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, r 4ite * swine plague is prevalent li
come parts of Butler county.
; t- Extra men arc being added to the
Union Pacific shop force at Nortl
< ; Platte.
The Antelope county old settlers
will have their reunion at Neligb , Sep
1 tember 10th.
Ewing expects to have a bank in the
near future. Eastern parties will star !
the institution.
Tiik Bennett camp meeting by the
state holiness association was the mosl
rf successful that has yet been held.
Tilden people have subscribed al
most enough stock to start a creamerv
and expect to raise the remainder ina
few days.
A series of religious meetings will
be held at Table Hock by Evangelists
Beall and Redding , commencing Sep
tember Oth.
George Harian , a Saunders countj
boy was seriously injured by being
thrown from a Union Pacific trainy be
tween Ames and Fremont.
TnE miscreants who have an appe
tite for chickens raised by their neigh
bors that there is now a law on the
statutes making it burglary to . break
into a chicken house.
The proposed mobilization of the
federal troops and state militia at
Omaha during the exposition , an en
terprise of generally unsuspected mag
nitude , is receiving substantial en
couragement.
Many farmers were in town this and
last week looking for helpers , says the
Pierce Leader , but generally found all
spolren for. Any one that is in the
least inclined to do an honest day's la
bor need not be idle.
Frederick Shepherd , receiver of the
State bank of Havelock , has filed his
report of the bank's assets and liabil
ities. He figures the total assets of
the institution at $0,937.40 and the
liabilities at 54,223.33 , leaving an ex
cess of assets of S2.714.07.
An Atkinson man , while digging a
post hole , unearthed about thirty pew
ter coins which , when washed with the
fellow metal , were intended to be pass
ed for $5 gold pieces. The question is ,
who could the counterfeiters have
been and when was the spurious Btuff
planted ?
A new steam threshing engine , and
separator , purchased by a syndicate ate
o cost of S2,400 , lies at the bottom ot
Omaha creek , a small stream running
through Dakota county. The engine
was being taken across the creek' at
that point when it became unmanage
( able , caused by an inexperienced en
gineer , crashed through the bridge
* and went down twenty feet to the
bottom. The machine men escaped
without injury , but the separator and
engine are nearly a total loss.
The stockholders of the defunct Ne
braska National bank at York held a
meeting the other day and decided by
a two-thirds vote to go into liquidation.
The proposition from the City National
bank of that city to assume the obliga
tions of the insolvent bank met with
favor , and if a few depositors can be
induced to assign over all claims in the
boand accept the offer of the City
, - 'National bank to pay depositors in
" " four equal payments , at intervals of
six months each , the deal will be con-
ttimmated.
Louis Olney , a colored man now of
Falls City , and formerly of Tecumseh ,
has applied to Deputy Land Commis-
fcioner Nelson for an order releasing
his daughter from the industrial home
nt Geneva. It seems that the man ' s
wife died a few years ago and left sev
eral children. The father was away
• md was supposed to be dead. The
children were sent to the home for the
friendless and afterward to Geneva
and Kearney , according to their sex.
Now the father is fixed to care for
them tilling a farm and he wanted
the girl out. The order was granted.
The republican state convention was
held at Lincoln on the 27th. Business
was dispatched quickly and harmoni
ously. Judge A. M. Post was renomi
nated by acclamation for his present
position on the supreme bench. C. W.
Kaley of Webster county was renomi
nated by acclamation for his present
position on the board of regents of the
University of Nebraska , and John N.
Dryden was nominated for the second
place before the ballot was taken. "
There was but one real contest in the
convention , and that was for the honor-
of presiding over it. In this good-na
tured test of strength J. L. McPheeley
• . _ of Kearney county received forty more
votes than Ben S. Baker of Douglas
county. The convention was in ses
sion but a little longer than three
. hours. Nine hundred delegates were
in attendance. Resolutions reaffirm
the principles enunciated by the na
tional republican convention of 1896 ;
the recent tariff legislation is com
mended , return of , business confidence
is hailed with satisfaction ; crimes of
the late state auditor and state treas
urer are condemmed , and demand is
made that steps be taken to recover all
funds by them wrongfully diverted ;
the present state administration is
criticised for sins of omission and com
mission ; regret increase of freight
rates to the seaboard and call upon the
inter-state commerce commission to
investigate the same ; sympathy is ex
pressed with the Cubans in their strag
gle for liberty , and the fidelity and
efficiency of Senator Thurston and
Congressmen Strode and Mercer is
commended.
