VOL. XVII.
LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2(5, 1900.
NUMBER 50.
Mitchell Holds Operators Responsible f r
for Continuance of Coal Strike.
STRIKERS MOT TREATED fAIRLY
No Dlspofiltlon to Meet Miner** In Their
Own ConcllUtorjr Spirit—Only Sixty
Five Per Cent of the Owner* llnve So
F»r Acceded to Heijumt of Sllnerc.
QAZLETOX, l>a., Oc-t. 22.—Wh'on
President Mitchell of the United Mine
Workers was a3ked today what he
had to say in regard to the settlement
of the miners’ strike he said:
“As there appears to he somo dis
position on the part of the public to
place tlie responsibility of the prolong
ation of the strike on the shoulders
of the Mine Workers, speaking for
them I want to say that when the
Scranton convention accepted the 10
per cent advance in wages, providing
the operators abolished the sliding
scale and guaranteed the payment of
the advance until April 1, the miners
had met the operators more titan half
way. They had shown a conciliatory
spirit and I know of no good reason
why the proposition should not have
been accepted by the operators. As a
consequence, the responsibility for the
continuance of the strike rests on the
failure of the operators to treat the
proposition of their workers consider
ately.
"The public should understand that
unsatisfactory as is the proposition of
the operators who make the reduction
in the price of powder a part of the
advance of 10 per cent, that even this
proposition has not been offered by
a very large number of the coal-pro
ducing companies In the anthracite
region and until all companies guaran
tee the payment of 10 per cent advance
c above the rate of wages paid in Sep
*%t^mber until April 1, according to tiie
decision of the Scranton convention,
the miners are powerless to act. I
want to reneat again that there can he
no partial sectional settlement of the
strike.”
The large companies in the Lehigh
region that have refused to move at
al! since the Scranton convention was
held are Coxe Bros. & Co., the largest
coal producers iu the Lehigh region;
, (J. B. Markic & Co., the Lehigh &
Wllkesbarea company, the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation company and a largo
number of : mailer companies. There
is also a considerable number of coal
companies in the Lackawanna and
Wyoming regions that have not guar
anteed the payment of the 10 per cent
advance until April. The only dis
trict that has accepted the terms of
the Scranton convention in full is No.
ft, better known as the Schuylkill dis
trict.
Companies which produce 65 per
cent of a total production of the an
thracite coal fields have guaranteed
tlie payment of the 10 per cent ad
vance and have abolished the sliding
scale.
When Mr. Mitchell was asked what
he would do if all the companies were
to post notices, he said:
“When all the companies have
posted notices then I will have some
thing to say.”
When it was ruggested to him that
there might be ia break in the ranks
of the strikers if the contest was to
continue longer, he said no men will
go back to the mines until they are
notifiod officially to return.
The strikers here believe that the
companies which have failed to com
ply with the agreement of Thursday’s
conference to post an amendment to
the original offer continuing its ap
plication until April 1 are influenced
by a desire to hold up the settlement
and see if it is not possible to cause
a break in tlie Schuylkill region.
Coming to the Huited Ntttti**.
PITT8BI RO, P«., Oct. I’:;.—The
Commercial Gazette tomorrow will
say: Seyhold and Dickstod of Shef
field, England, the largest manufac
turers of crucible steel in Great Brit
ain, tontemplate moving their plant
to the I'nlted States. A site providing
excellent water and rail shipping fa
cilities has been optioned near Wheel
ing. W. Vu., and It Is proposed to erect
thereon a modern plunt costing up
ward of 13,000,000, which from the tlrst
will employ about 3.300 men. The ob
ject tif the movement is to g' t Into
tiie American market. Constantly in
creasing cost of coal in England is a
prominent factor acting a - an impetus
to the movement.
FRKUKKIOHIAVKN German <> t
*- Another trial of Count Zeppelin**
airship * H made today, resulting In
*«'* on«t hucrvihful Ti‘«l
a series of . no esnful evolution
The airstrip, with Count if
«n l Herr Korea W.dfT on lew
to an altitude
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treaty i.f
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BREAKOUT AT MATTE WAN.
