THE FRONTIER.
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frontier rmynso comi'Anv.
O’NEILL, - • NEBRASKA.
NEBRASKA.
The streets of Osceola are now light
ed by electricity.
Osecola is very much stirred up with
a religious revival.
A system of sewerage is being plan
ami for Columbus.
Shelton people are moving in the
matter of a public library.
Sbecp owners of Kimball county
have perfected an organization.
The Otoe County Fair and Driving
Association, has been organized and
officers chosen.
Fillmore county has just paid an in
•tellment of 910,000 on i'.s court h.ure
bonded Indebtedness.
County Treasurer Eikenbarg, of
Cass county, is minus one foot from
wounds received while hunting..
The population of Alliance .. said
to be nearly, or not quite, O,uoo.
A creamery, to cost 92,COO, is to be
hulit at Calhoun.
Nearly 2,000,000 feet of lumber was
■old at the Alliance yards during the
last year, and nearly 10,000 tons of
coal sold at the coal yards.
A small barn on the premises rented
hy David Signer, of Norfolk, burned.
A team of horses, harness and all
other contents of the barn were con
sumed.
Burglars broke Into T. T. McDon
ald's store, at Tilden. About $200
worth of goods were stolen, Including
several watches, chains, rings, cloth
ing and shoes.
The fanners of Southwestern Ne
ff braska will hold their third annuel
convention at McCooli, February 2.
They expect to have the star meeting
of their organization.
A farmer near Humboldt was sur
prised the other morning to And two
valuable horses dead in their stalls.
He attributes their death to eating
bearded wheat straw.
There is a man at Alma, Harlan
county, who has been putting in hia
■pare time the past year washing out
gold in the Republican river, and he
declares the work prfltable.
Tne aged mother of H. Boettcher,
a Union Pacific section foremah at
Gardiner, dropped dead while eating
, supper with her daughter’s family in
Columbus. Heart failure.
St. Paul has been chosen as the
location for the next district reunion
of soldiers, to be held from July 4 to
7, inclusive. The district is composed
. of Greeley, Wheeler, Valley, Garfield
and Howard counties.
The appointment of Henry Gibbons
as postmaster at Kearney was a g'-eat
surprise to many of the denizens cf
that place. There were several can
didates, all of whom were supposed to
have a better pull than the man who
v got there.
Robinson, who is supposed to be the
man that tried to criminally assault a
little girl at Hastings, was arrested
In Juniata. He made an attempt to
aacape, but was recaptured after an
smelting chase. He was taken back
to Hastings.
Fred Rasmussen, a young man liv
ing at Leigh, was caught in a corn
•heller, mutilating his right arm be
tween the wrist and elbow. The ar
teries were severed, tendons torn from
' the muscles, and the wrist bone
ground in two.
John Woods, a son of Ross Woods,
a prominent farmer of the neighbor
hood of Burwell, dropped dead in the
» door yard. The deceased waB about
22 years of age, and was a bright,
prominent youth. He was addicted
v to no bad habits, nor hud he been ail
ing. Death is attributed to heart fail
ure.
The case of Bishop Bonacum of Lln
• ' coin, vs. the old trustees of St. An
drew’s Catholic Church, at Tecum
fi! aeh—Michael Shaughnessy and Mi
chael Murphy—for possession of
church property, was decided in favor
of the bishop in the district court at
. Tecumseh, in special session, by Judge
C. B. Letton.
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There was a robbery in the court
house at Oaeeola, while Judge Getts
was settling up an estate. He had
•topped into the vault, leaving his
money box on the table or window
•ill. There were but four persons in
the room, and search revealed the
guilty party. He was allowed to go
without prosecution.
The annual report of Recorder
Charles C. Brant, of Otoe county, has
keen completed, showing that during
the past year there was filed on city
•nd farm property mortgages amount
ing to 9354,990.01, and mortgages sat
isfied to the valne of 9461,960.22, thus
reducing the mortgage indebtedness of
Otoe county 9106,970.21.
