H M'COOK TRIBUNE ,
H - i.i. n. ! , . , . i..i i . .1 ,4 ,
H V. Al. KIMMKLL , I'ubllshcr.
H McCOOIC , NEBRASKA
H NEBRASKA.
H Bill Paxton has withdrawn from the
H directory of the Omaha fair and
fl Speed association.
H An examination of the records of
H Hooker county ' , furnishes incontestl-
H IjIo proof that the treasurer is an honest -
B -est man.
H The now government hulldlng at
M ' Omaha will bo ready for occupaucy
1 "March 1.
M The coal dealers of Grand Island
M advertise that they will hereafter
M give full weights for the money. Wt at
H have they been doing ?
B A span of horses belonging to Ed
H Cadden of York county ran into a
H wire- fence , and were injured , so
H fcadly that both were killed to get
H them out of their misery.
H The Gothenburg Power and Jrriga-
H tion company has succeeded in making
H its stock pay a dividend the pant year
H and proposes to expend about § 50,000
H siext spring in enlarging and improv-
H ing the works.
B Jasper Powers , of Geering , was driv-
H ing home with two loads of goods for
H the local merchants , when both
H "wagons tipped over and rolled into a
H narrow canyon , breaking up crockeiy
H in a frightful manner. .
H The building of Goodwin , of Da-
H kota City , was bnmed with its con-
M tents. This was the joint wherein
H the trouble started that reseulted in
H the shooting of Henry Carpenter by
M Jam * Linville , for which Linville
B ? iow languishes in jail awaiting his
H -trial. The fire was incendiary.
fl Hon. John J. Sullivan , supreme
H judce-elect , tendered his resignation
j as judge of the Third judicial district ,
H end Hon. L L. Albert , of this city , received -
H -ceived official notification of his ap-
H pointmemt as Judge Sullivan's sucH -
H cessor. Sir. Albert came to Columbus
H irom Boone county some six or saven
H years ago and has since been engaged
H in the practice of law.
M During the month of Declembpr
H Cresco shipped out sixty-one car loads
H of corn , two of wheat , one of oars ,
H and seven cars of stock , a total of
H seventy-one for the month. This Is
H the best showing of any December
m since 1S93. Owing to the prevalence
H of hog cholera in that vicinity the
H shipments of stock has been light.
H The case of the state vs. the Byrne
H Twys of Herman for assault on the > er-
H son of young Cameron , of Herman ,
H Jast October , came to trial at Blair ,
H and resulted in the older Byrne boy
H Teceiving a sentence of S100 and
H costs , while the younger brother sot
H $30. The boys gave security for tne
B iine and have five months to ma ' .ce
H payment.
M Washington dispatch : J. B. Cessna ,
H of Hastings , Neb. , is in the city in the
H interest of a case now pending before
H the supreme court on appeal from the
B court of claims involving 126,000 acres
H of land in New Mexico. There are
H several constitutional questions in-
H volved in this case and Judge Cessna
H is of the opinion that the hearing will
H create great excitement.
M Mail Carrier Caswell , of the soldiers *
H home , Grand Island , an inmate of that
H institution , dropped dead just as he
H "was about to enter his buggy , in the
H i ieart of the city. He was at once
H taken to a store , where an examina-
H tion was made and the man pro-
Hj I nounced dead. An autopsy was heM
H later and it was found that a vessel of
H the heart had ruptured.
H "William Blakely , a well known Ne-
H braska pioneer , died at his home ten
H • miles west of Beatrice last week after
H an illness of several weeks. De > -
H ceased was 76 years old. He came to
H Nebraska nearly forty years ago. IJe
H was a past grand master of the Odd
H Pellows of the state , and has been a
B member of the organization almost
B from its organization in Nebraska.
