THE M'COOK TRIBUNE.
F. M. KI.WIIELL , Publisher.
McCOOK , : : : NEB
STATE NEWS.
NEBRASKA MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
Frank W. Spencer of Plattsmouth
has been adjudged insane.
The sum of $80,000 was paid out
lor corn at Manley last month.
It has been decided to put in a
system of waterworks at Friend.
Gov. Thayer will deliver an ad
dress in Kearney on decoration day.
George A. Murphy has been reappointed -
appointed city attorney of Beatrice.
The Hitchcock county fair will be
held on Sept. 22 , 23 , 24 and 25 , 1891.
Quite a damaging prairie fire re
cently visited portions of Wheeler
county.
Four botanists from the state uni
versity aiyj in Sioux county searching
for specimens. .
A young farmer in Five Points
precinct , Sioux county , beat his horse
to death with a club.
Farfield business men have de
cided on having a Fourth of July cele
bration at that place.
W. E. Neal , a wealthy resident of
Falls City , died last week of heart dis
ease at the age of 65 years.
A Lincoln boomer thinks there arc
500 cottages in course of construction
in that city at the present time.
At the recent session of the Ne
braska business men all the officers
were re-elected for another term.
The state has furnished sufficient
sugar beet seed to plant ten quarter
lots to farmers in the vicinity of Nor
folk.
B. Whitmer , a farmer living near
Tilden , cut from his field May 9 a
stock of alfalfa which measured IS
inches in length.
Several Furnas county farmers
will compete in the quarter acre sugar
beet contest for which the state fail-
offers a premium.
Work has been commenced on the
scaffold iu the Dodge county jail on
which Shepperd and Furst will be
executed the 5th of June.
Judge Kinkaid decided in a Sioux
county case that the improvements on
a homestead should not be assessed for
the purposes of taxation.
A. J. Brown of Crookston pre
sented the editor of the Valentine Re
publican with a petrifaction supposed
to be that of a very large snake.
A team which Mrs. J. M. Stone
was driving at Newhaka ran away and
threw her out of the buggy against a
wire fence , inflicting severe injuries.
The body of an unknown young
man about twenty-two years old , was
found floating in the Missouri river on
the Nebraska side near Hartington.
Sidney Dillon says it has been de
cided to increase the Union Pacific
shop force. The works at Grand Is
land and Lincoln are to bo enlarged.
The little daughter of J. G. Snook
of Ashford was seriously injured by
being struck on the head by a board
which was blown from the roof of a
building.
The Nebraska state bank of Milford -
ford tiled articles of incorporation with
the secretary of state. Capital stock
authorized , $75,000 , the sum of $45-
000 paid up.
A new town has been laid out in
Boyd county and it will be called Spen
cer. The first building will be used
as a printing office and will be run by
J. C. Santee.
Joseph H Steer , treasurer of the
Santee normal training school at Santee -
tee agency , has been transferred to the
Tangaloo university of Mississippi , and
will leave in June.
The Granger cattle company of
Thurston county hav6 leased 5,000
acres of land for pasturage purposes
and have a force of men at work en
closing it with a fence.
Lincoln's new mayor has issued
orders against the playing of bands on
Sundays , and prohibiting the driving
of horses in the city at a faster gait
than four miles an hour.
The case of Ellen Timothy against
Michael Spelling of Columbus , for
$5,000 for defamation of character , re
sulted in a verdict declaring the de
fendant entitled to $75 damages.
Mesdames Balding , Moore and
Griswold of Fremont had religious
services in the jail at Fremont for the
benefit of the two condemned murder
ers who are to be hanged June 5.
The fifth annual statement of the
Columbus building and loan associa
tion shows that the loans made in se
ries A amount to $36,000 and the net
profits for five years to $8,887.20.
The Kearney Journal-Enterprise
is responsible for the statement that
Moses Croll and William Bannis of
that place while out hunting Sunday
killed seventy-five white blackbirds.
The barn , together with five sets
of harness , reaper , mower and other
farm machinery belonging to A. C.
Mohr , living near Hainesville , Holt
county , was entirely destroyed by fire.
Mrs. Millie G. Reel has sued Ne
braska City for $10,000. On the 14th
of March she fell on a defective side
walk and sustained injuries which she
alleges will permanently cripple her.
The district fair association of
Clay county have leased sixty-five acres
of land nice ground and will com
mence work immediately on a mile
track and building for a fair this year.
