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WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1866.
. Oxlt about thirty per cent of the
total vote cast in the state is for the
constitutional amendments, and many
populists are now sorry they voted
against them.
The present government of the Ha
waiian islands ia conceded to be the beat
they have ever had. The talk of annex
ation to the United States in the near
future is very strong.
The Review of Reviews for December
denounces the administration's abandon
ment of American interests in Turkey,
and demands that existing treaty rights
be respected and enforced.
A revolution may be worked in the
sugar refining business. A new process
has been invented that makes a very
great saving in the clarifying of syrups
and sugars. The Electric Rectifying
and Refining company of Camden, New
Jersey, the owners of the secret, have
increased their capital stock from $100,
000 to $10,000,000.
The editor of the Review of Reviews
is convinced that the verdict against free
silver pronounced on November 3 was
conclusive, that Mr. Bryan's cause can
" not survive defeat, that the South will
never again cast so large a vote for it,
and, in short, that as a proposition in
practical politics free silver's prospects
are utterly hopeless.
Clarence Lackey and Henry Gaunt,
the two men who attempted to murder
the German farmer near Culbertson last
Thursday were taken to Hastings Mon
day morning and lodged in the Adams
county jail for safe keeping. The feeling
against them at Culbertson was so strong
that it was considered advisable not to
keep them there.
Official notice has been received at
Washington of a compact of the Central
American union signed by the govern
ments of Nicaragua, Salvador and Hon
duras, each of these constituting itself a
state. It is expected that the republics
of Costa Rica and Guatemala will join
the union, which lias been named "The
Greater Republic of Central America."
The Daily London Mail's Berlin cor
respondent says that Grand Duke Nich
olas of Russia has secured Emperor
Francis Joseph's assent to a modified
plan for the partition of Turkey and has
arranged with the emperor of Austria
for a visit to the czar in January. This
correspondent adds that Germany does
not share in the partition, but that Rus
sia will support Germany's plans in
China. It is in this connection that
Emperor William is sending an envoy to
Fekin with the order of the Black Eagle
for the emperor of China.
The Irish parliamentary leader, John
K. Redmond, has arrived in this country
and will make a lecture tour. Among
other things he said:
"Of Jones' parformance I know noth
ing, and I do not believe in the exist
ence of any new dynamite conspiracy
here or elsowhere against England, and
while I cannot but recognize that this
new dynamite scare may interfere with
the release,of the Irish and Irish-American
prisoners still in Portland prison, I
feel that when the true facts come to
light, the English people will not be
deterred from performing a duty of jus
tice by releasing the few remaining
prisoners who have already suffered
greatly. The news that Gallagher and
Whitehead were hopelessly insane when
they arrived here was no news to me.
They were both mad for many years
before they were set free. Of the five
men 6till in Portland prison in whom
Irishmen most take an interest, Flana
gan is undoubtedly insane, while Wilson
and Burton are so delicate that the
prison doctor has forbidden them from
doing any heavy work. The other two
are not in much better condition."
Hilton's Trial.
Monday, was taken up at Lincoln, the
case brought by the state of Nebraska
against ex-Oil Inspector Frank Hilton,
who was an appointee of ex-Governor
Lorenzo Crounse, but who, when he
went out of office, refused to turn over
to his successor the money be had on
hand. The suit is against Hilton and
his bondsmen. It asks for the recovery
of $12,729.47. The original shortage was
$5,622; the additional is $357, "expen
ses" retained by Hilton, as vouchers fail
to show an itemized expense account,
neither do vouchers show that Deputy I
Inspector Kilian received his $10DKpr
month salary for twenty-two uMMUl
which adds $200 more to the Hilton J
retention fund. ,, -
Hilton's defense is that the law is un
constitutional, a point that was raised on
demurrer, but Judge Holmes decided
that a man could not take and hold an
office and after having performed the
duties thereof and enjoyed its emolu
ments come in and jusify his refusal to
turn over the books and accounts to his
successor on the pretended ground that
the legislature exceeded its right when
it attempted to create the office he had
bees holding down. Another defense of
Hilton's is that he has accounted to the
state for all that is due it, the other
bis being money received for his per
fomanee of 'duties not included in the
atatmte, or in other words that be col
lected ae fees money that be had no
legal right to under the statute, and that
he does aot have to account to the state
for it. The case will be a hard fought
one. Hilton is now conducting a news
paper at Blair.
