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r Lci / OOg TRIBUNE. F. iVI. HIMDIELL , Publisher. MCCOOK , NEBHAfiKA.y A young lady at a box party one Might defined a chaperon as "one who got out of the way whenever there was chap around. " The Washington newspapers an- 1ounce that the capital is seething in itlI kinds of wickedness. 'Congress can- iot be blamed for it this time. Notwithstanding the evident desire of both parties to handle the liquor question carefully , the rush for drinks at the candidate's expense continues. It may not be. invariably true that lflne feathers make fine birds , but in the case of the parrot they certainly do make a brilliant conversationalist. Personal Investigation has assured the agricultural editor of one of our New York city dailies that the story that watermelons grow on water lily stems Is a canard. An "electrlcaI type-setting machine has been invented in Italy by a Dominican - can friar , which is said to produce words in type faster than the linotype can make them in metal. Mrs. Alva Vanderbift , the divorced wife of Willie K. , for years has not addressed a menial directly , but has employed certain persons to take from her the royal commands. To talk to a ; tradesman or to order anything out of a shop is too much for her nerves. On 'one occasion , two summers ago , she had a list written and given to the lodge- keeper at Newport of the people who were to be admitted and those who were not. The Spanish authorities in Cuba continue - tinue to affirm that the insurrection is practically crushed , and at the same time to send vehement appeals to Madrid - rid for more men and money. It is Jhopeless to expect anything like accurate - curate , details of military movements , In Cuba , as neither party is scrupulous about telling the exact truth ; but measured solely by the efforts which are made to suppress it , the insurrection - tion clearly is a formidable affair. The new portable Maxim gun , a small innocent-looking affair weighing but forty-five pounds , bids fair to revolutionize - lutionize modern methods of war. Its muzzle can be moved out by the bearer In all directions , and it will fire 600 bullets a minute , sending them through forty inches of oak. It Is estimated that an army of 10,000 men equipped with this death-dealing terror would be equal to an army of 1,000,000 men with the present weapons. Lady Churchill's achievements in English politics first showed the energy - gy of American women abroad. Now Iliiss Mary Leiter and Miss Jane Chamberlain - berlain , who were , are going to give an exhibition of their political finesse. Politics in Great Britain and the United - ed States are entirely different. It is likely that the young wires could not be tempted to electioneer on the American - ican plan , and at the same time the sort of feminine stumping done in the United Stljts would not capture a vote to England , I i T ' Lr- : ! LrProfessor Professor Wiley , the chemist of the Agricultural Department , has initiated a series of experiments to determine the relative fertility of typical soils of the United States. The ultimate object - ject of the investigation appears to be to determine the nature of the fertilizers - zers necessary to restore the fertility of any particular soil , and thus to save the farmers thousands of dollars annually - nually spent for fertilizers which do not meet the necessities of the soil to which they are applied. Two tons of pig-iron have been purchased - chased by the Lancashire , Pa. , authorities - ities for the physical culture of tramps. Each convicted tourist will be compelled - pelled to take five hours' active exercise - cise by carrying this iron from one end of the prison yard to the other under - der penaly of stoppage of rations. The method has nothing to commend it but its utter uselessness as a productive factor and its aggravation to the tramp. The infliction of misery without - out some compensating benefit is the most diabolical of reform measures. We are threatened with a hotel buildIng - Ing age. Architects and engineers say that never to their knowledge was there as much projected hotel and apartment house construction as now. What is the reason ? It is this , that electric buttons , electric cookery , electric travel , and electric action of all kinds , concentrates advantages , and helps to multiply opportunities for association. -The .social side of life is being ilevel- oPed : People want to be more together Instead of divided. Theaters , churches , clubs , associations , tours , travels , lectures - tures , reading of papers , books , magazines - zines , cable , telephones , and what not , are springing up right. and left. That was a grateful surprise whhrh met the Iowa school teacher who was engaged to a nobleman. For her courageous devotion to him tile young woman is rewarded by the discovery at all. that he is no nobleman Michigan forbidding The new law in the organization of military companies composed entirely of members of one religious creed is a sensible one. Religion - ligion and arms should always be separate , though it would be pleasanter to keep them 1f laws were not needed y.part. ' ) " p 1 OVER STATE. SAFE blowers have beex. operating at Creighton. TILE Gates college at Neligh will be removed to Norfolk. WAR is being waged in Nebraska City on unlicensed dogs. War. IaILAy , a pioneer of Seward county , died last week of paralysis TlE corner stone of the Masonic temple at Red Cloud will be laid Aug. 1st. 1st.E. E. D. STEWART of Fremont has been elected principal of the public schools of Red Cloud. JIMMY CUItRAN , a 9-year-old South Omaha boy , was run over and killed by the motor cars TtlE Emerson creamery is doing a large business , about 9,000 pounds of milk being received daily. IJ. G. CLAYTON and family left Fullerton - lerton the other day for the Rocky mountains in a prairie schooner. TILE summer meeting of the state horticultural society will be held at Wymore , Neb. , July23 , 24 and 25. TILE opera house in Pierce is rapidly nearing completion. The grand opening - ing will be held about September 1. TIIE town dads of Scribnerrhave just levied an occupation tax upon its business - ness men to replenish the village ex- chequer. TILE barber shop at Pierce was entered - tered by burglars and 875 worth of supplies taken. But one razor was left in the shop. SEVERAL burglaries were committed at Elmwood. Among others who suffered - fered was Mr. Mayfield , a publisher , who was touched for 810. TILE Board of Public Lands and Buildings has notified Janitor Grinnell that owing to a lack of funds his services - ces will have to be dispensed with. Niws reached Butte that Fred Bethge , living on the state line between Butte and Farfax , fell into an old well and was drowned. He was 25 years old. old.H. H. BALL , a farmer who resides in the southern part of liolt county , an inmate - mate of the countyjail , is charged with the crime of seducing his 14-year-old step daughter. A. T. Nlcuar.s , the ex-cashier of the People's State bank of Litehfield , was sentenced to a term of three years in the state penitentiary for receiving deposits - posits after knowing the bank was insolvent. ADOLPlt STEINCAa1P and Henry Gae- bel , two German farmers living southeast - east of Louisville , quarreled , and the result was that Steincamp was shot in the back and left arm with a shotgun in the hands of GaebeL OMAHA will turn night into day during - ing state fairr week. The plan contemplates - plates the lighting of twenty-six blocks by lamps placed five feet apart on each side of the street and diagonally across and over the intersections. E. 0. WELLS , a prominent citizen , a member of the city council of Columbus - bus and ex-confederate soldier , died last week of Bright's disease. Mr. Wells has been a resident of the state many years and was well and favorably - bly known there. TUE portrait of II E. Palmer , department - ment commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1SS4 , has been received - ceived at the office of General Gage. It is the intention to have the portraits of all the ex-commanders in the state at this office eventually. TIrE settlers on the reservation near Emerson who were evicted have all returned - turned to their farms , but all are being "chased. " The Flourney Land company - pany lessees all have to go. ACCORDING to the assessors' reports there are 28,165 acres in wheat in Johnson - son county , 69,704 acres in corn , 15,377 in oats , 51,910 in meadow , 750 in barley , 056 in millet , 103 in rye , 2,125 in flat. TIE boot and shoe store of John F. Rowell at Hastings was closed by cred- itors. An eastern firm was pressing him tor the payment of a bill and he gave eleven chattel mortgages aggregating - gating about 2,800. A HEaIaIIxGFortD dispatch says that county Surveyor J. P. Hazard was severely - verely if not fatally injured by his team running away. He was thrown from the wagon , breaking several ribs and otherwise injuring him. ' A si'ORTY individual walked into a drug store at