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O " KITTYS HUSBAND $ By Author of "Hetty , " Etc , t CHAPTER HI. ( Continued ) "What is the matter , Kitty ? " he asked , .In a grav.e , kindly tone , when he had looked at me for some minutes. "Nothing , " I returned quickly. ' 'Do I look as though something was the matter ? ' . ' "Yes , very much , " he answered quietly , after a moment's pause. I threw my work away from me , and looked across at hlnii defiantly , desper ately , \tfltti a sudden passionate Im pulse to pour out jn bitter .words all my anger and * resentment. ' "Yes , something Is-tho matter ! " I exclaimed. "I knew that , " he replied , In his < < litiet. > .klndly tone. ' \ I looked at him quickly , my breath coming and going In little excited , angry gasps. And in a moment , as I looked , my flash of courage vanished. My heart was beating fast still , but beating in a frightened , fluttering way. "I ought to understand your moods by this time , Kitty , " he continued gen tly. "I knew in a moment that some thing had worried you. Tell me all about It. " Tell him all about it ! I had sud denly realized that nothing could induce duceme.ito.toll - hlm a word about..it. * ' I could only wonder at myself'for my own temerity for having said so much. I looked away hastily out of the win dow at the organ-man and his monkey and the growing troop of ragged chil dren. "Oh , it was nothing ! " I returned Juirrledly. "Something vexed me. It was nothing not Important. " It surprised me that he did not urge me any further. He sat regarding me gravely and thoughtfully. There was something of anxiety In his eyes when I turned my head again and surprised Ills glance. "Oh , Mr. Mortimer ! " The exclamation came from the door- way. Meg stood there , her hand on the door , and looked in and hesitated , evi dently trying desperately to think of some excuse for hastily retreating. As John Mortimer'rose and went to meet her , she came In reluctantly , looking at him with a half-deprecating , half- laughing glance , her blue eyes twink ling even as she mutely apologized. She I BOWED MY HEAD LOWER OVER MY WORK. stood in the middle of the room for a minute , as though hesitating whether to go or stay. She took off her pretty , shady straw hat , and shook her hair free into loose , airy , pretty waves and curls ; then suddenly she banished the thought of retreating , sat down beside me on the sofa and gave herself up to the pastime of tormenting us. Bending forward a little , with one el- low on her knee , and her pretty chin on her little pink palm , she could face us both. Now her eyes glanced mis L chievously into mine , now suddenly , ( with a swjft smile , into his. And how bewltchingly pretty she looked all the while ! I found myself wondering "with a. sudden eagerness , and a strange sick ness of heart , what John Mortimer thought of her prettlness. "Kitty's to leave school , Mr. Morti mer , " she told him presently ' , In an admirably simple , natural'tone. "Did you know ? " I bowed ray head lower over my work.consclous that my face was grow ing crimson , and lhat two pairs of eyes were watching me. "Is tliat true ? " he asked. "Mamma says so. For some newly arisen and mysterious reason , Mr. Mor timer , Kitty Is to blossom forth at enceInte Into a grown-up lady aren't you , Kit ty ? She'a to turn up her hair and learn how to make jams Instead of Latin prcee. Mamma , you must know , awoke this morning or , rather , this afternoon in a most astonishingly do- mesic ( mood , , Shodesc9iided upon us In our sitting-room and took our breath away. What do you think &he said ? " , don't ! " I cMd helplessly. "Mr. Mortimer doesn't want to hear. " "On the contnuy , he's looking mdst eager , " said Meg , provoklugly calm. "From all we could gather , Mr. Morti mer , Kitty's to renounce the higher ed ucation and take to ladylike accom plishments jam making and the put ting of feathera into her hats. Now , what would you say was going to hap pen ? You don't know , of course ? " "I wish I did ! " "Kitty , you know , was destined for a governess " " ' still " I In "I'm to be a governess , terposed. "The plan isn't changed ; nothing could change it. -want to be V'g'oVerriSss ! " "You want to be a governess ? " re peated Mr. Mortimer slowly , In a some what puzzled tbne. Well might ho be puzzled ! Times beyond number I had confided to him my utter detestation of tlie post of preceptress told him I would ratlier sweep rooms , make match boxes , sell apples at street corners- do anything ! Nevertheless ' "I shall love to be a governess ! " I declared , with steady decision. ' "Kitty my dear , dear Kitty ! " ex postulated Meg. "I'shaH-love 1H" Irepeated , with de fiance. CHAPTER IV. Looking up , I found John Mortimer's eyes still fixed upon me with a steady glance , half pUzzled , half troubled. He made a hasty' , resolute attempt to change the conversation , and succeed ed ; In a few minutes Meg was gaily de scribing our plans for summer holidays in August. She had forgotten me and the pleasure of tormenting me. "We are going to Cornwall , " and she sighed. "Cornwall's quiet that suits father ; and Cornwall's cheap that suits mamma. It doesn't suit us at all. Dora and I hate hills and cliffs ; we like promenades and bands and ten nis. It's a frivolous thing to confess we don't care ! We detect cheaii places , and , If there's one thing worse than a cheap"plaee , it's a quiet place- ! Are you also coming to Cornwall , Mr. Mor timer ? " "No ; I am going to Brittany , if my present plans hold good. " "That's where your sister lives ? " "Yes. " "I don't think I would go to Brit tany to see my sister if I were you. " "Why not ? " "Oh , she don't deserve it. I don't like your sister , Mr. Mortimer you don't mind my eaylng so , do you ? " Mr. Mortimer smiled quickly , yet half reluctantly. "How did you come to know my sis ter ? " he asked. "I don't know her ; I don't want to know her I don't like her ! I read an article of hers once in one of the dull magazines the magazines that father takes in. It was on 'Girls ot the Nine teenth Century. ' I dare say it was very clever I know It was very horrid , sar castic , superior , hateful ! She was a 'girl of the nineteenth century * herself once , I suppose , once or la she nearly ninety ? " "She Is just thirty-six , Miss Meg. " "Poor thing ! " We both laughed at the long-drawn- out pity of Meg's tone. "At thirty-six I can Imagine that one may feel a hundred ! " she said feeling ly. "Still one may feel a hundred with out feeling so superior about it. Father gave mo the article to read ; ho thought It would do me good , and it didn't ! " "No ; you don't seem to have been benefited , I confess. " "It only made me rejoice to think that I lived In the nineteenth century. Girls in the last century wore much less frivolous , ns well as less independ ent ; they thought less about their lints and dresses made their things last spoke wh n they were spoken to , and were altogether models of correct de portment. Well , I'm glad I wasn't A last century girl ! Besides , I haveu't the least bit of a wish In the world to bo dead and burled ! I'm glad your sister lives In Brittany ! Brittany's a good long way off. 'If she llVed nWri- ' don I suppose we should have to know her ? " "You will bo sorry to hear , Miss Meg , that I believe she Is thinUng of coming to London. " "Oh ! To live ? " "Yes 1 think so. She -went to tirlt- tnny ten years ago to live with a very dear friend of hers , who married and settled there. Her friend , Madame Ar- naud , is a widow now ; there Is noth ing to keep them In Brittany any longer. They arc coming to England In September indeed , 1 am going abroad now to help them to settle their , affajrs before they Jqavo. " Meg was tapping the ground softly with her little pointed shoe , and look ing down at it with an absorbed , puz zled air , her brows knit In thought. "Madame Arnaud Madame Ar- naud ! " she repeated. "I have Heard of Madumo Arnaud ! " Ho did not offer to quicken her memory. It seemed to mo that nn expression of annoyance crossed his face. "What is it that-I'have * heaVd ? I can't remember , " said Meg , raising her eyes and