Nebraska Newspapers

    THE PLAIISMOUIII JOURNAL
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
FLATTS MOUTH,
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
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Rev. "Joe" Jones, brother of IUv.
"Sam" Jones, la dead.
The number of laborers required to
cultivate the tea crop of India is 6GC,
000. The gold production of the Cripple
Creek district, six mi leg square, is
1902, is estimated at $24,508,311.
Within the last five years the labor
organizations of New York state have
Increased in membership 75 per cent.
Nearly 10,000 letters for Santa Claus
lie unclaimed in the New York post
office. There Is a beglning of a good
mail order business for some one.
Manila advices state that Hilario
Placido, a Filipino who aided General
Funston in the capture of Aguinaldo,
has been sentenced to life imprison
ment for murder.
Henry Goodman, 15 years old, wan
arrested in New York City, charged
with bavins tried to cut off a young
woman'! hand to obtain the diamond
rings displayed on her fingers.
General William Hooih, founder and
commander ln-obief of the Salvation
Army, did his last da's work in San
Francisco Thursday, and is now en
route for Salt Lake and Omaha.
The negroes of Boston observed the
fortieth anniversary of the emancipa
tion proclamation Thursday. Rev. W.
II. Scott of Woburn presided over an
audience which filled a big structure.
Judge William C. Talcott, the oldest
newspaper man in the state of Indiana,
died suddenly in his 87th year. For
fifty years he owned and edited the
Porter County Vidette at Valparaiso.
Congressman Corona, editor of the
Cubano Libre, shot and instantly kill
ed Senor Insula, editor of the Repub
lican at Santiago, Cuba. Doth men
were prominent politicians and lead
ers of rival parties.
The board of health, having traced
several cases of diphtheria to the hab
it of children of putting lead pencil
points Into their mouths, has taken
steps to stop this source of contagion
In the Roston schools.
B. E. McKibben, who has been man
ager of the St. Joseph base ball team
for three years, has signed to man
age the Tacoma, Wash., team In the
Pacific Northwest league next season.
No successor has yet been selected.
Commissioner General Sargeant of
Washington, who was grand master
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men for seventeen years, has been
presented by the order with a hand
some silver service of 191 pieces.
Mrs. McKinley spent the first day
of the new year quietly at her home
In Canton. Early In the morning she
visited the tomb of her husband, and
remained for some time in meditation.
She also visited the graves of her chil
dren and placed flowers thereon.
As two physicians worked over
Adolph Hemmlnger of Toledo. O., to
try to save his life, he told them he
belonged to a suicide club, and that
his appointed time had come, so he
had taken carbolic acfd as the easiest
method known to him to produce
death.
C. P. Harder, now postmaster at
Danville, Pa., enlisted as a drummer
boy in the union army in 1S61 at the
age of 10 years and 6 months, and now
claims to have been the youngest sol
dier to enlist in the war. He was the
youngest of five brothers, all of whom
entered the union army.
One hundred glass workers, headed
by James L. Wise, a Muncie mer
chant, are planning to construct a
large co-operative window glass fac
tory In Muncie, Ind. The company
will have a capital stock of $75,000
paid np and expects to break ground
for buildings by March 1.
Rev. J. B. McMichael, formerly pres
ident of Monmouth college, Monmouth,
HI., fell dead shortly arter he entered
the pulpit of the Sugar Creek United
Presbyterian church near Xenia, O.,
Wednesday evening. Members of the
church hastened to his side, but when
they reached him he was dead.
Governor Odell has been inaugurat
ed for his second term as governor of
Vow Vm l.- Th f nerfLs!on was an un
usually brilliant one, marked by the
presence of many distinguished visit
tors and the participation of a large
representation of the National Guard,
as well as crowds from all parts of the
state.
In a recent fight between Bulgarians
and Turkish troops at the village of
Brenovo, In the Monastlr district, fif
teen of the latter were killed or
wounded. The Turkish commander
was among the killed. The Bulgar
ians, who were barricaded In a house,
also sustained losses, but the surviv
ors escaped.
Henry Hagner was fatally wounded
by footpads at Independence, Kansas,
where he had gone to be married. A
deep gash was cut across the back
of his head. His body was placed on
tbe Santa Fe track and was mutilated
by a train. Hagner has been a trav
eling man for the McCormick Harves
ter company.