The firm of Ward , Giiligen & Towle ,
Falls City and Tecumseh , which has
been doing business in the former
place aa general western agents for
the Canton Bridge company of Canton ,
Ohio , has moved its headquarters to
Omaha.
A number of Ord farmers , thinking
dealers were not paying enough for
grain , have clubbed together and will
ship their own produce.
The barn of Peter Tankhanser near
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Humboldt was struck by lightning and
completely burned. Quite ia large
• mount of hay and grain was con
sumed , but all the horses , some valua- .
Jblf TTtre sa-ved.
RERKLHON IN INDIA ,
THE OUTBREAKS ARE RAPIDL\
SPREADING.
Forty TliouKaml Soldiers Not Enough t <
Check the Insurgent Hill Tribes
Knconntcr After Kucountor He-
ported Ameer Culled to
Strict Account.
More Troops Needed.
Simla * , Aug. 30. The British force ;
on the Afghan frontier are being kepi
in a constant state of excitement , ow
ing to the activity of the rebellious
natives , and fight after fight has beer
reported during the past three days ,
The powerful Arakazi tribe of hillmer
has joined the rebellion , and with the
Afridis and other tribes already oul
the situation is decidedly serious. Nc
one would be surprised at news of a
disaster to British arms at any mo
ment
Over 40,000 British soldiers are now
in the field , but this number does not
appear sufficient to cope successfully
with the brave , hardy and wily hill-
men , and urgent calls for reinforce
ments have been sent to other parts
of India , while it is possible that
troops may yet have to be asked for
from Europe.
That the India government believes
that the ameer of Afghanistan has
guilty knowledge of the uprising , if
he has not inspired it , is shown by the
fact that a second letter has been sent
"to him calling for specific answers to
certain specific questions and warn
ing him to avoid all generalities and
protestations.
A very serious state of affairs pre
vails at Quetta , Beloochistan. There
is little'doubt that if the fort there is
attacked the garrison will be put to
death. The fortifications are practically -
cally worthless and the place is said
to be inadequately manned.
Another- note of alarm , and a rather
incomprehensible one in view of the
gallant defense made in the cases efForts
Forts Ali-Mujid and Lundi Kotal ,
comes this morning from Jamrud ,
'rom which place a dispatch an
nounces that the British military au
thorities yesterday deemed it wise to
disarm the Khyber rifles , forming a
part of the garrison of that place.
REBELS MAY BE STARVED OUT.
London , Aug. 30. It is probable
that pending offensive operations by
the government forces in India a
blockade will be enforced against the
Afridis and Arakazis , who are largely
dependent upon India for their food
supplies. This , it is thought , will
tend to compel them to come to terms.
The military authorities suggest that
after the tribes have been punished
the occupation of a single fort called
China , in the Bazaar valley , would re
strain the Afridis forevei , since they
would be obliged to pass under the
walls of that fort every six months
when migrating from the valleys to
the hills or vice versa.
STATE OF TRADE.
The General Situation Continues to
Show a Steady Improvement.
Nkw York , Aug. 30. The general
trade situation continues to improve ,
and aside from the unnecessarily pro
longed strike of the soft coal miners ,
there is little in sight to cloud the
outlook. The feature of the week is
the advance in prices of almost all
leading staples , beginning with an up
ward movement all along the line in
iron and steel. Lead , too , and soft
coal are higheras is wheat , notwith
standing one or two reactions Brad-
streefs points out that the statistical
position of wheat is the strongest
known since the United States became
a considerable exporter , and that its
price , as well as that for bread , is
likely to materially exceed the present
week's advances. Following that for
wheat , prices are higher for wheat
flour , corn. oats , lard , potatoas. but
ter , eggs , beans , cheese , leaf tobacco ,
wool and live stock. Advances for
leather , hides , lumber and linseed oil
are also reported.
. Cotton , which is up 3-lGc. reports
the smallest world's stock for seven
years past at this period , an improved
tone and higher prices for the manu
factured product.