Henry Linwood, of Lexington, a
young man of about 21, was seriously
and probably fatally injured. He
noma on the second floor of one of the
business blocks la some manner he
fell from the rdof to the ground, a
distance of twenty-four feet His
■hull was fractured and the internal
injuries are thought to be fatal.
Burglars made a great haul on
Clem Ziegler's store at SL James.
They took the entire line of men’s and
women’s fine clothes, every bolt of fine
dress goods, and completely gutted
two large show cases, which were fill
ed with notions, trinkets and jewelry.
Anna Vrana, a 4-year-old daughter
cf John Vrana. was burned to death
*t her home, six miles south of Morse
Bluff. The little girl was left aloie
in the house while her father went out
to do some chores.
While the Bartels hoys were cross
teg the Missouri river from Sioux
City to Dakota City, with forty-five
head of stock cattle, the ice gave way
••d all hut three head went into the
water. Thirteen head out of the
bunch were lout.
Ex-Sheriff Holloway, of Cass county,
returned from Oklahoma recently
Where he had been*to intercept H.
Beiersmith, who had some time since
eery hastily left Plattamouth, lear
tag a 9150 note behind. Mr. Hollo
way found his man just as he was de
parting for Indian Territory, and re
lieved him of gold enough to satisfy
holder of the note.
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WILL DEBATE SILVER
WORK OF THE SENATE THIS
WEEK.
The I’pper House Will Devote Its Time
Mainly to Discussion of the Teller
Resolution—Financial Mutters to be
Considered by the Monetary Commis
sion at Indianapolis.
Legislation This Week.
WASHINGTON, .lan. 24.- The pres
ent outiook is unfavorable to the sen
ate's giving much attention to the Ha
waiian treaty during this week. The
agreement to vote on Thursday on the
'teller resolution reaffirming the doc
trine that United States bonds are pay
able in silver at the option of the gov
ernment, will, in all probability, result
in the senate's giving -he major por
tion of its -.me until that date to this
measure with the exception of that
necessary to the consideration of
appropriation bi.is. Senator Tuiple
has given notice of a speech on the
Teller resolution for tomorrow, and it
is expected the other speeches tor it
will be made by Mr. Teller, Pettigrew,
White and others, and that there will
also be some addresses in opposition.
Senator Nelson has offered an amend
ment declaring for the maintenance
of the parity of the two metals, but the
silver men, considering this proposed
modification hostile to their puriioses,
will not accept it. They say they will
insist, upon a vote upon the resolution
us it stands.
The pension appropriation bill will
be called up today, and as soon as it
it disposed of the senate will be asked
to .take up the legislative, executive
and Judicial appropriation bill. Kach
of these will provoke some debate, but
it is not expected to be prolonged in
either case.
wnen me treaty next comes up sen
ator Teller will be recognized to speak
in its support, and he probably win
bo followed by Senator White In oppo
sition. . The vote on the treaty now
appears at least three weeks distant.
The house program for this week
Includes little of interest, beyond the
limits of the District of Columbia.
Almost the entire week will be devoted
to the District of Columbia appropri
ation bill. ,
It is expected that the Indian ap
propriation bill, the consideration of
which was begun yesterday, will be
completed tomorrow. The only item
in the bill which is likely to cause
much of a contest Is that providing for
the leasing of the gilsomte beds of the
Uncompaghre , Indian reservation in
Utah. This provision was beaten in
the last Indian bill, and will be stub
bornly contested now. The district bill
will probably consume the remainder
of the week. ,
MONETARY CONVENTION.
Private advices which reach here
from Indianapolis are to the effect that
the business men’s convention which
will be held in that city Tuesday and
Wednesday next will be more largely
nttended than was the first convention
of a year ago. The purpose of the con
vention is to endorse the report of the
monetary commission, which provides
a comprehensive plan for a reform of
the currency. Delegates to the r-'mbsr
of 380 have announced their in.Thtion
of being present and it is expected
the actual number will be greater.
