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m I This and Other Countries AeeldcntalJ *
M Criminal , l'olltlcal , Social and Other-
H " • wine Crln.j Condensation ! * From AH
H i Quarters.
H B Monday , Foil. 14.
H 1 • Senor Dc Lome's resignation is sat-
H isfactory to the Washington authori-
H 1 tics.
H I Extra cars had to he added to the
H § coast trains for the Alaska rush on the
H § Northern Pacific on the 12th.
H I The steamers City of Seattle and
H | Noyo have sailed for Alaska. .The
H . , City of Seattle carried COO passengers
H and the Noyo 200.
H G. M. Rose , president of the tfunter-
M • Hose company , one of the largest pub-
B Hsbing houses in Canada , is dead at
M i Toronto , aged G9.
M I Kcnnctli Mcltae , the wealthy sheep
H owner of Wyoming , on his second trial
H for killing Robert Gordon , was found
H guilty of murder in the first degree.
H The Indian office wil soon adver-
H I Use for pasture lands on the Osage and
H i Kaw Indian reservations " n Oklahoma.
H There arc about 200,000 acres to be
H Tiic gross receipts of the postofTicc
H -at Kansas City , Mo. , for the. month of
H January were ? 53,439 , an increase of
H * ? 8GS5 , or 10.4 per cent for the same
H period last year.
H One of the new bills introduced in
H the Kentucky house on the 12th was
H l > y Mr. Mount , Populist , proposing to
H change die name of Carlisle county
H to "Williams Jennings Bryan" county.
H The house committee on commerce
H lillcd the senate bill to permit the
H stale ot South Carolina to control
H I -liquors brought into the state in orig-
H I inal packages. The motion to report
H § it favorably was lost on a tie vote.
H 1 According to news from Alaska by
H 1 1 the City of Topeka. one of the steam-
H ' | rs plying between Juneau and Ska-
H | gnay , brought v/ord just as the To-
H 1 peka sailed that five men had been
H I frozen to death on the Uhilkoot pass.
H J Two Italian war ships are expected
Hl J at Port au Prince from St. Thomas ,
H I 1 to enforce pending claims of the Ital-
Hi ' S ian government to the amount of $120 , -
M | 000. The fall of the Ilaytien ministry
B | • is imminent.
B | The attorneys for ex-State Treasurer
' I Bartley of Nebraska filed with the
H 1 clerk of the supreme court their moB -
B If * -on for a rehearing of the case in
Hj' ' § which the judgment of conviction by
H 1 the district court of Douglas county
B 1 was affirmed.
H K Tuesday. Feb 15.
H S Four murders have been committed
H I in Huston , Tex. , within a week.
B I It is proposed to refund Montreal's
H I municipal debt on a lottery plan.
1 g Gladstone is much improved in
H health and will soon start for home.
H Si King Oscar has intrusted to form-
H I er Premier Steen the task of forming
H 1 a new cabinet.
H I There were three murders in an
H i I Indiana coal mining community on
H | I Saturday night.
H 1 A Philadelphia company built four
H I locomotives for Great Britain in
H thirty-one days.
H Money is scarce in London with
H no certain indications ol easiness in
Hgjj the near future.
H * . Washington officials refuse to talk
H about tfie dispatch received from
H Minister Woodford.
H i It is said that Leiter's operations
B -are liable to result in a sky rocket
H i "market for futures in wheat.
H I Etta Michaerson , a pretty and well
H ' I , 'educated girl living at Cleveland , O. ,
H 1 says she has discovered the secret of
H , 1 perpcual life.
H I ' Count Gustav Siegmund Ivalnoky
H I De Koros-Patak , former Austro-Hun-
H I garian minister of foreign affairs ,
H I died on the 14th.
H # Fire destroyed the plant of the
H Chicago Portland Cement company
M at Hawthorne. The loss amounts to
M $100,000 , insurance , $50,000.
M The City Forge and Iron company
M of Cleveland , O. , - as just received a
m big order for sugarmakins machinery
m to be piV. into a refinery in Hawaii.
M • The Klondike balloon , which has
B been in course of construction in Ot-
M I tawa , Can. , for some time past , is
M m now completed , and will be given a
m M trial at an early date.
m m The celebration of the coming mar-
M n riage of the Crov.n Prince Haruno-
B f Miya , which was postponed last year ,
H I | owing to the court mourning for the
M I I late empress dowager , will be held
B II in March.
