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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1899)
OTUTATTA DAILY H12B : SATURDAY. PISB1UTA11Y 25 , 1809. Never , never , never before lias Biich a golden opportunity been offered you. Our largo and full assortment of ladies Jackets must be sold in the next few days. Prices in many cases less than the cost of linings. JS.OO to J10.00 Jackets at 2.98 $10.00 to 12.00 Jackets nt. 3.98 J1D.OO Jackets at 4.98 Ami your choice of any Jacket that ve eoM up to (40.00 , In this aalo for 5.98 Ladles * Ilk pettlcota In all the new shades nnil black , one , two or three ruffles , worth $7.00 , 48.00 and $10.00 your choice 3.98 Saturday for Children's Jackets worth $5.00 and $6.00 1.98 for Ladles' all wool suits that sold for $12.00 4.98 Saturday at . , . Ladles' all wool suits that sold for $15.00 6.98 Saturday for Ladles' percale Wrappers In dark colors nt 49c Ladles' heavy percale Wrappers , trimmed 75c with braid Ladles $2.00 Wrappers at 98c Leading Dress Goods House of the West. We are now showing the largest and most complete line of dress goods that were ever shown in Omaha. Sole agents for Lansdown. Any goods not rolled on a Landsdown board is only an imitation. We are selling Sublimes , what other mer chants call Lansdown. 40 inches , at S5c. Lansdown is used for linings , evening gowns and waists. Tailor Suitings from $1.25 to § 7.50 yard. Poplins , extra weight , 52 inches wide at $1.25. Priestley's Black Orepons , the best in the world , at less than others ask for inferior goods. Contiere's celebrated French Crepons , silk top , at less than any other goods of the fame quality. Big Bargains in Men's Furnishings. Men's Sample Shirts , in all the late styles , worth up to $1.50 , at 50e Men's Fine Wool Shirts and Drawers , regular $1.50 quality , at 9Sc Men's Fleeced Lined Shirts and Drawers , regular 75c quality 50c aien'a Merino Sox at ' I2' o Men's Regular 23c Suspenders at 12c ( Men's Fine Linen Handkerchiefs at lOu Men's 50c Shirts at 23c Ladies' Furnishing Bargains , $1.00 and $1.25 Olovcs at 49c iLadles' Wool Mittens , regular 50c quality , at 25u Ladles' Hose. In hi nek and brown 12 c Children's Bicycle Hose , In iblack , worth 25c , at 12c Ladles' Fleeced Lined Vests and Pants , regular 50c quality , at 25o TRADE REVIEW OF THE WEEK Volume of Business Greater Than Ever Before at This Season , AVERAGE OF RAILWAY SECURITIES HIGHER Ilenvy noniiinil IM Anticipated In \Vooli-M tioodn Prlc ' of StiipU-H Are Stlffeii- , . InB UP- NEW YORK , Feb. 24. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Review of Trade will say tomorrow : The situation Is without precedent. Busi ness has never been better on the whole nnd In some local Industries the gain Is astonishing. Exports surpass last year s as much OB Imports , though the excess over Imports then was Vnvy. Failures ire smaller than last year , nnd smaller than in either of six years past. Stocks nro stronger , the average for the ncttvo rail way securities being a llttlo higher and lor trusts much more owing to the extraordi nary advance of J48.75 In Tobacco. Payments through exchanges show a Krouterolumo of business than over before nt this season , nnd nearly half larger than in the best of previous years. V 1 BreadBtuffs and cotton continue heavy. But there pro some who fear that such pros perity cnnnot last. Popular Impressions have to bo reckoned with bccauso they con trol events. Yet at every point of danger , except one , the signs are In every respect favorable. , The upward rush of 16.G per cent In the prices of pig Iron since January 1 , and 17.1 per"ccnt In the prices ot iron and steel products , docs indeed , ralso a question whether exports of such products may not 1)0 ) temporarily checked , but If they could bo entirely stopped ns they are not. the balance duo this country would still bo largo. The crush of demand for finished prod ucts , nt a tlmo when