THE SEMI WEEKLY 1RIBUKE
IltA HAItK, Proprietor.
TERMS: $125 IN ADVANCE.
NORTH I'LATTE,
NEBRASKA.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
William H. Toad, a resident of Kan
sas City slnco 1877 nnd well known
among tho old settlors, died of heart'
failure.
Cloud Ruttcr, sclcntlflc assistant of
tho United States fish commission, has
been sent to tho Pacific coast for tho
purpoBo of Investigating tho facts
about salmon.
Captain Wise said that when on
May 27 ho approached tho flying
equadron twenty-ono miles off Santi
ago tho fleet had started on Its ret
rofrrado movement.
Tho Clovoland public school coun
cil voted to incltido tho Lord's Pray
er, tho ten commandmunts and tho
twenty-third psalm In tho courso of
studies now taught.
Word has reached Boston that by
tho will of Nathaniel Hawthorno Cu
oack, who died at Washington, D. C,
August 23, James II. McDormott of
Boston gets $250,000.
Michigan Central onglno No. COO
exploded at Now Buffalo, Mich., In
stantly killing Fireman Michael Wl
lcy. Engineer J. B. Palmor and
Brakomun P. J. Crouch wcro slightly
Injured.
Tho Illinois State Board of Agricul
ture has granted all cx-soldlers of any
war free admission to tho stuto fair
Wednesday, October 2, and will pro
vldo tho veterans with handsome
souvenir badges.
Tho National Tubo company lssuo
Instructions to Its Bales agonts to ac
cept all business at prices current be
fore tho strike. Tho company also an
nounced that all of Us mills are now
In full operation.
Prince Chun, tho Chlncso envoy,
will not return homo by way of tho
United States. In accordanco with
telegraphic Instructions tho prlnca
v111 go to Naples and October 10 will
sail direct for China.
Secretary Cortclyou announced that
President Roosovelt would not hold
any ofllclnl functions at tho Whtto
Houbo until tho public reception on
Now Year's day. After that dato thoy
,wlll tako placo as formorly.
Tho postmaster general has decid
ed that tho proposition to Issue
stamps for general uso in commom
oratlon of tho late President McKIn
ley Is impracticable, In vlow of tho
length of tlmo required for, preparing
the jsnue and other difficulties. No
such stamps, therefore, will bo la
sued. Tho board of dlroctors of the Ben
jamin Harrison Monument association
,mot nt Indianapolis and announced
that tho subscriptions now In hand
amount to about $28,000. It was do
elded to press Immediately tho tak
ing of subscriptions in tho state out
side of Indianapolis, and in other
states.
The Odessa correspondent of tho
London Times saya an Institution
called tho bureau of trade and com
merce with eastern Asia is being
foundod at 8t. Petersburg. It .will
havo branches In all parts of tho far
orient, and will help Russian mer
chants and exporters to bid for tho
' eastern markets on oxtooslve concert
ed lines.
The Klondike has been brought Into
telegraphic communication. Tho first
message was one of congratulation
from Governor Row of the Klondike,
now in Vancouver, to his legal rep
resentative at Dawson, The line,,
which Is 2,200 miles long, touches at
Atlln, Whltehorse, Dawson and Fort
Simpson, and connects at tho Alas
kan boundary with tho projoctod Am
erican government line from St. Ml
ehaols.
Dr. Abram Litton, emlnont sclontlst
and ploncor chemist of St. Louis, Mo
who for fifty years flllod tho chair
of chemistry at Washington univers
ity nnd tho St. Louis Medical college,
died from senility, nged 87.
Edwin Q. Jay, city treasurer of Elk
Point, S. D., committed sulcldo by
Bwallowlng poison. Ho died without
explaining his act. Ho had been
elected many successive times city
treasurer. It Is believed his accounts
nro nil right. Jay has been 111 unit
despondent for somo months,
A. D. Shcpard, general freight ngont
of tho Southern Pacific company, has
handed In his resignation.
