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THE SOUTH WESTERN. ux r OTT. - . KEB. m mhs n Btnr. The ateMm of Stows City are ta take a ham# la the aanirlykl campaign *> h i- b !» oa M«-preae*tative Rotaccoa ha* intro tr?u ** pr**JU'* tUr^la Harlgur At Bern. lad. t^harle* Hardwick. II yean aid rearaed hi» tmrfber aad three sister* from Cietr barning home A wealthy farmer named Matthew Lattsmer aged 72. wu frozen to death •tile walking a mile to hi* home ties' ■Mill. Ol George M'obley Alien for mure thaa thirty yean <a* of the ed.tora of the RveaiXkg Telegraph of Philadelphia fa Is dend He was «1 year* old. Joe Matron, the little Barbados ne At*, haa MmH a challenge to asy prize tighten ia the ward. MeCoy Corhr*t Jaffrtea ud Pitas’tnaauaa preferred. At Jarhaoa Mich. Cal. M J Hr y an •pahe to a large < row 4 la reperweota ***« hall ditto lag h»a time equally h^aeea trmr miter. MM* aad. itaper The (iermaa crown prime will attain hit majority cm May 1C He will serve • anag tar ammmer with tie guard* at Pwdadam aad eater the tip!remit} at Puztp la the a at naze Secretary Rout ha* amounted hu in tention of making a hying trip to Cuba. Me w tape* to asake a peruana* esarai ratsem of present nafitkes. both po litical and tad nutria! ta the eland loan Carry, erne of the train redder* engaged ia the M'ilroz hold up cm tie I CM* Pnriftr last Jane when $M.dw was ner ared was shot aad billed at ftrdsem. Mo . while mrlntiag arrest. At tinywm O . Rrv Edward Icori-Ci. «ditor of German periodical* of lh» 1 ailed Brethren rhurrh. uird suddenly I t the rwfdssre 11 a blood teanel in the bra.c dwrtag a yzitittsa li roughing M:** hate Kcgsucp a dr- una* T. aged If year* ion* her life and four other prrasm* were slightly injured ta a ftre that destroyed a department homo- at. 22&-127 Media Street Chi eotnmttte on {M ia rail i favorably the lull an*hunting a settlement and ad 'catmeat with the Stotts City h Pan or Railway ecoapaay of its indebted new* to the ( atted Stale* (Jberiia M Carter, ierurrir capia t, of thfjr - r». I Lite! States army, will be mctt muter armed guard at once la fort Lettmtorth penitentiary to •arse tbe senietue of If# year# at bar*! labor imposed Upon him by tbe «wrt. Fite of tbe largest • reamer> - ■mpa nien la Kansas and Oklahoma repre tenting war fourth of the dairy inter • »ts of that territory, hare beea ton •nBdated under he name of the Con tinental Creamer* eotapasy, with biaigmarters at Representative iJUirtleld of Maine 1> la farm of th* prohibition lass of that state and ru therefore som* s tat emharra—d nbea at a eu» her party in Washington the other night be son for tbe first prise g handsome Miss Aaaie Gray Taylor, only da ugh ter of Mr* George Taylor of St. l»ui*. Mo and a nr* nr of Hon Jane* Taylor, esminbnrr to Spain an* joined in oodlork to Jime Kimbrough Jones. Jr . non of I sited Stat«% grtstor J K. Joseph Oisbe.m a leading repub iimn politician and a Ante senator, ««mmmed nnkide at Menomtnee Mi« h deinbrim a bo ewadncted the largest lasnraaee agency in northern Mkb •ran tailed last seek aith liabilities. >71 mm, and no asset*, and it Is hefiered Lie boar ness troubles a a* the <au*e fur Ids art. Syutrsaaii* preparation* for handling the fimnni' ratiir national rtarmikn in July are already besag mapped out at Kansas City The plan of urgar gatioa lotbavf by St ImUi and Mmaeapuii* ta handling their convention* trill it la said, be adopted by Ksnaa# City, with anrb tmprovetnen ts aad «haages At Cleveland U. a sen hat ion n» Daniel A Stewart of tbe Ohio Heat lag and Manufacturing •ompany. who had beea Jointly indicted with A K Hnrto and Samuel G Hrouker for dr frandlsg the city, turned state's evi dence against bis co defendant# Davis and Brsokrf were clerks In the public wars* and auditor's departm* at re Spr-freely. under the list city admin Japan ha* 4i*w»er*d fold mine*., Mil aa ftrrlfm will he allowed tc nark theta Vo ant Is inker (or Japan The Ciaeiaaati Price Current aay* The narisf week of the winter wim has w Hawed a fairly liberal market tag mi hag* far the time of year ft* turn* tadicwte a total af IW.rh for •cetera slaughtering* •wn»pnred with 471 wWf the prcedSh* week and 111. ah the rorrMpaliar week last year Tatal far the flour winter month* 1. 4-71 mm again*! ».7ZO.bW* last year. Tonal far tawlte month* 22.2aa oaa. aaatani Z2.tth.ita the preceding year. The Marita Rei? tsanae-*:• r t i ntsms a prohtltttka for two years uf the dr* estation and sal* ut Germany of the Pari* ruaif paper l> Ml**. Prime Henry of Prwaum has been crawled leave af absence for six ■math* to twrrwit his hew th after his « aperies* e la katath wale ** The historbrai aariefy af W tanon*in ha* hoe a askug a arnr.ii for the spot la California where William S Hamil •an. asa af Alexander Hamilton lie* hwrted The Hee mi Saw Francium re teals the hartal place mi the sou ol the grata stateotnaa as the «lty <rme Uf* mi ha« rataeato The body of Prtare L-ndwig ton I oraatela a bo was killed curing an i agagii mint hrtwera the Amen> aB fruups and th* Filipino* before Caloc* • aa. hurt March has heea exhumed and wiH hr taken from the Philippines for teal interment la the principal «hurrk at Wertheim. Germany Sepraseadatite Mer.er Introduced a hill far aa Inmate af pension to Sam t.te J t».. ter * »I!.tb by^vute of 10 to «. agreed to report the skipping subsidy fell At Montreal. Canada. Lb* theatrr Praarais and nearly aa entire bio. k an ML Catherine otraet. between Sc iwisyis and Ctdieax rtreetf. Laraed Lons. |1M«H BATTLE ISJN AGAIN.1 Troop* Uodfr General French Encounter Boer Foroe Wt*t of Osfontein. CINSOR CITTIMi WAR DISPATCIUS luraatr fhilr I'twltton no tlir K<«<i t runt INxirrrbl Mutrment* of Ik* Hnihb la Narth ( t|w («1<»ujf—So Time far uial iou. LONDON. March '..