The members of the senate and
kouse naval committees, after confer
ences with the secretary of the navy,
have practically decided on a plan for
the Increase of the personnel of the
navy. It contemplates an additional
naval cadet for each congressional dis
trict, wto for each senator and ten an
nually to be appointed at larg$ by the
president.
CONTROL TRUSTS
MR.
HOAR ADDRES8SES THE SEN
ATE ON HIS BILL.
ADVISES PUBLICITY AS A CURE
Nation Sees that Common Alarm is by
No Means Baseless Officers Must
Be Held Personally Liable Peril in
Corporate Wealth.
WASHINGTON In the senate
Tuesday the Vest resolution instruct
ing the committee on finance to pru-
paro and report a bill removing the
duty on anthracite coal was consid
ered. Mr. Vest (Mo.) said the finance com
mittee could do nothing, and, there
fore, ho could not see the necessity
of Mr. Aldrich's (R. I.) motion to re
fer the resolution to the finance com
mittee. "This no longer is a party ques
tion," he said, "but a question of abso
lute humanity. We are not on the
verge of a crisis in regard to coal,
but are actually in it. Women and
children have been frozen to leath
and my only solicitude is to find a
remedy for this disgraceful and outra
geous condition of affairs."
Senators stood dumb, he added,
either afraid or unwilling to take any
action answering the appeals of the
poor, freezing women ana cniiareu
with a party cry "stand pat." Noth
ing was to be done with the sacred
elephant of the Dingley tariff law.
Tbe senator from Massachusetts Mr.
Lodge had endeavored to administer a
homeopathic dose in the shape of a
suspension of a duty for ninety days,
but if medicine was needed at all it
was in allopathic doses. By refer
ring the resolution to the committee
It would have no chance to pass.
"Don't we know," he continued,
'that when we send the resolution to
the finance commitee we send it to Its
execution?"
He criticised the Dingley tariff and
said there was no more chance today
to reduce a single duty in the Dingley
act than for him to carry off the cap
ltol building on his shoulders.
Mr. Aldrich (R. I.) said he desired
to make full answer to Mr. Vest, but
as Mr. Hoar (Mass.) had given notice
that he would speak on his trust bill,
he asked that the resolution go over
until Wednesday. He took occasion,
however, to deny certain statements
by Mr. Vest, attributed to Mr. Dingley,
to the effect that the rates of the
bill were made unnecessarily high in
order that reciprocity treaties could be
made.
Trusts Must Be Regulated.
The resolution went over and Mr.
Hoar addressed the senate upon his
anti-pass bill.
The address of the senator was de
voted entirely to the question of
trusts and partly to an explanation of
his recently Introduced anti-trust bill.
He began his address with the as
sumption that all thoughtful men are
agreed as to the necessity of legis
lation, state or national, for the con
trol of trusts.
He said that as yet there had been
only apprehension and alarm, but no
serious injury, except in the case of
the recent coal strike, on account of
trusts. On the contrary, the progress
of our material prosperity had been
greater in the past few years than
ever before had been known and our
workmen were better off. Still there
is, he said, actual peril and it is none
the less real because it involves ouly
the future and not the present.
The senator then took up the dis
cussion of the effect of the control of
vast wealth by Individuals, saying
that in such a system there was much
to threaten lepublican liberty. Most
of the vast fortunes of the present
day had been accumulated within
thirty years.
"Is there anything to render It un
likely," he asked, "that if one of
these vast fortunes has grown from a
hundred thousand to a hundred mil
lion or a thousand million in thirty
years, that, in the hands cf the next
possessor. In another thirty or fifty
years, the hundred million may be
come a hundred thousand million? Is
there anything to stop the accumu
lation of these snowballs? Cannot 1
the same power and business ability
and capital that can control all the
petroleum in the country control all
the coal? Can It not control the rail
road and the ocean-carrying trade?
Can it not buy up and hold in one
man's grasp the agricultural and
grazing lands of new and great states
and the coal mines and silver mines
and copper mines?"
But, great as were the possibilities
of the accumulation of great wealth
by individuals, he did not find in such
accumulation the same peril that is
found in corporate control of such
wealth. This was true, he said, be
cause the natural man dies and his
estate Is distributed under the law,
while the corporation lives forever.
"It never goes through the probate
court," he said.
