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SSsM'COOK TRIBUNE.7. M. KIBI3IKIX , PnbllBher-

.McCOOK

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, - - NEBEA8KA

BRIEf TELEGRAMS.

Florence Carlyle , a grandneice ofThomas Carlyle , is exhibiting paint-Ings

-from her own brush in Philadel-

phia.¬

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W. K. Vanderbllt and party havesailed from Savannah , Ga. , for a cruiseof the Mediterranean in his privateyacht Valiant.

The senate committee on appropria-tions

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completed the fortifications bill-.It

.

carries an increase over the housebill of 5311,000-

.At.

the Fasig-Tipton horse sale atNew York 83 head sold for 14685.During the week 363 head were soldfor $125,550 , an average of ?364-

.Mrs.

.

. Annie D. Tallent , the llrstknown white woman to enter the BlackHills , is dead and her remains havebeen taken to Elgin , 111. , for burial.

Charles E. Bent , aged 25 years , shotsind mortally wounded his wife at St.Louis , Mo. , and then , kneeling beforea. mirror , put a bullet through his ownhead , dying instantly.

Five Boer prisoners who escapedfrom the Island of Ceylon have arrivedat a Crimean port on board a Russiansteamer to which they swam while inthe harbor of Colombo.

The William H. Crocker expeditionfrom the Lick observatory to observethe total eclipse of the Sun in Sumatraon May 17 , will sail from San Fran-cisco

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on the Nippon Maru.Count Cassini , the Russian minister

to this country , has presented to Pres-ident

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McKinley a magnificent photo-graphic

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album containing the scenes ofthe coronation of the czar in 1896-

.A

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contribution of § 250,000 by JohnD. Rockefeller to Brown universitywas announced at the annual dinnerof the Brown University Alumni Soci-ety

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of New York , held at the Universityclub.-

Col.

.

. Peter S. Michie , professor of thedepartment of natural and experiment-al

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philososphy at the United StatesMilitary Academy , died at West Point ,N. Y. , after a short illness of pneu-monia

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,Hon. Charles A. Lelaud , ex-state

representative and late associate jus-tice

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of the Supreme Court of New Mex-ico

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under President McKinley , died athis home at Caldwell , 0. , from con¬sumption.

The story given out that J. P. Mor-gan

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and J. D. Rockefeller had pur-chased

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all the mines in the Fairmont ,W. V. , district is declared to be falseby officials of the company declared to-be in the deal.-

Dr..

. William Pole, the English au-thority

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on whist , who died a few daysago, was not a physician but a success-ful

¬

civil engineer , and his doctoratewas a degree for music conferred onhim by Oxford university.

George D. Wick , president of theYoungstown , O. , Iron Sheet and Tubeplant is authority for the statementthat the report from Philadelphia thatYoungstown. will be the site for a § 35-000,000

,-tube plant has no foundation.

Orders will be issued by Major Gen-eral

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Otis to all post commanders in theDepartment of Lakes , directing the im-mediate

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enlistment of men for the newTwenty-ninth regular infantry regi-ment

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, which will rendezvous at FortSheridan.

Rumor has it in Washington that thepresident will appoint P. C. Knox of-Pittsburg to succeed Mr. Griggs as at-torney

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general. Mr. Kuox is favoredby Senator Quay and on that accountis regarded as having an excellentchance to enter the next cabinet.

Alexander Millar , secretary of theUnion Pacific company , officially an-nounces

¬

that the executive committeehas authorized the issuance of § 100-000,000

,-ten-year 4 per cent gold bonds ,

to be secured by unmortgaged propertyof the company , which can be convert-ed

¬

into common stock at par value , by-Ihe holder , if desirable , at any timeSrior to May 1 , 1906. Right is re-t

-rved to redeem these bonds after

May , 1906.Andrew Carnegie has offered $15,000

for the erection of a library buildingat Centralia , 111.

The first beet sugar factory in Indi-ana

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will be built at Shelby. Every de-tail

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has been arranged and the plantis to be in operation this season. Theconstruction contract has been let.

The appropriation for the St. Louisexposition has passed the house andlittle if any opposition is expected inthe senate.

