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THE NORTHWESTERN OEO. E. HHN8CIIOTER, Editor * Tab. LOOP CITY, NEBRASKA. rrr~—* 1 NEBRASKA NEWS. Seventy-five converts resulted from Evangelist Redding's work at Fuller ton. Gibbon Is receiving such a religious shaking up as It hasn't enjoyed for many years. An American eagle measuring seven feet from lip to tip was killed a few miles northeast of Stella. The Holdrege public school teachers have decided to make an effort to se cure money to provide a library for the school. The members of C. W. Hays post G. A. R. at I.ushton have Just completed a nice hall, 24xt0 feet for their ex clusive use. The Methodist church at Osceola last .Sunday wiped out a debt of $300 that has been hanging over the edifice for some time. The snfc at the McCandlcss switch, eight miles northeast of Stella on the 11. & M., was blown open. No money was obtained. J. R. Riddle of fierce county ralseo 200 bushels of potatoes the past sum mer on a piece of ground containing a llttlo over half an acre. The general merchandise store of T. J. Welch of Jackson was destroyed by fire, as was also the building ad joining the same filled with grain and owned by Pat Harry and Frank Davey. An unsuccessful atternnt was mnde THE NEWS IN BRIEF. ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED HERE AND THERE. ontirfifiAllona that Kmbmly a flood l)«l of Information Without llrqnlrlr* Modi Hpara—Foreign and I>om#»llc Nrmy Not#* on All Subject*. Monitor, Nor. ?«. Snow fa now fully three feet deep In the Klondike region. Limit. Alfred B. Jackson, command ant of the Nebraska university battal ion, died on the 20th. Congressman Dolliver, of Iowa, call ed on the president and talked over | appointments of that state. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold their convention next year at Los Angeles or Portland. Cuban and financial questions will be the leading questions with which ; the president's message will deal. The government Is actively engaged j in the preparation of Its ease against | the Central Pacific Railway company. | The governor Is soon to appoint a j remission to look after the state's In- j terest at the Trans-Mississippi exposi tion. Peter Juckson. the pugilist, Is likely to secure a match with Joe Choynskl, tf the latter defeats Jeffries at Han Francisco. For the brutal murder of his para mour, Vlnlc Bell, fieorge Weston, alius "Devil" Winston, colored, was hanged at Paducah, Ky. Heveral cargoes of American cereals which recently arrived at Bminos Ayres, could not he sold and will he taken to Europe. At Cayuga, N, V,. Mrs. Adele Hterne man was found guilty of the murder of her husband and sentenced to he hang ed January 20, 1888. The president has Just come out of the hands of a portrait painter, and now becomes the subject of a sculptor. Mr. Fred ludmer, an artist of Wash ington. Is to make a bust In bronze of President McKinley. Thar««lAY. Nov. 9/1. Mr Bryan's visit tc Mexico is for the purpose of studying the silver question. Governor Tanner of Illinois will probably call an extra session of the legislature. New York reports that prices of green and roasted coffee are now lower than ever before. The steamer Monn, which has sail ed from Sydney, N. S. VV., for San Francisco, took 1275,000 in gold. The countess of Gatham, England, while returning from a shooting patty was thrown out of a trap and killed. Ferry hall, one of the largest build ings of the Washington slate agricul ture college, ut Pullman, wus destroy ed by fire. Governor Jones of Arkansas has of fered $500 for the arrest and convic tion of the murderer of J. M. Clayton, November, 1880. liy an explosion In the fireworks factory at Schoenhatiser-Alleo, Ger many, one mun and two girls were killed and seven others injured. Secretary of the Treasury Gage was the guest of honor and made the principal address at the annual din ner of the New Vork chamber of commerce. The entire party who has been en gaged In cutting timber on govern ment land on the bottoms east of Calhoun, Neb,, arc now under arrest ut Omaha. Chairman W. I). Ilyniim of the na tional democratic committee Issued an address to the gold democrats exhort ing them to greater efforts, finding encouragement in the late ejection. Jack McCleland of Pittsburg fought Joe Bernstein of New York eight rounds to a draw at Pittsburg before a large audience. The bout wus one of the best seen here for a long time. The report that the Arbuckles urid the llavemeyers have come to an agreement regarding the price of sugar and coffee was denied at the New York offices of both the com panies concerned. Topeka (Kansas) police have ar rested Kev. A. F. Morlson, Methodist, of Panhandle, Tex., and are holding him on suspicion of murder of his wife until the sheriff can arrive from FATE OF AMERICANS. TWO OF THEM MEET DEATH IN SOUTH AFRICA. Their Horllee Mutilated hr the Native!