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THE OMAHA DAILY BBS ; MONDAY. MARCH 15,188GS
T1IE1IADHOBATDESMOINES ,
Weak Police Protection Afforded During
Two Nights of Kampant Eioting ,
AN INVESTIGATING ASSEMBLY.
Cleveland Condemned mid Other
I.cclslntlvo Work Performed
Newsy Specials From Xcola
and Avoon.
Citizens Will Ilo Sheriffs Next Tlmo.
lis ; Moixns , Iowa , March 14. ISpeclal.J
Tlic past week has been an eventful ono for
DCS Molnes. With the militia underarms
two nights and a general spirit of riot
roamlne about the streets several nights ,
there has been plenty of excitement for even
thu most languid. The lawless altitude of
the saloon defenders , however , has had one
good effect. 11 has aroused public sentiment
ton convict Ion that the test tlmo had come ,
and that If the saloons and the slums wcro
not to rule tlio , city , the city must rule the
saloons. So them has been a general stiffen
ing up ot the moral backbone of the commu
nity , and a determination to maintain the
majesty and dignity of the law. The city
authorities have been severely censured for
calling on the state ofllcers for the militia to
preserve Iho peace. There hss never yet
been a time when the regular civil olllcers of
the law could not enforce It and main
tain order without military assistance ,
If they had been disposed to do so.
The mob last evening could have been dis
persed by prompt and determined action on
the part of the civil authorities if their officers
had all discharged their duty. Hut during
the Incipient riot at tlio court house , not a po
lice ofllcer was In slsht , and the posse of dep
uty sheriffs held the fort alone , until rein
forced by a detachment of militia. It Is not
likely tliat the experiments of that night will
bo repeated. But if It Is , every citizen of
DCS Molues proposes to become ono of the
shcrift'fc posse to put it down rather than call
upon tlio state troops , and maintain law and
order. The excitement has about died out ,
and the searches and seizures of liquor no on
about as usual.
The joint legislative committee on the
soldiers' home are havlnc quite a junketlnc
trip , llvlngon the fat of the land. At Burling
ton they wcro escorted to the opera house in
time to see the last part of Salvlul's play of
"The Outlaw , " and at each stopping place
the fatted calf Is brought fortn and the at
tractions of the town are set out in brilliant
colors. As there are seventeen cities to bo
visited , ( lie honorable committee will have to
be more than human if they can get back
homo without a protracted attack of royal
gout , so high will bo their living.
This Is the greatest legislature for Investi
gations ever known. So many members of
the senate are called oil by examinations
and Investigations that hardly enough re
main for a quorum part of tlio time. There
Is llrst of all the Brown Investigation , which
has been holding meetings dally for several
weeks. What they don't know about the
Brown matter when they get through will
not be worth looking after. Then comes
the Hayes Investigation , and before they get
through with the judge they will have
enough matter to fill a book. Then there is
the investigation of the deaf and dumb
asylum at Council Bluffs , and the testimony
in that case covers over 403 pages of typewriter
writer copy. Then comes the investigation
ref thonlTairs of the slate university at Iowa
City , no light undertaking. Then the in
vestigation of the official conduct of the
state veterinarian , and lastly the Investiga
tion of ( ho" accounts of the capital commis
sioners , to say nothing about the little In
quiries and Investigations which Individual
members take on their own account. This
unusual amount of Investigation doesn't In
dicate that there Is anything particularly
rotten In Denmark , though such might seem
to bo the. case. But It shows what a lot of
inquisitive and prying legislators can do
who think that they have got to reform the
universe , or at least hold an investigation
and see If It doesn't need an overhauling.
The legislature did a good thing yesterday
in passing a resolution condemning Cleve
land's veto of the Des Molnc.s river lands
bill. The controversy which it was hoped
would bo quieted by this congress has been a
disturbing feature in Iowa politics for many
years. The democrats were persistently
claimed to bo the special champions of tlio
poor settlers , and all their wrongs they have
charged to the republican parly. Now a dem
ocratic president vetoes the only bill for tnelr
relief which has over passed congress. II Is
admitted by leading democrats that this veto
will cost the democratic party several thou
sand votes In this" state. If Mr. Cleveland
would get a llttlo better acquainted with the
'rowdy west" ho wouldn't make so many
blunders about It. The resolution recites the
fact that the legislature has several times
memorialized congress In favor of such meas
ure , iccltes the fact that thl-bill was Intended
to secure to the settlers peaceful possession
tind titles lo homes they have created by their
labor and Iho expenditure of their means
through many years , and to which they are
justly entitled. It says that eviction must
cost Iho settlers severe hardships and great
jiecunlary loss.and therefore thanks the
Iowa delegation In con gross for Its efforts to
jiass the bill , and concludes as follows :
Hesolved , Thnt It is with the deepe.it re
gret that this general assembly has learned of
the veto of nald measure | > y the president
nml thai by Uils veto the president has disap
pointed thu Just oxpectatlonsof thu people of
Iowa.
, Thu secretary of Btato Is directed to for-
waidacopy of the resolution lo each Iowa
Bcnntorund member In congress.
Bills locating Ihn supreme court nt the
capital have passed both houses of thu legisla
ture , and It Is probable thot the measure will
become a law , When this is done thu Iowa
supreme court judges will have as elegant
quarters as any Jurists in thu United States
Thu ( supreme court room , now nearly finished -
od , Is a marvel of artistic taste and beauty.
Imported frescoes , luxurious furnishings ,
costly and elegant appointments of all kinds
will add to the uenuty of the room In which
llawkoyo justice In henceforth to DO dis
pensed. Kacli of the judges will have nn ele
gantly furnished room at Ids disposal for
'
'private wet k , and n luxurious chamber be
sides for general consultation. It Is not
strnugo that the bench of judges were solidly
In favor of the bill locating their future duties
here nt thu capltol.
Only forenoon sessions of the legislature
wore held yesterday. Thu house discussed at
length the bill enlarging the powers of dis
trict judges and fixing their salaries. Thu
bill provided that tlin salary should bu 83,000.
Mini of Taylor tiled to amend by making thu
salary S2.0CO. Tfio main discussion hinged
on this point , and on motion of Schecl n
compiomlso of § 'JJOO WU8 nlced ( upon. The
senate spent thu forenoon on Iho Catch Mu
tual Benefit absoelatlon bill , nndafterbovcr.il
minor amendments ordered the bill en-
grossed. 1 ( piovldes for legulatlng such as
sociations by putting them under control of
state laws , subjecting them to examination
the fcumn as other Insurance companies , a'ud
requiring them to make leports to the auditor
of state or conmiis'sloiierof insurance , if such
olllcu is ei en ted.
Avocn , Political and Personal.
AVOCA , Iowa , March 14. [ Special. ] Our
. city now sails under democratic colors.
