THE PlAIISMOtllil JOURNAL
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
TLATTS MOUTH,
NEBRASKA.
J THE NEWS IN BRIEF. I
Oklahoma mill spend about $00,000
on. her hiblt at the world's fair In
St. Ixiiiis.
The sultan's brother, Mulal, has
teen proclaimed bulfaii of ilororro by
the liiff trills.
The railway bridge wriie-n connects
Venice with Ihe mainland is 12,0-0 feet
It ng and has 222 are he.
A i rsem usually logins tc lose
height at th age of in, and at the age
of Ml has lo.st at least one and a half
JliChcS.
J. 15. Afhcrton. or of the richest
and most influential men in the Ha
waiian islands, died after an extended
lllne es.
The forests of South Africa are com-iior-ed
principally of stunted and gnarl
ii native trees, fit only for weapon
making and fein-c building.
The Indiana supreme court has ele
e fared unconstitutional the law en
acted ty the legislature of IS!)!), pro
viding for a weekly pay day.
The Illinois house hris passed the
l:ll appropriating $',m for the plac
ing ft a statue- of Frances K. Willard
in Statuary hall in Washington.
I arge assemblies in Pittsburg and
AlUpheny. Pa., celebrated the anni
versary of l-ee's surrender to 'J rant
at Appomattox thirty-eight years ago.
Old New York employes of the
White Star line of trans-Atlantic
ftearr.shlps received about $50,000 as
an especial gift for long and faithful
service.
The amount of 2 and 4 per cent
t'onds actually exchanged to date for
the 2 per cent consols under Secre
tary Shaw's recent refunding offer is
$14,12O.()0O.
Through service on the Siberian rail
way from .Moscow to Dalny was begun
on February 18. pays United States
Consul Miller, reporting to tbe state
department from Niuchwang.
Charles McKim of Iledforri. la., shot
hs wife four times and the, shot hira
peif. Loth will probably die. The
shotting followed a quarrel with his
wife at the home of her n.iteitt.-:.
A conflict lasting for four days has
taken place between the insurgents
and Turkish troops in the district of
Melsho, north of Macedonia. The vil
lage cf Berovo was surrounded and
turned.
The Tonopath Hailroad company,
with an authorized capital of $2,300,
(00, was incorporated at Trenton, N.
J. The company i.s to construct a rail
road from Rhode.- to Tonopath in Ne
vada, sixty-three miles.
The will of (lustavus F. Swift, late
president of the packing firm of Swift
Ac Co., was filed in probate court. The
estate is valued at $12,200,000. The
principal feature of the will was a
bequest of $2ot.tMo to charity.
Mrs. Booker T. Washington was a
guest of honor at a meeting of the
State Federation of Women's Clubs
held in Dorchester, Mass. Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe, honorary president of the
federation, was also present.
Governor Penny-packer of Pennsyl
vania has signed the bill prohibiting
the sale f cigarettes or cigarette pa
ler to any person under 21 years of
age. The penalty for violation of the
act is a fine of from $1'0 to $300.
During the week over 200 Wash
ington shingle mills have closed and
upward of 2,500 men have been thrown
cut of work. The cause is attributed
to a dull market in the east and a
furplus stock of shingles at the Wash
ington mills.
The receipts of the Omaha post
cff.ee for the month, of March were
$43.-t-.3. against $38.8!)7 for the same
period of last year, being an increase
of $1."j;. The receipts of the post
effice at Dcs Moines were $41,752,
against $:J?.C9.. being an increase
$2 3:.7.
Herr Von Holleben will not be oblig
ed to return to the United States to
present his letters of recall. Secre
tary Hay has been informed by Baron
Sternburg. the present minister, that
the ambassador has been retired by
the German government and that Em
peror William, as a mark of special
favor, has bestowed upon him the
Order of the Red Eagle.
Advices from northwestern Kansas
indicat that the cattlemen of that por
tion of the state will bitterly resist the
order of the interior department that
their fences around government lands
must come down. A contest is being
waged between the cattle owners and
farmers there, and up to this time
the farmers have been unsuccessful in
their efforts to have the fences re
moved. The Hurd mills six dwellings, the
Ijueen Soap company's factory, Mich
igan Central railway house and a fleet
of twenty pleasure yachts on the Kala
mazoo river was destroyed by fire at
Marshall. Mich., the losses aggregat
ing $100,000.
