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| j NEBEASEA.
Fremont's charity ball will be given
! November 1C.
The creamery at Genoa has been
cloBed for the winter.
! The B. & M. has just completed a
new depot at Sterling.
The Red Williow county bonds sold
at par and accrued interest.
The Epworth leaguers of Columbus
I have organized a reading circle.
Rentals in South Omaha have risen
9 30 per cent in the past forty days.
9 Captain Leach , a prominent business
B man of Hebron , died last week.
M * * Hog cholera has carried away hun-
8 dreds of porkers in Webster county.
M The first consignment of 5,000 sheep
8 for Knollin & Co. of Madison county
have arrived.
hhh The pay roll of the Union Pacific at
B' 8 Grand Island is $45,000 per month
BBk 1 over half a mUUon a year-
Bn 8 Many of the farmers in the vicinity
H B of Staplehurst are feeding from 500 to
mmm n 2,00 ° head of sheep-
B 8 The American Chicory company's
K 8 factory at Fremont is running day and
Hj 8 night.
H 8 There is loud call In Gage county
Bf 8 * or corn buskers , with no response.
K | 8 Workmen will be imported.
8 $ 8 The Girrards of Columbus have clos-
81 8 d a contract for irrigation of 800 acres
* 8 for five years.
B Burglars went through the B. & M.
ft depot at Blue Springs , but got nothing
! ft of value.
j R. G. Kingsland of Garfield county
| has a flowing well 125 feet in depth.
§ It throws an inch and a quarter stream
Bl i twenty feet above the ground.
Hf " ] The Ponca Indians were last week
paid 511,400 by their agent , being a
part clue them on the Sioux treaty.
Each member of a family averaged
5241.
William Winneger , a Winnebago
warrior , stole a horse near Pender and
sold it at Hubbard for $4. When in
formed that he must go to jail he want-
d to die.
The Lyons Mirror says the Indians
are fast becoming civilized and as a
proof of it cites that one of them was
I recently discovered purchasing a bottle
tle of perfumery.
The business of the David City of
fice , during the first nine months of
1897 , increased ? 650 over the first nine
months of 1896 , and $653 over the first
nine months of 1895.
Thomas Caffrey , a gravel-train work
er , went to sleep while his train was
m side-tracked at Clarks , and found on
I waking that he had been robbed of a
I new hat and $40 in cash.
I The rainfall in Gage county for October -
| tober was 4.32 inches , the heaviest for
| the month since 1891 , when 6.11 inches
I of rain fell during October. Last year
I the record was 2.84 inches for the
I month.
I The state temporary school fund
i now amounts to $333,235.50 , which will
I be used in the December apportion-
| "ment , together with the amount added
mmmm . g to the fund , between now and the date
HB if of apportionment.
HI | | As passenger train No. 20 , going
HBJI i | ] • east , was leaving the depot at Arling-
H 11 ton W. H. Vest of Toledo , la. , attempt-
K& I -ed to steal a ride on the blind baggage.
H | I He slipped and fell. Both legs were
HI 3 * cut off above the ankle.
Hl I The two packet steamers that have
H ft plied between Niobrara and up-river
B li points this side of Chamberlain are
"now full of business and report a good
season. Next season will probably see
three brats at that port.
Conductor Knight , who has been
I running a train on the Elkhorn for
ten or twelve years , has taken a six
months' leave of absence and will leave
in a few days for Alabama to take the
treasurership of a gold mine.
BBJ C. H. Korff , one of Nebraska City's
BB | pioneers , died suddenly the other day
at his home in that city. While Mr.
Jl Korff had not been in the best of
HSjf health for a year or more none thought
his condition serious. He was seized
-at the dinner table , and expired before
Tielp could be summoned.
Station Agent R. M. Beer of Stroms-
I burg has wagered $10 with Attorney
M. A. Makeever that he can eat ninety
eggs in thirty days , or three each day.
Mr. Been , to satisfy Makeever that he
a would win the money , eats three eggs
H for breakfast and two for supper each
J day. The contest is watched with
M -great Interest at the Park hotel of that
H -city.
H W. W. Campbell , who tenants the
SJ "Tierney farm west of Tecumseh , dug
Tiis crop of peanuts last week and se-
Jfl | -cured some twenty bushels , of a very
8 fine quality. He experimented some
fl in cotton raising this season and has
M made two pickings and says the quality -
ity is fully as good as he raised while
] I living in Alabama. In fact he is of
j the opinion that Nebraska will be-
eome a cotton-growing state if this
J product will pay better than some
other crops now raised in this state.
j David Baker , proprietor of the Com-
jtnercial hotel , Ashland , died last week.
