Sergt. Dittmoier, United States Ma-

rines, Returns to St. Louis to

Face a Murder Charge.

KILLED EUGENE SEE6RABER IN 1899.

Hr Claims that He Killed His Victim

la fteif-Drfeass. Haa A»«t aad

Fallal ed la Iks Marlae Corps.

ItrrlsR oa Hoard (hr Brooklyn— Was at SaatlaBa.

St. Louis. Xor. 1#.—Anthony Joseph Dittmeier. a hero of th«* naval engage- ment at Santiago on July 1, 1898. went to the four court* Wednesday morning and gave himself up on the charge of killing a man in St. Ixtuis more lhan Are years ago.

Dittmeier was discharged last Satur-

day and his discliage papers show thnt his record was excellent. When he was discharged he had obtained the rank of first sergeant in the marine «or]>*.

Story of the Crime.

During the fall of 189-1 Dittmeier, then a stalwart young man of 19 ve-irt •f age. wns working for a painter named Henkler on Hint street l>etwee:i Vonrth street and Broadway. Eugene Secgrabor waa foreman for Henkler. On September 18, 1894. so the young man's story runs, he went to work as

usual. Seegraher told Dittmeier that he was too late to work and upbraided him. Dittmeier claimed that he was on

time and said if his work was not sat

iafartory he could discharge him. A little later the men met again

3eegrabcr made some movement at

though to strike him. Dittmeier an

tiripated the movement, and doubling ap his fist let drive, lie landed on See graber’s mouth. The foreman was ?

powerful man. about 45 years old. Ditt tntier, only 19 years old. and as strong as an ox. possessed a power that ht was unaware of. The blow staggerec Reegrabcr. But before the eneountei j was over Dittmeier had dealt two othei blows wiih his nnked fist, and the fore- man sank to the ground. The young man, fearing arrest, left the city, going to Memphis, Tenn.

I.earned of HU Victim's Heath. One day he was horrified to rear

that Seegrabcr had died anti that tht police were searching for him. He learned from the newspaper that h« bad been located in Memphis. At the tame time Dittmeier noticed that two men were persistently dogging his footsteps. lie knew instinctively tbai they were detectives, lie devilled to have at once. He did not have any definite plans in view. He had not written te his parents since he left borne and he went cast.

rv.nl infod In t*i«* Marine ( orp«.

On November 14, l«9t, he landed in Philadelphia. He did not have a dollar m earth, mi he went to League island and enlisted in the marine corps, changing hi* nnme to Dittmaycr. re-

taining his initial* and changing th<» apet'ing of his first nnme only slightly, lint his identity was completely lost. He remained at League island until August 25 1S96, when he was trans- ferred to Newport, 11. I., where he re- mained until December of the ssinc

year, when he was assigned to the cruiser Brooklyn.

He remained on the Brooklyn from that date until last Saturday, when lie was honorably discharged, having at- tained the rank of first sergeant for In very and efficiency.

DUEL AT BAKERSFIELD, MO.

•*■». tl. Sharp Calnil> Watched Uer Husband and Lover Klaht

tilth Knives—Sharp Will Die.

West Plains, Mo.. Nov. 16. At Hn- fcrrsfleld.25 miles south of this place.cn the interstate stage line, Tuesday ev-

ening. Luke Seels mortally wounded Postmaster \V. M. Sharp with a knife. Sharp is still alive, hut is not expected ♦*> live. It appears improper relations were charged between Seels and Mr-. Sharp. Humors had reached Sharp, who had accosted Seels twice before demanding satisfaction. Tuesday, when Seels entered the office the yusrrel was renewed. Seels was

*fu,rged with accompanying Mrs.Sharp to a basket supper two night previous. A challenge to light, with knives as

weapons, was accepted, and the princi- pals repaired to the cellar where th; duel was fought, resulting in fatal wounds to Sharp and slight injury to 3trls. Mrs. Sharp, it i* said, sat on

the stairway calmly witnessing the death struggle between her husband snii her lover. Seels was arrested and gsve bond.

Compliment to American Soldiers. Nov. 15.—The last regiment of roturn-

ng volunteers, the Tennesseeans, issstd through here last week, and the most extraordinary record made ba- rely army is now complete and un-

bcvd.en. Twelve thousand troops have 31-cupied the city for an average'of two

days and nights, without the slightest disturbance of any kind.