— Chopped to Plerea With Knives and the Havagee Quarrel Among Thrtneelvre for the Iteiunante. Met a Horrible Heath. WASHINGTON. Nov. 29.—The start ling and horrible story of the killing of two Washingtonians and the muti lation of their bodies by the natives of the Congo Free State, has Just been reeelved here In a letter to Mr. I,eo Harmon, of 1723 Ninth street N. W. The men were members of a party which, during November and Decem ber, 1891, and January. 1895, went from this city to enlist In the Belgian army for service In the Congo Free State. Those enlisted Included Kdward Thornton, a <oinmlssloned officer In the National Fenclbles, employed In the war department; Lindsay (1. Burke, Frank Batchullor, Harry It. Andrews, Burry Spurlln and Mr. Mel Un, who was at one time a noncom missioned officer In the United States army. All except Thornton und Mcllln were members of the National guard of the district. The Information received by Mr. Harmon Is that Burke und a party of fifty natives who were sent out to dislodge a band of dwarfs who had re volted, were ambushed and killed. An Arab who was with the command, hut was some distance off at the time of the ambuscade, stales that he knows Burke was dead before the na tives reached him and that the most hideous looking man he ever saw walked up und cut Burke's head off with one blow of u knife. The chief then began to slice pieces off Ills legs and arms and distribute them among his followers. There were so many of the fiends that the pieces were very small, anil before they had eoneluded there was a free light fo see who could get the little remaining. In some manner the dwarfs became alarmed and left the place, one fellow carrying off Burke's TALK OF ALASKA. Oof. Itrnriy HuKfMta * CobibImIoji to VUIt th«* Country. SEATTLE, Wash.. Nov. 29.—In an Interview Governor John (1. Brady of Alaska said: "The business men and officials of Alaska are concerned In effecting some change of amplification of the laws as they are at present In force. They will combine to submit to con gress a proposition to authorize the appointment of a committee which will consider the needs of Alaska on- the ground. My Idea Is that the eommls | slon should eonslst. of a senator, a ; representative, and three bona fide residents of Alaska. If we are able to get a commission something may be accomplished for the good of Alas ka. Otherwise time devoted to Alaska will he frittered away In the consid eration of Individual bills of no ben efit to the country as a whole. "Many think Alaska should have a territorial form of government. The objections to this are manifold, chief among them are the sparse popula tion of the country. A territory means taxation, and the people are | not there to lie taxed. It would he 1 of little avail to submit to congress resolutions for a change In the code now In existence. These things must he Investigated by a commission which can ascertain the needs of the people by personal examination. Wo want an extension of the land laws, the regulation of the fish Industry, the naturalization of the natives, the right of appeal and laws for the pres ervation of game. "The smuggling evils must he dealt with by the commlsaon. Lust, year 21,009 gallons of Canadian whisky were smuggled Into Alaska " Governor Brady thinks that Alaska will he as great an agricultural and farming country some day as a min FOREIGN NOTES HI CAI1I.E A dispatch from Tarbes, capital of the department of Haute-Pyreness, announces that a ballast train over took a passenger train during a fog a* the Tournay railroad station. I he shock is described as having been ter rific. Several cars were ground int<» splinters, twelve persons killed and nine people Injured. The Constantinople correspondent of the London