Nebraska Newspapers

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OTIBILL, •> NEBRASKA.
NEBRASKA.
An unsuccessful attempt was nia<lc
; • to rob the bank at Hickman.
There is a probability that Schuyler
Will have a chicory factory soon.
IT The Furnas school board will not
. furnish any more school supplies.
Tecitmseii is having' a series of re
vival meetings that are well attended.
r A family of five children were taken
aick with diphtheria at Gordon. Three
• have died.
Laokipi’E has a hold on about two
thirds of the people of itcnkelman at
the present writing.
The Craig creamery, some time ago
.. Bold at sheriff’ssale. will commence op
? crations in a few days.
The break in the Harwell irrigating
ditch is reported to be repaired in time
to be ready when spring comes.
Theodore Toss of Sterling was chop
ping wood when the ax glanced and
went half way through his foot.
Most Nebraska towns report that
1 the ice harvest has been completed and
, dealers have secured all they want.
The Blair collar factory is behind on
its orders for goodH and more men will
be put to work If the present rush con
tinues.
•uwgf. lr.vwfohd ol (Scribner won a
®50 suit of clothes from Hon. Nick;
Fritz a wager that McKinley would re
ceive a majority of the popular vote.
Katie Stawikze, an 8-year-old girl,
was run over and killed by the cars at
South Omaha. Death was instanta
neous, a part of the skull having been
removed.
C. Grech, a contractor on the Elk
horn road at Chadron, ait the point of
a gun, compelled Fred Thomas to give
up some letters written to the latter by
Green’s wife.
JonN Wright, a school teacher near
Howe, was found unconscious in the
school house from an attack of paraly
sis. He was removed to Auburn, where
he is now recovering.
Sheriff Kavanauoiiof Platte county
has offered a 950 reward for the arrest
and conviction of the person who stole a
horse and buggy from the premises of
Daniel Owens, a farmer living about
; ten miles west of Columbus.
A cornshem.er at Seward owned by
the Vergin brothers Is making a record
lor itself. One of the brothers lost an
•f® by getting it in the wheels, and a
ww days later another brother lost
three fingers in the same manner.
J. H. Pope's barn near Silver Creek
was entirely destroyed by fire. Eight
head of valuable registered horses,
several tons of hay and a quantity of
grain were also consumed. Loss about
«S,000, partly covered by insurance.
The, directors of the Table Rock
Chautauqua have decided to hold the
aeoond annual meeting of that institu
tion from June 80 to July 7. A pro
gram is being prepared that will excel
•V similar meetings of the kind in the
state.
Junes Greene closed his last termof
court in Kearney last week and then
sent in his resignation to the governor,
to take effect oh the 15th. The now
judge will have to be appointed at
once, in order to hold the term of court
In Loup City.
> Rev. Isaac Irwin, a pioneer of John
son county, died last week, aged 80.
.Mr. Irwin came to the county & i860
and homesteaded a farm, lie was a
Baptist preacher of the old school and
spent many years of his life in the up
lifting of mankind.
O. R. Paine of Adamscounty shipped
?eTer*1 h«*d of fine fat cattle to Oma
ha. While at the scales weighing
them one frisky steer caught him on
lto horns and tossed him up in a lively
fashion for 9 short time, but he was
not injured seriously.
Burolahs again entered the post
offlee at Exeter the othet night. The
safe wy b own open, but the robbers
were frightened away before they
Oonld effect an entrance to the steel
.cnest, where the cash, stamps and
money orders were.
rauf sma, who has just been ap
»* West Point
» » typical Juniata boy. He has
up in that city and isnowteach
Pub,1° school. He
T*H.frlce.h> examination for the ca
4etdhlp at Leavenworth, K»n
,difiP?u’h says: C.
