Nebraska Newspapers

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Senators Dietrich and Millard Will Be
Given Places.
MATTERS TO BE TALKED OYER
Commliiloain Jones Asked to Take Ac
tion Concerning Hands of Smallpoxed
Indians A) to Tree Rural Delivery
Other Nebraska Hatters.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. Senator
Dietrich said an erroneous impression
prevailed that he was an applicant for
the chairmanship of the committee on
irrigation and reclamation or arid
lands. He denied having expressed
any preference for any particular com
mittee and thought that it was but
proper to leave that matter in the
hands of the committee on commit
tees. The question of a committee
assignment, however, bo far as the
Nebraska senators are concerned, will
be talked over when Senator Millard
reaches Washington and conceit d
action will be agreed upon to the end
that Nebraska will not be behind when
the chairmanships a-e assigned. Sen
ator Millard is understood to desir6
the head of the committee on rail
roads, the chairmanship of which is
held by Senator Clark of Wyoming,
who will in all probability be given a
more important assignment in view ol
his length of service.
The chairmanship of the committee
on the Pacific railroac's is vacant, due
to the death of Senator Gear of Iowa.
Senator Dolllver, his successor, ha?
been appointed on the committee and
it may be possible he will succeed to
the chairmanship. Should he be given
another assignment it is thought Sen
ator Millard would make a bid for the
place, in view of his knowledge of the
subject.
Senator Dietrich said he had asked
Indian Commissioner Jones to take
action upon the complaint of the citi
zens of Dakota county that bands of
Indians affected with smillpox were
permitted to roam through white set
tlements and that the commissioner
had replied that the matter of quar
antine rested with the county author
ities. Just where the p-rver of gov
ernment stops in the matter of quar
antine regulations as applied to white
settlements adjacent to Indian reserva
tions is a question, but lawyers in the
interior department are of the opin
ion that Commissioner Jones has
ample authority to quarantine In
dians on the Omaha and Winnebago
reservations should exigencies arise to
warrant such action End to police the
reservation against the spread of the
disease.
Congressman Eurkett, who has ap
poirted a committee of iarmers to
district Cass county for the purpose of
establishing therein a complete rural
free delivery system, based upon the
Carroll county (Maryland) plan, will
probably have to wait some time.
"There are too many applications
ahad of Congressman Burkett's to
dc anything before next spring with
Cass county," said an official.
VIOLATING THE G4ME LAWS.
Tomyr Counts to lie Filed Against Shippers
In Thh State.
LINCOLN. Nov. 20. Chief Game
Warden Simpkins will file four counts
against two shippers residing at Bur
well and Thedford, as a result of the
seizure of game. The names of the
parties are withheld until the com
plaints are filed. The charges will be
of having possession of quail, for
shipping game out of the state, and for
delivering goods falsely labeled to a
common carrier. It is understood that
the express company will also be made
a party in the affair. Three boxes of
tame were captured altogether. One
ras billed to J. H. Galloway at Hast
ings, and on the reverse side of the
card was the address George Benze
welle. 138 South Water street. Chi
cago. Another box was also billed to
the Chicago firm, while the third was
addressed to P. N. Kiely & Co.. 914
North Third street, St. Louis.
Want So:dlers to Come Uack.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Nov. 20.
Army officers wholly discredit the
published story of the reported con
spiracy to sicure the independence of
Alaska. The only report made by
General Randall to the war depart
ment from hi3 headquarters at Van
couver related to the transfers of a
couple of engineers from Valdez to
Fort Egbert. The cynical suggestion
is thrown out at the department that
the story is devised to secure the re-
tca of soldiers to Alaska.
CalU Report Exaggeration.
LONG PINE, Neb., Nov. 20. The
report of sixty cases of smallpox in
Long Pine is a prevarication, pure
and simple. There are no more cases
here than in many other Nebraska
towns and all are under quarantine.
Corostalk Dire KdUIntr Cattle.
CALLAWAY, Neb., Nov. 20. The
dreaded cornstalk disease is again get
ting in its wo't in cattle herds of the
farmers of this vicinity.
Rural Delivery for Madison.
