Preliminaries Settled and All is in Readi
ness for Business ,
THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL PROBLEMS
Two Proposition * Are Made for Settle
ment of the game Attitude of the
Nebraska Delegation The Kcsolutlon
of Mr. Harrington , of O'Neal How
"Western States Are Sldod Up.
SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , May 10. The
real work of the populist national con
vention will begin In earnest today
the preliminary having been disposed
of by the work done In yesterday's
session. About 600 delegates have
spent the day In diligent consideration
of the vice presidential problem and
to some slight extent the situation
has clarified In consequence. While
the result Is as uncertain as it was
yesterday , the line of demarcation Is
more sharply drawn. The fight Is
now narrowed down until there are
practically but two propositions being
considered. One Is that the conven
tion nominate a vice president and of
those favoring this action probably
three-fourths or more are preaching
Charles 9. Towne as Bryan's running
mate. The other proposition is that
the whole matter bo delegated to a
committee empowered to act at Kan
sas City. The Nebraska delegation
agreed to the latter plan by a vote
of 30 to 13 , by agreeing to support ,
in convention , the following resolution
presented by M. F. Harrington of
O'Neill :
"Resolved , By the people's party of
the United States of America in dele
gate convention assembled , that a con
ference committee be chosen by this
convention to consist of one person
from each state and territory chosen
by the delegates from the several
states and territories each choosing
one , and that said committee be and
is hereby empowered and required to
meet a conference committee to be ap
pointed by the democratic national
convention and silver republican con
vention to be held In Kansas City next
July 4 , ly u , and that the conference
committee chosen by this convention
be and Is hereby empowered to nom
inate such person as the said three
conference committees may agree upon
for the office of vice president of the
United States of America and In case
the said conference committees want
to agree upon a nominee for vice pres
ident , then the conference committee
chosen by this convention is empow
ered and required to nominate a pop
ulist or silver republican for the said
office of vice president of the United
States. "
In favor of this plan are also lined
up the Colorado , Kansas and Iowa
delegations and it is believed the ma
jority of those from Wisconsin and
Michigan. The leaders in this move
ment are Senator Allen , General J. B.
Weaver and T. M. Patterson. The
nomination of Towne by this conven
tion is strongly supported by Senators
Pettlgrew and Butler.
BOER PRISONERS SATISFIED.
Best of Treatment Being : Given Them
ft
According : to Consul Stoivc.
WASHINGTON , May 10. The de
partment of state is in receipt of a
dispatch from the consul general of
the United States at Capetown , dated
April 7 , 1900 , wherein he states that he
has visited the Boer prisoners in camp
and on board the transport at Simons
bay , at the military prison at Cape
town and In camp at Green Point.
Mr. Stowe visited General Cronje ,
who at the time was on board the flag
ship in Simons bay , occupying the ad
miral's quarters. General Cronje ex
pressed a wish to see Mr. Stowe , and
declared himself well satisfied with his
quarters and treatment. Mr. Stowe
remarks that he talked freely with the
other prisoners , and the universal
statement was that they vere well
cared for and were satisfied with their
treatment.
YATES WINS IN ILLINOIS
Richard Yates Nominated for Governor
on Fourth Ballot.
PEORIA , May 10. The republican
state convention nominated the follow
ing ticket. The nomination for gov
ernor was made n the furth ballot , af
ter a prolonged struggle. Governor
Tanner and his friends worked stren
uously for the nomination of Judge
Elbridge Hanecy of Chicago.
For governor , Richard Yates of Jack
sonville ; for lieutenant governor , Wil
liam A. Northcofl of Bond county , for
secretary of state , James A. Rose of
Pope conuty , for state auditor , James
S. McCullough of Champaign , for state
treasurer , M. 0. Williamson of Galesburg -
burg , for attorney general , Howland
J. Hamlln of Shelbyville.
Uanna Says It Will Be Long ; .
CHICAGO , 111. , May 10. A special
to the Times-Herald from Washing
ton says :
Senator Hanna said tonight : "There
will be no stampeding of the conven
tion at Philadelphia to Governor
Roosevelt or anyone else. The nomi
nation will not be forced upon Mr.
Roosevelt or any other man gainst his
wishes. In my opinion , Secretary
Long will be named for vice president
by the Philadelphia convention. "
Daily Bond Exchanges.
WASHINGTON , DJ C. , May 10. The
amount of bonds so far received at the
treasury for exchange for the 2 per
cent consols is $267,557,400 , of which
$50,322,950 were received from indi
viduals and institutions other than
national banks.
