Marshall County Independent, Volume 6, Number 20, Plymouth, Marshall County, 27 April 1900 — Page 2

THE WEEKLY IHDEPEI1DEIIT. a W. METSKEB, Pub. and Prop. IY2XOTJTH, - - ETDIANA.

CURRENT TOPICS I : CUBAN CENSUS AND ELECTION. Gen. Wood, the military governor of Cuba, has informed the war department that June 16 Is the date finally set for the municipal elections of the island. This action is the direct result of the Cuban census taken under the direction of the military authorities. The figures supplied by what Is declared to be the first accurate enumeration ever made in Cuba appear to have satisfied the war department that the municipal elections might be proceeded with in the reasonable expectation of an outcome auspicious for the future. The total population of Cuba is now 1,572,707815,203 K?les and 757,592 females. Of this total 10,487 are Spanish citizens, 1.29G.7C7 are Cubans, 79.625 are of other citizenship, and 175,811 are in suspense. The whites greatly outnumber the blacks. There are only lll.SOS male negroes and 122,740 female negroes. The mixed races number 125,500 males and 145,203 females. There are les3 than 15,000 Chinese. THE DEITEY-SPAXISI! EPISODE. Europeans have often accused Americans of neglect of the diplomatic proprieties, and the charge is likely to be repeated now. in view of the invitation which was sent to the Spanish minister at "Washington to be present at the celebration soon to take place in Chicago In honor of Admiral Dewey. Of course the invitation to the Duke d'Arcos was an oversight. All the other diplomats in Washington were to be asked to appear, and the clerk who wrote the Invitations sent one to the Spanish minister without thinking of the impropriety of asking that official to take part in festivities to commemorate an event which was disastrous to his country. The apology which has just been made by the American minister in Madrid to the Spanish government will make it plain to Spain that no offense was intended. IJOBERTS CENSUKE. All Great Britain and the watching world with it must be rather puzzled at the action of the Salisbury government in giving publicity to the extraordinary criticisms passed by Lord Roberts upon most of the prominent British officers in South Africa. While the frankness of the commander in chief is properly commended, it is quite plain that hi3 comments were not intended for the public ear. The .war ministry and cabinet were, of course, entitled to the fullest information regarding the operations of the generals responsible for the disasters sustained by Great Britain prior to the advent of Lord Roberts, but what useful purpose, it is naturally asked, can be subserved by spreading this melancholy intelligence broadcast? A TRUST HABIT. Probably nobody outside of a email and secretive coterie will ever know exactly why the American Steel and Wire company abruptly shut down a dozen mills, throwing C.000 men out of employment and demoralizing a great industry. It is not necessary that any outsider should know. The simple fact that "outside" opinion unanimously imputes the step to an Inside plan to rig the stock market is quite sufficient. The fact that the men on the outside who have followed the course of the wire trust are perfectly ready to believe that the small controlling coterie violently disjointed the industry in the furtherance of a stock-jobbing scheme tells its own story and furnishes all the evidence that Is necessary in the case. rARIS HAS THE 8TAC1E. Paris is full of amusement of all sorts, and the French being a nation of actors there is no lack of theateis Chie among these Is the magnificent opera house designed by Charles Garnier, the largest and most splendid theater In existence. It stands north of the boulevard des Capucines and the Grand hotel, and was thirteen years In building. Finished In 1874, it is said to have cost, including the purchase of the site, nearly $10,000,000. Sumptuously decorated, its finest features are its grand staircase and its foyer. This last Is adorned with sculpture, and there are some good paintings by Baudry. RUSSIA IN KOREA. Russia seems to be capturing all the railway franchises in China, and in Korea her stroke for a port has succeeded In compelling Korea to promise not to give the port to any other power. It is evident that the Muscovite is determined to have very much to say in Asia in the future. TO rUNISII WIFE BEATERS. Police magistrates of Manhattan and Brooklyn boroughs are quoted in favor of establishing the whipping post in New York city for wife beaters and as proposing to urge the next legislature to pass a law for that purpose. No one know3 better than these magistrates how Inadequate a small fine or a few days' imprisonment 13 to punish wife beaters, and they will find many good citizens ready to aid them In bringing In the whipping post. Af-ASKA AM THE CONSTITUTION. The senate 13 discussing the Alaskan civil code bill, and some of the amendments adopted raise important and fundamental questions. Alaska - Is not a territory in the technical sense, but it has been United States territory for a long time. Does the constitution extend to it? Can congress Impose restrictions upon its inhabitants which are not at the same time imposed on tho citizens of the. states and territories?

