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HH A free reading room has been open-
99cd at Cedar Bluffs.
99 Headquarters of the state hoard of
99 Christian missions is to be located at
h Lincoln.
99 Highwaymen are .becoming quito
99 numerous in Omaha , as the cold days
D9 Approach.
KK Plattsmouth has a boy preacher who
KSf seems to have the gift of speaking by
99 inspiration.
99 A dog at Weeping Water hunts rab-
99 liits all by itself and always brings
HV 2i6me all it catches.
Bfl Rev. W. Lipe , pastor of the Luther-
99an church at West Point , surprised
99 liis parishioners by tendering his res-
HI jgnation.
H9 James Hall , a poor man living near
HI Indianola , lost a pocketbook eontain-
HJg ing $110 , which the finder has so far
Hn Jailed to surrender.
H'w Tlie ministers of North -Platte are
H speaking out in meeting against gam-
H9 ' Tiling , which the Telegraph says is
H9 jbcing run openly in that city.
HH John Welin , a Swede farmer living
B9 in Woodvilie township , Platte county ,
HfH was adjudged insane and taken to the
Hffl asylum at Lincoln. His trouble is of
Hjjfl a religious character.
Hfs Mrs. Semilsky of Wilber had her
98 left hand amputated on account of a
18 "wound made by a needle penetrating
18 tne nand while she was washing some
9 111 clothes a few weeks ago.
Bfjl Dr. C. M. Duncan , of North Platte ,
9fjl is under bonds of $5,000 to keep the
9 § I peace , having made threats against
9 | I Lis wife. An effort is being made to
91 1 liave him treated at an inebriate hos-
B | I pital.
9 § ! George Mooney , a carpenter , work-
'
9j § < ing on the building of the King Press
B | ' Drill company , at Nebraska City , fell
Hl from the roof , some twenty-five feet.
H | -His left ankle was broken and he was
Hjt considerably bruised.
H | [ A Cedar county farmer named He-
9jj tiron came home full of whiskey and
9j § ] ordered his wife to get supper and
Hi when she informed him that the cup-
Bhf board was empty he tried to decapi-
H < f tate her with a buck saw.
oif Two traveling grocery fakirs giving
H'l ' the names of John T. l-aicas and Boone
9 | Humbert , who were arrested in Tek-
9J' ' amah for jumping a board bill at Oak-
'
91' land , had their trial in county court
9 | | and each sentenced to a fine of § 35
9fj and costs.
Bfi John Miller's hardware store at Wil-
Hij "ber was entered by burglars , who
91 "were discovered while engaged in
9Jf looting the place. They escaped on
Hit Jiorseback , taking some razors , spoons ,
9wj 8 revolvers , cartridges and a small
Hsj f amount in money.
Bfj1 I Tax Commissioner Sackett of Oraa-
9f | I ha. has completed his compilation of
Bp I the assessment rolls sufficiently to
9 | | . I ehow that the total assessment of the
9 M c rea * an ( Persona property for the
jff' ' 1 current year will reach above $34,000 , -
H | | I' 000 , as against $17,000,000 last year.
9f | The members of the Kearney fire
H | | department are doing all in their pow-
raf cr to raise money for the purpose of
Bjg | > giving the delegates to the volunteer
H § ! firemen's association , which will be
Hp , held there next month , a royal en-
Bffift . tertainment. The Volunteers of Amer-
Hjf ! ' ' ica have reopened headquarters in
Hli Kearney.
E ? i Frank M. Dunlavy , a tenant farmer ,
Hnl i about 35 years old , unmarried , who
9 | | lias been farming about eighty acres
9 § | northwest of McCool Junction , after
9 $ i gathering his crop of corn , took a trip
91 I hack to Western Iowa last week to
Bfij visit his relatives and old home. A
Rfi telegram has been receiving stating
H i that Tie had committeed suicide by
99j cutting his throat.
HHj Sheriff H. W. Phillips , of Cuming
9S I county , with Deputj1- Sheriff Smith , of
HHf Dakota City , placed William C. Ream
9)fl ! ! of Homer under arrest on a mandate
| H | from the supreme court stating that
9B I the decision of District Judge Evans ,
99 Si sentencing Ream to six years in the
9fj I penitentiary for cattle stealing , had
HO | I hen affirmed. Ream was sentenced
99 1 Pebruary 17 , 1897 , and after serving
H ix months was released on a super-
HH | cedeas bond , pending a hearing of the
Ds case in the supreme court.
