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STATE NEWS. . Sncal: thieves are operating- in and about Albright. Irs Roscoe Dean, an old settler of Cass coanty, died hist week. - A Mr. Barrows of Hansen lost the hot part of three lingers in a machine for cutting' fodder. l ire in Omaha destroyed the Expo sition building and the Virst Baptist church. Loss over SIOO.OOO. He v. Kemsbergof Beatrice has ac cepted a call to a church in Omaha. He iias been in Beatrice seven years. The State Bee Keepers' association mecti at the opera house in Auburn, Tuesday. December 4, and holds two days. .Mrs. Wolcott of Weeping Water while cleaning her teeth let the brush slip and tore out a moler, root and branch. I.ynus Knight, a well-known resi dent of Beatrice, was severely injured by being kicked by a horse breaking his leg. The Shelton Clipper thinks those who are unable to help the destitute can at least speak kindly to them, and that is MHiie help. (in the departure'of C. W. Walthers and family from hutton resolutions of esteem and confidence were passed by ihe iucal G. A. J I. and relief corps. The York County Farmers" instituto will be held in York December IS, lH'Jl. An extensive? program will be rendered and a good attendance is expected. The proposition to pay a bounty on wolf trains, catamount tails, mountain lions, f-oyottes and wildcats, carried in Dixon county by a majority of 2SS. in the federal court at Omaha C. H. Thompson was found guilty of hav ing in his possession postage stamps .stolen from the postmaster at Platte Center. A relief commission has been or ganized at Oxford to work in conjunc tion with the state association for the relief of the drouth sufferers of that vicinity. The new plow factory at Nebraska City is assuming shape rapidly. The work of placing the machinery will be commenced as soon as the buildings are under roof. sunaha decreases the charity list greatly by offering work to all who ash for aid. There are plenty of peo ple who don't want any help if hey have to work for it. The government postotlice building in 1'rc-mont has been completed, with ttie exception of furniture and gas fix tures. It will probably be ready for occupancy about January 1st. 'Ihe Ifi-year-old son of William .lame.--. living near Elmwood, died very Mjodenly last Friday. The boy was lakt-n with a spell of vomiting and died before a doctor could arrive. Mrs. I. Pribble of York county has begun an action in the courts against Mr.-. 11 .1. Wightman to recover S10.000 damages sustained in the cruel aliena tion of .Mr. Pribble's affections. William Brokaw of Oakland, while atti-ndi.-.g a supper given in Craig, a neighboring town, had a valuable horse and buggy stolen from the street, where he was left tied to a rack. The residence of Judge Bates of York wr.s robbed the other night Among the articles taken were two valuable gold watches, a diamond pin, and several other pieces of jewelry. The village board of Oakland will submit a proposition to the electors to vote s:..o(;o bonds to enable them to build a city hall, and to procure addi tional hose and equipments to light lire. Charles Davis, living near Saron vilie. Clay county, was oiling a horse power when his hand was caught in the cogs and two lingers taken off and the end o: another finger and the thumb. One hundred members of Rev. G. 2orseens Sweedish church at Aurora surprised the pastor on Thanksgiving by calling in a body with turkeys and all the fixtures necessary to a great dinner. I tarry L. Markwell has tendered hi-, resignation as general secretary of the Wang .Men's Christian association of Ficmont. to take effect January 1. Harry ells, physical instructor, will succeed him. - Work on the United Brethren cbmvn at Blue .Springs has progressed rapidly the last week and the building is now nearly enclosed. With good weather prevailing the building will be completed in a short time. - Ihe Nebraska state grange will meet at Blair on tiie 11th of December. Hon. o. I-I Hall, who is master, and has b-en ever since the reorganization eight yeats ago, will attend, but will rot be a candidate for re-election. . Three cases of diphtheria have been discovered at Fairfield and will prob ably be quarantined. Quite a number of people have taken their children out of vrhool and everything possible will be d-no to keep the disease from spreading. -.1. . Baker, a banker of Phillips, went to Missouri to collect an account against a former resident of Phillips, and came back home sans cash but in a horriuly bruised and beaten condition. He had his assailant arrested for as sault with .ntentto kill. A meeting of business men of Omana to discuss securing the state lair was hckl last week. Sites were discussed, proposed articles of incor poration read and a subscription list was opened A mile track will be bail: whether the state fair is secured or not. A young son nf .Mr. Menard, living about liiteen miles from York was ac cidentally shot. An elder brother had been hunting- and on his return laid his loaded gu:i down. The younger boy piciced it up when it was discharged, hootiag hini in the head. His life is despaired of. Mais Nielsen, a Danish farmer about -50 years of age, living about four miles south of Danebrog. committed suicide by shooting himself through through the head with a shotgun, at his place of residence. Sickness and despondency appear to have been the l.e leaves a wife