Decatur and poured.from a pitcher what he thought was water and drank a half a glass. It proved to be turpentine. A doctor was called and the chances are that he will recover. THE Farmers' Grain and Stock com- panys elevator at Pray ne was burned. The insurance of the elevator was 51.500 , and on the grain $1,000. The Kaspar Bros Milling company had about 600 bushels of rye stored in the elevator on which there was no insur- ance. IIENRY T1EMER lost his life in a shocking manner on the farm of J. D. Freeze near Elgip. He was bringing in horses from the pasture. He was riding and had his feet through the stirrup straps , as the stirrups were too long for him. In some way he was thrown and his feet remained in the straps. lie was found alive but died soon after discovery THE Cattieinen's Protective associa- tign , which was organized at Alliance last fall for protection against the rustlers in the sand hills , has caused the arrest of hank Matthews and a man by the name of Tracy. Sheriff J. W. Thompson arrested Matthews as he was boarding the west bound train. The cattlemen claim they have sufficient - cient evidence to convict him. FRFD GILLARD. a widower about 40 years old and well known in the'coun- ty , was arrested at Big Springs for outraging - raging the person of Mars Foltz , a 15- year-old girl The girl was injured so badly that she is in a precarious condi- tion. She has always born a good rep utation. WE shall stand up for Nebraska this year , says the Ashrand Breeze , by eating - ing home grown potatocs'at 25 cents a bushel. A TON of flour and barrel of rice was shipped to Southern Lincoln county for the benefit of a few families who hadn't enough to bread them till after the harvest E. MERRILL.an inmate of the Sol- diers' home , Grand Island , has invented a cultivator which has the prominent feature of enabling the rider to lift the plow without in any way affecting the tongue. This is said to be a new thing and the old soldier has applied for a patent t . . A Nearly a 3iiltion Dollars Short. The State Board of Equalization has completed its laborers with the exception - tion of Boyd county. The assessed valuation of the state is , in roun4 numbers - bers , $171,030,000. as against $153,000- 00' ) in ISO4 , a falling off of $12,000.000. It is expected that the amount realized from state assessments this year will fail between $600,000 and $000,000 less than the legislative appropriation of last winter , which were a total of 2- 755,009. This deficiency will , therefore - fore , be added to the outstanding floating - ing indebtedness , which is now about $500,000. The school fund levy is , maximum , 13 1 mills ; minimum , one- half of 1 mi1L It is claimed that this great shortage in state valuation arises from an apparent competition between taxpayers as to who shall make the smallest return to the assessor in proportion - portion to the amount of property he owns. State Horticulturlsts to Meet. The State Horticultural society has tccepted the invitation of J. M. Russell - sell & Son of Wymore , to hold a summer - mer tweeting with them July 23 , 24 and 25. Wednesday the 24th has been des- isgnated as peach day for Nebraska and the society members and those interested - terested in horticulture are.to pass the day in the Russell orchards , with thousands - sands of bushels of peaches in sight and hundreds of bushels of early ripening - ing varieties to eat Neliraslca has long been known to raise the best apples - ples , cherries and grapes in the west. It is not as well known that hardy varieties - rieties of peaches are also grown with commercial profit in the state. Passes to the State Fair. For several years the State Fah board has been wrestling with one feature of the pats question which has caused it no end of trouble and also , it is estimated , a loss of over 810,000 per year in the matter of gate receipts. On account of the change of location of the fair this was considered a good year in which to make a reform and a radical change has been made in the form of the passes. During the last few years all of the state fair associations , with three or four exceptions , have discontinued - tinued the issuing of unlimited season passes and have adopted the coupon or punch system. So that Nebraska in adopting the coupon system this year is really somewhat behind the times. The plan of issuing two kinds of passes , a coupon pass and the old style , was discussed , but it was decided that it would cause trouble and therefore only one kind is used. It has