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O’NEFLtj, ^ NEBRASKA.
NEBRASKA.
Fremont’s charity hall will be given
November 16.
The creamery at Genoa has been
Closed for the winter.
The B. & M. has Just completed a
new depot at Sterling.
The Red Wllllow county bonds sold
at par and accrued Interest.
The Epworth leaguers of Columbus
have organized a reading circle.
Rentals in South Omaha have risen
30 per cent in the past forty days.
Captain 1/each, a prominent business
man of Hebron, died last week.
Hog cholera has carried away hun
dreds of porkers in Webster county.
The first consignment of 5,000 sheep
for Knollln & Co. of Madison county
have arrived.
The pay roll of the Union Pacific at
Grand Island is $45,000 per month
over half a-million a year.
Many of the farmers In the vicinity
of Staplehurst are feeding from 500 to
2,000 head of sheep.
The American Chicory company's
factory at Fremont is running day and
night. • .
There Is loud call In Gage county
for corn buskers, with no response.
Workmen will be Imported.
The Glrrards of Columbus have clos
ed a contract for irrigation of 800 acres
for five years.
Burglars went through the B. & M.
depot at Blue Springs, but got nothing
of value.
R. G. Klngsland of Garfield county
has a flowing well 125 feet In depth.
It throws an Inch and a quarter stream
twenty feet above the ground.
The Ponca Indians were last week
paid $11,400 by their agent, being a
part due them on the Sioux treaty.
Each member of a family averaged
#241.
William 1 WInneger, a Winnebago
warrior, stole a horse near Pender and
aold It at Hubbard for $4. When In
formed that he must go to Jail he want
ed to die.
The Lyons Mirror says the Indians
are fast becoming civilized and as a
proof of It cites that ono of them was
recently discovered purchasing a bot
tle of perfumery.
The business of the David City of
fice, during the first nine months of
1887, increased $650 over the first nine
months of 1896, and $653 over the first
dine months of 1895.
Thomas Caffrey, a gravel-train work
er, went to sleep while his train was
aide-tracked at Clarks, and found on
waking that he had been robbed of a
new hat and $40 in cash.
The rainfall In Gage county for Oc
tober was 4.82 Inches, the heaviest for
the month since 1891, when 6.11 Inches
of rain fell during October. Lest year
the record was 2.84 Inches for the
month.
The state temporary school fund
now amounts to $338,236.60, which will
be used In the December apportion
'• ment, together with the amount added
to the fund, between now and the date
of apportionment.
As passenger train No. 20, going
oast, was leaving the depot at Arling
ton W. H. Vest of Toledo, la., attempt
ed to steal a ride on the blind baggage.
He slipped and fell. Both legs were
cut oR above the ankle.
The two packet steamers that have
plied between Niobrara and up-river
points this side of Chamberlain are
; now full of business and report a good
season. Next season will probably see
i-' three boats at that port.
Conductor Knight, who has been
running a train on the Elkhorn for
ten or twelve years, has taken a six
months’ leave of absence and will leave
In a few days for Alabama to take the
treasnrershlp of a gold mine.
C. H. Korfl, one of Nebraska City’s
pioneers, died suddenly the other day
at his home In that city. While Mr.
KorR had not been In the best of
health tor a year or more none thought
his condition serious. He was seised
at the dinner table, and expired before
help could he summoned.
Station Agent R. M. Beer of Stroma
burg has wagered $10 with Attorney
XL A. Hakeever that he can eat ninety
eggs in thirty days, or three each day.
Mr. Been, to satisfy Makeever that he
: ; Would win the money, eats three eggs
! for breakfast and two for supper each
day. The contest Is watched with
great Interest at the Park hotel of that
w. w. cuaptell, who tenant* the
v Tierney term weet of Teoumeeh, dug
his crop of peanut* last week and se
! eared some twenty bushels, of a very’
;; fine quality. He experimented some
In cotton raising this season and ha*
made two picking* and say* the qual
ity la fully a* good as he raised while
'> living In Alabama. In fact he Is of
& the opinion that Nebraska will be
come a cotton-growing state If this
product win pay better than some
■other crops now raised In this state.
i David Baker, proprietor Of the Com
■ merdal hotel, Ashland, died last week.
