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THE PLATTSMOUIH JOURNAL
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
TLA TTS MOUTH,
NEBRASKA.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
One fireman was killed and four
seriously injured, and $15,000 of prop
erty was damaged as a result of a
fire at Cleveland.
Senator Gamble of South Dakota
Introduced a bill appropriating $100,
000 for the erection of a public build
ing at Yankton, S. IX
Chariot Henry Hutler, an attorney
of New York city, wan appointed re
porter of the decisions of the supreme
court of the United States.
Ten persons were burned to death
and others dangerously injured at
Boehum, Prussia, as the result of a
fire which broke out In a bakery.
The grand Jury has returned an in
dictment against former Police Cap
tain Daniel C. Moynaham, of New
York, charging him with bribery.
The senate has conferred the nom
ination of Hon. Oliver Wendell Holmes
to be an associate justice of the su
preme court of the United States.
William If. McNutt, who is accused
of having obtained $13,000 on false
pretenses from a lawyer in Chicago,
surrendered himself to the police at
New York.
Senator Hale has introduced a bill
fixing tt-i age for admission to the
naval academy between the age of 17
and 20 years. The present limit is 13
and 21 years.
Charles II. Dow. founder of the Wall
street news gathering firm of Dow,
Jones & Co., died at his home in
Brooklyn. lie was born in Connec
ticut in 1851.
The British steamer Silverton which
is to lay the cable between San Fran
cisco and Honolulu, arrived at San
Francisco from London after a voy
age of eighty days.
The house committee on appropri
ations has agreed upon the pension
appropriation bill. It appropriates
$137,847,600, which is $5,370 more than
for the current year.
Mrs. Ellen Erbeson, widow of John
Harris, formely United States consul
at Venice and a distinguished confed
erate nurse, died at Folrence, Italy,
aged eighty-six years.
A committee of forty representative
citizens of Oklahoma and Indian ter
ritory will go to Washington on De
cember 6 to urge congress to admit
both as a single state.
Prof. W. F. Williams of the Montana
agriculture college, has resigned and
eccepted a position as assistant pro
fesor of electrical engineering in the
university of Illinois at Urbana.
Frank MummenhoCf, for many
years one of the largest commission
merchants in Indianapolis, committed
suicide at his home. Financial re
verses are supposed to be the cause.
John P. Reese, former president of
district No. 32. of the mineworkers,
has sent an open letter declaring him
self not to be a candidate for vice
president of the United Mineworkers
of America.
Charles B. Barton, a well-known
newspaper man, is dead at San Ber
nardino, Cal.. of consumption. In
structions regarding the disposition of
the remains are being awaited from
his family In Indiana.
Circulars were sent to the whole
sale customers of the Western Sugar
Refining company advising them that
until further notice all grades of re
fined sugar would be advanced 40
cents per 100 pounds.
The French chamber of deputies rat
ified an additional monetary conven
tion between France, Italy, Belgium
and Switzerland, authorizing each
country to issue additional silver
coins to the value of $2,500,000.
Senator Quarles of Wisconsin has
introduced for repeal of the desert
land law bill and the law authorizing
the entry to timber and stone lands
under the placer mining laws and als
a provision for the homestead law per
mitting the commutation of homo
stead entries.
A joint resolution providing for a
commission, to Investigate the pension
laws was introduced in the senate by
Mr. Scott of West Virginia. The res
olution provides that the commission
shall consist of two senators and
three members of the house. It is
given authority to make inquiry into
the advisability of a provision for
pensions to all persons who served in
the civil war for ninety days or more.
The announcement is made that the
merger of the lead manufacturing con
cerns of the United States i3 practic
ally completed.
Iowa Implement dealers adopted res
olutions opposing the International
Harvester company, a so-called trust.
W. W. Douglas, deputy state comp
troller of California, has started upon
a trip to Washington, D. C, where he
will Institute proceedings looking to
the collection of $4,420,891 due the
state of California by the government
for rebellion war claims.
The Western Sugar Refining com
pany, sent out circulars to all the
wholesale grocery houses In Califor
nia. Oregon, Nevada and Washington,
notifying them that until further no
tice the prices of all grades of re
fined sugar advances 40c per 100 lbs.
At Pocatello, Idaho, three masked
entered the Eagle club rooms
and rovhed the bouse of about $1,00.
Thirty-five mx. were In the room at
the time. Two robbers lined np the
players while a third gathered in the
jaocey. .
