Ports at Pretoria Dismantled by Boors
and Big Ordnances Hidden ,
PROBABLE EVACUATION OF CAPITAL
IJnergSiiltl to Ito Very Much Disconcerted
Over the Situation JIoio Talk of Dy
namiting the lllg .Illneu Hellof of Ilo-
leuguurod Town of lUiifclcltic U Mill
Weeks OH. j *
J DON , April 20. A dispatch to
; lly News from Capetown says :
j-nmnn just arrived from the
assures me timt not n single
is In the Pretoria forta.
message , dated Bloem-
i9 , 10:55 : u. m. , and be-
Press Censor , Bloem-
s an exchange of shots
ot DeWctesdorp , where
safd to be concentrating ,
withdrawal from \Vep-
* la nothingelse to Indicate that
investment qi" Wcpener has been
Jndoned by the Boers. Notwlth-
lng the rain , however , the British
made some progress , ns DeWets-
dorp has been occupied by them , prob
ably by the advance of General Run-
dlo's division. DeWctsdorp is about
twenty-four miles from Wepener.
An obscure message from * uiwal
.North , dated April 10 , says General
.Brabant has arrived there , but whether
he returned alone or with his troops Is
not clear. Boer reports -i'om Allwal
.North aver that from & .000 to 10,000
Boers are at Wepeuer.
Extended reports of the Bloem-
fonteln concert for the benefit of the
widows and orphans have been cabled.
.No less than seven separate accounts
have been published in London today.
The concert , the weather and the bare
statement that Lord Roberts is ready
to move are'about the only things that
the censor has allowed to pass , r nd
the correspondent who announces that
Lord Roberts is ready to move does
not specify the d.rect.on in wh.ch he
is going.
A cablegram regarding the rains ,
dated Bloemfonteln , April 19 , says :
During the last ten days there has
been constant rain and an enormous
quantity of water has fallen. These
-conditions , although extremely uncom-
lortablo so far as the conditions are
concerned , have had their advantages ,
.for every dam i the country around
about is filled and the question of
water , which hitherto during the
inarch of the army has been ono of
great difficulty , is now practically
solved. The troops will be able to
move In any direction with a certainty
of finding a sufficiency of water.
The whole regular and volunteer
drafts have arrived.
General Hunter , from Natal , com
manding the newiy-tormcd division ,
arrived at Bloemfonteln yesterday
( Thursday ) and left immediately after
conferring with Lord Roberts. To
what point lie went is not mentioned ,
Tnit it is expected he will operate west
of Bloemfonteln.
The Ladysmith correspondent of'the
Daily Mail , In a dispatch nated Wed
nesday , says :
"The news of the nature of the dis
patch of Lord Roberts to the. war of-
Ilce icgarding the Spionkop operations
1ms created much comment locally , out
no resignations are mentioned. "
The Bloemfonteln correspondent of
the Chronic.e says : The requisite re
mounts have arrived and all the in
fantry divisions arc now supplied wii.i
tents. The Boers In the immediate
neighborr.ood are quiet , but both sides
arc steadily preparing for Uie coming
struggle. Lord Roberts is now ready.
Several lots of concealed arms and
ammunition have been discovered hero
this week. T ne epidemic of enteric
A dispatch to the Mornmg l.'oat from
Ivimberley , dated Wednesday , says :
Ijiml Methuen has issued a proclama
tion forbiding civilians to carry arms
without military permits and ordering
rebels to surrender all serviceable
modern arms by May C.
RLBUILDING Cf DAWSON
Ig Very Unsubstantial Itusli to Cape
Nome Hrgln.s Kurly.
WASHINGTON , April 20. Deputy
Consul Adams reports to the state de
partment from Dawson City , February
28 , that In spite of danger and hard-
chip , no less than 700 people left for
Cape Nome during the winter , nnd that
thousands are reauy to .eave as soon
as spring opens. Tno winter was tne
coldest on record. The goal output tor
this season is estimated at uouble tuat
of a year ago , or from $ iu,000,000 to
$25,000,000 , due to Improved methods of
mining.
t AVnnlH to St o 1'JiiKlitml AVln.
j LONDON , April 20. Bishop Hart/.ell.
4 bishop of the American Methodist
' Episcopal church of. Africa , who will
sail for the United States Saturday by
the St. Louis , says ho considers Great
Britain has been entirely rlgnt In the
(
South African trouble from the outset
and he expresses the hope that Dutch
South Africa will lieJ converted into
British South Africa. While speaking
kindly of the Dutch leaders and cred
iting them with many fine and robust
traits , he says : "l wish to see England
win because her victory will mean progress -
gross , better treatment for the blacks
and greater welfare for the Boers. "
DRYAN DENIES ANY ILLNESS
H.iys Tlmt Iln Una Nuvcr Kelt llottur nnd
Wilt Coiitlnuu HpnerlioH.
