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THE PIAFISMOUIII JOURNAL
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
I'LATTSMOUTII.
NEBRASKA.
? THE NEWS IN BRIEF. I
A. R. Ahrens, merchant, of Waverly,
has assigned. Assets, 9,03G; liabili
ties. $16,860.
Stephen Kinney, a farmer, was kill
ed while- moving a barn on his place
near Marble Rock.
John Shannon, a supposed pauper at
Nashua, who died the other day, turns
out to have left an estate worth over
$30,000.
At New Hampton, John Thompson,
rnvicted of statutory rape upon
woman 75 years old, was sentenced
to the penitentiary for ten years.
Mont Brown, aged 18, dropped dead
at Dun lap, probably from the bursting
of a blood vessel In his head, although
ho was subject to heart disease.
J. O. Wade has been appointed post
master at El wood, Clinton county, vice
W. S. Hill, resigned. Frank Allen has
been commissioned as postmaster at
Avery.
The janitors of several school build
ings at Sioux City had to carry, coal on
wneeibarrows for two days whever
they could get It to keep them warm
till a carload arrived.
At Mason City, Mrs. I Bonnell of
Clenvllle. Minn., has Instituted suit
against the Iowa Central for $20,000
damages for injuries received while
traveling on that road.
Rev. J. M. Robinson, D. D., of Ros
lyn, British Columbia, has accepted
the call to the pastorate of the Sec
ond Presbyterian church of Dubuque,
unanimously extended to him by the
church.
Nearly one-half of the corn in Clay
county is still in the field, and the
heavy snow storms of the past week
have caused some of the farmers to
think that much of it may remain there
until spring.
1 W. Brand, who passed the bogus
certificate of deposit for $60 on Car
penter Bros clothing store at Water
loo, was captured by the Minneapolis
police at a hotel In that city where he
was stopping.
The friends of Miss Blanche Ruby
of Cedar Rapids are much elated over
her success as a vocalist, she being
one of the first American singers to
recognized in Nantes. Miss Ruby was
a pupil of Mile. Martini.
At Ames marriage was a failure the
other day because it could not be ef
. fected, an Irate father having nipped
In the bud a scheme for elopement that
had got as far as securing a license in
the county clerk's office.
The directors of the State Fair as
sociation think that the neonle have
seen the venerable side shows and .
Streets of Cairo fakes often enough
and will exclude them from the next
state fair and thereafter.
At Boone, L. W. Reynolds made pub
lic a statement that next summer he,
with eastern men. would build an
electric road from Bonne to Webster
City and Frasier. This would make
about sixty-five miles of track.
The seventh annual meeting of the
Iowa Poultry Fanciers' association,
which was called for Waterloo, De
cember 15 to 20, has been postponed
because a suitable building c-ould not
be secured in which to make the ex
hibit Plaintiffs in libel suits against news
papers have not been prospering late
ly. Half a dozen such suits for dam
ages, ranging from $10,000 to $25,000,
have been decided adversely, and the
plaintiffs have been assessed heavily
for costs.
Probably the only transaction of the
kind ever known was the shipment the
other day of a car of hard coal from
Garvin to Chicago, the dealers in the
Iowa town having that much left over
and being able thus to dispose of it
at a big profit.
Thomas Barr, aged 85 years, and
Mrs. William Cooper, aged 82 years,
brother aad sister, died at their homes
within an hour'o each other. Mr.
Barr lived near Dunreath, Mrs. Cooper
at Resoner. The double funeral took
place at Dunreatb.
By action of the Iowa City, presby
tery. Rev. Monroe Drew, who was
found guilty of miserly conduct and
refusing his own family sufficient
bread and meat, was denied the priv
ilege of feeding his spiritual flock and
dismissed from the ministry.
Nate Haworth, formerly of Iowa
Fa!l3, has been sentenced to be shot,
the execution to take place on Janu
ary 16, and to follow conviction for
murder, the crime alleged to have been
committed several years ago In Utah.
The case has been on trial In the
courts of that state for several years.
Dennis Downey, supposed for a quar
ter of a century to be a pauper, died at
Keokuk, and left a will disposing oi
several thousand dollars which he Lad
tn bank. For years he had lived in
?qsaiid quarters, without a stove, with
thin clothes, sleeping under a cover
ing of old newspapers and sustained
only by stale bread and water.