attached - tached to it five coupons , each one good for one adtni'ssion to the grounds. The coupons are dated one bor each day of the fait. Under this system the board of managers hopes to break up a"com- bination" which has been imposing upon it for several years. Paroled Convicts Disappear. Warden Leidigh is looking into the question of rewards for the return of paroled convicts who have taken French leave. At least ten of the twenty-five or thirty convicts out on parole are said to have fled the state and the warden - den fears every one will disappear in the same way. Information from the governor's office is to the effect that a majority of the missing men skipped out last summer before Warden Lei- digli came into official existence , but no one was aware of it until Warden Leidigh began to. devise some way to get them back. There is a fund of $40,000 to pay officers' fees and sheriffs for the return of fugitives from justice , but it is a question whether such a fund could be drawn upon to pay rewards - wards for the return of paroled convicts - victs However , if the governor issues reward proclamations , the auditor will be obliged to pay 8200 for each convict returned. Alfalfa In Iced Willow County. Several thousand acres were sown to alfalfa in Red Willow county this spring , and many thousand more will be sown next. There are 40,000 acres of bottom land in the county , good alfalfa land , and before many years it will be in alfalfa. Last year was the dryest known there , and yet alfalfa was cut three to four times and yielded five or six tons per acre. The hay found ready sale last winter at $10 per ton. Seed runs five to eight bushels per acre. with some fields up to twelve to fourteen bushels. A 200-acre' field turned off 1,700 bushels of seed , worth $5 per bushel , 88,500. The hay and pasturage was worth half as much , making $12,750 for the crop on 200 acres , which is not bad for a dry year. These crops were grown without irrigation - gation , and almost withoutrain. Some fields have already been cut twice , and the yield was heavy. A field cut June O to S turned off three good loads to the acre. The second crop now , July 12 , is three feet high. Some sown last spring where land was clean has been cut once for hay and the second crop is a foot high. CORBETT DIVORCE CASE. Iuurie King Continues Her Testimony in the DIvocc Suit. NEW YORK , July 19.-There was another - other hearing yesterday before Referee - eree Jacobs in the suit for divorce brought by Mrs. Ollie Corbett against James J. Corbett. Miss Marie King , a member of the dramatic company with which Corbett traveled , coi + tin- ued her testimony as to the relations between Corbett and the woman known as Vera. Hiss King related instances - stances of a display of affection as the company were traveling in railway cars. In Corning , Ohio , she had seen upon the hotel 'register the entry "J. J. Corbett and wife. " It was agreed between counsel that if the referees. report should be in favor of the plaintiff - tiff alimony should be fixed at 8100 a weelr. Adjournment until July 26 was taken in order that testimony might be obtained from the West. A Decrease in Valuation. Sixty-six counties have reported to Auditor Moore a decrease of $5,334.- 329.90 in assessed valuation. while ten other counties report an increase amounting to 8340OSO.69. The thirteen - teen counties which are delinquent with their abstracts of assessment are Boytl , Brown , Dawes , Douglas. Furnas , Gage , , Hooker. , Keith , Keya Paha. Lancaster - caster , Nance , Saunders and Sheridan. Douglas will report a decrease of about 52,000.000 , Lancaster county about $100,000 , and the total reduction for all I counties will be about $15,000,000. ' 'ri2 " r 'c : ; 'E ' rG'r rnit.es.'iaT ' T ? , . . . - - . t . . . . . . . . RIDER HAGGARD MOBBED ; I . THE NOVELIST'S ' U IIPIEAT E - PE RIE N E A $ A PUBLIC4AbI , GIVEN ROUGH TREATIcIENT. Stoned and Showered With Mud by Brlt- lsh Electors and Finally Besieged 1n a Hotel-Police to the Rescue- Tire Wife of a Lord Knocked Down - The Latest Election Returns. LONDON , July 22.