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. 0. t . QK TRIM NE. F. 31. HIM3IELL , Pabllsher. HCCOOK , h'EB1tASKA.s - - sHE HE STATE. TECUMSEII is improving its water , works system. A surroN dairyman pays $2 a ton for sugar beets to feed to the cows. ' P. FoELLSIEII , living in Logan pre- cfnct , Cuming county , has completed a fish pond half a mile ion ; It is one fri of the largest in the state. < . . . 4 GEO. 1Y. CoLLETT , a prominent farmer of Gage conty , wjio was released from the asylum at Lincoln last September , filed an application in the county court , asking that Mary C. Collett , his wife , be discharged as his guardian. A DISTRESSING accident occurred in Lancaster county. Arthur H. Nichols threw a billet at an unruly colt , but it ' went wide of the intended mark , hutting - ting his 10-year-old daughter , killing her almost instantly. . INGVERT NELSON was brought before the commissioners on insanity at Minden - den and adjudged insane. The physicians - cians ascribed the cause to tobacco , and the man will be cared for a week { to see if he will recover. MRs. NOETI1 , wife of Hon. James E. 1 orth , collector of internal revenue for Nebraska , died in Omaha last week. She had been sick for little more than a week , having been taken with pneu- monia. Interment took place at Columbus - lumbus 0. D. VAN HORN , a prominent farmer - er and ranchman resident of North Loup , who received severe internal in- juriesby getting his vest caught on the pommel of the saddle when thrown from a bucking broncho at his ranch , died from his injuries. TIIE large stock of merchandise owned by the defunct bank of Homing- lord , now in the hands of Beceiver I. E- Tash , was opened last week and will be sold at retail for cash. The store has been closed since October 2. The stock invoiced 80,000. THE Workman lodge of Fairfield demonstrated its principles in a practical - cal manner by sending an order for $10 to an old member , Joe Renie of Wyoming - ing , who had just lost his wife and who had been outof employment forseveral months owing to her sickness. CONTEST papers were filed in the county judges office by E.R.Bankswho contests the election of John II. Neel , whom the returns show was elected sheriff of Red Willow county by six votes. Fraud is alleged in every pre- cinct. The trial is set for January 7. THE farmers around Sutton who grew sugar beets this year , have been permitted to ship about one-third of their crop to the factory at Grand Island the remaining two-thirds have been siloed to await the graciousl l . ness of that company. This course on i the part of the Oxnards has resulted in a great deal of loss and dissatisfaction , and the prospect is that very few beets will be raised there another year. "LET me raise , potatoes and I care not who makes the laws , " said F. Y. Robertson of . "On Kearney. a forty- acre tract in the Platte river valley , under irrigation , I got a yield of 8,000 ' bushels , an average of 200 bushels to . the acre. At the present low price of ' 30 cents the crop is worth $2,400. It probably cost $25 an acre to produce the crop , which means at least a profit of $35 an acre. " AT York the jury in the case of Anthony - thony Yost vs. the C. , B. & Q. railroad company rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff , placing the damages at $15,000. Yost was run down by a switch engine at Belgium , Wyo. , September - tember 0 , 1SO4 , and badly mangled. His right arm and the side of his body are paralyzed and he is almost helpless - less from the effects of the accident ; He sued for $50,000. = AT 'Lincoln the jury in the Rock ' Island wreck case brought in their ccrdiet , finding G. W. Davis guilty of - murder in the second degree with a recommendation to the mercy of the court The crime with which Davis was charged was the displacement of the rails on the Rock Island bridge over Salt creek , just south of Lincoln , and causing the wreck of the passenger train on the night of August 9 , 1894. Eleven persons were killed in the wreck. AT Platte Center the night before Thanksgiving Rev. Henrich retired to bed at his usual hour , as also did his wife , but as they did not appear about their house next morning and no res. ponse was made to knocking at the door a son-in-law forced openthehouse and found both Mr. and Mrs. Henrich asphyxiated by gas escaping from a hard coal stove , Mr. Henrich was found dead and his wife unconscious , ' with little hope of recovery. , W. C. PETERSON of Dodge county experimented - perimented making syrup from sugar beets He made a temporary apparatus - tus at Tremont and succeeded in s producing a syrup