George Baker, a young and prosper
ous farmer living In Sherman town
chip, five miles west of Newton. ha
disappeared and his whereabouts are
nnknown. He left one week ago
lending a note to his wife, to whom
he was married only six weeks ago
aylng he never expected to return
His strange action Is unaccountable
The unqualified statement was made
that Armour & Co. will not rebuild
their packing plant In Sioux City fl
the city does net agree to double lit
present water facilities In the packing
THE SICK CATTLE
DEPARTMENT GIVEN POWER TO
DEAL WITH THEM.
AbllUil Ur IntAoUKY ALOlIE
The Mistake Made in Establishing
Secretary Wilson's Office Rectified in
Quick Order When Brought to the
Attention of Members.
WASHINGTON. The hmiRP Tii
day passed the bill transferring from
the Treasury to the Department of
Agriculture teh power to establish
regulations for the mit.nro.uinn
contagious diseases amnno- iiv
and devoted the remainder of the day
to the legislative appropriation bill,
r-n which
made.
rapid progress is being
Some minor business was transact
ed by unanimous consent at the open
ing, bills being passed to authorize a
returvey of certain townships in Wyo
ming and to authorize the construc
ts of a lighthouse at Mukllteo
Point, Wash.
Upon the demand for the regular
crder, Mr. Wadsworth (N. Y.) called
up the bill to transfer from the
Treasury to the Department of Agri
culture the power to make regulations
to suppress and extirpate dangerous
contagious diseases among live stock.
He explained that the change was
made necessary by the discovery that
when the Department of Agriculture
was created, this power, supposed to
have been transferred and to have
since existed with the secretary of
Agriculture, was left with the Treas
ury department.
The additional power conferred by
the bill to prevent the introduction
from one state to another, of hay,
straw or forage, was made necessary
by suspicion that the foot and mouth
disease was communicated to live
stock in New England through infect
ed hay from Canada, and might be
transmitted thence to other portions
of the United States by the same
u-eans. The bill was passed without
division.
The house then went into committee
of the whole and resumed considera
tion of the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill and dis
posed of 122 pages.
MRS. U. S. GRANT'S FUNERAL
Body Will Be Placed by the Side or
Her Husband.
WASHINGTON. While the ar
rangements for the funeral of Mrs.
Grant will not be made until after
the arrival here of General Grant and
otber members of the family Thurs
day, it is settled that there will be
short religious services in this city
tnd that the remains will be placed
by the side of her husband in the
tomb at Riverside park, New York.
The Pennsylvania railroad has offered
to provide a combination car for the
casket and pall bearers and a private
car for the use of the family in the
journey from this city to the tomb,
to be attached to any train that the
funeral party may desire.
The secretary of war- has directed
that all the army officers stationed in
New York and vicinity shall attend
the services at the tomb in full dress
uniform. It has been arranged that
the steamer Meigs shall meet the
funeral party at Jersey City and con
vey it to the tomb, where there is a
cc uvenicnt landing place.
Have Driven 3,000 Miles.
KNOXVILLE, Tex. Edin M. Barr
of Chicago and Dr. Stanley F. Sabel
of New York, who are driving from
Colorado to Ashevllle, N. C, on a wa
ger, left Knoxville Sunday morning,
having less than 150 miles to make
before Christmas. They have driven
3.000 miles since the middle of June
and have avoided large cities as much
as possible. Barr is a son of J. M.
Barr, general superintendent of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail
road. Answer is Unsatisfactory.
WASHINGTON Signor de Plan
ches, the Italian ambassador, Tuesday
received word from his home govern
ment that the reply of- Venezuela to
the demands of Italy with reference
to settlement of claims of her citizens
was entirely unsatisfactory. It is not
known here whether the communica
tion made by the Italian minister to
Venezuela to the Castro government
was a demand or an ultimatum, but
the view is taken that the distinction
between the two so far as Italy was
concerned was very slight.
Generals Must Testify.
MANILA. The court martial which
Is to try Major Glenn of the Sixth
infantry has decided to summon Gen
erals Chaffee and Smith from the
United States to testify as to orders
given in the Samar campaign and to
the character of the campaign there.
