H M'COOK TRIBUNE ,
Hh V. M. KIM3IELL , Publisher.
| H "McCOOK , NEBRASKA
Wm NEBRASKA.
BB A scries of religious meetings are
Ha being held at Nebraska City.
HI A large creamery is under course of
nil construction at Qavid City.
HE Dwelling houses are scare in South
Bfl Omaha and rents proportionally high.
Bfl A course of four popular lectures
HR has been arranged for the entertain-
Kl ment of people at Tobias.
Hh At Bloomfield carpenters have all
Hu the "work they can possibly do , and
1 the rush bids fair to last all winter.
Hi Diphtheria In a most malignant form
HI has appeared near Ryno , in Custer
HI county. Three deaths occurred with-
Hflj In two "ays.
BMI A case o metallic poisoning oc-
Hl ! < mrred in the family of a fanner living
HBI near PendcrTne family "was all sick.
Hl but not dangerous.
jff The hemp company at Fremont has
HjKj fcenn plowing a large acreage for next
H | year's crop. The men have "been in-
HSf structcd to plow deep.
Hflf Eli Surber of Emerson "has sued his
HpP stepdaughter for $300wliich lie claims
Hbflf to have advanced to secure Tier educa-
Hpl | tion after she was over age.
Hfli Parties are getting after cattle
fl'lS' thieves over about Fairmont and the
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H n ! . ' near future promises some develop-
Hi | ments of a startling character.
Hf | ] The recent grand jury was of the
Hj | | opinion that crime had increased in
Hojtj Burt county of late years out of all
H | II "proportion to the increase 'in popula-
Hl | | i tion.
H | | Charles Hagenbuck of Burt county
H | | -was caught in the -wheels of a horse
Hl I power one day last week and had a
loot so badly smashed/as'to necessitate
S • amputation.
In or around Yalentine there oan-
H 'I "not e found an unemployed man who
" " 1 really desires work. Those who re-
main idle and loaf do so merely from
-choice and not for want of an oppor
tunity to go to work.
v A sample of sugar beets sent to
1 , Uincoln by John L. Mueller of Bayard ,
| Cheyenne county , tested as follows :
5 Per cent of sugar in the juice , 9.2 ; in
I the whole beet , 8.8 , and in a ton of
} such beets , " 5175. This report is very
hhm I' encouraging.
§ 1 ; Andrew Ramstead , a Swedish farm-
Hf | : er , living about eighteen miles north-
pjBiii' "west of Sidney , -was found by a neigh-
Bjfp "bor in his home , where he was living
Hlgf alone , lying on the floor in an uncon-
LxBHf scious condition. Medical aid was at
once summoned and his son sent for
from Shelton , but he never regained
I -consciousness before death came.
"The annual meeting of the south
western educational association was
a * * Cambridge. Awell attended
W 'i ? !
Bi } | | and successful three days' session
jb 1 marks a year which affords one of the
Hi | most cheerful outlooks in southwestern -
H | | -ern school history. New officers were
HPv w > elected throughout. The president ,
Hff "William "Valentine , is succeeded by 3.
Bn | { O. liyne of Cambridge.
Eili Miller , the alleged cattle thief now
H | | being held at Fairbury to await a
Hff f liearing , still maintains that he bought
R9f f the cattle and that he paid $465 for
jp I them. He isvery doubtful of being
HB | able to produce the men lie bought
HB I them of ; says that he never saw them
Ef § "before nor since. When asked who the
Bl | second man was whose mail he in-
Bf | quired for at Humboldt , Miller said he
B I -did not remember that he asked for
Hh I any mail but his own.
Hll A Fremont dispatch says the Ne-
Hf nraska Binder Twine company is well
HHHf pleased with the trial of waterrotted
Bl liemp which -was made last week , and
HHwill likely handle 100 of the 1,000 acre
| Hracrop next year in that matter. Hemp
DBf made from this process is used by
Hh | narness makers and shoemakers for
Hw ] thread and is of a white color o.nd
Bf very strong. The process consists of
Hl submerging { lie Tiemp in water instead
HH of allowing it to rot "by the process
Bjjf of rain and dew.
jBjl Corn husking in Butler county is ap-
kI preaching the end. A dispatch says
Bjt -the yield has been disapointing to most
I Bf of the farmers. Corn that -was < ex-
HBf pected to yield fifty to fifty-five bush-
HEI els per acre is making forty to forty-
jf live , and that Tvhich was estimated at
BI forty bushels per acre is making from
Bltwentyseven to thirty-five. Grain men
HHl and other competent judges say
HSI that there will be an average falling off
w in the entire county of from five to
Seight bushels per acre from estimates
HH made early in the fall.
