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a efc --e -!&&&zf;dc&; , " 4 T J- mim j V Colmite terra!. t Z, VOLTHIE XXI-XUMBEK 37. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1890. WHOLE NUMBER 10 i i, ! J.: THE OLD SELLABLE Columbus S (CadMt StaSa Bank ts. Ska PITS IITEEEST H TIME 0EPQS1TS, HAKES LOAMS 01 SEAL ESTATE ISSUES SIGHT DHAFTS OK "" "" "" " " 0&asv Chicago, 2ew Tot asd 2 Fi Ccsxsrie. iEUA STELAXSHir TICKETS. BUYS GOOD NOTES aaa Haha Its easterners waan taey Need Hal OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: tRANSES GEBHA3D. Prefuient. O. W. EXHjST. Vlca-Presideat. JQE"N" sTACTFZH. Cashier. fgUi A. aZZD. ft. 5. ESX3T. COMmCIilEiE 07- COLUMBUS, NEB, -SAb AS- Authorized Capital of 500.000 Paid in Capital - 90,000 OFFICERS; C E. SEZLDOX. Prest. E.P E. OELSICE. Vice Pt C. A. NEWMAN. Cashier. BANIEI. 3CE3AM, Asst Cash, STOCXHOLDZBS: C. E. Skaldon. J P Backer. Barman P. E. Oocirich, Cari Ri-nke. Josa Walch. W A. McAllister, w. itaaayWurdeeaa, n. 1L Wiaalow, ftacraa W Galley, S. C. Gr-r. Frame Borer. Arnold F. H. Oehlrica. Et ary Loek Gerhard Loeke luik of deposit; interest allowed ca time spiwfts; bay and sell exchange en Uaitad States and Europe, asd bar and aell available escarities. We shall bs pleased to receive jour business. W solicit rear paanriga, SSdec37 FOBTHE WESTE1 COTTAGE 01UAB C AliOS A. & M.TURNER Or . W. KIBI.CK. Tra-rellBsr MaUoiavma. eaT""Theae organs are arat-class ia every psr Cicuiar. aad ao yinnrwd PRINCIPAL POINTS EAST, WEST, NORTH and SOUTH -AT- TJ. P. Depot, Columbus. lirirf HENRY G-ASS. e ip FISS AND METALLIC CASES IW pairi&g of all kinds of Ufkel r ry Swill. - iCaXMXCfl. FBI Hi date Mi jmiicfeis FRESH NEWS OF THE DAY. Information Gleaned From All Quarters of the Universe. DO'S WEEKLY RE VIE W HOLIDAY TRADE SHOWS GEN ERAL PROSPERITY. At 3fo Time Has Labor Been So Fully Empleyad as at taa End of lJJtK) Pros pect Tarooghoat the Entire Siortirwesr Gaaerally Brighter. Set York. Bee. 27. R. G. Dun A -- " weekly report says: Busines has progressed as well as could be expHrt-d In a week brokpn by the Chrbtmas holi days and a sreat snow storm. The holi day trade was remarkably heavy nen and at neariy all other points good, which is b no means evidence that the tight ness of the money market springs from any general embarrassment of business or industry. The volume of pavments through the banks continues larser. though but about Z per cent, larger than a year aso. Railroad earnings thus far reported for December show a irain of about 4 per cent, over those of the ame weeks last year. For eign traae is very heavy, in pit of causes which were exDcted to insure a material decrease. The uncertainty in rejrard to monetary legislation and its possible effects is stil! a zreat obstai-le. but ven this ha a le? disturbing inilu ence .han it had a week or two aso. as the prospect o unwise action m more remote. The mon-y market? have gen erally grown "anr during the pa?t week, not only m tue ast. but at some of tne western and southern centres. Reports from other cities aiscIoe no important change in the condition of trade. Whoie-aie buiness naturally slackens and is quiet at this point in the year and the indisposition to act i.- rather increased by the tardiness of collections. At Boston prospects are considered bet ter for the trade in woolen and cotton goods. The cond.tions at other eastern cities have ben not essentially diS'erent. thouzh at Pittsburg B.-ssemer iron hx soid at S16.-'j. the lowest price for the year, and all pig irun :- at bottom prices. Manufactured iron is in fail demand and rails uni-hanz-d. The dint srlaes trade is quite aet.v-. with fewer hands idle than for months past, and the window glas trade is fair. At points further west expectation cf improvement after Jan. 1 is general. thoush the trade is quiet in wholesale lines, bm fully up io la-: year"; At Kansas City the trade is quite good, bat cattle and hog receipts are lizht. At Lincoln. X-'b.. busine- excetnis that of last year, though fears of state lenisla tlon against lenders tends to increase the prevailing -tringu-v At Denver the demand for money is lighter and the supply eqiia. to legitimate needs. At Salt Lake th- money market is extremely close and the outloon unsatisfactory. At other point.- in the northwest the mone tary situation Pimj ratner better. Reports from the south also indicate some imDrovement. Manufacturers at Louisville ar- fully employed, thouzh monev is very eiose. Trade at Atlanta Improves. Cotton is moving more saUs f actorily and at Galveston receipts ex ceed those of last year. New Orleans reports a fair trade, iarzer receipts of cotton, the crop being there estimated at 7.700.000 baies. and good receipts of sugar and moiasses with steady prices. Throuzhout the sutn the fii-tmous prices maintained last summer and fal for cotton ave caused some embarrass ment, beinz followed by the mevitanle decline as the masnitude of the crops became known, but more than j.OOO.OOo have already passed out of the hands of producers, mainly at fair prices. It b especially encourasmz. that, thus far. there has been so little embar rassment and so few failures among the important manufacturmz works recently established in that