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I- ir» -r- gf-jr (Gov. iP& i'cv r' &r '. jjf *$&*•' 1?' '(Ki:/ X: 7- -r Acting Gov. Wright of Philippines Declares Reduction of 50 Per Cent. Insufficient. CUT MUST BE AT LEAST 75 PER CENT. Toft Continues Ills Testimony I Before Senate Committee—Ques- tlon of Holdings of Friars Comeii T"i»—Their Titles Are Good—Hav* l'lcn ot Money—House. Saturday reverted to liis testimony of Friday for the purpose of introducing a cablegram he had received from Act ing Gov. Wright, urging a reduction in the tariff on Philippine articles im ported into the United States from the (Philippines. He said this cablegram iwas in response to an inquiry from himself as to the effect of a reduction of 50 per cent. The reply of Acting Gov. Wright is as follows: "Manila. Feb. 4.—The public session of VUgar ard tobacco Interests favor a re duction of 75 per cent, at least. A reduc tion of 50 per cent, leaves tariff almost pro hibitive. Sugar 1 A price now very low Euro pean market very dull on account of over production and low prices. Beet sugar planters here have lost heavily by cara fcaos, machinery and otherwise. Sugar Cultivation in a bad condition. Memorials received from sugar growers' association of Negros and Panay ask for free trade for this reason. Think a reduction of 75 per cent, on sugar and tobacco would b^ a measure of relief and have excellent po litical effect." Tbe Holdings of Frillr*. Senator llawlins questioned Gov. fTaft concerning the holdings of the Iriars. The governor said he thought .the general opinion as to the wealth and holdings of the friars had been greatly exaggerated. He did not be lieve, for instance, that they had three ifourths of the property owned in the cities. That, however, the religious orders have ready cash was true, as Was evidenced by the fact that they (make loans. He instanced a case in Which the friars had advanced money to pro mote a corner in hemp which had (afterward failed because of irregulari ties on the part of the manager. Gov. Taft said that the Philippine government is desirous of purchasing •the Manila property held by the friars and that it also would be desirable to Secure their holdings of agricultural Sands. Hanking Lnw Needed. In connection with the loaning of imoney by the friars Senator Lodge asked about the necessity for a bank ing law. and the witness replied that (such a law is badly needed. There are Slow, he said, two English banks in ad dition to the Spanish-Filipino bank, •Ihe latter being controlled largely by (the church and being the only bank of issue. He said there had been some grants of land to the church orders, but •that as a rule they had acquired their holding by purchase. "The charge has been made," he said, "that much of their land has come to them tiy deathbed conveyances, but this charge is not borne out by the tracing of the title. The truth is that the friars have the Where Friar* Get Their Sioney. "Something after our own method of Watering stock?" said Senator Proctor, referring to irrigation encroachments. Senator Proctor also asked where the Jriars had secured money with which !o purchase their lands, and this in quiry led Gov. Taft to say that the fees 1 or marriages, funerals, christenings, etc., had been so high as to be cum glial ned of." These charges for mar triages had. he said, led many couples 1o live together illicitly, but that in most cases, the obligations thus taken .pvere observed. House. I Washington, Feb. 10.—Some routine business was transacted in the early part of the cession of the house Saturday. Hills were passed to au thorize the St. Clair Terminal Rail roar? company of Pennsylvania to construct a bridge across the Monon gahe.la river to establish a United States court at Cattlettsburg, Ky. to Authorize the construction of alight Station at Bluff Shoals, Pamlico sound, $J. C., at a cost of $30,000. To authorize the transfer to an ad joining district of causes in district or circuit courts in which the judge of the district wherein such causes are pending is (lisqualified for the relief of John Hornlck to authorize the secretary of war {a Joan to the Penn sylvania Society of the American Sons of the Revolution certain trophies now in the Allegheny arsenal and the senate bill to amend the revised stat utes relating to a reciprocal recogni tion of boiler inspection certificates between the several maritime nations Jiaving maritime inspection laws. The house then laid aside public businesK to pay tribute to the memory of the late Representative Robert F. •Burke, of Texas. Presents Minority Itipiirl. •y.'ashinpton, Feb. 10.