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B 11EMINGF01O) HERALD. THOS. J. O'KISKFFE, 1'tttilUtitr. HEMINQFOUD, NEBRASKA. OVER THE STATE. Tub farm residence of Sol worden, near Petersburg, was destroyed by Arc William Husk, editor of tho Ponca Journal, lias completed his history of Dixon county. Tiieiik was quite a damaging Are in Fremont, two stories of tho lilies block being burned. Sins. Fucus of Fremont took a dose of carbolio acid and died 6oon after. It is regarded as a puro caso of suicide. Tun building formerly used as the Southern hotel in Talmoge was des troyed by fire, tho origin of which is unknown. The teachers of tho German Luther an parochial schools of tho state will hold their next annual meeting lu Fre mont, April 8 and t. ArrKit April 1st it Is probablo that men in tho Union I'aciflo shops at Omaha will work flvo days a week, seven hours a day. The postofllco at Palmer was bur glarized last week, Iho safo being blown open and 525 in silver and 820 worth of stamps and ono registered let ter stolon. Two tramps arc suspected of having dono the job. Thk southeastern Nobraska encamp ment of tho G. A. It will bo held at Falls City flvo days, beginning July 20, IBM. ltoth northeastern Kansas and a convenient section have been invited to join in this encampment John Uawi.ky, nn old-time resident of North PJattc, was found dead in a Held whero ho had been plowing, near Sutherland. Mr. Hawley was state ofllecr of the Ancient Order United Workman and a prominent secret so ciety man. A contkoveiisv has arisen betweon tho residents of Nemaha county, this state, and thoso of Atchison county, Missouri, regarding tho ownership of about SI, COO acres of land which was originally, and probably now is, a por tion of tho state of Nebraska. CimiST Huckklman, a farmer living three miles northwest of Elmwood. while running a raco with a team and wagon against a man on horseback, while turning a corner overturned his wagon, breaking his arm and shoulder blade. Ho is in a critical condition. William Swan, Charles Ilurnett and Georgo Doles of Wahoo started last week for an extended trip In the south. Tho principal place of interest to bo visited is Venezuela. They will go to Now Orleans and cross from thcro to Venezuela. They expect to bo gone ono year. Tiieiik was a horso buyer at Wake field recently who wanted wornout horses. Tho only requirements wero that they should be fat and lmlter broke. Ho pot twenty-four head. They wero shipped to St Louis. Thcro must, says tho Ponca Journal, bo a sausage factory In tho neighborhood of St. Louis. Miih. D. S. Ivorr, who resided ten miles northeast of ltrokcu Bow, was thrown from a wagon last Sunday morning as bho was starting to church, and Instantly killed She was sitting in a chair In tho wagon, and by a sud den start of tho team sho was thrown out and tho wagon passed over her body. Thk canvass of tho vote of Greeley Center on tho election to vote funding bonds was completed last week. The proposition was to voto 830,000 funding bonds payablo in twenty years, bear ing 4j; per cent interest This vote was tho lightest cast in ten years, yet the proposition carried by more than four fifths majority. Thk people in Greeley county aro keeping clear of contracts with the beet sugar factories this year. Grceloy county had contracts for over 300 acres of sugar beets last year and tho great er part of tho men who were unfortu nate enough to have contracts lost their summer's work, and this from no failure on their part, but because of tho ref usul of tho factories to buy the beets as they had agreed. Dh. G. W. Johnson, lato 5perlnten dent of the hospital for tho Insane at Hastings, wno lius been a resident of Joplin, Ma, for several months, was at Lincoln last week. Dr. Johnson bays that he thinks Nebraska about as good a state for a democrat or anyone else as can be found, and tho probabilities nro that ho will soon return to live in the state where ho spent twenty-three of the best years of his life. Salt Lakk ihhiwich: Some of the leading citizens of Omaha who aro hero in the interest of tho Trans-Mississippi exposition to