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V J. H. Walker, of Adams count/, had
Ilia hand badly crushed In a corn
; eheller.
A Grand Island man who Insulted a
I lady on the street paid a fine of $25
p for his man ness.
The village of Dodgs has outlawed
r the slot machines and suppressed the
■■ Sunday traffic in red liquor.
In Northwestern Nebraska several
•tockmen are vaccinating tbelr cattle
S' ws a preventive tor black leg.
r- Two thousand head ot cattle were
r unloaded at Ewing In one week. They
are to be wintered in that vicinity.
Mr. Utrayer, of Martland, a small
Sown sis miles southwest of Geneva.
f had a hand torn off in a corn shelter.
A wedding was headed off at Cozard
fcy the girl’s mother, who appeared on
the scene and carried tbo prospective
bride home in triumph.
J. A. Hunter, a ranchman of Bo*
Butte county, will anHwor in the fed
eral court to the cnRrgc of fencing gov
s':. eminent land for private gain.
The South Omaha Live Stock ex
change will have a large delegation at
■ the national live stock growers ccn
wentlon, which will bo held In Denver,
Jan. 25 to 28.
* F. FT. Merwln, secretary of the Ne
p Iwiska Press association, announce?
postponement of the annual meeting
S' at Lincoln from January IX and 12 to
January 25 and 26.
p A child of Charles Snooks, living at
it Him Creek, fell over a pan of hot ccali
running her hand and arm Into the
pan, burning her hand so that the skin
and Anger nails fell off.
Harry Hasekll, wanted In Fort
. Madison, la., for forgery, is now in
Jail at Beaver City, awaiting the ar
, rival of officers from Iowa. He w_8
neatly captured by Sheriff Modlin.
MIbs Pearl Richardson, of Wisner,
lias been elected Cuming county’s
maid of honor to Queen Polaris for
■the Ice carnival to be held in Omaha
from the 18th to the 22d of this
• 4 month. i
Times Beem to be reasonably gcod
> on the frontier. The treasurer of Ban
l; per county sent opt 125 notices to de
. Ilnquent tax payers, and all but half
dozen called and paid up all delin
quencies.
Work on the creamery and cheese
factory for Pender will begin at once.
, Some twelve or Afteen carpenters will
be employed and the process of build
i lng and placing the machinery pushed
with rapidity.
The post office at Arapahoe was
•gain burglarized the other night, this
being the eecond time within a year.
About $60 in money and po« .age
Stamps was secured. Mrs. Vickroy, a
widow, was also robbed of $15.
F. TS. Ward, the county Judge of
Burt county, issued during the year
1897 ninety-nine marriage licenses.
This Is a record breaker for (this
county, as ninety Is the largest num
ber ever issued In a single year before
So Burt county.
Regardless of the fact that the larg
est hay crop In the history of Kimball
county was harvested last fall, a
; shortage is already in sight. This is
due to the demand for feed by those
wbo have brought catttle in to winter
from the west and south.
Mr*. jnr-> Heath. or Wallace, died
Very suddenly. She went to bed appar
ently In the best of health, awaking
her husband about 2 o’clock, telling
him she felt bad and before medical
1 aid could be had she was dead. She
| leaves four small children.
A complaint of Insanity has baoi
Hied against James H. Gallien, ox
i' aherlfl of Cuming county, who at
' tempted suicide a few days a»o. Since
•■iii the attempt Mr. Oallien has been con
| fined In Jail by the authorities,
tearing a repetition of the act.
A wedding was billed to take place
at Nemaha the other day. but the
• groom failed to put in an appearance.
A letter received some days la'er
: stated that the was called to the b‘ tl
•lde of a sick brother in Kansas. The
girl refuses to have anything mere to
V Ho with him.
The store of Henry Williams, at
- Precept, Hitchcock eonnty, burned lo
the ground with Its entire contents.
The building was nearly consumed
When discovered. The postoffice was
j loeated In the store. All of the mail.
stamps and a small sum of money
, were destroyed.