1 MISCELLANEOUS,

S. K. Vatralsky says Mohammedanism is increasing in America. German immigrants to Rio Grande de Sul are forming military companies, importing Krupp cannon and Mauser rifles, and apparently preparing to make trouble for the Brazilian government. Opinion is expressed in Taris that "Yankees mean business" in dealing with Turkey. Big cement plant near La Salle, 111., was burned; loss, $250,000. Dr. Canfield of Kansas will be professor of Roman language at Ann Arbor. Fire destroyed the town of Edinburg, N. D. Two women were burned to death. Marie Rosalie Dinse. starving woman, jumpod from the Brooklyn bridge into East river, 125 feet, but will live. The New York state democratic committee decides to hold the convention in New York June 5. Robert P. Porter, in a speech at Philadelphia, declares tariff laws must fit the islands to which they apply. President McKinley places lilies and immortelles on the grave of the late Vice-President Hobart. Ex-President Harrison announces that he will not discuss the Westminster confession at the ecumenical congress. The directors of the American Steel and Wire company have ordered a cut in prices to dispose of surplus stocks. The annual report of the General Electric company shows a profit of over $5,000,000. "Michigan defeated Northwestern at Evanston, S to 3. Frank Collier of Chicago notified the police his bride-elect, Miss'fcarrie B. Hayes of Elkhorn, Wis., disappeared on Wednesday from Moline, 111. Russians expect Port Arthur and Vladivostok will be connected by rail not later than August. French press hope3 Bryan will be elected president and intervene in ths Boer war. Italian government has taken official cognizance of strike on Croton works. Waldeck-Rousseau may reopen Dreyfus case to bring disgrace on generals. British troops sent to check native rising in Caman country, west Africa. Turkish patrol attacked Servian boundary pickets and shot three. Earl Russell's new wife has had two other husbands. London may prohibit acting of "Zaza." Quiet restored at Cawnpore. During present decade United States produced half of world's copper supPly. Armour & Co.'s $1,000,000 electric power plant at Chicago stock yards opened. Pope Leo blessed 15,000 pilgrims and 20,000 foreigners. Benediction exhausted him so that he tottered backward. Nearly 2,000 delegates to ecumenical missionary conference arrived in New York. Anti-noise commission, authorized by the Chicago city council, preparing ordinances to make the city quiet. Japanese laborers imported under contract will be returned. Cissy Loftus either jumped or fell into water from pier at Old Point Comfort. Illinois Supreme court decided Appellate court to be final arbiter as to facts. Three men are blown to atoms by the explosion of a dynamite plant at Kawkawlin, Mich. Heavy rains caused further flood in Mississippi and Louisiana. Foreign diplomats at Washington, it is said, will decline 'Chicago's invitation to join in the city's Dewey celebration May 1. The United States government is still considering the question of using force to make Turkey pay the Armenian indemnity. Women of France are indignant because America's clubwomen are not going to send delegates to a Paris fair congress. French papers continue criticisms of the American government because of its dealings with former Spanish colonies. Germany has ordered a warship from the Asiatic squadron to Taku as a warning to China that foreigners must be protected. Rumor that Carnegie, Frick and others will try to have President Gates of the American Steel and Wire company deposed. Stranger offers for a consideration to surrender to Toledo police man accused of stealing $30,000 worth of diamonds in Cleveland, Ohio. Ne.v York man pays $41,500, the highest price ever paid, for a seat on the stock exchange. Two more men are indicted for alleged complicity in the Goebel murder case. The estate of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt is now estimated at $C0,C00.000. Counsel for western land-grant railroads advise suits against the government to recover on claims for hauling troops. United States Minister Storer at Madrid apologized to the Spanish government for the action of Mayor Harrison In sending an Invitation to the Sapnish minister at Washington to attend the Dewey celebration. Western detectives seek for a plant which makes bogus bonds in the east. Many vessels soon will leave Chicago, carrying grain which will be diverted from New York to Montreal via the new Canadian canals. In a jiot light at Hot Springs Paddy Maloney of San Francisco whipped Yock Ilenniger. They fought twenty rounds. French fighting Arabs In Algerian hinterland, who have proclaimed holy war. St. Petersburg doubts that Ferdinand will proclaim Bulgaria a kingdom. Official denial that Russia seeks a war. Americans captured and burned village in Benguet, killing fifty-three men and capturing forty-four. American garrison at Batoc repulsed attack of 300 insurgents, killing 10G. More Russian troops sent to 1'ort Arthur. Men defeated women in Beattie, Kan.