At the time of the Indian outbreak and
i£ massacre In 18U David Baker was an
infant, hi* father and mother living on
a term near the famous Blue Earth
massacre. Among a great number of
other* their borne wa* attacked, the
;V tether killed and the mother left for
dead In the cellarway. She recovered
consciousness and carried the Infant,
David, In her arm* many miles through
U- the wood* to settlements that had not
• been destroyed, thus saving his life. .
Word reached Auburn that a twen
| ty-yeer-oid son of Henry Taylor, an
old resident of Island precinct, was
killed by means of a club In the bands
of a neighbor boy. A fight was In
; : 5 progress and the Taylor boy had in
lured‘two others with a knife before
h::t; 'be was struck.
In the district court at Wilber the
t ; • Jury la the ease of Herbert Perkins of
, Seward county, charged with bastardy
|r' on complaint of Mia* Helen Milton of
; near Friend, brought In a verdict of
SuUty, after a few minutes* consults
tlon. The parties are or good social
positlog and la comfortable clrcuim
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
ITEMS OFINTEBEST GATHERED
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Condensation* that Embody m Good Deal
of Information Without Requiring
JUnch Space—Foreign and Domestic
Newsy Kotos on All Subjects.
Monday, November 1.
Cooler weather has somewhat
checked fever iA New Orleans.
, Five men perished In the Von
Storch slope fire near Scranton, Pa.
Late rains in Iowa and Nebraska
prepared the soil in fine condition for
winter.
The new postofflee building in
Omaha will not be occupied until fully
completed.
This Is the day for sale of the Union
Pacific railroad. The sale takes place
in Omaha.
The auditor of South Dakota has
been bound over on the charge of em
Kncour&ging reports come from all
sections of Nebraska regarding the
winter wheat outlook.
Time for survey of boundary line be
tween the United States and Mexico
has been extended one year.
News of the death of Henry George
created profund interest in San Fran
cisco, where he is well known.
The Congregational council declines
to reinstate Dr. Brown, and he still
stands supended from the minstry.
Robert H. Kemp, of Boston, commit
ted suicide at Kalamazoo, Miph., by
taking morphine. He was despond
ent.
The German court has been ordered
to go Into mourning for ten days as a
mark of sympathy for the relatives of
the late Duchess of Teck.
The steamer Portland has arrived
here from Alaska with $125,000 in gold ■
belonging to the North American
Transportation and Trading company.
A medal of honor has been pre
sented to Major General Daniel E.
Sickles, U. S. A., retired, for most dis
tinguished galantry while in command
of the Third army corps at Gettysburg,
Pa.. July 2, 1803.
Orders will shortly be issued send
ing the two troops of the 8ixth cav
alry now at Fort Robinson to Fort Du
chesne, Utah, and transferring to Fort
Robinson the two troops of the Ninth
cavalry now having station at that
point.
Tuesday, November I.
The gold reserve on October 31 was
$163,651,811.
The worst of the yellow fewer is be
lieved to be over. *
The Tennessee centennial exposition
ended October 31st
London papers devote much space to
the death of Henry George.
Memorial services for Henry George
were held in San Francisco.
Fire in the business section of War
ren, Mass., did $50,000 damage.
Jose Sanchez, of Denver, is in jail
charged with murdering his wife.
The Union Trust company's build
ing at Pittsburg was destroyed by fire.
John Banch, of Freeport, 111,, was
found murdered in the outskirts of the
town.
Thomas P. Smith of Plattsburg, N.
Y«, has been appointed supervisor of
Indian schools.
Eight business houses and several
dwellings in Princeton, Ind., were de
stroyed by Are.
C. H. Anderson, late chief Clerk of
the insurance department of South
Dakota, has been bound over for em
bezzlement.
Brigadier General Wade, of St. Paul,
commanding the department of Dako
ta, recommends the abandonment of
Ft. Custer, Mont., as a military post.
Two clrgar makers, Jacob Amos and
Henry Bcrgenkreuger, committed
suicide at St. Paul, Minn., by jumping
200 feet oft the bridge Into the Miss
issippi river,
A medal of honor has been present
ed Major-General Daniel E. Sickles for
most distinguished gallantry while in
command of the Third army corps at
Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863.
’WcdndMday, Not. S.
General Von Bulow of Germany is
dead.
Political roorbacks were numerous
Just before the battle.
Only four states yesterday voted
for full state tickets.
Henry George’s grave is near that
of Henry Ward Beecher.
Uncle Sam’s Income in October was
$24,341,415; his expenses, $33,701,691.
Hon. Wm. J, Bryan made six
speeches In Omaha night before elec
tion.