?MADISON, Neb!, Nov. 20. Madison
county1 ha3 excellent prospects of a
frfer rural mail delivery from Madison
west through two precincts and touch
ing two more. Inspector Llewleyn
went over the route and approved it
Manchester Slerchant Ban Oter.
'MANCHESTER. la., Nov. 20. H. C.
Graham, for many years a merchant of
this ity. was killed by an Illinois
Central train.
MAY TEST lAW'S LEGALITY.
Bight to Sell Ilptterine Questioned nt
Fremont.
FREMONT, NeX, Nov. 18. An Inter
esting question has been raised by a
Fremont groceryman in regard to the
sale of butterine. State Food Commis
sioner S. C. Bassett of Gibbon was in
the city and took the groceryman to
task for disposing of that article with
out a state license. Tho latter Imme
diately produced a federal license and
asserted that he was carrying on his
business under that in a manner ac
cording to law. Food Commissioner
Bassett told :he dealer that he would
have to take out a license under the
state laws also ;r be amenable to the
penalties. The groceryman said that
he would do so providing Armour's
and Cudahy's packing plants a.
Omahr were also required to obey the
law.
The chief difference between the fed
eral and state pure food laws is that
tho former permits the sale of colored
butterine when properly labeled, while
the latter prohibits it altogether. The
local dealer denies that he has ever
sold butterine instead of butter, but de
clares his business is entirely open and
above board. If people call for butter
they get it. whil3 if they desire the
butterine at the cheaper price he sells
it to them.
AS TO NATIONAL LEGISLATION
Mr adores that Senator Dietrich of Ne
braska Will Tush.
OMAHA. Nov. 18. On matters of na
tional legislation Senator Dietrich pro
poses to push a bill making the carna
tion the national flower. "The carna
tion is a mighty fine flower," he said,
"vari-colored and ornamental and a fa
vorite In all sections. To make it the
national emblem will be a fitting trib
ute to the martyred president, William
McKinley, whose favorite flower it
was."
The senator will also h?nd his aid
to the project of western irrigation un
der the direction of the federal gov
ernment. "I believe at this session."
he said, "we can make at least a start
along the line of leasing government
lands and applying the proceeds to the
construction of irrigation reservoirs."
OMAHA FEDERAL Bl'iLDlNG.
fcrmltlon Asked to Proceed With
IIS
Construct!, n.
OMAHA. Neb.. Nov. 18. Superin
tendent of Construction Murdoch of
the Omaha federal building has writ
ten to the supervising architect at
Washington for permission to resume
work on the annex cf that building
pending a settlement of the negotia
tions now in progress between that
cf5ce and Senator Millard regarding
he change in the plans which the
senator suggested some time ago. At
the present time a few men are em
ployed in straightening up work which
was beg-.sn some time ego. but the
superintendent is of the opinion that
a full force can be worked upon the
north and south wings on work which j
must be done, the completion or
which will not interfere with the con
struction of the western corridor upon
any plan which may be adopted.
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Election Expenses.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 18. A num
ber of election expense statements
were filed with the secretary of state.
Conrad Hollenbeck, defeated candi
date for the office of supreme judge,
admits that he 13 out $100, having do
nated voluntarily $50 to the demo
cratic state committee and an equal
amount to the populist committee. E.
C. Calkins, successful candidate for
regent, went back $5, which he gave
to the local campaign committee.
Eleventh judicial district, spent $96.50
for the honors of the office.
Tests Cowboy's Eaduraoee.
ALLIANCE. Neb., Nov. 18. Ed
Loom is, an employe of the Spade
ranch, was brought to an Alliance
hospital nearly dead. He had been
thrown from a horse, both bones of
one of bis legs being broken, and was
so exposed to the cold that when found
he was too exhausted to speak. He
had crawled four miles.
To Tap the River.
LINCOLN. Neb., Nov. 18. John Mc
Donald of Benkleman has filed an ap
plication with the secretary of the
state board of irrigation asking that
he be allowed to tap the south fork
of the Republican river in order to
secure water for a ditch two miies
long, to run on to his farm.
Sixty New Cells.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 18. The State
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
will meet here soon to award a con
tract for sixty new cells at the state
penitentiary.
Suffrage Elect Officers.