Standard learns that tho trade on the subject of the much dls umsed plans of Turkey commands the minister of marine. Hassen Pasha, to contract with Herr Krupp to build four new Ironclads, but given no instruc tions as to the repairs of the old ves sels. He says: "If this be true it Is probable that Germany has induced ftiissia to consent. It is said to be the present Inten tion of President McKinley to incor porate the recent Spanish correspon- | denen In his annual message to con gress. He does not deem It compatible with the public- Interest to publish the full text of the notes, pending fur ther correspondsnee and the carrying out of the promises mailt by the Spanish government. .Install L. pearek. who lias been the l ulled Stales consul at Colon, Colom bia, for four years, lias turned bin of fice over to bis successor and sailed for New York on the steamship Alli ance. During bis term of scrvlc* the dignity of the slurs and strip:* ha» been religiously upheld and he has distinguished himself by his firmness. 1 promptness and courtesy. Tile 'oral press extols him and all class-4 of Americans regret bis departure. He has set a brilliant example to other foreign representatives. low* I'm tint Olttc* Kfporf. At the close of business on the Ittli of November eleven thousand one Inin to blow the safe at C. A. Pyle's lum ber office at Benedict. A well-defined clue I* being quietly followed up, and conviction of the culprits seems as sured. William Schwab, living ten miles south of Plnttamouth. drove to market the other day with ninety-two bushels of prosperity wheat on his wagon. It. was the largest load ever hauled by one team. I). It. Pike, n Missouri Pacific brukeman. fell from a train at Wes> Hide and both legs were rruxhed below the knee and his bark broken. It is supposed that while coupling a ear as sudden lurch threw him from the train under the wheels. it Is thought he cannot live. The wife of John L. Clark of John son county, who was last week ad judged Insane and taken to the Lin coln asylum. Is also demented and Is lecelving attention of the authorities. At present she Is charge of Sheriff Woolsey. Iler condition Is bad and she Is violent at times. The sheep recently stolen from C. W P.urkland, near Sutherland, of which there were 196, were shipped to the eastern market from Ogallula. It Is not known who stole the sheep, but It is known that two men from the Bird wood country, settled with Mr. Uur land, paying him about $800. Kdward, son of Postmaster V. Sells of Hartley, aged about 3 years, was playing In the yard when his brother was about to move a wagon loaded with corn. In stnrtlng the wagon Kd ward was thrown down, but before the wagon could be stopped Bnd backed his chest was so crushed that he died In a few hours. The store of Nelson A Co. of Cereseo was burglarized. Admittance was gained to the store by breaking a glass out of the side window and rais ing the sash. The thieves helped iiiriimi-iyrn iu ui iratn 11 i|ii«ru |mun in shoes, a dozen or more suits of under clothing. Some shirts and other ar fleles missed, which no doubt were taken at the same time. The suit brought by Buffalo county against F. Y. Robertson for securing county deposits for the defunct FlrBt National bank under false pretenses was dismissed by Judge Sullivan in district court on the ground that the suit was brought too late and for the further reason that the complaint did not show that Robertson had used or appropriated any of the funds deposit ed. The residence of Thomas Pack, In Rost Creek township, eighteen miles northwest of Columbus, and the Driest farm residence in that part of Ne braska. was burned to the ground. 1< was built in 1S90. was three stnrb s ami had a fine conservatory In "the top. from which could tie viewed the coun try for a radius of forty miles. The building was insured in th" (de-man of Freeport, ill., for $0,(100 and $.'i00 on contents. John Wilkinson, a well known farm er who resided six miles northeast of Beatrice, died suddenly last week. He had been annoyed much lately by boys overrunning his place while hunting and when he saw a couple of hunters enter the place lie ran rapidly for about a half mile to warn them off. Soon after reaching the hunters, who proved to tie Senator (ieorge Murphy and J. II. Woods of Beatrice, he started to walk along