H I I AVodnesilay , Feb. 16
H IS - Secretary Alger , now at Fortress
H § ft Monroe , is improving.
m B James B. Angell , our ambassador to
M &V | Turkey , is going to resign.
j H The navy department has given or-
H Kf dors for 27.000 steel projectors.
H n ] Steel mills at Bethleham , Pa. , have
H n started up after several months idle-
BfiR Watson Denny , a farmer near St.
H Joseph , Mo. , killed his wife , then him-
H Fifteen steamships are being loaded
H B at Philadelphia with wheat for for-
HHf cign shipment.
H B Chris Von der Ahe still lingers in
H jail at Pittsburg , having been desert-
K ed by his former friends.
H Fresh demands of Germany are not
BH appreciated in > China.
H B The last two descendants of Chris-
B tophcr Columbus are now occupants
H of a poor house at Cadiz.
H Dr. Kaiser , the American chief of
H H the colonial department of the Ger-
H man foreign office , died at Leipzig.
B A Bombay dispatch says that Mme.
H Florence Morgan , superintendent of
H the plague hosi tal , has died , of . bu-
H The supreme court of Illinois has
H sustained the sentence of ex-Bank
B Cashier Charles W. Spaulding to the
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Tliurndisy , Feb. 17.
Do Lome has sailed for Liverpool.
American crooks arc to be expelled
from Mexico.
J. W. Johnson has been confirmed
as regiscr of the land office , Lincoln ,
Neb.
11 Missouri has 400,000 men available
for military service , Kansas 300,000 ,
and Oklahoma 50/300.
Sanford Cochran , over 70 years old ,
jumped in front of a train at Reno ,
Kan. , and was killed.
Tim Hogan , who has been robbing
mail boxes all over the country , has
been arrested in Ohio.
Dr. Brown has been dropped from
the Chicago Congregational Associa
tion , despite a personal plea.
A call has been issued by the pro
hibition state committee for a Missouri
convention at Moberly , May 5.
John Drew has presented at Wal
laces theater. New York , the comedy
"One Summer's Day , " by H. V. Es
mond.
Receiver Ewing has made a remark
able record in the Wichita National
bank case , paying in full all claims in
a little over two years.
A snecial dispatch from Shanghai
says the relations between China and
Germany are seriously strained over
the hitter's fresh demands.
Mrs. H. H. Burris. a full-blooded In
dian , and wife of the treasurer for the
Cherokee nation at Tishomingo , shot
and killed herself in a fit of insanity.
The geological survey has prepared
a tabulated statement on the steady
increase in the nroduction of spelter
in the United States. The total in
short tons for 1882 was 33,705 , in 1807
it had reached 9.0.9S0.
Friday , IVJ > . is.
Gladstone has returned to England.
News of the loss of the steamer
Clara Nevada has been received at
Seattle.
Congressman Mercer looks for a fa
vorable report upon the Indian con
gress bill.
The sugar trust is reported ready to
begin an aggressive campaign against
the Arbuckles.
There were 354 people on the Maine.
At this writing- but nine-six are
known to be saved.
Vinita , I. T. , residents have peti
tioned congress to provide for educa
tion in that territory.
Madame Sara Bernhardt was ope
rated upon in Paris at Dr. Pozzi's
hospital. The cyst was removed with
complete success.
The pack train of the Alaskan rel'ef
expedition sailed on the steamship
Lucille for Dyea , where it will join
the main body of the expedition ,
which left Portland , Ore. , the 1st of
February-
The president sent to the senate
these nominations : George H. Ly
man , collector of customs , district of
Boston and Charlcstown , Mass. ; John
T. Williams of North Carolina , to be
consul at Sierra Leone , Africa.
The house elections committee has
decided in f vor of the sitting memb
er , Representative Underwood , of Ala
bama , in the contest brought by G. B.
Crowe. W. Godfrey Hunter has
abandoned his contest for the seat
now held by Representative Rhea , of
Kentucky.
The steamer Alliance sailed from
Seattle for Port Valves , Alaska , via
Dyea and Skaguay , with 250 passeng
ers. The Keystone company , made
up princially of people from Braddock -
dock and Beaver Falls. Pa. , left on
the Alliance , intending to go into the
Copper river country.
Saturday , Feb. 10.