LINCOLN. Neb., Nov. 18. At the
session of the convention of suffragists
the following officers were elected:
Mrs. Clara A. Young of Broken Bow
was re-elected president; Mrs. Aman
da Marble of Table Rock was asin
chosen vice president. The associa
tion re-elected Miss Nelly Taylor of
Mrs. IJa L. Denny of Lincoln record
ing secretary. Mrs. J. A. Dempster of
Omaha was the successful candidate
for treasurer.
boots His Wife and Baby.
JUNIATA, Neb., Nov. 18. Steve Fa
ber, a farmer living southwest of here,
accidentally discharged a shotgun
which. he was cleaning and the charge
literally tore the arm off his eighteen-months-old
child and probably fatally
wonnded his wife. It was the old
story of "didn't know it was loaded."
Mr. Faber at first thought he had toll
ed both his wife and child and as a
result became frantic.
1 COMING WORLD'S FAIR
A. Committee Appointed to Look Alter
Hebrr ska's Interests.
STATE SHOULD BE REPRESENTED
Engineers nod Firemen of tho Union
Pacific Rejoicing; Over an Increase In
tTaces A Great Demand for Corn
Other Nebraska Matter.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 19. Secretary
Reeves of the joint committee on leg
islation and state and territorial ex
hibits has received a letter from Mr.
G. W. Wattles, president of the Union
National bank, Omaha, Neb., who is
untiring in his efforts to promote Ne
braska's participation in the Louisiana
Purchase exposition. Mr. Wattles re
cently had an interview with Governor
Savage on this matter, and in view of
the fact that the last legislature made
no appropriation, and the next session
will net be held until January, 1903,
the governor, at his suggestion, agreed
to appoint a commission for the state
to serve without pay until an appro
priation can be made by the legisla
ture. He will make up this commis
sion frcm among the most prominent
and influential men of the state, with
a view of having them provide the
necessary funds for the preliminary
work incidental to representation of
the state at the exposition. This com
mission will probably be appointed in
a few days.
Mr. Wattles believes that he voices
the earnest desire of Nebraskans in the
declaration that nothing should be left
undone to the end that their state may
be properly represented by an exhibit
of her vast resources at this great ex
position. ENGINEERS ARE HAPPY.
Overland Locomotive Drivers Gain Points
Contended For.
OMAHA. Neb.. Nov. 19. The griev
ance boards of the brotherhoods of
engineers and firemen on the Union
Pacific have just concluded a session
lasting a month and a half with the
officials of the roads at Omaha. Dur
ing this conference the was? scale
and running schedules were revised. In
many instances an Increase of pay was
secured. The main features of the
advance refer to the new big engines
the company has put into service and
the yard engines. On the new com
pound engines and the "1700" class ol
big simple engines the engineers est
an advance equal to 13 cents per 100
miles and the firemen an advance of
10 cents per 100 miles. For the "1820"
class of compound .engines the advance
is 13 cents on both engineers and fire
men. On the yard engines the ad
vance in pay varies with the locality
and ranges from 13 to 23 cents ret
day. the firemen getting the big end
of the raise
It is stated that in most i
yards the pay will be advanced 2c
cents a d.iy on both sides cf the ea- . bHcv? the total expenses of the eorn
ine. ! mission and exhib't. irc'-Hliig salar-
. j ics, wiil not be over $s,w0. We have
o?trst Locomotive Kn;inr. i conducted our work economically and
OMAHA, Nov. 19. The oldest loco-. ar? confident that we gave the bci
motive engineer in the United States I
i i r
iinu pernapa in me worm nas D?ea
discovered running out of Cheyenne i
on the Union Pacific. He is '"Old
Uncle George" Garrett, as every one
knows him, 87 years of age and for
more than sixty years an engineer in
active service. He has not. however,
been In the employ of the Union Pa
cific as long as some other engineers.
rientr of Hay for Cattle.
CANDY, Neb., Nov. 19. The con
tlnuation of good weather doubly as-j
sures the ranchmen of Logan county;
that the hay crop is sufficient to win
ter at least 20,000 head of cattle in
Logan county this year. Good river
bottom hay is selling for 3.50 per ton.
Burkett Goes to Glcseos.
LINCOLN. Nov. 19. Congressman
Burkett left for Glenwood, Iowa, where
he will visit his mother. After spend
ing a few days at his former home he
will go to Washington to begin the
work of the coming congressional ses
sion. Goes In for fifteen Tears.
