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THE PLAINDEALEB J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and. Pub. MCHENRY. ILLINOIS RECALLS A TRAGEDY. MURDERERS IN "HAYSTACK MASSACRE" TO BE TRIED. Six r^cn Implicated in a Famous Kan­ sas County Seat Fight Find that Jus- i tice Awoke After Eight Years'Sleep i --Vigilantes at Padiicah., Ky. Paprr City Caused Murders. living unmolested and peacefully for almost eight years, .the live men who •were convicted of murder in the. famous ""haystack massacre" in No Man's Land arc TO be dragged from their homes in different parts of the country and taken back to the little Texas town of Paris to "be tried again, unless sufficient influence can be brought to bear 011 (the Federal Authorities to have the indictments quash­ ed. It is one of the'most lurid chapters In the history of the West that deals with the "haystack murder" and has been fought in every cou,rt from the circuit tri- liunal of Texas to the Supreme Court of • the United States. The defendants, al­ though without money, were, and still-are, able to enlist the services of some of the greatest lawyers in the country, and it is said there was never any more politics in t|i« case than that which surrounds a struggle for a county seat. It was over the location of a county seat in a county* with a total population,'of less than a thousand people that four men were kill­ ed. It was in 18S0 that two rival boom towns were fighting for the location of a little courthouse in Stevens County, Kan. Primarily there was little at stake except the imaginary rise in real estate that would follow in the town named as the permanent location of the county records. It mattered not that this boom, like all others in the Southwest in the late eigh­ ties, existed only in the minds of the pro­ fessional promoters. The war over Ste­ vens County's particular scat was waged long and bitterly, and before it was end­ ed the lives of the sheriff of the county and three of his assistants had been sacri­ ficed. Lives cut little figure in those days compared with the inflation of a paper town. As in the Days of '49. Forty or fifty burglaries of note near Padueah, Ky., lately have aroused the people. A stringent ordinance and a cur- : few law have been adopted by the City Council and put in force. A strong vigi­ lance committee also went to work and eight negroes and three white men were caught, whipped and forced to leave on departing trains. One negro, in his haste to depart, fell from a moving train and was injured, but he was thrown 011 anoth­ er and carried away. The committee promises to clear the town before dis- .banding. There is great fear, particularly among negroes. Torture by Fire and Rob. i\t Ryan, I. T., three masked men en­ tered the house of Dr.. Bise upon pretense of needing his professional services. They bound the doctor nml his wife rind tor­ tured first one and then the other by burn­ ing their feet until the victims gave them ?114, all the money they had in the house. A posse is in pursuit and threats of lynch­ ing are plentiful. Nine Lost at Sea. The schooner Speedwell, Captain Col­ lier, from Marco, Fla., for Key West, was struck by a squall while off Marquesas, eighteen miles from Key West, and cap­ sized. Nine persons were drowned out of thirteen all told on board. undertaking. Plans are now being pre­ pared to have a corn exhibit at the Paris exposition. The remains of George W, G. Ferris, known throughout the world for his dar­ ing invention and construction of the great Ferris wheel at the Chicago World's Fair, are still held at the crematory of an undertaker in Pittsburg, for the uupaid funeral expenses, contracted over a year ago. Mr. Ferris was practically penni­ less at his death, but carried insurance to the amount of $25,000. This, it is said, was more than eateu up by the numerous claims, left. NEWS NUGGETS. Cincinnati baseball players have gone South. Chicago baseball season opens April 29 with Louisville. Arkansas' Governor will prohibit the McCoy-Burley fight. The Young Men's Investment building at Mankato, Minn., was destroyed by fire. The Niearaguan Canal Commission es­ timates that the cost of the work will be $100,000,000. Negotiations are in progress for a com­ bination of hard rubber manufacturers of the United States. The Ohio Senate passed the Jones bill to require coal to be weighed before screening, and it is now a law. The measure was urged by the miners of the State. By the bursting of an engine boiler near Brewton, Ala., William Kelso, Andrew J. Enright, Arthur Atkins, Peter Thom­ as, David Alston and G. W. Thomas, la­ borers, were killed. 