Nebraska Newspapers

    KILL ANJUTLAW
A HORSE THIEF FIRES ON PUR
SUER AND MCETS DEATH.
A BATTLE IN THE SAND HILLS
Ex-Sheriff Houck cf Ord Hurt In the
Fight One Thief Shot Down and
the Other Captured Miscellaneous
Nebraska Matters.
C.REF.LEY CENTER. Neb.. April 30.
Chaihs Wll.vm. hor.se thier. is dead,
nml px-Sf.'Tirr Hout.k oT Ord U wound
ed, nr. a rHu!t of two battles with two
horse thieves near North l.otip. Geo.
Haiki ll. Wilson'n partner In rrlra". is
Jn jail In this city. Wilson wa3 shot
in lb' head ly hbi pursuers In the
fecund battle. Ha.-l.cll was raptured
Boon fter without resistance. Hjuck
wan shot In the foot and in tho hand.
His Injuries are net serious.
The battle resulted from a chase
after hore thieves in (ireeley, Siier
ir.an and Valley counties. Thursday
night six horses were stolen, two each
from Farmers Trie-hard, Peterson aiul
Giles, living about seventeen miles
northeast of Greeley Center. The trail
of the thieves was at once taken up.
Tho pursuers were aliliil by Detec
tive C. M. Franklin and Malone's
l.loodhounds from Lincoln. The possn
pi:rrfii"d the thieves until ex-Sheriff
I hun k and Sherllf Kake came upon
them In the sand hills. The horso
thieves turned on their pursuers and
a battle ensued in which Houck was
wounded, being hit twice. Many shoU
were fired by both sides. Finally the
thieves escaped. The chase contin
ued and in the afternoon Meyers and
the llutdilna brothers again got with
in rar.-;e of the fugitives. They at
once reopen'-d fire.
The shooting attracted othtr sec
tions of the pursuing party, scattered
nvt-r two or threw miles of sand hi'l
territory and they began closing In on
the thieves. V.'l.en they reaches the
first party they found that Wilson
hvl been kili.-d and that Haskell had
been taken prisoner.
From nvar Spaulding. where tho
horses, were taken, the thieves tools
u southwesterly direction Into Sher
man county. Then they moved north
westward into Valley county, where
the pursuers, by cutting acro?3 coun
try, soon overtook them. They passec!
through Loup City witn lue ..a horses.
When they reached the sand hilts they
apparently thought they werj on safe
ground and proceeded more leisurely.
The six horses were recovered, the
two men having them in their pos
session. They have Leon identified by
their owners. Haskell admits that ha
and Wilson stole them.
Pay Tribute to Morton.
WASHINGTON. V. C. April 30.
Officials of the department of agri
culture adopted resolutions on tha
death of Former Secretary Morton at
Chicago. Dr. O. K. Dyson of the Chi
igo headquarters of the bureau of
inimal industry; H. J. Cox, of the
I'hicago weather bureau, and Dr. D.
C. Ayer, of Omaha, were appointed a
committee to attend the funeral a3
representatives of the department.
Cherry Duchies Is Dead.
ASHLAND. Neb., April 39. The fa
mous show cow, Cherry Duchess No.
4IU7S. owned by the Kiverside ranch
at Ashland. Neb., died April 27. Cher
ry Duchess met with an accident on
April 11, and her owner, in order to
relieve her of her suffering, ordered
her killed. Cherry Duchess was not
only a show cow, but a first class
breeder also. She died at the age of
12 years.
N :w Corporations.
LINCOLN. Neb.. April 30. Th
Trovident Land Investment company.
Incorporated by C. M. Chittenden and
O. H. Davidson of Omaha., has an au
thorized capital stock of $100,000.
Thomas R. Ashley of Decatur hai
applied to the state banking board
tor permission to start a private bank.
But Nine Cases for Trial.
FREMONT, Neb.. April 30. Judga
Ilollenbeck in district court called
the cases which will be tried at tho
May term, nine in number. Thi3 ia
Che smallest list which has been mad9
up for any term in Dodge county for
the last ten years. None of the case
arc of special importance.
Former Nebraska:! Dead.
YORK. Neb.. April 30. A telegram
was received here 6tating that Charles
F. Dillon, a former resident of this
place, had died at Lead City, S. D.
The Town in Mourning.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., April 30.
The news of the death of J. Ster
ling Morton has caused the town to
take on the garb of deepest mourning
Long streamers of black crape ar
hanging from the front of both public
and rrivate buildings. -Telegrams oi
condolence have been coming in from
Mr. Morton's friends all over the coun
try, bringing additional evidence of
the great regard in which he was held
In thLs city.
