The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 28, 1897, Page 5

orm MARKET REPORTS. Kansas City Live Stock. KANsas Crry, Oct. 26—Cattle—Receip:s A471; calves, 771; shipped yesterday, 1,356 c tle, 24 calves. The market was slow to 3 lower. The following are representative SHIPPING AND DRESSED BEEF STEER { = No Ave. Price. |No. m8 nes + 98 4.25 M0 420 008 4.10 83 400 4 457 46) » BIB BIT 2 635 4.00 683 4.00 19. 445 375 2 0 3 Hogs—Recetpts, 13,383; shipped’ yesterday, 1. The market was 5c lower. The following are re sales: 104 108, “108 $3.50 r*) 08, 12. 2B.,.138 3. pis acer 8. <r %6...214 73...218 33. .206 6...277 2 B5...166 330 477 A 4 1 4,..380 ie Ricep— Receipts, 3,454; shipped yesterday, 03 The market was : eady to strong. St. Louls Live Stock. Sr. Lovts, Oct. 26.—Cattle—Receipts, 3,010; market active and steady; native shipping steers, $4.00@5.06; light and dressed beef and Dutcher steers, €3.20@1.90; stockers and feed- + ers, €2.40@415: cows and heifers, €2.00@4.25; © Texas and Indian steers, #2.85@3.85; cows and heifers, #2.50@3.35. -_ Hogs—Receipts, 8,000: market 5 to 10c lower; Jight, €3.55@3.65; mixed, #3.40@3.60; heavy, 43.60 75, Sheep—Receipts, 2,000; market strong; ‘tive muttons, $2.00@4.00; lambs, #3.75@75.50. na CHICAGO, Oct. 26—Cattle—Receipts, 6,500; ‘market quiet but generally steady; be @5.%5; cows and heifers, #2.00@45 steers, €2.75@3.90: western, 83.20@1.30; stockers and feeders, 12.80@4.40. Hogs—Receipts, 34,000; market fairly active, ayeraging Sc lower; light, #3.50@390; mixed, 9250@2.00; heavy, #3.2523.85; rough, $3253.95. Sheep—Receipts, 1,600; good sheep steady, others weak; native, $4.35; western, %3.00@4.15; Jambs, 83. 75@5. 85. Chicago Grain and Produce. High'st'Low'st jClesina 2 wn Seseean SSESYER age Kansas City Grain. Kansas City, Oct. 24-—Receipts of wheat here to-day were 211 cars; a week ago, 133 cars; a year ago, 35 cars. Sales by sample on track: Hard, No. 1, 2 cars Se; No.2 hard, 5 cars 60-1b. 86c, 6 cars 50-1b, S5e, 16 cars 59-Ib. 84340, 2 cars Sic, 3 cars 83%{c, 5 cars 58-1b. 83'4c, 1 car 83%c, 1 car 831{4c, 12 cars 58-1b, 880, 6 cars 58-1b.82%4c; No. 3, 8 cars 83, 6 cars B40, 19 cars 8c, 9 cars 81%¢, 22 cars Bic, 18 cars 80%o, 23 cars 800, 2 cars 79%4c, 1 car 79; No. 4, Scars 800, 3 cars 79440, 14 cars 79c, 6 cars 78%c, 9 cars 8c, 4 cars 770, 1 car 760, 1 car 75%c; reject= ed, 1 car 7c, 1 car 770, 2 cars 75c, 1 car 74c, 1 car 70, lear7ic. Soft, No. 1, nominally 94c; No. 2, Lear 92440, I car 91%, 1 car 60% -1b. 91c; No. 3, 1 car, 870, 2 cars 860, 1 car 8534c; No. 4, 1 car #40, Zears 830, 2 cars 80c; rejected, 1 car live weee villy 8c. Spring, No. 2, 3 cars 82c, 1 car 810; No. 3, 1 car 80, 1 car 80c, 1 car white, 75c: ree Jeoted, 1 car 78440, 3 cars 75c, 2 cars white 72c, 3 cars white 70c. Receipts of corn here to-day were 4 cars; @ week ago, 82 cars; a year ago, 49 cars. Sales by sample on track: Mixed, No. 2, 10 cars 2%c, 12 cars 22%c, 4 cars yellow 23c; No. 3, 2oarse W240, 2 cars 24c, Lear 2 No. 4, 3 cars 21%; no grade, nominally 19G20c. White No. 3,1 car 23X0, 1 car 23%c, 2 cars 4c; No. 3, nominally 2244.G2Kc; No 4,1 car 21%c. Receipts of oats here to-day were 16 cars; & week ago, 6 cars; a year ago, 14 cars. Sales by sample on track: Mixed, No. 3% lear [8o, 1 car 19'4c, 1 car poor 1853c; No. 3, 1 car 17c; No. 4, nominally 17@17%e. Rye—Weak; No. 2,1 car dic, lear 4)c; No. 3, nominally 39c; No. 4, nominally 38. Receipts of hay to-day were 17 cars; a week ago, 10 cars; a year ago, 41 cars Quotations are: Choice prairie, 27.00; No. 1, «650; No 8, 05.50; No. 3, 25.00; choice timothy, #850; No, 1,8800; No. 2, 87.00; choice clover mixed, 08.50@7.00; No. 1, :5.50@6.00; pure clover, &. 50 @6.00; packing, &.50@4.00. Kansae City Produce. Kansas Cry, Oct. 26.—Butter—F: ‘ancy sepae rator, 23c; firsts, 21c; seconds, ; fancy, 2c; choice, I6c; store packed, fresh packing stock, 7@12c. Eggs—Strictly fresh, 18¢ per doz Poultry—Hens, 5c; springs, 6c; roosters, young ducks, 6%4c; gees:, 640; turkeys, 8 igeons, 60c per do Fruits—Grapes, eastern Concords, per basket. Colorado peaches, per 6-basket crate. Apples, fancy Jonathan and Bellefieur, in car lots, &50@ per bbl; fancy Missouri Pippin. 2200; fancy Ben Davis, ®2.25@250; No. 1 grades, 50c@s1.0) per bbl. Jess; No. 2, $1.50@2.00 less. B@ilio F1.50B 1.73 Vegetables—Cabbage, 0@5 Beets, SMave per bu. ‘Turnips, Toma- toes, 40960¢ per bu. Green and wax beans, €1.25 per bu. Potatoes—Home grown, 49@30c per bu. ina small way; 4744@500 per bu. in bulk car lots. 2600 WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—The abstract é of the condition of the national banks _ of Missouri, exclusive of St. Louis, Kansas City and St. Joseph, at the close of business October 5, as reported to the comptroller of the currency, shows the average reserve to have been 1b per cent., as compared with 32.65 per cent. on July 23. The individual de- posits increased from $7,343,573 to $7,913,592; loans and discounts in- creased from $7,567,991 to $7. gold coin increased from $336,288 to $838,241; total specie increased from $507,037 to 8516, Electricity Employed Agriculture. Los ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 26.