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j t ' II . - I I ! . . , I | | , | ! ! I.-I , . . - I THE M'COOK TRIBUNE F. Iff. KIM.TIELIi , Pabllslicr. / McCOOK , : : NEB. t " STATE NEWS , h , NEBRASKA MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. ; -The potato crop is reported to bo * below tbo average. - Fremont lacks less than 100 of having a population of 8,000. An old settlers' organization is be ing perfected in Nance county. The democratic state convention will be held in Omaha August 14th. V Geneva schools rank first in Fill. { ' more county with a scholarship of 689. The Masonic order at Valentino has received a charter from the grand lodge. Charles Morter of Lyons , aged ninety-five , is the oldest citizen of Burt i county. county.Mr. Mr. Plate , of Colfax county , within the last few weeks , has lost 130 hogs by cholera. A library association with thirty- three members has been organized at Table Rock. Omaha coppers picniced at Arling ton the other day , nearly 2,000 people being present Denman Thompson will open the new Kerr opera house at Hastings in "The Old Homestead. " Business men of Fairbury now close their stores at 8 o'clock in the evening except Saturday. The Beatrice State bank has filed articles of incorporation and starts with a capital of $60,000. The Beckman investment company of Shickley has sprung into existence. The capital stock is $20,000. Aaron Wakentrip , of Jefferson county , has been adjudged insane and sent to the asylum at Lincoln. ' The board of supervisors of Frank lin county expect to get along with a levy 2 mills less than last year. The Otoe county teachers' insti tute held a two weeks' session , the .meetings being largely attended. Austin Taylor , of Strang , was taken to Omaha last week , charged , ' with selling liquor without a license. The sportsmen of Bancroft pro pose to form a club to prohibit the un lawful slaughter of prairie chickens. An epidemic of diphtheria is pre vailing in the vicinity of Geneva , and a number of cases have proven fatal. During a recent shower in Pawnee county Jake Long , a thirteen year old boy , was instantly killed by lightning. Lightning recently struck two houses in Beatrice , damaging them somewhat , but not injuring any of the inmates. , Policemen of Omaha are soon to ' have an excursion and picnic to Arling ton , for which three thousand tickets bave been sold. a H. 'Ballou , of Plattsmouth , will j pay $1,000 for the arrest and convic- j tion of the party or parties who set fire to his residence. While playing base ball at Crete the other day a man named Ewing had two ribs broken by coming in collision with , another player on the field. Trenton boasts of its record. Not a death has occurred in the precinct during the past year and but one man represents the county in the peniten tiary.A A brakeman at the B. & M. yard in Omaha received injuries the other day while in the performance of his duties that it is thought will prove fatal. Hon. L. D. Richards , republican nominee for governor , was given a very enthusiastic greeting on return to his home at Fremont after the state convention. Two prisoners confined in the jail at North Platte made a break to do up the jailer , Mr. O'Connell , by making a rush at him while being locked in cells for the night. Two women , whose names are not known , were struck by lightning and instantly killed , while standing in the door of a house near Minatare , in Scotts Bluff county. Mrs. Slaughter , who for seven years was superintendent of the homo for the friendless , has tendered her resigna tion of that institution. Her successor has not yet been announced. The town council of Arnold have ordered an ordinance drawn up to vote - . - bonds in the sum of $7,000 to build another well , buy a second boiler , and extend water mains in the city. Material for the extension of the Short Line on west from O'Neill is be ing shipped out from Sioux City. As soon as the bridge across the Missouri is completed regular trains will be put on. New hay is being brought to North Platte in liberal quantities , the price baled being from $6 to $7 per ton. Con siderable will be shipped west , the present market being Cheyenne and Laramie. A Wymore young lady became in fatuated with a traveling showman and followed him away. Her mother went in pursuit , captured and returned the wayward daughter before she reached her adored. A barn , the property of E. K. Shaw , three miles southeast of Vesta , was struck by lightning the other night and burned to the ground. The loss , including hay and oats consumed , was about $700. - While out hunting Martin Kellar * * of Antelope county mot with an acci- ' , dent that will leave him a cripple for if life. He was standing with his hand I over the muzzle of a loaded gun , when , his dog jumped against it , causing its \ ' discharge , the whole charge passing through his left hand , injuring it so badly that amputation became neces * sary. - " * * • ' " • " i iwiwi-ti • r f r i - I , i m rrr Mr. Selah , an O'Neill editor , whilo attending the republican state conven tion in Lincoln , was relieved of a fine gold watch which he carelessly left in his room at the Capitol hotel * 'during temporary absence. Messrs. Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins of Beatrice have been awarded the con tract for the construction of the lino of railway from Portland , Ore. , to Se attle , Wash , A large force will at once bo put to work. This year , for county collective ex hibits at the state fair , the premiums are : For first best collection , $250 ; for second , $200 ; for third , $150 ; for fourth , $125 ; for fifth , $100 ; for sixth , $75 ; for seventh , $50. Al Little , a lumber dealer in part nership with Joseph Provinger at Cor dova , skipped out leaving his family and a large number of creditors to mourn his departure. His indebted ness amounts to nearly $1,500. Commander Clarkson of. the Ne braska Grand Army of the Republic , has issued an order naming the Bur lington "as the official route to the en campment at Boston. The other roads are accordingly on the war path. Programs for the summer meeting of the Friend fair association have been issued , and the dates set for the same are August 27 , 28"an& 29 ; $1,250 in premiums are offered and many good horses are expected to be present. The Omaha Bee has a $50,000 libel suit on its hands because it published July 18 , 1890 , an article reflecting upon the character of L. J. Usher of Atchison , Kas. , in connection with an adventuress named Floretta Russell. The Madison Reporter says the festive snipe hunter is now getting in his work , and the tender snipe , which resembles the prairie chicken , is fast diminishing in number , thus leaving a few to get ripe for the legitimate har vest. The dairy barn of Long & Firoved , located near Beatrice , and one of the largest in the state , burned to the ground the other day. The loss is $2 , - 500 , partly insured. The fire is be lieved to have been of incendiary ori- igin.At At Davenport a man named Shat- tuck was arrested * for rape on a 13- year-old girl. He was bound over to the district court , but before he could be confined made his escape. Officials are making strenuous efforts to recap ture him. A largo hay barn at Rogers , in Colfax county , was destroyed the other day by an incendiary fire. This is the fifth hay barn burned in that county , and if the firebug is caught it will go hard with him. Two hundred tons of hay were burned. The little child of Eli Shultz , liv ing near Geneva , drank from an un labeled and uncorked bottle of concen trated lye. It is thought the child did not swallow much of the lye , the great est injury being done its throat , and its recovery is possible. Some • • miscreant" boarded the Belle of the Blue at Beatrice while the crew was on land and opened a valve which allowed 100 pounds of steam to escape and the vast multitude was therefore disappointed because the steamer did not run on time. John Backman of Rulo has been dispensing various kinds of exhilerat- ing beverages to the inhabitants of that region , and was gathered in the other day by Deputy Marshal Emery. He gave bonds to appear before Judge Dundy and explain matters. The Lyons Mirror records this society item : Mrs. Omaha City , an Omaha Indian , and four children Avere riding in a wagon near the Omaha agency last Monday , when a stroke of lightning killed both horses without any injury to the woman and children. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Lee recently celebrated their golden wedding at a grove near Nelson. Mr. Lee and fam ily have been residents of Nuckolls county for sixteen years , and have for ty-one children and grandchildren liv ing. Three burglars bound and gagged the night watchman at Weeping Water and pried open the vault doors in the Commercial bank , securing $1,000 worth of stamps and $100 in money , belonging to the postoffice. They failed to crack the safe. George L. Woolsej' , a large stock holder in the Nebraska City distillery , has purchased Mills & Co. 