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O’NEILL. NEBRASKA.
OYEITtHE STATE.
• Btimci has a champion egg oater.
Jack Bobinaon, a colored man, the
ether day consumed on a wager two
dozen raw egg* in less than fire min
•tea
Bar. Boyd of Valley went to Mon
mouth, la, to attend the reunion of
brothers and sistera at the old home,
la honor of the golden wedding of their
parents, who are still living.
Joint Sixoriici, of Bancroft does not
complain of Nebraska, lie came here
a poor man, and sold his farm the other
day for >13,120. He will retire from
the cornfield and live on the interest
of his money.
* 8am McCorl and Wade Sherley, two
young men, lost their lives by drown
ing while skating near Salem. Both
young men were highly respected in
the community.
O’Dnxox Gaoxox, a farmer living
five miles southeast of Campbell, while
returning from Red Cloud ran into a
ditch and tipped the wagon over, the
box falling oa his head, killing him in
atantly. . <> .
v A meetino of the managers ox the
state board of agriculture is called for
the Millard hotel, Omaha, December
13, at 7 p, m., to wind up the year’s re
ports and prepare for the annual meet
ing in January.
A labor and enthusiastic mass meet
ing was held at the county court house
in North Platte for the purpose of peti
tioning congress to recognize the Cuban
insurgents sa belligerents Resolu
tions to that effect were unanimously
adopted.
A grand musical festival and circus,
given for the benefit of the Associated
Charities, will be held at Omaha on De
cember 11th and 13 th. Half rates will
be given on all railroads in eastern Ne
braska and western Iowa, good to re
turn until the 15th.
The city board of btockville met and
appointed Dr Case to go to Curtis and
investigate the rumor that smallpox
■ existed in that place. He returned and
reported that the rumor was true
Next morning the board enforced a
quarantine against Curtis.
A sad misfortune has befallen the
family of John Kimmerly of Pierce
oouuty. Mrs Kimmerly became very
much excited over religious matters,
which soon developed into a case of In
sanity, and she waa taken to the Nor
folk asylum, where she died.
A Washington dispatch says that
ex-Senator Paddock had a conference
with Senator Smith in reference to ex
tending the time of payment for tho
Otoe and Missouri lands in Southern
. Nebraska, and also relative to the re
bate to be allowed purchasers of these
lands Nothing definite waa agreed
t upon, however, and another conference
will be held soon.
A most interesting case has just been
finished in the district court at Chad
ron before Judge Bartow, wherein Dr.
J. L Lease, a prominent'citizen and a
leader of the straight democracy, was
sued by a young man whom he had hit
over the bead with a cane on account
of alleged slander preferred against
him, for 11,000. The jury was out only
a few hours, and returned a verdict in
favor of the defendant.
The case of Bev. Cole, pastor of the
Congregational church of Grand Island
against the Western Union Telegraph
company for 91,005 damages, was con
cluded last week, the jury bringing in
a verdict awarding plaintiff 950 and
costa Rev. Cole's cause for action was
the failure of the defendant company
to deliver to him a message announcing
. his mother’s death, he not becoming
aware of the latter fact until after the
funeral.
Cabl Johnson, one of the'promlnent
Scandinavian farmers of Polk county,
living about seven miles northwest of
Osceola, met with a severe accident
He had come to town to trade and as
he waa driving near the Kil bourne
flooring mill the workmen blew the
noon, whiatle, scaring the team of
mulea They ran away, throwing Mr.
Johnson out He was bruised up badly
1 aad U is feared may be injured inter
aally.
A music dealer in Chadron has seat a
violin to a man living at Pine Ridge
agency who bears the longest name on
reoora In that part of the state at least
His ansae is Irish Francis Maycoek The
Rising-Sun-And-Moon. His postoffico
address is a elose second and is Medi
ates Root Creek, Kyle poatoffice. Pine
Ridge agency, Shannon county, South
Dakota. He is a white man and not
an Indian as bis name would seem to'
>t laiHqatn
Kuom received at the offioe of the
■eontMjf«! state show that the Grand
Island sugar factory there was made
oat of the beets, on which the state is
oharged with a bounty, 8,104,075
gonads ot granulated and 433,485
gonads of yellow sugar. The factory
fait paying to per ton on heats on the
first of December, so that there is no
olaim attaching lor bounty on what is
now being turned out, ana the figures
of oatpat only include what was made
while the bounty price, $5, was paid.
