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OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA ' S7ATE FARMERS' ALLIANCE, r LLIANCE ' PEK TEAK IN ADVANCE. I I "THERE IS NOTHING WHICH IS HUMAN THAT IS ALIEN TO ME." Terence. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, NOV. 30, 1889. NO. 24. VOL. I. SI. 00 Notice to Subscribers. Xl'IRATIONS. As the easiest and cheapest means of noti i ring subscribers of the date of their expira tions we will mark this notieo with a blue or Ted pencil, on, the date at which their sub scription expires. Wo will send the paper two weeks after expiration. If not renewed by that time it will be discontinued. SUBSCRIBE FOR The Alliance! -oo- THE FARMERS' OWH PAPER! -00- Magnificent Premiums ! 00 TnE Alliance has been started as the official organ of the Nebraska State Farmers' Alliance. It has already taken a high place among the papers of the country, and is gaining patron age which promises to make it a bril liant success. It will be conducted SOLELY IN THE INTEREST OF THE FAlfel EllS AND LABORING MEN OF THE STATE AND NATION. J. BURROWS, its Editor, is President of the National Farmers" Alliance, and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Farm ers' State Alliance. He has had long experience in newspaper work. He will bring to his aid able men in differ ent spheres of thought, and will make Tiie Alliance one of the ablest pa pers in the west. MR. THOMPSON, the Associate Ed itor, is Secretary of the Nebraska State Alliance. The Alliance will be absolutely FEARLESS AND UNTRAMMELED in the discussion of all public ques tions. Its publishers will accept no patronage from corporations that will embarrass their free expression of opinion upon all topics. NO MONEY WILL BUY TIIE OPINIONS OF THIS PAPER. TIIE ALLIANCE will be found in the front ranks of the opposition, to all trusts and combinations to throttle com petition, and extort from the producers and laborers the lion's share of the fruits of their toil. We 'shall advocate the free coinage of silver the same as gold, and its re storation to its old time place in our currency; , The issue of all paper money direct to the people on land security, and an increase of its volume proportioned to .increased production ana population; Government ownership of railroads;, The V. S. postal telegraph; The restriction of land ownership to the users of land, and its reasonable limitation; . The exclusion of alien landlords: The election of IJ. S. Senators by a direct vote of the people; And all other reforms which will inure to the benefit of the Farmers sind Workingmen. Now Brother Farmers and Working men, it remains for you to prove that the often-'made assertion that you will not stand by your own friends, is false. AVe appeal to you for support. ' Give ns your support and we will give you a grand paper. Every member of the Alliance, and every Farmer, should make the suc cess of this paper HIS OWN INDI VIDUAL CONCERN. We want an agent in every Alliance in the North. Terms, Single Subscriptions $1.00 per year, invariably in advance; or, Five yearly Subscriptions Four Dollars. Canvassers wanted. SEE OUR MAGNIFICENT PRE MIUM OFFER in our advertising columns. All kinds of Job Work Promptly and neatly executed at rea sonable prices. Particular attention given to Alliance work. Address, Alliance Pub. Co.. Lincoln. Neb. Nebraska Sugar Beets. Deputy Labor Commissioner Jen kins has received a communication from the department of agriculture at Washington that will be of great inter est to the farmers of- Nebraska. Sev eral sugar beets raised in the western part of the state have bees analyzed, and the results are both surprising and gratifying. A sample, known as No. 0572, grown in Wellfleet, Lincoln county, was reported upon as follows: Per Cent 227 17.05 Solido Sucrose. . . Parity S4.ll Secretary Husk writes: '"No. G572, as indicated by the above analysis, is a beet of very superior quality, and if a crop of the sarze kind could be grown and manufactured by the best methods it would yield not less than 250 pounds of sugar per ton of beets." Another sample, N. 0562, grown by E. E. Adams, in another part of Lin- coin county, where 'the soil is sandy and a light clay, was found to be as -follows: Per Cent Solids 25l80 Sncrose .....23 30 Pare substance S6. 4S The secretary says : "From the above it is seen that we have in these beets one remarkable sample, No. 6562, which shows the highest content of sugar in the juice of 'any beet heretofore analyzed in the TJidted States. In addition to this there are other excellent samples, all of which yield large quantities of sugar when properly manufactured. I shall be glad to continue these investiga tions in the chemical division, and hope you will send to us as many sam ples as you may deem useful in deter mining the localities , in Nebraska suited to sugar beet for sugar-making purposes." NEBftASKA NEWS. 411 Over the ttt&t-. ' Kearney special : Inspector God frey of the United States pension department was here Friday investi gating the claim of George W. John son, who applied for a pension several months ago and had forwarded to the department all the necessary affidavits. Tho inspector found that Johnson had assumed the name of another George W. Johnson, who is now on the pen sion roll and is a citizen of California. The Johnson here is nearly seventy years of age and confessed wbn cor nered that he was never in tho army. Godfrey tore off the G. A. R. badge which Johnson has been wearing and said that nwinc to his rears he would send in a report of his case without recommendation. Madison special : The merchants 'in the town, with many outside consum ers, have organized a trust and bought their winter fuel. As