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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-25
! CHICAGO GRAIN
Wheat Opens Higher, but Prices
Soon Begin to Sau

Chicago, Jan. 25.-Despite sharp upturn at
Liverpool. light domestic receipts and gener-
ally favorable weather conditions, the tone of
the wheat market was weak May opened Nc
higher at 7912@79Ac. on scattered buying, but
the demand was soon withdrawn andSthe price
began to sag, May selling as low as 79Ac.
Chicago received 80 cars, two contract; Min
neapolis and Duluth reported All cars, com
pared with i245 year ago. Liverpool closed
A@Bd higher.
The market ruled dull until near the end of
the session, when slump in the price of corn
brought out a large number Of selling orders,
under which May sold to 78@7S1Ac. At the
bottom figure good demand developed, but
not enough to offset the selling movement,
and the market closed weak, A@1asc lower
for May, at IS &C.
Close: January. 74slc; May. 7shc; July.
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Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago Jan. -Cattle-Receipts. 300; bee!
1925; poor to medium, $4@6; stockers and
feeders, s2.25@4.5o; cows, $1@4.60; heifers
s2.25@5; Gamers, $125@2.25; bulls, S2.25@4.5 80
calves. s2.50@6.5O; Texas steers, S4@6.
Hogs-Receipts to-day, 1900; Monday, 81.
600; left over, 7,433; strong; mixed and butch
ers, $5.s0@6.40; good 70 choice heavy, $1,000
bulk Of sales, s5.95@6. 80.
Sheep-Receipts, 1900: sheep and lambs
steady; good to CHOICE wethers, $4.3O@4.75
fair to choice mixed, SS.7o@4.o0; westerI
sheep, s4@4.15; native lambs, sS5o@5.s5; ives
tern lambs, $5@580.
Official yesterday: Receipts-Cattle 1922
hogs, 24,947; sheep 1893. Shipments-Cattle
2,74S; hogs, $685.; sheep, 1903.
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Boston Mining Stocks.

Boston, Jan. 25.-Michigan, 10@10k; Ad-
venture, 1s1a@2O1a; Arcadian, SA@4; Atlantic,
23H1a@24; Baltic, 35k @37; Bingham, 22k@2s1g
Trinity i aSGs5 United States l@ ga
1h@1A; c. r., 531a@54A; Dominion Coal,
61A@62; Dominion Iron, 27A@2S; Elm: 2@2A;
30k@30N; McC., AZ bid; osceo!a, s1@s11s;
Parrot, 2s1a@3o; Quincy, 1s5@14o; Santa Fe,
3@311k; Tamarack, 25e@260; Tri-Mountain, $50
inc, 46@46k; Massachusetts, 174@1714;
Wyandotte, 75c@1h; Victoria, 1906; o. c.,
2A@3h
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Duluth Grain.

Duluth, Mimi, Jan. 25.-Wheat lost cent,
May closing at 77Ac, against 7SAc Friday.
Flax gained &c, May closing at 1.69. May
wheat declined steadily from the opening
price of 771ac. There was. good business and
large trading. Flax was very dull at from
81 6S3s to $1691z for May. It closed nc off
from top, at 81. SO. Cash grain sales were
small. Receipts Wheat, 217 cars; oats, TO-;
barley, 2; flax, Al; total, go. Shipments
Wheat s67 bu; barley, 1896 bu: fax, 1888 bu.
Close: Wheat-No. hard. cash, 76Ac; No.
northern, cash, 1870; May, 76Ac; July,
77Ac; No. northern, cash, 7114c; No. 3, 69Ac.
Flax-Cash, $1.66A; to arrive, js1.67; May.
s16s. Corn, 6okc; oats, 421hc;l rye, 55kc;
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THE FLOUR MARKET

Weak and Lower With Trade Quiet
to DuIlness.
The market is easier in sympathy with the
wheat market. There was no new feature to
mark the closing of the week. Trade con-
tinues about steady, with demand only fair.
It is thought foreign business may pick up
on Monday, but there was no inquiry to
speak Of to-day. Prices as now quoted are
fairly strong.
Shipments were again very light, showing
only 81, 459 barrels for the day. =-...
First patents are quoted $3.75@3S5: second
patents, $s55@a.s5; first clears. $3.50: second
clears, $205.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Cotton,

