THE NORTHWESTERN. LOCP CITT. _*- KEB Ilf U*S IN Mllf. The knit underwear trust ha* de rided to raise pries* and not allow tor freight hereafter A hill was introduced la congress to tabliah a permanent army po-' at Haaurtlie Ala. • John Albert, widely known as a mak er of riotiaa. is dead at Philadelphia He was Id yean oid. The Chilean government proptoes to denote tnr surplus revenue ft'«d *.»*« to fafc&t works. by the Mssaa The Sanitary Laundry company of Chicago has become incorporated Ct-CotcrBor W O Bradley will be the republican nowinee fur t ailed glades senator from Kentrehy. Three thousand miners have struck for an advance* of wages ta the Kuflat h coal district at StyTia. Austria. 0t. I amts will at once apply to roa greet fur aa appropriation of I.'. h4 for the rosaiag world s fair. The board at naval cuastrortioo hat fwcommicndtd that the steamship Badger, lately the Yumirt, shall be Tbe state depart men- has receivedao tlee of the death at Napks of t'nited States Consul A. G. Slue or. at Sor rento. l be steamer Australia, arriving at San Francisco from Honolulu, reports another plague stare in tie Hasaitau Governor Buahaeil s rr.«eas appoint - menu have tees hang up by the ohu leg-'-siure until Govrmcr-elect Nash sup* ta. Hollanders of Grand Ampids. Mich , forwarded 13.7m to Holland fur the widows and orphans of tb»- Morrs killed la Sooth Af rica. nrj»u»i(rwi legislators w iventui ay have Mt derided when u* bold their iMrw. hut will togiaatr a candidate fur the amaturship Tie S: Paul at ok « htnre has for warded to Washington a protest kga u** the fasasge of tin Ta*n*y bill fur taa*mg oieuasarganrr. Jams M Grafts has resigned the pre».drnry of the Maa**< a used* insti tute of technology - to take effect at the cieae of the current year (VdtncU will he awarded m Cleve land and C%fcago this seek for tbe (Master ai liofc of a beet sugar plant at Ln Port- l&d. > -4f • The Kew York China. Glass and Tor camps ii y. rnmmi rctally rated as hav ing a capital of fcte.te* to IT- tete has assigned tor the benefit of i reditors. Alba M Kent. Jr.. J*ar*tuvii. X. Y . has been convicted of forgeries on which he obtained fie.tete. He «as brought back from Japan for trial. The latent reports from Arhalkalek la the government of 'lifts Kuaaia. ahnu that sis huadred lives were lost during the earthquakes which visited that district. Mayor Flower of Xew Orleans has newt an ardor to Chief of Police Gaster to strictly enforce the ordinance pro hibiting the ups ration of .*•* machines ta that csty. At Berlin. Germany. Dr Von lilo< h. the Russian writer, announces that the proposed Muas.sn war eahlbit at (be Pans empoteimu will be omitted upon the rasr's order. Ia a fight between a sheriff's posse and tea alleged rattle thieves ia So corro county. X M une of the latter, knows as "Meutcaa Joe. was killed. The others are la jaiL Governor Pingree has again asked the Michigan legislature to am* u 1 (be charter* of the Ittchigan Central and other specially chartered roads to place them under us laws. Minnie firtgmsa Cutting the actress, has Site suit in the clrrui* court at St. Lamia for gfvoree from her husband. Robert Cutting a member of New York’s "4b* “ She alleges desertion At Xew York C. J. Hamlin has pur chased from his trainer E F. Geers, the 4-year-crid paring colt Direct Hal. for fie.tete. probably the largest sum ever paid for a purer without n ree At the doua of butenes* Dreenber J*. U». the total circulation of nation al hunk notes was f24d.l»$«23 as in crease for the year of f?.4tt» fit. and aa Imrewsr for the month of f: 434. 171 Venezuela ha* conferred the order of the "But of Boliver • on Rear Admi Captams Tarlor. Cook. Goodru t, aud <»»m itavtua. tywhi and Major a lease* r Rogers at the Siath cavalry has at hi* ova request hrea relieved fraa duty a« military at tache at tha i ailed States embassy at Fan# and ordered to jota i is regiment ia this country The Milwaukee city council adopted the 4-eeat ordinance regardless of court injunctions utrssiac them, hohltng that no coart has the power to present a legislative body from Captain Foot at the Sa!ration Army la la the city at Mexico Mciint «o get pemdmhm far the army in visit Mex ico he Is having ao aons, owing to laws pr-hibiting reii—ocs prurea Cambridge Mass., was a< miniate? for •paaher