1 Two tons of dynamite were shipped from Cincinnati to Pensaeola, Fla. "The shipping firm declines to say wuether it was shipped on government account or to private dealers. , Frank Stadelman and a woman named Emma Stabb, who had deserted her hus­ band at Akron, Ohio, went to Cleveland "together and agreed to commit suicide. The woman died, and Stadelman, whose nerve failed him, gave himself up to the police. % A largo steam dry kiln at the Central coal and Cook sawmill at Texarkana, Ark., tumbled in, seriously wounding a number of workmen, two of whom will die. Three others are believed to have been killed outright. The fatally injured are Gus Walton and Kichard Hunting. Japan is said to be ready to seize the Philippine Islands should the Cuban question result in hostilities between Spain and the United States. The queen regent is reported as being greatly alarm­ ed lest complications both in Spain and abroad may wrest his throne from her son. The Supreme Court of South Dakota lias issued a peremptory writ of manda­ mus removing Insurance Commissioner Kipp from office. A new issue of a counterfeit $'2 treas­ ury note discovered by the secret service some time ago has made its appearance. This note bears check letter B and plate number 28. General Manager Metcalfe of the Louis- , ville and Nashville Railway lias amiounc. ed to a committee of conductors, engi* neers and firemen of that system that the 10 per cent cut in their wages made in 1803 would be restored in a few months. WESTERN, i " In ua freight wreck at Ashtabula, Ohio, John Blair and W. W. Ellis were serious­ ly injured. Albert A. Henry jumped from the Eads bridge at St- Louis and was drowned. He left his overcoat on the bridge with a memorandum book, in which were these words: "Albert A. .Henry, 1311? North Fifty-first street, Philadelphia, Pa. Have a wife and child. Am crazy and want to die." The freight boycott on the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad by roads iu the Southwestern and Western Traffic bureaus has gone into effect. To avoid a violation of the interstate commerce law, prepayment of freight on all shipments received from the Pittsburg and'Gulf will be demanded aiid full local tariffs be ex­ acted. " • ' . * Henry Noggles at a revival meeting at Dubuque, Iowa, confessed that six years ago he and two others murdered a peddler near Fennimore, Wis., robbed the body and cut it into small pieces and buried it. One of his accomplices is now in the peni­ tentiary for another murder, the other County (Wis.) farmer, and has been ar­ rested. The entire system of government in­ spection of meat which has been estab­ lished in the packing houses of the United States was declared to be unconstitutional, ineffective and void in an opinion handed down in the United States District Court at Kansas City by Judge John P. Rogers, Federal judge at Fort Smith, Ark., who sat for Judge Phillips. Iu its twenty-eighth annua,l report, just submitted to Secretary Bliss by the bor­ der Indian commission, of which Merrill E. Gates is the chairman, the statement is made that the Indians are showing mark­ ed progress in educational matters and in industrial pursuits; that all Indian agents should be placed under the civil service rules, and that some provision should be made by the Dawes commission toward protecting the rights of the Chick­ asaw freedmen. Bartholomew Brandt Bradner was probably killed by a hatpin or by a blow 011 the head, or both. Coroner's Physician Noel and the others who conducted the autopsy in Chicago discovered a deep iu- cision under the left eye, reaching clear into the brain. There were also evi­ dences of a concussion. The detectives working on the case believe lie was either the victim of a deep-laid plot to murder, or that a woman, fired with sudden auger, stabbed liim in the face. Bradner, who traveled for J. Rannel, a Parisian export­ er of sardines, staggered into the Palmer House lobby. He said he had been at­ tending a performance at a State street theater, stepped into a saloon next door, took a drink of whisky, and knew nothing of what happened after that. His father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brad­ ner of i222 Cliartres street, New Or­ leans, have taken the remains home for burial. The American Hay Company, incorpo­ rated under the laws of West Virginia, with a capital of $1,000,000, the bulk of which has been subscribed for, was or­ ganized in Detroit. Mich. The head of the hay trust is F. W. Lipe, who for six years has shipped the product out of Chi­ cago. Officers will be elected at a meet­ ing to be held at Toledo March 15. Thir­ ty-two shippers were present and Mr. Lipe held the proxies of fourteen others. The headquarters of the trust will be at Buffalo, where the hay will be shipped, unloaded, graded, inspected and marketed. The combine comprises the wholesale ship­ pers from the- States of Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, some 400 iu number, controlling the shipment of from 150 to 200 cars a day. It is not expected that prices will materially advance until next season's crop has been gathered. Transfer sheds will be built at Buffalo and depots will be established at Boston, New York and Philadelphia. For the present no effort will be made to control the market in Chicago or the West. SOUTHERN. J. R. Freeman, a white man who was appointed postmaster at Ada. Ga., in Feb­ ruary. was shot in front of his house by unknown persons in ambush. The Supreme Court of Georgia has up­ held the compulsory vaccination law, en­ acted during the recent epidemic. The case may be appealed to the United States Supreme Court. While Mr. and Mrs. John Brown, re­ siding 011 a plantation near Livingston, Ala., were at prayer meeting their home was destroyed by fire and their five small childreu perished in the flames. The Kentucky House of Representa­ tives has pased a bill which provides that anj- person who shall manufacture, sell, loan, barter, give away or use cigarettes or cigarette material shall be fined in any sum not less than $10 nor more than .