bo held at Omaha, had a conference in the governor's oilice to day with the leading members of the legislature. Several speeches were made, and the moral support of Utah was pledged to tho enterprise. It Is believed that the next legislature will pass au appropriation suflicient to ena ble Utah to lake part in tho exposi tion. H. II. Wii.Li'.v. an old resident of llcrtrund, was warned to leave town tin. account of having made indecent proposals to tho 7-year-old daughter of A. M. Hill. Whllo preparing to leave WUley was arrested, und whllo in charge of Constable Clayton a band of women, led by the girl's mother, order ed the oilice at the point of a revolver to give up tho prisoner with threats to blow his head off if resistance was made. A rope was placed around tho prisoner's neck, his hands were tied und covered by a revolver ho was inarched out on tho main street, and in full view of his wife, who ih an invulid, and his children, he was thrashed uutil blood streamed from his hands and face Then he was told to leave town, which ha did. Jessp. Lydy, a 15-year-old boy from Alliance, was sent to tho reform 'school atiKcnrnej'. A complaint of incorrigi bility was filed by his mother, Mrs. D. L, Goodwin,, at Alliance, but she has failed to appear against him before the civil court, and County Treasurer Miller was appointed his guardian. Two Johnson county young men, 11. G. Crissey and Frank IJothell, huve gone to Alaska, whero they will pros pect for gold during tho coming sum mer, returning home lato in tho fall. They will join a party of friends at flattie, whero the company is to be iittetl out with tools for raining and camping oaiaphcrnalia. US JOE MANLEY SEES IT. REED'S MANAGER PREDICTS MAJOR M'KINLEY'S DEFEAT. MAINE MAN SURE TO WIN. IV cures Oat So Far That McKlnley Ilni 100 Delegate, While tlio Combined Opposition linn SIO Theltlalnc- Hayes Convention to Itepcat ltielf Other Late Political News. Washinoton, March 30. Mr. J. II. Manloy sent tho following telegram yostorday to tho Massachusetts Re publicans: "At tho closo of your convention thoro will havo been 308 delegates elected. Governor McKinloy will havo 102 delegates, provided you assign to him tho cntlro delegation from Wiscon sin. Indiana and Minnesota, lint thcro should bo taken from this number twelve dolcgatcs from tho States, who havo declared since their election In favor of Mr. Reed, and as they woro not Instructed they should be taken from t.io McKlnlcy column and placed in Mr. Reed's. This gives Governor McKinloy 150 dologaton, Mr. Reed 72, Governor Morton 04, Senator Allison 3e, Senator Quay 20, Senator Cullom 12; contested, 30. "You will sec that this gives McKin loy I5n delegates, against '210 antl McKinloy delegates. "Tho situation is precisely us it was twenty years ago. You will remem ber that three months beforn the con vention mot nt Cincinnati wo were confident of Mr, lilalne's nomination. Ho stood then as tho apostlo of pro tection, but ho had opposed to his nomination, Senator Conkllng of Now York, Senator Morton of Indiana, Sec retary liiistow of Kentucky, Govornor Hayes of Ohio, and Governor Hart ranft of Pennsylvania. We felt so sure of Mr. Blaine's nomination that wo regarded it os settled, and yet ho was defeated in tho convention, and tho Maino man went down before tho Ohio govornor. "IHstwy will repeat ltsolf at Sis Louis. Governor McKinloy is, and will be, the leading candidato in tho convention, but ho svill have opposed to him as a candidate Governor Mor ton of Now York, Senator Allison of Iowa, Senator Cullom of Illinois, Sen ator Quay of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Reed of Maine. You will find that tho tables will bo turned, aud the Governor of Ohio will go down before tho man from Maine. (Signed) "J. II. Mani.ky." FACTIONS IN OKLAHOMA. Iteed unit McKlnley DlvlUItiz llio Fealty of the Republican Delegate. Oklahoma City, Ok., March 30. Long before tho Republican terri torial convention, to select six dele gates to the national convention, was called to order to-day, it was evident that tho gathering woulJ prove a lively one. Every county had a nom