KT. LOUIS , Mo. , April 20. The fol
lowing dispatch was received thla
afternoon from Austin , Tex. :
"To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch :
You may state for me that the stories
that I am in ill health are untrue. I
have never felt better In my llfo. I
speak tonight at the University audi
torium' and' ne"xt Saturday at Yearglns
Grove , this county , and/on * next Tlie&-
day , at Wichita-'Te-vi1 , ' . , : .
"WILLIAM J. BUYAH. "
REPORT OF CUBAN CENSUS
I'rciloinlimtr , Iiistcnil of Colored
ItlICO , U * IIlH ItCI'lt Slll)0M'll. | | !
WASHINGTON , April 20. General
Sangcr today made public the com-
lU'irlium results of tbo Cuban censtu
t.tken tinder his dilution. The flgur-M
urn very instructive pud the ofllcnU
are { -.ratified to HnJ that the native
I'ubans constitute no large n porliou
of the population , that the whites c.o
greatly outnumber the blacks , nnd that
so largo a proportion of the native
population can read and write. In
tl'fclr opinion thcro i.cems to bo nu
room for the objection that the pro
posed basis of suffrage would result
In the turning of the Island over to
Spain.
The total population of Cuba la
1 , 1572,797 , Including 815,205 males nnd
757,592 females. There are117 72
white males and 4G2.92G white females
of native birth. Tlio foreign whites
number 115,700 males nnd 2U.458 fe
males. There are 11,898 male negroes
nnd 122,7-10 female negroes. The
mixed races number 123,500 males and
1 15,305 females. There are 14,691 male
and 1G3 female Chinese.
The population of Havana Is 235,981 ,
and of the. province of Havana 424,801.
The population of the province o !
Matanzas is 202,444 ; of Pinar del Rio ,
173,004 ; of Puerto Principe , 80,234 ; ol
Santa Clara , 350,530 , and of Santiago ,
327,715.
GOVERNOR TAYLOR INDICTED
With Complicity In Killing of
( louljL-1.
FRANKFORT , Ky. , April 20. It is
persistently reported here tonight that
Governor Taylor has been Indicted by
the grand Jury and that the indict
ment was returned this morning , along
with those against Captain Davis and
Green Golden , but that this Indict
ment will not be given out until Gov
ernor Taylor returns from Washing
ton.
ton.Judge
Judge Cantrell has fixed April 30
for the arraignment of Harlan Whlt-
akcr and "TallrJw Dick" Combs , In
dicted as principals in the Goebel
assassination , and Secretary of State
Caleb Powers and Captain John Davis ,
indicted as accessories. The attorneys
on that day will ask for ball and file
petitions and affidavits asking for a
change of venue. The date of the
arraignment of the others has not been
fixed.
OUTLAW S1AIN BY POSSE
Hustler Shot Down in Utah While Ito-
slHtltif ; Arrest.
SALT LAKE , Utah , April 20. A
special to the Tribune from Thomp
sons , Utah , says Mr. Fullerton , man
ager of the Webster City Cattle com
pany , yesterday discovered the men
mutilating brands on his cattle. They
threatened to shoot and he retreated.
With the assistance of Sheriff Preese
and posse the thieves were overtaken
seventy miles north of here and or-
dgred to surrender. The thieves
showed fight and were followed fur
ther north , all exchanging shots , one
of the outlaws being instantly killed.
The dead man answers the description
of "Flat Nose George , " and investi
gation proves almost conclusively that
he is one of the men that robbed the
train of the Union Pacific railroad
about a year ago. The body has been
brought to Thompsons for Identifica
tion. Men are now on the way from
Cheyenne to identify him.
II.Hii)30 of Gates.
NEW YORK , April 20. 'i'h ? Herald
says : Wall street is full of rumors tc ?
the effect that John W. Gates is to be
deposed as the head of the American
Steel and Wire company. These
stories , which have been in circulation
for some time , assumed tangible fortu
yesterday , when it was said that a syn
dicate headed by Andrew Carnegie , An
drew C. Frlck and the Scligmun Inter
ests and the Moore Bros , has obtained
control of the company and will put
Mr. Frick in Mr. Gates' place.
liryan Will lie Named.
