The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, November 08, 1901, Image 8

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    !AT ST. LOUIS IN 1903
Lilelj that Nebraska Will Hare Suitable
Representation There.
WHAT GOVERNOR SAVAGE WILL 00
He Will Appeal to tho Pride and Patriot
Una of tho Citizens of the Stat for
Nccciurf Fonda to Mas aa Kxhlblt
Other Nebraska Matters.
LINCOLN. Nov. 6. If the plans of
Governor Savage do not miscarry Ne
braska will take a prominent position
In the Moid of exhibitors at the Louis
iana Purchase exposition at St. Louis
In 1903. The governor proposes to ap
point an extraordinary commission of
five persons, who shall serve without
compensation and provide the neces
sary funds for making the exhibit.
This plan contemplates the raising of
funds by voluntary subscription, and
the promise is made that in his bien
nial message Governor Savage will ask
the legislature to reimburse those who
may have advanced money to the com
mission. "I cannot consent to Nebraska not
n-ing represented at the Louisiana
Purchase exposition," said the gov
ernor. "The state is part of the terri
tory purchased from France in 1803,
and it would reflect on our pride, our
enterprise and our patriotism should
we fail to Join with our sister states
in promoting this great undertaking.
"The last legislature having failed to
make an appropriation for an exhibit,"
ci tinned the governor, "and it being
iiijK:.---ufola t3 secure an appropriation
before most of the money required
t-houM be expanded, I have decided to
appeal to the pride and patriotism of
the citizens of the state with a view to
e.-urins the necessary funds. My plan
is to appoint a commission of five, to
I composed of citizens whose patriot
ism and loyalty are unquestioned, who
shall serve without compensation and
wh3 snail have charge of the exhibit
and provide the funds required to com
plete and maintain it. In my biennial
ni.-s.-age to the legislature I shall ask
that money be appropriated to reim
burse those wlio have advanced funds
iot thi.; purpse.
-It is estimated that $12,000,000 will
be invested in this enterprise, aside
from the amount invested by individ
ual exhibitors and by the different
Hates, which Insures an exposition of
mammoth proportions and one likely
to attract visitors on a broader and
more modern plan than was the Co
lumbian, and in a general sense, to
Nei-drtka at Iea3t, it rises above that
one in importance. Nebraska is the
garden spot of the territory purchased
at that time, and being yet a young
state and rich in natural resources, af
fording opportunities for the profitable
investment of capital to be found no
where ele on this continent, it can
enter as an exhibitor with assurances
fit ample reward.
"We have thousands of acres of un
developed land; we have opportunities
for the investment of capital in com
mercial and manufacturing industries
nl wo have an abundance of oppor
tunities for the investment of capital
on large and small scales. Nowhere
el.sH in the world Is capital or labor
more certain of reward."
Grader Plow Tp Skeleton.
COLUMBUS. Neb.. Nov. 6. Street
graders at Lindsay plowed up four
Skeletons, said by Dr. D. G. Walker to
1 those of white males fully grown
Nothing in the known history of the
place throws any light on the discov
ery, and it is thought the skeletons,
still in a good state of preservation,
must have Iain there as long as sixty
years. There is a mound at the side of
the village and it was here the skele
ton j were found.
Gage County Mortgages.
BEATRICE. Neb., Nov. 6. During
October Gage county released $10,738
more in mortgages than was filed.
Twenty-four farm mortgages were
filed, amounting to $35,934; forty-three
were released, amounting to $4r,287;
thirty-one city mortgages, amounting
to $12,604. were filed, and twenty-four,
amounting to $9,983, were released.
Pottage Stamp to Ban.
OMAHA. Nov. 6. Postmaster Crow
h made up a package of unused Pan
American exposition postage stamps,
which he will forward to Washington,
when, it is understood they will be
burned. The package contains 650,000
ones, 50.000 twoa, 20.000 eights and 10.-Ob-.t
tens.
Attempt to Bob a Bank.
DAM3. Neb., Nov. 6. An unsuc
cessful attempt was made to rob the
AcUms State bank. The glass In the
" r-r door was broken and entrance ef
fected i hereby. No further damage
waji done and no other evidence of the
presence of thieves was found, save
an iron bar left just Inside the door.
A railway velocipede was stolen from
.the handcar bouse, on which it Is sup
posed, tbe burglars took their depar
ture. . Farase Bring- High Prices.
