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K 1 ThemerhHan hotel at" Columbtis is
B \ to be reopened.
Hj \ ' The Grand Island" brewery Is " about
B \ to change hands.
B There is considerable diphtheria at
B Ord , bet fortunately it is of a mild
B The Lyons postoffice shows an in-
B crenso .of. $40 per month over the busi-
Bi • nesK 'of last .year.
B * "Walter Graham of Eastern town-
Bj ship , Knox , county , was killed , by' the
B tailing of a timber upon his abdo-
B ] 1 ancftJ.
B I Miss Llzsde Williams of Nebraska
Bj I I < JIty has been reinstated as a micros-
H I I * copist in the bureau. < of animal indus-
Bj I 1 try at South Omaha.
B | I The stone quarry near Weeping
Bl I 'Water has raised wages to $1.75 per
H fl I Slay , and laborers , it is said , are not
Hln 1 * easy to . .get'at this'figure.
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HjB i " Thq < 3erman Congregational people'
Hjfl i > of Butte are raising money to purchase
Hjl | * a building , which will Tie remodeled'
jjl I "into a 'house of-worship.
Kl J Considerable new corn has been
Hji I -marketed at Superior , bringing 15
Kjl i * - cents. It is of a fine quality and al- ,
Ell g most' entirely free from worm Might.
HH I Daniel Steele , aged sixty-nine years ,
Hffl I lied at his home in Valentine .after .a
Hfl 1 Jong illness. He had been .a member
Hjff 1 of the Masonic lodge for .tliirty-five
Kt i years.
gl | Morrison's opera house -at 'Osceola
Hll I ' d a close cal1 from fire * 'Timely dis"
Hff 1 -covery of the flames prevented 'what
Hf 1 might have been a serious .conflagra-
B | 1 * tion.
Hf I George Knight and Mxs. Barbour
HI I * vere arrested at Arlington 'by Sheriff
Hg 1 .Mencke. They are suspected of-hav-
Hj 1 ? 3ng started the recent disastrous . 'fire
H | 1 'in ' Arlington. /
H I The Beatrice Creamery 'company Is
1 I f going to build a creamery at Elk City ,
1 1 : nine miles southeast of ' .Tecumseh.
BJ 1 Work on the new building will be
Bl I commenced at once.
Ei ,1 Jame3 Sailing , living ten miles : from
H [ § ffi 'Iiexingtou , devoted two acres under ir-
Ki rigation to raising onions. His crop
i 1 "was 920 bushels. He has sold them for
Et § j 75 cents a bushel , or ? 690 'from two
Kf I acres' ' of land.
H | 1 The governor has 'honored the
BS I requisition of the governor of. Illinois
Hl | for the return of John 'Maloney to the
jfi § Sucker state to answer to .the charge
Hsj I - of attempted robbery. The offense
Hh 1 "was committed January 1 and Malon-
S i • cy escaped arrest. The requisition
B i states that he is now i in i custody at
H | fi South Omaha.
B | m Chief of Police Meier of Grand Is-
H M land ran down , a burglar and the fel-
M M low is already awaiting trial in the
B | M < district court , waiving • preliminary ex-
HS a lamination. The fellow had entered
wf i ' the home of Emil Barth , a-printer , and
EJ M • ' stolen some clothing and a little jew-
Hj m • lry , The goods taken were found in
Hl H his possession.
| 8 j | An effort is being made by York.
Hn | | • citizens to induce the officials of the
R [ | Elkhcrn railroad to put on an early
H M morning train to Omaha in order that
H fa people who desire to 'trade there can
H g go and return the same 'day. A pew
w i tition has been circu'latea among the
B | I j mire influential business men and
H > i * very liberally signed.
| I In the case brought by Emma- .
Hf 1 -and John F. Spirk against the Bur-
IBmI lington railroad company to recover
B | damages sustained through being
Bl -ejected from a train : in the western
| H part of the state before reaching tAe
B | ' destination named In 'tneir ' tickets
' some time ago , the jury returned a
-Terdict for $6 damages in favor of the
'former and $5 for the latter. The case ,
!
i "which was tried at Wilber , was re-
'tnanded from the supreme court. At
H ] 'the former trial a verdict for $500 each
Bj " was given.
BH The annual report of the -treasurer
BH 'Of the Christian , Endeavor Society of
'Nebraska , in , session at Beatrice ,
> > sbows a favorable financial-condition.
