I M'COOK TRIBUNE.
I V. M KIMMKLL , Publisher.
I McCOOK , - : - - : - NEBRASKA
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NEBRASKA.
Tub postmaster at , Herman lias tcn-
H uered Ins resignation ;
IJitow.v county has the largest crop
H of corn it has ever produced.
I A wjsint.ss men's fraternity organi-
H tairion has been effected , at Valparaiso.-
Quitk a spirited'fight is on over the
H Laurel postofuee. Candidates are ;
numerous , i
I ( Jkovkt ; M.imx or Tieloit expects to
liavc : iO,00 t bushels-o 'f corn 'from this
H year's erop.
H 'J'iik Plymouth -creamery will be
B ready for business the latter part of
H this month
I Tin : McCook "band " lias decided to
enter the band "contest at'the fall festi-
Tal at Denver.
M Mas. . } . N. NoiitOx of 'Fremont was
K last week adjudged insane and sent
| lo the asylum sit Norfolk.
jjl Tiik Hamilton county fair was
H largely attended anil the display in all
' * departments-exceptibnally fine.
1 A horse stepped-on the foot of Will
I Hayes'little daughter at lied Cloud ,
S Tuesday , and smashed the mtmber so
1 badly as to necessitate amputation.
I Miss Nettie E. Harrington'has been
I designated : as secretary of the board of
I civil service examination for the postal
I service at 'South Omaha in place of Miss
Williams , who Tesigned from the serv
ice.
Tin : "baby Ihslt'was mysteriously left
! ' in the barn of a'farmcr near Tckamah
I a couple of % veeks ago was claimed
I ' from the-eonnty authorities by a daugh-
I term lite home 'where ' it * was left , she
I claiming to 'beUts.mother.
I ExarwRKRS'O 'f'the state'board of irrigation -
gation have "been * measuring the water
I courses of'Dawes and Sheridan counties -
! ties for the purpose • of determining
priority of water rights where there
j are niore-claimants thanwater.
1 Rev. 5 ? H. Hikes , populist nominee
for-county superintendent of Fillmore
ounty , has resigned - hispastorate of
the Congregational church in Geneva
inorder that his whole time and atten
tion may be'given' to the campaign.
i A juey in the - district court of Hall
county has foun'd Jonas Reynolds guilty
of concealing-stolen property , but sen
tence has not as yet'been pronounced.
"The penalty .is from one to seven years.
, „ Reynolds was : arrestedlast ! spring.
I'I In Plattsniouth the-other day the
m people of the Methodist church raised
H a debt of $10,000.Thc'debt has been
| | hanging like a I-heavy pall- over the
* -congregation for years arid now that
J it has Tieen Sifted- off there is.great re-
j joicrng.
' • SrEdAT , Agext 'Matthews of the
general land office' lias up to date rec
ommended the cancellation of nearlv
200 homestead entries in the North
Platte land district which were abandoned -
. -doned by entrymen " 'during the times
of depression.
As Miss Mary Kemp--of wSt. Ed-
"ward and her young sister' were driv
ing out of town in.aroad cart they
v "were run-over by a man driving a load
of grain. They were both thrown out
and Miss Kemp's , left-arm * was broken
"below the -elbow.
Some unknown man assaulted Miss
Minnie Livingston-of Lincoln last
week. The case was -not reported to
xhe police nntil several hours after its
occurrence. Miss Livingston is a frag
ile girl , and is prostrated from the ill
-treatment and excitement.
Wai.tkb Nutter living-in : the-south
part of Jefferson county , had one of
his best horses stolen from the pasture
in broad daylight. The thief-rode the
animal to Fairbury • and attempted to
sell a forged note for -35 against the
owner of the horse at' Goodrich liros. '
bank. The ashier detected : the 'forg
ery , however , and the fellow'left town
without offeringiit for sale elsewhere.
Dr. n. McChesney , who been prac
ticing medicine : in Nebraska City for
the last six weeks , left there last week.
He resorted to mewspaper advertising
to gain practice : in such jmanner as to
arouse the disfavor-of-several physi
cians of the city , who appeared before
the state board at Lincoln and asked
that his license to .practicelin the state
he .annulled. Rather than'face the op
position to him the doctor .decided to
leave.
