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THE NORTHWESTERN. U>cr an, . keu 1<. , —' =-=1S=?~- .'SJ.BJU-» m mm w war. Orcsas bolds her election oa Jus* 2. »uli*a Bouts, s fttotfr net borss rasw of CtUloraia. Is dead. i«r ... Tber* art thirty-four BitUoatlrH la Mr. Cwwfif s snr star! company. IU4d]»-cf 'tW>rosd populists of Tem wnwt fsirlfiif to m&4 drifgttu to OtrisiMi The Earl of I ■ inborn Is dead. He »«• term la lkS4 aa4 aas tut admiral nC the Tortitot roast TV Bofaki Eiprrti »u|«rau Ursry 4 Sen as the presidential ticket, had Mrs. De*ff for speaker’ Dr E S. IVUot. a well known K*n •aa. formerly a state senator, has died at Topeka of heart trouble. It to oElirlsMy announced that Kin; Ctocar »til vuu the Paris exposition before the ead of the asoath. The Ilkbaois supreme court has head «d down aa opinion that the a*vertu>> tag fa« law to uacoaatitutioaal. Oa accoaat of poor crops la Chill it to eaperud that that roaatry will im po-t Wheat from Calif ora la toto year. The tiHga» operator* oa the Ai latAJk aa4 ItoaviL* diriaiuc of tho hertherm railway are oat c*a a strike. Agree* from Hermuslilo. Susort. Vtko. aay Governor Luis Terre* has settled the Taya! tree fair ta his state. At Canon City. Cato., the damage to the fruit trees from the late aeary storm and frosts to estimated at tSov.- ' General John C. Gilmore, adjuian* I gcueral at the headquarter* of the army, to seriously Hi at Washington. D. C. A te-e* sugar factory has bees int uited at Santiago dr Ctill, being the tm rcmcera of the kind ever es'.shltok ed la that ccuatry. Commodore Courie. I & N has sal ed for the Philippine* oa the steam- : er Doric to take charge of the ma< tine j steps at the Cavite navy yard*. Mias Lillian Blakesless of Cory. Pi. ’ who has been under meduai treat meet for year* far eopsampdo*. ceughaf up J a cellar fauttea the ether day. and It rapidly movcrlbg TV Alameda Cal hoard of educa tion has adopted a rule furt»tdaing the emp.ormettt a* teat hers in tt.*- p._.ic s< hueto of aay persons who are a*uct> «d with tahrreukaris. william A. I ark of Aootana Las i«M to tkf board of dtmtur* Trust Company of America H | the place of J. WUuaxa Clark. arfc.> recently resigned TW Eev Ora Sqeire. father of ex la t«4 Staua Senator W C Squire, of Seattle. Wash... if dead at the boor of Mb daughter. Mrs ... i Joalln in Or* eneastir. lad. He arms >3 rears old. At a secret femes of tiny buhops of .'he Protestant Episcopal church, lie id at Near York, the nesiynat: m of iha asp Heary Jackson. former coadju tor bishop of the diocese of Alabama. * 'tarlea T. Uoaotaa. a prominent lire stack fftcahiks man of St. joaeph. Mo aad brother of Colonel ioha Don ovan, general manager of the SL Jo seph stork yards. Is dangerously ill with rheumatism of the heart. John baton. for seren years of the American Society of Kr.fr.oa• Edo* at ion. ha* resigned that uAr* aad Jeabce John M Harlan o. the railed States supreme court has beea « srd to »a< < red him. M m Jennie ON* ill potter the weil eioruUoaist. died at St Lukes la Near York city. Miss Pot ter last December has been an .n> of St_ Luke's suffering from < an Her body trill he take- to Wiw x aia tor burial. The twentieth annual convention of the " m s Baptist Foreign Mission ary Society came to an end at rioux Falls S D Sara. J. a» brott of Evan ston. UL. was elected presioent. atat« >re*i dents were auso elected .and a legislative hoard of riget. JudC* Adams, of the Cal ted mates circuit court, made an important rul stig at SL Louis relative to testimony .akea in depaMtfcma before notaries He held that a witness could jmpetied to test—y m eac h pro ceeditga nnlirs the legal issues had already been formulated. Where a suit Is merely pending aad the endear* has I submitted to the court, a wit bring In contempt could to answer may question pro C'ttiseas of Honolulu are demanding tW retigaadoo of tie court of claims apputa ed through -*cKiniey to award judgment* for the Chaatown fire kwx«. The presidents recommendation as to tie :i**tailaiioo at officers :a t*orto Km. as embodied In tbs message. via lie promptly acted upon by the homo nn—Him cm insular affairs. Daniel Fulta, a pioneer Summer county Kr Mssf farmer. 11 ring near t dais' was killed by a dehorned tmil while try la# to halter the animal Veterinary Surgeon J. C. Hamilton, formerly at Chicago. dropped dead at SfceibyvJie. lad. He was uamamci and h) .-wars of sge. Ferula Is ia daagrr of a famine, os la# to the failure of tbe crops The rhsdag at Stockncam. Sweden. La* voted U&nttJH* kroner for ammuni tion and rifles. I2.teh.Pte for new field artillery X».