Iii 1 Proceedings of Six Days in National Congress, NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL. Foreign Diplomats Will Not Join lu Dewey Celebration at Chicago May t TarkUh Relations Still Strained Ingredients of Oleomargarine. Tuesday, April 17. Tawney introduced resolution asking department to tell congress what ingredients are used in making oleomargarine. Hoar in senate opposed 'imperialism," praised Aguinaldo as a patriot, and declared McKinley's policy will wreck the party. Da Armond introduced bMl to require the payment of interest on government deposits. Secretary Hay sent house oflicial correspondence with consuls in South Africa. Ways and Moans committee heard arguments for reducing war taxes. Conferees agreed on Hawaiian bill. Wednesday April 18. The senate passed a resolution introduced by Mr. Mason appropriating $23,000 for bronze medals, to be distributed by the secretary of the navy among certain officers and men of the North Atlantic squadron who participated in naval engagements during the war with Spain. Devoted the rest of the day to consideration of the Alaskan civil cede bill. The house debated the naval appropriation bill under the five-minute rule. A motion to strike from the bill the contingent fund of $300,000 for the navy department was defeated. Conference report on the urgent deficiency bill was adopted. Thursday, April 10. Fate of Cullom bill to Increase powers of interstate commerce commission will be decided by senate committee. Senate decided to investigate methods of "committee on distribution" that is selling "The Messages of the Presidents." Miers (Ind.) introduced bill to pension ex-soldiers of the rebellion on reaching the age of 62. Turkish minister called at state department and discussed American demands. Senate committee favorably reported plan to survey Illinois and Desplaines rivers. Stamp books to be on sale May 1. Friday, April SO. The senate lad under consideration the conference report of the Hawaiian civil government measure. Final action upon it was postponed until Saturday. The Alaskan civil-code bill was considered for a brief time. Mr. Foraker pronounced a eulogy on Lorenzo Danford, a former representative from Ohio, and the senate adopted resolutions expressive of sorrow. The house, after protractor discussion of the naval appropriation bill, the provision enabling the secretary of the treasury to contract for Krupp armor for the battleships Maine, Ohio and Missouri, at $345 a ton, was ruled out of the bill. Also the provision to repeat the $300 limitation placed upon the price of armor by the current law. Two amendments to modify the provisions for the increase cf the navy, which authorizes two battleships and six cruisers, were defeated. One proposed to add provision for six gunboats and the other to strike out the provision for the battleships. April 21-23. Eight-hour labor bill amended in house. The new Philippine commission must determine the ownership of the realty in the archipelago, much of which is in dispute. During the year 1S99 exports from the United States to Asia and OceaniCa increased 44 per cent. Sultan said to have declared he would compensate American missionaries only under same conditions as other foreign subjects. Minister at Washington may be given his passports. House added amendment limiting granting of franchises to bill to continue army officers temporarily in civil positions in Puerto Rico, and the senate refuses to approve erlange. Agricultural department circular urges the importance of good roads. Senate will consider Quay, Scott and Clark cases this week. FAVOR ST. LOUIS FAIR PROJECT Trans-MlsilsslppI Congrest Passes Many Resolutions. The trans-Mississippi congress at Houston, Texas, adopted resolutions favoring the improvement of the con sular service; the admission of territories as states; laws prohibiting adulteration of food; a governmental department of mines and minerals and a department of commerce and industry; the improvement of Galveston harbor, the Brazos river and the mouth of the Mississippi; the establishment of deep water at Houston; the building of a Pacific cable by congressional assistance; a school of mines; an appropriation for the St. Louis exposition and schools and asylums for Indian Territory. Cripple Creek was chosen as the next meeting place. Hy III Account Are Khorf. A dispatch from Indianapolis says J. S. Anderson, former secretary of the Union Life Insurance company, is charged with a shortage of $26.116 In the reports submitted to the state insurance department by C. B. Fitch and C. W. Neal, who have been investigating the affairs of the company. A civil suit will be brought against Mr. Anderron at once by ex-Judge Howe, attorney for the company, to recover this amount, and the report of the experts will be handed to the grand jury, .which will meet next week, for such action as that body may see fit. Tanseontlnental Freight Rate Higher From New York city a Wall street agency announces that through freight rates between the Pacific coast and all points south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi river3 were canceled. As a result transcontinental rates east of the Mississippi are added to the rate between San Francisco and the river, and the through rate is advanced In the exact amount of the added local, which ranges from 30 cents per 100 pounds to $1 or more.