$ A requisition has been issued tor
, the return of Otis Anselen from Kan
s sas City to this state to answer the
charge of burglary. Anselen has been
?- Identified as one of the burglars who
recently looted the bank, at Bon’in
’ Howard county, at which time *1,234.25
was carried away.
Christine Olson, the wife of Jem P.
?* Olson, a carpenter, living in the south
I east portion of Lincoln, commlttted
< suicide by hanging in a barn at the
family residence. She had been men
tally unsound for years, the maady
exhibiting Itself In moods of morbid
depression cf spirits.
Pat Rooney, a resident of Norfolk,
an ancient coin that has come
down from father to son for 300 years,
the coin having been dug up by the
ancestors cf the family in the bog3
of Ireland three centuries ago. Pat
i received the coin from the bandy of
I Ills father when he started for Amer
& lea In 1S59. As near as can be df c -
tv phered the coin dates bac— o the four
ip teenth century.
£ A Stranger In Grand Island, while
; taking a bath was robbed of $15 that
’ should have been in his Inside pocket,
, tat was tncked away In his ven.
* : There is a disease prevailing among
: feeding cattle of this part of the
county, known as ths "mad itch,’*
•ays a Murray dispatch. Riley D 11. a
V fanner living four miles west of town,
tat four head of fat steers. What
the disease Is Is a question. Mr. Wtl
; llama, commission merchant, of
talk Omaha, from whom Mr. Dill
taught his feeders, was telegraphed
and came down on the evening
train. He was unable to determine
. yf-M» cause of the disease.
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SENATORIAL, CONTEST
FRIENDS OF HANNA STAKING
MONEY ON HIM.
Offer* of Even Dollars that Be Will B«l
Keeteeted Finds No Takers—Sentiment
Seems to Be Drifting Toward the Sena
tor—Big Crowds and Mach Excitement
in Evidence.
The Ohio Situation.
COLUMBUS. O.. Jan. 10.—The sen
atorial situation here has not changed.
The conferences continue day and
night, and the doubtful members are
given no rest. But no such flops were
announced today as .those of the pre
vious two days in favor of Hanna.
The workers of the senator say they
now have enough votes.
The Kars: workers say they can
spare another vote or two and still de
feat Hanna. But they insist that they
have lost all •of their doubtful men
now and will stand to the last with
at least eight republicans and sixty
five democratic members, against
Hanna. They even say that they ex
pect to get Manuel, of Montgomery,
and Griffith, of tin tan, back, on their
side again before Tuesday. It is also
claimed by the opposition that while
Senator Hanna's forces have been
charging on their lines they have been
successfully a tacking his lines, and
have promises from members on
whom the senator has been depending.
The Hanna members claim two acces
sions today, but they will not give any
names, as they did those of Represent
ative Manuel Friday night and of Rep
resentative Griffith last night.
The opposition to Hanna has no bet
ting yet In its favor. The bets, rang
ing from $500 to $5,000 for even
money an Hanna's election, have re
mained posted In the Nell nouse for
two days without takers, and there
are other bets offered, among them
being one of $500 by Gen. Grosvenor
upon Hanna’s election. None of the
bets aie on the result of the flisc or
any other ballot, but all are offered
on the final result.
cue iuimui mm ui ill; 1 ui Kuni/-Hiunis
are arriving tonight to take part in the
Inauguration. In the morning parade
there will be a marked absence of re
publican clubs. All the police of the
city and many detectives will be on
hand for both occasions. There-have.
In addition to the regular authorities,
been over 100 sergeants-at-arms ap
pointed for the mass convention in the
afternoon, with ex-Chief of Police
Alexis Keeler as chief sergeant-at
arms.
While the workers on both sides
have ben chasing doubtful members
and holding secret conferences today,
the general public has been agitated
over the result tomorrow of the inau
guration at noon and the Hanna mass
meeting in thcafternoon. Both sides to
day are arranging to avoid street col
lisions of any kind and trobule if
possible. Tho mass meeting will not
be called to order by Chairman George
K. Nash of the state republican com
mittee till 3 p. m.. and those in charg
of the inauguration of Governor Bush
nell will seek to have the inaugura
tion exercises over before the clubs
begin to march to the Auditorium for
the mass meeting.
