Nebraska Newspapers

    THE FRONTIER.
rUBLIBHEI; MVFRY THURSDAY By
Tot F no stub Pbimthio Oo.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA.
NEBRASKA.
Fm'j; thousand people attended the
annual picnic of the old settlers of Ne
maha county.
Tire 12-ycar-old son of J. _S. Nelson
of lleatrice was drowned in Indian
creek while bathing.
.1. \V. Geiir of Johnson county has
twelve acres of artichokes upon which
he proposes to turn 300 hogs.
Ml and Mbs. F. H. Dobbs of Gage
connty last week celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary.
Tire little child of Mr. and Mra. C.
Cline of Sterling, died of lockjaw. Ten
days previous he ran a nail in his foot.
IIknry Cato of Madison fell on a
water hydrant, painfully injuring his j
proboscis, which henceforth will be
awry.
A spook fish captured in the Platte
river when dead on the scales with his
own scales removed, weighed eleven
pounds.
AWrow Merrick of Omaha shot at
his wife and then turned the weApon
v.pon himself; both shots failed of
their purpose.
A pink herd of sixty western horses
were on sale at Ashland the other day,
sixteen of which sold at prices ranging
from $14 to $24.
Tire B. & M. force at Nebraska City
is working day and night to do the
targe amount of work necessary to
tandlc the increase of traffic.
James P. Gordon, ex-county treas
urer of Howard county, died at San
ltarnardino, Cal., and his remains were
brought to Nebraska for burial.
A. C. Dove of Crawford, as he thinks
of the rich Nebraska harvest of 181)7,
will recall that year as the time he
lost one of his fingers in a Belf-binder.
Jok Cross of Atkinson took his l.ve
stock, wagon, harness, and decamped
for parts unknown, leaving behind him
his bride of a few weeks to shift for
herself.
The Turple brothers of the Btrdwood
ranch, in Lincoln county, started a
herd of 400 head of horses for Arkan
sas, where they expect to find a good
market.
Thieves broke into and thoroughly
ransacked the residence of George
Coddington of Fremont. Jewelry sil
verware and small articles of value
were taken.
Buss Mii.timork, a boy 13 years old,
•on of James Mlltimore of Hastings,
was drowned at Lake Hartwell in the
Northern part of the city. The body
was recovered.
Whu.k Fred Mindrup and wife, liv
ing near Columbus, were doing the
;r chores, their home caught lire and
burned to the ground. Their" two
children narrowly escaped.
The Grand Island Independent says
that trains are becoming so thick on
the road that a set of dispatchers will
be sent up from Omaha to dispatch
trains on the second district.
John Jenkins, the newly appointed
consul of the United States at San Sal- j
vador, was tendered a very pleasant j
surprise at his home in Omaha previous ■
to his departure for his post of duty.
The Sioux county agricultural so
ciety met and arranged for holding a
county fair this fall. The dates are
September 14, 15 and 10. Sioux county
will also send an exhibit to the state
fair.
llr the resignation of President W.
8. Reese, the board of directors of the
York college elected Rev. W. E. Schell
of that city as president. President'
Reese has accepted the presidency of a
United Brethren college at Westfield,
111. -
Jim and Kid Gabriel passed through
, Ainsworth headed for Chicago where
they are to finish a contract to ride
3.500 miles witli one horse each. The
object is to test the western range
horses and to introduce them into the
Russian cavalry. They started a Sher
idan, Wyo.
Mil*.* Bokhxe, formerly matron of
the Grand Island and Milford soldiers’
homes and Geneva reform school, has
been elected matron of the ladies’ de
partment of Doaue college, to till the
Taeuncy caused by the resignation of
Mrs. Mary Leavitt, who goes to Downer
,< college at Milwaukee.
W m. Vol.K and Carl Schineideberg
were caught under a falling clay bank
while at labor in the brick yard of
Herman Oereke at Norfolk. Schmeide
berg, who was an old man, was buri-.-d
beneath two feet of earth. Two ribs
were broken and probably fatal inju
ries internally received.
Ai. Nhustkk of Bloomfield has been
arrested by government officials,
charged with selling liquor to Indians.
The particular Indian to which he is
alleged to have sold the liquor is
Joseph Taylor. While battling with
the effects of the firewater Taylor laid
down on the railroad track and was
killed.
Tuk Epworth League session at
§$ Lincoln closed with the election of
officers as follows: President, L. ().
