Nebraska Newspapers

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H V , AX. KIMMELL , I'ubllaiior.
McCOOK , NEBRASKA
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H NEBRASKA.
H A bank is to be started in. Nortu
H Xoup .
H Range cattle arc enduring the 32-
H ycrc weather finely. Feed is plentiful.
H North Platte's gambling houses
1 have been closed by order of the
H mayor.
1 The commissioners of Hayes county
H have employed an expert to check up
H the public records of that county.
1 One Beatrice Arm has made over
H twenty-five pairs of sled runners from
1 gas pipe since the recent snow fell.
H The night telegraph service at Ker.
B tshey and Big Spring nas been discon-
B tinned on account of slack business.
H Donald McLean writes to several
H O'Neill people that he will be thfr/e
H in the spring to build the Pacific
H Short Line to the Pacific coast.
| A Shclton company has secured the
H contract to furnish the Union Pacific
H railroad v/ith several hundred cars c.f
H ice to be shipped to North Platte.
H "Wayne's water works system pays
H the running expenses. The investment
H of $20,000 was well spent , although
H some difficulties were experienced in
H the beginning.
H Warren Darrence , of Fairmont , nc-
H cidentally jabbed a pitchfork into the
H | lace of his brother Walter. One line
H passed through the check and puncH -
H turcd the roof of the mouth.
H "Upon application of Receiver Snyder
H of the Holt County bank , Judge West-
H ovrc made ' an order authorizing hira
H to pay a final dividei ( ' . oi 5 per c ic
H to the creditors of tlnu institutior.
H Burglars entered the postoffice at
H Exter and made an attempt to go"
H into the safe , but were uncusseccslrf
H This is the third similar visit within
H a year which the office has received.
H There were over 400 chattel mort-
H gages released from record at Ord in
H one day las tweeek , aggregating over
1 320,000. This makes over $ G0,000 re-
H leased for the month up to the 24th.
H Blanche Hldebrand , the Hartington
H girl who disappeared just before : : n
H important criminal case in which she
H Hwas the principal witness was called
H lor trial , has been located and brought
H hack by the officers.
H Miss Phena Hardinger , who was
H cent to the reform school two or three
M years ago for stealing goods from the
H residence of A. A. Jasmer. was last
H "week bound over to appear at the Feb-
B ruary term of the district court of
m Jefferson county for raising a check.
m y' Henry Lammers , the insane farmer
B nvho escaped from the Alexian Broth-
M crs' hospital in St. Louis some two
H months ago and who walked the en-
H tire distance from that place to his
m home in Cuming county , has so far
H recovered his mental balance that the
m i oird has discharged him from cus-
M Mr. Herout , living about one mile
M from Verdigre , came home intoxicated
Hj and taking the butcher knife , went
H lor his wife , cutting her arms and face
H "badly and chasing her out of the
M house over to a neighbor. She went to
M Verdicre and swore out a warrant for
M his arrest , but the latter repented and
M would not appear against him.
H The financial condition of Buffalo
M county is better than it has been for
H years. The floating indebtedness is ail
1 paid and all warrants now issued are
H paid in cash and a large cash balance
H is ' in the county treasury. Lyinaa
H Cary will succeed himself for the com-
H ing treasurer and will give a personil
H bond , instead of the trust bond that
H he gave the last term.
H The State's Dairymen's association ,
H nt its final meeting listened to a num-
H her of papers and elected officers.
H These officers for the year are : Pres-
H . ident , George E. Haskell , Beatrice ;
B vice president , C. A. Clark , Ravenna ;
H secretary , F. H. Vaughan , Fremont.
H The following board was elected :
m Charles Harding , Norfolk ; B. S. Stauf-
H ler , Bpllevue ; S. C. Bassett , G. A.
B I\lenlli , Mindea , and W. A. Poynter ,
V of Albion.
H The state board of public lands and
H "buildings ordered that a demand be
H made of Dr. C. P. Fall , late superin-
H tendent of the institute lor feeble
H minded children at Beatrice , for the
H sum of $150 , which the board claims
H Fall should turn over to his successor.
H The order of the board was that if the
H settlement was not made on demand
H that proceedings be commenced by the
H atttorney general to collect the
M amount from Fall and his bondsmen.
