Nebraska Newspapers

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0HE ? M'COOK TRIBUNE
P. 2W. KIITtlUIiLIi , PublUhcr.
McUOOK , : : : NEB ,
ABOUT NEBRASKA ,
p The Volo In Nebraska.
y Following nro official footings of the
table of votes cast at tho recent olectior
I' in the stato of Nebraska :
f-l OOTEBNOB.
i * McShano 65,42i
i. BlKclow 0,51
* Butto , 3,94
TliorVa plurality 18,56 :
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> ' MEUTEHANT OOTJEDNOB.
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MMkelJohn 105,031
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f. F ° . t . tcr. . : 4'8 | !
Mclkeljolm's plurality 27,28 :
j , BECHETABY OP STATE.
? | ? W8 107,1 CI
I Hopper. 0.72 !
J llcnthorn 4,101
. Laws' plurality 25,00 !
y TBEASUBKB ,
- Hill .i 108.18 :
, ' Vat toreon S0.5S !
. iewaiiM , 9,7ui
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t1 4,44
" MMIMMIMMM tl t
111118 plurality 27,50 !
ADMTOB.
Benton 108,101
1'o.vnter 60,791
Hi'lln 0.G2 !
Allf.r 4.32-
llenton's plurullty 27a3i
ATTOB.NEV GE.N'EBAL.
Lees' * 102,951
Hunger S5,94 <
JvuOXmi 4,14
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Lccbo'b plurality 17,001
COMM1B8IONEB.
fitocn 10S.0K
JusKen. . . SO. 'Oi
iOUOrB.tH , , JJ,0I
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Wright 4.421
8teeua plurality 27.23J
STATE SDPEBIV'TEKDENT.
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Thrasher. SO.G40
Hilton 0,55 :
Wood 4.401
Lano's plurality 27,33 :
CONGRESS FIRST DISTRICT.
Oonnell 32,92 (
Morton 20,511
Graham . ' . 2.0G :
Edperton CSC
Council's plurality 3,403
SECOND DISTRICT.
I.nlrd. „ 30.05B
Hastings 21.201
Scott 4.12 :
Jtotacc . - . 1.715
' Laird's plurality 4. 0.75S
THIRD DISTRICT.
Dorsey 42.1SS
Wetherby 31.11S
Walling. 2,995
JOnVO , . . . . 1(40
> .lillHII.I > • • • IHHHMIMMHIH 1.1) ( |
• Jersey's plurality 11.07D
STATE JOTTINGS IN BRIEF.
Rev. T. B. Hilton , pastor of the
M. E. church at Fremont , has been
granted leave of absence for several
• weeks for tho purpose of soliciting sub
scribers to the stock or lots on the newly
purchased camp ground of the North
Nebroska conference. Tho grounds
comprise sixty acres , which is platted
into parks , avenues and cottage lots , the
latter being offered for sale at $50 each.
A destructive fire swept over Holt
county , south of O'Neill , a few days ago ,
in 'which an inimcnso amount of hay
was consumed. Mr. Blabon's hired
man Avas arrested for setting tho fire and
has been sent to jail. Mr. Elwood , on
Dry creek , has sued Mr. Blabon for
SI,000 , on the charge that he allowed it
to be done. Mr. A. J. Potter lost 300
tons of liny , and Mr. John Drake about
tho same amount. A school house was
burned. Mr. McCarty lost his stable
and four horses. Mr. William Byan
lost a stable and three horses and one
large cow barn.
The increase in sickness and deaths
in Grand Island will , tho Independent
thinks , ere long persuade the people oi
that city that a system of sewerage is an
B absolute necessity.
I Robert Taggart , treasurer of Otoe
county , sports a handsome silk tile , pre-
I sented him by an overly sanguine dem-
I ocrat who bet the same way he voted.
I Judge Groff at Omaha lastweek ,
I fined a "sassy Swede" § 100 for con-
tempt of cour.
I It is proposed to build at least twen-
I ty cottages on the Soldiers' and Sailors'
Home grounds at Lincoln next year.
I Last • week burglars .broke , info A.
I Bergstrand's tailor shop , at Fairmont ,
I and took therefrom clothing to the value
I of $150. No clue has been discovered.
I Work on the Broken Bow water
I -works is progressing with vigor. The
I system is expected to be ready for use
H by J Ml"0-vv let
I A child at Ohiowa had its mouth
Bv badly burned by an attempt to drink
" concentrated lye.
'Hie pavers In Fremont are working
B nights and Sundays to get out of the
B -way of cold weather.
Several farmers about South Fork
I and Chambers are feeding quite exten-
I sively , and they are busy now in build-
ing their corrals and sheds for the win-
B ter. The sides of the sheds are built of
B sod and the roofs are latticed with heavy
B -wire over a few rafters , and covered witn
B shrubbery and thatched hay.
I The farmers of Holt county , says a
B correspondent , are becoming reconciled
B to their big losses , occasioned by the
I lastwinter's blizzard. Several talked
B strongly of pulling up and going else-
B -where , but only a few have left. Mr.
B. John Kellar lost over 250 head of cattle ,
Bi and Mr. Adams and several others
Bj nearly as many.
B ; At South Omaha last week , the Ar-
Bj mour , Cudahy company killed8,545 hoga
B > and 1,314 cattle ; tho Omaha Packing
I ] company 7,887 hogs ; Swift & Co. , 1,955
B ! eattle , 987 sheep and 188 calves , and
I Hammond & Co. , 850 sheep , 2,924 hogs
I and 1,238 cattle.
I ! The city marshal of Lincoln has re-
B | ceived from the police department oi
B | Chicago a description and photograpl
| of a Frenchman named Charles C. Nar
I din , who is wanted there for the embez-
B | -ding of § 10.000. Five hundred dollars
J reward is offered for tho arrest of Mr ,
J Nardin.