Hon. Nels Overton , of Otoe county ,
h 3iad a very narrow escape from b ° . -
H ing instantly killed. While felling a
H large tree it struck a small tree , break-
H ing one of the large limbs which
H struck him on the left side of the
| .face , lacerating the flesh in a feart-il
H manner. He was knocked insensible
H and remained unconscious for soma
H , Bad blood has existed between
M William Knight and Timothy Sane , of
H Tecumseh , for some time , as Lane
H has been paying undue attention to
m Knignt's wife. At night Knight met
H X.ane and his wife out for a walk. He
H saluted the couple by pulling a bull
M dog revolver and firing it four times
H " at Lane. Lane whirled and ran away
H without a scratch.
B The report of the expert accountant
m on the condition of the accounts of the
M penitentiary has been filed with the
m investigating committee. The work
M was done by Expert Fred Jewell , as-
M i Bisted by Senator Beal of the commit-
M tee , and the report covers the time
M since 1871 , with the exception of a
M short period for which the duplicate
M vouchers and bills were burned.
M The laundry at the state institution
M for feeble minded at Beatrice , was
H "burned down between 5 and 6 o'clock
H in the evening. The fire started in
M the roof and was presumably from a
B defective flue. With no apparatus
| but a bucket brigade , in which the in-
H. xoates did good work , all efforts were
M turned toward saving the engine house
H which stood within four feet of the
H laundry and which was saved with
H great difficulty. The clothing in ti > e
H laundry was the only effects saved ,
m the machinevy being bolted to the
BAV floor. The loss is about § 1,500.
< There has been a modification of the
M order that went out on the Union PaM -
M cific two weeks ago , whereby the worl-
m ing time of the shop men all along the
m Jines of the company was cut from
M five eight hour days per vreek to four
BAV ' seven hour days. ereaJter there wiil
M he four eight hour days each week.
m Carl Skeet , a Swedish farmer resid-
B ing on the reservation three miles
M northeast of Bancroft was instantly
H killed while engaged in digging a well.
M , Mr. Skcot was at work In the bottom
B of a ninety-foot well when one of the
B buckets which was being used to haul ,
H the dirt up In , when about forty feet
H 4rom the .toj fell on his head ,
HBTH
LABOR IN CON&RESS.
THIS TO BE A BUSY WEEK IN
THE SENATE.
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The TTmvniinn Treaty Agnln to IJo Din-
vnnncd Scnntor Morgan Will Tuko tlm
l.i-iid In the Speech Milking The Mat
ter or Conllrtuutlon of Attorney Gene
ral MeKenna , etc.
A llasy Week.
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WASHINGTON , Jan. 17. The Ha-
waiin annexation treaty will again
this v/eek occupy the major portion of
the time of the senate. It appear im
probable , however , that the treatw.ll
be taken up on Monday. There is a
unanimous agreement to vote on the
immigration bill during the day and it
is altogether probable that th's vot3
will be preceded by some discussion of
the merits of the bill. The frieml3 of
the measure are confident of its pas
sage , but they are not very hopeful of
getting it through without lurther de
bate.
* : ator Wolcott has given notice of
his intention to address he senate on
Monday , when he will make a report ?
of the transactions cf tbo recent in cr-
national bimetallic commission. Mr.
Wolcott has never given extended pub
lic utterance concerning the commis
sion's work and there i3 very general
in cest raanifts.ed a3 lo tha .ourse he
may pursue in his speech on Monday.
When the senate resumes considera
tion of the Hawaiin treaty , Senator
Morgan will consume at lsast another
day in the presentation of bis views in
favor of annexation. He will be fol
lowed by Senators Pettigrew and
White in opposition to the treaty , and
by other senators for and ag3inst it.
There is no hope that the discussion
will be concluded during the weeic. A
groar many rt.nators wish to speak ,
am' : i the irsuU of the vote is : i3 un
certain as it is at the present , neither
side will allow the vote to be taken.
The senate has agreed to voce on Ihe
confirmation of Attorney General Mj-
Kenna as associate justice of the .su
preme court on next Friday , and t"ie
probabilities are that this vote will be
preceded by some discussion as to Mr.
McKcnna's merits.
The urgent deficiency appropriation
bill will be in all probabiity reported
on Monday , and there may be an effort
to secure it a consideration during the
week.
