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COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 14.1903.
WHOLE NUMBER 1.705.
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CONTROL TRUSTS
MR: HOAR ADDRES8SES THE SEN
ATE ON HIS SILL
Advises publicity as a edit
Nation Sees that Common Alarm is by
No Means Baseless Officers Must
Be Held Personally Liable Peril in
Csrporate Wealth.
Washington in the senate
Tuesday the Vest resolution instruct
ing the committee on fnance to pre
pare and report a bill removing the
duty on anthracite coal was consid
ered: Mr. Vest (M3.) said the fnance com
mittee could do nothing, and, ther&
fore, he could not see the necessity
Of Mr. Aldrlch's (R. I.) motion to re
fer the resolution to the finance com
mittee. "This no longer is a party ques
tion." he said, "but a question of abso
lute humanity We are not 61 the
Verge of a crisis in regard to coal,
but are actually in it Women and
children have been frozen to death
and my only solicitude is to find a
remedy for this disgraceful and outra
geous condition of affairs."
Senators stood dumb, he added,
either afraid or unwilling to take any
action answering the appeals of the
poof, freezing women and children
with a party cry "stand pat" Noth
ing was to be done with the sacred
elephant of the Dingley tariff, law.
The senator from Massachusetts Mr.
Lodge had endeavored to administer a
homeopathic dose in the shape of a
suspension of a duty for ninety days,
but if medicine was needed at ail it
was In allopathic doses. By refer
ring the resolution to the committee
it would have no chance to pass.
"Don't we know' he continued,
"that when we send the resolution to
the finance commltee we send it to Its
execution?"
He criticised the Dingley tariff and
said there was no more chance today
to reduce a single duty in the Dingley
act than for him to carry off the cap
itol building on his shoulders.
Mr. Aldrich (R. I.) said he desired
to make full answer to Mr. Vest, but
as Mr. Hoar (Mass.) had given notice
that he would speak on his frast Mil,
he asked that the resolution go over
until Wednesday. He took occasion,
however, to deny certain statements
by Mr. Vest, attributed to Mr. Dingley.
to the effect that the rates of the
bill were made unnecessarily high in
order that reciprocity treaties could be
made.
Trusts Must Be Regulated.
The resolution went over and Mr.
Hoar addressed the senate upon bis
anli-pass bill.
The address of the senator was de
voted entirely to the question of
trusts and partly to an explanation of
bib recently introduced anti-trust bill.
He began his address with the as
sumption that all thoughtful men are
agreed as to the necessity of legis
lation, state or national, for the con
trol of trusts.
He said that as yet there bad been
only apprehension and alarm, but no
serious injury, except in the case of
the recent coal strike, on account of
trusts. On the contrary, the progress
of our material prosperity had been
greater in the past few years than
ever before had been known and our
workmen were better off. Still there
is. he said, actual peril and it is none
the less real because it involves only
the future and not the present.
The senator then took up the dis
cussion of the effect of the control of
vast wealth by individuals, saying
that in such a system there was much
to threaten republican liberty. Mcst
of the vast fortunes of the present
day had been accumulated within
thirty years.
"Is there anything to render it un
likely." he asked, "that if one of
these vast fortunes has grown from a
hundred thousand to a hundred mil
lion or a thousand million in thirty
years, that, in the hands of the next
possessor, in another thirty or fifty
years, the hundred million may be
come a hundred thousand million? Is
there anything to stop the accumu
lation of these snowballs? Cannot
the same power and business ability
and capital that can control all tht
petroleum in the country control all
the coal? Can it not control the rail
road and the ocean-carrying trade?
Can it not buy up and hold in one
man's grasp the agricultural and
grazing lands of new and great sta'es
and the coal mines and silver mines
and copper mines?"
But, great as were the possibilities
of the-accumulation of great wealth
by individuals, hs did not find in such
accumulation the same peril that is
found in corporate control of sack
wealth. This was true, he said, be
cause the natural man dies aai his
estate is distributed under the law,
while the corporation lives forever.
"It never goes throng the probate
court. be said.