H | f Washington dispatch : State Senator
K Jl. R. Talbot , who left the city this
Hevening , has been in the city several
Hk days working in the interest of T. P.
HB jj Kennard's claim against the state of
Hg I Kebraska , amounting to $28,000 , grow-
HS § ing out of the Pawnee Indian claims.
H Mr. Talbot is anxious to secure for his
BaH client a ruling from the interior de-
H B partment that the state has received
BH the money that he claims. Mr. Talbot
HB also put in a week in the pension bu-
IWBj reau in the interest of clients in Ne-
I S hraska.
I B The manufacture of sugar from the
BaK sugar beet which is now attracting
B general interest in this country , will
H ] he shovv 'n in a practical manner at the
HE trans-Mississippi exposition. The deB -
B partment of agriculture will be rep-
H resented by the exhibit made by the
H United States government. The Ne-
H hraska delegation to congress will en-
H deavor to secure an appropriation of
H $10,000 to cover the cost of a sugar
BH heet plant of the exposition grounds
HB in. order to show the processes of man-
BH facture of the sugar beet into a sta-
Bfl pie article. The plant will be complete-
BB jy equipped with approved machinery
BB for grinding , bleaching and refining
HpB the sugar , ready for use. All grades
BB I of sugar will be made in plain sight of
Bfl'I the spectattors , and the subject of
BBl sugar beet growing from the time the
BBl seed is planted until the crop is ma-
H | tured will be exemplified.
| Hl The millinery stock of Mrs. J. Arm-
Hl strong , of Nebraska City , was damag-
BS cd by fire , smoke and water to the ex-
Bl tent of $2,000 the other evening. Par-
BB tially insured. The lire is believed to
Hb have originated from the explosion of
H a lamp.
B | B The application for space by exhibitors -
hibitors in the exposition are rapidly
m increasing. Over 200,000 square feet
Wk of space has already been allotted. In
9 come instances applicants have dou-
K hied and even trebled the number of
mm feet first asked for. Not since the
l • HH world's fair has there been so great a
J fe demand for space at any of the sec-
H g ilonal expositions held in this country.
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ITEMfe OFINTEREST GATHERED
HERE AND THERE.
Condensations tlmt Embody a Good Deal
of Information 'Without Requiring
Mueli Space Foreign and Domestic
Noway Notes on All Subjects.
Monday , Doc. 13.
United States Minister Hay and
wife dined with the queen and slept
at the Castle.
Dr. Charles V Kunchlcr , a promin
ent physician , died at his home in
Spiingfield , Hi Dr. Kuechler was the
c-orhest homocpathic phjsiciaii in 11-
lirois.
Fitzsimmons exhibited a telegram
from his wife deyning that she had
told a Milwaukee reporter she woirtd
release him from his promise to i'ght
Corbett.
Hon. W. J. Bryan , of Nebraska is
at Monterey , Mex. , on a visit. The dis
tinguished American was the recip
ient of high municipal , stit'j and fed
eral honors.
Joe Reed , a prominent lawyer of
Tangipahoa , and a widely known fig
ure in Florida parishes , was assassin
ated. He was shot in the back at the
court house at Franklinton.
E. H. Winslow , president of the
Metropolitan Plate Glass company ,
confirmed a report to the effect that
rates for plate glass insurance will
probably soon be cut in every state.
Harry Al lends was hanged at San.
Quentin ( Cal. ) penitentiary for the
murder of Miss Wellberga Fielner and
Vinanzi Crozetti. He tottered to the
scaffold and it was necesasry to sup
port him.
Senator Allen , of Nebraska , has ad
dressed a letter to the secretary of
the interior , suggesting the advisabil
ity of making an Indian exhibit at the
coming Omaha exposition. Secretary
Bliss has the matter under considera
tion.
Tuesday , Dec. 14.
Eugene A. Cashman , a foreman in
the street cleaning department of New
York City , was arrested today on the
charge of embezzling $25,000 from per
sons in Nebraska.
Postoffice department officials say
they are not aware of the extent of
the loss occasioned by the rifiins of
registered pounches between New York
and Philadelphia.
Secretary of War Alger has granted
the Northwestern Cricket association
a revocable license to use Fort Omaha
and the parade grounds from July 25
to 30 , during the exposition year.
Judge Morton S. Bailey , populist can
didate for governor in Colorado , who
was defeated by Alva Adams in 1893 ,
has announced his purpose to act in the !
future with the democratic party.