Working the Farmers.
RANDOLPH. Neb.. April 20. Many
farmers in this vicinity are wiser but
poorer for confidence they placed in
"W. G. McKay. He came here as agent
for a Chicago grocery house, but later
organized the Farmers' Trading asso
ciation, the members of which were
to receive 15 cents per dozen for eggs
and 20 cents a pound for butter in
cash the year round. A membership
fee of $10 was collected. From thi
sourca McKay got about $2,500.
TO KEEP MEMORIAL DAY.
3rand Army Commander of the
State Called to Observe It
LINCOLN, Neb.. April 28. This
order Las been issued frotn the head
quartern of the Nchrattka department.
li. A. R., for observance of Memorial
3ay, May 30:
A third of a century ago the re
nowned volunteot soldier, our com
rade, John Logan, by special order,
designated May 30 a a day sacred to
tho memory of our dead comrades,
and on which to decorate each sol
dier's g.ave with flowers and to plant
aver it the flag under which he
fought.
It i3 meet and proper for us to re
member the sacred duty we owe to
tho memory of our comrades who
have "crossed over to the other
shore." Let us not forget that, while
to many this day is a memory of
glorious deeds and battles won, by
some, at least, it is a day of memory
for unforgotten heroes, wno died that
this nation might live.
Lest the rising generation forget,
let me remind them that the patriot
ism and deeds of heroism of the dead
and living of the civil war have giv
en to this nation a mortal fame that
commands the admiration of the
world and bequeaths to generations
to come a heritage so full cl lessons
of love and loyalty, so replete in
unselfish sacrifices in the cause of
freedom, that only those devoid of
gratitude can ever forget the debt
they can never repay those gray-haired
veterans.
Heretofore It has ben the privilege
of the surviving heroes of the civil
war and the patriot! people of this
nation to decorate with llowers and
flags the last resting place of their
heroes, and a.s t'.ie Spanish war has
shown that the worthy "sons of noble
sires" will, whenever an opportunity
offers, follow the old flag to victory,
even to the very heart of the celestial
empire, it is earnestly recommended
that all graves of those gallant boys
of this war be decorated.
Commanders, see to it that Memo
rial Sabbath Is observed as sacredly
as Memorial day, and so arrange that
ail may attend.
Tost commanders will see to it that
the Memorial day committee make
proper arrangement with the school
boards for patriotic exercises in the
public schools on the Friday preced
ing Memorial day, and that comrades
be detailed to visit each school at an
hour agreed u;on to conduct the ser
vices. Invite the members of your
auxiliary to assist in these services,
and where there are representatives
of our department of patriotic instruc
tion consult with them in relation to
program, etc.
It is the duty of the comrades to see
that the flag is raised at half-mast on
all public buildings and every school
house in the state on May 30.
No effort should be spared to have
all exerc!4e3 and demonstrations con
sistent with the purposes to which
this sacred day has been dedicated,
and all ehxibitions or amusements
that would have a tendency to detract
from its proper observance or pro
fane its solemn purpose should be
promptly and emphatically discour
aged and frowned upon by all good
citizens.
The thirtieth national encampment
provides that the reading of Presi
dent Lincoln's Gettysburg address be
made a special feature of all Memo
rial day exercises held under the aus
pices of the Grand Army of the Re
public. I hereby inclose same, and
post commanders will see to it that
it be read in connection with the ser
nces. Winter Wheat is Favored.
LINCOLN, Neb., April 28. Winter
wheat as a crop for Nebraska has
enormous possibilities, declares As
Eociate Director Lyon in a bulletin is
sued by the Nebraska experiment sta
tion. Not only are the large yields
of this wheat such as to recommend
its culture to the fanners of the
state, but the quality of Nebraska
winter wheat gives it a high stand
ing among buyers and consumers.
Inspect Beatrice Institute.
BEATRICE. Neb., April 28. State
Treasurer "William Stuefer, Secretary
of State George Marsh and Commis
sion of Public Lanu3 and Buildings
George Follmer, comprising the State
Board of Public Lands and Buildings,
were here inspecting the Institute for
Feeble Minded.
At Clinton, Ark., the safe in the
Van Buren county couit house was
blown open with dynamite and $6,000
f the school fund wa3 stolen.
Poisoned by Eating Salmon.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., April 28.
William Secord. a fireman at the
starch works in this city, was poison
ed and is seriously ill at his home in
Elmwood from eating canned salmon.