at the Maasorhna* its house by Albert B Huton. non ef the late Judge Milton has appeled la the rail ed Ma lew dint net court a: New York to he freed of bis dc* * Duluth. Mina „ la to have elevator* constructed during the present year, udtflag IfMMdt bnshets lo Ha preseat cored of blindness « HL Moody, sun of the late I Heigh* L Moody, any* that the work* started hy his father will be carried on with The f>fawHrni Tribune says from *tat naiw it has compiled that tfa*r*- will h» mate IjMM American exhibi tors at the Faria exposition The jaiat democratic caucus of the Mississippi legislature nominated Hoe W V Sullivan to gil the abort term Miram BL Barney, a rttired mer chajM. died at hi* home ia New York city. With hi* brother, he emahliahed ««» at the largest dry goods stores ia finmlr One of his brother* was a ft under ef Denver. BAD FOR THE BlilTil Kuruman Garrisro Surrenders, French Loses HtaTily, Dordrecht Evacuated. \t4RIY THREE HlSDRfD CAPTIRED j — Lom «f thr llrlll»h C.rrmtly Added To ■ la Our l»«j'« Keport* —Ij»»I Kami X*wi rruai |jady*iuilh i» tiarrUou is Hard l*rr»»c-d (aloomy Viawa in London. NEW YORK. Jan. 8.—Three more < rious reverses have been suffered by \ British arms in South Africa. Infor- ; u,at ion has just been received of the j * irrender of the garrison at Kuruman, j Berhuana'and, in the northern part of ; t'ape of Good Hope colony, last week. I tine hundred and twenty English pris- j oners, including nine officers, were teken. berides seventy natives, who are now on their way to Pretoria by way of Vryburg. General French reports a chec k to hi*. operations near Colesberg. in Cloes utb district- Seventy men. including .♦-ven ofh<-ers of the First battalion of the Suffolk regiment, were captured in an attempt to storm the Boers’ posi tion. Pretoria advices tell of the British Laving been compelled to leave or Ire. ht. being unable to hold the town against Oom Paul’s forces. Dordrecht i« in Wodehouse district, northeast of Sterksstrom All these reverses oc curred in British territory l am don military expe rts look on the dark side of th* situation at I.ady » nith. One says: "Today or tomorrow ;uay bring word that White's division 1..S ceased to exist as a military force.” LONDON. Jan. 8.—(New York World Cablegram.»—All lamdon that was await'- stop|H-d up until the small hours .•nx ion sly awaiting further news from latdv>rnith and the editors in charge of ail the morning newspapers postpon • <*. going to press until the last moment la the hope of more definite news of the situation and the fear that White had been forced to surrender or Lady : mith's defense had lieen carried by atortn. tiro up** a>>*-ni:ii*Mi rariy in iur r»cu ing at the war office, but gloomily de- j parted for the clubs later when it was j -een that there was little hoi** of fur ther definite news. Persons about the ti< h< rs in the evening were universally despondent. They could not under Hand the paucity of Buller's telegram. They mourned, commented on Buller's failure to distract attention by hi3 re t onnaissance. and White's report that he was hard pressed. French s disas ter only added to the dismay of the civilian experts. Those who discussed J it could not understand his report that ail was as usual, followed by the report of the commander that lines of corarnu- j ideation had l*H*n severed and that, seventy British had l**en taken prison er*. including ten officers. A dozen times in the war office corri dors and about tickers this remark v as h**ard: “What if Ladysmith has fallen* What then?** The jingo answer was: “We must fieht on '* The reply to this was: "Well. If you flcht on. as you have fought, the ’•‘hole British army, volunteers and mi litia. must he started to South Africa." I saw several correspondents of con tinental newspapers. All agreed that if I ad> smith had surrendered or was • apt jr*-d the Boers would then be in the finest possible position to play the maguaniinotis role with Great Britain, and that l>*yd* could go with the great est assurance to any one of the great powers and solicit intervention to stop the slaughter of British troops and negotiate for peace Foreign diplo mat* suggest that in that event the Boers might not only insist on the in dependence of the two republics, but demand and secure a seaport on the east «oa*t of Africa. ■ SIXTY flllPINOS ART K IlfD. Cn-MBuiUunro Oat of I mu* Itmult In lUtrtird Fight*. MANILA. Jan. 8.