Inviric I’l isoru rn Ovrrpovr«*r Their Kcef*
*th and Make DiirVi for Liberty.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Oct. 22.—
There was a revolt In the Mattewan
Hospital for the Criminal Insane to
night, when six or eight keepers were
assaulted and overpowered by about
twenty inmates. Some of the patients
escaped and seven are still at largi.
One or two of the keepers are badly
bruised.
After the patients had been given
their suppjr they were taken back to
their apartments with their keepers.
Among tlie number were nfteen or
twenty who slept in one of the large
corridors where there were g!x or
eight keepers. There were no suspi
cious movements until suddenly each
keeper was attacked simultaneously
by two or three putients and heavy
blows fell on the heads of the sur
prised attendants. The keys were soon
taken from them and a rush was made
for the door.
Each of the patients as he passed
through the dining room picked up i
heavy plate or bowl. From the dining
room they went through tin* adjoining
rooms and then into the long hall lead
ing to the rear exit. Through the
yard they ran like deer and crowded
around the leg gate in the wall, while
one of their number was turning tlm
key in the lock. When the gate was
thrown open they rushed out of the
yard, running fairly over each other
In their anxiety to lie free again.
In the meantime the keepers had re
covered from the surprise given them
by their assailants and gave an alarm.
Chase was given across the hospital
farm and all but seven of the patients
were captured. The keepers then took
the recaptured patients back to the in
stitution an 1 had them securely lock
ed up in other parts of the building.
By this time the keepers had forme 1
several searching parties and they all
started out to scour the woods In the
vicinity. The keepers who were as
saulted were given medical attention
and joined In the search for the fugi
tives. The revolt, It Is thought, was
caused directly by the cramped quar
ters at the hospital.
PIT TRUST IN UNITLD STATES.
C'uhiiim Iklleve Their <io wru men t Will
He Widely AdiuiiiiKtcrod.
HAVANA, Oct. 22.—Senor Salvador
Gian. ro. lletancourt in an Innocent
letter to tne press of Puerto Principe
said: "If the government of inter
vention does not keep its promises l
have confidence that should the time
arrive when a display would be neces
sary the Cubans would chow the same
honesty, energy and valor as the
Spaniards showed at the siege of Nu
mancia and resist until the whole is
land was utterly ruined.”
El Diario de la Marina, comment
ing on this says:
“We do not think that many will
folllow the advice of Senor Cisneros.
Naturally the inhabitants of Nufancia
f tight to the diath, as ‘hey had only
to choose between being killed while
lighting and being murdered. Fortu
nately our conquerors are content to
govern and administer the country in
the interests of civilization.”
RETURN OT DE OltRS TO PEKIN.
KajiIhImm Change of Attitude by Kumh1h’»
Mi n la ter to China.
ST. PETEKSIJURG, Oct. 22.—The
Official Messenger formally notices and
explains the return to Pekin of the
Russian minister in the following par
agraph:
"An edict of the Chinese emperor
having appointed Prince Ching and
Li Hung Chang to he plenipotentiar
ies, the czar has ordered M. de Giors
to return to Pekin and to enter upon
peace negotiations together with the
representatives of the other powers.”
Wilftnn'rt Congriitulfit ions.
INDIANAPOLIS, lnd„ Oct. 18.—W.
B. Wilson, secretary-trea; urer of the
1 'nited Min“ Workers ct America,
sent out th« following telegram to
President Mitchell at Hazleton: "Have
just heard from Philadelj hla that the
operators have accepted the terms of
the Scranton convention. It Is a
great victory and will make our or
ganization a power In the anthracite
as well us in the bituminous field. If
our members will continue to pursue
the same peaceful, dignified and con
servative course
Uoiti’ lt> W i»liIitt;t<>it
POUT WOHTH. T«x., cut. 22—Mar
Jo Flxlco, leader of the discontented
Creek lu ll tns who oppo-»> the allot
mt nt of bin t. has gone to Washing
ton to consult with President M -
Klnlev, Ptxtco has dispersed his fol
lowers. II* tales th it he and his
party will never agree to the ratlAca
tlm of the trtrity, but will *t »nd by
tie treat.' of 1 Mill lie will II-■""IIIhla
hi* council on bis return frotu Wash
ington.
