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THE StMlWEEfttT TRtBUPiE
IBA 1m 11AIIE, Proprietor.
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WORTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
Florcnco Cnrlylc, ft grnndnolco of
Thomns Carlylo, is exhibiting paint
ings from lier own brush lu Philadel
phia. V. K. Vnndcrbllt nnd pnrty havo
sailed from Savannah, On., for a crulso
of tlio Mcditerrnncan in his private
yncht Valiant.
Tho scnato commlttco on appropria
tions completed tho fortifications bill,
it carries an lncrcaso over the houso
bill of 1311,000.
At tho Faslg-TIpton horse salo nt
Now York 83 bond sold for $14,685.
During tho week 3(53 head wcro sold
for ?125,5G0, an nverngo of $301.
Mrs. Annto 1). Tnllcnt, tho find
known whlto woman to enter the Mack
Hills, 1b dead and her remains havo
beon taken to Elgin, 111., for burial.
Charles E. Dent, nged 25 years, shot
and mortally wounded his wlfo nt St.
Louis, Mo., and thon, kneeling beforo
n mirror, put a bullet through his own
head, dying Instantly.
Flvo IJoor prisoner? who escaped
from tho Island of Ceylon havo arrived
nt n Crimean port on board a Ilusstan
stenmor to which they swam while In
tho harbor of Colombo.
Tho Wllllnm II. Crocker expedition
from tho Lick observatory to observe
tho total ecllpso of tho Sun In Sumatra
on May 17, will sail from San Fran
cisco on tho Nippon Maru.
Count Cnsslnl, the Russian minister
to this country. hasY,7.Hintcd to Pres
ident Mclfln'sy ma(?nl?.Cnt nhojn-.:
KfnPUto-filbum containing thailconeu of
IIIU LUl U1IUUUI1 IJL U1U V.Ul 111 JOiJU.
A contribution of $250,000 by John
D. Rockefeller to Ilrowu university
was announced at tho annual dinner
of tho Drown University Alumni Soci
ety of New York, held at tho University
club.
Col. Peter S. Mlchle, professor of tho
department of natural and experiment
al phllososphy nt tho United Stntcu
Military Academy, died at West Point,
N. Y after a short illness of pneu
monia. Hon. Charles A. Ioland, ox-stato
representative and Into assoclato jus
tice of tho Supremo Court of Now Mex
ico undor President McKlnloy, died at
his homo at Caldwell, 0., from con
sumption. Tho story given out that J. P. Mor
gan and J. 1). Rockefeller had pur
chased nil the mines In tho Fairmont,
W. V., district Is declared to bo falso
by ofllcials of tho company declared to
bo In tho dent.
. Dr. Wllllnm Polo, tho English nu
thorlty on whist, who died a few days
ago, wns not a physician but a success
ful civil engineer, and his doetornta,
wns a degree for music conferred on
him by Oxford university.
Gcorgo D. Wick, president of tho
Youngstown, 0.,'lron Sheet and Tubo
plant In authority for tho statement
that tho roport from Philadelphia that
Youngstown will bo tho slto for a $35,
000,000 tubo plant has no foundation.
Orders will bo Issued by Mnjor Gen
eral Otis to all post commanders in tho
Dopnrtmont of Lakes, directing tho Im
modlnto onllstment of men for tho now
Twenty-ninth regular Infantry regi
ment, which, will rendezvous nt Fort
Shorldnn.
Rumor hns It In Washington that tho
president will appoint P. C. Knox of
Pittsburg to succeed Mr. Griggs as at
torney general. Mr. Knox Is favored
by Senator Quay nnd on that account
in regarded nu having nn oxcolleut
chnuco to enter tho next cabinet,
Alexander Millar, secretary of tho
Union Pnclllc company, officially an
nounces that tho oxocutlvo commlttco
has authorized tho iasuoneo of $100,
000,000 ton-year 1 por cent gold bonds,
to bo secured by unmortgaged proporty
of tho company, which enn bo convert
d Into common stock at par valuo, by
Vio holder, If desirable, at nny tlmo
Jtior to May 1, 1901.. Right Is ro
Jfcrved to redeem theso bonds after
May, 190G.
Andrew Carneglo has offered $15,000
for tho erection of a library building
at Contralln, 111.
Tho first boot sugar factory In Indl
nun will bo built nt Shelby. Every do-
tall hnB been urrnnged and tho plant
Is to bo In operation this seuson. Tho
construction contract has been let.
Tho appropriation for tho fit. Louis
exposition has passed tho houso and
little if nny opposition lu expected In
thcaouutc.
