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FOLII DATIN’ ACTION
Has; British Warriors Fall Under Fire
of Boers at Wepener.
B4SIT0S HIU BAR AN INVASION
Wotevt mt Xjora Kabtrla Kriirdlnc Trraf
»—» »f Ku(llib I'rUunrrt — Mine
*>••« ( api«r»d l*y the Boer*
Um •( (otourl Utlget}'* Sorer* Be
port** la |»« *>trong.
LONDON. April 16— A dispatch
froa Ailwal North, dated April 13,
ufi:
“It 1* officially reported that the
IMk louaca at Wegner in four
| day* lighting were eighteen men
killed and 132 wounded."
Col**nel tkreuiell wires that ’ the
raa—Itiaa laclode Quartermaster VB*
| Hanna. Lieuteuant Halford and Lieu
tenant Ihmtau.
Sir Godfrey Lagd< n. resident (om
KUfat'.uCi' r at Vlaaeru. telegraphs that
no »Leliiug has been heard from the
direct km of Wepeaer today (Satur
• day*.
A regiment of British infantry and
a battery °f artillery arrived Friday.
G*-oeral lira Pant's headquarters and
I all the mounted troops have gone to
i&oaxvllle.
Toe ssortnern 1’>h asserts mat me
Ruutt ilk distn. t furnished l.(KNi re- I
' trim* u> the Ik*-r fon-e as a result of
tb*> tovasioe last w.*k.
Fir* hundred Horn, under Com*
n I uniat fnanriwel. forced the Kov
al Irish Kifles to evacuate Kouxville.
The former landdurst. mho had been
a*tin* for the British. offered to go I
to the front to prove himself a true
Fr** Stater
A cabb-grara from Maseru, Basuto
land dated April 14. says:
Sir Cnrffrry U|d(t. British resi
4ftt mmmlaalnnrr returned heie yes
terday i Fridayi from the scene of
operation* near Wepenet. He and the
paramount chief hare stationed 3.000 |
armed native* to resist the possible :
Boer (ticroai hmenta. The orders of ;
the resident commits.oner are that
the Batata* are not to be allowed to
cross the Free State frontier on any
pretense whatever. Two natives who !
* nswd and loot* d an abandoned Boer '
farm are aowr in custody.
t o. -net lalgety* position is strong ;
and well < husen. but be is completely j
Harutoland. and if they slay much
surrounded
the Boers have their backs against ,
longer they will lie hemmed in. The ,
British op* rations are keenly watched j
from tl.» n* ighl-oring heights. Shell
ing und smiung have been doing on
steadily during the last six days.
Colonel Dalgety s guns are admir
.My serv-d and there is no waste of
annual' «n The Bo* rs. when they
see the el* trie flash of the cordite,
bolt Into their hole* or behind walls.
So near us* the H*»ers and the Basuto
guard* that they ton verse. The am
bulances are < lue to the border, hut
the kilted and wounded are not re
moved un'il nightfall, in order to con
ceal the cumber of casualties. The
Ike rs *re fai e i«-d and the.r horses
are tired and footsore.
Th* B«*rs attacked fiercely the Brit- !
ivh northern position on Monday. 1
April *. but they were beaten bat k at
daybreak Nothing is known here of j
the casualties on either side.
From Warrenton comes news that |
Frank Smith, a well known mine own- j
*«. fell into the hands of the Boers
while driving from Barkley West to
mard th* Frank Smith diamond mine.
t*r*tratt fur I'rtwarr*
I XET**KIA April US.—Failed States
Coa»ul AOelbert H Hay ha* received J
*ii and ©ae-half tons of presents for
British military prisoners, mostly
from England and tLe *'ape. comprls
»Mt luxuries. «r*>ceries. <igars. cigar
and bo*.<« for th** hospitals. It
ha* ail been admitted duty free to
lb* Transvaal, and every facility af
forded which has gieatly gratified Mr.
iiay. Hr recently visited the prison
ers at Watervtl. and says that he
found everythin* as well as could be
ex petted under the circumstances.
Good Friday was observed as a holi
day throughout the republic. All Is
reported quiet at the front.
