock
. of $100,0i0.
Niblack Receiver For the Columbia.
Washington, May 2 Comptroller
Eckels appointed Mr. William C. Ni
black receiver of the Columbia bank at
Chicago.
Booth Will Go to Narragansett Pier.
I New York, May 523. Mr. Edwin
; Booth will probably leave New-York
City on June 1 for Narragansett pier.(
Hotel Burned. f
1 St Hilaire, Minn., May 23. The
Commercial hotel was entirely destroyed
i by fire. No loss of life.
sag, UKlanoma ana Texas, terminating
at Galveston. The Oberlin meeting
was nnanimous in the demand that the
line be built by the states named and
owned by the people thereof. Other
meetings are to be held at Dighton,
I Dodge City, Hays Citv and Meade. The
intention is to spring the state owner
ship scheme at the convention to be
held at" Lincoln early next month.
Jerry Simpson, who heads the Kansas
delegation, says the plan of building
this road by state aid is feasible; and
that the Populists of the states through
which tho lino will rnn propose to dem
onstrate that the government ownership
of railroads is not a visionary idea.
No New Developments
Chicago, May 23. There were no de
velopments worthy of .note in the west
ern passenger troubles! Western roads
have declined to join with the Southern
Pacific in making a round trip rate of
$50 from California o the World's fair
and return for railroad employes.
For Indian Agents.
Washington, May 23. Upon request
of Secretary Smith, the secretary of war
has furnished the interior department
with a list of army officers, from which
he recommends that selections be made
for Iudian agents. Secretary Smith says
that in cases where ci vil agents are in
efficient, or for any other reason unsat
isfactory, they will be displaced by
army officers. It is hi3 purpo se to place
an army officer in charge of every
agency, except those where Indians are
in an advanced state of civilization.
Asleep on the Track.
Rawlins, Wyo., May 23. William
Sayera, section foreman at Walcott, was
killed about a mile east of Fort Steele.
At the time of the accident he was sit
ting on the track resting his head on his
hand. The pilot of the engine struck
him on the shoulders and head, -break
ing his neck. He was evidently asleep
at the time. .
The Dunkard'x Council.
Muncie, Ind.,May2;:. The Dnrikards
listened to a discussion on the question
of missionary work. Fourteen thousand
are now here and more are coming.
Cargo of 30,000 Barrels or Flour.
Duluto, May ?3. The W. H. Gil
bert took 30,000 barrels of flour for
Buffalo, the
leaving here.
largest
flou
ever
The Concert a Success.
Minneapolis, May 23. The concert
of the Swedish Lutheran Festival at
Exposition hall was a most successful
one, about 3.000 persons were present
and the audience was distinctively a
Scandinavian one.
Nonunion Mnn Beaten.
London, May 23. The striking Hull
dockers caused disturbances throughout
Monday. Two uonunionists were
beaten until unconscious and the police
had a hard struggle to rescue them.
Eminent Austrian Dying.
Vienna, May 23. Anton Von Schmer
ling, one of the founders of the Austrian
constitution and for some time minister
of the interior and president of the
court of cessation, is dying.
Won by an American.
Brussels, May 23. The international
bicycle tournament was opened here
Monday. The American, Sanger, won
the king's prize, the principal prize to be
given during the meeting.
Carbondale In Ashes.
Aspen, Colo., May 2a. A large por
tion of the town of Carbondale burned.
Loss, fSO.000.
. She Docs Not Ukcrller Showing Alado.Ia
the Naval "Review.
New York, May 23. It is said .that
Russia is dissatisfied with the impres
sion made in the late naval review in
comparison with that of Great Britain
and will send over three of her large
ironclads, to remain here a couple of
months, to give the Americans some
adequate notion of the Russian navy.
Tingley Bank Closed.
Creston, la., May 23. The little town
of Tingley is greatly excited over the
closing of the Exchange bank, a private
institution, and the departure of the
cashier, Robert Bennett. The assets are
not known, but it is likely depositors
will lose heavily. Deposits were re
ceived up to the day of closing. Great
excitement prevails, and if Cashier Ben
nett is apprehended he will bo ronghly
handled.
Bnllingall Will Contest Settled.
Ottumwa, la.. May 23. Tho litiga-j
tion over the Ballingall will is about at
an end. Tho city council has refused
to prosecute its claims further and the
Library association has offered to settle
its claim tor $7,000. If the executors
will agree to relinquish all further
claims the heirs will accept the propo
sition.
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
CniCACO. May 23.
VTIEAT May, 71J-4c; July. 73K373;c: Scd-
tcmber, 70?gc.
CORX-May, 40gc; July, iVAc; Septem
ber, 4112c.