. New York. Jan. 25.-Cotton opened steady
and 2@4 points lower on near months and
unchanged to three points higher on far
months Immediately after the call the whole
market became firm on covering, foreign de-
mand and some new buying. March stiff
fened up to Size, May to s1sc and July to
8.22c. Speculation was active all the short
session. Futures closed quiet; January and
February, SoSc; March, s.O9c; April. S.1sc;
May, Side; June, Size; July, S.19c: August,
S.03c; September, 7.74c; October, 7.7sc. Spot
closed quiet and steady; middling uplands.
5-16c; middling gulf, 8 9-16c. Sales, zee
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New York Grain.

NE" UTHIH. :
New York, Jan. 25-Flour-Receipts, 14.676
brls; sales, $500 pkgs; -four showed moderate
steadiness with not enough business to
change quotations. Wheat-Receipts, $3.50
blu; sales, 100000 blu; opened steadier on
cables and cold weather, but subsequently
yielded to liquidation, losing all it's early rise;
account and nc net lower: May. "a ,9-16@
"a 15-1ee. Rye-Dull; No. western, 69Ac
fob. afloat. Corn-Receipts, 900 blu; sales,
900 bu; experienced early frmness on
cables, followed by unloading and reactions;
closed weak at Ac net decline; May. 67M@
e71Ac; July, 871A@67ssc. Oats-Receipts, 81, 500
bu; irregular, following the lead of other
markets. track white. 5l@57c.
! Close: Wheat-May, s47sc; July, $3.50. Corn
May, 661Ec; July, 6Sasc.
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New York Produce.

New York. jan. 25.-Butter, receipts, 4,514
pkgs; strong; state dairy, 14@22c; creamery,
16@24ac; June creamery. i5@21c; factory, 1870
tic. Cheese receipts, 1,766 pkgs; firm: state
full cream large fall made fancy, 101A01OAc;
state full cream small fall made fancy, 1A@
1112c; late made best large, 9,zc; late mstle
steady; state and Pennsylvania 26@27c; west
efn at mark. 26s; southern at mark Csc.
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PROVISIONS
Chicago Provisions.

Chicago, Jan. 25.-Provisions ruled steady.
Buying by packers and light hog receipts
were strengthening influences. May pork
opened 71gc higher, at $3.50, declined. to
s1645, and rose again to S16.52H May lard
to $3.50. May ribs ruled unch anged, at ss.57A
@86O. Close: Pork--January, 6.12h; May,
$16371a; July, $16.471a. Lard-January, So.
May, $3.50; July, $9.621k. Ribs-January,
1885; May, 1856; July $685..
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ClicagO Produce.

| Chicago, Jan. 25.-Butter. steady; cream
cries, 15@2S@c; diaries, 14@20. Cheese
steady; twins. 10@1ONc: Young Americas, 10a
@1014c; daisies, 10A911c. Eggs, steady; loss
off, cases returned. 23ac. Dressed poultry
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Milwaukee Grain.

Milwaukee, jan 25.-Flour-Dull. Wheat
Lower; close, No. 1 northern, 75Rc: No. 2
northern, 1870; May, 1880.
Rye-Weak; No. 1, 61k@62c. Barley-Dull;
No. 2, 63c; sample, 55@62c. Oats-Lower;
No. 2 white, 45@457ac. Corn-May, 617Ac.
Wheat-Puts, 77asc; calls, 1910.
Corn-Puts, 60hc; calls, 621ac.
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Lfverpool Grain,

Liverpool, Jan. 25.-Close: Wheat-No. 2
red western and No. 1 northern spring steady,
IS I'd: No. 2 California. IS Sd; futures steady; ;
quiet; American mixed new, IS Sgd: Amer
lean mixed, old, IS I'd; futures, inactive;
February. IS 3Ad; March, IS Sd; May, IS 3d.
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n. p. Roundhouse burned.