Governor Mount of Indiana will de
liver me address or welcome. The
permanent chairman of the convention
will be Governor Shaw of Iowa, whose
recent Inaugural address showed him
to be identified with the work of cur
rency reform. C. S. Patterson, presi
dent of the Union league of Philadel
phia, and one of the eleven members
of the monetary committee, will pre
sent the report to the convention and
explain such circumstances connected
with its preparation as will prove of
interest to the delegates.
The principal address at the first
days meeting will be delivered by
Charles S. Fairchild of New York, wfio
was secretary of the treasury under
the first Cleveland administration. In
the evening the delegatee will be enter
tained at a reception to be given by
the local commercial bodies. Among
the well-known men who will address
the convention are William E. Dodge
of New York. Charles G. Homer of
Baltimore. John C. Bullitt of Philadel
phia Augustus Wilson of Louisville
Jacob L. Breen of Hartford, ex-Gov
ernor Stanard of Missouri and John
W. Fries of North Carolina.
The Bush to Klondike.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 24_Thi
steamer Oregon sailed for Alaska to
night with 460 passengers and 1,25
tons of merchandise and baggage Fif
ty head of live stock was also part o
the cargo.
All day long thousands of peopi
swarmed around the steamer’s docks
and so great was the crush tonigh
tnat ten policemen were unable ti
handle the crowd. No less than 3,00
people who applied for passage wer
refused, and hundreds of tons o
freight are lying on the docks await
ing transportation to the gold fields
The rush to the Yukon from ever
port in the northwest has begun earlie
than was anticipated by the transpor
♦v - ? C0Itlpan!ea, end every steame
that leaves is compelled to refuse botl
passengers and freight.
The demand for lumber in Alask
is enormous, but steamship companie
fefus® J® carry it. preferring to tak
i®88 b"1.ky freight, leaving the lumbe
for sailing vessels.
An order for C.000 bicycles, to
shipped to Denmark, Germany, a
London, has been received by the B
to h comPany. the on
to be filled before June 1.
*•*» Shooting Repond.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Jan. 24,
world’s record was beaten today bi
°f the Columbia - istoi i
Rifle club. Shooting over tbe reel
tion range at Shell Mound park
scored 29 points in ten shots at 1
yards on a Columbia target, the c
inch center of which counts as <
the rings being half an inch np
ril8 score in detail was: 2, 3, 5, 4
?• ^he total of u was m
,a*i0cltol>er by C. U. Dalss of the s:
club but under the Columbia ru
which was excelled by Gorman t
made the center shots.
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READY FOR WAR,
Japan Proposes Maintaining Her Rights
In the Oriental Difficulty.
LONDON, Jan. 2f.—'The St. Jam-a
Gazette, commenting upon the dspat n
from YoUohoma, raying that a fleet
of nine Japanese war ships will leave
Chinese waters, says:
Japan is prepared for war. That, in
a nutshell, is the news from Yokohoma
today, and it is really the first news
from Japan since the begining of the
Chinese crisis. It was obvious that
the Japanese government had stopped
telegraphic communication, which it
never does except when mobilizing the
army or navy. That is precisely wha;
it has been doing. It is a most cer
tain that the destination of the fleet
is Wei-Hal-Wel, and there is no doubt
the movement means that the statu
quo in China, so far as Manchuria and
Korea are concerned, shall not be al
tered by Russia or any combination
of Russia, or of Russia’s allies, in de
fiance of Great Britain and Japan.
So long as the defenders’ policy is
equality of opportunity in China, they
are in a position to enforce the'r
claims.
A special dispatch from Paris, pub
lished, says orders have been received
at Cherbourg and Toulon respectively
to immediately prepare the batt'eship
Brunx and the battleship Vauban to
reinforce the French squadron in the
far east. The Brunx is n steel vessel
of 4,754 tons displacement and 9,049
indicated horse-power. It has an ar
mored belt about four inches thick,
carries two 7.5-inch guns, sixty 5.5
inch quick-firing guns, four 2 5-inch
guns, four 1.8-inch guns and six 1 4
inch rapid-firing guns. The Vauban
is a steel vessel of 6,208 tons and 4,580
indicated horse-power. It has an ar
mored belt ten inches in thickness,
carries four 9.4-inch guns, one 7.4
inch gun, six 5.5-inch guns and twelve
rapid-firing guns.