Sea • ter Mure an Mrluru.m
til KM 1 JSGH ASM Ala.. April K —
Later r*turn> from the democratic
primaries held throughout Alabama
yesterday confirm the reports already
Mat out of the overwhelming victory
of Senator John T. Morgan over Geo
e:c *r JohnstoB for the I’nited States
m naiorship. St. Clair, with one re
publican. v hi* h was the only county
credited to Governor Johnston in last
night - report, ha- fallen into the Mor
gan column, leaving the governor a
paoee eg* as the result of the elec
tions held la flfiy-four counties. Mor
gan will have lt€ of the I2»t democratic
voters is the general assembly.
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EL FASO. Tex . April 1C.—W. J.
Itrytn rea* fard here from Albuquer
que. X. If , and left at fc o'clock for
Austin. An informal reception was i
held au I at 3 o'clock Mr. Bryan at
tend* 4 th* services of the Knights
Templar at the Episcopal church. A
dr *ng delegation form Mexico was
; * • ‘ :.* 1 Itryan and as
sisted in hi* entertainment. Mr.
Bryan d*filed that he Intended to
mace Texas hi home and declined to
commit b.u. * if on the llailey-ChiHon
race.
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•Mi ( ha lor-li 11>.
t’HIf'AGO. April 1«.—l>r. E. Benja
Kin Andrews -aid tonght that the
qt*esH'»n whether he would accept or
refu^ th* offer made him by the reg
ents of the I’niversity of Nebraska de
pended iarg*!> upon what his wife
thought of the matter. Mr. Andrews,
he said, would return Thursday from
Fm-hurst. X (\. where she has been
for several days, and would then have
the case laid before her. Dr. Andrews
returned today from Lincoln.
IHIRIY-lMRff GRANDSONS
M<S- Itrwger Sends Mighty family to
Fight Ia*a«J*re.
LOXHOX April Id.—A special from
Pretoria, dated the 13th. cays:
"Jim. Kruger, on being Interviewed.
wwfa» that she trusted God would soon
atop the merciless bloodshed, but that
the republic would be vigorously de
fended even if Pretoria were finally
taken. She added that she had bad
la the field thirty-three grandsons,
two of whom were killed, four sons,
sis anas fa Is— and numerous other
iriitlm.'
PECK WELL PLEASED.
Commlulonfr General Complacently Ed
dortea the 1’arla Exposition.
PARIS. April 16. — (New York
World Cablegram.)—“In these days of
war it gladdens the heart and mind to
enter a peace festival like the one we
have just inaugurated. It Is magnifi
cently adequate. France may well be
proud. This country has endeared her
self to all thinking humanity by many
pages of her glorious history. She
ever has been one of the foremost
champions cf progress in all directions
of human endeavor.'’ This is the way
United States Commissioner Ferdi
nand W. Peck began a statement. He
goes on:
“Today, as I realize what a vast civ
ilizing factor the exposition will prove,
1 say that every man and woman on
earth—whether or not able to visit
Paris—ought to feel thankful to
France for such a mingling of the
races and interchange of what is best
among them. It not only develops the
large international interests, but pro
motes the well-being of the most dis
tant laborer on our prairies and the
most reluctant savage in Polynesia.
“I was av<l remain a great admirer
of the Chicago's world’s fair. When 1
first came here and for a long time
afterward I felt very doubtful whether
the present exposition could equal
ours. My views have changed. Chi
cago excelled in some respects. We
had there a magnificent situation—
vast areas of lake front and a splendid
park. Our men took advantage of
these points with an intelligence, the
result of which cannot be overpraised.
Even the French officials heading the
present enterprise have not forgotten
the marvelous architecture, harmo
nious groupings, enchanting water ef
fects and the general loftiness of the
fair of 1893. They willingly concede
that some of these things must remain
unequaled here.
"On the other hand French in
genuity and artistic taste, coupled with
extensive previous experience, have
achieved wonders. The area of the
Haris exposition is less than that of
Chicago, but nevertheless, it is enor
mous. Enough has been collected to
gether to keep visitors busily going
and always interested, even if they
should stay throughout the exposition
period in Haris."
[Clio OF CARTER CASE
CooireH I.lkely to Take a Hand In the
Matter of Men Implicated.
