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NEBRASKA.
t A bunk la to be started In Nortu
l«oup.
Range cattle are enduring the se
vere weather finely. Feed is plentiful.
North Platte’s gambling houses
>'y have been closed by order of tbe
mayor.
The commissioners of Hayes county
have employed an expert to check up
i&f, the public records of that county.
One Beatrice firm has made over
twenty-five pairs of sled runners from
Sas pipe since the recent snow fell.
The night telegraph service at Her
Iv. obey and Big Spring nas been discon
tinued on account of slack business.
Donald McLean writes to several
O’Neill people that he will be there
i>In the spring to build the Pacific
Short. Line to the Pactfic coast.
A Shelton company has secured the
contract to furnish the Union Pacific
railroad with several hundred cars of
Ice to be shipped to North Platte.
Wayne’s water works system pays
r the running expenses. The investment
%" of $20,000 was well spent, although
some difficulties were experienced in
the beginning.
Warren Darrence, of Fairmont, ac
cidentally jabbed a pitchfork Into the
lace of bis brother Walter. One tine
passed through the cheek and punc
tured the roof of the mouth.
Upon application of Receiver Snyder
of the Holt County bank, Judge Weet
ovre made an order authorizing him
, to pay a final divide* r! oi 5 per cent
to the creditor* of that institution.
Burglars entered the postoffice at
Hxter and made an attempt to ge:
, Into the safe, but were uncusseccsl:f
This Is the third similar visit within
? \ a year which the office has received.
There were over 400 chattel mort
gages released from record at Ord la
one day las tweeek, aggregating over
$20,000. This makes over $00,000 re
leased for the month np to the 24th.
Blanche Hklebrand, the Hartlngton
girl who disappeared just before an
Important criminal case In which she
was the principal witness was called
for trial, has been located and brought
hack by the officers.
Miss Phcna Hardlnger, who was
sent to the reform school two or three
years ago for stealing goods from the
residence of A. A. Jasmer, was lu3t
^ week bound over to appear at the Feb
ruary term of the district court of
Jefferson connty for raising a check.
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Henry Lammers, the insane farmer
who escaped from the Alexian Broth
ers’ hospital in St. Louis some two
months ago and who walked the en
tire distance from that place to his
home In Cuming county, has so far
recovered his mental balance that the
I'nird hoe discharged him from cub
Udy.
Mr. Heront, living about one mile
fretn Verdlgre, came home Intoxicated
and taking tho butcher knife, went
for his wife, cutting her arms and face
badly and chasing her out of the
bouse over to a neighbor. She went to
Verdi? re and swore out a warrant for
bis arrest, bnt the latter repented and
would not appear against him.
Tho financial condition of Buffalo
county la better than It has been for
years. The floating indebtedness Is all
paid and a.ll warrants now Issued are
paid In cosh and a large cash balanco
la In the county treasury. Lymuu
Cary will succeed himself for the com
ing treasurer and will give a personal
bond. Instead of the trust bond that
be gave the last term.
The State's Dairymen’s association,
at Its final meeting listened to a num
ber of papers and elected officers.
These officers for the year are: Pres
ident, George E. Haskell. Beatrice;
▼lee president, C. A. Clark, Ravenna;
secretary, F. H. Vaughan, Fremont.
The following board was elected:
Charles Harding, Norfolk; B. S. Stauf
fer, Bellevue; 8. C. Bassett, G. A.
Men ill, Mind* a, and W. A. Poynter,
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Dtrtldings ordered that a demand be
made of Dr. C. P. Fall, late superin
tendent of the institute for feeble
minded children at Beatrice, for tlie
aum of (ISO, which the board claims
Fall should turn over to his successor.
The order of the board was that if the
settlement was not made on demand
that proceeding! he commenced by the
ntttomey general * to collect' the
•mount from Fall and his bondsmen.