's interest in the plant , ordered new machinery and the distillery will be started as' soon as possible and run to its full capacity , notwithstanding the efforts of the trust to keep the concern quiet. The small grain harvest has be gun , says the Overton Dispatch. Wheat will turn out poorly , about 10 bushels per acre. Oats , a very light crop , some hardly worth harve&ting : short age owing to the severe drought early in the season. Corn will be a good crop , if the weather only continues favorable. A peculiar accident occurred at Alexandria the other day. Frank Gray had been handling a revolver and had laid it down and walked across the room when the weapon was dis charged , the ball in its course passing between his lips and relieving him of four front teeth. Aside from the loss of his teeth he will suffer no serious inconvenience. As Frank Rubas of Chadron was going back to his residence the other evening after closing his place of bus iness , he discovered a small vaiise ly ing . on the corner of the bridge that spans the drain ditch near the depot. The valise appeared to bo full of clothes. Mr. Rubas took the satchel home and set it down upon the floor and went to bed. In the morning when the family arose they were as tonished to find that the valise con tained a little 6-weeks-6ld girl baby. The rest of the contents consisted of baby paraphernalia. " * It is generally believed that the little innocent was brought to Chadron on the train. , • , mini-Jin I i I ji ii i J I -BICHABBS WILL LEAD AS THE STANDARD BEARER OF NE- BRASIZA REPUBLICAN'S. After an Exciting but Brief Comtent He Is Quit ? Unanimously Nominated for Governor Names of Other Can- * dldates Who Complete tlto Ticket The Platform Upon "Which They Will Aftk. the SulTragcfi of the Pcoplo Choice of a Central Committee and Other Work of the Convention. Proceeding * of the State Convention of Nebraska Itepubllcans. Mr. Richards called the convention of Nebraska republicans at Lincoln to order at 8:50 and , amid cheers , asked the secretary , Walt M. Seely , to read the call. Hon. Church Howe of Ne maha county was chosen chairman , M. I. Aiken of Douglas was chosen secre tary and C. F. Kennard of Cuming , as sistant secretary. On motion it was decided to admit the list of delegates as recommended by the state central committee. This was passed without a dissenting vote. The presentation of resolutions and discussion of same , the settling of the matter of contested del egations , determining as to what should bo done with proxies and other matters of a preliminary character occupied the time of the convention until 2:15 a. m. when the work of nominating a ticket commenced. The informal ballot for a candidate for governor resulted : Mercer , 147 ; MacCall , 191 ; Richards , 253 ; Thayer , 139 ; Majors , 41 ; Crounse , 4 ; Reese , 29 ; Dempster , 3. Total , 815. Necessary for a choice , 409. The formal ballot resulted as fol lows : Mercer 143 , Richards 299 , Mac- Coll 245 , Thayer 76 , Reese 25 , Demp ster 2 , Majors 28 , Crounse 1 ; total 819. A vote to take a recess was lost by a unanimous vote. The third ballot was without result. Before the fourth was announced Gov ernor Thayer withdrew from the con test and Dakota , Cass and Jefferson counties stampeded to Richards , and the announcements were greeted with deafening cheers. Before order could be restored other counties changed. Hats were thrown in the air , and the men were wild , and when Tom Majors announced that Nemaha changed her vote excitement reached the greatest pitch. Order was restored finally , and the changes were announced and offi cially recognized- Changes continued to be made until all the counties had voted for Richards for governor and he was declared the nominee of the convention. Dr. Mer cer and Mr. MacColl were called to escort Richards to the platform. Mer cer was absent , as also was MacColl , and Richards came alone and made a speech to the convention , returning thanks for the high honor conferred. The ticket was completed as follows : Lieutenant Governor , T. JMajors ; Secretary of State. J. C. Allen ; Audi tor , T. II. Benton ; Treasurer , J. E. Hill ; Attorney General , George H. Hastings ; Commissioner of Public Lands , G. R. Humphrejr ; Superintend ent of Publie Instruction , A. K. Goudy. A state central committee was chosen as follows : Lewis Hebert , Scotia ; J. T. Malli- lue , Buffalo ; J. C. Burch , Wymore ; E. A. Gilbert , YorkT. ; C. Callihan , Friend , W. H. Needham , Coleridge ; L. B. Cary , Sidney ; Ed R. Sizer , John E. Haas , Lincoln ; A. J. Wright , Tecumseh ; W. A. Dilworth , Hastings ; George L. Day , Superior ; H. C. Russell , Colfax county ; Orland Teft , Avoca ; J. A. Piper , Bloom- ington ; W. R. Morse , Clarks ; C. D. Marr , Fremont ; J. R. White , Falls City ; M. B. Malloy , Long Pine ; L. T. Shanner , O'Neill ; J. L. 