NO SHAPE FOE WAK.
[ UNCLE SAM MUST NEEDS BE
I STIR HIMSELF.
% Admiral Walker Corroborate* All that I*
Set Forth by General Mile*—Till*
Country Declared to be at the Mercy of
Foreign Foes—Urgent Need of War
. Ships as Well as Coast FortKlcatlous.
In Tlmo of Peace Prepare for War.
Washington, Not. 10.—Admiral
Wallter adds his testimony to that of
■General Miles concerning the weak
ness of the government coast defenses.
*'I an} a good American,” said he,
.‘"but. [ cannot shut my eyes to cold
facts. We are not prepared to-day to
•engage in war with any first class
power. Wo are in the position that
Ghiua occupied in her recent struggle
with Japan. We have a vast popula
tion, great wealth, boundless resources
and endless patriotism, but we cannot
maintain an offensive or defensive at
, titude against any one of a half dozen
foreign countries. What General
Miles says about the defenseless con
dition of our coast cities is entirely
correct. It is true that New York and
• j San Francisco are better protected
than our • other commercial cities, but
even they would be helpless against
the assaults of a dozen powerful
iron clads. So far as the re
maining cities are concerned they
have no protection whatever.
Sii- Congress ought to make liberal
appropriations for coast defenses, and
for additional ships of war. More
than anything else we need a strong
navy. If we had a dozen battleships
of the Indiana class on the Atlantic
coast we conld defy as powerful a
maritime country as Great ISritain.
We have now four battleships build
ing and two others have been appro
priated for. We need at least seven
more. With anything like a fair sys
tem of coast defenses we would be be
yond the probabilities of war. There
would be no more Corinto incidents;
no more talk of foreign aggressions on
American soil. The United States
would be pre-eminent on the American
continent. The greatest preventive
against war is to be fully prepared
for it.”
THE DIBLE IN SCHOOLS.
A Strung Movement Toward Till# End iti
Chicago.'
Chicago, Nov. is.—A petition bear
':*• ing GO,000 signatures, and asking that
the reading of the Bible be restored to
the public schools will be presented
soon to tiie board of education. It
was circulated by the Woman’s Edu
, national Union of Chicago. The union
held a meeting last night to consider
the outlook for the movement. Re
ports. from the committee having
charge of the petition were encourag
ing, and it was announced that mat
ters were in such a shape that the doc
ument could be presented to the board
of education in a short time.
Mrs. C. R Kimball read a paper on
tbo subject of reading the bible in the
public schools, and giving a history of
the work done by the union since the
organization in 18S0. She quoted
letters of indorsement from Mgr.
Satolli and many other prominent
and high churchmen. There were
also letters from Bishop Fallows,
President Rogers of the Northwestern
university and President Harper
of the Chicago university. In his let
ter Mgr. Satolli expressed solicitude
for the movement and indorsed the
past labor of the union, expressing
himself as in favor of reading selected
portions of the biblo. “I would like
to say,’’ said Mrs. Kimball, “that we
have received a great many communi
cations from the Catholic clergy, and
in no instance have they opposed the
move, so long as it is strictly non
seclariun in its nature.’’
It is the plan of the union to select
passages of Scripture for use in the
public schools, which shall be entirely
nol.-seetarian. The selections are to
be made by a committee composed of
different religious denominations.
NATIONAL GRANGE.
A Public Reception With Noted Speakers
—Degrees Conferred.
Wopcestf.k, Mass., Nov. If.—Yester
day afternoon the National Orange
reception in Mechanics’ hall was at
tended by 2.CoO people. Dr. George
A. Bowman, Masier of the State
Grange of Connecticut and chairman
of the general committee, presided.
Speeches were made by Mayor
Henry A. Marsh, Governor Cleaves
of ■ Maine, Lieutenant Gov
ernor Wolcott of Massachusetts,
N. J. Batchelder of New Hampshire,
secretary of the board of agriculture;
Governor Coiiin of Connecticut, cx
Governor Goodell of New Hampshire,
Colonel J. JL Bingham of Ohio, master
of the National Grange; Aaron Jones
of Indiana, Alpha Messer of Vermont
and Mrs. Sarah G. Baird, master of
• the Minnesota state Grange. After the
reception the notable visitors were
entertained at lunch at the Woscester
club by Mayor Marsh.
