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    Loup City Northwestern.
VOL. XVII. LOUP CITY, SIIERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1900. NUMBER 49.
STRIKE WILL GO ON
Terms of Scranton Convention Are Not
Acceptable to Operators.
NO ORDERS TO RESUME WORK.
Miner* Sar Th*/ Will Walt for Olltr1*1
Advlc* from Mltrh«ll — It It Huportfd
That I'reilt'wiU of Coal Carry lug Koadt
Will Hold Confertuct,
SHAMOKIN, Pa., Oct 15—The
forme of the 8cranton convention are
not acceptable to operators and repre
sentatives of coal carrying companies
In this place and Mount Carmel. The
Reading officials do not think the slid
ing scale will be abolished by the
.. company, while operators are averse
to signing a contract binding them
to pay the 10 per cent Increase until
April 1.
HAZLETON, Pa., Oct. 15—The In
dividual coal operators who could be
eeen here today declined to discuss
the action taken by the anthracite
miners' convention at Scranton yes
terday. Neither would they say what
steps the employes would probably
take.
It Is evident from their reticence
that the Individual mine owners are
waiting to see what tho large coal
carrying railroads that mine coal will
do.
It Is reported In the coal region to
night that the presidents of these roads
will hold a conference In New York
tomorrow for discussion of action of
the convention.
There was a story afloat today that
the operators will accept the conven
tion's decision, hut nothing has come
to the surface In this reg'on on which
to base the report.
The United Mine Workers' officials
say they are now again waiting on the
operators and they will continue to 1
close up the collieries that have been
. In operation since the strike began fou.
weeks ago. There are many reports
In circulation that if tht strike con
tinues much longer a break in the
ranks of the Idle men will occur.
President Mitchell and his officials,
however, assert their confidence that
the men, both union and nonunion,
will remain away from the mines un
til after the strike is declared off.
There is a fear prevalent In this re
gion that If some of the men do re
turn to work uouble would pruoably
arise through efforts of the strikers
to persuade the men to remain on a
strike.
All the collieries that are working
still remain heavily guarded.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., Oct. 15.—A
canvass of the operators cf the Wyo
ming valley today shows that there
Is considerable opposition to granting
the miners any more concessions than
those outlined In the original offer,
namely, 10 per cent Increase without
any conditions. The Individual oper
ators especially are opposed to to tle
ing themselves up to any agreement.
One operator raid the only way the
strike can Ire settled Is for the strikers
to accept the 10 per cent without any
provisions.
Superintendent Chase of the Lehigh
Coal company said:
‘‘Not much dependence can be placed
«n the men when It comes to arbitra
tion. This was shown n the case of
Mr. Markle. He favore 1 arbitration,
but at the behest of Mr. Mitchell his
miners repudiated the agreement they
made with their employer. The de
mand of the strikers that 1he operators
should agree to pay the increased
wages for a fixed period Is too arbi
trary and the operators will hardly
agree to It.”
Despite the view of the operators
the Impression here Is tnat the strike
will be ended this wek.
DISASTERS NEAR NOVA SCOTIA.
Ailtlltlonnl Iteporta Place Lonci >t Thlrt;
Vassals.
HALIFAX. N. S.. Oct. 15.—Addition
al disaster to shipping on this roust
are reported. The known list of ves
sels driven ashore number thirty. Th«j
loss all over the country nnd In the
neighboring provinces thiough furl fill
rainfalls and washouta and damages to
orchards and buildings by heavy winds
will t»e very' many thousands of dollars
The Canadian Pacific wlrea connect
ing Cape llreton with the rest of Nova
Scotia are completely broken at the
Straits of Canso. where the cable was
fouled by a schooner dragglug her
anchor In the recent gale.
Heavy rain la falling again today
throughout Nova Scotia ftlvera and
lakes are everywhere overflowing and
destroying property. There has been
no Canadian Pacific train from Mon
treal in four days, and a serious wreck
of the Sydney express caused by x
washout la report!d la Cape llreton
The Ulouceater sthwouer Ml ulster y
at Canso reports us* man lost at sea
riagee Ulf la Peel.
MnvriVIPM, Or! IS.-The Writ
Ish steamer Mtghlaad Prince, few
Antwerp September JO has arrived
here with bubonic plague ua hoard
flee deaths Including the raptnia
and first «dfi>er, occurred during the
»»>a*e.
