Nebraska Newspapers

    GETTING TO TUE FRONT
Kastfactnricg Capital in Nebraska Shows
Handsome Increase.
OUTLOOK IS VERY ENCOURAGING
Census Borrao Ihhi Report that Re
ittlt Brmvkkblc Pro;ri In the Stmt
Court Dockets Being Cleared llla
etUiBCom Nebraska Matters.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 11. The cen
sus bureau ha3 Issued a preliminary
report on the manufacturing indus
tries of Nebraska, showing a total
capital invested of $71,978,877, an in
crease of 92 per cent since the census
of 1890, and value of products $143,
9S6.127, an increase of 55 per cent
Other figures are:
Establishments 5.413 wage earners
24.471, total wages 111.570.268. miscel
laneous expenses $6,933,743, and cost
of material used J102.196.397.
Statistics for the three cities separ
ately reported follow:
. Lincoln, capital $2,608 992, increase
,11 per cent, value of products $4,105,
951. increase 11 per cent; establish
ments 252, wage earners 1,736, cost of
material used $2,173,345.
Omaha, capital $34,282,063, increase
.87 per cent; value of products $42,
,391.876. increase 2 per cent; establish
ments 837. wage earners 7,422, wages
(3.755.810. cost of materials used $22.
113.3S8. South Omaha, capital $16,471,323,
talue of products $70,080,941, no sub
sequent figures for 1890; establish
ments 139, wage earners 6,606, wages
93.36S.591, cost of material used $61,
277.4S6. CLEARING UP THE DOCKET
Supreme Court la Catching Cp With f ta
Work.
LINCOLN. Dec 11. According to
Clerk Herdmann of the supreme
court, rapid strides are being made
1n reducing the size of the docket.
When the commission began work the
court was about six years behind in
"business. If the present progress is
continued It ' is estimated that the
docket will be cleared before the next
session of the legislature, which con
venes in January, 1903. It is noted
that the number of appeals to the
supreme court are decreasing, partic
ularly In that class of cases which are
appealed rierely to occasion delay.
When it took from four to six and
seven years to reach a case, mortgage
foreclosures and other suits in which
the adverse party might profit by tie
ing up litigation for an indefinite time
were appealed with great frequency,
while other cases, really meritorious.
In which the average party could not
afford to wait the tardy action of the
supreme court, he would compromise
instead of appealing. Now conditions
are reversed. Cases are seldom ap
pealed for the mere purpose of delay,
and meritorious ones are usually taken
up with the result that a better elas3
of litigation 13 being entertained now
than before the commission's appoint
ment. Iowa Ttaveline; Men Meet.
DES MOINES. Dec. 11 The twenty-first
annual meeting of the Iowa
State Traveling Men's association was
held here, with an attendance of about
500 from Iowa and adjoining states.
The old directors were re-elected and
W. H. Wheeler and F. E. Haley were
re-elected president and secretary. Ail
incident of the convention -was the ap
pearance of A. B. Cummins, who has
long been the counsel of the associa
tion. fime Warden Alert.
THEDFORD. Neb., Dec. 11. Deputy
Game Warden Frank Nash and Sheriff
Crow arrested A. L. Leland and Harry
Ixland on the Dismal river in thi3
county, and brought them before
Epquire Wright. The boys pleaded
cuilty to hunting without a license
ad each one was fined. Thomas
ijunty i3 a hard place for the poacher.
nt" Factory Shot Doirn.
FREMOTTT, Neb., Dec. 11. The
Jugar factory at Leavitt closed its sea
son's work, after a very successful
run. The factory has been in con
tinuous operation Bince October 1,
and the delays experienced the first
two seasns have been entirely ab
sent. rails to Stab His Heart.
SUTTON, Neb.. Dec. 11. Wei Al
berts stabbed Ed Scott with a fiirk,
the knife being aimed 4ft his heart.
Scott parried the blow and received
the knife in his arm. It severed the
muscles down to the bone.
nie Twenty Minutes Apart.
FREMONT, Neb.. Dec. 11. Isaac K.
