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Monday. Dec. &
Four more jurors were accepted In
tb* Luetgert case on the 4th, leaving
four yet to be chosen.
Fire destroyed the McMillen opera
house and Pomeroy blocks at La
Crosse, Wis. Loss, $200,000.
Consul O’Hara has sent to the state
department a copy of the law of Nica
ragua prohibiting the immigration of
Chinese.
The monthly report of failures
shows defaulted liabilities of $11,610,
195 in November, against $12,700,856
last year.
John S. Morgan, the murderer of
a family, who was sentenced to be
hanged Decembor 16, escaped from jail
at Ripley, W. Va.
William J. Hammond, of Brace
Bridge, Ont., was found guilty of the
murder of his wife and sentenced to
be hanged February 18 next.
A passenger train on the Chicago
& Erie railroad was wrecked seven
miles east of Lima, 0. It is reported
that the engine blew up. Three were
killed.
George R. Bloodgood, head of the
law department of the General Elec
tric Co., Schenectady, was shot and
mortally wounded by a burglar whom
he discovered In his home. The bur
glar escaped.
The battleship Oregon has sailed
from San Francisco tor Puget sound,
where she Is going to the new dry
dock at Bremerton, to be fitted with
' her bulge keels.
Estimated gross earnings of the
Rock Island system for the month of
November were $1,614,731, an Increase
over the estimated earnings of the
same month last year of $443,095.
Tnndtr, Dec. 7.
The Pall Mall Gazette has a Rome
dispatch saying the pope has not been
enjoying his usual good health.
Republican members of congress
seem to agree that there Is no prospect
l of currency legislation at this session.
There is a disposition on the part of
some senators to have the debate on
the Hawaiian treaty open to the public
Instead of in secret session.
Thomas J. Sharkey, who call him
self the champion heavy weight pugil
ist of the world, has refused to sign
articles for a fight with J. J. Jeffreys.
Two men, suspected of being Christ
Merry and James Smith, the much
wanted Chicago murderers, have been
captured at Western Union Junction,
f WIs.
Prom the best obtainable Informa
tion It appears that no change Is to be
made In the comporltlon of the cab
inet during the remainder of the cur
rent year..
The Nebraska board of transporta
tion has Issued an order extending the
time for restoration of rates by the car
load for live stock from December 5 to
December 16.
The Cantabrian coasts have been
■ swept by hurricanes and heavy snows
have fallen In the northern provinces
of Styiin.
R. L. Hews, the Wichita mountain
boomer,who has been at Wichita three
weeks seeking to organise a party,
left for Oklahoma City, Okl„ without a
v single follower.
The sum of $500,000 in gold coin
(nearly one ton freight) was deposit
ed in the United States subtreasury
in New York today In exchange for a
telegraphic transfer of that amount to
-- San Francisco.
Gross earning of seventy-nine rail
roads for the month of November were
$9,118,056, an Increase of a trifle over
18 per cent over the aggregate earn
ings of the same roads for the same
icr-' ■ month of last year.
WMnMir, Dm. B.
Franklin field foot ball games of
1897 netted 890,000.
Luders, a farmer near Chicago, has
heed arrested on a charge of grave
robbery.
Ten prisoners, two accused of mur
der, escaped from the Jail at Lewis
town, lit
Rev. George R. Wallace, of Chicago,
aald in his sermon Sunday that Inger
aoll must be Insane.
The Spanish government has sent da.
. tachments of troops to search the re
> . glob between the provinces of Valen
dd and Castellon, and the dlstrfot
V-- around Morelia, where the Carllst agi
tation is most active.
Mrs. Gammon, mother of the boy
killed In foot ball In Georgia, and on
whose account the legislature recently
passed an anti-foot ball law. has pro
tested against the law. The governor
has decided to veto It.
Rev. Or. John Rouse, rector of Trin
ity Episcopal church, Chicago, died
from shock attending an operation for
appendicitis.
Charles A. Hardy, founder and pub
lisher of the American Catholic Quar
terly Review, Is dead, at Atlantic city,
aged 61 years.
Marchioness D'Hlcquellea committed
suicide In Paris by charcoal and ab
sinthe. She was 80 odd years old and
poverty stricken.
The Olympic Theater, New Orleans,
formerly the famous Olympic Athletic
Club, where the Corbett-Sulllvan and
other notable contests occurred some
years ago, was destroyed by fire.
