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THE JOURNAL.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
MjATTSMOUTII,
NEBRASKA.
OVER THE STATE.
The Commercial hotel at Exeter was
destroyed by fire.
Dr. Reader, a pioneer of York ebun
ty, died last week
Edward J acot has been commission
ed postmaster at Watson.
The 510,000 residence of Mr. Right
mire of Columbus burned last week.
Norfolk reports no serious damage
to the beets by the late cold weather.
A lodge of the Danish Brotherhood
of America has been organized in Fre
mont a A. Taylor, president of the Gen
era bank, died last week of malarial
fever.
Bk. Doomttle, formerly of Central
City, died recently in York state of
heart disease.
Gen. Thayer, who has been spending-
the sucmer in Massachusetts, has
returned to Nebraska.
Many flags in Nebraska City were
half-masted because of the death of
ex-senator Van Wyck.
Dr. G L. Kerr has been appointed
examining surgeon for the pension bu
reau at Falls City, Neb.
Twenty incurable patients have been
removed from the state insane hospital
at Lincoln to the asylum at Hastings.
A Miss Eatox of Beatrice attempted
suicide by taking morphine. It was an
affair of the heart that made her thus
rash.
A flock of 16,000 sheep are being
driven from the extreme western part
of the state to the Ilershey ranch near
Gibbon.
Cuaki.es Godel was buried beneath
a large mass of dirt while digging a
cellar in Dodge. He was badly crush
ed, but will recover.
Charley Baker, a farm hand near
Herman, has opened the season of corn
sheller accidents. His left arm was
amputated near the elbow.
State Bank Examiner E. L. Dodder
has turned over the Bank of Heming
ford to Receiver Tash, whose bond has
been approved. Dodder has had charge
of the tank for a month.
Sidney is already making elaborate
preparations for the entertainment
of the delegates to the state irrigation
convention which meets in that city
December 17, 18 and 19.
Captain Taylor, who has been a
resident of Hastings for the last
twenty years, and who until recently
was night clerk at Lepin's hotel, was
adjudged insane and sent to the asylum
at Lincoln.
Fred Smith, a Buffalo county farm
er near Ravena, raised thirty-five acres
of sugar cane and is now making sor
ghum at the rate of 100 gallons per
day. He will have 2,000 gallons, which
will net him SS00.
Worth Graham, who attempted to
rob the Banner County bank at Harris
burg, pleaded guilty to robbery and
was sentenced to ten years in the peni
tentiary by Judge Neville. He impli
cated no one else in his confession.
F. H. Steimker, foreman in the
freight repair shops of the B. & M. at
Plattsmouth, while repairing a refrig
erator car, was struck in the face by
the heavy door, rendering him uncon
scious for a while, besides breaking his
cose.
A Fremout dispatch says: Indica
tions are that the freeze so far has
helped instead of damaged beets. Word
was received from the Oxnard factory
that the beets were not injured, the ef
fect : the freezing being to increase
h accbarine contents.
The youngest child of Mr. and Mrs.
Spangler of Nickerson met with a pain
ful accident. The little one is 15
months old, and while sitting in a
high chair before a large heating stove,
in whidh there was a hot fire, it pitched
forward onto the stove and was burn
ed in a frightful manner.
.T. C Cannon's report of the condi
tion of the clerk's office in Cedar coun
ty was filed last week, but not sworn
to. It covers a period of nine years
from January 5, 18S6, to December 31,
1S94. It shows a shortage in Claus
Chris ten&en's books of $1,084.09; in
Franz Nelson's books of 82,450.56, and
in John Goebel's of 53,681.65.
A Miss Eaton of West Beatrice took
a dose of morphine with suicidal in
tent. She was found lying on the side
walk in an unconscious condition, and
it required severe treatment to resus
citate her. When she regained con
sciousness she begged that she might
be allowed to die, as her affianced, a
Mr. Wilcox, had deserted her, and she
was heartbroken and did not care to
live longer.
