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THE SCHOOL AT GENEVA The Inmates Escape and the Novel Speotacle OF A “GIRL” HINT FOLLOWS VMti and Figure* Bearing on General Prosperity—Secretary Gage on Coon try’s Finances—His Answer to the Vag aries of Carl Scbnrs. GENEVA, Neb., Sept. 24, 1900.— There is room for much Improvement in the management of the State In dustrial School for Girls at Geneva. Particularly is thl3 true in regard to affording relief to, taxpayers. So far as the accounts are concerned Steward Brennan has a mark to his credit for the accounts of this insti tution have been kept in better shape perhaps than those of any other. The management, however, deserves to be reckoned with. It i3 both weak and extravagant. Superintendent Weber (’raws a sal ary of $1,500. but that dees not seem to thoroughly appease his appetite. He has added hl3 wife’s name to the pay Toll as “housekeeper” at $30 per month. In addition to this he has two “family managers” on the pay roll, Annie Pat terson and Fredeika Willard, who draw a salary of $800 pe ryear each. T. J. Wilson is on the pay roll as “farmer” at $30 per month. W. E. Baher and W. H. Kumser are on the pay roll as engineers at $50 per month each. Michael Martin is on the pay roll as “extra man” at $20 per month. There is a matron at the institution and why a “housekeeper” is needed is a question that can only be explained by Superintendent Weber. The only explanation thus far offered it that it was occasioned by the desire of Su perintendent Weber to reap a more ■bountiful harvest. The record's in the auditor’s office would indicate that the “housekeep er’s” duties are to some extent those of a tourist. Voucher B41583 is a ■voucher drawn in favor of the wife of the superintendent “for going to Omaha and bringing back Blanche Green.” In this voucher a claim for back hire was made and allowed, though, with the city of Omaha cov ered with a network of street car lines It is difficult to determine why a hack was necessary, unless to use the com mon everyday street car would not comport with the dignity of the occa sion. Street cars are largely used by the common people, it is true, yet now and then you will see on them bankers, capitalists and business men. It is perhaps asking too mucri to require state employes, whose bills of this sort are paid by the taxpayers, to put up with such primitive accommodations. EXPENSIVE “RiUNAWAYS.” There is a painful lacking, in con nection with the management, in the way of discipline. The inmates are given too much freedom, and this re sults in escapes from the institution, with consequent assaults on the treas ury to pay the expense of capturing and returning them. .Last April the people hereabouts were treated to a real exhibition of “girl” hunt. They had seen “fox” bunts and “wolf” hunts until these had ceased to be of interest, but it was a novel experience and attraction for them to see a “girl” bunt. Three of the inmates had escaped and Super intendent Weber threw out a line of scouts and scoured the whole country for miles around. Nine stalwart men were engaged to run down three puny specimens of the opposite sex. The “runaways” were finally captured and returned and the state was presented with a bill of expense amounting to $28 for “helping return three runaway girls.” This is the language of the voucher. Neither in the b'lls rendered nor in the voucher are the names of the captives given (see voucher B46E>!M). Superintendent Weber has not been a brilliant success in man aging this institution. He has failed to maintain the standard of discipline and has inaugurated few, if any, beneficial changes. A considerable reduction might be made in the expense of (he manage ment, but as that would involve a re duction in the volume of ‘‘loaves and fishes,” that, under the Poynter ad ministration, is not to be counted on or expected. At Geneva, as at other places where state institutions are located, there is complaint of the manner in which drugs, groceries and supplies are pur chased. It is the same story told over and over again in these columns. FACTS ABOUT PROSPERITY. OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 24, 1000.— Prosperous conditions are in evidence in every county of Nebraska. No one but a rank partisan woul 1 attempt to assert that such conditions are tran sitory or unreal. It is a matter of slow growth—there is nothing arti ficial or uncertain about it. Within four years the farmers of Nebraska have been delivered from the bondage of debt and thousands of them boast of a surplus. It is true that the requirements ot the Impending campaigr have sug gested the fullest exposition of facts relating to changed conditions in ev ery county in order that the people of one county may he apprised of the degree of prosperity in '-very other county, but the republican managers do riot need to magnify or over-state the facts, which in most cases speak for themselves. Emphasis may be given to one all important fact, to-wit: That while the farmers are producing abundant crops | and receiving higher prices therefor than ever before paid, at the same time the mechanics and laboring men in cities and towns are all busy, receiv ing higher pay for shorter working hours than ever before and that the demand for their services exceeds the supply. A careful inquiry into the status of i things reveals these conditions: | 1. That farmers are getting 32 and I 34 cents for their corn (of which ! there is a large surplus), whereas | four years ago they got but 6 and 10 i cents. I 2. That stock raisers and farmers ] Art totting $5.50 for fat steers, where as four years ago they got $2.75 and $3.50. Hogs, four years ago, $2.77; this year, $5.09. 