Edgery N. D., Jan. 25.-The Northern Pa
cifc roundhouse burned to the ground at $3.50
last evening The loss was confined to the
structure, which was Of wood, and to a guam
tity Of coal, wood and other supplies and
tools.
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Kansas CITY Grain.

Kansas City. Mo-. Jan. 25.-Wheat-May
Toe; July, 74Ac; cash No. hard, 751ac; No +:
red, s51s@S7c; No. 2 spring, 74@75c. Corn
January, 6OAc; May, &c; cash No. mixed
61h@62c; No 2 white. 63@64c. Oats-No.
white, 461a@47c
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St. Louis Grain.

St. Louis, Jan. 25-Wheat-Lower; No. Q
red cash elevator, S5Ac; May, S51s@85Ac;
July, 79c: No. 2 hard, 771k@7sc. Corn-Low-
er; No. 2 cash, $3.50; May, 621sc; July, 62A@
62Hc. Oats-Lower; No. cash, 4811c; May,
45%c; July, 88c; No. white, 47hc.
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Kansas CITY Live Stock.

Kansas City, Jan. 5.-Cattle-Receipts, 100;
unchanged.
Hogs-Receipts, 4ooo;y Sc higher; heavy,
s6.45@6.55; packers, S6.15@645; workers., $5.35
@6; pigs, j$4. 5O@5.35
Sheep-Receipts, 100; unchanged.
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Daily Closing Prices.
Wheat Movement by Roads.

Wheat Movement by Roads.
JAN pa ....
Observation-Disclosures 3e Omaha s2;
St. Louis, IS; Great Northern. ~; 500, 1S;
Northern Pacific. II.
Shipped-C ars-Milwaukee. %; Omaha, l.;
st. Louis, Is; Chicago Great Western. IL.
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RANGE MAY WHEAT
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS
Chicago Seed and Coarse Grain

Chicago, Jan. 25.-Flax, cash, northwestern,
,$1.7O; southwestern, $1661k; May, $171. Rye
January, size; May, 60hc; July; 601sc. Bar
ley-Cash, 5S@63c. Ttmothy-March, $3.50.
Cloyer-March $97
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South Omaha Live Stock

South Omaha, Jan. 25.-Cattle-Receipts 200;
unchanged.
Hogs-Receipts, 5000; sc higher; heavy,
s6.20@6.5O; mixed, s6.O5@6.2O pigs, 81. 5o@555:
Sheep-Receipts, 600; unchanged.
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New York PrOvisiOns.
| New York, Jan. 25.-Beef quiet. Pork
steady. Lard easy; prime western steam,
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St. Louis Live Stock

st. Louis, Jan. 25-Cattle-Recepts, 800;
unchanged.
Hogs-Receipts, 5000; steady; pigs, $555
@6; packers, 81. 90@610 butchers, s6.l0@6.55
Sheep-Receipts, 300; unchanged.
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, Puts and Calls.
1880 o'clock report:
Puts-May wheat, 74c. .:
Calls--May wheat, 75Bc.
Curb-May wheat, 74Ac.
State Grain Inspection.