Jones, Lincoln; vice president, K
Banderson Lincoln; corresponding sec
retory, Elmer R. Lesh, York; record
ing secretary,Charlotte Meade, Sutton;
treasurer, iva M. Howard, Edgar;
Junior league superintendent, Mrs. (1.
p 'v- isham, Hastings; secretary Chris
tian citizenship league, K. A. ".Barnes,
Cedar Bluffs; secretary mission work,
Hattie Moulton. Weeping Water.
Parties who were delinquent on
school land contracts in Furnas county
&<£; are rapidly paying up, and the pros
pect now is that very few trScts will
be cancelled and released. Kurnus
; , county, being a part and parcel of Ne
braska is, of course, all right.
- The 2-year old son of Fred Langen
t berg of Norfolk fell into a tubof water
while playing around the house and
wfcs drowned before help could arrive.
John, the 14-year old son of County
Physician Blythin of Douglas county
’ while trying to jump a Missouri Pal
elfie switch engine, slipped and fell
' • trader the wheels, suffering injuries
/' which proved fatal. ;
RELIEF FUNDS SHORT
GENERAL LEE REPORTS TO
WASHINGTON.
How the Money Was Cud—Fourteen
Hundred Destitute Americans Were
Cared For by Him — One Hun
dred Famished With Trnne
portntlon to A merles.
Gen. Lee’s Report.
Washington, Aug. lb.—Consul Gen
eral Lee, In a report to the state de
ra-tment, says that the 910,000 placed
to the credit of the relief fund May S3
was equivalent to 10,075 .Spanish dol
lars. This fund, which was expended
with the greatest care nnd economy,
is nearly exhausted, about 1,400 desti
tute Americans having been fed daily
and provided with necessary medi-'
cines. , It - cost l*X cents United
States money for each person
per day, or even less, for transporta
tion is taken from the relief fund.
One hundred and eleven persons have
been furnished with transportation to
various points in the United States.
About 95 per cent of the l,40n 'desti
tute persons are naturalized American
citizens, who have lived in Cuba for a
long, titneand whose business is there.
Many of them do not speak English.
A large number have never been in the
United States, being the wives and
children of naturalized citizens.
CONDITION OF TRADE.
Brtditrnt'i Report ■ Widespread Re
vival of Itml ness.
New Yobk, Aug. 10.— Hradstreet's
•ays:
“Evidences of widespread revival in
dermutd for merchandise and other
products have become so numerous os
to compel general recognition. The
press has, therefore, ceased discussing
Whether trade has really improved or
not. and has begun measuring the vol
ume of business compared with pre
ceding periods
“A buoyancy of feeling has ap
peared among buyers and sellers at
New York, Baltimore, Chicago, St
Louis and Kansas City, where interior
merchants have thronged this week,
the like of which lias not been seen
for several years. Interior merchants
are buying dry goods, clothing, shoes,
groceries and fancy articles, far more
freely than at any time since 1892.
“Crop conditions have improved at
the South and Southwest, and mer
chants there are more encouraged.
Southern lumber mills are not able to
keep up with orders, and innumerable
small consumers of iron and steel
throughout Central Western states
she buying raw material as they have
not for years.
“Wheat scored an advance of 7
cents on continued big exports and a
tendency to decrease estimates of the
size of the . domestic crop. Wool is
higher on speculative holding, and
cotton yarns have advanced ugain.
Hides and Southern lnraber are up, as
are wheat, flour, Indian corn and oats,
and last, but not least, print cloths,
the market for which has been so long
depressed. Prices for sugar, coffee,
lard and petroleum remain unchanged,
while pork is almost the only import
ant product quoted lower than last
week."
ADDRESS TO POPULISTS.
MldiHe-nT-the- Road Chairman Warns
Against Fntlon,
Dat.i.as. Texas, Aug. 1G.— Milton
Park, who, at the national conference
of Populists at Nashville, Tenn., duly
4, was appointed chairman of the na
tional oi gani/.ation committee, created
at the conference, lias issued a lengthy
address to the Populists of the United
Stales, in which he reviews the origin
and organization of the party, naming
the abuses which led dissatisfied ele
ments of the old parties to create a
new one, and, coming to the present
day, declares:
"As chairman of your organization
committee, I urge every -Populist
everywhere to avoid, repudiate and re
ject all fusion or alliance with the
Democratic or Republican party. Re
pel every overture of these enemies of
the common people. I suggest that
throughout tiie entire country, wher
ever there are two or more Populists
in a ward, precinct or township, they
go to work at once,. persistently, to
perfect a local Populist organization
in their midst. Press the work until
you shall have scoured a compact or
ganization in every county mi your
atate."
