e
ANTEEN IN ARMY
FUNSTON SAYS ITS ABOLITION IS
DEMORALIZING
BENEFITS ONLY THE LOW DIVES
Gamblers and Dissolute Women Pock
et the Pay of Soldiers Army Trials
Twice as Numerous Increaee In
Desertions Particularly Noticeable
WASHINGTON Sept 27 Brigadier
General Frederick Funston in his an
nual report for the Department of
Colorado points out that the percent
age of trials by court martial of en
listed men has nearly doubled during
the past year He says
It is therefore plain that there has
been a deplorable increase of offenses
in general and of desertion in particu
lar In my opinion there are two
principal causes for this state of af
fairs first resentment of accustomed
limitations and restrictions felt by
men comfng from field service to the
monotony and routine -work of the
garrison second the abolition of the
canteen feature of the post exchange
Since this action was taken saloons
of the lowest type have been estab
lished just outside the boundaries of
the various reservations their pro
prietors in almost every case unprin
cipled scoundrels who leave nothing
undone to debauch the soldiers and
obtain their money Being in all
cases outside the limits of any city
the proprietors of these resorts are
subject to no municipal police regula
tions and sell liquors regardless of
hours and whether the buyer is al t
ready intoxicated or not Gambling is
universal in these dives and they are
frequented by dissolute women The
soldier whose desire for a drink would
ordinarily be satisfied by a few
glasses of beer in the canteen of the
post exchange goes to one of these
resorts and does well if he escapes be
fore he has spent or gambled away
all his money overstayed his leave or
engaged in an altercation
SHAW TO PREVENT A PANIC
Secretary of Treasury Offers to Buy
Outright 1904 Bonds
WASHINGTON Sept 2G The sec
retary of the treasury has made pub
lic announcement that he will buy 5
per cent bonds of 1904 at 105 fiat
There are 19400000 of these bonds
outstanding
Secretary Shaw also issued the fol
lowing circular carrying out his an-
nouncement of yesterday regarding the
pre payment of the interest on bonds
of the United States
In pursuance of authority contain
ed in section 3699 of the revised stat
utes of the United States public no
tice is hereby given that the interest
maturing on the several interest dates
between and including November 1
1902 and July 1 1903 on the regis
tered and coupon bonds of the United
States will be prepaid with a rebate
of two tenths of 1 per cent per month
on the amount prepaid under the fol
lowing conditions
Owners of registered bonds desir
ing prepayment must present their
bonds to the treasury or some assist
ant treasurer of the United States
who will stamp upon the face of the
bonds the fact of such prepayment and
return them to the owners with the
interest for the periods above men
tioned less the rebate
National banks owning bonds de
posited with the treasurer of the
United States to secure circulation or
deposits may obtain prepayment upon
application to the treasurer of the
United States The bonds so held
upon which interest is prepaid will
be stamped as above indicated
Coupons maturing upon the dates
included in this circular may be pre
sented for payment at the office of
the treasurer of the United States or
any assistant treasurer
In circulating the amount of re
bate to be allowed any fractional part
of a month will be reckoned as a full
month and the rebate for such frac
tional part of a month calculated as
a full month will be retained by the
United States
Veteran of Two Wars
WASHINGTON Sept 27 General
Francis J Lippitt a lawer and vet
eran of the Mexican and civil wars
died here today aged 90 years He
was borne in Providence R I
Getting Out of China
WASHINGTON D C Sept 27
The state department has a cablegram
from United States Minister Conger
at Pekin stating that the evacuation
of Manchuria has been begun by the
Russians
Heinze Starts New Party
BUTTE Mont Sept 27 The fol
lowers of F Augustus Heinze who
were denied seats in the democratic
state convention at Bozeman where
they appeared as a contesting dele
gation held a mass meeting here It
was announced that there would be
launched an independent party con
sisting of Heinze democrats who are
opposed to the party leadership of