all concerned seemed satisfied with the new venture the coal men determined to boycott the merchants whom thevhave hereto fore patronized, and accordingly a pool of $1,000 is being raised with which to buy groceries directly from wholesale dealers. The merchants are kicking, but their former customers are happy. The farmers have learned of the above and many talk of reviving the old grange again. Nebraska City spcial: Wesley Ittner Friday got a letter from his wife, who so mysteriously disappeared a week afler their marriage, without a goodbye or explanation. She wrote from Omaha and stated that she had seen by the papers that Wesley was anxious concerning her whereabouts, but that it was useless for him to seek her, as she woald not return to him until he had a farm of his own. Wes ley is philosophically practical and says he expects to have a farm by next spring and will wait for his truant wife's return. ' Beatrice special : The Beatrice Chau tauqua association Friday evening con tracted uth Greorge P. Hays, D. P., of Kansas City, Mo., to act as super intendent of instruction for the Be- atiice Chautauqua next year. The selection of Dr. Hays, one of the lead ing Presbyterians of the west, and one of tho most successful Chautauqua in structors in the country, is regarded as extremely fortunate for the Beatrice association. West Point special : Maurice Feur man, was arraigned before Justice Briggs for the murder o$ Carl Schwenk; He waived examination and was re manded to the county jail to await trial in December. The plea of self defense will be entered in his behalf. Plattemouth special : A $5,000 dam age suit is threatened against the city by Mrs. C. S. Jones, who was thrown from a wagon several months ago while driving on one of the principal streets in the west part of town. A bad and defective crossing is said to have caused the trouble, and she will sue for the amount as stated, unless a compromise is made by the city coun cil. Another Hcld-Up. St. Louis, Nov. 26. Fifteen masked and heavily armed men boarded the south, bound Topeka & Santa Fe paseenger train at Brwyn, a small town in the Chickasaw nation, Indian Territory, and cut the en gine, mail and express car loose from the coaches. They then ran the tram south two miles and threw the fireman off the locomotive. Two miles farther the engi neer was thrown eft", and after runniner four miles further, Htcam was turned eff and the locomotive "killed." The robbers then began to act upon the express car. The guard and messenger fired some twen ty 6hotp, but finally gave in after the rob bers hod literally riddled the car with bul lets. The money whieia they took came principally from Chicago. After the rob bers left, the train went onlto Ardmora,th'e next station Fouth, where United Slates authorities and marshals started in pur suit of the roboers. Will Resist the Law. St. Louis, Nov. 26. The St Louis stamp ing company is amout the list of corpora tions whose charters have been forfeited which will resist the law. They have noti fied the secretary of state that they are working under patents granted by the United States; that Eome of their stock holders live in other states; that the Mis souri law contemplates the abrogation of interstate commerce rights and that they proposo as speedily as possible to bring the secretary beiore the federal court to defin itely determine the power ox the state in the premises. In an interview today Secretary of State Leseur said the charters o those corpora tions had been revoked which have not affidavits of nou-connection with trusts, pools, etc. In regard to the lead, sugar, linseed and other alleged trusts he said those corporations filed affidavits that they are not connected with trusts, etc., coase quently he had no authority to go behind their affidavits in the absence of proof tnat thev are not correct. Any informa tions regarding violations of the Jaw will be furnished to the prosecuting attorneys. Foreign corporations who have not com plied with the law will receive thirty days notice. In Jail Instead ot Married. Sioux Cm, la., Nov. 21 Edward Perry, an upright, industrious young man, who was to have wedded an estimable young lady of this city on Thursday, is a raving maniac today. The firet paroxysm of his madness was in the presence of his affianced, upon whom he called yesterday. Several months sgo he went to Wisconsin to accept a good position as a civil engineer, hoping thus to earn enough to pay off a mortgage on a home which he had bought in view of his marriage engagement He was swindled out of his wages along with other employes, and he returned to this city penniless and dejected And when he learned that by the swindle he weu'.d lose hia home also, hia mind gave way. While in company with his intended bride he showed symptoms of insanity. He soon became violent and to day he had to be removed from the resi dence of her parents to the jail, an uncon trollable maniac. He was adjudged insane and will tomorrow be conveyed to the in sane asylum. Alaska Republicans Jcxbau, Alaska, Nov. 13.