$100. It is made a violation of the law to even have such articles in possession. Nine lives were lost In a fearful tene­ ment house fire at Charleston, N. C. A police officer discovered flames issuing from one of the windows 011 the first floor. The doors were broken open and the family on that floor was taken out with­ out injury. Somebody cried out that a number of women were sleeping on.the third floor. The police ran upstairs, and when they reached the top story the life- saving work was stopped- by the flames, which seemed to be playing over the en­ tire building. The cries of the impris­ oned inmates nerved Patrolman Bagley to brave almost certain death. He wrap­ ped his old coat about his head and dash­ ed through the wall of flame into the rooms on the third floor. Groping about blindly he stumbled over three bodies. Again he plunged through the fire bear­ ing two of the corpses. When he en­ deavored to return he found the flooring burned away. Before anything could be done the joists gave way, carrying down six persons. The fire was «oon under control and the bodies were recovered. EASTERN. Kay Fry and Hugh Sewell, prominent young men, quarreled at Jamestown, Pa., about a young woman and Sewell thrust a knife through Fry's heart, killing him Instantly. Sewell then attempted suicide by cutting,his throat and afterward by drowning. He has been arrested. Several subcommittees of the Ameri­ can Maize Propaganda, an organization formed to promote the more extensive «se of Indian corn, met in Philadelphia and adopted plans whereby it is hoped to interest every farmer in the country, ©specially those of the corn,belt, in the office only since Sept. 11 last, when succeeded Gen. Ruggles. Receipts from the sale of public, lanas during ten years ending June 30 last were: Cash sales, $40,987,732; fees and commissions ou filings, etc., $10,123,53S. Total expense incident to disposal of pub­ lic lands for that period. $0,910,130. The House Committee on Judiciary at Washington struck out of the South Caro­ lina dispensary bill the provision that re­ quires all liquor carried iqto the State to be subject to full State control, and voted to report the bill without recymiuendation. The Commissioner of Pensions has made a ruling in the case of the applica­ tion of the widow of Oscar Hoffman, a soldier who was killed while out hunting, that the man met his death while in the discharge of duty, and "that the widow's application should be considered. FOREIGN. The Italian claim has been settled by Hayti paying the full amount demanded. The French Government is now pressing a claim for damages for violation of the treaty rights of French citizens. The British steamer Bramble, Capt. Postlewaite, from Pprmaii, for May port, England, is ashore near Fliinby. ; Her rudder and propeller are gone,and she, has apparently been abandoned, The high tides have driven her high on the beach. . ; •-> , • The queen regent of Holland has confer­ red upon Captain William G. Randle of the. American liner St. Louis the decora- HUT 0» THE fflPACE. warlike Spirit of the People Has Some­ what Subsided. TALK IS MUSS HOSTILE. Verdict of. the Naval Board Is Pa­ tiently Awaited. Two Weeks May Elapse Before Official Reports Are Made on the Maine Disaster--Belligerent Congressmen Claim tlie Silence Is Ominous--Mean­ time Uncle Sam Will Be Prepared for War. The naval court of inquiry in the case of the ill-fated battleship Maine is pro­ ceeding as a court martial and keeping its proceedings to itself. The Secretary, of the Navy says that lie has 110 informa­ tion not given to the public, that he knows nothing of the character -of. the evidence taken, or the opinions ty>r conclusions of the board of inquiry. What is more to the point, Secretary Long intimates that tion of the Order of Orange and Nassau I h? do( 's nofc expect to know anything for his part in the rescue-of the passen- 1 a^0,,t how the Maine was destroyed until gers and crew of the sinking steamer Veendam Feb. 7. In the event of a war between Nicara­ gua and Costa Rica it is sliid that the alliance known as the Grater Republic would give to" Nicaragua the armed strength of Salvador and Honduras. The Niearaguan army is estimated at about 8,000 men. Salvador has not more than 3,000 soldiers,-but Honduras has the best- drilled and equipped force in Central the board of inquiry makes its report, which may be hot. for two or three weeks. With such positive assertiohs from Secre­ tary Long, there can be nothing but spec­ ulation iu Washington as to what the ver­ dict will be. There is plenty of specula­ tion and little of it is now in line with the accident theory. fn the absence of exciting news from Havana there has been a noticeable