-If further evidence - dence was needed of the brutality of English mobs on election days it was furnished yesterday in the East Norfolk - folk district , where H. Rider Haggard , the novelist , was the Conservative candidate. IIe made a tour of the district - trict in a four horse drag and was repeatedly - peatedly roughly treated , being pelted in some cases with mud and stones. Near Ladham Miss Hartctip , who was a member of his party , was cut on the head by a flying missile and at St rat- barn the party was obliged to take refuge in a hotel which was besieged by a mob. Police twer e sent to the rescue from North Walsham , North- wick and Yarmouth , and Mr. Haggard and his friends were rescued at 2 o'clock this morning. The mob which besieged the hotel numbered about 300 , and fled as soon as the police appeared - peared , and Haggard returned to North Wal ham , escorted by mounted police. Miss Hartcup , however , was too ill to be moved , and was compelled to remain at the hotel. At Walsham Haggard received an ovation and made a speech , in which he said that in all his travels he had not seen such dastardly - tardly conduct. He , however , was defeated - feated , the vote standing as follows : IL J. Price , Liberal , sitting member , 4,605 ; H. Rider Haggard , Conservative , 4,405 ; Liberal majority , 193 , a loss of " " 42 votes. As Lord and Lady Mountmore were entering their carriage at the Mile End road , after the declaration of the poll , a man rushed forward calling out. "She's the one that done it , " and struck Lady Mountmore in the face with his fist , knocking her down. So great was the force of the blow that her ladyship remained unconscious for some time. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the following - lowing was the standing of the different - ent parties : Conservatives , 293 ; Union- ists. 17 ; total , 340. Liberals , 97 ; Mc- Carthyites , 46 ; Parnellites , 0 ; Labor , 2 ; total , 151 i grand total , 491 ; net Unionist - ist gain , of. Mr. McKelway of the Brooklyn Eagle , tt ho has been studying the elections and their results , declares that the things voted down and out here are sumptuary theories of trade union politics - itics and social experimentations. The things postponed from present consideration - sideration are home rule. the disestablishment - lishment of the English church and the abolition of the house of lords. The matters brought to the front are reform in the poor laws and policy of largeness rather than thin , local liberty - erty for Ireland , vigorous colonial development velopment and eventually bimetallism -the latter , however , in favor of the international use of silver on its value in gold. Time leaders of both parties have assured Mr. McKelway that no change need be expected in the unaffected - fected friendship of Great Britain toward - ward the government and the people of the United States , especially as the latter , it is added , has ceased 'o be the recruiting ground for any political partyin Great Britain. A Prince's Reckless Betting. Loxnox , July s2.-Prince Francis of Teclc , whose reckless plunging on the turf has long been notorious , has finally landed himn into a scrape. Although - though he and his family are poor he bet 10,000 pounds ( $50,00 ( ) to one pound with a bookmaker on a horse which tvas generally regarded as an absolute - lute certainty. But the horse lost and the prince wasunableto pay. A great scandal followed in clubdomn and finally - ally the prince of Wales , the duke of York and Prince Adolphus of Teck , who married the daughter of the duke of Westminster , paid the 10,000 pounds and Prince Francis will be sent to India. Struck Dead by Electricity. SEDALIA , Mo. , July 22.-Guy Cani- fax , fireman at the Hotel Kaiser , went into the kitchen to start the fire early this morning and grasped the incandescent - descent light globe to turn on the light , when a 1,000 volt current , which had in some way got into the incandescent - descent circuit , struck him. He fell to the floor , carrying the light with him. lie was unable to let go of the globe , and his hand was burned off and the arm was charred to the elbow. He was found about twenty minutes later with his flesh still burning. Death is supposed to have been instan- taneous. Some Cherokees Want Allotments. SOUTH MCALESTE1 , Ind. Ter. , .Tuly 22.-At a mass meeting of Cherokees here yesterday , a petition was prepared - pared asking the Datvescommission to aid them in securing allotments. They claim that part of the Cherokees have taken po-session of and fenced in all time land , depriving others of all rights. Edwin GOUId's 3latch Works. r CIHCAGO , July 2s'-Edwin Gould's Continental Match company has closed a contract for a $150,000 plant at Ogdensburg , N. Y. , and within a few months , it is said , negotiations will be opened for establishing a plant in Chicago and competing for northwestern - western trade. Distillery Guards Withdrawn. PEORIA , Ill. , Jul ; 22.