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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1895)
t THE FRONTIER. PUBLISHED EVERT THUB8DAY By ,v T(i FaoRin Primtixo Oo. fc OTtEILL, NEBRASKA, OVER THE STATE. "* CoCNTrdi vision is again being agi la ted in Hoit county. Asa Emerson, a prominent farmer of | Johnson county, last week lost two (grown daughters from typhoid fever. , Omaha is going to have aunion depot pp- or know the reason why. The state . board of transportation isaskcd to take • hand. '■ ; The life of Mr. Fred Beyschlag, who • Was injured in the cereal mills machin ery at Nebraska City, is almost des paired of. James Rathburx, a prominent farm er near O'Dell, lost a barn by fire. The building was almost new, and cost nearly Sl.ooo. Fbaxk Coyxe, a young man living near Sterling, was kicked in the face by a vicious horse and quite severely injured. His nose was sunk into his head and a big gash ent on his fore head. Mr. Hanscom, living’ near Wood River, set fire to the dead weeds in his potato field to fit the land for plowing. He lost thirty tons of hay and nis near eat neighbor twenty before the .flumes were subdued. W. Habits was compelled to unload It ear of beets this week, says the Sut ton Register, and peddle them out, be cause the Grand Island factory refused to receive them, claiming they were below the standard. Thf. farm house of Auton Krofta, sr., who lives some three or four miles southeast of Table Rock, was burned to the ground while all the family was absent but a very little girl. Very little of the contents were saved. Jamks D. Carmicfiaei., one of the Idoneer residents of Otoe county, died ast week, aged 83 years Mr. Carmi chael founded the now defunct village of Minersville, in Otoe county, lie leaves a widow and one daughter. Trk Lincoln and Dawson county irri gation bonds, to the amount of (275, 000, were carried by a vote of ninety eight to eighteen. The canal, when completed, will water about SO,000 acres of land as rich as anv in the world. A farmer who lives near the Colfax county line was in Columbus and re ported a fatal malady which is work ing great destruction among the hogs In that locality. He sold he ioit six teen a few days ago in about two hours. Christ Hacpt, living in Happy Hol loW, Plattsraoutb, indulged in a little wife-beating, and was subsequently ar rested. The neighbors are indignant over his actions and threaten his life . should ho be caught at the business •gain. As A. H. Bird was returning home from Cedar Rapids his horse became unmanageable and he was thrown from his cart and instantly killed. Mr. Bird was an extensive farmer and re sided on his father’s rancli eight miles below Cedar Rapida. Eight hundred and seventy-seven bags of sugar, says the Norfolk News, were turned out at the factory yester day in ten hours J. W.' Covert, W. It Hight and D. Lee performed the feat ’ of sewing, marking and weighing 100 bags of sugar in fifty eight minutes. The fence gang on the Burlington A. Missouri brought in word to Alliance that a man had been found by the frack eight miles cast of that place . with bis head beaten into a jelly, it is Supposed by a club. No trace of the murdered man’s Identity has been found, but he ia supposed to have been One of a number of tramps who were walking east The citizens of the east part of Fron tier have taken stepa to divide the county by running the line north and south on the east side of and near the village of Stoekville. The people of that part of the county (Eustis and vi cinity) contend that the county is alto ; aether too large, and are weary of hav ing to drive so far over rough roads in older to reach the county seat. ■ Mbs J. L. Adair of Madiaon, aged AS years, accompanied her husband to get a load of straw. When crossing a slough she slipped from the load head foremost, struck the hard ground witli Such force that herscalpwas cut across light under the eyebrows from cue ear to the other and the whole torn back from and over the top of the skull sev eral inches She can hardly recover. Washibotox dispatch: Thomas II. • Farris, of Lincoln, Neb., has been ap pelated a teacher in the Indian school •t Pine Ridge agency. South Dakota. Miss Elisabeth Baker of Valparaiso, lad., has been uppointed a teacher in the Indian school at the Omaha and Winnebago reservation, Nebraska, and Joseph F. Greenwood of Fairbury, Nek, n clerk la the railway mail aejrv* Tins Beatrice Express employes found • letter at the .office addressed to James A Show, a prominent citizen, signed “Whiteesps.” ordering Mr. Skow to si[*‘ feS m fX'; leave the city within ten days or suffer the consequences. The supposition is that this comes from parties who were instrumental in haring Mr. Skow ar rested some time since for shooting ‘William McMurrin while in the act of stealing corn. ' Thk American Tribune Colony com pany, which was organized about one year ago. and has 1&0,q<jo acres of land In Irwin and Wilcox counties, Georgia, has about 000 stockholders in this state, Mkkabout twenty in the neighborhood •< Nebraska City. About half of those .