John Barn , one of Utah's earliest
pioneers is dead. He settled at Salt
Lake in 1852 and lived in 'that city
twenty-fcur years.
Bob Armstrong , the gigantic colored
pugilist whom Childs knocked out , has
challenged Jc * Choynski , Tom Shark
ey and Peter Maher.
Lawrence P. Brown , a prosperors
young merchant cf Salt Lako. was
shot and instoutly killed by robbers
at his place cf business.
The evidence Gf the C. O. Brown
scandal is to be burned when Rev. Dr.
J. K. McLean returns to Oakland , Cal. ,
if the wish of a majority of the con
ference committee is carried out.
Twenty colored miners left Pitts-
bii- " T'nn. . . Wednesday , for the mines
of Poteau , I. T. These are some of the
negroes brought from Alabama in 1893
to replace striking white miners.
Chief Isparhecher and a number of
the leaders of the Creek tribe of In
dians , all fullbloods , are holding a
meeting at Okmulgee , the capital of
the nation.
The owners of the steamer Clara Ne
vada , which has been reported lost
with all on board in 3erner's , bay.
Alaska , has refunded to the 150 pas
sengers booked for her next trip the
money paid for tickets.
News of the explosion on board the
MeVno has caused greet mcitement
in the City of Mexico , many Americans
believeing it due to the explosion of a
torpedo or bomb placed under the
ship by Havana Spaniard ? .
A terrible explosion of fire damp oc
curred in the Verinigte Carolinen-
grueck colliery at Hammerly. Thirty-
seven bodies have been recovered. In
r-driition. many miners have been ser
iously injured. It is helieved that fifty
persons have perished.
Henry J. Crocker , president of the
wine makers' corporation , which is at
war with the California Wine Dealers'
Association , is thrsatened with a libel
suit because of a statement published
January 27 , and credited to him. in
which the financial position of the Cal
ifornia Wine Dealers ' Association was
attacked.
As yet no action has been taken by
the judiciary committee with the bill
providing for the division of Kansas
into two judicial districts. It was ex
pected that the bill would be reDorted
to the house late this week , but the
bankruptcy bill , which is now before
the "house , consumed all the time of
the committee.
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MOORE A EEEE MAN.
THE OPINION OF THE SUPREME
COURT HANDED DOWN.
Tlie Clilmrgo of Embezzlement Is Dls-
inlMed and the F.x-Audilor Ik GIvimi
UIh Liberty A Majority of tbo .Juk-
tlreH Concur , Judge Sullivan Alone OIs-
Beating : .
The 3Toorc Case Settled.
The supreme court on the 16th
handed down a decision in the case of
ex-State Auditor Eugene Moore , re
versing the judgment of the district
court of Lancaster county , in which
he was held to be guilty of embezzling
$23,208.05 money received by him as
state auditor as fees from insurance
companies , and which he had failed to
turn over.
Moore , after serving for four years
as state auditor , was short some $2S , -
000 when he went out of office in Jan
uary , 1897. He paid $4,500 , reducing
the shortage to the first named sum.
The money had been received as fees
from insurance companies.
The syllabus of the majority opinion
is as follows :
Moore vs. State , syllabus Article 5 ,
section 24 , of the constitution provid
ing that the officers of the executive
deparment "shall not receive to their *
own use any fees , costs , interest on
public moneys in their hands or in
their control , perquisites of office or
other compensation and all fees that
may here after be payable by law for
services to be performed by an officer ,
provided for in this article of the con
stitution , shall be paid in advance into
the state treasury , " not only prohibits
such officers from receiving such fees
to their own use , but also prohibits all
executive officers except state treas
urer from receiving fees at all , and re
quires the payment in advance into
the state treasury by the persons by
whom they are payable.
Second Compiled statutes , chapter
43. section 32 , adopted in 1873 , and re-
lat'ng to fees paid by insurance com
panies for services performed by the
auditor , was so far modified by thecon-
stitution of 1875 as to require such
fees to be paid in advance into the
treasury and to prohibit the auditor
from receiving them.
Third When the penal statute is
made to apply only to a certain class
of persons , the description of the class
is so far descriptive of the offense , and
that the person charged is within the
class is a substantive element of the
crime itself.
