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the NORTHWESTERN. m'Nst uoTr.n * oinsoN. i:«i« «n«i Hubs. LOUP CITY, • - NEB. CT-- “ ’ -- NEBRASKA. Chadron is preparing to give the boys of Company H. Second Nebraska regiment, a royal welcome on their re turn to that city. A. M. Treat, a prominent stockman of Chappelle, recently sold thirty head of Ills 2-year-old steers, gtussers, at $44 per head to a feeder neur Oothen burg, Neb. William Hindma.i of Ashland, who was thrown from his horse against a telephone pole, died from his Injuries. He was go in to a fire when tne accident occurred. An effort Is being made to cut Knox county in half and name the extirpat ed portion Dewey, with Bloomfield as the county seat. The scheme meets with considerable opposition. A Spanish machete Is now on exhi bition In West Point which was cap tured from the enemy by Corporal John Jacobs of Company C. Twelfth United States Infantry, a former West Point boy. Miss Emma Steir,hans, a young wo man who has been employed In the Hast ngs Tribune office setting type, dropped dead w hile on her way home from work. Death was caused from heart failure. Platte countv has mado another good showing In the mortgage indebt edness record for the month of August, ISOS, the releases on the farm real es tate exceeding the amount of the til ings by over $5,000. Prof. Robert E. Moritz, wno tins ror five years been at the head of the de partment of mathematics of the col lege In Hastings, left for Lincoln. His place will be filled for the year by Mr. Hoffman, a student of the University of Chicago. Prof. Moritz goes to fill a position In the department of math ematics in the State university. A man giving his name as William McVoy whs picked up on the Missouri track near Union, witli both legs cut off near tils body and a long knife gash in bis side. He died without giving any details of the manner bv which bis injuries were received. A lnrgo jackknife with a blade open, covered with blood, was found In his pocket. Mrs. George W. Hawley, wife of Rev. George W. Hawley, living about two miles north of Humboldt, died sudden ly from the effects of a dose of strych nine taken by mistake for headache powder. Promptly summoned physi cians used antidotes without result and she died in convulsions within an hour after taking the fatal dose. She leaves four children. Charles G. Stevens of Sheridan coun ty, who was sentenced to a term in the penitentiary for the crime of steal ing four steers, has filed an appeal with the clerk of the supreme court In which the claim is set up that the verdict was not sustained by sufficient evidence, that the verdict was contrary to law and that the trial court erred In a number of particulars. The war department, through the solicitation of Rawlins Post No. 35, Grand Army of the Republic of Beat rice, assisted by General Colby, has finally granted or donated to the post a b’g 8-lnch selge gun used at Fortress Monroe during the civil war. also a number of 8-tnch shells. The gun weighs nearly 9.000 pounds, and is awaiting shipment to Beatrice. Official notice of the death of Joseph Grotte of Cuming has been received by his parents from the war department. Ho wus in the terrible charge of the Twelfth Infantry at El Caney and was shot through the body, ne lingered for sixteen days after being shot. His remains now rest on Cuban soil, but will eventually be removed to Cuming county If his parents so desire. During the performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show at Grand Is land. as the cavalry company was rounding a curve and just going into action, rough ground caused a spill, and the heavy artillery wagon and horses and men fell In one heap. Her man Kanstein. Jerry Fields, Bob lla german and Wagnet, members of the company, were badly stunned and bruised. An unknown man was killed by an Elkhorn train just south of the bridge across the Platte river, five miles west of Fremont. He was found by some boys lying in some weeds alongside of the track horribly mangled. He lived about twenty minutes, refused to tell his nemo and was unable to tell how he was hurt. He watt evidently a tramp, and it was thought he may have fallen from the trucks. Harry Getchell pleaded guilty in a special session of district court at. York to the charge of stealing a team of horses from J. W. Miller of that city last January. Fpou promises to lead an honest life if he ever gets the chance Judge Bates gave hiut a sen tence of eighteen months at hard labor In the penitentiary. Rose Messier, the female accomplice, who has voluntar ily made a confession of guilt, was given one