Sir George Williams , who foundedthe Young Men's Christian associationin London in 1844 , may attend thejubile econvention of the associationin Boston in June next.

Senator Hauna , from the committeeon commerce , today made a favorablyreport to the senate upoa Senator Per-kins

¬* amendment to the sundry civil

appropriation bill , authorizing prelim-inary

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contracts to be made for a sub-marine

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cable from San Francisco to-Honolulu. .

Charles Holland , a prominent stock-man

¬

of Redding county, la. , committedsuicide at St. Joseph in a hotel by tak-ing

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morphine.-At

.Minneapolis Mayor Ames issued

orders to the captain of police to seethat no contests with gloves or anysparring match shall take place in thatcity in the future.

William P. Hill , for over fifty yearsa prominent New England newspapereditor , is dead of grip at the home ofhis son-in-law , ix. R. Williams , in Dea-ver

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, Colo. Mr. Hill -was born in 1819-in Concord , N. H. , and was the son ofIsaac Hill , at one time governor ofNew Hampshire.-

A.

dispatch from Vienna says theXeue Freie x-resse and another Viennapaper announce that the queen of Ser-via has given birth to a son.-

A.

party of American have found pe-troleum

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is large quantities on the is-land

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of Margarita and at Maracaibo ,Venezuela , while prospecting for as-Uhalt

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Senate to Debate Exhaustively Army Ap-

propriation

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"Bill-

.TO

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HEAR THE CONFERENCE REPORT

Honso Prepared for the Final StruggleWltli the Upper Ilrancli. Which Prom-in

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! to Be Intense A Week 1'nll ofHard Work.

WASHINGTON , Feb. 25. The armyappropriation bill will receive the at-tention

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of the senate during the earlypart of the presetn week , and whenit is disposed of another appropriationwill -be taken up. It is probable thatthe army bill will be debated fltlength , especially upon the Philippineamendment , and - the amendment re-lating

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to Cuba , if the latter is intro-duced

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as is proposed. The amend-ments

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, or either of them , quite cer-tainly

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will bo made the basis of anumber of speeches , as they willserve to open up the entire questionof the relations of the United Statesto the islands which this countrycame into control of through the warwith Spain.-

It.

is hoped that the sundry civil .billwill be reported by the time the armybill is disposed of , so that it may-be taken up next. If it is not in shapetobe considered by that time , the riv-er

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and harbor bill probably will re-ceive

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attention. The general defi-ciency

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is likely to be the last of the ap-propriation

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bills acted upon.Conference reports will be mode

from time to time during the week.Some of these will create consider-able

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discussion. The conferees onthe war revenue reduction bill expectto make their report during the week.-Of

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the appropriation bills only two ,the pension and the urgent deficiency ,have been signed by the president.Both houses have passed the legisla-tive

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, Indian , District of Columbia , na-val

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, agricultural , fortifications , post-office and diplomatic bills , and theyare in varying states of conference.The army ''bill and the river and har-bor

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bill , and the general deficiencybills still remain entirely unactedupon by the senate-

.It.

is not yet believed that muchgeneral legislation will be accom-plished

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during the week , but a greatmany private -bills will be passed. Theprobabilities are all against getting up-to the Nicaragua canal bill.

The senate will continue to meetat 11 o'clock each day and probablywill sit every night of the week.

The last week of this congress mthe house will be mainly occupiedwith conference reports on the appro-priation

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bills and the other numerousmeasures now being fought over bythe managers of the two .houses.

The last of the general appropria-tion

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bills went to the senate on Thurs-day

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and the house has its decks pret-ty

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well cleared for the final contestswith the senate. Some of these strug-gles

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probably will be exceedinglyfierce , but when it comes down to ac-tual

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work the house , although a largeand unwieldy body , ordinarily candispose of business under its ruleswith much greater celerity than thesenate.

The last six days of the session aresuspension days and it is always pos-sible

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to bring the house to a vote on.any proposition under a motion tosuspend the rules , which provide foronly twenty minutes' debate upon a-side. .

