Nebraska Newspapers

    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.
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(.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.
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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.
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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.
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