LOVERS L ArTO DEATH
A Double Sutcltla in n Henrtl-Harteri
Parent * * Presence.
Na'siiviu/k , Tenn. , Aug 3" ) . Ca--
French , who was scarcely out of hi'
teens , came here from Indianapolis
j.nd. , rthtve months ago to spjnd h *
vacation in the mountains , where hi
fell in love with th s pretty daughter
of Allen Hunt , a miner. When hi
father heard of the affair he came t.
take him back home , but th. bov
secured permission for , , a . fare we )
meeting , which took plaei oj th"
brink of a precipice. In the eidei
French's presence the lovers embracer
and leaped Hit ) fret to death.
The Klondike Prisonerllttx \ Name.
Cedak Uu'IUIowa. . Aug. H0.
William Smith , the man being brought
from Alaska on the steamer Port' ' .an.l
as . a prisoner , is apparentlv Frank
Novak , a storekeeper at Walford. Tlv
man supposed to have been murdered
by him was Edward Murray. Novak' *
relatives claimed the body was that ot
Novak.
Thoniai llus.ey , the SlUer , Dead.
Nkw York , Aug. 10. Thomas Hus-
sey , the aged citizen of Montgomery ,
Ala. , who was arrested last week in a
[ lazed condition with $30,003 in money
and securities in his pockets , died yes
terday , lie was So years old.
Judge Smith Renominated.
Colby , Kan. , Aug. 30. At the Re
publican convention of the Thirty-
fourth judicial district the present
jtidge , Charles W. Smith , of Stockton ,
traa renominated to that office by ao
tlamation. i
; NINE HUNDRED KILLED.
Appalling Los * of Life Duo to Volcanic
Eruption In the Philippines.
Tacoma , Wash. , Aug. 30. Five more
towns have been wiped out and not
less than 400 people killed since last
reports were received here by the
eruption of Mayon volcano , in Lucor
Island , ono of the Philippine group
Widespread devastation and ruin hav <
resulted in towns and villages situ
ated around the base of Mayon foi
fifty miles. The latest towns de
btroyed arc Santo Nine , San Rogue
MLsericordia , San Antonio and Sanisa
dor. The last two named towns an
suburbs of Lifog , the destruction o
which was announced several wceki
ago.
ago.A
A terrible sight greets the eyes ol
visitors at Libbat Lifog and 115 in
habitants are buried in ruins. All
surrounding hemp plantations , fields
and cattle have been destroyed.
Two hundred inhabitants perished
when San Antonio , San Roque ant
Misericordia were destroyed , and an
other 200 met death under ashes and
lava in or near the other towns
named.
Cascades of red-hot lava pouring
over Mayon's sides , together with
dense showers of ashes from the first
eruption , buried 500 human beings be
fore they could flee to places of refuge.
Gradually the eruption increased in
violence , until lava was flowing into
ttre sea , forty miles from the crater ,
and the tremendous rain of ashes and
sand reached Neuva , fifty miles away.
Villages were thus destroyed which
were thought to be safe when the
eruption began , and the number oi
known dead was increased to at least
000.
000.FRANCE
FRANCE TO CELEBRATE.
President Faure's Return From Russia
Will Be Notably Commemorated.
Pabis , Aug. 30. The French gov
ernment has proclaimed next Tues
day a public holiday , and it is expect
ed that an imposing military display
will be made to welcome President
Faure on his return from Russia. The
French squadron will stop for ten
hours at Copenhagen , which will en
able President Faureto visit King
Oscar. The newspapers continue
printing exultant articles on the al
liance between France and Russia.
EXPLORERS RETURN.
The Members of the Jnck.ion-IIarrng-
wortli Expedition Safe and Well.
London ; Aug. 30. The British
steamer Windward , which left Eng
land June 10 last for Franz Josef land
to bring back from the Arctic regions
the members of the Jackson-Harms-
worth expedition , who have spent
three winters near Cape Flora , passed
Aberdeen to-day on its return trip and
signale 1 that all were well on board.
Gigantic Irrigation Systom. -
San Dinoo , Cal. , Aug. 30. One of
the greatest water distributing sys
tems in the west is being established
in San Diego county by the Southern
California Mountain Water company.
