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NEBRASKA NOTES.
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Two young men of Bennington at
tended tbe exposition and as a result o
their experience wilh a confidence mao
they are a watch and $8 each witer.
The product from 119 acres of celery
it now be ng gathered for market, at
Kearney and Ue indication! are thai
more will bo devoted to tbat industry
next year.
Dr. J. B Roraine and H. H. Wilson,
two prominent slnep men in Chadroo
have juit inveibd in a 1 rge flock ol
blooded abeep and will make a apecialty
of raining sheep.
Tbe cold wave o' tbe Uet week baa
given way to more pleaaant weather
and the farmers of Tekamah are taking
advantage of it and get ing their corn
in cribs as rapidly as possible.
From tbe present prospects there will
be a great deal stock fed at Kearney this
winter. There are now over 35,000 bead
of sheep being fed ty the uifforent feed
ers and more are on the way.
The Nebraska Central Irrigation com
pany will tnak 3 their headquarters for
the winter at Coli'tiibas. The office of
tbe company has b en located there for
nearly two yeai a, but this ia the first
that they have locate! tbe r working
force s there.
Tbe Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri
Valley Railroad company has just cloaed
a contract with the city of Chadron, by
wbich it receive all the water uece.-sary
iu its lark-e shops in the city (or a period
of ten years, at the rate ol HU0 per an
num. The anion of the city council is
generally satisfactory in ibis matter.
Martin Lair, an old man 87 years old
was killed at Seward by a 8 A M. en
gine tbe morning of Oct. 23, while pick
ing op coal from the track. The old
man was a lilt e den) ami .lid not hear
the train approaching until too late and
an he stepped from the track his cloth
ing was caught by the driver and he was
carried briweeu the drivers and badly
mangled.
News wan received Oct. 2.lrd of the
death of John I'rovnek, a We it Point
boy, a member of the ilnrd Nebraska
voluntters, who succumbed lo (over Ht
Jacksonville. The deceased soldier was
a brother in- la of Hon. T. M. Fisnse
ol that city Hid sinter, Mrs. Frans ,
was with hitu vtheu he died, ind will
r ring the body back to West Point for
interment.
Mrs. Julia Hovers, widow of the late
lohn A. Kogeis, die I a' the fm ly rei
I'ence in Columbus. Oct. 23, of general
debility and old age, in her 74th year.
Mrs. Rogers with her husband were
among some of the early Peltiers of that
part of Nebraska having located just
across the Platte rivr f om there in
B'ltler county In 1873, where tbev re
sided until few years ago, when tbey
moved into town to upend their dts-lining
years ami enjoy tl e fruits of tbeii
labors.
Mead Clark, tbe ll-year-old grandson
of Walter Holston, a leading laruiet
north of Truitoii and a protn.tie.iil
rit'iMn, killed himself Thursday ffter
rioon ty shooting hiuolf with a re
volver trough the left breast. Hi
came into town to school the morning
of Oct. 27 I u' dee'ded not to atieed and
went on an errand for which l.e receiv
ed 75 cents After completing the
errand he visited a school in the coun
try snd did not return borne till about
6 o'clock. Ilia grandfather reprimand
ed him mildly lor staying out of school,
w hen he went Into the bouse and. used
. the revolver with the above result.
The Fremont Slock Yards and Lind
company has put in a sheep dipping
plant near the puck inn bona. 'I he
plant, whic'i is a large one and equipped
witii !i tl UUsl conveniences, has a
rapacity of 1.21)00 sheep a day. The
dipping solution, whi li is prepared in
lar'e boilers, is conducted to a tank.
1 he sheep a'e driven down an incline
walk or i asige and come cut oia
aimilar walk on toe other side. I he
company exiects to do a good bueine s
dipp ng sheep thit winter, as an un
usually law number of sheep are being
mil aded at the yards nesr the packing
house to be fed and watered. Oct. 24
there we e 6,000 i-beep in tl e yards, be
sides several pei.s of cattle, mostly
wes'ern stock.