—Reconnaissances out of Imu*. Cavite provinces, this morning resulted in the loss of three American* killed and twenty wounded. The enemy's loss is estimated at sixty killed and eighty wounded. Col- 1 one! Birkheimer. with a battalion of j the Twenty-eighth Infantry, advanced toward N veleta. Major Taggart, with two battalions of the same regiment moved toward Perez Das Pinas. A j part of the Fourth infantry was en- | gagel south of Imus. General Sh wan's column, advanc- i mg to the south, occupied Binan. One Am*-rican was killed and three were wounded. Nine of the enemy's dead were found on the field after the fight. A number of rifles were captured and j several prisoners were taken. John Min. a deserter from the Sixth Patted States artillery, clothed in a major’s uniform, was found among , the insurgent dead at Noveleta yester- ! day. , G reral Wheaton is moving towards 1 IN t*z Da» Minas today. — **>• <«urt»el Will lie Seatml. CHICAGO. Ill . Jan. h -Prey Wood "?» of Kentucky, national democratic j I «omn'itteeman from that state and a ? member of the ways and means com mitt*-e. who came to Chicago to attend the Jacksonian banquet, said: “Mr Gc« .. 1 w ill tie in possession of the gov j eriH#r» office between January 25 and February 1. Senator Black burn and not M- (Kietiel is the man who insisted on 1 carrying the contest up to the legisla ture.” A II-ro of H|tmnUh W»r NEW YOItK. Jan. 8.—Captain F*-ank i M Faircloth. commander of the trans- i port Seguranca during ihe Spanish- j American war. died at bis home it. j Jersey City today, aged TO years. He was born in Newark. N. J., and was a I veteran of three wars, the Mexican, civil and Spanish. In the war of the | rebellion he was commander of the government steamer Boston, which was burred to prevent the confederates taking possession of it. During the battle of Santiago Captain Faircloth stood on the bridge of tJ.e battleship Indiana. He also assisted in carrying the Spaniards back to Spain. Krymn llmniuri in Kentucky. FRANKFORT. Kjr.. Jan. 8.—Invita tions have been %ent to many demo cratic national leaders to attend the Bryan banquet, which is to follow Blackburn's election as senator here January 1C. Among those who have bees invited and accepted invitations are Chairman James K. Jones of the national committee. Senator William V. Allen of Nebraska and Senator John W. Daniel of Virginia. Governor Ben ton McMiilin of Tennessee. ex-Gov ernor W. J. Stone of Missouri and John R. McLean of Ohio. ALL BOER GLINS ARE WORKING. Touring in Shells Upon I.iidysmith From Every Position. LONDON, Jan. 8.—A dispatch to the Daily Chronicle from Frere camp says: Saturday’s bombardment of Lady smith was the heaviest yet recorded. All the heavy guns were working and the Boers seemed to be pouring in shells from available lighter gun. The Daily Mail has the following,’ dated January d, at noon, from Frere camp: At 3 o’clock this mornirg very heavy firing began at Ladysmith. It lasted fully four hours and must have been either a sorties by the British or a de termined attack on the garrison by the Boers. Our shells could be seen fall ing on Umbulwahna hill and the en emy was replying. Beside the cannon reports there were sounds indicating smaller pieces o'* artillery in action. The fighting mus1l have been at closer range than har, bepn the case up to now. Our nava: guns at Chievely sent their usual firt into the Boer camp there, but there has been no further movement. According to a private telegram re-; ceived in London the earl of Ava. th^ son of the Marquis of Dufferin and! Ava, was dangerously wounded in thej the thigh during a recent assault on Ladysmith. J FRERE CAMP, Jan. 8—New York World Cablegram.