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as STATE’S EVIDENCE World-Herald Placed in the Witness Chair Against Democracy. PERTINENT QUESTIONS DODGEO By Bryan Which Are Propounded to Him by n Prominent Pennsylvania Democrat —Beating; Around the Bush to Save t HU Political Bacon. July 10, 1900. $4.55 4.25 6.00 4.00 4.25 4.15 5.20 .10 .06 .75 .71 .54 1.40 2.25 .36 .24 .82 .44% .27 OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 1.—If the fusion tets had started in their campaign by destroying the back files of the news papers of their party, they might have robbed the republicans of some valu able campaign literature. But they didn't, and must suffer the conse quences. The Omaha World-Hernid is the rec ognized organ of fusion, not alone in Nebraska, but in the west. The fol lowing figures taken from the issue of the World-Herald of July 10, 1896, and July 10, 1900, not only serve to prove a most significant distinguish ment between the prices this year and those of four years ago, but they show conclusively that prices have advanced and that the people are much more prosperous now than. then. Here are the figures: July 10, 1896. Cows ..$3.00 Heifers .... 3.00 Calves...5.00 Bulls .2.90 Stags.2.90 Stocks and Feeders.... 3.55 Hogs .3.15 Veal, per lb.06% Green Hides (No. 1).. .04 Wheat, (Neb. & Dak.). .53 Wheat, car load (new).. .50 Rye .30 Flax seed ...74 Flour, (best patent).. 1.85 Corn . ..13 Oats ..15 No. 2 Red Wheat.56% No. 2 Cash Corn.26% No. 2 White Oats.18 There are 19 articles enumerated above—every one grown on the farm— and the aggregate per cent of increase in price approximates 1,093. Divide this by 19, the number of articles, and you will find that the average in crease to the price of each article is approximately 57% per cent. This isn’t campaign oratory, it Isn’t a mass of confusing figures; it is simply a compilation showing the prices the farmers of Nebraska re ceived for their products under a democratic and republican administra tion respectively, as shown by market quotations published in the Omaha World-Herald. j An increase of 57% per cent, in the commercial value of a crop means a great deal to each individual farmer in Nebraska- It means a great deal to the state of Nebraska and all its people, for, when the farmers are prosperous, all lines of industry are correspondingly stimulated. It means that the same amount of farm prod ucts will net the farmer more than double the amount this year as com pared with 1896. This is exactly the difference be tween republicanism and democracy as applied to the farmer and the farming industry, for today the re publicans are in power and in 1896 the democrats were in power. In the light of such facts it is diffi lult to believe that the democratic ticket will receive any material sup port from the farmers of Nebraska. Since it is proven by these figures that democratic policies enacted Into law cause a decline in the price ot farm products, and that republican policies, when enacted into law, causo an increase in the price of farm prod ucts, what more is nece'ssary to con vince the farmer that it is to his in terest to vote for and uphold the re publican ticket and party? “Well,” but Bryan says, “there is danger of imperialism.” Suppose he does, does that make it so? He said in 1896, in his speech at Baltimore, that if McKinley was elected it would mean four more years of hard times. The above figures from his own party organ disprove that assertion, say nothing of the abundance of evi dence of prosperity manifest every where. And Bryan says, “There is danger of militarism.” Suppose he does, does that make it so? He said in 1896 that if McKin ley was elected the wages of labor and the prices of farm products would fall 4upt as sure as the stone that :s thrown up. Again the figures from his own party organ disprove his assertions, say nothing of the purchase of new homes, the cancellation of farm mort gages, the increase in bank deposits, especially in the smaller towns and villages, the decrease in interest rates and the music of a million hammers in the various factories. Ves, Bryan says a great many things, but every time his philosophy has been put to a practical test it has been found faulty, weak and vulner able. You will notice, however, that there is one thing Bryan isn’t saying, and that is, he isn’t saying anything about the low prices, hard times and indus trial distress under democratic rule four years ago. Incontinently loquacious as he is, he isn’t saying anything about that. You have often heard of a doctor advising his patient to go away from his business on a pleasure trip so that he may forget about the cares and troubles that are endangering his health? Well, that is why Bryan is advising the people that there is “danger of imperialism and militarism.’’ He wants them to forget their cares and troubles of four years ago when the democrats were in power, not par ticularly for the benefit of their health, but for fear that they will take their memory along with them into the voting place and vote against him. That is the “danger” Bryan is en deavoring to guard against. FIGURES FOR PLAY TOYS. You will remember that Bryan > played with figures In his 1896 speeches. He had enough figures ami exclamation points to build a rail fence around Nebraska. He hasn't got them today. This time the figures are all against him. Read the above fig ures from his Omaha organ and you will see why he Is letting figures alone in this campaign. In 1896 Bryan said the hard times were “caused by a scarcity of money and that the only source of relief was in the free coinage of sliver.” He was wrong again. The people discovered the “source of relief—Wil liam McKinley and the republican party. They defeated sliver, elected McKinley and unexampled prosperity followed. DEMOCRACY AND TRUSTS. I The real position of the democrats on the trusts question was shown In 1 congress last June, when a proposed constitutional amendment intended to prevent, regulate and destroy trusts was defeated by democratic votes. The amendment was as follows: “Congress shall have power to de fine, regulate, prohibit or dissolve trusts, monopolies or combinations, whether existing in the form of a cor poration or otherwise. The several states may continue to exercise such power in any manner not in conflict with the laws of the United States.” This amendment, if incorporated into the constitution, would no doubt accomplish the purpose for which it was intended. But it was defeated, and by democratic votes. When it came to a vote, requiring as it did, a two-thirds majority, 154 voted for it and 13* against it Of the 154 who voted for it 150 were repub licans. Of the 132 who voted against it 130 were democrats. This very clearly defines the atti tude of both parties on the trust ques tion. Political parties, as well as in dividuals, should be measured, not by their words, but by their deeds. This rule is founded on apostolic doctrine and it is a prejty safe one to follow. Viewed in this light the Bryanites, instead of being opposed to trusts, as they loudly proclaim, appear to be iu sympathy with them. Trusts of combinations intended ta restrict legitimate competition, or ganized primarily for the purpose *»f arbitrarily fixing and regulating prices, are necessarily injurious to the people and should be stamped out. But who Is going to do the stamping out? Are you going to look to a party that, when it had an opportunity to provide a remedy, went over bag and baggage to the enemy—the democratic party? Are you going to look to a party that lined up its votes in con gress in solid phalanx and defeated a proposed constitutional amendment intended to crush this evil? Are yoa going to do this and desert the repub lican party, which not only cast all but four of the 154 votes cast In con gress for the amendment, but has written into the statutes of the United States every word of law that appears there against trusts? BRYAN AN ARTFUL DODGER. W. J. Bryan does not have to go outside his own party to find men who question both his sincerity and con sistency on the “paramount” issue, particularly in regard to the Philip pines. Hon. J. B. Corey of Pittsburg, Pa., former democratic candidate for gov ernor of Pennsylvania, under date of September 15, 1900, addressed the fol lowing letter to Mr. Bryan: “Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 15, 1900. “Hon. W. J. Bryan, Lincoln, Neb.: “My Dear Sir—I have not received any reply to my letter directed to you at Chicago, asking you if you believed that the negroes of Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines, who never had lived under a republican form of government or exercised the right of manhood suffrage, are more capable of self-government than the American negroes in our southern states who were born and raised under our re publican form of government and had tue right of suffrage for one-third of a century. If not, do you approve of the legislatures of the southern states disfranchising our American negroes, who for one-third of a century have exercised the right of suffrage and insist upon the right of self-govern ment to the half-civilized negro of the Philippines? I do not wish to be un derstood as defending the McKinley administration or espousing our peo ple’s war with Spain and its results, but simply as an American citizen, l wish to learn your sentiments as a can8idate for the presidency on the paramount issue of selr-government. I am, dear sir, very respectfully yours, “J. B. COREY, “Former Democrat Candidate for Gov ernor of Pennsylvania.” It will be observed that Mr. Corey has written more than one letter on the subject, but thus far Mr. Bryan has carefully avoided answering or ex plaining the inconsistency Mr. Corey points out. A copy of the above letter was handed to Mr. Bryan In person while he was on the stage at Weeping Water, Neb., on the evening of Sep tember 21, but he very adroitly ig nored It and made no reference to