1 'The report of State Secretary F. F.
"Tucker of Lincoln was an interesting
H I 'document. It showed tthe mumb' of
H societies reporting to "be G14 ; number
H r of active members , 14,167 ; number of
Bj associate members , 4,505. "Thethree
B | ( 'denominations having • the largest
H | -number of societies arethetPresbyter-
B * ian , with 137 ; Congregational , with
fl ! I28. and the Christian , -With H:19. :
B j The'Board of Public Lands and
B 'Buildings is figuring on therfeasibiiity
B j4tputting in one central lighting
H -plant-to furnish electric 'lights'for
H -the-live estate institutions .located at
B 'Lincoln , namely , .the state capitol , ,
B -asylum , • university , ' penitentiary-and
B Home for the Friendless. It is estimated -
B -mated that the expense of-one-central
B 'Station of large capacity-would be-no
B -more - than rfor two small plants , and
B rmuch less-than for five. The plan
B -would-do away "with the large gasbill
B 'that'has-to'be paid for
now tire-cap-
B * itol' building.
B The large livery barn belonging to
B Barney Bryant at Fairfield , took fire
B Tthe other-night from an unknown'
Bj -.cause and was in a few hour3 r&duced
B to .ruins. The barn was btiilt about
H I -ten years-ago by J. W. Small ajidwas
K xne of the largest , if not the largest ,
B * 'in oat art of th2 state the lumber
B alone -costing nearly three thousand
B dollars. The fire was unler such
B ihcadway when discovered that but Jit-
B 'tie could be aved. Thirteen horses '
B and -quite a number of carriages could -
B sot bereached and were lost. A good !
B portion f the library and instruments i
B > of Dn F. D. 'Hastings , veterinarian , i
B -were burned.
B John McLaugWin , a vfarmer living
B in the northern part of Johnson coun-
B * ty , has just finished harvesting his
B potato crop. From a paten of seven
B jacres * he got an average yield of 110
B bushels per acre. Sold at 75 cents
B s per .bushels he would realize $82.50
B iperacre ,
B ] 'Link Lavingfon , who lives about
BJ four jniles southeast of Shelton , met
Bji vfith < 5uite a serious accident , which
Bj -will Jay him up for some weeks. A
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Bl horse , fifhich he was riding , slipped
BJ and fe3 ! , pinioning his right leg ben -
n neath it in ; such a manner as to break
B it in two places just below the knee
1 jftld ; ust apOT the ankle.
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ITEMS OFINTEREST GATHERED
HERE AND THERE.
Condotififitlons that EmbnGy a 'Gdo 'd Drnl
of liifotniutton AVlthout KequlriiiR
Much Space 1-oreleru and Domestic
Noway Notes on All Subjects.
aronday , October " 5.
Severe earthquakes have occurred in
Algiers.
Eighty-seven warships are building
in Great Britain.
The thermometer reached degrees
in Omaha on the 24th.
Work on new shipB of the navy is
delayed by lack of funds.
Dr. Fridtjof Nansen , the Arctic ex
plorer , arrived in New York.
There is great exodus from Selma ,
Ala. , on account o . f yellow fever.
General Weyler announces that no'
will leave Havana October 29.
Nebraska is figuring on lighting all
of its state buildings by electricity.
Deposits in Kansas banks have increased -
creased 45 per cent since January 1st.
The Prussian department of agricul
ture has resolved to encourage- fruit
growing.
Mrs. Lily Langtry benefits' to the ex
tent of $1,500 yearly by the death of
her husband.
The probability is that the Burling
ton will buy the' Grand Island & North
ern Wyoming and the Big Horn South
ern.
ern.James
James Wallace Knox , the famous
turfman and former owner of Nut
wood , committed suicide at "Kenosha ,
Wis.
Wis.Colonel
Colonel Schaeffer , an officer In the
army of Luxembourg , has been select
ed as provisional commissioner of the
powers for the island of Crete.
William H. Dole , president of the
People's bank of Pomona , Cal. , and of
the San Antonio Light and Power
company and a reputed millionaire , is
dead.
The porte has demanded the recall
• of two American missionaries from the
province of Aelppo on the pretext that
their mission for the distribution of
relief is likely -to cause disturbance.
Tuesday , October 2G.
Luetgert's second trial will com
mence October .27.