—Elee- tricity is about to be applied practical ly to farm work in the vicinity of San Bernardino, where, as elsewhere in southern California, irrigation is nee- essary. It has been the custom to sink wells and obtain water on the ranches by means of pumps operated by gas- oline engines. Now a wire will be ron through the ranches and orchards, supplying power to small electric motors that are to operate the pumps. PUBLIC LANDS. Report of the Commissioner of tht General Land Office. DIVISION OF ALASKA URGED. Capt. Ray Makes « Report on the Condi- tlon of Affairs in the Gold Region— A New Chief for the Coast Survey. WasHiInGton, Oct. 26.—Commisisoner o? the General Land Office Binger Her- mann has submitted his annual report tu the secretary of the interior. Com- pared with the previous year it shows a decrease o 8 original homestead entries, aggregating 373, acres. In the entire disposals of public land there was a falling off of acr ‘The areas sold for cash reached 419,052 acres and miscellaneous entries aggregating 7,334.554 acres. The re- ceipts from disposal of public lands amounted to$ 6,580, and from the disposal of Indian lands, $438,716. There were S7 agricultural patents issued, approximating 5,153,920 acres. There were patented or certified with the effect of patenting for the benefit of railroad companies. under congres- sional grants, 5,101, acres, a de- crease of over 10,000,009 acres from the previous year. An approximate estimate of the num- ber of acres of vacant public lands in the several states and territories at the close of the fiscal year is given, the amount in Kansas being 1,046,589; in Missouri, 497,764; in Nebraska, 10,669,- 353, and in Oklahoma, 8, 105, The commissioner then urges fur- ther legislation to make secure the capital invested in the reclamation of arid lands. He also touches on min- ing and timber claims and wants ample appropriations for protecting forest reservations. Division of Alaska Urged. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—The war de- partment has just received an interest- ing report from Capt. Ray of the condi- tion of affairs in the gold region, as he has found them, from St. Michael’s to Fort Yukon, supplemented by ac- counts of the most reliable persons he could communicate with as to the state of affairs in the Klondike neighbor- hood. He urges the division of Alaska into two districts, the southern dis- trict to remain under the present juris- diction, while the northern district, ineluding the gold region, is to be placed under a form of military gov- ernment until congress can make other provisions. The place selected by the captain for a military post is near Rapid City, abount 250 miles below Dawson. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chief. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Prof. Henry S. Pritchett, of St. Louis, astronomer and chief mathematician at the Wash- ington university, will probably be appointed chief of the coast and geodetic survey, to succeed Gen. Duf- field, whose resignation is to be de- manded by the president. The pros- pective removal of Gen. Duffield is due to his conduct in preferring charges against several of his subordinates, to which he could furnish little or no substantiation. DOGS FOR KLONDIKE. Chicago Pound Drawn Upon for Animals to Draw Sleds Across Passes. CuicaGo, Oct. 26.—Exactly 220 dogs of high and low degree, mostly the lat- ter, the property of W. H. Lewis, a Seattle lawyer, are on their way to the Pacific coast from Chicago, and will be sold to the Klondike miners. Lawyer Lewis hopes to get from $25 to $50 apiece for the canines. Dogs are said to be precious animals in Seattle, where every miner who intends to enter the newly found gold regions wants a quartette of curs to haul his sled. Fraudulent Creek Warrants. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Over $90,000 of alleged fraudulent warrants on the United States treasury on the account of the Creek nation in the Indian ter- ritory have been discovered by the government authorities. The alleged fraud was perpetrated in connection with the payment of the Creek Indian nation debts and only the barest de- tails have reached here. Pittsburg & Gulf Story. New York, Oct. 26.