Nebraska Newspapers

    Loup City Northwestern
GEO. E. BENSCHOTER, Ed. and Pub.
LOUP CITY, • - NEBRASKA.
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News in Brief
United States Consul Baldwin at
Nuremberg. Germany. Is exonerated
after inquiry into a postal charge.
The death roll in the Baltimore £
Ohio wreck in Pennsylvania reaches
sixty-eight. It is expected to grow.
The state department announces
the appointment of Prof. John Todd
Till to be consul general at Greytown.
Nicaragua.
A marble statue of the war gover
nor of West Virginia, Francis H. Pier
pont. was placed in statuary hall at
the national capital.
United States Senator Mark Hanna
has declined an invitatin to attend
the annual banquet of the Denver
Cuamber ot commerce.
One of the walls of the old Thir
teenth regiment armory building in
Brooklyn fell. Two workmen were
killed and Leven others were badly
hurt.
A terrific explosion of gas occurred
in the Nottingham mine of the I^e
high & Wilkesbarre Coal company at
Plymouth, Pa. Three men were seri
ously burned, two fatally.
In a dispute over the services of a
negro tenant. A. D. Fisher, a young
planter of Claibourne county, Missis
sippi. was shot and killed by Waiter
Brown. Brown surrendered.
Alden D. Swift of Chicago broke
the amateur golf championship reconi
of the west at the Country club golf
links of Santa Barbara, Cal., scoring
thirty-three over a nine-hole course.
Part of the business portion of Sa
pulpa. I. T.. was destroyed by fire.
The principal loss was sustained by
P. C. Hall & Co., general merchan
dise, whose stock was valued at $50,
000.
James M. Edge, the bank teller who
embezzled about $110,000 of the funds
of the First National bank of Pater
son, N. J., was sentenced to seven
years’ imprisonment in the peniten
tiary.
It. R. Nelson, former United States
judge for the district of Minnesota, is
at the hospital in 9t. Paul critically
ill, and but little hope is entertained
for his recovery. Judge Nelson retir
ed from the bench in 1896.
The treaty of arbitration between
France and Italy was signed by For
eign Minister Deleasse and Signor
Tornielli, Italian ambassador at Paris.
The treaty is identical with that be
tween France and Great Britain.
After a harrowing experience in
which thirteen men nearly lost their
HVes, ttW» bodies of the two Petersons
and of Gregorivich, who were suffo
cated in the Isle Royale (Mich.) mine
fire, were brought to the surface.
A petition In voluntary bankruptcy
was filed in thp United States district
court by A. H. Fuchs, president of the
A. H. Fuchs Millinery company of St.
Txniis. The petition estimates his lia
bilities at $55,682 and his assets at,
$10,660.
Walter Wellman says friends have
sent a cablegram to General Wood as
suring him that the senate committee
will report in his favor, virtually
unanimously, and that he will be con
firmed by an overwhelming vote in the
senate.
The board of directors of the Union
Trust company of Baltimore, which
was placed In the hands of a receiver
about two months ago. decided to re
sume business. The capital stock of
the company Is $1,000,000 and re
source about $3,000,000.
The appointment of Postoffice In
spector Walter S. Mayer to be inspec
tor in eha-ge of the New York divi
sion of inspection work has been an
nounced at the postoffice department.
Mr. Mayer took an active part in the
investigation of the postoffice frauds
At an extraordinary meeting of the
Japanese cabinet it is learned that it
was decided to Issue an emergency
ordinance, authorizing the guarantee
of the principal and interest of an Is
sue of 10.000,000 yen debentures on
the Seoul-Kusan railway, which is ex
pected to be finished before the end
of next rear.
Commissioner Richards of the gen
eral land office has announced his
awards under the sealed bids receiv
ed for timber on the ceded Chippewa
Indian lands In the state of Minnesota,
in the vicinity of Cass lake, the salo
for which was held December 1, 1903.
The total amount covered by the ac
cepted bids is $1,432,772.