Washington dispatch: The secre
tary of the interior today rendered de
cisions in the following land cases:
.Nebraska Edward L. Sayre against
Joseph Losee, Lincoln district. Case
remanded to local office for rehearing.
Albert R. Melloy against Andrew M.
Fairfield, Alliance district. Decision
reversed. Melloy's contest dismissed.
Rosa Raudebusch against Lavinea
Waitman, Sidney district. Decision
affirmed. Mrs. Waitman's entry held
for cancellation.
A. J. Leach of Oak dale has sent to
General Passenger Agent Buchanan of
the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Val
ley railroad samples of oats and barley
of this year's crop in Antelope county.
The oats were raised by John D. But
tell and yielded ninety-nine bushels to
the acre, machine measure, and t ted
thirty-seven pounds per bushel, or 115
bushels to the acre by weight. The
barley was raised by L. H. Suter and
the yield was sixty-three bushels to the
acre, machine measure, and tested
forty-eight pounds per bushel.
B. J. Arnold, now a resident of Chi
cago, but an Ashland raised boy, has
written to his mother that he has sold
his royalty in an electric storage bat
tery for S J 00,000. Arnold has an elec
tric carriage that will go in the race
this month for a $3,000 prize in Chi
cago. A movement is on foot in Cheyenne
conntv to donate to Box Butte county
the three tiers of townships lying along
the north end of Cheyenne county.
Fremont's hemp mill has started up
or the regular season's run. No twine
will V manufactured, this year, but
the entire product will oe worked into
tow and shipped east.
The Penitentiary Matter.
A Lincoln dispatch says: It is now
claimed by various officials in the de
partments at the capitol that Contractor
A. D. Beemer will never be asked,
either by Warden Leidigh or the board
of public lands and buildings, to sup
ply maintenance for the convicts at the
penitentiary. It is quite certain that
he will not, at least, until after the
decision of the supreme court is ren
dered. The question as to whether or
not Beemer is legally appointed by the
board is the vital point upon which the
court will be called upon to pass. This
important question is now pending.
For the board to go ahead and force
his recognition upon the warden, it is
claimed, would be disrespectful, to say
the least, to the supreme court. The
board of purchase and supplies is furn
ishing goods and provisions to the pen
itentiary and will continue to do so un
til the decision of the supreme court
This decision may be handed down
Wednesday, November 6, and it may,
possibly, be delayed for a few days.
Veets Are Ripe.
Mr. H. T. Oxnard was in Omaha last
week on his return from New York.
He received on arrival highly favor
able news from both sugar factories at
Norfolk and Grand Island concerning
the improvement in the condition of
sugar beets during the last ten days.
The chemists at the two factories re
port that beets now offered indicate
that the ripening process has proceeded
rapidly during the last week and the
analysis now indicates that beets are
generally in an acceptable condition
and all will be fully ripe within an
other week.
The Grand Island factory, which was
closed down temporarily because of
the unripe condition of the beets offer
ed, will reopen this week.
Funeral of General Van Wyck.
Milford (Fa.) dispatch: The funeral
of ex-United States Senator Van Wyck
occurred yesterday afternoon. A short
service was held at the Van Augen
farm house, Senator Van Wyck's old
home, preceding the services at the
Presbyterian church. Rev. Hugh Smith
Carpenter of Brooklyn preached a most
eloquent and impressive sermon on the
life of the deceased. Rev. Thomas
Nichols assisted.
Representatives of various Grand
Army posts from this region were pres
ent to pay their last respects to their
departed comrade. The people of Mil
ford paid a high tribute of respect to
their former townsman. On the coffin
was a silk flag presented by Carroll
post of Port Jervis. The remains were
interred in the family plot in Milford
cemetery.
EooruiODi Beet Yields.