In Mechanic's ball in the evening
the sixth degree of the order was con
ferred on several hundred candidates.
After the work illustrations of the
first, second, third and fourth degrees
were given by officers of the Grange of
Worcester county. In Horticultural
ball there was a conference of repre
sentatives of chambers of commerce,
boards of trade and delegates, at
which a resolution was passed recom
mending to the Congress of the United
States and the American people what
is known as the Gubin proposition for
the protection of American agricul
tural shipping.
Will ’Phone to New York*
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 10.—It will
not be long before a man may speak
into a telephone in Kansas City words
which will Oe heard in New York,
Boston and other cities along the At
lantic coast. The American Telegraph
and Telephone company, which owns
the lines between Boston, New York
and Chicago, has, for months, been
looking to Kansas City as a point to
which it mnsi soon reach, and is now
extending its line toward this city.
Kansas City telephone men expect
that the connection with the East will
be made in a year.
TO DISCUSS IRRIGATION.
Approaching Convention to bo Held at
Sidney, Neb.
Srointr, Neh., Kov. 16.—lion. I. A.
Fort, president of the State Irrigation
association, was here, giving directions
about the third annual convention to
be held hero December 18 and 1S>. The
executive committee in charge of all
preparations for the entertainment of
visitors is working hard and leaving
nothing undone, It is expected that
more than COO delegates will be pres
ent, besides hundreds of visitors. The
railroads will make cheap rates and
many will come hero to see the prac
al demonstration of irrigation. Invita
tions will be sent to all the county and
municipal bodies in the state, irriga
tion associations, and all newspapers.
Colordo and Wyoming will send emi
nent speakers, Nebraska’s orators will
be fully represented, and a flood of ex
cellent thoughts will be brought out,
showing the value of united action
upon this important enterprise. Thou
sands of dollars will be expended in
western Nebraska the coming year
upon wind mill and pump irrigation.
The large canal companies are already
reaping the benefits of their 'work and
the valleys are producing vast amounts
of the necessaries of life.
It is a revelation to visit an irrigated
farm and see what nature can unfold
when supplied with water. The water
wasted every year in the Platte valley
would irrigate 5,000,000 acres of land.
The coming convention will be a
thorough educator and will demon
strate to the people how to utilize this
vast body of water, which atf the pres
ent time benefits no one.
With only a small effort the farmer
can be educated and taught how to
handle the water.' There will bo
plenty of hotel accommodations. The
ladies of Cheyenne county are also en
listed in the cause and will endeaver
to entertain with a lavish hand.
ANNUAL REPORTS COMING.
BotU Secretaries Smith and Morton Will
Discuss Matters of Interest.
Washington, Nov. ]t>.—The report
of Secretary Smith will be one of the
most interesting made by a Secretary
of the Interior for several years. More
interest centers about the recommend
ations the Secretary will make for
the settlement of the Pacific railroad
debts than anything’ else. It is
known that he believes in a con
tinuous lino of Pacific roads from
Omaha to the Pacific ocean, and that
lie thinks such a line can be oper
ated to advantage. Some time ago
he held up all patents of lands to the
Pacific railroads which were bond
aided amounting to 7,0OO,0G(i acres.
Whether this is an indication that he
intends to make some radical recom
mendations to Congress is not known,
but it is a fact that he has been secur
ing statistics relative to tlie earnings
of the roads and their capacity to earn
enough to pay a moderate interest
upon the present indebtedness. It is
expected that Congress'will undertake
to legislate upon the subject of the
Pacific railroads’ indebtedness during
the coming session, and the Secretary
will no doubt recommend a plan of
settlement.
Secretary Morton will complete his
annual report early next week. He
makes a feature of the system of gov
ernment inspection of meats and will
point out some of the defects in it as
it now exists.
A FORGER FROM CHOICE.
Elliot S. Reynolds of fort Scott Wastes
Fame anil Fortune ■ Through Crimes.