At the iccent city eh'Ctlontno rascals wuie
idl put out and second tieorgu Washington : )
rut lu , every city otllchil ( wivo ono le'publl-
ran councilman who o tlmo 1ms not expired )
being a full Hedged democrat. Wo expect in
llio near future tonotogu-tit Improvement in
the management of everything , In consequence
quence thereof "A now broom , etc. "
Mrs. J. C. Iletzcl gave her husband a plwis-
nnt surprise Tuesday evening by quietly In
viting in a number of friends , It being Mr.
H.'s birthday. There were present Mr. and
Mrs. 0.11. Nelson , Mr. and Mrs. D. Hunt ,
Mr. and Mrs. K. Cook , Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Harding , Mr. and Mrs. S. 0. Harlow , Sir.
and Mrs. 0. M. Voss , Mrs. t. U. Iletzcl , Mrs.
J. K. Towers , Misses llnttlo and Mary Hunt ,
The evening was pleasantly passed In pro
gressive euchre and dancing. While none
like to grow old , the company were unani
mous In heartily wishing Mr. Hctzcl many
happy returns of March 0.
Mrs. J. A. Hake gave n tea Thursday ,
twenty-six of her lady friends being present ,
regardless of the snow storm that prevailed
throughout the day and evening. Mrs. Dr.
K A. Xantr.n and llttlo Kthcl departed
Tliulsday morning for West Liberty , where
she expects to remain thrco or four weeks ,
visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. , ) . Q.
Willis of Omaha , were Avoca visitors , Tues
day , the guests of Mrs. U. O. llarlow. ( icor'ge
Smith , formerly of Avoca , now of Dakota , Is
again with us , having como to attend court ,
which convenes next week. Mrs. J. II.
Green of Albion , Ts'eb. , who has been visiting
Mrs. 15. D. lloopes for the past month , re
turned homo Friday morning , accompanied
by Lettio Domboy.
Not ono complaint yet have we heard rela
tive to the new postmaster. The former
postmaster is now occupying the position of
assistant , and seemingly works well and
gratefully as n private in the democratic
ranks.
Mrs. H. S. Hart went to DCS Molnes Satur
day , and will Sunday with her husband , lion.
It. S. Hart. Mr. and Mrs. 11. tt. Goldthwalto
of Marengo , Iowa , arc visiting Mrs. 11.
Rhodes , who Is n sister of Mrs. O. Albert
Mye , an Avocn boy , who has for two years
been work hit : In the railroad machine shops
at Missouri Valley , is homo for a short visit.
Newsy Bits From Neola.
NIOLA : , Iowa , March 14. [ Special. ] The
social event of the season was the wedding
of Miss Nellie Fcnlon toJ. M. Shea. Tlio
happy couple were the rccclplents of many
useful and costly presents.
A largo party of Germans , numbering
twenty-live grown persons and a number of
children , left Neola Tuesday for Crelghton ,
Neb.
James Ilcgarty and Antonla Nurchcy wcro
married at the Catholic church Tuesday and
left on the morning train for thu west to bo
absent about a week.
A. S. A very and S. H. Daker were elected
school directors for the coming three years.
No better selection could have been made.
At the city election Hiloy Clark was elected
mayor , James Donovan recorder , C. M. Crip-
pen treasurer , J. W. Butler assessor , and
T. S. Campbell and Willis Downs councilmen -
men , the closest and most exciting light be
lli ! ; for couucllii'Cii.
"It did mo a heap of good , " remarked Mine
Host Hamilton , of the Union house , "to lay
out' Organ at the school election. Everything
was working smoothly for him in the morn
ing no opposition but in the afternoon ,
when Dlllen and Organ went out to the wed
ding , wo fixed him. "Cap" Heath and I put
our heads together and finished him , and
when "Cap" and I. get our heads together
you can bet there's a union of the best talent
of the town. Organ's a crank and we turned
the crank so well that when ho came back
from the wedding there was no music in him
ho just hung his head and tracked for
home. "
Owing to a rumor that n new marshal
would bo elected at the council meeting Mon
day evening , last week was n week of trial
and tribulation for the. chameleon of Neola
politics. From early morn till late at night
Ills scoop shovel scraped and scraped the
muddy crossings , and when an alderman
chanced to pass a most heart rending groan
would escape his manly form. So worked up
did ho get that late Monday afternoon ho
wanted to scrub ono of the crossings to make
sure of its being clean , but a humane coun
cilman who had recently taken n slide him
self against the grain of a board and knew
how it felt , told him to let up and they'd put
him In with the scoop ,
The new council had a meeting Monday
evening , when the new members , Campbell
and Downs , wcro sworn in , audit Is predicted
that this now blood will wako up some of
the old members. The friends of Downs
say that ho will become an important factor
In our local government , and that ho Intends
to Introduce many new measures and urge
the same In his wonted able and 'convincing
manner , while the friends of Campbell say
that if they can only Induce him to throw off
his reserve and make himself heard ho will
also make himself felt , as lie should. At the
meeting Mr. Campbell Introduced a resolu
tion that the saloons remove the paint from
their windows and nil screens from before
their tiars , and a committee 1ms been ap
pointed to dratt an ordinance to that effect.
This makes the saloonkeepers feel hot , but is
n move in the right direction.
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Adjourned Sine Die.
CiiKvr.NXiVyo. : . , March 14. The ninth
legislative assembly , celebrated for its two-
thirds republican majority In botli houses ,
adjourned sine dlo at an early hour Saturday
morning.
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Weather for To-Day.
Missouni VAI.I.KV Northerly winds ;
light rain or snow , followed by warmer , fair
weather.
Walnut Hill IH the Best IIIII Why ?
Hecanse the location is best.
Because it is most popular.
Hccauso the best people are locating
there.
Because it has a depot in the center.
Decauso it is most improved.
Hecaiiso it 1ms city water and mimy
other advantages.
Because it has churches and schools.
Becau.su you can read your titles clear ,
Because It Is reached through Farnam
and ( Juming streets ,
Because property soils cheaper than in
other placus lows improved.
Becansfi the property is sold on easy
payments.
liccuuso the owner , Dr. Morccr , intends
to imiko this in every respect u perfect
city within itself , by selling cheaply to
puoplo of all business who have industry
and character enough to build n city
themselves ,
Before investing elsewhere look nt the
scores of inagiiificent residences and
home-like cottages on Walnut Hill.
Fine stationary and art goods of nil
kinds arc now going very cheap. Wo
eivo 20 per cent discount on all goods
uuught of us within the next six weeks.
HOSK Buos1 AmPAI.ACK ,
15M Dodge St.
Centrally located.
If you want to buy or sell centrally lo
cated real estate see \V. II. Green , 213 S ,
13th street. Ho 1ms bargains in real es
tate iu every part of the city.