with them, when he fell forward on his face and expired ill i most Instantly. A smooth swindler op rated sin ess. I fully lit Hurt county Two physicians I at Tekamah each had a valient In the comity whom they wire treating for an eye affection. Tbs stranger drop ped quietly Into town and hired a liv ery rig and went out to visit these p* tlents. lie represented btnisetf as an eve specialist and said ha had been Sent by the plivsh tan III charge to make an examination hf th. eyr» which he pretended to do H» retire ■etiled to each patient Him his nine wasa critical one at»d demanded expert attention succeed tug m niching from each a fee of $.for a wort Mi ■ * Me. acrlpUott which he left with then John Anderson a ni.uMiilsi at the Burlington shops at Hal Isle nut h was relieved of |tl bv a man named Rob ertsnn, with whom he had been room tag Ah enthusiastic mil III* ,tf me farmer* and t o in. s men *sa be d at I vm h in the interest of * r.olrv.-ol Way* and mean* were dr via d tor <nl letting information retail** to th* re I loom * \ hi..-. * the fun*. I . hop. of I hull Ilf < ond > on I ■' Ifpp!. I Duke Croxon, the flrst of the nine men who followed Mr. and Mrs. Glea son, bride and groom, out of Newport, Ky., taking the woman from her hus band at the point of a revolver and brutally outraging her, was found guilty and sentenced to twenty years’ Imprisonment. Tuesday, Nor. 3». Latest from Gladstone reports him In good health. Another case of yellow fever lias developed at Pensacola. A fast mall service has been In augurated on the Hunts Ke. The New York Herald hoe dlcon tInued the evening edition. A Are In Melbourne, Australia, de stroyed $6,000,000 worth of property. The new federal building at Omuha Is expected to be ready for business by January 1, 1898. The story of that Kansas town hav ing been swallowed up was a fake pure and simple. The relief ship sent out to find Prof. Andree returned without any tidings concerning him. The monetary commission has taken a recess until December 15, when It will reassemble to revise and sign Its report. The Norwegian bark Imperator ar rived at Han Francisco from Asapulco with three cases of yellow fever among the crew. ueorgta 8 ironciaa anti-cigarette law is enforced by the courts. Seven tobacconists were fined for selling cigarettes to miuors. At Greenfield, Mass,, John O’Neill, Jr., the murdered of Mrs. Hattie K. McCloud, was sentenced to be hanged on January 7, 1898. The State, newspaper at Richmond, Va., went Into the hands of u receiver, who lias decided to suspend Its publi cation for the time being. The will of the late Henry George leaves his entire estate, consisting of the.home at Fort Hamilton, worth about $8,000 and the copyright of Ills books, to his widow. . Out of -100 tests of sugar beets made at the South Dakota experiment sta tion at llrooklngs many give over 20 per cent sugar. Some farms give as high as 22 uml 2,7.5 per cent. Despite the fact that stock cattle are higher than they have been for years, ranchmen on the ceded lands west of the Missouri river are putting every dollar they cun raise into calves and yearlings. Horace Vox, of Westerly, R. 1., who has annually sent a turkey to the president's table since the days of Senator II. It. Anthony, of Rhode Is land, lias selected a bird this year thut will weigh twenty-seven pounds. MnilltMtliii, %«•». I Cashier Walker, of the government of Chile, hits disappeared with 500,000 pesos H. Wlswnll, a Boston capitalist, died ; at Atlanta, from Injuries sustained a week ago in a fall. Judge Cecil Scott, for many years ■ •tie tif the most conspicuous members of the St. Isiuls bur, is dead. Hr Julius A SkUtnli Is dead at hts home In Brooklyn, axed tit years, lie performed distinguished aer\lie as a ' surgeon during the war Senator Burrows of MteMgan ex presses the opiuloii that there will le a protracted die muslon of the cur rency ipiestton tn the approaching sea stun of congress. HP k It Hum the Boston middle weight. has signed artblea with DPk Burge to box twenty round* for (l.hVl lit *401 In Condon on la , ember 31 next, The Bey Hr l.nke Horbtltd of Hot Springs S C , touudvf of I tor t*nd tint yentity. Mot Spring*. dut *t the hoot# ttf hts son. Ch.tr lea J Borland, Ig MpitnglWtd III. ifnl 11 yewrs As n result of the hre tn ytelMltSe Austtaiu which destroyed