Nebraska Newspapers

    HEMINGFOltD HERALD.
T1IOS. J. O'KKIiFFJC, rnbtlOier,
HEMINQFORD, : NEBRASKA.
OVEE THE STATE.
Bkatkick lias a champion egg eater.
Jack Robinson, a colored man, the
other day consumed on a wager two
dozen raw eggs in less than lira min
utes. Rkv. Horn of Valley went to Mon
nouth, 11L, to Attend tho reunion of
brothers and sisters at tho old borne,
in honor of tho golden wedding of their
parents, who tiro still living.
.Tons' SiNnr-mii of llancrof t docs not
complain of Nebraska. Ho catna here
& poor man, and sold his farm tho other
day for 813, 130. Ho will retlro from
tho cornfield and live on tho interest
of his money.
Sam McCoiil and Wndo Shcrlcy, two
young men, lost their lives by drown
ing whilo skating near Salem. Roth
young men wero highly respected in
tho community.
0'Dtr.i.oN Gaonon, a farmer Hying
flvo miles southeast of Campbell, whilo
returning from lied Cloud ran into a
ditch and tipped tho wagon over, the
box falling oa ids head, killing him in
stantly. A JimiTiNQ of tho managers of tha
stato board of ngrlculturo is called for
tho Millard hotol, Omaha, December
12, at 7 pc m. , to wind up tho year's re
ports and prepare for tho annual moot
ing In January.
A I, Alton and enthusiastic mass moot
ing was hold at tho county court housa
In North Flatto for tho purpose of peti
tioning congress torccognizo the Cuban
Insurgents as belligerents. Resolu
tions to that effect were unanimously
adopted
A QRAtiD musical festival and circus,
given for tho bouoflt of tho Associated
Charities, will bo held at Omaha on Do
cembcr 11th and 12th. Half rates will
be given on all railroads in eastern Ne
braska and western lowu, good to re
turn until tho 15th.
The city board of Stockvllle mot and
appointed Dr Case to go to Curtis and
investigate the rumor that smallpox
existed in that place. Ho returned and j
reported that tho rumor was true.
Next moraine: tho board enforced a
quarantine against Curtis.
A sad mlsfortuno has befallen tho
family of John KImmorly of Pierce
county. Mrs. Klmmcrly becamo very
much excited over religious matters,
which soon developed into a case oi in- ,
sanity, ami ana was lateen io mo Nor
folk asylum, whoro sho died.
A Washington dispatch says that
ex-Senator Paddock had a conferenco
with Senator Smith in reference to ex- ,
tending tho time of payment for tho
Otoe and Missouri lands in Southern
Nebraska, and also relative to tho ru-
bate to bo allowed purchasers of these
lands. Nothing doflnlto was agreed .
will bo held soon.
i IUOi lllltl LBHIJJ, WUSU HUB JUOlr Ul'UIl
finished in tho district court at Chad-,
ron beforo Judgo Rartow, wherein Dr. )
J. I. Lease, a prominent cltlr.cn and a
leader of tho straight democracy, was
sued by a young man whom ho had hit
over tho head with a cano on account
of alleged slander preferred against
him, for 81,000. Tho jury was out only
u few hours, nnd returned a verdict in
favor of tho defendant
The caso of Rev. Colo, pastor of tho
Congregational church of lira ml Islund
against tho Western Union Telegraph
company for 31,01)5 damages, was con
cluded last week, tho jury bringing in
n verdict awarding plaintiff S.10 nnd
costs. Rev. Colo's causa for action was
tho failure of tho defendant company
to deliver to him a message announcing
Ida mother's death, ho not becoming
MYUrc of tho latter fact tintll aftor tho
luncral.
Caiu. Joiixsok, one of tho prominent
Scandinavian fannors of Polk county,
living about seven miles northwest of
Osceola, met with a scvoro accident
He had come to town to trado and as
lie was driving near the Jtll bourne
llouring mill tho workmen blow the
noon whlstlo, scaring tho team of
mules. They ran away, throwing Mr.
Johnson out Ho was bruised up badly
and it la feared may bo injured, inter
nally. A musiq dealer in Chadron has sent a
violin to a man living at Pino Ridgo
agency who bears tho longest namo on
record in that part of tho Btatc at least
Ills namo is Irish Francis Maycock The-Ristng-Sun-And-Moon.
His postofilco
address is a closa second and is Medi
cine Root Creek, Kylo postofilco, Pino
Ridge agency, Shannon county, South
Dakota. Ho is a whlto man and not
an Indian as his namo would seem to
indicate.