-For the first time in a number of weeks there are no guards at the Peoria and Pekin distilleries - tilleries , the force having been withdrawn - drawn by Deputy United States Marshal - shal Voris , acting under orders of the United States court. m HIS WOUNDS EXPOSED , IIundreils of Bul'garlans Look Upon the Mangled Corpse of M. Stambulof. SOFIA , July 22.-A continuous stream of persons , including many soldiers , viewed the body of M. Stambuloff at the home yesterday. The bandages had been removed from the head and the terrible wounds exposed to view. There was one great gash from the left cheek across the nose and over the right eye to the right ear. There was another from the eyebrow to the top of the head and there were other wounds on the cheek and neck , while behind the ear the neck was literally covered with a network of gashes. At the foot of the bier , on a stand , was a glass jar filled with spirits , in which the mutilated - lated hands were displayed. Prince Ferdinand has telegraphed that in view of the attitude of Statn- buloff's family , and being unwilling to expose his faithful servants to Insult , he is compelled to forbid any state official - ficial from taking part in the funeral. Prince Ferdinand's decision is due , to the widow of Stambuloff having refused - fused the wreaths he sent. Canada Retaliates on Lumber. OTTAWA , July 22The attention of the government being drawn to a recent - cent ruling of the United States treasury - ury department increasing the rate of duty on Canadian dressed lumber , the minister of finance has given notice of a resolution raising the duty from 20 to 25 per cent on sawed boards , planks and deals , planed or dressed on one or both sides. If , however , the United States government places these items on the free list , then such lumber imported - ported from the United States into Canada will be admitted free of duty. Chinese In Formosa Fighters. YOKOIA3IIA , July 22.-An oilicial dispatch - patch received here from the island of Formosa says that the Chinese are making a stubborn defense. After the capture of Lung Taupao , on June 14 , an attempt was made to affect a junction between two Japanese battalions - talions at the river Takukas , but the attempt failed , and a squadron of Japanese - anese cavalry , which was suddenly attacked - tacked by a superior force of Chinese , was cut to pieces , only three troopers escaping. The junction of the two battalions was affected on July 10. Galveston to have as Exposition. GALVESTON , Texas , July 22.-The committee on organization and promotion - tion of the Inter-American exposition to be held at Galveston in honor of the deep water met last night and perfected - fected a program of work for time sue- sess of the Western conference to be held in Topeka , Kan. , September 17. The Topeka conference is to be composed - posed of the representative men of time transmississippi country and will largely decide the course of the exposi- . Lion which will fllow at Galveston. Spiritualistic Evidence .Worthless. LIBERTY , MO. , July 22.-The preliminary - inary examination of William Asher , arrested on the charge of murdering Daniel Stone , the bachelor farmerwas concludzd at Smithville last night and resulted in his being discharged. Asher - er found the body and Dr. Lillard , a spiritualist , was the prosecuun ; witness - ness , who claimed that he obtained evidence through spirits. Prosecuting Attorney W. H. 1l oodson of this city represented the state. Five Outlaws Captured. MILAN , Mo. , July 22.-A band of five outlaws that has been troubling Putnam - nam county for a long time was captured - tured and taken to Unionville yesterday - day , where each member will answer for his crimes. A separate crime is charged against each , as follows : John Alexander , horse stealing ; Grant Joyce , cattle stealing ; Clark Spencer , colored , forgery ; 11. Dodd , grand larceny ; John Stokes , burglary and larceny. Freight Cars Blown Over. ADRIAN , Mo. , July 22.-A terrible rain and wind storm set in here about midnight last night. One and one- half inches of rain fell in one hour. Trees were blown down. Cars on side tracks were blown onto the main track , causing a collision with tlir midnight freight and wrecking a number of cars. No one was injured. There was considerable damage to grain in the fields and stacks. Utah Women to Be Registered. SALT LAKE , Utah , July 22.