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THE M'COOK TRIBUNE.
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m | MoCOOK , t NEB.
11 ABOUT NEBRASKA.
H | A Cf RferMM • < Nebraska PrthlblUontsts.
H 1 A. state oonforenco of prohibitionists
B 1 * held in Lincoln last week with a
H 1 good attendance.
H a The committee on plan ofwork reo *
B1 ommended "that the prohibition party ,
HI tho Good Templars , the W. 0. T. TJ. ,
2 the anti-saloon republicans , democrats
H v fin united labor men use their organ-
M izationa to carry out the agitation for the
M _ passage of the prohibitory amendment
M to our state constitution. We further
H recommend that in each county and pro-
H cinct leagues be organized , and that all
H people , of whatever political opinion ,
H as far as possible , co-operate with the
1 leagues for carrying the amendment.
1 We further recommend that tho right-
fully constituted officers of tho afore
1 said organizations oonfer together to
provide for an eoonomio distribution of
h labor , so that the greatest good maybe
H accomplished with the least ezpendi-
M turo of time and money. We would
B further recommend that a number of
m mass meetings be held in different parts
B of the state for tho purpose of creating
m public sentiment in favor of tho amend-
| menfc.
The following resolution was adopted :
Eesolved , By the Nebraska state pro
( hibition conference , held at Lincoln ,
April 17 and 18,1889 :
1. That , whereas , * the last session of
1 tho legislature saw fit to submit to a
1 vote of tho people the question of a pro-
1 hibltory amendment , wo pledge the sev-
B oral organizations represented by us
that during the next eighteen months
B we will put forth our most earnest and
M persistent efforts to secure tho embodi
es ment of prohibition in the organic law
B of our state.
H _ 2. That while we deem it for the bust
H interest of the canse that we enter this
M amendment campaign each organiza-
PJ tion < undt < r • its own bauner , working
H through its own methods , we will most
cheerfully co-operate with all lovers of
home , either in their individual capaci-
B ty or ob organizations who are honestly
laboring for the same great principle.
3. That while we will be untiring in
labor for this great cause by the meth-
H ods we severally deem best , we do not
m propose to carry partisanism into our
H work or pass unfriendly criticism upon
those who work by different methods
but with just as sincere motives.
H 4. That whereas strong drink is the
M greatest curse of the laboring class , we
M urge on the labor element of the entire
Hi state , of whatever party affiliation , to
HI unite with us in carrying the state for
Hi prohibition.
HI _ _ 5 Whereas a non-partisan conference
Br is being called to meet in this city on
J June 5 , therefore resolved , that as in-
J dividuals we recognize the most perfeot
B freedom to attend that , and any other
movement to ultimate victory.
B 6. That with ohority to all and malice
H toward none , we enter hopefully and
H determinedly into this contest for God ,
H home and native land , and urgently
H call on the prohibitionists , the W. O. T.
B U. , the Good Templars , and all other
B temperance organizations to eaoh per-
B feot its machinery , adopt its own meth
yl ods , strengthen its own organization ,
M and then march forward in hearty sym-
Hj pathy with each other's work for a comi i
Hj bined assault on the most formidable
;
Hj citidel of the rum power high license. <
H STATE JOTTINGS IN BRIEF. j
B : Yesterday , snys the Omaha Bepub-
K lienn , saw the first detachment off for j
Hv3liy Oklahoma. A few stragglers left tho (
H night before , but it wns the colony itself I
H that leftyesterday. Most of them came ]
H from South Omaha , and the majority
(
H were foreigners. Many of them carried
H -runs and other weapons of offense and ,
H defense. They seemed to think that J
H these were the only sure means of se- <
J curing a farm in tho Indian Territory.
H Another party will leave to-night , but it I
H is said that none of the town site men 1
H * will be with it. i
H Blue Springs has granted an electric j
H light franchise running twenty years , *
H the plant to be in operation by January '
1 , 1890. |
H The election held in Butler county ]
H on the proposition to vote $50,000 for 1
H < building a conrt house at the county <
H seat , resulted in a victory for the enterJ J
prise by something over 300 majority , j i
B i The Grand Commandery , Knights ]
Bs-4 • - Templar , Nebraska , will meet in annual j
B conclave at York , at 3 o'clock in the
B afternoon of Tuesday , April 30,1889. |
B A Campbell dispatch sajs that an
B old grndge between L. D. Mouser and r
B Frank Karnes was settled on the banks j
B of the Bine by a rough and tumble fight. ]
B Mouser won after the loss of one ear.
B Karnes has a bad looking eye. Both .
B men received severe punishment. i
B" It is rumored in Lincoln that Kep-
resentative Brink , of Albion , Boone
I county , will be appointed hank inspeo- '
I tor.
I In Omaha last week 125 men em- '
I ployed by the city water works com-
work account of reduo-
pany quit on a reduoj
tion of their wages from $1.75 to $1.50
• day.
day.At
At a special election held in . .Blaiir
/ for the purpose of voting on the propog
sition of the city issuing $5,000 bonds t
to aid in the erection of a new courl , f
honse at Blair , the proposition was carij
\ tied. There was only seven vote !
H t against it in the city.
H { The public school building at Stella
H / ( was turned to the ground last week.
H f " * J Supposed incendiary. T
H/ / / Blook Horse , an Indian policeman
k * ' - ' from the Pine Bidge agenoy , arrived at r
Vi Yalentine last week from the Bosebud |
agency and turned over to the sherifl !