nearly all the works nro crowded by orders covering production until July 1 or later onuses many to re fuse lo contract beyond that date , except nt higher prices nn.d a rise under such cir cumstances may prove the ono thing need ful to sober buyers and to bring Into the list of producers other establishments heretofore - toforo idle. While n fairly largo rapacity of production Is still In reserve , the demand HOW pressing for cars , vessels , bridges , buildings nnd pipes Is partly to anticipate on expected rise In prices. Tho'best sign is that the grrot producers nppoar to bo anxious to maintain their hold on foratgn markets , although Just now un able to take orders for future delivery. It Is a slKii of similar Import that the boot nnd shoe manufacturers , Just nt this time , ecek better markets by a somewhat general reduction of 2 % cents in prices , nlthough leather averages slightly higher. The ship ments from the east have been smaller than In four of the last sis years In quantity nnd only ie , " ! > G cases larger than In 1892 and having gained nothing during nil thesu years In proportion to population the east ern manufacturer naturally seeks more busi ness. The Increase In prices of grained leather has not hindered much while a few largo sales of hemlock solo are not at quoted prices. A great many factories have been La Grippe kept at bay by LIEBIG EXTRACT OF BEEF A Porfsot Tpnlo Braces up the System. out of work and sales at a reduction , do not cover nil grades of goods. Nobody can Judge what the clothiers may l uy as yet , and the woolen manufacturers have a very uncertain market .ihc.id. but Indications point that there will be a heavy demand for goods before long : < nd many of the smaller mills are looking for changes In the wool market. Little change is there seen except for fleece , and In quarter niid three-eighths blood and combing wool prices nre generally strong with scarcity of supply , but sales for three weeks have been 18,050,200 pounds against 31,753,500 two years ago with free wool rnd 17,006,200 pounds in 1S92. The demand for cotton goods Increases , although there is some hesitation regarding the prices of the material. The urgent demand for goods of all prices stiffening tbo prices of staples ns well as all fancy goods , gives the highest confllenco : to dealers. Cotton has sold an eighth lower , although the material decrease In receipts and large exports still give hope of an ad vance. Wheat has gained only 1 % In price , nl though Atlantic exports , Hour Included , have been 2,507,364 bushels against 2,080,117 lost year and Including other exports 3,279,735 bushels against 3,656,793 last year. The exports have .been so heavy that many doubt their continuance nnd yet grain comes from the farms nnd then goes hbroad ns If such doubt had no basis. The western receipts during the last three weeks have been 9,376,073 bushels against 7,335,426 last year. Corn has gained but half n cent with smaller demand for export , nlthough Its out ward movement will bo quite beyond prece dent but for last year. In three weeks the exports have been 6,915,567 bushels against 10I > 31.774. Failures for the week have been 191 In the United States against 233 lost year ni.d 40 In Canad.i against 30 last year. IIKAU.STHKKT'S illSVIKW OP TUADn. Iron ami .Steel n < I Cotton Good * Shu re ForrmoHt Attention. NEW YORK. Feb. 24. Bradstreet's to morrow will say : Iron and steel and cotton goods have shared In public Interest this week because of urgtncy In demand and consequent buoy ancy in prices. In the former Industry the striking fea ture has been the continued call for sup plies ullko of raw and of manufactured ma terial , not only on domretlc but even on foreign account , and It Is as yet too early to ascertain the effect of the numerous and heavy advances announced during the week upon the export demand , Iron nnd Bte l prices , as a whole , nro from 15 to 20 per cent higher