year. Some of the strongest arguments in favor of irrigation are hanging up in the office of the Nebraska Central Ir rigation company In Columbus. Side by side are samples of corn from the same farm tagged "I was irrigated" and "1 was not." The lesson is a very strong one and does more for irriga tion in ten minutes than agitation would in that many years. It has done much in the way of diversified farming, as a trip through the irri gated ditches will show. Governor Holcomb wired Congress man Stark calling attention to the Increase of sickness In the Third reg iment and asking him to confer with the war department relative to having the regiment removed to some north ern camp. A fast freight on the Fnion Pacific branch crashed into a buggy about twenty miles north of Columbus, kill ing both horses and demolishing the carriage. Mrs. Mary Lohaila, aged sixty years!* had her right clavicle fractured and two severe cuts in the face; Joe Schillea, nine years old, frontal bone broken and two soalu wounds. He may the. How the Dictator Proposes to Handle the Island Congress, HE WILL BE THE WHOLE THING Most of til,' lti-l,>g;itcs Will lit, Appointed by tlie Insurgent Leader An Ameri can Oftieer of High flank Says it Cri sis Is at Hand, New York, Sept. r.“.—A dispatch to the New York Herald from Manila says: General Aguinaldo, in his ca pacity as president or dictator, in call ing a meeting of the "Filipino Con gress.'' has disclosed the fact that he has planned to have complete control of that body from the start. He will obtain control l>y appointing a major ity of the representatives of various districts. Tins so-called congress is to meet in Maiaolos October ir>, so that Aguinaldo will have ample time In which to choose the men who will up hold him in his dictatorship. Aguinaldo provides in his decree, calling the congress to assemble, that Spaniards who have lived in the Phil ippine islands for ten years may exer cise the right of suffrage in the selec tion of representatives. In districts where no revolution has taken place, Aguinaldo will himself choose the representatives, and it is by tins means that he will obtain full control. The revolution has been con fined to the island of l.u/ in and a >111(111 >1 l lllJll 111 Milium.HI. On those two islands only will a vote Ik? taken in choosing representatives in the congress. The vote on the island of Mindinao will he confined to tho small section where the natives have been in revolt. The insurgents will easily control the selection of rep resentatives In these sections, so that the right of suffrage conferred upon Spaniards who have resided in the islands for ten years will have little or no bearing on the election. Since AgulnaUlo has conferred upon himself the authority to chose repre sentatives from tlie districts where no revolt has taken place, there will be no possible chance for any move to wrest the leadership from him. So far a»s this congress is concerned his authority will !>e as absolute as that which Spain has exercised. Santa Cruz, the last position held by the Spaniards on Manila bay, has been taken by the insurgents who have fol lowed up their success by seeking ven geance upon some of the ex-priests of that section. A story comes from Ihaiuthe north ern part of the island of Luzon about tho cruel treatment of a Spanish bishop by rebel sympathizers. The prelate was compelled to disclose the hiding place of the money belonging to the church. The insurgents are strongly fortify ing Aiuiaolos, where Aguinaldo has temporarily established the capital of the rebel government. That the in surgent leader is bent upon mischief becomes daily more apparent. An American officer of high rank has in formed me that a crisis in affairs here cannot now be delayed many days a fact, which, lie says, should he fully considered by the government at Washington. CORBIN AND MILES. Tlie General* Shake linn.It In Washing ton With All Amiability. Washington, Sept. 12.—General Miles' meeting with Adjutant General Corbin yesterday afternoon was a sur prise to those who saw it. Their greeting was of the most cordial and fraternal nature. They clasped each other's bunds and General Miles placed his hand on General Corbin's shoulder in the most familiar manner. They exchanged the greetings of brother officers rather than of hated military rivals. SNOW IN KANSAS. llfcht Fall on tlio Rock IhIaiiiI From CiootliHiiil to Union. Colo. Topkka, Kan., Sept. 1‘,'. -Snow is reported along the line of the Chi cago, Rock Island ,v l’aoitic from Goodland Kan., west to Limon. Colo. The storm liegan with cold, drizzling rain which turned to snow during the night. The fall was not heavy, but it is very unusual at this time of year. t hill ami Argentine Vet Out. Nkw York, Sept. 12.