Reduced Colton Acreage. Washington, Nov. 16.—The statisti-

cian of the department of agriculture estimates that the productive cotton acreage of the jtast season was 2:t.- ,200,000 acres, with a probability that ike final returns will show the pres- ent acreage to have been below rath- er than above the amount stuted.

Could Aol Face Disgrace. t'ineinnati, Nov. 16.—Rev. Adolph

faith, superintendent of the German J’rotestant orphan usylum. committed feticide with poison rather than fr.ee ckarges of the most flagrant iiiiscoit- Aiet in connection with some of the Hi- 'S* girls under bis car*.

OTHEKWJSE UNNOTICEL

A vein oi zinc has been discovered It Pt. ('lair county. Mo.

The wages of ail employes of thr

roiling mills at Birmingham. Ala., havt been advanced since November 1.

American exports are still largely tc

excess of foreign Import*, according tc

figures of the bureau of statistics. News from the wrecked whaler Mer-

maid is to the effect that (.apt. Ciiffort lost his life in Dutch Harbor. Alaska.

The price of brooms has been ad- vanced more than 50 per cent., on ac-

count of the recent rise in broomcorn. The cruiser Charleston, according tc

the latest reports, ran on a reef prac- tically in the open sea. and will be a

total loss. A new school house in Pt. Ixiuis, tc

rest $100,000. ia to liear the name of Eugene Field, as a memorial to the dead poet.

Mrs. Bose l^iuvier has confessed that she shot and killed John Arm- strong in his reruns, at Pt. Lcttf*, last Saturday evening.

The Forty-eighth infantry (colored) arrived at San Francisco. Tuesday .Iron: Fort Thomas. Ky.. and went into camp at the Presidio.

Then are fully 600 delegates in at- tendance at the convention of the Western Waterways association at M< mphis, Tenn.

W. B. Thayer, of Kansas City. !ia< been arrested on the charge of violat- ing the Missouri dejuirtiuent store bill. It will bo a test case.

Roosevelt’* Bough Riders’ Reunion association has obtained articles of in- corporation from W. M. Jenkins, terri- torial sec retary of Oklahoma.

Dan Walsh. John Clark and Edward B'llings, small boys, are under arresl at Pt. Louis, on charges of burglary. The former two have confessed.

The last of the state volunteers, the Tennessee regiment, will be mustered out of service on Novemlier 23. This will end the service of state troops.

Jc.sep/h E. Johnston announces his candidacy for the democratic nomina- tion for the Cnited States seriate, tc ■uc-ceed Senator Morgan, of Alabama.

Judge Celt, of Boston, decides that a

railroad employe using a pass fot tranrportation, can not recover dam- ages for injuries sustained in an acci- dent.

ffcarlr* T. Row*, of Boston, looks st much like Admiral Dewey that a visit to the New York horse show has beer made quite burdensome by curiour crowds.

J. W. Rteger, a stockman from Pint Bluff. Ark., narrowly escaped asphvxi ation in his room at the Portland hotel St. Louis. He denies that he blew ou the gas.

Mr. William Clark, of Newark. N. J. it is reported, intends purchasing th< talkyrie III to meet the Shamrocl and the Columbia in races in 1900, ir British waters.

Brig.-(len. hunston’s leave havinj expired, he left Topeka, Kas.. Tuestla; night for Pan Francisco, en route bad to the Philippines. He will leave Mrs Fin ston with her parents in San Fran ci; co.

Rev. Frederick C. Mooney, pastor o the hirst Methodist Episcopal churcl at Rahway. N. J., aged 34. is about ti marry his foster mother, aged 32. win adopted him when he was a young di vinity student.

Matthew Howard died. Tuesday, a- his farm near Paris. Ky. He was tin last of a family of 11 which was thr largest in the known world. Their combined height was 79 feet and i half inch, and their combined weight 2.298 pounds.

MRS. STANFORD LETTING GO.

Ske Has Sold All Her Southern Pa- rl«c Stork for Over Eleven

Million Dollars.

San Francisco. Nor. 16.—A dispatch to the Call, from New York, states that Mrs. .lane Stanford has sold all of her stock in the Southern Pacific to the Huntington-Spever syndicate. Her holding amounted to 2*5,000 shares, for which she received about $40 per share, or $11,400,000 for tile whole. The stock is said to have been purchased in the interest of C. P. Hun- tington. All the railroad property she now owns, in common with Mr. Huntington, is her interest in the Pa- cific Improvement Co., which may not exceed $l,000.00ft.