"Internal transactions are kept
secret. It Is not solicitious for Its
own honor, except so far as Its honor
or reputation" is essential to its get
ting money. It has no soul and no
conscience. In general, the men who
are most powerful in its management
can. if they see fit, avoid personal
liability for obligations."
The senator said that now the great
corporations are in good hands, but
suppose some Napoleon of finance
should come into the control of a
thousand million dollars. Would not
that possibility be a real public dan-
ger? Such a power can make wars
or prevent wars. It can threaten a
community with a coal famine, a
wheat famine and it can execute its
threats. He had no fear but that the
American people could meet suca
emergencies, but it were better to
forestall them.
Remedies Proposed.
lie then presented the following
outline of the restrictions imposed by
his bill on corporations:
First Publicity in the conduct of
their business and the constitution of
their organization.
Second The power to cop their
business altogether if they violate the
laws enacted by congress.
Third Strict penalty on them and
their officers for such violations.
Fourth Personal liability for all
debts, obligations and wrong-doings
of the directors, officers and agents,
unless the laws be fully complied
with. This liability is secured by re
quiring the personal consent to tbe
provisions of this bill and acceptance
of all its obligations by such officers,
directors and agents before they en
ter upon office.
As to the effect of the measure In
case it should become a law he said:
"If this bill should become a law
and become effective, no corporation
engaging In the commerce which Is
within the jurisdiction of congress can
keep its condition a secret. No such
corporation can do business on ficti
tious capital or watered stock. No
corporation can oppress any rival,
whether corporate or individual, by
any unlawful practices.
"If it does it will be on the condi
tion that every one of its managers
become personally liable for its debts
and its torts, and will be liable also
to heavy criminal liability.
"This bill depends for its validity
on the constitutional power of con
gress to regulate international and In
terstate commerce.
Upon the conclusion of Mr. Hoar's
speech Mr. Nelson (Minn.) resumed
his remarks begun yesterday in op
position to the omnibus statehood bill.
STANDS BY NEGRO.
President Wants Justice Done Black
People.
WASHINGTON. The feature of the
cabinet meeting Friday was the de
cision to close permanently the post
office at Indianola, Miss., from which
the postmaster, Minnie M. Cox, color
ed, resigned under compulsion a few
days ago, since which time the office
has been closed.
The postmaster general has had a
thorough investigation made, and has
become satisfied that the woman was
obliged to resign under duress; in fact,
that her life was endangered.
Having represented this state of af
fairs to the cabinet, after a long dis
cussion, the decision above noted was
reached and the office will not be re
opened until the people in the district
are ready to accept this woman as
their postmaster.
Secretary Cortelyou, for the presi
dent, made public the following:
"The postmaster at Indianola, Miss.,
is Mrs. Minnie W. Cox, a colored wo
man. She served three years as post
master under President Harrison.
When President McKinley came in she
was again appointed, in 1897, nearly
six years ago.
"Her character and standing in the
community are endorsed by the best
and most reputable people in the town.
"The postmaster and her husband
own from $10,000 to $15,000 worth of
property in Sunflower county. The
reports of postoffice inspectors who
have investigated the office from time
to time show that she has given the
utmost satisfaction to all the patrons
of the office; that she is at all times
courteous, faithful, competent and
honest in the discharge of her duties.
Her moral standing in the community
is of the highest.
"The postmaster recently forwarded
her resignation to take effect on Jan
uary 1, but the report of inspectors
and information received from various
reputable white citizens of the town
and neighborhood show that the
resignation was forced by a brutal
and lawless element purely upon the
ground of her color and was obtained
under terror of threats. The mayor
of the town and the sheriff of the
county both told the postoffice in
spector that if she refused to resign
they would not be responsible for her
safety, although at the same time not
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MRS. CHAMBERLAIN HAS TACT.
Aids Her Husband in His Work of
Pacifying South African People.
PRETORIA, Transvaal All doubts
as to whether the Boers would partic
ipate in the entertainments given in
honor of Colonial Secretary Chamber
lain and Mrs. Chamberlain were dissi
pated by the appearance of Generals
Botha, Delarey and Cronje at the gar
den party given by the governor Tues
day. The attendance of the townspeo
ple, however, was not large.
Mrs. Chamberlain is tactfully aiding
the secretary in his pacificatory mis
sion. When General Cronje was intro
duced she at first did not catch his
name, but immediately she heard it
was General Cronje, Mrs. Chamber
lain sent for him and engaged in a
lengthy conversation with the noted
general.