— A dispatch to the New York Herald from liuenos Ayres says: Negotiations between the commissions appointed by Argentine anti Chili t > settle the boundary dis pute have been suspended because the Chilian commission would not consent to the insertion of existing treaties in the reports which are to be presented to both governments and eventually to the arbitrator. More Allowed for Kurlnl*. Washington. Sept. 12.—before leav ing Washington Secretary Alger di rected that an order lie issued that, instead of the regular allowance of Sio for the burial of a soldier, $.15 shall be allowed, and the remains transported home at the government's expense. To fix Alikxkn's lluuodary. Ottawa. Ontario, Sept. 12.—It i said here that the Alaska boundary dispute, which is one of the subjects before the Quebec conference, will Ik? referred to some independent tribunal for a decision, as the views of the com missioners on each side seem to be much apart. He \V»* a french fssayltt mui Toet. Paris, Sept. 12.—Stephane Mallar me. the well known essayist and poet, is dead. SCHOFlE! D AND GORDON. President t*ki Them to liivcsUgnto tlie Conduct of the War. Washington, Sept, 1". — President McKinley ha* tendered places on the proposed commission to investigate the war department, in relation to the conduct of the liispano-Ameriean war, to Major General Schofield, former commanding general of the army, and to ex-Senator .lohn 15. (Jordon of (Jeorgia. The question of investigating the administration of the war department and the appointment of commissioners to conduct the investigation was gone over. Whether the President will direct the investigation depends upon his nb'Jity to find men for the commis sion in whom there will be such uni versal approval that their verdict will be accepted in advance as a just deter mination of tiie subject. If such men can be found, then the President will name them and order the investiga tion: if they cannot be found, then the investigation will not occur. VETERANS SCORE MR. EVANS. | (<■ A It. Knrniiipiiiiint Hull,I. it Tire I’nilcr lllm. Cincinnati. Ohio, Sept. Pi. — The work of the thirty-second annual en campment of the Grand Army of the Republic was happily concluded late in the afternoon yesterday. The resolutions referring to Presi dent McKinley and Secretary Alger was given precedent when it was de cided to consider the report of the committtee ad seriatum. The resolu tion referring to the President was tirst adopted by a unanimous rising vote in a scene of most enthusiastic demonstrations, and it reads as fol lows: • Resolved, That the Grand Army of the Ks inibllclius watched with pride and satisfaction the wise, conservative, unscltish. patriitic and I statesmanlike in inner in which our honored ! comrade William McKinley, President of the J United States, has met every demand which i the recent trouble with Spain imposed upon ! our country: that his wisdom and prudence ia I his endeavors to preserve pea e with honor as | well us the vigor and pitrotlc order with ! which our army and navy were equipped for | the conflict, when the war became imminent, have won our h;urly and unreserved upproval and commendation and. rejoicing in the glo rious termination of th« conflict in which our country lias been engaged, we hereby express our gratitude, not only to our distinguished comrade, the President hut also to the officers and men Iti the land and naval for es for their heroic conduct and sublime achievements for humanity and t-e glory of our Hag and coun try." As soon ns the demonstration follow ing the adoption of this resolution j was over, the following was read and adopted by a unanimous vote, without discussion, null with another demon I stratum of approval: | ' Resolved. That from knowledge formed of 1 our experience as .olcllcrs during four years of active service, wo recognize the unfaltering energy and patriotic devotion with which, ns secretary of war. General Alger has borne the weighty responsibility and performed the iin jMirtant duties suddenly iiu|wiseil by the recent war with Spain, fr uiting and maintaining so large an army tinder such unfavorable con ditions. the deeds of which not only shed luster on the American sold er. but also challenge the admiration of the world." The report of the committee on pen sions in part is as follows: Resolved. That in view of the repeated com plaints of the unfair construction of the pen | slon law and of t lie making und enforcement of rules which are