M'COUK TRIBUNE.
P. Al. KIMMKLL , PnblUher.
McCOOK , - : - - : - NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA.
The last day of the exposition had
an attendance of a little over 01,000.
The total attendance at the exposi
tion from June 1 to November 1 was
2.G13.3V4.
The officials of the First National
bank of O'Neill have arranged to open
a bank at Nellgh.
A defective sidewalk Is the ground
presented for a claim of $1,000 which
has been presented tc the city council
of Fremont by Leon G. Road.
Mrs. Mohr , widow of the late Henry
Mohr , living ; two miles south of Millard -
lard , committed suicide by hanging
herself In an outbuilding. She was
58 years old and in comfortable cir
cumstances. Her husband , a wellto -
do farmer , died about four months
ago. ,
A comparative statement of the live
stock receipts for the ten months endIng -
Ing yesterday , says a South Omaha cor
respondent , shows C97.1G7 cattle , 1,628-
056 hogs and 962,323 s eep. This Is 'an
increase over the same period of time
last year of 8,828 cattle , 306,572 hogs
and 438,624 sheep. The total receipts
for the year up to date number 3,296-
552 head of stock.
Ed. F. Moreland , the assistant post
master at Yucan , Tex. , was arrested in
Omaha on a charge of the embezzle
ment of $2,000 In cash and stamps from.
that state , was held before Com
missioner Wappich In the sum of $5-
000 pending the return of Judge Hun
ger to supply papers for his removal to
Texas. Moreland was accompanied to
Omaha by a woman who claims to be
his wife.
j-
James Delaney anc rat Donelly , both
of Saunders county , had a fight which
came near terminating fatally. The
two men had been drinking some. Don
elly says they got into a quarrel over
some small matter and Delaney pulled
a gun and fired directly at him. Just
as he pulled the gun Donelly sprang at
his assailant and grabbed the gun by
the barrel as the shot was fired. The
offending party was placed under ar
rest
Mrs. Foster Church , one of Alex
andria's most respected women , was
found dead in bed , suffocated by gas
from a base burner. The stove was set
up only a day or two and not beine
very cold , and the wind blowing very
hard all day and evening the drafts
were all closed and left closed. Her
little grandson , Harry Burnham , son
of B. H. Burnham of Button , was
rooming with her , and the only won
der is that he escaped.
Mrs. John Tomaselc of North Bend
died as the result of taking poisonous
fluids. Mrs. Tomasek took two ounces
of aconite , two ounces of opium and
another poisonous fluid. Two physl-
claus were summoned and worked with
the woman all night , but could not re
lieve her. Mrs. Tomasek is the daugh
ter of Anton. Schmelka and is the tnird
sister to depart this life by the suicide
route. She has been married about
seven years and leaves two children
besides her husband. No cause can be
given for the deed.
Suspended in midair 225 , feet above
the earth , at Omaha on the last day of
the Trans-Mississippi exposition , oc
curred a wedding. It was in one of the
cars of the Giant See Saw that Mr.
Freeman N. B. Snyder of Rawlins ,
Wyo. , and Miss Nina L. Rhodes of
Aberdeen , S. D. , were united in mar
riage by the Rev. S. M. Ware , D. D. ,
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
church of Omaha. The managers of
the See Saw permitted only the wed
ding party to ascend in the car in
which the ceremony was -performed.
Fifty letters were in the mall this
morning , says a Lincoln dispatch , for
the adjutant general of the Grand
Army of the Republic containing in
quiries regarding the proposed Christ
mas -boxes for the Nebraska soldiers at
Manila. He has now arranged with
the government so that these boxes
when properly packed will be trans
ported from Lincoln to San Francisco
free of charge. Carriage must be pre
paid to Lincoln , and those who con
template sending boxes should com
municate with General Gage at once.
The Nebraska Woman's Missionary
Society , in session at Plattsmouth ,
elected officers for the ensuing year
as follows : President. Mrs. J. H.
Miller , Lincoln ; corresponding sec
retary , Mrs. Dinsmore , Beatrice ; treas
urer , Mrs. Hall , Lincoln ; secretary or
literature , Mrs. B. M. Stoutenborough ,
Plattsmouth ; secretary general ob
jects , Miss Q. Granger , Palmyra ; as
sistant , Miss Badger , Lincoln ; delegate
to general assembly , Mrs. Dinsmore ,
Beatrice ; alternate , Mrs. Creigh , Oma
ha ; delegate to northwest board at
Minneapolis. Mrs. J. C. Miller , Lincoln ;
alternate , Mrs. Marshland.