Wisconsin will have a 9200,000
building at the Trans-Mlsslssllpl ex
position.
Miss Cisneros, the Cuban girl, is In
Chicago, and will be tendered a re
ception tomorrow.
Twenty-eight years from the day
the first shovelful of dirt was lifted
towards ItB building the Union Pa
cific was Bold at auction.
Dion Geraldine, who resigned as
superintendent of the department of
buildings and grounds of the Trans
Mississippi exposition, was married in
Chicago. He and his wife will reside
in Omaha.
By the will of Mary J. Bradford
of South Boston, which has been filed j
In (he probate court for Suffolk '
county, a trust fund Is created of !
$4,000, the income to be used for the :
care and support of a parrot owned :
by the testator.
Thursday, Novambur 4
A Chicago man has started tor'
Klondike on a bicycle.
Four laborers were killed by dyna
mite at Victor, Colorado.
Miss Willard has been rechosen
president of the W. C. T. U.
The story is denied that Spain Is
buying war ships of British build
ers. -
A bloody election riot took place
at Frankfort, Ky. Four men were
killed and as many wounded. ;
Edward Hamilton, employed at the
Worcester, Maas. National bank, killed
his wife and daughter and then shot,
himself. j
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R. .G Baxter’s private bank at- Bur
lington, Ont., was cracked by dyna
mite, and about $2,000 was taken.
J. B. Ellen, republican candidate for
member of tbe assembly in the First
district of Oneondag county, New
York, died on the day of election.
General James Longstreet has tak
en the oath of office as commissioner
of railroads and began his new duties,
succeeding General Wade Hampton.
James B. Sheean has been appointed
assistant general solicitor of the Elk
horn railway, taking the place made
vavant by the promotion of Assistant
General Solicitor White.
Judge Thayer has ordered the Kan
sas City Stock Yards company to Is
sue rebate checks to shippers or
agents to cover the difference between
the old and new Kansas rates.
Important preparations are being
made for the signing of the new treaty
between the United States, Russia and
Japan for the suspension of pelagic
sealing in Bering sea and the North
Pacific. It can now be stated that the
formality of signing Is expected to oc
cur at the state department tomorrow.
Friday, November 5.
The Carlists are Importing arms In
to Spain.
Germany declines to take part of
ficially in the Omaha exposition.
A steamer has left Trornsoe to
search for Andree, the aerouant.
The monetary commission has re
sumed its sittings at Washington.
Governor Drake of Iowa has return
ed home much Improved in health.
Money paid for the Union Pacific
will remain in the New York banks.
The president has got back to Wash
ington and resumed his official duties.
The life-saving service will be ex
emplified at the Trans-Mississippi ex
position.
Richard Henry Noell-Hlll, seventh
baron of Berwick, is dead. He was
born in 1847.
Edwin R. Rochester of Iowa has
been appointed to a $1,000 clerkship
in the War department.
Indians burned the slaughter house
at Pine Ridge agency. They want to
kill the beeves themselves.
The danger of famine in the Klon
dike country is to be relieved by the
use of reindeer transportation.
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the San Francisco Nation
al bank of San Francisco to begin
business. Capitol $500,000.
It is asserted at Cairo that Prince
Mohammed All, the brother of the
khedive, is engaged to be married to
an American womhn whom he met in
Europe.
f a turd a 7, Nov. 0.
The Chicago horse show is proving a
great success.
Russia will shortly establish a dip
lomatic agent in Morocco.
Sale of Kansas Pacific will not be
held until December 16.
Texas proposes to be in evidence at
Ibe Trans-Mississippi Exposition. *
Eugene Field day was observed in
Lhe schools of Kansas City on the 4th.
The Georgia legislature will make
Lhe birthday of Jefferson Davis a legal
holiday.
Great Britain has politely declined
to take part in the Florida fisheries
conference.
The first Thanksgiving was appoint
ed by Governor Bradford at Plymouth,
Mass., in 1621.
Thomas McHargon, a wealthy farm
er living near Trenton, Mo., was killed
in a runaway accident last night.
Oscar Hammerstein’s counsel says
the thearical manager will shortly re
cover from his business difficulties.
Major John Dalzell died at his home
in Leelanaw county, Michigan, at the
age of 74. He enlisted in the army in
1861.
A number of concessionaries at the
Nashville centennial have arrived in
Omaha to prepare for the next big
show.
