8 Little Miss
or. The Witch of
A ROMANCE OF
By St. George
JLuthorof "Dr. Sack," "Jfis Pauline,
Kaittr." "Mis Caprice,"
Copjrleht, 1900, by Street
CIIArTKK 1(1 (Continued.)
Merrick merely raised his eyebrows.
"I have heard all men are when
they find themselves under the gaze of
the Princess Olgavltch."
She frowned and thon laughed.
"Ah! surely not you, monsieur, not
you. Dut tho danger of which I sjpealc
Is genuine It springs from a country
man of mlno and his friend, tho great
and bold Count Leon VUlebols. They
bavo a trap of some sort sot for you,
should you threaton to win In tho
Same you aro playing. They nro men
without nny regard for tho law or
right. Stromboloff Is a Cossack of the
Don, whoso peculiar habits cling to
him oven In Paris, whllo tho other
has lived so long amid wild border
scones in Africa that ho has learned to
take what ho wantH when tho mood
cornea on. So you will see that they
make a dangerous combination, and
they seem to hato your friend espe
cially." "A thousand thanks, princess, for
your warning, and on your part pray
boltevo that wo nro not ungrateful for
your kindness becauso wo have al
ready been placed on our guard."
He showed a dcslro to break away.
Though evidently plquod moro or
less by her Inability to fasclnato him,
tho clover woman know how to play
her cards too well to think of precipi
tating matters.
"I hope wo shall meot again, mon
sieur, when porhaps you will bo able
to glvo mo a little moro time," sho
said, archly, holding out her hand to
him.
"That will bo a ploasuro I shall look
forward to," ho replied, gallantly, as
he pressed her hand, nor did tho prin
cess fall to return tho squeeze.
Yet when he passed from her Bight
Mark Merrick gavo the beautiful wo
man no further thought, nor did ho
droam that their Interview had boon
intently observed by a. demuro llttlo
figure seated In a window at tho far
end of tho parlor, a flguro that bore
more or less resomblance to tho South
African heiress who had attracted his
attention and cauBed memories to
throng his mind as he survoyed her
through tho glass that same morning
in tho Dols de Boulogno.
Merrick went straight to tho room
which his companion occupied.
No sooner had ho entered, howevor,
than he saw thoro was something
wrong, for Jones had a look of dis
gust upon his face.
"Moro trouble, my dear boy," ho
said, with a poor excuso of a grin, "tho
Joneses ain't used to much, I'll admit,
but this Is pretty rough treatment even
for them. After all our work, this is
tho barren result."
He hold up tho open packet so that
Mark could sea what It contained
a sheet of paper well crumpled and
soiled, yet a sheet of paper upon
which not n single stroke of pen or
pencil could bo disco- rod.
That was all I
Somehow the comical sldo of the
matter presented Itself to Merrick, nnl
for the life of him he could not resist
smiling.
"But thero is no system at least,
died with tho man who broko tho
bank," said Merrick, seizing tho paper
and examining It carefully.
Thon ho was struck with the keen
expression of his companion's face.
"What! you still bavo faith?" ho
demanded.
"Well, it dies hard with me. I am
about to order a cab and go back."
"To tho monastery?"
"To Father Ansolmo."
"Ah! you suspect him?"
"Not of having intentionally deceiv
ed mo, but of having mado a mistako.
Seo here, on tho outsldo of tho packet
Is t. rough cross, Somo ono put that
thero in order to remember a true
from a false. Perhaps the dummy
was arranged In ordor to meet some
possible emergency such as theft."
"Unless you object, I should llko you
to occupy my chair and smoke my
cigars until I take, the turn around.
Given three-quarters of nn hour, and
I shall bo back, unless I am detained
' unusually long at tho other end."
Merrick thought ho noticed a mean
ing back of his words, and was quick
to say so.
"You expect company hero?"
"Woll, It is always possible Those
fellows are not built on the order of
quitters. Wo shall seo moro of them
sooner or later, perhaps tho former."
Merrick droppod Into an easy chair,
with hlB faco toward tho door, he
oponed the cigar box and selected a
woed, which ho lighted, then from his
pocket he drew a llttlo piece of steol
mechanism which ho laid upon tho
tablo besldo him.
Merrick sat and smoked and ponder
cd. Perhaps a panorama of tho stir
ring events that had marked his career
In South Africa floated before his men
tal vision, for ho smiled sovoral times,
though his faco Anally clouded over
and a long sigh forced itself from his
11ns.