CASTRO ARRESTS
AMERICA MUST TAKE PART IN
THE TROUBLE.
OUR COUNTRY IS NOW INVOLVED
Arrest of British and Germans All
8ubject of Edward and William in
Custody Uncle 8am Pledges Pro
tection. IONDOX. A dispatch from Caracas,
Venezuela, dated December 9, says:
The combined British and German fleet
today (Tuesday) seized the Venezuelan
fleet, composed of four warships, in the
harbor of La Guayra,
It Is reported that a final ultimatum
will be delivered tomorrow (Wednes
day) asking for an answer and a com
pliance with the demand of the British
and German ministers.
CARACAS, Venezuela. All German
and British subjects were arrested on
Tuesday.
WASHINGTON. The arrests of Ger
man and British subjects at Caracas
will, it is believed, Involve this gov
ernment in the trouble, as the United
States minister has been asked to take
charge of the interests of the two coun
tries in Venezuela. The probability is
that Mr. Bowen has already taken steps
toward that end.
Considerable surprise is expressed
cre over the arrests, as the result will
be to add to the serious complications
already existing. It was thought when
Mr. Bowen first notified the department
that he had been asked to act for Great
Britain and Germany that it would not
be the end of Minister Bowen's activ
ities, for from the ten of some of the
communications he had made to the de
partment it was inferred that if he
saw an opportunity to use his good of
fices as a mediator between President
Castro and the British and German
representatives he would promptly
avail himself of the opportunity.
The State department would not en
courage him In this attitude, prefer
ring to avoid all complications.
An official, not long returned from
Venezuela, states that to the best of
his judgment the sum of $5,000,000 will
probably cover the claims upon which
the ultimatum issued yesterday was
based. The principal claim is that of
the German railroad, built at a cost of
$10,000,000, and upon which Venezuela
defaulted for several years the Interest
the government guaranteed.
The English claim als6 covers a num
ber of items growing out of the gov
ernment's appropriation of British rail
roads. CUBAN TREATY IS READY.
President Palma Will Sign Document
at Havana Next Wednesday.
HAVANA After a conference with
Secretaries Zaldo and Montes Friday
night President Palma said:
"My commissioners, Senores Zaldo
and Montes, will sign the reciprocity
agreement with General Bliss Tues
day or Wednesday next. It will be
then sent to Washington, where the
treaty will be signed by Secretary
Hay and Minister Quesada.
"After confirmation by the United
States senate I will send the treaty
tt the Cuban senate for approval. I
shall not send it to the house of rep
resentatives because that house has,
with the approval of the senate, the
right, according to the constitution,
to make a treaty which does not affect
the tariff.
"This agreement provides for cer
tain reductions in the dutie3 on im
ports from the United States, but the
tariff on those articles is not changed.
After the approval of the treaty I in
tend to send a message to the senate
and the house asking for a revision
of the tariff in order to keep up the
revenues which will be necessarily
lessened by the treaty."
Says Swift Buys Railways.
KANSAS CITY. cunrze H. Ross of
Chicago, for several years traffic man
ager of the Indiana, Illinois & Iowa
railway, has succeeded Theodore C.
Bates of Boston as president of the
Union Depot, Bridge & Terminal Rail
way company. Mr. Bates says he re
signed so that the company's interests
might be in the hands of a practical
railroad man. A dispatch from Bos
ton however, positively asserts that
Mr. Bates sold his interests, and the
Winner bridge piers in the Missouri
river, and the valuable river land and
terminals owned by it, have been pur
chased by Swift & Company, who con
template building an independent
stock yards and a new plant.
Pioneer Newsboy is Dead.
NEW YORK Henry L. Gatchitt,
who as a lad was the first newsboy in
New York to cry his papers aloud,
has just died at his home in Brooklyn,
a rich man. He was born on the
east side and sold newspapers in the
streets when the site of Cooper Union
was a cornfield. Acting on an Inspira
tion one day, he took up his stand in
Park Row and began calling out the
names of his papers and an inkling
of their contents to passersby. The
present "extra" yell of the newsboys
dates from that time. '
Confirmed by the Senate.
WASHINGTON Confirmations
by
the senate: '
Postmasters Iowa: C. I Roberts,
Grinnell; J. F. Mentzer, Knoxville; W.
B. Means, Boone; L. E. Cox, Belle
Plain; C. E, Hammond, Dows; E. P.
