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NEBRASKA.
The cnrfew law Is rigidly enforced
at Table Rock. ' > ■- «■
Omaha and Plattsmonth are holding
crysanthemum shows.
Burglars visited Nelson and got
away with some booty.
A number of election contests are
pending In Platte county.
Tobias has arranged for a lecture
course for fall and winter.
An Omaha man is figuring on put
ting in a creamery at Ashland.
Henry Monroe of Lyons paid a fine
of $25 for selling liquor to minors.
Two Incendiary fires were started
at Sutton, but timely discovery pre
vented damage.
me snerin-eioct oi rnayer couuiy
has been bound over to answer to a
case of bastardy.
The town of Pickerel!, In Gage
county, suffered from a series of bur
glaries last week.
A Webster county farmer had fifteen
' | acres of onions which averaged 400
4: bushels to the acre.
The state treasurer has made a call
‘ for $27,000 general fund warrants to
come In November 27.
A set of swindlers Is working Ne
braska, establishing agents for the
■ale of mlll3 for grinding feel.
The Christian scientists of Norfolk
have rented a room and will hold
weekly services of song and praise.
A farmers’ creamery with a capital
stock of $4,000 has been set in opera
tion at Newman Grove, Madison
county.
The safe of the Hay Springs Mill
ing company was cracked recently
and about $100 in cash abstracted
therefrom.
The state normal at Peru has now
near 600 students enrolled, the larg
est attendance known in the history
of the institution.
The business men of Stromsburg
have taken hold of the creamery ques
tion and propose to raise money to
build one at that place.
A thirteen-year-old son of J. B>.
Carlstrom, living twenty miles north
of Kimball, was killed by a horse
kicking him in the stomach.
The 240 acre farm in Burt county,
a part of the estate of the late Sarah
Knox, was sold last week to a man
In Council Bluffs for $40 an acre.
.Furnas county farmers raise con
siderable broom corn and are now re
ceiving good prices for it. The crop
Is selling at from $40 to $70 per ton.
The village of Sterling has settled
its differences with an eastern fire
engine company, and the company; has
returned the village its warrant for
|M0.
The 8-year-old daughter of Gott
fried Furchert, living seven miles
north of West Point, was fatally
burned while her parents were in the
field husking corn.
A representative of the Kansas City
: and Omaha Railroad company was at
. Clay Center and staked out the site
on the right of way for a new grain
elevator. Two elevators are already
In operation there.
Kearney has become quite a feed
ing point. There are now three feed
yards there, and there will probably
be from 70,000 to 100,000 head of
sheep and several thousand head of
cattle fed before spring.
Arrangements have been perfected
by which the Kills: Press Drill com
pany, which has been in operation at
wymore, for some time past, will
move their plant to Nebraska City anl
. locate permanently.
Joseph Bush and James Lovejoy,
the parties found guilty of breaking
into and robbing the Bank of Ohiowa
- on the night of the 28th of May last,
were sentenced to seven years at hard
labor in the state penitentiary.
Claude Wilson, a youth of about 20,
was brought before Judge Porter*, at
Bed Cloud on complaint of William
Holmes, charged with disturbing the
, meetings of a Christian Endeavor so
ciety. He was fined $20 and costs.
Complaint was filed against Joseph
Haycock of Goring the other day for
conducting a slaughter house in the
heart of the city. Mr. Maycock acted
aa his own attorney, however, and
: knocked the case ont of the box in
one round.
Burglars broke Into the back door
5: of Garvey 4b Carmack's saloon and
plundred the safe of $100 in cash and
papers valued at over $1,000. The
valuable papers and money drawer
mere found In an outhouse adjoining
; the saloon.
The city of Yoric la defending a «lo,
. «00 damage suit in the district court
The plaintiff la the daugater of O. W.
Munson, who it is alleged, was severe
ly injured in October, 1890. by a de
fective street crossing, from Which
the little girl became a cripple.
|f . Mrs. EL P. Lotta, who conducted a
anrug store at Unadilla,, was tried in
the county court upon the charge of
vaiawful' sale of liquor and acquitted.
Suit for damages has been commenc
«d by Mrs. Lotta against those who
**▼« been active in prosecuting her.
The cash receipts of the Shelton sta
tion on the Union Pacific, during the
month of October were $28,000. This,
of course, is unusually large, and was
4ue to the fact that 200.000 sheep
were unloaded there during the
- month, to be fed during this month
7 and billed out in the spring.