— (New York World Cablegram.)—British au<l Boers .uet in battle again yesterday. A spe cial dispatch to the World s Ixindou bureau from H. F. Provost-Battersbv, ihe World s war correspondent with lard Roberts ways: LORD ROBERTS’ HEADQl’AR I (fU. Osfontein. Orange Free State, | Mar. b 4 Major General French, com manding the cavalry and mounted in fantry brigade, while reconnoitering to the westward today, encountered lb* liucrs- in force occupying a table ► haj»ed kopje. '| be British exchanged ►iit’U with them, the Boers replying with guns ’ The dispatch is unfinished and has :*een delayed by the censor in Cape town Dispatches from Dordrecht, in •w rtbf-ra Cape Colony, say that Gen eral Brabant, commanding Brabant's !■« rse a colonial force of regular mounted infantry, with other colonial troops, has been engaged all day kMg < today < Sunday I attacking the Boers. * ho occupy a strong position at I-a ! :.-:..igtie s nek on the road from lk>r dre. ht nortbw* at to Jamestown. Gen « :j-1 Braliant had marcbed all night i b:\ouack* I toward morning. Soon -Per daylight he came In touch with ihe Boers who had a strongly in trenched position. The engagement was pushed with great vigor. A heavy rifli fire was exi hanged, particularly on the right flank. The lkiers gradually retired before •h* Briti-h shell fire and evacuated tl. ir position. The Boers hud no guns to action and the British were soon ab!e to pn ss forward and take up their tositkw in the lkiers trenches. The Bu» r> undaunted, took up new posi tc rs* otj th* hid oppogiu. and during the afternoon brought up two guns ; nd made a determined effort to retake the position they had lost. The Post expert ways: "Roberts re turned to Osfontein Friday afternoon, j A* teat time r,.«wt) cr C.OQM lkiers were :n position If the lkiers have not tn .de a hasty retreat the next news may be that they are surrounded.” The exjH rt thinks the movements of the British in north Cape Colony are advancing well except Gatacre. He leiteie* the Boer* are all out of the Rensburg district and that Braliant is threatening them in front and rear in the Dordreist i-ountrv. He thinks j Gatacre can hold the B<>.r> .i* Stock CtTCMB. but ses the acts of tveon raisauce fn force without result when trouts' patrol could get all necessary information. He goes on to say: Methuen has not l»eei. sent to Kim i«* rley with the w hole First division • for nothing We mav next hear the railway is open to Fourteen Streams, w iiirh is only 17o miles from Mafeking. where all was well February 13. A Boer telegram shows that the Boer lone from 1-adysmith has retreated i^hlnd Biggarslierg The lkiers have i ro chance of collecting more than 40.- j t*»M men for a decisive battle in the I htee State except bv complete aban- ! donment of Natal. Roberts is not waiting at Osfontein to make up his mind «r b>r equipment The proba bility is that movements are in prog tow of which we hear nothing. The present is not a moment for specula ; lion." Gf RM4N f{ 4RS Of 4\G10PH0B.'4. **■■»* Kerllo It*"* that it Ill-cun till US. BERLIN March 5.—The semi-offi «:ai B*-r!in»r Post in a strong article today, again begs the Anglophobia preas to discontinue the practice of •busing British statesmen and gen erals and British enterprises generally, d*-* laring that “this does more harm than some may suppose.” The Post asserts, on the authority of a private letter from the Trans ■ sal received at Hamburg, that the , Boer republics on January 15 had is r i**d altogether Bi.tiOO identification cards to Boers in the field. The writer of the letter says that tt»-e figure- represented the total fed eral force at that time. j Af R0-4MIRJC4N tOtMCIL t itkOrratr Held al Uaililngaon of head er* of the Kmr WASHINGTON, March 5.—An im portant conference of representatve Afro-Americans *».- held here yester day at which the testing of the suff rrge law iegislation of the southern r'at* - ♦ -p«-< lally Louisiana was thor oughl.v din unwed. Among those pres * nt were T Thomas Fortune of New York chairman of the executive com mittee of the national Afro-American «<'uni i! Mr. Jesse ljiwMin of New Jer sey. chairman of the sub-executive **>iiiinittee; Representative White of Tennessee. Thomas L. Jones of Vir g nia; Mr Calvin Chase, editor of the Washington liee; Mr. Edward Cooper, editor -if the Washington Colored Con gressional Library; Prof. William H. k dean of ihe law department , «*f Howard university; Prof. Bruce Evans and others. BOIItS AITIMPI TO ESCAPE. * fforla *« rnittniird and 1,100 Are I‘laced on Stratum. CAPETOWN. March 5—It is re ported that the Boer prisoners while on the way from Paardeberg unsuc • ea-f!tll> attempted to escape from the ! train. Kleven hundred of Cronje's men have Uen placed temporarily on board the British steamers Mongolian and Ma nila. in Table bay. I*rt»j Apfieal* th* Award Drrlalon. WASHINGTON. March 5.