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THE KED CLOUD CHIEF.
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ONLYILOI'NFOIISI'AIX
AMERICA MAY DE ASKED TO
BRING PEACE.
Vlii' Now Hjinnltli .Minister 'l'littit lit to In
1'rrpnrliu; for .M dilution of the I'mIh-iI
Nliitc Ni-Kiillalton lli'lfi ComiIik Icil
Mllli IhMirui'iitH In I'uh.i.
WuiHNtnov. March in Sp:i!n Is
face to face with question of neeeptunco
)t mediation liy the I'lilted States. It
would occasion no surprise hero If,
through Mln'ster Woodford ut Mud
rid or Minister Polo y IJornabc at
Washington, Spain should within u
very tdiort time evpross her desire for
Hit! exercho of tin.1 goo I offices of this
country. Spain has gone to thu limit
In making concessions She has of
fered to .surrender to Culm nil hut the
uivoivlgnty. Tho insurgents will not
consider thu terms, beeaiiv) they .sus
pect the sincerity of tho mother conn
irv. llonro .Spain l.s confronted with
thu necessity of asking thu 1'nlted
Stites to step In and negotiate for her
or fee tititonomy finally rejected liy
the Ir.Mirgents mid Independence rce
oguiod liy the Dinted States. I'nless
Spain can accomplish something
through the good ofik'cs of the t'nitod
States, unless (die, can havu the lullii
iMiec of the I'ulted States, she intiht
give tip.
.Minister ltcrnuho Poll says that
Keuor Co ball os did not act on nnv au
thority in presenting his plea for iv
peaceable intervention to the presi
dent. Nevertheless, what Senor
'e hallos said to tho president was In
Jie same tiino its and only a little
nore pvpliclt than the language
which Minister I'olo used In his talk
with members of the cabinet. Senor
'ebailos disclaimed any authority
for what ho proposed. I!ut he Is
one of the leading men in Span-Ish-Amerlcan
commerce. Ilo is not
only a commissioner named
by tho autonomist government to
nid in thu reciprocity treaty, but he
Is a member of the national commit
tee appointed to tal.a charge of the
worlc of relieving the distress In Cuba.
Senor Cuhallos said that ho did not
icprcsent liis government in the prop
osition he made, but lie believed he
was justified In evpresslng tin: opin
ion that the Saymta ministry would
sustain him if President Mclviuley
would consent to exercise ids inllii
rnco with tho insurgents to accept thr
plan.
It woud Room that, mediation can
not bo far off in view of tho conversa
tion of tho SpanUh minister and tho
proposition of Ceballos liut thero is
one difficulty in tlio way. Spain, if
Vballos spoke for her, wishes mutila
tion on the basis of acknowledged
sovereignty. The insurgents, on nu
mber hand, nro willing to leave the
matter to the lulled StaKs if the
terms of settletnentshull proceed upon
a basis of Independence. They are
willing to ngree to nny terms which
Hits United States inav call fair if It
recognizes independence. The parties
to the proposed modlntion stand on
Irreconcllablo conditions, otherwise
the worlc of mediation would bo not
only practicable, but easy.
Negotiations, thu most important
yet undertaken, are now in progress
between the autonomists and tho in
Mirgonts. Tho two parties are nearer
together than they over were, but
that does not mean that autonomy is
iny mora probable. liovln fs the
iiead of tho autonomists. Ilu is oll'er
lug tho insurgents a wider form of
homo rule than has yot been proposed.
JIo is practically duplicating what Ce
ballos buid to the president Saturday.
In tho proposition preceding this
the insurgents were asked to
tieeept nn autonomy which bound
Cuba to recognize the sovereignty, to
pay 2,000,000 tributo to the crown
and to tako caro of part of the debt.
Ciovin has been authorized to drop the
provision for tributo and to maUo a
more liberal proposition ns to the debt.
There l.s little more than recogni
tion of tho Hag asked in these latest
negotiations. livery step that Covin
and the autonomists take has carried
them farther away from Spanish al
legiunca and Into closur sympathy and
relationship witli tho insurgents.
Cuba Is drifting very rapidly toward
independence.
Tho ofllcea have been flllp.l nt
through tho interior of tho Island
with ex-lnsurgenU. Thero Is no
Spanish authority except where
Spanish bayonets enforce it Tills was
what Senator Proctor mado clear to
the President ystcrday nfternoon.