The Yukon river : is closed and boats
laid aside for the winter.
The Spanish note to the United
States fills thirty-eight pages.
George S. Hobbs , auditor of the
Southern railway , as resigned.
New York bankers complain of too
much idle money in their coffers.
Congressman Mercer is putting up
some business buildings in Omaha.
None of theiinjured of the New York
Central wreck are expected to die.
Investigation shows the Chilian
government to 'be perfectly solvent
Silas Hamilton , an Iowa gold seek
er , was drowned in Fort Summit lake.
St. Joseph's stock yards ' are to be "in
creased to four times its present size. '
Francis Turner Palgrave , the ! pbet
and essayist , -died in London , aged 73
years.
Aunt Nancy .Daniels , a colored wo
man , is dead at Sacramento at the age
of 119 years.
A new device is .being tried on the
state railway of France which , placed
250 yards from a station , will stop the
train at that distance.
In Kansas City C. E. Riley , a travel
ing man , shot and probably fatally
wounded "Doctor" Allen , who , he says ,
was familiar with his ( Riley's ) wife.
"Wednesday , Octobers" .
Distastrous .floods .are reported in
Italy.
A fabulously rich gold strike is re
ported from Georgetown , Colorado.
Caroline Talman of New York , who
died October .20 , left $126,000 to char
ity.
ity.The
The .treasurer < of the Greek na
tion is said to be 'Short ; in his ac
counts about $30,000.
Captain Ray , the .army .officer sent
to Klondike , .has made 'his first re
port to the War department
A detachment of .the West Indian
regiment , stationed at Lagos , has
started , for the .frontier .of the Hinter
land.
The postmaster .general nas appoint
ed John P. Clum of California chief
of the mail depredations division in
the postoffice.
"Kid" McCo and Australian Billy
Smith have : been 'matched to .box six
rounds in Chicago .November 13 , for a
purse of $3-000.
The western roads : and the Southern
Pacific hav © finally .decided to 'submit
their differences regarding immigra
tion business to arbitration.
Wm. Carr of Liberty , Mo. , is under
arrest for "having taken the life of
his three-year-old daugnter by throw
ing her into the "Missouri river.
The Union knitting mill , Hudson , N.
Y. , was destroyed byfire and many
of the 300persons employed in the
mill had narrow escapes from death.
Thomas Gold Alvord died at Syra
cuse , N. Y. , of old age. He was speak
er in the assembly in 1858 and was
elected lieutenant governor in 1865.
The world's triplet record for a mile
was lowered from 1-44 to 1:41 by Mc-
Duflice , Church and Wowler , in the
face of a strong -wind , at Willow
Grove track , Philadelphia.
Thursday. October SS.
The ' 98 wheels will bewithout
chains.
December wheat sold in ' St. Louis
above one dollar.
The horse Guinette made a mile in
2:05 at Louisville.
'The Wabash railway general offices
inSt Louis burned.
Nansen , the distinguished Arctic - explorer
plorer , is in Washington.
Good rains have fallen all over the
southern half of Kansas.
An even twenty met death in the
New York Central disaster.
During the year the Union Pacific
received grants tor 995,455 acres.
The fever situation at New Orleans
continues monotonously the -same.
Yellow fever is increasing in Mem
phis and people are fleeing from the
pest.
l\ev C. L. Berry has beenfconvicted-
! of wrecking the bank at Pawnee , Ok
lahoma.
Hon. William J. Bryan will not bo
invited to make a political speech in
New York.
The twenty-ninth annual meeting of
the Armyof. the Tennessee convened
in Milwaukee !
Chauncey Depew intimates that dy
namite had something to do with the
accident on his road.
American , bicvcles < will be barred-in
the national show , Crystal Palace ,
London , In December.
' E. V. Debs is speaking to Boston's
working people on his co-operative
commonwealth project.
During a quarrel Bookkeeper Metz
shot his employer , W. T. McCorraick ,
through the heart at Rome , O.
William Carr , under arrest in Kan
sas City , confesses that ho tied a
heavy stone to his little three-year-old
daughter and threw her , breathing and
conscious , into the Missouri river.
Mrs. M. C. Linn , of Galatia. Kas. ,
gave birth to triplets , all boys , and
she has r-ameti them Leedy , Simpson
an < l Bryan. Jerry Simpson sent the
w-unai : a silver dollar because she
named one after him.
