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    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