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THE FRONTIER.
PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY By
Tin Fnomm Pkikiikq Oo.
OK BILL,
NEBRA8KA.
OVER THE STATE.
BmuL meetings of great interest
•M being conducted in tbe Methodist
church at Ashland.
BKHJTAMiir Grissom of Fair buy has
lost his ronaon, and will hare to be
‘ oonflned in the hospital.
; Farmrrs of Fremont and vicinity
are about to form an organization for
protection from thieves
F. H. Pkavsv A Co. arc building a
15,000 bnshel grain storage bouse as an
; addition to their elevator at Wakefield.
' : Deep snow in Banner oounty caused
the death of numerous jack rabbits
that were caught out away from home.
The first meeting of the Northeast
ern Nebraska Horticultural society will
be held at Schuyler February 4 and 5.
Ci.ERGVMEM in various parts of the
state havo been paying their respects
to Col. Ingersoll since his recent lec
tures in this state.
... Through an entertainment given at
Beatrice by the Charity minstrels or
ganization, 188.41 was tnrned over to
the charitable association.
>v The following shows the mortgage
record for October in Cass county: Farm
" property, filed, 935,100; released, 933,
010; city property filed, 913,393; re
leased, 93,730.
Mrs. J. I* Harmor of West Point,
i the woman so badly burned by the ex
. plosion of a lamp, died from her inju
r riea She leares a daughter 13 months
f old, and a husband.
> A reduction in the working day,
; changing it to eight hours, has been
carried out by the Burlington in its
: shops at Harelock, Plattsmouth, Hoi
: dregeand McCook.
Lkmoix Youhg, a farm hand working
- bear Elk Creek, claims the champion
ship for corn husking. His record is
i; ninety-fire bushels and thirty pounds,
husked in six hours.
0 Mb. Doodt of Platte Center stood on
the hub of a wagon talking to a friend,
; .The team started, he lost his balance
•■d fell heavily to the ground, dis
V locating a shoulder.
Msa Ssnsaox, a woman who has
■; been an inmate of the Saline county
1 P°°r house for sixteen years, recently
received 9989 hack pension, and an
> ; : award of 99 per month as long as she
lirca
Valley county’s mortgage indebted
ness for th* month of November is as
^Jfollows: Ten farm mortgages filed,
,--93,725; fifteen released, 95,300; city
mortgages filed, six, 91,833; eighty
; eight chattel mortgages filed, 913,484;
fifty-one released, 90,430.
Brvxxub officers and United States
Jf deputy marshals seised an illicit still
on the premises of Albert Piacity, a
Bohemian, in the east part of Wilber.
- i "he apparatus was well constructed
for whisky distilling, but had evidently
r < been in use only a short time. The ap
paratus was taken to Omaha and Ploc
Ky was placed under arrest
Deputy Uhitkd States Marshal
Iadmabd of Bushrille arrested Ste
£ phen MoCaulley, living near the reser
vation, about ten miles north of Gor
? don, on the charge of stealing a bull
C belonging to an Indian. McCaulley
/ wss arrested on a charge of cattle
•frallng last spring, but got off with a
. thirty days’ sentenee in the county
jail. '
■ 'A **•»* named Alderman, working for
:# W, A. Gardner, n farmer living three
miles north of Auburn, came to town
I’.s With a load of bogi) cubed the check
,i received therefor and also a 95 check
f y Wbkh hie employer had given him, and
then tkipped for parta unknown. He
leaves a wife and child and bis sndden
■ departure is supposed to be due to too
much whisky.
After a protracted session lasting
' midnight, the State Board
of PtUio Lands and Buildings adopted
» resolution removing J. IX MeKelvey
;T aa superintendent of the State Indus
•rial School for Girls at Genera, and
fS Appointing in his place Rev. J. W. Sea
1:% wrooke W. (X Paine of Long Pino waa
: appointed to saecaed Chris Jenson, and
. Mrs Bohne of Milford, matron, in the
piece of Mrs J. D. McKelvy.
Ter sate of Barry A Barton, who
ran n livery and feed stable atWahoo,
was opened and ISO taken from the
v ’drawer* Nothing* waa made
known to the public at the time, aa
r loeal parties were suspected. The
W ucrvlcee ©fa private detective were
g „aecnre« The detective got one of the
auapeoth to drive him to Weston, where
he got him in Untested, and while re
v taming the detective allcgea that he
- obtained a confession from the young
man,
::
. commissioner* of insanity of
®*°* County examined. Robert G.