WASHINGTON, April 16.—Some
time ago proceedings were instituted
by the department of justice to se
cure the removal to Savannah, Ga.,
of Henjamin 1). Green. John F., Will
iam T. and Edward H. Gaynor and
Michael A. Connolly, who were in
dicted by the grand jury of the I’nit
ed States district court of Georgia
♦or conspiring to defraud the United
States upon two contracts relating to
harbor improvements at Savannah
and in Cumberland sound in connec
tion with Captain O. M. Carter.
The United States commissioner in
New York, where the defendants were
apprehended, held in effect that the
certified copy of the Georgia indict
ment. followed by the identification of
the defendants, was sufficient to jus
tify their removal.
District Judge Addison Brown, how
ever, held to the contrary and fur
ther that the government was required
by affirmative proof to make out a
case of probable guilt and that the
defendants were entitled to go fully
into their defense and to produce evi
dence on their part to rebut the pre
sumption of guilt raised by the proofs
of the government.
i he attorney general takes issue
with Judge Brown as to the correct
ness of his ruling, but with a view to
a final settlement of the question has
sent to the chairman of the judiciary
committees cf both houses of congress
a draft of a bill which if it becomes a
law will have the effect of compelling
the removal of persons indicted for
offenses against the United States
from the plate of arrest to the district
where the offense is committed.
IVnnlnti* for (.'apron Widows.
WASHINGTON. April 16.—The
house favorably acted upon fiLv
three bills, among which were two
senate bills to increase the pensions
Oi the widows of Captain Allvn Cap
ron and Captain Allyn K. Capron, fa
ther and son. who fell during the
Spanish war in Cuba. The senate fix
ed the rate for each of these widows
at $40. The house reduced the amount
to $25 in the case of the former and
$30 in the case of the latter.
tlarrttton Drrllnni.
CHICAGO, April 16.—Mayor Carter
Harrison today come out unequivoc
ally in opposition to his nomination
by the democratic state convention for
the governorship of Illinois and gave
his reasons at length. Mayor Harri
son said: “If I entered the race for
governor I should do everything in my
power to be elected and should expect
to succeed. In that case I would have
to take my seat as governor in Janu
ary of next year and the city of Chi
cago would be without a mayor.
Hunk Teller AhfrnmU.
BURLINGTON. Vt„ April 16.—A
special from Waterbury. Vt.. says that
John Farrar, teller of the Waterbury
National bank, is missing and that
there is a defalcation of $25,000 of the
bank’s funds. The community is
greatly shocked by the news as Fer
rer. was considered a model young
man. His parents are very estimable
people and two years ago he married
a young lady of high standing.
KANS4S GOLD CRAZE
Itic-li quart/. Or* Found in Vicinity of
Oalrnn.
JOPLIN, Mo.. April 16.—J. C. Mur
dock and others of Galena. Kas., near
here, yclaim to have found gold in
quartz formation within two miles of
that plat e that assays $40 to $80 a ton.
The assays are said to have been
made in St. Louis.
An effort to lease or buy the iand.
the exact location of which is not dis
closed. but which is said to be in
cluded within the great Galena zinc
and lead belt, is being made. Excite
j ment over the alleged find is intense.
.
McKinley Sends CireetlngH.
1 WASHINGTON, D. C., April 16.—
President McKinley today sent the fol
lowing message to President Loubet:
“The President of the French Re
public. Paris: In the name of the
American people and on behalf of the
government of the United States, I
congratulate the government of the re
public and the French nation on this
conspicuous inauguration of a great
enterprise, whose beneficent mission
is to draw closer the lines of tnter
! course that join all countries to their
mutual advantage.
“WILLIAM M’KINLEY.”
New Governor of Porto Rico is Dodging
Numerous Officeseekers.
LAW IN EffECT THE f IRST Of MAY
Gage Makes Ruling—War Department to
Kecaiu Complete Control of the Island
All of This Month—Secretary Gage Ar
ranging for Duty Collections.
WASHINGTON, April 14.—It is un
derstood that no selection of a succes
sor to Allen as assistant secretary of
the navy will be made until after Sec
tary long returns to Washington
from Colorado and has had an oppor
tunity to express his preference in the
matter. The secretary is expected to
airive here almost any moment. Mean
while the tide of placeseekers has
turned upon Allen's office and the
White House, some of the applicants
rot even waiting for the president's
signature to the organic act before pre
senting their claims for some post con
nected with the government of Porto
Rico. The indications are that none of
these appointments will be made until
Allen has had an opportunity to reach
San Juan and personally look into the
conditions there.
