Nebraska Newspapers

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PUBLISH EL. BVFKY THURSDAY By
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'O’NEILL, •> NEBRASKA.
NEBRASKA.
The fall wheat never looked better
In the vicinity of Sterling than It does
now.
The Springfield schools have closed
on account of the prevalence of diph
theria.
A couple at Decatur by the name of
Burk have parted and been reunited
five times. They have just parted for
the sixth time.
Burglars broke into the office of the
Hay Springs Mining company and
cracked the safe, getting nearly $100
In cash. Two well dressed men were
seen around the mill during the day,
and suspicion points strongly to them
as the'guilty ones.
The Platte Valley herd of Poland
China hogs was sold last week at
North Bend. The herd consisted of
eighty-nine head high bred; fifty aver
aged $57 a head, one sow brought $511
and sold to parties In the southern
part of the state. The sale amounted
to *3.500.
Commercial men bare been skipp
ing Milford for some time, owing to
the lack of hotel facilities, but the
town has caught the spirit of enter
prise and various Improvements are
being made. Hereafter It will have
two hotels. The Commercial is the
new venture.
At Auburn the case of the state of
Nebraska against Frank McKenney
for statutory assault upon the person
of Ruth Ellis, the 15-year-old daugh
ter of Prof. Ellis of Peru, was given to
the jury, which brought in a verdict
of not guilty, after about four hours
of deliberation.
A stranger, who Is employed by
Walter Vallery west of Plattsmouth,
decamped some time during Tuesday
night and took with him $71 In money
and a revolver, all belonging to H. T.
Flick, a fellow laborer. No trace ha^
thus far been found of the thief, whosq
name is Frank Hefft.
John Zelozney, a Polish laborer, has
brought suit In the district court of
Platte county against the receivers of
the Union Pacific Railway company
for $2,000 for damages alleged to have
been sustained while employed by* the
defendants last May. While In the
discharge of his duties a silver of steel
flew Into his eye and destroyed the
aight.
Charles Snider lived at Oscedla sev
eral years ago, but it was too tame
there for him and he took Greeley’s
advice. After going to the far west he
studied law and was admitted to the
bar and It is said had large practice
at Rock Springs, Wyo. He had Just
been trying a lawsuit at hts home hnd
went to a saloon to discuss matters,
when a man named Klmmte hit him
over the head with -a billiard cue,
which caused his death.
Dr. J. Sidney Goodmanson, who was
tried and acquitted on the charge of
poisoning his wife, became Involved in
a quarrel at<t*onca last week and re
ceived a severe beating. It was not
thought bis Injuries would prove
dangerous until with a few days, when
erysipelas set in with great violence.
In the fight his nose was broken and
bis face badly demoralised. The cause
of the trouble Is alleged to have been
on account pf derogatory and abusive
language on the part of Goodmanson.
The government eecret service agent
In Omaha has been notified to be on
the lookout tor the counterfeit silver
coin which recently made Its appear*
ance In St. Louts. The peculiarity of
this coin Is that It contains the same
•mount of silver and of equal fineness
as the genuine dollar. It bears the
date 1849, and the mark of the New
Orleans mint. The lettering Is said
to lie too large, -and there are several
narks by which the expert can deteet
ft, but which would be of little value
to the general public.
Miss Augusta Myers, aged 18, a
daughter of Fred Myers, a prominent
termer living ten miles north of Ray
Springs, was found dead four miles
north of the house In a canyon. There
te a great deal of mystery attached to
aer death, as she was in a delicate
condition and there are signs that a
criminal operation was performed. By
her side was found a bottle that con
tained whisky and a small bottle label
ed "Stryehlnne.” Many are of the
opinion that these were placed there
hy other hands after life was extinct.
The unknown man found Injured at
the Union Pacific railroad track last
e»ys a Kearney dispatch,
died last night and an inquest was
held today. The affair Is Shrouded In
mystery and the general opinion te
that a brutal crime has been commit
ted. The missing foot has not been
found, and there was no blood on the
teack near where the body lay. A piece
of paper with the address: "G. a.
X**®* Ne.T York City.** was found and
this, together with a photograph of the
deceased, has been forwarded to the
Authorities there.
ntw ml* has been adoptel by the
etate board of transportation regain
ing the charging of demurrage hy rail
eoed companies. This rule, which all
railroad companies have been notified
of and ordered to
Si',
----- --to observe, provide!
