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Copyright, 18W nod IBM by Kobert Bonner's Sons. S
CHAPTER VI,
Tho weeks flow by; tho season sub
aided Into Lont, and after It there, was
another gay spell; then came tho
spring, and peoplo began to make
their summer plans. Tho StnggB were
to go to their liouso at Beverly, as
usual,- and Eleanor openly expressed
her pleasuro at tho prospect ot return
ing to tho scasldo. There had been
no further developments In tho court"
ship- or more properly, no culmlna
tlon of It, for !ir. Pago's devotion was
not a whit less marked. Indeed, Its
persistency was a constant sourco of
encouragement to Mrs. Stagg, whoso
vigilant scrutiny had failed to detpct
any signs of flirtation on his part.
Ho continued to send td Eleanor,
from tlmo to time, beautiful flowers,
ho rodo with her In tho park, ho
walked with her on Sunday after
noons, and what was oven moro sig
nificant, ho bad ceased to pay simi
lar attention to other girls. Still, ho
had not proposed. But, as Emma
Bagcly reflected. If over an Impatient
thought seized her, presumably ho
was of tho dollborato kind, and In bo
serlouB a matter bb matrimony, pre
ferred to movo circumspectly, Nor
noed their doparturo from town prove
an Interruption, Inasmuch as ho had
declared his Intention of frequenting
tho Beverly shoro with his yacht,
ostensibly for racing purposes, but
there could bo llttlo doubt as to what
magnot really attracted him thither.
A moro haunting uncertainty in
Emma's mind at this tlmo was as to
her nlcco'B feelings, regarding which,
strangely enough, In her own estima
tion, sho was considerably in tho
dark; so much bo that sho was begin
ning to deem it nor duty to have a
'definite talk with Eleanor on tho sub
ject And yet sho realized tho danger
of an ill-considered Interference. It
might well bo that tho child was
Bhyly In lovo, In which caso an Inop
portuno or meddlesome word might
freeze her Into secretive coldness
toward her lover and Induce deplor
able consequences. Sho had bolloved
it wiser thUB far to Invito confidence
by indirect allusions rather than to
demand It, but hor forbearance had
borna no fruit In tho way of discovery.
Could it possibly be that Eleanor waa
unaware that Owen Page was seri
ously devoted to her? That was tho
deduction Emma sometimes drew
from her placid, unconcerned way of
accepting his attentions. Eleanor
seemed to enjoy being with him, and
always admired hU roses, and was
ready to accept his courtesies, but her
enjoyment and readiness wero of sach
a rational, unembarrassed .kind that
Emma c.ould not help feeling uneasy.
Could any ono in lovo appear so un
conscious, so free from coyness and
coquetry? Not unless Bho were ex
ceptionally deep, Burely, which seem
ed very unlikely In this Instance.
Moreover, .Emma could not help re
flecting that tho Inucndoes sho had
mado uso of from time to ttmo with
delicacy, and yet suggestively as it
appeared to her, ought to havo set tho
child thinking, to say tho least. Noth
ing, had been left unsaid which could
present Mr. Pago In a favorable light
or accentuate tho good fortuno of any
girl to whoso Boclety ho was partial.
Ought sho to go further than this and
point out the fact that ho was evi
dently fascinated by her, and that If
sho wero not suitably encouraging sho
might loso tho best opportunity of
making a brilliant match that sho
would over havo in all probability?
Tho necossary words had several
times trembled on her lips, and yet
she had refrained from uttering them.
Ono day, somo weeks after they had
moved to Boverly, while Emma was
still In tho throes of this dilemma,
Harold Stagg telegraphed that he was
bringing Professor Phlneas Baldwin
homo to pass Sunday, This was an
elder and only brother of Eleanor's
father, a geologist, who had Just been
called to an important educational
position connected with his specialty,
in New York, He was a bachelor, and
had lived a nomadic kind of life in the
interest of science, residing in vari
ous portions of tho West, and, though
ho was intimate with his brother,
with whom ho corresponded vigorous
ly, Eleanor, who was very fond of
him, had seen him but little. At the
time of Silas Baldwin's death he was
abroad with an exploring expedition
under tho auspices of tho govern
ment, but on receipt of tho news he
had promptly offered to glvo the child
ren a home before being apprised that
they had been adopted by tho Staggs.
