Nebraska Newspapers

    The Frontier.
runUallKD KVKICY TilDUiU)AY BY
JAM. H. HIUOI),
O’NEILL, I I ^ NKUHA8KA.
A few days ago children, while play
In? round the church nt South l’arhi,
Mo., discovered a can of powder undo
the old edilico. From its appearance
this can is supposed to have been undei
the church since 1774, when it was tin
custom of the colonial patriots to se
crcte their powder in and near meet
In? houses. In the year mentlonei
John Sullivan, of Harwich, raised u
company of men and, going to Fori
William and Mary, at i’ortsmouth, N
II., captured 100 barrels of powder,
part of which was concealed in tin
old church at Durham, Androscoggin
county, and used tho next year by tin
minute men at Lexington und ltunhc
Mill. It is thought that the can fount
at South l’urls is pnrt of the same lo<
that Captain Sullivan seized from the
king's men 117 years ago.
A British regiment returning to Eng
land from China next month Is to mak>
the trip onstward by way of Canada.
This will bo tho first practical tost o:
Britain's now military highway to tin
oast across her American possessions,
and tho result will bo looked for with
much interest. Croat Britain expects
this route to bo of enormous value in
case of trouble in India und of the Suez
canal being blockaded. The agree
raent between tho government and the
railroad for the uso of tho routo was
made public Inst week.
\y. W. Long, n member of the North
Carolina house of representatives, and
a number of other large planters in the
Roanoke bottoms, are completing ar
rangements to bring to their planta
tions some COO of tho expatriated Rus
sian-Jewish farmers. Mr. Long hus
an agent in Odessa, who is making tho
arrangements. Tho people to bo
brought over are all oxporicncod agri
culturists and they will bo engaged
chiefly in the cultivation of cotton.
Tho Japan Herald is authority for
tho figures of gold output in Siberia
from 1834 to 1887 inclusivo—30,000,000
ounces, £130,000,000, or $000,000,000,
and tills with but littlo machinery, ef
forts rudely systematized, and steal
age. When tho great Siberian railroad
is completed from the Caspian sea to
Vladivostock, on the Pacific, tho out
put of Russian gold will be greatly in
creased.
In 183."> tho mica product of tho
United States amounted to 147,410
pounds, worth $308,535, while that of
1889 was but 49,500 pounds, worth only
$50,000. Since there is no incrcuso in
demand for this article this decline in
the home production can bo attributed
to no other cause than tho largo quan
tities imported from Canada and other
foreign countries.
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Tho dentu of Mrs. Henrietta Lninat
at Santa Anna, Texas, recalls the fact
that the members of that noted south
ern family have borno some curious
names. Mrs. Lamar's husband was
Mirabenu Lamar, the justice is Lucius
<}uintius C ini innnlus Lamar, and an
other member of the family was known
as Lovoiser Lelirand l.aumr.
Tho Park place disaster inflicted a
peculiar and sovero loss upon a citizen
of Helena. Mont., and in a certain
sense a loss and injury upon the city
of Helena. Mr. Ido, of that city, was
preparing a book descriptive of Helena
and all of the plates for the work were
destroyed in the wrecked building.
More than 409 married women have
applied to the bureau of charities and
correction in New York sinco the 1st
of January for relief for themselves
and children, having been deserted by
their husbands. The superintendent
expresses the opinion that there are at
least 3,030 deserted wives in the city.
Dueling has been interdicted by the
pope, the pi-nalty being excommunica
tion His holiness moves in the right
direction iu this denunciation of mur
der for honor's sake, and the world
may hope for a future manifesto lev
eled against the mure vulgar vice of
prize fighting.
Hr. lluyes Agsew, of Philadelphia,
aud i'r. Hubert lievburn, of Washing
ton, are the only two physicians sur
viving of the notable staff of medical
men who tried to save tlarlield’s life.
l)r. Ueybnrn took voiuiniuous notes of
the ease and is preparing ta publish
them.