The mystery surro'indii.g the iden
tity of the Ily o! the young man who
was found dead i.ear Vt ymore recently
iiaa been cleared up. John Krapp ol
Cortland had a brother na t ed Peter
Krapp, who di appeard from home
about July 15 Tne former, in a letter
to Coroner Reed, fays he I as been to
Wymore and positively identities the
lothing as that of his broth r. The de
ceased, he nays, was partly demented
and was f eqm ntly talking of going to
South America, which he expected lo
reach by walking. How lie came to bit
death, being physically strong, is more
of a mystery than ever. As long as the
remains were thought to Ins those ol J.
E. Priest ol Omaha the conclusion wal
reached that he died from an overdone
of morphine. How the latter'a letters
4'srne to I in tbe vicinity of the dead
man Is not apparently explained.
Notwithstanding the feel, that the
"open time" lo kill qul d1 not blin
until November I, for the last month
hunters have been Willing quail in tba
vicinity of Wymore in laigo numbers
and the true sportsmen that are very
in ignant that such a flflgr .iil violation
of the game law i premitled. Quail sr
plentiful this sesson and hunter! havi
no trouble in I sgging two or three
d. t n if. a half day's bunt, and tbey an
doing it openly that several arrests
are likely to be msde.
A FORTUNE OVERLOOKED.
The llatipfctad Fia4 Made by the
Kacratoraor a Waefclaaton l.etete.
"You may talk about the wonderful
dlwoverh a of gold lu the Klondike re
gion," said a lawyer a few days ago,
"but one of the rlcbeat gold finds of
tbe year occurred right here iu Wash
ington. I will not mention names, but
the gentleman referred to was known
all over the country before he died as
one of the wealthlctu pension agent
and publishers of the present day.
"A abort time after the captain tl will
call him 'captaiu' throughout the story)
died, bis executors were engaged In
maklug an examination of bis effects.
His will had been carefully drawn and
all of his real and personal property
was supposed to be dlatrihuted among
his relatives and friends, according to
his last wishes. One day lo clearing
out the safe in the building which
still bears the captain's name an old
chest was discovered In one of the dark
corners of the vault. It had been there
for years, and was supposed to contain
only sotue plates and drawings of war
pictures, used lu connection with a book
of wnr stories. The executor had
passed the old chest by without exam
ining its contents, supposing, of course,
that It contained nothing but the plates
and drawings, ae Indicated by the
marking on the outside. One of the
clerks engaged In the work had curi
osity enough to take a peep Into the
chest When the loose drawings were
removed n sight met his gaze that fairly
took his breath away. There, nestling
among the sheets of war pictures, and
at the bottom of the chest, was an Im
mense pile of gold coin, which, when
counted, amounted to something over
$50,000.
"There were gold piece of every de
nomination, from $1 to $20. The dis
covery was so unexpected that the ex
ecutors were at a loss for some time to
account for the pile of treasure. The
latent will was carefully scrutinized,
but nothing In It could be found rela
tive to the unlooked-for gold deposit.
Various theories were advanced to ex
plain the accumulation of coin, and It
was filially concluded that the captain
had followed the example of other cau
tious capitalists during the last raid on
the treamiry gold reserve, and hoarded
the amount found In the client. The
coin looked as though It might have
been dropped Into the chest carelessly,
for the various denominations:! nd dates
were In happy confusion. The execu
tors were unable to account for the
omission of Hip gold pile In the will,
for although the captain was a great
spender, he usually kept a clear ac
count of his securities. It Is possible
that ho tuny have been quietly engaged
In hoarding gold piece for a number
of yenrs prior to hi death, and when
his fatal Illness came on he may have,
forgotten the gold lining to the old chest
contalnlnif the wnr pictures. Of course
the gold was carefully counted and en
tered up as a very desirable part of
the estate." Washington Kveulng
Star.
AN E ITeC T RIcT LO VE ALARM.
