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"V r L r Hollokv Ash... J Hall J DV MARGARET BLOUNT. CHAPTER XVIII. It was a beautiful morning almost ns mild as If It had boon autumn, rath er than a December day. The sun 'had advanced just high enough In tho hoavens to pour down his mildest and tvarmost beams, and tho near village end tho distant hills were bathed In tho golden light, nB, of old, tho fair Eden spread its beauty forth for Adam's admiring eyes. It was a blessed day. Tho most caroloss heart could but drink In Its beauty In a thankful mood; tho fresh, eweot air brought a color to the most pallid chcok. It was hard to look out upon tho glorious sceno and realize that a world so lovely and so fair should bo tho homo and haunt of all that was contemptlblo and base that tho serpont Slander and tho gaunt fiend Caro, and tho domon of Murdor, with his red right hand, could fling a Bhadow over all this beauty and causo each heart that had loved It once, al most to curso its memory In after years. And yet, ovon tho Blnglng of tho blltho birds on that lovely winter's day seomed to say that this might bo so seemed to say that tho ltttlo childron Bportlng Joyously In tho vlllago street might llvo to feel that blighting scorn which worldly spirits only understand; that thoso pleasant rustic homes, scat tered Uko vlslblo blessings hero and there, might bo tho haunts of fiends in iuman form, and tho burial placo of tno heart's best affections. For tho singing of tho birds, In somo flirango way, seemed to Bpeak that morning of ono sorely tried and tempt ed In hor earthly pllgrlmago, but now . at rest whoro no earthly malice could disturb hor of ono whoso sweet eyes would havo gazed in calm contempla tion on that lovely sceno, had no false words over kindled tho flamo of lovo within her breast, and then left It to go out in darkness, In bltternoss, in tears and death I Yet, on that lovely day, a docd ap parently unsulted. to tho sylvan love liness of tho sceno, was about to bo dono. On that day, tho record of tho past was to bo rudely searched tho gravo made to glvo up its Becrots and its dead. Having undertaken tho task, Mr. Cowley was dotormlncd to accomplish It; and yet, he would havo given worlds, as tho hour drew nigh, that ho had never meddled with tho mat ternever como to Hollow Ash Hall. His nephew also seemed nervous and 111 at ease. As for tho ladles, they scarcely spoke, but sat huddled together ovor tho drawing-room flro nil except Rose, and sho was wander ing over tho houso like nn uneasy spirit, till at last they missed her en tirely. The morning was rapidly waning away, and at last Mr. Cowloy roso from his casy-chalr with tho air of a man who had mado up his mind be yond tho power of a change. "Como, Charles, lot us got It over," ho said, gravoly. They wont out Into tho hall. Roso met them thero, and by her side stood a tall and handsomo gentleman, with a forolgn air and appearance. "Father," said tho girl eagerly, como back Into tho library for a moment This gentleman knows tho secret of tho haunted houso, and is about to tell it to you." Mr. Cowloy Btartcd, as well he might. "And who may this gentleman bo?" he nsked, somowhat stiffly. "A friend of tho Vornons," was the quick reply. "Let him tell you tho story of tho haunted room." They went back into the library to gethcr, and this was the substanco of tho story which ho told them of tho dead girl, tho ruined family, and tho deserted houso: Marlon Escourt had been a favored child from tho vory hour of her birth Truo, her young mother died that sho might llvo, but a sister of that mother, good nnd puro as sho, took tho Infant to hor heart, and cherished it for tho r;ako of tho dead. Marion's aunt was ono of earth's saints, and, under her loving caro tho child grew mild, nnd good and gentle beloved by every ono who know hor. Her father was an old man, nnd, being tho possessor of groat wealth, ho chose to lndulgo his only and darling child in every wish she expressed. Ho seemed but to llvo that ho might please hor; yot, Btrango to say, In splto of all this injudicious fondness, sho was qulto unspoiled. A slight touch of haughtiness there might havo bewi in hor mannor, but she was no more to blamo for that than that her eyes wore so largo and