In the defense of AdolDh L. Luet-
gert in his second trial one witness
will swear that she saw his wife com
ing from her home on the night of her
supposed murder shortly after 10:30 :
o'clock.
At Dayton , O. , Michael Dyer was
killed in a fist fight with John J.
Laughlin. They were formerly mem
bers of the soldiers' home. Both were
over seventy years old and had been
friends.
At noon today Governor Stephens
of Missouri commuted the death sent
ence of William Williams , the Kan
sas City negro who murdered a Hun
garian in that city on the day of the
carnival last fall , for hurrahing for
Bryan.
Secretary of the Navy Long has ap
pointed Lieutenant Commander J. B.
Adams to represent the Navy depart
ment on the government board having
charge of the Omaha exposition , " * \Tice
Lieutenant McCormick of the navy , as
signed to sea duty.
Gen. Von. Boelow , of the artillery ,
is dead. He has been suffering from in
fluenza.
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Wednesday , December 1C.
St. Louis will soon have a new ho
tel that will cost $2,000,000.
New York printers are threatening
to strike for a nine hour day.
George W. Vanderbiit of New York
has taken out a $1,000,000 life insur
ance policy.
The "Bridegrooms" have drafted
Elmer Horton , the star , pitcher of the
Syracuse club.
Officers as well as employes in te
Falls River ( Mass. ) mills will suffer
a cut in their wages.
Five members of the president's
cabinet attended the funeral of Mrs.
McKinley at Canton , Ohio.
Reports to the Illinois state board
of Agricultural show one of the small
est areas of winter wheat ever sown.
The war department has been in
formed of the death today at Butler ,
Pa. , of Col. J. C. McKee , surgeon , U.
S. A.
Judge Sanborn in the court of ap
peals at St. Louis has granted a post
ponement of the proposed sale of the
Kansas Pacific railroad for sixty days.
Hon. Alexander McDonald , minister
to Persia under the last administra
tion , and who arrived home from his
post only last week , is at the point
of death with pneumonia.
A Rome dispatch says General Wm.
F. Draper , the United States ambassador -
ador to Italy , was present today at
the casting of the bronze monument
to General John A. Logan , which will
be set up in Washington.
Postmaster General Gary has amended -
ed regulations so as to require that
after April 1 next the bond supplied (
by letter carriers for the faithful per
formance of their duties shall be that
supplied by surety companies.
Miss Jennie June Croly has been
appointed an inspector of public
schools by Mayor Strong for the term
of five years. Mrs. Croly is known '
all over the United State as a writer <
and worker in woman's clubs. 1
As a condition precedent to the re- j
moval of the boycott against the Armour - '
mour Packing company , the three la
bor unions involved have demanded '
an indemnity of $50,000 to be paid to "
the union men who have been locked '
out. Other labor unions repudiate (
the demand. ]
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Thursday , Dee. 10.
The Kansas Pacific railroad will now
be sold February 15.
Air. Bryan addressed the Mexican
congress on the 14th.
The .louse is spending a good deal
of time discussins civil service.
John E. Liggltt left an estate of
$4,000,000 at St. Louis , made of to
bacco.
The threatened printers' strike in
New York has been declared off temp
orarily.
The proposed celebration of the
passing of old New York has been
abandoned.
Charles Flieschmann of Cincinnati
died seized of $2,000,000 , which his will
bequeathed evenly to his wife and
three children.
When the Yukon river opens next
spring , Moran Bros. , of Seattle , Wash. ,
nave sixteen new steamers there reauy
to navigate it.
Senator Allen today introduced a
bill to remove the charge of desertion
from the military record of Joseph Mc-
iGraw of Lincoln.
National women expect to raiss $25-
000 for a George Washington memorial
building connected with the proposed
National university at Washington.
The senate committee on public
lands has appointed Senators Carter ,
McBride and Mclnerney a subcommittee
mittee to draft land legislation for
Alaska. ,
Senator Mark A. Hanna laughs at
all reports from Washington that his
health will compel him to jto to
Europe , even if he should be re-elected
senator.
Commander and Mrs. Booth-Tucker
outlined their Arkansas valley coloni
zation plan to a laree meeting at Sal
vation Army headquarters in Chicago.
Subscriptions to the amount of $10,000
were received before the close of the
meeting.
Friday , Dec. 17.
Durrant's execution is now fixed for
January 7.