HHb T e Nebraska Academy of Sciences
HHB as Just cl ° sed its eighth annual meet-
Bj ing , which has been the most success-
Rfll | ful one of its history , both in attend-
IS B ance and in the interest manifested.
| flH | The experiment of holding it at this
I KI session instead of during the midwin-
E | " * ; er holidays , as heretofore , in connec-
H tion with the State Teachers' associa-
B tion , with its many distractions , has
H | proved to be a wise one. The annua ?
H ] proceedings of the Academy will soon
H | lie issued , as a part of the State His-
H torical Society's volumes.
H Henry Lammers , a wealthy farmer
H B living eleven miles west of West Point ,
B B -was adjudged insane last May. He
Hfll was taken by his friends to the Alcx-
H B Ian Brothers' hospital in St. Louis for
HH treatment. He escaped from that in-
H B stitution about three weeks ago and
H las since then made his appearance
H B at his former home , creating great
K B consternation among his neighbors.
HHl who are all afraid of his violence. It
H is alleged that since his return he has
Hl made serious threats against the lives
Hj of a number of persons , chiefly those
H who were instrumental in securing his
| H restraint.
B John Williams , a farm hand work-
B lng near Wymore , was thrown from
H a load of corn , and as he fell one of
H the horses planted a hoof against his
H skull. His injuries , though painful.
B are not serious.
B The state board of public lands and
B "buildings has approved the vourher
H of Mrs. Mary Newmeyer for ? 5,437.50.
B This is in payment for 145 acres of
H | land near the Hastings hospital for the
K insane , for which the legislature last
Hj winter appropriated ? 6,000. The dif-
B ference in the price is the difference
H in the Quality of land as estimated
Hj oy the legislature and found to bo In
H /act available.
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THE BEWS IN BEIEF.
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED
HERE AND THERE.
Condensation * that Embody a Good Deal
of Inforuintloit AVltliont IUqnlrlne
Klcch Simico Forolfirn and Domestic
Notrsy Kutes on All Subjects.
iMnnday , Nov. JJ9.
Edward Moore , of Pittsburg , Pa. ,
was shot and fatally wounded by his
wife.
The pope has appointed the Rev.
P. I. Chapclle , bishop of Santa Fe.
N. M. , to the archbishopric of New
Orleans.
Police Officer Jim Gizzard shot and
fatally wounded John Rankin , a prom
inent citizen of Austin , Tex. , over a
political dispute.
It is claimed that the electrical rail
roads of Cairo , Egypt , are beating
those of Brooklyn in the record of
the number of the people killed.
The differences between Nicaragua
and Costa Rica , which threatened to
involve the two republics in war , have
it is reported , been amicably adjusted.
A receiver was appointed for Geo.
II. Pell , a Wall street broker , at New
York city , who has , § 500,000 against
him and his property in his wife's
name.
The records of the internal revenue
bureau show that the receipts for the
five months of the present fiscal year
will exceed those for the same period
last year by § 8,000.000.
A determined effort is being made
to secure the pardon for Maude Lewis ,
now serving a fifteen year sentence in
the penitentiary at Jefferson City for
killing Senator Peter Morrissey in St.
Louis two years ago.
Tuesday , November 30.
Damaging prairie fires are reported
in New Mexico.
The gold reserve at Washington is
over § 156,000,000.
Eight German cruisers are soon to
be in Chinese waters.
Another strike , involving 200 cloak-
makers , occurred in New York.
It is reported that five fusionists
will vote for Mark Hanna for senator.
Two lives were lost and thousands
of dollars worth of property destroyed
"in a railroad accident that occurred
several miles south of Chester Ky.
The grand jury has found true bills
against several firms for selling oleo
margarine. The Colorado creamery
men's association instigated the pros
ecutions.
