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O’NEILL. NEBRASKA.
P OYER THE STATE.
,1/ Harness tlii«ves have been ope/atin;
at Beatrice.
,t'l ■ Tiierk are still several cases of ty
1 phiod fever in Tecumsch.
Thr Otoe county jail is full for the
first time for many years.
W. E. Brock of Crete is a brother-in
? ■ law of Governor JAckson Of Iowa.
Tub new court house of Fillmore
i,-, * county at Geneva is nearly completed,
y-1 Thr A. Q. U. W. temple at McCook
- that cost 930,000 was dedicated last
week.
An incendiary fit* .at Riverton des
.u • troyed several thousand dollars worth
V’ «* property.
The term of the postmaster at Ne
braska City soon expires and tKcre are
’ many applicants for the place.
J. O. Murray has been elected nan
srer of the Alliance Elevator company
of Dunbar for the ensuing year.
’i';. A. P. Brink of Omaha has been ap
hpointed receiver of the bank of Kusn
; ville and the bank of Hay Springs,
j' Fire was discovered in a room in the
courthouse at Rushvllle, but was easily
? ' extinguished. It was started by a
lighted cigar stub.
The suits against the directors of the
... defunct Capital National bank con
tinue to pile up on the docket of the
district court of Lancaster couuty.
D. L. Francis, implement dealer of
Dunbar, made an assignment for the
benefit of his credltora The assets
. «rlll exceed the liabilities by fie00.
V 4 The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E. L. Argabright of Nemeha City
v choked or smothered to death. Mrs.
Argabright was horrified on awakening
in the morning to find her baby girl
cold in death.
1 , , The bar docket for the January term
4 of district court of Lancaster county
s;';;- will contain 008 law cases, 387 equity
and thirty criminal. This is an increase
In law oases over last term, but a de
crease in criminal and equity.
Another one of Johnson county's old
■ aettlers died in Tecumsch last jveek. It
was Mrs. Caroline Strong, who was
, • seventy-four years of age and who had
W'-j resided in the county for thirty-five
years, locating there with her husband
, in 1830.
' Wii.i.ie, the four-year-old son of Dr.
;; and Mrs F. A. Snyder of Tecumseh,
was badly scalded about the back,
shoulders and arms by falling into a
tub'of .boiling water, which was stand
ing on the floor to be used in the family
washing.
' \ C. S. Pitiu.ips of Johnson county had
. the misfortune to have twenty-five
v tons of good hay, which was stacked in
the field on his farm a mile east of Te»
cumseh, destroyed by fire. It probably
ignited from a cigar butt thrown into
it by a careless hunter.
George Hovsh, the young man who
killed Charles F. Cpge in Noligh. last
■ week, had his preliRdnary trial before
County Judge Bpmar. A large num
- ber of witnesses were examined. The
prisoner was held for trial .on the charge
of murder in the first degree.
The Phelps county fair association
filed articles of incorporation with Sec
rotary of State Allen, signed by D. N.
pt; Hamilton and twenty-four other cltl
f sens of that . country. With a capital
atoclc of 85,OOQ the association will erect
' buildings and conduct a county fair at
.Bertrand.
Thr record .of shipments from Teka
mah for the year 1803 is one of which
the city may feel proud. It is as fol
lows, car lots . only given: Hay, 518
■oars; cattle, 419; hogs, 151; canned
goods, 34; cow, 00; brush, 13; oats, 16;
horses, 8; eggs, 3; wheat, 3; miscellane
ous, 36. Total number of cars.shipped
out, 1,300.
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The Lininger A Metcalf Co. of Oma
ha have just received a solid train load
of.Cutaway disc harrows from the Cut
away Harrow Co. at Higganura, Conn.,
via C. B. & Q. The shipment consists
of twenty-one cars, containing 3,000
harrows, valued at filOO.OOO, and is des
tined evclusively for the trade in Ne
braska and western Iowa.