Sir Gcorgo Wllllnms, who founded
tho Young AIcu's Christian association
In Londnu in 1844, may attend tho
jtibllo cconvontlon of tho association
lu Ronton in Juno noxt.
Sonntor Hannn, from tho committee
on commerce, today mado a favorabU
roport to tho senuto upon Sonntor Per
kliiB' amendment to tho sundry civil
appropriation bill, authorizing prelim
inary contracts to bo mndo for a Biib
marlno cnbla from San Francisco to
Honolulu.
Charles Holland, a prominent stack
man of Roddlnit county, lu., committed
hutcldo at St. Joseph In a hotel by tak
ing morphine
At Minneapolis Mayor Ames Issued
orders to tho captain of pallco to sco
that no contests with gloves or nny
sparring match shall tako placo in that
city In tho future.
William P. Hill, for over lltty years
a prominent Now England uowspupor
editor, Is dend of grip at tho homo of
his son-lu-lnw, u, R, Wllllnms, In Den
ver, Colo. Mr. Hill was born In 1819
in Concord, N, 11., nnd was tho sou of
Isaac Hill, at one tlmo govornor of
Now Hampshire
A dispatch from Vlonnn Bays the
Ncuo Frclo i-rcsBo and another Vienna
paper announce that tho queen of Sor-
via has given birth to a son.
A party of American havo found no
troloum In largo quantities on tho lu
land of Margarita and nt Maracnlbo,
vouozuia, wuiio prospocting ror as
phnlt.
CROWE HEARD FROM
Mr. 13. A. Oudahy Deceives a Letter
from the Alleged Kidnaper.
SIGNATURE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
1'ngltlve Ileihire Ho U Innocent of tlm
Alleged Adduction DunleM All
KiioiTlodgfi of tlio Crime -Will Soon
Cnll mi Cndnliy.
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 23. Pat Crowe
has been heard from under circum
stances which Indicate that he is soon
to mnko public appearance.
E. A. Cudahy 1b In receipt of a letter
bearing Crowe's signature.
Tho handwriting has been tested by
rcmparlnon and It Is tho opinion of the
Plnkorton's, Chief Donnhtio and other
authorities that tho signature Is gen
uine. Mr. Cudnhy nays: "I have no doubt
now that the letter was written by Pnt
Crowe. At llrst I supposed that the
communication was tho work of a
crank letter writer, but I now stand
convinced that It Is exactly what It
purports to bo."
Owing to tho fact that tho letter is
now In tho Plnkertou olllce, Chicago,
nnd that no copy was retained here,
Mr. Cudnhy Is unable to repeat It vcr
batum. Mr, Cudnhy nnd Chief Donahue have
mado Its contents known, however.
Crowo oxplnlns lu tho letter that ho
has heard that tho Omaha pollco aro
looking for him and believe him to bo
ono of tho kidnapers of Edward Oud
ahy, Jr. Ho maintains thnt ho Ift'Th
nocent and Bays that ho hiw-ntf knowl
edge of the ufftth;,, villi tho exception
of whntjwv-yin's road In tho nowspa
Vilirlh savB that ho will dron Into
'Omaha some day and prove himself In
nocent and that ho would have done b,
long ago hud ho net beon afraid thnt
ho might miffer the fate of tho negro
who was lynched at Leavenworth.
Crowe snyn thnt Omoha people must
havo cooled .off considerably by this
tlmo and expresses tho opinion that
ho will soon bo ablo to come hero with
nafety. He makes nu appeal to tho
chief cf police ami Mr. Cudnhy for pro.
tcctlon nnd says that he will expect
them to stnutl between him nnd vio
lence. In conclusion, ho says that ho
Is much hurt to think that Mr. Cudnhy
suspects him of bolng guilty of tho kid
naping and expresses his appreciation
nf tho kindness Mr. Cudnhy has shown
him iu tho past. I
"When I leceived this tetter," Mr.
Cudnhy explained, "I was dotormlned
not to tako too much for granted, so
i sent it to Chlcngo, as 1 know Mr.
Plnkorton had samples of Crowe's
writing and would bo ablo to Identify
it wiinout (lllllculty. A fow duys later
i neani irom Mr. PInkerlon. Ho said
ho has compared tho writing with n
sample of Crowe's chlroguphy and thnt
uioy wore tno namo beyond question.
I woman t bo surprised now If Crowe
should show himself almost nny time.
i nenovo tno letter was written In
good fnlth.