TURKISH RELATIONS STRAINED Warship Slay lie Sent by Uorle Sam to Collect m mil. Demands will be made upon the sultan of Turkey by this government for the payment of damages done to the property of American missionaries in Turkey. Unless these demands are promptly complied with, Ali Ferrouh Bey, the Turkish minister, may be given his passports, and Minister Straus, at Constantinople, may be recalled and diplomatic relations between the two nations severed. Another and more severe course may be pursued, however, and an American warship may be sent to one of the Turkish ports, seize the customs house, and hold it until the demands of this government are satisfied. They amount to $100,000, and are for damages to the property and persons of American missionaries. These claims have been pending for a number of years, and the patience of this government has become exhausted more than once by the dilatory tactics of the sultan and his representatives. For a long time the Turks disavowed responsibility for the damages, taking the ground assumed by the United States that it was not responsible for the actions of its citizens. As a number of vessels from the Asiatic fleet will soon return from Manila, it may be convenient for one to pay a call at Constantinople and see that there Is no more delay. Indictments In Goebel Case. The Franklin county grand jury at Frankfort, Ky., returned indictments against ten persons, charging them with complicity in the murder of William Goebel. The principals named are Henry E. Youtsey, James Howard, Berry Howard, Harland Whittaker and "Tallow Dick" Combs (colored). Those indicted as accessories before the fact are Secretary of State Caleb Powers, Capt. John T. Powers, ex-Secretary of State Charles Finley, W. II. Culton and Wharton Golden. In the indictment relating to the alleged accessories three other men are indirectly referred to as accessories, although no indictments were reported against them. They are Gov. W. S. Taylor, Green Golden and Capt. John Davis.

Portable Sclioolhon.se In St. Lonls. The progressive city of St. Louis inaugurated a novelty in the school buildling line Monday. One of the nine portable schoolhouses recently erected was dedicated and ready for use to accommodate the overflow pupils at the schools ' where they were needed. These buildings are so constructed that they may be moved from school to school as occasion requires, and were adopted by the school board as a better method than renting extra rooms in the neighborhood of the overcrowded schools. Each of the schoolrooms contains seats for eighty pupils. They are light and comfortable and provided with all the modern schoolroom appointments. Mrs. KtIy on Vaccination. Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, head of the Christian Scientists, being applied to for advice in the vaccination contest going on between that society and the school authorities at Lead, S. D., has written her son, George Glover, as follows: "Rather than quarrel over being vaccinated, I recommend that if the law demands individuals to submit to this process, they obey the law and then appeal to the gospel to save them from the bad results. Whatever change belongs to this century or any epoch, we may safely submit to the providence of God, to common justice, Individual rights and governmental usages." Murder, Suicide nnd Lynching. A message from Allentown, La., gives the news of a murder, suicide and double lynching. William White had occasion to reprimand Jeff Toison, a negro, and while White's back was turned the negro deliberately shot him, killing him instantly. The negro immediately ran to his house, about a quarter cf a mile distant, and before a posse could apprehend him killed himself. Another message says that two other negroes were taken by a mob and riddled with bullets, they having admitted knowledge of Toison's intention of murdering White, and witnessed the deed. Their names are John Humely and Ed Amos. Kiilnd Olvon Illume. That statesman. Sir William Wedderburn, known as an authority on Indian affairs, writing to the Speaker on the subject of the famine, declares the British government is responsible to a great degree for the awful sufferings, owing to unfair taxation and the revolutionary systems of business methods arbitrarily imposed on tie natives. Lovers Forty-Two ' A en, William D. WesterfielJ, a wealthy Rush county farmer, 7i years old. and Mrs. Helen J. Conoway, 73, of New York, were married at Rushville, Ind., the wedding being the outcome of a romance of their youth. They had not seen each other for forty years. They were lovers in 1843. Dug: 83,400 Out of a Unrrien. Mrs. Jerry O'Neil died at Rockland, Mich., at the age of 93. She was born in Ireland, and came to this town with her husband some fifty years ago. Neighbor's knew that she had money, but no one knew how much or where she kept it until the day before she died, when she revealed the hiding place after making her will. Witnesses were called and over $3,400 was dug up out of the garden. It was mostly gold, bank notes of the old Spinner issue and checks on the old Minnesota Mining company. Tho checks are now valueless. Knox Debaters Vlctorlojs. Beloit, Wis., reports that in the annual debate between Ueloit college and Knox college of Galesburg, which took place In the auditorium at Pearson's Hall of Science, the three judges rendered a unanimous decision in favor of the Knox speakers. Beloit's representatives were I. B. Davies, It. D. Orvis and V. O. Voght. Knox's speakers were IL A. Parkin, C. S. Stewart and A. W. Bays. The judges were Dean E. A. Birge, University of Wisconsin; Prof. A. W. Small, University of Chicago, and R. M. Bashford. Madison.