Dr. C. H. Parkhurst , who has been
away since June , has returned. He
said that it made him "unspeakably
sad" to come back to New York and
find Tammany in power.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Muenchene , which sailed for Bremen ,
carried the forty-seven Austrian stave
makers who were recently arrested in
Mississippi for violation of the con
tract labor law.
S. M. Gaines ) now assistant super
intendent of the railway mail service ,
with headquarters at Fort Worth ,
Tex. , has been appointed superintend
ent of that division. He succeeds O.
L. Teachout , resigned.
The official vote of Colorado Is as
follows : Gabbert , populist , and dem
ocrat , 68.88S ; Charles D. Hoyt , admin
istration and silver republican , 64,977.
The vote for Bryan for president in
1896 was 158.8S0 ; for McKinley , 26,279.
Right Hon. William E. Gladstone
and Mrs. Gladstone arrived at Cannes ,
France , where they are the guests of
Lord Stuart Rendel.
The records of the internal revenue
bureau show that the receipts for the
five months of the present fiscal year
will exceed those for the same period
last year by about § 8,000,000.
Assistant Secretary Vanderlip has
authorized the director of the bureau
of engraving and printing to print and
deliver to the United States treasur
er § 48,000,000 , as follows : • United
States notes , § 18,000,000 ; silver certi
ficates , § 24,000,000 ; treasury notes of
1890 , § 6,000,000.
Wednesday , Dec. 1.
Congress will assemble on Monday
next.
The Leutgert trial is again in pro
gress.
Asphyxiation caused the death of
three men in the Grand Trunk tun
nel.
The-steamer Dauntless landed a
large expedition in Cuba.
Government receipts for November
will reach about § 25,000,000.
Tom Tracey and Joe Walcott , the
colored boxer , have been matched to
box twelve rounds on the night of
December 17 in Chicago.
Colonel A. M. Coffey , aged 97 , is
dead at Knob Nester , Mo. He was one
of the oldest Masons in the state.
"It is generally reported , " says a
Rome dispatch , "that King Humbert
has resolved to abdicate in .favor of
his son. "
The report that Nathan Willis , col
ored , the murderer of a young white
man named Stephens , was lynched in
North Carolina by burning is not cor
rect.
rect.The
The national government will not
interfere with the state authorities of
Louisiana in their treatment of the
levees threatened at Algiers , opposite
New Orleans.
William Carr , in jail in Kansas City ,
condemned to die December 17 for the
murder of his child , swallowed glass
yesterday with the intention of taking
his live. He will recover.
The River Falls ( Wis. ) state normal
school burned. Loss , § 75,000 ; insur
ance , § 55,000.
Charles Dabney.representing a party
of about fifty Michigan people , who
propose to go to the Klondike region
early in the spring before navigation
opens , Is in Portland preparing for the
journey.
John H. Dame , until recently a run
ner for the Western hotel , in Denver ,
was locked up on a charge of insan
ity. He read the testimony in the Luet-
gert trial at Chicago and became poss
essed of a f-renzy to kill his wife and
children and to burn their bodies in
the old garbage crematory.
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Tlmr tl y , Dec. 2.
Canadians still insist on a commis
sion to settle the seal question.
Courts in Milwaukee nave' decided
the tax levies on Archbishop Katzer's
residence , illegal , holding is to be
church property. ,
Andrew Carnegie has agreed to give
§ 10,000 of the § 100,000 n-aeded to build
a suitable home for Ginter mechanics
'institute in Richmond , Va.
George Douglass , the negro who ac-
cidently killed Albert Grayer at Snow-
den , 'Pa. , a mining hamlet near Pitts
burg , last spring , in attempting to
murder another man , was hanged oi
.the first.
A special from Beloit says that fifty
freshmen have been suspended in
definitely from Beloit college tor at
tending the class banquet at Rockford -
ford , 111. , on Tranksgiving withouf
permission. ,
William Ellis , a prominent farmer
living near Evergreen , Ala. , took a
negro named Cook King to a swamp ,
tied him to a tree and shot him to
death. Intimacy with Ellis' daughter
is the alleged cause.
A sensation was created in Florida
Pythian circles when Red Cross lodge
Knights of Pythias of Tampa defied
the authority of the grand chancellor
and refused to obey his orders or re
linquish their charter.
Rev. Prof. James Legge , D. D. , LL.
