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SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS SMYTH
An Order Issued for the Company to Pro
dace Books Order to Bo Obeyed By
December 21 News of General
- Interest to Kcbruska People
LINCOLN Dec 17 1900
Attorney General Smyth has pushed
his suit against the Standard Oil trust
with so much vigor that the public is
likely to get some valuable informa
tion before Prout has a chance to
bring the proceedings to a conclusion
as was done by Hannas attorney gen
eral in Ohio
The supreme court recently com
pleted its order for the Standard Oil
company to produce its books and pa
pers for the inspection of the attor
ney general of Nebraska The order
is to be obeyed by December 21 and
according to its terms the company
must produce its list of stockholders
from the time of its organization and
also the minutes of ue company since
the date of organization The court
gives the company the right to name
the time and place where the inspec
tion is made but the attorney general
lias the right to make the inspection
before December 21 and the place
must be somewhere in the United
States The company enters excep
tions to all the material points in the
order presumably in the hope that
the suit may be transferred to the
federal courts if that is possible As
the home of the company is at Whit
ing Ind it is believed that the ref
erees in the suit A S Tiobets and o
C Wright together with Attorney
General Smyth will conduct the in
spection at that place
L McCoy of Omaha one of the
attorneys for the Standard Oil com
pany called at the court rooms yes
terday and secured a certified copy of
the order The order will be entered
in the court records under date of De
cember 5 and as the company is given
sixteen days in which to submit its
books the inspection can be com
menced by December 21
The order of the court was made
on motion of attorney general The
court sustained the motion to secure
an inspection of the books While
ruling on this motion the court as
sumed jurisdiction in the suit which
lias for its purpose the ousting of the
company from the state for violating
the state anti trust laws and also held
that a foreign corporation does busi
ness in the state not by right
The order of the court requires the
Standard Oil company to permit the
plaintiff and attorney general within
sixteen days from the entering of this
order to inspect the list of stockhold
ers of he company the list of the
names of all who have been stock
holders from the time of the organi
zation of the company also the books
containing the minutes of the com
pany since the date of its organization
to the present time arid other books
and papers
If the trust can manage to evade
that order by any sort of legal pro
ceedings until Smyths term expires
and Prout becomes attorney general
it will feel that a great danger has
lieen avoided
ooo
S J Kent deputy labor commis
sioner makes the following recom
mendations in his biennial report
Uniform system of keeping accounts
of shipments by express and railroad
companies the information con
tained in the accounts to be reported
annually to the labor bureau an
amendment to the law to pay assess
ors and county clerks for statistical
information and a penalty clause to
apply to persons who refuse to give
information to assessors and to apply
to officials failing to perform their
duties
The report recommends branch of
fices of the employment bureau to be
established in several large cities with
the central office a clearing house
He recommends the selection of a
factory inspector to enforce the fire
escape law and the law relating to
child labor and the hours of women in
certain industries
Mr Kent says that for four years
the state has been free from labor dis
putes of any magnituce but the fu
ture cannot be foreseen therefore a
law providing for local and statn
board of arbitration and conciliation
should oe rasied Arrets and con
victions should by law be reported by
the proper Cficers and births dtaths
marriages and divorcer should be re
ported and charitable institutions
should report amounts expended and
number of recip snts He asks that
the law relative to mortgage statistics
be amended so as to entire registers
of deeds to keep a record of mort
gages satisfied by the real payment of
debt from those satisfied by foreclos
ure or voluntary surrender K2 rec
ommends the abolition of contract la
bor in the penitentiary and the man
ufacture by the convicts cf articles
used by the state and municipal in
stitutions He recomraids that the
bureau be placed on a non partisan
basis In Kansas the industrial or
ganization of thestate meet annual
ly elect labor buPru officers and for