Spain's troops are said to have sur
prised the insurgents and won a de
cided victory.
Both Durrant and his mother are
now much cast down , realizing that
the end is near.
It has been decided that another ad
vance in rubber goods of 5 per cent
will be necessaray.
Popuilsts in congress have decided
to hold a caucus to outline their pol
icies on pending questions.
The directors of the. Southern rail
way has declared a dividend on the
prefered stock , payable January 30.
The steamer Paragoud sank in the
Mississippi river just above the mouth
of the Red river. The loss will bo
heavy.
Joseph Ladue , the pioneer of the
Klondike , was married on the 15th
to Miss Kittie Mason , of Schuyler
Falls , N. Y.
Joseph Banigan , formerly of the
United States Rubber comany , says .
that his company will not join inter
ests with the larger corporations. i
Although strongly urged to do so ,
Governor Lee , of South Dakota , said !
he would not feel justified in expending - ;
ing $40,000 for a special session of the 1
legislature. '
Mississippi and Louisiana yellow '
pine lumber manufacturers' association - !
tion passed a resolution yesterday an- ]
proving the duty placed on lumber by
the Dingley bill.
Sir William Edward Maxwell , gov
ernor and commander in ch : * f on the
Gold Coast since 1895 , died at sea
while off the Grand Canary Island , en
route for England.
It is understood to be the present in
tention of the president to omit all
social functions at the white house
for a period of thirty days from the
date of the death of his mother.
The convention of business men.
which met in Indiaanpolis last Janu
ary and authorized the appointment
of the monetary commission , will be
called together again for the purpose
of considering the commission's re
port.
Saturday , December IS.
The treaty of peace between Turkey
and Greece has been ratified by King
Georse.
At the Interior department is is
said that there is no destitution at
Dawson at present.
There is intimation that Durrant
will take his own life before he will
go to the gallows.
Union Pacific shops at Omaha have
reduced working hours to seven hours
a day and five days a week.
The Bank of Perry. Kan. , was en
tered by burglars , who blew open the
safe with dynamite and secured § 1 , -
500.
500.Mr.
Mr. Alfred Harmsworth , proprietor
of the Daily London Mail , has pre
sented the Windward to Lieutenant
Peary.
The grand jury at St. Louis has re
turned an indictment charging Daly ,
ex-puglist , with murder in the first
degree.
Alphonse Daudet is dead. He was
dining with his family when he was
seized , with a sudden syncope and died
almost immediately.
The date for the national encamp-
n.ent of the Grand Army of the Re
public has been fixed for the week be-
einnine : September 5.
Among the passengers arriving yes
terday on the Kaiser Wilhelm II.
from : Geona were former Vice Presi
dent i A. E. Stevenson and wife of
Bloomington , 111.
The Yost Writing . Machine Com
pany has begun suit in the United
States ! Court at Boston against the
Williams Typewriter Company for in
fringement : of patent.
The grain receipts at Buffalo for the
year ; will reach the enormous total of
nearly i 200,000,000 bushels , as against
154,000,000 bushels in 1896 , and 105 , -
500,000 : bushels in 1S95.
Louis Altraan was arrested at Nash
ville on a charge of embezzling $13 , -
000 to $25,000 from the firm of Char
les Rosenheim & Co. , wholesale china
merchants , for whom he was con-
fidental clerk.
A resolution tendering the smypa-
thy of the convention to the tortile
workers * of the North and promising
to render all possible assistance in
case of a strike , was adopted by the
Federation of Labor at Nashville.
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SOUNDING AN ALARM.
A NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATOR
PREDICTS TROUBLE.
Ho Seeks to "Warn the tenders < > T Ills
Party VrcdlctH All Kinds of Dlha'.terrt
ami l'ltfalls for tlio ItepublU-aiw ir
They rush Lugltilutluii In This Direc
tion.
Chandler as an Alarmist.
WASHINGTON , Dec , 23. Senator
Chandler of New Hampshire has writ
ten a letter to the Washington Post ,
in which he says :
"If the secretary of the treasury and
his single gold standard associates
will cease their demand for impossible
currency legislation , congress will pass j
the necessary appropriation bills , J
probably take care of Hawaii and j
!
Cuba , there will not be a serious party
division during the session , and there
will be an adjournment in May. Busi
ness will revive , the treasury receipts
will equal the expenditures , the balance - !
ance of trade will continua in our fav- I I
or , and the republican party will in '
November , 1898 , elect a majority of I j
the house in the Fifty-fifth congress. !