The railroads have arranged to run
the excursion trains for those coming
to the mass meeting later In the day.
The Hanna men are seeking to have
as many here as possible in the after
noon and the opposition is equally en
ergetic In rallying all they can in the
different counties for the morning
demonstration.
The Postal System Stealings.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10.—Auditor
Castle, of the poatofflco department,
has discovered irregularities in money
order accounts which may result in a
loss to the government of a consid
erable sum. They were brought to
light as the outcome of a new system
of checking accounts by postmasters,
which went into effect the flrst of the
year. The most important change was
the abolishment of the coupon (which,
under the old system, had been the
only means of checking, the money
order itself having been utilized as a
voucher by the paying postmaster),
and the checking of both sides of tha
postmaster's accounts by the money
order itself. Several cases have al
ready been detected in which orders
were issued as high as $80 and $100,
and were reported by the issuing post
master as $1 or $2 each. How many
such frauds were perpetrated during
the three years in which the old sys
tem was in operation can only be
guessed. An examination of 100,000,
000 money orders issued in that time
could be made, the auditor believes, by
100 men In a year, and if the rate
of fraudulent orders Just discovered
continues, he thinks it might be well
to do this. How much the govern
ment has lost will not bo determined
unless such an examination is made.
ButlneM Failures In 1807.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—R. G. Dun £
Co.’s weekly review of trade says: “In
failures, 1897, was not only the best
year since 1892, but on the whole the
best ever definitely known, with 13,
522 failures in number, 11.5 per cent
less than in 1896, and $1S2,581,771 de
faulted liabilities, 34 por cent less
than in 1896. * The year’s banking
failures counted for $28,249,700. an;
the commercial failures were but 13,
351, with liabilities, of $154,332,
071. The average per failure was on
!>' $11,559, the lowest ever known ex
cept in 1892. But even in that yeai
the failures during the last half av
eraged liabilities of $10,477 per fail
ure. while in the last half of 1897 thi
average was only $9,593.
Uniting the MethodUt Chnreh.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—The con
ference of the clerical and lay dele
gates from both branches of th<
Methodist Episcopal church came t<
a- close last night, the business beini
dispatched much sooner than expect
ed. Bishop Merrill, representing tin
northern branch of the church. an<
Bishop Cranberry, of the southern, al
ternated in presiding over the confer
tnce. As a result of the session:
resolutions were adopted expressive o
the views of the conference for unite*
and harmonious action.
SENATOR TELLER TALKS
Be Discusses li Matter that Is Poraonal tc
Himself.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10—In the
senate Mr. Teller, of Colorado, said he
did not often give heed to the pub
lications concerning himself or the
convictions of those who believed a?
he believed upon the financial or
other questions, but he felt that a
statement recently published—and
now going the rounds of the press—
was a gratuitous insult to those who
believed upon the financial question as
he believed. The report, he said, was
to the effect that the friends of silver
were trying to bring about a rupture
between the president and the secre
tary of the treasury. He declared that
the Republican party was for the gold
standard, and that there was no dif
ference between McKinley and Cage
on the subject. Mr. Teller then dis
cussed at length the efforts that have
been made to obtain an international
agreement upon the silver question.
He declared that every Intelligent per
son knew when the message of the
president was laid before congress on
the 24th day of last July asking for a
monetary commission there wa3 no
possibility of an lnteruatianal agree
ment. Mr. Teller quoted from Sec
retary Gage’s statement before the
house banking and currency commit
tee, indicating that it was the desire
of the secretary to commit the oun
try to the gold standard. He referred
in terms" of high respect to the secre
tary personally and expressed his
gratification that Mr. Gage had the
courage of his convictions and was
willing to stand squarely upon his
opinions.
Mr. Chandler, or New Hampshire,
interrupted to say that the president
Is not to be judged by what his secre
tary of the treasury may say upon
any question. Mr. Chandler main
tained that Teller was doing much to
prevent the successful fruition of the
efforts to bring about international bi
inetallsm. He thought that such ef
forts as the Colorado senator were
making were not only unfair, but un
wise in view of his (Teller’s) hereto
fore expressed desire to bring about
international bimetallism.
