THE FRONTIER.
rmU.lSHKh EVERY Till UHhAY Hy
Tile FllONTII.fi I'll INTI.Mi I’n.
O’NKll.L, -•- NKHRASK A.
OYER THE STATE.
Antkihi'K county claims to have tha
moat conveniently urrnngcd court house
in tlie stale.
KAitiiAour Post, (1. A. U-, Lincoln,
favors re-election of Church llowe as
department commander.
A. P. CitovKitof Valley received his
hack pension money last Saturday, 83,
1*0. In the future he will receive 8*
per mouth.
Tiik Dodge County Agricultural so
ciety has sued \V. II. Atwood before a
Justice court for SH.'i for rent of the fuir
grounds a year.
Omaha had another costly fire the
other night, the loss being S.'iO.UOn to
BTft.otxx The building burned was oc
cupied by the Consolidated Coffee com
pany.
Tiik Kearney cotton mill stnrted up
again last week with a force of Hit)
hands. Others will beadded from time
to time until the full force of 300 men
lire engaged.
Tiik jewelry store of McDonald Itros.,
at Tildcn, was entered the other night
and several watches and rings taken."
It is the second robbery of the store
within a your.
11A imv Ci.akk, a thirteen year-old lad,
had a hand badly mashed while fooling
around the cars in the freight yards at
Columbus, lie will probably loso a
couple of lingers.
i m. unusi*c)i man ion AiuitrnsUi, near
’Snyder, Dodge county, was burned a
few days ago, a part of the contents
being saved. The house cost $1,000 and
wbr insured for $Cuo.
Ituy home-made goods and build up
home industries, is a good policy: Far- j
fell iV. fo*s brand of syrups, jellies, pre
serves and mince ‘meat; Morse-foe I
boots and shoes for men, women and j
children; American Hiscuit «fe Munufac- |
luring fo., Omaha, |
Mlt. AND MlJS. J. M. WlNTKKSTKKN, i
sr., had a narrow escape from asphyx- j
iation from coal gas. They were awak
ened just in time, and Mrs. Wintcrstecn
managed to open the doors and win
dows, although her husband was un
able to stand alone for some time.
Nkhbaska fity officers are death on j
bog thieves, or any other brand of
thieves for that matter, but hog* thieves !
seem to be their specialty. The latest
catches are 0, A. Wheeler, William F.
\Y iltiams and Quiller Heck, who were
arrested for stealing* hogs in Missouri,
Tiik bill introduced during the last
session of congress by Congressman
Kcm, providing that the laud embraced
in the abandoned military reservation
known as Fort HartsutV, NoU, shall bo
subject to disposal to actual settlers,
was lust week unfavorably reported to
the house from the committee on public
lands.
Iuuiuation, says the Sydney Tele
graph, is the current topic. In store,
workshop and otlico one can hear of
something new. There are quite a
number of our citizens at present at
work iu developing schemes for private
plants. In a very few weeks there will
bo several new plants for irrigating at
work in the valley.
Mb. ani> Mbs. John J. M.vhony of
Omaha, were asphyxiated by escaping
gas last week. Mrs. Mahoney was ill
in the night, and her husband, after
lighting the gas, only half turned it off.
Next morning the old man was found
on the floor and his wife in bed,
both unconscious. Hoth were restored
to consciousness and will doubtless re
cover.
Lancanhei; county is one of tlio coun
ties thut h;is failed since June to pay
its portion of the tax that helps swell
the state school apportionment. That
is one of the reasons why Lancaster
county pets exactly St,04r>. 31 less out
of the pot than it did when tho previous
semi annual dividend was declared.
Tho June apportionment pave the
county Sl.V.Mo.nt, while the December
apportionment gives it only $11,304.03.
John' Ki.uk, who was recently arrest
ed for assaulting William K. Neary
with a neekyoke, in Klkhorn township,
Dodge county appeared before Justice
Winterxteen and waived preliminary
examination, lie was held in bond of
8300 for trial at the next term of dis
trict court. Neary, the prosecuting
witness, Kred Funk and John lirennan
were placed under $100 bonds each to
appear as witnesses.
Kvass Scott, a ranchman living
twelve miles south of Newport, shot
and killed one of his farm hands, named
W. C. Kirehucre.. Scott and Kirehuere
had a ouarrel about wages and ufter a
settlement Kirehuere was discharged.
