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TO ACT Military Experts Bay He Should Believe Ladysmith at Any Oost. SITUATION IS DECIDEDLY CRITICAL White Has Less Men and Ammunition au a ItoHUlt of Saturday's Battle Not Counterbalanced by Boer LOSBCB Clery'n force From Chleveley Makes a Demonstration Before Colouso. LONDON , Jan. 8. New York World Cablegram. The war office has no con firmation of the report that General Buller has succeeded in crossing the Tugela river and is moving nearer La- dyamith. Since his defeat , December 15 , at Colenso , and loss of artillery , he has been reinforced and it has been un derstood that he would make another move shortly , but nothing official has been learned of an advance. The London Morning Post's military expert , commenting on General White's report of the Boer attempt to take La dysmith by storm , says : "It is with an inexpllcible sense of re lief that the country learns that General - oral White and his brave troops beat "back the Boer attack Saturday. "The situation in a material aspect is what it was on the eve of battle. La dysmith is Btlll invested. General White's force still urgently needs relief and the difficulties which confront Gen eral Buller are as great as they were before. "Indeed , in two respects the situation Is worse , for General White's force on Saturday must have expended a large amount of ammunition , which , until the relief of Ladysmith , cannot be re plenished , and must have lost a number of officers and men , a loss not counter balanced , so far as Ladysmith is con cerned , by the larges losses of the Boers , for the Boer force was much more numerous. "Now , therefore , while the effect of the repulses of Saturday is fresh on , them and before the consciousness of failure has disappeared is the time for General Buller to make his attack. " General Buller has been in Natal since November 25 planning to relieve Ladysmith. Today his vanguard Is at Chieveley , about twenty miles from La dysmith. Every hill and kopje beyond Colenso is strongly fortified and manned , while the Boer trenches on his front are said to extend seventeen miles along the Tugela river. The Mall military expert exults in General White's defense and says : "The British army of relief has lost a great opportunity. Will It be allow ed another such chance ? " The other military experts follow the same general line , declaring the situa tion at Ladysmith is still critical and urging General Buller to do something for its relief at any cost. At 11 o'clock today White neliograph- ed he was heavily attacked and all his forces engaged , whereupon Clery , with a force from Cheiveley camp , decided to create a diversion by making a dem onstration before Colenso. At 2 o'clock a division marched out of Camp. HHyard's brigade began on the left , Barton's on the right , with cavalry on the flanks. The infantry ad vanced In scattered swarms toward the Tugela until within-3,000 yards of the river , when fourteen British guns came into action from a convenient ridge. The artillery then searched the Boer position thoroughly , working from right to left , making excellent practice , in which the naval battery joined. The shells burst in rapid succession along the Boer trenches. There were black clouds , lightning and thunder intensified the effect , but the Boers remained impassive , not fir ing a single shot. Many were , however , seen galloping into the works from the direction of Ladysmith. At ' 5 o'clock news from General White arrived , saving the enemy had been repulsed at all points for the pres ent. Therefore , as night fell , the Brit ish troops returned quietly to camp. FOURTEEN STILL CAPTIVES. Three Civilians and Eleven Soldiers Who Have Not "Set Escaped. WASHINGTON , Jan. 9. This cable gram has been received from General Otis , under date of January 7 : "Admiral Watson has cabled the names of the rescued naval prisoners , one officer , eleven men. The remain ing prisoners , fourteen in number , are : Civilians G. W. Langford , Manila ; Da vid Bfown , St. Paul ; J. W. O'Brien , London. Soldiers George T. Hachett , H ; Archie L. Gordon , K , Third infan try ; William Bruce , Elmer Honny- man , First Nevada cavalry ; Frank Stone , Leland S. Smith , signal corps ; Albert 0. Bishop , H