THE FRONTIER.
PUBLISH El* EVFKY IHURBDAT *1
Th» Fromm** Panrrino Oo. *
(yyyiT.T, -- NEBRASKA.
NEBRASKA.
A new religious sect has developed
In Sar-»y county. They call t..emselve»
flgist'
Prxdkr had a fire last week, and the
fine opera building1 came near being
wiped out.
G. W. E. Dorsey is said to be making
a great deal of money from his gold
mine in Utah.
Tine Omaha police can find no traco
of the man who stabbed and robbed
J. A. Creighton.
AVaynk Chapman, a Broken Bow boy,
got his foot in a lawn mower and was
painfully injured.
I*. F. DkGkttk, an old and prominent
citizen of Nebraska City, died last
week at Forest Lake, Minn.
The sixth annual reunion of the
Podge County Veterans’ association
will be held at Scribner, August 13.
On July 15 the State Bank of O'Neill
notified its depositors to call for their
deposits, as it intended to go out of
business.
A United States geological survey
party is at work near Chappell. They
expect to lie in camp for about three or
four weeks.
Tm: Ponca coal mine has been pur
chased by the captain bold of a Missou
ri river steamboat and will be worked
. on a large scale.
A bate of one fare for the round
trip from all Nebraska points has been
authorized for Lincoln for the Grand
Army of the Republic reunion, Sep
tember 14 to 18.
Frank Swanha, a seventeen-year
old Bohemian boy living three miles
southwest of Humboldt, was overcome
by heat while threshing, since which
time he has been a raving maniac.
The old settlers that left Brown
comity arc coming back as fast as they
cantaise the means to return, and say
that when a man leaves Brown county
anA Nebraska he makes the worst mis
take of his life.
Lawrence H, Lee, the 99-year old
•on of C. II. Lee, was drowned in the
Korth Fork of the Elkhorn river at
Norfolk. The young man graduated
at Boane college this year and had but
recently returned home.
Near Atlanta, the little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Scott, about a year
old, accidentally Tell into a half barrel
of water. By the time the child was
discovered life was so far gone that
resuscitation was impossible.
H. C. Heath, a teamster at Grand
Island, was thrown from a high
wagon, a distance ' of thirty feet and
against the curbing. His breast bone
and two ribs were broken and his
neck injured. He is in a serious con
dition.
The seventh annual Ancient Order of
United Workmen picnic of, Butler
county vyill be held at Rising1 City, Wed
nesday, August 11. Sixteen lodges
will be represented and a large crowd
from adjoining counties, will be in at
tendance.
A new fair association has been or
ganized under the name of the Dawson
County Fair association, the object be
ing to promote the agricultural inter
ests of the county as well as bold fairs.
The capital stock is fixed at five thou
sand dollars. ’
Mark llorruAN, the 16-year old son
of Councilman John Hoffman, was
brought to West Point from a farm he
was working on in an insane condi
tion. He has an idea that people want
to poison him and refuses therefore to
eat anything.
Aia the railroads in the state have
agreed on a rate of one and one-third
regular fare for the round trip for ttie
picnic of the Modern Woodmen at Wa
Boo on August 13. The rate will apply
. from Omaha and from points within
fifty miles of Wahoo.
Henry Durst, a prominent farmer of
Merrick county, was killed while
stacking grain. In some manner lie
slipped and fell from the wagon, scar
ing the team, which ran away. One
of the wheels passed over hia neck,
killing him instantly.
The Loup Valley Veteran's associa- I
tion will hold Its first annual encamp
ment at the grove of E. Stewart, near
North Loop, lasting for three days,
August 10, 11 and 12. All old veterans
are invited to be present and to have
their families with them.
JOHH Howard, an old citizen of Fair
mont, met with a painful and possibly
fatal accident. He was standing on a
ladder six feet from the ground, when
his support gave way and he fell to the
ground. He struck on a stake about
three inches wide and one inch thick.