3. That farmers are buying adjoin ing acres and are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars upon improve ments. Residents of cities and towns are putting up new buildings and re pairing hundreds of old ones. There is an air of thrift everywhere. 4. That country merchants are sell ing more goods and gett'ng larger profits and prompter pav for goods sold than ever before in the history of the state. 5. That mechanics are busy every where. From towns, large and small, come reports of a demand for mechan ics exceeding the supply. In Omaha more men are employed at higher wages and shorter working hours than was the case in any previous year save 1897-8, when the exposition pro duced a temporary demand for men. Inquiry among all classes of mechan ics reveals the fact that the mean av erage of wage scale is higher, work day hours shorter and the demand for men very active. No man who wants to work need be idle, 6. That the jobbers and wholesale merchants and manufacturers of Ne braska are selling more goods at lar ger profits than was true of their trade in the year 1896; that of fifty firms reporting, the increased volume of bus iness ranged from 20 to 9f;0 per cent, and that in no case was a decrease of business reported. 7. That fifty jobbing houses, farm implement houses, manufacturers, wholsale houses, etc., report a large increase in the number of men em ployed, in wages paid and the average increase in the number of traveling men covering Nebraska territory is nearly 50 per cent. I The paramount question is: What would any of these classes gain by a change of government at Washing ton: Do you want a change? WHAT THE MECHANICS SAY. In Omaha the change in regard to wages paid, hours of employment and number of persons engaged is so grat ifying that the classes affected will gladly do what they can to support in power the political party which has made possible this remarkable im provement in conditions. The follow ing reports were obtained from offi cials of the various local unions: Printing Pressmen’s Union—Our scale of wages in 1896 was $16 to $18 per week for ten hours per day. In 1900 our scale is the same per diem for nine hours per day. In 1896 20 per cent of our members v'ere Idle all the time and 40 per cent of those em ployed were making but half time. In 1900 all members are employed and all are making full time—in short, we are working shorter hours and making more money than we did in 1896. Plasterers’, Bricklayers’ and Stone' masons’ Teniers’ Union—Our scale of wages in 1896 was 15 to 17}& cents per hour for ten hours. In 1900 our scale is 24 cents per hour for eight hours, and we have 50 per cent more men em ployed than in 1896. Plumbers’ Union—Our scale of wages in 1896 was 45 cents per hour for eight hours. In 1900 it is 50 cents per hour for eight hours. Until July 1st we have had 30 per cent more men em ployed than we had in 1S96. Painters and Decorators—Our scale in 1896 was 30 cents per hour. We had no scale signed up regarding hours of employment. Our present scale is 35 cents for eight hours, time and a j half for overtime and double time for Sundays. In 1896 our union had about [ fifty members in good standing. In j 1898 we had nearly 200 members. This i was owing to the Trans-Mississippi j exposition. Our members are all, or | nearly all, employed at the present time. Bricklayers ’Union—In 1896 our scale of wages was 50 cents per hour for eight hours, time and a half for over-, time and double time for Sundays, j Our scale for 1900 is 50 cents per hour, ; with no other changes. Our union ] has had about 160 members for the ! past five years. There is more work in our trade in Omaha at the present time than we have had in the last eight years. Carpenters’ Union—Our scale of wages in 1896 in South Omaha was 25 cents per hour for ten or twlve hours. For 1900 it is 35 cents per hour for eight hours, time and a half for over time and double time for Sundays. In Omaha our scale in 1896 was 30 cents per hour for eight hours, time and a half for overtime and double time for Sundays. In 1900 it is 40 cents per hour and no other changes. More than double the number ere now em ployed in our trade than in 1896, al though there are a great many car penters idle at present. This is owing to the Transmississippi Exposition, which brought a great many carpen ters here who have remained. Horseshoers’ bnion—Our scale i3 the same as it was in 1896 for