-t f Trsyn '"w,"jr r KANSAS CITY VICTORIOUS. AN EPISODE IN BOERDOM. RING I"e Those Renders Who Are Keep Ins Vtf with the War Literature. Kntlonnl Domncrittto Convention Will lie JIutil at the Weattirn Metropolis on tlio Fourth May of July. IViiHhingtoti, Feb. 23. The next na tional democratic convention will bo held nt Knnsan City, Mo., July 4. Tliia wuh the decision of the democratic national committee which met at tho Hotel Italeigh yesterday to fix the time and place of holding the con vention. James A. Heed, prosecuting attor ney of Kansas City, made tho opening An Afrikander, trekking from Schuin's Iloogto to Palap&ie with a load of biltong halted by a fontcin nt the foot of n kloot. A Voortrekker suddenly appeared from be hind a kopje, waving a vierkleur. "OorlogI" shouted the Voortrekker. "DopP replied the Afrikander, who wa a man of ready wit. "Produce it," said the Voortrekker, "though 1 am no doppcr." The Afrikander's voorloopcr, who was speech presenting the claims of the mealies, jumped oif and started on a run to metropolis of the southwest. The in- ward a kraatz. In jumping a sluil his foot vltotlon he presented, he said, came , slipped on a klip and he fell into a donga. not only from the citizens of Kansas Jtr viy uwb irom ino uniauering, in- i the nearest dorp. Une taut no snouia Timphant democracy of Missouri. Kan- , take the drift over the Bpruit, nna uic otner wis City has 39 lines of railroad and ' that ho ojPonVriInir.nniK i .1 , . - .,,., ,, . I came along and took them both nrouna tno her telegraphic facilities arc excellent. $WnA .lrni1,i, th noort to lhc oncer. Her hotels are more than ample. Out side of the great hotels of New York there arc in Kansas City seven hotels that will rank as high as any in the United States. The committee, he Raid, should have the first choico of rooms at these hotels, the delegates tho second choice. Hotel rates ho promised would not bo raised. Mr. Itccd was especially fulsome in hia eulogy of the convention hall, which ho said would scat 25,000 people. Ho quoted Mr. Bryan as having stated that the hall could hardly be sur passed. Mayor Hoac, of Milwaukee, pre sented the claims of the Cream City, lie opened with it bit of pleasantry at tho expense of Mr. Heed. He was not the prosecuting attorney of Milwau m kec, he said, and therefore could not offer the convention the protection of Ins office. However, as the mayor of where they should be safe from 3ooinek. N. Y. Sua. TO 2HI2I3T ST13A3ISUIPS. A New Service ! the New York Cen tral llullrnnd. George II. Daniels, general passenger agent of the New York Central and Hud son Itiver llfiilroad. hns added a steam ship bureau to the equipment of the paBsen ger service ot me roau. no uas engaged Captains Louis Ingwersen and 1 A. Q. Schultzc to sunerintend the bureau, and one of their duties will be to meet all incoming i trans-Atlantic and the principal coastwise steamships to assist passengers who wish to leave the city via the Vandcrbilt system. Capt. Ingwersen will have charge of tho American, Cunard, White Star. Atlantic Transport, Wilson, Anchor and Allan-Stato lines, and Capt. Schultzc has been assigned to the North-German Lloyd. Hambure- Amcrican, French, llotterdam, Hcd Star and Thingvalla lines. They will meet all cv will meet all incoming stcamsiuns. and will be prepared to. furnish railway tickets, parlor and sleeping car accommo dations and to assist passengers with their tho city, he would instruct the polico baggage d check it to points on the line fnrKO to nnvMir. ntiv nt llm (lilirnf ii I V1 l"c '""". "'"- . " ?"." I '" . t.-. 