cessa­ tion of the War talk in Washington. The BOARD OF INQUIRY EXAMINING A WOUNDED MARINE. sponsibility which the members of this court havfe assumed. As high-minded offi­ cers they are1 naturally eager to acqui t themselves with credit. The issue of war or peace between nations may depend upon their verdict, and this is no trifling matter to be rushed through in haste. All the investigation the court has so far been has already arrived when the ultimatum of the administration was to have been sent to Spain. It was generally under­ stood the Sagasta ministry would not be permitted to postpone beyond March its reply to the demands- made upon it by Woodford, but the President knows no more now officially as to whether Wood- America, numbering 50,000. Against these ' conservative attitude of the President has the Costa Rican army of about 5,000 ' ^fleeted in Congress, and members who first would listen to nothing but war are now disposed to wait patiently for the abk- ti> make in Havana was of a purely j ford's mission is to meet with success or seems insignificant. But in the present calculations it is thought that Guatemala would cast her influence with Costa Rica. Guatemala has an army of about 50,000. In this event the forces would be about evenly matched, with Nicaragua, Hon­ duras and Salvador arrayed against Guat­ emala and Costa Rica. Tlie basis for the view that Guatemala may be drawn into the controversy is the fact that the new president of Guatemala, Senor Estrada Cabrera, was a special envoy to Costa Rica when the latter country was in a former conflict with other Central Ameri­ can States. At that time Guatemala was looked upon as the ready ally of Costa Rica, and it is thought that Ca­ brera would again incline to the same al­ liance. IN GENERA! The French liner. La Champagne, disa­ bled with a broken tail-end shaft, was safely towed into Halifax by the Warren line steamer Roman, after drifting help­ less 011 the ocean for five days and nights. General elections for the Ontario legis­ lature took place throughout the province and resulted in a virtual, if not actual*, defeat for the liberal government, which has held power for move than twenty-five years. Interest in the wheat situation uitiiiily centers in tlie enormous shipments being made by Leiter for the Liverpool market. Last week he sent 900,000 bushels by way of New York, and it is positively stated that he has arranged for the shipment of 2,500,000 more as soon as cars can be se­ cured. The second great factor which is sending wheat upward is the danger of freezing iu the winter wheat district, which is now bare of snow, with the ground saturated with moisture. The price of wheat is steadily advancing. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: "Foreign possibilities have much affected speculation and caused hes­ itation iu some large business operations, possibly accounting in part for a check in the rapid advance of wheat, but indus­ trial production, continues larger than ever, a few more works being added to the active list, with a decrease in the number of hands on strike, and renewed evidence that the volume of business is larger than in February of any previous year. Nor is there any symptom of a senseless craze, based on rising prices. The legitimate export and domestic de­ mand presses closer to the capacity of works, and, though there is 110 flghty ad­ vance in any line, and in all narrowness of profit is a matter of complaint, new business for this dull season is unprece­ dented. Wheat continued its progress up­ ward. The spot price of cotton was not affected. It is not the season for much improvement in textile manufacture, but the cotton branch has gained by the closing of the strike in one Fall River mill and by the addition of some works at the south. Sales of wool are slow, with weakness iu clothing. In goods of medium and low grades the demand con­ tinues large. The silk manufactur shows a remarkable increase during the last six months. The iron manufacture has more demand for products, and slightly better prices for Bessemer pig. No finished products have changed in price, and all are strong in demand, excepting bar. Failures for the week have been 233 in the United States, against '290 Inst year, and thirty in Canada, against fifty last year." actual decision by the court of inquiry. Members of Congress, says a Washington correspondent, are gradually coming to see that events are moving fast enough preliminary character. The members will now have to carefully and patiently watch the wrecking operations for further evi­ dence. „ • Secretary Long does not profess to be­ lieve in the accident theory as lie did for several days after the Maine -fras blown up. Other members of the cabiuet be­ lieve, as does Secretary Long, that the ship was blown up by design. The ex­ perts in the nary also believe this, or now profess to believe it, but they will await facts before expressing positive opinions. Method in the Silence. It may be truthfully asserted, however, says a well-informed Washington corre­ spondent, that nine out of every ten mem­ bers of Congress believe there is a deep