it. Mr. Bryan’s failure to make answer simply emphasizes his insincerity. Like in the question propounded to him each day since the campaign opened, by the New York Herald, asking him whether, if elected, he would instruct his secretary of the treasury to pay government "coin” obligations in silver, the question of sectionalism is raised, and Bryan will remain as mute as a Chinese joss and let the people guess at it. So far as the Herald’s question is concerned he is afraid to say yes, for that would line the eastern states up against him, and he is afraid to say no, for that would line the silver | states and the populists against him i So, too, in regard to the proposition i submitted by Mr. Corey. If he says yes he places himself in a most ridicu lous attitude, while if he says no he will have every old slave state after him with a cat-’o-nine-tails. But it must be apparent to every one that there is a wide divergence between these two propositions, and, if elected, somebody is going to be ter ribly fooled. And this is the same Bryan who 's held up all over the country by the fusionists, in the newspapers, on the curbstones and on the rostrum, as the man with a courageous Jaw! Alas, poor Yorick! WOULD HAVE BAD EFFECT. In the corner of the reading room at the Omaha Commercial club yc> terday three gentlemen representing varied Interests talked significantly of the political situation. The conversa tionalists were C. S. Hayward-of the Williams & Hayward Shoe Co., Q. R Williams, a farmer well knowa throughout Douglas county, and E. A. Willis, president of the Omaha Press men's union, and the conversation ran like this: Mr. Williams— Mr. Haywara. :n your opinion,, would the election of Mr. Bryan have any effect upon the manufacturing and jobbing interests? Mr. Hayward—Yes; it would un doubtedly have a bad efTect. It would take us back to the conditions-of 1896, when the stability of our currency was seriously threatened and money tightened up. Four years ago, it will be remembered, manufacturing con cerns throughout the country were In a bad way. Some of the mills were shut down completely and the others were greatly curtailed in operation. That condition was brought about by bad tariff legislation and the free sil ver agitation, and both of these evils would be upon us again in the event of democratic success this year. Mr. Willis—the workingmen of the cities have as much at staka in this campaign as do the manufacturers, for they are the first and greatest suf ferers when the mills close down. Thousands of men were out of work four years ago, and now many of the big factories are unable to get as many operators as they desire. Right here in Omaha from 20 to 50 per cent, of the members of the different labor unions were unemployed in 1896, while this year every union reports its full membership at work. I should think that the enforced idleness of a large number of workingmen in the cities would have some effect upon the farmers. What do you think of it, Mr. Williams? Mr. Williams—Well, of course, the farmer’s prosperity depends very largely upon a favorable market, and you can’t have a very good market when thousands of men in the cities are unemployed. During the four years of hard times, from 1893 to 1896, there, was an immense falling off in the domestic consumption of farm products. The government statistics show that the average decreased con sumption of wheat in the United States was over sixty million bushels a year for the four years, and the per capita consumption of corn dropped from 30 bushels in 1892 to 14 bushels in 1896. This great slump in the do mestic market had its ettect upon the foreign market, of course. No matter how bountiful the crops may be the farmer can have no good times when the markets are poor. Mr. Willis—The decreased consump tion of wheat and corn in the United States during the four years of 1892-6 was undoubtedly due to the inability of the unemployed workingmen o{ the cities to provide a comfortable living for their families. There must have been even a greater decrease in the consumption of meats. , Mr. Williams—Undoubtedly so. At South Omaha Stock Yards the cattle receipts for the seven months of 1900 ending July 31 was 424,236, as against 220,324 for a like period in 1896—a gain of nearly 100 per cent. The hog re ceipts for the first seven months of this year were 1,121,171, as against 717,976 for the corresponding period of 1896. Mi*. Hayward—No one will deny that we are having general prosperity at this time. Farmers are having good crops and good markets, work ingmen in the cities are having steady employment at good wages and the manufacturers and jobbers are enjoy ing a constantly increasing business. Do we owe any measure of praise to the republican party for all this? Mr. Willis—I think we do. I know that hundreds of big mills in the east that were closed by democratic tariff tinkering have been reoponed by wise republican tariff legislation. Without these mills in operation