Tirown and wife. Mrs. Sarah Brown,
died at their home within half an
hour. They were nearly eighty years
of age. Mr. Brown had been in poor
nealth for years and wa3 attacked with
heart trobule. A physician wa3 sum
moned, but when he arrived he was
dead. Twenty minutes after he was
asain -called to the Brown residence
ajid found that Mrs. Brown had Just
bathed her last.
Violates ew Fish Uw.
BEATRICE, Neb.. Dec. 11. Deputy
Game Warden George Maxwell arrest
ed Joseph Eden near Wymore, this
county, for having In his possession
nineteen catSsh." nine white buffalo,
six German carp and one red horse,
thirty-five In ll. This Is the first
awfst-ter.e-.f6r: the violitiop. i the
new fish laws anA a great -sai or in
terest is manifested h? -seven: iic
have violated the new law, butihave
not been caught. Eden got thirty days;
ON THE SMALLPOX SITUATION
Stat Board of Health Gives Considera
tion to tbe Same.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Dec. 9. The sec
retaries of the state board of health
were in session at the state house.
Certificates to practice medicine in the
state were issued to fire physicians
and one osteopath.
Dr. Brasch of Beatrice, secretary of
the board, stated that the rules sent
out to county boards some time since,
relative to quarantining and the or
ganizing of local boards of health,
were meeting with many responses.
A number of the boards have replied
stating that they have complied with
the requests, while others have prom
ised to do so at their next meetings,
many of which will be held this
week.
The small pox situation in the state
was considered and it was brought
out that the number of cases has not
materially Increased since the last
meeting. A bulk of the cases at the
present time are in the northeastern
and northwestern portion of tbe state.
INVOLVES IRRIGATION LAW
Case of Crawford Connty of Far-Res ch
ine; Importance to Nebraska.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 9. The case
of the Crawford company against
Hathaway, which is of far-reaching
Importance to the irrigation interests
of Nebraska, has been assigned for
rehearing at the next sitting of the
supreme court. The action originated
in a dispute over a small irrigation
claim In Dawes county, but it has
grown to such proportions that R now
involves the constitutionality of the
entire irrigation law of the state. It
has been before the supreme court in
various ways for -nearly two years
and in all opinions given the court
has held strictly to the law of ri
parian rights, and contrary to the Ne
braska law.
HIS LEGS ALMOST SEVERED
Distressing Accident to Tonne; Man at
Falrbury.
FAIRBURY, Neb.. Dec. 9 A shock
ing accident occurred a short dis
tance northwest of this city. John
Calloway, a young man who had pre
viously lost an arm, was helping C
C. Calloway clear a piece ot timber
land. The young man used a light
ax, which be could wield with one
hand, and he was chopping on one
side of a tree while his uncle chopped
from the other. When the tree was
almost felled an unusual stroke by
the latter sent the ax clear through.
the remaining portion of the tree and
into young Calloway's right leg just
below the knee, completely severing
the bone and injuring that member
so that it is believed it will have to
be amputated.
Official Flas Day.
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 9. Superin
tendent Pearse has received notice
from Governor Savage that December
20 has been designated as Flag day
in the schools of Nebraska in honor
3t the date of the acquisition of Louis
iana by the United States. While not
having been officially recognized by
the state, the schools of Omaha have
observed Flag day for five years. Each
year upon the recurrence of December
20 the flags have floated from Omaha
school buildings.
Reported to Have Suicided.
FREMONT, Neb., Dec. 9. D. E.
Nobbles, aged about twenty-eight
years and unmarried, is reported to
have committed suicide at Seattle,
Wash., a short time ago by taking
carbolic acid. Mr. Nobbles was well
known in Fremont and vicinity, hav
ing acted as superintendent of the
sugar factory at Leavitt a year ago.
it is understood that he was scftne
what addicted to the use of liquor.
Fire in State Institute.
BEATRICE, Neb., Dec. 9. A fire
which came near ending disastrously
to the state started in the laundry
department of the Institute for the
Feeble Minded from clothes which
were hanging too close to a warm
pipe. The blaze was quenched in its
inclpiency.
Sugar Beets of High Grade.
FREMONT, Neb., Dec. 9. The
Standard Beet Sugar company has
nearly completed its season's work.
