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THE M'COOK TRIBUNE.
F. M. KinOCBIiL , Publisher.
McCOOK , : : : NEB.
STATE NEWS.
NEBRASKA MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
The grand jury in Nemaha county
found nine indictments.
Members of company C at Beatrice
are talking of building an armory *
Fremont's board of trade has been
re-organized with a membership of 125.
The stone work on the new Beat
rice court house has been completed.
A boys' department of the Y. M.
C. A. has been organized at Fairbury.
The Nebraska City divorce mill
grinds about as lively as that of Lin
coln.
T. B. Spencer has been bound over
to the district court at Crete for burg
lary.
The state supreme court has ad
journed and will not set again until
June 29.
The annual encampment of the
state university cadets will be at Fair-
bury this year.
Perry Mathews , a vagrant , was fined
$25 for contempt .of court by the police
judge of Fremont.
Another dormitory building is to be
built at once on the normal school
grounds at Fremont.
Ex-Sheriff Mallon of Fremont was
warden of state penitentiary ten hours
and thirty minutes.
William Wise , a prominent farmer
near Edgar , has been adjudged insane
and sent to the asylum.
The business men of Dodge are
making a vigorous kick against the
payment of the occupation tax.
Homer Gileson , a former nurseryman -
man of Aurora , is in prison in Colorado
for alleged fraudulent transactions.
An astronomical entertainment
was given at the high school in Beat
rice for the benefit of the telescope
fund.-
: Edward Tankard leaped from a
rapidly moving train at Omaha , re
ceiving injuries that are likely to prove
fatal.
Viola Mills , of Lincoln , though
engaged to marry Frank Bidders of
Bennett , has been sent to the reform
school.
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The Presbyterians of Union have
arranged to secure a parsonage and
.hope to have a minister to reside in it
by June.
Cedar county will vote on June 6
on a proposition to issue $20.000 in
bonds to build a new court house in
Hartington.
The residence of Mrs. McCune on
the outskirts of York was entirely de
stroyed by fire and there is a suspicion
of incendiarism.
It is believed that South Omaha
will be securely settled in second place
as packing town before the closing of
the season's work.
The flouring mill of John Schoab
at Papilllion was destroyed by fire and
with its contents is a total loss. The
mill was valued at $8,000.
The trustees will put an occupa
tion tax on the business in the town of
Gretna to raise money to pay off the
indebtedness of the village.
i I. N. Beery of Fairmont lost a val
uable horse and two yearling steers by
I lightning. They were struck while in
pasture and a wire fence assisted.
F. M. Hickok , the blind minister
of Hastings , while out walking received
a very severely sprained ankle by
stepping into a nole in tne sidewalk.
The corpse of an infant was found
by two Nebraska City boys in an old
cistern. It had evidently been mur
dered and the coroner is investigating.
Members of Co. G Nebraska Na
tional Guard were paid off at Geneva
last week for services during the
Indian campaign. Each drew $14.41.
Great difficulty is being exper
ienced at Lincoln to get a jury in the
Sheedy murder trial. The trouble is
too many people in Nebraska read the
papers.
papers.Hon.
Hon. John C.Watson sent in a letter
of acceptance as a member of Gover
nor Boyd's staff one day after that
gentleman's retirement from the gub
ernatorial chair.
Farmers in the vicinity of Anselmo
have sown four or five times the acre
age in small grain over last year and
the prospects for a bountiful crop were
never so bright
R. B. Gammel , who lives four
miles south of Tekamah , accidentally
.had his barn with twenty tons of hay ,
a wagon and other property burn while
branding cattle.
Farmers in the vicinity of Anselmo
have sown four or five times the acre
age in small grain over last year and
the prospects for a bountiful crop
were never so bright.
Diphtheria and scarlet fever have
made their , appearance in Nebraska
City , and the newspapers have called
upon the board of health to take pre
cautionary measures.
The district conference of the Elkhorn -
horn Valley district of the North Ne
braska conference will be held at Nio-
brara June 9-11 , Rev. D. Marquette ,
presiding elder , officiating.
Sheriff James Milliken , who was re
cently appointed in Dodge county , will
preside over the execution ceremonies
of Charles Shepard and Christian
Furst at Fremont , June 5.
A small child of Mrs. Nye of Ex
eter set its clothing on fire by stepping
match. The mother
on a parlor was
severely burned in attempting to tear
the clothing from the child.