CLAY CENTER. Neb.. Nov. 19.
Peyton Denton, colored, was found
guilty of assault on Mrs. Dr. Hale of
Edgar, and Judge Stubbs sentenced
him to fifteen years at hard labor in
the penitentiary.
Gaee County Man Insane.
BEATRICE. Neb.. Nov. 19. George
Peterson of Hanover township, this
county, was adjudged insane by the
insanity board and taken to the asy
lum. Great Demand for Cora.
OMAHA. Nov. 19. There is a great
demand among Omaha grain dealers
for corn for the south. Kansas City
and other points in Missouri are very
anxious to get this grain and have
offered 61 cents for shelled corn free
on board cars at this point. Dealers
are unable to supply the quantity re
quired at any price and say that there
is very little free corn in the state.
Kansas has practically disposed of its
entire crop.
Patent on a Self Binder.
YORK, Neb., Nov. 19. L. E. Mc
Cahan, a machinist of this place, has
just received a patent for a shocker
attachment to a self-binder which
promises to revolutionize the handling
of grain. He will take. his model to
Chicago in a few days for the purpose
of interesting the manufacturers ol
self-binders In his patent. Mr. Mc
Caban is a poor man and it is believed
he has a very valuable invention In the
attachment.
MAY RAISE PREMIUM RATE
tats Officials Seek a Method to Invest
More School Funds.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 13. The
scarcity of securities of the kind avail
able under the law for the invest
ment of the permanent educational
funds of the state has caused the
State Board of Educational Lands and
Funds to 'consider raising the usual
premium rate which has been paid by
Treasurer Stuefer. State warrants,
which draw interest at the rate of
5 per cent, are being bought for tho
permanent fund at a premium of one
half of 1 per cent and the premium
usually paid for county bonds is of
a size that will leave the state a rev
enue of at least 3 per cent. These
rates are governed largely by competi.
tlon. There are innumerable bidders
for both state warrants and county
bonds and oftentimes the state loses a
big bunch of securities through the
higher bidding of outside persons.
Former Treasurer Meserve frequently
paid as high as 1 per cent for state
warrants and when the rale of in
terest was 5 per cent the premium
sometimes was 2 per cent.
THE LAD LEASIXG TOUR.
Everywhere There I Good Demand and
the Kidding Spirited.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Nov. 16. Land
Commissioner Follmer and Deputy
Eaton have returned from their sec
ond land leasing tour in southern Ne
braska and next week they will be
gin the holding of auctions in the
northwestern part of the state.
"We have held auctions in nearly all
counties in the two southern tiers west
of Clay and Nuckolls counties and
have leased approximately 25,000 acres
cf land." said Mr. Eaton. "Every
where there has been a good demand
and the bidding has gone consider
ably higher than we expected. The
farmers in the territory we have vis
ited are well satisfied with the pros
pects and are enlarging their farms
wherever they can find vacant land
conveniently situated. The bonuses
offered vary in different sections, but
are unusually high considering the lo
cal crop damage of the last summer.
Next Monday we begin the leasing of
land in the extreme western and
northern part of the state and from
there we will work eastward into the
Elkhorn valley country."
NEBRASKA'S BIEEAL0 EXHIBIT
A Handsome Balance After All Expenses
Are Paid.
LINCOLN. Neb., Nov. 1C "There
vrill be a balance of approximately
$2,000 left in the treasury after all
expenses of our exhibit at Buffalo are
paid," said E. I. Vance, Nebraska
commissioner in charge of the state's
exhibit at the Pan-American exposi
tion. Mr. Vance was in Lincoln clos
ing up the affairs of the commission.
preparatory to paying the last of the
bills outstanding.
J "I can't Jive exact figures, but I
possible display for the amount ex- !
. . I
pended. Aside from a few of the
showcases, practically all of the ex
hibit was disposed of at Buffalo."
Fod and Log School House.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 16. The at
tention of Superintendent Fowler was
called to an ' article which recently
appeared In an Omaha newspaper and
which was said to be a description of
the only log school house in Nebraska.