,of Lincoln, Neb., was
*£Jid ™J2wY1‘V!tre*£ in an ancon
•ctousoondUlonfrom the effects of a
**{?? of Cytolto Mid, evidently taken
Jdtti suicidal intent At a late hour he
iad not regained consciousness.
aged H and 16,
name^to L’St^ Yeaions, in Burt county
last w^ek.^tlred and worn out They
-- »MCU «nu worn out. Thev
«=b.ool
r—i -=i«d all the way toMr Ye*
^*t*~ they were home
*° cry- s*ylng’ thej
*5?" further.
and
mem au night am
took them up to the reservation nex
^presenting th(
Wt^ty of belated justice occurred a
HubbelL Louis Keiaer, an old soldier
• ■ w nciBcr, an old
)ws been for the past fifteen years
ass's** "• ~a **ss.i
”rr. trMjrm!, ms sole attendas
fe’ "Jkws care and fidelit
were unsurpassed. Sometime ago h
SW"®* fw a pension. Congrewma
K^fr l^do^J5fr?5,uUly Mi
‘-■l d?rae.d .hts application an
S?1 veteran that hi
bUl, allowing *72 per month, had n».i»
awaited thert^
"" °f President. Mr. Reiser lie
theday^following the receipt of tfa
%Tine citizens of Hemingford and Bo
“■* looking forward fc
Sacral fine bus
t gfyyy "IB «* constructed with!
E t0Wn in the Past to
, 2^ “d are preparing t
^ RvAXonusT Com of Chicago has bee
f?*”** a.grcat revival at Holdrem
SS2.&}.ty^ikM* *"*—
; irtOM if incorporation of th
■^“^jarahtee Fund life assort,
tkm of Omaha were filed with these,
retary of state. It is a mutual con
without capital stock.
SUixitt
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THE ELECTORAL VOTE
COUNTED IN THE PRESENCE OF
BOTH HOUSES.
ttiKInler and Hobart Chosen by tha Poo'
pie and Conflrmed by Congress—*71
for tbe Republican Ticket. 170 foi
Bryan, 140 for Sewell and *7 foi
Watson—Scenes of the Joint Session.
The Electoral Count Made.
Washisgtox. Feb. 11.—The first
public exercises in connection with the
incoming' administration occurred at
ihe capitol to-day when the two houses
»1 congress in joint session counted the
electoral vote of the various states and
heard , Vice President Stevenson for
mally announce the election of Will
iam McKinley as President and Gar
rett A. Hobart as Vice President
Shortly betore 1 o'clock the members
sf the Senate left their chamber at the
north side of the capitol and walked
scross to the House. Their approach
was heralded by Colonel Richard J.
Bright, sergeant-at-arms, who an
nounced "The Senate of the United
Btakis.” Then they filed In, pre
ceded by Mr. Cox, clerk of the
Senate, and Vice President Ste
renson and took their seats in
Ihe first iour rows to the right of
the speaker's desk, which had been va
cated for that purpose. The members
at the House remained, standing while
the Senators took their places. The
assistant of Mr. Cox carried the red
cherry steel clasped box in which the
returns of the forty-nine states re
posed.
Vice President Stevenson, who by
law presided over the joint session,
took his place by Ihe side of Speaker
Heed and then the tellers, Messrs.
Lodge of Massachusetts and Blackburn
of Kentucky on behalf of the Senate,
and Urosvenor of Ohio and Richardson
of Tennessee on behalf of the House,
ascended to the clerk's desk immedi
ately below the Speaker's table and
prepared to count the vote.
Vice President Stevenson assumed
the gavel and announced the purpose
of the joint session and then unlocked
the cherry box and broke the’ seal on
the returns of each state as it was
reached.
The formal certificate of Alabama
was read in' full by Mr. Blackburn,
after which the reading of the long
certificates was dispensed with on mo
tion of Senator Sherman, the tellers
simply announcing the results after
ascertaining by inspection that they
were in due form. It fell to
the lot of Mr. Blackburn to an
nounce first that the . thirteen
votes of Alabama had been east for
Bryan and Bewail. Mr. Lodge then
announced eight votes of Arkansas
for Bryan, five for Sewall and three
for Watson. Mr.Grosvenor announced
California's vote, eight for McKinley
and one for Bryan. Mr. Richardson's
first announcement was the four votes
of Colorado for Bryan and Bewail. So
the announcements progressed In al
ternation. ,
South Carolina’s vote was counted
without interruption. Representative
Murray, who had talked of challenging
the vote, had left the Republican side
and was in the rear row of the Demo
cratic side. He made no attempt to
interrupt the vote, which was recorded
for Bryan in accordance with the re
turns.