Fort Scott, Ivan., Nov. 10.—Attor
ney Elliott S. Reynolds, who was put
in the Rates county, Mo., jail yester
day at Rich Hill, is a member of the
Rourbou county bar, a member of a
fine family, a handsome, dressy young
man of dignified mien, and well edu
cated. He is a criminal of singular
tendencies, which many attribute
to a mania.. The aftinenee of his fam
ily has palliated more than a dozen
felonious offenses, which date as far
back as his boyhood, and the fortune
left by his late father has been spent
for his liberty. Six years ago he was
sentenced to three years in the Mis
souri penitentiary for forging a note
on W. T. Smith, a merchant at Spring
field, but the case was appealed and
for some reason lie was allowed to for
feit a bond of S*,00l) ami go free. He
is now being prosecuted by the Kan
sas City, Fort Scott and Memphis
Railroad Company for another foru-erv.
SENATOR HARRIS’ VIEWS.
The Tennessee Statesman on the Sllvei
Issues in the Next Campaign*
Washington, Nov. id.—In a let-’
ter from Senator Harris of Ten
nessee to his free silver col
leagues here lie says: “In: the
light of recent election results there
is, in my opinion, no hope of Demo
cratic success in ISDii unless we eari
succeed in so organizing the bimetallic
Democrats as to secure in the national
convention a plain, distinct and unmis
takable declaration in favor of the free
and unlimited coinage of both silver
and gold without regard to the finan
cial policies of any country, and,
therefore, it appears to me that we
should redouble our efforts to secure
such organization."
An Outlaw's Brother Shot Dead.
Chicago, Nov. )6 —Last night Ed
ward Dix, a private detective, who was
after Clarence White, leader of a band
of house thieves, shot Frank White,
the outlaw’s brother, a clerk of good
repute, by mistake, and has been ar
rested.. lie claims .that Clarence was
with Frank at the time and that one
of the two men fired at him first.
An Indian Thief to Be Shot.
Eu.faui.a, I ml. Ter., Nov. 10.—Bar
ney Soclioia, who was convicted of
larceny for the third time in the Eu
faula district Indian court yesterday,
in accordance with the Creek law was
sentenced to be shot.
Forty-Eight BrltUh Seamen T.ost.
Shanghai, Nov. 16.—A steam launch
belonging to the British cruiser Edgar
is reported to have been lost in Japan
ese waters and forty-eight men who
were on board of her are said to have
been drowned.
BEET SUGAR BOYCOTT
ALLEGED WAR ON THE NE
BRASKA PRODUCT.
Jobbers Threatened by tbe Siyor Trait
—Have Been Warned that If They Sell
tbe Refined Output of Nelyatka Fae*
torlei tbe Truit Will Not Sell Them
the Cheaper Grade Which U Not Han
nfactnred by the Oxnard*.
Boveottlny Beet Snftr.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 15.—The growth
of the beet sugar industry in this
state has attracted the attention of the
sugar trust, which has already taken
steps to prevent the sale of Nebraska
sugar. Jobbers and dealers have been
notified that if they sell the refined
product of Nebraska factories the
trust will decline to sell them the
cheaper grades, which ore not manufac
tured by the Oxnards. The result of this
is that over $100,000 worth of Nebraska
made sugar is stored in warehouses in
Omaha. The matter lias been laid be
fore the Manufacturers' and Consum
ers’ Associatiou and efforts are being
made to get Western jobbers to agreo
to handle the Nebraska product re
gardless of consequences. There is a
strong home patronage sentiment in
the State, which will, it is said, favor
the Nebraska sugar makers in tbe
fight. It is estimated that the year's
output of the Grand Island and Nor
folk sugar factories will reach, if not
exceed, a value of $800,000, or nearly
one-third of the total amount con
sumed in the State. ,
INGALLS ON ALLISON.
The Ex-Senator Speak* Warmly of the
lotrn Presidential Aspirant.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Nov. 15._Ex
Senator John J. Ingalls of Kansas,
who arrived here last evening, said:
“I am much gratified with the result
of the late elections. They indicate
very clearly the returning tide of Re
publican supremacy, which means an
era of remarkable business prosperity.