The house is likely to become the arena -
rena for a general discuussion of our
foreign relations in connection with
consideration of the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill during the
the present week. The Cuban situa
tion , the annexation of Hawaii , and
the designs of the European powers
toward China , will of course , be the
principal topics to attract attention ,
tended debate on Cuba precipitated at
The house managers do no want an ex- '
this time , but the minority is determined
to press the question during the con
sideration of this bill. It believes the
time is particularly opportune , owing
to the anti-autonomy feeling in Ha
vana.
Tomorrow is District cf Columbia
Jay , and on Tuesday th ? consideration
of the army appropriat'on bill wi1 ! be
resumed. This is likely to be conclu-
sd Tuesday , after which the consular
and diplomatic bill will probably con
sume the remainder of the week. ;
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Hr. and Mrs. Hobart Entertain.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 17. Vice Presi-
lent and Mrs. Hobart entertained (
President and Mrs. McKinley at a ]
aeautiful dinner of twenty covers. The ]
lining rooms and library of the vice <
president's apartments were fragrant
, vith flowers , while the tables at which
he guests were seated were superbly <
lecorated with bridesmaid roses and
ighted with tiny wax -n-qf8rq under 1
silver and white shades. Mrs. Hobart's \
rown was of pearl gray brocade ,
rimmed with rare old lace , with whicn i
; he wore ornaments of pearls and dia- ]
nonds.
This was Mrs. McKinley's firpf
) earance as a dinner guest in Wash-
ngton since the inauguration and was j
: onsequently awaited with great in- j
erest. She wore a very rich toilet of
due satin and diamond ornaments.
The other guests were Secretarv and
Jrs. Sherman. Secretary of the Treas
ury and Mrs. Gage , Mrs. Alger. At
torney General and Mrs. McKtfnna ,
Postmaster General and Mrs. Garv ,
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Long ,
Secretary of the Interior and Mrs.
Bliss , Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
and Mrs. Sanford , the guest of the
house , and Senator Sewell of New
Jersey.
Majority Shy of Cuba.
WASHINGTON , D. C , Jan. 17. The
house is likely to become the arena
for a general discussion of our for
eign relations in connection with the
consideration of the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill during the
present week. The Cuban situation ,
the annexation of Hawaii and the de
signs of the European powers toward
China will of course be the principal
topics to attract attention.
The house managers do not want an
extended debate on Cuba precipitated
at this time , but the majority is de
termined to press the question dur
ing the consideration of this bill. They
• believe the time is particularly oppor
tune , owing to the anti-autonomy feel
ing in Havana.
Today is District of Columbia day
and on Tuesday the consideration of
the army appropriation bill will be
resumed. This is likely to be con
cluded Tuesday , after which the con
sular and diplomatic bill will prob
ably consume the remainder of ti.e
week.
Cnttlnj ; Off Army Details.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 17. Acting
Secretary of War Meiklejohn has
recommended to congress that th * > law
be changed so as to have details of
officers for military instruction made
only to rnstituudnS' where there are at
least 100 students enrolled in the mili
tary department of the institution.
Grand Master Sargent , of tne Broth
erhood of Locomotive Fremen , said in
an interview that he regarded the con
summation of the federation of the
five railway brotherhoods as a fore
gone conclusin.
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BEN BUTTERWORTH DEAD.
Ho Peacefully 1'asHcn Away Surrounded
by Ills Fumlly.
CINCINNATI , Jan. 17. A special to
the Commercial-Tnoune from Thom-
asvillc , Ga. , says that Hon. Benjamin
Butterworth , United States commis
sioner of patents , who had been ill at
Pineywoods hotel there for several
weeks , died at 3:15 yesterday after
noon. The end was peaceful and when
it came his wife and children were at
his bedside. He came here to recu
perate from at attack of pneumonia ,
and recovered rapidly until two weeks
ago , when he suffered from uremic
convulsions. From that relapr , " he
never recovered. His body viil be
sent to Washington tomorrow.