appealing to him. There was a distinct note of impa tience in his grave tone as ho an swered her. "I am sure I can not say. What ever you have heard must have been in her praise that one may safely af firm ! " Meg made a little' gesture of disdain. "And does she belong to this cen tury ? " she asked , afteif a pause , her blue eyes looking at him seriously. "Yes she belongs to this century , " he said , smlllrig. But again , In spite1 of his smile , it struck me that the conversation vexed him. Ho was impatient , not nt case. I. had not spoken , but how' ' I felt a sudden need to ask one question the same question which indirectly Meg had nskcd. "Is she young ? " I asked quickly , looking at him. "Not what you would call young , Kitty , " he returned gently , in a differ ent tone. "She is 30 perhaps a little more than 30 , 1 have not seen much of her these last ten years , but I saw her for an hour or two last summer ; she was as young then as she was at 20. She is one of those women who will never grow old. When she comes to London , Kitty , you must know her. You and she will be good friends 1 think so. " "I don't envy Kitty , " said Meg , in a stage whisper to her pointed toe. "Is she a French woman ? " she asked In a different tone , looking up again. "No English. " "And she married ) a Frenchman , " said Meg. "How horrid ! Was he like the Frenchman one sees upon the stage always rubbing his hands and bowing ? Why did she marry him ? " "Because she loved him , I suppose. I never asked her. " "Then why assume that it was love ? Very few people marry for love ex cept In books or so mamma says. Not that mamma's opinion is worth much ; it's her opinion that our dresses should last two summers , and that the second end summer , if wo look guys , wo should be contented. All the same , all people don't marry for love for in stance , I heard today of a person who thinks of marrying for a very different motive. " He showed no curiosHy , nor did ho show much. signs of confusion. Per haps lie bad not heard what Meg said. Ho did not seem , indeed , to bo heedIng - Ing her ; ho was rising now to go. "If one wanted to fall in love , " said Meg , "one would never choose a Frenchman. Madame Arnnud Ma dame Aruaud ? I wonder where I have beard and what I have heard of Ma dame Arnaud. " ( To be continued. ) Stntnco Duel. Letters from Buenos Ayrcs give de tails of a remarkable duel of which the famous Italian fencing master , Chevalier Plnl , was the hero. PIni re cently opened a school of arms , in the Argentine republic , and , having been subjected to some criticism by a local journal , told the scribe in hlfi own frank , pleasant way what he thought of him. Reparation was demanded and pistols were the weapons selected. The conditions of meeting were singular. The adversaries were to be placed back to back , and at the word of command were each to take fifteen steps forward and then turn around and fire simulta- neou&ly. On the ground the men were placed as arranged , and , at the given signal , began to march forward , one of the seconds counting the steps. Pini had only made live strides when he heard a report and the whistle of a bul let past his ear. Ho turned and saw his adversary with the smoking pistol in his hand. Pini , in a furious rage , dropped his weapon , rushed at his man and gave him a sound threshing with his fists. The seconds took hides for their respective principals and a gen eral melee went forward until eomo gendarmes arrived. Pinl's adversary then took to his heels , and lias not been seen since. Pall Mall Gazette. A Hooded Adder. When Tom Hood was passing hia honeymoon in the country he killed an adder one day. "Tell your father , " he wrote to his wife's sister , in de scribing the incident , "that they are called adders because two and two together - gether make four. " Thu Swun n T.niiK-r.Uoil Illril. Among the birds the swan lives to bo the oldest , in extreme cases reaching 300 years. The falcon has been'kuowa to live over 1C2 ycaro. I Oommaudor-in-Ohief of the Transvaal Atrtry QtoWa Quito THE SITUAflON SEEMS SERIOUS. It