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W0W 10 CENTS A WEEK, TOPEKA, KANSAS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1894. TWENTY-SECOND YEAR. TOM REED'S BOMB. ' He Takes a Stand on the Silver Question, In an Interview in the Fort nightly Keview. QUITE UNEXPECTED. Republicans Won't Turn the Other Cheek to England, As "The:ie llaoeratic Gentle re ea' Have Done. USED AS A CLUB. The Hiffh Tariff a Retaliatory Measure For Britain's Treatment of. the Silver Question. London, May 31. The Fortnightly Review published an interview with ex Speaker Reed on silver which will make a sensation on both sides of the ocean. The great Republican leader sounds a key note for future campaigns by de claring that silver and the tariff must be regarded "not as two issues, but as one," and that the depreciation of silver is vastly increasing the exporting business of silver nations representing seven hun dred millions of people. In the inter view Mr. Raed says:- You in England want us to lower duties. What will you give -us in exchange? Will you open your mints to silver by agreement? One thing at least you may rely upon you will not find the Republican party offering the other cheek, as these Demo cratic gentleman do. For years past they have been posturing as the friends of, silver and because you in England close the Indian mints and put a duty on silver bullion, these friends of free silver are now preparing to reward your gen erosity by lowering duties all around. "One thing at least I have learned since the cessation of silver purchases last year that cheap silver is an effective stimulus to Asiatic exports and this being the case, we have got to consider silver and the tariff not as two issues but as one. ' ' "It is evidently no time to lower our tariffs when the currency of seven hun dred millions of Orientals is depreciat ing and their exporting powers to gold using nations is thereby increasing. "The fall in silver, its value to pay wages and to buy products in India and China being as great as ever; this it is, that makes the silver question an issue that we are forced to face. You recog nize, of course, , that the posi tion has entirely changed in the past six months. The previous enormous compulsory monthly purchase of silver, a most vicious proceeding, went far to confuje men's mind and to disguise the fact that there really is in the back ground a serious currency problem to be solved. "It is evidently important to the debtor nations, on which list we stand first, to raise the price of silver and thereby re duce the bouuty on exports which Asia now enjoys. This can be done best by agreement with other nations favora ble to silver, and by such a scale of high tariffs against those, nations which reject a monetary agreement as will insure us a favorable balanced of trade. In short a higher price for silver by reducing Asiatic exports to Europe will- increase ours; add to this a high tariff and we can keep our gold at home or at least if sold it will quickly come back again." DEEP IN DEBT. Democratic Deficit for Twelve Month Put. Us $78,000,000 In the Hole. "Washington, May 31. The treasury Statement to be issued today, shows that the expenditures of the government for the eleven months of the current fiscal year have exceeded the receipts by $72,000,000. The aggregate standing in figures: Receipts, $263,000,000; expenditures, $340,000,000. These figures indicate a deficit for the twelve months of about $78,000,000. AX OUTPOURING. A Populist Sell. me to "Take the Town" on Jane 12. Chairman John W. Breidenthal who astonished the state a few days ago by having all the Populist county conven tions held on the same day in ninety Kansas counties where big meetings were held opening the campaign, has another plan which is equally as interesting. He has instructed the county central committees of all the counties within a radius of seventy-rive miles of Topeka to send all their farmers to Topeka to at . tend the state convention. These farmers will drive in with their wagous and will camp on the state house grounds the night before the state convention meets, and the day of the convention they will give a monster parade through the city. It is expected that 5,000 four and six horse teams drawing farm wagons filled with farmers, will march down Kansas avenue in this remarkable parade. They re all to wear badges labeled, "Keep Off the Grass." ' Coxejum In ipaln. Madrid, May 31. At a meeting of the railroad bondholders and the share holders of Spain today it was resolved to demand that tne government come to the assistance of the leading companies, wtich are suffering severely from the high rate ol xchange. BILL HIGGIXS' POINTERS. He Casta Hit Prophetic Eye Over the Convention Programme. "I did ndl know it, if I" was put on the Shawnee county delegation," said Bill Iliggins, who is in the city today. "I don't want to be in the convention.. I can do more good on the outside. There is only one position in the state conven tion that I ever cared for, and that is sergeant-at-arms, and I am past that now." "Will you be at the state convention? "Yes; it will be a cold day if I don't get to the state convention." In