The appointment of a superintend
ent for the girls' industrial school sqtra.
to be built at Geneva , will probably be.
considered at an early day by the-board
of Dublic lands and buildings.
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Citizens of Arapahoe are justly
indignant of the fact that some one
cent out a circular from that place
stating : that people in that county was
actually starving : when such is not the
case.
G cringes big irrigation canal is
about completed. The water is drawn
from the -North Platte river , near the
state line in Wyoming , and is cared to
Scott's Bluffs , a distance of twenty-five
miles.
The Ponca Indians wore paid $900
afNiobrara last week and the town
was filled' with happy redskins. The
Santees will be paid $126,620 in a short
time , being money due them as far
back as 1862.
A full-blooded Ponca Indian wo
man brought to Niobrara a large quan
tity of butter , and it was pronounced
a prime article. She had her basket
of eggs along also , ana traded them
out like "white folks. "
Hastings has a prospect of secur
ing a beet sugar factory. Capitalists
have been looking the ground over and
if they conclude to build they will have
the plant in operation by the time next
season's crop is ready.
The home of Joseph C. Welch ,
who lives about force and a half miles
northwest of Ulysses , was destroyed
by fire. It originated from a defective
flue , and only the goods in the lower
part of the house was saved.
R. M. Thompson of Nebraska City
has a freak of nature in the shape of
a calf born without eyes or tail. The
eyebrows are there , but there are no
eyes. The calf is in perfect health
and will be placed on exhibition.
Jurors and \7itnesses who did time
during the February term of the dis
trict court of Douglas county wish
they had followed some other occupa
tion. There is no fund to pay them ,
and there will be none until July.
An old lady carrying several empty
bottles in her arms was walking on a
defective sidewalk in Nebraska City.
A loose board tripped her and she fell
on the bottles , one of which broke and
cut her hand , making a very ugly
wound.
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A stroke of lightning reached for
Editor Reed , of Western Resources , at
Lincoln , the other evening while watch
ing the storm from the front porch.
The bolt knocked all the lumber out
of the porch , but the editor was left
uninjured.
Arfad Barothy , an enthusiastic
wheelmen of Fremont , will make a
trip to his native land , Hungary , doing
the distance , except that travelled by
water , on his trusty wheel. He started
on the 10th , making the first day's run
from Fremont to Omaha.
High license has considerably re
duced the number of saloons in Ne
braska City. The license was raised
this spring from $500 to $1,000 per
annum , with a $100 occupation tax.
As a result there are now but fifteen
fcaloons in the city , against twenty-
three last year.
Mr. I. B. Hampton of Guide Rock
had about $50 worth of fruit trees de
stroyed by rabbits the last winter.
The trees were all large ones and Mr.
Hampton did not suppose the rabbits
would molest them , and consequently
did not take any precautions against
their depredations.
The state printing board consist
ing of State Treasurer Hill , Auditor
Benton and Secretary of State Allen ,
met last week and considered proposals
for publishing the auditor's report of
the expenditures and appropriations of
the last legislature. The contract was
secured by the State Journal.
Two tramps placed obstructions
on the railroad track near Scotia. Mrs.
Craier. a woman liviner close by , noticed
the proceedings and asked them to de
sist. They attacked her and drove
her into her house , where she secured
a revolver and put them to flight. She
then flagged the train and the obstruc
tions were removed.
An old gentleman by the name of
Matchett , living in the east end of
Perkins county , received a welcome
surprise the other day by the receipt
from Uncle Sam of a check for $2,000
back pension. Mr. and Mrs. Matchett
are aged and in straightened circum
stances , and it means more than timely
good fortune to them.
Prominent citizens of Hastings
turned out en masse to a public meet
ing called for the purpose of raising
funds for a pickle factory. It is pro
posed to form a stock company with a
"paid up capital of $20,000 and at once
erect ancf equip the institution. It is
expected to have it in full operation
for this season's crop.
The dead body of Gust Norden , a
Swede , was found the other day in
Lincoln creek , nine miles from Aurora.
The body was in a good state of pre
servation and an examination by Dr.
Gooden revealed marks of violence
about the head and the neck was
broken. Young Norden left his broth
er's house on the evening of February
7 , and proceeded to a neighbor's where
he and three others remained playing
cards and drinking until 2 o'clock in
the morning when he started for home.