The time has practically gone byfor the -passage of new bills , althoughan attempt doubtless v/ill be made tosecure action on the bills to promotethe efficiency of the revenue cutterservice and to create a standardizingbureau. Beyond these and a fewsmall bills of losal importance no ef-fort

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will be made to put through anybills. The leaders know that itwould be a waste of time to send any-further general legislation to the sen-ate

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at this stage of the session , andtheir efforts will ''be directed to clear-ing

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up matters in dispute between thetwo houses. It probably will be nec-essary

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tohold night sessions duringthe latter part of the week and bothhouses will sit next Sunday-

.Glllett

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May Come Back.KANSAS CITY , Feb. 23. A special

to a local paper from Chihuahua , Mex. ,says that Grant Gillett the Kansas cat-tleman

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who fled to Mexico two yearsago to escape the wrath of creditors ,from whom it is said he secured nearly$1,000,000 , will soon return to KansasCity and give a thorough account of-himself. . Gillett , it is said , is now pen ¬niless. If he took any money to Chi-huahua

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he has lost it in bad invest-ments.

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Stcyn Addresses the Boers.LONDON, Feb. 25. The Daily Tele-

graph¬

publishes the following from De-Aar , dated February 24 :

"Mr. Steyn addressed the Boers to-day

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, and told them they must allshift for themselves , returning toOrange River colony. He and GeneralDewet took 300 of the best horses to-escape. ."

Madrid Cabinet toMADRID , Feb. 25. General Azcar-

ragh-

, the premier , will present theresignation of the cabinet to the queenregent tomorrow, and will probably bacharged with reconstructing the cabi-net.

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"Wichita Needs Its Saloons.WICHITA , Kan. , Feb. 25. A public

mass meeting of citizens of Wichita ,under the auspices of the ministerialassociation , was held here and a reso-lution

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passed demanding the enforce-ment

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of the prohibitory law , but nospecified time was set for the jointists-to close their places and the meetingwas surprisingly temperate , the 3,000people who attended feeling disap-pointed

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at its tameness. The resolu-tions

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will be presented to the mayor.

Sugar refiners of France are begin-ning

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the formation of a big trust.

IS SURE DEWET HAS FAILED

Kitchener Reports a Number of Capturesnml Canuultlei.

LONDON, Feb. 25. The war officehas received the following dispatchfrom Lord Kitchener :

"MIDDLBBURG , Transvaal , Feb. 25.French reports from Piet Retief ,

February 22 , that the result of the col-umns

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sweeping the country east is thatthe Boers are retreating , in scatteredand disorganized parties , to the num-ber

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of some 5,000 in front of him-."Amsterdam

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and Piet Retief havebeen occupied and troops are on theSwazi frontier. French will push in ,but is much hampered by the contin-uous

¬

heavy rains-."Summary

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total losses inflicted uponthe enemy up to February 16 : Twohundred and ninety-two Boers knownto have been killed in action , twenty-six taken prisoners , 183 surrendered ,one fifteen-pounder gun , 462 rifles ,160,000 rounds of small ammunition ,5,500 horses , seventy mules , 3,350 trekoxen , 18,700 cattle , 155,400 sheep and1,070 wagons and carts captured.-

"Our.

casualties : Five officers andforty-one men killed and four officersand 108 men wounded. I regret to saythat Major Howard , a very gallant off-icer

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of the Canadian scouts , was killedFebruary 17. Plumer reports :

"Colonel Owen captured Dewet's fif-teen

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pounder pompom February 13 , aswell as 150 prisoners and a quantityof ammunition. We had no casualties ;enemy in full retreat and being fullypursued. Dewet's attempt to'invadeCape Colony has evidently completelyfailed. "

BOLD THEfT Of CATTLE.-

JFut

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Steers Taken from Yard In Heart ofSioux Tails.

