THE SEMi-WEEKLY TRIBUNE i IKA I ItAUIC, Proprietor, "fnUMS: S1.28 IN ADVANCE. NORTH riATTE, NEBRASKA. BRIEF TELEGRAMS. f Thero la nn order from tlio United States govommcnt for 1,000 cavalry horses for tho regular army service. Tho Standard Q as company plant, south of Greonsburg, I'a., was totally destroyed by fire. Tho plant recently wua leased from tho National Glass company and was to bo Btartcd up coon. Robert 0. Ogdcn, philanthropist, will ntart from Now York City on or about April 15 with forty Invited gucsta on n. visit to tho educational institutions of tho Bouth. Tho party will bo com posed of poneons Interested In educa tion. Tho postofflco dopartmont has re jected nil blda for furnishing strcot letter boxca for tho postal sorvlco and now advertisements will bo Issued calling for steel boxes only. Tho snm plo boxes Btibmlttod were not satis factory. I'no bodies of nil tho miners who perished In tho flro at tho Diamond vlllc, Wyoming, mlno havo been re covered, tho twenty-eighth nnd Inst be ing taken out. Tho flro la out nnd mining operations will bo resumed In a fow days. Four suits aggregating In nil $180, fOO woro entered at Pittsburg In tho United States court against the Erie railroad to recover for tho loss of oil wells located along tho dofondant company's roads In MclCcnn county, 1'cnnsylvanln. Tho tonnngo carried through tho Sault canals nt tho outlet of Lnko Superior last season Involved freight charges of $25,000,000, though tho prlco per ton for ca"h mllo carried wna tho almost Infinitesimal flguro of 1.18 mills. Experiment!? Just completed havo demonstrated tho practicability of lighting up Nlngnra Fa1 to by electric ity to bo generated by tho falto. Now nnd powerful nparntus operating searchlights will hercaftor enable vis itors to rco tho falls ut night. Ah n further illustration of tho milder nttltudo rccontly assumed by tho Imporlnl government to ward Alsace-Lorraine, tho Uorllncr Tagcb'att mentions a report that Emperor AVU Ham la planning to glvo it a ropro sontatlvo In tho bundo3rath. After figuring with cvory largo food manufacturer In tho country, Lieut. Kvolyn 11. Baldwin closed a contract with tho Chlcngo Pncklng company for tho cntlro supply of food for tho Dnldwln-Zolgler polar expedition, which will sail n tho spring. Fifteen Angora goats, offorcd by Kansas and Missouri brooders, wcro sold Monday at tho KnnBas City Btock yards Balo pavilion. Tho regtotored! nnlmnlB wero Bold Blngly at prices ranging from SO to $12.50. Tho grado animals woro sold In car lots. Tho olllclal statomont of gross po3tal vccolptB for February, 1901, compared with Fobruary, i900, at tho fifty larg est postolllccs Bhow for Now York an incronso of 12.2 por cent and Chicago 20 por. cent lncroaso. Tho biggest In crease 38.7 por cent, Is at Dayton, O., and tho only decrcaso nt tho fifty larg est offices Is 4.7 per cent, at Syracuse, N. Y. At Howling Grcon, O., Ody McCar thy, who almost thraflhed to doath J. D. Insloy, a Bchool tonchor of North Bnltlmoro, and csenped to n. houso nenr that placo, whoro ho dolled ar rest, waa finally takon Into custody by Deputy Sheriff Fnrmer nnd a po?bo. McCarthy hold tho offlcora off all day, but, Booing thnt his enpturo was Inev itable finally gavo hlmsolf up and was placed in Jnll at Howling (Jreon. Secretary Wilson has authorized Prof. Mooro, chief of tho weather bu reau, to create threo now forecasting division undor tho general authority of tho last nprpoprlntlon act. TIiobq dlvtolon havo boon solectcd na follows: How England, hendqunrtorn at Bos ton: Western Qulf BtntoB, hoadqunr- tors at Galveston, and Central Rocky Mountain Plotoau, hcadquartors nt Denver. Tito will make a total or Bovon forecasting divisions In tho weather aorvlco. Tho loss in tho burning of tho Iowa university buildings Is $250,000. During tho absenco of tho pnronts tho resldonco of Guy Williams, savon miles north of Washington, Pa., wna destroyed by flro, and tholr threo chll dren, agod 1, 3 and 5 years, woro burned to doath. Prlnco Albert Zolmcl HrnuiiBfols has committed sulcldo at Wloabndon. hnv ing lenmod that tho dlso:iso from which ho was Buffering wna Incurable. Tho Bonato bill