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THE WOOL MARKET.


BOSTON. April 1.-THE American Wool and
Cotton Reporter win say tomorrow
IheTe has been rnore looking around for wool on
we part u manufacturers. several Of whom are
sidently getting ready To buy some stock. and
mere IS on the whole better tone 10 the market
Inc volume Of business actually transacted is stil
very moderate, for the reason that in a number q
instances holders of wool unwilling 10 meet the
as yet be quoted az actually higher the downward
tendency which previously characterized 1t to
nave been arrested for the time being At any rate
ana comparatively hm feeling prevails Adrices
rom the interior indicate yerJ firm feeling by
h0ders q woods, Who in many instances oonsid-
efAbif above the level q the seahoard markets.
Tie sales q the week in Bosten amounted TO
2ozfio9 pounds domestic and 1850 pounds for
elm, making total Of sec 30 pounds. a total Of
2IAoo0 pounds for the previous week and a total Of
TsS550 DouudS for the corresponding week last
year The sales since January amount 20 q 42l 800
pounds against 81 100 pounds for the correspond
ing time last year
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SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS.



SAN FRANCISCO. April n-wheat steady
barley. dull oats. quiet Spot quotasons were:
90 M,hsat-shfrpihg No. l. s5ci choice @ic; milling
Bnriey~Teed. 7iIa7sic brewing. spas2e: gray.
slB.
Receipts.
Flour, quarter sacks 1880; do Oregon. 1894
wheat, centals. $500; barley ceutals, $40; beans.
sacks rs corn sentsis, 7so potatoes. sacks, 1850;
3s2 hides Number. $50. ft
Produce, Fruit, Etc.
MillstuHs Middlnas si7a2O; bran, sl9al3 per ton.
Hay-Nheat, s6@i0. wheat and cat, 500; best
barley. s5N7 alfalfa, 5000; stock. s5a40; curn-
pressed wheat. S0Is 30; straw. per bale ioG65c.
Potatoes Early Rose. eOps5c river Burbsnks. 500
Sc; river Keds, nominal. sweet, s. &G2ss.
Vegetables Cucumbeis. 5ocasl; green peas. 81 5Od
2; string beans Solo per lb tomatoes, Slal75 per
Fruits Apples choice. s25 common. l5c;
oranges, nayes. SL5oa3f5; Mexican lines 81. 5o@s
California =, Lemons, common. 81 choice. NSel5o:
Butter fancy ceramery leal7c. do seconds. lsc
fancy dairy. l5c; do seconds, B@l5c
Cheese Oalifornia. new. 7a7ic Young American,
saeic Eastern. l6s@ife.
Eggs-Store l34a1ic; fancy ranch, l6ci Eastern.
iie,
Poultry-Turkey gobblers. ioaiic turkey hens, i2a
small broilers, s2s0d350 large broilers, 81 SOFAS
flyers. s. 50as. hens, si5oa5 50 geese. 81 fsaa
Wool and Hops.
wool Spring Nevada. laai5c; Eastern Oregon, u
a1ec; valley. Oregon. @a22e Fall Northern
San Joaquin plains, salDc; Humboldt and Mendo-
elmo, Hol5c.
Hops~crop Of 1870. Ifaisc
Closing Quotations.
Wheat Steady. May. nc: December. sloisi cash
con-Lsrvs yellow sliO@li5
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NEW YORK MARKETS.