the same hours. We have not as many men em ployed as we had in 1896, for the rea son that there are not as many horses in use. The bike had made a great difference in our trade. Sheet Metal Workers’ Union—In 1896 our scale of wages was 331,& cents, but very few men got that amount. The average were paid 2712 cents. The number of hours are the same. Our scale at present is 38V2 cents per hour. There are 25 per cent more men em ployed in our trade now than in 1896. Printing Press Assistants’ Union— Our scale of wages in 1896 was $8 for sixty hours, or $8 per week for ten hours per day. Now we get ?9.50 for nine hours per day. In 1896 we had thirty men employed; we now have forty-eight. Machinists' Union—Our scale of wages in 1896 was from 25 to 30 cents per hour. We were working from forty to forty-eight hours per week, j Our present scale is 32 cents per hour for nine hours per day, cr fifty-four hours per week. Ail members of the : union are employed, and a number are working overtime and get time and a half. In fact, our union "as never in a more flourishing condition, and we doubt if an idle machinist can be found in Omaha today, unless he is idle from choice. GROWTH OF THE LIVE STOCK IN DUSTRY. The increase of stock receipts at j South Omaha may be taken as a fair j illustration of the change wrought in business generally during the four years the republican party has had charge of national affairs. During the seven months of 1900 ending July 31st the cattle receipts were 424,236, as against 220,324 for a like period in 1896, a gain of 202,964, or nearly 100 per cent The hog receipts for tho first seven months of this year were 1,121,171, as against 717.976 for the first seven months of 1896, a gain of 403,195. For the period ending July 31st, 1900, there were 597,985 head of sheep received; for the same period in 1896, 161,841, a gain of 436,144 for 1900. There has also been a gratifying in crease of prices during this time. Steers, for instance, sold July 31st, 1896, at from $2.75 to $3.70; July 31st. 1900, they brought $5.50. Hogs sold July 31st, 1896, at $2.77; July 31st. 1900, the price was $5.09. The price paid for sheep July 31st, 1896, ranged from $2 to $5.50; July 31st, 1900, the range was from $4 to $5.45. In the month of July, 1896, the receipts of hogs were 97,000; in July, 1900, 179,000 (in round thousands), and the price, as given above, but little more than half in 1896 of that in 1900. THE WHOLESALE TRADE. Information gained from a large number of the principal business men of Omaha through letters of Inquiry and personal interviews discloses the fact that, without a single exception, there has been a marked "expansion” of business in Nebraska’s chief city during the four years the republican party has been in charge of national afTairs. In securing this Information no regard whatever was had to politi cal affiliations, the desire being to make the exhibit a perfectly fair one In every respect. The line of Inquiry covers tt comparison of amount of business In 1896 with 1900; comparison of the number of employes then and now, and also of the wages paid. The replies show, with one exception, that the lowest increase in amount of bus iness is 20 per cent, ranging from that up to 950 per cent, with a large pro portion of instances where the per centage of gain was 75 per cent to 100; the increase in the number of em ployes ranges from 15 to 200 per cent, and the range of increase in salaries paid is from 10 per cent to 53 per cent. The increase in a large proportion of cases is from 25 to 50 per cent. WOULD ENDANGER PROSPERITY. The secretary of the treasury. In his reply to Mr. Schurz, with reference to the money question, said: “It ought to have been apparent to you, as it no doubt was, that I was speaking of possibilities of the ca3e under circum stances and conditions as Ihey now ex ist, but you proceed to point out how, at the next session of congress, which will meet in December, legislation could be had which would completely forestall unfriendly action toward the gold standard, even if Mr. Bryan were elected and should cherish the flrm-set purpose declared by him on September 16, 1896, at Knoxville, Tenn., where he said: ‘If there is any one who believes that the gold standard is a good thing or that it must be maintained, I warn him not to cast his vote for me, be cause I promise him it will not be maintained in this country longer than I am able to get rid of it.’ “You rebuke me in polite terms for sounding a false note of alarm dis quieting the business community, and especially when uttered by one in au thority. I am not at all skilled in con troversy and have had no practice in dialectics, but I will indu’ge" in a few words in the way of rejoinder to your criticism. “In 1896 you are yourself quoted as saying, ‘The mere apprehension of a possibility of a substitution by Mr. Bryan’s election and of the consequent placing of our country on the silver basis has already caused untold mil lions of our securities to be thrown upon the market. Scores of business orders are recalled, a large number of manufacturing establishments have re stricted their operations, enterprise is already discouraged and nearly para lyzed. * * * And If these are the effects of a mere apprehension of a possibility what would be the ef fects of the event itself? There is scarcely an imaginal limit to the de struction certain to be wrought by the business disturbance that Mr. Bryan's election would cause.’ "I am unable to perceive,” continued Mr. Gage, “why the consequence, in a minor degree, perhaps, would not en sue now, which you so forcibly fore shadowed then. When consequences so great as these are involved the forces operating to inaugurate them should be resisted at every point. Even the possibility of danger should be avoided. It is a familiar fact and one altogether too much in evidence that an administrative officer, filled with ha tred and contempt of a particular law, can, by perverse ingenuity, practically nullify its operations.” Referring to Mr. Schurz’s suggestion that Mr. Bryan’s hands could be tied by the present congress, Mr. Gage said that it would require new legislation by a party whose policy would have been rejected by the people through their last expression at the polls; that the next session of congress will ex pire March 4, 1901; that the free sil ver minority would be justified by their constituents in using all the resources of dilatory procedure to prevent such legislation and that such legislation would probably be Impossible. “Your remarks seem to show that you rely upon the exercise of power already conferred upon the republican party to prevent the country from experienc ing disasters which Mr. Bryan will, if he can, bring upon us.” said the sec retary. “May I not suggest that the way to secifre safety is not to take power from those upon whom you rely for protection and confer it upon those whose action you may have good cause to regret: “But even admitting that congress, dating from March 4, 1901, will not be able to effect any change in our present financial legislation, what may we fairly expect will be the effect of the continued agitation of the question upon business and industry set in mo tion by a president bent upon the res toration of free silver at the ratio of 10 to 1 and elected upon that plat form? “You suggest that I retract what I have said, in fairness to the business community, which should not be unner sarily disquieted, especially by those in authority. In thinking as I do, that the election of Mr. Bryan would be a real menace to the commercial and industrial interests of our country, be cause of the purpose he cherishes and the power he would possess, I do not feel at liberty to act upon your sug gestion. I feel it my duly to at least ; wait until after Mr. Bryan himself has ! retracted his statement of 1896, that ‘it (the gold standard) will not be maintained in this country longer than I am able to get rid of it.’ “Very truly yours, (Signed.) “LYMAN J. GAGE." Local Prosperity. CKDAK COUNTY. As to the town of Laurel, three fourths of It has been built In the last four years and a part of It in the last two. All the improvements were paid for by money earned in business here in the last four years. The most notable change is. that it was almost impossible to borrow money on any kind of security during the democratic times, but now if it becomes known that Mr. So-and-So wants to borrow a little money, half a dozen loan agents will call to see him before night, each one trying to coax him to borrow the money of him. This condition of the finance prompted the inquiry at the Laurel State bank. E. R. Qering, the cashier, said: “It is difficult to express how the phenomenal prosperity has taken place in this part of Nebraska. Land values have almost doubled since 1896; mortgages have been reduced wonder fully. It is impossible to make a farm loan now without inserting a prepay ment privilege, while in former years the principal idea was to get the money regardless of terms. In 1896 our deposits vere about (12,000. In the depression incident to the silver craze j of that fall they were down to almost (7,000. Since that time there has been a steady increase, entirely from the savings of our home people, until now we have over (90,000. Present In terest rates are much lower, farm loans can be placed at 5% per cent instead of from 8 to 10 per cent in 1896. "A very significant feature of this prosperity is the fact that its existence cannot be attributed wholly to good crops, for we had good crops before 1897. The largest crops of wheat and corn ever grown here either before or since were in 1895 and 1896 respective ly. In 1895 wheat sold here at 35 cents, and in 1896 corn sold here as low as 6 cents, and 10 cents was considered very high. The prices of cattle, horses and hogs were as low in proportion as corn. Farmers then sold their crops as soon as harvested; now, they are able to hold them until the price is satisfactory. Times changed; they have paid off their mortgages and are now in pros perous circumstances. Farmers are loaning money to one another to a