Wabhisoto* dispatch: In looking
up a pension ease Representative Mer
cer made a discovery of interest to
asaay old Nebraska soldiers, being the
present whereabouts of a number of
men whb served in company D, First
Nebraska cavalry. The list ie ae fol
lows: Captain Jon C. Betts, Kingman,
Aria.; Sergeant George H. Ellis, Wat
kins, K Y.; Corporal Joshua A. Bur
aon, Seymour, Ind.; Privates Walter J.
Hardia, Fort Worth, Tea.; Gourde Ab
eraathy. Elk Creek, Neb.; Richard
Blrt, Las Angeles, Cab, and John Ste
, vena, Lynn, Mass
Geoboc Kimmoll, «*f Dodge county,
arraigned on the charge of incest with
his daughter, was discharged, the evv
. dence not being convincing.
HkV. John Hewitt, rector of the
Church of the Holy Trinity of Lincoln,
has been called to St Panl'n Episcopal
ahnreh in Columbus, O.
J. C. Thomas, formerly known as the
Arm of Thomas A Ira, who haa been
doing business in Niobrara for about
fifteen yearn, keeping a drug and gro
cery store, was elosed up by ersditore.
O. D. Va* Hoke of North Loup was
eo badly injured by the unties of a
bucking broncho that he died inn few
boors.
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Es-Congraumaa JUcKelghan Dead.
Bon. W. A. McKeighan, ex-member
of congress from the Fifth Nebraska
district, died at Hastings. Mr. McKeL
ghan had been seriously ill since his
attendance at the Trans-Mississippi
congress at Omaha some two weeks
ago. His disease took a desperate tnrn
and for several days the end has been
patiently awaited. He was a sufferer
from dropsy, complicated with heart
and lung trouble. His funeral was
held at Red Cloud.
I William Arthur McKeighan of Red
I Cloud was born of Irish parents in
Cumberland county, New Jersey, Jan
uary 19, 1842; removed with his pa
rents to Fulton county, Illinois, in 1848,
where he lived on a farm and attended
| common school; enlisted in the Elev
enth regiment, Illinois cavalry, Sep
tember, 1801; at the close of the war
settled on a farm near Pontiac, IiL;
took an active part in organizing the
farmers’ association; was elected vice
| president for the Eighth congressional
| district; removed to Nebraska in 1880,
and settled on a farm near Red Cloud;
took an interest in organizing the alli
ance; was elected county judge of Web
ster county in 1885; in 1880 was demo
cratic candidate for congress' against
Bon. James K. Laird and was defeated;
was again nominated for congress by
the alliance of the independent party;
was endorsed by the democratic con
vention, and elected to the Fifty-sec
ond and re-elected to the Fifty-third
congress as an independent, defeating
William EL Andrews, republican; re
nominated for the Fifty-fourth con
gress and was defeated by Horn Will
iam E. Andrews.
Thurston'* Railroad Bill.
Senator Thurston's bill for the reor
ganization of the Union Pacific, says a
Washington .dispateb, made familiar
through the press during the month,
was introduced on Thursday in the
senate and referred to the committee
on Pacific railroads. Senator Thurs
ton will derote a large portion of his
attention to pushing this measure to an
•early consideration by the senate, and
has strong hopes of being able to se
cure its passage during the present
congress. While Senator Thurston has
resigned his solicitorship of the Union
Pacifie railway, he takes not an unnat
ural interest in the road, and will be
looked upon os the chief promotor in
Washington of subjects relating to its
interests. Mr. Thurston's prirate sec
retary, Mr. E. G Snyder, will prove an
able ally to him in literary work con
nected with the road. Mr. Snyder has
already printed several interviews with
Nebraska’s junior senator upon the
Union Pacifio and is expected to do
good work in explaining intricate de
tails connected with the bill and in
bringing them properly before tiie
public. •_
Gold Finds In Nebraska.