The Lincoln Journal correspondent
has been gathering information con
cerning the sugar beet crop in Greeley
county this year and can say it is most
excellent. "One farmer reports three
thirty-ton cars and seven tens, over
from four acres. This the best yield
heard of yet. Several have reported
fifteen tons per acre. Complaints are
loud and long now as to the refusal of
the factory to accept the beets as har
vested, farmers generally thinking that
the factory is trying to defer shipments
until the weather is cold and thus com
pel them to care for the beets during
the cold weather. This may be such a
drawback as to cut short the future
beet crop in this section of country. If
farmers are assured, however, that
there will be a ready market they will
only be too glad to engage in beet rais
ing. It is beyond question the most
profitable crop raised in this section of
the state if the companies will accept
them as agreed during the season suit
able for beet harvest. It has been es
timated by men who have given it
careful attention that there is ?50 net
profit on each acre actually attained if
delivered at once at the contract price."
Nebraska Dairymen's Association.
The annual meeting of the Nebraska
Dairymen's association will be held at
Lincoln, December 17, 18, 19, 1895.
It is desired to make this meeting of
practical benefit to the dairy industry
of the state the private dairyman as
well as the ereameryman. The pro
gram of the meeting is now being ar
ranged, and the undersignod would be
extremely gratified to receive sug
gestions in regard to the subjects to be
discussed, and extends a cordial invi
tation to any and all interested persons
to take part in the work of the meet
ing. Those who will prepare papers
or present topics for consideration at
this meeting are invited to at once cor
respond with the secretary.
S. C. Bassett,
Gibbon, Neb.
Beet Sugar Making: Proceeds.
The Oxnard Beet Sugar company at
Grand Island resumed operations on
the 30th, and the factory is running
full blast. The same employes who
were let out a few days ago, when it
was found necessary to' stop the manu
facture of sugar on account of the un
ripe condition of the beets, are at their
various posts of duty, and there is a
good prospect for a long campaign,
without any further breaks. Manager
Ferrar states that the recent cold
weather has greatly improved the beets.
It has stopped their growth and given
them an opportunity to gain in saccha
rine matter. About 2,000 tons are now
on hand and more are being rapidly
shipped. In the event that no further
difficulties are encountered, and none
are expected, the production of sugar
beets will this year be most satisfac
tory to producers.
Samukl M. Patterson, postmaster at
South Bend, was severely kicked on the
head by a vicious horse. A physician
worked with him for two hours to
bring him back to consciousnes. It re
quired twelve stitches to close the
wound.
Much concern is felt by settlers of
the Otoe Indian reservation over the
decision of the secretary of the interior,
which is said to be final, and which re
quires that the balance due on said
lands be paid on it before November
10 or the entries will be cancelled and
the land declared vacant. Unless other
influence can be brought to bear upon
the secretary and his order modified
great hardship will be felt by these set
tlers, nearly all of whom are honest,
hardworking men, but through a par
tial failnre of crops last year and al
most a total failure this season, they
are unable to raise the necessary
amount of cash to make final payment
GALLOWS FOR DURRANT.
HE IS FOUND GUILTY OF THE MDR.
DER OF BLANCH LAMONT.
JURY WAS OUT 20 MINUTES
Tbe Verdict Greeted With a Mighty Roat
of Approval Maud Lamont Goes
Into Hysterics of Joy Currant's
Mother Breaks Down but
lie Is Unmoved Ap
peal Taken.
San Francisco, Nov. 4. Theodore
Durrant, assistant superintendent of
Emanuel Baptist church Sunday
school was convicted of the murder of
Blanche Lamont, for which he has
been on trial since July 22 last. The
jury was out twenty minutes and ar
rived at the verdict on the first ballot.
As there was no recommendation of
mercy the punishment was fixed at
death.
As the aged foreman, pale and
trembling, read the words that fixed
Durrani's fate, a low, rumbling noise,
like the roar of a mob, arose from the
rear of the court room. The next
moment men were cheering wildly.