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The state board of health, at a re
cent meeting appointed Dr. O. Gro
thun, of St. Paul, secretary of the
hoard to succeed Dr. F. D. Halderman,
of Ord, and H. B. Cummings, of Se
ward. as member of the board of sec
retaries, to succeed Dr. F. C. Stewart,
of Auburn. The last appointment Is
understood to hare been made at the
request of the State Eclectic associa
tion, so as to give the eclectics repre
sentation on the board of secretaries.
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Acker K. Nelson, of Polk countv,
late of Company C. Second Efcnnsyl
▼anla artillery, has been trying to get
• pension for years. A few months ago
n€ called on Jud^e Saunders to aaelsc
'him. The Judge took tho case and put
in his best efforts with the assistance
of Congressman Hainer and lately
Congressman Stark, who did his best
to bring it about. The judge had the
satisfaction last week of getting & ».«!
legram from Congressman Stark say
ing the claim had been allowed to date
£rom August. 1890, at $8 per month.
Oner thirty-five carloads of building
material have passed through Ashland
recently, with Memphis as the destin
ation, to be used in the construction
of Armour’s big ico plant at that
point
At the meeting of the executive
committee of the Omaha Fair ami
Speed association In Omaha, it was
•greed to release the state board of
agriculture from holding a state fair
*■ that city next year on condition
that such release will not affect the
contract which provides (hat one more
additional state fair shall be held In
Omaha In 1900, This action was taken
Mt the request of the state board.
THE NEWS IN BBIEE
ITEMS OFINTEREST GATHERED
HERB AND THERE.
M Ixrellanfoai News Nates Gathered From
This end Other Countries—Accidental,
Criminal, Political, Social and Other
wise—Crisp Condensations From All
Quarters.
Saturday, December 38,
China has granted Russia permis
sion to winter her squadron at Port
Arthur.
General Weyler in an interview is
quoted as saying he has no hope of
the success of autonomy.
The orange and lemon crops of
Southern California have.been injured'
by frost during the succession ef cold;
nights.
The postmaster general has d«cld
led to order a postage stamp to'com-'
memorate the Trans-Mississippi ex
position at Omaha the coming yearv
They will be of the denomination of"
1, 2, 5 and 10 cents and $1.
Monday, Dnccmbcr 87
Nebraska will not bold any state
fair In 1898.
John Cosgrove, the well known ath
lete, Is dead.
Louis B. Bowen, a Montana news
paper man, was killed by being run
over by the cars.
The statements about the shooting
of political prisoners In Guatemala are
without foundation.
The second chamber of the Nether
lands has adopted a bill abolishing
the duty on Java sugar.
Sixteen persons were killed by an
explosion of Are damp In the Kalser
ntuhl II. pit at Dortmund, Prussia.
The army pack train left Cheyenne,
Wyo., for Alaska, twelve packers and
slxty-two mules forming the outflt.
Gen. Gonzales Munzo will be nom
inated governor general of Porto Rico,
to succeed Lieutenant General Marin.
Charles Byrne, formerly of Omaha,
prominent of late years In baseball
circles, is at death’s door In Brooklyn,
New York.
The government of New South
Wales Is arranging to suppply frozen
meat to the Russian authorities at
Vladlvostock.
It a crowded store at Birmingham,
Ala., Felix T. Brown, a commercial
traveler, was shot and killed by Aider
man Ashford.
The compensation of the employes
of the United States mint at San
Francisco has been reduced in the ag
gregate $41,418.
It is understood at Washington that
John V. George, a brother of Henry.
George, will soon be reinstated as a
special Inspector of customs.
It Is believed that the president has
decided to appoint Judge Paxson, of
Pennsylvania, as a member of the
Interestate commerce commission.
The medal recently presented to
Lieut. R. E. Peary by the Edinburgh
Geographical society, and which was
subsequently lost, has been found in
a theater in London.
William E. Burr, Jr., ex-cashier of
the St. Louis National bunk, serving
five years at the Jefferson City peni
tentiary for embezzlement of $20,000,
got a Christmas gift In the shape of a
pardon by President McKinley.