Pennsylvania Stock Grows.
PHILADELPHIA The call for the
meeting of the stockholders of the
Pennsylvania railroad for March 1
contains a notification that the share
holders will be asked to authorize an
increase in the capital stock of more
than 1400,000,000, or nearly double the
amount outstanding.
IS UNRECOGNIZED
MONROE DOCTRINE IS NOT OFFI
CIAL LAW OF NATIONS.
ITS EXACTIONS OF NO MOMENT
Cerlin Vossiche Zeitung Bitterly As
sails the Declaration Declares Even
American States Do Not Hecog
r.ize It.
BERLIN. The government is with
out information regarding the landing
of the German marines at Puerto Ca-
bello, Venezuela. The foreign office
says that if such landing occurred it
must have been transient and regards
the reported seizure of the customs at
Puerto Cabello by German marines as
a canard.
Several newspapers In their yearly
political reviews, devote much atten
tion to Venezuela and the Monroe doc
trine. The Vossische Zeitung (Inde
pendent liberal), regards Germany's
proceedings against Venezuela as en
tirely within the limits of interna
tional law.
"Whoever has a claim against an
other," says the journal, "tries to col
lect it, whether they be private indi
viduals or nations. If anybody dis
putes our right to compel payment of
the Venezuelan claims we must ask
that person if he be willing to pay
the debt himself, or give guarantees
therefor. If 60, the matter speedily
could be settled, but, if this other
person is unwilling to give such guar
antees, his objections don't concern us.
The United States could settle the
trouble between Germany and Vene
zuela in a moment if it would stand
good for the payment of our claims,
but the United States is unwilling to
take this step and we cannot demand
that it do so. In this case the United
States should not hinder Germany
from pursuing a course that is deemed
expedient."
The Vossische Zeitung refers to
what it calls "the wild noise" in a
portion of the American press which
declares that Germany has no right
under the Monroe doctrine to take
forcible action in Venezuela and that
Germany has not even recognized the
Monroe doctrine.
"The latter assertion is correct,"
says the journal. "No other European
state ever recognized this doctrine and
we believe no European country will
ever do so. The Monroe doctrine is
not adapted to become a subject of
diplomatic negotiation and the docu
ment hardly exists in which this doc
trine is laid before any European
power with the request that this
power make a declaration thereon."
After reciting the history and origin
of the framer of the doctrine the pa
per asserts that the right of interven
tion claimed by the holy alliance has
long since been abandoned. The coun
tries of South America have been in
a state of chronic revolution, yet no
body in Europe dreams of interven
tion. The disastrous issue of Napo
leon's attempt in Mexico renders it
probable that no European state will
ever repeat the effort to establish
itself in the western hemisphere.
"Later interpretations of the Monroe
doctrine," continues the Zeitung, "do
not involve the defined hegemony of
the United States over Central and
South America. The United States
claims suzerainty over these states,
with the right of intervention, but
denies to European countries the
right to interfere in their affairs. How
far such suzerainty extends and what
rights and obligations come from it
have never been cleared up. Neither .
have the Central and South American
states recognized this suzerainty, but
they have decidedly rejected it owing
to its repulsion of the Romanic and
Germanic races. No European state
has made concession in this respect
and finally the United States itself has
given no clear statement of its aims.
"The Monroe doctrine does not be
long to international law, but to con
jectural politics. It binds nobody and
endows nobody with rights. Germany
has no obligation to recognize and no
occasion to dispute the Monroe doc
trine. The South American states
stand toward Germany as sovereign
nations, and they all have the rights
and all the obligations cf sovereign
states, and having such obligations
must pay their debts.
"Germany will establish its claims
considerably in form and energetically
in action."
The Taglische Rundschau complains
that that hard realist, the Yankee,
does not appreciate courtesies like the
visit of Prince Henry and the gift of
the statue of Frederick the Great,
"but blows a few notes into the rusty
and. hoarse Monroe trumpet and Ger
many must let that impudent trick
ster. President Castro, alone while he
laughs in his fist."
Insane Man Has Arsenal.
NEW YORK A man, apparently
insane, tried to gain entrance to the
private office of General Greene, the
new police commissioner, at police
headquarters Friday, saying that he
was the new commissioner. Inspector
Brooks inveigled him to the Mulberry
street station. Two loaded revolvers
were found In his coat pockets.