M The state board of health , at a re-
B _ < - cent meeting appointed Dr. O. Gro-
M -than , of St. Paul , secretary of the
1 hoard to succeed Dr. F. D. Halderman ,
M of Ord , and H. B. Cummings , of Seward -
M -ward , as member of the board of sec-
m retaries , to succeed Dr. F. C. Stewart ,
of Auburn. The last appointment is
1understood to have been made at the
B request of the State Eclectic associa-
H tion. so as to give the eclectics repre-
M sentation on the board of secretaries.
H Acker K. Nelson , of Polk county ,
M late of Company C. Second tr.nnsyl-
B. rania artillerj- , has been trying to get
M a pension for years. A few months ago
M he called on Judge Saunders to assist
him. The judge took the case and put
m in his best efforts with the assistance
H of Congressman Hainer and lately
H Congressman Stark , who did his best
H to bring it about. The judge had the
H satisfaction last week of getting a ' .el-
H legram from Congressman Stark saying -
ing the claim had been allowed to date
H Irom August , 1890 , at $ S per month.
H 0-c3r thirtfive carloads of building
H material have passed through Ashland
H recently , with Memphis as the destin-
H ation , to be used in the construction
H of Armour's big ice plant at that
H point.
H At the meeting of the executive
H committee of the Omaha Fair ami
H Speed association in Omaha , it war. '
H agreed to release the state board of :
H agriculture from holding a state fair
H in that city next year on condition
H that such release will not affect the j
'
H contract which provides that one more
H additional state fair shall be held in
H Omaha in 1900. This action was taken
H Ml the request of the state board.
THE NEWS IN BR1EE.
ITEMS OFINTEREST GATHERED
HEREAND THERE.
MiKccIIancnus Noivk Xotcs Gathered Troin
Tills and Other Countries Accidental ,
Criminal , Tolltlcal , Social and Other
wise Crisp Condensations iVoin All
Quarters.
Saturday , December 25 ,
China has granted Russia permis
sion to winter her squadron at Port
Arthur.
General Weyler in an interview is
quoted a3 saying he has no hope of
the success of autonomy.
The orange and lemon crops of
Southern California have been injured
by frost during the succession of cold
nights.
The postmaster general has decid
ed to order a postage stamp to com
memorate the Trans-Mississippi ex
position at Omaha the coming year.
They will be of the denomination of
1 , 2 , 5 and 10 cents and ? 1.
Monday , December 27-
Nebraska will not hold any state
fair in 1898.
John Cosgrove , the well known ath
lete , is dead.
Louis B. Bowcn. a Montana news
paper man , was killed by being run
over by the cars.
The statements about the shooting
of political prisoners in Guatemala are
without foundation.
The second chamber of the Nether
lands has adopted a bill abolishing
the duty on Java sugar.
Sixteen persons were killed by an
explosion of fire damp in the Kaiser-
ctuhl II. pit at Dortmund , Prussia.
The army pack train left Cheyenne ,
Wyo. , for Alaska , twelve packers and
sixty-two mules forming the outfit.
Gen. Gonzales Munzo will be nom
inated governor general of Porto Rico ,
to succeed Lieutenant General Marin.
Charles Byrne , formerly of Omaha ,
prominent of late years in baseball
circles , is at death's door in Brooklyn ,
New York.
The government of New South
Wales is arranging to suppply frozen
meat to the Russian authorities at
Vladivostock.
It a crowded store at Birmingham ,
Ala. , Felix T. Brown , a commercistl
traveler , was shot and killed by Alder
man Ashford.
The compensation of the emploves
of the United States mint at San
Francisco has been reduced in the ag
gregate § 41,418.
It is understood at Washington that
John V. George , a brother of Henry
George , will soon be reinstated as a
special inspector of customs.
It is believed that the president ha ?
decided to appoint Judge Paxson , of
Pennsylvania , as a member of the
interestate commerce commission.
The medal recently presented to
Lieut. R. E. Peary by the Edinburgh
Geographical society , and which was
subsequently lost , has been found in
a theater in London.
William E. Burr , jr. , ex-cashier of
the St. Louis National bank , serving
five years at the Jefferson City peni
tentiary for embezzlement of S20,000.
got a Christmas gift in the shape of a
pardon by President McKinley.
Isaac Durrett was shot and mor
tally wounded at a dance at Rockville -
ville , Ind. The ball landed in the
bowels. His assailant is unknown.
Durrett pitched for the Washington ,
Ind. , Baseball club last season.
Tuesday , Dec. 5JS.
