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A Shanghai dispatch says that Li
Hung Chang is very ill
The proposed McKinley arch in
Washington will cost 1500
A postoffice has been established at
Lost Springs Converse county Wyo
with Leander B Blackwell as post
master
E H Wands of the New York Tri
bune has been appointed worlds fair
commissioner to Peru Ecuador Colom
bia and Venezuela
The estimates for the expenditures of
the interior department during the
fiscal year bsginning next July aggre
gate 170000000 of which 142161200
is asked for pensions
The Chicago Great Western depot
and freight house at Waverly Iowa
were destroyed by fire Agent Hine
was severely burned in an unsuccessful
effort to save his cash drawer
Emperor William has issued an
army order expressing the warmest
appreciation of the work of the troops
in China who have added fresh lau
rels to the ancient glory of the German
armc
The navy department has ordered
the gunboat Marietta at Portsmouth
N H to Colon -to relieve the gunboat
Machias which has been watching
over affairs at that point for some
months past
The police order expelling from
Prussia Joseph Herrings the Ameri
can newspaper correspondent upon
the ground of an alleged evasion of
military service ten years ago has
been cancelled
Work has been begun on the con
struction of the Santa Fe extension
from Pawnee O T to Bartlesville I
T joining there with the Santa Fe
and giving Oklahoma direct Kansas
City connection
At an auction sale of a library in
London an original copy of Blakes
Songs of Innocence and Songs of
Experience was sold for 3500 It
is understood that it was purchased
for an American
Captain Neitzke of the German
cruiser Gazelle who was tried for not
reporting the insubordination that oc
curred on the cruiser while she was
engaged in the maneuvers at Dantzic
has been acquitted
In the woods near Blue I- T Nich
olas Caldwell and Gibson Columbia
two fullblood Chickasaw Indians set
tled a dispute over land matters by
fighting a duel with Winchester rifles
Both were mortally wounded
The governors of the board of trade
have decided to invite Admiral Schley
to visit Indianapolis on any date he
may name It is intended to have a
public reception at the state house
and lionize him in every way
The London Lancet says it has offi
cial authority to announce that the re
cent rumors regarding the health of
King Edward are entirely withouth
truth or foundation The Lanset further-says
the king is in good health
and has undergone no operation what
ever
The report of the state auditor of
Iowa for the past three months on the
business done by the banks of Iowa
show an- increase in the amount of
deposits of 573503156 since June 30
At the close of business on September
30 the 189 state savings banks had
total assets amounting to 145603
34697
To Representative Jones of Wash
ington who called upon President
Roosevelt to pay his respects the
president expressed his great interest
in the northwest and said he expected
to make a tour of that part of the
country next summer
William H Richards of Liberty
Neb has been admitted to practice
before the interior department
Lieutenant William C Hartlee U
S M C who thrashed a Filipino boy
on a wharf at Manila on slight provo
cation has been severely disciplined
The abstract of the condition of the
national banks of South Dakota at the
close of business on September 30 aa
reported to the comptroller of the cur
rency shows the average reserve to
have been 2995 jer cent against 3067
per cent on July 15
At Salem O Lucien L Shoemaker
the oldest business man died sud
denly aged 85 Friday morning he
stumbled over an obstruction placed
at his door by Halloween mischief
makers and it is believed injured him
self internally
A dispatch from Jerusalem ays the
Church of the Holy Sepulcher sur
mounting Christs tomb as tradition
ally located was the scene of a san
guinary affray between Franciscans
and Greeks during which there were
a number of casualties on both sides
The academic board of the military
academy has raised the standard of
admission to that institution
Edward Wedelver of Wheatland
Paul Lavenents and John F J Crow
ley both of Cheyenne Wyo have been
appointed railway mail clerks
TO KEEP NAVY MOVING
Chief Equipment Bureau Gives Statistics
of the Puel Department
AMOUNT GROWS TO 95713 TONS
exceeds by Hint Flcure the Total Tur
ahuso of last Fiscal Year Secretive
About Some Stations They Are Pro
posed Places Not to Be Mentioned