THEODORE DURRANT.
while women wept hysterically in ex
citement. The bailiff rapped loudly
for order, but the tumult continued
for a minute before anything like
quiet could be brought out of the dis
order. .
During the tumult that followed the
announcement of the verdict Durrant
and his mother were lost sight of, ex
cept by the few who sat nearest to
them. As the last words of the ver
dict were uttered Durrant made a
spasmodic effort to arise to his feet,
but before he could do so his mother,
with a half &igh, half moan, threw
her arms around his neck and sunk
back into her chair. His mother's
grief seemed to make Durrant forget
his own position, and for the next few
minutes he sat with his arms around
her neck trying to soothe her. The
long strain of the trial, however, had
completely shattered her self-control,
and it was some time before Mrs.
Durrant could leave the court room.
Durrant recovered his old-time com
posure as soon as he left his mother
and prepared to return to the county
jail. "With his overcoat swung care
lessly over his arm, he walked leisurely
out of the room, twirling his slight
mustache with apparently as little
concern as if he were merely a specta
tor of, instead of the principal figure
in, the exciting scene.
Aside from the spectators, Mrs.
Noble, Blanche Lamont's aunt, and
Maud Lamont. the dead girl's sister,
were apparently the happiest persons
in the room. When the verdict was
announced Maud Lamont sprang from
her seat, clasped her hands and then
cried of sheer excitement. Mrs Noble
mixed smiles with tears and shook
hands with a number of friends who
crowded around to congratulate her.
The case will be appealed to the
supreme court, and it is expected that
nearly a year will lapse before a de
cision will be obtained.
MAY BE A BIG STRIKE.
Probability That the Great Northern
Railroad Will Be Tied Up.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 4. For some
days past a special committee ap
pointed by the American Railway un
ion delegates to the Devil's Lake
country one month ago have been in
the city seeking a conference with
President Hill of the Great Northern
railway, in regard to alleged
breaking of his agreement with them
after the great strike on that
system in May, 1894. They made re
peated attempts to see Mr. Hill, but
without success, and finally late last
night, having been the limit set for
them by the union, they issued a
long statement giving their griev
ances and the correspondence they
have had in their attempt to confer
with President Hill. They announce
that, in view of the treatment the em
ployes have received and the refusal
of all attempted conferences with the
end of righting such grievances, the
special committee will leave for their
homes, and the public need not be sur
prised to find the Great Northern sys
tem tied up as tight as a drum from
St. Paul to the coast.
MEET IN THE DINING-ROOM.
Corbett Sneered at Fitzsimmons, but Fitz
Didn't Want Trouble.
Little Rock, Ark., Nov 4. Fitz
simmons and Corbett came together
here at the Capitol hotel yesterday
afternoon but no serious consequences
followed. Fitz was seated in the din
ingroom when Corbett entered. To get
by the Australian Corbett had to walk
within a couple of feet of him. As he
neared him, Corbett poked his finger
at Fitzsimmons in a derisive and in
sulting manner and at the same time
muttering some unintelligible sound.
Everyone expected to see a fight, but
Fitzsimmons was not game. He hast
ily looked up, flushed and Corbett
walked on. The peacefully inclined
breathed easier, while the "sporty"
element collapsed. It was a chance
for the pair to have one round at least.
IMMIGRATION STATISTICS.
Report of Commissioner Stump Presents
Some Instructive Figures.
Washington, Nov. 4. Commissioner
of Immigration, Colonel Stump, in his
annual report covering the last fiscal
year shows total immigration for the
year 258,1531, which is less than any
year since 1879. Of these 14s,000 were
males. The total amount of cash the
immigrants brought with them is not
less than $4,C00,OO0, but owing to the
form of questions asked it is only
known that total cash was not below
this figure and it is estimated to be
four times this amount, or about
516,000,000.