The Washington Humane society
has elected President Roosevelt an
honorary member in consideration of
fcis mesgage to congress recommend
ing the exercise of kindness toward
cavalry and artillery horses of the
army.
Andrew Carnegie has offered the
7ubllc library board of Cleveland
$251,000 for the purpose of erecting
seven Vaneh libraries. The offer i3
made on ?ondition that the city fur
tish the siteand maintain the libra
ries. The offer' Till be accepted.
The secretary of TCaras directed
the first class of cadet's at mili
tary academy, numbering nfnly-tonv
members, to proceed to the baHl0""
r,t Gettysburg, where, about April 20,
for three days they will receive In
struction la atratejy and tactics. i
THE MERGER CASE
RAILROAD CONTROL WILL NOT
BE CHANGED BY COURTS.
SO DECLARES JAMES J. HILL
Mr. Sen iff, Harriman's Financial Sup
porter, Sees Men Harassing Inno
cent Corporations Which May Con
trol Policy of Other Companies.
NEW YORK James J. Hill, presi
dent of the Northern Securities com
pany, said on Monday:
"We will have our appeal papers
read 3 in a day or two. We expect
to win. Hut even though the United
States supreme court should compel
the Northern Securities company to
srie back the stock to the Great
Noittiern and Northern Pacific com
panics the control would still be the
same."
J. P. Morgan was in conference at
his office with. President J. J. Hill of
the Northern Securities company, and
E. 11. Harriman of the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific roads. The con
ference was rejxtrled to have some
hearing on the decision on the North
nn Securities case.
Other prominent financiers and rail
road men who visited Mr. Morgan in
th course of the day included P. A
H. Widener, Thomas F. Ryan. George
F. Raker, H. R. Hollins, President
Spencer of the Southern Railway and
President Thomas of the l.ehigh Val
ley. Mr. Hill made several visits to
Mr. Morgan's office.
A representative of the Morgan
firm denied that there had been any
thing like a formal discussion of the
financial situation of that of the North
ern Securities decision had been talk
ed about, save in a casual way.
Jacob H. Schiff of the banking firm
of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., members of the
Harriman syndicate, and a director of
the Northern Securities company, the
Baltimore &. Ohio and Union Pacific
railroads, in an interview in the Even
ing Post on the Northern Securities
case, saul:
"The result of the decision, if it he
confirmed upon appeal, must necessar
ily be far-reaching. The decision
practically establishes this: That any
thing done which will put it in the
power of any company to restrain in
dustry and trade is illegal, even if
the very reverse of such restraint is
intended, as has no doubt been the
bona tide purpose of the corporators
of the Northern Securities company.
Thus, as a logical consequence, the
power the Pennsylvania possesses to
influence the Baltimore &. Ohio and
other corporate managements, all the
power the New York Central possess
es to direct the Lake Shore, Michigan
Central and the Nickel Plate manage
ments, or the New York. New Haven
& Hartford's influence over the New
England road, even if such power or
influence actually exercised is bene
ficial to the public, is illegal.
"This is the danger in the situation
which has now been created. Not
that I believe the government will at
present go any further, but. as it i.s.
almost any one. for the purpose of
blackmail or sinister purposes, has it
henceforth in his power to open fire
and harass most of the large railroads
and industrial corporations.
"With all this, I io not feel par
ticularly pessimistic. We shall no
doubt for some time find a great un
willingness to embark in new affairs.
but this Is no misfortune, for pro
motion has been carried too far and
in this respect perhaps the Northern
Securities decision may prove a bless
ing In disguise."
FAMOUS CALCULATOR IS DEAD
William Vallance Gives Way to Strain
and Dies in Hospital.
TRENTON. N. J William Val
lance. the famous lightning calculator,
who could do any sum in mathemati
cal calculation mentallj-, and with but
an instant's hesitation, is dead, aged
20 years. About a week ago he was
taken to the state hospital suffering
from a severe mental strain, believed
to be the result of his work and fig
ures. Vallance could duplicate the feats
of any of the lightning calculators and
then beat them all by stating instantly
any desired date in history. He could
not tell how he knew history, but
would rattle off fact after fact with
out ever making a mistake. He could
give instant answers to such arith
metic questions as multiply CS9.478
by 4.641, and problems in algebra
were his delight.
Zinc Production.
