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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, NOV. 30, 1889.
NO. 24.
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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.
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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