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WHEAT IP A TRIFLE WEEK DULL BIT STEADY, WITH A SMALL XET GAI-M SCORED TRADERS LACK CONFIDENCE Doth Bulla ani Beaa-a Afraid to | Korcc the Situation Effect on : the Market ut the Irgenl in :-. In- j dian and AuMtrallan ( rop« The I s<*-»«-r«* Weatket aud Daaagt to Winter Wheat a Factor. The wheat market has been a fluctuating ' •nt during the rast week, but within only ! alight ranges, and the net results are in the direction of an advane-e as the outcome of the work of the six days ending Saturday. The following are the closing quotations fcr tin- May option for the weeks ending Feb. t and Feb. ll respectively, in the markets named: Feb. 11. Feb. 4. Minneapolis Tl 1 * 70 : 8 Chicago 7:f«s 72 1 .;, Iniluth 72* 71 1 g St Levis 76% Tsts New V :k 77' 4 76- 1 a Tlus; figures show gains of l^c in Minne apolis. I.i in Chicago, l*s.c in Puluth, lUe in St. Louis, and r ..c Is New York. The opening Monday was firm, but there • fly signs of weakness because of the j sluggishness of bull trading, and bearish news generally. There was an increase re ported in tbe world's shipments as compared with the week previous. * The receipts at prim;ir> points were not up to expectations, however, and this fact contributed something of strength by way of ofTset to news that the shipments fr -: Argentine to Liverpool had been heavier than during the week previous, i The announcement was also made that Russia ] aid India were holding back the : r stocks, and that Europe was looking almost wholly to Argentine and the i'nited States for future supplies. It has been apparent for the past ■two or three weeks that Russ ; a will soon have to cease exports lf the stories concern ing famine in that empire are to be accented as reliable. The Indian surplus is not large, I and ha« not ul much of a figure at any time. The most uncertainty has existed ln connection with Argentina: and It is clear that shipments thene- are being made In much j larger volume than was earlier anticipated. ' No reliable figures are yet attainable as to j the probable surplus, but stocks are evidently I being rushed to the European markets as fast as the wheat can be threshfd and vessels in ' which to carry it can be found. A record of 840.<HX' bu for the week before last was re corded, which closely approaches the volume of clearances from the United States. The seme absence of the buying spirit no ticeable In M nday's market reappeared Tues day. The opening was moderately strong, but weakness predominated. On Wednesday lower cab'.es were received at the opening, j and later a moderate break in the share i market of -he New York stock exchange j setmed to reflect its influence upon wheat i trading. T'.iis developed a hesitating spirit. : as though o^erstors oo both sides preferred j to await developments. The prevalence of i extremely cold weather not only In the | Northwest, but extending *-ith unusual vigor ! as far to the Southwest as Oklahoma, and ! to the Southeast, with damaging results, to ! Florida, caused t feeling of uncertainty a3 '; to the possible effect upon winter wheat. ! The Cincinnati Price Current, in its week- j ly issue, gave s.me encouragement to this ' theory: but. after all, this is only speculative, i inasmuch as the conditions cannot possibly be introduced, much lesis realized, until the thawing out process begins. It is at that period the damage to the plant, if any exists, makes itself apparent, and if the thaw is not broken too severely by freezing weather, the ; roots wll] be exp< .«d to little or no danger | of harm. But whatever of bull nature was j thought to exist in connection with this scare I was offset by the marked decline in the ex port demand, which New York wired was | practically at a standstill. In these circum- I stances the bul! trading ceased; but there I was no disposition manifested by the bears to take up the cudgel and attempt to hammer • This -r.es one of the main argu- j ments of the week as to the strength of the undertone. Friday showed a falling at in j - but tnis waa doubtless due to the ! continued coid weather. The market was | disposed to gc up on this fact: but Liverpool I cables showed a decline, influenced doubtless j by the lncres.se cf the Argentina shipments, j Saturday's reports gave the estimate of 20.- > 000 000 bush. .s. as Australia's surplus, but I these figures have been di.-counted, as the i figures do not vary mue-lt ene way or the other from those hitherto sent forward, j There were, bowever, stronger cables from ! Liven 01. and the market of the week closed fairly steady at quotations. The outlook for wheat is more than ordinari ly uncertain at this season of the year. The great crop of isit*. in this country, has not been marketed with much freedom. Heavy St --its must be resting somewhere in re serve, ar.d these will probahly be found In ! the private warehouses and smaller elevators, j When once the Argentine and Indian and ' Australian surplus can be computed with \ reasonable reliability, the future price of ; wheat can be mere easily figured upon. ! The strength which wheat has reflected thus ' far. pending the uncertainty in connection ! with the quantities named, affords a fair in- j die-ation that in due time, say between now I and the expiration of tlie May option, a mod erate advance may be reasonably counted j upon. Prices today in view of all the facts. to be lower than might Justly be ex- ! pec-ted. But the midwinter harvests in the ' countries ment:c-nec are always a barrier to : anything in the nature of a substantial and prolonged upward movement at this sea son of the year. Speaking of the market with respect to Its ! government by receipts the Northwestern Killer, in its latest issue, says: 'The advance and succeeding decline in '' wheat appear to have had little effect upon I the :..iniers of ihe Northwest: they are ap parently as firmly set as ever upon holding for higher prices. For this reason country '■ I are very light-" • » • SOUTH ST. PATH, LIVE STOCK. The severe weather of the past week has tad a depressing effect upon the live stock market in the matter of receipts. T.ie lew ; temperature prevailing over the Northwest i discouraged shipments; and some of those ' who were foolhardy enough to subject their j Btock to the cruelty of transportation un der BUch conditions paid the penalty in losses of animals en route. The receipts at South St. Paul during the week ending Feb. 11 were: Cattle, 1,6*5, calves. .".47; hogs. 6,499; sheep. 