Miller , a live stock-dealer of Lin-
cola , had his foot badly .crushed in the
railroad yards at Omaha. He was stand
ing on the platform • of-thescaboose of a
freight train comingiin from Lincoln.
Itefcide him stood two unknown men ,
who were quarrelling : and-appeared to
be intoxicated. Suddenly ithey turned
upon Miller and pushed him violently.
31iller partly fell , andin the endeavor
to regain his footing , 'his foot was
canght by the wheel. iTIe was dragged
to the-ground and bis tfoot vivas badly
crashed.
Tite statistical seeretary .of the
Methodist conference , held in York
recently , has furnished , the-church sta-
tisties-of that conferen.ee : as follows :
The colloetions are as follows : Mis
sions , § 53G1 ; church extension , - -SG-i' ;
Sunday school union , SlOGt itract - society
ety , $92 ; rlSreedman Aid , SG00 ; public
education , -S3,708 ? ; children s und"8452 ;
American 'Bible society , $136 ; woman's
-foreign aiissiens , Sl,242 ; woman * home
missions , § 1,773 ; other benewolences ,
S69G ; general conference expenses , S3 ;
conference claimants , $721 ; total , S13 , -
532. The statistics of church property
fehow the numher of * churches to be
237 , with 221 estimated valuation .of
.8629,500.
TjiatSG blanket rate from remote
• points in the state proved.a great -eard
in drawing people t © the fair. It lim
ited the cost of transportation from
any point in the state to Omaha and re
ctum to $ G , and from aU points where
• the * ound trip rate is one fair , unless
• Hhatishould amount to more than SG.
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Jlonx RooER8living seven miles south
west of Ord , finished threshing Friday
evening and cleaned up G,7G0 bushels of
wheat.
Path. Toiesen , a German botcher of
Omaha , who had lived in that cUy for
many years , became tired of life and
nent a bullet through his head. He.
tfu 81 years of age. j
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FOR THE NORTH POLE'
PEARY WILL FIND IT OR DIE IN
THE ATTEMPT.
llati tahl for Next Yoar's Expedition ,
Which Will Start .Inly , 1808
"Conditions Under "Which the
Journey to be Undertaken
Sanguine of Succegg.
lieutenant Tcary's Next Trip.
pmLABELPmi , Sept 27. Lieuten
ant Peary said to-day , concerning the
Arctic trip from which he lias just re
turned :
"In addition to securing the Cape
York meteorite , I laid the plans for
next year's expedition , and when I
leave again , which will be about the
end of next July , it will bo to remain
up there until I reach the pole or lose
my life in the attempt , if it takes live
years toaccoroplish this object.
"Next summer I shall take mj' ves
sel tip to Sherard Osborne Fjord and
make-that place my base of supplies.
" " 'On'the last trip , I made arrange-
ments'with Arctic highlanders , a tribe
of .Eskimos , consisting of 230 men , wo
men and children , known as the most
northerly tribe of human beings on
earth , to put in this coming winter in
obtaining seal , bear and deer skins for
our clothing- , and in securing all the
walrus meat they can for dog food. I
have singled out eight young men of
the tribe , who , with their wives , ca
noes , dogs , sleighs and teii s , are to
accompany me to Sherard Osborne
Fjord , which is about 300 miles further
north than their present abode.
"My party will consistof a surgeon ,
possibly another white man and my
self. The rest will be Eskimos. The
latttr know how to drive dogs , they
can go hungry , and know how to get
food.
"The conditions under which -shall
make the coming expedition are of
the most satisfactory character. The
American Geographical Soeiety has
assured S150,000 to meet all expenses ,
and I have been given five years'leave
of absence. I shall probably buy a
new ship for next year , though we
may use the Hope again. Mrs. Peary
will not accompany me.
"I am quite sure that I shall succeed
in reaching the pole. Nansan got
within 260 miles of it , but Andrce did
not have one chance in 1,000 when he
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started to drift over the pole. I don 't
think Andree will accomplish any
thing , and he may have lost his life
long before this : " his attempt , " '
DUN'S REVIEW.
Europe Sending : Gold to Pay for Amer
ican Grain.
New York , Sept 27. E. G. Dun &
Co. 's Weekly Ueview of Trade says :
"Gold imports have begun direct from
England and from France , besides the
arrival of 54.000,000 at San Francisco
from Australia for wheat exported.