The beets this year have been of a
higher grade than last year and while
the tonnage has been much less, the
amount of sugar made is much
greater.
Ellen Mitchell Tries to Ile.
FREMONT, Neb., Dec. 9. Ellen
Mitchell, a dining room girl at the
New York hotel, attempted suicide at
the hotel, but did not succeed. The
guests heard some one fall heavily to
the floor in the hail and a woman's
voice saying: "It is all over now,
She was found lying on the floor with,
a small bottle nearly filled with car
bolic acid in her hand. Physicians
saved her. She had quarreled with
a male employe of the hotel.
Death of Peter Olson.
WAIIOO. Neb., Dec. 9. Hon. Peter
Olson, ex-treasurer of this county,
died at his home here. His death was
caused by acute Bright's disease. Mr.
Olson was a native of Sweden, but
had been a resident of Saunders coun
ty since about 1869. He was elected
to the state legislature by the peo
ple's party in the fall of 1890, and
was re-elected the succeeding term,
but resigned his seat the following
year to assume th treasurcrship.
JO
Senator Millard Will Undertake to Dis
tribute His Quota.
PUBLISHERS ESPECIALLY FAVORED
Seeds WIU Go Only to Those Who Will
Make Good Use of Them An Impor
tant Ruling by tbe Snpremo Court
Other Nebraska Matters.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. (Special
.dispatch.) An illustrious Nebraskan,
who at one time graced the position
of secretary -of agriculture, repeatedly
declared that the annual free dis
tribution of garden and flower seeds
by the government was a fraud upor
the taxpayer. Whether this be th
,case or not, Senator Millard has un
dertaken to distribute his quota ol
Weds in such a manner as to get
them only to persons who will make
the best possible. use of them in order
that they may be of actual benefit tc
his constituents. To this end he has
'sent out the following letter to chair
men of county committees:
" "Dear Sir: I am advised by the
secretary of agriculture that my
quota of garden seeds for next spring's
planting will be at my disposal early
in February.
"It is my purpose, if possible, to
distribute these seeds only to those
who may have use for them. It has
occurred to me that you may be dis
posed to receive a quantity cf these
seeds from me and ask the newspa
pers of your county to publish the fact
that you are in a position to supply
the local demand. Each package will
bear my frank, so that all you need
to do is to write the name and ad
dress of the party applying for seeCs.
Do you care to handle these seeds
this way? If so, base your requisition
for seeds upon the number of applica
tions coming to you.
"Should the publishers of any news
paper In your county want a number
of packages for independent distribu
tion. I shall ask you to meet such de
mand out of the consignment sent
you. I am not sure that I can send
more than 500 packages to your coun
ty." TRANSFER INSOLVENT PROPERTY
A Decision by tbe Supreme Court that
Has Important Bearing.
LINCOLN, Oec. 10. A decision will
affect a great many transfers of
property by persons who were in
solvent at the time of transfer was
given by the supreme court last week
in the case of the Farmers' and Mer
cnants bank against Charles W.
Mosher. The action was begun by
creditors of Mosher to recover on
stock that was transferred prior to
the failure of the Capital National
bank, of which Mosher was the con
victed wrecker. The opinion is by
Judge Day. It is decreed that in the
absence of a mutual fraudulent intent
the law does not interfere with the
right of a person, be he solvent or
Insolvent, to make such disposition of
his property, based upon a valid con
sideration, as his judgment dictates.
On this single point several trans
fers of stock, amounting to approxi
mately $30,000, are held by. the court
to be valid.
It Is further held in the opinion
that an insolvent debtor has the right
to employ attorneys to defend his es
tate and himself and to transfer his
property in payment of such contem
plated service, provided it is done in
good faith and the property trans
ferred does nto exceed a reasonable
fpfe for the service which might rea
sonably be anticipated.
A Nebraskan Honored.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Congress
man Burkett is receiving the congrat
ulations of friends upon his selection
as a member of the house committee
on appropriations. It is a mark cf
special distinction. Few second-term
members in all the history of the
lower house have been considered
competent for a place on this power
ful committee, a membership on which
brings to its possessor quite as much
influence as does a chairmanship of
the ordinary house committee. The
appointment was a high personal com
pliment, for Mr. Burkett made no ef
fort for the place,
Farm Land Sells for &90 an Acre.