Captain -W. C. Rogers of the Twenty
seventh infantry will be tried also.
He is charged with using disrespect
ful language to General Davis and
other officials.
Tells Swift to Cut Hours.
CHICAGO A coroner's jury Wed
nesday decided that the boiler explo
sion at Swift and Company's ice
plant was caused by some employe
opening the main valve of one of the
boilers too suddenly. The jury in
cluded in the verdict a ' recommenda
tion that engineers, firemen and water
tenders employed by the company be
given shorter hours. The testimony
show Sat they were compelled to
w ours a day.
MORE TROUBLE 13 BREWING.
Colombia It Laying Plana to Maka
War In Venezuela
WASHINGTON Whatever doubt
existed In Nicaragua as to the Inten
tkm of Colombia to carry out her
threat to attack' her as Boon as her
own revolutionary movement had been
checked has been removed by the re
ceipt of advices of a semi-official char
acter here, that the Colombian army
officers at Panama and Colon are
steadily but quietly making ready for
an invasion of Nicaragua.
It is stated that there is a double
reason for the attack. In the first
P,ace. Colombia wishes to take forci
I possession of the Mosquito strip.
I wnIcn would give control of both
routes available for an Isthmian canal.
and so enable her to make her own
terms. and. secondly, she must find
conSnlal employment for tne coiom-
bian soldiers who have been fighting
rebels for four years and cannot be
easily turned to ways of peace, and
would, It Is feared, start a new revolu
tion if not allowed an outlet for their
energies, outside of Colombia. The
advices are to the effect that the offi
cials in Managua are seriously dis
turbed at the outlook and are casting
about for means to avert the attack
of Colombia.
ARGENTINA READY TO FIGHT.
Will
Help Venezuela if the United
States Does Not.
CARACAS The government of Ar
gentina has instructed its consular
representatives to report to Buenos
Ayres as early as possible what ap
pears to be the attitude of the United
States and what view that govern
ment is likely to take of its obliga
tions under the Monroe doctrine, in
the face of the aggressive action of
Great Britain and Germany.
Should the United States decide to
remain impassive, on the grounds that
its interpretation of the Monroe doc
trine does not warrant interference
with foreign powers resorting to dras
tic measures for the collection of
claims, the government of Argentina,
feeling that the autonomy of all South
American states is jeopardized, is pre
paring to take a decided stand by the
side of Venezuela and to offer assist
ance to President S"astro.
Argentina is now anxious to declare
her attitude and will only do so, it is
said, in the event that the United
States should maintain a complaisant
attitude of non-interference.
Statehood Report is Out,
WASHINGTON The testimony
taken by the sub-committee of the
senate committee on territories on the
house omnibus statehood bill has been
printed as a senate document and was
made public Monday night. It makes
a book of 394 pages, with maps, and
includes quotations and answers of
many people examined with reference
to the size, population, resources,
schools and churches, business, moral
and other characteristics of the peo
ple of the three proposed states, and
miscellaneous information.
Says Swift Buys Railways.
KANSAS CITY. George 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,
CLERKS WORK IN THE COLD.
Interior Department's Steam Plant
Closes for Want of Coal.
WASHINGTON The coal famine in
Washington is already affecting the
government buildings. Some of them
would have to be closed in anything
like a blizzard weather and rigid econ
omy has been ordered.
The coal supply was exhausted at
the postoffice department early Mon
day morning and. all the electric lights
above the first floor and the private
elevator of the postmaster general
were shut off.
The steam plant in the interior de
partment was shut down for over an
hour, but a limited fuel supply was
finally received from local dealers.
The capitol building has exactly two
days supply now, but no fears are
felt there, as a contract with the Read
ing railroad requires that company to
furnish sufficient fuel to keep the
building heated.
Army May Turn Election
PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti General
Alexis Nord, who was war minister
under the provisional government, en
tered the capital Sunday at the head
of his army. He was accorded a
sympathetic reception by tne people.
General Nord's intentions are not
known, but it Is generally believed
that In case he announces himself a
candidate for the presidency his elec
tion is assured by reason of the nu
merous forces at his command.
Mosby Reports on Fences.
WASHINGTON Colonel John S.