Delander, Madrid; J. McKay, sr., Des
Moines; -N. A. Dill, Columbus Junc
tion; T. IL Earnest, Cherryvale; J.
A. Eaton, Erie.
RE8TRAIN TRUSTS.
House Committee Supports Publicity
Proposal.
WASHINGTON. The subcommittee
of the house judiciary committee, to
which was referred anti-trust bills, on
Friday reported favorably to the full'
committee on Mr. Littlefleld's bill pro
viding for giving publicity to the af
fairs of commercial combinations.
The acting chairman of the judiciary
committee appointed a subcommittee
consisting of Representative kittle
field (Me.), Overstreet (Ind.). Powers
(Mass.), Da Armond (Mo.), : nd Clay
ton (Ala.), to which all anti-tuist bills,
Including the publicity bill, have been
referred. A meteing of the committee
is called for tomorrow.
The publicity bill, as amended, pro
vides that every corporation, joint
stock company or similar organization
engaged in interstate or foreign com
merce, and every such corporation
which shall hereafter be organized,
shall file with the interstate commerce
commission on or before September
1, each year, a return stating its name,
date of organization, where and when
organized, the statutes under which
organized, and, if consolidated, the
name of the constituent companies
and the same information concerning
them.
If the concerns have been reorgan
ized Uie original corporation is to be
stated, with information concerning it.
The following particulars must also
be given:
(1) Amount of authorized capital
stock, shares into. which divided, their
par value, whether common or pre
ferred and distinction between each.
(2) Amount issued and outstanding,
amount paid in, how much, if any, in
property, and if paid in property a de
scription and cash value of the prop
erty at the time it was received.
(3) Indebtedness, its nature and
for what purpose incurred.
(4) A statement of the assets at
their present cash market value, giv
ing the elements upon which the mar
ket value is based.
(5) The total earnings and income,
operating expenses, interest, taxes,
permanent improvements, net earn
ings, dividends declared, with rate and
date, during the period preceding the
first preceding July, salaries of officials
and wages of employes.
It is further provided that the treas
urer or other officer of concerns af
fected shall answer on oath all inquir
ies that may be made in writing, under
the direction of the interstate com
merce commission, relative to its
financial condition and its capital
stock. Such answer is not to be used
as evidence against the person making
it, except in prosecutions under the
proposed act.
A tax of 1 per cent per annum is Im
posed on so much of the capital stock
outstanding which is not fully paid in
cash or property at its full cash mar
ket value, and provision is made for
collecting the tax.
Any concern failing to make the re
turn as required, and any concern fail
ing to pay the tax imposed, is to be
restrained, on the suit of the United
States, from engaging ia interstate or
foreign commerce.
JUSTICE SHIRAS MAY RETIRE.
Governor Taft of the Philippines May
Be His Successor.
WASHINGTON The prospective
retirement of Justice Shiras from the
supreme court, which was announced
by his son some time ago as likely to
take place at no very distant day, it
is believed here may result in the pro
motion to the supreme bench of Wil
liam H. Taft, the chairman of the Phil
ippine commission. Governor Taft's
elevation to the court would be the ful
fillment of the general understanding
at the time he resigned from the fed
eral court bench in Ohio and took up
his present duties at the request of,
President McKinley. It also will be'
in the nature of a reward for his long
and arduous work at the head of the
Philippine commission.
Should Governor Taft retire, the ex-
pectation is that his successor as
chairman of the commission will be'
General Luke S. Wright of Tennessee,'
now vice chairman of the commission.
Hon. W. W. Rockhill, now the head of
the bureau of American republics and
who represented the United States in
China, is mentioned as a probable suc
cessor to Governor Wright.
Indicted for Selling Votes.
SHOLES, Ind. After a session last
ing a week the grand jury has return
ed 104 indictments. All the men nam-'
ed are charged with selling their vote?
at the last election.
Adopt Resolution of Regret.
CHICAGO The Hamilton club, of
which organization Thomas B. Reed,
was an honorary member, held a spe
cial meeting Tuesday and adopted res
olutions of regret on the death of
the ex-speaker. Preceding the adopJ
tion of the resolutions prominent mem
bers of the club paid tributes to Mrj
Reed. The principal speakers were'
United States Judges W. H. Seaman'
and C. C. Kohlsaat, Hon. O. N. Carter
and Alexander R. Revell.