—Representa tive .1 .a nli a in, of Texas, democratic member of the house judiciary com mittee Saturday presented a minor ity report on the bill for the protec tion of the president against assault iinu conspiracy. While agreeing with the idea that the United States should not be made an asylum for Anarchists and those who oppose or pani'.ed government, yet he dissented sfrmn giving the py«§ident protection not accorded to other citizens. As to this he said: "J. deny the proposition that one honest sand law-abiding man's life epy mor« cocrefl than that of another. Any officer of our government is but the servant of the people, and '.the servant cannot be greater than his lord.' The holding or possession of office does not of Itself render any man lnpeccable or Immune tropn human frailties and Imperfections. Public ne? among us can do wrong. There no such thing aa royalty or titled nobility or hereditary pre, TOgatlve In tbe United States. With us there are no artificial distinctions and one (nan is -as good as another, q.pd as much sanctity surrounds, the life ot of»a* if docs fhM fit another. The murder of the bum? pint citizen In our land is just at heinous, fwri Xeleejouh fu thai *t MM '•J? 4 %£i ft* #VV,,J ^'?^v 1^ Washington, Feb. 10— Continuing would be intolerable unless electricity 8iis narrative before the senate com- i's substituted as the motive power for mittee on the Philippines, Gov. Taft trains and recommends legislation to V^ 1 ,",'(* **4*V'.rJ« S^rM or most OHtfitgnfgiieci. "Murder ib moron' upon, whomsoever inflicted." WORDS OF CENSURE. Hie New York Central OompMiy Scored in Connection with the JRecent Tunnel Dl»Mter, Albany, N. Y., Feb. 10.—The state board of railroad commissioners on Friday handed down its decision re garding the recent disaster in the New York Central railroad tunnel In New York city. The decision censures the company for allowing an inexperi- enced engineer to run a train through the tunnel and recommends that at some time in the future the roof be taken oil the tunnel, using bridges at intersecting streets. However, In this connection it says that such a change allow such chiyige. The commission finds that the com pany "has been negligent, derelict and unprogressive in failing to take meas ures to increase its terminal facili ties," and that it has also been negli gent in "failing to examine more closely into the qualifications of new engineers." The commission points to this inter esting fact that in 1901 there were 177,450 trains moved through the tun nel, an average of over 486 per day. Therefore, the commission says, the B. & O. tunnel at Baltimore and the Liverpool tunnel under tliq river Mer sey bear no comparison to the New York Central tunnel in respect to traffic. New York, Feb. 10.—Eight actions for damages, amounting in the aggregate to $185,000 for injuries received in the wreck in the New York Central rail road tunnel in this city on January 8, were commenced in the supreme court at White Plains Friday. CONFESSES TO A CRIME Mysterious Disappearance of Noab Long of Argentine, Kan., Is Cleared Up. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 10.—Rhoda Taylor made a written confession to the police of Argentine, Kan., across the river from here. Saturday, that Noah Long, the aged stonemason, who disappeared mysteriously from his .home there a week ago Saturday, had been robbed and his body thrown into the Kaw river. Long was an old sol dier, and had drawn $210 pension money from the bank on Thursday last. He visited a saloon in Argen tine that, night, which was the last time he had been seen. Saturday the police were searching for the body in the river, which, excep-t at tbe place where it is alleged, he was thrown in, is covered with thick ice. Donolme. Dave Moran, a nephew of the missing man, and the Taylor wom an were arrested on Tuesday last and Goff was taken Saturday after she had made the confession. All live in the bottoms along the river. Friday night Moran attempted to commit su icide by cutting an artery in his wrist. The nature of the charge against Mo ran is not known. PRINCE AND PRESS. Thcv Are to Be Entertnined ai a Han 't Given by Neiv York Staats Zeltnag, February 20. qu* best titles In the Island, and even where there fcave been Irregularities the statute of lim itations would protect the title." JTe said that according to the charges one method of extending the holdings cf the orders !ad been by extending their irrigation sysfems over adjoining lands.. New York, Feb. 10.