B / At the time of the Indian outbreak and
massacre in 1862 David Baker was an
BB Infant , his father and mother living on
BB & farm near the famous Blue Earth
K 1 massacre. Among a great number of
BB I others their home was attacked , the
BB I -father killed and the mother left for '
BB 1 dead in the cellarway. She recovered
BB I consciousness and carried the infant ,
BB M David , in her arms many miles through
BB IJB * he woods to settlements that had not
Bm \ heen destroyed , thus saving his life.
B mW Word reached Auburn that a twen-
Hj B ty-year-old son of Henry Taylor , an
Hj B old resident of Island precinct , was
HflH tilled by means of a club in the hands
j of a neighbor boy. A fight was in
H progress and the Taylor boy had In-
H jured two others with a knife before
H lie was struck.
BBj In the district court at Wilber the
K jury in the case of Herbert Perkins of
H H Seward county , charged with bastardy
HB H oi complaint of Miss Helen Milton of
H H roar Friend , brought in a verdict of
H guilty , after a few minutes' consulta-
H tion. The parties are of good social
Hj position and in comfortable circum-
HHHj jitances.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
ITEMS OFINTEREST GATHERED
HERE AND THERE.
.Condensations that Embody n Gooii Deal
of In formation Without Ucqulrlnc
Much Space l'orcleii ami Domestic
Kenny Notes on All Subjects.
Monday , November 1.
Cooler weather has somewhat
• checked fever in New Orleans.
Five men perished in ' the Von
Storch slope fire near Scranton , Pa.
Late rains in Iowa and Nebraska
prepared the soil in fine condition for
winter.
The new postofflce building in
Omaha will not be occupied until fully
completed.
'rhis is the day for sale of the Union
Pacific railroad. The sale takes place
in Omaha.
Ihe auditor of South Dakota has
been bound over on the charge of em
bezzlement.
I'Jncourcging reports come from all
sections of Nebraska regarding the
winter wheat outlook.
Time for survey of boundary line be
tween the United States and Mexico
has been extended one year.
News of the death of Henry George
created profund interest in San Fran
cisco , where he is well known.
The Congregational council declines
to reinstate Dr. Brown , and he still
stands supended from the minstry.
Robert H. Kemp , of Boston , commit
ted suicide at Kalamazoo , Mich. , by
taking morphine. He was despond
ent.
ent.The
The German court has been ordered
to go into mourning for ten days as a
mark of sympathy for the relatives of
the late Duchess of Teck.
The steamer Portland has arrived
here from Alaska with $125,000 in gold
belonging to the North American
Transportation and Trading company.
A medal of honor has been pre
sented to Major General Daniel E.
Sickles. U. S. A. , retired , for most dis
tinguished galantry while in command
' of the Third army corps at Gettysburg ,
Pa. , July 2 , 1863.
Orders will shortly be issued send
ing the two troops of the Sixth cav
alry now at Fort Robinson to Fort Du
chesne , Utah , and transferring to Fort
Robinson the two troops of the Ninth
cavalry now having station at that
point.
Tuesday , November S.
The gold reserve on October 31 was
$153,551,811.
The worst of the yellow fever is be
lieved to be over.
The Tennessee centennial exposition
ended October 31st.
London papers devote much space to
the death of Henry George.
Memorial services for Henry George
were held in San Francisco.
Fire in the business section of War
ren , Mass. , did $50,000 damage.
Jose Sanchez , of Denver , is in jail
charged with murdering his wife.
The Union Trust company's build
ing at Pittsburg was destroyed by fire.
John Banch , of Freeport , 111. , was
found murdered in the outskirts of the
town.
Thomas P. Smith of Plattsburg , N.
Y. , has been appointed supervisor of
Indian schools.
Eight business houses and several
dwellings in Princeton , Ind. , were de
stroyed by fire.
C. H. Anderson , late chief clerk of
the insurance department of South
Dakota , has been bound over for em
bezzlement.
Brigadier General Wade , of St. Paul ,
commanding the department of Dako
ta , recommends the abandonment of
Ft. Custer , Mont. , as a military post.