considerable extent now. We have some instances where farmers are making regular farm loans to their neighbors. At the present rate of in crease in wealth in this part of the state they will soon be able to take care of their farm loans without the aid of money from the east. The Biggest Klk Antlers. The biggest pair of elk antlers in the world Is said to be that which hang in the office at the Philadelphia zoo. In height the antlers are above five feet, and the distance between the main horns at the widest part cf the hoop Is four feef six inches. At their base the antlers are fourteen inches in diameter. “Undoubtedly,” natural ist to whom they are shown, say, “these are as big and heavy and per fect a pair of horns as ever grew.” The elk that carried the huge antlers was sent from the west to the Acad emy of Natural Sciences. The skele ton excelled in weight and size any that had ever been seen there. Tbe Trank Settled HU Bill. Some years ago a man ran up a bill of |200 in the Tremont house. Chi cago, and then ran away without set lung it. The trunk which remained in his inborn was unusually heavy, and when opened after his departure was found to contain specimens of ore, brought from the gold and silver mines of Colorado, where, presuma-. bly, he had lost all his money. After waiting out the legal time Mr. Qage sent the contents of the trunk to an assayer, who returned two bits of metal valued at more than $100 in excess of the bill, after deducting his own fee. Sects In England. England has many religious denomi nations and sects, probably more than 300 altogether, and the names of some are amusing. Out of a list of 219 a few of the queer ones are: Giassites, Glazebrook, Army, Glory Band, King Jesus’ Army, Open Baptists, Open Brethren, Particular Baptists, Pecul iar People, Ranters, Recreative Relig ionists, Rational Christians, Sandema nians, Worshipers of God, Benevolent Methodists, Bunyan Baptists, Countess of Huntingdon’s Connextion. Ecclesia of the Messiah, Followers of the L. J. C., Free Grace Gospel Christians. The Collar Swindle. Real estate men in New York are complaining of a new swindle. A well dressed man has plucked a score of downtown brokers by calling when a member of the firm was out and leav ing a package, which he said con tained collars for the absentee. In cidentally he collected $2.50. Every body knows that is too much to pay for half a brick wrapped in brown paper. Negro Riot Claim*. Claims on behalf of negroes who al lege that they were assaulted by po licemen during the recent race riots In New York represent a total of $225, 000, which the citv is asked to pay as a result of the disorder growing out of tne murder of Policeman Thorpe by the negro cook. The claims are preliminary to damage suits against the city for the amounts they represent. Knew Eight Generations. It was the rare fortune of Harriet William Brand, who lately died in her 92nd year, to see eight generations of her family, extending from ber great-great-grandfather to her great great-grandson. THE POLICY IN CHINA President and His Advisors Compelled te Faoe Trying Sitnation. GERMANY’S CIRCllAR CONSIDERED Government nt Berlin Asks for nnd Will Get Immediate Reply—Both Knaeln nnd France Signify Their Intention to to Begin Negotiation*. ■ WASHINGTON. Sept. 20.—With the German proposition to postpone peace negotiations with China until the per sons responsible for the Pekin out rages are punished and the French and Russian notification of the purpose of those governments to begin such nego tiations at once, awaiting him, the president found much matter of impor tance to dispose of on bis arrival in Washington from canton this morning. He lost no time in notifying the offi cials he desired^ to consult on his re turn and the day was largely given up to private discussion. Although it was announced that no answers to the Ger man note would be ready today, it ap peared that the president, after talking over the situation with Attorney Gen eral Griggs, acting Secretary Hill and Assistant Secretary Adee, had arrived at a conclusion as to the nature of the response that should be made. Mr. Adee spent the afternoon consulting Acting Secretary Hill and in drafting the note of response, but all informa tion as to its nature was refused at the state department. It was said that the note is to be gone over carefully ac a further meeting between the presi dent and such of his cabinet as are in the city. The German government apparently is anxious for a speedy answer, as Baron Sternberg paid two visits to the state department after the German note was delivered. The Chinese minister also was twice at the state department today seeking to influence the govern ment not to agree to the joint action proposed in the German note. The conclusion reached from the day’s de velopments is that the powers are di vided as to China and that at present Germany and Great Britain stand aligned against France and Russia, while both Bides are ardently seeking the adherence of the United States government. The issue appears to be made up in such