Nebraska Newspapers

    Senators Will Air Their Views
On the Subject.
SOME ARE FOR AND SOME AGAINST
White Will Speak Agalnat the Pollfj—
Senator Lodge Will Follow, Champion
ing the Opposite Idea—The Treaty Will
Be tip for Coinddrrutlnn—Houae Ki
peeta to Have u Lively Time With the
Army Hill.
WASHINGTON, .Ian. 23.—The fact
that the anti-scalping bill was made
the unfinished business of the senate
by Saturday's vote does not necessar
ily insure its immediate considera
tion. The general understanding Is
that this bill will wait upon the peace
treaty and the appropriation bills and
that tlio Indian appropriation bill
will be the ilrst measure to receive the
attention of the senate during the
week. The diplomatic and pension
appropriation bills, also, may be con
sidered during the week.
Several speeches on the general sub
ject of expansion are expected to lie
made. One of these by Senator White
in opposition to the government’s pol
icy will he made today and Sen
ator Lodge will follow Tuesday with a
brief talk in support of the policy ami
in advocacy of the early ratification
of tlio peace treaty.
How much time will be given to the
treaty in executive sessions will de
pend upon whether the committee on
foreign relations considers it in the
Interest of the treaty to press consid
eration. There is an effort to arrange
a compromise which would permit
speedy action upon the treaty, but if
this is not successful the indications
are for considerable delay. Two com
promises are suggested. One of these
is for a modification of the treaty or
adoption of a resolution declaratory
against the permanent holding of the
Philippine archipelago and the other
Is a modification of the army reor
ganization bill on lines desired by the
treaty opponents. It is not yet possi
ble to state whether cither course will
be pursued. On Friday the senate will
listen to eulogies of the late Repre
sentative Cool of Illinois.
The time of the house this week,
excepting tomorrow, which lias been
set aside for the consideration of Dis
trict of Columbia business, will be du.
- voted to tin* army reorganization 1)111.
The consideration of this bill, which
is regarded as pre-eminently the most
important general measure to come
before congress at this session, has
been delayed by the illness of Chair
man Hull of the military affairs com
mittee, He has recovered sufficiently
to pilot the measure, however, and
the house lias formally agreed to take
up its consideration on Tuesday.
The general debate, not including
three night sessions, Is to continue fif
teen hours. This is as far as the
agreement goes. It includes no pro
vision for a final vote. The d abate
promises to be both interesting and
important, as It will raise all the ques
tions involved in increasing our stand
ing army to 100,000 men as proposed
by the hill, together with our whole
future policy relative to the territory
acquired in the recent war with Spain
There exists a wide variety of opin
ions upon the proposition to increase
the standing army. It has a strong
majority of the republicans behind it.
and it comes into the house with the
endorsement of the president’s mes
sage practically as an administration
measure. The democrats and populist
are intensely hostile to the wh-do
proposition and intend to fight it to
the last ditch.
They will have some support from
the republican aide. The opposition,
however, do not desire to embarrass
the government and are willing to pro
vide for a temporary increase in the
army of 50,000 men, in accordance with
the provisions of the substitute of
fered by th<* minority committee. Or
they are willing to authorize the con
tinuance, temporarily, of the present
war strength of the regular army <02.
000)— anything, in fact, to prevent the
creation of a permanent incross’, in
this they have the sympathy of many
or the lepubiioana.
The fate of the bill is in grave
doubt. The statements made on the
floor of the Honntp to the effect that
It was not the Intention of the gov-l a
ment to hold the Philippine p rin.
nently, although thHr authoritative
character was denied, have nine- d a
weapon in the hands of the opposition
of the measure, which will us» the
statement that there is doubt as to the
future of the Philippines ns a strong
argument against permanent increase
of the regular army. The Dill may nut
be completed this week, as the order
permits Its consideration to be Inter
rupted by appropriation bills and con
ference reports.
Protest Against Ki|wn>liin.
