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fe OVER THE STATE.
Ax Omaha firm received last week
two carloads of pine tobacco—74,000
t pound. *
The old soldier citizens of Lincoln
propose to secure the next state reunion
nf the Grand Army.
Thk 12-year-old daughter of Jacob
Zercher, living- eight miles westof Ran
, dolph, died from injuries received from
a fall on the ice. The child lived only
three hours after the injury.
Andrew Dkbxky, the Nance county
wife murderer, was before the eounty
board of insanity at Fullerton and was
pronounced insane and committed to
the hospital for the insane at Norfolk.
Carl Schneider, living near Scrib
ner, was killed by his wagon upsetting
bpon him. He had been drinking, and
it is supposed was unable to manage
his team.
The plans and specifications for a
new Methodist church at York have
been decided upon. It is to be a mag
nificent structure of stone and brick
and has a seating capacity of 1,300.
Fire broke out In William Fellows’
general store in Ord. By dint of hard
work the fire waa soon under control.
Mr. Fellows carried a stock of $6,000 to
$7,000, which is almost entirely ruined.
Insurance $2,500.
At Omaha last week C. H. Hoover
•hot and killed his brother-in-law,
Samuel Du Boia. Tho difficulty grew
out of a money consideration. Du Bois
tyos a member of the city council. The
murderer is in jail.
Ax inquest was held on the body of
Herman Tonges, ar,, a German farmer
who was found dead in his hog pen in
Seward county, and a verdict found
that he came to his death from heart
disease, with which he ha* been af
flicted for several yearn
Hon. Robert Campbell^ representa
tive in the legislature from Merrick
eounty, had his right hand badly crush
ed while shelling corn, and may lose
several fingers. An accident happened
to th# machine just in time to save his
Ufa e
Tint librarian o! the atate hiatorical
aoeial la preparing the program for the
meeting of the society to be held Jan*
vary 14 and 15, 1800. The hiatorical
v aoeiety will meet in the day time and
the horticultural aoeiety the evening*
• of the name day.
Th* eleventh annual meeting of the
. Kebraaka State ' Dairymen'* associa
tion was held in Lincoln last week.
Secretary Baaaett gave his report,
allowing cash receipts the past year to
v;; have been 81,513.37, and expenditures
: 91,011.03, leaving a balance of 9501.43.
At Lincoln the jury in the case of the
V; administrators of the estate of VV. li.
: Morae, one of the victims of the Rock
Island ; wreck, against the company,
' brought in a verdict in favor of the
plaintiff for 93,000. The case has ex
cited no little interest in legal circles,
as It is the first one prosecuted since
the conviction of George VV. Davis for
wrecking the train.
J. M. CoumR of Neligh drove out
tohia farm for a load of grain. Re
turning, he waa walking by hia wagon,
; With the lineatied to the aeat The
team became frightened and Coleman
■r: reached for the lines, but was thrown
' under the wagon, both wheels running
over his left shoulder and arm. The
arm was badly mangled and willdoubt
:# leas have to be amputated.
Th* Southern Nebraska Pet Stock
_ and poultry association eloaed its an
} anal exhibit at Grand Island. The fol
lowing officers were elected for the en
suing year! President, VV. Ii. Karri
■ son, Aldas vice president, J. G Gees
t?. pacher, Grand Islands second vice pres
:■] fdent, G VV. Jester, Dewees; secretary,
VV. J. Ohlheis.r, Juniata; treasurer, A.
«* Heller, Heatings; board of managers,
; A, G Blowers, A. M. Work, VV. H. Har
< da, T. Barackman and VV. J. Oelheiaer.
Aw. that waa mortal of William A.
McKeigban waa laid to rest in the cem
etery at Bed Cloud. Public buildings,
private dwellings and business houses
were draped in hie honor. Flags were
draped and at half mast and all bust
Uses houses closed. The Christian
; : church, the most spacious in the city,
would not accommodate one-third of
the people who came, some of them
*' from distances ly private conveyances,
V to pay their last rcepeeta to the dead
ex-congressman.