Secretary of the Treasury Gage has
decided that the customs feature cf the
Porto Rico tariff and governmental bill
goes into operation on the first day of
May, 1900. This decision was made
necessary in view of a discrepancy in
the bill as to the time the act should
become operative.
This action was taken as the result
of a conference at the treasury today
between Assistant Secretary Meikle
jobn and Assistant Secretary Spalding.
The war department has been in receipt
of many inquiries from persons in dif
ferent sections of the country calling
retention to the apparent discrepancy
in the Porto Rico act and asking for an
official statement as to the date when
the duties will go into effect. The con
clusion arrived at applies to all of the
affairs of the island and the war de
partment will retain comolete control
and direction there until May 1.
It is expected that Governor Allen
will be in San Juan before the end of
the present month, but he will not un
d(rtake to assume his office until the
date named.
The cabinet meeting today was occu
pied largely in a discussion of Porto
Rican affairs and particularly the Porto
R.can bill, which was signed by the
president yesterday. The provisions
ot the bill were carefully gone over
and suggestions made as to the per
sonnel of the new administration of the
island.
Secretary Gage has already taken
steps to assume charge of the collec
tion of the customs duties and soon an
expert will be designated to go over
the island and inspect the present sys
tem. with a view to making any
°hanges either in methods or personnel
that may seem necessary.
TACTICS CHECK BOERS
GenrraUhip of British War Chief Blocks
Ooui Baal's Army.
LONDON. April 14.—“The forward
movement of the Boers is checked.”
says Lord Roberts. This is taken to
mean not by fighting, but by disposi
tions to head off their advance and
bar their way to vulnerable points
lr the line of British communications.
Relief is on the way to Wepener.
The Boers in Natal appear incapable
of developing an aggressive movement
a* Elandslaagte.
Lord Methuen is at Zwartkopfon
tein, twelve miles east of Boshof, and
is sending small swift columns through
the adjacent country. I>ord Chesham.
commanding one of these, encountered
a small commando about ten miles
southeast of Zwartkopfontein. He
found most of the farms occupied by
women and children only.
An editorial note in the Daily Mail
avers that Mafeking is in a very bad
way and that the hope of relief is
far off. as no force is advancing from
the south.
The war office announces that 4.000
horses will arrive at the Cape this
week. It is well understood that the
animals are not fit for work until about
ten days after the voyage. Two thou
sand more are due at the Cape next
w’eek. The war office has called out
the reserve companies of several in
fantry battalions, which will be sent
to South Africa forthwith.
The Boer peace envoys have docu
ments—the Rome correspondent of the
Daily News says—showing that urgent
advances to the Transvaal to wage
war were originally made by Germany.
This correspondent also asserts that
Count von Buelow, the German foreign
on a visit to a sick brother, really went
minister, who was said to have gone
tc Milan for the express purpose of
conferring with the delegates.
TEXAS FEVER NOT THERE
Cattlemen Believed by the Report of the
State Veterinarian.
OGALALLA, Neb., April 14.—State
Veterinary Surgeon Anderson was in
Ugalalla yesterday and in company
with C. E. Menter of this place drove
over to the ranch of Theis Bros., on
North river, where the Texas fever was
reported to be. Mr. Anderson made a
thorough examination and reports that
Texas fever was not the cause of the
death of twenty head of cattle. The
ticks on the cattle were the ordinary
dog ticks. Cattlemen are much eas
ier since Mr. Anderson reported.
DEWEYAND BRYAN TO MEET
Nebraskan anil the Naval Hero Will Be
Guests of Chicago.
CHICAGO, April 14—Admiral Dew
ey and W. J. Bryan will meet Tuesday
evening. May 1, for the first time since
the hero of Manila announced he was
a presidential candidate.
All doubts as to Bryan's presence
was dispelled today when Max J.
Riese of the Lakeside club received a
telegram from him saying that he
would cancel previous engagements in
order that he could be present at that
organization’s celebration, which is a
part of a general program.
Indicted as White Caps.
' DANVILLE, Ind., April 14.—The
grand jury has returned indictments
against Elwood Walker, Silas Walker,
George Alexander, Samuel Sauteney,
William Terry, Lee Bolton, Benson
Eggers. Harry Swank. Fred Staley and
John Reeder as participants in the
whitecapping affair on the night of
arch 5, when Ed and Otis Hughes
were ffogged with blacksnake whips.