, . YORK. Neb.. Nor. 6. Three farms
(n (his naction ware sold one day last
-le-k for $31,400. The farms contained
in all 72') acres. This Is the largest
-land deal ever made in one day in the
county. There are a good many farms
changing hands all over this county
and at good prices. The buyers are
mostly from Illinois. The acreage of
ali wheat in this county is the largest
la the history of the county.
NATIONAL AND STATE BANKS
Wktl Is Set Forth la the Report thai
Has Jnst Been Made Public
LINCOLN. Nov. 4. The Increase of
deposits in Nebraska national and
state banks from July 17 to Septem
ber SO, the day of the last call, is ap
proximately $3,650,000. The increase
in state and private banks aloae, as
shown in the report issued by Secre
tary Itoyse of the state banJRng board
today, is $1,195,010. Tt average in
crease of deposits in the national
banks of the state 1 10 per cent,
which makes a total in these Institu
tions of over $27,00o,0C0. or an in
crease of $2,455,461.
Tho figures for the national banks
are merely estimates based upon the
statements of the Omaha and Lincoln
banks, but it is conceded that they are
very nearly correct. If the same ratio
of increase prevails throughout the
state in the national banks the total
deposits in Nebraska banks will be
over $58,000,000.
Following is a summary of the
statements of all state and private
banks at the close of business on Sep
tember 30:
HESCURCES.
Loans and discounts.' $C3,T91.Sw.SS
Overdrafts Sj,77S.4
United States bonds 7.000.00
Stocks, judgments, etc 411.3B.S4
Luc from banks and bankers. 12,310.410.23
IS;n:kinc house furniture and
fixtures 1,::S.923.6
Other real estate 3.0.33J.3S
Current expenses and taxes
paid 3S2.9.-.0.32
Premiums paid
Cash 2.2S2.24I.:
Other assets 150,417.13
Total
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in
Surplus fund
Undivided profits
dividends unpaid
General deposits
Notes and bills rediscounted.
Bills payable
.$11.1'.992.SS
.$ 7.119.434). 00
. 1.171.042.01
. 1.237.3U0.91
4,900.16
. C1.739.644.V)
70.W2.22
73. 40.75
Total
Banks now
$I1,4,9.W2.SS
hold a reserve of 4t5'.i per
cent.
As compared with the statement of
July 17, 1301. the present statement shows
Increases as follows:
Stocks, bonis, etc $ 56.SS2.M
Loans 211.372.21
Cash 104.772.0S
Capital stock CS.S'if,.S0
Surplus 5.270.45
Undivided profits 17rfi.21S.Ih5
Deposits l.llw.My.i:
Rediscounts and bills payable. :tt.l3..32
Decreased. Number of banks reporti:is
increased ten.
Compared with the statement for Sep
tember 20. 1900. Increases are as follows:
Loans J.477.!!.13
Stock, bonds, etc 114.S61.25
Cash 122.C11.1S
Surplus 1.21.547.39
Deposits 4.934..W).5l
Capital stock It3.300.00
SMALLPOX AMONG THE INDIANS.
They Are llelns Vacrlnated to Prevent
Spread of the DUeane.
OMAHA. Nov. 4. The red man of
the forest, represented by the Winne
bago, has been inoculated with the
white man's idea of preventing small
pox and is now baring his arm to the
scalpel and vaccine point.
Deputy United States Marshal Allan
has returned from the Indian country
of Dakota and Thurston counties and
reports that smallpox is still spreading
among the Indians of the Winnebago
reservation. It is said the disease has
reached the town of Thurston and
that the public school has been closed.
A rigid quarantine has been establish
ed and the Indians who live in the vi
vinity have been prohibited from en
tering the corporate limits.
NEBRASKA AS APPLE GROWER.
lavltatlon for Farmer to Produce
Jonatha- a.
OMAHA, Nov. 4. E. F. Stephens of
Crete has presented General Passen
ger Agent Francis of the Burlington
with a big, red apple, a Jonathan that
looks like a mammoth jewel, and says
that it is a sample of the product of
43,000 trees, in which he has a half
interest. His plan is to put out the
Nebraska grown trees among farmers
on a contract by which he Is to re
ceive half of the product for a term
of years, the farmer to cultivate the
trees according to instructions. The
success with which he is meeting, he
says, proves beyond question that Irri
gated ground In the Loup. Republican
and Platte valleys along the southern
line of the Burlington will be the fin
est apple growing country la the world
if the farmers are properly interested.
