Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NORTHWESTERN.
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NEBRASKA.
Methodists of Broken Bow have, laid
Ihe corner stone for a new church.
The new addition to the Fremont
normal school is being hurried for
ward to completion.
William P. Benson of Company L,
Third regiment, died of typhoid fever
at Jacksonville, Fla.
The Beatrice Canning company is
putting up an average of 17,000 cans
of corn and tomatoes a day.
Pawnee county is making prepara
tions for its coming fair, which is ex
pec ted to be the best ever held in the
county.
D. H. Kirschner has been appointed
postmaster at Bennington and the
democratic incumbent, M. II. I'ried
richsen, removed.
The livery barn of Jenkens & Miller
of Johnson burned, with eleven head
of horses, ail their buggies and car
riages, harness, etc., with no iusur
ance, being a total loss. Origin ot
fire unknown.
The fourteen-year-old son of Nels
Ericson, who lives eighteen miles north
of Gothenburg, was struck by lightning
and nearly killed in a thunder storm.
He was driving a load of grain and the
bolt burned the load and killed one of
the horses.
John Moyle of Kearney, started for
New York to see his son, Ashton
Boyle, who was with the United States
regulars at Santiago, and is tick with
fever in a New York hospital. At the
time of leaving he had not been able
to locate the sick soldier boy.
The Ames depot was burglarized last
week for the fourth of fifth time in
two years. The door was broken open
with a crowbar and the money drawe •
in the same manner. There was no
money in the otfloe. but something
like $6 worth of postage stamps were
taken.
The remains of William Me »inley,
who died at his home in Oakland, la.,
were brought to Ashland hi.! former
home, for interment. He was 23
years old, a jeweler by trade, and had
many friends. He was distantly re
lated to the president of the United
States.
Word was received at Tecumseh
that Edward Hedges, of Company I,
Second Nebraska regiment, died of ty
pnoid fever in the Chickamauga Park
hospital. He was a son of Sir. and
Mrs. Thomas Hedges of Tecumseh and
was 24 years of age. The remains
were brought hack for burial.
Carl Hauks of Fairbury, aged 53
years committed suicide by taking
strychnine. lie was about going we<:
to engage in farming, but one of his
horses sickened and he became de
spondent and fearful that he could act
provide for his family. He leaves a
widow and six young children.
A serious bicycle accident occurred
at Table Rock In which Mrs. H. A.
Phillips and Bob Wood were severe ly
injured. They were riding in oppo
site directions and collided. Both
were thrown violently to the grouud
and were picked up unconscious and
medical assistance given them.
W. M. Stone of the Chattnnoo^a
Times in writing to I. P. Griswold of
I/exington says: "I suppose you
know we have a small sized army
here and the Nebraska boys have the
reputation of being the finest lot of
men In the park. They have the best
band and are very popular here.”
A large acreage of fall wheat will
be sown around Exeter. About two
thirds of the ground has been plough
ed already and farmers are rushing
the work- The season has been fa
vorable so far, the rains of the early
part of the month putting the ground
1n excellent condition for this kind of
work.
Dan Andrew, of Pawnee City, can
boast the banner wheat of that vi
cinity. He threshed his grain a day
or two since and the yield of winter
wheat, from twenty-two acres, was
found to be 720 1-2 bushels. This is
almost thirty-three bushels to the
acre and he is justly proud of his suc
ces as a wheat raiser.
Ben Morris, says the Albion News
!s getting pretty well along u years'
He went all through the war of the
rebellion, but he never came so near
getting shot as he did one day this
week when he got the foments of a
shot gun through the rim of his hat
hardly two Inches from his face. The
gun wns starting to fall over and he
rrabbed it, the hammer caught and off
she went.
MhMe a voting daughter of John
Rhahan of Kearney was pussing hv a
ras'iline stove the wind blew her
ores:-* against the flame and it immed
•r.UiV took flr\ She started to run
out doors where her sister was water
log the lawn but her mother, not.
understanding her motive, caught her
ar.d nut out the Haines with her bare
hands. One hand was terribly burned,
hut the little g -i escaped without in
Ju’y.
Frank Rushy, aged 1f> years, was
struck and instantly killed by light
ning on Saturday evening, while at
work in the alfalfa hay fields on the
Fratt & Ferris ranch, about forty miles
above Goring cn the North Platte rivet
in Wyoming. Two companions who
were with him were severely shocked
His body was brought to Gering for
interment, until instructions could be
received from his parents, who are said
to be well-to-do citizens of Marion. la.
