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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1897)
i IKAL B ARE, Editor and Peopbietok 8UBSCEIPTIOK BATES. One Tear, cash in advance, 11.25 8 ir Months, cash in advance 75 Cents Entered at the North Platte (NebraskaJpoetofS ce as second-claBBxcatter. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1897. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. For Judge of the Supreme Court, A. M. POST. For University Kegents. C. V. KAXiEY, J. N. DRYDEN. SEPUBLICAW COUNTY TICKET. For County Treasurer, "A. C. BARRY, of Buchanan Precinct. For County Clerk, W. M. HOITRY, of Sutherland. For Sheriff, CLAUDE WEINGAND, of North Patte. For Supt. Public Instruction, BERTHA THOELECKE, of Osgood Prect For County Judge. A. S. BALDWIN, of North Platte. For Surveyor, CHAS. P. ROSS, of North Platte. For Coroner, N. F. DONALDSON, of North Platte. For Commissioner, First District, L "WM. WOODHURST, of North Piatte. "Wiien a populist tells Tim Keliher will carry you that Lincoln county by 300 majoritr, tou can rest assured that that populist whistling to keep up his coun is and that such an assertion is only a bluff. Sir Timothy iust at this time is not resting easy. The morning edition of the Omaha Bee has been enlarged to twelve pages, thus giving its read ers a Greater amount of news. The Bee is a crreat newspaper and this last move is in keeping with the en terorise which that iournal has a. shown for a number of years past. J. Li. Minor is producing consia erable evidence these days to prove that Dr. McCabe and George Wil liam Dillard are not democrats, but on the contrary are pops of the pop piest variety. We are not informed as to what the latter ffentlemen think of Mr. Minor's brand of dem ocracy. If the voters of Lincoln county desire "an up-to-date teacher for county superintendent, they will cast their vote for Miss Bertha Thoelecke. We venture the broad assertion that never in the history of Lincoln county have the voters had an opportunity to cast a vote for one so well qualified to fill that position. Bryan and his friends are mak ing tremendous efforts to hold Ne- braska in line. A republican victoy in that state this year would be a hard blow to Brvan's prestinre. Of W w course if Henry George should carry New York in the present municipal canvass he- would be the logic; candidate in 1900 of the element" which put up Bryan in 1896. whether Nebraska goes republican or popo- cratic this year. Bryan, however, is too shrewd to fear that George will be New York's next mayor. It is very easy to discern by a perusal of the Era that the nomina tions made by. the republican coun ty convention are not relished by Mr. Cheyney. He recognizes that the ticket is an exceptionally strong one, but he attempts to disguise this knowledge by plays of sarcasm and that which he considers wit. To him it is paintul to concede that populist administration o county offices will come to a close early the part of next January, and he is keeping up as bold a front as possi ble, Reports from the country pre cincts are to the effect that the re publican nominations are excep tionally yc received. Not only are the republicans pleased with the nominees, but a considerable number of populists have an nounced their intention of support- in a- "part or all ot the republican ticket. All those favoring an hon est and economical administration rnitnrr affairs should cast their J1 WWMt-J - vote for the republican ticket. Populist papers never tell an un truth at least that is what they would have us believe, therefore the charge of the Independent newspaper of Lincoln, which is the state organ of the populists, must be believed wheu it says that of the eighty-one occupants of the state house all but one ride on railrod passes. Dear populist irieudswhat do you think ot that? Isn't that reform (?) with a vengeance? Do you think the democratic or republican party was ever so corrupt as the populist party has grown to be? Are you not proud of your state officials, who are nothing less than, the pwichuieu of the railroads? Let us weep. "What does Governor Holcomb intend to do about it? The official bond of State Treasurer Meserve is the subject of this important ques tion, a question now upon the lips of almost every tax-payer in ihe state. On all sides it is admitted that the bond is rotten. It is also known that Governor Holcomb per mitted Joe Bartley to hold office under a similar bond and in the face of the fact that Bartley was $350,000 short. Now the people of Nebraska are wide awake. They demand that the governor do something- in the line of his duty besides drawing his salary. At the outside limit the bond ot