NEW YORK. Jan. 23. - A mass me t
Ing of ctLirens was held In the Acid*
«my of Music last night under the
auspice* of the Continental Ic.itnc, lor
the purpose of protesting against the
policy of "Imperialism and i*iuntnfl>ni(
alliances with European powers," The
meeting waa attended by a great
crowd
Communications were read from «x
Creaulent Cleveland. W. J, llrvan and
lllshop Henry C. Cotter, regretting
their Inability to be present Mr.
Cleveland In his letter said “I am op
posed to the expansion erase now af
flicting our body politic nnd any or
ganization formed In imposition to It
has my hearty approval."
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hinusr IcitrniMt Hies
UKNVK't Col, Jan 2.1 Job .A.
'DOprr, i\ governor of tV.» ra to, xlted
■uddruly this afternoon »f tie t f»
nr«. lie had l-eu ailing for tsursl
duya. Imt felt no apnretn union and no
|.a Mil. tan » «- • i ■ .la!-..! ours
before his death
M Cooper was governor from IkU
to tail, be lug *lxi-4 a* a leptibl au
III# l*M)»g III
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Uiil ft Ffflich |»l«h»i|» l.;ti r**1 • ii'U A
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THE CANAL BILL.
Th« Memure Finally l*»»»ed In the LTi»i>«r
House*
WASHINGTON, Jau. 23.—The sou
ate passed the Nicaragua canal bill, de
cided to make the antl-scalping bill
the unfinished business and continued
without the completion of the consid
eration of the Indian appropriation
bill.
A number of amendments were made
to the Nicaragua canal bill, and there
wore Innumerable abort speeches dur
ing the day. There was. however, no
opposition to a vote when the time
came, and a roll call on It developed
only six votes In opposition to final
passage.
The anti scalping bill was taken up
on a vote of 33 to 21, but no effort
was then made to resume Its considera
tion. The result of the vote was to
give It the first place on the calen
dar, hut the understanding is that it
shall not be pressed In opposition to
the peace treaty, or the appropriation
bills.
The Nicaragua canal bill, as it
passed, continues the name of the
Maritime Canal company. It provides
for the issuance of 1,000,000 shares of
stock at $100 per share. The canal
company is required to call In all tho
stock Issued, except that held by tho
Nicaragua and Costa Rican govern
ments, The company Is also required
to redeem, cancel bonds and script
heretofore issued by the company, and
to satisfy all cash liabilities. To en
able the company to comply with these
requirements treasury warrants to the
amount of $5,000,000 are authorized
with a proviso to the effect that only
so much of the amount shall be paid
as shall he required to pay the actual
cash value of the right, privileges,
franchises and property at tne time of
the payment, the vnlue to be deter
mined by commissioners to be ap
pointed by the president.
This Is lng done the secretary of the
treasury Is authorized to subscribe
925,000 shares of the company's stock
for the government of the United
.States, The present members of the
board of directors are then to resign
and a board of seven Is to be appoint
ed In their stead, consisting of five on
behalf of the United States and one
each on behalf of Nicaragua and Costa
Rica. The directors on liehalf of the
United States are to be appointed by
the president and confirmed by the
senate. No two of them are to be
residents of any one state and no per
son who has heretofore been Interest
ed In the canal company Is to he ap
pointed to this office. They are also
prohibited from lining Interested In
contracts on the canal. Each of the di
rectors, except the president, Is to re
ceive a salary of $5,000 per year and
tho president Is to have $6,000. All
traveling expenses are to be paid. An
nual reports are required. There is a
provision against declaring a dividend
except upon the net earnings The
company Is authorized to contract for
the completion of the canal within six
years. The payments are restricted
to $20,000,000 annually. The canal is
to be large enough ‘Tor the use of the
largest seagoing vessels at a cost not
to exceed the estimate of the engineers
and not to exceed $115,000,000.”
