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here to-day, 50 cars; year ago, % oars.

here to-day, So cara; year ago, 81 cars
Sales were as follows on track: Hard No. .,
car 75c, Q ars7A1ko; No 3 hard, 2 car TSc, car
TIC; 1 car THO, / car Tic car zoo; No. hard,
car GO, car Csc, car sc; rejected, nOminally
5O95Sc, car B1c, car Soc. Spring No. 2, car
74c, car 7Sc; No spring cars no, reIected
nominally 60860c. Soft No. 2 red, nominally
S60SSc; No 3 red, nominally s00S6c, No red,
nominally, 65GD75c; rejected, nominally 6O070c
Receipts Of corn here to-day, 400 cars; year
ago, t40 cars.
Sales by sample on track: No. mixed, 8 cars
1711c. Q cars l7So, 20 cars 1850; No. mixed 5
cars l75(c, 3 cars l7kc, 10 cars l7c: No 4, cars
l7c, 70 cars 16Ac 9 cars 1880, 8 cars l6Mc; no
grade car 1870. White No. 2, s cars 100,
3 cars 1SIo, cars 1910; No. white, cars
1870, oars 1sJGci No. white, cars 1870, cars
171bc, 3 cars I7GG
Receipts OF oats here to-day, 2S cars; year
ago, IL cars
Sales by sample on track No mixed, nomi-
nally loc No 3, nOminally i6c; No. 4, nominally
t4o; No. Whites cars 2Oc, cars 2lci No. 8, car
1716c, 2 cars 17c; No. 4, nominAlly 1910
The hay market Is weak Receipts to-day
were 76 cars. Quotations are: Choice timothy,
S9OO0s5O; No. /, S7.O0GDZ5O; No 2, S6OO0850;
clover mixed, No 1, &5,0O0650; No. 3, &L5OGD
500; choice prairie, S6.OO06BO; No. 1, &ABO05 90;
No. 2, 4O00450; No. 8, SSO00S5O
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Kansas City Produce.

KANSAS CITY, Feb. Butter-Cr Creamery,
extra fancy separator, 100; hrsts l7Mc;
dairy fancy lSc; fair 100; store packed, Sc;
packing Stock Go; country roll, neatly packed
and sweet, 1Oc; choice, 7GDso; mussy, unwrapped
stock, 6lD7c.
Eggs-Strictly fresh stock, l2Mc per doz,
cold storage stock, lOc.
Poultry-Hens,5 SIC; ROSTERS, iSc each; springs,
6hc; coarse young roosters, Hh@20c each;
broilers, from IL to q lbs, 7Mo; turkeys, hens,
over lbs, 9c; old gobblers, 7C; young gob-
blers So; ducks, 70; geese, 30; pigeons, duh,
nominslly ESQ per doz,
Apples-Choice eating stock sells from $50
500 per bu.; inferior, l68S5c per bui cooking
stock, 25035C; Ben Davis, 2O02bo Wine Saps,
S6@50C, according 20 quality; Hunt5mAns Fa-
vOrito, OO07bo per bu for fancy stock; Bald
wins, S1.O00l25 per bbl in small way; cold
storage stock, Wine Saps and Huntsman's Fa-
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Hogs - Receipts since Saturday 9,597;
shipped Saturday, 4Oa The market was tC
100 lower. The following are representative
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vorite, S20O925O per Dbl; Bell Flower. s2.2sA
20 per bbl other fancy table stock, a225@
G7Oi New York and Michigan stock, giOOAt. 9S
In car lots and SiOO9l75 in barrel lots, accort-
ing to quality.
Potatoes-Home grown, SOC In a small wav.
Sso In bulk car lots; Wisconsin and Minnesota
BurbanRs, $50 In car lots, 400 In small
way; Pearls, 20 less; Early Ohios, &c more,
Iowa stock, 25lD2sc In car lots, SOaS5c In small
way Colorado Greeley stock, 55c In car lots:
California new potatoes, $3.50 per crate; sweet
potatoes, SO94Oc for fancy, 200 for culls In a
small way
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NJ. S. PETERS ( CO.
Live Stock Commission
Merchants,
Rooms 70 and II (neW wing), Exchange Bldg
Kansas City Stock Yards.