The senator Is very clearon tho weak
ueus of tho Spanish authority. Ho
thinks that the entire Cuban popula
tion is now for independence, and
thut tho movement represented by tho
Insurgents in tho Hold does not by any
menus represent all of tho suutimen't
for independence. Tho senator found
many Cubans in tho cities, nppai?ntly
loyal to Spain, who were ns heartily
for Independence as tho ineu under
Somcz.
L'ltr rouM Up M lUllroml Tr.iolc.
St. Jorkimi, Ma, March 10. (iiiard
cd by a strong force of police, City
Kngineer Campbell toro n Chicago
Oreat Western railroad track from its
place at Third and Antonio streets.
A force of men had laid it Sunday
night, For n tlmo a contllut was Im
minent. Tho question of right of
way will bo settled by tho city council.
tit. Loula to Siiml 000 to ttm Klnnillko.
St. Louis, Mo, March 10, Waltor
Thomas and W. K. Farmer left for
Alaska last night. They are skilled
mechanics and woro sent by tho Pio
neer Klondike Transportation com
pany of this city to superintend tho
building of two small htuamers to run
on tho Copper river. Ono bteauior
will run between Pionoor City and
Creat Canm, and tho other from
(ircut Canon to thu head of naviga
tion in tho Copper river, to preparo
for tho "grub stake" party of 500
which will leave hero within tho next
tvcslc,
TO LEARN ALL OF ALASKA
Cmrrniiirilt li MaUc mi i:pliirutlof.-Ti
lir ii 'I horoii;h One.
W.iil.S(no.v, March :i -Propnrn
lions have been made by Director Wul
eottofthe geological survey for an
e.tcnsivo exploration of the geologi
cal, topographical nntl other feature
of Alaska This will bo douu under
authority of congress, which appro
priated S'.'O.ilOO for the purpose. Tun
olllcers of the survey will bo assigned
to tho work in prospect, vl: Ceorgc
II. J'.ldridge, Arthur K'eath. .1. K
Spurr. Alfred ltrooks, I". (' Itarnard,
W. .1. Peters, Robert Muldrow, W. S,
Post, W. C. Mcndenhall and J' C.
Sohradcr. Tho latter two arc to ac
company military exploring parties.
In addition to these, eighteen camp
men will bo employed. Four par tic
nrn to be organized under the general
charge of Mr. F.ldridge. Seattle will
be the outlining point, anil tho whole
expedition will proceed from thero
about April 1. The gunboat Wheel
ing will transport tint parties At
Skaguay two parties will be detached,
the first, under Mr. ISaruard, proceed
ing to thu Klondike region to maku u
topographic survey of the district ml
jaount to the eastern boundary, tho
141st meridian. Tho survey will ex
tend westward from tho Yukon, be
tween the tilth and ti.'ith parallels of
latitude and w.ll Include thu Forty
Miles district. The map to bs made
by Ilarnard's party will serve as a ba
sis for a careful geologic investiga
Hon of the region by Mr. Kenth, who
will use Hai-tnirtl's camp as a basis,
but will operate to some evtent inde
pendently. Tho second mrlv leaving Mr. Dl
drldge at Skaguay will be in chargo
of Mr. Spurr. who will co-oporato
with llnrnard in crossing the passes.
On reaching the mouth of tho White
rlve-r the parly will enter upon its
special Held of work, namely, the ex
ploration of t'lo White anil Tananu
river systems. It Is -p.cteil that this
party will dcirontl the Tntiiiiin to its
mouth and will explore the Mclogika
iict with a view to future operations
upon the Io,vi'kuk. After orguni.Ing
tho Uirnurd ami Spurr parties at
Skaguay. Mr hldrldgc. with tho re
maining members of the force,
will go in thu Wheel. ng to Cook's
Inlet, to laud at '.ho mouth of
tho Sushnltu river. He is ovpeeted
to proceed with the entliv corp, then
with him up the Sushuitu to about
latitude fi3 degrees to minutes, whero
several fork", of the river combine.