Senator Clark fn fusion wth the
populist and labor parties
oT
REPUBLICANS OF NEW YORK
The Ticket that They Have Placed Jn
the Field
SARATOGA N Y Sept 25 The
republican convention reassembled
shortly after 10 oclock yesterday
morning and quickly proceeded to
business Edward Lauterbach of New
York City presented the platform
which was promptly adopted The
following nominations were made
For Governor -B B Odell jr of
Orange
For Lieutenant Governor F W
Higgins of Cactaragus
For Secretary of State John F
OBrien of Clinton
For Treasurer John G WJckser of
Erie
For Attorney General Henry B Co
man of Madison
For Comptroller N B Miller of
Cortland
For Engineer E A Bond of Jeffer
bon
For Judge of the Court of Appeals
W E Werner of Monroe
TO BE NO PACKING COMBINE
Decision to Abandon Scheme Influenc
ed by National Administration
CHICAGO Sept 25 The combina
tion of the great packing houses of
the country which has been under con
sideration and in process of actual
formation for the last six months has
been abandoned at least for the pres
ent says the Tribune
The decision not to complete the
combination is due in a large degree
to the attitude of the national admin
istration toward trusts as outlined by
President Roosevelt in his recent
speeches and to the possibility that
in the event of a consolidation con
gress might remove the tariff on cat
tle
It was learned last night that a final
meeting of the heads of the firms
known as the four big packing houses
in Chicago had been held at which
is was agreed to end all negotiations
at once
SOLDIERS FOR THE PARADE
Secretary of War Assigns Men to
March with Grand Army
WASHINGTON Sept 25 At the re
quest of the local committee having in
charge the annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic the sec
retary of war has instructed the com
manding general department of the
east to direct the following named
troops of the army to participate in
the military parade of Tuesday Octo
ber 7
The Fourth artillery corps band and
four companies of coast artillery from
Fort Monroe three companies coast
artillery from Fort Washington one
company coast artillery from Fort
Hunt three companies coast artillery
from Fort Henry one company coast
artillery from Fort Howard the engi
neer band and third battalion of engi
neers from Washington barracks the
Second cavalry band and Second
squadron Second cavalry and Fourth
battery field artillery from Fort Myer
SOLDIERS AGAIN IN FIELD
Governor Stone Orders Ninth Regi
ment to Mobilize
WILKESBARRE Pa Sept 25 In
compliance with the request of Sheriff
Jacobs and numerous other citizens of
Luzerne county Governor Stone today
ordered the Ninth regiment to mobilize
at Wilkesbarre The regiment had its
headquarters here and three hours af
ter the order was received Colonel
Dougherty the commanding officer
had the regiment with the exception
of the Hazleton companies ready for
the field The regiment consists of
twelve companies and has a member
ship of about 750 There are quite aJ
number of mine workers in the regi i
ment but all responded to the call
The soldiers will remain in the ar
mory ready to respond to any call
Would Abandon Fort Yates
WASHINGTON Sept 25 Brigadier
General W A Kobb commanding the
department of Dakota in his annual
report says that the discipline and in
structions of his command are good
because as a rule the officers are
capable and painstaking He quotes
from Major Alfred Reynolds inspector
general of the department to the ef
fect that he is inclined to the opinion
hat the abolition of the beer feature
in post exchanges has not materially
increased the number of trials by court
nor called for other extra disciplinary
measures
Moros Are Hard to Reach
WASHINGTON Sept 25 That the
task of reducing the Moros to terms
Is proving difficult Is indicated by the
following cablegram received today
by the war department from General
Chaffee
MANILA Sopt 23 1902 Adjutant
General Washington Captain John J
Pershing returned to Vicars unable to
reach Macin forts water and swamps
provented CHAFFEE
SIDENT HOME
THE TRAIN BEARING HIM
RIVES IN WASHINGTON
MARINES ARE IN PANAMA
AR
THE TRIP IS WITHOUT INCIDENT
President Stands the Long Ride Re
markably Well Is Taken to Tern
porary White House Will Be Domi
ciled There While in Washington
WASHINGTON SepL 25 Secretary