-The ap peal of Admiral Dewey and his men iror the award of the court of claims in the matter of bounty due for the destruction of the Spanish H »et at Ma nila has been filed in the I' vied States tupreme court. Ealrw HrniM Darina HpanUli War. WASHINGTON. March 5.—Secretary Hoot has submitted to congress a rec ommendation that the extra services performed by War department em ployes during the war with Spain be paid for by an appropriation aggregat ing $W,3t4. CHANCE EOR LOTS OE TALK. I’orlo Rlro, Quay Case a Bit Currency Hill In the Senate. WASHINGTON, March 5.—The ques tion of seating Senator Quay, the con ference on the currency bill and the iV.-to Rican government will divide the attention of the senate for the pres ent week. By agreement the report on tne currercy bill will be voted upon at 4 o’clock Tuesday and will have prac tically the undivided attention of the senate until that time if there are sen ators who desire to speak upon it. After Tuesday the Quay resolution will be the uppermost topic during the morning hour each day and the Porto Rican bill for the remainder of the day. There are still several speeches to be made on the Quay resolution, among those who are to speak being Senators Penrose. Spooner, Perkins and Carter, favorable to Quay, and Senator Burrows in opposition. The Porto Rican bill will be debat ed at length. Senators Culberson. Turner and Pettigrew will make set aigument against it on constitutional grounds and Senators Nelson and Depew will talk in support of it. The Loard question of expansion will be raised in connection with this meas ure and it will provoke much running debate, as well as many set speeches. Senator Foraker. who is in charge of the bill, says there is no disposition to accept the house bill and drop the senate measure, as lias been reported in some quarters would be done. The diplomatic and the pension ap propriation bills probably will bo passed during the week. Either of them is calculated to provoke pro longed discussion. The house will devote this week, except tomorrow, which is District of Columbia day, to contested election cases. The debate on the Aldridge Robbins case, which opened on Fri day. will continue Tuesday and Wed nesday. After it is disposed of. the Wise-Young contest from Virginia will be taken up and probably will consume the remainder of the week. In both cases the majority has report ed against the sitting members, who are democrats, and the house will probably sustain the reports, so that by the end of the week the republi can majority in the house will have been increased by two. HOIOCAIST 0\ I HE BOWERY. Lodging lionet' i* liurn«*«l f»n*1 Six ln nixtrii Lose Their Li\e.t. NEW YORK. March a.—Five persons were burned to death and three were injured early this morning in a r.re which occurred in a seven-story lodg ing house at 44 to 48 Bow* rv. The dead are: - CHARLES BCTTIE. 40 years old. JOHN CLARK. 50 years old. EDWARD DOYLE. 35 years old. HENRY JACKSON. colored. 35 years old. STEPHEN CARNEY. 75 years of age. IN KNOWN MAN, about 50 years old. Martin Gallagher. 53 years old. was burned about the face and hands and also removed to a hospital. Edward Walker. 47 years old. was burned, but not seriously. The fir*- vu first discovered shortly after 2 o'clock. Smoke was pouring from the windows of the fifth floor and the flames were making rapid progress. * The lodging house was cut up into* 132 rooms and ninety of these small! places were occupied when the firej broke out. Policemen sent in an* alarm and burst into the place to arouse the inmates. They notified the night clerk, who immediately rang the alarms all over the house. Taxctt on Intlinn Lands. WASHINGTON. March 5.—Con gressman Robinson introduced a bill in the house providing for the pay ment of a tax by the government up on Indian lands held in trust, where the same are located in organized counties. The bill provides in a gen eral way that the government shall pay the same rate in the way of taxes which lands of a similar character held by settlers pay for the support of the county. It is intended to in-r demnify the respective counties against the necessary outlay to which they are put in the way of maintain ing roads and bridges, schools and school houses, located on these lands. >lr. liryan tu Trxan. GALVESTON. Tex.. March 5—W. J. Bryan rested quietly here Saturday. A lew intimate friends called during the night. Mr. Bryan will leave here to morrow noon for Austin, where he will lemain for two weeks. He will then go to Nebraska, to be present at the state convention on March 19. "That's my birthday," said Mr. Hryan, "and 1 will be 40 years of age. Four years ago it was said I was too young to be president; now the argu ment will probably be advanced that I am too old.” ♦few Light on the Philippine*. WASHINGTON. March 5.