This structure, according to the story,
is on Bellevue island, but will soon
ne torn away to make room for a
more pretentions building. In a vol
ume soon to be issued Mr. Fowler will
describe 112 other log school houses
in this state and 505 in the same
territory that are made of sod.
Burglars Invade Cosad.
COZAD. Neb., Nov. 16. Three rob
beries took place here. The general
store of Banks & Eoff was broken
into and about $500 worth of goods
taken, consisting of overcoats and
clothing. The meat market of II.
Burnes was also looted and consider
able meat and provisions taken, also
the. flour and feed store of J. H. Dar
ner was entered and some flour and
potatoes taken.
State Rank of Nemaha.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 16. Secre
tary Royse has Issued a charter to
the State bank of Nemaha, Nemaha
county. It is " capitalized for 85,000
and the incorporators are: William
Campbell. Frederick E. Allen and El
mer E. Allen. -
Cattle Interest lu Dawson County.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 16. "We nev
er had so many cattle in Dawson
county as at the present time," said
Senator Owens to a reporter. "Stock
Is being shipped in for the winter
and the shipments to market are very
ligM. We have an abundance ol
rough feed in Dawson county and are
able to take care of lots of stock that
canot be wintered in other places.
Alfalfa and buffalo grass produced
good crops.
Almwortb Quarantine.
AINSWORTH, Neb., Nov. 16. The
Ainsworth village trustees and local
Board of Health had a meeting and
quarantined the town against Long
Pir.e, where smallpox is reported. The
county commissioners met and ap
pointed a County Board of Health
and ordered the sheriff to carry out
the provisions to prevent spread o!
contagion.' Johnstown tuid Wood
Lake, just - west of here, also have a
. number of cases.
mm
EASILY
BEATEN
Champion Jeffries Gives Akron Giant
Enoagb in Five Bounds.
STOMACH BLOW CAUSES COLLAPSE
Vanquished Pugilist Clalmj Jeffries Struck
tow Easy Victory Surprises Holler-
maker Winner Considers Oppenen
Vigorous Until Latter Yields.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16. In one
of the most unsatisfactory prize fights
ever witnessed in this country James
Jeffries proved the victor last night
over Gus Ruhlin. In the fifth round
of what was to have been a twenty
round struggle Ruhlin wilted and then
surrendered to his peer, to the utter
amazement and disgust of the assem
bled thousands. No one was more
surprised than Jeffries himself, who
asserted that although he had deliver
ed one telling blow in the second
round he did not expect to win the vic
tory so easily.
Ruhlin's sole explanation of the out
come of the fight is that he received
a chance blow which utterly disabled
him and that Jeffries persisted in
fighting him low. While Ruhlin will
make no absolute charge of Jeffries
having committed a foul he intimates
that he was unfairly handled and In
jured as a result. Ruhlin received
the report of his seconds In this stand,
who say that his was a hopeless case
after the second round.
When seen in his dressing room af
ter the fight Champion Jeffries said:
I was certainly surprised at my
easy victory and Ruhlin's amazing de
feat. While it is true that be did not
punch me hard enough during the five
rounds to cause me any alarm. I be
lieved him strong and cautious up to
the moment of his collapse and was
surprised when he quit. I certainly
had no trouble in whipping him and
had the fight gone on the result must
have been the same. Ruhlin was in
accurate and in poor wind and I can
not say that he even had the courage
and force that I expected to ecounter
in him. Ruhlin took a stiff punch
in the stomach in the fourth round,
t.hich I presume gave him trouble.
Nevertheless I expected him to lose
harder than he did. Ruhlin can
doubtless best explain his own posi
tion, and as for myself I am willing
to meet Sharkey next month and
thereafter to defend as best I can the
title I hold.'
When Ruhlin went into his dress
ing room he was followed by a gloomy
group of adherents. The defeated
man complained of no pain and mov
ed aboi-t witfiout assistance. He
stated:
"I believed frcm the tap of the gong
that I would win, but as the fight
progressed I was beaten down until I
received a blow in the stomach which
I must say was very low. It may not
have lecn a foul, but no living man
could have survived it. Jeffries do
parted from the written rules and
from the common regulations of box
ing when he threw himself upon me
and wrestled rather than sparred. I
believe that had I not received the
i X-1 ,1 M - x
stomach punch which ended me In
the nrth round l would have woru
down Jeffries a few rounds later and
beaten him as a matter of endurance.