than they \\ero ut this time a year ago , and considering ithe cost of pro duction and output It Is averted thai profits are but ll'ttlo ' below thoseof 1S90 , In cotton goods , as in Iron and etcel and a number of other products , active export demand seems to have been at the bottom of the unquestionable Improvement which has occurred In the lam three months. The lost week has witnessed specially marked Btrcngth. Print cloths , ginghams and gray cottons all sharing In the price advances. Tbo export trade la cotton goods Is the largnU ever known for the period since January 1 , being moro than double the value of exports a jv-ar ago. Cotton , tt&elf , la rather easier and slightly lower on the week , the result partly of a slightly in- creared movement u ( the south. Lumber ia reported quiet at some mar- kta , as a result of the late stormy weather , but al | markets report prices unchanged ex cept where quotations have been still fur ther advanced. Wheat , Including flour , shipments for the week aggregate 3,844,359 bushels , against 2.- 454,771 bushels last week , 3,722,469 buchels In the corresponding week of 1S9S , 1,372,215 bushels In 1S97. 2.206.773 bushels in 1S96 and 2,639,038 bushels lu 1895. Since July 1 this season exports of wheat aggregate 162,897.- 319 bushels , against 161,201,750 bushels last year , Com export * for the week aggregate 2,871,057 bushels , agalnct 1.660,615 bushel * last \ > eck , 3$62,599 bushels In tbe Kime wo k a year ago , 4,744.858 bushels In 1897 , 3.058,318 bushels in 1S96 and 847,851 bushels in U95. Since July 1 < hls faeaton corn exports ag- gregutp 107.711.178 butbtls. against 114,256- 045 during the name period a > oir ago. Uuilneu failures for the week number 220 , a gain of sixty over last -week , and coin- News Unusual of ins The biggest values of the season several largo lots picked up by our buyers for spot cash are on sale All winter goods at half price and less. The basement bargain counters are overflowing with bargains. Prices not a fraction of their real worth. Astonishingly low prices in every department and splendid assortments to choose from. ( Agents for Bntterick Patterns. ) Our Basement Bargain Counters Are loaded with useful articles at 1-10 to ' their real value. Note the specials lor Saturday only. Nothing damaged except the prices. The chance to more than double your mono } ' Is here for Saturday. We have placed on the basement bargain counters 1,500 yards Bleached Muslin , Hills , Fruit of the Loom , Lonudalo and other well known brands , at 5c yard. 600 yards Dress Plaids , worth 12c and 15c , Saturday at 4c. 1,200 yards Lace Stripe Dimity , worth 15c , on the bargain counter Saturday at 5c. 2,600 jnrde Calico , -worth 7c and Sc , go Saturday for 3V4c ynrd. 3,500 yards Hamburg Edgings and Laces , worth 25c , 35c and 50o , nil go at 3c , 5c , lOc and 15c. 35 dozen only Skirt Patterns , worth $1.23 and $1.50 , Saturday for 25c each. 250 Ladles' Linen Collars , worth luc and 20c , go at Ic each. A few Ladles' Jerseya left , worth $2.00 and $2.50 , you can have them at 5c each. No one equals us in dress patterns. We have 85 Dress Patterns left , worth $2.50 and $3.00. You can have them Satur day at 9Sc each. 45 Dress Patterns only , worth $4.50 and $5.00. You can have them at $1.33 and $1.65 ; all wool and wool mixed. These special prices are for Saturday only. Meats ! Meats ! ! No. 1 Breakfast Bacon , very choice. . . . lOc 3-lb. cans Lard , any brand 23c Pickled Pigs' Feet 4c Pickled Trlpo 4c 3-lb. can Peerlcea Lard 17c Short Ribs , Corned Beef 5c Best brand Bologna EC Fresh Boneless Pork 7c Pickled Pork 7c Swift's Premium Breakfast Sausage. . . lOc 3 Ib. Choice Frankfort Sausage 23c Best brand Picnic Hams 5c Now Summer Sausage 12'/ic Potted Ham 4MC : Freeh Dressed Chickens Saturday. Furniture Were nro the prices that gets your busi ness. Quality the 'best ' , prlco the lowest- ore the two attractions that bring you