At 1:40 o’clock the Vice President
stated that the count had closed and
directed the tellers to announce tne re
sult. There was a computation by the
tellers.
Then Mr. Lodge announced: “The'
state of the vote for President and
Vice President of the United States, as
found by the tellers is: . Whole num
ber of electors, 447; of whieh a major
ity is 824. William McKinley of Ohio
ha* received 871 for President and
WiUiam J. Bryan of Nebraska has re
ceived 170 vote* The state of the vote
for Vlee President is: Garrett A. Ho
bart has received 871 electoral votes,
Arthur Sewell 140 and Thomas E.
Watson 87 votea”
Mr. Lodge headed the result to the
Vic® President and Mr. Steyenson
arose and repeated the detailed vote,
adding the constitutional announce
ment that William McKinley and Gar
rett A. Hobart were elected President
and Vice President respectfully for
the term beginning March 4. This
closed the proceedings, which lasted
just fifty minutes andhad been devoid
of Inaident or applause. The Senators
inarched back to their chamber and
$ho House adjourned.
TWO MEN DIE TOGETHER
Mela, Merchants AaphjxUU
> HwbmIin la a Bold
GramdIslaxd, Neb., Feb. 11.—Two
well dressed men arrived here from
the Eaat yesterday and went to the
beat hotel in the city. Only one reg
istered, saying he would do for both.
About noon the two men were found
in their room dead. All the gas Jets
In the room were open full, and one
Jet, plaoed very high up, and of which
no possible use could have been made
for lighting purposes, was also open.
To-day the two men were identified as
Hugh Palin and Charles Lehman, mer
chanteat Scotia.
Europe's Peace Disturbed.
Loirooir, Feb. 11.—Public officials
here and on the continent regard the
situation in Crete as serious and as
threatening the peace of the whole of
Europe. In the event of a collision
between Turkey and Greeoe it is doubt
ful whether the neutrality of the pow
er! could be maintained. The papers
everywhere urge the powers to bring
pressure to bear on Greece in order to
prevent further aggravation of Turkey.
TROOP3 IN A COURT ROOM.
Pttly Beldleis Prom Louisville Prevent
Viol sane to a Macro Srsts.
Lkbaxox, Ky., Feb. 11.—William
Blank arrived here to day with fifty
state troops from Louisville, and
was brought into court t6 an
**w f<* criminal assault on Mrs
J. D. Clark. He pleaded guilty and
wa*. *en^etic*<i to seven years in the
penitentiary—the maximum penalty,
and the soldiers took him to LouU
vnle. The husband was in oourt and
armed, but he did not get a chance to
use his weapon. The trial i
Biotfon lasted Just one hour.
| CUBANS NOT PACIFIED.
Caneral W«jler*s Recent Statements
Shown to lie Wide of the Mark.
Havana, Feb. 11.—The various re
ports and statements of Captain Gen
eral VVeyler announcing the pacifica
tion of the province of Pinnr del Rio
and the almost complete disappear
, ance of the insurgents in that part of
the island are far from being borne
out by facts. As a matter of fact, the
insurgent forces in Plnar del Rio seem
better off, more thoroughly equipped
and disciplined than at any previous
stage of the campaign,
In the neighborhood of Catalina and
Has Cuevas are the insurgent leaders
Varona Rivero and Luis Perez, with
about 1,200 men, well armed an$ hav
ing plenty of ammunition, though
poorly clad. ..
In the zone of Jaucia and Mula is the
insurgent leader Lazo, with some 600
men. Lazo is wounded in both arms,
In the districts of liayas, Rio del Me
dio, Mnnganacos, Pena Blanca and Pan
de Azucar, are various groups of in
surgents with a total of over 500 men
under Videl DucasL
The friends of the insurgents inti
mate that a big surprise is being pre
pared for Captain General Weyler
when lie tries to return to Havana.