Kioxstii has been the subject of
conversation on the Btreets of Nebras
ka City. The famous Eldorado has
been marked out on the maps of Alas
ka, and several moneyed men have
manifested much interest in the mat
ter. Several of the old “4»ers” still
live in that city, and it is highly prob
able that a company may be organized
and start from that part of Nebraska.
Th> deputy United States marshal
went to Niobrara the other day and
took another batch of bootleggers be
United States commissioner at
Norfolk. He promises to return and
take with him others on a second of
fense, which the law doubles up in fine
and imprisonment. No coses have yet
come up before Judge Monger under
me new law, and considerable specula
•on is indulged in as to what disposi
tion he will make of them.
it Totnro man _ljy the name of Fred
Burmood was struck by lightning in a
»*ld near Wood River and instantly
killed. *
_A MKKTIXQ of the Southwestern Ne
braalm Editorial association has been
called for August 0 on the Chautauqua
grounds at Salem.
Th* Dawson county fair will be held
September 14 to 17, Inclusive, and it
r promises to be the best yet given.
Jonr W. Barger, the 17-year old son
of Wra. H. Barger, a farmer who lives
about twelve miles northwest of Mc
Cook, was instantly killed by a stroke
: of lightning. The Same bolt shocked
v two other sons.
POINTERS ON ALASKA.
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GEN. DUFFIELD GIVES OUT A
FEW OF THEM.
Small Water Coarse. Likely to Bo Bren
Richer than the Klondike for Scion*
tide Reason*—Canada's Recant
Encroachments on tho Bor*
der of tho Territory.
The Alaska Boundary Una.
Washington, Aug. a—Nothing
more can be done toward marking the
boundary line between Alaska and the
British possessions along the 141sl
meridian until the Senate shall past
upon the boundary treaty now before
it There is, however, no doubt oi
the location of tho line along this mer
idian and most people in the locality
know where it la The demarkation
work was superintended by General
Duffield, In charge of the coast and
geodetic survey on behalf of the
United Statea
General Dnffleld has spent consider
able time in Alaska. He expresses the
opinion that a railroad can easily be
constructed from Taku inlet to th«
Klondyke gold fields and believes tht
enterprise well worth undertaking.
"The gold,”, said be in discussing the
question, "has been ground out of the
quartz by the pressure of the glacierf
which lie and move along the coursei
of the streams, exerting a tremendout
pressure. This force is present to s
more appreciable extent in Alaska
than elsewhere and I believe that as a
eonsequence more placer gold will be
found in that region than in any other
part of the world.”
General Duffield thinks the arold
hunters upon the American side have
made the mistake of prospecting the
large streams instead of the small
ones. “When gold is precipitated,” he
said, “it sinks. It does not float far
down stream. It is, therefore, to be
looked for along the small creeks and
about the head waters of the larger
tributaries of the Yukon. There is no
reason why as rich finds may not be
made on the American side of the line
as in the Klondyke district”
CANADA’S AGGRESSION.
> General Duffield says that on all
maps from 182.1 to 1884 the Alaska
British Columbia boundary line was
shown as, in general terms, parallel tc
the winding of the coast and thirty
fire miles from it, but that in 1884 an
official Canadian map showed a marked
deflection on this line at its south end.
Since that time the dispute as to the
true line from Mount St. Elias to the
southeast has continued. By this de
flection a piece of territory about the
size of the state of Connecticut was in
cluded in British possessiona Later
official Canadian maps continue to
make like deflections, with like ab
sorption of American territory until the
very latest map, published at Ottawa
only a few days ago, while it runs no
line at all southeast of Alaska, uses
the words “British Columbia” over
portions of the Lynn canal, the north
ermost extension of the Alexander
archipelago, which turns north ol
Juneau and is the land outlet for the
Yukon trade. These positions of the
Lynn canul are now administered *by
the United States A report of the
United States surveyor employed in
this boundry line, made recently, says:
“In substance, these determinations
throw the diggins at the mouth of
Forty Mile creek within the ter
ritory of the United States The
whole valley of the Birch
creek, another most valuable gold
producing part of th,e country is also
In the United States Most of the gold
is to the west of the crossing of the
l«lst meridian at Forty Mile creek. If
we produce' the 141st meridian on a
chart the mouth of Miller's creek, a
tributary of Sixty Mile creek and a
valuable gold region, is five miles
west in an air line or seven miles ac
cording to the winding of the stream,
all within the territory of the United
States In substance, the only places
in the Yukon region where gold in
quantities has been found are, there
fore, all to the west of the boundary
line between Canada and the United
States”
Qraa* Britain Will Consent.