This amount Is made a permanent
appropriation for the work, to bo used
as occasion may require. The bill gives
the government a lien on the property
to secure the payment of the moneys
advanced and the president Is em
powered to declare forfeiture of the
property to the United States without
the necessity of Judicial or other as
certainments.
I.cgiil Adviser for Wood
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Henry M.
Hoyt, assistant United States attor
ney general, has been ordered by the
department of Justice to go to H'-ntt
ago and advise with General Leonard
Wood on legal questions which may
arise in the administration of that de
partment and to represent the legal de
partment of the United Statei there.
Mr. Hoyt Is a son of ex-Govcrnor Hoyt
of Pennsylvania.
Decision on Legacies.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. -The com
missioner of internal revenue has de
cided that legacies pjald out of the
proceeds of real estate©, directed to be
sold for the purpose are not subject
to the tax upon legacies arising from
personal property, in case the debt*
and claims against the -state exceed
tile appraised or dear value of ttie per
sonal property he says there cau be no
legacy tax.
Mnlaufa Is Choice of the Natives.
HAMBURG, Jan. 23.—According to
news received here from Samoa. Chief
Justice Chambers, on December 31,
annulled the election of Mataafa, who
was returned hy a sextuple majority,
and declared Malietoa Tabus, the sou
of the King Malietoa, who is still a
minor, to he king. Three consuls rec
ognize Mataafa's people as a provis
ional government.
lMsnstr.oi* tr»sli »n the Kell.
RAN ANTONIO, Tex., Jan. 23—The
wmtltound limited express on the
Southern Pacific collided with an en
gine near Laeosta, twenty mile* west
of here, this morplng Alonso Miller,
fireman of Ran Antonio, waa killej
and Robert Nicholson, engineer was
fatally Injured In the wreck. The pas
sengers were badly shaken up. but sus*
talued no serious Injuries
Soldiers Unil In Iloilo
NKW YORK. Jan. 23. A special
from Washington says: General Otis
bus cabled ttint General Miller s expo
ultloti lias landed OH Gumnras Island,
three miles from Iloilo, without appo
sition.
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WASHINGTON. Jan 23 At the fu
sts toe of Rurge»*n General Sternberg,
Set ieiary Alger today ordered tbs
hospital ship Relief to Manila to *»rts
there tut a hospital ship aud also as uu
htiiliulsiioi ship for the ronxeyssrs of
•li s and wound* d soldier* ft. in Mauds
to Nagasaki or svet» eat* k iagetsttia
The ueit* ( is now at New York, and
will go by way of th* Rues * anai.
lbs Yiksn ' b, i*t»<*d a
bill telle* no I ■ • •• r t onaiMl
ity tor ant* t * of wires.
—
Nelson of Minnesota Covets
More Earth.
_
DtfLNDS Tut RIGHT TO ACCItIRL
A Vigorous H|i«r<'li Against the Itesolu
tlnn of Mr. Vest—Cases of Texas mid
Hawaii I'olnteil To as Arguments In
Favor of Kx|mnxion.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—The senate
was in session lor ovu hours and a
half today, but the session was prac
tically barren of results, T wo nota
ble speeches were delivered, one by
Mr. Nelson, republican of Minnesota,
in opposition to Mr. Vest's antl-expau
stou resolution, and the other by Mr.
White, democrat of California, a per
sonal explanation of his position with
rasped to the iUfftructlon given tho
California senators by the legislature
In that stale as to tho pending peace
treaty. »
Mr Nelson’s address was a constitu
tional argument In support of the
United Htates’ right to acquire and
govern foreign territory. He main
tained that it was no longer an unset
tled question that tills country had the
power not only to acquire foreign ter
ritory by discovery, conquest or treaty,
but also to govern territory so acquir
ed, That question, he said, had been
settled by decision of the supreme
court, and was scarcely longer open
to debate. He referred to the territory
. that had been acquired In the past by
the United States government and de
clared that In no single case had the
people of the territory acquired been
consulted or their consent secured. In
the two eases of Texas and Hawaii we
had more nearly approached the point
of consulting the Inhabitants than any
other and even In those cases there
was but a shadow of consultation. In
that of Hawaii less than 5,000 of the in
habitants out of a total of 125,000 had
been asked for their consent to an
1119X111 I' "II.
