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About Plattsmouth weekly journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1881-1901 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1895)
THE JOURNAL, j I UBLISIIED EVERY THURSDAY. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. OVEE THE STATE. County division is again being agi tated in Holt county. Asa Emeksox, a prominent farmer of Johnson county, last week lost two grown daughters from typhoid fever. Omaha is going to have a union depot f or know the reason way. xne staie board of transportation is asked to take a hand. Tmk life of Mr. Fred lieysehlag, who was injured in the cereal ecills machin ery at Nebraska City, is almost des paired of. J Alius Kathbirx, a prominent farm er near O'DelL lost a barn by fire. The building was almost new, and cost nearly 1,000. Kkaxk Coyne, a young man living near Sterling, was kicked in the face by a vicious horse and quite severely injured. His nose was sunk into his Lead and a big gash cut on his fore head. Mi. Haxscom. living near Wood lliver. set fire to the dead weeds in his potato field to fit the land for plowing. He lost thirty tons of hay and his near est neighbor twenty before the flames were subdued. V. Haktig was compelled to unload a car of beets this week, says the Sut ton Register, and peddle them out, be cause the Grand Island factory refused to receive them, claiming they were ielow the standard. The farm house of AutonKrofta, sr., who lives some three or four miles southeast of Table Rock, was burned to the ground while all the family was absent but a very little girl. Verj little of the contents were saved. James IX Cap.michael, one of the pioneer residents of Otoe county, died ,ast w eek, aged S3 years. Mr. Carmi chael founded the now defunct village of Minersville, in Otoe county. He leaves a widow and one daughter. The Lincoln and Dawson county irri gation bonds, to the amount of $JT.", GJ0. were carried by a vote of ninety -eight to eighteen. The canal, when completed, will water about 5(1,000 acres of land as rich as any in the world. A farmek who lives near the Colfax county line was in Columbus and re ported a fatal malady which is work ing great destruction among the hogs in that locality. He said he lost six teen a few days ago in about two hours. Cueist Haltt, living in Happy Hol low, Plattsmouth, indulged in a little wife-beating, and was subsequently ar rested. The neighbors are indignant over his actions and threaten his life f-hould he be caught at the business again. As A- IL Bird was returning home from Cedar Rapids his horse became unmanageable and he was thrown from his cart and instantly killed. Mr. Bird was an extensive farmer and re sided on his father's ranch eight miles below Cedar Rapids. Eight hundred and seventy-seven bags of sugar, says the Norfolk News, were turned out at the factory yester day in ten hours. J. V. Covert, Y. B. Ilight and I. Lee performed the feat of sewing, marking and weighing 100 bags of sugar in fifty eight minutes. The fence gang on the Burlington & Missouri brought in word to Alliance that a man had been found by the track eight miles east of" that place with his head beaten into a jelly, it is supposed by a club. No trace of the murdered man's identity has been found, but he is supposed to have been one of a number of tramps who were walking east. The citizens of the east part of Fron tier have taken steps to divide the county by running the line north and south on the east side of and near the village of Stockviile. The people of that part of the county (Eustis and vi cinity) contend that the county is alto gether too large, and are weary of hav ing to drive so far over rough roads in order to reach the county seat. Mrs. J. L. Adair of Madison, aged 2 years, accompanied her husband to get a load of straw. When crossing a slough she slipped from' the load head foremost, struck the hard ground with such force that her scalp was cut across right under the eyebrows from one ear to the other and the whole torn back from and over the top of the skull sev eral inches. She can hardly recover Washington dispatch: Thomas H. Farris, of Lincoln, Neb., has been ap pointed a teacher in the Indian school at Vine Ridge agency, South Dakota. Miss