Nebraska Newspapers

    THE JOURNAL.
PUBLISHED EVERY TIIUKSDAY.
PLATTS MOUTH,
NEBRASKA.
OVER THE STATE.
The potato crop of Lincoln county is
considerably below the average.
The death rate at the state peniten
tiary has largely increased the past
year.
The soap fakir continues his voca
tion in Nebraska and is doing a good
business.
The first day's delivery of beets to
the Norfolk sugar factory amounted to
sixty-seven tons.
A LiDr arrived in Wilbur the other
day with her three children, all sick
with typoid fever.
The large dry goods house of N. B.
Falconer, Omaha, closed last week.
Liabilities are $110,000.
There are now seventy-five students
enrolled at the State Institute for the
Blind at Nebraska City.
The beet harvest is now in progress
in Dodge county, and is furnishing
plenty of work to men and teams.
While cleaning a revolver, Thomas
McCeun of Johnson county was acci
dentally shot, it is thought fatally.
The people of Spencer think they are
in the artesian water belt and are
going to test the matter by sinking a
deep welL
Ix the district court of Jefferson
county James White was sentenced to
the penitentiary for eighteen months
for larceny of a bicycle.
John Goodex, who pleaded guilty to
breaking into a house at Fremont on
September 4 last, was sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary.
Goti.eib Merkle, the man who killed
himself at Swedeburg was a member
of the Ancient Order of United Work
men, and had 52,000 insurance on his
life.
Gotleib Markkll, section foreman
of the Elkhorn at Swedeburg, com
mitted suicide by shooting himself in
the head. It was caused by domestic
trouble.
The city authorities of Kearney have
decided to treat charivari parties as
disturbers of the peace, and such of
fenders will hereafter be arrested and
duly punished.
The 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed liell of Vesta, Johnson county,
met a very tragic death. She got hold
of some matches, setting her dress on
fire" and burning to death.
Wilding's livery barn at West Point
burned, together with three horses, a
hotel "bus and a hearse. Alderman's
barn, just across the alley from the liv
ery barn, also burned down.
IIox. Robert W. Furnas and wife of
Nemaha county will have been married
fifty years on the 29th of the present
month and they have decided to cele
brate the event by a reception to their
friends.
Ax Indian, while returning from one
of the trading stores on the reserva
tion near Decatur, in an intoxicated
condition fell from the wagon with her
babe, and the child's skull was crushed.
The little one died after several hours
suffering.
A requisition was issued from the
governor's office upon the governor of
Louisiana for the return to this state
of Jerome Coulter, who is charged in
Douglas county with embezzlement of
the city funds while deputy city treas
urer of Omaha.
Oscar Brown, a man about CO years
old, who has been in jail at Fremont
since July awaiting trial on a charge of
criminal assault on a little girl, was
permitted to enter a plea of assault and
battery, and was sentenced to thirty
days in the county jail.
There are two bunches of antelope
not far from Chadron and some of the
local sportsmen have been after them.
They went out last week with a pack
of hounds and succeeded in running
down and capturing one antelope, two
coyotes and nine jackrabbits.
Ax old lady named Corson, who re
sides in the northern part of Johnson
county, has been keeping $200 in money
tied up in a stocking and hid in the
oven of an old unused stove. She isn't
keeping it there any more. Some one
unlawfully removed the wad. .
The hardware store of A. Pease, Sid
ney, was broken open and four revolv
ers stolen. Sheriff Daugherty appre
hended the thief, who proved to be
James Roberts, aged 19, employed at
the Pacific hotel in that city. The
stolen property was recovered.
While out hunting quail with a party
of friends in the timber and thick
brush that lines the numerous streams
around Chadron, George Williams was
accidentally shot in the face and arms
by one of the party. Fortunately Will
iams was at long range, and the shot
pellets did not pierce the flesh very
deep and no very serious results are
anticipated.
