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THE NORTHWESTERN.' ■" .. ' ' ' T " ~ ] bom uotrit a Ginox. eom4 rate IOTP CtTY. - . NER 111 \I*S ts BRirf. lovi t kiUTiaaf are k>ldla| their anneal •cask* at Sumx City. feainu* * ere ftred 2a Havana ia humor of he* retar; Rout on hi* arrival there. The western Pennsylvania and east s' t Ohio traflk i»so.'ik*io* h«*» dec ided U* make ar advance In coni rates The Goebel assassin reward trill for fl*riL«m ha* become a la* by the ap proval of feamctitit Governor Berk At BprinvfieSd. 25. D-. Rev. Charles Smsate. one of the plane* r mission aries of the northwest, is dead. H« »a* i*e* VS. Of thr total prodnction of BcMoncr rails hi lftM Pennsylvania made 1 0 - M*T tons and ocher state* made !. slJ ** tons C'jQftreswmaa G. A. BotiteUe of Slain has so far recovered from bis letfi! : :!*♦** tha: be ha* decided lO nek re-election. It .«■ r*h*bl> repotted that recent Inundations in the department of Ma Bonn da Per*, have caused lo*se* to property estimated at £J§#.i<Ou Mr- L if Harris, mother of H n Addiaoa 8 Harris. (cited State* mm- I later to Austria, died at the Green Forks homestead. near RutuautuL I lad. A fraud order war issued by the P -*<4fc- * departtaeat against L U Brass the laiua Teachers" agencies of America aad the bureau of civil *erv u s la l*Pl there were tjfOd savings ! Ninka in the failed drates and tb# h jiwitt a them amounted to fl >41.* btaaa la liM there were Mir **v .^a Lsaki ia the felted States and i: «xr deposit* »rr- In <**♦. Judge Habh. while holding court at Frankfort. Indiana, wa* requested to thole at a wedding He declined to act. giving as hi* rea-oa that he be l>ved only minister* of the gospel * . _ : auu* a Uiarrug. contract, l.t President and Mr* Grw.tr Cleve laad left Pnnretoa for Mew York, where Mr Cleveland will Join K C. Benedict aad lau«l S. latmat. with whom he wHi start for Florida on a threw weeks' fishing trip along the ! Florida coast. The senate committee on. foreign re- I la* ion* authorised the reporting of an . Btetcnest to the diplomatic appro- j pflatum hill appropriating to hr paid to ex-tfue-n Lilian* alaai. and j providing for aa annual donation of SIMM to her a* long a* she may lire. W. It Vaughan the Cso« laaati Iir» e paper man who was injured in the Mis pouri Pac fir wreck at Independence a week age died at the I'civersity hos pital ia Kansas City aPer an opera tion oa his arm. This makes four w latla aa a rwaait sf the wreck A* Pan* a bomb wa* thro* a through a window of the rea:<1e»*e of Alfred Picard, commissioner general of the Pari* exposition It did not explode, j A lady who *as two men light the f.. and who gate the alarm was at tached aad severely bandied by them The Southwestern Passenger bureau ha* awthortaed a rate of one fare, plus I* for the traas-Mksiasippi •otnmer , *i congress.. w tile It meet* IB Houston April 1? to 21. tk-kets to be on sale April IS aad I*, limited to twenty-one day*. This rate will apply from all state* aad territories west of the Mis The Jary ia the coroner s inquest cm the death of John he baudiapp aad fam ily of Cianaaau. la the Missouri Pa cific wreck near independence re tamed a verdict (ensuring the railway campon > The jary held that the ar cideal was doe to oefflige&c* and could have town averted by the ex-rciae of The —rrvCarjr of the treasury ha* de « .ded to allow public deposits up to Fj per cent of the fas " aloe of the new 2 per eat hands, aad will increase from to to 16 per cent the tatocat which may to allowed oa the oM 2a. It ha* also been decided that holders of old 2 per cent registered issnds may receive coupon bands ia exchange, if they so —sure. and vice versa. ! Building material firm* which sup ply the Chicago market voted to close their plants until condition* in the building indi -try of the city ►tall have changed for the better. The reason given for this i At* was that because of the paraijsts in building operations brought on by labor troubles they have tees conducting their business at a km since last October. Opt Hugo He Bath* husband of Mrs Langtry, ia lying dangerously 111 13 the British military hospital at Capetown. A esulegram to this effect tut l-ea received by Mrs 1-angtry. « ***L He Bathe la a member of Col. hr**;.' timer's staff and was stricken with fever shortly alter the relieving force entered Kimberley. ^ A! Columbus. O, Mr* Peter Sell*, wife of the showman. Hod her an swer to her husband s divorce pui (Mia She makes the allegation* that immediately after the-ir marriage her hwstmad had compelled her to train as a horseback rider, against her pro test*. and to become the associate of dusmtute habit*, of depraved morals The Kentucky house passed the Mc ( hord aan railroad extortion hill. The Democratic Populist aad Silver upon a fusion deal for Kama* and Klver Republican* are to he accorded liberal recognition oa the Populist '’fl- the ltaow !uU»a histor ic*. Is dead at Maple*. Senator Allen introduced aa nmend amt to the Puerto Rkmn approprta tkMB MSI. deslartng that the constitu tkso arcs by f«er* of the Paris treaty rttradm over the island of Puerto Rico aad its inhabitants Ea-Congressman George E. White > .» been granted a divorce from hi* aife Meaner she believed ia faith care. The New York general federated la bor aaJon ban