The gold received there and
started from Europe amounts to
SG,500,00l in four days , and the
advance of its rate by the Bank of
England to 2Jt : per cent seems little
likely to check the movement , in view
of heavy merchandise balances due
this country and a rise in the rate of
interest here. The August excess of
merchandise and specie exports over
imports was not far from § 42,000,000 ,
and the September excess will evi
dently be larger , unless shipments of
gold are considerable.
Bradstreet's says : "There isaeheek
to the onward sweep of demand in
staple iines.notieeable throughout the
country for the past six weeks. The
yellow fever quarantine , which ex
tends from Texas to Georgia , has
brought wholesale business to a prac
tical standstill throughout the greater
portion of the region embraced bv the
Gulf states. "
MURDER MYSTERIES.
Atrocious Crimea Committed lu Eng
land Dally and the Pollen IJaffled.
London , Sept. 7. Daily for a week
tpast there has been an atrocious
murder and the alarm is increased by
the fact that the perpetrators of the
-crimes have all baffled the police.
Mrs. Bryan , wife of Dr. Bryan of
"Northampton , was killed in a railroad
• car. The Rev. Dr. Aubrey Price , .i
• well known divine , was killed by
• burglars at his home Monday. A
little boy was kidnaped and murdered
in the suburbs. A rich miserly
woman was found cut to pieces
: at .her home in Be thai Green.
.A farmer's daughter , Emma Johnson -
-son , was murdered at Windsor
.and her body mutilated , stripped and
• thrown into the Thames. The mur
derer-of Emma Johnson is believed to
.be-a maniac whose actual identity is
.not.known , but who for many months
pasf.has frightened and assaulted per
sons .on the road from Windsor to
Maidenhead and who has always man
aged to.elude capture.
JfcL'MOST WIPED OUT.
All the tllnslncsa Houses of Afton ,
Destroyed by Flro.
Muskogee , L T. , Sept 27. The lit
tle town .of Afton , L T. . fifteen miles
east of Vinita , L T. , was almost wiped
out by fire yesterday afternoon. All
the business houses ware destroyed ,
including the 'Frisco depot and fifteen
-cars of wheat. The loss will foot up
between 850,000 and S75.000.
The Commission Lack * Witnesses.
( Chicago , Sept. 27. The interstate
commerce commission adjourned its
hearing of the warehouse company
complaints to-day on account of the
• difficulty of procuring needed wit
nesses. The commission , it was an
nounced ; would return in about a
month -itnd finish its hearing.
A NeTfcda , Ma , Merchant Falls.
Nkvapa , Io. , Sept. 27. J. B. Lat-
timer , retail dry goods merchant , has
made an assignment to David Davis of
St. Louie as a preferred creditor , for
$ fiWCt
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ENGLAND'S CHANCE.
Cana < tu'A Protest Against X'nrtiolpatlon
In Scaling Conference Heeded.
London , Sept. 27. Officials of the
foreign office decline to give the rea
sons far Great Britian's notification to
the United States that it cannot
participate in the scaling conference
at Washington if Russia and Japan
take part in it. The action of the
Marquis of Salisbury is the more sur
prising because he accepted for Great
Britain the invitation to take part in
the conference with the full knowl
edge that Russia and Japan were in-
eluded in the invitation.
It is known that Canada requested
the withdrawal of Great Britain from
the sealing conference and the gov
ernment unwillingly acceded to this
request , in accordance with its policy
of cultivating the friendship of the
colonies , even at the risk of offending
other powers. It is thought in diplo
matic circles that Canada's action in
the premises was influenced by the
fear that Great Britain would be out
voted by the United States , Russia
and Japan , whose views regarding
the protection of seals coincide.
LOVERS DIE TOGETHER.
A Blacksmith oT Shamoklu , Fu. , Kills
Ills 'Sweetheart and Himself.
