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THE M'COOK TRIBUNE
F. Id. KIltOIELL , Publisher *
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STATE "NEWS.
NEBRASKA MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
The merchants of Bennett are do
ing a rushing business.
Juniata people were visited by a
brilliant meteor the other night.
A second bank hasten opened at
Greshnm with a capital of $10,000.
The young people of Bennett have
organized a dancing club for winter.
J. C. Stevens , of Nebraska City ,
is doing time in the county jail for
beating his wife.
1 A dog- fell in a well 150 feet deep
at Gordon and when taken out was as
spry as a cricket.
Dawson county has twenty-flvo al
liance organizations , with a total mem
bership of about 800.
; Schools of Nebraska City have re
opened after a temporary close oil ac
count of scarlet fever.
' Rushville has formed a stock com
pany and will immediately proceed to
build a cheese factory.
The Dodge county agricultural so
ciety offers a cash prize for the best
written report of the fair.
The residence of R. T. Wooden ,
near Springfield , was entirely de
stroyed by an incendiary lire.
John M. Willman of Nebraska
City places his daughter in the school
for the deaf and dumb at Omaha.
The resignation of Captain N. P.
Lundeen of the York militia company
has been accepted by Adjutant General
Cole.
' Emil Grant , a grain buyer at Syra
cuse , is reported to have suddenly left
town , much to the chagrin of his cred
itors.
The Blaine county fair has been
postponed from Sept. 23 to Oct. 9 , 10
and 11 , at Brewster , and a good fair is
expected.
The men at the B. & M. shops at
Plattsmouth now work ten hours a" day
and are happy at the pay for the extra
hours' work.
An expert has notified the water
commissioner of Beatrice that he has
prospected and found a body of water
seventeen feet deep.
1 The citizens and business men of
the new town of Spragtie , in Lancaster
county , are figuring on a newspaper
plant for the town.
John Erickson of Franklin has in
vented a treaddlc-power corn sheller
which they say is quite a novelty as
well us a success.
It was Major Scott , the lecturer ,
who was egged near Scribner the other
day and not Rev. George Scott as
stated in the reports.
Plattsmouth papers are very proud
tf the vitrified brick they are now
making in that town and say they are
of excellent quality.
The Caledonian insurance company
of Edinburg. having complied with
the laws , was granted -permission to
do business in the state.
' Dodge county is becoming noted
for the sheep business. About 200. -
000 will bo fed in the vicinity of Fre
mont the coming season.
Tom Nicholson of Otoe county ,
who was adjudged insane by the com
missioners of insanity a few days ago ,
was taken to the asylum last week.
Ferdinand Zimmerer of Tucker-
ville tried to lead a fractious cow , but
the animal got away with him and dis
located his shoulder in the struggle.
James Johnson of Fremont skip
ped a board bill and left for parts un
known. Officers located him in Lin
coln and brought James back to settle.
. Mrs. Glenn , who lost everything
in the Hebron fire , was agreeably sur-
.prised the other day by being pre
sented with a purse of § 203.75 by her
friends of that city.
While unloading hay at Gordon
the other day Mr. Olds discovered his
hay on fire. The load of hay and barn
burned up and the business1 portion of
the town narrowly escaped.
' Henry Fay , living near Panama ,
Otoe county , committed suicide by plac
ing a revolver down his throat and
blowing off the top of his head. No
cause is assigned for the deed.
[ Win. J. Mead , a well known con
tractor of Lincoln , attempted suicide
the other day by severing an artery in
his wrist. He had become despondent
thorough long suffering from rheuma
tism.
Hunters report good duck shoot
ing in Dodge county , and that since
the rains and the cool weather fishing
is good ; the black bass and pickerel
biting ravenously. Good sport is re
ported.
ported.L.
L. Hatch of Holdrege was stop
ping at the Cincinnati house , Nebraska
City , Thursday night , and was put
into a room with a stranger who stole
all his money and his watch and dis
appeared.
' W. Hales and wife of Battle Creek
celebrated their golden wedding the
other day. They have thirteen child-
ran living , all of whom were present
at the wedding and reunion.
Yards are being built near Ar
lington to accommodate the feeding of
6,000 Oregon sheep this fall and win
ter. This will create an immense de
mand for hay and corn.