In ThniiRtit tlin llcnvlnt I'lchtlni ; TTI1I Oi'cur on Nutnl Morilrr. in lUigllitti Troopn Muitt lln Itrprllrd Tlinru I'HM- for Coi | iromli e riot Kit PRETbR'lA , SejH. 22. General .tou- bert , the ITocr commander-ln-chlcf , Is quoted as saying in , au interview : "The situation is serious. Probably the heaviest fighting would occur on the Natal border. The British are Hkel y to attempt tb invade the Transvaal - vaal by way of the Van Rclhans pass. " ( Urgent messages are reaching the Raad from members who are. demand ing authority for the Doers to mass at strategic points. CAPETOWN , Sept. 22. At a meet ing of the African members of parlia ment today , Mr. Neethlng presiding the followlngHolegrom was'dispatched to President Krugor : "Wo Afrikan der members of parliament thoroughly sympathize with our Afrikander rela tive In trouble. While appreciating the concessions already made in-tho interests of peace , wo bog to urge the expediency of doing the utmost , short of sacrificing independence , to avert the horrors of war. While agreeing that the joint inquiry proposed by Mr. Chamberlain cannot bo asked as a matter of right , wo believe such a commission will provide a way out of the difficulties which are fast approaching preaching a crisis , with results which might prove fatal not only to the civil atfd free state brdthren , but alsVto the Afrikander party of Cape Colony. In the presence of Immediate danger and the momentous issues awaiting the decision of your honor , the exec utive and the Volksraad , even the risk of being misunderstood Is of a minor importance. We beg your honor to lay these words , only dictated by a keen sense of our common interests and , risks , privately before the execu tive and Volksraad. " This message , which was signed by flfty-three members of parliament , re ceived the following reply from Pres ident Krugor : "I wish you and your sympathizers will notice , as you have doubtless already seen by the reply of the Imperial government , that we have , according to your desire , con sidered the matter and accepted the invitation to the Joint commission. Why the acceptance was delayed is shown by the dispatches published. I wish to tlmnlc yon and other friends once more from my heart for the man ner in which you have aided our ef forts for a pacific and satisfactory solution. Finally I express the hone that your work and ours will not bo fruitless. " The meeting also adopted a resolu tion to the effect that It had heard with satisfaction that the executive of he Transvaal had accepted the invita tion of the point inquiry and trusted the acceptance would render an out- bienk of hostilities practically impos sible. HARRISON ON BOUNDARY. Mays Extension Can IJn ClulniPil Only l > y I'rOMTlpllOll. PARIS , Sept. 22. Continuing his argument in behalf of Venezuela be- for the Venezuelan arbitration bound ary commission today. Ex-President Harrison said the Issue of diplomatic correspondence showed that Great Britain had never claimed more than the Dutch had. Ho hold that the legal and political departments of the foreign ofllce did not scorn to agree , the latter taking its inspiration to the surveyor , Sir Robert Schombergk , while Sir Richard Webster , the Brit ish attorney general , went further and claimed they extended Schom bergk line. Continuing , Mr. Harrison said ho proposed to show that -the Dutch rights-of'1814 were much smaller than those of any line now suggested by great Britain and that those lines were now extinct through the dis puted territory. Any extension , ho asserted , of the original or adverse holding , and that all the rest of the country belonged to Venezuela. Transport Itnforil Uotuliuul. NEW YORK , Sept. 22. The United States transport Bnford , which was about to sail today , was detained In her dock by the quarantine authori ties for a second disinfection and will sail tomorrow. Health Officer Doty explained this action by saying : "One of the soldiers who arrlyed from Ha vana on the Buford Is in our hospital at Swinburne island and has devel oped suspicious symptoms today , which