taxing Insurance companies pasped tho Now York nssom bly, Ab tho bill was suggested by Govornor Odcll It Is sure of cxocutlvo Blgnnturo. Tho Archer Starch company's fne tory, just north of Knnkakoo, 111., burned. Involving n loss or jiiiifi.uuu. Gnylord, Blessing & Co., ouo of tho oldest brokerngo flrma In St, l.oula, Mo., havo filed a deed of usslgnniont. Liabilities nro admitted to exceed tho assets by $50,000. Daniel Jones, farmor, wns frozen to death near Preston, Kan, Ho waa a votornn of tho civil war. Prof. Honry Thatcher Fowier, of Knox college, IlllnolH, hna been elected to tho chair of Illbllcnl llteraturo and hlstoi-y in Drown university, Provi dence, R. I., to Biiccoed Prof. CharleH Foster Kent. It to reported that RusBla is reok Ing tho support of tho powers In a Bchemo to prevent a sudden outbreak in tho Halkans. Captain John Palmer Is tho latent candldato for commissioner of pensions to aucceod II. Clay Evans or Tonnosscc, when his resignation is handed in Lady Curzon, wife of Iord Curzon of Keuloston, viceroy of India, will sail for England March 23, Abruhnm Slimmer, tho Wnvorly nankor, lias promuod tho Slutcra o Mercy of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to dou bio all tho monoy thoy can ralso for a new 'hospital up to 150,000, and tho city council has donated a site. TO EVACUATE IN APRIL American Troops Instructed to Withdraw Prom China Next Month, ONLY LEGATION GUARD REMAINS CliulToo nnd ICntlrn Cominnnil to On, I.oiivIiib Hut lflO Men Till Will True tkally Kml Occupancy liy Amorlrnii Troop. WASHINGTON, March 10. An or der was sent to General Chaffee today for the evacuation of China by Amer ican troops, leaving only a legation guard of 150 men. Tho troops will be removed from China the last of April. Tho dispatch to General Chaffeo In 'ckln Is as follows: "Adjutant General's Olllce, Mnrch 10. ChalTee, Pckln: In reply to your telegram secretary of war directs you completo arrangements to sail for Ma nila with your command and Btnff olll- ccrs by tho end of April, leaving as le gation guard Infantry company com posed of 150 men having at least ono year to servo, or thoso Intending to ro-onllst, with full complement of offi cers, medical olllccrs, sutllclcnt hospi- tnl corps men nnd, If you think best, flold ofllccr especially qualified to com mand guard. Retain nnd instruct officer quartermaster's department to proceed to erect necessary buildings for guard according to plan and C3tl mntca you approve. Colonel Charles F. Humphrey on arrival will muko nn Inspection of quartermaster's depart ment, Philippine Islands, until July 1, when ho will bo usslgncd to duty as chief quartermaster nt Manila nnd Miller ordered to tho United States. All stores and supplies not required for legation guard to bo disposed of In your best Judgment, of course. Serviceable supplies needed In Philip pine Islands will bo sent to Manila. Dl vtolon of tho Philippines will furnish uppllea for legation guard. MacAr- thur notified. CORHIN." It was Bald at tho war department that this clears up tho Chlncso situa tion bo far as tho war department Is concerned, na tho protection of tho le gation enn in no senso bo taken as an occupation of Chlneso territory, and tho guard cannot bo ltBcd for any other purpose. Tho transports Sumner and Indiana will bo sent to Taku to tnko tho troops in China to Manila. TIicbo troops con sist of tho Ninth Infantry, four troop3 of tho Sixth cavalry nnd tho light bat tery formerly cominnndcd by Cnptnln Rollloy. Two transports will bring away tho 1,100 anlmnto which havo been imcd by tho nrmy In China. General Chnffco has advised tho de partment thnt tho best plnco of em barkation la Taku, which no doubt will bo clear of lco on tho dato fixed for departure. FIXED BAYONETS IN FRONT Itltssliins Kutreiii'liud In Disputed Ter ritory. LONDON, March lfi. A dispatch re ceived horo from Tien Tsln by Ron ton) Tolcgrnm company, dnted from thnt city today, at 3:20 a. in., nays: "Tho Russians nro now entrenching In tho disputed territory. A compnny of tho Honk Kong regiment, with fixed bayonets, Is In front, whllo two com panies of tho Madras Pioneers, under tho commnnd of Mnjor Johnson, nro hold In reserve. "loth tho Russians nnd tho Ilrltla'a nro awaiting Instructions from tholr governments." TIEN TSIN, March 1C Tho Hrltisli and RusBinus nro still disputing over tho HmltB of rnllwny property In tho Russian concession, nnd tho guards of tho two nations nro In eloso proximity to each other. Tho Hrlttoh havo boon strongly reinforced and troublo to lm mlnent unless tho Russians retire NEBRASKA 0RATARS LOSE Minnesota Ditfimts tho University hi n Speaking Content. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Mnrch 10. Minnesota won tho oratorical contest Jicld In tho University chnpel this ovonlng from tho Unlvoralty of No brnska, gaining first nnd third plnces. Guy L. Caldwell wns markod first by tho Judges, W. 13. Hannnn of Nobrnska second, L. II. Johnson of Minnesota third nnd N. M. Graham of Nebraska fourth. Tho Judges, woro Dr. Charles M. Jordan and Rev. Mnrlnn I). Shut tcr of Minneapolis mid Dr, Hrldgomnn, prcstdont of Hnmllno ulverslty. Dr. Frank MeVoy presided. Ene.li orator wns given fifteen minutes for his ml dross. Miss Morrow (lets lloml. ELDORADO Kan., March 13. Jo-. bIo Morrison, charged w'ta killing Clnra WUoy Castle, today furntohod a $5,000 bond, signed by ropitablo business nion, for tho eontinuanco of her enso. Tho bond wns accepted am Miss Morrison will bo released to morrow T:u trial of iho case will lu held during tho Juno term. Mlinoiirl to Tux Meterages, JEFFEUSON CITY, Mo., March 1G Tho Bonato today passed the hous bill taxing whtoky. brnndy. rum. gin distilled spirits of all kinds, wines nnd vinous liquors sold in tho state. Tho house bill levied a tax of 20 cent per gallon, but tho .senate reduced tho rate to 10 cents per gallon. g'JB.OOU OOO From Carnegie, PITTSHURG, March 10. Tho dla patch says: Intimate friends of An drew Cnrneglo say It to tho Intention of tho steol innBtor to give ut leas $25,000,000 for tho erection of build lugs and for tho endowmont of tho propoHod technical school for Pitta burg. It to declared by thoso who huvu talked with Mr. Cnrneglo that ho in tonds to mnko his school tho finest o its kind In tho world nnd thnt it will loud us much fnino to Pittsburg on the theoretical Blda of Iron and steol mnk Ing as his famous works have doue lu actual practlco. TAKES MEIKELJOIIN'S PLACE. Col, Sanger Given Commission ns Assls flint Secretary of U'nr, WASHINGTON, March 15. Colonel William Cory Sanger of Now York to day won appointed ass.stant secretary of war and Immediately entered upon tho dlschargo of tho duties. His com mission was mado out In the War de partment this morning and wns signed by tho president during tho forenoon. Soon nftcrward Colonel Sanger ap peared at tho War department and was Immediately ushered Into tho prl vato office of Secretary Root. There In tho presence of Lieutenant Goneral MIIch and Chief Clerk Schoflcld, ho subscribed to tho regulation oath of office. In it ho states his rcsldenco ns Sangerflcld, N. Y. Tho now nsBlstnnt sccretnry, Is a guest nt tho houso of Secretary Root and tho two took luncheon thero this afternoon. According to nn arrange ment mado In tho morning, Colonel Sanger at onco took formal possession of tho offico of assistant scerotnry nnd was introduced to tho burenu chlofi and nil other principal officers of tho department. Later ho waa presented to tho president by Secretary Root. Tho following official statement was mado by tho Bcrctnry of war this nf tcmoon In regnrd to tho nppolntmenv. homo tlmo before tho expiration of tho last ndmlnlstratlon nnd before tho re-appolntment of tho cabinet, Assist ant Socretnry MolkloJohn notified tho prcsldont that by renson of his cnndl dacy for tho senate, tho long canvass mending It and tho necessity that thero Bhoultl bo nn assistant secretary ho could bo present In Washington to perforin the duties of tho offico, he wan unwilling to permit bis nnmo to bo considered for reappointment. Mr. William Cury Sanger, has accordingly, been nppolnted and will immediately enter upon tho dlschargo of his duties. Senators Piatt and Denow of Now York called at tho White House today and woro -with tho president for an hour. When they left tho follow'ng official