Elizabeth Baker of Valparaiso. Ind., has been appointed a teacher in the Indian school at the Omaha and Winnebago reservation, Nebraska, add Joseph F. Greenwood of Fairbur Neb., a clerk in the railway mail serv ice. Thk Beatrice Express employes found a letter at the office addressed to James J. fc'kow, a prominent citizen, signed ' hitecaps, ordering Mr. Skow to leave the city within ten days or suffer the consequences. The supposition is that this comes from parties who were instrumental in having Mr. Skow ar rested some time since for shooting William McMurrin while in the act of Btealing corn. The American Tribune Colony com pany, which was organized about one year ago, and has 150,000 acres of land in Irwin and Wilcox counties, Georgia, has about COO stockholders in this state, and about twenty in the neighborhood of Nebraska City. About half of those near that place will leave for their new home next month and the remainder in the spring. They claim to have a land flowing with milk and honey." In a year or so they will all be coming back to Nebraska. The Springfield Monitor says: W. D. Chapman finished hauling his old corn crop into the Gretna market Tues day. There were 1,700 pushels in the lot, for which he was content to take 21 cents, although there was a. time when he could have gotten GO cents or better. The beet raisers are again shipping beets to the Norfolk factory. They have arranged for the state chemist to analyze their beets to see if the factory people are giving them a square deaL. In Lincoln last week John Fayer was found guilty of criminal assault upon his daughter, and sentenced to the pen itentiary for Hxe.1 - Farmers Can "anae a Chemists. The following from the feeet sugar companies explains itself: It having been brought to our notice that dissatisfaction exists among the farmers regarding the testing of their beets, we wish to make the following suggestions: That the farmers pro cure a chemist, appointed by the gov ernor, or recommended by Prof. Nichol son of the State university, who shall check the tests made by the factory chemist We will give such a man every facility for conducting hi 3 work properly and fairly. We would suggest that the farmers also appoint some one to select the samples from the wagons and cars, with our own sampler; that these beets be cut in half and be given to each chemist, so as to avoid any pos sible error by difference of sample, and if the farmers' chemist proves to be ac curate and just in his work we will ac cept .his tests in case they differ from our own. In view of the doubts that have been expressed as to the accuracy with which we test the beets, we think, in justice to our company, the beet growers should adopt this plan of con firming our results, and we further urge the necessity of speedy action in the matter, as but little time remains for harvesting the crop. Yours truly, Norfolk Beet Sugar company, Oxxard Beet Suoab Company. Nebraska Sugar Industries. Lincoln dispatch: Daily reports are received by the secretary of state con cerning the sugar industries at Grand Island and Norfolk. The season com menced October 1. Up to the 15th inst. the receipt of sugar beets at the Grand Island factory amounted to 4,420 tons. The amount of granulated sugar man ufactured to that date amounts to 400,000 pounds. The Norfolk faetorj' has received 5,017 tons of beets. It has produced 300,000 pounds of granulated sugar, making a total of sugar made by the two factories of TOO; 000 pounds. These two factories receive on an average, daily, 3,000 tons of beets, or 1,500 apiece. Ihe sugar bounty amounts to SI a ton, in reality, to the producer, for it was with the under standing that the beet raiser was to re ceive 55 per ton for beets, instead of 54, that the bounty of live-eights of 1 cent a pound was voted by the last leg islature. Thus the two factories at Grand Island and Norfolk are dis tributing among the farmers who went into the beet industry about SI. 500 a day each. The manufacturing season lasts about three months. One-sixth of this time has now elapsed. The same average kept up would give an output for the season for the two fac tories of 4,500,000 pounds of manufac tured sugar. Chicory Crop la Valley County. North Loup dispatch: Experimental plats of