Nebraska Newspapers

    t THE FRONTIER.
PUBLISHED EVERT THUB8DAY By
,v T(i FaoRin Primtixo Oo.
fc OTtEILL, NEBRASKA,
OVER THE STATE.
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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
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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*
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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.
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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.
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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.
DIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations from New York, Chicago,
Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA
Butter—Creamery separator.. IS ©
butter—1-air to good country. 14 ®
kggs—Fresh. 15 H®
Honey—California, per lb. 14 ©
bpring Chickens, per lb........ 6 ©
Ducks—l er lb. 6i4®
Turkeys—Per lb. 8 ©
Pigeons—Per do*. 1 05
Geese-per lb. T>
Lemons—Choice Messlnas. 8 On
Apples—per bbl. 1 To
Sweet Potatoes—Good, per bbl 1 25
Potatoes—per bu..-... 25
beans—Navy, hand-picked, bu 1 73
Cranberries—Cape Cod, pr bbl 7 58
bay—Upland, per ton.:• t> 00
Unions—Per bu. a)
Broom Corn—Green, per lb—
cheese—Neb. & la,, full cream 10 '©
bogs—Mixed packing. 3 45
bogg—Heavy weights. 3 50
beeves—Stockers and feeders 2 f.o
beef steers.3 00
bulls.. 1 75
Stags. 2 23
Calves. 2 00
Cows. 1 7>
Oxen '.;.250
belters. pjf5
Westerns. 1 2s
bheeu—Lambs. 1 50
Sheep— Mixed natives. 3 <10
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Corn—Per bu. 30
Cuts—1 er bu. U
Pork. RjOl)
Lard. 5 50
Logs—Packers and mixed. 3 40
Cuttle—Western range steers.. 3 50
Prime Steers. 4 60
sheep— l.ambs. 3 00
thcep—Natives. 1 20
NEW YOKE
Wheat. 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
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* 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