statement was mado ub to tholr Islt: Tho New York senators. Piatt and Dopow, called upon tho president this morning, nnd for tho first tlmo tho subject of Colonol Sanger's appoint ment na nsslstant secretary of war was rererreil to. Having gono over tho mntter fully with tho secretary of war, they desired to offer no opposition to Colonol Snngcr'B appointment. Whllo tho Now York senators had been disposed to oppose Colonel San Bor, they realized that tho assistant to cabinet officer should bo In barmonv with his chief nnd they decided not to carry their opposition any further. STATE CASKET IS SELECTED. Simla of licit Cedur mill JMiiln In Its Ailnrninriit. INDIANAPOLIS. Afnrr.li ir.T.nt yoRterdav nftnrnniin w. u tt inin.- Colonel Russoll Harlson, Secretary iiuucil ana uolonnl Unnmlnll wlm la In constnnt nttondnnco at tho HarrI-' son, homo visited an undertaking es tablishment, selected a caskot and gavol uirocuons concerning the funeral ur-' uiigcments. WhnNa known as n Rtnfn rnslrnt no decided Upon. It Is mado of red cedar' na is provided with a copper lining, wiucn maKcs tno compartment abso lutely nlr tight. Over tho copper Is a silk lining, on which tho body will rest. Tho I'nslfnr. lu iWnrnfnil ,il Mm comers with simply hand-carved orna monts nnd hns a heavy carved molding.' Tho top to absolutely plain and tho oniy ornnmoiu will no a plum oxidized Plato, on which will bo engraved tho words, "Benjamin Harrison, 1833 1001." Tho COVOrlnir Is of hlnrk hrnnilnlnMi Heavy oxidized handles and ornaments Will bo URod. Thn rnnlfpt nnmnlnln will weigh nearly 300 pounds. "A heavy red cottar ouisiuo box will bo used with the caskot. It will bo doposlted In an airtight vault nnd tho ensket will then bo placed insldo. Tho casket will bo romoveu to tno homo tomorrow after noon and tho body will then bo pre pared for burial and placed In It. FAIR TO OPEN FIRST OF MAY. 1'resltlciit McKlnley F.xpected to Start tliu Wheels Turning. BUFFALO. N. Y.. March 15. With tho return of Director General Bu chanan from Washington the pinna lor oponing tno Pnnamorloan exposi tion nro assuming definlto shnpo. it una ueon decided to onen tho ex position on May 1. At thnt tlmo Pres ident McKlnloy and his cabinet nro cxpocted to bo on their wny to tho l'aeiiio coast, it Is proposed to con nect tho president's train with tho Tcmplo of Music. Direct telegraphic communications will also bo estab lished with tho cxocutlvo offices of tho presidents of nil tho republics of tho westorn hemispheres nnd tho governor gonernl of Canada. At precisely 2 o'clock, Buffalo tlmo, they will nil bo requested to touch electric buttons In tholr offices which will stin t pieces of mnchlnory ut tho exposition. At tho snnio tlmo It Is expected that thoy will transmit a message of greeting. Pres ident McKlnloy, from his spoclal car, Buroundod by Ills cabinet, will thou start the great fountain pumps and will transmit over tho wires a message of greeting, Ex-Senator Carter was ut tho WMilto Houso and discussed with Secretary Cortelyou houio planB regarding tho president a western trip. It Is under stood that tho presidential party Is to visit tho ollow8tono National park anil Mr. Carter deslrod to mnko ar- raiiRomenta for tho party when It pass cd through Montana and whllo In tho park. MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT. KfiiiiU I'omlolenrc to Widow of (lenerul llurrlkon. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASH ING TUN, March 1 1, 1901. MrB. oBn Jamln Harrison, Indianapolis: lu tho death of General Harrison tho country has lost a distinguished statesman, a devoted pntrlot and nn oxomplarv cltl zon. Tho pooplo of tho nation mourn with you. You hnvo tho hcartfolt sym pathy of MrB. McKlnley and myself In this hour of overwhelming Borrow in your homo. WILLIAM M'KIKLEY. I SENT j.1 Constant Stream of Telegrams Being Received nt Harrison Homo, ONE MESSAGE IS FROM CLEVELAND Former Members of Ilnrrlsnn Cabinet Aro Itepresented Testimony of Uni versal borrow tit Death of General llurrlaon The Funeml Arrangement INDIANAPOLIS, Intl., March 15. No Booner wna tho news of tho death of tx-Prcsldent Harrison Hashed to tho world than tho messages