'The second series of stock of the Oma
ha Loan and Buildingtisjociation and the
Mutual Loan and Bunding association are
now open for subscription at 31U S. llth
st. Ulllco hours 5 to U and 7 to 8 p , in ,
G. M. NATTINGEK , Scc'y.
A Kara Bargain.
Six acres , 3J miles northwest from post-
oflico , with good house , barn , well , etc.
This place is worth $300 wor ncro without
improvement. We oUor the whole for a
fuw days at the very low price of.3,500 ,
f'JOO cash , baluvco in two years.
STUUKDALI : & BL-XCHIH ,
. . - 1511 Dodge St.
ttlK BOYCOTT IAFTJ3D.
Convict Ijnbor to Ho Dispensed With
By Chicago Shoe Firms.
CHICAGO , March 14. The state executive
committee of the Knights of Labor to-day
held n conference with MeFarland and C. M.
Henderson , representing M. D , Wells &Co. ,
nndC. M , Henderson & Co. , the last two
remaining firms being boycotted for refus
ing to dispense with convict labor In the
manufacture of boots and shoes. After
n short talk the following document was
drawn up and signed :
The dlsazrecmont existing between the
Knights of Labor of Illinois and the firm of
M. 1) . Wells & Co. , concerning the employ
ment of convicts in the Wisconsin state
prison for the manufacture of boots
and shoes Is by this agreement sat
isfactorily settled. Both parties npreo
that convict contract labor should
not come lu conflict with free labor , and that
the Interests of public. Is better served by Us
discontinuance. Sttfh being the sentiments
of M. D. Wells & Co. , they voluntarily agree
that they will not directly or Indirectly re
new their existing contracts forconvict labor ;
they also agree that they will cancel their
routract for convict labor with the state of
Wisconsin as soon as the sin to of Wisconsin
will relieve them from said contract or any
liabilities by virtue of said contract. M. D.
Weils it Co. further agree that they will
not , knowingly , buy boots and shoes
of any manufacturers using con
vict labor , present contracts cxccpted.
M. D. Wells & Co. further agree that
no ono seeking employment lu their factory
shall bo refused employment solely on ac
count of being a member of the Knights ot
Labor. M. D. WM.T.S & Co.
The agreement signed by C. M. Hender
son & Co. was the same In wording , except
the names of Missouri and Pennsylvania
were pimllshed for Wisconsin. The docu
ments wcro signed by the members of the ex
ecutive board and the boycott was ordered
lifted. The two linns also agreed to the fol
lowing :
Wo further agree that we have no objection
to our employes being or becoming Knights
of Labor , and to have differences between
employers and employes submitted to arbi
tration. _
The Ilallrond Officials Weakening.
ST. Louis. March 13. Superintendent
Dickinson , wlio has charge of all terminal
facilities here , Including the bridge and tun
nel and Missouri Pacific yards , offered the
men who are on a strike a material increase
of WHges , but they refused to icturn to work
till permitted by tlioknluhts.
ST. Louis March lit. The attorneys of the
Missouri 1'acilic tills afternoon applied to
Judge Homer , of the circuit court , for a tem
porary injunction to restrain J. J. Mcarry ! ,
M. 1' . Palmer , I * . II. Nolan and other strikers
from roing on the premises of the plaintiff
and interfering with their property , and also
to prevent any conspiring outside of the
premises to do Injury to the plaintill's prop-
city. At the suggestion of the court the
petition was amended by striking out the
latter part ot It , and the injunction was
granted ,
LITTI.K KOCK. Ark. , March 13. There are
no new developments concerning the strike
to-day beyond the disabling of the last engine.
In the possession of the company. The ex
amination of tlio strikers arrested yesterday
has been deferred.
ST. Louis , March 14. State Labor Com
missioner Koclitltzky arrived here last night
from Jefferson Cityand held a conference in
regard to a'settlement of the strike , but lie
declined to say who ho conferred with or
what was done , nor would lie say what , if
any , relations ho holds to cither side in the
contest.
Striking Street-Car Drivers.
CINCINNATI. Marcli 13. All the street cars
In the city excepting those on tlio Auburn
line and those running from Covington to
Ncwpoit , stopped running at noon 'to-day on
accountoC the various companies refusing to
comply with the men's demands for S3 per
day fortwclvo liours' work.
ST. Louis , Marcli 13. Employes ot all
stiect ear lines but Broadway and Cass ave
nue will assemble to-morrow night to con
sider the propriety of striking for & 3 per day ,
or twelve hours' work. That amount is paid
by the Broadway line.
CINCINNATI , March 13. The street railroad
strike is ended. The Walnut Hills line ,
accepted S1.85 per day of twelve hours , and
sent out their cars about a o'clock. The
employes of the Consolidated company were
about equally divided between two proposi
tions made by President Kilgour for SUM all
around or S- for conductors and 81.75 for
drivers. It required a considerable time to
como to a decision , but they settled upon tlio
last named proposition and at G o'clock the
cars were ordered out and tlio men resumed
work.
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The Ranks KillinK Too Pant.
CHICAGO , Marcli 14. The state executive
board of tlio Knights of Labor yesterday
issued an order that no more assemblies shall
bo organized in this state during the next
forty days. "Our reason for issuing tills
order , " said Kobcrt Bennett , the state master
workman , "is that the order is growing ! lee
fast. We areatiald thiit people may be in
duced to loin it without fully understanding
all our objec.ts. Wo want only intelligent
men , and wo cannot have any others and
succeed In tlio work wo want to accomplish.
Outside of Chicago we are building upujiusu-
ally intelligent assemblies , and wo draw our
membership from all ranks tarmere , labor
ers , merchants ami professional men. During
the forty days we will explain the objects
thoroughly , and will then bo ready for or
ganizing work again. "
rJMcCormick Will Bo Boycotted.
CHICAGO , Marcli 14. District assembly No.
59 of the Knights of Labor , held a meeting
ing here to-day , and though the session was
secret , a member after the meeting vouch
safed the Information that It had ueeji de
cided to .sustain the striking employes of thu
MCcormick Heapar company anil boycott the
firm , which Is now employing nearly a full
force of non-union men. It was also deckled
at the meeting to raise tha Thompson .tT'ay-
lor boycott , one of the firms using Maxwell
Brothers' goods , and call out the full strength
of the order in boycotting Maxwell Brothers.
A Strlko Decided Upon.
PiTTsnuito , March 14. At a iricoUng of
the miners of the Clearfichl region at Tyrone ,
Pa. , yesterday , It was decided to strike for an
increase of 10 cents per ton. Tlio CJearlieiu
district includes sixty mines , employing
r > , ono men , and in regarded ns the pivotal
branch of tlio entire soft coal lotion. The
miners have all quit work and thu collleiies
nru now closed. Thu action taken at yestcr-
dayV meeting makes the strike general. It
Is estimated that 10,000 miners are engaged
in the strike.