Secretary Shaw has rendered a de
cision sustaining the board of gen
eral appraisers in its decision that
certain silk ribbons involved in cases
brought before the board were dutia
ble as trimmings and not as articles
of manufactured silk. The effect of
the board's decision was to increase
the duty on the ribbons from 50 to
CO per cent ad valorem.
The navy department has been ad
vised that the torpedo boat destroyer
I>awrenee was disabled in a storm oft
Hatteras while on her recent run with
the second torpedo flotilla from Hamp
ton Roads to Key West. Repairs,
which will consume a month, will be
made at Key West.
Labor demonstrations nt Paris re
suited in disturbances which made iT
necessary for the cavalry to clear the
streets. A few of the demonstrators
were injured and several arrests were
made. The affair, however, was not
aerious.
A SECRET TREATY
RUSSIA 8AID TO HAVE SECURED
A VANTAGE POSITION.
ARMY AT CALL OF THE BEAR
f __________
Thi« la Secured by Having it Drilled
and Commanded by Ruaaiant—
Greatly Increases Tension in East—
Japan Also Gains a Foothold.
NEW YORK—A dispatch from Lon
don says the Tien Tsin correspondent
of the Standard revives the report
which was started a few days ago. to
the effect that a secret treaty has been
signed between Russia and Corea
whereby Russia obtains the control of
the Corean army through Russian in
structors. The correspondent declares
this will greatly increase the tension
in the far east.
TOKIO.—At an extraordinary meet
ing of the cabinet it is learned that
it was decided to issue an emergency
ordinance authorizing the guarantee
of the principa. and interest of an
issue of 10,000,000 yen debentures on
the Seoul-Fusan railway which is ex
pected to be finished before the end
of next year.
At a dinner given by tne oriental
association, former Minister Kato.
who presided, said he deeply regretted
that the people had not been taken
into the confidence of the government
regarding the position of affairs be
tween Japan and Russia. Neverthe
less. he said, should the emperor de
clare war, the nation would be found
ready to give him unanimous support.
Count Okuraa, the former premier,
said he agreed with the view express
ed by Mr. Kato and he thought it was
now high time to let the people know
the actual position occupied by the
government. He also declared that
not only a feeling of chivalry, but a
desire for self-preservation required
that Japan should buttress the integ
rity of China. Both speakers thought
that the situation had reached an ex
tremely critical stage.
ST. PETERSBURG. — The Russian
government is still considering the re
ply of the Japanese government to its
note, which was sent in answer to
Japan's demands relating to the situ
ation in the far east. A reconsidera
tion of the proposals made in the Rus
sian note is considered as a matter
of course here. Russia has never
been disposed to take any step which
would lead to an abrupt termination
of the negotiations with Japan. In
answer to many inquiries made by the
Associated Press the Russian foreign
office has always insisted that the
Russian proposals were so liberal
that it would be scarcely probable
to conceive any further concessions.
While the foreign office is unwilling
to admit that Russia is preparing to
ofTer more than the concessions out
lined In the last note, it is considered
possible that the government may
suggest changes by which the Russian
requirements may be met and satis
faction given to Japan.
READY FOR ANY EMERGENCY.
Gets Transports in Shape to Take
Troops to Panama.
WASHINGTON—War department
officials admit that the transports
Sherman, Buford and Crook, now ai
San Francisco, are being made ready
for sea. Primarily these vessels are
intended for the Manila service, but
officials make no concealment of the
fact that they want to be ready for
any emergency which may arise, and
should the government desire to use
any of them for the transportation of
troops to Panama, the ships will be
raady for that purpose. Still the pos
itive assertion is made that no orders
have been received at the quartermas
ter's office with this end in view. It
is simply, they say, a question of be
ing prepared.
I ne anerman recently nas reiurueu
from Manila. She Is In need of some
repairs, and the present intention of
the quartermaster’s office Is to send
her back *o the Philippines on Feb
ruary 1. The Buford has been laid
up at San Francisco for two years,
and just now she Is being overhauled
and some coal-saving appliances in
stalled. The Crook is in need of a
thorough overhauling and renovating,
which is being given her.
