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August 11, 1899

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S Ursa Time in the Old Town of Refines Tomorrow. MERCIER ON THE STAND Each Side Confident of Issu ing Triumphantly ON HiS SOLE TESTIMONY DreyfBs Himself J to CraBS-Qaestloa- Cese Stated by a Great Friend and a Great Eneray. Bennes, France. Aug. 10.-The members of the Bennes court-martial today took the testimony of MM. Chamoln and Pal cologue. The former -was examined from G:C0 to 9:30 and the latter was on the Btand from 9:30 to 11:45 a. m., when the court adjourned until tomorrow, when It will conclude the examination of the sec ret dossier. Colonel Jouaust, president of the court-martial, on leaving the court today said a public uession would take place Saturday. The police adopted the same methods of precaution as yesterday and there was only the smallest gathering of spectators. Captain Dreyfus was allowed to walk to and from the Lycee without his usual escort of four or six gendarmes. Only a captain of the gendarmes was with, him and this officer walked a few steps be hind the prisoner. 2faltre Demange, the principal counsel for Captain Dreyfus, In an Interview after today's session with a representative of the Associated Press, expressed himself as well contented with the way in which matters are proceeding and, judging from his manner, ono may say that the de fenders of the accused have not yet met anything very surprising or alarming In the secret dossier. Naturally CM. Demange declined to give any particulars respect ing the contents of the dossier, but ho declared that ho and his colleague, M. Luborl, were satisfied with the consci entious desire of the members of the court to thresh the whole matter out and to have full light turned upon the ac cusations against their client This will Hake some time and the jjnd of the month will be.reached before Judgment can be given. Meanwhllo the strain Is telling on Dreyfus, who Is showing physical dis tress. Saturday's public session will be a veritable field day, probably the -most Im portant and exciting day of the whole trial, as General Mercier. and Mr. Casl-anlr-Pericr have been cited to give their testimony then. The first witness will be Lieutenant Colonel De La Roche oVrnot, French military attache in Berlin at the time of the arrest of Dreyfus. His evi dence. It is expected, will be soon dis p sed of, and then General Merclef will b- called. A dramatic scene Is antici pated by the antl-Dreyfusltes, who rely upon him to throw a bombshell and con found the accused once for all. His words: "I have complete proofs of the guilt of Dreyfus," are remembered, and both sides are wailing for him to prove his statement. The Drcyfusltes believe that his testimony wil lbe torn to pieces by MIL Labor! and Demange, and that ho will leave the court utterly discredit ed. Captain Dreyfus will have the right to question him. and It is expected that he laUers cross-examination of Mercier will prove tho climax of the whole pro ceedings. Former President Casimlr IPerler will follow. If possible, the same day, but It Is doubtful whether his ex amination will be concluded before court adjourns until Monday. There will bo no session Tuesday, that be.ns Assumption day. MORE LIGHT ON THE BORDEREAU Loudon Times Springs Henry-Kstcr-itasy Sensation London, Aug. 10 Tho Times says: "Wo are in a position to state that, in addi tion to communications of slight value enumerated In tho bordereau, ome than ICO documents of considerabl elmportance were furnished to tho German attache In Furls, Colonel Schw arzkopen, at various times by .Esterhazy. acting as Intermed iary and accomplice of the late Lleutcn i nt-Colonol Henry. One of these docu n. uts contained detailed information re li He to the general plan of mobilization fir the French army. The proceeds of th.s traffic were diviled between Ester hazy and Henry. In Parisian diplomatic circles the tetter was known to bo the real traitor for several months before his arrest and Fulcide. and. besides the pow er most directly concerned, naraely.'Ger rnany. (moro thin ono European govern ment received Information to this effect early in 1S3S." In nn eilitoral based upon the forego In? Important information, tho Times tays: "It Is hard to imagine anything In the whole or romance to equal the se quence of events whereby a traitor who had been betraying the mot vital Inter ests of his country to a foreign power, Ehould. after contriving to fix the uspl clan on an Innocent man and after secur ing that man's conviction by the lo queco of his denunciation, be the very man to bo selected as head of the secret lntlllgencc department In order to crush endeavors then begin to be made to dis cover the truth. The question arises: 'What gave this half-educated man eueh power over hl superiors that they were Impelled not only to land the sanction of their hish authority, but to devote their whole activity, eloquence and plighted Tvord of honor to the task of aiding with out confederates whose word would carry greater Influence than his own. Henry could have Imposed on the simplicity of the whole general staff? "It Is quite clear that the acquittal of Ihe unhappy victim of. perhaps .the foul last plot ever devised will dose bat on chapter In the-story of the tembllB ternaU conflict -France has iaA taSaaar go. I CASE STATED PRO AND CON 3J. Cleraenccaa, for Drcyfaa, aa H. Rockefort, Bitterly Ilactlle. New York, Aug. 10. The Journal has published two opposing statements of the Dreyfus case, one by M. Clemenceau. for the prisoner, and the other, by M. Toche fort, bitterly hostile. These refer to the opening day's proceedings In Dreyfus' new trial and bear that date, August 1. The statements follow. Flwt, that of 11. Clemenceau: "Every one knows beforehand that Colonel Jouaust, the president of the Bennes court-martial, Is the only quali fied person to lead debates In tht v.ay ha thinks most conducive to the final CIs overy of the trut u He alone therefore ccultl answer with aus'it3 In-partiaMty the questions now beforo him. One of the mCst complicated and thorny sets of pa pers Uiat ever came before a judge has led him o fix his mind upon certain ways of proceeding, wfolch he Intends to follow If events permit Will events per mit? It Is hard to tell, as some .people now make the point of publishing that a sensational piece of information will be proffered by General Mercier, which Nwlll lead to an entirely new departure. How ever that may be, what can we gather from what is already known, and how far can we determine public expectations- That Is what I will try to write for the benefit of American readers. "The first fact we meet at the outset is that the Dreyfus trial in Bennes Is the result of an unrelenting press campaign of eighteen months for the supremacy of the law throughout the 'Republique Francaise.' For eighteen months we have not allowed one day to fall Into the abyss of the past without claiming as loud as our voice could reach: 'A new trial for Dreyfus!' That the law had been violently and cynically discarded in the trial of 1894 we proved over and over again first at Zola's trial an'd then with so much, pertinent evidence Jhat a com paratively small number of those who seemed to care about law refused to sur render. It is possible that only a com paratively small number' of people seem to care about the law. Citizens In your law-abiding country will wonder, I am sure, at this. Alas, the fact Is, in this country and in others, too, a great many people fee an intensified love of law when the law is on their side I mean on the side of their Interests, beliefs and prejudices. It is true enough also that when the Hay appears to be on the other side those who pride themselves In belqg wise and good citizens are very apt to wish the law had gone down into the lower world. "This is the very thing that has hap pened in France. Thus we had a loud war cry against the traitor' and his sup porters from the whole conservative 'red Monarchist party, who, for reasons of influence too long to explain, are master of all the high posts in the army. And, as those were very numerous to whom the eventual trial of Dreyfus seemed a blow, we had a loud war cry against the Jews and against tbosa who held that even, a Jew had the right to be Innocent if he had committed no crime. Thus it haappened that the pope himself left, without even a courteous answer, a letter, in whioh Madame Dreyfus appealed to his mercy, and begged from him a word of justice and pity, which might have Bavcd years of torture for the prisoner. We appealed then to the people, but it was rather hard for the people to realize the truth amid such a fury of abuse and outrage against those who advocated it We appealed to the political power. Po litical power would not hear, fearing the electoral influence of the church as well as tho military party. The Zola and Esterhazy trials show in turn that we had previously appealed in vain to the judiciary power. Tou remember that a law was voted by both houses to give to Dreyfus, as judges of revision, a set of men who had expressed beforehand their strong opinion against the 'traitor and the Jew.' "All that Is past I mention it so that the reader may have ready in his mind the comparative situation of the accus ers and of the culpret at Bennes. Also must it be remembered that lfwe had not taken upon ourselves to publish the whole Inquiry of the supreme court in the Dreyfus case not a word would have been known to this day of the frightful transactions of 1S91 and of the innumer able set of forgeries and lie3 that were a consequence of the original crimes. "To end this preliminary view, one last word, to remind the reader that the su premecourt had tho legal right of finding Dreyfus guiltless, to dismiss him without a new trial. This we never accepted. We claimed that Dreyfus's innocence, having been baffled by one courtmartial. had to be br ugot ato full light by another. Dreyfus must be Judged openly by his peers, tsucn was our motto. ior we yarn ed all the people to see there would bo fair play this time, if there had not been before. "This Dreyfus trial in Bennes is a work in every sense of the word against those who. though the law had been clearly sot aside In 1S31, want to stick to an illegal verdict. "Now the question arises: What, will occur In Bennes? The great novelty is that for the first time Dreyfus Is bound to be examined and judged according to requirements of the law for the first time he will know what accusations are brought against him. If the supreme court made clear Bsterhaxy's Innocence in the absence of Dreyfus, what can the martial court do when Dreyfus is there ready to answer? "The first sluing has been occupied by calling witnesses and putting all prelim inary questions to Dreyfus. No Infer ence Is yet to be drawn In any way from what has been said. Dreyfus has been vaguely examined upon questions relat ing to the bordereau, which Esterhazy acknowledges as being In his own writ ing. For the next three or four days there will be an Investigation of secret papers. These were carefully held back from Dreyfus In 1SS4. During four years their number has been increasing won derfully, as Henri and others had set their minds upon finding proofs against Dreyfus, after they had had him senten ced. The documents, will riot be examin ed In public, not that they imply any military secrets, but there is pergonal In formation, relating to some high Indi viduals, who have been guests of France, which it is deemed undesirable to give up to the public The point is that every piece of paper will bo read to Dreyfus (Continued on Second Pacaj DIREFUL Ruin Wrought by the Hurri cane in the West Indies. DEAD NUMBER HUNDREDS Thousands Utterly Destitute Property Loss Millions. San Juan de Porto Bico, Auk. 10. A hurricane broke over the south coast at 1 o'clock Tuesday morning and swept northwest There was no abatement for nine hours, the greatest darage being done between 8 and 10 o'clock a. m. The