MelUea rteml la t»a mm Helen.
WASHINUrtlN Ctrl IS- The sub
marine beast llollaad was placed la
comm Helen »«e tarda y It la to to sent
In the naval academy at Annapolis
that the cadeia may became that
•ughlt familiar ntih thle medsrn nan
pun af a nr far a
COMPLEX SITUATION.
If Power* suppress li«t>«lllon It ITU1 Hit
ltox«r*' Foe*.
PARIS, Oct. 15.—Letter* received la
diplomatic circles here throw a light
on the situation in South China, where
an antl-dynastic uprising Is In prog
ress. The reformist movement there
is divided into two distinct parties,
one led by Kang Yu Wei and ths
other by Sun Yat Sen. The former is
agitating for drastic reforms, while
Sun Yat Sen alms at deposing the dow
ager and making a clean sweep of the
existing regime.
Hum Yat Sen Is leading the present
rebellion. The last authentic news of
his whereabouts was of his presene-3
at Kokohama three months ago. But
since then he Is believed to have smug
gled himself Into Southern China and
U> be leading the reformist rebel
focres, his plan of campaign being the
capture of Canton, when he calculates
the whole of South China will Join
them. In the event of serlofisly threat
ening Canton, Great Britain and
France, possibly assisted by the other
powers, would be aserious situation.
The powers would be acting against
the rebel forces In the south which are
antl-dynastic and friendly to foreign
ers and at the same time engaged in
suppressing the Boxer rebellion in the
north, which Ib pro-dynastic and anil
toreign.
In the meantime Kang Yu Wei Is in
active owing, It Is supposed, to the
pressure brought to bear on him by
Great Britain, to which country he
owes his liberty, If not his life, for he
escaped from the clutches of the dow
ager empress on l>oard a British war
sulp some time ago.
At the present moment there are
two armed movements in Southern
China, that of the reformists, led by
Sun Yat Sen, and the antl-foreign, pro
dynastic uprising of tha black flags,
who are marching north to assist the
dowager empress.
ANOTHER CHINESE DEFEAT.
Kwang SI Rebels Hunt Imperial Troops
— So Resigns.
SHANGHAI. Oct. 15.—From Canton
it is reported that the Kwang 81 rebels
have defeated the Imperial troops on
the borders of Kwang Tung and that
General Su has resigned In conse
quence of his request for reinforce
ments being Ignored.
Some Chinese soldiers desecrated
the cemetery for foreigners at Nan
Shlh Tu near Canton, and the viceroy
had the offenders decapitated and dis
missed their commander.
The Fourth brigade from India has
arrived at Taku, but owing to the gale
has not yet been able to land.
Sir Ernest M. Satow, who succeeds
Sir Claude M. Mcllonald as British
minister to China, has arrived at Tien
TBln.
Helmont Decline* Price*.
NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—August Bel
mont, owner of the Mineola, which
finished second to Cornelius Vander
bilt's Rainbow in each of the races
won during the past season by the lat
ter yacht, will decline the prizes lost
to the Rainbow through her disquali
fication by the New York and Atlantic
Yacht clubs. When questioned to
night at his country home at Hemp
stead, L. I., Mr. Belmont, who has Just
returned from the south, said: "1 will
not accept the Rainbow prizes for
Mineola under any circumstances."
Dt*rn** the German Note.
BERLIN, Oct. 15.—A dispatch re
ceived here from Tien Tsln, dated Oc
tober 12, says: "At a conference of
the diplomats at Pekin October 8 the
German note of October 1 was dis
cussed. In regard to the first point,
whether the list of ringleaders con
tained in the Chinese emperor's edict
was complete, the conference declared
the name of the chief culprits, Tung
Fuh Sian and Yu Hsin, were omitted.
On point 2 It was decided lhat the pun
ishment was inadequate. On point 3
it was concluded that the penalties
must be carried Into effect by delegates
of the legations.'’
Nffil Kirin Marhlnrrj.
WASHINGTON, P. C, Oct. II.—A
letter received received at the United
State* department of agrl'ulture from
I’enrlth college. New South Wale*.