dark, or hor form bo rced-llko and graceful. With tho beauty of hor mother, sho had inherited tho stately manner of her father, and though sho moved amonghorfrlends with the stato ly dignity of a young princess, no ono seemed disposed to quarrel with what became hor so well, and was so sweetly tetnpored with modosty and gentleness nnd all good gifts, Years passed on nnd added tho nrch fascinations of girlhood to hor othor charms. Her playmates woro forced to select their cavaliers from tho list of hor rejected lovers, aud yet her heart scorned all untouched. At lost sho made her choice It aur '1 prlsod ovcry one. Hor second cousin, deorgo Vernon, a graceless, drinking nnd dlceing Oxford student, won tho trcasuro for which so many hnd longed in vain. Won it almost without an effort on his part won It without knowing of Its valuo, or knowing how to npprcclato it. When by tho advlco of a dear frlond sho knelt nt her father's feet nnd told him of her lovo, tho old man burst Into a storm of anger, threatened hor with tho loss of homo and friends; threatened her also with his own curso; but It was nil in vain! Sho was his own child. Sho Inherited all his prldo and hnughtlnoss. though theso qualities had been kept In tho background by tho gontlo teachings of her aunt; and when ho attempted to thwart her dearest wishes so openly and determinedly, her prldo and will wcro nrouscd, and her soul opposed In all its native fierceness to his own. That night sho fled I Tho morning brought a letter from hor, saying that sho had chosen to sharo poverty with her lover, rather than enjoy wealth without him. At tho samo tlmo sho prayed her father not to cast her ut terly from his heart, but to think of her in kindness and mercy, for tho sako of tho long nnd happy years thoy had left bohlnd them forever. Marlon was by no means one to bo discarded and forgotton whero sho had onco been loved, and though at first her stern old father forbado all men tion of her namo and threatened to disinherit her at onco, her memory, gcntlo, kind nnd loving as sho had al ways boon till that fatal night, grad ually disarmed him, and by degrees thoy came to speak of her again around tho homo hearth, and to send many u loving wish nnd thought to follow hor In hor wanderings. It may bo that her father felt that ho had driven her to dcsporntlon by his harshness, for as tlmo softened tho first sting of agony, ho grew moro kind and gcntlo, and often encouraged his faithful housekeeper to sit and talk for hours with him of her they had both loved so well. At that time, If sho had returned, ho would gladly havo welcomed and forgiven her. But ah! as tho poet says, "It only tho dead could know nt what hour "To como back and bo forgiven!" They do not know, nor do the liv ing, till tho appointed time has gono by, and elfher tho forgiveness or tho tlmo for receiving It has passed away. No tidings camo directly from Marlon her father did not oven know tho exact placo of her rcsldonco. A flying rumor reached him now and then; but all was uncertain and mysterious; and at last ovon this scanty informa tion ceased, and her name was spoken softly and tenderly, as "Tho household namo Of ono whom Qod has taken." Her father mourned for her silently, but sincerely; and all could seo by tho bending of tho stately form and tho silver threads that glistened In his jetty hair, how tho estrangement, and silence, nnd separation were eating his very llfo away! Hor llfo Bhould havo boon a happy gentleman who Is supposed to bo mixed up with tho affairs of mortals, who must, I think, havo laughed In his slcovo when chnnco sent n young widow to dwell In tho vicinity of tho newly married pair. Sho was a woman of good birth and high family, though so reduced In cir cumstances as to bo obliged to add to hor scanty income by privato tuition in the moro genteel families around Danley. Sho was a flno classical schol ar, an artist, an nuthoress, and, In addition, danced llko a fairy, played and sunk llko an angel, and rodo llko Dlo Vernon herself. Hor tall, elegant flguro, her deep mourning, tho easy graco of her motions and tho dignity of her mnnnerB had already moved Georgo Vernon strangely, and though. sho was a brilliant rathor than a beau tlful women, with her wondrous unlle, her flashing