PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION.
Document Opening to Settlement the Wichita
and the Kiowa, Comanche and
Apache Reservations.
Following Is tho President's proclama
tion opening the Wichita and the Kio
wa, Cqmancho and Apache reservations
to settlement:
Uy the President of tho United States of
America:
A PHOCLAMATION.
Whereas, lly nn agreement between tho
-rVlchlta and anillated bands of Indians
on the ono part, and certain commission
ers of the United titutcs on tho other part,
mined by act of Congress approved
ilarch 2, 1888 (23 8tat hiS, MM), tno said
Indians ceded, conveyed, transferred and
relinquished, torover and absolutely, with
out any reservation whatever unto tho
United Slates of America, nil their claim,
lltlo and interest of every kind and char
acter In and to the lunds embraced In tno
following described tract ot country now
In the torrltory of Oklahoma, to wit:
Commencing nt n point In the mlddlo of
tho main channel of. tho Washita river,
whore the !)Sth meridian of west longi
tude crosses tho same, thence up tno
middle of tho main channel of said river
to the line of us degrees and 40 minutes
west longitude, thenco on said lino of 'J8
degrees and to minutes due north to tho
middle of the channel of tho main Cana
dian river, thenco down tho middle of said
main Canadian river to where It crosses
tho DSth meridian, thenco duo south to
tho placo of beginning.
And whereon all of tho conditions re
quired by law to be performed prior to
the opening of said tracts of land to set
tlement und entry have been, as 1 here
by declare, duly performed.
AUUUST 0 T1U5 KAY.
Now, thereroro, I, William McKlntny,
President of tho United States of Ameri
ca, by virtue of tho puwer vcBtcd in mo
by law, do hereby declare and inako
known that all of tho lanus so as nfore.
said ceded by tho Wichita and alllllaicd
bands of Indians, and tho Comanche, Ki
owa und Apucho tribes of Indians, re
spectively, saving and excepting sections
sixteen, thirty-six, inlrteen and thlrty
tnruo in each township, and all lauds
located or selected by the territory of
Oklahoma as indemnity school or edu
cational lands, and saving und excepting
all lands allotted In severalty to individ
ual Indians, and suvlng and excepting all
lands allotted and couilrmcd to religious
societies and other organizations, und
Having and excepting tho lands selected
and set ojlde as grazing lands for tho
use In common for said Comanche, Kiowa
und Apache tribes of Indians, und saving
and excepting tho lands set aside and re
served at each of said county seats for
disposition as town sites, und saving .and
excepting tho lands now used, occupied,
or set apart for military, ugency, school,
school farm, religious, Indian cemetery,
wood reserve, forest reserve, or other
public uses, will, on the 6th day of Au
gust, 1901, at 9 o'clock a. m., In the man
ner herein prescribed and not otherwise,
bo opened to entry and settlement and to
disposition under tho general provisions
of the homestead and towu-slto laws of
tho United States. , ,
Commencing at U o'clock a. m., Wednes
day, July 10, 1001, and ending at C o clock
p. m.. Friday. July !M, l'JOl. u registration
will be hud ut tho United States land of
llces at IC1 Heno and Luwton, In tho ter
ritory of Oklnhoma (the otllco at Lawton
to occupy provisional quarters In tho Im
mediate vicinity of Fort Sill. Oklahoma
territory, until suitable quarters can bo
provided at Lawton), for tho purposo of
ascertaining what persons deslro to en
ter, settlo upon, and acqulro title to any
of said lands under tho homestead law,
and of ascertaining their quallllcutlons so
to do. Tno registration ut each olllco
will bo for both' land districts, but at tho
tlmo of registration each applicant will bo
required to elect nnd state In which dis
trict he desires to mako entry. To ob
tain registration each applicant will bo
required to show himself duly qualified
to mako homestead entry of these land3
under existing laws and to slvo tho
registration olllcer such appropriate mut
ters of description and identity as will
protect the applicant and tho government
ngalnst uny uttempted Impersonation.
Registration can not be effected through
the use of tho malls or tho employment
of an agent, excepting that honorably
discharged soldiers and sailors entitled
to tho benellts of section 2304 of tho re
vised statutes of tho United Stntes, an
umended by tho act of Congress npproved
March 1, 1901 (31 Stat.. S47). may present
their applications for registration and
duo proofs of their qualifications through
nn agent of their own selection, but no
person will be purmltted to net as ngent
tor moro thnn ono such soldier or sailor.
