Nebraska Newspapers

    : THE FRONTIER.
PUBLISHED BVFUT THURSDAY By
_Iw Khomtub paumso CO.
O'NEILL, -> NEBRASKA.
TO ORGANIZE NEBRASKA.
} A Btetc Conference of Chnrltlee to be Held
In Lincoln on February 10.
The first annual meeting of the Ne
braska stqte conferences of charities
«nd correction will be held at Lincoln,
, lathe state university chapel, Wednes
day, February 10, beginning at 10:30 a
at The evening session will be held
la the capitol building.
Gov. Silas A. Holcomb has consented
to deliver the address of welcome at
10:30 r. m. Professor Uillespie of
Omaha will respond on behalf of the
delegates. H. H. Hart, general sec
retary of the national conference of
charities and correction, will deliver
the principal address in the evening.
Or. P. W. Ayers of Chicago, Chancellor
NacLean of the state university, and
other prominent speakers will deliver
addresses and present papers dur
ing the day. Organized charities, and
child-saving work will be made promt
cent in the afternoon sessions.
The object of the conference is, by
saeans of addresses, discussions and re
ports, to obtain and diffuse information
respecting the benevolent, charitable
penal and reformatory work done by
our state, municipal,oounty and private
Institutions, and to learn how best to
prosecute such work.
All members of boards of state,
oounty and city private benevolent and
charitable, penal and reformatory in
stitutions and societies and all officials
ongaged in benevolent and reformatory
work throughout the state, county
sheriffs, county attorneys, county com
missioners and county clerks, workers
In the W. CL T. U.,W. C. A. and officers
of women’s dubs, are members of this
conference.
AH members of the conference as de
scribed above and any others not con
sented with any charitable organiza
tion or institution, who are engaged or
. Interested in charitable or refoimatory
work, are invited to attend the sessions
and taka part in the deliberations.
A. W. Clark,
State secretary national conference of
charities and correction, Omnhn,Neb,
,NEBRASKA NEWS.
South Omaha haa a now aona of vet*
wrens camp.
Grip prevails to an alarming extent
la the atate.
Minden la getting ready to be lighted
by electricity.
Water haa froaen to a depth of ten
Inches at Superior.
The bank of Pieree pays no internet
«n county deposits. ■
An Eaatern Star chapter was organ
art Ainaworth last week.
MikeMonaelof Furnas bounty has
lost eighty bogs with cholera.
N^llgh la making a strong fight for
* sugar factory and expects to win.
Norfolk haa a gang of tough boya
who are educating themselves for the
penitentiary.
The brave men of Brown county have
organised for a grand wolf hunt on
February 33.
The Craig creamery has been sold at
. OherMTssale. A farmer bought it and
will operate it.
A bicycle thief from Iowa was apt*
cured at Kearney and taken back to the
ooene of his wickedness.
A farmer in Deuel county paid a
traveling grocery fakir 918 for goods
he might have duplicated at home for
48.
The bursting of p compressed air
hose in the Norfolk sugar fpotory is
responsible tor Clint Amarine's broken
ana
Irvine Warner of Dixon county cut
Sown a tree which in falling fell across
his leg, breaking it. The doctor out
fihelcgoff.
Andrew Brlander, a farmer living
wight miles from Randolph, was found
dead in bed, having expired in the
aright from appoplexy. He leaves six
•ehildren, his wife having died three
wears ago, l
last fall, long before election, Smith
. Boyd of St. Edward, ran i thorn into
'the fleshy part of his arm and broke it
The other day his arm became
painfully swollen, suppurated and the j
■doctor removed from it, among other
things, a “bonnle briar hush" about an
Inch in length. /
Boot-legging about Port Crook got a
decldly black eye last week when gov
ernment officials swooped down upon
them and carted them off to Omaha.
St is alleged that so great is the thirst
ef the ordinary soldier that no less than
Bfteen boot-leggers have been doing a
thriving business thereabouts.