eyes, her bewitching manners nnd easy graco, sho placed him whoro sho hnd bo olten placed his betters at her feet! Tho dusky gentleman of whom I havo already alluded, having his Im plements upon tho ground, lost no tlmo In using them. Mr. Vornon and tho govorness met often, and it needed no spoken word to tell tho enchantress all ho was feeling. His words his sighs tho long ardent glances of his hand some hazel eyes, told tho story only too well, nnd smiling sometimes to horsolf nt this new proof of her power of fascination, she gavo him somo slight encouragement from tlmo to tlmo. He did not lovo her, and yot, at last, ho walked up and down his room at midnight, thinking, whllo she was sleeping quloMy nnd would havo laughed heartily at his employment had she known It. Ho was only doing what a thousand men havo dono be fore him what a thousand moro will do after him flinging hlmsolf at tho feet of a woman who would lend him through a tempest of passion and leave him at last bankrupt of faith, of feel ing and honesty, and all olso that to tho noblo heart makes llfo at all worth living. CHAPTER XIX. And all this tlmo what was Marlon doing? This houso was oven moro lonely then than It is now. Thero woro fow countrv snats around, and oven with their tenants, Mr. Vernon had little or no Intimacy. People did not qulto un derstand him or his position. Thero wcro rumors afloat that touched his character closely; and oven Marlon was supposed to bo not a lady, a rel ntivo nnd his wlfo but a person of in ferior birth; como oven thought her a servant, who hnd consented to resldo with him without troubling boraoU about tho formal ceremony of mar riage. Ho must havo known that this was tho gcnornl Impression, and yet ho nover contradicted It In any way. So no ono over camo to tho Hall, and Marlon wouderod a llttlo at tho un social neighborhood and heard nothing for a long tlmo of tho dangerous inti macy her indifferent husband had formed. At last tho tale leaked out through tho good offices of her own maid. Sho was Bhockcd and Indignant, but some thing Impelled her to seek Mr. Vornon nt onco nnd know tho truth. Sho went down Into tho study, whero ho was lounging In nn easy chair, smoking it clgnr, and thinking, probably, much loss of Mrs. Vernon than of Mrs. Mooro. Ho laid asido tho cigar and sho sat down besldo him and began hor hopeless task. Hopeless how hopoless ovcry wom an must know. For all men, oven tho best and bravest, and gentlest, aro cowardly In tholr dealings with wom en, and will ovado a downright In quiry If it is In their power to do so. It happened, thcroforo, as a mcro mat- tor of course, that Mr. Vornon told his wlfo nn absolute falsehood, and mada her bellevo nt last that sho had boon slandered, by tho reports sho had heard highly colored ones, lot us own. Sho believed him. Rut the next day both ho and Mrs. Mooro woro missing. Tho hnd fled to Australia together. Tho shock drovo Marlon mad for tho tlmo. And In hor frenzy sho destroyed the llfo of hor Infant, which was born bctoro sho recovered. (To bo continued.) TRAMP STEAMER'S CHANCE. I'.ll Trad Awaiting Development frcl America' Inland Forte. In Lesllo'a appears a most interest ins artlclo upon tho possibilities of Chicago as a seaport. Tho author, W. D. Hulbert, sums up his argumont by remarking that, when all Is said and dono, tho facts romaln that transports tlon by water Is almost Invariably cheaper than by land, and that at least a portion of a cargo say from 1,500 to 2,000 tons can bo carried through tho Welland and St. Lawronco canals without breaking bulk. Tho lot ter point Is of vital Importance, especi ally in shipments of fragile goods which will not bear much handling, Tho delays In passing tho canals will bo counterbalanced to somo extent by the delays which now tako placo in New York custom house. It is oven claimed that, becauso of the longth of tlmo required to get merchandise through tho crowded warehouses of Now York, goods from Europo can bo delivered at tho lako ports moro promptly by way of tho St. Lawronco than by the present routes. As to tho comparatively small slzo of tho steam crs, that may prove to bo In somo cases a positive advantage, for It will on- ablo them, llko the Worgeland, to visit lesser European porta which now