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the range Of prices
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS

DULUTH GRAIN, Dec 21-wheat opened
stronger at $l.121a and advanced quickly. Re
and this cannot fail to have its effect May
s9ld up to s1lsA, but eased off at the close to
not followed, and December moves slowly. Trad i.
Ing was quiet today. Flax Nc better all
Receipts-wheat, III cars; fax, 90: oats, 10:
barley odey g. shipments-wheat, 1877 bu barley,
NJ Close 3o,+S Wheat cash. No. northern s11e;
s sdeG; Flax, cash s1.2sh; May, $1.2eA. Oats,
NEW YORK FLOUR AND GRAIN. Dec. 21.-
rlou III ire rsceipts 1S4aa sales 1o9o market
soo.o6o bu;, market opened unchanged and hrmed
up on light offerings, small northwest receipts,
ss%ssF ano ss21t1 iss 5u Rs
snf al m'rt est. sea ssceSs
5000 bu; no sales market nominal selp' S
so eeesp dosed xa5s Beoen Mbsy
MILWAUKEE, FLOUR AND GRAIN, Dec. 21.
Flour ., Flour dull Wheat higher; No. 1 northern
$1.1$@1l5; No: 2 northern, ys1.o5@1.o9; May,
Barley steady No. 2. see sample ss@5oc OATS
steady: standard, 31@31Ac. Corn steady; No
wheat-Puts, Sill Sid; calls, s1.1214 al .12M
Corn-Puts, 45ssc asked; calls, 1870 asked
W{sSSSS 5sass 5 5s ~; Ns2: s.
$ t4 " No. 9SA @SsSs saz No No. bard bard
s. s. No. 55a 5sal 8 o7l 90 e.
? mixed 1sc; No: 3 Az @41i1Ae; No. ::
white. Al 2c; No. 3. 41@41 &c. Oats-Firm: No
white, 313Ac: No. mixed, SIC. -.
i WINNIPEG GRAIN, Dec. -21.-opening: De
eember. 1885; May. 991Ac; July, $l.O1. Close
| December, 951sc; May $1.oOB: July s1O1M
cash No. northern, 95hc: No. 2 northern
92hc; No. 3 northern, s3%c; extra No. T. 751bc
i No. 4, 7255c; Nc: 5, 621ac; feed, 53hc Puts
9e1Icl calls, $1.O0a Receipts, IA cars; yea
i ST. LOUIS GRAIN, Dec. 21.-close: Wheat
s b No, No. red eash; elevator, track
raeH cF% higher e Mo No z cash
firm No. q cash. soc; track ,3OMc: December
Doc; May. 51Mc: No. white, 32Ac.
CHICAGO COARSE GRAIN AND SEEDS, Dec
21hRy oa., Deeember; o sac: May 17c Flag
December. $1.16 May. $1.231a. Timothy De
cember, S2.72h: January, $2.75; February, $3.50
March, $2S5. Clover December, s12.75. Barley
cash, 39@50c b
LIVERPOOL GRAIN, Dec. 21.--Wheat. spo
nominal; futures quiet; December nominal; Jan
uary, Is I'D: March, Is 1hd. Corn, spo
steady; American mixed new, As lid; America
mixed. old, As 1O12d; futures steady; December
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BUCKWHEAT FLoUR-Brl, $500; bales. t.
1O-1b bags, $G.26.
CHrOAGo

steady; creameries, 1e@2ec; dairies, 1S@SSc.
Eggs easy; at mark, cases included, .1e@22e;
iic ;' Young Young Americas America iiG '" Pcuitry,
alive, firm; turkeys. 12hc; chickens Sc; springs,
So@31c Veal. easy; 80 to 6o-lb weights, 4c;
IS to 75-lb weights, 4@5c; 80 to 125-lb weights,
5t@61hc p"
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NEW YORK PRODUCE, Dec. H.-Butter
steady, unchanged; receipts, 1914 pkgs. Cheese
firm, unchanged; receipts, 1890 pkgs. Eggs
steady, unchanged: receipts 6,486 pkgs.
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g LIVERPOOL GRAIN, Dec. 21.-Wheat spot
nominal; futures quiet; December nominal; jan
steady; American mixed, new, As Thd American
mixed. old. As 1ORd futures steady; December
Is 3Ad March, As 31ad. -
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DAILY WHEAT MOVEMENT