WASHINGTON. The United States
geological survey Monday issued a
preliminary statement for zinc pro
duction in the United States in 1902,
showing a total of 138.804 short tons,
against 141.822 in 1901. The produc
tion was distributed as follows: Illi
nois and Indiana. 47.096 short tons;
Kansas. 86.564; Missouri. 11.087; Col
orado. 1.927. and eastern and south
ern states. 12.130. Principal additions
to production came from new plants.
Morley Lands Land Bill.
LONDON The Right Hon. John
Morlej. speaking at "Montrose Mon
day, referred to the Irish land bill
as a new, great chapter in the Irish
revolution, and. a confession by the
government that its vaunted policy of
a resolute government in Ireland, pur
sued for seventeen years, was an ab
ject failure. He did not suppose the
government had any more idea of
flome rule now than six months' ago
tad of the land bill.
BECK GIVES UP HIS POST.
Resigns Appointment as Assistant At
torney General
WASHINGTON Assistant Attorney
General James M. Beck tendered his
resignation to President Roosevelt be
fore the president's departure for the
west. At the same time Mr. Beck
took occasion to expresB his pride and
gratification at having been privileg
ed to serve under the president's ad
ministration and that of his predeces
sor. In accepting the resignation the
president wrote:
"WHITE HOUSE. March 31 1H;3
My Dear Mr. Beck: I regret to re
eel ve your resignation as assistat.t at
torney general, which is accepte.i. to
take effect on April 20 next, as indi
cated.
"I appreciate your expression of the
satisfaction you have taken in your
public service. It is a pleasure to me
to say that you have performed your
duties with marked ability and I here
by extend my best wishes for your
continued success in your professional
work and for your health and pros
perity. THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
FINE CATTLE ARE CREMATED.
Stock Was En Route to Omaha to Be
Sold at Auction.
ENID. Okl. Thirty-two head of
fine registered red polled cattle were
burned to death in a car on the Rock
Island road Monday. The cattle were
shipped from Hennessey, Okl., by J
II. Van Buren and consisted of one
or two bulls, a few cows and the bal
ance young stock. When about two
miles from Enid the straw in the car
caught lire and b the time the train
reached this city it was a mass of
flames. The cattle died in the car,
none being saved. This shipment
was bound to Omaha, where the cattle
were to have been sold at a stock
sale, and the loss will reach several
thousand dollars.
PACKERS PAY THE PENALTY.
Settle with State Tor Violation of the
Anti-Trust Law.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. The five Mis
souri packing companies which were
fined $3,000 each on March 20 for vio
lation of the anti-trust law, through
their attorney, Frank Hagerman of
this city, have m-'led to the state
supreme court a draft for $27,136, in
payment of fines and costs incident to
the action against them. The firms
fined are the Armour Packing com
pany, Cudahy Packing company, Ham
mond Packing company. Swift & Co.,
and Schwarzschild & Sulzberger. The
payment was made before it was due,
as the offenders had thirty days from
March 20 in which to satisfy the judg
ment. LOOK FOR NEW CUBAN TREATY.
Havana Citizens Are Overjoyed at Rec
iprocity.
HAVANA Instructions were cabled
to Minister Quesada at Washington
.Monday to sign the amended reciproc
ity treaty in behalf of President Pal
ma. The utmost satisfaction is expressed
at the completion of the treaty and the
opinion is general that the United
States congress will not fail to ap
prove it. Those here who recently
declared Cuba had no use for deferred
reciprocity are now pleased at the
outlook and the time is regarded as
opportune for closing a prominent
treaty, covering political relations
here. This, it is expected, will be soon
accomplished.
PLOT DEATH TO SERVIAN KING.
Dissatisfied Subjects Plan to Slay a
Monarch.
VIENNA. The rumors of a plot
against the life of King Alexander of
Servia received apparent confirmation
in private dispatches received at Buda
Pest, according to which an attack on
the king's life was planned for Sun
day. The plot was discovered and
fifty persons suspected of complicity
were arrested.
Semi-official reports from Belgrade
declare that these rumors are false,
but it is thought here that King Alex
ander's recent coup d'etat was has
tened by the discovery of the alleged
plot.
More Coal Miners Strike.
JACKSON. Cal. Nearly 1.000 min
ers of this district struck Monday for
shorter hours and the recognition of
their union. So far only two mines
are closed down, but several others
will be compelled to closed down to
night or tomorrow. Should the min
ers win out, it is believed that many
properties will be permanently closed.
Hunting His Brother's Remains.
