THE M'COOK TRIBUNE
F. ITI. KIIUItXELI , , Publisher.
McCOOK , : : NEB ,
NEBRASKA JVJBirS AfD XOTES.
THE acreage of fall wheat sown this
fall will bo very largo.
' - s COLD weather approaches the
c ° al thief begins Ms operations hero
and thero.
THE North Platte roller mill is
forced to run twenty-four hours a day
to supply it patrons.
| T JAMES R. GAJIFIELD of Mentor , O. ,
eon of the martyred president , was in
Omaha a few days ago.
| | DUCKS , quails , chickens , rabbits and
other kinds of game are reported plen
tiful in the Platte bottoms.
THE members of the German Luth
eran church near Lyons contemplate
building a church next spring.
W. B. EUBANKS , a prominent citizen
of Fairbury , was found dead in a bed at
the European hotel in St. Joseph , Mo.
THEKE have been more political gath
erings and larger ones this fall than
ever before in the history of the state.
OWEN JONES , residing four and a
half miles north of Plainview , was
thrown from a buggy last week aud
seriously hurt.
BUAKEMAN ClIAKLlE BOND ffOt his
hand caught while coupling cars at Hay
Spring. He had three fingers and part
of his thumb amputated.
PnAiuiE fire in the Elkhorn bottoms
between Fremont and Arlington have
intlicted a heavy loss on stockmen ,
much bay having been burned.
THE Methodist Episcopal conference
meets -at Randolph December 2 , 3 and
4 , and an interesting programme has
been prepared for the occasion.
THE militia company at Kearney is
organized and ready for drill. They
have elected officers and -will at once
spruce up and learn the tactics.
Mu. W. NEEI.ANDEK , one of the most
prominent fanners living near Berea ,
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died a few days ago at'llot Springs and
his remains were taken east for burial.
A NUMUEU of telegraph operators
have recently been discharged at
Omaha , and on the llth of November
a ball for their benefit is to be given.
ARTICLES of incorporation have been
filed by the Omaha hydraulic-press
brick company. The capital stock is
$400,000 , divided into shares of § 100.
IT is estimated that 200.000 sheep
have been shipped from Wyoming , over
the Elkhorn road alone this fall , to
feeding grounds in Nebraska ar j Kan
sas.
sas.IT
IT is hoped by Kearney people that
Bishop Graves , who is now in the east.
will bring home with him good tidings
respecting the Episcopal cqlleye at that
place.
WEAR CASSADV of Friend lias sold a
half interest in his trotting stallion ,
Charley Burch. to J. W. Allsnum for
§ 2,500. The horse has a record of
2:31J ,
TUE Lancaster Medical society in con
junction with the Lincoln board of
health has commenced a raid upon the
quacks of Lincoln and the surrounding
country.
J. H. PJEHCE. an Omaha attorney ,
is a fugitive from justice , having been
engaged in forgery. Pierce is a bright
Jellow , but a wreck in the matter of
strong drink.
THE farmer,1 elevator plan is con
stantly gaining ground at Hooper.
About three hundred shares of stock ,
amounting to § 7 , 500 , have already been
subscribed for.
WHAT is styled an indignation meet
ing of business men and property own-
era was held in Nebraska City. The
occasion for this meeting was the wagon
gen bridge bonds.
THE special election held in Beatrice
to vote upon the issue of § 15,000 bonds
< or the construction of a new system of
jtorm sewers resulted in favor of the
bonds by a fair majority.
TOBACCO has been raised in Colfax
Countj this year , and the crop has
turned out to the satisfaction of the
raisers. Next year an additional num-
"ber of acres will be planted.
Miss STELLA YOUNG of Ashland has
accepted a position as bookkeeper with
the wholesale manufacturing company
of Katz & Nebens , Omaha , and will
commence work November 3.
WHILE Pierce & Co. were threshing
ior B. L. Gorham , who lives about eight
jniles west of Ponder , the crown sheet
of the boiler burst. It was caused by
low water. No one was injured.
A HIGH official of a western road ,
-nrho has been in Wyoming and given
some attention to the coal famine , says
that it is largely due to the cussedness
of the railway employes in that region.
A MAN who gave his name as Goss
and came from Ogallala was arrested
in Nebraska City with four horses in
his possession , said to have been stolen.