mulate legislation which is deemed
wise
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State Treasurer Meserve has taken
such precaution with the funds of the
state that the republicans will not
have a chance to play Bartley for some
- months to come Following out the
populist principles to the fullest ex
tent and paying the debts of the state
as fast as money came into the treas
ury instead of hoarding it in the
banks after the republican fashion
there will be but about 150000 in
the treasury to turn over That is
less than some of the republican city
treasurers keep in the banks while
the people pay interest and the rake
off from the banks is unknown
The state printing board through
A E Sheldon clerk of the board has
filed a voluminous report with Secre
tary of State Porter The report shows
that under the operations of the
printing law of 1897 competition for
state printing has been active and
constant the past two years Con
tracts have been let at low figures not
withstanding the general advance in
prices The contract of the State Jour
nal Co for printing supreme court
reports at 185 per page expired and
on reletting was again secured by the
same company at 122 per page
Other contracts have been let at figures
as low or slightly lower than those of
preceding bienniums There has nev
er been a time in the history of the
state when it has received so much
value for the money paid for print
ing Mr Sheldon says the keenness
of competition has disadvantages one
of them being by unperceptible shad
ings to cheapen the quality of paper
and binding To prevent this a new
schedule of specifications was drawn
up last year which has resulted in a
better grade of material A better
quality of material for state printing
is recommended
The following are the amounts ex
pended for state printing for the bien
nial periods from 1889 to 1901 For
1889 01 56491 1891 93 53131 1893
95 64501 1895 97 56512 1897 99
44891 1899 01 34200
000
Republican State Treasurer elect
Steuffer of West Point is around seek
ing signers to his bond for 1500000
which the law requires When Treas
urer Meserve went back into the office
of state treasurer two years ago he in
troduced an innovation by filing a
bond signed by a large security bond
company at a cost to himself of 1
000 per annum It was hoped by manv
that Mr Steufer would follow in Me
serves footsteps and file a security
bond in which event it was believed
the legislature might recognize the
propriety of the state assuming the
expense of its treasurers bond Should
this be done it was argued the state
treasurer would be able to go into of
fice without being hampered by per
sonal obligations which might later
prove not only burdensome to himself
but dangerous to the state
Mr Steuffer however appears to
have taken the view that a personal
bond is amply sufficient and that it is
not necessary to incur the expense
which a security bond entails He
declares that he can secure a half
million of the necessary security in
his home town of West Point and
that he anticipates no great difficulty
in obtaining the balance from other
portions of the state
000
Dr R W Laflin of Wymore has
been quietly circulating about lately
inspecting the speakers room at Hie
state capitol to f nd whether it fits
him or not and reports it eminently
satisfactory Thfre seems to be a
growing tendency to pick Laflin as the
winner of the speakership contest The
feeling that the Burlington railroad
is friendly to his aspirations is in
creasing as is the disposition to re
gard him as the socret protege of D
la Thomj scn Of course I lutta
would be only too willing to vote the
Lancaster delegation for Laflin that
would antagonize someone else But
the Thompson men in the legisla
ture who are under cover and wno
may not disclose their position for a
month after the legislature convenes
these the Lincoln man might safely
trow to hi iriend from d g9 omit
000
Mr Thompson himself is saying
nothing He is not committing him
self He claims to be perfectly free
of any entanglement with any other
candidate and his statement is gen
erally believed The current impres
sion is that Thompson is simply bid
ing his time that he will endeavor to
be elected without tieing up with any
one failing in which as a cold-blooded
business proposition enter into an
alliance with whichever candidate who
first proves his ability to deliver the
goods
000
Although talk concerning R F
Moores candidacy for senator is in
creasing Mr Moore himself vigor
ously denies the report I am not a
candidate for senator he said to the
World Herald today have not been
and will not be Mr Thompson has
the Lancaster delegation pledged to