*te tor the voiwater nut association and agreed to increase tbe arw ca\al. ronatmrtlone for lwtl co kroner. Grant Britain offers to arbitrate for dole and Venexoela. ▲a anarchist pkd was discovered at AK.UUL 1 City and free port of central Italy on il* Adriatic. The police seised a number of letters from Paris and America, and arrested Use recipients of these missives. A cablegram was received at tbe war departsaeat from Governor ueneral Want stating taat the Cuban elections will be b*4d June 1C. Miss Jennie Dans, employed ia tbe treasury department at Washington and borne on n vacation, commuted suicide by drinking poison^nt Kewa A company kas been organised in Austin. Texas to build airs alps. Tbe navy department nas secured a f in ten <tearner to carry the wheat oats food supplies collected by charitable organisations in New York to plague end famine sufferers in In that Chicago ■recorded in boy, who is the arrival in of James Francis district telegraph to President Krv of sympathy from PhUa aad New York schools boya. Tb< Fil.pizo* Lose Over a Thousand Men in Seven Daja BANDS Of INSlRGf NTS ARE ACTIVE I*— M A«rrtrma U Only slight— Filar Eagifra Utrrltou si ten Miguel— Tlunyriftta Infantry UcU three Uuun uf Night f ighting. MANILA. April 23*—Last week has been ijtue of the bloodiest of the war atoer Cite Cm day's lighting around Manila. Authentic r.-i» rts, mostly of ficial. show a total of ITS Filipinos , killed, twelve ofllcers and 244 inen cap- ] tured and many more wounded. The : number wound*-1 U hardly guess- i able. as a great majority of ; the wounded will die. Probably the week's work finished 1.444 insurgents. ! The Americans* I"** was nine killed and sisteen wounded. Two sergeants and ; < ne private were killed in ambush and while escorting provision trains. The insurgents have been aggressive In almost every province of Luzon. nral Flo del Pilar's bind, numln-r :ng Is*, which was out of sight for three ■MAfhs. the leader being reported kill ed, has reapp< a red In its old Held about Sad Miguel. f*Slnr Is suppossd to be again in com mand. He gave the American garrison Ml Miguel* consisting of three com panies of the Thirty-tlfth infantry, with a •ailing, a three hours’ light, during a eight attack. The 1 <>** of the insur gents in this engagement is not includ ed in the foregoing total, as they re moved th* ir dead and wc#unded, but I'TeS’umably considerable. Twenty Filipinos in the province of Satatcges attacked Lieutenant Wende, who. with eight men, were scouting near San Jose. The lieutenant and five men were wounded and one private waa killed. isergeant Ledous of the Thirty-fifth Infantry, with seventy men. had a five h urs* fight with 4‘*0 Insurgents In the Neuva <*aceras district. Twenty of the Insurgents were killed. Colon* I Smith <>f the Seventeenth In fantry. who captured General Monte negro. and brought him to Manila, Is In the is .au n h *t*ltal. suffering from sm ilp 'X. presumably caught from the Filipino*. « ’*'Mimn f r mnuBo < .iinu.eu > A. -rs an 1 men with M nUntgro. The « t?i **r® acre ferooght to Manila. Montenegro. one of the dapper officers In the Piiip.no army, looks worn and haggard. He says he led a terrible life for months, and h • has offered to re turn to the north V. ith Colonel Smith, t® endeavor to j rsuade his former <- tirade® of th- usel ssm ss of opposing tbe Amen- an®. • -ne fcf*—* e**-.;- ! Spanish prison r* fr-ir. the j-r*.v;n> *• of Tayabas, South Luz*n, hai'e arrived at Manila. The insurgents have IN more Spam lards In that <!isir: t. Recently the Pi!;; ;r. *s destroy*-! several rods of the tailr ad hne n* ar Paniquo. in an un cut .essfui attempt to wreck a train. Hl{ Money la kiectrirlty. NEW YORK. April 23.—The annual report of the General Electric company issued today shows gross receipts for the year ending January 31. WOO, of $23.24*.170. Of this amount there was a total profit for the year of $5,479,130. The sum of $1.2*2070 was absorbed in paying dividends on preferred and common stock and interest on out standing debentures, the patent ac count was reduced by $2,000,000 and an addition to the surplus account was made of $2,196,459. This leaves a pres ent surplus with a balance of $156,570 earned forward from last year of $2, 353.030. JawiM-d I row lh( Brooklyn Bridge. NEW YORK. April 23.—Miss Marie Dinse of this city Jumped from the Brooklyn bridge without serious inju ries. Many men have made this leap into the waters of the East river since the bridge has been completed. Most of them have perished, but Miss Dinse is the second woman who has ever at tempted to end her life in this way. On September 6, 1995, a Mrs. McArthur jumped from the bridge and was but slightly injured. She was discharged when arraigned in a police court. On August 20 of the same year Mrs. Mc Arthur made a second attempt to jump but was stopped by tbe bridge police. timeral Eton to Resign. HA\«NA. April 23.—General Rius Rivera secretary of agriculture, has had a long interview with Governor General Wood regarding tne letter which he wrote urging a union of po litical parties and unanimous demand of independence by the end of 1901. General Rivera will probably resign early this week from his official posi ti'er. The CuLanu predicts that the re maining secretaries will do likewise, as it is recognized that General Rivera hold- a powerful influence. Otner sec retaries of agriculture will not affect them. They give it as their belief that the party will be benefited by tuvera’s resignation. Me Hu One Wife Too Manr. TACOMA. April 23.