Black Bird , or Silver Wing , the Indian i
| who brutally outraged a young woman j
| k near Bushville , Sheridon county , a few n
M months ago. Black Bird after the out ; $
W rage escaped to the Northern Missouri j
• ' agencies , but was trailed by Black ,
.
fe Horsofrom tho different agencies and V
5T . finally arrested at Bosebud. He will be *
j0 seat to the Sheridan for trial. Great j
; , credit is due to Black Horse for , hie fc
r perseveranoe-in making the capture. j a
William Strnble , of DeWitt , whHe r
sitting on the railing at the front of a
building in Beatrice , lost his balance t !
through some unaccountable means and ii
fell backwards down into tho area way , o
eight oritenvieet , striking on his back b
and shoulders " on'the brick pavement
below. He was quite seriously but not fc
dangerously hurt. g
I
i. * Lincoln'scolony of Oklnhomaboom-
ers left last week for the "Eden of tho 1
- " union. " Some of them go to secure (
* bona fide homes , others to enter the "
< * r business whirl and engage in the "grab y
" " speculations" incident to the settlement 1 ]
of anew countrj' . " But Nebraska will
give the new territory some of its best 1
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r * cottiers and most influential citizens. ' y
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Peter McGoff , a citizen of Elm-
wood , suicided on his wife's grave by
taking poison. His wife had been buried
but a few days.
The business of the Lincoln post-
office for the last quarter shows an in
crease of 10 per cent over the corre
sponding period of one year ago.
The cost of the creamery plant at
Nelson was $6,000.
Work is progressing on tho new
flouring mill at Sidney.
Preparations are well under way for
the fifteenth annual tournament of the
Nebraska State Sportmen's association ,
which is to bo held in Norfolk May 21 ,
22 , 23 and 24. Ten of tho solid bnsiness
men of Norfolk have formed a syndicate
to give financial backing.
A complete system oi waterworks
is to be put in at Grant , the work to
commence at an early day.
Ex-Warden Heyers has removed to
Plattsmouth and engaged in the real
estate business.
Postmaster Watkins , of Lincoln , ,
has sent to Washington the plans for"
making tho improvements on tho post-
office grounds contemplated by the re
cent action of congress.
Mrs. Diamond , of South Omaha ,
swallowed some poisonous medicine by
mistake , and was dangerously sick until
relieved by a physician.
While the guests of the Wood Biver
hotel were at breakfast , two tramps ,
giving their names as Eugene Hughes
and Harry Hart , went through the dif
ferent rooms and gathered what they
could find of value. They were dis
covered and captured.
Senator Norval , of Seward , is going
to spend a few weeks in Oklahoma.
The Woman's Belief Corps have
taken in hand the question of the Or
leans cemetery , says the Press. Mrs.
S. Morgan has put her shoulder to the
wheel to secure a decent burial place.
The citizens of Seward gave Sena
tor Norval a grand banquet.
Two tramp acrobats or contortion
ists are "working" this part of Nebras
ka , says an Atkinson dispatch. Last
ovening they .wero granted especial fa
vors by the G. A. B. at the entertain
ment given here , and repaid it by pub-
lioly and deliberately insulting th& old
soldiers.
The supervisors of Harlan county
have called a special election for May 17
to vote on the issning of $25,000 in
bonds to build a new court house.
A Ohase county homesteader named
Davis was knocked senseless and robbed
by highwaymen the other day , but for
tunately ho had placed $200 in a bed-
tick before leaving home and the rob
bers did not secure much.
The Wahoo saloon men are having
a hard time , four of them having been
arrested for selling liquor on Sunday
and election day and fined $100 , and
one of them getting a double dose.
Fremont has been requested by the
board of supervisors to finish a cala
boose for its regular drunks and trampa ,
A number of the men who have
been discharged from the B. k M. shops
at Plattsmouth have secured work as
farm hands.
The Fillmore County Democrat
says that Bev. Miss Speedier will oc
cupy the Baptist pulpit after the first
Sunday in April at Ohiowa.
Some time ago the four , republican
candidates for the postoffice at Howard
agreed to submit their claims to the
people , and last week a republican
primary election was held for the novel
purpose of selecting a postmaster. Cap
tain George W. Martin received the
highest number of votes , and , accord
ing to the agreement , he will get the
endorsement
Gresham citizens have decided to j
build a $2,500 school house , work to
commence at once.
The state board of transportation
aeld an informal meeting last week and ;
decided to issue an official railway map '
full , complete and comprehensive j
showing , in colors , the terminals and
trend of the various systems of railroads
sperating in the state. This map will .
be for public as well as official guidance ,
[ t will carefully trace all lines of road in
ihe state.
Articles of incorporation of the Su
perior Light and Power company have <
been filed in the office of the secretary j
of state. The principal place of bnsi- ]
aess is to be Superior , Nuckolls county , f
and the object of the company is the .
oonstrnction , establishment and main
tenance of electric light and power
plants. *
Two very fine specimens of English
; olcite have been recently added to the
state univerity museum by Prof. Hicks.
rhey came from the north of England fi
ind are considered by the professor to *
je very fine. 8
It is probable that Geneva will put' '
in a system of water works tho present e
leason. (
The business men of Beatrice have
" ormed a social organization , and in a c
short time will have fitted up rooms with
ill the belongings of a metropolitan j
: lub. The new organization comprises
of the best business
it least seventy-five j
nen in town. t
George Barthel , living in Jefferson ,
ounty , met with a painful accident , t
le was caring for a large stallion lying i
ickin the barn. In trying to move 1
he horse it fell upon him and badly t
ractnred his legs and hips. It is feared t
ie will not recover. x
A corpse floating down the river
ras seen by a bridge motor conductor
t Omaha Inst week. The proper aut
horities in all the towns down the river g
rere notified by telegraph. c
The Coleridge town board has *
aised tho saloon license to $750. " *
Work has been commenced on the f
reamery building at Blopmington. i
Work is about to commence on a i
lew opera house at Columbus to cost (
25,000. | j
The Omaha boaro : of trade is urging s
' udge Groff for the vacancy in the in- (
er-state commerce commission. B
A number of young men in Lancaa-
er county , residing near Bennett , were
rrested and fined for Sunday horse
acing. e
An Omaha saloon keeper figures v
bat between $5,000 and $7,000 it spent j
a Council Bluffs eaoh Sunday by reason t ,
f ihe "fenloonsbeiag closed in the Nej
iraska metropolis. j (
A thirty-one inch vein of coal has fcj
een discovered on the farm of Wm. B. a
itout , twelve miles north of Lone Pine , u
The Beatrice Bepublican cays that *
fochrnnY-of Uhoa7W. Y. , has < consum <
lated arrangements. The site is to be ' jj
onnted him , and he will put up a buildji
ng to cost $15,000. ' , $
The formal opening of the Paddook $
iojtel in Beatrice will take place in two-j
reeks. i *
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Tho Great American Tea company
of Omaha , which opened a branch in
Nebraska City some months ago , was
closed last week by the sherifl. Tho as
sets include about two pounds of green
and three of roasted coffee , and a half
dozen coffee sacks filled with sawdust.