All the rumors published about
prominent home rulers and former
leaders of the ten years’ war being en
gaged in treating for peace are entirely
without foundation, and are only in
spired by the Diario de la Marina and
perhaps reproduced by some of the
correspondents here.
The Spaniards here, it cannot be de
nied. are heartily sick of the war, ex
cepting only those who are without
money or property, and who actually
makfe a bettor living out of the revolu
tion than they ever did before or could
hope to do again if peace is pro
claimed. , Then there is another class
anxious for the war to continue—those
who hope to better themselves con
siderably should the insurgents tri
umph. ^_
ARBITRATION DEBATE.
Senators Morgan and Baeon Offer Im<
portant Amendment!.
Washington, Feb. 11.—The most im
portant developments concerning the
consideration of the arbitration treaty
by the Senate’s executive session yes
terday were the offers of an amend
ment by Senator Morgan of Alabama,
providing for the abrogation of the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and the speech
by the same Senator in favor of this
proposition. Senator Morgan declared
the conditions which called forth the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty had long since
passed away. It was no longer bind
ing on either nation, nor was it of any
use or value to this nation, though it
might be of importance to Oreat
Britain in case the Nicaragua canal
was constructed. With the treaty now
under consideration, he said, no doubt
the question of the abrogation of the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty in effect would
have to be submitted to arbitration.
While the old treaty was obso.ete
and disregarded, yet it was still used
as a m inace and bugaboo to the United
States whenever the construction of
the Nicaragua canal was advocated
Great Britain, declared Senator Mor
gan, had violated the treaty and abro
gated it by occupying a portion of the
territory of Honduras. Great Britain
would use the treaty of arbitration to
her advantage, and the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty would be used in the same way
unless it was declared to be void.
There was no better occasion for abro
gating the Clayton-Bulwer treaty than
by so providing in this arbitration
treaty, said Mr. Morgan.
Another important amendment was
offered by Senator Bacon of Georgia.
It provided for a modification of article
8 so as to relieve the southern states
from any obligations that might arise
under the bonds issued in the recon
struction days The amendment was
the result of a conference among the
southern senators, who concluded the
article an it now stands might render
it possible to make these bonds, when
held by subjects of Great Britain, the
;object of arbitration. Mr. Bacon
nought an opportunity to address the
'Senate on the amendment, but was
prevented by the fact that Senator
Morgan held the floor all day.
Retd'* Ultra Session Flan.
Washington, Feb. 11. — Speaker
Reed, it is said, will forestall legisla
tion other than the tariff at the extra
session by appointing two committees
—those on ways and means and on
mileage—and reserving the appoint
ment of other committees nutil the
regular session. While the action is
unprecedented, the members say it
would be legal, as Congress has fre
quently gone on for weeks before the
speaker announced the committees.
Talmas* Approves ot the Ball.
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 11.—The
Rev. T. De Witt Talmage was in the
city yesterday. When asked for an ex
pression on the Bradley-Martin ball,
Dr. Talmage said: “I think that when
an entertainment that will scatter
9100,000 is given the man who cannot
see that 990,000 of it will reach the
poor needs a new pair of spectacles. I
am in favor of these great entertain
ments. I am not talking now ftom a
moral standpoint.”
The Postal Appropriation Bill.
Washington, Feb. II.—The postoffice
appropriation bill for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 1897, completed by
the House committee on postoffices and
postroads, carries 995,611,711 or 93,040,
150 more than for the current year
and 91,903,695 less than the estimate
of the postmaster general. There is
an increase in the allowance for the
free delivery service, which is 918,595.
000 in this bill.
Bloodhound* for Every Sheriff.
Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. U.— In the
house Cox of Oregon introduced a bill
to compel every sheriff to keep two
bloodhounds to be used in tracking
fugitives. They are to be permanent
appendages of the sheriff's office, and
When a sheriff goes out of office his
bloodhounds ar 1 to go to his succeasoi
In office.