Benjamin Butterworth was what is
known as a "birthright Quaker. "
Those who knew him best during his
busy career are unanimous in saying
of him : "His dally life was as exem
plary of the tenets of that good , old
faith as that of any public official
could be. "
He was born in Warren county , O. ,
October 22 , 1837 , was a member of the
state senate of Ohio , from Warren and
tTnd Butler counties in 1873-4. Mr.
Butterworth was elected a representative
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ative in congress of the First Ohio dis
trict , including the city of Cincinnati ,
to the Forty-sixth , Forty-seventh ,
Forty-ninth , Fiftieth ana Fifty-first
congresses. From then until appoint
ed to the position he occupied at his
death he devoted most of bis time to
the practice of law , especially patent
law , in this city.
"Ben" Butterworth , as he has al
ways been best known , spent his earlier
years round about Baineville and Fos
ter's Crossing the latter a little sta
tion on the Miami railroad. His father
was William Butterworth andis
mother a Linton , a family noted
throughout the entire line for their
keenness of intellect , powers of per
ception and strength in speech and
debate , .both parents were of Quaker
ancestry. Major Butterworth's keen
intellect and remarkable powers of
perception were inherited from his
mother.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 17 In Wash
ington no less than in his native state
Major Butterworth enjoyed a wiu * } ac
quaintance and great popu ' .ciiy , and
the news of his death , while by no
means unexpected , will cause general
sorrow here. No public man prob-
ibly had a larger circle of friends
it the capitol. He contracted his
! atal illness while on the stump in the
late Ohio campaign. No information
iias been received as to tne time or
place of the funeral.
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Platform of the Populists.
ST. LOUIS , Jan. 17 The National
: onfcrence of the midle-of-the-road
) opulists held in this city endorsed
he platform upt forth by the national
organization committee last November ,
tnd upon this platform will not only
ssue its call for a convention in April ,
ut will seek the election of congress-
aen for the next four years and the
election of a populist president in
900. There are eight planks in the
ilatform. They are as follows :
1. Absolute paper money , based upon
tvery commodity and resource o. the
lation , a full legal tender and receiv-
.ble for dues to the United States.
2. Free coinage of silver and gold
t the present legal ratio ; the coin
ebts of the United States payable in
ither at the option of the govern-
aent.
3. All money to be issued by the gov-
rnment and paid out direct to the
eople for services rendered , or to be
janed to them at a low rate of inter-
st on safe security , and without the
ntervention of private banks , pro
vided that the volume of currency
hall not exceed § 50 per capita.
4. Government ownership and opera-
ion of all railroads , telegraph and
2lephone lines.
5. The oposition to alien ownership
nd holding of land for speculative
urposes.
6. Opposition to court made law.
7. Opposition to trusts.
8. We especially recommend the
litiative and referendum and the im-
erative mandate.
The Alaska Trade.
PHILADELPHIA , Jan. 17. The ne
gotiations between the W. A. Cramp &
Sons Ship and Engine Building Com
pany , and the International Naviga
tion company for the purchase and
sale of the "Ohio , " "Indiana , " "Illin
ois , " "Pennsylvania" and Conemaugh , "
for the trade between the Pacific coast
a d Alaska , have resulted in the In
ternational Navigation Company de
ciding to organize a company to be un
der its own management. This com
pany will be called the Empire Trans
portation Company , of which Clement
A. Grimscon will be president.
Cramp's ship yard is now busy thor-
oroughly overhauling these boats and
refitting them with passenger accom
modations , especially adapted for the
Pacific coast and Alaska trade.
Must Use Unredeemed Tickets.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 17. The house
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce had the anti-scalping bill
under discussion. Some important
amendments were adopted. One im
poses a penalty on railroads who re
fuse to redeem unused tickets. This
plan is lacking in the original bill , and
the railroad men present favor it as
an earnest of good faith. An amend
ment was also adopted providing that
passengers applying for redemption of
tickets should not be given the benefit
of the through tariff , but on only the
regular points where the journey
ceased.