I am ready to fight him again and be
lieve that in time I will have the op
portunity of showing that I can de
feat him."
WWA MONEY MISAPPLIED.
Board of Control Charges Abase of State'
A pproprlat Ions.
DES MOINES. Ia.. Nov. 16. The
second biennial report of the Board
of Control of Iowa institutions was
issued today. An appropriation of
$843,127 is asked, mostly for improve
ment of state buildings.
The report charges that appropria
tions for the State college at Ames
and the State university at Iowa City
have been used for lobbying purposes.
Concerning insane at county asylums.
it is charged they are treated like
animals, male attendants having ac
cess to women's wards, and that in
one ir stance six persons were bathed
in the same water.
It Is recommended that the Ana-
mosa penitentiary be converted into
a reformatory and an Indeterminate
sentence law enacted.
Pensions Increasing.
DES MOINES. Ia., Nov. 16 The re
port of tho Des Moines agency to the
commissioner of pensions for the
month of October shows a gain of 165
original pensions and renewals and a
loss by death of 127, by remarriage
one and by minors becoming of age
twelve.
Workmen Darted in Debris.
CHICAGO, Nov. 16. Roof trusses
on the new power plant building now
In process of construction at the Uni
versity of Chicago collapsed, burying
a group of workmen who were stand
ing beneath, under a mass of iron
Joists, lumber and bricks, killing one
man and injuring four. The accident
is directly attributable to an attempt
to shift five of the trusses which had
been put in place about one inch out
of the perpendicular into true.
Pleree for Hay's Assistant.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. The pres
ident signed today the commission of
Herbert Pierce of Massachusetts, to be
third assistant secretary of state. Mr.
Pierce Is expected to arrive in Wash
ington tomorrow and assume his of
fice. Mr. Cridler has terminated his
connection with the state uepartmenl
as third assistant secretary and has
gone to St. Louis to'confer with the
exposition officials respecting his fiu
I ropean mission.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotations From South) Oaaafca
and Kansas City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
Cottle Receipt of cattle continue
eral, but the demand on the part of local
packers Is also in pood shaper. They all
seemed to have IHeral orders, so that the
better grades changed hands rapidly at
fully as good prices. There were not very
many corn-fed steers Included in the re
ceipts and buyers were out early and naid
good, tirm prices for alt the better grades.
Cows and heifers were also In good de
mand this morning, and anything good
was bought up at steady to strong prices.
There was very little change noticeable
In tho prices paid for bulls, calves and
stags. There was a liberal demand for
heavyweight feeders showing quality.
and as there were not very many answer
ing to that description in the yards good
strong prices were paid. Prime year
lings also commanded fully steady prices.
Tho meldum weights, however, were slow
and barely steady. Anything on the com-
monlah crder moved very slowly and In
most cases sold lower. The supply of
range steers good enough for killers was
very light today and the market was
strong and active. Kange cows also sold
fully steady, and so also did good to
choice stockers and feeders.
Hogs There was another big run .of
hogs, making the supply for the two days
this week considerably heavier than for
the corresponding days of last week and
alsj for the same days of last year. The
market opened slow, with the best hogs
selling steady to a shade lower. The
HfUit hogs on the start did not sell at all,
as puckers were all Jooking for th bet
ter and heavier grades. The first sales
were mostly from to.CO to $5.C3, and as
high as f.",.7r, was paid for choice loads.
Packers, though, were slow to p" the
prices, and as a result it was rather late
before the hulk of the offerings was out
of first hands.
Sheep There was a big run of sheep,
but the bulk of the receipts consisted of
feeders. Packers took hold fairly well,
but stiil the feeling was weak all around
nnJ they wanted to buy their supplies a
little lower. In some cases some of the
better gradts sold about steady, but as
a general thing f- market could be
quoted a dime lower on both sheep and
lambs, and in some cases the decline was
even greater. Most of the offerings,
the ugh. were disposed of In fairly good
season.
KANSAS CITY.
