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Tokioj April 14.—The fiaval depart
ment pronounces the report of a naval
engagement recently off Saigon to be
entirely unfounded. AV4"
Orel at Salgon.'*'^""'*^
Manila, April 14.—Rear Admiral
Train, In command of the American
fleet in Asiatic waters, received a tele
gram this afternoon from Saigon re
porting the arrival there of the Rus
Bian hospital ship Orel on the morning
of April 13 with many wounded men
on board.
No Injured on Board.
St. Petersbburg, April 14.—Admiral
ty advices from Saigon do not mention
any wounded men being on board the
hospital ship Orel, which arrived there
yesterday. She probably has sick
sailors on board.
It is understood the Orel will leave
Saigon at once to rejoin Rojestven
sky's squadron, which it is said, may
be standing off somewhere up the coast
awaiting the hospital ship.
Slavs Raid Railroads.
The Russian troops have success
fully raided the railroad in the direc
tion of Kai Yuan, about twenty miles
north of Tie Pass.
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Russians in Philippine Waterc.
''Berlin, April 14.—Admiral Rojest
vensky's squadron is believed by the
intelligence division of the German
navy department to be lying Oft the
Guyos islands, eighty miles south of
Mindoro, 6ne of/ the Philippine islands,
recoaling and preparing for the last
stage of its long voyage. Although
these islands belong to the United
States they have fine anchorages out
side the three mile limit.
Raleigh Leaves Borneo.
"Lubuan, Borneo, April 14.—The
United States cruiser Raleigh sailed
northward today Her destination is
unknown. S
Japanese Advance Continues,?
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"Tokio, April 14.—The following, offi
cial announcement is made, dated to
day: "Our force advancing eastward
via the Fushun and Hailung road, En
countered the defeated enemy on. the
morning of April 12 at Erhhonih.
The enemy's strength was one
regiment of infantry, six squad
rons of cavalry and four guns.
Our force then occupied Tsangshih,
about nineteen miles east of Yingpan,
and the enemy in retreating toward
Kailung, fought at every step.
"The enemy on the Kirin road has
gradually retreated since April 11, a
portion of this force still remaining to
bar our passage of the Yushu river."
rwe Many Rear Guard Engagements.
|f:It is reported that the main force
of Russians, which retired in the di
rection of Hsing King, has reached
Kirin. The rear guard, estimated at
12,000, continues in the vicinity of
Harlung Cheng, closely in touch with
the Japanese van guard. The main
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STORY OF BATTLE AT SEA
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Main. Fores of Russian Army Has
Reached There—Rear Guard Skir
mishes are Frequent—Russian Fleet
Believed to be In Philippine Waters
—No News of Togo
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Stoessel's Trial Begins Today,
st. Petersburg, April 14.—There is
Just how far Mr. Meyer, the new
ambassador of the United States to St.
Petersburg has gone in paving the way
for opening peace negotiations cannot
be stated definitely. It is known, how
ever, that his interview with Emperor
Nicholas yesterday had no decisive re
sults. His cablegram to the state de
partment in regard to his audience
merely stated that he had been re
ceived, but he did not report what
view.s the emperor had expressed in
regard to the termination of the war.
INDICTMENT DISMI8SED.
Nan Patterson Not Charged With
Blackmailing Caesar Young.
Now York, April 14.—The Indict
ment for conspiracy against Nan
Patterson, which charged her with
conniving with J. Morgan Smith
and Mrs. Smith wrongfully to ob
tain money from "Caesar" Young,
was today dismissed.
TOWN LOSES?
BY BIG FIRE
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SPRINGVALE, MAINE, PRACTICAL
LY DESTROYED—BLAZE IN
NEW YORK
Springvale, Maine, April 14.—Thirty
five buildings, including the greater
portion of the business section of
Springvale together with many dwell
ings, were destroyed by Are today.
The loss is estimated at $300,000. No
lives were lost.
New York Building Burns.