Meager particulars of the murder of
Lawrence R. True , son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. B. C. True of Tecumseh. at
Cincinnati have reached his late home.
Mr. True had been in the employ of
the'CommercialTribune at Cincinna
ti for some time as proof reader , but
gave up his job and started for Texas
to * oin a brother in the newsnaper
business there. He had left Cincinna
ti presumably on a freight steamer for
St. Louis and as he had upwards of
S100 on his person it is believed he was
killed for his money and thrown over
board. H"Is body , with Che throat cut
and otherwise lacerated , was found
floating near Lawrenceburg , Ind. Mr.
True was about 30 years of age.
The force at the governor's office
was busy last week making out com
missions for the 500 associate delegates
to be appointed to attend the eigh
teenth annual meeting of the Farmers'
National congress , wiich will be held
in Fort Worth. Tex. , December 6 to
14 , 1898.
A grand banquet was prepared under
.
from 8L Paul , in their finely
Kev.
made by
Speeches were
Gcrge hall A. Ray , Rev. C. C. Cissell , Lieu
tenant J. F. Devlne and others
The New Canal , by Treaty , Must
Be Under Joint Control ,
NEW COMPLICATION RAISED ,
Proncut Good reeling : Jluy Indnco Great
Britain to Withdraw Its Nlcariifjuuu
Claims The CommlHSion to filalco Its
Report In u Month.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 7. The Nicar-
nguan canal commission appointed by
the President under an act of Congress
directing a complete inquiry into this
project with particular reference to its
practicability and cost , has about com
pleted its work and the present pros
pect is that the report will be handed
to Secretary Hay in about a month.
The commission has taken a building
on Fifteenth street , formerly used as
the German legation , and under the
direction of Admiral Walker , chair
man , a force of thirty-six computers ,
draftsmen , engineers , etc. , is at work
upon the report and the mass of tech
nical matter which will accompany
it. The commission is laboring to
avoid prolixity and to bring out the
salient features of this great project ,
leaving the statistics and details to
follow in supplements.
The conclusions reached by the com
mission will not be announced until
the report is submitted. It is known ,
however , that on the two salient fea
tures practicability and cost the
commission will report first , that the
project of a canal joining the Atlantic
and Pacific by what is commonly
known as the Nicaragua route , is en
tirely feasible and practical , present-
ing-no engineering problems that can
not be met ; and , second , that the cost
can be presented with a fair degree of
mathematic exactness , allowing for
excavation , construction and all other
items. The report will give this cost
in figures , but the amount is not yet
known even to the commissioners , as
it will depend upon the careful compu
tations now making. The purpose is
to make it as near mathematically
exact as possible , and not to give a
mere opinion of the various commis
sioners.
Admiral Walker has already ex
pressed the opinion before a congress
ional committee that the cost would
be within § 125,000,000 and this is
understood to be his opinion still. The
especial element of doubt will be in
establishing the unit of cost for cer
tain estimates , as there may be differ
ences as to this unit , depending on
conditions of the soil , climate , etc.
For instance , while the commissioners
may fix with exactness the total num
ber of cubic feet of excavation required
in such a vast undertaking , it is not
easy to fix on fifty cents , or any other
sum , as the unit for reckoning the
whole or any considerable part of the
woi-k. This will be done as closely as
possible under the circumstances. The
report , it is understood , will be unani
mous , as the commissioners are agreed
on the essential features of the cost ,
practicability , route , etc. the only
difference being on the unit of cost on
some of the branches of the work.
The report will not refer to the po
litical questions involved , but will con
fine itself to the scientific and engin
eering problems. The political ques
tions , it is recognized , are for the State
department and for Congress. They
involve the question of concessions and
rights granted by Nicaragua to the
old Nicaragua Canal company , and
quite recently to a company of Ameri
can capitalists ; also the question of the
right of the United States to build the
canal as a distinct government enter
prise , without reference to private con
cessions ; and finally the complications
growing out of the disappearance of
Nicaragua , November 1 , as a sovereign
nation and its absorption bj' the United
States of Central America.