.An enthusiastic meeting .in further
ance of the canal water power scheme
was held at the business men's club in
Brement. Engineer Andre wsand J. D.
McDonald reported living gone over
jthe proposed route.and consider it per
fectly practicable. A complete survey
of the route was ordered which will
cost in the neighborhood of *400.
About three weeks ago. a maniregis*
tered at the Watson house.in Nebraska
City as A. H. Bently. He seemed to
have plenty of cash .and was in -search
of health, being afflicted w:ith consump
tion. Landlord Kuhlman indorsed a
draft for *50 for him. Bentley secured
the money and left with the.cash, neg
. leeting to settle a three weeks’ board
A petition has been filed with the
state board of health asking the re
moval of Dr. Allen of Omaha, one of its
secretaries. They charge him with un
professional conduct. He is accused of
sanding out circular letters to other
physicians throughout the state offer
ing them s percentage of fees on cases
they might send him, he being a spe
cialist
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cuuuiy supervisors or t'aik oqub*
*y in session last week concluded to
•nin submit to a vote of the peo
ple the question of bonding the
county for a court house. This time
vote will be for $17,000 bonds, which
with the $3,000 insurance on the old
"building will be sufficient. Inst year
* vote was taken for $35,000, but failed
to carry.
The Burlington has asked for an or
der restraining the city treasurer of
Nebraska City from collecting the taxes
on the west fourth of the company's
bridge at that city. The city limits
were extended some time ago to the
state line, thus taking in several hun
dred feet of the bridge. The company
claims the eity had no right to extend
tiie limits.
J. Jarvis, sheriff of Smith county,
Kansas, was in PawaneeCity last week
“siting for a requisition from Uover
" ounse tq take O. G. ShurtlefT.
hf arrshted at Burchard, back
- him 'His prisoner is charged
■with raising $3 bills to $5 by pasting a
-!• over the 3, and then going into a
crowded store, making a small pur*
and receiving his change.
Sees
Tincdwellingof Walter Bates at Fajr
bury burned last week. Loss, 92500.
About thosame timo fire Woke'out in
the dwelling of (leorge Mundts on
North O street and the building was
destroyed before the tire department
could get buck from the first blaze.
Loss, $050; fully iusured.
JamksJL O’ltmux, postmaster at the
little1 town of Davey, in Lancaster
county was arraigned before Judge
Dundy of the United Staten court on
the charge of embezzlement. The
amount of his defalcation is 8500.75.
lie entered a plea of not guilty, and
was released on 9500 bonds to appear,
for trial.
iliiciupi lU uriSiiO"iiuuu; wru
Lundy, a farmer living’ south of Ne
braska City, was made Sunday night.
While Lundy was on his way to the
barn about dusk a shot was fired at
him, the bullet lodging in his ankle.
Lundy crawled to his house and the
would-be assassin escaped. Lundy’s
wound is serious and will probably
make, him a permanent cripple.
8. W. Arams, who was arrested in
Council Bluffs on the charge of swind
ling C. C. Bickford, a merchant of Ne
braska City, out of 975, seven years
ago, .was taken back to that place last
week. Ills hearing was continued ten
days ,T. li. Parker, a saloon keeper of
that city, thinks he recognizes in Adams
the man who beat him out of 950 with
a bogus check several years ago.
The legality of the issue of 990,000 in
bonds recently voted by the people of
Lincoln to refund the city debt is to be
tested in the courts. Harris A. Co. of
Chicago purchased the bonds at a pre
mium of 93,600, but the company de
clined to take them, alleging as a rea
son that their attorney believed they
were illegal because ,a portion is to
cover an illegal portion of the city debt.
The Debney murder trial was con
cluded at Fullerton on Thursday of
last week and the jury was out until
Friday noon. The verdict of murder
in the first degree was read and the
jury polled. A motion for a new trial
was filed and court adjourned. During
the trial not a person was heard to ex
press a word of sympathy for the ae
cused and the verdict gives perfect sat
isfaction.