His physician now thinks that he i3
out of danger. The salmon was al
lowed to remain in the can for sev
eral hours after it was opened and
it i3 thought that the poison Is the
result of the cemical actions of the
Juices on the tin.
Nebraska Debaters Winners.
LINCOLN, Neb., April 28. The de
baters cf the University of Nebraska
won la the contest with representa
tives of the University of Kansas.
The question was. "Resolved, That
the United States should, by appro
priate concessions In its tariff duties,
extend It3 export trade and cultivate
amity." The negative was supported
by the Nebraska debaters, who were
Charles M. Barcelen, John C. Doubt,
Jr., and Samuel C. IlAwthorn.
STOCKMEN HEARD
VANT A LEASING BILL IF NO
MORE CAN BF. SECURED.
COMMITTEE ASK QUESTIONS
Mr. Richards Presentation of the Case
The Nebraskans to Be Presented
to the President Before the Cabi
net Other Nebraska Matters.
WASHINGTON. D. C. April 29.
Dartlett Richards and the delegation
of stockgrowers from Nebraska had a
hearing be;'ore tha public lands com
mittee of the house. Mr. Richards, as
in the case before the sub-committee
of the senate committee on public
lands, was the principal speaker, and
for upwards of an nour occupied the
Uoor, Colonel John I. Irish, who is the
representative of the Cattle Growers
association occasionally interrupting
in order to make more clear Mr. Rich
ards' argument. The members of the
committee asked a great many ques
tions during the progress of Mr. Rich
ards' presentation of the case, Acting
Chairman Mondell calling attention to
the fact that there were no moun
tainous regions in Nebraska and that
In view of the fact that there was a
very large irrigation project pending
before congress, asked Mr. Richards
whether it would not be better to pass
a specific act relative to Nebraska
and the lease of the public domain in
that state than to depend upon con
gress to pass a general leasing meas
ure. To this Mr. Richards replied
that since he came to Washington the
question . of speciflc legislation for
Nebraska had been submitted to him
by the Nebraska delegation and that
he looked with favor upon the meas
ure If no general land leasing law be
enacted. In view of the vast inter
ests which were represented by him
self and his associates of the delega
tion ho felt that some general meas
ure ought to be passed, but he would
be content at this time it some spe
cial act could be passed which might
be an entering wedge for luture leg
islation of a wider scope.
He presented similar petitions to
mittee and he had net concluded his
argument when time came for adjourn
ment. It 'was therefore agreed by the
committee that they would hear other
members of the Cattle Growers asso
ciation on Monday morning.
In the afternoon the delegation of
cattle growers met the senators and
representatives from Nebraska in
Senator Millard's committee room, all
members being present with the ex
ception of Mr. Mercer. The whole
subject of leasing was again gone
over, the stockmen being especially
enthusiastic over the treatment they
had received before the committee,
which had accorded them hearings
during the past two days. No definite
conclusion was reached, however, as
to future action.
Senator Millard has made arrange
ments to present Mr. Richards and
his party to the president on Tues
day before the meeting of the cabinet,
and it is expected the entire Nebraska
delegation will accompany them to
the White House.
Select Former Nebraskan.
LAWRENCE, Kan., April 29. The
Board of Regents this morning unan
imously elected Frank Strong, presi
dent of the University of Oregon, to
fill the vacant chancellorship of the
University of Kansas. The place
pays $4,500. Strong was graduated
from Yale in 1884. He has spent most
of his life in the west, being principal
of the St. Joseph (Mo.) High school
from 1888 until 1892, where he put
great life and stability into that
school. From 1892 till 1895 he was
superintendent of schools at Lincoln,
Neb., and was for a time first vice
president of the Nebraska Association
cf Superintendents and Principals.
From 1897 to 1S99 he lectured on his
tory in Yale university and has been
for a number of years a frequent con
tributor of historical articles to many
of the leading magazines.
Disease Changes Color.
TLATTSMOUTH, Neb., April 23.
Colonel G. C. Mayfield is the owner
of a Poland-China brood sow, which,
he alleges, changed from black to
white within a few weeks. Sue took
ibe cholera and upon recovering her
nair commenced to turn white. She
now has a fine litter of pigs, but, un
like theif mother, they are as black
as crows.
Little Litigation in Dodge.
FREMONT. Neb., April 29. At a
session of the district court Judge
Hollenbeck called the docket for the
purpose of setting cases for trial at
the next term, which convenes this
week. The docket was the smallest
in the county for twelve years. Only
eight civil and one criminal case were
set for trial. James Stewart was be
fore the court on a writ of habeas
corpus to secure his release on a
charge of contempt.