It Tend to Uendi-r Hie I'urtor Hof
r-npoouhir.
Tlifi Ingenious fattier of an eitlmubh
young lady In Xlwflield, fays Pearson's
Weekly, ri' li ly rigjr-d up n clever
contrivance by which he d.Keoun.i-d a
certain young mm who had h'-en ac
customed to make lore to h!s daughter.
The till ftillt:nan n.wen ly caught the
young man and girl rather close to
gether on the sofa. He rud the girl a
lecture, and made her promise not to
let the young man Kit beside Iwr on
the sofa ag.iin. lie was suspicious,
and decided not to trust the girl's prom
Ise, so lie called lu nil electrician tu
carry out n little scheme of his. A
contact pin e vva-i llt:ed Just, undei
the cushion of the sofa and another t
the bottom of the frame In such a way
that "'lien the weight of two persons
bore down upon the lop plate It would
toifh the other and close tin? circuit.
W'.rva were run from the plate to the
old man's bedroom, where ns soon as
the circuit would close a small bell
would ring. All this was done with
out tin- knowledge of the girl. The
next night the young man call' d again,
and everything was as It should be un
til the (id to.ks retired aim tit 10 o'clock.
About half an hour later the boll up
stairs nii:g furiously. The old man
sneaked down stairs and caught the
lovers snuggling very cloe together on
the sofa. The young man escaped with
hW life, fortunately, but the poor girl
is locked up ou a diet of bread and wat
r.
'1'it'cw o ' Novcrein'is.
The king's and queens of Knglatid
were not styled "Ills" or "Ibr Majes
ty," or after the paltvru of that bestow
ed up' ti Mcioria "Her Most Cracloui
MflJ -Kiy." Henry IV. was styled "Ills
Grace;" Henry VI., "His Most 'excel
lent tJrace;" Kdwitrd IV., "High and
Mighty Prince;" Henry VII., "Ills
Oraee aul His Mnje-ty;-' Henry VIII.,
'Ills Illghm-s." and afterward "His
Majesty." Hnlissiui'ti,tly the Kiigllsh
kings wee styled "Ills Sacred Majes
ty." While on the siibje-t It may not
I uninteresting to tive the meaning of
some royal titles, thus: King means
father; kaiser and czar. Caesir, or an
tocrat, a contract Ion of S unaderelH-la.
Duke imns leader; eaip-ror. com
mander; hoapodar, master of the liou-o;
khan, provincial chief; landgrave, land
reeve; mar-grave, border reeve; nliiin,
ruler; Pharaoh, light of the world ; shah,
probtclor; slu-lk, elder; and sultan, nil-nr.-Tlt-nim.
llesi ruction or Valuable llocnin nt.
The PnwsbiU gov nimeiit Is very
much stirred up over the discovery that
during the last quarter of a century
many of tbe documwits which tub" of
the greatness of the fatherland have
been threatened with complete (b-struc-tlon,
owing to the bad qiinUly of paper
upon which they were written.
TO KA1SE THE MAINE
WRFCKINQ COMPANY MAKES A BIO
FOR THE RIGHT
Privates; May Be Grant If Prassetsn
Are rowad Sellable CwIimIM HiaV
hra Keporte on lilt Depart neat
Wasikoto!i, Oct. 29. The Acme
Wrecking company of Han Frarciseo
ha mvie a request upon the nary de
partment for authority to raise tbe
battleship Maine and bring her to this
country. If the government wanU tbe
hip, after she reaches the United States
the company will want to be paid sal
vage money through condemnation pro
ceedings. It is probable in ease the
government dos not want the ship that
tbe company would exhibit ber in
different large sea coast cities of the
United States. No money is demanded
from the government by the company.
It is stated at tbe department, offi
cially, that in case the company is
roond reliable, tbe authority asked will
no doubt be given.