Not an idle man in town today, says
the Superior Journal, unless idle from
f Otoolce. Three farmers were in town
between 7 and 8 o'clock inquiring for
bonds. Among them they wanted six
- bands, and could find but one.
The number of cattle and sheep fed
In this vicinity, says a Fremont dls
patch, exceeds that of any previous
season, it is estimated that over 80 -
•00 sheep will be fattended on Dodge
county corn and hay this winter. The
■umber of cattle being fed is difficult
to estimate, but from the cattle feed
ing mortgagee filed it is probably 20
per cent over the number fed last
THE HEWS IN BRLEE.
'TEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED
HERE AND THERE.
Conc1eti«atlott* that Embody a Good Deal
of Information Without Requiring
Much spare—Foreign and Domestte
Newiy Notes on All Subjects.
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Ifondsv, Nor. 39.
Snow Is now fully three feet deep la
the Klondike region.
Lieut. Alfred B. Jackson, command
ant of the Nebraska university battal
ion, died on the 20th.
Congressman Dolliver, of Iowa, call
ed on the president and talked over
appointments of that state.
The Woman's Christian Temperance !
Union will hold their convention next i
year at Los Angeles or Portland.
Cuban and financial questions will
be the leading questions with which
the president's message will ddal.
The government is actively engaged
in the preparation of its case against
the Central Pacific Railway company.
The governor is soon to appoint a
comission to look after the state's in
terest at the Trans-Mississippi exposi
tion.
Peter Jackson, the pugilist, is likely :
to secure a match with Joe Choynski,
if the latter defeats Jeffries at San
Franrlsrn.
For the brutal murder of his para*
mour, Vlnie Bell, George Weston, alia*
‘‘Devil" Winston, colored, was hanged
at Paducah, Ky.
Several cargoes of American cereals
which recently arrived at Beuno3
Ayres, could not be sold and will be
taken to Europe.
At Cayuga, N. V., Mrs. Adele Sterne
mnn was found guilty of the murder of
her husband and sentenced to be hang
ed January 20, 1898.
The president has Just come out of
the hands of a portrait painter, and
now becomes the subject of a sculptor.
Mr. Fred Lelmer, an artist of Wash
ington, Is to make a bust in bronze of
President McKinley.
Duke Croxon, the first of the nine
men who followed Mr. and Mrs. Glea
son, bride and groom, out of Newport,
Ky., taking the woman from her bus
band at the point of a revolver and
brutally outraging her, was found
guilty and sentenced to twenty years’
Imprisonment.
Tuesday, Nov. >S.
Latest from Gladstone reports him
In good health.
Another case of yellow fever has
developed at Pensacola.
A fast mall service has been in
augurated on the Santa Fe.
The New York Herald has dicon
tlnued the evening edition.
A fire in Melbourne, Australia, de
stroyed 85,000,000 worth of property.
The new federal building at Omaha
is expected to be ready for business by
January 1, 1898.
The story of that Kansas town hav
ing been swallowed up was a fake
pure and simple.
The relief ship sent out to find
Prof. Andree returned without any
tidings concerning him.
The monetary commission has taken
a recess until December 15, when It
will reassemble to revise and Bign
its report.
The Norwegian bark Imperator ar
rived at San Francisco from Asapulco
with three cases of yellow fever
among the crew.
Georgia’s Ironclad anti-cigarette
law Is enforced by the courts. Seven
tobacconists were fined for selling
cigarettes to minora ,
At Greenfield, Mass., John O’Neill,
Jr., the murdered of Mrs. Hattie E.
McCloud, was sentenced to be hanged
on January 7, 1898.
The State, newspaper at Richmond,
Va., went Into the hands of a receiver,
who has decided to suspend Its publi
cation for the time being.
The will of the late Henry George
leaves his entire estate, consisting of
the home at Fort Hamilton, worth
about 18,000 and the copyright of hla
books, to his widow.
put of 400 tests of sugar beets made
at the South Dakota experiment sta
tion at Brookings many give over 20
per cent sugar. Some farms give as
high as 22 and 23.5 per cent.
Despite the fact that stock cattle
are higher than they have been for
years, ranchmen on the ceded lands
west of the Missouri river are putting
every dollar they can raise into calves
and yearlings.
Horace Vos, of Westerly, R.T., who
has annually sent a turkey to the
president’s table since the days of
Senator H. B. Anthony, of Rhode Is
land, has selected a bird this year that
will weigh twenty-seven pounds.