hero. Go- Carts at $2.50 , $2.75 , $3.00 and $3.25. You will flnd our $2.50 Go-Cart the same as you see at other places at $3.50. Oak Bed Room Suit , ( all oak ) , 24x30 , bevel mirror , $15.00 ; the same suit , 18x40 , bevel mirror , $16.00. Oak Hocker , padded arms , leather cob bler seat , golden finish , $1.05. Fine now stylish Extension Table , heavy fluted legs C-foot , $3.25 ; S-foot , $6.25 ; 10- foot , $7.85 ; 12-foot , $ S.S3. Oak Chairs , cane seat , brace arms , 65c. New lot of Iron Beds In white , blue , green and mahogany , at $2.25 , $2.50 , $3.S5 , $4.85. Polished Oak Chiffonier , with French bevel mirror , $5.50. Without mirror , $4.83. We have repainted and repapered our pic ture department , and you can flnd some rare bargains In the picture line. We also make frames , and are selling a very cle- grant photo frame , -with easel back , fitted with white , green , gray and brown mats , complete , for 25c. 5-foot Oak Screens , 3 panels , 95c. New line of Oak Roll Top Desk , just In. Desks at $13.50 , $13.00 , $16.00 and $17.00. Ladles' Dressing Tables , golden oak , French pattern plate mirror , beveled , at $8,50 , $ S.S5 , $9.50 and $10.50. Any young lady can now own one , and brighten her bed room -with a reproduction of the French rennaissance. When It Is a question of price you will have to come here. eluded In totals because of no comparison for last year. ItUVICW OF TIIK STOCK MARKET. ' I'lnn Publication of Ilurlinfitoii'M Tcnild to I'tinettle MnrUot. NEW YORK , Feb. 24. Bradstreet's Finan cial Review tomorrow will say : Wednesday being a holiday , not only broke the Stock exchange week , but estab lished a difference In tone between Us earlier proportions. Monday and Tuesday were , In the main , devoted to further exhibi tions of the speculative temperature of the street and to bullish manipulation which had led to renewed public interest. It Is to be remembered , however , that while the standard stocks were strong , the activity In them seemed to decrease and attention was , to a large extent , turned to specialties and neglected parts of the share list. At the same time the further advances in the past two weeks had resulted In the usual accu mulation of Ions stocks In weak or timid hands , and when the market opened on Thursday It found traders were disposed to attack values , while the material for liquida tion was abundant. The fact that the Burlington refunding plan , a belief which was adhered to by a considerable number of operators In the face of nil denials , proved to be a far less comprehensive plan than had been pre dicted , also tended to unsettle the market and bring out offerings of grangers and other high priced stocks. Consequently , when the room raided the market on Thursdiy ntter- noon prices showed a readiness to yield and the fact developed that a considerable number of stop orders were unearthtj In Friday's market. Irregularity was preva lent , while manipulative stocks In the In dustrials , particularly the newer ones , were the principal sustaining factor. There has been a largo amount of activity on the part of commission houses , the disposition to buy stocks extending to specialties and low- priced securities with less of a regard for Investment values and more Inclination to follow manipulation or to accept rumors at their face value than the market has ex hibited for some time past. There was Irregularity In the advances and a corresponding spending Irregularity In the subsequent de clines. At no time In the week was the movement of prlco uniform , v > hlch alone would tend to Indicate that professional In fluences were more or less supremo. BULGARIA IS SAFE IN POfiT hteniiipr Whlcli TVn .Hnpio etl to Ilnve Ilcen I , out Ilcut-lii-H Hie Aiore In Safety. PONTA DEL GADA , Azores , Feb. 24. 