Some criticism has been made of the
Prince of Wuios for shooting in kid
gloves and calling him a butterfly
■ sportsman. The English press are in
dignant at this accusation and say he
la by far the best shot in the royal
family and can hold his own in any
country.
Dr. Haggitis, of London, who is be
coming as famous among English as
* Flammarian is among French astrono
mers, says the stars are red, whito and
blue, according to their age. The
white stars arc the youngest.
An aged couple have just returned to
Connecticut after an absence of fifty
three years It took them in 1838 to
go from Olastonbury to their new wes
tern home in Illinois three weeks and
two days. They have come back in
one day and two nights.
Verdi cannot as yet fix upon a man
suitable in appearance for the repre
sentative of the title role of “Faistaff,”
the new opera on which he is daily in
dustriously at work
Wood* find thf) lirl«pfuil«n||,
In an interview with the NIoux City
Journal after his nomination, Demo*
cratie Candidate Woods said:
“You can put it down thnt I am
going to sweep the Ilills. I had any
number of invitations from different
towns there to come and meet ra,v sup
porters. You see the Ilills feel that
they are entitled to the congressman,
and tuey will give me an almost solid
vote. I think, too, that I stand a fight
ing chance to win on this side of the
river. While there is no chance now
of fusion with the independents, I am
prettv sure it will be arranged so that
1 will get the democratic independents,
while Smith, their candidate, will hang
on to the republican independents.
And that, you see, would be about as
good as a fusion.”
The Pierre Free Press lias this to
say:
“The lending independent ‘who was
there' informs the Free I’ross that .1.
M. Woods, the democratic candidate
for congress, made overtures to the in
dependents before conventions to fuse
on a candidate. The Free l’ress has
got this straight. Mr. Woods wanted
to reeeivo the independent endorse
ment, snd in return promised to sup
port the three independent fads, being
government control of corporations,
railroads, telegraphs, ete., financial
reform, the tariff, all of which includes
the sub-treasury scheme and other
isms. In uddilion he offered to shell
out liberally by tapping the barrel he
owns. Our informant also let drop
the hint that ids propositions were
duly considered but that certain dilli
culties best known to those on the in
side prevented the success of the move.
Who knows but that this political jack
pot may be opened yet before elec
tion?”
Which leads llalph Whoelock of the
Mitchell ilcpublican to remark:
"it is a well known fact that Mr.
Woods spent tho day amt night pre
vious to the independent convention in
Huron, coming from there direct to
Mitchell and the democratic conven
tion, and his frank, if impolitic avowal
of possible “arrangements” confirms
the theory that is advanced by the
l’ierre Free l’ress. Until the two ele
ments of opposition can convince the
public that they are not engaged in a
game of political thimble-rigging, with
Smith as the capner and Woods as the
chief operator, wo don't care to hear
very much more of this hypocritical
whine about tho‘discussion of princi
ples from the organ of either side.”
From all that cun bo learned, it is
evident that the independent leaders
are going to deliver every vote possible
to Woods, knowing tho impossibility
of electing Smith.
Wlut I’nrtr Is the All! nice Alilln? ?
If the political end of tho Farmers'
alliance is not working directly in the
interest of the democratic party, will
some of the leaders please answer the
following questions:
Why is there no third party alliance
or people’s ticket in the Held in Mary
land? Maryland being a democratic
state, is there nothing for tho alliance
to do? Why did the alliance eiujorse
tlie democratic candidate for governor
of Maryland? •
Why is the alliance in Ohio working
for tho defeat of Senator Sherman for
re-election, under_ the plan promul
gated by tho democratic state central
committee, and agreed to between that
committee and a conference committee
from the alliance?
Why did the alliance in Maryland
pass resolutions endorsing Senator
Dorman? Why do alliance lecturers
devote all their time to misrepresent
ing the renublieun party, and have not
one word to say against tho democratic
party.
Why did the allaineo members of the
Illinois legislature go over to and elect
a democratic United States senator,
when they knew that the ballot which
elected 1’almcr, if they voted for their
on n candidate would have elected him?
Why, when the alliance had a large
working majority in the legislature of
several of the southern states, did they
elect not only democrats, but ex-rebel
soldiers to ttie United States senate?