YORK, Dec. 10. Eighty acres of
York county land, just north of the
city, and owned by F. H. Chapln, was
sold to Harris D. Hull of Marquette,
for $90 per acre.
Caught Fish Over Time.
BEATRICE, Neb., Dec. 10. Joe
Eaton was arrested near Wymore by
Officer Maxfield. Eatotn had thirty
six fish in his possession which show
ed evidence of having recently been
caught. The game laws of Nebraska
say that it is not allowable to catch
fish between now and,the 1st of April,
1902. Eaton pleaded not guilty, but
as the, possession of the fish was
proven, he was given thirty days in
the county Jail to study it over.
May Benefit Nebraska City.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Dec. 10.
The burning of the Des Moines starch
factory is a matter of considerable
significance t Nebraska City, as it
will undoubtedly render necessary the
hurried starting up of the plant here.
The Argo factory is the only other
large establishment owned by the Na
tional Starch company in the west
and will probably be called on to do
double duty, but the local plant is in
shape to handle tbe buslnejs.
SEED
FOR
AS TO CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Nebraska Board of Health Devises Strin
ent Quarantine Regulation.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 4. The mem
bers and secretaries of the State
Board of Health have submitted a
set of stringent quarantine regulations
which are' recommended for adoption
by every county in the state. They
provide for the quarantine of small
pox, scarlet fever and diphtheria
cases upon strict sanitary lines. The
board advises the county commission
ers in each county to organize a lo
cal board of health and they are ur
ged to follow as closely as possiDle the
rules submitted to them, which are as
follows:
Whenever within the limits of this
county and without the corporate lim
its of any city or village a person is
suspected of having smallpox, scarlet
fever, diphtheria of other contagious
disease, he shall be immediately iso
lated within his own household as
carefully as possible, and as soon as
a . contagious disease is recognized it
will be the duty of the attending phy
sician and of the householder to give
written notice of the same to the
clerk of the county, giving the name
of the disease and of the family where
it exists, with the number exposed
and all other particulars that may be
of any value.
The premises where above conta
gious diseases exist shall be duly
quarantined by the board through its
proper officers, or an appointee, (a)
by placing upon the house or some
conspicuous point upon the premises
a placard giving the name of the dis
ease in letters not less" than three
inches in height; (b) by a verbal or
written notice to the householder to
remain on the premises and in no
way mingle with other people, or al
low others, except physicians, to ap
proach nearer than thirty feet of any
house or person thus quarantined.
This rule to apply also in cases of
exposure.
Such quarantine shall continue un
til, in the opinion of the medical ad
viser of the board, the last case of the
disease likely to occur therein has com
pletely recovered and is ready ror dis
infection. Provided, however.- that in
cases of extreme necessity one free
from disease may be released earlier
after thorough disinfection of person
and clothing, and with a certificate
from the above named medical ad
viser.
The necessaries of life, as often as
occasion demands, may be carried
within thirty feet of the quarantined
house by a neighbor or other duly
appointed messenger, but no nearer,
nor shall any effects whatever be
brought away from the household un
til thoroughly disinfected.
In case of death from contagious
disease there shall be no public fun
eral; the body of the deceased shall
be closely wrapped In sheets well sat
urated with disinfectants and closed
in a tight casket, this to be again
wrapped in a disinfected cloth, and
in such cases the corpse shall not
be carried to or near any body of
people while on its way to the ceme
tery. When in any school district or com
munity several families say 'five to
eight are infected with contagious
diseases, or very many exposures have
occurred, the board should prohibit
all gatherings of people in that com
munity, including sessions of schools,
until in their opinion the emergency
is past.
All physicians should use due pre
cautions in their visits to quarantined
households to avoid the danger of
contagion to the well.
When, in the opinion of the medical
adviser of the board, quarantine can
safely be raised, it shall be done with
fumigation with a 40 per cent solu
tion of formaldehyde, using at least
five ounces to each 1,000 cubic feet
of air space, solution to be applied
by an approved evaporator or by the
sheet method, the rooms to be sealed
for at least six hours, all persons to
receive a disinfecting bath and their
clothing to be fumigated and the
house thoroughly cleaned. This Is to
be done in accordance with the sug
gestions of the State Board of Health
to physicians.