—Rowland r. HIM. professor of mathematics at the Fuget Sound university, and formerly mining speculator and business man of Blaine, Neb., was arrested here on a c harge of bigamy. He is accused of marrying a Nebraska girl five years after he deserted a wife in England. Hill does not deny ne has another wife living, but he claims he read a state ment in a Nebraska paper to the effect that desertion of a wife in a foreign country for five years had been con strued by the Nebraska courts as a di v r<f His English wife is an actress and Hill says that they never lived to gether. Cud of (inrbrl Ira’lon. FRANKFORT, Ky.. April 22 —While the Franklin county grand jury has not adjourned It is understood that the investigation of the Goebel asaasina tion has been completed. The indict ment against republican Governor Tay lor. charging him with being an acces sory to the murder, will be held up till after the argument of the governorship contest case, which is docketed for bearing before the supreme court at Washington. April 30. and it is said by persons in the councils of the prose cution that no such warrant will be is Fued or other steps taken in the case till after that time. Will A«k for m Kerelrer. ST. PAt'L. Minn.. April 23.—A Dis patch special from Butte. Mont., says: Some time ago Burdelle O’Connor insti tuted a $2,000,000 damage suit against the Anaconda Mining company, set ting forth that the defendant through workings of the St. I^awrence. Ana ;onda and Mountain View mines un lawfully extracted ore from the "copper trust** mine, owned by the plaintiff, and asking for a permanent injunction. At torneys for the plaintiff announced that ic ease Judge Claneey denies the per manent Injunction they would seek the appointment of a receiver for the Ana eenda company TURKEY REPLIES Americana to lie Compensated Same as Other Foreign Subjects. CONSTANTINOPLE. April 23—The porte has replied to the American de mands, stating that Turkey will com pensate American missionaries under the same conditions as in the case of other foreign subjects. The United States legation has Joined the other embassies in protest ing against the increase of import duties. The porte has not yet replied to the last colective note, but the changed tone of the Ottoman officials leads to a belief that a settlement has been reached in conformity with the de mands of the foreign republics. It is now fully expected that the porte will invite the embassies to discuss the proposed changes. There is general interest in polit ical circles regarding the attitude of the United States in the indemnity claim and it is believed that the pow ers having similar claims will support American action. WASHINGTON, April 23.—Neither Secretary Hay nor the Turkish minis ter has been advised of the reported action of the porte in replying to the American demands. In the absence of official information and of the spe cific conditions of the reply, officials here prefer not to discuss the matter, but express the hope that a satisfac tory and amicable settlement of the differences between the tv o countries may be reached. BATTLE IS RAGING Hocr* Fiercely Attacked Dalgetty's Po •itlou to Anticipate Kelief. MASERU, Basutoland, April 23.— Evening—Four Boer guns have been hard at work all day on colonel Dal gety's position, me British guns have teptied at intervals. The Boers are divided into three di visions. two be ng in positions to re pel the relief columns, the distant roar oi whose artillery is audible. General Brabant's relief force is re ported to be today in the neighborhood of Bushman's Kop, twenty miles from Wepener. The Basutos are posted on the border for defensive purposes. They are be having in orderly fashion, but are showing the most intense interest in the outcome of the developments of the next twenty-four hours. MASERU. Basutoland, April 23.— General Brabat's guard reached Bush ma's Kop last evening. The Boers held a strong position there, with two guns. The engagement opened at sunrise with heavy rifle fire. At 6:30 a. m. can nonading began and continued for sev eral hours. General Brabant's forces are on the plain and have fairly open country all the way to Wepener. Evidently the Boers reattacked Dal getv today. Colonel Dalgety heliographs: “All well. Boers fired 300 shells yes terday with doing much damage.” BRYAN’S AID WILL BE ASKED Good Office* of Silver Leader Sought to Settle the Differences. TOPEKA. Kan.. April 23.