0 -e'- or visitors to uie convention from breaking into the police station. Mayor Hose urged the selection of Milwaukee, for the great good it would do the democracy. Missouri demo- bv the customs inspectors. Thev will also furnish passengers with cabs operated by tho ( ruiiiuuu company, niiu uiiiiisii ljiiic iuuics and general information to passengers. The two men have also been dircctcu to assist passcnucrs who come to this citv with a view of going abroad, and such passenger fmia wnn miiiilirl in nil nri'ilit. for will be met at the Grand Central Station tlmlr cloinocrai-v. Whore is tlin battle ?1 incoming trains and conducted to tho of the next campaign to be fought? lie asked. In the east, hope was vain, In the extreme west there was great danger on the issues of expansion. The votes for the election of the next democratic president must come from the middle west. Although McKinley carried Wisconsin by 100,000 majority, Mr. Hose promised that the state would this year give her electoral vote to Bryan. Congressman Cowherd and David Overmycr also spoke, for Kansas City and cx-Gov. I'eck and Congressman Lcutz closed for Milwaukee. steamship. Their baggage will be attended to, and steamship tickets can he procurea in advance by communicating with Mr. Daniels. From the New York Commercial Advertiser. At the Front. no was a newspaperman. "Late war news kept me downtown," ho stammered, as he entered the house nt 5:30 a. m. "Humph!" replied his wife. ."Well, we'll make a little more war news right here for a late edition." And the battle was on. Philadelphia North American. A BIG CATTLE SYNDICATE. SoTPiity-Tlirno Companion (Jlvct Options on lliolr lropertlN, Which Iiiolmlo 30,- 000,000 Aero nnd 000,000 Stock. Houston, Tex., Feb. 23. A special irom Fort Worth, to the Post says: George B. Loving will leave Saturday for New York, via Kansas City nnd Chicago, to conclude the big cattle syndicate deal. The results of expert appraisers show that 73 companies have given options on their properties which include 20,000,000 ncrcs. The average prices put on the land was $1.90 per acre. The cattle number 000,000 head and were appraised at $21.37 per head. The total value of all the properties comprehended in tho syndicate is $10,000,000. Mr. Loving also has options on 30 cottonseed oil mills in the stale. Their purpose is to supply the cattle with oil cake for feed. The biggest company in the syndicate is the Capital syndicate, which owns 3,100,000 acres of land and 125,000 head of cattle. Glimpses Arrosa tho Ben. is tho charming title of a charming book from the facile pen of Mr. Sam T. Clover, the well known author and newspaper editor. The "Glimpses" nre particularly perti nent just now when so many people arc con sidering about going to the Paris Exposition, and many people will be glad to know that the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Kailway has purchased an edition of Mr. Clover s work for distribution. In sending your address for a copy please enclose six cents to pay postage. Geo. II. Ilea (font, General Passenger Agent, Old Colony Building, Chicago, 111. i. hi i . . m i "Yes, he brought out his history of the regiment for private circulation." "Indeed. That's strange." "I don't think so. Every nrivatn in tlu ririmint lmiifrht n pnnv." ' Cleveland Plain Dealer. lMlBlrSKmffliNtMM I IIHHI IH B BflPfoBKftMWffsftihcffBSKfliffi llllipiiii fail Mr i mL I U HiUIiIaNB 1 1 California Grown llrynit nt Coluinltux, On. Columbun, Ga., Feb. 23. William J. Bryan spent a busy day here yester day. He was met on his arrirval from Jacksonville by a committee of citi zens and given the freedom of the city. During the afternoon he addressed several thousand people at the opera house and later talked outside to an overflow meting. A banquet was given Col. Bryan