WtdiMtajr, Rot. 94.
Cashier Walker, of the government
of Chile, has disappeared with 600,000
pesos.
H. Wiswall, a Boston capitalist, died
at Atlanta, from injuries sustained
a week ago in a fall.
Judge Cedi Scott, for many years
one of the most conspicuous members
of tne St Louis bar, is dead.
Dr. Julius A. Skilton is dead at his
home in Brooklyn, aged 64 years. He
performed distinguished service as a
surgeon during the war.
Senator Burrows of Michigan ex
presses the opinion that there will be
a protracted discussion of the cur
rency question in the approaching ses
sion of congress.
- Dick O'Brien, the Boston middle
weight, has signed articles with Dick
Burge to box twenty rounds tor £1,650
($7,760) in London on December 21
next
The Kev. Dr. Luke Dorland of Hot
Springs, N. C., founder of Dorland uni
versity, Hot Springs, died at the home
of his son. Charles J. Dorland. in
Springfield, 111., aged 83 years.
As a result of the fire in Melbourne,
Australia, which destroyed an entire
block of bildings, the insurance com
panies lose £3.660,000, of which about
£500,000 will fall on British companies.
Australian companies will lose the re
mainder.
( }mr«<l»T, Nov. 25. t'
Mr. Bryan’s visit tc Mexico is for
the purpose of studying the silver
question.
Governor Tanner of Illinois will
probably call an extra session of the'
legislature.
New York reports that prices of
green and roasted coffee are now
lower than ever before.
The steamer Mona, which has sail*
ed from Sydney, N. S. W., for San
Francisco, took $275,000 in gold.
The countess of Latham, England,
while returning from a shooting
party was thrown out of a trap and
killed.
Ferry hall, one of the largest build
ings of the Washington state agricul
ture college, at Pullman, was destroy
ed by fire.
Governor Jones of Arkansas has of
fered $500 for the arrest and convic
tion of the murderer of J. M. Clayton,
November, 1889.
By an explosion in the fireworks
factory at Schoenhauser-Allee, Ger
many, one man and two girls wero
killed and seven others injured.
Secretary of the Treasury Gage was
the guest of honor and made the
principal address at the annual din
ner of the New York chamber of
commerce.
The entire party who has been en
gaged In cutting timber on govern
ment land on the bottoms east of
Calhoun, Neb., are now under arrest
U V/UiU-UUn
Chairman W. D. Bynum of the na
tional democratic committee issued an
address to the gold democrats exhort
ing them to greater efforts, finding
encouragement In the late election.
Jack McCleland of Pittsburg fought
Joe Bernstein of New York eight
rounds to a draw at Pittsburg before
a large audience. The bout was one
of the best seen here for a long time.
The report that the Arbuckles and
the Havemeyers have come to an
agreement regarding the price of
sugar and coffee was denied at the
New York offices of both the com
panies concerned.
Topeka (Kansas) police have ar
rested Rev. A. E. Morlson, Methodist,
of Panhandle, Tex., and are holding
him on suspicion of murder of his
wife until the sheriff can arrive from
Panhandle and take him home for
trial. -—
Friday, Nov. 80.
James C. Scott was tortured and
robbed by tramps near Carthuersville,
Mo. He may die.
James S. Page has been appointed a
watchman-fireman in the public build
ing at Des Moines, at $720 per anumn.
Frank Kueton, a Chicago Bohemian
shoemaker, fatally shot his wife and
himself through Jealousy. -
Thomas McKean of Philadelphia,
has donated $100,000 to the University
of Pennsylvania toward the cost of
the new law school.
R. H. Willets, missing cashier of the
closed bank at English, Ind., has of
fered to return and refund providing
he is not prosecuted. (
Canadian Pacific railway earning"!
for the week ending November 21
were $554,000; Bame period last year,
$424,000; increase, $129,000.
According to a dispatch from Buenos
Ayres the damage to the crops from
frost having been estimated, it is now
expected that 1,000,000 tons of wheat
will be available for export.
The Russian newspapers urge-4 hat
Russia, France and Great Britain
should occupy points In China, to
counterbalance the German occupation
of Kiao-Chou bay, - Shan-Tung penin
sula.