which in taste and appearance and general properties closely resembling that made from sorghum. From the result of his experiment - periment he estimates that seventy gal. dons of syrup can be made from a ton. The expense of making it is not heavy , and if a market can be obtained for it , it will help to dispose of the beet crop. A LINCOLN dispatch says that supplemental - mental answers have been filed by the remainder of the sureties of ex-Treas- urer J. E. Hill as state treasurer in the case of the state against Hill and his bondsmen , now pending in the supreme court The sureties who live outside of Lincoln join with those who have heretofore filed supplemental answers , setting up that the state has commenced - menced an action in the federal court ugainst the receiver of the Capital National - tional bank for the identical money sued for in the state court - THE residence of Otto Huelte , Fremont - mont , was destroyed by fire. There was fair insurance. NORFOLK college is prospering beyond - yond expectations in the number en- rolled. Mrs. Ellis , wife of President Ellis , is in the east working in its in- terests. It. LoDEn , son of W. A. Loder , the fine stock breeder near Waverly , met with a painful accident While chang- iug a herd of horses from one field to another and riding at a rapid gait t along a wire fence. , the herd crowded ! bis. animal into the fence tearing and lacerating the calf of his leg in a hor- at ible manner. 1 W Grand Army Annual Sesslon. Department Commander C. E. Adams has issued the following order : . "The attention of each post commander - mander in this department is called to the election of post officers and delegates - gates to the department encampment to be held inOmalia the second Wednesday - day in February , 1890. The election of these officers and delegates must be at the first regular meeting in December , on the basis of one delegate and one alternate to every fifty members or major fraction thereof in good standing - ing June 3 , 1595. Posts with less than fifty nrembers will be entitled to one delegate and one alternate. Blanks are herewith enclosed on which to make election returns , to be forwarded to these headquarters immediately after the election is held. Be careful and fill the certificate with the names of all the representatives and alternates , atll past postcommanders in good standing - ing , Your attention is called to the liberal provisions made for reinstatement - ment of members dropped from the rolls for non-payment of dues , as pub- hshcd in general order No. 3 , national headquarters. Young Lady Iii Disgrace. Beatrice dispatch : An unusual case of shoplifting was developed here to- day. A few days ago a young lady , Theresa Severance by name , living with her parents at Virginia , while in ! Samish's inillitery store , opened her satchel and disclosed to the view of one of the clerks a valuable bonnet which had been stolen from the store nearly a year ago. The proprietor was informed - formed of the fact and in due time the young lady was accused of the theft. She admitted her guilt and on making restitution , was permitted to return home. Today Chief Hershman went to Virginia anti arrested her on a charge of having stoleu valuable trimmings from the store of Begole & Van Arsdale about two months ago. She broke down and confessed to the charge , was arrested and brought here for trial. She was arraigned before Judge Enlow and as a plea of guilty was entered no i trial was necessary. The court assessed - ed a nominal fine and restitution of the property , which was paid. Miss Sev- erence lives with her parents at Virginia - ginia and the fact of her arrest caused a big commotion. She says she does not know why she stole the things. Judicial Contests. Lincoln dispatch : 1ihis morning tlit State Canvassing board met in the office - fice of the secretary of state , but , acting in accordance with instructions from the supreme court , adjourned until to- morrow. This plan will be pursued from day to day until the counties involving - volving the judgships of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth judicial districts have been decided. So fas as the Westover- Bartow case is concerned , it is practically - cally ended in favor of Westover , the populist candidate. The referee appointed - pointed to take testimony reported to the supreme court today and the case was argued. It was shown that 1Vest- over has a clear title to the office on the face of the returns , and Bartow concedes his election. The proceedings in court , however , cut down Westover's 4 plurality from eleven to six. In the Welty-Norris