Firemen Caught Beneath Walls.
TOLEDO, O. Fireman Thomas
Smith was killed and four other fire
men were Injured Tuesday by being
buried beneath falling walls during
the progress of a fire which caused
a damage of $35,000 to the furniture
factory of Kelper Bros. The injured
firemen are: Ora Hines, internally in
jured; Richard Manley, leg and ribs
broken; Roy Kinney, bruised about the
body, and David Mauley, back injured. J
STATEHOOD BILL
IT WILL BE TAKEN UP IN THE
SENATE WEDNESDAY.
THE QUESTION OF ADMISSION
Committee Report Will Be Adverse to
New Mexico and Arizona Senate
Will Probably Adjourn Thureday for
Several Cays.
WASHINGTON, D. C In accord
ance with the unanimous agreement
of the last session, the senate will
take up the statehood bill Wednes
day, and it is expected to remain the
unfinished business for some time. The
bill undoubtedly will provoke consid
erable debate and it is generally be
lieved that it will continue to receive
attention until the adjournment for
the Christmas holidays at least.
Senator Beveridge, as chairman of
the committee on territories, will call
the bill up Wednesday, and probably
will make a speech in support of the
report in favor of the substitute bill
presented by the committee. Other
members of the comittee who agree
with him will follow. All of them
will give careful attention to the testi
mony taken by the sub-committee
which recently visited the territories.
The committee's written report has
not yet been submitted to the sen
ate and this, too, will probably be
put in on Wednesday. The report
will analyze the testimony, dealing
with the questions of soil, mines,
agricultural possibilities, educational
facilities and general fitness of the
population of the various territories
for- statehood. It is generally under
stood that a strong position will be
taken in opposition to the claims of
New Mexico and Arizona, considera
ble stress being laid on the fact that
a large percentage of the people of
these territories do not use the Eng
lish language and that interpreters
are necessary in the conduct of the
business of the many courts. Atten
tion will be given to the previous
question of statehood of those terri
tories, many of which are seriously
criticised by the present committee,
on the ground that they fail entirely
to represent the real conditions. The
report giving the views of the com
mittee will be accompanied by a
transcript of the testimony taken by
the committee, which will be printed
for the information of the senate and
the country.
It is expected that the immigration
bill will continue to receive desultory
attention on Monday and Tuesday,
but the proceedings with reference to
this bill will consist largely in the
reading of the bill and the consider
ation of -amendments.
There will be more or less of exec
utive business during the week, and
in all probability another adjourn
ment from Thursday until the follow
ing Monday.
TRUST BILLS CONSIDERED.
Discussion of Measure Entailing Pub
licity on Combines.
WASHINGTON The subcommittee
of the house judiciary committee,
consisting of Representatives Little
field (Me.), Thomas (la.) and Clayton
(Ala.), to which was referred the anti
trust bills, met on Wednesday. One
of the bills before the committee pro
poses an amendment to the Sherman
anti-trust law and another provides
for publicity.
Considerable attention was devoted
to consideration of the latter, which
requires all corporations engaged in
interstate commerce to file returns
disclosing their true financial condi
tion and their capital stock and im
poses a tax upon such as have out
standing capital stock unpaid in whole !
or in part.
While no conclusions were reach
ed, good progress was made and the
committee hopes to be able to report
before the holiday recess.
Sui't Over Harrison Estate.
INDIANAPOLIS. Mrs. Mary Scott
Harrison McKee, daughter of the late
President Benjamin Harrison, has
brought suit against Elizabeth Harri
son. Mary Lord Harrison, her guard
ian; Russell . B. Harrison, William
Schoppenhorst, the Union Trust com
pany and Martha E. Clark and Stephen
A. Clark. The complaint sets forth
that the plaintiff and Elizabeth Har
rison and Russell B. Harrison each
owns an undivided one-third interest
in the property at 20 North Pennsyl
vania avenue, occupied by William
Schoppenhorst.
Land Ready to Distribute.
ARDMORE, I. T. With the govern
ment appraisement of the lands in
the Chickasaw-Choctaw nation com
pleted, everything is practically ar
ranged for allotment of nine million
acres to the Indians. Under the law
each Indian is entitled to the value of
320 acres of average allotable land,
the value of each allotment being Jl,
000. Division will commence within
sixty days.
Fife in Mine Still Burns.