The Nebraska Association of Princi
pals and Superintendents of Public
Schools, in session in Lincoln, elected
officers as folio ws: President, Superin
tendent J. F. Saylor of Lincoln; first
ice president, Alex Stephens of Sut
ton; second vice president, A. II. Water
house of Grand Islank; recording sec
retary. Miss Clark of Fremont; corre
sponding secretary and treasurer, Miss
liene Hamilton of Omaha.
E. A- Johxsox and wife of Brady Isl
and passed through North Platte and
halted for a rest at the railroad bridge
east of town. They strolled out on the
bridge a distance and upon looking
around discovered a train coming in
such close proximity as to make it im
possible to retrace their steps. Mrs.
Johnson became very much frightened
at the position 'they were in and
jumped from the bridge, sustaining se
vere injuries.
Joseph Bills of Alliance believes in
irrigation. . From a potato patch so
treated he extracted a single tuber
that weighed twenty-six ounces. In
other words he dug a potato that
weighed ten ounces more than a pound.
Edith E. Harwick has been commis
sioned postmistress at Moorefield.
Governor LTolcomb has granted to
Albert Altendorf of Omaha a free, full
and unconditional pardon. Altendorf
was convicted in the district court of
Douglas county of an assault with in
tent to commit great bodily harm com
mitted by striking William Cullen, a
fellow employe in the Union Pacific
shops, with a bar of iron.
Settled a Boundary Dispute.
The joint commission appointed in
behalf of Nebraska and South Dakota
to fix the title to some land in dispute
between the states has made its report.
The commission is composed of C. J.
Srnyth, Ed A. Fry and J. W. Edgerton
in behalf of Nebraska, and Andrew E.
Lee, E. C. Ericson and E. IL Van Ant
werp in behalf of Dakota. The com
mission located the boundary as fol
lows: Center of the main channel of the
Missouri river between a point in the
center of main channel of the river
directly north of the west line of Dixon
county, Nebraska, and a point in the
center of the channel directly south of
the east line of Clay county. South Da
kota. The effect of this location is to
give the island in the Missouri river,
which has been in dispute to South Da
kota. The report includes a recommenda
tion giving to Nebraska Bon Homme
island, containing 3,500 acres, and giv
ing to South Dakota at the mouth of
Sioux river the small strip of land that
has been previously considered a part
of Dakota county.
Grand Lodge I. O. U. F.
The grand lodge of the Odd Fellows
in Nebraska met in its thirty-eighth
annual session in Omaha last week,
with every grand officer in his station,
and about 300 delegates present, repre
senting every subordinate lodge in the
state. Grand Secretary Gage made his
annual report, which shows a net gain
of four lodges in the state for the 3-ear;
and a net gain of thirty-three members
for the same period. This seems small,
but when the drouth and business de
pression are considered it is viewed that
the order did well to hold its own. The
report shows that $15,737.10 was paid
out for relief; the total assets of sub
ordinate lodges are $3S5,527.C, and a
balance is in the treasury of the grand
lodge at this time of $0,785. 15. In ad
dition to the relief reported above, the
grand lodge paid out $1,050.22 to aid
needy lodges and members iu the
drouth stricken portions of the state
last year.
Interesting Irrigation Case.
Gering dispatch: The injunction
case of Mcclenahan against the Winter
Creek Canal company was heard and
will be decided by Judge Neville after
arguments in the form of briefs have
been submitted. The case bears upon
the legality of the assessment of shares
of capital stock in an irrigation com
pany for maintenance purposes and the
question as to whether the companies
are entitled to sell delinquent stock
upon merely advertising the same, or
whether judgment must be taken and
proceedings had in. that way. It is re
garded as a test case by all the com
panies in this section, most of them
being organized under the mutual or
co-operative plan, and is watched with
a great deal of interest.
Mosher Case Up at Lincoln.
Lincoln dispatch: Judge Shiras in
the federal court this morning rendered
orally his decision in the motion to re
mand to the state courts the case
brought against C W. Mosher and the
directors of the Capital National bank
by depositors. He overruled the mo
tion These cases were first brought
in the district court to recover from the
directors losses alleged to have been
sustained by plaintiffs because of false
statements of the bank's condition
made by officers and directors. At the
instance of defendants they were re
moved to the federal court. Attorneys
for plaintiffs had moved to have them
remanded on the theory that they pre
sented no federal questions. Jjidge
Shiras holds that they involve questions
of law arising under the constitution
and laws of congress. The cases are
brought by Thomas Bailey, Isaac Holt,
the Jones National bank of Seward,
the Bank of Staplehurst, the Bank of
Utica and Henry C&rter.
