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I ..The Filibusters Or the Trials of a X By SEWARD W. t Oopyrlshted 1900 toy Robert Bonner' Son. CHAPTER XXVIII (Continued). It was also related to him that Don Juan, the solo surviving member .of tho royalist band In authority, had re turned to tho Cnstlo ot Snlvarcz, tak ing tho entire party ot Englishmen with him, and had Issued a public proclamation announcing tho death ot Philip and tho end of tho royal occu n V. . . . , i i patlon. Ho had also forwarded to Caracas a full roport and confession, nd wns now waiting to turn tho cas tlo over to General Salvarez whenever he should return. Bursting with all this news, he hur ried back to tho Chcorway. "Hurrah! hurrah!" ho shouted, much tc tho amazement of nil on board. "Philip Is dead, Gomez Is dead, Francisco, Mattazudo and tho entire royal nrmy are dead or scattered. Tho Castlo of Salvarez Is now occupied by an English party under Lord Chug mough himself, and Don Juan Garza and his daughter are with them." "Don Juan's daughter!" gasped Ja cintn. "Sho Is dead!" "No, sho Is nllvo," answered Mcd worth, his voice trembling with hla .great emotion. "It was all a mistake a conspiracy." Then ho proceeded to relate to his astounded audience all that ho had learned at Bolivar. "Then my duty is clear," said Cap tain Glover. "This Castlo of Salvarez, you say, la on the Coronl ntvor that ono Just below hero?" "Yes," said Medworth. "Is tho Coronl nnvlgable?" "That I can't say." said Arthur. "Wo navigated It on a flatboat under clr cumstances that I hope novor to meet again, but whether tho Cheerway could ascend tho rlvor or not, I could not say." "Bless you, I had no Idea, of taking the Cheerway Into unknown waters," said Captain Glover. "It'a tho launch I'm thinking of." "That could do It. I'm sure," said Medworth. "Then that settles It," said tho Cap lain. "Tho Cheerway will drop down to tho mouth of tho Coronl and tho launch will tako you up to tho castle." All of which occurred Just aa Cap tnln Glover promised'. Lord Chugmough, Don Juan and Lola were sitting on tho veranda of the castlo In tho afternoon, chatting over past events, when tho English man pointed to tho river. "I flatter myself," he said, "that I am at present tho only man In Vene zuela who possesses nn electric launch As tho crnft approaching Is nothing else, It Is probably mlno. It has ladles aboard, too, I see. I fancy wo aro about to receive n call." Sir Galloping Graco and others camo out to seo the launch; and Loin, whoso young eyes had not been dimmed by her unpleasant experiences, uttered a loud "Arthur! Arthur!" and rushed to tho vlver landing, whero tho passengers from tho launch wore shak ing themselves out on the wharf, In another moment Don Juan had tho doubtful pleasure of seeing Ills daughter clasped In tho arms of tho young man he had spurned In happier days In Now York, Dona Maria wept a little at being received so graciously, and welcomed back to her own house by Don Juan, who, In his proud, Spanish way. looked still tho conquoror, notwith standing ho was tho only ono left. Jnclnta felt a hot, Jealous pang when sho saw Lola being kissed by Med worth, and had there been no relief for hor sore and tender heart, It would, perhaps, nave been my un pleasant duty to describe another tragedy. But when she saw that sho Jiad lost Arthur, she suddenly rcmem bored Lord Chugmough and his enor mous wealth; and when she saw tho stalwart frame and stern, handsomo face of tho Englishman, she smiled again. But it Is not my purpose to dwell upon tho flirtation bctweon Jnclnta and Lord Chugmough, or to mako another Btory of tho tamo events that followed tho restoration ot Castlo Salvarez to Its proper owners. It would not bo interesting to mako long tnle of tho fact that General if" Jrez did not re coivo tho nows cl r hlllp's fall becauso ho was already on his way homo with two war ships and nn army largo enough to storm his castle, and that when at last ho marched at tho head ot his column up to his own door, ho found his wife and daughter surround ed by friends, nnd that ho was so verely reprimanded at Caracas1 for making so much stir about a Uttlo up rising that really amounted to noth ing, end woro itself