RErotas received at tho dfllco of thb
secretary of state show that the Grand
Island sugar factory thcru was roado
out of tho beets, on which tho state is
charged with a bounty, 2,100,075
pounds of granulated and 433,425
pounds of yellow sugar. The factory
quit paying 5 nor ton on beets on tho
first of December, so that there is no
claim attaching for bounty on what is
now being turned out, and the figures
of output only include what was made
-while tho bounty price, $5, was paid
Washington dispatch: In looking
up a pension case Representative Mer
cer mudo a discovery of Interest to
many old Nebraska soldiers, being tho
present whereabouts of a number of
men who served in company D, First
Nebraska cavalry. The list Is as fol
lows: Captain Jon C. Potts, Kingman,
Ariz.; Sergeant George H. Ellis, Wat
Icins, N. Y. ; Corporal Joshua A. Ilur
Bon, Ssymour, Ind.; Privates Walter J.
Hardin, Fort Worth, Tex; George Ab
ernathy, Elk Creek, Neb.; Richard
llirt, Los Angeles, Call, and John Slo
vens, Lynn, Mass,
GuonoK Kjssell, of Dodge county,
arraigned on the charge of incest with
his daughter, was discharged, tho evi
dence not being convincing.
Rev. John Hkwitt, rector of the
Church of the Holy Trinity of Lincoln,
has been called to St Paul's Episcopal
church in Columbus, O.
X CL Thomas, formerly known as tho
firm of Thomas fc Ira, who has beeu
doing business in Niobrara for about
fifteen years, keeping a drug and gro
cery etorc, was closed up by creditors.
O, D. Vax Horn of North Loup was
so badly injured by tho antics of a
bucking broncho that he died in a lew
feours.
Cnlrerilty Etptme.
.T. ft. Dftlp. neretnrr-trensurcr of tha
-- ,
Hoard of Regents of the Stato Unlvcrs-
uy, nan uica wiw tha governor nis re
port of tho expenditures of university
funds for tho six months ending No
vember 3a Tho board of regents meets
tomorrow at tho university, when it will
bo acted Upon by the membors. Tho
report is as follows:
Unlvendly fund, milnrlos and ngos
appropriated, ln $45,05159
Gurrentoxpensc 1U,XU.64
Library building . 70,718.G5
Hecrotury' cash, unl vrrnlty fund... lil.ai
Agricultural experiment nation..,. 4,448.34
KxporlmentXiirm, cosh 210.94
Morrill fund, Installment IBM ;uis,7(
Kupcclnl library fund, university
tnntrlculntlon nnd diploma foes.... G50.U
Lntr school oxpcnso4 '. 1,0(3.11
Tlio report also shows the condition of tlio
various funds available for university
work.
Mcntlng of Main Dnlrymrn.
Tho eleventh and annual meeting of
tho Nebraska Dairymen's association
will bo hold in tho chapel of the Stato
university on December 17, 18 and 19,
1895. Tho opening session will bo on
tho evening of December 17, at which
there will bo an address of welcome by
Chancellor McLean, responses by prom
inent members of tho association thid
others, tho annual address of tho pres
ident nnd tho report of tho secretary.
At Wednesday's session thero will bo
papers read and discussions on tho fol
lowing topics: 'Visiting a Creamery,"
P. W. Ctilbertson, Archer; "Two Years'
Practical Experience in Pasteurizing
Cream for Jlutter Making and Sweet
Cream Trado," E. J. White, Rrlghton,
Cola; '! 41," by a representative of
tho Conn Ruttor Culture company, Wa
terloo, la. "U41" is tlio namo given
to a now system of developing a uni
form flavor in butter by a well defined
method of ripening the cream. "Al
falfa for tho Dairy," L. P. Stoddard,
Kearney; "Tho Farmer Man's Dairy
ing," 11. P. Mcintosh, Omaha; "Pre
Bentablo Huttor for Market," John
Uothuno, Lincoln; "Tho Cost of Pro
ducing a Pound of Butter," IX P. Ash
burn, Gibbon,
Thursday's session: "Tho Effect of
Foods on tho Dry Substances of Milk,"
Prof. T. L. Lyon, Stato university;
"What the Country Merchant Can Do
for tho Prtvato Dairymen," W. E. Rid
doll, Omaha; "The Jersey Cow for Ne
braska Dairies," P. W. Vaughan, Fro
mont. Nob.; "My Methods in tho Pri
vote Dairy," Harvey Johnson, Logan,
Iowa.
An Irrigation Map.