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Thursday, Dseamhsr
A. special session of the DUnci* leg
islature Is being held.
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The steamship St. Paul, sailing tor
Europe, took out 600,000 ounces of
silver and 70.000 Mexican dollars.
Senator Allen has Introduced a bill
for the holding of a congress of In
dian tribes at Omaha in 1898. and ap
propriating therefor $100,000.
Baron von Mohrenhelm, the Russian
ambassador at Paris, has been re
lieved his post, but he remains a
■sober of the council of the empire.
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Editor E. W. Reed of the Preston,
(Iowa) Times, a prominent citizen,
killed himself by sending a bullet
through his heart. Financial difficult
ies. — t
Senator Allen has introduced a bill
to erect a new public library at Lin
coln. Neb., at a co3t of $1,000,000 and
appropriating $500,000 to be at once
available.
Paul Alexander Johnstone, the mind
reader, says he is going to take a trip
around the world blindfolded. At the
same time he is going to try and beat
the record for globe trotters.
On January 6 the Denver ft Rio
Grande road will inaugurate in co
operation with its eastern and western
connections a through tourist car serv
ice from Boston to Portland for the
accommodation of travelers to the
northwest.
Rev. T. J. Keith of Vincennes. Ind.,
has written a letter to the commmls
sioner of pensions at Washington re
fusing a pension and making full res
titution of all money received by him,
$495. He says his pension was not
well based.
Emperor William has ordered. the
number of volunteers for the China
expedition to be Increased to 1,000
men.
Charles Burgess was electrocuted at
the Sing Sing (N. Y.) prison for the
murder of Henry V. Whitlock at Sterl
ing, in August, 1895.
Adolph L. Luetgert has issued an
appeal to the public for funds with
which to defray the cost of his trial.
He opens his appeal with an affirma
tion of his innocence, and then de
claring that the first trial used up his
resources, aslcs the public to send him
money, which he promises to repay
when at liberty.
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Friday, D«o. 10.
An epidemic of measles prevails at
Springfield, 0.
The board of education has decided
to close the schools- in Minneapolis
March 1,1898, because it has no money
and no legal right to borrow.
The St. James Gazette announces
authoritatively that the British gov*
ernment does not expect trouble with
France regarding the upper Nile re
gions.
A report from Cairo that strong
forces of British troops had been or
dered to proceed to Mnssowah, the
Italian headquarters, was denied at
the foreign office.
The complete list of claims filed in
the Sherry failure at Oshkosh, Wls.,
shows over 10 creditors, with liabili
ties of 91,132,952 and the majority of
creditors hold only personal notes of
Shbrry.
Miss Mary Sheridan, president of
the Catholic Knights and Ladies of
America, says that the suit brought
in Chicago against the order has been
instituted for revenge by a rejected
applicant.
Commander in Chief Gobln, of the
Grand Army of the Republic, has call
ed a meeting of the executive commit
tee of the nationl council to be hold
in Cincinnati on December 15 to fix
the date of the next national encamp
ment.
Dellah Fales of Wavely, Iowa, has
confessed her share in the tragic
death of Jerome Kern. The man was
found dead in a lonely wood on Au
gust 23 last and the young woman
now confesses she fired the bullets
that killed him.
Senator Pritchard has introduced a
bill reducing the tax on distilled
spirits in bond to 70 cents per gal
lon.
Senator Galllnger has introduced a
bill prohibiting the granting of pen
sions to the widows of soldiers whose
marriage occurred subsequent to the
passage of the bill under which she
makes claim.
Senator Dawes, chairman of the
foreign relations committee, says he is
not ready to proceed with the Ha
waiian annexation treaty and cannot
now fix a time when it will be taken
up, although he thought it would be
considered before the holidays.
Saturday, Dec. 11.
Forty-two employes of the mint at
Philadelphia have been let out.
Ex-President Harrison refused to
talk politics to a New York reporter.
Bof Kneebs, the alleged ringer, has
been reinstated by the American Trot
ting Association.
Riley Powell and son. Will and Pe
ter, were killed by a blast bursting in
a mine at Nclsonvllle, O.
Ex-Governor Waite, of Colorado,
will move to Decatur county, Iowa. He
has a colonisation scheme. .
The Mankato knitting mills, at
Mankato, Minn., have assigned. Lia
bilities, $85,000; assets unknown.
Blanco has signed the release of 41
prisoners at Havana, charged with
complicity in the Insurgent movement.