speaking of. the chances the various candidates had for nomination, Mr. Ilig gins said that Troutman wa3 sure to be nominated, for lieutenant governor. "If I ad any money," he said, "I would gamble on it, too. lie ia as sure of the nomination as Morrill is for gov ernor. "There will be a new departure in the state convention," he continued. They are going to allow the chairman of the state central committee choose the tem porary chairman and I understand J. E. Moore has been decided upon, and ex Congressmaa Peters is to be permanent chairman. "1 do not know who will be selected as chairman of the state central commit tee. I am in favor of Cy Leland." Mr. Iliggins still registers from Tope ka. MADE LUMBER FREE. An Amendment to Tariff Bill 51 ail e With that Effect. Washington, May 31. There was a good attendance on the senate floor when the senate met today. Senator Peffer offered a resolution which was appropriately referred in structing th judiciary committee to re port whether the government of the United States could by virtue of an act of congress constitutionally take pos session of and hold for public uses, pay ing compensation therefor, all the coal beds of the country. The tariff bill was then taken np. Sev eral amendments offered to the lumber paragraphs looking to a duty on. rough lumber were voted down by a strict party vote. Senator Allen moved to strike out par agraph 178. ' Senator Vest surprised the Republic ans when he announced that the amend ment would be accepted by the Demo cratic side. The vote was imme diately taken and it was agreed to, 33 to 24, a strict party vote, Messrs. Peffer and Allen voting in favor of it. This will have the effect of putting all lumber on the free list The sugar sctiedule of the tariff bill was reached and Sherman of Ohio took the floor to make a speech. Senator Sherman in the course of his remarks asserted that if President Har rison hud been re-elected and there had been no fear of tariff tinkering the lie Kinley law would have yielded sufficient revenue. The fall of silver and the in creased demand for gold had something to do with the present financial depres sion which had been added to by fear of the tariff tinkering. He also declared that the south was coming around from its doctrine that protection was uncon stitutional. PETITIONS FOR DIVORCE. Three or Them Filed in the District Court Today. Three petitions for divorce were today filed in the district court Ike S.- Elder wants a divorce from Mollie Elder, because he says she would not be a true wife to him and she left him about a year ago. Alma B. Chick wants to be legally separated from Wm. B. Chick. She says he lived with her twelve years and then deserted her, and she has not seen him nor heard from him for six years. Lizzie Daniels wants a divorce from John Daniels, and she says he won't work, although he is strong and able to earn a living for her. She also says he failed to care for her when she was sick, and when her baby died he did not pro vide for its burial. STILL IX L1MB0. Sander May Not Be Released For a Week or More. Sanders' men will not leave Leaven worth this week. United States District Attorney Perry said today: "The Sanders' army will be held at least until Monday. Judge Thomas, of North Dakota, will hold court in Leavenworth com mencing on next Monday. The men will probably be tried then. I will not consent to their release until I see whether arrangements can be made to hold their trial or not They will be tried at Leavenworth if they do not object, but if they do they will have to be tried at Wichita, in the district in which they were arrested. "I did propose to Waters that I would consent to the release of the men, but only if I could not Una a judge to try them. "Sanders and Waters are going around here taking as if they were conferring a great favor upon me and the govern ment by allowing me to release the men on their own recognizance. We will see about it" IlINEB AD IIALLETT Decide That the Government Can't In terfere at Cripple Creek. Denver, May 31. The United States circuit court today refused to grant an injunction restraining the miners from interfering with the Raven Gold Mining company's property at Cripple Creek. Judge Riner delivered the opinion that the court had no jurisdiction and Judge llallett concurred. The ground on which the injunction was asked was that the United States government has an interest in the claims which the company has taken uuder the mineral land laws and to which it has not yet acquired full title. Pension Office; Item ova Is. Pension Agent George W. Glick today removed five of the remaining Republi cans in the pension office. They are Theron M. Kelly, son of ex-Pension Agent Bernard Kellv, J. S. Morris, a k Miller, H. G. Herrick and R. S. Tuttle. Samuel Justice an old colored man, died early this morning of nervous pros tration at his home 205 West Sixth ave nue. The funeral was held from the residence this afternoon at three o'clock. IT FELL T HROUGH Bitter Warfare in theCoalFields i Must Go On. No Settlement at the Conference at Springfield. A BLACK OUTLOOK. Every Fellow For Himself Devil Take the Hindmost, Is the Expression Used to State the