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MRS. HAROLD STAGG.
Copyright, 1890 and 1891 by Robert Bonner' Son.
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CHAPTER I.
"Thero is only ono thing to bo
dono," said Mrs. Harold Stagg, as tho
outcomo of Bomo minutes of reverio,
during which Bho eat tapping ono of
her feet nervously, on tho carpet and
staring Into spaco with a barassod ex
pression in her dark blue oyes, "we
must tako thorn in."
"It is exceedingly kind of you to
Bnggest It, Emma," replied hor hus
band. Tho B&mo idoa had occurred
to him, but h,o had refrained from
putting it into words, for ho realized
that tho burden of establishing threo
orphanod chlldron in tho houBO would
fall almost ontlroly on hiB wlfo. Tho
additional oxpenso would bo a very
small consideration; tho important
factors in tho caso woro tho care, wor
ry and responsibility necessary in
volved. Ho would doubtless have
deemed it his duty to proposo tho
plan himself after a tlmo, had his
vifo not dono so, but this spontaneous
offer gratified him, and, morcoTcr,
confirmed him in tho bollef that Em
ma was ono of tho kindest and most
unselfish women in tho world.
"It la your duty, Harold," sho said,
with a somewhat tragio air. "And
what is your duty is mine Thcro is
so other way of looking at it. Wo
UBt sond for thorn at once."
"So it seoms to mo," bo said, de
cidedly. "111 start myself to-night I
shall scarcely bo in tlmo for tho fun
eral, but there'll bo a lot of things to
be attendod to afterward, and the
children may havo no ono whom thoy
can call upon. Then I can bring them
East myself."
"It will bo excessively inconveni
ent, of course," continued Mrs. Stagg,
still staring into distance. "Tho two
boys wo can send to boarding school.
I will writo to Mr, Sampson to-morrow,
to sea if ho has any vacancies
for next term, I Bhall have to put
them all in tho bluo sulto. Tho baro
idea, though, of having threo pairs of
muddy boots tramping all oyer tho
houso on my now carpots and polish
ed floors and destroying all tho fresh
ness of tho chintzes and tho furnlturo
in my bolovcd bluo sulto, makos mo
feel positively 111. There's no help for
It, though, that I can see, excopt to
insist on tholr going up tho back
stairs." Sho spoko now rapidly and
incisively. Having definitely settled
that the chlldron woro to bo taken in,
cho was bent upon formulating as
Boon as poBslblo, tho necessary ar
rangements. Hor ngllo housekeeper!
mind foresaw a thousand complica
tions which hor energy yoarnod to
grapplo with and solvo.
"Why not put Eleanor into tho
spare room and the two boys into tho
play room, If you think they would in
juro the bluo sulto? You could easily
rnako thein comfortablo thoro."
"And what would my own children
do for a play room, I should llko to
know? No, no, I am not going to
havo llttlo Harold and Posio's com
fort interfered with, now that every
thing is working smoothly in my
nursery. In tho bluo sulto tho threo
Baldwins will bo by thcmselvos in
connecting rooms; and if thoy catch
anything thero will bo somochancoof
gotting them out of tho houBO before
tho children aro oxposod. Parsons,"
cho Bald to tho servant who had an
swered tho bell, "I wish you to send
Nolan," referring to tho chore man
"tho first thing to-morrow morning
to inquire why Hastnott & Haley
havo not sent the mattresses for tho
bedrooms in tho blue sulto, as thoy
promised. Mr. Haley told mo him
self," sho added to her husband,
"that they Bhould bo in tho houso a
week ago."
Harold Stagg was quito content, as
well as used, to leave to his wlfo tho
settlement of all household dotalls.
Ho reserved tho exerclso of his own
authority for serious emergencies,
when it seemed to him that principles
were Involved.