12,')73. The previous week the receipts wore: Cattli, | tfitt; calves. Sfis; ho^s. 7.612; sheep. 17,6*,2. i These figures show a decrease in .uttie of I 178; jives. 118; hogs. 1,-.>;3: she-ep, 4.707. The kllllnps by Swift & Co. last week ' were: Cattle. 595: calves. 13; sheer. l,"-4<: I hogs. t:,458. The killings the week previous ' were: Cattle. 604; calves. 16: slieep, 4y:j; I hogs, 6.900. These figures show a decrease ln cattle of 9: calves. :l; hogs. 442. "did an increase in sheep of 1.055 There was very little in the shape of really gcod butcher fering -not nearly enough to meet the demand. In fact, one commission man freely Bays that litis mar ket couid readily tn k.- .nre of four 'itnes the numbers which are moved in this direc tion, General nrices for the quality otter ing were somewhat lower than -luring the previous week, but this was due wholly to the thinness and degene . I tion of the stock. There was only a Hk'u demand for stock era and feeders owing to the severely low temperature and the absence of purchasers, but there was nothing on the other baud coming forward that was lv the slightest The Great Poet N. P. WILUS said of BROWN'S?;^' "My commnnicat:on with the worid U very mvi h enlarged by THB LOZENGE; that tn-üble in my throat (for which the' •Troches' are a specific) having made me often a mere whis|ierer."'— N. P. \VI LLIS. degree attractive except a few lots which were promptly seized at the highest prices of the week previous. There was absolutely no sale for common stuff, aad commission men were compelled to offer down far be low any figure that would pay for shipment In order to get the creatures out of the pens. There are prospects of a much more lively market when the weather conditions improve. It is believed that, owing to the I abundance of feed to the southward, but i tributary to St. Paul, this market will be I i industriously explored during the coming two or three months for anything that can be I fed into a condition of fair profit. The cau ! tion is given that common milkers or com ; mon backward springers arc not in demand, and such contributions must inevitably be I disposed of as canners. The following are some quotations ln the j cattle lines: Gocd to choice beef steers, $4.5(35: fair i to good, $ 1<514. f»0; good to choice cows and | heifers, JP.SQO4; fair to good, J3@3.50; half ! fat, warmed-up she stuff, $2.5tX0"2.50; can ners. J1.50ff2.50: fat bulls, $3®3.50: bologna bulls, J2.50@3; good to choice steer calves. $494.50; heifer calves. J3@3.50: stock heifer 3. $2.9093-40; good to choice stockers and feel ers. $-'1.75@4.15: fair to good, $3.40€"3.75; tail ends and off-colored stuff, 12.50®3.25, ac cording to their shape and the number of farmers on the market: fat oxen, $0 fi 3 . 50 : gcod milkers and springers, $2f>@4o. If not fresh and all right these must sell as can ners. The supply of hogs was comparatively light and the demands of the packers are far from being met. There is a cal! for heavier rep resentatives ln this line, of which few are offering. The Chicago market has suffered • some-v. hat ln the general supply of hogs dur ing the prolonged cold spell, and it ls expected that when the weather moderates the rush there will be so considerable as to precipitate lower prices. Quotations are made at $3.65 for light mixed to $3.70 for fair quality. There is a little more activity in sheep, ar.d prices are somewhat improved. Good mut : tons are quoted at $3.75(54: lambs, $4.50@4.75: I stock ewes. $3£3.50; stock lambs. $3.75@4.40. j Good mutton s'neep appear to advance just at this season more quickly than lambs, and meet with a readier sale. * * ' . CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. The ret-ei-pts at Chicago during last week were: Cattle. 36,000 against 43.524. being a decrease of 5.524. Receipts last year, corre spoicing week, were 50.795. These figures reveal a decrease this year, the seme week, of 13,-X"). Ut ceipts of hogs last week were 166 000, against 175.337 the week previous, being a de crease of 9,337. The same week last year the number received was 186,054. showing a ds crease last week of approximately 20,000. T.-.e sheep receipts were 7< | ,000 against 68, --592 the week previous, or an increase of 1,403. The same week last year the number was 67,952. These figures show a gain of about 2.000 last week of this year over that of 1898. * * * VISIBLE SUPPLY OF SIHEEP. The visible supply of sheep is quite large. and ln all probability the receipts for the next few months will exceed those of a i corresponding period last year, as they did j in the month of January. Those who are : feeding are losing heavily, but some are de termined to h:>ld on as long as possible. Lop- I ing that the tide will turn in their favor. The hardening of values of good sheep under i heavy receipts has given them some en couragement, but there will have to be a big advance before there will be any entries on the credit side of the ledger for those who I tcok long chances In buying high-priced feed- j ers. There is good money in raising sheep and selling them at present prices, but noth ing for the man who paid $4.25 for feeders and is selling at $4.— Drovers' Journal. » * « ADVANCE IN SHEEP PRICES. Since a month ago there has been an ad- j vance of 25@35e in gcod fheep, while lambs I have shown no improvement whatever. This fas quite an unusual condition of the trade at this season of the year, when desirable lambs generally meet with a strong demand and sell a dollar per hundred higher than sheep. A year ago the best lambs were selling at $5.65 and best sheep at $4.65. One reason advanc- | ed for the dull, sleepy condition of the i lamb trade is that receipts cf this class of ! stock have betn unusually heavy. At the j present time choice heavy sheep are selling almost as high as medium lambs, but deal ers do.net expect this state of the market to last long.