Tracy big buyer of wheat.
Chicago Board Of Trade adjourns Saturday and
Monday.
Milwaukee Exchange adjourns from Friday af-
ternooon until Tuesday morning.
New York-A full cargo of corn worked from
gulf to Sulima, Black sea port.
Kansas millers are selling bran at $16 ton.
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PROVISIONS

CHICAGO PROVISIONS. Dec. 21-Liberal re-
ceipts of hogs and lower prices at the yards
caused some weakness in provisions. Trading was
very quiet. May pork was off &c at S12.9 90. Lard
was down 21ac ut $7.121a. Ribs were 2h @5c
lower at $675
Close: Pork-December, $11.85; January,
July, $6s7h @6.9o: May $712h@7.15; July,
81. 221a @7.25. Ribs-January, $645@6.47a;
May, 1915; July, $6s77a.
NEW YORK PROVISIONS, Dec. 21-Beef,
firm. Pork, steady; mess, s1s@1S.75. Lard,
steady; prime western steam, $7.25. -
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U. S. TREASURY STATEMENT.
Washington Dec. 21.-Today's statement of
the treasury balances In the general fund, exclu-
sive of the $3.50, 900 gold reserve in the d.
vision of redemption shows: Available cash bal
ance. s141, 81 ,262; gold, $s5,37s,3s6; silver,
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icial receipts for the past week are as fol

railroads entering the yards reported receipts
for the day by loads as follows: Chicago Great
western. Fl; Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul,
Paul Minneapolis & Omaha aha? IL; Great Northern,
~; Chicago, Burlington Quincy. i; 500 Line,
z: NOctherQ Pacific atal
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HIDES, PELTs, WOOL, ETC.

