SAYINGS and DOINGS
Pope Leo's Private Car.
At Oivifa Vecchia. Italy, is stored a
gorgeously gilded railway car which is
the private property of Pope Leo. It
was built nearly fifty years .ago by his
predecessor in the papal chair, and is
one or the
most re
marka b 1 e
ra i I w a y
cars in ex
istence. Its
roof is sup
ported b y
the figures
of three
carved angels, covered with gold and
Hilver. Its copper dome bears a series
of beautiful paintings by Gerome. The
interior of the car is divided into a
series of rooms, the outer being for
the reception of the papal guard. Be
hind it is the throne room, in which
the Pontiff sits while he blesses the
crowds which throng about the car on
its journeys. At least that was the
idea when the car was built. As a
matter of fact, the Pope has never
made but one journey In his private
car, going from Rome to Naples many
years ago. Since that time the car has
never been used, ami thieves have cut
from their frames many of the beau
tiful paintings which originally orna
mented the car. At the rear of the
throne room is the oratory, fitted with
a beautif -1 altar and surmounted by a
magnificent painting by Gerome.
Color Line in London.
An attempt to draw the color line
in London has resulted in failure.
When it came to light that some 200
eolored delegates to the ecumenical
council in Wesley chapel were to he
guests at one of the big west end ho
tels a number of wealthy American
guests were amazed and entered an In
dignant protest. They assured the
proprietor that such a thing would not
he permitted in the United States, and
demanded that the colored delegates
be accommodated in a separate part of
the hotel. Me declined to interfere,
and his aristocratic American guests
quit his hostelry.
The proprietor is quoted as saying:
“I could not think of offering an insult
to such men as Bishop Derrick of New
York, Bishop Janner of Philadelphia.
Bishop Gaines of Atlanta ami Bishop
Arnett. I told the Americans that
when the Indian princes were here no
one objected to meet them, and I do
not propose to make any distinction at
the expense of the Africans."
C. .A. H Delegate Badge.
The only official badge w hich w ill be
■worn by delegates to the Grand Army
encampment at Cleveland is a medal
lion in gold and bronze and a yellow
ribbon. Upon it appears the emblem
OFFICIAL G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT
BADGE.
of the Grand Army, the seal of Ohio,
figure of a soldier and a sailor and pic
tures of the soldiers’ and sailors’ and
the Garfield monuments. The badge is
Inscribed: “Delegate, Thirty-fifth Na
tional G. A. R. Encampment, Septem
ber 9-14, 1901. Cleveland.” There are,
1,000 of these badges. They will be
distributed by Gen. F. M. Stirrett, ad
jutant-general, to the delegates either
from headquarters at St. Louis or at
the encampment in Cleveland. No
body except a delegate will be per
mitted to have one. They are fur
nished by the Grand Army executive
committee.
Territorial Tariff Question.
The decision of the Treasury depart
ment in the Porto Rico coffee case is,
of course, the only one that could have
been reached under the Foraker law
and the recent presidential proclama
tion suspending the 15 per cent tariff
and extending the Dingley act to the
new territory. Porto Rico is now part
of the United States and of the free
trade union, and she can have no spe
cial duties and exemptions. She is
naturally pleased with the change, but
she desired a 5 per cent duty upon
Brazilian coffee and contended that
this duty was not affected by the re
moval of the Foraker tariff.
Having been overruled on this point.
It is announced that congress will b"
urged to re-enact a special tariff law
to protect Porto Rico coffee against
Brazilian competition. Hawaii may
make common cause with her sister
territory, as she too suffers from the
Importation of Brazilian coffee.
News and Views
The Uehuantepec "Railway.
Mrs. Alec Tweedie's interesting ar
ticle in the Fortnightly Review on the
new railway route across the Isthmus
of Tehuantepec calls attention to the
fact that the transcontinental railways
of the Fnited States soon will have a
formidable rival in certain kinds of
freight business. This railway from
the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific ocean
was completed by the Mexican govern
ment in 1895. but lack of harbors at
both terminals has prevented any ex
tensive use of the line for freight trans
portation. A new era will begin fif
teen months hence, when Weetman
Pearson, a British capitalist, will have
completed two fine harbors, construct
ed at a cost of $15,000,000, and will be
gin operating the railway under a mon
opoly concession lasting fifty years.