Th* Nebraska State Poultry associa
' . tloa will hold one of the largest shows
ever held in Nebraska, from January
31 to 34, at Omaha. Marshall, Shella
bargerand Bussell, three judges of
- national reputation, will pass on the
exhibits. Mr. B. S. Jennings of Lin
coin, the superintendent, will see that
! everything move* along nicely. The
,v showiest January was said to be the
largest and beat show ever held west
:i;-’ of New York City, The cash premi'
urn* this year amount to over »3,000.
f besides a fine line of specials
: Ax amendment to it* articles of in
corporation has been filed with the sec
retary of' atate by the Union Stock
Yards company of Omaha. The amend
ment was adopted at a meeting of the
atoekhoidera on the Oth inst. Under
the original articles the general nature
of the business of the company is de
fined to be the purchase and sale, feed
ing and caring for, slaughtering, dress
ing. peeking, holding for sale, selling
and selling for otbere of live stock, in
eluding cattle, hogs, sheep and horses,
and shipping by refrigerator cars and
otherwise, meats and the product
thereof, .and doing in a general way
the business of stock yards, and what
ever is incident or usually connected
therewith.
fawn* of Colonel J. T. Oglesby,
who has reoently been appointed spe
eial Unlted States Indian agent, met in
Velwtine, forty strong. After par
fiukteg of a repast speeches were made,
££ testifying to the, esteem in which Col
*. emrl Oglesby *M held by the citizens
JFmfil W. B. Hgimks of Neligh died
I teat "i#«ok : after' an illnres of five
' moatlM. H^mM; wee heart trou
‘ Mo sad; dropsy. The judge was sitting
■‘'Ipwp hi bed... fating O'teach when death
HS' diHf.; Hi wtar a lawyer, practicing nt
time of his sickness.
ap bribe
prominent in
& :
Kebraska’a Dairymen's Association.
At the meeting of the Nebraska Statu
Dairymen's association, held in Lin
coln, the secretary, & C. Bassett, pave
the following report:
BBCEIPTS.
rash on hand.$ 707.82
Received for membership fees. Ml
Received forodvs. In pro m report... 44.80
Received from state appropriation.. 722.95
Total.tl.5U.37
KXPJGXDITVKKH. .
Expense annual meeting...% 10.10
Posiuge. 51.88
Expense special meeting directors. . 28.15
Publishing annual report. 280.70
Expense special committees. 40.79
Premiums dairy exhibits. 41.75
Stenographer's servleo. 60.00
stationery and printing... 33.41
Salary Secretary. 803.03
Incidentals, frt.,exp., etc. 45.30
Cash on band.. ............ 501.45
Total....*1,513.37
Ex-Congressman McKeighan Dead.
lion. W. A. McKeighan, ex-member
of congress from the Fifth Nebraska
district, died at Hastings. Mr. McKei
ghan had been Reriously ill since his
attendance nt 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 tvas a sufferer
from dropsy, complicated with heart
and lung trouble. His funeral was
held at Red Cloud.
William Arthur McKeighan of Red
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, III.;
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 aili-<
ance; was elected county judge of Web
ster county in 1885; in 1880 was demo
cratic candidate for congress ugninst
lion. James K. Laird and was defeated;
was again nominated for congress by
the alliance of the independent parly;
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 E. Andrews, republican; re
nominated for the Fifty-fourth con
gress and was defeated by Hon. Will
iam E. Andrews.
Thnntou'i Railroad Bill.
Senator Thurston's bill for the reor
ganization of the Union Pacific, says a
Washington dispatch, made familiar
through the press dtiring the month,
was introduced on Thursday in the
senate and referred to the committee
on Pacific railroads. Senator Thurs
ton will devote a large portion of his
attention to pushing this measure to an
early consideration by tbo senate, and
has strong hopes of being able to se
cure its passage during the present’
congress. While Senator Thurston has
resigned his solicltorship of the Union
Pacific railway, he takes not an unnat
ural interest in the road, nnd will be
looked upon as the chief promoter in
Washington of subjects relating to its
interests. Mr. Thurston'B private sec
retary, Mr. 1C. C. Snyder, will prove an
able ally to him in literary work con
nected with the road. Mr. Snyder lias
already printed several interviews with
Nebraska’s junior senator upon the
Union Pacific and is expected to do
good work in explaining intricate de
tails connected with the bill and in
bringing them properly before the
public.