We condense the foregoiag from the
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THE TRUE POLICY.
Tn Joubkal is glad to see that the
country in general Js not in favor of,
but on the contrary is very much op
posed to the retirement of the green
backs. They have saved in. interest to the
government twelve to fifteen million
dollars a year, a million to a million and
a quarter a month, because they really
are a loan by the people to themselves,
without interest,
The Journal would like an answer
to the question, How could the general
welfare be advanced by converting these
four hundred and odd millions of a loan
bearing no interest, into bonds bearing
interest sold to some syndicate of
bankers?
The' true theory is, issue no more
bonds except in a great emergency
and don't create the emergency; leave
the greenbacks as they are; lower the
interest charges wherever possible, and,
so soon as possible, pay up all bonded
indebtedness.
With a properly adjusted protective
policy and reciprocity; and a more just
(which is to say a very radical improve
ment upon the present) treatment of
our merchant marine, this country can
prosper, and in the meantime pay off
indebtedness, (sometimes at a greater
rate than at others), "compel the" civilized
nations to a true bimetallism, and thus
further the interests of civilization
throughout the earth.
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
A Project
Deserving Consideration
Lawmaker.
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One of the gravest defects of our Amer
ican banking system is in its failure to
provide for the small wage earner. As a
natural consequence there is a lack of
frugality among the laboring classes of
our people and the disposition to save is
not as marked as it should be.
The peculiar disadvantage under which
the poor man labors in this country is
overcome in Europe by what is known
as the postal banking system. This
system, which was especially devised for
the poorer classes, has been successfully
adopted in England, France, Belgium,
Holland, Russia, Austria and Hungary;
and in each of these countries has proven
itself to be a fruitful source of national
prosperity. In view of the experience
which Europe has had with the system
there is no reason why this government
should hesitate to consider its advan
tages. Prof. E. T. Heyn, in a recent articloon
"Postal Savings Banks," published in
one of the magazines, suggests the addi
tion of a savings bank feature to our
Postoffice department. He contends
that such a provision will not only fur
nish the laboring classes with a safe
depository for their earnings but that it
will furthermore encourage habits of
industry. In the United Kingdom, to
use the figures given by Prof. Heyn, de
posits are received from 11,000 postoffices.
Any sum from 25 cents to $250 may be
deposited. If he so chooses, a depositor
may have his savings invested in govern
ment bonds. Still another interesting
feature of the system is disclosed by the
fact that 6,000 schools in the kingdom
are its patrons. At stated intervals dur
ing the year the different schools are
visited by clerks who gather up the sav
ings of the pupils; each child is thus
permitted to carry a bank account, and
through the machinery of the postoffice,
is incouraged in habits of industry.
The aggregate deposits in these vari
ous postal banks in 1893 was $402,500,000.
It is claimed as the result of this system
that one out of every seven persons in
England is a depositor.
Without going into any lengthy com
ment upon these figures it is sufficient
to observe that they merit careful con
sideration. Our lawmakers in Washing
ton should investigate the system and
give it the attention which its command
ing importance deserves. Atlanta Con
stitution. The editor of the Review of Reviews
calls attention to the fact that, while
New York gave McKinley a plurality of
less than 275,000, an area of like popula
tion in the middle West, including north
ern Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wis
consin, gave pluralities aggregating near
ly 400,000, thus showing that the alarm
manifested in the East during the cam
paign regarding the supposed radicalism
of the Northwest was quite unwarranted.
The Spaniards have resorted to tor
ture of natives and half-castes of the
Philippines. Over 3,000 subjects have
been arrested and kept in jail in Manila
subjected to hideous treatment Racks,
thumbscrews and other implements of
torture actually used in the Spanish in
quisition, have been used.
Hebrew Sabbath Union.