A tramp entered the dooryard of
Mr. Gideon , of Doniphan , and de
manded something to eat , and upon
Mr. Gideon's refusal to give him any
thing he drew an ugly looking knife
and threatened to use it. Mr. Gideon
leveled a shotgun on him and drove
him away.
In the pist five weeks twenty-one
new buildings have been erected in
Bloom field.
Henry and Hans , two brothers of
Christ Furst , who is sentenced to be
hanged June 5. are circulating a peti
tion praying Governor Thayer to com
mute his sentence to imnrisoument for
life.
Wm. Moore , living about four
miles south of Broken Bow. had on
May 14 twenty-five acres of corn at
least four inches in height , and which
had all been cultivated for the first
time.
During a heavy storm in Saline
county many windmills wpre blown
down , empty corn cribs were leveled
to the ground and a barn in course of
erection of James Larson's was blown
down.
Steward Liveringhouse distributed
$18,000 among the merchants of Hast
ing. This is the amount of indebted
ness the asylum contracted after the
regular appropriation became ex
hausted last fall.
The Hastings cycle club will have
a tornament in which all the wheel
clubs in the state will be invited to
participate. The time is not yet defi
nitely fixed but will be some time in
July or August.
A traveling man named Scott ,
while boat riding at Norfolk , careless
ly allowed himself to drift too near the
dam , wnen before lie could prevent it
was carried over. Besides a good wet
ting he was uninjured.
Nicholas Lepoidevin , of Beatrice ,
who died last week from cholera mor-
bus , was under the care of faith curers.
It is said his life might just as we.i
have been saved if a reputable physi
cian had been called in.
The Union Pacific baggage car
No. 1326 , running between Columbus
and Albion , was .broken open while
standing on the sidetrack at Columbus
and clothing , books and paper * to the
amount of ? 100 was stolen.
William Bruinson , a carpenter
working at Beyschlag's elevator in Ne
braska City , fell from a veaffolding ,
striking his head on an axe and cutting
a long , deep gash in his forehead. The
wound is regarded a3 serious.
In the district court of Dodge
county Lars Ericson brings suit against
the Union Pacific railway to recover
$1,99'J for injuries received by being
knocked over by a passenger engine
on "section 10 , " October last.
The police of Hastings arrested a
young woman named Elizabeth Sum-
merskill on a telegraph order from
Hebron. She is charged with infanti
cide , having killed her new-born babe
by compression upon its breast.
The secretaries of the state board
of transportation last week overhauled
the office and took an inventory of
books and papers. There has been
such a demand for reports of 1890 that
the supply is almost exhausted.
Deputies United States Marshals
rlill and Stewart arrived in Benkle-
man last week and drove out into the
country a few miles , returning with a
moonshiner's stilling outfit which they
lad unearthed on a farm north of town.
The Antelope county agricultural
society is reported in better shape
financially than for years. The pre
miums for the last annual fair were
jaid in full , the first time in its his-
: ory , and a neat cash balance left on
hand to start in this year.
Walter Douglas , a stock dealer of
Johnson , has gone astray with $1,400
of other people's money. The school
district of which he is treasurer loses
$00 , and B. Rogers , formerly a citi
zen of Talmage , loses $600.
J. D. McKelvy , of Kearney , has
of the
) een appointed superintendent
girl's school at Geneva. Mr. McKelvy
s now serving his eighth year as as
sistant superintendent of the industrial
school and is well acquainted with the
vork.
Citizens of Bartlett are working
zealously for the organization of an
electric railway company. It is the
ntention to construct a motor line
rom Cedar Rapids , Boone county , to
iartlett , Wheeler county , a distance
of thirty-nine miles.
A little 9-year-old boy named Hein-
rich Schumacher passed through Col
umbus en route to Humphrey , where
10 goes to live with his uncle. He
lad traveled all the way from Ger
many alone and unguided except by
the friendly aid of strangers.
The Elkhorn put in a bill for
about $19,000 for passenger and freighl
transportation on account of tneIndian
uprising. The legislature tallowed
$13,200 for that purpose and Adjutant
General Cole is figuring on the prob
lem of how to get nineteen into thir
teen. He has about concluded to re
fer the conundrum to the next legisla
ture.
Samuel E. Browu. a farmer re
siding seven miles south west of Friend ,
while returning from a workingmen's
lodge at Exeter , was thrown from his
road cart. One foot caught in the
bottom and he was dragged to death.