in the evening. Illllu (Jrunt III In IIiivhIii, New York, Feb. 23. Princess Cantn cuzene, who wns Julia Dent Grant, granddaughter of Gen. U. S. Grant, is ill with typhoid fever in St. Peters burg, Hussia. Her mother, the wife of Gen Frederick Dent Grant, who is now in the Philippines, sailed for Europe on the American liner St. Louis yesterday. Viur liny to I'mOn. Chicago, Feb. 23. Senator Mason ar rived in Chicago to be present at the pro-Boer meeting at Tattersalls, where he spoke last night. Heeent state events were disposed of by the sen ator as follows: "It is time for Sec retary Hay to retire and let a man take the place who has some Ameri can blood in his veins." Ciitholloi unil Ihn Itonr AVur. Home, Feb. 23. Tho Voce explains editorially the reason why Italian Catholics do not sympathize with Jin gland in her present war. It says that England favored the plan of the Italian diplomats of excluding tho pope from representation at The Hague peace conference. Yon Can Get Allen' Foot-Kate FJIEE. Writo to-dau to Allen S. Olmsted, Loroy, N. Y., for a FKEE samplo of AUeu's Foot Easo, a powder to shako into your shoes. It cures chilblains, sweating, damp, swollen, aching feet. It makes Now or tight shoes easy. A certain euro for Corns and Bun ions. All druggists and shoostorcs soil it. 25c Growclls (angrily) "You know that a fool can ask questions that a wise man can't answer, don't you?" Howells "I've heard so, but I never knew it vntil now." Boston Traveler. DycinR is as simple as washing when you use PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Sold by all druggists. THE GENERAL MARKETS. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 27. CATTLE Beef steers $3 75 C 15 Stockers 3 1)5 d( 5 25 Texans 3 25 H i 00 HOGS 3 00 ip 4 75 SHEEP 4 50 5 50 WHEAT No. 2 red C!) No. 2 hard CVAf 05 COItN No. 2 mixed 31 31 OATS iso. 2 mixed 23 (fj 23A RYE No. 2 52 FLOUR Hard wh't patents 3 10 (J?) 3 20 Straights 2 80 ?) 3 00 i.AY-Choico timothy 1 50 j40 00 Fancy pralrlo 7 00 TC 7 25 BRAN (sacked) CVAi1 C3 BUTTER Fancy to extra.. 18 ? 23 CHEESE Full cream IVM 12 EGGS 11 POTATOES Homo urown .. 30 40 ST. LOUIS. CATTLE Beeves 3 70 (ft 5 85 Toxans 3 40 (ft1 4 SO HOGS iackers 4 70 i? 4 80 SHEEP Natlvo muttons .... 5 00 Q 5 75 FLOUR Extra fancy 3 20 dp 3 25 WHEAT No. 2 haul CG t 07 CORN No. 2 mixed 32 34 OATS No. 2 24V4 RYE 55 BUTTER Creamery 20 ? 24 LARD Prlmi- Htcam 5 fi'i he 5 fi) PORK 1050 01137ft CHICAGO. CATTLE Beovi-s 5 00 li 00 liOGS Mixed and butchers.. 4 GO 0 00 SHi.101' Western 5 00 (fi t, 75 FLOUR Winter patents .... 3 CO fl 3 70 WIILaT No. 2 rod Yii( GS COKN-No. 2 31 OATS No. 2 23 RYE May 53ft LARD 5 C5 PORK 10 47ft NEW YORK. CATTLE-StPPfs 4 40 tifi r. 4.', HOGS Common to choice... . 5 10 5 30 SHEEP Fair to cholcw 4 (K) ui j tni WHHAT-No. 2 rod 71 if V,", POP.N No f! ' OATS-No. 2 29 UnS Complete External and Internal Treatment 1.25 Consisting of CUTICURA SOAP (25c), to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales and soften the thickened cuticle, CUTICURA Oint ment (50c), to instantly allay itching, irri tation, and inflammation, and soothe and heal, and CUTICURA RESOLVENT (50c), to cool and cleanse the blood. A SINGLE SET, is often sufficient to cure the most torturing, disfiguring skin, scalp, and blood humors, with loss of hair, when all other remedies fail. Bold throughout the world. Tottce D. C. Cow., ftopf Botton. How to Cur Bptln Ilumon, fttfc We need your assistance In announcing to the world llio (1IIOATEST REMEDY that Science has over produced, mid you need our assistance to secure relief for yourself and friends through SWANSON'S "5 DROPS." A REMEDY SUPREWBE&M It, so will "5 DROPS" unfailhiRly conquer all diseases like