THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
I It A L. 11AUK, Proprietor.
TERMS: $125 IN ADVANCE.
NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA.
I THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Tho dcmncrntlc state contrnl com
mlttco of Kansas has refused an invi
tation from tho populists to join in the
formation of a new fusion party un
der a distinct mime.
A detachment of 202 recruits and
threo officers havo icft tho United
States barracks at Columbus, O., des
tined for Portland, Ore., whoro thoj
will bo assigned to duty at Vancouver
barracks.
Tho steamer Victoria brings news
from Hong Kong that bank notes to
tho valuo of $270,000 havo been stolen
from tho strong room of tho Hong
Kong and Shanghai Danklug Corpora
tion at Singapore.
Miss Portia Knight, tho American
actress, has engaged Sir Edward
Clarko, tho former solicitor general,
ns counsel in tho suit of breach of
promise wnlch alio has brought against
tho Duko of Manchester.
Tho Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri
Valley Railroad company has com
pleted a deul with tho Union Depot
company of Omaha, wheicby It will
In tho future run Its passenger trains
into tho now union stntlon.
Timothy Caulflold, who was born In
tho eighteenth century nnd lived
through tho cntlro nineteenth century,
died nt Rockford, 111. Mr. Caulflold
was ono of tho oldest men in Illinois,
as well as tho United States.
Charles S, Dennett, nt ono tlmo pres
ident of tho Dcndwood Labor union,
was killed at Dcndwood, S. D., by Ml
chaol Reedy. Dcnnott's neck was
broken by n blow. Reedy Is In Jail.
Tho troblo arose over an old feud.
Mnmlo, tho 10-ycar-old daughter of
J. H. Wells, living nenr Alpha, Okl ,
twclvo miles west of Kingfisher, died
of hydrophobia. Slio and four chil
dren of tho family had been bitten by
u pup about two wcokH previously.
An unoxplodcd bomb has boon
found In a railroad enrringo in which
two princes of tho Iioubo of Moutono
gro havo boon traveling in Itnly. Tho
Italian authorities hnvo refused to im
part tho details of tho discovery.
Secretary Green of tho American
Chamber of Commerce has investi
gated tho wheat outlook In Franco.
Ho says tho present conditions point
to a yield not exceeding 304,000,000
bushels, against 309,000,000 In 1000.
Flno wenthor may increase tho yield
somowhat.
Tho dispatch of tho London Times
from Pckln, saying tho Russian min
ister thoro, M. Do Glors, hns notified
tho Chino3o authorities that tho ne
gotiation rognrdlng Manchuria aro to
bo reopened, ! classed in ohlclnl cir
cles nt St. Potorsburg ns bolng en
tlroly lnaccurnto.
Prcsldont D. Merrolllon of tho union
of Fronch shooting societies hns no
tified tho secretary of tho National as
sociation of America that tho Fronch
union will donato a bronzo medallion
of Gloria Vlctls, frnmod In enk, nnd
two Bllvor flamiottcs in caics as prizes
in tho Septombor contests.
During nitlllory prnctlco on tho Islo
of Wight tho breech of a twelve-pound
rlflo blow out, killing Cnptaln A. Lo
M. Dray of tho Royal roglmont of nr
tlllory and ono enlisted man, and
wounded eight other men, threo of
whom will die. Colonel A. J. Nixon
of tho samo regiment was also slight
ly woundod by tho explosion.
Georgo H. Moollor, a well known bu
gar roflnor at Now York City, died at
hln summer homo.
It Is snld that roprcsontntlvos of a
Dutch Byndlcato with 70,000,000 florins
rnpltil havo arrived to Investigate
plans to sower St. Potorsburg.
A telegram from Wlmleld, Kan.,
rays: "Tha first load of new Knnsas
wheat wob marketed hero Saturday.
It was soft wheat, tested C2 pounds,
nnd sold for 08 cents. It wns n sur
prise. Tho millers say that the wheat
In this scjtlon will bo hotter nnd tho
yield larger thnn for many years."
In consequenco of his buccoss at Co
vent Gardon, London, Saturday night,
when ho rondo his debut, tho Itnllnn
tenor, Do Mnrchl, has boon engaged
by Maurlco Grau for tho forthcoming
oporn season in tho Unite! States.
Japan domands $57,942,247 ns het
nharo of tho Chinese indemnity.