NEW YORK, April li-Flour- Receipts. i5Ts7
barrels exports, g.l5a barrels, market, quiet
wheat Receipts. Gi.7S1 bushels exports, q 500
bushels. spot steady No. red, sasc + o b. shoat
options opened early. strong and active, clos
ing easy at t6ac net advance. May closed Tisc July
closed 7iac; September closed 65c.
Wool-Quiet.
Hops Steady
t'offee-options closed steady net unchanged to
points advance; sales q go bags including. May
$50. June 6 Doe: July 6 CSC spot Rio. steady; No
invoice, 7ic No iobbing, ssc mild, steady. Car
doYa. a4alio.
Sugar Raw, strong; refined. strong; graduated
bl5a5 SOC; cut loaf. SIC.
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tsaslrass WAC ssaertl-r @Jr tl Ae rarksL tay
-it-E t..iar I'm hd.rescr dese9agsd o,a1sllcrabis
ssfea.th q laaegtaut. am-Ntas ia ~ At
v.nee ia L1ndon rAe uat Fsg aazc uas trl1 60 ta
= t.sata Lake cHtucr ul.es steady &nG allsdI
uueaAa-a1 Lead rrnlius in taf sane candlaauu o.
has h~sr or salf past. fiuit sn1 ndairal
sfrlte. cMtiuses stca.y q f4iy flisi@llad prizes
Pig ttau aarrnnts~ lialA
ta.frr lake sll
Tao SzI 81
~pelter- s. - ATsa
L.-na-S. s-tss4T1a TIE aTI that hxes The selllns
PRICE FIX timers and srassts qeses lad at "a - AZ
thu elosG
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seantling. rough, - sosis; f. s5oap; 8 l
q, Nlal4 Box bozrds-l2-inch and up SIS
"a shingles. sLE: standard shingles SIN. l.
inch finish, Y, II and IS feet s95asi; thiek dnisb
sbess. cedar squares. !, 9. and 10 feet s24ds1.
plckets. sl2
Kiln dried. 81 in advance Of green Drayare sDe
Cement tjobhingl -Portlsnd. X. B. K a. xy.
Alsen. 875 49,
Lime tiobbinEl-Roche Hsrbor, 81 90; San Juan.
t69.
Plaster fiohbins) Golden Gate. Per barrel S8
Plaster hair uobbingi-N ashed $50 per sack; IN
washed, 81 10 per sack.
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FOREIGN.
Fina ncfal.

NEW YORK. April H. The Commercial AdTer-
tsers London financial cahegTam saFs;
There was scarcely any business in the markets
here today excepting closing books before the hoi
days Tbs tone dull On the tghtness & money
and Impotence with the inaction q Gen Roberts
Americans were heavy from the start, but there
WAS little movement in them until the Afternoon.
when they broke sharply New York sales. clos
ing decidedly weak
The only stock New York supported was Baltimore
& Ohio which London avoids, regarding the
stock as entirely under speyer control No gold
taken or received
Closing Quotations.
LONDON, April u.-Close: Canadian Pacific
1901; Northern Pacific preferred Isl Atchisun. Ea
Grand Trunk, q. Anaconda, 10Y Rands, &5
Bar silver. STEADY. ESd per ounce. Money. 3i64
per cent
q 2 q
Condition of the Treasury.
WASHINGTON April 1l-Today's statement Of
the treasury balances in the general fund exclusive
Of the $50 900 Oo0 gold reserve in the division q
sumption shows:
Gold reserve s3sJat,fH
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NEW YORK.
The stock Exchange.