thousands of men would be out of work, and to that extent our general prosperity would be impaired. Mr. Hayward—We must thank the republican party also for sound finan cial legislation, which has restored confidence and returned money to cir culation. If this government should undertake the unlimited coinage of silver at a fixed ratio of 16 to 1 we could have nothing like stability for our currency, and without a stable circulating medium there could oe no confidence. The election of Mr. Bryau would drive capital into its hiding place again, and the farmer, the workingman and tue manufacturer and jobber would suffer the conse quences. Mr. Willis—I think the workingman would suffer first, because a cessation of industrial activities must neces sarily and immediately follow the withdrawal of capital from its natural channels of usefulness. When capital avoids permanent investment and temporary employment, improvements of all kinds cease, factories all over the country are hampered in their op erations and workingmen are thrown out of their jobs by the hundred. Mr. Williams—Are you gentlemen of the opinion that Mr. Bryan is any more reliable in prophecy today than he was in 1896? Mr. Hayward—Mr. Bryan may be a gifted man, but toresight is a quality that he lacks. In 1896 he predicted all sorts of dire results from a McKinley victory. According, to his views, the election of McKinley meant a con traction of currency, lower prices for products of uie soil, less work and less wages for the laboring man, more debt and higher interest for the farmer and a continuation of the hard times generally. Mr. Willis—As far as the laboring classes are concerned Mr. Bryan’s prophecies of 1896 have not material ized, workingman have not only found the demand for their services en larged, but their hours shortened and their wages increased. In Omaha, in 1897, the Pressmen’s union scale was $16 to $18 a week for ten hours’ work, today the pay is the same for nine hours’ work. The Plasterers’, Brick layers' and Stonemasons’ Tenders union had In 1S96 a scale of 15 to 17V6 , cents *er hour; today their scale is | 24 cents per hour, and they have an eight-hour Instead of a ten-hour day. The Plumbers’ union scale was 45 cents per hour in 1896; now it is 50 cents; the Bricklayers' union wage scale in 1896 was 50 cents per hour; now it is 55 cents. The Carpenters' union scale was 30 cents per hour; now it is 40 cents. The Painters and Decorators’ union has advanced its scale from 30 cents to 35 cents, and the Sheet Metal Workers wages have been increased from 27 & cents to 38Vi cents per hour. I might go on and show similar Increases in all the trades, but I have given sufficient facts to demonstrate that Mr. Bryau's prophecy of lower wages has not been ; fulfilled. Mr. Williams—And as to farmers. I'Mr. Bryan was also mistaken. The prices paid for all kinds of farm prod ucts have advanced from 10 to 200 per cent. Money is easier to get and in terest rates are lower by from two to three per cent. Mr. Hayward—As to the contraction of currency which Mr. Bryan predicted as a certain result of the defeat of his free silver scheme, I might say thal it has not come true. The per capita circulation in 1896 was $21.10; on May .i or' this year it was $26.58. WHY THE DEMAND? During the first eight months of this year the number of head of live stock received at South Omaha more ! than doubled the number received during the corresponding months of the democratic year of 1896. For the first eight months of 1896 the receipts were 1,305,622, and for the first eight months of 1900, 2,772,021. This tre mendous increase of receipts has been acoompanied by steadily advancing prices. The loans and discounts of the Union Stock Yards National bank have increased 148 per cent, and the deposlta^04 per cent, during the past four years. All of this is a certain in dication of prosperity not only at South Omaha but throughout the country. South Omaha would not be enjoying the benefits of a rapidly growing stock market and packing in dustry unless there was a good de mand from the country at large for meats. Why the demand? Because under an administration that guaran tees safety to business interests in general by providing a sound financial system and a protective tariff the fac tories have been kept in operation, labor has been employed and all work ingmen have been enabled to provide adequately for themselves and their families. If we are to have cheap money, no confidence and even a par tial shutting, down of American mills, the demand for meats and all the other necessities of life will slacken and South Omaha, with its live stock and packing interests, will be one of the first and greatest sufferers. The peo ple of this city can have no good rea son for desiring a change. LIVE STOCK. The tremendous Increase of busi ness at the South Omaha live stock market is an unfailing sign of pros perity. It Indicates a strong and ad vancing market for the products of the farms, which would be impossible without general prosperity among the workers of the cities. The following table shows the live stock receipts at the stock yards for the first eight months of this McKinley year and for the corresponding eight months of me democratic year of 1896: 1896. 