Situation. Springfield, Ills., May 31. The coal operators conference was called to order today with C. C. Brown, of this city, as chairman, and Paul Morton, of Chicago, secretary. Forty operators were present. The southern and central operators were not present and said they would not go into the conference unless the consoli dated and larger mine operators did. The smaller operators were afraid of being squeezed by the larger ones. A mass meeting of miners was held down town and was largely attended. The men said they were ready to treat with the operators at any time. The chances for a settlement seemed rather slim. Later. The conference of coal oper ators of Illinois called to attempt ' a set tlement of the strike adjourned sine die this afternoon, having accomplished nothing. The operators say it is' now every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost. Tne conference passed resolutions .de ploring the fact that the southern opera tors refused to meet with those from northern Illinois and announcing that the latter were ready to fix a scale satis factory and fair to all operators. Charles Ridgely,, president of the Consolidated mines, flatly refused to en ter the conference and sent word to that effect. The members criticise him severely, claiming a settlement could be effected at this meeting if he would go in. Several motions to adjourn were made and as quickly voted down. C. M. Swallow, representing the Danville field said he would speak in behalf of his section, that they would not enter the conference because the consolidated miners were not in it; that if Ridgely would come in he would allow the Dan ville field to agree to anything that might be done. Mr. Swallow also stated that he had: been authorized also to finoalr in a 1 i lr A mnnnoi ft" - !i fields in central and southern Illinois. They all knew it would be but a "squeeze' if they allowed a settlement to be made unless the Consolidated and larger mines were forced to enter the agreement with those now in conference. F. W. Tracey of this city, deplored the failure of the conference, and as the reason offered bv Mr. Sweet was simply in the interest of northern operators, he moved its death, which motion prevailed. Said Tracey: "We are not conquered by the miners, but are conquered by the operators and can do nothing unless every operator in Illinois agrees to do something with us." At a meeting to form a permanent or ganization of the 'members now here it was voted down and lost. Mr. Spellman of Danville, then arose and said: "This meeting proves that the operators of Il linois intend to run their own business. We can't do a thing here. Let us go home and trust to time to settle this strike," and making a motion to ad journ sine die, he retired. This motion was then unanimously adopted. The conference adjourned. Several of the operators were seen after the conference adjourned and the concensus of their opinion is that it is now "every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost." The southern Illinois operators say they will now go home and try and effect a settlement with their own meu on the best terms they can secure. They are red hot mad against the northern operators and all the consoli dated operators in general, and President Charles Ridgely in particular, and say if it had not been for Ridgely the entire matter would have been settled today and before dinner. State President Crawford and National President Mcliride of the federation say the situation now reverts to its inception and make no specific state ment as to what will now be done. The whole matter was with the operators and they were to blame for all future pro ceedings. FKY SETS SAIL. Five Hundred Men Take Boat at Cincln . natl Hound for Wheeling. Cincinnati, May 31. Gen. Fry, the commonweal leader from Los Angeles is afloat on the steamer F. J. O'Connell, bound for Wheeling. His army num bering 500 men, left here last evening. Never in their experience have the weal ers received such an ovation at the hands of the people as they have in Cincinnati, and when they slowly made their way from camp tney were cheered by the multitude that gathered to see them off. The most important event event be fore deparature was the organization of the First Ohio regiment of the United fc'tates industrial army of Cincinnati. When the local band was called to order there were just 154. New badges were passed around with pictures of Cleveland on the front, w hich resulted in about half the "soldiers" re fusing to pin them oa their ragged coats. The big president has few friends among the commonwealers. The first stop will be Maysville, where it is expected to remain a day or two. Six days will take them past Wrheeling at the small cost of $210. WORSE THAN HOMESTEAD. Prospect of a Terrible Outbreak at Mil lionaire Reud'a Mine Jane 4. Pittsburg, May 31. McDonald, one of tha greatest oil fields the world ever knew, ia likely to be the Bcene of the greatest labor struggle of the century. W. P. Rend, the millionaire coal opera tor, has notified his miners in the Pan handle district that they must return to work by Monday, June 4, or their places will be filled by Southern negroes. The