Washington, Aug. B.—Official in
formation jnat received In Washington
Indicates that Great Britain will con
sent to join in an International mon
etary conference to be held in this
eity next winter. This reprort comes
through official channels, and gives
much satisfaction to those who hope
an international agreement is pos
sible.
Blah, Bata and Frock Coats.
Lohdox, Aug. 2.—The crusade
against the frock coat and stovepipe
hat for summer gatherings like the
Goodwood races has received a set
back. This year the Prince of Wales
and the men of his party, instead oi
appearing in low crowned hats and
sack coats as they did last year, all
wore black frock coats and high hats.
Deadly Floods la the Crimea.
London, Aug 3.— A special dispatch
from St Petersburg says that the No
vosti estimates that at least 15o per
sons have perished in the recent floods
at Kertch, in the Crimea.
Speedy Texas Justice
San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 3.—Max
imo Martinez was hanged at Flores
ville, in the Wilson county jail, yes
terday afternoon, for a triple murder,
committed June 6, last He killed
Jesus Carillo and wife, and Juanita
Acosta, 18 years old, whom he first
ravished.
Vaadlvert Will Leave Kansas.
Topeka, Kan., Aug s.—Judge Sam
uel Vandivert will leave Kansas, where
he has been quite a noted and con
spicuous figure for fifteen years. He
will go to New Yor’
AS TO SAMOA. %
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McKinley Will Hot Parana the Contra
Cleveland.
CniCAOO Any. 2.—A special to the
Times-Herald from Washington says:
“There is reason to believe that the
McKinley administration will not pur
sue the policy urged by Mr. Cleveland
in the matter of the abandonment oi
the rights of this government in Sa
moa. In discussing the Samoan ques
iton a few days before his departure
the president said that the annexa
tion of Hawaii by the United States
and the proposed construction of the
Nicaraguan canal under control of the
United States government had placed,
a value on Samoa which the country
could illy afford to lose. Its location
is such that it is directly between
Australia and Nicaragua, and its valus
as a way station for vessels proceed
ing to Australia from Honolulu or
from the proposed Nicaraguan canal
will be great. For these reasons Pres
ident McKinley will not attempt to
carry out the policy favored by Mr.
Cleveland, looking to the abrogation
of the treaty between Great Britain,
Germany and the United States of 1889,
Which gave the signatory powers
equal rights of government of Samoa. ”
j REVIEW OF TRADE.
DnUlftNMfa Reports An Encouraging
' Outlook for the Farmers. ,
New York, Aug. 2.— Bradstreet’a
■*ys; “The unexpectedly early fall
demand for staple merchandise has
commenced and, although not con
spicuous at some of the larger Eastern
cities, which it is approaching, is nota
bly so at points in the Mississippi and
Missouri valleys, in the larger wheal
growing states. A special investiga
tion by Uradstreet’s this week showa
that increased purchases by country
merchants in the region specified
based on the prospectively large wheat
crop at home in the face of short
wheat crops abroad has increased bus
iness with Western jobbers from 10 to
15 per cent, compared with fall trade
at a like period last year. The total
volume of this new business is not
large, but it is unusual in this, the
dull month of the year, and it is grow
ing. The most favorable feature of
trade is its slow; conservative, steady
expansion, it being based on the in
creased wants and larger consumptive
capacity of the agricultural commu
nity, for whom the prospect is brighter
than it has been before for six years. ’
R. Q. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of
Trade:
“The most important event since
the passage of the new tariff, which
was generally anticipated a week ago,
has been the marked increase in for
eign demand and advance in price for
wheat. The latter has risen 4%c,dur
ing the week.