In the course of this debate, Senator
Nelson said, the contention was being
made that the people of the territory
proposed to he acquired were not fit
for citizenship In our republic. Ad
mitting that that contention was cor
rect, It was quite as true that the peo
ple of such territory hitherto acquired
by this country were unfit for citizen
ship at the time the territory was
taken Into the union. Had we applied
the reasoning that was now lieing ed
vanced against acquisition of territory
the people of Florida and the Txmls
lana territory when they were admit
ted Into the United States could
senreely have passed muster, as It is
well known that they were not fitted
for citizenship,
Mr. Nelson then entered upon an
elaborate constitutional argument,
citing numerous authorities in support
of his position. He maintained that
the arguments that taxation without
representation was tyranny and that
governments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed were
true only In limited extent. A ma
jority of our people, he said, were
without direct representation. Wo.
men, minors and imbeciles were wlth
1 out representation In our government
I and had to bear their share of taxa
I tlon. They had, in other words, to
undergo the burdens of our govern
ment without any voice In its control.
In response to a question by Mr. Ma
son, Mr. Nelson said that no man could
truthfully say that the rights of Eng
lishmen had been destroyed or even
In any Hense impaired by Oreat
Britan's great scheme of colonization.
Further replying to Mr. Mason he de
clared that the United States was the
product of the colonization plans of
England and demanded to know
whether Mr. Mason would desire to
! blot out that great work of England.
! What the people of England have done,
{ said he, certainly the people of the
j United States could accomplish. Col
| onies have not destroyed England;
how will they have destroyed us?
Mr. Tillman, interupting Mr. Nelson,
and refering to the contest between
Sweden and Norway and the practical
' severance of their relations, Inquired
why the Norwegians at home wanted
liberty, while those of the United
States did not desire to give liberty to
the Filipinos. This reference to Mr.
Nelson's Norwegian birth aroused him.
| "I am a citizen of the United States,
I Mr. President," he replied. "I am not
representing either the people or the
government of Norway, whose rights
and liberties I nm satisfied are greater
than those of the- people of South Car
j olina.” (Laughter.)
Mr. White of California made a per
sonal explanation of his attitude In
i relation to the peace treaty in response
to the Instructions of the California
legislature to vote for the ratification
of the Instrument. He said he had
! not Joined with Mr. Perkins In the
request for surli lust ructions and that
I he could not. he governed by them.
! as he did not consider that a United
States senator was under obligations
■ to subordinate his own conscience and
I convictions in national questions to
i the temporary operations of a state
legislature.
I'ayue l<> Muit-eril
WASHINGTON. Jan ill.—Th# auc
emotion of Keprcecutatlve I’ay lie lo the
chairmanship of the way* and means
committee, which la regarded aa tut
aured, lx leading to conjecture aa to
who will become the additional repuh
11*an nu mber of the committee to All
the vacancy made by Mr Payne going
up. The name a ,,f Mr Sherman of
New York. and Messrs McCall and
larvertng of Maaaachuaetta are being
discussed.
... l lan fnt army
WASHINGTON Jan Jl.—U I. nn
dcratwHl !** la* the iHirpnee of the ad
ministration In the event that i«o
greaa fail* to act main the army reor
| gantiatliHi bill after ratifying the
peace treaty t*t ink the (watp- of *
Joint resolution In the nature of an
emergency me unite rontlnulng the
authority confetred hy the war lagta
l»l*th«u to keep the army up to a
Strength of <0 ihki men
So far S» tw*t men have gotten Into
the rank* of the regular army uuUr
(ha authority thua conferred.