"Internal transactions are kept
secret. It is not soUeitious for its
town honor, except so far as its aouor
or reputation is essential to its Bet
ting money. It has bo soul aai no
conscience. la general, the mea who
are most powerful in its asanngeafteat
caa. if they see ft, avoid personal
liability for obligations."
Tae senator said that mow the guest
rercratioas are ia sjboi
Napoleon of
Isaacs
iass the aosjtral of
should com
ltfc
rst
million dollars. Would not
that possibility so a real punttc dam
fit? Sach i power can make wars
or prevent wars. It can threaten a
community with a coal famiae, a
wheat famine and it can execute - its
threats. He had no fear but that the
American people could meet such
aerneles bt It were setter to
forestall them:
Remedies Proposes.
fie then presented the following
outline of the restrictions imposed by
his bill on corporations:
First Publicity in the conduct of
their business and the constitution of
their organization.
BeeonS The power to step their
business altogether if they violate the
lews enacted by eongress.-
Thira Strict penalty oh them and
their dancers for sach violations.
Fourth Personal liability for all
debts; obligations and wrong-doings
f the directors, ofikers and agents,
UnJess-tke .laws faily-caaaplleA
with. This liability is secured br re
quiring the personal consent to the
provisions of this bill and acceptance
of all its obligations by sach officers,
directors and agents before they en
ter upon office.
As to the effect of the measure ia
case it should become a law he said:
"If this bill should become a law
and become effective, no corporation
engaging in the commerce which is
within the jurisdiction of congress can
keep its condition a secret No such
corporation can do business on ficti
tious capital or watered stock. No
corporation can oppress any rival,
whethef corporate or Individual, by
any ualawful practices.
"If it goes it will be oa the condl
ttoa tkit every one of its managers
become personally liable for its debts
aUi its torts, 'and will be liable also
to heavy criminal liability.
'This bill depends for its validity
oa the constitutional power of con
gress to regulate international and In
terstate commerce.
Upon the coaclusioa of Mr. Hoar's
speech Mr. Nelson (Minn.) resumed
his remarks begun yesterday in op
position to the omnibus statehood bill.
MASKED MEN RAID JAIL.
Fores Officers to Give Up Keys and
Free Two Alleged Lynchers.
LEWISTON, Tenn. Tuesday night
thirty masked men released W. P.
Hopworth and W. H. Johnson from
the Marshall county jail. The prison
ers were charged with lynching n
negro namea jonn uavis and a nu
merously signed petition to Judge
Houston to grant a special term of
court to try them had been refused.
The judge's action became known
here Tuesday night and shortly after
ward the masked party appeared at
the door of Sheriff Wallace's resi
dence. The assistant jailor answered
the summons and was forced to give
up his beys and the prisoners were
released. The keys were then return
ed to the officer and the crowd quietly
departed, taking the alleged lynchers
with them. The whereabouts of the
fugitives is unknown.
MAJOR THREATENED DEATH.
Filipinos Forced to Act as Guides Un
der Penalty of Instant Death.
MANILA. Two natives, former of
ficials of Calbaygo, island of Simar,
were the only witnesses at the trial
Wednesday of Major Edwin F. Glenn.
They told of Major Glen's arrival
at Calbaygo, and said be directed the
citizens to assemble in his office.
When they appeared he read General
Smith's order and advised them to aid
the Americans in the pacification of
the island. He said this pacification
was in their hands and directed them
to go out and confer with the in
surgents. He warned the citizens that
if the insurgents failed to surrender
they would be used as guides to con
duct the American column agaiast th
enemy.
Rolls Down Embankment.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. A passenger
train on the Southern railway, bound
from Atlanta to Benaingham, left the
rails Saturday night near Weens sta
tioa. The baggage and mail cars
rolled down an embankment aad were
demolished.
Although the train was filled with
passengers. Engineer White was the
only person killed. His mangled body
was found under the locomotive.
Twenty-seven passengers were slight
ly injured. A relief train brought the
injured to Birmingham. The passen
ger coaches remained on the ties.
The derailment occurred oa a curve
and was caused by the spikes ia the
rails being pulled out by a preceding
freight, which bad gone three miles
with one of the wheels on the ties.
When the locomotive pulling the long
train from Atlanta struck the insecure
rail, it left the track and turned over,
crushing Engineer White to death.