Fourth Section 121 of the criminal
code , relating to the embezzlement of
public moneys , applies only to officers
or persons charged by law with the
collection , receipt safe keeping , trans
fer or disbursement of publ'c money ,
and those who aid or abet such offices
or persons.
Fifth The auditor of public ac
counts is not as such officer charged
with the collection , receipt , safe keep
ing , transfer or disbursement of any
part of the public moneys , and he is ,
therfore , not within the descriptive
terms of section 124 of the criminal
code.
Sixth In order to punish one as for
a crime , the offense must be Avithin
the plain import of these words of the
' statute creating or defining the crime.
An offense not within the words can
not be adjudged a crime because with
in the reason or spirit : and th's prin
ciple cannot be evaded by holding that
one performing acts which are de
nounced as a crime when committed
by a particular class of persons , is
estopped from denying that he is
within that class.
The court holds that the doctrine of
estoppel is not rightly invoked m the
criminal class. The decision also em
phasizes the rule that executive offi
cers of the state have no right to col-
lest fees for services performed by
them as such officers , but that these
fees must be paid to the state treas
urer.
Judge Sullivan dissents from this ,
and in his opinion agrees wth the
others that the constitution which pro
hibits executive state officers from re
ceiving fees not only repeals that part
of the old statute which authorized
the auditor to appropriate the insur
ance fees to his own use , and that it
also repeals that portion of the stat
ute which authorizes him to receive
such fees for any purpose.
Charged AVitli Horse Stealing.
Gordon dispatch : Sheriff Joe Hazen
of Converse county/Wyoming / , is here
in search of Lish Casebolt , wanted on
the charge of stealing horses. Case-
bolt escaped three weeks ago , when
wanted for counterfeiting , but re
turned and has this latter charge
against him. Mastin Burnett , a broth
er-in-law , is said to be implicated and
the sheriff has wired his deputy at
Lusk , Wyo. , to arrest Burnett there.
The horses were stolen there , brought
here and isposed of. The others were
stolen here from Robert Trleson and
taken up to Wyoming. Casebolt can
not be found. The horses in each in
stance have been located.
New Supreme Court Rules.
The supreme court has announced
and published several important
changes in the rules governing the
practice in that court. One of the
most important , probably , and that of
the greatest interest to attorneys and
litigants is .the addition in section 3
to rule 2 by which defendants in error
advancement of
ror can obtain an
cases brought up for delay.
AUank Robber Confesses.
St. Paul dispatch : Otiss Ansclen ,
the man arrested in Kansas City sev
eral months ago on suspicion of be
ing implicated in the robbery of the
Howard hank at Boslus last summer ,
was arrainged in district court and
pleaded guilty to the crime of burglary
as charged in the complaint. He was
sentenced by Judge Kendall to three
and one-half years in the penitentiary
and will be taken to Lincoln at once.
Detective Tillotson , who made the cap
ture is still camping on the trail of
Anselen's accomplices and expects
to bring them to justice shortly.
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BOARD OF REGENTS.
Isnulncfis Transacted at ' tbo Session Held
In Lincoln.
The Board of Regents of the state
university were in session at Lincoln
last week. There were present Presi
dent C. II. Merrill of Lincoln , Thomas
Rawlings of Wakefield , Charles West
on of Hay Springs , II. L. Goold of
Ogallala , E. von Forell of Kearney
and George F. Kenower of Wisner.
Regents von Forell and Kcno\ver , the
successors of Messrs. Kaley and Had-
ley , sat for the first time.
The committees of the board were
appointed as follows : Executive ,
Merrill , Weston , Rawlinss ; finance ,
Goold , Kenower. von Forell ; courses
of study , Rawlings , Weston , Von For
ell ; building committee , President
Merrill , Chancellor MacLean , Regents
Rawlings and Goold and J. S. Dales ;
university and library , Goold , Kenow
er , Watson.
Prof. Card , having received a call to
the College of Agriculture and Me
chanic Arts in Rhode Island , at a great
increase in salary , presented' his resig
nation , which was accepted by the
board.
In the matter of hog cholera ex
periments on the station farm , pro
tests and petitions were presented
from residents near the farm. After
deliberation the regents decided that ,
as no diseased animals were to be
taken to the farm and as there was
good authority to believe that no hog
cholera would ensue from the experi
ments inasmuch as proper quarantine
precautions were to be used , they
would proceed with the experiments.