significance in the seemingly dilatory tac­ tics of the administration in regard to the disaster. They believe that President McKinley and jtiu# members of his cabinet failure than he did wlien the minister for­ warded Sagasta's first reply to his note of instructions. EIGHT-HOUR LAW IS UPHELD. Important Supreme Court Decision on a Case Appealed from Utah. In the Supreme Court at Washington an opinion was handed down in the case of E. F. Holden vs. the sheriff of Salt Lake. County, Utah, upholding the con­ stitutionality of tho territorial law fixing a day's work in smelters and mines in the territory at eight hours. J Mr. Iloldeu was arrested for violating"' the law and was sentenced to imprison­ ment. He brought tho case to the Su­ preme Court in an effort to secure a writ of error on the ground that the law was unconstitutional in that it was calculated to deprive a citizen of life or property Without due process of law. . r^e court are not so mfajcb th the dark regarding the j held that such was not the Case, but that informatioiif sei^ired b,y the court of in- | the law was an exercise of the State's quiry as is indicated by the official bulle­ tins, and that there is method in the si­ lence. Many of the members are convinc­ ed that tlie President is playing for time and that every minute is being utilized to make preparations for war. Other police powers. Justice Brown said in passing upon the case that it was not the intention of the court to pass generally upon the constitu­ tionality of eight-hour laws, but that in far as State laws were exerted for BAIITOI.OME 5IASSO, PKESIDEXT OF CUBA. without any assistance 011 their part, and that if an outside explosion is proved and an indemnity demanded Spain would nearly certainly refuse it and thus justify the President in interfering actively to preserve peace in Cuba. It is said at both the State and Navy Departments that there is 110 disposition to delay the publi­ cation of the finding of the board, but it is more than hinted that in all probability the board will merely present the facts and say that they are- too vague to make a positive declaration one way or the oth­ er. That contingency will produce new com­ plications, and it is probably this which has induced the President to say positive­ ly that there is 110 immediate prospect of any war between this country and Spain, for if the board of inquiry is not able to reach a positive finding it will be exceed­ ingly difficult for the State Department to formulate any kind of a demand upon Spain. The President will not precipitate the country in a war unless the facts are such as to justify him in the eyes of an overwhelming majority of the people. He evidently realizes, however, the strained relations between the two countries and the active possibility if not probability of a dispute arising which could only be set­ tled by a show of force on the part of this country. The President's desire for and belief in peace has not interfered in any way with the orders issued to the army and navy to put the armed forces of the country into a condition for active service. It is dis­ tinctively announced that this is the ounce of prevention rather than the pound of cure and that the preparations will con­ tinue until all possibility of actual war has been disposed of. So far as the general public is concern­ ed tlie war scare has subsided, for the present at least. There may be more ex­ citement when the report of the court of inquiry 011 the Maine disaster is received, but it may not be easy to stir the country up again. Besides, it is now pretty weil understood that it is going to take a long members believe'that the President has j the protection of tho lives, the health or received word from the court of inquiry j the morals of a community there could that the explosion was an accident and j be no doubt of their propriety or of their that he is taking measures to have it ap- | constitutionality. There could be 110 doubt pear that the court is making a most ex­ haustive and deliberate investigation in order that 110 cry may be raised that a snap verdict was returned. At the Navy Department the impression was given out that Secretary Long was greatly disappointed at the word which came from Key West that tho board of inquiry would not be able to report for several weeks. Secretary Long had ex­ pected all along that the report would be in before this time. He said that he did not think the President would be content to wait so long and that an intimation to this effect had been sent to Key West. The members of Congress, however, are skeptical of the assertion that the Presi­ dent is 110 wiser than the public, and many insist that every bit of important testi­ mony is sent to him in cipher dispatches almost„as soon as it is presented to the board of inquiry. It is believed by some that Spain is pre­ paring the way to contest any finding that the battleship was blown up by acci­ dent. With the wreck sinking deeper and deeper into the mud of the harbor, it may be difficult to prove any assertion to the contrary. It has been asserted by Span­ iards that there were mines in the