-, t(viaPort Town send) Nov. 21. The first republican con vention ever held In Alaska convened at Juneau November 5. Delegates were pres ent from all parts of the territory except to the westward ana the Yukon river country. After effecting a permanent or ganization a memorial to congress was passed asking that the territory be allowed a delegate to congress; that the homestead laws be extended to Alaska in a modified form; that the laws relating to the cutting of timber be bo modified a to permit its being used for domestic purpose; for the importation of furniture and other articles actually manufactured in the territory, and for the creation of a commipsion lor the purpose of submitting to congress a code of laws for the territory. A memorial was passed recommending Miner W. Bruce as member of the republican national com mittee from Alaska. He will head a dele gation to Washington to urge upon congress the passage of such enactments as are urged in the above memorial. Rosecrans' Showing, Washington, Nov. 21. Register of the Treasury Rosecrans in Lis annual report shows that during the year 21,500 bonds, amounting to $1( 3,983.583 were issued and 83,419. representing $231,Sil,450 cancelled. The total amount outstanding is $763,438, J12, of which amount only $10,063,850 are held abroad. Of the amount held at home individuals and trustees hold 8833,503,112, insurance companies $48,86 ,000, savings banks, mutual benefit and" other institu tions 11 6,567,000. There are outstanding in treasury note certificates $13,865, very little of which will ever be presented to the government for redemption, beiDg probably lost r destroyed. The register makes a number of recommendations. Wages Increased. Reading, P Nov. 21. Notices have been posted in all tho mills of the Glasgow Iron company announcing an increase in the wages of puddlers 25 cents per ton. Wages of ail other employes will bo correspond ingly increased. The standard prices of puddlers' wages in the Schuylkill valley is bow $3 75 per ton. Another Uprising in Hay ti. New Yojik, Nov. 26. The steamer Prince Frederick, from Pert an Pxince, Nov. 0, arrived here today and brought news of an uprising againat Hippolito. It ia reported that there are 5,000 men ecgaged in tho movement. Great Explosion. Daxton, O., Nov. 26. Mr. Hawthorn's two story brick dwelling ihoue was blown to atoms by an exploeisn cf natural gas this morning. Two children were killed, and Hawthorn, his wife and father were terri bly and fatally injured. The exploeion was heard all over tte city. Kansas' Prohibition Law to be Dis cussed. Topeka, Kan., Nov. 24. The attorney general' brief, filed in the supreme court yesterday, on the case of the State of Kan sas vs. F. W. Fulker, raises a new question regarding the prohibition, whether ship ment of intoxicating liquors from another state Into Kansas and the sale of these liquois in original packages is a violation of the law. This is not the first time the question has been raised-.. Fulker. while agent of the Pacific exdress at Oketo, Kan. , received by express from Blue Springs, Neb., several boxes conta'nirg whisky. He sold this liquor in the original packages and was convicted of violating the prohi bition law. The case promises to be a most interesting ontj. Life Sentence for Robbery. Chicago, Nov. 26. "We, the jury, find the defendants,Robert Rossel and Michael Foy, guilty of robbery, as charged in the in dictment, and fix their punishment at im prisonment in the penitentiary for the term of their natural life," was the verdict of a jury in Judge Baker's court this morning. Tne two young men whose lives were doomed by the fateful works to be spent within prison walla, bowed and shuddered as they heard their doom. This is the first conviction in Illinois under the recent "habitual criminal act" The jury, believ ing Foy and Rossel guilty, was compelled to fix their punishment at life, as they had been trice convicted for like offenses. A Holocaust. Lynx, Mass., Nov. 26. Lynn, tha city of shops, was this afternoon visited by the greatest fire in its history and with but two exceptions the most disastrous which has ever visited New England. Theexcep tions are the great Boston fire of 1872, which destroyed between eighty and Jniue ty millions of dollars worth of property, and the Portland fire of 1836, wnioh caused a loss of between ten and twelve millions Today's fire started at 11:55 a. m.,.and raged over eight hours, devastating a square mile of the business section of the city and caused a 103S estimated at ten -nillion. In fact the greater part of ward 4 is wiped out as regards the important shoe manufacturing blocks and prominent places of business. The fire started in Mower's wooden build ing on Almont street, ove.r the boiler and spread with such rapidity that the excel lent fire department iu the city was power lees to cope with it This large wooden building was soon doomed and the flames leai ed across a narrow passage way and communicated with the six-scory brick block known as Mower'ibiock. When these two buildiDgs got wen under way it was evident a terrible conflagration would result Almost simultaneously the four story wooden shoe factory of Bennett & Brainard on Central avenue and the four story wooden building on Almont street caught' fire and when under way a hurri cane of flame was in progress which blanched the cheek of all who were look ing on. For eight hours the flames had full sway, the efforts of firemen and citi zens seemingly of no avail. Scenes familiar in the great Boston and Chicago fires were repeated in all their hor rors mothers fleeing with babes in their arms, express wagons loading at business and dwelling houses and transferring goods to places t f safety, in many cases a second removal being necessary, and the utmost confusion and alarm prevailing. Tho ex citement increased ard became a panio as it became realized that a cor Migration threatening the entire business quarter was in progress. After the fire had been burning two hours everybody agreed that it would not stop until it had reached the ocean, and this proved to be the case. Four daily newspapers are burned out the Item, Bee, Press and News, three afternoon and one morning paper, three national banks the Central, Security and First National together with the Lynn institution for sav ings, located in the First Nationaf block, are ail wiped out Twelve of the finest shoe blocks in the city are in ruins and about twenty-five stores. Boston, Mass., Nov. 27. Prominent man ufacturers are of the opinion that the total loss in Lynn, occasioned by yesterday's fire, will reach nearly $5,000 00. The number of buildings burned was 296, of which forty six were brick blocks. 