"I don't think tho loiter was written
in either Omaha or South Omnhn. it
bore the dato Hue, '8outh Omaha, Nob.,
poo. nut tno postmark on tho en
velopo showed thnt It had been mulled
In Omaha. It was probably written
some distance from hero and sent In a
Hopnrato onvclopo to some friend In
Omnhn or South Omnhn, who rematlcd
It. This was dono for tho obvious
purposo of keeping his present where
aboutn a secret. Ho ovldently wants
to eomo In voluntnrlly, without giving
uetectivos tno Honor or hnvlug enp
turcd him."
"There Is no question nbout tho
Kontilnouoss of tho Pat Crowe letter.
Wo havo compared It with other writ
lug of Crowo's nnd It was unqueatlcn
nuly wilt ten by tho suspected kid
naper," said Chief Donahue. "Nobody
coum imitate urowo B wr Urn: nerfeet
ly enough to dccelvo nil tho men who
have examined tho letter.
"In tho letter Crowo does not say
whon he will show up, but ho nppenls
to Mr. Cudnhy and mo for protection.
and says that ho will depend on us to
save him from nny vlolenco whon ho
seen lit to give hiniHolf up.
"Tho letter Is unlike the flood of
anonymous contributions which hnvo
neon sent to Air. Cudnhy. tho mayor
nnd myself, and I havo every reason
to bellevo thnt Pat Crowo wroto It
and thnt ho will do exactly wh'tt he
says.
SANTEE INDIANS PROTEST
.lumen l:irtt-y of Hmilli Dnkotii Want to
Hluil Oat Altnrntyit.
WASHINOTON, Feb. 23. Jamcu
Ourvoy of Santeo, H. D.. Is hero fi
protest against tlio further recogni
tion by the txvrotiirv of tho Interior
of flm attorneys of tho Santeo band
of Indians, whl.h attorneys wcra em
ployed to push tho claims of tho In
diana for tholr nnntiltlca. Girvcy Is
one or tho lenders of tho Sint'oj nnd
ho claims tho contract with tho In
dians wns obtained by misrepresent-
ntlon. Ho also conforred with Secre
tary Hitchcock, who Keemod to bo fa
vorably Improved with his nrgn-
mcnl.
Centner lliilldlnc-i nt Cheyenne.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 22. Sonntor
Wumn Introduced nn nmondmont to
tho sundry civil bill providing for In-
cren.lng tlio limit of tho cost of the
government building nt Choyonno.
wyo rrom j'jr.n.oao to 5:125,000 nnd
authorizing tho Recretr.rv of tho trois-
ttry to make tontrneiu for Hi comple
tion.
WOOD AWAITS INSTRUCIIONS.
tlovernnr Uuier.ll lla-i Iteeelveil Ciibnn
t'i iittltitt'.nn.
HAVANA, Fob. 23. Governor Gen
eral Wood has informed tho authori
ties nt Washington that tlio Cuban
constitution was officially presented lo
hint this morning and that Iwi nw.tud
Instructions whether to forward tho
document Immediately or hold It un
til Ihe relations httwoen Cuba nnd
tho Pnltod St i ten n o derided upon.
I SENATE TO WORK OVERTIME
Decide to Ucgln Night Scitlom at
Unco.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. For nenr
ly two hours today tho sennto had un
der discussion a resolution by Mr.
Jonea of Arkansas to discharge tho
Judiciary committee from further con
sideration of the nntl-trust bill passed
Jy tho houso at tho last session and
to bring It beforo tho Bcnato for con
sideration. To some extent tho mer
its of tho mcasuro wcro discussed, Mr.
Hoar, chnlrmnn of tho Judiciary com
mltteoi Mr. Piatt of Connecticut, Mr.
Sponcr, Mr. Hncon, Mr. Pcttlgrcw, Mr.
Teller and others taking part In tho
debate. Tho mnjorlty maintained
that tho houso measure clearly was
unconstitutional. They protected, too,
against taking up so great a question
In the closing hours of tho session.
Tho resolution flnnlly went to tho cal
endar. During tho remainder of tho after
noon tho postofllco appropriation bill
wns under discussion. Af;er n pro
longed contest tho appropriation for
pneumatic tubes crvleo was elimin
ated entirely, so thnt as tho bill stands
now tho service will havo to bo dis
continued after tho first cf next July.
Tho old controversy over tho special
appropriations for fast mall service
engaged attention tho rest of tho day.
It wan decided to begin holding
night setMons tomorrow night.
POWERS JO KEEP HANDS OFF
No Individual I'onccgMn'n of Chinese.
Torrltoty- glmil llo Konclit.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. At the ln
Htancoot the United Stntes govern-
mont tho powcru havo accepted tho
nrlnclplo that no further Individual
concessions of territory In China shall
bo sought by uny ono power without
International assent.