d4UGe, FEAIo, WOOL, ELL.
Cured steer s s,sss over over 90 lbs s 81
Light hides, under 60 lbs ........:.
Bulls, stays, oxen and work steers. 1914 6h
Leng-h hal KIP 1p 3 to e. % lbs
Deacons, under s lbs each .........eo 50
Horse and mule hides, large, each. 80 2so
Horse and mule hides, small, EACH. 1.6o LILO
Dry horse and mule hides, each -. 1850 LOO
Indian handled. IS lbs .........1715
Montana butcher hides, short trim,
Montana ds butcher hides, short trim ~
Montana a butcher hides, long trim,
Montana butcher hides, long trim,
,n agnt stretched
Montana calf. under lbs ............19
Montana kip. to IL lbs .............16
Iowa. Minnesota, Dakota and Wiscon-,o
pr sin b mics Sides .1s n7s
Dakota i and Wisconsin calf, under
lbs = = % Il. 15
Dry salted hides all weights .......12 1oB
Unwashed, fine, medium ..........17 @19
unwashed, medium, * to A-blood. 10 al
Gnwashed, bury, seedy, chafry, me- 60 O@o
dunn or coarse ..16 ALI
Unwashed, broken lots, medium and
Pelts, large, each ................. .$1.O0m1. 80
PeIts, medium, each ................ 600 80
S Sso5t shearlinss, each. green saited. $50 50
Dry Territorial murrains s $50
Ia!iow, CAKES 4ss q 3M
Tallow, solid ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. AZ 3M
Gfease -. -. i. ......... Is 31s
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ST. LOUIS GRAIN, Dec. 21-Close: Wheat,
hgiher; No. 2 red cash. elevator, s1.14h; track,
$115; May: $114as @1:141a; July. esAc; No.
2 hard Sill. Corn. higher; No. 2. cash, 43c
! track, 44c: December. 43c: May. 43asc oats,
firm; No 2 cash. SOC; track. sOMc; December,
Doc; May. 91Mc: No white. 32Xc. -
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opening prices DC lower, closing about 100
under yesterday. Receipts liberal. Quality aver
baf
f TO fa2 eaR s
and mixed from $Ho0 $425 saes
49, $o7 lbs, 81 20; So, lis lbs, $40; S. i7s
underweishts and RoSghs-4s IT, i4s lbs, ST. 81,
1ae lbs ,,,, S175; 5, 1os lbs, 1925; l. "a lbs, $s
Selling ssnsssg at ssGnsss sfs
to stSoas
lD: srss9s5 $te icso le, 9: fSs ~:
$sss; E. 81 iDs $40; g. f,iss lbs. ssss; 8;
IS }s:: 7s 90 4ss III ,. Fl ,s %,
4: +! 4! b. 80;
81 IS s:Ss1S g. IS {:
$40; 8. 72s lbs s225; I, s26 lbs. s22S; T. 10:
lbs H1ds $50 l1S So go 3bI lb
Mich Cows and springers-1 COW, sss; ! cow
s sif $ Only fsi ms sa on
sheep and lambs generally steady Some good
as ;sa Ds t hRs and eso Men aave
sold at 81. No feeding stock received. Sales:
Killing Sheep and Lambs-5o lambs, II lbs. S.
iabs S. Il lbs 49, q eRes IA lbs Ibs
| Gull ewes, III lbs, $2.75.
Among the On the market kssfs
| wood; kempton Livestock company, Morton; A
Altman, Fairfax; L. s. Palmer, Fairfax; J. T.
Theim, Zimmerman; j. b. Fuller, Milaca P
Dunn, LIE Sueur Center; 9. Bates, Elmwood
First National eank RvsF Eas WIS.,
City stockyards; A. Barnett, Lonsdale.
CHICAGO o.; LIVESTOCK, Dec; 21:mg &c Re:
isfeIs
calves, $sae. 50; western steers, s3.5o@5:
aSg to &C Rsbe %2sa sa 6n{ebers
SSfSs' E?S S1:'ed T &SsVS bulk
fse e
ismbs $425@e75; western Ti lambs, s5:5o@s.aS
sheep, weak.
KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK, Dec. 21.-Cattl
Receipts 1000; market strong to 1oc higher
e1s stssg ssSes se nst7e cows and hs
Hogs-Receipts, 1000; market steady to s
lower; bulk of sales, s4.4o@4.e0; pigs and lights
sheep-Receipts 5000; market steady; NUT
tons, $4Ql5.25; lambs, $5@65O.
SOUTH OMAHA LIVESTOCK, Dec. 2l.-Cat
! tle-Receipts 1000; market steady; nat1v
/ steers, $3.25l6; COWS and heifers, 81. 5O@S. rs
! calves. $25O@5.5O.
Hogs-Receipts 1880: market Be lower
light, s$4;47h@44.52A; pigs, $4@4.4o; bulk o
Sheep-Receipts 5000; market strong; sheep
$26O@4.50; lambs, $5.25@6.2o.
ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK, Dec. 21.-Catte
receipts, 1900; market strong; beef steers,
~ HogsVReceipts, 10 900: market easy; pigs an
lights. S3.75@4.ao; butchers and best heavy
81. 6O@4.7G. .- 49,
tives, $8.7b@4.75; lambs, $4.3o o. 80.
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CHICAGO COARSE GRAIN AND SEEDS, Dec

21.--Rye, December. 73c; May. nc Flax,
cash. northwestern. 81 251a: southwestern, $1.16;
December. $1.16; May. $1.231a. Timothy. De.
cember, 81. 72h: January. ST. 70; February, $3.50;
March, $2.S5. Clover. December, $12.75. Barley,
cash, 390150c.
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KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK Dec. 21.-Cattle
Receipts 1000; market strong to 10c higher
native steers, $3.5O@6.5O; native cows and heif
ers, $1.75@5; calves, $3@65O.
Hogs-Recefpts, II 900; market steady to 81
lower; bulk of sales, $4.40@4. Go; pigs and lights
$3.75@4.45.
Sheep-Receipts 5000; market steady; NUT
tons, $4l5.25; lambs, $5@65O.
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South st. Paul, Mimi. Dec. 21.-Estimated re-
ceipts at the union stockyards today: Cattle 300;
calves, SO; hogs, $500; sheep, 700; horses, 3;
cars, 122
The Following table shows the receipts from
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NEW. YORK SUGAR AND COFFEE, Dec. q.
Sugar, raw firm; fair refining 4ssc; centrif-
ugal, 90 test, 4Mc; molasses sugar, 4Mc; re-
fined, firm; crushed. $3.50; powdered, o.75c;
granulated. 5.65c; Coffee. steady; No. Rio,
SHc. Mo1asses, steady; New Orleans 3O@37c.
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Corn-Puts, 45%c asked; calls, 45Mc asked.

