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THE NORTHWESTERN. BUM tic’TEU a CIMOt. Eds mmd Pds LOUP CITY. - - NEIL Tif NfHS IN BRIlf. Perry C Kcanard of Illinois ha* been appodaied aaaistaat paymaster in the navy. The Havana cabinet has derided to establish oae High school tn each j rot - inew la Calm At Barcelona. Spain an epidemU of grip Las seised the town and the mor tality hi »rr eased jtoland Seed, who is a jcti^nt in St Lakes hospital. New York city, ton ti»ne« to Improve Prominent republic sa» of Iowa are insisting that ri-Govemor Shaw U nominated for Vice president The Chicago Union Traction com pany will ta the sear future inaugurate a buffet sen ice on street cars. The UPIP employes of the I^rhigh t alley Coal company arr notified of aa inc rease of 2 per cent ta their wages This year's famine la India rovers aa area of ISdjiMm square mii«a. on * which hi a population of Jo.ttUo.Wi* 1 V»rt twestern broom manufacturers, after a rwofcrmrr. Lave derided to ad vance- prunes from 2S to 5» cents per Am The hoard of regent* of the Nevada state uaiverslty has declared vacant the chair of physics, occupied t»jr J. W. j Philips Governor f«nh Id of Wisconsin has ordered e*o*ed lh< den* of vice m t he village of Harley, where the local of Peers refwaed to art.. James A Oates of :awuod. la has been appointed a teacher at the Ya kima. Wash,. Indian s> hooi; John 8. Mamps of r* y ibour, la., at Ijemhl. Idaho Order* have been issue*! formally detaching Captain iUgsbee from the command erf the Texas and assigning him to the hand of naval intelligence Ufa* Helen Gould has contributed tan.nan to aid the building of a new home for the naval bran* fa erf the i Vanns Men s Christian a-*urixtion in Brucfclyn ft-HUnt and Mr*. McKhby enter tained the m«-u. jtt» of the dpilomati «SMp» at a state dinner at the White hnwai Cover* were laid for srreaty eight pennons. Contract* have been dosed at Pueblo lot the opening <if undeveloped iron and road land* wife h promise an enormous ontpat Party nullum tons of ore are | •aid to 'be In sight. Aloysios Ftnnsnheln. presid—I. of i the Pittsburg brewing company and r pri ddft of Che Ueobnchter PublisAb lag nnmpnny. died at Pittsburg after n lingering Mae*-*. Mr* M J Patterson, the only child erf President Andrew Jufcn* >n. is mt lealty ill at her home in Greenville. Tena . and is not expected to live. She is over Sd years old. Woman labor will be abolished in all f; clones where building material is prodneed Is Chicago. If a resolution pnsisd by the betiding Material Trades istaril can be made effective. At Ixmisdlle Ky a delegation lined up at the depot to meet W J. Bryan. They exported to find him in the sleep ing car, hut to their smaxement be emerged from the tab of the locomo tive. A dispatch from Cambridge Maas . •ays; The International track meet ing between Yale Harvard. Oxford and Cambridge universities m this country next spring now seem* an absurd !*ct Tbe Burmese rite <r«.p ha* broken tbe rwtei Over ton* will be available for export to foreign coun tries Burma* Is also able to *>upply a practically unlimited quantity to tbe Indian famine district rmitnir - of tbe Nicaraguan ra- j nal la to be insisted upon in both house# of congress without regard to the r—l—liir recently appointed by the prmddrat to consider the feasibil ity of the various routes The rrUrtag board summoned to Chi cago to bear the case of Major Ham mer recently ordered to Manila for duty asked to be relieved from tbe ser vice refused tbe majors request and ordered him hoc* to his post. The L—dim Times had the follow ing from Odessa "The army corps which has been quartered in the Eka- j terinoslay district has been ordered to the CastSMU to replace the Rus sian troop# seat to the Afghan fron tier* Senator Goar of Iowa mas warmly ** ogrululated by Iowan* upon his unanimous renomtnation for the sen ate Tbe congratulation* were areom panied by a large basket of American Beauty roans, w'a* h was placed on Mr. i Gear's desk in the senate. Charles E Marrrum fromer t’nited Mate* comm! at Pretoria, who left lamrenxo Marquesas January € bound fair New York, landed at Naples. It Is said he bears a letter from President Kruger to President McKinley asking the latter to mediate between the Tr. nsvaal and Great Britain. Among the item* of Western interest In the argent defertea* % bill are the fol lowing For support of the I'nited Slates penitentiary at Fort l^eaven worth. !>.»