Australia, calls attention to the great
need of Improved types -f agricultural
machines in that colony The writer
states that there are not half a dozen
machine* for cutting and collecting
maize In New South Wales, and a ma
chine for cutting sugar cane would
t>e greatly appreciated by the cane
grower* In the north of that colony
and !u guretndand He uiggeat* that
there are great opportunities there for
American manufacturers
(‘aetata aaMtls Meeeaeil
MANILA. Oct IV Captain Paver
• zuz Shields »ho. with ifty one men
of Company f'. Twenty ninth regt
ment. I nlted Stairs volunteer*, wa*
aptur»l by the Insurgents last month
In the island at Uarlnluv*. were res
cued yesterday by the A'nerteas res
ue f*.n® with nit the st-tuber* of hi*
*lk| Ueeee* *i Peel*.
PARI*. Oct 11 King George of
Grease a< vompanted hy General Rein
e» h hi* tide de - amp sad Ni«h»U*
fh«u iateadaat of the nvll liet ei*
rived thle no-ratag to vtMt the • ipuai
■ tea High ►*rea-h wSeiale wet hi*
at tha railway etaiua Him* ehtrh
ha Wa* drive* to the Motel Hr Glut
No la- ideal of lye lal lapsture as
reread
HEADY TO BREAK OCT'
New Chinese Uprising Rapidly Assuming
Ser o s Proportions.
THE SITLATION IN WEI CHI.
_____
Much Anxiety Felt In Hong Kong O.rr
Black Outiook In Caniou—Heformer
Suu I.at ken Infurl. the Flag—Order*
to Oyjioso Allied Armies' Advance.
I-ON DON, Oct. 13.—The Times her
the following from Hong Kong, dal'-J
yesterday: "The situation in the Wei
Chou prefecture is serious. in six
districts the cities are in the hands
of the rebels. If an outbreak should
occur in Canton Its suppresion wouli
be diOlcull."
The reformer, Sun Yat Sen, accord
ing to dispatches from Canton, has
unfurled the reform flug In the tmpoit
ant town of Wei Chou, on East Kiver
Tills ad has given i lse to considerable
excitement in military drc.es In Can
ton, as it is believed that the object of
the reformers in inlslng their Mag at
Wei Chou is to denude Canton troops,
so tiiat they can seize the city.
Dr. Morrison, wiring to the Time*
from Pekin, October 11, says: The
Chinese oti.dals declare tiiat stringent
orders ».ave been sent to provincial
officials not to oppose the udvanee oi
the allied column."
"It Is reported here on good author
ity. says tne Shanghai correspondent
of the Times, writing yesterday, "that
Emperor Mutsuhito, in his reply to
Emperor Kwang 3u ■ appeal, counsels
an immediate return to Pekin, the ex
pulsion of the reactionaries and tne ap
pointment of able statesmen."
The Times publishes today Dr. Mor
rison’s mail account of the events that
led up to the siege of Pekin. He says
the boxers only became important
after the Herman occupancy of Klao
Chau. The Chinese were ascribing the
disastrous drought and famine with
other troubles to the Judgment of
heaven for the usurpation of the em
press dowager. 8he seized upon the
Boxer movement, according to Dr.
Morrison, as a means of diverting
popular wrath from herself to the for
eigners and appointed Yu Hsien,
founder of the Boxer sect, to be gov
ernor of Shang Tung in March, 18119.
Thus under Imperial protection the
Boxers preached the doctrine that it
was the foreigners and not the em
press dowager who bad aroused the
wrath of the gods.
‘‘As if in answer to the Boxers caine
the anti-foreign outrages," continues
the correspondent, "culminating in the
destruction of the railway station at
Feng Aal. The long awaited rains
came on May 28 and were regarded as
a sign of the agreement of the higher
powers with their work.
"Three days later the foreign lega
tion guards arrived. The Boxers be
came increasingly audacious and things
went from bad to worse until the le
gatlons were ordered to quit Pekin and
Baron von Kettler was killed. There
was not a shadow of doubt that his
murder was deliberately planned by
the authorities and executed by an ofll
cer in the uniform of the imperial
troops.”
NEW UPRISING IS FEARED.
W»ld«riM Takes S*rlou» View of Move
ment In Province*.
BERLIN, Oct. 13.—A dispatch re
ceived here today from Shanghai says
a very serious view is taken at Field
Marshal Count von Waldersee’s head
quarters of the revolutionary move
ment. At Canton a false alarm on
October 7 caused the Chinese officials
there to protest against any occupa
tion of Chinese territory. The Yang
Tse viceroys, the dlspatcu adds, affirm
thak they oppose the advance of the
Germans into Shna Tung province.