—While W. J. Bryan is in Wichita this week his good offices, will it is said, be sought to settle differences existing between the populists and democrats in the Sixth and Seventh districts, where fu sion is split wide open on account of the attitude of rival nominees for con gress. The fusion politicians are very much concerned by the situation in these districts and they also look for ward to the Third district democratic 'and populist conventions, set for May 21. with much alarm, for if a demo crat be not given the united nomina tion in that district a split will, it is predicted, ‘be inevitable between the two state conventions to be held later at Fort Sscott. The district is now represented in congress by Hon. E. R. Ridgely. populist. Mr. Bryan is booked to speak at Wichita on Tuesday. GERMANY UNABLE TO HELP See Jio Reason Why Boer Delegation Should Visit That Country. BERLIN, April 23.—The semi-official Berliner Post publishes an inspired article in which it is stated that the sentiment regarding the Boers still re mains friendly throughout Germany, but that the government sees no rea son why the Boer peace delegation should come to Berlin, since no good could be gained from such a visit, Germany being unable to render the slightest service, either in friendly of fices to both sides or in intermediation so long as Great Britain remains de termined to reject both. B »o*tg l:p the Generals. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23.—The senate committee on military affairs reached an agreement to report the bill for the reorganization of the army with a number of amendments. The bill confers the rank of lieutenant gen eral upon the senior major general and that of major general upon the adju tant general of the army. N»id to He a Nebraskan. CHICAGO, April 23.—The Chicago police say they have eighteen cases against C. O. Charleston, under arrest on the charge of getting small sums of money from various persons on worthies* checks. Charleston is said to be a former Justice of the peace and a former member of the Nebraska leg islature. Last year the American people con sumed 2.000.000 tons of sugar, of which l,3So,000 tons were made by the sugar trust. DEWEY SCHEDULE ARBANOED Dates for Admiral and Party on Their Trip Through the West. WASHINGTON, April 23.—Admiral and Mrs. Dewey will leave here in a special train over the Baltimore & Ohio railroad Sunday, April 29, on their trip to Chicago, St Louis, Memphis, Nash ville and Knoxville. They will arrive in Chicago at noon Monday, April 30. Wednesday morning, May 3, the Chi cago & Alton railroad will take the special to Jacksonville, 111., where a three-hours’ stop will be made. St. Louis will be reached In the evening. lienjamln Northrop Is Dead. NEW YORK, April 23.—Benjamin Northrup, a well known newspaper man, formerly managing editor of the Mail and Express, died Saturday night of meningitis, after an illness of a few weeks. Mr. Northrup was born in Cleveland in June, 1856. His father built the ‘‘Northrup Block,” In that city. His mother was one of the foun ders of St Luke’s hospital, Cleveland. He received his education at Racine, Wis., and in Germany and France. He was at various times connected with the Indianapolis News and other west ern papers. IS DEAD OR DISABLED Belief that Colonel Baden-Powell No Longer Commands at Mafeking. BOERS GOING FROM BLOEMFONTEIN Country In Terrible Condition and Fever la Decimating Mafeking—Flood Waters Adding to Hardships—Cedi Rhodes Makes Unexpected Departure From London for the Cape. LONDON, April 21.—New York World Cablegram—Special Telegram.) —Is Colonel Baden-Powell, the hero of Mafeking, dead or sick? The rumor that he is one or the other came from Boer sources early this week. Of course it was discred ited, but it is remarkable that for three weeks now the dispatches received from Mafeking—the last dated April 11—do not mention his name. Until this silence Colonel Baden-Powell’s name, his varied activities, bis schemes and his interchanges of hostilities with the Boer forces investing Mafe king, filled all the Mafeking dis patches. Lady Sarah Wilson’s latest dis patches make mention of “the com mandant,” but Baden-Powell’s name is conspicuous by its absence. The war office’s reply to my inquiry about the colonel was, “We have no in formation.” If the war officials had any evidence to contradict the Boer re port they undoubtedly would quickly publish it. Yet that report remains uncontradicted. That the British authorities should desire to suppress news of Baden-Pow ell's death (if true) as long as possi ble is easy to understand, for publica tion of it would embolden the Boers to make a final dash for the possession of Mafeking. Major Lord Edward Cecil, son of Lord Salisbury, must be in command if Colonel Baden-Powell is dead of dis abled. LONDON, April 21.