—A private helio-i heliograph message from Ladysmith) states that the Boers attacked this morning at 2 o’clock in great force,' on all sides of the town. The camp garrison opened a tremendous fire( with musketry and field guns, repuls-j ing three distinct attacks. The mes-] sage reports that fighting still contin-j ucs. but the cannonade has dwindled to a big bulwana gun, which fires vindictively. It is impossible that the enemy has not sustained severe loss. GERMANS ARE INDIGNANT. rulillrutlons living Marie by England to Offend America. WASHINGTON. Jan. 8—The state ment published today credited to the London Spectator, regarding Germany and the Monroe doctrine, caused some comment in diplomatic circles here today. Officials of the German embas sy say that they lament the appear ance of such statements and declare they are published with a view of cre ating a distrust of Germany’s real at titude toward the American nation. Ambassador von Holleben. when shown the article referred to. declared that It was without foundation from start to finish. He should not have paid any heed to it, except for the fact that his attention had been called to the matter by a representative of the press. He hopes, he says, that no serious attention will he given to pub lications of the character stated, hut that they will be treated with con tempt by fair-minded people. EATAl KENTICKY EE I'D. The Fight Starts in the Vard of a School House. LONDON. Ky.. Jan. 8.—News reach ed here today of a general fight on Otter creek. Clay county, in which Lige Lewis and Gene May were shot and killed and four other participants seriously wounded. The fight occur red at a school house on Otter creek, where one of the Jacksons was on trial before a magistrate for killing an other Jackson. The fight was started soon after the trial began and court was adjourned and the tight carried on both in the school house and the yard. Four of the men were brought to Manchester last night and placed in jail. Lige Lewis, one of the men killed, is a brother of ex-Sheriff Joe Lewis of Clay county. LICK STAMPS ANOTHER YEAR. N j Attempt Will He .Marie to Change War Revenue Act. CHICAGO, Jan. 8.—A special to the Times-Herald from Washington says: “There will be no revision of the war internal revenue tax law at this ses sion of the Fifty-sixth congress,” said Congressman Hopkins of the house ways and means committee this even ing. “There are several reasons for this, the principal one and the only one worth referring to being that the war in the Fffiilippines is not over and we do not know how' long we will have to keep a large army there. Under these circumstances we cannot accu rately judge of what the actual needs of the army will he and t.ie only thing to do is to let the existing schedule re main.” END Of DR. M’GLYNN’S llff. NEWBURGH, N. Y., Jan. 8.—Rev. Hr. Edward McGlynn. rector of St. Mary's church, died at the rectory at 5:20 o'clock this afternoon after an ill ness of about seven weeks of heart failure, superinduced by Bright's dis ease. A minor surgical operation was per formed on Dr. McGlynn last night, but this did not affect the patient nor con tribute materially to his death. During the night he had several sinking spells and the physicians were called eaily to his bedside, where they remained until he died. Civil War Ofltrr Dead. NSW YORK. Jan. 8.—Brevet Briga dier General William Glenny is dead in this city, aged 01* years. In the civil war he rose to he colonel of the Sixty fourth New York volunteers. He was breveted a brigadier general for gal lantry. He was severely wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks. K«pul>lican* May Appeal. FRANKFORT. Kv„ Jan. 8.—Republi can leaders, who are on confidential terms with Governor Taylor, intimated tonight that the republican contestees may not quit the fight in the event the legislature and the state contest board vote to seat Goebel as governor and the other democratic contestants. They have by no means given up hope that they will win in the legislature, but are taking time by the forelock and are looking around for other moves Ln case Goebel should win. It is generally be lieved they will seek to raise a federal question and take the case into the United States sureme court. A Corps of Gentlnurn. LONDON. Jan. 8.—It has been de cided at the war office to raise a corps of gentlemen for service in South Africa as mounted infanfry. forming an integral part of the yeomanry. The corps will be raised unit by unit throughout the kingdom and civilian having the necessary qualifications in respect of riding and shooting will be eligible, as well as any former mem ber of the army. The scheme of enrollment will en able groups of friends to serve in the same corps. Seizure of Bundererath May Result in Triune Understanding. INDIGNATION MEETING IN GERMANY Request for au Explanation Has Not Yet Been Responded To and German Offi cials Are Therefore Suspending Judg ment—Coalition May Be Entered Into. BERLIN, Jan. 6.