Hebron dispatch: The report comes
from Friendenson, a postoffice seven
miles up the little Blue river, that gold
has been discovered there. A Degner
has been using sand from the river to
do some plastering and has thrown
what he did not use where the poultry
could run in it He killed a duck and
in the gizzard was found a piece of gold
about the size of a grain of corn. It
was polished bright and was worn
smooth.
Shelby dispatch: What is supposed
to be the fountain head of the Milford
gold fields was discovered yesterday on
the farm of 11. J. Cook, five miles south
east of town. While digging sand on
the banks of the Blue river Cook no
ticed small particles of glittering metal.
It was examined by himself and some
neighbors, who renewed the digging
with exultant spirits The news of the
discovery spread and at nightfall a
large crowd had gathered. The Baud
is black and is being worked six feet
below the surface.
The State vs. Ex-Treasurer Hill.
After the first jury trial of the case
of the state against ex-Treasurer Hill
there was left of the $15,000 legislative
appropriation $8,709.19. From the
itemized account in the governor's office
it is learned that of this sum $2,279.24
lias been drawn, leaving a balance of
$0,429.05. There are a few small items
yet to be drawn against this amount
The amount of $2,27& 24 is made up of
the following items: & Wakely, $500;
O. M. Lambertson, $950; clerk of the
supreme court, $201.05; jury expenses,
stenographic work, etc., $1,208.19. The
contract betweeu ex-Uovernor Crounse
and Judge Wakeley provides that the
latter is to receive $3,000 for carrying
the ease to the supreme court, and $5,
000 should he recover an amount from
the bondsmen equaling $100,000, and
the same proportion of $3,000 for any
turn under $100,000 recovered.
Ad Irrigation Map.
The state irrigation board will, with
in a few weeks, issue a map which will
show by suitably colored lines the exact
location and length of every irrigating
ditch in the state. The map recently
loaned by the state board of transpor
tation, on which the railroads and
streams of the state are laid down, will
be used as the basis of the new map.
The valleys of the Platte, Republi
can, Niobrara, Elkhorn, Loup and most
of the smaller streams will show a net
work of mains and latterals which will
astonish those who have not kept track
of the amount of work which has been
done in the irrigation section. State
Engineer and Secretary Howell has
called in the services of Alexander
Schlegel of the land commissioner’s of
fice to make the drawings for the map.
Heavy loss of s Farmer by Fire,
Wilsokvillk dispatch: A barn be
longing to William Campbell, fire miles
south of here burned last night, to
gether with eight head of horses and
mules, thirty head of hogs, aix tons of
hay and several sets of harness, the
damage amounting to $2,000.
Table Rock correspondence of the
State Journal. Can timber be grown
in Nebraska? This question was
brought to my mind quite forcibly to
day as I saw three or four loads of iaw
logs being brought to the saw mill near
here aud on Inquiry of Lee Fisher, now
owner of the place, learned that they
were planted on the place in 1870, two
miles west, on land formerly owned by
William Ji. Hull. They were, planted
by him. There were three of the logs
to each of the three teams They were
cottonwood and would measure in di
ameter from sixteen inches to twenty*
four and were grown on the bottom
ground of a small creek.
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
MAUD WASHED TO KEEP HARD!
OFF TEHEZDELA.
AMERICA’S .FIRM POLICY.
The Principles Involved In the Venezn
elan Dispute Declared of the Gravest j
National Importance—An Inde- ]
pendent Commission to In
vestigate All Matters In
Dispute Is Urged.
Washington, Dee. 18.—Soon after I
both houses of Congress met to-day, '
the President sent, by Executive Clerk !
Pruden. the expected message in re
gard to the British-Venezuelan com
plication. It was at once read in both
houses, as follows:
To the Congress: In my annual
message, addressed to the Congress on
the 3d Inst., I called attention to the
pending boundary controversy be
tween Great Britain and the Republic ;
of Venezuela, and recited the sub
stance of a representation made by !
this government, to Her Britannic
Majesty's government suggesting rea- j
sons why such dispute should be sub- j
mitted to arbitration for settlement ;
and inquiring whether it would be so
submitted.