Mrs. Margaret Delvin, aged 90 years,
died at Lambertvllle, N. J., supposedly
of old age. On the strength of an
anonymous letter her body was dis
interred, when it was found,she had
been shot,
George A, Taylor, the convicted
cashier of the defunct Argentine,
Kan., bank, has been taken to the
state penitentiary to serve his two
years’ sentence for wrecking the bank.
The secretary of state has been in
formed that Captain Henry B. Jack
son, royal navy, has been appointed
naval attache at the British em
bassy here In place of Captain Lewis
Wints.
The secretary of the interior hss ap
proved clear list No. 11, containing
8,182.41 acres situated In the Evanston
land district of Wyoming, for the use
of charitable,, educational, penal and
reformatory uses.
Consul Stephan at Annaberg, Ger
many, reports to the state department
that he is Informed from British
sources that the Germans are making
progress In their trade with Nicara
gua. This Is probably on account of
the demand of German residents In
Nicaragua, who prefer goods made in
their old homes.
?atnr<Ta-, Hot. *7
By his aunt’s will Cawthra Mulock,
of Toronto, Inherits about $5,000,000,
The president, In his message, will,
It is expected, devote more attention
to Alaska than has been given here
tofore.
Dr Minor Raymond, one of the
founders of the Northwestern univer
sity, Evanston, died at Chicago, aged
70 years.
Captain Herring of the revenue cut
ter Corwin, now at San Diego. Cal... has
received Instruction to have her ready
for sea as soon as possible.
Marshall E. Cook, deputy collector
at Evansville, Ind.. is In custodv there.
His friends will try to refund his
shortage and prevent prosecution.
A cal has been made to all Ger
man-Amerlcans to begin an agitation
against the bill to come before con
gress for the restriction of Immigra
tion.
Fran'cois Mons, of Paris, a play
wright and translator of French plays
into English, for production In the
United States, has commlttid suicide,
with his mistress, by Inhaling charcoal
fumes. Mons latterly has been in
financial straits.
Joseph Kohler, who has been hostler
in a fourth class hotel in Peoria for
thirty years, has been taken to a hos
pital. Before he was removed he
caused an ash barrel in his room to be
searched and several thousand dollars
in gold was found therein. I
NEEDS OF THE NAVY
DOCKS ARB NEEDED MORE
THAN SHIPS.
What Secretary Lone Baa to Offer in Hia
Animal Report—A Suggestion That
Steps Be Taken to Increase the Nam.
her of Enlisted Hen—Other Needs.
Cncle Sam’s Nary.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—The first
report of Secretary of the Navy Long,
has been made public. It recommends
against the further enlargement of the
navy proper, so far as snips are con
cerned. Secretary Long takes the
ground that there are enough ships
now in use and in building, and that
what are needed more than anything
else are the following: '
Dnrka.
Ammunition and munition.
Better equipment of yards.
increase in enlisted men.
The secretary recommends that
congress authorize the construction of
but one warship and a few torpedo
boats and torpedo boat de
stroyers. But it is urged to
make plans for the maintenance of the
navy in good form, a cost which is
bound to constantly Increase . and
which amounted in 1896 and 1897,
fiscal years, to $17,614,231.13. Five
battleships, one gunboat and seventeen
torpedo boats are now building, all to
be done the coming year, except the
ships, which will be done the latter
part of 1898. During the past year
two ships, nine gunboats, a torpedo
boat and one or two other vessels were
added to the fleet.
The principal care of the depart
ment is in the maintenance of the
service. Secretary Long has adopted
the policy of placing ships in reserve
in order to lessen the expense, and
also on account of the lack of men.
He urges that some means be provided
to permit the stowage of the torpedo
boats at the navy yards ready for
immediate service, but in dry dock. As
the navy grows, it will be proper to
keep more and more of the vessels in
reserve, but it is necessary to have
them ready for instant use.
The secretary’s special plea, how
ever, in his report, is for adequate
dockage. There are nine government
docks on the Atlantic coast, and two
on the Pacific. But one is accessible
for modern battleships, and that is in
Puget Sound, twenty miles inland, and
one side of which belongs to England.
Moreover, it is 900 miles from San
Francisco.
Secretary Long, therefore, endorses
the recommendation of a special board
appointed to investigate the needs of
the navy in a docking line. The board
recommended the construction of steel,
stone or concrete dock suitable for
the largest naval vessels at the follow
ing pointB:
Boston, New York,
Norfolk, Port Royal.
New Orleans Mare Island.