We take particular notice in almost
•very Nebraska exchange that comes to
this office, says the Ainsworth Star
Journal, that people who left Nebras
tea are coming back. In the state they
are coming back by the thousands and
before the year rolls around they will
4m coming by the tens of thousands.
A boy living near Norfolk filled np
t. -with “bitters” and started for home on
4» foaming charger. A half mile out of
tfcwn he fell asleep and fell off. Luck
ily parties from the asylum happened
along or be would have perished from
the cel# without having a chance to
, aober up.
‘ That C. K. Bash, the man who tilled
/ Bis wife and three children at Wayne
. last week, is insane there isnow no
' longer any doubt. The developments
mf the past few days has sett tied the
qa sail an la the minds of his neighbors
The coroner’s Jury adjourned without
sundering a verdict, awaiting further
THF QUEEN REGENTS1GNS
THE DECREE.
FOR PARTIAL HOME RULE.
A Connell of Administration to Hsti
Charge of Uutlgots. Confirm Ap
pointments end Make Tariffs
the Features—The Governor
General’s Power—Porto
It loo Dissatisfied*
Madrid, Feb. 5.—Tho qneen regent
to-day signed the plan for the reforms
for t.he island of Cuba and the text of
the document will be published Satur
day in the official Gazette. The scheme
includes numerous and elaborate de
crees and will occupy several pages of
tho Gazette.
The reforms consist chiefly in the
creation of an assembly to bo called
the council of administration, com
posed of thirty-five members, of whom
twenty-one are to be elected by the
people of Cuba and six by different
corp ations and the remainder are to
be on. magistrate, ono university pro
fessor, one archbishop and five former
senators or deputies. Tills council is
empowered to prepare tho budgets, to
examine into the fitness of officials ap
pointed and to make tariffs subject to
the condition of Spanish imports hav
ing advantage over the general tariff.
Tho governor general is to represent
the home government and to have the
right to nominate officials, who should
be Cubans or Spaniards who have lived
two years in Cuba. Nevertheless, he
may freely nominate high function
aries, such as magistrates, prefects,
etc. <'
• Other decrees concern the organiza
tion of the provisional municipalities,
which are to be liberally representa
tive. The municipal councils ueneral
Will De empowered to elect their presi
dent* end will have exclusive control
of public education.
According to atill another decree
the government reserve* to itself ex
traordinary power* in the event of any
. disturbance of public order, and Cuba
will continue to elect senators and
deputies to the Cortes, a* at present.
Altogether the reforms are much
broader in the direction of decentral
isation than those granted to Port
Sico. The powers of the governor gen
eral are much' extended, while the
council of administration will be fairly
representative of all parties and inter
ests. The .Spanish government will
continue to vote budgets and treaties
for the colonies
. The Spanish products, according to
the reform scheme, will be'allowed a
,rcba|e of 40 percent of the Cuban tariff
compared with ntlmr
r.'.£ ’ ■ ’■ V
NO QUOWUM,
Klearagna Canal Bill Can’t Oat to a Tote
~VIU» Chief fUlbmttr.
Washington, Pep. 5.—After a brief,
preliminary struggle in the Senate yes
terday, the friends of the Nicaragua
eanal bill were unable to hold a quo
rum and sit out the obstruction to that
measure. Mr. Vilas (Democrat) of Wis
consin had continued his speech in op
position, this being his third successive
day. At 4:30 p. m. a cross-fire of mo
tions to adjourn and calls of the Sen
ate began. The friends of the opposi
tion sought to close the session and
give Mr. Vilas a rest from his pro
tracted efforts.
The parliamentary contest continued
at intervals for half an hour, when all
business was suspended by the absence
of a quorum and refusal to adjourn.
The friends of the bill finally gave up
hope of scouring a quorum and yielded
to an adjournment. Mr. Vilas con
tinues to hc^ld the floor.