Two cirgar makers , Jacob Amos and
Henry Bergenkreuger , committed
suicide at St. Paul , Minn. , by jumping
200 feet off the bridge into the Miss
issippi river.
A medal of hoiior has been present
ed Major-General Daniel E. Sickles for
most distinguished gallantry while in
command of the Third army corps at
Gettysburg , Pa. , July 2 , 1863.
Wedndesdny , Nov. 3.
General Von Bulow of Germany is
dead.
Political roorbacks were numerous
just before the battle.
Only four states yesterday voted
for full state tickets.
Henry George's grave is near that
of Henry Ward Beecher.
Uncle Sam's income in October was
$24,341,415 ; his expenses , $33,701,591.
Hon. Wm. J. Bryan made six
speeches in Omaha night before elec
tion.
Wisconsin will have a $200,000
building at the Trans-Mississiipi ex
position.
Miss Cisneros , the Cuban girl , is in
Chicago , and will be tendered a re
ception tomorrow.
Twenty-eight years from the day
the first shovelful of dirt was lifted !
towards its building the Union Pacific - ;
cific was sold at auction.
Dion Geraldine , who resigned as
superintendent of the department of
buildings and grounds of the Trans-
Mississippi exposition , was married in
Chicago. He and his wife will reside
in Omaha. i
By the * will of Mary J. Bradford
of SouthBoston , which has been filed
in the probate court for Suffolk
county , a trust fund is created of
$4,000 , the income to be used for the
care and support of s parrot owned
by the testator.
Thnrsday , November !
A Chicago man has started for
Klondike on a bicycle.
Four laborers were killed by dyna
mite at Victor , Colorado.
Miss Willard has .been rechosen
president of the W. C T. U. '
The story is denied that Spain is
buying war ships of British build
ers.
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A bloody election riot . took place
at Frankfort , Ky. Four men were
killed and as many wounded.
Edward Hamfltdgi , employed at the
V/oroester , Mass. National bank , killed
his wife and daughter * and then shot.
himself. ]
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R. .G Baxter's .private bank at * Bur
lington , Ont. , was cracked by dyna
mite , and about $2,000 was taken.
J. B. Ellen , republican candidate for
member of the assembly in the First
district of Oneondag county , New
York , died on the day of election.
General James Longstreet has tak
en the oath of office as commissioner
of railroads and began his new duties ,
succeeding General Wade Hampton.
James B. Sbeean has been appointed
assistant general solicitor of the Elkhorn -
horn railway , taking the place made
vavant by the promotion of Assistant
General Solicitor White.
Judge Thayer has ordered the Kan
sas City Stock Yards company to is
sue rebate checks to shippers or
agents to cover the difference between
the eld and new Kansas rates.
Important preparations are being
made for the signing of the new treaty
between the United States , Russia and
Japan for the suspension of pelagic
sealing in Bering sea and the North
Pacific. It can now be stated that the
formality of signing is expected to oc
cur at the state department tomorrow.
Friday , November 5.
The Carlists are importing arms in
to Spain.
Germany declines to take part of
ficially in the Omaha exposition.
A steamer has left Trornsoe to
search for Andree , the aerouant.
The monetary commission has re
sumed its sittings at Washington.
Governor Drake of Iowa has return
ed home much improved in health.
Money paid for the Union Pacific
will remain in the New York banks.
The president has got back to Wash
ington and resumed his official duties.
The life-saving service will be ex
emplified at the Trans-Mississippi ex
position.
Richard Henry Noell-Hill , seventh
baron of Berwick , is dead. He was
born in 1S47.
Edwin R. Rochester of Iowa has
been appointed to a $1,000 clerkship
in the War department.
Indians burned the slaughter house
at Pine Ridtre neencv. Thev want to
kill the beeves ' themselves.
The danger of famine in the Klon
dike country is to be relieved by the
use of reindeer transportation.
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the San Francisco Nation
al bank of San Francisco to begin
business. Capitol $500,000.
It is asserted at Cairo that Prince
Mohammed Ali , the brother of the
khedive , is engaged to be married to
an American woman whom he met in
Europe.
Faturday , Nov. G.
The Chicago horse show is proving a
great success.
Russia will shortly establish a dip
lomatic agent in Morocco.
Sale of Kansas Pacific will not bs
held until December 16.
Texas proposes to be in evidence at
the Trans-Mississippi Exposition.
Eugene Field day was observed in
the schools of Kansas City on the 4th.