his support in the face of which it
would be folly for any other Lancas
ter county man to aspire to the place
The talk concerning my candidacy 3
entirely without foundation
000
It is in the South Platte delegation
that Secretary Meiklejohns greatest
strength is said to be located It
was claimed positively that Meikle
John at the start would have more
South Platte votes than all the other
South Platte candidates combined He
claimed that twenty five votes would
be a fair estimate of Meiklejohns
South Platte following
000
There are good reasons to believo
the republican managers nere are dis
posed to shy at the prospect of the
possibility of the election of certain
candidates for the Nebraska senator
ships who are most active and claim
ful It is easy to see therefore why
they should be disposed to extend a
helping hand to Meiklejohn
000
The announcement is made that As
sistant Secretary of War Meiklejohn
will desert his desk at the department
and hurry to Lincoln shortly there
to engage for a few weeks in the
strenuous life of a candidate for one
of two United States senatorships
from Nebraska
000
Inasmuch as the Meiklejohn people
are admitting the probability of an
alliance between Crounse and Hin
shaw the more readily because they
secretly fear the danger of a tie up
eventually between Crounse and
Thompson it is evident from this es
timate of Meiklejohns South Platte
strength is based on a belief that his
eupport is to come from the ranks
of the Thompson men
000
William J Bryan and A J Smith
chief of the national democratic press
bureau made the rounds of the print
ing offices of Lincoln the fore part of
last week
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IT
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9 BY BOERS
British Force Under Oloments Compelled
to Abandon Its Portion
SEVERAL OFFICERS ARE KILLED
Commandant Dtlary XYlna Signal Advan
tage nt Nooltgedncht Kitcheners
Failure to Make Definite Mention Cro
a tea Alarm iu London
LONDON Dec 15 Lord Kitchener
reports that after severe fighting at
Nooitgedacht General Clements
forces were compelled to retire by
Commandant Dclarey with a force of
2500 men Four British officers were
killed The other casualties were not
reported
Lord Kitcheners official dispatch to
the War office is as follows
PRETORIA Dec 13 Clements
force at Nooitgedacht on the Magal
iesburg was attacked at dawn today
by Delarey reinforced by Bevers com
mando from War Bath making a force
estimated at 2500 Though the first
attack was repulsed the Boers man
aged to get atop of the Magaliesburg
which was held by four companies of
the Northumberland Fusileers and
was thus able to command Clements
camp He retired on Hekpoort and
and took up a position on a hill in the
center of the valley
The casualties have not been re
ported but the fighting was very se
vere said I deeply regret that Colonel
Lange of the Twentieth Hussars and
Captains McBean Murdoc and Atkins
were killed Reinforcements have left
here
Lord Kitchener also reports that the
Boers made an attack and were re
pulsed at Lichtenburg and that Gen
eral Letemmer was killed Attacks
upon Bethlehem and Vrede were also
repulsed the Boers lqsing ten killed
and fourteen wounded Vryherd was
attacked December 11 Sniping con
tinued when the message was dis
patched
The scenes at the War office today
recall those witnessed in the early
stages of the war A constant stream
of excited people filled the lobby all
seeking details of the disaster The
absence of the names 0 any of the
officers of the Northumberland Fusi
leers in General Kitcheners dispatch
leads to the foreboding that the four
companies of the Fusileers mentioned
are in the hands of the Soers The
War office officials evidently expect a
heavy casuaity list but they are hope
ful from the fact that the dispatch
does not mention the capture of tHe
Northumberlands that such a great
catastrophe has been escaped
Orders were issued at Alder shot Mal
ta and other military centers to dis
patch all the available mounted in
fantry to South Africa
It is reported that General Knox
co operating with the British column
at Redersburg has stopped General
Dewet and that a battle is proceeding
The report adds that many of General
Dewets followers nave been captured
JOHANNESBURG Dec 14 325 p
m The battle still continues in the
hills a few miles from Krugersdorp
General Clements has asked for rein
forcements and mounted men under
General French have already gone
There have been many casualties on
both sides
It is estimated that the Boers num
ber 2800
Knot Advocates Cantepn
WASHINGTON Dec 15 Secretary
Root was before the senate committee
on military affairs for two hours today
going over the army reorganization