wires were down and communication with the Interior was for a time Impossi ble, It is now chiefly carried on by cour iers. At San Juan four natives were drowned in the harbor, eighty houses were demolished and unroofed. The dam age to property is estimated at $500,U0Q. Commissary stores to the value of 0,0u0 were destroyed. A dispatch by cable from Ponce sent at 10 o'clock this morning says the town was almost destroyed. Almost all the frame buildings are down, the bridge is swept away and there Is no communication be tween the port and the city proper. The damage to the port is estimated at $250, 000. Two natives are known to have been drowned. Tho records and property of the custom house are ruined and all the vesels are ashore. At Albonlto very little remains stand ing except the cathedral and the bar racks. Four natives perished and three United States soldiers were badly Injured. As the itown is without provisions, gov ernment relief has been dispatched there to. El Caney was leveled to the ground, 200 houses being demolished. Two United States soldiers were Injured and many cavalry horses were killed. At Catano the entire plant of the Standard Oil com pany was ruined. The loss on the prop erty is $200,000. At Bayamon, a majority of the houses were destroyed and the rest were flooded. Two hundred cattle were killed and the railroad was seriously damaged. The villake of Carolina was literally razed. At Caguas four persons were killed. A courier who has just, arrived from Humacao, capital of the province of that name, on tho eastern coast of the island, reports awful destruction there. The loss to property Is estimated at $500,000, but this is the least item in the disaster. The courier brought an official report from Captain Eben Swift of the Fifh United States cavalry, who says: "Hu macao was totally destroyed by the hur ricane. Forty-six bodies have been re covered and there are many more in the debris. Eight privates of troop C were injured, two fatally. Sergeant King, of the Eleventh Infantry, was Injured. North, a discharged private. Is missing. :At the, port of Hunmdao eighty-one bod ies have been recovered. Eight hundred aro starving here. Three,, persons were killed at Las Pledras and five at Junco. Courlers-from tho other districts are anx iously expected at the palace. The stffner Slocum, Captain Thomas, en role from Maynguez'to San Juah, was caught in the storm, but her passengers and crow were saved through the hero ism of Mr. SInkle, the first ofllcer." The coffee crop Is ruined and the loss will reach millions. Very great lnury has been done also to the oragno crop. No definite returns have yet been re ceived from the southern section of the Island, apart from tPonce. It Is certain, however, that the food supplies in the strickon district have been destroyed and In these quarters the quantity of govern ment stores on hand is small. Belief wagons will bo sent) tomorrow In differ ent directions. General George W. Davis, the governor general, has cabled to the war depart ment an appeal for assistance. Ponce. Aug. 10. A hurricane struck here at 8 o'clock and lasted until 3 p. m. The rivers overflowed, flooding the town. It Is estimated that 200 persons were drowh 'cd. The town and port are total wrecks. It Is believed tho damage done will amount to over 1300,000. No news has been received from the Interior since the storm broke. Kingston, Jamaica. Aug. 10. Turk's Island reports that the cyclone passed during the night, after doing terrific dam age. The center of the disturbance l ap parently progressing northward towards tha American coast. Hurricane bulletins report that the eastern and northern dis tricts of Dominica are damaged, that Guadeloupe has suffered slightly and that Montserrat and Antigua have suffered se verely. Many of the inhabitants are homeless cultivation I? destroyed and the plantations are wrecked. The Virgin Island, particularly Tortola and St Crnix, were the worst sufferers. They report many fatalities and distress among tho survivors, besides property lose3. St. Thomas. D. W. L. Aug. 10The Isl and of Montserrat. British West Indies, was completely devastated by a hurri cane Monday. All the churches, estates and iinlges were destroyed and nearly 100 persons killed. In additlrn many were injured and rendered homeless and ter rible distress exists armng the sufferers. London. Aug. 10. The governor of the Leeward Islands. Sir Francis Flrmin. confirming the dispatch from St Thomas, D. W. I., to the Associated Pres. an nouncing the devastation caused by the hurricane at the island of Montserrat, sas "4 deaths are already known. Ha adds that 21 persons were killed at the Island of Nevis. The hurricane was not so severe at Anitjrua. One death Is re ported there, but many persons have been rendered homeless. The other presiden cies of the Leeward Islands have not re ported the damage done. St. Thomas, Aug. 10. As later advices come in from 3iontserrat it Is seen that the first reports conveyed only a faint idea of the sufferings of the people and their deplorable condition. The admln istratian appeals for help. At La Pointe-a-Pitre, Island of Guadeloupe. Immense damage was wrought and according to a report not yet confirmed lft persons were killed. In the island of St Croix, the largest of tk Virgin Islands, tha dwtnx&T tlon was appalling. l wrought at the wet ead, wfcere U smaller houses &re a tasgle as oi wreckage. Thirty persoas war klitea and tha inhabitants are in feat distress. Washington, Aug. The secretary of war today reWvpd the following report from General Davis, coawanalas in Porto'RicOr on the cyclone ,ef last Tues day, the report bearing date San Juan, August 9: "Hurricane or extreme vio lence passed over Porto Bic 'yesterday. The principal military loss at San Juan one temporary company barrack wholly destroyed, some quartermaster property damaged. No personal Injuries yet re ported, but all wires down. No injury to shipping here save two small local schooners sunk, two sailors drowned. San Juan lights temporarily disabled. Cable reports from Ponce say all shipping is ashore. Custom house badly damaged and goods stored therein, "Messengers from two interior posts tell of barracks unroofed and personal and public property damaged. The losses by the Inhabitants very great and ex treme suffering must result. The last hurricane as severe as this was in 1S75, when, owing to loss of housesf-fruit and provisions, there was famine, I would suggest public notice in the United States to the effect that contributions of food, clothing and money for tha destitute would be received with the greatest- gratitude and will be applied strictly to relief of destitute. Have appointed a board to supervise destitution. There are many thousands of families who are en tirely homeless and great distress must follow." Paris, Aug. M. Advices from La JPotnto-a-Pltre, Island of Guadalupe, say the cy clone did enormous damage to the inter ior of that island, a number of coffee and cocoa estates being devastated. La Mourle, a suburb, was half destroyed. There were a number of 'fatalities. St Jean advices say the cyclone caused great-destruction In Porto Bico, whence It passed northward to Dominica and thence to Cape Haytien and the eastern end of Cuba. Fort de France. Martinique, lAug. 10. The authorities of the Island of -Guadalupe are still without news from the in terior, owing to the interruption of tele graphic communication, as a result of the recent hurricane. But other advices which have reached La 9Polnte-a-Pltre say the coffe and cocoa crops have been nearly totally destroyed. At Le Polnte- a-Pltre seven persons were injured and at Moul the damage done was consider able and several persons were killed and wounded. At Petit Canal and Port (Louis several persons were killed and a number were Injured. The villages of Grlppon and ILamentln have been entirely destroyed and the lighthouses of Monrbux and Foelllose have Ibeen overturned. The town of St. Louis de Malre Galante has suffered considerably. Governor Mora chlnl arrived at La Fointe-a-FHre this -morning, on the French cruiser Cecllle and left soon afterwards for Salntes. News which lias reached the Associated Press correspondent here from the Brit ish Antilles, say the island of Dominica has not suffered much from the hurri cane, that St Thomas and St. Croix suf fered lightly. Jhat AnUu.was seriously hit and that at St Kitts 2 h6nses were destroyed. The hurricane passed over Porto Plata and appears to have ravaged the north of the Dominican Bepubllc. All communlcatiQn "between xPorto Plata and tho Interior, -not including San "Domingo, is interrupted and It is impossible to ob tain a correct account of the damage done, although It is thought to- be Im portant The railroad from Porto Plata to San Domingo Is no longer working. Eventually, the hurricano swept over Cape Haytien, with less violence and therefore with correspondingly less dam age. IN A ROW WITH WAITERS laaMnnltsa Hotel tiurt XcKemle, a Wealthy Texas. In Killed. Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 10. Gus McKemie, a prominent cotton merchant and a member of the school board of Gainesville, Texas, was killed In a row with hotel waiters at the Parker house In Manitou this afternoon. George Groves, the head waiter, had remonstrated with Mrs. McKemie for Insisting upon enter ing the dining room before he was ready for the guests. He was later accused by Mr. McKemie of having spoken Insult ingly to Mrs. McKemie and an apology was demanded. When Groves said that he did not consider any apology due, Mr: McKemie struck at him with a cane. Groves grappled with McKemie and a kreat throng of waiters and guests gath ered, .Mr. McKemie being wounded In the melee by a blow on the left side of the head which proved fatal In about 45 minutes. A number of people saw "George McCormlck. one of the waltera, with a decanter In his hand, and he is under arrest charged with the murder. He was brought to this city Immediately after being placed .under arrest, because the feeling of the thousands of southern peo ple In Manitou was running high and a lynching was feared. Ex-Governor Hogg was present at the Inquest which was toeing held this evening at the Parker hotel, and as he gave the coroner to un derstand that It would not be safe to al low the prisoner to be brought to Mani tou tonikht. .the continuance of the In quest was deferred until mornlmr. The body of McKemie was taken back to lTexas tonight THREE STYLES OF SUICIDE Tried by a Chi ear 9 Xaa All at 8see and UaKBcecirafally. Chicago. Aug. 10. In an effort to com mit suicide today George Paterson, a cook, of Evanston. first drank a quart of whisky, then secured an old rusty sword, set the hilt against a bath tub and fell upon the point so forcibly that the blade went nearly half way through his body. Fol!ng little pain and being still able to stand, Patereen again fell upon the sword. His vitality was still utronk. however, and he placed the weapon's point against his stomach and rushed with the hilt against the waiL Still the did not collapse, and plucking the blade from his wound he set fire to the house nd crawled Into a closet and waited for the fire to consume him. He was res cued by firemen, however, and taken to the hospital. He may recover. Jlwlnrx Establintir a Jaata. Havana, Aug. 10l It is reliably reported thatX3eneral Jlmlnex. the aspirant to the presidency of the republic of Santo Do mingo, has sent a confidential agent to New Tork to carry out bis Diana. The agent left Havana eitfcer Saturday or Monday. Scstlago de GaLUV -viaOarnatoa. Aug. kl A tresaesdses stsm arena taroaga3t tns country. GHOSTS GPWhat Once Were Hate and Lusty Klondikers BROUGHT IN FAMISHING From the Edmonton Trail-by a Reiief Party. Wrangel, Alaska, Aug. 6, jvia Seattle, Aug. 10. The Stlckeen river Wash- steamer Strathcona arrived here today iaV with thirty survivors of the Edmonton trail. They are: M. Bandleman, Chi cago; J Cliff. Vancouver; W. T. Munn. Missouri; E. H. Lyons, Missouri; W. Coulter, Manitoba; M. OsUg. Chicago; G. Velger, Canada; S. W. Morgan, Silver