’ * former who resides near
UK Tillage of Douglass, and found him
to be demented. The man eome years
•K turned all his property Into money
n»d squandered lit by traveling atm
uaaly around, making a trip to Europe
nnd returning immediately, going clear
amosathe country to California. He
etaima now that the government owes
him (00.000,000, which he will receive
inn few years.
Eukd H. Mklchcr, West Point, deal
.er in agricultural implements, has made
in assignment Melcher is city treos
nrer, and was recently elected to the
Dfllctof clerk of the district court on
the democratic ticket by a large ma
eity. Ha baa been a resident of Cuin
-county for nearly thirty vears and
la highly respected. His failure was
OMsedliy inability to make collections,
Me buajaeaa of agricultural implement
*0>'*r being largely conducted oa cred
it lioea. .
Mns Basstn Sxxtox, one of Pierce's
►
" winsome young ladieaT is
«•*■»}** the parental domicil^
and likewise Ed Sheldon has decamped
t: for .pans naknown. Roth these parties
trees considerably infatuated, and that
r, the two have eloped to become hue
fg hand wife as (ho prevailing impression.
MtSk Mcawrrr Hun of Bloomfield
S hsotaK suddenly insane, and has since
eomnfanrd in n practically demented
^ ooudittnu, .
people urs signing a
—eraor Hoicotcb to
sentence hanging
to Imprisonment for
Canvassing thn Ittlt Tala
The State Hoard of Canvasscn com
pleted its work with the single excep
tion of Furnas county, in the Four
teenth t judicial district It is consid
ered likely that there will by two sets
of certificates returned from this coun
ty, one in (aver of IVelty and the other
for Norris. Then there will be a de
cision by the state canvassers, followed
by a contest in the supreme court The
vote on supreme judge is as follows:
Nerval, republican...79,I'D
Maxwell, people's Independent.lO.WS
A ahoner, democrat. 18,(188
Phelps, democrat.10,214
Wolfenberirer, prohibitionist. 4,844
Nerval's plurality. 8,578
Vote on regents of the Mate univers
ity:
Gooid. republican..81,818
Morrill, republican. .SO.lliH
Amos, democrat...24.131
Ashby, democrat. 17,841
Hfacl.bdrn. democrat.10,882
Kittle, democrat. 14.8W,
Kayston, people’s Independent.53,23?
I’eattle, people's Independent.53.3 7
Bryant, prohibitionist.. 8.848
Woodby, prohibitionist. 0,23.
With the exception of the Fourteenth
judicial district, the following is the re
port of the board of canvassers on the
result of the judicial election:
First district:
Let ton, republican. .*.10,314
htull, republican.. I).7;>i
Bush, people's Independent.,. 8,281
Fallon, people's Independent..... 0,838
Second:
Ramsey, people's '^dependent. 4,343
Chapman, republican. 4,0.<3
Third:
Cornish, republican..G.340
Hall, republican. 6,770
Holmes, republican. 5,701
Slbbetts, (lemocrar.........*.,.... 3,b».'l
Hose, people’s Independent. . MSI
EcNerny. people's independent. 1,771
Oelsthnrdt. democrat. 1,150
Oolllns, democrat. 8SS
Mack, prohibitionist. SIB
Blttenbcnder, prohibitionist...... 544
Fourth:
Baker,republican. 13,333
Dickinson, republican...,.13,01*
Fawcett, republican.. 18,004
Powell, republican... 12,949
Scott, republican..l:i,5K.