cember. 94asc; May, 99hc; July, 81 OF. Close:
c cash No: / northern, 95hc: No. 2 northern,
92kc; No. 3 northern, S3%c; extra No. T. 75Hc:
No. T. 72!9c; No. s. 621ac; feed. 53hc Puts,
99Aci calls, $1.0oa. Receipts, IA cars; year
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PUTS AND CALLS.
Puts-Mny wheat, $1.12ss.
Calls-May wheat, $1.14s.
Ourb-May wheat, $1.13ss.
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Flour dull. Wheat higher; No / northern
$l.l9@115; No. northern, $1.O5@1. 90; May
SLIM @1.11B asked. Rye dull; No 1, 771sc
Barley steady: No 2. 52c; sample. 36@ SOC Oats
STEADY ,a standard, 31@31Ac. Corn steady; No
Wheat-Puts, Sill bid; calls, $1121h @1.12M
bid. ~ - 20
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1,0o1 lbs. $3.50; 20. 1857 lbs 81; ii, iii lbs,
s4;35. Cows and Heifers-2o; 9os lbs. 1926 6:
Feeders-17 1917 lbs $3.50; Fl. ISL lbs $a.25:
2s, 1,O21 lbs. 80. Yearlings-22 $40 lbs,
$3.50; 25 510 lbs. $2.7O; 16, 673 lbs, 49,
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POSTMASTER GENERAL rAYHE
LIABLE TO ARREST IF HE
APPEARS IN CHICAGO.
CHARGED With CONTEMPT OF COURT
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE SAYS
HE WILL ISSUE WARRANT
FOR THE OFFICIAL.

Chicago, Aug. 25.-Postmaster Gen.
eral Payne may possibly be hauled
across the town here Friday afternoon
willy-nilly, like n of his departments
mail bags.
Justice Hurley said during the day
that If a showing was made to him
that the postmaster general had, as re-
ported, treated one of the court sub
poenas with scorn and refused serv-
ice from Constable Simon an attach
ment would be issued for the federal
officials arrest OF the charge Of On
tempt of court. Justice Hurley was
In earnest.
II can do nothing" he said, until
the case in which Mr.. Payne is wanted
as a witness comes up Friday, but If
it is then shown that he has treated a
summons and a constable OF this court
with disrespect l will order his arrest
for contempt
The Washington official is wanted in
court in the suit instituted by S. G..
Brabrook against Senator Chauncey M.
Depew because OF the senator's sup
posed connection with a publishing
company which figures in the Bra
brook case.
Constable Simon met the postmaster
general. Tuesday and served a sum-
mons, also giving the government Off
cial 50 cents court witness fee and 10
cents car fare. The postmaster gen.
eral said that he would not appear in
court and would iSnoie the summons.
Constable Simon said:
II did all [ coulu in the case at the
time. The only couise now is to get
an attachment and lug 1ac postmaster
general in force when the case
up"
Justice Hurley gave the words of
Constable Simon authoritative Laek-
ing, intimating that ii the postmaster
general is in town Friday there will be
a chance to see the dignity CT a Chi
cago justice court vinGica:cd.
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HER IDENTITY STILL UNKNOWN.
Russian Cruiser Which Held Up Brit.
ish Steamer.

London, Aug. 25.-The British for
eign office has not yet been able to
establish the identity of the Russian
cruiser which recently examined the
papers Of the British steamer Come
dian off the southeast coast of Cape
Colony. Telegraphic reports from the
authorities at Durham confirm the ex-
animation of the papers, but as no per-
son on board the Comedian could read
Russian characters difficulty has been
found in determining the name of the
cruiser. The description given by the
commander of the Comedian tallies
with that of the Smolensk, but it might
also be the description of the con-
verified liner Don. The authorities are
continuing the investigation, but pend
ing a settlement of the all important
question whether the Smolensk con-
Quoted the search Great Britain is un-
able to act Is determinedly as it is
asserted at the foreign office she would
be entitled to if the fact was definitely
established. There is reason to be-
lieve that Ambassador Hardinge will
make inquiries at st. Petersburg and
he may even go SO far as to express
the hope that neither the Smolensk
nor the st. Petersburg are continuing
the examination of neutral vessels con
trary to the given by Rus
STA.
In any event it is said tina, the am
bassador will enter a fresh protest
against the examination of a neutral
ship at a point so distant from the
scene of hostilities.
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CRUISER DIANA DAMAGED.
Russian VESSEL Likely to Disarm at
French Port,