General Maximo Gomez has sailed
from Havana for Now York by way
of Tampa, Fla., nccompanled by tho
privato Secretary of Governor General
Wood.
Tho prcsldont linn pardoned Charles
W. Mussoy, former cashier of tho Na
tional Unnk of Rutlnnd, Vt., who was
convicted last year of tho misappro
priation of $100,000 of tho funds of the
bank nnd oontenced to soven years In
tho Iioubo of correction.
Tho postofUco at Sponccr, In,, nnd
Elwood, Nob., will become interna
tional money order offices on July 1.
Mrs. Pelnileru Decker, widow of n
soldier of tho war of l&U nearly 90
and blind, has been grnntod a pension
and arrears amounting to $3,000.
PROTEST AGAINST TAX
South Carolina Makes Demand for Bo-
turn of tho Same.
A MATTER Of MUCH IMPORTANCE
A Jlrlef Filed With tlio Commliloner of
Internal Ilerenue on llehalf of tli
Htftte A Cats Thnt Will Ila Watched
With Unuiual Intercut.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 2. Tho
stato of South Carolina, nctlng
through tho governor nnd nttorncy
general, lias Instituted proceedings
beforo tho commissioner of Internal
rcvenuo to test tho question whether
tho state can bo legally required to
tako out special tax tamps as wholo
salo nnd rctnll liquor dealers under
the stato dispensary laws and hns
mndo n demand upon tho commis
sioner for n refund of all such tnxes
hitherto paid, amounting to $4,916.
whllo tho sum Is not largo, It is real
ized that the prlnclplo nt Issuo is
great nnd fnr-renching In Importance.
Tho ono question Involved Is wheth
er tho internal revenue laws of tho
United States npply to tho dispensary
system of South Carolina so ns to
entitle tho collector to demand tho
payment of theso tnxes. Tho entire
dispensary system of South Carolina
Is managed by n board of commis
sioners, consisting of threo persons
Bolectcd by tho Btnto legislature, with
Columbia as Its headquarters. This
stato dispensary distributes tho sup
plies to tho country dispensaries nnd
they In turn nro managed by county
dispensaries or agents, nil bolng un
der tho board of stato commlslonors.
Under tho law no liquor can bo sold
nt night nor drunk on tno premises
of tho dispensary. Tho liquors aro
sold ns tho property of tho Btnto nnd
tho profltn nccruo to tho state. Tho
unlades .of all tho officials of tho
(llBpcnsnrleB nro fixed by law nnd do
not depend on tho nmount of their
Bales. In tho brief filed with tho
commissioner of internal rcvenuo on
bohalf of tho stato It Is contended
that thoro Is no good law of tho Uni
ted Stntcs authorizing tho collection
of Intornal revenue taxes which, even
Impliedly nuthorlzo3 tho imposition
of n tnx ngnlnst n stnto or its ln
ntrumentnlltlcs of government nnd
that such nn net containing nny pro
visions taxing tho instrumentalities
of tho state government would bo to
tlint extent unconstitutional. It Is
contended further thnt tho property
of a stato and tho means nnd In
Btrumtontalltles employed by It to
enrry Its laws Into oporntlon cannot
bo taxed by tho federal government
nnd nn opinion of tho Into Judgo Coo
loy in this question 1b quoted.
If tho Intornal rcvenuo laws of tho
United States rcqulro tho agents or
tho stnto and county dispensaries of
South Carolina to put n tax into tho
United States beforo bolng pormltted
to oxorclso tho duties of tholr offico
it is contended thnt tho law Is un
constitutional nnd void In this pnrtlc
ulnr becniiBo tho tax which it imposes
is purely and simply a tux upon tho
Instrumentalities by which tho stnto,
through its laws, Books to mlnlmlzo
tho evils of tho liquor traffic within
its bordors. Tho federal government,
it is held, cannot constitutionally In
terfere with tho laws by requiring a
Bprelal tax stamp to bo paid by JtH
officials as a condition precedent to
tho oxorclso of their duties.
Commissioner Yorkes has tho claim
for refund of tnxes by tho stato of
South Carolina undor consideration,
but has rendered no opinion yet.