It is understood that the money ob- tained by Mrs. Stanford for her South- ern Pacific stock will at once be made available for the use of the Stanford university, which is now one of the wealthiest institutions of learning in the world.

Earthquake Shock In Peru. Lima. Peru. Nov. 10, via (inhesion.

Tex.—There were no celestial pile nomena Tuesday night, but, at 12:30 a. m.. 1 here was a strong earthquake shock, accompanied by a great rum-

tiling. The people of Lima and Callao were alarmed and rushed to the streets, public squares and sea beach.

An Offrr From ( arneale. Tucson. Ariz.. Nov. 16.—Andrew Car-

negie. in a letter to M. \V. Pittock, a well-known newspaper writer of Ari-

■ /oua. offers the city of Tucson a stun of $25,000 to pay for a public library building, provided the city furnishes » site and agrees to maintain the in- stitution at an annual cost of $2,000.

inauraceuiB ueieal In Pern. Lima, Peru, Nov. 16, via Gelveston,

lex.—The latest news received here n regard to the revolution is that Col. )re, of the insurgent forces, made au mack on Pisco, in the department of Lima, but was utterly defeated, losing nany rifles, mules and ammunition.

*•» » t'fi* Meteors.

Wichita, Kas., Nov. 15. Between two and three o'clock Wednesday morning a slight shower of meteor* a a* witnessed by au observer here. I

I M

—

The British Getting a Taste of the

Methods Resorted to by Some

Rascally Meat Packers.

—

NAS AROUSED A STORM OF INDI6NATI0N.

The Officer Who Wake* the Com-

plaint Sara “They Oalr Salt Dowa the Very Worat Poetlaaa at Very Iafrrlor Reaata anil PI(a"-'Twu LaLelet “Sew York. 1MW.“

London, Nov. 16.—A letter in the i

Time*, nriten by an officer on hoard the transport Nubia, asserts “that 1,- *00 rations of salt carrion labeled New

York. ls«i. had to be thrown over-

board. a* it was full of disease." add-

ing: “They only salt down the very worst

portions of very inferior beasts and

pigs." This has aroused a storm of indigna-

tion against “the rascally contractors,

and incapable admiralty transport of- ficers who allowed filthy, salted bris- kn lx*ef to la* furnished to the troops."

The war office has accepted a gift «>f of 10,000 tinned Christmas puddings for the troops in South Africa. These

puddings will aggregate upwards of ten tons in weight.

NKWS BY WAY OF PRETORIA.

Can non ad I aa at Ladysmith Had Ceased and Rifle Fire Beann.

Cape Town. Nov. 10, Friday.—A dis- patch received here from Pretoria, un- der date of Thursday. November 9. says the reports received there from Lad\ smith, said heavy cannonading started at daybreak; that some of the Boer forces were within 1.500 yards of the British, when the cannonading Ceased, and rifle fire had commenced.

The Pretoria dispatch also sn- ltouneed that all was quiet at Mafe- king and Kimberley.

London Comments On the Above.

London, Nov. 15.—If the news con- tained in the Pretoria dispatch of Thursday, November 9, by way of ( ape Town. Friday, November 10, is cor- rect. and there is every reason to t>e- lieve it is nccurute. as the Boer dis- patches have almost invariably, hither- to, rendered fairly accurate accounts, it is claimed here that ;t implies that ;»

g« neral assault on Ladysmith was

pending when Gen. .loubert's report Vva> sent off.

■'WHicni nsII Hi 11T I4iII,

It is claimed that if the Boers got their forces within 1,500 yards of the British position it shows they fully realized the necessity of utilizing the brief interval in-fore the arrival of the British reinforcements to make a de- termined attempt to storm lien. White's |>os-ition.

Indicates Heartiness for Assault. To successfully advance «o close to

Ladysmith, it is pointed out, flic Boers must have been most active in in- tro cbing. and the nearness of the l>e- tieging lines, it is added,indicates their readiness for the assault, which, there has been a disposition in military cir- cles to believe, the Boers were not will- ing to undertake.

The Only Alternative. It must, however, have been patent

to (Jen. Joubert that Ladysmith would not fall to the force of his artillery, and. therefore, he had no choice but

j to assault the place or retire to tin- passes of the Drakensburg.in the hopes of involving the pursuing British ii>. the intricate fastenesscs of the moun- tains.