“I should like to bring about Inter
national bimettalism,” said Mr. Tel
ler, "and I think I have done as much
to bring it about as any man in this
chamber, if I except the senator who
sits in front of me (Allison). When
he returned from Europe, however,
without success, I felt that it was
practically useless to proceed further
in that direction.” Incidentally Mr.
Teller drifted into a discussion of the
foreign relations of the United States.
He maintained that the money power
hold the coMitiy - > firmly wirtiin its
grasp that the government was unable
to take such action upon foreign rela
tions as the people desired should be
taken. He hoped that the time would
soon come when we could say to a
fifth rate power like Spain: “Take
your hands off that bountiful island—
i.n island which you have nearly de
populated,”—and say It, too, with
out fear of the opinion of the money
power. Said he: “I attack the Repub
lican party because it is the party of
the gold standard. It hope too see it
go down in 1900, and I piedge you that
I shall do everything in my power to
drag it down. Their policy is not
such as is demanded by a great and
free, people. In conclusion Mr.
Teller referred to what he raid ap
pears to be a purpose^ dismember
ment of China by the European pow
ers. He declared that he would see
to it. If he were in the position of
president, that the powers of Europe
should not partition that great em
pire without strong protest from this
country. He believed that a word
from the United States government to
Itrssia, France and Ompny, that
they must keep their hands oft out
rights and privileges in China, and
that the autonomy of the Chinese em
pire should remain as it had been for i
4,000 years, would be sufficient to
cause those great powers .to stop in
their course of rapacity.
Last Week In the Wheat Market.
CHICAGO, Jan. 10.—The course of
the wheat market for the first three
days of last week was downward, the
weakness extending late Into Thurs
day’s session. Up to that time a de
cline of exactly 3 cents had taken
place In May. On Monday the price
broke %@%c, due principally to the
lower tone of cables and a heavy visi
ble supply Increase Selling was not
very pronouncel, but support for the
time being disappeared. This same
apathy of buyers was again noticeable
on Tuesday. Argentine wneat for the
first time made its appearance on
Tuesday, and foreigners were sellers
at the seaboard against ocerings from
that country. The fact naturally had
its effect upon local traders. There
was a rally late in the day on the un
expectedly large demand for shipment
to Europe. Figures purporting to
show a large surplus in farmers’ hands
depressed the market Wednesday and
quite heavy selling ensued, in which
the Letter interests were prominent.
A feature of Wednesday and which
proved a grultful source of strength
for the balance of the week was the
improved cash demand for milling
purposes. Inquiry tor cash wheat was
quite active Thursday and Friday,
which, with heavy seaboard clearances
made the market for the latter part of
the week a decidedly strong one, and
resulted in the recovery of all but
% of a cent of the loss sustained. The
market, too, had been ratner over
sold, and the diffiuclty experienced by
shorts in covering was quite a factor
in the advance. The range of May
was between 92 cents on Monday and
$5 cents on Thursday. Saturday’s close
was at 19% cents/ the closing figures
a week ago being 92% cents.
Tender* a Place to Brower.
WASHINGTON, Jan 10.—Ex-Repre
sentative Mark S. Brewer has been
• tendered a position as a member of
1 the Civil Service commission. He has
1 the matter under consideration, but
• his friends' are of the opinion that
• he will accept. Mr. Brewer !s a per
> sonal selection of the president He
I was a colleague of Major McKinley
■ when the latter was a member of the
■ house, and was an original McKinley
■ advocate in Michigan. He was a del
j gate-at-large at the St Louts conven
I tion, having been chosen on a McKin
ley and gold standard.
EXECUTED ON TIME
YOUNO DURRANT FINALLY ON
THE GALLOWS.
The Supreme Conrt und the Governor
Refused to Interfere—The Condensed
Man Retains His Nerve and Dies Pro
testing Ills Innocence—Father Witness
es the Execution.