1C8 wooden build ings used for business purposes, and 14ft dwellings occupied by 161 families. The number of laboring people thrown out of work is estimated at 8,000. The ciiy today is well patrolled by mili tia, 250 men in all being on duty. ' Men are stationed at the entrances of the ruined streets barring all approaches, and district guards are stationed at stores that are but partially cleared out to prevent thieves from taking what is left. No one is permit ted to pass the guards without a permit from the city clerk. Through associated charities families were furnished lodging last night In rooms hired at lodging and dwelling houses, and rations of hot soup, crackers and bread are being served to all in need. As soon as some plan for assistance can bs devised the work of providing for the destitute families will progress rapidly. Programme of the New Republic. Rio Janeiro, Nov. 25. It has been no easy task for me to reply at onoe to your several messages, for a strict consorship is still in existence over dispatches leaving this city and especially over those dispatches ad dressed to the newspapers. Captain Aver ona, who has just been appointed director of telegraph, exercises the closest super vision over all messages outward bouu.d, while he has provisionally suspended com munication with all points inland, thus rendering it impossible for outsiders to learn what is going on In the provinces. As requested by you, I have called on Gen eral Deodora Da Fonseca aid Dr. Bardoza, the leaders of the provisional government, and had a general conversation with them concerning the programme which it is their intention tr see carried out with a view to establiiiang the republic of the United States of Brazil on a firm and dur able basis. In the course of this, on their part, diplomatic talk, I gathered that al though the elections will take place early next month, no positive dato has so far been arrived at when, under the system of largely extended suffrage just decreed, the Brazilian electors will be called upon to send representatives to that constituent assembly upen which will fall the arduous task of framing the constitution of the new ly born republic. The members ot the pro visional government undoubtedly voiced public opinion when they informed me that from tne very outset it has been de termined not to permit splitting up of the various provinces, or states, as they may now properly be called. The feeling that led to the revolution embodied this senti -ment, and as fears are felt of its being car ried out, Brazil has long since been awake to the advantages of federation and its re publican leaders have carefully studied your constitution. T&ere is no danger, therefore, of a series of these pronuueia mentos and outbreaks which have in the past and are still the custom in the Central and South American republics. Brazil seeks to emulate the greater United Spates lying to the north.- Under these circum stances there is no occasion to fear that the constituent assembly, when called into existence, will m any way be gagged or fettered. . It will be in unison with the popular wish, and the full powers dele gated to it by the people will simply enable it to carry out their wishes, the most pro nounced one of which can be expressed in the single word "Union. " As I have just said, the constitution of the United States of America will be the model which the constituent assembly will adopt, with perhaps such modifications as to the length of the presidential term, relations between church and state and other minor details, as required by the different circum Etances under which Southern Americans live. But the main features of your consti tution will undoubtedly be adopted. It is among the probabilities that the question of compensating slave owners tor their sudden loss of manual labor will come up for consideration, but nothing was said to me on the subject, and I give you thin merely as a reasonable conjecture. The provisional government does not deem it necessary to interfere with the delegates to the International conference at Wash ington, nor with their labors in bringing about a commercial treaty, which, after all, was never to benefit the dynasty, but the country itself. .Thus in that respect: no alarm need be felt and things will go on as smoothly as if no chantre had happened in Brazil's "orm of government It has not entered nto the minds of the present rulers to In any way limit the powers of BrrzTs delegates in this connection. The provin cial assemblies, pending the result of the labors of the forthcoming constituent as sembly, will remain dissolved as a matter of course. Now and in the future the rais ing, guaranteeing and settling of loans will develope upon the general government in order to Inspire more confidence in the money markets of the wond, which wise decision will do much to remove all fears if any more exist as to Brazil's readiness to honorably discharge its financial obligation-. Among the reforms introduced is the dissolution of the civil code commis sion, as the framing of civil lrgislation is to be transferred to the several states. The Marquis De Monte Paschoval, arch bishop of San Salvador, metropolitan and primate of Brazil, has accepted the situa tion and has invoked heaven's blessing on the new state of things. With regard to financial matters, govern ment bonds and exchange remain firm, while the shares of recently formed com panies are slightly depressed. The mer cantile community is preparing an address thanking the government for preserving order. Uruguay and the Argentine Repub lic have signified their Intention of main taining the existing relations between their government and that of Brazil. Senator Silvera Martinez,, whose arrest I announced yesterday, will be imprisoned in the fortress of anta Crnz, where he is expected to arrive November 27. There has been a slight disturbance at Alagoas, but it was unsuccessful. The International Congress. Washington, Nov. 5. The Pan-American congress assembled promptly at 2 o'clock this afternoon.