Louisville, Dec. 1. The Hebrew
Sabbath School union, an adjunct of
the Union of American Congregations,
began its annual session here. The
members comprise nearly all the rabbis
in the union. Dr. Phillipson made a
plea for the establishment of mission
schools in large cities for the children of
the poor.
Sale of Thoroughbreds.
Lexington, Dec. 1. The winter sale
of thoroughbreds has begun and will
continue during the week. About 1 ,000
horses will be sold. A small crowd of
buyers were present and the opening
prices were low. The top price, $750,
was for a bay colt by King Eric, dam
Mary Parks, sold to Byron McClelland.
Drawaed While Skating-.
Cedar Rapids, Dec. 1. James Mol
lay and Lewis Allison, hoys of Inde
pendence, attempted to use a sail to ac
celerate their speed upon the thin ice on
Wapsie river. They broke through,
dropped into deep water and drowned
before help could reach them.
Cheate a Candidate.
New Yoke, Dec 1. The Press says:
Joseph H. Choate is a candidate for the
United States senate. His friends have
made him so and he has said to them he
will not repudiate any honorable efforts
made in his behalf, even if success
should not crown them.
Suicide of a Bank Cashier.
Fishkr, Minn., Dec. 1. M. Sana
ker, cashier of the Bank of Fisher, shot
himself dead yesterday. His father died
insane, and he feared following in his
footsteps. The hank's affairs are in ex
cellent
MISSOURI PACIFIC WINS
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Supreme Court Reverses Elm
wood Elevator Decision.
0PIII0I GIVEH BY JU8TI0S GRAY.
Demand of Farmers' Alliance That They
Be Permitted te Balld m Elevator Wae
Denied by Railroad-Highest Trlbaaal
Declares It Cannot Approve Veins Rail
read Property for Private Parnese.
Washington, Dec. 1. The supreme
court in an opinion by Justice Gray re
fused to grant the relief asked by the
state of Nebraska in the case of that
state against the Missouri Pacific Rail
way company. The railway company
declined to allow the erection of an ele
vator, notwithstanding an order from
the state board of transportation. It
appeared that in this case the Farmers'
Alliance of Elmwood had sought and
were refused the privilege of erecting a
grain elevator at the town of Elwood
and that upon this refusal the board of
transportation issued an order requiring
the company to grant the privilege. The
Nebraska supreme court, when appealed
to, rendered a decision adverse to the
company, which took out a writ appeal
to the United States supreme court.
Justice Gray, in the course of his opin
ion, said the case involved no question
of rates, but that carefully analyzed it
appeared, as a case in which a voluntary
association of persons sought to secure
for themselves certain privileges from
the railroad company and to compel the
donation of land for elevator purposes.
He dwelt upon the fact that the alliance
was not a corporation, but was a volun
tary association of -individuals. Under
these circumstances, he said, the court
was unanimously of the opinion that
the proceedings was an attempt to take
private property for private use without
due process of law and in violation ot
the fourteenth amendment to the con
stitution. CONSUL JUDD FAVORS RETALIATION.
Believes It Is Necessary Against European
Counties For Protection.
Washington. Dec. 1. Retaliation
against the European countries that
seek to destroy American trade is sug
gested by United States Consul General
M. Judd at Vienna. He says that the
Austrian glucose producers, finding
their trust powerless to meet the rates
as asked by Amcricans,appealed to their
government and the latter has increased
the duty on imported glucose from 1x
8 florins per 100 kilos to take effect Dec.
1. This is aimed directly at America,
as the United States is the only country
competing for this trade, and will shut
us out from further sale of sirup. Mr.
Judd says: "It lias been this way with
other articles for which Americans
found a foreign market. If it was not
a tariff measure, some other obstacles
have crippled their efforts to maintain
the trade. Would not a threatened re
taliatory measure, say against porcelain
and glassware, have the desired effect of
possibly preventing the intended
change from going into effect.
Work of Life Savers.