bill He urged that the anti canteen
provision inserted by the house be
stricken out saying that the canteen
or post exchange is an important fac
tor in army life from a special point
of view He feared it mteht be diffi
cult to secure recruits with the can
teen abolished The secretary again
dwelt upon the imnortance of sneedy
action upon the bin saying tht the
transport for Manila would ibegin to
leave San Francisco tomorrow nl
that all transports leaving after this
time would bring volunteer soldiers
bak
He called attention to the fact that
civil government had veen established
among some of the Filininns and said
that it would not do to leave them
unprotected even for a short time
WASHINGTON D C Dpc 15
Privates Benin ir in Stanlev And Thom
as Feaster of Companv G Fortv
eighth volunteer infantrv stationed iu
the Philippine wer convicted re
cently by court martini cf rape and
desertion and each ws sentenced to
hanaed The president has
the sentence in ean case to dis
honorable discharge forfeiture of all
pay and allowance cafl confinement
at hard labor at Leavenworth piison
for twenty years
Kmp TTpfira 1h X tts
LONDON Dec 15 Mr Krnw
Dr Leyds who dined this Friday
evening at the palace savs the cor
respondent of the Daily JVTail at The
Hague on hearing of the British dis
aster at Nooiteedacht were quite un
moved Mr Kruger said he thought
the English would break their necks
on the Magaliesberg and he asserted
his complete confidence in ultimalol
forcing England to initiate an accept
able settlement
Snre liar Will Remain
WASHINGTON D C Dec 15
Notwithstanding what amounted to the
authoritative denial that the secretary
of state had resigned the story was
persistently circulated dejiasj the day
and finally reached the ears of some
of Secretary Hays fellow cabinet offi
cers These declared that nothing
whatever was said at the cabinet meet
ing today on this subject and said that
even the treaty proceedings in the
senate yesterday were net discussed
So as before stated it is not to be
expected that there will be any change
ALL READY f OR THE SIGNING
Latest Advices Are That Ministers Slav
Subscribe to Agreement
WASHINGTON Dec 14 The latest
advices from Pekin from official
sources is that England has signifies
a willingness to sign the agreement
reached by the foreign ministers with
a slight amendment which is said to
be rather in the nature of a mere
change -In form rather than an amend
ment of the scope of the agreement at
any material pont It was the under
taking that England was the only
power that was holding back and as
according to the advices received here
the slight chances made or proposed
to be made by England do not con
flict with any of the principles held
out for by our government from the
point of view of the State department
there seems to be no substantial ob
stacle to an almost Immediate closure
of the negotiations concerning the
preliminary agreement
Mr Congers last advices to the
State department indicated very clear
ly that the German minister at Pekin
Mumm von Schwarzenstein was liv
ing up to the spirit of the promise
of the German government to abate
its demands for the imposition of the
death penalty upon Princess Tuan and
Thwang Duke Ian and other Boxer
ring leaders It was upon this very
point that the United States made the
issue with Germany and England and
was said to have prevailed so that if
any demand is still made by Germany
in the line indicated it is contrary
to Mr Congers reports and would be
distinctly a surprise to the State de
partment here Therefore the officials
are fully prepared to hear at almost
any moment that the plenipotentiaries
at Pekin have signed the agreement
and that the latter had been laid be
fore Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang
COYER THE BRITISH f LAG
Unfortunate Incident in Connection With
Centennial Celebration
WASHINGTON Dec 14 In con
nection with the decoration of the
house of representatives yesterday
considerable discussion was aroused
by the omission of certain flags in
the scheme of decoration In the
original plans the British German
French Russian and other flags were
draped about the chamber But
through a misunderstanding of offi
cials it was thought that the British
jack was the only one displayed and
in order that no invidious distinction
should be shown a piece of bunting
was placed ever this flag thus omit
ting it from the general plan while
the other national flags remained Al
though the incident caused some com
ment it was dismissed by the officials
as wholly unimportant and due to a
misunderstanding
DE ARM0ND WANTS TO KNOW
Asks for Report on Chafifee Von Walder
see Affair
WASHINGTON Dec 14 Represen