WASHINGTON Nov 11 A strik
ing illustration of the growth of the
American navy is presented in the
single statement in the annual report
of Rear Admiral R B Bradford chief
of the equipment bureau of the navy
that he spent 2273111 the last fiscal
for 324108 tons of coal at an average
cost of 701 per ton The report ss
that this was nearly 95713 more tons
of coal than was used during the pre
ceding fiscal year Ten years ago the
coal consumption was 73000 tons per
annum
The domestic coal costs 620 per
ton and the foreign coal of which
there were used 105066 tons cost 850
per ton Admiral Bradford has scat
tered American coal all over the world
wherever suitable storage could be
found He has placed 12000 tons at
Yokohama and 5000 tons at Plchllique
Mex and he has sent large quantities
to Guam and to the Philippines He
carried 9000 tons by water from the
Atlantic coast to Mare island Califor
niaw here it came into competition
with English Cardiff coal They have
averaged the same in coast viz 929
per ton but at present owing to the
scarcity of American freight vessels
the best Cardiff coal is considerably
cheaper at Mare island It is recom
mended that two large steam 10000
ton colliers be built to keep depots
supplied in time of peace and to ac
company the fleets in time of war
Summarizing the work accomplished
at various coaling stations during the
year the report takes up Cavite and
says that the bureau Is about to open
bids for a 45000 ton coaling station
there Efforts have been made to ob
tain a site for a coaling station at
Cebu but thus far without success
Coaling stations have been located at
Port Isabella Basalin island and at
Poloc Mindanao
A complete station has been estab
lished at Yokohama Japan and it is
now fully stocked with coal The
same statement is true at Pichilique
Mex where through the courtesy of
the Mexican government our coal and
colliers have been admitted to the
station without port duty or customs
of any kind In the West Indies a lit
tle work has been done at San Juan
on the coaling scale but Admiral
Bradford expresses regret that little
progress has been made for securing
other sites for coal depots in the
West Indies It is particularly essen
tial that some of the deep water ports
of Cuba should be made available for
this purpose as the entire waters sur
rounding Cuba are most important in
a strategic sense Estimates are sub
mitted for improvements of coaling
stations at most Atlantic ports includ
ing a modern plant at Norfolk
CAPE COLONISTS MIST EIGHT
Tbey Must Assist in Driving Oat the
Swarming Rebels
LONDON Nov 11 In a letter
dated October 23 the Capetown corre
spondent of the Daily Mail says
Lord Kitchener and Sir John Gordon
Sprigg the Cape premier have ar
ranged a scheme for the expulsion of
the invaders from Cape Colony A
joint commission of imperial and co
lonial military chiefs have been sit
ting here for some days past to draft
a scheme
It is understood that this provides
for the coloney taking a large share
in the future campaign and contribut
ing largely toward its cost Appar
ently a levy of loyalists en masse Is
the idea involved
Paul Kevere is Dead
NEW YORK Nov 11 Paul Revere
vice president general of the Sons of
the Revolution died today at Morris
town N Y aged 45 He was a son
of General Joseph Warren Revere
who fought in the Seminole and civil
wars and a great grandson of Paul
Revere of revolutionary fame
Peculiar Accident Results Fatally
FRANKLIN Neb Nov 41 Jack
Smith who was injured by jumping
from a load of hay and striking on
a pitchfork the handle of which pen
etrated his body for a distance of ten
inches died of his injuries
Banss Away ut Psissersbv
DEVILS LAKE N D Nov 11
The 6-year-old son of William Barber
secured a revolver and began shoot
ing at persons passing his home
Miles Miller a merchant was made a
target by the boy but missed Burt
Crary a 12-year-old boy was the next
person to pass and young Barber shot
him through the apex of the right
lung probably fatally wounding him
The Barber boy seemed to think he
was having a good time
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NINE MEN RUN DOWN
Farmer Surprises Party of Convicts Who
Are Biding in His Barn
LEAVENWORTH Kan Nov 11
All the police deputy sheriffs and
farmers In the country adjacent to
Leavenworth were on the lookout to
day for the twenty six federal con
victs who escaped from the stockade
yesterday As a result two convicts
have been killed two wounded and