Cortelyou at 930 last night made the
following statement concerning Presi
dent Roosevelts condition
The presidents physicians report
that he stood the trip home very well
and it is believed that the local in
flammatory symptoms will subside in
a week or ten days if the leg is ab
solutely at rest
President Roosevelt returned to
Washington at 630 last night from
Indianapolis where he was compelled
to abandon his western trip because
Qf an abscess on his leg which de
veloped as a result of the trolley ac
cident at Pittsfield Mass He stood
the journey from Indianapolis remark
ably well and when he was carried in
a wheel chair from the railroad car
to his carriage he was in excellent
spirits and appeared to be free from
any pain With Mrs Roosevelt the
president was driven directly to the
temporary White House on Jackson
place where according to the present
airangements he will remain until the
wound is healed and he is able to again
be on his feet The president was
taken to his room on the second floor
of the house and made comfortable
and his wound dressed Later he was
reported to be resting easily and the
expectation is that within ten days
the president will be himself again
The trip home from Indianapolis
was an uneventful one He remained
in bed all day and executive business
on the train practically was dis4
continued Few letters or telegrams
were written or received A telegram
was put on the train at Pittsburg from
Mrs Roosevelt stating that she had
left Oyster Bay for Washington The
president slept soundly all through the
night until 8 oclock this morning
Even the noise in the depot at Pitts
burg where the train remained in the
early morning for about twenty min
utes failed to awaken him When Dr
Lung went to the presidents state
room shortly before 9 oclock he found
his patient in rare good humor and
excellent physical condition Damns
the wound on his leg
The slight fever which the president
had yesterday afternoon had disap
peared and his temperature was nor
mal In fact he felt so well that he
told the doctor he would like to get
up and go into the parlor of his car
Dr Lung strongly protested against
this telling the president that It was
absolutely necessary for him to remain
quiet and President Roosevelt good
naturedly gave in The pain in his
leg had practically disappeared and
the conditions there were so favorable
that the doctor did not think it neces
sary to redress the limb The presi
dents leg is tightly bandaged and Dr
Lung does not look for a recurrence
of the swelling although this would
be nothing unusual and would cause
nc alarm
Confidence of Foreigners on Isthmus
Greatly Restored
COLON Colombia Sept 25 Three
companies of the United States mar
ines who arrived here on the cruiser
Panther have reached Panama They
are commanded by Lieutenant Colonel
Benjamin P Russell and will be quar
tered in the railroad station
Another company consisting of eigh
ty men under command of Major Geo
B Arnett will be kept in Colon and
quartered on the dock of the Pacific
Mail Steamship company The meD
of this latter company will be used td
guard the daily trains across th eisth
mus
The confidence of foreigners on the
isthmus has been restored in a large
measure by the arrival of American
men-of-war and the landing of troops-
ST LOUIS Mo Sept 25 Ardashes
Requests Hays Intervention
H Keleian president of the American
National union composed of 20000 Ar
menians in this country has written a
letter to Secretary of State John Haj
requesting his intervention with the
European powers in behalf of the Ar
menians in Turkey
News of Marshall Islands
SAN FRANCISCO Sept 25 The
schooner Louisa D has returned to
this port after a years cruise among
the Marshall and Gilbert islands
Twice it was almost wrecked on coral
reefs and on January 14 one of thd
crew Ernest Wenzel fell overboard
and was drowned Captain Moore
tells of a tidal wave which visited
Marshall islands
lives
and took severa1
T Y f r
SURPRISE IN WASHINGTON
President However Expected to Be
All Right Soon
WASHINGTON Sept 24 The ill
ness of President Roosevelt and the
consequent abandonment of his west
ern trip came as a total surprise to
everybody in Washington Secretaries
Moody and Wilson had both planned
to join the president this week and
accompany him for a time Now