Anyone feeding or handling stock and
desiring market reports, or desiring in
formation relative to the markets, should
write u.s.
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Hygiene and Public Health-Dr. M.
F. Marks, Chairman; DR.. Harvey, DIR,
Smith of Sherman, DIR. johnson Of
Chase, Russell, DR.. Hollenbeak and
Stuart.
Legislative ApportlOnment--J. B.
Ward, Chairman; Crosby, Gillespie,
Clark, Rutledge, Carr, Gray, GoodnO,
Williams, Mccarthy, Reed, Longley
and Brown Of Greeley,
Congressional AppOrtiOnment-J. j.
Marty, Chairman; Weilep, Epperson,
Harvey, Gray, Cassin, Simmons, Clark,
Graves, CubbisOn, Fitzgerald, FoutS
and Poison.
Educational Institutions-D. M,
Rothweiler, Chairman; KeIsOn, Ernst,
Foley, Stoner, Irwin and Ury.
SATURDAY.
Five bills were passed by the House
at the morning session, as follows:
Making appropriations for the cur
rent expenses Of the State University.
Empowering the City Council Of
Topeka to transfer to the park fund
the money now In the city treasury for
prospecting for coal.
An act Vacating an addition to the
city Of Topeka, and acts to dlsOrgan
ize certain school districts In Potto.
watomie and Woodson counties.
The afternoon session was spent by
the House in Committee of the Whole
discussing the TrueblOOd bill for the
assessment for taxation Of mineral re,
serves. The bill had been reported un-
favorably from the Committee on
Judiciary, and was opposed by Messrs,
Hackney, TspscOtt, Brown of Crow
ley and most of the Republican mem
bers. Messrs. Fairchild, Bsrkley and
TruebIood led the fight for the bill,
The bill was amended In many partic-
ulars and Its scope extended to include
the assessment of mineral reserves,
mineral deposits, gas and oil wells"
In this form the bill was at length sp.
proved by the Committee of the Whole
and the report of that committee was
adopted by the House by vote Of AZ
to ~. This vote showed less than q
clear majority Of the House In favor
Of the bill, and the measure may be
defeated on final passage.
A bill for the assessment of mineral
reserves was introduced into the
House two years ago by Mr.. Trueblood
and passed that body by a large ma.
jority but failed to pass the Senate. 1t
ia claimed for the law that 1t will add
several millions to the taxable prop
erty of the State. Much land has
been sold or leased by corporations
which have reserved the title to the
mineral wealth below the surface, and
these reserves, 1t is claimed, have never
been properly assessed for taxation,
The opposition to the bill arises chiefly
from the belief Of It's opponents that
the measure is not constitutional.
Among new bills introduced In the
House to-day was a measure by Mr..
Henley authorizing counties or munic-
ipslities to procure the services Of con.
Victs from the State Penitentisry to
work upon the public roads. The
State is to receive no compensation for
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MARKET REPORTS.
Kansas city Live Stock.

l. CITY. Feb. 1.-Cattle-RecelptS
since Sa.~.day, 5,9l6; calves, 1856; shipped
Saturday, 1893 cattle; 1Sl calves. The mar
ket was generally steady. The following are
representative sales:
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CALlENRRAlAL.AM and aIcI