Tho state irrigation board will, with
in a fow wcoks, issue a map which will
show by suitably colored linos tho exact
location and length of every irrigating
ditch in tho state. Tho map recently
issued by the stato board of transpor
tation, on which tho railroads and
streams of the stato arc laid down, will
bo used as tho basis of the now map
Tho valleys of tho Platte, Republi
can, Niobrara, Elkhorn, Loup and most
of tho smaller streams will show a net
work of malnG and latterals which will
astonish those who liavo not kept track
of tho amount of work which has been
done in tho irrigation section. Stato
Engineer and Secretary Howell lias
called in tho services of Alexander
Schlegcl of tho land commissioner's of
fice to make tho drawings for tho map.
Another Irrigation Convention.
Tho McCook Tribune wants a Repub
lican valley irrigation convention to bo
held in that city some time in Febru
ary. The convention to bo called for
tho purpose of general irrigation dis
cussion and tho taking of dcilnlto steps
for organizing tho valley of tho Repub
lican and Frenchman rivers, under tho
now Btato law, into districts bo bo
bonded for the construction of irriga
tion works.
TlioStato v. KxTrcaurcr Hill.
After tho first jury trial of tho case
of tho stato against ex-Treasurer Hill
thero was left of tho $15,000 legislative
appropriation 28,709.10. From tho
itemized account in tho governor's oilico
it is learned that of this sum 2,070.21
llnR lutnn ilrnwn. lnnvlnf n. linlmirn nf
0,439.05. Thero aro a few small items J
yet to bo drawn against this amount
Tlie amount ot 52,270.24 is mada up of
the following items: li Wnkely, 4500;
G. M. -Lambcrtson, 5250; clerk of tho
supreme court, 8201.05; jury expenses,
stenographic work, eta, $1,208.10. The
contract betwecu ox-Governor Crounso
nnd Judgo Wakeley provides that tho
latter is to receive $3,000 for carrying
the caso to the supremo court, and 85,
000 should he recover an amount from
the bondsmen equaling $100,000, nnd
tho same proportion of $2,000 for Cny
sum under 8100,000 recovered
Christian Workers Meet nt Clmdrnn.
Chadron dispatch: Tho Christian
Endeavor societies of northwestern Ne
braska will hold a big convention at
this city December 14 and 15. Presi
dent W. A. Denley and Secretary Miss
Minnie Nowby of tho locnl organiza
tion are using their best efforts to make
the affair a great suetvjs. Delegntes
are expected from all of tho neighbor
ing cities, and many interesting papers
will bo read and discussed The musie
is to bo made a special feature; Prof,
Bennett's choral class being the princi
pal .attraction. All delegates from
abroad will bo entertained free of cost
and much good is expected from the
invention.
Heavy Loi of a Farmer 'by Fire,
Wu.soNVii.tK dispatch; A barn be
longing to William Campbell, five miles
south of hero burned last night to
gether withoight 'head-of 'horses and
mules, thirty head of hogs, six tons of
hay and several setsof harness, tho
damage amounting to $2,000.
HoumrOver for Btcnlluir Hog.
Fremont dispatch: Tha preliminary
examination' of Peter Millcdge on tho
charge o' tho larceny of seven hogs
from tlio Standard Cuttle -company at
Ames was held this morning. Joseph
; Reus, who was an accomplice of Mill
, edge's, testified that Milledgo and him
. self went to the pens and drove out
seven head about a mile out on tho
I prairie, loaded them into a wagon and
that Milledgo took them to Hooper and
sold them. He wts 'bound over to the
, district court and in default of bail
went to. jail
I AS TO OUR FINANCES.
DEMAND FOB A TREASURY
INVESTIGATION.
It I Fotilble that Congreit May Order
tha Same ExjiorU to Make a Thor
ough Examination of tha Dookc la Or
der to Find Oat Wliy Secretary Cnr
llile Ita Delayed l'aymenti of Impor
tant Publlo Worki.