Hurt With the fleets.
The Norfolk beet sugar factory has
now been in operation over one week,
says a dispatch from that place, work
ing up the immense crop of sugar beets
grown in the territory tributary to this
factory. Each year since the erection
of the factory here substantial improve
ments have been made on the plant,
and this year was no exception. A
large warehouse, for storing the sugar,
has been erected, a nd considerable new
machinery put into the factory. A
most important change is the substitu
tion of crude petroleum for the coal
formerly used in heating the boilers.
Large iron tanks have been built out
side the boiler house, in which the oil
is stored, and from which the oil is
pumped into the boiler house, heating
six immense boilers. The scene around
Norfolk among the farmers is one of
great activity, men, women and child
ren being engaged in the fields, pull
ing, topping and loading sugar beets.
Will Entertain. Irrigationists.
Sidney dispatch- A mass meeting of
the representative citizens of Sidney
was held here today for the purpose of
making preliminary arrangements for
the annual meeting of the Nebraska
Irrigation association, to be held here
on December 18 and 19. Edward Mc
Lernon was elected president and
Charles Callahan secretary. An execu
tive committee of seven was appointed
who will have full power to act in con
junction with the state organization,
composed as follows: Joseph Ober
felder, Edward 1L Breisch, James J.
Mcintosh, Butler A. Jones, Lincoln C
Stockton, Charles Callahan and Thomas
B. Dawson. Invitations will also be
sent to Wyoming and Colorado and it
is expected that they will co-operate in
the work. The proposed meeting is
considered of great importance and it
will bring here the best practical irri
gationists in the United States.
He Fooled the Ladies.
A number of ladies of Pierce were
6old by a smooth-faced young fakir re
cently. He was around selling soap
and with every dollars' worth pur
chased the lady was to be presented
with a set of Uaviland china or a piece
of furnitiue. The china or furniture
would be delivered to them in a week,
lie said that his firm, instead of adver
tising in the newspapers, thought to
advertise it among the ladies in this
manner as it would be a more profita
ble investment. A good while has now
passed and the china or furniture that
the ladies have been so anxiously ex
pecting has not made its appearante.
POLITICS IN HISTORY.
FORTY YEARS IN THE HOUSE.
SENATE AND CABINET.
The Hook of John Sherman, In Which
Many Political Secrets Are Revealed
Grant, Garfield, Blaine, Arthur, Har
rison and Other Republican Leaders
Praised A Good Deal of Garfield's
Nomination.
Old Political Secrets.
Chicago, Oct. yl. The intrigues
the jealousies and the traitorous knife
thrusts of the last half-century of
American statecraft are revealed in
the fierce light of stern criticism in
"John Sherman's Recollections of
Forty Years in the House, Senate and
Cabinet," just published in this city.
The fear that the venerable senator
would reveal secrets, long kept from
the public, in his forthcoming work
has been to an extent realized. Grant,
Garfield, Blaine, Arthur, Harrison and
other Republican leaders are spoken
of with unstinted praise for their high,
personal, worthy statesmanship, but
each is in guarded and covert language
shown in the less commendable light
of scheming politicians. The criti
cism is almost invariably implied
rather than direct, but it stands out
clearly in the work as a whole.
Owing to the close association of Mr.
