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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-23

Rhubarb-1o@12lkc dozen lunches.
Radishes-l5I20c dozen punches.
Oranges-C California navel. s2.75d3; California
Lemons-Messina. choice 800 to box ssQs % +:
fancy, $780, fancy, $50 to box, s30s5o California,
Potatoes-7o075c per bu.
Sweet Potatoes-Jersey, 81; Illinois sweets.
Seed Potatoes-Eary Rose, soc per bu; Early
Ohio, soc per bu - .o.o
Sweet cider-s4 per brl; s.. 50 per half bri.
Kale Greens-50Q6c per bril-
Pineapples-s2. so per dozen.
Beans-Green beans s25Oa2.7 rs per bu.
Peas-tireen, sl.25d1.60 per Blu.
Asparagus-75c dozen bunches. pint
neapples-s2. 25@s25 per doz.
seeds.
CIover-Choice recleaned. so lbs. s2.5o02 70;
choice, s4Q425; alfalfa choice, $S.75g4: crimson
or scarlet clover, $1g2.50; timothy ~ lbs 1880
Il b strictly ra dean sc ian orSand
extra, s11oQ1SO; rel top choice, sOc@sl.4o; Eng
lsh bluegrass. "a lbs, $1.15Q1.75.
Window Glass.
$3.50; B. sl7:25; c. 1850. Double: IA. $3.50; A.
Price per box OF SO square feet Discount IS
sns te Singh. "A. $3.50; A. ss25 D.
1Ox22 and 2Ox20 to .Ox3O-Sngle: AA, $25; A, $23;
B. s2l; Double: "A; $3.50 a. s31,7 g. $2S75s
15xs6 to 24xso~sinde: IA. s27; \. $3.50; 3, $22
Double IA. $3.50; A, s33.7l. B. $30.5O.
26x2S to 24x36-SinGe IA, $50; A. s26.75; B. $24
Double: AA. SAL; A sS7.25; b. $3S.75
S2x3s and 34xS6 t. S0x50-Single: AA $40; A.
$3.50; B. $S2 Double: IA. 500: A. 5000; B.
F'2 26xs4 to 2Sxs2 and soxsO to sOx4o-sngle: AA
$sS 50; A, 5000; B $27. Double: AA. SAT; A.
sox52 to sox54-single: "A. sal25; A, $3.50; B.
3Ox5s to S4x56-DoIble: IA, $3.50; A. $54; B,
$4S50
S4x5S to 34x6O-Dotble IA, $50; n. $3.50; B, $52
S6xGO to 4vx60-DoIble: AA. $66.50; A. s60.50; B,
$50.
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AT NEW YORK.
Ruling Prices i'm Produce at the Sea-
board,s Commercial MefrOnOIis


boards Commercial Metropolis.
NEW YORK, April 22.-F1our-Receipts. IL 35S
brls Market strong and higher on a fair jobbing
trade; Minnesota bakers. s4.25Q465; winter pat
ents. s490Q5.4o; winter straights, $470Q4S5; win
ter extras, $375Q4.15; winter low grades $2.9003.
Rye flour firm. Corn meal firm. Rye irmer; No.
Q Western 64c Barley firm. Barley malt steady:
Western 54Q65c.
Wheat-Recepts. 800 bu; exports III, LIT blu.
Spot firm; No red, S1.13A. f. O.. b. afoat. OPP
lions opened strong and active continued war
talk and sensationally higher Liverpool cables;
subsequent developments were decidedly bearish,
particularly on late months which were sold on
fine crop news and closed A01bc lower; a
squeeze in May shorts left that option finally 1No
net higher; No. red, May, $1.O97s q1.11s4 closed
at $1.11A.
Corn-Recepts. 4S2 e25 blu: exports, 1es 1879 bu.
Spot steady; No. 2, SS44c. Options showed early
strength cable covering but afterwards eased
off under realizing and closed only 1sc higher;
oats-Receipts, 900 bu; exports, 1857 bu
Spot stronger; No. 2, 31%c; No. white, 34c.
Options fairly active and rather easy with corn
Hay quiet Hops dull. Hides steady. Leather
Beef firm. cut meats steady picked bellies
s5.75q6.5O Lard steady; Western steam, $3.50; re-
fined steady. Pork strong. Tallow firm.
Cotton seed oil firm; prime crude. 1s12Q2oc;
,CoHee-Optlons opened steaoy WIN prices un-
changed to 10 points lower; ruled quiet and I'M
changed during the greater part of the session.
with business still of professional order and very
scattered; foreign news regarded with indiffer-
ence war news has effectually checked outside
speculative interest; closed steady, with prices
unchanged to points lower. Sales, $500 bags
including: April 5.Soc; May Spot cofee-Rio
quiet No. 1. invoice csc. 1obbing re. Mild
steady: Cordova, SA015c. Total warehouse de-
Iivcries from the United States, 27.076 bags. in
Guiding "a 1886 from New York; New York stock
to-day, 4S3 5S2 bags United States stock, COZ 003
bags: afoat for the United states, 4l2,0 900 bags;
total visible for the United States, 1059,0O3 bags
against SOL ,314 last year and S72,69l in 1856
Sugar-Raw strong and held higher; fair refin-
ing 11-16c centrifugal. 90 test, 3-lsc; refined
strong.
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Quotations at st. Louis, baltimore,
Cincinnati and other Places.

