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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.
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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.