Rheiiniiitism, Sciatica, Neuralgia, Lumbago, Catarrh of all kinds, ASTHMA, Dyspepsia, Uuchachc, 51ceples.siK-!Wt, Nervousness, Heart Weakness, Toathuche, Earache, Creeping Numbness, Bronchitis, Liver nnd Kidney Troubles, etc., etc., or any disease for which we rec ommend it. "5 DROPS" Is the name and tho dose. "5 DKOl'S" is per fectly hnrmlcss. It docs not contain Salicylate of Soda nor Opiates in any form. The Child can use it as well as the Adult. Head carefully what Mr. L. H. Smith, of HI Dorado Springs, Mo., writes us under date of Nov. 27, 1899, nlso Marian powers, of CarnRliar, Ohio, EElSALClA under date of Dec. ICth, 1899: I do not know how to pxprosa how wonderful ! think your "CDKOl'S" mnrilnlnnla. I w.la unlfm-ltu. I ntmuitl r wit li X III l A Lfi I A nmf thoillfllt. fnr (TIlAiiK MA11K J a in on til Hint I would have to dlo. Olio day a ludy oiillud to hco tno and hroiiKtit monnadTortisompntof your "C DIlOl'S." I rosolvoil to try It andsont lor u suniplo bottlo. Havo Iksoii takliiK It for thrt'o wookH and luivo not had an iittack of Riillerliik'slncol took Hit) tlrstdoso. I bo llovo It IiriMKiLviMl mv lire. Tills ftatomunt Is iiosltlvnly truo. I shall also taUo plousurii In rucommond. luiyour'fi DUOl'S" for tlio euro of NKUltAI.OIA. L. U.HMIT1I. Kl Dorado HprlnKS, Mo.. Nor. CT, VSi. ORJ5 KfD !1 !Si3 ATT"IC RUB rour"5 DUOPS"canioU)handontIiolUhoflaiitmonthnn(l tk, BH L J (1 ml fr& 1 IIivl vrasRladtorocotvoltforlwassutTorhiKattliotlniowlthuntold agonies. Thollmtdntio tiulpodraooutof ray pain on short notlco. Moss tho namoof (lod for It. It will do nil you say It will, and raoro too. I had sovero pains allovormy body, wlion tilKlit canio I could nnthloop. 'I'ho worst iialn was In my loftlc?. I could not put rar foot to tdn floor without fcUfTorliiKKroat pain. Ilnvo litpd four dltlerotitklndsofmodlclno for ItHHU.lIATlSlM and irnt no relief until 1 cot your "rtlHtOrH," which iravomoliniiieillatorullorusubovosWK.il, MAKTAN IIOWKKS, ItoxKI.CtriiBbar.Ohlo.l)oo.lU,lt?jK. tlfb Fi flVQ to enable sufferprH to b'o "5 DUOl'S" at Joint a trial, wo will if nil a Bitmple bottle, pre OU aJlfr I O pnldby mallforSSo. A samplo bottlo will conrlni'o you. Also, lartro liottlei (300 doitu) LOO.S bottles fortJ. bold by us and nfrntn. A(li:NrB WANTKt) In M.w Trrrll.rr. Dnu't wait ! AVrlte now! BWA.VNON KlICVatATlU UUUK CO.. 1HO to lOi I.ulio Nt., OIIIOAUO, II.L r 14 Inch at MORLEY'S WONDERFUL EIGHT Cures La Grippe, Coughs, Colds, Croup, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Frost Bites, Etc. Dr. J, T. Jlartiliavt, Clutlornc J'artth, Li.,mvi: "I Und Yi'ondcrful KIrIiUo IioskooiI rcuicilylur ItiKuenn and I'lirummila." Bold Xy iVi;oiit li Every Town. Seeds Lead the World That this Is true has been smply proved, but readers of this paper may now test It for them selves at trlfllnc cost. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE Tho Magazine of California and the West has contracted with two of tho most reliable secd crowers In California for a tarto supply of flower and vecetable seeds at lowest wholesale rates and will five all the benefit of the treat reduction thus obtained to Its subscribers. 10 any sue serlber. new or old. we will send Dacknses of Call fornla-crown flower or vecetablo seeds (your own selection; to the value 01 $1.40 FOR ONLY 50 CENTS. 1.50 10 ? of the) I 1 beau- ? au may T u(hrmt If you are not now a subscriber send $1.50 to cover one year s subscription and tho cost 0 seeds. We will then mall you two Urea and I tlfullv Illustrated catalogues, from which VOU !... mAtm M .1.. 11. xvImk nt CI A f ITlllknill ' icicv.i kcuj j 111a uai 111.0 ui .fv miiiwu. a further cost. 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