out in li Is ab sence Nor would It be particularly fascln atlng to read how Lord Chugmough offerwl tho hospitality of his yacht to Don Junn, Lola and Medworth, and proalsed to convey them safely to Now York Tfc Cheerway sailed and In duo ime arrived at Now York, whero Don Juan, Lola and Medworth left her, Sho then proceeded across tho Atlantic with her English passengers. Don Juan lived up to tho promise ho had made to Lola at the ruined temple, and Medworth and Lola wero married soon after their roturn. Shortly after their marriage Med worth received a letter from Lord Chugmough, which provoked a quiet anile on his handsome face; but up of Venezuela., f Spanish Girl. HOPKINS. J X to this tlmo he has not divulged its contents to a living bouI. THE END. Her Husband's Relations. 'Dy Amy Randolch. () W gxj) 'It Is your own fault, Clara," said Walter May. "Of course it Is," cried out Clara, passlonntely stamping hor foot on tho carpot. "Do you suppose I don't know It perfectly well? And thut Is what makes it bo hard oh, so cruelly hard to bear!" The fact was that Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Mny had begun life nl tho wrong end. Clnra Calthorpo was a pretty young girl, Just out of tho hotbed atmosphere of a fashionable boarding school, Wnltcr May waB a bank clerk who had not tho least doubt but that ho should ultimately mako his fortune out ot stocks and bonds. "Clara," ho said to his young wlfo while tho goldan clrclo of tho honey moon wns yet overshadowing' their lives, "would you like a country life?" "Oh, dear no!" said Clnra Involun tarily recoiling. "Decauso" said Walter somowhat wistfully, "my father and mother nro alone on tho farm and I think they would llko to have its' como and live with them." r shouldn't like It at all," Bald uiara, "and mamma says no young brldo should ever settle down among her husband's relations." Mr. May frowned a Uttlo, but Mrs. Clara had a pretty positive way of her own, and ho remonstrated no further, But at the year's end Walter May had lost hlb' situation, tho clouds of debt had gathered darkly around them and all tho pretty, now furniture, East- lako cabinets, china dragons, proof en gravlngs and hot house plants wero sold under tho red flag. They" had made a complete falluro of tho house keeping business, and now, In tho fourth story of a thlrd-rato hotel, Mr, and Mrs. May wero looking their fu- turo in tho face. Clara had been oxtravngant. There was no sort of doubt about that. Sho had given "recherche" Uttlo parties, which sho couldn't afford, to people who didn't caro for her. Sho hnd patterned her tiny establishment after modolfi' which were fnr beyond her reach, and now thoy wero ruined, Sho had sent a tcar-besprlnklcd let- tor to her mother who was In Wash lngton trying to ensnare a rich hus band for her youngsr daughter, but Mrs. Calthorpo had ha&tlly written back that It was quite impossible for her to bo in Now York at that tlmo of year and" still moro Impossible to rccelvo Mrs. Walter May at tho mon ster hotel whero she was boarding. And Clara, wno had always Had a vaguo Idea that hor mother was self ish, was quito certain ot it now. There Is but ono thnlg left for you, Clara," said Walter sadly. "And that " "Is to go back to the old farm. I have no longer a homo to offer you, but you will bo suro of a warm wol- como from my father and mother, I shall remain hero and do my best to obtain some new situation which will cnablo men to earn our dally bread." Clara burst Into tears. "Go to my husband's relations?' sho sobbed. ' Oh, Waltor, I cannot!" "You will havo to," ho said dogged ly, "or olso starve." So Mrs. May packed up hor trunk and obeyed. All tho way to Hazel copse Farm sho cried behind her veil and pictured to herself a stony-faced old man with a virago of a wife, who would set hor to doing menial tasks and ovorwholm her with reproaches for having ruined "poor, dear Waltor." As for tho farmhouse itself, sho was1 qulto suro It waB a desolate place, with corn nnd potatoes growing under tho very windows,, and tho road in front filled with plows and pigs and hnr rows and broken cart wheels. But in the midst ot her tears and desolation the driver called out: "Hazolcop&o Farm! Mr. Noah May's! Here's