an smtm Pluck of Hidings the I tea •**, ** e,oe peals* Wise x2.gM.ntM uf which sh ut X MW o*o will fall on Hrtttah coup tales Australian coin punts* wttl loss ths re ntal ads r rannanuie and lulus him home for trial. rriiUr, n«v. an. James C. 8eott was tortured and robhed by tramps near Carthuersville, Mo. He may die. James 8. Page has been appointed a watchman-fireman In the public build ing at lies Moines, at $720 per anurnn. Frank Kueton, a Chicago Bohemian shoemaker, fatally shot his wife and himself through jealousy. • Thomas McKean of Philadelphia, has donated $100,000 to the University of Pennsylvania toward the cost of the new law school. R. H. Wlllets, missing cashier of the closed hank at English, Ind., hits of fered to return and refund providing he Is not prosecuted, ( Canadian Pacific railway earning: for the week ending November 21 were $054,000; same period last year, $424,000; Increase, $129,000. According to a dispatch from Buenos Ayres the damage to the crops from frost having been estimated, it Is now expected that 1,000,000 tons of wheat will he available for export. The Russian newspapers urge.•( hat Russia, France and Great Britain should occupy points In China, to counterbalance the German occupation of Klao-Chou hay, 8han-Tung penin sula. Mrs. Margaret Belvln, aged 90 years, died at Lambertvllle, N. .1 , supposedly of pld age. On the strength of an anonymous letter her body was dls interred, wnen it was round .she had been shot. George A, Taylor, the convicted cashier of the defunct Argentine, Kan., bank, bus been taken to the state penitentiary to serve liis two years’ sentence for wrecking the bank The secretary of state has been in formed that Captain Henry H. Jack son, royal navy, has been appointed naval attache at the British em bassy here in place of Captain Lewis Wlntz. The secfetary of the Interior h 's ap proved clear list No. 11. containing ft,182.41 acres situated In the Evanston land district of Wyoming, for the use of charitable, educational, penal and reformatory uses. Consul Stephan at Annaberg, Ger many. reports to the stute department that he is Informed from British sources that the Germaoa are making progress In their trade with Nicara gua. This is probably on account of the demand of German residents In Nicaragua, who prefer goods made tn their old homes. '■Inrt'» , Nm, *7 By his nunt's will Cawthru Unlock, of Toronto, inherits anout (5,000,0)0. The president, tn tils mtun-ugu, will, it is expected, devote more attention to Alaska than has been given here tofore. Hr Minor Raymond, on* of the founders of the Northwestern univer sity, Evanston, died at Chicago, aged 18 years. Captain Herring of the revenue cut ler Corwin, now at San Diego, Cal . has received Instruction to have her ready for sea as sms as jh>**IIde. Marshall E Cook, deputy collector at Evansville, Hot Is in custody there Ills friends will try to refund hi* shortage and prevent prosecution V e*vl has teen not te to all tier n an American* to beglu an agitation as sinst the hilt to com# before ms, gress fur the restriction of Imtutgru tliii franco!* Moos, of I* c is v play wright and trs'mUtMr of E -ci h ■ lay* into K«sii»It. for prod lei!sn it to* t Sit'd gratis has rotted!* d «uo t,\ with his mist leas Id inhaling t tu t >*1 fumes Mon* latterly has been to noao* isl straits Joseph Kohler wh<> ho* te a ho* 'sr to 0 fourth * tors hotel to I' or a h>r thirty tears, ho* been taken to a ho*, ptlal tutor* he waa re|ma*«4 h i * used ao ash barrel lo his room to bs *ee*> bed shd sstersi ItmtMsJ «♦«•***« It gold was found therein arm. The Arab saw the cause of their alarm, as Windeey, a New Yorker, who had command of another detach ment of soldiers, sent out. on the same errand, arrived right after the natives left. Windeey gathered up the remains of liurke and burled them. When Win deey learned the strength of the reb els he hurried hack to Mlehau and no tified the commandant of the post. The other Washingtonian who lost Ms life was killed 011 March I, when the troops under the command of Baron Dhanls, revolted near Kaban barre and assassinated a number of officers of their regiment, among them being Mellln. The body of Mellln was butchered almost beyond recognition, his heart having been cut out and burned so that his courage could not he used against the rebels by the whites. It Is their belief that unless the heart Is burned and the ashes scattered to the four winds the spirit of the man descends to his brethren, Thornton is said to he In a very pre carious situation at Baska, but a re lief expedition has been sent to his rescue. Ouge, another American Is very sick with the fever at Nyungine. The killing of Burke occurred in De cember, 1S9C. Pettigrew to Oppose Anneiatlon. HONOLULU, Nov. 29.