SItOYER TALKS BACK.
REPLIES TO ATTACKS MADE IN
THE SFNATE.
He Has 51de No llond DriN-No Ranker
or Financier Has Keen Invited t
Whlncton to Confer With the Ad
ministration, and No Arrangements
Made With the Syndicate Amazed at
the Aetiou of Senators.
Ti President Irdi;iut.
WAsncroTox, Jan. n. The debate
oa the Ulkins resolution in the Senate
last Friday when the administration
was accused by several Senators of
having: entered into an agreement
with a syndicate to float the expected
iue of bonds, is the subject of a letter
written, by President Cleveland to Sen
ator Caffery, of Louisiana. The
knowledge that such a letter had been
addresed to Mr. Caffery was obtained
la: night, and the letter was made
public by the latter. It is in the hand
writing of the President and covers
six pages of closely written note
paper. It is in full as follows:
Kxecutive Mansion, Washington, D.
C. Jan. 5, lt'jG. My Dear Senator: I
have read to-day in the Congressional
Record the debate in the Senate on
Fridaj. concerning the financial situa
tion and bond issues.
1 am amazed at the intolerance that
leads even excited partisanship to
adopt, as a basis of attack, the un
founded accusations and assertions of
a maliciously mendacious and sensa
tional newspaper.
No banker or financier, nor any
other human being, has been invited
to visit Washington for the purpose of
arranging in any way or manner for
the disposition of bjnds to meet the
present or future needs of the gold
re-erve.
No arrangement of any kind has
been made for the disposition of such
bonds to anv syndicate or through the
agrency of any syndicate.
No asunince of such a disposal of
bends has been, directly or indirectly,
given to any person. In point of fact,
a decided leaning towards a popular
loan and advertising for bids has
b eu plainly exhibited on the part of
the administration at all times when
the subject was under discussion.
Those charged with the responsi
bility of maintaining our gold reserve,
so far as legislation renders it oossi
ble. have anxiously conferred with
each other and as occasion permitted
with those having knowledge of finan
cial affairs and present monetary
conditions as to the best and most
favorable means of selling bonds for
g" d .
The unusual importance of a suc
cessful result if the attempt is again
made, ought to be apparent to every
American citizen who bestows upon
the subject a moment's patriotic
thougnt.
The secretary of the treasury from
the first moment that the necessity of
another sale of bonds seemed to be ap
proaching, desired to offer them if is
sued to the people by public adver
tisement if they could thus be success
fully disposed of. After full consider
ation he came to the conclusion, to
which I fully agree, that the amount
of gold in the reserve, being now S-0,-0.0,000
more than it was in February
la-t. when a sale of bonds was made
to a syndicate, and other conditions
differing from those then existing,
justify U3 in offering the bonds now
a lout to be issued for sale by popular
subscription.
This is the entire matter and all
those particulars could have been easj
ily obtained by any member of the
Senate by simple inquiry.
If Mr. Morgan or anyone else, reas
oning from his own standpoint,
brought himself to the belief that the
government would at length be con
strained to again sell bonds to a syn
dicate, I supDOe he would have a per
fect right, if he chose, to take
such step as seemed to him prudent,
to nut himself in condition to nego
tiate. I exDeet an isue of bonds will be
advertised for sale to-morrow and that
bids will be invited not only for those
now allowed by law, but for such
other and different bonds as congress
may authorize during the pendency of
the advertisement.
Not having had an opportunity to
confer witn you in person since the
present session of Congress began and
n'ticin your participation in the de
bate of last Friday, I have thought it
n-t smi to put you in possession of
the facts and information herein con
tained. Yours very truly,
Grovf.i: Cleveland.
PLEAS FcTrTATEHOOD.
Arizona, Oklahoma and New Mexico
Want Admission.