TUB KXL'OSITION BUILDING.
Second Grand I'roiucnado Concert ,
Saturday Kvonlnj ; , March SOth.
Tlio following is the programme for the
grand promenade concert at the Exposi
tion building next Saturday evening , 20th
inst. The admission is only 25 cents for
first-clubs musical entertainment.
PllOfiUAMMU.
PAUT I.
Overture , Poet and Peasant Suppo
Musical Melange , This and That UoMgro
Vocal Quartette , "Hark , the Trumpet".Buck
Lotus Ulno Club.
Potpourl , Yankee and Irishman.Stclnlmusor
J'AUT IT.
Overture , Nachtlasror In Crcnada.Kreutzer
Aria , Lal-'illodo Iti-glmont Donizetti
Mrs. Martin Calm ,
Selection , Trovatorn , Verdi
Vocal Quartette , "In Absence. " , Buck
Lotus Uleo Club ,
I'AIIT III.
Kakeltauz Moynrbcor
Ballad , Angel at the Window Tours
Airs. Mai tin Calm.
Cornet Solo , Lovuto ( lie People Suppo
Mr. II. Lutz.
Modlcy Overture , First Part and Ollo.Oellner
A Family Fight.
A frightful family row is reported to
have occurred in North Omaha yester
day , in which a husband and wife made
fierce assaults upon each other , and wuro
only prevented from inflicting great bodily -
ily injury by tlio timely arrival of neigh
bors. The disturbance is said to bo thu
culmination of n long scries of abuses
by the husband on hi.s bettor half. The
participants rcsido in the neighborhood
of Twenty-sixth and California streets.
Dr. Hamilton Warrcu , Kclcctic Physi
cian and Surgeon , 703 N. 10th street ,
near Webster. . Day and night calls
promptly attended to ,
THE PROSECUTION ENDED ,
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Introduction of ; j Testimony in Defence
Oomnwnddd Saturday ,
LAUEFVS B.RUAL CONDUCT.
It Is Strikingly tiniplinslzcd by the
Testimony of Several "Witnesses
A Crnuljer'ry Banco Episode
Scenes anil Incidents ,
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The iinucr Trial.
It was rumored Friday night that the pros
ecution in the Lauer trial had a trump card In
reserve which they Intended to play Saturday
mornlntr. Confemicntly the court room was
crowded long before the hour for convening.
At 0:30 : o'clock the jury filed into their scats.
Tlicro were peihaps a few 1110:0 wrinkles In
Lauer's forehead than tlicro was the llrst day
of the trial , sliowinc that anxiety wus begin
ning to have its effect upon him. Mrs. Emma
Boll , the woman who was too ill to testify
Filday. was the first witness. I t was with
the greatest dllllculty that her evidence could
bo heard. _
Mrs. Hell Testifies.
Her testimony was as follows ! Have lived
In Omaha ten years and am residing on
Twelfth street , between Jackson and Jones.
1 first met Mr. and Mrs. Laucr over a year
ago. They were living up by Mr.Gallnghcr's.
1 washed for them twice. 1 went there be
fore the separation. Mis. Lauer acted all
right In the morning until about o'clock.
Then she began to cry and continued to dose
so until noon. Mr. Lauer came homo be
tween 13 and 1 o'clock and they both sat
down in tlio dining loom at the table. Mrs.
Laucr called to mo to bring In the dishes. 1
went out of the room and didn't hear any
thing more until Mrs. Laucr ran out Into tlio
kitchen. 1 did hear Mr. Lauer say : "What
kind of a looking mess is that you've cot on
the tablo'i" ' She replied : "This Is cranberry
sauce. " 1 heard Mrs. Lauer jump up and
say , "My goodness 1" Then she came out In
the kitchen with her face and body covered
with the cranberry sauce. 1 washed her face ,
and found that the liot sauce had burned the
skin.
On cross-examination Judge Savage sub
jected Mrs. Bell to a rigid inquiry about her
relations witli her husband and her modes of
life. She slated that her husband died In St.
Louis about four years ago and that after
they separated she kept lodgers.
"Ladies or gentlemen'.1" asked Judge Sav
age.
age."Ladles. . "
"Can you give ( ho names of any of them1
" 1 can , but don't see what its got to do
with the case. "
"You must answer the question , " said the
court ,
The witness then g.ivo the names of her
boarders , about whom the defense asked a
number of questions as regards to character.
Mrs. Bell , however , said that she never know
of their receiving men at night , and that ns
far as she knew they were women of good
character. During the cross-examination
Mrs. Bell kept her eyes partly closed.
"Do you sutler from weakness of the eyes.
that makes you keep them shut ? " Inquired
Mr. Savage.
"Yes sir. "
"How long have they been weak. "
"I'm not golnirto nswer any such ques
tion , " was tlio testy 'rejoinder. The court
decided tlio que. ) > Uon.sva3 Immaterial and
Judue Savage continued to examine her in
regard to the places In .Which she had lived.
The cranberry episode ? was not referred to
by the defense.jt *
The I'roqcojrtlon Ended.
"Tho state wilL1estfjere. ; " said the district
attorney , as ilrs.'JpeHlult'tho stand.
The. lirst wltncss'fbr Jlie defense was Mrs.
Savage , who livoBiat'.tlie corner of Twenty-
sixth and Douglaft'street. . Mho said that the
first thingsho heard tli0 night of the shooting
was a pistol sliot.rSliOiWas ; in bed In a room ,
the bay window ojf1'ljlcli was directly oi > -
posito Laiipr'stllnimjpootuj , It was neither
a bright or daik night.II there was a moon
It was sliroudcdrftSlia 'looked at Lauer's
house and saw nimgllf In { ho window , but a
few minutes 'she WoJctTl again and saw a light
In "Lauer's diuiVg7'.roo'ia. ) . . The curtain
down -and the blinds we.ro open. The light
lirst appeared in tlio whitlow about a minute
alter sue heard the shots. A short time
afterwards she heard a voice In the alloy and
went thu door where she found Miss Laucr
almost fainting. She was gasping for breath.
"What was done then ? "
"My daughter caught hold of mo and
wouldn't let mo follow Miss Laucr , who
went over to Mr. McSlmno's. I then got
dressed and went over to Mr. Lauer's and
met Mr. Leo , who was standing at the door.
Miss Laucr also came up dressed in a night
gown and a little shawl , which 1 had thrown
over her shoulders when she came to my
house. I took her back there where she put
on my daughter's dress. "
"Did you notice anything about the Lauers
that evening ? " _
She Saw tlio Shadows.
"About 7 o'clock Mr. ami Mrs. Lauer drove
ill ) to the barn. They afterwards went Into
the house chatting together pleasantly.
About 'J o'clock 1 wqnt to the east window of
my bouse and I could see the shadows of the
Lauers , who were apparently going to bed.