Pierce to Have a Gas Plant.
PIERCE, Neb., April 29. Benjamin
Lindsay, a representative citizen of
Pierce, has asked the town board for
a franchise to install a lighting plant.
In weeks past he has investigated the
lighting question quite thoroughly and
Is now convinced that the cold gas
process is the cheapest and best for a
town the size of Pierce. The light
will be used for lighting business
places and streets, and also vised for
cocking purposes and fuel.
GRANTS RHEA A REPRIEVE.
Governor Postpones Date of Execution
Until July of Next Year.
LINCOLN, Neb., April 2Gr Governor
Savage has granted a reprieve L Wil
liam Rhea until July 10. 1103. He rives
his reasons in the following statecomnt
for taking this action :
"The foregoing reprieve of William
Rhea Is issued because I believe, after
a thorough) Investigation of all tho
facts Involved, that it is doubtful if
the death penalty ought to be imposed
ujion the said William Rhea. At the
fame time I am. reluctant to commute
the sentence to imprisonment for life,
for the reason that history shows that
in many cases a life sentence In the
penitentiary does not mean confine
ment for life.
"In my opinion, the said William
Rhea ought not at any time to be
given his liberty. I grant a reprieve
for thi3 long time In order that the
coming legislature may have an op
portunity to amend the law relating to
pardons and commutations, if it sees
fit to do so, and I direct that this ex
planation of my action be recorded in
the record3 of the state penitentiary,
and also in the office- of the clerk of
the supreme court."
cFllowing is the agreement signed
by Rhea:
"I, William Rhea, the prisoner men
tioned in the foregoing reprieve, hav
ing read the same and being fully ad
rised and aware of the meaning there
of, do hereby voluntarily consent there
to and hereby accept and adopt the
provisions and conditions oi said re
prieve, consenting that the dute of ex
ecution may be delayed and postponed
as therein provided for, and I request
and direct that E. D. Davis and George
W. Martin, who are to me well known,
shall sign this, my consent and ap
proval and acceptance of said re
prieve, as witnesses, and that they
make proof of my signature and ac
ceptance before the said clerk of the
supreme court of the state of Nebras
ka, and that the reprieve and this ap
proval thereof and said proof of said
witnesses may thereupon be recorded
in the office of the said clerk of said
Eupreme court."
; The governor's order to the warden
follows:
"Whereas, It seems proper that said
execution should be delayed for the
time hereinafter mentioned,
"Now, therefore, this is to command
you to postpone and delay the said
execution of said William Rhea until
the second Friday of July, A. D. 1903,
being the 10th day of said month, at
which time you will carry said man
date from the clerk of the supreme
court into effect between the hours
mentioned and in all respects in ac
cordance therewith, only the date of
paid execution being hereby altered.
You will retain said William Rhea ia
confinement in the said penitentiary
in the meantime at hard labor during
the hours of labor and keep him in
solitary confinement during the hours
that the other prisoners are kept la
their cells."
Janitors Threaten to Strike.
LINCOLN, Neb., April 2G. Janitors
at the state house are threatening a
strike because of the action of the
State Board of Public Lands and
Buildings in ordering them to have
all dandelion plants removed from the
capitol lawn before May 1. They say
it will be impossible to do the work in
the time allowed and that rather than
pay other men out of their wages to
assist them they will give up their po
sitions. Tour tho-World Afoot.
WEST POINT, Neb., April 26.
Amandus Krause, William Gelfeke,
George Meier and Ed Clancy expect
to make a tour of the world on foot
and without money, starting on May
1. They will start out witn a pack
mule and a camping outfit and expect
to make the tour in about two or three
years.
Nebraska City Man Loses Diamonds.
" NEBRASKA KJtvr, ISeD., Aprn zo.
James H. Butler of this city lost a
diamond stud valued at $1,000. Wheth
er the stone was stolen or was lost
from the setting is not known.
Takes Deserter to Fort Crook.
TECUMSEH, Neb., April 26. Sher
iff W. H. Cummings received orders
from the army authorities at Fort
Crook to bring Fred Beb.le, the desert
er, there at once.
Beatrice Church is Dedicated.
BEATRICE, Neb., April 2C. The
Mennonite church recently erected in
this city at a cost of 4,000 was ded
icated Sunday.
York County Crops Flourish.