and three cause. children. A report came from Sebatha, Kan., thai Eugene laey ol Falls City, who was conudcting a club room in that place, was arrested there and fined S300 and sentenced to sixty days in jail for celling whisky. He has a family in Falls City aud has been running the room for about six months. Mrs Fred Pintzencham of Omaha was adjudged insane by the insanity commissioners but was turned over to her husband for treatment, as there was no room for her in the hospital for the insane at Lincoln. Later the hus band asked the county to care for her, and she was placed in the insane ward at the Douglas county hospital. James McMannigan. an employe of the West Lincoln packing house, had a lucky escape from death that seemed almost miraculous. He fell by way of the elevator shaft from the fourth to the rirst floor of the building, and the only hurt apparent was a bruise of seeming little importance on the cheek. Omaha is stirred up on the ques tion of fire protection. Increased fa cilities for fighting fire will have to be provided or insurance companies will refuse to accept business. Larger water mains, more pressure, a new fire chief and a general overhauling of the department is demanded. Acting Judge Wurzburg rendered his decision in the case of the state against the alledged body snatchers of Cotner university. Defendants J. E. Waller and T. M. Ward he discharged. He held to the district court in bonds of S100 each Prof. B. J. Alexander, D. L. Mchan and J. A. Buford. Louis Frey, a well-to-do-farmer and ranchman residing three miles west of Ogalalla, was repairing the sod walls of a house situated on his ranch when one side gave way, falling on him, breaking his back and leg. John Weir and Daniel Spangler, who were assisting him. were caught in the falling sod, but succeeded in extricat ing themselves. Yellow Dog, a Sioux Indian, was arraigned before Judge Dundy at Omaha on a charge of stealing and selling to Black Beara half dozen pints of the stuff that is called liquor in the j Indian country. He entered a plea of i not guilty, but intimated that if the judge would let mm off with a fine without jail trimmings he would change his plea. The body of a man was found in the ditch along the railroad track, about two miles west of Silver Creek. It is supposed to be the body of Harry Byers. a carriage painter. He was in Fremont the day before and claimed he had a brother-in-law at Central City and was going to beat his way there on the fast mail. He was no doubt beat ing his wa3" on some train and fell off and was killed. Fred D. Martin is under arrest at Lincoln for running over Mrs. Minnie Dawson with a bicycle. Mrs. Dawson, who is in frail health, is seriously in jured, and it is thought she cannot re cover. She is the wife of one of the guards at the penitentiary. Martin is 21 years of age and conducts a towel exchange. He claims that the accident was one which it was impossible for him to avoid. A number of thefts occurred in El wood reccntlv. The coal bin of a deal er was broken open and a load of coal taken. The wagon bearing the same was traced to the farm of (Seorge Fair, northwest of town. When arrested for the theft Fair pleaded guilty to the charge of burglary and the district judge was sent for to sentence him. He has had a bad reputation and there will be few regrets at his loss from the com inunitj'. John Hodges took to Pawnee City last Friday afternoon a young man, Jake Nador, who lives about two and one-half miles northeast of Pawnee, who had met with an accident in the use of a gun. The young man was standing talking with a friend, resting the muzzle of his gun on the toe of his boot and was fooling with the trigger, when the gun was accidentally dis charged. The ball passed through the great toe. William Barney's span of mules, while being driven near Fuilerton, be came frightened at a shock of corn in the road and turning to one side threw Mr. and Mrs. Barney and their oldest boy out of the wagon. Mrs. Barney threw out her right hand and tried to save herself in the fall, but both bones were broken above the wrist. Mr. Barney was so badly stunned that it was some minutes before he realized what had happened. Articles incorporating the North Bend Beet Sugar company were filed in the office of the county clerk of Dodge county last week. North Bend is named 'as the principal place of busi ness. The object of the company will be the purchase and lease of land, the .mantcnance of buildings and machin ery, the raising and purchase of beets, their manufacture into sugar and the sale of the same. The capital stock is S.