inee for national delegate. There svero two decided factions on hand, ono for McKinloy, the other fa voring Reed, and whatevor other fore cast of the convention's actions might bo made, it seemed positive that the St Louis delegation would not bo solid for either. The Now Keform Party's Call. PiTTSiiinio, Pa., March 3 0. The pro visional national executive committeo of tho new national Reform party haa issued a call for a national conven tion to bo hold in Pittsburg, May 25. In a declaration of principles, the committee recommends to the plat form cummittco direct legislation, tho issuance of all moneys, gold, silver t.nd paper, to bo legal tender and. ex changeable at par; tho abolition of the liquor trufllc, free or cdual coin age of silver and gold at tho ratio of 16 to 1, and government ownership of railroads, telegraph and telephone Oluey Will lie a Candidate. Washinoton, March 30. Secretary of State Olney will In all probability bo a candidate before the Democratic convention at Chicago. Tho present understanding is that Massachusetts will present his name and send a solid delegation for him. OXFORD WINS. The Great English University Contest Not Decided Until the Very Cod. Putney, March 30. The Oxford crew, to tho surprise of almost every body ashore and afloat, to-day won tho flfty-thlrd boat race between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge by about a third of a length after a most exciting contest Thus Oxford has won thirty races of the scries to twenty-two won by Cambridge, the dead heat of 1877 making tho total number of races pulled. This is tho seventh year in succession that Oxford has defeated Cambridge. The time was 20:01 and the course was the usual ono from Putney bridge to tho win ning post above" the Ship Inn at Mort lake, distance about 4 M miles. An Kx-Aldernian Murderer Kscapes. Fout Wouth, Texas, March 30. Ex Aldermau McGrath, convicted of tho murder of James Rushing and sen tenced to nine years in the peniten tiary, escaped from tho county jail yesterday aud is still at large. Tho escape, it is said, was duo to the care lessness of the jailer, who has been removed by the sheriff. Several posses nre in search of the fugitive. Workmen Object to Cheek. West Ray City, Mich., March 30. , Fourteen hundred men employed in the ship yard of Wheeler & Co., struck this morning against the check system of payment The l!rm gave as its reason for adoptiug the system the inconvenienco and danger of trans porting 520,0 '0 every pay day. LAUNCHING OF THE IOWA. The lite Warship Clirlttcnetl by the Governor of Ionn' Daughter. Philadelphia. March ao. Tho bat. tlcshtp Iowa was launched from Cramp's shipyard this afternoon in tho presence of thousands of people, many of them distinguished. Miss Mnry Lord Drako, daughter of tho governor of Iowa, named the ship. Tho bottlo sho broke on tho great iron prow con tained champagne and not cither DeB Moines or Schuylkill svater, which somo Hawkoyo Prohibitionists wanted used. Tho Iowa is .100 foot long, 72 feet ? inches wldo nnd draws about twentv feet with a displacement of 11,400 tons. Her Bides nro shcated in steel armor fourteen inches thick, backed by cloven Inches of plno. Tho speed called for in tho contract is sixteen knots, nnd she will require a crew of 400 officers nnd men. Sho is provided with two revolving turrets, each containing a pair of rifle guns with a boro a foot in diameter. Theso guns can hurl a thousand pound shot sovon onllcs. They consume at each shot 3U0 pounds of powder that looks like egg coal. Rack of tho turrets, which havo been mentioned, nro two others containing ctght-luch guns. Incidentally, the ship carries six four Inch rifles and twenty-two rapid flro and machine guns. The Iowa con tract was awarded to the Cramps, February 11, 1890, the llguro being $5,010,000. Literally, tho Iowa is a mighty floating fortress, and as swift as sho is terrible. A CASE OF MURDER. SIhii TVIhho Body Um round In nn Un claimed llox nt Chlrago Was Killed. Chicago, March 30. The man whoso body was found packed In a box that was bought nt an unclaimed baggage salo was murdered. This was settled