The s3-stem when completed will com
prise three reservoirs , the Otay , ? > lo-
rena and Barrett's , holding an aggre
gate of over 31,000,000,000 gallons of
water , enough to irrigate 200,000 acres.
The Otay dam is just completed. Its
height is 13u feet above the foundation
of 33 feet above bed rock. It is 300
feet long at the top , 400 feet thick at
the bottom and 1(5 ( feet at the top. Its
impounding capacity is over 13,000 , -
700.000 gallons , and it floods over 1,000
acres.
1'nrmors * Fabulous Kcvenue.
Washington , Aug. 30. The wheat
crop of the country for 1807 is estima
ted at 430,000,000 to 320,000,000 bush
els. With wheat selling at $1 per
bushel the value of the crop is from
Sl30.000.030 to $520,000,000. The total
amount of last year ' s crop was 4i7 , -
084,316 bushels , and its total value
was S310G02,339 , so that even estimat
ing the wheat crop of 1897 at the low
est figure given by any of those per
sons acquainted with crop conditions ,
the farmers of the United States will
have Sl-0,030,000 more revenue from
their wheat crop this year than they
did last year.
Ttro Aeronauts Fatally Hurt.
Toi.kdo , Ohio. Aug. 30. Two aero
nauts were fataiiy hurt at the fair
grounds yesterday afternoon. Walter
Steele of Columbus , Ohio , had his back
broken and several ribs crushed by a
fall , due to the failure of his para
chute to work , and Leroy Northcott
was frightfully burned while inside a
balloon which look fire while being
inflated.
A Ml ; ouri P tor auici In.
Paris. Mo. . Aircr. 30. The Rev. J.
R. Green of the Monro ? , City Baptist
church was fouud in his room yester
day morninc with three evidently
self-inflicted gashes in his throat , and
to-day he died. Ilis wife sa d that he
had complained of pains in his head
and had been occasionally delirious
several days , btit that she had appre
hended nothing serious.
A Tin : ir • > .i . > ibc !
Wamiinoton , Aug. 30. It is preV ;
cvaerallv believed that , there will U
a Congressional investigation into tin
way section 22. known as the "dis
criminating clause , * 'got into the Ding-
lev tariff bill.
Oceanic Steamthip Sharon Rising.
San Fkancisco , Aug. 30. Within
ten days the stock of the Oceanic
steamship company has risen from'S20
to 536 per share. The present atti
tude of the Pacific Steamship com
pany , in its not as yet successful fight
for Hawaiian charters for some of its
big ships , is partly responsible for the
advance , but the chief cause is the ten
per cent discriminating clause in the
newly adopted tariff , and which if en
forced will give the Oceanic Steam
ship company a monopoly of the trad *
between Honolulu and this port
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BOOM FOR NEBRASKA
ALL EYES TURNED ON THIS
GREAT STATE.
Immigration Reviving ; to mi Kxtent tlint
Recalls Kariy DayH Splendid Cropi
Start the Farmers of the East
Till * Way to SeoJc Out Bet
ter Locntloun for Hoinei.
Nebraska the Cynosure.
"There is bound to be a greater
movement of immigration into Ne
braska this fall than for many years
past , " said John Francis , general pas
senger agent of the 11. & M. , to an
Omaha Uee reporter. "There is al
ready a marked increase in the atten
tion that is being turned toward this
state. Our last homeseckers' excur
sion went out from here for various
points in the state so large that the
train had to bo run in two sections.
We haven't had to divide a train of
homeseckers for a number of years
past. And the good thing about it is
that a greater portion of these home-
seekers are very apt -to locate perma
nently in Nebraska. "
General Passenger Agent Francis
has just returned'from a week's trip
through the state. He and General
Passenger Agent Eustisof the Uui'ling-
ton wore the conductors of a large
party of real estate men and farmers
from Indiana , Illinois and Ohio. Most
of the visitors were from Illinois. At
all points in the state they were most
cordially xeceived , and the visitors
were forcibly impressed with the real
evidences of the return of prosperity to
this commonwealth. The railroad
men believe that a good amount of
immigration will be the result of this
trip.General
General Manager Holdrege of the B.