Tbe following order has been iained
by the war department:
'By direction of the secretary of war.
s boird of officers will assemble at
Washington, D. C, November 9, 1898,
or as soon thereafter as practicable, (or
the parpose of making recommendations
for brevet promotions, tbe award of
medals of honor and certificates of
merit for the officers and enlist men
who participated in the campaign of
Santiago, tbe Philippines and Porto
Rico.
"Tbe following present detail for the
board: Brigadier-General Theodore
Schwan for the United States volun
teers (colonel), assistant adjutant
general United r-'tates army; Brigsdier
H. V. Boynton, Unceb States volun
teers; Lieutenant-Colonel H. Car
ter, aseisiant adjutant-general.
"The adjutant-general will furnish
the board witn all the information
necessary for its action.
The awards will be made principally
npon the recommendation of superior
officers. It is necessary, however, to
have tbe b ard take the numerous
recommendations which have been
made and clas-ify them in stKh a ma n
ot as ill enable tbe president to
grant tie brevet class and aard the
medals acc rding to tbe merits of the
different officers and men.
End of tbe l im Jubilee.;
Pailadki.piiia, Oct 29. The great
p-ace jubilee was brought to a glorious
sonclnsion yesterday. The magnificent
lluunnation of the city continued last
aight and the streets were jammed with
people.
The day opened with tbe rededication
of Independen e hall. Governor Hast
ings. Mayor Warwick and the other
official reviewed yesterday's civic pa
rade from the same stand in the court
of honor wbich the president occupied
yesterday. The head oi the line reach
ed that print at 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, and for three hours and a
ball thereafter Broadstreet looked like a
stage upon which is performing a great
spectacu'ar extravagance, More than
20,000 men were in the lino, t' e beau y
of which was enchanted by many in
teresting floats. One of the most strik
ing wss that representing the interior
of the old Ross bouse, with Betsey Rot-s
exhibiting to Washington and Hancock
the first American flag ever made. It
was called "The Birth of the, American
Flag "
One of the most elat orate displays
was that styled "Our Reunion Coun
try." It showed a group of American
soldiars, among whom rtcod confederate
and union soldiers Other fl aU show
ed Dewey at Manila, the Red Cross
, ministering to wounded soldiers, tbe
I e roes of the war and Liberty the
latter leprecenti d by Columbia and the
thirteen original states. Nearly every
line t.f industry in the city was also il
lus'rated. The evolution of the army
and navy was illustrated by bodies of
marching men dressed in the cos unies
of the different periods of American
history from 1778 to 18H1.
One of the events of the day wi'S a re-c-
ption Hboard the new Japanese
,-rui-er Kisagi by Captain Kashiwa
I ara and the officers of the ship. The
reception was in the nature of a lare
well, ai tbe Kasagi went into commis
sion some time ago and will sail shortly
fo' Engl md. thence to Japan. An oug
tbo'e who ittended were (Jenetal (Shel
ter, Commodore ant Mis, Philip, Cap
tain Sig'ee, Csp'ain Folger, Lieuteu-itnt-Coinmandcr
Marix, Governor Hast
ings, Mr. and Mrs. Warwick, Ambr se
Butler of Buffalo and other distinguish
ed jubilee vuests.
May r Warwick sen' the following
cabbvrsm to Admiral Dewey st Manila
at the conclusion of the jubilee cere
monies yesterday,
"Philadelphia has just concluded her
jubilee ceiemonies, during which she
extended hospitality to ti e president,
his cabinet and the victorious com
manders, soldiers and sai'ors of tbe
Spanish-American war. Though ab
sent, you have ever been present with
ns in sjiirit. We se d hearty con
gratulations to you and those under
vonr command for the tilory you have
brought to the nation.
Cmahi.ks F. Warwick.
Mayor.
tlnld Kound la Ohio.
Caka Luovsr, 0., Oct. 28. The
gold excitement at Malvern is still
spreading and there now seems to lie
sufficient evidence to indicate that g Id
reiily exists in paying quantities. The
details o far from the field have been
meagre because of its out-of-the-way
location and the Infrequency of trav
ellers from that district to this point.