No person will be permitted to register
moro than onco or Ih any other than
,hls truo name. Each npplicant who
Bhows himself duly qualified will bo regis
tered and given u non-transferable cortlll
cnto to that effect, which will entitle him
to go upon nnd examlno the lands to bo
opened hereunder In tho land district In
which he elects to mako his entry; but
tho only purposo for which he may go
upon and exnmlno said lands Is that of
enabling him later on. as herein provided,
to understanding select the lands for
which ho will mako entry. No ono will
be permitted to mako settlement upon
any of said lunds In ndvanco of tho
opening herein provided for, nnd during
tho first sixty days following snld open
ing no ono hut registered applicants will
be permitted to make homestead settle
ment upon uny of said lands, and then
only In pursuance of a homestead entry
duly allowed by the local land ofllcorb.
or of a soldier's declaratory statement
duly accepted by such olllcers.
1JY BKAWIXOS.
Tho order In which, during tho flrs.t
sixty days following tho opening, tho reg
istered applicants will bo permitted to
mako homestead entry of the lands
opened hereunder, will be determined by
drawings for both tho El Reno and Lnw
ton districts publicly held at tho United
States land nfllro at El Iteno. Okln., com
mencing at 9 o'clock a. m., Monday. July
2D, 1901, and continuing for such period us
mny bo necessary to complete tho same.
The drawings will be had under tho
supervision and Immediate observance ol
a commltteo of threo persons whose Integ
rity Is such as to mnko their control of
tho drawing 'u guaranty of its fairness.
Tho members of this commltteo will he
appointed by the secretary of tho interior,
who will prescribe suitable compensation
for their services. Preparatory to theso
drawings the registration olllcers will, at
tho tlmo of registering each applicant
who Bhows himself duly qualified, mako
out a card, which must be signed by the
applicant, stating the land district In
-which he desires to make homestead en
try, and giving such n description of tho
npplicant as will enable the local land
officers to thereafter Identify him. This
card will bo at once sealed In u separate
envelope, which will bear no other dis
tinguishing label or mark than such as
may be necessary to show that It Is to
go into the drawing for tho land district
In which the applicant desires to make
ontry. These envelopes will bo separated
ucaordlng to land districts and will be
carefully preserved and remain sealed un
til oponed In the coursH of the drawings
as herein provided. When the registra
tion Is completed nil of these sealed en
velopes will be brought together at tho
place of drawing and turned over to the
committee In charge of tho drawing, who.
In such manner os In their Judgment will
bn attended with entlro fairness and
equality ot opportunity, shall proceed to
THOUGHTS FOR EVERY DAY.
Inopportuno consolations Increase a
deep sorrow. RoiiBBeiui.
Fortune does not change men; It
unmasks them. Mmo. Nockor.
If you can not do what you like to
do, try to like what you have to do.
Two good rules for llfo are; Never
"bo discouraged; never bo a discour
ager. Ariel.
Shun Idleness; It Is tho rust that'
nttnehes Itself to tho most brilliant
metals. Voltaire. 1
draw out and open the separate envel
opes and to give to each Inclosed card a
number In the order In which the n
Yt,.0 ,P .containing tho samo la drawn.
Vhllq the drawings for tho two districts
will bo separately conducted, thoy will
occur as nearly at the same tlmo as Is
practicable. Tho result of tho drawing
for each district' will be curtllled by tho
commltteo to tho officers of the district
and will detormlno the order In which tho
applicants may make homestead entry
of said lands and settlement thereon.
Notion of tho drawings stutlng the name
of each applicant and number assigned to
him by tho drawing will be posted each
day at tho placo of drawing, and each
applicant will be notified of his number
by a postal curd mailed to him nt tho
nddress, If any, given by him at tho
tlmo of registration. Each applicant
should, however. In his own behalf, cm
ploy such measures as will Insure his
obtnlnlng prompt and accurate Informa
tion of tho order In which his application
for homestead ontry cun bo picsented,
us fixed by tho drawing. Applications for
homestead entry of safll lunds during tho
llrst sixty days following tho opening
can bo made only by registered appli
cants, and In tho order established by
the drawing. At each land office, com
mencing Tuesday, August 0, 1901, at 9
o'clock a. in., the applications of thoso
drawing numbers 1 to 125, Inclusive, for
that district, must bo presented, nnd will
bo considered In their numerical order
during tho first day, and the applications
of thoso drawing numbers 125 to 250, In
cluslvo, must bo presented nnd will bo
considered In their numerical order dur
ing tho second day. and so on at that
rate until nil of snld lands subject to en
try under the homestead law, nnd desired
thereunder, havo been entered. If any
applicant fulls, to uppeur und pr.osent lus
application for entry when tho numbVr
assigned to him bv tho drawing Is
reached, his right to enter will bo passed
until nfter tho other applications assigned
for thnt day havo been disposed of, when
ho will bo given another opportunity to
muko entry, falling In which ho will
bo deemed to huvo nbandoned his right
to mako entry under such drawing, lo
obtain tho ullowanco of u homestead en
try each npplicant must personally pre
sent tho ccrtltlcato of registration there
tofore Issued to him, together with u
rcgulur homostend uppllcatton nnd thu
necessary accompnnylng proofs, and with
the regular land olllco fees, but nn hon
orably discharged soldier or sailor may
lllo his declaratory statement through the
agent representing him nt tho reglstrn
tlon. Tho production of tho cortlflcute
of rcglstrntion will bo dispensed with
only upon sntlsfuctory proof of its loss
or destruction. If at the tlmo of con
sidering his regulnr application for entry
It appears that any applicant Is dls
qualified from making homeBtond entry
of theso lands, his application will be
i ejected, notwithstanding his prior regis
tration. If any applicant shall register
moro thnn onco hereunder, or In uny
other than his truo name, or bIiuIJ trans
fer his registration certificate, ho will
thereby lose all tho benefits of tho regis
tration nnd drawing herein provided for,
nnd will be precluded from entcrlnlg or
settling upon nny of said lands during
tho llrst sixty days following said open
ing. TIIK NKUTItAL 8T11I1.