George W. Vanderbilt and his friend
W. B. Osgood Field, have started from
New York on a tour around the world.
A bill for state supervision and
more humane treatment of convicts
has been defeated 1 nthe Georgia leg
islature.
The Rev. Dr. John Atkinson, pastor
of the Methodist church at Haver
straw, N. Y., Is dead at New York city,
aged 63 years.
Helen W. Jones, of Buffalo. N. V.,
has bought 6.000 acres of wheat land
on the Soo railroad In North Dakota,
for $175,000.
The Northwestern Miller gives the
flour output at Minneapolis, Duluth,
Superior and Milwaukee last week at
470,556 barrels.
President of the World’s W. C. T.
V. Willard has accepted the resigna
j tlon of Superintendent of the Purity
Department Butler.
California’s invitation to President
McKinley to attend the golden juhllee
of the discovery of gold, will be en
graved on a slab of quarts.
John Schwinon, aged 62 years, com
mitted Buiclde before 100 people at
Chicago, by hurling himself from a
Lincoln park bridge through the ice.
After a religious service in the pen
itentiary at Frankfort. Ky., Samuel
Crabtree, a 20-year-old convict, con
fessed to having murdered his cousins,
William Short and Tony Rice, in Law
renco county.
CANA1GRE CULTIVATION
Can ThU Valuable Product be Stscceatful
ly Cultivated In Kebraeka?
The Commercial club and Secretary
Utt, says the Orr iha Bee, have set to
work with determination to discover
whether another product as valuable
as chicory and sugar beets may not
be added to the list of Nebraska crops.
This is canalgre—pronounced “kah
nah-gray," and meaning the plant
commonly known as sourdock—which
bids fair to revolutionize the industry
of leather tauulng.
It is believed that the product can
be raised on the arid plains in the
western part of the state, as it is now
being grown upon the deserts of New
Mexico. If this should be found to be
be the case, land in western Nebraska
would be as desirable as in the other
parts, since there is considerable profit
In the crop. An account of the plant
and its possibilities was published in
the Bee last Sunday.
The matter of investigating whether
canalgre could be raised in this state
was taken up by the Commercial club
some time ago, but was dropped with
out much progress being made. One re
sult was discovered, however, and that
was that the plant flourished on Cut
Off island, a resident there having
raised a crop. The matter was again
brought up before the Comerclal club
by Secretary Utt at the last meeting
of that body and he was lnstruced to
write to the University of Nebraska,
requesting that experiments be made
with the plant. In pursuance of these
instructions Secretary Utt has sent the.
following communication to Chancel
lor MacLean:
"OMAHA, Nov. 30.—George E. Mac
Lean, Chancellor University of ‘ Ne
braska, Lincoln—Dear Sir: This club
has considered the cultivation of can
algre In Nebraska. The conclusion is
that it should be done the coming sea
son In an experimental way and that
there is a fair possibility of success.
Thcj-e is some evidence that the plants
can be raised in this state; the roots
are planted and harvested about the
same as sweet potatoes, according to
the Information at hand. It is stated
the cost'is $20 per acre, the produce is
twenty tons per acre, tho value $75
per ton; the figures seem incredible.
“It is further stated that the plant
contains 40 per cent of tannic acid.
The demonstration of our ability to
produce canalgre would be beyond
computation in value to our state, for
many reasons; our farmers to be pros
perous must have diversity of crops:
chicory and sugar beets are of great
value and will produce great results,
but the benefits do not compare with
those arising from the successful rais
ing of canalgre.
The time is fast approaching when
sheep and cattle will be slaughtered
in this state by the millions: the hides
of cattle are taken by sections where
tan bark is available; it has been dem
onstrated that the tan bark cannot be
hauled to the hides, so that our hides
may be made into sole leather in Ten
nessee and shipped to Massachusetts
and the manufactured shoe worn later
in Omaha, where the animal was
slaughtered.
“ThiB is all a question of tannic
acid; in addition to the large percent
age of tannic acid in the roots of
canalgre it is claimed it will make
more desirable leather than tan bark;
qIbo that the hides remain in the solu
tion only twelve hours, while It .re
quires three months where the tan
bar.*, is used. So it appears that the
material for tanning hides would be
cheaper in Nebraska, than elsewhere,
if the plant t..n be raised,and as hides
are cheaper here, Oma&a would have
the cheapest leather of any point in
the world. This boing true, tanneries
would be in operation and following
these would be factories that consume
leather in making articles that are
used in the west.