Cattle Best steers, steady to 10c lower;
other cattle were steady: choice exnort
and dressed beef steers. V,.CrilV; fair to
good. $1.4015.0: stockers and feeders,
$:..Y.4.2.j: western fed steers. ?l.;fr3:5.51
western range steers. $;!.2Vi4.4: Texas
and Indian steers, $2.M'&4.20; Texa3 cows,
fl.Wtfi3.00; native cows. 2..Vj'-4.2.i; heifers.
f3.0fii5.xJ; canners. tl. 752. 40; bulls, f2."i
7,"j; calves. V.i 3.2j.
Hogs Market steady to 5c lower; top.
J.'i.S.i: bulk of sales. f5.4f'i5.50: heavy, to. 65
1 5.95: mixed packers, f5.6ji5.SO- light.
to. ' 5.50. .
Sheep and Iambs Market steady; na
tive lambs. $2.5014.50; western lambs, f4.40
(ito.y; native wethers, $!.2.V&3.S5; western
wethers. V.WHXM: yearlings. $3.35'tf4.0O;
ewes, .jC'io.iA1; calves, fi.MaZ.Zo.
WORK COUNTRY POSTMASTERS
Green Goods Men Quit Currency and
Turn Attention to Stamps.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21. According to
the Journal and Advertiser, the best
men in the United States secret ser
vice and the cleverest inspectors in
the postomce department are at pres
ent working in the attempt to discover
the details of a new green goods
scheme which was worked until a
week ago from Manhattan and which
a at present being operated from Jer
sey City and from Chicago. The vic
tims arc s??ond, third and fourth class
postmasters who do not dare complain
to the authorities. It is known that
since the first cf July more than 100
postmasters have been swindled out ol
sums vnneir" from S250 to SI. 000. The
J . . , . it . ,
I principle of the game is the same as
that of the old-fashioned green goods
game, but in this twentieth century
bunco game only postmasters are in
vited and they are urged to purchase,
instead of money, postage stamps
from "the undestroyed plates of the
government," plates and stamps which
of course are not in existence. The
postmasters are lured to this city by
samples which are sent by malt. These
samples are genuine stamps and not
counterfeit stamps. When the victim
reaches the cit all of the old-fashioned
games of substitution are practiced.
Dr. Greer Elected Bishop.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Nov. 21.
Dr. D. H. Greer, rector of St. Barthol
mew's cburch. New York, was elected
bishop of the new Episcopal diocese
of Western Massachusetts this after
noon. His name was the only one pre
sented to the convention.
Condition of the Treasury.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Nov. 21
Today's statement of the treasury bal
ances In the general fund, exclusive
of the $150,000,000 gold reserve In the
division of redemption, shows: Avail
able cash balances, $175,184,080; gold
$108,244,585.
Hark From Their Wedding Tour.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. General
and Mrs. Corbin have returned from
their bridal tour In New York and
Canada. General Corbin resumed his
official duties at the war department
yesterday.
Schley Wants No Charity.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 21 Fol
lowing the report that the court of
inquiry will cost Admiral Schley $20,-
000, the Knoxville Sentinel on Nov
ember 18 sent him a dispatch asking
if he would consent to public sub
scriptions to pay the cost of the same.
Toddy the Sentinel received a personal
letter' from Admiral Schley, the pur
port of which was that he cannot ac
cept the offer. He says the report as
to the cost Is a mistake.
Says Mead Made Mistakes.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21. The court-
martial of Colonel R. E. Meade was re
sumed. Major Charles H. Lauch-
heimer of the United States Marine
corps, who preferred the charges, took
the stand and told of a visit to the
marine barracks in Brooklyn June 18
last for the purpose of making an
inspection and stated that Col. Meade
was on that occasion under, the in
fluence of liquor and unfit for duty.
and made mistakes in the drill.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
The general missionary committee
of the Methodist Episcopal churcfc se
lected Albany. N. Y.. for the place of
next meeting
Minister Conger will 'Boon be- the
only foreign minister in Pekin who
passed through the siege and will the
become the doyen of the diplomatic
corps.
William Hoeppner, whose extra
dition was requested by the United
States government because of charges
of defalcation and forgery against
him. sailed from Buenos Ayres.
Surgeon General Wyman of the
marine hospital service, received a
cable gram from Passed Assistant
Surgeon Thomas at Liverpool, say
ing that city was officially declared
free from the plague.