tative DeArmond of Missouri intro
duced a resolution requesting the sec
retary of war for information as to
what if any protest objection criti
cism or suggestion General Chaffee or
any other American officer in China
made or offered concerning looting or
other action or conduct deemed inhu
man dishonest dispicable or improper
to whom directed or addressed and
on account of what facts or informa
tion and how received or replied to
and with what result and what if
anything the war department did or
suggested to General Chaffee or other
officers or directed to be said or done
in reference thereto
This resolution refers to the report
ed incident between General Chaffee
and Count von Waldersee
f OR ABROGATION Of TREATY
A Resolution on the Clayton Bulwer
Agreement
WASHINGTON Dec 14 Senator
Money today introduced a resolution
in the senate providing for the abro
gation of the Clayton Bulwer treaty
by diplomatic negotiations Following
is the text of it
Resolved That the president of the
United States be respectfully request
ed to consider the expediency of open
ing negotiations with the government
of Great Britain for the abrogation of
the Clayton Bulwer treaty with assur
ance that such action on his part will
meet with the early consent and sup
port of the senate
Iowa to Be Shot Out
CHICAGO Dec 13 Iowa and Min
nesota will not be given an opportu
nity to play foot hall against the
University of Chicago next fall That
neither of the teams which had been
in the lead this fall would be given
a place on his schedule for 1901 was
announced by Coach Stagg today The
reason for Staggs refusal to give
either Iowa or Minnesota a game is
that he has five other contracts for
big games with the folovwng institu
tions University of Michigan Univer
sity of Wisconsin University of Penn
sylvania Northwestern University and
University cf Illinois
Disaster to British Arms
LONDON Dec 14 The Daily Ex
press publishes a rumor of a serious
disaster to the British arms Accord
ing to this report the Boers attacked
the camp of General Clements in the
Barberton district capturing the
camp killing a number of British offi
cersand taking prisoners all the Brit
ish troops including four companies
of the Northumberland fusileers The
story is not confirmed in any quarter
and is not generally believed
Nebraska Road Dividend
NEW YORK Dec 14 The St Jos
eph Grand Island Railroad company
has declared a semi annual dividend
of 2 per cent on its first preferred
stock The company paid 3 per cent
in 1889 and 3 per cent so far ir the
1900 calenaar year
President of Switzerland
BERNE Dec 14 The vice president
of the federal council Ernest Brenner
of Sale has been elected president of
Switzerland for 1901 in succession to
Walter Hauser of Lucerne
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MS REACHED MM
Powers Oome to Satisfactory Decision on
Joint China Note
BUELOWS CONDITIONS ACCEPTED
Characterization of Demands as Irrevo
cable the Only Ellmlnitlon The Chi
nese Government Required to Pn Up a
Heavy Indemnity
LONDON Dec 13 The negotia
tions of the powers in regard to the
joint China note were concluded sat
isfactorily yesterday all agreeing to
the conditions identically as outlined
by Count von Buelow the imperial
chancellor of Germany November 19
with the exception of the introductory
clause saying the demands are irrevo
cable which is eliminated
Count von Buelow on the occasion
of his first appearance in the Reichs
tag as Imperial chancellor on Novem
ber 19 after making a statement de
fining Germanys policy toward China
and outlining the Anglo German
agreement proceeded to give the com
plete text of the demands which the
representatives of the powers in Pekin
had at that time agreed to recommend
to their representatievs to embody in
a collective note for presentation to
China as follows
Article I An extraordinary mis
sion headed by an imperial prince
shall be sent to Berlin in order to ex
press the regret of the emperor of
China and of the Chinese government
for the murder of Baron von Kette
ler On the scene of the murder a
monument worthy of the assassinated
minister shall be erected with an In
scription in Latin German and Chi
nese expressing the regret of the em
peror of China
Article II a The death penalty is
to ibe Inflioted upon Princes Tuan and
Chuang upon Duke Lan and further
upon Ying Nien Kang Ti Chao Shu
Chiao Tung Fuh Siang Yu Hsien
and other ringleaders whose names
will -be given by the representatives of
the powers b In all places where
foreigners have been killed or mal
treated official examinsitions shall be
suspended for five years
Article III The Chinese govern
ment shall erect a monument in every