Condition of the Treasury.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , May 10. To-
Say's statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund , exclusive of
the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the
division of redemption shows : Avail
able cash balance , $144,959,741 ; gold ,
$77,061.920 ,
FILIPINOS AGAIN BECOME ACTIVE
Leader , Aeulnaldo , Acsin at
Ilcncl of a Large Force.
MANILA , May 9. Telegrams receiv
ed bere from General Young repcrt
that Agulnaldo has rejoincsa the rebel
general , Tlno , In tie ; : orih and thai
thvy have reassembled a coni'dorablc
fcrce In the mountains. General Young
ceslres to strike them batoro the rains
and asks for reinforcements.
The tenor of the dl.spatoh indicatra
that General Young ! a conthlnnt that
Agt'innldo Is will. Tlno ami it id pre-
sumoil they : re plannvj to rosumi
1.K.J ting during the rains.
Company F of the Forty-seventh reg-
' tr. ' fitmet an" ! routed ' : i ban-1 of tie
enemy between Legaspl and Kiago ,
province of Albay , April 1.1. Two Amer
icans were killed and five wera wound
ed , including two ofllcerp. The Filipinos
pines lost heavily. The conditions
around Legaspi and Sorsbsoa are re
ported to be continued disturbed.
Two rebel attacks on tha American
garrisons in Visayan Islands recently
have resulted in the killing of 280 of
the enemy and the woun'l'ns cf two
Americans.
At daybreak , May 1 , forty rebels , 100
of them armed with rifles , attickel
Catarman , In Northern Saonar , In the
vicinity of Catubig , F company of the
Forty-third regiment * IB garrisoning
the place. The enem : built trenches
on the outskirts of the town during
the night and flred volleys persJstcjmv
irora It until the Americans , churning
the trenches , scattered the Filipinos
and killed 155 of them. Two Americans
were wounded. This attack was pre
cipitated by the enemy's recent suc
cessful flght at Catubig. The garrison
of Catarman has been removed io the
seaport of Laguan.
A force of Filipinos , estimated to
number 200 men armed with rifles and
bolos , and operating four muzzle-load
ing * cannons , attacked Jaro , on Leyte
island , April 15 , which place was gar
risoned by twenty-five men of B com
pany of the Forty-third regiment ,
Lieutenant Estes commanding. Estes
left fifteen men to protect the town ,
and with the remaining ten men he ad
vanced on the enemy in two squads ,
sheltered by the ridges south of the
town , whence they stood off the 1F11-
pines for three hours. Then twenty
armed members of the local police
force sallied out to help Estes' Amer
icans. The latter , with the police ,
charged the enemy and together they
dispersed the Filipinos , and after the
flght was over burled 125 of them.
There were no American casualties.
WIIL GET HALF A MILLION
Executors of Pullman Will Are to Be
Well Paid for Their Services.
CHICAGO , May 9. The final report
of the executors of the estate of the
late George M. Pullman is expected to
be filed in the probate court this week.
It is believed the report will show that
the estate , which amounted to some
thing over $8,000,000 when the will
was filed , has grown to $15,000,000 un
der the administration of Robert T.
Lincoln and Norman B. Ream , as ex
ecutors. The compensation of the ex
ecutors for handling the estate will be
more than half a million dollars.
CONVENTION HALL IS RISING.
National Committee Well Satisfied With
Its Progress.
KANSAS CITY , May 9. For the second
end time since Convention hall was
destroyed by fire on April 4. the sub
committee of the national democratic
committee met here today and put
its stamp of approval upon the hall
and general improvements being made
by Kansas Cityans. The committee in
cludes Judge Adair Wilson , Colorado ;
C. A. Walsh , Iowa ; D. J. Campau ,
Michigan and W. J. Stone , Missouri ,
who arrived in the city this morning.
lord Roberts Goes Forward.
LONDON , May 9. In spite of these
wrecked railroads the British advance
goes on steadily. Lord Roberts' out
posts are apparently about twelve miles
north of Smalldeel. General Brabant
has joined General Rundle at Thaba
N'Chu , whence they are moving for
ward. The country is all quiet in that
direction.
Pays High Tribute to Boers.
WASHINGTON , May 9. At the ses
sion of the senate Mr. Teller of Colorado
rado delivered a speech in which he
strongly urged the senate to extend its
sympathy to the Boers in their contest
with Great Britain. The adoption of
ais resolution of sympathy , he main
tained , could not be considered as an
unfriendly act by the British govern
ment.
May Ship Ice to New York.