The last seen might havo boon a
tragedy that brought pain rather than
pleasure.
At any rato Merrick Jumped up and
began to walk the floor. Tiring of
tramping back and forward, ho again
drooped Into a chair.
No visitors yet, and almost half an
hour had elapsod why, Jones muBt bo
Millions?
Monto Cocrio.
THE R.IVIER.A.
Itathbornc,
of A'ew York," "A Captain of th
"The Spider's Web," Etc., Etc
nd Smith, New York.
on his way back and would soon show
up, either exultant or despondent
His cogitations wero Anally Inter
rupted by loud and oxcltcd voices
from tho corridor.
Could thlB havo aught to do with
tho anticipated coming of tho enemies
for whom Jones looked? If tho count
and his rabblo had invaded tho hotel
and wero searching for him, they
would no doubt discover him In time.
Just when ho had Agurcd this out
somo ono pounded vigorously on his
door and shouted in French:
"Tho houso is on Are, save yourself,
monsieur."
Thon Merrick throw asido tho inac
tion that had been weighing him
down when necessity demnnded
prompt movement ho would bo found
in tho van.
Ho snatched tho door open.
Somo smoke drifted In promptly
nt least thero was good evidence to
prove tho presence of Aro.
All the whllo pandemonium was In
creasing, shrieks and shrill French
exclamations Joining with gruffer
male voices In n mad chorus.
"Como," said Merrick, "this looks
serious. I shall havo to takes a hand In
tho gamo."
Ho was very cool, perhaps becauso
ho was bravo nnd sensible, and had
fought for his very life with tho Aro
domon ore now.
The holocaust of a previous year,
when scores of Parisian society lead
er perished in tho awful Charity Ba
zaar conflagration, was fresh In the
minds of these frightened people, and
added to their terror.
Merrick calmly locked Jone3' apart
ment and put tho key In his pocket
Tho smoke was becoming thicker,
and flguro after flguro went lurching
and plunging toward the stairs, whero
posslblo safoty lay.
Merrick could easily have made his
cscapo, but Bomehow this thought did
not seem to have presented Itself to
htm whtlo thoro wero still othors In
danger. '
Somo heroic souls at such times al
ways think for thoso whom fright
has rendered lncapablo of using their
own bairns a fact that does human
nature credit
He entered upon a systematic ex
amination of each room, and managed
to start several upon tho road to
safety.
It was a work that just suited hla
naturo ho dollghtod In cheating tho
flro demon out of his contemplated
victims, for ho and tho monster wero
old enemies.
Rapidly, then, no made tho tour of
tho floor, and left not a room un
searched.
This had taken time, and tho smoke
had gathered in almost, suffocating
clouds, so that Merrick on his way to
tho stairs, ran zigzag across tho hall,
back and forth, In order that ho might
not miss any unfortunate ono who
should havo sunk down overpowered
by tho choking fumes.
That was n happy thought, an In
spiration born of genius, and all his
life Mark Merrick found causa to
bless tho moment In which ho had
conceived such a master stroke
For he had not covered moro than
halt tho dlstanco when ho came upon
ono such unfortunato lying In a heap
and almost helpless.
It was lmposslblbo to sec, but Mer
rick put down his hands and immedi
ately felt tho face and long hair of
a woman.
She Immediately caught hold of
him and endeavored to .gain her feet,
but was too weak.
"Can you walk?" ho shouted In
French.
"Alas! I havo sprained my ankle, I
fear," camo tho reply clo3o to his
nar.
Morrlck did not hesitate.
Ho know thero was only ono way
to got her to a place of safoty, and
that was by carrying her.
So without a word of apology ho
suddenly swept her up in his arms,
and was thankful to discover that sho
turnod out to be rather diminutive In
size a woman of porhaps a hundred
pounds,
"Put your arms around my neck,"
ho said.
Tho nolso below was still fearful,
but sho heard him evidently, for she
obeyed without hesitation.
Thus ho proceeded toward the stair
way. Apparently they wero tho last ones
on that floor, all tho others having
mado good their escape
An unpleasant surprise awaited
Merrick, for, upon reaching tho stair
way, ho found that tho flro was thero
ahead of him.
Somo men would havo beon demora
lized, but with him opposition only
served to arouso new thoughts and
plans.
He remembered there was a second
stairway, used by tho domestics por
haps this might offer him tho Bnfcty
the flrst refused.