ton. Ore.; H Fenk, Los Angeles; G. Gaff ney, Los Angeles; H. Burton. Salt, Lake; W. Hlnxman. Chicago; C. Jefferson. As bury Park, N. J.; J. Moore, San Fran cisco; M. Veley, phio; J. McGUvary, Lon don. England; W. Reed, Canada; O. Reed Canada; J. Levin. Ottawa; J. Hackney, Ottawa; B. H. Dunbar, Seattle; W. H. Dunbar, Seattle; M. Tall. Canada: B. H, Tall. Canada; M. W. Welsen, Chicago; A. H. Tigar. Prince Albert province Canada; C'Stlefel, Chicago; W. H. Wells, Mis souri: D. Robertson, Vancouver; L G. Tomllnson. Tacoma. All these men came In with the pack train sent out from Telt graph Creek and Laketon by the var ious trading companies last spring. The unfortunates tel lstorles of hard ships endured, comrades lost and aban doned, and strongly denounce tho trading and transportation companies, as well as the Canadian officials, and newspapers that so profusely advertised this route as a feasible one to tho Klondike gold fields. To outward appearances these men cer tainly give evidence, of the awful suffer ing undergone since leaving Edmonton, eighteen months ago. Most of them are sickly-looking, with uakemp beards and greasy clothes pictures of physical and financial wreck. Several are gray and bear marks of scurvey. A few have just enpuga..raoney to reach Seattle or Victoria, but the majority are without funds. The citizens of Wrangle have- appealed to the United States gov ernment at Washington, but up to this date no aid has ben received. There -are about twerity-flve destitute miners here. Many had narrow escapes from starva tion along the trail frora Fort--Slmp8on to Mud river and Fort Laird. A. H. Tiger bacon for nearly two weeks. M. OsUg. C. Stelfel and M. W. Welsen. three of a .party of five from Chicago, owe their lives to a bear- that.they killed Just as thoy had run out of provisions about twenty miles from Laird post William Schmidt and Fred Swift of the same party, left the camp at Laird post last spring to trap and have never been heard from since. M. Bandlemann of Chicago, was lost In tha woods above Fort Laird last fall and was compelled to live on bacon Tor three weeks. Perry Wells, brother of W. H. Wells, who waa one of the passengers on the Strathcona, died of curvy at Telegraph Creek. It Is admitted that there are still maro than 100 men scattered along tho trail be tween Laird post and the Pelly banks, and relief parties have been sent out by the Hudson Bay company. The last re ports brought to Laird post were that many were dying of scurvy and hunger. It is estimated that there are thirty or forty sufferers at Telegraph Creek wait ing ths next trip of the boat The sick that had to be carried on stretchers had not yet reached Glenora when the Strath cona sailed. 8evcral starvation cases are remrted. About twenty irilles above Devil's Port age, two unknown men were found frozen to death last winter. A man bearing the name of Johnson, from New York, wan found dead in a tent near Mud river last fall. This poor fellow had only half a blanket and in his hand was a note bear ing these words: "I died of Jiunger." Along the route from Fort Simpson, nn the McKensle river to Fort Laird, men with frozen limbs were assisted, while some, too weak to help themselves, were necessarily left behind by those more for tunate and able to struggle along. Scurvy raged In al lthe camaa more or less, but there are few deaths from this disease reported. A number of Canadi ans who attempted to cross Cutland trail from Fort Simpson to Fort Francis last fail have never been heard from and it Li likely that they perished" from cold. Beaupree was the name of one of these men and be balled from Ontario. From Laird post and Fort Francis, even the post men were put on rations cor ing the months of April and May of (his year. Flour sold at $35 per sack. bacon at 75 cents per pound and beans cents per quart Thl made up the dally menu for several weeks. Many owe their lives t the relief party under Scott Simpson, sent out by the Cosca Trading company, that reached 'Laird post May 23. This daring party left Laketon In March and made a most perilous trip across D:ae lake with dogs. As the ice broke up, one of the rescuing parly was drowned and nearly all the dogs and sleds ware tost The majority of the returning sold ek ers took the McKenxie water route from Edmonton. Coarse gold was found in several small streams, and gold eotcrs were often seen, though not in sufficient quantity to work. Seattle. Wash., Aug. It The steamer Qbeen arrived from Alaska today. In ad dition to 233 excursionists, she has JSi miners from Dawson and Atlin aboard. The amount of gold dust they carried is estimated at rcotfd. Victoria. B C. Aug. ia.-0burn P.id and brother have reached hers from Dawson where tby Jef t ever the Edmon ton trail eighteen mssth ago. T!:r say they saw a number of am a'cni; the trail In various stages of scurry. Ffrse were badly frost feittm. A mai vxtti Wells, of TTansss City, died of nrvrry t Francis Lake a few weks sjrx fire at Dallas; texas wMtMrm im JaUf JKnc-; aM tftfccrs aast ftMB Sacias; DaSafl, Tsst, As. MFln tkie am- Bulb Of Wiakite, Ri3T, Alia 11 aitt Wantfcsclfag Wieail Taaay t fair; aaatiaiiaA ararai astk wt4a IMPORTANT NEWS OF TODAY. Pages. a. rjrfa CHsaax iaaiarraw Wetlalaa MarrleaaV" Wark JRtfasoataa Trait Victim Jay Deaitaaa laTiUMsaa S. raaaa City Hmi Vpcat Mail MtoarrP-tfct Wkaa JrIaM 6aajcfc JUts Stary a A S. WEekltA ilTak Mrksti afaf J- Oral Max AH Lower Stack Market aUroager S. Biff 61ft t lajIrasejHst lawyers GMMUta re title i &Waa.Z.c:rayArrate tf Xa Fmrisa tv W.rri Mlrselea Wrawffkt taJfew Yartc Taasaiaay's BallaawayB ing destroyed tho Guild tulldlng, one of the largest buildings in tne city, occu pied by the Darragh Furniture and Stor age company. The fourth and fifth floors were occupied by families. Many heroic rescues were made by the firemen. The Clifton house on the west, and the Gar llngton Produce company's building wero partly demolished by falling walls. Armour Co.'s storage plant and the Standard Electric Light company's Im mense plants are threatened. At 1:10 a. m.. the fire Is still raging.. It Is suppos ed Beveral peoplo who became panic stricken lost their lives; Impossible to verify at this hour. GOMEZ ADVISES CUBANS Ta BeksTe TkemselTea and Trmst la the 31cKlnley Adsalaiatratlan Havana, Aug. 10. In aa open letter published today by La Lucha, General Maximo Gomez says ho has remained In Cuba to fulfill a gerat duty. Now that exaggerated and mistaken notions are current regarding the state of Cuba, he desires to explain tho true situation. "It is absolutely false." he says, "that great differences exist between the Cu bans and Spaniards, or between the Cu bans and Americans, or among tho Cu bans themselves. On the contrary, all Is going welt Ah old Institution, the Cuban army, is being dissolved. The people think only of absolute independence. A national party which opens its arms ,to receive all without asking questions as to where they wero durhH? the war Is being formed. More could not have been done in so short a time, The impatient population eoes not realize that it is not the work of a day i-Vto .organize society. Turbulence of liigh- strung minds must have time to abate in a people thirsting for independence and for liberty restrained by rational pre cepts. There has been intervention by a foreign nation for the sake of peace, and now tho moment is propitious. AH who were previously disunited should unite fo rthe same end, which Is to form a council representing the soul of Cuba. "In tha meantime the Intervening power will fulfill the obligations It has Incurred, and the Cuban people, heroic and sens ible, wjll take the situation calmly, work ing and waiting for the independence and liberty which the futuro will surely bring. "As for the suggestion that the Inter vening power contemplates robbing the Cubans of their own, I do not bellcvo It Such a rumor Is calumny against an hon orable people. The Cuban. left poor by the war, should dream only of work. Let us allow bygones to be bygones. Let us see a brother In rery man in Cuba." With regard to himself. General Gomez, whoso letter Is addressed to his son Do mingo, says the latter must not trouble himself regarding his father's future and reputation. He declares that he consid ers himself sufficiently defended by his own record, by a career whlc hh has "always adjusted to the rational events." He describes himself as "without am bitions of any kind that could disturb my conscience, and happy in the lot of a people who shall ono day be themselves happy." "Cuba, which adopted and -fought for the highest principle." he continues. "Is onw in peace, She Is behaving like a cultured country. In order tht her people may constitute themselves a nation with out need of an externa! mentor. If suob conduct is continued. If such an exampl of self-restraint is maintain all Ameri can militarism mast disappear, giving place to a true Democracy." The "noble people of Havana," he says. have once more earned bin gratitude by a signal of good will toward his wife and family, but he is soon going away from among them, as be longs to bo in his own country again. PENSION LfST DECREASING Aeceraltartafke CasaatlMlsarr'a Jta feart-TeU! fa Xov Ml, 319. Washington. Aug, 19. The report of Commissioner of Pensions Evans for the fiscal year ended June 51 last thovrt to tal disbursements of tlSJJEZ.KX leaving a balance of SL7.!S3 in the trratury out of the tl46 000,009 appropriated. The total number of pensionsrs oa the rell June J was $91,51$. a decrease of WA- Thera were V,9n name addedu tha rolls and X.1 dropped. Tha report shows that the pension roll is decreasing. Of thosa drop ped 24145 were because of dVaths. Sail because of re-marriage, minors attaining their majority, failure to dales pension and othr cause. The war with Spain brought a total of K3f claims, of which number but 2SS cava been allowed. Jfsyer Jaaiae tlaaeir Klxftt Toledo. O., Aug. 2d Mayor Josra todsy In an Interview statrd that he wj sxis quoted and that b did sot taf his cam paign at Cleveland aad bn put la the handa of the striking strwt ear stta. He claims that no suen arraasemest wi oade. Ha has snnauscfd that he r91 decide whether tfcs cpi of Ohio dir falsa to run for garrrnar as as ladepndnt ticket, before tha Dcssetratic eonrmtloa steels at Za&esrftlt. AaratOfa, 7T. T Auf. MU-Ex-Jsda Hour HUtea of 2few Tork U resattai f I DAGO Government So Mightily Afraid of Offending Spain THAT IT HAS CALLED DOWN Navai Officers Who Hobnob hed With Dewey at Naples. ADMIRAL SENDS REGRETS Te Iiaaaea aa araekly Sortie Wlfce? U'aatte'ClatTa.elrreetCaKar M' tha Taale Witk Mis. London. Aug. 10. Admiral Dewey, in re sponse to an inquiry -made by the Dally aiall. sends the following: "Regret can not visit England. Must arrive New Tork October L" The Rome correspondent of the Dally .Mail says: "The warm reception given to Admiral Dewey In Italy Is regarded with mixed feeling by the government, which is morbidly ahxioua not to eiffend Spain. As It is, the Spanish ambassador (Signer CIpriano Del Maza) protested against the toasts proposed by General Bogllola, Ad miral Gonzales and tho perfect ojt Naples at the recent reception to the Anterican admiral In which the American Victoria over Spain were glorified. In conse quence of the protest the government re quests Bogllolo, Gonzales and the perfect to furnish explanations, which the am bassador accepted as satisfactory, but tho Incident produced a bad impression and Admiral Dowey abandoned his Intea tlon tocomo to Horn' OLD MAN DEWtT 10 ALL RIGHT Maffers a Belaasa Kvery Time Aay body Mya 'flana.aet.' Xew Tork, Aug. 10 Admiral Dewey haf declined the invitation to a dinner extend ed to him by the officers of the Union league club of Brooklyn. A letter to this cect has been received by President Wil liam E. Pulsifer,' of the club. The ad miral excuses himself on the ground of poor hearth, saying that although he baa improved somewhat of lata, bis