Then Scott loaded a'pun with buckshot
and started on Kirchuere's trail, lie
found him near the ranch with a com
panion ami without a word of warning
shot him in the side, killing him in
stantly.
t'OVi:k.Nok Ohovnsk continues to find
honored citizens of the state who are
willing to serve tlie oonnnonwealth as
delegates to the cotton states and in
ternational exposition, which convenes
September IS, isy.-,. at Atlanta. I p to
date he has named the following:
George E. Jenkins. Fairlmry; F. M.
Brome, Alliance; Jesse T. Kller. Har
vard ; K. M. Correll, ilebron; L. \V.
Hastings, Aurora; M. T. Bowman,
Schuyler.
ill;Ani> Army hall was in a state of
great disorder yesterday, says the Lin
coln Journal, caused by the liberal giv
ing of those who desire to assist the
two posts and relief corps be aiding
destitute ex-soldiers who have lost
crops by reason of the late unpreced
ented drouth. At nightfall thirty large
boxes were found packed with supplies
and ready for shipment. The work is
going forward with an enthusiastic
band of people supporting it.
Tin; second hand store of I- C. Brown
of Grand Island was entered and twenty
gent's hunting case and open face
watches, sixteen ladies’ huuting case
gold filled watches and other jewelry
and articles of value stolen. The work
was done while the clerk was absent
but a few minutes.
“The work of tlie state relief com
mittee goes on at a tremendous rate,”
*“*Jiftinarkcd Rev. I,. 1\ Ludden to the
Lincoln Journal, "and Lincoln is not
doing one thing. The principal source
of supplies is the churches. They
should tie given great credit. A car
load from a church in Buffalo, N. V.,
came in last week”.
The d. A. I!, memorial building at
Nebraska City is utnler roof.
Kwinci hus organized an irrigation
company, proposing to tap the .South
Fork about live miles west of Kwing
and run in a southeasterly course along
the foot hills to Cache creek. The main
ditch will be about ten miles long and
capabla of irrigating 10,h()» acres.
A Washington dispatch says that
postmasters have been appointed ill Ne
braska ns follows: hdlinlm, Butler
county, 1*. ('. Spangler, vice J. It. Del
weiler, resigned; dates, Custer county,
Kmmu T. Beckwith, vice Stillman
dates, resigned; Holbrook, Furnas
county, Charles Johnson, vice J. R Mor
rissey, resigned; Rowell, Kearney coun
ty, \V. A. Rogers, vice dcorgo dray, re
signed; Magnet, Cedar county, l.cwis
Andrews, vice Knoeh Adkins, resigned;
Otto, Webster county, Anno R Murkee,
vice F. K. i’aynu resigned.
Pikih'i: dispatch: I’ostmaster Powers
received word yesterday that four rob
bers had been arrested at Columbus
Saturday night who hail In their pos
session a (piantity of jewelry and post
age stamps. The jewelry hus been
ldentlllcd by the Tilden jewelry inan,
who was robbed Tuesday night, two
nights after the postolilce burglary
here. The prisoners are now in the
Madison county jail awaiting their pre
liminary hearing. Postmaster Powers
departed for that place this morning to
investigate.
* •ovr.K.Noii Choi nhk, Secretary of State
Allen and Attorney <iener.il Hastings
met and approved bonds of three banks
that had made application to be desig
nated as state depositories. The tilobo
Savings bank of Uiuaha gavo bond in
the sum of .^1 ;.,ooo, the l lrst National
bank of Hustings in the sum of
and the American National of Omaha
in the sum of $;jo(uoo. As the banks
may receive on deposit funds amount
ing to half of the bond, the board
deemed it advisable to reduce one or
two of the bonds.
A mack containing thirty tons of hay
belonging to Charles Vandeventer, who
lives out on the Platte bottoms, north
of riattsmoiith. was destroyed by lire
last week. The liny was so remote
from the railway tracks that to ascribe
it to locomotive sparks is out of the
question. 'I'ho blaze was doubtless of
incendiary orgin. Mr. Vandeventer is
tiie victim of a contemptible sort of
spite work. Three years ago his house
was set on fire and burned, and about
a year later an unknown assailant
stubbed him in the back while he was
going to hie home from this city on a
dark night.
Statk SriM-aiiN iT.MiKvr itornv com
pleted the stute school apportionment
yesterday. As stated in yesterday’s
Journal the total amount is 3LM5,0.*itt.U«’t
the rate per scholar being fill ceuts.