Fire in London destroys half a mil
lion dollars worth of property.
W. H. Grace , a leading republican
of Brooklyn , is dead , aged 57 years.
Two Alton (111. ( ) men fought with
knives and pistols on Christmas day.
Both will die.
Christmas week at the. national cap
ital is said to be deader that a week
in August.
Forty persons were maimed and
mutilated at a powder explosion at
Ashville , N. C.
William Gottzyer and Mrs. John
Rice , both of New York , dropped
dead while trimming Christmas trees
for the children.
Colorado has a scheme to raise
funds for representation at the
Omaha exposition.
Christmas day , A. D. 1S57 , was the
most quiet and peaceful on record at
the White house.
In 1807 twenty-one Paris killings
yielded only § 1G each and every mur
derer was guillotined.
General Booth , the venerable leader
of the Salvation army , will visit the
United States next month.
President Pierola signed and pro
mulgated the new measure legalizing
non-Catholic marriages in Peru.
Dr. J. D. Goddard , under scntenca
of sixteen years for the murder of F.
J. Jackson at Kansas City , was ad
mitted tp bail of § 13,500.
The non-partisan Na ional Wom
an's Christian Temperance union will
hold its eighth annual convention at
Columbus , O. . January 7 to 11 , lS'JS.
There promises to be a large attend
ance.
A dispatch from Copenhagen to the
London Daily Mail says ' : The Wash
ington executive has made overtures
to Denmark for the sale of a narrow
but carefully defined stretch in Northwestern - !
western Greenland , where the Amer
icans intend to establish naval and
coaling stations.
Wednesday. Dec. SI ) .
Louis A. Leon , a Cleveland , O. ,
slothier , assigned. Assets , § 16,000 ; lia
bilities , § 30,000. s
The Royal Shoe company , cf New '
Fork , retail shoe dealers , has assigned
Lo Leo Levi. Liabilities , § 40,000 ; assets - ]
sets , § 15,000. (
The Hamburger Nachrichtcn denies
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that Prince Bismarck's gout is better , )
ind says he cannot walk or sleep , and c
Is unable to read or answer his \
friends' letters. c
The Earl of Crewe , while hunting t
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with the Cheshire hounds , was thrown
from his horse , sustaining a fracture
of the collar bono and serious inju
ries about the head.
Grand Master Sargent , of the Fire
men's Brotherhood , Illinois , who has
just returned from Washington , de
nied that he is a candidate for inter
state commerce commissioner.
The London Daily Chronicle asserts
that the negotiations with Germany
on behalf of the Chinese government
are no longer being conducted by Li
Hung Chang , but by Chang Yin Haun.
It is announced that Hon. A. P.
Swineford , ex-governor of Alaska , will
go to Alaska early next year to take
charge of the interests in that section
of the United Mines company of New
York.
Senators Cullom and Mason , of Illi
nois , called on the president to urge
the appointment of State Senator D.
T. Littler , of Illinois , as successor to
Morrison on the interstate commerce
commission.
Mr. Clifford Sifton and Mr. J. a.
McKenna , of the Canaidan interior
department , who are to consult with
Secretary Alger on the forwarding of
supplies to the Klondike , arrived in
Washington.
C. De Vlieger , jr. , a commercial
traveler of Battle Creek , Mich. , who
has written several stories under the
nom de plume of "Jyp , " was robbed
of § 2,852 while stopping nt the Mid
land hotel in Kansas City.
The receivers of the Superior. Con
solidated Land and Iron company peti
tioned Judge Jenkins in the United
States circuit court at Milwaukee for
permission to borrow § 20,000 , the
funds to be used in carrying on the
business of the company , making im
provements , etc.
Thursday , Dec. JJO.
Judge Gilbert B. Reed , a prominent
lawyer of Colorado , is dead.
The office of the Detroit Free Pres3
was badiy damaged by fire.
Secretary Gage declares that he has
not tendered his resignation.
The attendance at the convention of
Nebraska teachers is larger this year
than last.
The last session of the cabinet dis
cussed the matter of relief for the
miners of Alaska.
Stenographers employed by the de
fense in the Luetgert case liava
struck for their pay.
A number of parties at Pierre , S.
D. , are making preparation to go to
the Klondike country.
The steamer George W. Elder has
sailed for Dyea and Skagway with 125
passengers and 500 tons of freight.