The Georgia legislature will make
the birthday of Jefferson Davis a legal
holiday.
Great Britain has politely declined
to take part in the Florida fisheries
conference.
The first Thanksgiving was appoint
ed by Governor Bradford at Plymouth ,
Mass. , in 1621.
Thomas McHargon , a wealthy farm
er living near Trenton , Mo. , was killed
in a runaway accident last night.
Oscar Haminerstein's counsel says
the thearical manager will shortly re
cover from his business difficulties.
Major John Dalzell died at his home
hi Leelanaw county , Michigan , at the
age of 74. He enlisted in the army in
1861.
1861.A
A number of concessionaries at the
Nashville centennial have arrived in
Omaha to prepare for the next big
show.
M. W. Bremen , of Globe , A. T. , a
well known mining man , committed
suicide at a hospital in Silver City ,
New Mexico.
The appeal of the Portland , Ore. ,
board of trade for government aid in
relieving Klondike miners has been re
ceived at Washington.
The president has ordered a court-
martial to try Captain Lovering. The
court will meet at 11 o'clock , Novem
ber 22. at Fort Sheridan.
Eugene L. Merritt and Andrus R.
Merritt , of Duluth , Minn. , will be
taken to Genesee counts' , New York , to
be tried for grand larceny.
The managers of the Union Pacific
reorganization plan have called for the
first 25 per cent from the syndicate
formed to secure the payment of the
government debt.
The first line of first class steam
ships to the Klondike has been organ
ized in Philadelphia , with Charles H.
Cramp , of the shipbuilding firm of that
name as president.
The Spanish cabinet is considering
the impeachment of General Weyler ,
the late captain general of Cuba , on
account of the remarks which he made
previous to leaving Havana on his re
turn to Spain.
Bridp Taken Hack to Itpform climl.
MILWAUKEE , Nov. 6. Vesta
Simpson , aged 20 , and an inmate of
the Wisconsin Industrial School for
Girls , was married on Sunday to Louis
Schenbaum , aged 29. A few minutes
after the ceremony the bride was taken
away from her husband by an officer
of the school , since which time the
husband has not been able to see her.
The Simpson girl was committed to
the girls' school at the age of 15 , and
that institution claims to have juris
diction over her until she reaches the
age of 21. It was while under age that
she met Schenbaum. Unless the offi
cials of the school liberate the girl on
their own accord the bride can be re
stored to her husband only by inter
vention of Governor Schofield or the
State board of control.
Important Insurannce DECISIO N
l'reslHenttal - pn > Intmen s
WASHINGTON , Nov. 6. The pres
ident today appointed the following to
be consuls of the United States : Abra
ham B. Jones , of Alabama , at Tuxpan ,
Mexico ; Daniel W. Marr , of Virginia ,
at Buenos Ayres , Argentine Republic ;
E. Theophfius Liefeld , of Connecticut ,
at Freiburg , Baden.
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COUNT IN THE COURT.
VIGOROUS FIGHT FOR CLOSE
OHIO DISTRICTS.
.17njorltcs of Several Mc in born of tli * >
legislature Very Small Close Coun
ties About Initially Divided llotwecu
The Tartleg Courts "Will l'robably bo
Aib.trator.
Ohio Contest Not Settled.
COLUr-IBUS , 0. , Nov. 5. The con
test for control of the legislature will
likely be carried into the courts. The
official returns of about one-fourth of
the eighty-eight counties have been re
ceived by the secretary of state. To
the returns of close counties protests
have been made. It is proposed now to
prevent the issue of certificates of elec
tion to certain legislative candidates
if the courts will so order. Today in
terest centers in the official counting
at Bowling Green of the vote of Wood
county. The republican plurality in
that county for representative was re
duced yesterday to twenty-eight , and
today is announced as twenty-five. The
democrats claim the representative by
a plurality of five. Including Wood
county's representative the republic
ans claim the legislature by seventy-
five to seventy. If Wood county should
finally be put in the democratic list
by. the official figures , the legislature
would stand seventy-four republicans
to seventy-one democrats. While this
is a mathematical majority of three ,
it is a constitutional surplus of only
one.
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It requires seventy-three votes , or a
majority of all the 145 members , to
elect a senator on joint ballot. With
only seventy-four representatives in
the legislature , the death of a repub
lican member or a republican vacancy
from any cause would leave the bare
majority , and if Wood county should
elect a democratic representative there
would no doubt be startling develop
ments at once in at least two other
counties. The proposed legal proceed
ings are believed to be in statu quo
waiting the completion of the official
canvass of the vote in Wood county.