A Financial Inquiry,
Washington, Doc. 14. Several Re
publican members of tho Houso have
boon in consultation slnco tho Presi
dent's messngo was mado public as to
a method wheroby they could socuro a
doflnlto statement of tho condition of
tho treasury. Mr, Walker of Massa
chusetts will endeavor to bring about
an investigation of tho finances by an
expert, under tho direction of tho com
mittee on appropriations. To this ex
port departmental officers will bo
requested to glvo any information in
their power and ho is to prepare a
(statement of the following inntters: All
claims against tholiUnitcd States that
wero not paid beforo July 1. 1805, that
have been favorably reported upon by
any committee of tho House nnd upon
which such claims tho court of claims
has rendered judgment In favor of the
claimant; all claims on which the
court of claims has rendered judgment
in favor of tho claimant, but which
havo never yot been passed upon by
any committee of tho House; a list of
tho acts of Congress providing for any
public work, where tho work was
completed and paid for prior to Jnly 1,
1805, Iho statement to glvo thedato of
tho act, the total sum to bo expended
under tho act (or estimate thereof) and
tho total amount appropriated under
or because of tho act; tho date upon
which tho first moneys wore pnld out
of the United States treasury under
each appropriation and tho nmount
of money paid out during the
calendar year under each appro
priation up to July 1, 180:; the
value of so much ot nil government
work done and approved of by tho
proper officers, on or beforo Juno 30,
in each year of the four years prior to
1800 which had not been paid for prior
to July 1 in each year; when any of
acts mentioned wero passed to provide
premises to bo used in tho placo of
premises for which tho Government
was paying rent, tho rents paid in
each quarter of any calendnr year
alnco tho passage of the act to be
given.
One of the aims of thin plan is to
substantiate tho statement made by
Republicans that Socrotary Carlislo
Iiob delayed tho payment of appropri
ations and hold back public works in
order that the treasury may mnko the
best possible showing.
TRUST AGENT CONVICTED.
Tho Texas Law Prove KIToctlro Against
the Standard Oil "Monopoly.
Waco, Tex., Dec. 14. The trial of
the first of what is known as the
Standard Oil Trust cases was ended
yesterday, when E. T, Hathaway of
Dcnison, agent at that point for the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company, alleged
to bo a member of tho Standard Oil
Trust, was convicted of violating the
anti-trust statute of Texas, and the
jury nsse&sed Ills pennlty at $50 fine, t
There arc four other defendants
awaiting trial, and tho indictments in
clude Messrs. Rockefeller, Flnplorand
tho leading Standard and Waters
Pierco Oil Companies' officials, al
though nono of them havo been ar
rested. Tlio cose will bo appealed at
once, and the much disputed question
of tho constitutionality of tho Texas
anti-trust law will bo thoroughly
tested.
DEMOCRATIC CALL OUT
The National Committee to Moot Janu
ary 10 to Fix tho Next Convention.
Philadelphia, Doc. 14. W. P. Har
rlty, chairman of the Domocratic na
tional committee, to-day instructed
tho secretary of tho committeo to no
tify tho members to assemble in
Washington January 10 for tha pur
pose of selecting the time and place
for holding the next Democratic na
loual convention.
The Walter A. Wood Caso Dropped.
Au'iANY, N. Dec 14. The at
torneys for Mrs. Pattlson, wife of the
late Admiral Puttison, in tho matter
of tho application to the attorney gen
oral for permission to begin proceed
ings in the courts looking to tho
dissolution of tho Walter A. Wood
Mowing and Reaping Machine com
pany, have withdrawn their case. It
is understood that the town ot lloosic
Falls will take up Mrs. Paulson's
stock at par value.
lllcycles fop l'ollccmen.
Nkw Yohic, Dec. 14. Last night tho
first squad of policemen, mounted on
bicylcs, in this city, went on duty.
Hereafter four mounted patrolmen
will be constantly patrolling tho
boulevard Tho bicycle corps will do
duty just tho same as any other police
man, except that they will also regu
late the traffic of vehicles and prevent
fast or reckless drlvlncr.
A -Truant Husband Wrought ll.trlr.
Hklton, Mo., Dec. 14. J. S. Rurson,
formerly a jeweler of this town and
Harrisonville, who deserted his family
and eloped with a woman from Knob
Noster, Mo., was captured in Texas
last Monday. Sheriff Holton of Cass
county tirrtvcd with him yesterday
and ho is now lodged in jail at llar
ribouvllle awaiting trial.
Omaha Treasury Muddle.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 14. Some lively
developments over the city treasurer
ship are Immiuent A. G. Edwards,
who was recently elected, was unable
to secure a local bond. He got several
bond companies to sign the instru
ment, however, which was so unusual
and objectionable to Omaha citizens
that the mayor would not approve It
This was on the theory that tho com
panies, having no available assets in
Nebraska, could not be forced to pay
in the event of litigation. The old
city treasurer holds over. The treasurer-elect
talks of bringing mandamus
proceedings.
GIGANTIC TRUST FORMED.
Eastern Trunk Lines Perfect Their
Tranlo Combine.