Habaugfi, republican. 13,200
Duffle, cltlzens-dem-pop.. 12,772
Ferguson, cltlzens-dem-pop.12.61,l
eopewell, cltlzens-dem-pop...12,3*5
Keysorton all tlcketsi. 20,5*1
Magncy, cltizens-dem-pop.10.B-2
Keqdlck.cltlzens-dem-pop... .ii.iss
Wnkele^, cltlzens-dem-pop.12,075
Sedgwick,republican. (1,005
Kellogg, republican.. 4,*00
Bales, people's Independent. «.dtt
Wheeler, people's Independent...... 4.2*9
Calgj democrut. 2,1 l
Marshall', republican. 5/57
Patterson, republican. 4,207
Sullivan, democrat.. 6.141
H alien back, democrat... 4,191
Ewing, peop.e's Independent. 3,243
Seventh: •
Hastings, people's Independent... ..... 7,099
bearle, republican..,... 0.S31
_ Eighth:
Evans, republican. 4.517
Crawford, democrat...4,435
Bose, peoplo's Independent. 1,617
_ Mmh:
Robinson, democrat. 5.3T8
Robertson, republican. 5,114
Tenth:
Bead. peoplo's Independent.......... .. 7,133
McNeny. republican.. 3,416
Thompson, democrat...... 464
Stoddard, petition. 104
Eleventh:
Thompson, people's Independent. ..... 5.6 7
Kendall, republican.5.445
Doyle, people's independent. 5,1*2
Pierce, republican. 4,41 J
Iwelfth:
Green, people's independent............ 6.333
Sinclair, republican. 4,914
'thirteenth:
Grimes, republlcon. 2,flS!
Neville, people's Independent.. ;,83J
Fifteenth:
westover. peoplo’s Independent.4.321
Bartow, republican. 4,814
Golden, people’s Independent. 4,761
Kincaid, republican... . 3,021
Following 1* the footing of the Four
teenth district, minus the vote of Fur
nas county:
Welty....f.a.vs.?.sva..,....
borriu.a........ .....
Barngrov.r...
3,721
8.20?
326
Report of Relief Commission.
. L. P. Ludden, secretary of the State
Relief commission, has delivered the
first installment of the bouu«l copies of
the final report of the commission. The
names of twenty-four employes of
the commission, headed by w. E.
Jones, appear in the front part of the
report. From an examination of the
total cash exhibit it appears that the
office expenses amounted to $8,440.82.
The cash donations from private
sources foot, up S28.99U. 38. Of this sum
26,573.11 was spent for transportation.
The cash appropriation by the state
legislature was $30,000. Of this *23,
608.56, or nearly one-half, was expend
ed in transportation. In addition to
thia 84,337.67 was paid for freight from
eastern cities Of the cash donations
8148.87 remains on hand, and 8878.53
remains of the legislative appropria
tion. The cost of printing the report
Is MOO, or 8524 with discount on war
rant Of tBe cash donations 82,200.79
was paid for freight outside tiie state.
Other printing hills figure 8675.50, and
traveling expenses 2514.77. Recapitu
lection:
Received from state and other
sources .. ...8 77,742.0)
Paid for provlslou., coal and cloth
Pal5 * : “ * - - * .-. ***•«
fur transportation. office ca
use*. printing aud traveling ox
46,46) 62
-pei
pe ___
Balance In cash on hand lo make
up total..,..1,527.4
The report also contains a fall dc
tailed statement of the disposition o
the 8200,000 appropriation for oountie
by house roll No. 335.
Mercer Starts Hla MUL
Washington dispatch: Congresstnat
Mercer has Introduced the following
bills; To authorize the location of a
branch home for volunteer disabled
soldiers and sailors at or near the city
of Blair, Neb., and for other purposes;
to establish a branch mint of the United
States at Omaha, in the state of Ne
braska; to increase the appropriation
for the purchase of a sight and the
erection of a building at Omaha (this
bill contemplates an increase of 52,000,
000); to establish an assay office in the
city of Omaha; to amend sections 14
and 143, and repeal sections 143 and
144 of the revised statutes of the United
States rolating to presidentenl elec
tions; authorizing the pay of officers of
customs performing duty after the ex
piration of their terms; to provide for
the continuance in office of custon offi
cers and assistant treasurers until suc
cessors shall have been appointed und
qualified.
A Missouri Polsonar Must 1M*.
Jefferson City, Mo., Pec. 4.— In the
supreme court to-day Emil David, of
Osage county, who poisoned his sis
ters’ intended in January, 1804, was
sentenced to bo hanged January lfi,
1800. Frank Woodward, of Jackson
county, who was under a , sentence of
five year* in the penitentiary for rob
bery, will have a new trial.
flalf a Mlllt— Gsl4 tor South America
New Yoke. Dec. 4.—Half a million
dollars in gold were engaged to-day
for export to-morrow to South
America.