The answer of the British govern
ment, which was then awaited, has
since been received and, together with
the dispatch to which it is a reply, is .
hereto appended. ;
Such reply is embodied in two com- 1
munications addressed by the British
prime minister to Sir Julian Paunce
fote, the British ambassador at this
capital. It will be seen that one of
these communications is devoted ex- !
clusively to observations on the Mon
roe doctrine and claims that in the
present instance a new and strange
extension and development of this doc
trine is insisted on by the United
States, that the reasons justifying an
appeal to the doctrine enunciated by
President Munroe are generally inap
plicaple “to the state of things in
which we live at the present day'’ and
especially inapplicable to a controversy
Involving the boundary line • between
Great Britain and Venezuela.
the monrok doctrine upheld.
Without attempting extended argu
ments in reply to these positions, it
may not be amiss to suggest that the
doctrine upon which we stand is strong
and sound, because its enforcement is
important to our peace and safety as a
nation and is essential to the integrity
of our free institutions and the tran
quil maintenance of our distinctive
form of government. It was intended
to apply to every stage of our national
life and cannot become obsolete while
our republic endures. If the balance
of power is justly a cause for jealous
anxiety among the governments of the
old world and a subject for our abso
lute non-interference, none the less is
an observance of the Monroe doctrine
of vital concern to our peonle and their
government. |
Assuming, therefore, that, we may
properly insist upon this doctrine
without regard to “the state of things
in which wo live,” or any changed
conditions here or elsewhere, it is not
apparent why its application may not
bo invoked in the present controversy.
If a European power, by au extension
of its boundaries, takes possession of -
the territory of one of our neighbor
ing republics against its will and in
derogation of its rights, it is difficult
to see why. to that extent, such Euro
pean power does not thereby attempt
to extend its system of government
to that portion of this continent which
is thus taken. This is the precise
action which President Monroe de
clared to be “dangerous to our peace
and safety,” and it can make no dif
ference whether the European system
is extended by an advance of frontier
or otherwise. !
CLEARLY INTERNATIONAL LAW. |
Jt has been suggested in the British
reply that we should not seek to ap
ply the Monroe doctrine to the pres
ent dispute, because it does not cm- -
body any principle of international
law which “is founded on the general
consent of nations,” and that “no
statesman, however eminent, and no
nation, however powerful, are com
petent to Insert into the code of inter- '
national law a novel principle which
was never recognized before, and
which has not since been accepted by
the government or any other country."
Practically the principle for which we
contend has peculiar, if not, exclusive,
relation to the United States It may
not have been admitted in so many
words to. the code of international
law, but since, in international coun*
sels every nation is entitled to the
rights belonging to it, if the enforce
ment of the Monroe doctrine is some
thing we may justly claim it has its 1
place in the code of International law
as certainly and as securely as it has
if it were specifically mentioned, and
when the United States is a suitor be
fore the high tribunal that administers
international law the question to be
determined is whether or not we pre
sent claims which the justice of that
code of law can find to be right and
valid.
CONCESSIONS MADE BT ENGLAND.
The Monroe doctrine finds its recog
nition in those principles of interna
tional law which are based upon the
theory that every nation shall have
its rights protected and its just claims
enforced. Of course this government j
| is entirely confident that under the I
j sanction of this doctrine we have clear j
i rights and undoubted claims. Jfor is J
! this ignored by the British reply. The
prime minister, while not admitting !
that the Monroe doctrine is applicable j
to present conditions, states: “In de- 1
daring that the United States would
resist any such enteiprise if it was
contemplated. President Monroe adopt
ed a policy which received the entire
! symathy of the English Government of
i that dale.” lie further declares:
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“Though the language of President
Monroe is directed to tne attainment of
objects which most Englishmen would
agree to be salutary, it is impossible
to admit that they have been inscribed
by any adequate authority in the code
of international law.” Again he says:
“They (Her Majesty’s government)
finally concur with the view which
President Monroe apparently enter
tained, that any disturbance of the
existing territorial distribution in that
hemisphere by any fresh acquisitions
on the part of any European state,
would be a highly inexpedient
change.”