ShamokinPa , Sept. 27. The bodies
of Arthur W. May , aged 24 , and Miss
Cora Kasman , aged IS , were fouud in
the blacksmith shop of Joseph Sraink
this .morning. May had shot his sweet
heart and then himself through the
bead. The murderer and suicide was
a biacksmith , and up to the time of
his death had been emplo3'ed by
Smink. The couple had been lovers
for some time , and last week they ar
ranged 'to go away and be quietly
married. The parents of the young
'woman objected , and this caused a
postponement. Then the pair made
up their minds to end their troubles
by dying together , and met last night
and miade all arrangements. The girl
left her home early this morning and
'went direct to the blacksmith shop
where May was waitine" for her.
EARTHQUAKE IN MAINE.
Ellsworth , llclfnst and Other Towns
Shaken Up People Frightened.
Ellsworth , Me. , Sept 27. An earthquake -
-quake shock was felt here at 1:21
• o'clock this afternoon with a rumbling
from .the. southward. Houses were
shaken , windows and dishes rattled ,
and the vibration lasted ten seconds.
The sky -was clear and the thermome
ter was . ,71 } above zero. The shock was
.also .noticed in other towns in the
county and in Steuben and Washing
ton counties.
Belfast , Me. , Sept. 27. An earth
quake shock was felt in Belfast at 1:03
o ' clock to-day. Two rumbles were
felt , the first lasting about five seconds
ends and the second about ten sec
onds. Houses were shaken and stoves
and dishes rattled. People rushed
from their houses in many instances.
Scheming Acalnst England.
Patus , Sept. 27. The Politique Col-
oniale publishes a dispatch from St
Petersburg to-day saying that , as a
result of an exchange of views be
tween the chancelleries of St Peters
burg , .Paris. Berlin , Vienna , Rome
-Constantinople , the sultan of
Turkey will address the powers
shortly upon the subject of Great Brit
ain's .evacuation of Egypt and that
Russia , supporting the sultan , will in
vite .a conference at Constantinople or
St Petersburg , with the object of set
tling the question upon the basis of
the autonomy of Egypt under the
suzerainty of the sultan.
Alaskan Gold Claims Sold.
Seattle , Wash. , Sept 27. - Fourteen
teen gold mining claims in the Sum-
dum and Benners' Bay districts , in
southeastern Alaska , have been sold
to New York and Denver men for
5200,000 There were two separate
deals , seven claims in each district
being sold. Through ex-collector B.
E. Moore , the Sumdum property was
sold for S500.000. James R. Price , a
Denver raining man , placed the other
seven with Denver capitalists for § 75-
000.
Henry George Also May Ran.
New York. Sept 27. E. H. Curley ,
a member of a committee said to have
been empowered by the Democratic
alliance to wait upon Henry George
and ask him to be the candidate of the
alliance for mayor of Greater New
York , says that Mr. George apprised
the commitiee that under one condi
tion , and that was the failure of the
regular Democratic organization to
stand by the Chicago platform , he
would accept the nomination.
Great Wealth for a Convict.
San Francisco , Sept 27. A fortune
of 'oO.OOO is awaiting W. F. Kasson ,
• who is now serving a ten months' sen
tence in the county jail here for em
bezzlement Kasson is one of the two
sons of James Kasson , a mining man
of New York , who died a few weeks
ago at Austin , Iowa
Grasshoppers Flylnp ; Near niawatha.
Hiawatha , Kan. , Sept 27. Farm
ers of Irvine : township report that
myriads of grasshoppers are flying
south , some dropping on the way.
They fear that the pests are making
ready to locate in Brown county and
hatch out in the spring.
Tbo Epidemic About as Vlrnlent In Not *
Orleans as It Was In 1887.
New Orleans. La. , Sept 27. Emi
nent doctors believe that the work of
the board of health is productive of
good results and that the fever is not
spreading , but , on the contrary , is be
ing confined to localities. Thus far
there have been a few less than 100
cases and fifteen deaths. The death
rate is In the
neighborhood of 15 per
cent It was , in 1878. 1G per cent ; so
that up to the present time the disease
is about as virulent as it wasnn the
last great epidemic New Orleans had.
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PEEISH IN THE PASS.
EIGHTEEN KLONDIKERS LOST
IN A LANDSLIDE.
Only One Body Itecovered- Victims Were
Vackera on the Dyes Trail Steamer
Alkl Returns With Many Disap
pointed Passengers Suffer-
IiiGT Alone ; the Klondike.
Hurled In an Avaluuche.