The co-operation of the United States
and the importance of these experi
ments to the neople of the state made
this seem to be a just course as well
as a safe ono. Regppt Morr 'll and the
chancellor were continued : * s a com
mittee upon the subject a"d were au
thorized to confer with Mr. Charles
Walker as to conducting a part of the
exneriments.
Unnn the recommendation of the
faculties concerned , the regents voted
the followinir degrees : For bachelor of
arts , Mrs. Kittie Shacklofon Holmes.
Lincoln : Otto Willinm Meie- . Crete :
Alvin Eugene Peps. Red Cloud ; Albert
A. Reed. Crete : Clara Scliueller. Clay
Center ; Anna Lucille Taylor , Lincoln :
Robert Milton Thomas. Wilbor ;
Charier. AVilliam Wallace. Lincoln.
For baohelor of soience. Harold Townsend -
send Weaver , Schuyler. For bachelor
nf science in oloctncal en ° ineerine : .
Daniel Croshy Hale. Pauid City. R. D.
For master of arts. m-s. Ada Irwin
AtkinFon , B. L. , ' 79. Lim-oln ; Albert
David Brewer , A. B. , ' 95. Iowa college ,
Grinnell , la.
It. was ordered tlwt the same prop-
nratory studies that have b ° en earripd
this yp.ir on aconnnf of tlm suspen
sion of the frc ! attendance liiizrh school
Inw be carried during the succeeding
ycr.
Rpiront von F < - > rpH introduced th °
sublet of the furHje'ortmni HUnn and
development nf t e Pob nl cf Acripul-
tnro. A snecial pomrMtt00 . pnn dstin'T
"f Regents von Forell , Kenower nnd
oold and Prof. Lvon. wns nnnointpd
to rpnort unnn ti > e snbi ° fnt | the next
mpptHis : of the Board of P nts.
It was , feted Hint Li ut. Stotsonhin-s ;
receive $500 a year from the univer
sity.
Peculiar T ) ; oa > : p of Hogs.
Rising City dispatch : A farmer
three miles west of this place , who has
about 200 head of hogs , has been los
ing three to four of them daily for a
number of weeks from a disease with
some peculiar characteristics. On tak
ing the disease the hog discharges
urine of the color of tobacco juice and
of a slimy consistancy. This continues
for a short time , when the hog ceases
to eat , becomes listless and mopy , and
finally about a day before dying gives
away in the back and lies down , ap
parently enduring more or less pain
till death comes. So far as known
other herds in this vicinity have not
been troubled with the disease and no
explanation as to what it is has thus
far been forthcoming.
Hanged in si Prison Cell.
Falls City dispatch : Sheriff Tinker
met with an unwelcome surprise when
he opened the jail doors last evening
to feed his only prisoner , for there ,
hanging by the neck , dead , was
Joseph Holechek , who was awaiting
trial for the murder of his wife near
Humboldt a short time ago.
Holecheic was 52 years of age and
the crime that he had committed was
of such antrocious character that he
could not hope to escane the severest
penalty of the law , and he seized the
first opportunity that presented itself
to take his own life.
A Curious Suit.
A case being tried in the district
court at Lincoln involves a curious
claim for damages. John Lefferdink
and A. E. Vanderburg were walking
toward each other on a street and as
they apprcached both turned aside in
the same direction and collided with
each other. Vanderburg was the
heavier of the two and came out of the
collision in the best shape. Leffer
dink is bringing suit for § 5,000 dam
ages. ,
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Fruit Growers Should Be Active.
While the fruit growers of other
states , says the Omaha Bee , are mak
ing great preparations for disDlays at
the Trans-Mississipoi Exposition , the
horticulturists of Nebraska must be
bestirring themselves. Nebraska fruit ,
though not as well known in the mar
kets as the fruit of some neighbor
ing states , is much liner than it is
given credit for and this fact can
easily be made plain at the exposition.
Differences All Adjusted.
At the annual meetinjr of the Grand
Army of the Republic posts and Re
lief Corps , held in Norfolk , the differ
ences between the members of Sedg
wick post No. 1 and the Women's Re
lief corns of Kearnev seem to have
been adjusted , and Mrs. Anna Bell ,
president of Sedgwick Relief corps No.
1 , is in receipt of an order from the
department president countermanding
the order to revoke their charter , and
the corps has been acain placed in
good standing. It is believed now that
the whole matter has been amicably
settled and finally disposed of.