OATS-May, OOMc: July, 23?lc; Septa mber.
20-XiC.
PORK May. S3XG5; July, 521.10; Ssptember,
$21.30.
LARD May, $10.52: July, S10.80; Septem
ber. SI 1.10.
SHORT RIBS May, S10.2 July, S10.22f;
septeruoer, $iu.&.
PRICE'S
The only lire Cream of Tartar i
Used in Millions of Honi2
r. Ko AmmouiajNo Alum.
Years the Standard.
TEA WITH TI JAPS.
Nice
The Japanese Know' Commercial Value
of l'oliteness ThoyAre the Yankees and
the Frenchmen of the Orient Anion;
Some of. the Other Exposition Sideshows.
"World's Faik,. May 24. Special.
Every one who conies to tho exposition
will want to visit the Japanese tea house.
It is one of the prettiest and quaintest
spots within the enclosure, t the edge
of the lagoon, just across from the tall
domed building of the state of Illinois and
nearthe palatial structureof the Brazilian
government, it has a little corner all its
own. A month ago it was a muddy hank,
now it is a thing of beauty. The Japanese
know how to do these things, if any peo
ple in tho world do. The case and rapidity
with which they have transformed an un
inviting spot into a garden speaks well for
their; practical energy. They have been
called the Yankees of tho Orient, just as
the Chilians are called the Yankees of
South America. It appears to be a com
pliment to "v people in any part of the
world to say of them that they arc like tho
Americans.
But the Japanese are as much like
Frenchmen as Americans. They have the
deft touch, the artistic instinct, the knowl
edge of how to make everything they do
look finished and picturesque. They also
have a politeness that is better than that
of the French, because more subdued, less
conspicuous and self-conscious. Their
garden is enclosed by a bamboo fence, and
a very tignt, pretty enclosure it makes.
The wonder to me is this material, which
the Japs uae for everything, has not been
moro imported to this country. It is
cheap, light, easily worked up, suitable
for an immense variety of purposes. It
would be an admirable material for use in
the fencing of summer places, lawns and
Kionnds: for the construction of pavilions,
summer houses and settees. Who can tell
but that one of the results of this exposi
tion may be a general use in America of
the universal construction material of the
Japs?
From a tail flagstaff at tne entrance to
the tea house garden float two Japanese
paper banners, each in the form of a fish
monster. Over the gate are draped the
Chicago Live Stuck.
Union- Stock Yards. I
Chicago, May 23.
CATTLE Receipts, 5,000 head: comnn n to
extra steers, S4.40JJS.OO; stockers a nd feeders.
lJ.ioH.W. cows, heifers and bulls,
$3.0031.00. Market strong.
HOGS-Rcceipts. 6,000 head: lights,
7.65; mixed, 87.30(37.00: heavy, 7.557.73.
Market active.
SHEEP Poor to extra. S4.70SG.C0: lambs,
S4.2035.PJ; westerns, 3.40 5.10.
Kansas City Live Stock.
Kansas City, May 23.
CATTLE Receipts. 2,000 head; shipments,
5,600; market strons to 5c higher: range steers,
S2.2Oa4.40; native cows, Sl.'.y&UO; butcher;,1
stock, S3.653t.60; stockers and feeders. S3.20Q
4.65; bulls and mixed, 22.7G4.23.
HOGS-Receipts. 3.000 head; shipments.3.S00,
market weak to 10c higher; bulk of sales. $7.15
7.25; heavies. S7.107.30; packers, $7.157.C0:
mixed, $7.0037.25: liBht, S6.15S7.10; Yorkers.
$7.107.20; pigs, 35.75i36.90.
South Omaha Live Stock.
Union Stock Yard?,
Socrn Omaha, May 23. f
CATTLE Receipts, 2,000 head: 1300 to 1503
lbs.. S4.75&5.T5: 1100 to 13U0 lbs.. St.35a4.Sa; SOD
to 1100 lbs., SC003L25: choice cons. S3.50i34.35:
common cows, S2.2533.25: good feeders, J5.503
4.25: common feeders. S3.00g3.50. Market
stronger.
HOGS Receipts. 4,600 head: light, S7JS53i
7.35: mix:!, $7.257.30; heavy, 5".23&7.3j.
Market 5c o 10c higher.
Pump Works Burned.
Middletowx, Ohio, May 2 The
plant of the Middletown pump work3
was destroyed by fire. Thelos3 will
reach $70,0jO, with $60,000 insurance.
The walls of one cf the buildings fell,
injuring William Spect and John Hog
gard, volunteer firemen.
International TUlnbru' Congress.