***. towasite commissioners. Indian Territory, to pay all expense* Inridmt to the survey platting and appraisement of towu-io-* in Cbuctaw. Chickasaw. Creek and Cherokee na Uum. |33 sm. Colonel Sktnger. at Marseille*, re ports to the state department that the olive crop in Italy Frame and Spain is practically a failure. A settlement of the dtspn*- lei ween the Usfli v Express and the Buffalo Typography ai union, which has lasted over two yeses, ha* been arrived at. Congressman Sherman of New York **•*«■ introduced n bill enlarging and de fining the power* heretofore conferred epos the Choctaw. Oklahoma A Gulf Mrs. Hannah J. Stetson, an actress known ns Haaaau Ingham leading lady of the Murray Hill Theater stock com pany died suddenly at New York, of apoplexy, aged 33. firnator MrComa* of Maryland has Introduced n joint resolution, tender rlag the thanks of congress to Rear Ad miral and Commodore Schley mrA the officers and men of the fleet for service# during the Spani*h war and destruction of the Spani*h fleet off Santiago. Fort Bayard. New Mexico, has been discontinued as • garrison punt and the buildings will ba turned over to the sorgeug general of the army for use In connection with the general hospital to he established there as a sanitarium for the treatment of officers and enlist ed men of the army suffering from pul monary troubles. At Daybreak Sunday Morning the Boers Renew Battle with Vigor. BRITISH DRIVE THE ENEMY BACK art Credited With Hating Taken ll.rre Itoer l*o» lion. During the Day — triu; llltouar on tirniind Captured— liter, buffer Heavy Loft*. SPEARMAN S CAMP. Jan. 22 —Aft er ten hours of continuous and terri ble fire yesterday. Generals Hart and C!»-r> advanced 1.O00 yards. The Boers maintained an irregular fire during the night, but the British outposts did not retdy. Th.-> morning at daybreak the Boers opened a stiff fire. The British stood to the guns where they had slept and "Ue engagement was renewed vigorous ly. The field artillery poured shrap nel into the enemy's trenches. A rumor that l-adysmith had been relieved enlivened the British, who s* fit up a ringing cheer. This was tak en f«>r an advance. The first kopje w is < arried at the point of the bayo net und the Boers retreated to the text kopje, which, like most others, wa* strewn with immense boulders, surmounted by mounds on the sum mit. Tie British advanced steadily and the Boers relaxed slightly. The lat ter did not show such tenacity as pre viously. Their Nordenfeldt fired at long intervals and their cannon fired bu: seldom. Apparently th& Boers were short of ammunition. All day the roar of musketry fire continued. Th“ British took three B«**r positions on the mountain and found shelter behind the boulders. LONDON. J in. 22 —The Daily Tele graph has the following dispatch dat *-<1 Saturday, from Spearman's camp: "Genera! Warren's forces have f ught a deliberately planned and suc <e><ful battle. This important engage ment is i Hired to the west of Spiou kop. and practically resulted in our -et uring the rough tableland which • ••nstitutes the key to the Boer sit uation. "A fierce cannonade had l»een di rected against the enemy's lines for >"ir»e time, the British troops assem- : i*le4 near an eminence known as Three Tr» hill, which forms the center of a -« nil :r< !e of crests, crowned with the enemies* works and sorm* six miles ng Steadily and with great dash ti;e British infantry went forward in v • fa« •* of a heavy fusillade from Mau ser rifles. Our troops were disposed as follows: Major General Woodgate's brigade on the right. Major General Hart's ■ brigade in the center and Major Gen- j era I Hildyard's brigade on the left. >an after midday the battle on the hill became furious and from 3 in the afternoon until 6 the fire from 1 »?h cannon and rifles was extremely heavy. Point after point of the ene- J ni> - positions were seized by the Brit ish troops, and eventually the Boer right broke and was forced back to ward Spionkop. * Our force bivouacked upon the ] ground it captured so gallantly. Dur- i n g the action today the enemy brought j into play new guns, one of which was a qut. K-firer. Tomorrow ought to settle the matter. In today's fighting our loss** were trifling, but the Boers i suffered heavily. While General Warren was fighting his engagement an effectual demon ** rat ion was proceeding at Potgieters drift, the enemy's positions near there being vigorously shelled by the Brit ish batteries. Bit LOW SPOkt k USER'S WISH. — Lnp>n>r In Accord W tth tireat Britain's Met nods. BERLIN, Jan. 22.—There is the best authority for the statement that those parts of Count von Buelow's speech in the Reichstag last Friday, when re plying to Herr Moeller's interpella tion. which contained severe stric tures upon the British policy and a veiieJ warning to England, were due to Emperor William s expressed wish. His raa s said to be "thorough- | ly in accord with the nation in con- I demning Great Britain's manner of ; seizing Geiman vessels.” ><» A»»amnce» of Canal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—It was >tat*-d tonight by officials authorized to ; sp«ak that there is absolutely no basis ! for reports that the state department ! ha- revived assurances from Costa ! R;' * and Nicaragua of a willingness to lea-e territory to the Cnited States for a hundred years or more for the construction of the Nicaraguan canal. Neuragua. it L* learned, has practical ly admitted, in principle, at least, that the doctrine of arbitration as the means of settlement of any trouble between it and the Maritime Cana! j company growing out of the latter's ! pioje«t for the construction for an i isthmian canal. Bounded Killed by Kiikli«h. BKLSSEIJ5. Jan. 22.