Mosby, special agent of the interior
department, who has been investigat
ing land frauds in Nebraska, Monday
reported the situation to the interior
department and will await further in
structions here. It is announced at
the interior department that the en
forcement of the law regarding fences
on the public domains will continue
i to be vigorously pressed.
:lMRS. GRANT DEAD
LATE PRESIDENT'S WIDOW GOES
TO REST.
DEATH DUE TO HEART FAILURE
Only Daughter with Her at End
Three Sons Summoned Saturday
Had Too Short Notice to Reach
Capital in Time to Bid Farewell.
WASHINGTON. Mrs. Ulysses S.
Grant, wife of the late President
Grant, died at her residence In this
city at 11:17 o'clock Sunday.
Death was due to heart failure, Mrs.
Grant having suffered some years
from valvular disease of the heart,
which was aggravated by a severe at
tack of bronchitis. Her age prevent
ed her rallying from the attacks.
Her daughter, Nellie Grant-Sartoris,
was the only one of her children with
fcer at the time of her death, her
three sons, who were summoned Sat
urday night, not having had time to
arrive.
There were also present at the bed-
side when the end came Miss Rose
Mary Sartoris, a granddaughter; Dr.
Bishop, one of the attending physi
cians, and the two trained nurses.
Death came peacefully, the sufferer
retaining almost complete conscious
ness practically to the end. Word
has come from Jesse and Ulysses S.
Grant, two of the sons now in Cali
fornia, that they have started on their
way to Washington. The other. Gen
eral Fred Grant, is in Texas, and he
will hasten here as soon as he receives
a message telling him of his mother's
death.
The remains of Mrs. Grant will be
interred at Riverside Park, New York,
beside those of her husband, but
whether they will be taken there im
mediately or at a later date, however,
could not be ascertained at the house
tonight.
Mrs. Grant, whose maiden name
was Julia Dent, was born in St. Louis
in 1826 and was the daughter of
Frederick and Ellen Wrenshall Dent.
She was married to Gjeneral, then
Captain Grant, in 1848. During the
civil war Mrs. Grant was with the
general much of the time and remain
ed as near as possible to him when he
was campaigning. She saw her hus
band twice inaugurated as president
pnd accompanied him on his journey
around the world.
As mistress of the white house she
gave liberal to all charitable insti
tutions in the city.
Four children were born to her
three sons and one daughter all of
whom are living. Miss Nellie, the
daughter who became the wife of
Algernon Sartoris in'1874, has lived in
.Washington with her mother for sev
eral years. Frederick Dent Grant, the
oldest son, is in the army and two
other sons, Jesse and Ulysses Sher
man, live at San Diego, Cal.
During recent years, since General
Grant's death, Mrs. Grant had spent
most of her winters in this city, liv
ing at 2111 Q street, while during the
summer she usually stayed at Sara
toga, Manchester-by-the-Sea and other
popular resorts until the last two
summers, when she resided with her
daughter, Mrs. Sartoris, at Coburg,
Ont.
Appropriation Bills Reported.
WASHINGTON The legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill, carrying $26,930,453, was reported
to the house Friday by the appropria
tions committee. This is an increase
of $500,301 over the appropriation for
the current fiscal year.
PUERTO CABELLO BOMBARDED.
Minister Bowen Cables the Department
Regarding the Same.
WASHINGTON Minister Bowen,
in a dispatch received by the state
department Sunday afternoon, cabled
that he had been informed by Presi
dent Castro that British and German
warships were bombarding Puerto Ca
bello. In an earlier dlspatcTi received by
the state department at 3:22 a. m.
Sunday, Minister Bowen said that the
situation at the Venezuelan capital
capital (Caracas) was much quieter.
The great excitement at the outset of
the affair, he said, was caused by the
precipitated flight of the British and
German ministers, the arrest of all the
subjects of those two nations and the
seizure of the Venezuelan gunboat
without first declaring a blockade,
thus capsing the people to fear a bom
bardment would follow at once.
AFTER THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS.
Man Wanted in Illinois Located in
Kansas.
SPRINGFIELD. 111. A State Jour
nal special from Carlinville says that
evidence has come to light in Carlin
ville that George H. Holliday, former
county clerk of Macoupin county coun
ty, who disappeared thirty-eight years
ago, when $2,500,000 was expended in
building a court house, has been lo
cated in a town in Kansas.