notices have been posted for several days at the mines, and the men have all been - notified specially by the mine bosses. Mr. Rend's interest are the largest in the district, and he employB a couple of thousand men. If he can run independent of the miner's organization the others will' be able to do the same. The miners are determined these works shall not be run by non-union men, and people all through that section expect a battle worse than the riots at Homestead on July 6, 1892, and accompanied by a struggle drawn out even as long as that was. Itis stated on authority of the miners at Noblestown and McDonald that Rend has his office at McDonald well stocked with Winchesters ready to put in the hands of the watchmen who are to guard the negro miners. Some say they have seen the boxes of arms and ammunition taken in there, and others who have been inside, declare they have seen the guns. ' LEAVENWORTH PEOPLE ACT. They Organize to Protect the Miners Who Want to Work. Leatenwobth, Kas., May 31. Nearly one-third of the miners employed at the North Leavenworth shaft were pre vented from going to work today by over 100 agitators and strikers who blockaded the magi road to the shaft and compelled every man to run the gauntlet. A simi lar programme is to be carried out to morrow morning and this evening. - All the men who entered the shaft to day were well armed, and only the coun sel of Superintendent Carr prevented them from turning on their tormentors. A company of 200 business men is organ ized today by Mayor Dodsworth, Ex-Mayor Hacker, J. W. Fogler of the First Fational bank, Dr. R. J. Brown, O. B. Taylor and others of prominence. These men well armed, will be at the shaft this evening and to morrow morning to prevent a recurrence of this morning's outrage. Superintendent Carr says in the event of a demonstration tomorrow, dead men will surely be left at the head of Second street MINK KS DESPERATE. Around Danville They Have Nothing to Ett Except Charity Contributions. Danville, Ills., May 31. Matters are getting desperate with the striking miners in the Danville field. Many of the families are starving; Relief com mittees canvass the farmers for fifteen miles for something to eat St, Elizabeth hospital of this city is out pf coal and its patients are suffering for want of food and warmth. The miners refuse to allow the sisters coal. They propose to stop all trains carrying coal and are stopping freight trains and ex amining the box cars to see if they con tain coal. Brotherhood Firemen to Refuse. Frosibuhg, Md., May 31. The strik ers are building strong hopes on the re ports that the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Firemen are going to refuse to haul the Pocahontas coal, which will compel the operators of the Georges Creek coal region to give the 10 cents in a short time. To Make Mln.ru Jutt Work. Louisville, Ky., May 31. One hun dred striking miners are marching from McHenry to Falcon in the western Ken tucky district tonight for the purpose of forcing the miners to quit work. A posse has been summoned and a fight is expected tomorrow. A "SECOND JOHNSTOWN," Says a Much Excited Dispatcher Only One Life Was Lost. Minneapolis, May 31. A Spokane, Wis., special says: A telegram received this morning from Coule City, states that the flood at the village of Concuilly was a second Johnstown, caused by the breaking of a dam above the village. Everything went before the advancing water. However, but one life is yet known to have been lost that of Mrs. Keith. The village was located in a canon a hundred feet wide. The property loss is estimated at $150.000. KELLY'S ARMY DIVIDED. Dissension Between Kelly and Spead Causes the Army to Separate. St. Louis, May 31. The commonweal army of 'Gen." Kelly now in camp here divided today and 500 men under George L. Spead of California, will hereafter march or float by themselves. The cause of the alleged arbitrariness is Kelly. Spead will endeavor to enforce a divis ion of the funds of the commonwealers. He Kan a Little Joint. The police this afternoon arrested Wm. McMicheals, a colored man who has been running a hop tea stand on Kansas ave nue, between Eighth and Ninth streets, on the plain charge of selling liquor. The police say they not only got th6 man who is lame and couldn't run away, but got his whisky bottle too. We May iet It. Weather Observer T. B. Jennings saya there is prospect that the great storm in Colorado is liable to strike Topeka to morrow. It will rain heavily but will be accompanied by warmer weather. The President Approver. Washington, May 31. The president has approved the act to provide for the sale of the remainder of the Otoe reser vation in Nebraska and Kansas. Gold Exports. New York, May 31. Gold exports to day's steamships amount to $2,000,000. C. H. Titus, T. L. Striogham and S. Barnes the appraisers for sewer district No. 16 are looking over the district today preliminary to making a report that will be submitted at the next council meeting.' The district is bounded by Tenth, Thir teenth, Jefferson, Quincy and Eighth. E. J. Rawsan was seventh in the 10 mile Waido Park road raco at Kansas C.ty yesterday. -The prize was a $10 bicycle