-.00.000, divided into shares of $100 each. John Boyd Thatcher, chairman of the World's fair committee on awards, has written to A. C. Wright, recording clerk in the governor's office, in regard to the whereabouts of certain parties in Nebraska, or supposed to be here, to whom are due awards for butter exhib its. Thatcher says he has written to them, but all letters have been return ed. The names of the successful ex hibitors are: John Patterson, Rush ville: Frank Courtright, Geneva: W. A. Calpar, Ulysses: John Sterns, Fremont: Charles Canabal, Albion, and Peter Hanson, Fillmore. Chief of Police Nelson of Fremont had eight tramps in jail the other night soon after their arrival in the city. One gave his name as Arthur Peterson, and said he was just returning from Chicago to his home in .Grand Island. In his possession were found papers in settlement of the Christ L. Erickson estate, one being a certified copy of administration before Judge J. W. filler of Omaha, another a certificate of de posit for 34JS''3.30 in the Union Nation al bank of Omaha and a list of jewelry taken from the bank amounting toSTOu and many other papers in that ease. An order was last night issued by the supreme court in the case of Bar rett Scott, late treasurer of Holt eounty, admitting him to bail in the sum of S I0,0C0. Scott, while treasurer, was. on September '., lS'.W, indicted by the grand jury for the embezzlement of S70.000 county funds. Prior to this he had become involved in trouble with other county officials and lied to Mex ico. After considerable red tape work and circumlocution he was extradited and brought back to Nebraska. His trial took place in Antelope county. He was convicted and sentenced to five years in the penitentiaiw and bail fixed at S7O.C00. the full amount of his short age. A motion was made for suspen sion of sentence and the case appealed to the supreme court on error, Septem ber It?, 1S94. The program for the meeting of the state horticultural society is being cir culated by F. W. Taylor, secretarj-. The society convenes in Lincoln Janu ary IS, 10 and IT at the state university. Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday forenoon will be devoted entirely to the grape, except that the election of officers occurs at 1 1 o'clock Wednesday forenoon. An interesting and profit able program will be carried out. At some opportune time during the meet ing Prof. ,G. JX-S.wyrill read a pa per upon the relation of rainfall to the fruit crops and Prof. L. Bruner one upon the insects injurious to the fruits under discus'sion. The leaders of the Omaha Indians met at the Winnebago agency near-Decatur, the head officials of the Gulf railroad for the purpose of selling the right-of-way for a railroad across the reservation. The contract was made and duly signed by the Indians, they selling the privilege to the Gulf road of crossing their lands a distance of thirty miles for the consideration of S100. They requested to be allowed to ride on the road free for twelve years. which was promptly refused by the officials. The board of education of South Omaha has decided that in case the gambling houses reopen that the monthly donations of S."0 per house must be paid into the school treasury. NEW CURRENCY PLAN. T IS PRESENTED BY SECRETARY CARLISLE. He Appears Before the House Committee and Tells of Ills rians Provisions as to the Xew Circulating: System More Fully Set Forth The Need of a I5e gerve Fund He Answers Questions Fropounded hy Committee Members A Large Crowd Present. Carlisle's Currency Plan. Washington, Dec. 11. Secretary Carlisle appeared before the house committee on banking and currency to-day to present in detail the feat ures of the new enrrency plan pro posed in his annual report and in dorsed in the president's message. The crowd in attendance made it necessary to use the large room of the committee on ways and means. Besides the full membership of the committee Senor Romero, tlu Mexi can minister, and many members of congress were present. Mr. Carlisle adopted an easy con versational sty'.! of address. He said he was ready to answer questions from the committee.as well as elabor ate his own views, lie took up each section of his recommendations. The first provided for the repeal of all laws requiring or authorizing the deposit of United States bonds as se curities for circulation, and the sec ond permits national banks to issue notes to an amount not exceeding seventy-five per cent of their paid up and unimpaired capital, but require each bank, before receiving notes, to deposit a guarantee fund, consist ing of United States legal ten der notes, including treasury notes of 1S90, to the amount of thirty per cent upon the circulating notes applied for, this percentage of de posits to be maintained at all times. Whenever a bank retires its circula tion, in whole or in part, its guaran tee fund to be returned to it in pro portion to the amount of notes retired. Of these, Mr. Carlisle said that he was satisfied that the present law requiring the deposit of bonds to secure circulation prevented the elasticity of the currency. "The pro vision outlined," he declared, "gives ample protection without the deposit of bonds as required by the present law." Mr. Carlisle said that the practical value of a reserve fund of currency was shown in 1393. There was a de mand for money aggregating S10.000, 000. The treasury did its best to meet the stringency, but by the time the notes were ready to be distributed the demand had gone by and many of the packages were returned un opened. The secretary invited criticism of this particular section and Chairman Springer asked how the secretary's plan differed from the Baltimore plan. Mr. Carlisle explained the technical difference. The Baltimore plan pro posed a deposit of fifty per cent under certain conditions, while the treasury plan proposed a deposit of thirty per cent. When a bank fails the treasury plan contemplated an assessment on all national banks, they in turn hav ing a lien on the failed bank. Representative Hall of Missouri suggested that there was a prevailing opinion that it was unsafe to place the entire question of expanding the currency in the hands of corporations