A Lincoln Bank Closed.
Lincoln dispatch: The German Na
tional bank suspended and was taken
in charge thisraorning by H. 3. Whitte
more, national bank examiner. The
deposits are said to be 330,000 and the
nominal assets several times that
amount. The capital stock of the bunk
was 3100,00a
This is the bank of which C. EL
Montgomery was president at the time
he was killed by W. U. Irvine in May,
1803. There were no state funds de
posited in the institution.
The liabilities are; Capital stock,
3100,000; deposits, 340,000; bills payable
nnd rediscounts, 335,075; clearing
house, 34,433; due other banks, 33,500,
Assets are given as: Bills receivable,
3105,443; United States bonds, 335,000;
judgments, 317,700; from Nebraska
Havings bank assets, 34,430; cash, 80,
339; 5 per cent circulation, 31,135; pre
mium on United States bonds, 31,450;
real estate, 340,870; undivided profits,
S2,ooa
Total liabilities, 3181,997; total assets,
3304.371.
Gold Find* In Knbraaka.
• Heuron dispatch: The report comes
from Friendenson, a postoffice seven
miles up the little Blue river, that gold
haa 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 R. J. Cook, five miles south
east of town. While digging sand on
the bauks 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 spirita The news of the
discovery spread and at nightfall a
large crowd had gathered The sand
is black and is being worked six fee*
below the surfaca
As Old-Time Physician Clone..
Dr. Ueorge M. Brinker, who has been
seriously ill for some time past, died
last week at his home in Nebraska
City. Dr. Brinkea was one of the old
est physicians in the state. He was
born in Virginia in 1813, received his
education at the Uuiversity of Penn
sylvania, came to Nebraska City in
1805'and with the exception of about
two years has resided there since that
time. He was a member of the Pres
byterian church, an active Mason and
prominent in tbe councils of the Otoe
eounty medical society. His death has
been anticipated for some weeks past
TALK ON VENEZUELA.
COMMISSION BILL AMENDED IN
THE SENATE.
Mr. Sherman Safi There Will Be Ra War
and That There li No Occasion for All
This Halt#—Mr. Moreen Would Like
Prompt Action—The Senate Substitute
for the Bouse Measure.
Discussing Venesuela Matters.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—The foreign
affairs committee of the Senate met
j early this morning and devoted the
time before the assembling of the
Senate to consideration of the Vene
zuelan commission bill passed by the
House the day after the President’s
message was sent to Congress. After
some discussion, the following was
agreed upon:
“That the sum of 8100,000, or ao
much thereof as may be necessary, be
and the same is hereby appropriated
for the expenses of a commission to
consist of three members to bo ap
pointed'by the President, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate,
to investigate and report to him the
facts in regard to the divisional line
between the republic of Venezuela
and British Guiana; provided, tha sec
tion 2 of the act approved July 31,
18D4, making appropriations for the
legislative, executive and judicial ex
penses of the government shall not
apply to any commissioners appointed
under this act” ■
When the senate was about to con
vene Mr. Allen of Nebraska consulted
with his Populist friends as to whether
he would consent to allow the com
mission bill to go to third reading and
passage to-day. Finally he said' that
he would not object to its passage to
day.
As soon as the Senate met, Mr. Mor
gan secured unanimous consent for the
consideration of the House Venezuelan
bill and it was at once read. Then he
offered the Senate substitute and
briefly explained the changes.