The authorities at Ogallala were noti-
JOHN KIEWIT , an old resident of
Omaha , while directing some repairs
on one of his buildings , fell from the
roof. His skull was fractured and he
received injuries which will prove
fatal.
fatal.NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA Cirr people are making
an honest and desperate attempt to
raise a sufficient bonus to secure the
location there of one of Oxnard's beet
sugar factories , and they have hopes
of success.
THE Baptists of Nebraska number ,
as reported last year , 10,182. They
sire increasing at about the rate of
1,000 a year. The increase last year
wras 1,495 ; 11,070 were enrolled in the
Sunday schools. The total valuation
of church property is set down at
$121,011. Last year $118,691 were
contributed by the churches for home
.expenses , and $7,806 for missions.
Two barns near * Fifteenth and W
streets , Lincoln , were burned to the
ground last week , and with them two
valuable horses and considerable hay.
The work is thought to have been that
of an incendiary.
THE country school teacher , who so
mysteriously disappeared several weeks
ago from near Blue Hill , has at last
turned up. Ho writes to his wife from
California and tells her that he was in
sane when ho left home.
A PETITION is being circulated by
the members of the Lancaster county
bar that the present term of the dis
trict court bo adjourned soon , as the
time for commencing the November
term is rapidly approaching.
GEORGE J. BARRETT , proprietor of
the Star livery barn , Fremont , sus
piciously left the city the other day.
His creditors , believing that he has
gone for good , soon took charge of his
business and now have it in hand.
THE Standard street railway of Lin
coln has been granted permission to
erect poles and adopt electricity as a
motive power , Its poles are already
contracted for , and it is expected that
many of them will be set this fall.
A FAMILY of newcomers to Ashlant
have lost two children by diphtheria.
They had previously lost several chil
dren from the same disease in the east ,
and it is supposed the germs of diph
theria were taken to Ashland with them.
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THE other .day the residence of ex-
Warden 11. W. Hyers in Plattsmouth
was found to be on fire. The fire com
pany soon got control of the flames but
the building was badly damaged. The
loss on the house is $800 , covered by
insurance.
ALBERT BODINUS , an employe of the
Detroit iron works on the Tenth street
viaduct in Omaha , fell from the
structure the other day and sustained
injuries that will prove fatal. This is
the second fatality on the structure
since work began.
The Union Pacific has established
reading rooms for its employes at
Grand Island. A good sized library
has been provided as well as the lead
ing newspapers and periodicals , all of
which , including the use of both rooms ,
is free to the men for only § 2.50 a
year.
BY a mandamus order from the supreme
premo court the board of supervisors
of Knox county have taken the neces
sary steps to submit to the voters thi'g
fall the proposition to divide the coun
ty and form the new county of Union
out of the two southern tiers of town
ships.
THE bad woman question is attract
ing considerable attention in Lincoln
on account of the brazenness with
which some of them parade the streets
and also on account of Mayor Graham's
determined efforts to drive them out of
the residence and business portions of
the city.
THE Omaha & Republican Valley
railroad company last week petitioned
the board of county commissioners of
Lancasser county to obtain a fee sim
ple title for the right of way across
certain state lands between Lincoln
and West Lincoln , over which its line
wus built in 1880.
THE farmers in the neighborhood of
South Sioux City have agreed to raise
2,000 acres of sugar beats next season ,
find the merchants have guaranteed a
bonus of § 150,000 in cash and real
estate if H. T. Oxnard will put in a
sugar factory at that place costing
? 500,000.
CHARLES HIMLER of Decatur takes
the &tate cake as a pumpkin raiser. He
raised on one vine f e pumpkins and
says their weight wfll not very five
pounds from the largest to smallest.
He took one to town the other day and
it tipped the beam at sixty-five pounds.
He estimates the weight of the fruit of
one little seed at 305 pounds.
A CONFERENCE was had at Goring
between the citizens and the members
of the Belmont & Froid canal com
pany and R. H. Lawrence and A.
1'olack of Omaha , representing the
Behnont construction company. The
canal , which will be nearly 300 miles
long and watei 175,000 acres of land ,
will be the largest in the United
States.
M. N. PURDY of Homer had the mis
fortune to lose five head of horses the
other night during the heavy lain.
His stable was situated near a creek
and the water raised and filled the sta
ble and drowned the horses before he
was aware of the danger , only one es
caping from the terrible death. Will
Ream also lost one horse in the same
stable.
