M'COOK TRIBUNE.
F. M. KIMMKI/L , Publisher.
McCOOK , - - NEBRASKA
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
A civil service examination will l > e
held at Kearney , Neb. , October 4.
Carey W. Thorn of Cody , Neb. , has
been appointed a teacher In the Rose
bud Indian school of South Dakota.
At Sydney , N. S. W. , the assemnly
passed a resolution by a vote of 75 to
41 declaring a lack of confidence In
the ministry.
The emperor of Korea has Inaugu
rated a reform in dress , and 1-as issued
an edict that longer sleeves must be
worn with long coats.
The navy department received word
that the new battleship Kearsarge
would be ready for her official accept
ance trial about Sept. 22.
The last plague patient was dis
charged from the hospital at Alexan
dria , Egypt. Of a total of eighty-nine
cases forty-three deaths have occurred
It is said thpt Baron von Hammer-
stein Lexton , minister of agriculture ,
has been dismissed from office for the
part he took with regard to the canal
bill. ,
Consul Bedloe , whose status as the
United States representative at Canton
is in question , is in Washington to
confer with the state department offi
cials.
During the sham battle in the Pain
spectacle , "The Battle of San Juan , "
at the state fair ground , in Columbus ,
O. , Charles Krag , aged 10 years , spectator
tater , was killed.
A. L. Bell of St. Mary's , Kan. , has
been appointed a teacher at the Hock-
bury Indian school , Arizona : Miss G.
Vaughan , of Hutchinson , Kan. , teacher
at Sac ad Fox agency.
Mrs. B. K. Bruce , widow nf the late
United States Senator Bruce , has ac
cepted the position of lady principal
of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial
institute at Tuskegee , Ala.
So far as known this is the hottest
summer ever experienced in London.
Meteorological records go back only
twenty-seven years and show a maxi
mum of 90 degrees in the shade.
Bids for the purchase from the gov
ernment of the Industrial Christian
home in Salt Lake City , Utah , v/ere
opened. Charles B. Titcomb of Salt
Lake , for $22,500 , was the highest.
Harvey Murray , one of the most
prominent attorneys in Missouri , died
at Springfield , Mo. , from injuries re
ceived In being thrown down a stair
way by E. C. Mays , a wealthy farmer.
Rev. Mr. William Moffat , D. D. , LL.
D. , for twenty-eight years president
of Erskine college , at Due West , S. C. ,
and for many years editor of the Asso
ciated Reformed Presbyterian , is dead.
At the Douglas county lair at Ca-
marge , 111. , lightning struci : the north
end of the grand stand , killing two
men Instantly , fatally injuring two
more and seriously disabling six
others.
Government officials of the Russian
province of Kieff recently ordered the
closing of thirty synagogues and
schools at Berlitcheff , center of the
Jewish population of the southwest
provinces.
Final returns show that Pleasant
Porter , the progressive candidate , was
elected president of the Creek nation
by a majority of 1,000 votes , defeating
ex-Chief Ferryman and Second Chief
Mclntosh.
Lieutenant General Sir General For
ester Walker , who relieves Sir General
William Francis Butler as commander
of the British troops in South Africa ,
arrived at Capetown. He was given a
splendid reception.
A dispatch to the London Daily
Chronicle from ChristSania says that
Baron Vontell , a Russian , has pur
chased a sailing vessel and will under
take an expedition into North Polar
regions next spring.
Iron and lake shipping men estimate
the loss caused by the blockade of
Lake Superior navigation through the
sinking of the vessels Houghton and
Fritz in the St. Mary's river will
amount to over ? 1GOOODO.
John Y. McKane , formerly the po
litical boss of Coney Island , and whose
trial and conviction in 1894 for ballot
box stuffing gave him national notoriety
riety , is dying at his home in Coney
Island of acute dyspepsia.
The Pitlsburg Bridge company , and
Charles M. Peasley , superintendent ,
were held responsible by a coroner's
jury for the death of eleven men who
were killed in the collapse of the
arches of the coliseum building.