When in the opinion of the board a
hospital is needed to which individ
ual cases of contagious diseases may
be removed, or when such method
will accommodate those without homes
at much less public expense, or for
any other reason it is deemed best.
a building suited to their needs shall
be provided.
- Whoever In any way willfully or
negligently disobeys fjhese rules of
quarantine and disinfection shall by
such disobedience render himself sub
ject to prosecution and a fine of $25
for each and every offense and shall
meanwhile, if Infected and subject to
quarantine, be held ' at the quaran
tined house or hospital until the time
for disinfection.
Alleged Hone Thieves.
OSCEOLA, Neb., Dec. Sheriff
Nuquist returned from St. Paul, where
he secured two horse thieves wanted
In this county for stealing a horse,
November 29, from Charles II. Olsen,
twelve miles southeast of Stromsburg.
They waived examination. .
' Robbed of Hundred Dollars.
HASTINGS, Neb.r Dec. 7. John C.
Rose of Rosemont was slugged and
robbed of $100. He has chargeof the
McCamel elevator at Rosemont, and
had just returned here when a stran
ger called at his home and asked
him to go to the elevator and weigh
some wheat which he had just
brought in. Mr. Rose followed the
stranger 100 yards, when the robber
slugged him and took from his per
son $100.'
WHY TI1EJM GOES ON
General. Chaffee Eeports Causes of Gnaril
la Uprisings in Philippines.
REBELS TREACHEROUS IN EXTREME
Take Advantage of Humanity Displayed
by Host American Soldiers Intimida
tion that Discourages Haste In Sup
planting felilitary With Civil Rule.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. The War
department today made public the
first annual report of Major General
Chaffee, military governor of the Phil
ippines. General Chaffee sums up the
situation in the islands from a mili
tary point of view by stating that
the provinces of . Batangas and La
Guna, in Luzon, and the islands of
Samar, Mindoro, Cebu and Bohol con
stitute the area now disturbed by any
embodied force of insurgents. He
says that to the physical character of
the country, to the nature of the war
fare of the rebejs, who are amigos
and foe in the self-same hour, to the
humanity of the troops, which is tak
en advantage of by the rebels and- the
inhabitants who sympathize with
them, and to the fear of assassination
on the part of the friendly disposed
if they give Information to the
American forces, is due the promulga
tion of the guerrilla warfare.
Commenting upon the plan of grad
ually replacing military with civil ad
ministration, General Chaffee says:
"The withdrawal of interference
with civil affairs does not contemplate
withdrawal of the troops from their
stations to any considerable extent.
On the contrary, this should not be
done hastily and when undertaken
should be gradual and more in the
nature of concentration than reduc
tion of force or abandonment of any
considerable area of territory."
He therefore recommends that there
be no material reduction of troops be
fore January, 1903. The civil govern
ments which are being organized
provincial and municipal General
Chaffee says, are both new and untried
and there is but one certain and reli
able method of ascertaining the
progress of the Filipinos in self-government,
namely, its observation by
the army.
"In the government of Manila for
threee years. If the military influences
have done nothing more, it is every
where apparent that an excellent
foundation has been laid and a tur
bulent and hostile community brought
to observe the laws and Individually
be orderly. This has been done with
out undue harshness or great severity
of treatment of the inhabitants."
In anticipation of a partial concen
tration of the troops in the Islands
next year General Chaffee Jsubmits
estimates of cost for the construction
of quarters and barracks. He recom
mends that a permanent post be con
structed at once In the vicinity of
Manila for a garrison of two squad
rons of cavalry, two batteries of ar
tillery and two full regiments of in
fantry, together with a hospital and
store house, the whole to be under
the command of a brigadier general.
He gives $500,000 as a rough esti
mate of cost for this project, and says
that $200,000 should be available im
mediately, in order to take full advan
tage of the dry season. For the con
struction of permanent quarters at
other places which may be determined
upon he estimates that $2,000,000 is
required.