sT. LOUIS, April 22.-Flour higher: patents.
s4s5a5: straights. $4.6oG47o; clear. s4I594S5;
medium, $3.50@4. Wheat irregular. with May 1c
cempared with yesterdays close. SPOT higher;
No 2 red. cash. elevator. 81 Oh; track 81 oSlzQ
septem5er r.' 79a; No. hard cash sSAc. Corn
Futures easy, but fractionally higher than yes
SIC May &c asked: July sl% &C. September aSe
Snot higher: No. p cash. 2Sc; track, 2Si4c; April
sc; May, 2Sc; July. 24Ac bid; September. 22ssc
bid; No. 2 white. 81qSllsc Rye firm at SOC bid.
g. ssae2 IS. Corn meal. si.ecals5 Bran dull but
steady; eass track sacked. &c hay scarce and
Arm: creamery. 15a1sizc; dairy I0a5c. Eggs
firm at esac. Whisky. s2O Cotton ties and bag
bing s1Os7s7 Lard steady; prime steam,f $780,
choice $40 Bacon Boxed shoulders, 1925;
extra short-clear, seEs2' Tps' So; shorts.
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OILS.

OIL CITY, April %. Credit balances re; GER
tifcates opened with sales of cash oil at 7l4c.
During the day sales were as follows: Cash de.
livery q coo brls 71Hc, S000 brls at 112c 5000
brls at s1Ac; shipments. SSl65 brls; runs S"O'S
brls.
WILMINGTON, April 22--Spirts OF turpentine
steady at 251a026c. Rosin steady at S1Q1 10 Crude
turpentne steady at S1.25, $3.50 and Sl9O. Tar
firm at 95c,
NEW YORK, April 22.-Petroleum easy Rosin
steady. Spirits of turpentine dull and easy at
2Ss4q29Ac.
CHARLESTON, April 22.-Spirits of turpentine
firm at 25ac. Resin firm and unchanged
SAVANNAH. April 22.-Spirits Of turpentine
firm at 25%c. Rosin firm and unchanged
TOLEDO April z2-Oil lower: North Lima,
sic; South Lima and Indiana. 49c
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WOOL.