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NOT A JOINT INQUIRY
UNCLE SAM WILL LOOK AFTER
THE MATTER.
Tim AutliorUlcH at Havana "Will lie Ac
corded Facilities to Kxumluo tbo
AVreek on Their Own Account dipt
Slgsheo Will Direct Operations Autho-
li/.ed Divers Will Do the AVorlc.
Investigating the Ship.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 21. Secretary
Long and Assistant Day of the State
department had an interview with the
president which lasted nearly an hour.
Mr. Day read a telegram from Consul
general Lee at Havana transmitting
a request from the Spanish authorities
in Cuba that the Spanish officials be
permitted to join with our people in
making an investigation into the
cause of the disaster to the Maine.
The matter was discussed at consider
able length and the conclusion wfts
reached and General Lee will be so
notified that while this government
is willing to afford the Spanish au
thorities all reasonable facilities for
conducting an investigation , yet it
is thought best the first inquiry shall
be made by our own commissioners.
The request of the Spanish authorities
therefore will be respectfully declined.
The request of the Spanish govern
ment for permission to examine the
wreck of the Maine reached the State
department through the following
message from Consul General Lee at
Havana :
"Sigsbee begins tomorrow with div
ers sent him from the United States
to recover all the bodies still left in
ho wreck of the Maine , as well as per
sonal effects of officers and men and
whatever else en be obtained that
way. After that 's completed the
Spanish government would like to
unite with ours in having the bottom
of the ship and harbor in the vicinity
jointly examined. "
The following is the answer sent
from Washington :
"The government of the United
States has already begun an investi
gation as to the causes of the disas
ter to the Maine , through officers of
he navy esecially appointed for that
purpose , which will proceed indefi
nitely. This government will afford
every facility it can to the Spanish
authorities in whatever investigation
they may see fit to make upon their
Part. " DAY.
The nnparent difficulty attending
the sending down of the divers to the
Maine was relieved , if not entirely re
moved , by a statement today by Senor
lu Bo3e. charge d'affaires of the Snan-
ish legation , that a complete and har
monious understanding between Cap
tain Siirsbee and the authorities at
Havana had been reached on the mat
ter of divers and that the Spanish au
thorities viewed the Maine as extra
territorial , that is. a part of the sov
ereign territory of the United States ,
the same as a United States legation
f'limited ' > n foreign territory. With
the Maine holding its status as extra
territorial , all doubts as to the work
on the wreck was removed.
The waters of Havana harbor are ,
of course , Spanish territory , and some
confusion has been arouse by the idea
that this jurisdiction over the waters
attached also to the wreck in its pre
sent helpless condition in the bottom
of the bay. It appears , however , that
there > " s no disposition to extend this
jurisdiction to the ship and that the
Spanish authorities freely assent to
the Maine being regarded as extra
territorial , and under the immediate
direction of Cantain Sigsbee. as re
presentative of the Un'ted States. Ac
cording to the view taken by the
Spanish authorities there can be no
trouble attending the work of the div
ers.
Captain Sigsbee will be recognized
as the one to direct operations and to
send down the government divers for
such ins-ioction as he sops nroper to
make. Mr. du Bose feels assured
however , that Captain Siesbee w-ll
extend equal facilities to the Spanis ' i
divers , so that the inspection may nro-
ceed together. As to what divers Cap
tain Sigsbee will employ , the feeling
among the Spanish officials here is
that this will be wholly a matter of
discretion with Captain Sigsbee as
the one in charge of a piece of nronpr-
ty having the attributes of American
soil. But at the same time the feeling
is expressed that this discretion will
lead to the choice of authorized divers
of the navy department rathpr than
those representing newspapers.
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ALBUQUERQUE , N. M. , Feb. 21.
It is predicted that at least ten car
loads of burros will be shipped out of
New Mexico for the Alaskan gold
fields on the opening of spring. It is
learned that Steve Naughton , other
wise known as "Gunnysack Riley. "
has made a trip to the village of Isleta
for a syndicate of Seattle gentlemen
for the urpose of buying up all spare
burros of that village from the Pueblo
Indians. "Gunnysack Riley" is a
character , but he is popular among the
Indians. Yesterday C. T. Brown , a \
liveryman of Socorro , bought a car
load of burros from Eutimio Montoya
and will ship them to Alaska.