General Chaffee devotes a good por
tion to the terrible disaster which be
fell Company C. Ninth infantry, at
Balangiga, Samar, and which, he says,
was "largely due to overconfidence in
the assumed pacified conditions and
in a people who to a great extent as
yet are strangers to and unapprecia
tive of our humane and personal lib
erty beliefs and actions."
M'KINLEY NATIONAL PARK
Bill Providing a Reservation Tract in
Ap-ilttchiau Mount.lns.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Represent
ative Brownlow introduced in the
house a bill of the last congress for
the creation of a park in the south
ern Apalachian mountains. The bill
provides that the park shall be called
the McKinley National park and shall
contain 4,000,000 acres.
"President McKinley when alive was
an ardent advocate of this park," said
Mr. Brownlow, discussing the bill.
"The south loves and reveres his
memory because he did more than any
other man to unite thi3 cause. That
is why they want me to . introduce
this bill, creating the McKinley Na
tional park, in grateful remembrance
of the man."
Gunboat Tlcksburg Reports.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. The navy
department received a delayed cable
gram, dated November 25, stating that
the gunboat VIcksburg went Into dock
for the winter at Neuchwang. China.
This information relieved the naval
officials of quite a little anxiety felt
in regard to the welfare of this ves
sel. It Is explained that the cable
facilities near Neuchwang are very
poor and accounted for absence of in
formation. Soldiers Stay Drink Cider.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. General
Brooke, commanding the Department
of the East, has decided that a soldier
should not be punished for alleged in
toxication due to the drinking of cider
containing intoxicating ingredients
obtained at the post exchange. Pri-
vate John W. Donovan, Sixteenth com.
pany, coast artillery, who bought th
cider at the post exchange, was con
victed by court-martial at Fort Mo
Pherson, Ga., of drunkenness.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotations From South Omaha
and Kansas City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
CATTLE The supply of cattle was a
trifle more liberal than it was a week
ago. The bulk of the receipts continue to
be made up of cow-stuff, as compara
tively few corn-fed steers were ofTered.
Anything desirable in the wty of corn
fed steers sold without much trouble at
Just about Inst week's prices?, but thera
were no finished cattle on sale.
The cow market was active and the bet
ter grades" could be quoted steady to
strong. Packers seemed to want all that
was ofTered and as a result salesmen had
no trouble to get very satisfactory prices.
Bulls, calves and stags were also in
good demand, but there was no particu
lar change noticeable in the prices paii'.
Offerings of stockers and feeders were
rather light, so that good to choice
heavyweight cattle or prime yearlings
sold freely at strong prices. There was
no change, however. In either tne demand
ror or the prices paid for cattle cf com
mon quality. Range cattle were scarce
in the yards, but the few that did arrlv
sold without much change from the
prices paid last week. As a general thing
they fluctuated about the same as is
noted above for natives.
HOGS Hog market was 5&10c higher.
On the start the advance was not to
exceed a nickel, but the market soon
firmed up and trading became active.
Choice heavyweight hogs sold largely
from $6.13 to $0.23. Good mixed hogs
brought from $5.10 to $6.15, while butcher
weights sold largely from $6.00 to $6.10.
On the first half of the market the light
weights also sold freely and advanced
iabout as much as the heavyweights.
They sold all the way from $5.00 down.
SHEEP There were only a few cars
of fat sheep and lambs on sale and the
market could be quoted just about steady
on anything at all desirable. Packers
took hold in good shape, and It was not
long before anything in their line had
changed hands. Wethers and yearlings
sold as high as $3.75, and some lambs of
fair quality sold up to $4.G3. There were
a few feeders included in the receipts
today, and the market was rather dull,
as few buyers arrived.
KANSAS CITY.
CATTLE Beef cattle, steady; others
strong; choice export and dressed beef
steers, $3,9076.70; fair to good. $4.73'53.50;
stockers and feeders. $3.00'&4.30; western
fed stteers, $3.00'&6.23; western range
steers. $3.501i4.80; Texas and Indian steers,
$3.(H&4.73: Texas cows, $2,0013.75; native
cows, $2.734.23; heifers, $3.25fj5.S0; can
mixed packers. $0,2016.50; light, $5.50-g6.35:
pigs. $4.60-&5.50.