The proprietors have disappeared , leav
ing numerous bills unsettled.
The city council of Nebraska City
passed an ordinance imposing an occu
pation tax of $200 on each saloon. This ,
with the license , will make the total fee
$700.A
A crookedKansas City man who
had jumped his bail of $1,000 was ar
rested in Lincoln last week , whither he
had been followed by his bondsmen.
The twenty-second annual conven
tion of the Nebraska Sunday school
association is called to meet iu Tecum-
soh , Neb. , Tuesday afternoon , June 11 ,
to continue in session until Thursday
evening , June 13 , 1889. The usual rail
way courtesies may bo oxpected by the
delegates.
H. Walton , living five miles north
west of Unadilla , lost a thoroughbred
Clydesdale mare from being hooked by
a mad cow. The mare was terribly lac
erated near the flank , letting out her en
trails. She died almost instantly and
about the same time tho cow died in
great agony from hydrophobia. Mr.
Walton's loss is from $5,000 to $0,000.
E. Luff , a neighbor of Mr. Walton , had
a splendid Clyde mare go mad and she
died in awful distress. These losses re
sult from the ravages of mad dogs.
CONDENSATIONS OF THE TELEGRAPH.
James A. Sexton has been appointed
postmaster at Chicago.
The Iowa Amateur Bowing associa
tion , will hold their regatta at Spirit
Lake.
Parnell has instituted suit against the
London Times for libel , claiming 100-
090 damages.
There is a movement on foot to in
crease telegraph rates on all lines to the
Western Union standard.
Wagons loaded with liquor bound for
Oklahoma , have been turned back by
the military authorities.
The police of Paris have searched the
residence of Count Dillon and Boche-
fort and seized a number of papers.
B. W. Boss , recorder of tho general
land office , and V. M. Hipps , of the
contest division of the land office , have
resigned.
H. H. Angell , of Oak Park , a suburb
of Chicago , hanged himself in his barn.
Temporary insanity is assigned.
The long delayed Carter divorce case
was put on trial in Chicago on the 16th.
The court room was crowded with spec
tators.
The colored people of the District
of Columbia celebrated emancipation
da by a parade of military and civil
societies.
John W. Love , agent for the Equit
able Mortgage company , of Kansas
City , has absconded from Phillipsburg ,
Kas. , with about $25,000.
An explosion occurred in the powder
works at Troy , N. Y. , by which one
man was killed and another fatally in
jured.
The English conrt of appeals has de
cided that Boucioault must pay the ar
rears of alimony awarded his divorced
wife , Bobert Agnes Boucicault.
President Tilden , Of the Drovers' Na
tional bank at the Union stock yards ,
of Chicago , was arrested on a charge of
attempted bribery.
A woman living in Harlem , a subur
ban village of Chicago , administered
arsenic to herself and child with prob
ably fatal effects.
The executive committee of the
Northern Pacific met in New York to
consider the Wisconsin Central case ,
bnt adjourned without any definite
action.
Thomas Dominouez , a Spaniard liv
ing in Buffalo , N. Y. , became jealous of
his wife and cut her throat with a razor ,
and then killed himself with the same
instrument. |
THE LONG AND SHORT HAUL CLAUSE. |
D Ha * Xot Seen Stitpendtd , All Report * to '
the Contrary Notteltlutandlng ,
Chicago dispatch : Chairman Cooley , j
) f the inter-state commerce commission , {
n a letter received to-day by Chairman I
Blanchard , of the central traffic associ- j
ition , dispels the widespread impression
hat the long and short haul clause is ,
mspended between numerous points. ,
ludge Cooley's letter says : ' |
. ' 1 desire to call your attention to one '
srror into which you seem to have fall- J
sn , namely , that the commission has \
mspended the operation of the long |
ind short haul clause of the act for j
lome parts of the country. There was
for short time but the
i suspension a , t
> riginal orders made were allowed to ;
expire , aud there are none now in force ;
iny where. " \
Judge Cooley's statement was brought =
rat by a communication from ChairJ J
nan Blanchard asking information on ,
teveral questions. The first query was : j
I all lines from Pittsburg jointly ,
igree on a proportional tariff to Bur- E
in fit on , to be applied only to j
raffio going west of Burlington , and s
riiich is lower than the local rates \
hereto , is thw proportional tariff proper ,
ind legal , with something like the fol- j
owing notation printed on it : "This ,
• riff will not be applied to traffic con- \
ligned lociilly to Burlington. Through
ates will be arrived at by adding the ,
tbove proportions to Burlington to the
mblished tariff rates from Burlington. " ,
Chairman Blanchard added a note to ,
he above , stating that the method sug- ,
rested would serve every purpose of l
raoting through rates , would be as easily
mderstood by the general public , and
rould save much money and time to
ailroads , Another question was as
bllows : "In cases where your board I
nay suspend the long and short hanl <
jiause of the act , by authorizing re- j
luced rates to further points , does that
ixemption apply to all companies which (
ssue bills of lading in connection with l
inch exampled roads ? " 1
Chairman Cooley was promised an- \
wen to the above and similar questions , (
ad the result is being awaited here and 1
ileewhere with interest. 1
Mr. de Blowitz , the celebrated Paris J
orrespondent of the London Times ,
rill relate , in Harper's Magazine for j
lay , the story of his greatest journal-
itio achievement , the publication of the 1
treaty of Berlin at the very hour that *
k was being signed by the represents-
ives of the Powers. Hie news caused n
great stir in Berlin at the time and an 1
rritation not even yet allayed. The v