THE SUPHEME BENCH.
JUDGE PECKHAM SELECTED
FOB THE SAME. i
A Brother of Whe.lar H. Pcckliam, Who*
Was Raj acted last Winter, and at Frem
ont a Member of the New York Court
of Appeala—Mlteellaneoae Washington
Mattere of Interemt.
Bo foe Peckhem Named. ■ *
Washington, Dec. 4.—Just as had
been prefigured, the President to-day
sent to the Senate the nomination of
Judge Bnfns W. Peckham of the court
of appeals of Netv York State for the
vacancy on the Supreme bench caused
by the death of Justice Howell Ei
Jackson of Tennessee. The new nom
inee is a brother of Wheeler H. Peck
ham, the eminent New York lawyer,
whose nomination was rejected last
winter.
Judge Peckham is a resident of
Albany. His name has been men
tioned frequently for the office. It is
believed his nomination will be satis
factory to Senator Hill, whose oppo
sition was successful in preventing
the confirmation of Mr. Horn
blower and Wheeler H. Peckham,
for the place now held by Justice
White of Louisiana. Senator Hill
on several occasions spoke very high
ly of the nominee. The nomina
tion will go first to the Senate judi
ciary committee, which always
scrutinizes closely the records of per
sons named for the Supreme court
bench, but in view of the nigh reputa
tion of Judge Peckham, it is believed
confirmation'will follow as speedily
as is consistent with the importance of
the office. Judge Peckham’s turn on
thei New York bench would- have ex
pired December 31, 1900.
The President also sent in the nom
inations of Richard Olncy to be Secre
tary of State and Judson Harmon to
be Attorney General.
VENEZUELAN ISSUE.
■» LMh(|Im> of Ocwth Freiuti ■ Res
olution Rebuking England.
Washington, Deo. 4.—The first,
movement in Congress upon the Ven
izuelan boundary dispute came to-day
In the form of a resolution introduced
by Representative Livingstone of
Georgia, whose name has been some
what identified with the question by
teason of his resolution commending
Arbitration, which was adopted by the
last Congress, and his recent visit to
Venezuela.
The resolutibn recited that by a reso
lution of the last Congress it was rec
im mended that the boundary dispute
oe submitted to arbitration and that
the action was brought to the atten
tion of Her Britannic Majesty's gov
ernment by the President, courteously
snd with kind intent, and declares
that Her Majesty’s government
‘‘baa failed to. give the prompt
consideration to the important
-equest contained in that joint reso
lution or to answer the same in
sny manner, such as was due and
becoming to the dignity of the United
States as a great nation and to
the friendly relations existing be
tween the two governments. ” It also
recites that after this communication,
the colonial secretary also instructed
the Governor of British Guiana to
take forcible possession of certain ter
ritory of Venezuela involved in the
lispnte, “an act which has been offi
cially declared to be the manifesta
tion of an unfriendly disposition
toward the United States.”
In conclusion, the resolution pro
vides for a joint committee of two
senators and three members to in
vestigate the facts and recommend
proper action to Congress, to vindicate
snd preserve the dignity and rights
the United States in the premises.
Territorial Court Rights Uf held.
Washington, Dec. 4.—In the case
of Stephen M. Folsotu, who,
as president of the National Bank
of New Mexico, had been found
guilty by the territorial courts of
New Mexico of falsifying the books of
the bonk. Chief Justice Fuller of the
United States Supreme court delivered
the opinion of the court yesterdav,
holding that the Federal courts did
not possess the right to review the
judgment of the territorial courts in
Mich cases.
Will Not Prosecute Chisholm.
Lawrence, Kan., Dec. 4. — Mr.
Thouvensl, father of the girl who
eloped from Benton county, Missouri,
with Fred Chisholm, is here, and is
trying to get some one to adopt the
child that was born to Chisholm and
his daughter, and then to take his
daughter home with him. He wants
the girl, but does not want Chisholm
taken back to Missouri, and will prob
ably not prosecute him.
K»aw Convict*.