Whllo It Is truo that this dispensary
system mny bo designated ns a stato
agency, nnd Its mnlntennnco upheld na
constitutional under tho polico pow
er resident In nil sovereignties, yet
tho eommlBsloner Is not Inclined to
tho opinion thnt It Is such a .nccos
Bnry Btnto agency or such a needful
function of tho Btnto government ns
will exempt It fromtnxntlon.
flloenmii U Not In l'rrll.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 2. At
tho request of tho Itnllnn charge d'nr
fnlros, tho Btnto department lias used
Its good offices to protect from vlo
lenco Dr. Glocomo, an Italian residing
In Wyoming. Glocomo Is accused by
tho local nuthorltles of nn offonse
ngnlnst n woman. Ho was nrruto.l
and brought before a local Judgo, who
showed n purposo to releaso the ac
cused on ball, This brought out much
local clamor nnd thoro wero fears
that tho accused would bo lynched.
This led to tho application by tho
Italian authorities in Washington.
M'x'cn iinnllri liy Ontitlin,
WASHINGTON, July 2. A recent
Btrlngcncy In Moxlco's money mnrkot,
caused by tho heavy exportation or
Mexican silver, has been relieved ti
n coiiBldcrablo extent, according to u
dispatch uccolvcd nt tho stnto deparl
mout, lloforo tho oponlng of tho grcnt
roflnory nt Monterey it was necoasary
to ship nil tho bullion to the United
Stntoa to bo refined nnd but ltttlo or
It enmo back to Moxlco. Now tills la
an uunccssary proceduro.
TREASURY HAS A SURPLUS.
Government Itecelpt tor tho Year V.x
ceed Kzpetidltarei.
WASHINGTON. D. C. July 2. Tho
mcnt receipts nnd expenditures for
tho fiscal year ending today will show
an excess of receipts over disburse
monts of approximately $76,000,000
This Is only about $4,000,000 below
tho estimate mado by congress nt
the beginning of tho Inst session In
December, 1900, nt which tlmo the sec
rctnry estimated thnt tho receipts
from customs would be about $245,000,
000.
Tho flnnl figures, which will bo Is
sued next Monday, will probably fall
short of this amount by nbout $6,000,
000. Tho receipts from intcrnnl revc
nuo Bourccs wero estimated last De
cember nt $300,000,000, whllo the final
figures will show over $307,000,000.
Tho receipts from miscellaneous
sources wero estimated nt $34,(100,000.
Theso will also show a considerable
increase. Tho expenditures for tho
year will bo $7,000,000 In excess of
tho estimate. During tho fiscal year
1900 tho surplus revenues amounted to
nearly $21,000,000, whllo tho surplus of
tho prcsont yenr will reach $70,000,000.
nnd possibly n still higher figure.
In view of tho fact that tho rcve
nuo reduction bill passed at tho Inat
session of congress will go Into oper
ation at tho beginning of tho fiscal
year, next Monday, tho treasury offi
cials cstlmnto that tho loss from this
source will bo about $40,000,000. It is
not expected, however, thnt tho net
reduction from this source will reach
that nmount, as tho officials look for
ward to a year of oven greater pros
perity than tho ono Just closing. If
thli expectation Is realized tho offi
cials bollovo that tho revenues from in
tornal sources alen will bo not greater
than $30,000,000 below tho figures or
tho present yenr. It Is nlso confident
ly expected that tho receipts from
customs will materially Incrcnso dur
ing tho coming twelve months, so that,
notwithstanding tho reduction mndo in
tho last revonuo bill, tho total receipts
from nil sources mny even reach or
exceed thoso of tho fiscal year of 1901.
WHAT IS "MIXED fLOUfl?"
Cotiimlnalnncr Vrrko (Uvea Ilia Dclli !
tlon of It.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 2.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Ycrkcs, In a decision promulgated
today, gives his definition of tho
words "mixed flour," as contained in
the net of March 2, 1901, which wont
into effect July 1.
Ho rules that tho mixed flour sub
ject to tax is food product resulting
from tho grinding or mixing togethor
or wheat, or wheat flour, as tho
principal constitutont in qunntlty (or
tho wholo mlxturo) with nny other
grnln, or tho product or any other
grain, or other material, except such
material not exceeding 5 per cent in
quantity, nnd not tho product or
nny grain, as Is commonly used for
Halting purposes, provided that when
tho product of nny othor grain, of
lng or mixing together or whoat. or
wheat flour, with any othor grain, or
tho product or any othor gain, or
which whent or wheat flour is not tho
printipal conatltutcnt nH provided in
tho rorcgoing definition, is intended
for salo, or is Bold, or offered for
salo, ns whoat flour, such nroducts
Bhnll bo hold to bo mixed flour within
tho mcnnlng of tho net
To bo subject to tho net as mixed
flour, thoreforo, tho blended product
must cither contain 50 percontum or
wheat flour, or ir It contains n less
percontum or whent Hour, It must bo
Intended for salo or to bo sold or of
fered for salo as wheat flour, and not
as mixed flour.