Port Townskxd , Wash. , Sept. 25.
The tug Pioneer , which left Pugcfc
Sound September 12 with the bark
Shirley in tow for Skaguay , returned
at 1 o'clock this morning , having
made the run down in ninety-six
hours. The Pioneer brings a report
of a landslide near Sheep camp , on
the Chilcoot pass , last Sunday morn
ing , in which eighteen men are said
to have lost their lives. Only one body
is said to have been recovered , that of
a man named Choynski , a cousin of
Joe Choynski , the prize fighter. The
men supposed to have been lost were
packers on the Dyea trail.
The officers of the Pioneer says that
the story was brought to Skaguay Sun
day evening by three men , who told
it in such a way as to leave no doubt as
to its truthfulness. They described the
avalanche as consisting of rocks , ice
and dirt which had been loosened by
the rain , which had been falling con
tinuously during the past month. All
the bridges on the Shaguay river have
been washed out and the river is a
raging torrent.
W. W. Sprague , of Tacoma , who
started eight weeks ago with a three-
years' outfit , returned from Skaguay
on the schooner.
The steamer Alki , a week overdue
front Alaska , arrived this morning at
4 o ' clock. It earned a large list of
men returning from Skaguay who
were unable to cross the pass. The
snow was six inches deep at Lake
Benton , and three inches fell on the
fcurainit of the Chilcoot pass last Sat
urday.
HURRICANE PREDICTED.
rrofessor Wlcgius Says the Tlanets Are
in Position to Raise a Rumpuv
Ottawa , Ont , Sept 25. Professor
Wiggins predicts a great hurricane
and says :
"The announcement by the marine
department that a hurricane is now
moving up the Atlantic coast from the
West Indies is a meteorological event
of more than common interest.
That a great storm is near is a
meteorological fact The moon will
be in conjunction with Jupiter and
Mercury on the 25th , and Mars on the
27th. The moon crosses the celestial
equator on the 25th , moving south
ward. She will be in conjunction
with the sun on the 20th at 1 o'clock ,
p. m. , London time , and will be at her
perigree or nearest point in her orbit
to the earth on the 2Sth. They are
all or nearly all dangerous elements
to the mariner , for the } ' indicate a
storm on the afternoon of Wednesday ,
the 20th , with high tides on the North
American coast. "
LILY'S MARRIAGE PLANS.
Mrs. Langtry Fxpects to Become Prln-
cetii Estcrhuzy In California.
San Francisco , Sept 25. Henry C.
McPike , attorney for Mrs. Lily Lang-
try when she secured her divorce last
May , said yesterday : "I have recently
received from my client , Mrs. Langtry ,
notice of her intention to return to
California by the end of Novem- I
ber. Prince Esterhazy will accom
pany her and immedir telv upon their
arrival here they will be married in
Lake county , I presume , for her home
is there. Because they have preferred
to be married in this state it must not
be argued that either Mrs. Langtry or
Prince Esterhazy regard the former
divorce as lacking in legality in any
other jurisdiction. On the contrary ,
they are advised by their solicitors in
London that the decree granted at
Lakeport has freed her absolutely
from Edward Langtry , so that she
may marry in any part of the world ,
if she chooses. "
LIVE STOCK MEN SUED.
South Omaha Exchange Made Defend
ants In Anti-Trust Law Salt.
Omaha , Neb. , Sept 25. Suit has
just been brought by the United
States against the South Omaha Live
Stock exchange and all its members ,
under the Sherman anti-trust law. Its
membership amounts to a few over
200. The suit is authorized by Attor
ney General McKenna. The papers
in the suit were filed with • '
him some time ago by Attorney
John T. Cathers of this city.
There is little doubt that the suit
against the Omaha Live Stock ex
change is but one of many to be filed
at once in all the states. Attorney
General Sawyer , the assistant for this
Federal district declares as much
Train Kobbery Frustrated.
GuTHRie , Okla , , Sept. 25. An at
tempt to hold up the south bound
Santa Fe passenger train near Edmond
at 7 o'clock last night was frustrated
by deputy marshals and several oi
Chief Kenney's men. The outlaws art
being chased. Two of them are ex-
deputy United States marshals.
Harm House and Thrco Children.