VTCuCu TOIt
Paris. Aug. 25.-There is reason to
believe that a decision is about to be
taken providing for TIE voluntary Lis-
armament Of the Russian cruiser As.
kold and the torpedo boat destroyer
Grozovoi, nov at Shanghai. and the
Russian cruiser Diana, at Saigon. This
will be done primarily to avoid inter-
national complications and will have
the effect Of reducing the Russian
strength by three strong units, but the
Russian authorities consider that this
will be Offset by the avoidance Of the
possible capture Of the vessels named
by the Japanese.
Advices received here from Saigon
show. contrary to previous announce
ments, that the Diana is in a very bad
condition. She has one large hole in
her hull below the water line. Her
injuries will take weeks to repair. This
would have permitted an extension of
her sojourn in a neutral port beyond
the twenty-four hours. which expired
Tuesday, but it is foreseen that the
repairs would entail such a stay at
Saigon that 1t is possible that ques-
lions affecting the neutrality of the
port would be likely to arise and there
fore Russia is disposed to disarm the
Diana, which thereafter will remain at
Saigon during the war.
The final determination in the mat
ter has not vet been taken. but the
tendencies are strongly as indicated.
It is expected that the action to be
taken at Shanghai and Saigon will re-
lieve the cases of international signifi-
canoe and practically close them.
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CAR ISSUES MANIFESTO.
6estows Many Benefits Owing to the
Birth Of a Son.

Birth Of a Son.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 25.-The car
has issued a lengthy manifesto on the
occasion of the christening of the heir
to the throne.
The various benefits bestowed on
many classes are enumerated at
length. One of the most important
provisions relates to the entire abol-
ishment of corporal punishment among
the rural classes and its curtailment
In the army and navy.
The manifesto RENTS land purchase
arrears, which affects one of the larg.
l. est classes of the population through
out the empire and its benefits are
also extended to estates in Poland.
The general provisions of the mani
festo include an all round reduction
In sentences for common law offenses,
a general amnesty for political Of
lenses, except in cases of murder, and
the education Of the children of Off
GERS and soldiers who have been VIC
Tins of the war, as well as assistance
for such families as need it whose
bread winners have fallen in the sery-
ice Of their country.
The sum of s. 1900, 900 is set apart
from the state fund for the benefit of
landless people of Finland.
The newspapers are unanimous in
welcoming the abolition of corporal
punishment as the most important con
cession embodied in the manifesto.
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Malice and Superstition.

In the middle ages malice and super
stition found expression in the forma-
ton of wax images OF hated persons,
into the bodies of which long pins were
stuck. 1t was confidently believed that
in that way deadly injury would be
done to the person represented. This
belief and practice continued down to
the seventeenth century. The super
stition indeed still holds it's place in
the highlands Of Scotland, where"
says a well Informed writer, 'within
the last few years a clay model Of an
enemy was found in Il stream. having
been placed there in the belief that as
the clay washed away sc would the
health of the hated one Decline"
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STOP REPAIRS ON AskoLD.
British Consul Advises Dock Officials
at Shanghai.

London. Aug. 25.-British official adj
vices lead to the expectation that Rus
STA will order, if she has not already
done SO, the disarmament of the pro-
tected cruiser Askold and the torpedo
boat destroyer Grozovoi, at Shanghai.
and thus end the controversy. The
British dock which the Askold occu-
pies is outside the foreign settlements
and within Chinese territory and there
fore under Chinese jurisdiction. Sir
Pelham Warren, the British consul
general, is without authority to order
the dock company to stop repairs on
the ships. but his advice that no fur
Their work on the vessels be done has
been sufficient to convince the dock
officials that if they persist in repair
ing the Russian vessels and a naval
combat occurs in which the dock is
damaged they will obtain no redress
through the British government.
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RADICAL LIQUOR CURE.
In Persia the Drun!.nrd's Ears Are
NAilcd to the Sidewalk.