It is clsimed wmw assays of quarts
show sou or imi to uie ton. A Dig
quarts crmher will bn in operation In s
day or two.
SOON CIVILIZED-
at of S.SOe Mara Than SOO are Oaliess
Err Maa Wrnits mn OSTUa.
Mamiakillo, Oct., 31. Tbe visit ol
Gea. Leonard Wood, governor of tbe
military department of Santiago, has
been instrumental in bringing all the
elements among tbe Cubans to the l-ont
No fewer than 2,00 insurganta, of whom
500 are officers, want officers, and their
clamor amounts almost to a demand.
Tbere are two leading factions, one
headed by Gen. Jesus Rabi and tbe
other by General Rios. At present
most of tbe officers are held by repre
sentatives of tbe Rabi faction, includ
ing the mayoralty and the custom bouse
inspectorships. General Wood in order
to pacify the Riot faction, has given
them six positions in the rural police
force and turned over to one of their
people the lighthouse at Cape Crui, to
gether with several other minor ap
pointments. But neither party is satis
fied, each thinks that it ought to hav--
all the offices. The majority of tbe in
surgents have no money, and are living
from hand to mouth and wondering
what will happen next. Armed men
are not allowed rations. As the Cubans
will not disband and will not work,
nothing remains for them but to strut
about tbe city with matches snd re
volvers. Some of th-mare nearly naked
others appear in long-legged paten '
leather bo ts with silver spurs, carrying
machetes. A few wear itnmoeulatt
white suits and Panama bats Thesi
are for tbe most part tbe New Yoik
contingent, each man now a veritable
Bern bar tes furioso. Except when ht
ia on board the gunboat Hist, which
brought him here, General Wood is bi
sieged by these seekeis for office.
General Wood and Colonel Pettit re
garded the outlook as rather diecourau
ing. Still they hope that something
may soon be found to break up the Cti
ban army. The members of the rai.l
and file are anxious to go to work, bu
the leaders refuse to allow them to d
so and the men do not dare, as the
would certainly lie shot if capture'.
It was necessary to end a detachmen
of the Fourth immune reuiment under r.
sergeant lo the Signy plantation ii
order to compel the armed Cubans b
allow men to work there. The und- r
laking, h )wever proved successful an
200 men ar-t now regular employed.
The latest advices from SanU Cruz
del Sur, the meeting place of the Cuba
assembly, do not report the arrival lb r.
of fieneral Maximo Gomez, but ibere
are persistent rumors that the friends oi
Gomez, who aie delegates to the a-scm-bly,
will endeavor to embara;s General
Calixto Garcia and his supporters.
Lieutenant Young and the officers of
the Hist have been im-st enthusiastic
ally welcomed here by the Cubans, who
are grateful for the help many times ex
tended to them . The gallant little boat
during the war was as much an object
of love to the Cubans along the coast ae
of fear to the sraniard-i. Lieutenant
Young has formally claimed, on behall
of tbe United States navy, the wrecks ol
the Spanish gunboats lhat went ashore
or were Bunk by the United Stales gun
boats in the memorable engigement of)
Manzmiillo on July 1, last.
After a final conference with Colonel
Pettit regarding the nianugeni' ut of tbt
district, General Wood left for Santi
ago at neon today on b"ard ti e Hist.
Wednesday next be will proc ed tc
GuantanamO, from which point, aflei
first returning to Santiago, bu will leav
for the north coast, of the province, tc
be tone probably a we k or ten d;iys.
Two companies of Co onel Pettit's im
munes are. to be sent to be nenl immedi
ately to Biyamo.
Mnlvni; i roup) Houl hwitrd.
Camp Mkadk, Miwu.ktown, Pa., Oct
30 The firnt of t he troops to leave fot
Augm-ta will be the two engineer corps.