condition Is not what it ought, to be. In view of this fact he has concluded to decline alt semi-private invitations extended to him. 00M PAUL PULLS HOLY WRIT On the Blsrated Britisher, Bat Waa't Try fa Caaaerlat eja.tlaadrs. London. Atyj. 10. Tho Johannesburg correspondent of the Dally Telegraph says: "In the volksraad today (Thurs day) Mr. Kruger declared that be was glad they had agreed to stand by the Lord as the bead of state. The rood, ha continued, was afraid to go off the right path and away from the Lord. Finally Mr Kruger ndvledho members to read thoroughly Psalm 113. vere 27." The Pretoria correspondent of the Times says: "In order to avoid Interfer ence with the Transvaal's Internal af fairs, which is the .Btronget objection to the proposed conference on the fran chise bill, the adoptlofi of a five years' residence limit In probable. At the pro trsctod secret semdons of the volksraad President Kurger has failed to obtain the consent of the members to the re- moval of religious disabilities without tho consent of the burghers j but It has be?n Jeff to the preldnt to publlib tha bill for; consideration next seslon." London. Aug. 11. There Is Utile actual news this morning concerning Transraal affairs. From the silence of the dis patches regarding Mr. Chamberlain's last speech. It looks as though the cen sorship were again active. It is evident, however, that tho amendment to tha constitution empowering tho government In thp event of war to call upn sll In habitants without distinction to fjiatat In the defense of the stato baa creatrd some amount of alarm. The German Outlanders are said to have applied to the consul to interfere in the msttsr, while the Standard and Diggers News, the Kor atgon. publishes a statonest that the government has sanctioned as surancea being gln, through the pres. that there is no idea of calling upon Englishman to fight Englishmen or in any other war Ignoring international sentiment, traditions or customs. Dis patches front Pietennarilsburg report eonxlderabfo military activity there. Tha commanding officers bare held a mmtlng and issued circulars notifying tha volun teers to bold themselves In readiness for active service. Pretoria, Aug. la The ToTktrsad-fctJi revised the Grondwet (constitution f tho South African Republic) by adding two members to the xecutlv council, who compose ths cabinet. The executive is enlarged to nine members. Tha proposad Increase in the reprentati?s ef th. gold fields is abo rthd. Capetown. Aug la As the TMtlh transport Braemer Castle was departing from here yetrday with troops far Na tal tha was vociferously cheered tor ths crew of U United Bute ersiser Chi cago. Uat Admiral Howisn's flagship, which arrived here Jsiy 11. tha band ef which ?Uyd the nstieaal antheta. Tht Bnemer Cat's band respond! J pUring Take Dsdl. London, Aug. T The 8L Jaes Ga zeti this efternwm sar test all tha ship?!ag Companies under charter to tha British admiralty for transport eurV6j have bnn noticed ta hold ail their traaa, pwtU in rrnerve, for tiw f sssedlats dis patch of tropo. The slasar Dsera has bwo ordered to bo In rea41n &t9tir ta ship a detachment Of horse artSkrry to South Africa, Taeya n facie lfTftey Mal. Lincoln, Neb., Atfg. JA Tha fssfes ea ty convratioa tnts evenis saatfst4 tte tha oiSca of clerk of ert sd sheriff, respstslvely, Lteinaat Coteae Vnstit J. Eager and Casiala P J. CsMfrote, fiflU eers of the First Neeesaka, aa-atUatf SBnxter out at Ssa Iraadsea. Ts pUc tecdnd are the batt rtrtlr,f. &ees ia ta carcasty. WritsU ef lfc sw& as errjcawy an. Ma aay tasy vfli itaaat

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K J. 1 III LOWER Light Supply of Desirable Hogs and Quality Commorr. TOPS SETTLE ON 4.20 No Cattle for Sale and Trading. The local hog market yesterday was 5 cents lower with a light supply of desi rable hogs and the trading light and fea tureless. There was only a small line of Calr to common hogs on sale when the market opened for business, and these all tame from the wagon trade and the strict ly local supply. Outsldo or this there v. as nothing In sight and In the absence of a line of car hogs the 'buyers were obliged tb take just what they could get. Even the run of local stuff was light and though It dragged along ail througn the day, it did not show up a very extensive layout even then. ItVwas a light day for hogs und both the focal supply and the car offerings wore below those of Wednesday and under also the demand for hogs. This market, however, was In line with the rest of the western markets and the sale prices recorded were at a very good point as compared with, the balance of the west ern receiving points. There was a weak cess and an easier tone everywhere, In cluding the live hog business, provisions and tho grains. A few of the hog mar kets opened wtth some showing of 6lrcngth but eased off later, and closed Weak and generally lower. About 5 cents Sower was the average quotation tor the day everywhere. The supply of hogs fell o ffat all tho western markets and this point was well In line both for the vol ume of receipts and the prices paid for the better grade of hogs. The activity of tho trading yesterday could not by any means be judged by the day's report. There was only a smali line of hogs In and these were mostly taken in at once. The lack of desirable hogs at the weight and grade most in demand, mado nat urally a halting market. Theref was a deposition to wait awhile. Buyers hoped ifor a larger run of the kind of hog3 want ed, later in the day, but when it became assured that no more hogs would odmo in, the res.t of the stock then in tho pens and lor sale went right off and at good firm prices. There was a good bunch of wagon flogs received along about tho close and these sold very well In lino with all tho rest of tho local trado for the day. Though the market quotation showed up flower yesterday, it was thoroughly in iine with tho rest of the western markets, nnd acted entirely in sympathy. It was fc generally dull day at all points, but this markot held its own very favorably. RERRBSHNTATI.HB SAUES. Dock.Av.Wt. Price. No. 79 5 34 7 5 4 10 6 7 6

120 120 211 213 (4 20 4 175 415 415 415 415 4 15' 415 415 400 400 210 207 C18 203 -230 170 130 146 U1IM.KKS AXD NOTE8. Frank Shepherd of Porta" Creek, were late arrivals with a carload of lights w hlch sold at tho top price of 34.20. The' woro very fair bogs and of tho class uliich of late is bringing the best prices. Bert Kell, one of tho oldest and most rcliablo consignors to this market, was a shipper yesterday of medium light weight hogs which sold at close to top prices. Other shippers at the yards yesterday with stock wero Joe Kirk of Kingman. Eiugh Griffith of -Belle Plaine, D. Jackson of llazcl ton, who had a mixed car, part cattlo and part hogs. Yesterday at the Dold plant the ship ments represented a very good day. Tho jobbing and express output was strong and took in all tho several specialties as t ill as the staple cuts, and tho straight contract core were also well in line with tho best days of tho past week. There teems to bo no let up at all In the dally output from tho docks of tho Dold house, nnd each day all this season has ex hibited a growing trade. Tho purchas ing capacity of the trade is greater this 3 car by far than for any season the past four jcars, and tho splendid reputation of tho Wichita houso for finely cured prod ucts in the staple lino, and exquisitely prepared goods in tho specialty division, as well as the prompt and ready response to orders, has made for this house a rep utation rarely acquired in twict the time of existence. Thcro was no cattle markot yesterday as there was nothing of Importance on s-ale. Usually there oro a few single hoofs yarded and offered for sale from the local and driven in source, and these find al nvujs a ready sale bo they stockers and feeders or fat butcher stuff. Yesterday, Biowever, thero was practically nothing offered, and, only one car of mixed stuff had cattle in It along with a part car of Stent weight bogs. There were buer on Siand for tho various grades of cattle, but they wero not in evidence and hence tho absence of any quotable market- Tho daily statement cstcrdny was as follows: Tops, 54.20; bulk of sales, $4. log1 4.30; average weight, 213; receipts, total bold and unsold, 437. For tho week ending August 6 the ex ports of pork, lurd and bacon from tho Atlantic ports to tho various English ami continental ports wero In grand tomis as follows: Pork in barrel, 3.970; lard In founds, 13.6SMX: meats in boxes. 36.SU. Chicago eMvrdoy received 22.000 hogs; on Wednesday 25,v, and the estimate for tNlay Is 0. Chicago Droxers Journal: A report has leen going Uje rounds -xf the proos during the past week to tho effect that goats wore being slaughtered at the various market centers and their meat being sold In tfce retail markets for mutton. One wouW be justlfU-d in drawing the con cluctfon from the wording of the dispatches that tho country was being Hooded with float meat, and that tnoso who ato It were seriously In danger of developing Into satjrs. The plain facts are that com paratively few goats are being slaughtered end these are of the Angora clas, raised en the ranches of tho southwest, and so closely akin to the sheep tribe that many city folks cotrid not tell tho-difference on the hoof and certainly not on the block. There Is a vast difference between the fleecy grass fed Angora, and the sle?k coated "billy" that browses and fattens on tin cans and brickbats in Casey's back jard. The astute goat of the city has no standing with the big packing concerns, .tbera Is as much difference botween him end an Angora as there is between crow and chicken. Chicago Times-Herald: The sentiment Is pretty evenly dhlded on corn now; with bs good people bullish on it as are bear ish. The speculators who like to tag on after somebody and who would rather follow a leader than decide for them selves as to the merit of the market, don't know what to doVThe cash handlers as a nils, are bullish on the December ndilayoomt feeling that tho prices, ore I will guarantee that my Rheanutisai Cure will relieve lam- bago, sciatica and all rheumatic pains is two or three hours, and cure in a few days. MUNYON. At all drn&fisf, 25a a vial. Guide to Health, and aecUV cal advice free. 1505 Arch at, PhUa. wsmmm iow enough for investment, no matter what the crop. Prices went a good deal lower, of course, in 1S95 and 1S97, but those were the years when everything was ow wheat, oats, provisions and every other sort of product Patten seems to keep bearing on the new crop futures. He expects a rush of corn, with good weather, to overwhelm tho market and cau.e a break. The shippers and ele vator people are generally believers in tho December and May prices. It is still the fact that the majority of the small traders are sticking to the bear side in their effort to make money. Provisions were dull and featureless yesterday, opening practically unchanged:; September pork, lard and ribs, respect ively, at $S7. 45.39 and J5.00. Cash lard closed at 5 cents off at 55.15; cash ribs 5 cents off at 14.95, and cash pork a. cents off at 58.20. LIVESTOCK MARKETS. CHICAGO. Chicago, Aug. 10. Tho market for cat tle today was strong at yesterday's ad vance of 10315 cents and the demand was brisk all day. oGod cattle sold at about the best prices of tho year Good to choice beeves brought $3.60$J, commoner grades selling at $4.D0S.55. Stockers and feeders were disposed of t &S04.5; bulls, cows and heifers, 2&23; Texas steers, $3.754.50 and calves $4SC.15 Tho market for bogs was slow and -weak, sales being generally 52300 lower. Heavy hogs sold at $364,80, mixed lots at $1.2534.70 and Ught at $4.50340. Pigs sold at $3034,75 and culls at 23.90. The demand for sheep and lambs was good and tho market was stronger and lso higher for prima lambs. Sheep sold at &253S5 for culls and Inferior lots up to $4.50(34.75 for good natives, choice wethers bringta? $5. Lambs sold at $1 6.60, some fancy western lambs bringing (Receipts CatAe, H5D0; hoga, 224)00; sheep 35DQ, xAKSAScrrr. TTaTrsntt City, Aog. 10. Cattle Receipts, EiOO natives, 1,500 Texans; market steady to strong. Native, steers, $455.S0; Texas steers; $2.1534.85; Texas cows, $2.75 3JS; native cows and heifers, H.255; Blockers and feeders, $3.25fi6; bulls, $2.50 64.5a Hogs Receipts, 6,000; market steady, 5o tower. Balk of soles, ?4-4S5J4.60; heavy,) $4.ag4.27i4; packers and mixed, $4.33 4.40; light, $4.23IT4.2; yorkers, $4.35 4.60; pigs. $4.474.e0. Sheep Receipts, 3,000; market steady. Xaxcbs. Jl.10g5.C0; muttons, $3.2534.10. ST. LOUIS. St JLouia, Aug. 10. Cattle Receipts. 