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.
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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.