8:40 : n. m. The Hamburg-American liner Bul garia , Captain Schmidt , from New York on January 2S for Hamburg , which the British tank steamer Weebawken reported In dis tress EOO miles from the Azore Islands , Is entering this port. All on board the Bul garia are In good health , The British tank steamer Wechawken ar rived at Ponta del Gada on February 12 with twenty-five passengers , which It bad taken off the Bulgaria. The Bulgaria was spoken by the Weehawken on February 5. It was pronounced to be in a sinking con dition , It had a crew of ninety-eight men and carried forty-one passengers. The Wechawken lost eight of the Bulgaria during the night of February 5 and was obliged to proceed , Its small boats having been swept away and Its Bunkers being full of water. The rescued passengers of the Bulgaria reported that the cargo of the Bulgaria shifted , throwing the steamer on its beams-end , and that , although a quantity of the cargo was Jettisoned , the crew was unable to right it. During the gale 150 horses were Icct from the Bulgaria and a boat with five men In it went adrift. These five men wore picked up by the Vlttoria and brought into port. Kxnort of Silver. NEW YORK. Feb. 24. Tomorrow's steam- era sailing for Europe will take 250,000 ounces of silver. Anil-Cartoon Ulll SACRAMENTO , Cal. . Fob. 34. The ernor has signed the anti-cartoon bill , China Department Fancy Ollvo Trays , In all colors , wortL 25o lOc Fancy Syrup Jugs , worth 35c 15c Decorated Toilet Seta $1.C' ' > Handled Cups and Saucers , each. . . . . . 2c Plates 3 > ic , 4&C , DHc Wlno Glasses 2c Fine White China Cups and Saucers , each 4&e Gas and Gasoline Mantles , all kinds , Including Wclsbach , from lOc up Tumblers 2c Lamp Chimneys 2c Crystal Fruit Nappies 2c 25c Flow Blue Oat Meal .Bowls . 5e Decorated Individual Butter or Cup Plates Ic Gallon Milk Crocks 3c Emerald Fruit Dishes , Celery Stands , Cake Plates , Olive Trays , Square Nappies , etc. , each 5c Hardware Stoves and , Housefurnisliing Dept. SPECIAL SATURDAY BARGAINS. 100 feet Wire Clothes Line 19c 20c Wash Board lOc Nickel Plated No. 8 Tea Kettle 49c Wood Saw and Frames 39c A good Claw Hoimmer 9e Square Dinner Palls , tray and cups. . 19c 1-gallon Oil Cans So 6-foot Step Ladders 43c 12x24 Steel Wagon S3c Royal Shoo Polish Sc S-quart Tin Pan 5c 2-quart Covered Pall 3c Coffee Pots 5c 10-quart Granite Palls 39c 4-quart Granite Milk Pans lOc Largo Chambers , granite 2'Jc No. 8 2-hole Laundry Stoves $2.69 Junior Oak Heating Stove $4.49 6-hole No. 8 Cook Stove , with reser voir , large 20-Inch oven , regular $16.50 , now $12.95 Coal Hods 9c Fire Shovels 3c BEEF OR THE MONEY FOR IT Eagan Finds No Eicii83 for ths Lack of Supplies in Porto Eico , I COMMISSARIES ARE GIVEN LARGE CREDITS Full Authority Conferred ou Them for 1'urchuae of Deef on the Hoof lu Cane Any Necrmilty for Unit COUI-HC Appear * . WASHINGTON , Feb. 24. Former Com missary General Charles P. Egan today re sumed his testimony before the court ot Inquiry investigating the beef charges. Ho wore the fatigue uniform of a brigadier gen eral. Kecurrlnc to the contract require ments he explained that Swift and Company was wholly responsible for the beet until delivered to the government officials at the points designated by the department. The clause requiring beef to keep seventy-two hours after leaving the refrigerator was In serted , ho said , at hie instance after the concerns declared they could prepare It BO ns to keep that long. Explaining further , ho Bald : "Suppceo a commlbsary should make requl- sltlon at Santiago for 20,000 pounds of beef , should secure it from the ship and tako' proper care of It , retaining It In tbo shade , and It should spoil within seventy-two hours , the contractors would not be paid for It. " Many vouchers for beef had been paid , he said , and he presumed deductions for spoiled beef bad been made , though he did not know. Ho understood through Colonel Osgood that beef had been rejected by commands when In fact It was sweet and perfectly good. Speaking of arrangements for the Porto Hlcan expedition , General