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"On the other hand , if Secretary
Gage continues to press on congress a
bill , the object of which he says is :
"First , to commit the country more |
thoroughly to the gold sandard , and I
the immediate effect of which is to j
throw doubts upon the sincerity of th ? | ;
president's declarations in favor of i j
continued efforts to secure Limeta'l- |
ism , a political turmoil will arise in j i I
congress which will split the now
united republicans into fragments ,
while it will unite and console the | j
now incongruous opposition. j
"It is not feasible to retire the j I i
greenbacks ; there is more a probability - I
ity that a bill be sent to the president j |
to increase their amount. It is not j i
possible to secure the passage through ;
either house of a bill making the I
greenbacks convertible into gold
notes , or authorizinrj bonds payable
in gold. The effort to do either thing
will probably result in the passage of
a bill for the redemption of the green
backs in silver dollars , and for the
payment of all United States bonds in
gold or silver coin in the discretion of
the president , who will be commanded
to exercise his option for the advant
age of the government , and not for the
advantage of the creditor.
With such an uproar in congress as
these proceedings will create , with
western congressmen embroiled there
in , with presidential vetoes s threat
ened by Secretary Gage under angry
discussipn , it will happen that all
business enterprises and funds and
stocks will be disturbed , prices will
fall , insolvencies will increas" , and the
republicans will lose thecongressional
elections in 1898. as they did in 1S90 ,
and beyond the hone of a favorable
action in 1900. at which time , there
fore a Bryanite democratic president
and congress will be chosen.
"Whether we are to have one of
these results political safety , or the
other , political destruction depends
entirely upon the course to be pur
sued by Secretary Gage and those who
are pressing him , forward , namely , the
gold standard league of New York , and
the self-constituted national monetary
conference. How much Secretary
Gage cares for the republican party
is not known. Whether President Mc
Kinley. whose good faith toward bi
metallism is coming to the test , will
stop his secretary in his insane career
is not known. It is to be hoped he
will. But no political situation has
been clearer than the present , to
sound eyes , since the republican party
began its marvelous career , forty-two
years ago. These ar ° times for all
things. There is a time to move and
a time to keep still and now is the
time to keep still.
"It is simply political suicide for
the republican party in this congress
to affirmatively open the discussion of
the money qnestion. We ought to
await the progress of internatioml bi
metallism , the advent of prosperity ,
and the filling of the treasury by the
normal workings soon to be spen of
the new tariff law. Shall we wait for
these things or rush on to self-destruc
tion ? President McKinley must de
cide. Will he act for his people. r
for his plutocrats ? Upon his answer
will depend the events of 1S98. "
Good for the Soldier's "Widoiv.
WASHINGTON , D. C. Dec 20. In
recent pension decision Assistant Sec
retary Davis of the interior depart
ment promulgates the important de
cision that there shall be no limit to
the time in which a widow may file
an appeal in competing her husband's
claim. The assistant secretary holds
the question whether a soldier was
entitled to a pension is not settled
finally by the adverse decision of the
pension bureau , but the secretary of
the interior has a right to pass upon
the question. The widow's right to
prosecute the case to a final adjudica
tion , and to appeal from the adverse
action of the pension bureau , is con
ceded. No just reason , says he , ap
pears for limiting the time for filing
such appeal by the person who suc
ceeds to the rights of the original
claimant. This decision overrules
those of the department made in a
number of cases in past years.
IIi Trip Cat Short.
MONTREAL , Dec. 20. Archbishop
Bruchos has cut short his trip abroad
and left Harve for America. Ho was to
go to the Hob * Land , but it is under
stood he is cominer back at the re
quest of the holy se to pave the way
for the papal nuncio who will be ap
pointed for Canada and to look after
the Manitoba school question.
Seen Years for P.ilse I'ntry.
SALT LAKE. Dec. 20. Seven years
in prison was the verdict imposed up
on Banker J. K. Bacon by Judge Mar
shall of the United States court today.
Bacon was last night found guilty by
the jury of making false entries in his
report to the comptroller of the cur
rency whilp president of a national
bank in this * ity. Bacon ' s prosecu
tion grew out of the failure last year
of the Bank of Salt Lake , i private
institution of which he was president.
The court afterwards granted a stay
of execution , and the defendant was
released on furnishing $20,000 bonds.