The June apportionment was $sot,18t),
or about one-third more. The total is
the aggregate of accumulations from
all sources. A part of it is derived
from two new sources. Under the state
depository law the sum of $’*, conies
from interest on state deposits. The
other new sourco is general fund war
rants. The last legislature authorized
tiie investment of the permanent school
fund in general fund warrants. This
wus attempted by the state board, but
the supreme court decided that the
board could not compel persons to sur
render the warrants. Many persons
voluntarily turned ill their warrants,
received cash from tiie school fund and
the warrants were held as an invest
ment by the state. Interest on these
warrants amounting to $820 is now to
be apportioned among the counties for
school purposes.
('onniitMloner llumplirry'N Report.
The following information appears
in tlie annual report of A. H. Humphrey,
commissioner of public lands: The state
lands have been disposed of as follows:
Deeded, 320,272.53 acres; contracted,
081,(121.05; leased, 1,583,8(1(1.09; vacant,
373,135.45. During the biennum, Com
missioner, Humphrey has disposed of
land by deeding 41,050.33 acres; leased
35(1,577.11 acres by contract.
A tabulated statement compiled by
tlie commissioner shows that the total
cost of various state institutions is 82,
375,007.00, divided as follows:
Slate capital.$74:1.37(1 98
Heuf iiimdumh. till,.,03 0)
Uospllol for hisutio. 2 23
I nstdole for lillml.... (it,.vet II
Industrial school. 1 n.ioo tM1
Norfolk asylum. 157,838 00
I'eehle minded .. HO.>01(10
soldier- and sailors homo. (*,,,800 (II
Incurable Insane. ltls.dlOOO
Idri s iudusirlal school. 45,077 75
Home for (ho friendless . ;t0.c0J 00
Penitentiary.. 5:15.891 03
Total .$.’,,375,033 (VI
Revenue derived from sale of school
lands forms the permanent school fund.
I'nder the biennial period ending No
vember 30, lsPI, revenues amountiug
to Stlil.’.238.85 for the temporary school
fund, as against S335.478.7.0 for the bi
eutum ending November 30, 2802, have
been collected and entered of record in
the commissioner's otliee. He has also
collected S380,700.14 oeioncing to the
permanent school fund. The board of
educational lands and funds during the
past two years has invested 8074,742.45
in the interest-bearing securities men
tioned in the constitution.
Tlie state derives no revenue from the
remaining few tracts of penitentiary
lands in 1.unouster and Seward coun
ties and the commissioner recommends
such legislation as will authorize the
commissioner to lease or sell as in the
case of school lands.
l!y a decision of the supreme iourt
tlie appraisement of school land was
made in 18811. This fixes revenues from
lease on a basis of values given to lands
by a appraisement in 1885 and prior
thereto, and in a majority of cases the
values then fi.xed were very low. The
commissioner therefore asks for an ap
propriation for a reappraiseinent of
state lands for the purpose of fixing a
new basis for the collection of lease
rental due tlie state for the ensuing five
years.
Gokham 1. 1!>: ns, who was convicted
over a year ago of defrauding the state
out of largo amounts of money by pre
senting and having allowed money for
supplies never furnished while acting
as coal contractor to the asylum, is out
again after a new trial. Tnis time he
brings ivin the form of an equity ac
tion. -llSts, it will he remembered,
was iheSfcly one of the men indicted
for defriading the state by the methods
described who was convicted, and it
was generally supposed that after his
release on bail after sentence to the
penitentiary his case would be dropped;
but evidently be doesn't propose to
have that sentence hanging over him.
STILL CONSIDERING THE CUR
RENCY QUESTION.
WHAT EXPERT FINANCIERS SAY
rrpulilnnt Warner of the llinietxllir
l eu gun Declare* 'that nn I'ilmtlr
I’ollcy nn Secretary CarlUle Hit;*
In i«u I inpoNNltilllty - A
(•t-iH-ntl Currency Dl«
cunnIoii Hail.
Washington, Dec. 17. — Ex- Repre
sentative Warner of Ohio, president
of the Himutullie lea-rue, addressed
the house blinking and currency com*
mitteo yesterday on the currency,
going into the principles of the entire
currency question, lie urged that an
elastic currency, such as Secretary
Carlisle suggests, was an impossibili
ty, and that prices rose as fast as cur
rency increased. Mr. Warner said
the history of the world proved that
the gold standard could not he main
tained by giving to tile banks the
power of expanding the currency,
lie was ama/.ed that this proposition
should he made in this enlight-ned
ape, in the face of the tinaiici.il ex
periences of t lie world.