Perkins Must Resign Post.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. The ab
sence without leave of Lieutenant Ed
ward O. Perkins, Fourth cavalry, Uni
ted States army, has been reported to
the war departmenL In case of his
return to the post his resignation will
I be asked for.
GOVERNOR TAFT REPORTS.
Submits Annual Statement of Philip-
pine Commission.
WASHINGTON. The annual report
of the Philippine commission and' a
separate report by Governor W. H.
Taft, made public at the War depart
ment, gives a review of the results of
the year's work of the commission and
making recommendations for legisla
tive action by congress deemed essen
tial to the welfare of the islands.
After reciting a history of the estab
lichmert of civil government through
out the various provinces, Governor
Taft In his report says it has not been
definitely determined what shall be
done with respect to Mindanao where,
he says, hostiltiy to the American
does not extend beyond the lake, La
nao Moros. The governor is of the
opinion that it may be possible to in
duce the sultan of Jolo to part with
some of the rights he claims to tbe
Jolo group, thus obviating many ob
stacles now encountered.
The Moros, he says, do not under
stand popular government and do not
desire it, preferring control by dattos.
"Possibly far in the future," he says,
"control by dattos may cease. For the
present, however, it is necessary only
to provide a paternal, strong, but sym
pathetic government for these follow
ers of Mohammed."
Governor Taft tells of the conditions
that have made it necessary for the
islands to purchase about $15,000,000
worth of food on which to live and of
the effects war has had upon agricul
ture, almost the only source of wealth
In the islands. The greatest blow to
agriculture, he says, is the destruction
of about 90 per cent of the water buf
falo on which the cultivation of rice is
almost wholly dependent.
POSSIBILITY OF TROUBLE.
Cordon of Deputies Will Protect Ne
gro Postmistress.
INDIANOLA, Miss. Every effort is
being made to suppress any trouble
that might be caused by the closing of
the postoffice. The mayor and the
sheriff of the county say they do not
apprehend that there will be an out
break. The fact that a cordon of dep
uty sheriffs has been thrown around
the town leads many to think trouble
is brewing. Messages are hourly com
ing in from all parts of the surround
ing country offering assistance of arms,
ammunition and money, if needed.
Sheriff Cox of this county said that
if Minnie Coze wanted to open the post
office and feared violence he would
deputize enough men to guard the
office and patrol the town. The col
ored postmistress has made no appli
cation to the authorities for protection.
The city officials believe a number
of secret service men are on the
scene, awaiting any developments that
may arise.
Postoffice Inspector Fitzgerald has
been assigned here from Louisiana.
Rolls Down Embankment.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. A passenger
train on the Southern railway, bound
from Atlanta to Bermingham, left the
rails Saturday night near Weems sta
tion. The baggage and mail cars
rolled down an embankment and were
demolished.
Although the train was filled with
passengers, Engineer White was the
only person killed. His mangled body
was found under the locomotive.
Twenty-seven passengers were slight
ly injured. A relief train brought the
injured to Birmingham. The passen
ger coaches remained on the ties.
The derailment occurred on a curve
and was caused by the spikes in the
rails being pulled out by a preceding
freight, which had gone three miles
with one of the wheels on the ties.
When the locomotive pulling the long
train from Atlanta struck the Insecure
rail, it left the track and turned over,
crushing Engineer White to death.
The combination express and mail car
split in two lengthwise, part of it fall
ing against the wreckage of the bag
gage car.
Wyoming Sheep Men Angry.
LARAMIE, Wyo. Advices received
from Cody, Wyo., say the affairs of
the sheepmen there are rapidly ap
proaching a crisis as a result of the
creation of the forest reserves, which
now embrace one-seventh of the area
of Wyoming. To prevent sheep from
reaching the grazing grounds in the
reserves, rocky trails along accessible
sides of steep canyons leading to
Boulder and Wood river basins have
been blasted and destroyed, it is' re
ported by agents of the forestry de-',
partment. This action has aroused,
the sheepmen to a frenzy, as they are
witnessing what apparently means
the practical annihilation of the in
dustry in Wyoming.
Feeling is running high and blood
may be spilled. Owners of big flocks
are preparing to make a bitter fight
for their rights and claim the action
of department agents Is arbitrary and
without authority.
Colorado Bank is Robbed.