—The War department has published some statis tics of the Philippine commerce for the quarter of last year ending September 30, which throws new light on the 1 export trade so far as it relates to the United States. It is shown that of the total exports of raw sugar, amounting to $1.143.349. only $85,002 j went to the United States, wnile Japan ; and Great Britain took nearly all of the remainder. Also as to leaf tobacco, ! the exports of which were valued at $355,463., the exports to the United States were trifling in amount, Spain l taking the lion's share. (N'rmi Liner's Profit*. NEW YORK. March 5.—The Ham 1 burg-American line announces its profits for the year 1899 are 18.000,000 marks, an increase of 4,000,000 marks over the previous year. The capital will, however, pay the same dividend of 8 per cent, applying the surplus to reducing the book value of its fleet and insurance fund. In consequence of the larger tonnage required by its in creased business it is proposed at the next general meeting of the company to increase its capital from 65,000,000 tc 80,000,000 marks. Trouble Over Land Titles. HAVANA. March 5.—The fruit com lany which recently purchaser a mil lion acres of land at Nipe Bay, paid $40,000 to have the deeds recorded, ti tles examined and documents put in such a state that it was safe to take e ver the property. A Cuban lawyer this morning said: ‘ Similar cases to this merely prevents American capital from coming to the island. A reliable judiciary is needed and the sooner Governor General Woods' judiciary commission reports the better for Cuba. British Troops Have a Hard Time Driving Boer Forces Away. ME FIGHTING LASTS FOR SIX DAYS Stubborn Defense is Tut l'|i by Oom I’aul's Soldiers, but British Terse»er ance Finally Wins the Day—Splendid Behavior of the Troops. COLENSO CAMP. March 3—(New York World Cablegram)—Buller, hav ing thrown a new pontoon bridge across the river during the night, crossed with Baron and Kitchener’s brigade, which came into line beyond the Tugela on the right of Hart and Northcote's brigade, which were hold ing positions previously captured. He then made a general attack upon the Beer left and center at Pieter’s posi tion. The action began at 8 o’clock, when Barton, who crossed first, defiled along a gorge, turned northward and attacked a cluster of kopjes on the Boer left. All the the artillery, the naval guns. Colt and Maxim batteries and musketry of the Border regiment, the South African Lighters, covered the advance from the high southern hank of the river. All the kopjes, ex cept on the extreme left of the Boer line, were taken by noon with little loss, as the position was completely commanded by our guns. The Boers maintained a vigorous artillery fine on both fianks. Mean while the brigades under Kitchener and Northcote deployed along the riv er bank ready to attack Northcote’s hill, where the Inniskillings were suf tering. Kitchener held Railway hill, midway between Northcote and Bar ton. The advance began at 1 o'clock. Barton from a captured position en filaded the trenches and the troops at tacked with spirit, and although the Lancashire men had been four days and nights exposed to continual fire from the enemy without shelter from run or rain they marched with alac rity and enthusiasm to the assault. The artillery, which was well handled, today made the most effective opera tions vet seen and though the Boers i howed their customary courage our advance was never checked. By 4 o’clock the next fortified position, joining Inniskilling hill to Railway hill, was taken, upward of fifty pris oners being captured in the trenches. Immediately after Railway hill itself was carried and loud cheering along the whole front of the army encour aged Northcote’s riflemen to assault the fatal Inniskilling hill. This they did in good style, taking more pris oners and occupying all the Boer en trenchments. Thus by 6 o’clock two miles of forti fied hills forming the left and cen ter of Pieter’s position were occupied by the British troops who were now scarcely five miles from the outposts of I^adysmith. The Boers resisted stubbornly and the captured positions were shelled by their artillery heavily. Another fast position still intervenes, hut this White can shell equally with us. Very great substantial success was obtained wjthout heavy loss, tTonje’s surrender and the capture of Pieter's position may well divest the 28th of February of its burden of shame. 7:15 p. m.—The six days of fighting called the battle of Pieter's came to a victorious close alter great sacrifice had been made hv the troops and much hardship patiently borne. But m spite of the heavy loss in an army already reduced by hard fighting, the loyal devotion in ail ranks never wav ered. Arguing Kentucky Case. LOUISVILLE. Ky.. March 3.