These docks are recommended to
answer the requirements of the seven
strategetic divisions of the coast line
of the United States which are. The
northern, for which the dock at Puget
sound will answer; the south Pacific,
the gulf coast, the line from Cape
Sable to Cape Henry; from Cape
Henry to Sandy Hook; from Sandy
Hook to Cape Cod, and from Cape Cod
to the Bay of Fundy. There can easily
be made a serviceable dock at Newport
News, which the Newport News com
pany will build, and the International
company of New York will build the
dock there while the dock at Norfolk
needs but to be enlarged and only a
wharf needed at,Port Royal.
For the work of construction and re
pairs of this nature the department
estimates an expenditure necessary of
$8,000,000.
The secretary recommeds that the
government establish its own powder
factory. The cost of ammunition for
the entire list of naval vessels com
pleted and yet in hand would amount
to $6,621,985. The cost of ammunition
for one battle ship is $383,197. The de
partment also recommends that ar
rangements be made for suitable mag
azines.
In concluding his report the secre
tary, discussing an enlargement of the
navy, says: “Our remoteness from for
eign powers, the genius of our institu-,
tions and the devotion of our people
to education, commerce and industry,
rather than to any policy that in
volves military entanglements, make
war to be thought only as a last re
sort in defense of our rights, and our
military and naval establishments as
a police force for the preservation of
order and never for aggression. While
all this is, therefore, an earnest of
peace as the normal condition of our
national life, there is no question of
the necessity, the wisdom and the
economy to the same end, of an ef
fective navy, in view of the vast ex
tent of our coast and the possibility
of attack from the sea upon our great
cities, where the concentration of pop
ulation and property is enormous.
"The country is committeed to the
increase of the navy by a declaration
of our people and the action of their
representatives. The very fact that we
are capable of manufacturing armor
and guns, powder and projectiles, and
to construct ships which are the
equals of those built anywhere else,
is in itself a source of great naval
power and our present resources in
this respect should, not be impaired.
We should preserve and maintain
these resources and the ability not
only to continue the work already so
well advanced, but to improve upon it
as the science of naval construction,
as it is sure to do, develoDs the new
“°ie!8_an(l methods which at this age
Progress so rapidly replace the best
of today with the better of tomorrow.”
An Alrahlptn Klondike.
SAN FRANCISCO,, Nov. 27.—H. S.
«fa*»|mA»iUpeZinten<lent of construction
of the Atlantic and Pacific Aerial Nav
igation company, announces that the
company has under construction an air
ship in which they expect to carry a
iriL,^n.Pr°X!flon8 and Passengers to
Klondike. The vessel Is supported by
a cylndrlcal gas bak and riven by a
®“ph^a engine. It is expected to at
tain 100 miles an hour.
Lieutenant Jarvis, who is to lead the
Overland expedition for the relief of
the Imprisoned whalers, has arrived at
Seattle, Wash.
CUBA AND CURRENCY.
Will He the X4»adlng Topics In.the
President’s Mepsitgc.
NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—A dispatch
to the Tribune from Washington says:
Cuba and the curreny will be the
leading topics in the president’3
message. It is understood that the
discussion of the Cuban situation will
be comprehensive. It has already
been explained what the state de
partment has prepared in reply to the
Spanish note regarding filibustering.
Whether the president will incorpor
ate the substance of this in his mes
sage or leave it to go in as part of the
regular diplomatic correspondence
may be determined later, but the mes
sage will define the Cuban policy of
the administration affirmatively. Mem
bers of congress with whom the pres
ident has talked freely on the subject
have almost without exception urged
that this be done, and Mr. McKinley
apparently has agreed with them.
The reason given for this course Is
apparaent. While a sincere hope is en
tertained that the Sagasta ministry
may end the war at an early date, the
possibility of its failure cannot be
overlooked. In that event it is desir
able for the policy of this country to
be known. A strong Intimation is giv
en that in the failure of an end to the
present conditions in Cuba at an early
date, no hesitation will be shown in
lur uuiicu cnaica ixaniu^ ua
position of ultimate Intervention. Hu
manity and commerce may both be the
ground for this action. The belief
is that the Cuban problem will be solv
ed without danger of ’war between
Spain and the United States, and will
be solved through the good offices of
this country, but the expectation is
that these good offices will be exerted
within a reasonable time after .'con
gress meets and after the prospects of
the Insurgents accepting or< rejecting
autonomy are known beyond question.