An effort is being made to permit
voluntary liquidation by the Chestnut
Street ( Philadelphia ) National bank.
Former Vice President Morton has
aceptcd the presidency of the new
Fifth Avenue Trust company , New
York.
Veins of gilsonite in sufficient size
to warrant development are reported
to have been discovered on Willow
creek , in Middle Park , Colorado.
Mrs. Mary Anderson and her two
aaughters , Edith and Myrtle , aged S
and 5 years , respectively , were as
phyxiated by illuminating gas in their
home in Chicago.
Mrs. Woolsey G. Sterling is dead ,
aged 82 years. She was a prominent
abolitionist and her home at Bridge
port , Conn. , was a station on the "un
derground railroad. " She founded the
first sanitary society for soldiers dur
ing the civil war.
Itzig Iapko , whp sailed under the
name of Max Iapko and who is wanted
in Russia for the embezzlement of
3.200 roubles ( § 1,000) , was arested in
New York as he landed from the
steamer Etruria from Liverpool.
Hlomlay , .January " .
A fire at Port au Prince wrecked
800 houses.
Klondike miners say there is no
want at Dawson.
An English syndicate has secured
control of the Trinidad asphalt com
pany.
John Burke , Q. C , member of par
liament , was drowned in the Ottan-
berry river.
It is rumored that the Marquis of
Hertford will succeed the Earl of
Aberdeen as governor general of Can
ada.
Representative Greene of the Sixth
Nebraska district has been alloted time
on January 5 to speak upon the ques
tion of civil service.
Rear Admiral Lord Bereford has
accepted the invitation of the union
ists of York to contest that seat in
parliament , vacated by the death of
Sir Charles Lockwood.
The forthcoming monthly state
ment of the government receipts and
expenditures will show a material in
crease in the receipts from both cus
toms and internal revenue.
There will probably be eight de
nominations of stamps of the special
issue authorized for the Omaha expo
sition , and they will be ready for dis
tribution by the big offices when the
exposition begins next year.
The president has decided to appoint
0. Bierarendall of Sioux Falls , editor
of the South Dakota Echo , the only
Scandinavian organ in the state , as
consul at Beyrut , Syria. The place
pays § 2400 ; a year.
George W.Peck , ex-governor of Wis
consin and author of "Peck's Bad Boy"
has closed a contract with the South-
2rn Lyceum Bureau for a limited
course of lectures in the south and
middle western states.
Ulluers Start for Alaska.
PORTLAND , Ore. , Dec. 29. The
iteamer George W. Elder has sailed
cr Taiya and Skagway with 125 pas-
• engers and 500 tons of freight. Fifty
lorses and 400 tons of freizht were
iffered , but the Elder was unable to
nake room. Among the passengers
vas Major L. H. Rucker , Fourth
Jnited States cavalry , who goes to
Jkagway and Taiya to make an inves-
igation of the passes for the purpose
if selecting the most feasible route for
he government Yukon relief party.
WOEK IN THE SENATE
MATTERS THAT WILL KEEP
MEMBERS BUSY.
Annexation of Hawaii Is the Lender In
Labor That Is to lie I'erfonned
Friends ot the Movement Insist tin
1'orelngr the Issue , and 1'ccl Assured
They "Will AVIn.
Forecasting Senate "Work.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 3. The pre
vailing opinion among senatora is
that very little legislation will be at
tempted during the present week.
The fact that congres will not re
convene until Wednesday will prob
ably be taken by the absentees to
mean that nothing will be attempted
until the following week , and as a
consequence it is doubtful whether
there will be a quorum present in
the senate on Wednesday , in which
event there will probably be an early
adjournment until the following day ,
and then an adjournment unt.l Mon
day. In any event it is not probable
that any important questions will bj
raised during the present week.
The general understanding is , how
ever , that the work of the session will
begin in real earnest after this week
and that henceforth there win be no
justification of the complaint of dull
ness of the proceedings. Among the
questions which will engage early at
tention are the Hav/'iian annexation
question , the claim of Mr. Corbett tea
a n-at in the senate from Oregon ,
t.e immigration bill aud the financial
question.
In all probability the committee on
privileges and elections will me'Jt
during the present week and the
chances are that an early report on
the Corbett case will be ordered ,
even though it may not be favora
ble. The republican side of the
chamber will not be a unit in Mr.