The Penalty Paid at Last.
SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Jan. 8 —
Theodore Durrant was executed at
10:37 yesterday morning in the State
penitentiary. At 10:34 o’clock the
frail door that guards the threshold
of the gallows room swung open and
the little party conducting Theodore
Durrant to the gallows entered. Fath
er Lagan led, draped in cassock and
surplice,and chanting the prayers for
the dying. Durrant, his father, a
friend, Warden Hale and the guards
followed. The father and his friend
left the party and walked around the
gallows to the front, while the con
demned man and his escort climbed
the thirteen steps that led to the plat
form and the waiting trap.
At last.Theodore Durrant stood up-,
on the gallows. He gave no signs of
weakening. His slight figure was as
erect as though it had been his mar
riage morning. The broad leathern
strap that bound his arms to his sides
allowed his wriBts some play and his
Angers rested lightly in the strap.
Five minutes later, when his body was
swinging like a pendulum beneath the
trap, the Angers, all Dlue and chilled
loking, rested where he had placed
them when he had left the cell.
moiauu^ uyun ui living ujjuii uie
gallows the rope was knotted about
his neck. The murderer held his chin
high In the air to mane room for the
stiff new line knotted in the peculiar
fashion of the hangman, by an un
usual privilege, the condemned man
was permitted to wear a low collar,
opening in front, and a white satin
tie. His face was pale, but it was not
the ashy paleness of terror. It was
the face of a man, who, knowing that
he has a momentous thing to do, is
resolved to do it like a man. The
rope about his neck, the hangman
turned to get the blackcap, when the
erect head turned and Durrant whis
pered a request to be allowed to
speak. It was granted. Then .with
his feet on the trap, the cord about his
throat, tied fast to the crossbeam on
the gallows, the holy water of his bap
tism in the Catholic church on his
head, he said these final words:
“I am an Innocent man, innocent of
every crime that has been charged
against me. I bear no animosity
toward those that have persecuted me,
not even the press of San Francisco,
which hounded mo to the grave. If
any man thinks I am going to spring
a sensation—I am not, except it is a
sensation that I am an innocent man
brought to the grave by my persecu
tors. But I forgive them all. They
will get their justice from the great
God who is master of us all and there
I also expect to get ujstice—that is,
♦lie justice of an innocent man.
Whether or not the perpetrators of
the crime of which I am charged are
discovered, it will make no differ
ence to me now, but I say this day
will be a shame to the great State of
California. I forgive everybody who
has persecuteu me, an innocent man,
whose hands have never been stained
with blood, and I go to meet my God
with forgiveness for all men.”
Durrant began to speak at 10:34 and
ceased at 10:38. He delivered his few
sentences, at times poorly constructed,
full of repititions and protestations of
his innocence, in a low sing-song,
growing slightly vehement as bo de
clared that he was not guilty of the
crime for v/hich he had been sent to
the gallows.
The guards, impatient for their
task, for the suspense was harder on
them than on the condemned, drew
the sable cap over his head. As the
descending cap coverd his face there
was no change in the expression of
the man, who almost in .the same in
stant was dead. Hardly was the cap
adjusted when the trap was sprung.
The body dropped, there was the
sound of the tugging of the rope as it
drew taut under the weight of the
body, and that was all. A vibration
or two and the body huug at the end
of the hemp quite motionless.
ine eider Durrant gazed steadily at
the procedings until that moment,
then his head fell forward upon the
shoulders of young Smythe, Duprey’s
clerk, and he buried his face and the
expression of grief from the sight of
men. The doctors gathered about the
suspended body, listened for the res
piration and watched the pulse. In
just eleven minutes and twenty-eight
seconds all action had ceased and the
Durrant case was ended. The phy
sicians detected no respiration after
the drop. During the first second af
terward the pulse registered sixty
seven to sixty, during the seventh sec
ond thirty-six to sixty and in tne
tenth second thirty. The body, with
the cap on, was placed in a nalck pine
box. Later the cap was removed and
the corpse was enclosed in a casket
provided by the family.
Mrs. Durrant did not witness the
execution.