—A cable from Bloemfontein reports fighting at Ka ree siding, six miles north of Glen. This is an indication that the British forces have begun the advance on Pre toria, but even if this were only an un important skirmish there are many other Indications that Lord Roberts is either starting or has already started for the northern goal. A dispatch from Capetown under to day’s date says: “The censorship restrictions have been greatly increased, owing to the movements of the troops.” All the dis patches bear traces of the strenuous efforts of the correspondents to give their papers an inkling of what is afoot. “The Boers south of Bloemfontein 1 are reported to be retreating. Large | commandos were seen April 19. near Thaba N’Chu, moving to the north. Their progress was slow, however, ow ing to the terrible condition of the country. Bv way of Pretoria comes a ' report that fever is decimating the Mafeking garrison and a letter from the mayor of Mafeking says Lord Rob erts asked Colonel Baden-Powell to hold out until May 20. WIPED OUT BY EIRE Cosines* Portion of a North Dakota Town Entirely Destroyed. GRAND FORKS. N. D.. April 21.— Word was received here this after noon that Edinburg in the northern part of Walsh county was burning and almost immediately after the first in formation came to hand the telegraph wires went down and it was impossi ble to get further information from that source. A telephone message to Park River brought the following par ticulars from a reliable source: The fire started at 3 p. m. in the rear of Flatens drug store, standing at the south end of the business por tion of the town. A south wind aided the flames in quickly spreading and before anyone was aware what had happened the whole town was ablaze. It was impossible to learn how the fire originated. Several people attempted to save their personal belongings, but were compelled to abandon the attempt and flee for their lives. Two women. Mrs. Lindahl and Mrs. B. J. Orson, perished in the flames and one child barely es caped. The residence portion of the city is uninjured. The chief sufferers are business men and the people who occupied apartments above stores. Fraleht RnlM Canrdlrd. NEW YORK. April 21.—It is an nounced by a Wall street news agency that the through freight rates between the Pacific coast and all points south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi river were canceled today. All of the interested roads, including the South ern Pacific, have Issued notices to that efTect As a result of this action, the transcontinental rates east of the Mis sissippi river are added to the rate be tween San Francisco and the river and the through rate advanced in the exact amounrt. of the added local, which ranges from 30 cents per 100 pounds to $1 and more in some instances. Grtegd Wants 8900,000 More. WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 21.— Attorney General Griggs was before the house committee on public build ings and grounds today to urge an additional $900,000 appropriation for the proposed new department of Justice building. To Reoort Grand Armv Bill. WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 21.— After extended conferences the house committee on invalid pensions, of which Representative Sulloway of New Hampshire is chairman, finally deter mined today to report to the house senate bill 1477, which is known as the “Grand Army bill.” v The final draft, of the bill aggregates the disabilities un der which applications may be made for pension under the act of June 27, 1809. The other radical change in ex isting law is the changing of the rate of Income of a soldier's widow’ from the present rate of $96 per year to an “actual net income of $250 per year.” Rale* a* to Branding Cattle. WASHINGTON, April 21.—Congress man Burke of South Dakota. In be half of the stockmen of th estate, has requested the Indian officials to frame rules and regulations requiring stock men and Indians on reservations to comply with the state law with refer ence to the branding of catttle. It is asserted that many brands used on reservations are similar to those reg istered under the law, and that this condition of affairs has created con siderable confusion. It is probable that such a regulation will be adopted. ACTION AGAINST TURKEY State Department Proceeding With C»u tlon In Ita Work. WASHINGTON. April 21—Secre tary’ Hay returned to Washington to day from New York. An accumula tion of departmental business awaited him, but nothing in the nature of an ultimatum directed to the Turkish government was included in the mass of correspondence. It is apparent that, though deter mined upon positive action, the State department is proceeding decorously and with due precautions against be ing led into any position which it can not maintain. It may be stated by authority that the State department is entirely satisfied of the accuracy of Minister Starus’ statement relative to the promises made to him by the porte, notwithstanding the attempted explanations and efforts to becloud the issue by declarations that the sultan's promises were conditional. The minister’s dispatches, sent while he was in Constantinople, are couched in exact terms; his written statements were