however that the president is return
ing to Washington Mr Moody will
postpone his visit west until the time
for his address before the Marquette
club of Chicago which engagement he
will keep
An official report of the presidents
condition came to the navy depart
ment yesterday from Dr George A
Lung the surgeon who was detailed
to accompany the chief executive on
his trips It was addressed to Rear
Admiral P M Rixey chief of the
bureau of medicine and surgery and
in his absence from the cityMts con
tents were not made public
Dr John Urie the assistant chief
of the department who for a time was
detailed to act as physician to the
Roosevelt family took the report to
Secretary Moody It was very much
in accord with the statement issued
by Secretary Cortelyou issued from
Indianapolis prior to the operation
and stating that there was a bruise on
the shin and that a minor operation
was necessary It was stated that the
president would need a rest and this
would necessitate the abandonment of
the western trip Dr Urie is of the
opinion that the president will be all
right in a short time Such wounds
as that described are apt to be more
painful than serious
BISHOP HOPEFUL FOR CHINA
Thinks People Will Become Christiana
and Does Not Look for Trouble
NEW YORK Sept 24 Bishop Da
vid Hastings Moore of the Methodist
Episcopal church having supervision
of China Japan and Corea who has
reached this city to spend five months
in the open door missionary movement
is which his church is now interested
say3 regarding the fresh outbreak of
the Boxers in China that he does not
believe there will be another general
uprising in the future
That China can ever be what it
was before that outbreak is impossi
ble he said Her idols are shatter
ed her ideals blasted The sacred
wall around Pekin has been dug down
to admit the locomotive the legations
are enlarged and rebuilt with reference
to any future trouble The empire has
been shot through and through with
western ideas which to the natives
seem to have an omnipotence all their
own Timothy Richard is commission
ed by the emperor to reconstruct the
educational system on western mod
els
SOME COAL STILL ON HAND
Have Twenty Thousand Tons Ready
for Customers
PHILADELPHIA Sept 24 Vice
President Voorhees of the Philadel
phia Reading railroad said in an in
terview that the company had 20000
tons of rice coal stored at Reading
He declined to say what the receipts
of coal are at present or the number of
loaded cars that have been brought
down the road within the last few days
Other officials were equally reticent on
that score
City Sales Agent Coughlin of the
Reading Coal and Iron company is be
sieged with applications for coal So
far as applications from hospitals and
other charitable institutions are con
cerned no change has occurred The
question of the action of the churches
is still an open one with the officials
One of the largest retail coal deal
ers is negotiating for 20000 tons from
Wales
Moving the Quarantine Line i
WICHITA Kas Sept 24 The Na
tional Association of Sanitary Boards
met here today The two points of
Interest are the placing of the quar
antine line farther south and the ex
tension of the open season After the
appointment of committees recess was
taken The members of the committee
to fix quarantine lines and to regulate1
the open season include George Bi
Ellis of Missouri A W Sale of Illinois
and W H Dunn of Tennessee
Bridge River at St Joseph
ST JOSEPH Mo Sept 24 A new
400000 railroad bridge will be built
across the Missouri river at SL Jo
seph by the St Joseph Grand Island
Railroad company
Request for Troops
HARRISBURG Pa Sept 24 The
strike situation at Lebanon has be
come so critical that troops may be
ordered there by Governor Stone with
in twenty four hours
Non Union Miners Stoned
WILKESBARRE Pa Sept 24
Sheriff Jacobs of county has
not yet asked Governor Stone foi
troops but conditions are growing
worse Some non union miners were
stoned at Warrior Run
NO DROUTH THERE
PROSPERITY IN THE WESTERN
COUNTIES OF NEBRASKA
CROPS LARGEST IH HISTORY
More Corn More Stock Mora Hay and
More Money Than Was Ever Before
In Evidence Other Matters pertain
ing to This State
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OMAHA Neb Sept 24 Stockmen
coming into Omaha tell a joyful tale