—The Commercial Advertiser publishes a sensational Wall street article in which it accuses the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf officials with deception, illegal manipulation of quotations on the New York Stock exchange and untruthful statements regarding conditions at Port Arthur. Officials of the Pittsburg & Gulf brand the stories as false. Sensation: WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—It is expected that the Oklahoma marshalskip con- test will be decided to-day, and all in- dications point to the selection of Can- ada H. Thompson, of Enid. Report has it that the president himself de- cided in favor of Thompson as against Senator Cullom’s brother and M. C. Hart, who was thought to have a sure thing of it. A Boy Dies from Lockjaw. K s City, Kan., Oct. 26.—John Boddington, aged 15 years, died last night from lockjaw at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Jane Lee, 600 Cornell avenue. Ile was thrown froma wagon while returning from the Flower pa- rade in Kansas City, Mo., October 6. His injuries later developed into lock- jaw. wit Leave the Church. Oct. 26.-—Prof. Charles ps Princeton university, Shield authorizes the announcement that he | will without delay withdraw from the! Presbyterian chureh because of severe | 1 by Presbyterian } | St. Louis Republic. Field Tria! im Bates County. a number of special prizes; that the privilege of the association should be strictly confined to residents of ‘ the state, and that no dog should be eligibie to either stake unlers owned by a resident of the state of Mis souri; that professional bandler-| : sbould not be allowed to handle dogs ia either stake and that the essociation should be governed by The Missouri Field Trials Associ- ation will hold its first annual n-eet ing the latter part of next month, or early in December. Through the courtesy of Mr. C. W. Bark-r, a member of the association, splendid grounds have already been acquired | near Amoret, Mo, a station on the i lise of the Pittsburg and Gulf The such roles and regulations as to committee appointed to draught jeletse and interest the gentlemen constitution, by-laws, runsing rules | SE and regulations, is composed of C. 7 = W = Barker, Kansas City: L. S. Eddins, Sedalia; Dr E. R. Hicker- son, Moberly; and G. A. Sturgis, of | ’ “The marnage of Bert Johnson, a Sedalia. They have recommended | popular business man of Holden, and the “spotting system” with running | Miss Cora Cooter was eolemniz-d at rules framed so as to give victory to|'he bome of the bride's parents in the dog having the bighest natural Holden last night. The house was BSS re bea beautifully decorated, and an elabo- qualities and so well trained as to rate wedding supper was served to make the best dog for practical field the guests of whom there were Society Wedding at Helden. Warrensburg Star, 22. use fur gentlemen sportsmen The | about fifty pres nt Rev. Manard committee bas recommended that; performed the ceremony ” there ehould be two stakes, an all | Miss Cooter is well known to our age event and a derby, ani three YOUe people baying visited in But eash prizes for cach stake, and also | | ler a number of times. THE TWO LEADERS. WILSON AIR TIGHT WOOD HEATERS AND GARLAND OAK COAL STOVES. The Wilson Wood stove is abso'ntely air tight when damper is closed [is pua anteed to keep fire forty eight hours. nag an upper pipe draft. or ashes spill on the floor. It isthe only stove that itis impossible for ashes cr sparks to escape fro It is tbe only stove that is protected by heavy cast flange around the Crafi flue to prevent it from burping It is the only stove that No sparks cain escape through the draft damper out It haz a check damper in the pipe to prevent pipe from sweating. Io tight stove on the market and does not cost but very little more than the cheaper ones offered for sale. fact it is the only first class wood heating air We also handle cheaper ones skou!d you want something cheap. We have sold close to 00 of them in the last three years. neighbors who are using one. Ask any of your Th-y can tell you ail about them. If you burn cual be sure and ¢ ne the Garland Oak Coal Heater, as they will keep fire longer, r.quire less fuel and are easier managed thao any coal heater on the market. They are much m re handsomely finished and more substantially made than any other Oak stove. large ash pan. They have a nice The fuel docrs arein front. They make no clinkers. They have a cold air duct. They have a back check damper eni they are guaranteed not to burn off and break down where the drum attaches to the upper part of the fire pot. as other Oak stoves do. Ia fact they are not equaled by any Oak