NEBRASKA CROP PROMISING.
Corn llelt Itrprlvr Itrpnrt from ThU
nnd Adjacent Htuton.
CHICAGO, July 2. Crop reports for
tho month or Juno received by tho
Corn Bolt, tho publication or tho Bur
lington road, cover tho principal grain
districts or tho middle west, and tho
majority or ithcm doclnro that tho
prospects ror tho coming harvest nro
bright. The estimates or tho Corn
Bolt aro mndo up rrom tho reports
'r something over 900 correspondents
in Nebraska, Iowa, northern Kansas,
northern Missouri and northeastern
Colorado. Tho great majority or these
declaro that tho prospect ror tho con
crop Is thnt it will bo very henvy, tho
cstlmntea ror winter whent aro good,
sprlug wheat In good, whllo tho out
look for oats Is only fair. In somo
districts tho majority of tho reports
say that tho proapect Is poor. Tho rye
crop will bo heavy.
SOLDIERS HOMEWARD BOUND.
IHg Ittiiti from Kim I'rnnrlico Will llrgln
SAN FRANCISCO.'july 2. It Is tho
Intontlon of tho mllltnry nuthorltlM to
muBlcr out all tho remaining regi
ments nt tho Presidio nt once, whei. ;t
Ih expoctcd there will bo a big rush
or Boldlers for points enst, south nnd
north. Tho Scuthorn Pnclflc ticket of
flvo expects tc Bell tho lnrgest num
ber or ovorland tickets over Bold In Its
history iu ono day.
HUT THOUSAND OUT
Strike of the Steel Workers Involves the
IIoop Trust.
UNION MEN AnE TO WALK OUT.
Xren the Open Shopi Are No Longer to
Contain Them Some Mliln Looked for
Action To Other It Cornea ni u
BurprUe.
PITTSBURG, July 1. President T.
J, Shaffer or tho Amalgamated Asso
elation or Iron and Tin Workers will
this morning Issuo an order calling
out all union employes or tho various
mills or tho Amorlcan Stcol Hoop
company, known ns tho hoop truBt. It
Is estimated that 15,000 men will be
subject to tho call, which, in councc
tlon with tho big strike or tho Ameri
can Shccet Steel compnny ordered by
Prcsldont Shaffer on Saturday, will af
cct C0.000 men.
President Shaffer said tonight: "Tho
Impression thnt only tho mills of tho
American Sheet Steel company nro af-
rcctod by tho decision or Saturday Is
n mistake. Tho workmen or all mlll3
in tho American Steel Hoop company
arc Interested nnd will bo officially no
tiflcd this morning that tho Bcalo hau
not been signed nnd thnt thoy will
quit work. Tho to tho well organized
mills this notice will bo no surprise
for tho men who hnvo watched tho
situation carefully, but what Is known
ns open mills whoro union men havo
been nllowcd to work side by Bldo with
tho non-union is where wo havo to
move. Union men must walk out of
theso open mills in tho hoop trust.
"Tho open mills to bo notified nro
ono at Hollidaysburg, Pa., threo at
Pittsburg and ono at Moncssen. The
organized mills which will close on our
call aro tho Upper and Lower mills at
Youngstown, O.; Pomeroy, O.; Sharon,
Pa.; Glrard, Pa.; Wnrren, Pn.; Green
ville, Pa. This, I believe, will bring
tho number or men nffected up to 50,-
000. It is a matter or regret that the
Issuo has boon rorccd, but it now looks
as thought It will bo a fight to tho
death."
Continuing, Mr. Shnffor said: "The
Amalgamated association Is not un
prepared for it. Wo havo not had a
general strlko for many years, nnd in
that timo wo havo not been ldio. We
hnvo funds nnd will uso thorn. Right
hero I want to correct an impresslou
which hns been given out thnt no ben
efits will bo pnld strikers until two
months Jiavo elapsed. Tho Amalga
mated association will begin at once
to tako caro of its poopio."