THE TELLER RESOLUTION
The Henate Decides to Take a Vote on
Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—An agree
ment by the senate is that a final vote
on the Teller resolution providing
that the bonds of the United States
may be paid in silver dollars and ail
pending amendments thereto Ehall be
taken Thursday before adjournment.
Mr. Vest of Missouri, in charge of the
resolution, announced that an agree
ment had been made to take a final
vote on Wednesday at 4 p. m., but
readily agreed to a postponement of
the vote until Thursday at the sugges
tion of Mr. Turpic. Mr. Allisen of Iowa
made the significant statement that
an amendment to the resolution that
would cause some debate would be off
ered late in the discussion, but gave
no Intimation of the extent or scope
of the amendment. During the great
er part of the afternoon the senate
was in executive session, and at 4:20
p. m.. adjourned.
A Clrnn-np In the House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—In the
house some odds and ends of legisla
tion were cleaned up by unanimous
consent. On motion of Mr. Coooper
(dem., Tex.), a bill was passed appro
priating {20,000 for operating a dredge
boat at Sabine Pass, Tex. Mr. Hitt,
chairman of the foreign affairs com
mittee, submitted a privileged report
from his committee recommending the
passage of a resolution requesting the
state department, if not compatiblo
with the public interest, to transmit to
the house all information in its pos
session relative to tho military execu
tion of Colonel Ruiz, a Spanish envoy
to the insurgent camp of Aranguez.
The resolution was adopted without a
division.
Mr. Hitt also reported back with an
unfavorable recommendation the
Lewis resolution, calling on the state
department for a draft of the Ha
waiian treaty, and for information as
to what constitutional authority the
president had to contract for the pay
ment of an Hawaiian debt of {4,000,
000 out of the public treasury. Mr.
Hitt explained that the resolution had
been offered at the last session, and
as the treaty had been made. public
there was no necessity for its passage.
Mr. Bailey (dem., Tex.) thought that
the latter part of the resolution
broached a question of importance,
and one that could be inquired into
with propriety.
Mr. Hitt cut off further debate with
a demand for the previous question.
Lentgoft Trial Lengthen*.
CHICAGO, 111., Jan. 24.—The Luet
gert jur;’ celebrated the beginning of
the nintn week of the second trial yes
terday by taking a sleigh ride. The
trip lasted from 1 to 5 o’clock.
The trial already has lasted prac
tically as long as the first hearing, and
in point of court hours it is fully 100
ahead. Eight weeks of continuous
work were ended on Saturday.
A. L. Luetgert was visited in the
jail by Attorneys Kehoe and Harmon
during the day. He was in good spir
its and went over the evidence he is
expected to give tomorrow in the most
businesslike manner.
The end of the trial is not yet in
sight. The remainder of the defense’s
caso and the rebuttal and sur-rebuttal
testimony may occupy the entire week,
and if so a verdict could not be ex
pected before the close of the next
week at the earliest.
The action of the Dingley tariff has
caused a crisis in the orange and
lemon trade in the southern provinces
of the peninsula and in Sicily. In
many places prices are so low that
the fruit does not pay for the pluck
ing.
A Temperance Crnsatle.
SAGINAW, Mich., Jan. 24.—If a plan
outlined by a few women is carried
out Saginaw will have one of the live
liest anti-saloon crusades in its his
tory.
Each supporter c*f the plan will sign
an agreement to go to the utmost ex
tremes in attacking the liquor traffic.
Headed by a band of music, wives,
mothers, sisters and daughters will
form in line and march tnrough tho
streets, proclaiming woe to any place
that Haunts a liquor sign. A body
guard of men will follow to protect
them.
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MRS. ROBERTS’ CASE
SENATOR ALLEN F PEAKS INH^R
BEHALF.
