ffiiOIS
BURvJED
FIERCE VENGENCE VISITED tJP
UM A HUMAN FIEND.
A TERRIBLE PENALTY.
Is Burned at the Stake Near Lake
Station, Where Ha Murdered
Little Louise Frost.
IJmon, Colo., Nov. 19. Spec lai, -Chained
to a railroad rail, set firmly
ii I ln ground, on the exact spot
ill fiendish crime was committed,
IVeston l"orter, Jr., ir as he was f.
uiliarly known, John I'orlw, paid a
trrible penally for hi ded. It ua
'Z3 o'clock when the father of the
nurdered girl touched the match to
:ne fuel which had been idled around
he negro and twenty minutes letter u
-nnvuliive shudder tild that life was
txtlnct. What agony the doomed boy
mfTered while the flame shriveled up
eh could only be guessed from the
; -rrlble contortions of his face ami the
wles he gave from time to time.
The executioners who numbered
loout 3oO cltls- ns of Lincoln county
5 id not the least semblance of the
.-dlnary mob. Their every act w;ge de
liberate und during all the prepara
t ons a well an throughout the suffer
.ugs ottllie n- gro hardly an unnetcs
ary word was spoken. Grimly they
-tood In a circle about the fire until
(he body was entirely consumed and
then quickly they took their way baik
to LJmon from whence they depart d
for their homes shortly nfieiaiu.
Kerosene oil was applied to the wood,
and after a brief paus Richard W.
Frost, the father of little Louise Frost,
whose cruelly mutilated body was
found one week ago on that very spot,
ppHed a match. For a moment but a
little flickering- flame a roue. Then the.
ill blawul up, sparks flew Into the air,
and the wood began to crackle. Al
most instantly the negro's trousers
aught firs. Even though the flesh
must have beeu scorched he did not
utter a sound. The flanvs crept up
ward on his clothing, the sparks Hew
up In a cloud of pale smoke. Porter
turne bis head and a frightful expr' s--.ion
changed his face. With a sudd-n
convulsive tugging he stretched his
head as far from the rapidly Increasing
flames as possible and uttered a cry
f pain. "Oh, my Ood, lot me go tnei.
I've got something more to tell you.
Please let .me. go. Oh, my Ood, my
kitL"
In terrible screeches these words, the
first he had uttered aloud, came from
the negro. A terrible tugging at the
chains, a succession of awful groans
and screams, the negro's awful agony
v as at last breaking down his suljen
composure. Not an oath escaped him,
but he begged and pleaded to be shot.
Suddenly the rope holding his hands
hurr d through. Then the arms, head
ind shoulders slipped through thy
. haina. For an instant the body stood
erect, the arms were mined in suppli
cation while burning pieces of clothing
irofiped from them.
The body then f-11 away from the
tire, the head lower than the feet, still
tautened to the rail. ThiB was not ex
pected and for a few minutes those
stolid men were disconeer'.T''. they
feared that the only remaining chain
would give way. If this had occurred
the partly burrf d human being would
have dashed among them in his blazing
garments. And not many would have
cared to capture him an gin. But the
haln held fai-t. The body was thin in
such a position that only the legs were
In the Ore. The cries of the wretch
were redoubled and he again begged to
bo shot. Some wonted to throw him
over into the lire, others tried to dash
wll upon him. Boards w re carried and
a lurge pile made over the prostrate
body. They rendered, the victim un
conscious, bringing death a few min
utes later. This terrible ceremony, out 1
upon the rolling prairie, concluded tlx
second tragedy upon that spot, the tot
rlble avenging of the first.
Through the entire affair but UU1
was said. As they hnd calmly prepared
for the avenging, so the people of the
eastern part of the slat's carried out
their Plan coolly and deliberately.
There was not a hitch In the entire
proceeding. Not a weapon was drawn,
there was no angry discussion. Aft'r
the fire hnd burrKd low they told each
other good night and they went home.
They did nut tnI' to discuss the affair.