adapted rtoahKioas et peiliag asembrr* of tbe Socialist Trade nad Labor Alliance from the federated Pmf Harvey at the I'ni retail y of Maine ehot aad killed himself at hi* borne ia Ocean. Maine. He had bam Mfcrtaf from mental troubles result ing from overwork. Rev** hundred thousand pounds of v.s aad Meta have left Chicago for the ffhiPfijihM FAtTItM IN ARMS Organised Partiea Promise Conflict in the Street i of Frankfort. OfflURS ARt IN tEAR Of ARREST Semlj formed State Guard Stand* lienly to l'r«te«i the Kmcrutlve—Taylor Ile al** luteutli n to Interfere—Aa (iov era or He I'ardon* the Alleged Attite aiaa of (iutbrL FRANKFORT. Ky.. March 12 —The democrats and the republicans in Ken tucky are today, for the first t.me MDrt the present political eomplIcH tivns attain*u acute fottn. divided Into t*o armed and organized factions. Surrounding the capitol and state leg islative building and camped in the grounds around Governor Taylor's home are nearly 2tHi state militia, well provided with ammunition, while in the corridors of the Capital hotel, in which the democratic state executive offices are located, and in the streets adjacent to that building, are sixty spetial officers and the men and boys of a militia company that was organ ized in Frankfort today as the uueleus of Governor Beckham's state guard, U .-ides scores of heavily armed citi zen- partisans of the democratic claim tit. Humor* reached the democratic lead er* todat that an attempt was to be made by the state militia to take Gov ernor Beckham into custody, and in side of an hour after the report was circulated a petition had been circu lated and signed by the requisite num ber of men necessary to form a militia company. The men arlll guard the Capital hotel all night against any pos sible attempt to arrest Governor Beck ham. Only two days more remain for the legislature 10 remain in session, but the developments of those two days are looked forward to with apprehension ly leaders of both sides. The demo cratic partisans say that should the militia attempt to interfere with the rmioa of the legislature, persistent ranan of which have been in circula tion all day. it will be next to impos sible to avert bloodshed. The repub lican officials, however, deny that such ar t ion has been even contemplated and -ay that the legislature will not l* molested in any way. That the re port is believed in democratic circles, however, is show n by the fact that the adv.-ability of holding the session in some olner place than the state house lias been under advisement, and even at a late hour tonight the question had not been fully settled. Several of the republican members o' the legislature left the city today, presumably for their homes. LEXINGTON. Ky.. March 12.—The rabbxtb day brought calm to the storm which for three hours on Sat urday night threatened to burst over Lexington. , The adopting of a disguise by Davis and Powers in order to get out of Frankfort puts an ugly phase on the matter for the prisoners, in the opinion of some of their friends here, although they explain that they did so merely lo get away from the local Goebel in fluence*. which they allege would work to their detriment in securing a fair trial. Both tactily admit now that in this they may have made mis take- as both strongly urge their in nocence of any connection with the murder of Goebel and insist that they have no fear whatever as to the out come. Judge George Denny, a prominent republican attorney, called on the pris oners today and was closted with them sever*! hours. He will represent them in whatever legal steps are taken. Both men are very calm and have no further statement to make than what *«• given out last night. Judge IVany said tonight that the prisoners are not averse to going to Frankfort, but they would like to have arrange ment* made to try their cases here. This cannot be done, except as to a writ of habeas corpus, which is not likely to be sought in this case. _ Tl.» II* jr Drlti. LONDON, March 12.—Baron Wen lock, m the house of lords today, ask , ed the government what steps are be ing taken to hasten the Delagoa bay arbitration proceedings, and whether the government is prepared to Join the United States in pressing for an immediate award. The premier. Lord Salisbury, replying, agreed that the delay was most lamentable. Continu ing. the premier said he frankly ad mitted that the government s chances of taking action was very small. The delay was very unfortunate, not only m its bearing on the fortunes of the litigants. but in the discredit which it reflected upon the principle of arbitra j Hem. aFacllwllr I.iterat arr. WASHINGTON. March 12.—Kepre I >entatire Hepburn of Iowa introduced a bill providing that no picture of de - ription erf any prize tight, or pugil Urtk: encounter, or any proposal of betting on a fight, shall be traiasmitted *n the mails or by any common car | Her engaged in interstate commerce, whether in a newspaper, a periodical, or any other form. Any person send ing or knowingly receiving such mat ter lor transmiesion is made liable to imprisonment uot exceeding one year, or fine not exceeding flJMW, with a pro viso that the act shall not apply to any person engaged in the prepara tion. publication or sale of such pro hibitive newspaper, periodical or pic tnre. To l!ui!d Ala*km IJnt*. SEATTLE. Wash.. March 12.