SIOUX FALLS , S. D. , Feb. 25.The thieves who have during the lastyear or more been operating in south-western

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Minnesota , northwestern Iowaand this portion of South Dakota ,stealing cattle , horses , sheep , hogs andother animals and property from farm-ers

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, appear to have shifted the sceneof their operations to Sioux Falls. Anight or two ago five fat steers , val-ued

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at nearly § 300 , were taken froma yard in the heart of the city. Thesurrounding country was scoured forthem , but not a trace of the animalscould be found after a prolonged andsystematic search. By chance the an-imals

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were found in the cattle shedsof the Illinois Central railroad , wherethey had been taken by the thievespreparatory to shipping them out ofthe city on a train due to leave S'ouxFalls a few hours after the steerswere found by men in the employ ofthe owner. The thieves have succeed-ed

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in preventing the authorities fromdiscovering the slightest clue to theiridentity.

WOULD AVOID EXTRA SESSION.

Senators Confer and Formulate Plan to-Fash Cuban Mutter.

WASHINGTON , Feb. 24. Therehave beea several conferences tcday of

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senators looking to an amicable undr-standing on the Cuban question so thatan extra session may be avoided. As-a result it is tonight probable that an.amendment dealing w.th our relationswith Cuba will be presented in thesenate tomorrow , when the army ap-propriation

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bill is taken up. Theamendment will be on the lines out-lined

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by the Associated Press lastnight.

The exact phraseology of the amend-ment

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, it is said , has not been defin.te-ly

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settled as yet , but the conferenceshave made it likely that the opposingparties will get together.-

ON

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THE ElfTY-THSRD BALLOT

John H. Mitchell Elected eo Succeed 3Ic-JJride

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as Oregon's Senator.SALEM , Ore. , Feb. 25. John H.

Mitchell was elected United States sen-ator

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at 12:30 this morning to succeedGeorge W. McBride , whose term ex-pires

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on March 4 next. His ee2ti nwas accomplished by a combination of-thirtyfive republicans with elevendemocrats , making forty-six votes , amajority of the legislature.

Will Improve Kansas I/me.OMAHA , Neb. , Feb. 25. Among the

.improvements contemplated by theUnion Pacific this spring is the thor-ough

¬

equipment of the Kansas Pacificline , which runs between Kansas Cityand Denver. Thousands of dollars willbe expended in its improvement. Thisinformation has been officially givenout The work is to be taken up im-mediately.

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. A number of coaches andengines are now being prepared hi theOmaha shops for the line.

Admits Husband's Murder.-ALGONA

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, la. , Feb. 23 Mrs. Foster ,wife of F. E. Foster , who was shot andnearly killed Saturday night , rebruai-y9 , by Clarence Robinson , has confessedto having been implicated in the at-tempted

¬

murder of her husband andbrings others into the case. The con-fession

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of Mrs. Foster was made be-fore

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Attorney Frederick M. Cnrtiss andDr. J. E. Gay. As soon as she hadmade the confession she attempted sui-cide

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, but was saved.-

Indcpcnclprco

.

Hay in Cuba.HAVANA , Feb. 25. Independence

day was celebrated by mass meetingsand general rejoicings. This afternoonthere was a parade of 10,000 school-children bearing Cuban flags. Theywere reviewed by prominent Cubans.General and Mrs. Wood were showeredwith flowers when they passed.

TAKE FIFTY BOERS AND A GUN

Col. 1'luisimers 3Ieu Scatter Dewet'sForces-

.CAPETOWN

.

, Feb. 25. ColonelPlumer engaged General D = wet yester-day

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near Disselfontein , on the southbank of the Orange river , capturing agun and a pompom and taking fiftyprisoners. The Boers were scatteredand are hsing pursued by ColonelPlumer. It is reported that GeneralDewet escaped to the oposite bank in aboat and is new fleeing with a handfulof followers.

Mr. . E. A. Oudahy Receives a LetterProm the Alleged Kidnaper ,

SIGNATURE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED

Fugitive Declares no Is Innocent of theAlleged Abduction Denies AllKnowledge of the Crime Will SoonCall on Cutiiihy.

OMAHA , Neb. , Feb. 23. Pat Crowehas been heard from under circum-stances

¬

which indicate that he is soonto make public appearance.-

E..

. A. Cudahy is in receipt of a letterbearing Crowe's signature.