Foul play is suspected.
A little occurrence out of the usual
order of things is reported by the Bur-
well Enterprise. A family named
Myers , who were en route to Sioux
City , stopped over night at T. J.
Baker's in Loup county. There was a
ten-months-old baby in the family and
Mrs. Baker jokingly told the Myers
woman that she had better give her
that baby , to which the woman replied ,
oil right. " Mrs. Baker thought no
more about the matter , but in the
morning when the Meyers family took
their leave they didn't -took" the
baby. Mr. and Mrs. Baker went to
Burwell and found the Myers there ,
.but the woman insisted on Mrs. Baker
keeping the babe. She didn't want
the baby , , she-said , as she * had three
more and didn't need it. and so Mr.
Ba er had the papers made out and
adopted the youngster.
MAXWELL'S DISSENT.
THF POINTS HE XADE IX FAVOR OF
BOYD'8
That Gentleman' * TVatarallzatlon Was
Acquired. He Think * . Through tke
Nebraska Enabling Act Some Com
ment from the Chicago Press on the
Subject Chief Justice Cobb Talks
Briefly on the Situation The Case
> Before the United States Supreme
Court.
Judge Maxwell's Opinion la the Ne
braska Governorship.
LINCOLN , Neb. , May 8. The dis-
jenting opinion of Justice Maxwell in
the Thayer-Boyd contest is of great
length. The judge reviews in extenso
the arguments presented on each side ,
and then , after treating on one or two
minor points , he in brief expresses
himself thus concerning the enabling
act :
The first section of the act admitting
the .state of Nebraska into the union
reads : "Whereas , on the 21st day of
March , 1864 , congress passed an act to
enable the PEOPLE of Nebraska to form
a constitution , " etc. , "that the consti
tution and state government which the
PEOPLE of Nebraska have formed for
themselves be and the same is hereby
accepted , " etc.
Congress thus construed the word
' 'people" as a synonym with the word
"inhabitants. "
It will be observed that the act ad
mitting Nebraska into the union con
tains provisions which are exceedingly
comprehensive.
The constitution and state govern
ment -is hereby accepted , ratified and
confirmed , and said state of Nebraska
shall be and is hefeby * * * admitted
into the union upon an equal footing
with the original states in all respects
whatsoever. "
I have been unable to find such
strong language in an act admitting
any other state into the union , and the
language is much stronger than that
admitting the state of Texas.
It is necessary now to inquire how
the original states were admitted into
the union.
The preamble to the constitution of
the United States declares that "WE ,
THE PEOPLE of the United States , in
order to promote a more perfect union
' * * do ordain and establish this
constitution for the United States of
America.
Whoever , then , was one of the people
ple of either of these states when The
constitution of the United States was
adopted , became ipso facto , a citizen
a member of the nation created by its
adoption.
On April 30 , 1802 , the. inhabitants
of the eastern division of the territory
northwest of Ohio were authorized to
form a government for themselves , a
constitution and state government.
The population consisted partly of citi
zens of the United States and partly
of foreigners. The inhabitants then ,
who were authorized to form a state
government for themselves , must have
been all the real inhabitants of the
country , citizens or foreigners , and
after the admission of the state into
the union , must have equally partici
pated in all its advantages , because if
a party only were entitled to its benefit ,
all the inhabitants had not formed a
government for themselves.
Louisiana was admitted into the
union under the treaty of Paris , which
stipulated that "the inhabitants shall
be incorporated into the union of the
United States and admitted as soon as
possible , according to the principles of
the federal constitution , to the enjoy
ment 01 an me rigms , advantages ana
immunities of citizens of the United
States. "
The government has a right by treaty ,
or by the admission of a new state , to
naturalize , and naturalization is equal
to the other.
February 2 , 1819 , Spain ceded Flor
ida to the United States by treaty.
This treaty is the law of the land , and
admits the inhabitants of Florida to
the enjoyment of the privileges , rights
and immunities of the citizens of the
United States.
The fourth section of the act of con
gress of April 14 , 1802 , secures to the
infant children of persons naturalized
the benefit of their parent's naturali
zation , provided such children were at
the time living in the United States.
It matters not whether the naturaliza
tion be effected by act.o .coAgiess ; , by
treaty , or by the admission of new
states. The provision is alike appli
cable.