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE reactionary tendency
continued manifest during The early bonrs todsv
when the selling active and widely distributed
and seemed quite urgent in some stocks. About
midway q the session, however, the pressure to sell
was somewhat relaxcd and friends Of the various
stocks took them in hand and bid them up The
burden n offerings and prices generally tended To-
ward recovery The rally in prices failed 20 bring
IN any notable demand for stocks and the market
became rather heavy again and closed in that con-
diti0n. Dealings largely in professional hands
ana disodge stoploss orders met with considerable
success in quarters The character az the
huying Mt the decline indicated that commission
houses have orders TO buy at varying levels below
the market There appearance Of last
weeka disposition on the part Of the outside public
depressed IN London before the opening here but
the level q the market fell below the London parity
and arhitraga brokers bought stocks to cover sales
At the higher level IN london This buvine was
especially large in Union Pacific, when that stock
sot below 5I and was material aid 70 its rally OF
over points. with sympathetic effect on the Pa
cho and in less degree the whole market.
Baltimore & Ohio preferred and Louisville h
Pacific rallied wen from the mornings sharp de-
cline. Otherwise the railroad list rather quiet
and sluggish. The most violent movements,
Usual were among the industuals and specialties
The fact that Third Avenue stock still commanded
last night showed that the short interest had not
been entirely eliminated BY Yesterdays violent rise
An active speculation resulted in the stock. and n
was forced up at one time points. then collapsed
II points aud rallied again 5 points The net gain
was points. The public was not informed in de
tail q the plan for rehahltatng the property and
the movement II the stock was governed by the ne
ccssities ~ the shOrts Sugar somewhat err
rattle AZ higher level tho good condition in the
.ssde aud reiterated ruunas u trade settle
ment. American Steel and Wire subjected 10
further severe pressure, with sympathetic effect
the metal group gneray. The resisting power
developed hy Federal Steel and it's rise to il above
yesterdays price had reviving influence the
group There was no news 70 account for the move
ments in these stocks The upward progress II
sterling exchange and possibility Of gold exports
was used by the bears With effect The shipment
% $500 go In gold 70 Buenos Ayrss which an
nounced today. was regarded as a triangular opera
ton being in fact . payment account by New
York Of Londous obligations 10 Argentina The
money market here continued easy under influence
Of large eains by the hanks from the suhtreaSurv.
Hut apprehension stn exists that n the high
money rates in London shOrid draw gold from New
York money rates here would harden.
o.
Tinted States new Sc coupon declined / ana the
~ 4 L..
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L. p. BsaninEstAasr. Seas A. stone, Boston.
J. Cudan, Chicago. Ms, Il, L. Lintz, p Ord
5. Hughes do. IL. IL Morris. Vancouver.
Il Is Curtis Centralla- u. b Huntingdon Cas- r.
NJ. =. Donovan. san Fran. f. Hustin. r Ludlow
4 Mm A-s s.s,,,. 40 n b Dsis'' f0iAAp Az
5. C. Lester. snohamish Ias IA Kiaier Boston
g. = Dayton, Portland r. IL De Weese. Kan. c
". i. Brock Oregouan. Chas Black, Everptt
Ed w Ess N WE g,d aa II Y W5sb. Psrsop
Geo b. Cramcr, New N.G. Muikey, Portland
n 6 6. B Bsi. d d. + Z P B Boston
W. L. Shea, New York Geo. II Doran. Chicaeo
Alex Campbell, shanghaiW. A. Thompson. y y
W. A. McCord Des Moin Mrs. H. Divine Portland
f. NJ. Tohin Norwich. J. b Alexander York
A. +. Palmer, spokane.
The brunswick.
) Klein 4i salem g o.. s Goodman, Hsicra
". H. A. johnson, c. ~. h. Richafdson. Telsoa
r D. Spence Spencer. Chicago ". steele chicaeo.
+ sehsfer. snohomsh II l. Thiron seattle SS
= E. Hereti, Coupeville.A. Craik. Anaconda.
Mrs Elizabeth Tsnino Mrs. Craik do
A. Carson, Castle Rock T. Mayherry CITY
2 $; Rldse Pqyallup D v. Rama, ciiy.
Mis- ni Roa9. $ f qs 3 ssoi 9a' v re cg
c +. Glmcr. P Angeles. ''''''
The DIIIer,
Jas Gillespie. coupeyileJ f. DweIley. la Conner
K q Gie.pe DO DO Ma Hss' s y WhI,'9 M
Mrs. u. O. Pearson. stnv. W. T. Ring. Medical l.
Ms; po resF'9 eSos Do ge9 LnS@pray spasdac
Mrs \. J Gordon Do. n Lewis. Dawson.
Dan Williams do. II Kupple p Gamble
D. Richards Ritzyine J r. Hancock Coupevin
Mrs A. n. Bohn. uvaco. Otto standab. Prairie.
~ Cav Mf
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OMAHA Anal u.-Catte- Receipts Ls1o head
ra.rksS s,saAy natiue bet strcgs. s. sss5 g. Vows
mi Aoifegs IS tAHA@ cannerss SAs3 >; siocScrs
and fe~degs, &Ies9las calves Nte' b1l4s ASa
Nos -Rseespts 10 90 bead; market shade q g
lower. heavy SNtsAE. mixed. $ S1aisoS hght,
NJ sAas So: halk O; sAlss. s. s2ss3&NA
sheep-Reecipts 6 sae head: market ACTIVE, fair TO
choice natives. SSASe.G, fair 70 choice Nss'sEsss
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PORTLAND WHEAT MARKET.