rticle in Harper's is the first authentic o
aoative/oflioW the. treaty fejI < into Mr .9
, gBls > Wdmhd ; % n3tue3inMfar d " *
jfeH&TnottiSg , moreTabontstufmat i %
sf-willeverbelcnowri. * Mr. de Blowitz c
i anlAnKtro SJnvo by birth , bnt has bet
pme * "a/naturalized Frenchman. " A
ortroit qf-him accompanies his nrtiole ,
Itfoh ; is entitled "A Chapter From My "
tentoira. " ' ' n
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Mi Mln i iM aMHM agaFis M
A EULOGY OF THE LATE MR. MATTHEWS. ,
High Tribute to tho Memory of the , Dead
JuH i by Jtutteo Miller *
Washington dispatch : Attorney Gen
eral Miller to-day presented in the
supreme conrt of tho United States
tho eulogistic resolutions recontly
adopted by the bar of the court ,
touching the death of Associate Jus
tice Matthews , and asked that they he
placed on tho records of the conrt In
presenting them Mr. Miller said : "In
tins august presence , all human visitors
stand uncovered and bow with rever
ence. But now and again yonr pre
cincts are invaded by the herald of a
power which knows no rank or dignity ,
in whose court magistrate and private
citizen , jurist and rustic , are upon a
plane of absolute * equality. Answering
the summons of this power , your emi
nent associate , a worthy successor
of the long lino of illustrious men
whose great virtues and learning have
adorned this great tribunal , has gone to
that country whose m3stery , so far as
human effort is concerned , is no nearer
solution than when in the childhood of
tho race death snatched a brother's life
bv a brother's hand , or when the poet
king bewailing his child , said all thai
can now bo said : * I shall go to him bul
ho shall not return to me. ' Wo mourn
the departure of your associate. True ,
his life has gone out when at tho zenith
of its brightness. Whilo not a 3oung
man , Justice Matthews was upheld by a
spirit so buoyant ? mastered difficult
questions and wrote great decisions bc
easily , that no one thought of him n *
old in years. It is the dull , uneventful
day which drags and seems long. The
daj' or tho life full of great thoughts ,
crystallizing into great deeds , seems al
ways short. Even tho heathen had a
better measure of life than yeais. Sen-1
eca says : 'Wo must not care for length
of life , but for life sufficient for its du
ties. Life is long if it is full. But it is
full when the soul hath completed its
development and hath shown all its la
tent powers. ' Measured by this stan
dard , the life wo mourn had no further
need of years on eai th.
For ourselves and the country , we re
gret tliat we could not have the benefit
of further exertions of his splendid pow
ers ; but for himself his life was full.
He has gone to the majority ; to tho ma
jority of the great and good of all time ;
to the majority of the associates of his
early iife , that period in which most'
lasting attachments aro formed ; to the
majority of his own kindred ; to the ma
jority , I had almost said , of those who
as associates extended to him tho hand
of welcome when he first took his seat |
as a justice of this court.
My personal acquaintance with Jus
tice Matthews was slight. • While he was
at the bar I occasionally met him , but !
only as a 3'oung man at the bar meets a
great lawyer. Since' he has been upon
the bench I have only seen him in the
discharge of his high duties. Of his per
sonality , therefore , it does not become
me to speak. Nor is this the time , or
am I tho person to indulge in extended
eulogy on his career and character.
Others better fitted by intimate per- !
sonal and professional association , and
by gifts of speech have already per
formed this pleasing duty. This much ,
however , I may say in the way of char
acterization. The mind of Stanly Mat
thews seemed to mo to bo deeply
original. Ho pioneered. He studied
principles more than precedents. He
surveyed the field of jurisprudence
with the eye of a statesman , as well
as a lawyer. He took his direction in
the law by the law , by the compass and
tho stars , rather than by uncertain foot' '
prints , or marks on the trees , blazed by
his predecessors. " i
Chief Justice Fuller responded , and
said the court entirely concurs in the
sentiments expressed in the resolutions
which have just been read , and in the
observations of the attorney general ,
accompanying their presentation. Be
fore ho camo to grace a seat upon this
bench , Mr. Justice Matthews had in
high public place , political , professional
and judicial , acquired eminent distincj j
tion and displayed the qualities which
invito attention and command admira
tion and respect , while as a member of
the bar his conspicuous ability , faithful
ness and iutegrity had given him a rank
second to none. And the felicity was
also his of having rendered his country
gallant service as a soldier. He brought
here the garnered wisdom of years of
varied experience and constantly added ,
to it tho fruit of cultivation in this ex
alted field of exertion , whose margin •
fadedbefore Jiim as he moved growing in
3trength with exigencies requiring the
putting forth of all its powers. Iu list-
suing , patient and sympathetic ; in in
tercourse with counsel , cordial but dig
nified ; conscientious in investigation ,
lionest and impartial in judgment ; full
of resource in supporting uiven conclu- |
sions by accurate , aud discriminating <
reasoning ; ample in learning and comI I
[ irehensive in scholarship ; luminous in I
exposition and apt in illustration , he
iemonstrated such fitness for this j
sphere of action , that his removal in |
the midst of his usefulness cannot but
i > e regarded as a severe loss to the bar , I
she judiciary and the country. i
To the associates of years of personal
; ompanionship , iu the administaation of
justice , that loss is quite unspeakable.