W •!«!• r*» f ► ||km »* fti* r*|l»
IKK IN fit l i Via
u 1 . i \tir.-h i! 4‘ouat \\,iM»rw
*iit| thU Biumltti tttai h** r^ifard*t| tb •
« a* «n r ;tu<l • %p t**>| to b«i
p^Nonattv, a.
f* ut| 11 t*i- l*rit».i || ,u$f Chan*
ai« < |*i in* * i h it*>; t» ,, tha
ll«a If a Il4v Nr »t |M ftle*tlh
I Afttik Ik? •« u VN i.4c aa*
i l*i ifec '^Hsl a f*w 4$jft aa««s
V* >r Uv If utu! >» *t iu a ***rgt« at
»’l« rait«»n aa*i I* ant Ivlag latia«'ft*oa*
h bmi al tb* Ht*«|Tii|| )# gai«
Leaden Say Big Coal Companies are Try
ing to Crush Them.
OPIRAIORS SMIR AT MITCHILI
They Will Not tirant the t’onmiloni
Dctumuled An On»inou» stage of Ne
gotiations Seem* al iiuutJ ami Work
A(>|ieurM in Sight.
I SCRANTON, Fa., Oct. 20.—It Is prac
tically certain that the miners will not
go to work Monday, as was expected
irom the action oi the Philadelphia
conference and the Scranton confer
ence yesterday.
Some of the biggest of the local
companies are baluing at the agree
ment to continue the to per cent agree
ment In force until April 1 next, as is
demanded by the resolutions of the
miners. They were willing enough
yesterday to amend their notices to
conform to these demands, but today
they seem to have undergone a change
of heart, and only one operator of any
prominence would say outright that
he would make the modification. They
say it would be humiliating for them
to come out with au amendment to
their notices.
As one prominent operator put It:
“The modUlcation would serve but one
purpose, and that is to gratify a whira
of John Mitchell. We don't propose
to waste any energy bowing and scrap
ing to Mr. Mitchell."
WILKESBAKHE, Pa., Oct. 20.—The
strike leaders here are growing sus
picious that there is some kind of
au agreement between the coal com
panies by which they expect to break
up the miners’ union. The offer of
the Heading company and the opposi
tion to the same on the part of the
other companies is something the min
ers cannot understand.
In a conference In Philadelphia
Wednesday the Lehigh Valley agreed
to the same terms with the Reading,
so far as their collieries were con
cerned, but the company refused to
make the same concessions to their
employes in the Wyoming district.
The officers of the United Mine
Workers here say there is no consist
ency In that. The action of the Lack
awanna, Ontario & Western, Pennsyl
vania company and other large pro
ducers in combining with the Lehigh
Valley on the powder quest! *u tends
to confirm the views held by the offi
cers of the union that a concerted
effort is being made to get the better
of the union and incite a l reak in
the ranks of the strikers. The opera
tors who participated in the confer
ence in Scranton say they are acting
in good faith.
HAZLETON, Pa.. Oct. 20.—As far as
the United Mine Workers officials arc
concerned, matters are at a standstill
in the anthracite miners’ contest with
the operators. There was nothing
new in the situation today. Much dis
appointment was expressed in this re
gion today because an early ending of
the strike was prevented by reason of
the powder grievance.
coins KEEP IP THE FIGHTING.
Kelly-Kenny Obliged to Semi Kellcf Col
umn to Jagersfouteln.
LONDON, Oct. 20.—Lord Roberts
roiKirts from Pretoria under date of
October 19, as follows: A party of
Boers got into Jagersfontein on the
night of October Hi and a tight en
sued in the morning. Our loss was
eleven killed. The Boers lost their
commandant and twenty killed.
Kelly-Kcnny dispatched a column
under Hughes-Hallett, which should
reach Jaggersfontein today.
nnto takis ms ovv,\ nee
Nicholas Prill p l-'xperleiieca I ugra I it tide
<>f Hi politic.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—Nicholas
Sculp, a Swedish naval cook who was
on the battleship Maine when it was
blown up in Havana harbor, shot nn<l
killed himself in Brooklyn today. His
jaw was shuttered by ilying iron in
the Maine explosion und he had been
unable to eat solid food since. This
and tlie delay in getting an increased
pension made him very despondent.