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THE SPOILS SYSTEM.
It Is Denounced by the National C'HIl
Sen Iru Ileform I.t'iigut. * .
CINCINNATI , Dec. 20. The Nation
al Civil Service Reform league re
elected Carl Schurz president by accla
mation.
The report of the treasurer , A. S.
Friessel of New Vork , showed re
ceipts of $1,47S.S2 ; balance on hand ,
S37G.13.
The report of the committee on
resolutions , which reported through
its chairman , Charles G. Bonaparte of
Baltimore , was adopted as follows :
1. The National Civil Service Re
form league in its seventh annual
meeting reminds tilts country of the
j j t specific and emphatic pledges of the
I last republican national convention
thoroughly and honestly to endorse
the present federal civil service law and
to extend its operations wherever
practical. The league confidently ex
pects from the president und demands
from every republican senator a faith
ful fulfillment of this distinct and sol-
onm pledge.
2. The league denounces any at-
tempt on the part of republican mem-
hers of either house of congress to rc-
peal the law to embarrass the admin
istration of any modification of its
provisions except to the end that the
merit system for public offices and em-
ploycs may be extended and personal
or partisan favoritism in their choice
more thoroughly eradicated , and declares -
clares it not only unpatriotic and im-
wise , but a gross , shameful abu-e of
the party of which no man of honor
would be guilty.
3. The league recognizes in the or
der of President McKinley forbidding
removals in the classified sen ice un-
less for good cause and after duo no-
tice to the person accused a wise and
just measure fully endorsed by a
heightened public opinion , and it de-
mands for the order a fair construc-
tion and a practical enforcement with
adequate punishment for any officials
who may disobey or seek to evade its
provisions. The Ipague respectfully
urges upon the president and upon
those members of his cabinet and of
either house of congress who also de
sire to preserve and extend the merit
system of appointment in the federal
service the importance of unflinching
resistance to the demands cf men who
wish its destruction. The least con
cession to demands inspired by such
motives will greatly encourage these
men and increase their greedy clamor ,
while making resistance to such pres
sure more difficult in the future.
4. The league calls attention to the
fact that in those states where the
party now dominant in federal gov
ernment has sought intercessions of
its stale conventions to qualify or
evade the unequivocal utterance of its
national platform as to civil service
reform the results of the late election
have clearly indicated the disapproval
of honest and patriotic citizens. The
league further recognizes with pleasure
the steady and rapid growtli of sym
pathy with its principles of conscien
tious Americans of all classes.
5. The league indignantly stigma
tizes the mendacity with which the
enemies of good government and bet
ter politics , both in and out of con
gress , have misrepresented the practical
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tical working of the merit system and
their persistent renetition nf cms ?
and ridiculous falsehoods , clearly and
frequently exposed , as insults at once
to the intelligence and conscience of
the American people.
7. The league demands that the em
ployes of the census bureau be select
ed for merit and fitness , to be determ
ined by fair , practical and thorough
competitive examinations under the
direction of the Civil Service commis
sion. With the warning example of the
last census before its eyes , it protests
against any enactment which may
prevent or impede such selections as
involving a scandalous waste of mon
ey and sacrifice of the country's inter
ests. It would be better to have no
census at all in 1900 than one taken
by incompetent or untrustworthy ( po
litical proteges selected according to
the well known methods of so-called
practical politics.
The 'Mnnvtnry Commission Done.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 20. The mon
etary commission has reached the con
clusion of its deliberations and Chair
man Senator Edmunds declared the
commission adjourned withou. . delay.
The closing proceedings were interest
ing. The work of going over the re
port in detail was prolonged late into
the night of Thursday and was not
quite completed when the commission
met this morning. Such changes " as
were approved were finally consid
ered and referred to the executive <
committee and the secretaries for in
corporation in the final draft. The
final publication of the commission's j
report will be delayed for some days I
pending its completion by the secre- '
taries. A bill carrying out fully the ( -
recommendations of thr > commisison 1
is also in course of preparation by a \ <
sub-committee in co-operation with ]
the executive committee and will be ]
ready for presentation in the house ( J
when congress reassembles after the <
holidavs. 1
1
r-
The ISoy iInnorent. . '
AKRON. O. . Dec. 20. The lawyprs
of Romio Cotell , the boy who was
spnunced to the penitentiary for life
d ' ! jc > . .t a year . .go for killing A' .vin
Sunif. ins 'fe and hired man. say
the boy was wrongfully convicted.