heater on the market. We have hancled them for fifteen ycars and there ure hundreds of them in use in Bates county and Butler. You caivnot miss it if you buy a Garland Oak. We carry the largest stock cf Cook Stoves and Ranges of any one in the county, ranging in prices from $10 up. Ifin need of a stove of any kind do not fail to call and examine our stock and get our prices as we can certainly save you some money. bodies of his action in granting a Meence to the Princeton inn. Wilt Die from a Beating. Topeka, Kan., Oct —Mattie Wil- liams, a 16-year-old colored girl, was seriously beaten by her father one week ago with a strap with a buckle en it. Yesteaday blood poisoning set is and the girl will likely die. Bran, Shorts, Baled Hay of all kind>. Coa’, ines: Oats and Bran chops ie ways on hand. POSTMASTERS AND OF: FICES | Interesting Figures from Report of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow. WasHINGTON, Oct. 26.—The follow-} Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow was made public yesterday: In the establishment of post offices it has been the policy of this bureau since the begin- ning of the present administration to establish @ new post office wherever it is desired, and it is shown that it will accommodate a reasonable nv the peop! possibie, utes to popular intell’ ship he most conve! ha policy contrib- In the amount of business transacted New| York ranks first with #2 12 per capita expended | in the use of the mails, and South Carolina is the lowest, with 2029 per capita. During the year there were: Post offic post offices discontinued, 939; name sites changed, 1,067; appointmen of name and site, appointment: class postmasters upon resignation, pointments of fourth-class postmasters upon removal, 5,115: appointments of fourth-class postmasters upon deaths, 72; offices relegated | to fourth el: 22 During the year 1M offices became pres dent jal. The report on the appointment devision | closes with a table showing the number of post offices in operation inthe United States from 1590, when there were 75, to 1897, with 71,022. During the year there have been 1,596 post- masters reported to the bond division by the auditor for delinquencies. and 4315 notices have been sent sureties of postmasters advising them of the tardiness of postmasters in their remittances. For various causes 80 acting postmasters have been designated by bonds- men during the year. The total number of pieces of registered mail handled by the post office department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1897, is estimated at 13,750,000. Four thousand two hundred and seventy-five of these cases were investigated and closed. In 2,750 of these cases it was dis- covered that no actual loss had occurred, and in 1,067 cases the full amount of loss alleged was recovered. leaving only 458 cases in which actual loss was sustained, or only one loss for every 22.840 pieces of registered mail handled During the year there were 66,778 complaints received affecting ordinary mail matter; 35,774 reterred to letters: 31,004 referred to packages; an increase of 2.165 over the number of com- plaints received during the previous year. There were on hand at the beginning of the fiscal year 23,177 cases. Adding the number re- ceived during the year we have 89.955 for con- sideration, of which 66,600 were disposed of. The total number of arrests for offenses against the postal laws made during the year 632. Of this number 105 were postmas- ters, 44. were assistant postmasters, 47 clerks in post offices, 11 railway postal clerks, 24 let- ter carriers, 30 mail carriers, and 11 others em- ployed in minor positions in the postal service. The total number of post office burglars ar- rested was 348, and the remaining 924 were pe sons in no way conuected with the postal serv- ice. The following are a number of the most important | recommendations made: That aseverer penalty be provided for em- vloyes of the service who may be found guilty of embezzling or destroying newspaper mail. An amendment to the statute making the depredations by railway postal clerks a con- tinuous offense, in order to avoid the difficult task of proving in which particular district the offense was committed. ‘That more stringent statutes be enacted cov- ering “green goods” and obscene matter, and in this connection the amending of section 334, postal laws and regulations of 1893 (revised statu section 5430), relating to ‘‘green goods” and schemes to defraud. making those offenses continuous, as is now the law concern- ing lottery cases under section 331, postal laws and regulations of 1893 as amended. The pur- pose being to avoid obstructions to and miscar- riage of justice