Kfid of FUhln- Season
LINCOLN. Nov. 4. Last week
marked the closing of the fishing sea
son for 1901. Hereafter nobody will
be allowed to fish in any stream or
water In the state. Persons having
fish in their possession are given five
days' time to dispose of the same.
Pined for Flaying Poker.
NELSON. Neb.. Nov. 4. The city
marshal raided the armory hall and
found nine young men playing poker.
They were all arrested, pleaded guilty
and were assessed $7.50 each.
Epldvrele pread to Thurston.
"PENDER, Neb., Nov. 4. Dr. Towns
of the state board of health was sent
for to examine a suspicious case of
sickness at Thurston, which proved
to be smallpox.
Millard Rifles In National Guard.
LINCOLN. Nov. 4. Adjutant Gen
eral Colby has issued orders detailing
Judge Advocate General BroTrn to
muster the Millard Rifles of Omaha
into the Nebraska National Guard on
the evening of November 11. The or
ganization will have the status of an
independent company, there being no
vacancies in either regiment. The
company was organized about one
year ago, but did not adopt the nam
of the Omaha senator until July.
MUST LOSE THE MONEY
A Decision that Will Not Be Cheerfully
Eeceived by Insurance Men.
AUDITOR WESTON'S ACTION UPHELD
Fees Paid to a Former Auditor by Eu
gene Moore Not to Be Repaid by State
Other Matters Here and There la
Nebraska.
LINCOLN, Nov. 5. Judge Holmes
rendered a decision sustaining Auditor
Weston in refusing to refund certain
money on deposit in the state treasury
to foreign insurance companies claim
ed to have been deposited with ex
Auditor Eugeno Moore.
During Moore's term of office insur
ance companies desiring to do business
in Nebraska tent their checks payable
to Mr. Mooro, with the result that the
then auditor failed to account for these
funds. During the last two years of
Mr. Moore's term of office about $32,000
was deposited with him, with the un
derstanding that it would be deposited
to the credit of the respective com
panies depositing it with him that
they might do business in the state.
Auditor Moore was finally convicted
and sentenced to a term of eight years
in tho penitentiary. An appeal to the
supreme court resulted in his ac
quittal, it appearing that he was act
ing as the agent of the insurance com
panies rather than of tho state.
The decision, in fact, held also that
the foreign insurance companies
would have to deposit the legal amount
required to do business in Nebraska
with the state treasurer. Some of the
companies complied and continued
business, while others withdrew from
thi state.
The Providence-Washington Insur
ance company objected to a repayment
as it termed it, of money for the privi
lege of doing business, and Auditor
Weston held that it must pay or stop
doing business.
The insurance company claimed that
it ought to receive back from the treas
urer, via the present auditor, what
Moore had paid over, or at least its
sharo of it. It contended this ought
to be divided among the other com
panies that is, the ones first paying.
The auditor acknowledged that the
money did not properly belong to the
state, the insurance companies gener
ally having repaid what Moore took.
but be was of the opinion that the only
way to do this was to pro rate the
money. Even this, however, he was
unable to do, unless the legislature by
a specific appropriation directed pay
menr. If the money has been divided
among the older accounts the Provi
dence-Washington company would
have received $94 back out of the $188
it paid, but he was of the-opinion that
it would receive but $53.69. To this
division it objected.
The court holds also that the aud
Itor can act only upon the fees being
paid into the treasury; otherwise what
he did would be without authority and
beyond the scope of his duties. There
is no statute authorizing the auditor
to credit the companies with the fees
received by his predecessor, and if the
company's contention was correct that
it is entitled to a credit for a part,
then to be consistent it is entitled to
all. Only by a specific appropriation
by the legislature, says the court, can
the companies get their money back.
Two Are Caacht Seining.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Nov. 5. Chas.
Bruner and Frank Burwell, while sein
ing In Cut-Off lake, were arrested
about midnight Thursday by Deputy
Game and Fish Warden E. C. Brown
of this city, assisted by Deputy Warden
Counsman of Nebraska. The men's
nets were seized and they were lodged
in the county jail here. Before Justice
Ferrier they pleaded guilty and by
agreement with Deputy Warden Brown
were sentenced to three days each in
tho county jail.