Emma, as It happened, had invited
a select party of fashionable peoplo to
dinner that evening, and it did not
altogether please her to have to make
room at her table for a professor who
might bo very learned, but was almost
certain to bo queer; accordingly her
.frame of mind was by no means Im
proved when Eleanor, In response to
a casual question as to what sort of
person her uncle was, said:
"Oh, he's tho funniest-looking little
man you ever saw, very Bbort and
round, with a face that reminds one
of an owl; ho blinks at you out of
his great eyes just like ono; but he's
kind as can be, and If you get him
talking on a subject in which ho Is
interested he can be immensely agree
able." "Redly?" Bald Emma, faintly, with
something like a little sigh In spite
of her habitual aplomb; and as she
gazed out over the sea Bho saw
accurately in her mind's eye a blink
ing little personality sitting silent
treat course to course, unlws the
Dovonlan period or somo olher
equally august subject wero Intro
duced. As though divining her aunt's quan
dary, Eleanor suddenly exclaimed,
with genuine fervor;
"Why couldn't Undo Phlm and I
dlno by ourselves In tho nursery? It
would bo such fun I Wo havo lots to
talk about; no ono would miss me,"
and he would enjoy It ever so much
bettor, I know. It wouldn't cause any
extra trouble, for I will carry the
dishes up and down myself, and then
your dinner wouldn't bo disarranged."
"Don't bo absurd, dear," replied
Emma, though she could not help
wishing that such a program wero
consistent with dug hospitality. "Your
undo will dlno with us, of course. If
I had only known In time, however, I
would havo asked one or two people
llkoly to bo moro congenial to him."
Eleanor description of tho bache
lor professor's appearanco was cer
tainly not exaggerated. In tho early
stages of acquaintance ho evidently
sought refuge In an Imperturbable
taciturnity, Relieved if he were
brought to bay by a freo uso of tho
word "ma'am" In addressing ladles
of ovory ago, which prompted Emma
to keep him as quiet as possible after
making him known to tho company.
Ho was a man of fifty, with a thick
brown beard and a bald head. His
lnrgo oyos took in the surroundings
la contemplatlvo fashion, and ho
seemed in no wIbo disturbed that ho
had not brought evening clothes with
him, an omission which weighed con
siderably on Emma's mind, not for tho
reason that It mado any real differ
en co, but because sho was sura that
ho, poor man, must feel so embarrass
ed. When ho re-entered tho room,
Just before dinner, In his gray homo
spun suit, with a red bandana protrud
ing from tho breast pocket, uhe really
pitied him, but sho could not help
congratulating herself that she had
placed his scat at tablo between her
self and Eleanor.
After they sat down to dinner,
Undo Phlneas continued for somo
tlmo very silent, beaming bo effusive
ly, howovcr, on his niece, that Emma
began to fear lest he should hold her
hand or indicate In some other
equally unconventional way the satis
faction ho felt In being with her
again. Ho was an excellent trencher
man and did full justlco to the good
things passed to him without seolng
to heed the small talk that, repressed
at first by hlB prcsonco, soon bubbled
forth regardless of it. There was gay
chatter, somo of a personal character,
and by and by, several humorous anec
dotes, ono of which amused Professor
Baldwin so much as to draw from him
a guffaw of such intensity that there
was a pauso after it, and a lady op
posite him surveyed him through her
lorgnetto interrogatively, whllo tho
young men winked at each othor as
much as to say: "Who Is tho humor
oub old party?"
"That reminds moof an Incident that
happened when I was In California
somo years ago," satd Uncle Phlneas,
slowly, in a quaint, dry way that mado
everybody stop eating and listen.
Emma felt on tenter-hooks, and she
glanced anxiously toward Eleanor;
but sho had turned toward her undo
with an air of delighted interest.
There was nothing to do but let him
go on; and go on he did in so graphic
and absorbing a manner that Beveral
of tho company wero chuckling with
satisfaction before tho end, and when
that camo thero was a roar of delight.