•enr thet place will leave for their new lime next month and the remainder In the spring. They, claim to hare a •‘land flowing with milk and honey." In a year or so they will nil be coming (ntk to Nebraska. , Tub Springfield Monitor says: W. K Chapman finished hauling his old airn crop Into the Gretna market Tues day. .There were 1.700 pushels in the leifc for which he waa content to take 51 cents, although there was a time When he could have gotten «0 cents or Tub beet raisers are again shipping tela to the Norfolk factory. They re arranged for the state chemist to tenlyzn their beets to see If the factory people are giving them n square deal. -..I* Uaeola last waek John Fayer waa fannd guilty of criminal assault upon atia daughter, and teatencsd to the pen 7li«itlary for lif* ’ ‘ "A-?. i'.'® : f. •t *' ' Farmer* Can Nim* m Chemist*. The following from the beet auger companies explains itself: It haring been brought to our notice that dissatisfaction exists among the farmers regarding the testing of their beets, we wish to make the following suggestions: That the farmers pro cure a chemist, appointed by the gov ernor, or recommended by Prof. Nichol son of the State unirersity, who shall check the tests made by the factory chemist We will giro such a man every facility for conducting his work properly and fairly. We would suggest that the farmers also appoint some one to select the samples from the wagons and cars, with our own sampler; that these beets be cut in half and be given to each chemist, so as to avoid any pos sible error by difference of sample, and if the farmers' chemist proves to be ac curate and just in his work we will ac cept his tests in case they differ from our own. In view of the doubts that have been expressed as to the accuracy with which we test the beets, we think, in justice to our company, the beet growers should adopt this plan of con firming our results, and we further urge the necessity of speedy action in the matter, as but little time remains for harvesting the crop Yours truly, Nohfoj.k Beet Sugar Company, Oxnard Beet Sugar Company. Nebraska Sugar Industries. Lincoln dispatch: Daily reports are received by the secretary of state con cerning’ the sugar industries at Grand Island and Norfolk. The season com menced October 1. Up to the 15th iust. the receipt of sugar beets at the Grand Island factory amounted to 4,420 tons. The amount of granulated sugar man ufactured to that date amounts to 400,000 pounds The Norfolk factory lias received 5,017 tons of beets. It has produced 300.000 pounds of granulated sugar, making a totul of sugar made by the two factories of 700,000 pounds. These two factories receive on an average, daily, l K)0 tons of beets, or 1,500 apiece. The sugar bounty amounts to 91 a ton, in reality, to tho producer, for it was with the under standing that the beet raiser was to re ceive 85 per ton for beets, instead of 84, that the bounty of live-eights of 1 cent a pound was voted by the last leg islature. Thus the two factories at Grand Island and Norfolk are dis tributing among the farmers who went into the beet industry about 81,500 a day each. The manufacturing season lasts about three months One-sixth of this time has now elapsed. The same average kept up would give an output for tho season for the two fac tories of 4,500,000 pounds of manufac tured sugar. Chicory Crop In Valley County. North Loup dispatch: Experimental (fiats of chicory which were planted here last season grew with remarkable vigor during the entire season, but it waa a great surprise to all who had been interested in watching the growth of the plants to learn the facts in re gard to what an enormous yield they were making. One plat, raised by Attorney E. .1. liabcock, was divided into sections of rows one rod in length, from which comparative calculations could be made, and after topping and (rimming as required by the factory at O'Neill, the roots weighed at the rate of from eight to seventeen tons to the acre. As the German Chicory company of O’Neill this year pays' 810.50 per ton for the roots, and the labor required in their harvesting and tillage does not greatly exceed that of the sugar beet, it will be readily seen that the chicory plant is one of great promise for cen tral Nebraska. Sugar Beet rectory Chemists. Farmers and managers of the