contest case the supreme court granted the application for a writ of mandamus to compel the clerk of Furnas county to recanvass the vote of Union precinct. This is considered - sidered a victory for Welty. A stipulation - lation was filed this morning by which the contestant , Welty , withdrewall , charges of fraud. In this case Referee Cordeal reported and the case was argued - gued , submitted and the writ allowed as prayed for. I The State vs 11111. . A supplemental answer has beetL filed in the case of the state against ex-Treasurer J. E. hill , whose trial is set for December 2. This answer is in the form of statements from the principal - cipal , Hill , and sib of the bondsmen sued for the $236,000 , alleging the following - lowing facts , which have occured since the previous trial of the action : That on or about the 4th day of September - tember , 1S05 , Joseph S. Bartley , treasurer - urer of the state of Nebraska , acting in his official capacity as such treasurer and under and by direction of the state of Nebraska , commenced against Kent K. Hayden , receiver of the Capital National - tional bank of Lincoln , Neb. , in the , circuit court of the United States for the district of Nebraska , an action to recover of the said receiver as the representative - resentative of the said Capital National bank , which had heetofore gone into the hands of said receiver for liquidation - tion , the identical money sought to be recovered in this faction , to-wit : 'The sum of $236,361.83 , with interest thereon - on at 7 per cent per annum from the loth day of January , 1893 , being the identical moneys appearing as a credit in said bank in favor of the plaintiff , and the same money sued for in this ' action. Attached to this is a.copy of the petition - tition in the action commenced in the United States circuit court at Omaha. Election Contests Filed. Chadron dispatch : C. A. Ribbins , supreme court referee of Lincoln , was ' today in the city hearing the testimony of County Clerk 0. K. Eastman , repub ljean , J. 31. Robinson , democrat , and I. Karbaugh , populist , who comprised the Dawes county canvassing board , in the case of Alfred Bartow , republican candidate for judge of the Fifteenth distriet , applying for a writ of mandamus - mus to compel the board to recanvass Chadron precinct His report will be filed upon his arrival at Lincoln. 'The poll books were reopened and enl $ a possible discrepancy of five votes could be seen by outsiders ; this being the First ward. This would leave , if allowed - lowed , 1V. H. Westover of Rushviile , still six votes ahead of the district Fight for a County Seat. Hemingford dispatch : A hot county seat fight is on in this county , brought about by an effort of Alliance to move i the county capital from this place to Alliance. Petitions are already in circulation - culation and a large and enthusiastic meeting was held tonight to organize for the fight. Hon. A. L. Sharrock , mayor of Edge- mont , and a representative of the In- er-StateTown Site company , owner , of the Hemingford town site , is on the ground , and a determined resistance will be made to the removal and the ex- ' pense that would follow. I F { ki1IkcEoF HONOR IT GOES TO DiNGLEY' OF THE I STATE OF MAINE. Fltness and Not Seniority of Service the Probable Policy of the Next Speaker- Two Other Maine Men Favorod-Iowa and Other States yell Cared For- Miscellaneous Washington flatters. louse Chairmanships. NEW Yom , Dec. 2-A special to the Herald from Washington says : I "Representative Dinglev of Maine is to be chairman of the committee on ways and means and lender of the . House of Representatives. Mr. Reed , ivlio has been very secretive as to his I Intentions in regard to committee ap- Pointments has allowed this informal - l tion to get out finally. It is of the highest importance as indicating that the new speaker does not intend to be influenced so much by seniority of service in making up the committees as by the fitnessof men for the places which lie has to fill. 