I have no doubt will prove the disease to be yellow fever. " "Will Attend Ileivry Keoeptlnn. CHEYENNE , Wyo. , Sept. 22. Governor De Forest Richards has decided to attend the Dewey recep tion at New York , and has wired his acceptance of the invitation of the mayor of New York to bo present De Forest Richards , jr. , was a class mate and roommate of George Dewey jr. , and the two families are very wel acquainted with each other , the Rich ards having spent a summer nt the home of Dewey In Vermont. A Soliller Goon luxane. CHICAGO , 111. , Sept. 22. William Sterling , formerly a private in Com pany K , First Colorado volunteers , and a son of James Sterling of Canton , O. was found by the police In a dementei condition hero today. Sterling was wounded In a sklrmlsl with the Filipinos a year ago , and It is supposed that this and the hard ships undergone in the campaign have at last had the effect of temporarily unsettling his mind. In his pocket was found u letter from Miss Eunlco Scot of Alcott , Colo. , whom ho declared ho was going to marry. TA GRAND ARMY TAV * & W tfit HIP Cnufcilrnlte Vein 1'rirW tn 1-iiradr In lr\rrf'n Honor. NBW YOHIC , Sept. 152. At General Roc's ofllre Joday It Is aaid the refusal of tlie > Uraitil Army , organization to take part in ( he Dewey land parable was final. General Roe is not dis posed to recede an hull from bin po sition. The ex-confederate vetcrcuiu will not inurrh cither , bting unable to parade In tlmr. The Hurt of inarch or the pnradt' as al present agreed ou fol lows : Geiiiu-al Ron rnd nld. < ? 8. "I * 7 Sony's bund. Tlic-men and officers of. the OTympfa. Admiral Dewey and Mujor Vau Wy.clc In a earrings. Rear Admiral Sampson | n ' a carriage with a coinmittccniiin. T , ! , sjallors o ( th < t North Atlimtfa eqtliidrdn. Regulars of1 the tinned States nrmyv General Roosevelt at head of New York state militia. The Forty-eighth Highlanders- Toronto. The Navnl Reserves of New YorK. G6vortlpr of Vermont and staff ana" the military oi'gantzatlona of the fol lowing named states to march In order of their adtnission to the union : Penn sylvania , New Jersey , Georgia , Con necticut , Maryland , South Carolina , Now Hampshire. Rhode Island. Mlri- .slsslppl.Missouri. Texas and District of Columbia all militia ! Veterans of the SpanlshKAmorlcan Avar. . Roar Admiral Sclilcy and First As sistant Postmaster General Perry S. Heath , havd sent acceptances. . "It will give me much dollght , " wrote Roar Admiral Schley , "to ho present and participate in the city's honor to the peerless Dcirey. ' ' > < The mother and widow of Captain Grldlcy of the Olympla will be present. Governor Sadler of Novnda declined to attend , but said that state would bp represented by Senators Jones and Stewart. BlG'COALTONNE IN .SIGH * Ilallronil * Umit.le tn J-urnlp.li t'nr fertile tile Con I Men , CHICAGO. Sept. 22. The Record says : According1 to present Indications , the central west this winter will ex perience n coal famine the like of which never before has boon known in this section of the country. Pros perity , it Is said , will bo the primary cause of the famine. Ordinarily at thl season of the year the railroad com panies , especially those whoso JInca connect tbu cast and the central wbst4 derive their greatest benefit from tho- transportation of coal from the east ern fields of this section , but under the present conditions they are unublo to provide cars for the hauling , of tlm fuel , owing to the unprecedented hand ling of , other and more profitable com modities. Under ordinary conditions the Inlco carriers are engaged In carrying con ! from the east to the west and stocking the great bunkers for the winter sup ply , but in the summer , which ends today , they have had more than they could do to haul other things , which contributed more generally to the ox- chcquot H of the various companies. PENSIONS FOR WESTERN VETERANS Siirvluirn of tlin Civil War Hriiininliurcil uar ! > } ' I InCoKTIllncill. . WASHINGTON , Sept. 22. The fol- lowlnging western pensions have been granted : Issue of September C : Nebraska : Additional Frederick L . ISibort , Belgrade , $0 to ? 