At this point u party under Mr. Peters
will bo detached to explore the north
eastern portion of the SiibJiuita drain
age basin, with tho expectation that
their work will connect with that of ti
party sent from the War department
on Copper rlvor, nud that they will
close on Mr Spurr's surveys down tho
Tnuiuia. After detaching Mr. Peters's
party, Mr. Dldrldgo will pr.ieeed with
an assistant westward uerois the
divide between thu Sushnita and
the Kuskokulc to survey the head
waters of tho Kuskokuk and to do
teriu'ue tho navagabillty of that
.stream by descending it to tho nsual
portngo to the lower Yukon. In the
exploration by Mr. Potors and Mr.
Kldrldgo sullleient attention will be
given to tint location of a possible rail
road from Cook's inlet to tho Yukon.
All tlu parties will rendnzvous nt St.
Michaels by September 1,"
The routes traversed will lie criti
cally Inspected with a view to ascer
taining tho most practical location for
trails, wagon roads or rai. roads; the
character and ex'eut of thu timber
will bti noted, and tho river., or
streams will be examined as to the
possibilities of navigation nud height
of falls or rapid? Tlio riso and fall
of tides will also be recorded.
Tho geological survey is to be
so conducted as to ascertain
tho gen ral distribution of rock
masses, their relations and, us far as
may bo learned, the character and or
igin of each All occurences of val
uable minerals will bo noted and
special attention given to the predict
or absence of gold, whether in plnccn
or veins.
COST HER HEfTlJFE.
Tho Migorlns ut aiiitiiiixu Partly lie'
iniiilhli for Mrs. lliilMton'-i Death.
Havana, March 10 A correspond
rnt at Sagua In Cramlu telogruphs
that Mrs Thurston died at noon yes.
terday of heart disease, believed to bo
hereditary. Mrs Thurston had been
much atYccted at tho seenus of sulTer
iug sho witnessed at M.itanzas and us
peclally in thu case of tlio skeleton
llko children.
Mrs. Thurston, conscious that her
end was near, said: "1 am not sorry
to go to rest, but 1 am grieved that
my own children will be motherless."
Mrs. Thurston has worn a small
American tlag nest to her heart ever
slneo the trip was common. .ml ,.,,.1
when sho died tho Hag was clasped to
her breast.
Sho was noted for her groat human
ity. Whou shu was nt 'Miitn,,-. ... .!.
wiwn gaunt mother sadlv embracing
her dying child. The feelings of Mrs.
Ihuratou were much excited by this
sad scene and probably this incident
helped to hasteu tho end.
Tho congressional party had mad
arrangements to visit the hospitals of
Sagutt la Grande, but tho doath of Mrs.
Thurston has changed all tho plans.
Hank Fnll, In onicnn Lbiiti.
Aiiiikvii.i.i:, On., Mnrch 10. The
Hank of Abbovlllo assigned to-day.
PresIdontJ. J. Mehagen was absent
at the time of tho assignment and tho
cashier, II. T. Latham, loft on a train
for Savunnah immediately after thu
assignment.
I'orqtUllc Canci fur "Aili."
La M. it, Mo., March 10 Tlio Mis
souri Immigration Association of this
city has ordered 100,000 mammoth
cornstalk canes for attribution at the
Omaha exposition as nn advurtNe-iif nt
I of Southwest MU-iourl.
ORTH STEIN AGAIN.
.Notiirlinis Alliintn Ni-rnpnr Han In
.11 or i, 1'rotililp.
Ait.AVTA. (hi., March 10 The din
ing room of thu Kimball hotel was tho
sesne Inst night of a .sensational en
counter between .ludge John l'erry,
of the city court of Atlanta, and Orth
Slcin, tho notoriom newspaper
man and at nresenteditor of the Look
ing Class, u weekly publication The
dlnlngrouni was well tilled and tlio
iilValr created the greatest excitement,
many ladles an 1 gentlemen, on seeing
the blood-bosmcarod face of one of the
combatants imd a pistol flashing in
tho hands of tho other, becoming
paniu stricken.
lloth .ludge Kerry nud Mr. Stein
board at thu Kimball and wcru at
dinner at thu same hour last night.
According to Stein, .ludge Herry
walked up to him unknown and with
out a word struck him across the fore
head with a bottlo of catsup, cutting
an ugly gash and knocking Stein out
of his chair to the Hour. Horry
then, Stein says, kicked him
S3veral times in the face, making bad
wounds. Stein drew his revolver
but in gutting it out of his pocket ho
unloosed the breech, Uerry quickly
seized tho gun and pummelled Stein
wjtlj It until he was nearly uncon
scious and his face was covered with
blood. Tho waiter and some of the
guests, who had by this time mustered
enough courage to approach the two
men, separated them and removed
them from the dining room.