3 Over 200,000 votes was cast in Ne
ll braska at the late election.
1 * * * . About sixty-five thousand dollar *
J * -were expended in building church edi-
Hi fices in Grand Island this season.
H Mrs. AyprfUr Buchrer , of Djarches-
terwas fdbtJad of $65 at the Burlington
K & Missouri depot in Omaha lastweek ,
B ' ' 'he robberywas performed by a sneali
K ftuefwho had shadowed the woman.
S The moneywas taken from a lunch bas-
H ket while the lady stepped to the ticket
B office to procure transportation.
L-- A degraded character known in
WT Plattsmouth as "Jack" Murray died in
Bj the jail in that city while talking to his
B * " fellow prisoners and standing-with his
B' hands firmly gripped on the cage bars.
B He had been drinking to excess for
B about the last two weeks and has been
B threatenedwith delirium tremens sev-
B eral times.
B The North Nebraska normal college ,
B at Madison , which has entered upon its
B flecond college year , has a. good attend-
this fall
I S notwithstanding that
Sny have been unable to attend for
B SSt of funds , ho otherwise would.
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- 'Thothanksgiving turkey is fatten
ing nil along the line.
It is expected that tho walks and th |
rearrangement of the capitol ground !
will be completed by tho time tho legis
lature meets. So will tho capitol build
ing itself.
J. W. Bostwick , a prominent farmei
living about twenty miles south of Nortl ]
Platto , is reported as having shot him-
solf while standing on tho edge of a well ,
his body falling into it No cause wai
assigned.
Stato Superintendent Lane is bus }
Ereparing his biennial report to the leg-
ilature.
Tho enrollment in the state norma
sohool at Peru is 850 , being larger thar
at any previous time. The institution it
doing a grand work.
Crete is now getting coal for $9.40 1
ton , a reduction from $11.50. Coming
of tho Missouri Pacifio worked th (
change.
A correspondent writes that mar
riageablo young ladies are evidently ii
great domand at Clarks , judging fron
the , fact that a certain young lady re
ceived three proposals in one week.
An electric light plant is one of th <
possibilities of Madison in tho neai
future.One
One of the boldest attempts to trans
act business with a doubtful check waf
tried at Madison a few days ago. Johr
A. Wishard , of Missouri , shipped some
seventy-five head of cattle from Ne\-
Mexico to that place , whore he has t
ranch. His father had charge of the
stock and on its arrival oftered Agenl
Fink , of tho Union Pacific a check foi
tho freight , $135. Fink refused to ac
cept tho check , whereupon Wishard
drove the cattle off to the ranch. Ar
officer appeared on the scene in a few
hours and the cattle wore brought bad
to tho depotwhere they are at preseni
awaiting tho payment of tho freight.
Articles of incorporation have beer
filed of a railway company to build anc
equip a road from tho right bank of th (
Missouri river , opposite Yankton , Dak. ,
in tho county of Cedar , this state
through Knox and Pierce counties tc
Norfolk , Madison county , and the capi
tal stock authorized for tho purpose if
$250,000. divided into 2,500 shares o :
$100 each.
Plans for the new Sisters' academ ]
in Hastings have been completed. Tin
building will cover a ground space o :
19Gx9i ) , will be three stories and base
ment , and cost $00,000. Pressed briol
and stone will be tho materials used.
Suit has been instituted in the dis
trict court of Douglas county agains
the Union Pacific railroad for $12,001
damages. Tho case is that of Sophii
Christineach , by her next friend. Foi
cause of action the plaintiff sets up tha
inlay ] , 1887 , tho defendants constructed
a piece of tho side track near the plaint
iffs house upon which side track defend
ants allowed cars to stand from day t <
da } ' . The place grew to be a favorable
place for children to play , and amonj
them the plaintiff , at that time 3-yeari
of age. While she was pla3ring undei
the cars ono day an engine coupled 01
and without warning started tho train ,
She was run over and lost her hand ant
foot.The
The county commissioners of Dong
las county anticipate that at least 1,20 (
people will require aid this winter.
Quite a social event occurred lasi
week at Wood Biver , being the marriage
of S. A. Sherred and Miss Cora Sich ,
daughter of the landlord of the Woot
Biver hotel. An elegant banquet was
served in the hotel dining room , the
tables being a model of artistic arrange
ment and loaded with savory viands fron :
the culinary department. The presents
received were numerous , costly and verj
appropriate.
A lire at Bennett destroyed aboul
one-fourth of the business property oi
the village. Loss $10,000 to $12,000 ,
$1,500 covered by insurance. The fol
lowing buildings were destnn-ed : Maria
B. Brown , store ; Simpson & Larkin ,
store aud insurance office ; John L.
Wheeler , store ; H. G. Bills , Commercial
hotel ; James H. Harper , harness shop
Dint Bank of Bennett ; Lancaster Union
printing office ; Charles Mitchell , har
ness simp ; N. E. Newjman , millinery ; E.
'D. Jiper , restaurant. " The origin of the
fire is unknown , but appearances indi
cate incendiarism.
The visit hero this week , says th
Fnirbury Gazette , of several officials oi
the C , K & N. railway has given rise tc
various rumors of work being soon be
here which
gun on various improvements
have been contemplated for some time ,
but we are unable to obtain any infor
mation warranting the conclusion that
any thing will be elono before spring. It
has been settled for some time that n
considerable addition would be made to
tho round house and that some repair
shops would be built. A new passenger
depot to accommodate the business from
both branches is also under contempla
tion.
A tragedy occurred in the Paxton
hotel at Omaha on the 17th , when Henry
W. King , an Omaha clothing merchant ,
was shot dead by a woman claiming to
be hiswife. . King , according to his
story , had deserted her and married
again without first obtaining a divorce.