STOLE $l,3oa
Clever Thieves Hake a Big Baal at a
Kansas City Fool Room.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 5.—The
cashier's drawer in the Bliler-Oldham
pool room, at 803 Walnut street, was
robbed of Si,304 in currency at * o'clock
yesterday afternoon. The robbery,
for boldness and adroitness, has not
been surpassed In Kansas City in years.
The little preliminary work necessary
was done, presumably, during Tues
night. A piece of wood was sawed
out in the partition in front of the
cashier, so that the opening^ gave ac
cess to the cash drawer.. Then the
wood was replaced and the piece neatly
puttied . in. Yesterday afternoon,
when the drawer was bulging with
cash, the thief, mingling with the
throng which crowded np to the desk,
gushed the sawed piece aside, inserted
is hand—and the eash was his.
Protection Agalatt Kobe.
Washington, Feb. 5.—A bill to pro
tect the lives end property qf persons
■ffninst mobs was introduced in the
House yesterday by Representative
Ste wart of Wisconsin. It provides that
the city or county in which mob vio
lence results in destruction of prop
erty, Injury or loss of life, shall be
liable for damages, and action may be
brought against officers of the law for
neglect of duty. In case of death, a
sum not exceeding $5,000 shall be
awarded the relatives of the deceased.
Fought and Died for “Fair Water.”
Gurams, Olein, Feb. 5.—News of a
tragedy reached here yesterday from
Arbeclca, Seminole nation. Johnson
Harris and Phil Littleman, both white,
loved Onnie Kaopah (meaning fair
water). The girl accepted Johnson.
Littleman challenged Johnson, and a
deadly duel with Winchesters followed,
resulting in the death of both men.
An Aged Coagio Die tha Same Day.
Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 5.—Enoch
Wright, aged 101, and wife of M died
within an hour of each other yestoi*
day.
I DEADLY MISSOURI FEUD.
Three Men Killed In I.nelede County
Two Families Do Rstlls
Lgiiikon. Mo., Feb. 5.—Three men
were killed Tuesday afternoon in the
settlement of a fend between the Price
and Parti ow families, who resided on
adjoining farms in the northern part
of this county.
Monday tlie younger members of the
families met in the edge of Camden
county and a quarrel ensued. Neither
party was armed. The two Partlow
brothers gavo the Price boys notice
that the nest time they met they
would bo armed and would insist upon
a “settlement.”
Late Tuesday afternoon three of the
Partlow brothers met William Price
and hir> two sons near the scene of
Monday's meeting. William Price, the
father was unarmed, but was shot
through the brain with a bullet from a
Winchester, lired by lien Partlow. One
of the Price boys fired both barrels of
his shotgun, loaded with buckshot, at
his father's assailant and both Ben and
Bob Pari.low fell. Ben dead and Bob
mortally wounded.
The younger Partlow, being un
armed, fled, leaving the field in the
possession of the Prices. Bob Parlowt
died during the niglit.
AS both the families are influential
and noted for their grit, it is feared
the end is not yet. t
NOT SENATOR HANNA.
Governor Bashnvll’s Own Ambition In
tha Way—Ko Cabinet Place Wonted.
Cleveland, O., Feb. 5.—Careful in
quiry among the more intimate friends
and political advisers of M. A. Hanna
tojday developed that there is good
ground for the reports which have
been in circulation during the past few
days that the national chairman will
not be appointed to succeed John Sher
man in the United States Senate. In
fact, it can be stated on unquestion
able authority that Mr. Hanna has
practically abandoned all hope and
there is now little doubt that Governor
Bushnell will appoint Lieutenant Gov
ernor Jones to All the unexpired term
nnd that the next session of the legis
lature, in January, 1898, Governor
Bushnell himself will be a candidate
for the full term.
The report that nanna is being
strongly urged to accept the postmas
ter generalshin in President McKin
ley’s cabinet is also verified, but thus
far, it is stated, he has steadily de
clined to enter the - cabinet in any ca
pacity.