In FerH1a the Drun!.nru'S EsnrS Are
Nailed to the sidewalk.
"There is only one II. tom in our
country which | would like to see es-
tablished in America. and that is the
custom Of dealing with drunkards,"
said q Persian. I'm our country when
a man gets drunk we take him and nail
him to the sidewalk, driving the spikes
through his ears. Then when other
people come along they spit III his
face and kick him until he is sober. l
think this method would do Il great
deal Of good in America. because you
have more drunkenness than we do.
There are no saloons in Persin, the
chief beverage being homemade wine.
They don't e. know what beer is.
"Our officials have several ways of
making prisoners confess to crimes"
said the Persian. The favorlte meth
cd is to take them on Il stand around
which all the people Of the town
gather and then put out one eye.
If the crime is not very great an arm
IS cut off or a leg severed. If 1t Is only
a trivial offense probably an a is sac
riiced. Very often innocent people
are subjected to these torrents, but it
cannot be helped.
1.-The Persians very seldom hang a
man for crime. If he kills another he
Is fined $15 and allowed to go. If he
kills ten or a dozen and the people
finally decide that he ought to be put
out of the way he is hanged. But he
is not hanged as they hang men in
this country. He is hanged by the feet
and Il heavy weight is tied to his head.
Then he is allowed to die. If the ac-
cused prisoner is a woman her hair is
shorn from her head. provided the Of
Tense is a trivial one. If it is a serious
one she may be turned into a room
filed with mad cats and be scratched
to death.
persian jails are dark cellars and
contain no furniture whatever. The
government doesn't feed prisoners, this
being left to friends of the accused.
If he happens to have no friends he
will starve to death. Oftentimes when
food is brought by friends the keepers
Of the prison and the other officials APP
propriate it, so the prisoners have to
20 hungry."-SiouX City Journal.
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WILL REMAIN At SHANGHAI.
Departure of American Warships In.
definitely POSTPONED.

Washington, Aug. 25.-There was a
conference at the navy department be-
tween MIR. Adee, the acting secretary
OF state, and Mr. Darling, the acting
secretary of the navy, regarding the
situation at Shanghai. Mr.. AGee had
some advices from the departments
agents, but no word has reached here
from Rear Admiral Stirling, who is un-
der orders to report every development
to the department.
After the conference the announce
ment was made that Admiral Stirling
would delay his departure to Manila
bay, where he was due Sept. ] for the
purpose OF holding the regular autumn
target practice of the Asiatic fleet.
How long the acute condition OF affairs
at Shanghai will necessitate the pres
ence of American warships there is
quite uncertain and in consequence
the navy department can fix no date
now for the target practice.
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KILL A THOUSAND SHEEP.
Twenty Disguised Men Raid an Ore.
qon Ranch.

Antelope, Ore, Aug. 25.-Over 1000
thoroughbred sheep belonging to Nor
row & Keenan, of Willow Creek, Crook
county, have been killed at Little Sum-
init Prairie, forty-ive miles east of
Prineville. While the herder was alone
and occupied with the care of his flock
about twenty horsemen with faces
blackened emerged from the timber
and approached within a short dis
lance of him, when a command to
throw up his hands was given and
complied with. Leaving him near a
tree and behind it for protection from
the bullets, a general fusillade with
Wfnchesters was commenced by the
mob which lasted nearly two hours. by
which time the entire band had been
either killed or scattered in every di-
rection. No clue has been obtained
of the guilty parties.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-08-27
LONG LIST OF INJURED.
Crowded Passenger Train coIIides
With a Freight.

Joplin, Mo-, Aug. 25.-The st. Louis
and San Francisco passenger train,
bound for st. Louis, 'collided with a
w%estbound freight train near Sarcoxi
early in the day Many persons were
injured. but none, it is believed, IA
tally. Every person on the passenger
train was badly shaken up. The train
was crowded with passengers standing
in the aisles.
Both trains were running at a high
speed. Both engines were completely
demolished. The baggage and mail
cars were thrown from the track and
turned over, all except two coaches
leaving the rails.