HE U WIH MCI The Boers Are Still Holding Out in Large Forces.

RAIN DELAYS BRITISH ARMY. Serines Errors Made by English General Chicago Ambulance Corps Members Tear OIT Red Cross Uadgea Staffs of Kaller anil Warren Do Not Speak. Tuesday. April 17. After holding it for two months, war office made public Roberts' report severely criticising lUiller and Warren's operations before Ladysmith. London press amazed but approving, and experts generals' resignations. Rumored that Roberts has begun his advance on Pretoria. Firing reported near Thaba N'Chu. Roberts' dispatch stated Boers still surrounded Wepener, but were weakening. Major Armes said he had sent nearly 23.000 Americans to South Africa to join Doer forces. Wednesday, April 18. Publication of Lord Roberts' criticisms has caused a loud demand in London for the recall of Duller end other generals. It is reported Warren has been ordered home. Half of the members of the Chicago ambulance corps tore off Red Cross badges and accepted Mausers. Staffs of Duller and Warren have not been on speaking terms since Spion kop fight. Blockade of Wepener continued. Thursday, April 19. Clara Barton said if Chicago Red Cross corps have taken up arras "humane world will not hold them guiltless." Those who equipped expedition doubt reports from Lourenco Marques. Col. Crofton retired because of Spion kop disaster. Other "blundering commanders" likely to he relieved. Queen Wilhelmina gave audience to Boer peace commissioners headed by Dr. Leyds. Renewed rumors that Doers have retired from Wepener. Carrington's bushmen reach Bcira. The larg er part of Roberts' army is delayed at Dloemfontein by heavy rains, and the troops are suffering hardships. Large numbers cf foreigners are reported to have shouldered rifles in the Boer cause. Friday, April 20. Schalkburger succeeded Joubert as vice-president; Louis Botha is acting commandant general. Ouida in Nuova Antologia declared Joseph, Chamberlain is responsible for the war. Rain is delaying Roberts' operations. Boers planning to harass his advance. White may be made governor of Gibraltar. Boers using guerrilla methods in Na tal. No news of Wepener's relief. April 21-2?. The 20,000 British soldiers on their way to relieve Wepener meet with check in two battles. Lord Methuen is forced to retire, and his entire supply train narrowly escapes capture. An official Boer notice commands all burghers in Griqualand West to join the army under punishment by martial law. The Irish brigade parades before President Kruger's house at Pretoria, and he makes a speech to them. Among the dead and wounded Boers and those taken prisoners the English find many women dressed as men. It is told in London that Lord Kitchener has been severely sat upon by Lord Roberts. The Boers around Wepener are re-enforced, and heavy fighting is expected. Small scraps of news permitted to pass censor indicate Boers besieging Wepener in strong force, and Brabant is expected to relieve garrison. Boer press estimates republican force at 105,000, of whom 50,000 are in Free State and 10,000 in Biggarsberg. Boers said to half encircle Dloemfontein to eastward in a crescent formation. Sir Charles Warren may be appointed governor cf the Free State. Artillery duel at Wekkerstrom. MORE JAPANESE REACH PORT. Tramp Steamer with 1,000 Coolies Arrives. Japanese cooiies are still being rushed into Victoria. B. C. The majority afterward drift through to different parts of the United States, a great many going to California, where it is said they have been engaged by contract to replace the Chinese on the farms and in the orange groves. Another thousand reached Victoria on the German tramp steamer Milos. The vessel is being held at Victoria by the customs officials and the coolies not allowed to land, for the vessel has no clearance from Kobe, her port of departure. Control of Corporations. The first session of the fourth annual meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science opened at Philadelphia Thursday. This year's meeting is devoted to addresses on "Corporations and Public Welfare," and more than the usual number of distinguished Americans will make addresses at the several sessions. About 500 members attended the opening session. (Jet Options on l'lne Lands. Chicago lumber dealers whose pine lands in the northern states have been almost denuded of timber have secured options on 493,000 acres of Tennessee timber lands belonging to the estate of Dr. Alpheas Matson of Kankakee, who died intestate in 1S77. To Establish an Orphanage, A telegram says that Mis. Iceland Stanford has given the old Stanford home in this city to Bishop Mora of the Catholic church, together with a 175,000 endowment to maintain it as an orphanage. RrazH Uses American Coal. Col. Charles Page Bryan, United States minister to Brazil, has obtained an official assurance from the Brazilian authorities that American coal shall be used on the Brazilian railways and in the vessels of the Brazillian navy. Body Thrown from a l!rllce. John Taggart was murdered., his body carried to a high bridge and thrown into a ravine at Ashland, Wis. Officers have chased an unknown negro tramp into the forests north of Ashland and may capture him. Rob bery was the motive for the murder.