sec tion. While the situation of the iron and steel industry shows no improve ment, the fact that the ciosinz weeks of the year are passing without any serious setback gives encourazement. There is anxiety a to the demand which may ap pear with the new year, smce it is gen erally perceived tnat many works must remain idle for a time unless thre is a decided increase m consumption. For most finished products tne consumption Is even now so zreat that m any previous year it would have been considered emi nently satisfactory. The exception is the steel rail business, in which a crisis and destructive competition seems immi nent, a provisional agreement made dur inz the past week m this city havinz been defeated bv the ref asal of an east ern mill to sizn. The woolen manufacturers are clearly enjoyinz a iarzer demand for most prod ucts sim'e the importations were checked, but as yet no considerable improvement in pr.ce has been found practical. The readjustment of prices in the boot and shoe and leather industries seems to b progressinz fairly, with less prospect of any serious embarrassment. On the whole labor has never been more fully employed than in the latter part of Is&O. The monetary sltuaaon grows more satisfactory, because treasury disburse ments continue and arrivals of gold have z;ven aid and the enormous excess of merchandise exports over imports is fell. In three weeks of December ex ports from New York have been 7 per cent, zreater than last year, which would indicate heavier exports than in any previous months, whiie the increase m exports has been but 2 per cent. These facts point to an excess of ex ports as large as the 537.0;0.G00 of last December, and m November the excess of exports over imports was more than S23.000.000. There has not been much activity in pecnlation this week, though corn has fallen from 2" and oats 1c and cotton 3-l3c Wheat is -. lusher, couee The stock market ,.- ana has bn oil " lft to th professionals, who hae chosen to du but little until the new year ha,s ijezun. It is by all classes believed that the mon etary pressure will cease after Jan. 1 for a time and if no disturbing legisla tion comes trade may be expected to re vive with vigor. It is a good symptom that msteac of Increasing toward the end of the year, failures have become less important and less frequent. The busines- failures oc currinz throuzhout the country during the last seven davs number 333. a com pared with a totni of 404 last week. For the corresponding week for last year the agnres were 2;s. Fcarfni of Tat Ir Fare. Ckestox. S. D.. Dec 27. The Indians are still carrying on depredations and are growing much Dolder. A half-breed came into camp on the Cheyenne river n& was interviewed about the hostile in the bad lands. He says he left Pine fljVjyo agency a few days before with 13C frieadlifis who went to induce the hos tiles to return from the bad lands. There are : thfi least calculation 300 to 600 warriors anions the hostiles. all well armed, and ali declaring they would fight. He maintains great fears as to the 150 friendlie. as he is almomt sure -the majority of them will be killed. He cays the hostiles have an immense stock of provisions, and that their stronghold J j Alport iprefnable. nebkaskX school funds. One of t tie Lirgeat Kmi-ansnal Aapr tionsurn Erpr Uao. w One of the largest semi-annual appor tionments of school funds ever niaJe In the tate has just been made by the' state superintendent of public instruction. The fnnd was derived from the follow in:r sources: laleret on Tnited States bonds Intent on -tare bonds Stat? Uix Interest on county bonds. 3UO.00 13.050 5!) 9.307.79 51.40- 36 Lntorest on unpaid principal -chool lands 9.5s4. Lease -aool lands juZ33. Total 505.004 97 There are shown to be 332.243 chil dren of school age in the s'cte. The rate of apportionment is 91 4-." otnts per pupil, as follows: Cocxtie. 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Whilrr ntjrslni; WIi "ar Bancroft a TUiclc Vln ! Fuunii. Eaxchoft. Neb.. Dec. 24. Mr. Mai'k. of the ftrm of Cates t Mack, of this place, discovered a vein of coal near the Winnebago agency a few days azo while dizginz a well. Whil digzmg a well for the agency a few days ago the drill struck a hard substance about nfty feet beiow the surface. After trying to pen etrate the obstruction for some time, the drill was drawn out and several pieces of coal were found as larze as a man's thumb. This vein was found to be about eizhteen inches thick. The drillinz was continued. After passing throuzh a layer of sand and gravel the drill struck another stratum of coal which required more then a day for the drill to pass through. Mr. Mack has maJe a careful examination as to the thickness of the last vein, and says it is between four and live feet thick, several large pieces were taken out of the lower vein and the specimens show the quality to be good. Mr. Mack is confident that plenty of coal can De found in that vicinity. A shaft will be sunk in a few days to ascertain more about the two veins. Several well diz zers. within the Dast few years, have found coal formations In the neighbor hood of Mr. Mack's rind, but none have ever found the lower vein before. The -tate otferi 4,000 