BOSTON. April 22.--The Boston Commercial
Bulletin will say tomorrow of the wool market:
The market continues fiat. There have been two
arrivals Of carpet woods from Rosario for manu-
facturers. The big demand for woolens for any
purpose has not set In and the announcement OF
a cotton uniform by General Miles will not be a
pleasant surprise. The largest transaction was a
sale Of 40, 0O0 lbs Australian lambs 70 a knitting
MILL The high rate of money puts a stopper on
transactions. The sales of the week are: $4,000
lbs domestic and 212, coo foreign, against 225, 00C
domestic and 1856 200 foreign last week and 0OC
domestic and 300 900 foreign for the same week
last year. The sales to date show increase OF
40 All 800 bis domestic and 1880 100 foreign over
the sales to the same date in 1897.
ST. LOUIS, April 22-Wool lower; medium Il
G171ac light fine, nQ14c; heavy fine, SQ11c; tub
washed, 20Q2Sc-
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NEW YORK April -Butter-Receipts. 1851
packages. Market steady; Western creamery, 10
alSc Elgins lSc; factory 1sql51sc Chees ehose
7SlaSc: SMALL choice sQS1kc: light skins, 5AQ6c;
part skins, 4Q6c; full Skins. 2QSc. Eggs-Re-
ceipts, II, 120 packages. Market steady; western
11AQI1lac; Southern, 10Ql01sc.
KANSAS CITY, April 22.-Butter steady;
creamery 14@17c; dairy 12Q15c. Eggs-Prices un,
changed and feeling firm; fresh candled missouri
and Kansas stock, &C. cases returned; seconds,
S12c.
CHICAGO April 22.-On the Produce Exchange
to-day the butter market was steady; creamery
13Q17c; dairy 12116c Eggs steady; fresh, 4O14c'
Cheese dull and unchanged
PHILADELPHIA, April 22.-Butter steady;
fancy Western creamery, Isle. Eggs hrm; fresh
Western, l119o. Cheese firm
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Dry Goods.

NEW YORK, April 22-There is still quiet
market in cotton goods, though a tendency
towards frmness is making itself felt in nearly
all divisions of the market. The reports from the
Eastern markets are to the effect that manufac-
turers are making a stronger stand than they
have heretofore, though trading Is still somewhat
limited. In wooden goods very little business is
passing. In staple cottons, outside of fractional
changes in the market made on small sales.
there is nothing of note to be recorded. Print
cloths are quiet Bidding for extras at &c is ex-
tensive. but manufacturers are refusing to sell
to any large extent Odd goods quiet and
somewhat frmer in quotations than regulars.
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eading futures RANGED AS Follows:
CASH quotations were as follows: Flour strong

Casn QuotatlonS were as follows: Flour strong
and generally 21sc higher per brl. No. spring
red, s1.13@1. 1872. No. 3 corn, s2%@32Ac. No. 2
oats. 273c; No. white 9OQ31c; No. white, 1914
faxseed 1929 @1.3O. Prime timothy seed, 81 80.
Mess pork, per brl, $1o.95@11. Lard, per 100 lbs.
$3.50 ohort-rib sides Qoose), IS. 25Q15.60; dry
sailed shoulders Qboxed), $4 75@5.5O; short-clear
sides (boxed) TO-. Whisky, distillers' fin
ished goods per gal, $1.20.
Receipts-Flour, 5000 brls; wheat, 155 900 bu;
corn, 250,0O0 blu; oats $4,000 bu; rye, 1900 bu;
barley, 1000 blu. Shipments-F1 TO- OOO brls
wheat $4,000 bu; corn, 10000 bu; oats. 4OS 600 bu
barley 5000 blu.
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NEW YORK, April 22.-The general tendency of
the metal market is toward higher level of
values some departments to-day reaching posi-
tive strength on increased demand. At the close
the Metal Exchange called pig iron warrants dull
l2c bid and II. CSC asked. Tin higher for spot
and quiet for futures, with 14.50c bid and 14.6oc
Lead steady at 3.57Ac bid and 3.6212c asked. Lead
was quoted at 3.50c by the firm naming the
settling price for Western miners and smeters.
ST. LOUIS. April 22.-Lead quiet at S.47hc.
Shelter steady a. 405c.
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SALES or REAL ESTATE.
Six Transfers, with "a Total Consider
alton OF $13,55O.