The twelfth annual convention of
tho Nebraska State Volunteer Fire
men's association held its opening ses
sion in Beatrice last week, President
Corcoran of York presiding. The ad
dress of welcome was delivered by
Mayor Shultz, extending to the visitors
the freedom of the city, to which Pres
ident Corcoran made a neat reply.
There was a large attendance of fire
men from all sections of the state.
A puilanthrophic citizen of Burnell
recently raised a 920 subscription for
in old man who was poor and who
wanted to visit relatives in Iowa. Ho
gave the money to the old man to get
a. ticket with. The taker of charity
went to Ord, about sixteen miles away,
and came back, carrying a new over
poat on his arm. He suid he had lived
in that part of the country about twen
ty-five years and didn't care to go to
Iowa.
The governor, attorney general and
secretary of state last week approved
the bonds and designated six additional
9tate depositories. The list of banks so
designated together with the amounts
of their bonds is as follows: Nebraska
City National, 950,000; First National of
Beatrice, 950,000; Herman National of
Hastings, 930,000; Citizens National of
Ueneva, 915,000; First National of Ord,
910,000, and First National of Friend,
$40,000.
William Nelson and Charles Long,
two boys aged. eleven and thirteen
years respectively, met in the rear of
Wiebe's lumber yard in Lincoln and
quarreled over the possession of a piece
of brass of the value of about a cent.
The quarrel became bitter, when Nel
son opened a pooketknife and drove
the large blade into Long’s abdomen,
cutting through his coat and vest A
physician was called who said the
wound was serious but not necessarily
fatal.
a. riniuAj on mo rremoni, AiKnorn
& Missouri Valley railroad named Mc
Clellan Snyder, whose parents reside
near Rushville was adjudged insane
and committed to the asylum at Nor
folk. His friends say he fell from the
tender of a locomotive about a month
ago sustaining a severe injury Of the
head. In his lucid intervals he denies
ever having been hurt, but says his
condition is all caused by the failure of
a wedding to materialize as per agree
ment.
Hkarry Best, a farmer living two
miles west of Lime Grove, shipped two
cars of mortgaged cattle to Omaha and
returned with $1,000 in his pocket He
claims to have been held u p and robbed
between Newcastle and Lime Grove.
Mr. Ryan of the firm of Ryan & O’Neill
of Sioux City, who held the mortgage,
arrived and persuaded Best to return
to Sioux City with him and explain
matters. They stopped at the Hopkins
house Sunday night, but next morning
Best was nowhere to be found.
Attorney General Hastings last
week filed a petition in behalf of the
state against G. \V. Mosher. The peti
tion states that Mosher was made
treasurer of the relief commission for
the drouth stricken districts of Nebras
ka. .and that $100,000 was appropriated
to be distributed, but that Mosher has
failed to account for $3,527.90, which he
has converted to his own use, and
judgment is asked against the defend
ant for that amount. The suit is
brought by order of the govenor.
Fred Wiktzkr, superintendent of ag
riculture at the Norfolk beet sugar fac
tory, was in Rushville last week at the
invitation of the Rushville Business
Men's association to examine the site
with reference to its adaptability to the
profitable production of sugar beets.
His opinion was that the soil there pos
sesses to the highest degree the nec
essary elements for the growth of beets.
The sentiment of the farmers is favor
able to a test of the matter and in all
probability about 400 acres will be
planted and the crop shipped to the
Norfolk factory.
The Stale Banking board issued a
call for* statement of the condition of
all state and private banks in Nebraska
at the close of business on December i
19. It was not until last week that the
chief clerk of the board was able to
complete the consolidated statement
showing the condition of the banks
collectively. The consolidated state
ment includes the ^operation of 503
banks undep-^the control of the State
Banking f board. The consolidated
statement on December 19th shows re
sources to be $32,102,379.55, and liabili
ities $32,162,379.55. The past year was
a particularly trying one upon the
■tale and private banks of Nebraska.
TUB TARIFF DEBATJC.