The li 'ht in their room had been moved from
Its original position , but I don't know the
time it went out. 1 used to see the Lauers
very liemicntly. In fuct almost all the time. "
"What was their relation to each other
while you knew them ? "
" 1 never saw anything but perfect harmony
and love. The morning before the shooting
1 Raw Mrs. Lauer standing In the barn door
talking to Mr. Laucr , who was harnessing
his horse. Mrs. Lauer was laughing , and
appeared to bo frolicking. "
_ L'Do you lememberMrLauer's ) sickness ? "
" 1 was In and out of thu house nil the tiiiie.
and during that time Mr. Laner was just as
loving and kind as could bo. Nothing could
have been better. "
( icneral Cowin's cross examination was
thoioiuih and exceedingly sharp. He at
tempted to phico the witness In a ridiculous
Munition In regard to her manner ot watch
ing the house. In the course of the cross
questioning ho Ipdiiccd the witness to assent
to a proposition that the Lauers hail a "heav
enly homo which was the quintessence ot
happiness. " "Didn't you toll Dr. Parker
that their homo wasa perfect pandemonium ? "
"No. sir ; 1 did not.1 '
"Oh ! no , of course not ; you couldn't call
a heavenly Homo a pandemonium ? "
"Well , 'twas moru of a heavenly homo than
lot's that I've seen. "
( leneral Cowin then questioned tlio witness
closely about the position of the lluht on thu
night ot tlio shooting. Ho got Mrs. Savage
confused In relation to tlio shadow or figure
which she saw on the curtain.
Mrs. Hen Galtacher Talks.
Mrs. Ben Gallagher was next called. She
stated hlio knew the Lauers very well and
that the morning alter thu separation .Mrs. .
Laucr came to her house , and that she
then did not observe any bruises or marks of
violence upon her. Shu thought that Mrs.
Laucr appeared Jm'fiplev after bho recovered
from her illness , i
On cross examination Mrs. Gallagher could
not toll how many times she visited Lauur's
house last fall , but .she remembered that she
went there tucubefoio tlio shooting- She
was cross-qi , itlqiied'iuifollowri :
Q. Now iiauer was quick tempered ?
A. Not that 1 oviir saw.
Q. Did you evormako the remark that Mr.
Lauer wan quick that it was n word and a
blow with him ? A , , Tliat Is all hearsay. I do
not remember to Imvo t > ald anything of the
kind. , ,
Q. Now , do you , roiricmbc'r iimkimr tlifl re
mark. "With Lauer it is a word and a blow-
then it Is all over , ( Hit -wltli Salllo it hangs
on. " Did you maku t in those words ? A. I
said ho was rmick ( aTniVi1' ! ho did anything lie
would bo very \rrji.for \ It , and would bo
very sorry atterward&n
( J. Did you eayiVhen ; \ It might bo too
lato" ? A. Never ,
Q. Did you say , "With him It Is a word and
a blow" ? A1 No , 1 do not remember it.
( J. You would not want to sny tliat you
did not say it ? A. No , nor that 1 ilid bay It.
Q. When did Mrs. Lauer next appear un
happy ? A. 1 never saw that bho was un
happy.
Q. Never saw her unhappy why wns any
difference apparent' . ' A. Bt'eauso sue had re
covered from beveru illness. She was happy
that she had iccovured.
Q. It was about thieo months before her
death that you noticed she was happier than
bho wab before ? A. Tea , sir.
Apparently AVoll Trcntpd.
Mr. W'lUjInrn ' * Ut3'l thu ho llval neir
thu Lauer house , and that as far as ha know
the relations between Mr. and Mrs. Lauer
were very pleasant. Mrs. Whitehorn also
testified that Lauer was always kind and at.
fuctlonatu to his wife when the was prcs
cut. . '
John A. McShauetcstItle.d thatJie had.nof
seen very much of the married life of the
Laners , and that during the year prior to
Mrs. Lauer's death ho was at their house two
or three times. In what ho saw , however
Mr. Lauer was kind and affectionate to his
wife.
lien GnllnKhor's Views.
Benjamin Gallagher stated that ho had
been on Intimate terms with the Lauers and
that ho used to see a great deal ot thorn In the
evenings last summer , when he saw them
cutting grass In their yard or attending to
their flowers. They seemed affectionate to
wards each other. On the night of the shoot
ing ho stated that ho was aroused by ciles
and went directly to Lauer's house , where ho
saw Matt Gahlan , A short time after ho cot
Into the house ho noticed that the lire In the
dining room was light and did not tlnow out
muchlltht. The lower pait was red , but the
npuer poitlon was daik. Ho opened the
drafts of the stove about ten or fifteen min
utes after ho went In ana the fire brightened
up. Ho noticed the curtain which was
down perhaps raised cue and a half Inches
from the woodwork of the sash. Laucr
was partly diwsod and was kneollns ;
over his wife's body crying and
apparently In great grief. Lauer said In
response to a question that ho was awakened
fiom a sound sleep and heard a nolbo and
thought ho heard voices. Ho saw a form
coining towards lilm and shot. When ho found
his wlto was not in bed lie went to the ob
ject and found It was his wlt'o. Ho then
lighted a lamp and his wlt'o was de.nl.
Lauer said to him : "Whatshall 1 do ? " to
which ho replied : "There is nothlmt you can
do : all has been dono. Let tlio corpse re
in n in just as It Is and I will see that the
coroner comes at once. "
Gen. Cowin then examined Mr. Gallagher
In icgard to the condition ol the stove which
the witness said was a base burner , lie
described the Isinglass in the base as being a
cherry led , while the tipper part was dark.
The tact was also brought out that ho had
been In the house some time before ha opened
the drafts , and that up to the time he came
Mr. Lauer had not touched his wife's body.
'Iho court then took a recess until 'J o'clock.
The Afternoon Session.
The throng which crowded the court house
nt the beginning ot the afternoon proceed
ings was larger than at any one time during
the trial. There were so many ladles on the
Inside of the railing that the lawyers had
scarcely room to consult parti other. Kvery
chair in the court house was brought Into the
room , and one fair damsel wastrylmrto make
way with the scat occupied by the judge when
she was discovered by the sheriff and made to
give up the property thus unlawfully sei/.ed.
