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M' 0K TRIBUNESCP.

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' BEATRICE has a champion egg cater.-JacIc

.Robinson , a colored man , the

other day consumed on a wager two' dozen raw eggs in less than five min.-

Rtes..

.REV BOYD of Valley went to Mon-

mouth-

, IlL , to attend the reunion ofbrothers and sisters at the old home ,

in honor of the golden wedding of theirparents , who are still living.

JOHN SINGPIEh of Bancroft does not' complain of Nebraska. He came herea poor man , and sold his farm the otherday for 13120. He will retire fromthe cornfield and live on the interestof his money.

SAM McColtr. and Wade Sherley , twoyoung men , lost their lives by drown-ing

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while skating near Salem. Bothyoung men were highly respected inthe community.-

O'DILLON.

GAGNON, a farmer livingfive miles southeast of Campbell , whilereturning from Red Cloud ran into aditch and tipped the wagon over , thebox falling oD his head , killing him in-

stantly.-

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A MEETING of the managers of thestate board of agriculture is called forthe Millard hotel , Omaha , December12 , at 7 p. m. , to wind up the year's re-

ports-

and prepare for the annual meet-ing

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in January.-A

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LA1tGE and enthusiastic mass meet-ing

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was held at the county court housein North Platte for the purpose of peti-tioning

-congress to recognize the Cuban

insurgents as belligerents. Resolu-tions

-a to that effect were unanimously

adopted.-A

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OEAND musical festival and circus ,

given for the benefit of the AssociatedCharities , will be held at Omaha on De-

cember-

11th and 12th. Half rates' willbe given on all railroads in eastern Ne-

braska-

and western Iowa , good to re-

turn-

until the 15th.THE city board of Stockvilie met and

nppointed Dr Case to go to Curtis andinvestigate the rumor that smallpoxexisted in that place. He returned andreported that the rumor was true.Next morning the board enforced aquarantine against Curtis.-

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SAD misfortune has befallen thefamily of 'John Kimmerly of Piercecounty. Mrs. Kimmerly became verymuch excited over religious matters ,

which soon developed into a case of in-

sanity-

, and she.was taken to the Nor-

folk-

asylum , where she died.-

A.

WASHINGTON dispatch says thates-Senator Paddock had a conferencewith Senator Smithm in reference to ex-

tending-

the time of payment for theOtoe and Missouri lands in SouthernNebraska , and also relative to the re-

bate-

., to be allowed purchasers of theselands. Nothing definite was agreedupon , however , and another conferencewill be held soon.-

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MOST interesting case has just beenfinished in the district court at Chad-ron before Judge Bartow , wherein Dr.-

J..

. I. Lease , a prominent citizen and aleader of the straht democracy , wassued by a young man whom he had hitover the head tvitli a cane on account

. of alleged slander preferred againsti f him , for 1000. 'Thejury was out only

. , a few hours , and returned a verdict infavor of the defendant.-

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.j THE case of Rev. Cole , pastor of the.! Congregational church of Grand Island

against the Western Union Telegraphcompany for $1,995 damages , was con-

cluded-

last week, the jury bringing in-

a verdict awarding plaintiff $50 andcosts. Rev. Cole's cause for action wasthe failure of the defendant companyto deliver to him amessage announcinghis mother's death , he not becoming

r- aware of the latter fact until after the

funeral.C-

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. Jouxsos , one of the prominentScandinavian farmers of Polk county ,

living about seven miles northwest of-

Osceola , met with a severe accident.-He

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had come to town to trade and aslie was driving near the Kilbourne-tiouring mill the workmen blew the

s noon whistle , scaring the team of

' - mules. They ran away , throwing Mr.Johnson out. He was bruised up badlyand it is feared may be injured inter-nally.

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A aluslc dealer in Chadron has sent aviolin to a man living at Pine Ridgeagency who bears the longest name onrecord in that part of the state at leastHis name is Irish Francis Maycock The-RisingSunAndMoon.

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. His postofficeaddress is a close second and is Medi-

cfne-

Root Creek , Kyle postoffice , PineRidge agency , Shannon county , SouthDakota. He is a white man and notan Indian as his name would seem to-

indicate. .

REPoRTS received at the office of thesecretary of state show that the GrandIsland sugar factory there was madeout of the beets , on which the state ischarged with a bounty , 2,106,075pounds of granulated and 433,425pounds of yellow sugar. The factoryquit paying $5 per ton on beets on thefirst of December , so that there is noclaim attaching for bounty on what isnow being turned out , and the figuresof output only include what was madewhile the bounty price , $5 , was paid.