Treasurer Meserve is not good for more than S250.000. Does the governor of Nebraska in tend to permit the pop party to gp into the fall's campaign handi capped by this fact? Lincoln Call. KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE. Lincoln Cnll. iJlAifeeifllorhiolcomb knew the Bartley. bond was not jrood when he approved it, and he al lowed Bartley to make way with the state funds when he could have pre vented it. That Governor Holcomb knew the Meserve bond was not good when he approved it. It contained upon it the signatures of men who were alread' on the Bartley bond, as well as on state deposit bonds, and who were worthless on any bond. That many of the men who qual ified for enormous amounts on the Meserve bond are now notoriously bankrupt, aud a suit on the bond to-day could not recover one-quarter of the amount pledged. That Governor Holcomb does not desire and does not dare to make an investigation of the Meserve bond, but meddles with helpless institu tions or runs away from the state on junketing trips to divert public attention. That Auditor Cornell is follow ing in the footsteps of Eugene Moore and is failing to turn over to the treasury all the fees of his office. That Edmisten, the chairman of the populist committee, by a trick has defrauded the state of tour aud one-half years interest on his school land in Dawson county (nw 3 35-12-21) and still holds the land. That Jim Dahlman, chairman of the silver democratic committee, who holds down a fat jcb on the board of transportation, found it convenient to go under an assumed name up in the cattle country of Northwest Nebraska. That Frank Ransom, chairman of the free silver republican com mittee, is notoriouslj corrupt, and is in the employ of the stock yards and gamblers of Omaha. GREAT DROUTH IS BROKEN. Downpour of Rain In Several'States Proves a Godsend to the Farmers. Chicago, Oct. 12. Rain is falling generally today throughout the parched belt of the western states and the long, disastrous drouth has at last been broken. Reports from Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas and Minnesota show quite general rains are still falling, -with indications of continuing dnring the next 24 hours. The rain in Nebraska is the first of any consequence that has fallen for six weeks, while Kansas is receiving her first wetting for two months. The drouth just broken has, for se verity and wide area of country affect ed, never been equaled in the period, covered by authoritative record in this this country. Crops have suffered, fruit lias been blasted, fires have leaped up as if from spontaneous combustion in field and woodland and every moment of the time since the middle of August has been crowded with danger to cities. Farmers have been hauling water for their stock evon buying the fluid in many sections of the country. Many small towns throughout the country have suffered severely from fire. Conservative estimates place the re duction in acreage of winter wheat at 25 per cent. Thousands of acres throughout the affected districts have not even been ploughed, the ground be ing in such a condition as to render farm work next to impossible. To stock raisers the rain is a godsend. Pastures which have been dried up for weeks will be available once more. Weather bureau officials said this aft ernoon that indications point to a con tinuance of the rainfall for 36 hours more. SHEEP CAMP IS ATTACKED. Four Killed In a liattle IJtrccn Settlers and Shepherds. Pocatello, Ida., Oct. 13. News has just been received from Long valley, in "Washington county, that there has been a battle between the settlers and the shepherds, in which four men were killed and one dangerously wounded. It seems that 15 of the settlers warned the sheep men to leave the valley, and when they refused made au attack upon the sheep camp. Thirty shots were fired by the settlers, and a man named Barber was killed. The sheep men then returned the fire, killing three of the Bettlers. The rest of the attacking par ty fled. . The trouble is tho outgrowth of strained relations between tne set tlers and sheep men. MONEY NAMED FOR SENATOR. Governor Mcldturin Appoints a .accessor to tate Senator George. Jacksox, Miss , Oct. 13. Governor McLaurin wired the Associated Press from his home in Brandon that he had appointed Senator-elect Hernando de Soto Money as United Stotes'senator, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hie late Senator J. Z. Lreorge, wnoso term exDires in 1898. 