definitely yesterday afternoon, when Dr. Louis J. Mitchell, coroner's physi cian, held a post mortom examination on tho body. Two large holes had been mado In the skull and either would havo killed the man. Tho weapon with which he was struck was some blunt instrument, as was Bhown by the blze of the holes. Henry Devero nnd Has Macel ap peared at the Armory police station last night and said they believed tho body is that of Joancs Prosper Chazal, who disappeared from Salt Lialco city on February 18, 16'J3. Chazal lived In Salt Lake with a woman named Miss Rolando, as hi3 wife, and tho men who called at the police station last night said she is now in Paris, France, where sho wont in tho hope that sho would be ablo to find some way to clear up tho mystery of his disappear ance. Kdttnr of the Sunday Mm Arretted, Kansas City, Mo , March So. 11. L. Preston, editor of the Sunday Sun, was nrrebtcd late yesterdry afternoon on a capias issued by the clerk of tho criminal court of St. Joseph, March 25, on authority of an indictment re turned by the grand jury of Ruchunan county. Preston was indicted under tho McLin law, passed in 1S01, pro hibiting tho editing, publishing, dis seminating and selling of a paper 'de voted to immoral literature. He had printed slanderous htories about prom inent St. Josoph people, who went be fore tho grand jury and secured tho indictment. Ho sued out a writ of habeas corpus and was admitted to 8500 ball, pending a hearing Italians Dee Pro in Service. New York, .March 30. At least 400 of the 2,000 Italian Immigrants who wero landed on Kills Island on Sun day and Monday will bo deported, as they have not tho means to subsist upon for thirty days. The law re quires each immigrant to have at least 830 or to have some relative in America before he is admitted. Com- missioncr Senncr attributes tho large migration of Italians to tho Italian invasion of Abybsiuia to which most Italian peasants are a verse. Not Uullty of the Cannon Murder. Independence, Kan.. March 30. The jury lu the Cannon murder case in the District court hero last night, after being out nearly three hours, returned a verdict finding Charles Merrltt not guilty of tho murder of Milton Shannon July 4, 1803. The verdict was a surprise to mo3t people. Georgo It Stevens, who was convicted of the same crimo a few weeks ago, has not yet been sentenced, and Lydla Welchel and Rolle Stovens, who were charged with tho same crime, have been discharged. New Consumption Cure. New Om.EANs, La., March 30. The Orleans Parish Medical Hoard reported to-day upon a series of experiments at tho Charity hospital, which, it is stuted, havo finally solved the problem of a cure for consumption. These ex periments havo been going on for five or six months, and havo been stnrt lingly successful. The material which has been used is an untiphthesln, which was discovered about a year ago by Dr. Karl von Ruck, whp was a student of Professor Koch in Rerlin in 180J. Mill Working For Mrs. Maybrlrk. London, March 30. Tho llaroness de Roqucs has been in town all week, indefatigable m her efforts to procure the release from prison of her daugh ter, Mrs. Florence Maybrlck. She has seen the lord celef justice, Huron Rus sell of Killoween, the officials of the United States embassy and many oth ers, and Thursday went to Allsbury prison, where sho was allowed a thirty minutes' conversation with her daugh ter in tho presence of a warden. Cupid' Queer Caper. Richmond, Ky., March 3C Hiram II. Ely, a boy of 15, and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Jane D. Ely, a widow 40 years old, and the mother of four children, were married here yester duy. The couple came from Leo coun ty, Virginia, and the clerk refused to grant tho young man the necessary license without' an order from his mother, who came to the couple's rescue. Free Silver Delegation. Hanniuai., Mo.. March JO. The 10 to 1 and the sound money Democrats met last night to choose delegates to tho county convention. A solid free silver delegation was elected. ALL IS HAEM0NI0US. FRIENDS OF M'KINLEY AND MANDERSON AGREED. Resolutions Which Set Forth the