HOGS Market 5Tj20e higher; top. $6.00;
bulk of sales, $5.85'i6.50; heavy, $6.506.60;
mixed packers, $6.2OTi6.50; light, $5.3GVy5.35;
pigs, $4.60iA3.30.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Market strong;
native lambs, $4.25fa4.75; western lambs,
$4.00i4.50; native wethers, $3.505.00; west
ern wethers, $3.253.50; western yearlings,
$3.834.23; ewes, $2.75!3.40; culls and feed
ers, $2.001i3.23.
ROCK ISLAND WANTS A BRIDGE
Will Ask Congress' Permission to Build
at St. Joseph.
ST. JOSEPH, Dec. 12. Senator
Cockrell has introduced in the senate
a bill authorizing the construction ot
another bridge across the Missouri
river at St. Joseph. The structure is
to be erected by the Chicago, Rock Is
land & Pacific railroad. Officials of
the road have been in Washington
several days conferring with the Mis
souri senators in regard to the mat
ter and with Congressman Cochran,
who has had tbe matter under hi3
immediate charge. It is estimated
that the bridge will cost in the neigh
borhood of $1,000,000. The inade
quacy of present bridge facilities is
given as the cause for the building of
a new structure. The Rock Island
now crosses the river over the St. Jo
seph & Grand Island bridge and the
completion of the new structure will
give the Rock Island Its own tracks
from Chicago through to El Paso.
WILL PIRSIE THE GROUT BILL
John YV. Springer Suys If Passed It Will
Be Vieorously Fought.
CHICAGO, Dec. 12. Hon John W.
Springer, president of the National
Live Stock association, returned from
Washington, where on Monday he had
an interview with President Roose
velt upon matters now before congress
and in which the stockmen of the
country are interested. Mr. Springer
expressed himself as fully satisfied
that the stock and irrigation interests
will receive just consideration. Speak
ing of the Grout bill introduced in
congress last week, Mr. Springer ex
pressed himself strongly against the
measure and said:
"The dairy Interests have brought
all their influence to bear to secure
an immediate passage of this bill and
I will not be surprised to see the
measure a law at an early date."
Red Cross Klects Officers.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. The Red
Cross society held its annual meet
ing yesterday and unanimously re
elected Miss Clara Barton president of
the society. General John M. Wilson
was elected first vice president; Mrs.
John A. Logan, second vice president;
Lyman J. Gage, treasurer; Richard
Olnew, counsellor; and S. W. Briggs,
secretary.
McKinley Carriage Burned.
' CHICAGO, Dec. 12. The carriage in
which President McKinley rode when
he was here attending the peace jubi
lee celebration in 1S98. and which
played a conspicuous part in the Mc
Kinley memorial services, was de
stroyed In a fire early today in the
livery stables of the Leroy-Payne com
pany, 171 Michigan avenue. The fire
was the result of an explosion of the
furnace in the basement of the estab
lishment. McKinley Death Mask.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. Dr. E. L.
A. Pausch, the Buffalo sculptor,
brought to the White House yesterday
the death mask of the late President
McKinley, which was taken almost
immediately after his demise. The
mask has not yet- been shown to the
public. It is expected it will be do
nated to the government and depos
ited in the Smithsonian Institute. It
is said that it is a remarkably faith
ful likeness of the late president.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS. t
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At Lexington. Ky., while J. N- Haw
kins was on his way home from uis
store he was 6hot and his pockets ri
fled by a foot paid.
Representative Crumpacker of Indi
ana has introduced a bill for an
amendment to the apoprtionment act
so that the membership of the hou.se
shall be 372.
Attorney General Comstock said
that in his opinion North Dakota can
do nothing to prevent the consolida
tion of the Northern Pacific. Burling
ton and Great Northern.
Rev. Dr. Thomas Kennedy, rector
of the American college In Rome, has
just purchased a building near the
Pilotta palace, where the American
college will be installed.
James Argyl Smith of the supreme
court of Mississippi, formerly super
intendent of public education, and a
brigadier general in the ' confederate
army, died of pneumonia.