YORK, Neb., April 20. Growing
crops are in fine condition in York
county. Never in the history of the
county has there been a spring when
winter wheat looked any better. There
are fields of winter wheat in York
county which stand from four to seven
inches high. Abcut 50 per cent of the
acreage here is winter wheat. Quite
a little acreage has been put in oats
and it Is coming up through the ground
in fine shape.
Rhea Making Brooms.
LINCOLN, Neb., April 26. Dressed
in a brand new suit of striped clothes,
Rhea, the condemned murderer who re
ceived a respite at the hands of Gov
ernor Savage has been put at work hi
the broom factory. He seems some
what brightened up as a result of his
new lease on life, but seems to have
learned something in his narrow es
cape. His tongue is not nearly so
loose as it once was and he no longer
curses the guards and warden.
THE TWO OFFERS
CANAL PROPOSITION'S WEIGHES
BY CABINET OFFICIALS.
OUTLIHES MUCH THE SAME
President Roocevelt is Anxious- that a
Decision Be Reached in the Matter
at This Session of Congress Miscel
laneous Washington Matters.
WASHINGTON. April 26. The cab
bet held a short session today, during
which the relative propositions of the
Colombian and. Nicaraguan govern
ments in connection with the proposed
canal were djacusatd.
The president ia exceedingly anxious
that, whatever determination congress
may come to as as to the relative mer
its of the twon routes, in any event
scmo decision may be reached at this
session.
A comparison &t the outlines of the
agreements or treaiies made the State
department with Colombia in relation
to the Panama canal and with Nicar
agua and Costa Rica as to the Nicar
ague canal shows, a general resem
blanc in the scooe of the arrange
ments, but important differences ia
detail.
One point of resemblance is the
amount of money to be paid down at
once by the United States government
to the country making the conces
sions. In each case this is $7,000,000.
If the Panama route is chosen Colom
bia gets all of this money. If the
choice falls on the Nicaragua route
Nicaragua will receive $6,000,000 and
Costa Rica $1,000,000.
The delay that occurred in consum
mating the arrangements was owing
to the difficulty in reaching a basis
of agreement between Nicaragua and
Cc sta Rica, and this is generally fixed
upon as about 6 to 1 in favor of Ni
caragua. No provision is made in the Colom
bian protocol for the payment of any
annual rent that matter will be left
to future adjustment, though of course
it is expected that some rent will be
charged. The agreements as to the
Nicaragua canal, however, specifically
state the rent to be paid, which is 30,
0C0 per annum, of which Nicaragua
will get about 25,000 and Costa Rica
55.000.
While this rent is merely nominal.
It serves a useful purpose in the esti
mate of the isthmian republics, name
ly, to continually assert the nominal
sovereignty of Nicaragua and Costa
Rica over the territory through which
the canal is cut
The original proposition wa3 to pay
a lump sum representing the cap!
ization of this rent for 100 years, but
the republic prefer to have the money
paid in recognition of their sovereign
ty, and in consideration of the allow
ance cf their wish in this matter they
have gone to the length cf making the
lease to the United States perpetual
as against the 100-year renewal re
lease of the Colombian agreement.
Neither of the ministers Nicaraguan
or Costa Rican has yet received the
full powers from their governments
necessary to the perfection of the
treaties.
The question of the fiscal agency in
the Philippines was also discussed by
the cabinet, but no conclusion was
reached and it was stated that none
can be until the attorney general
rends his opinion on the power of the
Guaranty Trust company to keep its
agency.
Plans for Governor Taft.
WASHINGTON, April' 26. Governor
Taft will leave here at noon tomor
row for New York. He will return to
Washington to confer further with the
president and Secretary Root respect
ing Philippine affairs preliminary to
his return to Manila. He will go to
Manila by way of New York and the
Mediterranean, stopping en route at
Rome to confer with the authorities
of the Vatican regarding the disposi
tion of the friar lands.
Amos J. Cummings a Sick Man.
BALTIMORE, April 26. It was
learned from a reliable source late
last night that Congressman Amos J.
Cummings of New York is critically
ill from pneumonia.
Officers Are Not Guilty.
MANILA, April 26. Major Waller
and Lieutenant Day of the marine
corps, who were tried by court-martial
here on the charge of executing na
tives of the island of Samar without
trial, have been acquitted.
Pays Penalt on Gallows.
NEWARK,. N. .T., April 26 Henry
Schaub was hanged here today for
the murder of his vrife and child. The
drop fell at 10:10 o'clock. As the body
fell the head was nearly severed and
blocd spurted from the neck. Schaub
was a barber, but did not work steady
and was dissipated. His wife made
arrangements to leave him and when
he learned of her determination h?
killed her and their child. He cut bis
own throat, but not fatally.