th' 'ousc, ma'am. A long low gray stone mansion, all garlanded with Ivy, its windows bright with geranium blossoms nnd tho scartet autumn leaves raining down on tho velvet-smooth lawn in front. Clara could Just seo how or roncous' had been all her preconceived Ideas, when una found horself clasped In tho arms of tho sweetest and most motherly of old ladles. "My poor dear!" said old Mrs May, caressingly. "You aro welcome as tho sunshine, daughter," said a smiling old gentle man In spectacles. And Clara was established In tho easy chair In front of a groat flro of pine logs, nnd tea was brought in and tho two old peoplo cos3etted and pet ted her as If ho had been a three year-old child Just recovering from tho measles, Thoro was not a word of reproach not a questioning look, not a sidelong glance all welcome, and tenderness and loving commiseration. And when Clara wont to sleep that night, with n wood flra glancing and glimmering softly over tho crimson hangings ot tho "bert chamber," alio begnn to think that perhaps sho had beeu mis taken In some of her Ideas. Tho next day sho had a long, conn dcntlal talk with her father-in-law, while Mra. May was making mlnci pies In the kitchen. "But there's ono thing I hnvoa'l dared to tell Walter about," sho said, with tears In her eyes. "What Is that, my dear?" said tho old gentleman. "My dressmaker's bill," said Clara. "It camo tho night beforo I left Now York oh, such a dreadful bill. I hadn't any Idea It could nmouut up so fearfully." "How much was It?" said Mr. Noah May, patting hor hand. rcu mm miy uuihuh, Clara, hanging down her head. "A hundred and fifty dollars," Bald "Don't fret, my dear, don't fret," said tho old gentlemnn. "Walter need never know anything about It. I'll settle tho bill nnd thcro shall bo nn end of tho mntter." "Oh, sir, will you really?" "My dear," Bald old Mr. May, "I'd do much moro than that to buy the color back to your cheeks and the smllo to your lips." And that sarao aftornoon, when Mrs. Mny hnd been talking to Clara In tho kindest and most motherly way, tho girl burst into tears nnd hid her face on tho old lady's shoulder. "Oh," cried she, ' how good you nil are! And I hnd nn Idea that a father and mothcr-ln-lnw wero such terrible personages! Oh, plonse, pleaso forglvo mo for nil tho wicked things I havo thought about you!" It was natural enough, my donr," said Mrs. May, smiling, "but you nro wiser now nnd you will not bo afraid of us any longer." When Saturday night nrrlvcd Wal tor May camo out to tho old farm house dejected and sad at heart. Ho had di&'cOYored that situations do not grow, like blackberries, on every bush; ho had met with moro than ono cruel rebuff, and ho was hopolossly discouraged as to tho future. Moro over ho fully expected to bo met with tears and complaints by his wife, But to his Infinite amazement and relief Clara greeted him on tho door step with radiant smiles. "Toll mo, dear," Bald she, "hnvo you got a now situation?" Ho shook his head sadly. "I'm glad of it," said Clara brightly, for wo'vo got a place papa and mam ma nnd I." It's all Clara's plan," said old Noah May. "But It Iiob our hearty approval," added tho smiling old lady. "Wo'ro all going to live hero to gether," said Clara. "And you nro to manago the farm, becauso papa tuys ho Is getting too old nnd lazy," with a merry glnnco at tho old gentleman, who Btood by beaming on his daugh ter-in-law, as If ho woro ready to sub scribe to ono and all of hor opinions, "and I nm to keep houso nnd tako all tho caro off mamma's hands. And, oh! it Is so plcnsant here, nnd I do lovo tho country so dearly! So If you're willing, dear " "Willing!" cried out Walter May, ec statically, "I'm moro than willing. It's tho only thing I havo alwayB longed for. Good-byo to city wnlls nnd hearts ot stono; good-byo to hollow nppearances and grinding wretchod- noss! Why, Cara, I shall bo tho hap piest man alive. But " "There," said Clara, putting up both hands ns if to wnrd off all posslblo objections', "T was sure thero would bo a 'but' " "I thought, my dear," Bald Walter, that you didn't llko tho Idea of liv ing with your husband's relations." Clara looked lovingly up Into her mothor-ln-law'B sweet old face, whilo sho silently