and banks. "It will work automatically." said Mr. Carlisle, "banks will not expand the currency unless the public needs it. Their interests will be to expand nnd contract as the common interests demand it. These interests will therefore control at all times." The secretary stated that this flexi bility was much more desirable than a rigid system by which a fixed amount of currencj' was always out standing. At onetime the stringency was so great that the banks drew out Sl.i.000,000 under pressure, and if it had not been for the Canadian banks who sent currency into this country serious results might have ensued. When the committee reconvened Comptroller Eckels appeared aud made an elaborate statement. He contended that the national banking laws were not to be lightly dealt with and that they should not be altered unless It was absolutely known that the change was to be beneficial. PEFFER'S LATEST PROJECT. Hie Ki.usas Senator I'ropntcs to ICstab lish a Great ami Currency. Washington-, Dec. 1 1. "A bill to authorize banking on capital secured by a pledge of real estate securities; to secure depositors against loss: to enlarge the volume of circulating money: to provide a flexible eurrencv, and to establish safe and profitable depositories for- the savings of the people," in the title of a measure fathered by Senator Peffer of Kansas. It proposes to distrib ute 50,009,000,000 among the people. It provide"? that any five or more citi zens may associate themselves under the national bank act. The capital stock of each bank shall not be less than S30.000, in shares of $100 each, no stockholder to own less than ten per cent. The capital is to consist of unincumbered real estate situated within the county where the bank is located. The certificate of incorpora tion, properly acknowledged and re corded, is to operate as a first lien upon the lands. Homesteads can not be used, and improvements must be kept insured. The lands are to be taken at their assessed val ue, and if the bank breaks are to be held as security. In case the as sessed valuation of the land falls, stockholders are to make the loss good with other lands, and failing that, the bank is to be closed. The comptroller is to issue to such banks United States notes to the amount of their capital, less the charges of pre paring them. These notes are to be legal tender for anv debt, public or private, but no bank must put out more than S2.000.000 of this. The comptroller is to examine each bank once a month, and such bank is to post statements of its condition each day within one hour after closing. Interest is not to exceed six per cent per annum on thirty day loans, five per cent on sixty day loans, four per cent on ninety day paper. Each bank must establish a savings depository, receive all sums over five cents and pay prescribed rates of interest. Against Armenian Outrages. Chicago, Dec. 11. A mass meeting of citizens was held at Central Music hall last nightunder the auspices of the local Armenian society to protest against the Armenian outrages. H. N. Iligginbotham, president of the World's Columbian exposition, pre sided. Hmong the speakers were Dr. E. G. Hirsch. M. M. Magassarian, Judge Waterman. Mrs. Mary Holmes, Dr. H. W. Roth and Colonel Sexton. MURDER OF MISS CINC. It IVas an Atrocious and Cold ltlooded Scheme. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 11. If the confession voluntarily made by Claus A. Blixt, the janitor of the Park fiats,in the presence of Mayor Eustis, the county attorney and the chief of police, yesterdaj', is true, Harry T. Hay ward fired the shot that killed Catherine Giug, and Blixt aided him in disposing of the body. The story of the horrible crime is related by Blixt as follows: When the scheme of killing Miss Ging was broached Hayward told him that by killing her he would regain possession of S",000 which he had given her, and, in addition, would make $10,000, as she had "willed" her life insurance to him. He offered Blixt one-fifth of the amount if he would commit the deed. .Blixt still refused to have anything ,to do with the ciirae aud threatened to quit then and there, whereupon Hayward stated he would do it himself, saying: "I would" as soon kill her as 1 would a dog." Hayward's first plan after he con cluded to commit the crime himself was outlined to Blixt There was in the basement a T rail about two feet in length and Hayward directed the janitor to cut this in two, stating he would take Miss Ging riding where no one would see him with her. After he struck her over the head with the iron bar, which he would carry concealed under his cont, he tiien intended to throw the body out of the buggy against a curbstone, start his horse on a gallop and then tell the story of a runaway accident, he calculating that the body would appear to have been thrown from the uuSfTy when it collided with the curb. On Saturday night, after the second ride, Hayward returned to the flats and told Blixt that tiie right oppor tunity had not occurred. On Monday night Hayward met Blixt and by threats and persuasions and promises of money induced him to be a partner in the crime, to the extent of aiding in the disposal of the body, and make it easy for Hayward to commit the crime, so that it would appear that he could not have been the guilty part'. Hayward directed Blixt to await his coming at a point designated. Al exactly a quarter to 7 Hayward was in