Because of tho provision of tho said
net of Congress, approved Juno C, 1900:
"That tho settlers who locnte on thnt
part of said lands called and known as
the 'neutral strip' shall have preference
right ror thirty days on tno lanas upon
which they hnvo located nnd Improved."
the said lands In tho "neutral strip"
shall for tho period of thirty days after
said opening be subject to homestead en
try und townslto entry only by those who
havo heretofore located upon und Im
proved tho same, and who ure accorded
a nreference right of entry for thirty
days as aforesaid. Persons entitled to
muko entry unuor mis proierenco rigni
will bo permitted to do so nt nny time
during earn period or imrry uuys loiiow
lng tho opening without previous regis
tratlon, nnd without regard to tho draw
ing herein provided for, and at tho ex
piration of that period tno lands in sold
''neutral strln" for which no entry shall
hnvo boon mado will como under tho
general provisions or this proclamation.
Tho Intended beneflclarlcs of tho pro
vision In tho said acts of Congress, np
proved, respectively, Mnrch 2, 1S95, nnd
Juno G, 1900, which authorizes a qualified
entrymnn having lands'" adjoining tho
ceded lands, whose original entry cm
bruced less thnn 1C0 acres, to enter so
much of the ceded lands as will mako
his homestead entry contain In tho nir
gregato not exceeding 160 ucres, may ob
tain sucn an extension or ms existing
entry, without previous registration nnd
without regard to tho drawing herein
provided for, only by mnklng appropriate
application, nccompanieu uy tne necessary
proofs, ot the proper now land olllco ut
somo tlmo prior to tho opening herein
provided for.
Any person or persons dcslrln to
found, or to suggest establishing, n town
slto upon any of said ceded lands at anv
point not In tho near vicinity of either
of tho county seats therein heretofore
sclocted and designated nn aforesaid, mav,
at nny tlmo before the opening herein
provided for, lllo In tho proper local land
office a written application to thnt effect
describing by legal subdivisions the lands
Intended to bo affected, and stating fully
nnd under oath the necessity or propriety
of founding or establishing a town at that
plnco. Tho local officers will forthwith
transmit snld petition to the rnmmin.
sloncr of tho general land office with their
recoinmenuuuun in ine premises. Huch
commissioner, If he believes tho public
Interests will be subserved thereby, will.
If the secretary of tho Interior npprovo
thereof. Issue nn order withdrawing the
lands described In such petition, or nny
portion thereof, from homestead entry
and settlement, nnd directing that tho
pnmo be held for tho time being for town
slto settlement, entry, and disposition
only. In such event the lands so with
held from homestead entry and settle
ment will, nt tho tlmo of snld opening
and not before, become subject to settle
ment, entry, nnd disposition under the
goneral townslto laws of the United
States. Nonn of said ceded lands will bo
subject to settlement, entry or disposi
tion under such general townslto laws',
except In tho mnnner herein prescribed
until nfter tho expiration of sixty dnys
from tho time of said opening.
TOWN8ITKS.
Attention Is hereby especially called to
tho fac.t that under the special provisions
of tho said act of Congress, npproved
March S, 1901, tho townslto selected and
designated at tho rnunty seats of the
now counties Into which said lands havo
been formed enn not be disposed of un
der the general townslte laws of the
United States, and ran only be disposed
of In the special mnnner provided In said
act of Congress, which declares:
"Tho lands so sot apart and designated
shall. In advance ot tho opening, bo sur
veyed, subdivided und platted under Uih
direction of the secretnry of the Interior,
Into npproprlntn lots, blocks, streots, al
leys nnd sites for parks or public build
Ings, so as to make a townslto thereof:
Provided, That no person shall purchase
more than one business nnd one resldf-nco
jot. Such town lots shnll be offered and
sold at publlo auction to tho hlehest bid
der, under tho direction of tlusecretary
WISE OR OTHERWISE.