— Drovers' Journal. • * » GRASS ON TEXAS RANCHES. Many of the big ranches in Texas are I showing considerable improvement in the | production of grass since they have ceased to be overstocked. A traveler who has re cently visited many sections of the state says that there has been quite a noticeable change in the growth of grass since the sup ply of sheep and cattle has been reduced so as to give the ranges a much needed rest. The feedlot plan of fattening cattle has also given much relief to the ranges.— Drovers' Journal. • • • SOUTH ST. PAUL HORSE MARKET. George W. Wentworth & Co.. of the South St. Paul Horse exchange, report as follows: The horse market the past week hasn't been I as good as It might be, principally on ac count of the extreme cold weather. The re- ' ceipts have been rather good and of fine ' quality. We have several horses sold to be shipped as soon as the weather moderates, and look for a fair trade the coming week! as we have a large supply on hand, consist ing of all kinds. • • * DEMAND FOR GOOD HORSES. With the increased demand for really good horses, both for domestic and export use. we begin to realize how scarce is good breeding ] stock with which to renew the supply. Good ' breeding mares are not common, and good j pure bred sires, of the kind that will produce j colts that will meet the more exacting de- ! mands of the future, are at least equally ! scarce. It is common to say. and it is true, i that not much breeding was done last year! | in spite of the recognized necessity for it! j Probably, however, as much was done as i should have been done with the stock at our ! command. There was a notable scarcity cf ! good sires making the season, but all our re- i ports are to the effect that where good horses were kept they had about all the business to ; do that they should have had. Wnile the ! number of stallions kept for service last year ' was small those that did make the breeding ' season got their full quota of mares and in some instances rather more than is usually regarded as advisable.— lowa Homestead » * • • FACTS FOR HORSE BREEDERS. In view of the pass =g, of the army bill and the imminent demand by the govern meat tor mere horses for military purposes I a look at the equine situation wiil be found valuable as well as interesting. The fact is ' the government has deemed the situation ' worthy of special consideration, and has late- ' - c on le v tcd a<l ft? »****-**-*« data touch ing on th_- torse trade of the world. These data have been communicated to congr^s bei ?efl- n r f Uy *n the >" W, l' •* P ub ''^ed" fof the ; -i-'u . of Am^"can horse breeders. ! tinn \Z CI ?L co " n ' i bution s to this informa- ! tioa show that the Europ an atmies feel an al.no«t constant need for serviceable hor4s '■ Apparently the keenest need is felt by Ri!s- ; sta. which, tor want of fit stock Is ob"red ' io mount its enormous cavalry upon ridicu- I lousy. p,, or horse* Italy, too. badly ne ds ■ __t fen 1 ? S «* ra , iSes few hersel " f - "hilS ! Plj for tropical service in Argentina France and Germany seem to g t along pretty well I wui, nat ye anima's. the former paving be- ! tween »iS<. nnd $860 for each and the latter between Clv and $290. The Common ffit h ■•-■' TnTT^ is t0 hrd ">*** **a*ive hois**, so that in an emergency- the suddlv would meet the demand: but even ia these circumstances the military SU pply in the best lavor d countries is none too large. wW?e the supply of horses for commercial purposes is altogether inadequate. Thus it is plain that both divisions of the European horse market, the military and the eommerctal, offer a big opportunity "to Amer ican breeders On th; one hand there is the need et we.l-bred, thick-set. shapely horses for cavalry, and on the other young, sound well-broken norses for traffic The export trade from this country began auspiciously during tht wort* a fair, a.td has continued briskly ever since. Already the eflect upon hnglish breeding has been paralyzing as the buik of the exported animals ha< gone to the markets of the "tight llttl- is!?."" "But before our foreign trade in horse* grows much larg er our breeders must study the various needs and try to meet them with a supply that combining all the desired qualities, cannot b - rejected. There are the markets; there the different k..n,ls of demands. Yankee horse rsifrs will THE ST. PAUL GLOBE MONDAY FEBRUARY 13, 1899. find a little 1 arning a profitable thing.—Bos ton Journal. • • • ST. PAUL PRODUCE. General business was exceptionally dull owing to the severity of weather conditions. Butter was firm; receipts were small. Tne ; bulk of the trade was amj ig retailers and for fancy stock only, but a lair deman-l wah experienced for mcdi >n tto--k. Naturally eggs were held stpudy In tho I absence of supplies of tresh stock with a marked advance toward the close of the week. Stocks generally are low and are not likely to be replenished until the temperat ure moderates. Cheese has been selliug well, and at Arm quotations. There is a good call for dressed poultry, i and at stiff prices, but a scarcity prevails. | There ls an excellent market offering for j both turkeys and chickens, e-spaeially fowls. WINTER MARKETS FOR POTATOES. The opening of Febiuary finds the situa tion in potatoes fairly satisfactory, all things j considered. Ree-ent inquiry instituted by I Orange Judd Farmer in the heavy potato ! sections of the Eastern. Middle and North western states brings out the fact that the 1 situation is generally normal for the- time of | year. Farmers still hold considerable stocks ; ln the aggregate, yet it does not appear I these are bure'ensome. Our replies point to | a relatively larger proportion cl rhe latent ! crop still held by farmers in New York and | Michigan than further west in Wisconsin, ; Minnesota, lowa. etc. As a whole potatoes I are keeping well. Relatively few have b?en frosted, nor Is there much complaint of rot : ting. A fair movement iB noted from Interior shipping points to the great consuming and i distributing centers. New England is well I supplied with Aroostook stock, also work ing to 6ome extent on potatoes from New 1 York and further West. New York city is j drawing its supplies largely from Maine, j New York, New Jersey aud Michigan. Chi- I cago and other Western cities are receiving | all they can handle from Michigan, Wisoon sin and the Northwest, ln some instances correspondents note that farmers are Inclined to hold for a further advance, but returns of this character are not general. The cur rent demand is fairly satisfactory for the time of year, but in many sections, notably in the Northwest, prices to farmers are so i low there is little profit at present. While i there is always the possibility of material advances in the late winter and earl} spring the business farmer does not lose sight of the fact of shrinkage through possible rot and freezing, etc.