■onator Tallar at Hama. -
Df.nvkh, Colo., Aug. 10.—Senator
Teller arrived here yesterday and in
tends to remain in Colorado until fall.
In an interview lie expressed Himself
as strongly opposed to a combination
of the silver Republicans with McKin
ley Republicans in this state this fall.
Oh the money question he said: “It is
the purpose, indoubtediy, of this ad
ministration to retire the greenbacks
and treasury notes and perfect a sys
tem by which the national banks will
he authorized to issue all paper
money. Their next move will be to
retire silver, and then bank notes will
not be legal tender. What will be the
result? The administration will have
succeeded In making gold the only
money by which debts can be paid.
| All debts will have to be paid in the
yellow metal. ”_
Crockery 1'rlce* Will Rise.
Chicago, Aug. ttt.—An Advance of
from 10 to 15 ner cent and more will
be made in the price of foreign crock
( ery Monday. The move was decided
on at a meeting of the national associ
ation of Jobbers in crockery and glass
ware just closed.
Nlearagea Sara at Costa Rica.
; Managua, Nicaragua, AngJ 1ft.—
, Borne of the advisers of President Ze
, laya are endeavoring to rally the peo
ple of Nicaragua to sustain him in a
war with Costa Rica, because of Ul
(feeling between the two governmental
WOODMEN RIOT.
Btai to Hand Fight " Btlwara Fnlton
and Rock Island Cltlxens.
Fut.ton. 111.. Aug. 10.—The Icftig
standing fight between this town.and
Bock Island, 111., for the location ol
the headquarters of the Modern Wood
men of America culminated yesterday
in a hand-to-hand fight between scores
of partisans of the respective towns in
whjch a number of persons were seri
ously injured.
A party was made up in Rock Island
and plans were made for a raid on the
Fulton headquarters, with the object
of forcibly taking possession of the
books, records, etc., of the order and
removing the office of Head Clerk
Hawes to Bock Island. A train was
chartered, consisting of three coaches,
a baggago ear and two box cars, and
the invaders were soon on their way
to Fulton. The inhabitants of the
latter town were forewarned, how
ever. A fire alarm was sounded and
lines of hose were laid to the points
where it was thought.the Bock Island
ers would be most likely to disembark.
The arrival of the special train was
the signal for hostilities to begin.
There was intense feeling on both
sides, and a great variety of weapons,
this combination resulting in the fol
lowing casualties:
Will Bennett, city marshal of Ful
ton, head cut, believed to be fatally
hurt; W. H. Flaunagan, head badly
cut; James Carrier, head cut: Ed Bare,
head and arms injured; Chris Miller,
Lyons, la., head cut; P. J. Casey,
Moline, III., head badly injured.
Cornelius O’Brien, Rock Island, injured
in arms; Albert Spencer, Rock Island,
face cut; Walter Fowler, Fulton, head
out; Charles Weinberger, Rock Island,
head cut; T. Burns. Rock Island, head
cut; R. Winter, Rock Island, cut over
right eye; G. W. Sample. Rock Island,
head and face cut; James Mulcahy,
Rock Island, head cut, considered
serious; Andrew Lunheim, Fulton,
head injured, considered serious; L. V.
Eyckhart, Rock Island, head cut.
A score of others were more or less
bruised and cut The fight lasted for
an hour or more, rocks, clubs and mis
siles of every description being
wielded industriously by the opposing
forces. The Fultonites finally got the
better of the fight and Deputy Sheriff
Farley effected the arrest of Head At
torney Johnson of the Modern Wood
men, one of the Rock Island party,
and a number of his companions.
ENORMOUS SHIPMENTS.
th« Santa Fa Freight Ilepartment
Hollar Than Erar Refura.
Kansas Citv, Mo., Aug. 16.—The
Santa Fe railway freight department
is experiencing the greatest rush of
business in the history of the road.
The movement of fruit from California
and grain from Kansas has never been
so great, and every available car fit
for shipping is being pressed into ser
vice. l.ast week and a Tew weeks pre
vious the company was doing a rush
ing business in potatoes and livestock,
but the big end of the potato rush is
over now, while the stock business is
again normal.