shape as to dismiss further hope of qbtalning that har mony of action respecting China that the president has been seeking so far and the point apparently has been reached where the United States must takes sides or at once proceed to act entirely independent of other powers in reaching a settlement. The Chinese government is urging the latter course upon the state department, but thus far there has been a restraining force .in the desire to avoid making the United States the first of the powers to change front in the dealings with China. Attention was directed in some quar ters to the fact that in the very begin ning, in the note of July 3, Secretary Hay had notified the Chinese govern ment that he expected that the guilty parties in connection with the outrages would be punished. However, bis de mand was not made a condition pre cedent to negotiations. Now the be lief is growing that if the United States government is forced to a speedy de cision as to the German proposition it may resort to direct negotiations with the Chinese government and, having settled its scores with that govern ment, withdraw from China, giving notice to the allied powers there as to the arrangement made, in order that that arrangement should remain in full force and unaffected by any settlement that the allies may make thereafter as to China. DIE BY FILIPINO BILLETS. twelta American 8oldlers Slain and Twenty-Six Wounded. MANILA, Sept. 20.—During the last seven days there has been a distinct increase in insurgent aggression, par ticularly near Manila, talong the rail road and in the provinces of Laguna. Morong, Bulucan, Nueva Ecija and Pampanga, culminating on Monday in an engagement near Sinalun, near the east end of Lagun de Bay, in which de tachments of (lie Fifteenth and Thirty seventh regiments, ninety men all told, met 1,000 insurgents, armel with rifles and entrenched. The American loss was twelve killed, including Captain David D. Mitchell and Second Lieuten ant George A. Cooper, both of the Fif teenth infantry; twenty-six wounded and five missing, who arc probably dead. The enemy had been pursued for several days. There are rumors in Manila of at tacks on the railroad. Refugees are ar riving here from various provinces. The natives of Manila are restless and many are leaving the city. The hostile demonstrations are particularly mark ed along the railroad and on the shores of Laguna de Bay. The insurgents have attacked garrisons and out post3. In some cases they have charged towns, fleeing when pursued. Guigulnto, Po'o, Malolos and Caloocan have been sub jected to this treatment. . Conger Want* Army to Stay. PEKIN, Sept. 20.—Mr. Conger, the United States minister, says that. Pe kin must be occupied by foreign troops util some settlement is effet ted, as oth erwise all the value of the expedition will be lost. General Chaffee has issued orders prohibiting the American troops from shooting from boats, looting or forag ing. Bnutelle in Improving-. BANGOR, Me.. Sept. 20.—A report sent from the asylum in which Con gressman C. A. Boutelle Is receiving treatment for aphasia, received by his family here today, states without Qual ification that lie is rapidly improving. The brain obstruction, which, by al lowing a physical pressure upon cer tain parts, made it impossible for him to properly control his nerve centers, has so far been absorbed under the treatment he has been receiving that he is only now troubled in thought or in speech, and ir general he is him self again. THE IIVE STOCK MARKET. Utut Quotation* from South Oiatht and Kansas City* 489KC shrdlu cmfwyp vbgkqj U 11 vbgkqj^& Union Stock Yards, South Omaha.— There were hardly enough cattle here to day to make a test of the market, but buyer* took hold fairly well and cleaned up what was here at about steady prices I ail around. There were about five cars of corn cat tle on the market and packers bought them up at Just about steady prices as compared with yesterday. There have been so few corn cattle coming this week that packers have not been able to near meet their wants and consequently have not been very active buyers of what did arrive. There were only a few feeders here today and, although It was the last end of the week, they were picked up at about steady prices. The tendency at the last end of the week Is to buy the stuff lower, as yard traders are afraid of being obliged to carry It over, but this week the supply has been small since Wednesday and prices have not changed much. There were no western beef cattle Included In today's arrivals, so there was nothing to make a teat of the mar ket. The demand has been good and prices strong all the week for that class of stuff and it is safe to say that had there been any here they would have sold satisfactorily. Cows brought Just about steady prices today and the few feeders that were offered on the market also sold about steady. Hogs—There were about 6,000 hogs on sale today, and as the demand was tn good shape today they all changed hands at an early hour. At the opening there was a little weak spot and a number of loads sold a trifle lower than the gen eral market yesterday, but aside from that the market was in good shape. It kept Arming up as the morning pro gressed and the final windup was a shade higher than yesterday's general market, and active. The bulk of the sales fell In the same notches as they did yesterday and the average price does not shew much difference. The range of prices is not quite as great, the top being 65.30, aa against $5.30 yesterday, but there were no hogs on the market today as good aa the load that topped the market yesterday. The extreme close was very strong, a fancy load of heavy hogs selling at $5.30. Sheep.