Body Found in Narrow Well.
FORT DODGE, Ia., April 26. A mys
terious death was brought to light here
when the body of Mrs. H. J- Meyer,
the wtfo of an old and well known
farmer, living at Lott3 Creek, near
Algona, wts discovered in an old and
unused well, not far from her home.
Mrs. Meyer had disappeared soe four
days previous, and the find wa. the
result cf the search which was Insti
tuted. The matter Is being investigated.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
LA'est Quotations Irom South Omaha
and Kansas City.
HiOT.TII O.M.tttA.
ATTLIT'vrw w.-x u liU-nd run
rattle, whloh ir-k.-i4 lh" rr"ifi for tw.
iI.ivk ihtti wvrk jfinliii rulilr In exec
111.- Him.. kiv .t l:!t Wk. Til ft I'lK
frnlk r the rc-ljt vv;:m ovmIi- l "
I..M.f Hit cm iml tri! miulMy w fully "
t'Kitl UH It llJIW lfl1 Of llltrt. JVckiT
re all rtMhm Uwl-li lu t.iurtr vi-w
. that It wuh litt- before mniiv c.-ttL
tjil I'd in l-... I hiinilK In mitny c:f
buyer w-re MJ.IIntf a ;iod ifl lower
tliHii tlu-v wife vFterJ.iy. luit - a K-fi-
rvu tlilror tliiit wuh ne f tlie Ihb ile
KlrHt.L KrnW-tt. The very 1hI cattle.
such will fn.tn K", r fi.'.. w-rp very
litttt If anv lower th.m t !' wer -
t.-nlay. but when It cacw to Hticft kln.l
u.i wll friiin ;.T5 down ilif niarKin
uixloubtedlv luwitr. Tht-r win- ni very
many enwa Mini helfi-m tn ttit vnrtM.
Unit tfi market did not )ioy mucli
ehurvw' from yeflen'jiy. There jraHi also
vi-ry little change In tln rrl'-fH IX rr
liullf. vi at -:iH'i-x nml ntnc wliere t n
quality wjisi SMtlsfaetory, Out' the f""1
nioii turr n :i a w-:ik inil more ur lex
lieirleeteil. Stni-kf-rw iiinl feebler mere
sea rep :ml jis thi- demand "! In fm'rly
Koo'l s!iapi K'K'd jirlri-H wi-re paid, foirr
mon and Ilulit elufT was hk hard to
mow .n ever, t.tit ileylratil trnidi m of
heavyweight eat lie sold at very HitrtM
factorv frlees.
HO1rT The irmeral market wa alWMit
aWlDc lower. Iml tra.! I! was tliirly a tfve
at th ff"vllne. A kooi! many lion's wen
bought nn. Khlpped to point. 4 where the
reuoiptff were not as heavy, which helped
out the market here to some i-xtetif.
Some of the local packers held out and
woulif not liny, anything unless they
could jfet it i: flat Me lower, ami for
that reason the laM end cf tile market
was slow rind rluht around a dime lower.
The hulk of the koo 1 welKht Iiokm sold
from $7.M to J7.2.".. and medium wclxhf
went mostly from J; U.I to $7.0.7. The
lighter weights sold from $i.'X nown.
S7IKKI:' Good to choice Unht wclff'it
yrtirlinK-s. J'.i ''.'.."".: fair to nood $Y7.Vl
G.ISO; KO(ji to choice wethers. ;P.KIi'fi;.iM:
fafr to Rood. $j..-iifij"i.7ri; Rood to choice
ewes. $..iU'i i.2."; fair to Rood. T..IM;
Rood to choice lambs, $i'..Vi;. fair to
Rood, $.7T'(c;.l.-,. Woi.l.-d stock sells aliout
jn'i.Titc above clipped Stock, ('hobre I'olo
ruflo wooled lambs, Si;.:n;r7.tm; fair to
ROOll. SO.fir.MJ.K.-,.
KANSAS CITY.
CATTLE-1 sirable killiiiR arr.f f.-e l
fnR cattle steady; Inferior Rlinles. !'KI".c
lower; choice export and dreysed beef
steers. 5;.;" . .7. 1; fair to 'Ood, $r..i;r.. .;.;:, ;
dockers. $"' ' ''': fe.l western. JY'iO'.
r,M: Texus and Indian steers. 1.7rM;.n;
T-xas and Indian cows. $:. .ik 5.Ki ; na
tive cows. ?,.&-'i native heifers, tl.ifi
"i0.."k; eanncrs, $2.r.itf 3..7i; bulls, j:;.)'' j.,;
calves. ti.T,t)iC.n.