chicorj' which were planted here last season grew with remarkable vigor during the entire season, Imt it was a great surprise to all who had been interested in watching the growth of the plants to learn the facts in re gard to what an enormous yield they were making. One plat, raised by Attorney E. J. Babcock, wiis divided into sections of rows one rod in length, from which comparative calculations could be made, and after topping and trimming as required by the factory at O'Neill, the roots weighed at the rate of from eight to seventeen tons to the acre. As the German Chicory company of O'Neill this year pays $10.50 per ton for the roots, and the labor required in their harvesting and tillage does not greatly exceed that of the sugar beet, it will be readily seen that the chicory plant is one of great promise for cen tral Nebraska.. Sugar Beet Factory Cbetnists. Farmers and managers of the Grand Island and Norfolk beet sugar factories have joined in requesting Governor Holcomb to appoint one chemist for each of the factories. There has been no complaint concerning the chemical analysis conducted by the factories on which purchase of beets are based, but in order to protect both the buyer and seller of beets and to satisfy all parties concerned, the joint request for a chem ist, who shall serve in the capacity of an umpire, has been made. There is no mention of a chemical analysis in the sugar bounty bill passed by the last legislature over the gov ernor's veto. That act simply says no bounty shall be paid on sugar made from beets for which as much as So a ton shall not have been paid. This virtually fixes the price of beet's at 85 a ton, but the written contracts with growers state that the beets must con tain 12. per cent of saccharine matter, 80 per cent of which shall be pure. Beets that do not come up to this test are probably not taken at all by the factory, or are bought at a reducec? orice. Bank Robber Caught. Ilarrisburg dispatch: A bold at tempt was made to rob the I'anner County bank of this town. About 4 p. m. a masked man entered the bank and ordered Mr. Carlisle, the cashier, to throw up his hands. Mr. Carlisle stepped through a side door through his residence and out of coors, and securing the robber's horse, raised the alarm. In a few minutes a dozen armed men were on the streets and the bank was surrounded. The robber secured what money was in sight, threw it in a sack and came out. After the exchange of a dozen shots or so the robber started to run, and was finally brought down, shot through the leg'. Fortunately no one was shot but the thief. It is not known whether he had any pals or not. It turned out to be a man by the name of Graham, a ranch er living in the edge of Scotts Bluff county. His wound is not dangerous. All the money was recovered and the thief captured. - Washington dispatch: The condition of the national banks of Nebraska, ex clusive of Omaha and Lincoln: Loans and discounts $12,951,203 Stock and securities 448,001 Banking bouse, furniture and fix tures . 1,123.017 Other real estate and mortgages... 604,57- Due from reserve agent..., 14,546,750 Gold coin 5j1,i'kS7 Gold tr asurv certificates 7,000 United states certificates, deposits J for legal tender notes 3Si375 Total resources $20,1.3,7 3 Capital stock paid In ..' 6,50,1-00 Surplus funds I,2l,(i9 Undivided profits 510, -ISO Individual deposits 8.;I7,M5 Average reserve. Z7.aa vtr cent, as aom- pared with 27.4 last report. ! THE RUSSO-CHIHESE DEAL CAUSES NATIONAL EXCITEMENT. THE CRISIS NEAR ATHAND. Men of Weight Agree That the Prospect Is Graver Than Since the Time of the Crimean The Westminster Ga zette Advocate Alliance With America in Cas of an Emergency. Londox, Oct, 2 8. Many people here whose opinions are worth weighing do not hesitate to .say that Great Britain, if the report of the Russo Chinese treaty should turn out to be absolutely correct, would have to face a crisis equal in gravity only to the one which preceded the Crimean war. The diplomats have not yet recovered their equanimity so rudely disturbed and it seems likely that they will not do so for some time to come. Some of the newspapers, usually very conservative, the St. James Ga zette, for instance, have gone so far as to say that "-Even war with Russia would