The prison officials were all enthu
siastic in their praise of Durrant's
nerve. It had been feared by them
that in spite of his apparant bravado
the condemned man would break down
at, the last moment and make a, scene.
At one time, several days ago, Dur
rant gave evidence of a collapse, but
he managed to pull his nerve together
once more and proudly declined ail
offers of stimulants to enable him to
make a bold showing on the scaf
fold. The criminal was apparently
proud of his race, and avowed that he
“would die like a Durrant.”
Congressman Grosvenor Returns.
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 8.—Con
gressman Grosvenor returned from
Washington yesterday and immedi
ately denied the published story that
he had gone to Washington to see
Judge Day or aubody else with refer
ence to becoming a randidate for sen
ence to becoming a candidate for sen
ator in place of Mr. Hanna.
With reference to the proposed ger
rymander of Ohio congressional dis
tricts to throw Grosvenor into a heavy
democratic district, he said he could
, win by over 1,000 if his district is
changed as proposed.
CURRENCY REFORM.
Resolution Containing the Plane of the
Monetary Commission,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8.—
Representative Overstreet (Ind.) has
introduced in the house fa. comprehens
ive bill for carrying out the plan of
the monetary commission for the re
form of the currency. The bill was re
ferred by Speaker Reed to the com
mittee on banking, and Chairman
Walker has arranged to give early
hearings to Senator Edmunds, chair
man of the commission, and, perhaps,
other members. The bill embodies In
executive form every feature of the
recommendations of the commission.
The early portion,relating to the
maintenance of the gold standard, the
creation of the bureau of issue and re
demption. and the gradual retirement
of the legal tender notes is embodied
in the bill in almost the same lan
guage as in the report. The banking
features are more elaborate, and care
fully define the character of the guar
anty fund for the protection of notes
issued uppn assets and the manner of
redeeming notes of failed banks.
The section dealing with the guaranty
fund is as follows:
Section 2. That every national
banking association. shall at all times
keep and have on deposit with the di
vision of issue and redemption, for the
purpose hereinafter specified, a sum
in gold, coin equal to 5 per cent of its
outstanding circulation. The amounts
so kept on deposit shall constitute a
fund to be known as “the bank note
guaranty fund,” which fund shall be
held for the following purpose and
for no other, namely:
»*ueiicvci me comptroller oi tne
currency shall have become satisfied
by the protest of the waiver and ad
mission specified in section 2556, or by
the report provided for in section 5227
of the revised statutes of the United
States, that any association has re
fused to pay its circulating notes on
demand in lawful money, he shall di
rect the redemption of such notes
from the bank notes guaranty fund
aforesaid, and such notes shall there
upon be so redeemed. After the fail
ure of any national banking associa
tion to redeem its notes shall have
been thus ascertained, the bonds de
posited with the treasurer of the
United States shall be sold, as provid
ed by law, and the proceeds of such
sale shall be put into the bank note
guaranty fund. The comptroller of
the currency shall forthwith collect,
for the benefit of the fund, from the
assets of the bank and from stock
holders therof, according to their lia
bility as declared by this act, such
sums as with the bank’s balance in
the bank note guaranty fund shall
equal the amount of money of its cir
culating notes outstanding. And for
this purpose the United States shall,
on behalf fo the bank note guaranty
fund, have a paramount lien upon all
the assets of the association, and such
funds shall be made good out of such
assets in preference to any and all
other claims whatsoever, except the
necessary costs and expenses of ad
ministrating the same.
The next section of the bill pro
vides “that, whenever the comptroller
of the currency shall ascertain what
deficiency, if any, lies between the
aggregate collections for the benefit
of the bank note security fund, in the
case of any failed bank, and the
amount of its outstanding notes re
deemed and to be redeemed from the
said fund, he shall assess such defi
ciency upon all the national banks in
proportion to their notes outstanding
at the time of the failure of all such
banks.”
Sensational Senatorial Move.