This agreement applies not only to
Tien Tsln, where thcro has Loen
fiomo rivalry exhibited In tho effort
to obtain concessions for foreign set
tlements, but to nil other Ohlneso
points. Tho Stato department began
this movement koiuo tlmo ago. It is
surmised, though no admission on that
point enn bo obtained, that tho occu
pation by Russia of tho important
concession opposlto Tien Tsln, includ
ing tho railroad terminus, made tho
nutation of this movement.
COL. JOSEPH Itt It ROBBED
Mini Who .TohIIcm 1 1 1 lit on Street Car llo-
llevea Him of lllunioml.
NEW YORK. Fob. 22. Colonel Jo-
scph I lor, formerly of Omahn, had a
pearl llamond nearfp n Btolen on a
Uroadwny car tonight. Tho pin wan
valued at soveial hundred dollars and
was presented by Mrs. Ilor. Tho col
onel Ib stopping nt tho Fifth Avenuo
hotel. Ho rodo uptown In a crowded
car and wns pushed by a man whos?
handed landed on his throat. Tho man
apologized profusely. Tho colonel
said: "Don't mention It, no harm
dono," nnd got off. A few minutes
Inter tho pin was missed. Tho col
onel hurried to automobile headquar
ters and offered a rownrd for tho re
covery of his wlfo'u present.
JIM CALLAHAN IS HELD
I'lvaiU Not Utility nnd In Sent Hack
to
.lull.
OMAHA, Nob., Feb. 22. Melan
choly, with a hunted expression, dirty
nnd with unkompt hair, James Cal
lahan, arrested as ono of tho men who
kldnnpcd Eddie Cudnhy December IS
last, nppearod boforo Judge Vlnsou-
halor ycsLordoy and wan nrrnlgned on
threo complaints, Mod by County At
torney Shields. Tho llrst charged tno
falso ImprlEonmont of Eddlo A. Cud
nhy for tho spaco of thirty hours; tho
sccnud chnrgod tho robbery of Edward
A. Cudnhy of ?2.r,,G0O by putting him
In foar, nnd tho third charged tno
lnrcony cf $25,000, tho property or Ed
ward A. Cudahy. To all theso charE3
Callahan plead not guilty, but was
hold to tho district court.
Will Import Aim or ii nnt.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Feb. 22. Tho
first lsauo of tho American Atigora,
the ofilclul organ of tho American An
gora Ooat Hrecdcru' association, Is
sued horo today, tays: A movement Is
on foot by prominent Angora gont
breeders to impcrt to tir.o country
from Turkey a largo number of the.
. i . i -
dcsi Angoras uini can uu luuuu. iyi
Importing company is In process of
organization. Tho company will sond
competent agents to tho provliro of
Angora In Asia for tho -purposo of
Eoloctlng nnd purchasing the very host
Angora gouts thnt can bo found In
the domains of tho Miltun.
I'rntcot Cuttle Interents,
LINCOLN, Fob. 22. Senator Vnn
13o3klrk of Alllanco Is feeling Jubilant
over 'tho passago by thu houen of son-
oto file 41, tho hldo registry bill,
drawn up by tho senator from Uox
Ilutte, tho object of which Is tho pro
tection of cattlo giowors rrom tho
rustlors, who havo proved Bitch a mcn
nco to cattlo growing In western Ne
braska. Tho pa'Bago ot this hl'l Is
regarded its affording ndoiunto protec
tion.
l'lntn dim Coat no More.
CINCINNATI, O., Fob. 22. As a ra
sult of the conferonce3 hero this week
between tho dealers nnd glnss man
ufacturers tho largest orJor for win
dow glass on record, being for 1,000,
000 boxos, has been given tho Inde
pendent mnnufucturers by tho deal
ers association,
Tho Inst order given tho American
nml ImlniiiMiilnn t f-immmlna enmhlnrsl
,was ior -m,vuu uoxoj oi wimiuw glass,
,the- dollvcry or which was Just com
pleted beforo tho conference hero this
week advanced tho prices from 10 lo
15 per cent. Tho prices on plate
jglnss remain stationary through tlio
year.
Trouble In M-incluirlH.
ST. PETEUSDima, Fob. 22. Tho
Novoo Vrcmya'u Vladivostok dls
natchos report that troublo Is asala
rising In Southern Manchuria. Hoxcr
emissaries huve nlrendy arrived theio
and ChliieBo forces aro Joining tho
Uoxer movement. ,
3 1M
Hepburn Scores Havy Officers nud Dies
more Exposes Employe's Doublo Roll.