Hallowe'en Canmi a Stabbing.
RED CLOUD, Neb., Nov. 5. A boy
named Watkins was stabbed by a boy
named Bennett at Inavale. Watkins
and some other boys, after attending
an entertainment at that place, started
to play some Hallowe'en pranks, run
ning off with a buggy belonging to the
Bennetts, and being discovered in the
act a fight ensued, in which the Wat
kins boy was stabbed with a pocket
knife. His wound Is not dangerous.
Campaign Button Removed.
BEATRICE, Neb.. Nov. 5. The cam
paign button swallowed by the little
child of Ira Fullmer has been success
fully removed after several weeks of
much suffering.
Mrs. Hartley In Sanltarlom.
LINCOLN. Nov. 5. Mrs. J. S. Bart
ley, wife of former Treasurer Eartley,
has been removed to the sanitarium at
College View to receive treatment for
nervous prostration.
Illr Tleld of Corn.
WEST POINT, Neb., Nov. 5. Farm
era In the neighborhood of Bancroft, la
the eastern part of this county, report
corn as yielding thirty to thirty-five
bushels an acre.
rtr of Winter Wheat.
LINCOLN, Nov. 5. It is estimated
by grain men of this city that the
acreage of winter wheat this year is
10 per cent larger than last year. The
Nebraska Grain Dealers' association
has reported that the last crop of win
ter wheat amounted to 40,000,000 bush
els, and if the yield per acre of the
crop now under cultivation Is as heavy
and tbe increase in acreage as great
as estimated the yield next year will
be 44,000,000 bushels.
STATE BOUNDARY PUZZLE.
tops tm Be Taken to Make Pcesent River
Channel the lAm.
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 4. The deci
sion of the United States supreme
court in the matter of the Iowa-Nebraska
boundary at Cut-Off and East
Omaha holding that the boundary
changed with gradual changes of the
river, but remained in the old bed
of the river at the time of the sudden
"cut off" which put the river prac
tically where It is now has given risa
to a troublesome condition which
steps are to be taken to correct.
Illustrations of the difficulties work
ed by the supreme court decision are
found in this vicinity at Cut-Oft and
Lake Manawa. At both of these
points the river bed changed gradu
ally through a long series of years,
until the river flowed in the shape of
a horse shoe, and then suddenly cut
through the neck between the ends of
the shoe. As a result a piece of ter
ritory containing several square miles
on the Nebraska side of the river at
Cut-Off is held to be Iowa territory.
On the other hand a large portion of
Lake Manawa and the territory to
the southward of it are held to be
long in Sarpy county, Nebraska.
It is now proposed that the actual
bed of the river at any time shall con
stitute the boundary between the two
states. It is stated this 'can be ef
fected only by an act of congress, but
it is realized that the initial proceed
ings will have to be taken by the
communities most directly interested.
The change suggested would place
Blue lake and Lake Manawa in Iowa,'
and would give Cut-Off lake and Lake
Quinncbog to Nebraska.
THE FARM flTS SHOT KILLED.
A Man Supposed to lie a Thief is Tat to
Denth.
NORFOLK, Neb., Nov. 4. George
Fetterly was shot and killed upon the
farm of Christ Duerr, a few miles
north of this city on the road to
Pierce. Tidings of the affair were
brought to town shortly after the
shooting. City Marshal Kane and Dr.
Holden accompanied Edmund George
back to the scene of the tragedy and
found Fotterly's body lying a short
distance from Duerr's house with a
bridle tightly gripped in one hand and
a shotgun in the other. One barrel of
the gun had been discharged. The
skull of Fetterly was found to have
been badly crushed in by a charge of
heavy shot, and death was probably
instantaneous.
George's version of the affair is
that he and Fetterly had been to
Pierce on business and were return
ing home; that they stopped at
Duerr's to get a drink of water, Fet
terly going in and George remaining
in the wagon. George heard three
shots and saw Fetterly fall, and after
satisfying himself that Fetterly was
dead came to this city to notify the
authorities.
Duerr states that he was awakened
in the night by a noise outside and
went out with his shotgun to inves
tigate. He saw a man leaving bis
barn with a bridle in his hand and
ordered him to stop; the man turned
and fired a shot, whereupon Duerr
discharged both barrels of his gun
with the result stated.