—The seizure of the Bundersrath remains the dominant topic of the German press.- Influential papers like the Berliner Tageblatt, Cologne Volks-Zeitung, Berliner Neue ste Naehrichten, Hamburger Corre sponded and the semi-official Berliner Post strongly hint at the possibility of Germany forming a coalition with France. The anti-British feeling is clearly growing. A series of anti British demonstrations in the various cities is being organized by the pan Germanic league. A prominent official of the German foreign office who was interviewed this evening by the correspondent of the Associated Press said tha: Great Brit ain had not yet answered Germany’s request for an explanation of the seiz ure, but that the reply was expected in the course of a few day’s. The for eign office, according to this official, has not yet concluded that Great Brit ain is trying to ride roughshod over Germany. The correspondent asked what po sition Germany takes regarding Eng land's right to search German ships on the high seas. The official answered that nothing could be divulged at this stage; but he pointed cut that the Bundersrath was sailing for a Portu guese port. On being ask-'d what Ger many would do should it turn out that the Bundersrath was carrying contraband of war, he gave a non committal reply, but gave the intima tion that such a discovery would seri ously damage Germany's case. Referring to the rumor that the Swiss commission had lecided to award damages to Great Britain in the Delagoa Bay arbitration the for eign official intimated that such a de cision might not mean that England would secure Delagoa bay. Inasmuch as France might advance to Portugal the money to pay the award and thus England might be shut off with no choice but to accept the situation. The Hanover Courier, confirming earliest reports regarding the ship ment of arms and ammunition from Germany, asserts that Geraman rifles have been sent to the Transvaal since the outbreak of the war. It says: “We know from a trustworthy source that 40.000 German rifles of the new est and best construction have ar rived at Pretoria in good condition. They reached Lourenzo Marquez by way of China, having been deceptive ly packed and declared as furniture in which pianos played the chief role. The Leissie Neueste Nat hrichten as serts upon what it calls acsolutely re liable information that Hi rr Krupp is making steel shells for Great Btritain at Essen. Another newspaper mal.es a similar statement, alleging that 45,000 shrap nel shells are in preparation. The feerliner Tageblati has a dis patch from Papenburg. Hanover, the home of Captain Muhlmann of the German bark Hans Wagner of Ham burg. which was seized by the British at Delagoa bay. saying that the bark had powder and dynamiie in its car fio. The central committee of the Ger man Red Cross society publishes a statement that the second expedition for the 1 ransvaal was not on the Bundersrath. but on the Herzog, which should have arrived at Ljurenze Mar quez on January 2. Prominent mem bers of the colonial society disclaim having authorized the calls printed in the Colonial Zeitung for indignation meetings to protest against Great Britain's course. The Berlin and Charlotteoburg branches nave refused to participate in the movement. ALASKA WILL NEED TROOPS. Cabinet Decides to Send Soldiers There in the Spring. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The meet ing of the cabinet was devoid oi im portant features. One of the members stated after adjournment that the question of tendering the good offices ol this government for a settlement of the South African dispute, as sug gested in the dispatches from Brussels this morning, was not touched upon, and that the question of the seizure of American cargoes by British ships had not come up. It was definitely decided today to j send additional troops to Alaska in the spring. The points to which they j will be sent have not been determined ! upon, except Cape Nome, where it is estimated there will be 30,000 people as soon as navigation opens. Troops are absolutely necessary to preserve order. To Confer V. ith Root. NEW YORK. Jan. 6.