to anyone who shall nnd a vela of coal twenty-six inches thick. An Omaha Tb-f Killed. Omaha. Dec. 24. Georze Cleveland was fatally shot last night bv Special Officer Albrech. Cleveland was a mem ber of a zang ot thieves that has huts alonz either side of the river and sub sists by stealinz In Council BlurTs and Omaha. With four others he stole a big bunch of copper wire from the Thomson Houston electric lizht works at the foot jf Jones street. Patrolman Stiles un dertook to arrest them and Cleveland and a companion jumped into a boat and started to row. Albrech. who was with Stiles, nred. fatally wounding Cleveland. The others were arrested. ebraka ublin. Two ETTTPREB AST) TE5" THOCSAXB sheep are beinz fed in Dodge eounty. Scga3 beets from Crawford, on anal ysis, showed from 12 to 15 per cent, of saccharine. The Lincoln Journal says, on the au thority of Deputy State Auditor Allen. that tne 31ilwaukee Mutual Fire Insur ance company.th'1 Mutual Guarantee Fire Insurance company of Clinton. la., the ' Anchor Fre Insurance company of Cres ton. la., and the Northern Mutual Fire Insurance company of Sioux City, all of which have risks in Nebraska, have not complied with the laws of the state. Tyo Niobrara hunters recently shot a gold-headed eahi which measured 6 feet from tip to tip. Phexp county gave 1.560 votes for ' the independent ticket out of 2.560. the total vote cast. Three brothers named Lilly, of Hoimesville. have been arrested for causing the derailment of a Union Pa- . cine train near that place Sundav morn ing. The train was thrown from the track by a track jack placed on the raiL , One of the victims of the wreck. Bridge Inspector Mercer, is dead. G- B. Fraxktoetee. at one time as- , sistant professor of chemistrv in the Ne braska state university., now in Berlin. I writes in reply to an Inqniry from Lin- ' coin: '-I do not hesitate to say that I believe Dr. Koch has made the greatest discovery of the age. As to whether it will care seems now settled beyond a doubt." MILLIONS TO BE SAVED BY THE FORMATION OF THE HARVESTER COMBINE. Metal Both ta Prodoear aad Fniwir Saeh Bust-. Cooraatratad aad 3aaay Men Tarawa Oat mt Kanalnymaat. Chicago, Dec 27. The Tinu'x- Springfield, O., special says: The form ation of the American harvester trust will throw thousands of agtpts, travel ing men and middle men out of employ ment. The amount which the trust will saTe per year by the change from old competitive methods, when each concern employed its own traveling men and salesmen, is conservatively estimated at 10.000.000. A traveling man with one of the big firms sums up the situation as follows: "There are over twenty concerns in the Cnited States enzaged in the making of binders on a large scale, the larzest of these being the McCormick and Deering companies of Chicago, the Warder, Bnshnell t Glessner company aad th Whitley Reaper company of Springfield. O., and" the Walter A. Wood compan. of Hoosac Falls. . J. Each of these establishments employs from 2.500 to 3.000 men. and turns out annually over 160,000 machines. Then comes tha Buckeye Reaper company, of Akron, with an annual output of 10,000 to 12, 300 binders. The D. M. Osborne com pany, of Auburn, N. Y.. and the Piano ill., company turn out about the same number. The strife for business among these giants has become so great that it looked as if a part or all had to quit bus mess. The consolidation of these twenty nig concerns will work temporary loss to thousands of men. Not only will travel ng salesmen, zeneral state agents, ad justers, collectors, etc, be discharged, Sut the closing up of the smaller facto ries and giving the work to the Iarzer 3nes will throw many out of work, and in a few cases almost rain the towns where the factories will be closed. Still it is claimed there will be a tremendous saving In the dispensinz with all road men. There are over 7,000 now m the employ of all the con cerns: but as most of them will have to iooi for other places after Jan. 1. glsUl. the new binder company will aiik a saving for the first year of milhonsJ'The salarv of the road men is from .3W to 52,500 a year, with traveling expehses. livery oilis. etc.. with an average oftS00 for each. A conservative estimate of the averaze of travelers" salaries and their expenses is 52,000 per annum for each man. or a saving of 7,000 men of the enormous sum of S14.000.000. Add to this the savinz in all the expenses of running each concern separate, such as superintendence, taxes, insurance, book keeping and office help, advertising and losses by bad accounts, and it will add a few more millions to the profits of the new concern. But the saving does not end here. Year after year the diTlerent concerns furnish thousands of dollars .wdrth of repairs, frequently for binders three or four years old. and generally free. Un scrupulous retail agents would demand more repairs from the manufacturers than needed, and in many cases agents at the end of the year would have S1G0 worth of repairs on hand that had cost nothing. Now repairs will be free no longer, but a fair price will have to be paid. "One important question comes up. and that is. where are all the binders to be made in the future and at what price will they be soid?' It Is believed that the first five big concerns mentioned above will do the work, whiie the fac tories at Pouzhkeepsie. Auburn and Eatavia. N. Y.. Akron. O., Milwau kee and Janesville. Wis., Piano. 