the hall of the flats and Blixt opened the door. Hayward said: "Now hurry up and get down there. Everything is all ready." lilixt followed out his instructions to the letter. He had been there about five minutes when he heard a shot and saw a carriage approach. As it drew up he recognized Haj'ward as the driver. Hayward said to him: "It is all done. Jump in and drive slowly and give me plenty of time to get back to town, and do not leave her until you are sure she is dead.'" Hayward got out of the buggy and Blixt got in. The woman was on the left hand side and the laprobe was thrown over her, completely covering her, from which it is evident that before firing the fatal shot Hayward pulled the robe up and held it so as to prevent the possibility of any blood spurting onto his clothes, and to protect him self from the blood spots afterward while driving along the road. Blixt did not look at the woman, and the only way that he inferred she was dead was because she did not move. He drove along the Excelsior road to a point, he says, about one mile beyond where the body was found, then turning- around he drove back over the road. Upon reaching the spot where the bod.jj" found, he stopped, and, alightfct, 'from the buggy, passed about behind it to the leftside. He says he pulled the .woman's feet out of the buggy box, and that the body slid of its own weight, and the lap robe came with it. He then jumped into the buggy and drove up the Ex celsior road to Lake street to a point between Dupont street and Emerson avenue, where he alighted, threw the reins over the dashboard, started the horse and stepped to the walk and walked to Lyndale avenue, where he took a Lyndale car into the cit. Blixt called the mayor and chief of police to his cell several hours after the previous confession had been made. He now says that he fired the fatal shot himself. RAILROADS OF THE WORLD. The United States Far Ahead in Hi lea so and Value at All Other Countries. Washington, Dec. 11. In the pos session of railroads and telegraph lines the United States is far ahead of any other nation. In railroads Amer ca has 213.S71 miles, or .51,000 miles more than all other countries of the world combined. All Europe has only 11 1,359 miles, while Asia, not withstanding its immense si.;, counts cnly 23,21'J miles. Africa has :.212 miles and Australia 12,(5S." miles. These facts are set out in the Annual Railway Record, published from the (J rman minister of public ways and trans mitted to the state department by United States Consul Morris. The statistics are based on facts existing at the end of 13!)2, and present other features of interest than those above noted. They show that all of the railways of the world aggregate 400, 34S miles in length, more than enough to girdle the earth sixteen times. Of European nations Germany has the largest mileage 27,4.1 with France second 24,011, and Spain last of all with 0,709 miles. The world's railways cost the enor mous sum of S33,.")00",000, or an aver age of 121,200 per mile. The cheap est roads are in Australia, where, in the Western part, the price was $21. 723 per mile. The roads in the United States cost S10,333.000,000, or an avei of 5.9,293.12 per mile. The exhibit in the case of telegraph lines is scarcely less striking. The world's mileage of lines is l,0G2,r43. of which 545,025 miles are in America. 330,273 in Europe, 07.4S1 in Asia, 21,502 in Africa and 47,535 in Australia. STATEHOOD TO BE PUSHED. H0RRIBLFT0RTURED FRIGHTFUL COL. A. TREATMENT J. B LACK WELL. QF Mr. Flynn Determined to Secure the Admission of Oklahoma If I'nqilble. Washington, Dec. 1L Mr. Flynn of Oklahoma, appeared on the floor this afternoon for the first time this ses sion. Flynn is preparing for a hard, sharp fight for statehood. He 'says: "Gov ernor Renfrow will be here in a few days and the fight for that much de sired object will then be fairly on. My position on the subject was clear. I am for the Wheeler bill which was introduced and favorably reported on more than six months ago. I believe that we have had the last territorial election for Oklahoma and the Indian Territory-" Krupp A his a Church. Berlin, Dec. 11. Herr Krupp, head of the great gun making firm, has given 5,000 marks for the construc tion of a Protestant church at Essen, where the Krupp works are situated. Essen is the center of a large Catholic population. The Unfortunate Victim of a Cherokee Conspiracy; Arrested on a Charge of Treason for Selling Land to White ScX Settlers Carried Bodily to the Xeedlea and Nearly Killed He is a ITh.Ue. Man. and an American. Citizen. Av Cherokee Outrage. David. L T., Dec. 10. Last week mention was made to the effect that Colonel A. J. Blackwell, who created, a furor some years ago by claiming powers as a seer, prophet, etc. had been seized by the authorities of the Cherokee nation on the charge of treason, the crime according to the laws passed by the Cherokee- congress being punishable by death. The specific charge against him. was sell ing land in the Cherokee country to white people. Blackwell is known all oser the "West. When the Cherokee strip was opened last year Blackwell founded the town of Blackwell in Kay county, started newspapers, stores, etc., and made a fortune. After the country was thoroughly settled ho moved to the Cherokee nation and. founded this town. He started a paper, store and realty agency and was general super intendent