The' combination express and mail car
split In two lengthwise, part of it fall
ing egainst the wreckage of the bag
car.
China Is Given Notice.
PEKIN. At a meeting Wednesday
all the forelga ministers except United
States Minister Conger signed the
Joint note informing the Chiaese gov
ernment that a failure to fulfill its ob
llgatioas ia refusing to .pay the wax
iademaity oa a gold basis, as provided
for' by the peace protocol, would es
tail grava coascaucncof.
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LEAVENWORTH. Kaa. The ah
seace without leave uf TJeatenaat Ed
ward O. Perkias, Fcanth cavalry, TJal
ted States anay. has bees i reported to
the war department. Ia case of hi
return to the pott bis reslgnatioa win
asked for.
THE COALjAMINE
ATTY.. GEN. SUMMONS SPECIAL
GRAND JURY AT CHICAGO.
SAYS A CONSPIRACY EXISTS
the State's Artemty His Prepared a
Statement Setting Forth His Rea
son for Believing That a Combine
Exists in Cook County;
SPRINGFIELD, 111. A special grand
jury met in Chicago Saturday to in
vestigate the Alleged conspiracy be
tween coal operators,- railroads and
ebeJ dealers td increase the price of
coal a the Chicago market
Attorney General Hamlin will lead
the investigation. The attoraey gen
eral recently secured the services of
competent men whom he sent to the
mlaes along the Chicago ft Alton road,
aad also other coal producing regions,
and the reports whteh they have made
convinced him that the market 10 Be
ing controlled by certain dealers find
operators. The last report made to
him was received Friday afternoon
and contained some valuable informa
tion. While the attorney general has not
made public the evidence with which
he has been furnished, he claims it
win show that certain coal operators
and dealers, same who art interested
in mine and some who are not en
tered into an agreement by which
they could control the coal market.
He did not state that any of the rail
ways were interested in the alleged
combination, although he has also in
vestigated oa this point Railroad of
ficials state that they lose no time in
transporting coal from the coal-producing
regions to Chicago, but that the
delay is caused by the dealers there
not returning the empty cars in due
time. This furnished an important
foundation for the inquiry, and on it
several interesting statements have
been secured.
Forty witnesses were named in the
subpoenas given to the sheriff.
Small dealers are not the mark at
which the state's attorney aims. While
the names on the list of witnesses are
withheld, it is known that they are
those of mine owners and wholesale
dealers in coal.
The state's attorney in his petition
for a special jury says:
"From information brought to him
the state's attorney has reason to be
lieve that there exists among cer
tain owners and operators of coal
mines and certain dealers in bitumin
ous coal doing business in Cook coun
ty, a combination to. do an illegal act,
injurious to the public trade, to-wit:
To prevent competition in. the sale and
delivery of such coal in the county
and to regulate and fix the price there
of, and that such a combination has
been entered into and exists to fix
and limit the amount and quantity of
such products as are mined in this
state and also such as are mined and
produced elsewhere and brought into !
the county for consumption, and to
regulate and fix the price thereof.
"It is a matter of general informa
tion that at the present time great
quantities of such products have been
brought into the county for sale and
consumption, and that the same is sold
only at exorbitant prices, so much be
yond the cost of production and trans
portation that such owners, operators
and dealers receive unreasonable prof
its and the consumers are required to
pay exorbitant prices; that by reason
of such combination and the withhold
ing of sales thereunder great distress
and suffering prevail among the poor
in the community, who are unable to
pay such prices for such necessities,
and great hardships exist among the
different lines of industries requiring
a continuous supply of products to
carry on their business by reason of
the pretended inability of the opera
tors, owners and dealers to supply the
demand at the ordinary market
prices."
Senate Investigates.
WASHINGTON. The -senate com
mittee on the District of Columbia
continued its iavesUgation of the coal
shortage in Washington. Joseph
Crawford, general agent of the Penn
sylvania railroad, said that during the
last year there had been a decrease
in the quantity of anthracite brought
to Washington over his line of 30 per
cent but during November and De- r
comber there had been an increase
over the normal receipts. There had
been no increase in freight rates from
the miaes.