Barrow’s Amendment to Heitors Dittos
oa Wool Defeated.
Washington, Jin. so.—Almost the
entire day in the hoase was spent In
the continuation of the debate on Mr..
Burrow’s amendment to restore the
existing duties on wool, with the re
sult of its defeat by a strict party rote.
About an hour before the recess Mr.
Johnson, the Ohio free trader and
■ingle taxer, offered his amendment
to place rails on the free list.
At the night session Mr. Sibley,
Democrat, of Pennsylvania, created a
sensation by a bitter speech against
the Wilson bilL Be did not believe
tariffs made or unmade prosperity.
He would support a revenue tariff
bill, such as was demanded by .the
Chicago platform, but he would never
vote for this bill, which was a hybrid,
half free trade and half protection,
with the vices of both and the virtues
of neither. The other speakers were
Mr. McKeagan. Populist, of Nebraska,
De Forest, Democrat, of Connecticut
and Mr. Russell, Republican of Con
necticut.
Fltutmmona After Corbett.
New Yoke, Jan. 20.—Before A1
Smith left for Jacksonville he had a
long talk with Arthnr T. Lnmley in
regard to a match, between Jim Cor
bett and Bob Fitzsimmons. Smith
said he would back the champion
against "Lanky Bob,” and even went
so far as to offer to put up 91,000 de
posit to make a match.
Fitzsimmons was seen yesterday
and said he was very anxious to make
■a match with Corbett for 90,000 or
910,000 a side.
Singular Death of a Boy.
MuitclE, Ind., Jan. 20.—The death
of the 7-year-old son of John Lenox,
of Hartford City, Ind., which occurred
at Muncie a few days ago, has placed
a nuzzling case before the medical
fraternity of this city. The peculiari
ties of the death caused a post-mortem
examination to be made by Ur. Beck
of Chicago, who found that an insect
had baten its way from th 3 stomach
through the intestines to the heart,
bleeding the bov to death.
There has not appeared in many a
day so attractive a serial story as Cap
tain Charles King’s "Cadet days.” now'
running in Harper’s Young People. All
the trials and griefs and sorrows and
difficulties of1 a young cadet at West
Point are brought out in a natural, en
tertaining way, which has a strong
moral lesson with it that cannot fail to
have its effect. The present number
of Harper's Young people has a gener
erous installment of this story. Harp
er’s Young People for January 2d is the
New Year’s issue, and contains the usu
al amount of attractive stories, togeth
er with a four-page cover, printed in
colors. It contains articles by A. J.
Kenealy, Sally Thornedike, Paul Hull,
Richard Barry, Georgina Pell Curtis,
and the Rcund Table supplement.
An jcxpreat JUeiaenger a Robber.
Huron, S. D., Jan. 20.—Messenger
Prior of the American express com
pany, running between Huron and
Pierre, has left for parts unknown,
taking with him several hundred dol
lars of the company’s funds. The
exact amount is unknown, but is be
lieved to be heavy. There is st}id to
be a woman in the case.
Reeolver for an Rlectrlo Light Company.
New Yobk, Jan. 20.—A receiver has
been asked for the Thomsen-Hous
ton Electric Light company of New
York. 'Liabilities 97a8,000i assets
9300,000.
NEWS NOTES,
The proposed bond issue is roundly
disapproved by congressmen from the
west and southwest.
Congressman Fithian, Democrat, in
a debate on the tariff question took
occasion to condemn Secretary Car
lisle’s bond policy.
Many raised bills have been set in
circulation in St. Louis by an un
known woman. The work is wed
done.
The grand jury at Winona, Minn.,
has reported that slot machines come
under the classification of lotteries in
the state law.
At Grand Forks, 27. D., Joseph
Maley, a mail carrier, was arrested
for stealing $550 from registered let
ters. He confessed and gave back $400.
Robert?.. F. Dori 6t Wichita, Kan.,
has been fblMd guilty in -the federal
court of impersonating his soldier
brother who died in 1807, and draw
ing a pension under his name for
years.