COL. CROFTON RETIRED.
Th« Frasldanl Taka* Rathar Onaaoat
Action Aialnat tha Old OSear.
V/ asuixoton , Feb. 5.—Colonel Robert
S. Crofton, Fifteenth Infantry, was
arbitrarily relieved to-day by order of
the President. It had been the
desire of the war department
that ho should retire from active
service, and efforts bad been made
during the past two years to
attain this end, first through intima
tions to friends that his retirement
Would be granted if applied for, and
this failing through that law which
Obliges an officer to retire if found
physically unfit for service by a med
ical board, but the board found that
ho was in good condition physically.
Finally recourse has been had to that
lhw which permits the President to re
tire an officer arbitrarily when he shall
have reached 03 years of age. Colonel
Crofton passed this last month, and
the law has been applied to his case.
The last instance of a forced retire
ment was in the case of General Carr
ahd it is very unusual.
REV. UR. BROOKS DEAD.
Bed of the Career of a Klalstar Who
Raa for High OHoee.
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 5.—The Rev.
Dr. John A. Brooks, one of the best
known Christian church ministers in
the country, who was seven years pas
tor of the Prospect Avenne church in
Kansas City, died here last nigbt from
paralysis.
John A. Brooks was born in Mason
county, Ky., June 6, 1836. He entered
Bethany college, Richmond, Va., In
1833, and took a master of arts degree
in 1836. He was president of Flem
ingsburg college in Kentucky two
years, and began to preach in the
Christian denomination. Having gone
to Missouri, he was nominated for
governor by the Prohibitionists in
1884, and in 1888 he was nominated for
vice president by the national Prohi
bition convention. He missed the
goal by several million votes, but
made as good a race as Clinton B.
Fisk, the head of the ticket.
UTAH’S NEW SENATOR.
Jotcph L Xavllni, a Silver Democrat,
Elected ee the Firtv-thlrd Ballot.
Salt Lake Crrr, Utah, Feb.Raw
lins 33, Thatcher 39. Henderson 1,
Brown 1. This was the result of the
fifty-third ballot of the Utah Legisla
ture, which elected Joseph L. Rawlins,
a silver Democrat, to the United States
Senate and closed one of the most ex
citing political contests ever held in
the state.
Boad Is Ordered Sold.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 5.—United States
Circuit Judge Sanborn yesterday, at
the request of Attorney General Har
mon, entered orders authorising the
government to foreclose its liens upon
the Kansas Pacific, extending from
Kansas City to Denver and known as a
branch of the Union Pacific; also the
Kansas Central, from Leavenworth,
Kan., to Milton vale, Kan., 163 wii««
Hiram P. Dillon of Kansas was ap
pointed master to conduct the sale.
Packing Up Their Duds
Washington, Feb. S.—One month
from to-day there will be a change of
occupants, and in anticipation of this
there is already a general packing of
the personal effects of President Cleve
land and his family. These are being
made ready for shipment to his newly
purchased home in Princeton.
Would Cheek Bor Bad Career.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 6.—It baa
lust been learned here that a Chicago
lumber man named Lyons, an uncle
of the Princess de Chimay will leave
for Europe this week to look after the
property of the princess, and perhaps
cheek her career.
THE HOUSE MEASURE A
SWEEPING ONE. '
GOME OF ITS PROVISIONS.
Prohibit* Discrimination In All Phases
and Forms—Cuts OB Debates and
Provides Heavy Penalties for
Giving Them—Divides Rail
roads Into Three Sep
arate Classes.