There were more immigrants from
Ireland than from any' other country,
the total being 46,000, and of these
3,000 could not read nor write. Theie
were 3,000 from Germany and of these
only 636 were illiterate; from Italy 35,
000, and of these 1,500 illiterate; from
Greece 597, and of these 138 illiterate;
from England 23,000, and 60G illiterate.
The general showing of immigrants
during the year, according to the re
port, is much better than for some
years.
FOR ANNEXATION.
The Late Archbishop Labastlda Charged
With Being Too Friendly.
Citv of Mexico, Nov. 4. Party feel
ing is being stirred up over an alleged
plot on the part of the higher clergy
in favor of secret annexation to the
United States. It is charged in Lib
eral circles that the late Archbishop
Labastida had before his death planned
to erect here a church which should
be built with American money and
should be American in the personnel
of the clergy attached to the church.
This was to be in the nature of an
overture to the Catholics of the United
States and a manifestation of the de
ire of the Mexican clergy to bring
bout a close understanding.
Increase In Kx press Charges.
New York, Nov. 4. A large increase
in the rates for transporting money
by express order went into effect yes
terday. This increase is said to aver
age 2o per cent between points east of
Chicago, and even more to points
west of that place. This increase of
rales is regarded as another blow in
the warfare waged for some time past
between express companies and the
State and 'National banks throughout
the country, and which, it is said, will
be carried to Congress by the banks.
Peary Tired of Exploration.
New York, Nov. 4. Explorer Lieu
tenant R. E. Peary of the United
States navy, is expected to report for
duty at the Brooklyn navy yard to
day. He has been assigned for duty
as a civil engineer in the department
of the United States yards and docks.
His fellow officers at the yards state
that Lieutenant Peary had given up
all thought of reaching the North
pole and would settle down to routine
work in the navy department.
Monthly Debt Statement.
Washington, Nov. 4. The monthly
statement of the public debt shows the
debt, less cash in the treasury, to have
been at the close of business October
31, 5940,431,108, which is an increase
for the month of $5, 241,472, which is
accounted for by the loss of $5,457,364.
in the cash in the treasury.
A St. Joseph Pioneer Dead.
St. Joseph, Mo., Nov. i. John
Buell, one of the early settlers of St.
Joseph, died yesterday morning. The
deceased was 83 years old and his
death is attributed to old age.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Cardinal Benito Sanzy rare, Arch
bishop of Seville, is dead.
A subterranean lake has been
found under Wichita, Kan.
The Duke of Cambridge has been
gazetted chief personal aid-de-camp to
the Queen.
Rev. Elihu Gunn, a pioneer Baptist
minister of Kansas, died at Fort Scott,
aged 77 years.
Jay S. Ray, a plantation manager
near Pine Bluff, Ark., cut his servant's
throat, killing him.
It is expected that the cardinal's
beretta will be conferred upon Mgr.
Satolli December 8.
Total coinage of the mints last
month amounted to 38,000,000, over
$7,000,000 of which was gold.
The Americans. Gonzales and Perez
have been released from the Spanish
Military prison in Cuba.
The revolutionary spirit in Turkey
is growing. The Mussulmans and Ar
menians may unite against the Sultan.
Senator Murphy of New York wants
Gorman for chairman of the National
Democratic committee.
Senator Blackburn says Hardin will
be elected Governor of Kentucky by
15,000 plurality and the Democrats
elect the legislature.
Four million feet of lumber were
destroyed at Dauphin, Pa., by fire, in
Tolving a loss of $75,000. The fire is
supposed to originated from the spark
of a locomotive.
It is said that Major General John
M. Schofield, retired, has decided to
make Chicago his home. He will spena
his time writing his memoirs.
Chicago is now ahead of New York
in four branches of the postoffice reg
istry business.
Dr. John I. Hancock, one of the
best known physicians of Little Rock,
Ark, was shot dead by William Brown,
an engineer, because of intimacy with
Brown's wife.