The ties between those thus thrown
nto close intimacy aro extremely
strong , and when one is taken away ,
lpon whoso painstaking scrutiny , clear-
less in explanation and fullness of
cnowledt'o , reliance has been justly
oposed by his brethren , and whose
imenity of temper and kindliness of
leart have naturally inspired affection ,
i keen sense of personal bereavement
ningles with the common sorrow. In
dew of a life like this , crowned with
lie success that waits upon absolute de- '
rotion to'duty , how false tho despond-
ng exclamation of the preacher that
'that which now is , in the days to come
ihall all be forgotten. " '
The remembrance of the just and tl e
vise is with the generations , and the
vorks of this faithful public servant
vill follow him in the days to come ,
iow that he rests from his labors.
Sufficient Means Not at Hand.
Washington dispatch : The board of
bureau officers , whioh has been cousid-
Bring the proposals received for build
ing au armored coast defense vessel , has
completed its work aud reported to the
secretary of the navy. It is understood
ihat the board finds that it is not im- :
possible to build a vessel under thejow-
jst bid ( $1,614 , * 000) , and comply wllh
jlie terms of the act of congress , which '
ixes tho total cost of naval rams , bat
teries and other naval structures to be
inilt under its authorization at $2,000 , - '
K)0. ) Out of this total nmst come tho •
trmor for a coast defense vessel , whicn '
s not to bo furnished by a contractor , '
md which will cost $350,000 , anchors , <
> oats , etc , aud a submarine boat , for <
vhich proposals were received some J
nonths ago. Altogether there wonld be J
: deficit of about $100,000 , if the lowest 1
) id for the building of this powerful '
• essel were accepted. Tho next move 11
if tho department , if the report is ac- |
epted by SecretaryTracy , will be to.re- <
dyertiseJforT iOposals , atftl.iJHhat , frtila , t
ovsecutifi rShicUoiUri tluftft to npneal- , •
ongress for an iuorease in the limits of *
otul cost. t
tj
Missouri is coming to the front ; it is I
lid that the children there no longer t
ipe their noses on their sleeves. ' a
H8B KBSS3sB BMBS8 iiBiSis yiii ? ! . ' jK
mmmmmmmmmmmmtmmm
A LARGE AND TERRIBLY FIERCE FIRE.
Over Hirer Million liotlar * Worth of Prop
erty leiroye < U <
Now York dispatch : Tho largest and
fiercest fire witnessed hero for years
swopt tho east bank of the North river
clear to daj' , from Fifty-ninth street to
what would bo Sixty-fifth street if that
street ran to tho river. It destroyed
more than $1,500,000 worth of property
belonging to the Now York Central Bail-
road company , and at least $500,000
worth of lard , flour and tho like belong
ing to other persons , notably N. K.
Fairbank , tho great Chicago lard mer
chant. The flames destroyed two big
elevators of the Vanderbilt system , a
big brick building , stretching from
Fifty-ninth to Sixtieth street , and occu
pied jointly by the Fairbank lard re
finery and tho Bossitor stores , and
wiped out the dock property of the Now
York Central railroad from Fifty-ninth
to past Sixty-fifth street. Henry Ben-
ning , a workman in tho Fairbank re
finery , was killed by a jump from a
third-story window. Many others wero
injured by jnmping , but in tho great
confusion attending tho conflagration , I
tho names and extent of the injuries of
but very few wero obtained. Humors
were rifo all evening that a number of
workmen hod been caught and burned
in tho refinery , but it has been impos
sible to verify them. Tho fire broke
out in tho southeast cornor of tho Fairj j
bttnk refinery , but how nobotly knows.- . !
Soaked in grease as tho old building
was , it was in flames in an instant. The
men at work in every story dropped
their tools and ran to save their lives.
The stair cases wero columns of flames
and tho windows presented tho only
means of escape. Pnrsued close by the
I firo , the men flung themselves ont head
long , and how many therewere nobody
could tell. Many who camo out were
picked up and carried away by friends.
Tho firo hod soon swept throughout tho
length of tho building , and shot over '
towards the big grain elevators of the
Now York Central railroad. Between
the place where tho engines were
t
stationed and the elevators were
twenty-seven railroad trains , which
no firo engine could cross ,
and next _ tho Union Stock yards ,
half a milo of broad enclosure and
pens , equally impas able. There was
no way for a fire engine to reach tho el
evators except along Sixtieth street ,
past the burning buildings , and that
street , after two engines had fought
their way past , was blocked by falling
walls. Furthermore , near the elevators
was only one small water pipe. The
fire boats wero sent for and several of
them began work in a heroic struggle
tojsavo the elevator , but it was all in
vain. The tremendous heat from the
firo across dried and warped tho wood
work of the big frame building under
its corrugated iron sheathing , and in a
short time elevator "A" was on firo and
burning fiercely. Soon after the walls
of the Bossiter stores fell , releasing
tons on tons of burning merchandise
that rolled in blazing heaps in every di
rection. This increased tho heat and
flame , and the efforts of the firemen
seemed to be entirely useless. About
this time the stock yards pens were
cleared out. At 7 o'clock elevator "B"
caught fire , and the scene had then , in
tho growing darkness , lurid effects that
made a spectacle of awful grandeur.
The second elevator was entirely con
sumed also , and at 11 o'clock to-night ,
when the fire was gotten under control ,
tho half mile of ruins sent out n fur
nace heat.
An estimate of the losses is as Allows :
The llossiter stores nnd contents. . . . . . . . . ? 000,000
The Wilcox company , stock 430.000
Klevator "A" .1 800,000
Elevator "B" 750,000
Dock "D , " contents 200,000
Bock "A. " 35,000
The Wilcox building 220,000
Total $ 3,355-000
The loss to the New York Central
company is covered by insurance. Wil
cox company's stock was insured for
8100,000.
Gigantic Smuggling Operation Unearthed.
New York dispatch : Special Treasury
Agent Simmons has unearthed one of
nie most extensive smuggling operations
ever carried on in this city. Thus far
the loss to tho government amounts to
about-$50,000 , and it is expected the
total will finally foot up to $250,000.