A. R. THORP , one of the oldest and
most universally respected citizens of
Nebraska City , was found dead in bed
the other day. Mr. Thorp took a short
walk in the morning , and feeling fa
tigued retired to his room to rest ,
where he was found dead a short time
afterwards. The deceased was 8 6 years
of age , and the cause of his .death was
heart failure.
CHARLES VANCE , who so brutally
assaulted Mary Bronette at Covington ,
from the effects of which she is hover
ing between life and death , was cap
tured at home and brought to the
Dakota City jail. A strong guard was
at once placed about the jail to pre
vent the currying into effect of the
threats of lynching so freely made by
Covington parlies.
George and Louis Wagner , arres.ed
near Snyder , Dodge county , for an as
sault on John Hardee a few dt.ys ago ,
were tried and convicted. They huve
given noiice of an appeal to the dis
trict court. Hardee is past CO years
of age and the boys are 22 and 17 re
spectively , Against the two the old
man stood no show at all. He was bad
ly bruised and battered in the row.
His suit of clothes , worn at the time
of the assault , were produced in
court , all covered with blood , as evi
dence of how he was used. An alibi
was attempted by the defense but the
jury brought in a verdict of guilty.
IN HIS OWN BEHALF.
TIIE PRESIDES ! OF THE tWJKW PA
CIFIC HO AD SPEAKS ,
And ncfcudHHliniiclf Against Clmrgem
that JIo Is Trying to Work tlio Road
for Speculative Purpoc HIM ICcla-
tloiiM IVItli Ea tcrn Roads Two
l&atcM tliat Arc to Take Effect Novem
ber 1st Prospects of tlio Line Opor-
ntloim of the Army in the Depart
ment of tlic Platte.
Tlio Union Pacific President Defends
Himself.
CHICAGO , Nov. 1. Charles Francis
Adams , against whom charges of try
ing to wreck the Union Pacific railroad
for speculative purposes have been
made , arrived here yesterday on his
way home from a tour of inspection of
that system , of which ho is president.
Speaking of the charges and the gen
eral condition of the road , Mr. Adams
said :
The stories about my trying to
wreck the Union Pacific are due solely
to the imagination of certain ex-officials
of the road who were , discharged from
its service and who are evincing more
aptitude for newspapers than they ever
showed for running a railroad. They
are too silly to deserve a denial. The
Union Pacific , for the past six weeks ,
has unquestionably been greatly over
crowded with traffic , and the local man
agement , in its desire to take care of
new business , has undertaken to do
more than the facilities at command
justified doing. Accordingly there has
been a certain amount of disturbance
in the movements of trains and a cor
responding increase in accidents and
delays. This has , however , all been
remedied , and during the last ten days
the regular movement has been re
stored , accidents and disturbances have
ceased and the whole machinery of the
road is now moving with regularity.'jj
"What of your relations with east
ern roads ? "
"Under the contract between the
Union Pacific and Chicago & North
western , entered into a year ago , the
division of rates was to be rearranged
in a way that would materially ad
vance the interests of the Union Pa
cific. These revised rates are to take
effect November 1. It is a matter sim
ply between the Union Pacific and the
Chicago & Northwestern. We are ,
however , ready to serve all other
roads and exchange business with
them , having no preference to the
Northwestern. We have made every
arrangement with our eastern connec
tions to amply protect our own traffic
and the whole traffic of the business
community. Who have no apprehen
sion that other lines in the long run
will decline to participate in this traf
fic on these terms. If the existing
rates are sustained no line will have
any cause of complaint , but in any
event , no matter who accepts or re
jects the new basis , we have made am
ple provision to take care of all the
traffic which offers to or from any point
we reach. The difference about which
so much talk has been made is purely
temporary and , in our judgements , by
no means serious in fact , we are
inclined to believe that the whole
thing was intended more for Wall
street than for the freight offices of
the roads or shippers here. The only
other point which it seems to me would
interest the public is that the Union
Pacific , in common with all the other
reads of the country , has sustained a
very great loss of traffic this year and
a corresponding loss of income , from
the fact that all eastern machine shops
have been overcrowded with orders.