W. Z. Zeh. a local dealer, declared
it was much easier to secure coal
from the independent companies than
from the railroad companies, which
indicated that the large' companies
were disposing of their coal to the
smaller ones to keep the prices up.
Canada May Remove Duty.
OTTAWA, Ont D. Gallery. M. P..
of Montreal, conferred with Premier
Laurier regarding the advisability of
removing the duty on anthracite coal.
Sir Wilfred promised to take the mat
ter under consideration.
Coal Famine in Missouri."
MARSHALL. Mo. A coal famine
prevails ia Marshall and the nearby
towns. Slater sent to this city for coal,
watch is scarce here: Many families
are buraiag their fruit trees and shade
trass. Cut wood is sailing for $8 a
cord, aad such fuel is very scarce.
st6rm DEtAVsI Akk train
Passengers Pull Into Union ScstiM
from One td Six Hours Late.-
The wind storm and cold of Tuesday
night and Wednesday played havoc
with the railroad service ia this sec
tion of the middle west Not one pas
senger train reached the Union static
at Omaha on time Tuesday morning,
and they, were late from one hour ap"
td six.- Freight service meanwhile was
much more badly delayed, is every
possible leeway was given the passea
ger trains.
Tuesday night the wind was a fierce'
northeaster and was actually strong'
enough at times to practically hold i
train facing it still in its tracks. De
spite its direction, however, it
not only trains going north and
that were hung up. The wind was as
powerful that its crossfire sad eafilads
oa trains running southland west,
away from it, made travel dffikult la
those directions audi
Several instances are reported
where engineers stopped their trails
entirely during certain spasms of the
storm, while they were on high or ex
posed ground. They were afraid to
run them because there was danger of
being blown oft the track while round
ing curves.
With trainmen and engihemeft the
wind played many pranks, none seri
ous as far as has beea heard so far
However, no man dared travel along
the tops of freight cars save oa his
hands and knees, and in passenger
coach trains of open platforms it was
a dangerous feat all night long to pass
from one car io another.
Down at the Union station the bag'
gage hand rolled out a dozen or so
trucks ia expectation of the loads oa
incoming trains. In a trice the wlad
had seized the trucks and whirled
them in all directions, and one truck
man said that If the yards handn't
been fenced they would be hunting for
trucks yet.
The trains that were most conspicu
ously late Wednesday were Union Pa
cific No. 4, due here at 7:30 a. m.,
which did not arrived till after 12
o'clock; Rock Island No. 41. four hours
late from the east; Northwestern over
land. No. 1, two hours late from Chi
cago; Northwestern No. 71, three
hours late from Minneapolis; Missouri
Pacific No. 51, one hour and a half
late. Northwestern train No. 76,
which left here for Minneapolis at
7:55 Tuesday night and had to go ia
the teeth of the gale all the way, was
four hours late up there.
PUSH TRUST LAWS.
President' Desires to Curs the Com
bines. WASHINGTON. President Roose
velt had a conference Wednesday with
Speaker Henderson and Representa
tive Grosvenor of Ohio with regard to
proper anti-trust legislation. The
conference lasted for a considerable
time, the situation in the house being
discussed thoroughly.
It is understood that the president
impressed upon his callers, who went
to the executive offices at his re
quest his desire that some legislation
dealing with the trust question should
be enacted at the present session of
congress. No particular measure was
under discussion and, of course, none
was agreed upon.
"The trust question is a most dif
ficult one to handle in a legislative
way." said General Grosvenor. as hs
left the executive offices, "but I think
some measure will be enacted into
law at this session. It will be neces
sary to steer a middle course between
the desires of the radical anti-trust
people and those who profess to see
little evil in trusts or combinations of
capital. That such a course will be
adopted by congress I have no doubt"
It is stated that at the conference
the question of bringing the subject
of trusts before the house in a formal
way at an early date was considered.
out wnat conclusion, it any, was
reached is not known.
WILL START MARCONI PAPER.
Enterprising Newspaper Man to Pub
lish Journal on Atlantic Lines.
LONDON According to the Daily
Telegraph contracts have been com
pleted to start a daily paper, to be sup
plied with news by the Marconi system
of wireless telegraphy, on board a
British liner running between Liver
pool and New York. Publication will
begin about the end of this month.