Isaac Durrett was shot and mor
tally wounded at a dance at Rock
ville, Ind. The „ ball landed In the
bowels. HIS assailant Is unknown.
Durrett pitched for the Washington,
Ind., Baseball club last season.
Tuesday, Deo. 98.
Fire In London destroys half a mil
lion dollars worth of property.
W. H. Grace, a leading republican
of Brooklyn, is dead, aged 57 years.
Two Alton (111.) men fought with
knives and pistols on Christmas day.
Both will die.
Christmas week at the national cap
ital is said to be deader that a week
in August.
Forty persons were maimed and
mutilated at -a powder explosion at
Ashvllle, N. C;
William Gottzyer and Mrs. John
Rice, both of New York, dropped
dead while trimming Christmas trees
for the children.
Colorado has a scheme to raise
funds for representation at the
Omaha exposition.
Christmas day, A. D. 1897, was the
most quiet and peaceful on record at
the White house.
In 1897 twenty-one Paris killings
yielded only $16 each and every mur
derer was guillotined.
General Booth, the venerable leader
of the Salvation army, will visit the
United States next month.
President Pierola signed and pro
mulgated the new measure legalizing
non-Catholic marriages In Peru.
Dr. J. D. Goddard, under sentence
of sixteen years for the murder of F.
J. Jackson at Kansas City, was ad
mitted to bail of 813,500.
The non-partisan Na tonal Wom
an’s Christian Temperance union Will
hold its eighth annual convention at
Columbus, O., January 7 to 11. 1898.
There promises to be a large attend
ance.
A dispatch from Copenhagen to the
London Dally Mail says: The Wash
ington executive has made overtures
to Denmark for the sale of a narrow
but carefully defined stretch In North
western Greenland, where the Amer
icans Intend to establish haval and
coaling stations.
Wednesday, Dee. SO.
Louis A. Leon,. a Cleveland, O.,
clothier, assigned. Assets, 316,000; lia
bilities. $30,000.
The Royal Shoe company, of New
York, retail shoe dealers, has assigned
to Leo Levi. Liabilities, $40,000; as
sets, $15,000.
The Hamburger Nachrichten denies
that Prince Bismarck’s gout is better,
and says he cannot walk or sleep, and
is unable to read or answer hit
friends’ letters.
The Sari of Crewe, while huntlci
with the Cheshire hounds, was thrown
from his horse, sustaining a fracture
of the collar bone and serious inju
ries about the head.
Grand Master Sargent, of the Fire
men’s Brotherhood, Illinois, who has
just returned from Washington, de
nied that he is a candidate for inter
state commerce commi3sionei*.
The London Daily Chronicle asserts
that the negotiations with Germany
on behalf of the Chinese government
are no longer being conducted by Li
Hung Chang, but by Chang Yin Haun.
It is announced that Hon. A. P.
Swineford, ex-governor of Alaska, will
go to Alaska early next year to take
charge of the interests in that section
of the United Mines company of New
York.
Senators Cullom and Mason, of Illi
nois, called on the president to urge
the appointment of State Senator D.
T. Littler, of Illinois, as successor to
Morrison on the interstate commerce
commission.
Mr. Clifford Slfton and Mr. J. a.
McKenna, of the Canaidan interior
department, who are to consult With
Secretary Alger on the forwarding of
supplies to the Klondike, arrived in
Washington.
C. De Vlieger, Jr., a commercial
traveler of Battle Creek, Mich., who
has written several stories under the
nom de plume of “Jyp,” was robbed
of $2,852 while stopping at the Mid
land hotel in Kansas City.
The receivers of the Superior Con
solidated Land and Iron company peti
tioned Judge Jenkins in the United
States circuit court at Milwaukee for
permission to borrow $20,000, the
funds to be used in carrying on the
business of the company, making im
provements, etc.
Thursday, Dec*. 30.