- Senor Rsgarra of Peru, in the absence of Secretary Blaine, presided. A favorable report from tho committee on credentials of the Brazilian delegation led to some discussion. Dr. Nin of Uraguay wanted to know whether the credentials emanated from the emperor or from the new government of Brazil. Delegate Hur tel of Columbia questioned the propriety of making this inquiry at the present time, but Dr. Nin insisted that he could not voce intelligently on the question of approving the report of the committee without this information. Sendr Romero, chairman of the commrttee, then stated that the cre dentials originally came from th3 emperor, butt subsequently, and after the recent change in the government in Brazil, had been endorsed by the new government.and the delegates had been fully embowered to act for tne provisional government. This explanation seemed satisfactory to all del egates and the report was adopted unani mously. The congress then proceeded to the elec tion of secretaries. F. G. Pierra. and H. Ransom Whitehouse were nominated by the foreign and home delegates respectively and were elected to these positions. Mr. Whitehouse is a citizen of New York, and is at present secretary of the legation at the Olty of Mexico. Mr. Pierra is also from New York and is connected with the Spanish-American commercial union in that city. The congress then proceeded to the con sideration of the report of the committee on rules, taking up rule 8, where it had left off last Saturday. Judgment Against West Chicago, Nov. 27. Judgment was entered today in the United States circuit court against James J. West, ex-managine editor ot the Times, for $64,000 on a judgment i.vTO tAcuiueu o ui,y looy, m lavor Ol jonn N. Irwin and George DeGrand. and payable four months after date with 6 per cent in terest ' .'. " " Another Train Robbery. Kansas Crrr, Ma, Nov. 25. Two white men entered the heavily loaded St Louis express train on the Missouri, Kansas k, Texas a: Pryor Creek at 9 o'clock and se creted themselves until the train started. They cut through the end of the express car and made the messenger give up at tho Soint of the revolver. A report from the ispatcher's office at Parsons says $50,000, largely in cash, was taken. Another mes sage places the figure at $33,000. Sedalia, Mo. , advices say none of the passes gei s were hurt, but every one was gone through for their last penny. Pryor Creek ia a des olate place of no houses, situated in the brush by a stream of the same name. It is J net the place for a robbery. A later dispatch confirms the ; robbery, but says no one was Injured. The train was held for nearly an hour. The Iowa Soldiers' Home. Des Moines, Ia., Nov. 25. The wisdom of the general assembly in establishing 'a sol diers' home has been justified many timeB. There are now in the home at Mareh all town veterans, Including officers and at taches. Thirty-four new applications f cr admission have been received, and they will probably be granted, so that in a short time the home will be fi'led nearly to its capacity, which is for 35 The hoard of commissioners have made their report to the governor, making recommendations for approprinions next year for the tome as follows: Furniture . and fixtures for the hospital, $&V 00; for boiler rooms and heat ing apparatus. $6,000; sewerage, $1.2C; salaries for officers and employes, $1,000 er month; furniture for employes, $7,500. he experience of two years has proved that the nome is doing a grand work for the feeble and disabled and dependent sol diers of Iowa. Eight Burned Alive. Elackfoot, Ida., Nov. 25. The territorial insane asylum burned early this morning. Fifty-seven of the sixty-five inmates were rescued, while two women and two men are known to have perished and four are still missing. They are supposed to have been burned. , The bui'diog was partly and the contents wholly destroyed. Losses es timated at $3,000. The lire was caused by a defective flue. The Knights and The Alliance. Philadelphia, Nov. 25. Mr. Powderly says that in his opinion some form of con solidation between the E of L and the Farmers' Alliance will be accomplished at an early date. The knights favor it heart ily and he has good reason to think that the alliance is very favorably disposed to ward the scheme. On December 3d Gen eral Secretary Hayes and Mr. Wright of the knights' executive board will meet a com mittee of the alliance at St Louis to discuss the matter. The aims and interests of the two organizations are the same. Uaited they will have about three mlllk n votes, an army so vast that politicians will not dare Bp urn it "For over one year we have been receiving letters from those promi nent in the farmers' alliance," continued Mr. Powderly; "asking us to consider the practicability of an amalgamation. - The officers ot the JL of L. will readily thi ow up their offices and be fubsic ary workers iu the ama'gamation. No sensible man can disparage the magnitude and importance of turn a step. Its might mean that the two organizations when combined will wield such a political