of inquiry which had been pouring In for several days changed to messages of sympathy and condolence. During tho first part of lust night a large number of such mesages wcro received from cvory sec tion of the country, and at nn early hour this morning thero was a steady lino of messenger boys to tho Harrison homo In North Delaware street. Tho messages camo from Intimate friends nnd ndmlrers of tho general and from men who had been associated with him in public life at ono tlmo or nnother. Tho greater part of them wero of such nn intlmuto, porsonnl nature that Mrs. Harrison felt thnt their contents should not bo given to tho public. Ono ot tho first messages received wua frrjm cx-Presldcnt Cleveland, who waB twice tho rival of General Harrison for tho presidency, onco successful and onco defeated. Ho telegraphed as fallows: "PRINCETON, N. J., March 13, 1901. Mra Benjamin Harrison, Indianapo lis: Accept my heartfelt sympathy lu nn affliction which millions Bharo with you. G HOVER CLEVELAND." Chief Justice Fuller, Justice Harlan nnd Justice McKcnna of tho supromo court sent messages expressing their grief nnd sympathy last night. All tho members of General Harri son's cabinet when ho waa president Bent telegrams. Messages wcro re ceived from Charles Foster, who was secretary of tho treasury; John W. Foster, ox-secretary of state, the lat ter telegraphing from Calflornla, whero he to enrouto to Washington from Mex ico; ex-Secretary of War and Senator S. B. Elklns, ex-Secretary of the Inter ior John W. Noblo and ex-Postmaster General John Wanamaker. The latter tolcgraphed that ho would bo hero to attend tho funeral of General Harrison and It to expected that a number of other cx-cablnet olllccrs will be pres ent. Among other men ot prominence from whom messages were received last night woro ox-Senator Thomas W. aimer of Michigan, Senor Asplroz, tho Mexican minister nt Washington; Murnt Halstcad and William McAdoo. Tho latter was assistant secretary of tho navy under President Cleveland. This morning tho first niessngo re ceived was that of President McKlnley. This was followed In n few minutes by a telegram from Whltclaw Rold, who was tho nominee for vlco president on tho ticket In 1892 with General Harri son. Mr. Held telegrapiied Mrs. Har rison from Mlllb'rac, Cal ns follows: "Wo aro profoundly shocked by this midden nnd terrlblo bereavement for you nnd the calamity for tho country. Mrs. Reed Joins mo In tho expression of sincere and deep sympathy." Tho first cablegram to bo received by Mrs. Harrison camo at 8:30 this morning. It was from First Assistant Secretary Jackson of tho American embassy at Berlin. Mr. Jackson re colved his appointment to this position from President Harrison during his Into Incumbency ot tho Whllo House. Ho to now American chnrgo d'affaires. Tho mossngo was an expression of grief and Mr. Jackson felt tho loss ot n personal friend. Tho second cnblegrnm camo a few minutes later from Addison C. Harris of Indianapolis, United States minister to Austria. SENTENCED FOR DESERTION. I'rlvuto (leorge Clippie to Spend Hrvcn Vrnrn In 1'rlnon. WASHINGTON, March 11. Private Gcorgo Clippies, Company D, Nine teenth Infantry, wna tried by court martial nt Cebu, Philippine islands, nnd found guilty of dcsrtlon from the Sixty-seventh artillery. Ho waa sen tenced to bo eliot. Ab hla caso ln volvo tho death penalty, It was sub mitted to tho president for his action. Ho hna Issued nn order commuting the Bontenco to dtohonorablo dlschargo from tho sorvlco of tho United States, with forfeiture of all pay and allow ances due, or to becomo due, nnd con finement nt hard labor for tho period ot soven years. Mori- Ptniillpox UimrM. DES MOINES, la., March 16. Tho Stato Board of Health has recclvod In formation of Binnllpox cases at Jowoll, Nashua, Webster City. Ladora. Dun combo, Klmballtown, Mystic, Auburn, Marlon, .lacks township, Benton conn ty; Conter township, Mills county, nnd Jouorson township, Poweshiek county ino reiKirt from Nashua to that there are ten or twolvo cases In tho town Sim. ItlelmrilHon Iiullrti-il. ST. JOS13PH, Mo., March 15. Tho Indictment of Mrs. Addlo Richardson for tho murder of