—General J. W. Davis, governor of Puerto Rico, ar rived here today on board the steamer Fence. Other passengers were Gen eral J. P. Sanger. Colonel C. H. Heyl, chief of the census bureau in Puerto Rico; Lieutenant J. Battle a'll Auditor John W. Connor. General Davis comes to ionfer with the secretary of war on matters pertaining to the island. For it Military Reservation. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The presi detn has issued an executive order de signating all of lot number one., known as the Emmes wharf site, at the head of Honolulu harbor, all of Esplanade lots. four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. as shown on government surveys registered may number 1867 and all of that lot of land known as the "bar racks lot” shown on Hawaiian gov ernment surveys registered map number 937, as military reservations, subject to outstanding leases and pri vate rights. Choate Talks to Salisbury. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Secretary Hay has received a cablegram from Ambassador Choate at London, stat ing that he had an eminently satis factory interview with Lord Salisbury relative to the seizures of American goods by British war ships. Lord Salisbury listened intently to the representations on this subject by Mr. Choate for the State depart ment and took them under considera tion, promising voluntarily to give the matter attention and a speedy deci sion. AMERICAN PRISONERS FREE. Colonels Hare and Howe Succeed In Difficult Undertaking. MANILA, Jan. 6.—Colonel Luther R. Hare of the Thirty-third infantry, and Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Howse of the Thirty-fourth infantry, with all the American prisoners, in cluding Lieutenant Gillmore, have ar rived at Vigan, province of South Ilocos. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—After a sil ence of several days General Otis is able to notify the War department of the important success of the military operations in northwest Luzon, the main object of which was the rescue oi the American prisoners, which the insurgents took with them in their flight. Although General Otis does not specify Lieutenant Gillmore, U. S. N., by name the wording of his message is taken to mean that that officer was among the list of rescued prisoners. General Otis’ message is as follows: “MANILA, Jan. 5.—Colonels Hare and Howse just arrived at Vigan, northwest Luzon, with all American prisoners. Their successful pursuit a remarkable achievement. Generals Schwan and Wheaton, now with sep arate solumns in Cavite province. Af fairs in Luzon, north of Manila, great ly improved. OTIS.” ANOTHER ISLAND IS SEIZED. Flag Hoisted on Sibutn. Near Boundary I.ine of Philippi.ie Croupe. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The United States navy has taken possession of another island in the east. The news o' the seizure was contained in the following dispatch: CAVITE. Jan. 5.—On December 21 Wentzbaugh, commanding the Albay (a little gunboat) hoisted the flag on Sibutu island and the chief dato pro vided and raised the pole. Natives and north Borneo authorities are pleased. WATSON. The island lies at the southwestern angle of the boundary line of the quadrangle enclosing the Philippine group. It is probably, but not posi tively, outside of the line and lies very near the coast of Borneo, commanding the principal channel between that island and the Philippines. The sultan or Jolo, whose group is close to the island, is believed likely to claim jur isdiction over it and, as his authority is recognized by the native tribes on the north coast of Borneo and vicinity, it is believed that his claim is well founded. It is probable that at this instance the naval oflicer commanding the gunboat moved. FIGHTING AT COIESBIRG. British Are Still Prevented From Enter* ing the Town. RENSBURG. Cape Colonj*. Jan. 6.— Evening.—Colesberg has not yet been occupied. The Boers unexpectedly at tacked the British left at davDreak this morning, but were repulsed. They occupied hills to the north of the town, but were eventually driven out of their positions, after an hour’s shelling by our guns. They still hold, however, the hills immediately sur rounding the town. preNenting the British from advancing along the rail way. The British loss in today's engage ment was light, while the Boers are reported to have lost 100, including twenty prisoners, who were taken by the mounted infantry about midday. Buller Expected to Strike. LONDON. Jan. 6.