111., and others will be closed to the binder business. It is claimed a price below any in the past will be established, ami that the binder will be sold to responsi Dle parties the same as merchandise is sold: short time and prompt pay at ma turity." There is no doubt that the above fig ures are a great deal exaggerated, but no one denies that the saving in middle men will amount to millions of dollars per annum. Gen. Bushnell. one of the directors of the company, was seen last night. He refused to be interviewed, saying that the new company would soon be in running order, and that the public would oon know all that was necessary to be known about its affairs, fe said that the formation of the company would prove a direct advantage to th larmer. as it is not intended to advance the price of reaping machinery. Whit is saved in the employment of middlemen will b to the gain of the farmer, altnouzh It I hard to make them believe so. Another travehnz man who was in terviewed said: "I think that the fact that the most important and basic pat ents in harvesting machinery will run out in a few years, and the fact that a good many have already run out had a good deal to do with the formation of the trust. Every Important concern making harvesting machinery In the Cnited States has joined the trust, and there is enough money behind it to make it an absolute monopoly for many years to come. No concern with ordinary cap ital can by any possibility cope with it. and smaller works will be bouzht and stopped." THE EASTERN STORM. Travel Ureatlv Interfered With on Account of the Becent Heavy Snow-storm, Caxajoearie. X. Y., Dec 27. Trains through the Mohawk valley are moving at an average of one hour late. The country roads are blockaded and back town stages will he unable to reach tne town to-day. ScsqcEHASrsA. Pa.. Dec 27. Owing to the great fall of snow the Jefferson division of the Erit railroad and the Pennsylvania division of the Delaware i Hudson road have been blocked since Friday morning. On the Erie main line trains are running several hours late. Pittsburg, Dec 27. Passenger trains on all roads are few and far between. Travel is being very lizht. though they are making fair time with double en gines. No effort is being made on any road to move freight, all engines being busily engaged in passenger traffic New Yors, Dec 27. The incoming mails are delayed by snow. The western mail via the New York Central is over three hours behind time. All other mails are from two to three'hours late. Bosros', Dec 27. Owing to the snow the western trains have not been heard from and their location is unknown here. Cqsgqbd, N. H.. Dec 27. snow has ceased falling and trains are running from five to seven hours behind time Tfca BaOroad Sltoatioa la Scotland. Glasgow. Dec 27. There is a slight change for the better In the railroad strike- The number, regularity and punctuality of the passeeger trains is in creasing, and with this improvement the hopes of success for the strikers get smaller and smaller. a Fatal CnrcnrxATi. Dec 27. Louis Schwing. worn out by watching at the bed of his daughter,, ill with diphtheria. gay her by mistake a dose of carbolic acid. The child died in two hours aad the father ha4-U be restrained from taking bis own Ills. THE KEAN FAILURE. Maay Son Depoaitara instltata , tags in Court. Chicago. Dec 23. Suits were bera j yesterday by a number of other depos- Itors in S. A. Kean's bank, who want the amount of their deposits returned, on the ground that the bank was insolvent when the money was deposited. At the present raw, if all the claims of persons who made deposits within thirty days before the suspension are allowed, they promise to eat np nearly all the assets to the exclusion of the other creditors. The assets continue to grow less. It is now estimated that the bills receivable, sched uled at 527C.000, will not realize S100.000. An investigation of the bank's books shows further that Mrs. Culver's ac count was overdrawn $3,300 and Martin Culver's account S5j600. Martin Culver appeared iu court this morning and itstified that Mrs. Culver had an interest in the bank to the amount of 35,000. and as far as he knew there never had been a setttlement of the partnership account, thouzh he had . endeavored to secure one. Witness be- Uwved the business was profitable, but that Kean conducted it in an extrava- zant manner and could never be brought to mae a statement. Culver testified that his wife's interest consisted of notes and mortgages, on which the bank was only able to realize -57.000. Of these se curities 25.000 were in the shape of notes and mortgazes given by a man named Hanchett simply as accommodation paper. The fact turned out that Kean had Included these accommodation securities in his statement of as-ets to a commercial azency. It appeared acrordinz to the testimony of the cashier that Kean had renewed the paper for over S16.000, his only security bing swamp land contracts. The books showed that Kean had dis counted his own paper for $22,000 