Judge Gilbert B. Reed, a prominent
lawyer of Colorado, is dead.
The office of the Detroit Free Press
was badly damaged by fire.
Secretary Gage declares that he lias
not tendered his resignation.
The attendance at the convention of
Nebraska teachers is larger this year
than last.
I The last session of the cabinet dis
I cussed the matter of relief for the
miners of Alaska.
Stenographers employed by the de
fense in the Luetgert case . havi
struck for their pay.
A number of parties at Pierre, S.
D., are making preparation to go to
the Klondike country.
The steamer George W. Elder has
sailed for Dyea and Skagway with 125
passengers and 500 tons of freight.
An effort is being made to permit
voluntary liquidation by the Chestnut
Street (Philadelphia) National bank.
Former Vice President Morton has
accpted the presidency of the new
Fifth Avenue Trust company, New
York.
Veins of gilsonite in sufficient size
to warrant, development are reported '
to have been discovered on Willow
creek, in Middle Park, Colorado.
Mrs. Mary Anderson and her two
daughters, Edith and Myrtle, aged 8
and 5 years, respectively, were as
phyxiated by illuminating gas in their
home in Chicago.
Mrs. Woolsey G. Sterling is dead,
aged 82 years. She was a prominent
abolitionist and her home at Bridge
port, Conn., was a station on the “un
derground railroad.” She founded the
flrst sanitary society for soldiers dur
ing the civil war.
Itzig Iapko, who sailed under the
name of Max Iapko and who is warned
in Russia for the embezzlement of
3,200 roubles ($1,600), was arested in
New York as he landed from the
steamer Etruria from Liverpool.
Mommy, January 3.
A Are at Port au Prince wrecked
800 houses.
Klondike miners say there is no
want at Dawson.
An English syndicate has secured
control of the Trinidad asphalt com
pany.
John Burke, Q. C., member of par
liament, was drowned in the Ottan
berry river.
It is rumored that the Marquis of
Hertford will succeed the Earl of
Aberdeen as governor general of Can
ada.
Representative Greene of the Sixth
Nebraska district has been alloted time
on January 5 to speak upon the ques
tion of civil service.
Rear Admiral Lord Beresford has
accepted the invitation of the union
ists of York to contest that scat in
parliament, vacated, by the death of
Sir Charles Lockwood.
The forthcoming monthly state
ment of the government receipts and
expenditures will show a material in
crease in the receipts from both cus
toms and Internal revenue.
There will probably be eight de
nominations of stamps of the special
issue authorized for the Omaha expo
sition, and they will be ready for dis
tribution by the big offices when the
exposition begins next year.
The president has decided to appoint
O. Bierarendall of Sioux Falls, editor
of the South Dakota Echo, the only
Scandinavian organ in the state, as
consul at Beyrut, Syria. The plac9
pays $2,400 a year.
George W.Peck, ex-governor of Wis
consin and author of ‘'Peck’s Bad Boy”
has closed a contract with the South
ern Lyceum Bureau for a limited
course of lectures in the south and
middle western states.
Miners Start for Alaska.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 29.—The
steamer George W. Elder has saited
fcr Taiya and Skagway with 125 pas
sengers and 500 tons of freight. Fifty
horses and 400 tons of freight were
offered, but the Elder was unable to
make room. Among the passengers
was Major L. H. Rucker, Fourth
United States cavalry, who goe3 to
Skagway and Taiya to make an inves
tigation of the passes for the purpose
I of selecting the most feasible route for
| the government Yukon relief perty.
WORK IN THE SENATE
MATTERS THAT WILL KEEP
, MEMBERS BUSY.
Annexation of Hawaii la the Leader in
Labor That la to Bo Performed—
Prienda of the Movement InaUt on
Forcing the Irene, and Peel Aaanred
They Will Win.
Forecasting Senate Work.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—The pre
vailing opinion among senators is
that very little legislation will be at
tempted during the present week.