My own state is steadily returning to
the Republican fold.. I think there is
no question but that Kansas will elect
Republican electors next year. We
have fusion to tight, but the Republic
ans are now strong enough to defeat
the combined opposition.”
Mr. Ingalls said that the people of
Kansas felt very cordially toward Mr.
Allison. >“0f course I cannot say
what they will do in the national con
vention, but there is no doubt but
Kansas is in favor of a Western man.
I have known Senator Allison person
ally and intimately for many years.
He undoubtedly has a most intimate
acquaintance with all the various
nffairs of government, and a most
happy faculty of using his information
in shaping legislation for the public
good. I regard him as one of the beBt
equipped public men for any position
in public life. He would make an
j admirable President, and under his
j'wise and conservative adminis
j tration the country would be
prosperous, and business interests
would have no fears of sudden or rad
ical changes. As a statesman Senator
Allison is the peer of any man in pub
lic life. He is thoroughly honest, and
his personal and moral standing is
without a question. While Allison
has not the personal and enthusiastic
following of McKinley or Reed, yet lie
I has the power of conservatism and is
liked by the followers of both. Mr.
Allison has been in Congress for over
thirty years, and has never made an
I enemy; a most remarkable record, and
one that will serve him well in the
contest next year. ”
A JUROR BECOMES INSANE.
The Second Trial of Alleged Train
Wrecker Davis Ended suddenly.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 15.—The second
trial of George W. Davis, the negro
charged with causing eleven deaths in
the Rock Island railroad wreck, Au
gust 9, 1894, came to an end yesterday,
when C. B. Yates, a juror, became
suddenly insane and, leaping out of
a window, ran five blocks to the
county jail, where he implored the
sheriff to protect him from some par
ties who, he said, were trying to poison
him.. Yates was taken to the hospital
where a> commission of doctors ap
pointed by the court examined him
and pronounced it only a temporary
attack, but said that he would be
unable to resume his duties as a juror.
The other jurors were thereupon dis
charged and a special venire called for.
The first trial, which resulted in a
disagreement, cost the county 810.0C0,
and the second trial was about half
| finished. Brooding over the case is
thought to be the cause of Yates’ in
! sanity.
SCHLATTER DISAPPEARS.
-—
The Spiralled Messianic Healer Flees
From Denver to Escape the Law.
Denver, Cola, Nov. 15. — Francis
Schlatter, the so-called Messianic
healer, disappeared last night and a
warrant for his arrest has been issued
from the United States court. He had
been summoned to appear before the
United Slates Commissioner to-day as
a witness against persons arrested on
a charge of using the mails to defraud
by pretending to sell handkerchiefs
blessed by him. The accused claim
that they can prove that Schlatter
really blessed a bale of handkerchiefs
for them, and in that case he was lia
ble to indictment-.
Schlatter left a note simply saying:
“My mission in Denver is ended. Good
bye.”
Over 3,000 people assembled this
morning expecting to receive treat
ment from Schlatter.
I llicnard llowe lsaclc In Iowa,
j Grinnkli,, Iowa, Nor. 15.—A de
tective arrived from Mexico this morn
ing with Richard Rowe, charged with
complicity in Chester Rowe’s embez
j zlement cf $38,000 of county money
: wliile treasurer. He was arrested
! July 19, but only extradited last week.
Boy Given Forty Days for a Harder.
Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 15.—At
i Wichita Falls the jury in the murder
' case of young Harley Heath found hiia
! guilty and fixed the penalty at fortv
days’ imprisonment in the county jail
. and $500 fine. Young Heath killed a
! schoolmate named Hubert Oflie.
. KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Ksster Workman Sovereign Boom tb*
Honey power—Hla Annual Addrems.
Washixotox, Nor. 15.—In his an
imal address to the Knights
of Labor convention here yes
terday, GondVal' Master Workman
Sovereign among other things Bald:
“Labor is now between the
devil and the deep sea,” he oontinued.
“Capital has monopolized the ele
ments of production, and labor is in
competition with itself for the right
to live.
“Money oligarchy is fast wiping ont
the last vestige of individual liberty.