President Takes Recess, Too.
WASHINGTON—No cabinet meet
ings will he held in the holiday re
cess. Such callers as the president
may receive in the holidays will have
to make their engagements for the
afternoon, as he will spend no time
in his office in the mornings. Prer#
dent Roosevelt lefi the White House
early Tuesday for a long ride. He 1
was unaccompanied when he left the
mansion, but later was joined by a
friend.
Favor Panama Treaty.
PENSACOLA. Fla. — Resolutions
have been adopted by the chamber of
commerce of Pensacola urging repre
sentatives of Florida In congress to
vote for the ratification of the Pan
ama treaty.
Merrlam Incident Closed.
WASHINGTON—In reference to
the alleged interview attributed to
Major General H. C. Merrlam to the
effect that the proposed promotion of
General Wood would be harmful to
the army, Secretary Hoot has receiv
ed a telegram from Secretary Merrl
am, dated Denver, In which he de
clares that he has nor authorized any
publications on any subject. It i3
understood that the gerral’s statement
will be regarded as satisfactory at the
war department.
ONE IN THREE GETS PLACE.
Civil Service Report Show* What Is
Done for Winner*.
WASHINGTON—Frank M. Riggins,
chief examiner of the civil service
commission, In his annual report says
that during the last fiscal year there
were 112,624 persons examined for
the classified service of the govern
ment and 40,423 appointments in all
branches of the service. Of the ap
pointments 24 per cent were to pure
ly clerical positions, 3 per cent to pro
fessional, technical or scientific posi
tions, 38 per cent to mechanical posi
tions requiring no educational exami
nation. and 7 per cent to skilled la
bor positions, not exactly mechanical
in their character, but requiring no
educational examination. Of all those
examined nearly 80 per cent passed,
and 36 per cent of all examined were
successful in securing appointments.
Mr. Riggins says the commission has
reduced its examinations to essential
tests of fitness and urges the consoli
dation of a large number of local
boards of examiners throughout the
country, to secure closer supervision
and more effective administration.
The report srates that conditions of
employment in the Philippines are im
proving and the salaries for techni
cal men' have been increased, with
the result that within the last five
months more applicants have taken
examinations for that service than for
the preceding year.
i ne numoer oi Americans in mai
service now constitutes more than 50
per cent of the entire force, there
being 2.777 Americans and 2,697 Fil
ipinos in public employment. As the
Filipinos acquire a knowledge of Eng
lish and become more familiar with
American methods, they are expected
to take the places of Americans.
WHITELAW REID ON EXPANSION.
Seems to Fear Result of Extending
American Possessions.
NEW YORK—Responding to the
toast "Forefathers' Day" at the an
nual dinner of the New England soci
ety, Whitelaw Reid said in part:
"Shall we find a safe course by
roaming the oceans to drag in semi
tropical and revolutionary communi
ties to be made states in the Ameri
can union, equal from the start to
ourselves, with sometimes, perhaps, a
balance of power that may enable
them to govern us and the land of
our fathers? Such questions have
burst upon us too suddenly out of our
expansion to justify at the outset
harsh criticism of any rash or ill-cor
sidered proposals that may rise to
the surface in the first froth of public
discussion. But I venture to predict
that the time will come when the man
who shall propose the incorporation
into a state of this government of the
United States of America, of any is
land of the sea. the Philippines, the
Sandwich islands, or Porto Rico, will
be hunted from public life as a na
tional enemy, whether he be animat
ed merely by lingering reminiscence*;
of the filibusters and slavery propa
ganda. or whether he represent a su
gar trust in Wa'l street or a sage
brush trust in the United States sen
ate."
REPRESENTATIVES’ NEW HOME.
Will Be Started Soon and to Cost Sev
eral Million Dollars.