No phllosophor can give a reason
for half that he thinks.
A man without a conscience Is a
man without principle
Tho high premium on honesty
proves that It Is tho best policy.
Prldo and folly cost somo pcoplo
moro than their actual necessities.
Splto enables the fool to believe ho
Is happy In his unhapplness.
A good business qualification is tho
ability to attend to one's own business.
of tho Interior, at sales to be had at the
oponlng nnd subsequent thereto."
All persons are especially admonished
thnt under the said act of Congress, ap
proved Mnrch 3. 1901, It is provided that
no person shall bo permitted to settle
upon, occupy or enter any of said ceded
lands except In tho manner prescribed
In this proclamation until nfter the ex
piration of sixty days from the tlmt
when tho same are opened to settlement
nnd entry. After tho expiration of th
said period of sixty days, but not before
nny of said lands remnlnlnlg undisposed
of may tin settled upon, occupied nnd en
tered under the general provisions of th
homestead and townslte lnwa of the
United States In like manner as if thf
manner of effecting such settlement, oc
cupancy and entry hnd not been pre
scribed herein In obodlenco to law.
It appearing that there are fences
around tho pastures Into which, for con
venience, portions ot the ceded land!
have heretofore been divided, nnd that
these fences aro of considerable vnlua
and are still tho property of the Indian
tribes ceding said lands to the United
States, all persons going upon, examin
ing, entering, or settling upon nny of
snld lands aro cautioned to respect bucIj
fences ns tho property of tho Indians and
not to destroy, appropriate or carry away
tho same, but to leave thorn undisturbed
so that they mny be seasonably removed
und precrvcd for tho bcnollt of tho In
dtnns. Tho secretary of tho Interior shall pre
scribe all needful rules and regulation
necessary to curry Into full effect tho
opening herein provided for.
In witness whereof I havo hereunto set
my hand und caused the seal of tho
United 8tntcs to bo affixed.
Done nt tho City of Washington this
4th day of July. In tho year of our Lord
1W1. and of tho independence of tho
United States tho ono hundred and
twenty-sixth. . ....
WILLIAM McKlNLlflY.
Uy tho President:
JOHN HAY, Secretnry of Stntc.
IN THE FLOWER GARDEN.
Mnujr Group Deierve ttrtntor Attention
Thnn Thmy Kieotvo.
Among tho most popular flowers of
to-day aro tho lovely peonies In va
ried tints of roso, palo crimson and
purple. Tho petals of somo varieties
aro as largo ns saucers, nnd being of
a satiny texture, and drooping in
graceful folds, they attract a good deal
of attention. It Is pleasing to know
that theso troo peonies will grow in
nny good boII without much trouble,
consequently tho wholo tribe should
bo found n placo In ovory garden.
They give a flno effect in beds on
lawns, or may bo grown in pota and
taken into tho conservatory at the
present sonson when at their fullest
beauty. Somo of tho newest kinds
moasuro nine inches across the bloom.
Theso peonies dlo down in autumn,
and Btnrt growth with renewed vigor
in spring. Tho gold-ilowered Ethio
pian lily Is anothor beautiful thing
that ladles procure as a fitting com
panion to tho puro white variety.
Thoro Is also quite a novol pink flow
ered form, but as yet qulto raro; it was.
discovered recently in Rhodesia. Many
dwelling houses aro now adorned with
tho lovely climbing Wisteria slncsls,
which Is unequalled for tho purposo
when In flower. Tho fine pendulous ra
cemos of a rich lavender color remind
ono of a bunch of grapes from tho way
thoy hang on tho branches. Thoy arc
produced so freely that at tho pres
ent season there seem moro blossoms
than loaves. Tho Wisteria Is qulto
hardy and Its stoms extend to a great
length each summer. Young plantB
can bo bought vory cheaply, and wo
strongly recommend this elegant
climber to thoso who do not know it
A group of pretty floworlng plants
that deserve greater nttontlon than
they recoivo aro tho doublo-llowered
Ivy leaved geraniums. Few plants
compare with them for balconies or
window boxes or to hang down from
stnglngs in tho conservatory or from
baskets; tho follago alono Is hamhomo,
whilst tho flowers which aro produced
so freely, right through tho summer,
aro both bright and lasting. They look
magnificent when trained along trollis
work in sunny positions. . i
.' ,
THE PRICE OF CHOCOLATE. "
Much Cheaper la Ainerlcn than In
Countrlos Whore til 'own.