D. , is dead at London , aged 82 years.
Sir James Winter , Newfoundland's
new premier , and the members of is
cabinet have all beeen re-elected.
Benjamin Harris , a rair merchant of
Detroit , was arrested , charged with
transporting across the rrclroit river
§ 3,000 worth of woolen rags , evading
the duty of § 750 , and attempting to
bribe the customs officials.
The grand jury found 'presentments
against the officers of the Best Tele
phone company of Baltimore , carging
them with having made false reports
of the financial condition of the con
cern with intent to deceive.
Friday , Dec. 3.
Canals of New York have closed
for the season.
Senator Thurston , of Nebraska , has
gone to the national capital.
The E. J. Lobdell bicycle rim fac
tory was burned to the ground. Loss ,
§ 50,000 ; insurance , § 20,000.
The output of the Cripple Creek dis
trict for November was $1,258,000 , the
largest for one month in the history
of the camp.
General Weyler , the former captain-
general of Cuba , was feasted at Palma -
ma , his brithplace. Great enthusiasm
was manifested.
The boiler of the Glenwood ( Iowa )
mine exploded. Twenty men were in
the engine room and none escaped
injury. Only two were fatally in
jured.
The revolt of the Albanians against
Turkey at Diakova , northeast of Scurt-
ari , has been suppressed , and Riga
Bey , the leader of the insurgents ha&
been arrested.
Ex-United States Senator Patrick
Walsh , the citizens' candidate fei *
mayor of Augusta , Ga. , was elected
over William Dunbar and Daniel KejM :
by a majority of 824. * r
Gen. Nelson F. Williams died at his
home in Brooklyn. He was a classf-
mate of U. S. Grant at West Point.
For thirty years he had charge of the
public stores in New York.
Rev. Dr. Richard Gear Hobbs , the
commissioner sent out from New
York for the purpose of relieving the
starving people of India , has return
ed , after an absence of nearly six
months.
The trunk line passenger commis
sion has authorized a reduction of § 5
in the fare from Chicago to St. Paul
and all points beyond.
Miss Mary Olivia Thornburg.daugh-
ter of the late Major T. T. Thornburg ,
U. S. A. , was married to David Dillon
Casement , of Ohio , in All Angels
Protestant Episcopal church , New
York , by Rev. Dr. Charles S. Jessup ,
of Baltimore.
China has practically agreed to cede
to England a strip of territory near
Hong Kong and all the surrounding
islands in order to enable England
to fortify them securely and to in
crease the garrison.
Charles Warren Spalding , ex-presi
dent of the Globe Savings bank , Chi-
chage , was sentenced to an inde
terminate term in the penitentiary.
He was charged with embezzling
funds of the university of Illinois , of
which he was treasurer.
W. H. Snge , of Ithaca , and Dean
Sage , of Albany , have presented the
Cornell university the magnificent
residence of the late Henry W. Sage
for a student's hospital , and Besides
equipping it , will endow it with § 100 , -
000. The property is worth § 80,000.
atnrdav , Hoc. 4.
Mrs. Matilda Deliah Shields , a
grandmother of Richard Henry Poto-
max , and Indian chief , died here , aged
113 years.
For the first time in six years the
Mitchell & Tranter roll ins mills in
Covington , Ky. , are running a double
force of over 400 men.
Competition between the Canadian
Pacific and Grand Trunk railroads for
Klondike business next spring is like
ly to lead to a rate war.
As a result of the visit of Clifford
Sifton to the Yukon country , the gov
ernment will probably subsidize a
trail from Edmonton to the Yukon.
Seven hundred blast furnace em
ployes at Sharon and Sharpsville , Pa. ,
have been civen an unsolicited ad
vance in wages of 10 and 20 per cent.
A dispatch from Shanghai confirms
the report that the Chinese govern
ment is seeking to have the demands
of Germany submitted to arbitration.
The War department has granted to
the Transmississippi management the
exclusive free use of Fort Omaha and
all the buildings thereon during the
year 1898.
Five robbers broke in the Miles
& Higbee bank at Milfor.1 , Lid. , and
were so enraged when they could not
dynamite the safe , that thev burned
§ 1,000 worth of securities out of sheer
wantonness.