‘‘The fact that corn exports exceed
last year’s, although the price has ad
vanced to 32.87 cents, is further proof
that foreign demands are substantial.
With crop news still favorable, pro
ducers may probably realise some
thing like 880,000,000 more than last
year on wheat, which means a great
difference in purchases by agricultural
states. Corn also advanced 1.25 cents
and cotton a sixteenth, though reports
as to yield are good.”
To Klondike on a Wheel.
New York, Aug 2.— One of the
most novel of the many schemes to
obtain a share of the wealth of the
Klonkyke region has been developed
by a syndicate of four wealthy New
Yorkers, whoare planning to'establlsh
trading posts and stores in the mining
camps and also to purchase all prom
ising claims on the market They
will transport their men and supplies
to the gold fields on a bicycle specially
designed for the purpose
Rustler War In Prospeot.
Ciieyexne, Wyo., Ang 8.—A force
of cowboys belonging to the Ogallala
and C. Y. roundups, started from Cas
per this afternoon for the Hole-in-the
Wall, accompanied by a number of
sheriff's and other police officers.
They are prepared to take all the
cattle belonging to their employers
out of the region infected by the
rustlers. A party of citizens, well
armed and mounted, accompanied the
party.
■•Iliknrr Drgw the Saltan.
Constantixopi.k, Aug. 2.—If Is re
ported here that Lord Salisbury, the
British prime minister.has telegraphed
urging the immediate withdrawal ol
Rdhem Pasha, the commander-in-chiei
of the Turkish forces, from Thessaly.
The Turks are very angry and accuse
the British government of trying to
jockey them out of Thessaly without
compensation being made.
Millionaire Hobart Seriously III.
San Francisco? Aug. S.—News hat
just reached this city of the serious
illness of Walter S. Hobart, the young
millionaire race horse owner. He is
confined to his bed at his home in San
Mateo from appendicitis. His condi
tion has given rise to serious appre
hension.
Portuguese Defeat Africans.
■ Lisbon, Aug. 2—An offiAal dis
patch from Lorenzo Marquez says the
government troops have defeated the
rebellious natives in an important en
gagement in Uazaland. The nativei
lost 300 men.
Great Britain’s Probable Contribution
to tho Cause of Bimetallism.
London, Aug. 8.—The forthcoming
issue of the National Review will con
tain a long article upon the success
of the American bimetallic commis
sion. The article says: “It is now
generally recognized by all except os
triches that Great Britain's chief con
tribution will be the reopening of the
Indian mints, which all who appre
ciate the question must regard as a
splendid subscription to the common
pool.” _ — —
THE UNION PACIFIC.
TIME OP THE SALE PROBABLY
OCTOBER.
Generally Understood the Reorganization
Committee Will Be Bidden for the
System, and that 8. H. H. Clark
Will Still Remain at the
Helm.
Affairs of tho Union PaclOe.
Omaha dispatch: Oliver W. Mink,
vice-president and receiver of the
Union Pacific, came in this morning
from Boston and £. Ellery Anderson,
receiver, will come tomorrow. Gen
eral Solicitor Kelly and H. B. {Taylor,
private secretary to Master-in-Chancery
Cornish also returned this morning
from an eight weeks’ stay in New
York and Boston, and Judge Cornish
will arrive tomorrow. Mr. Mink and
Mr. Anderson, accompanied by Gen
eral Manager Dickinson and other
officials, will leave in a few days for
a tour of inspection of the syetem.
The testimony in the foreclosure
proceedings of the Union Pacific is in
each of the seven cases affecting the
road and the receivership. It is gen
erally understood that the sale of the
property will take place the first week
in October, so tnat before Jan. 1 the
new company will assume charge of
the road.
In all probability Judge Sanborn
will appoint Judge Cornish as the mas
ter to make the sale not only of the
Union Pacific proper, but of the
Kansas Pacific, being the lines in Kan
sas from Kansas City to Denver, and
of the Denver Pacific, being the line
between Denver and Cheyenne.