incident to trials in some large cities where criminals may have friends and sympathizers. That, in order to provide greater safety and security to letters sent in the registered mails, both foreign and domestic, a special stamped envelope of superior material of the denomina- tion of ten cents, be adopted; and that ail per- sons who desire to register letters be induced to purchase these envelopes at the face value of the stamp, as is now the case with postal cards. That the subject of the use of postage stamps as currency be taken up and considered, with the view of effecting some legislation, which, if it would not entirely do away with them asa medium of exchange, may at least curtail the extent of their use in this manner. EXODUS FROM MEMPHIS. Five Hundred People Leave to Escape Yel- low Fever—Monday’s Record. Mempuis, Tenn., Oct. 26.—Three new cases of yellow fever were reported by the board of health last night, and two deaths occurred from the disease. All the cases reported are traceable to the vicinity of the original case, in the southern part of the city. About 500 people left town last night for north- ern points. A New Orleans dispatch last night said: Numericaily, this has been the worst day of the fever situation: here. The score showed a total of 57 cases and there were 11 deaths. Heretofore the number of deaths in a single day has been nine. Unfortunately, there continues to be concealment of cases. There are now 60 cases being treated at Montgomery, Ala. At Biloxi, Miss., 95 cases are under treatment and the deaths to date number 21. Four new cases were reported at Mobile, Ala. A very mild but well-defined case is re- ported from Cincinnati. NO TROUBLE EXPECTED. President McKinley Looks with Much Favor Upon Spain's Cuban Policy. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.— Developments in Cuba within the next 30 days will definitely determine President McKin- ley’s attitude on the Spanish question, but he expects notrouble. Theadmin- istration looks with much favor on Spain’s change of policy, and believes that the ministry is sincere in its en- deavor to bring about a speedy termi- nation of the strife in Cuba by grant- ing substantial reforms. While not fully advised as to Spain’s reply to Secretary Sherman’s note presented by Minister Woodford in September, its general character is known to the au- thorities here, and it is not anticipated by the president that any friction will arise between the two countries asa result of the exchange of notes. There is the authority of a cabinet officer for this statement. Ex-Gov. Stone Scores Tammany. New York, Oct. 26.—Ex-Gov. J. Stone, of Missouri, has aroused the ire of Tammanyites by writing a letter in which he declare that Bryan and Bry- anites are not for the Van Wyck ticket. Mr. Stone regards Mr. George as the true democratic candidate, and in ex- | pressing himself to the effect takes oc- leaders in the bitterest fashion. His Friends Will Kill Him. Guru. Ok., Oct. 26.—John Watka, a Creek Indian, will be shot at the BENNETT-WHEELER MERC. CO. Lowest Priced Grocery, Hardware and Implement Store in Bates county” i Eufaula district courthouse next Sat- | urday for the murder of Jonas Deer last spring. Four Indians, friends of Watka, have been selected to perform the execution. nber of people. the purpose being to give | i ent mail facilities | established, 1.-| ts on changes | fourth- | 3s ap-| casion also to score Tammany and its/ AN “INDIAN 8 STATE. ing abstract of the annual report of| Proposed Action ickes the Five Nations to Preserve Their Identity. MESSAGE OF ISPARHECHER. A Movement on Foot to Consolidate All the Wire Manufactories of the United States into a Single Corporation. Musxocer, I. T., Oct. 26.—The initial step in what is believed to be the final termination of the vexed Indian prob- lem in the Indian territory has been made by Chief Isparhecher in his spe- cial message to the Creek council. The plan advocated iu the message is sup- posed to be the result of the recent conference of leaders of the Cherokee, Creek and Seminole tribes, and Chief Mays, of the Cherokee nation, is known to favor the plan. That portion of the message regarding the new plan is as follows: No preparation has yet been made to meet the new order of our public affairs that will be- gin on January 1 next. and is a matter that should enlist your ‘st thoughts at this time. Our efforts to treat with the United States gov- ernment has proven unsuccessful, and we can now have no hope of continuing our govern- ment much longer, ns we now do, by the terms. of any new trea The time has now come, in my opinion, when the citizens of the five na- tions should get together and sgree