WASHINGTON—Speaker Cannon
and Representatives Hepburn and
Richardson of Tennessee, comprising
the commission having in charge the
construction of an office building for
the house of representatives, were in
formed by Attorney General Knox that
the jury of condemnation had fixed
the price to be paid for the site at
$741,000. and that his department was
now engaged in reviewing title to the
various pieces of property preliminary
to the government taking title. The
ground will then be cleared and the
erection of the building begun at
once. The structure is to cost be
tween $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 and its
construction will take several years.
Is Assigned to Nebraska.
WASHINGTON—At the request of
governors of the states indicated and
in conformity with the provisions of
the act known as the Dick inilitia
bill, the secretary of war has detailed
the following officers of the army for
duty with the organized militia for
a period of four years, unless sooner
relieved: Brigadier General Aaron
S. Daggett, retired, Nebraska, and Ma
jor Robert W. Dowdy, Arkansas.
While serving on these details the of
ficers named will receive the full pay
and allowance of their grades.
Steel Mills Close Down.
CHICAGO, ILL.—The entire plant of
the Illinois Steel company at South
Chicago, was closed down Wednesday
night for an Indefinite period, throw
ing C.500 men out of employment. No
notice was posted of when work would
be resumed in the great mills, but at
the offices of the company it was said
that the shutdown would last for at
least three weeks. When the mills are
reopened it is reported a wage cut
from 10 to 15 per cent will be put into
force.
Miles of Railway, 209,855.
CHICAGO—According to the Rail
way Age. the total railway mileage of
the United States on January 1, 1904,
will be 209,855 miles, the present year
having added 5,723 miles. This mile
age takes into account all the new
track laid up to the last day of the
year. Compared with 1902, the pres
ent year is about on a parity in mat
ter of railway construction. The
construction reported was done on 380
lines and in thirty-nine states and ter
ritories, Including Alaska.
AWFUL ACCIDENT
OCCURS ON THE BALTIMOFtE «.
OHIO.
CREAT MANY LIVES ARE LOST
Faat Train Strikes an Obstruction
With Fearful Results — Engine
Leaves Track, Carrying all Coaches
to Brink of Precipice.
CONNELLS VILLE, Pa.-With a
terrible crash and a grinding noise,
the Duciue3ne Limited, the fastest
through passenger train from Pitts
burg to New York on the Baltimore
& Ohio plowed into a pile of lumber
at Laurel Run, two mile3 west of
Dawson at 7:45 Wednesday evening.
Sixty-tbree lives were lost and thirty
persons were injured.
The train left Pittsburg in the ev
ening running a few minutes late, in
charge of William Thornley, engineer,
of Connellsville. When approaching
Laurel Run, which is a particularly
fine piece of road bed, the train was
running at a high rate of speed. Sud
denly the passengers were thrown
from their seats by the lightning-like
application of the air brakes and a
moment later there was a terrible
crash.
The train was made up or two nag- j
gage, two day coaches, one sleeper
and onle dining car. and at the time ,
was carrying, at the lowest estimate, ,
150 passengers. The train ploughed ,
alongifor a considerable distance and
the cars were torn to pieces, passen- (
gers jumping, screaming, falling from
the wreck as it tore along. Suddenly
the engine swerved to the left and <
the coaches plunged down over the ]
embankment to the edge of the Youg- ,
hiogheny river. j
The minute the cars stopped rolling
there was a wild scene. Many were. ,
pinioned beneath the wreckage and
ihe screams and cries that rent the •
air were beyond description. Many (
were insane in their made excitement ,
and plunged into the river. Others,
pinioned beneath the heavy timbers, ,
pleaded in agonized tones for release. ,
So terrific was the force of the ,
wreck that nearly every passenger j
suffered a moment's unconsciousness ,
and many of the able bodied men
weie unable to assist in helping the
injured from the wreck on account of (
having fainted. ,
The official statement of Superin- ]
tendent W C. Loree follows: (
' No. 12 was derailed by running into
some switch timbers, or timbers of
about that size, derailing the engine ,
and cars. All the cars are badly dam
aged. Don't think any of the equip
ment will be able to go away from ,
the accident on its own wheels ex- ,
cept possibly the Pullman cars and
the diner. The engine lies across
both tracks. The baggage car is over
the bank. The first coach is partly .