Corbett's interest. Senator Bur
rows , of the committee which has
charge of the case is preparing an
exhaustive speech antagonistic to M" .
Corbett and the opposition is counting
upon the assistance of still others
from that side of the chamber.
It is not believed that there will
be any serious antagonism to the
immigration bill , but there may be
considerable time consumed upon
the subject.
It is probable that Senate Davis ,
chairman of the committee on for
eign relations , will make an effort
during the present week to get a day
fixed for taking up the annexation
treaty , and there is no apprehension
of any objection to naming a day in
tne early future. The plan of the
supporters of the treaty id to take tin.
qiu stion up in cxecuthe spssinn on a
resolution of ratification and to de
bate the treaty for a few days in ex
ecutive session , pursuing this course
long enough to demonstrate their
strength , and to commit those who
profess to be with them. If they find
that they have the necessarv two-
thirds to secure the ratification thry
will press on to the on 1 , but if they
discover themselves to be deficient in
vottng strength they will change their
policy and take up the question r. 1 an
nexation on Senator Morgan " ? reobi-
tion to that end. There is no doubt
that a majority of affirmative votes
can be secured and that a resoluMon
of this character can be passed if a
vote can be reached.
The present indications are that the
treaty as such will fail of ratification
by from two to six votes , but friends
of the agreement have by no means
lost hope that they will succecel in
securing the entire sixty votes neces
sary to ratify. They claim that tl.ey
have been making headway in secur
ing votes during the recess and are
hopeful of still adding to the num
ber. They now assert that a solid
vote may be expected from the ire
publican side of the chamber and
that several democrats who have
been claimed by the opposition me
on the fence and liable to come lo
them.
I'rcsdent Burt in Charge.
OMAHA , Jan. 3. Horace G. Burt ,
president-elect of the Union Pacific
railroad , has formally assumed charge
of his new office. The event was un
attended by any demonstration or by
any acts that would sisnify that the
installation of a new regime had taken
place.
In a brief interview President Burt
said he had arrived in Omaha to stay
and should take charge of his new of
fice at once. He said that the receiv
ers would remain in control cf the
property for some little time yt , but
it was impossible to tell just when the
receivership would be terminated. Re
garding changes in the official family
cf the Union Pacific. Mr. Burt said
he thought there would be none at all.
President Burt. Vice-President Mink
aud General Manager Dickinson left
in the private cor 010 for a trip of in
spection over the Union Pacific main
Hne. Just how extended this trip will '
be , or what other officials , if any , will
be called to go along with the presi
dent's party arc matters that arc not
known.
TCxira Legislative Session. \
NASHVILLE. Tenn. . Jan. 2. Gov- :
crnor Taj'lor has issued a call for the
assembling of the legislautrs in extra
session January 17. The most impor- i
tant matters enumerated relat ? to the 1
assesment and taxation of railroads , i
telegraph and telephone lines , and r- - <
suits from the recnt decision cf i
United States Judge Clark in granting
these corporations an injunction re
straining the state board of equalization - \
tion from putting in force the assessments - i
ments for taxation made by the railroad - j
road commission. ]
Russian Colr.ny in Kansas.
TOPEKA , Kas , Jan. 2. Agent
Charles Kuharick , of New York , is
here to locate another colonv of <
Russians in Western Kansas. H is " *
contemplating the purchase of 100,000 '
acres of Union Pacific land , at the sale 1
by the special master , which takes
place February 16. with the sale rf tin •
Kansas Pacific railroad. The lands desired - i
sired are situated in Ellis , Trego and i
adjacent counties. 1
Bailington Booth , who has been
suffering with aneurism , is now slowly <
improving.
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CORBETT MAGNANIMOUS.
Mhoral Terms Upon "Which Htt Offers to ,
flsrht Mr. Fit * .
CINCINNATI Jan. 3. James J.
Corbett has given to the Times-Star
for publication his , ' challenge to fight
Robert Fitzsimmona as follows :
Your published declaration , Mr.
Fitzsimmons , that you intend reentering
tering , pleases me more that I can at
present express to you , for I know
that the public esteems mo to be the
only candidate for the honors you thus
place within reach.
I am sorry , however , to note that in
wording this declaration you give mi :
the impression that since we last met
you have become unwisely forgetful.
For instance , you say that before I can
claim a return match with you I must
prove myself to be worthy of it. You
certainly intended this as a joke , for
no one in the world knows my ability
better than yourself. You cannot so
soon have forgotten your remark to
me at Carson , just after the battle
"Jim , " you said , in your simple , ear
nest way , "I'll never fight again.
