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NEBRASKA.
' Bill Paxton has withdrawn from the
*' directory of the Omaha fair and
Speed association.
An examination of the records of
Hooker county, furnlshc9 incontesti
hit proof that the treasurer is an hon
oet man.
The new government building at
Omaha will be ready for occupauvy
Blarc'a 1.
;• The coal dealers of Grand Island
advertise that they will hereafter
Sire full weights for the money. What
have they been doing?
A span of horses belonging to Ed
Cadden of York county ran into a
i wire- fence, and were Injured so
f i badly that both were killed to get
them out of their misery.
The Gothenburg Power and Irriga
tion company has succeeded la making
Sts stock pay a dividend the pant vear
and proposes to expend about gSd.OtM
next spring In enlarging and improv
ing the works.
Jasper Powers, of Geering, was driv
ing home with two loads of goods for
the local merchants, when both
Wagons tipped over and rolled Into a
narrow canyon, breaking up crockeiy
in a frightful manner.
The building of Goodwin, of Da
Jcota City, was burned with its con
tents. This was the joint wherein
the trouble started that reseulted in
the shootlug of Henry Carpenter by
Jamd3 Ltnvllle, for which Linviile
now languishes in jail awaiting his
'■ trial. The fire was Incendiary.
Hon. John J. Sullivan, supreme
judge-elect, tendered his resignation
os judge of the Third judicial district.,
and Hon. I. L. Albert, of this city, re
ceived official notification of his ap
pointment as Judge Sullivan’s sne
'k ' cessor. Mr. Albert came to Columbus
from Boone county some six or seven
years ago and has since been engaged
in the practice of law.
During the month of Declemb°r
Cresco shipped out sixty-one car loads
£ of corn, two of wheat, one of oars,
and seven cars of stock, a total of
seventy-one for the month. This Is
- : the best showing of any December
olnce 1893. Owing to the prevalence
of hog cholera In that vicinity the
shipments of stock has been light.
The ease of the state vs. the Byrne
hoys of Herman for assault on the fer
•on of young Cameron, of Herman,
; last October, came to trial at Blair,
smd resulted In the older Byrne boy
receiving a sentence of $100 and
costs, while the younger brother trot
450. The boys gave security for tne
line and have five months to malt 3
t' payment.
Washington dispatch: J. B. Cessna,
of Hastings, Neb., is in the city in the
Interest of a case now pending before
the supreme court on appeal from the
court of claims involving 126,000 acres
cf land in Notv Mexico. There are
•everal constitutional questions in
volved in this case and Judge Cessna
la of the opinion that the hearing will
create great excitement.
Mail Carrier Caswell, of the soldiers’
home, Grand Island, an Inmate of that
Institution, dropped dead Just as he
was about to enter his buggy, in the
:: heart of the city. Ho was at once
taken to a store, where an examina
tion was mads and the man pro
nounced dead. An autopsy was hold
later and it was found that a vessel of
the heart had ruptured.
William Blakely, a well known Ne
braska pioneer, died at his home ten
miles west of Beatrice last week after
an illness of several weeks. De
3 ceased was 76 years old. He came to
v Nebraska nearly forty years ago. lie
was a past grand master of the Odd
Fellows of the state, and has been a
member cf the organisation almost
3, from its organization in Nebraska.
Hon. Nets Overton, of Otoe county,
had a very narrow escape from he
ir tag Instantly killed. While felling a
large tree it struck a small tree, break
„ tag one of the large limbs which
•truck him on the left side of the
face, lacerating the flesh in a fearful
r manner. He was knocked insensible
•nd remained unconscious tor some
time.
K‘i.