Mrs. KIrby Parkin, ngod 92 years,
died at Codoma Stntlon, Wis, , She
was ono of tho early settlors, coming
there nbout fifty years ago.
Both Low announced that ho would
accept tho nomination for mayor by
the anti-Tammany forcoa nnd nddod
that ho would resign tho presUlonoy
of Columbia university. This will
probably bo when ho Is formally noti
fied of his nomination.
Dr. James MacJamca, the well
known pitcher of tho Brooklyn team,
died at Charleston, S. C,
President Roosevelt has appointed
James J. Langor of Nebraska to bo
consul of tho United Status at Bolln
gen, German;',
rrj
1.
Incident at President McKinley's Vault
Still' Oloakcd to My.tcry.
DEPREND'S NERVES ARE Af FECTED
Captain Diddle Think Sentry the Victim
of Surrounding Whlto, Another OHl
oer, Thinks Thorn Wu nn Attuck
Prompted I) "Cumediim."
CANTON, O., Oct. 1. Tho officers
and men of Company C of tho Four
teenth United States Infantry, on duty
at West Lawn cemetery, guarding tho
resting placo of President McKlnloy,
worked diligently Investigating tho
ntrango story of Privnto Dcprond,
which happened Sunday night
Tho military regulations which pre
vented tho ofllcerB nnd men from
making detailed statements concern
ing tho Incident Inst night wore ns
rigidly observed today. Tho repre
sentative of tho Associated Press saw
all of the commissioned ofllccrs, sev
eral non-commissioned ofllccrs and a
number of privates and gleaned tho
following:
All of tho commissioned officers and
tho members of the company In gen
eral last night accepted fully tho story
related by Private Dcprond and really
believed thnt tho prowlers were about
tho vault, with no good purpose To
day only ono of tho commissioned offi
cers adhered to the belief that tin
attempt had been made on tho senti
nel for ghoulish purposes. Ho said:
"It Was tho rent thing. It was prompt
ed by tho pure cusscdncss of some
peoplo who thought to bring reproach
upon tho nation by doing damago to
tho resting placo of tho dead presi
dent." All tho mon who wore seon express
ed tho belief that Privuto Dcprond
acted In good faith and that ho relat
ed only what ho believed to be tho
real circumstances.
With tho captain and others ho wont
over tho details of tho whole affair
at least a dozen times, and, it Is said,
novor varied in a matter of impor
tance. Particular Inquiry wob mado
as to his sobriety at tho tlmo and It
is said that it is established boyond
all reasonable doubt that ho had not
been drinking and that he was In his
normal condition. 1
Tho most common belief Is that tho
sontlnel was overwrought by tho lone
liness of his position; that his nerves
were overtaxed and that Imagination
contributed somo of tho details ralaU
od In good fnlth. Tho post was re
garded by all rd particularly Isolated
and depressing to tho man guarding
it at night and It is understood that
more sentinels will bo stationed at the
point In tho future.
Captain Blddlo thanked tho report
ers for what ho called tho fair man
ner In which tho incident had beon
describod in tho morning reports, say
ing thoy gavo a lull and complete
statement of facts, as far as reveal
cd last night. Ho was fully convinc
ed last night of tho truth of tho story
ns related, but after Investigation on-
tortalned doubts, not of tho Blncorlty
of Private Doprond, but of tho correct
ness of tho conclusions.
CUBANS AGREE WITH WOOD.
Sanction III l'litu for Two Election nml
u CotutnUilan.
HAVANA, Oct. l.Tho constitu
tional convention held a privnto ses
sion and considered u letter from
Governor Gonoral Wood advlBlng tho
appointment of a commission of five
members to havo chargo of tho forth
coming elections and also advising
that two elections bo held, InBtcad of
four, Tho attondanco did not amount
to a quorum, but Gonoral Wood's sug
gestions wcro approved by all present.
Another sosslon will bo hold today for
tho purposo of appointing tho com
mlttoo and making tho necessary
chnngo In tho election law.