Mr. Platt of Connecticut said that
any delay would be construed in Eng
land as hesitation on America's part
and that it was essential not to change
the bill. As to that part which
changed the wording as to the report
of the commission upon the true di
visional line, or the facts m the case,
he claimed that the facts would be the I
divisional line. The amendment of
the Senate would be construed as re
ceding on the part of the Senate, and
the Senate.should notify Great Britain
that America is behind r.he President.
Mr. Sherman said that tha Presi
dent’s course had been approved unan
imouslv by both houses of Congress.
England was not making any fresh
aggressions and was not taking the
matter very seriously. He thought
that the dispute would be settled
honorably and that no American blood
would be shed. The fact that the
Senate amended the bill could not be
construed in any way as meaning that
the Senate did not stand firmly by
the President. The amendments
would improve the bill and he had no
doubt if made they would be accepted
by the House. “It seems to me,” be
continued, “that all this is too hasty;
that we are too eager. Let us take
onr time to deliberate, and not rush
into the matter."
COMMITTED FIVE MURDERS
Harry Hayward'* Confession Hade Jut
Before Ills Execution.
Minneapolis, Minn.; Dec. SI.—The
ante-mortem statement of Harry Hay
ward, making 30,000 words, is in many
respects a most remarkable document.
It was made under the most formal
conditions and with solemn assertions
on the murderer's part that he was
Jelling the truth. Not only does he
claim to have murdered during his
brief career, no less than five different
people, but in describing the various
tragedies in which he figured he shows
an utter absence of human feeling,
and a pleasure in his achievements
that marks him as an unusual type of
criminal. The language used in de
scribing his criminal adventures is in
the careless, flippant style that char
acterized his testimony on the stand.
Money, he said, was his object in
life, girls the second, and travel the
third. There was a girl in Minneap
olis with whom he was going and who
had $3,000 a year. He had planned to
kill her, but did not because there
.was no way he conld get her money.
He longed to do the deed. “She used
to make me so d- mad,” said Hay
ward, “that I wanted to choke her. 1
can understand how Durrant killed
those two girls in San Francisco with
pleasure."
His first murder was that of Carrie
Hass, near Pasadena, Cal., whose little
fortune of $700 he secured. Once
when tending bar in Long Branch he
killed a consumptive man who was
there. The consumptive had money
and wanted to die. The name Harry
refused to tell on the ground that he
had an accomplice who might get into
trouble now, but this murder was by
shooting, too, and the body had been
thrown into the water. Then there'
was a Chinaman killed in a gambling
quarrel and the brother of the Mexi
can girl at 131 Paso Del Norte, and
lastly Miss Ging,
Kama Does Not Look For War.
St. Pkteksbubg, Dec. 31.—The Rus
sian newspapers generally discuss the
Venezuelan question, and express the
belief that it will have a pacific issue.
The Novosti considers that the posi
tion assumed by the United States is
in conflict with the interests of the
whole of Europe, and suggests that
the mediation of certain European
powers will probably result in a
peaceful settlement of the dispute.
CANADA TALKS DEFENSE.
Thirty Thousand Troop* Ready for Action
If Needed—Alarm Mot Yet Felt.
Ottawa, Ontario, Dec. !!.—Officials
of the government claim that in case
of war between Great Britain and the
United States Canada coaid in twenty*
four hoars put S0.000 fully equipped
luen into the field and hold any force
the United States is likely to bring
against this country in check for a
couple of month* at least The situa
tion is generally viewed as one of the
greatest gravity, calling for prompt
preparation for defense, but not for
, any alarm.
UNITED STATES* ALLIES.
loath and Central American ConnMee
Will Give Their Support.
Washington, Dec. 21.—Among Sec
retary Olney’s callers yesterday were
Minister Andrade of Venezuela, Minis- '
ter Mendonca of Brazil and Minister
Romero of Mexico, representing three
of the first republics of South and
Central America. Although none of
the Central and South American dip
lomats will consent to be quoted re
garding their call, it is known that
they, as a rule, hare cabled their gov
ernments that the present seems an
opportune time for invoking the Mon
roe doctrine as a means of support
against European pressure, several of
them being involved in disputes
with European Nations at this time.