Average t'rup of I'otutoea,
CHICAGO, Oct. 20.—The potato crop
of the Calml States, according to
the Orange Jmid Farmer's Anal report,
tit the practical completion of the har<
vest, approximates 239.000.000 bushels,
or nearly 5.000. mm bushels I cos than
last v<*ar aitd a fairly good yield com*
pared with the average of the last ten
i years. Extreme, in climatic condl*
lion* » r<- responsible for holding the
• rop within bound. Otherwise, the
i It’ e 11 it ’ i *e* led last spring and th«
i favorable Stan given |B the crop
Would have brought a phenomenally
ki ity yield.
I mis* 111 hanle ki,
I’HANKIoltT Kv . Ore Jo The
f ‘Mti-tUi-p mmiure which has been
' * • . III. the dt- ai* ' uient Pt»w*,p
I tb‘* two Ico-s of the leg datura an<|
a hu It he* bicti uliable fur ilia laat
few days in few* h an agreement. today
I nail'd oh < r«|sifi, wht<h fore.li* p w»
■ the pi xei- of ah i le llos law this
we< g A r<uiiprtimise sut-solute nf
■ nn» rats
• O a*tiip' t by the < itifeienee |uM- |
I Silitu* |s in i ami II la nearly *ar- ,
| ta n 'ha biil will i d pass
IM)I It SEMINCE OE Of AMI
CmprtH Freilerlr and Sir Arthur's End
lit Ntmr.
PAIUS, Oct. 19,—(New York World
Cablegram,)—Empress Frederick can
not live more than six weeks. Iloth
Ktnper r William, her son, and Queen
Victoria, her mother, were so notified
yesterday by the physicians in attend
ance. The dowagt r empress is afflicted
with cancer of the spine, according to
a high German physician who has ar
rived and who met here one of the
foremn t of British diplomats. The
latter repeated the information to me.
Sir Arthur Sullivan Is in Paris In
charge of two attendants. He is on his
way 11 the Riviera, but was compelled
by extreme weakness to break the trip
ami stop heta- for rest. To some
friend, who nflled on him he express
id hln elf ns sure that he shall never
he able to return to England, realizing
lliat his case is past helping. An emi
nent French physician, an old admirer
of the distinguished composer of mu
sic, vl iled him today and afterward
concurred in the invalid's conviction
that he was doomed to an early death.
It. is uncertain how soon. If ever. Sir
Arthur will be able to proceed south.
SMS NEW tRA EOR AMERICA.
ArrtitiUliop IrHunri Talk* of Till* Coun
try** l*o*ltIon In Ciuntufri1*
NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—Archbishop
Ireland, just returned from an extend
ed trip abroad, today gave out a state
ment of his Impression of the showing
made by the Americans ir. Paris. The
only criticism to be made, in his opin
ion. is that in most cases artistic effect
has been sacrificed for plain utility.
Tills, he said, resulted in a failure to
attrai t ns might otherwise have been
the case, The number of awards made
to American exhibitors should make
(he people here proud of the part
taken by the United States. The most
pleasing feature, he added, was the
American pavilion, win re nil Ameri
cans were made to fee! at home. By
the exhibit, this country's resources
are 1 tier known than ever before, as
spen by an increased demand for our
products.
"A new era," said he. "has set In for
us In commercial and diplomatic rela
tions and with the opening of the
twentieth century America steps into
the front rank of nations.”
Mo Merry for Ituckct Shop*.
CHK’AdO. Oct. 19 — Hoard of Trade
operators will tomorrow enter into
whs: *hey call the last skirmish with
the bucket shops. Thirteen of these
concerns have been obliged to close
their doors and thirteen more have at
last given up their fight to secure the
Board of Trade market quotations by
roundabout means. One concern today
was still using the quotations under a
temporary injunction, hut this case
comes up on court tomorrow, when
counsel for the board will present ar
guments for its dissolution. In view
of Judge Kohlsaat's decision enjoining
a number of local bucket shops from
using the board’s quotations, the direc
tors expect another victory.
Want to Rnr Out American*.
BIRMINGHAM, England, Oct. 19.—
The .Midland Iron masters are inquir
ing of officials about the reported in
tention to prefer American manufac
turers to British in awarding contracts
for the executive railway und bridge
construction contemplated in South
Africa. Several of the principal iron
men, who are conjointly making these
inquiries, intend to organize a cam
paign to press the government into fa
foring British manufacturers if it is
found that any contracts are likely to
go to the United States, even though
the American bids should be lower
than the British.