BUTTE. Mont. A special to the
Miner from Columbia Falls, Mont.,
says: A. H. Eagan, superintendent of
the Illinois Central, has arrived there
and is organizing a party to go into
tbe mountains and search for tbe re
mains of his brother, formerly super
intendent of the Great Northern, who
became lost and is believed to have
perished in the region about Belton
while hunting deer last December.
Divorce Is Knocked Out.
WASHINGTON, D. C The United
States supreme court Monday decided
the divorce of Lillie Winston vs.
Walker Winston, both of New York,
in favor of the latter. The case in
volved the validity of a decree grant
ed Mrs. Winston by an Oklahoma
court, which, it was claimed, had been
granted her without sufficient resi
dence. The decree was not accepted
by the courts and the supreme court
upheld those views.
HOES FOR PUPILS
SECRETARY WILSON PUTS PLAN
IN OPERATION.
TO POPULARIZE AGRICULTURE
Children in Public Schools to Be
TiiQk Hnw Plant. R . H r-
vest and Maraket Crops and to
Understand Plant Life.
WASHINGTON. Secretary Wilson
of the department of agricultutre has
conceived the idea of instructing the
pupils of the s hools of Washington
alo:)g the lines laid down by a very
great naturalist to a thorough under
standing of plant life and the uses to
bo desirevd therefrom. The secretary
ever since he came to Washington has
been trj'ing to elevate and develop the
department over which he presides.
There has never been a time when he
failed to get the best results from his
department, and his forceful ness and
praticability have shown themselves
throughout the department in the new
propositions he has originated. As a
result of his new thought he has now
a class of forty girl pupils from the
Washington normal school receiving
instructions under several of the ex
peits of the department as to the plant
ing and reaping of seeds. The secre
tary believes that every school teacher
should have some elementary knowl
edge of agriculture and horticulture an
hopes that when the class that he has
selected graduates it will be thoroughly
well acquainted with all the essential
elements of practical agriculture and
horticulture, and to be able to diffuse
knowledge to the pupils under them.
"What we most need just now is
teachers who are competent to teach
the great lessons of plant life to the
classes in the elementary grades," said
Secretary Wilson. "To inculcate in the
minds of our boys a love and knowl
edge of growing things will tend to
lead more young men to complete the
elementary studies thus begun in the
greatest agricultural colleges which
now nearly every state in the union
maintains. The tendency has been too ;
alarmingly marked of our young men
and women in the rural districts to for
sake their homes and seek pursuits in
our cities. The backbone of our pros
perity is in reality in agriculture.
Upon the farmer we depend for our
food produc ts and should not drift into
a purely commercial nation dependent
upon others for our breadstuff's, as is
the case with England, for instance
I am thoroughly convinced that the
only plan lies through teaching the
young in our elementary schools in a
practical manner the use of the hoe. to
use an expression which covers the
point I am endeavoring to make
Take my own state. Iowa, how could
it. one of the great agricultural states
of the union, better expend money
than in diffusing practical knowledge
in the minds of the boys and girls
on agricultural and horticultural mat
ters. At the great normal school at
Cedar Falls, for example, the teach
ers there could be taught upon agri
cultural subjects and they in turn
when they go forth to teach could dif
fuse their knowledge among the very
young pupils. I know of no money
that Iowa or any other state for that
matter could possibly expend which
would produce such returns as to train
all teachers in a practical way the ele
ments of agriculture and horticulture.
They would thus be equipped in an
important branch of knowledge. The
agricultural colleges of the country
could supply competent instructors to
the normal schools and it would also
be well to have such instructors in the
secondary schools.
PRESIDENT ENTERS PARK.
Retires to Nature's Solitude fcr Six
teen Days' Holiday.
CINNABAR, Mont. President
Roosevelt is in the fastnesses of Yel
lowstone Park and for the next six
teen days expects to enjoy complete
rest and cessation from public duties.
He will be in almost daily commu
nication with Secretary Loeb at Cin
nabar, but nothing except oZ the ut
most importance will be referred tc
him. In company with John Bur
roughs the naturalist, who accompa
nied him from Washington, he will
closely study the nature of the various
animals that inhabit the park.
The president has looked forward to
this outing some time and was in a
particularly happy frame of mind when
he led the cavalcade into the park.
Every trail loading into the preserve
.'s closely guarded and no one will be
allowed to disturb his solitude. His
headquarters will be at the home of
Major Pitcher, the superintendent of
the park.