—Cap ; lain Abercrcmbie and forty-three gov ernment engineers will sail for the Copper river. Alaska, on the steamer Paul, limn., Tuesday or Wednes day. They will at once prepare to lay bri‘ig*--i over the Copper, Kitena and other rivers for the trail to the Yukon j and then will begin setting poles for the telegraph line. It is the intention to string most of the wire for the new I Uae from Valdes to St. Michaels. Eatat* of Over Klee Million* LONDON. March 12.—The will of the late Thomas Henry Ismay. founder of the White Star Line Steamship com pany. who died in Liverpool last No vember. has been proved, showing a personal estate of £1.297.881. Numer ous legacies. In all about £25,000. are left to charities, and the remainder of the estate to members of the family. BevalatiM Continue*. KINGSTON. Jamaica, Manch 12.-A general and fifteen men have landed here on the way to Colon. They say they are Argentinians, and are going to join the Colombian revolutionists. TWO HUNDRED INDIANS FALL llaml of the Mexican Smites Heavily the Yaqul Tribe. AUSTIN, Tex., March 12.—A special from Potam, Mexico, says that during four days, ending on Friday, the Yaqui Indians and the Mexican troops had four engagements near Cocorit, Mex ico. The Mexican troops are endeav oring to force their way through this section of the country so as to keep a roadway between Torin and that point open for travel. There are a great many Indians known to be In this im mediate section, and it is evident that a j very strong force will have to be put into the field at once to sppppress the : uprising. The engagements of the four days mentioned resulted very disastrously for the Indians, as in the neighborhood ! of 200 are known to have been killed end possibly more. The Mexican troops suffered very little loss of life, though some twenty-five soldiers were wounded. All the engagements were in ihe nature of skirmishes, lasting only a few hours, when the Indians would | retire. The fact that the Maya Indians have also taken to the warpath and are ' Harassing the troops a great deal, gives rise to grave surmises as to how long it will take to bring the uprising to a termination. It is feared that unless both of the factions are brought in sub I mission soon they will join forces. A special from Ortiz, state of So nora. is to the effect that on Friday re ports reached there of a bloody skir mish between a band of some 300 Ya quis and about an equal number of soldiers about fifty miles west of that place, in which the fighting was con tinued most of the day. The loss among the soldiers was slight, owing to their splendid fortifi cation. being ensconsed behind a nat ural breastwork of boulders on a hill side with the Indians in the open. It was a cleverly laid trap into which the Indians were led, and while they left none of their bead on the field it is thought their loss is heavy, as quite a number were seen to fall. Reliable information states that fully 2.500 Yaquis are now in the neighbor hood of Guaymas and fully as many more are prowling between Medano and Potan. f RAY LASTS ALL DAY. Hritifth Trample All Harriers in the Effort to Reach Bloemfontein. DRIEFOXTEIX. March 12.—All of yesterday was occupied fighting. The Boers maintained a stubborn rear guard action along a running front of twelve miles on very difficult ground. The British were advancing in three columns. General Tucker, to the southward, occupied Petrusberg unop posed: General Kelly Kenny. after fol lowing the river bank, moved in the direction of Abrahams kraal. At Driefontein, about a mile south of Abrahams kraal, the Boers were found posted in considerable strengtn on the ridges connecting several kopjes, where they had mounted guns. The action began at 8 o'clock in the morning with an artillery duel. Gen eral French's cavalry and General Porter’s brigades supported our giyis. The Boer artillery was accurately handled and the British cavalry found a task harder than they had expected. General Broadwood with dogged per severance moved altogether six miles southward, trying to find a means to get around, but the Boers followed ; behind rising ground and even at tempted to outflank him. Meanwhile the Sixth division of in fantry. advancing on the Boer left, slowly forced the enemy to retire. Had the infantry been able to move faster the Boers would have been enveloped. The last shot was fired at 7:30 p. m. This morning not a Boer was to be seen. The prisoners belonged to Pres ident Kruger's own commando. LEAVING DAWSON LOR NOME. Thousand People Already (ione and More Preparing to Leave, WASHIXGTOX. March 12— Under date of Dawson City, January 14, Vice Consul Morrison reports that nineteen ! expeditions have left Dawson for Cape Nome since December 4 last and as ; soon as the weather moderates many more will start. The population of Dawson is 6,000 less than last year. Late news from Xome confirms the re ports of the richness of the district and announces new finds in the inter ior, but lack of fuel prohibits these being worked in winter. Typhoid fever has appeared, with increasing mor tality. In Dawson the revenue from liquor permits for the year is placed at $100, [ 000. Saloon licenses are worth $2,500 i per annum. Prices are still up. The , profits on drugs are placed at 300 per cent: groceries, 200 per cent; hard ware, 400 per cent. Beer is worth $100 a barrel and whisky from $40 to $60 per gallon. Owing to flooding of the mines the gold output may be kept down. It is estimated that between $25,000,000 and $30,000,000 will com prise the output for the Dawson dis : trict. Funeral of Edward 1’helpH. | NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 12.