over the bank. The balance of the
train is badly twisted. I judge thir- \
ty-flve people killed. All the killed
were in the smoker. Escaping steam ,
from the engine went into the first ,
coach, scalding the people. Very few •
of the other pasengers were injured. ,
Injured have been taken from the ,
wreck and are lying on the bank. En
gineer and fireman cannot be found, j
The killed were mostly foreigners. ,
who were in the smoker just back of ,
the baggage car. They,were literally i
roasted to death, the baggage and -
smoker telescoping the engine and im- i
mediately catching fire. Many of their \
bodies are lying burned to a crisp in
the baggage room of the Baltimore ,
& Ohio depot to be removed later to ,
the different undertaking shops of ,
the city.” ,
—
Chinamen Have to Hurry Now.
SAN FRANCISCO—Chinese labor- ’
ers are rushing into Canada by the
hundreds and on every steamer from
the Orient they are arriving here en
route to British Columbia. The 1
cause for the sudden influx into Can
ada lies in the fact that the Canadian '
government recently enacted a law
by which every Chinaman landing on
British soil after January 1 willl be
compelled to pay a head tax of $500.
Under the present law the Chinese
are required to pay only $5.
Dutch Vote to Buy Guns.
THE HAGUE.- -The second chamber
of the Dutch parliament voted $1,500.
000 to purchase new Kmpp quick-firing 1
guns. The measure was only carried
by 50 to 38 votes, and after a heated
debate, the socialists and progressists
contesting the necessity for a large
army expenditure, especially in view
of the outlay required in connection
with new social legislation. <
Bryan Buys Old Homestead.
CENTRALLIA, ILL—The real es
tate transfers show the sale by Sena
tor Charles E. Hall to William Jen- ,
nings Bryan of the old Bryan home
stead on Broadway In Salem. This Is
the house in which William Jennings
Bryan was born. The consideration
named in the deed is $2,000 and Col
onel Bryan traded an eighty-acre farm
In this county for It.
Violate Their Agreement.
ALTOONA. Pa. — The Buffalo.
Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and
Coke company announced a wage re
duction at its Helvetia -operations
amounting to 10 per cent, to go into
effect January 1. While the Helvetia
miners are a comparatively insignifi
cant part of the Buffalo, Rochester
and Pittsburg company’s workings,
the reduction is considered prophetic
of a more sleeping move by the
company shortly, which will cut the
wages of 10,000 men.
| NEBRASKA STATE NEWS j
THE 6TATE AT LARGE.
The town of Madison boasts of the
jest orchestra in northeastern Ne
jraska.
Fremont is raising a fund for en
:ertainment of the firemen's tourna
nent .n January.
The Glen Rock Grain company has
lied articles of incorporation with
he secretary of state. The concern
las a capital stock of $1,000.
Immediately upon retiring from the
mprerae court Judge Sullivan will re
urn to the practice of law. He has
ilready been retained in a number of
■asos.
Norris Reed of Nebraska City has
iccepted a position in the office of
he general passenger agent of the
3. S. & S. F. railway, with headquar
ers at Galveston.
The sugar facto-v at Leavitt has
dosed down for the season, so far
is the slicing of beets is concerned.
V few days will still be necessary to
;et all the sugar made up.
County Superintendent W. H. Hy
and of Stanton county was the first
o report to State Superintendent Pow
er the completion of the county ap
jortionment of school moneys.
The state board of charities and
•orrections will investigate the con
lition of the I^ancaster county jail
ind poor farm in the near future. The
ail is said to be in a most unsanitary
:ondition.
rne o-year-oiu uaugnter or ueorge
A’ork, residing a few miles south of
Callaway, was kicked by a horse, the
loof striking the head on the left
dde just above the ear and render
ng her unconscious for eight hours.