—Plans for the dinner in honor of Prince Henry, to be tendered the American press by the New York Staats Zeitung February 26, are nearing completion. More than 1,400 invitations have been sent to rep resentatives of daily papers through out the country, and the following toasts have been arranged: "Welcome to Our Distinguished Guest," by Herman Rldder. Responded to by Prince Henry. "The Emperor of Germany and the President of the United States," respond ed to by Whltelaw Reld, of th» New York Tribune. "The Press—the Tie That Binds," re sponded to by St. Clair McKelway, of the Brooklyn Dally Eagle. "Saxon Blood—What We Owe to Ger many In Literature, Art, Science and Music," responded to by Charles Emory Smith, of the Phlladephla Press. "International Amity," responded to by Charles W. Knapp, of the St. Louis Re public. Rescue Boat May Be Loat. St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 10.—A Winni peg (Man.) special to the Dispatch says: A Vancouver special to the Tribune says that fears are enter tained for the safety of the Egria, the warship which went in search of the missing Condor. A studding sail boom has been picked up on the west coast and) it belongs to the warship. The section of the coast visited by the Egria is known as "the graveyard oi the Pacific." Pestructive Waterspout In Brasil, New York, Feb. 10.—A waterspout has wrecked a station on the Jerinlmo Mezzuita Central raijway, causing many deaths and great damage on plantations, according to.a Herald dis patch from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. New York Politician Dead, New York,Feb. 10.—Daniel W. Guern sey, soldier, lawyer and politician, died here Saturday, aged 68years. Hi» home was for many years at Pough keepsie, where he held the office of county judge for 18 years. Funeral of 8t. feouls Pffltmes, St. Louis, Feb, 10.—Mayor Wellp. mounted police and a battalion of flrer men led the funeral procession SstuF: 4fi.y of Assistant Chief Thierry, Frank lin McBride, Charles Westenpoff and Daniel W. Steel, four of the seven fire men killed in Tuesday night's fire. Previous to this, religious service! were held at the homes of ell four men, Interment was in four different, ceme teries,, Smallpox Cause Insurance Boon. London, Feb. 10.—With the Increase in the number of oases of smallpox London's population is flocking to in surance offices in order to get in sured against the epidemic. In tbe history of "Lloyd's no such plethora of insurance was ever recorded as has ariaei# oja account of the present scare. Brewing Company Aiilgni, Albany, N. Y., Feb. 10.—The Mlnck el Brewing company, which owns one of the largest breweries in Al bany, made n® ae^ijrnment Saturday to Edward Murpliyj Jr., of Troy. The labilities and assets were not' m'ade public, L- 11 fy Watchman Opens Fire on Gang at Gap, Pa., and Saves Treas ure in Vault. HEARS EXPLOSION AND INVESTIGATES. Told by Robbers to Hold Up Bis Bands, He Replies with Pistol Shots Which Wound One of the Hen—Injured Man Arrested Later at Parkernbnrs. Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 10.—About 8:30 o'clock Saturday morning an attempt wasmade to rob the Gap national bank, at Gap, Pa., 16 miles east of this city, ending in a lively exchange of shots between the town's watchman, David Stamix, and the burglars. Stamix heard an explosion in the di rection of the bank, and upon pro ceeding there found three_or four men standing in front of the bank building. He demanded to know what they were doing there and was promptly ordered to hold up his hands. Stamix"complied, but with a revolver in his hand, and he opened fire on the burglars, wounding at least one, as partments of Bloomington and Clin there were blood marks where they ton went to the scene of the confla had been standing. gration and aided in checking the The robbers returned the fire, flames. Stamix backing away towards the The fire started in Green and Dowl home of the cashier with the view of ing's elevator, west of the Illinois CUBA— C*n it be relief after all getting assistance. When