Convents to L»et.
One of the problem* that confronts
France. subseiupnt to the enforcement
of (he new law governing religious in
stitutions. is what to do with (in* vast
properties and buildings of the exiled
monastic orders.
in Paris two of the largest religious
estates are those of the Carmelites.
They occupy ground of high value in
the capita! and suburbs. There is the
aid convent in the Avenue tie Messlne,
=nugly ensconced in a beautiful orch
*rd, surrounded by a high wall, on
which is a balustrade surmounted by
Gothic sculpture. In front of the con
vent proper is a high triangular ve
randa. above which is the inscription:
"O Maria immaculata: Ilegina Car
meli. ora pro nobis." What a mock
ery is the "To let or for sale" sign
near it! Close to the figure of the Vir
gin are the words "Propricte a vendre.
.Supcrflcie 7,000 metres environ. S'ad
dresser los Kindis, mereredis. veruire
die a M. Borme. Notaire, Hue de Ber
lin. 88."
This epilogue of the act of the
French chambers is seen on all sides.
The fine chapel of the Carmelites on
the Boulevard Gamhetta at Fontaine
bleau can be bought for a song com
paratively. The worst feature of the
situation is the Imposing structures
which encumbei most of the piopcr
\ . q.
MoiiH»terv of the Carmelite*.
ties. As it is there is a superalmnd
unee of churches in the land and re
ligious sentiment in France is rapidly
on the decrease. The buyer of monas
tic grounds wants a bargain since it
will be costly to pull down the enor
mous sanctuaries upon them. Only a
few of these edifices have passed into
tile hands of the Protestant denomina
tions. which are working zealously to
fan the dying embers of faith in
France.
Boring for Turtles.
Young Bob Newell gave a public
“turtling" exhibition Sunday after
noon on the north side of the road
to the river. He caught twenty-five o£
tlie reptiles in a little over two hours,
and a crowd watched his performance.
He carried a pole like a pitchfork
handle, with a hook at the end of it.
He would sink this at random into the
soft mud until he struck the hard
shell of the turtle; then, with a sim
ple twist of the wrist, he would drag it
from its bed with a long, strong pull.
The turtles he caught ranged in weight
from four to twenty-five pounds, and
were worth from sixteen cents to $t
each.— I.aeon (III.) Journal.
New York Countess.
Miss Anne Leary of 3 Fifth avenue.
New York, lias been made a Countess
by Pope Leo in recognition not alone
of her munificence along educational
and charitable lines and her per.-oual
piety but because of her unceasing ef
forts in behalf of the Church of Rome
in America. I'p to this time only two
American women have been distinc
tively honored by the Pope—Mrs.
dohti Sherman and Miss Gwendoline
Caldwell—who were decorated with
the Order of the Golden Rose. Muss
l/eary is well known for her many act3
of charity. Bellevue Hospital has
been a favored n c ipient. Another of
her charities is the Stony Wald Sani
tarium for consumptive working girls,
and she has given liberally to many
churches and educational institutions.
Miss Leary’s father was a wealthy hat
ter and the pt rsonal friend of John
Jacob A-to.-.
I!« Ivne»Av Horae*.
The propensity for gambling is pro
verbial. Another illustration with an
amusing sequel occurred on Fifth ave
nue. In New York, when one of tim
horses of the ancW-nl iage line actual
ly became so devilish that the driver
had to say “whoa" two or three times.
“Wonder what’s the matt >r with that
horse?" asked a man of his friend.
“I’ll bet he smells something to eat."
‘Til bet you i dollar,” replied his
friend. Then they walked around the
corner and read over th doorway this
Bigu: “Corn and Oat
Ex-Empress Eugenie.
A cablegntn says Eugenic, widow or
Napoleon 111., ami for a tiuic Regent of
i!.o Empire or France, is spending the
last days of her life with four secre
taries writing and dictating her men:
— mil IT ~ hi AS m ” ‘
oirs. material for which in being sift- |
eel out of some 150 boxes of p?rsona! |
and political papers. Those papers!
have been carefully preserved since
Eugenie left France an exile thirty
years ago. and are believed to contain
greatly interesting revelations in re
gard to Napoleon III. and the causes
that led to the fall of the last empire.