His family found him yet fast to the
cart in the morning. There was evi
dence in the road that he had been
dragged nearly a mile.
The Ainsworth Star suggests that
while certain parties are attempting
to advertise crown county as one or
the drouth stricken kind , they should
not forget the fact that there was ship
ped out of Brown county during the
past year over one hundred and twen
ty-five thousand bushels of wheat , to
say nothing of the number of bushels
consumed at home.
Another demand has been made on
the governor for executive clemency.
This time it is in behalf of Shepard
and Furst , who are condemned to hang
at Fremont on June 5. The father and
mother of Shepard , an aged couple ,
called on the governor and with
streaming eyes begged him to commute
the sentence of their son to life impris
onment. The governor consented to
listen to facts and arguments in the
case , and fixed the hearing for May 28.
WILL FILL THIS TERM
TBEX 1'OSTXA.STEIt GEXERAL IFV4.V-
XAMAKKR iriLL RETIRE.
Nothing in a Cabinet Office that Com
mend * lueir to a Bu ! ne > .llaii
Death of Ex-Attorney General Tnft
A Proclamation by the President
Opening to Public Settlement a Portion
tion of tlie Fort Ilertliold Indian
Reservation . \VuriiIns In Refer
ence to LuiicI * that are Reserved.
Tired of Office.
WASHINGTON , May 22. Should
President Harrison be re-elected there
will be at least one of his present cab
inet officers who will not serve under
him for another term , and yet his de
termination not to continue much
longer in public life in no way reflects
dissatisfaction with his chief. Post
master General Wanamiiker has told
one of his business friends that as soon
as President Harrison is re-elected ,
and he is confident that he will be reelected -
elected , he intends to tender his resig
nation. The postmaster general thinks
he may serve out his entire term , and
indeed lie intends so to do , but that it
is his determination not to continue in
public life after March 4. 1893 , there
can be no doubt whatever.
"There is nothing in a cabinet of
fice. " said he to his friend , "that com
mends itself to a business man after
he has secured a thorough insight into
his duties. A cabinet officer has a
great deal of hard work to do , and
although he may be as faithful as he
possibly can be , he gets little or no
credit for what he does. I shall be
glad to go back to private life after
my four years of servitude are at an
aen. "
General Tul't Dead.
WASHINGTON , May 22. Attorney
General Miller was informed yesterday
by Solicitor General Talt of the death
at Los Angeles , Cal. , of his father , ex-
Attorney General Alphonso Taft. Mr.
Taft was also secretary of war under
President Grant and represented the
United States at the courts of Russia
and Austria. Orders were issued this
afternoon to drape the war department
and" the department of justice build
ings in mourning for thirty days , and
to close both departments on the day
of the funeral. The remains of ex-
Attorney General Taft will be brought
to Cincinnati for interment.
President Harrison Proclaim * the
Fort Kerthold Reservation Open.
WASHINGTON , May 22. President
Harrison has issued a proclamation
opening to public settlement about six
teen hundred acres of land in the Fort
Berthold Indian reservation in North
Dakota. The following is the docu
ment :
By the president of the United States
of America. A proclamation : Where
as , Pursuant to an act of congress , ap
proved May 15 , 1886 , entitled , "An
act making appropriations for the cur
rent and contingent expenses of the
Indian department and for fulfilling
treaty stipulations with various tribes
for the year ending June 30 , 18S7. and
for other purposes , " an agreement was
entered into on December 14 , 1886 , by
John V. Wright , Jareu W. Delens and
Charles F. Larrabee , commissioners on
the part of the United States , with the
Arckus , Grosventre and Mandan tribes
of Indians residing on Fort Berthoid
reservation in the then territory of Da
kota , embracing a majority of all the
male adult members of said tribes ; and
Whereas , By an act of congress ap
proved March 3 , 1891. entitled , "An
act making appropriations for the cur
rent and contingent expenses of the
Indian department and for fulfilling
treaty stipulations with various tribes
for the year ending June 30 , 1892 , and
for other purposes , " the aforesaid
agreement of December 14 , 1886 , was
accepted , ratified and confirmed ex
cept as to article 6 thereof , which was
modified and changed on the part of
the United States so as to read "that
the residue of lands within said di
minished reservation , after all allot
ments have been made as provided in
article 3 , of this agreement , shall be
held by the said tribes of Indians as a
reservation ; and
Whereas. It is provided in said last
above mentioned act that this act shall
take effect only upon the acceptance of
the modification and changes made by
the United States as to article 6 of the
said agreement by the said tribes of
Indians in manner and form as said
agreement was assented , which said
acceptance and consent shall be made
known by proclamation by the presi
dent of the United States upon satis
factory proof presented to him that the
said acceptance and consent have been
obtained in such manner and form : and
Whereas , If satisfactory proof has
been presented to me that the accept
ance of and consent to the provisions
of the act last named by the different
bands of Indians residing on said re
servation have been obtained in man
ner and form as said agreement of De
cember 14. 1886 , was assented to.