I have just been over the lines of the
Union Pacific. The gross earnings of
the company for the current month of
October will be probably somewhere
between $400,000 and § 500,000. Had
we had the motive power and equip
ments which were ordered six months
ago , and which under ordinary circum
stances would have been delivered in
August and September , wo might just
as well earned for October rising of
$500,000 instead of rising § 400,000.
The traffic has been there and we have
simply been , from no fault of ours ,
unable to move it. I do not think I
exaggerate by saying that to-day the
traffic ready for us to handle and press
ing upon us to be hauled is 30 per
cent , in excess of our capacity. This
we greatly deplore , and , in fact , we
suffer from it more than any one else ;
but it is not a fact which indicates
either a lack of prosperity to the coun
try or possibilities to the railroad. "
General Brooke's Report.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 1. In his an
nual report upon the operations of the
army in the department of the Platte
Brigadier General Brooke , command
ing says : "The practice marches
made during the year were beneficial
and the mingling of the national
guard and the regular army accom
plished good results. .There has been
a falling off in trials by court-martial ,
both general aril garrison/ ' General
I Brooke says it is impossible to deter
mine at this early date whether or not
this is owing to recent activity of au
thorities in behalf of enlisted men or
normal fluctuation incident to the
service.
Population of Use Country.
WAsnixcTor , Oct. 31. The popu
lation of the United States , as shown
by the census bulletin issued to-day , is
2,380,540. These figures are exclu
sive of whites in the Indian territory
and Indians on the reservation. In
1880 the population was 50,155,783.
TLo increase in the past ten years is
12,324,757 , a percentage of 34.57. In
1870 the population was stated as 38-
558,371. According to these figures
the increase between 1S70 and 1880
was 11,597,412 and the percentage
80.08. The bulletin says : "If the
figures were derived from correct data
such a reduction in the rate of increase
in the face of enormous immigration
the past ten years would argue a great
diminution in the fecundity of the pop
ulation or the population or a corresponding
spending increase in the death rate.
These figures are , however , easily ex
plained when it is stated that the cen
sus of 1870 was grossly deficient in the
southern states , so much so as not only
to give an exaggerated rate of increase
of population between 1770 and 1880
in these states , but affect very materi
ally the rate of increase in the country
at large. " *
The omission , the bulletin says , wore
not within the control of the census
office. The census of 1870 was taken
under a law which ! Superintendent
Walker characterized as "clumsy , an
tiquated and barbarous. " The census
office had no power over its enumera
tors. In referring to these omissions
the superintendent of the tenth census
said in his report in relation to South
Carolina : "It follows , as the conclu
sion of the highest authority , either
thai the census of 1870 was grossly
defective in regard to the whole of the
state or some considerable parts there
of , or else that the census of 1880 was
fraudulent" Those , therefore , who be
lieve in the accuracy and honesty of
the tenth census and that was thor
oughly established must accept the
other alternative , namely , that the
ninth census was "grossly defective. '
What was true of South Carolina was
also true , in a greater or less degree ,
of all the southern states. The omis
sion , in all probability , amounted tenet
not less than 1,500,000. Omitting from
consideration those states in which the
census of 1870 is known or presumed
to have been faulty , the rate of in
crease between 1870 and 1880 in the
remaining states has been very nearly
maintained in the decade between 1880
and 1890 ,
No Federation For TJicm.
PITTSBUKG , Pa. , Nov. 3. There will
be no general federation of locomotive
engineers with brakemen , firemen ,
conductors and other railroad em
ployes. As staled last week , a major
ity report favoring federation' pre
sented at the brotherhood convention
in this city was defeated. Since that
vote Avas taken the convention has
spent considerable time discussing the
question , and has finally decided not
to federate with any other organiza
tion.
tion.The
The matter has been left with each
of the forty-five divisions to act as they
may deem proper. They can , if they
wish , join hands with other trainmen
when differences arise between rail
road companies and the employes.
This has long been adhered to by the
brotherhood and it is seldom the mem
bers take part in strikes inaugurated
by other organizations composed of
railro'ad employes. The brotherhood
believes in maintaining an independ
ent position , hence the refusal to adopt
a resolution providing for a general
federation.
Crazed by Joy.
BALTIMORE , Md. , Nov. 3. John
Tunif , a boiler maker , who was re
duced to poverty by ill health and con
sequent inability to work , has gone
crazy through overjoy at recovering
§ 8,000 back pension money and an
nuity from the gouernment. He had
given , up hopes of ever securing his
claim. When the good news was re
ceived from Washington he became
delirious and then raving mad. lie
imagined a conspiracy to rob him of
his little fortune and carried pistols ,
knives and hatchets to bed with him.