The ex-ruler is now 70 years old, and
moves about in fctr bouse and grounds
in an invalid's chair. She gas twice
within the last two years been falsely
reported dead.
M. dc Blowitz. Retires.
It is announced that M. de Blowitz
has resigned the Paris correspondence
of the London Times and retired to
private life, and that he has been suc
ceeded by Arthur Fullerton, an Amer
ican. M. dc Blowitz, who is credited
with having invented the interview in
journalism, began his work for the !
Times in 1671, a few months aftei he
had earned the gratitude and confi
dence- of M. Thiers by notifying the
government of the doings of the Com
mune in Marseilles, wheie he was a
teacher of languages. His intimate re
lations with the statesmen of Europe
lias enabled him to give the world news
which no other correspondent could
get. and his dispatches to the Times,
being repeated from London to other |
countries, have made him known wher
ever newspapers are read.
Our Shoes in Ireland.
At the Gaelic school meeting P.
O'Neil Larkin spoke o! the coming
excursion from America to the Irish i
exhibition in the city of Cork next
May, and made the announcement
that two shoe manufacturing firms of
thi-s state will establish boot and shoe
factories in Ireland, which will give
employment to many hands, and it is
expected that several factories will
result from the exhibition, which
will be the commencement of indus
trial prosperity in Ireland.—Poston
Globe.
Red Dragon of Wales.
There will be rejoicing in Wales,
and among loyal Welshmen the world
over, now that the Red Dragon of Cad
wallader is to find his due place in the
Heraldic Achievement of the Princes
of Wales. The order of the King in
Council is “that there be added to the
achievement of the Prince of Wales
the badge of the Red Dragon.” This
ancient badge is to be borne—as a
badge, of course, and not quartered in
the shield of the Prince—on the sinis
ter side (the spectator’s right, that is)
r.f the royal crest as heir apparent,
'fhile the ancient badge of the ostrich
t < athers is on the other side, the c rest
and the two badges appearing thus in
line over the shield.
I!amorous Side to :t Coin.
A coin of considerable interest to
numismatists has Just been sold in
Germany. It is one of the few coins
in the history of the world which can
be accused of having a humorous side
to it. In 1ti79 the Danes descended on
the port of Hamburg, but their attack
proved unsuccessful. The inhabitants
of the town struck a modal to com
memorate the occasion. The legend
' on Hie coin was as follows: “The King
; of bonmark has been to Hamburg. If
| thou wouldst know what he achieved,
j look on the other side.’’ It is need
' less to add that “the other side" is a
1 Lla^k.
Unique New Violin.
The Stroh violin made its first ap
pearance at a special concert given at
the Prince’s Restaurant, Uimlou, by
E. Muddoek. who has furnished the
following description of lire violin's
construction.
The vibrations of the strings are
conducted by means of nn ordinary
violin bridge, whlrh rests upon a rock
ing lever to the diaphragm and reson
ator. The lever supporting the bridge
oscillates laterally upon the body of
the instrument, the end being at
tached to a diaphragm of aluminum
by a email connecting link. The dia
phragm is held in position between
two India rubber cushions by means
of a specially designed holder fixed
upon the body of tIre violin by two
brackets. Attached to this holder is
the trumpet or resonator. The body
or main support of the instrument it
is no way employed for sound pur
poses; it simply holds the variouf
parts of the violin together and sus
tains the enormous pressure of the
strings when tuned. The disk or dia
phragm which represents the belly o)
an ordinary violin is perfectly free tc
vibrate, the result being that when the
strings are set in motion by the Low
(he bridge and rocking-lever vibrate
accordingly, and thus every vibration
is transmitted to the diaphragm. The
diaphragm sets in motion the air con
taincd in the resonator, the resonator
augmenting and distributing the tame
to the surrounding atmosphere.
Lesson to Bankers.