The statement is made by one
of them that several important re
sults will follow the vigorous con
struction of the Monroe doctrine.
First, it is said, will be the official
udherence of the Southern Republics,
making the declaration practically
unanimous from the countries of the
Western hemisphere. It is pointed
out that Lord Salisbury insisted that
the Monroe doctrine was not recog
nized as international law, but this, it
issaid, will be answered by a showing
that all the Republics of North and
South America accept it as the law
governing them.
The project of another conference of
American republics in line with the
Pan-American conference, but with a
view to political alliance rather than
commercial reciprocity, is being dis
cussed also. The suggestion is made
with much directness in diplomatic
circles that the course of the United
States assures to it the moral and phy
sical support of all the Southern and
Central American republics. In the
aggregate this allied strength of the
Western republics, with the United
States as its head, would constitute a
new and formidable factor in interna
tional affairs It is not suggested
among diplomatists that such an alli
ance will take the formal shape of a
treaty, but it is urged that the feeling
of union existing constitutes a com
pact quite as effective as a formal un
derstanding.
HOT TALK BY INGALLS.
Says American* Hate England Mott In*
tensely for Various Reasons.
Atchison, Kan., Deo. 21. — “The
President's message is an adroit ap
peal to the profoundest passion of the
American people,’’ said ex-Senator
John J. Ingalls to a reporter. “Onr
conception of the Monroe doctrine is
vague, and our love for Venezuela is
platonic, but we all hate England. It
is hereditary. It is so intense that it
obliterates party lines, effaces section
alism and makes us homogenous. We
divide on_ protection, on silver,
on the race question, but in our
hatred of England wo are unan
imous. The sloppy diplomatic
twaddle about . kindred blood,
and a common language, deceives no
body. We feel that England is our
only enemy among the great powers
of the earth. It has beep so from the
beginning of our history. At every
crisis in our affairs we have encoun-.
tered the secret or open hostility of
England, and the tone of her press
has been always cynical, sneering and
contemptuous.
“But there will beno war. Like all
ruffians and bullies, England is a cow
ard and poltroon when it ■ comes to a
showdown; she never tights her equals;
sme kicks women and children; she
bullies Turkey, Egypt, liindoostan.
South Sea Islandezsand African tribes
and tyrannizes over the weak and
feeble, but when Grant notified her
that she must pay for the depredations
her pirates committed on our com
merce in the rebellion, or take the con
sequences, Bhe accepted the Geneva
award, and sent her check for $io,
500,000 in full settlement of our claim.”
GEN. MERRITT’S VIEWS.
Would Take the Initiative and Invade
Canada at Once.
Chicago, Dec. 21.—In the event of a
war with Great Britain, Chicago and
the lakes will be safe,” said Major
General Wesley Merritt, commanding
the department of the Missouri “My
impression is,” he said, “that we would
make the war an aggressive one. We
would, I should hope and judge, take
the initiative, and invade Canada at
once and make that country the great
seat of war. The immediate seizure of
the Welland canal, to hold it or de
stroy it, would solve at once the prob
lem of the lake ports. There is noth
ing to fear from Canada. No invasion
of our country could be undertaken
there. We could overwhelm the coun
try with a force numbering ten to one
anything they could collect or muster,
and then not leave our soacoost un •
protected and unprovided with men to
defend every port.”
Joseph Cook Broken Down.
Nicks, Mich., Dec. 21.—S. T. Scarle
of this city has received a letter from
his daughter, a missionary stationed
at Kobe, Japan, in which she says that
Joseph Cook, the noted Boston divine,
arrived there recently from Australia,
broken in mind and body. He had to
give up his lecturing tour and the prob
abilities are lie will never regain his
health or mental vigor.
Walker's Life Insurance Attacked.
St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 21.—Suit has
been begun in the Circuit court against
the estate of the late James W. Walker, i
who committed suicide in Kansas City j
not long ago, by Louis and Fred Hax I
and Mrs. E. G. Judson, who allege ]
that he fraudulently assigned his in- |
so ranee to his wife to avoid payments :
of his debts. It is said that he carried j
over 950,000.