Up Upbraids the Secretary of the Inte
rior and Commissioner of Pensions for
Their Treatment of the Woman—Mr.
Ballinger Resents Some Remarks In
tended for 11.m.
Senator Allen's Resolution.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—The reso
lution of Mr. Allen of Nebraska, ask
ing the secretary of the interior for
papers concerning ,.ie dismissal from
the pension office of Mrs. M. E. Rob
erts. was laid before the senate. Mr.
Gallinger moved to refer the resolution
to the committee on civil service and
retrenchment. Pending the vote on
that motion Mr. Allen said he desired
to speak briefly upon the matter. Mrs.
Roberts, he uad learned, was a friend
of former Secretary Carlisle, from Cov
ington, Ky. Sho was for years a mem
ber of the family of Jame3 E. Beck,
once senator from Kentuc?;:y, and her
appointment was made through Sen
ator Beck’s influence.
“I want to say,” said Mr. Allen,
"that no self-respecting gentleman
would treat a woman as this woman
has been treated by the secretary of
the interior and commissioner of pen
sions. If this administration is willing
to injure itself In this way I am will
ing. If It desires to hurry Itself out
of power I am desirous of hastening it3
exit, but I do hold, Mr. President, that
1t is not an Inherent right of the secre
tary of the interior or the commission
er of pensions to be brutal In their
treatment of clerks. If the commis
sioner desired the place of Mrs. Rob
erts for some hanger-on, why did he
aim a poisoned dart at her? He must
be a poltroon and coward, indeed, who
will make a, covert charge against a
woman and refuse then to state the
charges.”
Mr. Allen referred to tne position
taken by Mr. Gallinger, to which the
New Hampshire senator replied:
"If the senator from Nebraska means
seriously to impute to me such motives
ns his language indicates, he is using
unparliamentary and unwarrantable
language.” Mr. Gallinger said he had
learned something about the Roberts
case and was satisfied that the Eenate
was not the place for the discussion
of the details of the case. In the pri
vacy of the committee room the state
ments of Mrs. Roberts, the secretary
of the interior, tae commissioner of
pensions and others could be heard
upon the case. Then the case could be
properly discussed and investigated.
Such cases as this have no place in the
senate chamber, and it may oe possi
ble that it may be the part of gallantry
to consider this caso in private and in
the end Mr. Gallinger thought Mrs.
Roberts would thank him for the po
sition he had taken ^n the'matter.
Mr. Allen contended that there was
a hint of something vitally wrong in
the moral character of Mrs. Roberts.
He reviewed the case again and dis
cussed at some length it3 application
to the present agiti-.on of the civil
service question.
Assurance was given by Mr. Pritch
ard of North Carolina, chairman cf the
committee on civil service and re
trenchment, that the committee would
carefully investigate the causes re
ferred to his committee. Mr. Allen
agreed to such a reference. The reso
lution was then so referred.
Mr. Lodge (Mass.), somewhat to the
surpirse of the people In the gallaries.
■who were expecting a discussion" of
the Teller resolution, moved that the
senate go into executive session.
“Before the motion is put, Mr. Presi
dent,” said Mr. Vest (Mo.), I desire to
make a brief statement. I gave n otic a
yesterday that the resolution reported
by the finance committee would be
further considered today, but several
senators opposed to the resolution
have said to me that their personal
convenience requires that the resolu
tion shall not be pressed at this time.
They have suggested to me that we
permit the resolution to go over until
next Tuesday and that it be taken up
at the conclusion of the morning busi
ness on that day for discussion and
that a vote upon it and upon any other
amendments that may be offered
thereto be taken at 4 o’clock next
Wednesday. I wish to say that this ar
rangement is agreeable to me, and so
far as I know to my colleagues on this
side of the chamber.
Tennessee Senatorial Candidates.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 22.—Fif
teen fruitless ballots were taken to
night in the democratic senatorial
caucus and the last ballot left the
situation about the same as on the
first. During the three nights cau
cuses have been taken in session thir
ty-seven ballots have been taken with
small changes on each ballot
During the balloting tonight an at
tempt to break McMillin’s lines was
made by the transfer of votes from
Turley to Taylor to give Taylor twen
ty-three votes, but a stampede was
not caused, McMillin losing only one
vote.