—Argu ment in the cases involving the title to the offices of governor and lieuten ant governor, was begun before Judge Field s in the circuit court today. Counsel for Governor Beckham, Pres ident Protem L. H. Carter and General John B. Castleman. democrats, filed a demurrer and motion to strike out the answer and reply of W. S. Taylor and John Marshall, the republican in cumbents, after which an order of ar gument was agreed upon. CRONJE PIT ABOARD SHIP. Nothing to Say hut HI* .Manner Indicate* Frame of Mind. ORANGE RIVER. March 3.—General Crriije artd his wife passed here last night en route to Capetown. Elaborate precaution had been taken to prevent the public from seeing him. even the officers were ordered off of the station and the refreshment room was kept closed before his arrival, to the dis comfort of the Kimberley passengers, who were obliged to go foodless. General Cronje looks dejected and miserable and is much grayer. He en tered the refreshment room, accompan ied by his wife, son and interpreter and General Prettyman and his staff. Tak ing his seat at a table. General Cronje covered his face with his hands for a few moments as he engaged in prayer. CAPETOWN. March 3.—General Cronje and his party arrived at Sim onstown today. General Cronje was recived by Gen en*.l Sir Frderick Forrestier-Walker and a represntative of Sir Alfred Mil ner. the governor of Cape Colony. General Cronje w'as immediately es corted on board the British cruiser Doris. There was no demonstiation. Congressman Epes Dies. WASHINGTON. March 3—Con gressman Sydney Epes of Virginia, who was operated upon for appendi citis today, died at Garfield hospital at 12 o’clock tonight. Mr. Epes was ill but a short time, having attended the house on Wednes day. He was born in 1865, was a journalist by profession and had served in the state legislature of Vir ginia, in the Fifty-fifth congress until unseated by the republicans,, and in the present congress. He was a demo crat in politics. Appeal to All IHethortiittft. MINNEAPOLIS, March 3—The mem bership of the Methodist church is less than it was two years ago and this fact has greatly exercised the bishops of that denomination. How to revive interest in the church is a question which the representative clergymen have given earnest consideration. To bring the matter directly before the people a committee, composed of Bish ops C. H. Fowler, W. X. Ninde and I. W. Joyce, acting on behalf of the body of bishops, has issued an address to the church. The conditions are care fully outlined and a week of prayer arranged. BOER ARMY IS NEAR. Reformed Troops of the Burghers If or- ] eriiig About Osfoute in. LONDON’. March 3.—Lord Roberts at Osfontein faces the reformed Boer army, from 5.000 to 6.000 strong. Thi* may be merely a corps of observation ready to retired on prepared position. Doubtless it is receiving accretions from the late besiegers of Ladysmith and from other points. Whatever the force may be Lord Roberts has ample troops to cope with it. As a heavy rain is falling on the veldt and the grass is improving, this will be a good thing temporarily for the Boers. Lord Roberts has surprised observ ers by the excellence of his transport during the first advance, and is likely to do so again, although military men here think he must rest for some days before going much further. The Boers, presumably, will use this delay for all n is worth, pulling their resources to gether. Dr. Leyds gives out the opinion that the British entry of Bloemfontein is daily expected, as Commandants de Wet and Lare.v had been instructed to retard the advance of Lord Roberts only until the concentration under Gen eral Joubert had been accomplished. No adequate explanation has been made of the 50.000 reinforcements that are preparaing for Lord Roberts. Such explanations as are advanced tentatively suggest either the Cape Dutch have been more restive, or the imperial government has a hint of foreign suggestions as to the future status of the allied republics. The admiralty board has telegraphed to the Cape commander an expression of admiration and thanks on the part of the Lords for the Admiralty to the marines and the bluejackets engaged in the war “for the splendid manner in which they have upheld the tradi tions of the service and have added to its reputation for resourcefulness, courage and devotion. ROOT LEAVES EOR HAVANA. Secretary of War Starts Out for a Tour of tht* Island. WASHINGTON. March 3—Secretary Root left Washington today for a fil ing trip to Cuba. With him wre Mrs. Root. Miss Root. Edward Root, his son; Colonel Carter, assistant adjutant gen eral; Private Secrtary W. S. Courtny and Arthur Brooks, attendant. The party had a speciaj car over the South ern railroad. It is reported that the trip will oc cupy about two weeks, allowing for a week's tour around the island of Cuba. The army transport Sedgwick is on its way to Tampa and the party will em bark on it tomorrow for Havana. It is known that the main object of the trip is to enable Scretary Root to confer personally with General Wood, and as the latter will accompany the secretary on his tour around the is land. there will be ample opportunity for such conferences. It is gathered from rather urgent communications that has been rceived here from Havana that notwithstand ing the apparent serenity of condi tions in Havana and Cuba generally. General Wood has reason for grave ap prehension as to the future; not be cause of the possibility of outbreaks, but rather owing to the extreme grav ity of important questions that are pressing from all sides for immediate decision. ADOPTS l\SlRGtNT TACTICS. Col. Anderson Tries His Hand at the Am bush tin me. MANILA. March 3.