Topeka., Kan., Dec. 4.—The warden
of the Kansas State penitentiary at
Lansing has filed a report which shows
that there are now confined in that in
stitution 874 prisoners, classified as
follows: Whites, 650; blacks, 337; In
dians, 5; Mexicans, 3; females, 14; Ok
lahoma prisoners, 103; United States
military prisoners, 8; United States
sivil prisoners, 8.
Suicide »t a Yeung Woman.
Butler, Mo., Dec. 4.—Fanny Phil
lips, daughter of Judge J. C. Phillips,
one of the most prominent farmers of
this region, took rough on rats and
died. She was 19 years of age and un
usually intelligent and winsome. Her
parents’ objection to her marrying the
man she loved is the only cause.
Infanticide la St. Joseph.
St. Joseph, Mo., Dec, 4.—The corpse
•fa three weeks’ old baby was found
concealed in a small wdbden box at
Twelfth and Faraon streets this morn
ing. Evidences of murder were plain
ly apparent.' Suspicion points to high
ly connected personages.
She left Her Segre Hasbaad.
Sidaua, Mo., Dec. 4.—C. N. Thou
venal, the Benton county farmer
whose daughter ran away with and
married Fred Chisholm, colored, re
turned from Kansat this morning,
bringing his daughter. Her child was
given away in Kansas City.
V
THE SENATE AGGRESSIVE.
Hr. Lodi* Bring* Vp Ike
and Mr. Call Ik* Caban Troubla,
• Washikotox, Dm 4.—The Senate
galleries were again well filled today
but there waa not the struggle for
place* Incident to the opening. The
Soral offering* continued to come In,
Mr. Burrows’ friend* sending a great
cluster ot yellow chrysanthemum* to
him. After the opening routine Mr.
Pruden, the President's executive
clerk, presented the annual message.
. The reading was listened to with
marked attention* There was notice*
able interest on the Republican side
m the reference to the Waller case.
When the Behring sea claim* were
reached, Mr. Morgan, who had been
conspicuous in opposing the claims,
smiled at the announcement that a
new treaty had been made, and leaned
forward for an animated whispered
conference with Mr. Gray. The treat
ment of the British-Venezuela ques
tion also received marked attention.
The statement of the status of the
Cuban conflict was specially interest
ing as it gave the first official utter
ance on the subject.
As soon as the reading was com
pleted, Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts in
troduced a resolution forcibly approv
ing of the Monroe doctrine, and Mr.
Call of Florida a resolution directing
that the insurgents of Cuba be recog
nized as belligerents.
Mr. Cnllom of Illinois presented a*
communication from Evanston, 111.,
asking government action concerning
the deplorable condition of affairs in
Turkey, _ and Mr. Gallinger of New
Hampshire offered a similar communi
cation from citizens of that state.
A resolution of the Idaho legislature
urging the election of United States
senators by popular vote was pre
sented by Mr. Dubois.
The senate then went into executive
session and confirmed the nominations
of Richard Olney as secretary of state
and Jndson Harmon as atttorney gen
eral and at 8 o’clock adjourned until
to-morrow, shutting off debate from
several senators who were primed with
speeches on Cuba and Venezuela.
Mr. Stewart introduced the usual
free silver bill.
LAX DIVORCE LAWS.
England Repudiates Decree* Granted In
Oklahoma Court*.
Wichita, Kan., Dec. 4.— Her Ma1
eaty’a empire has taken issue with
Oklahama over the divorce laws of the
latter Territory, according to a dis
patch from Oklahoma City. Recently
Peter Neilson, a wealthy English gen
tleman, came from London to Okla
homa, and at the end of ninety
days made application for a di
vorce from his wife, Edith Neil
son. The papers in the case were
served on the defendant by moans of a
registered letter sent to her address in
London. She consulted the legal de
partment of the English government
on the subject, with the result that
Her Majesty’s government held that
the divorce laws of Oklahoma would
not be respected in the Queen’s do
minion. An elaborate opinion on the
matter was forwarded to the judge of
the trial court in Oklahoma, replete
with blue ribbons and gilt seals. As
a great many wealthy English people
have secured divorces in Oklahoma,
the position taken by the English gov
ernment is important to them. -
Kansas Boomers In Chicago. j
Chicago, Dec. 4.—Kansas greeted
Chicago last night, and the plains of
the Western State blossomed like the
fairest of gardens under the eloquent
praise and burning words of her sons.