WASHINGTON DISPATCH : In lookingup a pension case Representative Mer-

cer-

made a discovery of interest to, many old Nebraska soldiers , being the' whereabouts of a number of-

uien\ presentwho served in company D , First

1ebraska cavalry. The fist is as fo-]lows : Captain Jon C. Potts , Kingman ,

9riz. ; Sergeant George ii. Ellis , 1Vat-

.'Ins

., N. Y. ; Corporal' Joshua A. Bur-

on-

; , Seymour, Ind. ; Privates Walter J-

.fardia.

, Fort Worth , Tee ; George Ab-

ernathy , Elk Creek , Neb. ; Richard 'r

Birt, Los Angeles , CaL , and John Ste-

vens-

, Lynn , :Mass.

GEORGE IUSSELL , of Dodge county ,

arraigned on the charge of incest withhis daughter , was discharged , the cvi-

Y

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deuce not being convincing.R-

EV..

. Joux UEWITT , rector of theChurch of the Holy Trinity of Lincoln ,

has been called to St. Paul's Episcopalchurch in Columbus , 0.-

J.

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. C. THOMAS , formerly known as the;i firm of 'Thomas & Ira , who has been

doing business in Niobrara for about.,,1. fifteen years , keeping a drug and gro,-3

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' eery store , was closed up by creditors._ 0. D. VAN HORN of Nortli Loup was

the antics of a. so badly injured by

I bucking broncho that he died in a fewI'" hours. .

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Uolvcrslty Expenses-.J

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S. Dales , seretary-treasurer of theBoard of Regents of the State Univers-ity

-, has filed with the governor his re-

port-

of the expenditures of universityfunds for the six months ending No-

vember-

30. The board of regents meetstomorrow at the university , when it willbe acted upon by the members. Thereport is as follows :

University fundsalarles and wages, 1895. . . . . . . . . . . . . . , : . . . . 45,95159

Current expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10354.54Library. :0,718.6-5Secretary's. cash , university fund. . . . 121.22Agricultural experiment station. . . . 444S.3iExperiment farm ,. 299,94Merrill fund , Installment 1815. . . . . . . . 6818,78Especial library fund , university

I matriculation and diploma fees. . . . 59.12Law school expenses. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1043.11

The report also sbows the condition of thevarious funds available for universitywork.

Meeting of State Dairymen.The eleventh and annual meeting of

the Nebraska Dairymen's associationwill be held in the chapel of the Stateuniversity on December 17, 18 and 19 ,

i 1895. The opening session will be onthe evening of December 17 , at whichthere will be an address of welcome byChancellor McLean , responses by prom-inent

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members of time association andothers , the annual address of the pres-ident

-and the report of the secretary.-

At.

Wednesday's session there will bepapers read and discussions on the fol-

lowing-

topics : "Visiting a Creamery , "P. SV. Culbertson , Archer ; "Two Years'Practical Experience in PasteurizingCream for Butter Making and SweetCream Trade , " E. J. 11'hite, Brighton ,

Colo. ; "B 41 ," by a representative ofthe Conn Butter Culture company , Wa-terloo

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, Ia. "B 41" is the name givento a new system of developing a uni-form

-flavor in butter by a well defined

method of ripening the cream. "Al-falfa

-for the Dairy , " L. F. Stoddard ,

Kearney ; "The Farmer Man's Dairy-ing

-, " IL P. Mclntosh , Omaha ; "Pre-

sentable-

Butter for Market , " JohnBethune , Lincoln ; "The Cost of Pro-ducing

-aPound of Letter , D. P. Ash-

burn , Gibbon-.Thursday's

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session : "The Effect ofFoods on the Dry Substances of Milk , "Prof. T. L. Lyon , State university ,

"What the Country Merchant Can De-

fer the Private Dairymen , " W. E. Rid-' cell , Omaha ; "The Jersey Cow for Ne-

braska-

Dairies , " F. W. Vaughan , Fre-I moat , Neb. ; "lIy Methods in the Pri-vote Dairy, " Harvey Johnsen , Logan ,Iowa.

An Irrigation Map.

The state irrigation board will , with-in

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a few weeks , issue a map which willshow by suitably colored lines the exactlocation and length of every irrigating

Iditch in the state. The map recentlyissued by the state board of transpor-tation

-, on which the railroads and

streams of the state arc laid down , willi be used as the basis of the new map.

The valleys of the Platte , Republi-can

-, Niobrara , Elkhorn , Loup and most

, of the smaller streams will show a net-work

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of mains and latterals which willastonish those who have not kept trackof the amount of work which has beendone in the irrigation section. State

I Engineer and Secretary Howell hascalled in the services of AlexanderSchlegel of the land commissioner's of-4'ice

-to make the drawings for the map.-

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Another Irrigation Convention.