- ENGLAND DECLINES ARBITRATION.
In the belief that the doctrine for
which we contend was clear and de
finite, that it was founded upen sub
stantial considerations and involved
our safety and welfare, that it was
fully applicable to our present condi
tions and to the state of the world’s
progress, and that it was directly re
lated to the pending controversy and
without any conviction as to the final
merits of the .dispute, but anxious to
learn in a satisfactory and conclusive
manner whether Great Britian sought
under a claim of boundary to extend
her possessions on this continent with
out right, or whether she merely
sought possession of territory fairly
included within her lines of owner
ship. this government proposed to
the government of Great Britain
a resort to arbitration as the
proper means of settling the ques
tion, to the end that a vexatious
boundary dispute between the two
contestants might be determined and
our exact standing and relation in re
spect to the controversy might be made
clear. It will be seen from the cor
respondence herewith submitted that
this proposition has been declined by
the_ British government upon grounds,
which, under the circumstances, seem
to me to be far from satisfactory. It
is deeply disappointing that such an
appeal actuated by the most friendly
feelings toward both nations direct! v
concerned, addressed to the sense of
justice and to the magnanimity of one
of the great powers of the world and
touching its relations to one compara
tively weak and small, should have
produced no better results.
The course to be pursued by this
government in view of the present
condition does not appear to admit of
serious doubt. Having labored faith
fully for many years to induce Great
Britain to submit this dispute to im
partial arbitration, and having been
now finally apprised of her refusal to
do so, nothing remains but to accept
the situation, to>recogniee its plain re
quirements and deal with it accord
ingly.
BOUNDARY INQUIRY AND FIRMNESS.
Great Britain’s present proposition
has never thus far been regarded as
admissable by Venezuela, though any
adjustment of the boundary which
that country may deem for her advan
tage and may enter into of her own
free will cannot, of course, be objected !
to by the United States. Assuming, j
however, that the attitude of Vene- !
znela will remain unchanged, the dis
pute has reached such a stage as to
make it incumbent upon the United
States to take measures to determine
with sufficient certainty for its justi
fication what is the true divisional
line between the republic of Venezuela '
and British Guiana. The inquiry to .
that end should of course be conducted
carefully and judicially, and due
weight should be given to ail available
evidence, records and facts in support ’
of the claims of both parties.
In order that such an examination
should *be prosecuted in a thorough
and satisfactory manner, I suggest
that Congress make adequate appro
priation for the expenses of a commis- i
slon to be appointed by the Executive, ;
who shall make the necessary investi- .
gationand report upon the matter with
the les-'t possible delay. When such re- j
port is made andaccepted.it will,in my •
opinion, be the duty of the United ;
States to resist by every means in its
power as a willful aggression upon its
rights and interests, the appropriation
by Great Britain of any lands or the
exercise of government jurisdiction
over any territory which, after in
vestigation, we have determined of
right belonging to Venezuela. J
NO SliriNE SUBMISSION TO WRONG. |
In making these commendations I
am fully alive to the responsibility in
curred and keenly realize all the con
sequences that may follow. I am'
nevertheless firm in my conviction
that while it is a greyious thing to
contemplate the two great English
speaking people of the world
as being otherwise than friendly
competitors in the onward inarch
of civilization and strenuous and
worthy rivals in all the arts of
peace, there is no calamity which a
great nation can invite which equals
that which follows a supine submis
sion to wrong and injustice and the
consequent loss of national self re
spect and honor, beneath which is
Bbielded and defended a people’s safety
tnd greatness.
Grover Ci.kvei.and.
Executive Mansion, Dec. 17, 1895.
OLNEY’S DECLARATIONS.
Bm Contentions of the United States
Set forth by the Secretary.
Accompanying' the President’s mes
sage in regard to the Venzuela com
plication is the correspondence on the
subject. It starts with Secretary
Olney’s note reopening the negotia
tions with Great Britain, looking to
the arbitration of the boundary dis
pute. This bears date of July 20 last
and is addressed to Mr. Bayard.
The duty of America is summed up
as follows: “In these circumstances,
the duty of the President uppears to
him unmistakable and imperative.