suit. Johnnie McGaffin was seventeenth and got a $3.50 combination pocket knife. BEATS THE RECORD. Unprecedented Flood at Pueblo, Colorado. . Water Comes Up Into Hundreds of Residences. RESCUERS IN BOATS Save the People from a Watery Death. Santa Fe and Hock Island Roads WTashed Out. The Damage at Pueblo Esti mated at $3,000,000. Pueblo, Colo., May 31. It has rained incessantly for thirty hours, all" over the eastern part of the state. The rainfall is one of the heaviest ever known. In this city the Arkansas river broke the levees in six places. From Union ave nue viaduct to the postorHce three-quarters of a mile, water rises six inches to a foot above the first floor. Electric street cars have stopped run ning, the works being flooded. Hun dreds of men are out in boats rescuing familes from flooded houses and remov ing goods. The five railroads entering the city are tied up. The damage amounts to at least $100,000. The flood is now receding and it is thought all danger in this city is practically .past. Balida, May 31. The storm in this city exceeds anything in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. The Rio Grande railroad is blocked by rock slides, wash outs and damage to bridges. Canon City, Colo., May 31. The rain tall here has exceeded five inches and is the heaviest ever known. Both the Rio Grande and Santa Fe tracks east of here are washed out in places and in other places covered with rock and sand. Manitou, Colo., May 31. Apprehen sion was felt here last night lest the dam at Lake Moraine, built to supply Colo rado Springs with water, should break, but Superintendent Rice says it is secure. Pike's Peak railway has been damaged by floods for the first time since it was built and no trains are running. The Rio Grande and Santa Fe railroads are blocked by washouts and land elides. Denver, May 3L The rain which be gan falling here at 3 a.m. yesterday still continues. Platte river is higher than it has been for many years but no, damage is reported - here.. Railroads running west and south are all tied up by washouts. Telegraph and telephone wires are down between Denver and Pueblo and no news had been received here up to 11 o'clock concerning the flood at Pueblo. BOATING IN I'l'KIlLO. The Water So High That Kescue Parties Are Needed. Pueblo, Colo., May 31. The rainfall all over Colorado for the past 36 hours has been the heaviest ever known. In some parts it exceeds live inches. The flood here is the worst ever experienced. The Arkansas river has broken levees in six places and the water covers an area three-quarters of a mile square. In the city the water is - rising above the first floors of the buildings and hun dreds of men in boats are rescuing fami lies and goods. No loss of life is re ported. Five railroads entering the city are tied up owing to washouts, landslides and wrecked bridges. Communication with the north is cut off, as wires are all down. Aspen, Cola, May 31. Owing to the cave-in in the Ilagerman tunnel no trains have reached Aspen over the Colorado Midland since yesterday. The extent of the cave-m is not known here. PARTICULARS PROM PUEBLO. The Damaa-e by the Flood Estimated at $3,000,000. Pueblo, Colo., May 31, 3 p. m. Sev eral thousand people have been rendered homeless by the flood and property was damaged to the amount of probably $3,000,000. Although it is impossible at this time to estimate the exact loas, four breaks in the levee on the north side and two on the south side have flooded the regions between Eighth street and the river on the west in a zig-zag course, thence to Fourth and Main, Second and Santa Fe and every thing south of and including First street. On the South side the flooded area ex tends from West Fourth street bridge down through the Rio Grande yards to Union avenue, practically evicting all the people west of Union avenue from the river to C street and all west of Victoria avenue. Stanton & Snyder's addition is under water. While the Arkansas was thus coming on its mad career, a great torrent was coming down the mountain, which reached almost the stage of flood of last year. The east approach to the east Eighth street bridge was largely carried away, and the water main under the Fourth street bridge was destroyed. At 8:10 the discordant notes of a fire alarm whistle in Jong and repeated blasts warned a big throng of residents on the low lands to get out and they did so in a hurry, some managing to carry off a part of their belongings. The first break was in the levee on the north side just west of - the Main street bridge. The efforts of a score of men to repair the levee were as those of pigmies and wider grew the gap until it was seen to be use less to strive further. , , The water then rushed in torrents and flooded the entire block from the river to Richmond avenue between Union avenue and Main street. Meanwhile the dirt approach to the West Fourth street viaduct' on the north side of the river had been slowly but surely melting away and by 9:30 a small stream was trickling down the track and making its way east along Fourth street By 11:30 the stream was hip deep and was running madly east on First street, carrying drift wood and debris in a dangerous