“Again the plant grows on the arid
grounds of New Mexico and Califor
nia, so that it is possible our vast
acres of land in western Nebraska, fit
only for grazing, would be just the
section where production of canalgre
would be successful.
“Finally, is it notwithstanding the
province of the Agricultural college to
consider this question at once and
endeavor to introduce the plant this
coming year, so that we may not only
be convinced of the facts, but show
the results at the exposition. It might
be, the experiment, if made, should be
on the college farm, as well as in the
western part of tho state. Please let
me know what your views are on the
subject, and will you prosecute the
matter to an issue? With deep respect,
your truly,
JOHN T. UTT. Secretary.
To Fra vent Overloading Cara.
H. S. Mann, secretary of the state
humane society, has become interest
ed in the movement at South Omaha
to prevent the overloading of cars
and the consequent crulety to animals.
He is considering the advisability of
organizing a branch of the humane so
ciety at South Omaha, and along with
him are working Col. J. 1* Martin, of
the Rock Island, and W. S. Wittten, of
the stock yards company. It is also
proposed to exercise supervision over
the way in which stock is handled at
the stock yards, but the primary mo
tive of the movement appears to be to
prevent the stock shippers who have
heretofore been overloading and thus
saving considerable money out of the
car load rates of the railways from
longer garnering of the elusive sheck
el in that inhumane way.
The $800 bonds of the Broken Bow
school district have recently been sold
to Stull Brothers of Omaha.
The destructiveness of hog cholera
in this- section, says a Rising City dis
patch, can scarcely be computed. It is
estimated that the late epidemic has
destroyed at least 72 per cent of the
herds of the western part of Butler
county and the estimate is borne out
by Inquiry of the owners, while a herd
here and there has escaped entirely,
the major portion of the herds have
been attacked and in most instances
nearly destroyed. The folowing, taken
at random, are fair samples of the de
structiveness of the epidemic: One
farmer lost 67 out of 62; another 22
out 80; a third 16 out of 17, and a
fourth, 69 out of 65.
DUBKANT INNOCENT.
THAT IS WHAT JUDGE MERRI«
MAN THINKS.
Convinced that Blantban’a Confeaglou of
the Crime ia the Truth—Think* at
bait There la SalBcirnt Ground for
the Cloaeat Inveatlgatlon Before tha
Court'* Order* are Carried Out.
Thinks Dorrnnt Innocent.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Dec. 11.—
Judge E. M. Merriman. of Little Rock,
who was personally acquainted with
and once represented J. E. Blanther,
alias Forbes, as an attorney In this
city. Insists that Blanther, and not
Durrant, murdered Blanche Lamont
and Minnine Williams in San Fran
cisco and that the execution of Dur
rant will therefore be a Judicial mur
der. A few days ago the story was
sent out from Atlanta. Ga., that Blan
ther was in that city at the time the
girls were murdered. Judge Merriman
scouts this idea. He today made the
following statement:
“Since the publication of the card
through the Associated Press in which
I stated that I believed in the ipno
ence of Theodore Durrant and 'the
guilt of Blanther. alias Forbes, I have
received many communications sup
porting either side of the question.
Now, as the supreme court of Califor
nia has refused to interfere and Dur
rant must hang, still having an abid
ing faith in his innocence, i feel that
the public ought to have an insight
into the facts that have arrayed them
selves before me and convinced me
that a judicial murder Is about to be
committed.
“First, there can be no question but
that the written confession is in the
handwriting of Blanther. for no effort
has been made to contradict this pre
sumption and examination by experts
has established it.
' “Second. Blanther confesses that he
murdered Blanche Lamont and Minnie
WllHams.
“Third, the entire evidence in the
conviction of Durrant has been cir
cumstantial and the only positive
statement that has ever hinged on
the case is Blanther’s confession that
he and not Durrant did the deed for
which Durrant's young life is about to
be forfeited.
"Fourth, Blanther being dead, my
lips may reveal the fact that he had
told me during his troubles here that
the name of Forbes was but an alias;
that he had assumed ‘for reasons best
known to himself, and that his life
had been an eventful one.’ This coup
led with the statement of his, second
wife, Agnes Cameron, in public print,
convinces he that he spoke the truth.