Washington, Dec. 1. The report of
Mr. Kimball, the general superintendent
of the life saving service, for the year
ending June 30, exhibits the most satis
factory results yet accomplished by that
service. Altnougn tn total number ol
disasters was greater than any prior
year, the percentage of life and property
loss was less. At the close of the year
the establishment comprised 256 sta
tions, of which 186 were located on the
Atlantic and gulf coasts, 52 on the great
lakes, 14 on the Pacific coast and one at
the falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Ky.
The number of disasters to documented
vessels within the scope of service was
437, involving 4,608 persons, of whom
but 13 were lost.
Two Bank Failures Reported.
Washington, Dec. 1. Mr. Coffin, the
acting comptroller of the currency, has
received a telegram announcing the fail
ure of the Missouri National bank of
Kansas City, Mo. The bank has a capi
tal of $200,000 and at the date of its last
report had surplus and profits amount
ing to $230,000; deposits, $1,131,000; due
to other banks, $294,000. Bank Exam
aminer J'orman has been placed in
charge. The failure of the First Na
tional bank of Tyler, Tex., was also re
ported. This bank had a capital of
$200,000; surplus and profits, $62,000;
due to other banks, $9,000; deposits,
$231,000; borrowed money $224,000.
Bank Examiner McDonald has been
placed in charge.
History of Government "Loans.
Washington, Dec. 1. J. Fount Till
man, the register of the treasury, in his
annual report, gives a condensed history
of all the loans of the United States
from 1776 to June 30, 1695, never before
fully published, together with an exact
copy of each obligation of the govern
ment from the year 1798 to the present
time. The report shows that the pre
miums of loans of the United States
from 1789 to June 30, 1895, amount to
$55,022,218. and the discounts,premiums
paid, etc., on loans amounted to $123,
670,680. The commissions paid on ac
count of loans from 1835 to Jnne 30,
1695, amounted to $12,343,803.
Opening For American Wheat.
Washington, Dec. 1. United States
Consul Horton at Athens, in a report to
the state department, said that in con
sequence of the bad wheat harvest in
Russia, which supplies nearly two-thirds
of the wheat used in Greece, prices of
wheat are very high there and are still
rising. He is confident that there is a
fine opening for the introduction of
American hard wheat into Greece and
offers to assist would-be 'exporters.
Vale Extends Olive Branch.
New Haven, Dec 1. The Yale un
dergraduates enthusiastically and with
few -dissenting voices, declared them
selves in mass meeting in favor of re
sumingvathletic relations with Harvard.
MAY
HAVE TO ISSUE BONDS.
Iowa's FlaaBclal-TroHbles Are Becoming
Shrions.
Des Moines, Dfc. l. The state of
Iowa has a deficit cV $500,000 in sight.
By the end of the. present biennial
period it is liable to reach nearer to
f 1,000,000, and it seems altogether pro
bable the state will have to issue bonds
fnr tlio fivct tf otia tinm tlto imTMT- tfom.
hers of the legislature havereoently
held conferences with state officers and
the result is that an earnest effort Stou
be made at the special session in Janu - f
ary to bring the revenue laws before the
legislature for a general revision.
The present system is so inequita
ble that some of the counties pay twice
as much tax per acre on land as others,
although the market values are the
same. Personal property almost en
tirely escapes taxation. The treasurer
stated that November warrants, which
will be issued today, will almost all be
left unpaid for want of funds. State
institutions are seriously embarrassed
and the condition getting worse con
stantly. Made the Masks For the Bobbers.
Kansas City, Dec. 1. Fifteen-year-old
Emma Layton, an orphan, has been
heldbytitepplkeasan im-artaat wit-J
neas against the four men who Thanks-
srivins-ni-rht '-held-nn" and attamDted
to rob a car full of passengers 6a the
Kansas City and Independence Electric
line. To Mrs. James Townsend, who
cared for the girl a year ago
when she was brought here from
the Council Bluffs (la.) asylum,
she declared that she had made
the masks for the robbers and knew of
their plans, which were concocted at the
home of the Ridgeway. brothers at Ccn
tropolis. Eugene Ridgeway, the miss
ing member of the gang, is believed to
have been seen at Grayson, Bear St.
Joseph, and the police are working on
the clue.
low Mine Operator Mleslas;.