Bad blood haa existed between
William Knight and Timothy Lane, of
Tecumseh, (or some time, aa Lane
tiaa been paying undue attention to
Xnignt's wife. At night Knight met
Lane and hla wife out (or a walk. He
saluted the couple by pulling a bull
<dog revolver and firing It (our timea
aft Lane. Lane whirled and ran away
-without a scratch. . „
The report of the expert accountant
an the condition of thh accounts of the
penitentiary haa been filed with the
Investigating committee. The work
waa done by Expert Fred Jewell, as*
stated by Senator Beal of the commit
tee, and the report covers the time
■*nce 1871, with the exception of a
Short period for which the duplicate
vouchers and bills were burned.
The laundry at the state institution
•or feeble minded at Beatrice, was
horned down between 5 and 6 o’clock
to the evening. The fire started In
the roof and was presumably from a
Selective flue. With no apparatus
hot a bucket brigade. In which the ln
saates did good work, all efforts were
darned toward saving the engine houss
Which stood within four feet of the
laundry and which was saved with
mreat difficulty. The clothing in tl-e
laundry was the only effects uave.1
s the machinery being bolted to the
Boor. The loss is about $1,530.
There has been a modification of the
m% that went out on the Union Pa
ll slfle two weeks ago, whereby the worR
H tog time of the shop men ail along the
Uaes of the company was cut from
e; Eve eight hour days per week to four
2i llour toy* ~«®*rter there will
0 he four eight hour days each week.
!* ; Carl Shoot, a Swedish farmer resid
; ■»« on the reservation three miles
p •ortheast of Bancroft was Instantly
hilled while engaged In digging a well,
pv Mr. Shoot waa at work In the bottom
of a ninety-foot well when one of the
feipteehets which was oelng used to haul
She dirt up In. when about forty feet
i> »om the top fell on hla head.
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LABOR IN CONGRESS,
THIS TO BE A EUSY WEEK IN'
THE SENATE.
The Hawaiian Treaty Again to Be DU
rnmrd—Senator Morgan Will Take the
Load In the Speech Making—The Mat
ter of Confirmation of Attorney Gene
ral McKenna, etc.
A Buy Week.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Tbc Ha
wailn annexation treaty w.ll again
this week occupy the major portion of
the time of the senate. It appear* Im
probable, however, that the treat/ w.ll
be taken up on Monday. There is a
unanimous agreement to vote on the
immigration hill during the day and it
is altogether probable that th s vote
will be preceded by some discussion of
the merits of the bill. The friendi of
the measure are confident of its pas
sage, but they are not very hopeful of
getting it through without further de
bate.
EVator Wolcott has given notice of
his intention to address he senate on
Monday, when he will make a report
of the transactions cf the recent In er
notional bimetallic commission. Mr.
Wolcott has never given extended pub
lic utterance concerning the commis
sion's work and there la very genera'
incest manifts.cd aa to lha course he
may pursue in his speech on Monday.
When the senate resumes considera
tion of the Hawalih treaty. Senator
Morgan will consume at lcaat another
day in the presentation of hi3 views in
favor of annexation. He will be fol
lowed by Senators Pettigrew and
White in opposition to the treaty, and
by other senators for and against it.
There is no hope that the dlsc'i.-'.slcn
will be concluded during the ween. A
great many senators wish to speak,
nud as tiie irsuU of the vote is ;i3 un
certain as it is at the present, neither
side will allow tho vote to be taken.
The senate has agreed to voce on the
confirmation of Attorney General M:
Kenna as associate Ju3tlce of the su
preme court on next Friday, and the
probabilities are that this vote will be
preceded by some discussion as to Mr.
McKenna’s merits.
The urgent deficiency appropriation
bill will be in all probabilty reported
on Monday, and there may be an effort
to secure it a consideration during tho
week. ■ ; 1 'V
me nouse is likely to become the a
rena for a general discuusslon of our
foreign relations In connection with
consideration of the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill during the
the present week. The Cuban situa
tion, the annexation of Hawaii, and
the designs of the European powers
toward China, will of course, be the
principal topics to attract attention,
tended debate cn Cuba precipitated at
The house managers do no want an ex
thls time, but the ml norlty Is determined
to press the question during tha con
sideration of this bill. It believes the
time Is particularly opportune, owing
to the anti-autonomy feeling in* Ha
vana.