Great Britain's assertioi, of title to the
disputed territory, combined with her
refusal to have that title investigated,
being a substantial appropriation of
the territory to her own use, not to
protest and give warning that the
transaction will be regarded as inju
rious to the interests of the people of
the United Stated as well as oppres
sive in itself, would be to ignore an
established policy with which the
honor and welfare of this country are
closely identified. While the meas
ures necessary or proper for the vindi
cation of that policy are to be deter
mined by another branch of the gov
ernment, it is clearly for tho Execu
tive to leave uolhing undone which
may tend to render such determina
tion unnecessary.”
Mr. Bayard is directed to read the
communication to Lord Salisbury and
ask a definite decision regarding arbi*
tration.
SALISBURY’S REPLY,
The Monroe Doctrine's Applicability De
nied—What Great Britain Has Done.
Lord Salisbury, the llritish premier,
answers Secretary Olney in two notes,
both dated July 2:j.
The first is devoted entirely to a re
ply to that portion of the note relating
to the Monroe doctrine, which he says
has never before been made the sub
ject of a written communication bv
the United States to another govern
ment, although it has largely in
fluenced American foreign relations.
Lord Salisbury expressly declines to
be understood as accepting the Mon
roe doctrine.
Lord Salisbury's second note, dated
also July 2l-., deals entirely with the
boundary dispute on its merits. He
enters into an elaborate, history of the
British claim, founded on the Dutch
cession, tells hoiv the celebrated
Schomburg line was run. dwells on
many concessions offered by Great
Britain to Venezuela to reach an ar
rangement and suggests that the
Venezuelan inistence upon the arbi
tration of the whole territory would
be paralleled by a refusal of Great
Britain to arbitrate the Alaslcan
boundary line, unless half of Alaska
were thrown into arbitration.
APPLAUSE IN THE SENATE.
Th© President's Message Receives an Un
usual Demonstration of Approval.
Washington, Dec. 18.—When the
President’s message reached the Sen
ate, Mr. Morgan, chairman of the com
mittee on foreign relations, examined
it and then moved to go into executive
session.
At 1 o’clock the Senate resumed its
legislative session aud the message of
the President was laid before the
body. The executive session, it was
explained officially, had been devoted
to the consideration of nominations.
As the reading of the message closed
there was a hearty hand-clapping
from all quarters of the chamber, Mr.
Chandler of New Hampshire leading
in the demonstration on the Repub
lican side. It was an innovatian to
the usual decorum of the senate,
where the senators seldom, if ever,
give vent to their feelings by applause.
Veterans of the senate say that it was
the most spontaneous demonstration
in their recollection.
The message and accompanying doc
uments were referred to the commit
tee on foreign relations, and then at
1:15 o'clock the senate adjourned.
Result of the Butte Explosion.
Butte, Mont., Dec. 16.—The .first ol
about a score of damage suits, aggre
gating in claims nearly 8400,000,
against the Kenyon-Connell Commer
cial Company, growing out of the
great dynamite explosion of January
15, by which sixty-eight men were
killed, and nearly 100 others injured,
was begun in the District court to-day
National Democratic Convention.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 18.—There
was a meeting of business men yester
day for the purpose of outlining a plan
by which to secure the national Demo
cratic convention for this city. A
fund was raised to send a committee
to Washington, and M. E. Ingalls,
Ollie P. Butterfield and Captain C. M
Holloway were named.
Invents a Pocket Typewriter.
Rockford, 111., Dec. 16.—A resident
of this city has secured a patent on a
pocket typewriter, no larger than a
watch, on which a speed can be at
tained much faster than a person can
write by hand. A local stock com
pany is being formed to manufacture
the new machine and place it on the
market.
l/liargeu with Embezzlement.
Holden, Mo., Dec. 18.—Maurice
Funkstein, a clerk in A. Uoldwasser’s
clothing store, was arrested for the
embezzlement of #105. The store was
closed by creditors. Funkstein's rela
tives at Kansas City furnished $500,
and he is at liberty.
Bln. Kennedy's 103d Ulrthday.