3,000; market steady to strong: Beef steers. $3.7536.10; stockers and feeders, $3.2034.80; cows and belfcra, $3.2536; Texas and Indian steers, $3.4534-$5; cows and heifers, $3.3033.90. tHogs Receipts, 5,000; market steady. Pigs and 'lights, $4.75IW.85; packers, $4.50 04.60; butchers, $4.6534.75. Bheep "Receipts. 2,000; market steady. Native muttons, $3.7534.; lambs, $436.25. BASEBALL Clubs. Played. Won. Lost Perc IBrooklyn 94 If 61 S3 -649 t 34 .638 69 33 .003 56 39 .559 53 43 .553 53 43 -K3 53 45 .541 43 49 Ar 41 51 .446 37 54 .407 35 63 .357 XI 82 .172 Boston 94 Philadelphia 97 Baltimore 95 Chicago B5 Cnlclnnatl 94 St Louis 93 Pittsburg 97 Loulsvlllo 93 New York 91 Washington 93 Cleveland 99 BALTIMORE, 7; ST. (LOUIS. 4. Baltimore, Aug. 10. Powell's only baso on balls, followed by several long hits, won a game for tho Orioles today, brim ful of Interest and excitement. The game was a 6crappy one throughout. Burkett -was removed by Uroplro Hunt in the fourth inning for belittling remarks. A little later Tebeau struck McGraw, but Ibeyond a rush of tho players nothing came of it. At the end of tho game bad blood developed between Lachanco and Tebeau, but players, spectators and po licemen interposed and no damage was done. Score: R CH B Baltimore 0 1 01 002 3 7 13 1 St. Louis '..0 0 003010 04 7 2 Batteries Baltimore, Nops and Smith: St. Louis, Powell and Schrecongost. Um pires, O'Day and Hunt. PHILADELPHIA. 3; PITTSBURG. 2. Philadelphia. Aug. 10 Today's game was a pitcher's battle and the Phillies won out by a narrow margin. Goeckel played his first game at first for the locals and mado a good Impression, his error being excusable. Attendance 5,051. Coore: RH H Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 9 3 Pittsburg 0000100102 6 1 Batteries Philadelphia, Frazer and Douglass; Pittsburg. Parks and Schriver. Umpires, Emslle and McDonald. CHICAGO, 5; WASHINGTON. 4. Washington, Aug. 10. Chicago won to day's game in the eighth inning, when four singles were made. Garvin kept the Senators' hits scattered. Attendance 1,0007 Score: R H E Washington 0 0 0 1010 2 04 9 2 Chicago 00 110003 05 9 4 Batteries Washington, Carsey and Roach; Chicago. Garvin and Donohue. Umpires, Swartwood and Dwyer. New York. Aug. 10. Cincinnati-Brooklyn game postponed: wet grounds. Xcw York. Aug. 10-LouIsvHle-New York game postponed; wet grounds. Boston. Aug. 10. Cleveland-Boston postponed; rain. VTeNtcrit l.piuue. Kansas City at Minneapolis R H E Minneapolis 0 5 0 1 2 4 01 13 IS 5 Kansas City 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 0J 7 9 2 Milwaukee at St Paul R H E Bt Paul 1 00120200 6 10 6 Milwaukee 10 0 0 10 0721114 3 Detroit at Grand -Rapids R H E Grand Rapids .21100100 5 S 3 Detroit 0 00 0 100 0Jr-2 9 1 Indianapolis at urxaio Game post poncd; rain. Washington, Aug. 10. Forecast for Fri day and aSturday: Kansas Fair Friday, continued high temperature; Saturday fair, cooler, south erly shifting to westerly winds. Oklahoma and Indian Territory Gen erally fair, continued high temperatures Friday and Saturday; fresh southerly winds. lor a world in which there is nothing ejefij. 2fcita. ill HUH I In Anticipation of thl Govern ment Crop Report. DECLINE OF 1-4 CENT Coarse Grains Also Weak--Provisions a Nickel Lower. Chicago, Aug. 10 Anticipation of the government crop report, issued this after noon, completely flattened out trading In wheat today, and the pit was the dullest in months. Pending Its Issue, there was no "diepoallon to traae either way. Wheat 'declined 1-4& Coarso grains were weak, corn declining 3-Sl-2c and oats l-433-8c Provisions closed 5c lower. The opening In wheat was tame, with out any material change In price, Septem ber starting at about C9 1-50. Domeetlo receipts were Bmall, awr-hlgher quotations came from Liverpool, but the government crop report was duo this afternoon and pending Its issuance, traders were unwill ing to got the market on either sldo. The report was that the entire session was marked by a dullness that is seldom equal ed. The Intense heat also kept traders uot of tha pit, except when actually neces sary. September touched 63 1-tc shortly after the opening. The market fluctuated lazily between that figure and 69e until shortly after noon, when it gradually sagged, more from the dullness than from anything bearish in Xho news, and the close was Weak at about the lowest point of the day. The government report was expected to show a decline In the condi tion of spring wheat of from 5 to 8 points and this fact perhaps prevented the mar-t tet from developing more weakness than It did. -Minneapolis and DoJafch receipts wero 155 cars, compared with 229 last week and 77 year ago. Chicago receipts were 53 caas. S of contract grade. Total pri mary receipts were 53 cars, eight of con tract grade. The primary receipts wero 624,000 bushels, against 230,000 bushels last year. Atlantic port clearances amounted to 635,000 bushels. The seaboard reported S) loads worked for export, but tho cash demand here was slow. Crop reports In the northwest were conflicting, but the weather in that section was favorable. Somo hall was reported in North Dakota, were disappointing. September near the and soma Minnesota threshing returns close declined to 68 7-Skt about put price. Buying against those privileges steadied the market but the close was at the bot tom. 3 7-8c. Corn was fairly steady early, but late In the session developed marked weak ness, light receipts and a continued good shipping demand sustained prices. Re ceipts .and a continued good shipping de mand sustained prices. Receipts were 323 cars. About 200,000 bushels was worked lhere for shipment. Belief in a bearish government report, and favorable crop reports, with the late weakness of wheat. broko corn after noon, scalpers 6clllng quite freely. The close was weak at about bottom figures. September ranged from 80 5-Sc to a l-4c and closed 3-S31-2c lower at SO 5-330 3-4c Oats were dull and weak. Commission house selling was a feature, apparently for country account Tho cash demand was only fair, 50,000 bushels being taken hero for shipment Receipts wer w cars. (Indications favored a larger movement next week and this and sympathy with other grain markets wero the influences. Soptember ranged from 20c to 19 l-2c and closed 1-433-Sc lower at 19 5-8c. Provisions, though rather flrf during tho morning, went to pieces in the after noon and closed at declines all around. There was an Improved cash demand and this helped the market early, but sym pathy with the grain jnarket started a general selling movement late In the day, and tho decline was not recovered. At the close September pork was 5c lowor at $S.2X!r?S 22 l-2;September lard 2 l-235c low er at $5.17 1-2 and September ribs 5c lower at $4,9534.97 1-3. Estimated receipts Friday: Wheat 120 cars; corn 2S3 cars; oats 370 cars; hogs 1S.000 head. GBJUXAXD PRODUCE MARKETS. CHICAGO. Chicago. Aug. lO.-Tho leading futures ranged as follows: 1 Open High. Low. 1 Close. Wheat Sept Deo May Corn Sept (Dec (May Oats Sept (Dec RVf7l 6Si 7m 74? 6S?i 7is3 TJVLI 714 74 314 71;14 iWPh LIIUCTU 30y30i'ff3; 2s 2SH&3! 23V. 23ys 19U 15H 192 194 2S?sii SiT

I I !1974fiTiM 19Vj20I zu 20 CMay 21MiH21sfl,$ 21He!4 Pork Sept Oct Lard Sept Oct Ribs Sept Oct 827U, 8 27U 820 S25 8 224 25 5 174 5 224 4 974 a m 5 8 35 "1 5 22U.' 5 27j 6 02UI 5 071-! 5 174 5 22b 5 27 500 505 4 95 5 00 b W CASH QUOTATIONS. Cash quotations were as follows: (Flour Steady; No. 2 yellow, 3334c Wheat No. 3 spring, 6736Sc; No. 2 red, 704c Corn No. 2. 324c. Oats No. 2, 21Ug214c: No. 3 white, 244c; No. 3 white, 22g2Sc "Rye No. 2, 50c Barley No. 2. 33-340c Flax seed No. 1, 93c; Northwestern. $1.02. Timothy seed Prime. $2.4532.474. Qles pork Per bbl. $7.4O3S.0; lard, per 1) lbt, $5.07465.30; .short ribs sides loose, $4.7535.10; dry salted snouiders boxed, 5V:35He; short clear sides boxed. $3.C03 5.40. Whisky Distillers' finished goods, per gallon, $1.2S. y Sugars Unchanged. Clover-Grade, $5.25. RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, narrejs 3 00 15 (OJ Wheat bushels 70,0.0 j,o Corn, bushel 230.00 375j0 Oats, bushels 355.0.0 SSWSOJ Re. bushels 4.CO i.ojo Barley, bushels 2S.W0 15.WJ On the produce exchange today the mar met for butter was firm; creamery. 13 CrlSc; dairy. lSfflsc; cheese firm, 9510c; eggs flrm. freshl24c CHICAGO. Chicago, Aug. 10. Cash wheat: No. 2 red, 704171c: No. 5 red, SStxZ?4c; No. 2 bard winter, 4Tc; No. 2 hard winter. 65$66c; No. 1 northern spring. 69?f70c: No. 2 northern spring, 6S4G$Sc: No. Z spring 653C9c Corn No. 2. Slfie: Na 3, SIUSHo Oats-Sta. S, aefifSlc; No. 3 Vge, i Flax Cash northwest, $Le4; cash southwest, 99c; Bept, 97$4c; Oct, STfcc; Dec, 97c. Butter Firm; creamery, 13lSc; aalry, 12S16C. Eggs Ffr; fresh 12c Drested poultry-Steady; terkeys, Vik9 8Hc; chickens. 912c; ducks, 899c KANSAS CITY. Kansas City, Aug. 30.-JWbeat-Sept, 62i4c; Dec, 64?c Cash: No. 2 hard,63c; No. 3, 6S2c; We. 3 red, 8c; No. 3, 64 67c Corn Sept. S5c; Dec. fcc Cash: No. 2 mixed, 29c; No. 2 white, 3j; No. 3, 2Sc Oats-Steady; No. t white, 22g2Sc, Stye No. 2, 50c Hay-Choice timothy, $7.60; choice prai rie, $66.25. Butter Creamery, 17c; dairy, 14c Eggs Fresh, 9c .ST. ILOUIS. St Louis, Aug.- 10. Wheat Unsettled and lower; (No. 2 red cash, elevator 6Sc; track. 703c; Sept. 693ttc; Dec, 72c; May, 75c; No. 2 hard, 6Sc Corn Lower; No. 2 cash, 31c; track, 32c; Bept, 30Hc; Dec, 2S?ic; May. 28c Oats Firm; No. 2 cash, 21&c; track, 22c; Sept, 20Hc; May, 22c; No. 2 white, 2Sc Rye "Firm, 55c (Flour Dull, unchanged. Dry salt meats Quiet; boxed shoulders, $.12; extra shorts, $5.25; clear ribs, $5.37; clear sides, $5.50. Bacon Quiet; boxed shoulders, $5.75; ex tra shorts, $3.75; clear ribs, $5.87; clear sides, $5.85. Receipts Flour, 2,000; -wheat, 55,000; com, 85,000; oats, 14,000. Shipments 'Flour. 6,000; wheat, 6,000; corn, 90,000; oats, 29,000. NEW YORK. NowTTork, Aug. 10.-4Flour Receipts, 18, 717; exports, 8,445. Quiet but steady at former prices. Wheat-atecelpts, 13W76;J exports, 160, 616. Spot easier. No. 2 red-T5o f.o.b. afloat spot; -No. 1 northern Duluth, 76 f-o.b. afloat spot; No 2 red 74c elevator. Op tions! opened firm unchanged prices, in fluenced by cables, government report gos sip and closed dulL Later the market became easier under local realizing and closed dull at 33c net decline. May, 75H360, closed 79; Sept, 74Uc, c tosed 74Uc; Dec, TeiOTT 7-16c closed 76c Corn Receipts, 153,076; exports, 34,583. Spot easier; No. 2, 37f.oJb. afloat 37o elevator. Options opened steady on cov ering and strong cash positions, easing off later because of more liberal farm offers and closed dull at 3c net de cline September 36&337C, closed 36c; Dec, S4g35Hc closed 34c Oats Receipts, 14200; exports, 110,220. Spot dull; (No. 2. 