It is knoxvn to be the private opin
ion of some of the members of the com
mission that the canal can be con
structed by the government. One of
the most serious obstacles urged
against the canal as a government pro
ject has been the Clay ton-Bui wer
treaty and the right of joint occupancy
and control under it claimed by Great
Britain. But there is a growing feel
ing that the sentiments developed be
tween the two countries during the
progress of the recent war will go far
to remove this obstacle , and will prob
ably pave the way for a complete un
derstanding between the countries.
Kobbod Express Companies for Years.
TOLEDO , Ohio , Nov. 7. William
Beck , a Lake Shore railway employe ,
has been arrested for stealing from ex
press cars. Ilia house was stored full
of silverware , clothing , silks 'and sat
ins He confessed that he had been
stealing for years from express com
panies. Goods to the value of § 3,000
were recovered.
Monmouth College Is Offered 850,000.
MONMOUTH , 111. , Nov. 7. James Law.
a wealthy citizen of Chicag > . has of
fered to give 550,000 to the trustees of
Monmouth college on condition that
they raise a like amount by commence
ment day , next June. The money is
to go to the endowment of the chairs
of literature and sociology. It was
accepted by the trustees.
Omaha Concessions Took In Million.
OMAHA , Nov. 7. The concessions de
partment of the exposition has turned
in gross earningschiefly from percent
ages , amounting to S307.000. This
means that as the percentages aver
aged 50 per cent , the concessions took
in more than Sl.000,000.
A Kansas Soldier Diet in Cuba.
SANTIAGO , Nov. 7. Private Seymour
Steelc , " a member of Company F ,
Twenty-third negro Kansas regiment ,
died here Thursday of malarial fever.
WAR INQUIRY TESTIMONY ,
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Dr. GrlflHh of Kansas City SayB Roil
Tape I to Illume.
CINCINNATI , Ohio , Nov. 7. The war
investigating commission had an in
teresting session yesterday.
Lieutenant Colonel Miner , command
ing the Sixth infantry , testified to the
movements of his regiment from Port
Tampa to Santiago and return. He
regarded the Tampa camp as excellent.
There was difficulty in getting trans
portation from Tampa to Cuba. The
transport Miami , in which his regi
ment went to Santiago , was not fit for
troops. The men would have died in
.their quarters if the voyage had not
been mild , so that the portholes were
open and air thus supplied.
Being asked about the diet , he said
he would recommend pickles and vege
tables for Cuba. "The canned beef , "
he said , "was nauseating , and the
men , who were almost starved , woul
not eat it. It seemed to be beef that
had been boiled /or extracts and was
as free from nutriment as chips. The
canned corn beef was good , but we did
not get it. The Armour and Libbey
beef was absolutely unfit for use when
we got it. "
Major Griffith , of Kansas City , testi
fied regarding the camp conditions at
Chickamauga and the hospitals. He
had difficulty in getting enough tents ,
and when he secured the proper num
ber he found the last ones were of poor
quality. , From private and state
sources the regiments were supplied
with hospital tents. As a rule , the
men detailed as nurses were unfit.
He attributed the failure at the
Camp Thomas hospitals to "red tape , "
and "peace for thirty years , " which
incapacitated the department for ex
pansion for emergency. One great
difficulty in getting supplies of drugs
arose from passing requisitions from
the division surgeon to the corps sur
geon and the surgeon-in-chief. This
required a week.
He asked the corps commander , on
June 20 , to have the typhoid patients
isolated. The epidemic could thus
have been avoided , but no attention
was given to the request.
He regarded Hies and water as causes
of the infection. The beer drinking
and the unwholesome food assisted in
developing typhoid germs. The mor
tality from typhoid fever in this hos
pital was sixty-six out of 1,587 cases.
Woman Gets Revenge.
MUNCIE , Ind. , Nov. 7. This morn
ing John Bailey , a prominent farmer ,
residing eight miles north of this city ,
was shot to death by Mrs. Levi.Black ,
a neighbor. Ten days ago Mrs. Black
had Bailey arrested on the charge of
criminal assault. The court trial re
sulted in acquittal. Since that time
Mrs. Black has been the butt of much
talk \ This preyed upon her miud and
the tragedy was the result.
Ruhlln Bests Clioynskl.
PHILADELPHIA , Nov. 7. Joe Choyn-
ski escaped being put to sleep last
night at the Arena Athletic club , be
fore the savage onslaught of Gus
Ruhlm of Akron , Ohio. Each time he
was apparently saved by the bell. The
bout was limited to six rounds and
was one of the fastest seen here in a
long time.
All Voters Marie Constable * .