Eagan said be understood General Brooke was to command It and ho , accordingly , consulted with Gen eral Brooke , reaching a complete and satis factory understanding as to refrigerated beef. Fund * KnnlljAvailable. . Subsequently he learned that General Miles assumed command , but bo never con sulted with him and ho did not know that General Miles knew of tbo beef arrange ments. Replying to Colonel Davis , he said that Colonel Sharp , chief commissary for that expedition , was furnished something llko $250,000 credits on the United States and an offer to send cash was made but de clined. This statement was Intended ta bear upon General Miles' statement that funds for purchase of supplies in Porto Rico were not available. Here were read telegrams between Gen eral Egan and Colonel Weston , the latter In Tampa , relative to the sending by a packing firm of beef refrigerated , to Tampa , to test how long it would keep after removal from the Ice boxes , with a view to tbe making of contract * after the breaking out of tbe war. The be f when removed from tbe ice box and hunt up was declared serviceable within forty-eight bourn , whereas that left in the box after Ice disappeared could not be used after eighteen hours. Frozen beef waa declared by commissary officials at Tampa as the btst solution of tbe fresh beef problem until circumstances were such as would admit tUe prompt delivery end use of refrigerated b ef. "Ample and complete , " declared General Egan. "was the authority of the commla- sarlen in Porto Rico to purchase beef on tbe hoof for any emergency , or at the will of their respective commanders. " Reports received showed , he thought , without exception , that the native beef was not nearly to satisfactory as the refrigerated beef. Tbe latter tends to dliplace beef on tbe hoof wherever both are equally avail able , "Were any rations or nr kind , " asked PIANOS-- - : - Why Do All Economical Buyers O Get Their Pianos of Us They t ko advantage- the extraordinary low prices n nro making. They have eighty-five different makes to Reluct from. Among this flno eclcctton Is found that Piano thnt ta known throughout the w hole world ns the All it King" Pianos of THE CHIGKERING We arrange the terms so that you can pay tor a Piano very easily. We Mso carry the Stelnway , Fischer , Knabe , Lester , Kurtzman , Franklin. K < nercon. Voo & Son , Ivers & Pond. We have a few Upright Pianos that hn > o been slightly used for $ S5 , $95 , $110 , $125 , $135 , $150 , $165 , $175 , } 1S3 , $193. 13 very Piano guaranteed satisfactory or money refunded. New Pianos For Kent. Planes Tuned , Moved anil Repaired. Notion Bargains Saturday. 50c satin belt , button clasp hose supporters , on bale Saturday at 19e. 25c pearl buttons , all sixes , only 5c dozen. 35c laces , lOc. 25c laces , 5c. 15e laces , 2ic. Ribbon Sale. Special sale Saturday on extra heavy black satin ribbons- No. 7 at 5c. No. 9 at Sic. No. 12 at lOo. No. 16 at 12c. No. 22atloc. No. 30 at 20c. No. 50 at 25c , and the full live inch ribbon at 30c per yard. Butter , Butter. Fresh country roll lOc , 12je , 14c Very best country roll 15c Choice country tub butter 1'Jc , 14c , 15c Our regular 20c separator creamery butter goes at l(5c. ( Fish for Lent. Imported Holland Herring Salad , lb.2V c Fancy new Brick Codfish , only Beardsley's Shredded Codfish , pkg 7Hc Imported Norway Anchovies , only flo Fine fat new Irish Mackerel , each 12Vic Largo kegs Norway Mllchner Herring. . S3o German Codfish , whole chunks lOc Smoked Salmon , Halibut , White Fleh. Snow White Codfish , in bricks 7 c etc 12',4C Bargains. 22 pounds C Sugar for $1.00 1 can Sugar Corn , very best , 12i c ; 1 Fancy High Patent Minnesota Flour. . 