A Trlpple Tragedy In Iowa.
Sioux City ,Iowa,Dec.21— Near Cas- !
tana, in Honore county, George Wolf, !
a Frenchman, shot and killed Mrs.
William Rattlege, with whom his di- J
rorced wife was staying, shot and
fatally wounded his wife and then
committed suicide.
Designer Atwood Deed. 1
Chicago, Dec. 81 —Charles B. At- j
wood, architect and designer, until !
recently a member of the firm of D. j
H. Burnham & Co., is dead, from a j
complication of nervous diseases. He
was a bachelor and a few months
more than it years of age, I
REED HAS IT FIXED.
HE FINALLY ANNOUNCES THE
HOUSE COMMITTEES.
OM Leader! Cone In for Prominent Bee
Offnitton.—Hr. Hitt of Illlnole Chair
man of the Foreign Affaire.—Mr. Dlng
lejr -of Maine Selected for the Ways
and Meant-—Make-up of the Principal
Division*
Home Committee*.
Wabhisgtost, Dec. 23.—The eagerly
expected House committees were an
nounced by Speaker Heed to-day just
after that body had settled down for
work. The more important ones are
as follows: 1
Foreign Affairs—Republicans, Hitt
of Illinois, chairman, Draper of Massa
chusette, Adams of Pennsylvania,
Qnigg of New York, Cousins of Iowa,
Taft of Ohio, Smith of Michigan, Heat
wole of Minnesota, Pearson of North
Carolina; Democrats, .McCreary of
KentuckyPrice of Louisiana, Tucker
of Virginia, Dinsiqore of Arkansas,
Money of Mississippi, - Newlands of
Nevada.
Ways and Means —Republicans,
Dingley of Maine (chairman), Payne
of New York, Dnlzell of Pennsylva
nia, Hopkins of Illinois, Grosvenor of
Ohio, Russell- of Connecticut, Dol.iver
of Iowa, Steele of Indiana, Johnson of
North Dakota, Evans of Kentucky,
Tawney of Minnesota; Democrats,
Crisp of Georgia, McMillin of Tcnne
see, Turner of Georgia, Tarsney of
Missouri, Wheeler of Alubama. Mc
Laurin of South Carolina.
Rules—Republicans, Speaker Reed
(chairman), Henderson of Iowa, Dal
zell of Pennsylvania; Democrats, Crisp
of Georgia, McMillin of Tennessee.
Appropriations: Republicans,—Can
non of Illinois (chairman), Uingham
of Pennsylvania, Grout of Vermont,
Northway of Ohio, Stone of Pennsyl
vania, Arnold of Rhode Island, Ilainer
of Nebraska, Blue of Kansas, Pitney
of New Jersey,- Ileminway of Indiana.
McCall of Tennessee; Democrats—
Sayers of Texas, Dockery of Missouri.
Livingstone of Georgia, 'Robertson of
Louisiana, Layton of Ohio, Bartlett of
New York.
Banking and currency—Republic
ans, Walker of Massachusetts, chair
mrn, Brosiusof Pennsylvania, Johnson
of Indiana, Van Voorhis of Ohio, Me
Cleary of Minnesota, Flower of New
Jersey, Lefever of New York, Spald
ing of Michigan, Calderhead of Kan
sas, Hill Of Connecticut, Cooke of Ill
inois: Democrats, Cox of Tennessee,
Cobb of Missouri, Cobb of Alabama,
Black of Georgia,' Newlands of Neva
da, Cowen of Maryland.
Coinage, weights and measures—
Republicans, C. W. Stone of Pennsyl
vania, chairman; Hartman of Montana,
Loudenslager of New Jersey, Hunter
of Kentucky, Brewster of New York,
Hadley of Illinois, McClure of Ohio,
Southard of Ohio, Fairchild of New
York, Cannon of Utah. Democrats,
Allen of Mississippi, Bankhead of Ala
bama, McRae of Arkansas, Sparkman
of Florida, Spencer of Mississippi,
Clark of Alabama.