power as to control the presidential ciair. There are in round num bers 500,000 men in the ranks of the K. of L., while the farmers' alliance, which is merely in its infancy, has over two mil lion members. I tbink that if ah amal gamation is brought about, the American federation, with its half million followers, the brotherhood of locomotive engineers, with its many thousand?, and other great laber bodies will want to be merged. It will probably mean the birth of a new political parry which will have sufficient strength to control tartn and other legis lation." . He Had a Pall Anyhow. San Fhancisoo, Nov. 5. For several days past there have been rumors of a settle ment between the young man Arthur C. Williams, other lsa Arthur C. Gorham,who got into trouble here and in Los Angeles through passing an alleged check for $5 0, and his putative father, Arthur C. Gorham, the wealthy banker of Boston. It was stated that an immense fortune had been settled on Williams. Williams, after being some tir-.e in prison is this city, was taken to Los Angeles, where his case was finally dismissed. He remained there a short time and then disappeared about a month sgo. He returned to thio city and has elnce been quietly living wuh a lriend in the western addition. A couplet of weeks ago, according to tha story, A. C. Gorham ot Boston also arrived hero, and eince then he and the young man have been negotiating for a mettle ment The latter left for home a few days ago. after having, as was stated, settled the gigantic sum of $1,0 0, 00 in 4 per cent government bonds on Villiam., besides eight acres of ground almost in the heart of Kansas City and a one-half interest in the extensive iron atd coal mines and works at Birmingham, Ala. Williams ad mits making a settlement. 16 will be recollected that when Williams was arrested at Los Angeles he always con- teiiaea that uornam wouiasee him oat or the tronble. Wbn on the witness stand he asserted that Gjrham was his father, but G or barn's brother in Boston said Wiiliama was a blackmailer. The latest developments aoparently show that Williams was not much out of the way in his statements. Gobbled Up by,Enffiand. Philadelphia, Nov. 6. The Driggs Schrooder rapid firing gun, invented by Lieutenants Driggs and Schreder, United States navy, has been sild to English capi talists for over half a million of dollars. Several of the guns were built here, and after being subjected to the severest tests by English ordnance experts the latter unani mously recommended, the purchase. As usual in such cases, the United States ord nance experts couid not find any merit in the gun, and the inventors were compelled to go out of their own country to have their genius i-roperly appreciated. The ad vantages of the gun consist in its light weight and rapid firing capacity. It weighs only fifteen pounds, is madn of the strong est kind of steel and can fire a shot three miles. It can be fired three times as fast as the famous English Armstrong gun. : m : It Attacks Them All. New Yoek, Nov. 24. Dr. Rudolph Tansz ky, a noted expert on insanity, who be came insane and attempted to kill his wife and himself in January, 1S85, died yester day in the Bloomingdale asylum. He wes one of the experts in the Guiteau- case. Corn Foi-Fuel. Hiawatha, Kan. , Nov. 24. Farmers in this vicinity are burning corn for fuel, finding that it is cheaper than coal. Corn is sold on the farm at 20 cents per bushel, while the average price of coal delivered at the farm ranges from .21 to 23 cents per bushel. Blizzard In Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 27. A dispatch from Litchfield, Minn., says a genuine blizzard set in there this morning-. Snow has fallen to a depth of three Inches and is drifting badly. Buffalo, Minn., reports a heavy snow storm, whluh at 8 o'clock had reached a depth of s'x inches, when It changed Into rain and sleet Hairy and Food Convention. Cleveland, Nov. 7. Tho national dnlry and food commissioners' aaeociatlon of the Unit 3d States was organ z 3d this afternoon by the delegates appointed by tie gover nors of several staten. Hoa. II rim Smith of Wisco2sin was eles&ed temporary choir man. F. A. D. Erlthck, food aud dairy commissioner of Ooio, was made secretary add tree snrer. Theoojeotsof tha aas 'ela tion are: To establish a uniform utanlnrd frr purity in human food and drink, andlo eacourage the uonest manufic urer and protect the consumers." The constitution and by laws were adopted. On enrollment of members, George M. Srearnts of Chicago, who had baen appointed ie'egate from Iliinois by Governor F.fcr. proved to be a manufacturers agent, and not a producer of food, and was not admit' ed to member ship. Tne Second Lucky Man. BrsMABCK, N. D.Nov. 5. Four ballots were taken for United States senator today without result, after which tte assembly adjourned until evening. On call of tho roll this evening Lyman R. Casey had forty-two votes and M. N. John eon thirty-one. Judson Lamore, who had votedfor Walsh, changed to Casey, followed by Watt and Stntfelmanof Pembina county, Randall of Dickey and R. N. Stevens of Ran som, who made the forty-seven necessary to a choice. Senator Smith, Q a el and and others followed, reducing! Johnson's vote to twenty-six and Increasing Casey's to sixty-two, aDd he was declared elected. Lyman R. Casey was born at York, N. Y., in 1837, and moved to Yipslantl, Mich., at an early age, where he prepared for tne university at Ann Arbor, but failing health compelled birn to give up his university course. For ten years he was engaged in the oyster business at Buffalo, Balti more and Detroit, with Piatt & Co., and then in the hardware trade at De troit, beng one of the firm of Tefft. Casey & Kellogg. In 