of the town. A number of Cherokees did not like Blackwell and a conspiracy was hatched whereby he was to be seized and put to death. The charge was made that Blackwell, contrary to the laws of the nation, sold land to white persons. Two days later a squad of Indian police swooped down on Blackwell's home and dragging the prophet from the arms of his wife and children carried him in irons to the Cherokee dungeons at Claremore. There he was cut off from all com munication with the outer world and put on bread and water. On Monday Blackwell was taken from prison and after being stripped naked and his flowing whiskers and hair cut off, he was taken before chief Ohaha, who was holding a sub-council and asked to confess. Blackwell answered that he had no confession to make, that he was the victim of a villainous conspiracy and asked to be released, but instead he was carried bodily to the "Needles" and horribly tortured. The "Needles" is a small inclosure near the prison where culprits who refuse to confess their crimes are taken and jabbed in the body by ten bucks who dance around him with the terrible "ki-yi" and jab as they dance. After being subjected to these indig nities, Blackwell, bleeding from in numerable llesh punctures, was taken back to his dungeon where he still remains, ironed hand and foot, not withstanding the fervent appeals of his wife and friends. No date has been fixed for the unfortunate man's trial and there is no telling what ter rible punishments are in store for him. What makes the case complicated is the fact tnat he is a white man and an American citizen. He has no Cherokee blood in his veins as some reports have it The case is one which needs the immediate attention of the government, or can a citizen of the United States get protection when unjustly seized by an Indian nation? A 1CAIVSAS BOODLER. KNIGHTS OF PROTECTION. Cyrus Bussey Explains at Length the Objects of the Sow Order. Washington, Dec 10. General Cy rus Bussc3r, assistant secretary of the interior under President Harrison, has been elected president of the "American Knights of Protection," which has just been incorporated un der the laws of Maryland. "The order." said General Bussey, "is a non-sectarian, non -secret patri otic organization founded upon broad American principles and, in order to make it more cohesive and perman ent, its constitution ami character provide for a financial beneficial feature to its members. Its declara tion of principles includes adherence to the doctrine of protection to Amer ican inierests, industries and homes. It will seek, through its lodges, its literature, the courses of educational discussions which it will inaugurate and the fraternal co-operation of its members to organize all believers in its creed throughout the United States into a permanent organization. It will advocate and support the con tinuance of a tariff, adjusted to the necessities of protection to American interests, restrain foreign immigra tion, so that neither pauper labor nor its products shall come untaxed to our country; purity of elec tions through intelligent exer cise of franchise an I the prose cution of all fraudulent prac tices, defense of the integrity of public school system, the study of the constitution and American history. It will seek in various waj-s to revive and extend the true spirit of Ameri can patriotism, and finally will pro vide a system of practical financial benefits to the families of its mem bers, in case of sickness, accident or death. A TJEVV BELLAMY COLONY. Co-Operative Brotherhood Formoil to Put Socialism Into l.fTcct in .Missouri. Cahthagk, Mo., Dec. 10. "The Co operative Brotherhood" is the name of an organization now being formed by a number of Missourians of a so cialistic turn of mind, with A. B. Francisco of Clinton as president and George W. Williams of Humansville as treasurer. The organization is said to bo backed hymen of abilit. It is proposed to establish a colony where a practical demonstration of the Bellamy idea of life may be given. A great tract of land adjacent to abundant water power within an hour's ride of Carthage is being ne gotiated for. The colony will live as much as possible without aid of the outside world and will have its own factories, farms, mines and all other things necessary to the wants of man. Inducements will be offered to colonists, but the nature of these are yet a secret. Seriourt-Gl!ars. Acainit Connty Attorney Eonnr. Wichita-. Kan,, Dec 1 0. Last evening-County Attorney Willard Boone and Attorney W. J. Skelton engaged in. a fistic-eatfounter, in which Boone punished Skelton for alleged black mail. Topday Skelton filed proceed ings, for disbarment against Boone and Judge Reed set the case for hear ing on. December 19. Skelton charges that County Attor ney Boone has collected and retained for his own use, by virtue of his office, numerous suras of money to dismiss eases, pending against criminals, anil has collected costs in cases from de fendants on promises to dismiss crim inal charges against them, has appro priated such costs to his own uses and has caused the county to also pay the same costs: that Boone has accepted money and payment of costs from persons convicted of misdemeanors in justices courts who appealed to the district court, to dismiss the cause- in the higher court and afterwards in dorsed the bills for the same costs against the county and himself