Tho only part ho took in tho do
mestic affairs was to pay tho bills
with great promptness, which ho
could well afford to do, as ho was
wealthy, and had a live and flourish
ing business. It was a relief to him
that Emma took such a vital interest
in everything appertaining to tho
adornment and sanitary welfare of
their homo. Although they had re
cently moved Into a large and mag
nificent establishment, tho cares inci
dent to refurnishing had not been al
lowed to harass him. Mrs. Stagg
had strong convictions in regard to
carpets and curtains and ceilings and
dados, and tho other crucial points in
houso decoration which are so apt to
require a husband's judicial determin
ation before a final choico Is arrived
at She was, moreover, a rigid dis
ciplinarian on the subject of plumb
ing, keenly apprehensive of sewer gas,
and eloquent as to the importance of
traps and other appliances for its In
terception,
Nono but finished servants were
tolerated in her household, where
everything was conducted with a view
to elegance of effect, and her eaglo
eyo was swift to detect the smallest
infringement of hor prociso and elab
orate domestic rules. In appearance,
she was tall, slim and nervous, with
lino dark eyes, vivacious, brisk man
ners, and a rapid utterance. She had
been married later than many of her
contemporaries, but sho had been mak
ing up for it ever since by her display
of social energy,
Perceiving that his wife was en
grossed by domestic details, Harold
Stagg began to make preparations for
bis Journey, Only an hour before, ho his homo as companions,
bad received a telegram, announcing I dined satisfying! in spito
tho death of his brother-in-law, Silos
Baldwin, tho hUBband of bis deceased
sistor Eleanor, who had diod a dozen
years before, at tho tlmo her young
est child was bora, leaving besldo that
baby boy, another son, and a daughtor
with tho same namo as hor own,
Thoso children had continued to live
In Illinois with their father, a civil
engineer in tho employ of a largo man
ufacturing concern. Harold had not
seen them slnco his sIstcr'B funoral,
though ho had never failed to ro
mombor his nephows .and nlcco at
Christmas time, and ho had duly re
ceived in acknowledgement of his
gifts which woro invariably liberal
remittances three carefully penned
epistles, tho handwriting of which had
steadily improved from year to year.
An attack of pneumonia had carried
off Silas Baldwin; Harold had not
known that ho was ill until ho re
ceived tho telegram, which was signed
by Eleanor, announcing that her
father had died tho day before
Harold know enough of his brother-in-law's
affairs to fool coufident that
Silas had loft very llttlo if anything
in tho way of property. To begin
with, Silas had been handicapped at
tho tho tlmo of his marrlago by cer
tain dobts contracted by his father,
who had died sjddenly, leaving his
affairs in confusion, which debts ho
folt in honor bound to pay. Then,
too, ho had been in tho habit of sink
ing whatever ho could savo from his
salary in tho dovolopment of various
patents, for ho was an inventor of
diverse mechanical appliances, no ono
of which had proved profitable Har
old had on moro than ono occasion,
both since and previous to bis sister's
doath, advanced him money for this
purpose. Ho liked and respected his
brother-in-law, although thoy wero but
slightly acquainted, and thero was llt
tlo in common between them in point
of taBteo. But Harold's strict sense
of rectitudo had been early attracted
by tho rcsoluto stand which Silas had
taken as to tho necessity of repaying
what his fathor owed, and ho had
been willing to bollovo that some day
his sister's husband would doviso a
raachino that would bo worth a mint
of money. Harold had himself found
it an easy mattor to mako money, or
rather, his efforts to do so had been
early crowned with success, which
was chiefly duo to his own sagacity
and Btrlct attention to business. In
tho year of his sister's marrlago ho
had organized a banking houso which
to-day was one of tho most prominent
and prosperous firms in New York
city.
By a little compulation, ho had
figured that Eleanor must by this tlmo
bo about olghteen, llttlo Silas fourteen,
and Haroldrhls namesake, twelve. No
photographs of them had been re
ceived for sovoral years bo that they
must havo grown beyond recognition.
His own two children wero mero in
fants, and tho Introduction into his
household of his nophows and nloco
would confront him with all sorta of
educational problems that ho bad not
expected to face for another decade.