A manifesto tins been Issued by
prominent revolutionists approving tho
recent lottor of T. Estrada Palma ns
tho program for tho future republic
and strongly recommending Ida elec
tion to tho presidency.
ytiom nf Denver Carnival.
DENVER, Colo., Oct. 1 Tho city is
crowtlod with visitors rrom ull ovor
Colorado nnd adjoining BtateB, who
havo como o participate in tho festiv
ities nttondant upon tho annual Fes
tival of Mountain and Plain. Tonight
MIbs Mary Malono, daughter of Judge
H. Malono of tho district court, wnB
crowned queen In tho presence? of an
lrumonso concourse of peoplo and sur
rounded by maids of honor from ov
pry county In tho state.
Once Htatloitrd In Omaha. ''
OMAHA, Nob., Oct. l.Tho Ninth
regiment of United States infantry
of which Company C was almost an
nihilated In tho Phlllpplno island of
Snmar, near Ballnglga, Saturday
morning, was formerly stationed nt
Omaha, In 4686 this commnnd waB
nt Kert Omaha, regimental headquar
ters and ull. That was when tho post
was In Its prlmo. Ofllclnls nbout army
headquarters know many of tho offi
cers of ,tho Ninth,
mm?
HUGHES TO TAKE COMMAND.
drnernl Stnrt With Expedition to Scene
of the Decent minuter.
MANILA, Oct. 1. General Hughes,
'from tho Island of Samar, reports 'tho
arrival of Sergeant Mnrklcy and ono
prlvato at Lanlng from tho fight at
Balangla, where over forty men of
Company C, Ninth infantry, wero kill
ed by Insurgents, who attacked tho
troops whllo at breakfast Saturday
last. Tho men who havo reached La
nlng say that f:ho cfflcern of tho com
pany, who wero first reported to havo
escaped, wero killed with the major
ity of tho company. Tho troops wero
attacked while unprepared, by 400 bo
lomcn, of whom tho Americans kill
ed about 140. Many of the soldlors
wore killed In their quarters boforo
they had tlmo to grasp their rifles.
General Hughes Is going to tho
Bcono of tho dlsustcr and will per
sonally commnnd' tho- troops.
A new branch of tho Katlpunan
has been discovered at Tarlac, capital
of tho provlnco of that name. Tho
object of tho society is the slaughter
of tho whites. Marcelino Martvlllc,
president of Banoang, is tho chief of
tho new branch, which Includes num
bers of tho native constabulary, who
wcro recently armed. Ono policeman
admits that ho was taxed $1 and wns
ordered to make bdlos. A regular col
lection has been mado by tho organ
ization from tho natives, either by
persuasions or threats and an upris
ing had been planned for an early
dato.
Tho conditions in Tnyabas and Bat
angas are not encouraging. Tho worst
form of guerrilla warfare prevails
there. Tho Insurgent forces aro dis
tributed, under cover, along every
road and trail and wait for travolers
In ambush. Tho .Insurgent leader Ca
lm I! os (who formorly belonged to Gen
eral Cnlllefl' command, but who refus
ed to surrender with Calllcs) Is re
treating to tho mountains. ' Tho main
forces of tho Insurgents are scattered
In bands over tho province, whero
they dig up rifles when there is an
opportunity to use them,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. In nddltlon
to tho enlisted men, three commis
sioned ofllccrs of Company C, Ninth
infantry, nro supposed now to have
been killed in tho action at Samara,
Phlllpplno Islands, last Saturday.
Tho officers are:
CAPTAIN THOMAS W. CONNELL.
FIRST LIEUTENANT ERWARD A.
BUMPUS.
MAJOR SURGEON R. S. GRIS
WOLD. M'KINLEY'S WILL IS PROBATED
Mrtsra, Day and Cortelvou Are Appoint
ed AdinluUtrator.
CANTON, O., Oct 1. Tho will of
President McKlnloy was admitted to
probate at tho conclusion of tho for
mal hearing yesterday by Probato
Judgo Maurlco E. Aungst. In pursu
ance of tho wishes of Mrs. McKlnley
and upon her signed recommendation,
tho court appointed Judgo William R.