New York, April 14.—Five persons
were badly hurt, fifty others narrowly
escaped death or injury, and hundreds
were driven from the adjoining ten
ants, in a fire early today, which en
tirely destroyed a seven-story "sweat
shop" building at 127-131 Hesler street,
and damaged several other nearby
buildings. The damage is estimated
at $100,000.
EXPLOSION ON YACHT.
Ac
dent Said to Have Injured Two
Men on the Sylph.
Norfolk, W. Va., April 14.—The
steamship Elcid passed the Virginia
capes today towing the President's
yacht Sylph, aboard which an explo
slon is havfl occurred and:
two men are saw to nave iSeen scalfleflt
The Sylph was on the way to Washing
ton from Florida waters.
MISS ROOSEVELT COMING WEST
Reported She Will Arrive Monday As
Guest of J. M. McCormick.
Chicago, April 14—Miss Alice Roose
velt, according to a report' yesterday,
will arrive in Chicago next Monday
with Mr. and Mrs. J. Medill McCor
mick, whose guest she will be here,
Mr. and Mrs. McCormick now are in
New York on their return from a trip
to Central America.
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ON GOOD BEHAVIOR.
MRS. CRAVEN INSANE.
Is the Woman Who Sued For Share of
Senator Fair Estate.
Burlington, April 14.—(Special).
Mrs. Craven, who figured in the sen'
sational suit several years ago, for a
force, which retired from Kaiyuan is wife, was adjudged Insane here today. be nomiftated by the emperor and half
tcuicu Hi/in
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reported at Kirin with a rear guard! Mrs. Craven has been here a week,
of 8,000, at Itsuchow, Haklusu
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and
the
Japanese forces.
Chang Cheng is evidently the rally
ing point for the Changtu and Faku
men forces. An imperial ordinance
which declares Mako harbor on Pasca
dores islands, In a state of siege be
comes operative today
no truth in the report from Cracow
that General Stoessel has been for
mally condemned to death by the
commission appointed to inquire into ^,®^ce °^_ ^^rder. She ^was^ Ma She
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began today.
Battle to Decide Much.
Washington, D. C., April 14.—There
is a general belief in official and diplo
matic circles that peace will follow im
mediately after a decisive battle has
been fought by the fleets of Admirals
Togo and Rojestvensky in the China
sea. In fact, all preparations are be
ing made to bring the two belligerants
together, when one or the other has
so completely lost command of the sea
that its success in the present war
manifestly will be imposible.
staying at different hotels. She be
came violent last night and it is al
leged attempted to fire the Hotel De
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Fines of Carrie Nation and Her
Workers Ace Suspended.
Wichita, Kas., April 14.—Carrie Na
tion, Myra McHenry and Lucy Wilhert
were today found guilty of breaking
windows in a wholesale liquor house
here last September. They were fined
and sentenced to from one to four
months in jail but the sentences were
suspended pending good behavior.
share of the estate of the late Senator a
Fair on the grounds of a common law house of 120 members, half of them to
INDIAN GIRL MURDERED.
Ma She Cha, Relative of Chief at Tama
Reservation, Is Dead.
Marshalltown, April 14.—(Special.)
—The body of an Indian girl who dis
appeared March 4 from the Tama res
ervation, was found today. It was al
most nude and there was every evi-
Cha, granddaughter of the chief. The
Indians are greatly excited.
MORIXTIARCES
MRS.
CASHIER
CHADWICK AND
SPEAR ENTER PLEAS OF
.NOT GUILTY.
Cleveland, Ohio, April 14.—Mrs. Cas
sie Chadwick, when arraigned in the
federal court today, pleaded not guilty
to the new indictment charging her
with aiding and abetting Cashier
Spear, of the Oberlin bank, in making
false entries in the bank's books and
in making untrue statements to the
comptroller of the currency. Spear
also pleaded not guilty. The court in
creased Mrs. Chadwick's bail from
$20,000 to $27,000.
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PLAN CRISIS
FOR MAY DAY
WORKMEN IN CITIES AND PEAS­
ANTS IN COUNTRY THREATEN
GREAT UPRISING,
Will Not Try Gorky.