Admiral Dewey denies the state
ments that the Schley court of inquiry
has reached a decision in the case
and that Admiral Schley has been
found guilty on five counts.
A monument to the memory of Rob
ert Fulton, erected in Trinity church
yard, New York City, by the Ameri
can society of mechanical engineers
In session there, was unveiled.
Fire in the storage compartment
of Foster & Gassels cotton warehouse
at Shreveport, La., destroyed the com
partment and 1,500 bales of cotton.
The loss is estimated at $60,000.
The Texas Masonic grand lodge in
vites the members of the Mexican
grand lodge to participate in its de
liberations, thus giving Mexicans rec
ognition in the United States.
A dispatch from Rio Janeiro, Brazil,
says: "Maria Louisa, a negress, 160
years old, is dead. She was the last
representative of the slaves who were
Imported directly from Africa."
The Rome Fanulla says the pope
will not send a delegation to attend
tne coronation ceremonies of King
Edward VII. as his holiness was not
notified of the king's accession to the
throne.
At a luncheon given by the Press
club of Manila to Acting Civil Gov
ernor Wright, General Chaffee and L.
R. Wilfiey, attorney general to the
Philippines, the guests made short ad
dresses. At Racine, Wis., it was announced
that a valuable package of papers,
shipped from Mason City, la., to the
J. I. Case Plow Manufacturing com
pany, had been lost from an American
Express wagon.
It has become quite a fad to send
miniature Christmas trees as gijlj.
They are miniature pines or hem
locks, tbe smaller the better, hand
somely trimmed, and they are sent to
old as well as young. - .
Charles D. Ford, chairman of the
republican state central committee, an
nounced that he had placed his resig
nation in the hands of the secretary
of the committee to be acted upon
at the next meeting of the committee.
Major Henry Fulton, a member of
the faculty of the University of Col
orado, is dead of heart disease. He " -
was 55 years of age and was a native
of Greece, N. Y. He served with dis
tinction in the civil war, enlisting at
the age of 15 years, and spent one
year in Libby prison.
It is said at Vienna that the man
named Halju, who was arrested at So
fia December 7 and alleged to be the
assassin of ex-Premier Stambuloff, had f ...
a hand in the kidnaping of Miss El-
len M. Stone, the American mission- "
ary.
The Cramp Shipbuilding company
has notified the porte that it is ready , !
to commence building a cruiser for the
Turkish government and has asked
the government to send officers to su- i
pervise the vessel's construction.
London papers announce that when
the duchess of Marlborough, formerly
Miss Consuela Vanderbilt. visits the
United States with her children this
winter, she will spend Christmas with
her father, William K. Vanderbilt, at
his country home. Idle Hour, and re
turn to Great Britain in February.
Between 40,000 and 50,000 women
pass annually through the prisons of
England and Wales.
General Wood, military governor of
Cuba, left Washington for New Yxvf.
where he will take the first steamer
sailing for Havana.
The death rate among negroes In
our large cities Is nearly double that
of the whites.
A French engineer named M. Souza,
of Vitry-sur-Sefline, Is reported to have
made successful experiments with a
motor-car plough.
Senator Depew, who is to sail for
Europe soon, gave a farewell dinner to
his New York friends.
Lieutenant Hazzard of the First cav
alry, who assisted in the capture of
Aguinaldo. arrived in San Francisco f &
on the Sheridan from Manila.
According to the London correspond- ,
ent of the New York Herald, the Lan-
cet publishes a long article by Dr.
James Biaithwaite advancing the the
ory that excess of salt in one's diet is
one of four factors which originate .!
cancer. ' .?
The American Brotherhood of
Painters, Decorators and Paper Hang-
ers, in session at Detroit, elected th
following officers: President, J. C-
Balhorn, Detroit; general secretary
and treasurer, W. P. Carrick, Pitts
burg, Pa.
Congressman Shallenberger has in
troduced a bill for a public building
at Hastings to cost $123,000. .
King Alexander has banished from
o hi uncle. Colonel Constant!- 7 -
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novich, who is considered the heir prei
sumptive to the thro N
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