NEW YORK , April 20. It was de
clared today by Frank Campbell , chair
man of the democratic state commit
tee , that the committee had decided
to hold the state convention in the
middle of Juno in this city and that
"so certain were the members that
William J. Bryan would be the natural
nominee for the presidential candidacy
that the delegates would not be In
structed. "
Itartholdl .Sintun Unrolled.
NEW YORK , April 20. Bartholdl'3
statue of Washington and Lafayette ,
the gift of Charles Broadway Rouss
to the city , was unveiled with fitting
ceiemonles yestetday in Lafayette
Square in the presence of more than
3,000 people. General Horatio C. King
made the presentation speech.
Noted French Sculptor Dli'i.
PARIS , April 20. Jean Falgiuere ,
one of the greatest of modern French
sculptors , died this afternoon after an
operation for the removal of a tumor ,
lie was 09 yeata of age. lie was re
cently taken ill after completing the
statue of Alphonse Daudet in which
he took great pride.
Citrl.vlo IH Ton Itnxy.
NEW YORK , April 20. John O.
Carlisle , former secretary of the treas
ury , said last evening that he had
been nskPil by Governor Taylor's
counsel to appear for him in the
United States supreme court In the
Kentucky appeal , but that he had de
clined to do so because ho was too
busily occupied with other matters.
The Turkfiih AllnlHtur Culls.
WASHINGTON. April 20. Among
the callers on Acting Secretary Hill to
day was All Ferrouth Bey , the Turkish
minister to Washington. It was undpr-
Ktood that the occasion for this call
was the publication of the Intention of
the United States government to bilng
to nn immediate Issue th' . negotiations
with Turkey relative tn the payment
of the American missionary and other
claims. It is understood thai the pur
pose of the minister vntf primarily to
gather Information on this subject
Superintendent Jnckson Adclrosaes a Letter
to Nebraska Educators.
ACTION OP THE COURT DISCUSSED
I'riirtlrallr ImpoHttlblo to Frame n
Tluil Wilt Ho UoMfttltiltlunnl Uulcm tlio
CoiiHtlluUuu lUolf Ito Amumlutl Mis-
uclluticous Ncbnmlui Mtitturg ,
LINCOLN , Neb. , April 23. Stnto Su
perintendent Jackson , has addressed
the following letter to Nebraska educa
tors touching the recent decision of the
supreme court in declaring the free
High school attendance law unconsti
tutional :
In High School District , No. 137 , of
Havelock Neb. , against County of Lan
caster , in an opinion prepared by Judge
Norval , the high school law passed in
1899 was today declarel unconstitution
al. Briefly stated , the grounds of this
decision arc as follows :
The law provided for the attendance
of persons of school ago at any high
school in the county where such person
resided outside the limits of any high
school district. The tuition for such
attendance at the rate of 75 cents per
week was required to be paid the high
school district by the county. It was
held in the opinion referred to that if
75 cents per week was In excess of fair
compensation it was , on the one hand ,
favorable to the hfgh school district ,
and on the other hand in the same de
gree was unfair to the remainder of the
county. If conditions were reversed
and 75 cents was insufficient , the coun
ty profited and the high school district
was discriminated against. It was as
sumed that the rate Indicated must
necessarily be unequal and an unfair
discrimination , one way or the other ;
that therefore the law was unconstitu *
tlonal because In contravention of sec
tions I , 4 and C of article Ix of the con
stitution of Nebraska. These sections ,
for the purposes of the case , were epi
tomized in the following paragraph of
the syllabus prepared by Judge Norval :
"The constitution of this state requites
not only that the valuation of property
for taxation , but the rate as well , must
be uniform. "
It would seem In the face of the fore
going that it will be practically impos
sible to frame a law that will be consti
tutional unless the constitution itself
be amended.
We hope that no young man or
young woman will feel that n high
school education , or even a more ad
vanced education , Is cut off because of
this decision. The self-reliant young
man or young woman who has the per
severance and determination to get an
education will be able to overcome ob
staclcs and make ways , and Indeed It
is a question whether It Is not unfor
tunate for a young man to have his tul-
tton paid if he Is able to pay his way
by his own efforts.Vc shall hope that
there will continue to be the same In
tercst and enthusiasm In the high
schools of our state that has so fully
characterized them during the present
year. ,
Slntn Knllttcd to t : Hliuro.
LINCOLN , Neb. , April 23. A copy
of the decision of the United States
circuit court of appeals in the case of
the State of Nebraska against .T. W.