HO;S Market sternly t-i fc lower;
top. $7.3."; bulk of sales. VHVul.W. heavy.
$7.2i)fi7.3."i; pac ker.i. $;.Ui 't 7.U'; lights, $;.i;.
(iil.V; piRS, Stfi.iyiC.G.-i.
SHKKI AND I,AMRF Mnrket steady;
native lambs, f;.Ci7.(Xl; western lambs,
$. 47.(1; native withers, Sri.T.'nG.t;
western wethers, $a.7V'S.I0; fed cows,
trt.W'i't.'M: Texas ellplci yearlitiRs. $0.00
ft6. 20; Texas clipped sheep. fcj.W'i 3.C5;
stockers and feeders. .".00.
ON THE DEATH OF MORTON.
Expressions of Codolence from Presi
dent and Others.
CHICAGO, May 1. Among the ex
pressions of sympathy received at the
Morton home at Iake Forest were
the following:
President Roosevelt: "I am greatly
shocked and grieved at the death of
your father. I respected and admired
your father as a public, man and I
loved him as a friend. I sympathize
deeply with you and feel that the
country has sustained a real and great
loss."
Former President Celeveland is on
0 hunting expedition in Florida and a
message announcing the death of his
former cabinet member had not reach
ed him, it is thought, late last night.
The following message irom Mrs.
Cleveland was received by Mark Mor
ton yesterday morning:
"I have forwarded your pad news to
my husband in Florida. Pray accept
my warmest sympathy."
FUNSTON SUBMITS PLAN.
Approved by MacArthur and the Cap
ture of Aguianldo Follows.
DENVER. May 1. When General
Funston's attention was called to the
declaration of General MacArthur that
he (MacArthur) was responsible for
methods used in the capture of Agui
naldo, he said:
"That is right. General MacArthur
made a similar statement several
months ago. Thi3 i3 simply a repeti
tion of his former utterances, when
he said he was responsible for the
methods in the capture of Aguinaldo.
I got up the plan and submitted it to
General MacArthur. The whole plan
was submitted to him and he endorsed
it. Then the expedition was entered
upon and carried out, resulting In the
capture of Aguinaldo. General Mac
Arthur is right in what he says."
New Salmon Trust.
TACOMA, April 30. Options have
been secured on ten of the largest
salmon canneries on Pugent Sound
and Alaska now outside of the trust,
with the object of floating a new sal
mon combination, capitalized at $3,
001,000. Ready to Pay for Peace.
NEW YORK, May L W. Bourke
Cockran. who has just returned from
a trip to Rome, Egypt and London,
said that, in his opinion, if the Iioers
will make an oral concession of de
feat the English will pay them almost
any sum to restore their destroyed
homes and repair the ravages of the
war. In other words, he said, England
is ready and anxious to pay a large
sum of money to bring about peace
in South Africa.
Barge Goes to the Bottom.
NEW YORK, May 1. The tugboat
Volunteer has reached this port after
having lost the barges Henry Hughes
and Baxter off Penfield reef, Long Is
land sound. All on board the Baxter
were lost and one boy on board the
Henry Hughes was lost. Tne captain
of the Henry Hughes, his wife and
two children were rescued and re
turned to thi3 place on the Voluntear.
It is net known how many men were
on the Baxter.
t nn.rr, 'i
V.
X'e.;,.;r.x-H:::-v:-:;-j'
TUn Denver Titm. has beeti iM for
AmviJtKM t.rooo lu Cuba uro being
wltluli-iiwii.
John Field, mi ol-l Umo Omaha con
tractor, died In hiilno,iU.( u-
At I'iitjtbiirK. l'n.. Mi hit. i Okiih ly
rr.arrcl.ti with mhI 1j 1. . .uh inotlxir
ic. law.
Reports fjoin lln wi allpg vcukoI
indicate t'jit the sea.uu n catch will
bo 270.OU0.
So far forty Ii.hH.-k have been r,.
cr.vt'rcd from tho C'tv of I'UM.mv
wr!-k ut Cairo, III.
Miss Ellen M. Stoiu- 'mn Uvu en
gaged to lecture ut the Iowa Chautau
qua meeting tn June.
Mayor Cian of Denver, Colo.. I km
Just Invented it. rotary onrworkltig ni;i-
chlne for use 'n gold hiIiilk.