Governor Candler's Minute Men , a
company of 109 officers and privates ,
composed of young men in Marietta ,
Macon and Atlanta , Ga. , has made ap
plication with Secretary of War Root
to be accepted as a company for ser
vice in the Philippines.
Senor Pulido , the charge d'affaires
of Venzuela , in response to a cable
gram sent by him , received a message
from the foreign office of Venezuela
saying : "The news of a new outbreak
in Venezuela , published yesterday , is
without any foundation. "
Count Esternazy , in an interview
published , repeats his statement that
he did everything by order of Colonel
Sandherr , and his superior officers. He
says he will reveal all after'the trial
at Rennes. Possibly he will go to the
United States to lecture.
Preparations on a grand scale for
the celebration of the national anni
versary of independence are being
made in the City of Mexico. Governor
Martinez of Oaxaca has invited the
Americans to take part in the inde
pendence day celebration , and they
will erect a handsome arch , besides ac
tively participating in the public mani
festation of rejoicing.
Spanish is to be taught in three of
Chicago's public schools. The idea
from Superintendent Andrews , who
advocated the teaching of Spanish
after the conclusion of the war with
Spain. Dr. Andrews held that a big
opening showed itself for American
youths in the new island possessions
if they knew something of Spanish.
Chicago is the first city to make pro
vision in the public school system for
the teaching of the Spanish language.
Not Uneasy Regarding Himself , as He
Expects to Be Pree October 15 ,
THINKS OF WIFE AND CHILDREN.
Madam Dreyfus VIxiU Iler Husbund , Ac
companied by Ills JJrother Difference-
of Opinion on tlio Verdict Colonel I
I
JnnntiHt Declares Dreyfus Must Servo
Full Ten Years. |
RENNES , Sept. 11. Dreyfus has
borne the terrible shock with marvel
ous fortitude , one might almost say
with unnatural calm. Yesterday he
seemed stupifled when M. Labori' com
municated to him the verdict , but he
has since rallied. He passed a quiet
night and rose when his orderly
brought his water at 5 o'clock this
morning.
Mme. Dreyfus and Matthieu Dreyfus ,
his brother , visited him during the
course of the afternoon , his brother
subsequently leaving for Paris. The
application to the court of revision was
taken to him at noon by M. Labori's
assistant and he signed it.
Today he has spoken little , though
he has seemed in better spirits than
might have been anticipated. The
meeting with his wife was naturally
very affecting , but both held up as
well as possible. He said to her :
"I am not uneasy regarding myself ,
as I shall soon be free , but I think
of you and my poor children. They
will be branded as the children of a
traitor. "
He is convinced that ten years' im
prisonment to which he is sentenced
will be wiped out by the five years of
solitary seclusion he has undergone on
Devil's Island , and he expects to be
released by October 15 , which will be
five years from the date of his former
condemnation. He is so sanguine that
he has made an extraordinary request
of his wife for a novel to read in the
meantime , explaining that his mind
is so shaken and weighed down by re
cant events that he expects to divert.
his thoughts and to get all the recollections - |
lections of the past three months out
of his mind. He thinks that reading
a novel will afford the desired mental
repose and keep him from brooding. (
The correspondent of the Associated
Press called upon Mme. Dreyfus after
her visit to her husband and saw her
father. M. Hadamard , who said his
daughter was bearing up wonderfully
well , considering the circumstances ,
but desired to remain undisturbed today -
day , In view of the emotional strain
of the interview. M. Hadamard said .
Mme. Dreyfus and the family were
hopeful and looked forward to some '
favorable development. .
"The verdict is an infamy , " he said. '
"Captain Dreyfus is in poor health , as
everyone knows. He has been extreme-
ly ill from the moment of his arrival
in France. His health has not improved -
proved and the nervous effect of yes
terday's terrible blow is bound to react
on his general condition. His suppres
sion of all outward depression is due
to his almost incredible force of will ,
but it does not imply that he is insen-
sible to the mental and physical tor
ture he has undergone. On the - contrary
trary , the family just now see in his
weak state of health and abnormal |
impassivity an ugly sign , and fear for
him more than they care to express. "
The town has been perfectly calm. |
There has not been a sign or a demon-
stration nor a cry for or against Drey
fus or the Jews heard anywhere. A
number of people gathered to see Mme.