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 8.—The situa
tion so far as votes are concerned re
mains unchanged. The air of the
Kurtz democratic managers in their
headquarters at the Great Southern
gives color to the statement that a
sensational movement of some kind
may bo expected to offset the call for
a republican state mass meeting here
next Monday. The Kurtz party hope
to agree by tomorrow' night, as re
porter, upon a man for senator, but
the indications are for a deadlock for
a short time at mast.
The latest phase of the case is that
the two fusion republicans of Cincin
nati will, as claimed, vote for Mr.
Hanna, provided they cannot get their
silver republican choice elected sena
tor. In that event Mr. Hanna would
still need some votes .
Another Embezzler to Do Time.
LINCOLN, Jan. 8.—The supreme
court has affirmed the judgment and
sentence of the lower court in the case
of Ezra Whitney, defaulting ex-treas
urer of Harlan county, and J. B. Mills,
who participated in the embezzlement
and received part of the money. The
after word had been received that both
after word had ben received that both
Mills and Whitney were safely in the
custody of officers here.
The lower court laid down the doc
I trine that a man who borrows money
! from a public official, knowing it to
! be the money of the public, is equally
guilty with the official of the crime of
embezzlement. It is this point, with
its posible relation to other cases in
Nebraska, which makes the present
ruling of the supreme court of espe
cial Interest.
Mast Have Been a Robber.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 8.—There is a mys
tery surrounding the death of the
man supposed to be Charles Dayton,
of New York, whose body was found
under a railroad trestle in East St.
Louis yesterday. At first it was sup
posed that he was one of the two rob
bers thrown from an outgoing train
the nigh* before, but no such evidence
was given to the corner’s jury. Noth
ing definite could be learned about
him.
Sherry Short ($400,000.
OSHKOSH, Wi3., Jan. 8.—At a
meeting of the creditors or Henry
Sherry, the attorney for the assignee
said that while Sherry's Inventory
footed up to neatly $1,250,(100 and a
little more than the liabilities, the as
sets less encumbrances would have a
nominal value of less than $400,000. A
creditors’ committee was appointed to
aid the assignee in deciding upon the
validity of the several claims pre
sented and in ascertaining the value
of the assets and to suggest the best
mechod of disposing of the same.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Mr. Dawes, the comptroller of the
currency, has appointed John B. Cun
ningham bank examiner for the dis
trict of Kansas.
Among those admitted to prsc'.lce
in the supreme court of the United
States was Hon. William R. Morrison,
who has been for so many years chair
man of the interstate commerce com
mission, and who now resumes the
practice of law, his term having ex
pired.
Assistant Secretary Vande-lip saiit
that there need be no fear that the
treasury will contribute to any strin
gency in the money market, and that
If any occurred it would not resuit
from redemption of outstanding cur
rency 6s. The treasury had con
ducted the Union Pacific settlement so
as to avoid any tight money.
Representative Overstreet, of Indi
ana, will introduce the currency re
form bill of the Indianapolis monetary
commission, and it will be referred to>
the committee on banking and cur
rency. It will then take its place with.
Secretary Gage’s bill before the com
mittee, which meets on January 12,
to consider these and other official
bills now pending.
A report was current some time ago
that Pope Leo would send to Wash
ington, on Jan. 1, a Polish archbishop,
who would co-operate with the papal
delegate in restoring peace in a num
ber of disturbed Polish communities.
Mgr. Shareti, who is in charge of the
legation in the absence of iuugr. Mar
tinelli, said that no mdit had ever
been attached to the report, and now
that the Polish archbishop had not ar
rived with th§ new year the story
was dismissed as an invention.
•nepreseiiiituve uiarn, oc iowa, nas»
Introduced a bill making a go-'d dollar
the sole unit of value, directing every
national bank to redeem its notes in
dollars of sueh value, res'.ricting the
denominations of the treasury or
national bank notes to $10 or its mul
tiples, those outstanding cf les3 de
nominations being called in and stand
ard silver dollars giver in exchange,,
and certificates destroyed, while after
July 1, 1900, the treasury is to re
fuse all such certificates as payment of
public dues.