You've given me a bloody good lick
ing. " You , the winner , uttered these
words , with face and body so battered
as to leave no doubt of your sincer
ity , while I , the loser , listened with
never a bruise or scrrt h from head
to foot which could contradict you.
Is this consistent with your now re
questing-mo to prove myself to be a
worthy opponent ? You will find the
confidence of the public in my ability
to entertain you still unshaken. You
will find that the public will insist
upon'your recognizing iny claim tint
you must meet me again. But surely
you have been misrenresented. I re
fuse to credit you with the lam mem
ory , broken judgment , poor taste and
entire untruthfulness which the print
ed remarks alleged to have been made
by you would imply. I prefer to think
that those who have entered the ring
with me were men , honest , brave and
incapable of the vulgar , lying and
cowardly language in which the news
paper version of your remarks was
couched. However well I know that
the great journals try to be. and usu
ally are , accurate to the letter in re
porting utterances made by impor
tant men upon important subjects , T
prefer to bPlieve that in this cane a
grave error has been made somehow ,
somewhere and for a purpose not
worthy of one who wishes to be con
sidered above contempt.
What the public expects from me is
to maintain the manly dignity of the
ring and not to be a. brawler , nor a
shifty evader of the honest principles
which govern honest men when ad
justing their respective merits
This is all I have to say. But this
is what I propose to do : The day \vf
sign articles I will give you § 1,000 in
recognition cf your courtesy. The mo
ment you enter the ring ready to oITer
me battle I will give you a second
§ 1.000 in token of my pleasure. Uuon
the completion of the tenth round , if
you are still undefeated , t will give
you a third § 1,000 as a souvenir of my
surprise. Upon defeating you. no mat
ter in what round , I will give you
$2,000 more as a reminder that I am
not an ungenerous foi\
On the other hand , should vou ngoin
defeat me I promise , if still able to
move , to place my hat upon my head
and then , removing it in your honor ,
to proclaim you in frank and unmis
takable terms to be mv sirnerior and
state that I then and there quit for
ever all possible claim to the cham
pionship of the world.
Let further remarks on this subject
be made by 1.000 clean , honestly
earned Amprican dollars , given m * * by
the public tat believes in me. I have
this day forwarded these to Will J
Davis , of Chicago , in testimony tha1 T
mean every word I have herein
spoken. JAMES J. CORBETT.
Champion of Amrica.
( lold Production Tor the Year.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 3 The director
of the mint from information now at
hand s.ys that there is substantial ev
idence that the world's product of gold
for the calendar year 1S97 will approx
imate , if not exceed. 5240,000,000. an
increase of nearly 20 per een ; over
1896. The gold product of tha United
States for 1S9G was $53,100,000 : for
1897 it will approximate $61,500,000 , an
increase of $3,400,000.
The product for Africa in 1S96 was
$44,400,000 ; returns received up to De
cember 1 , 1897 , indicate that the gold
product of that country for the year
will be $5S,000,000 , an increase cf
513,600,000. For Australia for 1890 the
production was $45,800,000 ; for 1S97
the indication are that it will not be
less than $51,000,000 , an increase of
55,200,000. Mexico in 1896 produced
58,330.000 ; for 1S97 it is estimated that
it will be $10,000,000. an increase of
51,670.000. The dominion of Canada
for 1S96. $2.80,000 ; it is estimated for
1897 at $7,500,000 , or an increase of
54.700.000. India's product forlSO7 * < =
\stimated at $7,500,000 , an increas ? of
51.400.000 over 1896. Ru-sia's gold
oroduct for 1896 was $21,550,000 ; for
1897 estimated to approximate $25 -
300.000. an increase of $3,450,000. ;
The indication for the United State ?
is that Colorado will lead in the pro
duction of gold for 1SD7. as it is estimated - ;
mated by ex-Governor Grant that it
iviil not be less than $20,000,000. Xe-
rada will follow with a product of
irobably $19,090,000. With the excp-
ion of the South Appalachian range i :
s believed thpra will be an increase in
? very nroducinsr state of gold product j
) ver that of 1896.