Brussels, May 23. The international
congress of miners was opened in this
city Monday. The British delegates at
once submitted their resolution in favor
of the eight-hour working day
flaes of the United btates and the golden
yellow ball of the Oriental kingdom. Just
within is a little ticket booth, built of
bamboo, and here you pay coin for quaint
tickets of Japanese paper which is almost
like celluloid in its substance and. finish.
Here, also, Japanese politeness takes yoa
in hand, and.it attends you from this mo
ment as long as you remain within these
charming precincts. The young man in
the booth carefully explains to you in very
fair English the price of the various
tickets and what they admit you to see.
First is the "Cha-Mise," or common tea
saloon. It is simply a cotton tent, but
very inviting on a warm day. Ten cents
Is the price of admission, and for one dime
you get net only a glimpse of the garden
and its inhabitants," but are served with a
cup of good tea and a small Japanese cake
or bit of sweet meat. The tea is called
"choice," and such it is to the average
American palate, but in reality it is a very
common tea in Japan. They give you
also a' souvenir a pretty flower made of
feathers or something of that sort.
But perhaps J'ou prefer to pay 25 cents
and enter tho "Cha-Ya," or special tea sa
loon. This is a bamboo pavilion, with
quaint bamboo chairs and polished tables.
The tea served hero is thus described, on
tho programme: "A cup of the better
Japan tea than that you got at the Cha
Mise; it is quite popular in Japan but has
never been importeu. ' Alter testing it
the visitor says to himself that if the com
mon people of Japan are able to afford
such tea as this every day in the year they
ire lucky mortals. I or it is glorious tea.
With the cup they servo you a couple of
Japanese cakes. At least, they are called
cakes, but they are soft and you don't
know whether to eat them with a fork
(which you have not) or your fingers.
They are sweet and rather peculiar. The
attendant gives you also a paper or feather
flower and a little sample package of the
tea which you very eagerly put in your
pocket, determined to try your hand at
Japan tea-making as soon as you get
home. The chances are you will not pro
duce any such tea as that with which you
were served in the "Cha-Ya." There is an
art in tea-making as in everything else.
The sample package is thus labelled:
"Basket-fired choicest natural leaf Japan
tea. Price in Japan 50 cents per pound."
It is safe to say you will pay another
visit to the tea houses; and when you go
again you will pay 50 cents at the gate,
determined to see the holy of holies of the
tea-making and tea-drinking business.
Again you will note that the Japanese un
derstand the commercial value of polite
ness. An attendant takes you in charge,
with a deferential obeisance, leads you in
the proper path through the garden, ex
plains the various features of the show as
he goes along, and finally drops you in a
chair before a platform in the "Cha-Xo-Ma"
or ceremonial tea saloon. This is a
beautiful structure with an open stage at
one side much like thastage of a miniature
theater. Here, sitting squat upon the
floor, are five or six solemn Japs, includ
ing two or three pretty women. They are
there for the purpose of showing you how
tea is drunk in Japan by the people of im
portance. A tea urn is before them on the
floor, and with many salams and no end
of ceremony they show you how to brew
the tea and how to drink it in true Japa
nese style.
And the tea one gets here! Well, it is
simply divine. It lingers lovingly on the
tongue, and tickles the palate into laugh
ter. One scarcely knows which to fall
most violen;.y in love with the tea in the
dainty cupo or the pretty Japanese maiden
who hands it to you. The big Jap with
spectacles on his nose keeps pretty close
watch of you, while he explains in toler
able English that this is the best tea that
Japan can produce, which is equivalent
to saying it is the finest tea in the world.
You are prepared to believe him. You are
amazed to learn that such tea can be
bought in Japan at S1.1S per pound. In
this country, if it were imported or to be
had at all, which it is not, the cost would
be at least 05 per pound.
There are many curios to be examined
or purchased, and one has to guard his
pocketbook with much assiduity while in
L this fascinating nlace. If von are not cjitp-
, . 1 c x V
in tne j fal one of the Japanese maidens or she
j may be a matron, as they all look alike
Place to Take Luncheon
at the World's Fair.
HOUR IN THE PRETTY TEA HOUSE.
I will sell you a cup and saucer, or a box or
' vase in npite of yourself. There are real
, 'Japanese flowers in the garden, and a
Japanese gardener to attend them. At
' the lagoon edge is a landing where the
gondolas touch to put off or take on pas
sengers, thus giving us Venice and Yoko-- '
hania in one picture.. It is" really a very
pretty scene; and all the Japs are so
polite, so deferential, so communicative
you say to yourself you will surely vmiT
mem again.