Instruments filed for record in the recorder s
Office Of Marion county, Indiana, for the twenty
four hours ending 1t i. m. April p, 1898, as
furnished by Theo Stein, abstracter Of titles,
corner os Market and Pennsylvania streets, In
dianapois. Suite .29, first Office floor, The
Lemcke Telephone 1860:
Thomas A. Morris u Isaac H. Sicller, Lots
"A and IS, Morris'' second addition $4,000
Timotnv C. Smelsei to John w. Wharton
and wife, south Ialf of Lot 9, Square 3,
BIToes North Pax addition to Holm 1l6O
Pearson ct al, lot 8, Grifith's subd-
vision Of Square s5..;....;; LOO
Lilly ct ais subdivision of Block 8,
brakes addition OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1000
Shirley Grace McL,ay to William l.. Mil
nor, Lot 225 Allei's second addition. 800
Luther w Yancy tc World Building, Loan
and Investment Company, Lot g. Grace
land Park addition ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 900
Transfers. 6; consideration ............. s1S, $50
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amount OF genuine buying here and from
Paris. Spanish fours and Americans led III
best prices of the day. The Paris bourse
distinctly better on The London lead
but the financial outlook there is gloomy
Whether France will assist Spain financial
ly is much discussed"
PARIS, April 22.-Spanish tours closed on
the bourse at 80 1916, net loss of II.
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NEW ORLEANS. April 22.-Cotton quiet: sales.
800 bales; ordinary, 4 lille; good ordinary.
5 Lice; low middling, 7-16c; mddling. 1876:
good middling, S-16c; midd.lng fair. Slice;
ceipts. 1884 bales; Stock 1881 bales.
NEW YORK, April 22.-Cotton closed dull;
middling uplands. 7-16c; middling gulf, 11-16c;
sales, 321 bales
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Thy presence, Lord, is life. -
In all the sun beneath x
There is no living breath. -.
Apart from Thee is death
Thou, Lord indeed art life
Thy presence. Lord, is light:
All. all is dark around:
From starry sky cen to the ground
No dawning may be found.
Thou, Lord. indeed art light
Thy presence, Lord, is 10Y.
Apart from Thee is GRIEF:
Beyond my soul, belief
Nor show OF least RELIEF
Apart from God, Thy joy
Thy presence, Lord, Is strength,
Howe er so weak Thou arr
No beating OF the heart
When thou from God doat 100,
His presence is thy strength. patt'
Western Christian Recorder.
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Dried Fruits.

NEW YORK, April 22.-California dried fruits:
Apples steady and other fruits Arm; evaporated
apples, common. 6g714c; prime wire wire tray. &c;
91ko Prunes, SlkG72c. Apricots-Royal. 5ih@7c;
Moor Park, shQ10c. Peaches-Unpeeled. S@Sc;
peeled, 2Q14c.
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The following table. compiled by Brad
street, shows the bank clearings at the
leading cities for the week ending April %,
with the percentage of increase and de-
crease as compared with the corresponding
week last year:
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The Foreign NIarlscts MAR.

NEW YORK. April 22-The Evening
Posts London financial cablegram saws:
..rhe stock markets here opened fiat To-
day or war conditions, and then recovered
on cosering BY the bears and a certain
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LIVE STOCK.

Cattle Scarce and StrOnger-HOgs Act
I've and Higher-Sheep Steady.
INDIANAPOLIS. April 22.-Cattle-Receipts
500; shipments, 100. There was a very light sup
ply of cattle. The market active and strong
err prices prevailed all grades. Everything
sold at an early hour and more were wanted at
fbo oIO
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Sheep and Lanbs-Recelpts light; Shipments
none. But little doing for want of stock. The
market was steady on all grades. Spring lambs
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Hogs-Receipts, $500; shipments. 1000. The
supply was fair. The market opened active and
strong to 212G5c higher for medium weights
some fancy butchers bringing 1Oc higher, while
lights sold barely steady with yesterday. Pack
ers the leading purchasers and all were
Light a04O0
Mixed 3cdU40O
Heavy packing and shipping. ........... 3.9O04 12h
Pigs 3.00n3 60
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-28
Cotton Belt Excursions.

