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OUR UNCLE WINS
UNITED STATES SUCCESSFUL IN
BOUNDARY DISPUTE
HOT A FOOT OF LAND LOST
We Have Been Accorded Practically
All That Wa3 Contended For Dis
appointment to Our Canadian Neigh
bors on the North
LONDON The Alaslcan boundary
commission has reached an agreement
whereby all the American contentions
arc sustained with the exception of
those In relation to the Portland
canal which Canada wins All that
now remains to be done is for the
commissioners to affix their signatures
to the decision and complete the map
which will accompany It On the map
will be marked the boundary line defi
nitely fixing the division of American
and British territory on such a basis
thai no American citizen will lose a
foot of land he already believed he
held while the United States will re
tain all the waterways to the rich
Alaskan territory with the exception
of the Portland canal which gives
Canada the one outlet she so much
needed
The long standing dispute was only
settled after a wee of keen trying
secret deliberation between the arbi
trators Even up to within a few
hours of the end of the conference
there was an acute possibility that a
disagreement might result and the
whole proceedings fall to the ground
Lord Alverstone though openly in-
clined to believe in the justice of the
American argument that the United
States was entitled to the heads of in
lets as contained in question five held
out that Canada had established her
case in questions two and three deal
ing with the Portland canal
After luncheon Senator Lodge Sec
retary Root and Senator Turner
agreed to cede those joints and to
start the American boundary line irom
the head of the Portland canal thus
giving the Canadians that channel and
some small islands on which there are
only a few disused stone houses This
aconipliscJ the majority of the tri
bunal agreed to fix with this excep
tion the entire boundary as outlined
in the American case Whether
Messrs Aylesworth and Jette the
Canadian commissioners will refuse
to sign the decision and make it
uanimous is not yet known but it will
not affect the validity of the agree
ment if a minority report is sub
mitted By next Monday afternoon it
is hoped that everything will be ready
for signature though the actual mark
ing of the line on the map which shall
forever determine the respective ter
ritories will occupy some time
The majority of the commissioners
left the foreign office hurriedly in or
der to catch trains for week end vis
its to the country Nothing had oc
curred which would lead the few on
lookers even to suspect that the dis
pute had reached its practical end
The commissioners themselves are
still bound to secrecy until the decis
ion is actually rendered and practic
ally few others were really aware how
great a degree of success had attended
the efforts of the American members
of the tribunal
CONDITIONS ON ISLANDS BAD
illiterates and Illegitimates Predom
inate in Porto Rico
DETROIT Mich The Christian
womens board of missions which is
taking part in the international mis
sionary convention of the Christian
church in session here closed its bus
iness by re electing the old board of
officers At the conclusion of the of
ficial business reports on Christian
work from different parts of the world
were made That on the societys la
bors in Porto Rico and Jamaica made
a particular impression Miss Annie
E Davidson of Eureka III who has
much time on these islands
tiuadc the announcement that at least
SS per cent of the inhabitants are il
literate and possibly 70 per cent are of
illegitimate birth
Practice Cruise Ordered
SAN FRANCISCO Cal The naval
squadron now in port here has been
ordered to Acapulpa on a practice
cruise Thursday next is set for sail
ing day The ships affected by the
order are the Concord Marblehead
Boston and Wyoming The Marble
Jiead will fly the flag of Admiral
Glass in command
Elliott Adjudged Insane
WASHINGTON D C Peter Elliott
of Minnesota who was arrested at
the White House on the 5th inst an
who made a violent attack upon the
officers who had himin custody was
officially adjudged insane and recom
mitted to St Elizabeth insane asylum
China Uees Wireless System
- 1 FEKING The Marconi system of
- - wireless telegraphy was inaugurated
s Sunday between Peking and the coast
FRANCE IS GETTTING READY
Over 5000 Exhibits to Be Installed at
the St Louis Exposition
PARIS M Boeufve chancellor of
the French embassy at Washington
has been appointed representative of
the foreign office at the St Louis ex