New Voce, Dec. 1. Tho greatest
railway trust of modern times was
practically perfected in New York yes
terday when tho railroad magnates of
tho now joint Eastern Traffic Associa
tion, formed from the Old Trunk Lino
and Central Traffic Associations, met
and appointed a board of three arbi
trators. President Roberts presided
,nnd at tho oloso of tho meeting it was
announced that the following gentle
men had boon chosen arbitrators cf
,tho new association: J. F. Goddard,
New York; Garrett A. HobartNow
Jersoy, ahd ex-Governor Jacob D. Cox,
Ohio. Frank II Hoyt was elected
secretary to tho board of control.
Tlio now agreement signed by tho
different roads in the association will
go into effect with the first of tho now
year. Tho new joint traffic associa
tion of January 1 will begin Its five
years' agreement to control the policy
of thousands of miles of railroad and
Bottle all questions and differences by
arbitration. Tho association will
have jurisdiction over nil traffic, pas
senger and freight, to, from or through
tho Western terminal of the trunk
lines. Tho managers will pass on all
application's for changes in rates and
rules nnd their nctlon upon all ques
tions, except as to rates and faros, will
be subject to appeal to the board of
arbitrators. Tho loard of control will
decide appeals In regard to rates and
fares.
This association embraces all the
railroads between Chicago, St Louis
nnd tlio Atlantic seaboard. In the
facu of this gigantia combination of
capital all other trusts fade into in.
significance. Tills pool represents
moro than $1,500,000,000 in capital.
Tho importance of this organization
Is beyond estimate. If it stands tho
tests of law it will work a revolution
in transportniion interests. Tho
stated object of tho comblna''on is to
make tho stocks and bonds which rep
resent this fabulous capital pay better
dividonds. Tho promoters of
tho enterprise deny that they
contemplate raising rates. Rut
it is reasoned that when
maintaining rates means compelling
rnllronrln Unit urn nnrrvintr namonirnni
and freight cheap to advance their
rates to the luvol of those which are
not giving tho scrvlco cheap, tho effect
is substantially an increase of rates.
The six railway "kings" responsible
for this scheme aro Chauncey M,
Dcpow of tho New York Central,
2,800 miles: Sam Sloan, Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western, 1,000 miles;
Georgo 11. Roberts, Pennsylvania,
8,700 miles; M. R. Ingalls, Chesapoako
& Ohio and Cincinnati, Chicago & St
Louis, 4,700 miles; E. li. Thomas.
Erie, 2,100 miles; Sir Charles Rivers
Wilson, Grand Trunk. 4,000.
HAYWARD'S RECORD.
Clio Murder of Another Woman Laid
to Htm.
STiixwA-rnn, Minn., Dec. l .When
Claus A. lilixt was told of tho rumor
that Harry Hay.ward had confessed to
Instiguting the murder of Lena Olscn,
a domestic, in Duluth, in the full of
1834, he said: "All I know about that
Is "that Lena Olsen once lived nt
the Ozark fiats, and that Harry
was intimately acquainted with the
person who is supposed to havo gone
with her to tho placo of her death.
Tho woman's dead body was afterward
lound floating in tho Mississippi at St.
Paul. My impression was that it was
Hurry who killed the floater. I know
he oxpected and planned to kill me
after I had done his bidding to that
poor Ging girl. He came to my room
no less than fivo times after I got
back, but as I was in great pain Jrom
the drugged whisky he had given me,
my wife was with me, and he didn't
get the chance."
Tho Queerest of Wagcrj.
Wichita. Kan,, Dec. 11. This morn
ing a contract was signed between
Georgo J. Mold, an ex-letter carrier of
this city, and Cash Henderson, pro
prietor, of tho New York store, by
which tho former agrees to malio a
tour of the world In four years from
January 1, costumed as a clown and
speaking no word except to nnd
through a ventriloquil figuro which lie
carries, to start penniless and return
with 820,000 honorably earned on a
wager of 810,000 put up by Henderson.
Mold is to bo accompanied by R. F.
Kinncnrd as a representative of Hen
derson to see that the contract is fully
carried out.
Tho Match Trust' French Deal.
Chicago, Dec 14. A contract has
been made with tho French govern
ment by which tho Diamond Match
company receives a bonus of .5100,000
for the use of its machines in the man
ufacture of matches, which is a gov
ernment monopoly in that country.
Tlio company will receive 8l00,o00 a
year during tho life of the contract,
which is for five years, with t)io priv
ilege of renewal.
ratal Itunuvray Accident.
Milan, Mo,, Dec. 14 A fatal acci
dent occurred near this city lost nsght.
William Mendonhall, his wife and lit
tle daughter licssto started to town.
and while going down a steep incline
the team became unmanageable and
ran awny. A piece of the tongue
Struck the little girl on tho head, com
pletely tearing her fcknll away. The
parents nlso received injuries which
may bo fatal.