"That's a capital story!" exclaimed
somo one, and Harold Stagg, who was
laughing heartily, checked himself to
cry:
"A glasB of wlno with you, Profes
sor l"
"Tho old boy Is waking up," he
whispered, after putting down his
glaBs, to tho lady next him.
Thero was now a disposition to In
clude tho professor In the general con
versation, and he rewarded expecta
tion by contributing two or three
more pertinent stories, ono of which
led to his beginning to talk about his
travels. From one matter he branch
ed off to another, and soon the entire
company was hanging on his words.
His observations as well as his ex
periences were out of the ordinary
run, and In two or three instances he
hnd had narrow escapes that elicited
ejaculations of horror from tho ladles,
and envious "by Joves!" from the
sporting gcntlemon present. When
at last Emma gave the signal to leave
tho table, everybody felt tho dinner
had been too short.
Sho was all smiles, and in passing
fiom the room seized tho opportun
ity to squeeze Eleanor's hand, and
whisper: "He's delightful, my dear!"
His very want of toilet seemed to her
now to add to his effectiveness, and
sho almost hoped that when ho re
turned to tho parlor he would talk
about the Stone Age, or deliver an
informal address on shells, so ex
quisite was her sense of relief, When
he did return, however, he relapsed
luto oracular silence, which he was
not cajoled into breaking beyond
the needs of bare civility before the
company separated. On the con
trary, ho himself presently slipped
away with Eleanor across tho lawn
for a saunter along the shore. As
they did not return In time, Emma
explained his absence on the ground
that ho had probably found some
bowlder or crustacean specimen
which had lured him Into oblivion of
everything else, a sally which evoked
a general laugh as they said good
night. There was much to be par
doned to a man of his evident peculk
afltlcs, who had seen bo llttlo of so
doty, and, really ho had mado him
self remarkably agreeablo, and quite
borno off tho honors of tho occasion.
This was doubtless tho general ver
dict, but underneath it in the minds
of nearly every ono was a sentiment
of pity for Mrs. Stagg, that sh6 should
have on her hands such a whtto ele
phant. And In truth while her fears
wero tranquillzed, Emma felt far
from easy in the company of Uncle
Phlneas after tho glamor of his din
ner tablo successes had been partially
dispelled by a night's sleep. In map
ping out the arrangements for the
next two days, at tho end of which he
was to toko his leave, sho was not
nverso to allowing Eleanor to appro
priate him to her heart's content,
though sho Insisted on accompanying
him on a preliminary drive, and
pointing out to him precisely tc
whom overy houso of Importance
along tho shoro belonged. Then she
became willing to let Eleanor Bit be
side him in tho back scat of the
wagonnctto, while sho got in front
with Harold, with a glowing con
BclousncsB of duty performed. From
the ceaseless flow of words, It was
evident to hor that they wero enjoy
ing thomBlves. Every now and
then sho caught a word that mado her
prick Up her ears and perhaps glvo
Harold a nudgo if tho subject wero
especially serious or abtruslve. Not
did thoy seem over to get to tho end
of what they had to say; when thoy
wero not driving they were strolling
through the woods, or climbing over
tho rocks, as much absorbed in each
other's society as two young lovers.
Emma reflected that if Bho would only
appear moro like that when sho was
with Owen Pago, there would bo no
causo for anxiety. '
Professor Baldwin, on tho morning
of his departure, took leavo of his
hostess with a Bhow of deep respect
that was pleasing to Emma. To, his
thanks for her hospitality, ho added
somo cnthusiuBtic words, out of his
niece's hearing, as to Eleanor's
charms.
"If my brother wero allvo, ho would
say that ho could havo done no more
himself; and I thank you and youi
husband, ma'am, for your goodness
and your care."
Mr. Stagg had no intention of depre
cating her right to tho pralso bo
stowed, especially as tho thought was
In her mind that, if her nieco by mar
riage had not been deprived of hei
father, she would havo beon a very
different appearing person; but sho
was much gratified, and she said, with
a modest smile:
"Eleanor Is a nlco, good girl."