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Kctain the Insurance Ijaw.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 17. The senate
committee on territories has decided
to postpone indefinitely a bill to an
nul an act of the legislature of the
territory of New Mexico , relating to
insurance companies. The act is to
go into effect on February 1 , and pro
vides that all insurance companies
doing business in the territory shall
deposit § 10,000 in cash , municipal or
territorial bonds at par as a guaranty
for the payment of losses. It was
stated in the committee that forty-one
insurance companies would be affected
by the act.
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A PEIYATE BILL DAY.
HOUSE TAKES A REST OW CU
BAN SPEECHES.
Th Invitation of Norway for Participa
tion lu the International risherlc * JJx-
lioultlou The Amendment to the Ag
ricultural Hill Proceedings Ycstcrduy
lu th Upper Honac.
Avoiding Cuban Debate.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 15. The House
managers decided not to proceed with
the consideration of the diplomatic
and consular appropriation yesterday ,
but to give the day for the consider
ation of private bills. This was doubt
less done to avert the possibility of
precipitating a sensational Cuban de
bate during the consideration of- the
appropriation bill. Inflammatory
speeches during the present critical
state of affairs in Havana would , the
conservative leaders believe , be par
ticularly unfortunate.
When the house adjourned Thursday
night the amendment to the agricul
tural appropriation bill providing for
• the publication of another edition of
the "Horse Book" was pending. Yes
terday the friends cf the amendment
compromised with the appropriations
committee by agreeing to a reduction
of the number to be printed from 1 j ,
000 to 75,000. As amended the bill
was passed.
The resolution accepting the invi
tation of the government of Norway
to participate in the International
Fisheries exposition at Bergen from
May to September , 1898 , was called up
by Mr. Simpkins ( rep. , Mass. ) . Mr.
Cannon , chairman cf the appiopriation
committee , said he thought on the ex
position question congress was running
wild. We had had domestic exposi
tions at Philadelphia , Chicago , New
Orleans , Cincinnati , Louisville , Atlan
ta and Nashville , and were now .nbout
to have one at Omaha. Abroad we
had participated in the expositions at
Vienna , Paris , Berlin and Brussels.
The anxiety of would-be commissioners
to have the honor and glory cf our
country represented at these foreign
expositions was agonizing. Now here
came this exposition at Bergen. Twenty
thousand dollars to be appropriated
now. If this resolution passed con
gress would be called upon to foot the
bill for a deficiency of $20,000. He gave
it as his deliberate judgment that th ?
interests of the United States did not
require our particioation in this exno-
sition. If we did our duty by the
Paris exposition that would be enough.
After some transaction of some rou
tine business in the senate yesterday.
Mr. I-Ioar , of Massachusetts , presented
the following joint resolution propos
ing an amendment to . e constitution
That the following article ha pro
posed to the legislatures of the several
states as an amendment to the con
stitution of the Unied Sates :
The term of office of the president
and of the Fifty-sixth congress snail
continue until the 30th day of April ,
in the year 1899 , at noon. The senators
whose existing term would otherwise
expire on the 4th day of March , in the
year 1899 , or thereafter , shall continue
in office until noon of the 30th day of
April , succeeding such expiration ; and
the 30th day of April , at noon , shall
thereafter be substituted for the 4th
of Mf rch as the commencement and
termination of the official term of the
president , vice president , senators and
representatives in congress.
The resolution was referred to the
committee on privileges and elections.
Mr. Quay , cf Pennsylvania , offered
the following resolution , which was re
ferred to the committee on Indian af
fairs :
Resolved. That the secretary of the
nterior shall be and is hereby instruct
ed to investigate the facts- attending
the recent allege' ! atrocious burning
to death of two Seminole Indians by
i mob in Oklahoma Territorj- and
nake report thereon to congress. Tl
: he sum of $25,000. or so much thereof
is may be necessary , is hereby appro-
mated out of any money in the treas- ;
lry not otherwise appropriated for the !
investigation , apprehension and pun
ishment of the guilty persons , to be \
ixpeded under the direction of the
secretary of the interior.
Edison Finds a > e\v STetal.