McDonald , receiver of the defunct Cap
ital National bank , was filed with the
authorities at the state house. This
suit was instituted to recover the
state's deposit In the broken bank ,
amounting to 5285,351.85 , and the de
cision of the court of appeals holds that
the state has a legal claim to the money
and should be paid pro rat a with other
depositors. Tho. receiver Is scored
rather severely for refusing to allow
the claim , which the court holds to be
confessedly just and meritorious.
The opinion in the case Is quite ex
tensive and contains much matter of
intere&t to Nebraska lawyers. The su-
iii-r-rno court is coniDlimcnted very
highly in the following terms : "The
state of Nebraska early adopted the re
form system of pleading , and there Is
probably no state In the union whose
courts have given to that system a
more liberal and enlightened Interpre
tation or one more in harmony with its
obvious and , we may say , expressed
purpose and intent. The code of that
state abolishes all common law forms
of actions. "
Ncbnukii r
WASHINGTON , D. C. , April 23.
Dr. John N. Agan was appointed pen
sion examining surgeon at Ponder.
George W. Nation has been appointed
postmaster at Willey , Box Butte county
vice G. E. Willey , resigned.
A postoflirn has been established at
Abdul , Nuckolls county , with Floyd II.
Kiznr as postmaster.
Hey SlmntH lIlniHolf.
AXTELL , Neb. , April 23. John
Illlck , n farmer boy living eight miles
north of town , while out herding cattle
with a shotgun loaded with goose shot
accidentally shot himself in the arm ,
tearing out the muscles of the forearm
and injuring the bones.
llrnuslil tit llcliriiii for llurlul.
HEBRON , Neb. , April 23 The re
mains of 0. 11. Shade , a dry goods mer
chant of this city some years ago , were
brought hero for burial. Mr. Shade has
lived since leaving Hebron , at Leach-
wood , Iowa , but had been traveling and
died of rheumatism at Cherokee Iowa.
The Uniform Hank Knights of Pythias.
of which Mr. Shade had been a mem
ber , took charge of the funeral.
Oiuulm' * PlrstVlilte Settler.
OMAHA. April 23. Thursday was
the seventy-fifth birthday of "Uncli.
Bill" Snowden , Omaha's first white set-
tier. With his wife ho crossed the
Missouri river from Council Illuffs July
11 , 1854 , and took up his residence on
this side. Major William P. Snowden
has lived In Omaha continuously since
that time. He is hale , hearty and
happy on his seventy-fifth birthday ,
but he is not spending it In idleness
He Is a com table In the court of Coun
ty Judge Vlnsonhuler and is serving
papers and doing nil the duties lnu >
dent to his position.
NEBRASKA'S KEW CIIANCCLLOn
T > TuUo u Itrat ami Then Kilter Upon
III- Duties July tot.
CHICAGO , 111. , April 20. ( Special
to the Omaha World-Herald. ) Dr. 13 ,
Utnjniulii Andrews severed his con
nection with the public schools ot Chicago
cage Jonlght. Ho did not resign , but
simply notified the board of education
at its meeting that he intended to ac
cept thv * position of chancellor of the
University of Nebraska , and would
therefore not be a candidate for re
election as superintendent of Chicago's
suhoola. Ho also asked for two month's
ler.ve of absence without pay.
The board granted the luavo , but In
sisted ovt giving him pay until the
end of his term , which expires in the
last week of June.
The letter amounted to a resigna
tion and the granting of the leave will
( inly give Dr. Audtews two more weeks
ns head of the schools. At the end of
the month ho will retire anil go south
to recuperate , according to his physi
cian's orders.
The loiter of Dr. Andrews , announc
ing that he Intended to accept the Ne
braska position , came as a surprise
to the members of the board. The
tiustccs thought Dr. Andrews had not
made up his mind and would not dose
so until he had heard from his wife ,
who Is to arrive In Chicago In the
morning. The communication from
Dr. Andrews read tonight was as fol
lows :
"Graham H. Harris , President Board
of Education Dear Sir ; Having been
elected chancellor of the University of
Nebraska , and meaning to assume the
said olllce after the close of my pres
ent term ot service with the board , I
hereby respectfully notify you that I
am not and shall not be a candidate
for re-election as superintendent of
schools.
"Further , the condition of my health
and eyesight constrains mo to request
lenve of absence without salary for
the entire months of May and June ,
if possible , or if this is too much , for
such or as largo parts of those months
as may be deemed suitable. Very re
spectfully ,
"E BEN.I. ANDREWS. "
No comments weru made by the
trustees. A motion was made and car
ried that Dr. Andrews be given two
months leave with pay. No voice waa
heard In dissent to this proposition.