27o; No. 3, 26c; No. 3 white, STftc Options dull all day and entirely nominal. Butter (Receipts, &V365; steady; state dairy, 1317c; state creameryt 15 19c; western creamery, 15319c; factory, 1215c Cheese Receipts, 7,503 packages; dull; large white, 9'&c; small white, 9Uc; large colored, 946-c; small colored, 9c. Eggs Receipts, 5,466 packages; steady; western ungraded, ll13c at mark. COFFEE AND SUGAR SIABKXT3 New York, Aug. 10. Coffee options opened quiet at unchanged prices; de clined 5 points later In Nsympathy with weakness abroad, and ruled generally dull with a weak undertone. The for elgners sold, as did some of the more re liant' bears; shorts bought Statistical changes were about a stand-off. Bra zilian cables wore disappointing In the main. Closed barely steady, unchanged to 6 points lower. Sales 10,000 bags, in cluding Sept. $4.45; Oct, $4.55; Dec, $4.95; Jan., $5.00; March, $5.10; May, $5.20. Spot coffee, tRio dull and easy; No. 7 Invoice 5ic; 'No. 7 jobbing, 6c Dllld quiet but about steady; Cordova, V&ipUc Sugar Raw steady; fair refining, 4c; centrifugal 96 test, 4 9-16c; molasses sugar, 3c Refined steady; crushed, 6c; pow dered, 6c; granulated, 5c Paris, Aug. 10. President Loubet has signed a decree fixing the bounties on ex ported sugars for the season of 1S99-1900 us ofllows Two francs 75 centimes, In stead of 3"francs 50 centimes, on sugar of tho first category; 3 francs, 16 centimes, instead of 4 francs, on sugar of the sec ond category; 4 f rones, 55 centimes, in stead of 4 francs, 50 centimes, on sugar of the third category. REPORT ON THE COTTON CROP Average Condition 4; Oklahoma SO; Indian Territory 93. Washington, Aug. 10. Tho monthly re port of the statistician of the department o fagriculture shows tho average condi tion of cotton on August 1 to have been 84, as compared with 87.8 on July 1; 91.2 on August 1, 1S93; SC.9 at the corresponding date in 1687, and S5.8 tho mean of the August averages for tho last ten years. Thero was a decline during July amount ing to 5 points in North Carolina. 10 In South Carolina, 6 In Georgia. Alabama and Texas, 4 in Tennessee and 2 in (Mis souri. On the other hand there was an improvement of 1 point in Louisiana, 2 in &irginla, Oklahoma and Indian Terri tory. 3 In Florida and (Mississippi and 4 In Arkansas. The averages of the dif ferent states on August 1 were as fol lows: Virginia, 8S; North Carolina, 83; South Carolina, 78; Georgia, 79; Florida, 93; Alabama, S3; Mississippi, 85; Louisi ana, 86; Texas, 87; Arkansas, 86; Tennes see, 84; Missouri, 56: Oklahoma, SO; In dian Territory, 93. Tho Texas report in cludes the condition In the recently tub merged region, a special report on which Is almost ready for publication. WOOLMAItltEr, Boston, Aug. 10. The American Wool and Cotton Reporter says: "The first half of the ar ISM) has slightly surpassed the last half of 1S93 in the number of new and proposed textile enterprises en tered Into in the United States. Thus the total number of new enterprises launched in tho first six months of this jear was 116. against 107 in the lat half of ISDS and 153 in tfte first half of 1S93. The south contin ues -new mill construction and the num ber of new enterprises compares very favorably with those of any preiious year for a long time. The number of new en terprises in the north is considerably greater than that of the last half of 1S9S but it Is decidedly less than that of the tirst half of that year. The record of 'enlargements and Improvements' shows up ery favorably as compared with last year. The textile mills of thin country aro today running full, almost without ex ception, and more new machinery has been ordered during the past Ix months j than for a. llki nerlod In manv vm One result Is that the various machine 6bors are enjoying a period of remarka ble prosperity, several of them being over run with orders, so that It is necessary to work a portion of the night to fill them. rrbfj Lowell machine shops, for instance. Is said to have 1.750 hands employed, the largest number ever at work in that es tablishment." 31KTAL MARKET. New York, Aug. 10 Metals were with out development In sensational features, and were extremely Irregular ail day. Copper and lead exhibited pronounced strength, the latter closing at an advance on strong cables and generally bullish information from primary points. Tin and spelter were weak and lower under withdrawal of buyers and unfavorable news from London. Iron held steady to firm at unchanged prices. At the doc the metal excahnge called pig iron war rants unchanged with $11.75 bid and 115.25 asked; lake copper firm at J1S.5-; tin ca settied and easy at $21 -57: lead firm with 44. 6 bid and T4.G4 asked; spelter easy at 13.73. The brokers price for lead la JJi.3 sai far aeyyer IH.1NPMI, 1M1I Than of Late, and Undeniable1 Strength.Shown. INDUSTRIALS IN FAVOR Leather Stocks Prominent Caution as to Railroads. New Yerk, Aug. 19 Today's stock mar ket was a good deal more active than for some time past and showed undeniable evidence of etrength. But the strength was, for the most part, in spots and the speculation Aid net get far outside pro fessional limits. Tha favorites were the industrials and only a few of the rail roads made any conspicuous gains. The most prominent movement of the day was in the leather stocks, the common rlsins 1 5-8 and tha professional 1 1-4 on very heavy dealings in the first named. The Iron and steel stocks, as a group, all showed strength in somewhat varying de gree but gains in most of them reached a point and in some of them approached two points. Tennessee Coal and Iron was the leader of the group and of the market, with a rise of nearly 3 points on heavy demand. The strength In this group is- accounted for by the extraordinary con dition in the iron trade, where production of the lower grades, although largely in creased, seems quite unable to keep pace with consumption in the higher grades of the Industry. Anaconda Mining shows a handsome gain and there was a very largo demand for National lead. Ameri can Smelting. Tin Plate, Colorado Fuel and various other stocks more or less af fected by conditions In the iron trade.were firm In sympathy. Sugar, People's .Gas, Detroit Gas and 'Linseed Oil preferred had their periods of strength. In the railroad list speculation was inclined to hold aloof pending the publication of the government crop report. The St Paul statement fol the first week of August prompted some buying of the grangers. Gains of a point or over were shown by Chicago Great Western debentures, the preferred B, Kan. sas City, Pittsburg and Gulf, Oregon Nav igation, Hocking Valley preferred, Wheel ing and 'Lake Erie preferred, Pittsburg Chicago. Cincinnati and St Louis preferr ed and Pacific coast. Developments in the money market continued to receive much attention but were not important today. Anxiety as to the outlook was, however, appreciably less. Otfteide money continu ed to be oered in the local markets, call money continued rather easy and rates for prime mercantile paper were-shaded sllghtly. Time money, however, continue ed firm and lenders were enxious to do business at present rates. The failure of the bank of England to advance Its rates above 81-2 per cent has seemed to have a good sentimental effect on the London market but private discounts there un changed. London bought Blocks here to a moderate extent Closing prices in stock were as follows: Atchison 21 I do pfd 55 dp pfd r.. 44 Texas Pacific 21 Balto. Ohio.. 4SV Union Pacific... 41 van. racinc srv Can. Southern.. 54 Central Pacific. 54tll do pfd 777 Wa!bah TX do pfd 3)5 Wheel. L. B.. 9i fnes. fis onio... 2S Chi. G. W 147 C. B. Q 131 wK Cfentral... K 111 (UJ IIlll Z L-ni., 1. at Li.... iu (.Adams ax. 113 do pfd 41 Am. Ex ITS Chi. B. III... 77 U. S. Kx 50 Chi. Northw.lCoUwells Fargo.. ..127 C, "R. I. P...115H Am. Cot Oil 4114 C.C.C. StL.. 5S I do pfd 93 Colo. Southern. 44 Am Oialting 174 do 1st pfd 46 do pfd 664 do 3d pfd m Am. S. Kef.. 414 Del. Hud 123V do pfd SS't Del. L. W...177 jAm. Spirits 5 D. R. G 74H do pfd 30 Erie 134 Am. Stel Hoop M: do 1M pfd 37i do pfd MS 'Great N. pfd ..17 Am. S. W.... 60 Hock. Coal 15H do pfd U Hock. Aalley... 24 iAm. Tin Plate.. 424 UlUnoIs Central.1144 do pfd 874 Iowa central... 13 Am. Tobacco. ...115 K. C, P. G.. 14 I do pfd HO 1L. B. ft W a)4lAn. Slin. Co.... 57H do pfd 7P4 Brook R. T 11j fLako Shore ....20U, Col. F. 1 524 iLou. Nash... 7lVCon. Tobacco... 4V3! (Manhattan I...n4 do pra 9 Met. St. Ry.... 209 .Federal Steel.... C0U Qlex. Central... 14 do pfd 824 DHnn. St L.. 664'Cens. lEJectrio...l234 do pfd 4lGIucne Sugar.. C74 Rio. Pacific 4STJI do pfd V9 Mobilo Ohio. 4". Int Paper 42 iM.. K. T 12S! do pfd 7i do pfd 37H Laclede Gas ...574 Of. J. Central.. llSi Nat Biscuit 4STi (N. Y. Central. .139 do pfd ICO Norf. W 214 "Nat Lead 32 do pfd 72 I do pfd Ill INo. (Pacific 534. Nat Steel 554 da nfd 77H do ofd 974 KOntV W 26IN. T. Air UK. ..137 0. R. N 45 North Am Wi do pfd 754 Pacific Coast ..4.74 Pennsylvania ..lf4 do 1st pfd W Beading 22Si do 2d pfd 63 do 1st pfd bin Pacific Mail 47 do 2d pfd 314 People' Gas....l21H Rio G. W 30 (Press. Stel Car 534 do pfd 7.i do prd SS4 St. L. S. F... 12 fPull. Pal. Car..lS3 do 1st pfd 72 (Stand. R. T.. 8V4 do 2d pfd 38U Sugar 1634 St L. Southw.. 174 do pfd 12 do nfd 29VTcnn. C. 1 U1 St Paul 1334 U. S. Leather.. 74 do pfd 17341 do pfd 744 St Paul 6c. 0...1124 i:. S. Rubber... 574 60. Pacific 254 do pfd 115 So. "Railway 114 1 West Tnion 91 Kansas City, Pitutburg and Gulf firsts were active and strong and have gained 2 1-2 per cent net Total sales of bond to day, par value J1.7S3.000. United States 4s declined 1-4 and the fives 1-8 in the bid price. fr'orelrn Mtoea 4 Jleney. New York. Aug. 10 Commercial Adver tiser's London financial cablegram: "The markets here were generally stagnant to day, though the plan in the metary po sitions are considered better. Americans opened higher, London baying on the an nouncement that the bank rate was un changed. New York followed suit and the close was at the beet, moderate gains being general- in the afternoon the bank was reported borrowing on stock. It bought So.OoO in gold bars and 15,0CO In German coin." London. Aug, 19 I p. m. Closing: Con sols for money KS 7-K.consols for account 106 M; Canadian Pacific KO 1?2; Erie Z 7-S: Canadian Pacific preferred St 7-S.IU-inols Central 115. Northfm Pacific pre ferred SI; St Paul common 121 7-S: New York Central 143: Penniylvanla. O 2-4. Reading 11 1-4; Union Pacific preferred SO; Atchison 21 5-1: Loaterllte 77: Grand Trunk 7 M; Anaconda 11 7-8. Bar Ihrer 27 11-11. Money 6. The rate of discount is the open market for abort bills 35-4 per cent; for tbrea Tsonths bills i 5- 2-4 XewYark ka 9tarkC. New York. Aog- 19-3oney on eaD 2QZ 1-3; last loanX Prime mercantile paper 4 l-4f 5. Sterling exchange firm with ac tual business in "bankers' bills at R45 U35 1-4 for demand and at HM 1-2SIU2 j Art Designs;, The Designs in Calendars for 1900 Surpass anything that has been befdta prodacad, and are in endless Yariety. The Job Department of this Office Has a hundred designs of unsurpassing beauty which it is able to furnish as CHBAP as any con cern in the United Stat33. Place your order at homa t f Jl llC? Wichita Eagle n. X Printers, Binders, X Publishers and T i Blank Book t Flanufacturers All Kinds of County, Township and School Dis trict Records and Blanks. Legal Blanks of every description. Complete stock of Justices' Dockets and Blanks. Job Printing of all kinds. Correspondence solicited. Address all communications to R. P. Murdock, Business Manager, Wichita, Kansas Read and Order What You Should Have to Comply With the Law: JEach Township Trustee Should have a Trustee's Record; Road Reeerd, Poor Record, and a full set of Township Reports and other felanks also some stationery Each Township Treasurer Should have a Treasurer's Record. Each Township Clerk Should have Beok. a Each Justice of the Peace Should have a Civil Docket, Criminal Docket, Stray Record, Transcripts and a full a&Mjrt ment of Blanks. Each Constable Should have an assortment ef Blanks. Each Road Overseer Sfcau!d have a Road Overseers' Acceunt Bek Receipt Book for Labor, Receipt Book tor Extra Work, and a Receipt Book for flaterial ue4; also an assortment e4 Read Overseers Blaaks. Justice's Docket Civil (4 quire or over), per quire, $1 SO Justice's lokt Criminal (4 quire or oven, pr quire 1 U Stray P-ecord. 4 quire 4 00 Justice's Transcripts. pr (join, (Civil or Criminal) 7S Stray Transcripts, per quire to Truite'a and Pocr Record, com bined in one book. 2 90 Treasurer's Rrcord 2 CO Cerks Record tfi Road Overseer's Account Rook Printed Head 1 I X