Embargo to Bo Lifted
BOSTON. Dr. D. E. Salmon, census
bureau of animal industry, expresses
his belief that before the end of this
week all cattle suffering from the foot
and mouth disease in Massachusetts
will have been destroyed.
It Is expected that within two weeks
the cattle embargo will have beea
lifted from New England.
OTTAWA. Ont A report received
from Canada's commercial agent at
Jamaica, says the government of Ja
maica has passed an order prohibit
ing the importation of cattle from
Canada and the United States on ac
count of the foot and mouth disease
in New England.
Pennsylvania Stock Grows. M rtntendeat of the state school
PHILADELPHIA The call for the bBnd at Nebraska City,
meeting of the stockholders of the
Pennsylvania railroad for March 1 H. M. Garner, a book agent was ax
contains a notification that tho share- ted Sunday afternoon at Omaha oa
holders will be asked to authorize aa ' charge of sstag a suspicious char
increase in the" capital stock of more eter. Hs bad beea fonowiag littl
than $400,000,000, or nearly double the SB shout, trying to engage them hi
amouat outstanding. , I eoaversatioa. The police had receiv-
several complaints regardiag him.
.,!? ; l,-t?, J Mt week he was found in
PABIS.-Tho Temps correspondeat a roost oa the south side by the occu-
at Continople tetegraphs that tap.' X - m9 Vow lata hour.
resentotives of the Mausers sigaeda- e - naMm wh
contract Wednesday providing for the u.wMthaes, He has beea known to
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' NEBRASKA'S INVESTMENTS I , BRIEF NOTES.
Has a Million and a Ha if DeJIare
I LINCOLN Auditor Charles Wes
'ssa's salsace sheet, issued Jonuary 1.
I shows that the-stats treasurer has on
:haad $20t,374,2t aaa" that tan iavest
rSMats bow held by the state amouat
ft Sherry s,500,v00. The total
amouat of trust fends oa band is S3,
r7Ut, This is made up sf the felt
blowing funds oa hand: Permanent
school fund, 1290.91; agricultural col
lege sadowmeat fund, S674l; per-
it university fund, $891.47; aor-
eadowmeat; ttl2J8. -
Taw amount ea haad December 1
was $34S2J5SJ9. The receipts during
the BMtata wars SJv?,41t22, aad the
disbursements wers I434,29?9, leav
lag 9203,3741 oa haad at the Open
tag of the aew year. Tills is the
smallest amouat for which the treas
urer has had to account within the
Bast twenty years. Whea State Treas
urer Meserve turned over the office to
Stan Treasurer Stuefer he had oa
hand 9O0J42.M. Of that amount f 91.
C39.4I iras trust funds.
The laveetmeats of the state funds
have growa, notwithstanding a great
many bonus aad securities have been
paid off by counties. The total in
vestment held by the state has grown
from 14,571.340.21 on August 21, 1901.
to 15,475.034.77 at the present time.
These investments are as follows.
School fund. tS.090,291.e; agricultur
al college endowment $224,692.14; per
manent university, $101,050.97; nor
mal eadowmeat $59,000.
Implement Dealers Meet
' The Nebraska and Western Iowa
Retail Implement Dealers association
will opea its annual convention at
Schlitx halt Omaha, on Tuesday after-
aooa at 2 o'clock, and beside that
meeting will hold morning sessions
Wednesday and Thursday.
It is aow assured that this will be
the largest convention ever held by
this association, and it is expected
that the attendance will exceed 700.
There will be a aumber of distinguish
ed members of kindred organizations,
among whom will be F. K. Allen of
Craig, Mot, president of the national
federatfoa.
The present officers of this organisa
tion are: H. P. Shumway, Wakefield,
Neb., president;' Neil Brennan,
O'NellL Neb., vice president; N. L
Maloney, secretary and treasurer, and
Gus Baboon, Seward, Neb., and J. L.
Blowers, David City, directors.
The visiting delegates will be enter
tained at the Commercial club Wed
nesday evening by the local jobbers
and manufacturers of implements.
The program of Tuesday, afternoon,
consists largely cf the reports of offi
cers, but will include addresses by
visiting members of the national as
sociation. Killed by Train.