The Jewell County (Kansas) Repub
lican tells a little story in illustration
of the circumspection with which coun
try bankers must handle their custom
ers. A Kansas banker lost patience
with the “dribble-drabble” business o(
a man/who caused the hank a lot of
trouble in bookkeeping, and the cash
ier told the man that his account was
not desirable. In a little while the
man died, leaving a large sum In life
insurance, which was deposited by the
wife in a rival bank. And a little later
still she married the best customer the
first hank had. and induced him to re
move his deposit.
And the lesson is that all banks
should treat us kindly, for there is no
telling how soon we may leave a lot
of vengeful widows to deposit the i.fe
insurance elsewhere and marry away
the bank's best customers.
New Bahamas Stamp.
Of interest to philatelists will be the
announcement that a new postage
stamp has been issued. It is specially
designed for the mail service on the
Bahama Islands and has been manufac
tured for the British government by
Whitfield, King & Co. of Ipswich, Kng
land. The issue is of the 1 penny
series, and while not remarkably or
nate, is still, in a sen.-.e, artistic. The
view in tiie center of the stamp is ot
a place locally known as the "Queen's
Staircase.’’ The picture shows the
new stamp considerably enlarged.
Mixed IlfliitliMinlilpii
!x>rd Cheshatn, who kept his fifty
first birthday last week, was doubly
connected, and in a curious way. with
the late Duke of Westminster, who was
not only bis brother-in-law. but al-c
his fathcr-in-law, as Lord Chesham
married his Grace’s daughter by his
first wife. Lady Chesham was, in con
sequence of this double alliance, sis
ter-in-law to he,- own father, while the
Duchess of Westminster became moth
er-in-law to' her own brother. The
duke was. further, grandfather and
also uncle by marriage to Lord Chesh
am’s children, while hia own children
by his second wife were at the same
1 time 1,1s great-nephews and nieces.
*
Florida's Unin^o Crop.
The time, is close at hand when Flor
ida will ship as many boxes-of oranges
i as she did before the great freeze > f
I 1SJ5—namely, 5,000,000 boxer,. It it h--'. I
! not been for that disaster she would
• bo shipping more than S,(DO,000 now.
DICK TO SOliTil OMUI4.
Return of the II*mm unit Parklttff Com
»»*«»>• to tlir .Muffle C ity.
OMAHA, Neb.. Jan. 13.—'There is a
very agreeable report current in South
Omaha to the effect that the Ham
mom! Packing company, which sum
marily abandoned its South Omaha
plant something ovar a year ago and
removed its men and its business to
its plant at Hammond, tnd., and St.
Joseph, has come back to South Om
aha to stay. After it pulled out of
South Omaha its plant there was al
lowed to fall Into a state o-f desolate
fc
ruin, lmt when the plant at Ham
mond was burned during the past
summer, it returned to South Omaha,
rehabilitated its old house and be
gan killing there. At that time it
was emphatically stated by Manager
A. H. Noyes that the return to South
Omaha was merely temporary, pend
ing the rebuilding of the Hammond
house*. There appears to be no ques
tion, however, that South Omaha pos
sesses merits as a stock mart that
no packing concern can afford to ig
nore, and it is now said in South
Omaha packing circles that the Ham
mond officials have experienced a
change of heart, in consequence of
which their reoccupanc.v of the South
Omaha field will be permanent, while
the plant at Hammond will be aban
doned.
NEBRASKA AND CUBAN SUGAR
Senator Dietrich Oppose* Extending Fa
vor* to the Inland.
WASHINGTON. .Ian. 13.—Senator
Dietrich is opposed not only to free
raw sugar from Cuba, but also to a
large reduction in the duties levied
by the Dingley tariff act upon raw
sugar.
"I do not believe,” he said, "that
any general benefit to the Cuban peo
ple would result from a reduction of
the duty on Cuban sugar, but that
such benefits as would flow from such
reduction would lie reaped by the Su
gar trust of this country and by a
handful of Cuban planters. 1 am also
opposed to a rebate to the Cuban
planters upon the sugars imported
into this country, because it would
find its way into the hands of the
Sugar trust, which during the past
season has been trying to destroy the
beet sugar industry by selling sugar
in localities where that industry is
now established at prices below the
cost of production.
IN CONDEMNED FELOYS CELL.