Washington, Jan. 11. The three
territorial delegates. Messrs. Flynn of
Oklahoma, Murphy of Arizona and
Catron of New Mexico, are making a
vigorous campaign in cengress to se
cure favorable action upon their bills
for the admission of their respective
territories to statehood. Each dele
gate considers statehood the chief
mission of his congressional career.
'J hey are anxious to have the bills be
fore, the territories committee re
ported to the house and disposed of
soon in s-jme way. They have made a
canjra-ts of the committee and believe
that more than two-thirds of its mem
bers will vote for favorable reDorts.
i'.loooier and Sweaters.
Wakrf.nsbukg, Mo.. Jan. 11. Forty
young lady students of the State Nor
mal school have organized an athletic
association and have openly de
clared their intention of wearing
bloomers and sweaters. The officers
are Miss Edmund A. Nickerson, presi
dent; Miss Grace Utley, vice-president:
Miss Scina Achenbach. secretary;
Mis Maud Hendricks, treasurer.
THIEVES GET $9,000.
Dank at
Vernon, Mo., Looted
by Ei?ht
Masked Men.
Monett, Mo.,' Jan. 11. Eight
masked men blew open the safe of the
Farmers bank at Vernon, eight miles
east of this city, with dynamite at 4
o'clock this morning and secured S3, 000
in cash. The thieves entered the city
on horseback, captured Night Watch
man Hoover and bound him to a tree
across the street. Then they forced
the front doors of the bank and in a
short time blew the vault and safe to
pieces.
NATIONAL LEGISLATION.
Proceeding t Moth Branches of Con
press.
Washington. Jan- U. During the
morning hour in the Senate to-day,
on motion of Mr. Voorhees of Indiana,
a resolution was adopted appropriat
ing $250 for the purchase of a portrait
of the late Allen G. Thurman.
Mr. Prichard (Republican) of North
Carolina called up the amendments he
offered to the revenue bill to increase
the duties on certain kinds of clays,
nrarble, iron ore, timber, live stock,
cereals, fruits, wool and coal for the
purpose of addressing the Senate
thereon. lie favored the enactment
of the McKinley law and the free coin
age of silver. lie denounced the
Southern Democrats for their recrean
cy to their own section. The tariff
law had brought unexampled pros
perity to the New England manu
facturers and bankruptcy and ruin to
the farmers and producers of the
South.
When Mr. Pr.tchard had finished,
Mr. Hill chided him for the inconsist
ency of his State. North Carolina, he
said, occupied a peculiar situation in
Congress, and he did not see how her
people could be gratified. Some time
ago the same legislature in North Car
olina had elected two Senators by the
same combination. A few days ago
one of them (Mr. Butler) had de-
nonnced the Democratic party for
being false to its pledges of tariff re
form. To-day the other end of the
combination told the Senate that he
favored the re-enactment of the Mc
Kinley law.
The Senate, on Mr. Hale's motion,
agreed to adjourn until Monday when
adjournment was taken to-day.
Mr. White (Democrat) of California
consumed the remainder of the time
before the expiration of the morning
hour with a speech in favor of some
practical modifications in the Senate
rules. The great evil which he espec
ially inveighed against was that which
permitted interminable debate on any
question and placed it in the power of
a single senator to hold the Senate at
his mercy so long.
At the conclusion of Mr. White's
speech, Mr. Morgan of Alabama, ex
cnairman of the committee on foreign
relations, introduced a joint resolu
tion congratulating the republic of
Transvaal in Africa for the stand for
liberty which it had taken and direct
ing the Fresident of the United States
to transmit the action to the republic
of Transvaal. The resolution was re
ferred. Mr. Jones of Arkansas then took
the floor and made a -speech on the
free coinage substitute for the House
bond bilL
PAY DURING ABSENCE.
The House Quashes a Motion to Deduct
Salary for Jion-Attendance.