in violation of the law anil in imical to the Interests of applicants. Impels this encampment to call upon Comrade William McKinley. President of the United States, to exercise his authority und to see that the law is executed in a spirit of fairness, justice and Ills'rallty. Resolved. Thut all rules which tend to hin der and embarrass the al' owunce of honest jien sion claims should be repealed, ami we ask the | President that he u>e his authority to cause i those whose duty it is to execute the law s to so perform their duty as to do justl e to the sol diers and administer the law so as not to ob struct the prosecution of pensions by tezhnic al requirements not within the province of the law. and which are only calculated to hinder and obstruct in the effort to obtain lawful pen sions. Resolved That the rule of the pension office i by which a widow is debarred fratu pension if : she has an income of (MiW per year is unjust. | and we ask the President that the order be ab | rogateil atnl the minimum income debarring from pensions be Hxed at not less than •*At per j annum In this connection we desire to inform the President that vary early In his adminls j tration it was announced by a high official In ! the pension office that the widow's limit would 1 be raised to MM. but it never materialized. Resolved. That we ask for the re-establish ing of order 101. which was enforced under the Hurrison regime. This order. In simple terms, took cognizance in rating a man's pension of all the disabilities be suffered under. It was abrogated by the last administration, and it was held that to be entitled to the lowest rate of W per month a comrade must have one dis ability. which is rated at that amount. If he lias three disabilities rated at ft each he gets no pension at all. This iniquitous rule is maintained up to this hour, and we submit it Is not such treatment as we had a right to expect from Comrade William McKinley. ATTEMPT TO KILL A QUEEN. Wllhetiiiiiia Shot at by an English An arch 1st. Bkiu.ix. Sopt. I'.1.—The Lokal Anzei gor says that a fortnight ago an at tempt was made to assassinate Queen Wilhelmina. near Amersfort. province of I'trecht, on the road between Castle Soostydt and Itaar. A man emerged from behind a tree and tired a revolver at her majesty. The bullet missed the queen, but ploughed the cheek of a lady iti attend ance. The would-be assassin was ar rested. He is supposed to be an En glish anarchist. The strictest secrecy has been tnain j tained hitherto as to the affair in or ; der not to disturb the enjoyment of tlie enthronement festivities. Come* Over to Weil a Negro. New York. Sept. 1",—Because site wants to marry a colored man a Scotch lassie journeyed 3,000 miles across the seas on the Allan state line steamship, Morgan, which has arrived from Glas gow. She is Margaret Wood, ‘.’.‘i years old. Kansas Officer I* Acquitted. Camp Meade, l‘a., Sept. U-—Lieu tenant Guy Morgan of the Twenty i second Kansas, who was tried by j court-martial on a charge of deseer at I ing the graves Confederate soldiers in I . the South, has been acquitted. MOiraisM The President Will Not Brook Any Delay in Cuba, SPANIARDS HATE TO QUIT. Civil ami Military Authority Will He Kierclard by the American Commla Hloner* iih iMt as tlm 1*1 ami Cullies t'mler Their Control Washington, Sept. 1 '■!.—Iteoent dis patches from Havana showing an un mistakable intention upon the part, of the Spanish authorities to avoid a re linquishment of power if possible until a decision is reached by the peace commission have again aroused interest in the policy of tiie adminis tration. It is stated upon the highest authority tiiat tiie President lias no in tention of allowing General lilanco and his associates in Havana to evade tiie terms of the protocol, and that tiie commission which sailed from New ^ ork Monday had fail instructions to demand an immediate arrangement for the evacuation of the island with a promise of sufficient force to compel compliance. The commissioners have received full instructions as to how they are to proceed with tiie government of such portions of the island as are first evac uated by the Spaniards, with a view to an ultimate extension of their au thority over the whole of Cuba. It now appears that they were clothed with much greater power than was needed to arrange for tiie evacuation of tiie island merely, and are prepared to execute lioth civil and military au thority over tiie entire territory as fast as the Spanish troops are with drawn. The commissioners are fully pre pared to deal with all the parliament ary qucstionsof government that must arise as