All except Elwood Waiker, Alexander
and Staley are under $300 bonds. The
cases are set for the May term of
court. It is understood that one of
the party has turned state's evidence.
BOOM FOR MERCER
Nebraskan Talked of as Running Mate
for McKinley.
WASHINGTON, April 14.—Congress
man Mercer is the latest suggestion
for vice president, his name being fre
quently heard in and about the capi
tal. The Star says this evening:
"The latest addition which political
gossips have made to the list of avail
ables for vice president is Mr. Mer
cer of Nebraska. The suggestion of
his name has been received with fa
vor in many quarters. The main argu
ment in his behalf is the possibility of
carrying Nebraska against Bryan.
There is a well defined movement
on foot among republicans to go west
for a running mate for McKinley. The
same spirit which was shown in the
election of Henderson as speaker in
compliance with a demand from the
west for recognition is being mani
fested again. The claim is frequently
put forward that the center of popula
tion in the republican party has moved
west of the Alleghenies and that west
ern republicans must be considered.
So, while easterners are gravely dis
cussing an available man in the east,
western politicians are turning their
faces toward the setting sun in search
of a candidate to take second place
on the national ticket. Western re
publicans are as strenuous in this af
fair as they were in the speakership
contest, when in their breezy, western
fashion they so rudely upset the plans
of a number of calculating politicians
of the east.
COMMISSIONS FOR SURGEONS
Congress I'rged to Give Contract Medical
Officer* the Prixe.
WASHINGTON, April 14—The sec
retary of war has forwarded to con
gress with his approval the draft of a
bill prepared by Surgeon General
Sternberg providing for the appoint
ment of contract surgeons who have
rendered one year's faithful and satis
factory service in the army of the Unit
ed States as assistant surgeons of vol
unteers with the rank of first lieuten
ant. The bill provides for such ap
pointments after the usual examina
tion as to physical and professional
qualifications and the officers so com
missioned are to be subject to honor
able discharge whenever their ser
vices are no longer required. The bill
also provides for the promotion of
such assistant surgeons to the rank of
captain after two years' faithful and
satisfactory service. General Stern
berg has written a letter to the secre
tary of war urging the enactment of
the proposed legislation during the
present session of congress, both in the
interests of the service and as a mat
ter of justice to a number of contract
surgeons who are now in the service,
and upon whom to a large extent he
says devolves the duty of caring for
the sick of our armies in the United
States, in Cuba, in Porto Rico, in
Alaska and in the Philippines.
ANDRtWS GOES TO LINCOLN.
Get* Leave of Absence to look Over the
Nebraska University.
CHICAGO, April 14 — Dr. E. Benja
min Andrews left for Lincoln to con
sult with the regents of the Uni
versity of Nebraska and survey the
institution, whose chancellorship has
been offered him. He will decide upon
acceptance or rejection of the propo
sition within a few days. Some of his
friends expect the announcement to be '
made at Lincoln before his return
home. His visit to the university is
regarded as indicative of a desire to ac
cept the place. Trustees of the Chi
cago board of education who are anx
ious to retain Dr. Andrews as s«per
intendent of Chicago schools were sur
prised when he asked for a leave of
absence to visit Nebraska.
VISITS AMONG ROY AIT Y
Emperor of Austria'* Calls at Btdln Will
Probably Be Returned.
BERLIN. April 14.—Several _of the
leading papers of this city today pub
lish special dispatches from Vienna
saying that the visit which -be em
peror of Austria is shortly to make
here will be reciprocated by a joint
visit of Emperor William, the king ot
number of other German rulerto Vi
number of other German rulei* to Vi
enna for the purpose of commlniorat
ing Emperor Fancis Joseph's^seven
tieth birthday, which occurs Adjust 18.
The statement is also printed .’'pat the
czar will pay a visit to Vienna fc July.
Clark Will Not Resign.