DENVER At Ordway, Otero coun
ty, Colo., two robbers broke into the
private bank of Silliman, Williams &
Co. Tuesday morning, forced the safe
and secured the contents, amounting
to about $2,000. They then fled on
horses stolen from a nearby ranch.
Banker Embezzles Large Sum.
LONDON G. N. Elder was remand
ed at the Guildhall police court, charg
ed on his own confession with hating
omhc77lpi1 $75 flOft from bin emnlnvorc
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Brown, Shipley & Co., the American r
The embezzlements had I
bankers.
I been going on for three years,
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City.
BOITTII OMAHA.
CATTLK-Receipt of cuttle were llht
here thin mornlnir, but, considering; that
yesterday was a holiday, the receipts
were ns larjre n could be expected.
Packers took hold with a little more
Ufa than they lll yesterday anil tho
general tone to Iho market wan conoid
ernbly better. The few car of eornfed
steer that were offered chnnKisI lutmlH
In irool ncuHon. The better Krint. If
anything, oM a uliade trnj;:T. but th
common muff. ami warmed-up cattle
could not be quoted any more than
steady. Huyers claim that these farmed-
up cattle do not kill out at all well and
for that reason they ure afraid of them.
The cow market was qi:lte brisk. pc
dally at the start, and th.) price paid
looked a little stronRer ull around, it
was only a comparative short time
before the bulk of the early arrival wa
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taK were all In light' supply and the tive kidneys knows very little about
market held Just about steady with yes- what prolonged suffering 1". I had at
terday. There were no new develop- tacks which kept me In the house for
merits In the stocker ami feeder market
this mornlnjf. There were only a few
odl bunches In the yard and, owing
to the time of week, speculators did not
care for many. In fact supplies have
been so light all the week that It Is
Ufflr-iilt to tell miirh nloiit t l.o I roe
rnmiition r ih. mrk i.ot in.
erote receipts the general Impression Is
that desirable grades will find a ready
outlet nt satisfactory prices.
irons There was not a heavy supply
of hogs here this morning and as pack-
ers all seemed to be In need of fresh
supplies tho market opened quite active
and strong to a shade higher. In Horn
cases tho belter grades of butcher
weights sold as much as a nickel higher,
The bulk of the hogs sold from Jti.ar, to
Ju.40, with the prime oals selling from
$0.40 to C,.i:,. The lighter loads sold
largely rrom jo.:) to jo.:i.. but the ex
treme lightweights sold from $t'..30 down.
About the middle of the forenoon the
.market suddenly weakened and as sell
'ers wanted the morning prices the close
was not only weak, but very slow. All
of the advance of the morning was lost
and in some cases more, but, ns has
been tho case of late. It was mostly the
iigniweignts that were leit until the
last
SHEEP-There was a very light ran
of sheep and lambs here this morning
and as packers all had to have a ft-w
the market on good stuff was active
and fully steady. Western ewes sold as
high as $.1.C0 and western sheep and
yearlings brought It.fiO and some straight
yearlings sold nt tl.fiS. Owing to the
light suppliers the market soon rami" to
a close. It was very evident this morn
Ing that packers were anxious for good
stuff, but the commoner grades and
half fat stuff was not In such active
demand. There were net enough feeders
on sale to tell much about the market.
but desirable grades woul;
probably
have sold at about steady prices. Quo-
tatlons for fed "stock: Choice lambs. $!i
$5.23; fair to good lambs, J4.50firi.00;
choice yearlings, $4. 154.75; fair to good
yearlings, $3.7."i?i4.13; choice wethers, $3..
9G(g4.25; fair to good, S3.5fr''i3.!H; choice
I ewes, $3.50&4.00; fair to good. Vi.yy-3.W,
leeaer lambs, JS.oo-ij 4.00; feeder yea.r
llngs, $3.003.00; feeder wethers, $2. 75
3.25; feeder ewes, Il.50fi3.25.
KANSAS CITY.
CATTLE Receipts, 1,500 head, includ
ing1 500 head Texans; steady; native
steers, J4.0Ofi6.O0; Texas and Indian
steers, $3.25?J4.20; Texas cows, $2.00f3.25;
native cows and heifers, $1.50fi3.85;
6tockers and feeders, 2.75'54.15; western
steers, $3.00fi3.25; western cows, J2.00&
3.15; bulls, $2,85fi5.90; calves, $3.25fifi.l5.