Parking lloum Humor.
SIOCX CITY. Ia.. Oct. 12.—It It re
ported here in parking circles that
the International Packing company is
contemplating the discontinuance of
its Chicago plant and the concentra
tion of its efforts in the development
of its plant in Sioux City K. K. Dm
rows, general manager of Chicago,
who ia here, would not dtscues the
matter. Mr. Drown came here to close
down the loss I plant for two weeks
heck use of the extreme nigh price of
hogs. "It is not good business to
slaughter hogs when they are as high
as they are a present." said he. The
International was opened here not
quite a year ago
Heglns • I ons Trig.
P»III.At*r,i.PM».» Oct 12—Tha new
• 2ot» toa steamship Ster-a, built by sue
Cramps for I he I). am. Meaiuau.p
company to ply between the t*ncin<
e«*a#t and Australia, sailed from the
yard for Kan Pram le.o at I attack
Ibis afternoon. She has coal enougtt
la her bunkers tu rarry her the emirs
Journey without stop aad It la espected
the ship will r*a« h her declination in
M tu II days. So ship has hitherto
made the trip without nop
Kasai aesgeee llpptti S.a.m
WaMIIINUTO.N Oet u Private
letiera received regardiag Natal Mur
gsua Uppltl. who was ta Pekin during
the tabling being the information uf
bta condition They stale that early
la the ighttaa he was atrw*h hy s
Chinese hullet which eatwred his left
thigh flattering the thigh huae The
wound wan a had one laisc the let
tsr staled that the wound wna heal
I kg. though the keg eea Mealy U ha
hhuetaned ah. et three it hee
WHOLESALE PLOTS TO KILL.
tnarolilil Tails of Decision to Marder
King* and I’rrsldsnt.
NEW YORK, Oct. 12—A dispatch
to the Journal and Advertiser from
Rome says: The anarchist, Hertolanl.
arrested at Milan as a suspected ac
complice of Bread, has made a con
fession about anarchist plots.
'T have known about these plots for
a long time,” he says. "It was I who
sent the letter to the crown prose
cutor at Naples, waning him In ad
vance that Italian anarihlsta were
coming from America to kill the king,
but they paid no attention to my let
ter,
"At an anarchist meeting In Pater
son, N. Y., seven men were selected to
kill kings and chiefs o. states. One
of them was allotted to kill McKinley
or llryan during the presidential cam
paign. I do not know the man who
whs assigned to this work.
"The Chicago plot was similar to
that hatched at Paterson. I believe
plots with the same object have been
organized In the United States.
"Anarchists have killed kings and
queens, now they should kill a presi
dent of a republic, to show the world
that for anarchists there are neither
monarchies or republics and that u
king Is as cheap as a preildent."
RLADY TO BUY ISLANDS.
I>>,il.h Weat lutlla* I.lkaly la Coma
Under Our Kul*.
WASHINGTON, I), C., Oct. 12.—It
was said at the state department to
day that no overtures had been made
recently by the United States govern
ment to Denmark for the purchase of
the Danish West Indies. The last ne
gotiations. which occurred In the late
spring, were suspended, owing to the
discovery by the Danish officials of a
feeling of hostility on the part of the
Danish people against the proposed
sale. Whatever has been accomplished
since that time has been In I>enmark
and It Is Inferred from the tone of the
press dispatches that the popular op
position to the transfer Is diminishing.
If this be so. then the United States
government would be reudy again to
discuss the subject at the point where
the negotiations were Interrupted.
AMERICANS ASK FOR REDRESS.
Cltlsaua Kidnapped by ItrltUh Soldier*
Arrive In New York.
NEW YORK, Oct. 11.- The Herald
tomorrow will publish the following:
Driven from the Transvaal by force of
British arms, eight American citizens
who recently arrived penniless In this
city have petitioned the United States
government to present claims for ln
nfty against Great Britain. They
claim that during the ncent conflict
they were kidnaped from their homes,
leaving wives and children behind. As
prisoners of war, the men say, they
were driven out of Johani.esburg.
rraicrnni* In • Kow.
KANSAS CITY. Oct. 12.—The Mod
ern Brotherhood of Amei ica, a frater
nal order whose chief stiength Is In
Minnesota and Iowa, is holding Its
first supreme convention In this city
and a lively fight among various aspir
ants for offices was narrowly averted
during election of officers todav. A
circular had been sent cut to the
lodges of the order by the faction on
posing the supreme officers. In which
It was asserted that the consttutlon
of the association had not been fol
lowed, and that the officers had em
ployed as clerks their own relatives.