CHICAGO , May 9. Chicago ice com
panies may go to the rescue of New
Yorkers who are fighting the ice trust
In that city. The trust advanced prices
In the eastern city 100 per cent April 1.
Ice dealers in Chicago say they can
ship their product from this city and
sell it for less than 60 cents a hun
dred weight , the price the trust is
charging famines in New York.
Renovate Turkey's Navy.
CONSTANTINOPLE , May 9. An
imperial irade just issued orders
contracts to be signed with foreign
ship builders for renovating eight an
tiquated ironclads.
Hanged for Killing a Railroad Man.
NEW YORK , May 9. Edward Clif
ford was hanged in the Hudson coun
ty , New Jersey , jail today for the mur
der of Division Superintendent W. G.
Wattson of the West Shore railway in
1895.
.Toilet Mills Kesnme.
JOLIET , 111. , May 9. Three of the
tour mills of the American Steel ind
Wire company started today with near-
y a full force , i,200 men going to work.
? or the present only a day force will
be run , but it Is expected the night
men will be put on in a short time.
Another British Change.
-KINGSTON , Jamaica. May 9. Ad
vices from St. Kitts say the island is
n a terrible financial condition , owing
to the shortage of the sugar crop. The
secretary of state for the colonies , Jo
seph ojamberlain , has been asked to
start relief worka.
Husband's Stomach May Show Poison ,
But Who Gave It to Him ?
HER LIFE IN THE YORK JAIL.
Efforts of Some A'dmlrcrs to Hold Con
vocation "With Her Ono of Them
Ilarely Ks capes Capture Prisoner
Maintains a Cool , Calm Manner Mis
cellaneous Nebraska Notes.
YORK , Neb. , May 14 The fact thai
a pursuing Jailer stumbled over a lawn
mower in the dark Is all that saved
one of Mrs. Frost's men admirers from
being captured. For several nights
two or more men have been signalling
and rapping on the casement of the
windows of the jail , calling to Mrs.
Frost that they wanted to talk with
her. The authorities thinking that
possibly there might be an attempt
by parties to converse with Mrs. Frost
they located her in a cell back and
away from the outside windows where
it Is a little difficult to communicft.e
with the outside public and informed
her that one of the rules of tha jail
was that she should hold no communi
cation oil conversation with anyone on
the outside with the threat that if she
did they would remove her still farther
from the window and in not as pleas
ant a cell room.
When Jailer Blckley was In the
jail he heard a gentle knocking , then
louder and then heard some man call
ing "Mrs. Frost , Mrs. Frost. " Putting
out the light in the jail Bickley crept
around to the side door and made a
dash for the intruder and would have
captured him had it not been that he
stumbled over a lawn mower left in
the court house yard.
Just what these men admirers or
friends of Mrs. Frost want is a ques
tion. It is believed that if it were not
for the vigilance of the jailer there
might have been an attempted jail de
livery. The York county jail is one
of the best and strongest country jails ,
situated in the basement of the court
house in the north east corner. One
or two inmates in past years have got
ten out and escaped.
Mrs. Frost , in appearance , conver
sation and actions Is apparently less
concerned as to the results of the
chemical analysis of the stomach ot
Mr. Frost than any other woman in
York. She still maintains that cool ,
calm manner , heartily eats her meals
and spends most of the time reading
books , magazines and newspapers.
In conversation the subject of her
husband's death was brought around
and in reply to the question asking her
if she did not think it would go hard
with her if the chemical analysis
showed poison in the stomach , she , in
a half boasting way , replied that "it
does not matter much whether the
stomach was full of poison , they would
have a pretty hard time to prove that
I gave it to Mr. Frost. "
A Bank's Deal With Hartley.
OMAHA , Neb. , May 14. A deposi
tion on behalf of the defense in .the
case of the state of Nebraska against
the First National bank of Alma was
placed on file and opened in the Unit
ed States circuit court here. In the
deposition Atwell L. Burr , president
of the bank at the time of the failure ,
testifies as to the collections between
the bank and ex-Treasurer Bartley.
He says that the arrangement was
made by the treasurer in Lincoln and
under its terms the bank was to pay
G per cent for the money of the state
deposited by the treasurer in the bank ;
that 3 per cent was to go to Bartley
and 3 per cent to the state ; that at
that time Bartley gave him 510,000
of the state money and that he secureo
from Alma certificates of deposit for
that amount , which he gave to Bartley
and which were afterwards deposited
in the Alma bank by Bartley. Burr
also said that no one knew of the
arrangement except himself , Bartley
and Dan Sullivan , the cashier of the
bank , , and that none of the funds of
the state deposited in the bank was
deposited under the terms of the bonn
upon which the state of Nebraska sues
to recover its money alleged to be in
the bank at the time of the failure.