Tomorrow Is District of Columb’a
day, and on Tuesday tha consideration
of the army appropr'at'on bill wUl bo
resumed. This Is likfly to be conclu
ed Tuesday, afte* which the consular
and diplomatic bill will probably con
sume the remainder of the week.
Mr. and Mr*. Hobart Eutertaln.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Vice Presi
dent and MrB. Hobart entertained
President and Mrs. .McKinley at a
beautiful dinner of twenty covers. The
dining rooms and library of the vice
president’s apartments were fragrant
with flowers, while the tables at which
the guests were seated were superbly
decorated with bridesmaid roses and
lighted with tiny wax •m'>fers under
sliver and white shades. Mrs. Hobart’s
gown was of pearl gray brocade,
trimmed with rare old lace, with whicn
she wore ornamentB of pearls and dia
monds.
This was Mrs. McKinley’s first
pearance as a dinner guest In Wash
ington since the inauguration and was
consequently awaited with great In
terest. She wore a very rich toilet of
blue satin and diamond ornaments.
The other guests were Secretary and
Mrs. Sherman, Secretary of the Treas
ury and Mrs. Gage, Mrs. Alger, At
torney General and Mrs. McKfnna,
Postmaster General and Mrs. Garv.
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Long,
Secretary of the Interior and Mrs.
Bliss, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
and Mrs. Sanford, the guest of the
house, and Senator Sewell of New
Jersey.
Majority Shy of Cuba.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17.—The
house is likely to become the arena
for a general discussion of our for
eign relations In connection with the
consideration of the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill during the
present week. The Cuban situation,
the annexation of Hawaii and the de
signs of the European powers toward
China will of course be the principal
topics to attract attention.
The house managers do not want an
extended debate on Cuba precipitated
at this time, but the majority is de
termined to press the question dur
ing the consideration of this bill. They
believe the time is particularly oppor
tune, owing to the anti-autonomy feel
ing In Havana.
Today is District of Columbia day
and on Tuesday the consideration of
the army appropriation bill will be
resumed. This is likely to be con
cluded Tuesday, after which the con
sular and diplomatic bill will prob
ably consume the remainder of tne
week.
Cnttlny Off Army Detail*.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Acting
Secretary of War Meiklejohn has
recommended to congress that tb" law
be changed so as to have details of
officers for military instruction made
only to restitutions where there are at
least 100 students enrolled in the mili
tary department of the Institution.
Grand Master Sargent, of tne Broth
erhood of Locomotive Fremen, said in
an Interview that he regarded the con
summation of the federation of the
five railway brotherhoods as a fore
gone conclusln.
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BEN BUTTERWORTH DEAD.
He Peacefully Pane* Away Surrounded
by Ills Family.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 17—A special to
the Commerclal-TriDune from Thom
asville, Ga., says that Hon. Benjamin
Butterwortb, United States commis
sioner of patents, who had been ill at
Pineywoods hotel there for several
weeks, died at 3:1G yesterday after
noon. The end was peaceful and when
It came his wife and children were at
his bedside. He came here to recu
perate from at attack of pneumonia,
and recovered rapidly until two weeks
ago, when he suffered from uremic
convulsions. From that relaprp he
never recovered. His body w?il be
sent to Washington tomorrow.
Benjamin Butterworth was what is
known as a “birthright Quaker.”
Those who knew him best during his
busy career are unanimous in saying
of him: “His daily life was as exem
plary of the tenets of that good, old
faith as that of any public official
could be.”
He was born in Warren county, O.,
October 22, 1837, was a member of the
state senate of Ohio, from Warren and
Cad Butler counties in 1873-4. Mr.