position He sails for the United
States tomorrow and will go direct to
St Louis and begin installing the
French exhibits
M Boeufve has conferred with all
the leading branches of the French
exhibits for St Louis and says the
exhibits will number 5000 against
3000 at Chicago and that they will
exceed in general interest and com
pleteness any previous French ex
hibits They wiil include an elabor
ate exhibit of the governments furni
ture Gobelin and Beauvas tapestry
and Sevres pottery
Automobiles laces and silks will
be largely represented and the meth
ods of education farming and mining
in France will be shown The de
partment of labor will make an elab
orate showing of French methods of
industry and production The manu
facturers are seeking an enlarged
space
WHAT RAINFALL HAS DONE
In South Dakota Shallow WellG Now
Yield Much Water
SIOUX FALLS S D The ex
cessive rainfall this season has
brought about conditions throughout
South Dakota such as existed in the
early 80s with regard to obtaining
water from surface wells
In many parts of the state an
abundant supply of water can now
be struck at a depth of from seven
to ten feet while in some instances
five or six years ago following the
seasons when the rainfall was an
nually below normal hales had been
sunk near the same places to a depth
of as much as forty leet without ob
taining a single drop of water Tubu
lar wells became popular at that time
through necessity but now the far
mers find it more convenient to dig
surface wells in their pastures than
to drive their stock to and from their
windmills
HEROINES AT CHICAGO FIRE
Girl High School Students Carry Chil
dren to Safety
CHICAGO 111 At a fire that de
stroyed two residences in Irving park
Tuesday three children weie rescued
from death by girl students of
son High school
Raymond Saunders 5 years old is
believed to have perished in the
flames
The girls were on their way to
school which is located two blocks
from the scene of the fire Learning
that there were children in the house
several girls entered and bore the im
prisoned children through the dense
smoke to the street
In the confusion the Saunders boy
was not found
LIVE STOCK SHOW OPENS
Mere Entries at Kansas City Than
Ever Before
KANSAS CITY Mo The fifth an
nual American Royal Live Stock show
will open here with 700 head of pure
bred entered 200 more than were in
last years show and the largest num
ber ever entered in a single show In
addition to the cattle thee are 150
head of imported draft and coach
horses 300 swine 200 sheep and 1000
angora goats
A feature of the show is an exhibit
of carjoads lots of native and range
bred feeding cattle in which upwards
of 100 cars are entered Cash prizes
aggregating 5000 will be awarded on
the carload lot exhibit The prizes to
be awarded in the show aggregate
25000
FUND TO OPPOSE STRIKERS
Hcrseshoers Make Provisions to
Raise 250000
ST PAUL Minn Provision was
made at the concluding session of
the Master Horse3hoers convention
for a contingent fund to oppose
strikes At present there is 25000
available for this purpose but there
has been no law specifically stating
that the fund should be so used A
special assessment will be made on
the members of the association dur
ing the next three months until the
fund amounts to 75000 and like as
sessments will be ordered until the
fund reaches 250000
Exploring a Volcano
HONOLULU An exploring party of
thirteen the first to reach Mokuapopo
the summit of the crater of Mauna
Loa gives reliable details of the erup
tion The party suffered severely
from mountain sickness and cold
They found the inside of the creater
very active Out of the mass of mol
ten lava fiery geysers were shooting
up to the height of 200 feet or more
but there was no overflow of lava
THE LAND LAW
CHANGES LIKELY TO BE MADE
BY THE COMING CONGRESS
OBJECT TO SOME MEASURES
An Effort for Repeal of the Desert
Timber Stonekand Pre emption Acts
Senator Hansbrough Will Oppose
Proposed Changes
WASHINGTON Evidences are at
hand that a strong effort will be made
at the coming session of congress to
secure the repeal ot the timber and
stone act desert land and commuted
homestead -laws The movement has
been formed by interests identified
with irrigation associations Its pur
pose is said to be to prevent land ex
ploitation by corporations and en
courage the settlement of the public
domain by homeseekers There arc
Indications that efforts to repeal the
desert land laws will be vigorously
resisted Senator Hansbrough of
North Dakota chairman of the public