'Other important chairmanships that are understood to have been definitely decided upon by Mr. Reed are : 3L . llitt , of Illinois , committee on foreign affairs ; IIenderson of Iowa , appropriations ; Mr. hepburn of Iowa , committee on interstate and foreign commerce ; Walker of Massacdusetts , committee on banking and currency ; Mr. Bingham of I'ennsylvania , com- Inittee on postoflices and postroads ; Mr. Boutelle of Maine , committee on naval affairs ; Mr. Milliken of Maine , committee on public buildings and grounds ; Mr. lfermann of Oregon , committee on rivers and harbors ; Mr. Daniels of New York , committee on elections ; Mr. Harmer of Pennsylvania - nia , committee on District of Columbia. "As Mr. Reed's selection as speaker was a foregone conclnsioa , he had ample - ple opportunity during the recess to block out the committees and decide upon the various chairmanships. The members themselves generally wrote to him their aspirations. It is believed that before he arrived here almost all the important places had been decided upon. It is understood , though , that a few of the important assignments are yet in controversy. It was for a time proposed to make Mr. Payne , of New York , chairman of the ways and means committee , and MI : Dingley had consented to give way in order not to embarrass Mr. Reed , Now , however. that plan has been changed and Mr. Dingley will have the place of honor , with Mr. Payne second. " A SCIENTIST FOR -WAR. Professor Marcus Laker Favors Fighting - ing Instead of Arbitrating far Alasim. W ± sIIINGTON , Dec. -Professor Marcus Baker of the coast and geodetic survey , who went to Alaska for the United States in connection with the boundary dispute , in a lecture on Alaska before the National Geogra- phists society in the rooms off the Cosmus club , last night , scouted the idea of arbitrating the question of England's claim to the 5,001 square miles of territory between Portland canal and Beam canal on the southeast border of Alaska , and said that the only arbitration - tion admissible was the arbitration of battle if the British claims should be insisted upon. The sentiment was loudly applauded , and at the close of the address Mr. Baker was invited by a popular vote to repeat the lecture in a larger hall. . ' Fonrtaon limners Crushed to Death. C ARMEL , N. Y. , Dec. 1.-An accident - dent resulting in the loss of thirteen or fourteen lives occurred at the They-Foster mines a little after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Foreman - ' man Patrick was descending into the pit to take the time of two gangs of laborers , numbering about thirty-five men , who were working at the bottom - tom , when a vast weight of earth and rock slid with the force of an avalanche - lanche from the mouth of the pit to the bottom. a distance of 300 feet The earth crashed over the men with tremendous force. Out of one gang ofeleven only five came out alive , and three of the men employed in another gang were taken out dead. Several of the workmen were severely injured. Many accidents have occurred atthe Tilley-Foster mine , but none has been attended by so great a loss of life as this. . review or Trade. NEW YOnx , Dec. 1.-R. G. Dun Co's weekly review of trade says : Business has not improved , though there is very little change except in the shrinkage of prices which a period of inaction naturally causes. After the extraordinary buying of the summer - mer and early fall a marked decrea c was inevitable and it is yet too early in most branches to judge how far- the future was anticipated in purchases. Retail stocks are still reported full in nearly all branches , with delayed distribution in many on account 'of unfavorable weather. The movement of crops is only fair , both cotton and wheat being largely kept back in the hope of higher prices , and there is a prevalent feeling that foreign imports will fall off. i Fatally Kicked by a Horse. ; IERICO Srllnos , Mo. , Dec. 2.-John t Teed , proprietor of the Jerico Springs nursery , was ltictted in the forehead by a vicious horse Thursday and the r forehead crushed and the left eye do- t : stroyed. Drs. Brasher and Brownlee removed several pieces .of bone , but t there is no hope for him. Deadly Storm in Soathorn Russia. BERLIN , Dec. 2A dispatch to the l Cologne Gazette from Odessa says that c about 500 deaths are recorded as hav- ng resulted from the severe storm vhich prevailed recently in that district - c trict of Russia. the victims in nearly all cases were either drowned or frozen to death. Great distress pree rails throughout the storm swept country. - _ V Bishop A. W. Wayman Dead. 1 BALTIMORi : , Mtl. , Dec. 2.-A. W rVayman , senior bishop of the African h Methodist church , died of paralysis u morning at his home in this city. . . yr r + + ' . : ru.daA . .M : THE U. S. ARMY. Sever In Its History has Its Present Fine Condition Been Surpassed. WASIIn GTOfi , Dec. 1.