The thirty-seventh and last ballot
stood : McMillin, 39; Turley, 27; Tay
lor, 23; The Taylor gains came from
Turley.
On one ballot McMillin received for
ty-two votes, his highest point. The
caucus meets again tomorrow after
noon, but talk of a long dead-lock is
in circulation.
The 5-year-old daughter of Mrs. S.
D. Thompson, Waco. Tex., is becom
ing a mass of bone, her flesh seeming
to be turning to osseous tissue.
After Mr. Grosvrnor’* Scalp.
COLUMBUS, 0., Jan. 22.—Senator
Finch’s bill to gerrymander the con
gressional districts of the state was
introduced in the legislature before
adjournment today. The main pur
pose of the bill, and Mr. Finck frank
ly acknowledges u; is to legislate Con
gressman Grosvenor out of office and
put a democrat in his place. Conse
quently Mr. Grosvenor’s district, the
Eleventh, is mo3t completely changed
The bill proposes to make it demo
cratic upon the vote of 1896 by 1,865
and upon the vote of 1892 by 1.486.
TAKE YOUR CHOICE,
Four Bills From Which to Select a Cur*
rency Measure.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22.—The
currency hearing before the hoase
committee on hamaing and currency
has closed. E-Secretary Fairchild
was heard first. The inqui ies of ttr
child were along the line of devclop.ng
the degree of success with winch the
monetary commission bill could be pu<.
into practical operation.
Considerable feenng ha3 beei
aroused by the late determination of
the committee, on a party vote. not to
hear President Warner of the bi
metallic union and Chlarman Towne
of the silver republican national com
mittee, unless these gentlemen pre
pared a bill and assumed respon3 bility
for it. Cox, the senior member < •! th j
minority, says this action is equivalent
to declining to hear silver represen
tatives under any circumstances, as
they did not wish to be parties to rny
currency or hanking bill, but to rc3.s;
such a measure if on gold lines.
The committee, devoted some time
to a discussion in detail of the pro
visions of the Walker bill. Secretary
Gage asked if Mr. Walker did not aim
in hi3 bill to substantially relieve the
government from a current redemption
of present liabilities, United atC3
legal fender and treasury notes and
from responsibility for maintaining
the parity of silver and gold, putting
the responsibility on the banli3. Mr.
Walker said that wan the object. Sec
retary Gage thought the bill lacked
expertness, and suggested that bank
ers do not want to assume responsi
bility. Mr. Walker, in the course of
the discussion, suggested that the hill
made allowance for the suspicion that
we may have a disaster, a panic or
something cf the sort and that the
exigencies of such events were guard
ed against.
•liepresentative Hartman or Monta
na, one of the silver leaders, says that
Messrs. Towne and Warner will make
no further effort to be heard before
the committee, preferring to go before
the people with the understanding that
the opposition is denied a hearing.
On the currency bill the hearing was
finally brought to a close and the com
mittee will meet again next Wednes
day to decide which of the four bills
before it is to form the basis of the
currency measure to be finally re
ported.
M’KENNA A JUDGE.
Senate Confirms Ills Appointment, Not
withstanding Strong Opposition.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22.—Jo
seph McKenna has been confirmed as
a justice of the supreme court.
Senator Allen occupied almost the
entire executive session with his speech
in opposition to the confirmation,
though there were brief remarks by
Senators Turner and Wilson of Wash
ington ana others favorable to Mc
Kenna. There was no division on tne
vote.
Senator Allen had before him the
charges filed before the committee on
judiciary, which he read at length.
This comprised a large number of let
ters. some resolutions, and the protest
of lawyers and judges of the Pacific
coast, charging that McKenna is un
fitted for the high office of supreme
court justice on the ground of a want
of legal attainments. ,
He commented at length upon this
latter document and was interrupted
by Senator Perkins of Colorado, who
read a published defense of Judge Mc
Kenna, giving statistics to show that
he had not, as judge of the California
federal court, been more frequently re
versed by superior tribunals than 'had
other judges of the same court.