The fact that congres will not re
convene until Wednesday will prob
ably be taken by the absentees to
mean that nothing will be attempted
until the following week, and as a
consequence it is doubtful whether
there will be a quorum present in
the senate on Wednesday, in which
event there will probably be an early
adjournment until the following day,
and then an adjournment until Mon
day. In any event it is not probable
that any important questions will bo
raised during the present week.
The general understanding is, how
ever, that the -work of the session will
begin in real earnest after this week
and that henceforth there will be no
justification of the complaint of dull
ness of the proceedings. Among the
questions which will engage early at
tention are the Hawaiian annexation
question, the claim of Mr. Corbett to
a teat in the senate from Oregon,
t:.e immigration bill and the financial
question.
In all probability tbe committee on
privileges and elections will meet
during the present week and the
chances are that an early report on
the Corbett case Will be ordered,
even though It may not be favora
ble. The republican side of the
chamber will not be a unit in Mr.
Corbett's interest. Senator Bur
rows, of the committee which has
charge of the case iB preparing an
exhaustive speech antagonistic to Mr.
Corbett and the opposition is counting
upon the assistance of still others
from that side of the chamber.
It is not believed that there will
be any serious antagonism to the
immigration bill, but there may be
considerable time consumed upon
the subject.
It is probable that Senator Davis,
chairman of the committee on for
eign relations, will make an effort
during the present week to get a day
fixed for taking up the annexation
treaty, and there is no apprehension
ot any objection to naming a day in
tne early future. The plan of the
supporters of the treaty is to take the
question up in executive session on a
resolution of ratification and to de
bate the treaty for a few days in ex
ecutive session, pursuing this course
long enough to demonstrate their
strength, and to commit those who
profess to be with them. If they End
that they have the necessary two
thirds to secure the ratification they
will press on to the en-l, but if they
discover themselves to be deficient in
voting strength they will change their
policy and take up the question cf an
nexation on Senator Morgan's reoln
tion to that end. There is no doubt
that a majority of affirmative votes
can be secured ana that a resolution
of this character can be passed if a
vote can be reached.
The present indications are that the
treaty as such will fail of ratification
by from two to six votes, but friends
of the agreement have by no means
lost hope that they will succeeel in
securing the entire sixty votes neces
sary to ratify. They claim that they
have been making headway in secur
ing votes during the recess and are
hopeful of still adding to the num
ber. They now assert that a solid
vote may be expected from the re
publican side of the chamber and
that several democrats who have
been claimed by the opposition aie
on the fence and liable to come to
them.
Presdent Burt In Charge.
, OMAHA, Jan. 3.—Horace G. Burt,
president-elect of the Union Pacific
railroad, has formally assumed charge
of his new office. The event was un
attended by any demonstration or by
any acts that would signify that the
Installation of a new regime had taken
place.
In a brief interview President Burt
said he had arrived in Omaha to stay
and should take charge of his new of
fice at once. He said that the receiv
ers would remain in control of the
property for some little time yet, but
it was impossible to tell just when the
receivership would be terminated. Re
garding changes in the official family
of the Union Pacific, Mr. Burt said
he thought there would be none at all.
President Burt. Vice-President Mink
and General Manager Dickinson left
in the private cor 010 for a trip of in
spection over the Union Pacific main
line. Just how extended this trip will
be, or what other officials, if any, will
be called to go along with the pro-'.i
dent’s party are matters that are 110I
known.
Extra Legislative Session.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., .Tan. 2.—Gov
ernor Taylor has issued a call for the
assembling of the legislature in extra
session January 17. The most impor
tant matters enumerated relate to the
assesment and taxation of railroads,
telegraph and telephone lines, and r -
sults from the recent decision of
United States Judge Clark In granting
those corporations an injunction re
straining the state board of equaliza
tion from putting in force the assess
ments for taxation made by the rail
road commission.