-At a meeting of the Utah commission a resolution was passed instructing the registers to enroll all persons , regardless - less of sex , who are or may be qualified - fied electors under the provisions of the enabling act and of the constitu- tion. Stacks Struck by Lightning. NEWTON , Ran. , July 22.-A great rain storm occurred in the northern part of this county last night. Near Hesston lightning fired the oat stacks of Farmer Cummings , destroying his crop , about 500 bushels. Toronto Refuses to Condemn Bloomers. TonoxTo , Ont. , July 22.-By a vote of 13 to (3 the school board has rejected a resolution condemning feminine teachers in the city schools who wear bloomers. Ease EaII Players Fined. CHICAGO. July 22. - Captain Anson and his National League base ball players were fined $3 and cost each today - day for violation of the Sunday law. An appeal was taken. Parisians Defrauded by Americans. PARIS , July 22.-Two Americans named Wing and Dwight have been arrested - rested here on the charge of selling valueless bonds of the Rock Island , Peoria and St. Louis railroad. Connaught for Commander-in-Chief. Loxtiox , July 22.-It is regarded as a certainty that the duke of Connaught will be the new commander-in-chief in succession of the duke of Cambridge. Quay for Reed or McKinley. PITT&BURG , Pa. , July 22.-Senator Matthew Stanley Quay has declared in favor of Peed or McKinley for presi- dent. r + } J THE PRETZEL CHILDREN. Illolmes Virtually Confesses that Ito Mor-- ' j dered Them. + 2RILADELPIIIA , July 18. - Merman Mudgett , alias H. H. Holmes , the insurance - - . surance swindler in prison here , has.- 1 virtually confessed the murder of the two Pietzel childrenwhose bodieswere' found in the cellar of a Toronto house Monday. During the two hours' inter , view he has yesterday with three members of the district attorney's . ' staff he said : "I suppose I'll swing - for this. " - - The district attorney thinks that : this is a practical admission of Holmes' " guilt Notwithstanding Holmes' remark - mark , his counsel says that lie can prove an alibi in his client's case. He says that Holmes was not in Toronto- > . 4 when the Pietzel children were mur- ; dered. This he says , can be proved by Mrs. Howard Holmes' third wife , ' ' who is at present living with her ; mother in Franklin , Ind. r The authorities place but little confidence - : fidence in the alibi story and are satis- ' fled Holmes is the murderer. , fi - i ToRoNTo , Ontario , July 17.-Detec- I tive Geyer is hard at work. Today - - ' . day he found the expressman who took 1 the trunk , which had invariablyt ac- - 1 I companied Holmes in all his journeys. , . into t : e St. Vincent Street house , and - - ' this man had no difficulty in picking , . out Holmes' photograph from anumnber o I of others. ' I SILVER REPUBLICANS. ' Candidate Will Be Pledged to Follow- Congress , Says Gov. McConnell. PORTLAND , Ore. , July iii.-Governor W. J. McConnell of Idaho , speaking. of the policy of the silver Republicans. 4 next year , said : "The friends of silver f will not force the financial issue in the. national Republican convention next. i year further than to secure a declaration - tion in the platform that the nominee of that party shall sign any measure l that passes congress that not only affects the financial system of the . ' country , but also the pensions of the - soldiers of the rebellion , the building i , of the Nicaraguan canal , the annexation - tion of the IIawaiian islands and other 1 ' issues of paramount interest to tho- i country. The individual who heads + the ticket is of little consequence to ire as long , of course , as he is a sound protectionist. I don't care what his views on the financial question are as . long as he stands on the platform of the party and that platform contains the declaration we propose. " No Redemption In Gold. WASHINGTON , July 15.-For the first I i i ' lime during recent years the mail reports - ' i ports received at the treasury yester- Say show no redemptions of united . , r States notes in gold. All these reports - ' , ports , however , do not cover the same } day's operations. The redemptions. I during the last few months have averaged - aged about $1,000,000 a month. The fact has no particular significance but the treasnry officials call attention to i it as a very unusual circumstance. Six Thousand Dollars Disappears. OMAIIA , Neb. , July 18.-A package Containing $6,000 has mysteriously dis)1 tppeared from the Pacific Express J company office. It came in as United , States Express company business and ' 3 was sent to the Pacific office , where it l passed through time hands of four em- loyes and then dropped out of sight. The police are thoroughly puzzled and , , can secure no trace of the thief or money. Kansas Farmers Held at Bay. i ATCmsox , Kan. , July 18.