soon as the evacuation begins. It will he necessary at once to make arrangements for the maintenance of municipal governments in the various cities and towns, and also to provide for the continuance of the courts of justice under the changed conditions until a new and more perfect system can he devised. One of the difficulties with which it is anticipated the com missioners will have to.deal will he in defining the exact distinction between the military and the civil authorities and arranging both so as to avoid friction in the exercise of jurisdiction. With the landing of an army in Tuba there will probably be appointed a military governor, but the governor's duty will, it is expected, be supervi sory to a large extent, and much of the actual work of government must be conducted by tin* civil authorities. Inasmuch as the work of evacuation will probably proceed slowly and as it is necessary that the authority of the United States should be established just as fast as that of Spain is with drawn, it is thought by those who have given attention to the subject that the commission lias probably been authorized to make all necessary ap pointments of civil officers until it is possible, after tin* evacuation lias been i completed, to establish a uniform and i improved system of government throughout the island. When the military occupation of Cuba will begin has not been definite ly determined, but it is said to lie the intention of tin* administration to have an army in readiness to meet the demands of the commissioners. It is thought that an army will be sent to Cuba not later than the middle of October. A DEWEY DISPATCH BOAT LOST The Wlngfont, Chartered at Ilona Hour. Ik Now Lour Overdue and I’ureportetl. San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 12.—The steamer Coptic, which arrived from the Orient to-day. brings the news from llong Kong that tin* American steamer Wingfoot, Captain Sherman, is supposed to have gone down with all hands. During the war United States Consul General Wildinan char tered the Wingfoot to carry dispatches to Admiral Dewey at Manila. The lit tle vessel met with several mishaps, and was obliged to return to port. Since her last departure from Manila she has not been heard from. ESTERHAZY APPEARS IN PARIS. The Report That He Had Fled or Com mitted Suicide Denied In 1’erson. Paris, Sept. 12.—Count Esterhaz.y set at rest all rumors of his suicide or flight yesterday by appearing last night in a cafe where he declared to his friends that he was neither a Zola nor a .1 udas. Heath l:nd» Tlieir Vacation. Qi khf.c, Sept. 12.—Carl Smith, who wrote the ‘‘Fired at Random" column in the Chicago Record, and Louis Sass, sporting editor on the same paper, were drowned in the heavy rapids of the Grande Discharge by the upsetting of their birch barb canoes. They were on a holiday tour. Mauser or Krug-.lorgennen'.’ Washington, Sept. 12.—General Flagler, chief of ordnance, has ap pointed a beard of ordnance officers to examine into the efficiency of modern army guns as shown by the war. It is the especial object of this board to determine the relative merits of the Springfield 4.Vcaliber rifle used by the volunteers and the 32-caliber Krag Jorgenson in use by the regular army. They will also carefully inquire into the efficiency of the Mauser rifle used by the Spanish, ami the field and siege guns with which General Shat ter bombarded Santiago. ! MILES TELLS ARMY'S NEEDS. Saji There should He One Soldier for Kuril 1,000 Copulation. Wasiiwutos, Sept. I--*.—General Milt's came to the war department at 10 o'clock yesterday and spent a short time in his room at army headquar ters. Speaking of the future of the army. General Miles said that there was a number of matters which re quired careful and deliberate consider ation with respect to the army organ ization, and that undoubtedly steps in that direction would be taken as soon i as practicable. The acquisition of territory obviously made it necessary that there should l>e a larger army, and the experience of the war had demonstrated the necessity of estab lishing a standard and having the troops thoroughly trained to the mili tary service. It was desirable, he said, that the army should be organized on the basis of one soldier to every certain number of in habitants. It was recognized by mil itary authorities, even before the close of the war of the rebellion, that the establishment of a standard was de sirable, but from time to time the army had been reduced, until it had reached a number disproportionately small to the size of the country and its population. He thought that one soldier