The McCook Tribune wants a Repub-.lican

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valley irrigation convention to be-

held in that city some time in Febru-ary.

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. The convention to be called forthe purpose of general irrigation dis-cussion

-and the taking of definite steps

for organizing the valley of the Repub-lican

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and Frenchman rivers , under thenew state law , into districts be bebonded for the construction of irriga-tion

-works.-

TheState

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vs. Ex-Treasurer Bill.After the first jury trial of the case

of the state against ex-Treasurer Hillthere was left of the $15,000 legislativeappropriation 870919. From theitemized account in the governors office

it is learned that of this sum 2279.24has been drawn , leaving a balance of64995. There arc a few small itemsyet to be drawn against this amount.The amount of 2279.24 is made up ofthe following items : E. Wakely, w500 ;

G. M. Lambertson , $250 ; clerk of thesupreme court , 261.05 ; jury expenses ,

stenographic work , etc. , 126519. Thecontract betweeu ex-Governor Crounseand Judge Wakeley provides that thelatter is to receive $3,000 for carryingthe case to the supreme court , and $5-

000, -

should he recoveran amount fromthe bondsmen equaling $100,000 , andthe same proportion of $2,000 for unysum under $100,000 recovered.

Christian Workers Meet at Chadron-

.Chadron

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dispatch : The ChristianEndeavor societies of northwestern Ne-

braska-

will hold a big convention atthis city December 14 and 15. Presi-

dent-

W. A. Denley and Secretary MissMinnie Newby of the local organiza-tion

-are using their best efforts to make

the affair a great success. Delegatesare expected from all of the neighbor-ing

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cities , and many interesting paperswill bcread, and discussed. The musicis to be made a special feature ; Prof-.Bennett's

.choral class being the princi-

pal-

attraction. All delegates fromabroad will be entertained free of cost ,

and much good is expected from the:onvention.

Heavy Loss of a Farmer by Fire.-

WILs0NVILLE

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dispatch : A barn be-

longing-

to William Campbell , five milessouth of here burned last night, to-

gether-

with eight head of horses andmules , thirty head of hogs , six tons ofhay and several sets of harness , thedamage amounting to $'000.

Bound Over for Stealing ]loos.Fremont dispatch : The preliminary

examination of Peter Milledge: on thecharge of the larceny of seven hogsfrom the Standard Cattle company atAmes was held this morning. JosephBetts , who was an accomplice of Mill-edge's

-, testified that Milledge and him-

self-

went to the pens and drove outseven head about a mile out on theprairie , loaded them into a wagon andthat Milledge took them to Hooper andsold them. He wzs bound over to thedistrict court and in default of bailwent to jaiL

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YAS TO OUR FINANCES.

DEMAND FOR A TREASURYINVESTIGATION.

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' It Is Possible that Congress May Orderthe Same-Experts to Make a Thor-ongh

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Examinailon of the Books In Or-

der-

to Find Out Why Secretary Car-

lisle-

Has Delayed Payments of Impor-taut Public Works.-

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Financial Inquiry.-WAsIIu

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GTOS , Dec. 14.Several Re-

publican-

members of the House havebeen in consultation since the Presi-.dent's

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message was made public as te-a method whereby they could secure adefinite statement of the condition ofthe treasury. Mr. Walker of Massa-chusetts

-will endeavor to bring about

an investigation of the finances by anexpert , under the direction of the com-mittee

-on appropriations. To this ex-

pert-

departmental officers will berequested to give any information intheir power and he is to prepare astatement of the following matters : Allclaims against tlielUnited States thatwere not paid before July 1 , 1895 , thathave been favorably reported upon byany committee of the house and uponwhich such claims the court of claimshas rendered judgment in favor of theclaimant ; all claims on which thecourt of claims has rendered judgmentin favor of the claimant , but whichhave never yet been passed upon byany committee of the house ; a list ofthe acts of Congress providing for anypublic work , where the work wascompleted and paid for prior to July 1 ,

1895 , the statement to give the date ofthe act , the total sum to be expendedunder the act (or estunate thereof ) andthe total amount appropriated underor because of the act ; the date uponwhich the first moneys were paid outo the United States treasury undereach appropriation and the amountof money paid out during thecalendar year under each appro-priation

-up to July 1 , 189 ; the

value of so much of all governmentwork done and approved of by theproper officers , on or before June 30 ,

in each year of the four years prior to1596 which had not been paid for priorto July 1 in each year ; when any ofacts mentioned were passed to providepremises to be used in the place ofpremises for which the . Governmentwas paying rent , the rents paid ineach quarter of any calendar yearsince the passage of the act to be-

given. .