The train bearing the negro in cus
tody of Sheriff Freeman and his depu
ties, arrive In Utnon at 3:45 p. m. The
cars were crowded with newspaper re
porters and people who were curious to
see the negro executed. K. W. Frort,
the murdered girl s father, was one of
the passengers. When the train stopped
sixteen men who had been selected by
the vigilance committee entered the
train and demanded the prisoner from
the sheriff. Their every u t was marked
by calmness and determination. Th
officer protested In the name of the
law and asked the men to allow him
to lake his prisoner to the county Jnll
at Hugo, but his protests were disre
garded. One man carried a rope of
which had been formed a hangman's
noose. This was ulipped over the ne
gro's neok. It was at first announced
that the negro wss to bo executed by
hanging. Many, Including the father
f Um negro's victim, protested that
awe death would b too easy and It
worthy UfMd to ts the Method
gf UM outrage laum.
derided upon burning at tfts stake,
The train was then allowed te proceed
and at I-aki- Hta'lon, about litres miles
ri"m Llmon and near the nurno of tht
negro's crime, the party left the train
ami begun preparations for the deed
of veng anie. Suggestions of mutlm.-
j lion before burning were made but
Mr. Trust declared against it.
Wugons were dispatched fur Wood
and upon their return a score of meu
assisted in preparing it for the tire.
When at last preparations were com
pleted a further delay was mads be
tauH'; It was known many were enroute
from Huso and other parts of the
county to take part In the afTalr. It
had been announced that t."0 o'clock
should be the hour f fir starting the fire
but It was nearly an huar later when
the word was finally given.
The negro had since' Ms confession
b-ii devoting every moment of day
light to the perusal of a bible given
him by the Denver Jailer. Even while
waiting for his execution he sat by a
bonflie reading from the Gospel of St.
Luke. Just b- fore he was tied to the
stake', ui'!i a request for souvenirs,
the boy tore the leaves from the bible
and distributed them among his execu
tioners. KRUGER HAS SOME REVELATIONS.
.New York. Nov. 19 David Davitt,
M. P., has cabled from Paris to the
Journal and Advertiser in part as fol
lows: "It is a unique testimony to the great
Individuality of President Kruger that
his voyage to Kurope is watched with
more intense Interest by the conti
nental press than Is the progress of
the war in China. The daily calcula
tions of the speed of the Gelderluod
with Its illustrious passenger have twa
main Inspirations, namely, curiosity t.s
to what the Indomitable president may
say for his people and against Kn
land when he lands at Marseilles, and
the probable elTect of this upon the at
titude of the European powers, and the
military policy of the British in the
further prosecution of the war.
"All speculation agicti upon !
points: There are to be great revela
tions, In one well-informed quarter
It is asserted Mr. Chamberlain will soon
have an opportunity of reading private
letters found In Johannesburg that will
place the active complicity of the colo
nial office In the Jameson raid beyor.J
further dispute. Proof will alKo be ad
duced that Kruger purchased the am
munition for the Boer armies from Bir
mingham firms in which the family
arid friends of the colonial secretary
have a large Interest."
The Cclderland will stop at Port Said
only to receive dispatches and will pro
ceed In a few hours to arrive on the
19th. Kruger is not likely to publish
any statement until counseling the
members of the filter government al
ready In Kurope, all of whom will meet
him on landing.
Mr. Kruger remains secluded In bis
cabin. Ills health Is pood.
A delegate of the Marvellleg reception
committee boarded the GeliU-rland here,
but the eventual destination of the
warship will be unknown until she ar
rives at Port Suld, where she will coal.
Mr. Kruger reo-ived an ovation et
the German port of Dar-Es-8alaam.
CORN CROP NEAR THE AVERA6E.
Washington, R. C, Nov. 19. -Tbe pre
liminary estimate of the average ylelc
per acre In com In 1900, as published
in the forthcoming monthly report ol
the statlsticau cf th? department of
agriculture. Is 10.3 bushels, as compared
with an average yield of 25.31 bushels
In ISM. and a ten-year average of 24.1
bushels. The indicated yield per acre
In Ohio is 37 bushels. In Indiana and
jo. I" Illinois 37. In Missouri 28.
In Kansas 19 and In Nebraska 26 busn
els. The average as to quality is 85.f
per cent, as compared with S7.2 per
cent last year. It is estimated that 4 t
per cent of the corn crop of 1S99 was
still In the hands of fanners on No
vember 1, 1900. as compared with 5.9
per cent of the crop of In farm
ers' hands on November 1, 1MW.