the shoot ing began two or three other men ran out of the bank building and, joining their comrades, disappeared in the darkness. An examination of the bank dis closed the fact that the men had made an ineffectual effort to enter the front' of the vault, and then attacked the rear end. They had bored' a hole into the rear plating and had attempted to blow the vault open with dynamite or nitroglycerin, but also without suc cess. Early in the morning a stranger stopped at Atglen, a few miles east of Gap, and had a wound in his jaw dressed. He said he had received in jury by falling from a freight train and striking a piece of iron. It is be lieved he was the man wounded by the watchman. Wounded Robber Arrested, Lancaster, Pa„ Feb. 10.—One of the supposed robbers whose wound was dressed at Atglen, was subsequently arrested at Parkesburg. He 'was brought to Lancaster Saturday after noon. He has a bad wound in the face. Death Under Peculiar Circumstances. Pullman, Wash., Feb. 10.—John Herbert Prentice, 21 years old, was shot and killed at the home of his father, two miles west of town Fri day morning under most peculiar circumstances. A coroner's jury re turned a verdict of death from a gunshot wound inflicted by his own hands, but does not say whether it was suicide or accidental. .' .'01d Fire Chief Dead. Cleveland, O., Feb. 10.—James' W. Dickinson, former chief of the Cleve land fire department, died Saturday, after along illness. Mr. Dickinson was one of the oldest and best known fire nected with the Cleveland department for nearly half a century and served as its chief for more than 20 years. He retired a year ago, owing to ill health. 7" ,* brought by Frank G. Harris, state fighters in tfie country. He was con- treasurer-elect, against P. Gray Rusktn's Memory Honored. London, Feb. 10.—A bronze medal lion memorial of the late John Busk in was unveiled at noon, in West minister Abbey, by Mrs. Arthur Severn, Buskin's cousin, in the pres enco of a distinguished gathering. The memorial is in the Poets' corner, above the Sir Walter Scott memorial and beside the Oliver Goldsmith medallion. gnpwstorms and Fo(f In England. London, Feb. 10.—Snowstorms and fogs envelope practically the entire {Jilted Kingdom. The weather is the 8M»t severe kpown in go years. They Come High, But— Mrs. Makeshift—Well, I've found opt how to make up my new dress at last. Mr. M.—Then why don't you get tlie stuff? Mrs. M.—No money left. It took all had to buy fashion magazines.—N. Y. Weekly. Home Isn't What It Used to Be, "Say, Bill, yer mopin' like a sick dog. Wot's eatin' yu?" "Me woman's dead." "Wei, yu didn't do nothln' but cuss an' abuse her when she was alive." '-*iPat'} de trubbie—ain't nobody to Cttis and 'btijse nou\!'-~Judg,e, C'-JJ&e .. "'I* t'"4' ,'fS"1 7*" f-V^ra. Ml? AGREE ON OLD SCALE. Miners and Operators In Conference *t Indianapolis Settle Wage Queatlon. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 10.—The joint conference of the miners and operators ratified the old agreement at 9:30 Saturday morning without a dissenting voice. The report of the joint committee on the scale was brief, stating merely that the com mittee decided unanimously on the old scale. The conference adjourned finally at noon. The results of the confer ence stated briefly are as follows was: Tbe old scale was signed for another year the admission of Iowa and Michigan to the next Joint conference was denied be cause of the opposition, of the operators from Illinois and Ohio a resolution pro viding for an equality of conditions of min ing throughout the competitive field was adopted, and IndlanapoHs was selected as tbe place for holding both the convention of the miners and the Joint conference of the miners and operators next year. BIG FIRE AT WAPELLA Conflagration Wipes Ont the Busi ness Section—Aid from Other Towns Secured In Flshtlng Fire. Bloomington, 111., Feb. 10.—Wapella, 20 miles south of here, suffered severe loss by fire Saturday. The fire de- MAROONED. nut/•* Central tracks, and the flames then spread eastward, fanned by a high wind. The business district was al most totally consumed together with many dwellings adjacent. The town is without adequate fire protection. The loss is variously estimated at from $200,000 to $300,000. The details are meager, owing to destruction of wires. DISASTROUS FIRE. Biff Car Works at Horton, Kan,, De stroyed—Loss f250,000—Two Men Dead. Horton, Kan., Feb. 10.