: 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- Eggs—Fresh. 13 © Spring Chickens-dressed. 5)4' 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 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