In his address Supreme President E.
B. Hanley of Tipton, la., took occa
sion to deny these charges In emphat
ic language. After the convention
had gone Into a committee of the
whole to investigate the charges, all
differences were amicably settled and
some of the old officers were re-elected.
Hiinar.il Sim*'* Holt.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 12.—Russell
Sage of New York la seeking to re
cover money on some railway aid
bond* by the village of Reeda, Wa
basa county, which the supreme court
says Is out of existence. The supreme
court has decided that, as the result
of tinkering with the charter, the vil
lage Has no corporate existence. Honda
had been Issued by the village in
order to secure an extension of th>
Hastings ft Dakota railway. When
the bonds became due I hey were not
paid, as thei. was no vllluge in exist
ence responsible for the obligation*.
The bondholders have commented ac
tion against the township In which
Heed's cltlsens live
at. Andrew*' It rolhr rtinaxl
RICHMOND. Vs . Oct, 12 —After the
preliminary morning resalon the
national assembly of the Hrcrtherhuod
»f St, Andrew met today at 3 Jo p m
i More than SW delegates, representing
nearly every state In Ihs union were
present. The report of the executive
rsnncll disclosed a net dvtiewew of
fourteen In the number tf chanter*
The (barter* still In fore* number
1.172 Right yegrw igu the nverwge
membership was fourteen, |* Is now
' The lunlor department grows
steadily There are now about i AM
• "*» sad youths enrwlle-l In the ill
chapters
• »sg*e s*W| l< SkIIhS,
I* A KM Ort II -It ta semi (dietniiy
.tested here that the hesrl govern
ment has bees approached the eut•
! Met ef the 4iwtskstk«ll«s of Mtwi
Pregident Kruger gl Maewetileg
* A rare he Mold mat Rrasce to The
Hague
On the eogtrgry. it |a added Mr
| Kruger ke ripest*) hi last directly In
One Fatality Follows Clash of Unionists
and Police Near Hazleton.
DEAD MAN DEFENDING COLLIERY
Member of Atturklng t*erty Hedly Wound
ed end l ikely to llle— Minister Homer
Mm Narrow Kerspe—Women Stone the
Superintendent.
HAZLETON, Fa., Oct. 10 —A special
policeman was Instantly killed, an
other wounded In the head, a striker
was probably fatally shot and ten
nonunion men were more or less In
jured at the Oneida colliery of Coxe
Bros., In a clash between the officers
and 400 strikers this morning. Tho
victims are:
Killed:
Halph Mills, aged 50, of Beaver
Meadow, one of the officers conveyed
In a special train early this morning
from that place to Oneida, lie wus
shot through the back.
Wounded:
George Kelnor, aged 38, of Beaver
Meadow, also a special officer. He re
ceived Bhot wounds in the head, but
will recover.
Joseph I^iskow, aged 38, of Bblpton,
a striker, shot in groin and probably
will die.
Ten nonunion men were stoned, but
only two of them were seriously In
jured. They are; John Van Blurgln
and James Tosh of Shopton. The for
mer sustained scalp wounds and the
latter had four ribs broken.
The Oneida colliery having been In
operation since the Inauguration of the
Htrlke, the union decided early this
morning to clone down the Oneida
mines. They gathered In groups on
the streets as early as 8 o'clock. When
the nonunion men went to work they
were asked by the strikers to remain
at home. Some turned back, others
did not. Those who went to the col
liery were stoned. Von Hlargln, one
of the nonunion employes, attempted
to pull a revolver, but the weapon wus
taken from him and In the beating
ho received he had several ribs broken.
This occurred Just before starting time
at the mine.
The strikers remained at the col
liery all morning. As the mine loco
motive used In hauling coal from the
No. 2 and No. 3 collieries to the
Oneida breaker pulled up on the road
near the latter colliery a crowd of
women blocked the track. The women
were told by General Superintendent
Kudllcb to go home. He assured them
their husbands would get an Increase
In wages and that their other griev
ances would he properly adjusted.
The woaen refused to listen and
stoned the superintendent, who was
wounded in the head.