—There is still no important news from the front, but the silence which has descended on General Buller’s huge force at the Tu gela river is believed to be the prelude of another attempt to reach Lady smith. In the meantime the extra ordinary tenacity the Boers are dis playing around Colesberg, where they even assume the offensive, tends to detract from the success General French is supposed to have. A special dispatch from Rensburg says Major Harvey of the Tenth Hus sars was killed and Major Alexander wounded while the Hussars were pur suing the retreating Boers after the aitack on the British left, January 4, near Colesberg. Will Deny Quay Admission. WASHINGTON. Jan. t>.—The senate committee on privileges ana elections today decided by a vote of 4 to 3 to make an adverse report upon the reso lution to seat Senator Quay. The res olution was as follows : "Resolved, That Matthew S. Quay be admitted as a senator from the state of Pennsylvania, in accordance with his appointment made on April 29, 1S99, by the governor of said state.” The members of the committee vot ing for the resolution were Senators Chandler, Hoar and McComas. and those opposing, Senators Burrows. Caffery. Pettus and Harris. Senators Turley and Pritchard were paired, the latter for and the former against the resolution. Davis Goes to Pretoria. LONDON, Jan. 6.—A dispatch to the Daily Chronicle from Capetown, dated January 5, quotes Mr. Webster DaVis, assistant secretary of the Department of the Interior at Washington, as say ing that although his visit to South Africa is entirely for his healtn, he intends to go to Pretoria, at no mat ter what personal inconvenience. Dawes Commission Meets. WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.—The Dawes commission has assembled in Wash ington and will remain here s*me \M»»ks to confer with the congressional committee on Indian Territory legis lation. Wheelmen t'rge McKinley. WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.—T. J. Kee nan of Pittsburg, president of the League of American Wheelmen, and Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania had an interview with President McKinley todav, at which they urged him to press the claim against the Turkish government made by the relatives of Frorik Lenz, the American bicyclist, who was murdered near Erzeroum in Armenia, in 1S94. The League of American Wheelmen are very much interested in the case, which attracted a great deal of attention at the time. Work for Game's Force. WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.—Secretary Gage may be able to transmit to the house on Monday the information called for by the resolution adopted yesterday relative to the deposit of government bonds in national banks and the resolutions connected with the sale of the New York custom house site. The wide scope of the resolution makes it necessary to copy over 500 documents from the flies and the ac tual work of copying them may delay their transmission several days. The man who rides a hobby gener ally gets along pretty slow. LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE. Omaha, Chicago and New York Market Quotations. SOUTH OMAHA LIVE STOCK. SOUTH OMAHA. Jan. 8.—CAT® LE— Cows and heifers declined considerably during the last few days .and for the past week it Is safe to quote the market 15® 25c lower. Even good heifers sold lower, but as a matter of course the decline was the heaviest on the less desirable stuff. Canners have declined 25@40c on account of a change in the manner of selling. Beef steers. $4.25®5.40; cows. $1.50 ® 4.15; heifers. $2.50®4.20; bulls. $3.1Mi4.50; calves. $4.30@7.00; stockers and feeders. $3.00®4.40; pigs, $4.00®4.25. SHEEP—Good general demand at strong to 15c higher prices; lambs, $5.00®5.75; muttons. $3.80®4.50; stockers and feeders, $3.00®4.90; culls. $2.00®3.00. NEW YORK PRODUCE. NEW YORK, Jan. 8.-WHAET—Spot steady; No. 2 red. 75c f. o. b. afloat, prompt; No. 1 northern, Duluth, 7914c f. o. b. afloat, prompt; No. 1 hard, Duluth, Sl*c f. o. b. afloat, pfompt; No. 2 red, 73c, elevator. CORN—Spot easy; No. 2. 