BUTTE, Mont., April 14.—A special
from Washington to the Inter-Moun
tain says:
It is now certain that Senator Clark
will not resign. The pressure from his
Montana friends and legal advisers is
in favor of contesting to a finish. The
Times this morning says that Senators
Mason. Bacon and Heitfeld will make
a fight on the floor of the senate,
claiming that a two-thirds vote is
necessary to unseat him. They claim
that the report of the committee does
not sustain ihe direct charge of brib
ery against him. They will expose the
character of his plans and he will
doubtless make a speech in his own
behalf.
Make Quick Trip.
KEARNEY. Neb.. April 14.—A train
of five coaches, carrying New York
Central railroad engineers and their
wivej, passed through Kearney at 2
o'clock this afternoon. The train left
North Platte at 12:35, making the run
of ninety-six miles in ninety-one min
utes, including a five-minute delay at
Lexington. The run from Lexington
to Kearney, a distance of thirty-six
miles, was made in thirty-two minutes.
Disband Tast Army Corps.
NEW YORK. April 14.—A special tc
the Herald from Washington says. Or
ders will be issued by Secretary Root
this week formally directing the disso
lution of the Eighth army corps. This
action will relegate to history the last
of the army corps organized to wage
war against the kingdom of Spain. The
Eight army corps has been in existence
longer than any other corps formed
since the civil war. It has been merged
into the division of the Philppines,
with four departments, presided over
by general officers. Brigadier General
Theodore Schwan will return home
from Manila with General Otis.
Coant Populists for Bryan.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., April 14.—
The populist state central committee
last night selected thirty-six delegates
to the national populist convention at
Sioux Falls. The delegates were not
instructed, but open expressions indi
cate that W. J. Bryan is the choice
of the majority of the delegates.
1.S51 Ballots and Adjourns.
WELLINGTON. Ore., April 14.—The
congressional convention, after having
cast 1,351 ballots and failing to make
I a choice for congressman, adjourned
I to meet in Norwalk May 17.
THE MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH
Quotations From New York, Chicago,
South Omaha and Elsewhere.
SOUTH OMAHA LIVE ST'PCK.
SOUTH OMAHA. April 16.—C 'ATTLE
Only about twenty-five loads of beet
steers were on sale, which, considering
the size of the demand, was snv.all. The
market was strong to a littler higher,
some sales showing quite a little Advance.
There were a few cattle heire good
enough to bring 15.15. and the market
as a whole was very satlsfactor y to the
sellers. Cows and heifers were in good de
mand and the moderate offerin|gs wers
soon disposed of at satisfactory prices.
The trade might be summed uip as a
good, steady to strong marketf. Heel
steers, 63.00&5.15; steers and heif»irs, 54;5t
©5.00; cows. 52.3»>©4.60; heifers. $8.2504.50;
bulls. 62.7504.5O; calves, J6.0067.0W; stags.
63.7504.UO; stock cows and heifer,W. 62-000
4.50; stock calves, 63.2505.8O; stocikers and
feeders. 63.2505.00.
HOGS—The market opened »■£ higher
this morning and fairly active aft the ad
vance. Buyers were all out early and
appeared to have liberal orders. ■ The ear
ly sales of mixed loads were l argely at
65.37ti05.4O. as against 55.32b.©15.36 yes
terday. As eastern markets were re
ported considerably better a little later,
and as it become apparent that fehe local
demand was very good, the market firm
ed up and became 5© 10c higher. \
SHEEP—Quotations: Choice yfrarlings,
16.15©6.25; fair to good yearling:!, 66.00©
6.15; good to choice wethers, 6*1.00® 6.25;
fair to good wethers. $7.7566.06; igood to
choice fed ewes, 15.90^5.75; fair /to good
ewes, 55.0005.40; good to choice! native
lambs, $7.15© 7.35; good to choice ^western
lambs, $7.15© 7.35; fair to good {western
lambs. 66.0067.1S: feeder wethers*. $4.50©
5.o0; feeder yearlings. 65.0065.60; igo«d to
choice feeder lambs. 55.2506.00.
KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCTK.
KANSAS CITY. April 16.—CATTLE—
Few good cattle displayed sold s »t steady
prices; trashy stuff lower; hea\ native
steers. 54.90©5.40; lightweights. £4.4005.15;
Stockers and feeders. 53.7 j© 5.60; butcher
cows and heifers. $3.4004.55; canr4ers. 12.75
©3.40; fed westerns. 54-3O05.OQ; Texans,
$3.90©4.70.