Dreyfus visit the prison , but they |
were quite respectful.
The troops and masses of gendarmes
who yesterday gave the center of j
Rennes the appearance of a military |
camp have vanished. There are hard
ly any gendarmes in sight , except near
the Dreyfus residence , where a few are
posted. |
Itnrn * the French Flair.
INDIANAPOLIS , Ind. , Sept. 11.
When the news of Captain Dreyfus'
fate reached Indianapolis Captain
Wallace Foster , who originated the
plan of floating the American flag
over Indiana school houses , announced
that he would have the flag of France
burned in he public streets. Last even
ing a large crowd was drawn to his
home , in North Capitol avenue , and ,
encircled by women , ch"dren , bicycles
and buggies , the tri-colors were
brought out and burned on the ma-
cadam boulevard. There was loud i
cheering as the flag , which Captain
Foster had obtained at the World's ,
fair , was reduced to ashes.
Yellow Fever Spreading.
JACKSON , Miss. , Sept. 11. One case
of yellow fever in Jackson was re
ported to the state board of health
Sunday. The patient is D. P. Porter ,
city clerk. Dr. Murray of the marine
hospital service confirms the diagno
sis and his report to Surgeon General
Wyman says that the case is of a very
malignant type. The patient is not
expected to live during the night. It
is expected many other Mississippi
towns will quarantine against Jackson
during the night.
More Volunteers Start Home.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Sept. 11. A
cable dispatch has been received from
General Otis , which says : "Newport
sailed yesterday , 9 officers , 66 enlisted
men , 464 discharged men , 10 civilians ;
party of enlisted men belonged to
volunteer signal corps ; remainder
sick. "
Root and Heverldge Disagree.
NEW YORK , Sept. 11. The World ,
under a Washington date , will print
the following :
Senator Beveridge of Indiana left
here yesterday afternoon , after having
had four long conference. ? with the
president on the Philippine situation.
Secretary Root took part in the last
conference and after it was over he
and Senator Beveridge went away to
New York together. It is said Secre
tary Root and Senator Beveridge were
not in agreement on several of the
fundamental points considered.
THE EXPECTED HAS COMc.
Caj > t. Dreyfus Aguln Condemned as n
Traitor ti > II1 Country.
RENNES , Sept. 11. The expected
has happened. Dreyfus has been con
demned , but though a majority of
those In the court room Saturday
afternoon expected the verdict , they
were completely stupefied when it was
given.
The silence which prevailed In the
room , when men turned pale and
caught their breath , was more Impres
sive than any other manifestation
could have been. Maltre Demange
sank back in his chair and tears trick-
eld down his cheeks and Maitre Labori
turned white as a sheet , while all
around the court room looked at each
other In silence. Positively the only
sound to be heard was the rustling
of papers from the reporters' benches
as each press representative tried to
be first to send the news.
As the audience left the court room
fully ten or fifteen men were crying
openly and the majority of those pres
ent walked quietly down the street for
more than a block without speaking
a word. It was like a funeral pro-
cession. I
Meanwhile a tragedy was being en
acted in the little room off the court
room , where Dreyfus listened to the
reading of the verdict. He had been
told the result by his lawyers and had
wept bitterly , but when in the pres
ence of the officials of the court-
martial he listened impassively to the
sentence.
His wife , who was waiting in torture
and suspense at her house , bore the
news bravely and when visiting her
husband in the afternoon showed the
onlookers who were in the streets no
sign of her suffering as s ! a walked
from her carriage to the prison.
Mathieu Dreyfus was not present in
court in the afternoon , but visited his
brother after the verdict had been
rendered. He found him perfectly
calm and without any manifestation
of surprise at the finding of the court.