The fruit which the Santa Fe is
hauling comes from Northern Califor
nia and consists principally of plums,
grapes and peaches. The bulk of it
goes to Chicago and other Eastern
cities All of the cars are re-iced in
Argentine, and the company has a big
force of men engaged in this work.
SPEAKER REED SCORED.
Veterans ot the Pine Tree State Ke
monitrnte to McKinley.
I'ORTI.ANU, Me., Aug. 10.—Some ot
the war veterans of Maine are souring I
oil Speaker Reed, and their displeas
ure was evidenced yesterday by the
sending of a remonstrance to Presi
dent McKinley.
The veterans of the First. Tenth
and Twenty-ninth regiments held a
reunion at Long Island and the
speeches were a sharp arraignment of
Ueed's political tactics. They were
based on his sanclionlnir the turning
down of Pension Examiner J. F. Day
of Saco, which was expected through
the political work of Amos L. Allen,
Heed's private secretary.
The remonstrance sent President
McKinley calls for Dr. Day's reinstate
ment.
TO Tax Theater Panes.
Pah is, Aug1. 1*1.—A parliamentary
committee appointed to investigate the
subject of theatrical passes bus rec
ommended to the Chamber of Deputies
the adoption of a law to abolish sea
son tickets for all dramatic and musi
cal entertainments and the imposing
of a heavy stamp taxon all free passes
and a moderate tax on all tickets.
The rate proposed for passes is 12
cents each. On this basis the income
is reckoned at 92811,000 on free passes
in Paris alone and a total of $708,750
on all classes of tickets.
I* Kver for Silver.
Wahiiixotox, Aug. 1«». — Senator
Stewart of Nevada requests the publi
cation of a denial of recent interviews
with him on the subject of silver and
tiuatice. He says: “There appears to
have been a conspiracy to misrepre
sent me and my colleague. Neither
of us have given out the interviews
reported, nor any other interviews at
variance witli our life long devotion
to the free and unlimited coinage of
silver by the I'nited States alone at
the ratio of 16 to t.”
September Wheat la Chicago Sells at
SS lent*.
Chicago, Aug. 16.—The biggest ad
vance of the season occurred in the
Chicago wheat market to-day. The
September price went up 2); cents
during the regular session and there
was a further advance of a cent on
the “curb" right after the market
closed, carrying September wheat up
to 85 cents, the highest price vet
reached. “Calls" for Monday sold at
88 cents and above, showing how very
bullish is the sentiment among
traders.
OUR NEXT ELECTION.
IT WILL BE HELD UNDER THE
NEW LAW.
Onicer* to Be Choften la Accordance
With the Prevision* of the Le|l*l*>
tire Act, llouc Boll No. 10—Old
Olllclal* Oat of Odce Accord*
lap to Attorney General.
Election* In Nebraska.
The next general election in this
state must be held under the law
passed by the last session of the legis
lature and the officers of election will
be those chosen in accordance with
house roll No. 10. The attorney gen
eral has given his opinion that the old
election officers will not hold over, but
that they were legislated out of office
by the new act and the county judges
must appoint new precinct judges and
clerks who will conduct the elections
for the next year. The new law pro
vides that the county judges of the
several counties must, at least one
week before the general election, ap
point three judges and two clerks of
election in each precinct and these are
• to serve as election officers at all gen
eral and special elections to be held
during the next year.
The act provides that these officers
of election shall be “of good character,
well informed, who can read and write
and speak the English language, and
that they shall have resided in the
election precinct for which they are
appointed to serve for at least one year
next preceding appointment and shall
be entitled to vote therein.” The man
ner of selection of these election offi
cers, which is a complete change from
the old system, is as follows:
BUi.ES OF SELECTION.
“The county judge shall appoint as
judges and clerks of election at least
ten days before the election three
judges and two clerks nominated for
such offices in precinct primaries, and
the county judge shall select for each
precinct one judge for the party poll
ing the highest number of votes at the
last general election in the precinct,
and one judge from the party polling
the next highest number of votes at
the last general election and one judgo
from the party polling the next high
est number of votes at the last general
election. In case there is one or more
parties to be represented on the ticket
he shall appoint a clerk of election
from each of the parties not repre
sented on the election board polling
the highest number of votes, and pro
vided, where there are only two par
ties with tickets on the official ballot,
then the party polling the highest
vote shall have two judges and one
clerk and the other party one judge
and one clerk; and in case of three
parties on the official ballot he shall
appoint a clerk from each of the par
ties receiving the highest number of
votes, and such judges and clerks shall
constitute a board of election.”