They will start tomorrow morning and
will be fol owed ater in the d y by the
6ignal corps and a a wagon train. A de
tachment of carpenters and u echanic
will leave Tuesday for Surinucrville,
Greenville and Columbia to prep re the
division camps. Major Gei eral Gr.ih. ui
is anxious to get his cops away from
here as soon a possible and expects lo
have ah the troops in the south by th
middle of November. Ib.i viillttiida
ho-pital car with every train of i-old eis.
Pavilion hospitals are being built on the
proposed camps and detachments from
the ho'pitol corps will leave Tuesda to
uet them into ehape. The Bed Cros
hospital heie wdl be abandoned toda
i-nd the most efficient muses will beem
pioyed by the govern nient to take charge
of the wauls in the hospitals nl the new
camps. The sick here will lie shipped
to Philadelphia every day under the di
rection of the national relief coinmis-i-ion,
which l as arranged with the city
hospitals to take charge of the payments
The Two Hundred and Second ISew
York was relieved of provost duty today
in Hart isburg and vicinity by tbe Thirty-third
Michigan.
l.xtlliiK Tlienilen Hiiwi Kasy.
Vamh, Oct, 31 The French press ii
beginning t manifest a much more con
ciliatory spirit regardine Fashoda, ap
parently wilh a view to preparing the
public mind for the recall of the March
and expedition.
Army OMcni KrcAlled.
Havana, Oct., 31. Colonel Hecker
snd Colonel l ee of tbe United States
special transportation e minission, re
ceived cablegrams from Washington
last night directing their return tc
Washington by the first steamer avail
ab'e. The messHge, which were from
Secretary Alter, were very brief, sim
ply directing the recipients to report to
the war department, and there is con
siderable perplexity as to the object of
retail.
DEMAND THE SPOILS
CUBANS BEGIN TO GET RE3TLE88
UNDER RESTRAINT
Huto I mum An Addre Indpadae
Tb Prtea of AhUUdh Given During;
tbe War und tbe Time Now Ripe to la
Utoa 1U Giving.
Bantiaoo os Cuba. Nov. 1. Senor
Bartolome Masso, president of tbe
Cuban provisional adminlstra'ive coun
cil, baa issued an address to tbe dele
gates now in attendance at the military
assembly at Santa Cruz del Sur, in
which he reviews tbe considerations
upon which the Cubans solicited tbe
help of the United States and indicates
their wisest future policy.
The address in part is as follows :
"Tbe Cubans accepted tbe assistance
of America, although not knowing
tbenexictly what were the American
aims, just as they would have accepted
help from any country in their fight
against Spain. A the contest pro
gressed tbe Cubans in the field were
gratified to hear of a solemn declara
tion by tbe United States congress re
garding the intentions of tbe American
government, snd tbe path it would fol
low in the Spanish-American war. The
Americans came to our help to compel
Spain to relinquish her sovereignty
over Cuba in order that the Cubans
themselves might be placed as prompt
ly as possible in possession of the is
land, might assume tbe administration
of its affairs and have a government
of their own.
"Thereiore the Cubans agreed to co
operate with the Americans, to obey
the orders issued by American gen
erals and to help in all possible wayi
to establish a Cuban government when
the Americans took possession. Though
America did not recognize the govern
ment of the Cubans, it was well under
stood that the Cubans would not, on
that acconnt, abandon their organiza
tion but that, on the contrary, the
time would come when tuch recogni
tion w uld be granted.
CLAIMS VIRTUAL RECOGNITION,
"Indeed, it was asserted to our Cu
ban representatives by one of the mosf
distinguished members of the United
States government and also by th
United States senile that in order to d
away with any obstacle tbat might
hinder tbe .United 8tates in going intx
the fight for the cause of Cuban indep
endence, recognition of a Cuban govern
ment must come later,
"Nevertheless it has not been possi
ble to eetablish direct relations betweec
the Cuban and American government!
for the transaction of the public businesi
although the general character of oui
relations throughout the war wai
nendly. But we have now reached s
time when, more than when in days ol
fighting, it is incumbent upon all
Cubans to show true patriotism, and
while making every exprespion of grati
tude to America for having given Cuba
freedom and independence, to make
prompt arrangements for raying off the
Cubans now in aims and for getting the
coun ry into working order."