The preliminary estimate of the av.
rage yield per acre of buckwheat Is
15 bushels, against an average yield
of 16.6S bushels In lfftW and a ten-yeur
average of 16.8 bushels. The average
as to quality is M.2 per cent.
The preliminary estimate of the ov-
rage yield icr acre of potatoes is 8'i.S
iiishels. against an average yield of
iS.63 bushels In 1S0 and a ten-year it
srage of 76.8 bush' Is. The average us
to quality is 88.1 per cent, against 91.4
per cent In November last.
The preliminary estimate of the av
erage yield per acre of hay Is LIS tons,
against on nvrage yield of 1.S5 tons
In 1SH9 and a ten-year average of 1.23
tons. The average as to quality Is S3."
per cent, against !3.8 per cent In No
vember last.
An estimate of the wheat crop will he
Issued ns soon as the Individual farm
returns are available. This will be no!
later than December 10.
PLAN BIO STEAMSHIP TRUST.
Baltimore,' Md., Nov. 19. The Inter
national Navigation company, which
operates the American and Ked 8ldr
lines, will be the buyer In the absorp
tion and combination of ocean steam
ship lines now being negotiated, Alex
ander Urown of thu banking house of
Drown A Sons, (innnclng the great deal,
said: "It Is true that a deal Is pend
ing, but I am not at liberty to give
out any Information at the present
time." , .
It was learned that the Atlnntlc
Transport company will be absorbed
by the new concern. The price to he
paid Atlantic Trunsport stockholders Is
1300 a share, payment to be made In
new securities. The Pacific Mall
Steamship company, which operate
steamships between Kan Francisco and
Japan and Ren Francisco anJJ South
aa4 Central America, ts Included In
tbtdeal
PRICES
60 oon
GRAIN PRICES WFAKEN BECAUSE
OP OVER-PROUUCTION.
(RUST GOODS GO UP.
Like the Coons and Negro Trap,
the Farmers Are Caught a
Comin' and a Coin'.
Chicago, 111.. Nov. 20. Jrain markets
(lad a setback at the opening. Corn
weakened under the crop estimate of
1,K)7,00,WO bushels and wheat reacted
because of lower LI veroool cables an'J
better Argentine crop news. From
724'72c at close Thursday December
wheat opened at ' 72V4 &72T' and sold
at 71 c. on early trades. December
corn was around iiSc lust night fiid sold
at 35ty2ittR the morning. Docem
Vr oats held at 21Ti22c. January pork
'.ost 12V4c, selling at $11.7itf'U..70. Larj
nd ribs lost S cents same month.
Corn traders expressed little surprise
it the government estimate on total
corn yield as based on average p r
acre. Yield wus put at 25.3 bushels per
f.cre, which Is over the average for ten
tears. The total crop is figured at 2,
107,0(10,000 bushels, the largest since the
record breaker of liS, when the yield
reached about 2,3OO,tKO,0OO bushels. The
higher average condition is due to bet
ter condition than expected in the
southern states. The six big surplus
states show yield of 1,385,000,000 bush
els, 30,000,000 over 1899 and 250,000,000
over 1S98. For the Immediate future
the low reserves of old corn 4 4 p?r cn.t
partly offsets the large estimate on the
new crop. This with the poor grading
and limited movement of corn to' mar
ket considering the price no doubt
caused Liverpool to be quoted higher.
More definite report from Northwest
mi Miller states positively that Dan
vers, th Argentine correspondent, now
claims that recent storms were local
and that prospect of good wheat crop
improve dally. Liverpool futures were
',f';d higher.
Local grain receipts were 143 cars
wheat, 327 corn, 95 oats. Hogs were
called 25.000 and steady. Leading grain
receipts gave but four cars contract
wheat, four cars corn, eight oats.
Weekly shipments from Argentine were
but 204.0OV bushels wheat, compared
with 840,000 last year. Corn shipments
SM.uOO, last year 1,216,000.
AN IMMENSE LUMBER TRUST.