Assistant Secretary of War Melkle
john has wired the expositon manage
ment that the big war balloon now at
Tampa, Fla., will be added to the gov
ernment exhibit at the exposition,
and at its close will be stored at Fort
Omaha. Another war balloon now -it
Montauk Point will be sent later.
The Weeping Water community is
well pleased that Prof. K. R. Greer
formerly of Tabor, la. but more re
cently at the head of the musical de
partment of Gates’ college In northern
Nebraska, has decided to move to
Weeping Water and to open a conserv
atory of music in connection with the
Congregational academy located there.
General Wheeler Escorts the Pres
ident About Camp.
SECRETARY ALGER IN PARTY.
Til* Third Cavalry Art as Guard — A
Handsomer Camp President McKinley
Said Ho Had Never Seen — General
Shatter Feels "Achy."
Camp Wikoff, X. Y., Sept. s.—The
President and Secretary of War «r
I rived at Camp Wikoff at 8:45 this morn
ing. Major General Wheeler and his
staff greeted Mr. McKinley. Mr. Alger
and their party on the station plat
form. Outside l.txiO smart troopers of
the Third cavalry were drawn up and
the converted yacht Eileen in the
roadstead slowly lammed forth the
President’s salute of.twenty-one guns.
General Wheeler met the President
because General Shatter has a touch
of fever and does not feel able to move
from his cot. Besides, General Shaf
fer is still in detention and it would
hardly comport with the discipline of
the camp for the commanding general
to disregard the detention rules.
With the President, besides the Sec
retary of War. were: Vice-President
Hobart, Attorney-General Griggs, Sen
• ator Proctor, of Vermont. Brigadier
General Egan, Brigadier-General Lud
ington. Major Webb C. Hayes, son of
the late President liaycs; Colonel M.
T. Herrick, of Cleveland ; William
McK. Barber, of Canton ; II. II. Her
rick, of Cleveland ; Secretary Porter
and Assistant Secretary Cortelyou.
The women of the party were: Mrs.
Alger and Miss Heclcer.
Major-General Wheeler was sur
rounded by a number of his staff. The
carriages, preceded b\ the cavalry,
wound up the hid to General Wheeler s
headquarters.
There the President took a long
view of the wide, treeless expanse,
checkered with regimental camps and
hospitals, oases of canvas amid
stretches of grass.
“This is beautiful," Mr. McKinley
said, and then later: “I mink 1 never
saw a handsomer camp.”
After a. two minutes' wait, the Pres
ident drove through the detention
camp to Major General Shafter's tent.
The general was iu full uniform, but
his face was flushed with fever. He
endeavored to rise from the chair in
which he sat as the President entered
the tent.
“Don't get up, general,” said Mr.
McKinley, as they shook hands. "You
are entitled to rest. How are you?"
“A little achy,’’ replied the general,
“but otherwise all right.”
Mrs. Alger remained in General
Shafter's tent while the President,
Secretary Algor. Mr. Griggs and others
went to the general hospital.
ROOSEVELT IS THE MAN.
T!i« Fa mom '‘Rough Rlrlor" Will Re
Nominated for Governor.
Nkw York, Sop*. a.—Roosevelt,
nothing but Rooseve't, was heard at
political headquarters yesterday.
Whatever may be thought of the
source of the report, the positive an
nouncement was made at Democratic
headquarters in the Hoffman house
that Colonel Roosevelt will be nomi
nated for governor by the Repub
licans. Chairman McCarren confided
this information to a friend, and he
added that Richard Croker is of the
same opinion. He also announced that
the Democratic campaign committee
is making plans to moot the situation.
The news from Democratic head
quarters was practically confirmed by
various Republican leaders at the Fiftn
Avenue hotel. It was admitted that
100 of the 132 delegates from Brooklyn
would vote for Roosevelt. This, it was
said, settled all doubt about Roose
velt’s nomination.
Senator Platt is quoted as having
made this statement to a high state of
ficial :
“ I have decided to favor the nomina
tion of Colonel Roosevelt for governor.
I know he will be nominated at the
state convention to be held in Saratoga
September 27, I believe by acclamation.