So ho turned and mado for It as
only a despcrato man could do,
"Bavo yourself, monsieur," cried the
one whom ho clasped in his arms, no
doubt fearing lest In endeavoring to
rescue her ho would be lost; but Mer
rick never dreamed of bo base an ac
tion since fortune had thus thrown
them together, one would not escatf
without tho other.
8o down tho narrow stairway the
went, hope gaining new ground In hla
soul, though the smoke was Just as
dense hero as elsewhere.
Ho could hoar the flromon now, and
with their coming a chnnco arose that
the building might yet bo savod.
Without warning ho found further
progress cut off by a Budden burst ot
flames below.
To retreat was to invito disaster,
and Merrick was & man who knew
what it was to tako herolo measures
when itrrounded by peril.
Releasing his burden for a moment
ho tied a handkerchtot over his mouth,
then slipped off hlB coat and fastened
It as well about her head as ho could
under tho circumstances when hands
had to do doublo duty, slnco eyes
smarting with tho smoko, woro of no
avail.
He did not mako tho dash without
somo oxorclso of judgment in tho prom
tseo tho firemen had started to
throw water below, and It was his
hopo to profit by this.
Again snatching up his burden, Mer
rick continued his downward plunge
It was all ovor In a fow, seconds
in running tho gauntlet ot flro ho had
his hair singed a llttlo, but by good
luck tho stream of water drenched
them both, so that their garments re
sisted tho heat.
And tho gallant members ot tho
Parisian flro department who had
dragged their hoso up tho stairs tn
ordor to Aght tho Aro demon In his
lair, were doubtless amazed to sudden
ly see n dripping flguro without a cont,
and carrying a muflled burden In his
arms, como staggering out of tho
flames toward them.
At loast they wero now safe.
Down below Morrlck found a groat
crowd gothorod It was about settled
that tho hotel would ba saved, so that
men who had been frantic with fright
above bogan to laugh and Joko ovor
tholr unbecoming attire, and toll of tho
numborlcss lives they had saved by
shouting tho alarm so bravely It Is
astonishing how many unrecognized
horoos thoro aro in this world.
Merrick, quite exhausted, handed
his burden to a large man, who bustled
around as though he wero a physician.
Tho lady had quietly fainted during
that last rush into the flro.
He did not think It even worth his
whllo to look at her faco, but this
could bo excused when his condition
was taken into consideration.
"Kindly bring mo my coat again,"
was all ho said, as ho fell Into a chair.
By degrees ho recovered his breath,
and bognn to feel something llko him
self when tho physician onco moro ap
peared with his coat, which becamo
necessary In tho frosty night air.
Merrick went outside to observo
tho sceno from that quarter, whero
oxcttemcnt still reigned.
And at this very moment, In tho
room where tho refugees wero quar
tered, Llttlo Miss Millions, seated upon
tho floor llko an eastern princess, nl
bolt a sadly bedraggled one, was
looking eagerly at a knottod cambrlo
handkerchief Bho held, nnd pressing to
hor lips that portion whoro in a doll
cato red scroll could bo plainly tracod
tho name of Mark Merrick I
(To bo continued.)
Anoodoto of Dr. Johnion.
It was In tho shop of Thomas Da
vies, booksoller, that Boswoll, after
ward tho famous biographer of Dr.
Samuel Johnson, first met that great
man. Davles respectfully Introduced
Boswell, who was greatly agitated, to
tho formidable doctor. Boswell whis
pered to Davles: "Don't tell whoro I
como from." "From Scotland," cried
Davles, roguishly. "Mr. Johnson," said
Boswell, "I do Indeed como from Scot
land, but I cannot help It." This, of
course, was said not as a humiliating
abasement at tho oxptnso ot his coun
try, but as a light pleasantry, which
ho thought would motho and concili
ate the doctor. Tk speech, however,
was somewhat unltoky, John seized
tho expression, "comes from Scot
land," nnd retorted: "That, sir, I find
la what a great many of your coun
trymen cannot holp."
Hweat Rynipntliy.
Mrs. Youngwed Yes, Mr. Youngwed
didn't feel at all woll this morning,
so I just mado him stay homo from tho
office
Mrs. Naybor Indeed! I notlco all
your carpets aro up, and your back
shed's painted, nnd
Mrs. Youngwed Yea, I got Mr,
Youngwed to do all that whllo he was
homo to-day.