Butterworth was elected a represent
ative in congress of the First Ohio dis
trict, including the city of Cincinnati,
to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh,
Forty-ninth, Fiftieth anu Fifty-first
congresses.' From then until appoint
ed to the position he occupied at his
death he devoted most of his time to
the practice of law, especially patent
law, in this city.
“Ben” Butterworth, as ho has al
ways been best known, spent his earlier
years round about Bainevllle and Fos
ter’s Crossing—the latter a little sta
tion on the Miami railroad. His father
was William Butterworth and -is
mother a Linton, a family noted
throughout the entire line for their
keenness of intellect, powers of per
ception and strength in speech and
debate, both parents were of Quaker
ancestry. Major Butterworth’s keen
intellect and remarkable powers of
perception were inherited from his
mother.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—In Wash
ington no less than in his native state
Major Butterworth to joyed a wiue ac
quaintance and great popa'r/.T'y, and
the news of his death, while by no
means unexpected, will cause general
sorrow here. No public man prob
ably had a larger circle of friends
at the capltol. He contracted his
fatal illness while on the stump in the
late Ohio campaign. No information
has been received as to the time or
place of the funeral.
Platform of the Populist*.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 17—The National
conference of the mldlo-of-the-road
populists held in this city endorsed
the platform upt forth by the national
organization committee last November,
and upon this platform will not only
issue its call for a convention in April,
but will seek the election of congress
men for the next four years and the
election of a populist president In
1900. There are eight planks in the
platform. They are as follows:
1. Absolute paper money, based upon
every commodity and resource o- the
nation, a full legal tender and receiv
able for dues to the United States.
2. Free coinage of silver and gold
at the present legal ratio; the coin
debts of the United States payable in
either at the option of the govern
ment.
3. All money to be issued by the gov
ernment and paid out direct to the
people for services rendered, or to be
loaned to them at a low rate of inter
est on safe security, and without the
intervention of private banks, pro
vided that the volume of currency
shall not exceed $50 per capita.
4. Government ownership and opera
tion of all railroads, telegraph and
telephone lines.
5. The oposition to alien ownership
and holding of land for speculative
purposes.
6. Opposition to court made law.
7. Opposition to trusts.
8. We especially recommend tho
initiative and referendum and the im
perative mandate.
The Alaska Trade.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 17.—The ne
gotiations between the W. A. Cramp &
Sons Ship and Engine Building Com
pany, and the International Naviga
tion company for the purchase and
sale of the “Ohio,” "Indiana,” “Illin
ois,” "Pennsylvania” and Conemaugh,”
for the trade between the Pacific coast
and Alaska, have resulted in the In
ternational Navigation Company de
ciding to organize a company to be un
der its own management. This com
pany will be called the Empire Trans
portation Company, of which Clement
A. Orimscon will be president.
Cramp’s ship yard is now busy thor
oroughly overhauling these boats and
refitting them with passenger accom
modations, especially adapted for the
Pacific coast and Alaska trade.
Must Use Unredeemed Tickets.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—The house
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce had the anti-scalping bill
under discussion. Some important
amendments were adopted. One im
poses a penalty on railroads who re-'
fuse to redeem unused tickets. This
plan is lacking in the original bill, and
the railroad men present favor it as
an earnest of good faith. An amend
ment was also adopted providing that
passengers applying for redemption of
tickets should not be given the benefit
of the through tarifT, but on only the
regular points where the journey
ceased.
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Retain the Insurance law.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—The senate
committee on territories has decided
to postpone Indefinitely a bill to an
nul an act of the legislature of the
territory of New Mexico, relating to
Insurance companies. The act is to
go into effect on February 1, and pro
vides that all Insurance companies
doing business in the territory shall
deposit $10,000 in cash, municipal or
territorial bonds at par rs a guaranty
for the payment of losses. It was
stated In the committee that forty-one
insurance companies would be affected
by the act
A PRIVATE BILL BAY.
HOUSE TAKES A REST ON CU
BAN SPEECHES.