Texas was admitted into the union
on "an equal footing with the original
states in all respects whatever. "
It will be observed that the proceed
ings admitting 'lexasm into the union
were somewhat similar , although not
as full , comprehensive and complete as
the act admitting Nebraska. The
position which has been sometimes
broached that the citizens of Texas
must submit to the laws of naturaliza
tion before they can become citizens of
the United States is preposterous. No
such doctrine was ever admitted or ap
plied to the citizens or inhabitants of
Louisiana or Florida countries ac
quired by purchase. Much less is it
applicable to the citizens of a state
which by voluntary treaty or legisla
tion becomes incorporated into the
United States. And if the citizens of
Texas cannot be deprived of their
francise as citizens of the United
States , neither can citizens of Nebraska
be stripped of their immunities 'and
privileges pertaining to the citizens of
this state.
The writer has spent considerable
time in the consideration of the pres
ent'case and has examined every case
pro and con bearing upon the question ,
and is forced to the belief that the de
fendant is a citizen
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Comment on the Nebraska Gubernato
rial Case.
CHICAGO , May 7. Commenting on
, the discision of the supreme court in
the case * of' Hon. ' James E. Boyd , the
Journal ( republican ) says : Governor
Boyd did some excellent things while
his brief term of office lasted. His
greatest service to law and order was
his veto of the radical railroad legisla
tion against railroads which was at
tempted by the folly and ignorance of
the legislature. His acts while in office
will stand. The fact the he was not
lawfully elected does not invalidate
what he did.
The Post ( democratic ) says : The
judgment of the supreme court of Ne
braska by which James E. . Boyd is
ousted from the office of governor ,
serves the extremely useful purpose of
spreading some very much needed en-
lightment on the subject of naturaliza
tion and citizenship. Quite as instruc
tive from every point of view , is the
manner in which the supreme court's
judgment of ouster was put into effect.
The writ was placed in the hands of a
deputy sheriff who found Mr. Boyd at his
desk exercising the functions of gover
nor , and served the process. Mr. Boyd
listened-quietly and at once replied :
"I recognize the supremacy of the law
n.m vt > nnv t.n turn t.lio nffifA nv rt.n
my successor , " and so the "revolution"
ends. We commend this peaceful
termination of a conflict enlisting the
interests and passions of a whole com
munity to the pessimistic few who
doubt that the law is still sovereign
over a peaceful and peace-loving
people.
The News ( independent republican )
says : After thinking about it for some
four months , during which time Gov
ernor has been in possession and dis
charged the duties of his office the able
supreme court of Nebraska has at
length guessed that Mr. Boyd is ineli
gible to the gubernatorial chair and
must vacate. This will put General
Thayer in possession of the office. In
view of the general's advanced age it
is very fortunate that the court suc
ceeded in getting its judicial mind to
operate so soon updn the question
raised.
What the Chief Justice Says.
LINCOLN , May 7. Judge Amasa
Cobb of Lincoln , chief justice of the
supreme court of Nebraska , was in the
city last night , attending the annual
meeting of the Loyal Legion.
"I have heard but very little com
ment upon the decision handed down
in the Boyd case , " ' said Judge Cobb , in
reply to a question from a Bee reporter.
"You are aware of the fact , are'you
not , that the decision has created a
great deal of comment ? "
"I presume there has been consider
able talk about it , " said Judge Cobb ,
smiling pleasantly , -but you would be
much more likely to hear free and
open comment upon the matter than I
would. "
' 4Do you anticipate that the case will
be carried to the supreme court ? "
"Oh. I do not know as to that. I
have had but very little to say at any
time about the case outside of court ,
and in fact what I said in the decision
was simply to concur in the opinion
prepared by Judge Norval. "
"Did you ever have such a case , or
one similar to it. to deal with in your
experience as a lawyer or judge ? "
"I never did. It was the first case
of the kind I ever had to deal with in
court. There was a case in Arkansas
and one in Connecticut that were simi
lar in some respects , but not identical
by any means. "
-Do you think there is any likelihood
of the supreme court reversing the
decision ? "
"I would bog leave to be excused
from saying anything further upon the
case. We , as a court , have said what
we thought about the matter , and now
we will uermit others to do the talk
ing. "
Troubles of the Indians.