There are ten counties in the state that
give a plurality each of less than 100
on their respective legislative candi
dates , and of these close counties the
parties are almost equally the bene
ficiaries. The republicans claim the
following pluralities in three counties
that have been most hotly contested :
Delaware , 29 ; Noble , 85 ; Wood , 25.
This is a total of 139 plurality for rep
resentatives in the three counties , a
change of seventy votes properly dis
tributed would have changed the Ohio
legislature to seventy-three democrats
and seventy-two republicans , and per
haps have changed the political com
plexion of the United States senate. It i
is what is at stake as well as the cloce ;
shave that causes the managers of ;
both parties to fight it out with every <
possible effort that can be made.
There were over one million votes
cast in Ohio last year , and it was es
timated that there were 900,000 votes
cast last Tuesday , of which the decid
ing seventy votes in an infinitesimal
per cent. In Hocking and Vinton coun
ties the democrats elect their repre
sentative by a plurality of seventy-five
and by about the same plurality in
Van Wert county , while in Summit
county the democrats elect two rep
resentatives on pluralities that are
said to be as close as those of Wood
t
and Delaware counties. The republicans - ' !
ans assert that a change in less than I
200 votes would give them four more
representatives in the counties of Sum
mit , Van Wert , Hocking and Vinton.
The only trouble reported from the
boards making the official returns yesterday - '
terday was in Noble and Wood counties - I
ties , and those were simply animated ,
discussions. These official counts are j
proceeding in the same counties to
day. No disturbances are apprehended - I
ed anywhere , but both sides will fight [
to a finish before the returning board ,
then in the courts and finally in the
organization of the legislature. Since
the republican plurality on the state I
ticket has approached 29,000 , no interest - i
terest is taken in those returns. J
Hon. Charles R. Kurtz , who was J
chairman of the republican state com
mittee in 1896 and 1895 , says there is
nothing whatever in the talk about
certain republican members of the leg
islature combining with the democrats
to elect Governor Bushnell or any
other man senator in nlace of Senator
Hanna , who was endorsed by the last
republican state convention for both
the short andthe full terms for sena
tor. Mr. Kurtz says no republican
member could afford to bolt the cau
cus nomination , and he does not be
lieve that a single republican member
could be found who would go into such
a combine. As Chairman Kurtz was
defeated for re-election as chairman by ,
Senator Hanna and admits he is un
friendly to the senator himself , this
statement is believed to be the last
that will be heard of the combine
against Hanna as the republican sen
atorial nominee.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 6. The Post-
office department shortly will advertise
for proposals for ocean mail service
between this country and Jamaica , j
The service for the first time will have I
to be performed in American ships. . .
Postmaster-General Gary and Assist
ant Postmaster General Shallenberger
believe this policy should be adopted
wherever possible. The mails for Ja
maica will be dispatched from the
ports of Boston , semi-weekly from
March to October , and Philadelphia ,
weekly from October to March , * he
change being due to winter harbor con
ditions in Boston. The advertisement
for proposals will be issued within a
week and run three months and the
contract will begin shortly after the
expiration of that period.
Piii'r T.ike tliphares. .
WASHINGTON , Nov. 6. The dele
gation of Ute Indians from Utah , who
reached here some days ago , together
with Indian Agent Beck and Chairman
Jeffries , of the commission appointed
to treat with them for allotments , had
a conference with Secretary Bliss this
afternoon.
The stated their opposition to the '
allotments and indicated that they
were not disposed to yield their objec
tion.
It is claimed , based on their pres
ent attitude , that if allotments are fin
ally made it will require the arbitrary
action of the government to that end.
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THE UNION PACIFIC.
Figurine on the I'rchldcncy of the New
Com puny.
OMAHA , Nov. C The many railroad
officials and financiers attracted to
Omaha during the early part of the
week by * he foreclosure sale of the
Union Pacific have nearly all gone. The
receivers are in St. Louis with Presi
dent's. H. H. dark. The members of
the reorganization committee have re
turned to New York City and General
Manager Dickinson nnd Freight Traf-
l'c Manage- Mon cro in U-icago in
consultation with representatives of
other western lines on traffic matters.