Then a motion was made for the ap
pointment of a committee to draw tip
resolutions expressing the regret of the
trustees at the disappearance of Dr.
Andrews from the Chicago public
schools. The resolutions will bo elab
orately engrossed.
I'rro HlB'1 ' Srlioiil T.uw.
LINCOLN , Nob. , April 20. The su
preme court , In an opinion written by
Chief Justice Sullivan , declared the
free High school law , enacted by the
last legislature , to be unconstitutional.
The case was that of the Havelock
High school district against Lancaster
county , and was brought for the pur
pose of testing the validity of the act.
The law Is hold unconstitutional be
cause of its provision that pupils from
without the district may attend the
High school free of cost , the district to
be reimbursed out of the general fund
of the county , at the rate of 75 cents
per week for each pupil. This arbi
trary rate , the court holds , may fall
below or exceed the coat of tuition ,
contravening sections 1 , 4 and ( ! , art
icle 9 , of the state constitution.
KlK Contract A\iimlet ! .
OMAHA. April 20. Kllpatrlck Bros ,
ft Collins have been awarded the con
tract for cutting through Sherman hill ,
the highest point on the Union Pacific ,
a gigantic task of two years , and In
volving the driving of one of the lar
gest railroad tunnels In the country ,
and building of a trestle approach on
one side. Its coHt is estimated nbou1'
$2,500,000. The award Is the result
of the visit to Sherman hill by 13. II.
Ilarriman. chairman of the executive
board , and Jacob Schlff , one of the fi *
rectors , who has heavy Uninon Pacific
holdings of his own ; along with Pres
ident Hurt. General Manager Dickin
son and Chief Engineer Berry.
School Tonclirr Klllcil.
NEBRASKA CITY , Nob. , April 20.
Word has been received here of the
killing of Miss Jennie Palmer In Wis
consin while out riding. She was to >
of the best known and most popular
KcUool teachers of this county.
New School fur Miifllion.
MADISON , Neb. . April 20. At nn
election held to decide whether or not
to issue bonds to the amount of $12,250 ,
for the purpose of building a school
house on the site of the one on the
south side , considered minafp , the vote
was 253 for and 28 against the bonds.
Hrancloii Dim.
TECUMSEH , Neb. , April 20. Judge
If. W. Brandon died very suddenly of
nervous trouble at his homo here. He
was aged 5G years and leaves n wife.
Judge Brandon was a native of Wis
consin , but located in Tecumsch at an
early day and was a very prosperous
business man. He served the county
as probate judge two terms , having
been first elected on the republican
ticket In 1895.
To Sate IMnKinnrit'H T.lf s
LINCOLN , April 20. Norris Brown
of Kearney was In the pity , appearing
before the supreme court in behalf of
Dlnsmoro , the murderer now confined
In the penitentiary , under death sen
tence. Mr. Brown visited his client
at the penitentiary after appearing in
supreme court earlier in the day. Ho
is trying to get a now trial.
Vet0ran anil Inillin Fighter Die * .
NEBRASKA CITY , Neb. ' , April 20.
H. W. Angel , one of the volunteers In
the Jndlan war of 18C8 and one of the
old settlers of this section , died las :
evening. He was among the volun
teers from this section who went after
the Indians after the massacre at Blue
Sprlngn and at Red Cloud. He was
also a voi ° ran of the civil war and
never ( ired of telling of the various
hairbreadth escapes that he had &a n
scout v/hlle fighting the Indians on the
plains In the enrly days. Ho was bur
led , undpr the auspices of the Grand
Army of the Republic post ot this city.
THE MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH
Quotation * From New York , ' Olilcngo ,
Houtli Uiunliu nnil ICIvnrhcro.
SOl'Tll OMAHA MVR STOCK.
SOt'TH OMAHA. April lO.-t'ATTLH-
The nmrkt'l IIH u vliolcvns low. lltiy-
crs Hci'iniM totc liulliToioiit anil Hell'M
complained that It was Imnl work to soil
ut mitlHfnutory prlrcH. The enrly market
wus low. and It WIIH Into hufore nny lumi
nous of conxciiueiu'o was trnmmi'U'il , The
lut ciUtliv loWi-i-
htiirUot WUM imovtMilyloWii .
ranging nil the wny from wenlc to 10
lower. The li-ust ilecllnu WIIH on I ho
choice fat llttlo entile , llccf meem , tt.io
ftM..H ) ; Hteern nnil holforn , ; i.20f " l.su , cow * .