.ludge Herry '?, tilde of thu affair dif
fers somewhat from tho statement
mado liy Stein. Thu judgu says he
walked up to Stein and spoke to him,
iiiylng "How do you do'.'" Stein did
not reply, and Herry thun struck him.
The revolver, .ludgo Herry says, was
drawn intact from Stein's pocket, und,
in order to prevent him from using it,
ho ,' Herry) iiubiccehcd it. Herry was
arrested
The direct cause of thu attack was
an article in the last issuu of Stoln's
paper, but the real trouble dates back
some mouths, und ha-, n hcat-in;.' on
support given Mr. Stein's publication.
Stein was seriously in lured.
HALE FEARS WAR.
A Matron-lit from tlin ( liiilrin.iii of tlii)
Sftiutn Nm.il Committee.
HAi.ilMoiiK, Md . March !U Senator
.'--ttgerie Male, chairman of the Senalo
committee on naval affairs, Is here for
u few days on private business. To
a reporter, who is tin intimate friend,
hu said:
"I have been steadfastly refusing
to discuss the Spanish situation with
newspaper men. I do not want to bo
questioned about the situation, but
you may say that I do not believe in
war War is a great blunder; it is a
great crime Hut 1 fear the news
papers may drive us into it, I believe,
the best way to avoid war is to bo
prepared for it."
The senator, in conversation with
several friends, said ho regarded tho
nltuation us serious, ami thinks tho
country is In dunger of an encounter.
He indorses the action of the Pres
ident in making tho most active prep
arations for war, and believes the
Maine was destroyed by an outsldo
agency.
EIGHT REVENUE CUTTERS.
'iciiittn I'tissiM it ISIII Authorizing Tliolr
t'oiMtriirtloii.
Wasiiinoton, March In. During it
'esslon of three hours tho Senate
passed a onr.lderablo number of bills
from the general calendar, among the
number being ono authorl.jiug the
.oust ruction of eight new revenue
-utters not cMceding in aggregate
ost the sum jf $v.":.i,oou
ISnil Wrrek Jenr WiirriMiiliurtr.
WAnisr.N.'uuiKi, Mo., March 10. Mis
luurl Pacific freight train Xo. It',
west-bound, in charge of Conductor
Ciillurd nud Kngineer Fred Williams,
went into the ditch ono and one-hr.lf
mile i west of this city nt 10 o'clock
,esterday morning. .lust how the
wreck occurred may never be known.
Tho engine and tender left tho track
and eighteen cars loaded with mer
chandise und four empties piled up on
thu track and in thu ditch on either
oide, torn, twisted and smashed Into
kindling wood. The track was torn
up for nearly 200 feet, Peter Morlo,
a St. Louis lad, who was riding the
buinper.s, was thrown nearly ten feet
from thu wreck and received serious
injuries. Two other tramps tiro sup
posed to bo burled In tho wreck. The
ntiro train crew escaped uninjured.
Trainmen say it Is tlio worst wreck
that lias occurred for years on thu
road.
HOLD RIGHT OFWAY.
Southern llnllrnnili I'rrpnrnil to Slovo
.Men iitnl Munition nt l.lttle Notice.
Ari..r, Ca, March Id. Last
night the government had right of
way on every railroad entering At
lanta from north and oast, and em
ployes were instructed to bo ready for
an emergency. Not slneo tlio days
when tho old Western &. Atlantic road
was used to transport, alternately,
the men of Sherman on tho ono side,
and .lohnson on the other, has thiro
been such a state of affairs as exists
this moment.
Ilcinil .'MlMPioiin'n 1'rolpnt.
Wasiii.soto.v, March 10. Hueauso of
i protest from somo of the Western
peoplo the secretary of war has modi
tied his order changing thu nutnes of
bounds of tlio military dopnrtmeut so
us to retain tho name of tho Depart
ment of tho Missouri. To do this,
however, It was necessary to abandon
tho naming of "The Dopnrtmeut of
tho Platte," and tho territory included
within tlio present limits of that de
partment would bo known as the De
partment of tho Missouri. The old
department of the Missouri retains its
new name of tlio Department of the
LIUICS.