Killed at the Throttle.
BALTIMORE. Md. A fast-flying
Royal Blue train on the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, running between New
York and Washington, ran twenty
miles without an engineer at the throt
tle. Frank Furley, the engineer, lean
ed out of the cab window at a point
south of Wilmington, Del. At Hayes
Station. Cecil county. Maryland, the
fireman found him lying dead in the
cab. He had been struck by some
object.
Admiral Belknap is Dead.
WASHINGTON. D. C. A dispatch
wa3 received at the navy department
Tuesday from Key West announcing
the death of Rear Admiral George E.
Belknap, U. S. A., retired.
Statue of Frances E. Willard.
SPRINGFIELD. III. The house
Wednesday passed the bill appropriat
ing $9,000 for the placing of a statue
of Frances E. Willard in statuary hall
at Washington.
THE BLIND CH-APLAIN DEAD.
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Rev. William Htr.ry Milburn Passes
Away in California.
WASHINGTON, D. C The Rev.
William Henry Milburn, the venerable
blind chaplain of the United States
senate, died in Sata Barbara, Cal.
Word to thi effect was reetlveO tcrs
Friday by Coloe' D. A. Ransdcll, the
sergeant at arras of the senate.
Mr. Milburn. accompanied by his
two nieces the Misses Timley, left
Washington for the Pacific coast about
a year ago. The chaplain was in
broken health. The change brought
no great improvement in his condi
tion and when congress met in De
cember he forwarded his resignation
to Washington, but rt was never act
ed upon. The deceased was a native
of Philadelphia, and was born in 1823
When he was 5 j;ears of age a play
fellow accidentally struck him in the
left eye with a piece of glass. For
two years he was confined to a dark
room under medical treatment, and
when he came out one of his eyes was
entirely blind and little sight was left
in the other. He. however, pursued
his studies at school and college for
about twenty years, the hight grow
ing dimmer, until gradually lie became
totally blind.
MRS. FAIR LIVED THE LONGER
Her Husband Was Dead While She
Showed Signs of Life.
NEW YORK Evidence was given
Tuesday by a witness who says he saw
the automobile accident near Paris last
August which resulted in the death
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fair, before
a referee in a suit instituted by Mrs.
Fair's mother, Anna Nelson, and other
relatives to recover from Mrs. Theresa
Alice Oelrichs and Mrs. Virginia Van
derbilt, sisters of Mr. Fair, a large
portion of the Fair estate.
It is contended that Mrs. Fair lived
alter her husband. The suit is ex
pected to determine also whether an
agreement to settle the estate by the
payment of $250,000 shall be canceled.
Lucian Mass of Paris testified that
he witnessed the accident and when
he reached the scene Mr. Fair "was
absolutely lifeless," but Mrs. Fair was
breathing. He noticed a nervous con
traction of her face and hands.
GRAIN BOYCOTT CONDEMNED.
Illinois State Commission Orders Rail
road to Give Cars.
SFRIXG FIELD, 111. The State
Board of Railroad and Warehouse
commissioners has ordered the Illinois
Central to equitably distribute grain
cars in future.
In passing on the case brought by
D. II. Curry against the railroad, the
commission says it is led to believe
that an understanding existed between
the Curry company and the Illinois
Grain Dealers' association not to
handle the grain of the Farmers' Ele
vator company at Mason City, and
that Curry was willing to agree to
anything to prevent the competing
companies at Mason City from mar
keting their grain.
PRAY BEFORE THEY SHOOT.
With Religious Exhortations Moor In
surgents Make an Attack.
MADRID A dispatch from Melilla,
Morocco, gives details of the fighting
at Frajana. It says that the insur
gents made a desperate attack on the
fortress of Frajana April 8. After the
customary prayers the tribesmen ad
vanced with a wild rush, to the ac
companiment of religious exhorta
tions. Twice they attempted to carry the
fortress by assault, but were repulsed
by well directed fusillades, which kill
ed numbers of the insurgents. Dur
ing the attack the powder supply of
the tribesmen exploded, killing many
ot them.
Cuba to Hold Isle of Pines.
WASHINGTON Though the nego
tiations are still in progress between
the United States and Cuba respect
ing the Isle of Pines, there is reason
to believe that the treaty to be drawn
and which is now practically complete
will confirm the title of Cuba to the
island.
Adopt Canadian Customs.