There were also Interruptions during
the day, but the proceedings were de
void of general interest.
Mr. Alien spoke for about three
hours, ne said he was convinced of
Mr. McKenna’s unfitness for the office.
He did not insist upon a roll call when
the vote was taken, and tne vote was
overwhelmingly favorable to confirma
tion.
Pleased With the Gold Standard.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan, 22.—The
interesting buddget statement made by
M. Dewitte, the Russian minister of
finance, shows an actual deficit of over
106,000,000 roubles, which is covered
by the free balance in the treasury.
M. Dewitte expresses great pride in
the results of the adoption of the gold
standard, callng attention to the most
striking fact that while at the end of
1896 only 37,000,000 roubles in gold
coin were In circulation, at the end
of 1897 there were 156,000,000 roubles
in circulation, while the gold in the
treasury rose during the same period
by 19,000,000 roubles.
The statement shows also that ihe
volume of existing bank notes has
been reduced by 122,000,000 roubles.
Russia has now 131 per cent more gold
than paper, the total in possession of
the treasury and state banks and in
circulation at the beginning of the
present year being: Gold, 1.470,000,00)
roubles; silver, 162,000.000 roubles, and
paper, 999,000,000 roubles.
M. Dewitte contends that this shows
the stability of the reform, and he
trusts the gold standard will remain
unshaken, “even if the country is fated
to undergo severe trials.” He reiter
ates his intention to adhere to the
protective system.
Fneland Increases Her Navy.
LONDON, Jan. 22.—There has been
a responsible statement that the gov
ernment has decided to add 7,000 men
to the navy and that the first class
battleship Hanlbal, now at Ports
mouth, is to be put into commission
at once. There is, however, no official
confirmation in either case.
Complains of His Removal*
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Several
officials presented their views on the
civil service reform issue at a meet
ing of the senate investigating com
mittee. Samuel M. Crat, superintend
ent of the city schools at Chariton. Ia..
and for three years superintendent of
the Indian schools at Santa Fe, N. M..
appeared to complain of his political
removal from the latter position in
1893 and the refusal of the Indian bu
reau either to transfer or reinstate
him in the Indian school service.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS NOTES.
Henry Cyril Paget, earl of Ux- >
bridge, and Miss Lilian Florence Maud
Chetwynd, eldest daughter of Sir
George Chetwynd, hart., wore married,
at London.
"Kid” McCoy has deposited $5,000
at New York city with a sporting'
paper as a forfeit to fight el! her Cor
bett or Fitzsimmons for the heavy
weight championship of the world.
Assistant Secretary Vanderlip has
decided to require local inspectors of
hulls and their assistants and local
inspectors of boilers and their as
sistants to pass a civil service exami
nation to test their ability. The or
der, however, does not apply to those
who were admitted to the service
through competitive examinations un
der the civil service commission.
Charles Link, wanted at Columbus,
O., for the embezzlement of $8,000
from an estate of which he was ad
ministrator, was arrested in' Rock
ford, 111. Link was known in Rock
ford as Charles Thoper, and has been
employed by a local insurance agency
for two years. He admitted his iden
tity, and later made a full confession*
saying he lost the money gambling
and in politics. He will return with
out requisition papers.
The long continued litigation in
the courts of Delaware, New York and
Massachusetts over the control of the
Bay State Gas company and the gas.
companies absorbed by it, all of which
are in the immediate vicinity of Bos
ton, is apparently ended. The differ
ence between Thomas W. Lawson and
Henry M. Whitney and the different
gas and coke companies represented
by them were settled at a conference,
of all parties interested. •
Special advices from Egypt declare
that Prince Said Ben Boussoo died
recently under mysterious circum
stances, which have led to the belief
that he was poisoned. He was in per
fect health, it is said, up to the day
he married a young American, a union,
which caused great annoyance to the
khedive. The next day, the story con
tinues, the prince was suddenly seized
with a mysterious malady and died in
agony a few hours afterward in the
arms of his bride.