1 UNCLE SAM TAKE A HAND. \
Will liml«t liprin Righteous Adjustment
of NinoM saeessslon.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 21.—The state
department is moving with due delib- |
eration, yet with firmness, respecting !
tilt* adjustment of conditions in Sa
moa and is directing all of its efforts
to the use cl lawful and regular means
to settle the succession at Aorta. la
fact it was its insistence upon the com
pliance of all the parties to the tri
partite treaty with the terms of that
document so long as it stood unde
nounced and unamended that haB mado
its position so strong legally at this
I Juncture.
There is still a lack of official re
ports upon the details of the Stirling
events at Apia. A brief statement of
these events has reached the depart
ment through the United States dis
patch agent at Han Francisco, but so
far as can be gathered it is not yet
known Just why Chief Justice Cham
bers decided that M atari fa, the Ger
man candidate for the succession to
the throne of Samoa, was ineligible.
It. Is suspected here that the decision
was I>:ise<l on the use of the improper
'influences by outside pai'tles inter
ested In the election of a king. That
established would Is* sufficient to dis
qualify Mutoafa under the strict terms
of the treaty which expressly pro
vides for an untrainelled choice by the
natives according to their own eslah
lish«*d customs.
The United States government must
adhere to the terms of the treatv so
long as it stands, this being a duty
imposed upon the government by the
document itself, so it Is to lie pi e tim
ed, in the absence of an official atat •
ment, that the instructions sent •-<> the
United States consul general at Apia,
and perhaps also Ambassador White
at Berlin, are to Is* governed by thi
understanding in any presentation of
the case that It may be necessary 10
make.
The navy department's order to the
Philadelphia did not K<> to Admiral
Kautz until yesterday. Then they were
in the slims* of instructions to take
on a full supply of coal and make rea
dy for a cruise to Samoa. There was
not tin explicit order to start but sim
ply to make ready, if the adaiir.l as
reported In the press dispatch1;:*, finds
that his ship's bottom is so foul
through itH cruise In the southern wa
ters as to lie unfit for the voyage to
Samoa, he probably will be authorized
to use divers to clean the hull, for the
department has decided that the ship
should not lie sent to the Mara Island
navy yard to be fitted out.
Cons'll »t Hitinot » Nebraskan.
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 21.—The revolu
tion at Samoa and the threatening in
ternational complications have brought
into prominence the United States con
sul at Apia, Luther W. Osborne of Ne
braska. Osborne is a pioneer of thin
state and was appointed to Samoa two
years ago. He resided at Blair, Wash
ington county, and was a prominent
republican. He was born at Ithaca, N.
Y., and entered the union army during
the civil war. While in front of Rich
mond with Grant he cast his first vote
it was for Lincoln for president,
filter he studied law with Hon. George
M. Bradley of the court of appeals of
New York at present, and came to
Ulalr In 18(19. In 1873 Mr Osborn rep
resented Washington and Burt coun
ties in the legislature. For a quarter
of a century he was regarded as one of
the leading lawyers of the state. Tn
1879 he was a de1eerate-nt-1arge to th*
republican national convention.
Word from (lomtul Oiborn0.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—Cipher
dispatches from Consul General Os
liorne at Apia, In relation lo the diffi
culties In Samoa, are being received
at the state department, hut only me
meager information Is given out. From
a source thoroughly reliable It Is learn
ed that Germany lias resented the par
tition «f the islands ever slnoe the
malting of the Berlin treaty and while,
up to this time, the three signatory
powers to the treaty, the United
States Great Britain and Germany,
have gotten along without an, open
rupture between representative* of
these powers in the Island, It has not
l>een because of any lack of friction.
Osborne was advised lodav via Auck
land that the Philadelphia had been
ordered to Samoa and would arrive
arrive there about the second week In
February and that he must stand firm
on the question of upholding the terms
of the treaty.