Dbs Moines, Dec. 1. Bert Caldwell,
a mine operator, has disappeared and it
is rumored he has met with foul play.
He was manager of a large raise and on
Saturday drew money to pay the men.
He has not been seen since and the
money has not been paid: out. He is
supposed to have had from $2,000 to
$6,000 on his person. He was a partner
in the coal business and most of the
money belonged to his associates.
Isniagi of the Atchison.
Chicago, Dec. 1. The net earnings
of the Atchison system for the month
of October were $1,086,343, an increase
of $154,433 over the same month of last
year. The net earnings for the four
months of the fiscal year ending Oct.
31, were $3,170,065, an increase of
$1,252,688 over the same period of the
preceding fiscal year. During the four
months operating expenses were' re
dnced $688,126.
Jack Barke Breaks His Wrist.
Sedalia, Mo., Dec. 1. A glove con-
, t.:i. i nnii,w- r iuJ 0. . I
test which was pulled off here came toJ
- rAA A o eho, w k thi 1
round. Jack Burke of Omaha, who had
rushed his opponent, John Williams,
colored, of Sedalia, to the ropes, broke
his left wrist by sending in a sledge
hammer blow on Williams' head, for
feiting the match to the latter.
Iowa Ex-OMcial Dying-.
Cedak Rapids, la., Dec. 1. Hon.
John McHugh of Cresco is expected to
live but a very short time. He was
stricken with paralysis a year ago. Mr.
McHugh has for many years been one
of the leading cattle breeders in the
state. At one time he was national
bank examiner and he has held other
responsible positions.
PRESIDENT DIAZ TAKES THE OATH.
The Mexican iioveranient Is In n Prosper
ous Condition.
City or Mexico, Dec. 1. General
Diaz took the oath of office today as
president of the republic for the fourth
'consecutive time, making five terms in
the chief magistracy. The ceremony
was witnessed by u brilliant assemblage
of foreign diplomats and distinguished
people. He is in robust health and his
program for the ensuing four years fol
lows substantially his policy during this
term with special emphasis to be .given
popular education. He will, if he lives,
show at the end of his term, which con
cludes the century, several railways
crossing Mexico from sea to sea, gigantic
port works and hundreds of new fac
tories. The government will stick to the silver
standard as being, in the opinion of the
administration, the one best adapted to
this country and affording it at the
present rate of exchange, an immense
protection to home industries, while at
the same time securing for its exports a
gold premium which operates as a
bounty to tropical planters. It is be
lieved General Diaz may go around the
world during the coming year, as the
affairs of Mexico are in a prosperous
condition.
Catholic Laity Agreeable.
Ottawa, Ont., Dec 1. Hon.. J. I.
Tarte, minister of marine and fisheries,
returned here after spending six weeks
traveling through Manitoba, the north
west and British Columbia. The princi
pal business of the minister's visit was
to finally complete the school settlement
and to prepare the French citizens and
Catholics of the west for the nature of
the terms, seeing that separate schools
were to be refused. Mr. Tarte stated
the Catholic laity were all in favor of
the settlement and that it was every
where being well received outside of
Archbishop Langevin and a few ex
tremists, who were desirous of stirring
up political strife in Quebec.
Socialists Are Disappointed.
Paris, Dec. 1. The Socialists cannot
conceal their disappointment at the re
ception accorded to M. Jaures, the
Socialist deputy for Carmeaux at that
place on Sunday. The ill feeling toward
M. Jaures is mainly due to the establish
ment of the workmen's co-operative
glass works at Albi instead of at Car
meaux, thus creating a competition in
the leading industry at Carmeax. M.
Jaures declares he will renew his at
tempt to secure a hearing at Carmeaux.
Weyler to Issae Another Order.
Tampa, Fla., Dec. 1. Private advices
from Havana are to the effect that Wey
ler will soon issue another tobacco order,
prohibiting the exportation of Reme
dious tobacco from the island of Cuba.
This was not included in his other
order and a great deal has been exported.
Havana merchants have petitioned Wey
ler to close the Cuban ports on this
tobacco, as northern and eastern manu
facturers were buying all of it for ex
portation to the United States.