Sherman and James A. Garfield, the
criticism of the nomination of the
latter for president of the United
States is perhaps one of the most
striking features of the book. The au
thor, while carefully avoiding a direct
charge of treachery on the part of the
ex-president, very significantly makes
it plain that Mr. Garfield was nomi
nated at a convention to which he had
gone as the trusted leader of the Sher
man forces. After showing by the
publication of private letters, covering
a period of years of close political and
personal association, that Mr. Garfield
was, in reality, his political protege,
Mr. Sherman gives in detail the his
tory of the national convention of
18S0. Following the account of his
own struggle for the nomination, -he
says:
"In time, I became thoroughly ad
vised of what occurred at the Chicago
convention, and had become entirely
reconciled to the result, though fre
quently afterwards I heard incidents
and details which occasioned me great
pain, and which seemed to establish
the want of sincerity on the part of
some of the delegates, and tended to
show that for some time before the
meeting offithe con vention the nomi
nation of General Garfield had been
agreed upon."
The sting felt by Garfield's defection
in 1S80 is inadvertently shown bv a
sentiment expressed during the discus
sion of the national convention of
1892, where the senator remarks:
"From later developments I became
satisfied that Harrison could not be
elected, that Piatt and a powerful
New York influence would defeat him
if nominated. I therefore preferred
the nomination of a new man, such as
William McKinley, but he had com
mitted himself to Harrison, and, ac
cording to my code of honor, could not
accept a nomination even if tendered
him."
Again the author reverts to the
Chicago convention in discussing the
character of President Garfield. Of
his personality and eloquence he
speaks in the highest terms. His will
power, he says, was not up to his per
sonal magnetism. He adds that his
opinion cnanged easily. In this
connection he said: "When I proposed
to him to be a delegate-at-large to the
Chicago convention, he no doubt
meant in good faith to support my
nomination."
Some of the political scheming that
again resulted in the defeat of the
Ohio statesman in the national con
vention of 18SS and brought about the
nomination of ex-President Harrison
can easily be read between the lines
in that part of the work devoted to
this struggle. In discussing the re
sult Mr. Sherman says he became sat
isfied one delegate from New York
controlled the entire delegation from
that state, and between Saturday
night, when the nomination seemed
certain to go to Sherman, and Monday
morning, when the tide turned in
favor of Harrison, a corrupt bargain
was made in the interests of the
latter, which secured him the support
of New York and gave him the nom
ination. Continuing the author states
in fairness to the ex-President: "But
it is to the credit of General Harrison
to say that if the reputed bargain
was made it was without his consent
at the time."
On the eve of another national cam
paign in which ex-President Harrison
is expected to figure prominently, Mr.
Sherman does not hesitate to state
that in 1892 he did not consider Harri
son a strong candidate. To his cold
and abrupt manner, he attributes his
unpopularity at that time.
At the age of 72 jears, Senator
Sherman recalls the affair over the at
tempt to remove Chester A. Arthur
from the collectorshso of the port of
New York with much feeling. The
correspondence bearing on the contro
versy never before published is given
in full, and Mr. Sherman's part as sec
retary of the treasury is stated in de
tail. Arthur is shown up in an un
enviable light and the attitude of
Roscoe Con tling toward the president
is caustically commented upon. The
former's nomination as vice president,
Mr. Sherman says, was the whim of
Conk ling to annoy President Hayes.
In writing about himself Mr. Sher
man is candid to the point of self crit
icism. For instance, he states that at
the age of 19 years he got into bad
company and was on several occasions
conscious of being intoxicated. In re
lating the incident which influenced
his whole life in this respect, he says:
"On one occasion, in the fall of 1830, I
went home very sick from drinking.
My mother received me with much
surprise and sorrow, but neither com
plained nor scolded, and ' with the ut
most kindness put me to bed and
watched over and cared for me. I was
not enough stupefied to be unconscious
of my degradation and her affection,
and then and there resolved never to
be in such a condition again."
Robbers wrecked a safe with dyna
mite at Hennessey, Okla., but got little
money.
Dr. and Mrs. Hearne were moved
from Marion county jail to Pike conn-'
ty jaiL
UNCLE SAM'S PLAN.
And His Union Pacific Reorganization
Scheme.
Washington', Oct. 1 . The report of
the government directors of the Union
Pacific railroad company has ,beec in
the hands of the secretary of th in
terior for the past three days Its rec
ommendations will act as a cold bath
to the plan of reorganization proposed
by the reorganization 'commission.