'rhey assert that the confession was
extcited from him by detectives , -ahi
afi-onling to experts , were irp'swin-
silble. The lawyers say they know the
real murderer and have almost
enough evidence to convict him. They
pr-jmLso to cause his arrest soon.
V/i.rkinir Time Keduecd.
CHEYENND. Wyo. . Dec. 20. No
tices have been posted in the Union
Pacific shops at Cheyenne and Lara
mie , reducing the time of the men em
ployed from five to four days a week
and from ± ight to seven hours a dav ,
taking effect immediately. In addition
the employes are given a lav off of
ten days during the holidays/ This is
equal to a reduction of 30 ner cent in
wages. The reduction is said to be
caused by a falling off of business o : >
the Union Pacific ,
equal to 40 per
cent of the business done during the
summer months.
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earffj3 jir JniTaiTfiiiMlliii i H
1VASIIJNOTON' XOTKS. / ' H
Among the promotions made in tho"f M
Treasury department recently was * . M
that of C. M. C. Spooner of Iowa from / , M
a $1,200 clerkship to one of $1,100. * • h , M
* * H
First Assistnnt Postmaster General v
Heath has received the application of H
Alvin Denin of Omaha for the position - | | H
tion of watchman and janitor of the * H
new Omaha building. , : M
Representative Strode of Nebraska " H
has presented a petition of the Amor- B
lean Sugar Growers' society urging M
consideration by congress of the Hawaiian - M
waiian annexation scheme. H
Representative Maxwell of Ncbras- M
ka has introduced a bill appropriating M
$15,000 for repairing and Increasing- M
the height of rip-rap work on the H
right bank of the Missouri river opposite - H
posite South Sioux City , Neb. , H
In the executive session of the senate - H
ate a treaty between this country and H
Mexico extending for a year the tife H
for making the boundary Hue between H
the two countries , was received and J l
referred to the committee oiforeign - j H
relations without being read. H
The commissioner of pensions has H
appointed Drs. J. W. Ilinkle , G. Me- H
Culloch and E. J. Dickinson to comprise - H
prise a board of examining nurgf-ons H
at C'orydon , la. Dr. A. J. Chamberlain H
was also appointed to a position on 1
the hoard at David City , Neb. Dr. W. H
II. Britt will be appointed examining ; * ' H
surgeon at Creighton , Neb. , vice Dr. H
George Roberts , to bo removed. M
A bill introduced by Senator Elkins H
restores all the lands in the Annette V < H
island , Alaska , to the public domain. y H
except those in the southwestern po- * J M
ninsula of the Island. The entire island - H
land has been set apart for the use H
of the Indians by act of congress , but H
the bill sets forth that they occupy J H
only this peninsula and that the other 1
portions contain valuable mineral deposits - M
posits , which are given as the reason , H
for the proposed legislation. H
The joint committee of the house- H
and senate , appointed at the extra H
session to investigate and report on M
untaxed alcohol for use in the arts M
and medicines , will report their con- M
elusions to congress. The report will H
be unanimously against free alcohol H
for the present , but there will be two- M
reports as to the advisibality of legis- | H
laticm in the future to remove the- M
tax from alcohol used in the arts and H
in the preparation of medicines. H
The convention of business men M
which met in Indianapolis last Jan- H
nary and authorized the apointment H
of the moni'tary commission , will he- H
called together again for the purpose H
of considering the commission's re- H
port. The new convention will beheld - H
held in Indianapolis on Tuesday. January - H
uary 25. The invitation will go out , . H
as before to all boards of trades , commercial - M
mercial clubs , and similar organizations - H
tions in all cities of the United States 1
having a population of S.000 or more. p |
A special dispatch says : President • ; 1
McKinley decided today to put a " ' , / _ I