A man named Kisslingbury at Ce
dar Bluffs pulled the trigger of a self-
cocking revolver while it was in his hip
pocket. As a result he wears a large
patch on the seat of his pants and a
plaster directly inside.
Postmaster C. E. Bardwell of
Tekfttnah , has dispensed with the old
postoffice , boxes and put la an elegant
new office throughout. The wood work
of * the new office is made of old Eng-
U h oik flnlched in oil
The twonty-months-old baby ol
H. Schnack of Scribner got hold of n
bottle of ammonia the other day al
Ernst Stegelman's and drank some ol
the liquid. The little ones throat and
mouth was horribly burned.
While James Smith of Tobias was
leading a horse along a road a drunken
man drove his team against the ani
mal with such force that the pole oi
the wagon was driven into the side ol
Smith's horse , killing it instantly.
A number of young men were dis
covered preparing to go into the coun
terfeiting business at Beatrice and
were placed under arrest. They had
not manufactured any of the "queer , "
however , and so they were discharged.
A report of the condition of Doug
las county finances show the bonded
indebtedness of the county to bo $546.-
000 , with a surplus of $131,925 in the
treasury. The tax collections for 1889 ,
were $837,503 and the disbursements
$705,577.
The finances of Fremont are in
very bad shape , there being no fundq
for the running of the city and' pay
ment of current expenses. A decision
by the supreme court on the occupation
tax as levied is anxiously awaited , to
see whether money can be raised in
that way or not.
While hunting quail this afternoon ,
says an Orleans dispatch , Senator
George W. Burton received the con
tents of a shotgun at close range , from
careless shooting by u friend. From
his face , arm and side , about seventy-
five shot have been taken. The acci
dent will not result seriously.
Nancy A. Patterson of Lincoln
last week was divorced from her hus
band after living with him 29 years
and rearing him eight children. The
old man had frequently threatened to
cut her throat and about a year ago
fractured her skull , and she lay at
death's door for a long time.
L. W Coleman , the fellow who
robbed a box car'in the St. Paul yards
at Omaha about a year ago , and who
was brought from Blue Point by De
tective Ellis the other day , was up be
fore the police court the other day ,
and the evidence was so strong against
him that he was bound over. He has
a sure thing for a term in the pen.
S. M. Laughlin , a painter , has dis
appeared under mysterious circum
stances. Ho came to Nebraska City
four weeks ago and boarded at the
Cincinnati house. Last week he went
to work at the Grand Pacific hotel ,
since which time all trace of him is
lost. His board was paid some time
ahead and he left without drawing his
wages.
wages.The
The Franklin county fair closed
last week its sixteenth exhibition.
The attendance was good and the man
agement will do better financially than
last year. The exhibits in departments
were better except some farm products ,
than ever before. The display of
stock was grand. Some of the stock
that won premiums at Omaha and Lin
coln this year was also exhibited.
W. J. McVicker of North Bend
left last week to take charge of a large
stamp mill in the gold fields of South
Africa , at Johannesburg , on the Lang-
laate estate. This is the second time
Mr. McVicker has had charge of this
mill. He is an experienced man and
an excellent manager , as would be in
ferred from a company paying his ex
penses both ways for a trip of 17,000
miles.
miles.A
A collision of two sections of a
special stock train occurred nine miles
west of Cody. The front section was
stopped by a hot box on a locomotive
truck. The second section was so
closely following that a collision oc
curred , wrecking the way car , an emp
ty box car and one loaded Street stock
car of the front section and the loco
motive and a Street cattle car of the
second section. Charles Share of
Rapid City was crushed in the debris
of the way car.
Frank E. Romandorf was arrested
in Fremont charged with stealing the
cattle belonging to Phillip Scott from
the island in the Platte. Eighteen cat
tle were taken and Mr. Scott located
twelve of them in a pasture near Val-
lej * . Romandorf sold the twelve to
Mrs. McCleghan , receiving § 50 in cash
and the balance was credited on a ncte.
What was done with the remaining six
is not known. Romandorf will have-
a hard time to make an explanation'
good enough to keep him out of the
penitentiary.
Presidential Vetoes.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 2. The president - ,
dent returned yesterday without ap
proving the house bill , declaring tlwi
retirement of Captain Charles B. Stir- ,
vis , U. S. A. , legal and valid and that
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he is entitled as such officer to his pay.