♦hot no demurrage Shall be charged or
cma held over the regular time foi
loading and unloading until the rail
road company has given to the ship
per written notice forty-eight houn
More the charge Is to begin. Thai
there shall be a uniform charge of $]
roar* for each twenty-four houn
• held overtime.
Thieves broke In the door of Ba»
fsln ft Co.’s saloon' at Shelton. Thej
Cook several boxes of cigars and i
0*»ntlty of liquors. About US word
te missing.
The state boss i of educational landi
■ad funds has made a bid for the par
.. ™ase of the 1100,000. of Douglas coun
ty exposition bonds for an Investment
ef the permanent school fund. Tls
M tec *hs face value of the bonds
Tl11 ?*mw P« °*nt Interest
If the board la outbid there are etll
•Mslag In every day etate warrant
nhteh are serving the purpose a
fthfety ond profitably lavecting thi
school tend. .
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
ITEMS OPINTEREST GATHERED
HERE AND THERE.
Condensation, that Embody a Good Deal
of Information Without Requiring
Much Space—Foreign and Domcatlo
Newsy Notes on All Subjects.
Monday. Ho*. 15.
There is a plan on foot to divide
New York state.
The Methodists have established a
mission In Alaska.
Henry A. Hurlburt, a prominent
financier of New York, Is dead.
A United States assay office has
been located at Deadwood. S. D.
Hard coal may go higher, as produc
tion in the anthracite region is to be
curtailed.
Tbe Revernero hotel, at Kankakee.
111., burned, and guests barely escaped
with their lives.
Senator Platt, of New York, has had
an audience with President McKin
ley and named his men to be re
warded.
Senator Gorman, of Maryland, Is
said to have his eye on congress and
eventually the speakership of the low
er house.
. Thanday, Nov. IS.
Chicago Sunday night had a $100,000
fire.
The St. Louis city council will un
dertake to suppress football.
Pulitzer, publisher of the New York
World, is said to be in a very critical
condition.
The republicans of Kansas elected
four women to county offices at the
recent election.
Relations between Bulgaria and
Turkey are strained and 100,000 sol
diers are on the frontier.
William R. Cremer has arrived tn
New York from London with his ad
dress by British workingmen.
At Chicago horseless wagons are be
ing built for the American Express
company, and a large ice concern.
M. Blanc, the new perfect of police,
of Paris, has Issued an order forbid
ding women to wear high hats in the
theaters.
The First Scientist church of Chi
cago and the largest house of that de
nomination in the world, was dedi
cated Sunday.
Albert Knuland, on trial at St
Joseph, Mo., for bigamy, la said to
have eleven wives in various sections
of the country.
It has been agreed that the second
trial of Sausagemaker Luetgert for
the murder of his wife will begin at
Chicago November 22.
Thanksgiving day will be celebrated
In Berlin on November 25 by a dinner
and dance at the Kalserhof as usual,
and there will be some Informal
speeches.
A huge anaconda in captivity in a
museum In Philadelphia severely in
jured Samuel Masher, the museum
watchman, and crushed to death a'
valuable dock pony.
Customs officers at Port Huron,
Mich., have unearthed what promises
to be extensive operations in phe
nacetlne smuggling. Nearly 500 ounces
of the drug were confiscated. '
The mall carrier was held up near
Warren, Montana, by a lone highway
man and ordered to cut the mail sack
open, which he did, and the robber
took all the registered mall and let
tars. i i -
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Wednesday, Nof. l7. ‘
The governor of Arkansas frowns
upon football.
Secretary Wilson made an address
before the Orange, In session In Pltta
i burg.
John Purcell, the champion heavy
weight hammer thrower, died at
; Springfield, Mass.
A colored man 101 years old called
at the white house and shook hands
with the president
Private Secretary Porter Is not a
senatorial candidate, but would not
object to being Connecticut’s gover
1 nor.
It IS probable that the president
! will make no recommendation In his
message upon the subject of general
arbitration.
| Ex-Congressman John M. Langston,
of Virginia, one of the prominent col
ored men of the country, died In
Washington.
Bob Fitxsimmons has resigned his
membership in the Marlon, Ind., lodge
of Elks, Into which order he was In
itiated recently.
Refined beet sugar produced wholly
In Denmark will be subject to an ad
ditional duty of not less than .135 of
1 cent per pound.
Albert Kneeland, the bigamist who
has twelve living wives, was sentenc
ed at St. Joseph, Mo., to three years
and six months In the penitentiary.