Tho firm is Allard & Sons , of Paris , who
have also a branch store in this city , and
deal in antiques , old furniture , articles
of vertu , paintings , tapestries and other
articles of luxury. The discovery was
made through a discharged agent of the
firm named Blossaire , who gave infor
mation to the customs authorities. The
scheme was to consign to their New
York house furniture in which were con
cealed costly portiere curtains , rich gobe
lin tapestry , etc. Duties were only
paid on furniture. Purchasers were in
variably charged extravagant prices for
articles with duties , ont of which the :
government had been swindled , added
thereto. The smuggling operations was
the main topic of conversation to-day
at the oflice of the special treasnry :
agents of customs. Hitherto the high
standing Of the house aud tho financial <
standing of its customers adds to the in
terest of tho case. The office of the
firm was open as nsual to-day for the ' .
transaction of bnsiness. Nothing fur
ther will be done until Secretary Win- :
dom is heard from. Tho facts in the i
case were embodied in a report sent to i
Washington la t night. No arrests have 1
been made. W. H. Secorah , counsel i
for tho Allords , and Boulez , the agent ,
said the affair was an outrage on a most
respectable firm ; that the result would i
bIiow the Allords are innocent of any
attempt to defraud the government <
Collector Magone , in an interview this i
morning , stated that Eonlez , the presi i
ent representative of Allard & Sons ,
had admitted smuggling and had told-
him all about it.
A Buole Sounded lor Movfna. ,
Arkansas City ( Kas. ) special : Early i
this morning Capt. Hayes at the head
of his coiumu blew a long bugle blast
as a signal for the assemblage of boom- -j
ers to start , and immediate ! } " afterward •
1,000 wagons and 5,000 men , women and j
children began the long aud weary jourt ]
ney on to Oklahoma across the Cheroc
kee strip. Just before the start was I
made Capt. Hoj"es made a brief speech i
to the boomers , reminding them of d
their pledce not to interfere with the t
cattlemen's fence * or Indian villages in r
the Pawnee and Ponca reservations. t
The boomers over at Huunewell nnd t
Caldwell started a few minutes after the n
Arkansas City procession. Capt Woodo
son , who regulated their departure , c
searched * wery wagon nnd destroyed n
ever drop of liquor found in them. He . t
lid this under orders from the departj j c
ment. Copt ; Hayes has similar orders s
relative to his crowd nnd he will begin h
liis search early to-morrow morning , s
ivheu he hopes to overhaul them about fi
jalf way across the strip. p
Harry Hill , who passed through Purn
sell to-day , snys the town is overrun
vitli gjunblers , mont jnennnd thugs ?
pfjjklff nf bo fj nroolnpBS stoRla" *
orHhe line with Tug flat boats which \
hoy intend to use in ferrying horses
iud wagons across the Cimmaron. The
• oats will be badly needed. , Withont
hem the river will be almost impassf <
hie. h
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FARMERS , -YOURDOLLARS. .
Uow to Gel Hid of the Coni-llaot Worm ,
2hat I'romltr * to Jleeome n Veil.
1 # '
In compliance with
a request from Boveral
parties , I communi
cate the following
lines on one of our
Nebraska insects that
may bo of intorost to
some of your readers.
Tho subject was dis
cussed in a late bul
letin issued by tho
Nebraska Agricultur
al "Experiment sta
tion , and entitled
" Certain Injurious
w Insects of tho Year
T fegKHS. 1888A P ° rti0Q of
uiSfdl-iOriBtaiij 11' thafc Particular part
of the bulletin pertaining to tho corn-
root worm is repeated here :
An insect that promises to become a
pest in the near future in this and nd-
joining states , if it continues to increaso
i as rapidly during the succeeding two or
three years , as it has in those pnst , is
what is known among etomologists _ ac |
the long-horned diabrotica ( diabrotica
Iongicornis say ) . This beetle is quite
closely related to the common striped
squash-beetle , D. vittata , that works
upon tho squash , cucumber and melon
; vines , the perfect insect feeding upon
the leaves and young fruit , and tho
larva bores into the roots and viues.
There is but a single brood of the di
abrotica annually in this latitude. Tho
eggs aro laid during the latter part of
September and fir.st half of October
about the roots of corn , where thoy re
main during the winter , and hatch tho
following spring in time to attack tho
young corn when it has attained a few
inches in height. It continues feeding
in tho larval stage through Juno and
Julj' by boring into the roots and stalk
just at or near the surface ; and , when
numerous , renders tho stalk weak so as j
to be easily blown down by wind storms. |
The Inrvaa ore fully matured by the last
of July or early in August , when they
transform to tho pupa , and in a few
mere dj ys to the imago or beetlo stage.
DESCIUTTION.
LajvvjE. The larvae which alone do
the damage , when full-grown measure
about one-half of an inch in length , aro
whitish , slender , of nearly equal length
throughout , and remind one not a little
of some kinds of maggots or fly larvoe.
They are not very active , and for tho
most part either bore directly into tho
heart of the plant , or else work among
the small lateral roots. The pupa ,
which is also whitish , but shorter than
the full-grown larva , is inactive and re
mains among the soil about' the roots
until it transforms to the imago.
Imago. The parent of this worm is
a rather slender , pale greenish , _ _ oblong
beetle , about one-sixth of an inch in
length. Its eyes are black ; the anten
nas or feelers are about equal to the body
in length , also greenish. Tho thorax is
sub-quadrate , slightly narrowest in
front , with two impressed spots placed
behind its middle. The elytra or horny
wings are irregularly punctured , and
havo their suture and outer margin
somewhat embrowned.
The beetles are to be found upon va
rious flowers during the fall months.
The present fall (1883) they were espe
cially numerous upon the blossoms
of the various composite ? , and last year
(1887) in Illinois they were very numer
ous upon the blossoms of buckwheat .
during the month of August. They '
also occur upon the stalks of corn late
in the fall , after having laid their eggs ,
where thoy creep down among the
leaves for shelter.