WAHOO, Neb. John Neville, a far
mer living four miles north of Wahoo,
met with a fatal accident about
3 o'clock Monday. Re was haul
ing corn and attempted to drive
across the railroad track ahead of the
Elkhom passenger train. The train
struck the wagon and demolished it
and Mr. Neville was throwa some dis
tance, alighting on his shoulders. He
was picked up unconscious and
brought back to Wahoo by. the train
and medical aid was summoned. He
was about 45 years of age, married aad
had a large family. Mr. Neville died
at 5 p. SB. ia the depot waiting room.
Stockmen Will Meet
LINCOLN L. C. Lawsoa, F. M. Tyr
rell and Hoa. Z. C. Bransoa are ar
ranging for the program for the meet
ing ia this city oa January 22 and 23
of the Central Short-Horn Breeders'
associatloa. This will be one of the
big gatherings of the year in Lincoln.
From 399 to 500 iovers aad breeders
of short-bora cattle will be here. They
come from all parts of the United
States and Canada, and are a class of
mea whom it win be to the iaterest of
Nebraska people .to know. For six
years the associatloa has met yearly
ia Kansas City, but at the last ses
sion it was induced to come to Lin
cola. Miller Must Face Charges.
Whea Charles Miller stepped off
the Elkhom train at the Webster
street station at 5 o'clock Sunday
aight "in Omaha he met a reception
which hs did aot-expect Captain
Dana and Detective Mitchell were
waiting for him and escorted him to
the dry Jail, whence he waa taken
by Sheriff Bowman of Dodge county
to Fremont' where he Is wanted to
answer to the charge of larceay. He
recently, it is alleged, held ap a saloon
keeper at Scrlsaer to the tune of $40.
. J. T. Morey has been re-appointed
'eu.
It Is estimated that 90 per coat sf
the employes of the clgaf trust art
females, aad the great majority ars
mlaors.
In Dodge county the total chattel
mortgages filed during 1902 was 92C.
amount, $220,180.26; releasei 559.
amouat, $268,309.94.
Congressman Reblasoo or Madison,
who recently uaderwent aa operatioa
for appendicitis, is rapidly recovering,
although still confined to his home.
S. G. Wright for tea years proprie
tor of a drug store at Tabfs Rock, has
told his business to F. M. ColweH of
Pawaee City, aad win go elsewhere
By the blowing out of a plug ia tho
flue of an Elkhorn engine at Peters
burg. Brakeman Spencer Martin nasi
Fireman Ed Rohoder were severely
scalded.
The elaborate experiments at the
State Agricultural college st Ames
demonstrate that the soft cora ia aa
valuable for feediag purposes as tho
normal grain.
Governor Mickey has appointed
Mayor Moores of Omaha a colonel on
his personal staff. Msyor Moores
served aader Governor Savage in a
similar capacity.
The Second regiment band of Be
atrice has been selected by Adjutant
General Colby to play at the inaugu
ration of Governor-elect Mickey at
Lincoln, January 8.
The following shows the record sf
mortgages filed and released in Gage
county during the past year: Mort
gages filed, 618; amount $814,124; re
leased, 754; amount, $808.80S.
G. A. Baxter, the aged colored maa
who waa sentenced to ten years la tho
penitentiary, for the murder of bis baby
at Grand Island, but who claimed that
he was Innocent was set free.
Twelve families of Gypsies have
gone Into winter quarters near Bea
trice. They are having their large
living vans repaired and painted and
getting ready for the road in the
spring.
S. A. Teal, for thirty years master
mechanic of the Fremont Elkhorn it
Missouri Valley railroad, with head
quarters at Missouri Valley, has re
signed and will be succeeded by Ed
ward W. Pratt
Sheriff John M. Kreader of Dodge
county has resigned, in order to as
sume tho duties of deputy collector of
internal revenue. Deputy Sheriff Ar
thur Bauman has been appointed to
fill the vacancy.
Eight companies have been organiz
ed recently in Dawes county for the
purpose of boring for oil, and filings
have been made on sixty-four placer
oil mining claims in Beaver creek val
ley, about ten miles northeast of
Chadron.