1 HOLD TIP L TBAUf. QUARTET OF ROBBERS RELIEVE PASS ENGERS OF MONEY. Secure S200, but Fail to Open Express Company's Safe Conductor of the Train Was Shot by the Robbers While Resist ing Them. Austdt, Tex., Oct. 14. Yesterday afternoon at 5 :80 o'clock, in broad, open daylight and within 12 miles of the cor porate limits of this city, the south bound cannon ball train on tho Inter national and Great Northern railroad, consisting of mail, baggage and express cars and three coaches loaded with pas sengers, was held up by four men and robbed. The conductor of the train, Tom Healy, was shot by tho robbers while resisting them, but fortunately not seri ously wounded. One of the passengers had his shirt collar carried away by a pistol ball that was aimed at his neck and another received a bullet wound in the hand. The passengers were robbed of some $200 hi money. The bandits attempted to rifle tU?tf?'i!i-"ihe ejtpress" car, but TTere unsuccessful. PLEADS FOR LUETGERT'S LIFE. iATryer Phalen "Makes Sensational Charges In Address to Jury. Chicago, Oct. 14. Tho usual mad rush for Judge Tuthill's courtroom fol lowed immediately after the doors of the criminal court building were opened to day. Attorney Phalen opened" the ar gument to the jury on behalf of the de fense. "If this case had been submitted to the jury when the state closed its evidence, I verily believe a verdict of not guilty would have resulted at once," declared Attorney Phalen. "The evi dence of the prosecution came from in timidated witnesses,who perjured them selves," he asserted, with emphasis. Police persecution and intimidation percolates throughout the entire case. The chain of circumstances about which Mr. McEweu has said so much is com posed of distorted and fragmentary bits of perjured evidenco so wholly contra dictory and unreliable that no jury composed of sensible men can for a mo ment give it credence." Une ot the incidents or the session -was the appearance in court of Luet- gert's two little Eons. The lads had not been in court for several weeks. They climbed upon their father's knees and he fondled them while Attorney Phalen orated. Assistant State's Attorney Mc- Ewen approached Judge Tuthill and quietly objected to the children being conspicuously exhibited before the jury. Judge Tuthill ordered that they be sent to seats removed from the one occupied by their father. POSTPONE IMPORTANT CASES. Action of Court Strengthens Belief Justice Field Will Retire. "Washington, Oct. 14. The belief that Justice Field is seriously contem plating early retirement from the su preme court bench has been strength ened by tho postponement of several more important cases until the first Monday in January. Among these were the suits involving the constitu tionality of tho antitrust law of Texas and several cases appealed from the court of private land claims dealing with Spamsh land grants. The post ponement in the Texas cases are made up on the statement to the court by one of the attorneys that it involves a con stitutional question rendering it desira ble, that it should be considered by a full bench. Tho chief justice in consultation with members of the bar makes no direct reference to the probable change in the court's personnel, but his man ner and the fact that he insists upon the postpenement of important cases leaves little room for doubt that he is of the opinion that there will be a change. WINDOW GLASS TRUST. Tremendous Combination Formed at Cam den, Including All liig Factories. Pittsburg, Oct. 14. The organiza tion of the greatest combination of win dow class manufacturers ever formed in this country was completed at Cam den, N. J., yesterday. It was named the American "Window Glass company, and is composed of all the factories of the country, except half a dozen small concerns. The capital stock of the com pany was fixed at $1,200,000, but the actual capital represented in the com bination aggregates $30,000,000. James M. Chambers of this city was elected president and Pittsburc was chosou as the general selling agency. Train Itoliber on Trial For His Life. Kansas City, Oct. 14. Taking of evidence in the case of John Kennedy, alleged leader of the gang that robbed the Chicago and Alton train at the fa mous Blue Cut, near here, December last, was begun in the criminal court this morning. Prosecutor Lowe prom ises a conviction. This is tho first case of the kind that has come up in Jaok son county since tho law was passed making train robbery punishable by death. At a previous trail tho jury failed to agree. Oliver on Trial. LEAVENWOiiTH.Oct. 14. D. J. Oliver, the veteran chiirged "with dynamiting the residence of Governor Smith and attempting murder, is undergoing trial in the federal court. Oliver is taking much interest in the work of his law yers and advises them continuously how to conduct the case. Insane Patient Starts a Fire. Sioux Palls, S. D., Oct. 14. An in sane