re tained the amounts paid to him. personally, that Boone began a number of liquor prose cutions and afterward entered, into a compact with the defendants to dismiss the charges on payment of the costs and 525 attorney's fee- in each case and the payments- de manded were made and the eases dropped, the money collected; being appropriated by Boone to. Ills own uses; that on one Sunday, Boone got drunk in a saloon and when, the po lice officers ordered the place closed countermanded the order and agreed to protect the violators- of the law, and that he became so noisy that the police officers threw him out of the saloon into the gutter; that he is a frequenter of joints and. is constantly found in them drunk and disorderly, and that he is in the habit of order ing wines and liquors and telling the jointists they would be credited for the same on their fines. The charges, are all definite and the names of those with whom Boone is alleged to have entered into these deals are given. Boone denies the charges in toto, and he says that he will have Skelton arrested on a charge of blackmail. CHAMJP-XJL.'ARtO: BREAKS LOOSEr. Th..MlflQUBiaB..FIctt-.- Kill roc Retire meat ef Kevenue ."Harlue Officers. "Washington Dec. i& Less, thac twenty-five members were pres ent, when- the- house was called; to. order at nora to-day. In thai morning hour. Mr; Mallory of Flow da from the committee on interstate coramejce called up the bill to pro mote the efficiency of the revenue cutter service. It provides for the retirement of the officers of the service incapacitated by reason of the infirmities of age or physical or men tal disabilities. Mr. Mallory. Mr. English of New Jersey and Mr.Coert of Now York supported the bill, but ib was antagonized by Mr. Clark of Missouri, who delibemtely avow.ed.his intention of talking it to death, liis speech was a character istic one humorous aud audacious to the point of sensationalism and it kept the house in a coufusion . of laughter, cheers and jeers. The morning hour expired irithout action and Mr. Brown of Maryland gave- notice that next Thursday he would call up the contested election case of Williams vs. Settle. DID THE COOKS DO IT? These Desperadoes Are Credited the Recent Texat Holdup. Foirr Worth, Texas, Dec. 1 a -The local managers of the Pacific Express company say that it is impossible to tell just how much the robbers who held up the Texas and Pacific train west of here Thursday got away with, as all the way bills, are missing. They got very little booty, however, is thoir impression, as it was mostly local ex press matter. The contents of the iron through package box arrived here intact. A sheriff's posse of fif teen men, headed by Deputy Will iam Rea and Police Chief Mad dox, have been out with a pack of bloodhounds since Thursday night and word received from them is to the fcfFect thai the posse is on a hot trail followinir the three robbers, who are well mounted and armed, and are traveling southwestwardly. The safe that the robbers looted was the same one opened in the Gordon robbery a short time ago. The best information obtainable warrants placing the amount of boot secured by the robbers atSlO. 000. The officers engaged in the pursuit are confident the desperadoes are mem bers of the Cook gang and that they are making for the Indiun Territory. A detachment of state rangers had started from Quanah to cut off the retreat in the direction mentioned. l'rotectinn Apraunt Train. Kobheri. Chicago, Dee. 10. A-. railroad car which is said to be bullet proof is be ing constructed. The- new car will be sunnllfid with r.arrAd. dtsifnod t- be opened only from, the outside by a. station master. In these cages the safe and more valuable parcels are to be placed. The arrangement is such that if robbers succeed in entering the car they wilL b exposed to the. lire of the messenger from a bullet proof compartment in each end of the. car, the messenger beiiiir also able to. shoot along the sides of the car to. protect the engineer or to prevent burglars and robbers from making an. entry. 1 ho- Brooklyn Tabernacle Sold. BitooKtYN, Dec. 10. The Brooklyn, tabernacle property was sold last nigkt under forclosure proceedings in. the old auction room of Charles C. Wills, who held, a second mortaage on the property. There was only one bid of S10.000 and it was made by WiUs over and above the amount duo to. Russell Sage on the first mortgage. As the amount due Sage, is S6I,5t;o, Wills gets the big plot for about S73.000, which is S17.000 lesa than it, cost the tabernacl nomes for DUableU Said tors. Washington, Dec 10. The annuaV report of the board of managers of the National Homes for Disabled Vol unteer Soldiers treats of the twenty one state homes. The aggregate average number kept in the national and state homes was 70,102. and the whole number cared for during tha year, 33,50-1. On Juno 30, the num ber presented ii. the several branches of the National home was 15,373, an increase in one year of 1,G63, KOLB'S The FRIENDS VILL WAIT. EMBARGO ON CATTLE. One of the Questions Discussed at the National Live Stock Meeting. Sr. Louis, Mo.,Dec.l0. The time at the afternoon and evening sessions of the National Live Stock Exchange was taken up with the discussion and settlement of three questions. The first of these was the embargo of for eign countries on American live stock and meat products. It was decided to petition congress