The president vetoed the bill for the
relief of Charles P. Choteau for the :
reason that the court of claims had already - <
ready made findings of facts in thej
case essential for the guidance of congress - )
gress in case it should decide that an
appropriation to pay the claim ought
to be made.
Beaten to Death by Roughs.
MOUNT MORRIS , N. Y. , Oct. 2.-
William Joslin , who arrived here yesterday - ;
terday from Mount Clemens , Mich. , to !
visit his daughter , was attacked and *
beaten by a gang of roughs last night1
while standing in front of the Scoville'
house. He died within a few min
utes. The assault was without any-
provocation whatever , and because of
that and the victim's popularity it has
caused much indignation. Daniel Keat-c
ing , leader of the gang , surrendered ;
himself this morning , and the whole
of the gang , five in number , are now.
in jail. Keating admits that ho killed ,
Joslin. _
The Independence Belgo says that\ \
the adoption of the McKinley tariff but
ensures t o failure of the world's fair
at Chicago , as it will be a needless and
hopeless expense for Europeans to send
exhibit * there.
Governor.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 4. The-Mormon
question j is discussed by Governor
Thomas of Utah in his annual report.
He asserts that the Mormon people are
governed by priests , and that in every
political and business act the church
is put first , the country afterward.
The population of the territory is esti
mated at 220,932 , an increase of 55
per cent during the past ten years.
The Mormons arc recruited by immi
gration from Great Britain and Scan-
.dinavian countries. The average num
ber of foreign-born brought to the
territory by the Mormons during the
past nine years was about eighteen
hundred annually , and this average
lias probably been maintained the past
year. The governor says that political
and official Mormonism deals in vari
ous and meaningless words or words
of double meaning , hypocritical pretenses -
tenses and false assertions. Its atti
tude toward polygamy is delusive to
the last degree. It knows there has
been no change on the subject , but
seeks to convey the impression that
tthere has been. Prominent church
[ officials , the governor states , have
/declared that the church does
not now grant its permits to
enter polygamy , and the nominal
head of the church has announced
that polygamous marriages do not now
take place. The governor adds , how
ever , that when the attention of the
head of the church was called to a
notorious case uncovered in the First
district court he disclaimed any knowl-
adge of it. Admitting that these state
ments are , however literally true , the
governor says it does npt prove that
the church has met the public senti
ment of the nation , as expressed in its
laws , nor does it prove that the church
is loyal to the law. There is no reason
.to believe , the governor asserts , that
any earthly power can exact from the
'church any declaration opposed to
polygamy. He accounts for the hold
[ which Mormonism has upon the people
ple by the fact that they are taught to
_ keep aloof from influences outside of
the church. The governor recom
mends the passage of the bill reported
in the senate by Edmunds , which au
thorizes the governor to appoint cer
tain county officers and providing fora
legislative reappointment. He states
that if this bill becomes a law it will
place the control of twenty-five coun
ties in the hands of men loyal to the
government. He also recommends the
passage of either the Cullom bill or the
Struble bill.
Lively Times lit Guthrle.
GUTIHUE , O. T. , Oct. 4. The ex
citement over the capitol location continued
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tinued yesterday . After the demon
stration against Messrs. Daniels , Perry
and Nesbitt last evening had subsided ,
S. R. Mitchell , city attorney of Okla
homa City , who chanced to be in town ,
sent this telegram to one of his friends
at home :
Your representatives were mobbed
on the street today. Send 100 armed
men.
men.The
The armed men arrived this morn
ing and were among the first to secure
seats of vantage in the lower" house.
Fully as many friends of the Guthrie
measure , equally strongly armed , were
also present. Their presence caused
intense feeling and it would have taken
but the slightest outbreak to have
caused serious trouble.
Speaker Daniels was too ill , suffer
ing from nervous exhaustion caused by
the exciting scenes of yesterday , to
preside. As soon as the house was
called to order Representative Terrill
introduced a resolution calling atten
tion to the presence of armed men in
the chamber , declaring their presence
undesirable and directing the sergeant-
at-arms to eject all spectators , news
paper men excepted.
The resolution was voted down 20
to 50.
Considering the probability of arep-
ctition of yesterday's riotous demon
stration it was deemed advisable to
postpone until tomorrow further ac
tion on the capitol question.
The speaker has prepared a resolu
tion , which will be introduced tomor
row , providing for the recall of the
bill from the senate. When this reso
lution is presented a lively time is ex
pected.