—Colonel Ander son. with the Thirty-eighth infantry, < mploying insurgents' own tactics, has ambushed the enemy near Batangas. Through spies Colonel Anderson learn ed that a detachment of insurgents would pass a certain road. He posted his soldiers concealed among the trees lining the road, and when the enemy arrived the Americans volleyed unex pectedly. killing twenty-four insurgents wounding thirty and capturing several. Some arms and ammunition also was captured-. The effect of this blow has been salutary. The enemy in that lo cality are dismayed. Street Duel to the Death. NORTH VERNON. Ind.. March 3 — At Brewersville today in front of j Stearns’ store A1 Fuller and Isaac Powers, a school teacher, met and be gan shooting. The trouble was over the correction of Fuller's child by the i teacher. Powers was shot once through the lung and Fuller received three balls. I Both men will probably die. 1_ Other Nations Not ('onsultod. WASHING!D. C\, March 3 — Ine secretary of state authorizes a j contradiction of the printed statement that the state department had secured the assent of other powers to the pro i visions of the pending canal conven | tion. No propositions in relation to j the subject matter of this convention. ; he says, have been laid before any other country. Assure Western People. WASHINGTON. March 3.—Senator Carter of Montana presented a me morial of governors of western states protesting against the bill introduced in congress providing for the leasing of public lands for grazing purposes. In presenting the memorial Senator Carter said there was no probability of any such bill passing and in order to prevent further agitation in the west he hoped the bill would find , eternal sleep. # • (.uilty t«*>l<U«*rs Arreitrd. WASHINGTON. March 3.—The fol lowing telegram was received at the War department today: FORT SAM HOUSTON. Tex., March 3.—Adjutant General: The following telegram was received from Ft. Bliss: • Have all the guilty, and evidence to convict them, except McElry, who de serted. Corporal Powell confessed. Loughbrough. Commanding. M'KIBBON.” This refers to the recent riot at Fort Bliss between some negro sol diers and jail officials. Cleveland Seriously 111 NEW YORK. March 3.—The Journal | and Advertiser says that ex-President j Cleveland is seriously ill at his home j in Princeton. He is not confined to ! his bed. but he seldom leaves the room on the upper floor of his home. He rarely sees visitors and takes prac tically no interest in any events of the world at large. PRINCETON. N. J.. March 3—The reports of the illness of ex-President Grover Cleveland, according to his physician, have been exaggerated. He says Mr. Cleveland has had another attack of rheumatism, which has late j ly confined him to the house. LIVESTOCK AND PRODICE. Omaha. C hicago amt New Ao'k Market Quota t ions. SOl'TH OMAHA LIVE STOCK. SOUTH OMAHA. March .V—< ATI l.tv The moderate receipts of cattle ■**> week and the high prices prevailing as compared with some other market i*oints has started up packers to buy in the Kansas City market. The market on cows and heifers was considerably de moralised and prices were all of lOCtioC lower. Bulls were a little lower, but veal calves high-r. Here are some quotations: : Beef steers. / 500.; steers and heif ers. $3.00*14.50; cows. $$.2T»*f4.:15: heifers. $3.10*14.25; cows and heifers. $3.30@4.0M; stags and bulls. flOHjl.VI; bulls. 3.73; stags. $3.7o4*4.23; stock cows and heifers. $3.b. <i4.25. stockers and feeders. 33.35*14.65. HC»GS—Sold 5c lower than Saturday. As com parts! with the average market the market was just about 2>*c lower. The hogs sold largely at $4.63 for good mixed loads, as against $4.70 Friday and $4.65 on Saturday's close. Some of the better ieavy and heavy mixed loads sold at $4.tW~ and some right good heavy loads brought $4,721*. The demand was good at current prices and buyers were all out early with apparent determination to secure as main loads as possible. SHEEP— The tendency of the market was upward last week, and it is saf*- to say tha tprices are now 27.4i.TOo higher than the week previous at the very least. Choice handv weight yearlings. $6.10fj«.23; good to choice fed yearlings J5>54i6.00; tair to good yearlings, f5.654i5.75; good to choice wethers. $5.50*15.75; fair to Rood wethers. $3.35*15.30; good to choice fed ewes. $4.S54i5.13; fair to goes I ewes, f4.67.4i ; jfoed to choice native lamh?. 7.15; good to choice western lambs. J6.S54J 7.00; fair to good western lamfis. Sd.ofevi 6.75: feeder wethers. $4-254*4.75; feebler yearlings. $5.ou4i5.6U; good to choice feeder lambs. $4.754i5.75. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET. CHICAGO. March 5.—CATT1.K— Na tives. good to prime steers, steady to slow. $5.0o4i6.*»J: i»oor to medium. slow to 10c lower, |4.0(Hi4.iD: selected feeders, best steady, others slow. $4.154i4.75; mixed Stockers easy. $3.4<*4t.T.!W; cows steady to 10c lower. $3.<»>*i4.25: heitVrs weak. $3.M4t 3.60; fanners slow . f2.25'c3.00; bulls ste ply. S2.6J4i4.25; calves about steady. »5.«>4i S.60. HOGS—Fairly active at yesterday's closing prices; ton. S4.X2'-; mixed and butchers. $4.654i4.s7l3: good to choice heavy. $}.s>li4>7*t: rough heavy. $l.«7/u 4.75; light. |4.6tWi4 m>: bulk of sales. $4..a'u 1>2*3. SHEEP AND LAMBS- Sheep and lambs generally steady; g«.*od to choice wethers. $5.5«V4i6.<k: fair to choice mixed, about steady. $5.4*415.30: wt stem sheep, steady. 55.25*15.HO; yearlings, about steady. $6.0O4i6.4*i; native lamlie. about steady. $5.'io4i7.35. KANSAS ('ITY LIVE STOCK. KANSAS CITY March Y-CATTLE— Market quiet; killing grades, steady to 10c lower; Stockers and feeders. steady; heavy native steers. 54.X56iY25; light weights, 54 *i*a.Y15: stockt-rs and feeders. J3.5nvuY(tO; butcher cows and heifers. 53.25 'i4.15; eanners. $t2.504i3.25: fe*l westerns, Jk.tk AiYlO; western feeders. S3.65Ai4.S5; Texans, 53.6547 4.50. HOOS— Good heavy hogs steady, oth ers 2Vjmc lower; heavy. 54.70414.S5: mixed. 54.6o'a4.75; light. 54.30Ai4.67t?; pigs. 53-50A) 4.;>». SHEEP AND LAMBS—Demand eon tinucs very strong; small supply sold quickly at firm prices; iambs. 56.5»'<i6. yearlings. 56.O04i6.25; muttons. *5.u0*i Y60; stockers and feeders. 53. .,*@5.50; culls. S3.yOAi3.7Y. CHICAGO PRODI CE MARKET. CHICAGO. March Y—WHEAT—No. 3 spring. 615165c; No. 2 red. 67*16s1 «c. CORN-No. 2. 33S*c; No. 2 yellow. 33*4 AiYlc. OATS-No. 2. 23*t33Hc: No. 2 white. 25*? 4i26c: No. 3 white. 25*?@26c. RYE—No. 2. 55Uc. BARLEY—No. 2. 3»'<j41c. SEEDS—No. 1 flaxseed and northwest, 51 6u; prime timothy. *2.45; clover, con tract grade. 5S.2Y PROVISIONS—Mess pork. |*er bbl.. 59.60 @10.60. l^ard. per 100 lbs.. 55.70Ai5.771?. Short ribs sides (loose). 55.70b5.9Y Dry salted shoulders (boxed). 56.25Aj6.50. Short clear sides (boxed). 55.90Aid.iW. WORK fOR THE PRESIDENT Senate Calls on Him for Report on Liquor In Manilla. WASHINGTON. D. C.. March 5—Mr. Pettigrew of South Dakota secured in the senate the adoption of the follow ing resolution: "That the president be requested, if not incompatible with public interest, tt. send the senate a statement of the number of saloons that have been es tablished in Manilla. P. I., since the occupation of that city by the United States troops: who conducts these sa loons. who are their patrons, and what kind of liquors are sold and the quan tity of such liquor. The president is also requested to inform the senate or the number, if any. of saloons run on the American or English plan in Manilla before we occupied the place. The president is also requested to in form the senate whether or not it is within his power, as commander-in chief of our military forces, to suppress ! all saloons in Manila and prohibit and prevent the sale of liquor to our sol diers." Dread Plague. CHICAGO. 111., March 3.—The ad visability of calling a conference of the sanitary officers throughout the United States to consider ways and means of keeping the bubonic plague from reaching this city is being urged upon the authorities at Washington. In answer to a leter sent by Dr. Rey nolds. health commissioner here, to Dr. Walter Wyman, surgeon general of the marine hospital service. Dr. Wyman says the health commission er's suggestion that a national con ference be called to meet in April meets with his approval and will be considered. In a letter to Surgeon General Stern berg. sent today. Dr. Reynolds calls at tention to the bodies of dead soldiers, which are constantly being brought 1 ack to the states, and suggests as a precaution against the spread of dis ease. especially the bubonic plague, that the practice be discontinued. As an illustration of the danger thus in curred. Dr. Reynolds reports that the casket recently brought from Luzon, containing the body of a Chicago man. who died on the island, was opened by the family, despite orders to the con trary from the war department, and the sanitary officers here. Those who love always have no leis ure to pity themselves, or to be un tappy. “Heroine of the Carolines.** VANCOUVER. March 5.—Miss Lo gan. 21 years of age. daughter of the late Rev. Robert Ixigan. the first mis sionary to the South Sea islands, sent out from Boston by the Congregational Board of the United States, has. ac cording to advices from Sydney, wo* for herself the title of '‘heroine of the Caroline group.” It is due not only to her fearlessness in facing famine and tropical diseases, but to her per sonal interference in a fight between two native chiefs in which she sus tained an accidental but severe in jury. Cuttle In the South. RAPID CITY. S. D„ March 5.