Special Excursion Pine Bluff to Tex
 arkana, May 10th, 1898.
 Leaving Pine Bluff a. m. May 15, the Cotton Belt will run special ex- cursion train to Texarkana arriving l D. m., rate $l,50 for the round trip; returning train will leave Texarkana at 7:3O p. m., arriving at Pine Bluff 2:30 a. m. May 18th.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-28

Convention of Women's Parsonage
 and Home Mission Society, Hot
 Springs. April 18th to May lst.
 For this occasion the Iron Moun- tain Ky. will sell tickets to Malvern and return for one and one-third fare on the certificate plan. Limit of cer tificates May 4th.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-28

Labor Day Celebration, Shreveport,
 La.. May 2nd.
 For the above occasion the Cotton Belt will sell tickets at rate of $5.65 for the round trip. Tickets on sale May 2nd; return limit May 3rd.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-28

Colored Baptist Convention at Little Rock, Ark, April 24th and May 7tb. For this occasion the Iron Mountain By will sell tickets to Little Rock and return at one and one-third fare on the certificate plan, limit of certificate May 1lth.
 N. B. MIzEL.L, Agt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-28
Iron Mountain Excursion Rates

Auction Sale of Lots and Lands, Du-
 mas, May 10, 1898.
 For thls occasion the Iron Noun tain Ry..wilI sell tickets to Dumas and return for fare of$160. Dates of sale, May 9 and 10; limit for return, May 12th.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-28

Woman's Parsonage and Home Mis-
 sion Society Meeting, Hot Springs,
 Ark. April 2S to May l.
 For the above occasion the Cotton Belt will sell tickets to Malvern at rate of one and one-third fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale April 27 to 30 inclusive; return limit May 4.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-28

Meeting Of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church at New Orleans, La, May 10. For this oc- casion the Iron Mountain R'y will, on May IF, Is and 19 sell tickets to New Orleans and return at one fare. $l3,25; final limit return June 4th.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-28

Coloed Baptist Church Meeting, Lft-
 tie Rock April A ID May 1898,
 For the above occasion the Cotton Belt will sell tickets at rate of $1.7O or the round trip. Tickets on sale April g to 26, return limit May 10th-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-28
F. M. LOPER,

PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Office, over Dewoody's Drug Store. Resi- dence, Hotel Trulock. sE- Calls promptly attended day or night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-28

Southern Baptist Convention, Nor
 folk, Va, May 5th to 12th. 1898.
 For the above occasion the Cotton Belt will sell tickets at rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale May 2nd, Sd and 4th, return linn it 15 days with an extension of 15 days if so desired
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-28

Grand Lodge of Knights and Ladies of Honor, at Batesvlle Ark, May Sd to 7th. For this occasion the Iron Mountain Ky. will sell tickets to Batesvile and return at one and one-third fare en the eertifi- cate plan, limit of certificate May II.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-28

Quadrennial Conference A. M E,
 Church, Columbia, $. C., May 4th
 to 18th 1898.
 For the above occasion the Cotton Belt will sell tickets at rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale April 30th, May lst and 2nd, re- turn limit May 22nd.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-28

Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias,
 Eureka Springs, Ark, May I6 to q.
 For this occasion the Iron Noun tain By. will sell tickets tu Eureka Springs and return at one fare for the round trip, $i0.15. Dates of sale, may b, 16 and IT; return limit. May 22.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-28

General Conference M. E. Church, South, Baltimore, Md, May 4th. For the above oceation the Cotton Belt will sell tickets at rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale May lst, 2nd and Sd, return linn 1t June 1st.
 H BRINGMAN, Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-28

Ark. MedicaiSociety. Eureka Springs,
 Ark, May 11th to 13.
 For this occasion the Iron Moun- tain Ky. will sell tickets te Eureka Springs and return at one fare for the round trip, $10.15. Dates ofsale, May 3 and 10; return limit, May 10th.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-28

| Juuging UI my ttunfilfIr tiutIUn as vIi-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-28