SPOKANE. Wash. , Nov. 7. The may
or has declared an emergency and is
sued a proclamation enrolling all per
sons over 21 years of age as special
constables to assist in arresting the
robbers who have been rampant late
ly. A reward of S500 is offered for the
conviction of any one of the robbers.
Railroads Not Exempt.
LINCOLN , Neb. , Nov 7. The right
of a city or town to assess an occupa
tion tax on a railroad corporation was
sustained by the supreme court , which
holds that such a law is not in viola
tion of the interstate commerce act ,
nor void because it taxes a , business
not transacted wholly within the city
Marsh's Bond Fixed.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 7. Judge But
ler of the district court , on application
of counsel for Gideon W. Marsh , the
fugitive bank president , fixed S20.000
as the amount of bail required for the
release of the prisoner. Marsh was not
present.
Gilbert I Champion.
CINCINNATI. Ohio , Nov. 7. The Cin
cinnati Gun club live bird tournament
ended yesterday with the result that
Fred Gilbert , of Spirit Lake. Iowa ,
won the silver cup and the live bird
championship of America.
Dcwey'n Formidable Fleet.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 7. Admiral
Bunco telegraphed the navy depart
ment yesterday that the cruiser Buf
falo. Commander Ilemphill. had sailed
at noon tor the Philippines via Suez.
The gunboat Helena sailed yesterday
for the same destination. With these
accessions coming immediately upon
the heels of Captain Parker's squad
ron of battleships and colliers , Ad
miral Dewey will have a forminablc
fleet , probably second in offensive
power to only one European nation ,
namely England , in Eastern'waters.
Cans Boats Mcl'nrtlaud.
NE\V YORK , Nov. 7. Joe Gans was
last night a varded the decision over
Kid McPartland in a twenty-five round
bout before the Lenox Athletic club.
McPartland was a favorite in the bet
ting over the Maryland boy. The men
put up a beautiful fight , both landing
freely and fiercely By the ninth
round Cans' success in landing his left
swings on'the head sent his stock up
McPartland began to get a bit wild in
his work , but the colored boy kept hi s
temper and his wind and kept plan ting
telling blows on his opponent's face.
Pleasure Was Not All That Took
Emperor William to the East ,
FORMED AN ARMED ALLIANCE ,
A Secret Treaty Is Said to Ilavo Been
Alado TVlth the Sultan Rumors of Im
portant Concessions The Imperial
Party Leaves Jerusalem for Homo.
Nov. 7. The Frankfort
Zeitung says that it learns that Em
peror William's visit to Turkey led to
an agreement by which Germany un
dertakes to support the integrity of
the sultan's Asiatic possessions , for
which Germany will receive commer
cial and industrial privileges. The
paper adds that it is believed that this
agreement is tantamount to a armed
alliance between the two countries.
Several rumors as to the real objects
of Emperor William's visit to Constan
tinople and the Holy land have been
in circulation ever since the intention
of His Majesty to visit the Orient was
announced , about a year ago. These
alleged purposes included important
railroad concessions to Germany , the
ceding of territory in Syria to Germany
for colonizing purposes , the ceding of
the port of Hafia. in Palestine , "the
ceding the island of Rhodes to Ger
many and granting Germany the right
to plant a large German colony along
the frontier of Tripoli. This last
agreement , it was added , was intend
ed to protect the sultan against French
encroachments across the Tripoli-
Tunis frontier and would also avoid
granting Germany a concession in
Asia Minor , which , it is added , would
induce Russia to demand compensa
tion.
tion.On
On the other hand , it has been an
nounced that some of the powers have
notified Turkey that she will not be
permitted to cede any territory to Ger
many ; and Russia , it was announced
from Berlin last Saturday , was arriv
ing at an understanding with Austria
and France to provide against the ac
complishment of certain German plans
in the Orient.
BEYKOTT , Nov. 7. The emperor and
empress of Germany arrived here to
day , but they will remain on board
the imperial yacht Hohenzollern until
Monday. They will then start for Da
mascus. Before embarking at Jaffa ,
Emperor William promised his protec
tion to the German colonists at that
place.
SOAPSUDS DIDN'T WORK ,
A Few Pounds of Oil Are Found to
"Lensvn the Dangers of Tempest.
NEW YORK , Nov. 7 Captain H.
Gathemann , of the North German
Lloyd steamship Oldenburg , has just
made public the result of experiments
with oil and soapsuds in quieting the
sea in the vicinity of the ship during a
storm.