be le&r disastrous than to allow her, without a blow, to get such a grip upon China." The Globe expressed the opinion that neither German nor America could allow the Pacific to be come "a Franco-Russian lake," and the Pall Mall Gazette said, resignedly: "If this treaty is to stand roll up the map of Asia," and at the same time advised the reoccupation of Port Ham ilton by the British and the immediate strengthening of the British fleet in far Eastern waters. An editorial in the Chronicle says: We think that thus menaced by Russia Japan will refuse to evacuate Port Ar thur. It is not inconceivable that if Russia attempts such a step, England and Japan will form an offensive and defensive alliance. If Lord Salisbury will only be able to make up his mind what to do and how to do it, he has a chance to gain high credit for himself. The Standard (Conservative), edi torially considers that the Times' Hong Kong dispatch, reporting im portant concessions to Russia by China, is a balloon d'essai on Russia's part. Even if the mandarins sanctioned such a treaty, it declares, it would only be with comforting assurance that they would face the opposition of Japan and the powers. The covenant would be mere waste paper. The Westminster Gazette holds that an excellent opportunity is now of fered for making a beginning with what it describes as "the union in higher diplomacy of the United States and Great Britain, to which all think ing men in the English-speaking world so confidently look forward." "Amer ica, with ourselves," it says, "is a pa cific power. For years back she has taken great interest in the develop ment of Japan, Corea and China. The interest of John Hull and Cousin Jonathan is identical. Neither de sires to disturb the statu quo; both wish to get a fair share of what commercial advantages may be going. Should the Times' Hong "Kong dis patch be confirmed and the czar's ad visers unfortunately persevere in their determination to disturb the balance of power in the far East, Japan will look for friends, and those friends are obviously Great Britain and the United States. The little anxiety in the for eign office now would be cheaply bought if it is led thereby to carefully consider the future diplomatic and naval relations between the old coun try and her strenuous sons across the Atlantic and to realize that the English-speaking world can better employ its strength than in international squabbling- over such petty mutters as the boundaries and obligations of Venezuela and Nicaragua." Stanley Does Not Expect War. New York, Oct. 2 8. Henry M. Stan ley, the British member of Parlia ment, speaking of the diplomatic situ ation in the East last night, said: "England will not find it necessary to fight Russia. The English are a quiet, peace loving people. They are too commercial, and the government will not rush into war bscause of Rus sia's action. Because Russia has been enterprising in acquiring- com mercial rights, I do not see that it is anything to be very bitter about or to cause violent measures. If Russia has acquired the sole right to undertake commercial operations in China, any rival may feel embittered that the privilege was lost to such rival. Still, I deem it is not sufficient cause for war China has the right to give it to whatever power she chooses. Russia simply saw her advantage. "As to China's object in the alleged cession of the territory, safety in the future is the only one I can see. China, having- been defeated by Japan, has been persuaded that by "sacrifice me can secure the future." Tresses Cut Off During the Might, Elkhart, Ind., Oct. 28. Miss Ella Miller, a young- society lady of this ity, awoke this morning to find that luring her sleep her hair had been severed from her head and was lying on the floor. Her grown brother, who Is a sleep-walker, is supposed to have performed the act during- one of his somnambulistic spells. Drops Dead in Church Worcester, Mass., Oct. 28. Rev. William Gordon, 87 years old, of Mich igan City, Ind., who was visiting his daughter in this city, dropped dead while attending prayer meeting- at Grace Methodist Episcopal church. He was one of the oldest members of the New England conference. "Employes Known by Numbers. Jolikt, 11L, Oct. 23. The Illinois Steel Company began the issue of tags to be worn by its 1,700 employes yes terday. The first department -supplied was the yard, where 250 employes re ceived the tags, but no murmuring was heard. ENGLAND'S VAR CLOUD. HILL ON THE LANDMARKS. The New York Senator Makes a Speech at Ann Arbor Financial Reforms. Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 28. Twenty live hundred students of the University of Michigan gave close and appre ciative attention last night to an able address by Senator David B. Hill of New York. Senator Hill spoke for an hour and three-quarters on "Old Land- marks," and in the course of his speech enunciated some radical criticisms of the present system of issuance of treasury notes as legal tender money. The Senator reviewed the history sur rounding the forming of the United States constitution and incidentally commended Thomas Jefferson as one of the greatest, if not the great est, of the early American lead ers. He cited the decision by the supreme court in the income tax cases as an instance in which the old landmarks of the constitution in rela tion to taxation had been adhered to by the country's highest tribunal. The reforms in our national policies which the speaker declared to be most urgent at present are as follows: Presidential terms of six years; the election of Senators by direct vote of the people; the empowering of the President to veto separate items of ap propriation bills; the abolishment of the present system of issuing legal, tender notes by the government. Senator nill ably upheld his claim that congress has intrinsically no power to declare its promissory notes to be money, nor to issue notes con tinuously without having the specie with which to redeem them. He was not inclined to doubt the patriotic motive of those who inaugurated the system during the time of war. Criti cism, he said, should be reserved for those who perpetuated the system and made it an unending chain of note issue. The return to "one old land mark," namely, the hard money "dol lar of our daddies," was strongly urged. As to the silver issue Senator Hill spoke hopefully of its ultimate solu tion, remarking that on account of the recent discoveries of gold in Africa, etc., the question may, perhaps, be settled without the aid of either states men or. politicians. Free Thinkers National Council. Neav York, Oct. 28. The National Congress of tree Thinkers, with rep resentatives from every State in the Union and from Canada, was opened in Hard man hall yesterday. The spe cial object of the congress, which will last for three days, is stated to further the total separation of church and state, and to secure the impartial taxation of all property, secular and public schools, abolition of Sabbatar ian and blasphemy laws, free - peech, free press, free mails and the rights of man, woman and children. The United States on the Lookout. Washington, Oct. 28. The navy department is giving careful attention to the situation in Corea. The United States has no special interest in the complication beyond the protection of American interests there, and proba bly under no circumstances would do more than take precautions to this end by sending some of the ships now in Asiatic waters to the scene, in case official advices should confirm the re ports of prospective trouble. Flanged Through a Bridge. Newton, Kan., Oct. 28. A Missouri Pacific train went through a bridge across State creek on the edge of town yesterday afternoon and wrecked several cars. The engine had crossed the bridge when a coal car jumped the track and crashed through. Another car followed and took with it the bag gage car. No one was seriously in jured, although several were badly bruised and scratched. The wreck will delay traffic for several daya Eloped With the Coachman. Chicago, Oct. 28. Edna Schmidt,tht youngest child of K. G. Schmidt, the millionaire brewer, knelt by her mother's grave in Graceland cemetery last Tuesday 'morning, celebrated her eighteenth birthday that afternoon, and the next day eloped with the coachman her father had discharged three weeks before. Two Hundred People Homeless. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 28. Fire last night destroyed the extensive lumber plant of Bess Thompson & Co., on the outskirts of this city, together with about forty small frame dwelling's in the immediate neighborhood. The loss will reach $100,000, with insurance of about one-thtrd. Nearly 200 peo ple are homeless. Stock Suffering for Water. Marshall, Mo., Oct. 28. Never be fore at this season of the year was drouth fo great as ic is now in this section. Cisterns are dry, stock suf fering for water and farmers in con stant dread of fire. The Chicago and Alton has to haul water from Glasgow to Slater for use in their shops, round house, etc. Business is generally de pressed. Gothenburg, Neb., Bank Failure. Gothenburg, Neb., Oct. 28. Thb State bank has closed its doors. The failure is due to the slowness of col lections. From the best information obtainable, the deposits amount to about $8,000, while the assets are about $25,000, but part is uncollectable. Receiver for a Wellington Bank. Washington, Oct. 28. The Comp troller of the Currency has appointed J. Sam Brown of Sedalia Mo., receiver of the First National bankof Well ington, Kan., which suspended pay ment on the 21st inst. Charged With Embezzlement. Wichita, Kan., Oct. 28. Yesterday C. O. Deturk, traveling- salesman of the Lenman Higginson Wholesale Grocery Company, was arrested in this city for embezzlement by his employ ers of $2,OO0. Ignored the Combine. Sr. Louis, Mo., Oct. 28. After u three days' investigation of the St. Louis bridge combine, the Federal grand jury ignored the matter and failed to bring in an indictment in connection with it. i yN WYCK IS DEAD CARRIED OFF BY A PARALYTIC STROKE. Improvement for Time Noted, Bat it Was Only Temporary Slowly Sinking for Hoars Before Finally Passing Away Wife and Daughter at the Bedside When the End Came A Brief Bi ographical Sketch. Ex-Senator Van Wyck Dead. Washington, Oct. 25. Ex-Umted States Senator Charles II. Van Wyck of Nebraska died at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon in his apartments at the Portland flats. He was stricken with apoplexy Mon day afternoon and his condition since has been very critical. He showed slight improvement Wednesday morn ing, but at night grew steadily worse and since then his death had been mo mentarily expected. At his bedside when the end came were Mrs. Van Wyck, a daughter, Miss Happy, and his Vfife's brother, Mr. Mark Brodhead. The attack to which the ex-senator from Nebraska succumbed was a very sudden one. He was in apparently good health up to Monday noon. He was staying with his family at the Ho tel Portland. During the forenoon he had been down town with his brother-in-law, General Brodhead, and was ap parently in the very best of health and spirits. On his return to the hotel, shortly after 12 o'clock, he chatted with his wife, and showed no signs of illness, but five minutes after he had entered the dining room he succumbed. It so happened that a doctor was in the ho tel at the time and he was promptly summoned. After a brief examination he declared that Mr. Van Wyck had been 6tricken with paralysis, and ad vised that the family physician, Dr. W. W- Johnson, be called. Later in the day the doctors made a careful exam ination of the patient, and found that the senator's left side was affected. He hardly regained consciousness from that time until death ensued. The remains, accompanied by the members of the family here, will be taken to morrow to Milford, Pa., where they will be interred in the family burying grounds Saturday afternoon. Funeral services will be held in the Presbyterian church at Milford at 4 o'clock and will be conductrd by Rev. Dr. Nichols. There will be no services here. HIS EARLY LIFE. Charles Henry Van Wyck was born at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., on May 10, 1824, in which town his boyhood days were spent. When scarcely 21 years of age he graduated from Rutger's college, the best student of his class, after which he studied law and again he graduated with the highest honors. Removing to Sullivan county. New York, be opened a law office and a few months later was elected district at torney of that county. He was then a democrat. The anti renters had control and usually voted with the whies and carried the county. General Van Wyck at his home in Mamakating township received many whig votes, which secured his election. His first term was