12. In crease Albert O. Swift , Nebraska City , $ < to $12 ; Jacob Adams , Auburn. $11 to $8 ; Isaiah Nelson , Bin-well , $ (5 ( to $8 ; Tolbcrt Draper , Ord , ? C to $3. Mexican war widows Eliza J. McCoy , Curtis , $8. Iowa : Additional William Sablns , Adair , $8 to $10 ; George A. Paddock , Uvormore. $8 to ? lb ; Thomas 13. Ramsey , Coon Rapids , $2 to $ ( i. In crease Robert Southwell , Guilder , ? 8 to $12 ; Albert Wright , Elllot't , ? G to $8 ; William Kerr , Sioux City. $8 to $10 ; Thomas T. McWllliamu , Mt. Ayr , $8 to $12 ; John Vnnsant , Wayland , $12 to $17 ; Caleb Handyshcll , Ottumwa , $14 to $17 ; William Russell , Sham- baugh , ? 8 to $10. REESE HEADS THE TICKET. Nominations l > y the Jt pul > llruti Stiitti Con- Mintlnn llnlil In Oiimliu. For Supreme .Tiid o M. . 11T2R8K , IrfincuHtfr County RpBeiUH of tlio State UnlvpfHlty . . . . . . . . ] : . Cl. M'OII/rON. Douglas county Un. WIIVUAM H. KI/V. llrow : : County OMAHA , Sept. 22. Foregoing is the ticked placed In nomination by the repubican state convention in thia city yesterday. The convention was largely attended. Judge Reese telephoned to the com mittee of the convention which had nominated him for judge of the supreme premo court and accepted the nom ination. Strike on DrnliutBO G'it nit I. JOLIET. 111. , Sept. 22. Five hundred laborers on section 18 of the drainage canal struck today. The contractors liavp been paying them twice a mouth , but owing to the frequency of the sprees which resulted from tills it was resolved to pay monthly. The men objected and struck. They are largely foreigners and trouble Is foqred. Mllllonulrn ( 'little llrrodrr Dcitil , DENVER , Sept. 22. Charles N. Whitman , millionaire breeder of Hereford cattle , with farms in Kan sas and a 250roOO-acro ranch In Texas , is dead at his homo hero of a disease of the stomach. He was 49 years old. Itrlni ; Gold From NEW YORK , Sept. 22. Reports nro current In Wall street that the Im portation of gold from Europe Is about to begin. It is said that 100- 000 , or $50000 ; 0 , In gold lias already been purchased in the open market In London for shipment to Now York. It is said that the National City bank is aranglng to bring $5,000,000 In gold from Europe and that Lqzard Freros probably will import a largo amount from Paris. If gold is coming to No\r York from the other side the effect will bo to produce a relaxation in money , or at east to prevent a greater stringency. IN W. G. Piper , late of Moscow , Idaho , haa died at Providence hospital. Scuttle , Wash , Floref.re Mnrryat ( Mrs. Francis Lean ) , the novelist , Is dying at .Brighton , England. Pig Iron has advanced $1 n ton , No. I /oiN'dry now Hclllug for $19.DO , the hfjChtst In twenty year * . The Netr Orleans lie rtrrlvod at Snnfo Domingo , th < Alliance nt Fua- clml mid the Kuutx at Gibraltar , Thomas B.iJn , ncu' spcnkfcv of the Cnnndfan h6n e' ' of cdrnmbim : "la1 ' * farmer , the flnrt f gnfo the poat. ' The1 IBHUC df tfoTd 'ertlflcntei"byntfte froastiry deportment m > on < deposits of gold coin amount W dato-fo $ Gl2B , Ov The queiHi regent of Spain htw. pre sented the SpnnlB& casino at Tnmpa , . Fin. , with 6W ) books-fou ! < ; * library for public use. A largo sftnro In- the Ontral' rand ! Southern Pacific -railways huu .Insert nought by Spc-yer & Co. , bunkers' p T M w York. John L. Hnnnn , ohfef of polleo at ttulton , Oa. , wits shot and killed' b'y thren moonshiners , whom ho was try * ing ( arrest. T7) ) < ? Association- froiv nndt Steel' Sheet Manufacture advanced' ' tho1 price of sheet from Jfl.lOitot $3.25- ton ; to take effect at once. The wnr department linn directed ! tlirr transports Sikh and pity of Rio to go. . and tako-tlio'Thirty- tx > Portland , Ore. , fifth voFuriteers to Manila. Resolutions wqre adopted1 by the German Catholic Central society pro testing against the nllogqil iVesecratloni pf cluirrfaeu hi the Philippines' The government ban tnkon stops to nccuru possession of Mission R'oclc Saw Francisco hay , which ) ms been hQld.pY the California Dry Dock company