-Secretary cf War Lament has submittedhis annual report to President Cle a and. The report siloys that the expenses of the war depattment for the fiscal year ended June 30 , 1x95 , were $5 ? ; iS730. ! The appropriation for the current fiscal year is $40,460,571 , and the estimate for the following year is $51,945,043. The secretary calls attention to the reduced appropriation for the pay department - partment for last year , which left the paymaster general without sufficient funds to meet the atmy pay roll for the last month of the year. The secretary - retary gave his personal note to meet the deficiency of $2.4,000 , and recommends - mends an appropriation to reimburse him. him."The "The army , " says Secretary Lament , "is better fed , clothed and housed than ever before , and the policy zealously - ously pursued of promoting the personal - sonal comfort of the otficer i and men has resulted in a devotion to the service - vice which is everywhere apparent. It can be said with confidence that never in its history has the present condition of the army been surpassed. " 'rue number of enlisted men in. the army , as shown by the report , is 25,35x , and the efectI a list is placed at 20,534. Secretary Lament renews his recommendation - mendation of last year that the President - ident be authorized to appoint ten cadets at lame to the Military Academy - emy at West Point each year , to fill vacancies caused by the failure of rep. resentatatives t J appoint. SETTLED BY THE GOULDS. Ton Thousand Dollars to Go to Zella Nicolaus-Rulnuan. NEVI YOI K , Dec. 2.-Local papers : innoince that the suit brought by Mrs. Zella Nicolaus-Ruliman , the notorious - torious adventuress , against George J. Gould for the recovery of a $10,000 check said to have been given to her by Howard Gould , is now practically settled. The World says Gould's lawyers paid to Mrs. Nicholas-Ruhman $10,000. Out of this she must pay counsel fees and all the expenses she has incurred in the proceedings. In return she gave Gould full release from any claim for damages or recompense for alleged assault made upon her by any member of the Gould family. Bids for Now Battleships. WASHINGTON , Dec. 2.-When the bids for building the two bum battleships - ships authorized by the last Congress were opened at the navy department to dayP , it was found that the Newport i News , Va. , Shin Building Company had underbid all competitors , North and West , and that Mr. Cramp had offered - i fered to build two battleships with armor for the hulls and throw in another - other ship of like type , but without armor , if allowed to use his whole plans , for the sum fixed upon by Congress - gress as the ultimate costof two ships. These boats will really be larger than the Iowa , the largest of the present battleships. Preferences of the lllissoarians. WASIINGTON' , Dec. t2-Five Oi the Missouri Congressmen have informed Mr. Reed of their preferences regarding committee assignments. The indications are that most of them will get about I what they are asking for. These preferences are as follows : Rivers anti j harbors , Mr. Clark ; invalid pensions , Mr. Crowther ; military affairs. Mr. 'Tracey ; immigration , Mr. Bartholdt ; judiciary , Mr. Burton. Llro Sentence for an Oklahoman. PERRY , Okla. , Dec. 2-William E. i Stover was found guilty of the murder - l der of James P. Ball , and the jury recommended that he be sent to the penitentiary for life. The jury was out four days and nights. Stover killed Ball in a fight over a claim some months ago , concealing himself nr some bushes and shooting him as he was going home from Perry. A Duelist's Lip Shot. PARIS , Dec. 2.-A duel was fought this morning in a secluded spot near this city between two members of the Chamber of Deputies , Baron Boissy d'Anglas and Viscount de Vogue , a distinguished member of the French Academy , The latter was wounded in the lip. The dispute which led to the hostile meeting arose from : political controversy. A Small Boy Kills His Brother. ATO1iA , I. T. Dec . 2.-Last night at the home of Robert Smith , near town , his two boys , about 6 and 10 years of age , were alone in a room when the elder boy took his father's Winchester rifle and shot his brother through the , heart , killing him instantly. NEWS BREVITIES. Count von 'Taafe , the Austrian statesman , is dead. The police of Berlin have summarily i closed eleven Socialist clubs. The Texas Siftings is to be removed t from New York City to Dallas , Texas. ; The East Birmingham , ( Ala. , ) Smelt. ng works were burned. They will be rebuilt. The American School of Science at lfarash was burned by Turks on November - vember 10. Yellowstone Park keepers are hav- i ng a hard time keepingpoachers from [ illing buffalo. New York mining stock brokers are ; ryrng to stir up a speculative fever over Cripple Creek properties. The Postoffice department is prepar- ng to give a Sunday mail service to ommunities which now have none. Senator Sherman will introduce in Congress a bill compelling sleeping ar companies to reduce their charges. 