havo no direct communication with Amerl ca cities too small to absorb tho car go of a larger steamship, or to furnish her with a load for her return trip. Even If tho traffic should not bo as satisfactory as desired In 1901, it may succoed tho following year. Just now marlno freight ratos aro vory high and thero Is a great demand for steam' ors, especially on tho ocean, but this condition of things cannot last always Sooner or later a chango must como and tho cargo no longer will bo seok lng a ship, but too ship a cargo. And then tho owners and masters of mo dlum-slzed steamers will turn their at tentton to this fresh water route, stretching from Montreal 1600 miles Into the vory heart of tho North Amor lean continent. Dlicorered Useful Fccret. Llko many other useful Inventions tho art of bottling beer was discovered by mere accldont. It Is attributed to Aloxander Nowoll, 'head master of Woodbrldge school, England, who was noted for his erudition, his piety and his penchant for angling. His por trait In tho hall of Drasonoso collcgo Oxford, represents him with his blblo beforo him and his fishing rods on either side, and bears tho inscription Plscator Homlnum. It appears that onco whllo fishing, as his habit was at Hadham, ho mislaid his bottlo of nlo in tho long grass on tho bank3 of tho river Ash. Stumbling upon it somo tlmo afterward ho found it, in tho quaint words of Fuller, "not a bottlo, but n gun, such tho sound of it when oponcd, and this, as casualty Is tho mother of moro inventions than Indus try, Is bolleved tho original of bottled nlo In England." Nowoll was present ed to tho living of Oreat Hadham in 1562, and tho dato of his dlscovory must bo about 1530. Tom Jolimon Keep IIli Word. Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland recently redeemed n promlso to his schoolgirl daughter by buying for her n $.1,000 automobile. Miss Johnson somo tlmo ago asked her father for ono of tho horseless vehicles nnd ho agreed to got her ono as Boon as cho could operato It. Ho forgot all about tho matter until ono afternoon rocont ly, when, an ho was walking homo, his daughtor camo along In an auto at high speed, Sho stopped in front of her father and looked at him Inquiring ly. Ho nodded and noxt morning tho young lady owned a handjomo horse less vctftlcla. 5 SOME QUEER 6 J GOODS Queer as somo kinds of. business aro, tho work of tho drummers who trav el In thoso lines scorn qucorer yet It might not seem odd to know that big houses deal exclusively in glass eyes or in telescopic adjustablo coffins, but when a commercial traveler goes out on tho road to work up theso lines thero appears something weird about his occupation. Tho fascination of n glass cyo in a person's faco Is remark able As a ruin it looks as if it starod at you, whether it does or not, thero is an unconquorablo deslro to staro at it. Rut thero Is something still moro uncanny about tho ono-oyod drummer who opens his samplo caso, takes out scores of eyes and fits them into tho sightless orlilco In his fnco to show you just how natural thoy look. Tho drummer scarcely can carry glass eyes representing nil kinds, because no doubt his homo houso has n samplo stock of 10,000 oyes, nnd no two allko. This, of course, is bocauso tho eyes of no two human beings aro exactly alike, and this Is sometimes tho caso with tho eyes of ono person. So tho drummer can glvo only a hint of tho great variety tho trado affords. Tho finest quality of glass eyes como from Franco nnd German, principally tho latter country. America has learned everything In tho art except how to glazo properly. Wo get tho ahapo and tho color, but our glazo Is soft and I worn through oaslly. Possibly most persons with natural eyes couldn't toll tho difference, but an export can,, and bo can a person whom fato has decreed shall go henceforth through tho world with ono glass eye. How tho Gorman and tho French do it is a trado secret that is guarded jealously. Tho glass eye Isn't solid, but a thin shell of porcelain with tho Iris blown in tho center. Somo of tho most cxpenslvo have the whtto about tho iris hand painted daintily, with ovon tho dollcato blood vessels showing. Tho drummer has the most difficulty in fitting gray eyes, for the markings aro so varied. Sometimes a houso has to send abroad for tho correct thing, which Is mado es pecially to order. A drummer in glass oyes koops at work pretty actively, for the llfo of an artificial eyo Is only ttfo or threo yoars at tho most, and somo times only as many months. As a burnt child dreads tho fire, so does a person, with a glass eye, if ho has had experi Money Withort Vn'n' !T. "oW,,.