and his wife's for 510.000. Clark Woodman, of Omaha, filed a peti tion yesterday afternoon to recover a larze amount of securities in the shape of notes and certificates of stock sent to Kean Co. a coupie of weeks ago to be converted into cash and held to his order. KANSAS AID METHODS. Drouth SuCaram Huatiac Scalp for taa Bounty. Atchisox. Kan.. Dec. 23. The county boards of several of the northwestern Kansas counties havu authorized extra ordinary bounties on wolf, rabbit and gopher scalps in order that destitute peo ple may have a means of making a living This winter. In Norton county the hedule is 52 on wolves, 20 cents on rabbits and 10 cents on go phers, and about the same sched ule has ben adopted in other counties. In Decatur county the people turned out in force immediately after the adoption of the order by the countv board, and. armed with guns and poles, began a gen eral hunt for scaips. In one day the county treasurer paid out 51.700 m boun ties, and in six weeks over S5.0o0. The business became such a drain on the pub lic treasury that the county board has 1 temporarily rescinded the order. The same counties are preparing to vote aid bonds, payable in ten years, to buy seed corn, wheat and potatoes for destitute settlers. Decatur county will vot 810. 000 of these bonds and the other counties 55.000. A SYSTEM OF POOLING. It Will Ba Adopted When ttaa Pntwnt System Is Perfectd. Chicago. Dec. 23. The Railway pre Bureau says: There is no question that the committee having in charge the presidents" agreement will report in favor of an elaborate system of pooling. A careful canvass of Chicago railroad men shows that they are a unit in the belief that the only salvation is either a division of traffic or of earnings. They all prefer the latter, but are afraid to adopt :t under the present wording of the inter-state commerce act. The Alton and Chicago. St- Paul . Kansas City are the only two roads now holding out against the azreement. but it comes from an authoritative source that both will join the movement as soon as they are satisfied that their interests will be fully protected. The Alton believes the simplest way out of the whole difficulty would be for the various roads honor ably to maintain the azreements now in existence, but wiK not prevent unani mous action if assured that It will get its share of the traffic THE BAD LANDS. The Romantic Spot Chosen by taa HoatUa to 3f:ikc a stand. Ptesre. S. D.. Dec 23. The portion of the bad lands occupied by the hostile Indians are about fifteen miles sqQare. They extend south to the Indian creek canvon. the north wall of which is an inaccessible chalkstone cliff. 300 feet high. Fifteen miles from the Cheyenne this wall turns to the north and then to the west, encircling the entire area oc cupied by the Indians. There are only three passes leadiuz into It and these are narrow defiles, easily zuarded. There is an abundance of grass for their stock and wood for fuel. Two thousand In dians as well fortified as they are could give the entire army of the United States a pretty good fight. JUSTICE MILLER'S SUCCESSOR. Henry B. Brown, of Michigan. Bacetvee the Appointment. WASHrscTay. Dec 23. The presi dent to-day sent to the senate the follow ing nominations: Henry B. Brown, of Michigan, associate justice of the su preme court of the United Staws. vice samuel F. Miller, deceased: CoL Charles Sutherland, surgeon general, with the rank of brigadier general, vice Baxter, deceased. Thawed the Dynamlta. Pittsburg. Pa., Dec 23. A special from Wheeling. W. Ya.. says: News has been received here of a terrible accident on the Norfolk . Western railroad In Wayne county. A gang of men had been at work on the line blasting, and several sticks of dynamite had been placed around the fire to thaw out. In some manner they were exploded, tearing ev erything to pieces in the immediate vi cinity. Two men were killed, an Italian and a negro, names unknown, and ten others were injured, several of them very seriously. Crew Bescoed With Great DiaVmlty. Halifax. N. S., Dec 23. The Ameri can schooner. Horace B. Parker, ar rived at Shelboume with seventy men of the crew of the ship Eurydice from Liverpool for Pensacola. Two passing vessels refused to respond to the Eury- . dice's signals of distress. The crew was , taken off by the Parker two days azo ' with great difficulty, and the ship sank foor hours later. Paraell's Candidate) Defeated. Zilkzxst. Dec 23. The official re sult of the election yesterday to all the vacancy In the commons shows that Hennesey, the nominee of the anti-Par nellites. was elected by a majority of L146. afrUca Extaadlag. Glasgow, Dec 23. The railroad strike has extended to Edinburg, and it Is feared the full extent of the trouble has not yet been reached. FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS BUSINESS TRANSACTED IN BOTH BRANCHES. Washuictos. Dc 22. la ta aenat ; thirty-two senators responded to the roll call this tnuralnjr. twelve leas than a quo rum. The erxeant-at-arms was directed o request the presence of the abnent senators. In the course ot half an hour a quorum appeared. The senate passed the bill to establish the record and pension office of the war depart ment. The conference