"Yes, ma'am, aud moro; she is an
intelligent, noble woman I"
Emma was slightly appalled by the
enthusiasm of tho professor's tone)
which was heightened by the furthei
expansion of tho owl-llko eyes.
"Wo havo dono our best," sho mur
mured. 'And you havo your roward, ma'am.
Sho is an unusually fine young wo
man. I am an old bachelor, ma'am
but I envy the man who wins her
as his wife."
For an instant, tho thought crossed
her mind that Eleanor might have
confided in him, but she dismissed it
as improbable. Still sho felt that she
looked a little conscious as she re
piled, with slightly mysterious unc
tion: "Wo havo that In mind, Professor
Baldwin. We will tako care that she
does not throw herself away."
(To bo continued.)
EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS.
Book of the Bible Is Of the Most In
tense Interest.
Tho question who wrote the epistle
to tho Hebrews Is ono which still re
mains unanswered. Endless sugges
tions havo beon mado by Blblcal
scholars. Tho book has been ascribed
In turn to Appollos, Luke, Aqulla and
Prlscilla n collaboration, and others;
but thero is no consensus of opinion,
no ono claims for his own theory that
it should bo considered anything but
a guess. Thero Is a strango fascina
tion about this veiled prophet, so full
of tho poetry of an earlier faith, who
has given to the world his conception
of Christianity to him a religion ot
conscience and of hope, to which he
had "fled for refuge" from a decaying
ceremonialism, a religion in which he
had found "a strong consolation."
Even to the unlearned the book Is very
literary, and thoso who know con
firm this Instinctive Judgment The
writer drops tho threads of hlB argu
ment to And illustrations and orna
ments, and by no means disdains fine
verbal effects. Hebrews has nothing
of the eternal simplicity which has
kept tho meaning of tho Gospel clear
among tho swords and pens of ten
thousand taeologlanB. No book In tho
Now Testament unless, perhaps, Rev
elations has suffered more from the
theory of verbal inspiration. Some
thing of tho writer's real mind has
beon, wo suspect, Irremediably over
laid with tho conclusions of dogma
tists; but for all thoso who desire to
know what a cultivated man. who was
not St. Paul, though about Christianity
before tho end ot the first century, it
remains of intense 'interest London
Spectator.
Not Entirely Complete.
An English genius has invented 8
motor that will reap, sow, plow, mow,
haul, thrash and grind grain, cut tur
nips, turn the churn and make itself
generally useful. All the farmer has
to do is to sit on the fence and watch
it go by. Tho farmer's wife will never
forgive tho inventor for letting tho
machine stop Bbort of washing the
aisnes, cooKing xne moajs, majung
the bedB, sweeping, scrubbing sad
dishes, cooking the moals, making
washing.
NEBRASKA IN GENERAL
WkfcW4$4'34l&3$M"$fc$
VALUE OF SCHOOL LANDS.
What Commissioner Follmer'a Report
Will Show.
Tho report of Land Commissioner
Follmer will show that the schools
Of tho stato will ultimately havo more
than $11,000,000 of interest bearing
values contributing to tbelr support
At present the total t interest bearing
values belonging to the fund Is $9(
746,451.25. More than half of this
amount $5,4G9,228.25, Is In securities
of the state, counties and tho recently
purchased bonds of Massachusetts.
Tho remainder is made up of the sale
contracts and lcaso contracts, bearing
interest. Besides this income the
fund will have tho rottfal of school
lands, which under tho present law
cannot bo alienated. Tho table giv
ing theso statistics 1b tho first of tho
kind over compiled. It is as follows:
Permanent common school se
curities , ,5,072.223.79
Cash on hand
131.30
Total ., ,....JS,072,355.09
remanent university securities lw.iw.sf
Cash on hand...,., ..,. 643.03
Total $ 101.C94.O2
Agricultural college securities.? 224,692.14
Cash balance 674.51
Total , J 225.360.65
Normal endowment securities. $ 59,000.00
Cash balance 812.49
Total
Total educational securities
permanent school fund
Value of sale contracts......
Value of lcaso contracts
,J 59,812.49
In
.J5.459.22S.25
2,Z57,Z6.U
2,029,948.39
Total Interest bearing values. J9.746.451.75
THE SOLDIERS' HOME.