With the opening of this road for
heavy freight there is likely to be an
extensive change in the ocean-to-ocean
traffic. The distance across the Isth
mus of Tehuantepec is shorter than
that across Nicaragua, while the new
route is 800 miles nearer to the Fnited
States than Nicaragua and 1,300 miles
nearer than Panama. The gain over
the Panama route will be 1.265 miles
between New York and San Francisco,
or 2.010 miles between New Orleans
and San Francisco.
Girl Appeals to President.
Friends and brothers in arms of
Phineas Fonts, the American soldier
who has been condemned to death for
the murder of his sweetheart and I?
now in prison at Cebu, have espoused
NINA FOUTS.
his cause and are taking vigorous step
to secure pardon or a commutation of
sentence for him. Powerful political
influences have bean enlisted, but little
hope for the success of the movement
is entertained. Members of company
L, Tenth Ohio volunteer infantry of
Zanesville, with whom Fouts served
during the Spanlsh-American war.
have sent an appeal to President Mc
Kinley. General E. C. Brush, one of
Senator Foraker's closest personal and
political friends in Ohio, has addressed
a personal letter to the president, and
both the Ohio senators have prom
ised their support. Miss Nina Fouts.
the condemned man’s pretty young sis
ter, recently visited President McKin
ley at his home and the chief executive
promised to do what he could for the
soldier.
Fouts' friends base their fight on the
plea of temporary insanity. The fore
man under whom the young man for
merly worked at a Zanesville factory
and several officers under whom Fouts
served state that he was queer at
times, but never violent. In letters re
ceived by friends Fouts deals with his
crime and probable fate almost indif
ferently.
The crime for which the young sol
dier is under sentence of d«ath is the
murder of Sonora Genevieva Torres of
Cebu, where Fonts was stationed. The
couple, it seems, became mutually in
fatuated, but the young woman's par
ents objected on account of the sol
dier's nationality. Fouts slew his
sweetheart with a sword cane, mang
ling Inr in a terrible manner. Senora
Torres was a member of a prominent
Spanish Filipino family and was beau
tiful.
/Voted French Composer Dies.
Edmond Audran, the French com
poser who died in Paris last week at
the age of 59. was best known in Amer
ica for his opera. "I.a Mascotte,”
EDMOND A1'DR AN.
which he composed in 1881. It was
bright and tuneful and had a long run
in New York. Chicago and all the oth
er large cities of the Cnited States.
The most popular air in this opera was
called "When I Behold,” but it was
I better known as "The Gobble Duet,”
i It always received numerous encores
and was known to every whistling boy
j in the country.
Uhe XOeeKiy
Panorama.
Xtfoman as a Gardner.
A now field of usefulness has of late
been entered by two or three women
who have found It to be so profitable,
so healthful and so pleasant that other
women will be likely to enter the same
Held ere long. Landscape architecture
or gardening is something that any
woman of tas-te, intelligence and de
termination can engage in with a good
MRS. E. A M’CREA.
chance of success if she has real abil
ity for the work. Miss Beatrix Jones
of New York and Mrs. A. E. MeCrea,
now of Marquette. Mich., have demon
strated that, women can attain a very
high degree of success in this field of
labor.
Mrs. MeCrea is now consulting ar
chitect of the city of Marquette, and
she is doing excellent work in bring
ing about reforms along the line of
city improvement. The board of edu
cation of Marquette has recently ap
propriated $1,000 for the decoration of
the school grounds of the city, and .the
work is being done under the direction
of Mrs. MeCrea.
CTtvo Sn ak.es May Crotv as One.
Occasionally a college professor who
is liberated from his books and turned
loose in the green fields and byways
of nature makes a discovery that is of
real permanent value to humanity.