report on the stoux reservation bill was adopted. Senator Cul lom, by request. Introduced a bill to Incor porate the Pan-American Transportation company Referred. Senator Spoonersub mirted various conference report on pub lic Duildin? measure". which were agreed to. These were bills to author t in the construction of buildings at , Sioux City and Kansas City, aa agreed upon it. the conference. The bill were latt a i they came from the hooae. allien struck out the clauses ataxias the appro prlattona The noose amendment to the senate aatend- ment to urge the deacleacy bill striking out the appropriation for the pay of clerks for the senators was noa-concurred in. The elections hill was then discussed. Senator Hoar, at 6 p. m.. moved that the senate take a recess until s. The I vote was yeas. 28: nays, 3; no quorum. Senator Hoar said he had noticed, since the motion was made, a number of democratic senators had left the chamber and others did not vote. As it seemed impossible to ?et a quorum, ha moved to adjourn, and ! this was doae. Wahisgto!, Dec S2- la the house to day. Mr. Blanchard. of Louisiana, offered for reference a preamble and resolutions t calling for the appointment of a committee ( of live to inquire into the killing of sitting Bull, and the Immediate causes leading i thereto, th committee also to investigate the Indian troubles of the northwest. After three or four measures relating to the Dis trict of Columbia were disponed of the house adjourned. Washington-. Dec 23 Nothing of conse quence was done la the senate until Mor- , gaa's resolution of yesterday Instructing the committee on privileges and elections to report an amendment to the elections bill , was taken up. He then discussed It. Sen ator Sherman, from the committee on nuance, reported a bill to provide against the contraction of the currency and foi other purposes, the caucus bill, and it waj read twice and placed on the calendar. Tim senate dnance committee reported the dnance bill, with an amendment striking out the provision for the replacement of the deficiency in the national bank circu lation by the Issue of treasury notes and inserting a provision for t200.000.000 of tan 2 per cent, bonds, redeemable at pleasure after ten years. The elections bill w. taken up and Senator Call, of Florida, spoke four hours la apposition to it. After x ueutive aesaloa the senate adjourned. Washcigtox, Dec. 23. In the aouse to day the speaker made a number of com mlttae appointment- and the house ad journed until Friday Washington. Dec. 2t. Bat llttie busi ness was transacted in the senate to-day When adjournment was taken it was untti Saturday, with the understanding that on that date it should immediately arain ad journ until Monday House not In session. Washington. Dec 24. Senate and hou- not in slon. GOVERNMENT DEFRAUDED. A ratty of SwbaaUac Whiah ate a for Saaaa Tlaaa Ca- Carris New York. Dec 27. A Washington special says: "Frauds by which the government has been rohbed of over Sl. OOO.OOO within the past twelve months have just been brought to the knowledge of the treasury officials, and a searching Inquiry Is m proaress. The frauds were committed by consuls and consular agents of the United States in Canada, and by exporters of Canadian goods to the United States. Some twenty con sular agents or a larger number sta tioned in the province of Ontario are im plicated in the charges. The process of the fraud consisted in the appropriation of illegal fees and an undervaluation of exports by exporters. Consular certificates in blank. signed by consuls and the consular agents, were issued for a nominal sum for the mt of exporters in making false returns of the value of goods sent to the United States. The evidence is not complete as to the percentages allowed by the exporters for the privileges of undervaluation, but enough is known to show that a system atic scheme of petty swindling has been carried on. The certificates are distrib uted in zreat numbers and an estimate of Sl.000,000 as the aggregate of.the loss to the government. This Is nothing more than an estimate. Further Inves tigation may show loss of many times that sum. and that there are even more guilty parties than as yet discovered." Alaska swaatnc BaaraaeptaBoa. WashijmtTo:?. Dec. 27 Capt. James Carroll, of Sitka. Alaska, Is here- Mr. Carroll was chosen by the territorial convention as a representative in eon gress, provided that the body should see fit to grant the territory the right of representation. He said he was em powered by a number of citizens to offer 31.000.000 in gold for the territory. The offer, the captain said, was bona fide, and the money would be paid on short notice. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. The country roads blocked with snow. iu Virginia are QBaiE3rand Gill, the Irish envoys. have arrived In Paris. Etrauu. the French strangler. b hopeful of obtaining a new trial. Ear Gbat celebrated his 107th birth day at Eoxbury, N. Y.. Thursday. A sew Indian school will probably be established at Chamberlain. S. D. There are now 9.000 men out on a strike on the various Scottish railways. Prof. Koch denies that his lymph is In the slightest degree dangerous to hu man life. The president has approved the act providing for public buildings at Racine and Sheboygan, Wis. The czar has ordered the expulsion of 1L0G0 alien workmen who were em ployed on government work. The Masonic Temple In Baltimore was destroyed by fire, 'together with nearly all the records of the grand lodge of the state. The building cost 5430,000. A special from Victoria. B. C. gives the total of all seals caught and disposed of in Victoria as 43.779, valued at 549s, 72S. divided as follows: Canadian ves sels. 29.347 seals; American vessels, 3,201; Adele, the German ranger, 1.03L A rig dinner and variety entertain ment, lasting two hour and half, were the Christmas relaxations allowed the 1,300 convicts in the Joliet prison Burke and Coughlin, the Cronin prison ers, and Neebe and Schwab, the anarch ists, witnessed the show and partook of the dinner. 03T Nov. 19 last Mrs. John Sullivan, of Orange, N. Y, gave birth to a baby which was strong and healthy and is 1 doing welL Mrs. Sullivan recovered , from her sickness and proceeded with , aer nousenoia a a ties until j. uesaay lass. when she gave birth to a second child, also strong and healthy. The Spanish minister of finance har issued a decree declaring that Spair mast follow the protection movement of America and Europe and repeal portions , of the existing tariffs and largely in-' crease the duties on horse, males,, cat-! tie, preserved and salted meats, flour, rice amj cereals from Jan. 1 aexL Qlia ilrtaa af tka t Caaataawav. DESPERADOES KILLED. rather Shot Arrrst. Hejckxet. Dec 27. Three very toogh brothers named Kane, from Hastings, Mina., have been working In O'Brien's lumber camp. Christmas day they came to the Central hotel for a big drunk. They began drinking heavily, raised a bij? row and defied everybody to arrest them. Marshal Booth came in and qui eted them down for a while, when they got into a quarrel between themselves. After dinner they cot into a fight and Marshal Booth put them under arrest. Two of them resisted the marshal and combined in an attack upon him. Being in danger of being overpowered and killed by the drunkea desperadoes, the marshal was compelled to use his re volver. In the affray both of them were shot, one of them through the head, be ing killed instantly. .The other was shot in the eye and lingered a few hours andj died. The third oae was arrested and now lies in jail here, and swears re venge on the marshal for killing his brothers. The bodies of the two men who were killed lie in the hospital await ing the coroner's inquest. The Kanes were all single men. They are all under 30 years of age. Marshal Booth gave himself up to Sheria Mc Laughlin, and says he did It in self-defense. CHRISTMAS IN MEXICO. atovat CalaknUsa at Aatoaio Trn Wstfk af that Shepaerda. San" Asto.mo, Tex.. Dec 27. The quaint Mexican festival of El Pastors or the Watch of the Shepherds was pub licly celebrated Wednesday night at a house in South Laredo street, near Du rango. These festivals, which are of an nual occurrence in the Mexican quarter are full of interest to jyople who have never witnessed the ceremonies. In the center of a large room was placed an altar decorated with flowers, in which reposed a figure of the infant Christ. The watchers, some fifteen in number, were dressed In ordinary clothing, but each wore a long tri-colored sash thrown over the shoulder. They wre ranzed in a circle facing the altar. In the hands of each was a long shepherd's crook, at the top of which were fastened bunches of artificial flowers, streamers of ritbons and a number of small bells. The head shepherd led the festival, exhorting the other to watchfulness and hope through the new-born Savior His exhortations were Interspersed with the singing of Christmas carols in the Spanish languaze snng in chorus, the shepherd's crooss keeping time by regular taps on the door The quaint songs, the steady beat, and the jingling of the small bells produced an effect as pleasing as it was novel. This festival Is commemorative of the watch of the shepherds on the hills Just outside of Bethlehem on the night of the na tivity. High over the house was an illu mination representing the star of Beth lehem. The same festival was observed in many Mexican residences, a larze number of which were tastefully deco rated and Illuminated with candles. THE MASONIC AID. Sac 9tlr ta Caaada Over the Affairs at a Caieac Castaway. Tobosto, Ont.. Dec 27. There is much excitement in Canada over the affairs of the Northwestern Masonic Aid association, whose headquarters are In Chicago. The organization has in force in Canada over 32.000,000 of insurance among the Masons. It has b-en doing purely a Mason business in Canada, but it Is coming to the knowledge of the Dominion government that the associa tion was accepting non-Masons as risks in the United States. It was notified to quit business in Canada or put up the statutory ?3,0O0.00O daposit at Ottawa. The latter it would not do. so it has been pre-emptorily ordered to withdraw from Canada. It is said that after the with drawal from Canada, the association can snap Its fingers at the Canadian patrons, who have paid in many thou sasds of dollars in assessments. Sugar Flaatatioa Baoght. Washixgtos, rc 27. Information has been received from Havana by the bureau of American republics to the ef fect that a syndicate of New York cap italists has within the last few days pur chased for SC00.000 the suzar plantation and factory known as San Ramon. This is one of the larzest plantations in Cnba. The purchasers are making arrange ments to construct lines of transporta tion throughout the estate m order to in crease the cultivated area and reduce the cost of production. The plantation now produces S50.000 bazs of suzar an nually, and next year the, crop will prob ably be doubled. THE MARKETS. Stoux City lA-rm Stock. Union stock Yakd. Sioux City. Dec. 27. Hog Estimated receipts. 