Friday October 20.
Yeliow fever has broken out at Ma-
zatlan , Mexico.
The Kansas Pacific railroad will be
sold December 15.
Fierce forest fires prevail in portions
tions of Pennsylvania.
Two married daughters get the bullj
of the Pullman estate.
Senator Morgan , of California , is re
covering from a severe illness.
Warm weather is increasing the yel
low fever scourge in New Orleans.
At Redwood City , Cal. , Thomas
Flannery shot and killed his father.
A large elevator in Buffalo burned ,
together with grain valued at $100,000.
There is provision for only 2,000 people
ple at Dawson , and there are 6,000 to
feed.
Speaker Curtis , of the Illinois house ,
was maried in Cleveland to Miss Mary
E. Griffin.
A thousand people ' fled from Mem
phis in one night to get away from
yellow fever.
The total value of the estate of the
late George M. Pullman is shown to
be $7,600,000.
The influenza has reappeared at Ber
lin and many persons have been at
tacked by it.
The Canada Pacific has made ar
rangements to issue $1,200,000 pre
ferred stock in London.
It is aid that General Jamat will
succeeds General Saaisier as command
er-in-chief of the French army.
Mrs. Sarah Albert Woods Perry wife
of Right Rev. William Stevens Perry ,
Protestant Episcopal bishop of Iowa ,
died In Philadelphia. *
British capitalists promised only
1,000,000 toward the purchase of the
Union Pacific railway , the other 9 , -
000,000 being found in the United
States.
The net earnings of the Cfe&ago ,
Milwaukee & St. Paul for the'month
of September were $1,152,897 , an in
crease of $14i,778 over the same month
of last year.
At the regular monthly meeting of _
the trustees of the New York .Sun
Printing and Publishing company Mr.
Paul Dana was unanimously elected
president of the association and editor
of the Sun , to succeed his father ,
Charles A. Dana , deceased.
Vice Consul General Springer , at Ha
vana , has telegraphed the State de
partment that the Spiaaiish authori
ties have pardoned Frank Agramonte
and Tomaso Julio Saenz , two American
citizens , wno have been imprisoned at
Santiago de Cuba since June , 1S95.
Saturday. Oct. 30.
Cleveland's boy baby will be named
after his father.
A distinct shock of earthquake was
felt at Centerville , Mo.
M. Gaston Bethune , the well-known
artist , is dead at Paris.
Siveden and Norway will send a ship
to hunt for Profl Andree.
President McKinley has issued his
Thanksgiving. proclamation.
The Crow Indians are again be
coming troublesome in Montana.
In the Orphans' home in Anderson ,
Ind , , an epidemic of typhoid prevails.
Mrs. George was prostrated and was
cared for byy the friends of the family
at the hotel.
tfowa State Bapjtist convention hon
ored Mr. Remley by again choosing
him president.
Topeka ( Kansas ) councilmen would
bar hats from churches , theaters and
all public places.
Senator Wolcott of Colorado has
gone to Colorado to negotiate fresh
bimetallic proposals.
The National Pythian Press associa
tion at Nashville chose Indianapolis
for the -next meeting.
Charles Ross , charged with robbing
the Pacific Express company at Milford -
ford , Kan. , was convicted.
Count Henry de Penalosa , one of the
leaders in Paris of the Carlist move
ment , has arrived in New York.
Andrew Carnegie says he has of
fered the Carnegie armor plate works
to the United States government.
Mr. Bryan , in a speech in Ohio , re
ferred to Hanna as the ; "Chier con
spirator in the campaign of last year. "
New South Wales nas appointed a
veterinary inspector at San Francisco
for American horses to be shipped to
Australia from that port.
The postoffice department has com
pleted arrangements for the dirert ex
change of money orders between the
United States and Egypt ,
Twelve Baldwin locomotives have
arrived at Tien Tsin , China , for the
Tien Tsin-Lukuchiao ( Pekin ) railroad.
Eight are of the Mogul type.
The police of Paris today seized a
German comic paper , the Lustig Plat
ter ; contained cartoons ridiculing
President Faure and the Fremch re
public.
The Berlin Heischsanzieger publish
es formal notice jof the appointment of
Baron von Bueldsv , recently German
ambassador at Roftje , as minister for
foreign affairs with tfce rank of minis
ter of state and membsir of the Prus
sian ministry.