A bmp discussion arose between
(•encrul Warner and Mr. Sperry over
a question l>v 1 h i latter as to the
effect tluit an increase of the circula
tion would have upon ®ho price of
labor. Mr. Sperry called attention
to a statement bv the treasury de
partment showing that the circula
tion in 1ST;; had been $771,00:1,001),
whereas, in ISO:; it. was over $!, '.'OO,
000,000, and asked him lirnv how he
reconciled the facts,with the decrease
in wages. Air. Warner replied chal
lenging the treasurer's report of the
poll! in circulation at the present time
which he said was Sf-.'OO.OOO.OOO beyond
the facts, and by referring’ to the in
crease of population and wealth. Mr.
Sperry did not consider the reply as
adequate and intimat'd that if Mr.
Warner’s theory had nothing more to
stand on. it must fall.
Kuoeli I Matt, president of the Haiti
more clearing house, was next heard.
He said w ith regard to the Haltiinoro
plan that it embodied his views.
Speaking of the fifth section of the
( arlisle bill, providing for a guaran
the fund, he said it would be safe if
the strong banks could be got into it,
which he considered doubtful.
The hearing was resumed in the
afternoon with A. I,. Kipley, vice
president, of the National Uhie and
Heather bank of Itoxton on the stand.
He characterized the scheme of issu
ing demand notes redeemable in gold
as thoroughly vicious.
Colonel Jackson of Jackson A Cur
tis, brokers, of Boston, followed Mr.
Kipley. lie urged a provision in any
bill that might be supported by the
secretary to begin in January, IS1.):.,
to cancel 84,01)0,001) worth of’ United
States notes each month until the en
tire outstanding amount should be dis
posed of and to sell bonds if neces
sary to accomplish this result.
To pass the Carlisle bill without
any addition would, he thought, fall
far short of restoring the confidence
of the world.
Will lie port t ho Carlisle Rill.
Washington, Dee. 17.—The Demo
cratic members of the bunking and
currency committee held an execu
tive meeting immediately after the
adjournment of the regular hearing,
and after an hour's discussion decided
to report the Carlisle bill without
amendment.
It is understood that Kepreseuta
tivo Bland has given up all hope of
getting his free coinage bill out of his
committee, and lias determined to of
fer his bill as an amendment to the
Carlisle bill in the house. If it is de
clared not to be germane, he wilt ap
peal from the decision, giving the
house an opportunity to vote on the
proposition.
KU-KLUX IN GEORGIA.
Sensational StKterapnt Made a: a Trial
of White i'ap))?n.
Atlanta, («a., Dec. 17. — In the
trial of tho White Cappers from
Whitfield county in the United
States court yesterday a sensation was
created bv witnesses testifying that
a far reaching- lvu-Klux organisation
does exist in that section and that
Paul Trammell, United States inter
nal revenue collector and Trammell
Stars, state senator, and kinsmen of
h:s, are members of it.
“Why it's well known,” said Mr.
Trammell, “that both Starr and my
self have been very active in trying
to suppress lawlessness in that part
of the* state. The charge is redicu
lous, and there is not one word of
truth in it."
THE YELLOW EAGLES.
The OoI,I Reserve li Itelng Depleted at
a Very 1 apid ltate.
Washington-. Dec. IT.—The gold re
serve yesterday took another down
ward plunge by the withdrawal of
S4.S75.tHW. leaving the net reserve at
the close of business SSH1,A41.SA4, or
S3,t’>.'>S.till below the S100.000,000 limit.
Of this amount withdrawn, S4..TT0.U00
went from the suit-treasury at New
\orlt and $375,000 from Boston.
experimental Agricultural Stations.
Washixotox, Dec. 17.—Acting Sec
retary of the Interior Sims iias ap
proved a report of the commissioner
of education favoring resolutions re
cently adopted by the association of
American agricultural colleges and
experiment stations. He thinks the
appropriation by congress of Sti.otn a
year for the purpose, as recommended
by the report, would prove of inesti
mable advantage to the cause of agri
cultural and mechanical schools. °
Timelier a Candidate for Senator.
Topeka. Kan., Dec. 17.—Colonel O.
K. Leonard, of Lawrence, says the
candidacy of State Senator Solon
Thacker, of Douglass county, for
, United States senator will probably
i be announced within a very few days.
DUN'S BUSINESS REVIEW.
I*uy Kolia for &ove tuber Show an In*
rreaa« of K:irnin|(4 of 15 I’er Cent.