Third artillery ; Sergeant Frank McDonald. L , Twenty- ttrst infantry ; Harry/F. Huber , hospital corps ; Martin Brennan , James P. Cur- ran , Sixteenth infantry. NO ANSWER FROM ENGLAND. Salisbury Trill Take Several Days Before Giving Reply. LONDON , Jan. 9. United States Am bassador Joseph H. Choate did not re ceive an answer today from the British government regarding the seizure of American flour by British cruisers in South African waters. Lord Salisbury has a note in preparation , but a few days may elapse before it is delivered. The Associated Press has good reason to believe that the flour will be released and possibly a ruling will be made dif- ferentiatincr between foodstuffs for field and domestic purposes. HOUSE IS LOOKING FOR POLYGAMY Passes a Resolution to Investigate Two Utah Postmasters. WASHINGTON , Jan. 9. Immediate ly after the reading of the journal in the house today Dalzell , Pennsylvania , from the committee on rules , reported back the resolution introduced last week by Lentz , Ohio , for the investiga tion by the committee appointed to in vestigate the case of Representative elect Roberts of the charges that John C. Graham , postmaster of Provo , and Orson Smith , postmaster at Logan , Utah. CUBAN CABINET MEETING. Governor General and the People Acting ? in Harmony. HAVANA , Jan. 10. General Wood held the first executive meeting of the cabinet today behind closed doors. After the session several of the sec retaries declared that perfect harmony existed between the cabinet and gov ernor general. The secretaries are to have full power over all officers in their respective districts , subject only to confirmation by General Wood , who told the cabinet that he had noticed Cubans in public office who seemed to think three hours' * was a day's work. He advised them that office holders' hourc of work should be from 9 to 11 a. m. and from 12 to 5 p. m. , allowing the hour from 11 to 12 for breakfast. The secretaries agreed to enforce this rule , which will eventually be applied to all insular officials. General Wood also told the secre taries that in giving them absolute power for appointments and discharges of employes in their respective depart ments he designed also to hold each one personally accountable to himself. "There is a great deal of work ahead , " he remarked , "and It can only be done by the heartiest cooperation tion and support. This you have prom ised and this I feel sure you will un grudgingly accord. " The Society of Planters inuqired- General Wood whether anything waste to be gained by the society's advocacy of the scheme according to which the government was to be urged to furnish the peasants with oxen and agricul tural implements. He replied that the society would do better to turn its at tention to other matters , as it was practically of no use to attempt to get the scheme through. The veterans of Santa Clara have telegraphed the veterans of Havana a strong expression of their desire for universal suf/rage as "bcng in accord ance with the principles of the revo lution. " STORY OF HORRIBLE MURDER Iowa I'liysiclan , While Insane. Killrt a Young Child. HAMPTON , la.'Jan. , 10. Dr. J. W. Appleby , for several years the leading physician at Bristow , Butler county , last evening , in a fit of insanity , killed a 10-months-old child of Henry Wear- ly of this place , while making an ex amination of it in Dr. Hobson's office in this city. The parents had taken ihe child to Dr. Hbson's office to be treated for some trifling ailment and before he had time to attend to it he was called out. Dr. Appleby , who was visiting Dr. Hobson , was in the office and the latter suggested that Dr. Appleby should make the necessary examination , which , as soon as Dr. Hobson left the office , he proceeded to do. He took the child in his arms and handled it so roughly that the parents protested , but of no avail. He sud denly put his thumbs under its chin and with his fingers on top of its head , crushed its face in so that the blood gushed out of its nose and month. Then he seized the child by one foot and began swinging it around his head , resisting all efforts of the terror strick en parents to stop film , and it was not until help was gotten tnat the child was taken from him. It was quite flead. The