Day and Secretary Gcorgo B. Cortel
you administrators of tho estate. A
Joint administrators' bonds of $100,
000 was filed. .
In tllolr appllctlons for letters tes
tamentary Judgo Day and Secretary
Cortclyou say that tho amount of per
sonal 'proporty left by tho lato presi
dent will bo about $140,000, and of
real cstato about $70,000, aggregating
about $210,000.
KUU Judge I.emloy' Sitter.
CHARLESTON, S. C, Oct. 1. Miss
Laura Lemly, 45 years of ago, sister
of Judgo Advocato Lemly of tho navy,
wns burned to death in her homo in
Salem, N. C, today. Her clothing
caught fire from a kitchen stovo and
sho was so badly burned that alio
died In n fow hours.
For tho Prcildent' Suliiry.
WASHINGTON, Oct. l.--Wnrrants
wero drawn at tho treasury depart
ment' In settlement of tho salary duo
tho luto president at tho tlmo of his
death.
Warrants wero also drawn covering
Mr. Roosevclt'B salary to October 1,
or Boventeon days, and aggregating
$2j300.78.
Ilnrrluuin Succeed liny.
NEW YORK, Oct 1, It Is announc
ed that E. H. Hnrrlman hn3 beon elect
ed president of tho Southorn Pacific
to succeed Charles M. Hayes, resign
ed. Ho hiiH been chnirmun of tho ox
ocutlvo commltteo of the Southern
Pacific. Ho will direct tlw nffalra of
tho company for this city.
Tho Unltod States transport Buford,
which recently wont aground on a
sandbar oft tho Island of Mindanao,
has been sufely lloatud.
low FJevntnr Hurntnl,
RIVERTON, la., Oct 1. J. B. Sam
uels' large elevator at this placo
burned. The fire was discovered at
about 11 o'clock, but had gained such
headway that nothing coulu bo dono
to stay it.
Kmiir Victoria 111.
"BERLIN, 8opt. 30. Empress Au
gusta, whoso return from Romlnten
was earlier than she had Intended, is
ill and confined to her bed.
A COMPANY WIPED OUT
Infantrymen of Ninth Regiment Bar
prised While at Breakfast.
NEARLY FIFTY MEN ARE KILLED
Dritde lhl Many Aro Wounded A
force of Heventy-Two Men Overcome
by Urrnlor Number Insurgent Scouro
a itlcti 1'ilzo.
MANILA, Sept. 30. A disastrous
fight botween Untted States troups
and Insurgents occurred yesterday in
tho Island of Samar, near Ballnglga.
A largo body of Insurgents attacked
Company C, Ninth infantry, only
twenty-four members of tho company
escaping. All tho others aro report
ed to havo been killed.
Tho company was at breakfast
when nttacked and mado a determin
ed resistance, but tho overwhelming
numbers of tho insurgents compelled
retreats.
Of tho survivors, who havo arrived
nt Basoy, eleven nro wounded.
According to tho latest returns tho.
strength of tho company was seventy
two. Tho survivors include Captain
Thomas W. Connelly, First Lloutcn
nnt Edward A. Bumpus and Dr. R. S.
Grlswoldt surgeon.
Chptaln Edwin V. Bookmlller of
tho Ninth infantry reports that Gen
eral Hughes is assembling a force to
attack the Insurgents.
Tho insurgents captured all tho
stores nnd ammunition of tho com
pany and all tho rifles excopt twenty
six. WASHINGTON, Sept 30. News of
tho disastrous fight between troops of
tho Ninth Infantry and tho insurgents
In tho island of Samar yesterday
wns sent promptly by General
Hughes, commanding in thnt' island,
to General Chaffee, at Manila, and by
him transmitted to tho War depart
ment It reached tho department dur
ing tho early hours today and Ad
jutant Gencrnl Corbln, realizing tho
Importance, at onco mado It public,
after sending a copy to tho Whlto
House. General Chaffco's dispatch,
which ngrees with tho Associated
Press, Is as follows:
"MANILA, Sept. 29. Adjutant
General, Washington: Hughes re
ports following from Bascy, Southorn
Samar:
"'Twenty-four men Ninth regi
ment, United StateB Infantry, many
wounded, havo Just arrived from Bal
anglgn; remainder company killed.