GENERAL DEFICIENCY DILL PASSES
t.nt of tlio l'rcnont Srwtloni Approprla
tloti Mcnsurrs M riimlly DltpiMod nt
Alter Homo Deb Uo Work In
Kenntc.
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WASHINGTON, Fob. 22. This was
another field day In the house. Two
distinct sensations occurred. Early In
the day, during tho consideration of
an nmendment to tho deficiency appro
priation bill to prevent hazing nt tho
naval nendemy, Mr. Hepburn of Iowa
used excedlngly strong language
whllo Inveighing against tho practice
of hnzlng, declaring that tho largo
number of desertlonB vfrom the army
and tho lack of men in tho navy were
dim tn tho foet thnt American citizens
duo to tno met tnnrAmcrican t tizcns
refuse to servo u;idor men "achoolcd
In tyranny nnV oppression." Mr. Hep
burn snhl ivo had a list of twenty-llvo
vessels tjf tho United States wrecked
by ticompctcnt officers since tho close
of the civil war. Ho declared that
officers stood by each other and with
but a solitary exception tho com
manders of these vessels wcro lot on
with Blight punishment. Ho de
nounced hnzlng In unmeasured terms
and Bald ho wanted to B03 a fixed nnd
certain punishment for it.
Mr. Cannon of Illinois and Mr. Day
ton of West Virginia warmly defend
ed the navy.
Tho stir caused by Mr. Hepburn s
speech, however, was mild compared
with tho row which was kicked up
later over somo Items In tho bill for
extra compensation to employes of tho
houso. Mr. Dlnsmoro of Arkumias ex
posed tho fact that ono of tho em
ployes of tho houso whllo occupying
ono position was drawing salary for
another, nnd thnt tho dlffcrenco be
twecn tho salurlcs was to bo mado up
in ono of tho items in tho bill
This led to a general ventilation of
tho domestic affairs of the house, dur-
tgn which Mr. Dalley of Texas de
clared that the situation was a scan
dal upon tho Integrity of the house
Ho charged that thero wcro employes
of tho houso who wero dividing their
salarleH with others who performed
no work rind challenged anyono on
the other sldo to deny hla allegations,
Ho offered to produco sworn testimony
in substantiation of his charge If an
investigating committee wero ap
pointed.
It wa explained by Mr. Joy of Mis
Kourl nnd others that thero was no
law concerning employes of tho house,
Mr. Cannon contented himself -with
saying It was evident matters wero
"very much mixed. At tho closo of
tho B03sIon Mr. Bailey offered a reso
lution for tho appointment of an In
vestigating committee, which was ro
ferred to tho commlttco on rules, upon
tho nssurnnco of Mr. Pnlno, tho ma
jority leader, that It would bo report
ed at once.
Tho general deficiency appropriation
bill the last of tho appropriation bills
was palr.sed.
ALL IS TRANQUIL IN MADRID
Cabinet Crlsl-t Postponed Until Next
Week.
MADRID, Feb. 2. At a cabinet
council todny, at which tho queen re-
gout presided, Ooncrnl Azcarrnga ex
plained tho motives for declaring mar
tial law. Tranquility now prevails and
tho strikes at tllgon and Valencia
havo now much improved. After tho
council meeting tho ministers called
on tho prlnco and princess or tho As
turlas to offer their greetings. Tho
minister of tho Interior, Senor Ugarto,
In nn Interview, said tho cabinet crisis
has been postponed. No cabinet coun
cil will bo held tomorrow, as was ex
pected.
It Is said that a solution of thj-'crl-
sis may bo reached by tho eiuV of noxt
week, whon the resignation of tho
cabinet will bo nubmlL'itfi tho present
ministry revoking Jmo martial law,
which causes tno popular feeling
ngalnst tho cabinet, but leaving to
tholr aucces.'tora tho tnsk of restoring
the coiiHlltutlonal gunrnntce.
Kxpedltlmi tn lie n l.iirgu One.
SHANGHAI, Feb. 22. A special dis
patch from Pekln says Field Marshal
Count von Wnldersee's expedition to
Sinn Fit will comprise 15,000 men
Hrltlsh, Germans, French nnd Italians.
It is understood that If tho expedition
starts It will act as a guard of honor
to the emperor on his way back to Pe
kin. It Is rumored thnt tho allies will
simultaneously oucrntu In the Ynng
. i.
ise ruling vaney.
China (lite lier Answer.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Fob. 22. A
cnblegram has beon received at tho
State deportment from Minister Con
ger stntlng that tho Chlneso plenipo
tentiaries havo informed tho foreign
ministers that the omporsr has aroa 1
to all tho punishments uamo.l In his
(Congers) telegram of Fotrusry h,
last.