Back to tlte Vigilantes ,
SAN FRANCISCO , Oct. 4. A Chron
icle special from Spokane Falls , Wash. ,
says : "The town of Oakesdale , forty
miles from here , has of late been in
fested with thugs and cutthroats ,
whom the authorities have been un-
uble to hold in check. Many burglar
ies have been committed. The thugs
have threatened to burn the town and
the citizens have organized for its de
fense. Yesterday the old vigilance
committee was organized and three
men ordered to teave town within fif
teen minutes. They left. There is
great excitement. The town is well
guarded to prevent any acts of revenge.
THc Lottery Law.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 4. The follow
ing instructions embodying the con
struction placed upon the anti-lottery
law by the postoffice department were
mailed to postmasters throughout the
country to-day. The law applies to
any letter , ordinary or registered , if jt
concerns any lottery gift concern or
sceme described in the section and to
lottery tickets , checks , drafts , bills ,
money , postal notes or money orders
for the purchase of lottery tickets or
any share or chance in the lottery or
gift enterprise , and to the list of draw
ings of any lottery or similar scheme ,
and forbids the carrying of them in the
mails or the delivery of them , from the
postoffices.The seal of any letter or
any scaled package prepared at
letter rates must not be disturbed
for the. . purpose of ascertaining"
if its transmission in the mailer
or its delivery at the postoffice is for- I
bidden by the provisions of this set.
Nor will mere suspicion that such a
'letter or package relates to a letter , 01
the fact that it is addressed to any per
son known to bo engaged in the busi
ness of conducting a lottery , justify its
detention or non-delivery , except that
the delivery of a registered letter al
the office of destination shall bo with
held when the postmaster general has
issued specific orders under the pro
visions of section 3929 to that effect.
Postal cards and circulars unsealed and
all other unsealed matter may , when
suspected of having been deposited 01
mailed in violation of the provision oi
this act , be examined for the purpose
of ascertaining their character.
Arizona' * Condition.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 4. The annual
report of the governor of Arizona says
the mining industry is in a more
healthy condition than ever. Great
attention is being paid to agriculture
owing to the productiveness of lands.
The governor thinks restrictive legisla
tion in Idaho will cause an increase of
Mormon immigration to Arizona. The
number of Mormons now in the terri
tory is estimated at one-fifth of * the
population , and the report states that
unless restrictive measures are adopted
the territory will become Mormonized
to such an extent as to seriously dis
turb society and the affairs of govern
ment and prejudice the territory's
chances for statehood. He recom
mends , therefore , that the government
grant the same protection to Arizona
as is enjoyed by Idaho and that the
Idaho te&t oath be made applicable to
Arizona , and that the San Carlos
Apaches be removed from the territory
and the reservation be opened to set
tlement.
A Chicago Will Contest.
CHICAGO , Oct. 6. The Daily News
says that the will of the late John
Creerar , which disposed of an estate
worth about $300,000,000 , much of it
being bequeathed to charitable and re
ligious institutions in this city , is to
be contested , and proceedings will
soon be commenced "in what will prob
ably be one of the most celebrated
cases of its kind on record.
The principal feature of the will
was the bequest of § 2,000.000 to found
a great public library in Chicago. The
contest was inaugurated by distant
relatives on Creerar's father's side. The
grounds on which it is proposed to
invalidate the library bequest are the
same as those on which the bequest
for a library in New York in the will
of Samuel J. Tilden was invalidated ,
viz : That a bequest cannot legally be
made to anything which does not ex
ist. It is also proposed to attack the
bequests to several religious institu
tions and the bequest of $100,000 for
a statute of Abraham Lincoln. The
solicitors for the contestants point out
that all the bequests to relatives were
to those on his mother's side and that
the relatives on his father's side were
not mentioned. In proving it the fam
ily servant testified that there were no
relatives on his father's side living ,
and the contestants , several of whom
come from Ontario , assume that the
testator did not know of their existence.
"U'orld'H Fair Notes. .
CHICAGO , Oct. 0. A notice was re
ceived at the world's fair national
headquarters from Marshal McDonald ,
United States fish commissioner , stat
ing that in the latter part of this
month he would be in Chicago to con
fer with the national commission con
cerning a building to be erected by the
government to be devoted exclusively
to fish and fish culture. He stated it
was the intention of the government
to surpass all previous exhibits of u
like nature.