For New Iff en-of- War.
Paris, Dec. 1. M. La Croix, ex-minister
of marine, invites the budget com
mittee to include in the naval estimates
$40,000,000 for building new men-of-war,
$10,000,000 to be expended in 1897 and
the remainder to be distributed overl
seven years.
Scnlptor Commits Suicide., t
Paris, Dec. 1. M. Maxime Avoiue,
the sculptor, has committee suicide on
account of grief over his dismissal from
the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, for ex
pressing revolutionary views of the Car
meaux troubles to his pupils.
Favors Cahan Independence.
Atlanta, Dec. 1. Senator A. O.
Bacon of Macon lias arrived in Atlanta.
He says: "Unless opinion has changed
very materially, and I do not believe it
has. there is an undoubted majority in
the present house and senate in favor of
what some might call radical action
.that is, the independence of the republic
Wl VUUB LTCUIg KMIguucn ttj lac aula
ham congress. I am not a member of
th foreign relations committee and do
- jMl know whether the Republican ma
iority-mll prevent action until McKin
ley is nVaugurated, but I am In favor of
the independence of Cuba, will so vote,
and I believeVthat a majority will do
likewise, if tm opportunity is pre
sented." V
Revolver Tn a raw sat
New Tobk, Dec. 1. T-rerolveft-tooraameat
for the champlorieaip of
America uader the auspices of. the
Knickerbocker Athletic dab was began
this morning;. The score is secret antU
Saturday, when the best scores will be
estimated and the leaders will begia the
real contest for the clnimpkauhip. The
beet score so far kaowm fetemtof Dr.
C. T. Aciaau, who made ? oat of a pot-
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Defeated Candidate Discusses
Status of Surer Question.
D0ESI0T BELIEVE IT IB 8ETTLBD.
I That Experience Wilt Caavli
y Who Have Thna Far Resisted Ar-
(tents Believe His ConMeaca la
Conlrmed hy the History of Recent
Elections Refers to Gold Democrats.
Nkw York, Dec. 1. In the December
amber of the North American Review
published today, Mr. Bryan has an arti
cle, in which he discusses the result of
the election as affecting the status of
the silver question. The issue on which
the ejection turned he describes as the
''greatest issue ever submitted to the
American people in time of peace." The
declaration of the Chicago convention
ia favor of 'the free coinage of silver
forced upon the people of this country,
he says, a study of the money question
ia general, and within the last four
months more people have been simul
taneously engaged in its consideration
than ever before in the history of the
world. The result of this study, Mr.'
Bryan declares to be "Temporary defeat,
bat permanent gain for the cause of bi
setallism." Mr. Bryan regards it as a
significant fact that the silver sentiment
was strongest where the question has
been longest considered, that is to say,
in the west and south. In Bryan's
opinion the cause of bimetallism made
more rapid progress than any cause ever
made in such a short time. He expresses
bis assurance that the election can be
OT o means regarueu as a couc
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iettlement of the question at issue.
by no means regarded as a conclusive
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Yiuced, he says, that they are whoring
in behalf of the people, not only here,
but throughout the world and according
to the writer, they propose to continue
their contest, confident that four more
years of experience will convince many
who have thus far resisted arguments.
This confidence, Mr. Bryan says, is con
firmed by the history of recent elections.
Mr. Greeley was defeated in 1872 and
yet Mr. Tilden was elected in 1876. Mr.
Blaine was defeated in 1884, but Mr.
Harrison was elected in 1888. The Re
publican victory of 1888 was followed by
-the Democratic victory of 1890 and the
election of President Cleveland two years
later. Mr. Bryan counsels the success
ful party to remember that thousands of
Republicans have been held to their
party this year by the pledge that it will
try to secure international bimetallism.
In reference to the gold standard Demo
crats, Mr. Bryan feels assured they can
not do as much in 1900 as they have
done this year. They have declared
their affection for Democratic princi
ples, while they snared no effort to se
cure the success of the opposing ticket.
They cannot, he says, disguise them
selves again.