Baltimore, Nov. 19. A mammoth con
solidation of lumber companies prob
ably v. Ill be announced within a week
or ten days. Fourteen companks ;it
least are to be included In the consol
idation, If the plans do not miscarry,
and several others, making perhaps
a total of twenty, are expected to he
added. A list of the cororatlon8 now inter
ested In the negotiations, and includ
ing the largest of them. Is as follows:
Atlantic Coast Lumber company of
Georgetown, S. C.;. i lining Lumbu
company of Kdenton, N. C; Camp
Luiiiher company of Franklin, Vu ;
Cape Fear Lumber company of Wil
mington, N. C; Georgia Manufacturing
company of Suffolk, Va.;. Greenlouf
Johnson company of Norfolk, Va.; E.
K. Jackson vu. of ffuwilsswa D. C:
Kouuoke Hallrood and Lumber com
pany of Norfolk, Va.; Kopcr Lumber
company of Norfolk, Va.; Suffolk Saw
mill company of Suffolk, Va.; Surrey
Lumber company of ftultlmore; Tunis
Lumb.r company of llaltlmore; W. W ,
Tunis lirothers Lumber company of
Norfolk, Va.. and the Virginia Sawmill
company of Norfolk, Va.
It Is said the deal Is the result of a
meeting held in this cliy prior to the
election. Among those who participated
in this conference wrc August l'.cl
mont of the New York banking firm,
Charles K. Flint, Dr. J. O. While and
ioseph Aneibach of New York, and
representatives of nearly all the com
panies named above. After this confec
:nce the pnijy proceeded to Norfolk
Mid Inspected the plants of some of the
umber companion.
Conferences liue since beeu held in
Mew York, und the negotiations have,
it is suld, practically reached a suc
cessful termination. It Is understood
ihnt all the capital necessary to secure
the consolidation will lr forthcoming,
lind that the I'.elmontg will finance the
Ileal, the total value of the various
plants being about 25,000.000. Mr.
Auerboch Is to uttend the legal side
'J the proposition.
TRUSTS FLAY THEIR RIVALS.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 19. It was
earned the soil pipe trust Is endeavor
ing to force the Chnttanooga Pipe und
Foundry company out of business. The
lalt r company the past year has
erected a mammoth plant In this city,
giving employment to about 100 men
The company Is composed of Chatta
nooga capitalists and their plant is the
most complete of the kind in the Uni
ted Suites. It Is bellcv d that IU
company will eventually be forced to
terms, as the .'rust Is selling soil pipe
In this terrltci-y below what It cost
the Chattanooga company to buy pig
'.run.
The wheelbarrow trust Is also trying
to Intimidate the Chattanooga Wheel
barrow factory by threatening to re
duM ttV) price of wheelbarrows in this
etrf Itory; u v"' : " ' ' " ' '
IOWA FAILS TO ELECT THIS YEAR,
Ixs Moines, la., Nov. IB. AMorneyi
l.itve dlscovtred a new and serious i
suit of the defect In the eoiislltut)ouu
amendment v. iilch Iowa peopl adopt, d
lust week prosldlng for biennial elee.
lions. Through the adoption of Hit
amendment, which extend, d the tenui
of officers whose terms would otherwise
expire in January for an addition1
year, it Is now belli v-.d that the people
failed of eluding any stale, enmity ol
township tickets on November 6, ex
cepting the electoral and judicial candi
dates and those to till vacancl-s. Not
only e-annot the officers who seem tc
have been elected take their seats a
year from January, as provided by th-.
amendment, bin not at all, because tsc
election Has invalidated, and the In
cumbent ulllccrs will hold not only dur
ing the additional year guaranteed by
th-.- amendment, but during still an
other, because the ticket just elected
was illegally elected and the amend
ment abolishes all elections until 1903.
This situation is more alarming than
any other complication which has
arisen out of the amendment muddle.
It Is argued by those supporting tlilj
position that the amendment and the
ticket vot d for were diametrically
contradictory. The people could not
vote for an affirmative and a negative
of a proposition simultaneously, they
say, and It Is an absurdity to say that
they accomplished by their votes for of
ficials what they specifically voted not
to accomplish by adopting the amend
ment. Attorneys say that, granting thai
the people voted for the nominees first
and elected them, by adopting the con
stitutional amendment afterward th'y
repealed their first action and to all
intents and purposes abolished the offi
cial tenure of the officials they had
elected and legislated the successful
candidates out of office before they
had beeu seated.
It follows, attorneys say, that the of
ficials who appear to have been elected
November 6 were, In fact, not elected
at all. They had no legal existence.