TorEKA, Kan., Feb. 4.—W. F. Brown
of Pratt, chairman of the House com
mittee of railroads, said to-day that
the committee would report a railroad
bill to-morrow. He said: “In some
respects the bill is a stringent one, but
I have given the railroad subject a
good deal of thought, and I believe the
bill is only just and fair in its provis
ions. The bill will prohibit discrim
ination in all phases and forms. It
will place the small shipper on a basis
of equality with the larger one. It
will cut off rebates and provide heavy
penalties for giving them. It will pro
vide for transfer of freight from one
line to another; it will prohibit dis
criminations in favor of the long haul
as against the short haul; will prohibit
pooling; will make the rates fixed by the
railroads themselves a just rate and
the legal rate, which must be given to
all alike. It will prohibit favoritism to
localities, and will place all upon a
basis of equality. The rates fixed by
the railroad, however, must be within
the rates which are fixed in the bill or
such rates as may hereafter be fixed
by the board of commissioners. The
bill will also provide for joint rates
and give any person the right to sue
for a writ of mandamus to compel the
roads to give such joint rates. The bill
will also provide for continuous car
riage, for damage under certain condi
tions, and a way for the recovery of
same, and will make every railway of
ficial responsible under certain condi
tions, for the carrying out of the pro
visions of the bill.
TO CLASSIFY THE RAILROADS.
“The bill will also provides for the
classification of the roads. They are
to be placed in three olasses, according
to their total gross receipts per mile.
The roads earning 94,000 per mile or
over, are to be in the first class. Class
B will include all the roads whose
earnings shall be 93,000 and less than
94,000. Class C will include all rail
roads whose gross earnings are less
than 93,000 per mile. The roports
under this bill, if it be enforced, will
be very complete. One of the strong
est features is that the findings of the
commissioners shall be prima facie
evidence of their justness. This throws
the burden of the proof upon the com
plainant—the people on the one side
and the railroads on the other.
“The bill will provide for a schedule
of rates, which shall be a basis from
which the commissioners must work,
but the bill will also provide that the
tariff of rates established in the sched
ule set forth in this act shall be con
sidered the basis by which to compare
the compensation for the transporta
tion of merchandise, freight, goods or
property over any line of road in this
state, unless the same shall be found
to be pnreasonable or unjust, excessive
or too low. The bill, in addition to
the‘schedule of rates, will also fix the {
classification, but the classifications
will be the same as are now used by
the roads themselves, and this classifi
cation will be subject to the same
changes and modifications as the sched
ule of rates. ,
TO ENFORCE REASONABLE RATES.
The bill also provides for joint
through rates and it also provides that
the board of railroad commissioners
can order the attorney general to
bring suit in the federal courts in the
name of the state of Kansas to compel
the interstate commerce commission
to fix reasonable interstate rates. This
is one of the most important provisions
in the entire act.
“The schedule of rates will show a
reduction of about 20 per cent as com
pared with the present rates, but they
are still from 10 to 15 per cent higher
than are the rates that are in Iowa.
This bill docs not provide for the ejec
tion of commissioners. That bill will
be reported as a separate measure.
The bill, if it shall become a law, will
go into effect July h 1897.”
SICKLES CUBA'S FRIEND,
Veteran General Offers to Bend Arne.to
Gomes. Despite the Government.
New York, Feb. 4.—In an address
on the Cuban question delivered last
sight before the Brooklyn Democratic
club, in Historical hall. General Daniel
E. Sickles announced that he was
ready to personally take charge of a
consignment of arms for the Cuban in
surgents. “I will personally dispatch
them,” he said, “and I will consign
them to General Gomes. I would defy
all interference and I would be ready
tc accept all the consequences of my
action. I make this statemont, not in
defiance of the law or the authorities,
but because I know that such an act
would be perfectly lawful and in line
with the uniform decisions of our
courts.” t_
Dr. Nansen Welcomed to London.
London, Feb. 4.—Dr. Nansen, ths
Arctic explorer, and Mrs. Nansen ar
rived.-here to-day and were met at
Victoria railroad station by Sir George
Boden-Powell, at whose house they are
staying, and by other scientists. The
crowd about the depot heartily cheered
the travelers Sir George Boden
Powell will give a dinner and a recep
tion to-night in honor of the Nor
wegian explorer.
Strike Against a Reduction.