On acouqt of the present condition
of his health and the fact that the evi
dence is not strong, it is understood
that the government has abandoned
its intention of bringing Maxim Gorky,
the author to trial.
Peasant Trouble Spreads.
The wave of revolution is spreading
quickly and widely throughout the Cau
casus and the government is showing
signs of alarm, in that It is making
elaborate* preparations for immediate
reforms. In the meantime peasant
bands are pillaging and burning the
estates of land owners, destroying
schools and public buildings and forc
ing recruits to their ranks.
Among residents of the cities of the
Caucasus a renewal of the ugly feeling
between Armenians and Tartars is be
ing manifested, and Armenians in sev
eral Instances have been attacked in
revenge for alleged assaults on the po
lice.
To Call Women's Congress.
Movements are on foot to call a pan
Russian congress of women for the
disoussloi* of political: and industrial
questions. A number of Russian wo
men are among the leaders of ad
vanced thought and the congress, If
held, undoubtedly will voice refonn
sentiment.
An informal rescript addressed to
the minister of the interior creates a
special commission to discuss ques
tions relating to peasant tenure of
land .which is described by the rescript
as the main foundation of national
welfare.
Measures will be elaborated, first, to
afford peasants better means of work
ing their lands to good advantage
second, to assist emigration between
districts, helping peasants to Increase
their holdings through the medium of
a peasants' bank third, to devise
measures for fixing the boundaries of
all holdings, and to instill more con
scientious views on the subject of pri
vate property.
Hope for Mlrsky's Return.
The report that former Minister of
the Interior Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky
will return to public life as president
of the rescript commission, although
not officially confirmed, creates much
satisfaction, as his sympathy with
the principle of popular representation
is well known.
Numberless stories are being printed,
abroad ving details of the character,
premature, but the favorite plan is for!
to be elected by the nobility, and a
lower house of 625 members elected by
various classes in all parts of Russia.
But the commission has not reached
any decision, and it is this delay that
has destroyed popular confidence in
the sincerity of the government.
The special commission of the acad
emy of science has pronounced in favor
of the abrogation of the restrictions
placed upon the use of the Little. Rus
sian language in schools, books and
the press.
BODY IS FOUND
REMAINS OF PAUL. JONES DIS
COVERED BURIED IN
PARIS.
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Appeals for Military Assistance Have
Come In to 8t. Petersburg But the
Government Pays Little Attention—
Hope for Mlrsky's Return,
St. Petersburg, April 14.—Develop
ments all point to a crisis in the pres
ent agitation .among the workmen in
the cities and the peasants in the
country on May day, and appeals are
pouring in from all quarters for mili
tary protection. Arms and bombs 'n
large quantities have been smuggled
in and bloodshed on a large scale is
feared.. The government has taken
few measures to meet the^sltuatlon,
evidently relying on the troops and
police to guard the capital.
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Paris, April 14.—The remarkable
search which Ambassador Porter has
conducted for the body of Paul Jones
has been crowned with success by the
discovery of the body and Its identifi
cation today by the highest French
medical experts as unquestionably that
of the famous admiral.
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FARMERS' CONGRES8J*1
Next Annual Session Will Be Held at
Richmond, Va.
Chicago, April 14.—The next annual
session of the Farmers' National con
gress will be held In Richmond. Va..
September 12 to 22.
TRUNK LINES
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ROAD TO BUCK THE TRANS.
CONTINENTAL8.
AN IMPORTANT TRIAL
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Effects Will Be Mom«jCf&ul and Freight
War That Will Follow Change Will
Doubtless Bring Lower
8hontz to Manage Road.
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Washington, D. C., April 14. The
significance and importance of next
Monday's meeting ojt the stockholders
of the Panama Railroad company, for
the purpose of electing new directors
and officers and permanently trans
ferring controls of t&e property to the
government, which iiiow owns all of.
the outstanding stocl Is beginning to
dawn upon the manager* of transcon
tinental railroad lincrii.