Washington, Jan. 11. In the House
to-day Mr. Tawney, Republican, of
Minnesota, offered a resolution relat
ing to pension claims. It recited that
it was frequently charged by pension
ers and applicants that the medical di
vision of the pension bureau fails to
properly regard the reports and find
ings in pension claims made by various
boards of the United States examining
surgeons and declared that it was due
to the officials of the department, to
pensioners and to the public that the
truth, or falsity of the charges be
made known. It called upon the Sec
retary of the Interior to furnish
copies of the reports and findings by
boards of examining surgeons, irre
spective of locality in the first fifty
claims for original invalid pensions re
jected on medical grounds after No
vember I, 1 after September I,
1&93, and October I, Ib;5.
An objection to its consideration was
made by Mr. McClellan (Democrat) of
New York.
Mr. Odell (Republican) of New York
ciTered a resolution to direct the com
mittee on banking and currency to
report an amendment to the general
banking laws, giving power to bank
ing asociations to invest not to ex
ceed fifty per cent of their lawful
reserves in bonds of the United States,
to be hereafter issued under the acts
of June 14, isT-3, and May 31, 1878.
Objection was made to Mr. Odell's
resolution and it was referred to the
committee.
The changes in the House rules
recommended by the committee on
rules were reported by Mr. Henderson
and were debated section by section.
Mr. Dearrnond, Democrat of Missouri,
offered an amendment providing for
deduction from members" pay for ab
sences not due to sickness, or sickness
in the family.
Mr. Stone assured him that the only
effect of the enforcement of the rule
in the last House had been to increase
the sick list. Although Mr. Dearrnond
tried to obtain the yeas and nays, his
request was refused 3' to IS".' and
tiie amendment was lost by about the
s-ime vote, several Democrats voting
uiralnst it.
It Will Effect Permanent Organization
and Get Down to Business, j
Washington, Jan.' 11. The Vene- ;
zuela boundary commission will meet
in the diplomatic room of the State
department at 10 o'clock to-morrow to '
perfect its organization for business, ;
so far as possible at this time. The j
office of secretary is regarded as the :
most important one to be filled, as the
secretary will act as the chief admin-
istrative officer of the commission and I
will be expected to relieve that body j
of all business of a purely routine and j
perfunctory character. j
Among those mentioned for the of-
fice of secretary are Mr. William E. j
Curtis, formerly director of the bureau '
of American republics, and Mr. Fart- j
ridge of Vermont, formerly solicitor
of the State department and minister :
to Venezuela under President Uarri-so-
j
Blanco Not Concerned In a Revolution. j
Paris, Jan. 11. The Gaulois pub- j
lishes an interview with ex-President ;
Guzman Blanco of Venezuela, in which
he denies any connection with the in- I
j surrection in Venezuela, and adds:
i '-In the struggle to maintain the in
! tegrity of our rights, all parties are
j amalgamated into a national party,
! which supports President Crespo." i
I ,
NEWS NOTES. I
Bartley. Johnson & Co., and the
Belle of Nelson Distilling Company of
I Louisville, Ky. , assigned.
WILL BE UNFRIENDLY
THE MONROE DOCTRINE MUST
BE OBSERVED,
Senator Baker of Kansas Offer m Reso
lution The Law of Self-Preservation
Mr. Call of Florida Pleads for Recog
nition of the Cohan Insurgents Mr.
Elkins' Bond Bill Other Matters in
the Senate.
The Monroe Doctrine.
Washington, Jan. 10. In present
ing petitions in the Senate to-day
from Norfolk, Va., in favor of liberal
appropriations for sea coast defenses,
Mr. Daniels of Virginia called atten
tion to the alarm which manifestly
existed in the minds of the people
along the sea coast in view of the ru
mors of war. Ho thought their appre
hensions of bombardment were exag
gerated, but expressed the belief that
our sea coast cities should be ade
quately fortified to meet any emerg
ency. A resolution by Mr. Chandler of
New Hampshire, Republican, was
adopted instructing the committee on
immigration to inquire whether any
legislation was necessary to prevent
the introduction into the United States
of aliens imprisoned by foreign coun
tries in their American colonies.