Wus Not Hilly Myer.
CiiicAno, Dec. H. Hilly Myer, the
middle-weight pugilist, denies that he
was one of tho principals in tho Myer
Stewart mill near JefferRonvllle. Ho
adds that he lms retired from the ring
and does not know tho identity of tho
man who is using his name.
A Noted Drltcr Dead.
Nnvf Yoiik, Doc. 14. John A. Gold
smith, the noted driver and handler
of trotting horses, died to-day in tho
Presbyterian hospital. He had gono
to the hospital to havo what ho
thought a trivial operation performed.
He never rallied.
Editor Sent to the I'enltentlary,
Indianatolis, Ind., Dec. H. .Tames
B. Wilson, editor of an Indianapolis
paper, was sentenced by Judge Raker,
of the Fedoral court, to two years in
State's prison for sending obscene lit
erature through the mails.
HOMRS.TOTHUKMANI
COLUMBUS PAYS TRIBUTE TO
HIS MEMORY.
Hundreds of Teople, From tha aovernoi
of the State Down, Gather at tho Houso
of Death. The Services Conducted by
a Venerable Preacher. Horno to the
Grave Hy His Grandsons.
Tho Punerat of Allen O. Thurman.
cotmmus, Ohio, Dec. 10 With sjm-
plo yot solemn ceremonies the body of
Allen G. Thurman, jurist, statesman
nnd beloved citizen, was consigned to
tho earth this morning. Tho en tiro
city felt tho loss and joined with tho
bereaved family in their grief.
The funeral was hold at tho Thur
man residence at the Corner of Rich
atrectand Washington avenue nt 10
o'clock this morning. Even betoro
tho appointed hour tho house was sur
rounded by sorrowing friends, who
were gathered to pay tho last trlbuto
to tho memory of tho beloved dead.
Tho Thurman Club, named for the
"Old Roman," and in whoso affairs tho
dead Senator took tho greatest inter
est during his lifetime, met at their
club rooms and marched In a body to
tho house. Governor McKlnloy and
the Stato officials met in accordance
with a-prearranged plan and together
proceeded to thoTcsidonce, ns did also
tho city officials, headed by Mayor
Allen. Tho postmaster, acting under
special permission from Washington,
hnd closed the office and all tho em
ployes, as well as tho other goVern
inentofllclals In tho city, attended. In
addition to these wero numerous pri-"
vate citizens from evory walk of life,
making an immense concourse. Prob
ably at no time has thero been a moro
notable gathering in tho city of Col
utnbus on such occasion.
Tho membors of the family, tho
Governor and party, and such of tho
friends as could bo accommodated,
were admitted to tho houso previous
to the beginning of tho services, and
then tho ttoors wero closed until tho
brief exercises wero concluded. Tho
Rev. J. L. Grovcr, who conducted the
obsequies, was a lifelong friend of tho
Senator and is himself bowed under
tho weight of years, having pdssed
his 89th milestone in life's journey,
and his white head shook and his
voice trembled as ho proceeded.
The venerable pastor began by
rending the 00th Psalm, and followed
with a brief prayer. Tho services
were simple in character, thero being
no music, and consisted of tho reading
of tho Episcopal burial servjeo and 1
Corinthians, xv, 20. Following this
the Rev. Mr. Grover recited the Lord's
prayer and then pronounced tho bene
diction. Thero was nothing whatever
in tho nature of a sermon, nor wero
thero any other words spoken. Sim
plicity had been the desiro of the dead
man and his wishes were respected.
For two hours after the services had
been concluded a steady stream of
people passed through tho residence
and looked for the last time on tho
noble old face. ,
Thero was but fow floral designs.
On tho coffin were palm leaves, holly
and floral de&igns of simplo variety.
Having consented under prcssuro
to share their grief with tho public
during the morning, the family was
left alone with their dead after tho
body had been viewed. During the
afternoon the immediate members of
tho family of tho deceased accom
panied the body to Green Lawn ceme
tery west of tho city, where it was
consigned to the grave. Tho services
there wero even moro simplo than
tliosc at the houso, consisting only of
n prayer as the body was lowered to
its last resting pluce, tho Rev. E. L.
Rexford of tho First Unlversnlist
church, being the officiating minister.
Tho pallbearers wero mostly grand
sons and near relatives of ihoiudLrc.
RED CROSS ACCEPTS.
ft Undertakes to Distribute Armenian ij
Itellcf Contributions.