Grano Island and Norfolk beet sugar factories have joined in requesting Governor Holcomb to appoint one chemist for each of the factories. There has been no complaint concerning the chemical analysis conducted by the factories on which purchase of beets are based, but in order to protect both tbe buyer and seller of beets and to satisfy all parties concerned, the joint request for a chem ist, who shall serve in the capacity oi an umpire, has been made. There is no mention of a chemical analysis in the sugar bounty bill passed by tbe last legislature over the gov ernor’s veto. That act simply says no bounty shall be paid on sugar made from beets for which as much aS 85 a ton shall not have been paid. This virtually fixes the price of beets at 85 a ton, but the written contracts with growers state that the beets must con tain 12. per cent of saccharine matter. 80 per cent of which shall be pure. Beets that do not come up to this test are probably not taken , at all by the factory, or are bought at a reduced orice. . llank Robber Caught. Harrisburg dispatch: A bold at tempt was made to rob the Banner County bank of this town. About 4 p, m. a masked man entered the bank and ordered Mr. Carlisle, the cashier, to throw up his hands. Mr. Carlisle stepped through a side door through his residence und out of coors. and'Securing the robber's horse, raised the alarm. In a few minutes a dosen armed men weru on the streets and the bank was surrounded. The robber secured what money was in sight, threw it in a sack and came out. After the exchange of a dozen shots or so the robber started to run, and was finally brought down, shot through the leg. Fortunately no one was shot but the thief. It is hot known whether he had any pals nr eot It turned out to be a man by the name of Graham, a ranch er living in the edge of bcotts Bluff county. His wound is not dangerous. All the money was recovered and the thief captured. Washington dispatch : The condition of the national banks of Nebraska, ex clusive of Omaha and Lincoln: Loans and discounts.$12,953,20s stock and securities. 44* 001 lluaking bouse, furniture and h> i ures.. . 1,123.017 Other real estate and mortgages... sw.57 ■ Duo from mserve agents. I4.346.75i bold coin........ 5ftLSSi Outd tr usury certificates_—. 7.0m United Mates certificates, deposits tor legal tender notes. 812.3:2 Total resources...Jjo.isa.7 :: Capital stock paid In...,.._ ....... «/40,ia Surplus funds... 1,2X1,69 Undivided profits... M0,tNj Individual deposits. 8>l7,xji Average reserve, *7.« per cent, as com pared with 27.4 last it1 port. WORLD'S GOLD OUTPUT. THF TOTAL INCREASE IS FIGURED AT $20,000,000. MINT DIRECTOR’S REPORT. Th* Yield Title Year Likely to lleaek Two Hnndred Million Dollar*—Colorado Doing More Than It* Shale— South Africa’* Mine* Doom ing — California Mine* Show an Increase. . V f j . ^0 Washington, Oct. 28.—R. E. Tres* ton, director of the mint, in discussing his report on the world’s production of gold and silver in 1894, makes the following statement: “1 am satisfied that the gold product of the world will not be less than *200,000,000 for the calendar year 1895, which will be an increase of *20,000,000 over 1894. Ot this increase the United States will contribute not less than *7,500,000. Colorado will furnish from *3,500,000 to *4,000,000, California *2,000,000 and Arizona, NeW Mexico, Idaho and Montana will make handsome show ings. in Colorado the principal in crease will come from the Cripple Creek district. This district altogether will probably produce *15,000,000 this year. It required some time to con vince capitalists that this was a won derfully rich district. The shipments of rich ore made in the last year have removed all doubt about the future of the Cripple Creek country. I.eadville will also show an increase this year in the output _ of gold. Some of the mines in this region are very produc tive. In the Leadville region there are found gold, silver, copper, lead and iron. There is a general revival of gold mining throughout this region. “California mines are sure to show an increased output from this time forward. The establishment of the debris commission in California has given u great impulse to hydraulic mining, which is exceedingly profit able. Where there is placer mining, particularly in Montana and Idaho, the product of gold will not be so great as it would have been had there been heavy snows in the mountains. There is a shortage of water in those states which serves to handicap the miners. The returns from quartz mining there are very satisfactory. Solne heavy shipments of ore are being made from Helena. Everywhere 1 went in the mining regions of the West 1 saw evi den ces of great activity