—Senator Pet tigrew of South Dakota and ex-Sen aror nuitoiH oi iiianu wn leave iui Kan Francisco today. Both men are practically against annexation. It Is a change of front on the part of Po lio In. When he was a member of the senate L. A. Thurston, who was then Hawaiian minister at Washington, re marked anil repeated frequently that Senator Dubois was one of the most enthusiastic supporters of the annex ation proposal, In a recent speech before an audience of Hawallans at Hilo, Hawaii, Pettigrew said: “We come to your Island for the purpose of ascertaining what the peo ple who live in this country thought about the question of annexation of the islands, and also to see what wo could learn about the desirability of annexing these Islands, If we so de sire. I have supposed that many of your people were in favor of annex ation. because It lias been so repre sented, but I have talked to many and I have failed to find a native Hawaiian who Is not opposed to an nexation to the United States and In favor of your own government. I shal tell what I hgve seen and what I have heard in the senate when the question conies up I should do that even if 1 were opposed to what you want done, but I am not opposed to It." Four native Hawallans will leave for Washington tonight to work against annexation, Robert Wilcox, who was to lie one of the party, has decided not to go. He says he con siders the trip a waste of time. A hfhool Amir. NKW YORK. Nov ill. Rev. Dr. Dunes A Worden, aupertindent of the Sunday school department of the Pres hyterlun church In this country, has begun a movement to celebrate the opening of the twentieth century. His j Idea Is to recruit the Sunday school army of hi* church so that Instead of t issi.iMsi members, as at present. It will consist of I.IVtsi issi He wauls ibis work of enlisting the fiuonno of rdii forccno-nts completed by April t, itmi, the beginning of the church year in the lirst year of the uext centurv lie has worked out an elafs*rate plan and has urged the ppnwnrUIIon of a vlgot ohs campaign throughout the union for the next four years. Viet** tutv« ikv top »t WitnilNtlTUV It t*. Nov jg Secretary Alger said that he had a**t received any tetter from totters) Miles of the purport stated in the ter V'at dispatch INirt fits Usend |x one uf the frontier si tew gt wills h ! the government is trogtemplntiug making some Improve meats t« the say uf fortlhr «ttuM and the mrt lain suggest* that the presents there of engtseers la making survey# may have give* the Impressloa that the i government was about to h**l* | t too pa it that pfme ing one. him frip to ttiih v.ny ih on private tiuslneaa. He wll not. go to Washington to attend the coming am nion of eongreaa an Iihh been reported Fowl HIi#*r» Mf Ommmih I Ilf. SEATTLE, Wash. Nov. 7if. Twen tv-five men arrived here today on the t’lfy of Seattle direct from Dawson City, The party consisted of Thomas Magee, sr,, Thomas Mage.*. Jr , <1 Han Francisco; "Swift Water 11111" Gales, Joe Hoyle, Wllllamiluskln, F. Eckert, It, Robertson, H. Raymond, Ilert Na son, John W, Bruner, W. II. Cham bers, K. W Pond, F, Ash, J. Gtlllsh, Thomas Wilson, P. MrOraw, Jack Dal ton, William Leak, Arthur (Feline, Jo speh Falrlmrn. J, Smith, T. Warren, an* not known. They came out over the Dalton trull. They are reported to have between them $20,000 In gold dust. All tell stories of a food stortage In Dawson that Is almost a famine, The last person to leave Dawson was Jack Dalton. When he left the steamers Alice and Bella had reached there loaded light, II Is said that the Bella's cargo consisted of whisky and billiard halls. It brought no provisions. The Canadian mounte I police chartered the Bella and gave- all who wished a free pass to the Yukon. The Bella Is re ported to have left October 12 with 200 men. A VrenrU PARIS Nov. 28.