Insurgents secured all company sup
plies nnd all rifles except twelve
Company was attacked during break
fast, morning September 28; com
pany, soventy-two strong. Officers,
Thomas W. Connelly, captain; Ed-'
wrd A. Bumpus, first lieutenant; Dr.
R. S. Grlswold, major, surgeon, es
caped.' CHAFFEE." .
Tho nowB created a sensation in
official circles. It was tho flrBt se
vere roverso that has occurred for a
long tlmo. Still tho officials wer.o not
unprepared for nowa of JuBt this char
acter from Samar, In which tho rev
olution etartod by Agulnaldo still
continues. Samar is a country about
ns largo as tho stato of Ohio and tho
American forces of occupation num
ber in all botween 2,000 and 2,500
men. These are attributed among,
various posts in tho Island, a largo
number being located at tho more Im
Iportnnt centers. Spain novor mado
any efforts to occupy Samar and It
only has been for probably three
mpnths past that the United States
has undertaken that work. Tho lat
est report mado by General Hughes
to tho War department was that tho
number of Insurgent rifles In tho Is
land aggregated about 300. Tho Fil
ipinos earned on a guerrilla warfare
and operations against thom wore dif
ficult Tho disaster to Company C
of tho Ninth lnfnntry occurred, It is
believed, whllo It was engaged In nn
expedition to clear tho country of
roving bands of these lnourgonts.
-ho fact that tho Americans wero
attacked whllo at breakfast IndlcatoB
tho daring nnd pluck of tho Insur
gonts. Mm. McKlnlnr Drlvrh Out.
CANTON, O.. Sept. 30. Mrs. McKln
loy had two drives again yesterday.
On account of dismal weather and tho
rain of yesterday and last night, tho
outing wna confined to tho Btreots In
tho city. It was i:ald at tho McKlnley
homo last night that thore hud been
no material chnngo In her condition
and that she continues to bear up re
markably well.
Walderce's I. en I'aln Illni,
BERLIN, Sept. 30. Count von Wnl
dersco, who Is ailing, Is worse. Ho
suffers from a painful soro on tho leg
and hns no appetite. Ho Is still near
Nokarsulm, Wurtembcrg, on the c3tato
of his slstor-ln-luw.
Christian lu Conflict.
PARIS, Sept. 30. A dispatch from
Constantinople reports that a bloody
light has taken placo between Mussul
mans and Christians at Beirut, Syria.
No details are given. , . ,,j : w
STAD M'KINLEY GUARD
about or Grave'Dynamlterx Deported tol
Dnve.Afade'nn Attuck.
CANTON, 6., Sept. 30.- strango
story comes tonight from West Lawn
cemetery, where a company1' of regu
lars from Fort Wayne, Mich., Is
guarding tho vault In which tho body
of President McKlnley lies.
It is to the effect that tho guard
on duty on top of the vault fired a
shot at ono man who refused to heed
his challencgo and that the shot wns
diverted ,hy another,, man who .appear
ed from another dlrectfbn. ' ' Also
that an effort was mado to stab tho
guard.
Military regulations prevent either
the officers or the mon of tho pnst
from being quoted on any matter con
nected with their service, and for
this reason Captain Blddlc, who Is in
command, was obllsed to decllno to
bo quoted at tho lamp tonight. Ho
will make a -full report to his super
iors, at once.