He further says that all the money ot
the state had been withdrawn by Bart
ley before the failure , tue amount be
ing $25,244.76.
Resolutions by Grand Army.
BEATRICE , Neb. , May 14. The de
partment convention of the Grand
Army of the Republic just prior to ad
journment passed a resolution thank
ing the house of representatives fo'
it prompt action on the bill establish
ing a National Soldiers' home sani
tarium at the South Daktota hot
springs and urging the spsedy passage
of the measure by the senate. Reso
lutions of thanks were extended to
Rawlins post and citizens of Beatrice
for the entertainment furnished the en
campment.
Postofflco Safe Blown Open.
BANCROFT , Neb. , May 14 The safe
in the Bancroft nostoffice was blown
open near the midnight hour. Several
dollars in cash and stamps was taken.
The safe door was blown off with pow
der , the door being thrown about ten
feet. The furniture in the office wan
somewhat damaged. There is no clue
to who the guilty persons are.
Ilcnsen After Lair Breakers.
KEARNEY , Neb. , May 14. N. P.
Hansen , chairman of the committee on
violation of the state pharmacy law ,
returned from a meeting of the State
Board of Pharmacy at Lincoln. Mr.
Hansen states that during the last
four months there have been thirty-
four complaints for the violation ot
the state pharmacy law and that air
these cases have been thoroughly in
vestigated and in many instances con
victions were made and heavy fines
imposed. Mr. Hansen was instructed
to keep up his crusade against the law
breakers.
OFFICERS FOR RELIEF CORPS.
Encampment lit Beatrice FHU Positions
for Coming Year.
BEATRICE , Neb. , May 12. The Wo
men's Relief Corps at the business ses
sion yesterday finished the election ol
officers of the department for the en
suing , year as follows : President , Mrs.
Sarah' . Sweet , Creighton ; senior vice
president , Mrs. Fredericka Cole , Beat
rice ; junior vice president , Mrs. Lillian
Ludi , Republican City ; treasurer , Mrs.
Alta Wainwright , Blair ; chaplain , Mrs.
Elizabeth Hull , Omaha ; councilor , Mrs.
Mary E. Morgan , Alma ; secretary , Mrs.
Alice C. Dllworth , Omaha. Executive
board , Mesdames Elizabeth Barber ,
Kearney ; Sarah Felt , 'Superior ; Mary
L' . Ward , Lincoln ; Kate Pond , Red
Cloud ; Amanda Marble , Table Rock.
Delegate-at-large , Miss Etta Brooks ,
Lincoln. Alternate-at-largf , Mrs. Lib-
bio Lesche ; Beatrice , Delegates to na
tional convention : Mrs. Carrie M. Pe-
teru , Beatrice ; Mrs. Diana Potter ,
Lltchfield ; Mrs. Lucy J. Barger , Heb
ron ; Lucy 0. Austin , Tekamah ; Mrs.
McCain , Kearney ; alternates , Mrs.
Maust , Falls City ; Mrs. German , Wy-
more ; Mrs. Cleaver , Nellgh ; Mrs. Bol-
shaw , Lincoln.
A resolution was presented and
adopted to have Daughters of Vet
erans incorporated in the Women's Re
lief corps. The resolution will be presented
sented to the national convention. The
convention then adjourned to Paddock
opera house , where a joint installation
of Grand Army of the Republic and wo
men's Relief corps was held. General
H. C. Russell was installing officer for
the Grand Army of the Republic and
Past President Mrs. Rupiper for the
Women's Relief corps. The conven
tions then adjourned to attend the
benquet at the armory of the national
guard , given by Rawlins post , Women's
Relief corps.
The Ladies of the Grand Army elect
ed the following officers for the ensuing
year : President , Mrs. Anna E. Mar
shall , Hastings ; senior vice president ,
Almlra Dale , York ; junior vice pres
ident , Etta A. Tyler , Arapahoe ; treas
urer , Inez Yarton , Omaha ; chaplain ,
Rebecca Walsh , Stockham ; conductor ,
Wllda Nichols , bcnbner ; council of ad
ministration , Marian Cramphin , Lin
coln ; Jennie Knights , Lincoln ; E. F.