DUTY OF PRIMARIES.
The duty of the precinct primaries to
nominate the officers of the election is
imperative and if neglected by these
primaries the selection is left to the
county judge without restriction. The
old plan of having electors present at
the polls name officers to fill vacancies'
is still operative where none of the
regularly appointed officers show up
at the time for opening the polls. In
case there is some of the regular board
present the vacant place must be filled
by the members of the same polit ical
party as the absentee. In this case the
qualified members of the party who
are present can nominate a candidate
for the vacancy and present the name
to the board for ratification.
Owing to the fact that many of the
precinct primaries will be held before
the copies of the session laws are gen
erally distributed the chairmen of the
populist and democratic state central
committees are calling the attention of
the voters to the provisions of this law
and to the importance that it be com
plied with in the selection of the names
to be certified to the county judge by
the precinct primary officers.
Condition of Nabnuka lianlta.
Washington dispatch: The abstract
of reports of the comptroller of the
currency, made July 23, showing the
condition of the ninety-four national
batiks in Nebraska, exclusive of Lin
coln and Omaha, indicates a general
improvement in the condition of bank
ing business throughout the state.
Notwithstanding that there is one
bank less: individual deposits have in
creased since May 14 by nearly $400,
000, the total amount being on the date
of the abstract #9,264,709. There is a
decrease in the amount due to other
banks by almost #200,000. The total
resources amount to $19,088,593. an in
crease of $601,868; due from other
banks and reserve agents, $2,931,376,
increase of $607,515; average reserve
held 35.34 per cent, as against #32.60
last May.
Nebraska at Washington.
Washington special: Dr. L. G.
Simms was today appointed a member
of the board of examining surgeons at
Sidney, and Drs. E. L. Ralph and H. B.
Strong at Pender, Neb.
Senator Wm. V. Allen arrived in the
city today from Nebraska. The sena
tor will attend to some accumulated
correspondence and departmental busi
ness before returning home..
Ex-Congressmn John A. McShane of
Omaha and Col. Valentine of Chicago,
in charge of tl>e new Armour beef
plant erecting at Omaha, are in the
city.
A Theft of Cattle.
Twenty-three head of heavy cattle
were stolen from the stockyards at
Wausa last week. Commission men
and buyers have been notifiel to be on
the lookout for them in cast the
thieves should try to dispose of tlem
in the markets.
U. I*. Kntrr* a Denial.
The 1'nion Pacific passenger depart
ment emphatically denies that it is re
sponsible for any demoralization in
rates to the Grand Army eneampuient
at Buffalo, us announced from Chicago.
The trouble lias apparently been
brought about by the use of old and
inferior standard coaches by lines
operating either Pullman or \Vagner
cars as tourist cars. The use of these
old coaches, which had been standing
idle since the world's fair, was made
at the time of the Christian Endeavor
movement, and there was no com*
plaint whatever at that time.
SHIPPING CATTLE.
Thu* Western Roads Agree to Do Away
With Carload Rates.
Omaha dispatch: Messrs. Wood,
Brock and Merchant..representing the
freight departments of the Onion Pa
cific, the Burlington and the Elkhorn
railroads respectively, this morning
succeeded in overcoming the objections
of the freight officials of the St. Louis
A San Francisco, the Kansas City,
Pittsburg A Gulf, and the Kansas City,
Ft. Scott & Memph's railroads to the
conversion of all live stock rates in
the trans-Missouri territory from dol
lars per car load to cents per 100
pounds, with the important result that
all live stock rates on all railroads in
trans-Missouri territory will now be
based upon the actual weight of the
shipmens. This is the-, import of the
news received by freight men in
Omaha this morning from the Kansas
City meeting, where there has been a
wrangle on the proposition under con
sideration for several days. The three
lines south of Kansas City that have
hitherto opposed the change fell in
line this morning, and rates will be
based on weight on and after Tuesday
next in the territory west of the Mis
souri river.