The tea garden was put hereby the Cen
tral Tea association of Japan. In their
programme they say its purpose ia to "ad
vertise thoroughly and impress upon the:
minds of the world's nations the genuine
tea by indicating to you how the genuine
Japan tea is prepared from the original
tea tree; how it should be cooked; how it
may be served; how many different ways
it maybe drunk: how the ceremonies were .
carried down from the ancients; what
utensils for cooking tea, and what decora
tions of the house, both interior and ex
terior, nre essential for welcoming the tea
guests; besides the information of the
Japanese architecture, old historical
curios and her imperial plumula of malt."
And it must be confessed tho Japanese
know their business.
Of all the international novelties at tha
exposition to which an admission fee is''
charged this is about the most delightful.
While the Japanese refresh the eye with",
pretty things and the inner man with5"
their glorious tea- the continental Euro
peans and the Africans and Arabians seem
to think the western world wants nothing
but beer and dancing. Along the Midway
plaisance, the special section of exposition
sideshows, one may drink beer as it is
served in all countries and see dancing
supposed to be typical of all peoples. With
few exceptions all the beer is brewed right
here in Chicago, and the dancing is rather
commonplace. If one is seeking the sen
sational in the dancing line I advise him
to look for it in the Midway plaisance.
Still, all these foreign novelties are inter
esting, and if one has the money to spare,
and the time as well, he will not be sorry
for having visited them. The Irish village, "
which is as neat and characteristic as the .1
Japanese tea house, the German tyrolese
and Javanese villages and the street in
Cairo are easily worth going to see; and so" -is
the exhibit of the International Dress.-
JAPANESE TEA HOUSE.
and Costume company, commonly known r. "
as "The Beauty Show."
I have received many inquiries from my
readers concerning the cost of a visit to
the Midway plaisance. Many people are
surprised to read in the papers that to see
all these attractions costs about $12, and
some think it an imposition upon the pub
lic that such things should be permitted.
They do not understand the situation. It
is true the cost of seeing all these side
shows is at least $12, but there is no rea
son why a visitor who feels he cannot af-.
ford it should visit any or all of them. A.
good part of the show, a glimpse of the in-
ternational spectacle, may be had by sim-i-'
ply walking through the plaisance which"
costs nothing beyond the 50 cents admis
sion to the exposition itself.
The Midway plaisance is simply a sec
tion of the exposition set apart for the oc
cupancy of these sideshows or special
amusements. There is no more reason
why one should spend his $12 to see them
all than there is a good reason why he
should go .to all the innumerable places of
amusement in Chicago itself, or why he
should buy all of the articles displayed f jr
sale. The only way in which these novel
ties could be assembled here from all parts
of the earth was by permitting them to
charge an admission fee; and the manage
ment of the exposition did well to provide
a place lor them, lor many visitors are
able to pay the price of entering their
gates and are glad of the opportunity of
doing so. For those who do not wish or
cannot afford to enter there is enough to
see, heaven knows, without the sideshows.
While it costs something like $12 to en
ter all of these attractions, few visitors
will care to make the grand rounds. A
judicious selection will enable one to see
the best of them at an expense of three or.
four dollars. This may be done at the'
luncheon hour, as many of the villages and
enclosures have their cafes and restaurants
where the prices are reasonable and where
one may sit for a half hour or longer and
rest. Besides, the prices of, admission to
these sideshows are being gradnally re
duced. The enterprising foreigners, who
came here expecting to find the Americans
a raco of millionaires or spendthrifts are
already discovering their error. It is true
the Americans will spend more money for
travel and amusement than any other peo
ple in the world, but they are quick to de
tect imposture and they readily resent im
position. Many of our showmen from
over the sea have already cut their prices
in two in the middle, and others will find
it to their advantage to follow suit. The
restaurant keepers in the exposition
proper, and the hotel keepers without the
gates and in Chicago itself, are discover
ing the same thing. The truth is, as I
said in an earlier letter, that all business
here will have to be governed by tho laws
of supply and demand. There is keen com
petition in amusements, in restaurants,
in hotels and in furnished rooms. There
are accommodations for twice orthrice the
number of people who have made their
appearance here, and all prices and
charges are gradually coming down to a
common sense, popular level.
ROBBRT GBAVES.
Things Good to Eat.
Three dishes made from corn starch and
corn flour placed on a small side tabic at
tract a large number of people around tho ,
kitchen platform in the Woman's build- '
ing. Mrs. Rorer shows how to make blanc
mange with corn starch and water into
which the white of eggs is stirred. Acorn
bread with rice is also made. The rice, is
added to give a lighter texture. Women
are not the only interested listeners. One
gentleman said: "Give me the recipe slow
ly, so we can take them." Other lessons
demonstrate how to make corn waffle
Plunkets as.i another steam pudding are
also made.