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Josephine Ptnith wants $75,000 from :
he Kansas Citv , St. Joseph & Council •
31uffs Railroad eonipanv for injuries '
eceived from falling down
an em- [
jankment. (
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l
Keelproeity 'With Yeno7tjcla. ' ;
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. Francis j
3. Loomis , United States minister to (
Venezuela , has arrived in Washington. !
rie is on leave of absenre from bis I
iost. and while \vashington during
becoming week he will advise with - \
he officials on the subject of negDtiat- (
n < r a reciprocity treaty and also a j
larcels post convention between the i
. " nited States and Venezuela.
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r
The banquet of the Jackson club of t
) maha this year is exported to J.
ciipse all previous records.
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FOItKIGN NEWS NOTKS. M
The National Zeltung denies that H
the tariff negotiations with the United , M
States have been broken off , adding ; -1 / H
that they have only just commenced M
and will continue. 4 |
Ilcsha and Berehara , Important H
towns in West Africa , have been occu- f M
pled by the Lagos Hausas. The inbab- H
itants are enthusiastic over the prcs- M
ence of the British fiag , as they feared , M
an attack from the French native * / M
troops , who arc attempting to force ' jlH
themselves on the Barlba country and"
are devastating it. fl
The German government has ex- j M
pressed its willingness to grant an ex- H
cquateur to Edmond Zebodowski. of II- H
linois , recently appointed United M
States consul at Bresiau , If he should M
be appointed United States consul at ' ' |
Fucrth , Charles W. Erdnian , of Kentucky - ' M
tucky , who was appointed United j M
States consul at Fucrth , being transferred - H
ferred to Bresiau. H
The Atlas Line steamer Alune , . H
which arrived at New York from Ccn- M
tral American ports , reports the ur- H
rival at Grcytown , Nicaragua , Decern- H
her 17 , of the gunboat Newport , with H
the Nicaraguan canal mirvey party H
aboard and well. A large force of laborers - H
borers from Port Limon had already |
arrived at Grcytown to aid in the H
work of the survey. H
The Spanish minister at Washington |
has received a dispateh from Havana H
stating that the autonomist mayors of / B
Bclgucel and Juanabncoa had been inaugurated - H
augurated amid great enlhuuiasm , the v y * H
people receiving them v/ith shouts cf H
"Long live Spain. . " The dispatch adds H
that the patriotic spirit shown at thcio H
demonstrations gives assur.inee of th& i H
speedy realization of the good effects- B
of an autonomous form of government H
in Cuba. H
Michael Davitt has a long letter in H
the London Daily Chronicle in reply to H
one that appeared in its columns M
signed by Adjutant General John E- H
Ballaine of the state of Washington. H
He accepts the latter's sentiments as H
representing a large section of Ameri- T M
can opinion , but protests against the H
statements that Tammany hall is an H
Irish organization , and that Irishmen H
are responsible for corrupt municipal. H
government. j M
Rudolph Evans , the only surviving | |
brother of the late Dr. Thomas Evans , |
the famous American dentist , who M
died in Paris November 14. arrived in. M
Paris on the 29th with his wife and H
son. It is learned form a reliable ; , H
source that the original will of Dr. i H
Evans , drawn by Arthur E. Valois. of , H
New York , his attorney , was so badly H
copied by Dr. Evans , who also amend- j H
ed it and added several codicils , that l M
it is very doubtful if it is legal. j H
A dispatch to the London Times H
from Kobe , Japan , says the dissolution - H
tion of the diet has greatly angered H
the political parties. It is probable- H
that the Marquis Ito , former premier , |