Now therefore , I , Benjamin Harri
son , president of the United. States , by
virtue of the power in me vested , do
hereby make known and proclaim the
acceptance of this consent to the mod
ification and changes made by the
United States as to article 6 of said
agreement by said tribes of Indians , as
required by this act , and said act is
hereby declared to be in full force and
effect , subject to all the provisions ,
conditions , limitations and restrictions
therein contained. All persons will
take notice of the provisions of said
act and of the conditions and restric
tions therein contained a'nd be gov
erned accordingly. I furthermore
notify all persons to particularly ob
serve that a certain portion of the said
Fort Berthold reservation not ceded
and relinquished by said' agents is re
served'for allotment to and also as a
reservation for the said tribes of In
dians ; and all persons are , therefore ,
hereby warned not to go upon any of
the lands so reserved for any purpose
or with any intent whatsoever , as no
settlement or other rights can be re-
secured upon said lands , and all per
sons found unlawfully thereon will be
dealt with as intruders and trespassers
and I hereby declare all the lands sold ,
ceded and relinquished to the United
States under said agreement , namely ,
all that portion of the Berthold reser
vation laid down on the official map of
Dakota , published by the general land
office in the year 1860 , lying north of
the 70th parallel of north latitude and
also that portion lying west of a south
line six miles west of the most west
erly point of the big bend of the Mis
souri river south of the 48th parallel
of north latitude , open to settlement
and subject to disposal as provided in
section 25 of the act of March 3 , 1861 ,
aforesaid.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this
twentieth day of May in the year
one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-one , and of the independence
of the United States the one hundred
and fifteen.
BENJAMIN HAKKISON.
ges of tin ; lilcnn-rit * .
MIIXICO , Mo. , May 25. More com
plete reports from the fearful cyclone
which passed through the country six
miles north of this city show that the
dead are as follows : Son of John
Doerger , instantly killed and frighful-
ly mangled ; Balsam Kunkle , blown
against a wagon and instantly killed ;
Homer Rogers , a farmer , killed ; John
Crane , a farmer , literally blown to
pieces. The injured are : S. Norris
and wife and two small children , Mrs.
Emiiy Seal , Miss Aduie Seal , Miss
Gertrude Fletcher , Henry Kunkle ,
Otto Kunkle , William Doerger , Mrs.
Doerger , Hugo Doerger , Willie Doer
ger , Annie Doerger , William Yost-
meyer , Mrs William Yostmeyer and
two children , Mr. and Mrs. Squire
Jarmin , II. H. C. Hunt , Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Harrison and two sons.
The storm laid waste the country
for a distance of more than fifteen
miles and to a breadth of four miles.
As soon as the report of the storm
reached here every horse in town was
harnessed and doctors and citixens
started for the scene of the storm's rav
ages. Every physician was on the
ground by 7 o'clock in the evening and
by 9 oclock 4 000 or 5,000 people were
ridingand walking over the wet ground
of the desolate strip of country.
Hundreds of maimed and dying an
imals lay about the fields and an occa
sional kind hearted person fired a shot
into the suffering brutes to end their
agonies.
It wasa bleak picture. Farm houses
that were the pride of the country
roundabout were torn to kindling wood
and for miles the wreckage was strung
along the roads and over the fields.
The killed were taken to town and the
injured placed in houses outside the
smitten strip.