Murderer Calm Notified of the Supreme
Court'* Declftlon.
LINCOLN. Neb.. .Jan. 13.—Warden
Davis of the state penitentiary has
removed William Rhea, who is sen
tenced to he hanged April 25, from
his cell, and notified him of the deci
sion handed dow'n by the supreme
court. Rhea looked squarely at the
warden during the recital, and. it is
stated, that not a muscle in his face
moved. He refrained from comment
ing on the judgment. After being or
dered to take a bath and after his
cell was thoroughly overhauled he was
searched and placed behind tlie bars
once more. From this time on ho
will be watched more closely than
ever and every avenue of escape will
be closely guarded. A few hours lat
er Rhea was singing as joyfully as
if he had just been notified that free
dom rather than death stared him in
the face.
ColnmhuR I*rlc«t Transferred.
COLUMBUS, Neb., Jan. 13.—Rev.
Father Mareellinus Kollmeyer, the
priest in charge of the Columbus Cath
olic church during the last six years,
and a clergyman to whom the com
tnunieants of the church are strongly
attached, has been transferred to
Quincy, 111.
Seriously Injured in lVriTli.
WOOD RIVER. Neb., Jan. 13—D. E.
Wilcox, who until four months ago
ran a drug store at Wood River, was
jeriously injured in a railroad wreck
:it Colllsbtirg, Mont., Monday. News
from there reports his condition as
very serious.
Elkhnrn Valley Medical Society
NORFOLK, Neb.. Jan. 13.—'The Elk
horn Valley Medical society had a
well attended and profitable meeting
at the Oxnard. Interesting papers
were presented by a number of physi
cians.
K-itll Kcsnltn in Deutli.
HART1NGTON, Neb., Jan. 13.—
Frank Stoppart, living seven miles
north of this place, accidentally fell
1 from a load, crushing his skull. He
died about an hour later.
I'ortifH Cat tie in in'* Name.
SUPERIOR. Neb., Jan. 13.—Harry
Witt, giving his age as IT and his home
as St. Louis, was arrested near Supe
rior on a charge of forgery. Witt ap
pealed in a dry goods store with an
order for a bill of clothing and shoes.
The order bore the name of Enos Les
ter. a wealthy cattleman. The mer
chant suspected that the order was u
forgery and stepped out of his store to
inve-.figate. In his absence Witt fled,
hut was later captured.
A GHASTLY MIDNIGHT VISITOR.
With Throat Sla*lic<fl Iflr I hid* Ilia Way
Into a Tanner’* Home. '
BEATRICE, Neb.. Jan. 11.—The
family of W. (J. Worthington, living
seven miles southwest of Liberty, was
thoroughly frieghteued the other
night when a man covered with blood,
which flowed from a wound in his
throat, walked into their sleeping
rooms carrying a lighted lamp. The
stranger proved to be J. Smith Diller
of Diller. Neb. It appears that he
was on his way home from the east,
where he had reiently gone to settle
his grandfather's estate. While at St.
Joseph he became mentally unbalanc
ed and papers in his pockets showed
he was in the hands of the police
while there. Apparently when arriv
ing at Armour, a station, near the
Worthington home, he left the train
and wandered to Worthington's barn,
where he attempted to commit sui
cide by cutting his throat. The house
was not locked, and entering it he
lighted a lamp and climbed the stairs
in search of the occupants. He was
hurriedly taken to a physician. It is
thought that he will recover.
STATE SCHOOl EIND INCREASED
Tile Entitle of .folio Stanley, an Engllsli
lli a n. Settled.
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 11.—The per
manent school fund was increased
$1,438.27, the payment of that amount
as the sum returned from the sale of
the state of John Stanley, an English
man, who died intestate in South Da
kota in 1892. He owned considerable
property In York county, but so far
as known executed no will and had
no heirs. After a ten years' search
for heirs of the deceased the property
in York county was sold and after the
payment of necessary expenses there
was left a balance of $1,438.27. Under
the constitution of Nebraska the mon
ey belongs to the permanent school
fund. .1. VV. Purinton was adminis
trator of the estate and he wound up
Its affairs by paying the balance into
the state treasury.