Hon. James Allison , late president
of the centennial exposition of the
Ohio Valley and central states at Cin
cinnati , is regarded as an available
candidate for the position of chief of
the bureau of installation , and his
friends are said to be organizing a
movement in that direction in his be
half. Mr. J. K. llallock. alternate
commissioner from Pennsylvania , is
also mentioned as a candidate for the
position of chief of the bureau of in
stallation.
Major Frederick Brackett , chief
clerk of the treasury department , is in
the city and will remain a day or two.
interesting himself in the progress of
the world's fair work and making ar
rangements for the appointment of a.
disbursing officer in this city to take
charge of the congressional appropri-
tions.
The tfadly Smitten Cowboy.
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Oct. G. Details
of the suicide of James McKee , near
FortLaramie , shows that McKee killed
himself because a 13-year-old girl re
fused to marry him. The girl's name
is Nellie Mason. She , with her
brother-in-law and sister , are traveling
across Wyoming on their way to Ore
gon. McKee , a young cowboy of 19 ,
met the party while he was riding the
range and fell desperately in love with
the girl. He followed the part } * and
while they were camped near Fort
Laramie proposed to the girl. She
refused to marry him and told him to
leave the camp. McKee mounted his
horse and rode away. Half an hour
later he was found hanging by the
neck to the branch of a cottonwood.
While on horseback he had placed the
noose of the lariat aroiind his neck ,
fastened the rope to the branch , and
let his horse walk from under him.
MeKee left a note written on a leaf of
memorandum book , asking Miss Mason
to forgive him for annoying her , and
saying his heart was broken , it is not
where McKeelsparents reside. No-
inquest wasT'Cfthsidered necessary , and
he was buried where he took his life.
The village of Kinmount , OnL. was
almost completely destroyed by fire.
COMJRKS8BONAL , 1'HOCKUINGA.
In the senate on the 29th the confer
ence report on the deficiency bill was
presented. As the bill passed' the
house it appropriated $5,231,600. The
senate had increased the amount by
$2,845,000 , making it $7,87,0,000. This
had been reduced in conference tc
$6,666.000. The largest item in the
reduction was that for French spolia
tion claims. The conference report on
tlo tariff bill was presented and road
at length. Mr. Aid rich said the con
ference report and the bill , as modified
by it , were printed , and he did not
deem any further explanation of its
provisions necessary. He hoped the
senate would be able to reach a vote
on the report early this afternoon. Mr.
Morgan having referred to Mr. Sher
man's recent letter to Erastus Wyman ,
Mr. Sherman said the statements there
in were consistent with the position he
always held that it , was by mutual
legislation and not by treaties that re
ciprocity measures could bo carried out.
At the close of Mr. Morgan's speech
Mr. Aldrich called for u vote on the
conference report. This was opposed
by Mr. Cockrell , who said that Mr.
parlislo desired to speak , but was some
what indisposed to-day. Finally the
report was laid aside. The
house bill defining the duties
of sergeant-at-arms passed. In
the house Mr. Henderson of Iowa
submitted the conference report on the
general deficiency bill. After some
debate it was agreed to. On motion
of Mr. Henderson the bill passed ap
propriating $28,000 to supply the de-
iiciency in the appropriation for the
compensation of members of the house.
The conference report on the bill to
increase the efficiency of the signal
corps of the army and transfer the
weather service to the agricultural de
partment was agreed to. On motion
of Mr. Caldwell of Ohio the bill passed
to prevent the desecration of the
United States flag by the printing
thereon of any painting or advertise
ment.
In the senate on the 30th the con
ference report on the tariff bill was
taken up and Mr. Carlisle addressed
the senate. He would not , he said ,
attempt to discuss the economic the
ory of the bill. It was not his pur
pose to state the effect of the measure
on the public revenue , because it would
be impossible to do so with any degree
of accuracy. But he would state ap
proximately what its effect on taxation
would be. No member of the finance
committee had ventured during the
tariff debate to express an opinion as
to what the effect of the bill would been
on the re venues of the government ex
cept the senator from Iowa ( Allison ) ,
who in the course of a speech on the
subject of expenditures of the govern
ment had revived the subject to some
extent. Mr. Allison criticised several
of Mr. Carlisle's statements and denied
their accuracy. He ( Allison ) differed
from Mr. Carlisle absolutely as to the
effect of the bill and gave it as his be
lief that it would reduce the revenues
to an amount between $40.000,000 and
$45,000,000. On the question of tin
plate he expressed the belief that
within five years from this lime the
United States would produce substan
tially all the tin plate consumed here
and consumers would have it at a less
price than they paid for it last year.