& M. and Dickinson of the Union Pa
cific have just returned from trips
across Nebraska. Roth are enthusias
tic in their declarations that Nebraska
never saw better daj'S. They point to
the splendid crops all along their re
spective lines of railway and to the ex
cellent prices the farmers are receiv
ing , in support of their opinions.
The Union Pacific is advertising the
state throughout the east by the exten
sive circulation of a valuable book on
Nebraska just issued. It gives accu
rate reports of recent date of the agri
cultural conditions existing along the
line of the Union Pacific in Nebraska ,
and devotes considerable space to an
admirable discussion of the cultivation
of the sugar beet. President. Allen's
address before the beet sugar asso
ciation in this state is printed in full.
A number of the railroads are also ad
vertising the state by sending ont sev
eral thousand copies of the Saturday's
issue of the Bee , containing , what rail
road men declare to be the most re
liable and exhaustive statement re
garding Nebraska crops that has yet
appeared. Another means of adver
tising Nebraska that is being actively
pushed b } ' one of the railroads , the
Burlington , is the display of Nebraska
agricultural products at the county
fairs of Indiana , Illinois and Ohio this
fall. Arrangements for sending these
exhibits east this month and through
out September have recently been com
pleted , and each will be in charge of a
competent Nebraskan.
Nebraska Products in Illinois.
Schuyler dispatch : Gilbert Faber
has been paying attention during the
entire summer to the collection and
preparation of an assortment of grains
and grasses from Colfax county to be
sent to C. .1. Ernst , assistant land com
missioner of the B. & M. at Lincoln ,
who has the supervision of the arrang-
ment of an exhibit from the entire
state to be taken by the B. & M. people
ple to the state fair in Illinois. The
collection consists of wheat , spring
and winter ; oats , some of the stalks be
ing fifty-eight inches in length ; barley ,
timothy , blue grass , stems three and
one-half feet long ; clover , blue stem
and alfalfa ; in all a collection that will
be impressive among the best that can
be found. Mr. Faber is an enthusiast
in this sort of work. He says the
Trans-Mississippi exposition manage
ment ought to see to the collection of
grains this year for exhibition at the
opening , as at that time the grains of
1898 will not be really.
Farmers Have eeeu the I.and.
The party of forty-three farmers
from Illinois , Indiana and Ohio
brought out to see Nebraska have re
turned home. They were all more
than pleased with what thej * saw.
They were successful farmers in their
own states , and the idea was not to
mduce them to buy here , but that they
might speak of their own knowledge
what the state was raising , and among
neighbors who sought to get new farms
or tenants who proposed to buy for
themselves. Most were well informed
by report already of the resources of
the state. There was one notable ex
ception , a farmer from Illinois , who
could not be convinced even until
sometime after he left Omaha that
there was "anything in Nebraska. "
He changed his mind before going
home , and bought a quavter of a sec
tion and made an offer for 1,700 acres
for a ranch.
Oponinsr Hid * for tin * Xw Wintr.
The board of public lands and build
ings met today and opened
bids for the construction of the wing
of the asylum at Norfolk , the legisla
ture having appropriated § 23,000 for
the addition The successful bidders
were : Omaha building and construc
tion company , 1S8,7S7. for the comple
tion of the wing according to specifi
cations , except the plumbing and
electric wiring ; F. W. Barclay of Be
atrice , § 2.S00 for the plumbing and
steam-heating apparatus : the Western
electric supply company of Omaha ,
5193 , for the electric wiring for fifty
sixteen-candle power lights. This
makes the total cost of the wing § 3IS ! ?
lass than the appropriation.
Ho4j < Die of u New I > i * a e.
Columbus dispatch : Several farmers
near the city have lost a great many
hogs recently. Matt Gottberg reported
today that he had lost sixteen in one
night. J. F. Dincen has also lost a
number. C. M. Tomliu is also a heavy
loser nearly all he had having died
with the strange disease. It is said by
those who pretend to know that it is
not the old fashioned hog cholera , but
they do not pretend to name the
disease.
All the gold mined on the Klondike
would not buy a one-fourth interest in
this year's Nebraska crops.
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vV H E A f SHORT AG E.
Visible Snaply or Wheat 7.1,030,000
HuHheU Short of the nomimt.