The Invitation of Norway for Participa
tion In the International Fisheries Ex
position—The Amendment to the Ag
ricultural Mill—Proceedings Yesterday
lu the Upper Honse.
Avoiding Caban Debate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The House
managers decided not to proceed with
the consideration of the diplomatic
and consular appropriation yesterday,
but to give the day for the consider
ation of private bills. This was doubt
less done to avert the possibility of
precipitating a sensational Cuban de
bate during the consideration of the
appropriation bill. Inflammatory
speeches during the present critical
state of affairs in Havana would, the
conservative leaders believe, be par
ticularly unfortunate.
When the house adjourned Thursday
night the amendment to the agricul
tural appropriation bill providing for
the publication of another edition of
the “Horse Book” was pending. Yes
terday the friends of the amendment
compromised with the appropriations
committee by agreeing to a reduction
of the number to be printed from lo-i,
000 to 75,000. As amended the bill
was passed.
The resolution accepting the invi
tation of the government of Norway
to participate in the International
Fisheries exposition at Bergen from
May to September, 1898, was called up
by Mr. Simpkins (rep., Mass.). Mr.
Cannon, chairman cf the appropriation
committee, said ha thought on the ex
position question congress was running
wild. We had had domestic exposi
tions at Philadelphia, Chicago, New
Orleans, Cincinnati, Louisville, Atlan
ta and Nashville, and were now about
to have one at Omaha. Abroad we
had participated in the expositions at
Vienna, Paris, Berlin and Brussels.
The anxiety of would-be commissioners
to have the honor and glory of our
country represented at these' foreign
expositions was agonizing. Now here
came this exposition at Bergen. Twenty
thousand dollars to be appropriated
now. ii mis resolution passed con
gress would be called upon to foot the
bill for a deflciency of *20,000. He gave
It as his deliberate judgment that the
Interests of the United States did not
renuire our participation in this expo
sition. If we did our duty by the
Paris exposition that would be enough.
After some transaction of some rou
tine business in the senate yesterday,
Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, presented
the following joint resolution propos
ing an amendment to . e constitution
That the following article be pro
posed to the legislatures of the eeveral
states as an amendment to the con
stitution of the Unied Sates: .
The term of office of the president
and of the Fifty-sixth congress suall
continue until the 30th day of April,
in the year 1899, at noon. The senators
whose existing term would otherwise
eiplre on the 4th day of March, in the
year 1899, or thereafter, shall continue
in office until noon of the 30th day of
April, succeeding such expiration; and
the 30th day of April, at noon, shall
thereafter be substituted for the 4th
of March as the commencement and
termination of the official term of the
president, vice president, senators and
representatives in congress.
The resolution was referred to the
committee on privileges and elections.
Mr. Quay, of Pennsylvania, offered
the following resolution, which was re
ferred to the committee on Indian af
fairs:
Resolved. That the secretary of the
interior shall be and is hereby instruct
ed to investigate the facts attending
the recent alleged atrocious burning
to death of two Seminole Indians by
a mob in Oklahoma Territory and
make report thereon to congress. That
the sum of 825.000, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is hereby appro
priated out of any money in the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated for the
Investigation, apprehension and pun
ishment of the guilty persons, to be
expeded under the direction of the
secretary of the interior.
KdlRon Finds a New Metal.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15—The Herald
flays that Thomas A. Edison has acci
dentally discovered what he believes
to be a new metal which will do
away with the slow and costly process
of making mailable iron. Exhaustive
experiments will be made, and if they
are successful it is promised that full
details will be given to the public
It is asserted that after a lot of iron
had been run through a magnetic ore
3eparating mill the pigs were taken
from the blast furnace as usual to
be cooled and broken up. The lot in
question proved refractory, for the
pigs resisted all efforts of the men
with heavy sledges to break them.
The fact was submitted to chemists
and the theory was formed that there
was some hitherto unknown sub
stance in the iron used and this is
believed to be a new metal.
• Good Roads Movement..
ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 15.—There was
introduced in the senate a good reads
bill which provides for the construc
tion through each of the counties of
the state of a macadam highway that
shall Joliow the leading market and
travel south. The entire expense of
the construction of such roads is to be
borne by the state, and the work is
to be done under the direction of the
state engineer. The only expense to
thft counties is the preparation of a
survey of the highways selected.
The Monetary Hearing.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—Robert S.
Taylor, of Indiana, a member of the
monetary commission, was again be
fore the house banking and currency
committee at today’s session. He re
ferred to the inadequacy of the bank
ing facilities in the south and west,
and suggested that for the present this
country must look mainly to inde
pendent, small local banks for the re
lief which is needed, though he con
ceiled an extensive system of branch
banks might have a more effective
tendency to equalize rates of interest
WILL TRAVEL ALONE.
Mld'Uu of tho Road Popullatz Form a
New Organization.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 15.—A new party
was born in the conference of the
populists ' and named the Peopled
party.
The People’s party proposes to go it
alone. It has severed all connection
with the national populist committee
and made all arrangements for admin
istering its own estate without the aid
or advice of any outside party.
With a few exceptions, the delegates
declared themselves unequivocally in
favor of going it alone in the future.
The referendum system was most
highly complimented and recommend
ed for use among the middle of the
roaders in settling matters of national
importance to tlys order, and there was
a practical agreement among the dele
gates that a national presidential con
vention should be held this year.
There was lengthy discussion, and it
was not until a late hour that the pro
ceedure for future action was agreed
upon. Finally a report was adopted
as follows in part:
To the People of the United States:
The fusion movement consummated at
St. Louis in July, 1896, and the treat
ment of our candidate for vice presi
dent in the campaign that followed,
gave rise to such dissension among the
rank and file of the People’s party as
to threaten the absolute dismenber
ment of the only political organization
honestly contending for the social and
political rights of the laboring and
producing, classes of the country.
It has been the purpose always of
the committee to be courteous to the
national committee, and our supreme
desire has been at all times to pro
mote a harmonious co-operation with
said committee, that factional differ
ences might be obliterated, our party
prestige regained and our organization
restored to its once eplendid estate.
This comm." tee feels confident of its
ability to show that it is no fault of
ours that the national committee is not
present as a body to-day, but it does
not choose to waste valuable time in
wranellng ov<\.- questions of official
etiquette.
VVe avow it to be our sincere pur
pose now, as ever heretofore, to pro
mote in very hnorable way the reform
movement on true populist line3, and
we deem the issues too momentous and
the dangers threatening free govern
ment too great to allow us to paU3s to
consider personal grievances or af
fronts, or to permit wounded dignity,
real or imaginary, to overshadow pa
triotic duties.
Under pMient conditions our be
loved organization is slowly but sure
ly disintegrating and our comrades are
clamorous for aggressive action.
Having in vain importuned those
who assumed to be our superiors to
permit us to aid them in the grand
work of reorganizing the People’s
party, that it may accomplish its glor
ious mission, we now appeal to the
people, the true souce of all political
power.
The referendum committeeappointed
is as follows: Messrs. Dixon, of Mis
souri, Tracey, of Texas, Reynolds, of
Illinois, Matinger, of Indiana, and Mc
Gregor, of Georgia.
A number of rules were adopted for
the government of the national organ
ization committee, among them a rule
that the national organization com
mittee shall submit to a vote of the
People’s party any preposition when
petitioned to do so by not less than
10,000 members of the party.
On the adjournment of the organiza
tion committee the members of the
national committee present met at the
LaOIede hotel and adopted the follow
ing resolution:
Resolved, That we, the members of
the national committee present, in
dorse the action taken by the organiza
tion committee and recommend that
its provisions be carried into effect, be
lieving that such action will harmo
nize all differences in the party.
There were seventy-four members of
the committee represented by the
members present nr bv proxies and let
ters, and favored a joint meeting of the
national committee and organization
committee in the spring. Forty states
were represented at the meeting.