Foster , Ord ; delegate-at-large , Clara
Lyons , Omaha. Delegates Co national
convention : Mesdames L. S. Stone ,
Scribner ; Rebecca Walsh , Stockham ;
alternates , Olive Heckman , Loup City ;
Isabella French , Lush ton ; inspector ,
Mrs. H. Gray , Harvard ; councillor , Mrs.
S. A. Mason , Ord ; sergeants , Miss W.
E. Hessie. North Platte ; Mis. H. H.
Chase , Shelby ; guard , Mrs. M. E.
Blackburn , Minden ; assistant guard ,
Mrs. Cole , Crete ; conductor , Mrs. Wil-
da Nichols , Scribner ; secretary , Mrs.
Ruby Stout , Hastings.
The Standard Oil Case.
LINCOLN , Neb. . May 12. The at
torneys for the Standard Oil filed a
brief in the supreme court In the case
brought by the attorney general to dis
bar the company from doing business
in the state. In opening the brief
pleads that the company is the victim
of popular clamor against trusts , and
says it has been forced into court as
a result of agitation. It goes on :
"Instructed by public agitation it is
competent for tha legislative branch of
the government to enact statutes of
whatever wisdom or unwisdom in fur
therance of principles , doctrines , ideas
and notions which are to the public
good. But when questions of the con
stitutional validity come into court , if
justice is to be done , they will be ex
amined in a very different spirit. It
is not the business of the courts to
inaugurate or assist popular preju
dices and popular theories. In the
calm and serene atmosphere of the
court room the imperative duty Is to
exclude such influences and apply set
tled rules of law and constitutional
provisions so as to give to all the equal
protection of the law. "
The brief then continues to argue
that tne act known as the anti-trust
law is unconstitutional , alleging that
it violates the fourteenth amendment ,
which says that "no state shall deny
to any person within Its jurisdiction
the equal protection of the laws. " It
is contended tnat the statute violates
this amendment by the distinction
which it makes between traders , man
ufacturers and carriers on the one side
and assemblies or associations of labor
ing men on the other , and also between
different classes of laboring men.
State Capital Notes.
LINCOLN , Neb. , May 12. Acting
Governor Talbot issued a requisition
on Governor Shaw of Iowa for the re
turn of W. W. McClusky , who is want
ed in Omaha to answer to the charge of
grand larceny. McClusky is under ar
rest at Sioux City.
The populist and free silver central
committees have issued calls for a
county convention in this city May 17.
Auditor Cornell has been asked by
the treasurer of Washington county to
cancel the delinquent taxes outstanding
against that county for the reason that
most of the people against whom the
taxes are assessed have died or moved
away.
McMullen Stabbed by a Tramp.
SIDNEY , Neb. , May 12. Robert Mc-
Mullen , employed in one of McShane's
grading camps , got into an altercation
with an unknown tramp this afternoon
at the Union Pacific stock yards and
the latter stabbed McMullen in the
right lung and tonight the doctors re
port his condition precarious. Nobody
was present when the stabbing occur
red. County Attorney Capen has tak
en an anti-morten statement and the
description tallies with a fellow who
has been about town several days and
the authorities think he is the same
man responsible for some of the recent
holdups.
Child Drinks Amonia.
HUMBOLDT , Neb. , May 12. The lit
tle 4-year-old son of D. H. Blakeney ,
& liveryman of this place , got hold of a
bottle of ammonia yesterday and drank
qulto an amount , but prompt medical
aid prevented serious results.
Fern "Woman Kills Herself.
PERU , Neb. , May 12. Mrs. Boiling ,
wife of a farmer living near here , com
mitted suicide Monday morning by
shooting herself through the heart.
She was in a delicate condition and
her husband came to town for a phy
sician.
State's Side sf the Standard Oil Oase Sot
Forth.
THE CLAIM OF NON-DISCRIMINATION
What the Compuiiy linn to Offer lu It *
* U .alf Deprivation of I'ropcrty With
out Duo rrocei * of I.uvr The Uio of
Homing ITIgeouB for Communication
Between Doctor und 1'utlents.
LINCOLN. Neb. , May 10. A brief In
support of the state's side of the
Standard Oil case was filed In the su
preme court by Attorney General
Smyth. It touches the constitutional
phase of the litigation only and
quotes copiously from court declslona
to show that the Nebraska anti-trust
law is not class legislation and that
it does not discriminate against erin
in favor of any class. The case was
argued and submitted at the last sit
ting of the supreme court and the brief
filed will go directly before the Judges.