Why are the leaders of the alliance
In South Dakota quietly working to
throw as many of their votes as pos
sible to the democratic candidate for
congress?
Why is it that the lenders of the alli
ance in South Dnkota hold to their
own candidate only such men as they
know cannot lie induced to support
Woods?
Why have the alliance state conven
tions of the democratic states of Geor
gia. Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi.
Missouri and several other southern
states declared openly against the
third party, and in favor of doing ull
their political work within the lines of
old national parties?
Why is it the calamity orators of the
South Dakota ulliance continually
claim that the circulation of money is
E4 per capita, when the fact as shown
hv a statement of Secretary Foster
made on September 4, lS'.il, was $23.45
per capita Is this not under the di
rections of the national democratic
committee as agreed between them
and llic leaders of the South Dakota
alliance?
When the leaders of the South Da
kota alliance have answered the above
! questions, we shall propound a few
I more for the benefit of the farmers of
j the state. And we particularly re
! quest that the answers be made at an
early date.
McKinley it ml Hinder Twine.
A systematic and well laid scheme
has been adopted by the independent
■'lecturers,” and the "indecrat” press,
to mislead the farmers and misrepre
sent the McKinley bill and the bene
fits to be derived therefrom as applied
directly to the South Dakota farmer.
We expect during' the campaign to
present the questions therein in their
true light, and ask the farmers to care
fully consider them. A full, open and
free consideration will convince the
most skeptical that the McKinley bill
is one of the most beneficial measures
ever passed by congress, as applied to
the producing classes. The South Da
kota farmer can take the question of
binder twine directly home to himself
and easily figure what the reduction in
the tariff on the sesal and manila fiber
—the material used in manufacturing
twine—saved him in the harvest of
1891. In 1888 a statement made by the
Dakota Farmers' Alliance company
showed that they Handled that season
—In what was then Dakota
territory—one and one-halt mil
lion |>oun<lH of binder twine.
Conceding’ that one-half this amount
was handled in North Dakota, which
is a very liberal estimate, as much more
small grain aside from wheat is raised
in South Dakota, wo have 750,000
pounds as the amount sold in this state.
Now the alliance at that time claimed
to handle one-fifth the product used in
the state, and we will take their esti
mate, so that there can be no over esti
mate on our part; this would give the
amount of twino used in the state at
.7,750,000 pounds. Tuke the crop re
ports for 1801 and compare them with
those of 1888 and it will bo seen that
the yield this year is at least one-third
more than it wus the former year,
which would make the amount used
count up to 5,000,000 pounds. A re
duction of one and three-fourths
cents per pound would give n
grand total saved to the farmers
of South Dakota in 1891 the
sum of 887,500. And while the re
duction of the tariff was \% cents per
pound the farmers purchased their
twine from 4 to 7 cents per pound lie
low the price paid last year. Taking
the lowest figure as an average the
amount saved would amount to ft’joo,
000. . Not a very small amount for one
year's saving. The average amount
of twine used per acre on wheat
this year was about two and
three-fourths pounds, or 11 cents
saved on every nere of wheat raised in
the state, and at least 14 cents for each
acre of onts. Every farmer can easily
figure the amount saved to himself anil
it would be well to consider such mut
ters before casting his vote to place in
public position the calamity sliriekers
whose only object appears to be dis
ruption of the republican party.
Th« A Hint!oh in th* South.
It is evident to nny one who keeps at
nil posted on tlio political work of the
alliance in tlio southern states, thut it
is clearly an adjunct of the democratic
party and managed in its sole interest.
While this is the fact as to tlio south
ern states, what do the alliance men
of the west think it is doing here?
Head the following clipping from the
leading democratic paper of Alabama,
the Montgomery Advertiser: "It is
gratifying to see that the conservative
south was little represented in this
(Cincinnati) conference and its work.
Alabama was not there. Tlio alliance
leaders in this state went to the St.