Ilnsls Upon Which Nebraska Delegates to tho Itcpuhllcan National Convention Will be ChosenAn Agreement Satisfactory to tho Friends of Doth McKlnley nnd Manderson. . Manderson and McKlnlcy. Omaha, March 2lf Some timo ago Senator John M. Thurston submit ted to tho friends of General Mander son a proposition for the adjustment of differences between tho respective sup porters of William McKlnley and Charlca F. Manderson in Nebraska, concerning tho character of tho delega tion to tho national republican conven tion to bo held in St Louis. This proposal was carefully discussed by friends of both parties and modified reads as follows: Resolved, That tho republicans of Nebraska favor tho nomination of William McKlnlcy or Charles F. Man derson for president Resolved, That they hopo all dele gates from Nebraska to the national convention will make every honorable effort to secure tho nomination of William McKlnley or Charles F. Man derson. Resolved, That they hold in high es teem Hon. Charles F. Manderson, and it is their wish that tho delegates to tho national convention should avail themselves of any favorable opportuni ty that may arise in the national con vention to urgo his nomination for president Resolved, That tho delegates to tho national convention should vote for lion. Charles F. Manderson on any and all ballots when, In their judgement, such votes so cast will not in anywise tend to defeat tho nomination of William McKinlcy or lessen his chances for nomination, but that they should voto for William McKinlcy on any and nil ballots when, in their judgment, such votes would promote his interests or contribute to his nomination. Resolved, That tho name of Hon. Charles F. Manderson bo presented to tho convention us a candidate, unless in tho judgment of the Nobraska dele gation at tho assembling of tho con vention, it is apparent that McKinlcy will bo nominated for president. Theso modifications were submitted to Senator Thurston and General Man derson for consideration. Senator Thurston, in a telegram to his friends, accepted them and Senator Manderson replied ns follows: "Washington, D. G, March 10. W. II. Alexander and Others: Ab hereto fore frequently stated, I am entirely willing to leave matters to friends, be ing especially desirous of avoiding fac tional disturbance, injurious to repub licanism in state or national elections. Any adjustment having this end in view will be satisfactory to me. ClIAUT.ES F. Mandkiison." Tho Omaha committee friends of Win. McKinlcy communicated with Hon. John C. Wharton as follows: "It was specifically stated and understood between tho persons representing Hon. Charles F. Manderson aud the under stoned, actine as friends and support ers of Hon. Wm. McKlnley, nnd on be half of tho McKlnley Club, that the delegates from Nebraska to tho Na tional Convention shall bo composed of sixteen original McKlnley men, and that tho Manderson headquarters be closed." AN OFFER FOR CORBETT. A London Club l'roposcs a Match With Mitchell The Kz-Cauiplon's Iteply. Nesv Yoiik, March 114. The latest proposition in'thc fistic world was an nounced to-day in the following cable gram from George W. Atkinson of the Sporting Life, London, to Richard K. Fox: "Rollngbroko club offers SIC, 000 for Mitchell and Corbet. Mitchell accepts; does CorbettV Atkinson. Cincinnati, Ohio, March 24. James J. Corbctt. when shown the propositon from the Rolingbroke club of London, offering 812,000 for a fight between Mitchell and Corbett, promptly suid: "Mitchell is not my man. I um after Fitzslmmons. The eyes of the world aro on us and we aro expected to meet. I would gladly accept this offer if I were af tor money, because I count it easy money, but my game is Fitzsimmonu, and it will not do for me to bind myself up with anybody else. Resides 1 havo already accepted a proposition from this club to light Fitzslmmons at 38,000. They may amend it by making tho sum SU',000 if they like, and seud the articles over and I will sign them." FOR EQUAL PURITY. (Voiuen Organize a Cluh In Washington for the 1'rotectiou of Members. Washington, March SM. A number of young women of Washington