The board of supervisors will on
Wednesday discuss the question of
bringing . holiday back to Carlinville.
Since Holliday's disappearance thirty
eight years ago he has never been
heard of until now. His wife has
mourned him as dead. At one time
Holliday was thought to have been
located, and several thousand dollars
was appropriated to bring him back
to Carlinville, but when the suppos
ed Holliday was returned it was dis
covered the wrong man had been tak-
s
. n
THE BOARD'S PAY.
Senate Thinks $4,000 is Enough ' for
Arbitrators.
WASHINGTON The senate an
Thursday passed, with several amend
ments, the bill fixing the compensa
tion of an anthracite coal strike com
I rnieslon, and it now gro-s to conference
The sentiment of the 'senate was
strongly in favor of allowing members
of the commission who are not In the
civil or military service a lump sum
for their service, and after consldera
ble debate $4,000 was settled upon as
the proper amount, thus taking the
matter out of the hands of the pres
ident. Several other amendments were
adopted fixing the expnnses of commis
sioners and the assistant recorders at
$10 per day instead of $15, and leaving
the question of salary for the assist
ant recorders and employes to tho
commission. The name of the com
mission was changed to "anthracite
coal strike arbitration."
An amendment offered by Mr. Daniel
(Va.) to prohibit officers of the gov
ernment from serving on commission?)
or performing duties other than called
for by law provoked a lengthy dis-
cussion, but was finally withdrawn.
1 At 2 o'clock the statehood bill camo
up and there was a brisk exchange be
tween Mr. Quay (Pa.), who favors tho
omnibus bill, and senators who opposo
it. Mr. Quay and Mr. Bate (Tenn.i
said they were ready to vote. Mr.
Beveridge (Ind.), Mr. Lodge (Mass.),
Mr. Hale (Me.) and others protested
against pressing the bill so soon after
it was reported and it went over until
Monday.
The air was full of rumors concern
ing tne statenood bill, which, it was
said, was to be defeated; not by votes,
but by obstruction; the vote being
postponed from day to day until one
by one all the votes for the omnibus
bill were picked off.
Mr. Quay wanted it understood that
the bill would retain its place as the
unfinished business, and President
Frye said: "The bill remains the un
finished business if it is in the power
j of the chair to keep it there, and the
chair thinks It is."
The senate then resumed consider-
atlon of the coal strike commission
bill.
Mr. Daniel (Va.) precipitated a lively
debate by offering an amendment pro
hibiting the further assignment of of
ficers and employes of the United
States or senators and representatives
on any commission. He did not criticise
the president; on the contrary, he
commended him, but he argued that
there is an abundance of intellect,
learning and wisdom among the peo
ple of the country outside of the gov
ernment service which could be drawn
upon.
Mr. Allison and Mr. Hoar appealed
to Mr. Daniel to withdraw his amend-
ment with the view of offering It at
some other time when it could have
better attention. Mr. Daniel finally
consented and the bill was passed.
VENEZUELAN FLEET DESTROY -D
English and German Vessels Do Quick
Work.
LA GUAYRA, Venezuela Ten Ger
man and four British cutters captured
the Venezuelan fleet Wednesday, and
ordered them to surrender, and with
out a shot being fired the British
and German forces seized the fleet in
the name of the German emperor and
the king of England. Two of the ves
sels, which were undergoing repairs,
were broken up. The German crui
ser Panther steamed into the harbor
for action. The Venezuelan steamers
were taken outside the harbor and
at 2 o'clock in the morning the Gen
eral Crespo, Tutmo and Margarita
were sunk. The Ossun was the only
vessel spared, in view of the protest
made by the French charge d'affaires.
M. Onlevrenx. who notified the com-
modore of the allied fleet that the Os-
sun is the property of a Frenchman.
RUSSIA WANTS CUSTOMS.
Asks China to Establish New Service
Under Czar's Sole Control
PEKIN Russia is pressing China
to assent to the establishment of cus
toms and postal services at the prin
cipal stations of the Manchurian rail
road, these stations to be under Rus
sian supervision and independent of
the Chinese maritime customs. Sir
Robert Hart is opposing the scheme
and the chances for his success are
thought to be favorable.