— Orange Judd Farmer. SUPERSTITIOUS FIGHTERS. Lucky Ring turner, Losers' Dress ing' Room and Palmistry. "There if a lucky corner in the Lenox Athletic club."" said Harry Harris. "It is in the southwest corner, and there is always a scramble to get it. I fought several fights , in it and always won. Jimmy De Forest, my manager r used to run down a half hour be fore and hold it down. Sharkey alwayß took ' it, and so did George Dixon. When Dixon ! fought Gardiner he tried to get it firs:, but I Gardiner got it and took it. O'Rourke [ asks him if he won't toss for it, and Dixon wins the toss. Corbett had it, too, and tossed i and lost when he fought Sharkey, and the j sailor won again when he went against Mc- I Coy. They've got a big room there which the ! losers always occupy. It's one of the best I rooms there, too. I took a little dirty room j instead of going into it once."— Exchange. During Kid McCoy's stay in Denver his ! hand was read by the famous Dr. Alexander ! J. Mclvor-Tyndall. According to the cele- I brated palmist, McCoy's great success will | come between the present and his thirtieth ! year. Dr. Mclvor-Tyndall is a most remark- I able man of striking personality. Although j young In years, he has attained fame through out this country and Europe in the investiga tion of subjects exemplified in telepathy, thought transference, thought reading, clair voyance, palmistry and kindred subjects. Ho is an English physician, the spn of an emi nent surgeon. JOE CAMPBELL'S JOSH. Talks ot Chilly Cleveland and the Palmy Days otf Comlskey. The small and frigid flocks that gave a. j frosty approval to the masterly efforts of ', Manager Tebeau and his tribe of artists dur- ; ing the past five years in Cleveland will prob- j ably be deprived of extending the finger tip ! reception to the Tebeau band this year. The I suppressed emotion style of reception is a • wet blanket to any public performer, be he a Thespian or a ball tosser, and with a genial ! "audience" to boost along the cause the Te beau Indians would have won many more games in Cleveland, perhaps enough to have ! given them at least one pennant. If the Te- I beauites are shifted to St. Louis they will be extended a touch of the hospitality that will recall the old Comiskey regime. — Wash ington Post. FAST AMATEUR RACE. L. ti. Johnson Won nt the St. An- Iho-ny Rink. One of the fastest amateur races ever skated in St. Paul was had yesterday aft ernoon at the St. Anthony rink. It was a two-mile event, and was won ln 5:20 by L. G. Johnson, of this city. The contestants were Johnsou. James Carl son and Nils Person, of this city: C. Wold, of Winnipeg, and A. Larson, of Milbank. Person had a bad fall, and was out of the race after that. Wold made several good I spurts and promised a lively race, but fell and was out of it. Larson seemed to have the race sure until the last lap, when John son and Carlson, who were brushing eaoh other close, went by him, the order at the" line being Johnson, Carlson, Larson. GERMAN PRESS ELATED. Maeh Expected From the Debate tn the Reichstag. BERLIN', Feb. 12. — The German newspapers today are unanimous in the opinion ■ that yesterday's discussion in the reichstag upon the interpellation \ of Count yon Kanitz, the Agrarian leader, regarding the commercial rela- i tions between the United States and ! Germany was an event of the highest j importance. All express the hope that | the explicit statements of the imperial j minister for foreign affairs, Herr yon I Buelow, will put an end to the "fabri- ! cation of anti-German rumors and news j in the American press." TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Feb. 12. -The thlr- I teenth annual convention of the independent j Order of B'rith Abraham opened today. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.— Representative ! women from all parts of the United States are gathering in Washington to attend the i meetings of the third triennial session of the ! national council of women and the mothers' ; congress, both of which will be held during j the coming week. FALL RIVER, Mass.. Feb. 12.— The textile ! council, today, concurred in a resolution to i ask the manufacturers for the restoration of ; old wage rates on march 6. WASHINGTON*. Fe/b. 12.— Snow has been falling in this vicinity for ths past thirty | hours acd the prospects, according to the j weather bureau, are for a continuance. YOUNG-TOWN. 0., Feb. 12.— 8y an ex- ! plosion at an iron furnace this afternoon, j Patrick Moore was instantly killed and five other eniDloves badly hurt. ALBANY. N. V., ' Feb. 12.— A fire at 6 i o'clock this morning destroyed business prop- I erty on South Pearl street valued at $230, --000. Mann & Anker, maktrs of women's ! garments, the Grand Union Tea Company. | Hallenbeck & Co.. milliners, and Mann _ Waldmann. wholesale women's suits, are the principal sufferers. WASHINGTON, Pa.. Feb. 12.— Washington and vicinity were again visited by a flre ear ly Sunday morning, and as a result nearly 550.0C0 worth of property has goae up in flames. MR. WILSON_FEELS IT. Defeated WaHhington Senator Man- IfentN Some I likxtlh. " Republics are ungrateful. and so are states," said United States Senator John D. Wilson, of Washington, yesterday at the Ryan. The senator was defeated for re-elec tion by Addison G. Foster, formerly of St Paul and is on his way frcm Spokane to Washington. D. C. "I saw which way It was going, acd gave my strength to Foster," he said, speaking of the senatorial contest "Now I am relegated to private life, and ahall set tle down. j BILLY THE KID. | * j A j LAKE CITY, Col., Feb. 3.