Rivers and harbors —, Republicans,
Hooker of New York, cliairmap; Her
man of Oregon, Stephenson of Michi
gan, Reyburn of Pennsylvania, Cooper
of Wisconsin,Burton of Ohio,Barrett of
Massachusetts, Reeves of Illinois,
Town of Minnesota, Dovener of West
Virginia, Clark of Missouri, Walker of
Virginia. Democrats, Catchings’of
Mississippi, Lester of Georgia, Clark
of Alabama, McCulloch of Arkansas,
Berry of Kentucky.
Railways and canals—Republicans,
Chickering of New York, chairman;
Cook of Wisconsin, Loisenring of Penn
sylvania, Warner of Illinois, Foot of
New York, Lacey of Iowa, McEwan
of New Jersey, Calderhead of Kansas.
Democrats, McLaurin of South Caro
lina, Lockhart of North Carolina,
McGann of Illinois, McICenney of Vir
ginia, Otc of Virginia.
Indian Aifnirs—Republicans, Sher
man of New York (chairman), Curtis
of Kansas, Wilson of Ohio, Mciklejohn
of Nebraska. Gamble of South Dakota,
Doolittle of Washington, Fisher of
New York, Eddy of Minnesota, Stew
art of Wisconsin, White of Illinois.
Hyde of Washington, Watson of Indi
ana, Flynn of Oklahoma. Democrats.
Allen of Mississippi, Maddox of
Georgia, Pendleton of Texas, Little of
Arkansas, Owens of Kentucky.
SILVER INQUIRY.
fonator Allen's Resolution for an In
vestigation Passed by the Senate,
Washington, Dec. 23.—In the Sen
ate the resolution of Mr. Allen (Pop.
Neb.) for an investigation by . the
finance committee of the desirability
of the free coinage of silver to meet
the exigencies of war, came over from
Thursday. Senator Platt moved the
reference of the resolution* to com
mittee, hut the motion was defeated,
the vote being;
Y'eas—Allison, Brice, Burrows, Cafi
ery, Cameron, Chandler, Gallinger,
Gorman, Hale,. Hawley, Lodge, Alc
Millan, Martin, Mills, Mitchell (Wis
consin). Morrill, Piatt, Proctor, Quay,
Sewell, Sherman, Smith, Thurston,
Wetmore—24.
Nays—Allen, Bacon, Baker, Bate,
Berry, Blackburn, Butler, Call, Car
ter, Chilton, Clark. Cockrell, Dubois,
Gibson, Harris, Jones, Arkansas,
Jones, Nevada, Kyle, Mantle, Mitch
ell, Oregon. Morgan, Nelson, Pasco,
Peffer, Perkins, Pettigrew, Pritchard,
Roach, Stewart, Teller, Tillman, Vest,
Voorhees, Walthall, Warren, Wil
son—30.
The resolution was then agreed to
without division.
GLADSTONE’S OPINION.
The Venerable British Statesmen Declares
Only Common Sense Needed.
New York, Dec. 23.—A local paper
cabled to Mr. Gladstone for an expres
sion of opinion as to the best method
of assuring-peace between Great Brit
ain and the United States and the suc
cessful adjustment of the Venezuelan
difficulty. The following reply is pub
lished:
“H awarded, Dec. 20, 1895.—Sole
possible reply: Dare not interfere.
common sense required.—Glad
VEST EXPECTS NOTHING.
The Missouri Senator Believe That the
Senate Will Not Aid the President.
;AVashington, Dec, 23.—Senator Vest
of Missouri, said concerning the Pres*
ident's financial message: “It would
be impossible to pass in tile Senate any
such financial legislation as the Pres*
dent wants; and there would be no
sense in pushing through a measure
which we know he will not accept. Of
course I do not know what the House
might be willing to do; it is a new
body, and its sen';ment on the money
question has not yet been definitely
shown. But the sentiment of the Sen*
ate in this regard was clearly reflected;
in the vote to refer the resolution in
troduced by Senator Allen, of Nebras
ka, directing the finance committee to
inquire and report whether or not,
under existing conditions, it would be .
wise to open the mints for the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at a
ratio of 10 to 1. It stood 3tt to 2s.