pressed Mr. Noah May's kindly hands. I am a deal wlsor than I was n week ago," said she. "And, oh, bo much happier!" So am I!" said Walter. "Hennery Egg." On tho front of a retail establish ment not.fnr from tho Boston public Horary, is a sign that reads, "Hennery Eggs." This is not tho namo of tho proprietor. No. They don't fipell "Henry" with two "n's" and an extra "o" in Boston, you know. It is morely nn Intimation that eggs ot tho gcnulno Bort aro for salo within. They aro not Incubator eggs, nor storago eggs, nor eggs for campaign purposes. Thoy aro Just good old hennery eggs They're tho Kind or eggs that you havo pawed around In tho haymow to find and felt llko cackling when you found, them. Thoy aro hennery eggs with nn oloqucnt nccont on tho lion. And yet, wno Knows? All eggs nra moro or less a mystery. You can't depend on signs. Even n Boston "hen nery egg" may not bo all It's cracked up to be. Clovoland Plain Dealer. Her Nervo mill Her Hate. A writer In a medical Journal has lately advanced tho theory that wom en's heavy hats aro responsible for women's Jangling nerves nnd provor blal quick tomper. Tho popular im pression has bcon that tho man who paid for tho hats was tho ono whoso temper suffered; but It seems that lnrgo hats weigh too heavily upon the frngtlo femlnlno cranium nnd affect the blood vessels nnd nerves, nnd through them tho brain. Moreover, according to tho writer, tho effort to keep largo and heavy huts at tho right angle Impose a parlous Btruln upon the nor"es ot the wearers. Tho theory Is advanced in alt sorlousnoss, but tho chances are that it will not lnduco any normal woman to cut off her hat supply. Now York Sun. ELEPHANTS IN ArWlOA. Ca the I.nke Ittidolplt Country Hunters Knconnter Kloplmnt llonl. On December 19 we reached tho sattch-tnlked-of Hnwash river, a fine, broad stream ot ninety yards In width, deep, with n fast-flowing current; this river Is another which Is said to run out and disappear somo seventy miles further northeast; such a volume ot water, ono could hardly bcltevo It, says a wrttor In tho Geographical Journal. Here our Berthon boat becamo decid edly popular, especially as crocodiles abounded. Wo found nt this camp our first fresh elephant spoor, and, being keen to procuro somo Ivory to tnko up ns a present to tho emperor, wo nil aopnratcd nnd entered n thrco-mllo patch of dense African Jungle, huge prickly nlocs, enormous enctus with long, sharp points, nnd a tell, feathery plant llko prlvot mm. up a safe asylum from ordinary r rials. Very fow minutes sufficed to turn hunters Into hunted. No. 1, a cow, chnrgod down on us. Jumping nsldo, I killed hor ns sho rushed on my shikaree, not four feet from him. Hardly had we Btruck tho spoor of anothor lot when u young bull suddenly bore down on mo; howover, a lucky forohoad Bhot laid him low. Whilo skinning ono or these heads, tho wholo plnco seemed nllvo with clephnnt croshlng toward us. Seizing my rifle, I ran ahead to try nnd cut off tho troop, when sud denly n lino of over forty elephants broke cover, about twenty-flvo In tho first lino Jammed togothor llko a cuv- alry regiment chnrglng. Being over twonty yards from mo whon they np peared, with tho editor bearing dl rcctly down on me, I own to fooling they hnd tho best of mo. I saw my only chnnco was killing tho flank one In a second I dropped tho left-hand one, which, fnlllng Inwardly, Inclined tho wholo troon n Uttlo to tho right. Within ten yards I fired my remaining barrel, dropping nnothor, causing still further dolloctlon to tho right; nnother second tho flank ono on tho left rushed past, nlmost knocking mo down. I folt thankful for such n lucky cscnpo, and blessed my now .450 cordlto rifle by Itlgby. which had done such good work, five elephants In six shots un aucstlonably proving its value. found, on returning to camp, White houso and Butter had both undergone similar exnorlences. and I felt bound to npologlzo for Introducing thein to tholr first olophant such elophants, and In such n Jungle. A $7,000,000 BABY. Inheritor of llstnto of Liuly William Hereford's First Hiisbiind. James Hookor Hamorsloy, for mnuy years a prominent flguro In tho fash lonnblo llfo of tho city, died of heart falluro recently at his