Cassville, Mo., Dec. 18.—The 103d
birthday of Mrs. Lucinda Kennedy of
King Prairie, w-s celebrated yester
day at the resid nee of her daughter
in-law, Mrs. 11. T. Eagle, by loo rela
tives and friends.
Apache Chief Kakiralnzln Dead.
Washington, Dec. 18.—The Bureau
of Indian Affairs was notified to-day
of the death of Eskiminzin, one of the
most noted chiefs of the Apaches at
the San Carlos Keservation, Ariz.
• NEWS IN BRIEF.
Senator Jones of Arkansas announces
that he is a candidate for re-election. -
Captain J. A. Robins, who was in
jured in the church fire at Little Rock
is dead.
Utah's Constitution has been pre
sented to President Cleveland for his
approval.
Jeff Tautman, who nearly murdered
Thomas Craigg at Ethel, Mo., was
captured.
William Reed, a 14-year-old Ten
nessee boy was convicted of criminal
assault.
The situation on the island of Crete
between the Turks and Christians has
become serious.
King Prempeh of Ashantee whipped
a tribe that refused to support him
against the llritish.
Tom O'Roulce is anxious to match
Walcott against Lavigne for light
weight championship.
Captain E. J. Comeaux was stabbed
in the abdomen by Engineer J. W.
Roberts at New Orleans.
Editor liearsey apologized to Con
gressman Uoatner. and there will be
no duel fought at New Orleans. i
Mrs. McCellanu Richardson, sister- I
in-law of General Cassius M. Clay, was
burned to death at Valley View, Ky.
Secretary Olncy is said to have sent i
another letter to England denying
English claims to Venezuelan lerri- ,
tory.
Congressman Hall is trying to pro
cure a pardeu for Dr. Williams of !
Clifton. Mo., convicted of illegally
soiling whisky.
LIQUOR STATISTICS
Ou Drlnklas Place for Beery
Thro# Hon In tki Country
Washington, Dee. 10.—There ere
108,383 retail liquor dealers in the
United States . holding licenses from
the commissioner of internal revenue
and 4,555 wholesale liquor dealers
There are 10,480 others who deal only
in malt liquors at retail and 5,055 who
sell only malt liquors by wholesale!
making a total of 239,08-1. In addl
tion to these there are 1,440 rectifiers
and 1,771 brewers, making a grand
total of 232,295 persons or firms who
hold licenses from the government of
the United States to make and sell in*
toxicating drinks.
Assuming the population of the
United States to be 65,000,000, this
gives an average of one liquor dealer
to every 280 men, women and children.
Assuming again that two-thirds of the
population are women and children
and temperance people who do not
patronize saloons, it will be seen that
there is one drinking place for an
average of ninety-three men in the
country. This is a good text for tern*
perance advocates.
The largest number of saloon li*
censes issued in any one state was 41,
176 in New York. Illinois has the
second place with 17,833, Ohio 15,817,
Pennsylvania, 14,113 and California
12,752. Among the prohibition states
Iowa seems to have the most prosper*
ous liquor traffic. She has 10 rectifiers, 1
18 breweries, 76 wholesale liquor deal- I
ers, 4,631 retail liquor dealers, 318 1
wholesale'dealers in malt liquors, 160
retail dealers in malt liquors only,
making a total of 5,213 engaged in
the liquor business. Kansas .'comes
next with 2,580 persons and firms en
gaged in making and selling liquor,
including 1 rectifier, 2 brewers, 13
wholesale and 2,225 retail liquor deal
ers, 59 wholesale and 270 retail dealers
in beer.
It is a curious fact that there are 635
more persons and firms engaged in the
liquor business in the prohibition
State of Iowa than m Kentucky,
where the manufacture of whisky is
considered a fine art and its consump
tion an accomplishment.
Alaska, Indian territory. North Da
kota and Vermont are the only States
and territories without wholesale
liquor dealers. Alaska. Florida, In
diaa territory, Maine, Mississippi,
North Carolina, Vermont and Wyom
ing have no breweries.
Detroit*! Chief MagUtrata Suffers Incon
venience for tho Public's flood.