Thomas W. Evans, the famous
American dentist who facilitated the
flight of the ex-Bmpress Eugenie from
Paris In 1870, died suddenly in Paris.
O. S Ludwick, who has been pros
pecting for Denver parties In the Bat
tle Lake district, has discovered a
four-foot vein of quarts which assays
$30 per ton In gold.
George A. Brandreth, president of
the ’Brandreth Pill and Porus Plaster
company, and son of Dr. Benjamin
Brandreth, the original pill compound
er, died at Sing Sing, N. Y.
The monthly statement of the im
parts and exports Issued by the bu
reau of statistics shows the exports of
domestic merchandise during Oc
tober last, to have amounted to 1109.
583,842.
Secretary Gage has requested the sec
retary of the interior to Instruct the
Alaskan officials to gather about 600
head of reindeer from the government
herd for use of the expedition for the
relief of the ice-bound whalers in the
Arctic. 7
Thunder, Hot. 18.
Girard college authorities have pro
hibited the playing of football.
Society Is not failing over Itself this
year to get to New York’s horse show.
Count Frans Thun has been elected
president of the Austrian delegations.
A few new cases of yellow fever de
velop in New Orleans from day to day.
It is reported that Qneen Victoria
is suffering from hernia—strangula
tion of which killed the Duchess of
Teck.
The Associated Charities of Omaha
expects to have to contend the coming
winter with more disease than desti
tution.
The University of Wisconsin foot
ball team has declined to play'a' sec
ond game with the University of Chi
cago for $5,000 guarantee.
Julian Ouinen of Carson, Nevada,
the boy who shot and killed District
Attorney Charles Jones recently, was
exonerated by the grand jury.
Mrs. Terrill and her newphew, Ed
ward, Mason, were burned to death on
a farm a few miles from Peru, N. Y.,
by the explosion of an oil lamp.
Secretary Alger has issued an order
for the retirement of Lieutenant Col
onel W. E. Waters, deputy surgeon
general, under the thirty years serv
ice act
The insurgents have dynamited and
derailed a train running between
Nuevitas, the port of Puerto Principe,
and the city of Puerto Principe, capi
tal of the province of that name.
William Carr was sentenced at Lib
erty, Mo., to hang on December 17.
Carr drowned his 3-year-old daughter
in the Missouri river. He received the
sentence with a smile of satisfaction.
James F. Early of Washington City
has been awarded the contract for the
plaster caBts of ornamental work on
the government building at the Trans
Mississippi exposition at his bid of
*3100.
There is every probability that l.ho
Canadian government will be repre
sented at the Trans-Mississippi expo
sition by a government exhibit In a'
building to be erected by the Canadian
authorities for that purpose.
Argentina’s coming wheat crop is
estimated at 1,600,000 tons. Deducting
home consumption, there will remain
at least 1,000,000 tons for export. The
flax crop is estimated at 400,000 tons.
The maize crop will not be abundant
unless there comes a good fall of rain
in December.
Friday, Nor. 19.
Representative Mercer, of Nebraska,
has arrived in Washington.
Cloakmakers to the number of 1,500
are on a strike in New York.
* The rise of the river Neva in Rus
sta has made 1,800 families homeless.
Paper manufacturers at Appleton,
Wls., have advanced the price of paper.
Wage reductions have been inaugu
rated in the shoe factories of Lowell,
Mass.
Japan has demanded $200,000 from
Hawaii as pay for loss to emigrants
denied admission.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
made an addresB before the Grange,
at Harrisburg, Pa.
A mob raided the toll gates in the
vicinity of Nicholasville, Ky„ and de
stroyed eight of them.
Indian Agent John N. Peebles has
been commissioned postmaster at the
Omaha agency in Nebraska.
Mrs. Charles L. Tiffany, wife of the
head of the great New York Jewelry
firm, is dead, aged 81 years.
The president began Wednesday to
sit before a sculptor from 9 to 10 each
morning in order to have a bronze
bust of himself made.
An increase of 10 per cent In wages
has been announced in the Jesse Ed
dy woolen mill, at Fall River, Mass.,
to take effect December 1.
Henry Sherry, one or the greatest
lumber operators and manufacturers
Wisconsin has ever seen, has assigned
for the benefit of his creditors.
A quarterly dividend of 1 per cent
was declared by the Chicago, Burling
ton & Quincy railroad directors. It is
payable December 15 to stockholders
on record November 20.