1900. Cattle .316,315 512,103.. 62 Hogs .798,639 1,501,302— 88 Sneep .190,649 758,616—298 Here is an increase in the number of cattle received of 62 per cent; hogs, 88 per cent. In other words, 195,768 more cattle, 702,664 more hogs and 567,967 more Bheep were marketed at South Omaha during the first eight months of this year than during the corresponding months of 1896. This immense increase in the number of cattle, hogs and sheep received at South Omaha indicates a correspond ing increase in the demand for meat which could not have appeared had the industrial conditions of 1896 con tinued. It might be said that the re ceipts at South Omaha have been in creased by the additions to the pack ing houses at that point and that a large number of stock raisers who formerly shipped to Chicago are now marketing at South Omaha, but this would not weaken the assertion that the increase in receipts shows a cor responding increase in the general de mand, for the receipts at Chicago have also been advancing steadily during the past four years. With the heavy increase in receipts there has also been a steady advance in price. Steers, for Instance, sold July 31, 1896, at from $2.75 to $3.70, and on July 31, 1900, they brought $5.50; hogs sold July 31, 1896, at $2.77, and July 31, 1900, the price was $5.09; sheep on July 31, 1896, ranged from 82 to $5.50, and on July 31, 1900, from $4 to $5.45. This shows conclusively that the farmers and stopk raisers of this section of the country are not only selling a great deal more stock now than they were in 1896, but they are receiving much better prices. Another certain indication of pros perity for all those connected with live stock interests is furnished by a comparison of the latest statement of the Union Stock Yards National bank with tlfe statement of the same insti tution dated October 6, is96. In 1896 the loans and discounts amounted to $746,977, and now they sum up $1, 858,280, showing an increase of $1,111. 303, or 148 per cent. In 1896 the de posits amounted to $1,096,770, and now they foot up $3,339,i63, showing an in crease of $2,242,393, or 204 per cent. May Won’t Piny. Lady Francis Hope (once May Yohe. of burlesque renown) refuses to act in America. She says she’s tired of the whole business and is going back to England. Plans for the New York ap pearance of Lady Francis had been made at the Savoy theater, but the Savoy is in the throes of litigation, and nothing is doing there in the amuse ment line, Her ladyship has snub bed several anxious Americans who are willing to arrange for a New York debut Last week, for instance, she turned down an offer of $1,500 a week to appear in vaudeville at Koster & Bial’s. MAY ADJUST MATHS The Gosl Miners ia M&rkle Slopes Aocept Pert 0/ Firm’s Terms. ARBITRATION OF DISPUTED POINTS IlMtIS of Laitra* Ooantr **•>•» Ar naf*«Mti for Ruhliif Troop* from ■hoaoodoah If Oceaalon for Thoir C*o Art***—Fuel to Bo Maintained. * HAZLETON, Pa., Sept. 27.—The *»rl ela at the mines of O. B. Markle ft Go. haa been reached. There were many expressions among the men today of dissatisfaction with aome of the Arm’s answers to their demands. The prin cipal grievance is the wage scale. They ask for only about half of what the United Mine Workers are demanding. Operations at the Markle collieries were suspended today so that the em ploys* could hold a meeting to discuss the Arm's answer. The meeting was held in the fornoon and this afternoon the committee composed cf employes of the several Markle .mines, with the exception of Ebervale, which Is com pletely tied up, made known to the Arm the decision of the employes. They accept the Arm’s proposition in regard to the hoisting men from the slope, ac quiesce in the refusal to pay the engi neers by the hour and warn to further arbitrate all the other grievances ex cept those relating to semi-monthly pay and the location of powder houses, which have been adjusted by the an swer of Markle A Co. The men also decided to remain at work pending the arbitration negotia tions and agreed to aak the Arm to “deduct from the pay of each family that returns to work their quota for the payment of the arbitrator selected ; by the men.” Judging only by the talk of the men it looks as if a considerable num ber of men will not go to work to morrow morning. The force of men at each of the Markle slopes is now very shorthanded. The Arm for the time being refuses to discuss anything In connection with its future actions. The request made yesterday by Sher iff Harvey for troops, although not re fused, was not granted by Governor Stone. The sheriff and the state offi cials at Harrisburg, however, have an understanding and if the necessity arises soldiers will be thrown