COXORKKSIOXAL CHAT
WEEK'S DOINGS OFNATION
AL LAWMAKERS.
A finprul Iti-'iMiic of the Mont Import
mil I.uliorH or the llmiii' ami .Seoul," -i:Kiittti-
mill llcpiirtiiieiitiit Actions
.VoK',1 llrlill).
Three new battleships of the staunch
est type ulloat have been nuthorlcd
by the house committee on naval tif
fairs and the provision for their con
struction was inserted in the naval
appropriation bill. The new warships
provided for will be of the ilncst pat
tern. It will lie two years doubtless,
before they eiiu hu placed in commis
sion. One of them, the committee
decided, should bear the name of the
ill fated Maine. The appropriation
for their construction wns not fixed,
being referred to the sub-committee
on uppropriatlons, which will report
to the full committee soon. The cost
it I" expected, will be about S.I.OOO.OOO
each, though for the fiscal year
covered by the bill the evpenili'turc
may not exceed two millions each.
The president. ilncN not m-mwu. (n
spend liny mote of the S.'O.imo.oOu thut
us iii-i-n pinccu in ins minus iiiuti is
tib-oltttcly necessary, and he is de
termined that as much of it as lie is
required to spend to place the country
in a defensible condition shall be e-
liendeil wltliin tlu Ilinllu ,f (1... I'..li.,.l
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States. He has given instructions to
recrentries i.ong und Alger to nave
.separate books bent mnl soiioi-oti. m .
counts i ciidercd for till disbursements
iroin tuts emergency fund, so that it
shall not be refused in nut- u.nv- will.
the regular appropriations, and he
spent two or three hours with them
nud with Secretary Cage Is consider
ing the details. This money is avail
able until the 1st of next .la'nuary, nud
on that, date or us soon after as pos
sible he wishes to be able to present to
congress a detailed statement account
ing for every dollar in such a manner
us his most critical opponent will ap
prove.
lit it qiirtt of patriotism, with elo
quent words ringing in llieir ear.s. ev
ery member of the house of represent!!- i
tives responded to the president': first '
call to meet the Spanish situation by '
enstintr his vote for a bill placing lii I
rrcoKlent Alehinley s hands S.VI.IKH).
imm) to be expended at Ills discretion
for the national defense. Party lines
were swept away and with u unani
mous voice congress voted its confi
dence in the administration. Many
members who were paired with absent
colleagues took the responsibility of
breaking their pairs, an unprecedent
ed tiling in legislative annuls, in order
that they might go on record in sup
port to mtiiuluin the dignity and hon
or of their country. Speaker Heed,
who us the presiding officer, seldom
votes only in ease of u tic. had his
name called and voted iiuhis capacity
as u ivpn seuttitlve. The scene of en
thusiasm which greeted the auouncc
ment of the Mite ayes ,11 1, nay.s none
-has seldom been pur.ilcllcif in the
house.
Colonel Myron M. Parker, ope of the
leading business men of Washington,
who accompanied Senator Proctor in
his recent visit to Cuba, said that the
Americans on the island hud no doubt
that the disaster to the Maine wa-.
caii-cd through Spanish agency, lie
said there was absolutely no "differ
ence of opinion among the Americans
us to the cause of the disaster having
been an external explosion. The in
surgents. Colonel Parker thought.
w re in better shape than cer before,
and would be able to accomplish their
Independence ill time. The Cubans,
as a rule, he believed would lie glad
to see the island conic under the Amer
ican fiag nud would do what they
could to bring about that result. The
colonel reiterated his statement that
tin situation of the rccoiicculrudocs
was deplorable in the extreme. They
were confined in narrow limits and
practically left to starve. The gener
osity of the American people. however,
was beginning to be felt and the ex
treme distress was gradually being re
lieved, lie spoke in the highest terms
of General Lee anil the work he was
doing, nud also of Consul linker, who
has made great personal sacrifices for
the starving people within hisdhtriet.
The state of affairs between Spain
and the I'nitcd States up to Tuesday
is as follows: Senor Polo y Hcriiuhc,
the new minister from Spain, declaivs
in tin interview that his country loc.
not want war und will try to avert
such u calamity. He also professes to
believe that the scheme of uutononiy
for Culm will prove a complete success.