Four days ago he attempted suicide
with laudanum , , but took too much.
He next locked himself in his room ,
barricaded the door , nailed down the
windows and refused to cat or drink
for three days. When his family tried
break the door open he threatened to
kill himself. To-day he yielded to his
wife's entreaties and came out. Phy
sicians think he will recover.
The Deadxvood falcon Cases.
DEADWOOU , S. D. , Oct. 30. Judge
Thomas overruled the demurrer of the
defendants in the injunction cases
against the liquor dealers. Every
saloon in Deadwood was closed by in
junction proceedings instituted by the
enforcement league on September 3 ,
since which date the matter has been
pending in court. The case was ably
argued by Colonel W. K. Steele , at
torney for the dealers , and as ably de
fended by States Attorney W. G. Rice ,
and has attracted universal attention.
Further action of the dealers are
problematical. Each of tlie thirty-
eight cases thus disposed of collectively
may be taken up separately and tried
on its merits , but public opinion in
clines to the belief that the liquor
traffic is done for , for a time at least.
Assassinated In H
MEMPHIS , Tenn. , Oct. 30. Lewis
Thomas , a colored man , was killed
this morning by an unknown assassin.
He was asleep with his wife while his
assailant crushed his skull with an ax.
The noise of the blow awakened his
wife , but in the darkness She was un
able to identify the assassin. The
sharp edge of the ax struck Thomas
on the left side of the head , cutting a
gash which exposed the brain. Suspi
cion points to Frank Shelton , who had
quarrel with Mrs. Thomas last week
and it is thought the killing grew out
of a bitter feeling engendered toward
Thomas in assisting an officer in at
tempting Shelton's arrest arrest for
assault.
There will be no general federation
of the locomotive engineers with the
brakemen , firemen , conductors and
other railway employes. As stated
heretofore , the majority report , favor
ing federation , presented at the broth
erhood convention in Pittsburg , was
defeated.
A REVOLUTION LOOK.
OfDICATIOXS OF MORE TROUBLE JLV
SOUTH AMERICA.
Ex-Pre Idcnt .Blanco Buying Up Arms
With Which to Equip Ills Follower -
er Tobacco Growers and Cigar
Manufacturers Want Reciprocity
With Cuba A Monument to the
Memory of tlio Heroes Who Dlcdlu
tlio Far North Nebraska Land De
cision.
A Kcvolutlon Threatened.
YORK , Oct. 31. From present
indications another South American
revolution is promised. Private ad
vices received in this city today state
that Guzman Blance , ex-president of
Venezuela , is in Antwerp buying arms
with which to equip his followers for
an invasion of his native country , Senor -
nor Blanco has been living in Europe
for a number of years in fact ever
since it was developed by his defeat for
re-election to the presidency that his
power in Venezuela was at an end.
An open rupture between him and the
present Venezuelan government has
never before occurred , but it was tacit
ly understood that he could not with
safety return to the scone of his for
mer triumphs new.
According to Senor Don Carlos
Perez , who arrived from Venezuela
late on Tuesday night , this secret mis
understanding has been made public
through an open letter published by
President Palacios. This letter is ad
dressed to "Guzman Blanzo , former
president of the republic , " and is a
severe arraignment of Blunco's course
while chief executive of the country.
It states among other things that Blan
co alone is responsible for the humil
iating position which Venezuela finds
herself in relative to the territorial dis
pute with England , and condems with
out stint of words the rights granted
by Blanco to the government of Great
Britain. It is in response to this open
letter , the news of which reached Se
nor Blanco some time ago , that he is
supposed to have made his visit to Ant
werp fo > * the purpose of preparing to
take active measures against his ad
versaries.
Ii Memory of Hcroc * * .
WASHINGTON , Oct. 31. Nine years
ago to-day Lieutenant Delong , who
was in command of the unfortunate
Jeannette expedition , died in the
frozen regions of the Lena Delta.