Mr. Baker of Kansas offered the fol
lowing resolution, enunciating an ex
pansion of the Monroe doctrine: "Re
solved, That the United States will
regard it as an unfriendly act for any
foreign power, without our consent
by war, treaty, purchase or otherwise,
to extend its territorial limits in the
Western hemisphere on either of the
American continents, or to any of the
islands adjacent thereto, which this
country deems necessary for its pre
servation. And the United States re
serves the right to be the sole judge
of the necessity for the maintenance
of their national entities.
That the principle herein enunciated
is founded on the law of self-preservation,
which necessity adheres in and
belongs to every civilized nation as a
sovereign and inalienable right, and
this principle is attested by Washing
ton's farewell address and President
Monroe's ever-memorable message of
December 2, 1823."
Mr. Baker made a brief speech in
advocacy of the resolution. In con
clusion he said that while the coun
tries of Europe were arranging their
policies and doctrine, it was right and
proper that we should declare to the
world the policy which we advanced
and proposed to maintain for the fu
ture peace and preservation in invio
late on the Western hemisphere.
Mr. Call of Florida took occasion,
before the resolution was referred to
the foreign committee, to call atten
tion to the war which the Cubans
were so gallantly aud successfully
waging for independence and ex
pressed the hoDe tnat the committee
on foreign relations would report a
resolution for the recognition of the
Cuban belligerents.
When the morning business had
been disposed of there was a clash as
to the order of procedure. Mr. Stew
art of Nevada insisted on addressing
the Senate in favor of the Elkins res
olution prohibiting the sale of bonds,
except after advertisement to the
highest bidder, and won his point.
ANTI-SILVER DEMOCRATS.
They Are Working for Defeat of Free
Coinage in the Senate.
Washington, Jan. 10 The anti-silver
Democrats of the Senate held a
meeting or conference yesterday while
the Republican senators were in cau
cus. The object of the conference
was to count how many men could be
mustered against the free coinage
amendment of the Senate finance com
mittee to the bond bilL It was found
that there were fourteen sure votes on
the Democratic side against the silver
proposition, and the Democrats were
assured there were twenty-six Repub
licans who could be counted against
the Jones amendment This would
make forty in all. Four more votes
would be necessary to a majority of
the Senate. Both Democratic and Re
publican anti-silver men are now
making an effort to see if these four
votes can be obtained.
Cherokees See the President.
Washington, Jan. 10. The Chero
kee delegation, headed by chiefs
Mayes and Harris, went to the White
house to-day to call on the President.
They were granted an audience, and
made a formal demand for the removal
of all intruders from the Cherokee
Nation. The President assured the
Cherokees that he was most anxious
to see perfect justice done in their
case, and he was therefore glad to be
put in possession of full information.
Kansas Farmers.
Topkka, Kan,, Jan. la The quarter
centennial convention of the Kansas
State Board of Agriculture was called
to order at 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon in Representative hall by Presi
dent T. M. Potter of Peabody. In
cluding the officers and members of
the board there were about 100 dele
gates present, each Farmers' Institute
in the state being entitled to a repre
sentative. The address of welcome
was delivered by Governor Morrill.
Money for Pensions.
Washington, Jan. 10. The sub-committee
of the House appropriations
committee, having charge of the pen
sion bill, has decided to increase the
amount lor the next fiscal year from
S13S,000,000 to 140,000,000. The last
amount was that asked for by Com
missioner Lochren in his estimates.
A Mutiny on a Rnssian Cruiser
St. Petersburg, Jan. 10. There
was a mutiny among the crew of the
first class Russian steel cruiser, Rurik,
10,923 tons, recently while tht vessel
was in the harbor of Algiers. The
mutiny was suppressed by the French
authorities and thirty of the leaders
of the outbreak are said to be on their
way to Cronstadt under, sentence of
death.