Rns.inn Col'my In KanHiH,
TOPEKA, Kas , Jan. 2.—Agent
Charles Kuharick, of New York, is
here to locate another colony of
Russians in Western Kansas. He is
contemplating the purchase of 100,000
acres of Union Pacific land, at the sale
by the special master, which taVes
place February 16, with the sale of tho
Kansas Pacific railroad. The lands de
sired are situated In Ellis, Trego and
adjacent counties.
Ballington Booth, who has been
suffering with aneurism, Is now slowly
Improving.
CORBETT MAGNANIMOUS
Liberal Terms Upon Which He Offers to
Fight Mr. Fits.
CINCINNATI Jan. 3—James J.
Corbett has given to the Tlmes-Star
for publication his challenge to fight
Robert Fitzsimmons as follows:
Tour published declaration, Mr.
Fitzsimmons, that you intend re-en
tering, pleases me more that I can at
present express to you, for I know
that the public esteems me to be the
only candidate for the honors you thus
place within reach.
I am sorry, however, to note that in
wording this declaration you give me
the impression that since we last met
you have become unwisely forgetful.
For Instance, you say that before I can
claim a return match with you I must
prove myself to be worthy of it. You
certainly Intended th»s as a joke, for
no one in the world knows my ability
better than yourself. Ycu cannot so
soon have forgotten your remark to
me at Carson, just after the battle
“Jim,” you said, in your simple, ear
nest way, “I’ll never fight again.
You’ve given me a bloody good lick
ing.” You, the winner, uttered these
words, with face and body so battered
as to leave no doubt of your sincer
ity, while I, the loser, listened with
never a bruise or scratch from head
to foot which could contradict you.
Is this consistent with your now re
questing me to prove myself to be a
worthy opponent? You will find the
confidence of the public in my ability
to entertain you still unshaken. You
will find that the public will Insist
upon your recognizing my claim that
you must meet me again. 'But surely
juu iiuve uueu iiiisreuresttiiieu. 1 re
fuse to credit you with the lame mem
ory, broken judgment, poor taste and
entire untruthfulness which the print
ed remarks alleged to have been made
by you would imply. I prefer to think
that those who have entered the ring
with me were men, honest, brave and
incapable of the vulgar, lying and
cowardly language in which the news
paper version of your remarks was
couched. However well I know that
the great journals try to be, and usu
ally are. accurate to the letter in re
porting utterances made by impor
tant men upon important subjects, I
prefer to believe that in this case a
grave error has been made somehow,
somewhere and for a purpose not
worthy of one who wishes to be con
sidered above contempt.
What the public expects frojn me is
to maintain the manly dignity of the
ring and not to be a. brawler, nor a
shifty evader of the honest principles
which govern honest men when ad
justing their respective merits
This is all I have to say. But this
is what I propose to do: The day we
sign articles I will give you $1,000 in
recognition of your courtesy. The mo
ment you enter the ring ready to olfer
me battle I will give you a second
$1,000 in token of my pleasure. Upon
the completion of the tenth round, if
you are still undefeated, T will give
you a third $1,000 as a souvenir of my
surprise. Upon defeating you. no mat
ter in what round, I will give you
$2,000 more as a reminder that I am
not an ungenerous foe.
On the other hand, should you again
defeat me I promise, if still able to
move, to place my hat upon my head
and then, removing it in your honor,
to proclaim you in frank and unmis
takable terms to be my superior and
state that I then and there quit for
ever all possible claim to the cham
pionship of the world.
Let further remarks on this subject
be made by 1,000 clean, honestly
earned American dollars, given me by
the public that believes in me. I have
this day forwarded these to Will ,T.
Davis, of Chicago, in testimony that I
mean every word I have berein
spoken. JAMES J. CORBETT.
Champion of Amrica.
fiold Production for the Year.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—The director
of the mint from Information now at
hand says that there is substantial ev
idence that the world’s product of gold
for the calendar year 1897 will approx
imate, if not exceed, $240,000,000, an
increase of nearly 20 per cent over
1896. The gold product of the United
States for 1896 was $53,100,000: for
1897 it will approximate $61,500,000, an
increase of $8,400,000.