and Count Okuma. a former foreign H
minister , will form a coalition ministry - H
try , with a vigorous foreign policy. H
The military party is eagjr for ac- J M
tion , extraordinary activity prevails ifl H
at the military and naval d"pot and " " H
warships are assembling at Nagasaki. i H
The trades and navigation returns ' , H
shortly to be issued at Ottawa. Can- ' M
A
ada , will show the total imports entered - M
tered for consumption were $111,294. - H
021 , as against imports of $110,587,480 j H
the preceding year. The duty collected - M
ed amounted to $19S91.997 , as against M
$20,219,037 , a decrease of $327,404. Exports - H
ports amounted to $122,950,838 , an in- tj H
crease of $17,581 , f.S0. There were exported - M
ported to the United States Canadian | H
products to the value of $43,991,455 , as H
against $34,460,428 in 1895-0. Great H
*
Britain took of Canada's exports $ G9. - |
535.S52. Yet Canada's imports from H
the old country were but $29,412,288 , a. H
decrease of S3.567.554 as compared M
with the preceding year , while from j H
the United States Canada imported to ' ' |
the value of $ S1.G49,041 , an increase / |
of $3,075,023 over imports of American \ 1 1
products of the year before . 4 1
Idaho .Stage 7toIicry. |
LEWISTON , Idaho , Dec. 31. The H
Lewiston-Mount Idaho stage was held M
up at 9 o'clock last night by two highwaymen - H
waymen one mile from Grangsville. H
Two passengers were relieved of about j H
$60 and the robbers secured the contents - H
tents of two mail sacks , but missed H
the one containing registered money H
packages. The bandits escaped. At | H
Grangeville there is great excitement , H
and a vigilance committee has been H
organized. j H
LIVE STOCK AND 1'KODCCE MARKETS H
Quotations From Now York , Chicago , St H
Louis , Omaha and Elsewhere. H
Butter Creamery separator. . . 21 < & Zi * |
Butter Choice fancy country. . 14 < B > H > J M
; : - : > FreMi If < ; H
Chicken * l'er lb ! i % 10 M
i'nrkeys.uer lb ' . ) 6y M
"
Iuclcs ) [ icr 1 ! ) ( ' • % ' > a H
[ Jce.se-I' < 'r lb Tfs . , H
KabMts l'erdo * ; " 0 @ 1 rft H
I'lKeons Live 7. . ( jj , ? f > H
Lemons Choice Mcssinas . ' " . ' > i i Vi H
Honey Choice , per lb Yi & ? Z M
Jni'ii ! . - . per Im ( ? ) ic j'n M
Cranberries. Cape Cod. pi > r bbi fi % 0 6 $ . V ri > H
Beans llandpickcd Navy 15 < Tj 1 " , , H
I'otaloes per bu .to ds I , , f M
-wcet potatores , i'er bbl 2 2.1 fe 2 ; ' , j H
Jraii 'cs l'er box : ; . " 0 $ 4 i H
\pples Weiten Mock , per bbl 2 7.1 Q3" H
[ lay rpkind.rcr ton .100 © .17 * M
-OL'TIl OMAHA sTO'JK ilAilKET. H
[ Toss Choice lishr. ' . , ' 20 © • .1 2,1 j H
lloss. lle'ivvvreijrhts . ' ! 2:1 < & Z . " 1
Ueef bteers : : 'i < & ? 40 M
ituilb : : rr < & ; s io H
"tatTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * ; / ) ( & Y 7T |
. 'alvcs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . u 7 % Qj 4 tV\ J k
iVesteru Feeders .I 4 > > 45 4 2.1 < H
" < ) - > 2 21 © ' . ' , 0i _ H
leifcrs 27T. fe 3 90 t I H
lockers and Feeders -i CO © 4 OJ j H
"lieep ' .Vebtern Lambs 1(7) ( © .100- H
keep Mixed western Z J0 © .4 00 1
CHICAGO. J H
Vlieat No.2spring 5- ? © ? gi H
; < ; rn per bu 2 > < 2) % . ; H
! ; its perbu tr : fe 2i- J H
Jarlcv No. 2 2iJ © 23 ! H
: ye No.2 i ; CJ 4i H
I'imothy seed Prime per bu. . 2 CK ( 'S 2 ( ; i |
'orlc 7 70 < & 7 75 |
.ard per 1(0 lbs 4 70 I 7.1 H
"attie Choice beef steers 4 1.1 < t ( . 4 .1 } j H
'attic Stockers and feeders..1 2.1 < S j 50 |
1 jus Mixed : { t > © ; i 7,1 • M
lieep Native Lambs 4 00 © U .30 k
NEW YORK MAKICF.T. H
Vhcat No. 2 , red , Winter 103 Q 1 W > c H
'out No. 2 ; ; i © TATS. |
) ats No. 2 27 © 27 < i 1
'ork S ; V > © Vi oo |
.ard 1 cO fm \ zZ H
kan&as cm. B
riieat No. 2 , spring , 0 © SJ 5 M
"orn No. 2 21 * $ 2I5 < H
tots No 2 221. (3 ( 22Ja H
loirs Mixed : ( . ; . " " > G > \ 3 0 H
h'-ep Muttons 2 3.1 © 4 40 1
attic Stoi-kers and feeders. . . 3 20 © 4 40 H