—I)r. Leyds in an interview here declared that he knew positively that wounded Boers lave been killed by English soldiers. He -ay- a friend of his own was thus killed bv an English Lancer. Dr. Leyds also complains bitterly that English authorities keep most of his letters and newspapers, but admits that h** receives letters by an indirect | route. J. % allaiidlcliam ST LOCIS. Jan. 22 — A. J. Valand ingham. commissioner of the St. Louis traffic bureau, died at his resi dence on Washington boulvevard at 8:30 o'clock tonight, of pneumonia. He had been in had health for two weeks, ever since his return from a trip to Washington, where he caught a severe cold.Mr. Valandingham had been commissioner of the St. Iatuis i triffic bureau for several years, coming lure from Kansas City, where he held a similar position. He was well known to railroad men all over the country. To Convert Cuban Bonds. MADRID. Jan. 22.—The minister of finance has introduced in the chamber of deputies a bill authorizing the con version at par into 4 per cent perpetual stock of the Cuban 6 per cent mort gage issue of 18%, the Cuban 5 per cent bonds of 1890 and the Philippine 4 per cent exterior debt. Osman l>igna in Prison. 8CAKIN, Jan. 22.—Osman Dinga, principal general of the late khalifa, Abduiah. and who was captured last Thursday in the hills near Tokae, was brought here today and imprisoned. ROBERTS MIST GO, ANYHOW. Only a Choice of Executioners In the Polygamous Congressman's Case. WASHINGTON, Jan. Consider ation of the ease of Brgham H. Rob erts. Mormon representative-elect from I’tah. wll be the feature in the house this week. Though both the majority and minority of the committee which investigated the case agree that Rob erts should not sit as a member of the house on account of polygamous prac tices. there will be a royal struggle over tne question of procedure, upon which the committee has split. The ease will be called up on Tues | day, and two, possibly three, days will be devoted to it. The majority of the lommittee hold that Roberts should | be excluded while the minority con tend that he be seated and then be ex pelled. basing their argument for this course upon the ground that Roberts possesses all the constitutional qualifi cations for membership and that any attempt to exclude him upon the theory that congress has the power to aid to those qualifications, would es tablish a dangerous precedent that might return to plague congress in the future. Littlefield of Maine and Do Armond of Missouri, who presented the presented the minority report, will make a strong fight and say they be lieve they can convince a majority of the house that the course they advo cate is the only proper one to pursue. The majorty of the committee are con fident that they will be backed by a majority of the house. Roberts is expected to make a plea in his own defense. Should he be seat ed in accordance with the contention of the minority a resolution to expel him will be immediately offered, and this doubtless will carry by an almost unanimous vote, although the majority in their report have insisted that, once seated, a member cannot be expelled for acts committed before he was a member of the house. Tomorrow will be devoted to District of Columbia matters, and Friday to eulogies upon the life and public ser vices of the late Vice President Ho bart. The senate again this week will de vote itself exclusively to speechmak ing. A variety of subjects will be cov ered. The financial bill will remain the unfinished business, but the senate will not be held strictly to its consider ation. Several set speeches probably will be made upon it. among those who are expected to speak being Senators Cockrell. Daniel and Allen. No an nouncement has yet been made of speeches on the affirmative side of me measure, but now that a nay has been agreed upon for a vote it may be ex pected that some of the friends of the bill will speak in its defense. The first speech of the week will be made immediately after the close of the routine business Monday morning by Senator Pritchard on his resolution declaring the proposed amendments to the constitution of North Carolina to l>e in contravention of the federal con stitution. He will be followed by Sen ator Turner in a prepared speech on the Philippine quesuon. Tuesday Ross will address the senate on the applica tion of the constitution of the United States to Puerto Rico and the Philip pines archipelago. He will be followed on the same date by McEnery with a speech on the North Carolina constitu tional question. AffAIRS AT MANILA. A Train of Fifty Convalescents Brought to Hospital. MANILA, Jan. 22.—The escort of fifty men of Company C, Thirtieth in fantry, Lieutenant Ralston command ing. which was ambushed near Lipa. as already cabled, consisted of fifty convalescents from the hospital who were going to rejoin the regiment. The insurgents hid in the bushes along the road and opened fire upon the pack train from three sides. The Americans, in addition to their casualties, were compelled to abandon the train, which consisted of twenty two horses. The latter, with their packs, all fell into the hands of the insurgents, who pursued the retreating escort for three miles along the road, until the Americans were reinforced. Mail advices from Negros brings particulars of the uprising last month in the southern part of the island, in which Lieutenant A. C. Ledyard of the Sixth infantry was killed. In stead of being an unimportant revolt of native police, as was at first re ported, it appears to have been an at tempt to overthrow American author ity. The movement was started by the chief officials of the autonomous government, the men who were select ed and inaugurated with so much cer emony last November. SCENES AT THE WAR OEEICE. Anxious Crowd Disappointed at Brevity of News. LONDON, Jan. 22.