Mrs. W. J. Kennedy, living five
miles south of Sterling, took corrosive
sublimate, it is thought, with suicidal
intent, and little hopes of her recovery
are entertained. Domestic troubles
were the cause.
State Labor Commissioner Bird has
sent to the Commissioner of Labor of
California for data concerning the free
labor bureau in that state. Ex-Commissioner
Todd had a scheme to estab
lish such a bureau in Kansas.
Governor Morrill has called upon
the superintendents of the various
state institutions for an itemized
account of every piece of property in
their charge
FATE OF A BAVISHER.
AWFUL VENGEANCE METED
OUT TO A NEGRO.
Be Is Borned at the Stake in the Pres
ence of Thousands of People Mr.
Bell. Husband of the Murdered Wo
man, Applies the Match The Con
demned Man Begs for Mercy Officer
Powerless to Save the Victim.
A Negro Roasted Alive.
Ttxeb, Texas, Oct 31. Mrs. Leon
ard Bell, the 19-year-old wife of a
farmer living four miles from here,
was assaulted and murdered Monday
night by Henry Hilliard, a negro.
Mrs. Bell had been visiting her
mother and about dusk started to walk
home, a distance of half a mile.
Shortly afterward her mutilated body
was found a quarter of a mile from
her home, at the side of the public
road. There were evidences of a
terrible struggle, as the body was al
most nude. The fiend, after assault
ing her, cut her throat from ear to
ear and completely disemboweled her.
A posse was quickly organized, led
by Deputy Smitn of Tyler, who with
lanterns in hand and aided by a hound,
tiacked the negro to within four miles
of the spot, where, at 4 a. m., they
found him fast asleep in a cotton pen.
Soon after the officers had him hand
cuffed a mob of some 200 men, heavily
armed, arrived on the scene and de
manded the immediate surrender of
the prisoner, which was reluctantly
given. Tbe mob started for the scene
of the murder, where they arrived
yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The
crowd continued to gather at the
scene of the horrible crime until
nearlv 2.000 citizens of Tyler and vi
cinity were there.
A few moments before the fiend was
brought to the place, a meeting was
held and a committee was appointed
to investigate his identity. Witnesses
were summoned and closely ques
tioned. The result was a thorough
identification. In a few minutes an
officer approached from over the hill,
followed by 300 determined and well
armed men. When near the scene the
officers were overpowered and dis
armed, and the negro, Henry Hilliard,
was brought before the committee.
He made a full confession, and wrote
a note to his wife as follows:
1 am arrested by Wig Smith. You
know what they will do with me. If
I don't see you any more, good by.
"Henry."
After his confession and thorough
identification a vote was taken as to
the mode of punishment It was unan
imously agreed to burn him alive, and
that he should suffer the penalty on
the public square. The line of march
was taken up toward Tyler and at 4
o'clock the head line entered the main
street, where no less than 7,000 people
were assembled. Large crowds of
women and children were congregated
on the awnings surrounding the pub
lic plaza. Wagons, carriages, trees
and buildiiyjs were converted into
grand stands and were thronged at
4:30.
A scaffold was erected in the center
of the square. Wagons laden with
kindling wood, coal oil and straw were
driven to the scene and placed in
position. The negro was then given
an opportunity to speak, but his words
were inaudible. When he offered up
his last prayer, however, he could be
heard for several blocks. He was then
lashed to the iron rail that extended
through the platform.
Mr. Bell, the husband of the mur
dered lady, applied the match and the
flames shot upward, enveloping the
brute in a sheet of fire. He begged
for mercy and it was meted out to
him in the measure he gave his vic
tim. It was determined to burn him
at once, but the fire was quenched
after the last piece of wood was
burned. In a few minutes the fire
was started again. From the time the
match was applied until his death was
exactly fifty minutes.
The I. & G. N. train was crowded
with the people from towns north.
Hundreds of negroes witnessed the ex
ecution and representative negroes
expressed their indorsement of the
ftunishment. The officers were power
ess and the sheriff wired the Governor
but his message was too late. All bus
iness houses closed and the big Cotton
Belt shops were deserted.