The product for Africa in 1896 was
$44,400,000; returns received up to De
cember 1, 1897, indicate that the gold
product of that country for the year
will be $58,000,000, an increase of
$13,600,000. For Australia for 1896 the
production was $45,800,000; for 1897
the indication are that it will not be
less than $51,000,000, an increase of
$5,200,000. Mexico in 1896 produced
$8,330,000; for 1897 it is estimated that
it will be $10,000,000, an increase of
$1,670,000. The dominion of Canada
for 1896, $2,80,000; it is estimated for
1897 at $7,500,000, or an increase of
$4,700,000. India’s product forl897 Is
estimated at $7,500,000, an increase of
$1,400,000 over 1896. Russia’s gold
product for 1896 was $21,550,009; for
1897 estimated to approximate $25,
000.000. an increase of $3,450,000.
The indication for the United States
is that Colorado will lead in the pro
duction of gold for 1897, as it is esti
mated by ex-Governor Grant that It
will not be less than $20,000,000. Ne
vada will follow with a product of
probably $19,000,000. With the excep
tion of the South Appalachian range it
is believed there will be an increase iir
every producing state of gold product
over that of 1896.
Josephine Smith wants $7*.C00 from
the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council
Rluffs Railroad company for inju-ies
received from falling down an em
bankment.
Reciprocity With Venezuela.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.—Francis
B. Loomis, United States minister to
Venezuela, ha3 arrived in Washington.
He is on leave cf absence from his
post, and while in Washington during
theccming week he will advise with
the officials on the subject of negotiat
ing a reciprocity treaty and also a
parcels post convention between the
United States and Venezuela.
The banquet cf the Jackson club of
Omaha this year is expected to
eclipse all previous records.
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES. '
The National Zeltung denies that
the tariff negotiations with the United!
States have been broken off, adding:
that they have only just commenced. /
and will continue. (
Ilesha and Berehara, Important:
towns in West Africa, have been occu
pied by the Lagos Hausas. The inhab
itants are enthusiastic over the pres
ence of the British flag, as they feared
an attack from the French native;
troops, who are attempting to force
themselves on the Bariba country and*
are devastating it
The German government has ex
pressed its willingness to grant an ex—
equateur to Edmond Zebodowski, of Il
linois, recently appointed United.
States consul at Breslau, if he should’
be appointed United States consul at
Fuerth, Charles W. Erdman, of Ken
tucky, who was appointed United.
States consul at Fuerth, being trans
ferred to Breslau.
The Atlas Line steamer Alene,.
which arrived at New York from Cen
tral American ports, reports the ar
rival at Greytown, Nicaragua, Decem
ber 17, of the gunboat Newport, withi
the Nicaraguan canal survey party
aboard and well. A large force of la
borers from Port Limon had already
arrived at Greytown to aid in the;
work of the survey.
The Spanish minister at Washington'
has received a dispatch from Havana
stating that the autonomist mayors of'
Belgucel and Juanabacoa had b:en in
augurated amid great enthusiasm, the
people receiving them with shouts of' &
“Long live Spain.” The dispatch adds>
that the patriotic spirit shown at these
demonstrations gives assurance of the
'speedy realization of the good effects
of an autonomous form of government.
in Cuba.
Michael Davitt has a long letter in-,
the London Daily Chronicle in reply to -
one that appeared in its columns
signed by Adjutant General John E
Ballaine of the state of Washington.
He accepts the latter’s sentiments as
representing a large section of Ameri
can opinion, but protests against the*
statements that Tammany hall is an
Irish organization, and that Irishmen
are responsible for corrupt municipal,
government.
Rudolph Evans, the only surviving
brother of the late Dr. Thomas Evans,,
the famous American dentist, who*
died in Paris November 14, arrived in
Paris on the 29th with his wife and
son. It is learned, form a reliable
source that the original will of Dr.