The l*i,Ktoffice Hill Paused.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 21- When the
house met yesterday the pending ques
tion was on the motion of Mr. Swan
son to recommit the postofllee appro
priation hill with Instructions to strike
from the paragraph appropriating
300,000 for mall facilities iu Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippine* Islands,
the words "newly acquired territory."
The democrats opposed this language
To avoid a roll call which had been
ordered. Mr. Loud, In charge of tne
bill, risked unanimous consent that th<'
words lie stricken out, as they were
unneoeasarv. there was no objection
and the bill passed.
O|t|»o«lll«*n t<> IN** I «|ioAltloii
WASHINGTON, Jan, 21.—Organlied
opposition to the Joint. resolution In
relation to the Greater A inert ok Kxpo
sitlon resolution Introduced In the sen
ate by Thurston and In the house by
Mercer has developed within the lout
tw.*nty-ft*ur hour*, with Stark of the
Fourth district lending and Strode of
the First lending aaalatnnew Maxwell
Is the onlv member of the Nebraska
deVgatlon outapnkiMi In tjt supoewt
St rials has naked for a hearing on the
resolution now pending before the
wave and mmiu committee and Tuea
da of next week ha* lieen named In
which to hear the lin>-o!n mem bar.
*»» IK for ItelHrutng I ti«>)*
WASHINGTON, H 0,. Ian 21 —la
accordance with an order jud l«*usd,
enllctsd men <tu* barged In Cube. Tor -
to Hlco, Hawaii and ihs Philippine*,
or uibsr place* ooui-te th« Tailed
State*, will he provided free transpor
tation tu I he Tailed Mlatve on govern
meat trnn*|Hirt* ami will be a**lg|ud
hv the subsistence department In port
of destination I hr* will aot he en
titled In travel pav from port of im< j
hnrkatlun tu the Tailed iMalea. nor tu
rvunmutatlon of ration* for the lima
so subsisted on the transport*.
OESKRAL NKWN NOTES.
French Imports for 1898 increased
$84,633,600, and the exports decreased
$90,500,000.
James M. Chaphe, of St. IjOuIm, has
been appointed assistant engineer at
the OBage Indian agency, Oklahoma.
Elita Proctor Otis, the actress, Hied
a voluntary petition In bankruptcy,
placing her total liabilities at $36,331.
Governor General Brooke will cre
ate a supreme court for the Island of
Cuba. It will consist of a chief Jus
tice and six associates.
It ha* Just been announced that the
Catlln Tolmceo voinpany's plant has
been wold to the American Tobacco
company. The price paid Is said to be
not far from $2,500,000.
It Is rumored In Wall street that
the Minneapolis & St. Ixmls Railroad
company will shortly issue $2,500,000
4 per cent bonds to retire the com
pany's preferred stock.
Secretary Gage has ordered A. L.
I/owsha of the treasury department
to proceed at once to Cuba and organ
ize a modern system of government
accounting on that Island.
General Guy V. Henry, governor of
Porto Rico, promises certain conces
sions to the councilmen of San Juan,
and the latter, therefore, have with
drawn their resignations
During the calendar year, 1898, the
United States exported $621,260,535
more of merehandlse of all sorts than
it Imported, or a gain In excess of ex
ports over 1897 of $264,146,719.
Emperor William received the Ohl
nese minister Du Hal llouan, who pre
sented Ids majesty with the Insignia
of the Double Dragon, conferred upon
hint by the emperor of China.
The French steamer Cachemiro ar
rived at Barcelona from the Philip
pines with 1,170 repatriated Spanish
troops. There wore 300 sick and there
were forty-four deaths during the voy
age.
KUttHiu s runway tiuiiget exceeds ner
army budget for the first time, and Is
a proof of the enormous efforts she
is making to develop her Asiatic terri
tory, which is twice as large as the
entire United States.
Senator !)e Hoe has Introduced a
Joint resolution providing for tho ap
pointment of a congressional commis
sion to decide upon the advisability of
establishing a national soldiers' home
at Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace in
Kentucky.