It was argued by the attorneys for
the Standard Oil company that the
law under which the suit was insti
tuted deprived persons of property
without due process of law and that It
permitted laboring men to unite to
gether for the purpose of maintaining
a fair wage while prohibiting other
citizens from forming combinations
for the benefit of their trade or busi
ness. The attorney gener.il holds that
labor unions are formed for public
good and should therefore be exempt
from the restrictions of the law.
Other combinations , he asserts , injure
the public good and should be restrict
ed. From a legal standpoint these
questions are considered very impor
tant and their decision will have con
siderable bearing upon the final out
come of the case.
PIp on for Country I'racilce.
YORK , Neb. , May 10. Dr. F. S.
Morris of McCool , the originator of
homing pigeons in the practice of med
icine , has proved to his own satisfac
tion that the use of homing pigeons
In country practice of medicine is not
only practical , but very necessary ini
the successful practice of medicine In
the country.
His practice is principally In south
ern York county , a thickly settled ,
prosperous farming community , and
owing to the long drives he has to
make and where the condition of the
patient demands it , he leaves carrier
pigeons , with instructions If symp
toms of the case do not show Improve
ment they are to write on a sheet of
tissue paper , enclose In an aluminum
tube attached to the bird's leg and
turn it loose. By an electrical arrange
ment the minute the pigeon arrives
and opens the door to the pigeon house
the doctor or office attendant learns ot
the arrival and at once secures the
message. The doctor either visits the
patient or sen'J2 medicines , and in this
way thp patient has much better medi
cal treatment.
Owing to the success the doctor has
had In the use of pigeons he has
arranged to leave several pigeons at
Blue Vale , a country postofllce and
store , the only village in West Blue
township , eight miles distant from
McCool. This Is done to save the far
mers of West Blue township a trip in
the night or daytime to McCool to
secure the services of the doctor. Those
who want medical services will call
at Blue Vahj store , write on tissue
paper a message , insert it in an alum
inum tube and release the bird , which
flies at a rapid flight to its home at
McCool.
Horse Stealing in Nebraska.
FALLS CITY , Neb. , May 10. About
two weeks ago a young man stole a
horse from ex-Sheriff Ferguson and is
now in Jail , having been captured in
Merrill , Kan. , about twenty-four hours
after he left this town. Last Sunday
night Joe Miles lost his saddle horse.
The man that stole the Miles horse
has been working In the different liv
ery stables. He was working for John
Parlier at the time ne took the horse.
31111 at Fort Crook City.
FORT CROOK , Neb. , May 10. With
a hook on the jaw George W. Neill ,
company I , Tenth Infantry , put out
John O'Connell of New York in a clean
and interesting flght at Frank Ketch-
mark's saloon. The match was lor
twenty rounds , and the New York man
seemed to have the best of it but the
soldier landed on the New Yorker's
jaw in the third round and that set
tled it.
Lightning Starts I3ig Fire.
ST. PAUL , Neb. , May 10. During
: he violent thunder storm Sunday night
lightning struck the large new barn
of John Irvine In the western part of
this county , and In a short time the
barn and a large granary , eleven hors
es and 1,200 bushels of grain was con
sumed. The house was also on fire ,
but Mr. Irvine succeeded in saving the
house , loss about | 2,500
State Fair Arrangements.
LINCOLN , Jiay 10. The state , board
of agriculture met here to formulate
plans for the annual state fair. It
was estimated that it would cost $ G,000
to put the old fair grounds and build
ings in shape.
Crops Promise Much.
DAVID CITY , Neb. , May 10. The
crop conditions of Butler county
were never better at this time of year.
Fall wheat is doing well. Spring wheat
and oats are making rapid growth.
Corn planting has been retarded some
by heavy rains ,
Stock Grotrers Association.
ALLIANCE , Neb. , May 10. The
Western Nebraska Stock Growers' as
sociation , in session here , elected the
following officers : President , S. P.
Delatour , Luella ; vice president , A. M.
Modiseti , Rushville ; secretary-treasur
er , J. R. VanBuskirk , Alliance. Ex
ecutive committee : Ed Coumbe , Juies-
burg , Colo. ; J. N. Adams , Potter , Neb. ;
Rev ben Lisco , Lodge Pole ; C. A. John
son , Wood Lake ; Ed Ross , Gordon ;
Thomas Lynch , Hyannis ; W. H. Cor-
bin , Alliance ; A. S. Reed , Alliance ;
W. G. Comstock , Chadron ; James
Cook , Agate ; L. J. Schill , Luella ; R.
M. Allen ,
THE MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH
Uuotntloni From New Vnrk , Chicago
South Otimhti and iin rhcrv.