The nann ui. the ballot were placed
thc-re through an error. The only l?gal
thing to have done, plainly was to have
submitted the constitutional amend
ment alone with the candidates lor
such offices as-txptre December 31 and
for such offices as were newly created
or in which there were vacancies, such
as elector, etc. Then. If the pi-oplu
adopted the amendment, they would
have continued In office for another
year specifically the present set of of
ficials, and who, therefore, would havs
served for two additional years be
cause the amendment abolished the
election of 1901.
There are no newly elected state offi
cers, county officers, township officers,
etc., except the electors and Judges.
The amendment has abolished the elec
tion of 1901. Therefore It appears that
the Incumbents in the office's for which
candidates were on the ticket Novem
ber 8 will serve for one additional yeaf
because the amendment guarantee
that, and for still an additional yeaf
because there is no election In 1901 and
their successors cannot be el.cted an
qualified before January, 1903:
ACCESS TO THE SEA VITAL.
Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 19. In a lec
turn before the University of Michigan
Engineering soedtty Lyman E. Cooley
the Chicago engineer, said:
"Eventually the Interior cities of th
country will be sappeel of their trad!
unless the- sea can be brought to the!
doors. Cheaper means of transporta
tion and an independent sea footlnf
must be given those cities. Chicago
for example, will have to get upon ar
!r.d pcndei.1 basis, entirely free frorr
New York. The opening ef a throuRr
deep sea way from the lakes to the
ocean will accomplish this. Also e
barge course from the Mississippi rivet
will accomplish this. The veinlng ol
livers throughout the country alsc
offers equal facilities for other clUei
in gaining a through waterwny to the
sea. The cost of opening up the whole
country In this way will t:- from II.
000,000,000 to Jl, 500.000,000, but th? re
sults will be greater than from an equa;
amount spent on railroads."
WIN WEALTH ON HANNA'S TIP.
WIN WKALTH ON HANNA'S TIP
New York, Nov. 19. Kvery republi
can leader of any prominence through
out the e-ountry got th: tip about four
weeks ago from Mark Hanna that
Pacific Mall v.ns a "gooel thing" and
that It should be bought for a rise of
20 points. When the tip was sent out
Pacific Mall was selling at 3IVs. After
election the stock was advanced to 57,
and at that ptice tlv politicians began
to realize. The insider divided sev
eral millions among them, th'ir profit
ranging from 100,OCO to 5O0,0W.
The significance of this stock dcai
Is ''contained In the fnct that f-nntor
Hanna, spokesman of the administra
tion, declared In emphatic terms In on
Interview Juct after election that the
most Important measure' which the re
publican party would concern itself
with In congress was the subsidy bill,
which, Senator Hanna said, would he
taken up Immediately and pushed
through to nn early vote.
I:IG PRICK FOK EXCHANGR SEAT
New York, Nov. 19. A seat on the
New York Stock exchange wss sold
for 4fi,R00. which Is the record for a
Stock Kxchangc membership. This
price Is $1,500 In advance nf the ninourt
realised on th' Inst sent sold. The $16,
500 mark show nn advance of about
tl 1,500 over the omount paid for a rest
some two months aw, which was r
ported to have been disposed of for
SS,Q004 .tyi-eral months ago a seat
was sold for )41.G,
BIG WAR
FEARED
CAIN A IS PREPARING FOR A RE
NEWAL OF WAR.
SITUATION DANGEROUS
The Military Situation Is Becoming
Dangerous While Allies Act
Indecisively.
St. Petersburg. Nov. 19. Despite the
fact that the Russian minister to China
Is co-operating in the peace negotia
tions, the most Influential Journals ap
parently regret that the United States
governmc-nt has not withdrawn from
the concert of the powers.
The Novoe Vremya says it cannot
believe that real progress has been
made and it. declares that the propo
sitions formulated are Indecisive and
ure necessarily merely preliminary, be
cause they contain demunds that China
cannrft fulfill on account of her pov
erty. Moreover, says the Novoe Vremya,
the military situation is becoming more
dangerous. The French will probably
be compelled to return to Indo-Chlna,
where revolutionary agents are active.
All China Is waiting a word from the
;mperor to begin a desperate war.