Construction by judicial authority Is
already given to law, placing all labor
organizations in the category of crim
inal conspiracies. Misdemeanors of
the most trivial character have been
raised to felony without sanction of
law and used to imprison representa
tives of labor organizations, and in
junctions, followed by charges of con
tempt, have been used to condemn
labor leaders to the felon’s cell with
out evidence of guilt or trial by jury.
The associated banks have declared
war on tho money of the people, and
the whole plutocratic fraternity has
invaded the realm of free government
and constitutional security.”
He made some suggestions as to the
methods of strengthening the order,
but the principal feature of tho ad
dress was his appeal to the general
assembly to give to his recent order
boycotting national bank notes its
official sanction. He denounced the
action of the bankers’ convention held
at Atlanta, and said: “After carefully
reviewing the wreck aDd ruin wrought
by the money power and the designs
of the sound money clubs, which pro
pose bonds and Gatling guns for a so
lution of the labor question, I issued a
boycott on the notes of national banks,
and if I wore to die to-morrow I would
declare it tho most r.ghteous aot of
my life.
“It exposed the unsound money of
the sound money advocates, throw
plutocracy on the defensive and forced
the national banks into a humiliating
confession of thoir preposterous acts
of bad faith with the people; and now
I urge this general assembly to in
dorse that boycott and give it every
possible force of official sanction. The
conflict botween the working people
and the idle holders of idle capital is
inevitable. The wealth of the many
is gravitating to the few with increas
ing ratio and labor is drifting toward
serfdom faster than ever before.”
CHRISTIAN REFORM.
A National Convention of All Associa
tion! Called for Baltimore.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 15.—Felix R.
Brunot, president of tlie National Re
form association, has issued a call for
a meeting of that body iu the North
Avenue Baptist church,’ Baltimore,
December 13 and 13. The object will
he to “consider the vital issues of the
hour to promote all wise measures of
reform and seek such an amendment
to tlie constitution of the United
States as will suitably acknowledge
God, the authority of the Lord Jesus
Christ and the supremacy of his law
over the nation.” All Christian
churches, societies of Christian En
deavor and other young people’s un
ions, Women's Christian Temperance
unions and all kindred organizations
are invited to send delegates.
BERING SEA CLAIMS.
Premier Salisbury Believe, the United
State. W|l Yet Render Jnstlco.
London, Nov. 15.—The correspon
dence of the British government with
Sir Julian Paunccfote, British ambas
sador to the United States, upon the
question of the Bering sea compensa
tion from May, 1894, to August, 1895,
was issued last night.
In the Inst letter, dated August 13,
Lord Salisbury, the prime minister,
closed a lengthy memorandum, setting
out at greater length some of the
points supporting the British claim,
writing: “The arguments you ad
vance to support our claims have the
entire approval and concurrence of
the government. The attempt made
by Senator John T. Morgan of Ala
bama, chairman of the Senate com
mittee on foreign relations, to dispute
them seems largely founded on misap
prehension, and the government can
not doubt when the facts are placed
before the public of the United States,
the liability of the United States to
make compensation which has never
been denied by the government, and
will generally be recognized, both in
and outside of Congress.”
Herring Wins ills Bolt.
London, Nov. 13.—A verdict for
415,000 in favor of the plaintiff was
rendered to-day in the suit brought by
Dr. Conyers Herring of New York for
the recovery of insurance money on
his yacht Mohican. It is the doctor’s
intention to bring suit against other
companies in which his' yacht was in
sured for the recovery of an addi
tional $10.000_
School tilrls in a Fight. «
Larnf.d, Kan., Nov. 15. — Two
16-year-old girls, Emma Manderschied
and Flora Campbell, who were attend
ing school a few miles east of here,
quarreled yesterday, when the former
threw the latter backward over a desk
and pounded her in the abdomen, in
flicting injuries which may prove fatal.
The Manderschied girl has been ar-~
rested. _
Castellano's Bail Deals,
London, Nov. 15.—Vanity Fair hasa
dispatch from Paris, referring to the
recent losses on the bourse there, in
which the statement is made that
Count Casteilane, who recently mar
ried Miss Anna, daughter of the late
Jay Gould, was one of the heavy
losers.