I.ouis conference and have been sorry
fori t ever since. So they staid away
this time and appear to have kept any
of their followers from going. Nor
were Mississippi. South Carolina,North
Carolina or Virginia on hand, while
Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Florida
and Texas were sparsely represented.
The effect of the people’s party will
be to disorganize and break down the
republican party in the west. It will
help democracy there and will not
weaken it in tho south. In this re
spect it will prove far more effective
than did mugvvumnism in tho cast. It
it puts a presidential ticket in the field
| next year, it will only result in reduc
1 ing western strongholds to a minority,
while the democracy will remain com
paratively intact with a safe plurality.
The people's party will prove ephe
meral, but while it lives nnd moves
and has its being, the sum total of its
I results will be for the benefit of the
] national democracy."
I Is it possible that any man who has
I ever, from principle, been a republican,
I can, in view of tho condition of facts
existing in the south, support at the
polls or in any way give countenance
and aid to tho political end of the al
liance in South Dakota. If the rank
and lile of the alliance or people's
party, would for a moment stop to
consider where they are drifting, or
look at the history of all such move
ments, or the records of Us leaders,
there would be this year such a rally
ing around tliu old party that Colonel
Jolley would be elected by an old time
30,0011 majority.
Oemncrnts Iteltcvc It.
Pierre Journal: Hepublicans who
have allowed themselves to be
led astray by the idea that
southern democrats who have joined
the Farmers’ alliance would combine
with them in a national third party,
the principal object of which would be
to right the real and fancied wrongs
of the agricultural and laboring
classes, may find food for thought in
the following positive language used
by Senator Hansom, of North Carolina,
a state in which Colonel Polk, presi
dent of the National Farmers’alliance,
says that the alliance is ready to go
into the third party movemeut. Sen
ator Hansom says: '"There is no third
party in North Carolina, and there will
not be. The alliance, with the excep
tion of a few demagogues intent only
upon improving their own personal
fortunes, is solidly democratic and will
remain so."
The Aberdeen News says: There js
one significant fact in connection with
the third party which loyal men of the I
north should well consider. It is en
gineered almost wholly by ex-rebel
brigadiers and soldiers. There is
scarcely a prominent loyal general or
distinguished civilian connected with
the outfit. This fact ought to have
weight with honest and candid men.
So rampant a democratic organ as
the St. i’aul News throws up its hands
so far as the congressional election in
this state is concerned. It says that
there is no question that * Colonel
Jolley will succeed to the office made
vacant by the death of John ]{. Gam
ble. When the hand writing on tin
wall is so plain as this it requires no
prophet to predict the outcome of this
fall’s campaign.
Misinformed.
She (severely)—I have been informed
! that you intend to give a bachelor din
ner to your friends on the day before
we are to be married. Now, as I un
derstand it, a bachelor dinner is for
the purpose ■ f taking leave of a gang
of fellows whom no gentleman would
introduce to his wife, and 1 should just
like to know why a gentleman should
have such—
j He—My dear, you have been misin
formed. I haven't the least intention
I of giving a bachelor dinner or taking
leave of anybody.
I You haven't?
Of course not I shall meet them
every night at the club just the same
[ as before.
NEBRASKA.
Orel voted bonds for the Pueblo and Du
luth railroad.
W. R. Furman, a York baker and confeo
tioner, has assigned.
There is not a delinquent taxpayer iq
Thurston county this year.
The residence of ,T. M. Norton, at To
bias, was destroyed by fire.
Lincoln citizens arc subscribing stock
for the buildiug of a ‘‘labor palace.*’
Three broken arms is the trapeze record
at the York school grounds this fall.
Twenty carloads of furniture were re
ceived bv a Lincoln merchant Saturday.
The Bloomfield Monitor issued a credit*
able boom edition last week of eighteen
pages.
John Rosenberg, of Pender, has invented
a carpenter’s plane, in which he thinks h*
sees a fortune.
Eleven of Lincoln’s best young men
were arrested in a cigar store while play
ing “freeze out” for cigars.
Hancock & Co., dealers in general mer
chandise at Gretna, have failed. The lo
cal bank also went under.