Milt Worker! In Japan.
All mills In Japan run day and night
and change hands at noon and mid
night. Tho vast majority of mill
workom aro children, who work clovon
hours at low wages, In ono mill at
Osaka 2.G00 workers are undor 15 years
of ago, and operate only 3,700 spindles
In America 300 porsons operate tho
snmo number.
Why l'lilo Didn't Interfere.
Mrs. Jones "Just think of It! That
follow camo In nnd actually otolo the
clock right off tho mantloplece."
Mrs. Brown "And your dog was 1
tho very samo room?"
Mrs, Jones "Yes, but that didn't
count. FIdo Is only a watch dog, yju
know."
Ileal fc'nclnlUt.
"I nobbcr met such a socialist as
Dusty."
"lii what way?"
"Why, ho was happy when ho foun
out ho'd been run ovor by do old hog
train. At flrst ho thought It was a
Gould special."
A drop of Ink lb black, but It sorres
to enlighten many.
IS GENEROUS TO HER DEFENDER3.
Uott the Dnlted Slftttt (loreramtnt
Cares for Us DUnbUd Soldier.
Tho United States expends $3,000,-
)00 anually on Its national homes for
Usablod volunteer soldiers, and ?20G,
)00 annually on tho national homo tor
disabled regular soldiers. Thero nro
27.0)0 dUablcd soldlors In tho volun-
:eor homes, nnd 1,226 In the homo for
regulars. The volunteer homes aro all
under ono board ot management, and
tho home for regulars Is undor tho
management of n board of army of
ficers, with Gen. Mllos ns president
There aro In addition to tho national
soldiers' homes nt Washington,
Hampton. Va.; Dayton, O.J Milwaukee,
Wis.; Togus, Me: Marlon, ind.; Lcav-
onworth, Kas.; Danville, 111.; Santa
Monica, Cnl and Johnson 3lty, Tonn.,
2G Stato homes for disabled BOldlora.
In all, over 40,000 soldlors aro carod
for by tho natlonnl and stato govern
ments.
At tho closo of tho war thero wero
272,583 s61dlcrs on tho lists ot
wounded. Ovor 200,000 other soldiers
had beon discharged on nccount ot dis
ability from various diseases. Prob
ably 75 per cent of tho latter recovered,
nnd fully 50 per cent of tho wounded
entered Into tho activities ot civil life
Thero were, however, thousands of
tho seriously wounded, and of thoso
who camo from tho hospitals perman
ently dlsnblcd by disease, to bo taken
caro of. For n time too many of tho
disabled class drifted Into tho county
Infirmaries and charltablo Institutions.
Thon Congress extended tho national
homo system nnd tho states took up
tho work, until now nenrly all of tho
disabled volunteers nnd regulars who
nro not cared for In their own homes
or In the homes of relatives aro com-
fortnbly housed nnd carod for by tho
government. It Is n great work, of
which not much Is Bald, but It Is some
thing to be proud of.
IAPS DON'T WORRY ABOUT COLD
Almost No Attempt Made In Winter to
Keep Wnriu,
Althouch tho Janancso wlntor Is
most trying on account of tho con
tinued damnncss. tho Japanese nro
content to remain cold. Thoy mako
almost no effort to ovorcomo It Tho
old chivalrous Idea of tho "samurai"
(knights) was that It was offomlnnto to
fool cnlil. nnd such la their Bovero
training that thoy do not really feel
It as wo do. The wearing or some
nxtrn. "kimonos" nnd tho UBO of a
"hlbachl" or brazier In which aro a
few tiny Btlcks of lighted charcoal aro
tho only concessions to winter
weather. With tho "hlbachl" thoy
never pretend to heat moro thnn tholr
flnger tips, which thoy hold ovor tno
coals. It is used when tho houso Is
entirely onon. Tho houses, nro every
one knows, aro built of thin, light
wood, nnd tho sliding panols wnicu
servo for doors and wlndowB havo pa
per panes. They nro ns apt to bo open
as closed during tho day.
Tho coolies wear thin bluo cotton
rlnfhp nnd nrn nlwnvs middling
through tho mud. Tho storekeepers
sit out In their opon booths and tno
women go bnreheadod about tho
almoin. In thn houses of tho rich tho
still cold behind tho closed pnnols 1b
often moro Intonso than that otitsiuo
In tho Bimshlno, where tho air Is stir
ring.