— Funeral services for the late Edward ; J. Phelps, ex-minister to England, were held today in Battel chapel. Dr. Tim othy Dwight delivered the funeral ad dress. The college choir sang two hymns. "Lead, Kindly Light” and "Abide With Me.” The plain black coffin was carried into the chapel on the sholders of eight seniors, members of the Wolf's Head fraternity, of which Prof. Phelps was an honorary member. Two I'rrftiutMitH A»k I’exce. LONDON. March 12—The Daily Mail has received the following dis patch from Pretoria, dated Saturday, March 10, and censored by the Boer government: “President Kruger and President ! Steyn have wired to Lord Salisbury peace proposals, on condition that the : independence of the two republics be respected and the rebel colonials am nestied. “Yesterday the foreign consuls were called into conference and were re quested to invite the intervention of the powers they represented in order to prevent further bloodshed." Cook County in Going:. CHICAGO. 111., March 12.—Every previous excursion of the Cook County Democracy is expected to be eclipsed this year by the trip to Kansas City. The national democratic convention will be the Mecca of the organization in July. The trip was decided on at the meeting of the organization to day. It is probable that the club will leave Chicago several days in advance of the convention for Denver, return ing to Kansas City the evening before July 4. Interests of Agrarians Against Commer cial Bodies of Germany. KAISER SIDES WITH CHANCELLOR Hohenlohe Fears He AVU1 Hot He Able to Remain In OlHce If the Measure Is Adopted—Much Interest iu Legislation Manifested. BERLIN, March 10.—In the Reich stag today during the discussion on the meat bill Count von Kanitz. the agrarian leader, observed that Amer ica's share of the imports of prepared meat was only $4,lH>0.000, which he de clared was a trifle compared with the immense figures of America's balance of trade. America, he added, would surely not herself destroy her huge ex ports to Germany on account of ex clusion of her meat from this coun try. The secretary of state for the in terior, Count von Posadowsky-Wehner, replying to various speakers, said the bill was a purely hygienic measure which had been demanded by all par ties with the sole object to protect the health of the Germans. The govern ment, he added, had been formally asked to apply the same rules of in spection to foreign meat as to Ger many. The committee, however, haS not gone to such a length as that. It had admitted lard, hams, etc., in some cases permanently and in others for stated periods. Sausages, it is true, sometimes contained horrible ingredi- j ents, but what justified unequal treat ment of bacon and salted pork? The secretary of state declared the debate had taken a turn from which it might be imagined that they were dis cussing not a bill for the protection of the German people, but the introduc- j tion of a new customs tariff. The whole controversy has occa sioned during the last few days consid- ; erable strain in the highest places. At first Emperor William was in- | dined to fulfill the wishes of the agra- • rians. especially as they energetically 1 declared that their supporters would j uui ut- auit* 10 emiiuse ior uavai in crease if they were not passed in ac cordance with their desires. After : Baron von Hammerstein had spoken in \ favor of the committee's report and ar- j guments had been made against it in i the emperor's presence. Chancellor Ho- I henlohe sided with Count von Buelow, | saying he would not be able to remain in office were the bill in its present j form to become a law. Finally the emperor yielded to the chancellor. It is now almost certain the bundesrath will not accept the bill j in its present form and before the third reading a compromise is assured, j The whole nation is thoroughly aroused. The agricultural council has declared its satisfaction with the com- ' mittee's report, but the Chambers of Commerce at Bremen, Hamburg. Chem nitz. Essen and Elberfeld have held in dignation meetings. The National Chemical society has called a meeting for Monday to protest. The central ] bureau for the preparation of commer- . cial treaties has reported in favor of an "agitation against the bill, involv ing almost the whole of Germany's commerce, industry and shipping.