and prosperity. “Not alone in the United States is the output of gold increasing. South Africa has gone ahead of Australia in .the amount of its gold product, and will produce this year a vast quantity of the precious metal. Australia prob ably will contribute *3,1)00,000 or *3,000,000 of the increase. Russia will produce from *2,000,000 to *3,000,000 more than it did last year. Russia's output last year fell off. but the in crease in Siberia this year will be marked, judging from the information I have received from our minister at St. Petersburg. Mexico, which con tributed *4,500,000 in gold last year, will make a far better showing this year. Wo gained last year for the gold 6tock of the world about *7,000, 000 of the gold formerly hoarded in India, and we have every reason to look for an increase this year and for a number of years to come.” CLOSELY WATCHED. Few Visitor* Allowed to See the Taylor Brothers la Jail. Fayette, Mo., Oct. 28.— Sheriff George E. Stanley of Carroll county, who was here yesterday, said that al most prohibitory rules had been adopted against allowing the Taylors to see visitors since their convic tion. This course, he explained, had. been rendered necessary by the great number of applicants who desire to see the boys, some of whom are inter ested in their salvation, others to dis cuss the crime with them and many simply from morbid curiosity. Dur ing a recent religious gathering in Carrollton, Mr. Stanley says he thinks about 40o preachers asked permission to see tlie Taylors. Of course they had to be refused, for to let oue in would have necessitated the admission of all. Dum Da Vnln Butte Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 28.—The Georgia House of Representatives, passed a bill’ making it unlawful to perform the danse du ventre in the State. The movement was inaugurated by Mr. Ed Jones, a society young man who rep resents Dougherty county, and who witnessed the dances a couple of years ago. The bill was introduced last year, when considerable sport was made of its author, but the fact that the streets of Cairo are now conduct ing a business on the exposition grounds so shocked the members of the Legislature that their first action was to take up Ed Jones’ bill and rush it through by an almost- unanimous vote. Japanese From Corea Arrested. Yokahama, Oct. 98. — According tc, dispatches from native sour .is Gen eral Minra, former Japanese minister to Corea, and the other Japanese offi cials who left Seoul under escort after the murder of the queen, it being sus pected that they were concerned in the tragedy, were arrested upon their arrival at Ujina. Condrrt for the Soprani* Bench. . New York, Oct. 28.—It is gener ally believed by lawyers here that Frederick Coudert of this city will be appointed to the vacancy upon the supreme bench. There are indica tions that it has already been ten dered to and accepted by him. Governor Met'orkle a Candidate, Spexckb, \V. Va., Oct 38.—Governor William A. McCorkle has announced himself a candidate for the seat in the United Slates Senate now occupied by Senator C. J. Faulkner. MUCH MAIL BURNED UP. The CoIIUloa at Timmen Rock, Fa, Wars* Than at First Supposed. New York, Oct. 58.—The losses in the collision at Trimmers Bock, Pa., on the Pennsylvania railroad) early Thursday morning’, were greater than at first supposed. Of the six mail cars four were destroyed in the fire which followed the collision. The registered letter pouches from Xew York, Boston, Hartford and Harrisburg, for delivery at Pittsburg and Chicago, were burned, so were also the entire cargo of news papers for Indian Territory, Illinois, Texas. Arkansas, California, Colorado, Oregon, New Mexico, St. Louis and Kansas City. The letter mail for Pennsylvania, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, the Indian territory, Arkansas, Mississippi, Mis souri and Texas was in the third car. Such of it as had not been wholly de stroyed by the fire was gathered up into bags and sent back to this city. Among the fragments spread upon the desk of Superintendent Jackson of the railway mail service yesterday was one in which the writer told of the death of his mother. The total loss through the destruction of mail mat ter will, it is believed, amount to $100,000. SETTLED ON BRIDE ONLY. The Vanderbilt 810,000,000 Will Not Be In the Duke of Marlborough** Control. New York. Oct. 28.