NEW YORK , Jan. 15 The Herald
says that Thomas A. Edison has acci
dentally discovered what he believes
to be a new metal which will do
away with the slow and costly process
of making mailable iron. Exhaustive
experiments will be made , and if they
are successful it is promised that full
details wiil be given to the public
It is asserted that after a lot of iron
had been run through a magnetic ore
separating mill the pigs were taken
from the blast furnace as usual to
be cooled and broken up. The lot in
question proved refractory , for the
pigs resisted all efforts cf the men
with heavy sledges to break them.
The fact was submitted to chemists
and the theory was formed that there
was some hitherto unknown sub
stance in the iron used and this is
believed to be a new metal.
Good Roads IU"oYomcnt. .
ALBANY , N. Y. , Jan. 15. There was
introduced in the senate a good reads
bill which provides for the construc
tion through each of the counties of
the state of a macadam highway that
shall follow the leading market and
travel south. The entire expense of
the construction of such roads is to be
borne by the state , and the work is
to be done under the direction of the
state engineer. The only expense to
the counties is the preparation of a
survey of the highways selected.
The aronctary Ilearincr.
"WASHINGTON , Jan. 14. Robert S.
Taylor , of Indiana , a member of the
monetary commission , was again be
fore the house banking and currency
committee at today's session. He re
ferred to the inadequacy of the bank
ing : facilities in the south and west ,
and suggested that for the present this
country must look mainly to inde
pendent , email local banks for the re
lief which is needed , though he con
ceded an extensive system of branch
banks might have a more effective
tendency to equalize rates of interest.
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WILL TRAVEL ALONE.
Middle of the Koad Pupullftts form aNew
Now Organization.
ST. LOUIS , Jan. 15. A new party
was born in the conference of the
populists and named the People's
party.
The People's party proposes to go it
alone. It has severed all connection
with the national populist committee
and made all arrangements for admin
istering its own estate without th e aid
or advice of any outside party.
With a few exceptions , the delegates
declared themselves unequivocally in
favor of going it alone in the future.
The referendum system was most
highly complimented and recommend
ed for use among the middle of the
readers in settling matters of national
importance to the order , and there was
a practical agreement among the dele
gates that a national presidential con
vention should be held this year.
There was lengthy discussion , and it
was not until a late hour that the pro-
ceedure for future action was agreed
upon. Finally a report was adopted
as follows in part :
To the People of the United States :
The fusion movement consummated at
St. Louis in July , 189G , and the treat
ment of our candidate for vice presi
dent in the campaign that followed ,
gave rise to such dissension among the
rank and file of the People's party as
to threaten the absolute dismenber-
ment of the only political organization
honestly contending for the social and
political rights of the laboring and
producing classes of the country.
It has been the purpose always of
the committee to be courteous to the
national committee , and our supreme
desire has been at all times to pro
mote a harmonious co-operation with
said committee , that factional differ
ences might be obliterated , our party
prestige regained and our organization
restored to its once splendid estate.
This comm ' tee feels confident of its
ability to show that it is no fault of
ours that the national committer is not
present as a body to-day , but it does
not choose to waste valuable time in
wrangling ovc\ * questions of official
etiquette.
We avow it to be our sincere pur
pose now , as ever heretofore , to pro
mote in very hnorable way the reform
movement on true populist lines , and
we deem the issues too momentous and
the dangers threatening free govern
ment too great to allow us to pause to
consider personal grievances or af
fronts , or to permit wounded dignity ,
rea ; or imaginary , to overshadow pa
triotic duties.
Under present conditions our be
loved organization is slowly but sure
ly disintegrating and our comrades are
clamorous for aggressive action.
Having in vain importuned those
who assumed to be our superiors to
permit us to aid them in the grand
work of reorganizing the People's
party , that it may accomplish its glor
ious mission , we now appeal to the
people , the true souce of all political
power.
The referendum committee appoin fed
is as follows : Messrs. Dixon , of Mis
souri , Tracey , of Texas , Reynolds , of
Lllinois , Matinger , of Indiana , and Mc
Gregor , of Georgia.
A number of rules were adopted for
Llie government of the national organ
ization committee , among them a rule
ihat the national organization com
mittee shall submit to a vote of the
People's party any preposition when
petitioned to do so by not less than
L0.000 members cf the party.