— Of all the tough characters who infested the Southwest in the early days, none at tracted more attention or committed more desperate deeds, than "Billy the Kid." He was a youag, boyish-looking fellow, with a retreading .chin and a hocked nose — not of the- Roman order, but more like the beak Qf -a parrot. A stranger would never -pick? him out for a desperate man. but he was all that the name implies. For reX-kless dare deviltry, handiness with a gun and lira very almost supernatural, he never had an equal among tho many of his class who made things lively on the border in New and helped to fill the graveyards. Hundreds,. of times he looked death in the face with that steel blue, cold eye of his wh,ich did not seem to know how to flinch. When oc casion seemed to demand it he shot his enemy dead in his tracks and turn ed upon hi.s heel with a cool indiffer ence or fletl to one of his strongholds, ias occasion seemed to require. The shots that were fired at him by good marksmen were without number, but for years he appeared to have a charm ed life whioh no bullet, be it never so well aimed, could cut short. The chan ces which he took to escape punishment for his crimes are .almost incredible when related. No jail could hold him, nor could any number of guards keep him in their charge. He always found some way of escape, and in doing so usually left a trail of blood behind him. It is believed that in the course of his brief career not less than fifty persons fell victims to his unerring and deadly aim. His calculations of his chances for escape were always faultless. Ev i erything worked as he expected it ! would. Pursuit, though often hot and close, was always fruitless, until he was finally cornered and his life taken. Many persons drew a sigh of relief when they heard that he had at last met that end which is silre, sooner or later, to overtake men like him who take the law into their own hands and slay right and left as the mood takes them. The incident in the career of Billy the Kid which I am about to relate was given to me by Mr. W. H. Sam mons, of this city. Mr. Sammons' part ln the affair will appear in the narra tive. He said: A STORY THAT THRILLS. "In the spring of 1881 the commander of the government post at Fort Craig, New Mexico, received word from Fort Cummlngs, near Cook's Peak, that a gang of White Mountain Apaches were off of the reservation, and that the* were plundering and killing the set tlers by way of diversion; that they were supposed to have crossed the Rio Grande and to be making their way towards the Organ or San Andree mountains in New Mexico. A call for troops was made to go out and inter cept them. Dispatches were to be car ried to Fort Stanton; near the Pecos river, to this effect. Capt. Jack Craw ford, the 'poet scout,' was then ln the employ of the post as dispatch car rier. He was notified to. leave at day break with the word that would alarm and warn the settlers in the Pecos val ley and enable the officers at Fort Stanton to put cavalry in the field and drive the Indians back to the reserva tion west of the Rio Grande, beyond the Black Range mountains. I was stop ping at the post for a few days on a visit to Capt. Jack, having been an old friend and acquaintance of his years before in the Black Hills. I volunteer ed to accompany him upon his hard ard perilous mission. We left Fort Craig shortly after daybreak, carrying our saddles and blankets across the Rio Grande in a boat and swimming our animals, which consisted of two sad dle horses and a government pack mule, a very nimble-footed animal that was trained to follow, and "could be depend ed upon to be at our heels wherever camp was made. We were soon in our saddles after the river was crossed and made for the Tucson ranche, the only place where water vvas to be had for a distance of seventy-five miles, hav ing to cross what was known as the 'Dry Hornado,' a desert, sand and al kali waste, being about 125 miles long and from 60 to 80 miles wide. It lies Just east of the Rio Grande river. We arrived at the ranche about 9 o'clock that evening, very much fatigued from the hot and dusty ride. Remaining there until daybreak, we once more "hit the trail' for what is known as Ihe 'Dripping Springs,' where the last water was to be had until we reached some of the tributaries of the Pecos river to the east of the mountains which we must cross that day, and w-hich lay between the Pecos valley and the Rio Grande. SIESTA OF TWO HOURS. "We arrived at the. Springs about noon, having covered about thirty miles since daybreak. Capt. Jack advised taking a siesta of two' hours. Our course from Fort Craig had been ln a southeasterly direction to the Tucson Ranche. where we intercepted the old trail running from Fort Stanton to Sil ver City, our course to the Spring hav ing been about due east. After loosen ing our cinches and watering and fod dering our horses we partook of our | scanty dinner of hardtack and canned j horse and lay down to test. We had j finished our siesta and had started to get ready to renew our journey when I cast my eyes to the southeast and beheld what we supposed to be a band of Indians about a mile. away, coming towards us. 'Los Indos' was my only remark, as by a wave of the hand I called the attention of Capt. Jack to them. There was mighty quick work tightening our cinches and a hurried departure from the. spot. The Indians apparently did not see us until w-e were in the saddle, they then being about a half mile away, coming along on our trail. We put- spurs to the horses and started for the pass, "touching the ground only in high places,' as Capt. Jack afterwards expressed it. A se ries of loud demoniacal yells told us that we were discovered, and a few stray shots were heard as we rode rap idly away. The trail we were on was well worn and fairly good, so we soon j proved that 'distance lends enchant ment to the view.' After two hours' hard riding we passed the crest of the range and beheld the valley of the Pe cos in the distance. We saw nothing more of our pursuers. At the foot of the range we encountered the famous salt beds which extend several miles to the east and are about thirty miles leng. "As we descended into the valley Capt. Jack perceived a 'solitary horse man approaching' in the distance. As he drew near, we pjercpi^-ed that he was a beardless boy, riding a fine black gelding. Capt. Jack, turned to the right to pass him and' I took to the left as a measure of safety.. With a slight motion of the hand the rider signalled tbat I, too. must goto tlie right, and he appeared to 'a heap sa|)e' what our movement meant. I .obeyed his com mand. When we met, all three stop ped and Capt. Jack asWd him how far it was to Fort Stanton. The an swer came readily enough, and the stranger asked us how far it was to water. We informed him and told him that he had best turn: back, as the In dians were out. He replied, 'I am go ing to Grant county rand -will keep on if the whole d — d Apache tribe is in the way.' He then asked us for to bacco and Capt. Jack gave him a sup ply. After rolling a big cigarette and •lighting it. he demanded. 