UOUS Receipts, 5,000 head; weak to
6c lower; bulk of sales, $C.25f'6.45; heavy.
$6.37'66.50; packers, $i.25f6.43; medium.
$G306.50; light, $.15fC30 Yorkers, $6.25
C.30; pigs, $5.25fi5.75.
SHEEP Receipts, 1,000 head; steady;
muttons, $3.004.10; lambs, $3.60fi5.45;
range wethers, $3.00fH.CO; ewes, $C.00fi4.20.
PRINCESS GIVES REASONS.
Says She Eloped with Tutor Because
She Loved Him.
NEW YORK The Herald
corre-
spondent at Zurich, Switzerland, ca-
'
bles the report of an Interview with I
the crown nrinres nf finvnnv in ,!,,
x , ...w. .
she is quoted as saying that M. Giron
is me oniy man sne ever met wnom
she felt she could love, and that it
was a question of mutual love and
affinity which made her life Impossible
without him.
"Between my husband and myself,'
said the princess, "there was no bond
of sympathy. He was a typical rough
officer.
"I, myself, was full of ideals. How
miserable that life was. I tried so
hard to bear it for the sake of my
darling children, whom I adore.
"I also hesitated for the sake of the
Saxon people, whom I love deeply, as
they love me.
"But all that could not alter my re;
olution. The ills of my life at court
were too great to bear."
The Times correspondent in Vienna,
in a dispatch via London, scouts the
alleged claim of the Archduke Leo
pold of Tuscany, brother of the crown
prince of Saxony, or Leopold Woel-
fling, as he will hereafter be called.
to inherit any of the estate of the I
Archduke John, who disappeared many
years ago under the name of John
Orth.
The correspondent says that this
claim is at least premature, since the
will of the presumably deceased arch
duke is still unopened and probably
will be left unopened for several years
to come.
BERLIN King George of Saxony
nas ordered the preparation of a full,
official account of the elopement of
Crown Princess Louise and the cir-
, . . I
sumstances leading up to It, for the
Saxons, among whom tbe most fantas- I
k i o!oc oro n rritltlnn in fha
0...
aetnmenr oi uie royai peopie, espe- i
cially with reference to the future
king.
The scandal is undermining, accord
ing to some opinions, the people's loy
alty and respect for the throne. The
dynasty being Catholic and the people
Protestant, the affair is being utilized
for sectarian controversy.
It is estimated that 90 per cent of
the employes of the cigar trust arc
... . ...
emalcs. reat majority are
j minors.
A LURKING DANGER.
There is a lurking
danger in tho aching
back.
Tho aches and pains
of a bad back tell of
kidneys overworked.
Go to tho kidneys'
assistance when
backacho pains warn
you.
A kidney warning
should bo heeded, for
dangerous diabetes
quickly follows in the
wake of backache.
Urinary disorders
are serious and
TlrlRht'B dlKcaHe is near nt hand. Read
how the danger ran be averted.
Case No. 15.741. Rev. Jacob D. Van
jloren, of f7 Sixth street, Fond dil Lac,
WIh . Presbyterian clergyman, nays:
A man QJ. w(jn,an wh haa m.Ver had
,,. ,.r nv f th little
I I ..-n !,..! nan.
HIS COHBequi-lii uj.uu loiiiio'
I Hava nt a. time, unahlo to do anything.
RD(j to express what I suffered ciO'
nar4iy be adequately done In ordinary,
Ari,s xo A tlme nasned. comini
I . . . ,.Bri,,1iapa if which
.,, . , lt,r.n,
i' " J"
interview to any one who requires in-
formation. I Used plenty of remedies,
and. ever on the outlook for something
that might check or benefit my condl-
tlon, I began taking I loan's Kidney
l'lns. This I can conscientiously say.
Doan's Kidney Pills cuused a general
improvement in my health. They
brought great relief by lessoning tho
pain and correcting the action of tho
kidney secretions.
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine, which cured the Hcv. Jacob
Van Doren, will be mailed on applica
tion to any part of the United Ktates.
Address Fofcter-Mllburn Co., IJuffalo,
N. Y. For sale by all druggists. Price
60 cents per box.
Nine eyeH and tlnee mouths were
possessed by a collie puppy lorn re-
-ently at Henley. England. It lived
four hours
Business Chances.