manner, and mak ing it almost impossible to wade the water. The water commenced pouring in on the district between Sixth street and the river west of Main street, and in a very short time the - water was three feet deep, and all the people in that locality were forced to leave their homes or go up in the second story. Women and children were taken to the water works aud put on high ground. On South Union avenue small buildings south of C street fell in, and though there were no passengers around the union depot, two feet of water in the waiting rooms rsade it decidedly uncom fortable for employes. About 2 o'clock the water began slowly to recede, and it is believed that all danger is passed. SITUATION ON III K ROCK ISLAND. Tracks Washed Oat In Every Direction Destruction on tiie Rio Orandv. Denver, May 31. Wires being down between Denver and Pueblo very little news has been received here concerning the flood in th latter city. At the Rock Island ottice a dispatch was received from the Puoblo agent say ing that there were two feet of water lit the triangle block in the heart of the business district. No loss of life is re ported. , Between Pueblo and Eden, the Rio Grande tracks are uuder water. A bridge on the Rio Grande, twwnty-fivo miles west of Pueblo, has gone. Between Colorado Springs and Manitou 000 foot of Rio Grande track has been washed away and a bridge on the Colorado Mid land is gone. William Smith, a track repairer was killed by a boulder which was washed down upon him. This is the only loss of life reported from any point. No trains are running on the Gulf road or any of its branches. The train which went south last night is held at Parker station, 25 miles from Denver. A wash out at Burns Junction blocked both Bur lington and the Gulf roads. Boulder creek has overflowed its banks and the water is several feet deep in the depot. South Park road is badly washed in Platte canon and a party of 250 picnick ers from Denver who went to Crystal Lake yesterday, are still there. RIPRAPPED WITH CAR WIIKKL. Novel Method of fctoppiiitf the Cutting by the rlooii. The Santa Fe's advices from Colorado Springs since noon say that while it is still raining and the river at Colorado City is still cutting efforts aro being made to stop' it aud there is no further danger to the shop buildings and depot. A large force of men is at work riprappiug along the river bank with car wheals, which have been thrown in in large numbers. The Denver & Rio Grande track between Pueblo and Colorado Springs ia under water and-washed out in many places. SANTA EE ADVICES Indicate That Serious Dammice Has Re en Dono to the Tracks. The Santa Fe's advices from Colorado Springs at noon, in relation to the flood in Colorado, say that three bents of the bridge across tho Arkansas river at Ne pesta, went out at 9 o'clock this morn ing, that two more are going, aud that there are indications that the whole bridge will be destroyed. There is a big washout between Colorado Springs and Colorado City, and there is danger that the shops and depot at the latter city will be damaged greatly. It is still rain ing a torrent at all points on tho western division and on the Colorado Midland, and there are no signs of abatemwnt. No. 5 will be ran by way of Trinidad if possible. - . The News at Chicago. Chicago. May 31. Word was received at the Sauta Fe railroad offices at noon today that the company's tracks at Pu eblo are under water, and that it will probably be several days before traffic can be resumed. Vice President Robin eon stated that no loss of life had oc curred up to noon today, and that they had not been informed of any serious damage to property. HUDSON FORESTALLED. Carl Rrowne Dohii'I Wait for II I m to Prepare Uabaa torpui Writ. Washington, May 31. Carl Browne has sent a letter to Justice Field of tho supreme bench asking his release from the district jail stating that he is being detained unlawfully there. Justice Field turned the papers over to the clerk without comment. Representative Hudson had been pre paring a writ of habeas corpus In the case of the imprisoned Coxeyites but was forestalled by Browne's action. Alabama Miners. Birmingham, Ala., .May 31. The con ference of mine owners and miners has amounted to nothing, tho operators de clining to recede from their original proposition for a twenty per cent reduc tion. The first installment of Shawnee county court house bonds, $10,00i were registered by the state auditor today. Todiy's 14 ansae City Live Htoclt Male DRESSED BEEF AND EXPORT BTEIRS. 24 ... 1380 4.35 20 1424 4 25 19 1306 4.20 19 1310 4.15 22" 1334 4.10 23 1000 4.05 37" 1205 4.00 25 1142 3.90 15"" 1261 3.85 20 1080 3.80 23!!.. 1416 3.47K 81.... 977 3.05 COWS AND HEIFERS. 1 900 3.85 3 656 3.65 1 . 630 3.50 9 774 3.35 11 . C99 3.30 9.... 1115 3.20 l".. 1100 2.90 1....1060 2.75 1 1130 3.25 11 741 3.70 TEXAS AND INDIAN STEERS. 43 ... 1015 4.50 11 837 8.25 21.... 773 2.25 TEXAS COWS. 5 550 2.15 39 716 2.00 8TOCKKR3. 38 616 3.15 2 455 2.00 FEEDERS. 19.... 1159 3.80 16 1050 3.53 HOGS. 70.... 229 4.65 66 234 4.G2' 90 223 4.60 81.... 219 4.57J 101.... 172 4.55 20.... 232 4.52t' 90.... 201 4.50 14 147 3.45 1.... 300 4.10 . 1.... 240 3.75