The Omaha Field club has amend
’d its articles of incorporation, fixing
he capital stock at $25,000, making
he annual dues $20 and providing for
he dismissal of those members sixt*
lays delinquent in payment of dues.
Notice has just been received in Fre-'
nont of a general increase of wages
)f telegraphers on the Northwestern
system. The increase runs from $2.5*
o $10 per month. It is understood
hat the increase is restricted to op
erators only.
Brigadier Oeneral Aaron S. Dag
jott, retired, has been assigned for
luty in an advisory capacity in Ne
>raska. and will hold schools of ir
struction for officers and members of
he national guard. He will have bis
leadquarters in the state capitol. He
low lives in Boston.
At the state penitentiary Christmas
norning the convicts were given an
•ntertainment for their own benefit,
it which only they and officers of the
nstitution were present. In the even
ng they were given a musical anu
iterary, at which the public were ad
mitted.
letters indicating the widespread
nterest in the coming session of the'
Nebraska State Teachers’ association
ire being received in large numbers
it the office of the local committee
n Lincoln. Reports from even the re
note parts of the state indicate an
inusual interest in the association.
The signal corps of the Nebraska
lational guard has returned its Krag
forgensen rifles to the adjutant gen
‘ral’s department and will receive re
'olvers instead. Hereafter the corps
(rill do nothing but regular signal
vork. Ten of the guns have been re
ained, however, for drilling recruits.
‘‘I was In no way Identified with the
ictive business of the Casper bank,”
laid Auditor Weston, who has just re
timed from Wyoming, "and the fail
ire was as much a surprise to me
is any one. I>aek of conservatism
vas the cause of the failure. There
vas nothing criminal in the transar
ions of the bank."
Ike Pollard, a well known character
ibout Humboldt, has been arrested and
aken before Police Judge Thompson
>n a charge of bootlegging, the com
plaint being made by Marshal Todd,
vho claims the prisoner furnished
iquor to a farmer named Strunk, who
vas thrown from his wagon about a
week ago by a unaway team.
The farmers around Deshler are
pow gathering the largest corn crop
;ver grown there. The two elevator
people have about filled what cribs
hey have, and the crop has just bo
tun to move, and unless other ar
rangements are made farmers around
Deshler will not be able to market
heir corn, as cars are getting scarce.
Several farmers hunting in the
southern part of Sarpv county, along
he bottoms of the Platte river, dis
'overed the body of a man lying face
lown and terribly decomposed in a
'lump of underbrush, not far from the
•lver. Coroner Armstrong was notl
Jed and went to see the body immedi
itely. He said that from appearances
t had been lying there at least six
weeks. The body was terribly mil
itated and indicated that whether
leath was the result of a murder or
suicide, careful pretautions were tak
pn to make it sire. Theories of both
murder and suicide are current.
Merchants of Pawnee City renort an
inusually large Christmas trade.
After having served a term of flf
:een years, less good time allowance,
’or the theft of a 2-cent postage
stamp, Ellsworth P. DeFrance last
week stepped from the federal prison >
■it Sioux Falls, S. D.. a free nan. The
'ase Is a remarkable one. DeFrance
held up a mail carrier in Nebraska,
and although it was shown at the
trial that, he secured only the post
age stamp, he was sentenced for life.
This was afterward commuted by
President McKinley to fifteen years.
BANKS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE.
Report Indicates There is No Mone
tary Stringency in Nebraska.
LINCOLN.—Secretary Royse of the
State Rankin# board has completed his
report of the condition of the banks
of the state, based on the November
call. Compared with the statement
of November 25, 1902, this report
shows:
Deposits, increase .12.5S6.262.Pi
l oan*, Increase . 1,863,567.4£
Capita!, increase . 185,100.09
Bin*' payable and rediscounts,
decrease . 22
Compared with the statement of Sep
tember 5, 1103 (the last preceding report!
the report shows:
Deposits, decrease .21.327.560.2)
Loans, increase . 2.308,071.91
Capital, Increase . 17,100.Of;
Number of banks, Increase..., ■'»
Number of depositors. 116,484
Reserve, decrease, per cent,.., 7
Banks now hold a reserve of 29’i per
cent, the legal requirement being 15 per
C€ lit.