'Say, ain't you Capt. Jack Crawford, the scout?' 'I am.' was the reply. 'I thought so,' said the youth. Capt. Jack then said, 'Are you not Billy the Kid?* 'Yes,' he frankly answered. 'I thought you were in the Lincoln county jail,' said Capr. Jack, 'under a death sentence. ' 'I was,' replied the Kid. 'but I bade them adieu this morning:.' 'Well,' said Capt. Jack, 'I think you have not had a square deal from what I have heard. I am glad to have met you and I sympa thize with you.' 'I know I have been tough,' replied the Kid, 'but they have made out things against nre that I am not to blame for.' "BILLY THE KID." "All the time this conversation was going on I had said nothing, but from the moment he had signaled me to take the same side of the trail as Capt. Jack I was aware that he was B.lly the Kid, for I had seen him two years be fore at Las Vegas accompanied by Dave Rudabaugh and others of his famous band. I also assured him of my friendship. After requesting us to keep quiet about meeting him and to say nothing about his destination, we separated, little dreaming of the bloody tale regarding him which we were soon to hear. "About 6 o'clock we emerged from the salt beds, where we met a negro on horseback whom I recognized as one of Billy the Kid's band, having met him before at Rincon, where he was cook for John Kinney, the famous 'cattle rustler.' 'Say, boss.' he said as he approached, 'have you seen a yourg feller with a black hoss?' 'No,' replied Capt. Jack. 'Mighty strange,' said the negro, 'here's his tracks in the trail.' In the meantime I was nodding my head in the affirmative to the ne gro, but without Capt. Jack's knowl edge. 'Sure you ain't seen him?' asked the negro. 'We have not,' was the re ply of Capt. Jack. I again nodded my head in the affirmative, and a broad grin passed over the negro's face. Just then Capt. Jack turned and caught me nodding and giving the Ue to his as sertions. He was angry in a moment and started to express himself when I said, 'This man's name ls Wash. He is a friend of Billy's, who would be very glad to have him with him." This gave the negro the desired information and he then told us of the Kid's escape and how it was effected. "The Kid was in the Lincoln county jail ur.der a sentence of death for mur der. He was in charge of a sheriff by the name of Pat Garrett. Two guards, Ollinger and Bell, by name, were plac ed in immediate charge of the Kid dur ing the day time. Other men were on duty at night- They were enemies of the Kid and took great delight in taunt ing him with his approaching fate. All their victim would say was, 'I may outlive you ducks vet,' and he did sure enough. That morning Ollinger went across the street to get the Kid his breakfast, Bell being left to guard the jail. The Kid asked Bell to get a tag and wrap it around one of his shackles, as it was chafing his leg. Bell procured the desired article, and, stooping down, was ln the act of plac ing it around the shackle when the Kid reached over, took Bell's gun out of his hip pocket and in an instant shot him fatally, although he lived some hours and was able to relate how the affair occurred. The Kid then took the shackle key out of Bell's pocket and in an instant was free. Ollinger heard the shot and came running across the street. The Kid, however, met him at the door with a Winchester in his hands. With an oath he said, •Ollinger, you must go to meet your pard,' and at that shot him dead. Across the street there was a flne horse tied to a^post, all saddled and ready. It belonged to one of the county offi cers who said he was going into the country to see his girl, but many be lieved that he was a friend of the Kid and had placed the horse there for his use. Be that as it may, the Kid ran quickly across the street, untied the animal and mounted him, only to be thrown. However, he caught the end of the lariat and was in the saddle again IN AN INSTANT. "By this time a crowd began to gather, but the Kid stood them off with his Winchester and dashed out of town. He had the fleetest horse in the country and no pursuit was made. To tell the truth, the men who were will ing to pursue him were decidedly scarce. Just as he left the town he met a couple of Mexicans. To them he said, 'Tell Pat Garrett he'll have to put that hanging off. I thought I wculd outlive them ducks, but I am sorry I can't stay to their funerals.' 'The Kid made his way in safety to the Chisholm ranche in Grant county, where he found friends. Garrett, learn ing of his whereabouts, went to the ranche in the night and called on Chis holm, who denied knowing where the Kid was. There was no light in the room and while they were talking some one came in and asked Chisholm if he was there. Chisholm replied in the affirmative. Billy said he had come after some fresh meat, but in stinctively suspecting something wrong, he demanded, 'Who's there?' Garrett had recognized his voice and before Chisholm could reply he fired in the direction from whence it came, well knowing that the time had come to be killed or to kill the Kid. For tunately his aim was well taken. The desperado feli dead in his tracks with a bullet in his heart, but without a groan. Thus perished Billy the Kid, whose bloodstained career is still talk ed of in the Southwest. "The negro who informed us of the manner of the Kid's escape kept on in his pursuit while we went on to Fort Stanton. The next day a detachment of soldiers was sent out in pursuit of the Apaches. We accompanied them. On reaching the Dripping Springs we learned that the 'Indians' whom we had seen the day before, were a lot of Mescalaro Apaches in the employ of the government, and who were out after the renegade Apaches. They had fired off their guns and yelled only to have some fun with us. — "W. W. Williams." ANGLO-FRENCH ENTENTE. Tlie Two < <>mii rli_> Ar e Abont to Adjust Tneir Troubles. PARIS. Feb. 13.