He began his experiments in Decem
ber , 1S97. on a voyage from Baltimore
to Uremen , and used vegetable or
whale oil to good advantage. He al
lowed the oil to drop from buckets ar
ranged in the bow of the ship. The
waves , which had been breaking over
the ship , became remarkably quiet ,
and the sea within several hundred
yards of the ship became calm. The
captain used about 234 pounds of oil in
an hour during this experiment.
In January , 1S98 , Captain Gathe
mann began trying soapsuds. The
mixture consisted of fifteen pounds of
green soap and forty pounds of fresh
water. The soapsuds could be plainly
seen floating on the surface of the
water until a wave struck them and
then they quickly disappeared No
quieting effect was noticeable on the
sea , however , and when the buckets
were empty they were quickly filled
with oil and presently the sea again
became calm.
Captain Gethemann reports that he
has experimented with soapsuds
several times during his voyage this
year , bnt never found them efficacious.
TO MAKE BEET SUGAR.
A Factory la to Start In Peorln YVllh a
Dally Capacity of 35O Tons.
PEORIA. 111. , Nov. 7. The Illinois
Sugar Refining company , which has
just been incorporated at Springfield ,
is a new beet aiigar company , the first
organized in the Central states. Most
of the capital is furnislie 1 liy the
wholesale grocers of Peoria. The ca
pacity of the pl nt at the start will be
350 tons of bdets daily , but the works
will be buiit so that this capacity can
be doubled.
The 'FrJtco Strike.
SAN FRANCISCO , Cal . Nov 7. All
the morning papers appeared on time
this morning. Some men refused
to go out with the strikers and with
the assistance of employes in other
departments of the offk'es the stereo
typing and press work was done. The
strike will probably reach a crisis to
day. Both sides refuse to yield , but
the publishers seem the more confi
dent as they are encouraged at their
success in retaining soaie of their best
workmen.
Mlkndo Recalls M.irquU Ito From China.
LONDON , Nov. 7. A dispatch from
Shanghai says that the mikado has tel
egraphed Marquis Ito , the Japanese
statesman now on a special mission in
China , to return immediately to the
Japanese capital.
TTn CtMt Lonclonorx SIOO.OOO.
LONDON , Nov. 7. Claude VautSn , a
metallurgist and inventor known on
the Pacific coast , has left London after
a financial coup by which he secured
SIOJ,000 in Bank of England notes and
American railroad securities.
PAPERS STAND TOGETHER.
San Francisco Publishers to Shot Down
on Account of Labor Troubles.
SAN FKANCISCO , Nov. 7. The stereo-
typers in the Report office struck yes
terday. The employes of the Post and
Bulletin remained in their places all
the afternoon , but these papers waited
for the Report. It was 5:30 before the
Report's plates could be made at the
Bulletin office and sent down to the
Examiner office to be printed. At
that hour all three afternoon papers
appeared , and there Was a wild scram
ble for them by the waiting newsboys.
The men in the morning paper press
rooms have been ordered out by the
union , but it is not certain that they
will all go. The pressmen count on
the sympathy of the stereotypers to
help them win their fight , and may
try to involve all the mechanical de
partments of the papers.
The members of the Publishers' as
sociation declare that they will stand
by ther { agreement not to publish
their papers unless all the others can
publish , and it is very probable that
the people of San Francisco will have
to go without news during the election
time.
The pressmen demand an increase
of wages and have submitted a sched
ule which the newspapers decline to
accept. The increased wage would
amount to about 40,000 a year to the
newspapers. About seventy-five men
are employed in the newspaper press
rooms in this city.
HALF WERE SICK ,
Population Around Glbra Suffering : From
Smallpox.
SANTIAGO , Nov. 7. Dr. Woodson.
medical inspector of the military de
partment of Santiago , who arrived
here yesterday on the United States
cruiser Cincinnati , after visiting Hol-
guin , Gibara , Baracoa , Sagua de Tan-
amo and Guantanamo , reports that , on
his arrival at Gibara with Colonel
Hood's regiment , he discovered more
than half the population suffering
from smallpox There were also many
cases of typhoid and dysentery. He
went immediately to work and sys
tematically isolated the houses , insist
ing on the regiment ( the Second im-
munes ) being camped in a healthful
location near the sea.
/Every effort will be made to prevent
Hie American and Spanish soldiers
from fraternizing , as the Spaniards
come from Holguin , about thirty-
seven miles from Gibara , and are lia
ble to carry infection. The whole
country between the two towns is
thickly populated , and the plague is
scattered all along the route.