Offers to Bet on Maher.
New York, Jan. in. Warren Lewis
has offered to bet $1,000 to $5,000 that
Maher will knock oat Fitzsimmon in
the first round.
ENGLAND A BLUFFER.
Her War Preparations Are for Political
Effect.
London, Jan. 10. Outwardly, at
least, there is little, if any, change in
the political crisis between Great Bri
tain and Germany. A dispatch from
Berlin to the Times says: It is ex
plained that Germany only desired to
protect German residents and its con
sulate at Pretoria by dispatching an
armed force from Delagoa bay, and
that no arrangement had previously
been made with Portugal. This has
tended to produce a better feeling.
But this slight change of sentiment
has been counteracted by the receipt
of a special dispatch to-day from Pre
toria, saying that the Boers demand
the surrender of all British rights and
suzerainty over the Transvaal and the
pre-emption of Delagoa bay and the
canceling of the charter of the British
South Africa Company. It is further
stated that the Boers have arrested,
on the charge of treason, eight leaders
of the recent movement among the
Uitlanders of Johannesburg.
The heavy demands of the Boers
will not be granted by the British
government without a severe struggle.
The opposition to the demands of" the
Boers, however, will mainly rest on
the fact that it is generally admitted
that they are instigated on the whole
by Emperor William, and that they
form a part of a studied opposition
upon His Majesty's part to the colonial
policy of Great Britain in Africa.
It is admitted in some quarters that
the South African republic would be
justified in demanding an indemnity
from Great Britain for the iuvasion ot
Boer territory, and there is a general
sentiment in favor of dealing severely
with the British chartered company.
The Berlin and Vienna newspapers
regard the warlike preparations of
Great Britain as of little importance,
and as being more of a political move
than a military undertaking, so far as
Germany is concerned; but thej' take a
more serious view of the prop'osed
strengthening of the British forces in
South Africa, which is regarded as in
dicating a possible aggressive action
toward the South African republic.
The chances for war between Great
Britain and Germany are looked upon
as being remote and there is a decided
tone of backdown in the utterances of
the German press towards Great Brit
ain. There was an outburst of prolonged
cheering at a meeting of the London
Radical federation to-day when a re
port was received that the officers of
the First Dragoons, in garrison at
Dublin, of which regiment the em
peror was made honorary colonel by
Queen Victoria, had burned his
majesty in effigy. The colonel of the
First Dragoons telegraphed that there
was no truth in the story. It is said,
however, that before the receipt of
this official denial the German ambas
sador. Count von Hatzfeldt-Wilden-burg,
made representations on the
subject to the Marquis of Salisbury,
asking to be informed as to the truth
of the report.
FILLEY FOR M'KINLEY.
Sees no Reason to Change Bis Choice
for the Presidency.
Washington, Jan. 10. Chauncey I.
Filley is in Washington. He said to
day: "St. Louis doesn't want the
earth, but she does want both the Na
tional conventions, and, having se
cured one, she will make a big fight
for the other. I think she will get it
too."
"It has been charged that you favor
Major McKinley."
"I'll have to plead guilty to that. I
have had no reason to modify my re
gard for McKinley. He is in every
way a fit man for the presidency. The
people think so, for he is growing
stronger with the masses every day."
"Who will the Democrats be likely
to nominate?"
"You can't predict about them, but
were I allowed to guess, I say they'd
take my old friend and neighbor,
William R. Morrison. Morrison is one
of the best men in theiy party abso
lutely honest, and though I differ with
him radically, if a Democratic Pres
ident had to afflict the country, I'd
sooner have him than any other one."
MUST BE REORGANIZED.
General Walker Declares Naval Engineer
Corps Changes Mast Be Made.