fully confirmed by his oral explanations to the depart ment upon his return to tire United States, and, moreover, the pledges he secured were similar to those made to the two preceeding United States ministers to Turkey. In ..he opinion of the State department officials it is inconceivab.e that three United States ministers should be consecutively de ceived in the term6 of a promise or should have reached similar misunder standings. The approval which the State de partment's latest action seems to have received in Europe was anticipated, it being realized here that several of the continental powers having claims similar to our own against Turkey, being themselves prevented from imi tating any forcible demand upon the Turkish government by reason of the jealousy of their neighbors, are en tirely willing that the United States government shall act as a pioneer in this matter and clear the way for a prosecution of their own claims. It is also believed here that the European powers are hopeful that the attitude assumed by the United States may indirectly serve to deter the Turkish government from the pro posed arbitrary increase of 3 per cent in customs dues which it seeks to make in defiance of the joint protest of the European powers. It appears that our government is lending its moral support to this protest, for while not joining with the others in the combined note, our charge, Mr. Gris ccm, has been instructed to make representations on our own account in opposition to the increase of duties. MUST PAY POR THEIR LANDS Hlnctr Herman Rule* on the Bill to Give Xrlirifka Settlers a Lift. WASHINGTON, April 20.—Commis sioner Herman of the general land office, reporting upon the bill “for the relief of homestead settlers on that portion of the great Sioux reservation lying and being in the state of Ne braska. formerly in the territory of Dakota, now South Dakota,” says that the design of the bill is to amend all laws in force respecting that portion of the great Sioux reservation in Ne braska. so as to relieve the homestead settlers thereon from the payment of $1.25 per acre. That the settlers shall receive patents for their homestead entries on the payment of the usual land fees, without being required to pay any other or additional sum. This, Mr. Herman says, would be a discrim ination in favor of these settlers and against those in South Dakota upon the former Sioux reservation. In view of this fact, and that settlers on In dian lands generally are required to pay for the lands entered by them a sum per acre sufficient to either reim burse the government for the amount paid to the Indians or to compensate the Indians for the lands ceded by them, the commissioner says he can not recommend the passage of the bill. TwelTe Sack* of 95 Letters. BOSTON, Mass., April 21.—Twelve sacks of mail addressed to Francis Truth, the “divine healer,” who was arrested recently, charged with fraud, have been impounded by the United States government under the usual “fraud order.” Many of the thousands of letters contained in the twelve mail sacks carry money for "absent treat ment” Truth’s usual charge was $5 for ab sent treatment so that necessarily the amount of money contained in the let ters is very large Reorganization of the Army. WASHINGTON, Aoril 21.—The sen ate committee on military affairs to day reached an agreement to report the bill for the reorganization of the army, with a number of amendments. The bill confers the rank of lieutenant general upon the senior major gener al. and that of major general upon the adjutant general of the army. HAVOC IS WROUGHT BY FLOOD Millions of Dollars Worth of Property Destroyed in the Sooth. NEW ORLEANS. April 22.—The flood which commenced the early part of the week has alread caused, at a conservative estimate, fully $3,000,000 loss in central and southern Missis sippi. to say nothing of the damage sustained by the railroads. The ex tent of the losses have not yet been fully realized, and it may be some days yet before an accurate total can bc- reacehd, for. mail communication has been totally cut off between those localities which have suffered most and the outside world. In Louisiana, too. the damage done by the unprecedented rains was great, A special from Columbus. Miss., re ceived late tonight, fixes the loss in that little town a id it6 immediate vi cinity at $500,000. Many farm houses were carried away by the mad waters, the occupants barely escaping with their lives, and the number of cattle destroyed was great. A great many cotton gins and mill houses were washed away. Nearly every bridge around Columbia was swept down street. The Pearl river is now higher than it has been known for many years. Miles and miles of the New Orleans & Northwestern track is still ander water. Will Support Mr. Bryan. NEW YORK, April 21.