Mr. Shaffer concluded his talk bv
eaying: "I will say now what I said
to Mr. Smith, general manngor of tho
steel company in tho conference. 1
Bald if it is to bo a strlko wo will
mako it ono to bo remembered. Tho
officials now dealing with ub havo but
llttlo idea or tho extent to which this
strlko will go, onco It is on."
CUBAN ELECTORAL LAW.
Conitltutlonal Convention to Dlicusi It
ThU Week.
HAVANA, July 1. During tho com
ing week the constitutional convention
will discuss tho electoral law. The
project submitted by tho commission
provides only for tho election of con
gressmen, governors, stato representa
tives, mnyorB and councilmon. No
ngrcomont has been reached as to
whether tho prcsldont nnd senators
shall bo chosen by popular voto.
Tho discussion or tho electoral law
will probably open up nn argument
by tho conservatives against a federal
republic with many provincial officers
as entailing heavy expenditures. The
conservatives will opposo granting nb
Boluto autonomy to tho provinces nnd
municipalities. An effort will be mndo
to chnngo tho constitution and to In
vest tho contrnl government with np
pointlvo nnd veto power.
Universal suftrngo seems to bo u
populnr movement, but the genernl
opinion is that it will bo impossible
to get tho congress to chnngo tho form
ot voting.
Governor General Wood is Improv
ing, but his physicians advlso him to
desist rrom public duties for some
time. Ho received tho cabinet secre
taries yesterday nnd today.
llrynn In Washington.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 1.
Hon. W. J. Bryan arrived In this city
this morning from Philadelphia and
spent a quiet day with friends. To
night ho went by boat to Newport
News, Vn., whero tomorrow ho is to
deliver nn nddress boforo an educa
tional Institution.
KnclUh Drouth Ilroken.
LONDON, July 1. Tho long-continued
drouth In Great Britain has
been broken. Violent thunderstorms
occurred Saturday night, accompanied
by torrential ruins and lightning,
Which caused much havoc. Many
parts or tho continent hnvo been Buf
fering from heat waves. In Portugal
much dnmngo has been dono by
floods and hailstorms. According to
n dispatch to tho Dally Press from
Oporto twenty porsons wero drowned.
UNITED STATES IS FIPIII.
Trade With Srrltaerlnnd nnd Export! o
Blanufnctured Oood Incrcmlng.
WASHINGTON, July 1. Ono of tho
most interesting extracts from tho vol
umo entitled "Commercial Relations
of tho United States for 1900" was
mndo public Saturday by FredcrlcK
Emory, chief of tho bureau of foreign
commerce, dealing with United State3
trado in Switzerland. Consul Gilford
stationed at Basel, says Switzorland'3
trado figures aro especially noteworthy
as showing that this dlmlnutvo repub
He, about hair ns largo as the stato or
Malno nnd which would bo Bwallowcd
up In big Texas, is commercially tho
most highly developed part or the
world. Not oven Industrious Holland
or Belgium, says tho consul, can dis
play tho astonishing figures or $130 or
roreign commerce for every unit of it
populntlon of barely 3,000,000 reached
by Switzerland. These remarkable ra
suits havo been attained by a country
without seaports, without coal or iron
in ract, without nny considerable
quantity of raw material for tho man
ufacturcs It has to sell.
According to Consul Morgan at
Aarau, Switzerland is almost wholly
dependent on tho outsldo world for its
well-being, 30 per cent of Its entiro Im
portations consisting or roodstuffs and
over 40 per cent being raw material,
which is re-exported in tho shapo of
manufactured goods.
BIG HARVESTS OF GRAIN.
Wheat fl router Tlmn Ever, Corn Good
nnd Weuther h-'utiufnctory.
LINCOLN, Neb., July ,1. "I .an
say posltvcly that tho prospects for
big harvests of grain In this state
wero never bettor than they aro at
present. Tho wheat crop will prob
ably bo tho largest In tho history o
tho state. Corn In practically all
parts of the stato is in good condl
tlon, but a trifle loto in growth. Tor
ritory In tho immcdlato vicinity of
Lincoln has been dry recently, but
all other sections of tho Btnto havo
had good rains and I was unnblo to
find nny corn that had been killed by
drouth."
This reassuring information was
given by Charles T. Neal, a grain
dealer of Lincoln, who 'had Just re
turned from an oxtonsivo trip over
tho state. Ho visited nearly all of
tho grain growing counties nnd gath
ered opinions relative to grain from
the best posted men In each commu
nity, besides making personal inves
tigations.