her husband. Frank L. Richardson, tho mlllloniilro mer chant or bnvuniinh, was entirely unex polted. Mrs. Rtehardton soino time after tho Indictment wns returned said: "1 havo no fours ns to tho out como of tho trial. I know aleolutely nothing of tho crlmo more tha.i I havo told to tho inoseciitlng attornoy. Fur thormoro, 1 bollovo he kuows that I am Innocent" Itlrh rind In Copper Mine. CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 15. W, F. Baker, ono of tho owners of the Iconoclnst copper mlno In tho llalleck canyon district east of Inramle, re colved word from tho mlno today that n rich discovery was made a fow daya ago. A vein of high grado oro was uncovered nt a depth of 125 feet In a llfty-threo-foot drift. Tho oro runs upward of 30 per cont copper and the Indications nro that tho body Is n largo one. Tho owners wcro about to closo a deal for tho snlo of tut v v i u uuui i vurj iiiiu Njui.il mlno to a Boston compauy. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. I.ntCBt OuotntlonH from South Omuli" nnd Kntmn City, SOUTH OMAHA. ITnton Stock Yards Cuitlo Thero was a light run of cattle and na n result there wna considerable competition among buy ers. The few beaf Btcers olTered met with ready sulo of Rood, strong priced ns com pared with yesterday. The demand on tho pnrt of packers seemed to be qulto liberal and In order to fret what thoy nwded they puld considerable higher prices In Home cases for tho more desir able kinds, The commoner cattlo also moved more freely than usunl, go tho lens wcro cleared at nn early hour. The cow market was In much the same con dition as tho trade on steers. Uuycrs wero all anxious for supplies and Jumped In and bought up what was offered enrly hi tho mornlnB at good, strong prices. Tho cattle seemed to change hands about n fast as they arrived nnd nil kinds brought very satisfactory prices as com pared with yesterday's quotations. Tho lightweight bulls also sold in good shape, nt fully steady prices, but, tho same' us lias been tho caso for some llttlo tlmo, tho heavyweights wero hurd to move. Prices on that kind wcro only about steady. Veal cnlves were In good demand and sold strong. Tho samo could bo suld of stags. Hogs There was a very light run of hogs hero today and ns tho demand on tho part of packers was In good shapo tho market opened genernlly 10c higher. I ho range of prices was from t;.ft2'A to Um, with the long string at 5.53. Tho choicer and heavier weights sold at ..Ci!4 and as high as .'.CO was paid for a fancy load. The market was fully uctlvo nnd the bulk was sold lu good season, today's advance carries tho market not only to tho highest point reached this year, out to tho high point since Sep tember, 18)1. Sheei Tho sunnlv of rIippi tmlnv wnn not exccsslvo and tho demand wns equal to tho occasion. There was not much chnngo noticeable In the prices paid far owes and wethers and tho murket could best bo described by calling It n good, steady murket. Lambs, however, wcro in good demand nnd tho market gener ally a dlmo higher thnn yesterdny. As high as $3.20 was paid today, which, con sidering quality, wns Just nbout 10c high er man yesterdays market, it was a fairly active market all around nnd the mik of tho offerings wcro sold lu good season. KANSAS CITY. Cattle I,lirht TnYnna filfin 111 Mi nr. nn. lvo Stccra and cows Mtenilv! slnrknru nml feeders weak to 10c lower: nntlve lipnf steers, $4.GOtf?3.C3: stockers nnd feeders, JI.OOfl'l.Tui western fed steers, $l.2jjir.13: Texans and Indlnns. J3.S074.SO; cows, $3.10 ..x: neiiers, .i.-j&jn.Tr: ennners. J2.33u3.O0; bulls, $3.00JK23; rnlvcs. $4.00fiC.CO. Hogs-Mnrket SffTWc higher; top, $3.G7t4: bulk Of HnleS. l.VSr,ar..KIi,! honvv KRMi) Ti.jilM: mixed packers. $5.6305.05; light, j..Kfu.iK,; pigs. i.iixyr.3U. Sheep and I,ambs Market nctlvo nnd steady; western Iambs, $3.00115.25: west ern wethers. $1.25f4.70: western yearlings. $t.riOH5.00: ewes. $3.7Mf4.2.1; mills. 