Mnnkaoay a Mijlat.
London, Feb. 11.—A dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph from Vienna cot
firms the report that Sir tfichuel
Munkaesy, the celebrated artist, Is
hopelessly insane.
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1100,000,000 A TEAS.
REPUBLICANS WILL ADD TO
THE FARMERS* EARNINGS.
Their Plane tor Substantial Aid In the
Beet 8n(ar Industry ii^ the United
States — W1U Soon Brins Promised
Prosperity,
A round hundred millions is the sum
which republicans - propose to add to
the earnings of the farmers of the
United States, in a single item, if they
succeed in carrying out the plans urged
upon the ways and iheans committee
at Washington last week. Tihe way
this is to be accomplished is by giv
ing suoh encouragement to the beet
sugar industry as to make it practi
cable for them to produce all the sugar
for which this country now sends
abroad $100,000,000 annually.’ This
question was argued by men who have
not a' dollar of personal interest in the
beet sugar industry, but are moved by
their belief that it is practicable to so
manage beet sugar culture by tariff
or bounty, or both, as to bring this re
sult. It was evident that the repub
lican members of the committee were
greatly impressed with the facts pre
sented, and are likely to give‘generous
encouragement to this industry in
framing the next tariff bill. One of the
speakers, Mr. Herbert Myrick of New
York, showed in his address that it
now requires every pound of the wheat
and flour exported by the United States
during the past fiscal year to pay for
the sugar imported. The total value
of all live and dressed beef, beef prod
ucts and lard exported during the
past year barely equalled the amount
paid for imported sugar.' Our immense
import trade in cotton represents in
value only twice as much as our im
port of sugar. Our vast export of to
bacco must be magnified thrice to
counterbalance sugar imports. The
barley, oats and rye, fruits and nuts,
hops, vegetable oils, oleomargarine,
butter and cheese, pork and hams that
were exported last year all put togeth
er represent in value only two-thirds
of the sugar imported. It is an eco
nomic crime to compel American farm
ers to raise staples in competition with
the cheap-land-and-labor countries,
with which to pay for imported sugar,
besides standing the freight and com
mission both ways. No wonder agri
culture is depressed, for not only are
American farmers deprived of the home
market for $100,000,000 worth of goods
annually, but imports of other products
that can be grown within our borders
average $120,000,000 per year more
wool, hides, cotton, tobacco, vegetables,
breadstuff8, dairy produce, fruits and
nuts, hops, hay, oil, rice, flaxseed,
bristles, bark, sumach,. chicory, eggs,
■hair, etc. Add Imports of manufactures
of hides, wool and cotton, most of
which could be made in this country
from domestic produce, and we have a
total of nearly $300,000,000 a year, of
which American farmers could, should
and must, have a larger share without
necessarily curtailing their exports of
farm products.
Mr. Myrick stated that practical ex
perience and scientific tests have shown
that sugar beets can be grown from the
Hudson river to the Pacific and from
the Carolinas to the lakes as rich in
saccharine content as those of Europe,
which now furnishes so large a propor
tion of sugar to the world and makes
it entirely from beets. The people, he
said, want factories established to af
ford a market for these sugar beets,
which they are willing to furnish at
from $4 to $5 per ton. At these prices
the crop is> new and profitable one.
Every acre devoted to it will by so
much reduce the competition In other
branches of farming.
An acre of corn at the west, yield
<UQ VJ UUHUVitJ uv o* atu nui IU X*J
cents per bushel, will buy something
more than 100 pounds of granulated
sugar at the grocery store. That same
acre of land devoted to sugar beets will
produce from 2,000 to 3,000 pounds of
refined sugar, like the finest white su
gar you can buy. The corn, under such
conditions, returns about $6 per acre
for all the labor and capital Invested
in that crop. Sugar beets yield $25
to $50 per acre; while they require far
more labor they pay for it and leave a
profit of $10 to $25 per acre, which is
handsome compared to the meager re
turns from corn, wheat, oats, etc. The
labor item is of vast Importance. In
Californian experience, for every man
who gets a Job on a grain crop forty
one are employed to raise beets. The
labor on 225 acres of beets yielding
6,082 tons (including $3,600 pay-roll at
factory during the manufacture of this
lot) was $15,000; the same land in bar
ley required only $300 for labor.