W. R. Meyers o‘f Enid, Ok., fell
from the Rock Island train at Dover,
Ok., and was instantly killed.
A medal of honor has been awarded
to General Eugene A. Carr, for d stin
guished services at the battle of Pea
Ridge, during the rebellion.
It cost' the government $138,586 to
pay the bounty on sugar during the
fiscal year 1893. Of this $97,890 was
. paid for additional deputies, clerks
and employes, and $30,800 for sugar
inspectors
The February Century will contain
an article on “The Tramp at Home,”
by the young man who writes under
the name of “Josiah Flynt,” and who
has already contributed several articles
on tramp-life to The Century. In the
present paper he describes his own ex
periences with tramps during a ten
days’ trip from New York to Buffalo
and return, at an expenditure of one
dollar. The article will be especially
interesting reading to the people living
on the line of the New York Central
Railroad, who will here learn that
tramps have a high regard for the cit
ies of Syracuse, Utica, Rome, etc. The
Central road is said to be a very easy
one to “beat,” and tramps can be sure
of three meals a day and a comfortable
place to sleep anywhere along its line.
an sitrs -rex on Hear,
Washington, Jan. 20. — Senator
Jones of Arkansas, a member of the
senate finance committee, thinks that
there Bhould be an additional tax on
beer of a dollar a barrel. This he
bolds would yield a revenue of $32,
000,000 and would not increase the
price per glass to the consumer. It is
understood that Senator Voorhees
does not think the country would ac
cept with complacency an additional
tax on beer and will rrobably oppose
a proposition in that direction.
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DOLE AFFRONTS IMS.
OUR MINISTER COMPLAINS 09
’ DISCOURTESY.
THE MATTER REFERRED TO CONGRESS
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file Head of the Provisional Government
Accused of Keteetlnf on the President
ol tlie United State*—The Latest
Hawaiian Corrotpondenee
Transmitted to Congress
. by the President.
Washington, Jan, 22.—The.pr'esideat
in a brief note transmitted to-day
submitted to congress., the latest cor
respondence relating to Hawaii. It
comprises some brief notes from Min
ister Willis to Secretary Gresham
which are unimportant, bat the chief
features of which are letters between
Minister Willis and President Dole, in
one of which the minister' com
plained of an utterance of President
Dole as reflecting on the president of
the United States and a letter from
President Dole in which he specifically
inquired if Minister Willis’s instruc
tions authorized the usq of force.
Doth these matters appear to have
been settled by the receipt of the last
message of the’president to congress
and the instructions of Secretary
Gresham to Minister Willis.
The most important part of the cor
respondence consists of a long letter
from Minister Willis to Secretary
Gresham containing enclosures of the
correspondence between President
Dole and himself.
Letter No. 20)4, dated January 5, to
Secretary Gresham says:
On Wednesday, the 27th nit., at 12
a. m., the steamship Oceanic arrived'
with newspapers containing the presi
dent's special message in full, to
gether with the instructions to Mr.
Blount and myself, The message was
reproduced in the afternoon -papers
under conspicuous headlines.
At 4 o’clock the same day I received
a four page, closely written letter,
which.I inclose, from Mr. Dole, minis
ter of foreign affairs, asking to be in
formed “with the least delay whether
you (I) held instructions to enforce
your policy with the use of armk in
any event.”
The information, desired, although
fully embodied in the president's
message, might have been asked for,
apd except for the remarkable state
ments contained in the' letter, would
have been promptly and satisfactorily
given in a few words.
Confident that the charges so sur
prisingly and unjustly made could not
be sustained, an answer, herewith en
closed, was on the following (Thurs
day) morning, sent to Minister Dole,
asking that they be made more direct
and specific.
On Friday morning, 29th ult., I re
ceived a letter from Mr. Dole, here
with enclosed, saying: “The special
message of the president has rendered
any further correspondence on the
subject of,my letter of the 27th of De
cember unnecessary, as the message
satisfactorily answers the question.