have organized an Lquul standard Purity club. Their object is to establibh a single code of morals, equally binding upon men nnd women, and to protect their members from the visits of men of impure lives. Every member is required to sign the following pledge: "I solemnly promise, by tho help of God, to hold the law of purity as equally binding upon men and women and to use my utmost efforts to obey the command, 'Keep thyself pure;' to discountenance all coarse language and impurity in dress, in language aud art, und to lend a holping hund alike to men and women, giving the peni tent of both sexes an equal chance to reform, fo far as my assistance and in fluence can do this." Sealing llulins Discussed. Wabhinoton, March 24 Tho Senate committee on foreign relations to-day had Secretary Olney before it and usked him questions concerning tho treaty for the commission to hear and adjust the claims of llntish sealers against the United States for seizures in Rehring sea. Missouri Grand Army l'etltlons. WA8Iiinoton, March iM. Mr. Crow ther presented In the House petitions from thirty-seven Grand Array posts of Missouri, praying the passing" of the bill restoring all discontinued or re duced pensions. ANTI-M'KINLEY COMBINE. Th need and Allison Forces Join to Defeat the Ohio Man. Washington, March 2. Tho Reed and Allison men have decided to work together to stem tho tide of McKln leylsm. A conference was held yes terday and this decision reached. Tho conference was held in Senator Aid rich's committee room, and those pres ent were Speaker Reed and Joseph H. Manloy, Senator Gear aud Congress man Henderson of Iowa, and Senators Aldrlch nnd Chandler. Senator Gear and Congressman Henderson repre sented Senator Allison. Tho Reed and Allison men, it is un derstood, nro preparing to puncture somo of the claims on which McKln ley's claim to popularity rests. Tho mprcsslon is general and tho McKin lcy mnnagcrs aio endeavoring to strengthen it in tho popular mind, that McKinloy, in addition to being entitled to the principal credit for tho protcctivo tariff bill which bears his name, ia also tho originator of the reciprocity agreements. Senator Gear has stated that, far from McKinloy being entitled to the credit for theso agreements, they wero, in fact, tho work of Senators Allison and Al drlch, and that McKinlcy fought them with all his might. An nuthoritativo statement on this question from tho Allison managers may bo expected bo foro long. It is also being bodly assorted that McKinlcy nover wrote n tariff sched ule, and threats of telling how thoy wero written aro being made. Some lively developments seem to bo in prospect beforo tho St. Louis conven tion assembles. NO SENATE ACTION. More Delay In the Upper Chamber on the Coban Itciolutlon. Washington, March 2t. When tho Senate met to-day, Mr. Sherman moved to commltt tho Cuban resolu tions to" tho confcrcncj committee. Asked concerning his motion, ho said that tho object was to secure such modification of them as would satisfy the scruples of somo of tho senators who wero opposing the resolutions and to secure a voto on it nt an early duy. At 2 o'clock Mr. Mills of Texas in troduced a joint resolution directing tho President to request Spain to give local self government to Cuba and In tho event of Spain's rofusal, authoriz ing the President to take possession of Cuba, using the military nnd naval forces for that purpose, and hold it until tho people of Cuba can establish local self government At 3 o'clock tho motion of Senator Sherman to refer the Cuban resolu tions to the conference committee was adopted without divlbion. The Senate at onco returned to other business and while the galleries did not realize for somo timo that tho Cuban resolutions had been sent back to conference, tho chair announced Messrs. Sherman. Morgan and Lodge as the Senato conferees. NEW YORK DEMOCRATS. The CleTcland nnd II111 Factions Get Together. New York, March 24. If tho plans of tho Democratic leaders of tho State arc carried out they will unite the party this fall as it has not been united in years, and will make the State cam paign the hottest on