five captured unhurt The casualties
took place in a fight near Nortonville
Kan that resulted in the death or
capture of five men The dead
James Hoffman aged 20 white J
J Poffenholz aged 25 white a sol
dier convict- John Green aged 21
white and Willard Drake aged 19
are wounded and recaptured and the
fifth Fred Moore aged 16 a negro Is
recaptured unhurt
The five men were discovered in
the barn of Fay Weishaar a quarter
of a mile from Nortonville Kan
about 3 p m today Weishaar went
into the barn and was ordered out
at the point of guns He rushed to
Nortonville and gathered a wagonload
of men who with revolvers shot
guns and a few Winchester rifles has
tened to the scene
IN CON VIC IS GRASP
Sheriff Cook and Deputy of Topeka Are
Themselves Made Prisoners
TOPEKA Kan Nov 11 Sheriff
Cook of this county and Deputy
Sheriff Williams were captured by two
escaped convicts from the Fort Leav
enworth military prison yesterday
afternoon at Pauline Ave miles south
of Topeka and held prisoners in the
farm house of a man named Wooster
for several hours The convicts finally
escaped between a line of police sent
from Topeka to reinforce the sheriff
and are now at large Both were
slightly wounded
Wooster was badly wounded by one
of the convicts when he tried to fire on
them Mrs Wooster and Sheriff Cook
were held before the convicts as a
shield by the prisoners in making their
escape A posse is in pursueit
VOTE GREATLY REDUCED
Nearly Quarter of a Million Loss In Ohio
Thau in lOOO
CINCINNATI O Nov 11 With
almost half of the official returns from
the eighty eight counties in Ohio re
ceived it is estimated that the total
vote may be 100000 less than for gov
ernor two years ago when 920872
votes were cast and almost a quarter
of a million less than for president
last year when the total vote of Ohio
was 1649121
Notwithstanding the increas in
population during the past thirteen
years the total vote will likely be
much less than for president in 1888
when it was 841941 and probably less
than has been cast for governor since
that time with a single exception
EIRST IN MOTLEYS MEMORY
Minnesota Village Unveils at the Town of
Tower
TOWER Minn Nov 11 To this
village belongs the honor of having
erected the first monument in honor of
William McKinley Representatives
from the entire northwest were pres
ent at the unveiling including Gov
ernor Van Sant and other men of
prominence When the monument was
unveiled all the bands that Tower and
the surrounding country could muster
played the hymn Nearer My God to
Thee The speakers were Governor
Van Sant John Owens Thomas Mc
Keeon and Rev Dr Forbes
Anti Saloon League
WASHINGTON Nov 11 Active
preparations are making for the meet
ing here in December of the sixth an
nual convention of the American Anti
Saloon league The sessions will be
held in one of the commoaious build
ings of the city and beginning Tues
day December 3d will cotinue through
Thursday A large attenaance is ex
pected as the league expects to secure
railroad excursion rates throughout
the country The call for the conven
tion is signed by Rev Luther B Wil
son the acting president of the league
and a request is made that all bodies
hostile to the saloon send delegates
together with a representative from
each for the national board of direc
tion
Six Hundred Cases of Smallpox
LINCOLN Nov 11 Dr Brash ol
Beatrice one of the secretaries said
that over 600 cases of smallpox hall
been reported to him since October
15 Of this number 200 were in the
Indian reservations The disease was
found in over 100 localities
Paymaster Loses Thousands
PENSACOLA Fla Nov 11 Pay
master Stevens of the United States
army arrived here from Atlanta Sat
urday and before leaving that city
placed in a satchel 200 and 34800 in
paper money for the purpose of pay
ing the several hundred artillery men
at Fort McRea their salaries for the
past month When he reached the fort
here he opeend the grip and found that
all the paper money amounting to
nearly 5000 liad been abstracted
NEBRASKA EMIT AT BUFFALO
The Display Was One of Which the State
May Feel Proud t
BUFFALO N Y Nov 11 The re
sult of Nebraskas fruit display as
Jo awards has been -telegraphed you
says a dispatch to the World Herald
Work done by Mr Hodkinson has been
very gratifying The fruit which has
attracted the attention of horticultur
al scientists and which has been the
life of the exhibit was plums the
collection of seedlings and hybrids
showing the evolution of the plum
from the sand cherry to the present