"Congress will remove the duty on
raw sugar within a year and the re
fined product will 6?11 at 3 cents a
pound," said W. A. Havemeyer, Chi
cago representative of the American
Sugar Refining company.
The Buena Vista county grand jury
sitting at Storm Lake,. Iowa, indicted
the two Greenville bank robbers for
murder in the second degre". During
a fight with citizens the rc'..'.sr3 shct
and killed John Sundblad.
In spite of persistent and apparent
ly well founded denials that there Is
any Imminent danger of the pope's de
cease, the air Is full of speculation
and apprehension, indicating that bis
end Is not considered far off.
President Roosevelt has issued an
order amending the civil service reg
ulations so as to return to the civil
service a number of civilian places
in the war department excepted by
executive order on May 29, 1899.
By a close vote the executive com
mittee of the Confederate Union asso
ciation decided to request that the
dates of the United Confederate Vet
erans union In Dallas, Texas, b?
changed from April 2 9cnd 30 and July
1 and 2, 1902, to April 22, 23, 24 and
It is reported that the Rogers Ls-
ccmotive works at Patcrson. N. J..
recently purchased by a syndicate".
will be enlarged. There is said to bf
a scarcity of heavy draught locomo
tives throughout the country and a
constant demand for ihem from all the
great freight lines.
Dr. R. S. Linn cf Detroit, who went
to China as a surgeon in the volunteer
army, has sent home several cases cf
looted goods. Among other things is
a sacred yellow robe, which Dr. Linn
thinks Is possibly the enly cne sent to
America. He took it from the shoul
der of a god in the sacred temple cf
Pekin.
The annual report of the commis
sioner cf internal revenue shows tint
the total receipts for the year, ended
June 30. 1901. were $300,S71,CG3, or
$11,555,501 in excess of the estimates,
about the same amount Jn excess cf
the receipts for the year ended June
30, 1900, and $33,000,000 in excess of
the receipts for 1899.
Senator Hanna, vice president cf
the McKinley Monument association,
said that he did not approve the plan
to use the surplus of $8,000 in th,
hands cf the Grand Army people t
erect a bronze statue to McKinley In
Cleveland. He thinks these local,
monuments will detract from the
funds necessary for the national mon
ument at Canton.
The United States supreme court
granted leave to South Dakota to
file it bill in the proceedings against
the state of North Carolina to recover
on bonds of the Western Railroad
company, guaranteed by North Caro
lina, The Constantinople correspondent
of the London Times and the New
York Times, says the British ambas
sador to the porte, the Rt. Hon. Sir
Nicholas R. O'Conor, is energetically
pressing the outstanding British
claims.
Lizzie AUie, wife of an employe of
the steel works, and William White,
one of the water pipe foundrymen.
both colored, were shot and killed at
Pueblo, Col., by Robert Hicks, a negro
barber porter. Jealousy was the
cause.
Patrick Powers, one of the best
known cut-stone contractors in the
United States, died at St. Jcseph. Mo.
Army officials wholly discredit the
published story cf the reported con-.,
spiracy to secure the independence cf
Alaska.
Most of the state of New York Is
now snow-covered.
The German cruiser Falke and the
training ship Stein have arrived at
La Guayra, while the cruiser Veneta
and the training ship Moltkeare is
also in Venezuela waters.
The latest British war rumor is that
Lord Roberts will resign.
Three Deweys are now on the navy
lists the admiral, his cousin, Lieut
Theodore G. Dewey, and Runerf rr
Dewey, second lieutenant in the ma
rine corps.
Fire destroyed the Samiere-Dariena
sugar factory at Genoa, the largest In
Italy. Two girls lost their lives.
A loss of fully $100,000 was caused
by a fire that broke out on ' the
wharves of the Keystone Lumber
company at Ashland, Wis.
Thomas N. Hart was unanimously
nominated for mayor of Boston by the
republican municipal convention.
The members of the American Flint
Glass Workers' union, employed at
the Morgantown, West Va., glass fac
tory, went out on strike.
James P. Franklin, alderman and
base ball magnate, died in Buffalo cf
heart disease.
State Health Officer Tabor of Dallas,
Texas, raised the bubonic plague
quarantine against the perts of Gla3-
gow and Liverpool.
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