Will Operate the Road.
Topeka, Dec. 1. Dwight Bramen of
New York recently appointed receiver
of the St. Louis, Kansas and Southwest
ern railroad has made arrangements to
operate the road which was abandoned
six weeks ago by the 'Frisco manage
ment. The line extends from Fort Scott
to Anthony, 60 miles. Receiver Bramen
has entered into traffic arrangements
with the Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe
systems and has rented two locomotives
and a sufficient number of freight cars
and passenger coaches from the Santa
Fe and Union Pacific roads. Beginning
next Thursday he will employ 100 men.
In an interview Receiver Bramen de
clared that the 'Frisco management took
everything in sight when they aband
oned the Anthony branch, "even down
to hand cars and coal shovels," and he
declared that under his management not
one carload of freight would be turned
over to the 'Frisco road.
S Contest Over a $3,000,000 Contest.
San Francisco, Dec. 1. A contest
has been begun over the $3,000,000
estate of Jacob Z. Davis, who died re
cently at Philadelphia. The contestants
are Rev. Joseph P. Wilson, a Method
ist minister of West Virginia and Mrs.
Catherine Stead, respectively nephew
and niece of Davis. The contestants
state that their uncle's true name was
not Davis, but Bedicker, and that he
changed his name when he came to Cal
ifornia in 1849 that he might conceal his
identity and thereby escape from an
apprenticeship. His entire estate was
left to two nieces of his wife, Lizzie
Muir and Bell Curtis and the contest
ants claim to be the only blood relatives
and heirs of Davis. They allege mental
unsoundness and undue influence as
grounds for the contest.
Stndent Disappears.
Worcester, Mass., Dec. 1. Frank
Flickinger, a member of the sophomore
class of the Worcester Polytechnic in
stitute, aisappearea irom tms city a
week ago and nothing has been seen of
him since. Flickinger was one of the
students who was suspended recently for
participation in a bonfire on the insti
tute grounds. It is thought he has
either gone to Cuba to join the insurg
ents or that he has gone west and joined
some theatrical company. His home is
in Cleveland, where his father is presi
dent of the Flickinger Wheel works.
Chapman Will Sarreader.
New York, Dec. 1. Elverton R.
Chapman, whose conviction of 90 days
in jail and $100 fine for failure to testify
before the senate sugar trust investiga
tion committee in 1891, was affirmed by
the United States supreme court, said he
would proceed at once to Washington
and surrender himself to the court. His
counsel will at once apply for a writ of
habaes corpus in order to test the con
stitutionality of the law.
Richard Bowe Convicted.
Montezuma, la., Dec. 1. Richard
Rowe, who was extradited from Mex
ico, charged with complicity in looting
the Poweshiek county treasury in 1893,
was found guilty in the district court.
Two Vessels Wrecked.
Philadelphia, Dec. J During the
prevalence of the snowstorm last night
the schooners City of Philadelphia and
Bertha Warner were dashed ashore, the
former near Little Island, Va., and the
latter 10 miles north or Barnegat, N J.
In both instances the crews were saved,
bat the vessels and cargoes, entailing a
loss of upwards of $60,000 will be total
wrecks.
Bishop Keane la Washlagtea.
Washington. Dec. 1. Bishop John J.
Keaae. late rector of the Catholic uni
versity has returned to the city from his
-visit to California. He is the guest of
Rev. Father O. Lloyd of St. Patrick's.
Bishop Keaae is on his way to Rome,
where he has been called by the pope to
accept a position of distinction and
honor. He sails for Europe Saturday.
Lovell Indictment Dismissed.
GancAOO, Dec. 1. The indictment
against Frank E.Lovell, the Missouri
tan who was charged with being
implicated ia the murder of EL R.
HaaterXia April, 1885, has been dis-
beiag not enough evidence
itotwstala
to aajtaia the isdictmeat.
Tiedway la Director.
Sioux Cm-, Dec 1. Captain Ralph
B. Tredway of the Tale 'Varsity erewaf
, has secome physical director of the
local Young Men's Christian atocistloa
and will make his home in Skrax City.