The murderess is in jaiL
Three thousand dollars has been
guaranteed as a starter for an opera
house in Wayne.
The Congregationalists , Presbyte
rians and Methoaists of Stockham hold
regular services. The first named have
n cliurch building of their own and the
Methodists avo making efforts towards
getting a home.
The trade bureau of Fremont has
issued a neat pamphlet , entitled "Fre
mont Hlustrated , " filledwith facts
about the live interests of that thriving
little city and adjacent territory. The
pamphlet contains fifteen illustrations
showing the principal cattle feeding
barns and farms , the packing house and
other points of interest.
Tho Minden roller mills have beer
sold by Humphrey & Bird to Messrs.
Rogers & Sprague for $15,000.
The Congregationista of Burwell
have bought a lot andwill build 1
church in the spring.
Burglars blew open the safe of the
South OmaliaTumber company the otti-
er night , but were not rewarded with
any wealth.
The state capitol building is being
put in order preparatory to the meeting
of the legislature in January.
Fairbury is negotiating for the
establishment of a flax seed mill.
The Beatrice Express is informed
that over $30,000 was paid ont for flax
seeel in Gago county this fall. The aver
age price being $1 per bushel. The
price reached $1.28 before the season
closed.
John Gold attempted to tlrown him
self by jumping from the new Council
Bluffs and Omaha bridge the other day.
The watchman of the strncturo frus
trated his tlesigns. John was deeply
smitten on a French courtesan anil she
shook him for a better looking man.
Hence his desrie to shuffle off.
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Brown county's new court house wil
iwobably bo dedicated by a banquet oi
uugo dimensions.
Dave Leo , of Omaha , was burned
to death in a firo of his own starting.
Jesse Wallingford , of Lodgo coun
ty , has a record of one hundred bushels
of corn husked in ten hours.
The "powers that bo" at Stockhan
aro building a calaboose.
A great many farmers thronghou
the country have finished husking thei
corn and now defy tho elements. Tit
weather has been very propitious fo
the work.
Hon. John 0. Watson , float repre
sentative-elcct from Otoe count } ' , ha
commenced work on a bill ho intend
to present at tho opening of tho nex
legislature , for the suppression or regu
lation of triiBts.
Frank Spellman and'Josoph Smith ,
two Omaha tinners , while working on 1
building fell a distanco of thirty-eigh
feet and were seriously if not fatallj
hurt.
hurt.Tho
Tho Reporter says there never was
a town made as much improvement
without any help from its citizens in
two years as Madison has in tho last
two.
The Odd Fellows of Juniata con
ferred tho elegree of Bobocca on a num
ber of ladies last week , and are making
arrangements to institute a Rebecca ele
gree lodge there soon after the birth ol
tho New Year.
Tho assessed valuation of Dodge
county is over $3000,000.
WILL RESUME WORK IN WASHINGTON.
Ihe Senate InvrsUyntliig Committee stiljoitrii
Until December 5th.
At a meeting of the senate investigat
ing committee at St. Louis , Senators
Plumb and Cullom were were not pres
ent , the latter having gone homo on ac
count of illness.
William Peters , of Allegheny City ,
Pa. , who was the first witness , stated
that he had been a butcher in Pittsburg
for the past thirty years. He was asked
what effect the dressed beef trade had
on that market , and said that it had de
pressed it. The butchers were told b }
the Armours that if they die ! not handle
it they woulel establish shops in thai
vicinity , which they did. The dressed
beef people also soldi lard for 8 cents
which could not bo made anel sold foi
12V cents. The witness said that the cat
tie trade had fallen off a great deal ii
Allegheny. After obtaining control , the
dressed beef companies closed theh
shops anel the butchers are now selling
their goods.
Jefferson Reynolds , of Las Vegas , N
M. , the next witness , saiel that when he
was in New York anel Hartford ho foune
that butchers were paying as much aue
more for their cattle as three years ago
The witness said he informed ! them tha
stock raisers were not getting 50 per cen
of what they got two yoars ago.
At the conclusion of Reynolds' testi
mony Senator Manderson said he
thought that as only a miuority of the
conunittco were present it would not be
advisable to continue tho examination
anel as the investigation coulel be takei
up more advantageously when congresi
met in Washington , he woulel move thai
an adjournment be taken until Decern
ber 5th , anel that tho committee recon
vene at the capitol. An aeljournmen
was then taken.
After adjournment of the senate com
mittee investigating the cattle question
Senator Yest said to an Associated Pros ;
reporter :
"Congress convenes ono week fron
Mondaj' , anel some of the senators have
private affairs that need attention. Se
we will take a recess for a week and re
sume work in Washington. We ehal
hold sessions from day to day till con
gress adjourns , and if we are not finished
by that time we will hold sessions dur
iug the recess. We intendled to go te
Chicago and Kansas City , but the time
is too short. " The adjournment tc
Washington will increase the cost enor
mously.
A University in Bad Financial Condition.
Public attention has been directed
says a Baltimore dispatch , to tho Johni
Hopkins university , by reason of tin
fact that notwithstanding its ownershij
of 17,000 shares of the common stock o :
tho Baltimore & Ohio railroael company
Judge Dobbin , who represented the uni
versity in the board of directors of the
company , was turned out at the annua
election , and the university entirely ig
nored. This fact , regarded as it is witl
astonishment by the public , has led tc
the development of surmises and othei
facts which aro of far more importance
to tho uuiversity itself. When the B. < S
O. was in the very flower of apparent
prosperity the stock held by the
Johns Hopkins university yield
ed to that institution an annual
revenue of $150,000. Since the
stoppage of payment of dividends by
the railroad company it is understood
that the university has been in sore
straits. Measures of economy have
been introduced and expenses reduced
to a minimum. Quite a number of sub-
instructors have been provided with po
sitions in other colleges , and some ol
tho professors and other instructors
went to Europe. There are rumors ol
reduced salaries , and it is announced
that the holders of fellowships will be
required hereafter to pay out of their
income the cost of tuition just as othei
students do. There is talk among cit
izens of getting up an emergency fund
of $100,000. The treasurer of the uni
versity , Mr. Francis White , says they
will refuse nothing in the shape of do
nations or bequests.