SOUTH OMAHA LIVIO STOCK.
SOU1H OMAHA. May 1I.-CATTM5-
Theru WUM sx fair run of cattlo. but thuro
\vn.i Clio UHual Rood demand and the mar
ket WIIH brlHk ami a llttlu lilKlior. at leaut
5c ) | lK > ier than yesterday on the Kunorul
run of cattle. Buyers * seemed to want the
cattle and they wore out ourly in the
morning. < > that everything In the way
of beef cattle chariKi'd hand * In a very
snort time. Sellers were well pleaaod
with the itrlce.4 received. Thuro wua
nothing very choice on salt ) , HO that tha
top did not Mhovv up very well on paper.
liocf steers , $3.CO i5.IO : steer * and hulfent.
$ I.OOff4.90 : cows. } 2.50fc4.75. stock COWH anil
heifers. fl.00ffl.93 ; heifers. $1.085.00 ; bulls.
Ji83fc'4.50 : calves. $1.2507.00 : sta H. J3. < Wl >
J.23 ; Mtock cowa und holfurs. $ i.5 < Xtf 1.G3 ;
stocUers and feeders. S3.WItS.00.
HOOa Some of the packers started out
early bidding steady to strong prices.
but shortly after that Chicago came low
er and they went back on their llrst blda
and for a time the market wa slow anil
a hitlo en-iler than yesterday , especially
on the light hogs. A little later on the
market rallied under the influence of the
very teed local demand and m.jro favor
able advices from other market points.
The clodo was stroiiKcr. so that taklntf
the market as a whole It was strong as
compared with yesterday. The IIOKS sold
largely at $3.13 , with a $ .30 top. the same
as yesterday.
SHEEP There were a few ran hero
today , mostly lambs. Ther.j was not
much change In the situation ami about
all that could be said < > ( the market In
to ca I It steady. Quotations Clipped
mothers. $3.3'K | .10 ; clipped yearling * ! .
? 3.40fj3.t ; clipped ewes , KOO ! to choice.
$ l.fiOft3.00 ; fair to Kood clipped ewes , $ l.ir
'u-t.eO' Kood to choice Color ido wooled
lambs. J700TJ7.23 ; fair to Kood C'oljndo
wooled lambs. $ i > .73 7.0 < ) ; KOOI ! to cholco
clipped lambs. $ Ti.7.VfC.i > 0. fslr to Kood
clipped Iambs. I3.301irj.73.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET
CHICAGO. May ll.-OATTLE at. era.
active , o'JilOe hlKher. hutch n stock
sirongKi Kood to prime steers , $ . " . Wii i 80 .
poor to medium. Jl.iVft4.Sj , stocki-rs and
feeders. $3.75ft. > .0f ) ; cows. JXOOt t 0) heifers.
--.lj3.10 ; eanni'rs , $2.40f < 3.00. bill's. $ _ ' tWfi )
1..13 ; calves. S1.00 ? < fi.0 : Texas f.-l steers.
J4.001/5.23 ; Texas bulls , ? ; ! . : ' < < : : 7" ,
HOGS Active , closing strong , top. $3 13 ;
mixed and butchers. $ > .H'n' M. oed to
choice heavy , ? 3.23iJi.ri.I3 ; roimh hiMvy.
So.ltKjo.LM ; llKht. SJjWi 5.324 ; l"lk of s.tles ,
> .23 < f { 5.35.
SHEEP Slow ; Iambs steady ; Kood to
choice wethers , $5.3.Vfci.7D ! ; fair to cholco
mixed , $5.00 ? | i.50 : western sheep. "tSMff
3.70 ; yearling * . i3.75tjO.10 ; native lambs ,
$3.WTi7.10 ; western lambs.i.00' ; i7 ID
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRO DIVE.
CHICAGO , May II. WHEAT No 2.
.spring , CofiOIc ; No. 3 , ftfnftt \ \ : . No 2 red.
70' 71c.
CORN No. 2,3SfiKe ) ; No 2 yellow.
OATS No. 2. 23 , ic : No. 2 white , I
DJMic : No. Z white , 23Vift2.Y > 4c.
RYE No. 2. 53 Aifj5lc.
KARL.EY Fair to choice malting. 37 ®
42c.
42c.PROVISIONS
PROVISIONS Mess pork , per bbl . Ill 10
< it.M3. Lard , pur 100 Ibs . $ i ; Vl * > ' >
tj.iort ribs , sides ( loose ) . $ r Wnft i" , Dry
salted shoulders ( boxed ) , $ ' . . .5i { ; 7.1 Short
ejear sides ( boxed ) , $7.03ff7.15.