insane commission was imme diately convened and at midnight Dr. Appleby was on his way to the hospital for the insane at Independence. Three or four hours after the occurrence he seemed comparatively nilional and said he knew what he was doing when he killed the child , but could not help it. The cause of his insanity is sup posed to be religious insanity. STOP WINDOW GLASS FIGHT. Slaughter of Prices Is Over Old Rates to Be Restored. PITTSBURG , Pa. , Jan. 10. Wndow glass will soon be quoted again at its normal price. It 'is highly probable that when the restoration has been accom plished not another advance will fol low. low.The The cut of 33 1-3 per cent made' by the American Window Glass com pany , the combination , is to be called off. The slaughter of prices may be said to be over and peace will reign in the market. This has been accom plished by the formation of an or- .ganizatfion of < the Independent and co-operative manufacturers held at the Hotel Lincoln today. There were about 740 out of a possible 940 pots represented. It was decided to form a selling agency to be. known as the "Independent Window Glass Manu facturers association. " Red need to Mail Stage. WASHINGTON , D. C. , Jan. 10. Tha negotiations looking to the mainten ance of the "open door" in China have now passed to the mail stage. The agreement having been reached in principle through the agency of the cable , it becomes necessary to resort to the mail to exchange the definitive notes in view of the importance of avoiding anything like clerical yerror or misunderstanding in the last phases of this Important negotiation. Therefore it is learned that at least two weeks' time , or perhaps more , will be consumed in the winding up. Rural Free Delivery. WASHINGTON , Jan. 10. The leg islative committee of the National Grange , consisting of Messrs. Hollis. Bachelor and Aaron Jones , called on First Assistant Postmaster General Heath to urge a measure which will be presented to congress for an ap propriation of $1,500,000 for rural free delivery. Was "Willing to Die. PITTSBORG , Pa. , Jan. 30. William Wasco , a Hungarian , was hanged in the yard of the county court house at 10:10 o'clock this morning. Wasco met his fate without flinching. On the scaf fold he prayed and then said : Goodbye , people. I gladly give my life for my sweetheart. I loved her. " After the trap was sprung death resulted in a few minutes from strangulation. The crime for which Wasco was executed was the murder of Annie aestek , a Hungarian girl , who had. refused to marry him. He shot himself at the same time , but recovered. \ FAJl-J-J1 Ihe Claims of Soldiers Will Have to Await Legislative Action. PROVISION IS LIKELY TO BE MADE Gen. Harry Tissue * Telegraphic Order for Transportation of Lieutenant IVuda- wortb Some Claims Put in that Can not Ho Allowed Without Legislative Action. LINCOLN , Neb. , Jan. 11. Adjutant General Barry hears occasionally ' of a member of the First Nebraska volun teers who did not come home with his regiment from San Francisco and who wants the state to reimburse him tor the railroad fare lie has paid. The state secured subscriptions and thus made up a purse to pay the fare of the entire regiment. A few members of the regiment came before it started and some came straggling along after ward. These soldiers as a rule did not make application to be carried free when the regiment moved , and for this reason they were left out of. the accounts. The accounts were closed and the remainder of the state's fund was returned to the subscribers. D. E. Thompson of Lincoln advanced $20,000 for the return of the soldiers Before the accounts were closed provision was made for the return of the soldiers who were unable to re turn with the regiment on account of wounds or sickness. General Barry issued a telegraphic order yesterday for the transportation for Lieutenant Wadsworth of Beatrice , who was a member of company B , Fullerton. Lieutenant Wadsworth is now in the gener.al hospital at the Presidio. He was wounded in the leg and his in juries were of such a serious nature that several surgical operations had to be performed. He6 now able to travel and will come home. In regard to the application of An drew B. Currier , late private of com pany I , First Nebraska volunteers , for the refunding of the money expended for transportation from San Francisco to Nebraska , General Barry is unable to do anything except to present the claim to the next legislature. In re ply to a letter from Major J. N. Killian , First Nebraska , in regard to the claim , General Barry has written as follows : "I regret very much to inform you that there is no appropriation that is available for that purpose. The trans portation fund , raised by the governor of this state , has been closed and bal ance on hand returned to subscribers. You might advise Mr. Currier to for ward his claim , with receipt attached , for money expended , and I shall pre sent the same at the next session of the legislature for reimbursement. " Sergeant George B. Kinney , com pany G , Second regiment , Nebraska national guard , was discharged yes terday by reason of non-residence , the order to take effect yesterday. Coal Mines Must Be Idle. GHADRON , Neb. , Jan. 11. A fire at the Glen Rock Coal company's mine ? at Glen Rock , Wyo. , has laid the pow er house and other buildings in waste and destroyed its machinery'and tools. Even the cable rope was wound around the drum and was rendered useless for future use. The fire was discovered at an early in the morning , but the mines were witnout a water system and the wind was blowing a tremend ous gale. The fire was caused from au explosion of a boiler in the hoisting department. The mines are closed and hundreds of men are without work. The company has mules draw ing out enough coal to fill its govern ment contracts , but orders for train loads of coal that supplies the entire northwest Nebraska district are un fulfilled. The Glen Rock company bought the Deer Creek Coal company of a number of Fremont , Neb.men a year ago and had placed their coal next to Cambria , Wyo. , in quantity consumed in the northwest territory. The company cannot resume the filling of orders for at least two weeks , but will prepare temporary means of supplying the de mand by that time. The Deer Creek Coal company supplies the government posts , and some Nebraska state insti tutions. The property carried some insurance , but not enough to cover the loss. All available help is being utilized in rebuilding the property. The old machinery will be replaced with better power. Object to Payment of Costs. NEBRASKA CITY , Neb. , Jan. 10. The men who were- active in seeking the disbarment of Atorney John C. Watson , and to whom Judge Ramsey taxed the costs of the trial , and who afterwards appealed to the supreme court , have served their brief on Mr. Watson. As soon as his brief is pre pared the case will be submitted to the supreme court. For a Nebraska Racing Circuit. KEARNEY , Neb. , Jan. 10. A num ber of prominent horsemen met here and decided to have Kearney become a member of the western Nebraska racing circuit. 0. G. Smith was ap pointed a delegate to represent Kear ney in the meeting at Hastings Tues day , at which time the circuit will be arranged. Beet Sugar Factory Start * . AMES , Neb. , Jan. 10. The big beet sugar factory of the Standard com pany was started up on the 6th , and will be in operation for three months at least. It has a capacity of 500 tons of beets per day. Sunnders County Mortgage Record. OSCEOLA , Neb. , Jan. 10. For the month of December the records in the county clerk's office show that mort gages have been taken off of farmers * and merchants' property in the sum of $34,206.04 more than tte mortgager ; filed. This is the showing : Farm mortgages filed , 22 , amounting to $23- 843.95 ; released , 32 , amounting to ? ? .8.- 849.39. City mortgage.s filed , 4 , amounting to $2,175 : released , 4 , amounting to $1,496. Chattel mortga ges filed , 78 , amounting to $23,619.93 ; released , 233 , a'mounting ( o $53,509.03. RAILROAD OFFICIALS CONCERNED. Suit Afialngt Union Facino Arbuso Freight and Legal Officials. OMAHA , Neb. , Jan ; 13. Officials of the freight and passenger departments of the three railroads , having general offices In this city the Union Pacific the Burlington and the Blkhorn make no attempt to conceal their con cern relating to the suit which Attor ney General Smythe has filed against * the Union Pacific , alleging violation of the law in the recent change in charges for shipments