harbor, and there has been no denial until Senor du Bosc made the unofficial assertion Sat­ urday. Shortly after Blanco became cap­ tain general of Cuba there were reports from Havana of explosions in the harbor which excited people, but were explained as caused by experimenting with explo­ sives in the harbor, where Spanish officers were planting mines and torpedoes. It has never been denied that Havana was protected by these modern defenses. The denial at this time is looked upon as the. beginning of more diplomatic maneuvers by Spain to delay and escape the responsi­ bility for blowing up the Maine. Excitement Is Abated. Everywhere in Washington abatement of unrest and excitement of the past fort­ night is noticeable and it is now quite evi­ dent that the administration has settled down to the belief that the naval board of inquiry will not conclude its work and be ready to report for two or three weeks, and that in the meantime the Government TVPICAL, SPANISH SOLDIKIt IX IIAVAXA. of the exceptional and unhealthful char­ acter of work in smelters or mines, be­ cause of bad air, high temperature and noxious gases, and hence the wisdom of the Statp legislation. The decision of the Supreme Court ol' Utah was affirmed CANNOT INSPECT MEAT- WASHINGTON. The United States Supreme Court has decided that a United States official can­ not take advantage of his position to se­ cure advantage over others in tie location of Government land. According to a report laid before Presi­ dent McKinley, 10,073,570 ' able-bodied men are now available for military duty in the United States. Of these 112,082 are already in the militia. Assistant Secretary of the Interior Webster Davis has issued an order relat­ ing to appeals of pension claims pending before the department. The order, it is stated, will result in giving all soldiers a chance to be heard. •' The President appointed Col. Henry C. Gorbin adjutant general of the army, to succeed Gen. Samuel Breck, retired on *ccount of age. Gen. Breck had held the MARKET REPORT3, Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.U0 to .$5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.04 to $1.00; corn. No. 2, 28c to 29c; oats, No. 2, 25c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 49c to 50c; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 2lc; eggs, fresh, 12c to 14c; potatoes, comnipn to choice, 55c to 70c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 97c to 99c; corn, No. 2 white, 30c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 29c to 31c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 98c to 99c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 20c to 28c; oats, No. 2 cash, 20c to 27c; rye, No. 2, 48c- to 50c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 97c to 99c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 28c to 29c; rye, No. 2, 51c to 53c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 95c to 97c; cprn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 32c; rye, 51c to 52c. Toledo--Wheat No. 2 red, 98c to $1.00; corn, No. 2 mixed, 30c tft 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 28c; rye, N>>. 2, 50c to 52c; clover seed, $3.00 to $3.10, Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 95c to 97c; corn, No. 3, 30c to 31c, oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 30c; rye, No. 2, 40c to 51c; barley, No. 2, 38c to 43c. Buffalo--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.?.0; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2 red, 99c to $1.01; •corn. No. 2 yellow, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c. New. York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.?0; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 tt> $5.25; wheat, No..2 red, $1.00 to $1,08; corn. No. 2, 36c to 38c; oats, No. 2 White, 30c to 32c; biitter, creamery, 15c to -22c; 'eggs, Western. 15c to 17c. RECOVERING BODIES FROM THE MAINE BY MEANS OF ROPES. time to get at the facts. Secretary Long received a letter from one of the officers at Havana, in which the statement was mad<*that so far the result of the investi­ gations made by the divers within the wreck has been rather unsatisfactory. The writer explains that the water of Havana harbor is so foul the divers can­ not see their way about and have to de­ pend upon the sense of touch. It is un­ derstood the writer of the letter was rath­ er pessimistic as to the outlook for getting at the actual facts. At best it is going to take time to ascer­ tain the truth, and the country will have need of all its stock of patience. The court of inquiry will return to Havana to be present after the wrecking opera­ tions have been started. Although no official -news concerning the movements of the court has beep received, the authori­ ties think the court will need at least two weeks, and perhaps a much longer time, for completion of its work. This inquiry, the conservatives say, is too important to be rushed through. Too much depends upon its results. Most serious is the re- and people "tan only wait as patiently as may be for the verdict. The action Monday of Senator Hale and Representative