There are very few survivors of that
unfortunate expedition , but two of
them Engineer Melville , now chief
of the bureau of steam engineers of
the navy department , and Seaman
Linderman. Both were at Annapolis
this afternoon when the monument
was unveiled which commemorates the
heroic death of the men who gave up
their lives in the interest of science
and for the good of the navy. The
monument is a duplicate of the cairn
and cross which Melville erected with
his own hands over the bones of De-
long and his gallant comrades out in
the regions of the frozen north before
those remains were gathered together
and brought to this country for final
interment six or eight years ago. Two
or three officers of the navy , led by
Lieutenant John H. Moore , conceived
the idea of gathering together a fund
to be used in erecting the monument
which was unveiled to-day. Lieuten
ant Moore was afterward ordered to
sea , but has been back on shore duty
for about three years. When he re
turned he resumed his efforts to
gather together sufficient funds for
the purpose of erecting tnis monument ,
and the success of his efforts was
demonstrated to-day when one of the
most appropriate designs of the kind
was uncovered in the presence of a
great concourse of people on the banks
of the Severn at Annapolis. The oration
tion delivered by Assistant Secretary
Soley of the navy department was one
of the prettiest things ever delivered
upon such an occasion.
They AVaiit Keciprocit- .
WASHINGTON. Oct. 31. The depart
ment of state has received a copy of a
petition forwarded by the tobacco
jroowers and < * 5gar manufacturers un
ion of Cuba to ihe Spanish government ,
urging the negotiation of a reciprocity
treaty between Cuba and the United
States. The petitioners assert that
they are confronted with a simple prob
lem on one side ruin , stagnation ,
misery and vague hopes , on the other
abundance , wealth and a promising
future. The petition says : -The United
States buy from us tobacco and sugar
to the extent of § 51,000,000 , and it is
not strange that the American govern
ment should make itself strong on the
absolute necessity we have of that
market so as to demand reciprocal con
cessions , or , which is the bame thing ,
exemption for their flour , lard , ma
chinery , hardware and other articles in
our tariff so as to increase exports to
this island. In one word , they want
to pay us for the tobacco and sugar
they consume with the goods they pro
duce. To-day they only sell us § 10.-
000.000 or § 12,000,000 and they desire
to increase this amount to § 51,000,000.
This is what the Mclvinley bill
amounts to. "
Kicking Horse ] < ; * poti < > iblc.
MINNEAPOLIS , Minn. , Oct. 30. A
Bismarck , N. D. , special says : Kick
ing Horse , the Sioux prophet , seems to
be responsible for the most of the
trouble at Standing Rock. He claims
to have visited heaven and returned to
earth to tell the Indians what good
things are in store for them. Major
McLaughlin ordered him off the reser
vation and confined several other trou
blesome spirits in a house. The In
dians have been making day and night
f\ \
hideous. If it wore spring instead of
fall there would bo danger of nn uprising -
rising , but it is not believed one will
now occur. Sitting Bull is doing all
ho can to ferment a disturbance.
FOREIGN BRIEFS.
The work 8hopa of the wood paving ?
company in Paris wore burned. Loss-
2,000,000 francs.
The officials and citizens of Quebec-
gave the Comto do Paris a grand re
ception on his arrival there.
It is rumored that England is pre
paring to send another expedition to-
the Soudan to try to suppress tho-
Mahdi.
The Captain O'Shea. divorce case ,
in which Parnell is named as co-re
spondent , will bo heard in London , No
vember 17.
A Brazilian squadron has loft Rio
do Janeiro to visit the United States
in return for the visit of the United.
States squadron last July.
The sultan of Vitu , East Africa , has-
refused to give redress for the recent
massacres and is preparing for war
with England and Germany.
Letters and telegrams from Dublin
published in the London papers repre
sent the Irish national league as more
closely pressed for money than had
been suspected.
It is understood that official inqui
ries are being made in Berlin to ascer
tain whether goods which nave hith
erto 'been obtained from America can
be imported from other countries.
As a result of the recently reported
attempts upon the life of the czar all
of the palaces and many of the ofliciaL
buildings , as well as the public squares-
and parks of St. Petersburg , have been ,
closed to the people.
A party of Poles while attempting
to reach Russian territory with the
tention of emigrating to Brazil
fired upon by the Russian
guard , whose order to rctv
been disobeyed by the Poles ,
two women and one child were
The parliamentary election
Eccies division of Lancashire resul
in a victory for the Ghidstonians. Mr.