BITS OF NEWS IN BRIEF.
The National Ornithological Society
is in annual session at Washington.
Secretary Smith is said to be malting
the Indian question the feature of his
annual report.
Chief Missionary Dr. Wright baa
written a letter from Turkey defend'
ing the course of the United States
Minister A. W. Terrell.
General Wheaton has been ottered
to hold troops in readiness to go to the
scene of the mnrder of Ute Indians in
Colorado if the reservation agents de>
•ire them.
NOT READY AS YET.
FOREIGN AMBASSADORS REST
ING ON THElfe OARS.
• * ■■
- - - ’ a *m . tr
(Jolted States Minister Terrell Wares the
Tarkish Government that Ko Harm
Mast Befall American Mleetonarlee—
Tow Ok Pasha Seys Everythin* Possible
Will be Done for Them—Biotin* Bear
Jerusalem. .;■>
Wnltlo* for Warships.
Constantinople, Nor. 14.—It is now
believed that the powers will not take
definite action against the ports until
all the naral squadrons shall hare as
sembled in Turkish waters, which will
be about the time that the British am
bassador, Sir Philip Currie, returns
after consulting with his government
as to the future action of Great Bri
tain. In the meanwhile the state of
suspense is decidedly wearying, and
the ambassadors themselves will be
greatly relieved when the hour for ac
tion oa the part of Europe arrives.
That this time is coming now seems to
be only a question of days.
There seems to be no doubt that the
snirit of revolution is spreading even
among the old Turks, and the young
Turkish party is said to be ripe for re
volt. The army needs money.for pay,
equipment and provisions, ’ and the
same state of affairs prevails in the
navy, ilut the arrears of pay are not
forthcoming, and there is much grum
bling in consequence, except among
the palaee troops, which are kept well
fed, well paid and comfortably idle,
for upon them depends the safety of
the Sultan, who is iu hourly dread of
assassination. Under these circum
stances it is not astonishing that the
army and uavy are becoming disaf
fected, and nobody would bo as
tonished to hear that they had sided
with the revolutionists, should the
uprising take place.
Replying to the inquiry of United
States Minister Alexander W. Terrell,
as to the safety of the American mis
sionaries, Commissioner Darnhamhas
telegraphed from Harput saying that
the missionaries are alive but in ex
treme danger. Mr. Terrell has in
formed Tewfik Pasha that the govern
ment will be held responsible for the
safety of the Americans. The Turk
ish minister for foreign affairs has as
sured Mr. Terrell that everything pos
sible will be done for their protection.
As Mr. Terrell has great influence
with the palace authorities, it may be
presumed that Tewfik Pasha will keep
Fresh disturbances are reported
from Malatiah, where a number of
persons have been killed, inoludtng
four priests of the Society of Jeans,
who wero under French protection.
The French ambassador, M. Cambon,
has been appealed to, and is preparing
a very strong representation on the
subject to the porte.
A squadron of five French warships
has sailed from the Piraeus for Turk
ish waters, and it is stated that an
Italian fleet will rendezvous with the
British fleet within a few days.
There has been serious trouble at
Caesarea, not far from Jerusalem, but
no details of the rioting there have
yet reached this city*
CARLISLE FOR JUDGE.
field to Have Been delected for the Su
preme Bench to Succeed Jackson.
Washington, Nov. H.—It Is rumored
in well informed administration cir
cles that Secretary Carlisle is to bq
appointed to the supreme bench to
succeed Justice Jackson. The plan to
name Judge Peckliamof New York has
been changed by the recent election*.
Had Kentucky elected a Democratic
legislature, it was confidently expect
ed that Mr. Carlisle would, on
the fourth of March, 1897, step
from the Cabinet into the Senate.
This anticipation can not now
be realized. Tiie political revolu
tion in Kentucky has also ma
terially affected Mr. Carlisle's chances
for the presidential nomination, as
well as greatly reduced the advisabil
ity of being a candidate witli the odds
so largely against the Democrats.
Under these circumstances the politi
cal future has little attraction for Mr.