James Hicliauls was the lirst witness placed
uion ) the stand. Ho was formcily an em
ploye at the nail works of which Lauer was
manager. He stated that he remained at
Lauer's house every night until Lauer was
placed at the county jail. He said tliat ho
used to feed the stove In the dining room
about 7 o'clock in the evening , ami that it >
would not have to bo touched until the fol
lowing morning. When left in that way the
lire was dull in tlio middle of the night and it
was impossible to distinguish objects lu the
room ; Ho made two tests with the
stove , the lirst tlmo ho fixed the
stove early in the attcrnoon
and did not touch It for hours. In the even-
Inn a party of gentleman accompanied by
Miss Lauer visited the house , when lying
in the bed in the position occupied by Lauor
it was impossible to distinguish anything
more than the more outline of a form. The
face of a person standing at the entrance to
the bed room could not bo recognized. The
second test brought the same results.
lu cross examination Kiehards testified that
at the time of the test the room was so daik
tliat ho could not see the forms of the com
panions who were with him , and could not
discern the outlines of tlio furniture. When
the man stood at the entrance ot the room ho
could.not see him from the bed unless he
was In his shirt sleeves. The room was so
dark that they ran against each other while
walking about the room. Ho was
asked If ho could have seen a person
breathing who was dying upon the
floor , and said tliat he could not ;
in fact , the gloom was so creat that hewould
have fallen over a person lying in that posi
tion. At no time durlug the night were
there any bright coals lu the bottom of the
stove.
On redirect examination ho said that an
hour after James Kwing and Mr. Cowin
made their test 1m went Into the room and
found a very briirlit lire , and that when hit
went'to bed the lire was still bright , but at 2
o'clock lu the morning the room was very
dark.
Ilio Defense Tests the Light.
The next witness was John J. O'Con
nor , who , notwitstaiuling the fact that lie
is si member of the Omaha bar and is
supposed to bo well versed in the rules of
evidence , persisted in testifying to what
ever tilings ho had cvor read , seen , im
agined or dreamed. IIo was checked by
tlio counsel for the prosecution and was
reprimanded by the court , but went on to
throw out objectionable assertions to the
jury jn spite of judge or lawyers. He
seemed to no anxious to give testimony
that would be favorable to Laucr and it
was with great dilliculty that tlio lawyers
could hold him down to abso'lutc
facts. Ho stated that ho was present
when the tests made by llichtmis took
place and that lie participated in them.
Ho said that the room was so dark that it
was impossible for them to rccogni/.o
each other unless they stood loss than
three feet apart. It made no dilibrenca
whcthur a person wore ordinary clothes
or a sheet thrown over thu shoulders ,
( icneral Cowcn subjected him to a , severe
cross examination , which elicited a great
deal of amusement if nothing else.
W. A. L. Gibbon showed that ho was
well fitted/or his position as vice presi
dent of the board of education by tlio
learned if somewhat pedantic in ami ru
in which he talked about ncnto and oh-
tnso s'liglesconverging and diverg
ing rays of light. In higher
mathematics ho passed and excellent ex
amination , but when questioned by Gen
eral Cowin ho seemed oblivions to the
simple proposition in geometry which
sols forth the fact that any side of a right
angled triangle is less than tlio sum of
tliq other two. " as ho wanted to measure
the distance from the slovo to the spot
whuro Jio was standing when tlio test was
made hy parrying a hypothetical string
arornd the base of thu triangle instead ol
lookingstraightdown the liyjiotlienii.se.Ilo
stated that tlio face of a perrion standing
at tlio entrance between thu dining room
and lied room was in the shade and could
not bo seen even if tlio steve omitted a
brilliant light , During the three tests
which ho witnessed tlio brilliancy of the
light from the Htovo viinei ) , but in no
case was it possjblo to distinguish faces.
His cross-oxamiiiation then proceeded us
follows :
Q. Could you distinguish a table from a
din 117 A.e.i , If you were near enough ,
Q. Could you recognize It standing In the
dining room ? A. No , sir , not on the lirst
night.
Q. On the second occasion the person
standing nn at the folding door was about
eleven feet from your head as it lay on the
pillow , and the liirhtin the steve was a pretty
bright one ? A. You couldn't distinguish It.
Tim eye was resting on the shadow side of
tlio object.
Q. Could you toll whether It was a manor
a woman ? A. No. sir.
Q. Nor whether it had on a sheet or what
it had ? A. No. sir.
Q. As a matter of fact , could you tell
whether tlio object was standing on its feet
or Itii head ? A , You would see a different
form If it were standing on its head ,
Q. With thu light fiom a bright stove when
you were lying on thu bed It was impossible
to distinguish whether the ligtmi had a
human head ? A , Yes , sir , You could
lecojrnlze it as a human hend.
Q. Could you tell whether It wasa woman's
head or a man's head ? A. Not in tliat po > l-
'
Q. If It was a man with just such n head as
you have , could yon distinguish It Horn tlio
liead of a woman with her hair hanging all
around Its fact ) ? A. No , sir ; thu hair would
bo behind the back.
Q. And It would hang right down .straight
so that you couldn't wo It none of it would
ccmu over the shoulder so that you could sec
it ? .A. Not a Mimll body.
Q.rl am talking about a largo a big body ?
*
Q. You could recognize n human head , but
you could not lecognizo whether it had on a
Bhiit in-anything else ? A. Yes.
Q. The second tlmu you could see the ob
ject. Jusit describe what you * > aw. A. It was
a dark object It was very dllllcult on that
occasion to distinguish it. It was about the
size of a person , and it would look thosamu
as H slick of wood.
Q. You couldn't tell It fiom a tree , or a
horse or a cow. A. Yes you could ; the outlines -
lines would ho dlllerunt.
oIf ; a iMM-bon came toward you , and you
watched for a'lie.nl yy would have to hayu a
light to distinguish the head , would you not >
A. No , sir.
"You would not , oh ? " said Ocn. Cowin ,
"That will do. "
llrrman Kountz , W. V. Morse and M.
Donovan wcro also examined in regard to
their experience at the Lnucr house whan
tlio tests were made , with practically the
same results. The court then Adjourned
till this morning.
i HOMICIDE.
A Imwycr's Dire Threat on Account
of n Picture.
As ix representative of the BKK wns
walking rapidly tip Thirteenth street
early last evening his attention' was call-
cd to a man who was walking In the
middle of the street. The Individual
mentioned had thu high collar of his
overcoat turned up , partly concealing
his features , his head wns bout upon his
breast , and a largo umbrella wns drawn
closely down over his shoulders.
"Seo that man out tlicro ? " said a by-
Marnier. "I think he's ono of those
Hock Island train robbers , for ho's try
ing so hard to avoid being scan by any
body. "
Tim reporter gazed intently at the re
treating form , and a look of recognition
swept over his faco. "Hold on there a
minutel" Im shouted.
The man with the umbrella turned sud
denly , and raising bis head rovcaled the
features of Leo Kstollo , district attorney ,
but oht so wan and haggard. Without a
word Mr. Estcllo approached the news
paper man , who reached out Ms hand lo
' 'touch flesh" with the prosecutor of
Laucr.
Instead of slinking hands , however ,
Mr. Kstollo reached into his nip pocket ,
and drew forth a revolver , the tnuzKlu of
which ho carelessly placed in close prox
imity to tlio reporter's nose.