*’ The bill has affected the bourses, es pecially Atlantic . steamship lines, whose securities declined today. WHEELER STILL AN OFFICER. Records of the War Department Show No Resignation. WASHINGTON. March 10—The statement attributed to General Joe Wheeler in a recent interview in San Francisco that he tendered his resig nation as an officer of the volunteer army last November has caused some surprise among the officials of the War department. It is said there that if General Wheeler has tendered his res ignation the document has not reached the adjutant general’s office. According to the records of the War department. General Wheeler is still an officer of the volunteer army and is in receipt of the pay and allowance of a brigadier general. In case he desires to quit the military service in order to resume his legislative duties, the mat ter will be considered by the president after a personal conference with him. It was said at the War department that General Wheeler was ordered home at his own request, as reported to the department by General Otis. PURE FOOD CONGRESS ADJOURNS. Thaak« to Alton, llnn-krongli Others for Their Efforts. WASHINGTON. March 1©.—The Na tional Pure Food congress closed its sessions today with more or less bad blood prevailing as a result of what some officers and members said was an attempted breach of an understand ing that no business should be trans acted today before adjourning. A resolution was passed thanking Senators Hansbrough. Allen and Ma son and Representatives Brosius and Babcock for their efforts for pure food legislation. All the old officers were re-elected and the congress adjourned, although harmony had been by no means restored. Land Laws for Alnska. WASHINGTON, March 10.—The house committee on public lands today favorably reported the series of bills relative to land laws in Alaska, intro duced by Mr. Lacey of Iowa yesterday. K. J. Phelpn F*as«M Away. NEW HAVEN. Conn.. March 10.—E. J. Phelps, former minister to England, died at his residence on Humphrey street late this afternoon. He had been ill since early in January with an at tack of pneumonia. There wete present at the bedside the wife and son. Charles Phelps of Boston, and the daughter, Mrs. Hora tio Loomis of New York, and his phys ician. Though Prof. Phelps recovered from the pneumonia attack, he was so weakened that he was unable to regain vitality. Duel Over the Money Question. NEVADA, Mo., March 10.—United States Commissioner Douglas Wight and Horace H. Blanton, an attorney who wras a candidate for the democrat ic congressional nomination in 1896, fought a pistol duel in the street to day. Both were hit, Wight sustaining a scalp wound and Blanton being dan gerously wounded in the abdomen. Wight's father, ex-State Senator S. A. Wight, is the democratic candidate for mayor. Blanton had questioned his democracy, accusing him of being a “goldbug” and this led to the shoot ing. ARRESIED FOR MURDER OF GOEBEL W. H. Coulton In Custody and Warrant* Issued for Others. FRANKFORT. Ky., March 10—W. H. Coulton, a clerk in the office of State Auditor Sweeney, was arrested and placed in jail tonight, charged with complicity in the murder of the late Governor William Goebel. The arrest was made by Chief of Police Williams at 9 o’clock. More arrests are likely tonight. Warrants have also been issued for the arrest of Secretary of State Caleb Powers and Captain John W. Davis, but they have not been served. The warrants also charge them with being accessory to the Goebel assassination, and warrants against ex-Secretary of State Charles Finley and John T. Powers, brother of Secretary of State Powers, have been sworn out and have been sent to Whitely county for ser vice. Davis is in the city tonight but was not at his residence, and up to a late hour the police had not found him. It is not known whether Secre tary Powers is in the city. Several witnesses who testified at the trial of Harland Whittaker Tues day swore that the shots at the time of the Goebel assassination were fired from the direction of Powers’ office and he and all of the parties for whom warrants were issued tonight have been under the strictest surveillance ever since the assassination. Captain Davis was an appointee of Governor Bradlev and was continued under Gov ernor Taylor. He also kept a boarding house. The warrant on which Coulton was arrested and for the arrest of the two Powers. Finley and Davis was based on an affidavit made by Thomas B. Cromwell of Lexington. Ky.. before County Judge Moore. Cromwell has been assisting the detective in hunt ing down the case, and it is said that, acting under directions from Colonel T. C. Campbell and Commonwealth s Attorney Franklin, he spent several days in Hardin. Bell. Whiteley and Knox counties, where it is alleged the evidence against the parties arrested was secured. Public admission to the state house grounds was denied to night to all. by order of the military authorities, but whether this is to be enforced longer than tonight is not known. LOID ATTACKS PENSION SYSTEM. Assert* Congress Is Still Legislating on Revolutionary War Cases. WASHINGTON. March 10.