land committee was in conference
Friday with the interior department
officials concerning this matter Sen
ator Hansbrough believes that the
timber and stone act and desert land
laws should be amended in some im
portant particulars but condemns any
movement having for its purpose the
repeal or amendment of the commu
tation clause of the homestead laws
The senator said that he was prepar
ing and will present early in the ses
sion a bill proposing amendments to
the desert land law and timber and
stone act The bill will provide for
the sale of the timber on government
lands to the highest bidder in tracts
not exceeding 320 acres The timber
to be scaled prior to auction and a
tlforough examination made by offic
cials to determine its quantity and
value Under the Hansbrough bill no
person or corporation could purchase
more than one tract As to the des
ert land law the bill will prohibit the
assignment by an entryman of his
desert right prior to making final
proof Under the present laws an en
tryman can assign his right the mo
ment he makes his filing If my
amended bill prevails said Senator
Hansbrough it will have the effect
of making the desert land entrymen
practically three year homesteaders
because they will be required to live
on their land and make improve
ments for three years before making
proof and they can make no assign
ment during that time
KANSAS ODD FELLOWS SUE
Wants 50000 From Two Topeka
Lawyers
WICHITA KAS The grand lodge
of Odd Fellows of Kansas in ses
sion here notified Troutman Stone
Topeka attorneys that they would
be sued for the return of 50000 in
connection with the financial opera
lions of the Boissiere Odd Fellows
home at Silkville Franklin county
The Odd Fellows have acknowl
edged their loss to the title to this
estate through litigation but will at
tempt to recover the money spent in
clearing their original title to it and
improvements
Troutman Stone came into pos
session of the estate by purchase of
the claim of Madam Corrine the
sister of Mr Boissiere
Strengthens Free Trade Party
LONDON The duke of Devon
shires adhesion to the Free Food
league is regarded as greatly strength
ening the free trade party The lib
eral papers point out that it is a rep
etition of 1S86 when the duke on sep
arating from Mr Gladstone tried to
remain independent but was eventu
ally absorbed by the conservatives
So now the duke of Devonshire and
his unionist followers will be unable
to maintain an independent attitude
of supoprting the government except
on its fiscal policy but would be com
pelled by the force of circumstances
to fall into line with the liberal free
traders
Mission May Be Useless
CONSTANTINOPLE Fearing
troubles with Russia if he deals di
rectly with Bulgaria the sultan has
referred M Natchevitch to the grand
vizier instead of allowing him to con
tinue his negotiations with the pal
ace This action diminishes tbe prob
ability of success of M Natche
vitchs mission
Central Bankers Go West
CHICAGO Ninety members of the
American Bankers association repre
senting the large financial institu
tions of Michigan Wisconsin Iowa
Indiana and Illinois left Chicago Fri
day night for the annual meeting in
San Francisco October 20 Promi
nent among the passengers was F
G Bigelow president of the First Na
tional bank who has announced his
candidacy for the presidency of the
national association
i THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
X Latest Quotations Prom South
Omaha and Kansas City
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SOUTH OMAHA
CATTLE Receipts of cattle were not
excessive and while there was little or
no change in ruling prices the market
was slow and no more than steady
Cornfed steers sold In Just about the
Fame notches that they did yesterday
Packers seemed to want a few and as
there were only a few bunches In sight
the market held steady Cornfeds of de
sirable quality are fully steady for the
week and even the commoner kinds have
shown very little change although trad
ing has been dull on that class with
prices rather uneven There was no
great life to the cow trade as buyers
seemed to be pretty well tilled up and
apparently did not care whether they got
many or not There Is little change to
note in bulls veal calves and stags as
prices have held just about steady all
the week There wexe only a few stock
ers and feeders in sight so that prices
on anything decent held about steady
Common stuff was extremely dull the
same as usual The few western grass
b ef steers that arrived sold without ma