Theodore Perrj^ Stibntg chairman of
the canal commission will be elected
president of the railroad 'company. He
will also become Its general manager
and chief operating officer. As soon
as practicable after the .1- reorganiza
tion has been cpmplbted will pro
mulgate new schedules ot freight and
passenger rates which will ^amount to
a reduction of aboul 6$t per cent of
current freight rate^ ani| nearly B0
per cent of the passenger rates.
Secretary Taft's announcement,made
yesterday, that the
ated with a "view to
ating expenses and
mltted by practical
tantamount to a
upon existing agree:,
several transcontinental i'&ystems that
have terminals at Pacific poast points.
3ad Will' be oper
arning only oper
|ced eharges Is ad
Mlrpkd men to be
clarSfclon of war
pentsjbetween the
Plan Big Cdt In ll'ates.
The present charge Jtor ^carrying a
passenger between N«^$ark and San
Francisco via the .Isthr-Jifcf off "Pnfnairtk
ule will reduce this charge to (65,
which will Include stateroom and
meals, both on the Atlantic and the
Pacific. Freight rates are to be cut"
from an average of about (9 per ton
to $4 per ton.
The Panama Railroad company has
always maintained a secret agreement
with its transcontinental competitors
to maintain certain maximum freight
and passenger rates. Its charges have
been identical with those of the South
ern Pacific, the Santa Fe, the Union
Pacific, the Northern Pacific and the
Great Northern roads. It iias confined
its operations largely to the transpor
tation of certain coarse freights, which
could be handled economically at both
ends of the isthmian railroad. The bulk
of its shipments from' the west, for
example has been canned food, wine
in bulk, hides, grain and other articles
which are usually Bhipped in car load
lots.
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Will Start Freight War
The average cost to the railroad
company of transporting freight from
San Francisco to New York has been May 1.17
less than $4 a ton. It is stated upon July .. 88%
unimpeachable authority that freight Sept. .. 83%.
shipped from New York to Colon, for
... example, can be landed upon the dock
at Colon at a coat of $140 a leav
lng a handsome
composition and date of convocation the panama Railroad company. The,
of the coming parliament. They are
cost 0
parliament composed of an ujpper jng
trans-shipment across the isth-! July
mus lnoludlng the
loading and
carSi
PROSPERITY WA8 TEMPORARY.
General Coxey Is Adjudged a Bank
rupt In Federal Court.
Columbus, Ohio, April 14.—General
Jacob S. Coxey, of commonwealth fame
was declared a bankrupt in the United
States court today.
Si NO WORK SUICIDE.
Chicago Man Leaps from Fourth Story
Window and Dies.'f
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Chicago, April 14.—Frank Clark,
aged 30 years, kissed1 his wife and
two children goodbye and then
leaped to his death today from the
fourth floor of an apartment house.
Despondency over losing his poai
tlon Is the supposed cause of the
act.
NEW LAP8E OF PENSION BOARD.
Made "Old Age" Order Retroactive
and Money Must be Refunded.
Washington, D. C., April 14.—Com
missioner of Pensions Warner has dis
covered that in addition to granting
pensions under the "old age" order" to
members of a Pennsylvania militia reg
iment, the pension bureau has allowed
about a hundred claims on applica
tion made prior to April 13, 1904, the
date on which the order went into ef
fect. The amounts are trivial in all
cases, but the commissioner will re-
quire that they be refunded.^--
WILL HUNT...
BRER BEAR
PRE8IDENT 18 WELCOMED TO COL
ORADO BL GOVERNOR
M'DONALD.^
The train was met at Emory Gap by
Governor McDonald and party, who
will accompany the party to Colorado
Springs.
A Continuous Ovation.
Trinidad, Colo., April 14. Presi
dent Roosevelt crossed the Colorado
New Mexico boundary line at 11:50 a.
m. Governor McDonald ot Colorado
and his party met the President at
Emory Gap, N. M. After greetings
McDonald presented the President, a
special engrossed hunting license,
giving him permission to kill any
game he may want in Colorado. The
President's trip through New Mexico
was one continuous ovation.
8peaks at Frederick.