The handwriting has been tested bycomparison and it is the opinion of thePinkorton's , Chief Donahue ''and otherauthorities that the signature is gen ¬uine.Mr.

. Cudahy says : "I have no doubtnow that the letter was written by PatCrowe. At first I supposed that thecommunication was the work of acrank letter writer , but I no >v standconvinced that it is exactly what itpurports to be. "

Owing to the fact that the letter isnow in the Pinkerton office , Chicago ,and that no copy was retained here ,Mr. Cudahy is unable to repeat it ver-batum.-

Mr..

. Cudahy and Chief Donahue havemade its contents known , however.-Crowe

.explains in the letter that he

has heard that the Omaha police arelooking for him ; and believe him to beone of the kidnapers of Edward Cud ¬ahy , jr. He maintains that he is 'in-nocent

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and says that he has no knowl-edge

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of the affair , with the exceptionof what he has read in the newspa-pers.

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. He says that he will drop intoOmaha some day and prove himself in-nocent

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and that he would have done solong ago had he not been afraid thathe might suffer the fate of the negrowho was lynched at Leavenworth.-

Crowe.

says that Omaha people musthave cooled off considerably by thistime and expresses the opinion thathe will soon be able to come here withsafety. He makes an appeal to thechief of police and Mr. Cudahy for pro-tection

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and says that hewill expectthem to stand between him and vie ¬lence. In conclusion , he says that he-is much hurt to think that Mr. Cudahysuspects him of being guilty of the kid ¬naping and expresses his appreciationof the kindness Mr. Cudahy has shownhim in the past. I-

"When I received this letter ," Mr-.Cudahy

.explained , "I was determined

not to take too much for granted , so-I sent it to Chicago , as I knew Mr.Pinkerton had samples of Crowe'swriting and would beable to identifyit without difficulty. A few days laterI heard from Mr. Pinkerton. He saidhe has compared the writing with asample of Crowe's chirogaphy and thatthey were the same beyond question.-I

.

wouldn't be surprised now if Croweshould show himself almost any time.-I

.believe the letter was written in

good faith.-"I

.

don't think the letter was writtenin either Omaha or South Omaha. Itbore the date line, 'South Omaha , Neb. ,Feb. 13 , ' but the postmark on the en-velope

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showed that it had been mailedin Omaha , It was probably ''writtensome distance from here and sent in aseparate envelope to some friend inOmaha or South Omaha , who rema'ledi-t.. This was done for the obviouspurpose of keeping his present where-abouts

¬

a secret He evidently wantsto come in voluntarily , without givingdetectives the honor of having cap-tured

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him. ""There is no question about the

genuineness of the Pat Crowe letter.-We

.have compared it with other writ-

ing¬

of Crowe's and it was unquestion-ably

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written by the suspected kid-naper

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," said Chief Donahue. "Nobodycould imitate Crowe's writing perfect-ly

¬

enough to deceive all the men whohave examined the letter.-

"In.

the letter Crowe does not saywhen he will show up , but he appealsto Mr. Cudahy and me for protection ,and savs that he will depend on us tosave him from any violence when hesees fit to give himself up-

."The.

letter is unlike the flood ofanonymous contributions which havebeen sent to Mr. Cudahy , the mayorand myself , and I have every reasonto believe that Pat Crowe wrote itand that he will do exactly what he-says. . "

SANTEE INDIANS PROTEST

Jamo * Carvey of South Dakota Wants to-Slint Ont Attorneys.

WASHINGTON , Feb. 23. JamesGarvey of Santee , S. D. . is here toprotest against the further recogni-tion

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by the secretary of the interiorof the attorneys of the Santee bandof Indians , which attorneys were em-ployed

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to push the claims of the In-dians

¬

for their annuities. Garvey isone of the leaders of the Santses andhe claims the contract with the In-dians

¬

was obtained by misrepresent ¬ation. He also conferred with Secre-tary

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Hitchcock , who se merl to be fa-vorably

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impressed with his argu-ment.