Chicago, Feb. 4.—As a result of a U
per cent reduction in wages, 700 of th«
000 employes of Norton Bros.' tis
works at Maywood quit work.
FREE SILVER RESOLUTION.
Senator Chandler In trod aces a Bimetallic
Besolntlon In the Sonata.
Washington, Feb. 4.—The feature of
the senate yesterday was the eery spir
ited. debate oh the conference report on
the immigration bill. Mr. Gibson of
Maryland opposed the report, and Mr.
Lodge defended it. After two hours’
struggle the report went over and the
Nicaragua canal bill was taken up,
Mr. Vilas continuingliisremarks. Mr.
Teller, of Colorado, also entered the
debate in opposition to the measure.
Early in the day Mr. Chandler intro
duced a resolution, the full text of
which follows:
“That it is the sense of the Senato
that tho United States Senate should
not permanently acquiesce in the sin
gle gold standard, and that the efforts
of the government in all its branches
should be steadily directed to secure
and maintain the use of silver as well
as gold as standard money, with the
free co'nage of both under a system of
bimetallism, to be established through
international agreement, with such
safeguards of legislation as will insure
the parity of value of metals at a fixed
ratio, furnish a sufficient volume of
metallic money and give immunity to
the world of trade from violent ilac
tuations of exchange.” '
The bill was passed' pensioning tho
surviving members of Gray's battalion
of Arkansas volunteers.
Among the bills presented was one
by Mr. Mills, Democrat, of Texas to
increase the pensions of the survivors
of the war of 1812 to *30 a month.
Another.bill by Mr. Lindsay, Dem
ocrat, of Kentucky, proposed a pension
for Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky, at
5100 ner month.
WARNER FOR THE CABINET
McKenna for the Supreme Coart and the
Missourian for tho Interior.
Cantos, O., Feb. 4.—Major J. L.
Blttinger of St. Joseph, Mayor C. P.
Walbridge and ex-Congressman D. P.
Dyer of St. Louis, Mayor P. D. Hastian
of Sedalia and Gardiner Lathrop of
Kansas City called on Major McKinley
yesterday afternoon to urge the ap
pointment of Major William Warner
to be secretary of the interior. They
were cordially received, and had a pri
vate interview of several hours' dura
tion. While no definite promise was
made, the Missouri gentlemen were
well pleased with the result of the in
terview. Major McKinley said it was
impossible to recognize Missouri at
present, but he might be able to do so
in the future.
Judge McKenna of California, he
said, might be compelled to decline a
portfolio, although he thought he
would accept. It is understood that
Judge McKenna will accept the inte
rior portfolio and will afterward be.
appointed to the vacancy caused by the
contemplated resignation of Associate
Justice Field of the supreme court. It
is also believed that Major Warner will
be made first assistant secretary of the
interior, and that he will be promoted
to the interior portfolio when McKenna
resigns. _
SUICIDE FROM A BALLOON.
Loss Leap of a Rejected Lover to a
Watery Grave.
Kkt West, Fla., Feb. 4.— Manuel
Perez, son of a wealthy Cuban
in Tampa, became infatuated with
Mile. Zola of Forepaugh's cir
cus, which he joined. Hav
ing received no encouragement, he
volunteered to make a balloon ascen
sion here. He was without experience,
but was instructed how to descend
in a parachute. When the balloon
was far out over the bay at a height
of' 1,500 feet, he leaped to death, the
noise of the concussion of his body
with the water being heard on land.
The woman saw the act and screamed.
The corpse, mutilated bv sharks al
most beyond recognition, has been re
covered, and in the dead man's trunk
has been found a letter to Mile. Zola
in which suicide was threatened in the
manner in which it was accomplished.
Mile. Zola now says that she loved
Perez, but rejected him to test his
love. _
STATE LIQUOR CONTROL.
ienate Commerce Commute Amends
Tillman’s Measure and Reports It.