Ali-iiidnnii Hulehet for I'm,
TOPEICA, Kan., Fob. 22. Mrs. Car
rlo Nation U to enter polltk'3 and to
become tho editor of "Tho Smashers'
Mali," n paper to bo run in behalf of
negroes. She hns rsfused tempting
olfcrs to lecturo nnd will rema'n In
Topoka and help elect a "c!oan mm
for mayor nt tho spring election.
SIRVEYS E0n RESERVATIONS
Mount- Adopt! Amendment us a Step to
Making Allot in nt.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. Tho
houso todny adopted nn nmondmont
to the sundry civil bill offered by Rop
resentatlvo Gamble, providing for tho
survey of Pine Ridge, Standing Rock
nnd Lower llrulo reservations, Tho
sum of $25,000 Is mado nvalhble for
tho purpose. Tho survey Is neces
sary preparatory to making allot
ments and Is recommended by tho
.secretary of tho Interior.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latent tjnnlntlnni irom souiu ........
.. ....... i...
nud Kniwm City.
KOI-TII OMAHA.
There wcro more cattle on salo totlu
than yestoniay, mu rccu.i.m
Khort yesterday of what they were laft
week. Packers nil normcd to he wanting
n few cattle and particularly tlune fhow
Ing quality and as a result tho market
ruled active ana swany uj iwh
around. , , ,
Hecclpts Included nbnut 30 cars of beef
steers nnd there were very few wliat
might be called Mulshed cattle. Tho bet-
..... orn.lnu Iwnrnver. were nicked till Ulirly
at good, HtrotiK prices anil the fair to good
... ' ,1... ... ..nn.l utnflrif.
came uiho sum reHuiiy ih kuuu, ni",
prices. ,
Thcro were something over 25 ears or
cows and heifers on sale and tlio market
was active nnd stronKer. in some canes
the more desirable kinds sold a good d'.mo
higher. Ah the demand for nil kinds was
In Kood shape It did not take long to
clear the pens.
Tho stacker and feeder trade did not
show much of any change today and
could be quoted Just about steady. In
sornu cases perhaps the butter grades
Fold a trllle stronger, but there were not
many good feeders orrercu nnn inc ue
mand for the common stuff was rather
limited and prices no more than steady.
HOUH Tiiuro was only a mr run oi
hogs here and while the market started
out wpuk u npr()V,,(l 1(ltcr nml tn(,
nVerngo cost of all the hogs wns a shade
better. The llrst sales were mostly at
r.J0 and and f5.I5. Home of the
choicer loads sold as high as JS.'.'T'.i and
J3.30, which was Co higher than yester
day's best price. All the hogs offered on
the morning market were sold in goou
season.
Hit HHP There wits another liberal run
of sheen here, but the demand wai canal
to tho occasion. It was a good choice.
active market and choice ewes or weth
ers brought a little stronger prices than
tncy (lid yesterday, it was nolleeauie,
however, that the handy weight stuff was
la much better reduest. i.igmweiKUi
lambs also commanded good, strong
prices, whllo the heavyweights of both
sheep and lambs wero sold in good sea
son.
KAN8AH CITY.
CATTI.IC-Hecclpts S.700: steady to 10c
up. Nntivo beer steers, i.mt;.w, hiock
ers ami feeders. ST.60iJi-1.S5: western fed
$I.OOiN.'JO: cows. fXWiUVr. heifers. $3.2.1fi
4.C5; canners, .J51rlM0; bulls, $3J jff l.i
calves, ja.OiMifi.O-.t.
HOOS Heeelnts 21,000: steady to lower.
Hulk of salCa nnd mixed packers, J.".2Vi
5.S0: heavy, tr..2r.5.3.'.; light, $3.05fi'5.?5j
pigs. Ji.,uftr..w.
sui-jki' Receipts 4.100: active to steady,
Lambs, $l.7Mifi.ir,; wethgrfl. $1.00. .1.40;
yearlings, JMOffUO; culls, J2.305j3.23.
DEATH IN THE DEEP
r.iclrfo Mull Steamer Itlo dn Janeiro
CrimheH Agulnst Itecf nml f-lnkn.
SAN FltANCISCO. Feb. 23. Tho Pa
clfie mnll steamer Hlo do Janeiro ran
on a hidden rock whllo entering tho
Golden Onto corly this morning In a
dense fog. She Bank In n fow minutes
after striking. If Is Impossible to ns
certain the exact number missing ow
lug to the fnct thnt Purser John
Hooney, who hnd tho passenger Hot
and roster of tho crew, Is among the
missing, but the latest estimate is that
122 persons, most of whom were Chi
neso and Japanese, were lost.