to every 1,000 population prob ably would be found to be the right ratio for the standard, and that the army standard being adopted, would increase according to the recognized needs of the government in an exact ratio to the increase of the population. He said that it was just as necessary that soldiers should have proper train ing as it was to train men to build houses, or to have a man skilled in his profession to perform any professional service. It was essential that an army should be composed of soldiers trained to their •profession, command ed by efficient officers in every grade and controlled strictly according to military principles. That military operations should be directed by mil itary men, he said, was too obvious to need to be stated. NEW NAME FORJSLANDS, Will lie Known a* Territory of Hawaii Hereafter* San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 12.—The steamer Coptic, from Yokohama and Hong Kong, via Honolulu, brings the following advices from the latter city, under date of September 2: It will he the “Territory of Hawaii.” That is the name which tlie annexa tion commission has decided to recom mend to Congress. The form of the government will be modeled on that of existing territories. There will be no more further depart ures from this form than local condi tions and national political considera tions makes necessary. The ultimate possibility of statehood will not be barred. There will be no District of Columbia or Alaska form of govern ment proposed. Local self-government will be given through the extension of municipal idea. The islands will be divided into municipal districts, hav ing control, under restrictions and limitations, of purely local affairs. Honolulu, for instance, will be a mu nicipal district, embracing the whole of the island of Oahu. UTAH REPUBLICANS, State Convention Strongly Indorse* Mc Kinley aiul Declare* for Free Silver. Sait Lake, Utah, Sept. 12.—The Republican state convention was called to order m the opera house yesterday by \V. K. Walton, chairman of the state committee. Joseph liagley of Ogden was chosen temporary chair man and ex-Unitcd States Senator Ar thur Drown permanent chairmrn. The resolutions committee then reported and the report was adopted almost unanimously. They indorse President McKinley and declare for free silver. ILLNESS IN PORTO RICO. More Than ‘25 Fcr Out of the I'nlted State* Troop* Are I nllt for Duty. Ponce. Porto Rico, Sept. 12. — Illness among the United States troops here is increasing. There are now more than 2.1 per cent of the men unfit for duty. Within a radius of a few miles from Ponce there are 1.000 soldiers in hospitals. In some commands, there are 30 per cent of the men down with fever, principally typhoid fever. A WOMAN'S CRIME, Double Tragedy In the Oxford Hotel at Denver—Motive Not Apparent. Denver, Col., Neps. 12.—W. 11. Law rence. of Cleveland, O.. was shot and probably mortally wounded in a room at the Oxford hotel yesterday after noon by a woman who is known here only as Florence Richardson. The woman then shot herself in the heart, dying almost instantly. To Import Negro Miner*. Pana. 111., Sept. 12.—George V. Pen well, president of the Peuwell Mining company, gave notice to-day that he would open his mine Monday, but would pay only 2.-, eents per ton, the price that the non-union negroes are being paid at the Springdale mine, lie said: “I prefer white miners if they will desert the union: otherwise 1 must operate the mine with negroes and foreign labor." (irnrral Clay Divorced. Richmond, Kv., Sept. 12.—General Cassius M. Clay, the sage of White Hall, has l>cen granted a divorce from his girl-wife, Dora Richardson Clay, by Judge Scott of the Madison county circuit court. The decree restores the defendant to her maiden name. Silver Force Select* Sadler. Reno, Nev., Sept. 12.—The silver party convention reassembled at ID o’clock yesterday. Francis G. New lands was nominated for congress and R. Sadler for governor. : A rurviULT IN THE CORTES. -- fffjler Accuse* the Government of In competence. Madrid, Sept.. !>.