Washibotok, Feb, 4.—The Senate
committee on interstate commerce to
iay agreed to report Senator Tillman’s
bill giving states the same control over
liquor imported from other states that
they have over liquors manufactured
within their own borders. Some,
amendments were recommended, one
sf them making the bill apply to other
than original packages, as well as open
packages; another extends the control
to all liquors, “without regard to the
manner of sale, provided by the state
M territory/’ and a third exempts
liquors in transit through the state.
Clemency by the President.
Washington, Feb. 4.—The President
has pardoned Wong Gim, alias “Jim,”
sentenced in California to one year’s
imprisonment as a defaulting witness,
and has commuted to one year and six
months the two years and six months’
sentence imposed on William Burke in
the Indian territory for obtaining
money under false pretenses.
Killed by a Careless Man.
Chicago, Feb. 4.—Joseph Cronin was
handling a double barrelled shotgun
which he did not know was loaded and
snapped one barrel at Julia Sheehan,
aged 17. She urged him to put it
down, but he still pointed at her. She
tried to push the gun aside, when Cro
nin said: “Look out, I’m going to
shoot," and pulled the trigger of the
second barrel. ' A heavy load of duck
shot struck the girl in the abdomen
and nearly tore her body asunder.
Buyer Men Want Back Bounties.
Washington, Feb. 4.—Representa
tives of the sugar growing interests
ire making an effort to secure from
Congress an appropriation of $^,004,
900 to settle the balance of the bounties
which they claim are due to them
under the act passed in the last session
of the Fifty-third congress. To-day
the Louisiana delegation in Congress
and representatives of the Western
sugar beet men appeared before the
appropriations committee of the House
to ask for a paragraph in the sundry
slvil appropriation bul to satisfy their
olaima. j
NEW TARIFF BILL. *
M Shot* Out Mexican Cattle From TUf
Country—McKinley Rates.
Wasuinotoh, Feb. 0.—Yesterday’s
meeting of the Republican members
of the ways and means committe. was
the most important of the series, for it
resulted in the framing of the agricul
tural schedule, which was made a re
enactment of the McKinley law with,
few changes, except on unimportant
products The most important step,
in connection with this schedule was
the establishment of rates of $5 a head
on cattle more than one year old, and
of 25 per cent ad valorem on cattle
valued at more than $20 a head. The
McKinley rates on other live stock, in
cluding the rate of $2 on eattle of one
year old or less-are restored. The
Wilson rates were 20 per cent ad valo
rem on live stock, and, while the new
duty of $5 on cattle does not reach the
McKinley figure of $10 on cattle more
than 1 year old, it is expected that,
with the ad valorem on the more val
uable grades, it will prove adequate to
shut out Mexican cattle. - It is against
the Mexican stock that the increase is
particularly directed on the represen
tations of western eattlemen that their
business had been ruined by the im
portations from Mexico under the Wil
son law, which amounted to more than.
200,000 head.
Much interest centered upon barley,,
which the committee puts back to the
McKinley duty of 30 cents a bushel,
because the farmers contended that
the Wilson tariff had turned over the
market into the hands of the Cana
dians, while the malsters, who have
been using Canadian barley, have made
a hard fight against any increase. The
McKinley rates have been restored on
fruits and berries, mainly for the ben
efit of the fruit growers of the Pacific
coast. The fruit exchanges of the
country had prepared a schedule of
rates below the McKinley bill, al
though. above the Wilson rates, but
they did not succeed in having their
schedule adopted.
Among the products in the agricul
tural schedule which are returned to
the McKinley rates are breadstuffsand
rice, dairy products, meats and meat
products, eggs and poultry, vegetables
and salt. The demand of the farmers
for the McKinley rate of S* a ton on
hay, instead of the Wilson rate of 82,
was granted. Chicory is placed at 1
cent a pound in accordance with the
requests of the growers in the Central1
states, who believe they, can capture
the home market with, protection.