Stdte Urdln 1HSVSctAOAs
= Jan. "a.
j. Inspections In-Wheat-Great Northern
No. northern, p cars: No., northern, 4s;
No 3. g.: rejected, 4; no grade. Is.
Mllwaukee-No. 1 northern. cars mo 2
northern, Is; No. g. "A; rejected, a; no
grade, 4. 5s,..-
Minneapolis & st. Louis-No. 1 northern,
car; No. 2 northern, Z; No. 3. s; rejected, 1.
soo-No. 2 northern. cars; rejected, L; no
grade. 6.
Northern ,Pacifc-No. i northern, car; No.
2 northern, 2; No. 8, 2; no grade, 2.
omaha-No. northern, IA cars; No. 3, Is;
rejected, 4; no grade, g..
Total-No. 1 northern, 81 cars mo. north
ern, 49, No. 3, 40; rejected, "A; no grade. TO-
Other Grains-No. 4 corn, 10 cars; no grade
corn. 4: No: white oats. 8; No 1 oats. 5;
No. 8 oats, 1; no grade oats, 8; No. 2 rye, I;
No. rye. 1; No. barley, 2; No. barley, Z;
No. 5 barley 2; no grade barley, L; No. /
fax ,18; rejected flax, II.
Inspections Out-No. 1 northern wheat. 8
cars; No. northern wheat So; No. 3 wheat
SO; rejected wheat, 8; no grade wheat, IL; No
corn, 8; No. + corn, 1S; No. white oats, l.;
no grade oats, 4; No. barley, 3; No. bar
ley, /; No. rye, 2: No. l fax 10; rejected
fax, 4.
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21,s4o bu; oats, 1880 hu: barley, II ,o5O bu:
fax, 24.65O blu; -four. a75 brls; fnillstuffs. s.
125756 lbs; merchandise, 1.74S,e5s lbs; lumber.
SO cars: barrel stock. cars. machinery, ,674-
700 lbs; coal, 1916 tons; wood, 1854 cords; lime,
600 lbs; pig iron, 20 cars; ties, 8 cars; live
stock, 2 cars; dressed meats, 80. ACC lbs; hides,
pelts, etc., $4,000 lbs; railroad materials,
shipped-Wheat. 49 cars, $1,000 bu: corn,
1860 bu; oats, e. 420 blu; barley, 210O hu; rye.
1850 bu; fax, $3.50 bu; -four 81, 45s brls; mill
stuffs. 1,47O tons; fruit. $1,000 lbs; merchan-
disc, 192S,2S6 lbs: lumber, 81 cars; machinery,
391, 500 lbs coal, IL tons; lime, I car; house
hold goods, 40, 900 IBIS; live stock, cars; lin
seed oil. 1900 brls; oil cake, 459 900 lbs hides,
cars; sundries, rs cars; car lots, 756.
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ST. Louis. Jan. 25.--Lead-Dull; ss.s71
spelter-Dull; $4.1o@412A.
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Green sailed long-haired OF runner

Green sailed long haired runner
KIP. IA
Green sailed deaconS, each. so 40
Green or frozen hides and SKINS lie per lb
less than above quotations.
Green sailed horse or mule hides,
large o.UU Z.W
Green sailed or green frozen horse or
mule hides medium ........... $50 1.75
Green sailed horse mule hides,
Dry flint Minnesota butcher hides. %. .13 @15k
Dry flint Minnesota. Dakota and
Wisconsin macs IL 1O72
Dry hint caH SklnS. ...................1o Is
Dry flint Kip skins IL 1Gk
Green sailed pets, small to large,
Dry flint territorial pelts, per b.. @1O
Ia!!oW, IN cakes -.-.....--.......-...-o 3ss
Grease, white ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ~
GreaSe, udfh 4tS
Wool medium, unwashed. .......... .i34e@15
Wool fine medium, unwashed. .......13 Q137a
Wool, coarse, unwashed ............ .121a@13
Wool, fine unwashed -. .101s911A
Wool, broken heeces, unwashed. :. .1O1a9l1A
Bright Wisconsin and similar grades, l42c
higher than above quotations. Seedy or bury
WOOL 1@2c less.
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SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY Is. 1902.

o, v !; !; i !, Cent j. y
do pr ....... ...... 40 40
Total sales. 242,4oO.
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Receipts and Shipments.
JAM. "a
Rsceivsd-W Wheat, 1874 cars, 170,720 bu: corn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-17

my trip want to be on the ground
and see for myself just what the situa-
ton demands before I issue the final
orders"
The secretary would not discuss the
prospects of the new Cuban govern
m ent.
Il am not prophesying, he said. MY
function ends with carrying out the or
ders of the government to withdraw our
troops and leave everything in as good
condition as possible for the new Cuban
government to take control"
Mr. Root would not discuss his order
to Gen. Chanee to court martial Gen
Jacob Smith
Il have said all I intend to on that
subject in my order to Gen. Chaffee.
he said. Some of the courts marital
win be held in this country because the
regiments from which witnesses are
neede have been brought home and It
win be much easier to secure the evi-
dence wanted here than in Manila. I
cannot now say whether any Of the Of
ficesr against whom charges have been
preferred Will be tried in Manila"
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JEFFRIES-CORBETT.
Battle Between Champion and
P0mpadOur Arranged.