Washington, Jan. 10. General
Francss A. Walker, president of the
Massachusetts School of Technology,
has written an earnest letter in sup
port of Senator Squire's naval engin
eering and educational measure. He
declares that anyone must be im
pressed with the fact that the Squire
bill deeply concerns the defense of the
country. He maintains that the con
dition of the corps of naval engineers
is distressing and affects the honor of
the nation. He appeals to Congress to
give immediate consideration to the
reorganization of the corps of naval en
gineers. As to the qualification of the
scientific and technical schools of the
land to train officers for the engineer !
corps. General Walker believes that
such institutions can show work and
results on an equality with the gov
ernment schools at West Point and
Annapolis.
Reported Spanish Lobby.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 10. The
representatives of the Cuban insurg
ents in Washington were much excited
to-day over a report of a definite char
acter which reached them, to the ef
fect that a powerful Spanish lobby
had been formed to prevent action by
Congress on the Cuban situation. It
is declared that the Spanish govern
ment has devoted a large amount of
money to this purpose, and that many
powerful corporate interests have
joined in subscribing to the fund.
Want Rhodes and Jameson Banished.
London. Jan. 10. A dispatch received
from Cape Town, dated January 7,
says it is reported at Pretoria that the
Transvaal government demands the
banishment of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, ex
premier of Cape Colony, and Dr. Jame
son from Africa, and that an enormous
fine is also demanded from the British
Chartered Company.
A Xoted Correspondent Dead.
Washington, Jan. 10. E. B. Wright,
Washington correspondent of the
Coicago Inter Ocean, and for many
years a prominent newspaper man
here, died to-day of heart failure.
WANT ALL OR NONE.
THE SYNDICATE THAT IS AFTER
OUR BONDS.
They Have Issued Their Ultimatum A
Financial Expert for the Government
Talks About Wail Street Methods In
Dealing With the Treasury The Com
bine Likely to Get All the Bonds.
Washington, Jan. 8. Morgan, who
has formed, or is forming, a bond syn
dicate, has issued an ultimatum, it is
said, that he will take all the bonds
offered by this government or none.
One of the government financial ex
perts says, under cover of confidence:
"The syndicate will get the bonds, be
cause speculation is a cold blooded
game. There is no sentiment in Wall
street It is well enough to speak of
patriotism and brotherly love among
the citizens of a nation, but those
sentiments do not spring from
the hearts of men who corner gold.
Just as sure as those bonds
are sold, just so sure will Wall
street buy them. A bank in Stuben
ville, Ohio, the national Exchange
bank, telegraphed to-dav offering to
take $20,000 of the bonds at 1.12.
Other banks, I am told, have sent sim
ilar messages to Mr. Carlisle, A
dozen or more of them were re
ceived this forenoon. But there
were no messages from New York
or Philadelphia or from Boston.
Those cities harbor the men
who control the gold of this country.
They may not have it themselves, but
they have a way of getting it. When
you have learned the intricacies of
finance you will learn that the bank
ers and brokers of New York, with
their affiliations and connections
reaching across the sea, can band
themselves together under the present
laws and manipulate the gold reserve
of this government as nicely as an en
gineer manipulates his throttle."
There is a belief that, in the end,
the syndicate will control this bond
issue just as it did the last. It is
thought that while the public may
subscribe to some extent the great
financiers, the men who would have
formed the syndicate, will get to
gether and make a price for practical
ly the whole issue which would be
higher than the average individual
would care to give, and which would
compel the Secretary of the Treasury
to award the bonds to the combina
tion. FOR CUBAN RECOGNITION.
Mr ni her of the House Seem to Favor
the Idea.
Washington, Jan. 8. One of the mem
bers of the foreign affairs committee
ot the House, when asked whether the
reported successes of the insurgents in
Cuba would hasten recognition by this
government of their right as belliger
ents, said:
"Recognition of this government
would have only a moral effect,
whereas it now looks as if the insur
gents were working out their own sal
vation without assistance from the
outside world.