WASHINGTON , May 7. General Man-
derson is one of foremost members of
the senate committee appointed to inves
tigate this summer the causes which led
to the recent outbreaks among the
Sioux and other Indians in Dakota ,
northern Nebraska and elsewhere. He
said of that investigation : ! have
heard nothing so far from Chairman
Dawes and do not know what is to be
done. I trust the investigation will be
thorough and that some good will come
of it. Some one was to blame for the
trouble and something should be done
about it. To my mind the entire Indian
situation should be overturned. We
must either break' up the tribal rela
tions among the Indians and scatter
them about in civilized communities ,
so as to make their civilization easier
and swifter , or we must consider them
as so many paupers , incapable ot self-
support , dangerous in inclination , and
corral them like so many troops and
feed them without anticipating any
effort toward self-support. They can
not be savage and civilized at the same
time and they should be treated as one
or the other. I think the enlistment
of the Indians as soldiers is going to
result in much good. It will have a
tendency at least to break up their line
of organization for warfare. "
Refused to Toast tlie'Queeii.
VANCOUVER , B. C. , May 6. United
States Consul Jay E 7ing , nephew of
James G. Biaine , at the board of trade
banquet on Thursday nijrht refused to
join in drinking a toast to her majesty
the queen. When an explanation was
demanded he said that he , as an official
representative of the United States ,
had acknowledged no right to the Brit
ish sovereign to this courtesy. Hostiio
feeling against him is so strong that a
petition is iu circulation asking the
authorities at Ottawa to make an in
quiry into the matter and to present
the circumstances to the American
government demanding at the same
time -Ewing's immediate withdrawal.
President Diaz and many other prom
inent Mexican officials arj suffering
from the grip.
COFNTING- THE CASH ;
UXCLE SAM ASCEHTA1X1XQ XHE
A3IOVXT IX VAULTS.
Some Statutes in IBcgard to Insane of
She Country The Nebraska Guber
natorial Case to be Appealed The
Republican National Committee
The Ousting of Uoyd Creates Sur
prise In Washington A Contribu
tion to Presidential Talk Blalne
Would Accept a Nomination.
Counting Government Cash.
WASHINGTON , May 9 The commit
tee , consisting of Messrs. Duscom.
Huntington and Robertson of the treas
ury department and Thomas B. Milli-
ken of New Castle , Ind. , who have for
some days been engaged in counting
the cash in the vaults and cash room
preparatory to the change intthe treas-
urership , will complete the count of
the currency and turn their attention
to the coin. The currency consists"
about $239000OQO of gold and silver
certificates , legal tenders , etc. It was
10 laKe every aonar 01 mis
money out of the vaults and break open
each package and count all the bills
one by one. The bills are put up in
packages of 100 each , irrespective
of denominations. To do this work
a force of experts , women from
the permanent counting rooms , num
bering from thirty to seventy-five , were
detailed and are at work. When the
last dollar of Jthe paper money is
counted the committee will break the
seals to the great coin vaults in which
are stored $148,000,000 of silver and
$26,000,000 of gold , open the combi
nation locks and wade into that enor
mous pile. The coin is put up in
boxes , there being two $1,000 bags of
silver in each box. It will be neces
sary to count by weight every one of
these bags full of silver wherever it is
suspected that anyone has touched the
bag since it was put away. The same
will be the process with the gold.
NebraiiKa'N Insane.
WASHINGTON , May 9. A special
bulletin was issued from the census
office showing the statements of the
insane asylums of the country during
the past ten years. The Lincoln asy
lum for the insane during the past ten
years admitted 1,031 males and 688
females. There has been very little
deviation in the various years. In 1881
the total admitted was 124 and last
year 212. The number treated last
year was 604. At the Norfolk asylum ,
established in 1888 , the number ad
mitted last year was 124 , against 152
in 1888. The hospital for the chronic
insane at Hastings , established in 1889 ,
admitted and treated that year a total
of 136 persons.
The private hospital at Davenport ,
la. , has admitted 360 persons , while
the one at Dubuque ( St. Joseph's Mer
cy hospital ) last year admitted 79 per
sons. The Iowa hospital for the insane -
sane at Mt. Pleasant during the last
ten years admitted 3,167 persons. In
1889 it admitted 359 and treated 1,031.
The asylum at Independence , la. , ad
mitted during ten years 3,030 persons.