M. L. Rawllngs of Wymore now has
a force of over seventy-five men nt
work cutting ice on Indian creek. The
ice averages from ten to twelve Inches
in thickness. At present they are
working on a contract for tb'e B.
M., which cans for 200 carloads.
Union Pacific engine 1718, attached
to an extra freight train. left the rails
while going on a sidetrack at the west
end of the yards at Elkhorn. Tho
wrecking crane came out from Omaha
and put it back on the track. The
engine received bnt small damage.
The women of the Helen Gould club
met in open session at the home of
Mrs. Fozzard, one of its members, in
Rising City, New Tear's eve. An In
foresting program was listened to. one
of the principal features of which was
a paper prepared and read by J. A.
Reichenback on the subject of "Labor
Unions."
Mrs. Charles Coburn, residing at
Beatrice, attempted suicide by swal
lowing a quantity of morphine. A
physician was summoned when it was
discovered that she bad swallowed
the drug and succeeded in resuscitat
ing her by the use of a stomach pump.
It Is alleged that Mrs. Coburn had
trouble with her husband the forepart
of the week, which resulted In his
leaving her.
Fifty dollars reward is offered for
the arrest of Rev. Ray Fairchild aad
Mrs. May Johnson, who recently
eloped from Barrett Kan., a small
town southwest of Table Rock, In
Marshall county, Kansas. Fairchild
is 27 years old, a Free Methodist
preacher, and left' n wife and four
small children. The woman is the
wife of Henry Johnson. 27 years old.
and left a husband and two children.
They left in a wagon drawa by a span
of mules.
The women of the W. S. A. society
at Table Rock gave a New Tear's re
ception st the fine parlors of Mrs. C.
R. Smith from 2 p. m. till 5 p. m., nt
which the attendance was Urge. The
parlors were decorated with holly, mis
tletoe and Spanish moss aad the suff
rage colors. The tables, with ferns.
and a profusion of potted plants also
adorned the rooms. The hostess and
the officers of the society formed the
receiving line.
LINCOLN Food Commissioner SL
C Bassett has decided to retala his
office until the closing of the legisla
ture. He had haaded in a resigna
tion to take effect much sooner, but
st the request of Governor Mickey
has consented to remain until April
1. It is rumored About the state cap
itol that Horace Clark, superintend
ent of the girls' industrial school at
Geneva, and Commissioner A. V. Cols
of the soldiers' home at GraaJ Island
will be retained In their piiseat pa
siticne.
THE LIVB STOCK MARKET.
and Kansas City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
CATTLE-Receipts of cattle
agata tbu SMratBs. so that
the
market took en more than
sees her ta sosm little tune. Buyers
were all out arlr aad pnctlcaNy every
tbtag on tb market was disposed sf by
the mlddls of the foreaooa.
About ta usual pcoeortlea of the re
ceipts consisted of beef steers, aad the
market was a little streager. As Wail
as flM Was paid for cattle or pretty
fair quality, but the most of the offer
ings were not vetf seed. The setter
grades ta a good assay cases sold i?Ne
higher, aad the commoner Blade eewM
also be quoted stronger than yesterday.
The cow market waa especially active
aad the cattle changed1 hands very
freely. Anything- at all desirable sold
generally a. dune higher. Caaaers and
cutters were In good demand as well as
the better grades ef cornfeds. so that
1
the peas were cleared to goo
It looked as though the Ught
ef taeiast week or tea days had
packers a chance to dean mp the stocks
they had on hand, aad that they were
again getting anxloas far flush sup
plies. Bulls, veal calves and stags all sold
at stronger prices, as Mgh as PX25 be
ing paid for calves, which Is the highest
price la sosse little time.
SHEEP There was s light supply ef
sheep here this morning-, so that al
thoagh -rather bearish reports groat
other points were received, the market
here held generally about steady with
yesterday. There was more or less un
evenness to the trade, owing to tht
break In prices yesterday, and besides
that the quality of the greater part of
the offerings was rather Inferior. Most
everything; though, that would do for
killers sold without much trouble. West
ern yearlings of fair quality sold aa
high as ft and a Uttle bunt of na
tives brought H5S There were no ewes
on sale good enough to sell for more
tcaa SXTC and prime lambs were lack
ing. The feeder situation was unchanged.