When, on drinking your cup of choc
olate at breakfast, you find n sodlnient
deposited in tho bottom of tho cup,
you may feel suro that this Insoluble
stuff Is tho adultorant with which tho
chocolate 1b cheapened to such a de
gree that tho beverage far from its
sourcQ of production costs less than it
does in tho plnco whero it is producod.
I,n Soum America tho rotall price for
the better grades of chocolato averages
about ?1 per pound, while In Italy,
Frnnco, England and in tho United
States the better grades sell at a much
lower price. In Amorlca tho ordinary
chocolato sells for about one-third of
tho price that Is charged for It whero
it is produced. Tho causo of this, tho
producers say, Is that tho original
product Is adulterated greatly beforo
reaching its final market, a cheaper ar
ticle than tho cocoa bean constituting
tho largo proportion of 90 per cent of
tho chocolates ot commerce. Tho cocoa
bean from which chocolate is manu
factured is produced In Its finest form
in Vonczuola, though various other
parts of Central and South Amorlca
grow and export largo quantities. Two
crops of tho bean are gatherod each
yoar, and the manufacturo consists
simply In grinding up tho beans Into
meal and then adding sugar and arrow
root, with tho necessary flavor usual
ly vanilla or cinnamon. The mass Is
molstenod until It Is In a soml-lluld
state, after which it is run into molds
of tho proper shape. New York Press.
Maurice lUrrmore'g Wllty Itetort.
Tho clever wit of the recently do
mentcd actor, Maurlco Barrymorc, Is
still tho forom6st subject in tho clrclo
of tho unfortunato mun's friends. On
ono occasion, when Darrymoro was
visited by a number of friends, one
of them dropped a GO-cent piece on
tho floor, and, soarch high and low,
tho money could not ho found. "Won
der where it went to!" ono remarked.
"Wont to tho devil, I guess," said the
loser. "Trust you for makinir GO nnntn
go further than any ono else," said
uarrymore. Now York Times.
NEBRASKA'S GAME LAW
Doputy Bimpkbs Outlines Plan for Its
Enforcement.
NEW ENACTMENT NOW IN EfFECT
Looking Up a Detlrablo Site for Neat
Annual Encampment of the National
lliinrd Other Matter In Nebraska of
More or Less Intereit.
LINCOLN, Nob., July 10. Members
of tho Nebraska Fish commission mot
In tho ofllco of Doputy Warden Slmp
klns and outlined plans for enforcing
tho provisions of the now gntno law,
which wont Into effect July 1. So far
as known thoro will bo no organized
offorts on tho part of tho mnrkot hunt
ers to vlolnto tho law, but nil of tho
under doputles havo been instructed
to bo on tho lookout und If any ono
la found shooting or attempting to
shoot for tho market ho will bo
promptly arrested nnd vigorously pros
ecuted. Under tho now lnw tho deputy gnmo
wnrdon 1b hold responsible for tho
mnnngomcnt of tno stato fish hatcher
ies. Several changes in tho adminis
tration ot this institution hnvo been
proposed hnd tho commission will
probnbly meet next week to glvo them
consideration. Complaints against
Superintendent O'Brien will nlso bo
given nttontlon at tl next mooting.
Governor Snvngo nnd Deputy Gnmo
Warden Slmpklns rotuso to dlscloso
tho naturo of theso complaints until
after tho nccuscd has had n hearing.
THE NATIONAL GUARD ENCAMPMENT
Adjutant (leuernl Colby noes on n Tour
ot Invrstlgatlnn.
LINCOLN, Nob., July 10. Adjutant
Gonornl Colby will mako a trip In
northwestern Nebraska for Uio pur
poso of visiting sovcral sites thnt
have been proposed as sultablo and
dcslrablo for tho next annual cn
enmpmont of tho Nebraska Natlonnl
guard. Ho will leavo tho railroad at
Valentino and travel southward
through tho cluster of lakes near Hv
orgrcon creek, In tho eastern section
of Cherry county, and from thero ho
will go westward along Snnko river
and othor branches of tho Niobrara
river. This torrltory includes tho
wildest nnd most secluded scenery in
tho state. It is about midway be
tween the main northwestern lines ot
tho Elkhorn nnd Burlington railroads.
Several wooded spots along Dlsranl
creek, which Hows through Blaine,
Hooker and Thomas counties, hnvo
also been suggested nnd Gonornl Colby
may visit thorn beforo ho returns.
"We wish to locnto tho encampment
where it will not benefit ono railroad
to the exclusion of nil others," said
General Colby. "Tho places suggistcd
in Chorry county meet nil require
ments that cannot bo found nnywhoro
else. Thoy aro isolated nnd far from
tho centers of habitation. Thero nro
numerous lakes all along tho creoka
in Chorry county nnd tho water Is al
ways clear and cool nnd Invigorating.
liny Full Under n Trnln.