—Fire in the car works of the Rock Island railroad Friday afternoon caused the death of two persons and the destruction of a quarter of a million dollars' worth of property. The dead are P. H. McKeon, president of the board of education, and W. H. Davis, the oldest employe of the car works. McKeon lost his life in trying to save Davis. It was thought that all the 300 em ployes had gotten out of the burning building safely when the absence of Davis, a prominent member of the working force, was noticed. McKeon, a spectator, remembered in what part of the building he had last seen Davis, and, against the advice of his friends, made a futile effort to rescue the work man. McKeon ran into the building through the smoke and flames, but in a few moments regained the open air without Davis. McKeon's heroic ef fort cost him his life, as he died from the effects of inhaling smoke. Hot Guilty But Pays Cost*. Clearfield, Pa., Feb. 10. "Not guilty but pay the costs," is the find ing of the jury in the libel case Meek, editor of the Bellefonte Demo, cratic Watchman. The charge made by Mr. Harris against Mr. Meek was criminal libel. Schley Back In Washington, Washington, Feb. 10.—Hear Admiral and Mrs. Schley arrived in Washing ton Saturday morning from their western and southern trip, and went at once •.to their apartments in the Bichmond. The Severe cold from which the admiral has been suffering has greatly improve^. Policeman Suicides, New York, Feb. 10.—Bartholomew P. Clune, a New York city policeman, committed suicide Saturday by shoot ing, rather than answer charges which had been preferred agalpst him. It was alleged against him that on the night of February 3 he went into {i cigar storp and without provocation abused a number ol young men in the store. Clune had been a policeman only a few months. Railway Accidents in Russia. Washington, Feb. 10.—The state de partment has received a report from Consul Central Holloway at St. Pe tersburg on the unusual topic, "Bail road Accidents in Bussla." Be says a recent report of the minister of ways of communication shows that in ^Y, 1899 there were 4,447 accidents, or an av-. erage of a little more than one per diem. Altogether i,£2C persons were CMekena live per lb MUed and 6,088 Injured. -r,^» ^WJ Disease May Take Sudden Turn for Worse Within Next Six Days. PRESIDENT CANCELS CHARLESTON TRIP Will Hold Himaelf In Readiness to Start for Groton, Ma**., at a Mo ment's Notice on a Special Train —Mrs. Roosevelt Now at Her Boy's Bedside. Washington, Feb 10.—The follow ing statement was issued at the white house at noon Saturday: "The condition of the president's son Is favorable. The doctors say that the presi dent should not go to Charleston, as at any time within six days the disease may take a sudden turn for the worse. The president also Is asked not to go to Groton, as his visit might excite the boy, who Is not In immediate d-anger." Owing to the request of the doctors the president has abandoned his trip to Charleston. Special Train Ready. I Should a turn for the worse occur, the president is prepared'to leave at a moment's notice, on a special train. TeleRram from Groton. Washington, Feb. 10. President Roosevelt received a telegram Satur day morning from the physician at the At Her Boy's Itednlde Charleston, S. C., Feb. 10.—The greatest disappointment is felt in all! circles here at the abandonment oi the president's trip to Charleston.! Arrangements had been made for a^ JUST WHAT SHIS DID. 1 "Do you know thflt Tom kissed me last night?" "Well, I declare! I hope you eat on him for it?" "Oh, I did most assuredly."—Cincin nati Enquirer. His Belief. "Colonel," said the beautiful grass widow, "do you believe in platonic love?" "I believe in it all right," lie an swered, slipping out past the'end of the piano, "but my belief has got me into trouble so often that I'm not will ing to stake much on it."—Chicago Rec /%»•/I.He CRESCO T (Corrected twice a week.) Wheat 00@62 Barley 45@5i Oats 36@37 Shelled Corn 65@ Timothy seed per cwt I5.60@ Flaxseed Ii20@1.55 Clover seed per cwt 5.00@8.00 Live hogs 6.00@5.60 Beef on foot Steers 'Zi@ Creamery butter tb. 23@ Cream per quart 25@ Milk per cwt ..82® Eggs per doz 18 Potatoes 00 Onions 1.26 Beans 2.00 jTurke/i lira par lb iiWdKW ,»'l,rl''W*S)i'" M' Witt REQUIRE AMENDMENT. Not Likely That This Government Can Accept Condition* Outlined by Colombian Insurgent*. Washington, Feb. 10.