I am also convinced that he will be
elected."
KING OSCAR ACTS_FOR PEACE.
The First Acceptance of the Cziir's In
vitation Is From Sweden.
Stockholm, Sept. 5,—On the recom
mendation of tlic Swedish-Norwegian
council, King Oscar has notified the
czar of his acceptance of the invita
tion to send delegates to a peace con
ference.
For llnllamr. Quern Dowager.
'1 hk Hagck, Sept. 5.—The queen
dowager granted an audience to-day
to a committee formed for the purpose
of offering a “testimony of the peo
ple's love at the close of the regency.”
The burgomaster of Amsterdam lias
presented 81-0,000 for philanthropy,
and the queen has announced her in
tention of founding a hospital for con
sumptives with a portion of the fund
and devoting the remainder to the
Dutch Must Indies.
Seeking the Mlntiinfc Mined.
San Francisco, Sept. 5. — Major
iluer of the United States engineer
corps has removed fifty-six of the
sixty-three mines or torpedoes put in
this bay at the outbreak of the wifr
with Spain. He is experiencing some
difficulty in locating the remaining six
mines, as they have dragged their an
chors for a distance of a mile or more,
and several of them have been de
tached from the cables connecting
them with the shore. The major
hopes to locate the missing mines in a
day or two and store them with the
others on Uoat island for future use.
ESCAPE FROM A PEST HOLE.
Colonel Stutlelmkcr ot the 157th Indiana
Volunteer* Make* a Hold Statement.
Indianapolis. I rut.. Sept. 5.—Colonel
Studebaker's ••Tigers," the One Hun
dred and Fifty-seventh Indiana volun
tners, reached here from the South
yesterday morning.
There arc 13J hospital patients, and
two were unable to march—two dead
bodies were brought home. They were
those of Clifton Ix>well of Fort Wavne
and William Snyder of Maysville.
Robert Parting of Klkhart died n.s tlie
train pulled into the station. All
were privates.
Colonel Studebaker said: “This is
not the same regiment I took away
from Indianapolis last May. The per
sonality is the same, but it is made up
of a different lot of men. They have
fever in their very bones; they are
hungry and their strength is wasted.
It is all due to the cesspools in which
we lived in the South. When the men
left Indianapolis they were strong and
showed their hardiness. They were
all right when we left Chickamauga
park.
"Port Tampa—there is the most
God-forsaken, health-destroying spot
on the continent. I charge the condi
tion of my men to it and to the condi
tions surrounding it. For weeks we
were in camp there, exposed to the
fevers and the unrelenting sun of
Florida. We have not been in the
shade of a tree sines last June. It
was a happy day for us when v.e re
ceived orders to leave there. Hut
when we moved we did not better our
condition much. The fevers followed
us. and, day by day, the regiment be
came weaker. At Fernandina we had
the same difficulty to obtain proper
food. The 1'nited States authorities
seemed willing enough to provide us
with what we needed, but Fernandina
is such an out-of-the-way place that
it is difficult to reach it. One railroad
runs to the town.
“When men who have been investi
gating tlie condition of the Florida
camps say we have not been in actual
need of food and tnadical assistance,
they do not know what they are
talking about. My men cannot march
in straight lines on account of tiieir
weakness. They cannot carry their
rifles at the right position. They can
not march any distance without many
of them having to drop out of the
ranks to rest. I think that our com
ing home lias saved the lives of hun
dreds in the regiment."
The officers of Colonel Studebaker's
regiment hesitate about fixing blame
on any particular government officer.
They say they are still in the service
and a court-martial might meet the
man who talks too much.
SICK TO JJE CARED FOR.
Those Who Reach Home In Had Condi
tion to He Kent to Hospital*.
Washington, Sopt. 5. — Senator
Allen, of Nebraska, was at the war
department yesterday, looking after
the interests of sick soldiers of the
Second Nebraska. He had received a
telegram from Omaha saying that
these soldiers were arriving there
without provision having been made
for their care. Secretary Alger at
once directed that the adjutant gen
eral of Nebraska take charge of the
sick soldiers and place them in hospi
tals, the expense to be borne by the
United States Subsequently a gen
eral order was issued to the adjutant
generals of different states directing
them to take charge of sick soldiers
on the same basis.
DYNAMITE KILLS FOUR MEN.