An edict announces that the Chi
nese government proposes to acquire
the China Merchants' Steam Naviga
tion company, which is owned by
Sheng, a nephew of the late Li Hung
Chang.
Rockefeller Gives Million.
CHICAGO Dr. Harper, president of
the University of Chicago, on Tuesday
announced that John D. Rockefeller
had given another $1,000,000 to that
institution. Gifts from other sources
also were announced, swelling the to
tal to $1,526,000. The president advo
cated pensioning retired professors
and officers, but said details would
have to be considered before any step
in that direction could be taken.
Nord Occupies Arsenal.
PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti The
army under General Alexis Nord has
occupied the arsenal and fortifications
here without resistance. M. Heredna
has been elected president of the sen
ate. Callistlere Fouchard has retired
from the presidential contest In favor
of General Nord, who will be M. Sen
eque's only opponenL The latter con
trols a majority of the congress.
It Is better to spve the rod and
poll the child than spoil the child by
asins the rod too much.
THE LIVE OTOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
CATTLK There were 24 or M n.j-.
rornfed steers included In the receipt
and at noon tl.e greater part of them
were In flm hands. The market wuf
very uneven, but an a general thine the
declln amounted to fully 50o a a compared
with the clone of the week. In some
eoea sules looked fully 75o lower, but
i nose were rare Instances
The cow market
V , .
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per market, iind up j a
Hltle business had bJJ
shape as the atee
late hour very
uunsacied. The Kfiierat market may
safely be quoted &0c lower for the week.
mit the same as noted for steers, the
pilcea were very uneven. It now taken
a good bunch of corn fed rows to sell
much over $3.00, no that prices are t th
low point of the year.
Bulls eaHed off a little aj;nln and no
did stags. Veal calves were scarce and
did not nhow much change.
The ntocker and feeder market was also
very slow and lower. The demand from
the country has been very light all the
week, and prices may safely be quoted
25c lower, with common stuff almost un
salable at any price.
HOGS There was a liberal run of hogn
at all polntn so that prices continued their
downward course. The market here
opened right close to a dime lower, with
the bulk of the sales going from $.".9J
to $6.06. and as high as $6.0?Vs und $C.10
was paid for choice hogs. Packers, how
ever, were not bidding those prices
freely, and. in fact there was only one
buyer on the opening market, ho that
sellers did not have much opportunity to
cut loone. After about 3J loads hail
hanged hands, trading came to a stand
still, as packers dropped their bids to
$5.905.95, or fully 13c lower thun yester
day's average.
SHEEP Quotations for fed stock:
Cl-olce lambs, $5.0fHiT5.50; fair to good
lambs, $4.254.75; choice yearlings. U.Wt
4. 25; fair to good yearlings, $:i.7M4. 10;
choice wethers, $3.65673.90: fair to good,
$2 40JT3.65; choice ewes, $3.Kf53.6T; fair to
good, $3.00&3.35; feeder lambs, $3.00l.75;
feeder yearlings, $3.fXtfj3.25; feedr weth
ers. $2-753.00; feeder ewes. Sl.CfJff2.2C.
Grass fed stock 2.Vf25c lower than corn
feds. KANSAS CITY. ;
CATTLE Corn cattle 10ft 15c lower;
cowa and heifers, AYtt tc lower than lat
Friday; calves, 60c&$10 lower than Mon
day; choice export and dressed beef
steers, $5.20?i6.10; fair to good, $2.65(05.15:
stockers and feeders, $2.5073.85; western
fed steers. $3.004f5.25; Texas and Indian
steers. $2.33'S3.60: Txas cows. S2.fJ0o2.Cii:
I native cows. $l.2574.00; native heifers.
$i.753.75; canners, $l.00Q2.20; bulls. $2.25fc
L"Jve"' t0 , . n
I linns Htnrltdt TtLffllfir Inwer- ton 1ft-
bulk of 8alM j5.9066.10; heavy. S6.02V4i
16.10: mixed packers. $5.974i6.10: light.
B.S5.02; yorkers. s3.956.oav4; pigs.