foreign or international cemetery
hich has been desecrated or where
the graves have been dstroyed
Article IV The prohibition of the
Import of arms into China shall be
maintained until further notice
Article V China has to pay a just
Indemnity to governments corpora
tions and individuals as well as to
tliose Chinese who suffered during the
recents events in person or in prop
erty owing to having been in the ser
vice of foreigners
Count von Buelow has interpellated
the remark that it was intended to
effect a further understanding with
the powers on the -principles on which
claims should be presented This
particularly applied to the case of
missionaries
Article VI Every single foreign
power is granted the right of main
taining a permanent legation guard
and of placing the quarter of Pekin
where -the legations are situated in a
state of defense Chinese are not to
be alolwed io live in that quarter of
Pekin
Article VII The Taku forts and
those forts which might prevent free
communication with Pekin and the
sea shall be razed
Article VIII The powers acquire
the right of occupying certain ports
upon which they agree among them
selves for the object of maintaining
free communication from the capital
and the sea
AERAID Of BEING FROZEN IN
Uncle Sam Eomovog All but Two War
Vessels from Certain Waters
WASHINGTON Dec 13 With a
view to avoiding the danger cf having
any of our war vessels caught fast in
the ice in the gulf of Pe Chi Li at the
mouth of the Pei Ho river during the
present winter the Navy department
has reduced its representation in that
quarter to two ships One is the
Monocacy which has been ordered
into a mud dock in the Pei Ho river
where slie will reserve as a station
ship The other vessel is the New Or
leans which has been turned into a
dispatch boat for the time being ply
ing -between Shanghai Che Foo and
Taku at regular intervals The army
transport service has landed all of the
supplies that are deemed to bw nec
essary to carry General Chaffees
troops comfortably through the win
ter so that it will be unnecessary
for any of those ships to enter the Pei
Ho General Humphrey the quarter
master in charge has established a
new base at Shanghai Kwan which
while located on the gulf cf Pe Chi
Li is said to be approachable by ship
ping all through the winter and
which is connected with Pekin by a
fairly good roud
Troops Called Oar in Uth
SALT LAKE CITY Utah Dec 13
A special to the Tribune from White
Rock Utah says that at the request
of Agent My ton Troop K from Fort
Duchesne was ordered out this even
ing to prevent trouble at the Uintah
agency Ovir thirty children in ths
school are down with measles and
other diseases and -their parents have
been much dissatisfied because the
children were not allowed to go home
Ionely Lifes Sul Ending
NEW YORK Dec 13 The body of
Confederate Brigadier General Her
man Bins has been- found in Black
swamp four miles from Norristown
N J Ke was known as the hermit
of Wancng mountain For thirty
live years Bins had lived a solitary
life on the side of Succassunna moun
tain He had little to do with any
one and his retreat was far removed
from the nearest house His cabin
was found in ashes by those who went
to it after the body had been identi
fied No cne knows how the old man
came to ais death
MteBfSdHHSjS
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations from Soath Omaha
and Kansas City
SOUTH OMAHA
Union Stock Yards Cattle There wai
not a heavy run of cattls here today but
the market was bu no means In good
shape Packers did not take hold of the
fat cattle and us a resuli it was late be
fore anything was done About all that
could be said of the market Is that it way
very slow and the tendency of prices was
downward The cow market was also
very slow and lower Some of the best
grades of cows and heifers did not sell
much different from the way they did yes
terday but as a General thing bids were
lower and the market very dull Bull
calves stags eta were none too active
today and the market -was certainly no
better The feeder trade however was
in good shpae The best grades sold read
ily at fully steady prices There was not
many here and consequently they changed
hands early in the There were
only a few western grass cattle on sale
and the most of those were rather com
mon in quality The cow stuff was very
slow sale and as a rule brought lower
prices than the same kinds sold for yes
terday There were not enough beef
steers on sale to amount to anything and
the feeders sold at just about steady
prices
Hogs There was a fair run of hogs
here and the market opened up about 2Vc
higher and closed stronger or mostly 5c
higher Early in the morning packers
started out bidding at J77M but they