New York, April Thames J. Corbett,
former champion pugilist, received a
telegram from his brother, Harry at
San Francisco today. notifying him that
a match between Corbett and Jeffries
had been arranged, and all that remain
ed to make the contract absolute was
the disposition of a few minor details.
It is expected that the match will take
place some time in September. Corbetr
was preparing to start for San Fran
cisco to try to arrange a fight with JEFF
fries, but his message from his brother
made this step unnecessary. He will do
light work in Woods gymnasium for a
few weeks, and then viii go to Bayside,
L. l., where he recently purchased a
house
Corbett said today that he would i'm
mediately organize a staff of trainers
and sparring partners and put himself
in readiness fol. any kind of a battle
Jeffries might be able to put up. He
seemed pleased at the ease with which
the negotiations had been brought to a
definite basis.
Nothing is known as to where the
fight will take place. It IS expected thar
papers will be signed and forfeits posted
at once. The proposed fight recalls the
last battle in which the two heavy
weights We're opposed, and in which Cor
bett lost his opportunity to regain the
championship by a blow in the twenty
third round. 1t was voted one of the
prettiest exhibitions OF pugilistic skill
ever seen.
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VETO MESSAGE.
President Roosevelt Turns
Down a Pension Bill.

Washington. April 1.-THE house be-
gan its session at Il o'clock today in
order to expedite the Cuban reciprocity
bill A veto message was received from
President Roosevelt of a bill pension
ing Thomas F. Walter, and was re-
ferred to the committee on invalid pen
sions.
Consideration of the Cuban reciproc-
ity bill was resumed. and Mr.. Jenkins
(Wis.) spoke on the political status of
Cuba, maintaining that there would be
no suspended sovereignty and that at
the present time Cuba was under the
political dominion of the United States.
Mr.. Jenkins opposed the bill because
our relations toward Cuba We're not
such as to permit of the proposed reci-
procity treaty.
Mr.. Gaines CIV Va.) also opposed the
bill. declaring that it was unwise.
Mr.. Warner Qn) who followed. was
also against the bill. He insisted that
the measure was not along Republican
lines, and when he declared that at
heart a majority of the members on the
Republican side We're opposed, the Re
publican opponents of the bill gave him
a round of applause.
Mr.. De Almond (Mo.) made a speech
which attracted much attention He
employed his vitriolic comm ent upon
the attitude of members with his ac-
customed freedom. Calling attention to
the fact that members of both sides.
whether they opposed or advocated the
measure justified their course by an ap-
peal TO their party principles, he re-
marked that viewed from these diverse
standpoints the measure was indeed a
remarkable departure in legislation He
commented upon the statement of Gen.
Grosvenor a few days ago that later the
high rates of the Dingley law would be
reduced and revised by the friends of
that act. If the rates were too high he
saw no reason why the reduction should
not occur now and in this connection he
referred sarcastically to the Babcock
bill to place steel on the free list
The author had voted against the bill in
committee and he intimated gladly that
the purpose of its introduction was to hold
up the steel trust and other kindred trusts
for the benefit of his party in the coming
campaign.
Speaking of the sugar trust he observed
that to hear members talk one would think
there was nothing so friendless as a trust.
.sE-ortunately.' said he ironically, there
will be opportunity later for members
to show by their votes that they have
not Tpisre presented themselves.
It was cOntended, said he. on the other
side that the tariff which had DEVELOPED
the gigantic trusts should be reformed by
its friends. Il think he exclaimed '-tha {
the tariff should be reformed by the
friends of the American people
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SWIFT BURGLARS.
They Rob 3 Houses in Rapid
Succession Securing $4,000.