of prosperity in the western counties
A recent issue of the Drovers Journal
Stockman contained the following
Doc Chumley a big farmer feed
er and stock raiser of Oconto Custer
county is here on business and has a
good word to say for Custer county
Ho says that in every respect Custer
county crops are the largest in its
history and they also have an unusu
ally heavy supply of cattle with the
average number of both hogs and
sheep The finest corn crop ever rais
ed in that section is now in sight and
while they had a killing frost last
week no material damage was done to
the corn Mr Chumley owns a farm
of 1000 acres and will harvest this
winter 25000 bushels of corn alone
He says Wo have more corn more
hay more stock more money than
ever before in the history of our coun
ty and are pretty well satisfied with
present conditions to say the least
A good many cattle will likely be fat
tened in that section the coming win
ter but as a rule they pay more atten
tion to preparing feeding stock for
market than finishing for beef Farm
ers as a rule were never better fixed
than at the present time and with
vast quantities of grain and hay to
sell they look forward to a very pros
erous year
Nels Johnson of Kearney was in
with cattle and reported crops in
Kearney and Buffalo counties as the
heaviest in years Wheat is going
from forty to forty five bushels and
oats in the neighborhood of fifty Al
falfa is fine Corn has not been dam
aged much by frost and indications
point to the biggest crop in years
Corn in Frontier county especially
in the southern part has matured suf
ficiently to put it out of danger of
frost G J Dold of Maywood was in
yesterday and says the southern part
of the county has had considerable
dry weather of late and that corn in
that locality has passed the danger
line
Stanton Dam Carried Away
STANTON Neb Sept 24 The
dam put in by the Stanton Water pow
er company at a cost of 7500 was
completed last Saturday and was car
ried out for the second time about
six hours after its completion The
structure was put in by the Beardsley
Gravity Dam and Construction com
pan3 and had not yet been accepted
by the Stanton Water Power company
The contract price was 7500 of
which 5500 had been paid
Atrocious Murder Charged
LINCOLN Neb Sept 24 A
most atrocious ever committed
re-
quisition was issued for the return to
Nebraska of Epjraim J Harrod un
der arrest in Morton county North
Dakota charged with the murder of
David Jones at Wymore some years
ago The murder was for the purpose
of robbery the crime being one of the
1
High Price for Farm Lands
COLUMBUS Neb Sept 24 A
farm of 240 acres two miles south of
Platte Center was sold by Thomas
Dach to Patrick Foley at 60 an acre
an advance of 26 an acre on the
price paid by Mr Dach for it three
years ago
Conductor Brady Killed
MCOOK Neb Sept 24 Conductor
John T Brady of this city fell from
his train freight No 64 and was in
stantly killed being terribly mangled
tinder the wheels
Barn Burned by Lightning
BUTTE Neb Sept 24 The large
barn of the William Bush ranch three
miles east of Fairfax was struck by
lightning and burned Loss 2000
Conductor Dies of Injuries
CURTIS Neb Sept 24 Conductor
William Huber who was crushed un
der a car while adjusting an air brake
died from his injuries
Arranging for Washington Trip
LINCOLN Neb Sept 24 Com
mander C F Steele of the Nebraska
Grand Army of the Republic was at
the state house to consult with Adju
tant General Mart Howe and railroad
agents relating to the trip of the Ne
braska department to the national en
campment at Washington The Ne
braska troin will leave October 4 over
the Rock Island At Chicago the Wa
bash line will be taken
SSTiSaaaMiiii rrmrggg
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City
CATTIiR The receipts of western
cattle continued heavy but tho demand
socmed to bo equal to the occasion and
as a result thero was very Jlttlo change
in the market Tho good cattle of all
kinds mot with ready sale while the
commonor grades woro neglected and
hard to dispose of at what Beeraed to
be satisfactory prices Thero wero a
few bunches of cornfed steers in the
yards and as high as 5750 was paiu
Tho sales that woro made looked Just
about steady with other sales that have
been made of late
The cow markot was fairly active par