of live stock. According to agreement all the rail roads operating into Omaha instituted the changes whereby charges for ship ments of live stock are computed at cents per hundred instead of dollars per car , December 1 , 1899. Freight offi cials argue that in the long run this basis costs the shipper no more than formerly , but privately admit that the change was made expressly for the purpose of Increasing their freight earnings. The suit brought by the attorney general was in a measure a surprise to the railroads and the general attor neys of the three roads most vitally af fected were unprepared to make any statement regarding the legal status of the case. The fact that the origi nal suit Is filed against the Union Pa- fic furnishes but little room for com fort on the part of the Burlington and Elkhorn for the reason that if the Un- ,4on Pacific Is found guilty of violating the law In the premises they are equal ly at fault. The same is true , also , of the Missouri Pacific , the Rock Isl and , the Omaha , the Milwaukee and all roads carrying live stock to the South Omaha markets. John N. Baldwin , who has charge of the legal affairs of the Union Pacific in this state , stated : "I have been away from my office for the last five weeks. During my absence this cuange in the basis of charging for shipments of live stock came up. I am not , therefore , sufficiently familiar with the matter to express any opinion. The first intimation I had of any such suit came from the notice contained in The Bee. I must take the matter up from the very beginning and investigate it in its various phases before I will be competent to express my views on the subject. " J. E. Kelby , assistant general attor ney of the Burlington , stated : "This suit which the attorney general has filed against the Union Pacific road is one fraught with very great impor tance to the railroads of Nebraska. An expression of legal opinion coming from an attorney of one of the rail roads interested in this matter would be virtually giving publicity to the defense which the railroads expect to make , and that would manifestly be unwise in view of the undisputed im portance of the suit. " Cornell Will \VnIt. LINCOLN , Neb. , Jan. 13. Auditor Cornell announces that he will wait for a decision of the court before pro ceeding to collect the fees due the state from the insurance companies li censed by former Auditor Eugene Moore. It was erroneously reported that the condition of the law would withhold the licenses of these com panies until they made good the short age of his predecessor. It was assert ed that such action would be taken to save the taxpayers of the state the expense of endless litigation. Auditor Cornell is in favor of allowing the courts to divide the liability among the various companies that were licensed by Moore. Of the fees collected by him jibout $9,000 was paid into the treas ury , and what companies deserve credit for the payment , he thinks , is a question that should be referred to the judiciary. lion. Jolin Peters Injured. ALBION , Neb. , Jan. 13. Hon. John Peters was thrown from a buggy and sustained severe bruises and a wrenched shoulder that wil confine wrenched shoulder that will confine He was returning home from Peters burg when the accident occurred , be ing caused by a breaking of a portion of the buggy. He is receiving the ccngratulations of his friends and his physician that he escaped with as few injuries as he did tinder the circum stances. Veteran Drop * Dead. JUNIATA. Neb. , Jan. 13. William T. Drake , an old settler of Adams county and a veteran of the civil war , was found dead in his barn. He was subject to heart disease and it is sup posed that while doing his work he had an attack of his old complaint and suddenly dropped dead. He was a member of the Grand Army here and will be buried by the order. He leaves a wife and five married children. He was about 70 years of age. "Fight Over Three millions. FALLS CITY , Neb. , Jan. 13 Judge Thompson of Grand Island is holding a special term here , hearing the cele brated Miles will case. An entire day was taken up with arguments for a continuance asked by the contestants. The suit is brought to set aside the will of the late "Colonel" Stephen D. Miles , a pioneer Nebraskan and