delicious victory For this Nebraska
is largely indebted to Mr Theodore
Williams whose valuable work in
cross breeding plums has attracted
much scientific attention Of these
140 varieties have been exhibited
spreading over a period pf two months
With the display of peaches follow
ing of which Russells seedling com
manded attention for its fair size and
good quality and the apples in fall
and winter varieties to the number
of forty the tables have been well
filled and the unique boots made of
bark have overflowed McCormicks
Duchess of Oldenburg was especially
fine and Nebraskas Jonathans gain
ed the admiring compliments of the
horticulturists who have grown criti
cal from much acquaintance with
toothsome varieties A special display
of commercial apples has recently
been installed in new space and Ben
jamin Davis esq and the Missouri
pippin fairly shine in a successful ef
fort to show that the drouth didnt
dry out their juices Mr Hodkinsons
work as a scientific horticulturist has
reflected credit upon Nebraska in
choosing him to represent her among
so many representing widely separ
ated sections
If the popular choice could have
given it Nebraska certainly would
have had a gold medal for corn for
all day long the people came and stood
over the great ears and expressed
astonishment and admiration It
cannot be possible that such corn was
raised when you had such a drouth
they said and they quietly shelled off
a few kernels and carried them off
to plant until hardly an ear was left
intact
TO STAMP OUT SMALLPOX
Senator Dietrich Urges the Need of Urg
ent Measures
WASHINGTON Nov 11 Senator
Dietrich through his secretary brought
to the attention of the commissioner
of Indian affairs the possibility of
an epidemic of smallpox among the
citizens of Homer Thurston county
a village just north of the Winnebago
Indian reservation unless imperative
action is taken by the authorities
The senator urged immediate action
on the part of the government in
view of the seriousness of the case
and asked that something be done to
prevent the spread of disease As
the Indians are citizens of Nebraska
it was decided that the question of
quarantine rests solely with the
Thurston county authorities and ft
devolves upon them to move in the
matter
Held for Horse Stealing
DAVID CITY Neb Nov 11 Chas
Miller Ihe man who was brought
from Burt county by Sheriff Ben last
week charged with stealing a val
uable horse belonging to W A Wells
was arranged before County Judge
Skiles and bound over to the next term
of the district court The horse was
stolen in September and was recovered
last week in Burt county
Senalor Millard
OMAHA Nov 11 Senator Millard
has engaged a suite of three rooms at
the New Millard hotel at Washington
where he will make his headquarters
during the coming session of congress
which convenes December 2 The
rooms are on the top floor of the
hotel He will be accompanied at the
capital by his daughter Miss Jennie
Millard
For State Normal School
LINCOLN Nov 11 Gov Savage
has appointed Stephen W L Stephens
of Beatrice a member of the board of
education of the state normal school
to succeed James West of Benkelman
who has resigned because of removal
from the state Mr Stephens is city
superintendent of the Beatrice schools
Samuel I Kussell Insane
LINCOLN Neb Nov 11 Samuel L
Russell a dealer in the local stock
exchange and formerly mayor oT
Creston Iowa has been taken to the
asylum for the insane uis mind hav
ing given away recently
Hunter Has Fined Himself
LINCOLN Nov 11 William S
Stein prominent in business and so
cial life of Lincoln was fined 20 for
violating the game law He had
eighty nine ducks in his possession
which was forty nine more than al
lowed by law Stein is one of the
men who assisted in inducing the leg
islature to pass the game law His
violation of the act was a thoughtless
error which he acknowledged volun
tarily
A BLAZE AT THE CAPITOL
tomo Believe There Was Attempt to
Destroy the Structure
LINCOLN Nov 9 The discovery
of a small blaze in the tunnel leading
from the engine house to the state
apitol building has caused several of
ficials to believe that a deliberate at
tempt was made to destroy the latter
structure The flames were confined
to the asbestos covering of a large
3team pipe running through the tun
nel Outside of the asbestos is a cov
sring of four layers of heavy paper
This paper was burned away in two
spots each about a foot in diameter
Belov the pipe was found a pile of