3.50. AGAINST PLATT AMENDMENT Cuba's Committee on Foreign Itelntlonn Decides to Oppose Acceptance. HAVANA. Mnrch 1C Tko commlt- teo on foreign relations hold another prlvato meeting this afternoon. Se- i nor ds Qucsada, one of the members says tho committee ngrced unanimous ly that tho I'latt amendment In Its present form could not bo accepted nnd that a report to this effect wou'd bo submitted to tho constitutional con vention. Ho also assorts that tho com- mltteo la assured of tho support of twenty-eight delegates. Monday next tho commltteo will meet again, when Individual opinions on the question will bo Hied, to bo incorporated later Into tho final re port. Tho Intention of tho commlt teo is not to mako a final report for some time, but Senor de Qtiesada de clnros thnt this delny will not weaken tho determination of its members not to accept tho Piatt amendment ns it stands. UNCLE SAM HAS GOLD A PLENTY. Amount In Treasury Swells Until It llri'iiks All Itecnrds. WASHINGTON, March 1C Tho gross gold In tho treasury yestorday amounted to $182,913,023, compared with $41G,218,209 nt tho samo period last year. ie3terdny'B figures break all records. Tho increase In tho gold holdings ot tho department during tho year has been f GG,C94,8H. At tho dopartmont, it Is said, tho prospect Is that tho gold holdings will tontlnuo to Increase at tho rato of probably $5,000,000 a month until tho now revenue law noes Into effect. Tho amendments to this law will reduce ! tho treasury receipts. It 13 thought. about $40,000,000 a year, but Treasurer Uoberts thinks that this will only servo to check tho growth of tho gold hold ings, but does not think tho decreaso in the receipts will diminish tho gross gold. South St. Joseph Is In Lino. ST. JOSEPH, March ' 1G. Tho city council tonight accepted tho offer of Mr. Andrew Carneglo, giving $25,000 to South St. Joseph for u library nnd night school, providing teachers nnd a librarian and assistant wero supplied by tho city. Resolutions expressing the city's thanka for tho gift wcro or dered Bent to tho giver. Soldier Wins a Cndctnlilp. BEATRICE, Nob., March 18. At tho examination for admission to West Point mllltnry school, hold horo, Hugh D. Schultz, of this city, won tho cadet ship nnd Jesso S. Luncnster of York wna named as tho alternate Mr. Schultz la a member of Company C, First Nebraska, and served ono nnd n half years In tho Philippines without being sick u sluglo day. Yost of Omaha Iteelertud. DAVENPORT, la., Mnrch IS. Tho nnminl meeting of tho Iowa Telephone company was hold horo. C. E. Yost of Omaha was re-olected president; F. H. Griggs, Davenport, vlco president; James B. Msboh, Davenport .secretary nnd treasuror vlco .C A. Dalzell, re signed. Cnptnln Ty lor's l'romotloii. WASHINGTON, March 10. Captain Charles W. Taylor of tho Ninth cav alry, who shared largely In construct ing Fort Robinson In Nebraska and who 1b romombored by mnny of tho oldor citizens of tho state, passod hla examination for promotion to a ma jority today. Captain Taylor was at tho head of his troops in tho charge up Sun Juan hill, was shot In tho neck nnd bo badly wounded that ho has not yet fully recovered tho use of IiIb loft arm. 1 IMR1 Nation's Twenty-Thlrd President Expiccs at His Homo in Indianapolis. IS UNCONSCIOUS TO THE END Sufferer Never l'ulljr Arouses From Con dition of Hoinl-OoiisclnuiineRi No On Ilccognlzcd Sorrowing Members About tho lledsldn llenr No l'nrtlng Word. INDIANAPOLIS, March 14 General Benjamin Harrison died at 4:15 o'clock yestoday afternoon without re gaining consciousness. Hla death wna quiet and painless, thero being a gradual sinking until tho end came w.ilch wna marked by n Blnglo gasp for breath as llfo departed from tho body of tho great statesman. Tho rel atives, with a fow exceptions, nnd sev eral of tho former president's old and tried friends wcro at the bedsldo when ho passed away. Tho gcneral'B condition was bo bad In tho morning, after a restless night, that tho attending physicians under stood thnt tho end could not bo far off and all the bulletins sent out from tho sick room wero to this effect, so that tho family 'and friends wero pre pared when mo. final blow came. The. gradual falling of tho remarkable strength shown by tho patient bocamo moro notlccablo In tho afternoon and a few moments before tho end thero was an apparent breakdown on tho part of tho sufferer as ho surrendered