Yellow Fever liK rriinlii g.
HAVANA, Oct. 19.—Yellow fever Is
Increasing here. It Is said that there
is not one block in the city but ha3
contributed from one to seventeen
cases. If there is no improvement
there will soon be an exodus from
here.
Frank \V. Hayes, the general man
ager of the Havana branch of tho
North American Trust company, who
is suffering from yellow fever, is very
low and Mrs. Hayes has been isolated
with him.
rrc«l(l«*nt C'ovtilnlenrra.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 19.—President
McKinley today sent a message of con
dolence to the family of ex-Postmaster
General William I,. Wilson, who died
at Lexington, Va.. yesterday. The
president and Mr. Wilson served to
gether in tlie house of representatives
fur several years and, despite their po
litical differences, were warm personal
friends.
To !tr|»orr I hr Itum her*.
PRETORIA, Oct. It The |b.ers ure
daily tearing up portb ns of the rail
r ad and cutting the telephone and
(• legritpli sires Th»ir atai »• are in
tolerable The repairing linesmen run
ic l bare the garrison points without
Hsidtfable escorts. Tile only remedy
me# to to corral all the burghers
tin! deport them, as hone apparently
Hi h trust'd
W. Cut on ti'MMl A (Mils! ton.
XMilINtiTON, Oct 19 There It
-me talk t might of ex Vice President
l,*»t p Murtitn *t the third mem tier
•*tt the Pirt of the t'nlte t Mlxles on
• h« The Hints Internatl’mal \rbltrt
tl»*a *■•• «•>! Mr Morton saw the pres
ident Mi|, but st the M hit* Hwos
»» tb»r iMutrai^iien nor 4«nini of th«
teports was obUlnubls.
CHEAT STHI1 IS OVEIi
Every Foint Demanded by the Men Is
Conceded.
THE TERMS Of THE COMPROMISE
Employe* (<et locnmNe of Ton Tor Cent
Abolition of Mhlluii; Sonic mid Arhltrn
lion liuIn—Notiro* arc to lie Totted
^Hinted lately.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 18.—Tho
grout strike of the antnraclte mine
workers of Pennsylvania, which began
September 17, practically ended to
day, when the Philadelphia 4i Head
ing Iron ami Coal company and the
Lehigh Valley Coal company agreed to
abolish the sliding scale in their re
spective regions and to grant an ad
vance in wages of 10 per cent net.
the advance to remain in operation
until April 1, 1901, or thereafter.
The decision was arrived at after
a conference between representatives
of the individual coal operators and
the large coal carrying roads. Tho
conference began yesterday. Today’s
action was the culmination of the re
cent meeting of the individual oper
ators at Scranton following the mine
workers’ convention in the same city.
Nearly all of the collieries In the
coal region had previously posted no
tice granting an advance of 10 per
cent. The mine workers, besides this,
demanded the sliding scale In the Le
high and Schuylkill regions abolish
ed, tho increase to be guaranteed un
til April 1, and other dhferenees sub
mitted to arbitration. The individual
operators agreed to eveiything.
It Is conceded that the result of to
day's conference Is a complete victory
for the men.
All the demands of their convention
ure acceded to, and as one of the in
dividual operators put it, the oper
ators go u little further In maintain
ing the advance after April 1. This
same operator said:
"It is all up to the miners. Wc
have agreed to everything nothing re
mains but for them to return to work
as soon as the notices are posted by
the managers. These notices will con
form to the Reading's notice. I look
for a resumption of operations by
Monday at the latest. The conference
was entirely harmonious and every
phase of the strike situation was gone
over."
Just how soon the oruer notifying
the men thiat the strike lit over will
be posted can only he conjectured. It
is believed here that no order to re
turn will be issued until a notice
similar to that of the Reading and
Lehigh companies is posted at all the
mines.
The Reading company’s notice reads:
"It hereby withdraws the notice
posted October 3, 1900, and to bring
about practical uniformity in the ad
vance of wages In the several coal
regions, gives notice that it will sus
pend the operation of the sliding scale,
will pay 10 per cent advance on Sep
tember wages until April. 1901, and
thereafter until further notice; and
will take up with Its mine employes
any grievenccs which they may
have.”