Washington , Aug. 20. For several
weeks the department of agriculture
has been busy gathering information
concerning the wheat crop of the
world. The results , obtained from
both ofiicial and unoth'cial sources ,
show that , from present indications ,
the world must go hungry or eat
something besides flour. The United
Statea will bo unable to furnish all
the wheat that will be needed by
foreign countries to supply the
deficit , even though the pricu
jumped to Si.50 a bushel. It simply
has not the grain. England will need
ISO.000,000 bushels of wheat , accord
ing to the latest estimates ; Franco ,
43 , • 100,000 bushels ; Belgium , Holland
and Germany , 88,000,000 bushels ;
Spain and Portugal , 10,000.000 bushels ;
Italy , 28,000,000 bushels ; the West
Indies , China and Brazil , 32.000.000
bushels , or a total of 412,000,000
busnels.
To meet this demand an increased
weekly importation into Europe of
720.000 bushels over the imports of
last year will bo required. During the
last cereal year the wheat growing
countries of the world exported to all
countries 45,000,000 bushels less that
the estimated requirements for the
next eleven months. To supply this
increase of 720,000 bushels a week a
heavy demand * will be made on the
United States and Canada. At least
240,000,000 bushels will be called for.
Canada can supply the 40,000,000 and
the remainder falls to the United
States. The crop in this country will ,
it is thought , be ubout 500,000,000
bushels. For home consumption and
for seed purposes 273,000,000 are re
quired. This leav s but 125,000,000
bushels to meet the demand for 200 , -
000,000 bushels.
The department of agriculture will
soon make public its figures on this
year ' s wheat crop of the globe. It
will say in part that , taking one coun
try with another , the deficiency , as
compared with an average crop , will
be very large. Such importing coun
tries as Great Britain , France , Ger
many and Austria will have occasion
to import much more than usualwhile
the exporting countries , outside of
the United States , will be able to con
tribute much less than their usual
supply. Kuasia , Hungary and the Dan-
ubian and Balkan principalities have
all less than average crops , the
deficiency being very large in the
principalities named. The Indian
crop , harvested last spring , was nearly
24 per cent below the average , and
though high prices may draw away a
part of the scanty supply , the con
tribution from this source must neces
sarily be small. The wheat exporting
countries of the Southern Hemisphere
have less than usual , and their next
harvest is several months away.
FOREIGNERS BUY AGAKN.
European Demand for Wheat Puts tb
Prices Up.
Chicago , Aug. 2f . Foreigners were
in the markets buying wheat again
to-day , and prices advanced about as
quickly as they went down yesterday.
The Chicago December price was up
a cent at the opening and advanced 3
cents farther later in the day , sell
ing between 91c and 9J ] c. There was
a sharp break of 2 cents shortly
after noon , but prices turned up
again. The close , 93' 4c , was 3c higher
than yesterday. Nearly all the spec
ulation was in December.
Foreign markets were lower all
around , but the decline there was not
as great as the drop in this country
yesterday , and the margin for export
sales was 2 cents more than it was
when wheat was at top prices Satur
day. The day's clearances were very
large , amounting to nearly a million
bushels. Foreign crop news was bull
ish.
ish.Cash
Cash prices at Kansas City very
quickly followed the Chicago advance.
Hard ivheat was four cents higher
than yesterday in some cases more
and there was an active demand from
all sources. Exporters who have been
out of the market for some days were
buyers. The offerings were large , aud
the country movement shows no sign
of falling off.
More Vessels for the North.
Seattle , Wash. , Aug. 2i5. The
steamer Bosalie has departed for
Skaguay with about 10' ' ) passengers
and a full load of horses and supplies
for miners. She also took a number
of wagons to break the famine at the
pass. The schooner Moonlight had
most of her deckload of lumber re
moved and will get awaj * with her
sixty passengers sometime to-day.
Silver Minej Will Not Resume
Denver , Col. , Aug. 20. The owners
of the downtown mines in Leadville ,
which were allowed to fill with water
during the great miners' strike , and
have not been operated since , decided
at a conference in this city to defer
the unwatering of the mines until the
silver market became more settled.
An Illinois Town Ont of Coal.