1 Senor Machado has been appointed f Portuguese Minister to the United States , vice Baron Thodim , deceased. Emma Carroll , living near Clarks-1 ille , Tenn. , cut her throat because f ier lover was opposed by her mother. I i S. -Martin , the ossified man who ad lain on his back for seven years i nable to move a joint , died at Bryan , Texas , 1 of E N E ITI 1 OMAHA THE PLACE AND 1898 THE TIME FOR HOLDING. Some of the Things Done In the Traas- M1sslssippl Congress Held In Omaha - - A Memorial in Behalf of the Nebraska Delegation In Congres-A Proposition I'reseuted by Ex-Congressman Bryan Received Wlth Great Enthusiasm-A Resolution Unanimously Adoptod. The Trans-Mississippi Congress. O3IAH.1 , Nov. 30.-At the 'T'rans-Mis- sissippi congress held in this city resolutions - lutions were adopted in favor of a congressional - gressional appropriation for defending the harbor of ban Diego by water vessels - sels and fortifications , for the improvement - ment of waterways and for a deep water harbor at San Pedro. A long resolution urging the various state governments to take legislative action relative to irrigation was submitted and referred. The committee on ways and means recommended that the sum of $2 be assessed - sessed against each member of the congress - gress for general expenses. Adopted. President Bryan asked unanimous consent to introduce the following m-- morial in behalf of the Nebraska dclc- gation : Whereas , We believe that an exposition - tion of all the products , industries and civilization- the states west of the Mississippi river , made at some central gateway where the world can behold the wonderful capabilitiesof thse great wealth-producing states. would be of great value , not only to the Trans-Mis- sissippi states , but to all the = homcseek- ers in the world ; therefore , be it Resolved , That the United States congress be asked to take such steps as may be necessary to hold a Trans-Mis- sissippi exposition in Omaha in the months of August , September and October - tober in the year 1595 , and that representatives - sentatives of such states and territories - ries in congress be requested to favor. such an appropriation as is usual in such cases to assist in carrying out this enterprise. In explanation of the motion Mr. + Bryan spoke briefly on the advantages which such an exposition would create for the vest The people of the cast had no conception of the resources of the vest. When they visited Chicago they thought that that was as far rest as civilization extended. Such an exposition - position as was projected would bring thousands of these people to view the actual possibilities of the Trans-Missis- sippi states , Colonel John Doniphan of St Louis urged the adoption of the resolution. lie said that no more appropriate place than Omaha could be selected at which to give an exposition of the growth , the products and the weather of the western country. Omaha was in itself a realization of the fondest dreams of the early statesmen of this nation. He briefly related the history , of Nebraska and the surrounding states of which Omaha was one of the grandest tri umphs , He urged unanimous action by time congress in favor of the resolution. His eloquent tribute to the west was received with i hearty applause. Mr. Cannon said that fifty years ago he had roamed over the hills where Omaha now stands. Then the Indians occupied the territoryundisturbed , and now he marveled to see the structures that had grown on tile then barbarous soil in this half century. lie declared that the city hail and the Bee building had impressed him with the enterprise of Omaha , and the disposition of its citizens to build up a great cjty on the 1 banks of the Missouri. Other speakers expressed similarsen- timents , and then the resolution was unanimously adopted by a rising vote , and amidst prolonged applause. Resolutions were adopted declaring ! in favor of a strict enforcement of the Monroe doctrine and the completion of the Nicaragua canal under the direct supervision and control of the govern- meat ; demanding the recognition of the Cubans as belligerents ; the admission - sion of New Mexico as a state ; the appropriation - propriation of $500,000 by the next national congress for the purpose of an irrigation survey of the arid and semi-arid regions of I the west ; declaring for the iinmc- diate foreclosure of government mortgages - gages on the Pacific roads , or ease a reorganization - organization on such lines as would only allow the railrc ais a reasonable degree of profit : 'X . J. Carlson of California - . ifornia presented a minority report on the latter resolution , in which lie pointed out the utility of the railroads . I in developing the vest , and urged that a settlement be effected on the merits I R Di the case. The resolution wascham- pianed by President Bryan , who had originally introduced it. I ( 3Ir. Carlson spoke at length in favor of the minority report , and after some further discussion and a general yen- ilation of opinions. both reports were referred back to the committee to see If it could not agree on a compromise report. I The President's Message Long. c WASIIINGTON , Nov. 2S.