Frank Carpenter's family had a mi
raculous escape. Mr. Carter was re
turning home from a neighbor's when
he saw the storm approaching. He
hastily got in a ravine and the storm
passed over him. His own house was
directly in the path of the cyclone and
his wife and little girl were alone. A
new barn just south of his house was
badly wrecked and the furious ele
ments whipped around and striking
the house on the north and picking up
the smokehouse drove large portions
of the timbers through the upstairs
hall of the residence and played havoc
generally. The siorm then made a
circle within a radius tf fifty yards ,
blowing away a portion of the build
ings soutn and west and others east
and north of Mr. Carter's house. Mrs.
Carter retained her composure through
out and escaped unhurt.
In the northwestern part of Adrian
no damage whatever was done by the
cyclone. In fact it seemed to have
gone .skyward from a point north of
Centralia to Trinity church , eight
miles due north from Mexico.
Justified the Lynching.
WAI.LA WALLA , Wash. , May 23.
Colonel Compton. commandant of the
fort here , was examined by the court
of inquiry in regard to the lynching of
Gambler Hunt. He contradicted the
sheriff and prosecuting attorney in
much of their material testimony. He
insists that he took measures
to prevent the outbreak and had
the sheriff made any resistance
he would have been there with a
company to save Hunt from the lynch-
ers. About a dozen non-commissioned
officers and privates were examined.
They said they did not think because
they were soldiers they had no less
right than a body of citizens to lynch
a man who murdered their comrade.
Unfit to Live.
LOUISVILLE , Ky. , May 25. One of
the most fiendish crimes ever known
in Kentucky is reported from Sandy
Hook , the county seat of Elliott. A
young SCQOOI teacner , AUSS
Fleenor. was thrown from a horse
frightened by two Wilcox brothers ,
both of whom the girl refused to mar
ry.
ry.With
With a leg and arm broken she was
chained in a deserted cabin , where she
was kept a prisoner since the middle
of April , and , slowly dying , was made
the victim of her captors' lust. Last
Tuesday a posse headed by her broth
er found the girl , who diea fifteen
minutes later. The Wilcox brothers
were captured and were shot to death.
Clayton Lloyd , a desperate white
convict of Alabama , Working in the
mines near Birmingham , was shot dead
while trying to start a fire to assist
him'to escape.
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YOUNG RAUM'S CASE.
REPORT T11KHEUS JIT TIIK CH'IL
SEJtl'lCE
Are Oflrnncs Charged Agalnit Him
Punishable Under the Statute * A
Statement Showing a Comparison of
Internal Revenue Receipt * The
President' * Intercut in the Financial
Condition of the Trca nry Ohio Na-
tloiiallntK ? Icet and Kndorno the New
Party Horn at Cincinnati.
The Cane of Yonnjr IZaum.
WASHING-ION , May 23. A report
upon the case o' young Kaum , who re
signed from the assistant chief clerk
ship of the pension office , charged
with peculations connected with ap
pointments , etc. , has been made by
the civil service commission to the sec
retaries of the interior and treasury ,
and President Harrison has been re
quested by the president of the com
mission to ask the attorney general
whether the offenses charged against
young Raum are punishaole under the
statutes. The attorney general has
declined to express an opinion unless
requested to do so by President Harri
son. Further than tnib turn in affairs
there is nothing new regarding the
status of pension office affairs. Jn his
interview with the president General
Raum stated that his bon was
guiltless of any crime and was
the victim of a conspiracy
within the pension office , and intimated
that an officer above himself ( -aid to
be Assistant Secretary liussey ) was con
stitutionally opposed to the manage
ment of the oftiee and had contributed
to the dissensions therein. The com
missioner requested the president to
direct a committee of his own selec
tion to thoroughly investigate charges
against Green B. Ruuin , jr. , and also
against the commissioner , and stated
that he would be satisfied with the ver
dict. The president would naturally
hesitate to order an investigation of
this character , as it would not only
impugn the official conduct of an as
sistant secretary of the interior , but
question the official action of the secre
tary of the interior. The request of
the commissioner goes over till Secre
tary Noble returns to the city. It is
not believed that it will be granted.
The Internal Revenue.
WASHINGTON. May 23. Mr. Mason ,
commissioner of internal revenue , has
prepared a statement showing that for
the month of April , 1891 , receipts
from internal revenue decreased as
compared with April , 1890 , $2,190.-
695. For the ten months ending April
30 , the increase in collections of prin
cipal items compared with the corresponding
pending ten months of the preceding
year were : spirits , $2,44 8,358 ; . tobac
co , $434,953 ; fermented liquors , $2-
168,054 ; oleomargarine , $239,845.