In 1889 it admitted 398 persons and
treated 1,091 persons. At Ciarinda
( established in 1889) the hospital ad
mitted in 1889 100 persons and treated
321. while the insane portion of the
penitentiary at Anamoso , la. , in 1889
admitted and treated 37 males. It , was
esta.blisb.eu in that vein- .
Boyd AVH1 Appeal.
OMAHA , May 8. Governor Boyd was
seen here yesterday and in response to
inquiry as to his future movements he
said :
"I haye little more to say than that
which is contained in an interview with
me already published. A transcript of
the whole proceedings of this case is
being drawn up as speedily as possible ,
and will be submitted to the 'supreme
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court of the United States at'once.
The supreme court , however , adjourns
on Monday next until October , and
there is no prospect of a hearing un
til that time. And then it is merely
to decide my citizenship , the governor
ship of Nebraska cutting no figure
in the case whatever. If there is a
man intensely American , that man is
an Irishman , an Irishman especially
who has resided here almost a haff
century , on account of the friendly
feeling between the two governments ,
as Ireland has always looked to Amer
ica for support and assistance. While
I was always proud that I was an
Irishman , I took still greater pride in
being an American citizen , as I always
supposed I was. and still know I am.
In closing I might say that it is my
opinion , as well as > that of conservative
democrats and republicans , that Judge
Maxwell was right when he condemned
the manner in which this writ of ouster
was granted , or in his own words , lht
it was surreptitiously granted.
Republican National Committee.
WASHINGTON , May 9. A distin
guished member of the republican na
tional ccmmittee says there is no pro
bability of any change in the present
organization of that body before its
meeting here in December , when the
date and location of the nominating
convention will be determined. This
statement is verified to a degree in the
departure of General Clarkaon of Iowa
for Europe. It also disposes of the
prediction that he is about to supercede -
cede -Senator Quay in , the chairmanship
of the committee. In the same con
nection the statement is made that un
less Senator Quay changes his mind he
will neither ask for nor decline the
chairmanship , when it comes to choos
ing that officer of the committee in
December. _ . ,
A Surprise in Wasliiiictoii.
WASHINGTON , May 8. The ousting
of Governor Boyd by the supreme courl
ot Nebraska was somewhat of a sur
prise to political circles in Washington
and was the topic of considerable com
ment. The impression has prevailed
in judicial circles during the contest }
that Boyu's citizenship would not stand , /
but in political quarters it was not *
thought he would go out , The supreme !
court is expected to got notice of the ,
appeal within a very few days , but it \
will not be determined befoie the I
October session , as the court expects -
pects to adjourn for the summer ( when j (
the associate justices , go upon.-their ' ( ' i
circuits ) on next Monday. In fact ?
the court on lost Monday announced I
that it would not hear further arguments - .
monts before adjournment and is now ' , , ) /
completing decisions upon arguments
already heard , and when they are de
livered on next Monday formal ad
journment until about next October is
to be taken. Associate Justice Brewer ,
who presides over the Eighth judicial
circuit which embraccs Nebraska , may
possibly take up the case and order a
stay of execution of the work of the
supreme court of the state , but that is
not thought likely. This is occasion
ally done in criminal cases. The im
pression in court circles hero tonight
is that Governor Thayer will bo in the
chair at least till the supreme court
convenes next fall.
Blalne Resent * Discipline.
NEW YORK , May 7. The latest con
tribution to presidential talk is the
following Washington special to the
New York Recorder :
A distinguished democratic ex-sena
tor from a western state who recently
took dinner with Secretary Elaine , for
whom he has a strong friendship , says
that the secretary feels keenly the lord
ly air of patronage pervading the re
cent article in Mr. Russell Harrison's
New York newspaper , which he does
not hesitate to say was , iu his opinion ,
sanctioned if not directly inspired. Mr.
Blaine intimated to this gentleman that
ho felt ho had given the administration
much more than he had received , and
resented being disciplined in this man
ner by the youthful scion of would-be
royalty. While he would not actually
seek the nomination at the hands of the
republican party at the next conven
tion , Mr. Blaine would not refuse it if
offered. On the contrary ho would
feel that twenty years of unswerving
loyalty on the part of the republican
party to him had the first claim upon
him , and if nominated he would under
take the campaign and do the best he
could to secure party success on a reasonable
enable ' platform. Asked to define a
reasonable platform , Mr. Blaine re
plied : "Moderate tariff reciprocity. "
Pilot Hill in a Bad Fix.