-The Eresi- I Lent has practically completed the I S preparation of his message , and will Lave it ready to go in on Monday. It } s said to be one of the longest Execu- , ive messages on record. According o report , tile President has been en- 1 ' aged in its preparation ever since his eturn froth Gray Gables. No Confession Ly Hayward. Mixxr Aroras , .Minn. , Nov. 28.It I as reported here last night and toleS raphedthroughout the country that larry dlayward had made a confession 1I f the murder of Dressmaker Catherine i c lug , for which he is now under death ' entence. Hayward has not made a t' onfession. S NEWS NOTES. Vice President Iioward of the A. R. U. is trying to locate a colony in Ar- G kansas. P. A tramp was burned to death in the ( J destruction of a house by fire at La- ayette , Ind. Ik 1 T he petrified body of a man who had been lynched was found near n Savannah , Iowa. A benefit is being gotten up in Wash- ngton for Mrs. 1laller , wise of the ex-consul in prison in France. i B One man was killed and two probably - % a ably fatally injured by the explosion v : , n PnQinn at LafavPttpinrL Q v . . - . - : 1 k , A .I BAD ROADS ; T 1 THE. COST OF Tr 'amgdreds of Millions S Pasted Every TeaV ! la Anrerlca. - ; .r 1 1YASItINNGTOx Nov. .28.-The road Inquiry - , quiry bureau of the Department of I Agriculture has received returns from . about 1,200 counties , ehowingtheaver- S ago length of haul from farms to mara - a a kets or shiPPing points to be twelve - for a load. ' miles , the average weight for two horses 2,002 pounds and the mile twenty- ; average cost per ton per i five cents. Estimating the farmprO' ducts at 210,824,227 tons in weight , . I ' and making estimates on other arti- Iles carried over the public roads , it is. ' calculated that the aggregate expense + of this transportation in the United , i States is $940,414,665 per annum. i t ' Reports have been asked from tlie United States consuls abroad of the , . expense of hauling where the roads. 1 are good , so as to render possible a. t calculation which will show how much , of this vast outlay is due to bad roads. The estimate is ventured , however , , , upon information in the office , counting - ! ing the loss of tune in reaching markets - - kets , the enforced idleness and the wear and tear to the live stock and hauling machinery caused by poor roads , that two-thirds of the cost. . might be saved by improvement of the roads. FREE SILVER DEBATE ON : The Trans-3llssissippl Congress Unable to Avoid the Financial Issues O iAuA , Neb. , Nov. 2s. The Trans- elected ex-Con- Mississippi. congress gressman . F. Bryan president late 1 ' yesterday afternoon and listened to t papers by Howell Jones of Topeka I and others. The congress consumed part of to- day's session in a discussion of the ' free silver resolution. Soifie , hesitancy - F tancy was exhibited about provoking a discussion on this topic , but when the ice was broken the delegates became - came quite voluble + Civilians After Army Position" . , WASUINGTON , Nov. 28. - Twenty- i eight captains and fifteen lieutenants in the regular army and fifteen civilian - ian lawyers have applied for the vacancy - + cancy in the listof majors in the judge i advocate general's department of the army. There is also a vacancy in the fist of regimental chaplains , and as S this is also a place to which civilians i i are eligible there are many - 5 tions from ministers in private lifer 1 Mutilated by Vandals. t ' WSSUINGTox , Nov. 28.-A wholesale investigation throughout the execu- 1 tire departments of stamp thefts has resulted in the discovery that autograph - l graph fiends have been at work a mong 1 ' the files. It has been discovered that I 1 I ; cores of signatures of many great r i men long since dead especially Presi- I 9ents of the United States , affixed to I papers in the land office have been cut ' . _ ; off and carried away. i i ; r Firebug Sentenced. 1C , + Ptxu BLUFF , Ark , Nov. 2e.-Arthur ' ! 