—The letter submitted by Gen. Horrera, command ing the Colombian insurgents, to the foreign consuls at Colon Friday for submission to their governments has not yet reached the state department. From the press accounts of its scope it is perceived here that the conditions sought to be imposed are likely to be unacceptable without considerable amendment. Jf there is to be a neu tral zone across the isthmus on the line of the Panama railway, which is probably unobjectionable, it is prob able that it will be required that Ihe zone include the two terminals, Colon and Panama, and consequently these points should not be exposed to hos tile attack or be made the scene of warfare." Being also under treaty ob ligations to protect the line of com munication across the isthmus and maintain free traffic, it is improbable that the United States government w511 feel obl'ged Rnce Groton school informing him that the dies and was shot during the battle condition of his on, Theodore, Jr., was unchanged since Fridaj' night, y, I Breakfasted at Boston. Boston, Feb. 10.—Mrs. Roosevelt, wife of the president, reached this city at seven o'clock Saturday morn- n^y be a week or more before she ing bound for Groton, Mass., where her son, Theodore, Jr., is ill of pneu- pital to the Pittsburg jail. monia. She breakfasted at an up-town Her husband, ex-Warden Soffel, has hotel and at eight o'clock was on retained counsel for her defense, but board the train at the Northern Union says he does not want to see her or station which was to take her to Ayer, have any communication with hesr in the nearest railway station to Groton. the future. Mrs. Roosevelt at Groton. Groton, Mass., Feb. 10.—Mrs. Roose- At the school Mrs. Roosevelt vas re- .ci+ty' received by President Peabody and a few moment's later was at her boy's bedside. Subsequently an attempt was made to obtain from Mrs. Roose velt a statement, for publication re garding the illness of young Theo dore, but through President Peabody she declined to depart from the course approved by President Roose velt. According to this plan, all nec essary information concerning the lad's condition will be transmitted to President Roosevelt, who will deter mine, what news shall be given to the public. Great Disappointment at Charleston. to accept the assist- any "ther nation in carrying out that undertaking. MRS. SOFFEL'S CONDITION. Recovery from Wounds But Suffer ing from Mental Distress—Hus. band Retains Counsel for Her. Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 10.—Mrs. Soffel, who aided in the escape of the Bid- which resulted in their recapture and death, shows considerable im provement in her condition Saturday. She is suffering more from mental distress than from the wound and it can be removed from the Butler hos- Mrs. Soffel is receiving letters from a11 over velt and maid reached here juet after .contain tracts and advice of a re ten o'clock Saturday. ligious nature. When she opens a Rev. Sherrard Billings, assistant to. letter and discovers that it is one President Peabody, of the Groton this character, she turns it over school, was waiting with a carriage to some of the nurses without read when the train arrived. Quite a crowd ing. had gathered at Ayer, the nearest sta tion to Groton, to see Mrs. Roosevelt, as it had been known that she would reach there by the early train, but there was no demonstration of any sort as the lady passed to the car riage. The drive of three miles to the school took about an hour, as the roads were hilly and rough from freez ing. the country. Most of them Many letters are also from attor neys, proffering their services free in her defense. Held for Trial. Milwaukee, Feb. 10. Preliminary hearing of Leroy W. Secor, who was arrested and brought here from Den ver several weeks ago, charged with embezzlement of $18,000 from the Goodrich Transportation company in Wf £nished in tb" district court. Secor was held for trial in the municipal court, bail being fixed at $5,000. Ice Blocks Navigation. Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 10.—Navigation on the Upper Ohio river was entirely suspended Saturday on account of the heavy ice reported at Cattlesburg and Portsmouth. Here the ice was abun dant but light, but no boats could hope to pass the heavy quantities now com ing down the river. Steamers foj points below left as usual. THE MARKETS. splendid reception and everybody July sold at 6H4@62c. was looking to the occasion as the OATS—Averaged easier May sold at great day of the exposition. Everv-! 