A concurrent resolution authorizing
the governor to waive the claim of
the state of New York against, the
United States for the pay of the offi
cers and soldiers In this state in the
volunteer army in the late war against
Spain was adopted in the assembly.
Throe Chicago highwaymen chose
a policeman in full uniform for a vic
tim today and held him up at the point
of revolvers. They robbed him of his
own weapon, after making a vain
search for money, and then ordered
him to hurry on and notify his po
lice station.
Representative T,entz of Ohio has
introduced a resolution providing for
the discharge of such volunteers as
entered the service for the war with
Spain. It also provides that troops
to the number of 13,0)0 may be raised
among the natives of the island ac
quired by the United States.
The postoffice department has made
a contract with the Pacific Steam
Whaling company at San Franclsoo for
mail service along the southern AIoh
kan coast from Sitka to Unalaska, in
cluding all Intermediate points. The
distance between these points is 1,600
miles and every point In that stretch
will now have a monthly mall ser
vice during the entire year.
Herr Schmidt, socialist member of
the Reichstag, has voluntarily in
formed the public prosecutor at Mag
deburg that he was solely responsible
for the publication In tho Socialist
Volksttmmo of the article purporting
to be a conversation between the
Prince of Ragdad and his tutor, on ac
count of which the editor, Herr Au
gust Mueller, was sentenced last week
to Imprisonment on account of less
majeste. The whole case must now be
reopened.
Representative Palmer, of Gove
county, has Introduced a bill 1n the
Kansas house providing for protection
against prairie fires in western Kan
sas, The bill authorizes counties to
levy a 2-mllt tax to be used for that,
purpose. Fire guards running north
and south are to 1** established three
miles apart. Bach guard is to be four
rods wide. Prather claims that this
will affortl great protection to the cat
tle ranges, and that the people out
that way are demanding it.
1,1 V R STOCK ANI> FRODDCK.
Omaha. Chicago an<l New York Mark*!
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OMAIIA.
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Egg* Kreali, tier do*. I* a 19
Chicken* dreaawd per pound.. 8 a 6H
Turkey*, drwaaed.. H a II
Ueene, Itve... * h 8
I'lrimu live, per do*. 8* a #0
I. imoii* -Per lio*.. 3 JO llil
Orangee I'er Imo .■■•:•••• 2 i* * * **
Craniierrlc* .leruyreper Uhl.... 8 *> ace
Apple*—I'er barrel .3 Hi a I Ou
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Onion* I'er hualiel . ..... 90 a 94
Keen* IIumlpicked navy .... 1 3ft a I «
Potatora Per bucket new .... tj a W
Hay—t'pland per ton .... 4 oo iMD
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Hog* choice light .... 4 90 a 3 4z
Hog* Heavy weight*.. 3 43 a 4 M
Her f *teer*—.. 4 CO a t JB
Hull*. . * «*> » 3 3ft
.. 8 84 a t »
fair**............ ... 3 «D at .4
Hraterii feeder*.. 8 ft a 3 uu
Cow*,.,.,, ... ....... 3 It lid
llelfera.. * 9“ at*
Blocker* and feeder*. .......... 3 8 t I I'
Bheep Ivela.. t 9* a 9 Ml
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Wheat No, S • priug . M a »• *
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Tt has been assumed by a large num
ber of people, especially In England,
that Gibraltar has always commanded
the straits which bear Its name. That
belief was erroneous nn/tll recently.
The straits are twelve and one-half
miles wide, and the best guns mounted
at Gibraltar heretofore could not possi
bly cover that distance. A few weeks
ago, however, two of the newest 9.2
inch wire guns, 36 feet in length and
firing a projectile of 380 pounds In
weight, were mounted on Europla
Point. These guns have a range of fif
teen miles and are mose formidable
weapons.