—In arran^jn^ clie settlement preparatory to the Van derbilt-Marlborough wedding there were three family lawyers engaged. It has been reported that Miss Van derbilt’s portion would be $l0,00(),000. It has been learned that, princely as was Mr. Vanderbilt’s settlement on his daughter, it has a condition at tached to it, namely, that the income from the #lt,,000,000 shall be for the use of the future duchess during her lifetime. At her death the principle will go to the issue of her marriage with the Duke of Marlborough. It is understood that upon his side the prospectire bridegroom deeded to Miss Vanderbilt large estates in Eng land which have been in his family for years. While the intrinsic value of these estates may not be equal to Mr. Vanderbilt’s gift to his daughter, yet they have heretofore always been con sidered too valuable to bo permitted to pass out of tne Marlborough family. Her Injuries Permanent. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 2o.—Mrs. Zelda Seguin Wallace, through her attorneys, began suit to-day against the Terre Haute and Indianapolis rail ways. She was a passenger on the Vandalia train wrecked near Coates ville January 28 and avers that she suffered concussion of the spine and will never be able to recover the use of her body, and that she will have to give up her avocation, that of an opera singer, which was worth $10,000 »year. _ Reformed Church Synod Officers. Abilene, Kan., Oct. 2s.—The Re formed church synod to-day completed its list of officers by selecting 1). S. Rouse of Lisbon, Iowa, for treas urer and D. E. Sharev of Emporia for clerk. It was voted to con tinue the publication of the Church Herald at St Joseph, Mo. The syn odical missionary society elected Mrs. L. a Summers of Liscoinb, Iowa, president, Jean Love of Kansas City vice president, and Jennie Erb of Lin coln, Neb., secretary. Samuel Josephs Den<!. Rmi.ADEl.PUiA, Oct. 28. — Samuel Josephs, a well known local Demo cratic politician and wealthy con tractor, died to-day of a cancerous af fection after a'long illness. He had been a familiar figure at Democratic national conventions for years past, and at Chicago in 1892 gained national fame as the author of the popular campaign slogan. ‘"Grover, Grover, four more years of Grover.” He was about oi years of age. He leaves a widow and three adult children. The Population of Japan. Washington, Oct. 28_The popula tion of Japan, according to an esti mate by Consul General Mclver, is 45,000,000, allowing 3,000,000 for the newly acquired territory of Formosa. Japan has records of her population going baek to the year 010, when the number was 4,998.842. In point of area Japan, since the Formosa acqui sition, takes rank next below Spain, snd stands about even with Sweden. auva imr nuRUBDIl R Olajer. Covington, Ky., Oct. 28.—Mrs. Kate M. Sanford filed salt in the Circuit Court yesterday against Senator Will iam Goebel for $100,000 damages for the killing of her husband, the late John M. Sanford. The homicide was committed on the steps of the First National bank on April 11 last. The tragedy grew out of an attack pub lished in a weekly paper. Ten Per Cent Advance In Wage*. Dulutii, Minn., Oct. 28.—A raise ot wages ot ten per oent has been made at the Chandler <& Pierre mines at hly, and a raise of a like amount at all the Soudan mines on the Vermillion At Tower, on the same range, the Minnesota cannot get men enough to do its work. Carload ot Matches Baras. Black Kivkr Falls, Wis., Oct. 25. —At au early hour this morning a carload of matches in transit on the Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad between Camp Doug las and Elroy became ignited and the entire • carload was consumed. The loss is $2,500. Baek to HU Old Church. Mii.waukkk, Wis., Oct. 28.—The Rev. Walter C. Clapp, who about a year ago seceded from the Episcopal church and joined the Roman Catholic church lias, according to his own statement, become convinced that he took a wrong step, and now has left the Ro man church and returned to the Epis copal or Angelical faith. A Legislator Indicted. .Peoria, 111., Oct 28.—The grand iury has returned an indictment against Simon Schafer of Chicago, rep resentative in the last legislature, for offering to receive a bribe. VAN WYCK 18 DEAD. CARRIED OFF BY A PARALYTIC STROKE. Improvement for I Tima Noted, Bat It W*i Only Temporary—Slowly Sinking for Bonra Before Finally Pairing Away —Fife and Daughter at the Bedside When the End Came—A Brief Bi ographical Sketch. - - Ex-Senator Van Wyck Dead. Washington, Oct. 25.