terial change in the market or at fully
steady prices as compared with close
of last week
HOGS The upward tendency of hog
values was suddenly checked and in fact
the bulk of the advance of the last few
days was lest At the opening of the
mikct a few of the best lightweights
sold steady to a little lower as high as
J5C0 being paid or the same as yester
days top Aside from those few loads
however the market was very slow and
1CS20C lower than yesterday morning or
fully a dime lower than yesterdays bad
close Packers were bidding 552jS539
for heavies 53301535 for mediums while
the lights sold from that up to 550
SHEEP Quotations for grass stock
Choice western lambs 475500 fair to
good lambs 54505475 choice yearlingB
UC S3S5 fair to good yearlings 340
3G0 choice wethers 53358360 fair to
good wethers J 15tJ335 choice ewes
52S55310 fair to good ewes 5250281
choice fpeder lambs 5410 135 fair to
good feeder Iambs 350400 feeder year
lings ICf3G0 feeder wethers 300
325 feeder ewes 5150i250
KANSAS CITY
CATTLE Native and wethered beeves
steady to strong native and western
cows steady to 30c lower stockers and
feeders slow and lower choice export
and dressed beef steers 5450ftI340 fair
to good 54150450 stockers and feeders
J22O4C0 Western fed steers 523f43D
Texas and Indian steers 5225325 Texas
cows 5150 225 native cows 5150ii4u0
native heifers 5225410 canners 5100J
230 hulls U0325 calves 175630
HOGS Market 10c lower closed weak
top J570 bulk of sales 5540505 heavy
553va537s mixed packers 55505370
light 545iS570 yorkers 55G5o70 pigs
r 25f75C0
SHEEP AND LAMBS Market steady
to strong native lambs 53250520 west
ern lambs 529O510 fed ewes 5230tj375
Texas clipped yearlings 525Og40O Texas
clipped sheep 5240375 stockers and
feeders 520O g35O
NEW LINE ON THE PACIFIC
Grand Trunk to Equip Three Vessels
for Australian Trade
SAN FRANCISCO The informa
tion was made public that the Grand
Trunk road is about to place three
large and modern steamers in the
Australian trade sailing from Ta
coma in competition with the Oceanic
Steamship company and the Canadian
Pacifics line to Australia
Involved in the new enterprise is a
traffic deal between the Grand Trunk
and the Hill lines whereby the latter
will share the handling of the traffic
the steamers of the Pacific Coast com
pany to furnish direct connection
with this port
The establishment of the new
steamship line to be known as the
Australian and Puget Sound Steam
ship company is declared to be
strictly a Grand Trunk undertaking
As the Grand Trunk has no tracks
thus far this side of Chicago the Hill
lines will handle the business be
tween Tacoma and Chicago
Mule Too Tough for Street Car
ST LOUIS Mo While a team of
mules drawing a wagon were crossing
North Ninth street a street car came
speeding along and struck one of the
mules squarely on the flank The
collision stopped the car The car
was damaged to the extent of 10
several passengers received bruises
from the impact but the prostrated
Missouri mule arose gave one long
bray and then proceeded quietly with
the wagon
Foul Play Feared and Negro Held
INDIANAPOLIS Ind A negro un
known to the police is being held un
til an investigation can bo made con
cerning a certificate of membership
in the Scottish Rite Masons wiiicl
he had in his possession The certifi
cate bore the name of James Chat
field of Ossian Ind The police have
ascertained that Chatfield left for1
Kansas City Relatives fear that he
met with foul play
Fortunte may find a pot but your
own industry must make it boil
Protest Against Statue of Lee
DAYTON O One of the conclud
ing acts of the Union Veteran Legion
which closed its annual meeting here
on Friday was the adoption of a reso
lution bitterly protesting against and
denouncing the plan of placing
statue of General Robert E Lee iu
the Hall of Fame Tne resolution
nssert that such an act would be an
insult to the Union soldiers now Liv
ing and to the memory of soldiers
dead
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CUBAN BECIPE0C1TY
SITUATION AND OUTLOOK SEEM
TO HAVE CHANGED
American Interesto Arc Pressing for
the Ratification of the Treaty While
Cuba Care3 Little or Nothing About
the Matter
In a spirit o candor and fairness
and with a knowledge of the essential
facts heaving upon the question the
Washington correspondent of the New
York Sun under date cf Sept 1G
treats at some length The Outlook
for Cuban Reciprocity it is taken
for granted at the outset that an ex
tra session of congress will be called
for Nov 9 to consider and act upon the