President Bashford , of the Ohio
Wesleyan University , announces that
President McKinley has accepted an
invitation to be the orator of the day
at the commencement exercises at
Delaware , Ohio in June. . ,
GEIND AGAIN BEGINS.
CONGRESS AGAIN GETS TO
GETHER.
Indications that tlio Session Will Be a
• Business One The Regular ltoutlno
of Oponlne Both Houses Important
Measures Itrndy for Action and to
Comu Up Karly.
Assembling ? of Concrrrss.
WASHINGTON , Dec. G. The reg
ular or long session of congress , as It
is called , because there is no constitu
tional limitation upon the period of
its duration , opens at noon today. The
leaders and , a large majority of the
members of both houses are here to
participate in the opening ceremonies , ,
and President McKinley has made
the journey to Washington from the
bedside of his dying mother that his
absence might not delay the national
legislature at its assembling.
The extra session robs opening of
regular session of the excitement and
interest which usually attach to it. On
the eve'of a regular session , ordinarily ,
Washington thrills with excitement.
The hotel lobbies surge with place
hunters for the places of speaker ,
doorkeeper , clerk , etc. , members strug
gling for committee places and the
air is full of rumors of plots and
counterplots. But as the house was
completely organized at the extra ses
sion and all the committee assign
ments were made then , beyond the
natural stimulus produced by the re
turning statesmen , the regular hang
ers-on of legislation and the outlining
of schemes by members of the "third
house" or lobby , Washington tonight
is tranauil.
The program of the house today is
very simple , and beyond the spectac
ular show which it offers to the curi
ous has in itself little attraction. The
house will be called to order by the
speaker , who , after the chaplain's in
vocation , will direct the clerk to call •
the roll. This having been accom
plished and the presence of a quorum
demonstrated , the clerk will be di
rected to notify the senate that the
house is ready for business and a
committee will be appointed to wait
on the president. After that there
will be a recess to await the arrival
of the president's annual message ,
which will be read on its reception and
be followed by an adjournment until
Tuesday. This is the routine and un
less something unforseen occurs will
not be departed from.
It is the intention of the house lead
ers to proceed with the business of
the session as rapidly as possible.
The committees will all begin their
labors this week and as all of them
have more or less bills on hand which
were introduced at the extra session
there will be no lack of material for
the house to operate on. The ap
propriations committee has been at
work for ten days and Chairman Can
non expects to pass at least two of the
regular budgets before the holidays
the legislative , executive and judicial
and the pensions appropriation bills.
One or two other of these bilis. it is
expected , will be reported by Wednes
day , and the end of the week promises - ,
ises to see the house down to busi- |
ness. I
Among the early general measures |
to receive consideration will be the
bankruptcy bill. Whether it will be I
the Nelson bill , which passed the senate - |
ate at the last session , or a modification - | .
tion of the Torrey bill , depends on the
temper of the judiciary committee , ,
which will submit the measure to the [
house.
Beyond doubt there will be several
resolutions of inquiry during the first
week , which may be more or less sen
sational , and some of the more radical
pro-Cuba members will attempt to get
consideration for a Cuban resolution
before the foreign affairs committee
can act. Congressman Livingston of
Georgia is one of these. But. owing
to the nature of the house rules , all
of these hasty efforts will prove abor
tive and they probably will take their
course.
There will be nothing except indis
position on the partof members to pre
vent the senate's entering promptly
upon its work upon convening tomor
row , as there is a calendar already
made for it with about 300 bills re
ported from committees during the
special session.
In Memory of Henry forge. .
CjtxICAGO , Nov. 6. Exercises in the
memory of the late Henry George were
held in the Auditorium this afternoon
under the auspices of the Chicago Sin
gle Tax Club. Over 7,000 persons were
in attendance. Mrs. George , the widow
of the dead economist , clad in deep
mourning , occupied a box. She came
to Chicago last week to attend the
wedding of her son , Henry George ,
jr. , and prolonged her visit in order
to be present at the memorial exer
cises. Edward O. Brown , of Chicago ,
presided , and in opening the m ° eting
paid an eloquent tribute to the mem
ory of Mr. George. Addresses were
also made by Dr. Emil G. Hirsh , ex-
Governor John P. Altgeld , Bishop
John L. Spaulding , of Peoria , and Rev.
Dr. S. S. Craig , of Toronto , Ont.