Rates on oranges have not been fixed
yet, but the committee has decided to
change the classification find' make the
rates higher than those of the McKin
ley bill, for the benefit of the Califor
nia interests.
The committee has decided to retain
the Wilson rates on wines and spirits
throughout the wine and spitit sched
ules This schedule of the Wilson act
was generally higher In its rates than
in the McKinley act.
Throughout the work the policy of
establishing specific rates wherever it
was found possible to substitute them,
for ad valorem has been followed. The
interests of farmers, it is stated, have
been particularly observed in fixing
duties for the purpose of protection. v
On the other hand, the increase on
manufactured goods, most of them,
have been on higher grades of goods. ,
and those which are considered lux
uries.
For a Public Defender.
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 6.—Senator
Helm of Ellsworth introduced a bill in
the Senate to provide for. the appoint
ment in each county of a public de
fender. This official’s duties are to
defend all parties charged with crimi
nal offenses who are unable to procure
counsel at their expense. The bill is a
counterpart of one introduced in the'
present session of the Missouri legis
lature at the request of Miss ' Clara
Foltz of New York.
Stanford Ranches for Sale.
Saw Francisco, Feb. 6.—Mrs. Ice
land Stanford has decided to close up
the estate of her deceased husband of
Which she is executrix. First she will
jlispose of lands and afterward per
sonal property. From the proceeds
the money due to the legatees under
the will, amounting to nearly one mil
lion dollars, will be paid, and all of the
residue will go to the university at
Palo Alto. Years may be required to
carry out her purpose.
■for* Territorial Judges. Wanted.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 6.—4t. Louis
jobbers, as well as those of Kansas
City, will send a memorial to Wash
ington asking that Senator Harris’
bill providing for the'appointment of
two additional judges in the Indian
territory circuit be passed at this ses
sion of congress. A heroic effort will
be made to have the bill considered,
during the short session.
UTS 8TOC0. A-<i< i tiuuiiM MARKETS
Quotation* From Ken York, Chicago,
Louie, Omaha and l-.Lewhere.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery separator.. 18 ©
Butter—Choice fancy country 13 <u>
Eggs—Fresh. 13 ©
Spring Chickens-dressed. 5)4'<a
Turkeys. 8 ®
Geese and Bucks. 5)4
Lemons—Choice Messinas. 3 GO © 3
Honey—Fancy Whltd. 13 (u>
Onions, per hu. 7.1 © 1
Beans—Handpicked .\avy. 1 2.1 @1
Potatoes. 23 ©
.Sweet Potatoes per bbL. 1 71 ©2
Oranges—Per box . 300 @3
(Hay—Upland, per ton. 4 01 © 5
Apples -Per bhl. ISO <in-2
St*.
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MAKKET.
'Hogs—Light Mixed. 3 2)
Hogs—Heavy Weights. 3 10
iieef—Steers. il 50
jdulls. 2 .10
Idllkers and springers.25 01
J -ulls. 2 00
'tags.,. 3 75
l lows . 1 50
: loiters. 1 70
Mockers and Feeders. 3 1.1
j heep—Native. 2 10
> hecp—Lambs.. 4 00
■ cHlOAoO.
ilVbeat—No. 2 Spring. 73
porn—Per bui.... ..21
.lats—Per bu.. 1!
Vork..7..;f 50 w<
-ard....il; 3 2H@ 3
'tuckers andfeeders..3 OS »'i 4
Valves. 5 00 ©5
I Hogs—Medium mixed.._ 3 2.1 ©3
‘Sheep—Lambs. 4 00 © 4
NEW YOKE. ’
jWheat—No.2, red.. 83
7 (-2
iCorn Na 2L." 28
jOats—No. 2,.
, _ .... 21
iLurd—. 4 80
, 8T. LOUIS.
[Wheat—No. 2 red, cash. ■ 83
•Corn—Per bu. 19
ll)at»—Per bu. 17
(Hogs—Mixed packing.. 3 15
,Cattle—Native Beeves.350