THE FRONTIER. YCBLISHKD EVERY THURSDAY BY THE FROSTIER PUIXTINO COMPANY. NEBRASKA. O'NEILL, h NEBRASKA NEWS. t - 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. t:"Ti 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 14 (& HI 3 Hulls. 2 75 <&\\ Stags. 3 01) (0 3 Calves. 4 25 @5 Western Feeders. 3 25 @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. 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