M. W. Bremen, of Globe, A. T„ a
well known mining man, committed
suicide at a hospital in Silver City,
New Mexico.
The appeal of the Portland, Ore.,
board of trade for government aid in
relieving Klondike miners has been re
ceived at Washington.
The president has ordered a court
martial to try Captain Loverlng. The
court will meet at 11 o’clock, Novem
ber 22, at Fort Sheridan.
Eugene L. Merritt and Andrus R.
Merritt, of Duluth, Minn., will be
taken to Genesee county, New York, to
be tried for grand larceny.
The managers of the Union Pacific
reorganization plan .have called for the
first 25 per cent from the syndicate
formed to secure the payment of the
government debt.
The first line of first class steam
ships to the Klondike has been organ
ized in Philadelphia, with Charles H.
Cramp, of the shipbuilding firm of that
name as president
The Spanish cabinet is considering
the impeachment of General Weyler,
the late captain general of Cuba, on
account of the remarks which he made
previous to leaving Havana on his re
turn to Spain.
Slid* Taken Hack to Reform School.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 6.—Vesta
Simpson, aged 20, and an inmate of
the Wisconsin Industrial School for
Girls, was married on Sunday to Louis
8chenbaum, aged 29. A few minutes
after the ceremony the bride was taken
away from her husband by an officer
of the school, since which time the
husband has not been able to see her.
The Simpson girl was committed to
the girls’ school at the age of 15, and
that institution claims to have juris
diction over her until she reaches the
age of 21. It was while under age that
she met Schenbaum. Unless the offi
cials of the school liberate the girl on
their own accord the bride can be re
stored to her husband only by inter
vention of Governor Schofield or the
State board of control.
Important Insurannce DECISIO N_
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—The pres
ident today appointed the following to
be consuls of the United States: Abra
ham B. Jones, of Alabama, at Tuxpan,
Mexico; Daniel W. Marr, of Virginia,
at Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic;
E. Theophllus Llefeld, of Connecticut,
at Freiburg, Baden.
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COUNT IN THE COUBT.
VIGOROUS FIGHT FOR CLOSE
OHIO DISTRICTS.
Majorities of Several Hembera of the
teflilalare Very Small—Cion Conn
Nee About Equally Divided Between
the Parties—Coarts Will Probably be
Ai b.trator.
Ohio Content Not Settled.
COLUMBUS, 0., Nov. 5.—The con
test for control of the legislature will
likely be carried into the courts. The
official returns of about one-fourth of
the eighty-eight counties have been re
ceived by the secretary of state. To
the returns of close counties protests
have been made. It is proposed now to
prevent the issue of certificates of elec
tion to certain legislative cahdidates
if the courts will so order. Today in
terest centers in the official counting
at Bowling Green of the vote of Wood
county. The republican plurality in
that county for representative was re
duced yesterday to twenty-eight, and
today is announced as twenty-five. The
democrats claim the representative by
a plurality of five. Including Wood
county's representative the republic
ans claim the legislature by seventy
five to seventy. If Wood county should
finally be put in the democratic list
by. the official figures, the legislature
would stand seventy-four republicans
to seventy-one democrats. While this
is a mathematical majority of three,
it is a constitutional surplus of only
one.
It requires seventy-three votes, or a
majority of all the 145 members, to
elect a senator on Joint ballot. With
only seventy-four representatives in
the legislature, the death of a repub
lican member or a republican vacancy
from any cause would leave the bare
majority, and if Wood county should
elect a democratic representative there
would no doubt be startling develop
ments at once In at least two other
counties. The proposed legal proceed
ings are believed to be in statu quo
waiting the completion of the official
canvass of the vote in Wood county.
There are ten counties in the state that
give a plurality each of less than 100
on their respective legislative candi
dates, and of these close counties the
parties are almost equally the bene
ficiaries. The republicans claim the
following pluralities in three counties
that have been most hotly contested:
Delaware, 29; Noble, 85; Wood, 25.
This is a total of 139 plurality for rep
resentatives in the three counties, a
change of seventy votes properly dis
tributed would have changed the Ohio
legislature: to seventy-three democrats
and seventy-two republicans, and per
haps have changed the political com
plexion of the United States senate. It
is what is at stake as well as the close
shave that causes the managers of
both parties to fight it out with every
possible effort that can be made.