At the local headquarters and else
where in railway circles there m con
siderable talk about the reorganiza
tion but absolutely nothing haa been
piven out either officially or unoffi
cially , that may be taken as outlining
the policy of the reorganization com-
panj or naming its officers. It is un
derstood that the election of officers
willtake place at New York or Boston
some time within the next sixty day3.
The le'lef is general that S. II. H.
Cir.rk will be offered the presidency.
Whether he will feel equal to under
taking the tremendous job of reirg-m-
izing the Union Pacific is a much-dis
cussal question , with nothing to throw
light on its probable solution. It was
rumored Wednesday that a represen
tative of the reorganization commlttco
luO gone to St. Louis to offer the pres
idency to Mr. Clark , but it is not gen
erally believed.
The vicit of President C. . MclJon ,
of the Northern Pacific , here dining
the early part of the week and his in
tercom se with the members of the re
organization committee while here has
led to the report that he is seek'ns
the presidency of the Union Pacific.
This nuior has been most persistently
circulated within the past two days ,
but is generally regarded as without
foundation. Even were it true , the
men most conversant with Union Pa
cific affairs declare that Mr. Mellen is
in no danger of being called upon to
preside over the affairs of the reorgan
ized Union Pacific as chief executive.
Mr. Mellen was recently selected as a
compromise president for the Northern
Pacific , resigning the position of second
end vice president of the New York ,
New Haven & Hartford railroad to ac
cept it. Formerly he was traffic man-
aegr of the Union Pacific and is fa
miliar with the business of the "Over
land Route. "
One hears the name of Edward Dick
inson mentioned more and more fre
quently in connection with the Union
Pacific , should S. H. H. Clark not be
the man. The other names than have
already been mentioned , including
William II. Truestlale , general man
ager and third vice president of the
Rock Island ; Edwin Winter , former
president of the Northern Pacific , and
Oliver W. Mink , second vice president
and comptroller of the Union Pacific ,
are still heard , though nov/ only oc
casionally.
SPAIN'S REPLY.
A Full Text Thereof to the State De
partments
WASHINGTON , Nov. 6. The full
text of the Spanish reply to the note
of United States Minister Woodford
has reached the State department in
the last mail and is now under exma-
ination by the officials. So far as can
be learned it is not the intention of
the administration to give it publicity
now , so that the interest of the peoolp
must be satisfied at present with the
more or less official statements ema
nating from Madrid as to the charac
ter of the Spanish note. It is expect
ed that the president will make this
note and the correspondence leading
up to it the basis for one of the most
important chapters of his forthcoming
message to congress upon the reassem
bling of that body in December next ,
and meanwhile it is not believed to be
probable that any radical change in
policy will characterize the correspon
dence between the two countries un
less something unforeseen occurs.
It appears that the determination of
the Spanish cabinet to court-martial
General Weyler , while not directly due
to a request of this government , was
probably inspired by an information
from the State department that his ut
terances were not calculated to smooth
the way of negotiations. It is sur
mised that by thus acting with prompt
ness the Spanish cabinet has paved
the way for a counter remonstrance
against the publications of ex-United
| States Minister Hannis Taylor. The
condition in the two cases have been
said at the State department to be en
tirely different. General Weyler being
a Spanish army officer is amenable to
discipline for an interference with the
policy of the government , while Mr.
Taylor , being a private citizen , is not
accountable to his government in his
individual utterances.
Alaska Not a Farmins Conntrr.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 6. Dr. W. H.
Evans and Benton Killin , commission
ers appointed to investigate the agri
cultural possibilities of Alaska , have
submitted their report to Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson. The reports agree
that while comparatively little agri
culture exists there , it is possible that
enough of certain crops and animals
may be grown to sustain a consider
able population , provided proper meth
ods are pursued. Cultivated areas in
Alaska are confined to small kitchen
gardens , in which are grown many of
our earlier and hardier vegetables.
Stock raising is carried on to a very
limited extent. The possible extension
of the pasturage and gardening area
is quite considerable. Estimates are
j made of an expense of $200 per acre in
j preparing the soil for cultivation.
What agriculture there will be in
Alaska will be subsidiary to fishing
and other industries.
Intorwntlnn t * > o Onlr Hone.