Election for Mayor.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 4. Adjutant
General Colby has Issued orders call
ing for an election to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Major
William K. Moore of Nelson, First
regiment. National Guard. Ballots
will be opened in the office of the ad
jutant general at the capitol, Novem
ber 15, by a board of officers consist
ing of General Colby, Major Balshaw
and Lieutenant Colonel Phillips. Two
or three names are mentioned.
Impaled on Pitchfork.
FRANKLIN, Neb.. Nov. 4. Jacob
Smith, a hard working man with a
family wholly dependent on his work
for support, met with an accident
here that the doctor says may kill
him. He was helping thresh and
worked until after dark, when he
jumped from a load, striking on a
pitchfork that was standing with tinea
turned In the ground, the handle of
the fork entering his body ten inches.
He Is suffering great agony.
Requisition for Margaret Johnson.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 4. Governor
Savage honored a requisition from Il
linois for Margaret Johnson, alias El
vira Dodson, now under arrest in Om
aha. She was convicted of robbery In
Illinois and sentenced to the peni
tentiary. She was paroled from that
institution and, a few days after beinj
released came to Nebraska.
Statistical Maps.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Nov. 4. The first
consignment of the new statistical
maps, which were arranged by Dep
uty Labor Commissioner Watson and
Assistant Hodge, have been received
at the state house. Over 15,000 cop
ies will be printed, of which 100 will
be mounted on rollers. The demand
for these maps is larger than expect
ed, many requests coming from other
states. The map contains a vast
amount of statistical information.
Donahue Sues the Flggs.
PAPILLION. Neb., Nov. 4. Albert
J. Donahoo bas brought suit in the
district court of Sarpy county to ob
tain judgment of $20,000 damages
against Louis and Sarah Figg, who,
he alleges, persuaded Mrs. Donahoo
to leave her husbanM and live with
them. The peculiar religious doctrine
taught by Mr. and Mrs. Figg is what
originally stirred up trouble between
Mr. and ZtsB. Donahoo and destroyed
their booc'a happiness.
BRITISH SUFFER LOSS
English Arms Meet With Another Disas
trous Beverse Near Bethel.
TWENTY-FOUR MEN ARE KILLED
Tbrlee that Number Woonded and Fonr
Have Since Died Col. Benson Among;
the Slain He Fall In a Sudden Attack
From the Rear.
LONDON, Nov. 2. Lord Kitchener
has reported to the war office a disas
ter to the British near Bethel, eastern
Transvaal, in which two guns were
lost, several officers killed or wounded,
fifty-four men were killed and 160
wounded.
The following is the text of Lord
Kitchener's dispatch, dated Pretoria,
November 1:
"I have just heard of a severe at
tack made on the rear guard of Colonel
Benson's column when about twenty
miles northwest of Bethel, near
Brokenlaagte, during a thick mist.
"Tho strength of the enemy is re
ported to have been 1,000. They rush
ed two guns with the rear guard, but
it is uncertain whether they were en
abled to remove them.
"I fear our casualties were heavy.
Colonel Benson was wounded. A re
lieving column will reach him this
morning."
Later Lord Kitchener telegraphed
as follows:
"Colonel Barter, who marched from
the constabulary line yesterday,
reached Benson's column early this
morning (Friday) unopposed. He re
ports that Colonel Benson died of his
wounds.
"The other casualties are the fol
lowing: Killed Colonel E. Guines.3,
Major F. D. Murray, Captains M. W.
Kundsay and F. T. Thorould, Lieuten
ants E. V. I. Brooks and R. E. Shep
ard and Second Lieutenant A. J. Cor
let "Died of his wounds Captain Lyrre
Lloyd."
Lord Kitchener then gives the names
of thirteen other officers who were
wounded, most of them severely, and
announces that fifty-four non-commissioned
officers and men were killed
and ICO were wounded, adding that
four of the latter have since died of
their wounds. The dispatch then says:
"I assume that the two guns have
been recovered and the enemy has
withdrawn, but I have no further de
tails. "I deeply regret the loss of Colonel
Benson and the other officers and men
who fell with him. In Benson the
service loses a most gallant and capa
ble officer, who invariably led his col
umn with marked success and judg
ment.
"The fighting was at very close
quarters and maintained with deter
mination by both sides.
"The enemy suffered heavily, but I
have not yet received a reliable esti
mate. The Boers retired east."