Tho Trice of Fenrll.
Mr. Dudley Grotc, a prominent Jowcl
fancier of Parla, threatens tho fnsh
lonnblo world with a pcnrl famine "If
iH tho pearls In tho ocenna woro to bo
brought to tho surface nnd offered for
i.ilo to-morrow," says Mr. Groto, "tho
Market would not bo flooded, nor
tvould tho demand for tho dcllcato
fvhlto JewolB bo Bntlsflod. Thoro haB
been a steady Increase In tho demand
tor pearls during tho past fow ycare,
ind an accompanying falling off In tho
inpply. Tho cost hna gono up moro
thnn ono realizes, und I think la still
bdow tho high-water mark.
"Slnco 1890 tho price of pearls has
loubled. In tho past threo years It has
:ncreasod fully 33 per cent. The num
ber of oysters brought to tho surface
3f the waters of tho world averages
10,000 dolly, moro than wero ovor ta
ken out boforo, and still tho supply of
penrla decreases. When I say supply I
mean tho pearls offered for -salo to tho
public. Personally, I bellevo tho Jewels
ire being bought up by Investors, and
that tho bulk of thorn never get Into
:ho market. In fact,' I know of sovcr
il banking housea In London and Paris
;hat havo mado considerable raonoy on
pearls during tho past decade."
The T.atnit Insurance,
It In now posslblo to lnsuro nt
Lloyds against tho risk of Bmnllpox
jrenklng out In tho houso on cither
tide of you tho Idea being, of course,
;o protect tho assured ugnlnst oxponBO
ncurred by temporary romoval. Tho
rate Is n minimum of 10 shillings per
;cnt for tho year, tho risk, of course,
ixtcndlng over nn Indefinite number of
eople. Ono broker, who was In this
nmlness from tho start, haB beon do
ng hardly anything else for tho Inst
!cn days, and many who nt first
nughed nt the wholo thing aro now
:omlng Into the market.
Smnken, Main nnd female.
I enn woll remember tho tlmo whon a1
nan, If perchanco ho mot a lady whllo
io was smoking In some rather unfro-
luonted street, always flung hla cigar
i way and rather tried to look as If ho
iad not been doing it. Yet bo far wo
invo traveled that not long ago, at a
iospltnblo houso not a hundred miles
'rom Bcrkoley square, tho hosteaa and
lor daughter wero tho only smokers In
i largo luncheon party, nnd prefaced
;holr cigarettes by tho courteous con-
lltlon, "If you gentlemen don't mind."
-Tatler.
AGAINSU RAISE
RAILROADS PRESENT VIEWS TO
STATE DOARD.
ARGUMENTS ARE LISTENED TO
Stato Insurance Feet Aro Coming In
Early Cattle Thief Delivered Up
by His Brother Miscellaneous Mat.
ters In Nebraska.
LINCOLN, Nob., May 7. Tho pro-
llmlnnry work of fixing tho valuation
ot railroad, tolcgrnph nnd telophono
proporty for purposes of taxation was
begun by tho stato board of equaliza
tion. All three mombora of tho bonrd,
Govornor Savage, TroaBilrcr Stuofor
and Auditor Weston, nttondod, but did
nothing moro than listen to argu
ments by representatives of various
corporations.
Tho poraons who appeared boforo
tho board represented tho Burlington,
Union -Pacific, Missouri Pacific, tho
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Om
aha railroads and tho Pullman com
pany. All argued ngalnst nn Increase
of Inst year's valuation and presented
figures purporting to show that tho
aBBossment of their property la nt n
hlghor rate, lu proportion to real vnl-
no. than tho assessment of other
kinds of property.
"Wo hnvo not discussed tho rnll-
road assessment matter In nny ofll
clal wny," said Auditor Woston. "This
was tho flrst mooting hold and Uio
buslnoss consisted ot llstonlng to tho
roprosoutatlvos of tho railroad compa
nies and tho Pullman company. Somo
of us naked questions ns they pro
ceeded, but took no action whatever
on any proposition, and whon tho men
finished tholr talking wo adjourned."
Tho govornor hold sovornl bulky
documents In his hands throughout
tho arguments and roforrod to thorn
repeatedly, often basing his questions
on figures contained thoroln. Ho
did not road them, howovor, but Ib ox-
poctod to do so nt somo future moot
ing of tho bonrd.
Accused of Abduction.