MARQUETTE, Mich. The under
ground workings of the Oliver Iron
Mining company's section 16 mine, at
Ishpeming, were still burning -Tuesday
night, though the fire is not as
fierce as it was the day before. It
Is still Impossible to enter, the mine.
All the shafts, and openings are seal
ed with timber and clay, but owing
to the crevices It is impossible as yet
to block tie smoke, and gases still
ccrtlrza to- ooze forth.
REED PA3SE3 AWAY.
Former Speaker Succumbs at Arling
ton Hotel, Washington.
WASHINGTON Thomas Bracken
Reed former speaker of the hous. '
representatives, died here at ,n2:10
Saturday night In his apartmehts in
the Arlington hotel. The Imiiiediato
cause of death was uraemia.
A change for the worse wab noted
in Mr. Reed's condition early) ia the
morning. At 9:30 he was wa given
a subcutaneous saline transfixion in
order to stimulate his kidneys, which
were failing to perform tleir proper
function.
At 5 in the afternoon :saline solu
tion was again administered, about
three-quarters of a pint o fluid being
used. i
The heart became weaker and weak-
er, out me pauem reunify
1 . . .m it 4. 2 -A nsi t T O I A 1 1
ness until 11 o'clock at night, when
a complete coma supervened.
At the bedside were Mrs. Reed an
Miss Catherine Reed. . Urs. Gardner
MacIonald, Bishop andGoodnow, an
the nurses. ,
Dr. Goodnow, who hud been in coo
sulfation witti the local physicians on
Thursday, was again summoned front
Philadelphia.
It is stated that Mr. Reed had been
suffering from Bright's disease for
some time, which reached the acute
stage Saturday, and this furnished an
additional cause for alarm. Mr. Reed
passed away peacefully and withou
pain.
The remains of Thomas Urackett
Reed left here Sunday afternoon for
Portland, Me., where the interment
will take place on Tuesday afternoon
The casket was placed on a special
train, leaving Washington at 4:50 and
running as the second section of the
r ederal express, scheduled to arrive
at Portland Monday.
Accompanying the body were Mrs
Reed, Miss Catherine Reed, Amos L.
Allen, Mr. Reed's successor in the
house; Asher C. Hinds, Mr. Reed's
parliamentary clerk while speaker,
and Augustus G. Payne of New York
a lifelong friend. At Mrs. Reed s re
quest there were no ceremonies of any
kind and at Portland they will be of
the simplest character.
Reed Chronology.
1839 October 18, Thomas Brackett
Reed, born in Portland, Me.
lSttO Graduated from Bowdoin col
lege.
1864 Joined the United States navy
as acting assistant paymaster.
1S68-69 Member of the Maine leg
islature, lower house.
1870 Member of the Maine senate.
1870-72 Attorney general state of
Maine.
1874-77 Solicitor city of Portland.
1877-99 Representative in con
gress.
1889-91 Speaker of the house.
1895- 99 Again speaker of the house.
1896 Prominently mentioned for
president.
1899 Retires from congress.
RIGIDLY GUARD CATTLE.
Canada Modifies Restriction, but New
, York Redoubles Efforts.
ALBANY, N. Y. The state agricul
tural department is making desperate
efforts to keep the foot and mouth
disease out of this state. Every rail
road, highway and ferry leading into
the state is guarded by officers of the
department, which is closely co-oper
ating with the United States author!
ties.
LONDON The Official Gazette on
Monday announced that special orders
had been issued permitting the Cu
nard liner Sylvania, from Boston, and
the Leyland liner California, from
Portland, Me., to land live stock under
certain restrictions.
OTTAWA, Ont. It was decided by
the cabinet on Monday to permit the
shipment of skins and hides through
New England in bond.
An order in council was passed pro
hibiting wool grown in the New Eng
land states from being Imported into
Canada during the existence of the
foot and mouth disease.
Honduras Faces Resolution.
PANAMA A revolutionary move
ment is threatened in Honduras. Gen
eral Sierra has been induced to refuse
to turn over the presidential power
to Senor Monilla, who was elected
president in October. It is believed
that the Honduras congress will try to
declare the last elections illegal, and
Senor Bonilla's numerous partisans
threaten to protect their leader's
rights by. force. Juan Angelarias, the
defeated candidate, has been appoint
ed minister of state.
SEEK TO SAVE PUBLIC LANDS.
Bills to Repeal All Laws
Homestead Law.