NEW YORK. Nov. C The Herald
presents this morning a remarkable
letter from Hannis Taylor , former
United States minister to Spain , in
which , after telling of his strenuous
efforts to prevent a rupture of diplo-
matic relations between the two countries
I
tries during the dark days of the Com
petitor case , he asserts that the ruling
classes of Spain are determined to re
fuse any concessions which would be
accepted by the Cubans.
Oscar Hammerstein , the theatrical
manager , assigned at New York City
for the benefit of his creditors.
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Tlody of a Wreck Victim Found. i $ |
POUGHKEEPSIE , N. Y. , Nov. 5. / /
The corpse of a man was found float- * 4H
Ing in the river opposite Iona Island a . B
today , and Is supposed to bo the bo Ty s " * im
of Stenographer McKay , who wis. & '
killed in the Garrison wreck of October - % .
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Knglitml Will Not llo ItcproMcntnil.
LONDON , Nov. 5. Great Britain hn * r
declined to take part In the Florida , !
fisheries conference. The United Sta rj. | M
ambassador. Colonel John Hay , re-
cclved a polite note to this effect. H
Important Itmuranco Iccl lon. M
CHICAGO , Nov. C The supreme
court of this city has just luimlrd H
down a decision of great importance , M
to insurance men all over the coun- ' M
try. The state of Illinois has a law B
that insurance under the Lloyds' ulan
may not be transacted in the state or M
Illinois. John A. Barnes , who issue I M
policies in varioii3 Lloyds not authorized - M
thorized by the state Insurance department - M
partment , was fined $500 and ho w nt M
to the courts , represented by Attorney - H
ney Myron II. Beach , of Chicago. The M
supreme court has decided that Llo' d i H
may transact business In the state : ml H
that the law which seeks to precnt M
them from so doing is unconstifu- M
tional. This throws the doors wide
open to insurance men from other M
states whom Illinois has tried to keep jh M
out , as the court says that wh" ' "V * ' * H
been granted to citizens of Illinois may M
not be denied to others. H
WASHINGTON , Nov. C The an- l H
nual reports of the infantry school at v " M
Fort Leavenworth , the cavalry and V J M
light artillery school at Fort Riley and > M
the artillery school at Fort Monroe 1
have been made public. They show j M
that the instruction has progressed favorably - < M
vorably at each of these institutions. M
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Simple Imnitlonsaro Patentable. M
Iowa Patent Office , Des Moines , OcL f M
27 , 1897. In view of the numerous pat- A |
ents granted for what appears to some H
as trivial changes in well known arts , * M
the following is of general Interest : H
"Whenever in art , machine , maim- H
facture or composition of matter a H
change , however apparently minute , in 9 M
made which is not obvious and results H
in marked advantage , a patentable in- H
veution has been produced. " Ex- j H
Commissioner Simonds. "Simplic- j H
ity in change of construction H
docs not negative patentability when H
the change produced a new and beneficial - H
ficial result never before attained. ' * H
Judge Coxe. "If the invention , H
is not frivolous or prejudicial H
to the public and has any H
degree of usefulness , no matter how j H
slight the practical utility , then within - H
in the meaning of the law it is useful H
and may be patented. " Commissioner H
Buttenvorth. "Attorneys have been H
disappointed often in the outcome - |
come of the most promising M
inventions : I have been so 1
many times astounded at fortunes wU
made from inventions for which I
would not have given 15 cents , that I I
knowastomy own foresight , and fully m
believe as to that of every attorn'y , fl
that it is of little worth and at host a fl
mere guess. " A. P. Greeley , Asst. fl
Com. of Patents. M
Thomas G. & J. Ralph Orwig , M
Soclitors of Patents. j fl
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United States I'atent OUIcd.
ii id • fb I
The government issued 51C patents H
last week , 12o of which were issued H
to a single inventor , Milo G. Kellogg , H
of Chicago , all for improvements in j/k\\
multiple switcli boards. Some of B
these applications have been in the \ H
patent office over ten j-ears and the B
inventor has paid in government fees H
$1,375. Above we have shown tv/o mechanical - H
chanical movements , the first of whi > h S
represents a stop mechanism for bolts
and the second , a simple shaft shifter. H
A cut is also shown of one of the earl- H
iest car couplers as well as a cut of fl
a parallel jawed plyer , these Illustra- H
tions being copyrighted. Inventors- H
and others desiring free information H
as to the method of procuring patents k\
may obtain the same in addressing- M
Sues & Co. , attorneys at law and pat- M
ent experts. Bee Building , Omaha , Neb. ] H
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