—The demo cratic state committee met at the HofT man house today for the purpose of naming a time and place tor holding the state convention to elect four del egates-at-large to the national con vention at Kansas City. It is said that Mr. Croker will join hands with ex-Senator Hill to send an uninstruct ed delegation to Kansas City. The leaders disclaim, however, any hos tility to Mr. Bryan. Ex-Senator Hill Is now, so it is declared, ready to sup i port Bryan and will be with Bryan I this fall, the politicians say. THE MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH Quotation* From New York, Chicago, South Omaha and Elsewhere. SOUTH OMAHA LIVE STOCK. SOUTH OMAHA, April 19.—CATTLE— The market as a whote was slow. Buy ers seemed to be Indifferent and sellers complained that it was hard work to sell at satisfactory prices. The early market was slow, and It was late before any busi ness of consequence was trunsacteu. the fat cattle market was unevenly lower, ranging all the way from weak to lb lower. The least decline was on the choice fat little cattle. Beef steers, $3. a ®4.90; steers and heifers. $4.20<&4.80; cows, 5W.0O&4.25; heifers, $3.80414.65; bulls, 83. K <®3.66; calves, $5.50® 7.00; stags, $3.9U&4.20, steers and stags, $3.<5®4.55; stock cows and heifers, $2.ou®4.50; stock calves. $a.at ®6.o0; stockers and feeders, $3.t*Xg4. j5. HOGS—Sold a shade lower, that is about 2^c lower than yesterday. The close was slow and weak at the decline. Good hogs sold very largely at $5.45, the same hogs bringing $5.45^6.47^, yesterday. The top today wfas 15.55, which was 2*4c higher than yesteruay. SHLEP— Following are quotations; Choice yearlings. $t>.15&'6.30; fair to good yearlings. $6.0j®«.15; clipped yearlings. $5.50® 5.8o; good to choice wethers. $6.uog t>.25; fair to good wethers, $5.75®ti.«l; clip ped wethers, $5.4O®5.60; good to choice tea ewes, $5.50®5..5; fair to good ewes. $5.00®5.40; clipped ewes. $4.50®5 25; good to choice native lambs, $7.15®7;25; good to choice native lambs. $7.15®i.25; good to choice western lambs, $7.15®7.25; fair to good western lambs, $6.60® 7.15; clipped lambs, $6.oo®40; feeder wethers, $4.aoo 5,0o; feeder yearlings, $5.00®5.60; good to choice feeder lambs, $5.25®t>.00. KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. April 23.-CATTLE Market about steady; native steers. $4.0i ®5.40; Texas steers. $3.35®4.80; Texas cows. $3.25®4.00: native cows and heifers. $2.3} ®5.60; stockers and feeders, $3.75®5.3o; bulls. $2.u5® 4.50. HOGS— Xiarket steady to shade lower; bulk of sales. $5.40®5.55; heavy, $5.45®5.SO; packers, $5.40®5.57Vj; mixed, $5.35® 5.50; light. $5.2Og5.40; Yorkers, $5.35®5.40, pigs, $5.00®5.25. _ SHEEP—Market strong; lambs, $6.00® 5.50; muttons, $3.50®6.10. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. CHICAGO. April 23.—CATTLE—Good to prime steers, $4.90®6.80; poor to me dium. $4.10®4.75; stockers and feeders, ia.3iKa4.85; cows, $3.00®4.50: heifers, $3.25® 4.35; canners, $2.25®2.SO; bulls, $2.80®4.;®; calves. $4.50®6.65: Texas fed steers, $4-00® 5.31; Texas bulls. $3.25®3.75. HOGS—Top, $5.75; mixed and butchers, $5.45®5.75: good so choice heavy, $5.W>® 5.75; rough heavy, $5.45®5.55; light, $5.40® 5.65; bulk of sales. $5 55® 5.67^. SHEEP—Sheep and lambs about stea dy; good to choice wethers, *5.75® 0.25; fair to choice mixed. $4.75®5.75; western sheep. $5.6O®6.10; yearlings. $5.8OiiC.40; na tive lambs, $5.5o®7.4o; western lambs, $6.0j ®7.40l CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRODUCE. CHICAGO. April 23.-WHEAT-No. 3 spring, tC&tiic; No. 2 red. CORN-No. 2. 3s^c; No. 2 yellow. S*Hc. OATS-No. 2. 24Hfe25c; No. 2 white. 27 gr2Tl*c: No. 3 white, 25**S?27Hc. RYE—No. 2, 55c. BARLEY-No. 2. 42*S45c. SEEDS—Flaxseed. No. 1 and northwest. $1.73. Prime timothy, $2.40'a2.45. Clover, contract grade, $7. <a. PROVISIONS—Mess pork, per bbl.. $U»S12.95. Eard. per 100 lbs.. $7.00^7.15. Short ribs sides (loose), $7.00*07.25. Dry salted shoulders (boxed). $»:..75y7.(X*. Short clear sides (boxed). $7.55^7.65. NEW YORK GRAIN MARKET. NEW YORK. April 23.—WHEAT— May. 72 7-16^72 ll-10c; closed. 72^c; July. 72 9-16 !&727tc: closed at 72\c; September. 73Hc: closed at 73c. CORN—Closed firm He net decline: May. 43H'<i44c; closed at 44c; J lly, 44*%® 44Hc; closed at 44Hc; September, 44Vn 47Hc; closed at 44r%c. OATS—No. 2 white. 29V»c; No. 3 white. 29c: track mixed western. 2Sv*'a23c; track white western. S*V?j34c; track white state. 