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Oxnard and Annexation Treaty ,
WASHINGTON , Feb. 21. Henry T.
Oxnard , president of the Beet Sugar
company of Nebraska and California. , '
is considerably worked up over the <
position assumed by the Nebraska an
nexationists in relation to the Hawai-
an treaty. He emphatically tar.s that
they are wrong when they assert that ;
the annexation of Hawaii would not
affect the beet sugar interests in Ne
braska.
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Lawlessness in Alaska.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 21. Secretary
Bliss is in receipt of a letter from (
Governor Brady , cf Alaska , descrin- (
live cf the lawless condition of af
fairs at Ska cway and Dyea. It was re- :
fc-rred to the cabinet meeting today
when Alaskan affairs were under dis- ,
cussion. and was considered sufficient ;
justification by the members fcr the
dispatch of additional military force
already authorized to be sent to Al
askan territorv. i
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Leiter has not disposed of his
wheat ; he is waiting fcr a rise. '
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GKNKKAT , STKWS AND NOTm.
Some photographic experiments at JJ J I
a distance of ten or twelve feet tmiljr # r ]
water were successfully carried out U g , „
' the bay of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil. The * * * *
camera was carried by a. diver and A |
the light was supplied by an electric &M
lamp carried In the diver's headpiece. 1g
Senator Burrows , while riding to the > * v I
capitol on a car recently , was looking &E
over a prepared speechkwhen he suddenly - , . , <
denly realized that he was delivering * ?
it aloud , to the great amusement of -
the ether passengers. Mr. Burrows was i
so embarrassed that he got off the car v
and took the next one. A
A Washington physicidn has moved
into a new house , one of the finest in
that city. He calls it the dotted veil |
house. When people seemed surprised ;
ho explains. The money to build the
mansion was accumulated from feet ;
which were earned in the treatment oC r
eyes injured by the wearing of dotted
H
veils. :
Hat
The roof of the Australian museum
at Sydney , which had been destroyed
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by termites , or "white ants , " had to b <
replaced with a covering composed | H
largely of steel and cooper. Recently 1
it was discovered that these destrutivo
little creatures had also ruined the H
underpinning of one of the important M
floors of the museum. The woik of H
the termite is peculiar in that it is H
carried on in the interior of the timber li , * v. M
and does not reveal itself until the M
structure is about to fall to pieces. |
Major S. K. Hooper of the Denver & M
Rio Grande railway , is receiving communications - H
munications from different parts of. . H
Colorado asking him to take decisive v H
steps toward paving the way for a ' / H
grand patriotic demonstration in Denver - H
ver in 1903 , in honor of the purchasa ' H
of Louisiana , of which Colorado was a H
part. He says : "There is no doubt H
that a celebration will be held. Whcth- H
er it is held in Denver depends on the H
people of this city. I will not undertake - H
take to assume the responsibility of / - H
calling a meeting to consider the sub- M
ject. The convention and excursion * H
committee of the chamber of torn- H
merce is the hotly which should take H
the initiative. Of one thing , however. H
we may be assured , and that is a H
celebration will be held somewhere * M
within tlie limits of the Louisiana | H
purchase. It will be a grand affair. H
and the city that secures the prize will M
reap large benefits. M
The Grosvenor bill for the arhitra- fl
tion of labor disputes has been reported - M
ed back to the house with amendment ; B
by the labor committee. The amendments - M
ments require the arbitration hoard t > M
commence their hearings within five M
days from the date of the apoo ntment M
of the third arbitrator , and to fib ) their M
award in twenty days therefrom , and , M