and only SaS aero At ESc0NDlD0 Grows oranges
lemons olives prunes appos, hay grains Best summer and
winter climate In u s. Send stamp br Illus pamphlet Rssou-
dido Land Town Co. Al EssOndd los Angeles San Diego CAL
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Sheep - Receipts since Saturday, 1886;
shipped Saturday, none. The market was
active and steady. The following are repre-
sentative sales:
2 nat. lbs. .115 $3.50 542 Col lbs =. 10 $3.50
G21 Kan sh.. :. 81 865 1888 Col sh.... SO &25
Horses-Receipts since Saturday, 1G6;shipped
Saturday, 9s.. The market has good supply
Of both horses and mules. The prospects are
very good for the weeks trade, because Of the
increase in the number Of buyers and the mod
Grafton of the weather. Mules are in strong
demand, II sound, heavy built and from Is to l6
hands high.
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Chicago Live Stock.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-Cattle-Receipts, 1900;
market steady; fair to best beeves, S35015 Is;
stockers and feeders, S2.9O04f0; mixed cows
and bulls, S1.7094OO; Texas, $S2504G5
Hogs-Receipts, 1900; market steady to Sc
lower; light, 1855; rough packing, 1925
BS85; mixed and butchers, S&8O0256; heavy
packing and shipping, S8S5925O; pigs, $500
3571S.
Sheep-Receipts 10000; market for sheep
ateady, lambs 100 lowery native S2.60D2 90I
western, S2OO0As0; lambs, s35O05.l0
Ste louis Live Stock.
ST. LOUIS, Feb I-Cattle-Receipts, $500;
market steady.
Hogs-Receipts, 1000; market SC lower; York.
ers. SS.450250; packers, S32O0S45; heavy, SSl0
0250.
Sheep--Receipts, 1900; market steady
Chicago Grain and Produce.
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LegESlGttOe Notes on page 5.

Patronize the ADVOCATE advertisers.
The advocate., 1897-02-03
Sc. LonIa Live Stock.

Chicago Grain and Produce.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-10
LATE NEWS NOTES.

The President has nominated vii.
liam A. Tafee to be Consul at Glen.
fuegos, Cuba.
Rufus Schaefer, a prosperous farmer
in the Union district. Huntington, w.
Va, has been assassinated. He was
sitting before his Preside, when a bullet
was fired from outside the house.
The Pail Mall Gazette of London an.
nounces that the bankruptcy proceed
ings against Prince Franz Won Auers.
perg have been concluded. The
Prince, it is alleged. squandered an i'm.
mense fortune before he was 26 years
OF age, and disappeared from society.
IL is reported, according to the Pail
Mall Gazette, that the Prince is run,
ming an elevator in a big New York
hotel
The press of Buenos Ayres, South
America. says the complaints as to the
inefficiency Of the Chilean army pub.
lished in the Chilean newspapers are
intended as ruse to deceive the
Argentine Government. Vice. Presi
dent Billinghurst of Peru has left Val.
paraiso for Vinamar and there is con.
siderable anxiety to ascertain il the
disputes between Peru and Chile have
been satisfactorily adjusted.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-10

planted a. soon as he has laid out the
grounds.
juneau IL to have q National bank.
Parties connected with Santa Bar
bara bank have left that place with
the intention Of starting the First Ma
tional Bank of Alaska. The capital
will be $3.50, 900. nearly all Of the
stock having been subscribed for in
Santa Barbara.
The Santa Clara Equal Suffrage Club
held q meeting a few days since. and
among the subjects discussed was the
pTopriety Of seeding from the State
Association. Il was complained that
the San Francisco members OF the
State association had taken all the
Offices and given the country members
little consideration. No action was
taken.
Il is reported that as soon as the
work on the San Pedro harbor is COM
menoed the Terminal railway people
will undertake the construction at
once Of several extensions to their
line, including the much-talked-of
and long waited-for Salt Lake line.
Ii 10 also said that a proposition has
been made from the Valley railway
people for a connection with that line.
Such course would make the little
Terminal one Of the most prominent
and important railways in the west.
A message has been received at San
Bernardino from Dale City, stating
that William Farley had murdered
Mat Price. Both are well-known min
ers in the Dale district. The report
said that the crime was committed
about ten miles north Of Dale City.
The trouble arose over mine which
was owned at one time by Price and
Farley. In some way Farley was
located out Of his cabin and il was this
that eventually ended in his commit
ting the murder.
Suit was instituted in the Superior
Court Of Yuba oouny, at Marysville,
to restrain the collector Of the Browns
Valley Irrigation district from selling
the property Of the district advertised
to be sold for 1897 taxes. The COM
plant reoites that there were irregu.
larities in the original petition for the
Of the district. A temper
ary instruction was issued by Superior
Judge John G. Gray. The Browns
Valley Irrigation district embraces
10, 900 acres and has bonded debt Of
100000.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-10