Guns for Coast Defense.
Captain Zalinski has been in consul
tation with the chief of ordnance to-day
about pneumatic guns for coast defense.
The American gun company of Ne i
York , Gen. Fitz John Porter president ,
that is operating Lieutenant Gradon's
pneumatic guns and Admiral Ammen't
war ram , is also in the field as a com
petitor for furnishing these guns foi
both the swift cruisers , and for coasl
aud harbor defense. Drawings and
specifications of their dynamite weapons
of warfare have been submitted to Sec
retaries Whitney and Endicott , as well
as to the ordnance and fortifications
board , of which General Schofield is
president. . . - . *
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The army _ appropriations bill tliia
year authorizes the expenditure ol
$400,000 for the purchase of dynamite
guns , aud the war department will soon
advertise for proposals for furnishing
them , and a lively competition between
the companies operating the Graydon
and Zalinski gnus is expected.
four Brolbars and Four Sislers.
A wedding attended by unusual cir
cumstances was celebratedyesterday af
ternoon at St. John's church , says a
LouisvilleKy. ) dispatch : The contract
ing parties are George Rothenberger and
Louise Weigleb , both of Jefferson coun
ty. The singular part of t e union is
that the prospective groom will be the
fourth member of tho family to take a
wife from among the Weigleb girls.
Three of the groom's brothers are
already married to three of the bride's
sisters , and four of the Misses Weigleb
have become Mesdames Rothberger.
PROTECTION OF CATTLE FROM DISEASE
Itrport of the Committee to Tnvetlgale Con
tu/loii of Texat JFxver.
The annual meeting of tho Nationn
Cattlo Growers' association begau ii
Chicago on the 20th. After electing W
A. Towers , of Kansas City , chairman
tho association was welcomed to Chicag <
by Mayor Rocho. In a paper read b ;
Hines , of Michigan , a member of th
committee appointed to investigate con
tagion of Texas fever , it was recom
monded that tho _ association instruct it
legislative committee to ask congress t
enact that all railroads or other trans
portation companies shall transpor
southoru cattle from one state to an
other botween the first day of Mavcl
and the first day of December of eacl
year only in cars or compartments tha
are labeled and branded in plain ane
distinct characters , "For transportatioi
of cattle south of tho thirty-sixth paral
lei of north latitude only , " and that thei "
shall bo yarded and fed only in yard
distinct anel apart from northern cattle
and that are branded and lettered simi
lar to the cars and compartments , ane
that no native or northern cattlo be ad
mitted in these cars , compartments o :
pens between tho first day of March ane
tho first day of December of each year
unless the same shall havo been thor
oughly disinfected and tho warning pla
cards removed. The committee nls <
recommended tho enactment of uniforn
legislation by tho various states regulat
ing the transportation of cattle and theii
cavo in stock yards. After several othei
papers had been read a recess was taken
The afternoon session was opened bj
Dr. E. D. Salmon , superintendent o :
tho bureau of animal industry , who , ii
tho course of his report , saiel that 274.
255 head of catlo had been inspected it
tho search of pleuro-pneumonia elurinj
tho j-eai' . Of this number 2,340 were
found infected and slaughtered ; alsc
4,778 head of cattlo which had been ex
posed to tho disease were killed. In a
majority of tho states the disease hai
been entirely eradicated. Tho commit
tee on resolutions reported favorably 01
the resolution of tho committee on log
islation. Before further reports wer <
made a resolution was adopted aitvo
eating the enactment of a national in
spection law , providing that it shall bi
unlawful to transport from one state tc
another stato or foreign countiy , anj
beef , pork , mutton or veal , to be sole
for human food , which has not been in
spected alive at the slaughtering plac <
In * a United States inspector , anel foune
healthy , and that a special bureau o
inspection should be created in tho die
partment of agriculture.
Tho committee on resolutions made
favorable report on other matters pre
sented at tho morning session and 1
was adopted. A resolution was als <
adopted approving tho exhibition o
American animal products at the Paris
exposition in 1889 , and urging all stock
men to give all aid to the authorities it
connection therewith. It was also re
solved to continue during the next 3rea
a system of tests at Chicago , or soim
other point relating to the contagious
ness of Texas or splenic fever. The foi
lowing resolution relating to the brais
ing of cattlo in shipment was uuani
mously adopted :
Resolved , That we , as cattle grower
and shippers , realizing the great suffer
ing of cattle and the loss to shippers bj
bruised and injured meats , caused ty
shocks in cars while in transit , believi
it opportune and even a duty to sa3r te
tho great railway and transportatioi
companies , that we are inclined to givi
our patronage to such companies ai
equip their freight cars with such brake ;
aud couplers as will prevent suffering U
stock and loss to owners.
Adjourned.
Tho Pane's Anoroval of Ihe Kniohls.