NEW YORK GRAIN MARKET
NEW YORK. May H.-WHEAT Spot
weak ; No. 2 red. T.\r f. o b allo.it No.
2 red , 75v c. elevator ; No. 1 nortlu rn Du-
luth. ? mc f. o. 1. . . atloat In arrive the
close was heavy at I'/H 'l'/jc net .Ipedlnu.
May , 70t/i/ii71e. cloned 70c. July. 71VI72
7-lfJc. closed at 7Fe. September. 72 l-Wff
7.5c , closed at 72'/tc.
CORN Spot weak ; No. 2 He f o b .
afloat and 12. . c elevator. Out ( on mar ! ot
opened steady on higher cables , but ex
perienced a severe break under artl-.e 11-
< iuldatlon and sympathy xvith wheat clos
ing weak at Ic decline. M-iy. 1'iV'i ! ? < .
closcii at ll"ic ; July. nfJlv' . Septem
ber , 4-/NT : 1 lc , clos il at P.V
KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK
KANSAS CITY. May -CATTLE -
M.-irket steady to lOr higher , native steers.
SJ.O''u . ' ! 0 ; Texas steers. Sl.W.ti 7" . Texa.4
cows. $3.00f < 3.7. > ; native cows ami hif -
ers. $2.00i4.73 : stockcrs and f"ed-r = i. $3 W
fi3.50 : bulls , $3.00fi 1.30.
HOGS Market steady : bulk of
$5.03 ? 5.3) ) ; heavy , $3.07fi . .25. ptr-kf rs.
S3.aitf5.20 ; mixed. Jl SOff. . 17 * . light $1 < Y t/
5.10 ; Yorkers , $5.00i3.M : pigs. $ liri/l' ,
SHEEP Market strong ; Iambi.
7.30 ; muttons , $ . { .OOV - ' -
TOVYNE MAKES A STATEMENT.
Says lie Is ITot a Populist , but in ( .lad of
the Nomination.
DULUTH. May 12. fharlos A.
Towne today made the following state
ment with reference to his nomina
tion for the vice presid"n. y by the
Sioux Falls convention.
"It was my judgment that the Sioux
Falls convention should appoint a con
ference committee to meet wih similar
committees from the democratic and
silver republican conventions at Kan
sas City on July 4 for the purpose of
jointly considering the vice presiden
tial nomination. This opinion was
freely communicated to prominent men
of the convention , both befoie it as
sembled and while it was in session.
In the exercise of Its discretion , how
ever , it decided differently. When the
conclusion was reached to nominate a
candidate the unanimity and enthusi
asm vith which the ' -onvontion named
me is of coarse exceedingly gratifying.
It mtwt be remembered that many of
the strongest men in the country were
members of the convention , which * vas
composed of the wise and conservative
majority of the people's party , whose
devotion to the great cause in which
all the reform forces are enlisted no
body can question.
"The endorsement of such a body 13
a high compliment and I deeply appre
ciate it. Moreover. It seta an exam
ple cf unselfishness at thi.s juncture
that ought not to be without good In
fluence. Neither Mr. Bryan nor myself
belong to the populist party. To be
sure , such a consideration may seem
unimportant when men are engaged
in a gieat contest against the same
evil tendencies in the gcvfrnment , but
mere names are still somewhat power
ful in influencing political conduct and
we must render all praise to the con
vention which thought only of the
principles at stake.
"Harmony and cc-operation ar es
sential this year among HIP demo
cratic , the people's and the silver re
publican parties. To preserve their
combined strength of 1390 is the first
contideiation. The next ia to go into
the camp of those who then opposed
us and get recruits. If the nominations
at Sioux Falls are placed b fnr1 the
country with all reform parties behind
th'-m. they will , in my opinion b rati-
fir-d by the people cf the r p bli in
November. "
I oriincr Will Kun A ain
CHICAGO , May 12. Republicans of
the second congressional uistrii t today
renominated William Lorrimer for
congress. States Attorney Charles S.
Deneen and Congressman Lnrnmer
were chosen delegates to the national
convention and D. W. Ball an < I E. Raymond
mend Bliss , alternates.
McGec Get * Tvrentr Yar - . * *
PORTSMOUTH. O. , May 12 "Rab
bit" McGee this afternoon pleaded
guilty to manslaughter and w.- = = en-
tenced to twenty years in the peniten
tiary for killing ueorge Hackworth ,
postmaster at Mount Joy. November 8.