The director of the Oriental institute
it Vladivostoe'k. pronounces the loss
-if the Chinese libraries at Pekln and
Tien Tsin by fire as irreparable, as they
contained numerous precious manu
scripts on the subject of Chinese dy
nasties. Shanghai, Thursday, Oct. 11. From
Pekln to Shanghai it is next to impos
sible e. meet ar European or American
who has resided any length of time in
China but who believes that the real
trouble has not really commenced. They
bitterly reproach the powers for not
being more severe in their measures,
particularly for not absolutely destroy
ing the Forbidden City, at Pekln. Old
residents of Tien Tsin, Chee Foo and
Shanghai say it was a grave blunder
that will in the near future cause the
loss of thousands of lives and the de
struction of much property.
It is a well authenticated fact thai
bardly a Chinaman outside the prov
ince of Chi Li believes the allies have
had any success at alL Papers are
sold in Shanghai, giving as graphic
details ef the alleged capture of Ad
miral Seymour, General Chaffee and
others as any of the wonderful stories
that emanated from the Shanghai liar
a few months age, describing the
butchery of the ministers and thelr
famllles, which were so freely pub
lished in all the European and Ameri
can papers. Not only are the details
given at full length, but pictures are
also published, showing the admiral
and several generals with carques
around their necks, being tried before
the native judges.
Two Chinamen were beheaded re
cently in Shanghai fe.r publishing "wil
ful slenders and malicious falsehoods"
In stating that Pekln had fallen into
the hands of the allies and that the
jmpress dowager and the empress had
Hod. The most serious part of the whole
tffair is considered to be the fact that
ths Chinese judges themselves believed
the men were really lying.
The presence of firelgn troops in
ShShal is not objected to, because It
means that an immense amount of
money is bring spent there and If any
thing Is worrying the Chinese store
keepers it is that some day soon th"
"evar-vlctorlous army" of the "Son of
Heaven" will come and drive the "for
rign devils" out, a consummation that
frcm one peiint of view, they devoutly
hope for. but, from financial considera
tions, they would rather have post
poned for the present.
It is an acknowledged fo.ct that the
Chinese as a raoe are Indifferent to
pain and practically careless with re
gard to human life, either their own
5r that of others. It is also a fact
that the same time a seeming contra
diction, that heretofore the Chinese
have, not shown themselves brave In
battle, at least not when it begins to
e,o against them, acting on the princi
ple that "he who fights and runs away
lives to fight another day."
The white people In this part of China
?iy Chi LI is but a v.'ry small part ot
the country; only one province of
eighteen and but of medium size In
population, and that If It took as many
men as It did to subdue Chi LI, whut
will It take when the wheile country
rises as It Is ripe to do? .
The removnl of the empress dow
ager and the court recently from Shun
PI to flhen PI Is looked uiion by foreign
merchants, missionaries and even by
most of the converts, as a danger and
a m.mace. A merchant who ha heen
thirty years In China told a correspond
ent that It was a place almost Im
possible for foreign troops to reach,
If they so desired, anil the only feasible
way was to go about 000 miles up tin
fang Tse river and then JoO miles by
land. If this were attempted, however,
:hey would hDve to fight the grcnter
snrt of the way.
He believes that the empress dowager
liss a hold oil the sltup.t'ou und Is only
udeavorlng to make terms In tho
inme of 'he emperrir, Just to gnln time
ind trusts thnt In the meanwhile some
A the powers may Ret to fightiru,
imont themselves.
Ihc Argentine Ilepublie exported only
fcU.106 bales Ol wool last year, a;
Igalnst J7.4S 1 ISn.
south mn ka::et cra
, i
South Omaha, Nee., No. 17, I
Live Slock rteport Kurnlshed by ths
Fbuo Commission Co. nf South l iruaha.
Neb.
The past week has been one of dis
appointment to dealers in the yards at
well as those in tbe country, Keoetptt
have shown a very heavy Incresa
from last wit, the bulk ot It natl
stuff and a great part of It the kin
that dealers do not take kindly to.
In the steer line there has not been
a very marked fluctation, the choice
cattle selling on the close of the wees
at just about the same figure as tue
have all the week. On the half faf
and medium kinds there has been a
slight decline but It would not amount
to over 10 to 15 cejits. There are a
great many cattle coming whU has
had corn but not enough to make them
at all good and buyers are not taking
them except as a lost resort.