The New Yorkk Catholic News ha
received from its Roman corresponden
the following text of the reply sent b-
Cardinal Simonia , prefect of the propa
ganda , to his eminence , Cardinal Gib
bons :
It is my duty to inform your emi
nence that the fresh documents relativi
to the association known as the Knight ;
of Labor , forwarded to this sacred con
gregation , were examined by it at tin
sitting of the 16th of August of the cur
rent j'ear. After haying attentive ! ;
studied the whole subject , the sacree
congregation has directed me to repb
that so far as at present appears , th <
association of the Knights of Labor cai
for the moment be tolerated. The sa
cred congregation merely requires tha
the necessary modifications should be
introduced in the rules of the societ3r t <
make clear whatever might seem obscure
or misinterpreted in a bad sense. These
modifications are required particularly ii
passages of the preface to the rules con
cerning local associations. And thei
tho words savoring of socialism and com
munism must be corrected in such a waj
that they shall only affirm the right con
ferred by God on man of acquiring pro
pert3r , using legitimate means , anel re
specting the proportionate right of all
others. I am most happy to be able to
inform your holiness that the secret
congregation has highly approved of the
design of the American hierarchy to see
with us and similar associations nothing
should be secretly introduced which is
contrary to justice and morals , or no
entirely conformable to the regulations
regarding the Masonic sect. Whilst con
firming your eminence in this excellent
design , in the name of the sacred con
gregation I beg you to accept the assur
ance of our respectful and devoted sen
timents.
Mr. Marlon Declines la bo Interviewed.
.New York special : Vice President-
Elect Morton is going to Indianapolis
on a visit to President-Elect Harrison.
The visit will be paid probably withir
a fortnight. Morton will be accom
panied by Mrs. Morton , and the two
first ladies of the land will meet and ex
change greetings. The -president- -
elect was seen at his banking house this
morning. He modestly requested not
to be interviewed on the subject of Har
rison's appointments , but would not
deny the projected trip to be made to
Indianapolis by Mrs. Morton nnd him
self. When asked if there would prob
ably not be others prominent in repub
lican politics in this state who would
visit Harrison at the same time with
him , and if the question of New York's
share of federal patronage under the
administration , would then and there be
settled , Mortcnr replied-wjth , "You will
please ekcnseTrie. " The same answer
wasniade to airquestionsrelating to the
significance of the coming visit Little
doubt exists that among tho prominent
New York statesmen who will be seen in
Indianapolis during Morton's stay there
will be ex-United States Senators Piatt
and Miller , United States Senator His-
cock and Chauncey M. Depew , the "big
four" of New York politicians.
The Visit io Inspect His Horns.
Vice President-Elect Levi P. Morton ,
accompanied by Mrs. Morton , spent the
22d in Washington. They came frpm
New York and remained but one day.
To an Associated press reporter Mr.
Morton stated that the visit was for the
pnrpose of inspecting his large apart
ment house now approaching comple
tion on the site of the residence occu
pied by him during his previous stay in
Washington.
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THE FINANCES OF THE NATION.
Condition of Uie Treasury at the Close of tht
JTUcal Tear Ended June 30 , 1888.
Tho treasurer of the United States ,
Hon. James W. Hyatt , has submitted
to Secretary Fairchild his annual reporl
of tho operations of tho treasury. The
net revenues of tho government for the
fiscal 3'oar ending Juno 30 , 1888 , were
$379,2GG,074 , and tho net expenditure *
$207,792,481 , the surplus receipts avail
able for the reduction of tho public
debt being $111,341,273 , an increase oi
$7,870,170 over ono 3ear before. As
compared with 1887 , tho revenues were
$7,802,797 greater and the expenditures
$7,878 less. The treasury balance in
creased during the year from $ G9,224 , -
879 to $129,804,242 , and the total assets ,
including certificates of deposit in cash ,
from $ G22,304,2S4 to $704,729,525. The
not change of $60,579,8G3 in tho balance
was produced by an increaso of $37-
52G.4G8 in tho assets and a decreaso ol
S23.053.394 in the liabilities. The silver
balance fell off more than $27,000,000.
Tho principal iucreaso of assets was in
United States notes and deposits in na
tional banks , and tho principal do-
crease of liabilities in the public debt
and funds for tho redemption of na
tional bank notes. Thoro was a net de
crease of $74,888,920 during tho fiscal
year in tho principal of the interest-
bearing debt.
Tho total purchase of bonds for the
sinking funel nnd ont of tho surplus rev
enues was $51,404,300 , tho net prerainm
paid , exclusive of accrued interest , be
ing $ S,270,842. Tho gold aud silver coin
and bullion in the country , and all kinds
of notes outstanding Juno 30 , 1887 ,
amounted to $1,925,259,882 , and on June
30 , 188S , to ? 2,093,5G2,072. The stock
of gold and silver increased from $1 , -
007513,901 ; to $1,092,391G90 , mostly in
gold.
The increase in tiie volume of paper
circulation was $80,424,400 , resulting
Iroin an increase of $110,319,955 in the
amount of certificates and a falling ofi
of $20,895,554 in the total of notes and
fractional currency.
Somo attenion has been given to the
question of tho probable loss destruc
tion of paper currency , but without an }
very definite result. A table isgivei
showing the course of redemption or
the first issues of legal tender notes ,
Until tho notes are collected in by the
government , or somo other course
brings them to tho treasury , tho losi
from destruction must be more or less 1
matter of conjecture. The most careful
estimate from tho data at hand places
it at 1 per cent or less , according to the
denomination. This is supported ! by the
histor3 * of the earlier paper issues of the
government.
Certificates of deposit amounting tc
$24,110,000 were issued for United States
notes , nnd $18,405,000 were redeemed
leaving $14,665,000 outstanding. _ The
treasurer attributes the decrease in the
use of these certificates since 1880 to 1
change in the manner of redeeming
them , the holders now receiving the
same notes that were deposited , instead
of new notes , as formed } ' .