'Hardy , colored , the self-confessed firebug - bug , who last Saturday night attempted - I t ed to burn the house of Dr. Frazier in this city , was yesterday sentenced to I three years in the penitentiary and i I , fined $500 , J I ' A Boy Coaster Laws Ills Lire. r4 ATcHIsoN , Kan. , Nov --The 14- { of Ben Hutchins formerly gear-old son , - , ly superintendent of the street rail- r , + way here , while coasting yesterday + , ran into a lamp post and received injuries - juries from which he died this morn- , j , inL. . I American missionaries in the dis- ' Curbed provinces of Turkey have been ' ' ' taken to places of safety. I ' It seems to be settled that Mr. E. P. Ripley will be the president of the , reorganized Santa Fe Company. 1 LIVE STOCKANI ) I'RODUCj : MAKETSS , 1 luotattous From New York , Chicago , St. Louis , Omaha and Elsewhere. + OMAHA. ' " Rutter-Creameryseparator. . 19 20 I Rutter-Fair to good country. 12 CC 14 , h.ggs-Fresh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 G 19 i S ing chickens , live , , , 5 Q 5Si r C tlckens-Dressed , per lb , . , , . , 6 ' mj ; Ducks-Perlb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . / ? + ! I " Turkeys-Per It , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S rairiechickens Perdoz. . . . , , 4 50 5 01 + Geese-Per lb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 ( , 10 Lemons-Choice Messina..4 00 6 3 , Oranges-Perbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . .j 4 tX1 Apples-Per bbl. . . . . . . . 00 ; ; 50 Sweet uotatocs-Good , per bbl 1.5 2 t0 ' 1'otatocs-Per be . . . . . , , 2 ; .r , Beans-Navy , handIckeclba 1 ti.i 1 ; 5 Cranberries-Gape Cod , prbbl 7 : A Cry S 00 Hay-Upland , per ton. . . , . . . . 650 4Ot 7 00 + , t i Onions-Perbu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-"i : :0 T.room Corn-Green , per lb. . . . . . . -2 ) = f63 ; ; , Ios-Mixed packing. . . . . . . . . . 3 a5 e 3 40 ! Hogs-Heavy Wethts..3 40 ( l. 3 45 , - , , Bceves-Stcckers and feeders. 2 2. ; 3 2 ; 1 eef Steers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . a ; u , 4 15 lulls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 40 ( , 2 75 i Calves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 : illy 5 .5 I ; ows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 @ 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 tO Gr 2 75 , ' Vesterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 t0 8i sheep-Lambs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 00 f 4 , i sheep-Mixed natives. . . . . . , , , 2'2 ; r 3 00 CIIICAGO. t Wheat-No. 2 , spring. . . . . . . . . . . . 56"q Corn-Per bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2ii1t es , ) ats-1'er bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16C 1 " 0 1 'ark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 01 'rr 813 Lard . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . , , - . . , 5 5 ; rr ; 2 ; I attle-11'cstsrn range steers. . 00 415 ; Be cf Steer:0 ( r. 4 v ; r logs-Averages. . . . 3 40 ej 3 ti0 ' beep-Lambs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 ( } 4 : D heep-Natives . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 so NEW YORK , , S , I Vheat-No. 2 , red winter. . . . . . . 6914 cs , ' I erne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . t4 : Oats-\o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . isles 'ores- . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . 050 Lard- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . .580 C ( ; J 10 5 Ub ' . ? v" . . t t ST. LOUIS. ! R'heat-\o.2 red , cash. . . , , , , , , GI , sl'h horn-Per bu.- . . . . . 2 4 : Oats-l'er be. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l7 ji . , - f , e fogs-Mlxcd ac. , Cattle-Native steers. , . , . , . , , , 3 00 G 4 ,5 heeatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 (0 , ; ; , ' - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . KANSAS CITY- . ± heat-No. 2 hard. . . . . . . . . . f . s ; , , . r' , orn-\o.2 . . . . . . . . . . . , , 1 O1L5-N0.2 . . . M 1s , - I 'attlStockers and feeders. . 2 30 ( r , [ ogMixed Packers. . , , , , ; 45 . , . r . 1 .4. . , ! beep-Lambs. . . . . , Miss Gorman Married. WASHINGTON , Nov. 28.-liis D wisp orman , third l daughter of Senator T. . Gorman of Maryland , and Richard obnson , eldest son of the late } Kurtz Johnson , a wealth y resident of Yashtngton , and a member or a well ' flown Maryland familyw ere married j + t noon to-day at the Washington ' esidence of the Senator. On Grounds of Cruelty. ' ' SBLLIrAi , Ill. , It09. 2o.-R , Leland rown , pastor of the Christian churc h . t Lovington , has been grantee adi- v ice from Winifred Brown upon the round of cruelty. ' f. S