patient at the connty poor farm set fire to the budding last night. Seven other inmates became frightened and a general flight followed. All the patients escaped aud were not captured. till morning, The fire was extimjnisbej.. Colorado Strike Settled, Trinidad, Oct. 14. The strike of the 500 minors in the Hastings mine of the Victor Coal and Coke company has been settled by a compromise. Kuockn Out Eight-Hour Iatr. Topeka, Oct. 14. Judge Wells of the Kansas court of appeals has xendered'a decision which, several lawyers declare, practically renders the 8-hour law in Kansas a dead-letter. A contractor named BiUingsley,in doing a job for Mar shall county, worked his men 10 hours a day and then made a claim for two hours extra, which the commissioners refused to pay. Judge Wells holds that in working Tiis men over eight hours, Billingsley not only subjected himself, but tho commissioners to a criminal rjrosecutipn. INCREASE IN RAILWAY MILEAGE. Ninth Annual Itenort of the Interstate Commerce Commission. "Washington. Oct. 14. The ninth statistical report of the interstate com mere commission for the year ending June 30, 1896, gives interesting infor mation. Ono hundred and fifty-one roads were in the hands of receivers on June 30, 1896, a decrease of 18 from the previous year. The total railway mile age was 182,776, an increase of 2,119 for the year. The number of locomotives in service was 35.950 and of cars of all kinds, 1,297,649, an increase of 251 loco motives and 27,088 cars. An. interest ing feature of the report is a summary showing tho amount of compensation naidto the railway employes or the United States, who aggregated 826,620, Their aggregate compensation amountec to over 60 per cent of the total operating expenses of all radways, a slight de crease from the preceding year. Tho amount of railway capital, it is shown, was $10,566,865,771, which, assigned on a mileage basis, shows a capital of $59,- 610 per mile of line. A fraction of over 70 per cent of the capital stock paid no dividends?--Hie totdl dividends amount ed to SS7,603,371. Passengers earned during tho year numbered 511,772,737, an increase of over 4,000,01)0 com pared with the previous year, which, however, showed a decrease of 33,266, b37 as compared with 1894. Freight tonnage . amounted to 765,891,385, tho largest ever reported for rail ways in this country and an increase of nearly 70,000,000 Gross earnings amounted to $1,150,169,- 376, an increase of nearly ?7o,000,000, resulting in a net income of over $33,- 000,000 larger than the previous year. Nearly 1.900 employes were killed and almost 30,000 injured during tho year, an increase of 50 in those killed and over 4,000 in the number injured. One hundred and eighty-one passengers were killed and nearly 8,000 injured. The number of persons "other than em ployes and passengers" killed was 4,406 and those injured 5,845. These figures include casualties to persons reported as trespassers. Strew Flowers on Parnell's Grave. Dublin, Oct. 12. Sunday was the sixth anniversary of the death of Charles Stewart Parnell. Five thousand na tionalists paraded the streets to the bleak Glasville cemetery, where they heaped high the grave of their famous and lamented leader with flowers brought from all the counties of Ire land. The demonstration was unique, Previous demonstration have had strictly a funeral character ; but in ac cordance with the decision of the lead ers, that of Sunday was divested of all the trappings aud the signs of woe and convertecLinto a triumphal procession lively national airs replacing dirges. The country people were brought in by crowded excursion trains. In their hats they wore ivy and shamrocks in stead of crape. It was emphatically the people's day, for the aristocracy held coldly aloof. Mrs. Atkinson on the Stand. Glenville, W. Va., Oct. 13. Tho examination of Mrs. Atkinson, who was placed on the stand in her own behalf last night, was continued until a late hour. She resumed the staud this morning and again took up the thread of her life's story. She was married to Judge Camden in 1S83, and up to the time of -his death required her constant care and attention. She had written letters, papers and receipts for him and had signed his name to them with her own underneath, but always Avith his authority and at his dictation. She' denied in toto the material allegations of the state and stated emphatically that she had never signed Judge Camden's name to any papers after his death. To Call Out Federated Trade's. London, Oct. 12. Tho secretary of tho federated trades, comprising 30 im portant industries, announces that the executive committee has definitely de cided t6 call out all its members in sympathy