The plan was to have been consum
mated practically without regard to
the government debt while the report
of government directors proposes a
plan whereby the government may be
reasonably sure of payment of a large
percentage, if not all, of the debt due
it by not only the Union Pacific, but
by the Central Pacific also.
The basic proposition on which the
report is made is the consolidation of
the Union Pacific and Central Pacific
into a single trunk line extending
from Omaha to San Jose, Cal., thus
connecting the Pacific coast with one
of the railway centers of the Trans
mississippi by the shortest line in ex
istence and with ample terminal
facilities at each end. Under existing
conditions the various feeders of the
Union Pacific will be lopped away
from the parent system by foreclosure
proceedings on the part of their re
spective bondholders, and save for the
protection which the interstate com
merce and various state railroad com
mission acts may afford the new trunk
line would be placed at a disadvan
tage in securing the advantage which
would naturally come to it from the
lines in question. But as a trunk line
it is pointed out that it would have
vast advantages over any of the other
Pacific roads on account of its short
ness and natural sources. It is held
that the lease of the Central Pacific by
tne Southern Pacific can be broken
an i set aside. This done, the
way will be clear for the plan
of reorganization with the two roads
treated as one. It is shown that even
in the year of the panic the net earn
ings were about $7,500,000, sufficient
to pay five per cent on 8100,000,000
bonds, and leaving $2,500,000 for dis
tribution among shareholders. If
this showing can be made with the
Central Pacific, worked solely for the
the profit of the Southern Pacific, and
the Union Pacific consequently starved
by deprivation of its rightful sources
of income.it is argued that with the two
roads worked in harmony, the enor
mous traffic that would immediately
pass over them would at once increase
their earnings to figures equal to, if
not in excess of, their most prosperous
days.
It is pointed out that under the pro
posed consolidation the interest of the
Eastern trunk lines centering at Omaha
will be at once gained and it is sug
gested that if an open proposition
were made by the government to lease
or sell tne combined system to that
trunk line or combination of capital
ists which would pay to the govern
ment the largest amount on the
combined indebtedness of the two
roads above a minimum fixed at, it is
suggested, 575,000,000 would be strong
competition to secure control. This
plan, as outlined by the government
directors, has been pronounced
feasible by high officials of the Union
Pacific. In California, especialy, has
the project been strongly indorsed
within the narrow circle of those to
whom it could be submitted in confi
dence prior to the publication of the
report. A bill has already been drawn
by one of the government directors to
carry out the subject sought, and will
be submitted to the Secretary of the
Interior, the Secretary of the Treas
ury and Attorney General for ap--proval.
If favored by them, it will be
introduced in the coming, session of
Congress. '
HARRY GARFIELD.
The Family of the Dead President Will
Answer Sherman and Others Later.
Cleveland, Ohio. Oct. 21. The
eldest son of the late President, Harry
A. Garfield, while averse to express'
ing himself in regard to Senator Sher
man's statements, finally said: "It
has been the policy of the family not
to reply to charges that are made
against my father, and so we
have never given any attention
to such as the Roscoe Conkling
matter and other things of that kind.
There is in the possession of our fam
ily all the letters, manuscripts diaries
and such matter that was left by my
iamer, ana it is our intention to an
swer ail charges in the form of a bio
graphy rather than as the charges are
made. 1 do know one thing. I am
and have been a warm admirer and
friend of Senator Sherman's and I
know that my father always was. Of
course, Senator Sherman has a
perfect right to his own opin
ions, as has everybody else.
The nomination in 1880 was considered
by my father's friends and nearly
every Doay so De tne result or a
peculiar condition of affairs. What
ever Senator Sherman .may think
of it is his own matter, and he has a
right to his own opinions. It may be
that we will have something to say re
garding this matter, but I will not say
that we will or will not. I could only
say that after a conference with the
family and looking over some of the
papers, it does not seem to me right or
proper for anyone to make charges by
inference, but they should be substan
tiated by papers and documents. 1 do
not care to enter into a controversy
over it and prefer not to discuss the
matter until I have seen the book,
which I have ordered. I think what
ever reply we may decide to make will
likely be made in the form of a biog
raphy, but at the same time it is pos
sible we may : decide otherwise and
make a statement regarding it.