The prisoner simply shrugged his
shoulders , uttering an expressive
'bah ! " adding as he embraced his
brother as the latter was preparing to
leave : "Console my wife. "
The text of the judgment is as folr
lows :
Today , the 9th of September , 1899 ,
the court-martial of the Tenth Legion
army corps , deliberating behind closed
doors , the president pUi the following
question :
"Is Alfred Dreyfus , brevet captain ,
Fourteenth regiment of artillery , pro
bationer on the general staff , guilty
of having in 1894 entered into machi
nations or held relations with a for
. eign power or one of its agents to
induce it to commit hostility or under
take therefor by delivering the noteo
and documents mentioned in the docu
ments called the bordereau according
to the decision of the court of cassa
tion of June 3 , 1899 ? "
The votes were taken separately ,
beginning by the inferior grade and
youngest in the last grade , the presi
dent having given' his opinion last.
The court declares on the question
by a majority of five votes to two :
"Yes , the accused is guilty. "
KORSES ANDlVIULES FOR ORIENT.
Government AV111 Send 3.0OO Horses and
Same Number of 3Iulcp.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 11.The quar
termaster's department of the army is
paying especial attention just now to
the transportation of animals , including
,
ing cavalry horses and pack mules , to
the Philippines. Arrangements have
been made for the transportation of
about 3,000 cavalry horses , including
those of the Third cavalry and an
equally large number of mules. Many
of these animals are being transported
by way of San Francisco , and the re
mainder are on their way to Manila
by the Aleutian route from Seattle to
Japan. The last named methods of
animal transportation are somewhat of
av experiment , and the result is being
watched with considerable interest.
The department contemplates sending
the entire Third cavalry to the Philip
pines over this North Pacific route.
The men are on the steamer St. Paul
and the horses on the steamers Gar
onne , Athenian and Victoria. The
Garonne was the first to start from
Seattle , and , according to advices re
ceived at the war department , arrived
safely at Dutch harbor , one of the
westernmost islands of the Aleutian
group , on August 27.
Iowa Officers After Him.
TORONTO , Sept. 11. G. W. Nutt , an
officer from Des Moines , Ta. arrived
here today to take back Charles A.
Spiegel , who is wr.nted there on a
charge of arson. He was indicted last
month , and was out on bail on the
charge , and also on a charge of send
ing obscene matter through the mails ,
and it is alleged fled. Nutt positively
identifies his m.n. W. W. Hartford ,
governor of the Tennessee state prison ,
Nashville , is here , to take back Dr.
Foucher , an alleged escaped convict
Estcrhazy 'Will Reveal All.
LONDON , Sept. 11. Count Ester-
hazy , in an interview published here t
this morning ; repeats his statement o
that he did everything by order of i
Colonel Sandheer and his superior offia
cers. He says he will reveal all after d
the trial at Rennes.
jra
Army Appointments.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 11 Among t
the appointments anno"nced in the
volunteer army are the following :
Washington To be captain : James
M. Ross , late captain Company A ,
Washington volunteers , Forty-fifth.
Iowa To be first lieutenant : Roy S.
Parker , late lieutenant Fifty-first Iowa ,
Forty-fourth.
At Large To be second lieutenant :
Fred Dingier , late first lieutenant First
Arkansas volunteers , Forty-fourth.
Our Insular Possession ? .
WASHINGTON , Sept. 11. The cab
inet spent most of the session discuss
ing thr local governments for the Phil in
ippines after the cessation of hostili
ties. It was agreed that a system of
government suited to Luzon would
hardly do for the less advanced
islands. Postmaster
General Smith re
ported a rapid improvement in busi
ness in Cuba and Porto Rico was evi he
denced by an increasing demand for
money order facilities and a surpris
ing growth of postal receipts.
Power ia His to Unlock the Doors That
Shut Dreyfus In.
THE PRISONER'S FATE WITH HIM.
If Ho Permit * Schwiirtzkoppcn to Tes
tify Accused AV111 Surely Ho Acquitted
If Ho KefuHtx Internecine Conlllct Is .
Almost Certain to Occur In Franco
Labori liccomes Incensed.
RENNES , Sept. 7. The salvation of
Captain Dreyfus hangs on a word from
Emperor William. This is the general
opinion here tonight. If the kaiser
consents ( to allow Colonel Swartzkop- I
pen , the German military attache in '
nP
Paris In 1894 , to testify before the court
martial or send deaposition , or what is
considered more probable , to allow his
V
disposition to be accompanied by the
actual , documents mentioned in the
bordereau , then Dreyfus is saved.