While camping on Indian Creek, out
in Colorado, Professor Dickson of Yale
succeeded in demonstrating after re
peated experiments that two snakes
could be welded together so that the
two bodies will unite and continue to
grow as one. He sewed the rear half
of an adder to the front half of a rat
tlesnake, and after twenty-four hours
his scientific soul was enraptured hy
the sight of the rattler swishing the
tail of the adder about as though it
belonged to him. Of course there was
a look of surprise and disappointment
in the face of the rattler when he
found that he must drag the tail of the
silent adder through life, but it was
noted that his sting was just as deadly
as ever and that there was no abate
ment of bodily energy.
The President's yacht.
Former yacht Mayflower, owned by
J. Ogden tioelet, now in the American
navy, is to be used as the president's
private boat.
Fall "RixJer Colton Mill-t.
The Fall River manufacturers of
common print cloths who have given
notice of a cut in wages do not take
kindly to the suggesting that they cut
down their production instead and
thus give the market a chance to ab
sorb surplus stocks and open the way
for a stiffening of prices. These man
ufacturers say with some truth that
if they were to reduce production
while their competitors did not the lat
ter alone would be the gainers. Re
duced production to be really effective
must be general. There are so many
cotton mills and they are so widely
distributed that unanimity of action Is
impossible. At the same time the Tex
tile Manufacturers' Journal has its
doubts whether the cut in wages. If
made, will add materially to the profits
of the Fall River mills. It says that
a price reduction may come as a con
sequence of the wage reduction. Man
ufacturers seldom retain any benefit
from special advantages. The buyer
is usually the beneficiary. The fact
of the matter is that there is so much
competition in the manufacture of
common cottons that while mills which
have new and improved machinery and
are well managed are able to make
money mills with inferior machinery
cannot do so unless they can beat
down their workmen's wages. The
employes at Fall River are not ready
to submit to the proposed cut, and if
it is Insisted on there will be an ugly
labor war in that city.
Incorporation for X/nionj.
It is stated in a dispatch from Pitts
burg that certain officers of the United
States Steel Corporation have an
nounced a new policy toward the
Amalgamated Association. Hence
forth there will be no dealings, negoti
ations or conferences with that body,
w hether for a settlement of the preseut,
trouble or other purpose, until it ob
| tains a legal status by Incorporation.
ONE VICTIM FROM HUMBOLDT.
Will Hrnrelen In l.ont In the Wreck of
the Steamship Inlander.
HUMBOLDT, Neb.. Aug. 27.—Hum
boldt people were shocked to learn that
Will Bracelon, one of the party of for
tune hunters who left here three years
ago for the Klondike, had perished in
the wreck of the steamer Islander off
the Alaskan coast. The information
jo far is meager, but authentic, and
?omes from Bracelen's traveling com
panion and partner, Ed Dennis, to his
brother, John Dennis, who returned
several weeks ago from the gold fields.
The message was dated Juneau, Alaska,
and forwarded from Vancouver August
19 and reads:
"John Dennis, Humboldt, Neb.:
Been in wreck; injured some; will re
main a few days to try and re< over
Bracelen's body. ED DENNIS."
The case is a particularly sad one, as
the young man is the eldest of a fam
ily of eight children and for many
years was the main support of his wid
owed mother. Mrs. Sarah Bracelen, in
the rearing and educating of her fam
ily. Most of the children are now
grown, however, the eldest brother
being Prof. Charles M. Bracelen, last
year principal of the public schools at
Blair, and two sisters being teachers
in local schools.
One pathetic feature of the case is
that each morning since the receipt of
the last letter the mother has kept a
warm breakfast for the homecoming
of her son and each morning when the
Portland train has puhed in one might
have seen her out attempting to catch
a glimpse of the returning traveler.
NEBRASKA GETS I S SNARE.
Fare* Well I* Distribution of Additional
Free Itural Delivery.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 27.—Superin
tendent Machem of the free delivery
service has concluded the work of pass
ing upon the number of rural free de
livery routes which are to be establish
ed in Nebraska up to and including
November 1. The service is to be
equitably distributed throughout the
state, and. according to the figures
made public, Nebraska fares well in the
allowances made as compared with
other western states. Rural free deliv
ery will be established October 1 at
Kearney with two carriers; at Elk
Creek, with one carrier; Geneva, two
carriers; Waverly, one carrier; Crete,
one carrier, and York, two carriers.