- I. M. Humphrey of this city, a prominent cattleman, has returned from a trip south, where he was looking up young cattle for his range. Ha state that 2 year old cattle are still very high, and that there Is $2 to $2.50 difference be tween the buyer and the seller’s price. Buyers from the north hesitate to |»a> even as much as last spring’s prices, and as a consequence very few cattle are being bought at present. When a man has a boil he la apt to keep his wife in hot w*ater. R«>hrri’s I'lirwocniied Jok« It is related of the late Vi illiam H. Beard, the famous painter of animals, that some years ago, when he was painting a buffalo, a manufacturer or toilet oils came to him and asked him to design a label for his bottles of bear’s oil. The artist agreed to do so. and. suspecting the genuineness of the bear’s oil. produced a design of a huge black bear angrily hugging a hog and squeezing from it a stream of lard oil which ran into a trough labeled bear’s oil. And yet the manu facturer failed to recognize the ar tist’s little joke. _ _———— Blood Humors Are Cured by , Hood’s Sarsaparilla “I always take Hood's Sarsaparilla in It Purifies the Spring and it is the best blood purifier the Blood, i t»ow or Peari.e (iRirriN. Bald win, Mich. •• Eruptions that t came on my face have Cures all disappeared since I began taking Hood’s All Eruptions. Sarsaparilla. It cured * my father of catarrh.’’ Alpha Hamilton, Bloomington, Ind. ” **I had scrofula sore* all over my back and r- j. . face. I began taking eradicates Hood’s Sarsaparilla q r I and in a few weeks I icroruia. could not see any sign of the sores.” Otho B. Moore, Mount Hope, Wis. From Factory to USER. ONE Profit. Our High An* MELBA sewing Machine has ail the Up-to-i>ate Im(■ rove men t a, necessary Attach ments and Acceesoriea, with choice of oak or wal nut cabinet. Is furnished . with the latest improved i AUTOMATIC self 5 THFIEADING 8HUT 1 TLE. By one movement i the shuttle is threaded ft ready for service. The MELBA has the patent TAKE-IP. Automatic BOBU• A and a COMPLETE sot of best steel attachments, careful I y packed in a handsome VELVET lined case. Weight of the machine, weather wrapped and crated, is about 110 lbs. It is shipped at first-class rate. The freight will average about fl.tO within 900 miles of Chicago. The cabinet work is ornamental, the seven drawers and cov ! er being HAND CARVED and highly finished, having the heavy NICKEL-PLATED Ring Drawer Pulls. **e Each machine is carefully tested before leaving our factory. A MELBA sale to ns mean* « new friend and i customer for our general line of EVERYTHING you 1 EAT, WEAR and USE; therefore we can afford to sell it on a close margin and fully GUARANTEE it for TWENTY YEAR**. W e will ship this machine C. O. [ D.. with examination privilege, to anv point in the U. 8. on receipt of #*.00 with order. Price of »-diawer I machine, all complete, is #14.!o. OUR SPRING C \T ALOGUE of l.OOO illustrated pages will be sent prepaid on receipt of 15 cents, which pays part of express charges, tind will be refunded on receipt of first or-ter This catalogue quotes wholesale prices on EVERYTHING you EAT. WEAR and USE. Established JOHN M. SMYTH CO-. 1965. 15016$ W. Madlsen St.. OrderbythiaSo. A II CIIICAGO.IUL Taking « “Last Look.'* y A private of the Coldstream guard? tells an interesting story of something that happened at the Modder river. He says. “1 happened to find a bit of look ing glass. It made a rare bit of fun. As it was passed from comrade to com rade. they said. ‘Have a last look at yourself, my bov. and bid yourself good-by.’ The laugh went round.” An International Telephone. The German end of the new tele phone line between Berlin and Paris, passing through Frankfort-on-the Main, is entirely finished, and it is be lieved the French section will be com pleted in a few weeks. Under the con tract the entire line must be ready for use by April 1. A New Johann Strauss. A new Johann Strauss is in the field. He is a son of Eduard Strauss, and a nephew of Johann II., and has already composed an operatta. He is going to start this year on a trip around the world with a “Johann Strauss Vienna Orchestra.” _, Easy In. hat Hard to Get Oat. A marriage license bill was killed in the South Carolina state senate with out debate and without division. It is therefore as easy as ever to get mar ried in the Palmetto state. But if di vorce is sought for there, then comes the difficulty. Locomotive's Remarkable Haul. The Pittsburg Post says that a Le high Valley Railroad train, drawn liv a single engine a few days ago, con sisted of thirty-three steel cars of 100. 000 pounds capacity, and thirty-seven of the 80.000-pound capacity wooden tars, each loaded to its full capacity with anthracite coal. The total weight ot the seventy cars was 4.567 net tons. NONE SUCH Nothing hobbles the muscles and unfits for work like SORENESS and STIFFNESS Nothing relaxes them and mn|rW a speedy perfect cure like St Jacobs Oil DO NOT SEND US ANY MONEY * trsmst tor toc. LOOK! FREE!1 SOLID * COLD RINC •rw. !f°* 3®a» 2 *BWe* 2 Petris. «!!?$■ Ti?1.**** your hand without mih* Md •"f.l °* “y «*»y. 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