'Prober , Elwoott : A. L. Evans , David City ; G. L. Car penter , Fairbury ; II. II. Bartling , Ne braska City ; J. L. Chain. St. Paul ; S. Skinner , Tekamah ; Jacob Horn ; Broken Bow : D. A. Scoville , Aurora ; P. J. Hail , Memphis ; W. F. Bechel , William Coburn. John II. Butler , Omaha ; James Britten , Wayne county. John C. Watson was elected chair man of the state central committee. j THE TLATFOIOI. I The republicans of Nebraska rciter- | ate and cordially endorse the funda- ! mental principles of the republican party , as enunciated by a succession of national republican conventions from 1856 to 1888 , and we believe the re publican party capable of dealing with every vital issue that concerns the American people , whenever the rank and file of the republican party are en- trammeled in the exercise of their pol itical rights. We heartily endorse the wise and conservative administration of Presi dent Harrison. We also fully approve the wise action of the republican mem bers of both houses of congress in ful filling the pledges of the party in leg islation upon the coinage of silver and other measures of national importance , and congratulate the country upon the continued reduction of the national debt. debt.We We most heartily endorse the action of the republican congress in passing the disability pension bill and the re publican president who approved the same , and regard it as an act of jus tice too long delayed , because of the opposition to all just pension legisla tion by a democratic president and a democratic congress ; yet we do not re gard it as the full recognition of the great debt of obligation which the gov ernment and the people owe to those heroic men by reason of whosesacri fices and devotion the union was saved and the government restored. We hold an honest , popular ballot and a just and equal representation of all the people to be the foundation of our republican government , and de mand effective legislation to secure in tegrity and purity of elections , which _ ' - - f' Mffil M jWftWIMIMliiW ufcfc. - - " , L | ,1f Will Kill-WltfTfrr- are the foundation of all public author ity.Wo Wo favor such r. revision of tho elec tion laws of tho { itatc as "will guarantee to every voter tho greatest possible se crecy in the casting of his ballot , and secure the punishment of any who may attempt the corruption or intimidation of Voters ; and we.favor tho Australian ballot system for all incorporated towns and cities , applicable both to primary and regular elections , so far as it conforms to our organic law. Wo oppose land monopoly in every form , demand tho forfeiture of un earned la 'nd grants and tho reservation of tho public domain for homesteader- ! only.We" We" recognize the iight of labor to organize for its protection , and by all lawful means to secure to itself tho greatest reward for its thrift and indus try. try.We are in favor of laws compelling railroads and manufacturers to use ap pliances which science supplies for the protection of laborers against acci dents. We demand tbo enactment of a law defining tho liability of employers fpr injuries sustained by employes in such cases where proper safeguards have not been used in occupations dan gerous to life , limb and health. Rail road and other public corporations should be subject to control through the legislative power that created them. Their undue influence in legislation and courts , and of unnecessary burdens upon he people and the illegitimate in crease of stock or capital , should bo prohibited by stringent laws. We de mand of the state that the property of corporations shall be taxed the same as that of individuals ; that the provisions of our constitution requiring the as sessment of franchises shall be enforced by suitable legislation. We do further repeat our declara tion in favor of , a just and fair service pension , graded according to length of service , for every soldier and sailor who fought in behalf of the union , and by reason of whose services , sacrifices and devotion the government now ex ists. ists.We We demand the reduction of freight and passenger rates on railroads to cor respond with rates now prevailing in the adjacent states to the Mississippi , and we further demand that the legis lature shall abolish all passes ami free transportation on railroads excepting for all employes of railroad companies. . We demand , the establishment of a system of postal telegraphy , and re- j quest our members in congress to vote for government control of tho tele graph. Owners of public elevators that re ceive and handle grain for storage ! should be declared public warehouse- j men , and compelled under penalty to receive , store , ship and handle the grain of all persons alike , without dis- ! crimination , the state regulating charges for storage and inspection. All railroad companies should be required to switch , haul , handle , receivo and ship the grain of all persons , without dibcrimination. I We favor the enactment of more stringent usury laws and their enforce- ' ment under severe penalties. The re publican party has