The service will go into operation No
vember 1 at Grand Island, with three
carriers; at Minden and Greenville,
with four carriers each; at Mead and
Oilier, with two carriers each, and at
Beatrice, Colon, Grafton. Peru and
Fairbury, with one carrier each. On
September 1 there will be 109 rural free
delivery routes in operation in Ne
braska, with 260 pending applications.
Rural free delivery will be establish
ed at Yankton. S. I).. October 1, em
bracing ninety-six square miles, with a
population of 1,533. Simon Price. War
ren Osborn and L. W. Godfrey have
been appointed carriers.
I.and Sale* by (Jnlon Pacific.
OMAHA, Aug. 27.—August sales of
the Union Pacific land department thus
far aggregate 93,440 acres, as against
62,000 acres sold in July. The drouth
had a depressing effect upon sales gen
erally during the lasiC'ionth, but the
clouds of doubt have rolled away since
the exact conditions have become
known, resulting in a largely increased
demand for the lands of the central
west. One sale made recently is that
of 3,840 acres of grazing land in Colo
rado.
Preacher Sue* for Hamageii.
YORK, Neb., Aug. 27.—One of the
last cases on the district court rec
ords is from Bradshaw. Rev. Harmon
E. Motter, pastor of the Christian
church at that place, asks that. C. B.
Palmer and his son pay him $1,000
each for alleged defamation of charac
ter.
Smallpox Near Neltgli.
LEIGH, Neb., Aug. 27.—Two cases of
smallpox are reported two milese east
of town at the home of John Genden
gar. The victims are a son and daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Golen Gen
dengar. They were exposed to the dis
ease at Fremont.
Huy Knailnse for Cattle.
SUPERIOR. Neb., Aug. 27.—C. E.
Adams, president of the Superior Cat
tle company, closed a deal with the
Longmont Packing company, Ixtng
mont, Colo., for 6.000 tons of ensilage.
This is the entire output of the com
pany this season.
Iteii'UIration of I.anil Tltlci.
LINCOLN, Aug. 27.—Judge A. W.
Crites of Chadron, W. L. Hand of
Kearney and F. B. Tipton, the com
mission appointed by the supreme
court to investigate the Torrens sys
tem of registration of land titles, will
probably make a trip to Chicago to ex
amine workings of the system in Cook
count*. Judge Crites has been chosen
president of the commission and Mr.
Tipton secretary. A report must be
prepared before January 1, 1901.
GREAT INTEREST IN IRRIGATION.
Dry W««*th«r Miown to Farmers Its Gr*at
I in portance.
LINCOLN, Aug. 24—The dry
weather of July and the resultant
damage to crops in several sections
of the state have caused Nebraska
farmers to display renewed interest
In the subject of irrigation. State
Engineer Dobson has received many
applications for water rights along the
Platte river during the last two weeks
and inquiries are being made daily
at the irrigation office relative to
methods of using well water for irri
gating purposes. Mr. Dobson is en
couraging investigations of this sub
ject and all applications filed at his
office are receiving prompt attention.
The state hoard of irrigation has
jurisdiction over flowing streams only
and it can do nothing more than as
sist those who wish to use well water
for irrigation. Several successful sys
tems depending entirely upon wells
for the water supply are now In oper
ation and Mr, Dobson believes sim
I'ar methods might be adopted else
where and with good results.
GOLD ALONG THE BLUE RIVER.
•experiment* In Saving Flour Cold at
••anting* Proven Fruitful.
HASTINGS. Neb., Aug. 24.—The
test of flour gold made at Hrickton
on the Blue river was a good success
and proved a big surprise to the
Chicago parties who are here with
their mill for extracting gold. It
was much richer than they expected.
A run was made with 300 pounds
and the mill had no trouble in sepa
rating the gold from the sand into
the quicksilver vats. The workmen
are compelled to shut down for a few
days on account of some of the quick
silver entering into one of the cylin
ders.
J. F. Hoyt, the inventor of the ma
chine, said that yesterday's test was
a great surprise to all, as it showed
nearly $15 to the ton. This is so
much better than they had anticipated
that all concerned are very much
elated over the test and are quite anx
ious to have the mill in good running
order.