DEATH StNTENCE AEEIRMED.
Supreme Court Declare* William Klieu
.Musi limit April %6.
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 11—The su
preme court handed down a decision
affirming the death sentence of Will
iam Rhea for the murder of Herman
Zalin in Snyder. Neb., January 4. 1901,
and fixing April 25 as the day of ex
ecution. Rhea based his claim for a
reversal on the alleged insufficiency
of evidence and the contention that
he could not he convicted of murder
in the first degree when there was
no evidence to show that the killing
was premeditated. The court refused
to sustain either claim. If the deci
sion of the court stands, Rhea will be
the first man executed at the peni
tentiary under the new law.
May Get Nujjar Factory.
M’COOK, Neb.. Jan. 11.—The city
has been offered an opportunity to
secure a sugar factory, similar to tffp
one at Norfolk. The past year has
demonstrated that sugar beets can be
profitably grown in this section of the
state and the location of a factory
here would be a great benefit to the
farmers in this territory.
Fa rare llappy Family.
JOHNSTON. Neb.. Jan. 11.—Mrs. A.
O. Room and Homer Quick of this
place were married in Ainsworth by
Rev. Garner. The groom is a gentle
man of 47 years and the bride of 65
summers. The bride is the happy
mother of fourteen children, the
groom the father of seven living chil
dren, making them a happy family of
twenty-three.
Slioots Himself.
BELLWOOD, Neb., Jan. 11.—John
I.ommer, a farmer who resides on the
Lloyd farm south of Bellwood, shot
himself in the forehead with a re
volver, The hall entered above the
left eye. coming out over the cheek
hone. He will probably die.
Want.cl for Consremniin.
GENEVA. Neb., Jan. 11.—About fif
ty business men called upon Refer
Youngers requesting him to announce
himself a candidate for congress, from
the Fourth district, subject to the ap
proval of tlie* republican congressional
convention next spring.
Many Cjihph of Dipht li «*rm.
LEXINGTON, Neb., Jail. 11.—Diph
theria has been prevalent for some
time in this neighborhood, but thus
far no deaths have occurred.
Pruvpr City Scorplifd.
BEAVER CITY. Neb., Jan. 11—For
the second time in four months the
business portion of Heaver City has
suffered severely by fire. The total
loss is about $20,000.
X>l>niftttnit Killed.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Jan. 11.—
Word was received here of the acci
dental death in a saw mill at Liver
more, Colo., of C. C. Richardson, son
of D. Richardson of Alda.
THE liVE STOCK HARKET
-- y
I utrst Quotations From SoaOtl* Onuli*
and Kansas t'llyv
BOl'TM OMAHA.
Cattle—Th« re was not it heavy run of
cattle, so that trade ruled active, with
tin tendency of prices upward. AH the
packers seemed to have liberal, orders,
and It did not take long for the bulk of
the off’ rings to cluing’ hands. There
were very few corn-fed steers Inrhuled
In the receipts, and for that reason the
few hunches of cuttle showing quality
that were on the market sold to good ad
vantage. The market could safely bo
quoted strong and active, and some sales
were made that looked 2V higher than
the same kind of cattle sold for,the llrst
of the week. The commoner grades of
steers also brought good, strong prices
today. The row market opened active
anti stronger and the hulk of the offer
ings changed hands rapidly. The demand
was general for the medium grades and
earners, as well as for the better grades
Hulls also s dd freely today at strong
prices, and the same was true of veal
calves and stags. The supply of Stockers
and feeders was light again today, while
the demand was stlflhdent to take all the
better grades at good, strong prices. The
common kinds also moved without much
trouble nt fully steady prices.
Hogs Receipts of hogs were just about
normal, hut It was noticeable that the
quality was b-tter than usual. The mar
ket opened fairly active and a ldg nickel
higher than yesterday. The heavyweight
hogs sold largely from fit, IB to $b.60. Me
dium weights lining at largely from W.l’i
to $ti..?0. and the light hogs sold from $3.73
to Sd. 15. At those prices the hogs
changed hands fairly rapidly, and it was
not long before the hulk was disposed of.