If the emporer , however , decided
that it is not in the interests of Ger
many for Colonel Swartzkoppen to in
tervene then Dreyfus' case is hopeless
and his condemnation certain.
Tonight the eyes of France are look
ing across the frontier to Stuttgart ,
where the kaiser is staying. He is in
the position of the spectators in a
gladiatorial combat in the coliseum in
ancient Rome , with Dreyfus lying at
the foot of the antagonist and watching -
ing whether the emperor points his
thumb up or down. At a late hour
this evening he had not given a sign
either way and Frenchmen are wait
ing with breathless interest the first
indication of his will.
To all intents and purposes Emperor
William stands today the arbiter of
the ] internal peace of France , for every
one anticipates that King Humbert
will follow his lead. This is probably
the explanation of the delay. Emperor
William has gone to Wurtemburg
from : ' Alsace-Lorraine and King Hum
bert is at Turin. Communication between
r
tween the two monarchs is therefore
l somewhat | complicated and , as they
will undoubtedly agree upon identical
measures in replying to M. Labori's
appeal , it is possible that several days '
will elapse before their decision is
known. The opinion generally held .
here is that Emperor William and '
King Humbert will allow Colonel
Swartzkoppen and Colonel Panizzardi
to be examined by a rogatory commis
sion and their despositions to be sent
to Rennes with supplementary evi
dence from the originals of Esterhazy's
communications.
The anti-Dreyfusards are extremely
exasperated at what they characterize
as M. Labori's "trick. " He had long
been seeking an excuse to invoke the
intervention of the German and Italian
sovereigns and seized the appearance
of Cernuschi as his opportunity , de
claring that the admission of the evi
dence of this foreigner justified his
application regarding Swartzkoppen
and Panizzardi.
M. Labori insisted that the appear
ance of Cernuschi on the witness stand
was quite without precedent , but the
auti-Dreyfusards point out , and with
a certain amount of reason , that the
counsel for the defense were really the
first to Introduce foreign testimony , as
they summoned the English journalist ,
Rowland Strong , on the question of
Esterhazy's confession to having writ
ten the bordereau. Anyway , it can be
safely asserted that the admission of
Cernuschi as a witness for the prose
cution came as a veritable Godsend to
the defense , giving them almost at the
last moment a more or less legitimate
basis for M. Labori's application to
summon the German and Italian mili
tary attaches.
The anti-Dreyfusards assert that the
members of the court martial will ig
nore the affirmations of these foreign
ers , but in less prejudiced circles it is
believed the court cannot disregard the
solemn declarations of the two at
taches without giving rise to a still
greater situation in an international
sense than now prevails.
Germany's Policy Toward Dreyfus.
BERLIN , Sept. 7. The Lokal An-
zeiger publishes an interview with Col
onel Schwartzkoppen , which is be
lieved to define Germany's policy to
ward the Dreyfus affair. When asked
whether he would go to Rennes , Colonel
nel Schwartzkoppen curtly replied :
"No , I do not think the emperor will
permit me to make a statement. Have
we not already adopted a line of con
duct in the matter ? We have done so
twice. First , our ambassador to
France declared we had nothing to do
with the affair. Then Count von Bue-
low , German minister of foreign af
fairs , confirmed that statement plainly
and distinctly in the reichstag. "
YELLOW FEVER SPREADING.
Forty Cases and Five Deaths Reported
at Key "West.
KEY WEST , Fla. , Sept. 7. Dr. Porter
ter < , chief executive of the state board | j
of health , sent out the following yel
low fever dispatch today : "There are
about forty cases up to date and five
deaths. The disease is slowly spread
ing. The hospital has been organized
and the island is well patrolled by
water. Tortugas will be used as a de
tention ( camp , which will be opened
in three or four days. There is no ex
citement at Key West. "
Dr. Porter also wired the state board
of health at Jacksonville to "inform
the various quarantine stations to re-
disinfect all vessels coming from gov
ernment quarantine stations. " is
"Doc" Mlddletoii to Settle Down.