country homo at GarrlBon's-on-the-HudEou. Mr. Ilnmcrsloy wns tho cousin of Louis O. Hamorsloy. tho first husband ot Lady William Beresford. Lady ueresiorus second husband was tho Duko of Mnrl- horough. Sho Is now a widow. Louis Hamorsloy left an cxtrnorumnry will when ho died In February, 1883. Ho provided thut his widow should havo the lncomo of his ostato during hor life, but upon her death the wholo nronorty. valued at $7,000,000, was to co to tho mulo Iebuo of his cousin J, Hooker Hamorsloy. In event or. uio latter having no mnlo Ibsuo tho cs tato was to go to such charities ns his widow should namo in her will. At tho tlmo of Louis C. Hnmersloy's death J. Hookor Hamorsloy waB re garded as a confirmed bachelor. But soon after ho married Miss Cathorlno Chlsholm n noted southern beauty, Ono baby daughter and then anothor baby daughter was born to tho couplo. But on July 2, 1892, a baby boy was born, and slnco then ho has boon called "tho $7,000,000 Hamorsloy baby," although ho Is now a sturdy boy of nlno years. Tho boy Is nnmod Louis Gordon Hamorsloy, and his health has been guarded as carefully as if ho woro tho heir to a kingdom New York World. Leather JUude from Heru). Consul Qoneral Hughes writes from Coburg that, according to tho Gor mnn press, flbroloum, a now artificial leather, has Just been Invented by a Frenchman. It consists of pleceB of refuse Bklns nnd hldcH, cut exceeding ly Bmnll, which nro put into a vnt filled with nn Intensely alkallno solu tlon. After tho mass has bocomo pulpy. It Is taken out of the vat, placed In a speclnlly constructed ma chlno, nnd, after undoi going treat ment therein, is again taken out nnd put through a papor making machine, Tho resulting papor llko substanco is cut into largo Bhcots, which aro laid ono upon another, In lots of 100 to 1,000, and put In a hydraulic press to remove nil moisture. Tho articlo is etrong and pliable and can bo pressed or moulded into all kinds of shr.pes and patterns. Need For Free IMiblla Until. A bathtub In overy tonoment Is nn (dlo dream; tnoy cost too much nnd run very good chnnccu of being usod for coal. A public bath around tho corner 1b another matter and seems In reason. Many doubts wero expressed us to whether public baths would bo usod until tho Association for tho Im provement ot tho Condition of tho Poor tried tho experiment. Last year 130,000 peoplo paid G conta for soap nnd towol und tho privilege of .using tho People's balh at Center Mnrkot place, New Yoik. Scrlbner's Maga zine First modern Woman Mlnlonnrjr, Tho first ot all women missionaries in modern times was Hannah Mar&h man. Sho was born In England in 1707, and Hpcnt forty-seven ycora in mlsslcnnry work In India, PAT CROWE COMING Doubt Gut Upon Authenticity of Hii Alloprtd Lettor, SKEPTICS ARE HINTING AT A HOAX Anil Cling to the Ilrllof that the Letter Are Clerer Forgerle Sugar IMant nt Falrbury Illalr Hoy In tho Navy Mliotltatitou Nebraska Matters. OMAHA, Oct. 23. Nothing that has occurred recently in Omaha has oc casioned ns much porplcxlty ns the receipt ot tho letters that purport to havo como from Pat Crowo, In which ho Is represented to bo ambitious to como In nnd givo himself up, Tho published reports hnvo given rlso to all kinds of speculation. Whilo tho chief of pollco nnd public officials gen- crnly seem to entertain no doubt that tho letters enmo from Crowo nnd that ho (really docs contemplate coming In to glvo himself up to Btand trial for tho Cudahy kidnapping, thoro aro hundreds who cling to tho conviction that tho communications aro clover forgeries nnd that Crowo lms no moro inclination to glvo himself up now thnn nt any tlmo during tho long period that has olap&cd slnco tho abduction of Eddlo Cudahy. Among thoso who profess to think that Crowo never wroto tho letters is James Cnl lnhnn, who wns nrrcstcd na an nccoin pllco of Crowo In tho nbducllon, was acquitted ot tho charge, nnd has slnco been held on tho chnrgo thnl ho per jured himself nt tho trial. Callahan Is quoted as having Bald that Crowo could novcr wrlto such n letter as tho ono which Is nlloged to havo como to tho World-Herald, and that "It sounded moro as If It had been writ ten by Bill Bryan." That Chief Donnhuo hns never doubted tho authenticity