Reliable authorities mado tho fol
lowing statement: Private Deprend
was on guard duty on top of tho vault
at a point commanding the cntranco
below and the approach from the
rear. Shortly before 7:30 ho saw
what ho took to be tho faco of a man
peering from behind a tree about
forty feet from his post. Ho watch
ed it for twenty minutes, ho says,
nnd at 7:45 saw tho man hurry to a
trco ten feet nearer. Ho challenged
tho man to halt, but this was not
heeded and tho follow approached
nearer. Deprend lovolled his gun
and nlmed to shoot :for effect, but Just
at that Instant another man who
camo toward him from the opposite
side caught tho gun, throw It up and
tho bullet waB (Spent In the'nlr.cv
PRELIMINARY TO MESSAGE
1 Hi ' .T t ' .
Irolilent Itcqueit Cublnot Member to
prepare Their Iteport. .
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. At tho
cablnot meeting yesterday only routine
matters wero discussed. Tho meeting
was attended by Secretaries - Hitch
cock and Wilson, Postmaster General
Smith nnd Attorney General Knox, tho
only cabinet member, in tho city.
It wns determined that tho cabinet
officials should begin at onco tho prep
paratlonB of their annual Teports, In or
der that tho president might havo at
an early data such information regard
ing tho executive department as would
enable him to prepare his first mes
sage to' congress.
Regarding tho actlonfof tho Hawaiian
legislature in providing for an addi
tional district court in Hawaii, tho
president nnd attorney general are
in somo doubt. Tho question of tho
validity of tho act has been raised.
Nothing about it will be dono at pres
ent, but Attorney General Knox will
examlno it and prepare an opinion'
upon lf'for tho guidance of the presi
dent Cotumbla Take Flrit Prize.
NEW YORK, Sept. 30 In tho closest
and most soul-Btltvlng raco ever sail
ed for tho old' Amct leas'' cuft tho white
flyer Columbia Saturday beat tho
British challenger over a windward
and leeward course of ovor thirty nau
tical miles by tho narrow, heart-breaking
margin of)39.hcconds' As Lipton's'
latest nsplrnnt for cup honors must
allow tho defender forty-thrco seconds
on account of tho' extra 833 square feet
of canvas In her sail area, gives Col
umbia the victory by ono .minute and
twbaty-two seconds.
Labor Riot lu France.
RHEIMS, Franco, Sept. 30. The
gen d'nrmcs havo been called out to
suppress an outbreak of tho grape
pickers, who aro dissatisfied with tho
pay they are receiving,' and overrun
ning tho Ay district, in tho department
of Mnrno, waving red flags, Blnglng
tho Carraagnolo and attacking travel
ers. Tho strikers seized ono employer
whom they wished to hang, but ho
was rescued by tho gen 'darmcs. Many
arrests havo been made.
Kltchlner Want Morn Horse.
LONDON, Sept. 30.-rTho Dully Ex
press publishes a report that Lord
Kitchener lmB asked for 25,000 more
seasoned mounted men nnd for power
to hang rebels, traitors and murderers
without rcferenco to tho homo govern
ment Will Soon lluve Protectorate,
BOMBAY, Sept. 30. Tho Bombay
Gazette Buys It bollovca a British pro
tectorate wHl soon bo proclaimed over
Kowoyt, tho proposed terminus of tho
Bagdad railroad on tho Persian gulf
as a result of tho Anglo-Turkish dis
pute. Foot ltucer I Too Blow.
FORT SCOTT, Kan., Sept, 30. O. G.
Stanbury, a professional foot racer,
who is charged with hnvlng conspired
with "Bud" GUlelt, another profes
slonnl sprinter, uow in Jail hore, to
defraud Stato Representative Jonathan
Davis out of $6,000 by Inducing him
to bet that amount on a raco and then
throwing tho race, was arrested nnd
Ib now in Jail. Officers nre now aftor
E. E. EUIb and "Bob" Boatrlght .of
Webb City. F . J ; t " t
M'KINLEY WILL IS READ
Widow Hears the Last Testament of Eci
Devoted Husband,
RECEIVES ALL HIS REAL ESTATE
Alio An Income on Feriounl Property
Dnrlni- Her 'Life Next Cnre I for
Mother nud Sliter Document Signed
In 1807.