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Collier HuiliUnirs at Cheycuiip.WASHINGTON , Feb. 22 Senator

Warren introduced an amendment tothe sundry civil bill providing for in-creasing

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the limit of the cost of thegovernment building at Cheyenne ,Wyo. , from $250,000 to $325,000 andauthorizing the secretary of the treas-ury

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to make contracts for its comple-tion.

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WOOD AWAITS fNSTRUCTIONS.

Governor General Has Received CubanConstitution.

HAVANA , Feb. 23. Governor Gen-eral

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Wood has informed the authori-ties

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at Washington that the Cubanconstitution was officially presented tohim this morning and that he awaitedinstructions whether to forward thedocument immediately or hold it un-til

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the relations between Cuba andthe United States are decided upon.

THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Latest Quotations from South Omahaand Kniisus City.

SOUTH OMAHA.UNION STOCK YAHDSCATTLK-

Thcrc-

were moro cattle on sale todaythan yesterday , but the receipts fell fur:ihort yesterday of what they were lastweek. Packers all seemed to he wantinga few cattle and particularly those allow-ing

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(juallty and as a result the marketruled active and steady to strong allaround.

Receipts Included ahout . .0 cars of beefsteers and there were very few whatmight be called finished cattle. The bet-ter

¬

grades , however , were picked up earlyat good , strong prices and the fair to goodcattle- also sold readily at good , steadyprices.

There were something over 'J5 cars ofcows and heifers on sale and the marketwas active and stronger. In HOIXIO casesthe more desirable kinds sold a good dimehigher. As the demand for all kinds wasIn good shape it did not take long toclear the pens.

The stocker and feeder trade did notshow much of any change today andcould be quoted just about steady. Insome cases perhaps the hotter gradessold a trifle stronger , but there were notmany good feeders offered and the de-mand

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for the common stuff was ratherlimited and prices no more than steady.

HOGS There was only a fair run ofhogs here and while the market startedout weak it improved later on and theaverage cost of all the hogs was a shadebetter. The llrst sales were mostly atJ-5.20 and J3.22U and ?r 2T.. Some of thechoicer loads sold as high as .Z V andJ5.CO , which was 5c higher than yester-day's

¬

best price. All the hogs offered onthe morning market were sold in goodseason.

SHEEP There was another liberal runof sheep here , but the demand was equalto the occasion. It was a good choice ,active market and choice ewes or weth ¬ers brought a little stronger prices thanthey did yesterday. It was noticeable ,however , that the handy weight stuff wasin much better request. lightweightlambs also commanded good , strongprices , while the heavyweights of bothsheep and lambs were sold in good sea¬son.

KANSAS CITV.CATTLE Receipts S.700 ; steady to lOc

up. Native beef steers , S440fff5.40 ; stock-ers

-and feeders , $ : ! .3nw 1.83 ; western fed.

} 004.90 ; cows. S300Tij.23' : heifers. $n2r.f1.65 ; canncrs. S22W2.SO ; bulls , ; .25T 4r.: ;calves , 53ooffC03.

HOGS Receipts 21.000 : steady to lower.Bulk of salo.i and mixed packers. $." . .2.VJI-ir .CO ; heavy. 3.2r 33.> ; light , 3tXVu.23 ;pigs. ?4755500.

SHEEP Receipts 1.100 ; active to steady.Lambs , 175f31.i : wethers. 1004.0! :yearlings , S4405M.SO ; fulls , 230WM3.:

DEATH IN THE DEEP

Pacific Mail Steamer Kio de JaneiroCrashes Against Reef and .Sinks.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 23. The Pa-cific

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mail steamer Rio de Janeiro ranon a hidden rock while entering theGolden Gate early this morning in adense fog. She sank in a few minutesafter striking. It is impossible to as-certain

¬

the exact number missing ow-ing

¬

to the fact that Parser JohnRconey, who had the- passenger listand roster of the crew , Is among themissing , but the latest estimate is that122 persons, most of whom were Chi-nese

¬

and Japanese , were lost-.At

.5 o'clock this afternoon ten bodies

had been recovered , two white women ,one white man and seven Chinese.The most prominent passenger on thesteamer was Rcunseville Wildman ,United States consul at Hong Kong ,who was accompanied by his wife andtwo children. It is thought all weredrowned. The ship was in commandof Pilot Frederick Jordon when it-struck. . He was rescued. Captain Wil-liam