record. They propose to do this, the talk Is, by nom inating for governor Daniel Lamont, present secretary of war. As evidence that tno program has been agreed upon it is pointed out that Senator Hill and the administration are getting on together much better. The New York senator, it is declared, has become practically the champion of the President in Congress, while within tho last two or three weeks the President has appointed several of Senator Hill's friends to lucrative po sitions in this state. CIVIL SERVICE EXTENDED. Many O dices In the Indian Service aro Opened to Competitive Examination. Washinoton, March 24. The Presi dent has issued a comprehensive order extending the civil service to practi cally the entire Indian service, save those ollces above and including that of agent, to which appointments are mado by tits President, and the few minor positions of a laboring charac ter, like cooks and washerwomen. Indians who show their fitness here after are to be allowed appointment to any of these positions, though tho Secretary cannot secure transfers to positions In the classified service out side of the Indian work. Hours and Wages Cot. New Haven, Conn., March 2i. The fiaidware manufacturing concern of Sargent fc Co., employing some 2,500 hands, the largest factory in the Stale, has reduced hours from fifty-four to forty-two a week, involving a weekly reduction in wages earned of about 22 per cent. It manufactures more thun 3,000 separate hardware ur tides, which are sold all over the country. No Notlcu to Mr. Ilayara. Wasiuxotok, March 2-. Ambassa dor Rayard will not receive any of ficial notice of the censure passed upon him by the House of Representatives last week, unless Secietary Olney should decide to bring the matter to his attention, which members consider improbable. There was no provision contained In tho resolutions for bring ing them to the utubas'.udor'tj atten tion. John Mlkel was perhaps fatally shot by a man named Roder, near Uuntsville, Ma NEWS IN BRIEF. Eight men were killed by nn explo sion on a Venezuelan man-of-war. Ex-Mayor Witten, a retired banker of Catlcttsburg, N. Y., is mysteriously missing. Iowa was visited by a terrific snow storm nnd blizzard in the northwest ern portion. Rallington Booth will organize hU Volunteers on the plan of the United States army. Fire damaged the Atlantic refinery at Pittsburg, Pa., to the extent of over 300,000. LAST WAR RELIC REMOVED- Confederate and Union Soldier on the Same I'lano. Washinoton. Mach 20. Senator Hill's bill to rcmovo tho restrictions against tho appointment as officers of the army or navy of persons who held commissions in tho nrmy or navy be foro tho rebellion, and who subse quently took part in tho war on tho side of tho Confederacy, which passed the Senate dining the height of tho excitement over tho Venezuela bound ary question, passed tho House yester day, after two hour's debate, with but one dissenting voto that of Mr. Bou telle of Maine. Tho Democrats, except Mr. Cum mlngs of New York, who spoke, as ho said, "as one of 800,000 Democrats who fought in tho Union army," and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, who was drawn into the dobato by Mr. Routcllc, refrained entirely from par ticipation. Mr. Hull of Iowa, chair man of tho military committee, who had charge of tho bill, admitted it would subserve no practical pur pose, and was largely sentimental. Mr. Doulclle, who led tho opoosltion, single-hnndcd, thought It would furn ish a bad object lesson for uavul and military candidates who were about entering on careers in tho ser vice of their country, nnd when ho got warmed up to his subjoct, called at tention to the fact that many Southern men in Congress in tho past had obstructed legislation in tho interest of Union soldiers, dwelling particular ly on tho opposition to tho retirement of General Grant Mr. Grosvonor of Ohio and Mr. Grow of Pennsylvania, however, supported the bill ardently as a graceful and gracious act to the vanquished, and when tho voto was taken Mr. Bou telle alono voted against its passage. The bill to abolish tho death penalty in certain