The M. K. & T. Uy. has a well
established Industrial t Department,
aiding in the selection of tdtes and
locations for industries of all kinds
along its lines. Write if you are in
terested. We will send book, "Uusi-
ness Chances," and any other Infor
mation wanted, on request. James
Barker, Gen'l Pass. Agent, M. K. &.
T. Ry., 601 Wainwrlght Uldg., Bt.
Louis.
Sarah Hernhardt, the 8-year-old
daughter of Maurice Hernhardt, will
follow the footsteps of her illustrious
grandmother and Income an actress.
jRC YOUR CMVrilKS FADEDf
Use Ked Cross Hall Ulc.e an i make them
white again. Large 2 oz. uckage, 6 cents.
Count Adami has presented to the
Pope his magnificent villa near Chelt,
Italy, and some COO works of art con
tained therein.
Stop the C'ougfi and
WorkH On tho Colt
Laxative Broiuo Quinine Tablets. Price 25c.
One Australian syndicate has offered
General DeWet $1,250 weekly and ex
penses for a lecturing tour in Aus
iralia.
Plso's Cure is the bent medicine we ever used
for all affections of the throat and lunr. Wm.
O. Emislkt, Vacburen, IdL, Feb. 10. 10oa
Efforts are being made in Paris to
form a society for securing promptnes?
and politeness from telephone attend
ants.
DR. COFFEE
Discovers Remedies That Restore
Sight to Blind People.
Dr. W. O. Coffee, a noted vn If at. ann i-.a
Block. Des Moines. Idti hu iliu..ir.r..,l ,
cin:s for the eyes that people can use at home
?,na cure ,;,f l!tracU' Scunis. Ornnuiatcd L.idu,
Ulcers or HlindnesK and restore Kiirht-
tr. Coffee has published an Ho-paye book on
i'.'.l, " . 71 , " " " ' TDa. iT'.e u, every
,.,1Ut-r 01 wji p.ioer. iiiis ooox tells bow to
rL? Htro0K'
Herr Caspar Gerstle, the oldest man
in Lower Austria, bag Just died, aged
110.
No chromos or cheap premiums, out
a better quality and one-third more of
Defiance Starch for tbe same price of
other starches.
Many a soul has slipped
up on
frozen piety.
Tailtfrrmj nl far Ilrratlat.
Overcoat and robe made to order. Cow bide
a upeclalty.
O. R. GILBEIJT COMPANY,
1124 South 13tb St. OMAHA. NEB.
Telephone F-I814.
Litter for horses and cows is to be
made from spent hops in Dublin.
mora
men's S3.SO and S3 .CO shoe than any othei
two manufacturer In the world, which
prorei meir superiority I
then are worn tov mom
people in ail stations of
lire man any other make.
lieeause V. L. Douglas
is the lanrest manufacturer
he can buy cheaper and
produce his shoes at a
lower cost than other con
cerns, which enables him
to sell shoes for S.'550 and
5-i.OO equal in every
way to Uinse sold else
where tor S4 and 8-1.00.
W. Jj. Ioae!as S3.S0I
and S3 shoes are worn by thousand! of mc nwbo
nave been navin7.4 and !U nntlw U nvt .
could get a lirstrclass shoe for $3.50 or $3.00.
VetoKVM j VL.
as good. Placed side by side it Is impossible
w anT aiuerence. a inai wm convince.
Xotim Inrmu ri Sale: , 0, :, 2 1
w. i douolas joo gilt cock link,
Worth SBOO Compared with Other Makes.
a gmin oi h,kv,m.t in t our xeara.
Tht bftt ,mportttt ani 4mtrea leath,t Htu,-0
rnm uair. tnamei, bom vaij-, vaif, wici xia, corona
i-orr, ana national Kangaroo, rati Color yrfrfi.
nailtlflfl Th eeaulne htT W. L. DOUOLAS
UaUIIUil Dim and price otAtnpsd on bottom.
AAort ft mal,. fxtra. Hint. atalvafrrr.
VV. 1.. UOltiLAS, KKOCKTOH. BIAS
TIIDff CVC Wanted 59.000 pounds
I UlilU I O of aoed fat blrdt for
the holidays. Al'o chicken, dork and sett
Better ana etc?. Writ for trt and prices.
HIITRI HKtl.
Katallalel ISVo. Omk. .
W. N. U. Omaha.
No. 21903.
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