The seven cases in which testimony
has been completed take in the differ
ent mortgaged divisions. Judge Cor
nish has heard all this testimony and
will make report to Judge Sanborn,
who will make the order of sale set
ting the date. The sale must be held
where the property is and it is believed
that Omaha will be the place for the
sale of the main line, while Denver
will probably be the point for the sale
of the other roads.
Mr. Mink was asked if there was any
truth in the telegraphic statement
that Mr. Clark would resign the presi
dency of the Union Pacific and that he
himself would be elected. Ha denied
that there was any truth in the state
ment and said that Mr. Clark was
rapidly improving and that he would
take the helm of the new company.
That was what was wanted by the
prospective company and what was
considered best for the property.
It is generally understood that the
reorganization committee will be bid
ders in for the Union Pacific property
when put up for sale. The committee
now has the bulk of the first mortgage
bonds and it is believed there will be
no opposition to the committee in pur
chasing the bonds.
Kills Him In Twelve Honrs.
Wahoo dispatch: Erick Larson, a
farmer living seven miles northwest of
this place, committed suicide yester
day by taking paris green. The poi
son is thought to have been taken in
the forenoon and he died last night at
11 o’clock. Larson was thought to be
unbalanced from an accident which
happened him some three years ago.
He was also a heavy drinker and this
is supposed to have been partially the
cause of his suicide. After taking the
poison Lason secreted himself until
the evening, when he came from his
hiding place and told his wife what he
had. She sent for a physician, but he
arrived too late to save the man. He
was 53 years old and leaves a wife and
two children.
Maw Cattle Disease Appears.
The disease of the eye which has
been prevalent among cattle in other
states and in parts of Nebraska, has
made its appearance in this vicinity,
says a Norfolk dispatch. D. White,
who lives a mile southeast of the Junc
tion, has discovered its presence in
his herd. One of his animals is en
tirely blind and others seem to be suf
fering from the first stages of the dis
ease. A veterinary surgeon who is
treating Mr. White’s cattle has been
very successful in coping with the
disease thus far. It is said that the
first indication of its presence is when
an animal's eye commences to run, and
if a stop is not put to its progress this
eye will be entirely enten out.
Another “Healer” Holding Forth.
A divine healer, somewhat of the
Schlatter order, is holding nightly
meetings at Tecumseh. The gentle
man gives his name as Philip Langdon
and says his home is at Indianola, la.
He says he is an agent of God and can
cure all the sick and afflicted of the
city if they will but come to him and
accept the divine teachings he will of
fer them.
Morton Build* an Opera Hon*.
Ex-Secretary J. Sterling Morton has
commenced the erection of a $25,000
opera house in Nebraska City. Plans
have been drawn and approved for a
handsome, commodious structure, en
tirely modern in every detail, and
which, when completed, will be one
of the most finely appointed play
houses in the state.
Lincoln £ Yukon Minins Company.
Evidence that the gold fever has
struck Lincoln is on file in the ofiice of
the secretary of state in the form of
Articles of incorporation of the Lincoln
and Yukon Gold Mining company.
The authorized capital stock of the
concern is plaeed at $100,000 and the
principal place of business is to be
Lincoln, of which city the incorporat
ors are residents.
H. J. Uillerbeck, an implement deal
er of Osmund, has sold twenty-three
binders this season.
State Building Plan* Invited.
The Nebraska exposition commis
sion has decided to ask the architects
of the state to submit plans for a state
building at the next meeting of the
commission, which will be held the
second Tuesday in August. Member!
of the commission say the building
must be a credit to the state, must
harmonize with the other buildings oi
the exposition and must not cost over
$16,000, including architects' fees, and
everything to complete the building
reaely for occupancy.
Pierce county has 1,500 male and
1(343, female children of school age.
STOCKMEN WIN,
Discrimination' Through Use of Cart of
Different Sizes Is Wiped Oat.