“Fifth, the trial of Durrant seems
to have been a forced one by some
power ‘behind the scenes,’ the prose
cuting attorney being notably bitter
in the conduct of the same and yet
failing to establish a single fact by
direct and positive truth.
“Sixth, the theory of the state that
Blanche Lamont was murdered on the
night of April 3,1895. is. and has been
throughout the whole trial, an un
warranted assumption. There is no
proof that the girls were murdered in
Emmanuel church, and a more rea
sonable assumption would be that they
were murdered elsewhere and their
bodies carried to the church as ‘part
of the program.'
"Seventh, as to the Atlanta dispatch
that Blanther was seen in that citj
between April 12 and April 15, 1895,
this may be all true and he may have
had all that arranged for his pur
chasing agency to believe that, but
does anybody know or has anybody
ever ventured to say when he left
Atlanta? Ten days intervened between
April 3 and 13, at which latter date
Minnie Williams’ body was discover
ed. Within that period of time Blan
ther might have been seen in Atlanta,
and also have been in San Francisco
to do his bloody work, and et^n had
& day or two to spare if he was work
ing under a preconcerted plan and
stimulated by reward for prompt and
immediate action, as has been inti
mated by a man named ‘Austin.’
Eighth, the theory of the state
without anything upon which to base
it, is that one of the girls was killed
on April 3, the other on April 13.
Blanther says he killed them both at
the same time, which is a more rea
sonable presumption when the whole
case is founded upon presumption.
“If Blanther was at Atlanta at the
time indicated, he probably went there
with a perfected plan to return at
once to San Francisco as soon as he
established the premises upon which
to base an alibi, folowing the advice
of some party in whose employ he was
to consummate the dastardly dee>l.
He could have left Atlanta April 4
and been in San Francisco in time to
murder the two girls.
Fits WIU Do No More Fighting.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 11.—A special to
the Republic from Rock Island, 111..
In an Interview with Bob Fitzsim
mons, says the report that his wife,
who has is now in Milwaukee, has
consented to his entering the ring
again, providing he would first meet
Corbett, was untrue.
“My wife never said any such
thing,” said he. “She would not have
me fight again under any circum
stances. I know that, and what is the
use in trying to make something dif
ferent. Anyhow, even though she had
given her consent, I would not give
Corbett another chance. As I have
said many times before, I am through
prize fighting. I won the champion
ship and I won it fairly, i have got
enough. Now the other fellows can
fight it out among themselves. I am
doing well, enjoying good health, and
am contented. I have got everything
I want.”
Three Cent Kara Law Illegal.
CHICAGO, Dec. 11.—The United
States court of appeals in an opinion
handed down today in the Indianap
olis 3-cent car fare case dismissed the
appeal of the city of Indianapolis
from the order of Judge Showal
ter enjoining the enforcement of the
3-cent fare ordinance. The court held
In effect that as the Indianapolis
Street Car company was created or
formed under general laws in Indiana,
an amendment providing for 3-cent
fare can be effected only by a general
law applicable alike to all similar cor
porations throughout the state.
THE PACIFIC ROAD.
Senators Thurston and Gear Talk on the
Subject.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 11.—In the
senate the resolution of the Pacific
railroad committee, asking informa*
tlon regarding the sale of the Kansas
Pacific, was passed, which gave Sen
ator Gear of Iowa and Senator Thurs
ton of Nebraska an opportunity to
make short speeches congratulating
the country upon the settlement of
the Pacific railroad question.
Mr. Gear, chairman of the Pacific
railroad committee, said that too
much credit could not be elven the
present administration for the admir
able manner in which it had handled
and disposed of the Pacific railroad
matters.
Mr. Harris facetiously congratulated
his friend from Iowa (Mr. Gear) and
his friend from Nebraska (Mr. Thurs
ton) upon the change which had come
over them since the consideration of
the Pacific railroad question last
spring.
Mr. Gear responded that so far as he
was concerned, no change had been
experienced and that he was just as
much opposed to government owner
ship of railroads as ever.
Mr. Thurston congratulated the
country upon the result of the admin
istration’s efforts regarding the Pa
cific railroads. He expressed the opin
ion that the prosperous business con
ditions brought to the country by the
advent of thd present administration
had so improved the main line of the
Union Pacific that it would probably
now earn dividends upon the full
amount of; the large purchase price
paM for it.
mr. Harris inquired wnetner Mr.