Warlike preparations at Washington
arc believed to have hud a most marked
cflect in Spain und to have ('a le much
Inward securing peace. The govern
ment at Washington has about con
eluded negotiations for the purchase
of two warships from llra.ll. Secre
tary Alger will form u new department
of the army to be known us the depart
ment of the south. It will include the
southern portion of the department of
the enst und Texas, mid will be
under the eoinniundof General Graham.
Headquarters will bo at Atlanta, Gu.
Orders have been issued for manning
nil fortifications on the Atlantic and
Gulf of Mevlco and nil work for the
roust defenses has been ordered
rushed Men are working night nud
day in nr.sonnls and armories con
trolled by the government. Newspa
pers of Madrid call upon the Sugasta
government to btop the punie there by
a clear statement as to the conditions
in Cuba nud Spain's international
nfi'alrc. Reports from Shanghai say
the prospect of trouble between the
United States und Spain has encour
aged the rebellion in the Philippine
islands to break out again with in
creased vigor.
Three weeks ago Tuesday night the
Maine, was blown up. As It was last
week at this time, so it is now, noth
ing is known olllelally as to thu cause
of the disaster. The court is at work
hard; that is all that is known nt tho
navy department. It i not even
known when it. may be expected to fin
ish its work, Hut the importance of
Its report does not diminish in thu
slightest degree by tlie lapse of time
and in tho midst of diversions caused
ly more recent huppenlngs' tho more
thoughtful ollleials have, not lost sight
of tho fact that when the report comes
to tlio navy department the govern
ment may be face to face with anoth
er and vital issue.
I Mo t.i- I'. In. ,.M. I l.'..,.1,.,i l.-lcn ,
jw- ..-...."i.. . win-,., i ii mi i-uvii.rv.
for some time stationed in Lincoln. has
iicen oiiieriMl to I't. Ilobinson. Neb.,
where two troops of hl: regiment nro
stationed.
The ship New York from Hong Kong
for San Frrncisco was blown ashore in
Half Moon bay. thirty miles below the
latter port, Mini is now high and dry
on the bei eh. Although Intact, the
chances of getting the ship off nre
very slim.
The government Is negotiating with
the Philadelphia.- Heading Huilroad
Co,, for the purchase of its fifty-nix
vessels. It Is u splendid llec't of
staunch vessels, which would be use
ful as transports for coal in case of
wnr. The company will sell in case of
war.
The house committee on the election
of president, vice president and rep
resentative in congrcfi-, lias favorably
reported to the house the joint resolu
tion amending the constitution pro
viding for the election of members of
the house of rcpresentathes for terms
of four years.
Assistant Secretary Melklejohn has
iniitle an order restoring the "wages of
the employes nt the I'nitcd States
arsenal tit Itoek Island, 111., to the
rules existing December ','1, I MIT. The
reduction made in these wages caused
a great commotion in labor circles, it
being represented that the cut. nail a
most depressing effect upon the entire
labor market of the west. The Illi
nois congressional represctatives in
tervened in the men's behalf.
President McKinley's hands have
been upheld by both 'branches of the
American congress. With enthusiasm,
fervor and promptness almost ttnpar
alellcd in the senate in time of peace
that body passed the emergency ap
propriation bill, carrying t-IS.'l.d'oo of
deficiencies and placing at the dispos
al of the prcsdent S.VUHin.oni) for na
tion defense. The vote was unani
mous. Seventy-six short, sharp and
and decisive speeches were delivered
in favor of the bill, each one being
simply u ringing "aye" during the roll
call upon the passage of the measure.
The term of the collector of customs
ut Omaha. Dr. Geo. L. Miller, expires
this week. It is rumored that Sena
tor Thurston has selected Dr. Miller's
successor In the person of Fx-Mnyor
Champion S. Cluis of Oinuhn. There
has been a strong friendship between
Senator Thurston und Colonel Chase
since the time of his first mayoralty
term in (linahu.whciihe !- said to have
been M'ry kind to Mr. Thurston, then
u young lawyer In the city. Senator
Thurston is away in Cuba nud could
not be seen to verify the report.
Hecause of a protest from some of
the western people the secretary of
war has modified his order of lust
week changing the name of the hounds
of a military department so as to re
tain the name of the department of
the Missouri. To do this it was nec
essary to abandon the name of the
department of the Platte, and the
territory included within the present
limits of that department will be
known as the department of the Mis
souri. The old depu.tnient of the
Missouri retains its new name as the
department of the lakes.