Daxlas. Texas , Sept. 25. Near New
Boston , Bowie county , yesterday , fire
destroyed the home of Jefferson Con
nor , a farmer , and burned his three
small children to death during the ab
sence of the rest of the family. The
cause of the conflagration has not
been learned.
Forty Killed by an Earthquake.
London , Sept 25. A private dis *
patch from Kome says that about
forty persons were killed and many
others injured by an eartbspiit at the
sulphur mines near Girgenti.
THE NEW SCHOOL LAW.
It Will Ktl nun to the Children it nil Sara
Money to the Tur-Paynrs.
The law passed by the last legisla
ture , says a Lincoln correspondent of
the Omaha Bee , empowering school
boards to provide transportation for
pupils to another school in the same
district whenever the distance to the
school is impracticable for the pupils
to attend without transportation , ia
being taken advantage of by several
districts of the state. In Lincoln it has
been decided to abandon one of the
schools in the edge of the town and
transport the pupils by street cars to
one of the other graded schools. It ia
estimated by this the expense of pro
viding an education for these pupils
will bo reduced 45 per cent. In Fre
mont and Nebraska City the school
boards are also preparing to try the
new system.
In many of the western counties there
are districts in which the average at
tendance of pupils is less than iive. In
some it runs as low as one pupil to the
school. In 1,700 districts the average
attendance is below ten pupils to the
school. Should districts of this sort
agree among themselves and transport
the pupils of one district over to the
school run by another district , there
would be a saving of fully 30 per cent
in the furnishing of an education for
the pupils.
It is learned by consulting the rec
ords at the office of the state superin
tendent that in one district the ex
pense of maintaining a school from
February 2 , 1891 to October 8,1S02 , wai
Sl,389. < 55 , although the average attend
ance during that time was shown to
be two pupils. The teacher was paid
S40 a month and the directors got the
balance. In another district the re
port shows that in 1802 the school
house was 14x14 feet in size and wai
fitted out with nine single scats. The
average daily attendance for that year
was three. The expense account ,
aside from the teacher's salary , shows
that $30 was expended for a map , an * ]
that $508.09 was drawn by the three
directors in various amounts of from
$20 to $75 , the vouchers showing that
the money was drawn to pay for "at
tending meetings , work and visiting
schools. " The same district in 1893
contained thirteen pupils of school age
of whom six attended school. The
average attendance was three as on
the previous year. The levy for the
year was 18 mills. The expenditures
• were as follows : Teacher , $300 ; re
pairs and fuel , $73.75 ; maps and charts.
$41.40 ; books and supplies , S13.30 ; well
and windmill , $294.45 ; janitor work ,
kindling and carrying water , $100 ;
other purposes , $90.70. In 1891 this
district contained eleven pupils of
school age , the average daily attend
ance was four. The directors paid the
teacher S120 ; new school house , $400.10 ;
repairs and fuel , $28 : books , maps ,
etc. . $00.73 ; books and supplies , $20 ;
janitor and furnishing water , S90 ; in
surance , $17.50 ; all other purposes ,
$183.22.
A report of the Peru normal school
just made to the state superintendent
shows that the total enrollment of the
school at the end of the first week is
larger thau the enrollment at the end
of the term of last j'ear. The enroll
ment last Friday evening Avas 572 in
the normal anil preparatory depart
ments.
Union Pacific Will h' Sold.
A special to the Chieago Times-Her
ald from Washington says : It was
practically decided at a cabinet meet
ing that the government will not in
terfere with the proposed foreclosure
upon the Union Pacific Jlailwaj- . and it
is therefore morally certain that the
syndicate scheme of taking over that
great property , as arranged during the
closing hours of the Cleveland admin
istration , will be carried out. While
no official announcement to this effect
is made , members of the cabinet do not
deny that such was the conclusion
reached and that there will be no ap
peal from the decree of foreclosure and
sale recently entered by the district
court at Omaba.
The syndicate has already deposited
a forfeit of $4,500,000 , and lias , it is un
derstood , completed all necessary finan-
tcial arrangements to paj * the balance
as soon as the road is sold in compli
ance with the orders of the court. This
arrangement meets with the approval
of the subcommittee of the senate com-
mitte on Pacific roads , which held a
meeting here last week , and as soon as.
he terms of purchase have been com
plied with by the syndicate , the gov
ernment's connection with the road
will cease.