Detboit, Mich., Dec. 16.—Mayor
Plngree got a free” ride yesterday
morning through refusing to pay his
fare on a Citizens’ Company's car,
unless the conductor should sell him
six tickets for a quarter. Last night
he repeated tuo experiment twice and
was put off each time. The conductor
who allowed the mayor to ride free
has been temporarily suspended.
The mayor intends to make a test
case of the question, although there is
no ordinance requiring the company
to sell six tickets for a quarter.
The Chinese Back In Tort Arthur. *
London, Dec. 16.—A special dispatch
from Shanghai says that several Rus
sian warships watched the formal re
entry of the Chinese into Port Arthur.
It is believed here that China, as a re
ward for Russia’s intervention in her
favor with Japan after the war, will
permit the Russian Pacific fleet to
winter in ICian-Chu bay.
V
Warner anti Reed.
Washington, Dee. 16.— Politicians
are discussing with considerable vigor
some of the possible results of the Re
publican national convention going to
St. Louis. The latest suggestion on
the subject of presidential candidates
is this ticket: Reed of Maine, presi
dent; Warner of Missouri, vice presi
dent. _ ,
LITE STOCK AND PRODUC1! MARKETS
«#
Quotations From New Fork, Chicago, St,
Louis, Omaha and Klsewhare.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery separator.. 19 A n
Butter—Fair to good country. 18 jt 20
i ggs—Fresh.. u © UK
Spring chickens, live, per B>... 6 © •
Chickens—Dressed, per &. 8 © 7
Ducks—I'er lb.. 7 a I
Turkeys—Per B>. 8 & •
Prairie chickens—Pcrdoz.S 50 © 6 00
Goese-Per lb. 7 a •
Lemons—Choice Messina*.4 S3 a 4 SO
Oranges—Per box . 400 a 4 60
Apples—Per bbl. .. 2 73 © 3 60
Sweet potatoes -Good, per bbl 2 B0 a 1 00
Potatoes—Per bu . 23 a 10
Beans—Navy, band-plcted.bu 1 63 a 1 75
Cranberries—tape Cod, pr.bbl 8 00 a V 00
Hay—Upland, per ton. 6 60 Avon
Onions-Per bu. 10
Broom Corn—Green, per lb,..— 2
Hogs—Mixed packing..,.8 60
Hogs—Heavy Weights.8 86
Beeves—Stockers and teedera 2 25
Beet Steers . 2 00
Bulls. .. 1 60
Stags. 1 73
Calvea...2 00
Oxen...2 00
Cows . 1 60
Heifers.1 80
Westerns.2 75
Sheep—Lambs. 3 00
Sheep—Mixed natives.2 23
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2, spring. .
Corn—Per bu. 25 It<2
Oats—Per bu.. 17 a
Pork. 7 87kS
Lard. 6 20
t attle—Westsrn range steers. 3 80
Chr.stmas lleevea—.4 75
Hogs—Averages...8 85
Sheep—Lambs.8 00
Sheep-rWesterns.2 70
NEW YOBK.
Wheat—No. 2, red winter,
orn No. 2,
JO © TOM
oas-No.2,Hh© »,/4
l’ork—.. 75 ©13 50
hard—...* 60 © 6 00
ST. LOUIS.
Wheat—No. 2 red, cash. 66 ©
Corn—Per bu. 24'/,©
Oats—Per bu.. 17 “
Hops—Mixed packing. 3 25
Cattle—Native steers....3 00
Sheep—Muttons... 2 2'»
Lambs—.. 3 75
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. 2 hard... ... . 5SUA 59
Corn—N o. 2.... 22 2251
Oats—Na 2. ]7 a 5712
Cattlf—Stockersand feeders.. 2 40 & 3 50
Hop-i—Mixed Packers. 3 i» Qt 3 45
cheep—Lambs.. 25 S 4 00
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Contracts for new mail ponchos were
awarded to a man named Quinn of „
Cincinnati f
Secretary Herbert will ask congress
to give him authority to award con
tracts for six new battleships.
Fire destroyed the Montrose hotel
at Montrose, Mo.
Joseph Jeffries is in jail at Colum
bia, Mo., on a charge of murdering
his father.
South Dakota Methodlsta are to give
a bull fight to raise money to build a
church.