Explosion of Heavy Charge Among a
Lot of Laborer*.
Bloomington, Ind., Sept., 5.—A ter
rible accident occurred at Stinesville
yesterday afternoon in which four men
were instantly killed by a dynamite
explosion and many others seriously
injured. The men were blasting rock
for a new pike, when a terrible explo
sion of dynamite occurred, instantly
killing the following: John W. Will
iams, John Grubb, Buck Wampler. Kd
ward Watts.
,MI**e« Hotline Become Hi-Idem.
Paris, Mo., Sept. 5.—Miss Lollie
Hoeline, daughter of Congressman
Hodine of this city, created quite a
surprise here August '.i by marrying
A. H. Mosher, her family having no
previous knowledge of it. They im
mediately left for New York, accom
panied by Miss Mary Hodine, sister of
the bride. Yesterday the family and
friends were again surprised by receiv
ing a letter saying that Miss Mary
had married llrooks Cason, a prom
inent attorney of Washington, I). C.,
the ceremony being performed at the
home of the bride's sister, in New
York. Hoth young ladies met their
husbands while in Washington last
winter*
Havana In Rood Condition.
Havana, Sept. 5.—To an outsider,
to a foreigner just arriving at Havana,
the first impression is one of surprise
at the peaceful and gay aspect of the
town. The sleek, well-fed appearance
of its citizens appears entirely out of
keeping with the reports, the exag
gerated reports of suffering and dis
tress with which Americans have
been fed so long.
Mo Controversy for Shatter.
Montack Point, N. Y., Sept. 5 —
General Shatter declines to enter into
any controversy, he says, with Dr.
Senn in regard to yellow fever among
the soldiers at Santiago, and as he
was slightly indisposed yesterday, de
nied himself to interviewers.
(•old Keierve I» Huge.
Washington. Sept. 5.—The gold re
serve in the United States treasury
reached the highest point in its history
yesterday, with a total reserve of
$210,320,372. The highest previous
amount was $218,000,000.
A L
The Anglo-Egyptian Army Drives
Back the Dervishes,
PRACTICALLY NO OPPOSITION.
All the Forts at Omdiirman fleported
Taken—Kitchener With 24,000 Men
Fares 34,000 Fanatics Near General
Gordon's Heath Place*
London, Sept. 5. —The British war
office at noon to-day received a dis
patch from Nasri, upon the Nile, say
ing that a gunboat had returned there
and had reported that there were no
casualties among the Anglo-Egyptian
forces, that the right bank of the
river had been completely cleared of !
all forts, that the forts on Tuti island,
opposite Omdurman had been demol
ished and that the guns had been cap
tured. The dispatch also said the
howitzer practice of the sirdar's force
was excellent.
Later the war office received another
dispatch from (ieneral Sir Herbert
Kitchener by way of Nasri. It was
not dated and read as follows: “Owing
to the wet weather the lines have been
broken and telegraphic communica
tion has been interrupted. Am send
ing this to Nasri to be forwarded.
The march has been very favorable.
Practically none has fallen out of the
ranks or been invalided.
“During the two days we have driven
in the dervish cavalry and small par
ties, after slight resistance. From ,lo
bel Koyan we marched to Wad-el-Obeid,
thence to Surarat. Tills morning we
reached Egina, a mile and a half south
of Kerreri, six miles from Omdurman.
The mounted camel corps, with a horse
battery, pushed forward to Khorsham
ba, whereupon the entire dervish force
issued from Omdurman and were clear
ly visible. 1 estimated his force at
35.000 men. They advanced at 11 a. in. ”
The sirdar's dispatch was apparently
sent after receiving Keppel's report
and the telegram breaks off at an im
portant point.
In another dispatch General Kitch
ener added: “The dervishes advanced
at 11 o'clock a. m. as if to attack us. to
meet which 1 disposed of our force in
a good, open position, with a clear
field of tire. The Khalifa's force had
halted three miles southwest of our
position and is now there, at 5 p. m.
“Early this morning, according to
orders, the gunboats advanced, towing
a howitzer battery and barges, in sup
port of the Arabs upon the right
bank. The howitzers took up a po
sition opposite Omdurman, and the
gunboats bombarded the forts. They
have not returned, hut their fire has
partially demolished the dome over the
Mahdi's tomb. All well.”