WINNIPEG. Manitoba Peter Vere
gin. the leader of the Dukhobours, ar
rived Tuesday evening to purchase
horses for his countrymen in the Swan
river colony. The Dukhobours. ac
cording to his story are losing all
their old-time aversion to animals and
machinery and are desirous of adopt
ing Canadian customs. Another Im
portant reform he reports is that the
Dukhobours are entering homesteads.
Minto's Son Succeeds Fisher.
LONDON The Hon. Arthur Ralph
Douglas, a liberal unionist member of
parliament for Durham and second
son of the Earl of Minto, will succeed
William Hayes Fisher as financial
secretary of the treasury.
Tool Company's Plant Burns.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. The plant of
the Terre Haute Shovel and Tool com
pany burned Wednesday. Loss, $50,000
Vetoed by the Governor.
LINCOLN Governor Mickey late
Tuesday afternoon vetoed senate fi!?
No. 114. by Hall of Douglas, which
provides for the calling of a consti
tutional convention, subject to the ex
pressed wish of the people.
Exchanging Bonds for Consols.
WASHINGTON. D. C The amount
of 3 and 4 per cent bonds received by
the treasury department in exchange
for 2 per cent consols is $15,011,000.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City.
HOI "Til OMAHA.
I ATI Tin-re h n f.ilrlv i:.Tal
tun of oattlf. I. ut at the twine tlmn Mure
vcre none ton rn.iiiy to meet t)ie re
quirt meiits of the locjil trade. Reef Bfrcrn
were In lll.er.il ili-maml, uiul the matket
couMi be- stiffly ii..ie.l ntrorig-. TTje df-
slruMe Krailes In a K"l many cute noll
.il? l.lfchrr Until the Mime klilijx
l.roiiKht ycxtenliiy. lioth the heflvy uii'i
liKht wHkIH toll to Kooi mI milage,
ril as f..iri;irel with the tirnt of I hi
week the K lieial ni.u k. I Im fully Vi2..C
liiKlKf. I'ows anil l.eir.rs were :tr: : III III
-o,l il. niiini). anil ;m I lillcj,- Hi iill ile-
cent sold at fully sle.uly prl-c. C;iiJ
liKht wHsht heifers, in articular, sold
to good ;nl a iitui;o. and they are iiiil
a little higher for the week. Hulls m-rn
in Kimd demand ml the heller lt.iiIi-m
commanded troiiK'T prieeH. 'i-,il calve
and staK were uNn fully Hearty. Thcru
w;ie only Jusi a l.-w stoekerx and feed
ers on ttale mid they were niosilv on
the common order. Tin- lew H'o( cat
tle that did arrive -old at .ihout Meady
juices.
J IO iS There was a very lii;lit run of
hut us other markets were ipioliil
lower the tendency was in the ilireeliou
of lower price. At the start the market
was just iihout steady, hut. toward the
rlose buyers did not take hold with
us much life, and the last end of the
market was slow and weak. l.iKht hos
sold from dou n. mediums from
$7.1' to t?.-i, and rihuI weights from
tl- to $7.:!", with a lop al $7.::.".. Trudiuj;
was not very active ut any time.
RIIKKI' CJuot a I ii uis for wooled slock:
Choice western lambs. 17. :!.".' 7.'.' ; lair to
M Od. lambs, $7.')';7.L'."i: choice Colorado
lambs. $7.:5.Vj7.i:,"i; choice liht weight
oarliiiffs. $ti.-)"(i;.7."; fair to fcnoil year
lings, Jii.lXfili.t'l; choice wethers, J;.t'ij
C.40; fair to ;ood, $r..7."i1i choice ewes,
$.".7.Vti.(M; fair to kooiI. ."..7r : feeder
lambs, $4.7,V.Y.-); feeder yearlinns. t..'iirti
o.(M; feeder wethers. ti.i 4J,:; feeder
ewes, flJ.OO'ii :!.r; clipped stock .-ells about.
otc lower than wooled clock.
KANSAS CI TV.
CATTLE I Seef steers active and
strong; fat cows ami heifers tirrn; stock
ers and feeders steady; choice export
and dressed beef steers. $ l.'.nf j 7.'.'.', ; fair
to good. $'i.Sjf -l..ra ; stoeker and feeders.
$:;.1.Vn4.!lii; western fed steers, t.'.JHfit O.iW;
Texas and Indian steers, ti.vi'o t.'; Tex
as cows, SIMHC.H.imi; native, cows. $1.7.Vr
1.2." : native heifers. $J..Vi 1.7m; canners.