Peoria, Ill, April professional
burglars accomplished three of the most
daring robberies ever known in the
state of Illinois this morning when the
residences of Flavel Shurtleff, George
H. Littlewood and DR. George T. Cray
were entered between 3 and 4 o'clock
and upwards of $1,000 in money and
jewelry was taken by them. The two
latter burglaries were committed after
the police had been notified and We're
in the near vicinity of the first.
While going through the house of
Shurtleff and Littlewood, the burglars
were discovered, but kept their victims
at bay with revolvers and talked to
them. Mr. Littlewood is troubled with
heart disease and one of the robbers
brought him a drink of water while the
other watched with a gun As the bur
glars We're leaving the Gray residence
DR.. Gray fired several shots at them.
Mrs. Shurtleff also fred several shots
in the air to hurry their departure.
The police have no clew.
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MORGAN TALKS CANAL.
Almost Forgotten Subject Re-
vived in the Senate.

Washington, April 17-Soon after the
senate convened today bill authorizing
the county commissioners of Crow Wing
county, Mimi. to construct a bridge
across the Mississippi river between Pine
River and Dean Brook. was passed.
The resolutions offered by Mr.. Culber-
son (Iex-) directing The secretary of
war to send to the senate a statement
of money paid by the United States on
account of the Philippine commission
and statement of the amount Of money
expended for sending troops to the Phil
ippines and for their maintenance, were
agreed to.
Mr. Morgan (Ala). chairman of the
committee on 1sthmian canals, at the
conclusion Of routine business, addressed
the senate upon the Hepburn bill pro-
viding for a Nicaraguan canal
He assumed, in beginning, that the
senate was convinced of the indispensa-
bic character of canaI-that it was a.
national necessity-and that it was only
a choice of methods and comparison
of national advantages which was left
to decide ''all questions Of financial abil-
lty, Of private interests. of political bias
having been relegated to the rear by com
mand of a free, honest and powerful
people. 1t is TO reach the logical results
that should follow the actual merits of
the claim Of either canal route. in decid-
ing the preference, that I viii try to
present an oGtiine of the questions that
now require discussion
Mr.. Morgan said the object could be
stated in six propositions:
Investigation was complete and moth
ing could be gained by delay; it was a
choice of two routes-Panama and Nj
caragua; the controlling factors were
the success of construction and the best
interests of the United States: the con-
troll of selection should not be affected,
all things considered on account of ex-
Pense say within a limit of $50 900, 600:
the practicability of constructing the
Nicaragua. canal was beyond a shadow
of doubt and within the estimates: if
the BohiO dam at Panama should fail
the only hope of a canal would perish
while the failure of one dam on the
San Juan river would mean cOnstruc-
tion al another point.
Mr.. Morgan said none of the three
comm issions had expressed a doubt or
apprehension as to the Nicara qua route.
The supplemental report of the last
commission in favor of the Panama was
based upon a supposed gain to the gov
ernment in cost of $3.50. 704.
Mr.. Morgan spoke of the clouds of
doubt concerning the Panama route. He
said the political conditions of Nicara-
qua and Costa Rica were more favora-
bic than those of Colombia He said
the commission had no authority to ac-
cept an offer from the Panama com
pany
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ULTIMATUM ISSUED.
TransYaalers Try to Force Free
Staters to Terms.

London, April 17.-Serious difficulties,
it is said, have arisen between the
Transvaal and Free State delegates WHO
are discussing peace terms at Pretoria
General Betha and Acting President
Schalk- Burger. it is reported. have Civ
en- the Free State representatives until
April a to come to a decision, threat
ening that thereafter, the Transyaal L
delegation will continue the peace nego-
tiations independently of the Free State
DELEGATES. It is further declared that
8otha and Schalk-Burger had practi-
calIy agreed upon terms for surrender
prior 10 their visit to KlerksdorD but
that out OF loyalty to their allies they
insisted on a conference though with
eligi9t hopes that their views would be
shared BY Cen. DeWet and the other
NVree State leaders