Evans, drawn by Arthur E. Valois, of
New York, his attorney, was so badly
copied by Dr. Evans, who also amend
ed it and added several codicils, that
it is very doubtful if it is legal.
A dispatch to the London Times
from Kobe, Japan, says the dissolu
tion of the diet has greatly angered'
the political parties. It is probable
that the Marquis Ito, former premier...
and Count Okuma, a former foreign
minister, will form a coalition minis
try, with a vigorous foreign policy..
The military party is eager for ac
tion, extraordinary activity prevails:
at the military and naval depot and
warships are assembling at Nagasaki.
The trades and navigation returns!
shortly to be issued at Ottawa, Can
ada, will show the total imports en
tered for consumption were $111,294,
021, as against imports of $110,5S7,480'
the preceding year. The duty collect
ed amounted to $19,891,997, as against .
$20,219,037, a decrease of $327,404. Ex
ports amounted to $122,950,838, an in
crease of $17,581,086. There were ex
ported to the United States Canadian*
products to the value of $43,991,485, as;
against $34,460,428 in 1895-6. Great
Britain took of Canada’s exports $69,—
535,852. Yet Canada’s imports from::
the old country were but $29,412,288, a.
decrease of $3,567,554 as compared
with the preceding year, while from
the United States Canada imported to
the value of $61,649,041, an increase •
of $3,075,023 over imports cf American,
products of the year before .
Idaho 8tage Robbery.
LEWISTON, Idaho, Dec. 31.—Tho
Lewiston-Mount Idaho stage was held
up at 9 o’clock last night by two high
waymen one mile from Grangsville.
Two passengers were relieved of about.
$60 and the robbers secured the con
tents of two mail sacks, but missed
the one containing registered money
packages. The bandits escaped. At.
Grangeville there is great excitements
and a vigilance committee has been,
organized.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS*
Quotations From New York, Chicago, Sfc
Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere,
OMAHA.
Butter—Crcnmery separator... 21 @ 22
Butter—Choice fancy country.. It © 16
Eggs—Fresh. 18 @ ».
Chickens—Per lb. # @ lib
Turkeys,per lb.. 0 © 7
l)ucks,per lb... GViW 8
Oeese—Per lb.. . 746© «5- -t
Babbits—Per doz. 60 @ 1
Pigeons—Live. 75 ©
Lemons—Choice Messlnas. 3 25
Iloney—Choice, per lb.. 12
Onions—per bu. 00
Cranberries. Cape Cod, per bbl 0 50
Beans—Handpicked Navy. 1 25
Potatoes—per bu. 60
Sweet potatores—Per bbl. 2 25
Oranges—Per box. 3 50
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Apples—Weston stock, per bbl 2 1ft © 3
llay—Upland.rer ton. 5 03 ® 5
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET.
Ilogs—Choice light. 3 20 ® 3
Hogs—Heavy weights. 3 25 © 3
Beef steers. 3 2.1
Bulls. 3 75
Stags. 3 aO
Calves. 5 50
Western Feodors. 3 40
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Sheep—Western Lambs. 4 00
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Wheat—No. 2 spring. 88
Corn—per bu... 20
Oats—pc r bu. 2!i
Harley—No. 2.23
live—No. 2. 43
Timothy seed—Prime per bu.. 2 60
Pork . 7 70
Lard—per ICO lbs.4 70
Cattle—Choice beef steers. 4 15
Cattle—Stockers and feeders...5 25
Hogs—Mixed.3 3»
Sheep—Native Lambs. 4 00
NEW YORK MARKET.
Wheat—No. 2, red, Winter. 1 00
Corn—No. 2. T.l
Oats—No. 2.
Pork.
Lard.
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. 2, spring. 80
Corn—No. 2. 21
Oats—No 2. 22H
Hogs—Mixed. 3 35
Sh^ep—Muttons. 2 15
Cattle—Stockers and feeders... 3 20
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