into this region in short order. If this be done the Arst to arrive would be one of the commands now stationed at Shenan doah. There were no disturbances report ed in this region today. Rumors of contemplated marohes of strikers are constantly in circulation, but as far at can be learned there la no truth in any of them. With regard to the general strike situation in the Lehigh Valley it can not be said that many great gains were made on either side today Some who quit work yesterday at the Tomhicken, Derringer and Cowan mines returned today. The Lehigh Valley Coal com pany reports more men working to day than any time since the strike be gan. The labor leaders claim accessions to their ranks from both the mines at Bckley and Lattlmer. The dally pro duction of coal in the district is stead ily decreasing. This is shown from the shipments of coal from the region today, which Indicate a falling off of more than 75 per cent POSITION or THE POWERS. Austria and Italy Only OoTfrnmtnti that Beply Favorably. PARIS, Sept. 27.—It Ib asserted from excellent diplomatic sources that Aus tria and Italy are the only powers which have replied favorably and un conditionally to Germany’s note. It is certainly a tact that the replies of Russia and France are almost identi cal, involving the punishment of the originators of the anti-foreign assaults but not making their surrender an ab solute condition of the peace prelim inaries. Japan takes a middle course, lean ing a little more strongly toward Ger many, while Great Britain declines. A powerful argument used against Germany’s position was its establish ment of a precedent that would per mit the powers in future wars to de mand personages considered by them to be guilty leaders and that their pun ishment is deemed fit before peace ne gotiations are undertaken. Accept* Carnegie’* Proposition. OTTUMWA, la., Sept. 26.—Ottumwa has accepted Andrew Carnegie’s ap propriation of $50,000 for a free public library, the election on the issue giv ing a majority of almost 500 in favor of the measure; 272 were cast by mal6 voters. The women were also permit ted to vote and their majority increas ed the total to almost 500. The meas ure lost last June, when the judge of the district court held that the women were not entitled to vote. The male vote in June gave a majority of 81 against the measure, the issue carry ing only by the votes cast by the wo men. The election settles the ques tion. Acctted a Hold Dp. BEATRICE, Neb., Sept. 26.—The police locked up a suspicious character and put him in the sweat box. He soon was spotted as the party who held up a Bohemian named Zivanski, liv ing near Virginia, six weeks ago. Zi vanski was sent for and at once Iden tified Bilger as his assailant. The prisoner denies that he had anything to do with the hold up, but it is now known that he served time before. Btat* Hay Halp Odrtitan. GALVESTON, Tex., Sept. 27.—Near ly 2,600 men were engaged clearing the streets, removing debris and disposing of dead bodies today. Twenty-five bodies were recovered today and thir ty-five yesterday. Governor Sayers left here this afternoon for Austin, where he will consult wl’h the attor ney general relative to a proposition from the city government for a fund with which to operate the municipal government from now until the end of the fiscal year, February 28. About $100,000 will be required. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. Latest Quotations from South dntabs and Kansas Cltr. SOUTH OMAHA. union Stock Yards.—Cattle—There were only a few cattle on sale today and about the usual Friday conditions prevailed. Buyers as a rule were not particularly anxious for stock cattle, and the market as a whole was not very active. Receipts Included about 7 cars of corn fed steers. Fuckers evidently had to have a few cat tle today and In some cases paid a little higher prices for them than they did yes terday. Generali*- speaking the market could be called steady to strong. Cow buyers were not quite as as anxious for fresh supplies today as they were yester day, but as a rule the 25 cars of cow stuff on the market changed hands at close to steady prices, though In some cases sellers had to take oft a little. Can tiers were In good demand today at about yesterday's prices. The demand from the country for stock cattle continues heavy, but yard traders have quite a few on hand, which fact naturally made them a little careful about buying more today unless the cattle were of good weight and quality. Such as could answer that description brought just about steady prices, but common stuff was rather ne glected and scuers found It dlfllcult In some cases to get fully steady prices. There were practically no western beef cattle on sale today and consequently nothing with which to make a test of the market. Hogs—There were a few over 100 loads of hogs on sale today, but the demand was fully equal to the supply. The mar ket started out not much different from yesterday's close, a few