Nkw Vohk, Dec. IT. R. (}. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade say*:
Dun’s review is enabled, by the
kindness of several thousand manu
facturers who have forwarded state
ments of their pay rolls of November,
this year, in 18113 and in 1802, to make
a very encouraging comparison of
earnings for that month, which
shows an increase in total payments
of 15.2 per cent over last year, but a
decrease of is.a per cent in compar
ison with I S1I2. A statement of hands
employed shows that in the same es
tablishments 10.2 per cent more per
sons were employed than a year ago,
but 8.0 per cent less than 1802. The
average of earnings for over 250,000
hands is 4 per cent larger than
in 18113, but 13.5 per cent
less than in 1802, and this
statement takes no account of
hours of work in the months com
pared, or of the establishments now
working at all this year. In some of
the industries more hands are at work
than in 1802, but in others the de
crease is large. Contradictory changes
in business are quite in order at this
season. Neither the larger orders in
some branches nor the depression of
prices in others afford a safe indica
tion of the general movement. Hut
tiie working force does not lessen
more than usual for the time of a
year and the demand for goods does
not seem to diminish, though in some
departments it is considerably below
the capacity of works in operation
and the volume of business transacted
is a little larger in comparison with
last year than in November.
The speculative markets have ad
vanced a little, through reasons hard
to find. Wheat is unchanged in price,
although Western receipts are as
large as they were last year and At
lantic exports are 831,205 bushels,
against l,02ii,()()l) a year ago. Corn is
a fraction weaker without any im
portant change in movement though
the receipts continue remarkably
large. The heavy receipts of cotton
have broken down the price to $5.75
in spite of a strong speculative in
terest looking for some recovery from
the lowest point on record.
CROKER WILL NOT APPEAR.
The 'Minimally linn Decline! to Co He
fore tlie l.exoiv (ommltlee.
N’mv VoitK, D >c, IT.—Richard Cro
ker was asked if he would accent Mr.
(hill' s invitation to appear before the
Lexow committee and vindicate him
self of the constructive charge of ex
tortion implied by the testimony of
Witness Moron yesterday.
"I did not know that any charges
had been made against me," said Mr.
Croltcr, "or that there is anything to
vindicate.”
The only thing Mr. Moren testified
was that he contributed to Tammanv
hall. If the committee wants to lin'd
out about contributions to political
parties, 1 am sure they can. Why
don't they ask the Union League
club, the Republican and Democratic
organizations about political contri
butions'.’ These organizations get
them as well as Tammany hall. Let
the committee look into contributions
made to all organizations and not
make its inquiry partisan, as they
are doing.”
"Hut you will take advantage of
Mr. (ioff's offer?” lie was asked.
"No, there's nothing to vindicate
that I know of. Mr. Moran wanted
to contribute to Tammany hall, and
ho did so: that is all there is about it.”
"Did you know anything about
Captain Creedon paying Sir.,000 for a
captaincy?”
Mr. Croker laughed as if the idea
amused him.
"No,” said he, "I did not.”
Missouri Wins From Tmst.
At'STiX, Texas, Dec. IT.—Fully .T.CJO
people assembled at lly.le park yes
terday afternoon to witness one of
the greatest foot ball games that ever
took place in the Southwest. The
Texas university team met its first
ddfeat, and was never scored against
before. The score was, Missouri, ?8;
Texas, 0.
Big Chief Keokuk Married.
OrTiutiE, Ok., I)ce. 17.—Moses Keo
kuk, chiettbe Sue ami Fox tribe of
Indians, has taken untohimself a wife
in the person of Mrs. Mary Means, an
adopted member of the tribe. The
bride is .‘>7 years of age but vivacious,
while “K” bears lightly his OH years
and has $30,000 in the bank.
With the present optical instru
ments in use 30,000,000 stars are
rendered visible.
THE MARKETS.
Kansas Citv, Mo. Dec 17 —WhbAT-Car
lots by sample on track at Kansas City at the
close sold as follows: No. 2 hard, 53c No .1
UarJ. MsS.c No 4 hard. lie rejected 4J®
47c; No 2 rod. 51c No 3 red, 43'uJo,
No 4 red. 48141 rejected. 10.>.47
Receipts of corn 52 cars, a year a:o 111
cars. Sales by sample on track Kansas City:
No 2 mixed corn.3. cars. 41c No. 3 mixed,
nominally, 4 >e No 4 mixed nominally, 3'Jo
No 2 while. 4 cars 4J'S No 3 white nominal
ly. '4®'ic under No. 2 white
Oats—There was little demand for oats.