Mexico's Erposltion Commission.
SANTA , FE. N. M. . Dec. 6. At a
meeting of the New Mexico Trans-
Mississippi exposition commission to
day ex-Governor L . B. Prince was
elected president , T. J. Curren of Al
buquerque secretary and S. H. Day of
Santa Fe treasurer. Strong resolu
tions were adopted protesting against
the charging of § 1 per square foot
for space. President Prince of the
commission stated that the western
states would not submit to any charge
for space for their exhibits at Omaha.
JJrynii Their Leader. '
RALEIGH , N. C , Dec. G. rThe dem
ocratic state committee in session
here today issued an address to the
voters of the state , declaring that the
democratic party is the party of the
people , reaffirming the Chicago and
state paltforms of last year , declaring
that William Jennings Bryan is the
great leader of the party , denouncing
republican misrule and inviting all
populists to unite with the democrats
in regaining control of the state. The
sentiment that the democrats must
make a straight fight and that there
must be no fusion was overwhelming.
AS TO CUBA.
Independence to Co mo In the Course
of KvmitH.
WASHNGTON. Dec. 6. Mr. Berk !
eley Balch , secretary of the Cuban
league , appeared today before Presi
dent McKinley and presented a long
argument in behalf of the Cuban in
surgents , in which he submits the fol
lowing propositions for the president's
consideration , who promised to give
it his careful attention :
The three wars In Cuba within this
century are proof of a genuine move
ment for the extension of democratic
principles and the attainment of lib
erty from a tyrannical , corrupt and
alien government.
Autonomy is.a foolish dream. It is
evident that neither side understands
it , wishes it , or can administer It.
Spain clearly offers It to amuse this
government and to gain time.
A majority of the people of this
country desire to see a free and inde
pendent Cuban republic. An opposing
factor of greatforceis the money pow
er. It Is a fair conclusion to urge
that a majority of our people believe
that the assistance of our government
till now has been given to Spain and
withheld from the republic on ac
count of the influence that emanated
from great financial interests , usually
afraid of patriotic aggressive move
ments.
Our people have hoped for favor
able action for Cuba from the present
administration and have patiently
waited to give the administration time
for consideration of the wise
road to this end. That patience is
now exhausted.
Very few Cubans and still fewer
people in this country desire immed
iate annexation , but independence is
clearly due to Cuba valor and sacri
fices.
The friendship of the republic of
Cuba is worth vastly more to us than
that of Spain , for reasons of business
and defense. It is our duty and self-
interest to recognize the belligerency ,
and logically follow this , the inde
pendence of the republic , and to con
clude with a defensive and offensive
alliance. If this is not compatible
.with a continued friendship with
Spain , so much the worse for Spain.
If Spain attacks us we can take care
of our own.
.Mrs. McKinley Still Alive.
CANTON , O. , Dec. 6 Mother Mc
Kinley passed the fourth day of her
illness and entered upon the fourth
night with the spark of life burning
dimly. There has not been a material
development in her case today.
There is still a possibility that she
may survive the night of even longer ,
but those who have been at the bed
side most constantly have the least
hope of such a result.
The patient has taken no nourish
ment since Thursday. It cannot be
administered by ordinary methods ,
and the case is on in which heroic
methods of administering food are not
regarded as justifiable. They could
not restore health , and would be dis
tressing and annoying and might
hasten the end.
WASHINGTON , Dec. G. President
McKinley , accompanied by Assistant
Secretary Day , arrived in Washington
over the Pennsylvania railroad at 7:45
o'clock yesterday morning. He was
met at the station by Secretary Alger ,
Secretary Bliss and Secretary Porter ,
and driven to the White house.
Arrangements have been made for
fhp roturp trip in Canfon ihis evening.
The president , Mrs. McKinley and a
party of half a dozen close friends
and relatives will leave Washington
at 7:20 o'clock , occupying in a special
car attached to the regular Pennsyl
vania railroad train , and arriving in
Canton at about 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning.
> o Chantr- tin * Csiliinot.
WASHINGTON , D. C. Dec. G. From
the best obtainable information it ap
pears that no change is to be made in
the composition of the cabinet during
the remainder of the current year.
There are two eood deasens for this.