Springfield , III. , Aug. 2G. The
electric light works have closed at
Carlinville because no coal is obtain
able and the city streets are in dark
ness. The merchants who used elec-
trio lights are burning coal oil lamps.
The water works are kept in operation
by using wood for f L
Party of Klpht atisslnp.
West Superior , Wis. , Aug. 2a A
party of eight men and women left
last Friday in a small sailboat to go
after bass along the south side of
Lake Superior , intending to return
Sunday. Nothing has been heard of
them , but the captain of the steamer
Gilbert reports passing a capsized sail
boat a few miles out.
Chief Conlln Retires.
New York , Aug. 26. Chief of Police
Peter Conlin was retired to-day by tha
police commissioners on hii own ap
plication. He will receive a pension
of S3,000 a year.
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tTarniom Will Have Million * fur lm-
I'rovctnenti Laborer * Will Profit. - jjfl
Washington , Aug. 2rt. Assistant !
Secretary Brigham of the Agricultur
al department to-day expressed the
opinion that the American farmers 4
this year would receive in the aggregate - 4
gate from four to five hundred million t
dollars in excess of the umoiint re
ceived lust year for their wheat.
Colonel Brigham also predicted that
the increase in the price of farm pro
ducts would benefit the laboring cle
ment '
lilt ; Importation of Gold. t
San Francisco , Cal. , Aug. 29. - The
steamer Mariposa , which arrived to
day from Sydney , v.a Honolulu. I
brought a consignment of S2.250.00) in '
in ninety-four I
English sovereigns ,
treasure boxes , for the Anglo-Call for- 1
nian and London , Paris and American. *
banks of this city. J
Italy Threaten * Morocco. j
Home , Aug. 28. ItSaly has wired to- J
Morocco threatening to dispatch a I
man-of-war to Tangier unless the crew fl
of the Italian brig Fiducia is released.
Moorish pirates recently attacked and
plundered the Fiducia and detained ,
the crew. <
Heavy Peaoh Shipment
WARKENsnuRO , Mo. , Aug. 25. Over
2,000 crates of flno peaches have been
shipped from Warrensburg this week. a
The crop in Johnson county is unusually - |
ally large and the orchards are Htill
laden with the fruit
Old InvrmloiiH.
Three mechanical movements are
herewith shown , relating to that class
known as escapements. In the first is 1
shown a pendulum movement known
as a repose or dead-beat escapement
wherein the central escapement wheel
is alternately engaged upon opposite j
sides by the pendulum projections. i
The * central movement is known as a J "
detached escapement , in that the pendulum -
dulum swings free of the star-shaped j
escapement wheel , except at the time i
of receiving the impulse and unlocking
the wheel. The pendulum rides dead
in returning as the click works on a
pivot to escape the depending bar. The
third illustration shows a single pin
escapement , in which the pin escapes J
the vertical faces within the pendulum. 1
The circuit court in a patent case re
cently decided that a patent , in order i
to give full protection , must Include j
claims for all the novel features. What 1
is not covered is held as being dedicated - 4
cated to the public , and so is lost to J
the inventor. Free information rclat- 1
ing to patents may be obtained in addressing - 1
dressing Sues & Co. , patent experts , . 1
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from a steam engine is a waste of
power that in the aggregate is enor-
mous. To atilize the expansive force W
of steam and reduce the minimum rd. \
wasted energy and the friction and /
wear of operative parts , has been the j
lift' orts of inventors. A patent has J
heen allowed to A. Watkins , Des
Moines , for a compound rotary engine %
in which the steam passes through a 4 %
plurality of chambers , in which all ex. j
pansive force is utilized so that practi- !
L-ally there is no losrs of power through 1
the exhaust ports , and all the operative M
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indebtedness to yon for the kindness
; md promptitude with which you at 1
tended to the business connected with m
the granting of my patent I also M
wish to express my admiration of and mk
appreciation for your mechanical genius - ' *
ius , and the keen insight which enables jfl
you to grasp in detail anything in the m
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tlear sir , yours truly. A. Watkins. 1
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. STOCK AND PKODUUE MAKKKT.
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Louis , Omaha and Kluetvlierp. M
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Vpples Per bbl 1 C.1 0 2 61 M *
lay I'pland. . perton 450 @ 3 m *
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foPrime light ' . : i > BU' ; M
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