—There was a liberal run of sheep here today for the last end of the week, twenty-eight cars, or 7,690 head, being on sale. Packers were pretty well filled up1 and for that reason the market today was very dull and weak. Lambs for the week may be quoted 25@60c lower for the hotter grades and on the common stuff the decline Is still greater. Chicago re ports good stuff 75c lower and commoner stuff $1.00 lower for the week. Quotations: Choice western grass wethers, $3.75<fM.OO; choice grass yearlings, $3.75@4.00; choice ewes, $3.25Vfc3.50; fair to good ewes, $3.00Vfc 3.25; cull ewes. $2.5(X8>3.00; choice spring lambs, $5.00©5.25; fair to good spring lambs, $4.75©5 00; feeder wethers, $3.30» 3.50; feeder lambs. $4.00<ft>4.40. KANSA8 CITY LIVE STOCK MARKET. Cattle—Receipts. 6.000; market steady to strong; native steers. t6; Texas steers, $2.S6t45.20; ■ Texas cows. $2.858j>5.35; •butcher cows and heifers, $2.25 84.75; Stockers and feeders. $3,00@4.50; bulls, $2.25 (83.50: calves, receipts, 300; market steady. $4.50V45.60. Hogs—Receipts 1,000; market strong, 6c higher and active; bulk of sales, $5,258# 6.35; heavy, $5.2085.35; packers, $5,258# 5.37V4; mixed. $5.258i5.32*; light, 5.17*4# 5.37*; Yorkers, $5.3085.37^; pigs. $5.06®5.26. Sheep—Receipts, 2,000; market steady; lambs, $3,711*6.25; muttons, $2,00(8)3.76. FIRST BLOOD IS SHED. " Hungarian Miner and Little Girl Killed by Shots from Sheriff Posse. PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Sept. 22.— The tragedy that has beeu looked for since the coal workers’ strike was In augurated, came suddenly and unex- ( pectedly at Shenandoah this after noon. A posse hurriedly gathered together by Sheriff Toole of Schuylkill county i to meet an emergency was forced to fire on a mob that was threatening workmen on their way home under es cort. A man and a little girl were In stantly killed and seven others fell, more or less seriously wounded. Sheriff Toole lost no time In calling on the commander of the National Guard of Pennsylvania to send troops to aid him in keeping the peace. Af ter consultation the state authorities at Harrisburg decided at midnight to send troops to the turbulent region. Shenandoah’s trouble was precipi tated by the closing of six colllorlas there this morning, through the ef forts of strike leaders. More will close tomorrow as a voluntary act, It Is said, on the part of the Reading company. This is done at the request of Sheriff Toole, who hopes in this manner to. avoid further rioting. The outlook at midnight, however, is dubious, as the foreigners affected by' today’s events are In an ugly mood. Elsewhere in the strike region every thing is quiet, althougn preparations are making for an outbreak in the Hazleton district and armed sheriff’s deputies are much In evidence there. The Reading company has about dis continued the sale of coal for future ' delivery and tonight's rioting almost certainly means the shutting off of coal production everywhere In the an thracite field, temporarily ,at least , First Train for Galveston. GALVESTON, Tex., Sert. 22.—The first train arrived here at 6:15 this morning. Trains are coming and go ing slowly, but steadily. More people are arriving than departing. The building of the temporary bridge ’two and one-eighth miles long was one of the most remarkable -ac complishments of construction work In the history of the world. The frieght situation will now ad just itself. Martial law ended at noon today. There s a big demand for laborers along the wharf front, also a great de mand for street cleaning labor. Indian Killed by Indian. PIERRE, S. D., Sept. 22—News was brought to this place today by Spotted Bear that while a number of Indians and helf-breeds were quarreling at Forest City. Iron Moccasin was killed, Benosit and Iron Moccasin engaged In a fight, and the former knocked the latter down with a club and jumped upon him. bursting his head open and killing him instantly. Insane Son’s Awful Deed, ROXBORO, Mass., Sept. 22—David Lewis Shepard and his wife, an aged couple who have lived in this town for many years, were found murdered in their beds this morning, their throats having been cut with a knife. Their son, William F. Shepard, 42 years of age, who has shown evidences of insanity for some time, is missing, and there is reason to believe that he committed the crime while mentally deranged. Mr. Shepard and his wife were both about 75 years of age and quite well-to-do.