29H^34c. Options weak, closing %c net lower; May closed at 27c; No. 2 white. May, 29H$i29Hc; closed at 29Hc. TO CONNECT TWO 0CTANS Railroad Across Mexico Being Rapidly Poshed to Completion. CITY OF MEXICO. April 23 —Work is now going on in the reconstruction of the Tehuantepec railroad across the narrowest part of Mexico, and gives as surance that the road will be as solid and of as permanent a character as the Ver Cruz railroad. As the Tehuante pec road will have a maximum grade of half per cent compensated, it will be in a position to handle any traffic that can be secured on very economical terms. At present the Panama rail road handles 300,000 tons of freight per anum, 60 per cent of which Is des tined for or arises at ports north of Panama. The bulk of this naturally belongs to Tehuantepec. In addition, however, the road will capture a large volume of the traffic at present carried by railroads to the Pacific coast from the Mississippi valley, and it is con fidently anticipated that this railroad will be doing as large a trade as the Panama within five years from its opening. The distance from Coatza coalcos to San Francisco via Salina Cruz is 100 miles less than the dis tance from New Orleans to San Fran cisco via the Southern Pacific and the distance across the gulf from New Or leans to Coatzacoalos is only 800 miles, and within a very few years there will be daily service boats be tween the two ports. The new termi nal ports at Coatzacoalos. on the Mexi can gulf, and at Salina Cruz on the Pacific will be ready for handling very heavy freight trade in three years from now. Uncle Sam at Paris. PARIS, April 23.—Among the Amer icans who were present at the inaugu ration of the Paris exposition and the accompanying fete, was Mr. John T. Shayne of Chicago. Speaking to a cor respondent, he said: “Commissioner Geenral Peck and his assistants are the busiest men in France. Their hard work has put the United States build ing and exhibits in a more advanced state than those of any other nation. Everything is nearly completed and the United States’ display is going to be one of the most splendid sights in the fair. The attitude manifested by all Frenchmen toward Americans is ad mirable. The exposition in spite of many drawbacks will be a great suc cess.” The Will or it Millionaire. CHICAGO, 111., April 23.—The will of Rufus Wright, who was mysteriously shot and killed in the Leland hotel last Saturday night, was filed for probate today. It disposes of an estate valued at $800,000. This is believed to be a conservative estimate, and it is ex pected that the estate will figure up $1,000,000. According to the petition filed with the will the personal prop erty valuation Is $600,000, and the real estate is valued at $200,000. The dead millionaire manufacturer distributed $28,800 in personal bequests among rel atives and others, but left nothing to charity or public institutions. Aiucrtran-Tnrkish Affair*. ST. PETERSBURG. April 23.—In discussing Amerlcan-Turkish affairs the Novoe Vremya today says: “The porte could easily avoid unde sirable reprisals by asking for the friendly mediation of neighboring Eu ropean states. In the present interna tional controversy, friendly interven tion is possible upon the basin of The Hague convention, and such interven tion, would both serve the cause of peace and save Turkey from trouble some complications.” Every old maid is a living monument to some woman who didn’t make a good man miserable. _ “Uncle Dan" Whipple of Traverse Citv Mich., recently celebrated his 100th birthday there and has just been initiated a member of McPherson post. No 13, G. A R. He is believed to bo the oldest Grand Array man in the countiv In the same past is John I. Cummings, who is perhaps the young est, having joined the army at the age of 11. He served about officers head quarters three years and was mustered out at the close of the war. A Mather’s Tears. “| would Cry Every Time I Washed My Baby.” "When he was 3 months old, first fes ters and then large bolls broke out on my baby’s neck. The sores spread down his back until it became a mass of raw flesh. When I washed and pow dered him I £2 wh« Pain be „ °ac* aboot g w*s hftrt 09 *as in n up ^ope !f~rPn<,in*- r fari,,a. *11 oif?**g,y*Mm Ii9aVin* bI** 1 "•**** it?** trea^en?hHood,» Sar#a ***« iiirn r»_ jr00(1'8 0;1Ve ri. Afec,icate<j «*«■« to ST’ S"Crm3,n,r"' «" 2ST "•* ??%•*&£? 7Z «* «■»*££*'*« a w«f ££ £"»« *«*> "*5*iTb^^sls^ o„: ^onderfbl cn^ trn,ent’«<*onmr»S?*P an<1 ^ficines bajf P * ^nnot praJS ^ tbis 3‘ Myrtle St L^Ugb" Mbs r* thes« ^ a Poatai caro. * storm pJari na^nrp “* rh0m»‘0n’t Zy. m . ^ Propss v.t. r ^ -_* *«SrS,5?2«r2e*:*»?cJLs^ ___***** 8oSs> J**_*4FS. fr^*»<*rrj fllillS ^ftil Vc,e s',,'^”c ■nS-w-e V. Indorsed br over S 1,000,000 wear.. The genuine hare W. L. Douglas' name and price stamped on bottom. Taka < oo substitute claimed to be as mod. Your dealer , should keep them— if^d not, we will send a pair* icvcipi w I.>ricc ana 25c. ^ mmms ^ e*tr» for carriage. State kind ot leather, tire, and width, plain or cap toe. Cat. free. W. L DOUGLAS &H0E CO.. Brockton. Mass. Save'Mabels and write tor list of premium ye oftox free tor them. HIRES MgKtk Starch Tbe Wonder ol me A$e NoBoUiag No Cooklog It Stiffens the Goods It Whitens the Goods It polishes the Goods Xt makes all varments fresh and crlsit ia when first bought new. Try a Sample Package Tou‘11 like It If you try it. Tou‘11 buy It If you try It. Tou 11 use It If you try It. Try It. 8old by all Orocem < W. N. U—OMAHA. No. 17—1900