V-.OOtfl.r. : heifers. tf.SU'tM.ltf ! "iTullH. ' $ U\ )
jaCTij calve * . ; , .Wf/7.0 ( , tilK , fl.MM.2U ;
HlOOM Hill ! HtllKM , jhl.Ui'll 1. 55 ; HtOOk VIIWM
anil hclfcro , J2.oOiM.60 ; utooU enlvoa , Jo.DO
tit.UO : ; Miockers ami fowler * , fci.WfM.ai.
llOUS-Soltl a shiulc lower , Unit In nbout
2lio lower thnn yesterday. The i-lono wns
Blow anil weak at the ileolliio. Oooil
sold very InrKoly at $5.45 , the sntm1 lips *
liriitKltiK J5.lVnft.i\i ypslofiliiy. ThO top
today was $3.Ki , NvlUt-li was 2&0 hlUlier
thiiu yesterday.
Hlllittl' KolloMlns lire n.uotutlqir < :
Oholeo yeurlluRH , KI.5it > .M ; fair to KOU'l
yearling.- * , Jii.tXrtiii.l5 ; ( 'lipped ypiirlmifM.
5.5Uiji.M ! ) ; Kooil to choice wethers , $ i ! . < W i
I.- ' . " ) ; fair to K"o < l wotliPiH , J5.75fi | > .tO ; clip-
peil wethers , $5.4Uf | , * > .tiOi ffooil to oholeo
toil ewviji , $5.5051 fi.tl ; fair to KOOI ! OWCH ,
$ i.00jiri.lt ) ; clipped ewes. $ l.riO'ii52.'i ; Kooil
to choice native liunli * . $7.l51n.Kood ; to
uhiilou tuitlve IniuliH , jir > 'i7.'J.'r | Kood to
choice wilHlern luiubrt , $7.111/7.25 ; . fair to
Kooil weHteru liiuilw. Jtf.Wl'7.1."i ; cllitped
liunhH , $ i.tyjii0.4U ) ; feeilcr wuthorri , Ji.oOK
G.UO ; foedi-r yearlliiKH , $5.0iffri.i ) > 0 ; iood ; to
cliolcu feeder lambs , Ji.ii'i
KANSAS CITV LIVK STOCK.
KANSAS CMTY , .Mo. , April 23.-OATTtH
Market about steady ; utitlvo Hteefrt. $ I.OJ
fi 5.40 ; Textiif HteeiH , JJ.Mii I.W ; Ti-xtis cowx.
$ a.8.-i1fl.DOj imtlvo eow.s tuul heifers , $2.H5
faS.GO ; sloekers nnd fci'dcry , JJ.'vllo.W ;
bulls. Ji.or.5i I.W.
lower ;
. .
J5.001i5.23.
SIlKUl' Market stroiiK ; lumba , J'J.OOI ' '
S.50 ; muttons ,
CHICAGO MVH HTOtMC.
CUICAUO. April llU.-CATTl.IC-aood
to prime steern , $4.Mr3.$0 ! ) | poor to me
dium. JJ.10Jj4.7f > ; HtouKers. , .mid oilijrs.
VUO'u I.S5 ; eows , J.'l.OO'i ) I.W ; heifers , W.ir.'n
4.115 ; eannors , $2.L'3ti2.W ; hulls , $2.M ) < ii4. * ;
I'lilvex. $ l.r.0ii' ( | . ' " ' ; Texas ft > d steers , Jl.UOii
r > . : i ) ; Texas bulls , W..1ft.75. :
HOCi.S Top , $5.75 ; mixed and liutrheM ,
$3.4ig.'i.75 | : need to choice heavy , } 5.tW'ii )
r > .73 ; , rough heavy. J.l5r < ir > .55 ; light , Ji.40y
5.05 ; hulk of miles , J.'i.ruft | .u7V .
BIIKIC1' Sheep and lambs about stea
dy ; Kootl to choice wethers , J5.75'ii'.25 | ;
fair to choice mixed ! ? 1.7oiCn75 ( | ; westoin
.sheep , JVti01ii.li | ) ; yearlhiKS , J5.SW B.IU ; na
tive . lambs , J5.501I7.10 ; western lamb : ) , Jtf.OO
/li " . .111
4I7.W.
CHICAOO C'.HAIN AND PKOIJl'CK.
CJIICAtiO. April Kl.-\\"llHAT-No. 3
xptliiK. CL"iMile ; No. 2 red , tS' e.
t'OKN No. 2 , ItSV1 ; No. 2 yellow , : ts' je.