and the depart ments to take such action as will tend to lift the embargo. In regard to the second q'uestion government inspection it was de cided to address a set of resolutions to Secretary J. Sterling Morton of the agricultural department, requesting that the system of government in spection of cattle aud meat products be made uniform as far as local conditions will permit; that inspec tors be appointed only witti regard to fitness and W removed only for cause (incompetency and negligence), and that the system of inspection be ex tended to all slaughter houses within the jurisdiction of the department. The subject of chattel mortgages oncattle was submitted in the shape Alabama LetrHlaturo AV1II Be Al lowed to Kun Its Full Course. Montgomery, Ala. Dec. 10. A secret caucus of Kolb's friends here last night was attended by nearly all the populist leaders in the state. Some of Kolb's adherents wanted to pre cipitate matters and seat Kolb as governor, but this was strongly op posed. Finally the following com promise resolution was adopted and it may be taken as the sense of the Populists as to dual government. "Resolved, That we act inside of the law until this present session of yha legislature closes, and if a ftfir election law is passed, as well as a fair contest law, by which the last state election can be fairly contested, we will stand by the result of the contest, but if the legislature fail or refuse to pass the two acts above re ferred to, or shall pass any oppressive laws, then we shall call upon the chairman of our state executive com mittee to call a state convention to consider the situation and adopt some line of action by which we shall be given our rights." CHINA WANTS PEACE. An to Ambassador to Be Sent nt Once Japan IVIth New Terms. Washington, Dec 10 Information has reached here that the Chinese government will appoint an ambas sador to proceed to Japan to treat for peace. As China is anxious for peace, the ambassador will start promptly for Tokia, or more probably Hiros chima, where the Japanese emperor and council now are. JIHnourl Kditors. St. Josei'h. Mo., Dec 10. The ed itors of North and Northwest Missou- . ri will be here in annual session next Friday and, Saturday. At 11 a. m. Friday, Chaplain Hainey of the Bar nard 'Kustler will open the si'ssmn of a report from a committee which i with a prayer. The session will last lavored the amendment ot the laws two days. relating to the subject at the next session of the different state legisla tures. The report was adopted. LABOR UNION CHARTERS. Offclal Figures From Wisconsin. Madison, Wis., Dec 10. At the of ficial canvass of votes cast at the re cent election, it was developed that the total was the greatest cast in the history of the state, being 3, SOS greater than in the election of 1892. Upham for governor has 53,900 plural ity. Branch for lieutenant governor 61,053, and other Republican candi dates in excess of 59,000. The ten Republican congressional candidates are elected by pluralities ranging from 4.350 to 10,752, with the excep tion of Sauerhering in the Second district, who skinned in with only 265 plurality over Barwig. Democrat. The Populist vote was 2j,004, 15,904. Government Control of Organization of AVorkinm-ii Provided For. Washington, Dec. 10. Two im portant changes in the bill for na tional arbitration of strikes have been made as a resultof the conference be tween Labor Commissioner Wright and Representatives McGann, Spring er and Erdman. They are, that la bor unions be chartered by the gov ernment and that the ehurter of a labor union be forfeited when its members resort to violence in the interest of strikes. It is probable that the measure as thus amended will be laid before congress. Commissioners Wright and Kernan. who made the recent in vestigation of the Pullman strike, will appear bsfore the labor com mittee Tuesday, to state their views on perfecting the bill. Jtepubllcan Finances All Bight. Washington, Dec. 10. The Repub lican national congressional commit tee met to-day to review the campaign and consider the question of perma nent headquarters in Washington. The reports on the finances of the committee showed up well. While the question of permanent Washing ton headquarters was not decided, it was generally favored and it was be lieved will be affirmatively settled at the meetinir held next week. lronounci at r ake. Washington, Dec 10. Chairman Babcock of the Republican congress ional committee says the report sent out from Washington that the com mittee was sending circulars to in tending Republican contestants in the next house, telling them that their cases will be considered only on their merits, is a fake, pure and simple. "The campaign committee m . 1 4. 1 T A .1 . . a gam ol na nunung louuwim contests, said J Mr. Babcock. l.W K STOCK AND 1'KODCCE MAUlvKTi 19 10 IZ If, 22 to :4 lis M 10 i - cr- 4? 5 (S I) 5 to .m 5 f.fe II 54 12 Quotation from New York, Chicago, LouU, Omaha and KUewhere. OMAHA Butter Creamery print Hutter -I-'air to good country. K;:;:s Fresh Honey 1 er tt I otiltry Old liens, per a Chickens Sprim;. Der 2 Turkeys IVr Ib ( se-lVr II) Ducks-IVr 11) Cln-CM Neb. A: la. full cream. I.einoiisC holce Mosinas Oraiisus- 31oshios,per box ... 3 St I (IlilHJIS Sweet potatoes, per bhl Kuans -Navy, liaml-pieked, bu Hay I pland. per ton Hay Midland and lowland... 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