Joseph Classon, of Saunders county, is
under arrest for stealing fifty bushels of
corn from another farmer.
Several new cases of diphtheria have
been reported at Lincoln, and the board of
health insists that the schools must be
closed.
A herd of cattle crowding on a bridge
west of Beatrice caused it to fall. The
bridge was a total wreck, but only one an
imal was hurt.
The farmers of Nebraska have paid into
the treasury of the alliance, in dues and
membership fees, inside of two years, the
sum of $600,000.
Bev. Stewart, of the Congregational Sun
day School society of the state, is organ
izing schools and churches in Boyd county.
Hattie R. Cordeval. of Nebraska City,
wants a divorce from her husband be
cause he has threatened repeatedly to
shoot her.
The Nebraska City schools have been
closed on account of diphtheria. One of
the teachers was attacked with the dis
ease.
The residence of Thomas Wariek, at
Crete, was robbed of some jewelry, aud
Charles Sheldon, of Beatrice, was arrested
for the crime.
Buffalo Jones has left McCook for Lon
don with ten head of Buffalo, which he has
sold to a Liverpool banker, who will place
them in a private park.
Since the murder of a prostitute at Fair
bury by Clara Vine, another prostitute, all
the women of that class have been ar
rested and banished from town.
Charles Wompener, 22 years of age, was
arrested at Lincoln for building a fire in a
barn, for the purpose of washing his shirt,
and setting the structure ou fire.
Ezra White, 72 years old, is in a very
critical condition at Crete from blood
poisoning, caused by a small scratch on
his hand received while handling hard
ware.
Adolph Klamma, a German 42 years old,
was found at Gretna in a dyi^g condition
in a haystack He was on his way from
Omaha to Lincoln, where he formerly
lived.
The eighth annual meeting of the To
peka branch of the Woman’s Foreign Mis
sionary society of the Methodist Episco
pal! church will be held in Beatrice Octo
ber 21 to 25 inclusive.
The house of John Young, at Lincoln,
was ruined by fire Sunday night while the
family was at church. Fireman Ben Floyd
was seriously iujuredby a chimney falling
upon him.
Amos Darrow, the old man who disap
peared from Nebraska City several weeks
ago, has been found at Columbus. He is
hopelessly insane and will be sent to
friends at Grand Island.
Charles Larson, of Crawford, who was
thrown from a buggy some time ago aud
was thought to be fatally injured, is iu ^
fair way to recovery.
Geo. Hammoud and James Roberts, near
Valentine, lost seventy-five tons of hay by
Sre last week, supposed to have been
started by sparks from a locomotive.
The Western Art association is making
extensive preparations for its annual loan
exhibition, to be held in the exposition
building In Omaha some time in Novem
ber.
Lewis E. Clark, one of a railroad gang
working near Neligh, while “rustling”
corn in a field south of that town, received
a load of shot in the face, tearing one ear j
almost off and injuring one eye.
Waiter Smith, a 7-year-old Lincoln boy,
stole a horse and traded the animal for a
pony. When arrested the boy cried so
lustily that he was allowed to go home to
his mamma without prosecution.
Dr A. J. & recman, who has returned to
Butte City from the Norfolk asylum as
cured, was again taken violently insane
Wednesday. He was chained and broke
his chains and made several attempts at
murder before he was again secured.
Since the withdrawal of the reward for
Information as to the whereabouts of Scm
mous, the missing Lincoln clothier, and
the * ‘selling out at cost*’ of his stock,
skeptical people are inclined to think that
it was only a clever advertising scheme.
Thirty business men atliushville formed
a company to buy wheat, and the price
went up from 5 to 8 cents the first day.
The local buyers had been paying about
that much less than neighboring towns
and were ruining Rushville as a marker
town.
Maud, the 5-year-old daughter of Wil
liam Barries, of Lincolu, was fatally
burned Saturday by a gasoline stove
Mrs. Barnes was also badly burned. The
accident was due to carelessness on the
part of the mother, who tried to till the
stove without putting out the tire.