MINNESOTA TIMBER IN FLAMES Hush Floe Near Dulutu Fate of MaaU tou ISushnien Uncertain. The fires in northern Minnesota are not yet serious, as little property has been destroyed, but the woods are dry, and unless a heavy rainfall cones great damage is likely to result. The conditions are similar to those of the early part of 1S94, the year of the Hinckley fire. Wires on the Great Northern near Stony Brook are reported as burned down. A report has reached Duluth from Lakeside, a suburb six miles east, that timber a few miles north of there was burning and the fire appeared to be widening its area rapidly. The wind is from the south, but not strong. There has been no loss of life in the bush fires in Manitoba so far as known. All the persons missing have turned up. Fires along the Southeastern were still raging Monday, and the exact amount of damage or loss of life is not ascertained. The drivers and bushmen have scattered in all directions, and out of 200 only about thirty are known to have reached a place of safety. The remainder are doubtless struggling desperately through the woods for their lives. The total loss is estimated at ?1, 000,00.

CURRENT MARKET PRICES. Winter Wheat-Tn moderate reue?t and steady. No. '1 r f. o. i... at '.(; . Ö red. TfiJN'ii-; Nu. 2 hard. ;".' No. o hard, (;:::-''ii.",o. Corn Firmer ailil values bctur. Trad- moderate. No. : about CLV; No. 2 yii,w at ::: e; No. 5 at : No. ytlk.w. r,:, '(;;;' se. Oats Slow; irisc; No. 3 white. L'V. Provisions Stcadv. Mess pork retr-dar. Sl2.S(il2.S;t; old. fl2.1y'.il2.yi. l.ard, choice, $7.31 Va 7.33: old. ?7. IM 7.1.". Cattle Market steady; native shirviii? and export steers. $l.E'.'-.if.s.: dressed beef r.nd butcher steers. 5 1. ,.. LT.1.; steers under I.ihki ibs, W.öi", 3. Co; Storkers and feeders, J2.50fj.t-0; rows and heifers. t-.'-6 $M; fanners. $1.3''2."; bulls. $:).C"5 t.T." ; Texas ami Indian steers. 75" "."': eows and heifers, f2.5"a 4.45. Ho-s-Market 5c lower; pigs and lights. $".4 "' 5.5 : packers. ?o.4";.fi ; butchers. $5.45', 5.7'.. Sheep liceipis, 1,400; market strong; native muttons. $.1.5v?i tt.."."; lambs. $;.0j',;7.1L".; springs, culls and bw ks. U'j.-S. Kutttr I'xtra creamery, lsc; lirsts, lC'fKe; seconds. 14 15c; imitation creameries. 14'; 35c; dairies, choice. IGo; firsts. 13c; ladles, rood to line. 1314c; packing stock, fresh, 13c; rolls. .. Kss Strictly fresh laid, cases included, l'e per doz. and cases included. ll'4c; duck. 12c; poose, 25c. Puiltry Live turkeys, choice. !c per lb; gobblers, T1: chickens, !. for hens; springs. !c; roosters. 5c; ducks, 5ie; Ffoese. $.".fy'3 per dcz. Dressed Turkeys, choice. 12c; fair. S''.'c; chickens, hens. S'i.iIfc: springs, li-Vlv-c; ducks, V.'U 11c; freese. SVe. Potatoes Hin banks. 2i?.?.c per bu; Hebron, 2'o:'c; peerless, 2'3'V: ins, 20fi30c; rurals, 27l32c; mixed, 22l2Sc per bu. REBEL LEADER YIELDS. Gen. Montenegro, Insurgent Leader, a Prisoner. Gen. Montenegro, one of the insurgents' best fighters, has surrendered to Col. Smith in the mountains near Camaling. in the province of Pangasanan, where, with Gen. Macabulos, he had been trying to reorganize the Filipino army. Col. Smith, with five companies of the Seventeenth regiment, nearly surrounded the force of Montenegro, who, discouraged by the impossibility of making his men stand against the