Except
WASHINGTON Senator Quarles
(Wis.) on Wednesday introduced a
bill to repeal the desert land law and
the law authorizing the entry to tim
ber and stone lands under the placer
mining laws, and also a provision for
the homestead law permitting the
commutation of homestead entries.
The intention of the bill is to pre
serve the public lands for actual set
tlers and to that end he desired to'
have all laws for the opening of pul
lie- lands, except the homestead law,
repealed.
Mr. Powers (Mass.) Introduced a
similar bill in the house.
WASHINGTON, Ind. Representative-elect
Alkman Carnahan of the Sec
ond Indiana district, died. Tuesday
night. He had been ill ever since the
Election.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
s
uatest Quotations from South Omaha
i and Kansas City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
CATTLE A Ron.l literal proportion of
the receipt contdxted ,f eornfed v l er.
as there wire rllit around o nim on
sale, racki-rs, tliouKh. took hold In Kr,i
shape, mil the market coul.l he o.u:t'.
stronger. The more quality tho ci.ttl,
showed the easier they were to illipo
of, nnd In a good many cane the l. tier
grade fiolj a little hlxher. The row
market was a little Mow and no more
than steady. In some cmhi-h the ml r
rnen thought they ha.I to t..!;e off ,t
lilll The weaknexM was tnt conllncd
to tho common kind, but, on tin- con
trary, the market seemed to Im a little
uneven.- so that tho Letter grades m
vell us the commoner stuff oc-cii-doii.illy
had to M-ll a hhade lower. The m i I ki t
could probably liest be riencrlhed by call
Ink' it Blow and barely uteady. ISull
held altout t-leady If of Kood quality,
but otherwl.se they were weak. Vcul
calves did not chow much luiiik-H.
There were comparative! v few blocker
and feeders on Halo, so that the muiket
rulc-d fairly active and steady to ft ton;.
Th better grades showed the xlreiith
and the common stuff wan clow and
steady. There were not enough west
ern beef steers In sight to make a mar
ket. The few cars that did arrive wer
of Inferior quality and they Hold l'i
about yesterday's notches. Kange rows
were slow, but rl?ht close r Mead v.
HOOS The market oned fully 2'v
JiiKlier than yesterday. The bulk of tl
e:irly sales went rlxht around -
with prlmo heavyweights Helling most
ly at r..2 and JG..K). Lightweights oi l
from V.22!i down. Trading wa not verv
netlve on the start, as sellers were ic-lt
lug gdo'l. strong pr!x-s and p.u k.-is
were not willing to raise their Ii.hmI-.
KllKKI Quotations for grassers:
Good to choice yearlings. $:i.rf::.s.",; fair
to good. J3. 25 3.50; good to choice weth
ers, $:l.3r3."iO; fair to good wethers. $.!
(fiT23; choice ewes. $3.00';3.2.".; fair to
good eves, $2.2.VS2.75: good to choice
lambs, $4.5Kf4.7f; fair to good lamlw
$4.0(14.50; feeder wethers, $H.7.V.i::.l.',;
feeder yearlings, $2.!Krj3.'J."; feeder lambs.
3 O0f(j4.i0; cull lambs, $l..Vft2.x: f. ed. r
ewes. $1.50fff 2.25. Oood fed stock sella
about 20c higher than choice gr.i.seis.
KANSAS CITY.
CATTLE Heavy cattle, 2.".e lower
llp-ht, i(yitVc lower; culls, steady to
strong; stockers and feeders, steady to
lower; choice export and drss-d beef
steers. J5.3.vrC.2T.; fair to good. tW.'iriHiU.Wo
stockers and feeders, $2.7.V4.ir); western
fed steers. $3. !." 5. 40; Texas and Indian
Pteers, $2.ri0ft-l.3.: Texas cows, $2.1"13.0'i;
native rows, tX.IWn 4.:;." ; native h Ifers,
J2.50-54.25: canners. $1.001 2.50; bulls, $2.1i
64.23; calves. $2.O0r.i 6.00.
HOGS Market steady; top, $'i.."); bullf
of sales. $G.l.Vfr6.30; heavy,
mixed packers. $i;.12Vllfifi.274: light. f,.or,
6.17; yorkers. $G. 15ft 6. 17; pigs, IZ.mt
C.02.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Market Wil.Vr
higher; native lambs, $4.0(Wi5.2.",: western
lambs, $3.75fi5.15; fed ewes. $3.001.3.7
native wethers. $3.1Oi4.10; western weth
ers. $3.00i3.90: stockers and feeders. $2.0vJ
S3. 25.