$J': y 500,000 of Uncla.lmd .OWnerSe FoUl Orders. Tho numbor of money orders issued in tho United Statos nnd which aro nover presented for payment is very great, Bays an official of tho Washing ton postofflco department. These orders disappear in various ways. Somo are burnod or torn up Instead of tho ro colpts. Somo aro sent in lottors which aro not addressed nt all or aro Incor rectly addressed, and these, together with thousands of othor ordors, And their way to tho dead letter ofllco. Ulti mately most of theso lottors find their way back to tho remitters or duplicates aro applied for. Thoro is today an nccumulntlon of over ?2,5000,000 In tho Treasury of theso unclaimed money ordera which has been gradually piling up year af tor year during tho 35 yenrs tho gm ornmcnt has boon conducting a monoy ordor business. With each Individual ordor tho government has mado a bpo- clal effort to effect payment to tho payeo or restore tho amount to tho re mitter, and, falling, can do naught but keep tho amount. Tho fact that 60,000 duplicate orders aro annwrlly issued would appear to indlcato that tho American pcoplo aro extremely caro- lcss In tho handling of theso monoy vouchers. Whore the originals go or how they aro disposed of would All a volume. Tho government has lsuod $4,000, 000,000 In monoy ordors, and has paid overy cont of this great sum except tho 12,500,000 I have mentioned. A slnglo order may bo issued up to $100 in amount, and tho average Is about $7.50, tho smaller offices Issuing tho groat bulk of orders nnd tho larger offices cashing 95 por cent of thorn. Traveling men, circus mon, railroad employes and others, whoso business requires them to movo from placo to place, aro very fond of buying ordors payable to thomsclvcs. They cannot spend an order as a bill and as no ono HOW A ROBBER Tho Duchess of Clovoland, mothor of Lord Roseborry, tells a good story of her father, tho Earl of Stanhope Ono night when tho earl was walking alono In tho Kentish lanes a man jumped out of tho hedgo, lovelcd a pistol, and domandod his purse "My good man, I havo no monoy with mo," Bald Lord Stanhopo in his romnrkably slow tones. Tho robbor laid hands on his watch; "No," Iord Stanhopo wont on, "thnt watch you must not havo; It was given mo by ono I lovo; It Is worth 100. If you will trust mo I will go back to Choventng and bring you a C100 noto and plnco It In tho hollow of that tree I cannot loso my watch." Tho man did trust him. Tho oarl did bring tho noto. Years after Lord 9 Odd Lines Catv fled by Commcrv J cial Travelers ft ence. Coming from tho cold outdoor air into a heated houso and stepping up to tho flro to warm Is likely to ro suit In tho cyo cracking and dropping out of tho head. Falso eyes, llko false teeth, aro taken out nt night, thcroby Increasing tho chanco of brcakago or loss. So, altogether, tho business of a drummer in glass eyes la likely to bo brisk nil tho year round. Then thcro'a tho man who sells telescopic coffins, which will fit a corpso of any height and width. His ccrtnlnly 1b a 'ghastly calling, but not much moro bo than of tho fellow who travels with skoletons and bones for students, hos pitals and museums. Flea powder nnd flea traps aro out of tho ordinary lines of commercial traveling, yot thoro aro mon who mako a good living by sup plying 8mnllor houses with such things and tho same may bo said of "push ers" for rat and mouso poisons. Down among tho farmers of Long Island aro mon who go about with samples of fish, which, becauso of tho phosphorus thoy contain, aro guaranteed to bo tho finest kind of fertilizers for worn-out lnnd. In Africa American drummers of certain lines havo tho wholo con tinent for their field exclusively. It they got an ordor onco In six months thoy aro well repaid for their labor. Theso fow men deal In iron bridges, llko that which an American Urm ro contly built ovor tho Atbara River, taking tho contract for rapid