Deductions Drawn. The cessation of the cannonade

mentioned in the dispatch, and th. j opening of musketry tire, implies, it is claimed, that the Boers were obliged to stop their artillery for fear of hin- ting their own men. and that nothing further has been heard from this movement, is regarded here as an in- dication either that the threatened as- sault was postponed, or that the result was indecisive. otherwise, it is claimed.something further would have leaked out before now.

BOMBARDMENT OK MAKEKIXG.

Boers Driven From Their Position by ■ Bayonet Ctiuruc.

Cape Town. Nov. 16.—An undated j dispatch from Mafeking, received by a runner, via Magalapye, Wednesday, November 8. says:

To-day all is quiet. We have been bombarded pretty heavily all week. Friday night Capt. Fitz-Clarence and Lieut. Swinburn, with 1) squadron, of the Protectorate regiment, made a

magnificent Ivayonet charge upon the | Boers' intrenchment, driving them from their position and bayoneting numbers of the Boers, who must have lost very heavily. The charge was most gallant and determined. The j party could not hold the trenches, ami lost six men killed, two prisoners and nine wounded in their retirement. We e\epect a general attack to-morrow. The bombardment has been most in- effectual. Everyone remains under shell-proof cover. So far the shells have only wounded one man.

Heavy Boer Losses Admitted. On Friday night, Jan. Botha, the

well-known Boer commandant, told a man with the ambulance party that their loss hud been very heavy, and that his heart was very sore.

The wounded include Capt. Fitz- j Clarence uud Lieut. Swinburu, both ■lightly.

In a skirmish at the outposts, yes- ! terday, cue trooper wu* killed aud nine were wounded.

Only Flfty-Klye *»" Kn«nire4.

Only 55 men of D squadron "ere en-

gaged in the attack, though they were

assisted by the flanking tire of a gun of the Cape police. The Boers tnad«

a desperate attempt to drive lock th

British, and their rear trenches opened j a terrific tire, in every direction, the

flash of the rifles lighting up the en-

tire position. A Man or iiHiioi.

A hail of bullet* rattled on thc

roof* of the house* of the town. I poll completing a circuit of the Boer front and the line of trenches, the British withdrew in independent lines of r«

treat, cohered by the flank fire from the Cape police. The Jtoer losses es-

timate* at 100 killed and wounded. A Boer Estimate.

The Boer commander informed an

officer in charge of a flag of truce thal he estimated the attacking squadron at 1.000. and wa* not aware that the British force at Mafeking was so large

The Boer* were observed from Mafe-

king burying their dead all day long. The Possible Basato Hetrolt.

London. Nov. 16. The |*»*»ible re-

volt of the Basuto chief Joel. who. it has been announced, may join the Boers, is attributed to trilml jealousy. There has been a long feud hetvyeen the half brothers Jonathan and Joel, the latter refusing to recognize his brother's nomination ns chief. Joel, therefore, took an anti-British side against Jonathan in 1"0 and commit- ted most hideous atrocities. If ho joins the Boers, it is propheeied. Chiefs Lerothodi.Jonathan and others are lia- ble to make short work of the recal- citrants.

Transports Arrtvlnx at the Cape.

London, Nov. 16.— It is officially an-

nounced tliRt the British transport Coorkhn. with the First brigade statT. the Third battalion of grenadiers, and a detachment of the Royal engineers: the transport Manila, with the Second Devonshire*, and the transport Noma- dic, with their mounts. ha»e arrived at

Ci.i»e Town. The transport Rritannic, with the

Royal Irish Rifle*, has sailed froir

Cape Town fer East London.

Parisian* In High filer.

London, Nov. 16.—A Baris paper gleefully announces the fall and cnj>- ture of Ladysmith, but reports from this source no longer cause a ripple of excitement. Nevertheless, there will be considerable anxiety here until the war office or some inde|>endent version of the latest developments at IjkIv- smilh is known.

PROTECTED BY THE COURT.

TalrKf»t*n M nut Not be ^nlijectod to

I nuBCBimar) %nnoyanee by £mnrt Aleck Utv>rri,

New York. Nov. 16.—The work of se

leetinp a jury for the trial of Roland B. Nlolineux. who is accused of the murder of Mrs. Katherine .1. Adams, in December Inst, was resumed. The prisoner's father sat at the counsel s

table with his son. The examination of talesmen proceeded without inci- dent. until Mr. Weeks, leading counsel for the defuse, put to one of the tales- men a hard hypothetical question. Recorder (iofT intervened, saying: “I will not permit citizens who come be- fore this court to lie held up to ridi- cule. because they can not answer

question a college president might not, be able to answer.