42%@43c. tliincr will Tinvo I. POTATOES—Market quiet and steady thmB will have to be called off as, Rurals, good to choice, 77@80c common, the president was the central figure 72@74c red stock, 70@74c Burbanks, 71@ of the programme and the only fea-i 76c- 1 ture practically of the occasion, the celebration of Lincoln day, was in-! cidental to the presence of President Roosevelt. The exposition directors will meet Saturday evening to con sider the situation. Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, Feb. 8. WHEAT—Lower early, but had %c rally. May sold at 77%®78c July sold at 7 78ttc. CORN—Weak. May sold at 61%862c EGGS-Very firm. City recandled, fresh eggs, new cases included, at mark, cases Included, 25%c loes oft, cases returned, 22@24%c. BUTTER—Market llrmer. Creameries, 17@25%c per pound dairies, 16%@23c. LIVE POULTRY—Market weaker. Tur keys, S@llc chickens, !%tfi)14V&c ducks, 9%@10V4c g«ese, $4.00@7.00. New York, Feb. 8. PLOUR—Dull and barely steady. WHEAT—Opened easier with corn, but rallied on a demand from shorts and was steady all the forenoon. May, 83&@ 73 7-16c July, 83V6@83%c. RYE—Dull state, 64®fi5c c. 1. f. New York car lots No. 2 western, 67%c f. o. b. afloat. CORN—Dull and weaker. May, 66MQ 66 13-16c July, 66@66ftc. OATS—-Inactive and lower with corn. Track white, C0@66c. BUTTER^—Strong. State dairy, 16@2Bc state creamery, 20@26c Junecreamery.il 28c renovated, 16@21c factory, H@18c, CHEESE—Firm. State, full cream, small early made, fancy colored, UH® 1114c state, full cream, small early made, fancy white, UV4®ll^o large, early made, °®J^pea' 10%c large, early made, white, ®*ate anJ Pennsylvania, M@26e western, at mark, 28c southern, at mark, 27%c. Live Stock. Chicago, Feb. 8. CATTLE—Prime beeves, tf.00@fl.40 good to choice beeves, $6.4906.90 fair to good export shipping steers, JS.65©6.30 common to rough, $4.00@4.70 good to fiancy feeders, |3.90@5.00 plain to fancy stockers, $2.20Q 3.80 buls, plain to fancy, J2.26@4.«o corn fed western steers, 84.65®6.90 fed Texas steers, $4.35®6.00 Texas cows, bulls and grass steers, !2.G0@4.30. HOGS—Choice to fancy strong-weight shipping, $6.30@6.46 common to choice heavy packing, $5.7&@«.30 plain to choice heavy mixed, $6.86@6.30 selected butcher weights, »6.1&08.4O assorted light, $5.8 6.15 common to fancy light mixed, $6.75g 6.06. South Omaha, Feb. 8. CATTLE—Market quotably steady. Na tive steers, $4.0006.60 cows and heifers, $8.0006.00 western steers, $3.80@6.80 Texas steers, $3.6004.60 earners, $L7B®2.75 stock era and feeders, $2.7504.60 calves, $3,000 6.50 bule, stags, etc., $2.2504.60. HOGS—Market 6o lower. Heavy, $6,100 (.80 mixed, $6.0006.10 light, $6.7006.05 p!g% H6O06.6O bulk of salest $5.9006.10. SHEEP—Miarket steady. Fed muttons, $..5006.60 westerns, $3.7504.50 ewes, $3.50® 4.60 common and stockers, $304,40 lambs, $306.26. Shuttleworth Drug Co., will refund you your money if you are not satis fled after using Chamberlain's Stom ach and Liver Tablets. They cure dis orders of the stomach, biliousness, constipation and headache. Price, 26 cents. Samples free. Wood for Sale.' Hard or soft cord leDgth or fitted for the stove delivered anywhere in town. 40W4. DAKi. W«MKM, r,,f +m I I BOBS UP AGAIN Question as to Numberof Verb Which Goes with United States. -iis Ilonse Committee the T^ast to Run tLTp Aealnst tlie PuiRBllng Question, But lounge Force* the Adop tion of Singular Form, The question was practically set tied, however, as far as the commit tee was concerned, by the discovery of a pamphlet written by former Secretary of State John W. Foster, with the title "Are or Is?" In this pamphlet Mr. Foster traced the"" course of the changing use of the words and quoted from Hamilton, Webster, Benton, Motley, C. F. Ad ams, Jefferson, Marcy, Seward, Fish, Evarts, Blaine, Frelinghuysen, Bay ard, Gresham and Olney, who used it in the singular. American Sculptor Glad to Get Back' -rT to the United States—To Take a Rest. & 'i!5» The house committee on the revi-f sion of laws, in the course of some tinkering with the statutes, ran up against the time-worn proposition whether a singular or plural verb goes with the United States. There was much discussion among the Accordingly the librarian