But Harold Stagg was .not tho sort of
man to balk when a) resolution had
boon taken, or to let himself bo wor
ried by apprehensions of future diffi
culties, Moreover, ho knew that hero
again ho would bo ablo to rely upon
his wife. Sho was suro to havo de
cided views on tho various questions
that would, present themselves. Al
ready, la Mr. Simpson's boarding
school, she had suggested a happy
method of dealing with tho boys;
doubtless sho would bo ablo to settle
other points as thoy aroso, with equal
facility.
Accordingly, ho ensconced himself
comfortably in the smoking compart
ment of tho train, and lit his cigar
with a tranquil mind, thinking with
self-congratulatory fondness of his
dear Emma, from whom ho had not
be m parted moro than half a dozen
tiMys in tho soven years thoy had been
married. What a fortunate fellow ho
was to havo such a wife I She was so
energetic, so kind, so wrapped up in
blm; and then so clover, too, and such
a dollghttul hostcsB, sprightly, viva
clous, amusing. When ho had offered
himself to hor, although ho admired
her ability and believed her to bo af
fectionate, ho had not expected to bo
como so happy. She was not exact
ly tho stylo of woman he had pictured
to himself his better-half would bo In
bis moro youthful days, oro ho had
niado money, and when ho was living
in modest lodging a quiet and some
what sentimentally disposed bachelor.
He had been a great deal of a reader
then of poetry, especially and in
terested in pictures and music, and
it had delighted him to dream of a
enug domestic hearth sancltfled and
cheered by tho presence of ono who
would sympathize with and encourage
him in artistic tastes. Tho memory
of this, if he over thought of it, did
not disturb him; ho was contentedly
happy, his business ran smoothly and
prosperously, ho enjoyed hiB fine es
tablishments and tho consideration
they gave him in tho social world.
If Emma's tastes wero not precisely
similar to his own, sho certainly took
lo Btand against them; on tho con
trary, Bhe was perpetually surprising
him on Christmas and his birthday
with presents of raro illustrated odl
tions In costly bindings, that she had
selected with tho aid of tho booksell
er, and she was pronapt to applaud
whatever ho sent homo' in tho picture
line.
With such gratifying thoughts of
Harold
of his
mournful errand, arid, having finished
tho half bottle of champagne ho had
ordorod, and smoked another cigar, ho
turned In and slept soundly. In
thirty-four hours from tho tlmo ot
starting, ho alighted from tho train
in tho email manufacturing town
whoro his Bister's family lived, which
was on a branch lino. It was a placo
of some flvo or six thousand Inhabit
ants, and seemed buBtllng. He no
ticod, as ho drovo along from tho
station, what ho took to bo a town-ball
and a public library, an academy ot
music, and a soldlora' monument
Thoro was wator power, and on favor
able Bites appeared a row of factories.
Thero wore in tho newer portion of
tho town, and around them clustered
a half-dozen lanes of tenement houses.
Beyond, whoro there was moro sug
gestion of country in tho surround
ings, woro tho residences, most of
them old-fashioned farm houses,
though here and thoro "Queen Anno"
or "Old Colonial" edifices had taken
the placo of tho ancient order of
things. Hero had evidently boen tho
town or village before manufactures
had Invaded it, and tho commingling
of old and new had produced the ef
fect of transition. But tho uardens
and stretches of landscape wero not
yot blotted out and the air was full
of tho perfume of the spring blos
soms, In response to Harold's request to
bo driven to Mr. Baldwin's houso, tho
.lank Individual whoso vehiclo ho had
ongaged eyed him with an air of con
doling curiosity, and said, under his
breath, as though tho corpso might
Bflll bo within hearing:
"The funeral was yesterday."
"Yes, I supposed so."
It was decidedly a relief to Harold
that, without any fault on his own
part, ho had escaped tho ceremony.
Ho had telegraphed his niece that he
should start at once.
"Might you bo related to the pro
fcsBor?" inquired his conductor, en
couraged by tho promptness of tho
reply.