Nebraska Products Abroad ,
The El Paso (111. ( ) Journal of Septem
ber has this to say of the Nebraska ag
ricultural exhibit which is going the
rounds of the Illinois county fairs :
The exhibit made by the gentlemen
from Nebraska is a beauty. In point
of artistic arrangement it would do
credit to our state fair and should be
seen by every visitor to the El Paso fair
this year.
We judge by the expression from the
many who have been to the building in
which it is located that the display of
farm products is equal in its entirety
to any ever shown in this county , de
spite the fact that Woodford county
has the reputation of taking great in
terest in this department and was suc
cessful in carrying off the premiums at
the world's fair display in the Illinois
building.
A Splendid Show of Cattle.
Elijah Filley , of Gage county , super
intendent of the cattle exhibit at the
state fair , said that the eyes of man
never saw a better display of cattle
than was at the state fair. All the cat
tle barns were full and the stock had
to be run over into some of the horse '
barns. Everybody acquainted with the '
history of the state fair united in saying - .
ing that the cattle show had never been ;
equaled in the state. Stand up for Ne
braska.
Fatal Shooting Between Farmer * .
Lexington dispatch : Sylvester WTisc-
man was shot and killed this afternoon
in Kennebec precinct , about fifteen
miles from here. Tom Maudlin has
given himself up to the sheriff and says
he did the shooting in self-defense.
Wiseman had had serious trouble with }
his wife , leading up to an application
for divorce , and blamed Maudlin for
advice he had given Mrs. Wiseman.
Maudlin says that Wiseman drew a
knife and that he shot and killed him
self-defense. The bullet went in at the
top of the head and came out at the
back of the neck. Both were well-to- .
do farmers. j
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Hangman Duel n Utl Job. ' |
ICky Wkst , Fla. , Sept. 25. Sylvaii'U H
Johnson was hanged hero at 112 : - ' H
o'clock yesterday for criminal oMttuTt. V
The hangman bungled the execution , 1 |
the knot hlipplng under the chin. ' mA
• Johnson struggled violently for ten
minutes , ami was still alive at ti c M
end of twenty-five minutes. Ho cmi- H
fosscd his crime , professed converse it M
and died forgiving and blessing 1. - * M
enemies. An orderly crowd witnesM-J * H
the execution. H
Night Tralus In Texan OfT. H
TJAIXA8 , Texan , Sept 25.On a < - H
count of the yellow fever scare au l M
rigid quarantine regulations by shit.- , M
county and city authorities , all nigl t M
trains on the Houston & Texas i.n- M
tral road and other Huntington s\s- M
tern lines have been ordered taken n' " M
and the day service has been largt r B
curtailed. Travel over' the state i * * - M
most paralyzed. H
Alaska Customs Inspectors NnitiMil. H
Washingon , Sept. 2 5. The sccre- j B
taryof the treasury has appoinHu M
Thomas S. Luke. T. A. Marqunm , 1
Emanuel Hermann and Charles I. M
Roth as customs inspectors at Sitka , H
Alaska , at S * . per day each. These : ip- 1
pointments were made necessary ly H
the exodus to the Klondike regions. M
Troops OCT for Alaska. / H
Washington , Sept. 25. A telegram H
was received at the war dopartim-ut B
to-day from Lieutenant Colonel Kaw- H
dall at Seattle , Wash. , announi-iug } fl
Ids departure upon the steamer Hum- H
boldt for St Michaels at 8 o'clock la-t
night The party consists of thirty-
two men , including officers and men. I
ailiiB Uecm Welcomed at ITutchliMon
Hutchinson , Kan. , Sept 25. \ \ ht u ' I
Miss Eva Beem , formerly money ortte * H
clerk in the postolKce here , return-t. fl
last night from Wichita , Kan. , when
she had been acquitted of ernbe// j V
ment , a lartre crowd welcomed lur / 1
witn a brass band , and she wan dratic /
in an open carriage to her home.
Indiana Mtnen Secure Conee l -
Wasiiington , Ind. , Sept 25.Tie
Montgomery coal miners went i >
work in a body to-day. The pric -
paid for mining will be the same : t *
before , but the miners will bo ehargn ;
less for their powder and oil.