Gen. Leonard Wood returned yester
day on board tbe Hist from Manzanillo.
The boat wan einht hours late, owing tc
the West Indian hurricane, and the
Josefila, a much fas er vessel, which
left Manzinillo twelve hours overdue
Fears are entertained for her safety.
Gongreeeman John Dalzell, of Pitts
burg, a member of the ways and meani
committee of the house of representa
tives, who arrived here last nisrht with a
party of Pennsylvania railway magnate
has been inspecting properties in SaDti
aeo ami the vicinity ith a view to
large investments and a railway fran
ctie for a line between Santiago and
Havam. Mr, Dakell expressed himsell
A3 more than favorably impressed by
what he had seen and I he possibilitiei
of the region, though he declined to
Kive any particulars regarding contem
plated investment.
Aillciitloii H1bI I-or Receiver.
Toi.boo, 0 , Nov. 1. The Manhattan
Tru-t company made application in the
United Stales court today for a new re-
c iver for the Detroit fe Lima Northern
railroad. The Manhattan company
holds $3,3:i j.OOO in mortgng-s against
the road and claim they are not satisfied
wilh the pre e it receivership.
(iernifioy Urges Co-operation.
Pkkin, Nov. 1. Paron von Heyking,
the German rninl-ter to China, has
proposed to the repn sentatives of the
powers at Pekin a joint i ecu pal ion ol
the railway from Shan Hal Kwan,
provincu of Pe Chi Li, to Pekin, thus
securing communication with tbe cea-t,
unless the Chinese government promptly
withdraws its troops to a safe distance
from tbe line.
The empress dowager, it is reported,
has ordered the Kan; 8u troops to Pe
kin to serve as a protection against a
possible movement on the part of Gen
eral Yuan Shik Kai, whom she believes
is ueiog the foreign drilled force under
his command in the neighborhood of
Tien Tsin. in conclus on with the for
eign envoys.
Maine Troop Itemch Home.
New Yovk, Nov. 1. The United
States transport Mississippi arrived
today troni Boston with tbe First
Maine heavy artillery. Tbe Mississippi
will anchor off Liberty island, where
the troops will be transferred to the
Michigan. The Michigan will then sail
for Savanna1) and embark the Fifth
United States cavalry and proceed fo
Porto Rico The Michigan has on
board an engineer battalion from Mon
tsuk.
PREDICT A REFUSAL
Pails repel Ser nssUa
yield.
Pakis, Nov. 2. The French
derive their news of the work of
pesos commission front Spanish i
and therefore the morning papers keev
yesterday are interesting as indicatfjaf
tbe atmosphere in Spanish quartern
and the trend of French views assf
tendencies, It must be recalled thaw
the Spaniards have finally accepted tfts
refusal of tbe United States govenmesst
to assume any of the Spanish debt,SMl
the Cuban question has been set away
lo meet its place in tbe final treaty.
providing differences on tbe question of
the Philippine islands shall not prevesU
tbe making of any treaty. As the whose
is composed of its parts, so must tbst
Philippine question be mutually abroad
on or none of those questions previously
agreed on will find a place in the treaty.
This is all tbe provision of provisional
understanding existent In view of thai
facta, then, the Paris press has indi
cated a tendency to confuse tte .
tion. .
PLEADS CAUSS Or SPAIN
Tbe Matin, in reviewing it says:
"It is well understo d that the
ion of Porto Rico as tantamount ts
tbe payment of a war indenmity in cash
and entirely freed Spain from any sub
sequent repetition on the subject."