secretary Wilson is pursuing his
work looking to the establishment Of
great sugsr-beet industry in this
country with u'.remitting vigilance.
me new stock Of beet seed has been
received at the Department of Agri-
culture and will be distributed To
tnose sections of the country desiring
10 make further tests this year to de-.
termlne whether they can profitablv
raise beets for sugar making. The
secretary believes that the suear.bees
is TO be one of the best crops which
this country has developed for many
years, Not only. says he, will our
s s,, aS DC able to ultimately produce
OIL the sugar consumed in the country
tu' the refuse product. after the az.
traction of the sugar, makes exoellent
ICED for stock, and his belief Is that
ene industry will tend to greatly slim.
uiate dairying in the United States
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-10
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.

John M. Gleaves has been appointed
Surveyor General of California.
The Postoffioe at Keeler, Inyo
county, Cal. has been discontinued
Senator Carter has offered in the
Senate bill to create an assay office
at juneau.
bill approprlating 81, 1000, 900 to
provide for battleship to replace the
Maine has been introduced in the
House by Foote of New York.
A resolution offered by Allen direct
ing the Committee on Naval Affairs to
make an investigation of the disaster to
the battleship Maine was adopted with
out debate.
Hoar of Massachusetts introduces a
joint resolution directing the transfer
OF valuable historical documents from
the several departments to the Ma
tional Library.
In making the allotment of Justices
to the various courts the Chief Justice
assigned Associate Justice McKenna to
the Ninth circuit. He succeeds Jus.
tice Field in this circuit.
Pension payments for March at San
Francisco will net the sum of 1915.
900, and the assistant treasurer there
has been notified that the sum neces.
sary is to be held for the pension
agent.
Senator Hoar has introduced a bill
in the U. S. Senate for the suppression
OF gambling in the territories of the
United States. The bill is broad in
its intentions and provides heavy
penalties.
California Postmasters have been COM
missioned as follows: Frank +. Has
kins. Chicago Park; James H. VANS
ley, Glendore; Alonzo Epgle, Igo;
Salmon 81. Loomis. Kingsbury; Will.
liam L. Dewitt. Woodville.
Hilborn introduced petition of San
Francisco citizens i'll favor of the i'm.
migration bill. Petitions of the Cham.
Der OF Commerce against the anti.
'calping bill and favoring removal of
Arch and Shag rocks were also intro.
iuoed.
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trying q Dead Man.

lt Is probably an unusual thing !,
any country for court to sit in indv.
ment on the dead, but in a Berlin let's,
70 tne Chicago Record an account ia
gwen OF o trial in which the accused
was dead man. "'o"
it was not his first trial Thu. h.s
taken place in his lifetime and -. na
suit had been sentence Of imnr;so w.
ment for IS months. The daI;pnnon.
was bureau chief in the tax Office 80
schweidnitz, Silesia, and il was nuo,,o u
.nat ne had embezzled funds and for.sd
aocuments Soon after his sentenc e"
however he showed signs of unset.Is6
'eason' and at length died maniac
MS Widow, anxious to clear his r,o,,
DRY from the stain that rested nnon :,
uau lne case reopened and proved NV
expert testimony that her husband baS
oeen demented at the time he commit
ted the crime 40 0oiiiiiit'
mus occurred the peculiar c;rcru
soanee OF dead man on trial. The trial
resulted In the reversal of the former
the court pronouncinR the d.
ceased not guilty. 'A' us
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-10