given the American people a stable and elastic currency of gold , silver and paper , and has raised the credit of the nation to one of the ' highest of any coufitry of the world , and their efforts to fully remonetizo silver should be continued until it is on a perfect equality , as a money metal , with gold. We favor the modification of the statutes of our state in such manner as shall prevent the staying of judgments . secured for work and labor and the en actment of such laws as shall provide for the speedy collection of the wages j of our laborers. ' We favor a revision of the tariff in the interests of the producer and labor er. The import duties on articles of common use should be placed as low as is consistent with a protection of American industries. * j We endorse the action of the inter- , state commission in ordering a reduc tion of the grain rates between tho Missouri river and lake ports. We denounce all organizations of capitalists to limit production , control supplies of the necessaries of life and the advance of prices , detrimental to the best interests of society , and an unjustifiable inter " erence with the na tural laws of competition and trade , I and ask their prompt supppression by law. a mixo * . KIZl'OKr. Mr. Rosewatcr stated that the com mittee differed on the tariff question , and he desired to present a minority report , which he did , and it was as follows : We favor the revision of the tariff in the interest of the producer and labor er. The import duties on articles of j common use should be placed as low as consistent with the protection of Amer ican industries. Lumber , sugar , wool , woolen goods , and goods in common use , as salt , coal and iron , should be placed on the free list. The report of the committee , with the minority report left out , was car ried. Guatemala' * Bad Break. New Yohk , July 26. The Herald's Washington correspondent says tho administration is considering the ques tion whether Guatemala had the right to seize the rifles , etc. , on the Colima , and says it would appear that Guate mala has committed a gross breach of international law and courtesy in seiz ing part of the cargo of the steamer Colima , a vessel Hying the United States flag , even though the articles seized were munitions of war destined for Salvador. Our government has serious cause for offense and to demand an explanation and ample reparation for the outrage , if it sees fit to to re gard the transaction. The correspond ent goes on to say that-if this was Eng land , or Germany , or any other gov ernment than the United States , Gua temala would be made war on and her territory taken. - " " " * * * * * * * * * " " ' ' * ' ' IJTIILUinU T I .1 1 ! i-i l I T-Mllf LETTEE FE0M BLAINE 7N ANSWER TO ONE RECEIVED FROM SENATOR FRYE. Spain's WllllcucM to Enter Into re ciprocal Arrangement * of Trade With the United States 'The Bent Way to Promote Trade The Beh- rlnff Sea iUuttcr Ajjuln E > 1hcuhc 1 by i the Brltinh Pre * * Blaine Too ITIuch For Iiord Salisbury. A Letter from Secretary Blaine on Free Sugar. Washington , July 26. Senator Frye has received a letter from Secre tary Blaine in reply to his of recent date. Mr. Blaine says in part : • * You ask me what assurance I have as to Spain's willingness to enter into re ciprocal arrangements of trade with the United States. Your question sur prises me , for you cannot have forgot ten that only six years ago tho prime minister of Spain , in his anxiety to se cure free admission to our markets for tho sugar of Cuba and Porto Rico , agreed to a very extensive treaty of reciprocity with Mr. Foster , then our minister at Madrid. Tho year before in 1883 a very admirable treaty of reciprocity was negotiated by General Grant and Mr. Trescott , as United States commissioners , with tho repub lic of Mexico as a treaty it was well considered in all its parts and all its details whose results would I believe have proved highly advantageous to both countries. In view of the pend ing discussion it is a somewhat singu lar circumstance that both these treat ies failed to secure the approval of con gress and failed for the express reaso that both provided for free admission of sugar. Congress would not then allow a single pound of sugar to come in free of duty under any circumstances what ever , and now the proposition is to open our ports free to everybody's su gar and to do it with such rapidity that we are not to have a moment's time to see if we cannot make a better trade a trade by which we may pay for at least part of tho sugar in the products of American farms and shops. Our change of opinion certainly has been remarkable in so brief a period. In deed the only danger of our not secur ing an advantageous treaty of reci procity now is tho