For an instant Harold was puzzled;
then ho remembered that his brother-in-law
had boon connected wltn tho
faculty of one of tho Western col
leges for a few years as an Instructor
in physics and mechanics; hence,
doubtless, tho prefix to his namo.
"Yes, ho married my sister," ho an
swered. "I want to know!" said tho man.
"I want to knowl" ho repeated, giv
ing a flick to tho raw-boned animal he
was driving, which, in point of many
years and anatomy, was quito In keep
ing with himself. "Pity, now, they
couldn't havo waited for you. Tho
professor is planted yonder," ho
udded, pointing with hiB whip across
tho fields, "t'other side of tho river.
May bo you'd llko to drive round that
way," he said, reining in his horso
with a sudden Jerk. "Taln't moro
than a mile off your beat."
"No; I'm in a hurry to seo tho liv
ing. You can't do much for a man
after he's in tho ground," he added
philosophically. t
"I don't know but what you'ro right,
mister. I never was a great band at
visiting gravoy&rda mycplf. Tidy
place, though, ours. Qlt up, Sandy;
the gentleman's In a hurry. I supposo
in this hot weather 'tain't easy to
keep 'om," ho continued, wishing, ap
parently, to find a satisfactory expla
nation for what would have seemed
to him a breach of courtesy, in the ab
sence of extenuating circumstances.
(To bo continued.)
NEBRASKA IN GENERAL
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THE VOTE BY COUNTIES.
What Is Shown by Completed Returns
From Eighty-Three of Them.
Thotnp- Die- Poyn-
. uvnu crut w t .,
Aunms .,,..,. .... 1649
Antelope 1H3
Banner 91
Ulalno ............ 75
Boono 1234
Ooyd 828
grown ,. 408
Huffulo ;....,...., 1686
Burt hk
Butler 1240
Cass 2120
Cedar 1197
Chase ., 272
Cherry 684
Cheyenne 624
Clay , 1C02
Colfax S3S
Cuming ,. 110s
Custer ,,, 1807
Dakota 641
Dawes B2i
Dawson 1069
Dixon m
Dotlgo 1866
Douglas 6031
Dundy ....,.,...,. 289
Fillmore 1644
Franklin ........ $55
Frontier 638
Furnas 1128
GftKJB 3194
Garfield 207
Gosper 339
Grant 60
"all 1368
Hamilton 1282
Harlan ,, 777
Hayes 26G
Hitchcock 344
JHolt 1292
Hooker ........... 41
Howard 1S30
Jefferson 1533
Johnson 1344
Kearney , 911
Keith .. 200
Keya Paha 300
Kimball 103
Knox 1470
Lancaster 6537
Loup iBi
Madison 1548
Merrick .......... 870
Nance , 888
Nemaha .......... 1540
Nuckolls 1220
Otoe 1930
Pawnee 616
Perkins 122
l'neips , 1003
Pierce 787
Platto 9S8
Polk 924
Red Willow ...... 980
Richardson ........2132
xvOCK 137
Saline , 1983 1593
Sarpy 663 850
Saunders , 1961 2075
Scotts Blui. 354 221
Howard 1600 1602
Sheridan 486 4S0
Shorman 4S7 550
Stanton 647 619
Thayer 1487 1290
Thomas 47 72
Thurston 604 467
Vnllev 710 585
Washington 1440 1156
Wayno 872 758
Webster 1161 1014
Wheeler 122 150
York 2063 1603
1659
991
69
1127
665
2S0
1426
851
1490
1793
1225
245
622
408
1371
995
1389
1668
76
421
1070
891
2038
11478
230
1573
916
618
973
2033
ISO
457
64
1835
1258
830
214
421
1544
48
1099
1074
923
851
195
306
62
1314
3575
133
1320
881
670
1320
1103
1912
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835
T37
1735
1325
689
I960
1914
1267
157
95
1405
733
453
1875
1726
1396
2773
1318
300
794
656
1738
933
1310
1960
660
693
1242
1176
2411
13572
287
1778
897
879
1275
3860
231
458
132
1921
1454
854
302
430
1296
32
867
1769
1465
980
217
361
120
1502
7027
137
1867
1156
979
16S2
1363
2514
1564
183
1073
833
1510
921
1112
23S4
426
2072
782
2105
373
1790
693
451
689
1723
67
725
761
1579
1146
1266
133
2093
2139
1378
SO
72
1442
743
348
2075
1229
2018
2198
1576
278
677
470
1866
1359
1745
2068
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162
1395
1075
2518
12688
295
1858
1071
836
1300
2564
217
576
90
1773
1563
936
281
615
1458
41
1263
1560
1186
1112
221
349
49
1584
6664
140
1680
988
876
1792
1653
2317
1102
213
1042
892
2108
13S2
918
2472
258
2011
1027
2801
249
1900
699
723
763
1503
73
637
812
1409
970
1353
188
1858
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60. W. N. Coats. Btuart i....Rep.