One of the aims of this plan is tosubstantiate the statement made byRepublicans that Secretary Carlislehas delayed the payment of appropri-ations

-and held back public works in

order that the trca'ury may make thebest possible showing.

TRUST AGENT CONVICTED.

The Tezas Law Proves Effective Againstthe Standard Oii Monopoly-

.WAco

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, Tex. , Dec. 14.The trial ofthe first of what is known as theStandard Oil Trust cases was ended

I yesterday , when E. T. Hathaway of-

Denison , agent at that point for theWaters-Pierce Oil Company , allegedto be a member of the Standard OilTrust , was convicted of violating theanti-trust statute of Texas , and thejury assessed his penalty at $50 fine. ax

There are four other defendantsawaiting trial , and the indictments in-elude Messrs. Rockefeller , Flaglcrandthe leading Standard and WatersPierce Oil Companies' officials , al-

though-

none of them have been ar-rested.

-. The case will be appealed at

once , and the much disputed questionof the constitutionality of the Texasanti-trust law will be thoroughlytested.

DEMOCRATIC CALL OUT

The National Committee to Meet Janu-ary

-16 to Fix the Next Convention.-

PIIILADELPHIA.

, Dec. 14W. P. Har-i

-i rity , chairman of the Democratic na-

tional-

committee , to-day instructedthe secretary of the committee to no-tify

-the members to assemble in

Washington January lb for the pur-pose

-of selecting the time and place

for holding the next Democratic na-ional

-convention.

The Walter A. Wood Case Dropped.ALBANY , N. Y. , Dec. 14.The at-

torneys-

for Mrs. Pattison , wife of thelate Admiral Pattison , in the matter

' of the application to the attorney gen-

eral-

for permission to begin proceed-lags in the courts looking to thedissolution of the Walter A , WoodMowing and Reaping Machine com-pany

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, have withdrawn their case. It-is understood that the town of IloosicFalls will take up Mrs. Pattison'sstock at par value.

Bicycles for I'olicemen.NEw Yoni ; , Dec. 14.Last night the

first squad of policemen , mounted on-

bicyles , in this city , went on duty.hereafter four mounted patrolmenwill be constantly patrolling theboulevard The bicycle corps will doduty just the same as any other police-man

-, except that they will also regu-

late-

the traffic of vehicles and preventfast or reckless drivi't .

A Truant Husband Brought Back.-

BELToX.

, Mo. , lec. 14J. S. Burson.-formerlyy

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a jeweler of this town andIfarrisenville , who deserted his familyyand eloped with a woman from Knob

' Nester , Mo. , was captured in Texaslast Monday. Sheriff Holton of Casscounty arrived with him yesterdayand lie is now lodged in jail at liar-risonvilie

-, awaiting trial.

Omaha Treasury Muddle.OMAHA Neb. , Dec. 14.Some lively

developments over the city treasurer-ship are imminent. A. G. Edwards ,

who was recently elected , was unableto secure a local bond. He got severalbond companies to sign the instru-ment

-, however , which was so unusual

and objectionable to Omaha citizensthat the mayor would not approve it.This was on the theory that the com-panies

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, having no available assets inNebraska , could not be forced to payin the event of litigation. The oldcity treasurer holds over. The treas-urerelect

-talks of bringing mandamus

proceedings.

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GIGANTIC TRUST FORMED.

Eastern Trunk Lines Perfect TheirTraffic Combine.

NEW Yolil : , Dec. lii.-The greatestrailway trust of modern times waspractically perfected in New York yes-terday

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when the railroad magnates ofthe new joint Eastern Traffic Associa-tion

-, formed from the Old Trunk Line

and Central Traffic Associations , metand appointed a board of three arbi-trators.

-. President Roberts presided

and at the close of the meeting it wasannounced that the following gentle-men

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had been chosen arbitrators cfthe new association : . J. P. Goddard ,

New York ; Garrett A. IIobart , NewJersey , and ex-Governor Jacob D. Cos ,Ohio. Frank II. Hoyt was electedsecretary to the board of control.-

'I'he.

new agreement signed by thedifferent roads in ( lie association willgo into effectwith the first of the newyear. The new joint traffic associa-tion

-of January 1 will begin its five

years' agreement to control the policyof thousands of miles of railroad andsettle all questions and differences by-arbitration. . '1'Iic association willhave jurisdiction over all traffic , pas-senger

-andfreight , to , from or through

the Western terminal of the trunklines. The managers will pass on allapplications for changes in rates andrules and their action upon all ques-tions

-, except as to rates and fares , will

be subject to appeal to the board of-

arbitrators. . The hoard of control willdecide appeals in regard to rates andfares.