A special freight train of twenty cars
was wrecked near Brock Sunday night.
Thirteen cars, mostly filled with fruit,
coal and lumber,were entirely demolished,
the engine remaining on the track. No
one was injured. The track was cleared
and repaired in time to cause but little
delay.
On Thursday night some one who was
evidently a novice at horsestealing en
tered the stable of T. W. Putnam, living
about a mile from Scribner. In the dark
ness the thief picked at random from the
horses in stalls, five of them being blooded
animals. He took one out and departed
Mr. Putnam discovered his loss next
tooming, and instead of at once starting
in pursuit or offering a reward, said the
lost horse was not worth the time or ex
pense, as he was 24 years old, lame and of
not much account Anyway. The thief was
evidently green at the business for over
look in the blooded stock
THE PACIFIC SHORT LIRE
It Is Finally Sold to A. S. Garret*
son, of Sioux City.
Two Mil Ion Dollars Bid—C reditors Will
Tnlce Bonds for Their Intent—It Is
n Uood Deni for Slonz City—Notes
- of the Ssle.
Omaha, Neb., Oct 23.—The Pacific
Short Line is sold and A. S. Garretson
has won a great battle, He has been
fighting for the past year and Sioux
City’s best interest are in excellent
hands. At 11 o’clock this morn
ing the Nebraska and Western
railway was bid in by G. W. Wick
ersham in the name of A. S.
Garretson and G. W. Wickersham,
trustees for the bondholders, for
$2,000,000.
The sale was largely attended by
Sioux City people and others inter
ested in claims against the road.
A. 8. Garretson and his attor
ney, a L. Wright; J. C. Combs,
J. V. Mahoney, Wm. Gordon,
G. ,B. Col pas, and Geo. W. Scevers, of
Oskaloosa. A. F. Call and L. T. Hurd
came down yesterday. This morning
Frank Hunt and J. M. Moan, of
I South Sioux City, and Treasurer
O'Counor, of Dakota county? arrived.
At 10o’clock all interested had gathered
at the federal building, waiting for the
appearance of E. L. Bier bovver, the
receiver of the road, and one who was
to have charge of the sale, and it was
evident that complete arrangements
had^ been made for the consum
mation of the sale, and that
the postponement of nearly two
months ago would not be repeated. At
10:45 Receiver Bierbower took a position
on the north steps of the building and
read the notice of sale. This differed
from the last decree by providing for
the presentation of a stipulation by
creditors to accept the bonds in secur
ity for claims held against the road.
This was further amended by a supple
mentary decree issued by Judge
Dundy.
it also provides that the purchaser
at the sale shall pay $300,000 cash and
that said cash payment could be re
duced and money withdrawn to the full
amount of claims waived by the
stipulation, and that the claim of
E. P. Reynolds <fc Co. could be met
by bonds securing the payment of that
portion shown by due process to be
legitimate; and further, the bonds
could be given assuring the payment
of the $3,400 in miscellaneous claims.
These claims are the ones that will be
contested, and probably a number of
others. After the receiver had finished
reading the decree, which included
all lines, sidetracks, rolling stock, de
pots, etc., of the Pacific Short Lin?,
from the Missouri river to O’Neill, ;
Neb., and excluded all office furniture
and fixtures in the offices at Sioux City,
he turned to the crowd and said: “Gen- 1
tlemen, what am 1 bid?'1 and there was i
an oppressive silence for more than !
a minute. Mr. Garretson was not in j
eight, having taken a position back in j
the building. Finally Mr. Wickersham !
who stood on the steps just behind the i
receiver, looked up and calmly an
Bwered: “Two million dollars.” It !
was a big bid and Omaha men standing j
around looked at the little man with !
open eyed astonishment. “Two mil- ]
lion dollars! Any more bid?” asked j
the receiver, ]
“Say Wickersham, a man over here !
raised you a quarter,” said Attorney I
Seevers.
‘"lietter nominate Wickersham as the
people’s candidate for mayor of
Omaha,” said Hierbower.