Toward the close, however, trading was
not as active and buyers seemed to have
their more urgent orders filled.
She-p Conditions governing the she-qi
market wen much the same as they were
yesterday. Receipt swere very light, and
as (lie demand was Ills’l’al prices ad
vanced KXhlfic. I^imtis sold as high as
$!5.tm. yearlings sold at l.'Cwethers
brought and ewes $4.n0. It was a
very active market and everything was
sold as' rapidly as unloaded. It Is very
evident from the way buyers nre acting
that supplies are not coming forward rap
idly enough to meet the demand. There
were not enough feeders offered to make
a test of the market, hut It is safe to say
that anything good would sell at strong
prices.
KANSAS PITY.
Cattle— Hc#*f steers. 1 54/25 c higher: other
rattle.' steady to 10c higher: choice export
ant! <jreflat'd her f steers, $5.75*i,6.50; fair to
good. $4.75*15.65; stockers and feed* rs.
$3.00*44.50; western fed steers. $4.50*i'5.75{
Tt xas and Indian steers. I3.754i5.25: Texas
c'Ws. $2.30*# 4.(3: native cows, 4.65:
heifers. $3.50>4i5.25; eanners. $1.50*12.50;
bulls. $2.50*14.25; calves. $.1.10*/6.00.
HOC1S Packing hogs. 5c higher: pig?*
and lights. 10*i25c higher; tt»n. $6.(10: hulk
of sales. $5,754(6.50: heavy. $6.506.(6.60:
mixed packers. $6.ir/*i6.50; light. $5,404(6.50;
pigs. $5,304/5.35.
Hlietj) Htid I ninths Lambs, strong; year
lings. 15c higher; fed lambs. $5.00*15.90; fed
w thers. $4,004/1.75; .yearlings. $4,754(5.25’
< wes. $3.5o*i4.lo; culls and feeders. $2.25*0
2.75.
Off fOR YfNfZlJf LAN COAST
Kear«-ige mid \ t suels of Squadron Sail
fov I.a Onajri
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11— It is prob
able that Admiral Higginson, with his
flagship Kearsarge, and several other
vessels of the North Atlantic squad
ron, will shortly repair to Venezuelan
waters, making Ills headquarters at
I.u Ouayra. The ships which Admiral
Higginson will take with him on this
cruise will have an unusually large
complement of marines aboard. These
precautions are taken not with any
offensive intent toward Venezuela, but
merely to guard against an outbreak
of anarchy and rioting in the event
that the revolutionists should prevail
over Castro's forces in the field. Ow
ing to Admiral Higginson's high rank
he naturally would command and
joint operations that might be inci
dent to the landing of naval forces of
various nationalities.
Fumtou Arrive* From Manila.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 11.—
Brigadier General Frederick Funston
arrived here from Manila on the trans
port Warren. General Funston comes
home on sick leave. While his condi
tion has greatly improved since leav
ing Manila, lie has not yet entirely
recovered. General Funston said his
leave of absence was for two months.
He thought he would have it extended
and it was possible that be would not
return at all. General Funston had as
a fellow passenger Brigadier General
Robert Hughes, who has been on duty
in the Philippines for a long period.
I)onl« tin** Into a Lawsuit.
CHICAGO. Jan. 11.—Benjamin F.
Williams, a former follower of '•Dr.”
John Alexander Dcwie, began suit in
the circuit court of Cook county for
damages in the sum of $10,000 against
•'Dr.” Dowie and elders for alleged
conspiracy to alienate his wife’s af
fections.
At Boston plans for a $100,000 lec
ture hull for Harvard university were
tiled with the superintendent of build
ings. Its auditorium will accommo
date 700 students.
French Revenue* I>e rpm«
PARIS, Jan. 11.—A decrease in the
revenue returns is again shown by the
iigures given for the last three
months, which are 8,271.844 francs be
low the estimates and 20,105.000 francs
below the returns for the same-period
of 1900. The total deficit for 1901,
compared with the estimates, is 111,
000.000 francs. The falling off is at
tributed to the non-importation of
wine, in ccnsequeiu"' of the cxcep
tioual crops cf 1900 and 1901.