CHADRON , Neb. . Sept. 7. "Doc"
Middleton , the famous scout , cowboy
and ranger , is gradually adjusting him
self to civilizing conditions. He was in
Crawford the last week seeking a
dwelling to move his family in so as to
avail his children of the advantages of
school. He had his long growth of
hair cut and distributed locks of it to
his friends. It measured about eigh
teen inches long. His wiskers , which
previously had shorn , measured as
long and he is now a stranger to his
immediate friends.
USUAL TALE OF HARDSHIPS.
Returnee Klondlkcr Tolls of Death of
Seven Now YorkoH.
SEATTLE , Wash. , Sept. 7. Otto
Thews of Primrose , la. , who has arrived -
rived here from Copper river , Alaska ,
brings news confirming the reported
deaths of seven members of the scien-
lific prospecting company of New
York. The dead are : Earnardt , Miller ,
Alderman , Schutz , Peter Siegel , ButE
ner and Baumgartner. George Hooker ,
another member of the party , got out
alive , but is badly crippled with
scurvy ( , which carried away the majority -
jority of his companions. Uaumgaft-
ner went out hunting and was never
seen again.
The most affecting case was that of
Butner , who was driven Insane by his
sufferings. His weak companions had
stt
to strap him down4 but even then
could not restrain him. One morning
Thews . , whose camp was near > found
Butner sitting out in the mow with
his clothes and hat off , the thermometer -
ter was 45 degrees below zero Butner
was taken inside , but he diea in a few
hours. The party was camped at
Twelve Mile , just beyon.1 Valdez
Glacier.
Thews also brings a gruesome story
in connection with the finding of the
remains of a jeweler named Smith ,
who perished last November on Valdez -
dez Glacier. Every exposed portion oil
the body had been eaten away by
ravens. The remains were IdentifieJ
to be those of Smith by the clothing
and effects found with them. A purse
containing ? 250 was among the effects.
A prospector named Austed , si partner
of ' Smith , said a money belt which
contained . a sum of money , was miss
ing.
ing.Thews
Thews said he had a close call crossing -
ing the glacier , lie fell into a era-
vasse 1,000 feet from the top , but the
pack on his back caught and held him
until his companions could come la
his rescue.
GIGANTIC RAILWAY SYSTEM.
I'lun to Form a Trunk Line Coniiollila-
tloii Greater 'Mian All.
PITTSBURG , Pa. , Sept. 7. The Post
tomorrow will say : There is a plan
arranged to form a gigantic railway
system which will create a trunk line
consolidation greater than any now in
existence in this country and it will
embrace the Baltimore & Ohio , Pitts-
burg & Western , Buffalo , Rochester &
Pittsburg , Philadelphia & Reading ,
West Virginia & Pittsburg and several
smaller roads in as many states.
The gigantic enterprise will , if car
ried out. mean a series cf first-class
roads reaching from Philadelphia ,
Baltimore , Washington and New York
to Reading , Rochester and Buffalo , and
from Baltimore to Cincinnati and St.
Louis with the main line passing
through Pittsburg to Chicago and hav
ing excellent terminals here and at
all the lake ports. It would mean the
shortest and most direct route from
Cleveland and Chicago to Richmond ,
Ya. and Charleston , S. C. and the South
Atlantic coast seaports.
A gigantic traffic agreement amount
ing almost to a consolidation has be a
perfected and all the lines above namea
are preparaing to work in each other's
interest.
The Philadelphia & Reading may be
the last to come in , but as James J.
Hill is behind the work of perfecting
the deal , it will be finally consum
mated.
IOWANS WILL RETURN SOON.
Ordered to the larrack < Preparatory to
Starting Home.
MANILA , Sept. 7. The Icwa regi
ment , the last of the volunteer organi
zations on duty in the island of Luzon ,
has been withdrawn from Calulet to '
barracks at Caloocan preparatory * o .
departing for home. The number who '
will sail is 806. Less than ? 00 of the .
regiment were left on duty at the
front when the order came for their '
relief , forty-eight being on the sick
list. This regiment has undergone |
hard outpost duty for three months ,
during which it has been very much
exposed to the rains. Seventy-fivo
members of the regiment have re-en
listed. Although the lowans partici
pated in some of the fighting between
Malolos and San Fernando , not one of
them was killed in battle. Thirty-nine
members of the regiment , however ,
were wounded and nine died of dis- *
ease. '
Deed for S4O.OOO.OOO Filed.