Americans, surrendered. Macabulos escaped. The insurgents have attacked San Jose, in the province of Batangas, and Santa Cruz, on the lake, fruitlessly. K. C. Cole to K rardoned. The board of pardoas recommended to Gov. MeMillin of Tcnaessee that he pardon Edward Curtis Cole, the colored man whose case has attracted widespread attention in th United States. The application was slfered by the governors of nine states, Mayor Carter II. Harrison of Chicago, exGov. Altgeld of Illinois, the faculty of the Northwestern university at Chicago, a dozen Chicago bank presidents, and several hundred citizens. Cole was in the Tennessee penitentiary under sentence aggregating thirty years, when he made his escape, going to Chicago in 1893. He reformed, was engaged by the Pullman company, and had been in their employment several years when captured and returned to the Tennessee prison. Ship Purged of Smallpox. A dispatch from Boston says excursion steamer New E?.gland, which has been the subject of a smallpox scare, has arrived here from Liverpool, and was given a clear bill of health. All trace of the disease has disappeared, but not so the indignation of the passengers. "The fact that all our baggage was put ashore at Naples in a state of disorder was only a minor trouble," said Col. Fuller, one of the passengers. "It was Clark's (the excursion manager) action in attempting to induce the captain to allow the passengers to come aboard the ship again and his leaving them in the lurch, many of them women, practically stranded, when the ship sailed without them, that has created the outburst of indignation." One Kl'led it a Church Fire. At Muskegon, Mich., Friday the Im manuel Reformed church was destroy ed by fire, the loss being $S,000. The building was owned by the Congrega tional Church Building society of New York. Nicholas Carey, a fireman, fell from a ladder while attempting to pull down one of the brick walls after the fire and was killed. Benjamin Peter son also fell and was teriously injured. Fights Religion In School. Dantel Freeman, a politician of some prominence in Gage county, Nebraska, who claims the distinction of being the first homesteader in the United States, some time ago began suit to restrain the teacher of the public school in his district from using the Bible, offering prayer or singing gospel hymns as part of the school exercise. The district court at Beatrice dismissed the injunc tion. Mr. Freeman has appealed the case to the Supreme court. Schley to Itank Fnntptnn. It is reported that the long fethj between Rear Admiral William T. Sampson and Rear Admiral Wlnfield Scott Schley and their friends is end ed ofl.cially, and Schley is the victor, according to the New York World. Schley will rank Sampson in the list of rear admirals and in a few months will be second only to George Dewey in the United States navy. Schley's adherents have kept on the defensive for eighteen months, but finally decided to assume the aggressive

ODDS AND ENDS. Ilrrcirm feels, and never reasons, nnd therefore is always right. Enier sen. A relf-closing door spring ads tr the anger f the angry m:in who want to s!nm the door. The nan who, is r.Mxious to acqulr knowledge is nev-.r ashamed to con fess his ignoranc. Envrle.pes were first used fcr letter: i:i this courtry in and postage stamps wfsc f.i-t v.- d here in 1S47.