STANTON, Nob., July 10. As tho
regular freight train, No. 27, was pull
ing out of this plnco, Dcnn Thrapp,
19 years of ago, fell from tho train
and was literally cut to pieces. Ho
had boon working In a brick yard at
Fullorton, Nob., for tho Inst month
nnd In company with another man
was going to Sioux Falls. They rodo
from Fremont to this placo on tho
braco rods under a car. His fathor
Is a carpenter nnd builder at Thur
man, la.
Nearly n Tlitmmtrul Oend,
NEW YORK.July 10. Tho official re
ports to tho bureau of vital stntlstlcs
of deaths from heat for tho week end
ing July G show thnt tho nctual num
ber In tho flvo boroughs of Greater
Now York was 989. For tho boroughs
of Manhattan nnd tho Bronx the num
bor was CUD, for Richmond 12, for
Queens 24, for Brooklyn 204.
A Defaulter In I.lmli".
DUBUQUE, In., July 10. Thomas i'.
Ward, nccuscd of being a dofnultor for
J30.000 as cashier of tho Lemars bank,
Is in Jail hero, brought by a United
States marshal from Now Jorsoy,
whoro ho was niTssted.
Utah Hcnilo Many f'-l'le,
SIDNEY, Nob., JiUy 10, A big ship
ment of HoutJicm Utnh cattlo was de
livered ioro via tho Burlington rall
ranQ for tho St. George Cattlo com
pany. Aronsed of IT'orpInc Note.
HUMBOLDT, Nob,, July 10, Ocorgo
W, Cox, who has been mnklng his
homo In this city tho pnst year, was
arrested to answer tho charge of for
gery In tho district court of Pawneo
county. Tho arrest was on complaint
of tho Bank of Burchard, which cash
ed a $250 noto for Cox. Tho paper
nlso contained tho nnmo of Alvln Cox,
a brothor of tho accused, who is n
responsible farmer near that place.
Ho knows nothing of Ui transaction.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest ynotntlonn from South Omaha
nnd Knntns Cltr.
SOUTH OMAHA.
Cattle Thoro was a fair run of cnttlo.
hut packers seemed to want tho stuff, and
ns a result tho market did not show much
chnngo from yesterday nnd everything
wan sold In good soason. Oood to cholco
beef steers were In active demnnd nt Just
about atendy prices. As high ns 13.70 wns
paid, which Was tho samo ns yesterday's
best price. Tho lightweight cattle, how
ever, wero rnther neglected, particularly
If they wero of common quality, Thero
wero very few cows and heifers In tho
yards, nnd ns buyers nil wanted a few
tho mnrket on good stuff was active nnd
steady to strong. It did not take long
to clear the pens of all dcslrnblo grades,
nnd oven tho commoner kinds moved
qulto freely nt fully stendy prices. Thero
wns not much chungo nntlceublo In tho
prices paid for bulls, cnlvcs nnd stags,
but sellers found It ensler o dlsposo ot
them thnn It wns yesterday. Thero were
not enough stockers nnd feeders In tho
yards to mnko u test of tho mnrkot to
day. Tho few thnt wero offered sold ut
Just about steady prices.
Hogs Thero was Just a fnlr run of
hogs, but tho quality of tho offerings wua
considerably better than yestcrdny. Tho
market opened with packers bidding n
ltttlo lower, J3.S0 being tho .popular price,
but only a fow loads changed hands thnt
way. They soon raised their bids to
J3.S214 nnd finally to J5.S34 nnd J3.83, nnd
thnt Is tho wny tho hogs changed hands.
Tho general market today wns Just nbnut
stendy with yesterday nnd tho olosa wns
strong at yeslerliy'ii best prices. Tho
bulk ot nil sales went ut I5.S2V4 nnd J3.S3,
und n fow ot tho choicer bunches brought
J3.S7V4.
Sheep Thero wns n light run of sheep,
and ns packers wera nil unxlnus for sup
plies tho market ruled very uetlvo ntvl
nil tho wny from 13c to 33c higher thnn
yosterdny. Tho lambs that sold yestor
dny for J4.CS brought $3.00 today, nnl
Wethers sold us high ns J3.S5, whllo owes
renched J3.00. It wns evident that pack
ers wanted tho stuff, oven nt tho ad
vanced prices, nnd nn a result tho pens
woro soon cleared.
KANSAS CITY.
Cattle Tho supply was too largo to
maintain prlcrs nnd tho market ruled
from lOo to 2So lower chutco dressed beef
steers, T3.O0fT3.75: fair to good, JI.50ftG.00;
stockers nnd feeders, J3.4CW4.M); western
fed Hteers, Jl.25f5.d0; Toxuns nnd Indians,
W.$0tf?4.X0; Texas grass steers, 3,00(If3.75;
cows. J2.S3ffl.00: heifers. 3.Q0f4.75; bulla,
J2.riOQ-4.25: calves, W.0Ofi5.CO.