No formal announcement has been
made by the Lehigh Vain y Coal com
pany, but a3 tho Reading’s statement
has been made public. Vice President
Garrett of the Lehigh company said:
“Concerning our operations in the
Schuylkill country, our action will be
similar to that of the Reading. In
other regions certain Liangs must be
treated separately, and we have not
derided with regard to them. These
matters are in the hands of Superin
tendent Lnthrop."
Calvin, Pardee & Co., extensive Indi
vidual operators in the Hazleton dis
trict, late this afternoon announced
that they will tomorrow post notices
similar to that issued by the Reading
company. This indicates what the in
dividual operators will do.
RUSSIA AntR NEW LOAN
Efforts of Muscovite Government fo Gel
... In New York.
NEW YORK. Ort. 1S.—Tho Evening
Pont today says: Tho reported nego
tiations of New York and Rarla hank
ers with agents of the Russian gov
ernment were denied by persons In
position to know. While It Is con
sidered doubtful whether a portion of
the loan could have bet n placed In I
Paris under any circumstances this
season, the project Is deemed Impossi
ble now that the Rank of Franco has
concluded to give up some of Its gold
to New York. A flnanctrr Identified
with previous movements of the kind
declared today that It wa Idle to talk
of another Russian loan so far as New
York Is concerned.
C'r«i|*« in 1‘iirto tit, «.
Washington, o>t is ?t.r«t.rv
LMMI ,v. i'
ernor Allen of Rorto Rico, In which
the latter tell* of an «•% en Ice tour
of tho island, of the pr perous con
dition of the sugar crop and the ont*
look for a very sviUfi. lory toffee
crop Governor \!l«r» predicts that
wl h these prosperous rr <p* the people
of the tat ind will *ejn I t upon their
h*'t tlnaiit UUy.
•• I l*U# itf %M*t|,
I.oNtmV (lit |i l n4rf
lh. Ih»tl> Kiprs* publish. 4 i report
{ that General dir |(e<|t*r« Holler has
| been summoned from S . ith Africa to
, i«i < ml laird Witter la) m commander.
In < htaf Istrd Rottert» l.lining to at.
| Cepl the posi’i-4t Without 4 frt ■ head
!
I
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations front Soulb Outnha
anti Kansas City.
UNION STOCK YARDS. SOUTH
OMAHA.—Cat tin—There was a good, lib
eral run of cattle, but still the market
wuit In good shape, taking everything mu
consideration. There were only about Il£
teen curs of corn cattle on sale, and as
packers were all looking for fresh sup
plies the market ruled active and strong
t r oil the mors desirable kinds. Good
hamlyweight cattle wu re sought after
and sellers Imd little dlllhulty in dispos
ing of such kinds as answered to that
description. There were approximately
thirty curs of cows and heifers on sa o
besides the usual amount of odds and
ends. The quality of the offerings was
veiy common and buyers claimed there
hi'ic vi iy tew good tows In the yards.
I'he demand for 111• - better grades tvas ac
tive and prices fully steady. The stoeket
and 1 coder trade opt null up In good shapa
and the demand for the better grades
was active and In some cases a little
stronger prices were paid. Thu less du
e.rnlde bunches, however, d.d noi move
any too freely and the prices bid were
< erlalnly no more than steady. There
Wan juut (• w western beef steers on sale
and no part leu ur change In prices was
noticeable. Good cows were fully steady
with yesterday und eaimeis and medium
kinds were also Just about as good as
those sold yesterday. Good feeders
brought steady to strong prices and other
kinds were about steady, but closed
rattier dull and weak.
Hogs—The downward c >urse of the hog
market lh.it Started about two Weeks ago
continued. Chicago fame lower with 27,
imj on sale and buyers started In here
bidding about $4.55, or iVdlue lower. A
few bogs changed hands on that basis
and then Chicago came In a dime lower,
with packers’ advices showing a decline
of lia./'il.V. the bulk of tie* bogs selling
at $4.£o>(4.75. They claimed they could
buy a drove of hogs In Chicago for fl.ua
and ns a result they lowered their bids
here and niter the lirsi round were only
offering f l.VwG.riii'j. Sellers were not
wiling to take off that much and as a
result nothing was done for some (line.