slnc& ' ' ' 187CV. The total Dumber of deaths liv BIOR- toit last year was 10,880 , n > decrease of 2i8 ( from thn previous y ar , and the- death rnke was the lowest on > rouortl In tha city. Lieutenant Koontz of tlio Fbrtyr fourth volunteer infantry , closed' ' th y recruiting afllca at : Dodge City , > Kai . , having enlisted twenty-four men' 1m two d'uy . The president has Issued ai proclaitia- tioa declaring that the local Hawaiian officials arr without power to transfer- title to public lands In Hawaii , , penrllB . legislation l > r congress. The national memorial , , obmmittee lias voted 10,000 for the erection ofTai silitable librnry at Ilawardcn for Glad- otone'rf collection of books and the- work will begin nt once. Major George D. Davis , commissary pf subsistence. United Statea vqltm- toers , of tin * purqhaHing commissary ah Chicago , has boon ordered to Kansas- City to purchase subsistencentdres. . At the convention of the Illinois Liquor Dealers' association the state treasurer reported receipts of 414,422.75- during the year and expenditures of $0,175.17 , leaving a balance of $8,247.78. The Society of the Army of the Potomac is to hold its thirtieth annual reunion in Plttsburg , Poniu , October 11 and 12 and arrangements already made there Insure It the heartiest wel come. Senator Doboe of Kentucky , bavins shaved off his drooping inoustacho at the instance of friends who wanted him to bo modern , now lee ts so muc'i like President McKlnloy that it la diffi cult to tell them apart at a short dis tance. ' ' An admiral's salute of seventeen guns is to bo fired by the battery of the Pennsylvania state an-enal In Har- rlsburt ; on the day that Admiral Dewo v lands In this country. Similar tmlutos will bo fired at the sumo time at Wich ita and Topcicn , Kan. Plans for the holding ot a conven tion to consider the question of the construction of a waterway suitable for vessels of ordinary draught from the Great lakes to the Mississippi river by way of the Illinois river are pr'ac- tlcally completed and a committee has Issued a call for the convention , to beheld held in Pcorin , October 10. County judges of the counties most interested arc Invited to mime delegates to the convention. The war department has apprbved the action of General Otis In refusing to allow the Spanish ships to go to ports controlled by the Insurgents to take away Spanish prisoners. These ships , however , will bo allowed to pro ceed to such ports under the escort of vessels of the United States. The transfer of the Spanish prisoners to the ships will bo under the direction and control of the United States offi cers. LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE. Oumliii , ClilciiK" mid Nmr York Market OcotiitloiiM. OMAHA. IJuttci' Crcninory Hopuiator. 17 51 18 Huttcr Choice fancy country 10 & is KBKH Fresh , per iloz . ll l w ar Chickens-Sprint ; , per II ) . ! ) ft I'lgcons Live , per iloz . 75 @ SO LembrtK I'cr box . 4 7 > ( ft 5 50 CnulberrlcH Jorwey , per bbl , . CU3 @ G CO AppleB Per bbl . , . . . , . 21 ! > 2EO Potatoes Per bu . 20 Swbet potatoes Per bbl . 200 0)223' ) Hay Upland , per ton . COO 0600 Hides No. 1 green . 7 fy T'/i SOUTH OMAHA. HogH-ChoIco llBht . 43o Hogs Heavy welghtH 423 Beef ritecrs 240 LHlllH 375 200 Cftlves . G50 WoHternw . 240 Stock cows and holfer.i . . . . 2 7 > Qtoora and liclfers . 363 iff / COWB . 240 f i HelforH . 350 Stockern and feeders . 325 Hhcep Lnmbs , . . .i . 400 Bheep Feeder wothera . . . . . . 365 360 CHICAGO. \Vhcnt-No. 2 spring . C7 < fi6SJi > Cprn-rPer bu . , . Xl' fif 34 Hurley No. 2 . 30 f 43 Outs Per bu . 22 53 Ityo No. 2 . 56 C'l > 57 > i Timothy Heed , per bu . 220 Gy 2 23 Pork Per cwt . 740 j > 805 Lard . r.17 62532 C'uttlo Blacken * and feoderHHOO ftt > 50n HnngerH . 325 @ 5 M HogH Mixed . 4'iO ( it ) 4 7ii Sheet * Lambs . 350 C'iG2T ) , Sheep \Veatern rangers . . . . 100 & u 40 NEW YORK MAr.KET. Wheat No. 2 red . 7. ' . < T ? 7.3U Corn-No. 2 . 3S i } < 33 ? , , O.Ub-No. 2 . 27 if ? 27 > ( t KANSAS CITY. Sheep Muttons . .TS5 ® I Si Hogb Mixed . I2 D 4 4 < i Cuttlo-stockers unU feeders 3 So © 5 ou