—The first day pension session of the house pro vided for under the new rule adopted yesterday proved a great success. There was comparatively little friction and ninety-seven bills were favorably act ed on in committee of the whole and subsequently passed by the house. The only incident of the session was a brisk exchange between Loud of California and Sulloway cf New Hamp shire upon the general policy of spe cial pension legislation, in which the former attacked and the latter defend ed the system. Loud delivered some general re marks on the policy of passing pri vate pension bills. He said that 95 per cent of the special bills passed by con gress never should have been favorably considered. All of them, he said, had been rejected by the pension office after the claimants had exhausted every ef fort to establish their claims. He knew it was unpopular to say these things, but, said he, no man ever made a mis take by pursuing the right. Of the million and a quarter soldiers and wid ows of old soldiers who survived the war almost 1,000,000 were on the pen sion roll. Loud warned members that if things went on as they were going during the life of the direct descend ants on the youngest member of the house, congress would still be legislat ing for the pensioners of the civil war. ENGLAND'S NEW WAR LOAN. Hickft-Beach Say* End I* Near and It May Not Be Needed. LONDON. March 10.—The amount of the new war loan will be £30.000.000. The interest will he at 2\ per cent and the bonds will be redeemable at par May 5, 1910. The issue price is £S9 10s. 4:15 a. m., March 10.—Sir Michael 'Hicks-Beach. chancellor of the ex chequer. explaining to the bankers the terms of the new loan, gave them an intimation tnat the government considered the end of the war near. “Since the estimates were prepared,” he said, “events have taken place that have changed the situation and prob ably not all the money will be re quired.” Whatever the government may know or intend, unofficial opinion seems everywhere to think that the Boer power is collapsing. COMMANDER G0D1D IS OUT. Rr*ult of I>l**rn*ion in Union Veteran** Union. BROCKTON. Mass., March 10—The dissension which has existed in the ranks of the Union Veterans’ union since the last national convention held at Dee Moines. la., has resulted in the deposition of Commander Daniel W. Gould of the Massachusetts depart ment. John A. Mandeville of this city is named as his successor. The chief cause of the dissension was the chang ing of the name from the Union Vet erans’ union to the Union Battlemen's union. Rt PORTS Of DISSENSION. Said that Jonbcrt land Other Command er* Will Rnlrn. LONDON. Ma.'ch 10—The Berlin cor respondent of the Daily Mail says: “I learn that there is dissension be tween President Kruger and General Joubert, and that the latter has re signed. Probably President Kruger will assume the chief command. Gen eral Schalkberger and other promi nent commandants are also likely to resign for similar reasons, and because President Kruger ignored their advice to make peace overtures after the first Boer victory. Advance for Iron Workers. YOUNGSTOWN. O., March 10.—At the bi-monthly wage conference here yesterday between representatives of the Amalgamated association and the iron manufacturers an advance of 25 cents a ton in the rate for puddling was agreed upon. The rate will now be $6 a ton, the highest paid since 1880. This will mean an advance in the finishing department also of about 4 per cent. The rate for puddling is now 50 per cent higher than in 1895, and for finishing the advance has been 37 per cent since that time. About 20,000 men are affected by the ad vance. LIVE STOCK AND PRODICE. Omaha, Chicago and New York Market Quotations. SOUTH OMAHA LIVE STOCK. SOUTH OMAHA, March 12.—CATTLE —Cows and heifers in good demand. Some demand for stockers and feeders. as there was a fair demand for all kinds of cattle everything in the yards was sold and weighed up In a very snort time. Beef steers, J2.u0fri4.80; steers and heifers. $4.25frH.65; cows, J2.004t4.U0 heifers. S3.15u3.85; cows and heifers. 53.1.VU 4.UU, bulls, 52.75frj3.65; calves, 52.3Ufri »-25; stags, 53.954i4.UO; stock cows and heifers. 53.003? 4.25; stockers and feeders. 52.80ti4.43. HOGS—Market was well supplied, so there was a weakening in volume. A load of light hogs by itself is hard to sell, as buyers are all looking for hesivy. Buyers would pay 54.77tjih4.s0 for rignt good heavy or fat backs quicker than they would pay 54.67tj for a load of light hogs. SHEEP—The market was steady, with a little lower in spots. The demand was fair at these quotations; Choice handy weight yearlings. 56.15fri6.25; good to choice feil yearlings, 55.904j6.10; fair to good yearlings. 55.7.Vu,S.9U; good to choice wethers, 55.454i5.75; fair to good wethers, 55.35415.45; good to choice fed ewes, 55.i- ». 5.25; fair to good ewes, 54.HOfri5.15; good to choice native lambs. 57.00fri7.25; good to choice western lambs. I6.8ufri7.10; fair to good western lambs. 56.5ufri6.85; feeders, wethers. 54.50frr5.00; feeder yearlings. 55.00 @5.60; good to choice feeder lambs, $5.75@ 6.25. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET. CHICAGO. HI.. March 12.—CATTLE— Butchers' stock, steady to strong; na tives, grood to prime steers, $5.KKi*>.0u; poor to medium. 54.00fri4.1*0; selected feed ers. I4.15fri4.75; mixed stockers. 53.504? 3.90; cows. 53.uOfri4.35; heifers. 53.19frr4.65; can ners. 52.40fri3.00; bulls. 53.uofri4.40; calves, 54.7.VU7.75; Texas-feil steers, about steady, 53.<XVti4.9U; Texas bulls, good demand, 53.254i 3.75. HOGS—Fairly active, shade lower; top, 11.95; good clearance; mixed anil butch ers, $4.70fri4.95: good to choice, heavy, 54.85 fa4.95; rough, heavy. S4.7O4i4.80: light, 54.65 4.90; bulk of sales. 54.80fri4.90. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Lambs geenral ly slow, except choice; good to choice wethers. 55.50frt5.90; fair to choice mixed. 54.75fri5.45. Sheep, western. 