OA'ry-Nn. 2 , BlHAir.e ; , No. 2 white , 27
{ I37 > se : No. : i while. 23i27 { , le. :
HYK-No. 2. Me.
JJAllhKY No. 2. J2fi.e.
HUI'2OH--I laKXe'd. No. 1'iiiid ' northwest ,
Jl.7t. ; ; I'llnio timothy , | 2. < 0ii2.l3. Clover ,
contract Ki'nde , $7.7i"i.
J'llQVISlONS-Mes H pnrk , PIT hhl. .
Jll.OOfrlL'.M. l.anl , per 100 Ibs. , J7.00T)7.15. )
Short rllm Hldi-.s ( loom- ) , $7.UOH7.2Ti. Dry
Halted Hhoulilei-H ( boxtMl ) . ? H.7.V7.W. | Short
clear Hides ( boxyd ) , J7. . ' . " > 'i7.trn ' ;
N12W YOH1C UltAIN MAHKI3T.
NK\V YOHK. Apill \VHKAT-.May. ! .
72 7-lG'72 ' { 11-lfio ; closed. 72e ; July. 7a ! MU
* i72Tse ; uloned at " 'Jiu ; September , 72R'n ;
TA\HC : oloncd at 7.i' ! .
C'OHN t'losed linn ' , io net decline :
Slay. 4if4kclosed : | ; at Me ; July , H'W
IHlid eloied at ll e ; September , H' ! W
47e ; closed at 4lfe.
OATS No. 2 white , 2H4e ! ; No. II white ,
20c ; track inl.xrd western , 2Wi2'.iLl ; track
while western , liH.jiiflilc ; trnek white Htnti' .
2' . ) | , 'iiUc. : Options weak , clotlnn nio net
lower ; Jlny elosed nt 27e : No. 2 white ,
May , 2fl'iil2 ! > ' . < .e ; cloheil at 2.i'/ie.
TO co\NfrTwu OCEANS.
Itiillroad AcroHH iMi'\lro ISoInc Uapldly
I'nslifil to C'limpletloii.
CITV OF MEXICO , April 23. Work
is now going on in the reconstruction
of the Tehuuntcpcc railroad across the
narrowest part of Mexico , and gives as
surance that the road will be as solid
and of as permanent n character as the
Ver Cruz railroad. AH the Tohuantc-
pee road will have a maximum grade of
half per cent compensated , It will be
in a position to bundle any trufllu that
can 1)0 secured on very economical
terms. At present the Panama rail
road handles UOO.OOO tons of freight
per a mi in , ( it ) per cent of which Is des
tined for or arises at ports north of
Panama. The bulk of this naturally
belongs to Tehuautopor. In addition ,
however , the road will capture a largo
volume of the tralllc 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 largo a trade as the
Panama within five years from its
opening. The distance from Coat/.a-
coalcos to San Francisco via Sallna
Crux 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 Now Or
leans to Coiitznroalos is only 800
miles , and within a very few years
there will be daily service boatd be
tween the two ports. The now termi
nal ports at Coatzacoalos , on the Mexi
can gulf , and at Sallna Cruz on the
Pacific will bo ready for handling very
heavy freight trade in three jonrs
from now.
Sum at I'aru.
PARIS , April 28. Among the Amer
icans who were present at the Inaugu
ration of the Paris exposition and the
accompanying fete , was Mr. John T.
Sliayne of Chicago. Speaking to a cor
respondent , he said : "Commissioner
CJccnral Peck and his assistants are the
busiest men in France. Their hard
work has put the United States build
ing and exhibits In u more advanced
state than those of any other nation.
Everything Is nearly completed and the
United States' display IH going to bo
one of the most splendid sights In the
fnlr. The attitude manifested by all
Frenchmen .toward Americans is ad
mirable. The exposition in splto of
many drawbacks will be a great suc
cess. " *
Will of it Millionaire.
CHICAGO , 111. , April 23. The will of
Unfits 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 bo 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 ? COO,000. and the real
estate Is valued nt $200.000. The dead
millionaire manufacturer distributed
$28,800 In personal bequests among rel
ative's and others , but left nothing to
charity or public institutions.
Justice Garrctt , of the Southwestern
police court , London , says It is n
shocking thing to find that the evi
dence1 in ( naf court showed Increasing
drtinkonncsM among women , nnd that
on ono day every prisoner charged
with dninkenncs was n woman.