Of the report. Mr. Boyse says:
Coneidering the brisk demand for
moneyand the tendency to the with
drawal of deposits at this, the liquidat
ing season of the year, and the number
of cattle being fed in the state on ac
count of the low' prices prevailing at
this time, the condition of the banks
under state supervision, as shown by
this report, is especially gratifying.
While the report shows a decrease of
deposits as compart'd with the Sep
tember 5. 1903, report the decrease is
not as great as might be expected. It
also shows a very decided gain in all
important features for the year.
There has been a slight decrease in
reserve since the September 5, 1903,
report, but an increase since the re
port of a year ago, and the banks now
hold a reserve of 2914 per cent, nearly
double the legal requirement.
It will be observed by the Increase
In reserve and the decrease of bills
payable and notes and bills rediscount
ed over that of a year ago that money
is decidedly easier with the banks of
Nebraska at the date of this report
than one year ago.
RESOl’RCES.
I.cans arid discounts.
Overdrafts . 452.994.tHJ
Bonds, stin ks, securities, judg
ments, claim-', etc. 671,312.07
Due from national, state and
private banks and bankers... 8,340,255.44
Banking house, furniture and
fixtures . 1,430,891.14
Other real estate. 366.843.45
Premium on United States and
other bonds and securities.. 1,086.9?
Dash Items . 92,081.64
Lash . 2,507.199.91
Total .J48.972.199.5t
LIABILITIES.
t'apltal stock paid In.* 8.018.100.00
Surplus fund . . 1.426,277.19
Undivided profits . 1,935,471.43
Dividends unpaid . 12.244.06
Deposits . 37,073,882.24
Notes and bill rediscounted.... 199.073.lfl
Bills payable . 307,151.58
Total .*48,972,199.5#
Number of banks reporting, 501.
Number of depositors, 116,484.
MET THE BETTER RATE.
Lushton Shipper Gets Concessions
from wo Railroads.
The Omaha Bee printed a special
from ldishton, Neb,, in which the fol
lowing statement was made:
“A shipper of grain here learnetl
something regarding rate on grain
over the Northwestern and the Bur
lington railroads and was made a rate
on a shipment, of wheat through or
around Omaha that was not on the
published tariff rates, but is supposed
to have been made this shipper by rea
son of the cut rate made by the Great
Western and the agitation of the Oma
ha business men for a grain market
In Omaha. The grain dealer ordered a
grain car empty for wheat to be ship
ped to Omaha, and as a shipment to
Omaha was out of the ordinary and
customary way of billing grain the
railroad agent asked him, ‘Where do
you intend to bill the grain after it
gets to Omaha?’ He was told that it
was going to Minneapolis over an
otner road tnat made a cheaper rate,
and that by getting the car hilled to
Omaha and then shipped over another
road he could get a better rate than
the published through rates on the
railroad here. The local agent at once
took the matter up with the head of
fice in Omaha and it was not long un
til he had instructions to accept the
car for shipment direct through over
thoir road to its destination and to
make a rate that was the same. Since
that time the grain buyer has been
taking advantage of this rate.”
Something Doing, Anyway.
The Hawaiian delegate to congress.
Prince Kalauiauoale. was chatting
with a friend, who said to him: “You
people In congress don't seem to be
accomplishing much in (he way of leg
islation at this extra session.” “No.
we're not passing many laws," said
"Prince Cupid,’ as he is called, “but
look at the mileage some of us draw.”
Thirty Days to Pay Million.
LINCOLN.—Judge Holmes issued an
order directing that Charles A. Frue
auff pay the purchase price of the rail
way lien, $1,100,000, into court within
thirty days, and that the Trtction
company might have six days to re
deem. Failing to do so, Frueauff
would get a deed to the property. This
ruling is virtually a victory for the
company, as it could redeem after
Frueauff has been put to the trouble
of paying in the $1,000,000.