pending the arbitration , the status existing - M
isting immediately prior to the dis- M
putc shall not be changed. Similar H
bills , though not as complete in their M
provisions , have twice passed the. H
house , but too late fcr action by the M
senate. The present bill makes the M
commissioner of labor and the chairman - M
man of the interstate commerce commission - M
mission a board of conciliation in can- - H
troversies as to was s. hours of labor / m |
or employment conditions between a M
carrier and its employes , to seek to M
reach an amicable settlement ) through . M
communication with the parties at is- ( u : M
sue. failing winch they are tc bring rj H
about arbitration by submitting the v M
matter to a board of three persons. • fl
one appoinive by each side , the third M
by these two. \ , M
Secretary Wilson , of the agricultural M
department , has returned to Washington - | H
ton from a visit to Florida , where he M
went at the suggstion of the president t M
to study the productions of that ccun- M
try. The secretary savs "The most . M
striking development I found in F' .nr- : fl
ida was the growth of th < * tobacco in- ' il H
terest. Within the last few years 40. - ' fl l
'
000 Cubans have come over from their M
native country , many of whom 1 ad ; j H
been lifelong tobacco growers. I rlso ' M
looked upon the orange industry ; td ' M
believe that there is no m.pica ! belt iu M
Florida. Frost will come cccasionlly M
and injure the fruir. but protection • M
might be had for the Florida orange. fl
as it sells very high , compnred wi'Ii |
the fruit from any other c ; in ry. " Tn fl
conclusion. Secretary Wiloi rxrrcss- M
es the opinion that straight farm ng ' M
will be of more value to the people M
than raising tobacc : ) . suirar cane vegetables - , |
etables , etc. . and that the s'a le industries - M
dustries of the state would ba dairy- |
ing. catle raising , sheep raising , bacon , ' M
hog raising , etc. ' , J A
LIVK STOCK ASl ) I'KODt'CE M.\UKl' .T. ; | |
OiiotatioTi > > Front New York. Chicago , St |
I.imis , Omaha and Klseivhcre. ' |
Kutter Creamery separator. . * . " 0 IB ; 21 V H
Butter Choice fancy country. . H < & Ti ; H
Egg * , Fresh U'A' VS. H
Chicken- Per lb i ; ( t , 7 H
Tiirkeysfciier lh K C10 H
Duekb.pcr lb 7 < i • , x H
• Ji'i'M-Per lb 7 ft x H
Lemons Choice Messinas 2 7.1 fo • ' . ' ( M j H
iioney Choice , per lb 12 fe u H
Onions per hit 1 10 C'J 1 2" , j H
Cranberries. .kr. e > s per bbi 7 00 dn 7 2" . H
Beans Hand-licked Navv 1 ii ( fc I : vi H
Potatoes per bn .V ) < & .v H
Sweet potatores-Icr bbi 2 25 < gj 2 . " ! > H
Oranges Per box 2 7T ' ( / . : ; ( .0 H
Apples Winter stock , per bbi 3 00 & / } : ? cm H
j.'y ' P-and 1 cr ton i .7 * st r . j H
Wheat P rhu Su to 1 r ( H
Corn Perbu ; : i ( ? > ; • . J M
Oat Per bu 27 < fe > i\\ 1
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET. j H
Hogs Choice light ; • . < • . ; & : j < ( , | H
Hogs Heavy weights : i S3 < & : ; S" H
Beet steers S 75 4 - j H
Mu-k ! " i. < & : ; . - > o |
, ks : j 00 < t5r. M
Calves. . . . . . . . . . 75 < 1 ! 00 H
Western L-coders : t < H ) < & v • . - , f M
Heifers j m © 4 1- M
Stoekers and Feeders 1 25 < & t 75 H
Sheep Western Lambs 5 00 < S . " 41) H
sheep Mi.M-d western ; ; 03 < & i m H
CHICAGO. M
Wheat No.2 spring 91 tJt rtv , j H
Corn per bu a 'fn • jo H
Oats perbu 7 qr -ri H
Barley-No. 2 yoim ,7 H
Bye > o.2 43i& - M
Timothy seed Prime per tiu. . 2 77 * 0/ ; • • ni H
• ' ° rk II ) • < &llo- H
Lard-perlfOIbs 0 w < A0. f M
Cattle Choice beef steers la ) tc j • , ' H
Cattle Stoekers and feeders. . . ! Oa at A , iii H
Sheep Native Lambs 4 00 < - * . . - . , H
NEW YORK MAUKET. H
\Vheat-No. 2 , r.Ml. Winter 1 0i (3 ( 1 aj * \ ' " H
Corn No. 2 • ; - a/ iz.r I H
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M -oco @ inV
Lau tioo eta . - , n |
KANSAS cm. M
Wheat No.2 , spring On * ( p. „ „ . H
Dats-Xn 2 7,1 f.f ; * J M
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Hogs-Mi.ied - rl
sheep-Muttons. . . . ; ; : " : " " ij # S iJ iX " M
O'attle-S-ocI-ci-s and rccUcwJ. 3 S g 3 f.0 / H
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