Commandant Cole of Grand Island
Makes Report.
Commandant Colo of tho soldiers'
home in Grand Island has completed
his biennial report and recqmmends
quite a number of necessary improve
ments owing largely to the increased
number of members cared for at tho
Institution.
Tho report shows an increase in
membership in tho biennium of twen-ty-ono
per cent over that of two years
previous. On November 30, 1900,
thero were, according to tho records of
the institution, 342 members. There
wore on November 30, 190?, 415 mem
bers, of whom 313 wero men and 102
womon. Among tho recommendations
are $4,000 for a new brick building
for tho quartermaster and commis
sary's supplies. This would give room
In tho basement of the main building
for another ward for members. An
appropriation of $7,600 Is alBo recom
mended for better flro protection in
and about tho home grounds, includ
ing a better piping of the building
and a pipe leading to tho cottages
and tarns, resotting the boilers, the
erection of a small building for laun
dry purposes and enlarging the en
gine rooms and improvements on the
sewerago system.
Finds Foods Adulterated.
Deputy, Food Commissioner Bassett
has filed with tho governor his bien
nial report Tho commissioner
speaks of tho noed of guarding the
public against foods which havo been
preserved by tho admixture of danger
ous chemicals, such as hydroflorlc
acid, a dangerous corrosive, and oth
ers. Out of 228 samples of food pro
ducts analyzed by. the chemist of the
food commission 163 were adulterated
or not sold In compliance with law,
the report stated. The commissioner
desires tho legislature to make an ap
propriation to fit up a laboratory so
that ho will not be under tho neces
sity of using the university, labor
atory, which ho has been doing for
tho last two years. He recommends
a direct appropriation for tho main
tenance of tho commission rather than
the present plan of allowing the com
mission to depend upon fees.
Recommends Normal Schools.
W. F. Fowler, superintendent of in
struction, in the advance sheets of his
report, which will be qoncluded by
the first of tho year, makes the fol
lowing recommendations:
1. Exchange tho industrial school
for boys at Kearney with the stato
normal school at Peru.
2. Establish a new normal , school
at Lincoln.
3. Provide for junior normal schools
at Alliance and McCook,
4. Recognize more, liberally the first
class private normal schools and de
nominational colleges of high stand
ard. In support or tho first recommenda
tion, that is, an exchange of the Kear
ney and Peru institutions, he calls at
tention to tho dlstanace, lack of rail
road facilities and tho expense in
reaching Peru as obstacles to a large
attendance of students there.
Paper Changes Hands.
M'COOK After editing and publish
ing the Hayes Center Republican for
eighteen years, Judge M, J. Abbott
has been compelled to relinquish the
paper to the mortgagee, Tt. May of
Haves Center, who will run the pa
- - .,,. hi. mnrt.
Pr unU1 he can "alUe on b,s mort
I gage.
$
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Two new delivery routes are soon
to be established at North Bend.
Mr. and Mrs. Jobman of Gage coun
ty last week celebrated their golden
wedding.
Nebraska City has of late, been shy
on water and private, wells havo been
resorted to.
Train DlBpntcher I E. Cann of Mc
Cook died suddenly In Salt Lake,
whither he had gone for his health.
Rufu3 Hook, a farmer living near
Glencoe, had his arm caught In the
cogs of a corn shelter and sustained
serious injuries.
Tho Republican valley district poul
try association will hold its sixth an
nual exhibition in McCook December
31, 1902, January 1, 2, 3, 1903.
The Fremont nnd Blair high schools
will dobato the queatloti, "Resolved,
That labor unions are an injury to the
public" Fremont will have tho cholco
of sides.
Miss Gertrude Enlow, a teacher In
tho public Bchools ot Beatrice, had her
faco and hands badly burned during
school hours by tho explosion ot a.
coal 'tsove.
John Thompson, .who lived two
miles southwest of Blair, was rur
over by a train and killed. He was
on his way homo from Blair. Thomp
son was about 45 years old and single.
Orders were received in Nebraska
City to get things ready In the starch
works bo as to start that monster
plant as soon as possible This fac
tory belongs to the trust and has been
closed since early last spring.