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1 HENRY GEOR&E DE D
SUDDENLY SUMMONED IN THE
EARLY MORNING.
Death Thought to Ilavo ltcon Due to Ap
oplexy , Drought Oh , Verhajis , by Too
Hard Campaign Work .Mrs. Georpo
Prostrated Over the Sad aud Sudden
Event.
Sudden Death of Henry GeorRO.
NEW YORK , Oct. 30. Henry George ,
the candidate of the Jeffersonian de
mocracy for mayor of Greater New
York , died in the Union Square hotel
at 4:45 o'clock yesterday morning.
Death is thought to have been due to
apoplexy. Mr. George arrived at the
hotel about 1 o'clock in the morning.
He had just come from several large
mass meetings in the boroughs of
Queens and Brooklyn. The work of
the night seemed to have told on him.
• He complained of being tired , but' .his
friend3 and relatives who awaited him .
thought it only the natural fatigue
that follows such hard campaing work
as Mr. George has been doing.
Not long after reaching the hotel he
retired. Mrs. George awaited him. It
was about 2:30 o'clock when Mrs.
George was awakened. She found Mr.
George sitting in an arm chair.
"I am not feeling quite comfortable , "
said Mr. George to his wife.
"Won't you go back to bed ? " in
quired Mrs. George , anxiously.
"I will sit here awhile , ' was the re
sponse.
Mrs. George at once grew anxious
as to her husband's condition. .Mr.
George gradually grew incoherent and
lapsed into semi-consciousness. Mrs.
George was now thoroughly alarmed
and called her son , Henry George , jr. ,
from an adjoining room. Frank
Stevens was also called in. Mr. George
was now unconsicious. A call was sent
to Dr. Kelly of 117 East Fifty-ninth
street , and he came without delay. Mr.
George was still unconscious. All ef
forts to revive him failed. Without a
sign of recognition to those around
him he passed peacefully away at 4:45
o'clock.
Henry George was born on Septem
ber 2 , 1839. He received a common
school education and then went into
a counting room. He was also a sailor
and afterward learned the printer's
trade. In 1858 he reached California ,
where he worked at the printer's case
until 1806 , when he became a reporter
and afterward an editor , working at
different times on the San Francisco
Times and Post.
He returned to New York in 1880 and
went to England and Ireland the fol
lowing year , where he was twice ar
rested as a suspect , but afterward re
leased when his identity became estab
lished. Mr. George is best known to
the world at large through his writings
upon economic questions , notably his
work entitled "Progress and Poverty , "
published in 1879. His other works
are : "Our Land and Land Policy , "
1871 ; "Irish Land Question. " 18S1 ; "So
cial Problems , " 1893 ; "Property in
Land , " 1884 ; "The Condition of La
bor , " "An Open Letter to Pope Leo
XIII , " 1S91 , and "A Preplexed Philosopher - '
osopher , " ( Herman Spencer , ) 1892.
In 18S6 Mr. Georgewas nominated by
the united labor party for mayor of
New York , polling 68,060 votes , against
90,000 for Abram S. Hewitt , the demo
cratic nominee , and 60,000 for Theo
dore Roosevelt , now assistant secretary
of the navy , republican. After his
nomination for mayor by the Jeffer
sonian democrats a month ago , Mr.
George made an extremely active can
vass , speaking several times every
evening and working from early to
late at his headquarters. He gave to
the campaign is most sensational in
cidents , its attacks on Richard Croker
and Senator Piatt , whom he threaten
ed to prosecute for various crimes such
as levying blackmail upon city con
tractors and aspirants for office , should
he be elected mayor. His candidacy
gave to the coming election its great
est element of uncertainty , for , accord
ing to expeTt politicians , it was prac
tically impossible to estimate how
much of Bryan's vote of last year
would go to George instead of Van
Wyck.
The funeral will take place Sunday
afternoon.
"Weather Bureau Expanding.
WASHINGTON , Oct , 30. Chief
Moore of the United States weather
bureau , in his annual report to Secre
tary Wilson , calls for an appropriation
of $1,044,050 for the next fiscal year
and says this will admit of the estab
lishment and equipment of new sta
tions in important centers of popula
tion. An investigation has been made
as to the influence of climate , season
and weather on sunstroke and the con
clusion reached that sunstroke became ]
imminent during the summer months
when the mean temperature of any one
day or of several successive days
equals the normal maximum temperature - '
ture of the period. Twenty experi
mental kite-flying stations are contemplated - '
plated this year and confidence in the '
great value of the ultimate result is ex-
pressed.