ADVANCE LIVE STOCK RATES.
Raise of 6y2 Cents From Missouri
River to Chicago.
CHICAGO. A proposition was sub
mitted to the western roads Friday by
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa l'i to
advance live Btpck rates from the Mis
souri river to Chicago from 12 cents
per 100 pounds to 18 cents.
All thf roads, it is reported, have
signified their willingness to accept
thi3 rate, as far as it applies to ship
ments west of Kansas City, but they
decline to make a less rate than 23 Vz
cents from Kansas City proper to Chi
cago. The Santa Fe, however, will
apply the lVz cent rates not only on
shipments from points west of Kansas
City, but from that point.
Last August, when the Chicago Great
Western made its contract with Kan
sas City packers and reduced the pack
ing house produce rate from 23,
tents to 18Vfc cents, the Atchison re
duced the live stock rate both from
Kansas City and from points west
thereof to 12 cents per 100 pounds.
The other lines did not meet the 12-
cent rate from Kansas City, but did
apply it from territory west of Kansas
City. This discrimination caused the
recent hearing before the interstate
commerce commission in this city and
which case the commission has now
under advisement.
To Establish a Gold Standard.
MEXICO CITY. It is reiterated that
a powerful New York syndicate is dis
posed to furnish rhe government with
splHcient gold to establish firmly a
gold standard here. The sum named
is $50,000,000.
Manila Free to Chinamen.
MANILA. Customs Collector Khus-
ter rules that Chinese residing in the
United States may enter the Philip
pine Islands. His decision says:
"Any Chinaman legally resident in
the mainland territory of the United
Stat.es is entitled to enter the Philip
pines, irrespective of class or occu
pation, provided he comes by a rea
sonably direct route and uses due dili
gence in coming.
Denies There Is a Shortage.
LNDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Secretary
Wilson of the United Mine Wo-kers
received from Vice President Lewis of
the national organization a long dis
tance telephone communication in
which the latter vigorously denied a
report sent out from Parkersburg, W.
Va.. to the effect that he, had discov
ered a shortage of more than $1,200 in
the accounts of one of the officers of
the mine workers In the distribution
of the relief fund.
Cars Must Be Disinfected.
ALBANY, N. Y. State Superintend
ent of Agriculture Charles A. Wleting
notified all railroads doing business in
this state that there is an outbreak
among the animals in the states ot
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu
setts, Rhode Island and Connecticut of
foot and mouth disease, and orders
thxm to cause all cars in which any
animals have been transported since
August 1 to be disinfected.
"THE PROOF OF THE PUDDINQ
LIE8 IN THE EATING."
The doctors are dumbfounded, the
drugftlsU astonished, and the poopla
wiclted and Joyful over tho wono-rful
cures and tremendous Kales of the
great Ilcmcdy, St. Jacobs OH. Every
case of Rheumatism some of many
years' standing has given way to
this powerful remedy. Thousands of
certificates like the following can be
fur. tinned as to Its value:
(J'-org Sclycr, Publisher of the
Chilton, Wis.. "Vol ks bote," usd 8U
Jacobs Oil for "almost unbearable
pnins in the back, which had com
pletely iroHtratd him." A few appli
cations cured him entirely.
Mrs. Fred Kberle, IJcllalr. O., was
for a long time severely troubled with
itheumatinm. St. Jacobs Oil instantly
relieved and entirely cured her.
Hev. Dr. II. Pick of Rochester, N. Y.
suffered so lntcnncly from Rheumatic
pains that he was unable to preach.
Several applications from a bottlo of
St. Jacobn Oil 'relieved him."
F. Radder, Cleveland. Ohio, says:
"Two applications of St. Jacobs Oil
cured me of great and long continued
pain in my foot."
Messrs. C. L. Hrundage and Ron,.
Druggists, Muskegon, Mich., write:
"St. Jacobs Oil ha. a wonderful sale.
We sold eiKht bottles at retail yester
day. This will give you Home lde
of how will it la liked in this sec
i:on." Mr. Loul3 lllnkel. of F-afct I'oeMcrW
Kill. N. Y.. Bays: "I call bt. Jacobs
Oil the best liniment I ever used. It
cured me of Itlicuinatltmi and pain in
the buck."