On the adjournment of the organiza-
ion committee the members of the
lational committee present met at the
aCIede hotel and adopted the follow-
ng resolution :
Resolved , That we. the members of
: he national committee present , in-
lorse the action taken by the organiza-
ion committee and recommend that
ts provisions be carried into effect , be-
ieving that such action will harmo-
tize all differences in the party.
There were seventy-four members of
he committee represented by the
nembers present nr'ivproxifsandlft-
ers , and favored a joint meeting of the
lational committee and organisation
ommittee in the spring. Forty states
rere represented at the meeting.
Senator Ilanna to Kest.
COLUMBUS , O. , Jan. 15. Senator
Hanna has gone to his home at Cleve
land , where he will remain over Sun
day. His physicians insist upon h s
taking a rest. The strain on him here
for two weeks has worn on him
severely. He shows it very visibly.
All the workers on both sides are ex
hausted.
The next hard work to be done in
the legislature will probably be an ef
fort to reorganize and throw the demo
crats out of control in both houses.
Meantime the bribery investigations
are to proceed in both houses on the.
contending factions , the senate having
adopted resolutions yesterday after
noon for an investigation of the Otis
case , and its committee began work
last night , but nothing new was de
veloped.
An Oklahoma Law Void.
GUTHRIE , O. T. , Jan. 15. The su
preme court today promulgated an
opinion in which the separate school
lav/ passed last winter , making it a
misdemeanor for a white child to at
tend a colored school , was declared
null and void because of ambiguity ,
uncertainty and conflict with both the
letter and the spirit of the fifteenth
amendment to the constitution of the
Unied States.
The charges of bribery in the Ohii >
senatorial contest it is Faid will be in
vestigated in the United States senate.
Hard Coal Prices Higher.
NEW Y'ORK , Jan. 15. Announce.- ,
ment was made today that the anthra
cite coal producing and carrying com
panies have advanced prices 10 to 20
cents per ton to the basis of $3.95 free
on board for stove at tidewater , other
prices in proportion.
The advance , it was explained , is due
to the lightness cf stock resulting from
the continued restriction of the output
and to large orders from the west.
Justice Newman , of the Wisconsin
supreme court , died from injuries re
ceived by a fall on the sidewalk.
NEWS NOTES.
The treaty providing for a lease or
Klao Chan to , Germany i3 not yet .
signed , and Jnpan la oppoalng the flnaL '
signature. . •
James Doyle , John Porko and Andrew - f
drew Wesland were killed , and DanicL
Munday injured In the Hidden Treas
ure mine at Nevadavillc. Cole.
Prince , the super , who murdered
William Torrlss , the actor , In London , ,
has been found guilty. The verdict
however , declares him to bo irresponsi
ble.
ble.Tho
The Inter-Partisan statehood con
vention at Kingfisher , O. T. , involved
in its deliberations the removal of the- %
capital and the question of free homesteads - > M
steads for Cherokee strip settlers. '
The state bank at Elmwood , Ul.r < l
with a capital stock of $50,000 , assets- > fl
estimated at $100,000 , and liabilities of.
$ CO,000 , has been closed. Action preci- \M \
pitated by the suicide of the cashier. M
An amicable settlement has beenc fl
made between the warring elements
in the ? foreclosure suits Inst..uted
against the Arizona Canal company !