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Above are giv-n illustrations of three
machine movements , which netted tin lr
originators fortunes , . This is especially j
true of the worm and chain gear. V
mechanism for disengaging the eeci n-
tric rod , A , from the valve rod , I ) . Is
shown , as is rtl.so an ordinary groove
iieart cam. Inventors and others de- r
hiring information as to inventions and \ '
patent , should address Sues & Co. , patent -
ent experts , lice Huilding , Omaha. Neb.
Ioiva I'atenf. Olli < - Kcport. /
Thirty patents were issued Au . oi. ,
to one inventor , I' . II. ItichartK. of I
Hartford , Conn , for thirty different /1
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weighing machines. 1
The secretary of a company in Lake I
View , Iowasays : "We recorded our u I
siirnment in the county where we do 1
business , " and a.ks , "Should it be re
corded anywhere el.se ? "
Answer : Recording any paper that
affects the title tea patented invention /
in a county or stale isnofcalega' n i- '
tice to the public. The following Is
the law upon the subject :
Sec. 4898. Every patent , or any inter
est therein , shall be assignable in law
by an instrument in writing and the
patentee or hi.s assigns or legal representatives - 4
sentatives may in like manner grant
and convey an exclusive right under
his patent to the whole or any specific * ,
part of the United States. An assign
ment , grant or conveyance shall be
void as against any subsequent pur
chaser or mortgagee for a valuable /
consideration , without notice , unless i * J
is recorded in the patent office within
three months from the date thereof ,
Thos. G. and J. Kai.imi Oiwic ,
Solieitora of Patents.
Des Moines , la. , Sept. 15 , 1897.
I.IVK STOCK AND PltODUCE JUKKIX
J-
Quotation * From New York , Chicago , St. j
I.ouIh , Omaha and Klsowhcre.
OMAHA.
Ihittcr Creamery separator. . . ir Ch i
j.utter Choice fancy country. . 10 CJ Yl
Ec s Kresh \z fr VI 1 I
Spring Chickens 1'erlb 7 &l V-i \
liens peril * C l tifi7 I
Turkeys , per lb , 7 < & 7. ,
Pigeons Live 75 ftj ; < '
Lemons Choice Messinas 4 2 > 6 % 4 50
Honey Choice , per lb 12 ( f it
Onions perbu f,0 Cr GO
CraiilxM-ries. Cape Cod , per bbl. 0 50 Ci 7 00
lleans Handpickcd Navy 1 50 fr/j l on
Potatoes per bu CO > G %
Uroom Corn Choice Green 2 dJ'S
Oranges per hot 4 25 Co. i 5f >
Apples Per bbi " . . . . . . . . 1 C5 UA 2 0 >
Hay Upiatid. perton 4 CO $5 B Co
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET.
nozs Choice light a SO & 4 P
Hogs Heavyweights 3 P0 fc 3S >
lieef steers 3 CO tfH 90
Bulls 2 00 ( to 3 50
sUi s. . . . . . . . . • • • . . • . . • • • . . . . . . . . • . 3 75 tfJJ 4 tO
Calves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 75 (4 6 C *
.Western Feeders 275 { jt * . /
Cows 200 © 3 30
'Heifers. 3 JO < ? 4 3 7" *
Stockcrsand I-eedcrs. 2 50 f/HZT I
Sheep Western Lambs 175 ; 5 00 R *
Sheep Native ewes 2 75 < & 3 CO t"
_ , CHICAGO. f\
Wheat-No. 2spring 92 ( ft 93 > i I .
Corn perbu J < ? 4 29 / •
Oats-perbu. . 20 a } ?
Barley-No. 2 4245 * 43 I * -
Rye-No. 2 47 an 47 * , / ?
Iork . . - . . . . 83. ; 6 840 full
Lard-pcr 100 lbs. 4 00 05 4 75 & '
Cattle Choice beef steers 4 fiO < & 5 20 iWr
Cattle-Western Rangers 3 15 U 4 40 - * * ?
Sheep-Native Lambs r B5 65 75 ' V
Sheep-Oregon 2 CO © 3 85
_ , NEW YORK.
a.rn Vo , - ' -rCd'Winter- * & 9 S = i
l npi. * • • * * f { * 22 *
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