EEMEDT.
As to a remedy against the increase
and consequent injury by this grub , I
will quote Professor Herbert Osborne's
words as published in a recent bulletin
of the Iowa experiment station , it being
more complete than that by myself in
bulletin above referred to. [
"Since the eggs are almost universally
deposited in the srronnd around roots of
standing corn during September and
October , and do not hatch until the fol
lowing spring , and moreover , as the
lorvre do not seem able to subsist on the
roots of other crops , it is readily seen
that if the old corn field is plauted to
some other crop the young must perish
of starvation ; and if the practice is
adopted throughout the community ,
the next generation of the beetles must
be irreatly depleted.
"The newly hatched worms are very '
delicate , minute creatures nnd are un- '
able to miirrate in search of food. So
there is perfect safety in planting corn
on land that has been in some other
crop , directly olonsrside or within a rod
of the old corn neld. Having sliown
that the insect is within control , it re
mains only to urge all who may read
these lines to adopt the necessary
plan in everjr case where there
is the slightest indication of its
presence and urge its _ adoption on all
forms of the locality. Indeed , the rota
tion of crops is practiced generally by
intelligent farmers for other considera
tions , and by so doing they have un
consciously kept in check an insect
which would otherwise almost certainly
have ravaged their fields to an extent
hard to realize.
The intelligent adoption of the same
plain , a concerted movement of the cul
tivators in a corn growing locality ,
should result in a most decided advan
tage , and having sueh an effective and
applicable method at hand it only rests
with the farmers themselves whether or .
not they are to suffer from this pest year (
after year. " i
Farmers , please attend to this matter •
of looking after insect depredators , and \
3ave many dollars to yourselves and the ]
3tate. Very respectfully , (
Lawrence Bbttseb , ' .
Entomologist. ]
(
• easures for Preserving Peace. <
The following message was sent ont
rom Washington by the assistant adju- ]
ant general : A
ADJOTAjrr General's Office , Wash- ]
> 'GtonTo the Commanding General , i
division of Missouri , Chicago , 111. ] By I
lirection of the major general the fol-
owing is communicated : The presi-
lent dirpcts that General Merritt act iu V
unijunction with the marshals of the C
Jnited States courts having jurisdiction C
n the country opened to settlement nn- *
ler the president's recent proclamation *
o preserve the peace and will , upon the
equisitiou of such marshals
or depuy
ies , use the troops under his command q
#
o aid them in executing warrants , c
nailing arrests and quelling any riots p
ir breaches of the peace that may ocL
ur. He will use his influence to proE
note peace and good order and will C
nice every proper measure to avoid any S
onfiict of arms between or with tho
etUers. Ho will also seo the laws re-
y
iting to tho introduction of ardent
pirits in the Indian country are enq
orced. A. caieful enforcement of these n
rovisions will do very much to proc
lote good order. J. C. Ivelton ,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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llie. ministers 'of .Lincoln aremovq
ug for the closing of amusement places c
n Sunday. u
A new opera honse for Lincoln is a
aregoue concision. But the location C.
as not yet been decided upon. I H
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HOMESTEADS ENTRIES IN OKLAHOMA. | |
CfeiniMbsfoMn * HtotUUw aive * Important Ij
Information to Hettlevs. J | | |
Washington diapatch : Commissioner ' . j j
Stockalagcr has mndo publio letter con- * * / J I
corning homestead outrios in Oklahoma , , ftyIj ,
addressed to D. D. Halatond , PurcelL - M
It runs thns : ' J . •
"In roforonco to a memorandum of ) i
five questions received from you under A | ;
date of tho 15th , I havo to state that it : v
is not nsrial to answer hypothetical' ' . '
queslious ; but in view of tho auomal- I
ons conditions nfTecting publio lands in < j
Oklahoma , I will state , viz :
"A person desiring to become an
actual settler under tho homestead law
may initiato his claim by entry at a dis- j
trict land office , after proporly solccting- '
and examining tho land desired , ini I
which case ho is allowed six months *
from date of entry wiihin which to i j
establish his actual residence on the- . > i
land : or , if ho so elect , ho may initiate- • [
his claim by actual settlement on land. |
which may consist of some act or acts . '
connecting himself with tho particular t j
tract claimed , said act or nets to be- : M
equivalent to the announcement of such •
, intention , and from which tho public- M
I generalljshall havo notice of his claim. lM
Thereafter he is allowed three months-
within which to make his claim of record * m
by entry at tho district land office
Which of the methods should be
chosen is a mettor for the party's selec- 9
tion , according to the circumstances audi M
his own judgment. . V
"Of two bona fide settlers or claim- M
ants , the one whoso settlement or entry
is prior in time will have superior right. * 9J
When inception of claims is simultanc-
ous that is , at the same time the legal : flj
right is equal , and the question cannot . ' flj
bo decided nccouliug to equities , the-
land shall bo awarded to the pnrtj * hav- \ SJ
ing superior equities , if any ; if none , j flj
then it has been tho practice to put the- } fl |
land up between the claimants aud to- flj
award tho right of entry to tho ono bid- flj
dint ; the highest for the privilege. JflJ
The act of March 2 , 1889 , enacts that i
until such lands nro opened for settle-
meat by proclamation no person shall i
bo permitted to enter upon and occupy
tho same , and nny person violating this- t
provision shall never be permitted to- % y
enter any of theso land * or acquire any j '
right thereto. The president's procloma- _ * -Ce |
tion of March 23 , 1880 , calls attention
(
expressly to this provision , and directs AS
that it bc strictly enforced. j flj
"I am not prepared , iu advance of a.