B. M. Waring, Middle Branch. ...Fus.
61. J. A. Douglas, llossett ........Rep.
62. David Hanna, Wood Lake...... ..Rep.
63. Frank Currle. Whitney , Rep.
64. O. C. McAllister, Chappell Rep.
65. A. D. Bartoo, Arcadia .....Rcp.
66. A. H. Copsoy, Westervllle., Rep.
J. J. Tooley .Fus,
67. E. II, Kittle, Rockvllle Fus.
68. J. H. Davis. Gibbon Rep.
Oscar Knox, Kearney ...,Rcp,
69. George 13. Bacon, Doss. ...... .....Rep.
60. Vlc Anderson, MInden.... .....Fus.
61. E. T. Spencer, Rlvcrton Rep.
62. A. N. Shtimard, Ragan... ....Rep.
63. J. S. Johnson, Holdrege.. ..Fus.
64. E. B. Perry, Cambridge.,.,.....,. Rep.
65. J. E. Hathorne, Bartley... Rep.
66. J. C. Junkln, Klwood Rep.
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Totals 93564
Ono precinct missing.
87101 110S93 109761
Plurality.
ROLL OF STATE LEGISLATURE.
AS INTERPRETED BY JACOB.
Little Student Gives Original Defini
tion of the Word "Stile."
Sho was a conscientious young
woman, and In obedience to tho now
education she had begun her day's
work by teaching tho class a memory
'gem." Her next step was to dissect
tho gom aforesaid, and discover Just
how much of its hidden meaning had
been absorbed by her young hopefuls.
Tho poem under discussion was not
one filled with lofty purpose, being
merely a vivid little couplet that dealt
with a certain little man
"Who walked a crooked mile,
And found a crooked slxpenco
Close by a crooked stile,"
"I wonder," said the teacher, "if
any of my little boys can tell mo what
a 'sixpence' is?"
Apparently the class was a unit in
the matter of not knowing sixpences
when they met them all but Jacob.
"I can tell you. teacher, what a six
pence is," he said. "It is nine llttlo
Indian clubs, and you roll a ball at
them, and they all fall down."
Tho teacher helped Jacob discrimi
nate between ninepins and sixpence,
und continued tho analysis.
"And what does 'stile' mean?" sho
asked. Again there was a silence
that could bo felt, and again Jacob
came to tho rescuo.
"Stile," he announced, "Is a Fedora
hat, an' tan shoes, an' white pants.
My big brother Gus has It for Sundays."
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Matthew A. Hall. Omaha Rep,
Robert B. Howell. Omaha Rep.
Charles L. Saunders, Omaha Rsp.
Joseph Hall, Tekamah ..Rep.
Wm. P. Warner, uakota City.... Rep.