of con gress, the supreme court officials, and others were asked to throw light on the matter. The result showed that while the constitution and nearly all the laws, documents and messages in the early days of the republic used the plural verb, the tendency had been steadily toward the singular form, while for the last 15 or 20 years the latter had obtained almost ex clusively. V- 1 members, and the worshipers of the1 constitution, quoting from that in strument, had much the best of the argument, when it was suggested that the committee consult any au thority on the subject that could be„. found. In the earlier message President Jackson used the singular form, and!^®feikf| in later years Lincoln, and since the vi civil war particularly, Grant, Cleve a a is a in exclusively. Mr. Foster also quoted from the decisions of the superior court, those of recent years invariably using the singular in connection with the United States. In no class of documents is greater attention paid to the language em ployed than in drafting treaties, and up to 1800 the plural form was used. Since then, however, the singular form has been adopted, and Mr. Fos-"^ ter pointed to the fur seal treaty of 1892, the arbitration treaty of 1897,,:' and, lastly, the Hay-Pauncefote canal. treaty, as conspicuous examples of the usage. After reading the arguments and authorities of Mr. Foster the com-', mittee has decided that, legally at least, the United States "is." rr MACM0NNIES WAS HOMESICK.- Frederick MacMonnies, the Ameri-f,5* can sculptor who has been working in 'f France for 17 years, and who has just arrived at New York, announcesj^j&3g|| that it is his intention of mak-^SSlT ing that city his home in the5' future. In an interview he said: "I got tired of living abroa,d. I was homesick and I decided to come back.,! I am glad to get here and expect 1o remain here permanently. When I first went abroad I used to come home every year, but it is seven years since I was here last." "Is it true that you intend to devote yourself entirely to painting?" lie was asked. "No I'm going to take a rest for a year. I think it is a good thing for one who has been working a+ one thing steadily for a lung time to stop and get a new point of view. It gives one an opportunity to look at the work of others and his own work from the outside. Of course I shall not stop working. A ilian can't stop that way. A few of my friends have asked me to paint portraits for them, and I shall do them." "It has been reported that you are to exhibit some pictures at the Royal academy and in the salon." "I don't know how that became known. 1 thought 1 had only told that to myself. I only selected them for the framer the day before I left. To the Royal academy I shall send the por trait of Mr. Roundebush, and- that of Miss May Palmer. At the Salon I will exhibit the portrait of the Abbe and one of countess of Trobriand. I shall also have at the Salon the statue of Gen. Slocum." Divorce Ends Romance, A decree of absolute divorce was granted in the supreme court the other day to Ida Cuthbert, a daughter of Capt. Nelson Bronson, U. S.-^., re tired, from Frederick R. Cuthbert, a basso. The couple eloped to Albany seven years ago, when she was only 15 years" old. The old captain discov ered the whereabouts of his little-girl and took Ida away from her young husband and brought her home. A lit tle boy was born to her, Roland Jerome Cuthbert, now six years old. He has never seen his father, but has lived with his grandfather aU his life. Mr. and Mrs. Cuthbert never lived together, except for their seven days' honey moon at Albany. Ida's mother is de scended from a North American Indian chief. rSr •r* 3- 35 :vW -4* 1 1%v V-S, Sis- Marrying Into Society. I Dr. Nichols' list shows in several places that if one can't buy his way into the "real smart set," says the Chi cago Record-Herald, lje may still mar ry into it. OT ConrMo Not. "Did you scream when he kissed you?" asked a Court street giirl of a Harrison uvenue chum, after the for mer had been relating a little episode with her best youngman. "Well, I guess not," was the reply "papa was in the next room."—Kanka* I kee Times. 5 The Haughty Old Mme. There once was a haughty old Mme., Whose wicked son drank till he hme. He sucked in Champagne, Then went out In the ragne, And fell on the sllpp'ry macme, -alUetre Tribttiti xi, v«£ vT^ '3 4 V' »v if •ShT- 'istld