This association embraces all therailroads between Chicago , St , Louisand the Atlantic seaboard. In theface of this giganCic combination ofcapital all other trusts fade into in-

significance.-

. This pool representsmore than $ i,500,00G,000 h capital.The importance of this organizationis beyond estimate. If it stands thetests of law it will work a revolutionin transportailon interests. Thestated object of the combing"on is tomake the stocks and bonds which rep.resent this fabulous capital pay betterdividends. The promoters ofthe enterprise deny that theycontemplate raising rates. Butit is reasoned that whenmaintaining rates means compellingrailroads that are carrying passengersand freight cheap to advance theirrates to the level of those which arenot giving the service cheap , the effectis substantially an increase of rates.The six railway "kings" responsiblefor this scheme are Chauncey M-

.Depew.

of the New York Central ,

2,800 miles : Sam Sloan , Delaware ,

Lackawanna S: Western , 1,000 miles ;

George B. Roberts , Pennsylvania ,

miles ; M. II. Ingalls , ChesapeakeS., Ohio and Cincinnati , Chicago S: St.

Louis , 4,700 miles ; E. B. Thomas ,

Erie , 2,100 miles ; Sir Charles RiversWilson , Grand Trunk , 4G0-

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RECORD.

The Murder of Another Woman Laidto Iiim.-

STILL1VATI.1

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: , Minn. , Dec. 1WhenClaus A. L'lixt was told of the rumorthat harry Hayward had confessed toinstigating the murder of Lena Olsen ,

a domestic , in Duluth , in the fall of1854 , he said : "All I know about thatis that Lena Olsen once lived atthe Ozark flats , and that Ilarrvwas intimately acquainted with theperson who is supposed to have gonewith her to the place of her death.The woman s dead body was afterwardfound floating in tht Mississippi at St-.Paul.

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. My impression was that it washarry who killed the floater. I knowhe expected and planned to kill meafter I had done his bidding to thatpoor Ging girl. Ile came to my roomno less than five times after I gotback , but as I was in great pain fromthe drugged whisky he had given me , '

my wife was with me , and he didn'tget the chance. "

The Queerest of Wages.-WIClmrrA

., Kan Dcc. 11.This morn-

ing-

a contract was signed 'betweenGeorge J. Mold , an ex-letter carrier ofthis city- , and Cash IIenderson , pro-prietor

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of the New York store , bywhich the former agrees to make atour of the world in four years fromJanuary 1 , costumed as a clown andspeaking no word except to and '

through a ventriloquil figure which hecarries , to start penniless and returnwith $,0,000 honorably earned on awager of $10,000 put up by Ilenderson.Mold is to be accompanied by It. F-

.Kinnear3.

as a representative of lien-derson

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to see that time contract is fullycarried out.

Tire Match Trust's French Dear.CHICAGO , Dec. 14.A contract has

been made with the French govern-ment

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by which the Diamond Matchcompany receives a bonus of $100,000for the use of its maclrlnes in the man-ufacture

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of matches , which is a gov-ernment

-monopolyy in that country.

The company will receive $100,000 ayear during the life of the contract ,

which is for five years , with the priv-ilege of renewal.

Natal Runaway Accident.MILAN , Mo. , Dec. 1.4A fatal acctI I

dent occurred near this city last nsght.William Mendonhall , his wife and lit-tle

-daughter Bessie started to town ,

and while going (Iowa a steep inclinethe team became unmanageable andran away. . A piece of the tonguestruck the little girl on the head , com-pletely

-tearing her skull away. The

parents also received injuries whichmay be fatal.

Was Not Billy 3ryer.-

CHCAGO.

, Dec. ..t--hilly Myer , themiddle-weight pugilist , denies that hewas one of the principals in the Myer-Stewart mill near Jeffersonville. IIe i

adds that he has retired it Qmn the ringand does not know the identity of theman ;oho is using his name.-

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Noted Driver Dead.NEW Yonr. . Dec. 14.John A. Gold-

smith-

, the noted driver and handlerof trotting horses , died to-day in thePresbyterian hospital. lie had goneto the hospital to have what hethought a trivial operation performedHe never rallied.

Editor Sent to the Penitentiary. I

INDIANAPOLIS , Ind. , Dec. 14.James-B. . Wilson , editor of an Indianapolispaper , was sentenced by Judge Baker ,

of the Federal court , to two years in-

State's prison for sending obscene lit-.eratare

.through the mails.-

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HONORS TO THURMAN

COLUMBUS PAYS TRIBUTE TOHIS MEMORY.