Then the striking men and the
women rushed toward the colllwry. A
force of about fifty special policemen,
who had been brought down from
Beaver Meadow to prevent trouble, at
tempted to Intercept the mob, but they
were powerless to do anything and re
tired to the engine house. Just as the
officers got close to shelter a shot was
fired. This was followed by another,
and In a few seconds many shots rang
through the air. Policeman Mills was
the first to fall. Then Joseph I^eskow,
a striker,staggered to the ground. No
one knows who shot first, hut It is be
lieved both the strikers and the offi
cers used their weapons. A gunshot
killed Mills and small shot struck Po
liceman Gelnor. l.eskow was struck
by a hall from a revolver, with which
all the off'cers were armed. After the
shooting the strikers dispersed.
ITO SAYS 10 IEAVE.
Japanese 1'reniler Advisee the Allies la
Withdrew from Pekin.
NKW YORK. Oct. 11.—A special to
the Journal and Advertiser says:
Marquis Ito. premier of Japan and di
rector of the Japanese policy In re
spect to China, received your corre
spondent by appolntmen' and. while
disclaiming that ha utterances were
official, talked freely on tue paramount
Issue of the day.
"I cannot understand,” he said, "why
the powers do not convene a conference
of plenipotentiary representatives anil
speedily determine a concerted policy
toward China. Though the armies
are working harmoniously, a conflict Is
sure to arise It the governments neg
*ei t longer to arrive at a deflni'e un
derstanding.
"la my humble opinion the present
dynasty must be given a chance to re
turn In power and the emperor and
court must return to 1‘ekln before any
effectual settlement ran ho accom
p! (sheet
Negotiations with 1.1 Hung ('Hang
and Prime ('King will he frulllena un
less rnllfted and enforce ! by a re es
laMtefcai government f..r ’h.*y alone
no matter what they promise, cannut
carry out anything
"Tuan Kang Yl and Tung fuh XI
sag dominate the empress and ear
they will resist the foreign powers la
the death If they ore ig ixre.J It Is
Impossible to separate them from the
empress If th# tttemp’ wsrs msds
hr fores the e to sorer sad empress
would undoubtedly disappear alto
gether
"t'shln should ho e«or isted ths em
pees# and court permit! J to return
nod segot 1st tons should . «me after
word Ths foreign powers should
withdraw to the mut sod hold thslr
fbetss thsrs ponding Ana1 seittemeat
me live stock market.
Latest Quotation* from South Oneaha
and Kansae City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
Union Stock Yards.—Cuttle—About thir
teen car* of corn cattle were Included
,n the offering* and a* packer* were ull
wanting good cattle the murket on the
better grade* ruled active and iteady to
atrong The lee* dealrahle cattle were
not aought after and price* were not
better than they h«ve been and teller*
In mint cane* were culling the market
on the commoner kind* rather druggy.
The cow market wa* In good »hape, only
almut twenty loaila being offered It wa*
u fairly active market and practically ull
kind* hrougut fully steady price* and In
•nine cave* vale* were made that looked
a little higher. fanner* *old partic
ularly well again today ami *<> did the
best grade*, hut even the medium kind*
moved without much difficulty. The
light HUpply of feeder* gave a good tone
to the trade. Anything at ull dertrablw
wit* picked up at ateady to Mtronger
price* and It wu* not long before every
thing answering to that de»crlpt!on had
Changed hand*. A* u*ual, however, the
commoner kind* were neglected and price*
■bowed no Improvement. There were very
few western beef cattle offered and us the
aeunon advance* It become* mure ulid
more evident that there are going to
he very few on the murket. That being
the case, what few do arrive bring very
satisfactory price*. The market ha* been
In good *hapr all the week, hut not much
change ha* been noticeable In the price*
paid.
flogs—There wa* rather a light run of
hog*, hut In view of the fact that Chi
cago came fully f>e lower, price* went off
* llttio here. The market opened up Just
a little «u*y a* compared with yesterday,
and th* nr*t few load* -were sold at $4 ko
6 4.32‘A, and a* high u* $4.k5 was paid.
After the first round the market weak
ened a little and hid* were generally fruin
$4 N7V» to 14.92'-*. hut (madly at 14.30. The
rnnge today 1* J4 *664 k.">, or about u shade
lower all around than yesterday with the
exception of I he top, which I* consider
ably lower today.