Coming down to the sugar question ,
he said he had conversed with the
planters of Louisiana who had come
to Washington and there was not
one of them who did not say the pro
posed bounty would stimulate im
mensely the products of sugar in Lou
isiana and be a great boom to them.
But now the senator from Louisiana
( Gibson ) charged the conferees with
discriminating against that industry.
If it were true that all the Louisiana
sugar planters spurned the bounty
and denounced it and declared it un
constitutional , they might find a con
gress that would take them at their
word. He believed that the bill was
on the whole a fair bill to- every sec
tion of the country as a protective
measure and he did not believe its
general effect would be be to operate
harshly on one section of the country
iis against another section. The sen
ate then proceeded to vote on the con
ference report , the result fallowing
yeas , 33 ; nays , 27. So the conference
report was agreed to and now the tariff
.bill needs only the signatures of the
presiding officers of both houses and
, the president of the United States. In
the house the free delivery system bill
, was passed. The bill was passed for
the appointment of an additional jus
tice of the supreme court of Arizona.
On motion of Mr. McKinley the eon-
.current resolution was agreed to , di
recting the clerk of the house to num
ber consecutively the paragraphs of
the enrolled tariff bill. The senate
bill passed establishing a custom col
lection district in North and South
Dakota. Adjourned.
In the senate on the 1st the house
adjournment resolution with the
amendment providing for the final
adjournment of the session at 5
o'clock this afternoon was'agreed to.
The senate then went into executive
session. When the doors were re
opened the conference report on the
house bill in reference to contracts
for surveying public lands was agreed
to. A message from the house asking
concurrence in the resolution to make
another correction in the tariff bill
was not considered on Mr. Edmunds
objecting. At five minutes before 3
the tariff bill enrolled , was received
from the house with the speaker's sig
nature. It was immediately signed by
the vice president and sent to the pres
ident. Mr. Aldrich thereupon re
ported-back theadjournment .resolu
tion with an amendment to fix the
time at 6 o'clock today. Agreed to.
A message was received from the house
announcing concurrence tfith the resolution
elution as to negotiations with Great
Britain and Mexico for preventing
Chinese entering - -United-States.- . -
Vice President Morton rose and made
a brief speech , thanking the eonutors
for the resolution adopted and for the
cov-dial co-operation ho had received
from all. Ho then declared the senate
adjourned without day. In the house
the senate concurrent resolution for
negotiations with Great Britain and
Mexico for the prevention of entry of
Chinese laborers into the United States
was agreed to. Mr. Caswell of Wis
consin asked unanimous consent for
the consideration of the resolution
electing T. J. Flint of Wisconsin post
master of the house. Mr. WilliamB.of
Ohio objected and Mr. Caswoll with
drew the resolution. Mr. McKinloy.
chairman of the committee appointed
to wait upon the president , announced
that the president had no further com
munications to make , and then the
house took a recess. During the re
cess nearly all the members left the
hall to make preparations far their
departure from the city , and when the
speaker reconvened the house that of
ficial looked down upon a vast array
of emptj' scuts. Ho merely stated , ac
cording to the concurrent resolution ,
that he declared1 the first session of the
Fifty-first congress adjourned without
day. _
TinHniitii .Illnorlty Hoport.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 4. Judge Saw
yer , on behalf of the majority of the
Raum committee , stated to an Asso
ciated press reporter that ho learned
with surprise that the minority report
had been given out. It was well , un
derstood by the committee that the
evidence was not all in and the in
vestigation not closed. Taking up the
allegations in the minority report one
by one , Judge Sawyer said that there
was not one of the statements that ho
believed was borne out by the evi
dence , incomplete though it was. As
to the list of stockholders , the proof
showed that Smyser subscribed alone
for the stock and that the others in 7.
terested with him made no subscrip
tion. With regard to Bradley Tan
ner , Commissioner Raum's private sec
retary , the evidence showed that at
the outside he had only written four or
five letters on the refrigerator com
pany's business in the pension office
during office hours. His association
with the District of Columbia branch
company was purely nominal , and the
company itself was not yet brought
into existence. Tanner's promotion
was shown to have been made "in ful
fillment of a promise to Raum's prede
cessor. With > those exceptions there
was no evidence to show that anybody
employed in the pension office was di
rectly or indirectly the owner of any
stock in the refrigerator company.