Commenting on the decreased receipts
during the last month Commissioner
Mason says : "It will be noticed that
there is a decrease in the receipts for
special taxes , wholesale and retail liq
uor dealers , and manufacturers of
stills for the month of April ofl-
254,389 , in special taxes on brewers
and wholesale and retail dealers of
malt liquors of $115,425 , and in spe
cial taxes on manufacturers of and
wholesale and retail dealers of oleo
margarine of $11,880 , making an ag
gregate loss from these items of $1-
381 , 694. This is due to the fact that
the last congress changed the special
tax year so as to commence on the 1st
of July , instead of the 1st of May
collected only two months" taxes , from
the 1st of May to the 1st of July ,
instead of twelve months' taxes. The
total amount of special taxes collected
during- the last fiscal year was $7 , -56 , -
063. Congress , however , has repealed
all the special taxes relating to cigars
and tobacco , thus taking off $1,515-
481 , leaving a balance of special taxes
which would have been payable the
1st of May , but for this change in the
law , of $5.826.682. So that instead
of nearly § 6,000,000 being due on the
1st of May , there was in fact less than
$1,000,000 , and as a considerable part
of the tax due on the 1st day of May
was paid in April , there was a decrease
in special taxes for May of $1,381,694.
This will be made up in the months of
June ana July , when taxes for the new
fiscal year will be collected. There is
a decrease in the amount collected
from tobacco and snuff as compared
with the amount collected during the
same months of the last fiscal year.
This is due to the change in reducing
ihe tax from eight to six cents per
pound. Notwithstanding all these re
ductions , there is still an increase in
the total amount collected of $5.399-
482 for the ten months ending April
30 , 1890. as compared with the same
period of the previous year.
The Financial Qiic tloii.
WASHINGTON , May 23. The presi
dent is taking an active interest in the
financial condition of the treasury , and
has directed that he be furcished with
an estimate of the probable revenue
from ail sources for the next fiscal j
year , based on the changes made by i
the last congress in the customs and
internal revenue laws. The result of
the changes are now becoming appar
ent in the daily receipts of the treas
ury department. The customs re
ceipts show a continued Jailing off , the
receipts from this source for the first
twenty days in May being less at the
' ' "
port o'f Ne'w York "by $1,690.933 than
they were for the corresponding period
of last May. The same ratio of de
crease is reported at other ports. In
ternal revenue i eceipts also show a
decrease , but not FO marked. The net
surplus in the treasury , despite the de
crease in receipts , is crawling up. the
drain from direc * . tux expenditures
baing almost over , and * at the close to
day was more than $15,000,000. The
treasury statement issued to-day showa
that the treasury held May 20 $202.-
057,483 in gold bullion and coin , being :
a decrease from the first of the month ,
of more than $12,000,000. and since-
Jauuary 1 of more than $32,01)0.000 ) ,
The New Party.
CINCINNATI. O. , May 23. The na
tionalists met yesterday morning ami
adopted a resolution hearlily endorsing
ing the national union convention plat
form. Bright and early the now na
tional executive committee got together
for its first meeting. Everybody but
the members of the committee was
excluded. Robert Schilling of Mil
waukee was elected s-ccretary and M.
C. Rankin of Terre Haute , treasurer.
The members then busied thumselves-
in filling out the vacancies that had
been left in the national committeee as-
the result of the rush that preceded
the adjournment of the convention.
The national committee was presided
over by Chairman Taubenecic.
It was resolved to authori/.o the is
sue of a call for voluntary contribu
tions.
It was also resolved that a national
executive committee be formed to con
sist of a chairman , secretary and treas
urer and four members. The four
elected are George F. Wushbuni. Mass
achusetts ; G. F. Gartli r , Alabama ; Ignatius - |
natius Donnelly , Minnesota ; .J. 11. Davis - '
vis , Texas.
The committee adjourned subject to-
the call of the executive committee.
This committee met immediately after
ward and elected Itobert Schilling per
manent secretary and M. C. Kan km per
manent treasurer. A resolution was
adopted providing for the appointment
of state , county and local i-oininittees
of the peoples party in each slate for
the systematic organization and fur
therance of the work , and that the Sec
retaries of each committee shall as-
soon as the same is eonututcci. . report
the names of officers and mum ours to-
Robert Schilling of Milwaukee.