J. II. Burwell. St. ndward...,....Rep.
B. W. Reynolds. Fremont Rep.
J. M. Alden, Pierce Rep.
W. R. Way, Columbus Fus.
C. J. Coffee, Spencer Fus.
W. C. Brown. Sprlngvlew Rep.
M. L. Fries, Arcadia Rep.
Aaron Wall, Camp City,... .Rep.
W. II. Harrison, Grnnd Island.... Rep.
J. H, TJmstead. Fullerton Rep.
Shelby Hastings, David City Hep.
Richard O'Neill. Lincoln..... Rep.
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W. H. Jennings, Davenport. Rop.
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J. M. Cox. Hampton Rep.
George L. Day, Superior Rep.
J. C. Hedge, Hastings, , Rep.
Frank Dean, Holdrege Rcp.
D. H. IlnBty, Arapahoe Rep.
W. D. Glffln, Gothenburg ,.Rep.
House.
Whose Wife?
Richard Hello, Bob, got back from
your vacation? Had a good time this
tummer! Robert I Bhould say I tiad.
I suppose you haven't heard I found
a nice little wife up in the mountains.
Richard Did you find out who lost
her? Boston Transcript.
Amusing Announcement.
Tho decision of the directors of tho
theater at Halle, In Germany, to dls
tingulsh by means of red and whito
advertising posters between plays
that are fit for young persons to wit
ness and those that aro not, is causing
some amusement.
Women are mop? ambitious in lovo
than men; not only do thoy wed tho
heart, but they must share the
thoughts as well.
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G, S. Curlsty. Johnson Rep.
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7. M. L. Fredericks, Cedar Creek,. .Rep.
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21. J. R. Hcrron, Ewlng Rep.
22. Frank Jouvenat, Petersburg., ....Rep,
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Delber A. Stetson, Western Rep.
32. W. E. Robbln. Cortland Rep,
v J. H, Ramsey. Fllley Rep,
S. S. Spier, oaeii nep.
33. Hershall Smith, Tobias Rep.
34. J. E. Mendenhall, Fairbury Rep.
35. Harvey Ford Hubbell Rep.
26. D. B. Cropsey, Falrbury Rep.
37. Peter Egganburger. Strang Fus.
IN. Trask. Oeneva Fus,
38. II. M. Dletrlck, York Rep.
William Meredith Rep.
89. C. II. Hoy, Silver Creek Fus.
40. W. T. Thompson. Central City.. .Rep.
41. a, V. Cunningham. Glltner ..Rep.
Charles Anderson. Phillips Rep.
42. George F. Fishback. Harvard.... Rep.
P. A. Caldwell. Edgar..... Rep.
43. John Mustek. Edgar ,..,Rep.
44. Charles Hunter. Inavale Rep.
H5. W. O. Sadler. Hastings....... Rep.
it F. A. Sweery, Blue Hill Rep.
41. a. L. Rouse. Alda... Rep,
, IL G. Ferror. Grand Island Rep.
48. Boren M. Fries 1... , Fus.
Winter wheat all along tho line is
said to bo looking fine.
Chicken thieves are said to be ac
tive in and around FremonL
Governor Savage has abandoned tho
proposed trip of himself and staff to
Mexico.
York's now Y. M. C. A. building will
bo 45x120, three stories. Flans aro
being prepared.
To cut down expenses sixteen men
on the police- force of Omaha havo
been discharged.
Miss Mollio Relsbrlck of York
county has been taken to the asylum.
Religion Is Bald to havo unbalanced
her mind.
Mrs. S. Whito of Martinsburg was
arrested in Sioux City for shoplifting.
She was found with $50 worth of sto
len goods.
Robert Watko tho firebug suspect,
was arrested and brought to Loup
City and jailed, charged with tho
crime of burning the Jaqucs & Bar
low elevator at Ashton.
While threshing at tire homo of Jeff
Sprinkle, living near Cowlcs, both ends
of tho boiler blow out, seriously in
juring three men and slightly wound
ing several others. No fatalities have
yet resulted.