But,” he added, “if you still desire the
specifications requested, I will be ready
to furnish them.”
The instructions to me from the
president had been strictly followed,
or if departed from at all it had been
in favor of the beneficiaries of our
wrong doing. I felt, therefore, that
■ the statements contained in the letter
of Mr. Dole of the 27th ultimo were di
rected, not to. me personally, but at
the president, and should be qualified
or absolutely withdrawn. Believing
frt>m the high character and sense of
justice of Mr. Dole that,if he reexamin
ed his letter such would be the result,
I wrote him a note which I enclose.
This not* was delivered at his resi -
dence on the evening of the same day
(Friday, December 29,) upon which
his second letter was received. Hav
ing no answer up to Sunday night,
December 31, and having occasion to
communicate with his collegue, Mr.
Damon, upon another matter, I called
his-attention to the failure of Mr.
Dole to reply to my note, which I ex.
plained to him- was written with no
unfriendly purpose, but as by itself
declared “for the best interests of
all.” He informed me that the “ad
visory council met the next day at
noon and he thought the subject would
then receive attention.”
aw p. m. oi mai aav, January 1, i
received the letter from the Hon. S. B.
Dole, herewith inclosed, in which he
states: "It is not my intention to
withdraw any of my ‘letters.” This,
of course, left every charge and state
ment in full force as of that date. Be
lieving that these charges, whether so
intended or not, reflected very unjustly
upon the president, whose agent I
was, at 0 p. m. of the same day (Mon
day, January 1,) I replied in the in
closed letter that the "desired speci
fications be furnished at the earliest
convenience.” Up to this hour
(Friday, January 5,) no reply has
been received to this request nor have I
any intimation when one may be ex
pected. My request for specifications
has been in tbe hands Of minister of
foreign affairs since Monday, January
1, at 0 o’clock. I had hoped to re
ceive it m time to answer by steamer
Peking, leaving to-day at 8 "o’clock,
and especially as Mr. Thurston and
Mr. Hatch, late vice president of the
provisional government, leave to
morrow on the Australia for the
United States, This delay in .answer
ing is a' great surprise and regret.
lam fully prepared to show that
every step taken by the representa
tives of our government has been in
the direction of peace and good order.
On the I3th of November, as is well
known here, the greatest excitement
prevailed in the executive building,
military forces were increased in num
ber and the volunteer companies were
ordered on'duty at night. ;■» The prepa
rations were due, not to any fear of
any American intervention, but as'
Mr. Damon, minister of finance, called
officially to explain, resulted from a
apprehensions of many citizens,
mostly women and children, that as
the following day was the birthday
anniversary of King1 Kalakua large
numbers of natives from the adjoining
districts would be here and an out*
break might occur. Very respectfully,
Albert 8. Willis.
MR. talk's note.
The note to M.\ Willis from Presi
dent Dole, referred to above, was as
follows:
Department op Foreign Affairs,
Honolulu, Dec. 27, 1893.—Sir: Pend
ing the further action of the govern
ment of the United States upon the
matters in the communication of De
cember 19 and my reply to the same
dated December 23, I desire to call
your excellency's most serious con
sideration to the dangerous, critical
.condition of this community, arising,
I must respectfully submit, out of the'
attitude which you have assumed and
the language which you have used in
public and in communications to this
government, and also out of the pub
lished letter of the secretary of,state
of the United States and the presi
dent's letter on the subject of restora-.
tion of the, monarchy. I do not, how
ever, claim or intimate that this un
fortunate situation has been inten
tionally created by you or by the gov
ernment which you represent, but
arises from a natural construction of
your attitude and due to the am
' biguous terms of the statements re
ferred to. \
tnuer mess circumstances mere
arose at once a general feeling of dis
quiet. The natural inference from
your attitude, language and refusal to
disclose your purpose and from Mr.