-T. F. Os- trapger was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Donnell this morning for stealing a + team of horses , wagon and five hogs in the country last night. A crowd of , ' farmers surrounded the prisoner and tried to take him away from the officer - cer , presumably to lynch him , but he was finally landed safely in the county jail. Llt'E STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS + Quotations from New York , Chicago. St. Louis , Omaha and Elsewhere. OMAHA flutter-Creamery separator. . 13 t. 14 , Butter-Fair to good country. 10 (0 12 Eggs-Fresh.- 10 44 it Honey-California , per ID. . . . . . 11 + s.4 I6 liens-Live , per lb. . . . Gd 7 Spring Chickens , per doz. . . . . . 2 00 s 2 50 Lemons-Choice 1lessinas.- 0) 44 6 2 .5 Apples-per bit. . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 ti 150 Orumi zes-Floridas , per box. . . . 2 50 i 75 I'otatoes-New. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 44 40 Watermelons-per ( lozen. . . . . . . 2 5) ( ! 4 3 00 Beans-Navy , hand-picked , bu 2 00 Gy 2 20 flay-Upland , per ton. . . . . . . . . . 7 00 ( 7 50 Unions-Bermuda per crate. . . 1 0 4t 1 0) Cheese-Neb.&Ia , full cream 10 , if Pineapples-per doz. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 75 G3 2 2a ] logs-Mixed packing. . . . . . . . . . 4 ' 5 ( s.4 4 05- Bogs-Heavy weights. . . . . . . . . . 5 00 44 5 0 , Beeves-stockers and feeders. 2 30 3 G5 Beef Steers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 :0 © 4 00 hulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 50 ( tg 2 : A stags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 44 2 50 Calves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 4Ii 500 Cows. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 00 ! w 3 2i ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 90 'r 2 90 Westerns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? 50 Ru 3 GO .heep-Lambs. 3 00 s 5 50 f S1eep-Choice natives. . . . . . . . . 2 50 t4 3 Oa . CHICAGO. VV'hcat-No.2 , spring. . . . . . . . . . . . CG 4 , GG ? . Corn-l'er bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 44 43 ! lints-c er bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zi 44 23 I'ork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 75 ( 19 57y t ' Lard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & 5 ( ) 44 fi 55 , hogs-Packers and mixed. . . . . 4 75 , 5 21 Cattle-Steers extra. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 00 y 4 45 sheep-Lambs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 t0 5 tO cheep-Natives. . 2 uO 4 250 NEVV YORK Wheat , No.2 , red winter. . . . . . . 70 4 ; 70 ? Corn-"O. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 rt4 511j- . Oats-\0.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Fork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 21 413 00 Lure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G 55 ! . G 57's. ' ST. LOUR . Wheat-No 2red , cash. . . . . . . . . . . GG'7 Corn-Per bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 ' L 4I6 Oats-Per bu . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 24i , hogs-Mixed packing. . . . . . . . . . 4 9) u,4 5l5 mule-Native steers. . . . . . . . . . 4 00 4 s1 / . been-Mixed natives. . . . . . . . . . 2 00 . a 0 Lambs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 .5 CO KANSAS CIT1 : Wheat-No. 2hard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 G. Corna 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 + t. 40 = S i Oats-\o.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 CL 21 ; ; Cattle-Mockers and feeaers. . 1 F5 + . 4 60 ! logs-Mixed packers . . . . . . . 4 ,5 ca 4 tD New Line of Insurance. p' TOPEKA , Kan. , July 13.-The insnr- ance companies have 1 opened - up a new- line of business in Western Kansas. That section Is flooded with agents who. } are writing policies on the growing crops , the companies insuring a against prairie fire , tornadoes and floods. The" idea of insurance companies issuing policies against the destruction of crop-- by flood in the western half of Kansas - sas would have been considered a great. 1 joke thirty days ago , but since the. great fall of water and the loss of : crops along the Smoky river , the farmers - - ers are giving the insurancecompaniea. all the business they want. I , r V ! , w - -