with the. struggle of tho en gineers against their employers on Fri day next, when it is estimated a total of 400,000 men will be out of work on account of the great labor dispute. WHEAT REGAINS LOST GROUND. Large Sales for Export and English News Were the Factors. CniOAGO, Oct. 13. Wheat todaj-regained al most precisely what it lost yesterday. Decem ber closing at an advance of $1.00. Large sales of wheat for export and a revision by a well known English authority of the surpris ing visible increase figures given out by Brad- street yesterday wero tho principal stimulat ing influences. Corn -was very weak at tho outset and the strength of wheat only served to drag the market back to yesterday's figures. Oats closi-d 14c higher and provisions, under good support, advanced 2J412Jc. Closing prices: Wheat-Dec, 91?6c; May. Nc. CoKN-Dec, 2728c; May, 31?31c. Oats-Dcc., IDc; May, 21(fli21c. Pokk Dec., f 7.72; Jan., $8.65((ja6 Lard Dec., 25; Jau., fL40. Knis Dec.,? 1.47; Jim., ?4.52. Cash quotations: No. 2 red wheat, C95c; No. 3 red, 90g,ft2c; No. 2 spring, 8687c;No.3 spring, 8085c; No. 2 hard winter, 85c; No. 3 hard winter, 8084c;jNo. 1 northern spring, 01c; No. 2 corp. 26(,2t3c; No. 2 oats, 18, , - i , South Omaha Live Stock. South Omaha, Oct. 13. Cattle Receipts, 4,000 : steady; native beaf steers, fl.00ta5.10; wostorn steors. f3.804 30; Texas steers, ?3.00 3.75; cows and heifors, ?3.003.80; canners,$1.75 (S.2.80; stockors and feeders, ?3.404.40; calves, 1 3.505.50 ; bulls, stags, etc., ?2.003.G0. Hogs Receipts, 3,300; 5c lower; heavy, $3.453.60; mixed, ?.3.503.C0; light, $3 603-72U; bulk of Bales, $3.50(03.60. Sheep Receipts, 700; strong; fair to choice natives, ?3.503.85; fair to choice westerns. $3.30(53.65; common and stock sheep, $3.00(53.60; lambs, $3.755.00. ' Chicago Hive Stock. CniCAGO. Oct. 13. Hogs Receipts, 25,000; rather slow, 510c lower; light, $3 654.03: mixed, $3.C54.05; heavy, f3.40-i.00; rough, $3.403.50. Cattle Receipt, 16,000; steady to 10c lower; beeves, $3.855.40; cows and heifers, $1.854.50; Texas steers, $2.703.75; westerns, $a004.30; stockers and feeders, $2.804.40. Sheep Receipts, 8,000; steady to 10c lower; na tives, $2.50 5.15; westerns, $2.853.90; lambs, St. iouis Grain. St. Louis, Oct. 13. WnKAT Higher; No. 2 red cash, elevator, 04fc; track, 050Gc; No. 2 hard cash, 86c"; Dec, D6?a97Jc; May, 95c Coun Stronger; No. 2 cash, 25K254c; Dec. , 25&25J6c ; May, 23$323Xc. Pats Firm ; No, 2 cash, elevator, 10c. Take Cash Prom a lSauk Safe, Boelus, Nob,, Oot. 0. The safe iu the Boelus bank was blown opeulast night. The robbers secured $1,200 and escaped, leaving no trace. The bank was insured against theft. Hogs Dying hy the Hundreds, Columbus, Neb., Oct. 7. Somo strauge disease is working deadly havoo among the hogs on the Looking Glass creek, in this county. Opinion is di vided as to whether it is the old-time hog cholera or not. Over 1,500 hogs have died within the last 40 days. Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair, Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair. BAKING P0WDIR A Pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. Corn of Good 'Qualify. Omaha, Oct. 10. Definite figures on the crop, yield of Nebraska for the season of 1897 arc as follows ; Wheat, 83,844, 637 ; corn, 229,907,853 ; oats, 69,389,853 Probably the most satisfying feature of tho situation is tho quality of the corn crop of this year. Last year's crop was immense in quantity, but very poor in quality. Tsot above 25 per cent of it would come into the shippiug grade. Of the present crop above 90 per cent will grade up to tho high est demand. What is true in this re spect of corn is also true of the other grains. The quality of ihe wheat crop is prime, bringing the highest price on the market. Oats has far exceeded the August estimate, and the quality is ex cellent. MORGAN PAYS DEATH PENALTY. 3Inrdererof Ida Gaskill Hanged at County .Tail In Omaha. Omaha, Oct. 9. At 11:33 a. m. George Morgan, convicted of the mur der of Ida Gaskill, was hanged at the county jail. Morgan died without making a con fession of the crime or denying his guilt. Nov. 3, 1895, Ida Gaskill, aged ll.was criminally assaulted, and during the assault was strangled to death. Her lifeless, torn aud desecrated body, hard ly cold in death, was found about six hours later in a vacant and dilapidated house at 1804 Half Howard street. The search of the police resulted in cast ing suspicion upon George Morgan. The police proceeded to Morgan's room and there found what they considered, and which has since proven, indisputable evidence of Morgan's guilt. His cloth ing was stained with blood. A dozen or more witnesses had seen him about tho vacant house where the body was found at various times dnring the fatal Sunday afternoon. NEBRASKA DAY AT NASHVILLE. Thousands of People From Siirroundiuir States Flock to the Kxnosition. Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 9. From Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia and from all portions of Tennessee people flocked to the exposition yesterday to witness the celebration of Nebraska day and to tear Hon. W. J. Bryan speak. An effective parade, headed and managed by Colonel W. F. Cody of Governor Holcomb 's staff, escorted tho the distinguished visitors, Governor Taylor aud staff aud prominent citizens to the exposition, where the procession was joined by the militia companies, udians and rough riders of Colonel. Cody's Wild West Hon J. W Games called the meeting to order and uev James . auce offered prayer. Hon. James M. Head then spoke, followed by Governor Tay or and Colouel A. S. Colver. Lroveruor -tioicomo responded in a charming address ; Senator William V. Allen then spoke and as Mr. Eryan roso to address the audience he was vomer ously cheered. His speech was brief ut pleasing aud was well received. At night on militarv plaza, Mr. Bryan made a political speech to an audience or lo.UOt) to 2u,uUU people upon the issues of the day. JMcbratku liallot Dispute. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 12. Secretary of btate Porter, after listeuiug to argu meuts of the respective protestors, de cided that loth silver Republicans aud National Democrats -were entitled to a place on the official ballot. An appeal will be taken by both sides to tho supremo conrt. Largest Ice IIousi; In the World. Ashland, Neb., Oct. la. Phil Ar mour has decided to locate a bur ice muse at Memphis, a few miles from :iere, and it will be the largest in the world. The ice house will be a third arger than the one in this citv and the atterhas a capacity of 100,000 tons, five of the rooms holding 20,000 tons each. Stabbed by His Swi-t 1 heart. Hastings, Neb.. Oct. i:j. Herbert Crow, a young business man, was atally stabbed by a young woman of this city last night, the girl using a hat pin. The steel entered the young man's side and broke off. The victim refuses O give the name of the girl or the cause of the attack. It Is said he was struck by his sweetheart in a jealous rage. Hartley Hnlsinen Allege Illegal Hond. Omaha, Oct. l4.-r-The boudsmen of ex-State Treasurer Bartley maintain that tho bond upon which snit Is beiug brought Is illegal for tho reason that it was not approved by tho governor and filed with the secretary of stato. on the day on winch Bartley went iuto office for his second term, Jan. 3, 1S95. They allege that it was not approved and filed until four days afterward, ou Jan. 9, 1W)5. Ulg Whisky Trust Forming. New York, Oct. UJ. A whisky tmst of tremendous proportions Is about to be formed. If :dl the whisky distillers who have been asked join it, they will represent more than .50,000,000 capital The object of the promoters is to con solidate the Kentucky whisky interests with the American Spirits company and to control not only all of the spirits out put of the country, but all Of the better brands, of whiskies. There is a Class cf People who are injured by the use of coffee. Re cently there has been placed in all tho grocery stores a new preparation called GRAIN O, made of pure grains, that takes the plaoe of coffee. Tho most dejr icate stomach receives it without die tress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over as much. Chil dren may drink it with great benefit. 15 cts. and 25 cts. per package. Try it Ask for GEAIN-O. REPLY TO SALISBURY SURPRISED AT THE DECLINATION GREAT BRITAIN, OF Stnt Tipnartinent Suceests a Conference Between Great Britain, the United States and Canada Japanese Delegates En Iloutc. Washington, Oct. 13. Secretary Sherman has written a reply to the note ofLord Salisbury expressing Great "Rritfiin's dpnlination to tako oart m a "Rprnrirr !fa. nnnfereuce in which Russia and Jamn arc to participate. The cs scntial features of Mr. Sherman's reply have been sent by cable and the reply in full is now on its way to the British officials. Lord Salisbury's note of declination, it can now be stated, bore fljitp. nf Of. (5. so that the response is made with promptness. The answer states that the United States govern ment views with astonishment tho de termination of Great Britain not to participate in a conference including Russia and Japan and tho statement is made that nt to the 23d of last month the United States authorities had fully expected the conference would proceed with Russia and Japan and Great Brit ain. It is pointed out that aside from the written correspondence