Washington, Dec 10. Thj Ameri
can Red Cross Society has di cided to
accept the duty of distributing the re
lief funds for the Armenian sufferers,
and has issued the following state
ment: "Owing to the unanimous and
urgent appeals from tho friends of
humanity, representing nearly all of
the people of this country, the Ameri
can National Red Cross lias decided
that it must accept the sacred trust of
endeavoring to relievo starving Arme
nians in Asia Minor. According to
conservative estimates there are 350,000
utterly destitute people in that country
who will have to be assisted six or
eight months until the next harvest.
Fully realizing tho difficulties and
dangers to be met, the Red Cross will
start for Turkey as soon as sufficient
funds aro placed at its disposal, or
gunranrted, to insure success. Funds
muyfbe sent to Miss Clara Barton,
president and treasurer of the Ameri
can National Red Cross, Washington,
D. C. Authorized agents to receive
funds and materials will be published
in a few days. The Red Cross also
buggeststhat goods, grain and other
materials may bo sent by chartered
steamer."
Tlio Red Cross party, including Miss
Barton, will leave immediately after
being assured of a sufficient sum to
carry forward the work. Tho start
must be made at an early day, as it
will take five weeks to get to the dis
tressed district, and the demands of
the suffering people are urgent
A 8300,000 Fire.
Cotxcii. Bluffs, Iowa, Dec 10.
Fire in the wholesale district of the
city last night caused a loss of over
8300,000. A heavy wind blew fire
brands In every' direction nnd made
tho blaze a hard one to fight.
General New's l'olltlcal Dinner.
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 10. Hon.
John C, New, formerly consul general
to Londou, nnd who has had charge of
all of General Harrison's campaigns,
gave a dinner last night in which
thero is supposed to be some politics.
The guest of honor was ex-President
Harrison, and at the other side of tlio
host was seated William R. McKeen,
president of the Vandalia Railroad
Company, and u declared candidate for
u the United States Senutq, to succeed
Voorhees. Other celebrities present
k were Judges Wood and Baker, of the
Federal court. General Lew Wallace
and James Whitcomb Riley.
liquor statistics.
One Drinking Dace for Every Ninety
Three Men In tha Country,
Washington, Dec 1C There aro
203,388 retail liquor dealers in -the
United States holding licenses from
tho commissioner of internal revenue
and 4,555 wholesale liquor dealers.
There aro 10,480 others who deal only
in malt liquors at rotail and 5,655 who
Bell only malt liquors by wholesale,
making a total of 210,081. In addi
tion to theso there aro 1,440 roalifiers
and l,77l brewers, making a grand
total of 832,295 persons or firms Who
hold licenses from the government of
tho United States to make and sell iu
toxlcatlng drinks.
Assuming tho population of tho
United States to be 05,000,000, this,
gives an average of one liquor dealer
to every 280 men. women and children.
Assuming again that two-thirds of tho
population are women and children
and temperance people who do not
patronlro saloons, it will bo seen that,
there is one drinking placo for an
average of nincty-thrco men In tho
country. This Is a good text for tem
perance advocates.
Tho largest number of Baloon li
censes issued in any one stato was 41,
170 in New York. Illinois has the
second place with 17,833, Ohio 15,817,
Pennsylvania, 14,113 and California
1l',7:3. Among tho prohibition Mates
Iowa seems to have the most prosper
ous liquor traffic. She has 10 rectifiers,
18 broworles, 70 wholesale liquor deal
ers, 4,031 retail liquor dealers, Sltf
wholesale dealers in malt liquors. 10U
retail dealers in malt liquors onlv,
making a total of 5,213 engaged in
tho liquor business. Kansas comes
next with 2,530 persons and firms en
gaged in making' and selling liquor,'
including 1 rectifier, 2 brewers, 13U
wholesalo and 2,225 retail liquor ilcal
ers,5D wholesale and 270 retail dealers
in beer.
It is a curious fact that there arc C33
more persons and firms engaged in tho
liquor business in tho prohibition
State of Iowa than in 'Kentucky,
whero tho manufacture of whisky "is
considered a fine nrt and its consump
tion nn accomplishment.
Alaska, Indian territory, North Da
kota and Vermont aro tho only States
and territories without wholesale
liquor dealers. Alaska, Florida, In
dian territory, Maine, Mississippi,
North Carolina, Vermont and Wyom
ing have no breweries.
Detroit's Chief Maglstrnto .Suffer Incon
venience for the Public's Gooil.
Dktjioit, Mich., Dec 10. Mayor
Pjngree got a free ride yesterday
morning through refusing to pay his
fare on a Citizens' Company's car,
unless the conductor should sell him
six tickets for a quarter. Last night
ho repeated tlio experiment twice nnd
was put off each time. The conductor
who allowed the mayor to ride free
litis been temporarily suspended.