There were over one million .votes
cast In Ohio last year, and it was es
timated that there were 900,000 votes
cast last Tuesday, of which the decid
ing seventy votes in an infinitesimal
per cent. In Hocking and Vinton coun
ties the democrats elect their repre
sentative by a plurality of seventy-five
and by about the same plurality in
Van Wert county, while in Summit
county the democrats elect two rep
resentatives on pluralities that are i
said to be as close as those of Wood
and Delaware counties. The republic
ans assert that a change in less than
200 votes would give them four more
representatives in the counties of Sum
mit, Van Wert, Hocking and Vinton.
The only trouble reported from the
boards making the official returns yes
terday was in Noble and Wood coun
ties, and those were simply animated
discussions. These official counts are
proceeding in the same counties- to
day. No disturbances are apprehend
ed anywhere, but both sides will fight
to a finish before the returning board, j
then in the courts and finally in the '
organization of the legislature. Since 1
the republican plurality on the state
ticket has approached 29,000, no in
terest is taken in those returns.
Hon. Charles R. Kurtz, who was
chairman of the republican state com- j
mittee in 1896 and 1895, says there is I
nothing whatever in the talk about
certain republican members of the leg
islature combining with the democrats
to elect Governor Bushnell or any
other man senator in place of Senator
Hanna, who was endorsed by the last
republican state convention for both
the short andthe full terms for sena
tor. Mr. Kurtz says no republican
member could afford to bolt the cau
cus nomination, and he does not be
lieve that a single republican member
could be found who would go into such
a combine. As Chairman Kurtz was
defeated for re-election as chairman by
Senator Hanna and admits he is un
friendly to the senator himself, this
statement is believed to be the last
that will be heard of the combine
against Hanna as the republican sen
atorial nominee.
New MrIi ••••‘v *•♦»»«* »-'»»'a»r*a.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—The Post
office department shortly will advertise
tor proposals for ocean mail service
between this country and Jamaica.
The service for the first time will have
to be performed in American ships.
Postmaster General Gary and Assist
ant Postmaster General Shallenberger
believe this policy should be adopted
wherever possible. The mails for Ja
maica will be dispatched from the
ports of Boston, semi-weekly from
March to October, and Philadelphia,
weekly from October to March, the
change being due to winter harbor con
ditions in Boston. The advertisement
for proposals will be issued within a;
week and run three months and the
contract will begin shortly after the
expiration of that period.
I>nn*t. Uke th* khnrM.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—The dele
gation of Ute Indians from Utah, who
reached here some days ago, together
with Indian Agent Beck and Chairman
Jeffries, of the commission appointed
to treat with them for allotments, had
a conference with Secretary Bliss this
afternoon. •
The stated their opposition to the
allotments and indicated that they
were not disposed to yield their objec
tion.
It is claimed, based on their pres
ent attitude, that if allotments are fin
ally made it will require the arbitrary
action of the government to that end.
THE UNION PACIFIC
Figuring on the Fresldency of the New
Company.
OMAHA, Nov. 6.—The many railroad
officials and financiers attracted to
Omaha during the early part of the
week by the foreclosure sale of the
Union Pacific have nearly all gone. The
receivers are In St. Louis with Presi
dent S. H. H. Clark. The members of
the reorganization committee have re
turned to New York City and General
Manager Dickinson and Freight Traf
t'»: Manager Mon:o«j are in Chicago in
consultation with representatives of
other western lines on traffic matters.
At the local headquarters and else
where in railway circles there is con
siderable talk about the reorganiza
tion but absolutely nothing has been
given out either officially or unoffi
cially, that may be taken as outlining
the policy of the reorganization com
pany or naming its officers. It is un
derstood that the election of officers
will take place at New York or Boston
some time within the next sixty days.
The Ip'lef is general that 8. H. H.
Clark will be offered the presidency.
Whether he will feel equal to under
taking the tremendous job of reorgan
izing the Union Pacific is a much-dis
cussed question, with nothing to throw
light on its probable solution. It was
rumored Wednesday that a represen
tative of the reorganization committee
had gone to St. Louis to offer the pres
idency to Mr. Clark, but it is not gen
erally believed.
The vi:.il of President C. *>. Mellon,
of the Northern Pacific, here during
the early part of the week and his in
tercourse with the members of the re
organization committee while here lias
led to the report that he is seeking
the presidency of the Union Pacific.