M'KINLEY IN A WRECK.
Desperate, but Unsuccessful, attempt to
Injure Ohio Republican Leaders.
Paulina, Ohio, Oct. 21. Just after
leaving Vanwert last night the special
car of the Ohio Central line, in which
were Governor McKinley, General
Bushnell, Railway Commissioner Kirk
ley, "A. B. Holcomb, Frank S. Mon
nett. Urban H. Hester, Colonel Wil
liam Gaitree and others, jumped the
track at the switch or was thrown off
by some scoundrel shifting the switch
as the cars passed, but no one was
hurt.
A bystander says a man changed the
switch just as the special car reached
it and then ran away.
PUGILISM IS BALKED.
THE CORBETT- FITZSIMMONS
AFFAIR' COMPLICATED.
It la Declared Posltlvelv that the Brnis
ers Will Not be Allowed to Meet The
Governor of Arkansas Keeping a Close
Outlook Talk of Changing the Matcb
to a Soft Glove Contest Views of John
L. Sullivan.
Corbett and Fitzslmmons.
Littlk Rock, Ark., Oct 19. Th
Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight situation is
even more complicated to-day than it
was when Governor Clarke first de
clared that he would use the full
power of the law to prevent the con
test. No one here now dares to say
what will be the outcome, though the
feeling at Hot Springs at present is
that, if Fitzsimmons will agree to the
chauged conditions, making the match
a soft glove limited round glove fight,
the men will be able to meet at that
place October 31 without interference.
It is said that the governor while at
Ilot Springs asserted that he would
tolerate no violation of the law, but
was willing to refer the whole ques
tion to Judge Duffie an 1, if he should
conclude that no violation warranting
interference was intended, the govern
or would be satisfied and in any event
no state interference would be inter
posed unless the constituted authori
ties of that county should ask for such
assistance.
Against this, however, is the state
ment made last night by Brigadier
General Taylor, after a long confer
ence with the governor:
'The figtit will not occur at Ilot
Springs nor in Arkansas. There is no
doubt on that score."
"Not even in a modified way, as now
proposed?" '
"No sir."
"What will be the effect of the court
proceedings, if favorable to the fight,
on the proposition to mass the militia
at Hot Springs?'
"I don't feel at liberty to discuss
that phase of the question. My duty
is to carry out orders, whether right
or wrong, but I believe the orders the
Governor may issue will be right."
JOHL L. TALKS.
fle Is Anxious to Have tbe Fight Come
Oft Will Be a Great Battle.
New Yobk, Oct. 19. Ex-Champion
John L. Sullivan said of the Corbett-
1 ltzsimmons matter that the fight
might come off and that it might
not. Asked whether he had any
choice between the two men he re
plied that he had not, but thought it
would be a great fight. "I wish in my
heart to see it come oft," said he.
"as the future of boxing depends
on its final outcome. They are
knocking the game out all over the
country, but it will rise again as sure
as you live. Fitzsimmons and Corbett
are good fellows and they should
be allowed to box. When I was in
the game, they never objected. I sup
pose that was because I was a good
fellow. Who do I think wiir win?
Well, as I said, I have no choice in the
matter. It will be a fight for keeps,
and both men will do their level best
to win. Corbett is a clever man, and
so is I ltz. They know how to use
their nands and they are no novices at
the game. Fitzsimmons is said to be
a hard hitter; so is Corbett. He can
hit as good as any one and I am sure I
ought to know. How long do 1 think
it will last? Well, to be plain, I have
not the slightest idea. I should go
about twenty rounds if anything. The
men will fight cautiously at first, but
will no doubt take things seriously as
soon as tney nave sized each other up.
I have no idea of returning to the
ring."
CORBETT ARRESTED.
Charged With Threatening to Assault
Bob Fitzsimmons.