ST. LOUIS , Sept. 7. A deed of trust
for $40,000,000 was filed in St. Louis
today by the St. Louis , Iron Mountain ,
& Southern Railway company , the '
Metropolitan Trust company of New
York and Robert B. Hutchinson being
named as trustees. The deed is filed
to protect the company's bondholders.
The revenue stamps on it cost $20,000.
I
Porter Elected Chief.
MUSKOGEB , I. T. , Sept. 7. Returns
from the election held in the Creek I
Nation yesterday are coming in slow-
ly. The election passed off quietly and ' c
the indications are that P. Porter of p
this place , the leader of the progressive O L
element , has been elected chief of the C
nation by a small majority. A
P
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Js'o linnp'otaVelroiners. . H
SAN FRANCISCO , Cal. , Sept. 7 The
indications are that the Minnesota
troops , returning on the transport
Sheridan , will have no official welcome
from their native state. The guber
natorial party did not leave St. Paul
until last night and cannot reach nere
before Friday night , and the Sheridan
expected before that time.
Four Killed in a Wreck.
MEADVILLE , Pa. , Sept. 7. An
open switch caused a wreck on the
Erie railroad at Miller's Station , a
short distance above this city , today ,
which three Meadville men were
killed and one injured. A tramp was
also killed and another injured.
South Dalcotans Not to Walk.
ABERDEEN , S. D. . Sept. 7. The
Brown county commissioners have ap
propriated $1,500 out of the general
fund toward paying the expense of
bringing the First South Dakota volun
teers home from San Francisco.
IN GENKICAI. .
Coffee Is becoming an
dustry in Queensland. It has outgrown
"
demand and the
grown the home
preparing to pui
Queenslanders are
their coffee on the London market.
while returning from
Five threshers ,
Brandon , 111. , were struck by lightning.
John j Lundstrom and'0. C. Westman
. The others were
were killed instantly.
more or less injured , but will recover.
Frankfurt-on-tne-Main is celebrating
the one hundred and fiftieth anniver
sary of Goethe's birth with proces
sions , sporting and theatrical per
formances ' , the celebration lasting sev
eral days.
Sir Sidney Wateriow , once lord may
or of London , who married an American
recently a park to the
can girl , gave
Londoners , and will have the pleasure
of seeing his statue erected in it in his
own lifetime.
Hubert Herkomer has been elected
professor of painting in the schools of
the royal academy in place of Sir \V.
B. Richmond , who is responsible for
the mosaics in St. Paul's cathedral ,
and who has resigned.
Berlin university is celebrating the
nineteenth anniversary of its founda
tion by Frederick William III of Prus
sia. Although one of the youngest it
is j now the foremost university of Ger
many in the number of students and
professors.
Count Munster , German ambassador
to ( France , and the chief German rep
resentative at The Hague peace con
ference ' , has been raised to the rank of
prince by the kaiser with the title of
Fttrst Derneburg. Till I860 the count
was a Hanoverian subject.
Peas taken from an Egyptian tomb
3,000 years old have been planted by a
Scotch gardener and have produced
vigorous vines and fruit. There is no
doubt as to the peas being Egyptian ,
but it will need strong testimony to
convince botanists that they are as old
as the tombs.
The body of the man murdered at
Davenport , la. , was Identified as Alex
McArthur of Cedar Rapids , and his
companion is believed to have robbed
him on a passenger train and pushed
him off the platform in front of an ept
other train. He was killed instantly s.
and the murderer escaped.
The Kaiser William der Grosse Is
now king of the seas. The big vessel
reached New York from Southampton
Tuesday in the record-breaking time
of five days , eighteen hours and five
minutes. The best previous time was
five days , twenty hours and fifty-five
minutes. The liner averaged 22.08
miles an hour for the trip. But what
was gained ? A few hours' time was
gained , but the lives of hundreds of
people were risked , and blindly , too.