ticularly on the more desirable kinds
and just about steady prices wero paid all
around iThere has been a pretty good
demand for canners for tho last few
days but of course prices are low as
supplies have been very heavy for somo
little time
Hulls veal calves and stags sold in just
about the same notches as they did yes
terday
Tho stocker and feeder trado continued
active on tho better classes and slow on
tho common kinds Tho demand from
the country was In pretty good shape and
the good heavy cattlo and also tho lighter1
weights showing quality moved quito
freely
Western range steers that woro good
enough for killers commanded steady
prices and the market was fairly active -on
the more desirablo kinds Tho pro
portion of killers was not at all largo
so that packers had littlo chanco to
pound values Feeder steers that wero
at ull desirable also sold freely at steady
prices -with the common kinds dull
ixOGS Thero were more hogs In sight
than for somo time past and as tho mar
ket at Chicago slumped off 2025c prices
here of courso took a drop The mar
ket opened virtually 15c lower than yes
terday though In somo cases llghu -weight
hogs of good quality did not sell much
over a dime lower Tho bulk of tho
sales -went from 750 to 755 Choice
lightweight hogs sold mostly from 753
to 7C5 while the heavy packers sold
from 50 down It was not a very
active market for packers wero very
bearish
SHEEP Quotations Good to choice
yearlings 3703390 fair to good 350
370 good to choice wethers 3403G0
fair to good wethers 3003310 cholco
ewes 3003323 fair to good ewes I2C3
S2C0 good to choice lambs 450 3473 r
fair to good lambs 425Q 150 feeder weth
ers 300340 feeder yearlings 3258
3C5 feeder lambs 350425 cull lambs
2005300 feeder ewes 1753250 stock
ewes 2503 325
KANSAS CITY
CATTLE Corn fed steady to 10c high
er stockers and feeders lower cholco ex
port and dressed beef steers 50o 37k
lair to good stockers andi
feeders 2003463 western fed steers 351
3525 Texas and Indian steers 300g
405 Texas cows 1053305 native cows
2203415 native heifers 2253400 can
ners 1003215 bulls 2001315 calves
2253C00
HOGS Market strong to 5c lower top
7C0 bulk of sales 7503753 heavy 743
3755 mixed packers 743760 light
7253757 yorkers 7503753 pigs C63
5713
SHEEP AND LAMBS Market steady
stockers and feeders lower native
lambs 3203410 western lambs 300
475 native wethers 2953400 western
wethers 2603390 fed ewes 2903355
clipped Texas yearlings w753370 clip
ped Texas sheep 2603300 stockers and
feeders 2003305
LEG IS GETTING WELL
President Sapends a Quiet Day Re
ceiving Few Visitors
WASHINGTON D C Sept 27
The condition of President Roosevelts
injured leg shows steady and satis
factory progress toward improvementi
There is only a slightly imperceptible
change from day to day as the heal
ing process is naturally slow and tedi 5
ous
Tho president spent the day very
quietly his principal visitor being Sec
retary Moody who had some navy
department matters to bring to hisj
attention Dr Rixey called for a short
visit about 4 oclock and Dr Lung
the presidents regular physician was
with him for a brief time during the
evening
Settle a Damage Suit
COUNCIL BLUFFS la Sept 29
A dismissal has been entered in the
50000 personal injury damage suit
of George P Sanford against the Chi-
cago Northwestern Railway com-
pany in the United States district
court Mr Sanford sued for injuries
received to his
eye while a passenger
on a Northwestern train about two
years ago Since filing the suit he
has died and the administrator of hist
estate effected a settlement with the
railroad company for 500
Minister to Brazil
WASHINGTON D C Sept 27
The following foreign
diplomatic ap
pointment has
been announced from
tho stats department
David E
Thompson of Nebraska to be envoy
extraordinary and minister
plenipo
tentiary to Brazil
When the
clergyman
goes into poli
tics does he
become a divine healer
Argues for Mexico
THE HAGUE Sept 27 The inter
national court of arbitration
was rv
cupied
De La
all day in hearing Attorney
croixs arguments in iu
of Mexico in the
hearing
of the Pious
fund case between
the United state
and Mexico He
contended that tte
supreme court of California
in an
- ngnt to acquire
property of ancient mission
j wore given its members
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