PORTLAND. April lin the local wheat mar
ket there h a fair amount of business doing nnd
owing 70 the scarcity Of tonnage there has becn
quite heavy accumulation Of wheat on spot, there
being a. least a dozen in Portland at the
present time walla walla, 5ia55c; valley. sic
buesteln SIC.
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Local Report-MsSimum temperature. So; mini.
mum 81 mean, 81 trace Of rain fell during the
past twenty-four hours cooler; light variable winds
GEO y. SALISBURY,
Section pirector. Weather Bureau
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Condition Of the Treasury.
THE WEATHER.

FORECAST FOR THURSDAY.
Portland. Or, April II, 1900.
Showers; stationary temperature
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRi.
CULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU.
DAILY BULLETIN.
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SEATTLE WHEAT MARKET.

Wheat Export No. club, SIC; No / hluessen
Sc: milling. No. club SIC; bluestsm. sac.
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,,,panee Of the active trade
" ssssd : ,rerss during the week. The
20 + n b steamer on Monday .i night Is !.
- " d,,e On saturday -. a..
- ~ ~ ~ S1anse 10 the market was the
\ - he'as,'s n washington creamery but.
E nos aaossd ,ss California ess Ls 1fodus ssiP !.
y eenins y Fag, continue at the price
= r one. except the cold storage East
- 90 =. c.me IN from New Orleans,
x>zd q pea - heen received. Both are In
aaIs s''a Nh sls tendsneiea 70 rise in price.
s:p 9. s tsoush r there w an Gsaa
" 4 20 ,.a,,s,si ard selling well. hut most
sss " I ~ /, from California. khubarb
g FsSs;s ,s y o,hsr lines remain the same,
si :: gst i'' Il a ial@aa "O tse
a - ~ = ocsned. Quotations remain I'M
sn1s 10 he case 10 other markets
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Money on call Sa34 per cent last loan. q per
cent: prime mercantile paper. tl@5 per cent stcr-
ling exchange. strong with actual business IN
bankers bills at SlSi for demand and A.s3s for
sixty DAYS posted rates. 81 sisH4 ssi commercial
bills 81 s30f So silver certificates. G0tosic. har
silver 59ic Mexican dollars. i7lc; government bonds.
irregular: state bonds. strong railroad bonds easier
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FINANCIAL AND
STOCK REPORTS.
SAN FRANCISCO.


SAN. FRANCISCO April u-sterling on Lon
don. sixty days. Ssh; sterling on London, sight.
Hs7l
Financial
Silver bars Sese Mexican dollars, is16ieo crafts
sight, &c; telegraph, DC
n
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neeeipt. ana shipments.


,- Az. vv,.t.,-a rsrhanee stzias ere hotter MAJ
k,t "a eAsy Cresusry i6tts aAiIJ. L$fisc
thfe.e NAN lAalA
Esss vtum frush iesstilf
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lambs, ssa75
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t1our Firm -
WIDEST suFiug Ne s. &fseec red No . @tf,9c.
o.ts 60 q So: Witt, No. = as3ssss. white
Na q Niafasae
rive NJ q s@engc
Nerlsy No q ts&Sse
ITsts.e,l Ne SIS
rr1ofhf ssr4 Prime SO
M~ss pork Yer barrel So isal@N
rard Ptr lal rourds &Fssi0M
sit.e Shot ri,s ioasc 81 1851 p
.t tlH,rs prf aaltrd hasea sfifc
etfes Short sipar t'Ast s. Esa- a.
WHISKY p,stilsrss aaishcd soca'. pss sallon'
VISA
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TACOMA WHEAT MARKET.