George Frederick Williams of Bjos-
ton , who Is mentioned for the vice
presidential nomination of the Dem
ocratic party , Is a blue-eyed , llght-
complexloncd , well-dressed bachelor of
41. His fnthor , h OHnnnn , came to
America as George Welnlgman , but
changed his name to Williams.
If you would find out how poor n
malt is try to borrow money from him.
The Idaho prohibitionists want to
send Miss Amanda Way to congress ,
whoa sick is Lydia Em
Pinlfftam's Vegetable
Qontpountf , (
No oilier rtJctlfctrto in the
world 'fans done so much
good.
Mo confidence has over
boon violator/ *
No woman's testimonial
was ever published by
Mrs , Pin kit am without
special pcrniSsslon ,
No woman over wrote to
Mrs. PinMtam for advloo
without ( jotting help. No
man sees these letters ,
Her advice is free , and
her addres's Is Lynn ,
Mass , She is a woman ,
you can tell her the truth.
No living parson 3s so
competent to advise
women , None has had
such experience.
She has stored a mil"
lion sufferers to health.
You can trust her. Others
have ,
Lydln K. PlnVhnm MeJ. Co. , I.ynn , Mass.
Is the original
nnil only durnblo wall coating ,
ontholy different from all kul-
soinliK-H. Heady for tiao In
white or fourteen beautiful
tints by adding cold water.
IAT)1ES naturally prefer ALA'-
UASTIN13 for wnlls and colt-
ItiKS , becaiiHo It la pure , clcnu ,
durable. I' lit up In dry pow
dered form , In nvo-pound pack
ages , with full directions.
Jjl. IcMsomlncs are cheap , tem
porary preparations nmuo from
wliltlng , ehulks , clays , etc. ,
nnd stuck on wnlls with de
caying animal gluo. ALABA3-
TINE 13 not'a kalsomliie.
of the denier who
nays ho cnnnell you the "aama
thine" n ALAUASTINE or
"Homothlng Just ns good. " > Ifa
In either not posted or Is tryIng -
Ing to deceive you.
! ND IN OFFERING somothlnff
ho has bought aheap and tries
to sell on ALAHASTINH'S de
mands , ho may not realize tlio
danrngo you will suffer by a
Itulsomlno on your walls.
dealers will not buy
a lawuult. Dealers risk ono by
Dollliipr nnd consumers by using
Infringement. Alabaatlno Co.
own rlRht to rnaku wall coatIng -
Ing to mix with cold water.
| IIIO INTKUIOn WAT.L.H of
every church and ochool nhould
lie coated only with pure , dur
able ALAliABTlNH. It mife-
KiutrilB health. Hundreds ot
tone used yearly for thla work.
N BUYING ATjATlASTINK.
customers should avoid Ret
ting' cheap kalsomlnos under
different names. Insist on
having our Kondu In p
and properly labeled.
TJISANCB of wall panor la ob
viated bv AI..AUASTINE. It
car. bo used on plastered walls ,
wood ceilings , brick or can
vas. A child can brush It on.
'It doea not rub or scaleoft. .
BTABUSHED In favor. Shun
ull Imitations. A k paint deal
er or ilriiKBl t for tint card.
Write IIH for IntorostliiB book-
lot. five. AI.AMASTINE CO. ,
Urand Jlaptds , Mich.
WILL KEEP YOU DRY.
Don't bo fooled with a mackintosh
or rubber coat. If youwantacait
that u III Itecp you dry tn the hard
est storm buy the Ilsh Brand
Slicker. If not for sale In your
town , write for catalogue to
A. J. TOWEU. Dosfon. Mass.
THE BACOH SCHOOL
J $ ! their homes In the fundamental principles or tbd
- law , ami such lir nchoi tin ctmitllutea JluUbcJ
< L leBBl education. I'or circular * uJJro"
j EDW , BACON , 323 Main StMPeorla.il ! .
INVENTORS
Eend to-clay forourhantUomelyouprsverl
Bath millenary wurk on patenli KltKK
MASON. VKNWIUK & TLAWHKNOr.
rnteut Lmvyortt. \ \ n lilJicton , I > . O.
Tea iviareuei or all redorai
Holdlori , tholr wlJowj or
WANTED bolri , who mnrto a HOMU-
8THA1) KII.INU on lex than
Itf ) acre > on or bofora
' Juno 22 , IK74 , no mailer
SOLDIERS' nhqtlier .K1NAI. 1'llOOr
wunmdoornot twill bur
I. nil Warrant * .
Addreii Comrade
HOMESTEADS W , 15 MO3K3 ,
Uox Colorado. isiS. lioaisr.