The following telegram has fcesn re
ceived by the secretary of state from
our minister to Spain: “Tobacco
bando revoked. Leaf tobacco can be
exported on paying a tax of 12 pe
satas per 100 kilometers. All manu
factured tobacco, except Picardura free
of export duty. Santiago de Cuba ex
cepted from the new order. Importa
tion of tobacco from all ports into
Cuba prohibited. New order takes,
effect Jan. 15.” This messrga refers
to the revocation of the embargo on
exports of tobacco from vuba.
The bill for the reform of the civil
service law, which has ben drawn up
by a special committe of republican
members of the house of representa
tives opposed to the system in its pres
ent form, makes sweeping changes in
the present system, the most import
ant of which is the establishment of
a five years’ tenure in office for those
government employes who ere brought
within the terms cf the bill. The
measure limits the application of the
civil service system to the depart
ments at Washington and to such
other localities where the total number
of employes exced twenty-five. All
appointees are comm!sEi:n"d for five
years, with the power of removal
clearly regulated and vested in the ap
pointing power. It is provided, how
ever, that no removal shall be made
for political or religious causes, and
in case of removal the cause shall be
specified and the papers made a record
of the office. All persons now in the
public service are to terminate their
service five years from the time that
the ac- takes effect. The measure
recognizes the general eligibility of
those persons for reappointment. It
includes in the civil service pos'at
clerks and letter carriers in offices
having over ten employes, exclusive of
subordinates. It limits the civil
service regulations to clerks whose
compensation is from $909 to $1,800
per year, and includes as clerks copy
ists, counters and draftsmen. It is
pointed out that the essential idea o’
the foregoing bill i3 to take out of
the civil service all responsible and
Important offices, limiting it only to
clerks in Washington anu certain
large cities, and In these cases fixing
a tenure of office of five years.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
□notations From New York, Chicago, St,
Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA.
Batter—Creamery separator...
Butter—Choice fancy country..
Eggs—Fresh.
Chickens—Per lb......7..
Turkeys,per lb,.
Ducks,per lb.
Geese—Per lb. .
Rabbits—Per doz.
Pigeons— Live. 75
Lemons—Choice Mess In as. 3 25
Honey—Choice, per lb. 12
Onions—per bu... 00
Cranberries. Cape Cod, per bbl 0 50
Reans—Handpicked Navy. 1 25
Potatoes—per bu. 50
Sweet potatorcs— Per bbl. 2 25
Oranges— Per box. 3 50
Apples—Westen stock, per bbl 2 75
llay—Upland.rer ton.. 5 00
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SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET.
Hogs—Choice light. 3 50 @ 3
Hogs—Heavy weights. 3 35 @3
Reef steers. 320 <&>3
Hulls. 2 75 <&\\
Stags. 3 01) (0 3
Calves. 4 25 @5
Western Feeders. 3 25 <t& 4
Cows. 3 00 @ 3
Heifers. 3 00 ($ 3
Stockers and Feeders. 3 00 <& 4
Sheep—Western Lambs. 4 (V0 (& 5
Sheep—Mixed western. 3 90 <& i
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2 spring. 85 @
Corn—per bu. %\
Cats—per bu. 23 <&
Barley—No. 2. 28 £9
Rye—No. 2. 4» <&
Timothy seed—Prime per bu.. 2 00 (ft 2
Pork . y 10 <& 9
Lard—per 100 lbs.4 73 <$4
Cuttle—Choice beef stivers. 4 15 (ft 4
Cattle—Stockers and feeders...3 00 <£l 4
Hogs—Mixed.3 a*> @3
Sheep— Nat ive Lambs . 4 00 ® U
NEW YORK MARKET.
Wheat—No. 2, red. Winter. 100 ©
Corn—No. 2. 33 <&
Cats—No. 2. 28 <&
Pork. 8 50 ®
Lard. 4 10 &
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. 2, spring. 83 @
Corn—No. 2. 21 @
Cats—No 2. 22* <3
Hogs—Mixed. 3 30 (TO 8
Sheep—Muttons. 2 75 Q 4
Cattle—Stockers and feeders... 3 40 & 4
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