TACOMA, April m.-wheat-Q Quiet and IN
changed. Bluestem Sec club, sic.
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Should not be confounded with other So
called malt products some breweries put
out. Il IL not beer and burnt sugar"
See that the name Anheuser- Busch Brew
ing Assn is on each bottle. Sold by all
druggists.
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ns'l ri4ls psf son ya.,,.. ,,.,.-..
r'ss y PER cut hssts IA ~. "
80 ieiAtssss. 81 t.r - 49,,
4 =, A@t' @ail - per cwt pss.
> u - a sAat lar lsttn.. ~.
I. 49, = lssing. aeslol celsrr 80
- ss.s e..,ss !, ~ co. tolhossa tomstes.
I'M. ~ "a sll'sIstias tAssf5
1ssA cailtagn,a s,n,1s Abs,
" ls~nnsak N..2y 81, - a'''AaV"er, Sessl
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n AND TRADE REVIEW.

s.sstis, Wash. April II. 1900.
~. seattle, Tacoma, Spokane and
~ houses today were
dsahhs Exchange. balances.
49, mn &EZZIS III
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Tho, " Kinssv. Rc,heH- ffnhe Parsch. San Fran.
Nj kiassy Do wil CAgten Portland
= psri.-rs.~ civ G n Williams sfr&ane
! "a sf-t Ch{ea=o WIN 4 Ancn, %
IA y Hubbard ParlanAF y Hasssy Victoria
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- sr's shells. SO per ton: graduated
- ~ psI Ton, bous meal SIS per ton
-. ssss. - pei ton hniled oats. $40 per
~ reul'f, food. IS per ton. beef meal,
W ssd meal zoos. sA per ton. beef
p NJ ril. q Ter ton.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
Especial letter.

f~Na ANNNANlH
With much the same sort OF pride
which German students take in exhib-
iting the scars sustained in their coll
lege duels the young men of American
universities are wont to point 10 the
injuries which they encounter In that
terrific college sport" the cane rush.
This is not a trio OF untamed In
dams after a week on the warpath or
a night of the ghost dance. 1t Is a pic
ture for which three Princeton STU
dents proudly posed after just fifteen
minutes of energetic operations some
where near the center OF a zane rush.
Princeton's last essay in this line oc-
CURED N night recently. Three hun
bred students engaged in a contest
which, spectators aver, contained more
OF the elements of brutality than any
prlze-ring exhibition of recent years.
The fight waged around the historic
cannon on old Nassau's campus When
1t had spent It's fury the clothing OF
FULLY one-half OF the combatants had
beer torn to tatters and the faces of
ONE were battered almost beyond rec
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
Chinese FInerY.

Pekin should be an interesting sight
when the fashionable men who have
fed from the European troops return
again to their houses. There will
doubtless be many lamentations when
they learn the worst and ind most OF
their cherished habiliments missing.
The allied officers are said to have pur-
chased all the most gorgeous furs and
fashionable embrolderies from the
hooters at a great auction sale. held for
the benefit Of the troops, and doubtless
will send them home. They Will taen
grace European homes and curio estab-
llshments and the Chinese dude will
have to get another supply or else
modify his taste for the splendid and
costly garments which delighted Pc
kin.-London Mail.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
FRANKS Of
ONE FORM OF
A TERRIFIC
COLLEGE
SPORT"


ognition. This picture may convey a
slight idea of the facial gargoyles
wrought by the architectural experts
In the pleasant melee.
That more serious work is sometimes
done in such encounters was indicated
in the almost fatal injuring Of Fritz
Wittig, Jr., a member of the freshman
class at Rutgers College. a few days
ago. He was In the thickest of the
fight for a time and suddenly disap-
peared. He was later found uncon-
scious on the field. A physician said
that he was suffering from concussion
OF the brain. Only the greatest efforts
saved his life. A few nights before this
President Scott stoDed a cane rush.
Dean Winans of Princeton disapproves
of the rushes. and so do most of the
college authorities.
But the students seem inclined to
continue to fight out the perennial
sophomore-freshman disagreement in
this way, and to display their injuries
afterward-if they manage to get
about-with the air OF much-to-be-en-
We'd heroes.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
HE CURES IDIOCY.
WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT OF
A FRENCHMAN.
A Human Monstrositv Converted into u
Perfect he Has Astorished the
Scientists ~ Europe with this rhenom-
email Work.
Especial letter.)