so satisfactory that he was re-elected, the anti-renters voting for him. He received a majority in every township in the county. Always opposed to slavery, he was with the free soil element of the demo cratic party and was among the first to take part in organizing the republican, party. He was active in its conven tions, was foremost in framing the plat form, and, in fact, was present at the birth of that great organization. He was an enthusiastic worker in the Fre mont campaign, speaking in nearly every school district in Orange and Sullivan counties. SENT TO THE SENATE. When the campaign from Nebraska for the election of United States sena tor opened in 1881 there were a num ber of candidates for the position then held by A. S. Paddock. After a spirit ed contest Van Wyck was chosen and served out his six years. - LAST TEARS OF HIS LIFE. In 1890 General Van Wyck was nom inated for congress by the populists ol the First district, but declined to ac cept, although at that time he had be come an active member of the people's party. He, however, took an active part in the campaign, and was on the stump almost constantly from that time until the close of the campaign of 1S92. In that year he was a candidate for goveraor on the populist ticket, and with Hon. Lorenzo Crounse made a joint canvass of the state, one of the most memorable politic struggles of Nebraska's history. In the winter of 1893 he was stricken, with paralysis while on his way from his farm to Ne braska City. For many days his life was despaired of, but he recovered, and last summer showed little effect of the stroke, save in his gait. On Memorial day he delivered his last public ad dress. Since he recovered sufficiently to be about he resided almost contin uously in Washington, although he vis ited Nebraska several times. His in terest in public affairs, however, never fagged, and he kept a constant watch on the prosrress of the people, both .state and national. In his private life Charles li. van Wyck was a most admirable character, simple, kindly and unaffected. Nothing could be more perfect than his home relations. ' His family consisted of him self, a wife and one daughter. Vol umes could be written of his intercourse with his neighbors; of . barrels and bas kets of provisions sent to aid the needy; of acts of kindness and deeds of mercy that marked his daily walk among men. The term "thick-headed" as applied to stupid people, has its foundation in a fact of nature. It often happens that the brain shrinks, and as it does, so the skull sometimes thickens. People sniff the air to locate an odor, because by distending the nostrils a larger quantity of air Is drawn in, the nerves are better exposed, and the odor more clearly perceived. Venous blood is blue or almost black because it contains many impurities collected from the system, and has not itself been. purified by contact with the air In the lungs. OUR POSTOFFICE. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure of the Department for the Tear. "Washington, Oct 24. Kerr Crai j, third assistant postmaster, general, in his annual report for the past fiscal year shows that postal revenue from all sources were $76,983,128; the ex penditures being SS6,792,172,and excess over receipts of 89,807,044, not taking into account the outstanding liabilities or the earnings of the subsidized Pacific railroads, $1,395,732; the comparisons with the statistics of the year ending June 30, '94, show an increase of receipt amounting- to $1,002,649, an increase of expenditures of $2,4t55,738. T-he prin cipal items of expenditure .were: Post masters' salaries, 8 16. 079, 50$; clerks in postoffices, $9,414,125; free delivery service, $12,129,092; railroad mail transportation, $26,429,747; star route transportation $5,753,570; mail messen ger transportation, $l,19j,'J8o; railway postal car service, $2,946,939; railway postal clerks, $7,103,025; foreign mails, $1,171,455. The principal items of revenue were: Letter postage paid in money (made up principally of bal ances due from foreign postal admin istrations), $13-5,81S; box rents, $-.',509,-949; sales of postage stamps, stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers and postal cards, $73,477,440; money order business, $312,038. CATTLE THIEVES