9Sc can Wax or String Beans , very best , White Roller Mills Flour , per sack 75c lOc ; 1 can Golden Pumpkin , very Snowflake Flour , per sack 60c best , 13c ; all three for 20o 1-quart can solid Tomatoes , worth lOc ; 3-pound can Yellow Table Peaches , 15c ; 1-quart can Baked Beans with tomato 3-pound can fancy Table Apricots , sauce , 15c ; 1 can June Peas , very 15c ; 3-pound can Bartlett Pears , IGc ; best , 12V4cj all three for 25c all tbreo for 350 Colonel Davis , "sent to the troops at any time as an experiment ? " "Five thousand pounds of the Dole beef , " responded General Eagan , "a canned prep aration that made a nlco hamburger steak , were sent It found Its -way to Porto Rico , was used and everybody was delighted with it. It was very expensive and was not purchased any further. " Ho then reviewed the first shipment of refrigerated beef to Santiago , which he con sidered as experimental because the value of refrigerated 'beef ' had not then been es tablished finally. Aside from these abso lutely no other experimental shipments were made , General Eagan declared with great emphasis. "On the contrary , " ho added , "I fought nil the time against It. " "Was anything furnished on the pre tense of experiment ? " asked Colonel Davis , suggesting General Miles' notable allega tion. tion."No "No , sir ; never , not to the value of a penny , " replied General Eagan , without In dicating consciousness of the query's sug- * gestlveness. Knew Xothlncr of 1'renerviitlvt'M. General Eagan then said many persons 'had offered alleged preservatives , but he never entertained any mien propositions and the department never iind any connection whatever -with any method of preserving beef , other than the ordinary refrigerating process , as be understood it. Refrigerated I I beef was approved 'by army 'physicians. ' HoI said he received on August 3 General Miles' I | ' telegram from Porto Rico , asking that no more refrigerated 'beet bo sent , as ho could secure native cattle. At that time a cargo of refrcgerated beef was on the Manitoba consigned to Porto Rico ; freight had been paid and it was allowed to proceed. Had that not been the case , said General Eagan , it would not have gone. After that no tnaro was sent to General Miles' forces. Hero witness detailed the supplying of troops In and for the Philippines , canned roast beef being sent. No complaints had been heard. The Australian frozen beef was delivered at 8 cents at Manila , the gov ernment paying $100 per day while the ship was detained nt Manila. No mutton was sent. The government is now erecting a largo refrigerating plant at Manila to avoid the expense of the ship's detention , It being the purpose to continue the use of Australian beef , "I would llko to say In regard to the abuse of this tinned roost beef that when It was kept In tbo holds of vessels or ex posed In the tropical sun , the effect IB like that of the sun on the best canned butter In Arizona , It remains perfectly good , though It becomes very repulsive In appear ance , " Ho said if nothing better could be secured it was to be eaten from the cans , but only In emergencies , tbo real intention being to use with condiments and with vegetables. RcnerulM Not Conmilleil , Replying to Colonel Glllesple General Eaean said the Question of the meat com ponent of the army ration of the tioplcs was never discussed with the commanding general , General Miles , nor was his opinion asked , General Shatter was not consulted , nor to bis knowledge did either ever Inquire at his office. Witness was very busy and the opportunity was not afforded. Had it been he would have seized It. Colonel S. M. B , Young , Third cavalry , major general of volunteers , commanding the Second corps , told of the Santiago cam paign experiences with beef , No complaints about the tinned beef were heard. On the contrary , ho understood It was rather liked , Prior to the campaign he never beard of this beef. Major A. H , Bowman , Second Infantry , bad no complaints from bis command In Cuba ; the men and officers , be said , accepted the ration as the beet obtainable. Ho did hear , however , unofficial complaints from other command * that