Frederick, Okla., April 14. Presi
dent Roosevelt yesterday ended his
hunt here. After a strenuous week
among the wolves of the "Big Pasture"
he has given up the canvas cot of the
camp for the luxurious cushions of his
private car and now is speeding on his
way to the Colorado camp, where
bears and mountain lions will be his
quarry.
The President was given a warm
welcome when he arrived here from
his camp. He W&B met by a delegation
of citizens, headed by DennlB T. Flynn
and Congressman John H. Stephens of
Texas. After a banquet given in his
honor, the President made a short and
informal addres?. His train left at
,8:^5 o'clock last evening.
Newcaatle. Coib., AprfTTil
has been a fresh snowfall in this re
gion and the roads to Camp Roosevelt
were impassable. By telephone, how
ever, it is learned that the men and
animals In camp are suffering no hard
ships and John Golf says that unless
more snow falls everything will be in
good order when ^the President ar
rives.
There Will be no dearth of game.
The President will have all the bears
he wants, and he can choose his own
methods of bagging them.
,,1.17%
88%
Corn—
May
July ...
Sept. ...
Oats—
May ...
profit to the credit of
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SPEAKS AT FREDERICK
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Bids Goodbye to People of Oklahoma
Town and Gives Up Canvas Cot of
Cow Camp for Plush Cushions of His
Car—Snow at Camp Roosevelt.
Pueblo, Colo., April 1*. The spe
clal train bearing President Roosevelt
and party passed Texllne at 8:20
o'clock this morning on schedule time.
1.14%
87
49
30%
30
29%
unload-
j8 jess per
May .. 12.87., ...
July ...
13.15v
Hogs—Receipts,
EMPLOYE8 OF "8. &
already have been located. Trappers in earnest and that, no
are following the tracks of half a dozen is meant by the inquiry.
others and by the time the presiden
tial party arrives the lairs of fifteen
or twenty probably will be known.
TODAY'S MARKET8.
This market is furnished by tfci
Cusidy Commission Co., m«-nber»
Chicago Board of Trade. Local ofBc*
rooms 2S and 80. Hofmann Block.
C. Franch. local manager.
Wheat— Open. Hl»h. Ixw. Clo»»
1.14%
87
49%
48
48
48%
48
48
48
48
s'48%
'48
48%
30%
30
29
Sept.
ow
the extraordinary cheapness of labor,
than upon any other railroad in the
world." W I
jng to' Pork-
30
30
29%
30
30
..29
12.87
13.15
Lard—
Sept. .. 7.62
Short Ribs--.
May
12.80
13.07
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May
.. 7.35.
.. 7.12
Sept. .. 7.55
12.82
13.07
7.35
7.50
7.65
July
7.30
7.47
7.52
.. 7.50'
7.30
7.47
7"62
7.12
7.37
7.55
July
7.07
.. 7.87-
7.07
7.32 Se 7.32
7.52
7.62
MARKET8 BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Chicago Live Stock Market.
Chicago, April 14.—Cattle Re
ceplts 3 ,000 steady good to prime,
$6 .00 @6 .65 poor to medium, $4 .60
5.75 stockers, $2.60@5.10 cows, $2.60
@5 .60
23,000 5c lower
mixed butchers, $5.40@5.62% good to
choice heavy, $5.55@5.65 rough, $5.45
@5.55 light, $5.40@5.55 bulk sales
$5 .50 @5 .60
Sheep—Receipts. 5,000 steady, $4.50
@6 .15 lambs, $4 .50 @7 .85
Chicago Produce Market.
Chicago, April 14.—Wheat No. 2
read $1 .16 @1 .17 No. 8 red, $1 .00 @1 .15
No.
2 hard, $1 .14 @1 .17
No.
3 hard
$1 .00 @1 .14 May $1 .14 %r July
88 %@88
opened,
highest,
88
50 %@51
lowest, 87
closing, 87 %.
Corn—No. 2, 49%@49% No. 3, 48%
No.
2 white, 51 @51
No.
No. 3 yellow, 49
48% July opened,
lowest, 48
*4 4 8 closing, 48
Oats—No. 2, 30% No. 3, 30 No. 2
white 3 2 %@33 No 3 white 31 @32
May
30 @30 July opened. 30
30
highest, 30 lowest,
Timothy—$2.85.