— This morning's pa pers assert that the negotiations which have been in progress between the French and British governments re garding the Bahr-el-Ghazal basin, west of the White Nile, are on the eve of satisfactory settlement. Great Britain has admitted the legality of the French claim to a commercial out let on the Nile, and negotiations are now proceeding for the delimiation of boundaries. Dr. Bnll'n (nngli Syrnp cnrei whooping cough. This wonderful remedy will save the children from many a distressing coughing spell and soon effect a cure. It Will Surprise You-Try It. In order to prove the great merit of Ely's Cream Balm, the most effective cure for Catarrh and Cold in Head, we have prepared a generous trial size for 10 cents. Get it of your drug gist or send 10 cents to ELY BROS., 56 Warren it., N. Y. City. Ely's Cream Bslm has completely cured me of catarrh when everything else failed.— Alfred W. Stevens, Cald well, Ohio. After using Ely's Cream Balm six week* I believe myself cured of ca tarrh. Joseph Stewart, Grand Ay., Buffalo, N. Y. Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowl edged cure for catarrh and contains no cocaine, mercury nor any injurious drug. Price, 50 cents. At druggists or by mail. ONE NIGHT TREATMENT FOR SORE HANDS Bathe and soak the hands, on retiring, in a strong, hot, creamy lather of Cuticura Soap. Dry, and anoint freely with Cuticura Ointment, the great skin cure and purest of emollients. Wear, during the night, old, loose, kid gloves, with the finger ends cut off and holes cut in the palms. For red, rough , chapped, and discolored hands, dry, fissured, itching, feverish palms, shapeless nails with painful finger ends, this one night treatment is simply wonderful. FflP RARY'Q Clf I U Scalp, and hair, no other soap is so cleansing, purifying, rUn DHDI O OlMil aud beautifying as Cdticura Soap, the most effective of skin and complexion soaps, as well as purest and sweetest for toilet, bath, and nur sery. For infantile rashes, chafings, inflammations, and eruptions, for crusted. Itch ing irritations of the scalp, with dry, thin, and falling hair, for red, rough hands with shapeless nails, and simple blemishes of infancy, when assisted by gentle anointings with Cuticura Ointment, it is absolutely without a rival. Bold thronghnat the world. Price. Cdticpra Boaf,2Sc.; Ccticcba, SOc. Pottib D. ahdC. Cobp .Sole Prop*., Boaton, U. 8. A. Britlahdepot: F.Nkwpirt t *ujs, London. llow to Hare Beautiful Uandi, free. Will Flre 600 Shots a Minute. Terrible Execution of the "Baby" Maxim Gun Lately Invented. Six hundred rounds fired from a "baby" Maxim gun in one minute is a terrific number of bullets to be turned loose against a public enemy. Yet this is what Hiram S. Maxim, the inventor, recently did at the conclusion of a lec ture on rapid-fire ordnance before the engineer society of Columbia univer sity. Mr. Maxim used lantern slides to illustrate the evolution of the automatic gun and explained the differences of the various inventions. He wound up by firing 600 shots a minute from a lit tle weapon of his manufacture, the en tire weight of which was twenty-five pounds. The inventor said that the construc tion of metallic cartridges flrst render ed the use of breech-loading weapons possible. Peter Cooper was the pioneer building such a weapon as early as 1840. The gun was not put in use. how ever, the first machine gun to be used being the Gatling. Then the mitra illeuse, the Gardner, Lowell. Pratt. Whitney and Nordenreldt followed in the order named. But in all these the recoil was so great that they must be mounted on carriages as heavy as light field pieces. A little over twelve years ago Maxim perfected the first apparatus whereby the recoil from the explosion of one cartridge is used to explode another. This is the principle wherein his weap on differs from other machine guns; it is self-discharging so long as the oper ator holds to the trigger. It will grind out bullets with amazing rapidity as long as it is supplied with ammunition without the necessity of heavy car riage or, in fact, anything but the finger pressure on the trigger. The re coil is used to force a new cartridge into the barrels and discharge lt, the act being duplicated with marvelous speed. Mr. Maxim did not meet with much encouragement from the United States government when he explained his ma chine. Foreign nations laughed at him and said his claims were mere Yankee boasting. But he took a gun to London and the Prince of Wales tried it with the result that 200,000 shots were fired ln displaying the machine. Then the government wanted him to furnish a gun which would fire 1.000 shots a minute and not weigh more than 100 pounds. He constructed one which weighed forty pounds and which shot 2.000 cartridges in three minutes. Lord Wolseley tried his gun and the result was his first government order. It ls due to these remarkably effect ive little machine guns that Lord Kitchener was able to slaughter so many dervishes with such an inferior fcree. A few regiments equipped with Maxims are equal to whole divisions not so armed, as Omdurman has shown. Lord Wolseley objected to the smoke made by the gun, and Maxim began the study which resulted in the inven tion of the smokeless powder. The ad vantage of this powder in attack or defense was fully illustrated in the late war. But it costs money to handle machine guns. For instance. Dr. Gatling has recently perfected a machine gun which ls to be used for firing guncotton or other high explosives. He obtained an order from the government tv test it at Sanely hook. Congress set aside $40,000 to build the gun. with an addi tional $15,000 for casting the steel mor tar. Then the ordnance board set aside $I^.ooo more to test the machine. It was taken to Sandy Hook and the whole outfit blew to atoms at the first fire. Thus some $73,(100 of Uncle Sam's cash was lost