The mayor intends to make a test
case of the question, nlthough there is
no ordinance requiring the company
to sell six tickets for a quarter.
Tho Clilncjo Buck In l'ort Arthur.
London, Dec. 10. Aspcc'tal'dispatch
from Shnnghai says that sovoral Rus
sian warships watched tho formal re
entry of the Chinese Into Port Arthur.
It is bolleved here that China, as a re
ward for Russia's intervention in her
favor with Japan after the war, will"
permit tho Russian Pacific fleet to
vinlcr in Kian-Chu bay.
Vtnrner unit ltrcd.
Washington, Dec. 10. Politicians
aro discussing with considerable vigor
some of the possible results of the Re
publican national convention going to
St Louis. Tho latest suggestion on
tho subject of presidential candidates
is this ticket: Reed of Maine, presi
dent; Warner of Missouri, vice presi
dent. i
LIVK STOCK AND I'HODUOH atAKKUTS
Quotations From New Yorlc, Chicago, St
.Lonli, Omaha mid l-.lsmvlioro.
OMAHA,
Iluttcr Creamery separator 11 21
Huttor Knlr to good country. 19 ( ai
iBKS l'rosh Irt tfft 1M4
Burins chickens, live, per fi)... 6 & 6
Chickens-Dressed, por a 5 fe 7
Ducks-l'crlb 7 8
Turkoys-1'er tt s 66 0
I'rnlrlorhlckqns-rcrdoz 5 00 Si 6 00
UeeiO-lVr lt ...... 7 Up 8
Lemons I'holco Mcssinus 4-1 m 4 fiO
Uroiiges-IN r box '4 00 4 SO
Applcs-l'erbbl a 7J t 3 60
Hweet uotutocs-Oooi, pcrbbl2W a to
Potatoes Per bu i S ao
lleans Navy, hund-plc ed.tm lJtt & 1 ',H
Cranberries i. apo Cod, ur.bbt KM 9 00
lltiy-Upland, pertou is RQ fe 7 K
Onions - Per bu 30 o 40
Itroom Corn Oreen, par tt " 2'
MosMlxoi packing ;i 0) 3 65
Mors Heavy Uclirlits .,. J IS Q, D TO
Hcovos bttckcrs and feeders. 2 Si H 3 3)
Heuffcteors .-. 2 00 66 4 01
Hulls IW &-J(jO
Mags... 1 7S a 2 40
Culvcs. 2iX ft CO
Oxen 2 00 .i,1KI
Cows 1 fO ft a 00
Heifers l DO y. n ;o
Westerns , 2 7A & 3 10
rheep-l.unibs d 00 4 !.ri
Micup-MUud natives.... ..'..., 'i 2) & 2 73
CHICAGO.
Wheat Xo. ?. sprin;; O-'MJ P.M.
Corn Per bu . "i'.a 21?
OatM-1'cr bu 17 fa I7K
Pork 7 87H fi oo
Lard r. 20 .-. 22f
t tittle Wcstsrn range steers. :t 00 4 2.J
Chr.stmas Ueercs- , IM ', 6 00
linns Avertico.v 3 :i & 3 CO
bhecp I ainbt, .... ,.. 300 fii 4 25
fcliccn Westerns ...'. 2 70 6 3 15
:i'EW VOKK.
Wlioat-Xo. ?, red wlntor 70 7014
oniNo.2. 35 S5H
Pork- IQ75 12.0
Lurd- 5J)-ee
ST. LOUIS.
Wheat No. 2 red, cash 0 KH
Corn-Per bu ?
Oats Porbu , '
Hogs Mixed pncklns 0 21 6f3ffl
Cottle-Natlvo hto.rs jW &
Miecn-Mutlons 2. fiJS
Luwbs oa 4 SO
KANSAS CI I'V.
Wheat-No. '2 hurd (, 69
Corn-No. S W & S2j
Oat-No.2 17. ft 17'j
Cattl StockcM and feeders 2 41 fiLn.M
Hog--.Mixed Packer n Ri & :t 45
Sheep Lambs 3 25 a 4 00
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Contracts for new mall pouches wore
awarded to a man named Quinn of
Cincinnati
Secretary Herbert will 06k congress
to give him authority to award con
tracts for six new battleships.
Fire destroyed the Montrose hotel
at Montrose, Mo.
Joseph Jeffries is in jail at Colum
bia, Mo., on a charge of murdering
his father.
South Dakota Methodists are to give
. a bull light to raise money to build a.
' church.
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