Attorney General McKenna has charg
ed himself with the prosecution of
the Pacific railroad cases , and it is not
to be sumiosed that he will relinquish
his present office until the Kansas
Pacific sale has pnssert into history.
It is generally understood that Gov
ernor Griggs of New Jersey has been
offered the place in the cabinet to be
vacated by Attorney General McKenna.
but it will not be possible for him to
take the office before the bezinninz
of next year.
pf.nl < Jp < J < ! ion Illinois T.esl latnr . .
SPRINGFIELD , 111. , Dec. 6. Gov
ernor Tanner has issued a proclama
tion calling a special session of the
general assembly to meet here Decem-
br 7. The session is called to consider
amendments to the laws for assess
ment of property for taxation and reg
ulating the manor of conducting prim
ary elections , and to pass a reapportionment
tionment bill. The governor will also
ask for an appropriation to defray the
expense of testing the constitutional
ity of the inheritance tax law and its
enforcement.
> ups for lilarkll-tlns' .
OGDEN. Utah , Dec. 6. There was
filed in the district court at Ocden
tonight the complaint of John O'Kara
against the Oregon Short Line rail
road company , claming § 30,000 dama
ges. O'Hara had been a conductor and
brakeman for twenty years at the time
of the American Railway union strike
in 1S94. and has ben unable to get
steady employment since that time.
There will be about thirty cases filed
here on the same basis.
Mrs. Ross , of Nickerson. Kans. , set
her clothes on fire and was burned to
death.
Mexico ctar < i by Silver.
CITY OF MEXICO , Dec. G. The
Mexican Herald denies authoritatively
the report from Paris , published in
London , that Mexico is making pre
parations to go on a gold basis and
says : "Mexico's finances are handled
with admirable caution and sagacity ,
and whatever may be the future policy
of the government regarding the cur
rency there is at present no thought
of changing from the silver standard ,
which is contributing to the growth
of manufacturing and other indus
tries. " . ;
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• WASHINGTON NO TK . i M
Colonel Henderson and wife of Iowa- | 1
hnvoarrived and are registered at the f , H
Normandlo Hotel , where they will remain - g
main for the winter , and during the- \ H
session of congress. * U § H
Postmaster Gordon of Ciiicago and J H
Mr. Charles G. Dawes have reached % H
the capital. Mr. Dawes' nomination to |
succeed Comptroller Eckels is expected - J >
ed to bo one of the first to bo sent to- ' \ H
the senate by the president. H
The secretary of the navy has form H
ally accepted the Iowa battleship , and H
she is now ready for commission in H
servlco for the United States government - M
ment , the best battleship of her class j M
afloat. The Footc was also accepted H
by the secretary. • H
The navy department has ordered * H
the United States steampship Alert. H
now at San Francisco , to proceed to- H
Brito , Nicaragua , the western terml- H
nus of the proposed Nicaraguan canal. M
The vessel will bo kept there In readiness - H
iness to co-operate with the American- , H
commission. H
The naval board appointed to asccr- M
tain the cost of an armor plant has reported - H
ported to Secretary Long. It says such 1
a plant capable of making 6,000 ton ? j H
per annum would cost about § 3,750 , - H
000. No recommendation is made as- M
to the location , though the board has M M
a lot of information on the subject M
which will be furnished when want- ' |
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ed. The secretary , under authority of H
congress , will advertise for proposals H
for building such a plant. H
U. S. I'atcut Olltco KcpurU ' H
The United States Patent Office last H
week issued 365 patents to citizens oL H
the United States. Amongst the curious - H
ous invention was a duplex trullcy , H
a combination collar and cravat , an H
improved bicycle chain , and a simple H
stamp cancelling machine. Above are- > H