work when Englishmen would not touch 1L Thero's a man in England who has traveled through tho British Isles with mummies to dlsposo of to musoums at from $150 to 9300 each. Ho strayed into this lino accidentally, for at tho tlmo ho was doing nothing, and a friend, a civil engineer in Egypt, hnd n chance to buy a job lot of Ptolomlcs, which ho forwarded to England with instructions how and whero to sell them. Then tnoro aro drummors in battlefield relics swords and guns, bullets nnd cannon balls dug up on the field of Waterloo. Possibly thoy wero dug up there, but it bo, it was becauso thoy woro planted a fow weeks before. Still it's far moro llltoly that they ac quired their rusty look in boII far from tho blood-soaked field. Thoso partic ular relics hnd a ready salo to tho tourists in Belgium who want to take something homo with thorn." New York Pross. but thomselvcs or tho Indorsees may secure tho amount of tho orders thoy nro Just as much ahead whon they get into tho noxt town, making themsolves tholr own bankors with tho govern ment as n depository. Somotlmos an actor or circus man will present a doz on orders at tho closo of tho season which ho has bought from tlmo to time, nnd tholr amount represents sav ings which othorwlso would havo been spent. Huntoron r.ntrloi for Ceniua. Tho usual humorous Incidents wero not lacking In tho recently taken Brit lsh census. An Immigrant In New Zealand stated to tho authorities that his mother was a Kaffir, his fathor an Irishman who had bocomo a natural ized American, but afterward sorved in tho Fronch army, and that ho was born on tho pnssago betwocn Yoko hama and Colombo In a Spanish vessel. "Put him down a Scotchman!" was the official decision. A man brought up at Bow street was accosted by olght lin guists and n professor in sovonty-flvo languages without a response But a test oasa for tho census officials is that of a man in Wales who asserts that ho was found on a dorcllct vessel (dato unknown) and knows nothing about his father or moth or. A house holder could not toll how many chil dren ho had, whllo still another en tcrod two pigs and n sheep dog us "mombors of his fnmily." A WeBt Indian entered hlmsolf as a duck stealer. A high-church clorgyman, who had a very low-church son (also a clorgymnn) staying with him, Is nl loged to havo registered him as a "lun atic" in tho proper column. Elbow slcovcs nro Increasing In popularity for evening wear, and In any cases deep frills aro addod with graceful effect. ROSE TO WEALTH. Stanhopo was at a city dinner and noxt to him Bat a London aldorman of great wealth, a man highly rospoctcd no anu tno can talked of many things and found each other mutually ontortalnlng. Noxt day Lord Stan hepo received a lottor, out of which dropped a C100 noto. "It was your lordship's kind loan of this gum," said tho no.o, "that started mo in llfo and enabled mo to havo tho honor of Bitting noxt to your lordship at dinner." Tho United States Is now ahead of Gormany In navnl strength by nbout 3,000 tons, and thus Is entitled to fourth placo among naval powors. Nearly all tho organizations for do bato in Kentucky bear tho namo of tho "Henry Clay Dobatlng Club." i in. livl aiuw n iuuuiiiiiiiR irom son nnd Knnsm City. BOl'TII OMAHA. KiiriTij. nnn urn n rsiaiti, . t ...i m-iivo nuu iuny menu on nil ivrirab grnucs. Tiicro wns tho usual largo pro portion of beef steers Included In tho re ceipts nnd tho qunllty of tho ottering as a rule was very good. Packers nil want ed tho cnttlo showing weight nnd quality nnn on such Kinds tho market was activn nnd sternly to strong. As high as $3.75 was paid for n prime lond, which Is tho highest prlco of tho yenr on this market. Thero wns a good demand for cow stuff this morning nnd tho better grades moved freely nt Rood, sternly prices. In fact, thero wns very llttlo chnngo notlcenhlo ii tho prices pnld for any of tho cows nnd heifers on tho market. Practically everything wns out of flrst hands early In the morning, lltills wero also good Roll ers whero tho qunllty wns satisfactory, and the market could bo quoted Just nbout steady. Stags nnd calves nlso sold n yestcrdny's notches. There wero only a few Blockers nnd feeders In tho ynrds this morning nnd anything good sold at what looked to bo stendy prices. Hogs