A special to the Indianapolis Senti
nel from Fort Worth, Ir.d., says: This,
evening Charles E. Everett, chairman,
of the republican county central com
mittee, was arrested at his home on.
the charge of embezzlement. Editor
E. W. Miner of the Garret. Ind.. Her
ald, a republican paper, Hied the.
charges, and swears that Eve eit, as
his agent, appropriated to his own
use $50 which he sent to Everett to.
take up a note. Everett furnished a.
$500 bond. He is now under a $2,000
bond to appear at Decatur to answer
the charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses.
State Grain Inspector Wright of
Portand, Ore., has just issued bi3 an
nual report for 1S96-7, embracing the
transactions of the department for the
year ending August 31. The total
number of carlcads of wheat in
spected at three inspection points dur- J
ing said period was 8,307, or approxi- f
mately 5,480,385 bushels. Total num
ber of carloads of oats, 928, or about,
589,455 bushels; total number of car
loads of barley, 214, or about 138,723:
bushels, making a grand total of 9.599.
carloads and 6,208,572 bushels. The
1896 crop was light, and therefore the
showing is meager, compared to that,
which will be made next year. Mr.
Wright thinks that 14,000.000 bushels,
of wheat will be shipped to the sound
this season. Fully 60 per cent of tho
crop is still held by farmers and mid
dlemen on speculation.
A bill to authorize the secretary or
the treasury, under certain conditions,
to purchase the Kansas Pacific divis
ion of the Union Pacific railroad has.
been introduced in the house by Mr.
Fleming of Georgia, a member of the
Pacific railroad committee, to which
the bill is referred. It provides that
if, in the opinion of the president, it
shall be necessary to preserve the se
curity of the United States in respect,
of his lien, mortgage or other inter
ests in the Kansas Pacific, the secre
tary of the treasury shall bid the fu'.t
amount necessary for the protection
of the government’s lien and claim on.
that property and purchase for the
United States property subject to such
incumbrance at any sale and any sums
necessary to redeem or clear oft the
paramount liens aforesaid or to
make such purchase or execute any
purpose of the act ars appropriated.
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nutter—Creamery separator... 20
liuttor—Choice fancy country.. 14
Iv_'gs—Fresh. 14
Chickens— 1’er lb. fi
Tttrkeys,per lb,. 0
Ducks,per lb. 7
Ccese—Per lb.
Rabbits—Per doz...
Pigeolis—Live. 75
boutons— Choice Messinas. 3 09
Honey—Choice, per lb. 12
Onions—per bn. 00
Cranberries, Jerseys, per bbl 7 25
Heuns—Handpicked Navy. 1 25
Potatoes—per bu. 59
Sweet potatores—Per bbl. 2 25
Oranges—Per box. 3 00
A pplcs—Wcsteu stock, per bbl 1 75
Hay—Upland.rer ton. 4 00
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Hogs—Heavy weights. 3 35
lice f steers. 3 50 @4 20
Bulls. 2 50 to 3 05
Stags. 3 19 to 3 75.
Calves........... 5 25 (go OO
Western l-eoders. 2 DO ® 3 25
Cows. 2 20 to 3 50
Heifers.. 3 10 to 3 85.
Stockers and Feeders. 3 00 to 4 85
Sheep—Western Lambs. 4 00 to 4 j.->.
Sheep—Mixed western. 3 ito to 4 oo
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Timothy seed—Prime per bu.. 2 70
Pork . 9 39
Lard—per 100 lbs.4 ;0
Cattle—Choice lieef steers... . 475
Cattle—Stockers and feeders...3 81
Hogs—Mixed.3 #•>
Sheep—Native Lambs.4 OO
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Oats—No. 2. 2s
Pork. 8 50
Lard. 4 73
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. 2, spring. 83
Corn—No. 2. 24
Outs—No 2. 24
Hogs—Mixed. 3 45
Sheep—Muttons . 2 75
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