In consequence of the failure of the
Hooley-Jameson syndicate to put
through the Chinese loan, it is .gen
erally reported that th9 Hong Kong
and Shanghai banks will raise the
necesary money.
A decision was handed down by. the
United States court of appeals at St.
Louis to the effect that a white per
son adopted into one of the civilized
tribes of Indians cannot he restored to
Aflierican citizenship by the United
states courts.
Saturday. Mot. BO.
Germany will make an elaborate ex
hibit at the Paris exposition.
New York gas companies are ar
ranging for a gigantic combine.
Uncle Sam will soon commence work
on the South Omaha public building.
New York cloakmakers have quit
striking and returned to work.
Colorado proposes making a fine dis
play at the Trans-Mississippi Exposi
tion.
Some of the business men of Omaha
have organized to fight department
stores.
There has been a light frost at New
Orleans, though as yet yellow fevef
has not been checked.
The report of the monetary com
mission is not likely to be made pub
lic before December 1.
By dynamite explosion in Des
Moines, la., one man was killed and
another fatally injured.
Morrow Bros, of Clarssville, Tenn.,
have secured the contract for Tobacco
tor the Italian government.
The next annual'convention of the
National Grange will be held in Con
cord, N. H., in November, 1898.
Rev. George H. Hickcock, for twen
ty-five years chaplain of the Michigan
state prison, is dead at the age ctf 75.
London financial circles are agitated
over statements that either |2,500,000
or $3,000,000 in gold coin has been pur
chased in the open market for Chili.
Secretary of State W. F. Porter was
arrested in Lincoln, Neb., charged with
violating the city health ordinance by
butchering hogs within the city lim
its.
The grand lodge of Illinois Odd Fel
lows adopted the report of the spe
cial committee in favor of locating the
Odd Fellows' old folks’ home at Mat
toon.
The officials have arrested a man
supposed to be a German spy at Pag
ny-sur-MoseUe, a village about twelvs
miles from Mets, on the Paris & 8tra»
burr railroad.
ENGLAND FAVORS IT.
AS TQ SETTLEMENT OF INTER
NATIONAL QUESTIONS.
Great Britain Is Kot Jealoaa of the
United ate tee—TrneU To Caaadlan
Loyalty to Protect Her Interacts—
Many Subjects at Issne In Which It Is
Rot Concerned.
Kndorned By England.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—There is
good reason to believe that the British
government will view with favor the
formation of a commission to clear
up vexatious questions between the
United States and Canada. The atti
tude will be important in the consum
mation of the commission plan, for
the best efforts of the United States
and Canada toward a general settle
ment could come to naught unless the
imperial government approved the ef
forts and stood ready to give them of
ficial execution in the form of a
treaty.
At first the sharp differences aroused
by the recent Bering sea meeting led
to the belief that Great Britain might
stand in the way of a commission
which would discuss, among other
questions, such imperial subjects as
the tariff. England has been tenacious
in holding the advantage secured by
Canada’s preferential British tariff,
and it is thought the colonial office
at London would not view with favor
any movement by a commission which
vould disturb this peaceful preferen
tial tariff.
It appears, however, that the Brit
ish authorities are sincerely anxious to
close up the various irritating ques
tions which have long existed be
tween Canada and the United States
through the medium of a commission
or otherwise, and that no idea is en
tertained that when the commission
dealt with the imperial subject of the
tariff it would involve any disturbances
of the British-Canadian tariff rela
tions. There are said to be many arti
cles, such as coal and fish, which are
not exchanged between Great Britain
and Canada. On such articles, there
fore, any reciprocal arrangement be
tween the United States and Canada
would have no influence in British
trade in Canada.
The home government is said to be
fully conscious of the advantages
which Canada may secure in the ex
tensive American market lying along
Its borders and there is understood to
be every desire to aid Canada in the
enjoyment of reciprocal trade with
this country.