ST. PAUL. Nob., May 7. Anthony
Dunn wob arrested by Sheriff 'Hanson
upon Information from Kenrnoy
charging him with tho abduction ot
a young girl by tho nnmo of Hoovor
from hor homo near that city. Tho
girl was found with him by tho ofll
cor and aho was also placed in Jail
for aafo hooping. Both will bo taken
to Kournoy, tho girl being returned
to hor homo, while Dunn will bo hold
to answer tho serious chnrgo profor
red ngalnst him. It la reported that
another young man from thla placo
by tho namo ot Groggston has boon
arroBtcd nt Grand Island charged with
being implicated In tho affair.
Takes Strychnine and Dies.
DBAVBIt CITY, Nob., May 7. Con
Icy Thayor, n single man 32 years old,
committed siilctdo by taking strych
nino at tho houso of James Thornton,
two mllos oast of Doavor City. No
cnuso can bo aBBlgucd for tho act, ox
copt tho -probability that ho was men
tally unbalanced. Ho purchased tho
strychnine In Denver City on Satur
day, took It homo nnd burled It near
tho houso for future uso.
Tecumsch Lodge Awarded Library,
T15CUMSI3II, Neb., May 7. Tho sti
promo lodgo of tho Maccabcoa hau pro
scntcd tho Tccumsuh lodgo with n II
brary of 100 hooka by popular authors
und a handaomo hookcaao to hold tho
same. The gift wub accorded this
lodgo for tho rapid growth mado dur
ing tho throo months ending Decem
ber 31, 1001. Tho membership Is now
130.
Delivers Up His Brother.
ORBELISY CENTER, Nob., May 7.
-Tho alleged cattlo thief, Mlko Lamb,
nccompanlcd by bis brother Jncli, mir-
rendered to tho ofllcors hero. Ills
brother domandod tho reward offered
for Mlko's capture
Effort to Tap Bank Faljo.
YORK, Neb., May 7. Dank robbers
tried to get tho funds pf tho Dank of
Waco, Thoy secured tools from n
blacksmith shop nearby, but only sue
ceeded In breaking In tho door and
knocking n fow brick out of tho vault
when they woro scared nwny.
Nebraska Pensions.
WASHINGTON, May 7. Following
Is the Issue of Nobraska pensions
Original Josoph Graham, Davon
port, ?8; Joseph McGraw, Lincoln, ?8
Increase, restoration, rolsHtio, otc
John W. IJvory. Hay. Sprlnga, ?12
Adam Wenzel. Dakota, $12.
Insurance Men Pay Early.
LINCOLN, Nob,, May 7. Deputy
Insuranco Auditor Dahcock nays that
$34,822.87 has boon paid to tho stato
as foos by Inaiirauco companies slnco
January 1. Tho collections for tho
four montha greatly exceed tho
amount colloctnd last yoar for six
months, beginning with January 1
tho total being lu,28G.89. Tho col
lections for tho year, howovor, will
probably not greatly exceed those of
last year.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
Catlle Thoro wan another vory light
run of cattle, which make tho suppty
for the two days only about half ns large
for the samo days of tho last several
weeks, and the decrenso Ih ovon greater
when compared with tho tamo days of
ast year. In splto of tho falling oft In
supplies tho market was not very actlvo
na culd not bo quoted moro than
steady to strong. Tho offerings constat
ed very largoty of beef steers and thoro
wero a number of bunches that woro
choice. Packer, though, did not soom
to be particularly anxious for supplies.
nd tho great bulk of the cnltle void at
Just about nteady prices.
inn cow market was a llttlo moro
ctlvo thnn tho trndo on steer and the
better grades commanded stronger
prices. In fact somo miles looked qulto
a llttlo higher than tho same kind ot
nttlo sold for yesterday.
Thero were only n fow cars of stoouors
and feeders In the yards nnd, ulthougli
thf demand from tho country Is not
rushing, stilt buyers took hold qulto
freely nnd paid steady to strong prices
for anything- nt all desirable.
HOGS There was a heavy run of. hogs.
All markets were quoted lower nnd ns
n result prices took n drop at this point
nlso. The general market could bo
quoted MtlOu lower. Tho most ot tho
prima heavy hogs sold about u nickel
lowor nnd tho nrst round a fow loads
sold that were not fnr from stwly. Tho
medium weights sold fully MilOo tower.
ml, as usunl, tho light nnd undestrnblo
loads wero left until tho lust nnd they
wero fully 10c lowor.