to tho disease against which ho had been so bravely battling for bo many hours. Tho change was noticed by tho physicians and tho relatives and friends, who had retired from tho sick room to tho library below, woro quick ly summoned and reached tho bodsldo of tho goneral beforo ho passod awny. Nows of tho death spread quickly, throughout tho city and sovcral of the moro Intimate friends at onco hurrledl to tho rcsldenco and offered their ser vices, which, however, wcro not need ed. Tho word was bulletined by all tho newspapers and thus communicated to tho people on their way homo in tho evening. Tho announcement caused tho greatest sorrow, nearly, ovcryono having nurtured the hope that General Harrison would recover. Within a fow moments tho flags on all tho public buildings nnd most of the downtown business blocks wore hoist ed at half-mast and other outward manifestations of mourning weroi made. Nono of General Harrison's childron wero present nt his death, neither Colonel Russell Harrison nor Mrs. McKeo having reached the city, al though both woro hurrying on their way to tho bedside of their dying par ent as fast as steam would bear them. Elizabeth, the llttlo daughter, had been taken from the sick room by her nurso boforo tho end came. The group at tho bedsldo Included Mrs. Hnrrlson, W. II. II. Miller, Samuel Miller, hla eon, tho Rov. M. L. Haines, pastor ot" tho First Presbyterian church, which General Harrison had attended for bo many years; Secretary Tlbbetts, Drs. Jameson and Dorsey, Colonel Daniel Ransdell, sergeant-at-arms of tho United States senate and a close per sonal friend of tho dead ox-presldnt: Clifford Arrlck and tho two nurses, who havo been In constant attendance at tho bedsldo. General Harrison's' two sisters and an aunt wero alo'J present. Mrs. Harrison kneeled at tho right hand sldo of tho bed, her husband's right hand grasped In hers, whllo Dr. Jameson hold tho left hand of the dy ing man, counting tho fooblo pulse beats. In a fow moments nftor tho friends had been summoned to the room tho end came, Dr. Jameson an nouncing tho sad fact. Tho groat si lence that fell upon tho sorrowing watchers nt tho bedsldo was broken by tho voice of Dr. Haines, raised in prayer. Supplicating consolntion for tho bereaved wlfo and family, min gled with the sobs of tho mourners. Comment nn Harrison's Denth. LONDON, March 14. All tho morn ing papors publish long memorials of General Harrison. Tho Dally Chron icle says: "It mav bo long before America finds nnother prealdont as capablo and conservative." Tho Standard expresses tho opinion that General Harrison has not left a deep mark In tho history of his country, but, llko all tho papers, it pays a trl buto to his high personal character. Khedive. K'slst Sultnn. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 13. 'Ahmed Shoflk Bey, the khedlvp's so rotnry, who was sent horo to sottlo tho dlfforoneo between tho sultan of Tur key nnd tho khodlvo of Egypt, will return to Egypt shortly, his mlpslon linvlng failed. Tho sultan stlpulnted ns a prollmlnnry of tho settlement that his brother-in-law, Mahmtid Pa Bha, who sought refuge In Egypt nfter hla flight from Turkey late Inst year, must bo returned to Constantinople. Cnrnecle Cltve Five Millions. PITTSBURG, March 14. Two com munications from Andrew Carneglo, which oro ofllclnlly mado public to night, toll of tho Bteol king's retire ment from nctlvo business lifo nnd of his donntlon of $5,000,000 for tho en dowment of a fund for superannuated and disabled employes of tho Carneglo compnny. This benefaction Is by far tho largest of tho many creatPd by Mr. Carnegie, nnd la probably without a counterpart anywhero In tho world. BANDITS ATTACK PAYMASTER. Major 1'lckott's Men Saves 87fi,000 lu Onld lir Hard Klcbllnc. MANILA, March 14. Paymaster Major Pickett with $75,000 gold and nn escort of ton mounted men from Company D of tho Slxtoonth regular Infantry was attacked by a party of thirty bandits on tho road between Bayombong and Echaguo, In tho prov Inco of Nouva Vlscaya. A hard fight ensued nnd tho robbers were routed. Tho funds were saved. Corporal Hooker was killed and a prlvato was .wounded. PASSING