Boutelle, chairmen, re­ spectively, of the Senate and House com­ mittees 011 naval affairs, in pigeonholing tlie recommendation of Acting Secretary of the Navy Ro6§evelt for legislative au­ thority to enlist at once 1,500 additional seamen deprived Senators and Represent­ atives of.au opportunity to discuss the sit­ uation growing out of the Maine disaster. NaVal preparations go 011 as before, but the diplomatic policy of the administra­ tion with regard to the Cuban question is held in abeyance. Those close to the President say that lie is less apprehensive of the consequences of the disaster than he was apweek ago. These represent Mc­ Kinley as being inclined to think that the warlike spirit of the people which broke out so fiercely upon receipt of news that the Maine had been destroyed is subsiding somewhat. That the disaster to the •Maine has up­ set completely the President's Culran pol­ icy'is indicated by the fact that, the time Federal Officers Deprived of Their Power by a Decision in Court. By a decision handed down by the Unit­ ed States District Court at Kansas City, Mo., by Judge John P. Rogers at Fort Smith. Ark., the entire system of Govern­ ment inspection of meat was declared un­ constitutional. The opinion of the jurist is to the effect that Congress has no au­ thority to create the office of meat inspec­ tor and to place such an official in the packing houses in the United States to examine the product before it is packed and shipped or delivered for consumption. The .opinion was handed down in the case of a man named Harry B°yer, who was indicted by the Federal grand jury 011 the charge of attempting to bribe a Government meat inspector. Boyer is foreman in the fresh meat department of the Jacob Dold Packing Company. The court holds that Congress exceeded its power in creating the office of meat in­ spector and that even if Boyer had at­ tempted to bribe such an official he could not be held as an offender. His act, the court decided, was not a crime against the Government. Under this decision the packers of this country may disregard the meat inspection statutes with impunity. RATE IS CUT $36. War Begins Between American Roods and Canadian Pacific. Thirty-six dollars was clipped from the passenger rate of all lines between Chi­ cago and Seattle and other north Pacific coast points Monday morning. The rate hereafter will be $31.50. Up to that day the authorized eliargeWas $07.50 on the same class of transportation. On unlim­ ited transportation it had Deen as high as $S1.50. The cut, therefore, Ib one of more than 50 per cent. / No higher charge will be put into effect until the warfare between the American lines and the Canadian Pacific is settled, either by amicable agreement or the back­ ing down of one or the other interest. Prospects for yet lower charges are ex­ ceedingly bright, for American lines are determined to make the fight a bitter one and the Canadian Pacific shows no signs of weakening. The rate of $31.50 will be "applied through Omaha, Kansas City and other Missouri river gateways, as well as through St. Paul. . Through Missouri river cities, however, single tickets will be sold 011 the rebate plan, purchasers be­ ing obliged to deposit the regular rate, $07.50, with the agent who sells the tick­ ets. At Seattle, $30 will be refunded to them. Three or more persons traveling together may secure their tickets via the Missouri river gateways at the Hat rate of $31.50. Through St. Paul all tickets will be cold at the flat rate of $31.50. The House did not complete the con­ sideration of the sundry civil bill on Sat­ urday, but Chairman Caunon held the floor with it until adjournment, refusing to yield to Mr. Boutelle (Maine), the chairman of the naval committee, who> was anxious to secure consideration for the bill reported by his committee for the relief of the victims and survivors of the Maine disaster. About twenty pages of the sundry civil bill were disposed of. Many efforts were made by different members to inject rivet and harbor items into the bill, three of them being success­ ful; amendments appropriating $300,000 for Cleveland harbor, $200,000 for Wil­ mington, Del., and increasing the appro- ?r ioo-n for Boston harbor from $100,000 to $2o0,000 were adopted. As contracts- for these works were authorized, they were in order*under the rules. During the reater part of the Senate session the right of Henry W. Corbett to a, seat from the State of Oregon was under discussion; Mr. 1 hurston (Nebraska), in an extended speech, opposed the admission of Mr. Cor­ bett, while Messrs. Foraker, Kyle and Mantle supported Mr. Corbett's claim. The pensioijj^lendar was cleared by the passage of^Peral private pension bills. A few bills of a general character were also passed. Henry W. Corbett was on Monday de­ nied admission to the Senate as a Senator from Oregon on appointment bv the Gov­ ernor by a vote of 50 to 19. The Senate began consideration of the Alaska home­ stead and railway right of way bill, and had not coueluded it when it adjourned. The House passed the sundry civil ap­ propriation bill after four days' debate. The appropriation for representation