A change on the part of the western
railroads in their mode of fixing rates
on . the shipment of live stock, for
which change the stockyards here and
at other important centers and the
stockmen of the trans-Missouri country
have been pleading for several years
is about to be made, says the Omaha
Bee. There will be an abolition of the
present practice of charging the ship
ment of live stock at so many dollars
per carload and a conversion to the
more desirable custom of making rates
at so many cents per 100 pounds of live
stock shipped.
Directly, this is the result of a con
ference of freight men of western rail
roads, which has been quietly held at
Kansas City during the past two days.
Indirectly, it is tne result of a long
series of meetings and innumerable
conferences with stockmen. There
was a meeting in Denver last week,
which was attended by freight officials
of all the Omaha and other western
roads. No conclusion as to the propo
sition was reached and the proceedings
were kept extremely quiet.
The Kansas City meeting adjourned
Tuesday and the Omaha officials in at
tendance reached home yesterday.
They state that the exact basis upon
which live stock shipments in the trans
Missouri country will hereafter be
made has not yet been agreed upon.
There are three basis under considera
tion and at another conference of the
freight men one of these will be
agreed upon. It is settled, however,
that live stock rates will hereafter be
so many cents per hundred pounds in
stead of so many dollars per carload.
For several years many stockmen
have been urging the railroads to
equalize the freight charges on cattle
shipped from western points to South
Omaha, Kansas City and other points
on the Missouri river. The stockmen
have been backed by the stock yards
companies at these points. About a
year ago an effort was made to insti
tute the custom of charging by weight,
but the effort did not meet with suc
cess. One of the contentions of the
stockmen has been that the varying
size of freight cars has made charges
by carload instead of by weight an un
fair practice. Some of the stockmen
have opposed the change, insisting
that to charge by weight instead of
by carload would mean an increase in
rates to them. The general opinion,
however, appears to be that the change
will be for the best interests of all con
cerned. When payment is made for
every 100 pounds of live stock shipped
in from the west there can be no fa
vors shown the shipper, by giving him
cars of greater capacity than another
6toceman receives.
Long Standing Claim to be Paid.
Columbus dispatch: Patrick Mur
ray, one of the oldest and most suc
cessful farmers of this part of the state,
this morning received fron the de
partment officials at Washington an
identity proof to fill out and sign, to
gether with the information that upon
the return of the blanks his draft for
$1,200 would be mailed at once.
Thirty-three years ago this month
Mr. Murray had a contract with the
government to put up several hundred
tons of hay in the Loup river bottoms
j to be used by the soldiers then sta
i tioned on the Pawnee reservation near
j the present site of the village of l
Genoa. While fulfilling his part of the
contract, Mr.' Murray and his men
were one afternoon surprised by a
band of Sioux Indians, who killed some
of his men, ransacked the camp and
drove off his horses and cattle. In
this attack Mrs. Murray was wounded
with a poisoned arrow, but recovered
and lived until a few years ago. Mr.
Murray at once put in a claim for $1,
200 damages, which has since been
pending, and for which he will soon
be recompensed.
Coming National Reunion.
Assistant Adjt.-Gen. Gage of the G.
A. R has received the general order
issued from the headquarters of Com
mander-in-Chief T. S. Clarkson at
Omaha relative to the thirty-first na
tional encampment. The order recites
that the encampment will open at
Buffalo, N. Y., on August 23 and con
tinue during that week, the grand pa
rade taking place on August 25. The
commander-in-chief has invited the
department of Nebraska to act as es
cort to him. and the invitation has
been accepted. The start from Omaha
will be made on August 21 at 6 p. m.
over the Northwestern.
The eommander-in-Ohief invites
western departments, whose route can
be conveniently made through Omaha,
to join the headquarters party at that
or other convenient point.' Depart
ment Commander Ehrhardt of Neb -as
lca has issued the usual order in con
formity with that of the commander
in-chief.
■ •and DevIMon Affirmed.
Washington dispatch: In the land
case of Thomas Spins against the ITnion
Pacific Railway company from tilt
district of Nebraska. Secretary llliss
today aHirmed the land office decision:
and Spins' entry is cancelled for con
flict with the company's selection. In
case of the Sioux City .fc Pacific again*!