cases was passed Rills were also passed to make tho salo of spirituous liquors under a false brand punishable by fine and imprisonment, to turn over tho property of the Mor mon church, now in tho hands of n receiver, to the trustees, aud several others of minor importance. IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT. Deb Moines, March 18. Three hun dred and ninety-two United Statet patents were issued for the week end ing March 10, and of that number 11 aro for Iowa, 0 for Missouri, 7 foi Nebraska, C lor Minnesota, 4 for Kansas, 1 for South Dakota. The highest number for any ono stato is 73 for New York. The examiners of 18 d"crent divisions aro less than a month In arrears with their work, 12 less than two months and ono between two nnd three months, aud tho aggregate of applications pending for regular patents is 8,028; for designs, 152, and for trado marks 88. W. V. Stephenson, of Fort Dodge, has .een allowed a patent for a valuable improvement of his transformable step-ladder, for which a patent was recently issued to him. N. J. Noble, of State Center, has been allowed a patent for a marine or other boiler in which the draft is forced by fans, supplied from the deck lino and discharged above the deck, and also in which the creosote or heavy products of combustion aro collected and precipitated into the water on which the marino vessel is floated. A. Scholl, of Murray, Iowa, has been allowed a patent for a double action lift and force pump specially adapted to bo partially imbedded in tho ground nt tho bottom of a well so that it requires no artificial support. Printed copies of tho drawings and specifications of any one patent sent to any address for 25 cents. Valuable information about securing, valuing and selling patents sent free to any part of the United States. Thomas G. and J. Ralph Ortvio, Solicitors of Patents. LIVE STOCK AND l'KODUOK MAHKKTS Quotations From New York, Chlcin, t. LouW, Omaha nnd hlsewhero. OMAHA. Iluttcr Creamery separator.. 18 64 1 Hutter Fair to good country. 12 Cfc is Eccs-Frcsh i t-'i Chickens Dreised, peril) 44 .'4 Turlicys-Per tt 14 & 13 Lomons Cholco Mcsslnaa 3 50 Go 3 75 Oranges Per box 250 66 3 T"i llonoy Fancy white, per lb... II m 14 Apples-I'or bbl 3 50 4 Ul Swoot potatoes -(J ood, per ubl 2 25 2 50 l'otutocs-l'cr bu ............. 2.t ) Heuns Navy, hund-plci.ed.bu 1 40 &, 1 50 Cranberries Jerjoys, pr.bbl... 5 0) 6p CO ltuy Upland, per ton to & 5 00 Onfons-l'crbu 3.1 o U) HroomCorn Ureen, perB) 1V4 2'4" lIo?s-Mlxed packing 3 80 rn 3 to Hors Heavy olchts 3 to $6 3 87'4 lleeves htnekerb and feeders. 2 71 V, 3 70 Hcef-bteers i 2 u 3 l) Hulls 3 15 &. 3 .0 Mllkors 2i 5:iOJ hlngs 2 !5 GH 3 40 Calves , 4 OJ 4 75 Oxen It0 jo 3 25 ("own 1M 63 3 21 liolfcrs :.. 2 80 Aaai Westerns 2 75 6i 3 ) fcheep-tarabs 2 74 i 2'i CHICAGO. Wheat-No. 2, spring OWl ri Corn Per tin aiJ.fiB 2l4 Oats-Pcr bu 19'44 10 l'ork 8 71 64 !)d0 l.urd 5 71 S 75 Cuttle-Feedlni; Steers 3 50 in 4 0u Ilogf. Averages 4 00 64 4 ic, cheep-Lambs 8 7.1 Q 4 00 bhoep-Westerns 3 25 tfj a .vi hhecp-Natlc 3 15 J 2J SEW YOIUC. Wheat So. ?, red winter. 74 to 74'f ornSo.2, 3j ft J7 i Oats-No. S. $,$' l'ork , 0 71 6J10 21 Lurd- 0 43 (S 6 00 ST. LOUIS. Wheat So. S red, cail 67 ffi C7l4 Corn-I'orbu J Qi ? Oats-1'erbu . . 18 J , IS, Hoc-Mixed pucklnir 3 70 4 3 ill Cuttle NutHobeovcs 3 40 63 4 fi. bheep-Westorus 3 2.1 63 70 Lumus 3 75 63 4 50 KANSAS CITY. Wheat No. 2 hard lW,Gh 61 Corn No. 2 21 63 23i Oats No. 2 10 64 IC'i Cattl Mockers and feeders., 2 80 63 3 11 JliK-.MIxeI Packers 3 70 6a 3 HI bliLL'i) l.aratw 3 83 63 4 40 Toi'KKA, Kan., March 20. Cyrus Leland has not joined the A. I A. He will notau thorize to tho newspapers say this, as it would be impolitic for a man occupying his position in public life to get into a controversy of that kind, but to his friends ho savs the story is without foundation. A Temperance Ticket at Bllltoarale. JI11.TONVALK, Kan., March 26. Tem perance people of Miltonvale have held two mass meetings and nomin ated a ticket for city election. Fred Koster, ono of the" most prominent cattle dealers in Kansas, heada tho ticket for mayor. I r b A