The volume of gold certificates out
standing increased $20,53G,333 , reach
ing $142,023,150 , the highest point yel
noted at the end of any fiscal 3'ear
Taking into account tho decrease of the
amount in tho treasury , the total in
crease of circulation was $29,901,143
The coinage of silver dollars during the
vear amounted to $32,484,673 , makinj
the total coinage $299424,790. The in
crease of the net distribution was onlj
$29,156. Owing to tho scarcity of om
and two dollar notes , and tho demnnc
for tho movement of crops , nearlj
$9,000,000 were drawn into circulatior
between May aud November , 18S7 , bu
when the notes were again to lie had the
dollars came back to the treasury as fas
as 1 hey had gone out. The treasurer i
of the opinion that the people havo al
of these coins they want , or are willing
to take , and recommends that if the
purchases of silver aro to continue bul
lion be put into form by heavy bars oi
ingots , arguing that the present suppl }
of dollars will be sufficient for any de
maud there is likely to be for them , and
that any increase of certificate circnla
tion could bo based with perfect safefrj
on the uncoined metals. The new sil
ver vault in the treasury building hav
ing a capacity of $1,000,000,000 , and
said to be the largest treasury vault ir
the world , is being filled at the rate o :
half a million a day. It will hold the
total coinage of three years , but at the
end of that period still further storage
room will probably have to be provided
unless the coinage is suspended.
The amount of fractional silver coir
in the treasury has not changed mnci
since the first accumulation after re
sumption of specie payments. Of a lit
tle more than $26 000. 000 held Juno 30 ,
18S6 , $20,500,000 was in half dollars , and
only $5,500,000 in other pieces. The
treasurer points ont that this proportion ,
which does not. vary much from year tc
year , is excessive , and that something
like $15,000,000 in fifty-cent pieces that
are not needed for circulation wil ]
doubtless have to be carried by the
treasury until they are recoined intc
other denominations or absorbed b } ' the
growth of business. The minor coin in
the treasury , amounting to $112,920 , is
reported to be in good condition , and
not in excess of what is needed. The
treasurer states that the gold in the
treasury is in good condition with the
exception of a little. Many of the silvei
half dollars are much worn , some being
quite smooth , and that it has been im
possible to recoin these because the loss
would have been too great in proportion
to the new coinage , mostly dimes , which
it was necessary to produce. The de
crease m the amount of deductions on
account of mutilations from the face
value of currency redeemed , and in the
number of counterfeit notes and coins
rejected , show a gratifying improvement
in the condition of the circulation in this
respect.
At the close of the vear the treasury
held $178,312,050 of United States bonds
to secure national bunk circulation , and
$50,1S6,000 to secure public moneys held
in depository banks. There was a de
crease during the year of $13,654,050in
tht amount of the former , and an in
crease of $39,642,500 in the amount of
the latter. There was $58,712,511 of pub
lic money held by banks , an increase of
$35,395,033. The semi-annual duty col
lected from national banks amounted to
$1,616,127 , makingan aggregate of$136 , -
23:5,803 : since 1863. The net proceeds of
the national bank notes redeemed dur
ing the yearvras S98.216.723. The re
demptions were $11,000,000 greater than
those of the preceding years , in the face
of a reduction of $50,500,00 in two years
in the amount outstanding , and greater
in proportion to the circulation than
those of every year save two since 1879.
The Report on Internal Commerce.
The next report on internal commerce
by Col. Witzell , the chief of the bureau
of statistics , will be devoted to the com
mercial , manufacturing , mining , trans
portation and industrial interests of
New Mexico , Texas , Arkansas , Mis
souri , Kansas , Nebraska , Dakota , Col
orado , Wyoming and the Indian terri
tory , preparations for which are now in
progress. In a very short time agents
will be appointed , in each of these states
and territories to collect and systemize
under the instructions of tho bureau the
information desired , nnd it is expected
the report will bo published within the
tioxt six mnntha.
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NEEDS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
As Set Forth In the Annual Report of Genera
ScIiofleUU
Major Gonoral J. M. Schofield , com
manding tho army , has made his annua
report to the secretary of war , and in i
ho calls attention to tho reports of the
various division and department com
mandors anel other commanding officers
The past year , ho says , has been one o ;
peace among tho Indians formerly sc
troublesome in tho division of the Paci
fie. Troops have been fully occupied ir
riflo practice and other duties simulating !
those of actual war. Tho troops of the
division of tho Atlantic havo been fully
and constantly occupied. Tho system
of practice of artillery with heavy sea-
coast guns haH been steadily developed ,
anel iB now adapted for tho entire sea-
coast of the country. General Schofield
recommends that two regiments bo added
to tho artillery without any material
chango in the number of officers , neces
sitating the addition of about 5,000 tc
the number of enlisted men now allowed
by law. General Schofield alludes tc
the gratifying fact that no case of yellow
fever has occurred in tho army during
the year.
Referring to fortifications , General
Schofield says that during tho pas !
twenty years the necessities of the ser
vice in tho Indian country havo caused
tho posts along tho seaboard and north
ern lakes to be correspondingly neg
lected. Barracks and quarters as well
as fortifications , havo been left in "many
cases to fall into a stato of decay. The
time and circumstances now seem pe
culiarly favorable to placing thescr
coast and frontiers of the cenmtry in r
state of security becoming tho dignity
of a great and proud , though just and
peacefulnation.
The report says that there wore 2.43C
deserters from tho army during the pasi
year , and that tho average of desertion !
for each of tho last fivb years was 10.J
per cent of the ontiro listed strength ,
General Schofield recommends the re
ward for tho arrest of a deserter be in
creased to $100 , to be taken out of hi ;
retained pay ; that all United States offi
cers , marshals , sheriffs , polico officers ,
etc. , be authorized to arrest and delivei
deserters ; that at least half the pa }
of soldiers hereafter enlisted ho re
tained until they havo fulfilled thei ]
contract of service making exeeptioi
in cases of men known to devoto thei ]
pay to the suport of dependent rela
tives and that it be made praefica
bio in limes of peace for an enlistee
man to dissolve his contract of enlist
ment in n manner honorable to himsel
anel just to tho government , by obtain
ing a discharge with the forfeiture of se
much of his retained pay as may be
necessary to reimburse tho United
States for expenses.