HANGED. Two Oklahoma Outlaws Punished by Cow boys for Their Misdeed. Hennessey, Okla., Oct. 24. Jim Umbra and '"Mexican John," two Mexican members of Zip Wyatt's band who had been engaged in cattle steal ing and various other lawless acts, stloe fifty head of cattle belonging to Ben Chapman and his cowboys gave chase. They closed in on the despera does fifteen miles from Cantonmeut and after a fusillade of bullets tho bandits surrendered. The cowboys identified the cattle and hanged the two men to the first tree. A label was attached to their clothes warning other members of the band to quit this work or suffer the penalty. Byrnes' Big; Detective Project. New York, Oct. 24. Ex-Super in tendent of Police Byrnes sailed for Europe yesterday on the North Ger man Lloyd steamship Havel. His business is said to be the establish ment of an international detective agency for the protection of bankers in this country and Europe. Marquis of AVaterford Dead. London, Oct. 24. Henry :pe La Poer Beresford, fifth Marquis of Water ford, is dead. He was born in 1844. He was known best through his doings in English society. Lord Charles KArAGfnrn T n t-i )1onr h.nrrliuh nit'Ol officer, is a brotL'er of the deceased Lord Waterford. A Rich Man's Son as a llorsethlef. St. Joseph, Mo., Oct., 24. G. W. Wolkewitz, who claims to be the son of a wealthy St. Louisan, was arrested here on the charge of horse stealing a Leavenworth. Insuring Consumptives. Cincinnati, Oct 21. Special. Re ports say that a leading life insurance company is accepting risks to the amount of $200,000 on lives of consump tives taking the Amick Chemical Treat ment for lung disease. The Amick Chemical Co. of Cincinnati is actually paying the premiums on this insurance and presenting policies to their pa tients. This company claims to have the most complete statistics on con sumption in the world, and that these risks are good, providing the patients take a course of the Amick treatment. LIVE STOCK AND PKODLCE MAKKKTS Quotations from New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere. OMAHA Butter Creamery separator.. 18 l6 21 butter l air to good country. U A if Lggs Fresh LVti lb lioney California, per 5 14 lj Spring Chickens, per lb ,,'i fi Ducks i er lb 6V4 3 7 Turkeys Per lb 'f , ? Pigeons Per doz 1 00 v& 1 2. Geese per lb 5 S Lemons Choice Messinas 8 0 j io w Apples per bbl 1 75 Q. -J 00 Sweet Potatoes Good, per bbl 1 " to 1 50 Potatoes per bu 25 Beans Navy, hand-nicked, bu 1 75 ; 1 Cranberries Cape Cod, pr bbl 7 50 g K (to Hay Upland, per ton ft 00 W 7 00 Onions Per bu - 20 v, :0 Broom Corn Green, per lb ... '-J'P ,2 cheese Neb. & la., full cream 10 Qt 12 Hogs Mixed packing 1 fci 3 oO Hojrs Heavy weights 0 ,..-.-. beeves stockers and feeders, a ;"0 u 3 35 beef steers 00 4ft :i m bulls. J 75 W H W) fctaes 3 25 2 75 Lliives 00 W 5 00 Cows 17 . tf 3 00 Oxen 2 50 & 2 7.r Hellers 1 75 ((8 3 CO Westerns 1 25 A a 25 !?heep Lambs. f i0 u. 3 GO fcheep Mixed natives i "3 60 6 3 C5 CHICAGO. Wheat No. 2. spring 59V$& 60' Corn Per bu 3054 St1 Oats i er bu 18 & 18-i Pork .... 8 00 45 8 12'i Lard. 5 50 to 6 00 Hogs Packers and mixed 3 40 3 89 C attle Western range steers.. 3. 50 (. 3 !H) Prime Steers W 4 80 f beep Lambs 3 00 4 d.. t beep Natives 1 -t 3 40 NEW YORK Wbeat. No. 2, red winter 62 et j45 Corn No. 2 sT w Oats-No.2 24 24!', Port 10 00 -10 2.-i Lard!". J." 6 15 6 20 ST. LOUIS. Wbeat No 2 red, cash 82' It, 624 Corn Per bu 25 ?& 26'j Oats Per bu 17 17; Hogs Mixed packing 3 40 m 4 00 tattle Beef steers 3 5 15 frheco .vuttons -. 2 25 ut, 3 50 Lambs 3 00 & 4 00 KANSAS Ciri". Wheat No. 2 hard 53 - 5t'i Corn No. 2 23!4t. 23!! Cats No. 2 15 t 1(4 Cattle stock ers and feeders.. -2 25 n 2 6". hogs Mixed packers 3 30 t& 3 & sheep Muttons 2 50 3 00 A Fighting Preacher Dies In the Pulpit. Galvestox, Texas, Oct. 2. Rev. A. J. Potter, known throughout Texas as the fig-hting- preacher, on account of the fearlessness o-f his life on the frontier, dropped dead at this place wliile preaching. He fell in Che pul pit and died instantlv. A Slandered by a Freachfir. r In a Grove. Iowa. Oct. 24. Jm?.. . Ol Uiic i ea.ee c. s . n.iacr ut iui da,I ? it. Ge ) r Kb I sen has begun suit against the Re i Gleason for $5,000 damages for remarks alleged to have beet from the pulpit concerning him.