Colonel Benson had been for some
time operating in the vicinity of
Bethel, which is northeast of tander
ton. He surprised a Boer laager Octo
ber 2 near Trickhardsfontein.
DELAY IN SELECTING BISHOP.
Oioeese of hebnqatt Not Likely to lie
Supplied llefore December.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 It is be
lieved here that the papal brief ap
pointing a bishop for the new Du
buque (Iowa) diocese will not be re
ceived before the last part of Novem
ber at the earliest, and probably not
until toward Christmas time. The last
mail from Rome failed to bring any
developments in the matter, which has
ben pending action ever since last
winter, and as October is a period of
vacation in Vatican circles, it will be
well toward the close of the month
before any official advices on the sub
ject reach this country, and in the pro
cedure of the pontifical administration
It may be considerably later. The
names of the candidates submitted by
Cardinal Martinelli have been before
Pope Leo for a long time. The utmost
secrecy is observed always in sucn
matters, but it is believed that Dr,
Garrigan of the faculty of the Cath
olic university here is one of them.
Cable Toll to Philippines.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2. The Com
mercial Cable company this morning
sent out the following notice: "We are
advised that the following reduced
rates to the Philippine islands go into
effect on the 15th Inst.: Luzon island,
$1.66 per word, from New York; all
other islands, $1.76 per word from
New York."
Connnl lloyla Reports.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Nov. 2. A
cablegram received at the state de
partment today from United States
Consul Boyle at Liverpool said that
up to 12 o'clock, noon, there hid been
no new traces of bubonic plague in
that port.
Spain 4golta Free Silver.
MADRID, Nov. 2. The Chamber of
Deputies has passed the bill prohibit
ing the free coinage of silver.
Jory Cp for Contempt.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 2. In
dianapolis today witnessed the novel
legal proceeding of having the mem
bers of its grand jury up before the
criminal court for contempt of court
because it did not return indictments
against saloon keepers against whom
evidence was offered by the Civic alli
ance of this city. The court held,
however, that such n proceeding was
beyond its jurisdiction and the mem
ber of the jury were discharged.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Qaotatlon From Soatla Omaha
and Kansas City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
Cattle There was a light run of cattle,
which makes the supply for the two days
thia week considerably smaller than lor
tho same days last week. The demand
was active on the part of loth packers
and feeder buyers for anything a all
desirable and aa a . result an act!e,
strong market was experienced. There
were quite a few cori-feds Included In
the receipts and the better grades were
picked up In good season at fully steady
prices. The coaraon and warmed-up
kinds were slow sule, the same as usual,
but still they brought about steady prices,
as compared with yesterday. The cow
market was also active and stronKer.
Buyers all had liberal orders, so that
sellers had little difficulty in getting very
satisfactory prices. Bulls were also in
active demand today at strong prices.
Veal calves and stags sold without much
change. There were not many feeders
and anything good sold at strong prices.
The common kinds were neglected, the
same as usual, and were no more than
eteady. Stock heifers of good quality
were stronger also, but only a few were
offered. The demand for thtrn Is very
light. There were only a few western
range beef steers In the yards this morn
ing and strong prices were paid for de
sirable kinda. Cows were active and
strong to a dime higher. Good stockers
and feeders were strong and active, while
common kinds were slow and weak.
Hogs There was a light supply of hogs,
but as reports from other points were all
unfavorable to the selling Interests a
slow and uneven market was exierienced
lur. The opening sales were mostly 7,,i
iilic lower, aud later on the market was
10'U"!;c lower. Toward the close It iirniod
up a little anil then the extreme close was
weak. The bulk of all the hogs sold at
J3.79 and or just about Vte lower
th;in yesterday's general market.
Sheep Quotation!?: Choice yearlings,
tAiri :ISC; fair to good yearling', tl.Z'J'iv
o.4: choice wether.-!. $3.Soi3.3u; fair to
good wethers, J3.l4iV3.3-J; choice e'es, i2.f40
'413.25; fair to good ewes. J2..i2.yo: choice
spring lambs. $4.3'(4.4k; fair to good
spring lambs. U.l'Yn 4.3; feeder wethers,
$;.C1(3.3.'; feeder lamb:, J3.G1 1.1D.
KANSAS CITY.