Miss Ida G, Rroarud, of Madison,
Wls., has started for San Juan, Porto
Rleo, In order to marrv Hobart 8.
Bird, the editor of the San Juan News,
tho first American paper In Porto
IllpO !'/)•*** I flow w|| rv*rfr»1 V Mr
ably will ls> the first Americans to !>e
married In Porto Rico since It became
an American possession.
A Nlniflr of "rlvf Props**
will benefit you for la grippe—Its use a
few days will cure you. 8ee their ad
vertisement In another column of this
paper, containing strong testimonials.
Don't Insure your life and then pro
ceed to work yourself to death.
Dropsy treated free by Dr. H. H.
Green’s Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The
greatest dropsy specialists In the world.
Read their advertisement lu another
column of this paper.
There Isn't an Inch of lovo In a yard
of contention.
Advice to Investors.
An experience of over twenty-five
years of continuous practice in secur
ing patents for Inventors warrants us
to give advice In the Interests
of Inventors. We established the Iowa
Patent Office us an honorable and le
gitimate enterprise and means of per
sonal usefulness and livelihood and
the promotion of the public good a»
contemplated by our Patent laws and
have given free advice to thousands
of Inventors and still continue to do
so. Making inventions as a rule In
volves time, labor and money. Get
ting patents requires skilled lalior and
fees. Inventors are pioneers In the
domain of art and in many Instance*
exhaust themselves and their means
as public benefactors without reaping
material personal reward. Farming
Is generally considered the surest re
munerative occupation. Planting corn
and other crops Is a business
chance like getting a Patent. Often
planting falls to bring crops. But
unless the expense of planting Is In
curred by somebody, there will be no
harvests Just so with Inventors.
Consultation and ail vice free
THOM AH O. OK WIG & CO.,
Iowa Patent Offli'e, Solicitors.
Dos Moines, Jan. 14, ’99.
The color of truth depends upon the
eyes looking at it.
I . " " ■■ ■
Flfty-Ons Rrldgti for B. M O. It. R.
Baltimore, Jan. 23. -One of the largest
bridge contracts that has been award
ed In many years ha* been let by the
receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. In order to place the lines
west of the Ohio river In proper shape
to handle the heavy freight equipment
that Is being used east of the river
the receivers found It necessary to re
build 51 bridges between Benwood, W.
Va., and Chicago. That the structure*
might be rapidly pushed to comple
tion It was decided to divide the work
among three companies. The Youngs
town Bridge Company of Youngstown
will erect 31 bridges ou the Central
Ohio division between the Ohio river
and Newark, Ohio; the Pencoyd Bridge
Works was awarded the 11 bridge* on
the Lake Erie division, Newark to
Handusky, and the Edge Moor Bridge
Company of Wilmington, Del., will
erect the 9 bridges needed on the Chi
cago division. The total cost of these
bridges is In the neighborhood of |300,»
000 and It is expected that all will be
In place by September. Nearly sli
thousand tons of steel will be needed
for the structures.
I never used so quick a cure as Pino's
Cure for Consumption.—J. B. Palmer,
Box 1171, Seattle, Wash., Nov.%!6, 1S9/5.
A pollteal dark horse Is a sort of
nlght-mare to the others In the race.
Coe's Cough Balsam
Is the oldest end bust II will brrak up scold quieter
thau any thins else. It Is always reliable. Try it.
Don’t try to climb over a barb-wire
fence on crutches.
You use soap in the laundry every
week. Try Diamond “C” Soap next
weak.
Don’t lock the stable door after the
horse Is stolen. Possibly the thief
may repent and bring It back.
Every game of chanoe Is a aura
thing, but a man usually beta the
wrong way.
The disquieting microbe of leva
gives the old bachelor a wide berth.
■ ■■ . '
Go to your grocer to-day
and get a 15c. package ot
Grain-0
It take* the place of cof
fee at I the cost.
Made from pure grain* it
is nourishing and health*
ful.
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