Omdurman is the dervish camp across
from Khartoum, where an army of
35.000 fanatics awaited the attack of
General Sir Herbert Kitchener's Ang’o
Egyptian army of ','4,000 men. Khar
toum. nearly 1,500 miles up the Nile,
lias been the objective point of the
English army ever since Gordon per
ished there. Sir Herbert Kitchener
has conducted a brilliant campaign, so
far. losing few men in the burning
heat of the desert, and keeping in
touch with his base of supplies all the
way up the Nile.
SOLDIERS WITHOUT PAY.
The raymaitpr'n Depart merit of the Army
Charged With Ineompetency.
Washington, Sept. 5.—Criticism is
now being directed at the paymaster's
department of the army. it is assert
ed that regiments which have been
furloughed from one to two months
preparatory to being mustered out of
the service have been sent home with
out their pay. In some cases three
month's pay is due the men. The
army in Porto Rico lias not been paid
and there is no prospect that it will
be paid for some months. A part of
the Santiago army was not paid all the
time it was away from this country.
Tlir-e has been no time since the vol
unteer army was mustered in that the
pay department has been up with its
work. It ia now from one to three
months behind with the entire army.
Honor* for Dewey and HU Men.
Washington, Sept.. 5.—The navy de
partment has closed a contract with
Tiffany for Admiral Dewey’s sword,
tlie consideration being Sli.OOG. The
remaining $7,000 of the congressional
appropriation will be devoted to de
fraying the expense of striking medals
for the officers and men who partici
pated in the battle of Manilla bay May
1. It is proposed to have this work
done as soon as possible at the Phila
delphia mint.
Ke<l Cron* Ship Ordered Rack.
Havana, Sept. 5.—The steamer
Clinton, which has been placed at the
disposal of the lied Cross society tem
porarily. for the distribution of relief
here, being wanted for the govern
ment, President McKinley instructed
Miss Clara barton to return to the
United States for the present, es
pecially as the Spanish government
had not reached a definite decision re
garding the entry snd distribution of
the lied Cross society's supplies.
A I’lace for Captain Cotton.
Washington, Sept. 5.—Acting Secre
tary Alie v yesterday consigned Captain
C. S. Cotton to duty as captain of the
Marc island navy yard in the place of
Commander briee, retired, who has
been serving not only as captain of the
yard, but as acting commandant since
the death of Admiral Kirkland.
One Day at Camp Alger Without Death.
Washington, Sept. f>. — General
Gobin left Camp Alger to-day for Camp
Meade, l’a., his position as command
ant of the Camp being assumed by
General Plume. No deaths occurred
in the camp yesterday.
JOE WHEELER_BLAMES NONE.
The Buffering In thr War, the C*eneral
Bay*, Wat t'navoidable.
Moxtack Point, L. I.. Sept. 5.—
Major General Joseph Wheeler gave
the following to tl.o press yesterday:
In reply to a direct request that I
give the exact facts as 1 see them,
I will state: Every officer and soldier
who went to Cuba regarded that lie
was given a great and special privi
lege in being permitted to engage in
that campaign. They knew they were
to encounser yellow fever and other
dangers, as well as the torrid heat of
the country, and they were proud and
glad to do so. They knew that it was
impossible for them to have the advan
tage of wagon transportation which
usually accompanies an army, and yet
officers and men were glad to go. to
carry their blankets and their rations
on their backs, and to lie subjected,
without any shelter, to the sun and
rains by day and the heavy dews by
night. They certainly knew that tho
Spaniards had spent years in erect
ing defenses, and it was their pleasure
to assault and their duty to capture
the Spanish works.
“One reason why our army was
lacking in some respects in equipage
was that a telegram was received from
Admiral Sampson stating that if the
army reached there immediately they
could take the city at once, but if
there should be delay the fortifications
of the Spaniards would be so perfected
that there might be great difficulty in
taking it. On receiving this dispatch
from Admiral Sampson the war de
partment directed the army to move
at once, and as all connected with the
army will recall the orders were re
ceived after dark and the army was in
motion, had traveled nine miles and
was on the ships at daylight. When
the expedition sailed for Cuba it
went there escorted by a large fleet of
warships. At that time it was re
garded as impossible for a merchant
ship to sail on the ocean safely from
an American port to Santiago, but as
soon as the Spanish fleet was de
stroyed so that it was possible for un
armed ships to sail safely to Santiago
the generous people of the United
States subscribed money without limit
and dispatched ship after ship loaded
with luxuries and delicacies for the
Santiago army, and everything that
could be accomplished for their com
fort was done by the President and
secretary of war.