The chairman and -ec'nnary were-
given authority to organize a btate or
territory not represented at the Cin
cinnati convention by the appointment ,
of a committee of three members , who-
shall proceed to organize : is in other
states.
Regarding IUr. Hlainc' % Health.
WASHINGTON , May 25. Unusual in
terest in the health of Secretary Blainc
was aroused by the publication of
lengthy and somewhat sensational dis
patch from this city in the New York
Herald representing the secretary as
being in a rapid decline of not only
physical , but mental vigor and pre
dicting that he would not resume hit
official duties. The publication wai
greatly regretted and sincereiy de
plored in official circles , as it did Mr.
Blaine injustice ana was inclined to be
misleading. Secreta/y Blaine has
overworKed himself. He ha > had upon
his hands more vexatious proznleius
than have come before thu ciuiiariraent
of state for very many years , and he
has given too many hours and-'too
much of his strength to his wonc. He
has not only not neglected ins duties ,
but has been very prompt in dispos
ing of them. He has as urihiant , te
nacious , vigorous and Jlexible a mind
as was probably ever found in an over
worked physical composition. He is-
not very vigorous in-uouy , out it is be
lieved by those who Irnow his condi
tion best , that with a few weeks of
complete rest he will be himself again.
It is cruelly unjust to even intimate
that Mr. Blaine is incapatialcu from
the. performance of his official duties
by reason of a depression of physical
strength which effects his mind , as is
intimated in the New York Herald , or
to intimate as it does that his mental
conuition is , or has been such as to at
tract the attention of his oo-iaoorers.
for that is untrue. To jret at , the real
facts a correspondent caned upon sev
eral gentlemen who are eommonty ac
cepted as Mr. Blaine'b most , intimate
friends , and who for this reason Know
the real conuition of his mental facul
ties. They were emphatic in stating
that Mr. Blaine's mental \igor was
never stronger than it is today and
that there is not the slightest , weaken
ing in his intellectual grasp.
Near Evansville , Ind. . a negro by
the name of Jennings waylaid and
criminally assaulted the 13-year-old
daughter of George Bow les. He was-
captured and lynched.
The distinguished French journal
ist , M. Jean Jacque * Wei = ? . is dead.
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t.tra STVCMC AND I'tunmcic .
Quotations from JVVie I" r/- , Cliir.tjt ,
/xmu , < > ; iiu'i < ( tint ElvsieliTn.
OMAHA.
liutter Cr < .imrry a 1 % 2r
Kiitirr Country'Koii 10 if ir
Mej-9 Pork Her L.bl I1' in
1-Kps l-'rcsh r 65
Honey , per ! l > 18 Oi XI
Chickens live per Uoi S Tit' ( y -t < )
Orange * S 7T > dj fj OO
Carrott Per bu I U ) W. I "
' " ' " Gl 7 tt >
Beets Per bii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ( > 'a. J - i
Onions Per bb ( J W fa. fi 50
linn ? Nicies rj W ' ( & - 75
Wool Knit , unwaMn-ii. JIT n > . . . l.r > ( & 18
PoJatoe * . new , prr B > " r a ;
Potatoes 1 Of. ( & . \ 10
Applet , Per Lbl ftio ft. ; 00
Hxj Per ton TOO © 10 Ul
Hop * Mixed puckinp 1 35 fit 4 40
Hops Heuvj neiuhts 4 75 iff 4 8T
nrerefr Choice i-teers r. 'Jfi < fj. . " O )
Sheep Natives 3 a5 © 600
NJWouic
Wh/at No. 2red 1 J6Vfc 1 17
Corn No. S 091-c ® . 70
Oats Mixed western W Q
J'ork H 7f. < ai225
JUrd ( j 87 < 663
CHICAGO.
Wheat Per bunbel 1 J © 1 06
Corn Per bushel & ll
Oate Fer bu hel r.2
Pork n oo felt 20
Lard : o 67
Hot * Packins and shipping 4 40 4i 4
Cattle Choice fleers 5 93 @ * > 05
Sheep Native * 5 00 0 5 55
ST. LOUIS.
1
Corn Per buth l ; # 61fi
Oats Per bushel 4(1
Host Mind packing 4 7fi
Cattle Feederi. 3 10 ( A 4 00.
KANSAS CITV.
Wheat No. 2 pg 97
Corn No. 2 > f,6
Oats No. 2 48
OatUe Stockers aud leedeH 25)
300 fe 4 65