Prof. And roe's Tinllnnn.
CHRISTIANA , Oct. 30. Dispatches
received here from the island of Var-
di in the Arctic ocean off Finmark ,
which , with Vardoehus , is the most
northern fort , says the public there
is fully convinced of the truth of the
report that a whaling ship sighted
Prof. Andree's balloon floating Septem
ber 28 , near Prince Charles promon
tory , Spitzenbergen. The news has
caused considerable depression among
the friends of Prof. Andree.
Brakmo , the Arctic explorer , propos
ed to sail for Prince Charles promon
tory in order to investigate the truth
of the story told by the crew of the
whaler.
Thirteen Killfd br Explosion.
• TORRES , Mex. , Oct. 30. A disas
trous explosion occurred in the Amar-
illos shaft of the Grand Central mine
at Minas Priestas. Thirteen men were
killed outright and three sustained
probably fatal injuries. In some unde
termined manner a large quantity of
giant powder blew up in the fourth
level of the shaft So great was the
foice of the explosion that out of four
men who were stationed fully 20ft feet
distant three were killed iuituutly. Six
cf the recovered bodies are totallV un
recognizable. The Grand Centrafmine
was recently purchased for $1,000,001'
by an English syndicate. j
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' THANKSGIVING DAY. fIt
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It Is Xamod hy the l"roeln natlon at tin
1'reMdent.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 30. President
McKinley today issued his first Thanks
giving day proclamation as follows :
-In remembrance of God'a goodness
to us during the past year , which has
been so abundant , let us offer unto
Him our thanaksglving and pay our
vows unto the Most High.
Under His watchful providence In
dustry has prospered , the conditions of
labor have been improved , the rewards
of the husbandman novo been increas
ed and the comfort3 of our homes mul
tiplied His mighty hand has preserv
ed peace and protected the nation. Re
spect for law and order has been
strengthened , love of free insittutions
cherished and all sections of our be
loved country brought into closer
bonds of fraternal regard and gener-
OU3 co-operation.
For these great benefits it Is our duty
to praise the Lord in a spirit of hu
mility and to offer up to Him our
most earnest supplications. That wo
may acknowledge our obligation as a
people to Him who has so graciously
granted us the blessings of free gov
ernment and material prosperity , I ,
William McKinley , president of the
United States , do hereby designate and
set apart Thursday , the 25th day of
November , for national Thanskgiving
and prayer , which all of the people are
invited to observe with appropriate re
ligious services in their respective
places of worship.
On this day of rejoicing and do
mestic reunion let our prayers ascend
to the giver of every good and perfect
gift , for the continuance of His love
and favor to us , that our hearts may
be filled with charity and good will
and that we may be ever worthy of His
beneficent concern.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington , this
twenty-ninth day of October , in the
year of Our Lord , one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-seven , and of the
independence of the United States the
one hundred and twenty-second.
Wm. M'KINLEY.
By the President ,
JOHN SHERMAN , Secretary of State.
UNION PACIFIC DEAL.
Attorney General McKenua Talks at
Length About It.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 30. Attorney
General McKenna , in speaking of the
present Union Pacific situation , said :
There has been a great deal of mis
apprehension in the matter of the sep
aration of the sales of the Union Pa
cific and the , Kansas Pacific properties
The fact is , we have not separated
them in any sense in which they were
not separated , except that the time
between the sales has been lengthened
out. Formerly the Union Pacific prop
erty was to be sold November 1 and 2 ,
which rule will now go on , and Kan
sas Pacific on the 3d , 4th and 5th of
November. That sale has been post
poned until December 15.
The reorganization syndicate did , it
is true , guarantee , if the government
would proceed to foreclose , that bids
on the two properties aggregating $50 , -
000,000 , would be made ; but there was
no statement as to what part of that
sum should rest on the Union Pacific
and on the Kansas Pacific , respectively.
Now we have been assured our full
claim on the Union Pacific and beyond
that point the government can not ,
of course , bid.
On the Kansas Pacific property , the
sale of which has been postponed , there
must be a bid of ? 12,3000,000 or no sale.
That upset price was made by Judge
Sanborn's division of the interests.