Roby , the liberal candidate , deceived :
4,901 votes and Mr. Egerton , Conserv
ative , 4,090. Jir tITc prcceuHT 3lec-
tion the liberal candidate receiyedj
3.98.3 and the conservative 4,277.
Mr. Balfour , chief becretary for Ire
land , has started on a tour through ,
the western counties in which it is al-
ledged distress prevails in consequence'
of tlie failure of the potato crop. Mr-
Balfour's object in making the tour is
to make a personal investigation as to
the truth of tiie statements regarding
the condition of the crop.
The Hiirlinjrtoii
CHICAGO , Oct. 31 The Burlington
report for the nine months ending
September 30 shows a decrease in the
earnings of ? 51,041.22. For the month
the net earnings show a decrease of
§ 128,391. In spite of this poor show
ing , a Burlington official figures that
the road will earn 5 per cent dividends
on its § 80,000,000 of stock. This
would amount to § 4,000,000. It now '
has nearly § 2,000,000 applicable to
dividends from earnings. To this will
be added about § 1,000,000 of interest
from bonds in the treasury and land
sales , and the fourth million will be
gained by net earnings in the next
three months.
A Nebraska I < : tii'l I > rclS < > : ) .
WASHINGTON , Oct. 31. Assistant
Secretary Chandler to-day affirmed
Commissioner GrolT'b decision in can-
colling the pre-en.p'ion declaratory
, r
statement of the heir-of Laura F. Bush
for the north half of the southwest
quorter and the southeast quarter of
the southwest quarter of section 21 and ,
the northeast quarter of the northwest. "
quarter of section 28 , township l.range-
26 west , McCook. Neb. The entry for-
the tract in question was contested by-
Francis M. Cox.
It is reported that a vessel with 700
emigrants on board has foundered off"
the Cape of St. Vincent.
John Webb and Henry Switzer ,
living in the same cabin on the line of"
their adjoining claims in Oklahoma ,
were called to their doors by persons-
unknown and kViled. It is supposed
that the murder was committed by con
testants to the claims.
r.ivie SIOCK ANI >
Qitntiiltoii.1 from Xeie I'ur.V , C ac.
OMAHA.
Wheat No. 2 81
Corn No. 2 mixed 42 43
Oats I'er bu 4'J 415 * .
Darley CO Ul
I je 44 Ci ' / -
Hitter Creamery 20 00
Duller Dairy 14 18
Mess Pork Per bbl 0 75 75
nsjgs Fresh 17 18
Honey , per Ib. , new. comb 17 13
Spring Chickens per doz 2 00
Turkeys Dressed. " . 10 105J.
Ducks Live , per do2in 2 50 300
Lemons Choice , per box S 00 9 50
Orjnges 500 750
Onioiia Per bush 103 1 15
Deans Navies 225
Wool Fine , unwashed , per 2 > 11
Potatoes fc.1 T5 90
SneetPotatoiM Per bbl 3 50 < & 4 00
Apples Per bbl 303 © 375
Tomatoes Per bu 70 & 1 03
Il.iy Perton m 441000
Hess Mixed packing 3 GO < ti 3 05
Hogs Heavy weights 3 60 ( 54 15
Deevrs Choice steers 4 ft ) < & 4 50
Sheep Natives 2 3.1 © 4 15
NK\V YOKlv.
Wheat No. 2 red i ) °
Corn No. 2
Oats Mixed western 45
Pork II 25
Lard 6 S
CHICAGO.
Wheat Per bushel 1 OltJ 1 OIi
Corn Perhiishel 52 © 52i
Oats Per bushel 4J © 43JJ
Pork 10 20 © 10 25
Lard 545 © 550
Hess Packing and shipping. 4 CO © 4 10
Cattle Rangers 3'20 © 3 S5
Sheep Natives 400 © 540
ST. LOUIS.
Wheat C.vh PS © 1 03tf
Corn Per bushel 49'/Jft 50
*
Oats Per bushel 43 © 4.1JJ
ilos Mixed packing 3 70 © 4 00
Cattle Feeders 203 © 303
SIOUX CITY.
Cattle Stockers andleeders 3 03 © 3 30
Hogs Mixed 373 © 3 93
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat No.2 7 © ? H
Corn No. 2 43-U 50
Oats No.2 41 & 41f
Cattle Stockera and feeders 2 40 © 3 15
Hogs Hixed 2 CO © 4 00