Thurston thought that the same con
dition would correspondingly improve
the Kansas Pacific branch.
Mr. Thurston said that it was
hardly to be expected that a branch
line would be affected in the same
manner as a great trans-continental
road. He said that he noticed - in the
president’s message that the admin
istration is committed to the policy
of purchasing the Kansas Pacific
branch unless a better bid was offer
ed. He did not believe in govern
ment ownership of railroads, and he
was of the opinion that the experi
ment of such ownership, if it was to
be tried, might better be tried with
some other than the Kansas Pacific
railroad. He suggested to the Pacific
railroads committee that the authority
asked for by the president to buy in
the road be coupled with full power
to resell.
Western Weather Station!.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The mem
bers of the house committee on agri
culture have had a conference with
Secretary Wilson respecting the needs
of thv agricultural department and
have been informed that the secretary
desires increased appropriations for
weather stations in the west and in
the vicinity of the great lakes. The es
tablishment of additional forecast sta
tions, the secretary thinks, would be
greatly to the benefit of the fruit in
dustry of California, which suffers
considerably when there are not prop
er warnings of approaching storms,
while on the lakes extra stations arc
needed for the protection of the mar
itime stations.
Another branch of the service which
requires more money is that of the
microscopic division which Inspects
meats designed for export. The force
now available is inadequate, the sec
retary says.
Comparative Prices on Grain.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The agri
cultural department today issued the
following:
“The department's special wheat in
vestigation is till lacking a few im
portant returns, but the general re
sult will be made public Monday. The
department’s final estimates of the
production of the principal crops are
based principally on the December re
turns and in acordance with the de
partment’s practice they will not be
made public before December 13 at
the earliest.
The only information now available
relates to the average farm price of
certain products on the first day of
the present month. The farm price
of - corn, as indicated, averages 26.5
cents per bushel, against 21.5 cents
last year; that of oats, 21.5 cents,
against 18.7 cents last year; that of
barley 37.7 cents, against 32.3 cents
last year; that of rye, 44.7 cents,
against 40.9 cents last year; that of
buckwheat, 42.1 cents, against 39.2
cents last year; that of hay, $6.65 per
ton, against $6.55 last year.
The averages of products not given
are withheld for revision, as are the
estimat03 of the acreage of winter
wheat and rye and the condition of
these products.
Cleveland in Wattlilnffton.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Former
President Grover Cleveland arrived in
Washington yesterday afternoon, en
route to South Carolina on a hunting
trip. Although this was the first time
Mr. Cleveland had been in Washing
ton since he left the executive man
sion last March, he did not leave the
car during the two hours it was in the
city.
Steel Wire Pool.
NEW YORK, Dec. .11.—The repre
sentatives of the steel wire and nail
manufacturing firms of the United
States, who have been for months ne
gotiating to form a steel wire and
nails pool, are nearing a conclusion
of their work. It is said that about
twenty of the large wire nail and steel
companies will enter the combination
and the capital involved will exceed
<60,000,000.
Senator Hanna Is III. •
NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—Senator
Hanna was taken suddenly ill in the
Waldorf Astoria last night and re
moved to his apartments. He arrived
at the hotel from Washington at 5
o’clock in the afternoon. Tho long
ride proved to be fatiguing in the ex
treme and on his arirval he complain
ed of being weary. He said at the ho
tel, however, that no physician had
been summoned. Senator Hanna ex
pects to return to Washington oa
Monday.
The holiday adjournment of con
gress la not yet decided upon.
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.
The German naval department has.
sent instruction to Kiel to dispatch
200 artillerymen with lield guns and A
1,000 marines to China. JE
The opinion prevails that Germany
will not permananetly occupy Kiao j
Chau bay, China. The newspapers !
protest against the occupation as cal
culated to injure the interests of Rus
sia, and say Russia ought to demand
evacuation.
According to the official returns, the
the last vintage of France amounts to
32,000,000 hectoliters. This is a falling
oft of 12,000,000 hectoliters from tha
vintage of 1896 and about 126,000 hec
toliters under the average of the pre
vious ten years'.
Prince Von Hohenlohe, the imperial
chancellor of Germany, will give r.
parliamentary dinner on December 14.
at which Emperor. William will be
present. The object of the banquet
presumably is to influence the party
leaders in favor of the government’s
naval bill.