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-&rsr&v t?p; eft 4 J 1 2&e iSt&it g&ilg Ragles txm ffltftnfak n$mll 1 8 W V IV GIVES A BIG S Rich Woman of f$ewLGndon, Connecticut SENDS CHECK FOR $1,0751 To be Used for Dormitory at Fairmount College. Probably no. sift was. ever mafle to any person or Institution In Wichita -with briefer explanation than a letter received which read: New London. Conn., Aue- 7, 1899. Mr. R. L. Holmes. Esq.: Dear Sir: At Dr. Morrison's request I send the enclosed chock for 51075 to you for the new dormitory for Falrnuunt College. Touts truly, The person who signed the note Is a rich woman of New London, Connecticut. Professor Iseley would not permit her name to be published. This means a new dormitory for the young gentlemen students attending JFalrmounL It is planned to erect some time In tho future a ten thousand dollar dormitory to be called "Fairmount Commons." As a necleus this handsome gift is to be put Jnto the purchase of a brick building now on Fairmount. This building will be at once thorough ly refitted in the interior and will be tho home of Professor Barlbw and the young men who attend school. Fairmount College will open up with a larger attendance than It has ever bad by far. The attendance In fact will be almost double that of last year. Accom modatlons had to be secured more com modlous than those now existing. The public-spirited citizens of Nsw Lon don made a contribution to get the new dormitory started. The building on Fairmount, whloh will be used, is three blocks from the college. It is 50x60 feet in dimensions, two-stories high with a basement and can bo lltted Into a line dormitory. The building was to have been torn down and the material used In tho construction of the J3ryan Brothers' big fruit building. This gift saves tho building to Fair mount. Ttio building which stands at the corner of Fifteenth and Vassar ave nue will eventually be Incorporated into the big dormitory and will bo known from now on as "Fairmount Commons." Those who Vnew about the gift yester day wero congratulating the faculty of tho college on tho good fortune. STREET CARS LAJD UP JPeopl Tarnlng; Corn Shelters to Feel Ht florae. Unlike the patient people the elements could no longer hold their wrath and swatted the Wichita street car system. It stopped short, Wednesday night, like the grandfather's clock which stood on (the shelf. In the afternoon the lightning hit the wire, jumped into the station and Tan over a weak lightning arrester and laid out tho first dynamo cold. Several car were taken off and: tho single remain ing dynamo set to work. Things went well through the evening and then some guilty soul whd will have to answer for his work, remained out late at night and caused tho. whole system to shut down. There was reason to believe he was a North Topeka avenuo man. The police have his name. He was the last man down town. He was playing pitch and he stayed late. He caught the last North Topoka aienue car. If he hadn't caught It, It would have turned around and gone to tho barn. But the North Topeka ave nue dissipator had to be taken home and the ear had to take him. Meanwhile tho lightning was flashing and the man at the power 'house was holding his breath hoping that that North Topeka car, which was tho only ono out, would get In before the lightning hit the wire. Fnally the North Topeka man -waa unloaded at Ills homo and the car turned back to get to the barns. Fiercer flashed the lightning. The man at the power house counted tho minutes. If tho car should get Into the barn he could shut off tho dynamo and save It from lightning. The motorneer knew this too. He drove his spurs Into the car, hung onto the dash board and drove it on, faster and faster. But it was not to be. "When within two blocks of tho birn, the lightning hit the wire and bounced Into the remaining dy namo and made It look like a gultar strlng factory that had been hit by a cyclone. I Manager Church wnt to Topeka yester day to get a new dynamo If there Is a pparo one there. If there Is, cars will be running again by Saturday. If a dyna mo Is not there, It will take two weeks. Meanwhile the people are generally1 be coming acquainted with the name of the Topeka avenue man who kept the car out and shattered the street railway sjstem because of his late hours and will, in due time, fix him. No cans at all Tan yesterday and none "Rill run today. Ernest sat on the curb eMerdav with his telescope In his Inside pocket and a look of 14-carat gloom on his complexion. "While the "Wichita street cars have had n, hard time In the past and snow has sometimes stopped them, this Is the first time when "they have refused to be pushed through bisr drifts 0f sunshine banked up on tho track Their absence was tuto noticeable. At one time Harry Stewart at a distance of two blocks on Main street heard Jud iDale telllnsr a political secret to Rufe Cone, and John Swalm had "Walter Hart sell po out in the bsck ard of the Kan sas (News stand and turn a earn shcller so that thinps would seem natural again. Never In the history of Wichita has any other Kansas town has all the djna- raos In a power house been burned out at 1 the same time. On several occalons one of them has been laid out by a bolt of lightning and only two or three of the cars could run but yesterday not a slnsle car hove In sight on any of the streets. A dynamo is an intricate arrangement GRAIN-0 BRINGS RELIEF to the coffee drinker. Coffee drinking is a habit that is universally Indulged' in and almost as universally Injurious. Have you tried Graln-O? It Is almost like coffee but the .effects are Just thetppo slte. Coffee upsets the stomach, ruins the digestion, effects the heart and dis turbs the whole nervous system. Graln-O tones up the stomach, aids digestion and strengthens the nerves. There Is nothing but nourishment In Graln-O. It can't be Atherwlse. 15 and 23c per cackage. Tonight If your liver is opt of order, oraaiag Biliousness, Sick Headache, Heart 'bnraoronEtipatioiijtiJseadoseol Hood's Pills On retiring, and tomorrow yoor di gestive organs will be regulated and you will be bright, active andTeadv for any kind of work. Thk has been tne experience of others: it will be yours. HOOD'S PILLS are sold by all medicine dealers. 25 eta. and when destroyed takes weeks for one or two men to wrap the small wire around and around section by section. The last dynamo was melted near mid night some time and was done probably by a lightning' stroke which the street car men hlnk hit the trolley on the Fair mount Hoe a mile and a half from the power house. The double dynamos, es pecially the last one hit was an exploded looking mass. ED TURNER'S TROUBLE Report of is Merere Sentence Wet "Vet Cunflraod. Mr. Stewart, a (Missouri Paclflo brake man, who first gave out the news of the reported death sentence passed upon Ed. Turner at Vera Cruz, Mexico, mention of which was made In the Eagle, return ed from El Iorado jesterday, and was asked if he could confirm the report. He said he had read such a report in the 1 Dorado Dally Republican which report was to fhe effect that Ed. Turner's trial 'was completed and he "had been condemn ed to be shot-accordlns to the laws of Mexico. He said It had been reported in tho trial that Turner was under the In fluence of liquor when he went out on his run and when the collision took place Turner is said to be a member of the (Railway Trainmen with membership In the El Dorado lodge, dad it wasupposed the report reached his lodge officers be fore anyone else. Mrs. Turner has not yet been apprised of such news and It is hoped the Teport may not be true. Sho says In the last letter received from her husband he had expressed tho belief that he would come clear, but added that the railroads which were in fact to blame for violating the countri's law by not putting out necessary lights, would be able to buy off the government officials and then lay the blame on the engineers and let the law use them as It saw fit. In this case he said, they might give him and the other engineer some trouble. BOY IS NO BETTER Sirs. Gorrell'a Son Has Wot Beea Taken to Hospital. The campers on the "West Side who claim to have been poisoned with butter milk, are still there attending to the sick boy of Mrs. Gorrell as best they can. The young man has not yet been sent to the -hoipltal, because the family has no means with which to y the necessary fees. Neither have they any money with which to purchase medicine ifor the boyi Dr. Jordan did not call to seo them yester day, and the "boy was no better last night, His fever has not reached the worsf stage yet, but ft seems that something should be done before It does or the boy will probably die in the hot tent Mrs. Gor rell's husband belonged to the G. A. R. post at Nevada, Mo., before he died a few months age. LASTOPPORTUNIIY For Enlistment la Battery A to be (Siren Tonight. Battery A. K. N. G., will hold, a meet ing tonight at their armory, over US North Market street, for regular drill and enlistment of members. This will prob ably be the last opportunity for enlist ment beforo the meeting for the purpose of mustering Is held, as the quota is ex pected to be completed tonight, and the meeting for mustering in will be held in a very few days. All members and everyone Interested In the battery are re quested to be present NEW LODGE AT GREENWICH Party of Thirty o Over to InstitHte a Lodge of Itoyxl Xclghbors. About thirty members of the Royal Neighbors of this city went out to Greenwich last night to institute a new lodge of jRoyal Neighbors, an auxiliary of the Modern "Woodmen of that town. Part of the crowd went on the train, while others drove over. They tarried and wrestled with the Royal goat until early this mornlnk, and all went with the expectation of hailng a good social time. INVITED BY WANAMAKER ITenry Schad Is Solicited toCall oh the (rest Pennsylvania!. Henry Schad, marshal of the city court who has been appointed a delegate to the national G. A. R. encampment at Philadelphia, considered himself honir ed jesterday by tho receipt of a hand some Imitation from John "Wanamaker to call on hlra while In the city. It never dawned on Mr. Schad that John wanted to sell him a suit of clothes. THROWN FROM A WHEEL 3ilsa Zelta Oqucim sustains a Serere Full. Yesterday as Mls Zella Duncan, who j works at tho Central telephone exchange. was coming down town tot work at noon her dres caught in the wheel and threw her on the pavement at the corner of ffhlrd and Market. She was picked up but was so baldly hurt that she was un conscious for awhile. EVERY BODY BUSY A. J. Appli-irate Nays There I Xo Xhb Vtitlmut n Job in First Ward, A. J. Applegate says everybody In the first ward Is busy: Recentlythe South IMaln street people wanted some work done In the nature of a public enterprise and Mr. Applegate canvassed the entire first ward to get a man to do the work. Re says everybody Is busy and he couldn't find a man without a job in the ward. P0ST0FFICE ROBBED Fifty -Three IMUrs Takes Froi Office at Kosalia. Early yesterday morning between mid night and 7 o'clock the pustoffice at Rosalia, in Butler county, was robbed and the money and stamps taken. In all $53 was secured by the robbers, who used dynamite and got three hours start of the officers. BAND CONCERT TONIGHT Will Play at Corner of Ifala aad Siroud trets. Prof. Sanford's Commercial band will give a concert tonight on tho corner of Second and Mala streets. By request the band will repeat the three pieces played at- the contest at Fort Scott The concert will commence at S o'clock sharp. DBA! COURT WORK Petition Circulated Yesterday Among Lawyers REQUESTING THAT NO JURY Be Called' for the District Court Until After Election. Notwithstanding the boast of the fusion ring leadersHhat Judge Dale will be elect ed bv three hundred votes, they are scared. They have quietly counseled In ring caucus since the Republican county convention and after tallying up observa tions mave concluded that no haul-down-the-flag sentiment policy wllll win In Sedgwick county and that Judge Dale, the man they claim to be a hundred votes