possible belief on the part of those countries that we are anxious for free sugar that by pa tient waiting they can secure all they , desire without money and without price. Fearing that result I sought an interview with eight republican mem bers of the ways and means committee more than five months ago. I endeav ored to convince them it would be ex pedient and wise to leave to the presi dent the opportunity to see what ad vantageous arrangements of a reci procity treaty could be affected. I was unable to persuade the committee to take my view. This , I think , a very grave mistake to oppose this recip rocal proposition touching sugar from the fear that it may conflict in some way with the policy of protection. Tho danger is , I think , wholly in the opposite direction. The value of the sugar we annually consume is enor mous. Shall we pay for it in cash or shall we seek a reciprocal arrangement by which a largo part of it may be paid for in pork and beef and flour , in lumber and in salt and iron , in shoes and calico , and furniture and thousands of other things. "I think the latter mode is the high- est form of protection and the best way to promote trade. "When shall be enlarged our com mercial intercourse with that great continent , South America , if we do not now make a beginning ? If we now give away the duty on sugar , as we already have given away the duties on coffee and hides and rubbers and get ting nothing in exchange which shall be profitable to farm or factory in the United States , what shall be justifica tion for the policy ? You have recent ly received congratulations in which I cordially join on carrying the ship bill the-senate. Do ' ping through - j'ou not think the line of ships generally aided by the government will have a better prospect of profit and per manence if we can give to them out- ward cargoes from the United States and not confine them to inward cargoes from Latin America ? * ' The ISchriiiir Sea matter. London , July 26. Tho Telegraph regrets the asperity of the tone of Secretary Blaine in the Bearing dis patches. * 'England , " the paper says , "is i strong enough , to be calm and courteous , and is sufficiently fond of peace to disregard Blaine ' s petulance. England has no immediate interest in the question beyond fair play. The dispute , resting on history , treaties , recorded rights and purchased privi leges , constitutes a clear case for refer- ' * ence. " The paper concludes with the suggestion that King Humbert of Italy or Emperor William be asked to arbi trate the matterr. Tho Chronicle 4 'Blaine says : proves himself an abler man in the contro versy than Lord Salisbury , although having a worse case to defend. The representatives of England are mere babies in the hands of Blaine. It is obvious that Salisbury at an early period of the discussion became sensi ble of his inferiority in dialectic skill to his opponent , lost his temper and deliberately insulted Blaine by declar ing that he conducted the negotiations in the interests of party and not in the interests of country. Clever as Blain e ' s object may be , however , it does not alter the fact that no claim , American or Russian , no admission of John Quincy Adams , can convert the vast open sea into a mare clausum. " The Times says : "The correspond ence leaves the matter worse. Under the sinister influences of party pressure President Harrison and Blaine have * X | ' ' • Ii become more oxacting and havo r.d- \n vnnced in an irreconcilablo spirit. KM claims about which thoy Qnco expressed < • * diffidence. Tho question is now a. | c deadlock. " ii The President After the Lotteries. -1 Washington , July 28. President. I Harrison has at last succeeded in no- H complishing what years of toil on the- part of certain mombors of tho houso tf and an almost unanimous demand from * . tho people of tho country havo hitherto • V j | failed to secure. Tho houso committee * i ( on postoffices and post roads has re- ( • bill tho transmis- L ported a prohibiting J sion through the mail of lottery mat- I j ' ter of all descriptions and placing in ; VI tho hands of tho postmaster general / l ' such authority as is necessary for him to carry out this prohibition. Thia f was not accomplished without ; much ( j" labor on tho part of tho president , but V \ President Harrison and the postmaster / general had almost despaired © f any I , action on the part of tho house , al- \ though there was iu the house com- j mittee on postoffices and post roads a < sub-committee which was supposed to > devote itself exclusively to the subject / . of lotteries. There was before the \ sub-committee no less than six bills \ bearing on tho subject , but action was \ , inexplicably delayed. Tho bill ex- / eluded from the mails