in a second. The test was not satisfactory, of course, and another will he made. A new gun, which will possibly be de void of the defects of the first one. will be constructed, and the same interest ing process, hopefully, as the Germans say. without explosive incident, will be carried out. Of course it will cost money again, but guns of this kind must be had and the government must pay for them. Civil izers come hieh in this end of the century, but thp public situation makes them imperatively nec essary. QUICK TRANSFERS. The Wa> a Ki<-h Man and Hi- Sow Save Ten Onlx a Day. Prom the Pittsfcurg News. A ,*;ring campaign story that they a-e 1 telling is about a man who is also a can didate for a ward o_H -e. ln whose inter. st a ward politician wh-> approaching voters. The candidate and his fa'he-r are in businrsa together. It is. said of them that the. k ow qtE value of a d-cllar. The father is wortii at lea^t $600,000. The politician approached a voter he was always sure of. "Dick," he said to him. "I want you to line up the fellow* ln the Third for Blank for school director." '"Wouldn't vote for him If he wa* the on'v man on the tick?:," r- plied Dick. "What's the trotrtile?'" he was asked. "He's the meanoet man la rhe ward,'" Dick answered. Then he told why. The candidate has an office near a trans fer point on a street car line. Hi., father lives in another pert 'lb city. Tbe father goes dally to the offl c cf h's ten. The ion then goes to attend io affairs la aootbe: pari of the city. When ihe father comes ea. li ilav !je gets a transfer from the str^^t car conduc tor and hurries to the office of rhe son with It. The son rushes out nnd catches the first car and give* the conductor the trang'er ticket. Coming back the son eet* a transfer and gives it to the 'atlie-r who ls waiting ready to go home, la tibia way they aa.-. , lv cents per day. 5 ARMY OFFICERS FIGHT. Two of Them lue Their Plttols— One of Them Shot. -ANNISTOX, Ala.. Feb. 12.— Trouble which has been brewing for some time between Col. David G. Colson and First Lieut. Ed Scott, of the Fourth Kentucky volunteers, culminated at a late hour last night in a pitched bat tle, in which Col. Colson was shot in the hip and Lieut. Scott and others had narrow escapes. PENNIES~W NEW ORLEANS. Cent* Circulate in the Crescent City Only I'ntler Sufferance. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat, New Orleans is not a "penny town." Al though coppers have been in circulation foi years, lt hag been under sufferance, so to ' speak, and they have never been generally accepted as part of the economic scheme. They are handled almost entirely by women and children, and therein rests a curious cir cumstance noted by students of sociology.' It is estimated by the subtrea.'ury officials in this city that there are now between 1 250 - 000 and 1,500,000 pennies in circulation In New Orleans: ln other words, IId.C-OO worth at the top figure. But there are a thousand and one avenues through which they disap pear; new needs for their emoloyment are constantly springing up, and the result is a steady demand. The banks get in a few hundred pennUs every day, and save them for the retailers. "They keep us pretty well drained.'' said one of the tellers, "and around about holi day time we make a point of getting an extra supply from the subtreasury for the benefit of our customers." Pennies are no: used by the banks of New Orleans in tho payment of checks. If a check, for example, ls drawn fcr ?62.1S the holder receives J62.20. If the amouut is $62.17 he gets $62.15. The split Is made be tween the second and third cent, and tha system, which has been in vogue for many years, is very rarely the subject of any complaint. It makes an exact balance of coppers at the end of the day'? business rather unlikely, but the doctrine* of averages operates to even things up to within a tew cents. In the long run about as many checks break on one half of the nickel as on the other. MEDICAL STORY. «*» Singular Revival of a Man Who Was Apparently Dead. From the Kansas City Star. It has been remarked by people va*o have noted the wonderful advance m.ide in surgery within the last ten years that the science of medicine has not Improved with equal rapidity. The average medical nun cannot effect much where disease has once appeared. He may ketp it in check to a certain extent, he may prevent the patient l'rc:n being badly nursed, but at m>st he can but assist nature to the best of his power. Be opinion what it will, and the sense of confidence ha 3 mu-.h to do with the matter, the story told In "Memories cf the Late Henry Reeve, C. 8., D. C. L.," Is worth repeating. Sir Matthew Tlerney was summoned to the Duke of Newcastle, who was dangerously ill with typhus fever. It was about the year IS£5, and although he traveled as fa^t as cost horses permitted. Tierney was Informed on arriving that the duke had been dtad for two hours. At the first glance at the bo ly, which was already laid out. he thouglu iife was e.\tinct. At the second he loubted. and at to swallow. He recovered, and li-. Ed twenty five years afterward. The st.jry reads like fiction, but doctors who are not afraid to try experiments in desperate ca.-e-; f i evjuently effect whet may be lern.ed mira&es. x Visit the Southern Railway exhibit at 35-4 Jackson street, St. Paul. The J:._.:_>;av in cludes grains, cotton, fruits, ini.u ra:« aGd marbles, and will give the visitor a general Idea of the opportunities offered along the line .of the t-'outhern Railway. Mil ni in la a Warm Place. So are the cars of the Wisconsin Tentral Lines durirg this cud weather. All trains heated by steam. Try it. City Ticket Office, "'?, Robert street. YOU NEED TREATMENT. DH, COLE _r^ ■fgC'b. There is a pain across £ > **™*^^_^Bi the small of your back, sf bOwJ blue rings under your I seTv *•:-'- P-" P : 6> "Hycr \ t_&*ttS£?k- lai face and neck, energy ■jF JroP k!" cove. feel tired lv the / -/jl, '/ vtortdag. Your friends rLjL. mm& r> ' ni *" Is his man vlfi£"\^^ (J&m "c 0 ' 1 - Consult tbe RESTORES LOST MANHOOD Consult H"m at Once, in person or by letter. Dr. Alfred 1.. Cole Metilral InMitiite and Council of Phy«ioi»n«, '.'4 Washington ar. S. Minneaj-olis. Kitin. H W K. « U«mKHCIIL OK p«ei-..sMO.\AL i;iii.::i-:mi..v