Herman RIttner. Manchester, N.
II.: "I have tried St. Jacobs: Oil, and
found It excellent. All thohe who have
purchased it ppcak uf it as 'simply In
comparable.' "
Geo. G. Krffle. Palestine, III.: "I
was in bed MiftVrlng from a swollen
leg, I used St. Jacobs Oil, Its effect
was wonderful. The following day I
attended to my business again."
Dr. Otto Fills. Reading, )., writes:
"The sale of St. Jacobs Oil is con
stantly Increasing; It Is praised by
everybody, and never fulls to clve en
tire satisfaction."
Half Rates.
Phis $2.00. one way r round Irlp.vl.
Wabash Railroad. Tickets on sab- first
and third Tuesdays of each month tn
many joints south mid southeast. Asldo
from this tickets lire on sale to all t)ii
winter resorts of the south at greatly
reduced rates. Th' Wabash in tho
shortest, quickest and best line for St.
Louis and all points south and south
east. Ask your n en reft ticket aRent to
route you via the Wabash.
For rates, folders and all Information
call at Wabash corner, 101 Farriam St,
Omaha, or address,
HA ItllV K. MOORKS.
Gen. Pass. Agt. Dept., Omaha, Neb.
Never look like a bargain counter
after the pick, of the remnants Is gone.
How Advertising Grows.
N. W. Ayer & Son, the "Keeping
Everlastingly at It" advertising
agents of Philadelphia, have found it
necessary to move into new and
larger quarters at 300-208 Chestnjt
Street in that city.
This announcement will interest
many publishers, because Ayer &. Son
are bo widely known as promoters of
newspaper publicity. They began
business thirty-three years ago, with
two people and an annual business of
$15,000. They now have one hundred
and ninety employes, and have for
years done the largest advertising
business in the world. The difference
between then and now is, they say,
simply tho result of making news
paper and magazine advertising pay
their customers.
Egyptian Royalty Loves American.
It is said that a brother of the khe
dive of Egypt has fallen in love with
an American heiress, who returns his
affection, and that Abbas II, the khe
dive, looks with favoring eyeB on tho
match. The brothers spent their boy
hood together at school In Vienna,
where they i mi bed freely of liberal
ideas, learning among other things
that women are intended to be some
thing more than mere caged nonenti
ties, according to the prevailing Ori
ental idea.
Ready to Die.
Not long ago Senator William P.
Frye of Maine was summoned to pre
pare a will for a man who was very
ill. It was necessary, of course, to se
cure two witnesses, and they had to
be sent for. While awaiting their ar
rival the invalid seemed to get worse.
and Senator Frye thought it his duty,
no minister being present, to talk se
riously to him. He told him that he
was very ill, and that it was likely he
would soon depart this life. "And are
you ready to meet the great change?"
Frye asked him. "I will be," was tho
reply, "as soon as those d d witness
es get here."
Premier Balfour's Musical Tastes.
Arthur James Halfour Is said to be
the first musical premier England has
had. He is an enthusiast for the art
and is catholic enough In tate to lilt
Wagner, although his idols are Han
del and Bach. He is a friend of Mme.
Wagner and has been Haireuth more
than once. He used to make long
journeys to hear the lesser known
works of Handel and in January, 1887,
the Edinburgh Review printed an arti
cle by him on that composer. He has
been a subscriber of the Richter con
certs from their commencemett.
Lava Continues Hot.
The lava streams from the eruption
of Vesuvius in 1858 were so hot twelve
years later that steam issued from
their cracks and crevices. Those that
flowed from Etna in 1787 were found
to be steaming hot Just below the crust
as late as 1840. The volcano Jorulla,
in Mexico, poured forth in 1759 lava
that 87 years later gave off columns
of steaming vapor. In 1780 It was
found that a stick thrust into the
crevices instantly Ignited, although no
discomfort was experienced in walking
on the hardened crust.
Queen Alexandra's Dainty Fad.
Queen Alexandra's especial fad has
a daintiness well in keeping with her , .
personality. It is that of having her
pocket money made perfectly clean '
and bright before she fingers it. When- ' '
ever a check is turned into hard cash
for her ase the coins are scrubfc-' v.
in a lather of spirits of wine, w(
and soap before being placed in .. f
purse, and any change that may c f
tendered her when making purchase' '
is taken charge of by. the lady-ln-walt- !
ing until it has been subjected to a
like process of purification. 21
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