5S.40frj5.85; yearlings, 55.75frf6.30. Lambs, native, 55-50 1<7.50; western. 56.iaKi7.-J'. KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK. KANSAS CITY. March 13.—CATTLE— Choice grades active, steady; common grades steady to shade lower; heavy native steers. 54.7Ofri5.30; lightweights. 54.45frr4.85; stockers and feeders. 54.09fri 5.10; butcher cows and heifers. 53.25fri4.6o; canners, 52.50fri3.25; fed westerns. 54.1041 4.•;>: western feeders, 53.50u4.50; Texans. 53.70fri4.3-i. HuGS—Opening prices shade easier, but recovered and closed strong; heavy. 54v‘Xii4.90; mixed, J4.osu4.85; lignt, >1.45'u 4.82’^; pigs. 54.00fri4.50. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Lambs general of good quality; quick sale at tirm prices; Colorado lambs, 5M»0frj?.05; yearlings, 53-10 <06.13; muttons. 55.30fri6.0u; stockers and feeders, 54.0ufrj6.00; culls. $3.00fri 4.U0. CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRODUCE. CHICAGO. March 12.—WHEAT—No. 2. spring, 64%c; No. 3. spring. 65%c; No. 2 red. CORN—No. 2, 5«%{<34%c; No. 2 yellow, OATS-No. 2. 2?%^2.:%r: No. 2 white, Ji "<i27%c; No. 3 white. 25%ii26o. RYE—No. 2. 5KJf57c. BARLEY-Xo. 2. 37%fril0c. SEEDS—Flax. No. 1 and northwest, $1 •>>». Prime timothy, S2.5U. PROVISIONS—Mess pork per bbl.. frilO.Sn. Lard, per 100 lbs.. $5.72%<&5.85. Short ribs sides tl-'ose*. Dry salted shouMers (boxedt. S6.25fri6.50. Short clear sides (boxed). $6.U0frtS.l(». NEW YORK GRAIN AND PRODUCE. NEW YORK. March 12.—March closed at 76c; May, 73'-7;73-*c; closed. 72% c: July. 72% o73 3-16c; closed. 72%c; September. 72 7-KV’ii7.3c. closed. 72%c. CORN—Options opened easy with wheat but at once turned strong on light coun try acceptances and prospects of light receipts owing to bad country roads; closed firm at \'n %c net advance: May, 40% (a 41c; closed at 4e%c; July, 40%#il%c; closed. 41%c. OATS—Spot, firm; No. 2. 2s%c: No. 3. 28c: No. 2 w hite. 32%c: No. 3 white, 31l*c; track, mixed western. 28%‘!i3<)e. CROPS IN Tltf FARMERS' HANDS. March Report of the Agricultural De partment Statistician. WASHINGTON. March 12.—The March report of the statistician of the department of agriculture will show the amount of wheat remaining in farmers* hands March 1 to have been about 158.000.000 bushels, or 29 per cent of last year’s crop, as compared with 198.000.000 bushels, or 29.3 per cent of the crop of 1898, on hand March 1, 1899. The corn in farmers' hands is esti mated at 773.700.000 bushels, or 37.2 per cent of last year s crop, against 800.500.000 bushels, or 41.6 per cent of the crop of 1898 on hand March 1, 1899. The proportion of the total crop of last year shipped out of the country where grown is estimated at 16.8 per cent, or about 348.000.000 bushels. The proportion of the total crop of last year that was of a merchantable standard is estimated at 86.9 per cent. Of oats there are reported to be about 290.500.000 bushels, or 36.5 per cent of last year s crop still in farmers’ hands, as compared with 283.000.000 bushels, or 38.7 per cent of the crop of 1898, on r.and March 1, 1899. Ruah for English War Loan. LONDON. March 12.—The rush of applicants for the war loan commenced at the Bank of England and the va rious other banks where prospectuses were obtainable, immediately atter they were opened Saturday and a steady stream of people continued throughout the day. All sorts and conditions of persons were present; silk hatted financiers, fire ladies, far mers, clerks, governesses and thrifty representatives of all classes. They appeared anxious to stuff their money into Brittania’s pockets and it is es timated that the loan was oversub scribed within two hours after the tim« of the opening of the banks. Cashier Kills a Burglar. SPRINGFIELD. 111.. March 12.—A. C. Moffett, cashier of the First State bank at Waverly. 111., shot and in stantly killed a negro burglar in his bedroom early this morning. A quan tity of stolen valuables was found on the body of the dead man. He has not been identified, but is supposed to have l»een a professional crook. iJKljrninlth Siege Wan Important. LONDON, March 12.—The Pieter maritzburg correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, in a dispatch dated Thurs day. March 8, says: "Evidence of the importance attached by Pretoria to the prolongation of the siege of Lady smith is afforded by a letter found in a deserted Boer camp addressed by President Kruger to the commanders of the various districts and dated Jan. 7, complaining that in some of the dis tricts only half of the burghers were at the front and that others were stay ing at their homes, and urging meas ures to remedy this state of things. Section of .Went Bill Pa»ses. BERLIN, March 12.