casion the Iron Mountain By will, on May IF, Is and 19 sell tickets to New Orleans and return at one fare. $l3,25; final limit return June 4th. Colored Baptist Convention at Little Rock, Ark, April 24th and May 7tb. For this occasion the Iron Mountain By will sell tickets to Little Rock and return Ut one and one-third fare on the certificate plan, limit of certificate May 1lth.
 N. B. MIzELL, Agt.
 Cotton Belt Excursions. . Special Excursion Pine Bluff to Tex arkana, May 10th. 1898.
 Leaving Pine Bluff 6 a. m. May l5, the Cotton Belt will run special ex- cursion train to Texarkana arriving D. m, rate $l 50 for the round trip; returning train will leave Texarkana at 7:30 p. m., arriving at Pine Bluff 2:30 a. m. May 18th.
 Woman's Parsonage and Home Mis- sion Society Meeting, Hot Springs, Ark. April 2S to May |.
 For the above occasion the Cotton Belt will sell tickets to Malvern at rate of one and one-third fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale April 27 to 30 inclusive; return limit May 1. Labor Day Celebration, Shreveport, La, May 2nd.
 For the above occasion the Cotton Belt will sell tickets at rate of $5.65 for the round trip. Tickets on sale May 2nd; return limit May 3rd. Convention of Women's Parsonage and Home Mission Society, Hot Springs, April 28th to May lst.
 For this occasion the Iron Moun- tain Ky. will sell tickets to Malvern and return for one and one-third fare on the certificate plan. Limit of cer tificates May 4th.
 Coloed Baptist Church Meeting, LTt- tie Rock April A ID May 1898,
 For the above occasion he Cotton Belt will sell tickets at rate of $1.7O or the round trip. Tickets on sale April g to 26, return limit May 10th- Southern Baptist Convention, Nor folk, Va, May 5th to 12th. 1898.
 For the above occasion the Cotton Belt will sell tickets at rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale May 2nd, Sd and 4th. return linn it b days with an extension of 15 days if so desired.
 Quadrennial Conference A. M. E, Church, Columbia, $. C., May 4th to 18th 1898.
 For the above occasion the Cotton Belt will sell tickets at rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale April 30th, May lst and 2nd, re- turn limit May 22nd.
 General Conference M. E. Church, South, Baltimore, Md, May 4th. For the above occafion the Cotton Belt will sell tickets at rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale May lst, 2nd and 3d, return lim- it June 1st
 H BRINGMAN. Agent.
 --%a<-
 F. M. LOPER,
 PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Office, over Dewoody's Drug Store. Resi- dance Hotel Trulock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-02
OREGON AND TOPEKA SAFE.
Great Satisfaction at the News of the
Battle Ship.

The Navy Department has received word
of the arrival OF the battle ship Oregon at
Rio Janeiro. This was the subject of gen.
eral satisfaction, for it means the very
material strengthening Of Admiral Samp-
sons fleet before Havana within the next
fortnight The Oregon has been making
thirteen knots, or about 320 miles per day,
and it is calculated that she win cover the
1000 miles between Rio and Cuba in ten
days. She must coal however, before
starting northward, and this will take sew
eral days. Once with the blockading fleet,
Admiral Sampsons first line will be made
up of four superb battle ships, of PRACTICAL
ly the same strength and equipment.
The new gunboat Topeka, just arrived at
New York, is ready for service with the
exception of her batteries. These had been
prepared for her, but the guns We're turned
over to the War Department. owing to
pressing needs Other guns are available,
however, and the Topeka will be in com
mission within few days.
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RaiIroudinE in Africa.


Considering the rapid way in which the
line was completed from Mafeking to Bula-
wayo, the Rhodesian railway is undoubt-
edly well constructed, and the trains run
with comparative ease, but the traffic ar
r5ngements are very primitive and delays
vexatious For train to be a day late
Only is almost bordering on punctuality,
but in the majority of cases azdelay of
forty-eight hours Is usual. Although The
time tables inform us that the journey
from Cape Town to Bulawayo is performed
in four and half days, perhaps seven days
son has been responsible for deal of in
From Palapye there are no bridges fin
ished, and the lines are laid in the bed of
the river Crossing the Shashi river has
been a novelty in railway travelling there
being nearly four feet Of water in the river,
which made it impossible for the engine
fires to be kept alight Hence the expedi-
ent adopted was to make up a train-pas-
sengers and goOds-equal to the length Of
the river, and push it across, while on the
other side were two engines ready to pull
it out. When the river Is only about a foot
deep the engine takes the train through
The traveller must provide himself with a
good supply of food, as the refreshment
rooms are few and far between, and then
they are unsatisfactory. Once, the bridges
are finished and more refreshment rooms
added travelling up north no doubt will be
accomplished in half the time and In COM
parative ease: meantime 1t is much better
than in the old coaching days.