Already the British ambassador has
been authorized from London to begin
negotiations for reciprocity treaties
between the United States and the
British West Indian colonies. This is
cited to show the favor which the
London authorities exhibit toward se
curing the best reciprocal advantages
for British colonies. It is said the same
view would prevail as to Canadian rec
iprocity. In any event, the work of a
commission would be preliminary only
and it woulld remain for the British
government to give it effect by formal
trpnfv
The subjects other than the tariff,
such as border Immigration, fishing in
the lakes, etc., are not of an imperial
character and concern only the
United States and Canada. In these it
is said that Great Britain has no in
terest whatever, except to see them
settled on terms satisfactory to Can
ada. The lake fisheries have been a
prolific source of trouble. It is claim
ed that the fish of the lakes, particu
larly the white fish, are being exter
minated by the lax laws of some of
the states bordereing on the lakes. The
destruction of the fish is said to be an
alogous to the destruction of the seals
In Bering sea, and one of the subjects
which Canada would urge before the
commission would be the protection of
the fisheries of the lakes.
The Dead Come* to Life Again.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Nov. 82.—A
special to the Republican from Seattle,
Wash., says: Charles Wood, who re
cently came here from Vinton, la.,
walked into the police station and
stated that he had met and talked with
Edward Murray, for whose murder
Frank Novak is now being tried in
Iowa. Wood said there could be no
mistake about it; that he not only
saw Murray but met and shook hands
and talked with him in a saloon. They
had talked but a few minutes together
when Murray stepped to the door, as
if to call a friend, and went out and
failed to return. Though Wood
searched all over town he could find
no trace of the man again. He at
once reported the matter to a man
whom he believed to be a police of
ficer, but he was not, and did not give
It to the police until tonight. The po
lice are looking for Murray. Chief of
Police Read wired the sheriff of Ben
ton county for full particulars of the,,
case and got several telegrams in re
turn. Every effort will be made to dis
cover Murray. Wood says he has
known Murray for years and he was
there at the time of the burning of
Novak’s store and knows all the par
ticulars. Wood is apparently a man
of standing and his word is believed.
God* Lawi for Alaska.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 22.—
A bill has been drafted for introduc
tion into congress at the next ses
sion providing for the appointment of
a board of code commissioners for the
district of Alaska to draft a code of
criminal and civil laws and to revise
the act creating the civil government
for the district. The measure is draft
ed in accordance with the ideas of
the five principal commercial com
panies doing business In the territory.
Dnable to Lonats Prof. Andre*.
TROMSOE, Tromsoe Island, Nor
way, Nov. 22.—The steamer Victoria,
which was fitted out by the governor
of Tromsoe, under instructions from
King Oscar, to search for Prof. An
dree, the missing aeronaut, and which
left here November 6, has returned
from Spitsbergen. It brings no news
as to the whereabouts or movements
of Prof. Andree, although exploring
parties landed ten times at various
points in Donmands islands. The Vic
toria was provisioned for eight months
and carried a crew of fifteen men.
Bjoevlg, the explorer, was one of the
company. __
THOUSANDS STARVING.
Pitiable Condition of the Caban* la the
Town* on the bland.
NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—A special to
the World from Havana says:
In every town in Cuba where there
are American citizens, groups of starv
ing islanders gather every day in
front of the houses of those Americans
and beg for the crumbs. That Ameri
cans have anything on their tables
from which crumbs could fall is due
to the relief fund of $50,000 voted last
spring by congress.
Consul General Lee has drawn so
far about $25,000 of the total amount.
There are 1,400 Americans on the re
lief list. Of these about 250 are Amer
ican born. The others are naturalized
citizens, and their families, who hav
ing had their citizenship papers prop
erly registered at the different United
States consulates, are entitled, if in
distress, to the same relief as Ameri
nan nltlrr rm a
According to a statement made by
Consul Baker, who is stationed at Sa
gua, about 10,000 people are being kept
alive in Cuba by these rations, dis
tributed for the support of 1,400.
Neighbors gather around the front
door of the houses of American cit
izens and beg a share of the food that
comes from the consulates. Where
suffering is general, these appeals are
not in vain, and the scant eupply of
rice, jerked beef and bread is made to
do service for five instead of one.
There are no markets in any but
the bigger cities, because nothing is
produced to supply them, and no one
has money. Misery is universal, and
suffering is everywhere, and the
death rate goes up higher and higher
each day. In the town of Sagua, where
there is a population of about 20,000,
the death list for five years before
the war was 500 a year. In the month
of August of this year 648 persons
died of starvation alone.
Consul Brice, stationed at Matan
zas, reports that since July 1, 27,000
persons have died in his district. Gen
eral Blanco’s order’s to allow the pa
ciflco’s to cultivate land outside the
military lines would diminish suffer
ing, if the people had the strength
and the implements with which to
work, but they have neither, and Wey
ler’s scheme to exterminate the people
is rapidly proving successful.