Condition of Nehrmikn Hank«.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 24.—The ab
stract of the condition of the national
banks of Lincoln, exclusive of Omaha
and Lincoln, at the close of business
on July 15, as reported to the comp
troller of the currency, shows the av
erage reserve held at 34.40 per cent,
against 37.48 per cent on April 24.
Loans and discounts increased from
$19,683,304 to $19,883,559; gold coin
decreased from $745,610 to $733,450;
total specie from $1,049,864 to $1,034,
258; lawful money reserve from $L
627,590 to $1,622,625; individual de
posits increased from $21,611,245 to
$22,255,706.
To Feed Cattle In Colorado.
Sl’PERIOR, Neb., Aug. 24—C. E.
Adams has just returned from a trip
to Colorado, w'here he has purchased
6,000 tons of ensilage. This feed was
put up by the Longmont Packing com
pany, who owns the largest silos in
the world. The Superior Cattle com
pany will feed cattle there this win
ter.
For Cattle Stealing.
LINCOLN. Aug. 24.—A requisition
from the governor of Wyoming for the
return of John Turner was honored
and an extradition warrant was placed
in the hands of the proper authorities.
Herman is now under arrest in ('had
ron. He was wanted in Converse
county, Wyoming, to answer the
charge of cattle stealing.
Third Cutting of Alfalfa.
LEXINGTON, Neb., Aug. 24.—Lex
ington and vicinity was visited with
a good rain. Plenty of rain has fallen
within the last few weeks to make a
third cutting of alfalfa a profitable
one. Farmers of Dawson county for
tunate enough to have grass land or
an alfalfa field will be well provided
with hay.
Lightning Hurn* Wheat.
BEEMER, Neb., Aug 24 —The heav
iest rain storm of the season fell here,
accompanied by much thunder and
lightning. During the storm lightning
struck some wheat stacks belonging
to W. A. Holmes, burning five of them
to the ground.
Barn and llonm Burned.
WYMORE, Neb., Aug. 24.—The
large barn belonging to Durvey Ful
ton was discovered to he on fire and
before the fire department reached the
scene the barn was on • mass of flames.
A team of fine horses, together with a
large quantity of hay were burned.
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Hurt H'liilf Hiding tti* llutiiprrn.
FREMONT, Neb., Aug. 24.—Bert
Brownell, a Hi-year-old boy at Fre
mont, had a couple of bones In his
right foot broken while riding on the
bumpers at Piiger. He was taken to
his home in this city.
I.utiger of NchrattkH Wins.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—Joseph
H. Danger of Nebraska has been se
lected for consul at Solllngen, Ger
many, and his commission will he Is
sued in a few days.
THE LIVE SEOCK MARKET.
LstHt Quotations From South Omsba
and Kansas City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
Cattle—Receipts #ne rather moderate
and as a rule the quality wan nothing
extra, only a limited number of beef cat
tle, either native or western, being on
sale. There was a slightly better demand
fo rbeef stock tills morning and buyers
acre out early with fair orders to (Ml.
The market was active from the start
and decent grades sold freely at stronger
price*. Short-fed sto^K and thin western#
sold at steady prices. The market for
cows and heifers was also stronger, with
the numlier on sale scarcely up to the
demand. Canning grades, bulls, veals,
stags and rough stock were picked up at
fully steady figures. About a dozen
loads of Stockers and feeders were rec
reived. The market continues to Im
prove and prices today were strong to <n
10c higher on handy feeders and good
Stockers. Active trading soon cleared the
yards of all on sale.
Hogs—The sharp decline in prices the
fore part of the week tended to cut off
supplies, and receipts were considerably
below the normal. Besides the regular
local demand several shipping orders
showed up and as a result of Increased
competition a lively market followed.
Karly bid* from most of the buyers were
not so much higher, but they quickly
raised prices and first trading was gen
erally 5.610c higher. Under active com
petition prices strengthened rapidly anil
closing figures were fully a dime higher
than yesterday, the bulk selling at $5.856
3.90. against $5,756 5,82V& yesterday.
Sheep—Sheep receipts while fair were
not excessive and there was nothing very
choice on sale. Prices on fair to good
mutton sheep were quotably steady to
strong and a fair clearance was effected.
