I, THE NEWS IN BRIEF. ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED HERE AND THERE. H:-~| ' ■ \ ■ ‘ : « - ■’ i . i - Con den cation, that Embody • Good Deal of Information Without Requiring Hash Space—Foreign and Domeetlo Keway Note, on All Snbjecta. } i ———* . . J ;V ; 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. Hi Thursday, Dseamhsr A. special session of the DUnci* leg islature Is being held. it:.' & 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. r V ‘t ■ 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. _ ■ '< 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