$1.2.V2.; bulls, :.y,i.iH); calves. $2.M
Co T.f.
I IOCJS Steady to 7'- lower: top. Si.l.".;
bulk of sales. $7. ::.V 7. 4 i ; lii iivy. $7.::'tfi
7.45; mixed packf i s, J7.:,"'i 7.:: '; linht. $7.1"
''i7.:jl; yorktrs. $7.'''i7.:'; pi.s, "V; ;.'.:,.
SIIEEI' A.NK I.A.MI1S -Mark-t siiady;
native lambs. ....r.i' 1 !.; western Iambs.
$."i.7(V!.ril; fed ewes. .V I 7o'. ;."t ; native
wethers, $4.7'',;.!': Texas clipped .-beep.
?1.VnG.!.".; stockers and feeders. :'..''
4.
MANY MOROS DIE IN BATTLE.
Short but Decisive Conflict with Amer
ican Troops in Mindanao.
MANILA. Captain Pel sliiug's (dice;
captured JJacolod. island of Mindanao,
Wednesday, killed 100 Moros and
wounded many others. Three Ameri
cans were wounded.
Pershing's force consisted of Shaw's
battalion of the Twenty-first infantry,
Kilpatrick's troops of the Fifteenth
cavalry and Mc.Main's battery.
Pershing was surveying the v.cst.
shore lands when tbe liacolodians op
posed his advance and provoked the;
fight. Pershing's force surrounded and
attacked their stronghold, first shelling
them, and, rushing his troops forward,
charged gallantly.
After crossing a deep moat and en
tering the fort the Americans engaged
the Moros, bayonets against krisses. A
hundred of the defenders were- killed,
including the datto of Panandungan,
and many were wounded. Onl" three
Americans were wounded. After the
capture of the fort it was destroyed.
IOWA IS OUT OF COMMISSION
Sympathy to the Injured Friends Ex
pressed.
WASHINGTON, D. C Acting Sec
retary Darling on Friday sent the fol
lowing dispatch of sympathy to Hear
Admiral Higgnsoin. commanding the.
North Atlantic fleet at Pcnsacola.
"Please convey to officers and men
of the fleet sincere sympathy eif ele
partment in ihe loss of their com
rades by the unfortunate accident on
board the Iowa."
Although it has been intended that
the Iowa should be repaired at the
New York navy yard w ithout going ejut.
of commission, the damage done by
the explosion probably will make; it
necessary to put the vessel out of com
mission. Booked His L.TSt Bet.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark W. S
bins, known as "Pop" Itobbins
Rob
aged 55, a sheet w riter at a pool room here,
while busy over his sheet, while the
crowd ws largest in the pool loom,
suddenly dropped from his chair dead.
He was well known among sporting
men.
Yellow Fever in Yucatan.
MERCIDA. Yucatan. The number
of cases of yellow fever in increasing
here and the disease is unusually
fatal. A number of foreign residents
of the city are preparing to leave.
Knox Wires Congratulations.
WASHINGTON. D. C D. T. Wat
son of this city, who took a promi
nent part as government counsel in
the arguments of the Northern Securi
ties merger case at St. Louis, has re
ceived the following telegram of con
gratulation from Attorney General
Kox: "I beg to renew my expressions
of appreciafion of your great argument
for the government and to congratulate
you upon the victory."
Czarine in Perfect Health.
ST. PETERSBURG. The report cir
culated in Paris that the czarine is
suffering from peritonitis is untrue.
She is in perfect health and leaves
here for Moscow wtih the czar.
Sentenced to Be Hanged.
LEXINGTON. Ky. James W. Dess.
convicted of killing Mrs. Marina Mar
tin here March 6, was on Friday, sen
tenced to be hanged Friday, June 12.
BACKACHE,
tmm
Itackacho in u forerunner and
ono of the most common wynip
toms of kidney trouble umi
womb displacement.
READ MISS BOLLMAtfS EXPERIENCE.
"Some time ago I wait in a veiy
weak condition, my work made me
nervous and my back ached frightfully
all the time, and I had terrible head
aches. " My nmtber p-nt a bottle of Lyeli:i
12. iMnkliMin'H Vegetable ( oui
pmuicl for mo, and it M-emcd to
btrcii-tlieii my back and he lp inc t
ouct-, and I did not jrct ho tired tin
before. I corit i lined to take it, and it
brought health and t.tretirtb to me,
and 1 want to tliuiik you for th
tfemd it has done me." Mm K a I K
Jioi.LUAM, Ml'nJ St. &. Wales Ave.,
New York i 'it y. $f,000 forfait if original vf
abov Ittttr proving ganuiiitrivim tannut bt piuttmtt.
