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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 '
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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
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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
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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. '
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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.
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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.
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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
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of others. '
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SILVER REPUBLICANS.
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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 . ,
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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
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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.
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