—The Reichstag today adopted paragraphs 3 and 7 of the meat bill witout debate. The Reichstag, after a somewhat heated debate, started by the social democrats, who desired to retain para graph 8 as originally drafted by the government, providing for the exam ination of pigs after slaughter, with the view of ascertaining whether they were trichenous. adopted the commit tee's recommndation by 165 to 66 votes, a motion to eliminate this paragraph. --—-- > f Spring j Medicine j • There’s no season when good med- £ 4 icine is so much needed as in Spring, A V and there’s no medicine which does f. 8 so much good in Spring as Hood’s J. Sarsaparilla. In fact, Spring Medi- A f cine is another name for Hood's Sar- f 8 saparilla. Do not delay taking it. % f Don’t put It off till your health tone 7 I gets too low to be lifted. | ^ Hood'& ^ | ! Sarsaparilla | \ Will give you a good appetite, purify ^ 8 and enrich your blood, overcome that • A tired feeling, give you mental and A f digestive strength and steady nerves. ▼ • Be sure to ask for HOOD’S, and be • A sure that you get Hood’s, the best A f medicine money can buy. Oet a bot- J • tie TODAY. All druggists. Price 5 m AMERICAN TRANSVAAL FUND. To Aid Widows and Orphans of the Uoer4. A pathetic appeal of the committee of Africander and Bond members of parliament was issued at Cape Town, Oct. 10, 1899. signed by Messrs. N. F. DeWaal, Joseph N. Hoffman, J. H. ^ Hofmeyr, Thomas P. Theron and D. J. A. Van Zyl, which says among other things: “What may, what can, we colonial Africanders do in this sorrowful time? Join in the work of warfare with the weapons? The law and our duty as British subjects forbid this, even should other circumstances not oppose such a course of action. “But what neither the law nor the duty of the subject forbids, and what, moreover, agrees in every respect with all principles of religion and human ity, is the offering of help to the wounded, to the widows and the orphans.” In the name of the Africander Dona, on behalf of the citizens of the South African republic and their noble ally, the Orange Free State, I appeal to all Americans to show their sympathy with the brave people who are now, in the words of John Hancock, liter ally offering all that they have, all that they are, and ali that they hope to be, upon the altar of their country, fighting to the death the arrogance and imposition of the great British empire, in order to remain free and independent, as did our American forefathers in I77G and 1812. THERE WILL BE NO BOER WOUNDED ON THE BRITISH-AMERICAN HOSPI TAL SHIP. Send to me your subscriptions, small and large, and I will send the amount to Mr. C. C. de Villiers, Cape Town, the honorable treasurer of the committee of the Africander bond, to be expended under that appeal. I seat $2,000 on Feb. 23. 1900. GEORGE W. VAN SICLEN, American Treasurer. No. 141 Broadway, New York City. Feb. 24. 19«>0. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For rhiltirrn teething, soften* the gams, reduce* !o LsmmsUua, sUsys psm. cure* wind colic. ZicsboUlP When a man fails he usually attributes his lack of success to the belief that bis business wasn’t con genial. She (after the proposal)—“You know papa is rich.” He (philosophi cally)—“Oh, well. I'd rather take his chances than mine."—Harlem Life. For starching fine linen use Magnetic Starch. Hon. Richaid Olney's paper on the Growth of our Foreign Policy in the March Atlantic will greatly help to clear us the new problems arising out of our foreign relations. Mr. Olney discusses our new duties now that we are an Asiatic as well as a purely American Empire: what changes must * be expected in regard to foreign rela tions. alliances, etc.: and the neces sary enlargement and improvement of our army. navy, and diplomatic agen cies. He considers the Spanish war as having been but one step in th9 necessary changes resultant upon ou gradually assuming that place in the family of nations which commercial and national development have ren Saturday night the juniors at Vas sar entertained themselves with a Bradley-Martin fancy dress ball, which was attended by 150 Vanderbilts, As ters and Goulds. Sprinkled through the throng, to add variety, were for eign noblemen, and the Prince and Princess of Wales dropped in informal ly to represent the English royal fam ily. The guests were announced at the door by footmen in livery and were received by Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin. Fancy dances and minuets preceded the regular dancing, after which a supper of lemonade and dough nuts was served. The festivities did not break up until the unheard of hour—at Vassar—of 10 o'clock. The ff»r In Sooth Africa. Has demonstrated the great foresight of the Boers, in availing themselves of all the opportunities in times of peace to prepare for war. Similar foresight should lead you to improve the oppor tunity of securing better farms than theirs in this country. They are on line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway in Marinette county, Wis consin, where the crops are of the best, work plenty, fine markets, excellent climate, pure, 90ft water; land sold cheap and on long time. Why rent a farm when you can buy one for less than you pay for rent? Address C. K. Rollins, Land Agent, 161 La Salle St, Chicago, 111. A single wild tribe of Western In dians is using forty-one kinds of vege tables vrhieh are absolutely unknown, to the majority of cooks. “Bathing Towel” Powdl. Dr. Haig Brown, the former head master of Charterhouse, writing of the -> school days of Colonel Baden-Powell, says: ‘T notice that the name is in variably mispronounced. That *a’ In Baden is generally given the sound of ah,’ but it should have the usual sound >f 'a’ as in ‘Bathing Towel,’ which was ais nickname among the boys at school. Genius only commands recognition when it has created the taste which is to appreciate it.—Froude.