WITH THE SAGES. r lie that :i.-pircs to be the head of party will find it more diLacult to please his fiir-nds than to perplex his foes.--Celtcn. We are often governed by the people not only weaker than ourselves, but even by thoce whom we think so." Lord Greville. Women suffer more from disappoint mcnt tl an men, bo.-ause they havmore of faith and are naturally more credulous. Marguerite de Valois. DEWEY'S FAMOUS VICTORY. Visitors to Chicago during the Bewej festivities should not fail to visit th wonderful reproduction of D.-wey's fa mous victory of Manila Lay. The "Bat tie of Manila" h;is now been opea t the public about one year, during whicl time it has entertained many of the most distinguished men in the world. PreisJcnt McKinley was so enthusi astic over the thrilling performanc. that he pronounced it "a wondcrfu scene," and said that "every Ameriear should see it." Admiral Schley also saw it and spoke In the highest terms of the wonderful performance. Capt. McCalla of the cruiser Marblchead and many other distinguished naval officers have seen it, and declared it to be the most mar velous reproduction of a battle scent ever produced. With the advent ol Admiral Dewey's visit to Chicago eve-rj one who intends to witness his reeep tion should f.rst see the scene of his wonderful triumph, at Wabash avenue and Hubbard court Admiral Dewej has expressed the desire to visit the cyclorama on the morning of May 1, and, providing the committees on arrangements will permit, the admiral. Mrs. Dewey and the admiral's staff will witness a performance at that time. STORYETTES. There was a time when swearing was almost considered a gentlemanly accomplishment. An archbishop o.? Canterbury of the day, however, objected to the habit, and calling on Lord Melbourne to discuss some business thus apostrophized him: "Now, my lord, it will save time if. before we begin, we assume that everybody and everything is damped." Prof. Simon J. BroT.-n. the new astroncmie.il director of the naval observatory at Washington, occasionally indulges in a bit of humor. On one occasion a colleague came into his office, and finding the professor stand--ing. said: "Is it possible you workthat way? I cannot stand standing." "That's peculiar," replied Prof. Brown,' quickly; "now. do you know, I cannot stand sitting?" Tho Duke of Wellington used to tell a story of a Frenchman who, to enforce his contention that we are mere creatures cf habit, exclaimed: "For example, we wash o;ir hinds, but never our feet." The "Iron Duke" probably ha?i not heard of the English duchess of a century before, Avho, when some one remarked how dirty her hands were, said: "Lord, that's nothing; you should see my feet!" lSenare. the Sacred CUjr. Benares is the sacred city of the Hindoos. Te the devout Hindoo it is as Mecca to the Mahomedan, as Jerusalem to the Jew. In this seat of thf blessed, not only the inhabitants possess the odor of sanctity, but th building?, rerervoir.s and temples, ths ground on which you tread, the air you breathe, are sacrcl. The solution of Benares is very beautiful, resting on the northern bank of the Ganges, and extending by the river for three or four miles. The stream, more than one-third of a mile in breadth, sweeps round it like a bay. and th view as you approach by either rai! or river is imposing and beautiful Temples, palaces, mosques, rise about a cliff of a hundred feet in height. From the summit numerous ghats, or stone stairs, of great variety descend to the bed of the holy stream. A Hock AVmi 11 U l'lllow. Trivate M. G. Dl.mch.ird of Windsor, N. S., writing from Richmond, and describing the expedition from IVolmont to that place, said: "This little excursion has done us a lot of good as we are out of the sand. Just think of it. I have had my meals for the last fortnight in a house, sitting on a chair with tablecloth and china cups. W slept out of eloors most of the time, cither in the fort or on top of one) of the kopjes. We did not bring tents with us. It has rair.tnl two nights here while I was sleeping out. but I Just tie a handkerchief around my head and get a nice shaped rock for a pillow and pull my blanket and rubber sheet up and go to sleep like I used to in rny bed." Horned a Momn to Death. The trial of Harvey and John Jackson for burning to tKith Oassie Boaa,a white woman, is in progress at Chrs-' lerfleld, S. C. Tom Steers, one of thj men arrested for part ieip.it ing In thoburning, turned state's evidence?. Ha . admitted having been with Cassi3 . Roan in the woods, and that Bei and John Jackson were there. Sam Woodward testified tnat he overheard Har- . vey Jackson say: "We might as well kill her or we will be killed ourselves." BATTLEofPJAWILA Wabash Ate.. 8. of A ud tori urn. Chlcogo. . A wondorfMl rerrodue;! a of the ffntrn rvl . Th tory In li1ttr'. 1'ewey voyage f nun Hone Kong cn'MtMfhineiMe!. A tn lal mint. The Chi- ; nfe tji'hoon ml nUht with iu-w and cttrtllnft elee- ! lrlcl effect. The American fleet enirai-tag the : rpanlhlitertet at the entrance of Manila IUt. 1 ha ' Day Of Manila ly tnooDlIht. T.ie w..iwWf ul li'uht In 1 effect la 14 M ml! and OaTt e at titchU Tnrlcl I aunrtae. The dlacovery and rotnplete destruction cl ', tbeefanlshueetoSCirlte. Orcn fruin a Jt. t ttfrjfe -j