It is generally believed in Havana
that Blanco has received orders from
Madrid to do everything possible to
prevent starvation reports from go
ing to the United States, and Minister
Dupuy de Lome has urged him to is
sue proclamations and orderB that will
convey the idea that the 'new regime
will take care of the non-combatants,
and stop the present appallng death
rate.
Cannot Come to Agreement,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—There is
no Immediate prospect of the conclu
sion of reciprocity negotiations be
tween the United States and France.
Both governments have presented
elaborate statistics to show their re
spective positions in any reciprocity
arrangement, but the matter has not
progressed to the point where an
agreement can be foreseen.
Having presented the French side of
the case from every standpoint. M. Pa
tenotre, the French ambassador, has
now referred the question back to his
government and is awaiting instruc
tions. He had hoped to conclude the
negotiations before departing to his
new post at Madrid, but this seems
hardly likely, owing to the many de
lays which are occurring.
He had expected to leave the lat
ter part of this month, but may defer
his' trip until the latter part of De
cember. Mme. Patenotre will not go
until spring, owing to the severity
of an ocean trip in midwinter.
The new French ambassador, M.
Cambon, will leave Paris December 15,
arriving here about the first of t.he
new year. Mme. Cambon will not come
to this country during the first year
of the ambassador’s service.
As the reciprocity question is now
before the authorities at Paris it is
likely that Mr. Cambon will receive
personal Instructions and come here
fully conversant with the question.
In the course of the negotiations an
intimation has been made by the
United States officials that a relaxation
of the French restrictions on Ameri
can meat products would be helpful
in forwarding the reciprocity agree
ment.
Government Exhibit nt Omaha.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—The gov
ernment board having charge of the
government exhibit at Omaha next
year held a meeting at the office of
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Brigham, the full membership being
present. W. V. Cov was elected sec
retary and S. L. Lupton disbursing
clerk, both having like positions at
the Nashville exposition. Space was
allotted to several department as fol
lows: Agriculture, 3,823 square feet;
Treasury, 3,380; State, 945; Post
office, 2,175.87; Fish Commission, 5,
027.75; Navy, 3,303.63; National mu
seum and Smithsonian institutes, 8,
406.37; Interior, 4,006.37; War, 3,
303.63; for working postoffice, -315
square feet.
The following money appropriations
were made: State, $4,500; Treasury,
$17,000; War, $11,000; Navy, $13,000;
Postoffice, $8,000; Interior, $18,000;
Agriculture, $15,000; Justice, $3,000;
Smithsonian institute, $20,500; Fish,
commission, $20,000; Common fund,
$20,000.
The center circular space is reserved
by the Treasury department for a
large revolving lens. The executive
committee selected is: De Ravenel,
Michael, Kemper and Clark. Kemper,
representative of the Treasury depart
ment, reported by-laws and suggested
additional legislation.
Tammany Raise* 840,000.
NEW YORK, Nov.’ 22.—The excu
tive committee of Tammany hall met
and arranged for the annual organi
sation next month. After the trans
action of this business, Richard Cro
ker made a speech in which he asked
the committee to subscribe $20,000 for
the starving people of Cuba, and a like
sum for the poor of this city. The sug
gestion was acted upon. The Cuba
check was handed to Senor Tomas
Estrada Palma and other members
of the junta who had called to seek
the aid of Tammany in behalf of their
starving countrymen.
YOBBIGN NOTES BY CABLE •
The steamer Empress of China
brings these advices that Mrs. Carew,
who was convicted about a year ago
of the murder of her husband in Yo
kohoma and whose sentence of deatj
was commuted to imprisonment
life, has been sent to England on Thn
steamer Sumatra She will be con-'
fined In Woking prison.
It Is said to be the present inten
tion of President McKinley to Incor
porate the recent Spanish correspon
dence in his annual message to con
gress. He does not deem It compatible
with tbe public interest to publish
the full text of the notes, pending fur
ther correspondence and the carrying
out of the promises made by the
Spanish government.
A Havana dispatch says that Mar
shal Blanco has received, cabled di
rections to release the prisoners cap
tured on the American schooner Com
petitor in April, 1896, and that they
will sail for the United States. It is
reported that the instructions to the
governor general directs the return of
the captured arms and of the vessel
to the owners.