“I want you. gentlemen." addressing counsel, “to allay the dread of citizens who come here by compulsion to un-

dergo these preliminary examinations. The talesmen must be protected in this matter."

HER MAJESTY AT BRISTOL.

(fuecn Victoria Witnessed a l.rrX Display of Patriotism at the

Old City of Bristol.

Bristol, Nov. 16.—The visit of Queen Victoria here to open the Convalescent home, of Clifton, was made the occa- sion for a great display of patriotism. The town was lavishly decorated, and her majesty passed through six miles of Venetian masts, imperial standards, heraldic designs and garlands of dow- ers. Thirty trains brought immense crowds of visitors to Bristol. Thy queen, who was accompanied by Princess Christian of Schleswig-Hol- stein, Princess Henry of Hattenberg and the duchess of Connaught, was re- ceived with a royal salute, and. es- corted by a detachment of the house- hold cavalry.the procession started for ( lifton in the midst of a tumultuous popular acclamation.

Mortality In the Army-. Washington, Nov. 10.—The total

number of deaths in our armies, in- cluding regulars and volunteers, from May 1, ]s9k. to dune 30. ’899. was 6,619, of whom 496 were killed m battle. 216 by accident,202died of gunshot wounds and wounds received in action, i.774 from typhoid fever. 476 from malarial fever. 334 from pneumonia. 321 from diarrhoea and dysentery and 195 from yellow fever.

Victims of Powder Karnes. Victor, Col.. Nov. 16.- Thomas R.

Jones and Robert Conners, miners in the Victor mine, are dead, and Wm. French, John Fairbanks and Henry Dodson, and another whose name is not known, are suffering severely from the effects of powder fumes in- haled at the 1.000 foot level of the mine.

K«tnl Hnllroud Accident in Hollnnd. Amsterdam. Nov. 16.—A London ex-

press from Flushing collided with an- other train near Capello, during a fog. Five i>erso!is were killed outright, and 29 were injured, 13 fatuity.

More l’ln*Uf nt U|iurlo.

Oporto, Nov. 16.—Five additional plague oases were reported Tuesday, with one death from the same cause.

The Case of the Steam Yacht Va-

moose, Arrested by Com-

mander Fremont.

WAS CHARTERED FOR PRESS SERVICE.

Charges Were Preferre4 Uslsit

(apt. Hellbron. Master of the Va-

■uoo.e. of Interference. B it the

Loral Inspectors Dismiss-*! the

(sir on the KeUIrnee.

New York. Nov. 1*.—During tins

progress of the recent yacht r i the

steam yacht Vamoose, under -h irfer

and in service as a pre«s dispi* -'i boat, war arrested by Lieutenant,-1 Human-

der J. C. Fremont, who was in barge of the flotilla of torpedo boats, under

the ultimate command of t ap* Rob-

Icy D. Evans. The arrest of Mi- Va-

moose was made despite the r that

she was sailing astern of th* yacht Columbia, which was maki.ig the

course alone, because the Shamrock had carried away her topmast. and af-

ter the Vamoose had Ncdted permis- sion to approach the committee bout

to get the official time at the turning mark. The Vaminose was taken by Commander Fremont to the M inning. Capt. Evans’ flagship, and in the face of protest and explanation that per- mission had been given the pr—s as-

sociation was deprived of the use ot its swiftest dispatch boat, th-* Vam- oose being sent to the city n com-

mand of the revenue officer. Charters Were Preferred.

She was released immediately after she reached the city by the authorities here, but charge* were preferred against Capt. Theodore Heilbron. mas-

ter of the Vamoose, and hearing was

had on November 7, before the local board of the steam vessel inspection service. I.ieut. 1. V. (lillis. of the toi-

pedo boat Porter, who gave th- Vam- oose permission to go astern of the committee imat. testified that lie gave the permission, and subsequentIv *o

advised Commander Fremont, and that in his judgment nothing, therefore, could be done as against the Vamoose. Commander Fremont was present as

a witness against Capt. Heilbron. The Case Dismissed.

Inspectors Petrie and Barrett care-

fully considered the ease after flic

hearing, and have now notified Capt. Heilbrun that on the evidence th»;\ have dismissed the case.

WHITEMAN IS BADLY WANTED.