Cattle Beef st-ers and stockers and
feeders,-steady; cows, steady to a shade
higher; clwjice export and dressed beef
steers. Jo.IXtfjG..'; fair to gorvl, $3.0i5.83;
st4ckers and feinh-rs. J2.9-y-I.M; western
fed steers, Jt.G.Vi S.'; western range
steers, $3.:30 3.10; Texas and Indian steers.
ttjOfj i.y; Tcx::s cows, J 1. 73 a 3. 00; native
cov.-s, J2.tWril.23: heifers, $2.73'&5.Ki; buils,
$J.S3fi4.0u: calves. J2-75'j3..
Hogs Market 10c lower; top, JS.W;
bulk of salts-, 13. "If; 5. S3; heavy, $3.fc5f.
5.f'7,2!: mixed packers. J3.ti3,:i6.J2,-.i; light,
J5 2.-Ai32',2; pigs. J4.75fi 3.23.
Sheep anil Lambs Market strong: na
tive lambs. J !.)! 4.S3; western lambs, $3.73
''I.e.'); native wethers, t'.i'i i.OO; western
wethers, J3.23i3.5; ewes, J2.73V3.33; culls,
J-.4jHi3.23.
LAI Eft NEW YORK MOIRES
Complete Municipal Return Oivrs Low's
Plurality ns S9.8U4.
NEW YORK, Nov. 7. Complete un
official returns from every district of
Greater New York give Seth Low. fu
sion candidate for mayor, 294.992, and
Edward M. Shepard, democratic can
didate, 265,128, making Low's plural
ity 29,864.
Edward M. Grout, fuslonist candi
date for comptroller, received 209,713
votes, and William Ladd, democratic
rival, 254,737, making tbe plurality of
the fusionist 44,976.
Unofficial returns from every elec
tion district in New York county give
William Travers Jerome, fusionist, a
lead of 15.880 over Henry W. Unger,
democrat, in the race for the district
attorneyship. The vote of the two
follows: Jerome, 1C3.958; Unger, 14S,
079. A revised recapitulation of the vote
on president of the board of alder
men, with every district represented,
snows that Charles V. Fornes, fusion
ist, has George M. Van Hoesen, dem
ocrat, beaten by a plurality of 31,384.
Complete unofficial figures from the
borough of Queens shows that Joseph
Cassidy, democrat, has defeated Doht,
fusionist, for the presidency of the
borough by 3,933 plurality in a total
vote of 24.921.
Drath of LI II ting Chang.
PEKIX, Nov. 7 U Hung Chang
died at 11 o'clock this morning. The
physicians who vloitel Li .Hung Chang
at 10 o'clock last night found him in
good spirits, but extremely weak, as
a result of sitting up and working in
defiance of their instructions. When
they called this mcrning they found
him unconscious and sinking rapidly.
It was announced at noon that LI
Hung Chang could hardly live three
hours longer.
Rhode Island Republican.
PROVIDENCE. R. I., Nov. 7. Lack
ing twelve districts out of a total of
139, the vote showed that Governor
Gregory, republican, was re-elected by
a plurality of over 5,000, as against
8,859 last year. The general assembly
n both branches Is largely republi
can, but by a decreased majority. With
the single exception of Central Falls
the democrats elected mayors in all
four cities of the state.
What low (lets and til res.
NEW YORK. Nov. 7. Seth Low as
mayor of Greater New York will have
a salary of $15,000. He will have the
privilege of appointing such clerks and
assistants in the mayor's office as he
may choose. The first of the ap
pointments is one of private secretary
at a salary of $5,000. He may ap
point commissioners and beads of de
partments to succeed the present In
cumbents in most of the executive de
partments of the city government.
Tho Result In Colorado.
DENVER, Nov. 7. In the election
of county officers In Colorado the re
publicans won in most of the large
counties except Arapahoe. Complete
returns from all the precincts In this
city and all county precincts except
one show that the democratic candi
dates were elected in Arapahoe by ma
orities ransing from 2,000 to 4,000.
The democrats also carried Teller
county (Cripple Creek). The repub
licans won in several counties.
i
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
A Shanghai dispatch says that Li
Hung Chang is very ill.
The proposed McKlnley arch In
Washington will cost $1,500.
A postofflce has been established at
Lost Springs, Converse county, Wyo..
with Leander E. Blackwell as post
master. E. H. Wands of the New York Tri
bune has been appointed world's fair
.-.ommlssioner to Peru, Ecuador, Colom
oia and Venezuela.