St'N' "NNNsFf
Doctor bonneville, the great French
psychological specialist. has, 1t IL
claimed. actually succeeded In discov-
ering an unfailiny cure for idiots, and
is doing phenomenal work In ainelio-
rating the condition OF abnormal In
fants and adults.
The results of this humanitarian's
work in the Medico- Pedagogical lnsti-
tute at Nitry, France. IL the allah
sorbing topic In medical circles on the
continent. The wonderful results of
his cure have gone the round of the
press and of magazines during the
past months. As similar enterprises
have been suggested and attempted
from time to time for the thousands
OF unfortunates In the United states
a description OF Doctor Bourneville's
labors will no doubt prove OF Interest.
II matters not whether the patient
was an idiot or uniformed at birth or
whether unfortunate circumstances
made him an idiot In adult life. Doc
tor Bonneville will take him and by
his rigid methods engage to cure him
and make him II useful member OF
society.
Doctor Bonneville Is noted especial
ly for what he has done for Jacques
Menod. a boy from Marseilles. 16 years
old. 1t IL difficult to imagine an ug-
lier monstrosity than young Jacques.
even 10Y after six months %scrupulous
treatment. Jacques looked like a wild
gorilla when he was brought to Vitry
last winter. The mouth was abnor-
mally large. the saliva dropped In gen
erous quantity over the thick. sensual
lips. His hair grew over his forehead
almost down to his eyebrows. He was
ever grooming and grumbling and re-
fused to walk or stand up, so that he
had to be carried all the time, though
there was nothing the matter with his
legs or spine. Jacques was even low
er than the ape In that he would not
stretch out his hands to seize his food.
He had to he fed like an infant and
then almost by force. Oncs his eyes
were attracted by some bright object
in the room or garden he would sit
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
WHAT BECAME OF THE ouNs7
Mystery Surrounds the Disappearance of
Cannon la south Africa.

WyN'tfN SURROUNDS tne ttshpprhFhuss W
Cannon In South Africa.
Now that the war In South Africa IL
nearly over IL would he interesting to
know what became of those celebrated
long tome" and other dig siege guns
which made life in the besieged cities
OF Ladysmith, Kimberley and Mafs-
king so uncomfortable for "a while.
These guns seem to have fallen on the
earth. While the Beers were In COM
mand OF the railways of the region
IL would have been easy enough for
them to have spirited the guns away.
but in the close of the fights the Brit
ish fell upon the %retreRting farmers
with an energy which cut them of
from the railways near tho besieged
cities that had beer so harussed by the
guns. Now. where are the guns? IL
is morally certain that all the big
siege guns. which kept people awake
nights at Kimberley. Mafeking and
the remnants of the Boer army are
fighting. Neither at Paarde1erg, Lady
smith. Kimberley o Matching was
one of these celebrated guns captured.
What has become OF them is one OF
the problems which Lord Roberts is
trying to find out. IL is not 1t all prob
able that the Beers had u heavier gun
In their siege trains than a iive-inch
piece. That Is the Caliber of an ordi-
nary siege gun. That thoy did have
guns of that caliber or nearly tina,
seems certain from the accounts re-
ceived during the wal of the artillery
duels between the British naval -four
point seven guns and the big siege
guns of the Beers. The fitting" OF
these heavy guns seems almost mex
plicable. The British beliey. that the
Beers have hidden them away some
where in the vast territory which has
been fought over and are looking for
hem ass~iduously. but So far without
success. Though the gun OF the Creu-
sot pattern arc lighter. II is said, I'm
proportion to their caliber that the
older type they cannot he Of much less
weight and Ia the old type the wheels
OF a siege carriage alone weighed over
$50 pounds. Then there Is all the para
phernalia which goes with y siege gan,
all weighing heavily. To cause the
disappearance OF all this heavy ma
terlal 80 that no trace of 1t can be
found Is a marvellous piece OF work.
For a while Dom" Paul persuaded
bis followers that miracles were being
worked tor the benefit OF the Beers,
but the British never believed in n
special d%ispensation .or Mr. Kruger
until they realized That they could
not find the big siege guns. The man.
ner in which they were spirited away
was marvellous. II anyone ehould see
a Boer walking about with a siege
train a suitable reward will he paid
by General Roberts. provided the Beei
will tell how he did II.