The few samples offered were firmly held and
trade was slow ile -e.pts of oats, 4 cars, a
year ago. 20 cars Sales by sample on track
at Kansas City: No 2 mixed oats, 2 cars Jic:
1 car 3l>,c No 3 nominally, 30c No 4 nom
inally 27 2ic No 2 white, oats, 1 car 33>je;
No 3 white, nominally, 3J,t31o
Rye—Firm; No. 2 nominally 43c. No 3. 48a
Flaxseed—Dull, nominally *1742,1 35 ac
cording to billin; Ba an—Firm, CSicOOc per
cw^ sacked Cohn Chop-DuII, 83u,52e per
cwt, sacked Hay—Receipts. 20 cars market
steady Timothy, choice, ,0.74)5) No I, ts^
E5J: low i. rade, ¥i(it7 Sj fancy prairie, S-. 5-J - -
is choice, 77. -0 Lb. No 1. :o j j >,u (j .*
0.5J packing hay, Hon
Live Stock.
Kansas Citt. Mo, Dec. 17-Cattle-Re
ceipts. 3,133 calves, s7 shipped yesterday.
2.J60 calves, 203 The general market was
fairly active and steady to strou;. medium
cows weak
Hogs—Receipts, 3.5-7 shipped yesterdiy,
1,78*- I ke general m trket was 13o to 20c
lower. The top was 54.40. anu the bulk of
sales were <4 1) to 1425, against f4 61 for too
and >4.2■ to 54. 45 for bulk yesterday
sn,?htn'P~Keocil)t3, shippci yesterday,
.a.% 1 he market was dull and about steady.
The followin; are representative sales:
..o. \v. Price No Wt Pries
33 lambs... in 350 i 14 iambs.. 1)5 35)
lambs... M
lambs., lid
18 Iambi... IM
7 mut. 1A)
Horses-Reeeipts, 134 shipped yesterday,
i Ike market was quiet.
A WOMAN’S HEART,
ONE DISEASE THAT BAFFLES
THE PHYSICIAN.
The Story of • Woman Who Suffered
for Nine Year* — How Sho Was Cured.
(From ihe Newark, N. J., Evening Newt,.)
Valvular disease of the heart has always
been considered incurable, i he following
interview, therefore, will interest the medi
cal profession since it describes the success
ful use of a new treatment for this disease.
The.patient is Mrs. (leo. Archer of Clifton,
N. J., and this publication by the News is
the lirst mention made of the case by any
newspaoer. All physicians consulted pro
nounced the patient suffering with valvu
lar disease of the heart, and treated her
without the slightest relief. Mrs. Archer
said: "1 could not walk ucross the floor;
neither could 1 go up stairs without stop
ping to let the pain in my chest and left
arm cease. 1 felt an awful constriction
about my arm and chest as though 1 were
tied with ropes. Then there was a terrible
noise at my right ear, like the labored
breathing of some great animal. I have
often turned expecting to seesomo creature
at my side.
“Last July,” continued Mrs. Archer, “X
was atSpringlield, Mass., visiting, and my
mother showed me an account in the
Springfield Kxuminer, telling of the won
derful cures effected by the use cf Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. My
mother urged me to try the pills and on
November -5 lust 1 bought a box and began
taking them, and 1 have taken them ever
since, except for a short interval. The
first box did not seem to beneiit me, but I
persevered, encouraged by the requests of
my relatives. After beginning on the sec
ond box, to my wonder, the noise at my
right ear ceased entirely. 1 kept right on
and the distress that I used to feel in my
chest and arm gradually disappeared. The
blood has returned to my face, lips and
ears, which were entirely devoid of color,
aud I feel well and strong again.
"My son, too, had been troubled with
gastritis and 1 induced him to try the Pink
Pills, with great benefit. 1 feel that every
body ought to know of my wonderful euro
and 1 bless (iod that 1 have found some
thing that has given me this great relief."’
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are now given
to the public as an unfailing blood builder
and nerve restorer, curing all forms of
weakness arising from a watery condition
of the blood or shuttered nerves, two fruit
ful causes of most every ill that flesh is
heir to. These pills are also a specific for
the troubles peculiar to females, such as
suppressions, all forms of weakness,chronic
constipation, bearing down pains, etc., and
in the case of men will give speedy relief
and effect a permanent euro in all eases
ari-iug from mental worry, overwork or ex
cesses of whatever nature. The pills aro
sold by nil dealers, or will be sent postpaid
on receipt of price, biO cents a box, or 0
boxes for S.’.oU— they ure never sold in bulk,
or by the IDO) by addressing Ur. Williams'
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. V.
TALK ON PENSIONS.
The Charge of Fraud Denounced in the
Lower House.