Carlisle, besides which his tastes and
desires lead him naturally to a judicial
position. He has been so loyal to the
President, even to the extent of sacri
ficing to some extent his prestige in
his own State, that his appointment to
the Supreme court would not be ques
tioned. _
Curtis of Kansas for Heed.
Washington, Nov. 14.—Congressman
Curtis of Kansas, has taken a position
well up in the front ranks of the Beed
rooters. lie diplomatically said to
day: “Just now Messrs. Beed and
McKinley seem to be in the minds of
the people most prominently. Beed is
gaining strength all the time. If he
wasn’t so far Bast he should begin to
prepare for a four years’ sojourn in
the White house right now. My be
lief is that the Kansas delegation will
go to the National convention unin
structed, but there will certainly be
among our delegates some men who
will fight hard for the man from
Maine.’’ __
Wants Byrnes Indicted.
Nkw York, Nov. 14.—Lawyer Frank
-Mqss, representing the Parkhurst So
cioty, who was associate counsel to
the Lexow Committee, which tried
hard to prove ex-Superintendent
Byrnes guilty of malfeasance in office,
said to-day in reference to the charge
made by Gambler Schaeffer that
Byrnes had accepted a bribe: “The
Grand Jury should indict Byrnes, if
corroborative evidence can be found,
providing the statute of limitation
does not interfere.”
Maher Iisuea a ChmUonc©.
New York, Nov. 14.—Peter Maher,
who knocked out Steve O'Don
nell • so handily . challenges
any man in the world to fight for the
championship and he will not put the
stakes so high that no one except a
man with 3,090,000 acres behind him
can accept. Maher will fight for $5,000
a side, in public or private, and will
go any place to do battle, South
Africa not barred.
Urady, Corbett’s manager, saya the
champion has surrendered the belt to
Maher and will baok him for $10,000
| against Fitzsimmons.
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CANAL SCHEME INDORSED).
Th« United Mates ComahtloM Itoyect >
®n the Nicaragua Project r.rorjbla.
Washington, Not. 14.—Trustworthy
Information bas been received as to '?
the contents of the report of the com*
mission which examined into the feas*
ibiiity and cost and recommended a J
route for the Nicaragua canal. It is
in the hands of the President, who to
using it in connection with his work
on his annual message to Congress,
It indicates that a canal across the :!i
Isthmus via the Nicaraguan route to
entirely feasible from an engineering
j point of view. The cost of the pro* h
i ject as estimated was Si (0,000,030, but
it is stated that this sum to too small
by some millions.
The route as proposed by tbe com*
mission is 178 milos long, or three or ;
four miles longer than that which tbe
canal company proposed. The com*
mission made surveys to theWight and
left of the company’s route and has'
jwjlgested some changes which it be
lieves will be advantageous. The
commissioners' waterway will be --“S
supplied with locks The Ban Juan
t river and Lake Nicaragua will
be employed, but the former will
require considerable dredging. The
lake is .fifty-six and one-half
miles across from the San Juan to the
mouth of the Lajas. Some dredging
will be required on the west coast of :
the lake, wLich Is shoal for a distance
of something like 1,900 feet Brito
will be the western terminus of the
canal and the distance from this port %
is a little more than seventeen miles.
The estimate has been made that, in
order to complete the canal which the
commission proposes, six years will be r:
required with a force of 30,000 men
constantly employed >
MRS. CLEVELAND.
rh« President's Vtt« Htkw GwanUi
for the Poor.
Washington, Not. 14.—The Needle* '
work guild of Washington is SB
organization of ladies formed for the H?
purpose of supplying articles of cloth- '
ing to the poor. It embraces 58*
members, and has no church con neo'
tion. The president la Mrs. Harlan,
wife of Mr. Justice Harlan of the
United States Supreme court.
At the annual meeting yesterday
Mrs. Robert Craig, president of the1
board of directors, said that Mrs. '
Cleveland was One of the m«t earnest -
workers in the guild, and that she had
made thirty-eight pieces, and had ,
lately sent five to headquarters. Mrs. ,
Craig said that if every member of
the society would be likewise charit*
\ able and industrious, there wonid ba .
little suffering for clothing this
winter. _■ _ .