In his report to the mojof general
Adjutant General Drum also calls alien
tion to the evil of desertion , which maj
bo generally lessened by tho adoptioi
of remedial measure : ? , such as a reduc
tion of the term of service from five t <
three years , and the right to purchase s
discharge , During the past year there
were 24,710 applications for enlistment
18,017 of whom were rejected. The ac
cepted recruits embraced 727 colored
4,136 natives and 2,557 foreigners. The
adjutant general wijs that , notwith
standing every effort has been made se
far as recruiting appropriations wonh
warrant , to secure the necessary re
emits to fill tho army it is still mor
than 1 , S0O below the authorized strengtl
of 25,000 enlisted men , and many of thi
regiments are greatly reduced.
An Appeal in Behalf of Indians.
Indian Agent Jones , of the Bertholt
( Dak. ) agency , has made application te
tho department fora physician who shal
remain constantly at tho agency. Thi
request is the result of hurried examina
tion of the health of tho Indians. Mr
Jones was recently appointed. He find
that disease runs rampant among the en
tire Indian community. The Indians a
this agency are in a most deplorable con
dition. In the past their health hai
been neglected , they have been permit
ted to roam about the country , and as 1
result some members of the tribe have
returned to their camps laden with dis
ease , which has spread to nearly ever }
Indian at the agency. It is undcrstooc
that the request for a physician has beer
granted ami that steps will be taken te
prevent the farther spread of disease
among the tribes. The condition o
affairs at the agency in the past has no
only ruined tho health of tho Indians
but has been a constant menace to the
whites , with whom the Indians necessar
ily associated. So great became thii
danger that the county and city author
ities were alarmed , and the mayoro :
Bismarck was compelled to serve notice
on the former agent that if he did nol
keep tho Indians on the reservation ar
investigation would bo demanded.
Agent Jones hopes to be able to checi
the disease , and promises to keep the
Indians on the reservation.
Faulkner Says West Virginia ( s Democratic.
Senator Faulkner , of West Virginia ,
says : "My latest information is to the
effect that we have elected the governor
by a nice little majority , probably 200.
We also have the legislature by a ma
jority of two. The congressional con
tests'have , I think , resulted in giving ns
two of the districts , but there is still
room for a little doubt on that score-
Our electoral vote is for Cleveland bT a
plurality of 1,000. Our fnenels , the
enemy , had a magnificent organization.
Its like has never been seen in West
Virginia. In my own county the repub
lican committee brought back more
than 3C0 votes , 119 of them being ne
groes who hail gone away from the state
to live , but who had not up to election
day forfeited their right of suiTiageat
their old homessome of them had strayed
away ns far as Kansas and Nebraska , but
they all returned in time to do their ut
most for their party on the eventful 6th
of November. The sinews of political
warfare were not absent. There was a
ood deal of sinew and it exerted itself
mightily. Had it been put into active
operation a few days earlier , had the re
publicans had time to reach the back
counties they would have beaten us out
of our boots. "
The Iowa Cases Against Ihe Railroads.
.ues Moines special : commissioner
Dey has decided that he will not sign
the decision of the other two railroad
lommissioners in the case of the jobbers
af Davenport , Dubuque and Burlington
i-ainst the railroads. It will be remem
bered that just before the election the
ilecisiou was promulgated , and at the
time Mr. Dey published a card stating
that he had been threatened by the
secretary of the Jobbers' association at
Davenport with special vengeance if he
didn't sign the decision or give a deci
sion of his own before election. _ He
slaimed that it was an attempt to intimi
date and bnlldoze him , and therefore he
would withhold his decision. He even
? ays that he will neither sign nor dis
sent , but let the decision of the other
two stand without any action on his part.
He does not approve of all features of
the majority report , but thinks that on
the whole it had better stand , and he
[ iopes that the other two commissioners
svill of their own accord make some
: hanges in the rates that he thinks can
je imnroved. '
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THE COMING ARrttY OF CANDIDATES
General Harrison Will Soon Havo Ills Hand * . \
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J > 'nll of lttiKhirn.
Tho Chicago Tribune'sIndianapolis \
special says : Gonoral Harrison is do- '
batiug whether ho will go to Now York
next month or havo tho eastern leadori-
to confer with him here. Tho situation. . '
hero and in New York is idontical , as in. * * 1
both Genoral Harrison has moro frionde
than ho may be able to satisfy accord
ing to thoir estimate of their sorvices ,
and fully comprehending that brcakor * / |
are ahead ho seeks concert of notion on. f |
tho part of thoso whoso adv 'ico ho will.
doubtless give woight to. Ho is cred- j =
ited with having solved tho eliffioull- '
problom by a desiro to havo his sup
porters agroo on the candidates for the- t
important places , and whon thoy have- } ;
dono so thoso whom thoyr hnvo put for
ward will probably receive tho plumsu |
Several conferences havo been held this. I
week and tho names sugosted nro under-
consideration.
In Now York tho stakes aro higher , j
but the party interests nro tho _ samo , ,
anel Gonoral Harrison is not inclined to-
bestow patronage on any ono of the
leaders who.may theroby seek to obtain. '
supromacy. It is not going to bo a •
question with him whether Tom Piatt ,
Warner Miller or Chauncey Depew
shall bo tho controlling spirit in Now J
York politics , but if porsonal consid
erations cut moro figure with them than
party success , it is probable ho prefers ,
the grangers' friend , ns everybody 1
knows that Warner Miller was for Slier- i
man anel Tom Piatt for Algor aud Do- I
pow fe > r himself when the Now York '
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delegation arrived at Chicago. While 1
some of tho New York delegates swerved I
off to Sherman , Piatt and Depew went. I „
to Harrison. Through Dopew's clover-
manipulation , all things considered , • J
Depew occupies a decidedly advantago- I
ous position , with Piatt close by him. [
The special furthersnys , however , that. 1
Warner Miller , owing to his brilliant
campaign in New York , will be counted J
in the triumvirate.