SAN FKANCISCO , Cal. , May 10. A
San Diego special says : Pilot Iliii. who
took the steamer Itata out of the har
bor Wednesday , has not yet returned
and until he gets back nothing will
probably be known of the direction the
vessel took and whether she has trans
ferred the arms anu ammunition from
the schooners Robert and Minnie.
There is much speculation as to what
will be done with' Pilot Hill by the
government , as the authorities claim
to be able to make a case of conspiracy
against him. The question of what
Hill was doing on the vessel after she
was in the hands of the United States
marshal and the fact that the pilot
carried a message from the captain of
the Itata to the captain of tne Robert
and Minnie outsiue the harco- Wed
nesday are grounds upon which the
conspiracy charge will be brought. It
is claimed that even if force was used
to make Pilot Hill carry the steamer
out there was no coercion used in get
ting him on board several hours before
she sailed.
As&umcd a. Diplomatic I'lia.sc.
WASHINGTON. May 7. The Post
says : "It is evident that the Behring
sea matter has again assumed a diplo
matic phase , and that communications
between the United States and the
British government relating to it are
again passing. The outcome of this
correspondence , if any has been
reached , has not yet been made public ,
aut one result of it , if only a tempo
rary one , became apparent at the treas
ury department yesterday , which fore
shadowed contemplated treasury ex
plorations in Behringsea , pending
.he discussion now going on between
Secretary Blaine and Lord Salisbury.
This means that the instructions to the
cutters Rush and Bear , which had been
prepared , and the instructions to Seal
Agent Stanley Brown and Inspector
Williams , will not be issued for per-
laps a week. " _
I.lYK STOCK AtTO J'KOItUCK ai.lIlKKlS.
Quotations from Xeio Yort : , Ctitcn-j > > , 3t ,
Lout * , Oiiitiltn unit Klaeiolmre.
OMAHA.
Uutter Creamery . 25 < & 88
Butter Country Holi . 20 < & ' i
Mess Pork her bbl . 12 OJ / ; . ! 50
Ksccs-Fresh . 12 fe WJJ
Honey , per Ib . 18 < ' , -1
Chickens live per doi . 350 < 5 > .1 >
Oranges . 275 < J G 00
Carrots Per bu . 1 CO W 1 iS
lemons . 5 00 < a 6 03
Beets Per bu . 1 OJ 61. 1 : > 5
Onions Per bb . 6 00 < & 5 50
Beaus Navle . . ' - ' COJ 75
"Wool Fine , unwashed , per H > . . . . 15 < & 18
Potatoes , nen- , per a . 3 4 35-J
Potatoes . 105 ® 1 10
Apples Per bbl . 550 < & 6 00
Hay Per ton . 1300 ( 13-50
IlQgs Mixed packing . 4 55 ft 4 & >
Hogs Heavy weights . 4 75'tfiJ 1 85
Beeves Choice steers . 5 36 < < fr 5 60
Sheep Natives . 3 W © 6 10
SUW YOKIC.
Wheat No. 2red . 1 13 © 1 13
Corn No. 2 . 0 < & SOtf
Oats Mixed western . 53 & 62
Pork . 11 75 < ai2 25
Lard . 6 87 < a 6 89
CHICAGO.
Wheat Per bushel . 1 01J4 ® 1 021
Corn Per bushel . 66 ) 66iJ
Oats Per bushel . 51 © 51 #
Pork . 1237tfat240
Lard . 887 & . 6 9"
Hogs Packing and ihippiu ; . . 4 80 © 4 90
Cauls Choice teers . 000 < % 6 30
bheep Native ! . 600 (3 ( 7 U )
ST. LOUIS. f Jjj
What Cash . 103 a 1 03 r
Corn Per bushel . 81 & 61 *
Oats Per bushel . S3 © 53 >
Ilogi Mixed packing . 475 a 4 85
Cattle Feeders . 3 10 © 4 00
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat No.2 . 97 < S 28
Cora No.3 . CO © 6014
Oats No. 2 . 60 & , 50Ji
Cattle Stockers and feeders . 2 40 & 4 90
Hogs MUed . . 3 50 © 4 85