40*c f. o. b. afloat and a^ic elevator. Options opened easy and further declined with wheat and on talk of larger receipts resulting from favorable weather west. OATS—Spot Arm; No. 2. 294*0: No. 2S\c; No. 2 white, 314*c; No. 3 white, 31c; track mixed, 29®30Ke; track white, 35c. Options quiet. CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET. CHICAGO. Jan. 8.—WHEAT—No. 2 red. 67'->4 6S*c. euRN—No. 2. 31c: No. 2 yellow. 31431**c. OATS—No. 2. £k>\423c: No. 2 white, 25‘sc; No. 3 white. 24V4 25S.4C. RYE—No. 2. 50tg?53*?c. Hu BARLEY-No. 2. 3N445e. SEEDS—No. 1 flaxseed. $1.49>-s: north west. $1.49*2. Prime timothy seed. $2.35. Clover, contract grade. $S.10. PROVISIONS—Mess pork, per bbl.. $9.20 410.50; lard, per 100 lbs., $5.67R45.&2t5; short ribs, sides (loose), $5.5045.80; dry salted shoulders (boxed). $5.5045.75; short clear sides (boxed). $5,804-5.85. VOTES WITH DEEDS TO LANDS Legislators' Ballots Part of the Consider ation in Clark's Property Purchases. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—Henry C. Stiff, speaker of the Montana house of representatives, was the first wit ness in the Clark case before the sen ate committee on privileges and elec tions Saturday. Representatives Campbell of Montana questioned Mr. Stiff and his questions were directed toward showing that the embarrassed financial condition of State Represen tative McLaughlin had been taken ad vantage of by Senator Clark to ap proach him to secure his vote and also that Mr. Stiff’s own vote and had been improperly solicited. Mr Stiff stated that he knew Mr. McLaughlin was in distressed financial circumstances prior to the meeting of th' legislature. He also stated that he had himself been approached by W. M Bickford, as a representative of Mr. C’ark, and his support for the latter solicited. The questions bringing out this in formation were all objected to by the defense, who insisted that Mr. Clark must be directly connected with all transactions with which it was sought to connect his name. The re ply was that his connection would be shown over Mr. Clark's signature. SNOOT AMERICAN PRISONERS. Filipinos Guilty of Great Outrage—Two of the Men Will Recover. MANILA, Jan. 8.—Advices from Magalang. province of Pampanga. re port that Captain Conhauser, with three companies of the Twenty-fifth regiment, captured the insurgent stronghold Commanche, on Mount Aravet, yesterday. Three Americans were wounded, but the enemy's loss is not known. Three members of the Ninth and two of the Twelfth regi ment whom the insurgents held as prisoners, were Ghat ar.d horribly mutilated. Three of them are dead and the other two are recovering. Release a German Steamer. BERLIN, Jan. 8.—A dispatch re ceived here from Aden the British fortified port at the southern entrance of the Red sea. says the authorities ol that place have renounced all furthei search of the imperial German mail steamer General, detained there un der suspicion of having contraband oi war on board. The dispa^h adds that the steamer will resume its voyage in a few days. •Judge Resorts to a Trick. FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 8.—Judge Cantrill today entered an order grant ing the injunction prayed for by Elec tion Commissioners Ponitt and Ful ton restraining Mackoy and Cochran, Governor Taylor’s appointees, from qualifying and acting, 'the court aft er granting the injunction entered an order setting it aside and giving the right to appeal, stating i* thought the case was of such importance it should be passed on. by the court of last re sort. This gives the democratic com missioners the selection of the judge before whom the case ffanll be beard in the court of appeals. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—WheD the Roberts committee resumed its ses sions Saturday Mr. Roberts went on with his argument. He reviewel the action of the constitutional conven tion of Utah, urging that this carried ried out the requirements of congress for the admission of Utah as a state, namely, that polygamous marriages should no longer be contracted. In particular, Roberts contended, there was no requirement by congress or in the constitutional convention that pre viously contracted matrimonial asso ciations should be intenupted. 44Proof of the Pudding Is in the Eating.” It is not