This rumor has been most persistently
circulated within the past two days,
but is generally regarded as without
foundation. Even were it true, the
men most conversant with Union Pa
cific affairs declare that Mr. Meiien is
in no danger of being called upon to
preside over the affairs of the reorgan
ized Union Pacific as chief executive.
Mr. Meiien was recently selected as a
compromise president for the Northern
Pacific, resigning the position of sec
ond vice president of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railroad to ac
cept it. Formerly he was traffic man
aegr of the Union Pacific and is fa
miliar with the business of the “Over
land Route.”
One hears the name of Edward Dick
inson mentioned more and more fre
quently in connection with the Union
Pacific, should S. H. H. Clark not be
the man. The other names than have
already been mentioned, including
William H. Truesdaie, general man
ager and third vice president of the
Rock Island; Edwin Winter, former
president of the Northern Pacific, and
Oliver W. Mink, second vice president
and comptroller of the Union Pacific,
are still heard, though now only oc
casionally.
SPAIN’S REPLY.
A Fall Text Thereof to the State De
partment.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6—The full
text of the Spanish reply to the note
of United States Minister Woodford
has reached the State department in
the last mail and is now under exma
inatlon by the officials. So far as can
be learned it is not the intention of
the administration to give it publicity
now, so that the interest of the peoDle
must be satisfied at present with the
more or less official statements ema
nating from Madrid as to the charac
ter of the Spanish note. It is expect
ed that the president will make this
note and the correspondence leading
up to it the basis for one of the ipost
important chapters of his forthcoming
message to congress upon the reassem
bling of that body in December next,
and meanwhile it is not believed to be
probable that any radical change in
policy will characterize the correspon
dence between the two countries un
less something unforeseen occurs.
It appears that the determination of
the Spanish cabinet to court-martial
General Weyler, while not directly due
to a request of this government, was
probably inspired by an information
from the State department that -his ut
terances were not calculated to smooth
the way of negotiations. It is sur
mised that by thus acting with prompt
ness the Spanish cabinet has paved
the way for a counter remonstrance
against the publications of ex-United
States Minister Hannis Taylor. The
condition in the two cases have been
said at the State department to be en-'
tirely different. General Weyler being
a Spanish army officer is amenable to
discipline for an interference with the
policy of the government, while Mr.
Taylor, being a private citizen, is not
accountable to his government In his
Individual utterances.
Alaska Not a Farming Countrr*
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—Dr. W. H.
Evans and Benton Killin, commission
ers appointed to investigate the agri
cultural possibilities of Alaska, have
submitted their report to Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson. The reports agree
that while comparatively little agri
culture exists there, it is possible that
enough of certain crops and animals
may be grown to sustain a consider
able population, provided proper meth
ods are pursued. Cultivated areas in
Alaska are confined to small kitchen
gardens, in which are grown many of
our earlier and hardier vegetables.
Stock raising is carried on to a very
limited extent. The possible extension
of the pasturage and gardening area
is quite considerable. Estimates are
made of an expense of $200 per acre in
preparing the soil for cultivation.
What agriculture there will be in
Alaska will be subsidiary to fishing
and other industries.
Intervention the Only Hope.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.—The Herald
presents this morning a remarkable
letter from Hannis Taylor, former
United States minister to Spain, in
which, after telling of his strenuous
efforts to prevent a rupture of diplo
matic relations between the two coun
tries during the dark days of the Com
petitor case, he asserts that the ruling
classes of Spain are determined to re
fuse any concessions which would be
accepted by the Cubans.
Oscar Hammersteln, the theatrical
manager, assigned at New York City
for the benefit of his creditors.
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Body of a Wreck Victim Foiled.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Nov. 5.-—
The corpse of a man was found float'
lng in the river opposite Iona island
today, and is supposed to be the
of Stenographer McKay, who
killed in the Garrison wreck of
ber 24.
England IT 111 Not Bo Represented.
LONDON, Nov. 5.—Great Britain has^
declined to take part in the Florida
fisheries conference. The United States
ambassador. Colonel John Hay, re
ceived a polite note to this effect
Important In.nrance Decision.
CHICAGO, Nov. 6.—The supreme
court of this city has just banded
down a decision of great Importance
to insurance men all' over the coun
try. The state of Illinois has a law
that insurance under the Lloyds’ plan?
may not be transacted in the state of
Illinois. John A. Barnes, who issued
policies in various Lloyds not au
thorized by the state insurance de
partment, was fined $500 and he went
to the courts, represented by Attor
ney Myron H. Beacb, of Chicago. The
supreme court has decided that Lloyds
may transact business in the state and
that the law which seeks to prevent
them from so doing is unconstitu
tional. This throws the doors wide
open to insurance men from other
states whom Illinois has tried to keep
out, as the court says that what *■
been granted to citizens of Illinois may
not be denied to others.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—The an
nual reports of the Infantry school at ....