Sheep- There wa* another good, liberal
run of sheep, but In nplte of that fact I he
market waa In good shape on both *heep
and lamb*. There wa* a good demand
for the heller grade* and the market
ruled unlive and strong. Kverythlng
wa* void a* last a* It could he sorted
up. I.amlia also met with ready sale at
goud strong prices and a* high u* Jf, 'll
waa paid again today. Quotation!**
fholcu western wether*, $3.7564 00; choice
griiH* yearling*, $3.756 4 05; choice ewea,
I3.2563.fi0; fair lo good ewea, $3.006 3 25;
< nil ewes, $2.506 3.00, choice spring lamb*.
$4 7565.00; fulr To good Mprlng lambs, $4.50
64.75; fei-oer wether*, $3.3563.65; feeder
lambs, $4.006 4.40.
KAN8AH CITY.
Cattle—Receipt*. 10,WO native*, 3,500
Texan* and Ton calve*; aluiiKliterliiK cattle
alow, ateiuly. to 10c lower; good atorker*
und feeder* sternly, other* lower; native
*t«*er*. $4.704*5.35; atocker* and feeder*.
33.OOtii4.2fi; butcher cow* nnd heifer*, 33 00
415.20; canner*. 32.404*3.00; fed we* tern*.
$3 504*4.50; Texan*. $2,304*3.50; calve*, $4.00
4*5.00.
Hog*—Receipt*. 10,000 head; trade act
ive, price* Rteady to 2‘4c lower; heavy
and mixed, $5 .004*5.1254; light, $4 30435.02'*,
plg«, $4.504*4.*0.
Bheep and Iaimba- Receipt*. 2.700 head;
HUpply not equal to demand; price* steady
to Pa- higher; lamb*. $4 f-415.00; mutton*.
$3 754*4.®i; atocker* and feeder*, $3,004*4 uo;
culls, $3.504i3.00.
MORE ARMY OFFICERS NEEDED.
4ieneral Merrlam of llipartmrat of Mia
enarl lilvaa Startling New*.
WASHINKTON, Oct. 13.—Some Idea
of the extent to which the military
department* of the 'United State* have
been redured In strength to meet for
eign service Is conveyed by the re
port of Brigadier General Henry C.
Merrlam. commanding the Department
of the Missouri. Ho few are the offi
cers on duty In the department that
one office of the regular line, an artil
lery officer, Lieutenant Delaware Sker
rett, besides being first lieutenant of
the Third artillery, is an acting cap
tain. an acting judge advocate, chief
ordnance officer, chief signal officer
and acting engineer officer of the De
partment of the Missouri, making sep
arate reports in these various capaci
ties.
General Merrlam reports a satisfac
tory condition of affairs In hts de
partment and says:
"I am glad to note that all Indian
tribes residing within this department
or contiguous to It have continued to
be quiet and peaceable during the last
year as during the previous year, so
that no calls have been made for
troops In connection therewith.”
ZEIGLAR WILL SEEK THE POLE.
lllch New Yorker Will Send Oat ao Kips
dltloa.
New York. Oct. 13.—William Selgler,
a well known and wealthy citizen of
New York, announced today that he
would purchase two vessels, fully
equip and man them, and asnd them
In quest of the north pole In the sum
nier of 1901. The expedition Is to be
In charge of Kvelyn II. Baldwin, who
was a companion of Lieutenant Perry
In 1893. and 1894, and also a member
of Walter Wellman's expedition. It lx
Mr. Betgler's Intention to have one ves
sel remain In the Arctic region while
the other returns for suppltea.
The expedition, It Is said, will not
l>e dispatched for the uorth earlier
than the summer of 1901, and all the
time between this date and that will
be necessary for the preparation and
outfit
Ships may be purchased, though ves
sel* more adapted fur the work may b«
built.
Yeats*y la H*4 Isedltle*
HBoMOMTOWN. Ky , Oct It —The
reports from Henry Youtseys sick
room tonight are not ea< oursgiag Tka
only change perceptible la that his
stupor la sol quite so heavy One# or
twice today ha has lifted his hands an
inch or two and in a weak piping
votes repeated
There s as blood <»a my heads*
Ilia physicians fear hraia fever
which would now almost surely pruts
Id's
It la r« a leaded by some I bat the
stupor la reused by heavy doses a#
pistes hut I be —purity a# people
hare ballets he la almost la a dying
coaditiwa and that hta trial caaao4 ha
resumed