an old- time government mail contractor. An estate valued at $3,000,000 is involved. Search for Xelson's Remains. KEARNEY , Neb. , Jan. 13. Coroner Bennett and a number of men out at Nelson's farm hunting for the arm and remainder of the head that was missing when the body was found. Ten small pieces of bone were found , all of which belonged to the skull. Part of them were in the hog lot and the remainder around the barn. The search will be continued until the whole body is found. Theodore Xelson Held for Murder. KEARNEY , Neb. , Jan. 13. Theo dore Nelson Avas taken before County Judge Yost on the charge of having murdered his father. He waived ex amination and was held to the district court , whica convenes here January 29. He is in jail. Farm Home Bnriied. TECUMSEH , Neb.Jan.l3. The fam ily residence of John Price , at Smart- ville , was totally destroyed by fire , to gether with practically all its contents A defective flue is the supposed cause. Insurance light Opening of the Industry 13 Temporarily Delayed. ITS CAPACITY 500 TONS PER DAY Twenty Thoutand Ton * of Beets From Lost Summer' * Crop In Soil AWell-to- Do Farmer 2fear Cortlnnd Mysteriously Missing Other Mutter * Throughout Nebraska. \ OMAHA. Neb. . Jan. 9. R. M. Allen , the Ames beet sugar magnate , was In Omaha Friday , returning to his homo in the evening to participate in the inauguration of the new Ames beet su gar factory. The opening of this new factory has been delayed several months because of the difficulty expe rienced in getting material , as the mills and factories from which sugar factory machinery is obtained have been overtaxed. The capacity of the Ames factory is 500 tons per day and the company has about 20,000 tons of beets from last summer's crop in soli , the consumption of whicn will require about three months' operations , as the factory will not. start out at its full capacity. The Ames people are said to have in vested about $400,000 in their factory , having so constructed a that with a slight further outlay its capacity can be increased to 1,000 tons per day. It Is Mr. Allen who is in negotia tion with the Commercial club to se cure the raising of a largo quantity of beets in Douglas county during this year. " " Flro nt St. Edwards. ST. EDWARD , Jan. 9. Fire broKe out in the store room at the corner of Second and Beaver streets , occupied by Abood Bros. ' general store. Before tfee fire was checked it had destroyed the whole of Abood's stock and the ad joining building , occupied by N. C. Peterson's general store , and nearly all the household furniture of August An derson , who lived over Peterson's store. The latter building was new , having been built last season. Pe terson saved a portion of his stock of goods , but in damaged condition. Both Wiildings belonged to August Anderson. The buildings were Insured for $1,600 or $1,700. Mr. Peterson was insured on stock to the amount of $1,500 , Abood Bros. , $3,000. Mysterlons Shooting Affray. ATKINSON , Neb. , Jan. 9. Clark Guy , 28 years old , was brought into Atkinson from the farm of a man named Boetcher/ southwest of hereabout about fifteen ndiles. He was shot sev eral times in the head and also In the back. He was completely covered with blood. Guy was taken to the Mer chants hotel , where he is being cared Zor. It is rumored that there is a wo man in the affair. The sheriff and county attorney are here and Boetcher and another man have given them selves up. Guy is not expected to live. Guy has no home , althc.tigh he has lived here for several years. Thp au thorities will not divulge the name of the second man in custody. Farmer and Money Missing. CORTLAND , Neb. , Jan. 9. Hamil ton Stafford , a well to do farmer liv ing three miles north of this place , has been missing since Wednesday and the conditions surrounding his disappear ance are indicative of foul play. He left here by team Wednesday for Lin coln , carrying with him $100 in gold to pay a note , intending to return home the same evening. Thursday evening his wife and daughters diove to Lin coln in search of him. They found where he had put his team in a barn Wednesday noon , but that he had been seen by no one since 4 o clock of that day. The note had not been paid. Stafford Is 50 years old : -.nd slightly deaf. Allder