Fort Leavenworth, the cavalry and (
light artillery school at Fort Riley and I
the artillery school at Fort Monroe
have been made public. They show
that the instruction has progressed fa
vorably at each of these Institutions.
Simple Inventions are Patentable.
Iowa Patent Office, Des Moines, Oct.
27, 1897.—In view of the numerous pat
ents granted for what appears to some
as trivial changes in well known arts,
the following is of general interests
“Whenever in art, machine, manu
facture or composition of matter a
change, however apparently minute, is
made which is not obvious and results
in marked advantage, a patentable in
vention , has been produced.” Ex
Commissioner Simonds. “Simplic
ity in change of construction
does not negative patentability when
the change produced a new and bene
ficial result never before attained.”
Judge Coxe. “If the invention
is not frivolous or prejudicial
to the public and has any
degree of usefulness, no matter how
slight the practical utility, then with
in the meaning of the law it is useful
and may be patented.” Commissioner
Butterworth. “Attorneys have been
disappointed often in the out
come of the most promising
inventions; 1 have been so
many times astounded at fortunes^
made from inventions for which I
would not have given 15 cents, that I
knowastomy own foresight, and fully
believe as to that of every attorney,
that it is of little worth and at best a
mere guess.” A. P. Greeley, Asst
Com. of Patents.
Thomas G. & J. Ralph Orwlg,
Soclltors of Patents. I
United States Patent Offloe.
The government issued 516 patents
last week, 125 of which were issued
to a single inventor, Milo G. Kellogg,
of Chicago, all for improvements in
multiple switch boards. Some of
these applications have been in the
patent office over ten years and the
inventor has paid in government fees
$4,375. Above we have shown two me
chanical movements, the first of which
represents a stop mechanism for bolts
and the second, a simple shaft shifter.
A cut is also shown of one of the earl
iest car couplers as well as a cut of
a parallel jawed plyer, these illustra
tions being copyrighted. Inventors
and others desiring free information
as to the method of procuring patents
may obtain the same in addressing
Sues & Co., attorneys at law and pat
ent experts. Bee Building, Omaha. Neb.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations From New Fork, Chicago, St,
Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery separator... 80
Buttery-Choice fancy country.. 13
Errs—Fresh. 13
Spring Chickens—Per lb. 0
Turkeys,per lb. 8
Pigeons—Live. 75
Lemons—Choice Messlnas. 4 25
Honey—Choice, per lb.. 12
Onions—per bu. 40
Cranberries, Cape Cod, per bbl 5 40
Beans—Handpicked Navy. 1 40 IQ I
Potatoes—per bu. 40 Gst
Sweet potatores— Per bbl. 2 50 @3
Oranges—Per box. 4 25 @4
Apples—Western stock, per bbl 3 00 @4
Hay—Upland, per ton. 4 00 @5
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET.
nogs—Choice light. 3 80 @3
Hogs—Heavy weights. 3 20 @3
Beef steers. 3 60 @13
Bulls. 2 40 @ 8
Stags. 3 75 @3
Calves.. 4 00 <9 5
Western Feeders. 3 25 @3
Cows. 8 50 ®3
Heifers. 2 80 @ 3
Stockers and Feeders. 4 75 © 4
Sheep—Western Lambs. 4 00 O 4
Sheep—Native wethers. 3 00 0 3
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2 spring. 87 O
Corn—per bu. 2>?ik
Oats—per bu. 19 -
Barley—No. 2. 29
Rye—No. 2. 47
Timothy seed—Prime per bu.. 2 60
Pork .*. 7 75
Lard—per 100 lbs.4 40
Cattle—Choic beef steers.4 74
Cattle—Western feeders..3 40
Hogs—Prime light.3 40
Sheep—Native Lambs.5 00
NEW YORK MARKET.
Wheat—No. 2, red, Winter. 1 01 1
Corn—No. 2. 32 1
Oats—No. 2.• 20 1
Pork. 8 50 1
Lard. 4 70 1
_ „ KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. t, spring. 84
Corn—No. 2. 23
Oats—No 2. I8H
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