CANTON, Sopt. 28. Secretary Cor
tolyou camo hero yesterday to assist
Mrs. McKlnley In disposing of mat
tors connected with tho into presi
dent's estate, Ho arrived at 10
in tho morning nnd was at onco
driven to tho McKlnloy home. After'
meeting Mrs. McKlnley tho question
of filing tho will was taken up. The
trying task of reading it to her was
undertaken by tio faithful secretary.
Mrs. McKlnloy mado a heroic effort
to bear -up' and succeeded in doing
(sol ,f although ho brdeal' was hard
for Iter.
Last night she rested well. All le
gal formalities necessary for her to
Bubscrlbo to wero disposed of. At
3 o'clock this nfternoon Judgo Day
and Secretary Cortclyou wont to tho
office of tho probato Judgo and bff
ored tho will of President McKlnley
for probate. Thoy carried with .thcra
tho following:
"I, Ida S. McKlnley, widow of Wil
liam McKlnley, deceased, hereby de
cllno tho administration of h,ls cstato
and recommend tho appolntmont of
William R. Day and Georgo B. Cor
tclyou as administrators, with tho will
annexed."
Tho recommendation boars tho dato
of September 27, 100l. Following Is
tho text of President McKinley's will:
TEXT OF THE WILL.
"EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASH
INGTON, D. C. I publish the follow
ing as my latest will and testament,
hereby revoking nil former wills:
"To my beloved wife, Ida S. McKln
ley, I bequeath all of my real estate,
wherever situated, and tho lncomo of
any personal property of which I may,
be possessed at death during her nat
ural life.
"I make tho following charge upon
all of my property, both real and
personal: To pay my mother during
her llfo one thousand ($1,000) dollars
a year, and at her death said sum to
bo paid to my sister, Helen McKln
ley. If tho Income from tho property
bo Insufficient to' kcop my wifo in
great comfort and pay tho annuity
nbovo provided, then I direct that
such of my property bo sold as to
make a sum adequate for both pur
poses. Whatever property remains
at the death of my wife I glvo to my
brothors and siators, share and sharo
nnkp. My chief concern is that my
wifo from my estate shall havo all sho
. requires for her comfort and pleasure.
and that my mother shall be provid
ed with whatever money sho requires
to mako her old age comfortablo and
happy.
"Witness my hand and seal, this
22d day of October, 1897, to my last
will and testament, made at tho city
of Washington, District of Columbia?
"(Seal.) WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
"The foregoing will was witnessed
by us, this, tho 22d day of October,
1897, nt thq request of tho testator,
and his name signed thereto in our
presence and our signatures hereunto
in Ills presence.
"G. B. CORTELYOU.
"CHARLES LOEFFLER."
It Is given but on authority that
tho McKlnley estato will total $225,
000 to $250,000, Including llfo insur
ance of $07,000. Asldo from tho $C7,
000 mentioned, tho estate consists of
real estate hero and In contiguous
towns and deposits In Washington
banks. Monday morning hns been
fixed by tho probato court for n hear
ing prior to probating the will. Then
It Is expected Secretary Cortelyou
and Judgq Dhy will be finally appoint
ed administrators of tho estate, with
will annexed, and will glvo bond.
Wiir Declared nn Colombia.
WILLEMSTADT (Via Haytlen Ca
ble), Sopt. 28. It Is again asserted In
well Informed cables at Caracas that
President Castro will declare war on
Colombia at tho end of tho month.
Tho Venezuelan government Is with
out financial resources and will short
ly use the mothod of South' American
dictatorships and proceed to raise
funds by force.- Lack of confidence
In tho government is manifested ev
erywhere In Venezuela.
Auto for Mall Service.
WASHINGTON, Sopt. 28. Tho first
call for bids which directly contem
plate tho use of motor vehicles In
tho postnl service, except for collec
tions, is mnde in nn order of tho post
office department today asking for
bids to bo opened hore October 12 for
furnishing five motor vehicles for ser
vice at Minneapolis, Minn. The ve
hicles aro to be of not less than
1,000 pounds each. Tho service Is to
bo from Jan. 1, 1902, to June 30, 1903.
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