—12 a. m.—Yes terday was quite a record day at the war office. As if anticipating import ant news, the authorities announced on Saturday that the lobbies of the war office would be open throughout Sunday and the knowledge ti.at a great crucial battle was proceeding brought a continuous stream of in quirers of all classes. Some gloomy forebodings were I caused by the bulletin announcing that nearly three hunderd had been wound ed. but in general a cheery confidence was expressed in the success of Gen ! eral Buller’s movement. On it being announced that further official dis ! patches were improbable tonight, the crowd dispersed, expressing disap I pointment that the news was no better. Chill Brooming Ambitious. SAN FARANGISCO. Jan. 22—S. Morta Vicuna, the Chilian minister to the United States and Japan, arrived from Tokio on the steamer Doric, en route to Washington. Minister Vicuna, while in Tokio, is said to have taken up with the Japanese foreign colon i ists in Chili and to establish a steamer line between Yokohama and Valpa raiso. The minister admitted that he had been conducting some important negotiations at Tokio. but refused to divulge their character. Mr. Vicuna says that the Japanese are making rap id strides in railway building and in dustrial development. Danger of Methuen Beirg Shot LONDON, Jan. 22.—A member of Wauchope's Highland brigade writes auent the battle of Magersfonteiu and General Methuen: “No doubt about it, there was i wilu Siirit of mutiny among the men. They were mad at their comrades and their fine old general, Wauchope. belnq shot do\ n like vermin. They felt and knew that the commander had com pelled their own general to do wbai he would not have done himself.’* English in Great Force Advancing on the Boers. WARREN TROOPS MOVE AT DAWN Improvised Field Pieces Pour I.eaden Hall Iuto llorr Position* — Enemy Make No Response — Bombardment with Results I'nknown. _______ SPEARMANS CAMP. Jan. 20.— (New York World Cablegram.)—YeA terday evening Lyttleton’s brigade, af ter a heavy bombardment since dawn by naval guns and howitzers, advanced ; in extended order toward the Boer po sitions facing Potgietersdrift. but, fail ing to draw the enemy's fire, returned. A balloon has also been searching the positions. Warren’s mounted troops have also | engaged the enemy, as officially an- . nounced. Warren is again advancing this morning early. Naval guns are also bombarding. CHURCHILL. "There is every indication that a big fight for the western roads will take place today, though it may have com menced yesterday. All the artillery of Warren and Hilyard was not across the drifts yesterday morning and the ammunition train and most of the heavier guns were probably then still south of the Tugela. These indica tions, as well as Warren's longer march, point to the serious effort be ing made today.’ ’ The Post expert says: "Probably the whole British force • was yesterday on the move and per- ' haps fighting. Fighting when it comes will be heavy and the losses severe.” LONDON, Jan. 20— (New York ; AYorld Cablegram.)—The Daily News i dispatch from Potgietersdrift, dated January 19. says: “Warren’s force is moving round to the west on a line taken up by Dun- i donald. Warren is now close to Acton Homes.” Telegraph of same date says Dun donald and Warren nave command of ! an easy road into Ladysmith and have I cut off the Boer communication with the Free State. LONDON, Jan. 20.-4:30 a. m — Every hour that General Buller delays , his combined attack makes his posi tion stronger. Transports continue to arrive at Durban and fresh troops are I being sent up the line to reinforce those in front of Colenso. It appears that General Buller's troops north of the Tugela number at least 22.000 and possibly 25.000. with fifty guns. Hs total forces, forming a great outer curve south and west of Ladysmith probably number 40,000. While General Buller's forward op erations, which began January 10, de velop rather leisurely, the Boers ap pear to be fully aware that they must meet a strenuous assault. Balloon ob servers have roughly estimated that 10,000 Boers are using spade and pick in artificially strengthening positions which nature has rendered easy of de fense. Military critics in touch with the war office think that general fighting j has or may begin soon. It is not thought that one day's fighting will settle the fate of Ladysmith, but rath er that there will be two or three days of continuous fighting. A Durban special dated Thursday night says: “It is reported here that Lord Dun donald has smashed a Boer convoy. General Buller is said to be within twelve miles of Ladysmith and General j Warren to be about six miles to the rear.” The Times has the following dis patch dated Tnursday from Pieterma ritzburg: “General Buller's wagon train is nineteen miles in length, and embraces 400 wagons and 5,00u animals. As some of the drifts are narrow and muddy, only one wagon is able to cross at a time. The officers are betting 2 to 1 that Ladvsm.