"In somo EcctionB corn has been
delayed by lack of moisture, but tho
damago has not been oxtonsivo," con
tinued Mr. Neal. "Just at this tlmo
corn does not need much rnin and
unless tho dry season is protracted
and accompanied by hot wlndB tho
cereal will get along well without a
great deal of moisture."
DEFENDS RUSSIA'S POLICY.
Journal of Conimerco Attnaks Duly on
IlrllUh rurnnine.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 1. Con
firming statements already telegraphed
to tho Associated Press, the Journal
of Commerco nnd Industry, represent
ing tho Russinn ministry of flnnncc,
explains Russia's attitude toward the
Amorlcan duty against British parnf
flno manufactured from Russian naph
tha. Tho nrticlo declares that Secre
tary 'Gage's measure was "manifestly
doslgned ns a roprlsal," adding that
this position is strengthened by tho
fact that article C2G had never pre
viously been so construed. It asserts
also that Mr. Gago did not mention
Roumanian naphtha, which is likewise
Imported into Great Britain.
Tho contention, therefore, is that
Russia's answer in raising tho duties
on bicycles and rosin is justified.
SufTerlMBT from Hot Wind.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 1. --Kan
sas and Missouri are suffering from
hot winds that threnten great dam
age to corn. Atchison, Kan., reports
tho greatest drouth in northeastern
unceasingly for tho pas, seven days.
Kansas since 1SG0, a warm wind hnv
Ablleno, Kan., reports 105 degree
weather, with many field- in south
Dickenson county ruined. A Mcxlco-
co, Mo., dispatch says th thermom
eter in thnt part of tho e nto register
ed 101 yesterday and today nnd if
rain does not come Boon the fanners
will havo to put their str.ck on the
market Immediately to savt it.
Crnrrvlti-h llolrollinl
LONDON, July 1. "It is reported
In St. Petersburg," snya a dispatch
to tho Chronica., "that itho czare
vitch Is bethrothed to Princess Ce
cil, granddaughter of tho Into Grand
Duke Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Inula! nn Open Shop.
WASHINGTON, July 1. Tho con
ference between representatives of
tho employes of tho National Cash
Register company of Dayton, O., nnd
tho compnny wna not entirely satis
factory. Tho machinists wero grant
ed what they naked, nlno hours' work
at tho pay hitherto prevailing, but the
polishers, buffers and glass moulders
will havo to right for what they de
mand. There was but llttlo discus
sion over the demand ot machinists.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
tt(lit Quotation from South On-iha
and Kanaai City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
Tattle There was a liberal run of eat
tlo and as a result packers did not hava
to hurry In order to get all the supplies
they wanted. It wna late before the mar
ket opened nnd tho tendency wns to
pound down prices nil around. Receipt
Included close on to ninety cars of beef
steers. Buyers went tho rounds and bid
lower on nearly everything. Sellers wero
holding for steady prices, bo that It wn
Into beforo much of anything wns done.
Some of tho better grades sold at a rea
sonably early hour at Just nbout yester
day's prices, but all others were very
low nnd In most cases a little lower.
Packers did not seem to enro much
whether they got the cattlo or not. so
that It was rather lato beforo tho bulk
of tho offerings were out of first hands.
Cow stuff nlso sold lower unless In the
CrtSO of some of tiin. phntpor
heavyweight cows and heifers. They
wero not rar rrom steady, but the light
stuff nnd tho commoner kinds, and par
ticularly tho grnsscrs, could bo quote!
very slow nnd.6410c lower. Choloa bulls
wero about stpmiv. lilt t ntlmra ttnrA
lower. Tho B ft inn Wn a ntr rtt Vonl rn I t'nit
and stags. Tho light receipts of feeders
uununueu touay, and, in fact, thero wero
not enough offered to mako a test of tho
market. Tho few thnt chnntrnil tmti.ia .u.t
so on n basis of Just about steady prices.
nog-inero was a ralrly liberal run or
hogs and buyers wont In from tho ainrf
to got their hogs for less money. Tho
opening market was weak to 24c lower,
and after trio ftrst round it was noncr
nlry 2Ue lower. Tim olnnn
tho decline On tho start somo of tho
PucKcrs jvent nround nnd picked up tho
better loads at JS.S2U nnd nmp nf ft.V
and as lilch ns Mm wn nni.i ti. i.il-
of ftio hogs, however, sold at $5.90 an3
Sheen There wna not n hmw run .ir
sheep and tbo market held Just about
an-iiuy. x muing wns not particularly act
ive, but stm most e,erythlng wan out of
first hands early In tho morning. A bunch
of grass vrnrllmrs nml wi.hnra pnfrl
$3.35, whllo a bunch of native fed weth
ers brought $3.85.