Senator Hanna to Refit.
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 15.—Senator
Hanna has gone to his home at Cleve
land, where he will remain over Sun
day. His physicians insist upon h:s
taking a rest. The strain on him here
for two weeks has worn on him
severely. He shows it very visibly.
All the workers on both sides are ex
hausted.
The next hard work to be done in
the legislature will probably be an ef
fort to reorganize and throw the demo
crats out of control in both houses.
Meantime the bribery investigations
are to proceed in both houses on the
contending factions, the senate having
adopted resolutions yesterday after
noon for an investigation of the Otis
ease, and its committee began work
last night, but nothing new was de
veloped.
An Oklahoma Law Void.
GUTHRIE, O. T., Jan. 15.—’The su
preme court today promulgated an
opinion in which the separate school
law passed last winter, making it a
misdemeanor for a white child to at
tend a colored school, was declared
null and void because of ambiguity,
uncertainty and conflict with both the
letter and the spirit of the fifteenth
amendment to the constitution of the
Unled States.
The charges of bribery in the Ohi<>
senatorial contest it is said will be in
vestigated in the United States senate.
Hnrd Coal Prices Higher.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Announce
ment was made today that the anthra
cite coal producing and carrying com
panies have advanced prices 10 to 20
cents per ton to the basis of $3.95 free
on board for stove at tidewater, other
prices in proportion.
The advance, it was explained, Is due
to the lightness cf stock resulting from
the continued restriction of the output
and to large orders from the west.
Justice Newman, of the Wisconsin
supreme court, died from injuries re
ceived by a fall on the sidewalk.
NEWS NOTES
The treaty providing for a lease of %
Kiao Chau to Germany is not yet
signed, and Japan is opposing the final
signature.
James Doyle, John Perko and An
drew Wesland were killed, and Daniel
Munday injured in the Hidden Treas
ure mine at Nevadaville. Colo.
Prince, the super, who murdered
William Terriss, the actor, in London,
has -beer, found guilty. The verdict,
however, declares him to be irresponsi
ble.
The Inter-Partisan statehood con
vention at Kingfisher, O. T., involved
in its deliberations the removal of the
capital and the question of free home
steads for Cherokee strip settlers.
The state bank at Elmwood, 111.,
with a capital stock of $50,000, assets,
estimated at $100,000, and liabilities of
$60,000, has been closed. Action preci
pitated by the suicide of the cashier.
An amicable settlement has beett
made between the warring elements
in the foreclosure suits inst-.uted
against the Arizona Canal company
by the Chicago trust company,
cago trust company.
Secretary of the Navy I/mg has sent
a recommendation to the house com
mittee on naval affairs for an increase
of the enlisted men in the navy by
1,000 men and asking for an increase
of apprentices in the navy by 700.
At the annual meeting of the New
York Union League club Elihu Root
was elected president; Henry E. How
land, Syrus Clark, Henry W. Cannon
and William H. Wickman, vice presi
dents; Walter C. Gilson, secretary, and
William G. White, treasurer.
In London a gigantic linen thread
combine has been formed by these
firms; Barbour Bros., Marshall Thread
company of Paisley and New York;
Finlayson, Bousfield & Co., of Paisley,
the Knox company of Kilfcirnie, Are
shire, and several smaller firms.
J. W. Huffaker, president, and J. B.
Word, cashier of the Brookfield, Mo.,
bank, were arrested on an indictment
charging them with receiving deposits
when the bank was known to be in a
failing condition. The bank failed
nearly three years ago and depositors
have received about 65 cents on the
dollar.
The British authorities have decided
to recognize the question of "diplo
matic privileges” in the case of Spen
cer Eddy, secretary of Ambassador
Hay, and J. E. White, the son of Henry
White, who were recently charged at
the Maidenhead county court on sum
mones with riding bicycles on side
walks, and their prosecution will be
dropped.