"Now , look hero , " said ho. "I want it
tlisltnoUr understood that I will not listen
to a single remark on that subject. I've
had it thrown at me a hundred times al
ready. and I'm on mv way homo to keep
from hearing anything moro about it.
And now to have a newspaper man slop
mo to talk about it drives mo desperate.
If is said tlioro'll bo
anything more a va
cancy on tlio editorial stall' . Good day ,
sir. "
And Mr. Estollo walked nuickly away.
lenvintt the astonished and Irightencd re
porter wondering what on earth cuuld bo
ihu mailer.
LATT.U It was ascertained late last
night that the district attorney was under
the impression that the Hr.u man was
about to remark tliat ho had seen what
purported to bo his ( Estello's ) portrait
printed in the Herald yesterday , which
sull'ipicntly accounts for his strange action.
Bon HOREUI on Gambling.
The First Presbyterian church was
filled last evening by sm attentive audi
ence to hear Don llogan talk on the vice
of gambling. Everybody was aware that
the speaker was perfectly familiar with
his subject in iv practical way , having
won and lost fortunes over tlio green
cloth in days gone by. In fact ho was an
export at the business , and on this ac
count a number of professional sporting
men were present last night to hear what
lie had to say. The speaker told how
boys and business men wcro allured into
the gambling rooms and entrapped into
the games , and pictured tlio ile.iolation
and despondency and death which fol
lowed 111 the wako of the vice. Ho
warned parents airainst introducing
games in tlio home which were the prop
erty of gamblers and by which they
sucKctl the life blood from their victims.
Mr. Hogan interspersed his remarks
with scenes and incidents from his own
oxperiunco , and moved his audience lo
both laughter and tears. The address
was most powerful and created a pro
found impression on the audience.
Runaway Boys.
Officer John Curry discovered two
young lads on I'arnam street about 1
o'clock this morning , who seemed to lie
passing away the night in viewing tlio
sights of the city. Ho questioned them
closely and found that they lived in Fre
mont and had run away from homo. As
they wore very hungry the oiliccr took
them to HiggjiiB1 restaurant and bought
them something to cat , and then accom
panied them to tlio central police station ,
where they wcro locked up until their
parents can be notified this morning.
Their names are Dennis Hough and IJcrt
Smith. _
Dc.itli of "Old Vic. "
Victor Dticros , whoso .sudden and seri
ous illness was mentioned in the UKE of
Friday , died yesterday afternoon at 20 ! !
o'clock. The cause of death was paralysis
of the heart. "Old Vic , "as ho was famil
iarly called , was In the sixty-ninth year of
liis ago , and had been engaged in the rus-
taurant business in Omaha for seventeen
years. At tlio time of his deatli his place
of business was on Twelfth Hlreut hulwecn
Fanmin and Douglas , and was noted
throughout the state for Iho skill of tlio
proprietor in preparing the viands. His
serious illness led to the premature an
nouncement of his death in local print.
A S loopy Policeman SiiNpcndcd.
Saturday evening Marshal Cuninfiiigs
suspended from the police force Oilicur
Graham , a comparatively now man in the
service , for sleeping while on duty.
[ iraliam has been on night duly on St.
Mary's avenue , and forsevnral nights the
roundsman had been unaOle to find him
on his beat. It was a my.itery where lie
loL ; | ) himself during the nigliL until
recently , when lie was discovered asleep
in a barn. His case was reported lo
Marshal Ciiinmings , who suspended him
Saturday as already stated.
WnntM n Dnnd Kvccutcd.
Fanny M. Slonmn began suit in the dis
trict court Saturday against Orville P.
3hnbh to compel him to execute thu deed
[ or some real estate which she claims to
Imvo purchased January SO. The real es
tate oon.si.sts of several valuable lots in
dillerent parts of the city upon which
parlml payments have been made. The
plaintiff says tliat she han tendered Air.
Llhnbb the balance of the .sum duo and
that lie has refused to accept it.
Itravltlcs.
Detect ! vo Charles J. Kmory has re
turned from a successful business trip in
Dakota.
Mike Kiloy , for stealing chickens irom
Mrs. llaincs , is confined nt central police
station ,
David Trostin , the bibulous Council
Jilulis. crank , was again arrested Satur
day night for intoxication. Hu was but
recently released from the county Jail.
Constable Kyle closed up Saturday the
butcher shop of Haines liros. , on North
sixteenth street , * on an attachment for
$100 sued out in Justice Anderson court
by John Koth.
" Kobcrt PoiandruliasVindy Ut b , " wns
arrested last night by Oflicuni Mat/.a and
O'Hoylo ' , charged with disturbing the
peace. Hob hud playfully knocked a
man down on the street , and was boast
ing of his prowess as a slugger when cor
ralled by thu police.
Owen Conlcy , better known as "Whis
ky Jack , " and his wifo. were arrp&ted
yciitcrday afternoon at tlio "family resi
dence" and taken to the central police
station in tlio patrol wiigon. Whisky had
caused domestic infelicity , and Owen
bore tlio marks of a savage attack made
on hill ) I ) ) ' hU loviug spouse. Jio peace
fully submitted to being locked 'up , but
iivuiTud. tiittt"it was the woman thi >
time/ "
SATURDAY'S ' MARKET FIGURES
An Unusual Amount of Boom Material on
Hand to Help Wheat ,
IT ONLY GAINS ONE-QUARTER
Corn Dull nml Trnnnnotlotis on i
IjlRht Sonlo 1'ork 1/cnils n
Downward I'rotlfdon Mar *
kot General \otos- .
CHICAGO cm AIX MAIUC13T.
CnicAoo , March Is. ( Special Telegram. ]
There was n terilble bluster kept up nil tiny
by the bulls on wheat , and ns a result they
succeeded In getting an advance nt the close
of just > fc over yesterday. Public and pil
vnte cables reported strung niul ndvanclug
markets over the water. The exporting
houses good , generous fellows that they nru
wcro telegraphing around the country that
they thought lilglicr prices woiu probable ,
outside orders wuru calling In In n pleasing
volume , and such men as Lester and Jones
were fico buyers. It would look to an un
sophisticated outsider ns If nil this boom mate
rial ought to havu put thu market up about 5c a
bushel. Instead of that wo have n poor , llt
tlo } { c advance. What Is the matterV Isn't
there something rotten In thu argument that
wheat ought to bo selling at much higher
prices when such a combination of happy cir
cumstances can boost It up only n pitiful frac-
lloni1 Perhaps there Isn't. Perhaps Iho good
tltno Is coming. Perhaps the piIvllcgu ven
ders are strangling the market as commls-
fion men claim. Perhaps your correspon
dent Is an unpatriolic fool who don't want
the American fanner to prosper. These
things may bo true , but thu facts , the facts
aru "nglu" tlio bulls. Tlicro Is no buoyancy
In the market under thu most favorable cir
cumstances. At least not yet. There maybe
bo after awhile , but the lime isn't hero now.