Beet culture, however, cannot be
learned in a single season. It is high
farming, intensive horticulture, like
the market near our great cities, which
is the result of fifty years’ experience.
Under the best management it takes
from two to four seasons for the far
thers in any locality to learn how to
grow beets to the best advantage. Un
til this is done, the sugar factory is
not assured of an abundant supply of
beets of proper quality. Meanwhile the
immense Investment is at rlsk-’-from
$300,000 upward in each factory—and
at best the factories can only run 100
or 150 days each year. Experience in
this country has demonstrated that
where the Industry has survived this
first stage it has in every case become
well established, to the satisfaction and
profit of the farmer, laborers, railroads
and capitalists interested in the busi
ness.
Europe is now sending us nearly 100
times as much beet sugar as she did
fifteen or seventeen years ago. S'ae has
developed her beet sugar Industry by a
liberal system of direct subsidies, high
protection and expert bounties, until
the European beet sugar industry has
practically ruined the cane sugar in
dustry of the tropics and monopolised
the sugar markets of the world:. T<
complete the destruction of the Ameri
can sugar industry, Or at least to pre
vent the further development of th
beet sugar business in this country
Germany has recently increased its ex
port bounties. And France is about i
follow suit. This enables their suga
to be sold in the United States beloi
the cost of production in this country
What is needed is a reasonable speclfl
duty on all Imported sugar, with an ad
ditional discrimination duty from conn
tries having an export bounty, equal ti
that bounty. Then,, with such aid a
the various states and localities inter
ested may offer to secure sugar facto
ries, the beet sugar, industry could bi
put on its feet in this country within i
few years. Mr. Myrick added that, dur
Ing the past sixty days farmers’ or
ganizations have been founded in sev
eral hundred counties to advance thei:
interests in raising sugar beets, in se
curing factories to work up the crt)p
to obtain needed legislation to devel
op the Industry, and to protect i
against the trust. It is now proposed
to unite these and hundreds of nev
organizations in a national sugar-bee'
growers’ society.
Business and Finance.
Holiday week—between Christina!
and the first day of the new year—ii
always a quiet one in trade circles. Thi
financial world Is preparing for thi
payment of dividends and interest oi
Jan. 1, and naturally no new flnan
cial enterprises are begun. But th<
Christmas trade, taking the countrj
over, was good—even better than wai
expected. While the tendency was to
ward the buying of less costly grades
of goods, the volume of the holiday
traffic was so large as to be a surprise,
for business men have grown pessi
mistic in the three years since the pan
ic of 1893, aad were not disposed to ex
pect anything satisfactory.
The bank troubles in Chicago, pre
cipitated by the failure of the National
Bank of Illinois, did not have any se
rious results. This was because the
failure was not the result of general
conditions, which ape recognized as
sound, but because of individual mis
management of the worst sort. The
stability of the general run of the
banks of the country is shown by the
fact that the failure produced no ill ef
fects save to institutions which were
connnected with the ill-starred bank.
The real abundance of funds is
makedly shown in New York by the
ease of the money market. While pre
parations are .going actively forward
for the January payment of interest
and dividends, the interest rate shows
but little appreciation. In New York
time money was liberally offered last
week, and the demand was not eager,
as borrowers appear to have made
their contracts freely earlier in the
month.
Won’t Pay to Hear Him.
Cincinnati special: William J. Bryan
stopped here an tour to-day on his
way from his lecture at Atlanta. While
saying that his lecture was a success, it
Is understood that he does not look
with favor on his lecture engagement,
and may ask to be relieved. He re
marked to a close friend that he had
made a mistake in undertaking to de
liver a series of non-partisan lectures.