This sum will give the government
about ? 5,000,000 and the bid may run
veay much above that figure.
The government will get dollar for
dollar of its debt on the Union Pa
cific , and in consequence of that re
sult the Central Pacific must , in settle
ment of its indebtedness , pay the
same. It can not escape from that
now , and this administration thinks it
is entitled to the credit for bringing
about this condition of affairs.
- Who would have thought , even as
late as a month ago , that the United'
States would ever get out all the mon
ey she had put into the Union Pacific ?
I venture that nobody except the president -
dent and myself. I think we have
done very well. Wa startedwithaprop-
osition from the organization commit
tee to -$45,000,000 for the road. Now
it has agreed to pay $58,000,000 for the
Union Pacific alone , leaving the Kan
sas Pacific line to be disposed of sep
arately. At most , if the Kansas Pa
cific be sold at its lowest possible
price , under the terms of Judge San
born's decree , the government stands
to lose $7,000,000. But the government
will get every dollars of its debt on
that line , as well as that on the Union \
Pacific. The road is a good one a
profitable local line if nothing else , and
well worth the $20,000,000 necessary to j
clear off the government dphf The
reorganization committee in its pros
pectus provides for the placing of over
$30,1)00.000 ) of securities for the Kan
sas line a fair indication , certainly , of
their idea of its value.
'ToKinl"- * to Oh' "
WASHINGTON , Oct. 30. President
McKinley left Washington at 4:30 ror
Cincinnati for the Ohio trip which has
been planned for several days. Sec
retary Porter accompanied him. The
president will stop in Canton , and the
party will return to Washington next
Thursday
After a search for heirs extending
over a score of years , the vast estates
of Imbaly Clarke , now appraised at
$25,000,000 , seems about to come to its
rightful possessor , the daughter of
Clarke , a mine owner , who died in
Australia over twenty years ago.
rnh nc - Meeting.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 30. The cab
inet held a short meeting Friday , last
ing only about an hour. No new busi
ness was brought forward and the only
matter considered was not of a depart
mental nature , , but an abstract of the
Spanish reply which Minister Wood
ford had eabled to Secretary Sherman
NEW YORK , Oct 30. It is not un
likely that all bets on the mayoralty
contest will be declared off as a result
of Henry George's death. It is estimat
ed that something like $150,000 ha3
been wagered on the Stock exchange. I
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JDllE lilBLY OF SPAIN. jM
THE LONG r XPECTED DISPATCH ift B
FINALLY ARRIVES. ' If ' B
It Comet in Installments and Occupies | H
Many Hoar * in iTriiniinlMlon SecnMu- • * M
ry Z'orier DuuIIiich to .Make I'nbllc u • _ M
Statement of Its Content * The 3Iut- M
ter Will lCeat Until CiniffrenH An.icinulen. H
Cablepmni Front Minister Wootlfonl. ' H
WASHINGTON , Oct. 28. The event B
of the diay at the "Statu Department H
was the receipt of the lonc-expccted BH
cablegram from United States Minister H
Woodford at Madrid transmitting the j H
answer of the Spanish , government to > H
his representations In the interest of H
peace In Cuba. This message began to H
come la installments at 2 o'clock this f H
morning , and it was nearly noon today - H
bcffvro it was all in. It was not the H
length of the mcGea-ga that occupied H
the wires all the time , but the fact 'j H
that It was all In groups of figures amd H
that It was probably being filled in. ' H
small batches as it wa3 turned into the H
complicated State Department cipher H
in Madrid. All of this work had to be H
undone at the State Department , and M
the message translated from , the cy- M
.pbsr back agafa Into good English. M
This occupied ncn < rly all I'Hy , so that H
it was 3:30 o'clock before the first fair H
oopy of the messgae was turned out. M
It was not so long in fact , there being - M
ing a little loss -than 1,000 words in tlin / H
message , for Mr. Woodford , Instead of B
cabling the whole of the Spanish ; n- J M
awer to his note , "hnd contented him- v H
self with reducing the mater to a brhf # J M
outline The first copy was taken at ' Hence
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once to the president , not being en- B
trusted to a messenger , but being , cte- M
liveired by Cliief Clerk Michaelg in person - , M
son at the whl'te house. , M
After duo opportunity had been 1
allowed the president to road the me- M
sage an application was made for a M
statement of its contents or nature. [ H
This was declined by Secretary Porter - M
ter and it was said that under no circumstances - H
cumstances would the correspondence M
be made public before the consideration - M
tion of the cabinet. From official information - M
formation that has reached , certain of- j H
fleers In advance of Mr. Woodford's M
message it Is evident that in neither. M
language nor subject matter is the M
message likely to be taken as often ? H
ive. It may bo , it is true , regarded H
as insufficient to meet the issues presented - M
sented by Mr. Woodford in his note' H
but officials of the State Department H
say that in view of what has already H
been accomplished by the new Spanish H
ministry andl cabinet In reforming a H
basis -in Cuba , in removing Weyler and H
in projecting what appears to be a liberal - H
oral measure of autonomy , our government - H
ment will certainly rest , a.t Ioast until M
congress assembles and afford the new M
Spanish government time to carr.y out | H
its plans. M
COURTS CONFLICT.