excelsior and several burnt matches
The place where the fire was found is
about forty feet from the capltol
building and with a good draft the
flames would have spread the entire
distance within a few minutes
Secretary of State Marsh and Attor
ney General Prout investigated the
discovery but arrived at no definite
conclusion It was reasoned that if an
attempt was planned to destroy the
building the fire would have been
started nearer the building or in the
woodwork The pipe is hot enough to
acorch dry paper but it is said by en
gineers that it could not produce any
effect on the asbestos which is be
tween the pipe and the outside paper
covering
State Fight on Standard Oil
LINCOLN Nov 9 The supreme
court made an order allowing the state
ten days in which to file exceptions
to the report of the referees in its
case against the Standard Oil com
pany If some showing is not made
by the state within the time speified
the report of the referees will be con
firmed and the case dismissed as rec
ommended Attorney General Prout
said he had not determined what
course he would pursue It is likely
however that exceptions will be filed
in which event the court will assign
a day for a hearing
Cannon Invests fit Ashland
ASHLAND Neb Nov 9 Con
gressman Joseph G Cannon of Dan
ville 111 accompanied by Hon Sam
uel Waugh of Plattsmouth was in
Ashland Wednesday While here
Congressman Cannon purchased the
Thomas J Wilburn farm of 500
acres lying between this city and
Greenwood paying an average price
of 60 an acre for it Congressman
Cannon who is a member of the ap
propriations committee made the pur
chase as an investment having great
faith in the value of Nebraska lands
Northwest Nebraska Teachers
ALLIANCE Neb Nov 9 The
Northwestern Nebraska Teachers as
sociation which meets in this city on
November 29 and 30 promises to be
the most important educational gath
ering ever occurring in western Ne
braska Among the special features
will be addresses by Deputy Superin
tendent McBrien President W A
Clark of the Peru Normal and a lec
ture by Dr A L Bixby State Journal
poet
Death of Mrs W K Akers
ALLIANCE Neb Nov 9 Mrs W
A Akers wife of ex State Senator
Akers of this place died after a pro
tracted case of typhoid fever with com
plications Captain and Mrs Akers
have long been citizens of this part of
the state coming here in the early
80s the former being at present a
member of the state republican central
commitUe and receiver of the United
Statej land office here
Farmer Found Dead
YORK Neb Nov 9 Isaac Brown
a well-to-do farmer who lives one
mile west of Henderson started to
that village with some eggs in a bas
ket and was found lying dead near the
elevator at that place It is supposed
he died of heart failure
Pitchfork Wound Proves Fatal
FRANKLIN Neb Nov 9 Jack
Smith who was badly hurt by jumping
off a load of hay onto a pitchfork the
handle of which entered his body ten
inches died from the effects of the in
jury
Who Can Beat This
PLATTSMOUTH Neb Nov 9
Thayer Propst a young farmer made
a good record husking corn last week
In ten hours he husked and cribbed
127 bushels
Announcement of an increase rang
ing from 250 to 10 per month in the
wages of telegraph operators on the
Hazelton Mahanoy division of the
Lehigh Valley railroad has been made
Bows Off Top of Boys Head
TILDEN Neb Nov 9 Joseph and
John Hopkins cousins aged 19 and 11
respectively were hunting when an
accident happened which terminated
fatally fhe former was explaining to
the latter the mechanical working of
his gun when in breaking it the cart
ridge exploded the charge blowing
away the top of- John Hopkins skull
The injured boy lived for several
hours but never regained conscious
ness
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Tram Soatk Owah
tatest Quotations
and Kansas City
SOUTH OMAHA
werofa ir y
cattle
Cattle Kecclpta of
liberal but tho market ruled strong and
active on nil desirable grades There
wcr about thirty live car of corn feu
steers on sale and the quality- M jnole
all had liberal
Puckers
good
was very
infos better grade
rderS a result the
Bold about as fast as they were un ond
ed Tho market eoiild safely bo Q uoted
and active The cow
steady to strong
und prices w ere
market was ulso active
fully as good as yesterday The bettet
sold as much as luc
grades in some cases
higher as the demand was very active
forthat class of stock The medium
kinds and canners sold In Just about yes
terdays notches Bulls veal calves and