Hundreds of People , From the Governor

of the State Down , Gather at the House

of Death.-Tho Services Conducted by-

a Venerable Preacher-Borno to theGrave By His Grandsons.

The Funeral of :Men G. Thurman.U-OLU3IUUS

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, Ohio , Dcc. 16.With sim-pie yet solemn ceremonies the body ofAllen G, Thurman , jurist , statesmanand beloved citizen , was consigned tothe earth this morning. The entirecity felt the loss and joined with thebereaved family in their grief.

The funeral was held at the Thur-man residence at the Corner of Richstreet and Washington avenue at 10-

o'clock this morning. Even betorethe appointed hour the house was sur-rounded

-by sorrowing friends , who

were gathered to pay the last tributeto the memory of the beloved dead.

The Thurman Club , named for the"Old Roman , " and in whose affairs thedead Senator took the greatest inter-est

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during his lifetime , met at theirclub rooms and marched in a body tothe house. Governor McKinley andthe State officials met in accordancewith a prearranged plan and togetherproceeded to time residence , as did alsothe city officials , headed by MayorAllen. The postmaster , acting underspecial permission from Washington ,

had closed the office and all the em-ployes

-, as well as the other govern-

mentofffcials-

in the city , attended. Inaddition to these were numerous pri-vate

-citizens from every walk of life ,

making an immense concourse. Prob-ably

-at no time has there been a more

notable gathering in the city of Col-umbus

-on such occasion.

The members of the family , theGovernor and party , and such of thefriends as could be accommodated ,

were admitted to the house previousto the beginning of the services , andthen the doors were closed until thebrief exercises were concluded. TheRev. J. L , Grover , vslio conducted theobsequies , was a lifelong friend of theSenator and is himself bowed underthe weight of years , having passedhis 89th milestone in life's journey ,and his white head shook and hisvoice trembled as he proceeded.

The venerable pastor began byreading the 90th Psalm , and followedwith a brief prayer. The serviceswere simple in character , there beingno music , and consisted of the readingof the Episcopal burial service and 1Corinthians , xv , 20. Following thisthe Rea. Mr. Grover recited the Lord'sprayer and then pronounced the bene-diction.

-. There was nothing whatever

in the nature of a sermon , nor werethere any other words spoken. Sfrn-plicity

-had been the desire of the dead

man and his wishes were respected.For two hours after the services had

been concluded a steady stream ofpeople passed through the residenceand looked for the last time on thenoble old face.

There was but few floral designs.-On

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the coffin were palm leaves , hollyand floral designs of simple variety.-

Hav.ng.

consented under pressureto share their grief with the publicduring the morning , the family wasleft alone with their dead after thebody had been viewed. During theafternoon the immediate members ofthe family of the deceased accom-panied

-the body to Green Lawn ceme-

tery-

west of the city , where it wasconsigned to the grave. The servicesthere were even more simple thanthose at the house , consisting only of-

a prayer as the body was lowered toits last resting place , the Rev. E. L-

.Rexford.

of the First Universalistchurch , being the officiating minister.The pallbearers were mostly grand-sons

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and near relativ es of the iudre.RED CROSS ACCEPTS.-

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Undertakes to Distribute ArmenianRelief Contributions.

WASHINGTON , Dec. 16.The Ameri-can

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Red Cross Society has decided toaccept the duty of distributing the re-

lief-

funds for the Armenian sufferers ,

and has issued the following state-ment

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:

"Owing to the unanimous andurgent appeals from the friends ofhumanity , representing nearly all ofthe people of this country , the Ameri-can

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National Red Cross has decidedthat it must accept the sacred trust ofendeavoring to relieve starving Arme-nians

-in Asia Minor. According to

conservative estimates there are 350,060utterly destitute people in that countrywho will have to be assisted six oreight months-until the next harvest.Fully realizing the difficulties anddangers to be met , the Red Cross willstart for Turkey as soon as sufficientfunds are placed at its disposal , or-

guaranrted , to insure success. Fundsmayt be sent to Miss Clara Barton ,

president and treasurer of the Ameri-can

-National Red Cross , Washington ,

D. C. Authorized agents to receivefunds and materials will be publishedin a few days. The Redl Cross alsosuggests that goods , grain and othermaterials may be sent by charteredsteamer. "

The Red Cross party, including MissBarton , will leave iniinediately afterbeing assured of a sufficient sum to-

carryy forward the work. The startmust be made at an early day. , as itwill take five weeks to get to the dis-tressed

-district , and the demands of

the suffering people are urgent.-

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8300,000 Flre-.Corxcir.