the canned roast beef was unsatisfactory and unpalatable. Ho ate some Of it. but it Beamed , ta hava I.can excessively and deprived of Its substance. It seemed old , as though canned a long Lime , and the other officers remarked about It. Refrigerated beef was Tory satisfactory. Captain Henry L. Rlpley , Third cavalry , detailed the experiments with beef at Tampa In line with the testimony of Colonel Wen- ton. At the conclusion of Captain Rlpley's testimony Colonel Davis announced that no further witnesses were present , but prob ably fifteen others were summoned whom ho expected to arrive within a day or so. Accordingly an adjournment until 10 o'clock Monday was taken. AVI it-at DaniiiKc In CHICAGO. Feb. 24 Burlington officials ray wheat damage hag turned out to bo less than at first expected. An officer ot the company says : "If the largest portion of the wheat crop In Nebraska was n total Ions I do not be- llevo It would make n half million dollars' difference In the company's earnings. Corn can be planted late and yield abundantly In place of wheat. It Is this grain that niakoi money for the railroads. " " \Vlmiern nt Xavr Orlrnnn , NEW ORLEANS , Kch. 21. The seventy , seventh day of the Crescent City Jockey club's winter meeting. Weather cloudy ; track good. Clay Pointer was the only win ning favorite. Itesultu : First nice , Belling , seven furlongCov : - IrKton Kentucky won , Heel second , Protus third. Time : 1:32. : Second race. nelllnK1 , six furlongs : Coa- ledefl won , May Deceit second , Mlnni * B third. Time : 1:17. : Third race , selling , nno nnd thrco-slx- teonths miles : Aunt Maggie won , Judge Stoadmnn second , Governor Boyd third. Time : 2:05'/ : . Fourth nice , handicap , ono and one-six teenth miles : Clay Pointer won , Double Dummy second , .1 II C third. Time : 1:5014. : Fifth race. Boiling , fix and ane-lmlf fur longs : Nunnlo D.ivls , won McAlbort second , Poutet Canet third. Time : 1:2414. : Sixth nice , Helling , six furlongs : Tnppan won , Henrlco. second , Banrlca third. Time ; 1:1614 : , College Athlete * lii Hemilon. NKW YOUK. Fell , 21. The nnnunl mnet- IIIK of the executive committee nf the Inter- eolleKfutn Association of Athletics was lield nt the Fifth Avenue liotol tonight , Pres ident Jnmus MrKeo of Yale presiding. The proposed now constitution and by-lawH were presented for consideration. Many of thft proposed chnngCH were bitterly contested siml there promises to bo u brisk time at the regular meeting' of the association to morrow. tit Allrnr. LIVERPOOL , Feb , 21. In the final round of the coursing for tlio Waterloo cup at Altcar , near here , today , llluck Fury won , beating Lupal , The Waterloo cup Is for dogs of all ngea at twenty-live jxiumls each , the winner to recclvo 500. second 200 , two dopi 60 cacti , four JOKH 30 e.-icli , eight dogs 29 each , sixteen dog 10 each. .Snlit of Vnliiiililf Dnic. NEW YORK. Fi'b. U ThlR wan the sals day of the doff Hliow and a lurgo number of KiU-H were reported. TUo qorlcer apunlel , Princess Flavin , which won prizes for th Holla Inland konnc'lH of Detroit , wan Hold to W. C. Halston of San FranclHCo. Tli < > prJcs paid WOH sold to have boon large , the doe iielntr llHtvd at the catalogue before rntry at fo,0 > > and having won u number of biff prizes at the bendi shows , MfClelluncI Gft * Di'clNliin. P1TTSHUIU5. I'eli , 2l.-Jack McClelland and Tommy Megan fought twenty rounds at the National Athletic cluli tonight , ilc- Clelland got the decision , after ono of the best contests ever seen here. . BABIESONFIRE With Itching , Burning Skin and Scalp Humors Will flnd Initant Heller , a * well as rest and elccp , from the most torturing and dliflgur- ing of itching , burning , bleeding , scaly , and crusted skin , ecalp , and blood humors , with loss of hair , in warm baths with CUTICUIIA BoAr , followed by gentle anointing * wltu C'UTICUJU ( ointment ) , purest ( emollients , and createit of sklu curts. '