soon raised their hands to S4W At that
price the hogs began moving toward the
scales at a rapid rate and as most
of the packers seemed to be anxious for
a good supply the market kept getting
firmer On the start 4S2 was paid for
the better grades of light and light mix
ed and later they sold mostly at 485 and
as high as 4S7 was paid The bulk of
all the sales was at 4S0 and 482
Sheep There was not a very large sup
ply of sheep on sale today and packers
all wanted a few they bought them up
about as fast as they came In at good
strong prices Wethers and yearlings sold
largely around 410 if the quality was
satisfactory and one string brought 415
It Is safe to call the market for the week
a good dime higher There were no choice
lambs on sale to make a test of the mar
ket but buyers seem to be anxious for
that class of stuff and it Is safe to say
that choice lambs would sell at very sat
isfactory prices
KANSAS CITY
Cattle Receipts 4700 head natives 700
head Texans 509 head calves good to
choice steers butcher cows and feeding
cattle steady plain short fed steers
shade lower native steers 440355O
stockers and feeders 300T440 butcher
cows and heifers 300ft455 canners 250
3300 fed westerns 3 755C0 fed Tex
ans 375f425 grass Texans 310S320
calves 350g600
Hogs Receipts 17000 head trade very
active at 57c advance heavy 495
500 mixed S4S7495 light 485495
pigs 460475
Sheep and Lambs Receipts 5300 head
good quick market steady prices lambs
505550 muttons 390ft440 stockers and
feeders 350 25 culls 250300
HUNG JURY IS DISCHARGED
Judge Releases the Twelve Men Who
Conld Not Acree on Verdict
ELDORADO Kan Dec 15 Jessie
Morrisons trial for the murder of
Mrs G Olin Castle whose life she is
charged with having taken because
of her love for Castle ended today at
noon in a hung jury Although the
jury did not agree on a verdict the
result of their deliberations came near
being an acquittal Almost from the
start and before the case had been
discussed by them nine of the jurors
voted for acquittal and three for con
viction the three holding out for
manslaughter in the fourth degree
the punishment for which ranges from
six months n jail to two years in the
penitentiary The jurors had been
out since Tuesday morning and for
the last three days realizing that
they could not reach a verdict they
had waited for their discharge
The case will nojv go over to the
spring term In the meantime Miss
Morrisons lawyers will make applica
tion for her release on bond which
it is believed JudgeShinn has al
ready made up his mind to grant It
is not believed that another jury
could be secured in the county to
try the case
MORE GOLD NOW THAN EVER
Prodnction In United States Exceeds AH
Previous Years by SGfiOOOOO
WASHINGTON Dec 15 The report
of the director of the mint on the
gold and silver production during the
calendar year 1899 shows only slight
variation from the approximate figures
given out early in the present year
The final figures are 71053400 for
gold and- S32858700 for silver at its
average commercial value during the
year The gold product was the great
est in the history of the country ex
ceeding that of 1898 by 6590400 and
greater by 6050500 than the estimated
product of 1853 the record year in the
working of the California placer
mines The principal gains in 1899
over 1898 were in Alaska 2934700
due to trie Cape Nome district Col
orado 2787500 and Utah 1165400
The silver product of the United
States in 1899 was slightly greater
than in 1898 being 54764000 ounces
against 54438000 ounces The average
price for silver during the year on
the London quotations was 60 cents an
ounce as compared with 59 cents in
1898
TO B SHOT ON CHRISTMAS
Connecticut Boy Slept on Dnty In the
Philippines
SOUTHINGTON Conn Dec 15
News has reached here in the form
of an official communication from
General MacArthur that Linas Skin
ner a former Southington boy had
been sentenced to be shot on Christ
mas day for sleeping at his post when
on sentry duty His father John P
Skinner who is 71 years of age is
nearly heartbroken by the news and
has left for Washington to plead with
President McKinley for his sons life
Tombstones Will Cost 3Ibr
ROME Dec 15 Representatives of
Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont
arrived at Leghorn this week and are
closing up a deal througn Gastaldi
Co of Genoa representing Alexander
Konta by which Senator Proctor
takes over the entire Carrara quarries
which with his Vermont possessions
will give the senator practical con
trol of a large proportion of the mar
ble output of the world The consoli
dation it is believed will largely re
duce the cost of production
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