known. In the great majority Of
cases the inquirer asks what remedy
be can use to cure the disease. Dr.
Knowles said that while the disease
was not 90 prevalent in Montana as
farther east and in the south, never
theless il was pretty generally distrib-
uted all over the State, and there sp-
peared 70 be q great deal Of ignorance
in regard TO it among cattle owners.
Il do not believe" be said, that
there is more black leg in the State
now than there has been in the past,
but cattle are worth more money now
than few years ago, the owners are
looking after them more carefully, and
there are more cattle in the hands Of
the little fellows, who pay attention
to them, than there used to be. Black
leg is not a contagious disease. Only
calves and young cattle are subject to
it, and it is seldom you see an animal
over three years of age affected. 1t is
quick In Its action. and usually death
will result in from ~ hours to three
days. 1t is not hard disease to dag
nose. 1t first appears as rule in the
hips or shoulder, and is indicated by
swelling which, when rubbed, gives
out crackly sound.
Many think that it is durable dis
ease. 1t is not. But it can be pre-.
vented by vaccination. The agricul-
tural department at Washington man.
ufaotures and sends out virus for the
purpose, and it is not difficult to learn
to inoculate. would like the cattle
men in each county il the State TO get
together and fix a time and place
where | can meet them, and l will
gladly 60 and show them how to inoc-
ulate. As | have said, the disease is
not infectious, and it comes from ami.
mails feeding in damp places. To some
people who have written me for advice,
l have told to move their cattle to
higher ground. They have replied
that they have them already on top of
a mountain. That may be SO, but it
may be damp there. Some of the
dsmpest spots have seen have been in
tn mountains. What is meant is dry
ground. OF course / realize that at
times cattle cannot be kept all the time
on dry ground, and for that reason in
those sections where such is the case,
the animals should be inoculated.
That is the only safe way and it is a
sure preventative.
A recent bulletin of the agricultural
department. shows that the losses from
olackleg in one of the Southern States
have been reduced 80 per cent in a
year by incubation. In Texas black.
eg has cost the stockmen many thou.
ands OF dollars in the past, but inoou-
alton is now being practiced generally
over that State, in the stockgrowing
sections, and the results have been
'uch, that it is no longer regarded as
IN experiment.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-10
VESSELS TO PROTECT THE PA.
ClFiC COAST.
flans Regarding the Disposition of Ves-
sells In Western Waters.

/ INC DlbpOB1t1On of YeR-
sells In Western Waters.
Washington. = The Navy Depart.
ment Will keep on the Pacific Coast
the force OF naval vessels now there
1t is recognized that the strength of
the North Atlantic squadron would he
greatly increased by attaching the bat.
tlesnlp oregon to Rear ADMIRAL 81.
cards command, but it is feared tn
leave the Pacific Coast without vessel
of this class
Ihere are now stationed on the pa
citic Coast the Oregon, the coast de.
tense vessels Monterey and Monadnock
and the retaining ship Adams. The
Oregon, which is at Puget Sound. will
be ordred to leave that port and pro-
coed to San Francisco harbor and her
place in the northern waters will be
PROBABLY taken by the Monterey.
ihe department recently directed that
tne Monadnock be laid in reserve, but
these orders have not yet been carried
out and she will probably be sent TO
San Diego.
Besides these ships the department.
mas at Honolulu the cruiser Baltimore
and the gunboat Bennington. No
orders have been issued for the return
OF these vessels, in view of the asoirs.
tions OF the Administration to bring
these islands within American juris.
dlctlon. The cruiser Alert and the
gunooat Marietta are in Nioaraguan
ana Guatemala waters respectively.
Inese ships will be ordered to San
francisco If an emergency arises. and
Will hold themselves in readiness for
active service.
Inc department. does not antici nate
tnat feet will be sent to the Pacific
Coast, but there is an expectation that
a detached srmored cruiser NAV be
around to the Pacific to make
dem onstration.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-10
FOR THE FARMERS.
Some Interesting News for the
Ruralist
SPOKEN OF IN THIS COLUMN.
A Few Sensible Hints to Suit the Busy
AGriculturfst.-Items That May
Benefit our Readers.
Fighting the Thrip.