HORRIBLY MALTREATED.
A IJttle Girl Brutally Outraged and Tleu
to a Horse, Mareppa-Like.
Spokane, Wash., Oct 31. Chief Dep
uty United States Marshal Vinson re
turned here yesterday from the Okan
agon reservation, bringing news of a
most horrible crime, perpetrated by
two Indians named Chukwaskie and
Peickelpetsy. They stole a little 12-year-old
girl, Mary, daughter of James
Poll, and, taking her out in the
mountains, repeatedly assaulted her;
then they tied her, Mazeppa-like,
upon a cayuse, and turned her adrift
on the wild country to the North. For
nearly two days the cayuse wanderea
aimlessly about the wilderness, with
the senseless victim firmly strapped
upon its back. Thus she was found by
a party of searchers out looking for
her. The child was restored to con
sciousness with great difficulty, when
she related the story of her great suf
ferings. The entire country is being
scoured for the two fiends, and if they
are caught a terrible revenge is in
itore for them.
Ohio Hotel In Ashe.
Springfield, Ohio, Oct 31. Fire
late last night destroyed the Lagonda
hotel, with all of the stores on the
ground floor. Several guestd were
rescued in a semi-conscious condition,
but no lives were lost The losses are
estimated at Sl50.0o0.
A Secretary's Disgrace.
St. Louis, Mo., Oct 31. John W
Alilby, Secretary of the F. L. McGin
niss Paint Company, was arrested to
day charged with stealing $3,000 from
the concern. He was taken to the
Four Courts and locked up. lie con
fessed his guilt to Chief DeArmond,
saying that he had been stealing for
three years, covering up his crime by
false entries in his books and taking
the company's money in small amounts
as often as a pressing need for funds
demanded. The money he stole, he
says, went to the bookmakers at the
race tracks.
' lochren on pensions.
i . .
Caustic Observatlonii by the Commissioner
In Ills Annual Report.
Washington, Oct. 3L Commissioner
William L. Lochren, of the pension of
fice, in his annual report makes several
pointed suggestions. Under the head
of "Patriotism and Pensions," he says:
"Those who enlisted early and
fought the battles of the war were not
moved by mercenary considerations,
and unless actually disabled did not
show the haste in applying for pen
sions manifested by those who enlisted
nearer the close of the war for large
bounties and did little actual service,
and who are now the noisiest in clam
oring for more pensions. As compared
with this latter class the real soldiers
of the war have been modest in pre
ferring claims for pensions."
The death of many witnesses and
the age of claimants has male it quite
difficult in many cases lately to obtain
proof sufficient for the granting of
pensions.
The report shows that the number
of pensioners June 30, 1894, was 969,544,
new pensioners added during the year,
39,185; dropped pensioners restored,
4,206; deaths during the year, 29,81G;
dropped for cause, 14,l?o, making a
net increase of pensioners during the
year of 860. Pensions claims allowed
during the year, 39,185; denied, 103,055;
cases pending, 552,210. The appropri
ation foa the year was 160,000,000,
and there was paid during the year
3138,807,337. The estimate for pen
sions for 1897 is $140,000,000 for pen
sion payments, $800,000 for surgeons
fees and $450,000 for clerk hire at
pension agencies, and about $200,000
for other expenses.
The commissioner commends the
vigor of the department of justice and
of pension examiners in prosecuting
dishonest attorneys and others who
were engaged in pension frauds. Two
hundred an ! ninety-four persons were
convicted during the year for frauds.
Indians Want More Kights.
Pebbt, Ok., Oct. 31. The Pottawat
omie Indians, in council, passed reso
lutions declaring: "We believe the
stringent rules of the interior de
partment regarding leases are not
conducive to our interests. It would
be better for the Indian, better for the
white man and better for the com
munity that the Indian should have
greater control over his land in the
way of leasing at least for limited
periods of-say five years. Give us
more autonomy and less red tapeism.