The Bullet Matter In Io\r Create Som M
Trnnlilf.
DES MOINES , la. , Oct. 2S. The supreme -
preme and district courts have ccnio
in direct conflict over the ballot case
? .nd tomorrow will see the attempt cf. S
the Polk county district court to ftn-
force an order in direct opposition to ' * B
the supreme court. |
3M
The attorney general and auditor of . , EEH
state , members of the election board , r "HH
appeared before Judge Spurrier in district - 9
trict court and were commanded to at Hence
once show why they should not be attached -
tached and jailed for contempt , in refusing -
fusing to revise the certificates of nam-
ination as ordered by the court. AT- j
torney General Remley asked till 5 * I
o'clock to make a showing , which was 9
granted. He went direct to the supreme - • I
preme court and presented a petition I
for a supersedeas to stay the lower
court from committing the board to fl
jail. This was heard by Justice Deem-
er and the supersedeas granted. I
When 5 o'clock came the board
failed to appear before Spurrier and
the proceedings in supreme court \yr jfl
ing explained to him Judge Spurrier H
declared that the writ of the supreme
court was worthless ; that his own , . k
court had the right to enforce its or- * * M
iler and that he should not recognize
the supersedeas. He issued notice to
the election board to appear before him
at 9 o'clock in the morning and said ? T
they failed to do so he would find M
means to compel attendance. He is ex'
pected to commit them to jail ana I
then they will bring habeas corpus 9
proceedings in supreme court for re-
lease.
Secretai-y of State Dobson was not |
in court and the officer v/ho searched
for him reported that he was believed B
to have left the state to avoid the profl
cess.
' • crUIon Ketrnrflinc- Tollrond KatPB. H
WASHINGTON , Oct. 28.The interstate -
state commerce commission today , in i
opinions by Commissioner Prouty
announced - -
nounced decisions in the cases of the -
Kentucky railroad nnmmiccfnr. o „ „ : * i B
the Cincinnati , New Orleans & Texas H
Pacific Railway company and the
bouthern Railway company , and J A.
Gustm against the Illinois Central
ttailroad Company and ether * H
vln l5 ? Gu n case frefrt ! rates from H
Memphis , * ew Orelans and ; other
southern and southwestern points to
Kearney , Neb. , made up of rates to and *
from Omaha , were allegpa to be unrea- - . # 1
sonable. unjust and unlawful , but no f H
US Were Washed ' W\
SIS . USratSS or \
filed. Th railroad
companies either - < M
did or dH not admit that the shipment '
and carnage was continuous and no , v
proof was submitted by
complainant /
showing that *
the carriers make '
through route in fact bv Seir coursS '
of business. The
decision
was that the
commission hes no power to comnel I \
lH Jnmn ? * • * * resepte'l * which f !
the
commission ! " H
has jwKriirHnn * *
complaint should g dismissed ' ' fl
Ttco.l „ „ to Par' • ec'fr " H
WASHINGTON. Oct. ? -Karl Decki , 4H
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er , who
rescued Miss Cisneros B
nn on in Hnv. ? , was the from o ? I V
nonor at a dinner given in his honor ' H
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Silver natOM In Ol.Ini. * H
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WASHINGTON. Oct. ? _ _ 0 , P H
ReadatTien-T3in ' 5"1
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ronoi-tsto -
Department that sSSSi * ' '
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and Carter and Sra v * ttigrew , > M
rived in Tl t * * * > * * * - $