Just then Mahoney got near Wicker
sham and William (Jordon cried ont,
‘Mahoney is making traffic arrange
ments with Wickersham already.”
After considerable pleasantry the re
ceiver looked at his watch and as it
marked 11 o'clock closed the sale,
knocking down the road for two mil
lion to A. S. Garretson and G. W.
Wickersham as trustees.
. Mr. Wicker-ham is the representa
tive of the Manhattan Trust company
it New York.
C. L. Wright stated that the claims
had been so well taken care of the
iash payment would not be over $30,
>00. The reason the last Bale
was postponed was because Garretson
at that time did not have control
of all the claims and he and
his friends could not afford to
put between 8200,000 and $300,000
to be tied up during a long litigation
that might follow. Today he had pur
chased over $200,000 in claims and con
trolled all the balance but about
$50,000. The road is bonded
now for $2,583,000. It will
be re-organized and new bonds issued.
Donald McLean failed to appear on
the scene, but a telegram has been at
the Paxton for him two days. People
here laughed at the idea of McLean
doing anything. If no objection is
made the sale will be confirmed by
Monday. J
lhe following' were the claims pre
sented on .September 1, when the road '
was first ad vert bed to bo sold:
A. F. Call, Sioux City minor claims .$100,000
^■IC1?ar’es°!,rCo. 118,000
Illinois Steel Co. 117,000
Wallace & Dow, Cedar Rapids. 10 000
Omaha road. 9,1.00
C. W. Robinson, Dubuque.21,000
Seely Sons & Co., Fremont, eleva
tors.....15,000
Western Fence company, i hiengo.. 7,(XK)
National Surface company, Chicago 5 00.)
E. l\ Reynolds & Co.... •.51.000
Claims for labor.... 117,000
A I.eague of I'eitco Ulnrmsptl.
Pams. Oct. 23.—A dispatch to the
Figaro from Copenhagen that at Fred
enburg, the palace of the Danish royal
family, the formation of a “League of
Peace" was discussed to include Russia,
Servia, Montenegro, Greece, Sweden!
Denmark and France, and that its con
stitution will be announced in January,
Iowa Patents.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 23.—The fol
lowing patents were issued to Iowa
parties for the week ending October 20:
P. B. Earnest, Fort Madison, nut lock.
Robert Elliott, Paulina, float gold col
lecting device. ,
chair Dk Pelton’ Dea Moines, railway rail
Ten Negroes still Alive.
Columbus, a C„ Oet 23 —The exeeu
tion of ten negroes which was to have
taken place today has been postponed,
owing to the granting of a stay of
proceedings pending an appeal to the
supreme court.
)
THE CHILEArTsiTUATioir
It I. • <»re>t Tople of Dl.cu„ion
■n gton. "**•
New York, Oct. 20_-The n„ ,,
Washington correspondent teleg^’w
as follows: I called at the Chill i
gation Sunday afternoon. Dcm £!r
Montt, the junta representative in 0,7
country, is absent from Washing
Mr. Julio Foster keeps the *££
open but wants it distinctly ^nde'
stood that he is not in any Waj. 0«
cially connected with it. It i8 but Z
tice to Mr. Foster, in the light of t
cent criticisms on his actions, tosav
that he never claimed to be an oflici 1
representative of the junta, but
herein the capacity of a private Chit
ean citizen, trying to do what he could
for his adopted country. He read
di patch from Valparaiso m vested
morning s Herald with great inu red
I supposed my son would have chaw
f ti‘ie.%!nVeSVffatl0n into uie assault
on all the sailors,” he said. “jje iK*L
criminal judge in Valparaiso an, J
more just, honorable and honed
man does not live. I neither believe'
the report that the Chilean Zy
eminent had taken no stem k
ferret out the perpetrators of tbe out
rage, if it was an outrage. Such a re
port is an insult to Chilean justice. )
have believed all along that the fact!
m the matter have been greatly ex
aggerated. The Herald's disp\kb
yesterday morning bears me out in m,
opinion. The row evidently occurred
m a saloon. Fights between American
sailors, and in fact those of any forciiru
country and the Chileans arebvuc
means infrequent.
ine united Mates government liaj
been a little hasty, I think. ||HS ii
any right to demand an indemnity be
fore the crime is proven? The trouble
is that the Chilean people are nut un
derstood in this country, a fact whirl;
is due to meagre information con
tained an the ordinary text books
about that country and its inhabit
ants.