of tho lot tors la attested by tho hnsto with which ho advised E. A. Cudahy and tho city officials to withdraw tho big- rowards and tho readiness with which they complied with his request. Mr. Cudnhy very succinctly otatod, how- ovcri that ho did It in responco to tho request of tho chief of pollco and upon that official's Judgment. J ml go D. M. Vlnsonhnler ot tho county court de clined to ndhcro to tho program mnrk- ed out by tho outlaw. Ho would not ngrco thnt In enso Crowo gave him self up ho would bo llbcrattcd on a bond of 500, which was ono of tho conditions Imposed In tho letters al leged to havo como from tho fugitive. Wyinaro Library Uluaeil. WYMOUH, Nob., Oct. 23. Tho pub lic library which was oponed in thlB city two yenrs ago was closed Inst wook by order of tho board of direc tors, tho Incoming rovenuo not being" sufficient to pay running cxponsos. Tho library consisted of 400 volumes of standard books, besides hundreds ot papers and magazines. Tho books arc bolng held for a tlmo in order tc glvo tho citizens an opportunity ol reorganizing. Now Klevntor at Ilratrler. BEATRICE, Neb., Oct. 23. Tho now 00,000-bushol clova'tor built on South Sixth street by M. T. Cummtngs li nearly ready for business. Tho first test of tho now mnchlncry has been mndo, and it will bo adjusted soon. Tho olovator Is equipped with n fifteen hor8o-powcr gusollno engine. Tho In- crcaso In business so far this season has compelled tho Dempster Mill Man ufacturing company again to enlarge Its plant. llnb' Horrllilo Death. HAYNNIS, Neb., Oct, 23. Tho In fant child ot Mr. nnd Mrs. Ed Ashley" suffered a Bad and horrlblo death at tho Cnrtcr hotol. Anothor child of 2 years happened to get hold of n bottlo of carbolic acid and poured tho acid Into tho baby's mouth. Medical osslHtanco could accomplish nothing nnd tho child suffered untold ngony until death camo to lt rollot a fow hours later. Hotel at llnrrltnn lliirned. HARRISON, Neb., Oct. 23. The Commercial hotel, owned by W. B. Wright, -was destroyed by flro Satur day night. Only by hard work waB tho rest of tho town saved. Tho own er had no Insurance, as lie was build ing un addition und Intended to wnlt until that wns finished before Insur l'jg. Ho Ib left without a dollnr. "It Is reported In Tohornn," says u dispatch to tho London Dally Mall from tho Persian capital, "that Oroat Britain has declured a protectoruto over Kownit." Milgar lleet Vlilil Well. FREMONT, Neb., Oct. 23. Whilo tho ncreago of sugar boots ralBcd In this part of tho country was smaller this year than lust, some who put In bcotB nro feeling satisfied with tho ro inltB. A syndicate with A. S. Grig srict ut Its head, put In sixty-live icres. Tho beets tested woll and yielded an nverngo of ten tons to tho aero of high grade boots. The best yield on any ono aero was fifteen tons. It was tho last aero harvestod. THE UYE STOCK MARKET. Latent Quotation from South Omaha ami 1&Ann City, BOl'TH OMAHA. Cnttle-Thls wns one of tho big days of tho season no fnr ns cnttlo receipts nro concerned. Uoth puckers nnd speculators, however, stnrted out In good Benson nnd cnttlo began to change hnnds ot nn enrly hnijr. Considering tho sle of tho run, tho tnnrkot was In exceptionally good condi tion nnd right around steady prices wero imld for tho more deslrnbto grndes. Thuro wero nbout fifteen enrs of corn-fed stcerH on tho market thin morning nnd steady to strong prlcen were paid for tho good to cholco grades. As high ns $6.30 wan paid for a bunch ot heifers and steers, which In not only tho high prlco for to dny, but tho top for tho senson, Hull, cnlvcn nnd stivgs did not show much chnngo from yosterdny. Blockers nnd feeders wero In liberal receipt, nut the. heavyweights Hhowlng quality fold fully steady with yestcrdny. Tho common kinds nnd medium weights wero n littler slow nnd perhaps SfflOo lower. Tho liberal re ceipt tho Inst two dnys made buyers iv llttto cautious about getting too many cnttlo on hnnd. Western boef steers wero In good demnnd today nt steady to strong prices whero tho quality wns good, but they wero a Uttlo slow where tho quality wns common. Cow stuff sold nil tho way from steady to Go or 10c lower. Good, henvy feeders woro fully steady nnd others sold mostly