That, I think, is indicative of the op
position to the financial views held by
the president, and shows the hopeless
ness of any such legislation as would
meet with his approval.”
_ “Do you believe the present cri
sis calls for immediate financial legis
lation of some kind to restore confi
dence?”
“The President .has frequently said
that when the gold reserve got below
373,000,000 the danger line was
reached. It is now down to 370,000,
000, and his message is therefore con- -
sistent with his previously expressed
views. But I Cannot see how we are
to get legislation with such antagonis
tic ideas as exist. We bclksve in the
remonetization of silver; the Presi
dent thinks that would be-puttiug out
false money.”
“Has not the tumbling of stocks
created a crisis in which something
ought to be done? Do you. not think
the President lookson it in that way?”
“Very probably he does. The presi
dent is a New York man, and such
things may agitate him. But West
ern men, for the most part, look on
those transactions as mere gambling,
and the news gives them no-more con*
eern than if they heard that some faro
banks had been broken.”
PRINCE OF LIARS.
Harry Hayward's "Confession" a TIuus
of Lies From Beginning to End.
Minneapolis, Minn., Dee. 23.—The
impression is growing that Harry Hay
ward, the prince of liars in life, left
his masterpieoe of falsehood to follow
after his death, in the ante-mortem
statement. Not only are there many
internal evidences that he told many
sensational tales simply from a desire
to pose as a great criminal, and to
give his "cousin Goodsell” a good
thing, but it transpires that Harry, to
at least three persons.eharacterized the
statement as a pack of lies. W. W.
Hayward, his father, publishes a
statement, in which he declares that
Harry told his parents before the
confession that they need not worry
about what he said; it was to be
a tissue of lies constructed to meet the
demand for sensation. He’assured
them that he had told them. Bad them '
alone, the whole truth. After making
the statement, he tolj his attorney,
John Day Smith, that he had taken
certain well known facts and woven
around them plenty of lies. “The
public wants lies,” said he, “and I
will give them lies ” To the special
ists who examined his skull and brain
at the autopsy, and pronounced him a
degenerate, the statement is prin
cipally interesting from a psycho
logical point of view, as lending,
weight and evidence to their theory
The demand for the ■ confession in
pamphlet form is phenomenal, and
the first edition of 26,000 has already
been exhausted.
LIVE STOCK AND PBODCCE MARKETS
Quotations From Now Fork,' Chicago,
Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere.
* OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery separator.. 10
Butter—Fair to good country. 1.3
gs—Fresh. 18
rugs—fresh... 18
Chlckens-Dressed, per lb. 6
Ducks—Per®. 8
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A palps—Per bbl.2 73
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Potatoes—Per bu . 35
Beans—Navy, hand-plci ed.bu 1 B3
Cranberries— i ape Cod, pr.bbl 8 00
Hay—Upland, per ton.. 8 50
Onions—Per bu. 30
Broom Corn—Green, per lb.. 2
Hors—Mixed packing. 3 3>
(logs—Heavy Wolghts.3 40
Beeves—Stockers and feeders. 2 40
Beef Steers . ... 2 13
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Slags. 1 75
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Oxen.2 90
Cows . 1 50
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Hogs—Averages.3 50
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Driven Into Tree Tops.
Montgomery City, Mo., Dec. ‘Si.—
Purties from Spring Eiver report hav
ing rescued five men, ono .woman and
two children, who were water-bound.
The men were in tree tops and the
woman and chid ren were on top of a
shanty. They had been in that eondi- '
lion twelve hours, and had suffered
greatly from the cold rains.
Ur. Peak Confirmed.
Washington, Dee. t'3.—The Senate
confirmed the appointment .of John L.
Peak of Kansaa City to be United
States minister tea {Switzerland.