Turning back to Cuba tbe Matin re
marks :
"The Spaniards declined to concur in
separating the debt from the pledge,
the mortgage from the loan, and, a it
was impossible to reach an understand
ing, they asked that at least the order
of the protocol be inverted and that the
question of the Philippines be previ
ously discussed, tbat question possibly
offering the Americans an opportunity
for tendering some compensation for
the enormous sacrifices they have forced .
upon the conquered. The Americans
finally accrded to tne change, and only
asked the Spaniard i to accept provision
ally the clauses relating to the Cuban
debt, with tbe reservation that tbe ac
ceptance could lie withdrawn if
no agreement was i cached as to
the Philippines."
PRIOICrS A REFUSAL
Referring to yesterday's meeting the
Matin says:
"The Spaniards said they would
make the r answer known Friday. But
it is easy to see what it will be a re
fusal, precise and formal. The Span-
i-h plenipotentiaries have made up their
minds, in tbe event of the United States
advertising to the Philippine proposi
tion, to decline signing tbe act of peace,
to break off the negotiations and to call
upon the civilized nations to witness
the abuse of force to which they wi;l be
subjected and the violation set forth in
the Washington protocol."
The Gaulios remarks :
"The Spaniards will never agree to
abandon the archipelago without com
pensation, and we belive the Ameri
cans intend to suggest that they will
assume the Philippine debt, We hope
the negotiations will not be broken,
but Spain, it is given out as certain,
would take such a course rather than
submit to humiliating terms "
NOTtltNO KNOWN AT WASHINGTON.
Washington, Nov. 2. The cab
inet today devoted most f its atten
tion to the consideration of questions
connected wilh tbe administration of
affairs in Cuba and Porto Rico. The
administrative feature of the Philip
pine question also received some at
tention. Nothing l.as been heard from
the commission at Paris 88 to yester
day's proceedings and it is real zed
that nothing is to be expected in the
war 'of developments until Friday's
stssion.
London, Nov. 2 A Filipino, who
has'repiesented Anioaldo, the insur
gent lender, in Loudon, and who has
been with Agonci.lo. Aguinaldo'a dele
gate in Paris, has just returned here.
Me atserts that tho American peace
commissioners lave informed the
Spanish commissioners that tbat the
latter must complete their work this
week, lie further says Agoncillo hat
reieived a cable dispatch fram Aguin
aldo denying the reported rupture be
tween himself and the Philippine lead
ers. A Victory For I'nele Nam.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 2 An import
ant decision was filed by Judge Thayei
yesterday in the United Stat'-s court of
appeils in the case of the United States
aaiti8t the Pine Rivr Logging and
Improving Co , et al
The United States brought tbe action
against the logcirg company, J. Bassett,
W. L, BassHtt, John S. Pillsbury and
Oharlen L, Smith, pro ninent Minneapo
lis lumber men, to recover the value ol
22,OOo,lrl'l feet of lumber alleged to have
been wrongfully cut aud r -moved from
Indian reservations. This lumber the
defendants claim to have cut. under five
contracts made, with a the Indians and
apnroved by the in'erior department.
The iliindings showed that the de
fendants had received 17,'iOO,2(iO feet of
lumber in tbe slape of 8 iw logs. The
evidence showed 12,('00,000 fee. The
defendant' had leave to receive 2,7O0,O0(
feet ol lumber.
On t'-e trial of the cas in the lower
court the verdict and judgment were
for tne defendants.
Jndje Thayer ,wil.h Jmleo Sanborn
concurring, rev rses the judgment and
verdict, and orders the the case back
f r a new trial.
Ilroken Hunk at Labann, O , May Pay
Depositors In full. -
Yoiinobtown, O., Nov. 2. A special
fo the Kvuuing Vindicator from Libson,
()., says: "Affairs of the First National
bank promise to develop more toda)
than at any time since Its Jdoors were
closed. It is now definitely determined'
that the shortage of Child, the missins
cashier, will not exceed 1 10,000, not
withstanding tbat a we k ago it Wat
estimated that it would amount te
double that nm. y