Tho admission of Dakota as two states 1
is assured if Gen. Harrison's views nro 1
adhered to. A. C. Mellette ; , tho provi
sional governor of South Dakota , who '
called upon the president-elect to-day , •
feels certain of this , and • says : "J did not [
mention tho Dakota delegation to Gon. I
Harrison , because we know how lie feols
on Uie subject and what his desires aro. ,
He clrafted an original bill to nelmit |
Dakota as two states , anel thatis what
we seek. He is in accord with his party
and will favor admission. Dakota will
be entered as two states insido of two 1
years , as the sentiment is so strongly in
fuvor of it , "
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A Panic Raised by Pickpockols.
A Chicago dispatch saysPickpocket * -
who had mingled Avith tho immense , j
throng , mostly women and children , ,
who were in ono of the largo State j
street retail dry goods stores known a j
the "Uoston" this afternoon raised the j
cry of "lire. " Immediately a dreadful j
panic ensued , the crowd inside blocking |
the front door exits and tjioso from the
floors above rushing down upon tho oc- '
cupants of the street floor until a solid
mass of shrieking , excited humanity
was wedged together unable to move.
Tn the mad rush women were pushed !
hither and thither , the weaker ones be- t
ing knocked down One of the largo
windows of the store was broken out , I
through which the crowd rushed into
the street , scattering tho goods therein
in all directions. The fire alarm was
turned in and the department was soon
em haiicl , but it was discovered thers *
was no fire in the building. Tho pres
ence of the engines udded to the confu
sion. Several women wero trampled
beneath the crowd , among whom was
Mrs. R. D. Davenport , of Sheffield
avenue , who was seriously injured nnd
had her pocketbook stolen. Many ol
the lady clerks in tho store fainted and '
were carried to a neighboring drug
store. The pickpockets reaped a har
vest , having secured a number of pock-
ctbooks.
The Last Census Volume Issued.
The last volumo of the report in the
tenth census ha3 just been issued. It
completes the set of twenty-two quarto
volumes , aggregating 19,302 pages. In.
addition there are two volumes of the-
compendium of the census. The cost of
the .work , exclusive of the printing , en
graving and binding , was $4,853,350 ,
which is 68 cents per capita of the pop
ulation of the country on June 1 , 1830.
Tho appropriation for printing , engrav
ing aud binding amounted to $1,018. -
116.49. In nddition to the statistics of
population , manufacture and agricul
ture , there were special reports , among
the most valuable of which were those
on newspapers , social statistics of cities ,
wages taxation , public indebtedness , ,
mining industries and cotton produc
tion.
South Carolina Rairoads.
The annual report of the stato rail
road committee , issued on the 20th ,
shows an increase in the mileage of tho
railroads of South Carolina of 9 per
cent during the past year , anel the
marked increase of 38 per cent in their
net earnings , the year having been a
most prosperous one. Gross receipts
increased nearly $1,000,000.
THE MAEKBTS.
OMAHA.
Wiikat No. 2 90 ( cH 91-
CoitN No. 2 mixed 2 .1(3) 26-
Oats No. 2 22 @ 23
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IJfTTKit Creamery 20 ( $ 23
liurrmi Clioico country. . . 18 @ 20
Eggs Fienh 20 @ 21 /
Chickens per df > z 2 50 @ 2 75
Lemons Choice , per box. . . 4 50 @ 5 50
OiUNGiaj Per box 5 00 @ 6 OO
O.NioNH Per bit 40 eg ) 50 !
Potatoes New 25 @ 40- \
Tun.MPS Per bu 25 ( $ 30'
Apples Per bbl 2 50 @ 2 75 ,
Beans Navia 2 00 @ 2 25 .
Caiskots Per bu 35 ( c 40 •
Tomatoes , per bu 50 ( j $ 60
Wool Fine , per lb 13 (3) 20 :
IIosbv IG ( a ) 17
CnoprED Feed l erton..l7 00 ( a,17 50- 1
H.vv Bailed 5 00 ( a ) G 00 1
Flax Seed I'erbu 1 15 @ 1 20 i
Hogs Mixed packing 5 35 % 5 45
Hogs Heavy neiqhts 5 40 @ 5 50 k \
15eii es Choice uleem 3 40 % 4 50
NEW YOltlC.
Wheat No. 2 reel 1 07 ( 1 07J .
Wheat Ungraded reel 1 00 . @ 1 01 •
' mi : : No. 2 49Ja@ 50 - ,
3ats Mixed western 30 ( a > 32J
L'oitk- IG 00 © 1G 75 \
Lakh 8 90 efv 8 95 t
CHICAGO. S j
IViieat rrlnesltel 1 09 % 1 09J $ )
: ou.n Per biiHhel 39 40
Datb Per bushel 2.7 % Q 26
oiik 14 77 @ 15 00 ;
.akd 8 25 @ 8 50 \
Iogs Packin ? &Hliip ] > in ? . 5 25 @ 5 50 *
/Attle Western Rangers 2 75 @ 3 90 ;
: iieep Nntiveu 2 75 @ 4 50
ST. LOUIS. ,
Viieat No. 2 red cnnh 1 04 ( % 1 04J ( "
; oun Perbusliel 37X ® 38
) ats Per bushel 25 @ 25J/
Iocs Mixed packing 5 00 @ 5 30
: attle Feeders 2 00 @ 3 7 (
KANSAS CUT. J
Viieat Per bushel 92 @ 95
: orn Per bushel 2S # @ 29
) ath Per bushel 20 @ 21 # . i
? attle Stockera t feeders. 1 50 @ 3 30 fl
loan Good to choics. . . . . . . . . 5 35 @ 6 45 H