to which Lord Salisbury had called attention, there wero verbal negotiations between Ambassador Hay and his lordship, in which a fmecific reference was made to x tho participation of Russia and Japan. McCann has filed in Judge Talty's court an answer to tho suit brought by the city against William H. Appleman, McCann's client, for personal taxes for the vear 1894 and 1S95. The defense set up by McCann is virtually the sin gle tax theory and this is tho first time it has been pleaded in this country in such a case. It is called the "bill of rights defense" and is based on the bills of right clause of the Missouri constitu tion. A number of suits for personal taxes aro pending and Mr. McCann proposes to resist payment of them all on this ground. At one of these verbal exchanges it is said Lord Salisbury said ho would advise with the officials of the foreign office concerning the subjects discussed, which included the particilation of Russia and Japan. Subsequently, on July 29, Ambassador Hay wrote to Lord Salisbury saying the president hoped to have Russia and Japan parti cipate in tho conference. In view of these circumstances tho United States had expected that Great Britain would take part in tho conference and that Russia and Japan would be represented, with tho approvid of Great Britain. In the meantime preparations for the conference between the United States, Russia and Japan are proceeding. The Japanese delegates who are now en. route from San Francisco, have decided to stop over two days at Chicago. SPAIN'S REPLY IS READY. Unable to Fix Exactly the Date When the War Will End. Madrid, Oct. 13. It is semiofficially announced the reply of Spain to the note presented by tho United States minister, General StevardL. "Woodford, has been drafted by the minister for foreign affairs, Senor Gnllon, and will be submitted to the cabinet at its meet ing tomorrow. The reply, it is stated, will say that Spain will be unable to fix exactly the date when the war will oe over, but the ministers are pursnaded it will not be long, because "tho situa tion of tho rebels is critical, and the ef forts of the Spanish troops are sure of success. Owing to the rebel situation and the concession of autonomy, ad ministrative and ecomomic, which will be effective before January, the govern ment hopes actual hostilities will finish shortly." Spain, it Is continued, thinks tho re forms and the activity of the Spanish troops are sufficient elements to secure the immediate pacification of the island, which, it Is asserted, "would have been more rapid if the rebels haduot had the succor of filibusters, who, under tho shelter of the American flag, have con tributed to maintain this state of af fairs." Halt Is Called In Itigorotis Ittcthods, Madrid, Oct. 12. With the excep tions of tho Conservatives, who persist in courting Weyler, a majority of the press and public opinion approve the new government for gazetting yester day the decrees recalling Weyler and appointing Marshal Blanco governor of Cuba. The minister of war telegraphed the Transatlantic company to postpone the departure of the mail steamer to al law Blanco to embark tomorrow with his numerous staff. Twenty thousand men, reinforcements, will follow in No vember. The minister of war also tele graphed Weyler to embark immediately after handing his command over to Marquis Ahnmada. General Lilares and all high civil officials and the prin cipal lientenauts of Weyler are to be replaced promptly. The government telegraphed to cease in stantly all severities and the rigorous methods of warfare practiced hitherto. Blanco cannot begin his reform policy before the middle of November. Mili tary operations will continue directly, if fiue weather permits, against the iur surgents if they aro not disposed to suh init on hearing of tho contemplated re forms and a reversal of1 the policy of the last two years. Miss Clsneros Iteaches New York. New York, Oct. 14. Evangelina Cosio y Cisueros, who recently escaped from a Spanish prison in Cuba, was a passenger on the Ward line steamer Seneca, which arrived today from Ha vana. At Quarantine, Miss Cisneros asked to be excused saying anything about her imprisonment and escape, as she was not yet recovered from sea sick ness, from which she had suffered dur ing the entire passage and which kept her in her stateroom, during the whole yoyage. Famous Atkinson Case Ended. Glenville, W.' Va., Oct. 14. Tho pury in thp famous case of Mrs. Gover nor Atkinson, on trial for forging her former husband's name, disagreed to day and was discharged by the conrt. The jnry stood sevpu for acqrittal and five for conviction. It Is no. 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