Honestcel and Firmer ty. from the
O'Neill district, the land office decision
is affirmed. The company's selection
of land is rejected on the ground that
the land was part of the bed of the
Missouri river at the date of the grant.
Nebraska Postmasters Appointed.
The following fourth-class postmas
ters were appointed today, says a
Washington dispatch: Bingham, Sher
idan county. A. P. Kell: Burr. Otoe
county: Michael Handier; Hartman.
Deuel county. Frederick Teppert: Ox
ford. Furnas county.'.!. L. Lashbrook:
Uulo, Kiehards county. ('. L. Huber:
Valley, Douglas county. II. M. Puffer.
Nebraskans Can Practice.
Washington dispatch: The follow
ing have been admitted to practice as
attorneys and agents claimants for
claimants before the Interior depart
ment: Nebraska—Soloman Draper.
Niobrara; llennett S. Oillispie. O'Neill:
Augustine R. Humphrey. Broken How:
Mrs. Mary R. Morgan, Alma; Charles
Riley, Albion: Robert J. Sloan, (le
neva: Ll-oyd (I. Oillispied. O'Neill.
Iowa—Joseph H. McLaughlin. Daven
port; Charles N. Flagler, Lime Springs.
Henry J. Landermink. Orange City:
Francis H. Robbins. Waukon. South
Dakota—Thomas Drake, Pierre; VVm.
H. Wilr<«iu Hot Springs.
Flrabnga *t naitboro, hu.
Emporia, Kan., July 31.—An incen
diary fire, which was started in the
postoffice at Ilillsboro before daylighty
this morning, caused 83,000 damagesX.
to Sharping's harness store, 81,000 to
J. J. Hirschler’s empty store, 88,000 to '
G. Kistler’s general merchandise store,
81,000 to J. J. Freisen's photograph
gallery, 81,0<K> to A. Beentz’s barber
shop, 80,000 to George Houser’s hotel
and meat market, 81,000 to Miss
Nickle's millinery store, 83,000 to J. C.
Entz's drng store and the destruction
of the postoffloe at an unknown loss.
Kerens trim Again.
Washihotox, July 31.—The Missouri
Congressional slate of consular ap
pointments was badly fractured yes
terday by the announcement of tiro
appointments not on the list. One is
that of Major John L. Bittinger, to be
consul general at Montreal, and the
other that of William P. Smyth, to be *
consul at Hull, England. Both of
these are Kerens appointments, and
neither of them adorned the Pearce
Joy-Barth oldt list of consular recom
mendations.
Will Form m Pnglll.tle Trnt
!san Francisco, July 31.—The man*
Hirers of the three principal prize fight
clubs are trying to agree upon a
scheme which, if carried out, will
practically give them a monopoly of
the business in this city. If this pug
ilistic trust be formed there will no
longer be any rivalry iu bidding for.
fights and the large purses and per
centages will no longer be given. At
present the fighters are getting most
of the money.
Republican Telegraphers Rewarded.
Washington, July 31.—The appoint
ment of Michael J. Burke of Chicago
as consul to St. Thomas and Port
Stanley, Ont., is said to be a recog
nition by the President of the work
done by the telegraphers and railroad
employes for the Republican party
during the last campaign. Burke was
secretary of the Federated Clubs ol
Railroad Employes and Telegraphers.
Caught After Nine Years.
Kansas City, Ma, July 31.—Sher
man Steinbrook, a laborer who lives
with his wife and two children at
Twenty-eighth and Penn streets, was
arrested to-day on a charge of helping
to. murder Fred Krause in Vernon
county nine years ago.
Lamar, Mo., July 31.—The Laraat
Democrat was sold yesterday for 85,
800 to H. C. Timmonds, a prominent
attorney and a strong advocate of
silver. lie will share his purchase
with his son-in-law, Walter W. Meyers,
clerk of Barton county circuit court,
Mr. Sherman Much lietter.