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Ward went aown with his ves-sel

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As nearly as can be learned therewere 201 persons on board the Rio deJaneiro , as follows : Cabin passengers ,29 ; second cabin , 7 ; steerage (Chineseand Japanese ) , 58 ; white officers , 30 ;Asiatic crew , 77. The following havebeen accounted for : Rescued , ,79 ; bod-is

-at the morgue, 10 ; total , 89 ; miss¬

ing. 145.Following is the cabin passenger list ,

almost complete : Consul GeneralRounseville Wildman , Mrs. Wildman ,two children and nurse , from HongKong ; Mrs. and Miss Wakefield ofHonolulu ; James K. Carpenter , min-ing

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engineer , Oakland , Cal. ; MissRowena Jehu , Honolulu ; WilliamBrander , London ; Mr. Mattheson ,Shanghai ; Captain Hecht , Germannavy ; Captain Holtz , Shanghai ; Mr-.Dowdell

., Shanghai ; J. F. Seymour , ed-

itor¬

of the American , Manila ; Mrs. K.West , San Francisco ; Miss Leheran ,Russell Harper , journalist , Nagasaki ;Mr. and Mrs. Hart , Manila ; Miss Ga-briel

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Hoerou , Dr. Dodd. Butte , Mont. ;Attorney Henshaw , Butte, Mont. ; Mr.and Mrs. Wood worth , Dr. Okawhara-of Japan.

The Rio de Janeiro was three daysoverdue from Hong Kong , via Hono-lu

-, when it arrived off the Heads last

night , and the dense fog prevailing atthe time induced Pilot Jordan to bringher to anchor until he could see hisway clear through the gateway. It laidto until about 4:30 o'clockvhen theatmosphere cleared and it was startedunder a slow bell toward Point 'Ben-ita.

-. All wont well until 5:40 o'clock ,

when it struck. Most of the passengerswere below at the time , and it is be-lieved

¬

that many of them weredrowned in their berths.

The first news of the disaster reachedhere at 7:30 o'clock this morning andsoon afterward a boatload of rescuedpassengers and petty officers arrivedat the mail dock. Tugs were immedi-ately

¬

dispatched to render any servicethat might be needed , but no livingpersons were afloat when they reachedthe wreck. A number of drowningpeople were rescued by Italian fisher-men

¬

, and the bodies of two white wom-en

¬

, three Chinese and a Japanese werebrought in by tne tugs. The searchfor more of the victims has continuedall dny.

Congress Won't Reach It.WASHINGTON , Feb. 23. The War

department has not heard from Gen-eral

¬

Wood yet of the reception by himof the Cuban constitution , as report-ed

¬

from Havana. It is not expectedthat he will send it to Washington im-mediately

¬

unless he can transmitalong with it some resolution by theconstitutional convention defining therelations that are to exist between theUnited States and Cuba. It is nowmanifest that it would be a physicalimpossibility for the present congressto act upon the subject of Cuba.

The Man Under Arrest Undoubtedly

Implicated in the Affair.-

HE

.

IS IDENTIPIED BY A WOMAN

rirm In Her Decision tlmt Cftlluhnn In

the Man Seen In tlio Neighborhood 'the House Where Voting Cudahy Wim-

Confined. .

OMAHA , Neb. , Feb. 25. The strong-est

¬

identification thus far as one of theCudahy kidnapers was that of Mrs.George F. Wittuni , who picked him outof a. line of five prisoners as theymarched by her at the city Jail.

Two days before 'her husband. Attor-ney

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George F. Wittum , had IdentifiedCallahan under similar circumstances.

The identification made by Mrs. Wit ¬tum is considered especially good , asvarious means were employed to con-fuse

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her and shake her judgment , butshe remained firm in her decision thatCallahau was the man she saw in theneighborhood of the Melrose Hill pris-on

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'house ten or twelve times duringthe two weeks immediately precedingthe abduction.-

Mr..