Hogs Heavy hogs, a shade lower;
others, about 10a lower; top, JS.97H: bulK
of sales, J5.S0ff3.83; henvy, J3.0OC5,l)7V4;
mixed packors, J5.SO05.I15; light, ' JS.DOJf
5.R0; pigs, J3.40fl5.Cfl.
Sheep nnd Lnmbs Mnrket strong to lOo
higher; lambs, Jl.KKff0.10; wethers. J3.20JP
3,90; yearlings, J3.85ifH.40; owes, J3.005J3.7B;
culls, $2,0003.00; Texas grass sheep, $3.25fl
3.S0.
MANY WRECK VICTIMS.
Chlcngo Ss Alton Fatality List Length
ens to Include Hovtsnteen Nuiiiei.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 11, Tho
full horror of tho train wreck on tho
Chicago & Alton railroad nenr Horton,
Mo., when a westbound passenger
train collided with a fast live stock
train, both going at good speed, was
not realized until tonight, when a
train loaded with bruised and scalded
poisons arrived hero .und transforcd
Its Biiffcrors to tho hospltnls.
First reports of tho accident indl
catd that four trainmen and two pas
sengers woro killed outright. Of tho
wounded who stnrtod for this city
four wero dead beforo tho train nr
rlvcd and Bovon passed away at tho
hospitals boforo midnight, making
sovontcen deaths up to tho prcsont
tlmo. In St. Joaoph nnd Unlvorslty
hospitals nro thirty persons, nt least
two of whom nro expected to dlo. Tho
physicians will not glvo nn opinion
as to tho condition of tho sufferers.
Most of them woro Bcaltlcd by tho
Btcam that issued from tho locomo
tives, both of which wero wrecked
nnd piled up in a heap of wrockago
with two of tho passenger cars.
Identification of thoso of tho dend
who passed away without regaining
consciousness was difficult, owing to
tho fact that clothing had been hnstlly
stripped from tho body in order to
glvo relict to tho tortured flesh.
CONGRESSMAN MERCER ABROAD.
Uo und ii l'arty of Follow Itepuliltciiii
H'lll on MuClelhlii For Mioilln.
NEW YORK, July 11. Tho trans
port McClolIan sailed from Brooklyn
this nftornoon for Manila In plnco of
tho Ingalls, whlcli was wrecked nt
Its dock. On board tho McClolIan
woro 'United States Sonator Bacon of
Georgia und Congrossmon Donrmond
of Missouri, Mercer of Nebraska,
Gaines of Tennessee Green of I'enn
Bylvanln, Weoks of Michigan, Joy ot
Missouri and Jack of Ponnsylvanln.
Inspector J. C. Brocklnrldgo of tho
United Stntes army wired this after
noon that ho would not sail for tho
Philippines on tho transport McClol
Ian today, but would leavo by way of
San Frunclsco in a wcok.
Hnlnldn ut Mnrmign.
MARENGO, la., July 11. Tho body
of John Stoedcr, n Gorman laborer,
wns found bolow tho brldgo horo on
tho river bank. Ho is supposed to
havo suicided.
Montana Is Ktorin Hwept.
HELENA, Mont., July 11. A cloud
burst occurred near Wlckes, Mont,,
twonty-flvo miles from Helena, yes
terday, doing Immonso damage. Tho
Montana Central rnllway suffered
heavily, tho railroad a short dlstanco
from that town bolng damaged about
000 feet. Bridges wero destroyed and
it will bo sovoral weoks boforo repairs
can be made. At Corbln tho smelter
of tho LlvlngBton Smelting and Re
fining company was damaged.
FATHERS ARE RESPONSIBLE.
Should Help the Mothers to Train the
Children.
"Tho influenco of a good, manly, up
right man Is great on his young daugh
ters, who look up to him with rovcr
onco, in leading them to noblo alma
and teaching them to avoid petty
scandal mongerlng and uncharitable
ncss. May I suggest that tho fatho7a
should tako their sharo In tho writing
of letters to thoir children at school?