1872 he went abroad and traveled in Europe for five years. He is a man of hiaru ciaraci'er and culture, speaks French as well as Eaplish aud has a competence. He married Miss Piatt of Bal timore and has fix children, a daughter in school at Detroit, a son on tbo farm at Mel ville, and one with Piatt t Co. ofBiltl more. In 1S82 ho came to Dakota in unarge of the Carrington & Casey Land conwany's interests, making headquarters at James town, where he has since resided. The company has 100,000 acres of Dakota land, with 6,000 acres under cultivation. Their capital is $""00,0C0. T. B. Csey, vice presi dent of the Northwestern National bank of Minneapolis, is president of the company. Senator Casey is a farmers' alliance mttn and is chairman of the farmers' alliance ir rigation committee. He is a member ot no clique, interested in no fasti on and his nomination was accompli ed by a union of all forces opposed to Johnson, and is looked upon witu favor by all except tho few disappointed ones,- - . Cuba is Scared. Havana. Nov. 6. There Is apprehension here over the Pan-American cengrees. The impression here la that tbo American gov ernment seeks to Isolate Cuba by sutt'ng the ports of the United States to all her products and ther. ruin her commerce, industry and agricultural interest, the ultimate ot j .ot blng to induce Spaiu to abandon the island to tbe native? or to the United States as a useless buroen to the mother country. Tbe idea is net untavor a bly received bv a email party cf annexa tionists to the United htatee.but is strongly opposed by the conservatives and liberal autonomists iu Spain as well as Cuba. In order to combat its effect the Spaniph mlu i&ter of colonies has proposed to make a considerable reductton in the custom tariff in Cuba and Porto Rico on goods imported from the United States. It is generally doubted here, howuver.whrttner this policj will have the desired effect if the American government is bent upon carrying out its supposed scheme of Isolation. A Gigantic Swindle. Oh cago, Nov. 26. Sensational develop ments are following each other rapidly in the million dollar swindle of Frede-ricksen A Co., land agent a. Tonight it is nwrtei that thousand of settlers, mainly Bcanda navians, in Kansas, Iowa and other wept exn states, .who have, ns they supposed, paid for their land and got deeds from Fredtrickeen, have absolutely no title to it Drk hints are dropped that back of Frodtrickeen were parties in Milwaukee who are the real beneficiaries in the gigan tic frauds. Wholesale arrests oJ clerks and othr persons in Chicago who brazenly acted ai Fredcrickpcn's tools are talked of. Tomorrow tbe state's attorney and the chief sufferers will consult ani organize a pln of campaign. Eight or Tea oapitallst9 are said on good authority ttiis ev nirg to tave ootri bated $UX),0t 0 cash to Fred rickwen's coffers, and $70,000 is thought to have bee:t dropped by a tingle vfcttui cus of the roanytm Mil waukee E. G. p umbstock. Another Wis consin victim, Mr. Cowie, was heaxd d claring this afternoon that; Fredericksou's arrest woold be secured if ii were nceec eary to follow bira to the t nd of the world. Cowie tsays 2 V servant gi-ls in Chicago invested wuh Frederl'jknoa from $5Dto $4K) each and have lost all. Among the Chicago capitalists who are mentioned as havtig had confidence in Frede.riclf son and em fered thereby, are E. G. Southworth, tno hteel man, and S W. Raweon, the bar.ki-r, BesidsB these, tho lowers are said to incluae the Fort Dearborn National bank and the Chicago Loan and Trust company. Ex-Governor Rice of Wisconsin, one of the victims, arrived this afternoon. He ad mits losing $15L,0 0 and says Cashier Nun nemacher of the Merchant's Exchange bank of Milwaukee is also a heavy loser, while C. D. HeDdricke, a prominent real estate broker of Milwaukee, has lost every cent he owned and has Deen forced to assign. Mllwaukeeans believed Chicagoans had in vestigated Fredericksen and therefore did not themselves investigate. Rico Buys Fredericksen's plan was to get an option on a tract of land from some railroad company, aud representing that he owned ic sell the farms to ignorant emigrants. Abstracts were furnished by notaries in Frederictt sen's office, who certified to anything. Some weefes ago Fredericksen confessed to Nunnemacher, Hendricks and Rice .that he had been issuing fraudulent deeds and mortgages, but the enormous extent of the deception was not difclosed. The trio of capitalists let FreSericksen go ahead and form a stock company for $5'J0,C00 to carry on the business, and themselves took most of the stock. Since then the other crook edness had come to their ears and Freder icksen has fled. Rica eays a number of large dealers in railroad lands in Caicago hold Fredericksen's paper, but are keeping quiet for fear it will injure their credit Today Fredericksen's bookkeeper. Good bid, was held in bondt of $15,000 until Sat urday. Mr. Haugan, who was appointed receiver for Fredericksen, asked to be dis charged. He reported tho onsets in sight at less than $100. Further News From Ktanley. London, Nov. 26 Dispatches received hpro from the members of the French mis sion In Africa state that their caravan nr- jred at Mt Oni Sunday. They met SUnay V- .CbM. CM VOU CIUH UWJI, UllllUa. li g from Bogjmoyo. It ia stated taut 8tn J y has no ivory In hH posdvsftioa. A dis pUtuh from Emin, datd at Mlala Auarutt VS. has boen received by Sir William Mao. kmnoo. Itsaje: raniR to all subscribers to the committee fr thfir nenerou beta, which bos saved a baneful ot forlorn ineu from destruction. For Tho Full Amount. New YotK, Nov. 10 The trial of an ao'len by the govt rnmcnt against Madame Louise, a well-known up-town milliner, to recover tho