stags all changed hands freely at goqd
steady prices The supply of feeders
was not large and as the demand was
fairly liberal the market took on con
siderable life and stronger prices were
paid for the more desirable bunches
There were very few western steers In
tho yards good enough for killers Good
llrm prices were paid for such as did ar
rive as packers all seemed anxious for
good grass cattle Range cows were ais
ready sellers at strong prices
Hojts Owing to unfavorable reports
from other points the hog market herd
opened rather slow and 235c lower The
first hogs sold mostly at JoCT and as
sellers were generally asking more money
tho market was dull Packers flimily
raised their bids and the bulk of the
sales went at 567 and J570 The closw
of the market was good and strong I
the most of the late sales being at 570
In spite of the slow opening everything
was disposed of In good season Th
choicer bunches sold largely from 572
to J585
Sheep Receipts of sheep were fairly
liberal for this time of the week but
the big bulk of what did arrive was
feeders There were hardly enough of
the mutton grades to make a test of the
market Tho few bunches that packers
did buy brought good strong prices as
Is shown by the fact that a string of
ewes sold at 323 which were far from
being choice Other bunches of fat sheep
and lambs sold proportionately high Tho
feeder market on the other hand was
slow and weak the same as It has been
for the last several days
KANSAS CITY
Cattle Good cattle were steady to a
shade lower common cattle were lower
choice export and dressed beef steers
f59ag650 fair to good 4755S5 stock
srs and feeders J255fM23 western fed
steers 500GSO western range steers
f2S0tHG5 Texas and Indian steers 275
f450 Texas cows L75325 native
iowh J230t4 i40 heifers 300523 bulls
f25053S0 calves 3235510
Hogs Market was strong to 5c higher
top SG05 bulk of sales J555159o heavy
f395G05 mixed packers 370595 light
f52505SO pigs -150533
Sheep and Lambs Market was strong
native lambs 1005500 western lambs
f4OO4G0 native wethers 3253S5 west
ern wethers 310g360 ewes J275S3 iO
culls J150ti32a
f RANGE EEELS TRIUMPHANT
Receives Advices Announcing- Turks
Complete Capitulation
PARIS Nov 9 France has secured
a complete triumph in the Turkisn
dispute The foreign office this morn
ing received advices announcing that
the sultan has yielded to the entire
demands jrmulated by the French
government and only the question of
form regarding the execution of the
engagements remains to be settled
This may be done within the next
twenty four hours or it is expected
at the latest in two or three days
Then Admiral Caillard will relinquish
his occupation of the island of Mity
lene
An official note was issued at 1 p
m yesterday to the effect that the
porte had decided to yield to all thl
demands of France and that as soon
as the sultan has issued irade ratify
ing the decision the French squardon
will leave Mitylene
President Loubet presided at the
cabinet council The foreign minis
ter M Delcasse announced that the
porte had just advised him that it
had decided to give satisfaction in the
case of the various French demands
to which M Delcasse replied that so
scon as the sultans order regarding
the portes decision was communicated
to him Admiral Canards squadron
would leave the island of Mitylene
Death of Major Dinwiddle
CEDAR FALLS Nov 9 Major W
A Dinwiddle U S A second lieu
tenant Second cavalry 1866 1874 first
lieutenant 1874 1386 professor of mil
itary tactics Illinois State university
1877 1881 professor of military
science and tactics Iowa Western
university at Mount Pleasant 1887
1891 and professor of military science
and tactics at the state normal school
for the past ten months died at Pal
myra Wis Interment will take
place here
Britains Aid Not Sought
CONSTANTINOPLE Nov 9 There
is absolutely no foundation
for the re
port which originated with the Paris
Echo de Paris that the
port had de
manded that Great Britain should
protect Asiatic Turkey from French
attack
Jfot the Only Conners There
SAN FRANCISCO Nov 9 Ac
cording to the
Chronicle a deal is
about to be
consummated bv which
all the leading
fruit
canning estab
lishments outside of the Canifornia
Fruit Canners association will pas
into the hands of an eastern syndicate
The combined capacities
included in
the proposed deal will
equal that o
the existing combine The annual
output will be not less than 1500000
cases or 36000j000
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