1.000. There were not over a dozen fre-a loads of hogs to-day Tne market opened on a basis of steady price, but the forenoon market dropped a good nickei on the best boss, put up for sale. The market m active until 12 o'clock at the decline, aad neariy every thing was sold before the noon hour at S2.55 for the top. although but one load brougnt that money From J3.30 the com-" mon hogs sold down to $3.30. The quality wauniversally poor, and the decline came well authorized- Indications are that the market will close strong 5 centa off. Cattle Estimated receipt 200. The only noticeable hanze in prices to-day are thoe for stock cattle. The market has been growing stronger all week, until to day sales were made at 1315 cents ad vance over ten days ago- The demand, as in all kind of slaughter cattle, is far In exce of the supply, and mucn more stuff cuuld have been sold if there were any in the yards to offer. The yearling trade" was ifocd. a number of sales being made at nighly satisfactory prices. Swat Oaaaaa Uwe Soctw Omaha. Dec 27 Hogs E3tnated receipts. 1000. Oficial yesterday. 433; shipment!, none- Market opened stead v. :-ell!nc at t?.!M3.S5. Cattle Estimated receipts. 2,500. OS rial yesterday, 475. Shipments, none. Market opened steady Quality fair. Chirac tiTt sroem. Chicago. Dec 27. Cattle Hecelpta. 2,500. Market strong: demand steady: steer, $4.254.s0. outchers' stock- I3-7SS 3.S5. Hogs Secelpta. 23.000. Market 10c lower: prime heavy. Ti.Zbii2.sS. packers. SL50Sc X65 mixed. 13.45S3.j0- light, t3.10fe3.50. Sheep Receipt 3.000. Market siow; esters. S3...XS4 lambs. 135(53.50 Cat Chicago. Dec 27. Closing Wheat, easy. cash. 56 c: May 5c Cora Easy; cash. 47h: January, 7Hc: 7. SOSROSc Oata Easy; cash. o3c; January, 39 :arsc. Bye Easy at 5c Barley 30S95c Flax Quiet at Si-13. Thaothy Firm att209. Waiaky H.14. Prtrcaloas Pork dull; cash. f8.l2; Jaa oary. t9.L0; May. fl0.Q2i. Lard, dull: cash. $5.50; January. t5.77JHfc5.e: 3Cay, ffcsTK- Short rib, dull: cash. f4.70; Jan uary, 5.05; May, 15.10. Saw Tosbx. Dec 37. Whaas Firm; De cember, ti.a4yimi.Mi May. fa-a xoo. CairnSteady; jfc 2,3$Kc Oasa Firm; weatarm. asrjc -Tar, steady; aew SUJw; easy; western. U20c Ezzs Weav- DinECTORSi . aJiim ygfrforc Tice Trest. O.T.a023f. P. A.VDniO. hsnirvAS. UaVIKl IMitll First National Bar! COX.XJBCBU1 R-port of Ccndirioa Mar 17, lSQOl roaea iai Dtsecvata tSft.3S l. a. aoala. la 14 3 , 8al aetata, f .ira-.tere aad Satur- a.. U.: ! Dwefrao:aer hania. ,Tn.iX ! " V. a.Ttaaaary ?3.M NMkaibsal 2s.t7a.i aas :i.t7a. m.n.t7 a7a.au. a? ZtkJ CnssridedjTsfiti lHUaUi NatlcaaZ baak a:t oautaaiiaj .... UJX V ; Ssaaua:. l.al.il Ca Oayeaitdra Ua.ill.ai r.rs i JQttsmess ards. T !. KIUA.T DfUTCSES ADVOKAT, Oak over Colombo State Baak, Coluaabaa. Sebnaka. CC1XJTAX efc BEEUE8, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, over First Xanana! Eank. Coiicnbaa,. j acaaarem, DRAT and EZP&ESSXAX. Ijajtesadhawvrhaslinc. Gooda haadlaa wita ara Tataei6aitwati7P.BcawCa."ae, russMasaax 31 aad at. FAUBLX & BRAEfiEAW. (wr lain ta Fambl t JnaaaU). BRICK: jSf.A K KRS ! . ayCoa)raetnia and builders wQX find cor hack liar 1 ' aaa atfered at rrasasabie rate. waaia- aoa prepared to do all kida of brick Mia. lUatarta VT K. TliaUMJl at CO.. Proprietors asd Pahliahers of the msms ;snjAi si -a 5X3. tiutlt zzszsh. sVX post-paid to 37 address, for 3.00 a rar. aTiigtly in advance. Fastlz JocaNAt. fl-00 a IT. A. aTcaT.T.TSTES. "W. M. COK2f JiLIUS UcalXISTF.K at COaX.KLIUS ATTORSEYS AT liiT. Calashes. Sab. TL C BOYD, SltTful'illI QB Hi aad Sheet-Iron Ware! Jaw-Work, Zoatiaf aad Gattcr iaf a Specialty. on Urn stratc. Kransa Bro.' old easaatemTair strsat. irrf Cwxm. 1. Ina?. FbanxB.Snawp Contractors and Builders. TI f , am 'buck aad wark a a ... .... traa. saanai laasaa. ate. sraavariex work ta a taaatalT. " ArT B&0&. Cemaba,3eB. LAND FOB SALE. A FTSZ IMPROVED FARM for sal is. Shall Crek vallaj-, nnr Colsabu. containing 'AO acra of land; abont I2J acre sauer cultivation; 10 xzm heavy timbered. rw nn'mirr mostly is eiovr sttd bine grssa psswra and har land; 110 fruit tra, appimt. pars. cherry, plnma. etc. some bwurag; all kind of oraaaeatal cae asd scrubs; lit) fnU-bi-arizs; graao vtaea. The farm sctira im i uncyi. and ii vidadtato email fields by feme. Dwelling hocae of seven room, graaaty. com criba. iarz horaa efiMe with hay-mow. cattle bem, which holds a tecs of oar; act hocan 2 walls; mning watar ta paatara. Far further particulara incoirs at JarnNii Sce, or siV-aes. H. B-. oarc of Jctra AICalastbam 2Jhr. 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