Tlio shorts are becoming hardened In their
stlir-ncckednuss and so far no conspicuous
portion of them have made any signs of tun
ning to cover. There was so much wheat lor
sale to-day above the call price that all the
efforts of thu bulls wcro Inadequate to force
May up to Sfic. the Mecca for whoso spices
they have iiccn longing nil the week. The
stuff closed at the call price , as usual. On
tlio curb tlieru was a shade stronger feeling ,
bul puts and calls for Monday sold within
? c of the market , with the former nt SS c
and calls at Wife. Last transactions were
madoat 85J i > , at which price theio wcro very
free offerings. To-day's purchases for export
were seventeen loads. Clearances from the
seaboard were only 5,000 bushels. Llndblom's
estimate of tlio visible supply decrease Is 50- ,
000 bushels. Estimated receipts for Monday ,
58 cars.
COIIN Corn .was exceedingly dull , and
transactions so few tlml quotations wcro
hardly more than nominal. It looks as If
any strong selling movement would break
the market , so little confidence docs there ap
pear to bo left In Its ability to stand up much
longer under the largo receipts. Thooul-
looic for a continuation of the same volume
of arrivals or even an Increase during next
week , is gone , and appearances favor larger
values. Estimated receipts for Monday , -ill
cars.
I'uovisioNR Provisions wcro slumpy ,
especially pork , which again led the down
turn. Prices for May are now down to where
they wuio along early In the winter , and tlio
outlook Is not nt nil encouraging. Wo have
now had a break of S1.GT > per barrel , mid the
bottom seems just as far oil as ever. Prob
ably a good deal of stuff held by commission
men for outsidu account has stop orders on It
at $10.00 , niul it'thu bears can drive It under
that limit there might bo n flood of
long pork thrown on the marlcct , thus fur
nishing the .shorts with ammunition from Iho
very pouches of Ihelr opponents. Ferguson
was the leading seller to-day. Hiitchlnson
also sold moderately , and the scalpers gener
ally were on the same side. The biggest
buyer was Warren , who tool ; about 5,003 bar
rels at S10.10 for May. Estimated receipts of
hogs for Monday are 18,000 ; for next week ,
100,030.
FINANCIAL ) .
New York. Marcli 13. MOHEV On call ,
easy at 1K@- per cent.
PniMiMiiu'ANTii.K : : PAPKII 4Q5 percent.
SriiiiNi : : EXCIIANOR IJull but steady at
f.S7J4"c lor sixty days and 4.bKo ! ) on demand.
GovhiiNMHNTS Dull but steady.
STOCKS The Increased activity , which was
thu conspicuous feature ot yeslPiduy's stock
market , continued this forenoon with thu
same result as to prices a further decline.
At the opening thu imuket was Irregular , and
changes wtiro fractional , but after ( he firm
Unit ) In early dealings prices yielded again
and thu maikot continued active and weak
until after mid-day. Throughout the day tlio
market was ncllvu when weak and quiet when
firm , ami closed t'ovcilsh , active and gener
ally weak at a shade belter than thu lowest
prices.
BTOOICS ON WAI.T , HTIIKKT.
SJJccnt C. iVM. W
U.S. 4K's preferred. . .
Ne\v4's V-JT'rf ' V . V 1. O. . . . . . . . .
Pacific O's of 'o : . ugfe Orciron Trail. . .
Central Pacific. . Pacllio Mall
C.&A 110 P. , I ) . &E
preferred. . . . P.P.O ia :
C. , It. \VftYi \ Hock Islann. . . .
. . . L. .tS. K. . . .
l\kU. ( J 1(1 ( preferred. . .
Erie. , 27XC. , M. &St. P. . . DOif
pnferVd..ii COjJi preferred. . ISM
Illinois Central. . 140tf St. P. it O ! ! ! '
PKOJJUOK.
Chicago , Maich 1 ! ) . Flour Steady ,
firm and unchanged ; winter wheat flour ,
64,40 I.b5 ; southern , 84.00C4.K ( ; Wisconsin ,
S4.MI.7U ) ; Michigan soft Hiirlng wheat , &J.70
( & 4.00 : Minnesota bakers' , sa.sw.ii.M ) ; pat
ents. $4.i.V ( < t500 ; low grades , Sa.OOC' l.Oj.
Wheat Kinn and higher : opened } { a high
er , ruled easy , advanced % , ixjcamu easier
and closed fo abova yootorday : 81(2 ( i > c
for cash : Blc lor Maich ; M u for May.
Corn Dull but low grades lirinur ; J57J/O
! 17e for cash ; 37c for Marcli ; 40 010 0 for
May. *
Oats Kasy : 29 < < o for cash ; 28J o for
March ; : HV@Ntfc : for May.
Kye Dull mid easy at5S > < c.
liarley-Uull atOOc.
Tlinolliv ShwlebcttorprluioSl.a'K@1.6C. ;
Klnxsecd-Qulet but firm ; Wo. 1 , gl.ll@
l.lltfc.
Whlhky-81.14.
Pork Irregular with limited demand and
closed lSiK < 31 o lower ; SU.00 10.00 for cash :
S'J.SM for March ; 310. < W@10.0T for May.
Lard Steady with no imiorlant change ;
85.U.Vi $ > .07) ) { for cash and Marfh ; gO.OOao.O.'J <
for May.
IJnlk Meats-Shouldcrfl , 83.00.7JJ.OO . ; short
clear. SV < < or.i5.fi5 . ; bhoit libs ,
Jtnlter ( inod to
goml to fine dairy , , , , v
Clieosu Klrm ; lull ciean ; cheddars , vxat )
lOo ; flats , 10 ( < iie ; Young Americas , llKfeS
llio ; skims , ( ( ( ( ; - .
' '
llido Uiif'liaii'gcd ; irrfcn , 7c : heavv
Kifun sailed , fully cured , &i ; light , b } e ;
bull hides. Co : ( fry salted , lii > ic ; dry film ,
18f 14o ; calf skins. lOQUscT
Tallow Unchanged : Mo 1 country , 4c ;
.No. a country , Si fc : ial : > o. $ { c.
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Shipments.
Flour , bbls. . . ll.OOJ 10,000
Wheat , bu ! { ,000 18,000
Corn , uu , , . . , ' ' ' ' " 1'jo.ooo 5 ] 000
Oids/bu. , . . . . , , . . . . losiooo wlooo
Hye.bu , 1,000 li.OOO
Barley.bu 40.UOO n.0
Now York , iMnrch la Wheat-Hiirher ,
closing linn ; ici'elpN. C.OOO ; oxnoilh.
noiiu ; ungindvd red , 'fMll.01K ; Mo. 5 { red ,
" ' " 'Hi'in store ami f. o. b. , " "
luceipts , 4S.KW ; exports , 2lU !