The estimates Tor tbe expenditures of
the interior department during the
fiscal year bsginning next July aggre
gate $170,000,000, of which $142,161,200
i3 asked for pensions.
The Chicago Great Western depot
and freight house at Waverly, Iowa,
were destroyed by fire. Agent Hine
was severely burned in an unsuccessful
effort to save his cash drawer.
Emperor William has issued an
army order expressing the warmest
appreciation of the work of the troops
In China, "who have added fresh lau
rels to the ancient glory of the German
arms."
Tho navy department ha ordered
the gunboat Marietta, at Portsmouth,
N. II., to Colon to relieve t'ie gunboat
Machias, which has bec:i -..atching
over affairs at that point for some
month:, past.
The police order expelling from
Prussia, Joseph Herrings, the Ame
ri-
can newspaper correspond4?nt, upon
tho ground of an alleged evasion of -military
service ten years ago, has
been cancelled.
Work has been begun on the con
etruction of the Santa Fe extension
from Pawnee, O. T., to Bartlesville, I.
T.. joining there with the Santa Fe
and giving Oklahoma direct Kansas
City connection.
At ah auction sale of a library in
London an original copy of Blake's
"Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of
Experience" was sold for $3,500. It
i, understood that it was purchased
for an American.
Captain Neitzke of the German
cruiser Gazelle, who was tried for not
rtporting the insubordination that oc
curred on the cruiser while she was
engaged in the maneuvers at Dantzlc,
has been acquitted.
In the woods near Blue, I. T., Nich
olas Caldwell and Gib.son Columbia,
two fullbiood Chickasaw Indians, set
tled a dispute over land matters by
fighting a duel with Winchester rifles.
Both were mortally woundei. j
The governors of the board of trade
have decided to invite Admiral Schley
to visit Indianapolis on any date be
may name. It is intended to have a
public reception at the state house
and lionize him in every way.
Tho London Lancet says it has offi
cial authority to announce that the reA
cent rumors regarding the health of
King Edward are entirely withouth
truth or foundation. The Lanset fur
ther says the king is in good health
and has undergone no operation what
ever. The report of the state auditor of
Iowa for the past three months on the
business done by the banks of Iowa
show an increase in tbe amount of
deposits of $5,735,031.56, since June 30.
At the close of business on September
30 the 189 state savings banks had
total assets amounting to $145,603,
346.97. To Representative Jones of Wash
ington, who called upon President
Roosevelt to pay his respects, the
president expressed his great interest
in the northwest and said he expected
to make a tour of that part of the
country next summer.
William H. Richards of Liberty,
Neb., has been admitted to practice
before the interior department.
Lieutenant William C. Hartlee, U.
S. M. C, who thrashed a Filipino boy
on a wharf at Manila on slight provo
cation, has been severely disciplined.
The abstract of the condition of the
national banks of South Dakota at the
close of business on September 30, as
reported to the comptroller of the cur
icncy, shows the average reserve to
have been 29.95 per cent, against 30.67
per cent on July 15.
At Salem, O., Lucien I Shoemaker,
the oldest business man, died sud
denly, aged 85. Friday morning he
stumbled over an obstruction placed
at his door by Hallowe'en mischief
makers, and it is believed injured him
self Internally. ss
A dispatch from Jerusalem says thp
Church of the Holy Sepulcher, sur
mounting Christ's tomb, as tradition
ally located, was the scene of a san
rfninary affray between Franciscans
and Greeks, during which there were
a number of casualties on both sides.
The academic board of the military
academy has raised the standard of
admission to that institution.
Edward Wedelver of Wheatland-
Paul Lavenents and John F. J. Crow
ley, both of Cheyenne, Wyo.. have been
appointed railway mall clerks.
The Chinese legation at Washington
is Inclined to believe true the reoort
that Minister Wu is to be recalled.
Ernest II. Wards, news editor of th
New York Tribune, has been appointed
world's fair commissioner to Peru
Ecuador. Colombia and Venezuela.
The civil service commission has re
ceived word that under an act Just
passed by the Philippine commWnn
all employes of the Insular and pro
visional government stationed outsid V-"
of the city of Manila will receive com-(
missary privileges.
An organization to be known as the
German East Asiatic society has been
founded In Berlin to maintain closer
elatlona between Germany and Ger
mans now In Asia and so promote Ger
man scientific -and commercial under
takings In Asia. ' .