Tho real estate men of the central
Kebraskta district held a meeting in
Grand Island, at which Willis Caldwell
of Broken Bow was selected president
and a vice president was selected for
each of tho eight central counties,
this committee to formulate a consti
tution and select such other officers
as may be necessary.
Two of tho robbers who tried to
crack the safe of the Clatonia bank,
but who were 3cared away, by tho cit
izens of that village, wero captured
near that place. In their hasty flight
tho robbers had hid their arms and
ammunition and returned in search of
tho same, when they were captured
by a posso of citizens. '
D. W. Smith, who served In the
First Nebraska Infantry during the
civil war, has sent a piece of tho old
regimental flag to Governor Savagoy
together with an account of tho trav
els of the banner taken from a daily
journal which he kept in the service.;
Mr. Smith is now a practicing attor
ney at Payette, Idaho. ,
A passenger on the B. & M. had tu
narrow escape while trying to mount
tho train at Grand Island. Ho slipped,
and fell between tho depot platform'
and the railroad ties. Three cars
passed by him so closely that the'
wheels cut off his coat tail. Besides
a severe fright the man was not in-"1
jured, having but a few bruises.
Hon. Peter Mortensen, state treas-
urer-olect, will take Otis. Paist, assist
ant cashier of the First National bank'
of Ord, of Which Mr. Mortensen is
president, to Lincoln with him. Mr.
Palst will have an important position,
in tho state treasurer's ofllce. Ho
Is a young man of exemplary, habits
and has worked his way up to a lu
crative position.
A revised fire insurance tariff, bas
Juat been made effectlvo in Fremont
by the companies doing business therei
About six week ago tho city was re
rated and rates advanced irom 50 to
100 per cent, which provoked a storm
of protest from the, insuring public.
The agitation resulted in a revision of
tho tariff. The new schedule ad
vances rates on an average 10 to 25
per cent.
Walls of tho new union brick build
ing at Exeter collapsed and three per
sons were quite seriously injured.
A local branch of tho Journeymen
Barbers International union of Amer
ica has just been organized at Fre
mont
The dead body of Mrs. Ira WHllamB
was found in tho mill pond at Litch
field. The water Ib not very deep and
the body waB found near the bridge.
It is thought sho committed suicide.
Catholics of Silver Creek are erect
ing a costly church.
During tho month of October the
Burlington coach shop In Plaltsmouth
turned out more work than ever be
fore in that length of time. Twenty
seven coaches were repainted and
overhauled, making a record not here
tofore established.
John L. Stephens, a convict from
Madison county, serving four years
for an attempted criminal assault, was
examined by-, a board and declared a
flt subject for transfer to the insan
asylum. Ho will b'o taken to Hastings.
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City.
BOUTII OMAHA.
CATTLE Thero was a fairly liberal rum
ot cattle and the market was In rather
bad shape. The rain and snow during tha
night and early morning made the cattle
appear In bad form, so that the natural
tendency was to pound prices. There
were not enough cornfed steers offered
to tell anything about the condition ot
the market. Tho cow market took an
other drop, as a good proportion ot the
offcrlngs consisted of cow stuff, and the
demand was limited. Trading was solw
and generally 610c lower. Bulls were
also slow and weak, but not much change
was noticeable In veal calve-t and stags.
There wero only a few stackers and feed
ers on sale, bo that although trading was
very dull, the better grades did not seem
to be much if nny lower. Speculators
carried over a good many cattle, which
was another reason for their being cau
tious. Thero were comparatively few
western range steers on sale, and tha
market could be quoted Just as about
steady on anything at all desirable. The
common kinds were extremely slow sale
Range cows were about 5510c lower, or
35ffG0c lower for the week. Blockers and
feeders were slow sale.
HOGS There was not a very heavy run
of hogs, and as the demand on the part
of packers continued of quite liberal pro
portions, tho market opened fairly active
and 610c higher than yesterday's aver
age. Tho bulk of the hogs sold from Via
to $6.30 and tho choicer loads sold mostly
from J6.30 to $6.35. Practically everything
that was offered on the morning market
was disposed of In good season, but there
were several late trains.