Sheep—There was no particular change
In feeders, though there seemed to be
enough buyers on the market to clean up
all that was off.-red at practically steady
prices: Quotations: Choice western grass
wethers, $3,756(4.00; choice grass year
bugs, $3.75'o I 00; choice ewes, $3.'.Td(3.5o;
fair to good ewes, $3.00713.23; cull ewes,
12.30*3.00; choice spring lambs, I3.00>j5.5!i;
fair to good spring lambs, $4.75’.45.00; feed,
er wethers, t;;.3.Vi|3.ii3; feeder lambs, fl.uO
6(4.40.
KANSAS C’TTY,
Oat tie—Receipts. 11.300 held natives, 3,M3
head Texans and 500 head calves, good
general market; steady to lOe higher; na
tive steers, $4.7,V><5 35; Stockers and feed
ers. fli .ViSil.4U; buti her cows and heifers,
$3.O06i l.5o; canners, $3 35*|.l.oo; fed westerns,
f3.50Si5.00; Texans, »‘2.60^3.40; calves, $3.50
tfifi.no.
Hogs Receipts. S.nuO head; market slow.
fiVrtloe lower; heavy and mixed, fl.00tH.70;
light, $4.55tf$4.70; pigs, $4.35'o4.S0.
Sheep and lambs—Receipts, fi.2'0 head:
market fairly active, steady; lambs, fl.ooss
4.25: muttons, t3.757j4.00; stockers and
feeders. fS.lO^u.W; culls, fJ.MVtl&OO.
CABINtT TA1KS ON CHINA.
Memlnri Favorably lm|iri>ini>il with the
Turn Mutter* llatr Takxn.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20.—The cabi
net meeting today was devoted princi
pally to the consideration of the Chi
nese situation. After the meeting the
members seemed impressed with the
favorable turn matters had taken and
the prospect of a satisfactory adjust
ment. The government has received
the proposals of LI Hung Chang and
Prince Ching, offering indemnity and
guaranties for the future, and they
have been accepted in good faith. The
cabinet considered that the Chinese
government, in admitting tnat it had
been in the wrong and in offering to
make proper reparation, as well as of
fering to provide against a repetition
of disorders, had placed itself in thu
proper position and had opened the
way to negotiations for a complete set
tlement.
For the present the negotiations will
proceed through Minister Conger.
KENTUCKY GOES TO CHINA.
Nf» Hattlrshlp Lcuvrii on II«‘r Trip Acrox
the ISriny Deep.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—The new
battleship Kentucky sails tomorrow
on her long trip to Chinu, which will
take about two months. She has been
at the New York navy yard for some
time making final preparations, and is
now gone to Tomkinsville, preparatory
to the start in the morning.
The gunboat Vicksburg and Annapo
lis, which also are to go to China, will
follow in about two weeks. The Frolic,
which has been designated to take the
place of the Dorothea for similar ser
vice, is in good condition for n start,
but probably will be detained in order
to furnish more extensive quarters for
the large number of officers assigned
to her.
Hiilisim (.nil n I.in lim ( tip
MONTGOMFUY, Ala., Oct. 20.—This
was military day at the street fair, the
feature being the presentation to Lieu
tenant Hobson of a loving cup from
tlie people of Alabuma. General Joe
Wheeler made the presentation speech.
Jor %% tut* in Kcr.
LONDON, Oct 2o. It In reported
that Joseph Chamberlain, the secretary
I of state (or the colonies, is projecting
a visit to the West Indies, in order
i to personally sen the eft rets of his sub
i induing polity.
( iiHilIttou uf iite Imtsr},
WASHINGTON, Ott ;*u Today's
limit ni of tin- treasury lisltsis in
I the general fund, t o ,n»ive of the
lie* wi.tiwi gt |,| festtHe in the division
j of redemption, shorns Available msb
balance. |l IVflii I3|, gold. Isasifi.liA.
lltawsMS k.niti |« litstl.
MIXING ION. o t .o I looms W
Keating th« noted irolling horseman
**f California. died here today The
hndt nil! u sent to Reno. Nev , fur
hurts) o*v Mutt day.