The minimum rates that will be al
lowed for shipments of live stock in
various territories have also just been
determined upon. In Nebraska the
minimum rates for such shipments are
as follows: Nineteen thousand pounds
pounds for thirty-foot cars, 20,500
pounds for thirty-three and a half foot
cars, and 22,000 pounds for thirty-six
foot cars. For the territory west of
Nebraska and Kansas a change in the
basis was necessary on account of the
difference in loading and in order to
protect such western lines on the reve
nue of stock at intermediate points in
Nebraska and Kansas to be fattened
for the market, for the territory west
of these states there will be a higher
minimum of weights, as follows:
Twenty-one thousand five hundred
pounds for thirty foot cars, 23.000
pounds for thirty-three and a half-foot
cars, and 24,000 pounds for thirty-six
foot ears.
Speaking of the new basis just fixed
for live stock shipments by weight a
prominent freight official said: “This
basis has been determined upon after
several years of careful figuring and
calculation as to the comfortable car
rying weight of stock cars not over
loaded. As the mode of fixing live
stock rates by so many cents per 100
pounds has been in vogue for several
years from Nebraska and Kansas to
Chicago, and from all western freight
territory from Texas and the whole
southern territory to Kansas City, St.
Louis and Chicago, to the satisfaction
of carriers and shippers, there is no
successful argument why the same
principle of determining live stock rev
enue should not be carried into the
trans-Missouri country generally. The
present basis, we tliink, is fair and
reasonable.”
if this new basis of determining
live stock rates into South Omaha and
other markets by weight, instead of
by car loads is a good thing now, why
was it not successful when tried last
year?”
“This basis was used in Nebraska
for about four months. The exact
dates between which the principle was
in operation are, I believe. Jan. 1 and
April SO. 1890. The method was not a
success then because it was not placed
in operation by all railroads and was
not given a fair trial. Now. however,
all lines have agreed to it. and we
flrmlv believe that a fair trial by all
Will insure its success.”
Glandered Horses.
Prof. A. T. Peters of Lincoln has
received a number of letters from An
telope and Holt counties in which the
Writers state that horses in their vi
cinity are afflicted with glanders. Ac
cording to these letters several horses
have died during the past few months.
One man. Homer A. Brown, who lived
near Elgin, died with what two phy
sicians pronounced glanders. The let
ters from several points ask Prof. Pe
ters to assist the citizens with his
presence and advice in the matter of
treatment of the disease, which is af
flicting the horses and endangering the
lives of human beings. Prof. Peters
called upon the governor and consult
ed with him about the probable action
the state would take. The last legis
lature made no provision for a veteri
nary commission and there is no means
available for carrying on an investi
gation. Prof. Peters, as the agent of
the national government, it is said,
may investigate and report, but his
power to go further than this is in
doubt.
Now Railroad Incorporated.
The Sioux City & Omaha railroad has
been incorporated at Tekamnh. The
incorporators are J. R. Anderson and
B. F. Fuller. Burt county capitalists,
and Mitchell Vincent, the well known
railroad contractor of Ouaivu. Iowa,
who has been prominently identified
in urging the Illinois Central to build
a bridge across the Missouri river at
Onawa and push on from there to a
westward connection. The main plan
of the incorporators is to build a road
which wil L be valuable as a connecting
link - between the north and south.
From Sioux City the road will follow
the Kastern Nebraska and Gulf survey
through tlie Winnebago and Omaha
Indian reservations, taking in Decatur
and going on south to Tckamah, and
thence to Omaha, where it is hoped to
make arrangements with the Port
Arthur people.
Beet Sugar Factory.
There was a lengthy meeting held,
says an Omaha paper, of the directors
of the company which is to build a
beet sugar factory at South Omaha.
Mr. Kclby, of Cleveland, a builder of a
number of sugar factories throughout
the eonntry. was present and explained
to the Omalians his ideas about the
construction of a plant and progress in
direction of the enterprise was made.
The bureau of labor and industrial
statistics of Nebraska lias written to
| the county clerk of Hall county for a
report of the mortgage indebtedness
for the six months ended June :>0, 181)7.
In these six months there were filed
sixty farm mortgages of the amount of
$51,175; there were released 100 farm
mortgages, amounting to $103,194. The
number of town and city mortgages
filed was seventy-three, amounting to
$58,014: the number of the same mort
gages canceled was 111, amounting to
$119,157.
Nebraska's yield, both cereals and
vegetables, is wonderfully large.
THE GOLD SEEKERS.
A Blockade of Hasten—Hundreds of
Whom Are Unable to Hove.