Clover—$14.00.
Flax—Cash, $1.25®1.89.
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OTTUMWA TO OSKALOOSA
DOCTOR 18 CONVICTED.
Crofford, Lamonl Physician, Is He|d
Guilty of Murder.
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Osceola, April 14. Dr. Crof
ford of the Lamonl sanitarium was
today found guilty of the murder
of Maude Stone, who died In Crof
ford's hospital after a criminal op
eration four years ago. This was
his second trial.
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BILLS,,
Chicago, April 14.—Four employes
of Schwarzschild & Sulzberger compa
ny, packers, were Indicted yesterday
by the federal grand jury now investi
gating the so-called beef trust. The
indictments returned charge the. de
fendants with obstructing and oppos
ing the efforts of a deputy United
States marshal to serve a subpoena
commanding Edwin B. Fish, another
employe of the company, to appear be
fore the jury as a witness. Those
against whom true bills were reported
are the following:
Joseph Weissenbach, attorney for
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger company
Beth S. Cusey, traffic manager for
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger company.
Leo. S. Joseph, general manager for
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger company.
George D. Hopkins, auditor for
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger company.
Bench warrants were served upon
all four of the defendants during the
afternoon, and each of them was re
leased after furnishing bonds of $1,000
for his appearance in court when hiq
case is called.
Ther^etbrn^of tie 'taAwupMi
the arrest of the four men Bent an
other thrill Into the stockyards dis
trict like that which resulted from the
indictment of Thomas J. Connors, gen
eral superintendent for Armour &
Co., on the charge of attempting to in
fluence the testimony of J. Edward
Shields a former employe of that con
cern. The action of the grand jury,
while having no direct bearing upon
the investigation of the packing indus
try, was accepted as the strongest
Four bears kind of proof that the government is
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San Francisco, April 14.—Mount
Shasta threatens to become active
again. Around Sissons, a town in the
vicinity of the mountain, the ground
has opened at several points and mud
has been ejected. A railroad fill across
a big canon has sunk forty feet. |g||
Oil Well Becomes Volcano.
Houston, Tex., April 14.—Volcanic
disturbances, the like of which have
never been known in any oil region,
played havoc with the Humble field
near here yesterday. Derricks were
twisted to pieces and finally sank out
of sight in the craters formed by
spouting lava, which leaped 200 feet
into the air.
Gas escaped with a roar like that of
a train and when it became lighted the
flames shot over 100 feet upward. The
noise and the flames attracted the peo
pie for miles around and Bpread gen
eral terror.
ChieaQO Buttar a net Egg Mark*!
Chicago, April
14.—Butter Firm
creameries, 23 @30 dairies, 22 @27
Eggs—Easy,
16.
Chicago Poultry Market.
Chicago, April 14.—Poultry Easy
turkeys,
14 chickens,
13
@13 %.
Corn—July, 53%.
2 yellow,
%@50 May
48%
4 8
@48% highest
30 clos
ing 30.
Pork—May, $12.82@12.85 July, $13.07
Lard —Mav $7 .30 July $7 .47
Ribs —May $7 .07 @7 .10 July $7 .32
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Rye-*April, 78. &
Barley—Cash, 40 @49. Wi**
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Now York Produce Market.'4'
New York, April 14.—Wheat July,
92 %.
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St. L.oufs Produce Markets
St. Louis, April 14.—Wheat
83 %@83 %.
Corn—July, 46%. «,'•
Oats —May 28 %. iy
July,
New York PouJiry Market.
New York, April 14 .—Poultry
Chickens, 10 @12 fowls 10 @15 tur
keys, 14
@19
New York Butter and Eoo MarkaL
New York, April 14.—Butter—Un
changed.
Eggs Storage packed, 18@18%
firsts, 17 %.
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Peoria Produoe Market
Peoria, April 14.—Corn—No. 3, 48.