“I have just finished my daily in
speetion of the hospitals. With rare
exceptions the sick are cheerful and
improving. I have nurses and doctors
to care for them and in all my many
tours I have not a single patient who
made the slightest complaint. It is
true there has been suffering, and
great suffering. The climate of Cuba
was very severe upon all our soldiers,
but instead of complaining, the hearts
of these brave men are filled with
gratitude to the people for the boun
teous generosity which has been ex
tended to them.
WILFORD WOODRUFF DEAD.
President of the Mormon Church Pasfte*
Away—Ills Career.
San Francisco, Sept. 5.—Wilford
Woodruff, president of the Mormon
church, died at the home of Colonel
Isaac Trumble here this morning,
aged 91 years.
V • /
Vv’ILFORD WOODRUFF.
Air. Woodruff was born at rarming
ton, Conn., in 1807. and was one of the
original 147 pioneers that reached Salt
Lake valley in 1847. He has been
president of the church for the last
ten years.
INSURGENTS STILL ACTIVE.
Seizing Everything Po**ll>le In the Phil
ippine* Prior to Peace.
Manila, Philippines, Sept. 5.—Set*
oral shiploads of insurgent troops
have invaded t lie southern islands with .
the view of seizing everything possi- I
blc prior to the settlement of the '
peacec onditions. General Rios, the
Spanish commander, with a flotilla
of gunboats, is acting energetically,
but the insurgents have captured the
outlying islands of Itomblon and Pala
wan. where they found treasure to
amount of 842,000. The prisoners cap
tured have arrived here.
Rough Rider* Not to Parade.
New York, Sept. 5.—Coionel Roose
velt had a consultation with General 1
Wheeler yesterday, and when it was
over the commander of the rough |
riders announced that there would be
no parade of his regiment in New York
on Labor day. There will be none at
all, in fact, unless the citizens of New j
York demand it, and then Colonel [
Roosevelt believes that all the cavalry
regiments on duty in Cuba should
participate.
A (ircat Strike Predicted.
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 5.—In an
interview Manager Young, of the M.
A. Hanna Coal Company is quoted as
saying: “In the early part of next'
year we will have one of the greatest
coal strikes this country lias ever
seen. All indications are that the
strike will last many months.’’
SMALL SHIPS IN BAD SHAPE.
rile Strain of ll«avr linn. Too Much for
Moat of the Mosquito Fleet.
Washington, Sept. 2.— It is learned
from a trustworthy source that a num
ber of warships now at anchor in
Hampton Hoads will become the ob
jects of unfavorable reports by the
board of survey, which began its work
of inspection last week. The condi
tion of not a few of the best known
vessels of the mosquito fleet is said to
be such a9 to render them useless for
the purpose of either peace or war
until extensive and costly repairs havo
been made
In more than one-half of the vessels
already examined it is said the ma
chinery has been found by the in
specting board to be so badly damaged
that new engines and boilers will have,
to be supplied before they will be in
proper condition for the pursuits in
which they were formerly engaged
while in merchant service. Others, it.
is said, have sustained serious injuries
to their decks and hulls, not being
6trong enough to stand the strain
caused by the discharge of tho guns,
with which they are equipped. In
addition to this the little war ships
were severely injured by the rough
usage incident to blockade duty, in
which many of them figured before
Havana and other points on the Cuban
coast.
As the men from whom these now
disabled vessels were bought will
hardly be willing to take them, it is.
likely that some bargains in vessels
will be offered at an early dato. Some*
of the vessels went through without
damage and will probably be bought,
back by their original owners in tin*
event the government is desirous of
disposing of them, but, of course, at a
priee far below that at which they
were aold.
TO PROVE AN EXPRESS TRUST.
The Illinois Manufacturers' Association
May Sue Companies In the State.
Chicago, Sept. 2.—The Illinois Man
ufacturers’ association is said by its
secretary, M. J. Glenn, to be collecting
evidence against several of the leading
express companies with the view to
establishing that these carriers are
acting as a trust in violation of the
act to protect trade and commerce
against unlawful restraints and mo
nopolies. The testimony is to be laid
before the United States district at
torney.