If Cuba is actually pacified and indus
try and trade are resumed that con
dition is expected to speak for Itself.
The refusal of a few insurgent leaders
to lay down their arms and the con
tinuance of a sort of bandit warfare
would not be interpreted Ay the ad
ministration as the failure of auton
omy. On the other hand, the -continu
ance of the present conditions would
hardly be accepted as evidence that
the island is pacified.
Some misunderstanding is said to
exist in Spanish official circles regard
ing the position of the administration
when the decree of autonomy is ga
zetted. The administration would not
under any circumstances agree to take
autonomy. This would be making it
self responsible for the colonial' gov
ernment of Cuba to the ’Spanish au
thorities. But the president’s good
offices are exerted to giving the policy
of autonomy a fair trial. The message
is expected to make this point clear
heyond the possibility of misunder
standing. It is the confident belief that
the president’s discussion of the Cuban
situation will tend to strengthen the
feeling that the administration will
be able to meet every phase of it in
a manner to satisfy the conservative
business interests of the country and
discourage radical or participate
action.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—It is un
derstood that the president in his mes
sage wil lsuggest to congress that It
would be Inadvisable at present to
take action which would complicate
the situation In Cuba. It is said that
he will suggest that the passage of
resolutions recognizing the belliger
ency or independence would be inex
pedient while the measures of reform
proposed by Spain and to he carried
out hv General Blanco are being intro
duced. The release of the Competi
tor and other American prisoners will
he referred to as gratifying and as re
lieving the United States from the ne
cessity of intervention upon the
ground, of protection of American life
and property.
A Town n«<troyed by T>yn»mlto.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 27—A special
from Anderson, Ind., to the Evening
Post says: Chesterfield, Ind., was al
most wiped off the map at an early
hour this morning by the explosion
of eighty quarts of nitro-glycerine,
which had been brought overland from
Montpelier and placed in an open filed,
a half mile from town. Marion Man
sey and Sam McGuire were working at
a gas well near by when the explosion
occurred. Mansey was thrown fifty
feet, but not fatally injured. Maguire
was also thrown 100 feet in the air
and badly lacerated, but will recover.
James Gold’s house, 300 yards distant,
was torn to pieces. The explosion tore
a hole in the ground down to the
water line, and so far as is learned it
was spontaneous.
A three-ton engine was torn to
fragments and every living animal
near it was killed instantly. The lit
tle town of Chesterfield is a mass of
ruins, every house was moved from its
foundation, windows shattered, doors
smashed in, every light put out and
the plastering shaken from the walls.
Several people were shaken out of bed.
At Dalesville, two miles away, and at
Vorktown, five miles distant, the dam
age was almost as great. Many people
were injured and it is a miracle that
none were killed outright.
Fefd the Starving.
HAVANA, Nov. 27.—Peremptory or
ders were sent today to the author
ities at Mantanzas and Sagua to cor
rect abuses and feed reconcentrados.
Some delay is anticipated. From San
ta Clara Governor Garcia and the
mayor of the city have sent word that
the army food there is in a very bad
condition. They request fresh rations.
These, the government says, will be
sent at once. The government expects
to distribute the $100,000 ordered by
Blanco.
Garry Accepts the Task.
Judge Joseph E. Gary, who presided
over the Haymarket anarchist trial,
has definitely announced his accept
ance of the task of trial judge in the
retrial of Adolph Leutgert for murder
of his wife. The hearing will be giv
en next Monday.
Approve the Treaty.
RIO JANEIRO, Nov .27.—The
Chamber of Deputies today approved
the Franco-Brazillan arbitration treaty
within the terms of which will fall
the boundary disputes between France
and Brazil, and particularly the set
tlement of the Amapa question.
foreign notes by gable
A dispatch from Tarbes, Capital of
the department of Haute-Pyrenees,
announces that a ballast train over
took a passenger train during a fog at"
the Tournay railroad station. The
shock is described as having been ter
rific. Several cars were ground into
splinters, twelve persons killed and
nine people injured. v
The Constantinople correspondent of
(he London Standard learns that the
trade on the subject of the much dis
cussed plans of Turkey commands the
minister of marine, Hassen Pasha, to
contract with Herr Krupp to build four
new ironclads, but gives no instruc
tions as to the repairs of the old ves
sels. He says: "If this be true it is
probable that Germany has induced
Russia to consent.