.. BLtFFS , Iowa , Dec. 16.-

Fire in the wholesale district of thecity last night caused a loss of over300000. A heavy wind blew fire-brands in every direction and madethe blaze a hard one to fight.

General Ncw's Political Dinner.INDIANAPOLIS , Ind. , Dee. 1GHon.

John C. Netsformerlyy consul generalto London , and who has had charge ofall of General Harrison's campaigns ,

gave a dinner last night in whichthere is supposed to be some politics.The guest of honor was ex-President '

Harrison , and at the other side of the '

host was seated William R. McKeen ,president of the Vandalia RailroadCompa y , and a declared candidate for I

the United States Senate , to succeedVoorhees. Other celebrities presentwere Judges Wood and Baker , of the t

Federal court , General Lew Wallaceand James 11'hitcomb Riley. t

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LIQUOR. .

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One Drinking Place for Every Rluety- ,

Three Men In the Country.-

WASIIu

.eToN , Dec. 16.There are- 1

208,388 retail liquor dealers in theUnited States holding licenses from {

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time commissioner of internal revenueand 4,555 wholesale liquor dealers.

: There are 10,480 others who deal onlyin malt liquors at retail and 5,655 olio ,

sell only malt liquors by wholesale ,making a total of 2:9,0B4. In addi-

tion-

to these there are 1,440 rectifiersand 1,771 brewers , making a grandtotal of "32,295 persons or firms who ff-

hold licenses from the government of t

the United States to make and sell in-.toxicating

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drinks. r ,1-

II Assiurminr the population of the I

IUnited States to be 05,000,000 , this 1

I gives an average of one liquor dealer 1)) f-

ii to every 2S0 mnen , women and children.Assumingrcagain that two-thirds of tre}

,

population ai'e women and childrenand temperance people who do not

I

patronize saloons , it will be seen that ?i

, there is one drinking place for an +

' average of ninety-three men in theI country. This is a good test for tern-

nerance-

r'advocates.

The largest number of saloon li-

canscs-

issued in any one state was 41-I

10 in New York. Illinois has the - ,

second place with 17,833 , Ohio 15,917 ,

Pennsylvania , 14,113 and California -

_ , , .-. ._, . Among rite prohibition states

Iowa seems to have the most prosper- .

ous liquor traffic. She has 10 rectifiers ,

is breweries 76 wholesale liquor deal-ens

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, 4,031 retail liquor dealers , 318 ,

wholesale dealers in malt liquors , 160retail dealers in malt liquors only ,

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making a total of 513, engaged in t

j the liquor business. Kansas comes 1

nest with 2,580 iersons and firms en-gaged

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in snaking and soiling liquor ,including 1 rectifier , 2 brewers , 13 .

wholesale and ",225 retail liquor deal-crs,59

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wholesale and 270 retail dealersin beer. t

It is a curious fact that there are 635more persons andfirmsengaged in the

Iliquor business in the prohibition M

State of Iowa than in Itentucky ,

where the manufacture of whisky is t

considered a fine art and its consump- , i ,

Lion an accomplishment. ' iAlaska , Indian territory. North Da-

kota-

and Vermont are the only States 'and territories without wholesale ' +

iliquor dealers. Alaska , Florida , In-41x5

- rterritory , lilting , Blis is.ippi , '

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Nortlt Carolina , Vermont and \Vyom- 4f

lug have no bretverh s. ( t

Detroit's Chief Mugistrate Suffers Incau-

vcnienco

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for the Public's Good. /

DETROIT , M icii. , Dec. 16.Mayor - . t(Piiigree got a free ride yesterday -' J

morning through refusing to 'pay hisfare on a Citizens' Company's car, fiunless the conductor should sell him I 1

six tickets for a quarter. Last night '; j

lie repeated the experiment twice and ' ± I '

was nut off each time. The conductor f 1

who allowed the mayor to ride free , , '

has been temporarily suspended. i

The mayor intends to malt : a testcase of the question , although there is I

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no ordinance requiring the companyto sell six tickets for a quarter. j '

The Chhusse itaclc in Port Arthur. 7 ,

LoxnoN , Dce. 10.A special dispatchfroth Shanghai says that several Hus-siau

-warships watched the formal re-

entry- '

of the Chinese into Port Arthur.-It

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is believed here that China , as a re-ward

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for Rusda's intervention in her ' r

favor with Japan after the tear , will ;

1)ermit time Russian Pacitic fleet to ' '

winter in Kian-Chu bay. , ,

warner uttu need. 'WASIHNSTON , Dec. it-Politicians

are discussing with considerable vigor i '

sonic of the possible results of the Re-p

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nbiican national convention going to . ,