not only all y classes of advertisements and money , . . - ' drafts , checks and all forms of values- / intended for lottery companies or I • agents representing them , but schemes- ( ( fl of drawings. As long as ten or twelve I j years ago General Browne of Indiana ( J introduced a bill in tho house looking ) ) to this end. Ho went before tho com- \ , mittee and urged it in the name of de- cency and fairness to tho people who / were unablo to see tho fraud in the I - ' management of lotteries to adopt a biP / , of this character. Every two years- t since he has introduced an anti-lottery \ bill , but mysterious influences have iii \ each instance either kept tho bill in / - the committee or after being reported i i have prevented its coming up for con- \ . sideration and no measure looking to A' the suppression of the lottery bill has ( . , come within gunshot distance of be- ( coming a law. It was privately stated j , some weeks ago that President Har- j , . rison , growing weary of the lottery ( • frauds and impatient with the inaction \ - of congress , had determined to take the matter into his own hands. Two or three weeks ago the chairman of \ the house committee on postoffices and \ postroads called at the white house on ) , two or three occasions and it was said } .about congress at the time that his- l' ' calls were upon the request of tho l president , who urged that there should C ' be some action taken at this session > It was stated that the president ; has. said that unless a bill was voluntarily reported from the committee he would ; i ' ' send a message to congress pointing out the evils of the lottery business and urging immediate action , and it is , ' { presumed that the probability of such , action on the part of the president ' ' % prompted the house committee to take : % the action which it has. ' ' A Wholesale Cattle Thief. J ' Chicago , July 23. The police havo f been given notice by the Iowa author- ( ities of what will probably develop into y a wholesale cattle steal. Last Satur- I day twenty carloads of cattle arrived. j , at the yards from Iowa in charge of a. j middle aged man who gave his name- \ as William Boswell. Six of the car- J loads were purchased by Wood Broth j ers and the remaining fourteen by two j other firms. The purchase price for 1 the entire lot was $8,000 and was to be V paid to Boswell this morning. Late i last night Wood Brothers received the- { following dispatch from the sheriff of Emmett county , Jowa : / * • Don 't pay any money to BoswelL / Cattle stolen. • / The police were at once notified and I detectives are waiting for Boswell to- < * put in an appearance , but he has not ' , been seen about the stockyards since- i then. A dispatch has been sent to the 1 Emmett county authorities asking for- ' further particulars. f Boswell was arrested shortly after X noon and is now locked up at the po- y lice station. Ho says the cattle are * mortgaged for $2,200. He will go back | to Iowa without putting the officers to- j any trouble. j Six hundred thousand dollars in gold. f have been ordered for shipment to * j' Europe. J J.ITK S'lOCK ASI i'ROnUCK MA RICKIS - ( Quotations from Neio I" i\V , t'iticiiyo , At. . I.ouis , OmaUii utnl KlaeivUere. OMAHA. Wheat Xo. 2 C3 ft .0 Coin Xo. .JjnizeU 31 < & 3i Oats Per bu 'JS & & tO j Hye 35 ( $ . -JO i 15utter Creamery 17 fe 13 j Butter Dairy 12 @ 13 1 Mess Pork rer bbl 9 TTi GUO 7. t K ? : s Fresh 10 ( .tJO' a. J Honey , per lb. , comb 16 it. Is j ChicWens Live , per dozen 2 30 ( m 3 3 } f Spring Chickens per doz 2 00 @ 2ii % LjA'ions Choice , per fcox CUO < SJ 8 00 t Ganges Per box 3 00 ( i Ti 09 J Onions New , Per bbl 4 OJ © 7.00 . Bt-ans Navies 175 © 2 00 t Wool Fine , unwashed , per 2 > . . . . It &J 15 1 Potatoes 0 © . i \ Hay Perton 8 M ( frll IK ) I Hogs > lixed packing . ' ? 42 Ci 3 4" i Hogs Heavy weights 3 47 ; 5i 3 , " v > \ Bee.es Choice iteers 4 00 ® 4 10 f XHW YOUK. J Wheat Xo. 2 red fr. < & . ec1 2 Corn Xo. 2 44 & 44'i J " Oats Jltzed uc Vern 351455 40 Pork 12 75 © 13 50 i Lard 6 00 © 8 CB'Sb \ CHICAGO. Wheat Per bushel & h < & S8 J' Corn Per bushel 37Jiia 33 . Oats Per bushel 32 & 3 ! " * . l Pork. . . . . . . . . . . .11 00 fell 25 1 Lard .170 < H 6 00 L- ' Hogs Packin < : and shippinj ; . 3 65 ( ft 3 90 ' Cattle Stockers and feeders 2 25 ftjffl r hecp Xatives 4 75 < & 5 M - H ST. LOUIS. ff Wheat Cash ST'/i © . SS3i \ \ Corn Per bu hel as < & 36' . \ { Oats Per bushel 32 fe .W- Jj Hogs Mixed packing 3 55 ( ft 3 fis f 1 Cattle Feeders 2 2J © 3 40 } • SIOUX CITY Ii Cattle Stockers sndfeeders . . . 3 55 © 3 65 ii Hogs Mixed 3 CO © 3 6" f KANSAS CITY. J Wheat No.2 77 © 7754 * Corn No. 2 33 $5 sc - I Oats No.2 23 ft 2SU- # - Cattle Stockers and feeders 2 60 ft 3 7 l Uogt Mixed .3 45 < & 3 53