InWi
Lynx. Mass., Deo. 1. Several
tionsinwagesat shoe factories in
this
vicinity were announced at the
quarters of local labor unions.
Jail Delivery a Wyandotte.
Kansas City, Dec I. Thirteen
prisoners escaped from the Wyandotte
county jail, across the line in
Ten are still at liberty.
Cedar Rapids Outlook: Our hope ex
pressed in last week's issue that no new
canes of diphtheria would develop has
been disappointed. During the last
week several new cases have been report
ed. Two other children of Mr. Peter
eon's family have it. Miss Mae Wilson
has had a mild attack, and also Mr. L.P.
Judd's boy. All these cases are reported
mild, but two or three members of M. D.
Seaton'e family are said to be sick with
a more malignant form of the disease.
A strict quarantine is being enforced,
and every means possible will be need to
prevent the further spread of this dread
ed malady.
Osceola Record: L. B. Beits of Platte
precinct, marketed 21 head of hogs last
Saturday which averaged 233) poaade.
They were all spring pigs, three-quarter
red duroc This is; oertainlya good
weight for twenty-one pigs, the oldest of
them not quite eight months. We doubt
it anyone in the county can beat that for
growing pigs There was considerable
worry last week at Osceola in regard to
diphtheria, but the cases of the genuine
article were few, and these not serious
with one exception. All are better and
the disease is under control. The town
board appointed a board of health, com
posed of Dr. Shaw, J. H. Ludlow and
city marshal, Sam Youman, to look after
the matter of quarantine, and provide
against the spread of the disease.
Central City Nonpareil : Judge Brew
er and wife have left for LaPorte, Texas,
where they go to make their future home.
They settled on the old farm near the
Platte river in 1800. He was the first
probate judge of Merrick county. At
the time he located here there were no
settlements in the county other than two
or three stsge stations along the Platte
river. Merrick county at that time was
unorganized and was the home of the
red man, who had undisputed sway and
often caused' the few white settlers many
annoyances. With the coming of the
railway all was changed. Towns have
sprung up and where lees than two gen
erations the buffalo and antelope had
undisputed sway, Hord, Ormsby, Miller,
Frauen, Brass, Gibson and Barker are
fattening thousands of cattle and sheep
for the eastern markets. Surely Mr.
Brewer has seen many changes since he
helped to organize this county.
Madison Chronicle: The infant son
of George Raikes, living west of town,
got a coffee bean into its windpipe Sun
day morning. Drs. Long of this city and
Salter of Norfolk were called, but before
the surgeons reached the house, the bean
had passed from the child's windpipe to
the lungs. What the result will be is
hard to determine, as yet The streets
of Madison this morning looked as
though a cyclone had passed through
the town during the night It rained
considerable through the night and the
falling water froze to everything it
touched. Trees were coated with ice an
inch thick, and branches and limbs as
big as a man's leg were broken off and
the debris scattered over the streets.
Branches of trees that did not break off
were bent over nearly to the ground and
it is almost impossible to get along the
sidewalks. Telegraph and telephone
wires are down all over the city and it
mnat be as bad along the railroad. The
damage to fruit and ornamental trees is
very large, many of them being totally
ruined. During the night the weight of
ice on the whistle cord at the pump
house set the whistle to tooting at a
lively rate, and the fire department got
out under the impression that there was
a fire. It was a bad night.
Real Estate Traa.rera.
Becher, Ja?ggi k Co., real estate agents,
report the following real estate transfers
filed in the office of the county clerk for
the week ending Nov. 28, 1806.
Win. Wenk to C. H. McNeill, lots 10 and
11. blk 8. Platte Tenter, wit S 210 00
Henry Marten to Wo. Wenk. lot 9, blk
8, Platte Center, wd. 100 0B
O. P. Maboaey to Mary J. O'Neill, lot 7
blk 5, Platte Center, wd. 85 50
Kiobis Held to Kodolph uisia, part lot
T I.Ik- OK fl..Ml... .l MWI AA
A. Hallan to B. A. Larson, n nK tmH
35-17-3W. wd era 00
Five transfers, total $ IMS SO
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