strong ahead of anybody else on the Pop ticket. Is not safe. They are scared now about the vote on judge and have' de clared among themselves that Judge Dale will need all the time of campaign to put in politically. Vithfthe Idea of carrying out this plan a petition ttas circulated among the law yers yesterday by Dale's friends request ing that no jury be called until after the election. "With no jury there is no par ticular work for the court and If by a little friendly talk on the part of Dale's friends there is a petition presented by the members of the bar that no flury be called until after .election if It is made to appear that the lawjers, the men who are to present tho v.qrk of the court, don't want a Jury until that time the responsibility is lifted from Mr. .Dale, The lawyers are responsible to their clients, and If the clients are willing to wait tho call of the jury can be delayed. "With no jury empaneled Mr. Dale Is at lib erty to put his time into the campaign. The matter of presenting a petition Is a smooth fuIon scheme for lifting the responsibility from Judge Dale. If a voter kicks that there Is no Jury and that Judge Dale' is out In the campaign and no work going on at the court he can be told that Judge Dale is not to blame. The lawyers by petition did 1U. By writ ten request they delayed the summon of a jury. This Is the plan and It Is an open ac knowledgment that after all the talk V Dale's friends that he Is safe they are scared. They have mighty early In the campaign dropped on to the weakness of their platform and are frightened to see the voters after a little thought getting away from the anti-flag platform. Thl3 remark is often made by scores of Popu lists: "I would vote for the men, but the platform is unpatriotic and un-American. To vote for the men is to very emphatic ally lend your rights to bolstering up a prlnclplo that is wrong and against the Interests of this country." The Popu lists are talking It over and they are breaking away. The leaders have decided that Judge Dale must use his personal in fluence to stop thls, and so the petition which has' for it3 object to civo him time. RAIN WAS GENERAL Depot at Derby Was Hit by lilshtalaje and OnmnKcd Tho rain "Wednesday night and yester day morning was general over south west Kansas. The depot at Derby was struck by likhtnlng and damaged some. A dispatch from Lyons says: The live liest storm rain, hall and lightning of the season jvislted us yesterday after noon. The water got In everywhere water could get In, and all the merchants had to hustle to save stj&k. Heavj stroke followed heavy stroke of light ning and shook up localities In a terrify ing manner, yet did no damage except that a number of telephones were "burn ed out" About two Inches of water fell. From Hutchinson: At least a good por tion of Reno county was covered by last night's rain. The storm was especially heavy south. At Haven there was a heavy rain and wind. From all reports the rain did not extend far west Reno county has been especially favored this season. Toward the south side of King man county, and extending to Medford. there Is a strip of country that has been pretty dry. Last night's rain It Is thought will bo of great benefit to that section. From Wellington: Sumner county and this section of the state was blesed with a good rain last night and as a result everybody is feeling happy. The country was getting dry and rain was needed badly during the last two weeks. "While in some places tho corn was damaged to some extent the county will reap tho big gest corn yield In its history this year. Last night's rain will be sufficient to make the crop. The rain was general all over the coun ty, although' In this Immediate vicinity, which has een 'lighted when other -vicinities would get rain, the greatest amount fell. Tho fall here was 1.03 inches. In the southwest and north part of tho county only about half an Inch fell. Some damage is reported by the wlad of last night Many outbuilding and trees were blown down. The lightning did some damage In places. HOW WICHITA'S GROWTH SEEMS To a FeraerKiuHun Mho I Xovr nn Ontnidrr. "Wm. Richardson, secretary of the Board of Trade of Houston Texas, who is trav eling over the southwest in the interest of tho Transmisslsslppl Congress, which meets next spring at Houmoh. In a com munication to the Daily Post of that city. dated "Wichita says among other thing: Kansas looks good, and no matter what Makethe Hair Grow WlthwinastKapoas of CcncniASoAraad light dressings of Ccxftcu. psrejt of essol Lent tkla cores. Tali treatment at once ctfps falling bilr, mum crnsu, scales, tsd d&adrnff, soothes irritated, i:chia ssrfscez, stiisoUres tho luir foaicles. sapplles the roots with energy aad soarU&aeat, aad Bakes ttie tolrrowwaan all eUe fails. Mi kamWU&r jkU. JJernr D. J C.Cor AIL our beautiful white and colored Parasols at 'half regular price jfco close them Tvfo thousand yards of' French Organdies choice styles regular 25c quality. On sale today at 9c Saturday, special Sale of Towels. Extra quality; re tail price 35c, 30c and 25c; your choice Saturday at 19c 119121 North Herman and Hess i minh c ite2C5?JIatJNJJ w 'ebdftKxjirrm m x ...$3.85 Ladies' $2.50 Black and Tan Low Shoes, $1.50. Children's Sandal Slippers, 50c. Ladies' Tine Hand-Turned Low Shoes, incizes 1 to 3 1-2, 75c. This season's Shoes will not be carried over, hence these low prices. Money back if you want it m t Hfpniuy i MMT i I 126 NORTH MAIN. J may happen In the -way of hot -winds or other misfortunes during the next twenty dis. a hg corn crop is assured, athough "ona more rain" ould make It a bumper crop. Colonel 31. 31. Murdock has been writing some prose poetry for the editor ial columns of the "Wichita Eagle on the much heard remark, "one mora rain." Kansas Is aa much in earnest over im proved deep water facilities aa ever, and Houston Is now frequently mentioned anions the list of gnlf ports. "Wichita Is growing In a wholesale way and the new buildings now In course of construction to be used as wholesale houses are enormous structures. I came hro to meet Hon. E. It. Moses of Great Bend. Kan chairman of the Trarmls slslppl Commercial Congress, also Ex-rec-retaryMoKnlght. We had a pleasant visit and fixed the dite for the Houston meet ing. April 17 to 21. exclusive. The Wichi ta Ea?l and Beacon rfve xtended r tlces of the meeting and Its work. Ex Scretary McKnlght. with the assistance of Mr. Rohrbaugh. has th full report of the proceMntr in the hxrds of the print ers, and it will be ready for dUtrlbutlon "by September 5. Copies will be mailed to all delegates and officers, to the governors of all tho state.", to the commtrclal or ganizations and to each congressman and senator. MATRIMONIAL MARKET LIVELY Yetrr4iT'tXan W the Seit fa 2ny Week. Judges 3IcCanle3 was happy yesterday. The first day of Judg Haymaker's ab sence Mr. McCanless hurtled in four mar riage licenses, and one couple weddM in the parlors of the probate court ofilce, which made things seem like old time, after the unusual dull reason. Mr. Sam uel Evanr and Mr?. Emma Brown, both of this city, secured a license. Mr. W. 13. Adams of Stillwater. O T acM 53. and Miss Mattie E. Moore of Wnodburn Ky aged 2. met In this city and secured a marr.axe Ileens at once Thy promised Judge McCanleas they wmld return the license to him duly acknow'edged aa soan as they could find a Met-jdit preacher. This is thought to have bea their first meeting. Another couple, who came from oppo site distances and met for the solemn purposs of matrimony, bad the ceremony performed in the sacred sanctum et apart for that purpose, by the graceful. sympathetic and fatherly ceremonial ex-, pounder from the city court- They were and Miss Bertie- Kennedy of Springfield Mo. Uncle Pat Dosaelly acted as be.it man and Harden Ebey as brfcieaaid. Mr. and Harden Efeey as bridesmaid. Mr. ami Mrs. Skxrg Immediately left tor their home at Caldwater riain Street We Keep Up Quality irrespective of price. No matter how low we mark down our clothing it's al ways dependable, becanse we do not handle any other sort The Suits in our center window at $6, $7, $8, $9 $10 are only marked down in price the quality remains as high as when they were priced at half as much more.

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3 Special Hanlin's 999 Watermelon Special Your Choice for The- fianlin Mercantile Go. J. F. HXSTKR, Manages. (The Lad'ns Ep t Cash Grocers) Pbone It. 392 Eut Xougti Ave. "Let's Go Swimming

Toot oZ Pin street, on Little River. Dress- las roonn, feaiaia aclts. boats, fioailcs; j platforms, swinging ropes, aUI for t 15 Cents Xhvxsins r&oas aad privileges oalr 2) cent to-tho Xsratsalss thdr own suits. Every Friday creaJnsj ireia 8 fc S39 for lUdlfiS) aad their escorts eslr reirt?FrKXn&T5t. 2JSaHH A I3 I 5C yityinn ittmmmVitiiiiutt 7rm4 jk FmlUtfs It ly. Tasty Dressers Appreciate the hi?h Quality. ts&Xiftfc fiotslt aai .superior workmanship of Fulton's dothinar forsien and boys. Stop for a few minutes at our east window and look at the saany handsome patterms, up-to-date -styles of Mat's Suits la whit pique, duck, crash, imported flinnel; Men's Coats and Yess in silk, linen, silesia Men's fancy Vests, all the very latest styles and fancy patterns, the finest made J Boys'-White Pique Suits, some made blouse aad long trousers, others sailor blouse with knee pants and the 'pretty Middy Suits and Kilt Suits. The finest line of Boys dressy swell tailored Suits carried by any dealer in the state. If you want to dress yout boy real swell at a moderate cost bring him here. v Those Negligee Shirts displayed in our west window art- regular $1.50 values, including Wilsbn Bros. $1.50 line. "We are closing them L out at late season price, and they are the best f I A A values yod'li have offered you Scriven's double elastic seam ed Drawers (lot No. 50) our regular price, no limit, 50c. 'Boys' Wash Suits, well made, madras, cloth, '25c. We refund your money for receive prompt attention. C. R. FULTON, I i Wichita's Greatest Clothing Store. By the Way... JWhen you have your Breakfast, Dinner and Supper Dishes all in good shape, then You Want Some Fancy Side Dishes Plates, I --Pitchers, f I Cups... I S Oh, a lot of pretty extras Z Look in my west window jf and see the BARGAINS 5 Meantime', remember that I am selling every- J! thing in the house very j Cheap I J. E. CALDWELL. I s ft S 133 N. Main. itionirt9 Houck Hardware Store Garland and Quick Meal Steel Ran tea. New Process Guollne Stoves, end older Gasoline Stoves. Rubber Hose. Lawn Mowers, etc. 1. M. Loomis, Proprietor. 116 E. Douglas. 'Phene 337 Get the Best when It costs no mora. Imperial Flour has no superior. AH grocrs sell it. Imboden Alilling Co. HOTEL CAREY. Raits: $2 &jmI $3 Ptr 9iy. a L. EATON, Pfff lit? BBBskBBBBBBBBBBBBBV BSBBBHW Si wjisjsjift iBrfsflksBBsfRBSBBBlBBBBlBBBBBSBBll sflpliiHfllfllH." BHsssSrirtrlSB iSBBBBBBBBBBBlBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBlBBBBBBBBBSBBBBBBft r-t anywhere at IivV Shaw Knit Socks, best quality, our regular price, no limit, 20c. Boys' all wool Knqe, Pants, double seat and knee, 25c. any dissatisfaction. Mail orders MARTHA WASHINGTON H0I8 .srfcJgfeiiagaBg! This Urge four-story buJldln is Sd mJrablr fitted ajvl fardhHl fr Ue ear of. the nk-k. No featbsotte r emalagioaa admitted, but ail mhr 'tkevt that r uuly treat.! at ho$rtU sr cc-fr7 trUl hr tnrls4tnz TVrta krr. Ceralnj and Morptttn lbtt. b loteJr gMr?ntd Woaa. twrvd or 1nt r ran find al. rtreat bx int; conaaeinrat. sod fes. in trf cae found for tX eMld if r?tsfc-l A hnv? for tJn ow -d rV-i att. s "aU fenerations antf pe4teI tralrafit fr-t. aad th on! rarr that U vv& Is tfce ordinary brtpjul f". whleh is Jmt movzU PT tlu ranatttg mrpo -of the !atHtln. Th bt of rfernees gtrra whn rTttlrrd Write for clttpsliz to th "Martha H'hJt Hetae," I Eagle IjPay jWantsi! Best! J Pat years la next Saadir' f Elgin If 70a via: a to get xeaalts. I The Daily Eagle locaweeft fifUi at 1 II?UEm 111 ?iph1hiii

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