The majority had carefully analyzed
the testimony with regard to favor
itism to attorneys and had reached the
conclusion that favoritism was impos
sible. The majority of the committee
earnestly approved the orders estab
lishing the completed filed system as
expediting business. They found that
there was no evidence to show that
the commissioner ever failed to give
time and attention to the duties which
should be expected of him.
lUurdcred and Robbed.
CHFA-ENNK , Wyo. , Oct. G. The
dead body of Ray Baker , a soldier of
the Seventeenth infantry , was found
near Fort RusseU. There was a bul-
iet hole in the back of the head , and
the face was crushed as if struck with
a club. Saturday was pay day at the
post , and Baker , with a number of
comrades , spent the greater part of
the night in Cheyenne gambling
houses. He quit the game at mid
night a winner , and started home with
about $50. When his body was found
the money was gone. Two private
soldiers named Wise and Miller have
been arrested on suspicion of being the
murderers. They and Baker had a
quarrel everal days ago , when one of
the men threatened to kill him. Baker
was 25 years of age. He was a new
recruit , coming here from Columbus ,
0. , six months ago.
I'uii-Aiiicricaii li.tpemJiJnrc- .
WASHINGTON , Oct. 1. The tccre-
tary of state sent to the senate a state
ment of the disbursements from the
appropriation for the expenses of the
Pan-American conference. The ap
propriation was § 125,000 and the ex
penditures $124,979.89 , the balance
being turned into the treasury.
T.TTK STOCK 1'llOnUCI' JJVIKK/C/S ,
Quotations frntn JV'cicr York , Chicago , St ,
/x ifi < ( Oiiiatin rend Etyomtmre.
' OMAHA.
Wheat No. 2 70 ® 70f
Corn No. 2 inixil 45 t& SO
Oats Per bu 39 ( n 40
Itarley 60 ( ft 01
Rye 41 ( ft 44'.t
Hutter Cn.wnery 20
L'utter Dalrv 14 15
Men Pork Per bbl 075 75
Eggs Fresh 15 < < . 18
Honey , per lb. , ne\r , comb 17 fb 18
Spring Chickens per doz 2 00 50
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Lemons Choice , per bor 8 00 l 50
Oranpp < ; 500 < a 7 rxj
Onions New , Per bbl 3 SO © 4 ( ft
Beans Navies 225 < K > 2 40
Wool Fine , unwashed , per 2 > . . . . 11
Potatoes 1 15 a i 25
Sw et Potatoes Per bu 2 OJ < a 2 so
Apples Per bbl 275
Tomatoes Per bu 70 ® It 00
Hay Pcrtou 7 O ) fa.10 OJ
Ho ? Mixed packing 4 25 < Ji 4 3)
Hogs Heavy neighu 3 90 < j 4 25
Ueeves Choice steer * 4 OJ © 4 40
NEW YOUIC.
Wheat No. 2 red 1 02 = ci 1 K > ,
[ 'oru-No. 2 .V.s
Mised western . 41 46
Pork 11 so 25
[ .aril. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5 43 G ? X )
CHICAGO.
Wheat Per bushel . Q < ?
torn IVr l u h l . 4
Oat- . Per bushe ! . : is
Pork . 9 ffii
r.ari ) . 62 ; ) , _
Hogs Pankinz anU.ihippin ? . S 'JO < & 4 00
battle Natives . : \ 0) & 5 25
Sheep Natives . a 75 4 80
bT. LOGIS.
Wheat Cash . , . SO : © i oo > j
Corn Per bushel . 47 (2l 47i
Oats Per bushel . 28 40
Hofs Miiru jiack'.aj ; . 4 00 § 4 40
L'attle Feeder * . a I'J © 3 1U
SIOUX CITY.
ja-3 20
Hog * Hixeu
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat No.2 . 83
Corn Xo.U . 4 < j *
OaU Ho. 2 . & 30
Cattle Stockew and feeder * . 35 390
B B * Mixed . 3 95 so
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