case arising , to givo an opinion as to- v flj
what particular act or acts will be con-
sidered a violation of law iu this re-
spoct. " | H
The prospective opening of Oklahoma <
has already resulted in applications for-
charters for national I auks to bo estab- H
lished there. These applications havo j M
raised a perplexing question , with H
Avhich the attorney general and tho
comptroller of the currency are now-
wrestling. The law provides that appli- <
cations for authority to open national | HH
banks shall be on file ono year before-
tho charters are granted. The terri- J
tory of Oklahoma , however , has not
been open to settlement until now , and. BIJ
consequently there has hitherto been BH
no occasion for applications for the es- HJ
tablishment of national banks. With. HJ
the opening of these lands there will H
be nn immediate need of banks , but if c
tho law bo construed literally no nation-
al banks can be established in Okluho- j H
ma for a year to come. jHfl
Arkansas City ( Kan. ) special : Thir- HJ
teen coaches loaded with Oklahoma . | H
boomers arrived on the Santa Fo at J I H
noon , and wagon trains from all direc- jHH
tions nro arriving. The hotels are all jflH
full nnd hundreds of people are be- < BH
ing turned away. The United States j HJ
troops will permit no one to stop oil hi M
the territory. All points are being cure- H
fully guarded. The troops have been _ M
ordered to move to tho borders of Okla- _ H
homa on the 10th , nnd on that day the M
boomers will be permitted to enter the B H
Cherokee strip , en route to tho Okla- H
homa lands. The United States regis- j M
ter , receiver and inspector for Guthrie- , H
are here awaiting the arrival of their B H
tents. There are no buildings at GuthBBV /
rie except the Santa Fe depot and one ) Hfl
or two little shanties , and these officers ' H
will temporarily reside iu tents. Airen- fl H
cral quiet prevails , but serious trouble H
is apprehended when the rush begins on - fl H
the opening day , for there is not near H
enough land to go around , and a largo H
number of old "boomers" seem deter- H
mined to have their quarter sections. H H
Some have their claims already picked S H
out , and will have them regardless of * B H
consequences. They hold that , as they JHBV.
htaked off and improved these lands four i jH H
years ago under Captain Payne , they | fl H
have a prior claim upon them , and wilL j H
assert their rights. H
The Dakota Reservation. H
Chamberlain ( Dak. ) dispatch : A gen- I |
tleman who arrived to-day from a trip- j H
to Sioux Falls and through numerone- j H
cities nnd towns , states that much in- [ j H
terest is tnken by the people in those- , ' < jj H
ecctionsin regard to the opening of the- j j H
reservation. Colonies from a number * jfl H
of different towns expressed themselves- . H
as determined to locate on tlio reserve H
when opened. When the reservation is- S JH
finally opened for settlement the rnsh > | l |
to lands will b * ni > 'lented. j H
LIVE S1XJCKA.MD fJtODUCJS 2I&RKET3 * [ M
Quotations from Jfeie Torh , Chicago , Omaha , . j H
and Klnrtehere , J fl JJ
OMAHA. ' J M
\Vhput No. S „ 70 @ 71 i H
L'okn No. 2 mixed. . . . . . M 19 0 10 ' H
Oats No. 2 M 22 @ 22 % . t j H
R-ve 28 @ 28& , H
Butter Creamery. . . . . . . . . . . . 24 fia 25 J j H
Butter Choice ro.l. . . . . . . . . . . 15 @ 16 , H
Eaas Fresh 10 @ 11 B l
Chickens dressed 12 @ 13 JB H
ruKEETS 14 @ 15 ' H
Lemons Choice , perboc. . . 8 75 @ 4 50 . H
) ranqes Per box. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 25 @ 4 00 j H
Dnions Per bit 50 60- I I H
Potatoes Nebraska 20 @ 25 H
Lpples Per bbl. . . . . . . . . . . 2 50 @ 3 25 H
3eans Na-ries 2 10 @ 2 20- H
Vool Fiue , per lb _ 16 @ 18- H
7o.net 15 @ 16 . 1
Joas Mixed packing. . . . . . . . 4 50 fa 4 55 \ HH
Iocs Heavy weights. . . . . . 4 50 @ 4 55 i Kfl
Jeeves Choice steers „ . 3 0 @ 3 90 J j H
Iheep Choice Western. 3 80 @ 4 30 ll ij H
NEW YOUK. jj j H
Vkeit No. 2 ret ! M 86 ® 86 \i \ H
Torn No. 2 42 , @ 43 S M
) xtr Mixed western. . . . . . . . . 30 @ 33 Ij H
okk „ „ „ m. mmm im.1o oO u-L3 75 t * |
'ARD „ 710 @ 712& h M
CHICAGO. l > ij ifl
I'heat Perbnaliel M 87 @ 8 f ' |
'oils ' Per bunhel 34 @ 34 ' v * , H
'ats ' Per biiBliel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 ( & 24X ( iia La Lafl
'one 11 60 ( § 11 77& * " H
ard 6 77&3 6 82 ' H
loos Packing itshippinj. 4 70 @ 4 93 V H
atti.e Stockers . 2 45 ( a ) 3 70 f H
heki' Nh.tires 3 90 @ 5 50 tf f M
ST. LOUIS. 'Ji ' H
I'heat No. 2 red cash . . 86 @ 86 J > f |
okn Perbimhel 30 @ 30J hi < • Ji H
Uts Per bushel „ 24 @ 24 - ' |
! o s Mixed packing. . . . . . 4 70 @ 4 80 ' f ia La H
ATTX.E Feeders 2 10 @ 3 20 • ° H
KANSAS CITY. H
: heat Per busiel. ! „ . . . . . „ . 82 © ,83 1 , . ' H
i/iuTPerUusher. ! . . . . 24t-24X' , . LHH
ats Per bnahel.f. . . . : 1./ 2L @T * 23 * V M
ATTI.K Stockers & Teed ers. 2 00 @ 3 65 / , H
ogs Good to choice 4 25 © 4 60 , f j H
SIOUX CITY. I j M
irrtJE Feeders . 2 00 @ 2 85 j * 1 . |
00s Mixed. . . . . . , . . . . . . 4 42tf@ 4 47 1 , fl H