San Francisco, Aug. 14.—The Ore*
gon Railway, and Navigation com
pany’s steamer Elder has arrived at
Astoria from Dyea and confirms pre
vious reports that both the White and
Chilcoot passes are blockaded by cagei
gold seekers. Nearly all of the El
der's passengers we're landed at Dyea.
the vessel lying a mile and a half out
in the bay and passengers and goods
being lightered ashore at a cost of till
per ton for freight. Officers of the
Elder say that not one-half the people
will get over the mountains this win
ter. Many are selling out their out
fits and returning. Letters from par
ties who went up on the Elder advise:
their friends not to go this fall as they
cannot get through.
The wreck of the Mexico on the
Alaskan coast will, it is generally be
lieved, be followed by others, for the
rush to the gold fields has caused the
chartering of many unseaworthy ves
sels and the engagement of incom
petent marinera If any other vessel
should go down it is almost certain
that there will be great loss of life.
Many of these vessels are wretched
affairs without passenger accommoda
tions and all overloaded.
Two unseaworthj-tugs have passed
Union, British Columbia, ldSW^I down
with 139 6ouls, and, in their top heavy
condition, would tip over at the first
heavy wave.
Forage along the trails has been al
ready exhausted, and pack horses will
soon be dying by dozens. There are
now 3,900 men between Skaguay and
Elondyke. The blockade of Klondyk
ers at Dyea and Skaguay will lead to
much suffering next winter.
During the past week Klondyke
fever has abated somewhat in this city
owing, probably to the discouraging
reports received from Dyea. At the
offices of the steamship companies it
is reported that the inquiry for ticket*,
is diminishing.
Halil <«ir the Klondike.
Washington, Aug. 14.—The post
office department has written to the
postal authorities of Canada concern
ing co-operation in carrying the mails
to the Klondike country. The propo
sition is that the two governments
should co-operate and arrange for an
interchange of mail at Circle City and
Dawson City, the United States to
maintain a service once a month
and Canada the same. This would
give two mails every month.
Korea's J'remier Dying.
Washingtov, Aug-- 14 — Pom Kwang
Soh, chief of the privy council of'Iio
rea, ex-minister to this country from
Korea, and the commissioner of that
kingdom to the recent queen’s jubilee,
is critically ill with consumption at
his residence here.
A Million Watermelon* for New York.
New York, Aug. 14.—A million wa
termelons arrived in New York yester
day. They camo from the Middle
Southern states, where the water
melon season is now at its height and
where luscious melons grow.
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LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKET.
Quotations From New York. Chicago, St.
I.ouis, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery separator... 14 44
Butter—Choice fancy country.. W to
Eggs -Fresh. N to
Spring Chickens—Per 11). 614©
liens—per lb.. SH©
Pigeons—Live. 75 to
Lemons—Clutlce Mcssiuas.8 SB ©6
Honey ( hoipc. per lb. 14 4s
Onions—per bn . •* © I
Beans—llnndpicked Navy. 1 10 t) 1
Potatoes- i>er hit. 50 ©
Broom Corn—Choice Green. 2 ©
Oranges—per box. 8 00 40 8
A pples—Per bbl. 1 05 04 I
llay—Upland. pertou. 4 50 © 5
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET.
lions -Choice .light. i 60 ©8
Hors—Heavy weights. 845 to :i
Beef steers. 407 ©4
Bulls. 2 65 © 8
Stags. 2 60 © 8
Calves. 8 00 © «
Westerns... .2 35 to 4
Cows. 1 76 to a
Heifers. .. 2 SO © 4
Stockers anil Feeders. a as © 4
Sheep—Western laitnhs.4 60 to '■
Sheep, Western Grassers. 70
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2 spring. S4 ©
Corn per bn. 27=4©
Oat s - per hu. 1714®
Pork . 7 00 to 7
Lard per loo lbs.4 32 © 4
Cattle—Prime beef sleers. 4 70 to 5
Hogs - Prime light .:i 72!4© 3
Sheep- Lambs .a so © 5
Sheep- Westerns . 8 26 © a
NEW YORK.'
Wheat—No. 2. red. Winter. 64
Corn—No. 2. 82
Oats—No. 2. 22
Pork.s no
Lard. « 1274© «
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat -No. 2. hard. 66
Corn No. 2. 28
Oats No. 2. It
Cattle Stockers and Feeders.. It 60
lloge -Mixed. .a .56
Sheep-Muttons .2 36
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