The postmaster general of Canada
has decided to permit pictures, views,
designs or other advertising matter to
be printed on the face of postal cards
so long as sufficient spac4 is left to
allow of the address being written or
printed so that it can be easily de
ciphered. v
■:
New Inventions*
Inventors sometimes make the mis
take in passing by simple inventions
as unimportant. A Council Bluffs, la.,
inventor will undoubtedly before long
be mentioned as one of the inventors
who made a fortune simply because he,
pressed a series of rings into a little
circular disk of metal, resembling ’
nothing so much as a bottom out of an
oil can. This little invention, which we
have mentioned before,forms a sound
ing toy and when properly vibrated
produces simply wonderful results. In
ventors interested in this most simple
of late inventions, can obtain a free
sample in addressing G. W. Sues &
Cov registered patent lawyers, Bee
Building, Omaha, Neb. The copyright- ' |
ed cuts show three well-known mech
anical movements.
Iowa Patent Office Report.
Constitutionality of an Iowa law in
volved in the issue.
The following certificate of title was
granted pursuant to “An act to pro
tect persons, associations, unions of
working men. and others in their la
bels, trade marks and form of adver
tising and has lead to a conflict o&
opinion in which western inventor*
who have free access to our patst?A
office library to examine the United \
States official reports of all patents is- »
sued since 1850 to the present time and
can have all the mechanical and legal
work done here that is necessarv in
preparing and prosecuting applica
tions for patents in the United States
patent office at Washington and there
by avoid the investment of time and
money required to go to Washington
or to send their work and monev to
Washington attorneys.
"I hereby certify that in compliance
with the provisions of Chapter 36,
Laws of the Twenty-fourth General
Assembly of Iowa. ‘An act to protect
persons, associations and unions of
working men and others in their la-,
bels, trade marks, and form of adver
tising, Thomas G. Orwig, of Des
Moines, Iowa, has this day filed in the
office of secretary of state a form for
advertisement described substantially
as follows: The title and main features
of said advertisement is in the words
“Iowa Patent Office.” Form of said ad
vertisement in detail hereto attached.
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and caused to be
affixed the seal of the state depart
ment.
Done at Des Moines, the capital, this
ninth day of April, 1892. >
W. M. M’FARLAND,
[Seal.] Secretary of State, t
Thomas G. & J. Ralph Orwig,
Solicitors of Patents.
Des Moines. Dec. 6. 1897.
Quotations From New York, Chicago, St*
Louis, Omalm and Elsewhere.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery separator... 21 @ 22
Butter—Choice fancy country.. 12 & It
Eggs—Fresh..:. 16 @ 17
Spring Chickens—Per lb.. t
Turkeys,per lb. 8
Ducks, per lb. 6
Piseons— Dive. 75
Lemons—Choice Messlnns. 3 73
Honey—Choice, per lb. 12
Onions—per bu. 50
Cranlicrrie's. Cape Cod. per bbl 6 50
Beans—Handpicked Navy:. 1 40
Potatoes—per bu. 40 <a i
Sweet potatores—Per bbl. 2 25 UU 3
Granites— Per box. 4 00 @ 4 !
Apples—Western stock, por bbl 2 75 to 3 i
Hay—Upland, per ton. 4 n0 @ 5 !
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET.
Hogs—Choice light. 3 22
Hogs—Heavy weights. 3 20
Beef steers. . 8 75
Bulls. 2 80
Stags.. 2 00
Calves. 3 50
Western Feeders. 2 25
Clows. . 2 50
Heifers.,. 2 75
Stockers and Feeders. 1 50
Sheep—Western Latnbs. 5 00
Sheep—Native wethers. 3 00
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2 spring. 02
Corn—per bu.... 28
Oats—per bu. 22
Barley—No. 2. 26
Hye—No. 2. 47
Timothy seed—Prime per bu.. 2 65
Pork . 7 15
Lard—per 100 lbs.4 40
Cattle—Choice beef steers. 4 CO
Cattle—Western rangers. 8 75
Ho*s—Prime light.3 45
gheep—Native Lambs.3 75
NEW YORK MARKET.
Wheat—No. 2, red,Winter. 07
Corn—No. 2. 33
Oats—No. 2. 25
Pork..8 00
Lard. 4 75
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. 2, spring. 83
Corn—No. 2. 23
Oats—No 2. .. 2214
Hogs—Mixed. 3 00
Sheep—Muttons. 3 25
Wattle—Stockers and feeders... 2 SO