—Ex-United States Senator Charles H. Van Wyck of Nebraska died at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon in his apartments at the Portland flats. He was stricken with apoplexy Mon day afternoon and his condition since has been very critical. He showed Blight improvement Wednesday morn ing, but at night grew steadily worse and since then his death had been mo mentarily expected. At his bedside when the end came were Mrs. Van Wyck, a daughter, Miss Happy, and his wife's brother, Mr. Mark Brodhead. The attack to which the ex-senator from Nebraska succumbed was a very sudden one. He was in apparently good health up to Monday noon. He was staying with his family at the Ho tel Portland. During the forenoon he had been down town with his brother in-law, General Brodhead, and was ap parently in the very best of health and spirits. On his return to the hotel, shortly after 12 o’clock, he chatted with his wife, and showed no signs of illness, but five minutes after he had entered the dining room he succumbed. It so happened that a doctor was in the ho tel at the time and he was promptly summoned. After a brief examination he declared that Mr. Van Wyck had been stricken with paralysis, and ad vised that the family physician, Dr. W. ■ W‘ Johnson, be called. Later in the day the doctors made a careful exam ination of the patient, and found that the senator's left side was affected. He hardly regained consciousness from that time until death ensued. The remains, accompanied by the members of the family here, will be taken to morrow to Milford, Pa.,where they will be interred in the family burying grounds Saturday afternoon. Funeral services will be held in the Presbyterian church at Milford at 4 o’clock and will be conductrd by Hev. Dr. Nichols. There will be no services here. , HIS EARLY LIFE. Charles Henry Van Wyck was bori at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., on May 10, 1824, in which town his boyhood days* were spent. When scarcely 21 years of age he graduated from Rutger’s college, the best student of his class, after which he studied law and again he graduated with the highest honors. Removing to Sullivan county. New York, he opened a law office and a few months later was elected district at torney of that county. He was then a democrat. The anti renters had coctrol and usually voted with the whigs and carried the county. General Van Wyck at his home in Mainakating township received many whig votes, which secured his election. His first term was so satisfactory that he was re-elected, the anti-renters voting for him. He received a majority in every township in the county. Always opposed to slavery, he was with the free soil element of the demo cratic party and was among the first to take part in organizing the republican, party. He was active in its conven tions, was foremost in framing the plat form, and, in fact, was present at the birth of that great organization. He was an enthusiastic worker in the Fre mont campaign, speaking in nearly every school district in Orange and Sullivan counties. SENT TO THE SENATE. When the campaign from Nebraska for the election of United States sena tor opened in 1881 there were a num ber of candidates for the position then held by A. S. Paddock. After a spirit ed contest Van Wyck was chosen and served out his six years. LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE. In 1890 General Van Wyck was nom i nated for congress by the populists of the First district, but declined to ac cept, although at that time he had be come an active member of the people's party. He. however, took an active part'in the campaign, and was on the stump almost constantly from that time until the close of the campaign of 1892. In that year he was a candidate for governor on the populist ticket, and with Hon. Lorenzo Crounse made a joint canvass of the state, one of the most memorable politic struggles of Nebraska’s history. In the winter of 1893 he was stricken with paralysis while on his way from his farm to Ne braska City. For many days bis life a s despaired of, but he recovered, and lest summer showed little effect of the stroke, Bave in his gait. On Memorial day he delivered his last public ad dress. Since he recovered sufficiently to be about he resided almost contin uously in Washington, although he vis ited Nebraska several times. His in terest in public affairs, however, never fagged, and he kept a constant watch on the progress of the people, both state and national. In his private life Charles H. Van Wyck was a most admirable character, simple, kindly and unaffected. Nothing could be more perfect than his home relations. His family consisted of him self, a wife and one daughter. Vol umes could be written of his intercourse with his neighbors; of barrels and bas kets of provisions sent to aid the needy; of acts of kindness and deeds of mercy that marked his daily walk among men. The term "thick-headed” as applie'1 to stupid people, has its foundation iu a fact of nature. It often happens that the brain shrinks, and as it does, so the skull sometimes thickens. People sniff the air to locate an odor, because by distending the nostrils a larger quantity of air is drawn in, the nerves are better exposed, and the odor more clearly perceived. " "Venous blood is blue or almost black because it contains many impurities collected from the system, and has not Itself been purified by contact with the air in the lungs. OUR POSTOPFICB. ItitMirat of Receipts end Expenditure^ of the Department for the Tear. WA8iiiSGTOJf, Oct 24.