penalty of flOO tor violation of tho alien labor law toddy resulted la a vcrJict for the government of tbe futl penalty. Mme. Louise brought Miss Alice Tupont, a French demoiselitt, to the United Spates to wrk In hor millinery es'.tiblihhmHt. It wss contended by the deftrsj that tho trimming of ludivs hats was a new indus try ana lht the young lady was not brought hither under ocnira. Ju-3g9 L--conio, however, directed tne jury to yive a verdict for tte government lor the iu 1 amount or tho peialty. Strongly Against TruMs. Caicioo, Nov. 26. Ju'go Mnpru ler of tho state suprome ooutt today rendered a -cieion reversing the ftnJirj; of the !or courts in tho quo wa ranto jxtc cdfUK to dissolve the C.ifcago gas t rut-1. Thelowrr oourt virtually held tfcat the tnift wna not a monopoly in the meaning of tho law an t was not in opprnltlou to public policy. Judye Magruder talces the .ipoMte view aodstrongty neons the trust. He hok'w that til its acts looking to tbo conirol vt the c pital stock of vnrioue . es companion in Coiopgo wer for the purpof t cutJiutr competition and are null and xoifl. 8'If er Men in Session. St Louis, Mo., Nov. 20 The national tii ver convention met in the exposition build ing at 10 o'clock this rrorning with about threo hundred at.d fifty delegatus present. The hall wns handscmciy and approprltto ly decorated. It was 11:15 when James Campbell called the convention to order. Af.er brh fly reciting the Inception of tho project? to bring the silver men of the coun try together, Campboll introduced L. M. Ramsey of St Louis as temporary chair man avd Albert Slnrer rs temporary m:crn tary. Temporary Chairman Rumney wai given a warm welcome when he nroe to make his opening remarks. At the con clusion of his addreu the various orauilv tees were appointed and tho convention took a recess till 3 p.m. Tho convontion reassembled promptly at 3 o'clock. Tho entlro afternoon wai rpeut in a discussion as to how the convent ion should vote, some contending that ench delegate present should be untitled to only one vote, ana others that tbe delegations should vote their lull strength by proxy, no matter how many delegates were in tho convention. Tno matter wss finally set tled by the Adoption of a resolution ottered by Senator Stewart of Nevada that each delegation , should be entitled to twenty voted, and all over that number in any del egation should be allowed one vote each, "The noramltteo on permanent organiza tion reported tbe following permanent ctll cers: Chairman, A.J. Warner, Ohio; vioo onuirman. J. M. Ale Michael, Colorado; sec retary, Albert Singer, Missouri; assistHut secretaries, F. L. Dana, Colorado; T. J. Pal mer, Kansas; J. A. Grtier. Pennsylvania. Bii.na's name was brought before tho committee, but was withdrawn, as It ai uofitively announced tbat he did not do Mr e to preside over the deliberations of tbo convention. The following gentlemen from Nebraska were honored by their delegations with ik- t sitions on variousoomuitttees: l'ermrnnt organ zation, U. C umith; erf deniials, O. B. Burrows; resolutions, William Wsllsce, nau VYUl'um Ilindm&n ut Idaho; W. W. Gl lig n of Montana, W. M. Grant of Wyoming, Andrew B. Hendricks ot ldano, C. D. Mo Cmreof MOntauH, E. Ainotthof Wyoming, F. P. Cavn&ughoi Haho, Mt. Mesickbrode ot Montana and M. M. 0M&ly f Wyo ming were also given important committed pOtdtiOjDS. Cualirnan Warner,upon telrgiatrod cd to the convention by Senator Stewurt, thanked tibt bedy lor tby utexpcid honor. He said that uo ubjfct int'rfted tie world moro than the s.jrer u?t1ou. Sinco Germany in It 72, loiiowtu by the other European poweis m d uitJy I y the United Stfttvs, llnaudciivtr a a uiooey t . question hud ben a vital wvi-, und in tte uiKcuHon the bhnciuliliiH i?i woo u vic tors'. The attempt o ci uuk the money taandard from gold ai.d s;ivr to gold uK dj was worse than u mistako. Itwa nJuuista crime. Tbe demonet Ziiion f silver had made the gold staoourd different. Tho de monetization of silver wm in fact a preat crlmo aud its rfvcrntion wr r.ov the im portant qn3f.ti m beforn lb pnb lo. Tho peopio hau suffered more from bud numc w.ry legislator tnon irom Kiiy otli-r cjU What was asked wns the natural ion cf Iba money stanoard which existed ler ; that silver be placeo ou an tqauMiy wish gold us the ratio which h s hensiofore em itted, ltwns the duty of iLe country to rrtore what should nevor hsvo ben dls-turbe-, find the convention ttettibiu4 to dec.de upon the best method. bo ur feued iu reaching the desired erf. li. B. Caambcrlain, vxidt .f t Den ver chamber of commesce, on bi-hilf of that uodv, thou presented a fcol.d ii!vtr gvel lo Chairman Wtirner. A number ot resolutions to be referred to tho commute on rrffolntiois w ie ru;fi.', and torcordtd. Thecoinmittte In c onsid er d u vtrystrcnrr or.e, and it 1 ncpt-cted will fmbcey the wjhIh-h of tb cui::Tion brltflf, ut;0 so clearly, thai tr.ey U1 bo easily understood. 'Miit Jen. special: MinJcu vottnl en bonds for a sytcci of water-works Fri day and they'wero carried ly an onr wheliaiag majority, about 10 to 1. THE MAitKKT. CATTLE-Batchcr,' stecu... .$2 a:i n Co'fc..,.i i.... 1 .VJal 7.1 E OOb" Fa K ir-' a U Kr ktiv -i (-OaS :r. SHEEP a 0a 3 rr WHEAT No. a eriu: 0 ) a to 0TH N. 2 13 a 1H RYE -No. 2 i.H i7 COiltf No. 2, me 17a is FLAXSEED 1 (Ual I 3 roTATOE .' IS a APPLES P r bb 1 7a2 15 HAY-Prairie, buik U 5Ja4 5j Omaua, Nci CATTLE. $S ?0 a 4 43 Cows... 1 5) a "J hi HOGS Far to heavy :i Ml a 3 7" Mixed :j 23 a J 50 Chicago, Iiu CATTLE Prime steers $3 RO a 4 Hi Strckers and feeders.. 1 ID a 3 15 EOGS Peking 1 5la175 SHEEP Natives 3Ja3 WHEAT WK CORN 31 Kansas Cut, Mo. CATTLE Corn fed ti 3 a 3 00 Feeders 1 l a 2 'M 11O0S Gcoi to Choice 3 15 a 3 75 Mixed , 3 55 a M 0U