« l: saia to be the present Inten
tion Oi President McKinley to incor
porate the recent Spanish correspon
dence in his annual message to con
gress. He does not deem it compatible
with the 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.
Josiah L. Pearck, who has been the
United States consul at Colon, Colom
bia, for four years, has turned his of
fice over to his successor and sailed
for New York on the steamship Alli
ance. During his term of service the
dignity of the stars and strips has
been religiously upheld and he has
distinguished himself by his firmness,
promptness and courtesy. The local
press extols him and all classes of
Americans regret his departure. He
has set a brilliant example to other
foreign representatives. ,
Iowa Patent Office Report.
At the close of business on the 9th
of November eleven thousand one hun
dred and fifty-one (11,151) applications
for patent in the United States patent
office were awaiting action. Some of
the examiners were in arrears under
one month, some between one and two
months, some between two and three
months, some between three and four
months, some between four and five
months and some between five and
six months. Inventors should there
fore be patient with their attorneys
when reports on the merits of their
inventions arp not forwarded to them
as early as expected.
A patent has been allowed to E.
Edwards, of Webster City, Iowa, for an
egg-separator and candler that can be
placed in a store and eggs packed
with oats, chaff etc., in baskets emp
tied into the separator and retained
upon a wire screen and the packing
material dropped into receptacle and
the eggs made transparent by means
of a lighted lamp under the »eggs and
a cover over them as required to see
whether the eggs are good or not.
Valuable information about obtaining,
valuing and selling patents sent free
to any address.
Thomas G. & J. Ralph Orwig.
Solicitors of patents.
Dee'Moines, Iowa. Nov. 24. ’97.
A Simple Invention,
A Council Bluffs Inventor last week
obtained a patent through Sues & Co.,
Omaha Patent Solicitors, for one of
the simplest Inventions that has ever
been issued out of the patent office
and the inventor Is working day and
night in order to fill orders. The in
ventions comprises a sounding toy and
is nothing more or less than a simple
piece of round sheet metal which is
stamped with a series of rings and
provided with a border, but which if
placed in the palm of the hand and
vibrated emits a lound sound similar
to a telegraph sounder, the invention
being known as the cracket jack tele
graph. The inventor last week was
2,000 gross behind in orders. Free
samples of this invention may be had
by addressing Sues & Co., Bee build
ing, Omaha, Neb. We show above
three copyrighted cuts of Inventions
which brought their originators fame
if not fortune.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations Prom Now Yprk, Chicago, St.
Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery separator... 21
Butter—Choice fancy country.. 15
Errs—Fresh. 18
Spring Chickens—Per lb. 4
Turkeys,per lb,. 8
Ducks, per lb..'. 6
Pigeons—Live. 75
Lemons—Choice Messlnas. 3 75
Honey—Choice, per lb. 12
Onions—per bu. f.0
Cranberries, Cape Cod, per bbl 6 50
Beans—Handpicked Navy. 1 40
Potatoes—per bu. 40
Sweet potatores—Per bbl. 2 25 & 3 i
Oranges—Per box. 4 00 0 4 1
Apples—Western stock, per bbl 2 00 0 3 1
Hay—Upland, per ton. 4 00 0 5 1
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET.
3 35
3 28
Hogs—Choice light.
Hogs—Heavy weights.
Beef steers. 3 85
Bulls. 1 85
Stags. 2 00
Calves.. 5 00
Western Feeders. 2 65
Cows. 2 00
Heifers. 3 20
Stockers and Feeders. 3 30
Sheep—Western Lambs. 5 00
Sheep—Native wethers. 3 00
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2 spring. 88J4®
Corn—per bu.. 28
Oats—per bu. 20
Barley—No. 2. 26
Rye—No.2......„. 47
Timothy seed— Prime per bu.. 2 65
Pork . 7 40
Lard—per 100 lbs.4 40
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Cattle—Choice beef steers. 5 40
Cattle—Western rangers. 3 50
Hogs—Prime light. 3 40
Sheep—Native Lambs.*4 00
NEW YOJtK MARKET.
Wheat—No. 2, red. Winter. «
Corn—No. 2. 34
Oats—No. 2. 24
Pork..8 00
Lard. 4 75
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No.2, spring.... 88
Corn—No. 2. 23
Oats—No 2. 2044
Hogs—Mixed.-. 3 00
Sheep—Muttons. 3 25
Cattle—Stockers and feeders... 2 50
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