Medical supplies are badly needed ,
also delicacies for the convalescents ,
and the situation offers an excellent
opportunity for nurses and doctors of
the Red Cross.
Urge 3Iore Foiling Place * .
ST. Louis , Mo. , Nov. 7. Chairmen
Akins and Cook yesterday gave out the
following statement to their respec
tive part- representatives over the
state :
"Complications growing out of the
change in the Missouri election law ,
by which the number of tickets to be
handled has so greatl3 * increased as to
make it in many instances a physical
impossibility for the election judges
to write their initials on the ballots ,
as required by law , prompts us to
urge the chairman of our respective
county committees in each county to
join in a request to the countj * court
to convene Monday and establish such
additional polling places as the num
ber of voters may require. It is our
opinion that the use of rubber stamp
fac simile signatures would raise such
complications as might invalidate the
election. We therefore recommend
that such stamp fac simile signatures
be not used , but that the county court
establish the necessary polling places
in each county.
Ship Iturns at Sa.
VINKYAUD HAVEN , Mass. , Nov. 7. A
diaaster at sea , fortunately with a
small loss of life , five persons in all ,
was made known to-day by the land
ing here of twenty-two persons , who
escaped from the burning steamer
Croatan of the Clyde line , bound from
New York for Wilmington. N. C. , and
Georgetown. S. C. The disaster oc
curred on November 1 , about eighteen
miles north'of Cape Charles and about
200 miles from New York , from which
port the steamer sailed on October 31 ,
with a general cariro and eight passen
gers. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the
burned hull of the big freighter sank
beneath the waves.
Oppose McKlnley's Policy.
NEW YORK , Nov. 7. Seven gov
ernors and four members of the house
of representatives , in telegrams to the
World , give their views on the propo
sition to pay Spain $40,000,000 for the
Philippines. State executives and na
tional lawmakers generally agree on
opposing any plan calling for a money
payment by victor to vanquished.
Jefferson Seriously 111.
NKW YORK , Nov. 7. Owing to the
sudden and serious illness of Joseph
JefFer&on , who has been playing in
"The Rivals" at the Fifth Avenue
theater , the audience was dismissed
last night at S:10. He is threatened
with pneumonia.
No Pi y If They F.ilL
WASHINGTON , Nov. 7. Constructor
Ilobson was before the naval bureau
chiefs and spent two hours in argu
ment to convince the board of the ad
visability of allowing him to continue
the work of wrecking the Spanish
warships sunk oil Santiago. It was
finally decided that the MerrtU Wreck
ing company be allowed to continue
"
their work"on the Colon under an
agreement to pay salvage to them only
in case the vessel is raised , and , mean
while , to discontinue the heavy per
diem payments the company is now
receiving.
FRENCH SHOW THEIR PIQUE , *
Ambassador at tendon Komalna
From a Reception.
LONDON , Nov. 4. The 'situation regarding
gardingFaslioda is practically un
changed. Baron do Courcel , the
French ambassador , who on Tuesday
saw Sir Thomas Sanderson , permanent
under secretary of state for foreign af
fairs , was absent from Lord Salis
bury's reception yesterday.
The special dispatches from Paris re
peat the semi-official statement that
the evacuation of Fashoda is accepted
in principle , but that other stations
in the Uahr-El-Ghazal region will be
maintained.
A semi-official note , issued last even
ing , relative to the reports of a settle
ment of the Fashoda question says :
"The matter is substantially in the
same position as when the blue book
and yellow book were published. It
is not anticipated that France will
take further action until Major Mar-
chand's arrival at Cairo on Thursday ,
when explanations will be forthcoming
ingas to his reason for leaving
shoda. "
General Sanjrer Testifies.
LEXINGTON , Ky. , Nov. 4. The first
witness before the war investigation
commission was General Joseph P.
Sanger , who has had command of the
third division. He said the second
division camp at Chickamauga was
badly located , being in rocky ground
where sinks could not bo deeply dug. -
When asked why the quartermaster's j.
department could not furnish articles
necessary for supplying the army ,
General Sanger said : "The complex
system of furnishing supplies to our
army is at fault. If there was one de
partment to supply all wants of the
army there would be no clashes and f
these complications could not arise.
At Chickamauga the control of my
division hospital was taken from me
and given to the chief surgeon of the
corps.