I.yclia I'. IMnkham'H Vegetable
Compound cures bocause It i
the jfreatest known remedy for
kidney and womb trouble.
Every woman who Is puzzled
about ber condition Nhould write
to Mrs. I'inklinni ut Iyiin, Mats.,
and tell her all.
Don't look
a gift book in the bind
.1 .. ...
ins.
Hundreds of dealers nay the extra
quantity and superior quulity .if De
fiance; Starch is faht taking place of
all other brands. Others xay they
cannot bell any other tit arch.
A publisher is known by th- Co. In
kcci is.
;ooi iioim:ki:i rr.its
Use the Ix-st. That's why they buy I eel
CroM liill Itlue. At leiKlingrf ;crn, .ri ct'ijtH.
Old Age at Ceylon.
Centenarians are laiily common
nowadays, but it may be epicM lone d
whether any country can boast, of m
many as Celon, which, according to
the re-cent census rctuiiiH, has no few
er than H.'t inhabitants over 100 yea is
nf age-. Seventy-one of the se are males
and seventy-four .cmales. Of th'H-forty-three
men and fifty-two women
claimed to be exactly lhO, whibj th
highest age returned was 12.
Wages of Rulers.
Nicholas II, c.ar of all the Hu Int--,
works about tix hours a day iti con
nection with affairs of state, his salary
Tor that time being in the neighbor
hood of $80 a minute. Th' next bt
paid ruler is Franz Josef of Austria
whose workday is good for about '.','
ricr minute, just fnvec; the; t;um Kalse r
Wilhelm draws for a stunt of similar
Juration. On the basis of a six-hour
iay King Edward must Ket along on
about $l.r per minute.
Stones in the Butter.
An extraordinary local fraud has
been brought to light at Ihe Fintona
petty sessions. County Tyrone. A
young woman named Rosa Galbraith
was lined ius and costs tor namg
fraudulently prepared butter by pla-
ing a number of large, stone in the- c-n-ter
of the rolls. If. was stated that
this practice had been carried on in
the district for months past, ami that
one butter merchant had to pay a
claim of C 1 1 made by a biscuit man
ufacturer, becau.se the stones e on
realed in the butter had smashed ih;
iaehinery in bib; factory.
QUIT AND EAT.
Some Coffee Tales.
Show a woman an easy, comforta
ble and healthful way to improve L-r
complexion arid she is naturally in
terested. Coffee is the one greatest enemy of
fair women, for in the most of eases
it directly affects the; stomach pro
ducing sliht, and sometimes great
congestion of the liver and therefore
causing tbe bile to be absorbed intej
the system instead of going its nat
ural way. The result is a sallow,
muddy skin and a train of dlseasep of
the different organs ejf the; body
which, in all too many cases, develop
into chronic diseases.
A laIy speaking of bow coffee af
fected her says: "I was very fond of
coffee but while drinking it was un
der the eare of the doctor most of tbe
time for liver trouble, and was com
pelled to take blue mass a great deal
of the time. My complexion was bud
and I had a pain in my 6ide steadily,
probably in the liver.
"When I concluded to quit coffee
and take Postum Food Coffee I bad
it made carefully and from the very
first cup we liked the ta6te of it bet
ter than any of the old coffee.
"In a short time the pain left my
side and my friends began to com
ment on the change in my complexion
and geneial looks. I hare never seen
anything equal to tbe good I got from
making this change.
"A young lawyer in Philadelphia
named . whose life was almost a
burden from indigestion and its train
of evils, quit cofee some months ago
and began on Postum Food Coffee.
He quickly recovered and is now well,
.strong and cheerful and naturally
loud In his praises of Postum.
"Another friend, an old gentleman
of seventy, named , who for years
suffered all one could suffer and live.
from dyspepsia, and who sometimes
for weeks could eat no bread or solid
food, only a little weak gruel or milk,
quit coffee upon my recommendation
and took up Postum. He began to get
better at once. Now he can eat rich
pastry or whatever he tikes and is
perfectly well."
Names given by Postum Co., Bat
'Je Creek, Mich.
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