Gresham's letter and the president’s
message was, and is, that you in
tended to use force in maintaining
your policy. The apprehensions of
both political parties as well as per
sons who remain neutral in these mat
ters is that you hold instructions to
use physical force for the restoration
of the monarchy. I m not prepared
to state that this government enter
tains this opinion, although its want
of information to the contrary has
compelled it to act as if it were Cor
rect.
Rumors of the intended landing of
your •forces' for offensive purposes
have agitated the community for
many days. The situation for weeks
has been one of warfare, without the
incident of actual combat. Even the
ex-queen has called upon this govern
ment for protection, ■ which was
awarded her. Owing to your atitude
the public has been compelled by pub
lic apprehension to largly increase its
military force at great expense; its
offices have been placed and still con
tinue in a condition of defense and
.preparation for siege and the commu
nity ha^been put into a state of mind
bordering on terrorism.
The government has most earnestly
sought from you and through our rep
resentatives at Washington from your
government some assurance that force
would not be used and has failed to
obtain it. • '
Your action has unfortunately arous
ed the passions of all parties and it
may be possible that disturbances may
be created at any moment. I am in
formed by military authorities that,
while the force at your command is
sufficient to destroy this city, it is in
sufficient to suppress any general
rising and conflict of armed forces and
insurrections or to prevent the loss of
life and, property. This government
is reluctant to believe that this con
dition of affairs was contemplated or
expected by yourself or by the presi
dent of the United States,
1 have, therefore, to ask you to in
form me without the least delay
whether you hold instructions to en
force your policy With the use of arms.
In any event I trust that you will be
able to reply to give assurances that
will tend to allay the apprehensions
existing in the community.
I have the honor to be, with the
greatest consideration, your excellen
cy’s obedient servant,
Sanford B. Dole, .
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The remainder of the correspon
dence consists of communications be
tween Minister Willis and President
Dole, referred to in the letter of Sec
retary Gresham.
COAL MINES SHUT DOWN.
Ten Thousand Anthracite Miners will
Be Oat of Work This 'Week.
Pottsvuxe, Pa., Jan. 28.—An order
has been issued by the Philadelphia
and Redding Coal and Iron company to
shut down eleven of the largest col
lieries for an indefinite period, A
number of the Lehigh Valley’s mines
will also be shut down until the large
amount of coal on hand is disposed of
and the restriction to 2,00,000 tons or
dered by the coal sales agents for this
month is complied with. As a result of
this shutdown traffic on the railroads
will be greatly reduced and fully 10,000
men will be out of work in the coal
region this week,
A HILL BOOM UNDEK WAY.
Chleogowns Propose to Begin Work tt
Once for the New Yorker.
Chicago, Jan. S3.—A call was pub
lished to-day for a meeting' at which
will be organized the Senator Hill
Democratic association of Chicago,
which will, it is claimed, begin a
mighty movement to secure for David
B. Hill the presidential nomination as
Grover Cleveland’s successor. It is
said by persons interested that al
ready over 1,000 Chicago Democrats,
more or less prominent, have agreed 1
to assist in the movement.
Stanford's Brother Wants Boro.
San Francisco, Jan. 2 .—The' Ex
aminer says that it is rumored that A.
• R. Stanford, of New York, brother of
the late Leland Stanford, will contest
the latter’s will. He is quoted as hav
ing said that he had not announced
his intention of contesting the will,
but that he was by no means satisfied
with *100,000, the amount left 'him.
Colorado Steel Works Keioinf.
PCEBI.O, Col., Jan. 23.—The steel
works of the Colorado fuel and iron
company resumed, operations this
morning in the cold steel department
with a force of 700 men. One blast
will be blown on the first of next
month hnd the converters will be
started March 1 when 1,300 men will
be given frork. •• ••
V. *'» -1' t '«•
The young man in confinemeht at
Sedalia as an acomplice of (Jus
Hall-in the attempt to rob Green liidge
bank proves not to be a son of the
Rev. A. M. Cockrell) as first supposed.
— i
The Kx-President’* Brathn.