At G o clock this nfternoon ten bodlc3
had been recovered, two whlto women
ono whlto man nnd seven Chinese,
Tho most prominent passenger on tho
stenmer was Itounsevlllo WUdmau
United States consul nt Hong Kong
who was nccompanled by his wife nnd
two children. It Is thought nil were
drowned. Tho ship wns In command
of Pilot Frederick Jordon when
it
struck. Ho was rescued. Captain Wll
llnm Ward went oown with his ves
scl
Ab nenrly ns enn bo learned thcro
were 201 persons on board tho Rlo do
Jnnelro, ns follows: Cabin passengers
29; second cabin, 7; steernge (Chinos'
nnd Japanese), 5b; whlto officers, 30
Asiatic crew, 77. Tho rollnji:L&fi.V'ive
been accounted for: UcsciiGd, ,70; bod-
Ib at tho morgue, 10; tcrtal, 89; miss
ing. 145. J
Following Is thft-cobln passenger list,
nlmost compYnte: Consul General
RounflovlUirwlldman, Mrs. Wlldman,
two eAviiiircn and nurse, from Hong
Krwiir: Mrs. and Miss Wakefield of
'Honolulu; James K. Carpenter, min
ing engineer, Oakland, Cnl.; Miss
Howonn Jehu, Honolulu; William
Urander, London; Mr. Mattheson,
Shanghai; Captain Hecht, Germnn
navy; Captain Holtz. Shanghai; Mr.
Dowdell, Shanghai; J. F. Seymour, ed
itor of tho American, Manila; Mrs. K.
West, Sun Francisco; Miss Loheran,
Russell Harper, Journalist, Nagasaki;
Mr. and Mrs. Hart, Manila; Miss Ga
briel Hoorou. Dr. Dodd, Dutto, Mont.;
Attorney Hcnshnw, IJutte, Mont.; Mr.
and Mrs. Woodworth. Dr. Oknwhara
of Japan.
Tho Rlo do Janeiro wns threo days
overduo from Hong Kong, via Hono-
lu, when It arrived off tho Heads last
night, and tho denso fog prevailing at
tho tlmo Induced Pilot Jordan to bring
her to nnchor until ho could sco his
way clear through tho gntewny. It laid
to until about 1:30 o clock, whon the
ntmoaphoro cleared and It wns started
under a slow bell toward Point Ilen-
lta. All went well until 5:10 o'clock,
when It struck. Most of the passengers
wero below at tho time, and It Is bo
ltoved that many of them wero
drowned In their berths.
The first news or tho disaster reached
hero at 7:30 o'clock this morning and
soon ntterward a boatload of roscuod
paBsengers and petty olliccrs nrrlved
at tho mall dock. Tugs wore Immedi
ately dispatched to render nny servlco
that might bo needed, but no living
persons wero afloat when they reached
tho wreck. A number of drowning
people woro rescued by Italian fisher
men, and the bodies of two white wom
en, threo Chlneso and a Japanese wore
brought In by tno tugs. Tho search
for moro of tho victims has continued
nil (I:1:'.
Conjreiis Won't Ite.ioh It.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. The War
dopnrtnioiit has not heard from Gou
crnl Wood yet of tho reception by him
of tho Cubiu constitution, ns report
ed from llavona. It Is not oxpoctod
that ho will sond It to Washington Im
mediately unless ho enn transmit
along with It somo resolution by tho
constitutional convention doflnlng tho
reunions that aro to exist between tho
United States and Cuba. It Is now
manifest thnt It would bo a physical
Impossibility for tho present, congress
to act upon the sublect of Cuba.
f HIT II 1TUI1I1 I 111 1 II I 1 I fn
i mm
financial Intercuts of tho State In a
Prosperous Condition.
AW REGARDING RIPARIAN RIGHTS
Tlio Supreme Court Itemlor n DccUlon
In Jtofcrenco Thereto Where the
Bolt Originated, Miscellaneous Ne
braska Mutters.
LINCOLN. Feb.. 23. During tin
year ending December 2, PJoO, tk9 de
posits in Nebraska state banks, ex
clusive of national bannlts, Increased
over $4,2000,000. This nattering iudl-
nt on of tho continucu prosperous-
grow.th of tho financial Intel cits oL
the stato is reuecteu ny uie quunsr.y
report of the constitution of all ttutf
banks, mado puunc y aecreiary
RoyBo of the Stato Hanking board.