Washington, Disc. 15.—The house
went into committee of the whole
without preliminary business to-day
with Mr. Tarsney of Missouri in the
chair, and resumed consideration of
pension appropriation bill, Mr. Gros
venorof Ohio first deliverin'* a speech
of an hour in which he criticised the
attitude of the pension office toward
the pensioners and pension claim
ants, reviewed the policy of the
office's alleged hostility toward the
soldier and cited many instances of
injustice.
After Mr. Morse of Massachusetts
and Mr. Lacey of Iowa had spoken in
the same strain, Mr. Sickles of New
York, expressed his distrust with the
frequent recurrence in the president's
message and the report of the secre
tary of the interior and the commis
sioner of pensions of charges of fraud
in the pension roll. For the last
time probably before his retirement 1
from congress he desired to defend 1
his old comrades from this slander. <
With almost 1,000,000 names on the
roll and S150.000.000 disbursed iu pen
sions annually, he declared that the
fraud discovered was utterly insignifi
cant and should be a subject of self
congratulation to every soldier in the
land.
Messrs. O'Neill, Milliken and Can
non contributed to the debate with
arguments and statistics to which no
one listened.
General debate closed at 3:40 i
o'clock and the bill carrying 3i40,000,
000 was read in full " !
INDIANOLA territory bile
I ho rrospocU Not Gooil for It, I'nssa"!
in Lit her Itotor,
Washington, Dee. 15.—The pros- ]
poets of the “Indianola" bill are very <
■.lender. Few of its house friends, 1
despite .Senator Derry's sanguine
hopes, believe that it will pass." The ;
hearing will continue and many
pooches will l>e ma ie, but success is S
wholly unlikely. Dailey of Texas, 1
has a plan that he and Peel of Arkan- ;
■as formulated. It is to free town- ‘
dtes in the territory from the i
h’.iarht of tribal title' and enable ;
aiunieipalities to exercise all proper
powers of taxation for municipal pnr- ,
lows, provide for the conveyance of <
litles under such tenures as obtain <
elsewhere, and in fact make the ter- J
:• tore towns l nited States islands in
fhe ocean of tribal government. Some ,
tlie Indians are in favor of this (
plan. Other delegations are expected (
’’* come at an early date and after !
the details have been adjusted to ]
their satisfaction, the bill will be in- <
trod need. »
1 he friends of this measure natur
'-lly antagonize the Indianola bill, ^
jut it is fought, as well, by others (
-vno have not enlisted their endeavors j
n any alternative measure. To these <
at ter. some senators have sent word fc
privately to be at ease—that the In
lianola bill will never pass the sen* ^
ite. (
A special meeting of the house In- {
lian committee is called for to-mor- I
•o\y, at which the Dawes commission, s
vhic'n yesterday appeared before the
cnate committee, is to be given a
leaving, and the Indianola bill is to
eceive tentative consideration. *
Going to Tush Things. 1
Washington, Dec. 15.—The house !
:ommittee has resolved to cush the 1
>anking bill with the greatest vigor. ]
lust before adjournment of the house ]
:ommittee on banking and currency i
ast evening, it was decided that the »
leanngs on the currency bill should 1
lose on Saturday, and that a meet- c
ng of the full committee should be J
;eld Saturday night to take final ac- v
ioa in regard to the bill. e
AN AWFUL TRACED^
Horrible Hatchery of f|ft p
David Spragg, ^
Ridgeway, Mo., Dec. 13_Th 1
horrible human butchery ever r ^
ed was committed four and on
miles southwest of this citv a',^
p. m. yesterday. David Q. Sn-a?
a fit of insanity, murdered hVt
and two children, mortally WoiJ
two step children and then too?
own life. The fearful weapon wb
he wielded with such appall^
suits was a large butcher
Numbers from town left for j
scene as soon as the dreadful n.
was heard. On arriving at the n!i
a most sickening sight met their pi
Lying in the yard near the gate,
the body of Mrs. Spragg with j
heveled hair and mutilated by .ha.
cuts and gashes almost bev.
recognition. The interior cf ,
little dwelling presented a gruesa
aspect indeed. In one corner o”
sitting room lay the lifeless bodr
little Caley Spragg, and in the oti
Albert, only 14 months old. l|;s fi(
was resting on the slate with Kjj
he had just been playing n,
i, n .1 _JT.i _ r w
throats through which the (
blood was still oozing away. On s
kitchen floor, still clenching asm
ing shotgun in his hands and his he
almost torn from his body, lav t
author of the awful crime. Gn
pools of blood had coagulated i,u ;
floors and evidences of a terr.l
struggle were plainly visible alio,
the house. The walls aud furaiii
were spattered with blood.