Hot Springs, Ark., Oct. 19. A war
rant against James J. Corbett was
issued from Justice Kirke's court yes
terday afternoon. It charges that he
has threatened, is conspiring and is
about to commit an unlawful assault
upon the person of one Bob Fitzsim
mons. It was placed in the hands of
Sheriff Houpt, who proceeded to the
Arlington hotel and served it. The
warrant was issued at the instance of
Prosecuting Attorney C V. Teague.
Corbett was brought into court by the
sheriff and the prosecuting attorney
asked that he be put under bonds to
keep the peace. Judge Ivirke made
the order as asked, placing the bond
at ?1 0,000. Corbett refused to give the
bond, and his attorneys, Martin and
Greaves, will sue out a writ of habeas
corpus asking for his release. This
will bring the question up for judicial
hearing as to whether a glove contest,
such as is now proposed, will be a vio
lation of the state statutes.
Boiler . Explosion In Carroll County, Mo
Cakrollton, Mo., Oct. 19. The
boiler of Julius Peters' sawmill, eight
miles southeast of here, exploded yes
terday afternoon. The mill was en
tirely destroyed. Albert meters, ine
11-year-old son of the proprietor, was
blown about fifty feet and sustained
lniuries from which ne wiu aie.
Julius Peters will lose one eye and his
face and nose were badly cut. Eb.
Webb and Joe Barker were injured,
but not seriously. .
Bushels of Forged Paper.
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 19. A. K.
Ward, secretarv. treasurer and man
ager of the Memphis Barrel and Head
in a- non-man v. has disappeared, leaving
outstanding forged papers to the ex
tent, it is said, of 8100,000.
Shot by Wronged Husband.
Holtojt, Kan., Oct. 19. Charles
Hoover, son of ex-Postmaster Hoover
of this place, was last night shot and
killed by Sam Newman at the latter's
home west of Holton. Newman had
been away and, returning, found
Hoover in the house with his wife. He
surrendered himself to the officers.
Mr. Harrison Quarantined.
Saratoga, N. Y., Oct. 19. Master
Benjamin McKee, who has scarlet
fever, is doing as well as could be ex
pected. He is still quarantined, as
are Mrs. J. R. McKee and ex-President
Harrison.
LEO's stand important.
High Roman Catholic Authorities Dis
cuss tbe Religious Congress Matter.
Washington, Oct. 19. Among high
ecclesiastics here it is felt that the
pope's letter to the American arch
bishops urging non-participation by
Catholics in "promiscuous religious
congresses" opens up a question of
more importance than the sectarian
school question, the Cahensley move
ment, or the other issues which have
been presented in recent years.
It is said that the Pope's opposition
to the religious congresses does not
affect the Catholic church alone, but
has a bearing on the entire movement
toward Christian unity, which began
in England, and has spread through
this country, the purpose of which was
to harmonize all divergent sects on
non-essentials, bringing them together
on the one essential tenet of Chris
tianity. The broader sentiment found
expression in the attendance of Car
dinal Gibbons at the congress of re
ligions at Chicago. At that time Mgr.
Satolli was in Chicago, but took no
part in the congress. The Cardinal's
paper and subsequent magazine arti
cles, showing the common grounds on
which all sects might stand, attracted
much attention.
The language of the pope's letter is
said to leave no room for doubt as to
the position of Rome on the holding
of congresses, or the broader question
of church unity, as the following di
rect statement makes clear: "But
although these promiscuous conven
tions have unto this day been toler
ated with prudent silence, it would,
nevertheless seem more advisable that
Catholics should hold their conven
tions separately." It is said that this
statement is so direct as not to be
open to misinterpretation, and doubt is
expressed as to the very liberal inter
pretation placed by Archbishop Ire
land on such a clear statement from
the pope. It is believed also that if
there is any misunderstanding or
broad interpretation given to the
pope's language, he will speedily issue
a second letter
VAN LEUVEN PARDONED.
The Notorious Iowa Pension Fraud Work
er Set Free by the President.
Washington, Oct. 19. A pardon has
been granted by the president to
George M. VanLeuven, sentenced in
Iowa to imprisonment for two years
and 81,000 fine for violation of the.
pension laws.
Suicide Under a Train.
Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 19. Dr. Abbie
J. Seymour, a distinguished woman
physician and artist, threw herself
last night in front of a fast West Shore
train near the water works station.
She had been compelled to use crutches
since last spring, when she suffered an
accident to the nerves of her hip while
attending the post graduate medical
college at Chicago. This affliction
preyed upon her mind until she suc
cumbed to melancholia. She leaves a
sister in Chicago, Mrs. Morris Gynne,
and a stepmother and another sister
in New York. She was bom in Ba-
tavia, N. Y., forty-two years ago.
Insuring Consumptives.
Cincinnati, Oct 21. Special. Re
ports say that a leading life insurance
company is accepting risks to the
amount of $200,000 on lives of consump
tives takipg the Amick Chemical Treat
ment for lung disease. The Amick
Chemical Co. of Cincinnati is actually
paying the premiums on this insurance
and presenting policies to their pa
tients. This company claims to have
the most complete statistics on con
sumption in the world, and that these
risks are good, providing the patients
take a course of the Amick treatment.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations from New York, Chicago, St.
Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA
Butter Creamery separator.. IS " 21
Butter Fair to good country. 14 16
Kggs Fresh 16
Honey California, per fi 14 & 15
Spring Chickens, per lb SVJ i 6
Ducks l er lb 6 & 654
Turkeys Per lb 7 fc& 8
Geese-per lb : 5 fc 6
.Lemons Choice Messinas w m w w
Apples per bbl 1 75 (A 3 00
sweet rotatoes uooa, per ddhw x a
Potatoes per bu 25 w 30
Beans Navv.handnicked.bu 1 75 2 10-
Cranberries Cape Cod, pr bbl 7 50 8 00
Uay upland, per ton o w u o wi
Onions Per bu 20 W
Cheese Neb. & la., full cream 10 & i-
Hogs Mixed packing 3 80 W3K5
Hogs Heavy weights 3 75 4 00-
Beeves Mockers and feeders, 2 2 3 45
Beef bteers 3 0 W 5 lo
Bulls. 1 50 W 2 GO-
fctaes 2 50 & 2 .:
Calves. 2 00 tt 5 v.
Cows 12. 2 75
Oxen 2 50 2 tii
Hellers a w -i J
Westerns 2 25 0 3 15
bbeeu Lambs 3 00 4 50
theep Choice natives 2 7j 3 00
CHICAGO. -
Wheat No. 2. serins MV-J 60
Corn Per bu 29 ti 2!Li
Oats 1 er bu 20 d 20
Pork 8 50 ti 8 60
Lard 5 72 5 75
Hoes Packers and mixed 3 90 m 4 10
Cattle Western range steers.. 25 4 50
Prime Steers 4 00 O 4 50
theep Lambs, Jj -.4 50
fcheep Natives 3 00 3 50
NEW YOKK-
Wheat. No 2. red winter 65 a 66
Corn No. 2 37 37
Oats No. 2 24 a 24!i
Port i wi IU25
Lard L5 & 6 20
ST. LOUIS.
Wheat No 2 red, cash.. C3 3i (.r;
Corn Per bu 24 ( 247i
Oats Per bu 17 & 1714
Boss Mixed pacRing a 49 in 4 (in
Cattle Native steers '5 40 6 50
tbeeo Kxport natives 5 20 ? 5 40
Lambs 3 25 4 50
KANSAS CITV.
Wheat No. 2 hard kq a
orn No. 2 24'. . -i.
Oats No. 2 15 &
Cattle Mockers and feeders.. 2 50 3 m
liogs .Mixed Dackers a r 011
Sheep Aluttons 2 00 2 60
FLAMES IN CREEDE. COL.
Three Blocks of Business Houses De
stroyed Two Newspapers lturaed Out.
Denvkb, Colo., Oct. J9. Fire in
Creede, Colo., last night burned over
the three blocks between First and
Fourth streets. Thirty-four business
houses were destroyed, ineludinc the
postoffice, the Tortoni hotel, and two
newspaper offices, those of .the Sen
tinel and the Candle. The loss is esti
mated at 8500,000. This was the third
big lire in that famous mining1 camtx.