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NUMBBE 154
PLANS FOR FORMATION OF STOCH
ANY ARE N0W
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D. R. Francis and Party Visit Ottumwa
and Oskaloosa —Said to be Favor­
ably Impressed—Definite ProposN
tlon Expected In Near Future—New
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From Fridays Dally.
Plans for the formation of a BtocV
company capitalized at $750,000 or
more for the building of an inter-urban
line between Ottumwa and Oskaloosa,
are being considered by officials of tha
traction and light companies of tba
two cities and St. Louis capitalists.
The party from St. Louis visited this
city and Oskaloosa and towns In the
immediate vicinity Wednesday and
Thursday, and while no positive opin
ion was expressed, it is the general
opinion that they were favorably im
pressed with this section of the country
and a definite proposition is expected
from them in the near future.
The party arrived in Ottumwa Wed
nesday morning over the Wabash in
the special car of John Scullin, presi
dent of the St. Louis and North Arkan
sas railway and was made up of Mr.
Scullin, David Francis, ex-governor oi
Missouri and president of the Louisi
ana Purchase exposition, John Llchter,
F. E. Allen, W. B. Kennett, J. 0.
Thompson and Thomas W. Murphy.
They were shown about the city by J.
F. Springfield, superintendent of tha
Ottumwa Traction and Light company,
and Harry O'Nell. They expressed
themselves as well pleased with the
progresslveness of the business *nea
of Ottumwa and the prospects for the
future of the city. They left Wednes
day evening for Oskaloosa.
Drlvo to Buxton.
The party was entertained at the
Downing..Ivotel Jn Oskaloosa and alter
a tour of the city, drove to Buxton, a
mining town near Oskaloosa, for the
purpose of gaining a general idea of
the resources and advantages of the
country through which the proposed
line Is to run an inter-urban from Bux
ton to Oskaloosa also being one of the
contemplated Improvements.
Were Favorably Impressed.
Governor Francis and friends re
ceived assurances of hearty support
from the business men of Oskaloosa
and Ottumwa. J. F. Springfield stated
to* a representative of the Courier this
morning that thq St. Louis capitalists
visited Oskaloosa and Ottumwa to be
come better acquainted with the re
sources and advantages of the two
places and surrounding country, and
that while no positive proposition has
been made it was the general feeling
that they were well Impressed witli
this section of the country.
The Proposed Line.
It is understood that the new line
will run from Ottumwa to Oskaloosa
through Kirkville and Wright, a dis
tance of about twenty-five iniles. The
road would be of immense advantage
to the business men of Ottumwa, not
only to the retail merchants, but to the
jobbers as well, as it would open up a
new territory and would give direct
connections with the Iowa Central and
Burlington, Rock Island and Chicago
and Northwestern railways. Plans for
building such a road have been under
contemplation for some time and as It
would tap a rich agricultural and min
ing district It would mean much for
the commercial Interests of the city
and has been watched with interest by
business men and property owners
here.
New Power House.
Contracts have been let by the Ot
tumwa Traction & Light company for
the building of a new power house in
this city and the installing of new
machinery at an approximate cost of
$150,000. It Is the intention to
make the power house In this city
thoroughly modern and up-to-date in
every way and one of the best in this
section of the country.
The new power house will be built
just east of the present one. The
new equipment ordered includes two
750 horse-power engines with gener
ators of corresponding size and four
new boilers of 410 horse power each,
fitted with automatic stokers, and the
necessary auxiliaries. John J. Llchter,
of the firm of Lichter & Jens, St.Louis,
and who was one„of the party of Gov
ernor Francis, is the consulting engi
neer. Lichter & Jens have established
some of the best and most modernly
equipped electric plants in the country
including the ones at East St. Louis,
Omaha, Neb. St. Joseph, Mo., and
Springfield, 111.
BALDERSON ON TRIAL.
Des Moines Man Accused of Murder of
•V Aged Neighbor 4
Des^ Moines, April 14.—(Special.)—
A jury was secured today to try Dell
Balderson for the murder of Thomas
Callahan, an aged man, who was Bal
derson's neighbor in East Des Moines.
The murder was an unusually bru
tal oneu