«.n will be relieved tomorrow (Friday.) GLAD TO SEE THEIR SISTER. Goulds Know Nothing of Reported Losses of Count de Castellane. NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—Edwin Gould, interviewed as to the reported losses of his brother-in-law, Count Boni de Castellane, in stock speculation, said: “We have heard nothing about any financial embarrassment of Count Cas tellane and, not knowing whether the French paper, La Matin, is responsi ble or not, we cannot tell how much truth there is in the story that my sister's husband lost heavily in specu lation. We expect them Saturday or Sunday on La Bretagne and it is need less to say that we shall be more than delighted to see our sister again. I don't know whether the children are with them or not. In the cable mes sage my sister did not say anything about the babies. Their coming to New York at this time is something of a surprise to us, but none the less delightful for all that.” CONGRESS Will FAVOR. Dody of Paul .lone* May lie Drought to This Country. WASHINGTON. Jan. 20.—The prop osition to remove the bones of Com modore John Paul Jones from Paris and bury them in Arlington ceme tery will probably receive the sanction of congress, if all doubt can be re moved as to the complete identifica tion of the grave of the naval hero, which has been so long neglected that i it has been really forgotten. Today the secretary of the navy will ! send to congress the latest information in the possession of the offices of j naval intelligence. The naval attache at Paris is still prosecuting his in- ! vestigations and expresses confidence that he will be completely successful | in the end. Remove Ran From Fruit. BERLIN, Jan .20.—The Bundesrath today, abrogating the previous regu lations, granted permission for the im portation of dried American fruits and also fresh fruits, on condition of their examination at the Basle customs house. __ Honolulu People Uneasy. WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 20.—An official dispatch from Surgeon Car michael of the marine hospital service at Honolulu reports the existence of an uneasy feeling there as the result of the ravages of the bubonic plague, which, in spite of the efforts of the Hawaiian authorities, appears to be on the increase. Dr. Carmichael's dis patch is dated January 12 and is as follows: “Five cases plague reported since January 8. There have been twenty three deaths from the plague since December 12. Uneasy feeling pre vails.” * HALE STIRS THE SENATE. Maine Senator Makes a Notable Speech on South African 'War. WASHINGTON. Jan. 20.—At the Conclusion of morning business in the senate the resolution of Allen calling on the secretary of state for informa tion as to whether any representative of the Transvaal had applied to the United States government for recogni tionund if such application had been made if it had been accepted, and if not why not, was laid before the sen ate. Spooner moved that the resolution be directed to the president and he be requested to furnish the informa tion if not incompatible with public interests. He repudiated, he said, the doctrine advanced repeatedly by sen ators that the people were entitled to information from day to day regarding the conduct of our foreign business. A debate ensued between Senators Allen, Spooner, Teller and Hale. The resolution was finally amended so as to call on the president, “if not in compatible with public interests,” to supply the information. Spooner maintained that the presi dent ought to have discretionary pow er about giving out information. Allen thought the matter with which his resolution dealt could not affect any diplomatic negotiations and that there was no impropriety about it. Mr. Spooner regarded it as a piece of gross impudence to call on the secre tary of state for confidential informa tion for which the president alone was responsible. Allen replied at length to Spooner, in the course of which he said it had been reported throughout the country in the daily and weekly press that the populist party had gone to pieces. “I say to you, Mr. President,” said Allen, “that these statements are cir culated with a political purpose. There are more populists in the country to day than ever before. We can cast 2.500,000 votes and not all of those voters are fools, either. The organiza tion, far from having gone to pieces, is stronger today than at any previ ous time.” In a brief speech in opposition to the amendment Teller said he would not say a word that would be offens ive to the government of Great Brit ain, yet he felt his sympathy go out to the Transvaal republic in its great contest at arms with England. A speech