8MKHP Following nro quotations:
Good to choice wethors, $3.Wlf6,O0; fair
to girnd, Jl. 65115.00; good to choice lambs,
J6.10flC.25; fair to good. tt.TBtftUO, Wooled
stock nells about tVfiSOo above clipped
stock. Cholco Colorndo wooled Inmbs,
IO.TCQO.85i fair to good, J0.WflO.75.
KANSAS CITY.
CATTMC-Stockers and feeders. I2.CW
.65; western fed steers, $1.8306.33; Toxus
and Indian steers, N.0i'6.00; Toxus cows.
MJ5.10; native cows, $2.2&rfS,M; uiitlvo
holfers, JJ.25flC.75; cunnors, J1.75ttiM;
bulls, W.irtfS.OS; calves, $3.001i0.00.
HOGS Mnrkt MNOc lowor, closing nt
attar flguro; top, $7.30; bulk of wile,
$6.0(f7.20i heavy, $7.15JJ7.30; mixed pack
ers. $7.057.25; porkers. $0.00ff7,06; light,
$S.03n7.06; pigs, $C.0OW0.R0.
81IBi:i AND LAMtlS-Lambs strong-
or; muttons weak, 10c lowor; natlvo
lambs, $3.7&ft7.15; mitlvo wethers. J5.ti
6.05; western wethors, $I.73W0.20; fed
owes, Jj.0(X(5.G0; Texas clipped snoop,
$1.63Jf5.r); stockers and feeders. $3.0W
4.90.
PEACE IS AGAIN IN 8IQHT.
Wife of General Moyer Receives .Re
assuring Message from Husband.
LONDON, May 8. Tho wlfo ot Gen
eral Lucna Meyer, tho commandor of
tho Orango Free Stato forcoa, who la
In thla country, received n cablo mos
sago from her husband yesterday say
ing that peace in South Africa was
probable.
Further advices received horo today
from South Africa announced that 208
Doors had been captured and that ton
burghers woro klled In tho neighbor
hood of Llndlny, Ornngo Itlvor colony,
Monday.
Lord Salisbury, during hla spoech
todny at tho annual grand habitation!
of tho Prlmroso league horo, said tho
government had not rocedod an lota
from Its provloua pence tonus to tho
Bocra.
TEN THOU8AND IN REVOLT.
Armed Rebels In China Are Causing
Much Anxiety.
PI3KIN, March 8. Bishop Favlor,
tho French vlcnr apostolic in China,
has received information to tho effect
that 10,000 armed rebels, with Boveral
cannon, nro participating In tho re
volt nt Cheng Ting Fu, Chi LI prov
ince. It la considered doubtful It Yuan
Shi Kal, tho governor of Chl LI, linn
Bent a sufficient force to copo with tho
rebolllon. Tho bulk of tho govern
ment forces, with ten gntllng guim, nro
duo to nrrlvo at tho scene ot tho dis
turbances today.
Tho loader ot tho uprising Is a mili
tary mandarin, who killed his fnmlly
beforo raising tho flag of rovolt, bo as
to prevent tholr puuahmcnt In tho
ovent of hla failure.-
British Capture a Point.
CAPETOWN, May 8. 'lho O'Oklop,
Western Capo Colony, relief column
haa occupied Stolnkopf, to tho north
of O'Oklop, which was Htronly hold
by tho Boors, after fighting, April 57
and 28. Tho British lost six men kill
ed and bad eight wounded. Tho Boor
losses nro snld to havo boon heavy.
Tho Boors uBkod for British medical
assistance.
Makes the Sixtieth Body.
CAIRO, 111., May 8. Thu body of
Mrs. Patrick Burko of Owonaboro,
Ky n City of Pittsburg victim, waa
taken out of tho rlvor a fow miles
bolow this city today. A total of six
ty bodies hnvo beon rocovorcd thus
far.
Chaffee Goes to Mindanao.
MANILA, Muy 8. General Chaffeo
sailed todny on tho transport Ingalls
for the Latino district of tho Island
of Mindanao. Genurnl Davis tele
graphed that ho thought tho presence
of tho military governor of tho Phil
ippines would havo a favorable effect
on tho prominent Moros, and Genornl
Clinffeu Immediately replied, going to
Mindanao. Ho has ordered General
Davis to arrange a conference with tho
prominent sultaus and dattos.