SHEEP Quotations: Good to choice
yearlings, $3.5003.75; fair to good, 23.259
3.50; good to choico wethers, $3.4093.50; fair
to good wethers, $3,1043.40; choico ewes,
$2.7&83,00; fair to good ewes, $2.252.65;
good to choice lambs, $4.5094.75; fair to
good Iambs, $l.O?C4.50; choice native
lambs, $5.00Q&25; feeder wethers, $2,750
3.15; feeder yearlings, $2.9063.25; feeder
lambs, $3.004.00; cull lambs, $1.5032.00;
feeders ewes, $1.252.25; cull ewos, 75c
$1.25; stock ewes, $2.50$3.25.
KANSAS CITY.
CATTLE Corn cattle and quarantine
steady; native cows dull; choice export
and dressed beef steers, JG.00fiC.75; fair to
good, $3.8035.93; stockers and feeders, $2.25
4.25; western-fed steers, $3.75S.60; Texas
and Indian steers, $2.9OM.O0; Texas cows,
$2.953.00; native cows, $1.7504.25; native
heifers, $2.633.75; canners, $1.6033.00;
bulls, $2,1003.50; calves, $2.005.75.
HOGS-Market 6810c higher; top, $6.40;
HOGS Market 5G10c higher; top, ..6.40;
bulk of sales, $6.25Q6.40; heavy, $6.20Q6.40;
mixed packers, $6.25J6.40; light, $6.206.30;
yorkers, $6.2506 30; pigs, $.61536.20.
SHEEP AltD LAMBS-Market steady;'
natlvo lambs, $3.60t?5.23; western lambs,
$3.035.20; fed ewes, $3.1003.70; native
wethers, $3.054.10; western wethers, $3.00'
4.00; stockers and feeders, $1.9503.25.
SAYS AMERICANS STEAL LAND.
United States Accused of Appropriat
ing British Territory.
VICTORIA, B. C The Province ot
Friday says: In the quietest possible
manner, and with every precaution,
finited States surveyors havo en
croached upon Canadian territory to
the northwest of Capo Fox and appro
priated thousands of square miles of
laud lying within the boundaries of
British Columbia to thei westward of
Portland canal.
Tho lino from Portland canal runs
northwesterly for a short distance,
then turns and runs nearly, due west,,
and finally connects with the Ykoot
river at tho confluence with Strlkine
river. At that point there is to be
found an old post supposed to have
been erected by tho Hudson Bay com
pany and by tho running line to that
post it is apparently the claim of tho
American government that the post in.
question was placed in position byj
the Russians, although tho survey llnd
is distinctly marked by squared and
cut granite monuments.
ANOTHER TRUST 18 BORN.
St. Joseph Grocers, Butchers and Bak
ers Form a Merger.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. The grocers,
butchers and bakers of St. Joseph
have formed a merger for tho puri
pose of mutual protection. Tho body
Is affiliated with the retail merchants'
association of Missouri and will pre
sent a garnishee bill at the next leg
lslatute. They say under the present
law it is impossible to collect bills
from persons owing them, even if they
are able to pay.
Growth of the Grange.
LANSING, Mich. At tho first ses
sion of the National Grange the re
ports of tho secretary and treasurer,
which showed "the order to be In a"
flourishing condition were received.
Last year 25C new granges were op
ganlzed in several Btates, Michigan
leading with ninety-six. A number
of resolutions woro Introduced and re
ferred to tho resolutions committee.
Illinois Now Ships Zinc.
METROPOLIS, 111. Tho Empire
Lead and Spar mines on the Illinois
Central, in Pope county, havo just
shipped tho first carload of zinc ore
ever mined In Illinois. Tho mine Is on
land owned by Mrs. William McKin
ley, widow of tho late president, and
was operated by the Saxtons for sev
eral years after the civil war for spai
and lead. But bo much carbonate ol
zinc oro was found that tho mines
were finally abandoned.
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