by the Chicago trust company. fl
cage trust company. S
Secretary of the Navy Long has sent
a recommendation to the house com- H
mittce on naval affairs for an increase- (
of the enlisted men in the navy by < H
1,000 men and asking for an increase-
of apprentices in the navy by 700. H
At the annual meeting of the New B
York Union League club Elihu Root S
was elected president ; Henry E. How- B
land , Syrus Clark , Henry W. Cannon. fl
and William H. Wickman , vice presi- jH
dents : Walter C. Gilson , secretary , and '
William G. White , treasurer. 'jH '
In London a gigantic linen thread |
combine has been formed by these ; H
firms : Barbour Bros. , Marshall Thread M
company of Paisley and New York ; > H
Finlayson , Bcusfield & Co. , of Paisley , S
the Knox company oi Kilbirnie , Are- M
shire , and several smaller firms. , fl
J. AV. Huffaker , president , and J. B- ' M
Word , cashier of the Brookficld , Mo. , M
bank , were arrested on an indictment M
charging them with receiving deposits H
when the bank was known to be in a M
failing condition. The banl : failed \ M
nearly three years ago and depositors | H
have received about 05 cents on the H
dollar. M
The British authorities have decided J
to recognize the question of "diplo- ' |
matic privileges" in the case of Spen- 9H
cer Eddy , secretary of Ambassador M
Hay , and J. E. White , the son of Henry jH
White , who were recently charged at jjH jj
the Maidenhead county court on sum- M
mones with riding bicycles on sidewalks - M
walks , and their prosecution will be- M
dropped. M
Senora Inez Ponce De Roque , wife- M
of the insurgent Colonel Ponce De Ro- \ M
que , arrived in New York on the- \ M
steamer Seneca. Senora De Roque. ' |
who is a strikingly beautiful woman. j J
was exiled from Cuba by order of Gen. M
Blanco. A letter which she wrote tt > ' H
her husband was intercepted by the- | |
Spanish authorities and , as it contained - , | H
ed information inimical to their interests - M
terests , Mrs. De Roque was arrested M
and thrown into prison in Matanzas. | |
She spent seventeen months and four i H
days in jail , most of the time incom- H
municado. She was released under the- |
general amnesty granted by the queen ' H
regent. After her release she refused H
to try to persuade her husband to lay ' H
down his arms and was banished in H
consequence. H
An inventory of the late George M. H
Pullman was filed in the probate court : H
it Chicago by Norman B. Ream and H
Robert T. Lincoln , executors. The in- 1 1
irentory lists the real estate and per- H
; onal property of the deceased , though ' |
it places no valuation on the former ' H
md gives only the par value of the se- |
jurities which form the major portion ' H
jf the trust. According to the esti- j H
nates given at the time the will was , H
iled , the real estate was worth but H
1800.000. and the personal estate- H
; cC00,000. In the inventory the con- j l
'
; ervatory policy of the executors is : |
urther borne out , and on the property ' |
• allied the fisrnre1 ; a ci"h as tn le vrj 'j ' H
ittle chance for depreciation. The in- ' |
estments of Mr. Pullman were wide- H
spread. He held 23,919 shares of Pull- j H
man Palace Cor company stock , and |
;
was interested in the Na aragua Canal ' |
company to the extent of $200 in stock * H
and $10,000 in bonds. The holdings of H
poor investments are small. Out of j H
his entire bond holdings but $15,000- ' H
worth are deemed desperate. - H
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MAKKET M
Quotations From New York , Chicago , St H
Louis , Omaha and Elsewhere. |
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Honev Choice , per lb 12 © 14 M
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Ik-ans Ilandpicked Navy 1 25 55 1 3.1 M
Potatoes perbu S ) < y , .11 H
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Apples Westen stock , per bbl 1 7.1 < TV ( • ' ( H
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1'ork 0 : { ) © u 31 ' M
Lard per ICO lbs 4 70 © 4 7.1 t l
Cattle Choice beef steers 4 7.1 © 121 H
Cattle Stockers and feeders. . 3 St © 4 3.1 H
Hogs Mi\e < l 3 ( t ) © 3 70 H
Sheep Native Lambs 4 CO © 4 75 / * - ] H
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Wheat No. 2 , red. Winter 100 © 1 CO'i ' H
Corn y < 3. 2 31 © 33 ? H
Oats Xo.2 2s © 2SJi j H
Pork 3 10 © SOU < H
Lard 4 75 © 5 00 H
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Wheat Xo. 2 , spring S4 © S4i , H
Corn No. 2 24 © 21ti H
Oats Xo 2 22 © 22'i H
Hogs Mixed 3 41 © 3 01 -j H
? heep Muttons 3 00 © 4 50 H
Cattle Stockers and feeders. . . 3 15 © i 60 i H