shown four inventions ombracine- M
stop movements which will be understood - 1
stood by the ordinary mechanic. Parties - M
ties desiring free information as to- H
the law and practice of patents may H
obtain the same in addreslng Sues fe j H
Co. , registered patent lawyers. Bee. H
Building , Omaha , Nebr. H
Iowa Patent Office Report. H
Seven (7) ( ) patents secured for western - B
ern inventors and heretofore mentioned - H
ed in our weekly reports , were issued
November 30. Six ( G ) patents have
been allowed though our agency , but S
not yet issued as follows : To J. 1L M
Brumbaugh and D. P. Stoll , of Lex- jH
ington , Neb. , for a land leveler , consisting - M
sisting of a frame that has runners at j H
its parallel sides and wheels at its- fc H
heels and adjustable scrapers mount- mI H
ed in the frame. By hitching a horse- % 9 H
to it and dragging it over an uneven , , * H
surface the scrapers will loosen ajd * H
distribute ground to level the sur- H
face. To R. V. Barry , of Stuart , Iowa , . M
for an automatic check row corn H
planter , adapted to plant four rov/s H
at each passage across the field. To J. M
N. Emarine , of Early , for wash boiler M
attachment , adapted to facilitate heating - H
ing water and circulating it in the- H
boiler and through the meshes of ar- H
tides placed in the boiler to be cleansed - |
ed without rubbing them. To. F. W. j H
Jacobs , of Mason City , for an apparatus - H
ratus specially adapted for lifting j H
boulders and conveying and depositing - M
ing them in forming a stone fence. H
The machine is mounted on a four- M
wheeled truck to which horses are M
hitched for lifting and con\'eying ; | H
boulders and other heavy objects. To * H |
G. W. Parsons , of Newton , for im- 1 H
provements in his band cutter and | H
self feeder for threshing machines M
that has been so successfully manufac- j H
tured by the Parsons Band Cutter and |
Self Feeder Co. . at Newton , and for H
which a plurality of patents have |
heretofore been issued and noticed in |
our reports. Valuable information for | H
obtaining , valuing and selling patents M
sent free to any address. M
Thomas G. & J. Ralph Orwig. j H
Solicitors of natents. H
Des Moines , Dec. 1 , 1897. H
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS |
Quotations From New Tork , Chicago , St. |
Louis , Omaha and Elsewhere. H
OMAHA. * > • H
Butter Creamery separator. . . 21 < & 22 6 r |
Hutter Choice fancy country. . 12 < & it - - * H
tjKS 1-rcsli n ; & 17 j H
Sprin-Chickens Perlb 4 < & . > M
Turkuys-jier lb , H
- j > % 9
Ducks , per lb u * 7 H
PlKeons Live TT © 90 H
Lemons Choice Mcssinas 3 7. > 60 4 00 H
Honey Choice , per lb VI < & 1:1 : H
Onions per bu 30 fc 0 H
Cranberries. Cape Cod. per bbi 0 . " > 0 6r 7 00 1 j H
Deans Hand picked Navy l 40 ffj 1 .TO j H
Potatoes per bu 40 t 53 H
fcwect potatorcs Per bbl 2 2,1 fe 3 00 H
Oranges Per box 4 OJ & 4 50 H
Apples Western stock , per bbl 2 T. < $ 3 0O H
Hay Upland , per ton 130 © 5 23 |
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET. |
Hogs-Choice li-ht 3 22 © 3 > j H
Hogs Heavy weights 3 20 to 3 • > |
Det-f steers 4 10 fe 4 n * |
Dulls 2 SO < & 3 23 H
Stairs • • po < S 3 00 M
Calves 3 23 4 :0 H
\\estern leeders 2 23 fej 3 SO H
Cows 2 30 @ 2 30 H
Heifers 2 73 fe 3 23 i H
stockersand leeders 3 00 © 4 • > - , |
Sheep Western Lambs 3 CO © 5 50 H
Sheep Native wethers 3 00 & 3 50 ' H
CHICAGO. H
Wheat Xo. 2 spring $ n @ 90 ij fl
Corn per bu 05 u . , -j. j H
Oats-perlm. 20 < & 0J H
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limothy seed Prune per bu. . 2 C3 fc 2 C7 l H
CattleChoicebeef steers 4 10 U 5 13 M
Cattle-Western rangers 375 < & 4 W H
Hogs-Prlinu light 3 43 © 350 . i H
Sheep-Nativo Lambs : ; 73 < & 4 bo V |
NEW YORK -MARKET. JT ' H
S 1 " ° " 'rCd'AViUter ° 7 ® W " * H
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Oats-XoV © 33&
L ° $ 800 © ri M
kXnsXs - cYtv4' ; 5W , M
shetp-Muu6nk\v.v.v.vv : 3 ' s * s H
Cattle-Stockers and feedeSl 2 50 g 2 CO ' fl