In every direction the Fresno county
farmers have cleaned up their ranches
in remarkable manner. The ground
along the boundaries has been plowed
up and even irrigating bitches have
not been overlooked. On some of the
ranches not single leaf is discernible,
everything in the way Of foliage OF
vegetation having been burned OF
plowed under. 1t is rare treat to
look at Fresno ranch in such perfect
tim, at the budding of the season Of
1898. The writer recently looked
upon miles and miles of land as level
as a floor, planted to raisin vines,
pruned and cultivated, and a prettier
sight can scarcely be imagined.
All this special work was not per.
formed to make show place of the
country roundabout Fresno, but to
make an effort to kill off the thrips,
those little grasshopper.like fellows
that have been so destructive and 80
costly to grape growers the past two
or three years. These thrips hold to
life with wonderful tenacity. They
have survived fire, food, frost and
burial. Nothing seems to affect these
lusty insect pests. That is, no wash
or powder has been compounded that
will kill them and be within the means
of the average farmer. Several COM
pounds in vogue are too high in price
to be practical.
The Horticultural Commissioners
have suggested the cleaning up of the
ranches as we have already described
them. They believe in this way mil.
lions of the thrips will be put under
the sod and remain there, if not abso-
lutely killed. Many Will be burned up
in the debris destroyed on the fields
and thepceforward eternal vigilance
Will be the price of a crop.
To the accomplishment Of the pur-
pose in view there must be unity Of
action. 1t will not do any good that
one man furnish up if the next one
doesn't. 1t will be of no effect if
three or four sections be left in a neg.
lected condition, in fine shape as breed
ing fields for the thrips, whence they
may roam to the lands of the progress
sive and enterprising citizen who has
done everything to rid the country of
the scourge.
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SPAIN TO PREPARE.
Belief in Certain Circles That
War is to Result.
THE PRoLoNGATION OF CUBAN WAR.
CAmpos said TO Have voiced His Opin-
ion That Spain Will Have
TO Fight.

Madrid.-The Cardinal Archbishop
of Valladolid has published a pastoral
letter blaming America for the pro-
longation of the Cuban war. His emf.
hence says: THE hyIocritical friend.
ship of the United States fosters the
rebellion and wastes Spain's resources.
in order the better to attack her when
weakened" he exhorts all true Span
iards to unite in defending the rights
and honor of the nation" The letter
has caused widespread comment.
The Correspondence MiIitaire.
organ of the army, says: The prevail.
ing impression is that war between
Spain and the United States will break
out in April.
A former Captain General of Cuba
presumably Marshall Martinez Cam.
pos-interviewed by representative
of Correspondence Militaire, is re.
ported as saying: 81 never entertained
a doubt that if the rebellion was not
suppressed before 1898, war with the
United States would become an &C.
complished fact. Unhappily, my pro-
phecy will be fulfilled.
have the consolation of having
done all in my power to avert it and
therefore do not regret the blame
which has been heaped upon me. All
that is now possible is that we should
all unite to meet the danger that
threatens the country"
Senior Polo y Bernabe, the new Span.
lsh Minister to the United States, bas
started for Gibraltar en- route for New
York. He is fully empowered to con.
tlnue Che reciprocity treaty negotia.
lions. The Government is anxious to
secure firm basis for commercial and
political relations with the United
States before May LIST, in case the
pacification Of Cuba should not have
made progress before the rainy season
commences.
IL is an open secret that both the
nome and colonial governments con.
slider the preservation Of friendly rela.
lions with the United States as no less
important, in the pscification of Cuba.
than the military operations and the
Official negotiations to induce the in.
surgent leaders to accept autonomy.