James M. Hmuplireyn .r Franklin,
Neb., has been admitted .u pturtir
txfore the Interior depHrfjin-ut. j
Governor Yafcts of llllueis wan !
cently In a wreck on the I'linoU Cen
tral, but wax not. nnu li lui'ired. i
Colored women of Iowa will mt I
at Otturnwa cm tho 2.'M a;ri IMtU cf
Muy to plan a pertrianeiit oi nunlzjtt' a.
Congressman Mercer has Hcrtir, a
favorable-report on bis bill for a V-3.-
000 fish butcher.' fur Sarpy ewwity, Nfl-
braska.
Thirty IadroneR, armed tth Man
hern, ambushed five of tin constabu
lary near Manll, killing on.f man unl
njuritig unother.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson en-
ertaincd President and frH. Rouse-
elt and a number of other kui-kIh
at a reception and dinner party.
W. II. l)Wel of lies MoilieH, l.i..
was the only bidder for tho erection
f the tank and pumping plant for tin-
ort I'.artholill Indian iu: n , N. I)..
i;,n.
The nomination wirf nnnouibvd by
he president of K. M. Wlthiop of
Massachusetts to be rrtary of tho
United States legation at JlrunHHcl.
Belgium.
Alfred Smith, ulurc! was strangled
to deatli officially in tin- .Mnyauienuliig
prison at Philadelphia for the murder
of his wife Lint s-piiru. She refused
to live with him.
The King's I laughters' home, n
charitable Institution nt Oaklund, Cal.,
was destroyed by nn William Bray,
an ex-New York fiJU(r, lost. hU life la
the conflagration.
Every white laundry is closed In
Portland. Ore, ou account of a strlko
of the employes, who demand recog
nition of their union and an 8 pvr cent
increase In wages.
While J. P. Glass, cashier of th
Bank of Brownsville, Ore., was at din
ner a robber effected an entrance t
the bank and escaped with $1,800.
which was left outside tho vault.
According to dispatches to the Co
lombian revolutionary junta In Nevr
York, Rio Hacha. a city on the north
ern coast of Colombia, has been cap
tured by the revolutionary forces.
Manufacturers of buiglr proof
safees will test their safes with high
explosives before the coming meet
ing of the South Iikf,ta Bankers' as
sociation, to be held in Huron, May 21.
Bishop Frank R. Millspaugh of Kan
pas will continue in the charge of tho
Episcopal missionary diocese of Sallri'i
until fall, on account of Lie refusal
of Row Nathaniel Thomas to take the
place.
The senate has paused the Flynn
resolution, which has already passed
the house, directing the printing of
5.000 additional copies of the !at re
port of the governor of Oklahoma ter
ritory. It is reported that the Santa Fe has
purchased the St. Iouis, Kansas City
& Colorado line. This would give th
Santa Fe valuable connections for tho
coming world's fair, and St. Louis an
additional line to Kansas City.
The president has signed the Jegls
lative appropriation bill. Under Its
provisions the 1,000 or more clerks
who were temporarily appointed dur
ing the war with Spain are given per
manent employment and placed with
in the operations of the civil Kervbe
law.
The discovery of copper ore in
rush of prospectors from Guthrie, OKI.
The report that he will resign Is
vigorously denied by Bit-hop James
Conaty, rector of the Catholic univer
the Wichita mountains has cause- a
isity of America.
The machinists' .strike on th North
ern Pacific in Mintc-sota Is at an
end.
Morris Hickey, aged 77, Is dead at
St. Jo.seph. He was a railroad con
fctructor and one of the originators of
the Hannibal road in Missouri.
A $."0,0)0 fire destroyed the man
ufacturing district at Glen Falls, N. Y.
At Boston the international cable
chess tournament between American
and English college teams ended In
a sweeping victory lor the American
team.
A wind storm worked havoc at
Pittsburg, destroying an Immense
amount of property.
It is estimated that 200 delegates
will attend the meeting of the German
Lutheran synodical conference to be
held at Milwaukee June 3.
Rev. II. J. Burleigh, a pioneer Iowa
missionary, is dead.
The British cruiser Thames has re
turned to Greenock, England alter hav
ing covered 3,300 miles In a fruitless
search for the missing Allen liner Hu
ronlan. The first regular contract ever nad-5
In the world to pick cotton by ma
chinery was closed in Greenville, Ala
lama, a few days since and the first
experiment with the machine will be
made on a plantation in Washington
county.