upon the establishment of a general government, by which we might perpetuate the right of self- government. Should we be attached to Okla- homa as u territory or state, this right of self- government will be taken from us by the supe- rior number of its voting population None of us Want such a connection with Oklahoma, yet there are strong efforts being made by politi- cians for single statehood, including the five nations But this can be averted by timely and united efforts of the five nations They are yet the sovereigns of their soil and politically free born, with the right to shape for themselves a government that will best suit them for the protection of their livesand property. I would, therefore, suggest that you constitute adelega- tion, consisting of a suitable number of your most competent cijizens, for the purpose of visiting the other nations, with a view of agree- ing upon atime and place for the assembling of a constitutional convention, to be composed of duly authorized delegates representing the several nations. That is to say, a convention having for its purpose the framing of a general constitutional government that will afford pro- tection to the Indian owners of the country. Consolidation of Wire Manufactories. New York, Oct. 26.—There is a move- mment on foot to consolidate all the wire manufactories of the United States into a single corporation, with a capital of $100,000,000. ‘To evade the anti-trust laws all, or nearly all, the wire industries will surrender their independence and sell their plants to @ new organization for cash at an appraised value, the money , to be furnished by a syndicate of bankers in this city. Pierpont Mor- gan is said to be at the head of the tcheme. It is understood that all the wire mills in Chicago and vicinity, shose in Pittsburgh and Cleveland, the Washburn-Moen properties in Massa- thusetts and all the other large com- panies are in the deal and that experts are now visiting the several works to nake appraisements. NOTORIOUS THIEF SENTENCED. Prentice Tiller, Who Robbed Mall Boxes in Broad Day, Given Three Years. Str. Josern, Mo., Oct. 26.—Prentice Tiller, the notorious mail box thief, was sentenced by Judge Philips to three years in the penitentiary at Jef- ferson City. Tiller gained fame in Kansas City by escaping from the office of the United States marshal last June. He was an escaped convict, and plead- ed guilty to robbing mail boxes at St. Joseph, where, dressed in the gray suit of the mail carrier, he had un- locked mail boxes and stolen their contents in broad daylight. If he found checks among the ietters he would skillfully raise them and cash them. Will Be Asked to Explain. Musxocer, I. T., Oct. 26.—T. B. Childers, ex-treasurer of the Creek na- tion, will be subpenaed to appear be- fore the grand jury at Vinita, I. T., to explain an alleged shortage of $30,000 in his accounts. Childers was dis- charged from the treasuryship Satur- day. His bond of $80,000 will secure the nation against loss should the charge prove true. Fish for Kansas Streams. Laryep, Kan., Oct. 26.—A United States government fish commission car arrived here yesterday and the farmers of this county are being supplied with black bass and trout for their irriga- tion reservoirs. Over 1,000,000 black bass and trout will be placed in the Pawnee river at different places be- tween here and Jetmore. Snow Inconveniences Denver People. DENVER, Col., Oct. 26.—A severe snowstorm, accompanied by a high wind from the north, began here last night and continued with increasing fury today. The weather is not cold and the snow is not drifting. Electric cars were unable torun and Denver people experienced much inconveni- ence. Religious Opening for English Courts. Lonxpos, Oct. 26.—For the first time since the reformation, the law courts were opened yesterday by a special service in Westminster abbey, which was attended by the bench and bar, all wearing their robes). The Catholic judge and barristers attended ‘‘red mass” at the Sardinia chapel. Gambling Outfits Publicly Burned. Lexincros, Mo., Oct. 26.—Quite a crowd witnessed the burning on the public square last night of crap tables, poker tables and everything that goes to make up a complete gambling room, captured a few weeks ago. This was by orders of Judge Ryland. Wilkerson Sentenced to Hang. Lexixetos, Mo, Oct 2%.—Joseph Wilkerson, who was convicted of the murder of James Secrease at Odessa April 15, 1896, was sentenced by Judge Ryland to be hanged on Friday, De- cember 10. A tile-maker named Guillout, his wife and four children, committed sui- cide by the use of charcoal fumes at Choisy le Roy, France. Poverty was the cause of their self-destruction. Pore