The excessive potentialisin of the gov
ernment tends to dwarf the develop
ment which is neces.ry to make us
self-supporting and which can be at
tained only by imposing upon the In
dian greater personal responsibility."
A St. Lonis Loan Association Fails.
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 3;. The West
ern Building and Loan Association
has made an assignment of all its
holdings to the St Louis Trust Com
pany as trustee for the creditors. The
assets are estimated at $100,000.
Mr. Clevelaud Moves to Woodley.
Washington, Oct. 31 The Presi
dent and Mrs. Cleveland yesterday
removed from the White house to
Woodley, their fall home.
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 takiDg 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.. 18 21
Butter Fair to good country. 14 to 16
Lggs Fresh la'-itft 16
Honey California, per fi 1 to 1
Spring Chickens, per lb v 7
Ducks ier lb 64 7
Turkeys Per lb 8 C
Pigeons Per doz 1 00 to 1 25
Geese -per lb s to 6
Lemons Choice Messlnas 8 00 t? 10 00
Apples per bbl 1 75 3 00
Sweet Potatoes Good, per bbl 1J" 45 1 50
Potatoes per bu 25 s, 30
Beans Navy, hand-nicked, bu 1 75 to 1 80
Cranberries-Cape Cod, pr bbl 7 50 to 8 00
Hay Upland, pr ton. .... 6 00 to 7 00
Onions Per bu , 20 to 30
Broom Corn Green, per lb 2T
Cheese Neb. & la., full cream 10 to 12
Hogs Mixed packlnz 3 25 to 3 40
Hogs Heavy weights 3 40 to 3 45
Beeves Mockers and feeders. 2 0 W 3 35
Beef Steers - .'3 00 3 6)
Bulls. 1 T.) to 2 5
Mags 2ii to 2 75
Calves 2 00 to 5 50
Cows 1 00 to 3 f5
Oxen 2 50 to 2 75
Heifers 2,00 to 2 90
Westerns 25 to 3 05
Sheep Lambs 2 50 -i. 4 00
fcueep Mixed natives 2 25 to 3 00
CHICAGO.
Wheat No. 2, spring 53s 3 5Q?i
Corn Per bu 29V 30
Oats i er bu 1H to 184
Pork 8 00 to 8 1214
Lard 5 50 to ft 2
Hogs Packers and mixed 3 40 3 4.5
t attle Western raifge steers.. 3 50 3 7Z
Prime Steers 4 00 4 W
(beep Lambs 3 00 4 50
theep Natives 1 50 to 3 60
NEW YOUK
Wheat, No. 2, red winter 71 7t 71li
Corn So. 2 37 to 3736
Oats No. 2 24 to 24V4-
Pork 9 "5 10 00
Lard 6 15 to 6 20
ST. LOUIi
Wheat No 2 red, cash 63 'a, 63i
Corn Per bu 28 to 26
Oats Per bu 17 to 1714;
Hogs Mixed packing 3 25 to 3 k0
Cattle Native steers 2 50 to 5 25
theen Native . 2 40 3 25
Lambs 3 75 to 4 00
KANSAS CII1
Wheat No. 2 hard !W!4 59
Corn No. 2 2341. 23
Cats No. 2 15 to IB1
Cattle Mockers and feeders.. 2 60 to 3 so
Hogs Mixed packers 3 25 to 3 50
Sheep Muttons 2 50 to 3 00
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Destructive prairie fire3
in the Choctaw nation.
are raging
There is said to be danger of a st'
:ike
me vireat i ormern.
The first volume of Civil War
ords is soon to be issued.
res-
Barnum & Bailey and Sells Brothers
circuses have consolidated.
There is a hitch about the payment
of General Schofield's salary.
General Michael Kerwin has bolted
the Fusion-Republican ticket in New-York.
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