The cow market was in good shsjx
the early part of the week, but os
Wednesday there was a break an
prices have declined steadily since thai
lime. Good cows and heifers have ol
course suffered the least decline ane"
are not over 10 to 15 cents lower. Th
medium and common kinds are being
quoted as fully 25 cents lower and soms
of the very poor ernes are still lowei
than that and can hardly be dispose
of at all.
There has not been much life to tu
stocker and feeder trade and all gradci
show a decline from the prices paid la
week. Good heavy weight cattle ha
declined 10 to 15 cents, while the lighi
and meidium weight stuff is hard t
dispose of at a 25 cents decline. Calvet
have suffered more than any other Mn4
and show a decline of 50 cents front
last week and 75 cents two weeks age
There is not very much country de
mand for any kind of cattle and thli
has made yard traders corresponding! f
backward about doing business.
The hog market has shown reai
activity this week advancing and do
dining rapidly from day to day an
finally closing at Just about tbe san
prices as the opening of the week. Os
Monday the market advanced 10 eenta
but on Tuesday and Wednesday It de
clined about 1 cents, then on Thurs,
day It advanced fully 15 cent and es
Biday 5 to 10 cents more was addetl
but today buyers were able to tak
off about 10 cents, which leaves tl
market Just where It was on the clos
Monday, but still about 10 cents hlffhsj
than on the cloBe of a week ago.
LOSES HIS COLLEGE CHAIR.
San Francisco, Nov. IS. Er. E. A,
Ross, head of the department of eco
nomics at Stanford university and ens
of the strongest men of the faculty, has
resigned from the university. Dr. Koss
issued a statement In which he chai-got
that Mrs. Stanford forced him out be
c;aus of his strong anti-Chinese views
Prof. Ross delivered a lecture to working-men
in this city In May last In
which he pointed out the danger ot
oriental Immigration, taking the ground
is an economist that the Chinese, as
they could "underlivtf the Caucasians,
would debase labor. Mrs. Stanford Is
a large employer of Chinese and tek
exception to his statements. At an
other time the professor spoke oa job
lie utilities and predicted tmutlcfpeJ
ownership of street railway, Hn.
Stanford is heavily interested In street
railways in this city.
Dr. Ross came to Stanford university
from Indiana State university. Ias
summer he lectured at the Chfcaga
university's summer school.
WILL STAY WITH McKINLEV.
wasningtoti, nuv.
Prc"!'?nt Sf fs
Kinley announced clearly and force
fully to the members of his cabinet
his desire that they should alt remain
with him during the four years of his
foming administration. His wtehes
were made kne.-n in an extee.de
nech at the cabinet meeting In the
white house. Responses were made by
ill of the members present, and while
tin-re were no definite pledgee frwm
iny of them that I hey would accept the
portfolios thus tendered afresh, there
was on the other hand no deflirita
declination.
The proceedings s-t forth the wishes
of the president in the matter and re
lieves the mem'odrs of the cabinet ef
the customary obligation of tendering
their . resignations at the end of the
term, unless they have made an Irre
vocable decision that It will be lmpos.
slide for thelm to continue In olHoe.
BRITISH COPY AFTER WEYLEI.
Durban, Nov. ID. The Natal Mercury
reports that among the measure te he
idoptcd In order to pacify the Boere
is the reconcentrado plan of Lord Itob-
?rts. Lord Kitchener boa dectdedj te
take this step, owing to the dlfflenttis
of dealing with the armed Boors while
hampered by tho civilian population In
the outlying districts.
Pltmifonteln, Nov. 18. The Boers
heavily attarked the railroad at BdJen
burg, NovenilM'f 15. It Is reported that
the Hocrs were completely cut up. One
report has It that frvonty-flv of the
! arty were killed or wounded.
TO LET OUT SALESMEN.
Now Brunswick. N. J., Nov. It. Jan
uary 1 this el'r will receive Its Bret
Installment nf the prosperity" prem
ised nfter th" election of McKlnlsy.
After that date the Norfolk and Mtw
Brunswick Hosiery company, ehsVh
has a big plant here, will dispense with
all Its traveling salesmen.
The company has decided to aS Na
ood through a whoksalt howM'l
New York Instead c by