at the Paris exposition was eliminated ou a point of order. The sudden change of sehtiinent which is often witnessed when members go 011 record was twice illus­ trated. On Friday the House, in commit­ tee of the whole, where there is no record of the vote, knocked out a provision in the bill for an appropriation to pay those who furnish the Government with infor­ mation leading to the conviction of tlie violators of the internal revenue laws, and in committee an extra month's pay was voted the employes of the House. When the members voted 011 roll calls in the House, however, both of these proposi­ tions were overwhelmingly defeated. The House entered upon the consider­ ation of the Loud bill relative to second- class mail matter, 011 Tuesday. The bill is identical with the measure passed by the last Congress, but Mr. Loud gave no­ tice of an amendment permitting the transmission at pound rates of sample copies up to 10 ~p'e~? cent, of the bona fide circulation of the newspaper periodicals. This amendment removes much opposi­ tion to the bill. Mr. Loud made an ex­ haustive speech in its favor. Mr. Moon (Dem., Tenn.) spoke in opposition to the bill, and Mr. Perkins (Rep,, Iowa) in fa­ vor of it. The Senate passed a resolu­ tion for erection of a bronze tablet to the memory of the victims of the Maine. The bankruptcy bill and the Alaska homestead and right of way bill were debated. Wednesday's debate in the Senate on the Alaskan homestead and railway right of way bill was spirited. Mr. Carter (Mont.) delivered a vigorous speech in re­ ply to that made, by Mr. Rawlins (Utah), in the course of which he made a strong defense of the honor of Congressional committees and of officials in tlie several government departments. One of the spe­ cial features of the debate was a speech delivered by Mr. Elkins (W-. Va.), in which he explained that the Canadian Pa­ cific Railway was enabled to make war upon American interests, and how and why the aggressions of that great rail­ road ought to be stopped by the United States. The speech drew replies from Mr. Hoar (Mass.), Mr. Chilton (Texas), and Mr. Nelson (Minn.). Mr. Hoar main­ tained that a large part of the speech of Mr. Elkins was irrelevant to the pending discussion. The House spent another day in debate upon the Loud bill relating to second class mail matter. The speeches as a rule attracted little interest. The speakers were Messrs. Bromwell (Rep., Ohio), and Ogden (Dem., La.), in favor of the measure, and Messrs. Bell (Pop., Colo.), Simpson (Pop., Kan.), Clark (I)eni., Mo.), Brown (Rep., Ohio), and Leutz (Dem., Ohio), iu opposition to it. In the Senate on Thursday the House amendments to the bankruptcy bill were non-concurred in, and Messrs. Hoar, Nel­ son and Lindsay were appointed as Sen­ ate conferees. During almost the entire session the Senate had under considera­ tion the Alaska homestead and railway right of way bill. One of the features of the discussion was a speech delivered by Mr. Vest, in which he ridiculed the idea of homesteading any part of Alaska or constructing railroads in that district. His motion to eliminate the homestead fea­ ture of the bill by striking out the first section was defeated. The resolution for a congressional investigation of the mur­ der of the postmaster at Lake City, S. C., was referred to the Committee 011 Con­ tingent expenses. A bill was passed to establish an assay office in Seattle, W ash. I11 the House the Loud bill, to correct al­ leged abuses of the second-class mail mat­ ter privilege,, was laid 011 the table by a vote of 102 to 119, thus killing it. Forty- seven Republicans joined with the Dem­ ocrats and Populists in accomplishing this result and ten Democrats voted with the majority of the Republicans, Mr. White (Rep., N. C.), the only colored member of the House, asked unanimous considera­ tion for a resolution appropriating $1,000 for the family of the assassinated Lake City postmaster, but it went over upon objection from Mr. Bartlett (Dem., Ga.). Sparks from the Wires. A cave said to rival the Mammoth of Kentucky has been discovered iu Center County, Pa. It is believed in official circles in Lon­ don that the French cabinet is attempting to bring aboutyj crisis in Africa in order to return to tlie popularity enjoyed prior to the Zola trial. Zola, has taken an appeal from the de­ cision of the court which Condemned him to a year in prison and a fiuc of 3,000 francs, and the Dreyfus case will Again be heard in the French courts. On the ground that a trial of their case in court would injure public morals, in­ dictments against. Herbert Barnuin See- ley and others in New York, for events at the Sccley dinner, were dismissed. The New Orleans carnival was opened by Rex and his retinue. Tlie river was covered with a brilliantly uccocated flo­ tilla when' the royal yacht appeared with the King of Mirth. The three warships in port, Austrian, French and American, owe re attractively dressed and the revenue cutters participated. The procession in- eluded tiie military, the King's retinue, lords of the realm and citizens. Proteus appeared nt night, followed l>y a grand society bull.