r4?10c lower. Hogs KecelptB of hogs today wero tho henvlest In some little time, nnd pnekers mudo n despernto effort to pound this mnrkct down In linn with Chlcngo. Tho bulk nt Chlcngo wnH reported nt 5.S3 to lrt.05, nnd whilo this tnnrket did not k thnt low by a big morula, prices did break 20c to 25c, which mndn tho bulk sell at S6.00tt0.05. A half doen loads or so sold early nt $8.10 nnd $UJ',4, but pack ers would not bid thnt much on tho others, and ns a rrnult II wns very late beforo much of nnythlng wns done. Sheep Theso quotations wero given: Cholco yenrllngs. SX80J?3.C5; fair to good. W.35M3.50; cholco wethers. SXTOfflOO; fnlr to Rood wethers. UlOflS.30; cholco cwos. S2.S5fl3.10; fair ta good owe, $2,25f2.5: cholco spring lambs, $1.3004.00; fnlr to good spring Inmbs, Sl.OOdrl.fiO; feeder wetherM, $2.00-03.25; feeder Inmbs, $X251f 3.S0. KANSAB CITY. Cattle Corn-fed ntecrs, stendy to lOo higher; other cnttln wero steady to 10c lower; cholco oxport nnd dressed beef steers, S5.S5WC.30; fnlr to good. $t.05u"5.5; stuckcrs nnd feeders, S2.T61K0O; western fed steers, $1.75(1(0.00; western rniiKO steers, S3.25tfl.75; Texnns nnd Indians, S2.704T3.25; Texns cows, $2.1O2.D0; natlvo cows, $2.CW,00; bolters. S3.10fl3.75; can nors, 1.7C1T2.6S; bulls, S2.25tf3.75; calves. $3.00((5.25. Hogs MnrkPt 10a lower; top, JG.37W. bulk, $5.80fl6.35j henvy, $.30fl0.35; heavy, line, $O.350O.37Vi; mixed packers, IG.lOiTP 0.35; light, $5.75fl6.22U; pigs, J5.00fl5.CO. Shcop and Inmb Market 10c higher; natlvo lambs, $l.00fll,75; western Inmbs, $3.7Bfll.C0; nntivo wethers, S3.25fl3.75; west ern wothers, $3.25fl3.50; ewes. $2.75fl3.23; feeders. $2.5003,25; Blockers, $1.50tf2.75. MAKING C0NVERIS IN CHINA Mixtion Itrpnrt One Hundred Eleven During the Vear., CHICAGO, Oct. 24. Tho report. of tho committee on Chlncso work: wns read nt today's session of tho Amorlcan Missionary nsaooIaUon nt Oak Park. Tho roport was proparcd was proparcd by Itov. James W, Blx ler ot Now London, Conn., but na Mr. Blxlor was not prcsont owing to un Injured anklo, tho .nummary was rend by Secretary C. J. Rider. During the year tho roport shows 111 Chinese convorts woro added to tho roll ot tho Congregational Assoclntlon ot Christian Chlncso. This 1b tho great est number over convorted In nny year through tho efforts ot tho organ ization. "Wo nro not unmindful," runs tho report, "ot tho great vnluo of tho educational work bolng car ried on by tlm twenty-ono missions, but nt tho snino tlmo wo would not havo It forgotten that all tho Instruc tion In languages and In other branch es of knowledge Is auxiliary to tho gospel work, nnd is moroly halt." NO CLUE TO STAMP THIEVES I'ollce Koran Completely nt Bea In Clil ciign I'oitoOlee Cson. CHICAGO, Oct. 24. Detectives ad mit that they havo no posslblo cluo from which they can hopo to trnco tho Identity of tho mon who committed tho stamp robbory at tho Chicago postofllco. Nothing of tho slightest value has been fouud up to tho pres ent tlmo, although ovor thirty detec tives and Inspectors aro working dili gently on tho case. All tho known safo-breakors of promlnenco aro tin- dor survolllnnco nnd socrot sorvlco mon and pollco In nil tho largo cities nro aiding tho local forco In its work. llrnokor WtiRtitngton There. NEW HAVEN, Conn,, Oct. 21. Mr. Hookor T. Washing',, who is hero attending tho Yalo bl-contcnnlal colobratlon, gavo tho following state ment to tho Associated Press tonight: "I understand that somo pnpors In certnln partB of tho country nro printing alleged Interviews with mo. I want to stato as emphatically as I can that I havo given no intorviow and hnvo refrained from any dis cussion of what occurred at Washing ton, although porsiBtont efforts havo boon mndo to put wordn Into my liouth." Northcntt Quits In June, LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 24. Lieutenant Governor Northcott of Illi nois announces that ho has resigned ns hend consul of tho Modern Wood men, to tako effect on Juno lfi, 1002, "It is from purely personal motives," said Mr. Northcott, "as my health haH not bcon good for somo tlmo nnd I find tho duties ot Hold work too arduous. I havo only tho friendliest feelings for tho order. I am deeply Interested In Its future welfaxt."