"If they continue their successful
guerilla warfare until next April,
when yellow fever takes the field, it
will be impossible to subdue them by
any force which Spain can command.
The civil leaders of the revolution, un
fortunate for us, do not aim at inde
pendence. They say they do not care
to go through thirty or forty years
similar to the early experiences of
Mexico, and hence they are all for an
nexation to the United States. I doubt
much whether our people are prepared
at the present time to assume the gov
ernment of Cuba, with its mixed popu
lation fresh from Spanish rule and
generally unfitted for American citi
zenship. "However that may be, it is evident
that affairs on the island are approach
ing a crisis and we must be prepared
to protect American interests, what
ever our attitude may be towards the
insurgents."
Several members of the house con
sulted leaders to-day regarding the
introduction of resolutions for the
recognition of the insurgents of Cuba
as belligerents. Chairman Ilitt of the
committee on foreign affairs said that
he had no objection. Speaker Reed
counseled thorough consideration in
comirv "
THE TARIFF MEASURE UP.
Ur. Baker of Kansas Enters, a Strong
Protest.
Washington, Jan. 8. Republican
Senators went into caucus at 10:30 to
day, but adjourned at 12 to meet again
after the conclusion of the day's ses
sion of the senate. The entire time of
tne caucus was consumed in discussing
the proposed amendments to the tariff
bill, but no formal expression was se
cured upon any of them. The prevail
ing sentiment appeared to be against
all amendments and the tendency
favorable to reporting the bill as it
came from the House.
Mr. Baker, the new senator from
Kansas, made a vigorous speech in op
position to the house bill if it came
before the senate unamended. He
said that if any tariff legislation was
to be enacted he thought it should be
done on Republican and protection
lines and added that he did not, regard
the house bill as a Republican meas
ure. He also advised against any tar
iff tinkering, saying he favored a
course of non-action in that respect
in view of the declaration of the ad
ministration that the tariff would af
ford all the revenue needed. He
thought, however, that if any legis
lation should be attempted at this
time the changes should be made in a
few schedules only, such as those cov
ering wool and sugar, which should
be reformed upon purely protection
lines.
Stabbed by a School Principal.
Sedalia, Mo., Jan. 8. Professor J.
L. Green, principal of the Broadway
school, and Deputy Constable R. W.
Barnett had a personal encounter in
the school building yesterday fore
noon, in which a knife and a revolver
played a prominent part. The consta
ble was wounded in the abdomen by a
knife which the professor used, and
the officer was compelled to draw his
gun and threaten to use it in order to
save his life. The trouble grew out
of Principal Green suspending Bar
nett's son for alleged cigarette smok
ing. Professor Green was arrested,
and aravc bonds to answer for assault.
PLENTY OF LAND LEFT.
Thomindr of Acre Ready for Ener
getic Workers.
North Pr.ATTK. Neb., Jan. a Atthla
time when so much is being done in
western Nebraska in the wayf of irri
gating arid lands, it is well to know
some facts pertaining to government
land. At the United States land office
in this city final proofs were made dur
ing the year just past for C8, 800 acres
of government land. The records show
765,000 acres in this land district that
are vacant, subject to homestead entry
and in this (Lincoln) county there are
200,000 acres of vacant government
land, or 1,G-T farms of 100 acres each to
be given by the government upon pay
ment of from S14 to SIS per quarter
section and residence on the land for
five years. Much of this is better and
more productive, if irrigated, than the
valley lands along the rivers. It raises
sweeter and better keeping vegetables
of all kinds, finer fruit and is cleaner
and easier to farm than any of the val
ley lands.