Bavaria , as is only fitting , bears the
prize for beer drinking , the yerly av
erage for each man , woman and child
being 236 litres. Belgium comes next
with 162 litres , then Great Britain with
145 ; the average for the United States
is 47 litres a year. The record by cities
for 1897-98 is Munich 566 litres yer
head , Frankfort 428 , Nuremberg 421 ,
Berlin 20C , Vienna 145 , Paris 11. Ger
many's production of beer was 1,438-
620,000 gallons. The United States ,
grouped in German tobies with other
non-European countries , produced 1-
219,850.000 gallons and Great Britain
1,166,530,000 gallons.
The dry , hot spell , says a Peoria
(111. ) dispatch , shows no signs of abat
ing in this district. The farmers are
complaining bitterly , and say that - -
is even now too late to save much of
the corn , which has shrivelled up. The
drouth struck the corn in the dough ,
and instead of ripening , it scorched it.
The kernels brought to town for in
spection show that it has been cooked.
The farmers , however , are congratulat
ing themselves that while the hot sun
has withered the corn it has stored
away , tons of saccharine in the sugar
beets that are growing on thousands
of acres of Tazewell county farms.
The central Porto RIcan committee
has decided to send broadcast through
the ! country an appeal to the churches
for aid , and copies of the appeal to all
ft
the banks in the country to be posted
where they can bo seen , to revive the
contributions to the relief fund. A
cablegram received from General Da
vis , now in command in Porto Rico ,
says : that a thousand tons of food sup
plies a week were still needed , the ar
ticles ' most wanted being rice , beans ,
fish , bacon and medicinal supplies. The
United States government is to send
a thousand tons of food purchased on
its own account by a transport which
lid sail tomorrow , and the committee
decided . to devote the contributions
this week to the purchase of medicinal
supplies.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE.
Omaha , Chit-ago rind Ne - York Market.
OLoUttlon * .
OMAHA.
Butter Creamery separator. 19 2)
Butter-Choice fancy country 1 }
Eggs Fresh , per doz 1
Chickens Spring , per Ib ' 1i
Pigeons Live , pi-r doz 7 fn 1 00
Lemons Per box 2. & 4 W
Oranges Per box 4 ? . ) fn > 4 75.
Cranberries Jersey , per bbl. 6 2. (57 ( C 50-
Atniies Per barrel 1 7 i 2 00-
Potatoes New. per bushel. . 2. It 33
Sweet potatoes Per bbl 2 00 -ft 2 30
Hay Upland , per ton 5 00 Jt GOO
SOUTH OMATHA.
Hogs Choice light 4 40 ft 4 43
Hogs Heavy weights 1 33 fl'4 40
Beef steers 300 ii 3 70
Bulls 273 U 3 75-
Stags 2 21 ft 4 63
Calves 4 00 I'd G 00
Cows 2 00 ft 4 10
Heifers 3 30 ti 4 73
Stockers and feeders 330 ( ft 4 63
Sheep Lams 4 00 Si 4 23
Sheep Good grass wethers. . 3 SO
CHICAGO.
Wheat No. 2 spring 67
Corn Per bushel 32 ( ft1
Barley No. 2
33 ft' 40
Oats Per bushel 21 fie .
21 U.
Rye No. 2 52 fieft
Timothy seed , per bu 2 53 til 2 CI )
Pork Per cwt 7 10 a i 20
Cattle Stockers and feeders 3 00 It 4 73
Lard 5 13 fn > 5 33
Rangers 3 40 5 40
Hogs Mixed 4 15 Si 4 63
Sheep Prime flock 6 10 ta 6 23
Sheep Western rangers 3 50 Ii 4 25
XEW YORK MARKET.
Corn No. 2
Oats No. 2 2K i 40
Wheat No. 2 red . 75
KANSAS CITY.
Sheep Muttons . 3 63 ? 395
HORS Mixed . 4 45 rf 4 50
Cattle Stcckers and feeders 4 00 Li1 5 40