St. Louis. The latest suggestion on (i

the subject of presidential candidates 1

is ticket Reed of Maine Ithis : , Presi-dent

-; Warner of Missouri , vice presi-

dent.-

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LIVE STOCK ANf ) I'ItLUCE MAl KET9

Quotations From New York , Cricago , St f-

l.oui ; , Omalta and Llsewhere.OMAH-

A.ButterCreamery.

separator. . 19 A 21 /

Butter-Fair to good country. 19 Gr 20' irgs-fresh . . . . . . . 1't G. 18 a: prime cliiclens , live , per L. . . S fir 6-

Chickens1iressed , per [n. . . . . . ti , 7Duel --t'er h. . . . . . . . . .'} 'urkeys-'er) f. . . . . . . . . . 3 ( 9-

I'rairieehirkensI'crdoa . . . . . . 5 50 f . G 00 t

Geese I'er b. . . . . . . . . . -, ( 4 8, i

Lemons-Clioce} Messinas. . . . . 4 ; (, 4 5-0Uranges1r box . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0) GG 4 s0-ApplesPer bbl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 i.; . : 50-

aweet potatoes -iood , per bbl 2 5') i 3 6-0PotatoesI'er bu . . . . . . 2.; (un :G) I

Bcans-Navy , hand-pic : ed.hu 1; ;.; Gy 1 7-5Cranberriest ape Cod , prbbl 8 00 44L 9 0-1)lity1'plan(1.; . per ton. . . . . . . . . . 6 5' ) rj 7 G9 I

Onions -I'erbu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 n ,. 40 . 4

Broom t'nrn-Green , per a , . . . . . . . '2 fir 2 f1Ios-Mize I packing. . . . . . . . . : t0; fro 3 t.) I

hogsHeavy iteiirhts. . . . t.; ft : io I 'Eeevcs-i tcckers and feeders. 2 25 ( j 3 :; ,1 'Reef Steers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 d0 . 0 ;hulls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5o rr 3 (0

t

.tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 75 ( n 240 .)

Calves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' ! tt) (t?. , 00-

Cow' ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5o 1. rollelfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 GG a 70 t I

U'estetns. . 2 :t to :keep-Lamb ; . . . : t O ) G4 4 25

Iit.beep-Mixed natives. . . . . . . . .. . 2 3 , Gy , ,

.MICA ( 0. tl-WheatNo. . 2, spring. . . . . . . . . . . . 5'iij 9 ? )' ) I

CornPer lam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5y'iG 2ti=

;

Oats-1 er bu. . . . . q,Pork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;orb S (4)

11E)

f

Larti. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 t'0 CG ; f.'irI

t ale1estsrnat range steers. : N) ft0 4 23Chr.stmac Reeves- . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7i s ,. 5 4J

' , 'Ifos-Averages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; r17 :; rp ) 'Sheep-Lamhc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O1 f, 4 ::; ,

Iiecp-\S'csterrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170+

3,15I

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NEW YOfIi. I-

'WheatNo. . : , red winter. . . . . . . ;q G , -em.urn No. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :; Gr ,

Oa s-No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .; . ' f'. - . . . . . . . . . . . . .

r '- . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 GLl'1:0 +

Lard- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53) 6 CU-

ST.

,

. LOUI.Wheat-No. 2 red , cah. . . . . . . rfi Gi f5 }, .

Corn-Per bu . ... . . . . . . . . . . 2t'r,4 .. ,

Oats-I'erha. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 ti x' ' t-

HogsMixed packin _ . . . . . . . . . 3 ! , (y :i' 3-

CattleNative s'. . . . . . . . . .. . 2 'n, I , :

Lumis- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ._ . a

KANSAS C11i. 'WheatNo.n hard. . . . , . bst : ;, nCorno.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.' G.4 w.5

.

Vats-No. . . . . . . l7 ( 1. ' i '

CattlStceI errand feeders.. 2 4) ! 3 5i'-lie31ixcl 1 acher,. . . . . . . . . . : t :ti fit. a 4.iI

Sheep-Lambs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 ; ; 400 . U

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NEWS IN BRIEF.Contracts for new mail pouc'ucs were

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awarded to a man named Quinn ofCincinnati. --

Se'retary Iterbert will askto give' him authority t° awardcongress

con-battleships.

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tracts for six new . , ,Fire destroyed the Montrose hotelat Montrose , Flo.Joseph Jeiries i s in jail at Colum- '

1

. , a charm of murderingi

. a 'South Dakota Methodists arc to givea bull figbt to raise money to build achurch. -

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