See*toe V..|.. B, ><
Washingtow, Jaifc 19 Jr, a
nson failed' for conflrmatioaTn Har‘
▼eyor of the port at Kaos™ 0 J Sur'
yes and no rote was taken « y‘
Vest and Cockrell stated their e.nator8
the senate in executive .»„• 6 10
Sted ^ Pre““^ HarrCS
Sen
gestiou with some remarka h» V"8'
that he had opposed the Mnfi ated
of Harrison for the reason tha^ h?1’0”
not a Democrat; that he bad vote^T*
very few of the candidates atth*, °r
election on the Democrat^ iMt
owing, as he had been ■•‘A. t,ck<!1’
owing, as he had been in, “
the fact that Harrison hi?* ed* tl
faction of the narto i-b^?n?ed to a
faction of the party in Kan*ed -
that not often rotedtoe ticket fy
this reason he asked *h«» Vi L *or
of the commute*, to who “LT>?0rt
reThTaln^“0,?inationbe“d°Pt.'cieen
The senator also made som» !.■
in? remarks about thepreside n r•*'
stating that it was time that^* ’ m*
ate insist that it be recognizedb/t?'
president according1 to the the
la ting the relations between ZreBu'
utive and the seniLraTd he bel^'
that the.president should be infr».eTe1
that should be respected and k„ “
doing they would nSt lose the const”
that b*d been pSi
He was followed by Senator Cock
rell, who supplemented the statement
by savin* that in his judgment a Dem
j administration should be in
formed that Democrats should be sd
pointed to office, and this was another
opportunity to impress the fact on
It is understood that Senator Vilas
observed that this was carrying the
flghton the president a llttfitoS far
but he had understood that the whole
program had been agreed to. and that
being the case, it was useless to ob
ject.
He would not call for the roll and
the report was adopted without
further del-*”
AMERICAN BAKLKV.
Bate on Till. Item In the Wilson Bill
Advanced to Thirtj Per Cent.
Washington, Jan. 19.—The Demo
cratic members of the ways and
means committee have decided upon
an important amendment to the pend
ing tariff bill. It covers the item of
barley -but its effect extends to
the extensive manufacture of
beer and various other products.
The rate already prepared in
the Wilson bill is twenty per
cent ad valorem. Mr. Whiting pro-,
posed that this scale be advanced to
30 per cent, and after much discussion
the amendment was agreed to. The
change is said to be of special inter
est to the beer industry of the west,
which uses American barley, and
against the eastern beer industry,
which draws its suDply of barley from
Canada.
Shelby Sees Cleveland.
‘ Washington, Jan. 19.—General Jo
Shelby, applicant for marshal in West
ern Missouri, accompanied by Repre
sentatives Cobb and De Armond,
called on the president yesterday.
General Shelby liras well pleased with
his reception, which was cordial and
friendly. Ho stated that he had no
information upon which a prediction
as to time of making the appointment
could be based.
Germany's Financial Estimate.
Berlin, Jan. 19.—Dr. Miquel, min
ister of finance, submitted the budget
for 1891 to the diet to-day. He esti
mated the receipts 1,879,149,391 marks,
an increase of 43,936,131 over 1893.
The expenditure was estimated at
1,949,819,391 marks, showing a deficit
of 70,200,000, which will be covered_by
a loan. The exaess of expenditure is
mainly due to increased demands by
the empire upon the federal states,
Prussia’s share being 37,058,915 markt
higher than in 1893.
LITE STOCK AMD PRODUCE MARKETS
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The Illinois steel mills at Joliet will
start up January 23 and will employ
900 men. f
The wife of WilMam Bolt, the well
known newspaper syndicate propfe
tor, has instituted proceedings for 1
vorce, alleging non-support
A. V.'-Bevill, the St Louis traveling
man who sund the city of Boonvi •
Mo.j ior 25,000. damages for >nJu
received by falling on a defect
walk, lost his case.
An attempt at wholesale assassins
tion of negroes is feporled » 1
Clinch county, Georgia.