"I believe General Brooke tried to
do all he could to bring the camp to a
good sanitary condition , but he was
surrounded by a medical board which
did not appreciate the serious condi
tion of affairs. Dr. lluidekoper espe
cially thought Dr. Griffith was un
necessarily alarmed. Dr. Griffith in
sisted that a case diagnosed as typhoid
malarial fever was in realty typhoid
fever. He examined Chickamauga
creek where the intake was located.
An engineer officer examined it and
pronounced it bad. "
Not 1'roporly Supplied *
SANTIAGO DE CUBA , Nov. 4. The
United States transport Port Victor
was to have left yesterday at noon for
the United States with a number of
sick officers and men. Fortunately ,
just before the hour fixed for her , de
parture , General Wood , military gov
ernor of the department of Santiago ,
went on board. To his amazement , he
found no provisions specially suitable
to sick persons , an entire lack of deli
cacies and an insufficiency of medical
supplies.
General Wood declares that here
after he will pay a personal visit to
every transport before it leaves the
harbor. He thinks it very strange
that , after all the experience had here
in this line , the medical department is
not able to manage its affairs better ,
and that the personal supervision of
the commanding general should be ne
cessary.
Kyle Repudiates KU Party.
ABERDEEN , S. D. , Nov. 4. United
States Senator J. H. Kyle , in an inter
view in the News to-day says : ' 'I re
pudiate the Populist party manage
ment in this state. "
Although still an independent , ho
will oppose the fusion until the state
has been redeemed from the element
that now controls the party. Ha
charges his Populist colleagues in Con
gress with being unpatriotic in not
supporting President McKinley in the
war against a common foe. He says :
"I am an American citizen ; proud of
our country , proud of our President ,
proud of our array and navy and proud
of our flag , and as long as I have
breath to cast a vote it shall be re
corded for my countrv , come what
\vilL"
The season is drawing nigh -when
the plumber will have a lead pine
cinch.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE
Omaha , Chicago and > 'ew Tork Market
Quotations.
OMAHA.
Butter Creamery separator. . . IS a sea
Butter Choice fancy country. 10 a 12
EPRS Fresh , per doz 15 a J7
Sprlns Chlclvens-Per pound C a 7
1'iairie Chickens 3 50 a 4 00
Pigeons lire , per doz 75 al 00
Lemons -Per box 4 73 a7 00
Orantrcs Per box 2 75 a 3 00
Cranuerrics Wisconsin.pcr box 1 :0 al 70
Apples Per barrel 275 a 3 i-0
Honey Choice , per pound It a 15
Onions I'erbusiiel 3.1 a 40
Beans Hand picked navy 123 al 50
Potatoes Per bushel , new 33 a 40
Ilay Upland per ton 5 00 a 5 50
SOUTH OMAHA.
Hogs Choice lixht 330 a 3 W
Hogs Heavy weights 345 a 3 50
Beef steers 4 13 a 5 05
Bulls 240 a 2 GO
" " " " " " " a 4 00
Calves . . "I. . 5 75 a 7 00
Western feeders 2 75 a323
Cows 2 00 a 350
Heifers 3 30 a35
Stockers and feeders 3 C3 a 4 25
Sheep Muttons 3 50 a 4 0)
Sheep Grass Western 4 10 a 4 30'
CHICAGO.
Wheat No.2
spring 05 a COVj
Corn Per bushel
33
a S2S
Oats Per bushel
a 2iu
Barlev No , 2
31 a 44
Kye-No.2
43 a 4t
{
Timothy seed , per bu 2 25 a 2 sea
" a 7 SO
Lard Per 100 pounds IIIII" 4 KJ a 4
Cattle Western Uansers 2 0 a 4 70
Cattle Native beef steers 4 CO a t ir
Hogs Mixed 3 50 a 3 75 .
Shtej ) Lambs 4 5- ) a 5 CO
Snerp Western Unngers 4 00 a 4 20
NEW YOKK MAUKCT. \
Wheat No.2 , red winter 67 a C7t <
No. 2
Corn 39 a
SOVi
Oats No. 2 2-j a 2JS
KANSAS crrr.
Wheat No. 2spring C2
Corn No.2 29 a ? . ,
J o.2 '
Qats 5 a >
Sheep-Muttons. . . . 4 00 a 4 to
Hops Mixed 350 a 3 CO
Cattle Stockers and feedors. . . 3 23 a 4 W
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