Avithuritfrm of Several CIlifN \% ant

the IlIrKfil Swindler. White- mnn. %rre»t*d In Xew York.

New York. Nov. 16.—Capt. Mo- Clnskey, of the detective buretu. Pas received se\eial requests from the po- lice in different cities to bold Vlottzo J. Whiteman, uiio was arrested here, Monday nii'ht. with three other men. on suspicion of briny engaged in 3 big swindling pimt.

Chief of Police O'Mura of Pittsburgh wired: "Hold Knox. Will sent requisi- tion papers next mail."

Chief Insqtector Watts of Boston tel- egraphed: "Hold Alonru J. Whiteman oi indictments.”

Chief Detective Coilentn of t hiengo also snt a oispateh saying- "Hold Whiteman. Officer will leave fur him t feint rruw.”

Another dispatch [mm Woodsocket, Ik 1..asked that Kdiumitts and Thomp- ton l»c held.

ARE GETTING AWAY RAPIDLY.

Hlnht Traniporta Sehrdnlnl tt Leave Sau Fraariaro, With

Troops. W ithin a Wrvk.

San 1* raneiseo, Nov. 16.— High* trans- P«rts are expected to leave this port for tlie Philippines within a week. Tin orders are tor the Senator and lien Mohr to sa.I ;>n Wednesday, and carry the Forty-fifth regiment of infantry. On Saturday the st. Haul and the City of Puebla are under orders to sail, but troops have not yet been assigned to them. 1 lie Ohio mid the Indiana are scheduled to sail on Monday, and the Hancock and the Duke of Fife will probably yet away on Tuesday. When this tfi et sails, only four transport vessels will remain in the harbor. They will be the Dnlnystock, Flint shire. W arren and Wyefield.

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CLERICAL APPOINTMENTS. A |»|ioi lit m<»utn \ it nonu«*c‘«l liy l*roa J

pvcllVC Speaker HniUrnoa of the \»-it CuncreM.

Dubuque, la.. Nov, 16.- Congress- man Henderson, next s|x*aker of th» house, announces the appointment of •lilies C. Richards, of Waterloo, la., as private secretary to succeed Amos L. Allen, who was Speaker Reed’s secre- tary. and who has just been elected to congress. Also, that Asher C. Hinds will continue as clerk at .he speaker's table, and that Leroy Xeeler. for some years Congressman Henderson's pri- vate secretary, will lx* the speaker’s clerk.

Hrllesea Hrina StronK<*r Than Race, New York,Nov. 16. "In n>v opinion,”

s. ,vs Senator J. I*. Jones, of Nevada, William J. Lryan is a much stronger man to-day before the )x*ople than he mis three years ago. His own state, Neuraska. has given him a wonderful indorsement.”

Steamship Captain Arrested. Victoria, B. C., Xov. 16.—Capt H»v-

moml. of the steamer White Cloud, which foundered on the way to Manila has been arested in Honp Kong for tal«inp the vessel to sea iu *o unsea worthy condition.

ATILL BE HELD TO 7r^J I lll|iln»a M»t Treat "_ il

WMillington. Nov.

aav.iriuur, »un instruction* it to \guinaldo, if possible lo this subject. The p^tT* luests the kindly and hum^7 ment of the Spanish prison* l lie menage also contnin* a„ ^ lion that any official of the iJ* responsible for the ill-treat®? such prisoners will be held t0 account when they are taken W Ini ted Staten forces operatin* k islands.

A VICTIM OF APPENDlCn Uratli of l alted stales (ta®t 1*. Petti* at nasaeUorf. ®

many—A Sadden Attack.

Chicago. Nov. 16.—A special®® the Chicago Tribune from Dt«®y says:

United States Consul (ieo. p, ft is dead. His two nieces, the ^ Mean, of California, arrived hw, Sunday. November .*>. and Mr. at that time said he was never* ter spirits. He complained off* ill on Monday, and was operated' Wednesday for an acute attack 4 pendioitis. His case was, however far advanced when the physic!**, called in, and they gave no hopei the operation. The body will t» en home after a funeral service |

To Purchase Valkyrie III.

Paisley. Scotland, Nov. lft.—bj, nounced that a manufacturer place is ntxmt to purchase the t

Valkyrie 111., and that he intent race her against the Columbia, SI rock and C. I). Hose's Distant S which is to l>e launched from Hn son's ship yard December 15.

A Father’s Terrible MUtakt.