sensational in its interest and international importance was de livered by Hale of Maine. The occa sion of the utterance was the simple question whether a resolution intro duced by Allen, calling for informa tion as to the recognition by this coun try of the diplomatic representation of the Transvaal republic, should be di rected to the president or to the sec retary of state. Hale made the question the text of an impassioned speech, in which he declared that nine-tenths of the Amer ican people sympathized with the Boers in their gallant struggle for lib erty against one of the greatest pow ers in the world. He declared that the war which Great Britain is wag ing is the most fell blow at human liberty that has been struck in the century. He denied that the Ameri can people "were in sympathy with Great Britain in the South African war, to stamp out the liberty of a people," and when Br. Balfour in the House of Commons made such a state ment "he should be met with some disclaimer from this side of the At lantic.” He declared that the English peo ple themselves are not in favor of the war, which "had been brought on by a sharp cabinet minister engaged with gold speculators.” Hale spoke with unusual force, de cisiveness and earnestness, even for him, and his impassioned eloquence claimed the closest attention of every auditor. START WORK ON THE CENSUS. Agricultural Statistics Already Being Collected by the Bureau. WASHINGTON. Jan. 20.—In every case in which data for the twelfth census of agriculture can profitably be gathered prior to the general enumera tion in June it will be done. The spe cial schedules for cranberry culture and irrigation now in circulation will be followed immediately by an special nursery schedule which has just been received from the printer. The list of nurseries so far obtained includes about 4,000 separate estbalishments, but each known nurseryman will re ceive a list of those doing business in his vicinity and will be asked to add or otherwise correct it and return it as soon as possible. If this is promptly and thoroughly done the list will be complete and satisfactory. The inquiries are to be simple and if the returns are made promptly the pub lication of a bulletin devoted to nurs eries at an early day may be antici pated. ORDERS EOR EIGHTH DIVISION. To lie Mobilized at Once—Reports from Marshal Roberts. LONDON, Jan. 20.—Formal orders have been issued to mobilize the Eighth division of the britisu army at once. The war office has made public dis patches from Filed Marshal Lord Ro berts. dated today, recording the scouting movements in Cape Colony, including the ambusning of the Austra lians, when two of t..e latter were killed and fourteen reporte * missing. He adds: “A Boer deserter states that the enemy suffered severely in attacking French's advanced post January 15. Seventy Boers are still unaccounted for.” __ Cape >onie Fever Unabated. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—Vice Con - sul Morrison at Dawson City reports to the State department that the ex citement caused by reports of the phe nomenal richness of the Cape Nome gold fields has not by any means abated. Many miners will attempt to make the trip out of the Klondike this winter down the river, which, the consul says, seems a foolhardy undertaking. While Dawson has lost in popu larity during the last summer it has gained in wealth and much money has been spent in making it a thriving town, euqipped with a fire department, sewers, drains and other improve ments. Cabinet Endorses Wood. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—The secre tary of war announced at the cabinet meeting today that he had extended the operation of the stav laws in Puerto Rico for six months, unless congress shall act in the meantime. A communication from Havana cov ering the action of General Wood in removing Mr. Mora from his office as public prosecutor was read. The pres ident and the members of the cabinet fully indorse General Wood’s move to purify the public service at Havana. LIVE STOCK AND PROBICE. OMbk, Chicago and New York Market Qc ota lions. SOUTH OMAHA LIVE STOCK. SOUTH OMAHA. Jan. 22.— ('ATTLr.— Stockers and feeders were in good de mand and the few loads brought lirm prices. Cornfed steers were quickly picked up. the market being active. The market on cows and heifers was also strong. Beef steers, J4.25ft5.25; cows, J2.2.> ft 4.03: steers ami heifers, J4.60ft5.0u; cows and heifers, f3.T5SH.15; bulls. J2.T5ft3.Mi; stags, J3.T5ft3.85; stock calves. J3.O"ft5.0U; stockers and feeders. J3.50ft 5. •>'; stock cows and heifers, J2.50ft3.75. HOGS- Most of the hogs went at $4.52 and $4.55. Such hogs as brought the day before sold at J4.55 largely and the $4.35 hogs brought JT.52Ja today. After about half of the hogs had changed hands the market became less active owing tc the fact that buyers all wanted to take off a little in accordance with the decline reported from Chicago. SHEEP—Good to choice fed yearlings. J4.65ft4.85; Mexican yearlings. $4.7.mi5.vO; good to choice wethers, $4.50ft4.7o; fair to good wethers. $4.35ft4.50; good to choice fed ewes, J4.l5ft4.35; fair to good fed ewes, $4.00ft4.13; good to choice native lambs, , J5.8oft6.o0; good to choice fed westerr | lambs, $5.73ft5.Mi; fair to good fed western lambs. J3.35ft5.70; feeder wethers. $3.75ft 3. Ml; feeder yearlings, $4.004i4.25; good to choice feeder lambs, J4.25ft4.G0; fair to good feeding lambs. J4.44ft4.25; feeder ewes. $2.2 jft 3.00. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET. CHICAGO. Jan. 22.—CATTLE—Market generally quiet and steady; choice leed ers in good supply and fair demand: good to choice, $5.23*16.40; poor to medium. $4.00 ft4.90: mixed stockers. J3.25ft3.80; selected, feeders, Jt.204H.75: good to choice cows, J3.504H.25; heifers. J3.20ft4.50. HOGS—Market 5ft 10c lower, closed weak; fair clearances; mixed and butch ers. $4.454(4.72*; good to choice heavy, Jt.571-4H.75: rough heavy. J4.454H.55; light, J4.35ft4.65; bulk of sales, J4.55ft4.65. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Sheep steady; lambs 10c higher: natives wethers. J4.5040 5.00; iambs. $4.65ft6.40: western wethers, J4.40ft4.85; western lambs. J5.2T.4i6.25. KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK. KANSAS CITY, Jan. 22.-UATTLE— Heavy native steers. $5.15ft5.85; light weights. $4.70ft5.00: stockers and feeders, $3.504i5.10; butchers’ cows and heifers. J3.004i5.60: canners. J2.50ft3.00; fed west erns, J3.834t5.35; western feeders. J3.254A 4. M); Texans, J3.S0ft4.05. HOGS—Decline ranging from 2*-ft 10c; heavy, $4.55ft4.65; mixed. $4.50ft4.60; light, J4.25ft4.55; pigs. J3.60ft4.20. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Common lambs. 10c lower: lambs. $5.56ti3.80; muttons, $4;60 ft4.75; stockers and feeders, $3.,>.«>4.50; culls, J2.50ft3.50. NEW YORK PRODUCE. NEW YORK. Jan. 22.—WHEAT—Op tions steady and held firm during the day »>n foreign buying, strong trench cables, local covering and tin absence of selling pressure. Closed firm. l4o ad vance. March closed at 73c; May. 71 15-16C, closed at 7Usc; July 7U4'T:721sc. closed at 72l*c. CORN—Closed easy at net decline. May. :a*Vi:««**•. closed at :«4e. OATS—Spot, quiet; No. 2. 25»1te: No. ape; No. 2 white. 32c; No. 3 white, i'l'-c: track mixetl western. 2'.M-;'i»31c; track white, 31*4«i35c. Options, steady but quiet. CHICAGO PRODUCE. CHICAGO. Jan. 22.-W HEAT-No. 2 spring. rv>./u*2;»c; No. 2 red. ti'i'-jc. CORN—No. 2. 31 **.0; No. 2 yellow. 31s4c. OATS—No. 2. 23<fi23l4c: No. 2 white, — .^i «iINP^c; No. 3 white. _V<j2.V\c. RYE—No. 2. 52ti54c. BARLEY—No. 2. 3S«iMc. SEEDS—No. 1 flaxseed and northwest. $1.30. Prime timothy. $2.00. Clover, con- , tract grade. $8.35ttS.40. PROVISIONS—Mess pork, per bbl.._$9.20 »gl0.60. Lard. per 100 lbs.. $.>.77Vt ~>>7*2 HEAVY LOSSES 0E 1HE BOERS — Killed. Wounded and Prlroners Number a Little Over Six Thousand. RENSBERG. ^ape Colony. Jan. 12.— A gentleman who has escaped from Colesberg reports that the Dutch in habitants who are sympathizers with the Boers are proceeding to the Orange Free State, in anticipation of the evac uation of tne town. Mr. v ander Walt, a member of the Cape assembly, has al ready gone. The Boer force there is estimated to number from 6.000 to 7, 000 men. besides a strong force at Nor valspont. The British shells uid much execu tion eastward or the town, ’me Boer loss, up to date, is probably 200 men. Carefully coimpiled figures from re publican sources, some of which have been investigated and found to be cor rect. show the Boer losses up to date are approximately 6.i_u men. includ ing 2.000 casualties during the siege of Ladysmith. MARLBOROUGH GOES TO FRONT Leaves Ills Valet Mehind—Other Volun teers Also Depart. LONDON. Jan. 22—The duke of Marlborough in his capacity as a staff officer, left for South Africa today. The duchess and her mother. Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, accompanied him as far as Southampton. Tne cuchess will not, however, go with her husband to the Cape. The duke does not take a large retinue of servants to the front with him. as has been frequently intimated, but is accompanied only by a valet, who probably will be replaced by the usual officer’s “striker’’ wnen he gets into camp. The departure of the second detach ment of the London volunteers touay was accompanied by the customary scenes of enthusiasm ana they were given a hearty final send-off on board ing the transports at Southampton. Consecrating New Bishop. WASHINGTON. Jan. 22—The papal bull authorizing the consecration of Rt. Rev. Mgr. Sbaretti. bishop-elect of Ha vana, has been received at the apos tolic delegation. The services will be celebrated with pontifical high mass at St. Aloysius’ church Sunday morning. February 4. Archbishop Martinelii will be the consecrator. assisted by Bishop Curtis, coadjutor to the car dinal. and Bishop Monohan of Wil mington. This consecration will be the first ever performer in America by an apostolic delegate and magnifi cent preparations are being made for the occasion. Mgr. Sbaretti expects to go to Havana the latter part of Feb ruary. Orders for Naval Vessels. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22.