—General Korgemol de Bnstquenard is dead. He was In his 77th year. General Forgemol de Bostrpjenard was horn at Azerablea on September 17, 1821. After completing his edu cation at the Ecol de Saint Cyr In 1839 he went into the military serv ice of France hi Algeria, where he passed the various grades of promo tion up to the colonelcy, which he reached In 1870. When the Franeo-Prtisslan war broke out ho was recalled from Al geria and appointed general of brig ade, being subsequently confirmed September 16, 1871, In command of the sub-division of Aisne, with the collateral rank of secretary of the superior council of wur. I iiUimI Hfutpft »ml Mart!. BERLIN. Nov. 29.— The state de partment at Washington has request cii > nueu .-iiau’K inDiiHHauur wane U) ascertain exactly the Intentions of Germany with respect to Herr Gen der*., whose recent imprisonment in llayti lias auacd friction bctwipn the Germany and Haytlen govern ment;.. Mr, White lia** been instructed, if any scheme of annexation exist, or If there is an intention to make an ex cessive demonstration with a view of unduly purrishlng llayti to intimate to the German government that the United States could not tolerate either of the courses mentioned, though in principle having no objection to Ger many obtaining satisfaction. 11 (i((ft* K<li m Ufipmilo. BrPFAIA Nov. 29.—A (liKputch to the News from Mattawa, Out., says: Samuel Tongue and William Dow, two prominent citizens of this place went j to Gttke reillsn a week ago on u hunt ing expedition, and returned home yesterday. They reported that they . had shot and killed .lames McDonnell, I a notorious desperado, who lias ter j rorlaed the settlera of Nippissiug dis trict for many years. McConnell at tacked them while they were crossing the lake ami In self defense Tongue shot him throush the stomach Mc Connell died a few minutes later. Set tlers in the vicinity ure rejoicing over ■ hi* death. • * h |»l#* Ins WA8IIINUTON D. Ct,. Nov 2$ — Colonel W l> Chirptey of Klorlda, who was operated on for a carbuncle several day* a***, la in a very critical i-oudtllou and It I* f. i,red that hi* Illness will terminate fatally. Mrs, | t'htplev ami the lolonvi'a win and ! daughter hate arrltetl In the city, I h* Salk-leal tvpuhli, an ksa.tsua*. I , *•"* ’* 'haahisgtwg will ihmM wge* j for patent in the United States patent office were awaiting action. Some of the examiners were in arrears under one month, some between one and two months, some between 'wo and three months, some between three and four months, some between four and live months and some between five and six months. Inventors should there fore he patient with their attorneys when reports on the merits of their Inventions are not forwarded to them us early as expected. A patent lias been allowed to E. Edwards, of Webster City, Iowa, for an egg-separator and randier'that can he placed In a store and eggs packed with oats, chaff etc,, tn bask'ts emp tied into the separator and retained upon a wire screen and the packing material dropped Into receptacle and the eggs made transparent by means of a lighted lamp under the.eggs and a cover over them as required to see whether the eggs are good or not. Valuable information about obtaining, valuing and selling patents sent free to any address. Thomas O. & J Ralph Orwig. Solicitors of patent TVs Moines, Iowa. Nov. 2t. ’97. a Simple Invention. A Council Bluffs inventor last week obtained a patent through Sues it Co., Omaha Patent Solicitors, for one of the simplest Inventions that has ever been Issued out of the patent office and the inventor is working day and night in order to fill orders. The In ventions comprises a sounding toy and is nothing more or less than a simple piece of round sheet metal which is stamped with a series of rings and provided with a border, but which if placed In the palm of the hand and vibrated emits a lound sound similar to a telegraph sounder, the Invention being known as the cracket Jack tele graph. The Inventor last week was 2,000 gross behind in orders. Free samples of this Invention may be had by addressing Sues it Co., Bee build ing, Omaha, Neb. We show above three copyrighted cuts of Inventions which brought their originators tamo if not fortune. LIVESTOCK AND I'KODIIIK MAHKKTH QuoUtlonit From New York, C'tllriftgo, st» l.ouli, Ouiitlit mill Klm<wlier<i. 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