Senora Inez Ponce De Roque, wife
of the insurgent Colonel Ponce De Ro
que, arrived in New York on the
steamer Seneca. Senora De Roque,
who is a strikingly beautiful woman,
was exiled from Cuba by order of Gen.
Blanco. A letter which she wrote to
her husband was intercepted by the
Spanish authorities and, as it contain
ed information inimical to their in- j
terests, Mrs. De Roque was arrested
and thrown into prison in Matanzas. '■.
She spent seventeen months and four
days in jail, most of the time incom
municado. She was released under the
general amnesty granted by the queen
regent. After her release she refused
to try to persuade her husband to lay
down his arms and was banished in
consequence.
An inventory of the late George M.
Pullman was filed in the probate court
at Chicago by Norman B. Ream and
Robert T. Lincoln, executors. The in
ventory lists the real estate and per
sonal property of the deceased, though
it places no valuation on the former
and gives only the par value of the se
curities which form the major portion
of the trust. According to the esti
mates given at the time the will was
filed, the real estate was worth but
$800,000, and the personal estate
$6,000,000. In the inventory the con
servatory policy of the executors is
further borne out, and on the property
valued the figures are su^b as leave
little chance for depreciation. The in
vestments of Mr. Pullman were wide
spread. He held 23,919 shares of Pull
man Palace Cor company stock, and
was interested in the Nacaragua Canal
company to the extent of $200 in stock
and $10,000 in bonds. The holdings of
poor investments are small. Out of
his entire bond holdings but $15,000
worth are deemed desperate.
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OMAHA.
Rutter—Creamery separator.... 20
Rutter—Choice fancy country.. 14
Epps—Fresh. IS
Chickens—Per lb. 9
Turkeys,per lb. 9
Ducks.per lb... 7
Geese—Per lb.
Rabbits—Per doz...
Pi peons—Live. 75
Lemons—Choice Mcssinas. 3 00
lloncy—Choice, per lb. 12
Onions—per bu.. 60
Cranberries, Jerseys, per bbl 7 25 w .
Reans—Hand picked Navy.1 25 © 1
Potatoes—per bu. 50 ©
Sweet potatores— Per bbl. 2 25 © 2
Oranges—Per Iwx. 3 oo ©3
Apples—'Westen stock, per bbl 1 75 © 3
Hay—Upland.rer ton. 4 00 @5
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET.
Hogs—Choice light. 3 40 ©3
Hogs—Heavy weights. 3 35 ©3
Reef steers. 4 15 © 4
Hulls. 3 25 © 3
Staps. 3 00 © 3
Calves. 5 25 ^6
Western Feeders. 2 90 © 3
Cows... 2 20 @ 3
Heifers.r5 00 ©3
Stockers and Feeders. 3 25 © 4
Sheep—Western Lambs. 3 60 © 5
Sheep—Mixed western. 3 90 © 4
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Wheat—No. 2 spring. 86 ©
Corn—per bu.. . 26 fr*
Oats—per bu. «3
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Kye—No.2. 44 a
Tlmotliy seed—Prime per bu.. 2 7(1 <a> 2
Pork . 11 ;j0 (gi i)
Lard—per 100 lbs. 4 70 (in 4
Cattle—Choice beef steers. 4 75 @5
Cattle—Stockers and feeders...3 81 Js 4
Hogs—Mixed.3 ait @3
Sheep—Native Lambs. 4 00 & 4
NEW YORK MARKET.
Wheat—No.2, red,Winter. 100 ®1
Corn—No. 2. 34 &
Oats—No. 2. 2s ®
Pork. 8 50 &
Lard. 4 75 &
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. 2, spring.84 &
Corn—No. 2. 24 &
Oats—No 2. -22 &
Hogs—Mixed. 3 45 @3
Sheep—Muttons . 3 00 @ 4
Cattle—Stockei a and feeders... 3 15 ® 4
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