packers getting mixed hogs at to. 12^ and 16.15, but the market soon Armed up and the bulk of the hogs changed hands at about steady prices with yesterday’s general market. The trade was active and practically everything was sold at an early hour. The top of $5.2714 was a shade higher than yesterday, but the hogs were prime and fully as good as anything that has come here In the last couple of days. Sheep—There were 24 oars of sheep on the market this morning, but the bulk of them were feeders, onlv about # oars' of good sheep being on sale. Most of the trains were late In arriving, so the market was slow In opening. Sheep, how ever, were about steady with yesterday, although Chicago came steady to too lower. There were practically no fat lambs offered, consequently there was nothing to make a test of the market. Feeders were In good demand again to day and prices ruled steady to strong for both sheep and lambs. Quotations: Choice western grass wethers, $3.75@4.00; choice grass yearlings, $3.75©4.00; choice ewes, $3.25@8.50; fair to good ewes, $8.00 @3.25: cull ewes, $2.60@3.00; choice spring lambs, t4.25@4.75; fair to good spring lambs, |4.50@4.65; feeder wethers, $3.35® 3.65: feeder lambs, $4.00@4.40. KANSAS CITY. Cattle—Receipts. 6,600: steady. Desir able natives, $5.50; stockers and feeders, $3.50@4.30; butcher cows and heifers, $3.00 @4.85; canners, $2.60@3.00; fed westerns, |4.00@4.15; wintered Texfcnst $3.80@3.86; grass Texans, $3.00(03,35; calves, $4.00@ 6.50. Hogs—Receipts. 5,000; active, 2V4@5c higher, closed strong. Heavy and mixed. $5^5H@5.35: light, $5.25@5.30; pigs, $4.50® Sheep—Receipts, 2.100 head; market nominal. Fat lambs are bringing $4.76® 5.25: muttons. $3.r>0@4.00; stockers and feeders, $3.00@4.00; culls, $2.60@3.00. CARRIED A fQW TINE WITH HIM. W. ▼. Wolcott Dies oa Train With Over a Half million la His Pocket. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 1.—W. V. Wolcott of Boston died at St. Vincent’* hospital from a stroke of apoplexy sus tained on a Big Four train yesterday. Mrs. Wolcott arrived tonight from Bos ton and Miss Camilla S. Wolcott, his daughter, came in this morning from St. Louis. Mr. Wolcott was a native of Onon daga, N. Y., and located in St. Louis about thirty years ago. He became a member of the firm of Wolcott ft Hume, publishers of the Journal and Times at St. Louis and later was president of the Street Car Coupler company. He owned large Interests in Missouri and at his death was Ben lor partner In the banking Arm of Wolcott ft Co., with offices at 27 State street, Boston, and 7 Wall street, New York. A search of his effects brought to light the fact that he carried with him a la^ge fortune'. He had in his valise 9500,000 in gov ernment bonds and about $2,000 in cash on his person. Chlctfoan Gets Contract. CLINTON, Mass., Oct. 1.—MacArthur Bros., Winston & Sooher of Chicago have been awarded In Boston the con tract for building the Wachusett dam by the Metropolitan water board, the specified price, which was the lowest In the list of bidders, being $1,603,635. The dam, which will bo one of the largest in the country, is planned to be 1,800 feet long and 200 feet high, and is to hold in check the waters of the Nashua river, which supplies the Metropolitan district The back water will form a lake some six miles in length. Waldertco at Tlan Tain. TIEN TSIN, Sept. 27.—Count von Wnldersee and his staff arrived here at noon today. Guards of honor from all the allies received him at the rail way Btatlon, which was decorated with the flags of Germany, Russia and France. The flags of Great Britain and the other allies were conspicuous by the absence. Places the Blame on Bteyn. LONDON, Oct. 1.—An interesting report comes from Komatipoort to the effect that Mr. Kruger, In a letter to his wife announcing mat he is going On a six months’ holiday, said, in sub stance, that after the capture of Ma chadodorp he knew the struggle was hopeless and counseled moderation, but that Mr. Steyn’s “arbitrary be havior” overruled his counsel. Little Doing Near Manila. MANILA, Oct. 1.—The Filipinos in the vicinity of Manila have been more quiet than of late, although last Wed nesday night there were brisk attacks at Las Pinas and Paranaque, south of Manila, as well as outpost -ring at Imus, Bacoor and Muntin Bupa. The American officers are satisfied that the alleged amigos living in and around the towns in question participated in these attacks. Road Directors Will Meet. NEW YORK, Oct 1.—The Mail and Express today prints the following: The directors of the Southern Pacific railroad will hold their reuglar monthly meeting next Thursday, but it is not likely they will select a pres dent to succeed the late C. P. Hunt ington. A report from San Francisco says the presidency was offered by the special committee to H. F. Hun tington, the first vice president, but that he declined it. D. Ogden Mills, one of the committee having the se lection of a president in charge said today he knew of qq such offer.