Said to Be in Mexico. WEST POINT. Neb. , Jan. 9 News has been received of the whereabouts of Charles R. Ailder , the defaulting cashier of the defunct First National bank of Neligh. Ailder was reared and educated in West Point. After the failure of the b ; nk he fled to Mexico. On his arrival there he worked with a construction gang , and later was given charge of a. number of work men employed by a contractor , who has befriended him. He refuses to return to this country , and under the provisions of the extradition treaty with Mexico cannot be compelled to do so. His wife and family will shortly join him. Old Resident Drops Dead. GERING , Neb. , Jan. 9. Fayette Findley , a well known resident of this place , dropped dead of heart disease. He was helping to run a wood saw at the time and had just placed a. log on the carriage when he fell to the ground and expired in a moment He leaves a large family , sveral of the children being quite small. Implement Dealers Assign. AURORA. Neb. , Jan. 9. Bishop & Carver , probably one of the most ex tensive implement dealers in this sec tion of the state , made an assignment to the sheriff. It is said ihe firm has ample resources to cover liabilities but have taken this course to close up the business. Prompt Redemption of Bonds. GENEVA , Neb. , Jan. 9. On Janu ary 1 , 1893 , Fillmore county issued it : ; bonds for $50,000 for the purpose of building a court house. The building was erected and furnished at a cost of $56,000. Six thousand dollars was paid out of the funds on hand and fort ? thousand dollars of the bonds have been paid , Treasurer Jacob Weis having just redeemed $ . ,000 of the bonds , and will call in and pay the re maining $10,000 July 1 next The bonds weie drawn for twenty years. Fillmore county doubts if any count ? la the state can show a better record. LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE. Chicago and New York Market Quotations. NEW \oUrC 1-uUDtlCK. NEW YORK , Jan. 15. WHKAT-Hc- colpts , 13.GOO bu. : exportH. 161,162 hu. Spot , steady ; No. 2 red , 75Ue. t. < > . b. , iilloat , prompt ; No. 1 northern Duluth. 78)Jc , f o. b. ; lloat. prompt ; No 2 red , 73c , elt- vator. Options opened weak , He decline , owing to houvy Argentine ahlpmentH uuu disappointing. CORN Receipts , 132.COO. ; exports. 103.- 058 bu. Spot , tlrmf No. 2UV4c. . to. o. b , . afloat niul 40c , elevator. OATS RocepllH , 131,300 bu. ; exports. l. 135 bu. Spot , nrm : No. 2. 20c ; No. 3 , 2 CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET. CHICAGO. Jan. 15. WHEAT No. 3 spring. 6215 &Htc : No. 2 rod. U7flG7&c. CORN No. 2. 3l c : No. 2 yellow , 31Vtc OATS-NO. .2. 23c : NO. 2 white , aw * 2Gc ; No. 3 white , IM-W-SVaC. RYE-NO. 2. & 3c. BARLEY No. 2. SS'il-tr.c. SEEDS No. 1 llaxsucd and northwctft. J1.50. Prime timothy. J2.0T . Clocer. con tract grade. W.23. PROVISIONS Men * pork , per bbl. . W.l'J < a 10.73. Lard , per 100 Ib.i. . JTi.SOuS.WVa. Short ribs Hiues ( loo.se ) . jri.6SflS.90. Dry salted shoulders ( boxed ) . $5.9V& .73. Short clear sides ( boxed ) , J3.S5fj-5.lW. KNSAS CITY LIVE STOCK. KANSAS CITY. Mo. . Jan. 15. CATTLE Market strong ; native steers. $1.0Oj } > C.10 ; Texas steers , J3.85 l.85 ; Texas cows. J3.008J3.50 * ; native cows utul heifers. J2.2 * 1M.73 , stackers and feeders. V5.OOftG.OU. bulls , J2.7&fM.SO. HOGS Market active , excited and Mt Ic higher , bulk of sales. J 1.53 4.62 . heavy , H.5WN.67K : packers. Jl.50fiM.KV. mixed. J4.yTi J.W ) ; light. JI.ZT/ifl.CO ; porkers. J4.3ryg-J.CO : jigs. J4.201i-4.57 . SHEEP Market strong ; lambs. JI.C31 C.OO ; muttons , ! .65f5.00. ( CHICAGO LIVIO STOCK. CHICAGO. III. . Jan. 13. CATTLR Kx- port and good heavy steers , market stronger : others about steady ; cow mar ket and canners strong , active ; stockerx and feeders , tlrm : beeves. $1.0iK < ( j.50 ; cows. $3.00f/4.GO ; lielfers , $ ! .5i > J < 'i.OO ; canners. l2.25CfT3.00 ; stockers ami feeders , J.3004 > t.J)0 HOGS Higher , active ; mixed and butchers , fl.ll)4 ) > l.G5 ; good to choice heavy. $ -l.rr fi > 4.72 / : rough heavy. $ J.WfM. ) : light. $ t..Viii.55 : ! ; bulk of sales. $ i.r > ofii.fi5 SI1KEP Market steady ; native weth ers , $1.404 4.DO : western wethers. $ i.w : < 0 4.75 ; lambs easy ; native , Sl.riOtG.I5 ; west ern , J5.50f GMO. SOl'TH