Washington, July 31.—Word comes
to Washington from Secretary Sher
man at Amagansett, Long Island, that
his health has improved very much
since he arrived at that place. He
will leave for Boston in a day or two
and this trip will be followed by a se?T
voyage. _
A Place for Mr. McKinley’s Uncle.
San Francisco, Cal., July 31.—B. F.
McKinley, uncle of President McKin
ley, was appointed assistant postmas
ter of this city to-day by Postmaster
Montague.
«OWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT.
Des Moines, July 19.—Talmadge E.
Brown, of Des Moines, has been granted
a copyright tor a melodrama in four
acts, entitled “The Thieves’ Den.”
A. F. Thompson, of Adel, has been
allowed a design patent adapted to be
worn as a political badge. Patents
have been allowed, but not yet issued,
as follows: To L. D. Hart, of Nora.
Springs, for a corn cutter and shocker,
adapted to be advanced in the field to
cut off stalks and gather them into a.
shock to he bound together. To J. W.
Bussell, of Newton, for an improved
grain thresher and separator in which
part of the novelty is a tortuous pas
sage way for straw and chaff and a.
device for forcing air into said pas
sageway at each of its turns, and
guide rods fixed to the walls of the
passageway and curved around the
corners. To L. D. and A. J. Hart, of
Nora Springs, for a clothes pounder
adapted to be attached to a tub to be
operated therein and also adapted to
be adjusted relative to nn adjacent
tub for washing clothes therein by the
poundiug process without detaching it
from the other tub.
Valuable information about securing,
Valuing and selling patents sent free
to any address
Thob. 6. and J. Ralph Obwig,
Lamar Democrat Sold.
Solicitors of Patent*
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKET*
Quotation! From New York. Chicago, St
Lonle, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery seperator... 14 @ 15
Butter—Choice fancy country.. 10 @ 12
Eggs—Fres. 7
Spring Chickens—Per lb. 8
Hens—perlb. (I
Pigeons—Live. 75
Lemons—Choice Messlnas. 4 50
Honey—Choice, per lb. 13
Onions—per bu ... 1 25
Beans—Handpicked Navy. 1 00
Potatoes—per bu. 05
Broom Corn—Choice Green. 2
Oranges—per box.~. . 3 00
Huy—Upland, per ton.4 50
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8
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© 15
“i 1 50
® 1 10
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© 3 75
© 5 00
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET. .
Hogs—Light mixed. 3 25 ® 3 30
Hogs—Heavy Weights. 3 10 © 3 20
Beef steers. 3 75 ® 4 50
Bulls. 2 45 © 3 00
Milkers and Springers . .25 OO ©31 00
Slags. 2 90 © 3 15
Calves.,. 4 50 ® 5 00
Westerns. 2 25 © 4 05
Cows. 2 50 @ 3 50
Heifers... 2 75 © 3 85
Stockers and leedi rs. a oft @ 3 75
Sheep—'Wethers at grassers... 07 © 3 85
Sleep, Western—3 fellings. 70 ©3 00
CHICAGO.
Wnoat—No. 2 spring. 70 © 76>4,
Cum-per bu. 2714© 27K
Oats—per l>u.. 17H® 17?4.
Pork . 7 8ft M7H5
Lard—1ST lflft lbs.4 20 ©4 2214
Cntt.h—Natlv • )k i f steers.3 ‘.'0 © 5 on
lings-Prime light. 3 30 © 3 45
rlieep Latah t. 3 50 @ 5 40
Sheep—Westerns . 2 50 © 3 (X)
NEW YORK.
Wheat—No. 2, red. 'Vinter.. 82 © s2!4.
Cora—No. 2. 2•'■4©
Oats—No. 2. 12 © 3214
!‘‘*rk.8 fio © 8 50
Lard. 4 40 © 4 50
KANSAS CITV.
Wheat-No. 2, hard. as © tp
Corn -No. 2. 2 14',.
Oats-No. 2. 17 © ITS
Cuttle- Stockers and Feeders... 3 25 © 4 40
Huge-Mixed.3 4ft © 3 52*.
Mutlou*....2 73