The more common mutton sheep sold
from steady to weak. Supplies of lambs
were not excessive and mutton grades
were picked up In good season, the mar
ket showing more firmness titan yester
day. Stock sleep have been scarce this
wee.k
KANSAS CITY.
Cattle—Native Iteef steers, steady to 10c
higher; other cattle, steady; choice ex
port and dressed beef steers, 83.4065.80:
fair to good, 84.8565.33; Stockers and feed
ers. 83.0664.25; western fed steers. $4 .256
5.25; western range steers, 83.256 4.30:
Texans and Indians, $2.7564.00; Texas
cows, $2,404/2.90; native cows, $2,456 4.00;
heifers. $2.4064.50: canners. $1.8562.35;
bulls. $2.3564.50; calves, $3.0064.75.
Hogs—Market closed 10c higher; top,
$8.27'x; bulk of sales. $5.8568.20; heavy.
$0.1566.27*'*: mixed packers. $5.8568.5);
light. $5.5068.10; pigs, $4.0065.40.
Sheep and Lambs—Market steady:
lambs, $4.0065.00; native wethers. $3,004?
3.50; western wethers, $3.0063.40; mixed
sheep, $3.0063.35: ewes, $2.5063.13; stock
sheep. $2.0062.60.
PHILIPPINE FOREIGN TRADE.
Import* and K 7 port* Show Large Inert***
Over Vrcvlou* Ye*r.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—A contin
ued increase in both the import and
export trade of the Philippines is
shown in a comparative statement
compiled at the War department giv
ing the commerce of the Islands for
the seven months ending January 31.
1901 and 1900. The tot?l value of
merchandise imported during the sev
en months ended January 31. 1901,
was $17,999,167, as against $12,674,705
for the same period in 1900, and the
merchandise exported was $12,637,359.
as against $8,305,530 for the 1900 pe
riod. This shows an increase of 42
per cent in the value o? the imports
and 52 per cent in exnort values.
The value of imports of merchan
dise from the several countries re
spectively during the seven months
ended January 31, 1901 and 190u, ex
clusive of fiuartermaster's supplies,
follows: United States, 1901, $1,493,
488; 1900, $890,010, or 68 per cent in
crease. European countries, 1901, $8.
974,183; 1900. $5,270,766, or 70 per cent
increase. Asia, 1901, $7,327,582; 1900.
$6,006,222, or 22 per cent increase.
Oeeanica, 1901, $197,683; 1900. $507,702.
or 61 per cent decrease.
Exports of merchandise to various
countries respectively during these
seven months periods follow: United
tSates, 1901, $1,477,611; 1900, $2,037,
630. European countries, 1901, $7,
983,751; 1900, $3,201,656. Asia. 1901,
$2,543,410; 1900, $2,774,464. Oeeanica.
1901, $286,805; 1900, $242,450, Other
countries, 1901, $345,782; 1900, $49,523.
The value of hemp exported during
the seven months ended January 31,
1901, was $7,233,155, an increase of $2.
661.110; sugar, $1,010,590. decrease
$626,086; tobacco and cigars, $1,509,
623, Increase $244,296; copra, $1,906.
215, Increase $1,671,856; miscellaneous,
$707,621, an increase of $247,371,
Too Much M until pox.
SANTEE, Neb., Aug. 24.—The an
nual mission conference of the Con
gregational and Presbyterian church
es. working among the Sioux Indians,
has been declared off this year, be
cause of some lingering cases of small
pox among the Sisseton tribe at Lake
Travers.
Not All of India In Dry.
LONDON, Aug. 24. According to a
dispatch to tiie Daily Mall from Simla,
India, thirteen indies of rain have
rallen there during the last three
days.
Kire Marin Fatal Panic.
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 24.—A tent
belonging to a New York vaudeville
company, which is showing at a fair
being held in Sullivan, near here, was
destroyed by fire. It. was crowded
when the cry of "fire” was raised and
a panic ensued In which a number of
women and children were seriously
injured by being trampled upon. Miss
Lillie May. a performer, was so seri
osulv burned she will db>. Other em
ployes were seriously burned.