Mr. Lodge (Mass.). of the foreign re
lations committee, has called up the
joint resolution for the relief of Au
gust I'oltou und Gustuve Hielu liu. The
resolution follows: That the presi
dent of the I'nitcd States he nud he is
hereby empowered to take such meas
ures us in his judgment may be neces
sary to obtain the indemnity from the
Spanish government for the wrongs
and injuries suffered by August I'oltou
and Gustuve Kichcliu, by reason of
their wrongful arrest and imprison
ment by Spanish authorities at Santia
go tie ( libit in the year ls,.i.1. and to se
cure this end he is authori.ed and re
quested to employ such means or exer
cise such power as may be necessary."
The resolution, to which objection
was made a few days ago, was passed
without debate.
Senator Hilly Mnson of Illinois has
received a challenge to fight a duel.
The challenge was sent by .Marquis de
Alta Villa, editor of the' Spanish 111
iisirated paper KI Canlo. The docu
ment is printed, und the challenge is
preceded hy u short column of personal
abuse In which Senator Mason Is
tit scribed us "1111 ignoble Yankee .sen
ator, who scolds like a woiuiiu and
who has not tie valor to fight like u
man, and who would take a ship in the
face without resenting it." The Am
erican people nre referred to us "a
people who ileal lu pigs and whose fiag
is the almighty dollar." The senator
accepts thediallcugc in u jocose spirit,
lie says he will have to see the nuirqul.s
before he decides whether he will ac
cept, but thut It scarcely accords with
Spanish modesty for the challenging
parly to name the weapons as is done
in this instance.
The consolidated returns of the prop
reporting agents of the department of
agriculture, made up March 1, show
the wheat reserves in farmers' hands
on that date to be this equivalent of
t!L'.ti per cent of last year's crop, or
about PJ 1,000. 000 bushels. This is XI,.
000,1100 bushels in excess of the farm
reserves one year ago. Tho proportion
of the crop of lH'.i" shipped beyond
count,, lines is .10.7 per cent. The corn
in fanners' hands as estimated aggre
gates 7n:,000,()00 bushels, or 11. 1 per
cent of last year's crop, against 1.101,
000,000, or 01 per cent on hand on
March 1, 1807. The proportion of the
total crop shipped out of county where
grown is estimated ut -1.0 per cunt, or
about 11 2,000,000 bushels. The pro
portion of the total crop merchantable
is estimated at SO.rt per cent. Of oats
there are reported to be about L'75,
000,000 bushels or riS.l) per cent still in
farmers' hands, us compared with
,T i:i,O0O,OOO bushels or 1 .a per cent on
March 1, 1807 The proportion of thi.s
crop shipped beyond county lines Is
estimated at 20.'.' per cent.
Senator Allen has introduced a bill
providing for tin appropriation to be
stated by the committee providing for
the sinking of artesian wells in Ne
braska for experimental purposes.
Senator Proctor tlio day of liis return
from Cuba, spent half an hour first
with Secretary Alger and afterwards
hnd a conference with Assistant Sec
retary of State Day. Then ho went to
tho White lionso and was closeted with
the president for two hours and a
quarter. When ho emerge I from tho
room he courteously declined to speak
regarding the nature of tho informa
tion hu hud communicated to the president.
A WORD OF ADVICE.
To TIiiihc Coining to Aluik.i or the.
Kloiiilllo- (iohl I'lcliN.
One thing Hhotiltl be Impressed upon
every miner, prospector or trader com
ing to Alaska, to the Klondike, or the
Yukon country, nntl that 13 the ncee
slty for providing an adequate ami
proper food supply. Whether ptoeurod
In tlio states. In tho Dominion, or at
the supply stoics here or further on.
this must he hln primary concern. I'p
on the manner In which the miner ban
observed or neglected this precaution
more than upon any other one thins
v.'lll his rucccjs or failure depend.
These supplies must be healthful and
iliould be concentrated, but the most
rare-fill attention In tho selection of
foods that will keep unimpaired ltuletl
nitqly under all the conditions which
they will have to encounter Is im
perative. For Instance, ns bread raised
with baking powder must bo relied up
on for the chief part of every meal.
Imagine tho helplessness of 11 miner
with a can of spoiled baking powder.