The new secretary general of Cuba,
Dr. Jose Congosto, formerly Spanish
consul at Philadelphia, continues to
make himself unpopular. He has had
p. dispute with a prominent conserva
tive, Senor Francisco de Las Santos
Guzman, a former president of the
congress, and has also had a misun
derstanding with Senor Cuetro , a
prominent autonomist, with the result,
it is understood, that letters have been
written to Madrid calling attention to
the alleged eccentricities of the sec
retary general and also dwelling upon
his peculiar political KntimentB.
New Inv
Amongst the noticeable Inventions Is*
sued last week to Inventors of the
United States, Is one for a pnuematic
bicycle tire, in which the tire is cast
in sections, which can be removed
when one of them is injured, an auto
matic fire alarm; an abdominal douche
bath; a ballot box; a metallic fabric
for fences; a snow locomotive, adapted
to glide on sled runners, and a simple
motion converter for windmills. Four
copyrighted cuts of mechanical move
ments are further shown relating to a
balance for clocks and watches, a
balancing counterpoise, a simple feed
mechanism for rotary saws, and a con
verting motion. Invertors for rotary
verting motion. Inventors and others
desiring free information in relation
to patents may obtain the same in ad
dressing Sues & Co., registered patent
lawyers, Bee Building, Omaha, Ne
braska. /
Patents have been allowed by the
commissioner at Washington, but not
yet issued as follows: To A. E. . Stev
ens, J. Brown and L. Petit of Dallas
Center, la., for a trade mark for “the
Standard Stock Food Company,” con
sisting of the words “Famous Stock
Food” and a cross in a circle. To D.
Fortney of Otho, la., for a device
adapted to be abjustably fastened to
the body of a person and extended
down to support a broken leg or to
straighten a deformed leg or foot. To
S. Dewhirst, of Des Moines, for a fur
nace specially adapted for cooking and
utilizing slack or Ine coal for burn
ing brick in a kiln advantageously or
building a plant to heat a collection
of buildings economically and without
the annoyances and loss incident to
the escape of soot and black smoke.
To F. L. Johnson of Albia for a ma
chine relapted to be placed over the
mouth of a well to serve as a means
for holding and hoisting pipes as re
quired in coupling and uncoupling and
in putting in and taking out well
tubes. Valuable information about
obtaining, valuing and selling patents
sent free to any address.
Thomas G. & J. Ralph Orwig,
Des Moines, November 16, 1897!
Solicitors of Patents.’
LITE STOCK AMD PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations From Now York, Chicago, St,
Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery separator... 22
Butter—Choice fancy country.. 14
Errs—Fresh. la
Spring Chickens—Per lb. B
Turkeys,per lb,. V
Ducks, per lb. 6
Pigeons—hive. 7fl
Lemons—Choice Messlnas....... 3 00
Honey—Choice, per lb. 12
Onions—per bu. 80
Cranberries. Cape Cod, per bbl a 80
Beans—Handpicked Navy...... 1 40
Potatoes—per bu. 40
Sweet potatoreB—Per bbl. 2 25
Oranges—Per box. 3 25
Apples—Western stock, per bbl 2 85
Hay—Upland, per ton. 4 00
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET.
3 45
3 30
4 00
3 00
3 00
0 CO
4 00
3 00
3 80
4 00
5 SO
3 23
Hogs—Choice light. 3 35
Hogs—Heavy weights. 3 25
Beef steers. 3 85
Bulls...2 86
Stags. 2 90
Calves. 4 00
Western Feeders. 3 30
Cows. 2 30
Heifers. 3 35
Stockers and Feeders.. 3 30
Sheep—Western Lambs. 6 00
Sheep—Native wethers. 3 00
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2 spring. 88 @ 88
Corn—per bu. 26 W 27’
Oats—per bu. 20 @ 20’
Timothy seed—Prime per bu.. 2 60
Pork . 7 45
Lard—per 100 lbs.4 40
Cattle—Choice beef steers....'.. 4 74
Cattle—Western rangers.. 3 80
Hogs—Prime light.3 40
gheep—Native Lambs.5 00
NEW YORK MARKET.
Wheat—No. 2, red, Winter. 98H@ 1 00
Corn—No. 2. 84 0
Oats—No. 2. 24 '
Pork. .8 50
Lard. 4 75
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. 2, spring. 85
Corn—No. 2.„..... 23
Oats—No 2. 20H
Hogs—Mixed. 3 00
Sheep—Muttons. 3 26
Cattle—Stockers and feeders... 2 26
i.P
2 4 86
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