KANSAS CITY.
Cattle Best hoof Rteors nml hwivv foprl-
ors. Steady: OWiers. l(MIir,f Inwur- rhnlM
dressed beef storH. i.vs.-.ni; so- fntr in
good. $4.853.30; stockcrs and feeders. $3.25
ni.iu, wcsiurn-ieu steers, $1.755.50; Tcx
ans and Indians, $1.2003.25: Texas grasfi
steers. $3.1S1i4.M: powh. J! TMi.M- hfors
tlfOflS.lB; canners. $1.7CQ2.G3; bulls. $3.00Q
'""1 l-UIVCH, .i.OU(lU.W.
IlOgS Market 214c lowi-r- tnn tir in
built of sales. $5.fXVfT(!.05! li
mixed packers. $3.936.05; lfght, $5.70i!?
..Mi 1KH, j.wr(o.UTi.
Sheep nnd Lambs-Sheep, nctlvo nnd
tendy; western Inmlm ii r.iunr. 9-..
wether $3.5W?6.00; western yearlings.
vi-nt.io, ewes, J3.ZMI3.75; culls, $2,500
3.00; Texas grass sheep, $3.25J?3.90.
BOERS ARRIVE AT PER Ml DA.
IJutch nnd Eoropcnn Prisoner) Waiting
to Ho Lnndml.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Juno 29.
Tho British transport Armenian, hav
ing board tho first shipload of Boers.
prisoners to bo quartered on Darrels
nnd Tuckers Island near here, arrived
in theso waters today.
Tho Armenian had a good nassaco
of eleven days from tho l3land of St.
Vincent. Tho prisoners scorn to bo In
ood spirits, though rnthor ragged in
appearance. Thoro was no infectious.
diseases on board and tho shin was
nllowcd pratique. Tho prisoners aro a
mixed lot of natlvo Dutch and Euro
peans. Tho water supply of tho now
arrivals is scarce, ns tho weather has
been excondlngly dry nnd tho condensT
lng nppnratus of tho cam;,s has not
beon erected.
Krnpp IVnnU Another Tct.
WASHINGTON, D. C, .Tuuo 29. Tho
Krupp works havo applied to tho navy
dopartmont for tho test of another
group of their new armor plate for
war ships, a group or this plate hav
ing railed to pass a teBt hold at tho
Indian Head proving ground a short
tlmo ago.
Illch Tralie for Our Army.
LONDON, Juno 29. During tho dc-
bnto on tho army reorganization bill
in tho houso ot commons today Lord
Wollesley declared that tho United
States army was tho finest of its sizo
In tho world. Ho sold its superiority
was duo to good wages.
Onmhn Ilond Hnlldir Drad.
HUDSON, Wis Juno 29. II. L.
Preston, a master builder of tho Om-
nha road, was found dead In his room
today, having expired whllo dressing.
Mr. Preston was ono of tho best known
ailwny men in this part of the coun
try.
Vlntutlon af Game Iiwi.
MARSHALLTOWN, la., Juno 29. As
the result ot tho watchfulness of tho
officers and members of tho Marshall-
town Fish Protectlvo nssociation,
threo arrests wero mndo for Illngal
fishing.
World' FmIt Kilo Approved.
ST. LOUIS, Juno 29. Tho World's
Fnir National commission at Its ses
sion tonight npproved tho Forest park
slto and adjourned.
I'eyton'i l'lrnt Wife M I.nti,
SPOKANE, Wash., Juuo 29. Tho
suit of Mrs. Helen M. Peyton of Den
ver ngaliint Colonol Isaac N. Peyton,
a wealthy mining man of Spokane,
endod today in a decision by Judgo
Richardson, finding ror the derendant
on all points. The plaintiff, who
was tho first wlfo of Coloucl Peyton,
sued for J500.000, or half hie property,
claiming tho dlvorco ho secured waB
not legal, and asking that it bo sot
aside.