The one disappointment of the evening
was the non-appearance of Jphn J.
Ingalls. He was to have been the
orator of the occasion. But John J.
Ingalls did not come. He telegraphed
that he was snowbound somewhere in
Wisconsin and that he could not pos
sibly reach Chicago in time for the
Kansas meeting. The Kansas meet
ing was arranged by the Kansas Mil
lion Club, which was organized with
the sole idea of bringing a million per
sons to the Sunflower State. Gov
ernor E. N. Morrill was on the plat
form, and he it was who led the
praises of his State.
Kattlefleld of Ball Run.
Manassas, Va., Dec. 4.—Pursuant
to a decree of the Circuit court of
Prince William county, over 5,510
acres belonging to the McLean estate
and lying on both sides of thn Bull
Run and adjoining the Blackburn ford,
were sold at. public auction yesterday.
The greater portion was sold at an av
•rage of something less than $6 per
acre, while some went at $4 and 8V.50
per acre. This land embraced a large
portiou of the historic Bull Run
battlefield.
8t»t® Immigration for Gfariuany,
Washington, Deo. 4. —United States
Consul Monoghan at Chemnitz re
ports to tho State department
that .it is proposed to create
State emigration agencies to re
place all of the conscienceless private
emigration agencies, to furnish the
emigrants with all information neces
sary for their guidance in ^electing
their new homes and to procure this
information by branches in foreign
eonn tries.
The Rev. Mr. Carpenter's Case Up.
Nkvada, Mo., Dee. 4.— The Vernon
connty grand jury began this morning
the investigation of the reports circu
lated regarding Uev. W. J. Carpenter
of the Centenary M. E. church and a
woman. Carpenter appeared fitst be
fore tlie jury. Warrants have been
issued for Minnie and Rosa Shouse,
and a number of other witnesses will
be summoned.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The public debt statement shows
that Uncle Sam owes a total of $1,135,
000,000 and, less cash in the treasury,
$848,407,011.
At the opening of the House not a
negro was in the galleries Admission
was by eard and no negro got one.
The Kansas delegation have pre
sented a request to Reed to appoint
Congressman Cnrtis chairman of the
Indian committee.
Dr. E. H. Winn, a young physician
of Sherman, Tex., committed suicide
by taking prussic acid.
A WAR OVER SEEDS.
SECRETARY MORTON STIRS UP
THE CONGRESSMEN.
A Clfenltr Dcfcadlaf His Courts In Hs~
fusing to Maks Gratuitous Distribution
to Constituents of Members Iusoed.—
Hr. Pickier and Other Members Stirred
Up Over the Matter.
A Lively Contest.
fftinisfiTox, Dec. 9. —Acting under
sn opinion rendered last- summer by
Attorney General Olney, Secretary of
Agriculture Morton has practically
done away with the time-honored sys
tom of seed gratuities to the public
through members of Congress. Ho.
rejected all bids made for furnishing
seeds to the public and m October last
practically abolished the seed division
of the department. Since them mem
bers of both houses have been plan
ning to take action to compel him to
carry out the law according to their
interpretation of it, which was made
plain in the course of a long debate bv
the last House.
In anticipation of a Congressional
request for an explanation which was
initiated by Mr. Baker of New Hamp
shire to-day the Secretary of Agricul
ture had printed a circular explaining
his course which is being distributed
to members. The circular quotes the
Attorney General s .opinion that the
law contemplates the use of seeds rare
and not common to this country, and
also the Secretary's order closing the
seed division.
It Is not yet apparent what action,
if any, will be taken by Congress to
nave its intentions in making the ap
propriation carried out, or whether
any action is taken. Mr. Pickier of
South Dakota is ODe of the members
who thinks that the failure to dis
tribute seeds has injured his constitu
ents To-day he called on Secretary
Morton to discuss the matter, but did
not receive any assurances which gave
him hope that his quota of seeds
would be forthcoming. He speaks
very strongly of the Secretary’s course,
saying that the intent of the law was
explicitly expressed in the debate
which preceded its passage, and that
the failure of the executive branch of
the government to carry it out is
plainly illegal.