A dispatch from Atlanta says: ft is
probable that Bryan’s lecture tour will
be abandoned. He delivered the first
of a series of fifty lectures, for which
he was to receive $50,000, here Wednes
day night. While the Grand opera
house was filled to the doors, and the
audience numbered 4,700 people, the
receipts are said to have been only
$1,534. Deducting the $1,000 paid to
Mr. Bryan and the expenses paid for
hire of the theater, printing, lighting,
etc., the margin of profit left to Mr.
Bryan’s manager would not be suffi
cient to encourage him to continue the
series.
V. E. McBee announces that he Tins
transferee! tj an Eastern syndicate or
club his interest in the Bryan lecture
contract. He says that some time ago
he received an offer which meant a
handsome premium on his contract,
but he would do nothing without Mr.
Bryan's full indorsement. This he re
ceived, and the transfer is announced.
It is generally believed, however, that
either the Seaboard Air line people did
not like their general superintendent
figuring in outside sohemes, or that
this is an advance indication that thb
lecture course is to be abandoned.
Bryan’s friends say he is not enthusi
astic over the lecture idea and would
like to get out of it. If Mr. Bryan’s
tour 1b abandoned, it will not be the
first instance of a political celebrity
failing to turn his prominence to finan
cial account. A few months ago Sena
tor Hill entered upon an extended
course of lectures. It came to an end
after four appearances. The receitps
were not sufficient to pay the lecturer
and compensate his managers for the
outlay and risk.
Babes Worms for a Living.
In Hancock county, Maine, there’s a
man who earns a lot of spare cash by
the culture of worms—plain, everyday
angle-worms. He has a plot of land
fixed up for the purpose, and he plants
the crop and waters it and looks after
it as one would potatoes or parsnips.
The most of his worms go to the fish
hatcheries at Green lake, where they
are heartily appreciated as edible by
the trout and salmon.
A Genius.
Talk of successful men! Look at Mc
Dives. When he came to the city ten
years ago there were several thousand
men here who had from 45 to $5,000
apiece in their pockets, and McDiveq
didn’t have 50 cents in his pocket. Well,’
sir, all the money that those other men
had is now in McDIves’ possession.
That’s what I call genius, sir, yes, sir,
genius.—Boston Transcript.
CORBETT AND GOV. SADLER
rt» Fi(IIIit and the Governor o t
Nevada Meet.
Reno, Nev., Feb, 12.—Pugilist Cor
bett passed through. Reno, Nev., last
night on his way to San Franc: sco*
and Governor Sadler of the Sage Brush,
state was one of the first to clamber
aboard the train for presentation to.
Corbett * ' He shook Corbett by the,
hand heartily.
"1 am pleased to meet you, Mr. Cor
bett,” said His Excellency, making a
critical survey of Corbett’s towering
figure and broad shoulders.
“And I am pleased to meet you," re
plied Corbett. “You proved by sign
ing that glove contest measure and
giving the people what they wanted
that there was no hypocrisy about you.
It needed some governor with the.
strength of his convictions to break:
the ice in matters of. this kind. It is!
to be hoped that your example will be
followed and that there will be less'
hypocrisy about things of this kind in^
the future.”
AGAINST TRUSTS.
The Illinois Appellate* Court Renders n
Decision tft Much Interest.,
Chicago, Feb. 12.—The appellate
court has affirmed the decree of the
superior court of^ Cook county remov
ing the Farmers’ Loan and Trust com
pany from the position of co-trustee of
the Lake Street Elevated railroad first
mortgage.
The decision holds that an outside
trust company must deposit 8200,000
with the state auditor in the same
manner as Illinois trust companies are
compelled to do. find failure to do that
makes them liable to removal. The
eastern trust companies are not likely
to comply with this ruling. They de
clare that if the'y should deposit $200,
000 with the state auditor of Illinois
half the other states in the union
would pass legislation compelling
them to make 'similar' deposits, and
that would be impracticable.
CANAL BILL ABANDON ED.
Benator Morgan Will Try to Bring It
Up During the Extra Section.