Chicago, Nov. 16.—Cornelian C ran gave his five children lamtu mistaking it for cough sirup, ak are dangerously ill. The chi were hurried to a hospital, wha was announced ti^pt two of then1 ford, aged 12, and Timothy, apt could not recover. j

For the Tranavnal War Fnl

Liver|>ool, Nov. 16.—The prw trade, at a meeting here recenllt, scribed t!2,000 to the Transvaal fund. They cabled the result tol ness friends at Chicago, who hart! replied that $5.1)00 has been suhws there, and that more is to folio*.

John H. Haanrll Ural.

Albany. X. Y .Nov. 16. -John RI well is dead at hi* home in thin

aged r.s. For 31 years In wain

in tlie state department at IVsa ton. For a number of year* hr. well was in charge of all the i mntic corres|v>ndenoe.

Ulna Wnnta to Ketlr*.

City of Mexico, Nov. 18.—It »

ported in high ctticial circles thll l't 'firiu Diaz will not be a candi for the presidency, mid thst b» mike the formal announcement si uet« rmination in this respect it near future.

Dinth of Kn. Joseph Hartwt* New York, Nov. 16.—The death

annour.ced i t Hinghaniton, 5-X Her Joseph Hartwell, founder sf church extension society of thfl odist church, aged S3 years. Tbit ciety lias expended $7,000,000.

The National llarilnare AaatHi

Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 16."® hundred delegates, representiflf companies with a capital of 51’^ 000. are attending the fifth annuili vent ion of the National Haniw*R sociation in this city.

THE MARKET REPORT THURSDAY, Nor

Grain and Provisions. St. Louis — Flour — Patents, C*

other grades, *2.75*13.10. Wheat—N* Corn—No. 2 mixed, ™

(Juts—No. 2, 24c. Hay—Prairie. ».5u, timothy, *y.uf<jll.U0; choice, <

*10.00*111.50 Butter—Creamery, ■

dairy. 2»W*i22V»c. Kggs—Fresh, 16c. 1

Prime steam. 4.S73*. Pork—N«* $y Of. Bacon—Clear rib, 5%c. Wow Washed, 22©30c; Missouri and u

medium combing. 22c; other grad* 21hc.

Chicago—Closing Quotations: "■

December, 67l4c: May, 714»©71t4c-S November, 31\c; December. January. 3fS» ; May. 32'sC. Oats--" her. 22‘jc; December, 22lvC: Nlal- Pork—November, *3 05; December, January. *y.47V«; May. *y 574- off: vember, *4 374: December,*4 37H; *5.07Vf«.10. May. *5.25. Short rt|» vember, *4 75; December, *4.75; J**

*4.»); May. *5 02*,. Live Stock Market

St. Louis—Cattle—Fancy export- j 6.25; butchers'. *4.25*i5 75; stockers.' 3.30; cows and heifers. *2 50*14 75 Packing. I3.30*t4.10; butchers', light. O.70©4.00. Sheep- Muttoni **

*3 25*24 25; spring lambs. *4.3712©*-* Chicago—Cat tie—Beeves. *4.25#*,®;'

M 251)4.75. heifers. *3.50©5.25; cans** If3.05; stockers and feeders. ** Texas grass steers, *3.60*24.25; 7 **

beeves. *4.50*25.50; westerns, Jw. Hogs—Mixed and butchers'. good to choice heavy, J3.3541 4

heavy. *3.751i3.80; light. *3.35(f4»- **

Sheep slow, lambs steady. __

Kansas City—Cattle—Native si* ( *2.354)0.06; native cows and heifer* ^ *2 35*i2 iX>. native cows and heltlers 4d>0; stockers and feeders. *3OOpj —Heavy, LJ.37W4i4.00; packers, ®;T, mixed, *8.30©3.»; light. *3 «v2l»*»3 ers. *3 351i 32274. Sheep—Lambs, «

muttons. *3 0f©4.0U. Cotton.

Quotations for middling T3^r!>' lows St lands. 7V,c; New 'ers Memphis, 7»-«c.

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New York. Nov. 16--Mone>_^„ ttrm. f.'ifs per cent.; prime ■’'.g paper. atfjS** ;>er cent stertln* rtrm. with actual business ln M bills at for demand, g Wi'.jtMK, for SO days; posted i it-’ and l ■>*►</ivii-j; commercial no" | sliver certiticates. jo; bar **■ g M< xicuu dollars, 471*. Governm*** easier.