Nebraska turkoys are evidently in
great demand in Chicago, a promi
nent newspaper of that city having
instructed its representatives in Om
aha to get bids to supply 1,000 of tho
birds for that paper's Christmas work.
The Jury In the district court at
Grand Island in the caso of Jamieson
against tho Burlington railroad re
turned a verdict In favor of tho plain
tiff of $1,220. Jamieson was a brake
man and received injuries on the
road.
The Greeley County Sunday school
convention was held at Greeley De
cember 6 and 7. All sessions of the
conventions wero very well attended.
Prof. H. M. Stledley, field secretary of
the Stato Sunday School association,
took, a very active part In all ses
sions. The sugar beet season just closed
has been very satisfactory in that part
ot Nebraska about McCook. Over
600 carloads have been shipped to
Grand Island from McCook alone. The
yield per acre under fair circum
stances has been from fifteen to twen
ty tons, and as high as $5.25 per ton
has been received by farmers.
A. M. Hargls, proprietor of tho
Grand Island Business college, has
purchased the Security bank building
for $14,000 and will In tho future oc
cupy the greater part of tho building
for tho college. It Is a stone front,
erected In 1899, at a cost of about
$50,000. It was recently owned by the
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
company.
.WUIard Williams of Ashland, who
was at the Mead hotel for a few days,
was surprised tho other evening, whllo
seated at the desk, by his sons, Her
bert and Albert, whom he had not
seen or heard from for fifteen and
twenty years respectively. The boys,
or rather men, are located in Cuba,
N. Y., and are prosperous and well-to-do
residents of that town.
Edward Fry, agent for the Standard
Oil company at Beatrice, was found
lying near his wagon on the public
road five miles east of that city In a
dying condition. Examination devel
oped the fact that the large freight
wagon had passed over his stomach,
Inflicting fatal injuries. Medical as
sistance was immediately summoned,
but Mr. Fry expired before anything
could be done to relieve him ot his
suffering.
Orders have been Issued by the
Union Pacific for the immediate
building at Sidney of an additional
ten stalls to tho roundhouse, a new
boiler house with a battery of three
boilers of 250 horse power, a large
new woll near the ice house and elec
tric lighting plant, a largo sandhouse,
an addition to tho machine shops and
a complete remodeling of the Union
Pacific hotel to be modern in every
particular.
Deputy Food Commissioner Bassett
has mado public his biennial report to
the governor. He urges a larger ap
propriation on the part cf the legis
lature, as the present one, which is
almost entirely contingent on the
fees of the office, will not suffice to
employ a clerk and chemist or to
maintain a laboratory. He also asks
that the present law which provides
against the adulteration of foods, but
which names penalties for the adul
teration of vinegar and dairy products
only, shall be changed in order to
provide penalties for all adulterations
or the use of preservatives which are
harmful.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
CATTLE There were 84 or 30 cars ot
cornfed steers Included In the receipts
and at noon tho greater part of thim
were In first hands. The market was
very uneven, bUt as a general thing the
decline amounted to fully 60c as compared
with the close of the- week. In some
cnf.es sales looked fully 75a lower, but
those were rare Instances.
Tho cow market was In fully as bad
shape as the steer market. And up to a
late hour very little business had been
transacted.- The general market may
safely be quoted COc lower for the week,
but the same as noted for steers, the
prices were very uneven. It now takes
a good bunch of cornfed cows to sell
much over 13.00, so that prices are at the
low point of tht year.
Bulls cased off a llttlo again and so
dld stags. Veal calves were scarce and
did not show much change.
The stocker and feeder market was also
very slow and low.er. The demand from"
the country has been very light nil tfie
week, and prices may safely be quoted
25o lower, with common stuff almost un
salable at any price. '
IIOQS There was a liberal run of hogs
nt all points so that prices continued their
downward course. The market here
opened right close to a dime lower, with
the bulk of the sales going from J3.9J
to J6.05, and as high as J6.07 and J6.1G
was paid for choice hogs. Packers, how
ever, were not bidding those prices
freely, and In fact there was only one
buyer on the openlna market, so that
sellers did not have much opportunity to
cut loose. After about 30 loads had
changed hands, trading came to a standi
stilt, as packers dropped their bids to
J3.D0S5.93, or fully 15c lower than yester
day's average.