Mr. Pickier and the other members
holding the same views are somewhat
at a loss, however, to provide any
method of coercion by which they can
compel the department to furnish
seeds. They say that the next appro
priation bill will contain a seed clause
bo ironclad that there will be no pos
sible loopholes by which their allot
ments can escape them, but they
greatly fear that this year’s seeds are
not to be secured.
Secretary Morton has been very ’
plain in his statements to members.
He says he believes that the seed dis
tribution is an unconstitutional form
of paternalism, and does not intend to
be instrumental in it if he can help
himself.
The American Federation of Labor.
hlEW Yobk, Dec. 9.—Preparations
arc almost complete for the fifteenth
annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor, which will open
next Monday and continue for per
haps ten days. The session will be
held in the Assembly hall of the Mad
ison Square garden. About 130 regu
lar delegates are expected, but the
number of labor leaders and other in
terested persons whowill attend with
out having the right to vote will
swell the number considerably, and it
is expected that this convention will
be larger than any previous meeting
of the organization. During the last
year tbe membership of the order has
increased about 100,000 by the acces
sion of several national trade organi
zations and 130 delegates will repre
sent about a00,000 members.
Mayor Strong will deliver tbe ad
dress of welcome. There will also be
addresses on the opening day by J. W.
Sullivan, author of “The Initiative
and Referendum,” and Professor Felix
Adler. Among the other well known ‘
persons who are expected to address
the convention are Mayor Pingree of
Detroit, John Swinton, James R.
Buchanan and others prominent in the
labor movement and otherwise. Eng
land will be represented by two fra
ternal delegates, J. Cowey of the
Miners’ union, and James Mawdsley
of tbe textile workers.
The eight hour day will be the prin
cipal subject of discussion at the meet
ing. The question will be brought up
by a set of resolutions which will be
Introduced by ex-President Gompers
in his capacity of delegate from the
“igar Makers’ Union, and the discus
sion will be chieC'y on ways and means
for bringing about the desired result.
Fell Headlong Into Ilia Well.
Oak Gbove, Mo., Dec. 9.—Yesterday
morning Richard Davis, familiarly
known as "Dum" Davis, was being
drawn from a well on his farm when,
within three or four feet of the top,
he grew dizzy and fell forty feet to
the bottom. He was brought to the
surface alive, but only lived three
hours. He was a bachelor farmer,
about 46 years old and was raised near
Sni Mills. He is well known.
The Goulds Not Gothamites# *
New York, Dec. 9.—Justice Russell
fn the special term of the Supreme^
court to-day handed down a decision
which exempts from taxation the
property of George J., Howard, Edwin
and Helen M. Gould in this county,
on the ground that they are non-resi
dents. The residence bf George J.
Gould is s.nted as being at Lakewood,
N. J., and that of the others at Irv
ington, N. jJ.___
Walter Girls Slaves.
London, Dec. 9.—The way in which
many London waitresses are compelled
to work was shown during the week
by a suit which a girl, 13 years old,
brought against the proprietor of a
“coffee tavern” for wrongful dis- j
missal. She was discharged, it ap- !
pears, for coming down from her room
at 5 o'rflock in the morning instead of
at 4:30, and it was developed that the
girls never retired until 1a.m. For
over twenty hours of labor per day
they were paid twelve shillings (S3)
per month, and were glad to get it! as
many hundreds were ready to take
their places if vacancies occurred.
BUSINESS REVIEW.
Tba Market Somewhat Gorged oa Ac
count of Kzeeaalra Baying.
New York, Dec. 9.—B. O. Dun A
Co’s weekly review of trade, says:
Business is still sluggish, as if
gorged by excessive indulgence of
appetite for buying when prices were
advancing. In nearly every branch,
stocks, not yet distributed to con
sumers, stand in the way of new orders
and competition of a producing force,
largely exceeding the present demand,
puts down prices, that retard declin
ing purchases yet more. After the
holidays men look for a larger de
mand. For the present the springs of'
new business is running low, but
enough is doing on old orders to keep
most of the works employed in part
and a good proportion fully. Financial
influences have not hindered and rare
ly has the opening of a session of Con
gress affected business so little.
Wheat has advanced about a cent,
for the week, though Western re
ceipts have been 7,014,911 bushels,
against 3,737,788 last year, and Atlan
tic exports (flour included), again ex
ceed last year’s, 2,326,090, against
1,887,737 bushels. The best Western,
estimates of the crop have been raised
again.