According to Secretary Glenn the ex
press companies have declined to enter
into competition to carry express mat
ter over certain lines of railway, and
because the privilege was not given to
one company upon its own terms, th«r
other companies have attempted to
prevent and make it impossible for any
express matter to be carried over
these lines and have obstructed the
carriage from points beyond points,
on lines operated by the express
companies. The railroad companies
which have had this experience
with the express companies are
the Winona & Western, the Ann Arbor
railroad and steamship lines and the
Southern Indiana. It is alleged that
in furtherance of their plans to stifle
competition the express companies
have consolidated their offices and
agencies at what are designated com
mon points and divide the earnings
among themselves, giving the public
no opportunity to patronize nnj’com
pany except the one they designate.
ORDERED TO MUSTER OUT.
Ten Rep! men t* to lie (ilvcn Transport®
t Ion to Their States at Once.
Washington, Sept. 2.—The War de
partment lias issued orders for the
transportation of the following troops
for the purpose of being mustered out
at their destinations: First Wisconsin
from Jacksonville to Camp Douglass,
Wis.: Fifth Ohio from Fernandina to
Columbus; First United States volun
teer cavalry, "Rough Riders," at Mon
tauk Point; Thirty-third and Thirty
fourth Michigan from Montauk Point
to Camp Eaton, Island Lake, Mich.;
First Connecticut from Dunn Loring
to Niantic, Conn.; First Illinois from
Montauk Point to armory in Chicago;
Fifth Iowa, Jacksonville to Des Moines;
Third Virginia, Camp Alger to Rich
mond; First Mississippi from Chicka
magua to Lauderdale Springs, Miss.;
Second Mississippi from Jacksonville
to Lauderdale Springs.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE
Omaha, Chicago an«l New York Market.
Quotations.
OMAHA.
flutter— Creamery separator... 15 a III
Hut ter -Choice fancy country. 10 a 12
Eggs—Fresh, per dot. 10 a 12
Spring Chickens— Per pound. a _ 10
I.emons -Per box.£>75 a > 00
Oranecs—Per box. - 50 a 3 on
Apples—Per barrel. >5 a 3 0(>
Honey Choice, per pound. 11 a 15
Onions—Per bushel. 10 a 50
Beans Handpicked navy. 1 al an
Potatoes—Per bushel, new. 30 a 40
llay -Upl«nd per ton.>00 a a SO
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARK E T.
Hogs—Choice light. 3 05 a 3 70
Hogs- Heavy v.elghts. 3 s5 a 3 00
Heef steers—. 3 9. a 5 f0>
Hulls. 2 US a 3 10
Stairs. - **«'•■*
Calves. 5 00 a l> 50
Western feeders. 2 75 a 5 25
Cows. 2 00 ii 4 25
Heifers. 3 00 a 4 30
Stoekcrs'and feeders. 3 00 h 4 lt>
Shrep Muttons..3 40 a 4 00
Beeep—Nutlve mixed. 3 81 a 4 25
CHICAGO.
Wheat-No. 2 spring. 03 a tit^t
Corn -Per bushel. 80 a 31 ‘4
Oats Per bushel. 20 a 2114
Bariev-No, 2 . 3s a 45
Hye No. 2. „ JI a 42
Timothy seed, per bu. - 50 a 2 .re
Pork—Per cwt. 8 ,o a s ,8
Lard—Per 100 pounds . 5 10 a » 1 .(4
Cattle—Prime feeding cattle... 5 5 a S B5
Cattle—Native beef steers. 4 00 a 4 75
Hogs -Mixed. 3 at>> 3 90
Blnep— Lambs. 5 40 a 6 10
Bnecp—Western Hangers. 3 00 a 4 75
NEW YORK MARKET.
Wheat—No. 2, red winter. 7.’ a 72*
Corn -No. 2. 3t>Ha 87
ttats—No. 2. 27 a 2711
Pork-. 9 00 a 9 75
Lard— ... 5 00 a 5 20
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. 2 spring. 59 a t:0
Corn—No. 2. £7 »
oats- No. 2. 2 a 2~
Bheep—Muttons.,*. 1 l-> a 4 3>
Hogs—Mixed. H’> a 4 on
Cattle—Stockers and feeders... 3 50 a 4 uo