$o.5o-tii.yu.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Market strong
to higher: native lambs. $1.00i5.4O; west-
em lambs. $3.853.35; fed ewes, 2.XX!P
3.93; native wethers. $3.0(Vgl.20; stockers
and feeders, $2.003.35.
MAY HASTEN CANAL ACTION.
Trouble in Venezuela an Excuse for
Taking Matter Up Again.
WASHINGTON At the Instance of
Secretary Hay, Dr. Herran, Colombian
charge d'affaires, called at the state
deDartment Friday to discuss the can-
1 - -
al treaty negotiations, that the secre-
tary might be able to report the exact
status of the canal to the cabinet
Dr. Herran was unable to give the
secretary any reply from the Bogota
government as to the price which Co
lombia will accept for the lease. It
was explained to Dr. Herran that in
view of the many other weighty dip
lomatic matters pressing for attention
at this time and the growinb impa
tience at the capital at the delay in
the conclusion of a canal convention.
immediate action by the Bogota gov
ernment was imperative.
Dr Herran cabled the foreign office
at Bogota the wishes of the state de
partment and called attention to the
Serious complications that may arise
out of the Venezuelan situation.
Elect Haytian President.
PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti The
chamber of communes finished the
election of senators Friday and the
national assembly will elect a new
resident within a few days. The ma-
jo'rity favor Seneeque Pierre, whose
election is assured in case General
Nord, the war minister, who will en
ter the capital with his army, on Sun-
day, does not oppose him.
Bank Bandits Make Haul.
SANTA FE, N. M. A report has
reached Santa Fe that the private
bank of Hillsboro was held up In broad
daylight on Wednesday by robbers,
vo escaped with something over $30,-
000.
Soon after midnight three men
were heard galloping at a furious rate
through Fairview, a mining camp,
heading for the Black range. A sher
iff's posse is in pursuit.
Find Body Tied in Buggy.
KINGSTON. Mich. Susnlclcus of
foul play occasioned by the disco very
of the dead body of Ella Beardley. tied
in a buggy, have proved groundless.
A post-mortem revealed no Indica
tions of violence and showed periton
itis and kidney trouble as the prob
able cause of death. The theory now
is that she strapped herself in when
she realized that she was liable to
become unconscious before reaching
home
Texas Line is Not Bought
TOPEKA, Kan. E. P. Ripley, presi
dent of the Santa Fe, denies that his
road has purchased the Texas Central.
Reports to the effect that the pur
chase is about to be made are erro
neous, as the Santa Fe does not want
the Texas road. The short line from
Albuquerque to Galveston will not be
built yet, and for this reaeon no Tex
as acquisitions can be used, but tit
contract for constructing the Santa
Fe shrt line will soon be let.
The protocol of the commercial
treaty between the United States and
Cuba has been signed.
RECORD OF THE PAST.
The best guarar.lee of the future Is
the record of the post, and over fifty
thousand peoplo have publicly testi
fied that Doan's Kldnc nils havo
cured them of numerous kidney IJJa,
from common backache to dangerous
diabetesand all the attendant annoy,
ances and sufferings from urinary dis
orders. They have been cured to
slay cured. Here Is one case:
Samuel J, Taylor, retired carpenter,
r siding at 312 South Third St..
uoh-neii, ind.. says: "On the 2Gi
"f Au- 1M7- an af
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bfre Jar"'' M"n- notary ,
Gohheii. Ind.. sava: "On th ?r.th Amv
m davit
public.
stating my experience with Doan's
Kidney Pill. I had suffered for
I """J earH. and was compelled at
I times to walk by the aid of crutches.
frequently passed gravel and suffered
excruciatingly. I took every medi
cine on the market that I heard about
and some gnvo me temporary relief.
I began taking Doan's Kidney PIMm
nnd the results 1 gave to the public
iu the statement above referred to. At
this time, on the 1'jth day of July,
1902, I nia'ie this further statement
that during the five years which have
elapsed I have had no occasion to use
either Doan's Kidney Pills or any
other medicine for my kidneys. The
cure effected was a permanent one."
A FRKK TKIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr. Tay
lor, will be mailed on application, to
any part of the United States. Ad
dress FoHter-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo, N.
Y. For tale by all druggists. Price
CO cents per box.
Some men take a mean advantage
of their wives by wearing their hair
short.
In Winter Use Allen's Foot-Ease.