Governor and Clerk Clash.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 14.—A special
to the Post from Frankfort .says: :
“Governor Brown and W. II. Newhall, ;
a elerk in the auditor’s office, quar
reled In the state bouse, yesterday,
passed the lie, and would have come
to blows had not bystanders inter
fered. Newhall had accused the gov
ernor of voting the Republican ticket
and acting the part of a traitor. The
executive responded with an emphatie
denial, and one of the men struck at
the other, when friends of the two
separated them. It was claimed that ‘
Governor Brown attempted to draw "
his revolver, bnt he denies that he waa 0
armed.” _
Minister Il.toh Arrives.
Sax Francisco, Nov. 14.—The Ocel
dental and Oriental Steamship Coptio
arrived last night from the Orient and
Hawaii. Among her passengers waa
A. T. Hatch, late minister of foreign
affairs of Hawaii, recently appointed ‘
Hawaiian minister to the United
States to snceeed Minister Thurston.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations’From New Fork, Chicago, St.
Lodi, Omaha and hlse where.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery separator.. 19 9 H
Butter—Fair to good country. 13
eggs—Fresh. 18
Honey—Qalifornin, per ». 14
Spring chickens, live, per 2>... 6H4j
Chickens—Dressed, per ».. Cite
Ducks—1’erS>... ,g '
Turkcys-Per t».. . "8
Prsirlechlckens— Perdoz.3 50
Geese—Per B>. 8
Lemons—Choice Messlnas.t 00
Oranges—Per box ............. 8 79
Apples—Per bbl.1 00
Sweet potatoes—Good, per bbl 1 60
Potatoes—Per bu. . 25
Beans—Navy, band-plcued.bu 1 g3
Hides—Green, perB..... <
Cranberries—Cape Cod, pr.bbl 7 50
Huy—Upland, per ton.6 60
Onions—Perbu. 35 let
Broom Corn—Green, per ti..
Hogs—Mixed packing.8 40
Hogs—Heavy Weights.8 50
Bee ves—Stockers and feeders. 3 03
Beef Steers ... 3 0>
Bulls. 3 00
Stags............i go
Calves..—..2 75
Cows .100
Oxen. 2 50
Heifers. 1 7,
Westerns. 2 75
sheep— Lambs. 3 00
Sheep—Mixed natives..., .. .... 2 10
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 2, spring...—. 564(45 5TM,
Com-Perbu.... 29H® »<4
Oats—Per bu. . i8h® i»
Pork. 8 10 ® 8 15
Lard...™ .. 6 55 ® 5 75
• sttle—Western range steers. 8 50 t» 3 70
Prime Bteer.s—... 3 00 st 4 2*
Sheep—Lambs...300 @ 4 50
Sheep—Natives.1 50 ® 3 33
NEW YOBK.
Wheat—No. ?, red winter..*..... rip
orn No. 2..... 38
Oats—No.2,... 33
1‘ork—.9 75
Lard—. 5 90
ST. LOUIS.
Wheat—No. 2 red, cash.. 51
Corn—Per bu. 24
tints—Per bu. 17«C
Hogs—Mixed packing. 3 15
Cattle—Nutlve steers. 3 £>
Sheep—Muttons. 2 40
Lambs—...i. 3 75
KANSAS CITV.
Wheat—No. 3 hard.. .'8
Corn—No. 2..... 33
Oats—No. 2. 18
Cattl —Stockers and feeders.. 2 01
Hogs—Mixed Packers. ..a .3 35
sheep—Lambs.3 00
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Ex-Senator Spooner bJueA,
Tacoma, Wash., Not. It—'While
crossing the Columbia river on the
transfer boat, ex-Unlted States Sen
ator Spooner fell from a car step and
his abdomen struck a projecting rod.
He suffered great pain. A surgeon
examined him and found that the in
jury was not necessarily serious, but
he will be oompelled to remain quiet
for seveaal days.
ft'
BeUfkmi Writer Ken
Dklawabk, Ohio, Not. 14.—The
Rev. Dr. Samuel Ashton Kean, a noted
erangelist and religions writer, ft -
dead aged 53 years, -*
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