Tho receipts of hogs woro very nenrly ns heavy ns they wcro a week ngo. but ns other markets were In good shnpo tho tendency of vnlucs wns upward. On tho stnrt tho market wns very slow, as pnekers did not llko to pnv moro thnn steady prices, whllo sellers wero holding for nn advance Tho flrst hogs sold mostly strong to 2Uc higher, tho bulk going at $3.70 nnd J5.724. Trading wns rather slow on thnt busts, however, nnd not much wns dono for somo llttlo time. Sheep Thero wns a fair run, tho follow ing quotations being given: Cholco Clipped wethers, JI.30W1.30: fnlr to good clipped wethers, J3.90ff4.20; cholco clipped ewes, t3.05fi3.P0; fair to good clipped oweii, J3.30fT3.C3; cholco woolod Inmbs, JI.3W5.60; fnlr to good lambs, J5.10ff5.50; cholco clipped lambs, J4.75ff4.D0i fair to good clipped lambs, $1.C0J,4.73; spring lambs, J5.0OfiG.00; feeder wethers, J3.C0W 4.00; feeder lambs, J4.00ff4.40. KANSA8 CITY. Cnttlo Hccf steers, strong; cows nnd heifers, steady to 10c lower; Blockers nnd feeders, 1 OH 20a higher; cholco bocf stceri). J5.45iff5.S0; fnlr to good, J5.0Of5.40; stockers nnd feeders, J3.75fj5.00; western fed steers, J4.75fi5.C0; Tcxans nnd Indian. J4.35OG.40; Tcxns grass steers, JJ.OOfKW; cowb, J3.33C4.S0; heifers, J3.8OJr5.20; can- nors, J2.C0tf3.15; bulls, J3.40ffl.93; calvcj, J4.O0fJG.CO. Hogs Market opened strong, but close! UWlic lower; top, J3.95; bulk of sales, 15.70 Jf5.S5j heavy, J5.85fi5.95; mixed packers, J5.7065.S5; light, J3.COffG.7r,; p!g, J3.W. Sheep nnd Lambs Market strong; west ern lambs, JI.75Cf5.50; western wethers. Jl.OMH.CO: western yearlings. JI.COIr4.30; owes. J3.75ff4.25; culls, J2.765T3.CO; Texmi grass sheep, J3.00fN.15; Toxns lumbs, J4.23 iH.'O; spring lambs, J3.00f(5.73. DIETRICH CHANGES HIS PLANS Wilt Not do Around the World, but In stead Htops nt riilllpplnc. WASHINGTON, Juno C Sonator Dietrich will not Junkot around tho world with tho congressional party, ns it was announced from Washington last week. Instead ho will go to tho Philippines this summer, accompanied by his daughter, who has just finished tho Bchool year at Dryn Mawr colloge Senator Dietrich said today that ho had dotermlned to sail for tho Philip pines Juno 25 from San Francisco by tho transport Hancock. "Tho Philippines hnvo long been my objective, ' said tho sonator, "for con gress will hnvo to tako nctlon look ing to their government at Its noxt cession, nnd desiring to leglslato ln- Ulllgcntly for them I hnvo docldod to go to tho Islands direct lnatcad of stopping thoro en routo on tho swing around tho globe Then again, my (laughter desires to boo tho far cast and ub wo havo boon soparated for year I thought It but right I should lucludo her In my tour Instead of go ing with tho Btng party. I told Mr. MeV ccr of my change In program, al though I Imagine It will bn great fun for thoso who aro bookod to embark from Now York on a trip around tho world." Senator Dietrich and daughter will go to tho Philippines In distinguished military company, with Adjutant Gen eral Corbln, Surgeon General Stern berg, Chief of Ordnance A. R. Ruft lngton nnd others of tho army who go out to Inspect tho soveral branches of tho military and civil establishments in tho islands. It Is Sonator Dlot rlch's Intontlon to loavo Washington early next wcok for Nebraska, whoro ho will remain until Juno 20, whon ho will leuvo for San I-'rauclsco. OlmfTfO Arrlvrs at Mitnllln. MANILA, June C Gcnoral Chaffeo nnd staff nnd two companies of the Ninth Infantry arrived here today on tho United States transport Sumnor from Tnku. Tho gonernl was received with a major gcncrnl'B salute Gen eral Chaifco will bo Qonoral MacAr thur'H guost at tho Malacanang palace Cull for Ntntu Warrant. LINCOLN, Juno C Treasurer Stuo fcr has Issued a call for state war rants rclgstered from 07,215 to 09,010, nmounilng to $100,000, and payablo on Juno 10. Pirn In Olilneae Capital. BERLIN, Juno C. A apodal dis patch from Pokln, dated Juno 4, Bays n great conflagration has occurred In tho Forbidden City. Tho Americans nnd Jnpane30 aro barring all nccoss to tho quarter Involved, and dotalls, therefore, nro not obtainable llnylng Short Term JlniitU. WASHINGTON, Juno C Tho aecro tcry of tho treasury today bought ?3G, C00 4 por cent abort torm bonds at 113.1952. Tiir lire: r