A powder. Your feet feel uncom
fortable, nervous and often cold and
damp. If you have sweating, sore feet
or tight shoes, try Allen's Foot-ICase.
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores,.
25 cents. Sample rent free. Address
Allen S. Olmsted. 1 Itoy, N. Y.
A piece of a woman's mind Is not
good for her husband's peace of mind.
AtXt CT-TO-lATK IIOUHKKEEPKRa
Use lied Crows Hall Hlue. It makes clothea
clean and sweet as when new. All grocers.
The receiver is sometimes as bad as
the transmitter.
Piso'a Cure cannot oe too highly spoken of ae
a cough cure. J. W. O Uaian. 32 Third Av,
N.. Minneapolis. Minn,, Jan. 0. liNJO.
Dealers In old saws Invariably rope
In the scenes of their childhood.
WIIKN VOt i;il DTAKl'H
buy Defiance and get the beat. If os. far
10 cents. Onc- ui. always used.
,n (.oner.lollR theories are often mls-
taken for reat ,inclp!es.
; .
Many of us might be nappy If we
did not suffer from disorders of the
liver. Then we ought to use Dr. Au
gust Koenig's Hamburg Drops, which
cure the disorder and bring the
whole system to a healthy condition.
The has beens are bad enough. The
might have beens are worse.
THE ST. PAUL CALENDAR
FOR 1903
rlx sheets 10x15 inches, of beautiful
reproductions. In colors, of pastel
drawings by Bryfeon, Is now ready for
(iiRtHbulion and will be mailed on re
ceipt of twenty-five (25) cents coin
or stamps. Address F. A. Miller, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Chicago.
The faster a man 1b the slower be Is
about paying his debts.
Carpets can be colored on the floor
with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES.
Time will t'-Il but tho woman with
a secret never gives time a chance.
HALF RATES
TO
CANADIAN POINTS.
Tho Wabnph will sll 1l-kfts from Chi
cago to many points in Canada, lJ- IS.
19. 2'), 21st, good roturnfng until Jan. 10th.
I'M:?,. For rates and all Information fall
at the Wabash office, V'M I'arnam St.. or
nd'iress Harry K. Moores, f. A. P. D.,
Omaha, N-b.
Marriage is failure when both hus
band and wife make the discovery that
they have married beneath th,-m.
Sensible Housekeepers
will have Defiance Starcn, not alone
because they get one-third more for
the same money, but also because of
superior quality.
It Is not always so much what a
man has, as how it pleases him.
To Cure a Cold In One day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if It fails to cure. Ii5c.
A man has to be dunned to death
before he will pay the debt of nature.
Dealers say that as soon ar; a custo
nr tries Tiefiance Starch it Is im-
pcg3ibe'to sell them any other cold
water Etaicn. it can oe uscu com or
boiled.
Hunting Raleigh's Burial Place.
The question of Sir Walter Raleigh's
burial place has lately ben revived In
England. Three churches !aim both
the head and the body of tlie gal t
courtier. Immediately after the ..e
cution. which took place in Tothlll
street. Westminster, on October 29.
1C18, his wife placed the head in a red
bag and rode off with It In a mourn
ing coach. This treasure she k'pt for
twenty-five years. The body was bur
ied in St. Margaret's church, but. short
ly after the execution Lady Kaleigh
wrote to her brother. Sir Nicholas Ca
rew, asking permission to bury hf-r
husband in his church at Beddington,
where ehe desired also to be burled.
History is silent from that time on.
It Is known, however, that her son
treasured the head as his mother had,
and, according to the London Daily
Chronicle, tradition says that It was
finally burled with him at West Hors
ley, Surrey.
Likes Our People.
When Mr. Wu was about to leave
this country, he made an observation
or two that displayed his opinion oi
Americans. "Americans," he said, "get
busy. They have energy and they um
slang." He likes their bathing suit
and he is taking one back to China
"Then, in a single sentence," says the
New York Express, "he gives us the
conclusion of the whole matter. I like
American ladles, and everything they
do. " Among the things they do, af
he notes, is contributing their quota
of slang and wearing their share of
I bathing suits, inus ne joins in me
rarious salient features of our clvlllza
. tlon. Buffalo Evening News.
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