Corn moves from farms less freely
than a year ago, and low prices hin
dering, exports were 1,293,774 bushels,
against 178,813 last year.
Failures in the United States for the
week have been 324, against 385 last
year; fifty-two in Canada, against
forty last year.
Merrlwether Rcmarrlea.
St Louis, Mo., Dec. 9.—Labor Com
missioner Lee Herriwether of this
state and Miss Jessie Gair of Brooklyn,
N. Y., but formerly of St. Louis, were
quietly married at Brooklyn last Wed
nesday. The wedding took place at
high noon at the residence of the
bride’s parents, only her immediate
relatives being present. This is not
Mr. Merriwether’s first matrimonial
experience. His first wife, from whom
he separated about five years ago,
went to Berkley, Cal., the homejpf her
parents, and there secured a divorce
from him. Desertion was alleged,
and the case went by default Their
6-year-old daughter is with the
mother.
Aerial Navigation Prise,
Washington, Dec. 9 —Senator Lodge
of Massachusetts introduced a bill in
the Senate designed to encourage ex
periments in aerial navigation.” The
bill provides that $100,000 shall be
paid to any person, from whatever
part of the world, who shall at any
time prior to January i, 1901, con
struct an apparatus that will, on the
verified report of three members ap
pointed by the secretary of war, dem
onstrate, within or near the city of
Washington, the practicability of
safely navigating the air, at a speed of
not less than thirty miles an hour, and
capable of carrying passengers and
freight, weighing a total of at least
400mounds.
A Trolley Patent Upheld.
New Haven, Conn., Dec. 9.—Judge
W. K. Townsend, in the United States
district court to-day, decided in the
suit of the Thompson-Houston
Electric company against the Win
chester Avenue Street' Railway com
pany, really an issue between the
General Electric company and the
Wrestinghouse company, for an ad
judication of the Vandet pool patents,
covering the under-runniug troliev, in
favor of the complainant. This gives
to the General Electric company the
exclusive right to manufacture and
sell the under-running trolley. The
case will probably go-up to the Su
preme court of the United states.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations From New Fork, Chicago,
Louli, Omaha and fclaewhere.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery separator.. 19
Butter—Fair to good country. 12
r.ggs—Fresh. 18
Spring chickens, live, per lb... a
Chickens—Dressed, per It. 6
Ducks—Per lb. 7
Turkeys—Per lb. 9
Prairie chickens—Per doz.5 00
Gee.se-Per lb. 7
Lemons—Choice Messlnas.4 2>
oranges—P«-r box .4 00
Apples—Per bbl.2 fc
Biveot potatoes— Good, per bbl 1 75
Potatoes—Per bu . 25
Beans—Navy, hand-ptci.ed.bu 1 as
Cranberries—capo Cod, pr,bbl 8 00
Hay—Upland, per ton.6 50
On ions-Per bu. 25
Broom Corn—Green, per lb. <>
Hogs—Mixed packing. 3 35
Hogs—Heavy Weights.3 40
Beeves—Stockers and feeders. 2 25
Beef Steers . 3 o 1
Bulls. 1 rs
stags. 1 as
Calves.. 2 f.O
Oxen.2 90
Cows . 1 50
Heifers.2 1)
Westerns. 2 75
Sheep—Lambs. 3 00
Sheep—Mixed natives. 2 20
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NEW YOKE.
Wheat—No. ?, red winter.. 69 S3
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ST. LOUIS.
Wheat—No. 5 red, cash. 63 ®
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Cattle—Native ste.rs. 3 00 ® 4
Sheep—Muttons. 2-0 a
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Savings Banks In Schools.
, Nkw York, Dec. 9.—Tho board ot
education of this city will at its next
session provide for the opening of the
branches of the penny provident fund
in the public schools. There are now
twenty stations of tho fund in the
public schools, and they have met with
surprising tuccess.
Cardinal Ignaslo Periseo Dead.
Bonn, Dee. 9.—Cardinal Ignazio Per
Isco, prefect of the congregation of In
dulgences and aacred relics, is dead.
He was born in Italy in 1823 and wa*
created a cardinal in 1893.