quietus on tlte protests that are for- 1
initiating on the Pacific coast against m
Attorney General McKenna of California - m
ifornia as a justice of the supreme fl
court bench , and concluded to semi in jl
his nomination today. The responsibility - S
bility for McKenna's future judicial . |
honors will , therefore , rest with the | |
a
senate , and the question of his con- CS I
Urination is likely to occupy the sn- * \ * M
ate for many weeks. The president H
is determined to stand by hi ? attorney - H
ney general to the end of the light. H
He will insist , it is said , that Mr. McKenna - S
Kenna continue as attorney general B
until the senate confirms his nomina g
tion as associate justice. I
The president has sent the following -
lowing nominations to the senate : I
Justice Joseph McKenna of Caiifor- I
nia to the Tinted Staff * ? . Treasury < fl
Charles G. Dawes of Illinois , to be as- jfl
sociate justice of the supreme court M
of the United States. Int'rior John H
Yv " . Ncsbit of Pennsylvania , to bo pension - H
sion agent at Pittsburg. Court of * fl
Private Land Claims .Insrph R. Resrt M
of Iowa , to be chief justice : William ; |
W. Murray of Tennessee * Thomas C _ 9
Fuller of North Carolina , Henry C. * * il
Strauss of Kansas and Wilbur F _ B
Stone of Colorado , to be assoriate jus- H
tires ; reappointments ; their timf s ec- H
pii-p December 1. * . 1S97. Lewi * Miles. B
attorney for the United States for the * 9
southern district of Iowa ; Robert V _
Cozier , attorney of the United States * 9
for the district of Idaho ; Henry C. H
Dockery. marshal , of the United States- I
for the district of eastern North Car- 9
olina. | 9
r.iA'i : STOCK AND I'lSODUCi : ma kkkts. jH
Quotations From NViv York , Chicago , St.- 9
I.ouls , Omaha and I'lsetvhfrc. 9
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Rutter Creamery separator . . 1 CK 22" |
IJiittfi ' * Choice fancy country. . U ( g ; 17- HJ
'
I'jrs I'resh 17 t.\ 1 ,
liii-Kens I'or lb \yjCr. r . S H 91
Tii-key-.iK-r lb • • $ $ n > HH
) : * . * lb ( . ; ' * 7 H |
; • • < - aPer lb 7'sf * S 9H
Kabnlt-j I'er do/ ' < * \ fo . iO 91
Pisjeonvf.ivo 7.1 6ft n >
Lemon- , Choice ilessinas. . . . . . " . 7. ( it \ fcO BH
Hoiipj Choice , per lb'X © ; ; : HH
Onlons-jier b.s CO & / > ij. .
Cranberries Caj , Cod. jierbbL ft K > < fr. 7 H 99
Heans 11 and picked > a\y \ ' * < Ti 1 no B9
Potatoes per bu ft ( . { . ci < 199
.wet p'jtatore.s-Per bbl Z I' . ' , gg • • .v . 99
A f't- > -\Ve-.tei stock , per bbl " . ' 7. i * n a .7V 99
Hay pl.tiifl.rer ton . " . : t\ @ ( ; jc-
. * -OI"ni OMAHA bTOUIC MAUICKT. 9J
lines Choice Hshr ; > % - , ( ft : ; 40 * 99
I ! ; Heavy weights 3 4ft ; j * 7 9
IJ.-cf . . , "
.steer. 4 ! . % - .
{ 4- ;
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"Us ; j 2 % - | H
fi"2i .I oo < & : : • ; I " H
Calves. . . " -
. . . $ C(0 (
Western rcoders 'Z n , ; ( N > M
' "Vs ji < ; : - - j H
Heifers. ; : .v % $ 4 qj M
-tuchors aiirt reeilers 3 co ( a t no |
: -ht Western Lambs
ep 150 r m > M
Sheep Mixed wethers at j 45400 9
CHICAGO. 9
Wheat No.2spring j.s < g citr- 9
Coni-perbu * fc > apt * I M
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-us-perbu -si j " J 9
r >
IJ.trlvVo. . - * . < m
u 3
Iiy. . \0. 17 4-ar m
Timothy seed Prime per bti. . Z m • • * iv ; " * " M
l' i' ' ' 7 ) Ci - H
7
l.a-.i-pcr ire lbs 4 su S 4 ? A 9
( at tie Choice ! > oef steers f : * .1 ; r r M
Cattle * Hr.stnias beeves r 40 < r * - ' , - M
t-heep Native Lambs 4 SO & G im , H
NKW YOIIIC MAIiKBT. „ , J | 9
Wheat No. 2.10(1. Winter CS ( fi ot- * " 3 - • 1
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Corn-No. r. : u , ; „ • * " Kf , Heat
, , , . . . gj Y H
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KANSAS CITY. J M
Whoat-Noj. spring 53 H
torn-No * a * - H
a * | SJj-
Oats-No 2 o.y. ' - . - * - H
sheep-Muttons . . . . . • " & ' f * H
Cattle-atockcrs and feeder . 3 00 § \ H M
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