Fathers havo no right to complain bit
torly that their grown-up daughters
only como to talk to them when they
want money if they havo taken no in
terest nnd actlvo part In their upbring
ing. Lovo creates lovo, and tho par
ents must show their lovo if thoy wish
to Invoko response on tho pnrt ot tho
children," Bays Ethellnda Hndwon In
Chambors' Journal. "Tho parents
muct also curb their tompors In thoir
ntercourBO with each othor, for ds
pcaco in tho homo plays havoc with
children's nerves and tempers. It you
wish children to bo good tompcrcd see
that their nerves ,nro not ovcrstralnod
nnd ovor-oxclted. Children especially
llttlo children should llvo very calm
nnd unoventful days, and tho persons
who surround them should bo of quiet,
sunshiny dispositions. Tho children's
pleasures should bo slmpto and Inex
pensive, no mattor how wealthy tho
parents may be. Thoy should bo kopt
in tho background when visitors aro
present, and In no way brought for
ward and shown off, clno they bocomo
filled with sclf-lmportanco. They
should bo encouraged to mako their
own nmusomonts, nnd should by no
moans bo given everything for which
they nBk, whothor reasonable or un
reasonable If tho request bo unroa
sonnblo tho reason for tho rofusal
should bo glvon, and If tho request bo
such as may bo granted it is not nlwnys
woll to glvo tho coveted artlclo nt
onco, ns In Inter llfo wo cannot havo
all wo want, ovon though our wants
scorn vory rensonnblo. Tho dlsclpllno
ot drudgery Bhould not bo forgotten.
Tho modern tendency is to do away
with drudgory almost entirely, but I
think that a mistake Certainly lot
tho parents guide, help nnd direct their
childron, hut do not mako llfo too oasy
for thom, lot them tnko their fair Bharo
of troublo and responsibility."
Hovr n Trnt Leader Works.
Thoro is a mtstakon Idea that tho
men who direct tho great corporations
nro continually engaged in a vast
amount of detail business. That is
not tho caso. Modorn business has
mado tho position of tho trust leader
ono requiring not only brains, but
brains of tho highest ordor. It may
bo that tho president of a trust docs
not porform nn official act onco a day.
It may ho that his work is confined
to Initiating tho papers that his sub
ordinate bonds ot departments submit
to him, but tho fact ronialnB that ho is
tho brains of tho concern, and that if
ho signs papers without knowing thoir
contents ho docs so becauso ho knows
thoroughly tho mon who Biibmlt thom.
It has boon said with truth that tho
most successful moil in thoso business
es nro thoso who do nothing whort
things aro going smoothly and who
do ovorythlng when thoy aro going ill.
Instead of taking away from tho froo
dom of action of tho mon who direct
theso concorns.modcrn conditions havo
added to their responsibility. Tho
wholo syBtom of trust organization do
ponds upon making each man respon
sible for tho work which ho directs.
So long as ho achieves satisfactory re
sults ho Is not lntorforod with. It is
said, for examplo, that tho president
of tho standard QJl.ppr!ppany !?XLifc
BUed a posltivo order to his Tuoofaw
nates. Whothor it is a matter of giv
ing employment to a workman or car
rying out a deal with a government ho
moroly suggests. If tho subordinate
prefers to substltuto his own Judgment
in tho mattor he is. permitted to do
so, but ho Is hold strictly responsible
for tho consequonccs. Losllo's.
A Betting lien's Joumejr,
Buckout & Co. of Tarrytown re
ceived a carload ot hay rccoutly from
Michigan. When Station Agont John
II. Sco broko tho seal on tho car ho
wns surprised to hear tho cackling of
a lion insido, and on investigation a
largo whlto Leghorn lien was found
strutting up nnd down on tho top of
tho hay, and In ono corner of tho car
was a nest containing six eggs. Tho
car wns sealed up in Michigan twenty
days boforo its arrival, and tho hen
lived in it all that tlmo without any
food or wntor. How tho hon got in
tho car is a mystery, for it is loaded
with heavy bales of hay. Tho hen
was in a healthy condition after Its
1,000-milo trip, and Mr. Sco turned it
over to ono of his mon, who will now
caro for it. Tho eggs woro disposed of
without an Inquest.
Life Near tils ICquator.
Rev. Fathor Orison, of Stanley Falls,
Africa, writes that "Europeans hnvo a
very inaccurate ldoa of tropical tora
poraturos. Ho passod eight years at
tho equator on tho Pacific const, ho
Bays, and nover saw tho mercury
abovo 85 degrees, whllo at Stanley
Falls tho maximum is 00 degreoa and
tho nights aro dollclously coal. On
tho other hand, thoro aro frequent
tempests of indoscrlbablo vlolenco, and
Fathor Grlson has counted G6 light
ning flashes In ono mlnuto, tho thunder
being continuous, and hns seen ten
thunderbolts strike within a radius of
a fow hundred meters in tho sspaco of
two hours. Youth's Companion.
A Urllllant Comet.
Tho brilliant comot visible in South
Africa is an object of groat interest
to the soldiers. A private in tho Buffs,
writing from Balmoral, says: "Whou
I first saw it I thought it was a voldt
flro with a rocket ascending from It.
A mar ot exceptional brilliancy -wai
close- to It,"