Washington, Feb. 13.—Senator Mor
gan, the champion of the Nicaragua
canal bill, announced in the Senate
yesterday his abandonment of that
measure for the present 'session of
Congress, and, thereupon, it was dis
placed by the bankruptcy bill. He
gave notice that he wonld renew his
advocacy of the bill at an early day of
the coming extra session.
The bankruptcy bill succeeded to the
advantageous positiou of “unfinished
business,” but the debate went over
until to-day. The agricultural appro
priation bill was taken up late in the
day and passed at $3,255,500. It led to
lively debate, in which Secretary Mor
ton was sharply criticised by Senators
Vest, Chandler, Tillman and others.
Wanted Permission to Carry a Gan.
San Fbancisco, Feb. 12.—Mrs. Net
tie Cravens, who alleges that she is
the contract widow of ex-Senator
James 6. Fair, complained at police
headquarters that she is being ha
rassed by private detectives and that
she is in constant fear of a murderous
attack upon her. She asked permis
sion to carry a pistol, but the police
commissioners declined to grant her
request. *
Colored led Sues a Congressman.
Washington, Feb. 12.—Henry Jar*
vis, a colored bell boy who was ar
rested some time ago, tried and ac-,
quitted on the charge brought by Rep
resentative Boatner of Louisiana, of
robbing him of $25, has sued the con
gressman for 830,000. The boy claims
:his good name and reputation and
'standing in the community has been
injured. _
To Dispense With Sherman.
Canton, Ohio, Feb. 12.—According
!toa private dispatch from Washing
ton. received yesterday by a local fol
lower of Foraker, President-elect Mc
Kinley has decided to dispense with
^Senator Sherman as prospective secre
tary of state to save the party in this
state from disruption and the state
offices from the Democrats.
Pennsylvania Capital Removal.
Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 12.—Senator
.Thomas of Philadelphia introduced a
!bill to remove the state capital to
Philadelphia, provided that Philadel
phia shall file a legal agreement on the
part of the city to furnish the state
the necessary site for the capitol and
public buildings.'
LITE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKET.
Quotation* From New York, Chicago.
Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA. .
Butter—Creamery separator!.. 18 -®
Butter—Choice faney country.. 13 @
(Eggs—Fresh. 11 i
{Spring Chickens—Dressed.. fti-Ji
Turkeys. 10
Geese and Ducks. 7
Cranberries—per bbl.6 00
Lemons—Choice Messlnas.3 00
Honey—Fancy white. 13
Onions, per bu. 76
Beans—Handpicked Navy. 1 26
Potatoes. 25
Sweet Potatoes, per bbl. 1 75
Oranges, per box. 3 00
Bay—Upland, per ton.. 4 00
'Apples, per bbl..,. 1 50
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET.
Hogs—Light mixed. 3 25 @ 3
Hogs—Heavy weights. 3 20 @3
Beef—Steers.. 3 25 @ 4
Bulls. 1 50 @3
Milkers and springers.30 00 @33
Stags. 2 00 @3
Calves.2 00 5
Cows....1 00 @3
Heifers. 2 65 @3
Stockers and Feeders. 3 00 @4
Sheep—Native ewes. 2 35 @2
Sheep—Lambs.. 4 00 & 5
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2 Spring... 75
Corn, per bu. 22
Oats, per bu. 16
Pork. 7 70
Lard. 3 85
Prime steers and exports..4 50
Calves...5 00
Hogs—Medium mixed.3 4ft
Sheep—Lambs.3 SO
NEW YORK.
Wheat^-No. 2, red. 85
Corn—No. 2.'. 28
Oats—No. 2.*. 21
Pork... ... 815
Lard.3 90
„ ST. LOUIS.
Wheat—No. 2, red, cash. 87
Com, per bu. 21
Oats,per bu.,.-... 16
Hogs,—Mixed packing..3 15
Cattle—Native beeves.3 50
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. 2, hard. 78
Com—No. 2. 18
Oats—No. 2. 17
Cattle—Stockers and feeders.... 3 00
Hogs—Mixed.3 30
Sheep—Lambs... 3 50
Sheep—Muttons.2 50
St.
95