The particulars of the whobsi
butchery are learned from [>,
Onstatt, a stepdaughter of Sprac/i
child about 11 years old, who stimei
ed in eluding his murderous at®
and escaped to a neighbor's, a
statement is substantially as
Spragg had been complaining ol
headache all morning and his r™
neighbor, Mr. Meyers, was sent
Ridgeway after a physician. Si
after Meyer’s departure he tted 1
son Clint and cut liis throat, and th
attacked his wife. She ran out a
the yard pursued by the manii
who tin ally cauglit her and a di
perate struggle ensued. Tiie i
furiated demon literally liackvuhi
head and face to pieces, and tta
severing her head almost completi
from her body, dragged her by t
hair into the yard, where lie left h
Dora was sick in bed, but when
commenced his fiendish work she
up and made her escape. Some ti
is supposed to have elapsed after k
iug the older children before heti
the life of the baby, for the little!
low was heard crying by persons*
had arrived by this time, but n
deterred from eutering by his tin
cncc in the doorway with a kuii
shotgun. lie closed the door a
presently two shots were hear,;
When the house was opened Son
was found weltering in his gore
charge from the gun having taker,
feet in his head, literally dretr.
the room with his blood and bruits
AWFUL WRECK IN A TUNS!
Two Killed and Sixteen Injure.! i
Chicago Cable Car Collision.
Chicago, Dec. 13.—In a collision
tween cable cars in the Washing
street tunnel last evening two a
were fatally hurt, fifteen more
seriously injured and a score af o:a
more or less bruised. The cars m
set on fire by the stoves an; ior
time there was a fearful panic aro:
the scene.
A. California Train Robber Confer*
Loa Angles, Cal., Dec. 1.1.-.1
rohnson has confessed to having a
iicipated in both the Roscoe iv; ■
if the Southern Pacific express tn:
-IVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MAEKI
Quotations from New York, Chira:
Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA
Gutter—Creamery print. 20
lutter—Fair to good country, lu
<.ggs—Fresh. 21
loney—i er lb. ir
'oultry—old hens, per lb. h
hickens— Spring, per lb. 5
turkeys—Per lb. o
ie-so—Per lb.
)ucks—Per lb. s
lieese—Neb. & la. full cream. _ 1'.‘
unions-Choice Messinas_
>ranges—Messinos.pcr box...
Potatoes..
*weet potatoes, per bbl.
leans—Navy, hand-picked, bu 2 O'
lay—Upland, per ton. " "
lay—Midland and lowland...
)mons—Per bn .
leets—Per bbl.
rurnips—» er bu.
arrots—Per bbl.
’arsnips—Per bu.
Jranberrries—Cape Cod ..
Apples-Per bbl.
logs—Mixed packing. 4 ^
logs—Heavy weights . j j*V
ieeves—Prime steers.» V:*
leeves-Stockers and feeders. 1 •’
lulls. 12.*
'a Ives.. 1
teers—Fail* to good.3 y
'ows.-. 1 ■ *
2 W
4'*
2 Oi
9
13 •'
ieifers.1 •
Western Cattle. 1 :
beep—Lambs. J
beep—Fair to good natives. •• - -
NEW YORK.
Vheat, No. 2, red winter. r
orn—No. 2.
>ats—No. 2.
*ork.
.aid.
CHICAGO.
Vheat—No. 2, spring.
orn—Per bu.
Juts— i er bu.
..
logs—Packers and mixed.
attle-Com. steers to extra...
beep—Lambs .
beep—Inferior to choice.
ST. LOCI'.
Vheat—No 2 red, cash.
orn—Per bu.
>uts—Per bu . ,
logs—Mixed packing. ,
attle—Native steers..,
beep—Mixed natives. “
KANSAS Cin.
I'heat—No. 2 hard.
'orn—No. ..
>ats—No. 2..— .,
attle—Stockers and feeders.. -
lops—Mixed packers .
keep--Clio.ce western.
1 1.'.
I’opnllsts on Carlisle's
Washington, Dec. 13.—
ists profess to be deliirhttd
Carlisle’s financial scheme- ^
hat Senator Morrill "'as
n his “roast,” and that ha’ , ,,
ime to examine it, he " !
ound Mr. Carlisle's p.an ,}
’effer's plan to be alike, eX''y:i
nder Sir. Carlisle's plan J* 'J‘, ;.c
ositinjj thirty cents on
sifal tender can receive >
f irs capital in currency; " “ ,.|
lr. Peffer's plan it would 111 v,,
p 100 cents on the douar
state.