The few odd bunches that arrived sold
at just about steady prices.
Quotations: Choice western lambs.
5.95.S; fair to good lamb. St5Su
$M: choice native Iambs. f&Sv&St
choice yearlings. R5g4.73; fair to good
yearlings. HOSfKSt: choice wethers.HU
4.); fair to good. H754.W: choice ewes.
$3.5Ogl0t; fair to good. tX0X: feeder
lambs. $3.0994.0); feeder yearlings, IXShp
3.9: feeder wethers, 12.7543X3; feeder
ernes. fLSeflS.
HOGS There was not a heavy Tues
day's supply of hogs here this morning;
and. as packers all had to have a few
hogs, the market opened a big nickel
higher, or SgMc higher. It was evident
though, that packers did not like to gaf
the prices, as they were slow about bid
ding the full strength of the market,
so that the morning was well advanced
before the bulk of the offerings was dis
posed of. The bulk of the lightweights
sold from IS.S to SSL3S. with some sales
as low' as 18.13. The butcher weights
sold largely around StS to &. aad
some prime hogs sold from SS.45 to StSe.
KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK MARKET
CATTLE Receipts. Mft head natives,
500 head Texans; calves. $4. all natives;
corn fed. steady; best cows and heifers
steady to strong, others W15c lower;
quarantine steady; choice export and
dressed beef steers. S5.006&O9: fair to
good. SX3565.0); stockers and feeders,
C5094.09; choice export and dressed beef
steers. $5.0.e; fair to good. SS.359
SCO; stockers and feeders. S&5bH25:
western fed steers. t&50&25; Texas and
Indian steers. t3.2564.3D: Texas cows.
t03.15; native cows. S1.754j4.tt: native
heifers. $2.5084.25 ; canners. $Leftfi33;
bulls. tl?0XeO; calves. t2.T5S6.73.
IIOGS-Receipts, 12.609 head; market
strong- to Mc higher: light steady to
strong: top. IC.55: bulk of sales. St239
6.50: heavy. SJl3.SS; mixed packers.
S&206&45; light. SlsegCSS; yorkera. S&259
135: pigs. $5.0045.75.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts. COM
head; market. 10$15c lower; iambs,
steady: native lambs. S4.95J5: western
lambs. $X85t?l35; fed ewes. tXOOg&SS; na
tive wethers. S3.0Og4.5e: western wethers,
$C75; stockers and feeders. $XO0jX39.
ACCIDENT WHILE TAKING BATH.
Lamp Upeets, Mies IHirden and Hsr
Maid Are Severely Burned.
NEW YORK Miss Evelyn Burden,
a daughter of I. Towasead Burden,
was seriously burned in a ire at tho
family residence in East Twenty
seventh street. Madison Square. She
was taking a vapor both. In some
way the tamp upset and Miss Burden
was severely burned about the legs.
She was carried into the residence of
Mrs. Iselin. near by.
A maid whose same Is said to bo
Garda Fagerqueat was severely burn
ed while trying to rescue Miss Bur
den. Two maids who were on the upper
floor were rescued by the flremea.
The house, a four-story browa stone)
mansion, was coaslderably damaged.
NEW TORK F. C. Vlgarue of this
city has received a letter from W. God
frey Hunter, jr.. who recently killed
William A. Fitzgerald la Guatemala
City, sayiag that he would pass
through New Orleans In ten days and
would have sUdavits aad testimony to
prove that a conspiracy existed agsinst
him. He says also that had It aot
beea for his good aim ho would have
been killed by Fitzgerald.
Would Return to
ST.-PAUL. Minn. Cole Touager ap
plied to the state hoard of pardons
Monday for a full pardoa. He has
beea on parole from the state prisoa
for a year aad a half. The terms of
the parole forbid Urn to leave the stats
or to exercise say other rights of citi
zesbip. Ia fact, on parole, he ta civilly
dead as much aa if within the walls of
the prison. The purpose of this ap
plication, of course, la to enable
Younger to vetura to his old hoi
Bs Slow in Judging.
Never think, because you cannot sea
faa Christian fruit of another man's
life, that therefore there ia ao fruit.
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