“The talk about war being declared
against Chile if she does not make an
apology would give a money indemnity
for the lives lost, I think, premature.
Iliese matters will all be straightened
out in the most honorable way to both
countries. There is no doubt that the
United States could come around
the Horn and eat us up,
but in doing so she would
nnd the whole of South America with
the exception of Brazil arrayed against
her. What then would become of that
scheme ot reciprocity that seems to be
the pet idea of this government? Ilut
the idea if a war over a common street
row is absurd. Have a little patience
and give Chile a chance. ”
The A T illable Navy.
New York, Oct 20.— At the Brook
.yn navy yards no further orders have
been received to 6t out ships since the
Boston sailed. In case of necessity
there are nine vessels which could be
fitted out for service, the Philadelphia,
Atlanta, Bennington Concord, l’ctrel,
the Monitor, Montonomah, now at the
yards, the Chicago, off Stain island;
the Newark at Boston, and the Kear
sage ut North Biver. Five or six of
these vessels could be made ready in
three or four days, the others with
very little delay.
A special from Washihgton says that
the Chilean incident now appears to be
;n the hands of Secretary of State
Blaine. All inquiries upon the subject
at the white house were referred to the
secretary. When Mr. Blaine was a-ked
regarding the episode he replied that
there was nothing new. Secretary
L’racy said that nothing more had been
•eceived from either Commander Schley
or Minister Egan.
No I.ate Development*.
Washington, Oct. 20.—Inquiries at
the state navy department this morn
ing failed to develop anything new in
(lie matter of assault on Amo..can
sailors by a mob at Valparaiso, and
nothing could be learned as to whas
plan of action this government would
take.
EUROPEAN FLOODS.
Spain, England and f-'r-nce Suffering from
the ■ lemrnts.
Madrid, Oct. 26.—Floods in the lo
cality of Merida, province of Dadajoz,
continue. The river Ebro has over
sowed its banks and is submerging
railroads and highways along its
course. The olive, corn, maize and
saffron crops in parts of Cuidadreal
nave been destroyed. Telegraph com
munication in the provinces is very
irregular and a great number of tele
graph poles have been carried away by
the rushing waters.
The EtiiiiW'i flood*.
London, Oct. 26.—Floods continue to
formidably increase along the Thames
and in Lincolnshire, Somersetshire,
ind the midland counties.
The town of Eton and a number of
the streets of Windsor are so llooiledas
to lie impa .sable for pedestrians.
People are neing conveyed irum house
to house in fiat bottomed boats.
Floods liicreoK'iiir in FrincP.
Paris, Oct. 20.—Dispatches from the
south of France received this morning
represent the floods as growing r.ip;>i >
.verse, while the rainfall is eoustanli)
ind generally increasing.
AN OMAHA BURGLARY.
fliievea Co Through tlio ‘treet
Olllne Hud Make n II m*
Omaha, Oct. 20.—A hold safe I’Uf'
jlary occurred in the cilice of l’®
hnalia street railway at 1 o clock t
norning. Four masked men enterei t
jfiiee with drawn revolvers and c< l
jelled Superintendent Heals
two other employes to
n one corner of
a»d
stand
the ruuuj
and keep quiet while two men
in the safe. The door of tlie sa e 1
blown off by a charge of powaei •
fl,200 taken. The burglars then
the telephone wire and made tn
;ape in the darkness Mr. l|ea* ’ ip.
ible to furnish a satisfactory *■
non of the men.
Aniirclitsts Win Oli-brati-.
Madrid, Oct 26. — Barcelona ^
latches say that <hc anarchists
sity are preparing for a gran ecU
,ion of the anniversary of r. _..cob
ilon of the Chicago anarchism
jerned in the Hay Market riota.