—Kerr Craig', third assistant postmaster general, in his annnal report for the past fiscal year shows that postal revenue from, all sources were *76,983,128; the ex penditures being *86,792,172,and excess over receipts of *3,807,044, not,taking* into account the outstanding liabilities or the earnings of the subsidized Pacific railroads, *1,395,732; the comparisons with the statistics of the year ending June 30, ’94,show an increase of receipts amounting to *1,002,649, an increase of expenditures of *2,455,738. The prin cipal items of expenditure were: Post masters’ salaries, *10,079,508; clerks in postoffices, *9,-414,125; free delivery service, *12,129,092; railroad mail transportation, *20,429,747; star route transportation *5,753,570; mail messen ger transportation, *1,192,985; railway postal car service, *2,940,939; railway postal clerks, #7,103,025; foreign mails, #1,171,455. The principal items of revenue were: Letter postage paid in money (made up principally of bal ances due from foreign postal admin istrations), *135,818; box rents, #2,509, 949; sales of postage stamps, stamped envelopes, newspaper wraDpers and postal cards, #73,477,440; money order business, #312,038. CATTLE THIEVES^HANGED. Two Oklahoma Outlaws Punished by Cow boys for Their Misdeeds. Hennessey, Okla., Oct. 24. — Jim Umbra and “Mexican John,” two Mexican members of Zip Wyatt’s band who had been engaged in cattie steal ing and various other lawless acts, stloe fifty head of cattle belonging to Ben Chapman and his cowboys gave chase. They closed in on the despera does fifteen miles from Cantonmeut and after a fusillade of bullets the bandits surrendered. The cowboys identified the cattle and hanged the two men to the first tree. A label was attached to their clothes warning other members of the band to quit this work or suffer the j penalty. __ Byrnes’ Big Detective Project. New York, Oct. 24.—Ex-Superm tendent of Police Byrnes sailed for Europe yesterday on the North Ger man Llojrd steamship Havel. His business is said to be the establish ment of an international detective agency for the protection of bankers in this country and Europe. Marquis of Waterford Dead. London, Oct. 24. —Henry Da La Poer Beresford, fifth Marquis of Water ford, is dead. He was born in 1844. He was known best through liis doings in English society. Lord Charles Beresford, the eminent English naval officer, is a brother of the deceased Lord Waterford. A Rich Man’s Son as a Horsethlcf. St. Joseph, Mo., Oct., 24. — G. W. Wollcewitz, who claims to be the son of a wealthy St. Louisan, was arrested, here on the charge of horse stealing at Leavenworth. Insuring Consumptives. Cincinnati, Oct. 21.—Special.—Re-^ ports say that a leading life insurance 3 company is accepting risks to the amount of 8200,000 on lives of consump tives taking the Amick Chemical Treat ment for' lung disease. The Amick' Chemical Co. of Cincinnati is .actually paying the premiums on this insurance and presenting policies to their pa tients. This company claims to have the most complete statistics on con sumption in the world, and that these risks are good, providing the patients take a course of the Amick treatment. 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No. 2, red winter. 62 lorn—No. 2. 37 Guts—No. 2..-. 24 Pork.10 OO Lard. 6 15 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No 2 red, cash. 5; Corn—Per bu. 28 Gats—Per bu . 17 bogs—Mixed packing. 3 40 Cattle—Beet steers. 3 bo Sheep— -buttons. 2 25 Lambs. 3 00 KANSAS C'lt't". Wheat—Ncx 2hard. S* & torn—Na 5....*.* zaiul Si*? Oats—No. 2. is ig jj? 4 Cuttle—Mocker* and feeders.. 2 25 nj> ° tSi hops—Mixed packers. ;{ 30 ^ 5 fcheep—Muttons. . 2 50 3 00 5 © 18 '4 © 8 12ii © 6 00 tit 3 80 ■0 3 90 O 4 80 4 35 © 3 40 © f 2'» © .37 \ © 24'4 «< 10 25 © 6 20 © 62:4 © 26‘a ® I,'4 © 4 00 © 5 15 *» 3 50 © 4 00 * Fighting Preacher Dice la the Pnlplt. Galveston, Texas, Oct. 2*.—Rev. A. J. Potter, known throughout Texas •8 the fighting preacher, on account of the fearlessness of his life on the front.er, dropped dead at this place w die preach ng. He fell in the pul* pit and died instantly. r Slandered by a Preacher. Ida Grove, Iowa, Oct. 24.—Justice of the Peace P. F. Kiner of Ida Grove has begun suit against the Rev. George Gleason for *5,000 damages for libelous remarks alleged to have been made from the pulpit concerning hit