—The United States steamer Bangor will leave this port today for Panama to make an important survey. In addi tion to this it has orders to drop into Magdalena bay and deliver instruc tions to the Iowa. Marblehead and Philadelphia, all of which are at that place at this time. These instructions are for the Philadelphia to come to San Francisco and the Iowa and Mar blehead to go to San Diego harbor and there await orders from Washing ton. Year's Receipts In Cuba. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—The war department gave out the statement to day that the total receipts for the en tire island of Cuba for the month of December were $1,733,221. The total receipts for the entire island for the calendar year ending December 31, 1899. by items were: Customs. $14, 072,114; internal revenue, $757,293; postal receipts from July 1. 1899. to December 31, 1899, $94,514; miscellan eous receipts from July 1. 1899. to De cember 31, 1899, $293,584; total re ceipts, $15,217497.42. 44 Take Time by The Forelock ‘Don't <watt until sickness overtakes you. When that tired feeling, the first rheu matic pain, the first •warnings of impure blood are manifest, take Hood's Sarsapa rilla and you •wilt rescue your health and probably save a serious sickness. cBe sure to get Hood's, because Zt&odS: SaMafra’uffq The Cunard company's answer to the Oceanic challenge has just been launched at Clydebank. 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A MINNESOTA FARMER Does Well in Western Canada. Virden, Man., Nov. 18. 1899. Hon. Clifford Sifton. Minister of the Interior. Ottawa, Canada—Sir: Think ing that my experience in Manitoba might be both useful and interesting to my fellow-countrymen in the United States who may be looking to Mani toba and the northwest with the in tention of settling there, I have much pleasure in stating that through in formation received from Mr. W. F. McCreary, immigration commissioner at Winnipeg, I was induced to visit Manitoba in February, 1898. When I called upon Mr. McCreary he spared no pains to give me all the information, etc., in his possession, the result of which was that I came here with a letter of introduction from him to the secretary of the Virden Board of Trade. That gentleman provided me with a competent land guide, and, although there was considerable snow on the ground, I had no difficulty in selecting three homesteads for myself and sons. Having made the necessary homestead entries at the land office in Brandon. I returned to my home in Lyon county. Minnesota,and came back here in May following, accompanied by one of my boys, bringing with us two teams of horses, implements, etc. Our first work was to erect a temp > rary shanty and stable, after which we broke and leveled seventy-five acres and put up thirty tons of hay. I went back to Minnesota about July 20, leaving my son here. I returned in October, bringing my family with me. I found that the land we had acquired was of good quality, being a strong clay loam with clay subsoil. Last spring I sowed 100 acres in wheat and fifty acres in oats and barley. (Seventy-five acres of this grain was sowed on “go-back” plowed last spring.) My crop was thrashed in October, the result being over 2,700 bushels cf grain in all. Wheat aver aged fifteen bushels per acre and graded No. 1 hard, but that which was sown on land other than sod (“go back”) went twenty four and one-balf bushels per acre. To say that I am well pleased with the result of my first year's farming operations in Manitoba does not ade quately express my feelings, and I have no hesitation in advising those who are living in districts where land is high in price to come out here, if they are willing to do a fair amount cf work. I am ten miles from Virden, which is a good market town, and nine miles from Hargrave, where there are two elevators. This summer I erected a dwelling house of native stone and bought a half-section of land adjoin ing our homesteads, for which I paid a very moderate price. There are still some homesteads in this district, and laud of fine quality can be purchased from the Canadian Pacific Railway company at $3.50 per acre on liberal terms. Good water is generally found at a depth of from fifteen to twenty feet. I have 175 acres ready for crop next year. The cost of living here is about the same as in southern Minnesota. Some commodities are higher and others lower in price, but the average is about the same. I remain, your obe dient servant. (Signed.) JACOB REICHERT. To be prepared for emergencies, many of the European monarchs have large amounts of money on deposit in the Bana of England. Napoleon III., when he saw that his star was on tne wane, contrived to send a vast sum to England's great bank. This uepos»t has enabled Empress Eugenie to live in dignity and luxury. Use Magnetic Starch—If hac no equal. On the gate of the cemtery in Ric Janeiro is a notice in Spanish, French and English that no dogs are admitted unless led by the owner. This is how’ the announcement is made in “Eng lish:" “Noble mesdames and gentle' man who may desire a dog to follow in this tombs yard will not be permis sion unless him drawn by a cabl” round him throttle." Have no friends not equal to your self.