HOGS—Market very animated1 and 5©
Me higher; .heavy, 65.AO©5.55: mixed. $5.35
©5.50; light. 55.1505.35; pigs. $4.50©5.15.
SHEEP AND LAMBS— Market very ac
tive; muttons, steady, fed iiimbs 10c
higher; Colorado fed lambs, < $7.0007.30;
muttons, $5.50©6.10; common miittons. S5.W
©5.45; stockers and feeders,/ $450©6.25;
cuiis, 63.50ji4.5e. i
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO. April 16.—CATTLE—Natives,
best on sale today two loaikk steers anil
heifers at 65.45: good to primfe steers. $5.(W
©5.90; poor to medium, 54.ln*04.85; select
ed feeders, 54.25©4.90: misfed stockers, 5
©15c lower at 63.40^6911; cows, best,
stronger; others slow at 53.td©4.50: heifers.
63.1004.65: canners. 62.ou0a.SO; bulls, 62.70
©4.25; calves. 51.50©7.35. i
HOGS—Active and 5©lf>c higher; top
sold at 65.70; mixed and /butchers, 65.40©
5.67U; good to choice heavy. 65.504/5.70;
rough heavy. 65.35©5.40: lifeht, $5.3e©5.57Va;
bulk of sales. 55.5005.60. f
SHEEP AND LAMBS—Sheep and lambs
steady; good to choice- wethers. 56.00©
6.50; fair to choice mixeij. 65.T4V&6.O0; wes
tern sheep. 66.0u4ti6.40; 'yearlings. 66.0041
6.60; native lambs. $7f.5o©7.50; western
lambs, 56.00©7.50. ;
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
CHICAGO. April 16.—The grain markets
were weak and only moderately active to
day. hit by lower cabtees and the favor
able crop outlook. When closed •\©'*e
corn 7t»©lc and oats ***©\»c under yester
day. Provisions were irregular. May
pork and ribs closing unchanged; May
lard. 12i»©15c up. May wheat opened l~c
under yesterday at 661-4©66'rsc. depressed
by the increased Australian shipments.
CORN—Receipts here were 426 cars.
Country offerings were reported light.
May ranged frqm 2?7nc to 3S4*c and closed
weak 7&©lc depressed at 39\'rfSJ7jc.
OATS—Were weak in sympathy with
wheat and c*orn and were generally in a
sad state of neglect. Receipts were 133
cars. The cash demand was poor. May
ranged from 2»*©24Vc to 24*%c, and clos
ed ^©Sgc down at 24\4©24»*iC.
MAD WINDS SWEEP KANSAS
Storm Approaching Tornado Proportions
Deals Death In Several Towns.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., April 16—A
Journal special from Wichita, Kan.,
says:
A storm approaching a tornado in
proportions is reported from near
Winfield, between here and Newton,
and in the vicinity west of Clearwater.
Two deaths are reported and four
people are said to have been injured
by overturned houses. The wires are
down and names and particulars are
unobtainable at 10 o'clock tonight.
At Putnam it is reported that sev
eral houses were blown down and four
people seriously injured. Word was
brought by passengers on the south
bound Santa Fe passenger train that
two persons were killed, but it is im
possible to confirm this report at 10
o'clock tonight. The telephone and
telegraph lines were rendered useless
by the wind and all attempts to reach
Putnam. Newton or affected points
have proved of no avail. West of
Clearwater, in the country northeast
of Adams, on the Englewood branch
of the Santa Fe railroad, it is report
ed that a strip of country five miles
long was swept by a storm.
GERMANY NEEDS EOODSTliffS
Consul Reviews Results of Present Re
strictive Legislation.
WASHINGTON. April 16.—Debate
which has been in progress in the Ger
man reichstag over the proposed meat
inspection act which, if passed, would
practically stop all importation of live
cattle and meats into Germany, has
again revived the question of what
would the industrial and commercial
classes of Germany do for food if
the imported supply of breadstuffs and
meats should be cut off.
Consul General Mason at Berlin has
made an interesting report on this
subject to the state department under
date of March 9. tluring the last cen
tury, he says, the population of the
German empire has increased from
20,000,000 to 56,000,000. and a propor
tionate increase would indicate near
ly 100,000,000 persons in Germany at
the close of the twentieth century.