No person should think of trying to
make a living for a family upon these
lands, however, unless he has a suffi
cient amount of push, perseverance and
money to construct a small irrigation
plant as soon as he establishes resi
dence upon his farm Many of these
tracts present a surface just right for
conducting water over them, and there
is scarcely a quarter section upon
which there cannot be found several
good sites for reservoirs. The capital
required for a good well, windmill and
reservoir sufficient to water from five to
forty acres is from S200 to 400, and
ten acres of surh land, properly water
ed, planted and cultivated, will produce
more in money value than nine-tenths
of the farmers in any southern state
raise upon a hundred acres. Wind
mills keep pumping away night and
day. They are a sort of a perpetual
motion machine and if proper facilities
are provided for storing the water that
a windmill can pump and for prevent
ing waste, a very large lake can be
made during the months of winter and
spring for use when needed in the sum
mer. By such method and careful con
struction of reservoir, so as to save all
of the storm water possible, forty acres
and perhaps more can be irrigated with
one good wind pump.
The foolish fellows who are wander
ing southward to the land of microbes
and miasma had much better settle
upon a quarter section of government
land in Nebraska where by expending
the same amount of money and muscle
they could have healthy, happy homes
and enjoy the pleasures of good society
and the prosper ity of progressive peo
ple. ROTHSCHILDS TALKS.
ays No Bonds Can Be Sold In England
on Account of the Venezuela Matter.
New York, Jan. 8. In response to
the World's telegram for their view
on the bond issue, the Rothschilds re
plied as follows:
"Last year when there was a finan
cial crisis in the United States, we
made an offer for a 3 per cent gold
loan, and failing. Congress giving the
treasury no power to enable such an
issue to be made, we undertook with
others to place a certain amount ot 4
per cent coin bonds. As you now have
done us the honor of asking our opin
ion, we mut tell you very frankly
that in our judgment the severe finan
cial situation at present is chiefly
caused by the political crisis, and
as soon as the American and English
governments have satisfactorily settled
the questions at issue the financial
strain will be considerably relaxed, if
it does not altogether disappear.
Until this boundary question is ar
ranged we do not believe either the
European public or capitalists will
take many American bonds for invest
ment, if an-, and we believe that al
though a certain number of people on
this side of the Atlantic have signified
their intention of talcing a share in a
syndicate to be formed in New York,
they have only done so in the belief
that at the "present moment they
would obtain terms which would en
able them at once to resell the bond
in America. When the political
horizon is quite clear and it is
finally established in the minds
of all men that the good feeling
and understanding which exists in the
hearts of the people of England and
America is beyond doubt, and is ac
knowledged and ratified by the two
governments, then will be the time
and opportunity for America to apply
to the British capitalists. We offer no
suggestions how this is to be accom
plished. It is for the governments to
decide between themselves. All we
can say is the good feeling exists
among our people on our side, and
you, sir, have proved by your patriotic
efforts, that it exists on the other side
of the Atlantic.
N. M. Rothschilds & Son."
Oklahoma Will Not Give Tp Koyse.
Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 8. Officers
here from Goodland, Kan., with a
requisition for Frank Royse for issu
ing spurious drafts on New York from
the imaginary bank of Jamaica, Iowa,
which were cashed by various ban Us,
have made a hard fight to get their
man, but the government has refused
to grant the requisition, as Royse has
just been convicted in Enid, Okla., for
embezzlement in connection with the
failure of his bank there, and sen
tenced to three j'enrs in the pen.
Graduated Inheritance Tax.
Washington, Jan. 8. Among the
bills and resolutions introduced in the
House yesterday was one by Mr.
Tracey of Missouri, giving Congress
power to levy a graduated inheritance
tax on all 'inheritances and estates
whose value exceeds SIPQ.O'X).
NEWS IN BRIEF.
General O. M. Leegett, who was
commissioner of patents under Grant,
is dead.
Jeff and Constantino Walker were
acquitted of the charge of having mur
dered Jim McGirl at Nowata, Ind. Ter.
The school directors of Robinson,
111., have been arrested on complaint
that they failed to place a flag over
the achool building.
Alabama has decided to join the
Lumber Manufacturers' Association,
which already includes Mississippi,
Missouri, Arkansas, Texas and Louis-ana.