—The chamber has followed the senate in discussing the late war behind closed dt>ors. This action has caused the greatest sensa- I tion. y Immediately after the meeting, Se nor Salmeron, the Republican leader, moved that an investigation be made into the responsibility of Senor Sa gasta's government in connection with the declaration of war, the negotia tions for pence and the violation of the constitution by the suspension of the guarantees. The premier. Senor Sagasta, quickly asked that the deliberations be eon- * ducted behind closed doors, and the president pronounced favorably on the request. Thereupon the Repub- < licans vehemently protested and, amid an indescribable confusion, the door keepers cleared the galleries of spec tators, the deputies in the meantime shouting uproarously. The senate session also was a stormy one. Generals Weyler, Dominguez, Azcarragu, Polavieja and Rivera at tending. General Weyler reminded the senate of how Count D'Almenas had greeted the returning soldiers, ignoring the _ officers, lie declared that this was a / reflection upon the officers' efficiency. “The mistakes made in Cuba are not to be blamed upon the army,” he said, “but upon the politicians at the head of the government.” The latter, he declared, were re sponsible for not sending supplies to the armies in Cuba and Porto Itieo, and, indeed, for completely abandon ing them. Count D'Almenas. replying to Gen eral Weyler's stricture, said: “I ad dressed my greetings to those who have been martyrs for their couutry— to the Spanish soldiers, because they deserved such greetings. 1 did not ad dress the generals, for they showed themselves incapable of leuding sol diers to battle or of showing them how to fall worthily on the held.” Marshal Priino Dc Riveras shouted: “That is not true," and General Wey ler and others joined in the protest. Count D'Almenas, addressing General Riveras, replied: “I am not afraid of such cries, or of epaulets, or of the decorations that will have to be torn off the breasts of several officers. The sashes of some generals should be torn off and put around their necks.” A great uproar ensued. General Polavieja, former captain general of the Philippine islands, has issued a manifesto in which he says that, while he was never a politician, he "cannot any longer hearken to the sorrows of my country without pro testing.” The general, asserting that he has received numerous calls to place him self at the head of a neutral party, said: "The parties which have hith erto gaverned Spain are rotten, and the principal cause of the country's troubles.” Therefore, according to General Po lavieja, political reorganization is ab solutely necessary, “as is also the truth concerning our finances, so that the state's creditors may know the * \ measures Spain has proposed in order to meet her engagements." In con clusion, the general advocates "the decentralization of the government; without, however, impairing national unity.” General Correa, minister of war, has prohibited the publication of General Polavieja's manifesto. Gray Will Not Serve. Washington, Sept. 9.—The fifth member of the Spanish-Ameriean peace commission has not yet been selected. It is practically certain now that Sen ator George Gray, of Delaware, will not serve as a member of the com mission. Ten-i’eur-Old Boy a Suicide. Sedai.ia, Mo., Sept. 9.—Henry Win ter. a 10-year-old boy, committed sui cide at his home on Washington avenae yesterday afternoon by strych nine poisoning. Parental restraint caused the act. If every man would fight as he talks the earth would very soon be depopu lated. LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE Omaha, Chicago and New i'ork Market Quotations. OMAHA. Butter—Creamery separator... 18 a is Butler Choice fancy country. 10 a 12 Eggs fresh, per doz. 12 a 13 Spring Chickens—Per pound. 10 a 11 Lemons -Per Ihix. 0 75 a 7 00 Oranges Per box. 2 75 a '.! no Apples—Per barrel . 2 75 a 3 00 lloney choice, per pound. 14 a 1.5 Onions—Per bushel. 40 a 50 Beans Handpicked navy. 1 25 a 1 30 Potatoes -Per bushel, new. 30 a 40 Hay—I’pland per ton. 5 00 a 5 50 POl'TII UMAIIA STUCKMAHKKT. Hogs—Choice light. 3 55 a I 70 Hogs- Heavy weights. 3 55 a 3 0 i Beef steers—. 4 40 a 5 UO Lulls. 2 50 a 3 51 Plugs. 2 00 H 2 7} Calves... ■ 7> Oil a 8 75 Western feeders. 2 75 a 3 25 ('ows. 20' a 2 9 > Heifers . 3 25 a 4 10 Stockers and feeders. 3 10 a 4 7.5 Sheep- Muttons. 4 3) a 4 40 Seeep Native mixed . 3 40 a 4 00 CHICAGO. Wheat-No. 2 spring. Ill a 81*4 Corn—Per bushel. 30 a 31*4 Oats Per bushel. 2n a 20** Bariev—No. 2 . 3s a 4i Kye No. 2. 41 . 43 Timothy seed. ]>er bu. 2 4* a 2 50 Pork— Per owt. . s 40 a s 45 Lard—Per 100 pounds . 4 72 a 5 7544 Cattle—Western Bangers ... 2 S5 a 4 40 t attle—Native beef steers. 3 77 a 4 50 Hogs -Mixed. 3 70 a 3 k\ Sheep— Lambs. 4 >5 a 5 00 Bueep—Western Hangers. 4 20 a 4 40 NEW YORK M 4 It KKT. Wheat— No. 2, red winter. 03 a 81*4 Corn No. 2. 34*4* 33 Outs—No. 2. 25 a ;,v Pork—. 9 IX) a 9 75 Lard-. 5 00 a 5 20 KANSAS CITY. Wheat—No. 2 spring. its a 8* Corn—No. 2. 27 a 2'>r pats—No. 2. 2i a 24 sheep—Muttons. 3 .*3 a 4 2) Hogs—Mixed... 3 85 a 4 70 Cattle—Stockers and feeders... 3 50 a 5 50