Farm, dairy and garden production'
does not keep pace by any means with
the steady in crease of population
TiufSoply by diverting the capital and
labor which now furthers commerce
and trade in Germany to the farms
and fields, can GeriLalU's future food
supply be assured. * v
France has more persons over 60
years of age than any other country.
Ireland comes next.
Nicftraaga I* Not Warlike.
NEW YORK. April 16.—A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
Nicaragua has disavowed to the Unit
ed States that is organized and dis
patched to David the expedition which
has aroused so much concern in Co
lombia and Costa Rica.
Senor Corea, the Nicaraguan minis
ter here, understands that if any such
expedition landed at Boca Chica or
Boca Brava, Colombia, it was of a
fiilibustering character and must have
escaped the “due diligence” observed
by his government.
Secretary Porter Resign*.
WASHINGTON, April 16—Owing
to continued ill health Hon. John Ad
dison Porter, secretary to the presi
dent, has tendered his resignation,
and the president has accepted it to
take effect May 1. George B. Cor
telyou of New York, the present assis
tant secretary to the president, has
been appointed to the office. Mr. Por
ter’s health was seriously impaired a
year ago by a severe attack of illness,
and since then he has been at times
relieved somewhat from the onerous
duties of his ol*ce, but failing to re
gain his health, he was constrained to
resign.
Stomach
Troubles
In Spring
Arp that bilious feelisg, bad taste
fn the mouth, dull headache, eleepleM
^CLrC^ulyou ore about
mating everything you take mto v
Stomach turns sour, causes stress,
pain, and these
DOD t 5 ""alV^distmas-mcan?
eymptoms - «8 ‘ { the gtomach for
They are the cries 01 w e
help ’ It is being overworked. It needs
^peculiar tonic qualities fes
tive strength to be found only a
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arlte to C?E. Brainard, Ogden, Ltah.
Convention is the soul s barbed-wire
fence to keep the cattle off.
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Men are all alike, and it’s lucky for
most women that they re not all dif
ferent.
Hon This?
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ease of Catarrh thatcanuot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
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We. the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga
tions made by their firm.
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0.: Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act
ing direct, v upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price
•5c per bottle. Sold by all druggists
Hall s Family Pills are the best
Most of the phosphorus used in the
world is produced from bones.
Magnetic Storch is the very best
laundry starch in the world.
About the age a woman quits say
ing “When I marry” a man begins to
say. ‘ If I marry.”
Try Magnetic Starch—it will last
ionger than any other.
Getting married is not like laying
out a corpse; you have to Lave a
special talent for it.
Great Ships for the Panflc,
President Hill of the Great Northern
Railroad says that for his proposed
transpacific steamship line he has or
dered vessels that will carry 20,000
tons, or a measurement capacity of
over 28,000 tons. In other words, he
will have in operation, eighteen
months hence, vessels equal in carry
ing capacity to the Campania and the
Lucania combined. The deck room of
each vessel will amount to over five
acres.
A eombing-sack is a fancy thing a
woman puts on after she has got her
hair combed on the morning she ex
pects some woman to come and see
her.
Starch
The Wonder
ol the Age
No Boiling No CocUcq
It Stiffens the Goods
It Whitens the Goods
It polishes the Goods
It makes all garments fresh and criap
u when first bought new.
Try a Sample Package
You'll like it If you try It.
You’ll buy it if you try it.
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IN 3 OS 4 YEARS
AN INDEPENDENCE ASSURED
If you take up your
comes in Western Can
the land of plenty.
Illustrated pamphlets,
giving ex per ences of
farmers wno have be
come wealthy in grow
ing wheat., reports of
-—-delegate*, etc . and full
information “s t J reduced railway rates can be
had on application to tne Superintendent of
Immigration. L'eoartment of In erior. Ottawa
tenada or t° m. V. Benactt, 801 New York
Life Bldg. Omaha, Neb. ur
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 8l 3.50 SHOES union
<fcW0'thS4 to $6 compared *
wun oiner makes.
^Indorsed by over
r > 1,000,000 wearers.
Tht genuine hare W. L. I
OougW name and price
stamped on bottom. Take J
l ”° substitute claimed to be
I *• grood. Your dealer
should keep them —if
not, we will send a pairC
Ion receipt of price and see
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W. N. U.-OMAHA.
No. 16—1900