. and Mrs. Wittum live at 3G-11Boulevard avenue , within a few hund-red

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yards of the house in which youngCudahy was held prisoner. Their at-tention

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was attracted to Callahan thenby reason of his uncouth appearance.They regarde :! him as a suspiciouscharacter and scrutinized him closelywhenever he showed himself in thevicinity. Having taken special noticeof him on these occasions they wereable to identify 'him positively.-

"The.

last time I saw him ," said Mr-.Wittum.

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. "was on Monday , December17 , the day before the kidnapping. Itwas between 12 and 1 o'clock in theafternoon. I happened to be home thatday. I was sitting at the front win-dow

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when my wife came in from theyard and called my attention to a manwho was passing , walking slowlysouthward in front of the house. He-WRS looking in at the window , and , not.being more than twenty feet away , Ihad an excellent opportunity to studyhis face. I remember he impressed me-as 'sizing up * the place. He had theappearance of one who takes in everydetail of his surroundings , and I re-marked

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to my wife at the time thathe was a tough looking character. Iremember , also , that he had his coatoff and was carrying it on his arm , asthe day was quite warm , despite thefact that it was the middle of Decem-ber.

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. My wfie said , 'I have seen himseveral times before hanging aroundhere , and he acts suspicious. ' 1 thinkshe was a little afraid of him-

."We.

watched him that time untilhe passed beyond the house of HenryMalchen on the corner , which cut offour view. He was then going towardthe Schneiderwind house , as we call it

though I believe , it is better knownas the Melrose Hill prison house butwe didn't see him enter it , as the'JTal-chen house was in the way. That-wasthe last time we ever saw him in theneighborhood-

.Ilnttermakcrs

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. PAUL , Feb. 23. The NationalButtermakers' convention adjournedthis afternoon , leaving the cnoice of aplace for the next convention entirelywith the executive committee , which is-to be appointed by the president. Kan-sas

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City and Milwaukee are favorablyconsidered. It is estimated that 4,000delegates have attended the conven-tion

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, which is said to have been themost successful in the history of theassociation.

Studying ; American Farms.-WASHINGTON.

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. Feb. 23. BaronHermann , agricultural expert of theGerman embassy , has received wordfrom the German government that aspecialist , designated by the agricul-tural

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socities, will leave Berlin seanfor the United tSates to make a care-ful

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inquiry into the uses of Americanagricultural machinery , with a viewto its introduction into general usein Germany.-

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Plant Soon Starts.NEBRASKA CITY , Neb. , Feb. 25.

Superintendent Bundick of the Morton-Gregson

-Packing Co. , has annuonced to

the commission men that he will beginbuying hogs at once and as soon assufficient stock is in the yards thehouse will begin operations. Noticehas been sent to the adjoining terri-tory

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and soon the packing house dis-trict

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will be the most lively portion ofthe city.

Asks to J5e Reimbursed.GRAND ISLAND , Feb. 25. At the

meeting of the city council a resolu-tion

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was passed instructing the cityattorney to draw up an act for presen-tation

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to Hall county's representatiny-in the legislature asking for reim-bursement

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by the state of $4,000 moneyit has spent in stamping out the dis -ease of smallpox , now practically ex-tinct in the city.

Found Guilty of Arson.BEATRICE , Neb. . Feb. 25. The jury

in the case of the state vs. John Lutz.charged with arson , reached a verdict ,after being out for some hours. Theyfound the ycung man guilty. Thecrime of which Lutz was convicted ,was committed last May at Cortland ,when a barn , containing , among other \things , a stallion which was heavilvinsured , was burned.

Convicted of T-iqaor Selling.DAKOTA V.ITY , Feb. 25. James C.

Riddle , who was en trial for the secondtimp at this term of district courtcharged with the illegal sale of liquorswas found guilty by the jury, after be-ing

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out about two hours. Anothercase against Riddle , on a similarcharge , was at once taken up by thecourt.

Beaver City Out of Quarantine.BEAVER CITY , Feb. 25. Mayor

Phelps raised the smallpox quarantineThe churches and lodges will resumebusiness at the old stand at once , whilethe city schools will reopen this we°k