OMAHA. SOUTH OMAHA. Jan. If. . Cows and heifers were in pretty good demand and sold at steady to strong prices. In the middle of the wceii tfiu cow stuff sold a little lower , but it is now selling about where It did lats Mondany , so that for the week there has been very little change. Beef steers , $1.04G.25 : ! ; cows. S2.2.Vi4.30 : heifers , JS.OOTi t.25 ; oows ami heifers , $3.COfi 1.2.1 ; bulls , SLOOfft 1.10 ; calvea. $1.25@5.00 ; stock cows and lieifers , J2.804/J 4.25 ; stackers and feeders , J.'J.104il.7r > . westerners. $2KX3.25. ! [ HOGS The market has hacc an ad vance of close to ISc for the past week and the market is now 2.Vfi30c hlfher than it was the lirst day of the year. It will be noted from the table of average prices that hogs ar now at the highest point touched at this season of the year slnc-J i&ni. i&ni.SHEEP SHEEP Quotations ; Good to cholc fed yearllngK. $ i.GT/il.S5 ; good to clioiru wethers. J1.50'iT-l.C5 ; good to choice fed ewes , $4.10/r/4.3U ; fair to good fed ewes , $ . * ! 90 t4.10 : good to choice native lambs. $5.7556.00 * ; good to choice fed western lambs , I5.C5475.00 : fair to good fed western lambs. $5.251t/j.CO : feeder wethers , y.\.1' fia .1.90 ; feeder yearling- * , Jl.004fl.25 ; good to choice feeder lambs. S42.Vfrl.GO : fair to good feeding lambs. $1.lift 1.23 ; feeder ewes , $2.25 3.00. BRYAN EXPLAINS INTERVIEW. What He Sayu in Regard to Kxpunslon and Citizenship. KANSAS CITY , Jan. 15. W. J. Bry an passed through Kansas City for Co lumbia , Mo. , where he was to speak. Asked about his Minneapolis interview , in which he was reported as express ing views favorable to expansion , Mr. Bryan said : "I have not seen the interview as sent out by the Associated Press. I saw it as it appeared in one of the Minneapolis papers and it contained some things I did not say. I have for one year been discussing imperialism and a. have tried to distinguish between such an extension of the nation's limits as would not change the character of the government , and an expansion which converts a homogeneous repub lic into a heterogeneous empire. When the annexation of any given territory is under consideration the question is , first , whether the people want to come in , and , second , whether the people are capable of sharing in the government and destiny of this nation. I believe that all people are capable of gov erning themselves and that the Filipinos pines should be allowed to govern themselves , but I do not think they are sufficiently advanced to share with us in the government of the nation. If the Philippine Islands are annexed the people there must either be citizens or subjects. I am not willing to admit them as citizens and do not believe that a republic can have subjects , therefore I want this nation to give them inde pendence and then protect them from outside interference. Each proposed annexation must be considered on its own merits , but in considering these merits the condition of the people should have more weight than geographical graphical position or commercial ad vantage. " SEVERAL SMALL SKIRMISHES. Parties of Insurgents Intrenched In the Mountains Attacked. MANILA , Jan. 15. Advices from Cebu report a sharp fight on January 8 between a battalion of the Nine teenth iniantry and a body of insur gents occupying a strong position in the Sudleon mountains. The enemy was routed , the Americans capturing a smooth-bore cannon , some rifles and destroying the fortifications. our Americans were wounded. The insurgent , General Flores , hav ing established a rendezvous with 100 men at Humingan , province of Nueva Viscaya , Captain Benson , with two troops of the Fourth cavalry , was sent to dislodge him. The insurgents were scattered , their horses captured and the position was burned , the Amer icans sustaining no losses. The American forces yesterday occu pied Magallanes , province of Cavitp. capturing twenty insurgents , including a colonel. Col.Vood , Showman , Dead. CHICAGO , Jan. 15. A special to the Tribune from Hot Springs , Ark. , says Colonel J. H. Wood of national repu tation as a showman , theatrical mana ger , museum backer and promoter , died here last night of cancer , compli cated with paralysis. He came here on December 15 from San Francisco for bis health.