Tho figures contnlned in tno report
may Uo taken ns nn unquc3U0Lan;r,
Indication of tho prosperous nnd nup
crluttvo dividend-paying condition of
tho banks of our Btato nnd or tno'
sound con'servntlve basin upon which
tho banking Interests nro bLlng con
ducted," said Secretary Royse. "So
far na I know tho department nas
never Issued a report showing a more
Bubstnntial advance. A yenr ago
thero wero 105 banks In tho Etnto. To
day there aro 113 and nil aro In good
condition and doing n paying busi
ness. Thero have besn incrcaaas la
tho Items of loans and discounts, Iega'
reserve, surplus and profits nnd do
poslts, whllo in notes nnd bills rodls
counted and bills payable thcro has-
been a substantial decrease. Tho gen
eral deposits amount to $25,89 1,050.37."
A DECISION ON IRRIGATION
Snpi-cinu Court Overrule Motion for Jin-
hearing u Suit.
LINCOLN, Feb. 23. Irrigators of
tho state will bo disappointed by the
action of the supremo court In over
ruling a motion for rehearing tho Hiilt
In which an opinion was rendered
some months ago, holding that the old
common law regnrdlng riparian rights
holds In Nebrasko. Th.s law, in ef
fect, is that owners of lnnd adjacent,
to a running stream havo the right to
use the water of that stream, "undi
luted, unpolluted, undiminished lu
quantity."
Tho Bult wns ono originating In
Dawes county, whero the Crawford
company organized for the purposo of
running n ditch from the White river
to the village of Crawford, the wator
in the ditch to bo used for domestic
and Irrigating purposes. Leroy Hall
was a mill owned on the stream, a
short distance below Crawford. The
water used by tho Crawford company
slightly affected the flow at Hall's mill
and ho wns charged with threatening
to destroy tho dams of the company.
It appealed to tho district court Tor an
injunction restraining Hall from in
terfering Its property In any way nnd
for an adjudication of tho rights of
property owners along the stream.
A temporary Injunction was grant
ed, but the court refused to make It
permanent!, whoroupon tho supreme
court was asked to review tho action
of the lower tribunal. Somo months
ago tho court hold that the trial court
did not err, and It was on UiIh thai,
tho company asked a rehearing.
Jtepnrt on Iimano Anylurn.
LINCOLN, Feb. 23.rIho.iAfr
commit too on public lands and build
ings, pi which Senator Allen Is chnlr-i-tnan,
presented Its report on tho con
dition of tho Norfolk Insane asylum.
Tho commlttco found the water sup
ply inadequate, both n-j to pumps and
storage, and suggests that a stand
plpo bo erected fourteen feet In diam
ctor and eighty feet high. Tho proh
ablo cost of such ti istandpipo Is $4,000.
Tho committee recommends 100 rock
ers for tho elderly Inmates, ono couch
for each malo ward and new Iron beds
In the female wards.
lleltrlch Honors ItriinlMtlon.
LINCOLN, Feb. 23. Governor Diet
rich honored a requisition from tho
governor of Minnesota asking for the
return of Elmer Tnppy to that state.
Tappy Is under arrest at Greoly Center
nnd Is wanted at Mankato, Minn., on
the chargo of graud larceny. It Is
claimed that during tho early part of
this month ho converted to his own
use household goods not his own.
York In Advanced In Ilnnk.
LINCOLN, Feb. 23. Governor Diet
rich Issued a proclamation declaring
tho city of York a city of tho second
class with a population of between
5,000 nnd 25,000. This action will give
tho city a now charter, for it has
heretofore been governed by tho laws
relating to cities of Ices than 5,000
population. Tho official census credits
York with a population of 5,132.
11 tn l Utility to 1'orgcry.
BROKEN HOW. Feb. 23. Ed Penn.
who hns been held in jail threo woks
on tho charge of forging a check on
Mlko Roggen of Oconto for $37, plend
od guilty this nfternoon. Tho Judgo
deferred pronouncing sentence until
tho last of tho week, when he will
sentenco both Penn and Wllllnm Ox
ley, Mnrshall S. Plko, a poet, Dinger nnd
actor, Ib dead at Upton, Mass., aged 83.
Tho Whlto Pass & Yukon rond has
purchased tho proporty of the Canadian
Development company.
York to Hnve n Library,
YORK, Feb,, 23. Tho city troasuior
has received tho bequest of Mrs.
Charles Woods of nearly $10,000,
which wns given to fho city or York
ror tho purposo of purchasing either a
lot or a brick building sultnblo for
library purposes. Owing to tho cx
peiiBo in maintaining a library tho
mnjorlty of tho commltteo believe that
It is best to purchnso Inconie-payinir
property or build In tho business pari
of tho city, whero it can rent tho low
er rooms and In this wny pay most of
the running expenses of the labrary
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