Huy only tlio very best flour; it is tho
cheapest In tho end. Experience has
shown tho Royal Halting Powder to
be the most reliable and the trading
companlos now uniformly supply this
brand, as others will not keep In thh
climate. Do suro that tho bacon is
sweet, sound and thoroughly cured.
Theso nro the absolute necessities upon
which all must place a rhlef reliance,
and can under no rlrcumstanccs be
neglected. They may, of course, be
supplemented by as many comforts or
delicacies as tho prospector may b
nblo to pack or dpslre to pay for.
From tho Alaska Mining Journal.
A book of receipts for all kinds of
rookery, which Is specially valuable for
use upon the trail or In the camp, Is
published by the Royal Halting Pow
der company, of New York. The re
ceipts nro thoroughly practical, and tha
methods are carefully explained, so
that tho inexperienced may. with Its
aid, readily preparo everything requi
site for n good, wholeaome meal, or
even dainties If ho lias tho necessary
materials. The mutter is In compact
though durable form, tho whole book
weighing but two ounces. Under :i
special arrangement, this book will be
sent free to miners or others who may
desire it. We would recommend that
every ono going to the Klondike pro
cure a copy. Address tho Royal Dak
Ing Powder Co., New York.
MINSTRELS' HUMOR.
Witty Aosrcr of tiu IrUhtnaii Who
".Visit Argued ullh 11 I.uily."
Tho minstrels of Ireland aro not all
Bono from tho highways and byways
of Krln, says an exchange. The mourn
ful harp and plaintive pipe may havo
given way to tho breezy banjo nntl
crooning violin, but the songs which
these accompany ate the songs of Ire
land still. Down by tho rotten Clad
dagh wharves of old Galway town I
eamo upon a rapt audience, says a
well-known traveler, enthralled by tho
dulcet notes of Tim Hrcnnnn, tho "wan
dering minstrel of Tlppcrary" ono of
the sweetest singers I ever heard and
0110 who would havo been great were
It not for his lovo of "tho cinder In
It," ns they aptly term tho west of
Irclnnd mountain dew. I had seen Tim
many times beforo In Ireland. Our
tramplngs had brought us Into tho
same relations of nrtl3t nntl responsive)
nudltor eo many times that as ho
tipped mo .1 comforting wink of recog
nition I noticed that his violin had
been replaced by the temporary .though
nmplo musical makeshift of a banjo
wrought from the head of an ancient
Irish churn. In tho pauno following
his ballad I felt emboldened to tosu
him bark his wink, with tho query:
"And, Tim, why didn't you bring tho
chum with its head?" "Faith ycr hon
or," ho replied, in a ftnsh and with n
winsome smile, holding tho churn
head banjo aloft so all could sco, '"faith
I never arguo will a lady nn', yor
honor, it houlil Irish woonian btud at
ita other Ind!"
N. Y. Aycr & Son.
N. W. Aycr & Son, tho successful
newspaper nntl magazine advertising
agency of Philadelphia, havo issued nn
announcement stating that Albert G.
Hratlford and Jarvls A. Wood wore ad
mitted to partnership In tho firm Jan
uary 1. The new members aro not be
glHiicis In the advertising business.
They havo been conncctetl with N. W.
Aycr & Son for years nnd havo worked
their way to tho top by careful atten
tion to business and painstaking work
for tho firm nnd Its patrons. In con
nection wlh tho now partnership an
nouncement, N. W. Ayer & Son review
tho history of tho firm. From an hum
bio beginning In 1808, when tho busi
ness of tho first year amounted to but
$15,000, tho concern has Jumped slowly
but Bafoly until Its annual business
amounts to over $1,500,000 a sum thnt
represents n dally payment to newspa
per and magazine publishers of $5,000.
Chicago Times-Herald.
Atonlntiliig
Mother "And what do you think ot
my daughter's French, Count?"
Count "et ccs ze most astonlshlnjj
French I hat ovalro heard." Tld-Ults
FROM EVERYWHERE.
Deauty mny bo only skin deep, but
tho plump girl gets tho moat tandem
rides.
Tho pawnbroker who takes tho most
Interest In his business has tho least
principle.
Out of sight is never out of mint,
with tnto lovers, who turn tho ga
very low.
London has C00.000 houses. Pari
has 90,000 houses. New York has H5
000 houses.