SHEEP Quotations for fed stock:
Cl'olce lambs, J3.00S5.50; fair to good
lambs, J4.23S4.75; choice yearlings, $4.10'
4.25: fair to good yearlings, J3.75S4.10;
choice wethers, J3.C5S3.90; fair to good,
J3 40S3.65; choice owes, J3.35S3.GS; fair to
good, J3.00S3.33; feeder lambs, J3.00S3.75;
feeder yearlings, J3.0O33.25: -feeder weth
ers, J2.76S3.0d; feeder ewes, 11.5002.23. '
Grass fed stock 23S33a lower than corn
feds. KANSAS CITY. . , ,j '
CATTLE Corn cattle 10915c lower;
cows and heifers, 40S"5o lower than last'
Friday; calves, 60cSJl 0 lower than Mon
day; choice export and dressed beef
steers, J5.20S6.10; fair to good. J2.65S5.15;
stockers and feeders, J2.50S3.85: western
fed steers, J3.00S5.23; Texas nnd Indian
steers, J2.353.C0; Tas cows. J2.00S2.53;
native cows, J1.25S4.00; native heifers,
JI.75S3.75; canners, J1.OOS2.20; bulls, J2.25
3.75; calves. J3.00OC.00.
HOGS Market 710c lower; top, 6.10;
bulk of sales, JS.90S6.10; heavy, JG.02
CIO; mixed packers, J3.97V4w6.10; light,
B.S5.02: yqrkers, J5.05Q602H! plBS,
J5.50S5.90.
SHFiEP AND LAMBS Market strong
to higher: native lambs, J4.00S5.40; west
ern lambs, J3.85S5.33; fed ewes, J3.0O
3.05; native wethers, J3.00S4.20; stockers
and feeders, J2.00S3.3S.
MAY HASTEN CANAL ACTION.
Trouble In Venezuela an Excuse for
Taking Matter Up Again.
WASHINGTON At the Instance of
Secretary Hay, Dr. Herran, Colombian
charge d'affaires, called at the state
department Friday to discuss the can-
al treaty negotiations, that tho secre
tary might bo able to report tho exact
status of the canal to the cabinet
Dr. Horran was unable to give the
secretary any reply from the Bogota
government as to tho price which Co
lombia will accept for the lease. It
was explained to Dr. Herran that In
view of tho many other weighty dip
lomatic matters pressing for attention
at this tlmo and tho growlnb impa
tience at the capital at tho delay In
the conclusion of a canal convention,
lmmediato action by tho Bogota gov
ernment was Imperative. s
Dp Herran cabled tho foreign office
at Bogota the wishes of the state de
partment and called attention to the
aerloiiB complications that may arise
out of tho Venezuelan situation.
Elect Haytlan President
PORT AU PRINCE, Haytl The
chamber of communes finished the
election of senators Friday and the
national assembly will elect a new
president within a few days. The ma
jority favor Seneeque Pierre, whose
election 1b assured in case General
Nord, the war minister, who will en
ter the capital with his army, on Sun
day, does not oppose him.
Bank Bandits Make Haul.
SANTA FE, N. M. A report has
reached Santa Fe that the private
bank of Hlllsboro-waa held up in broad
daylight on Wednesday by robbers,
who escaped with something over ?30,
000. Soon after midnight three men
were heard galloping at a furious rate
through Falrvlew, a mining camp,
heading, for the Black range. A sher
iff's posse IS in pursuit.
Texas tine Is Not Bought
TOPEKA, Kan. E. P. Ripley, presi
dent of the Santa Fe, denies that hit
road has purchased the Texas Central
Reports to the effect that tho pur
chase is about to be made are erro
neous, as the Santa Fo does not wan'
tho Texas road. Tho short line froif
Albuquerque to Galveston will not b
built yet, and for this reason no Tex
as acquisitions can be used, but th
contract for constructing the Santi
Fe short line will soon bo let
The protocol of the commercial
treaty between the United States ant
Cuba has been signed.
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