proposed reciprocity treaty and it is
assumed that after few days spent In
organising and maneuvering and per
haps in filibustering the legislators
will go home for Thanksgiving week
without having made any progress
with the Cuban business This will
bring them close to the first Monday
in December the date for the first
regular session of the Fifty eighth
Coo 033 so close in fact that It is
extremely doubtful whether definite
action will be had on the treaty prior
to the regular session The corre
spondent thinks that in the very brief
space between the end of the Thanks
giving recess and the beginning of the
regular session Congress will again
tackle the Cuban reciprocity ques
tion which has for many months
been a sore disturber of our political
peace It would not however be at
all strange or unreasonable if the
Thanksgiving recess should be pro
longed until the first Monday in De
cember In that event the time spent
in the extra session would be time
wasted Should this view of the prob
abilities commend itself to the mind
of the President it may be that the
extra session will not be called and
that the Cuban question will be per
mitted to take its turn in the regular
legislative proceedings of the regular
sessiou Many senators and represen
tatives Javor this course and not with
out good reason
It is very generally agreed that
action by congress on the Cuban reci
procity question long since passed out
of the emergency stage and that the
grounds for hasty procedure here
tofore so strenuously urged no longer
exist That is evidently the view of
the Suns correspondent for he says
That which was perhaps the strong
est argument in favor of a generous
policy toward Cuba is no longer an
astive factor That consisted in the
presentation of Cubas dire needs and
in the declaration of our responsibility
for their relief Though very much
poorer than most Americans now sup
pose them to be the Cubans are not
immediately threatened with economic
distress and financial disaster They
have quietly and patiently pulled them
selves together faced the misfortune
which confronted them two years ago
and have virtually conquered it They
are getting along as best they can
but they are getting along Their self
congratulation upon and public an
nouncement of the healthy condition
of their national treasury has created
a mistaken belief in the general pros
perity of the people They are not now
suffering but they are far from pros
perous rue argument or aire need
and American responsibility will have
little or no place in the coming discus
sion
As a matter of absolute fact the
argument of dire need and American
responsibility never should have had
any place in the discussion since it
never was based upon actual Cuban
needs or actual American responsi
bility This being the case the Sun
correspondent rightly concludes that
the issue will turn upon the point of
American and not of Cuban inter
ests The issue has from the be
ginning turnedN wholly upon the point
of American interests It started pri
marily in a Sugar trust game of grab
artfully reinforced b the spurious pre
text of relief for Cuba The philan
thropic feature caught on co hard
that the grab game was overlooked
and lost sight of Now however the
charity element disappears and Amer
ican interest is all that is left
The Sun correspondent further de
scribes the situation and outlook as
follows t
In former discussions the noise of
the campaign has been made by the
beet sugar interests of the United
States It now seems probable that
this factor will have little or no prom
inence It is generally admitted that
the proposed treaty limited as it is to
a brief term will be of less injury to
them than would a continued agita
tion with its disturbance of market
coudtions It is currently reported
in nniinmMwiimwOTiTranirr rirnT Mrn
declaration of the Republican national
platform of 1S96 virtually pledging
protection to American sugar pro
ducers Mr Roosevelts attitude la
held to be a violation of that pledge of
Ids party Yet as President he has
committed himself unalterably to Cu
ban reciprocity and as membors of
the party of which he is now the of
ficial head the Republicans in congress
are supposed to follow his lead
As to the action or non action of
the beet sugar interests we are not
authorized to speak but wo think it
very questionable whether the real
friends of beet sugar will withdraw
their opposition on the theory that a
five year treaty with Its reduced tariff
proviso Is preferable to continued agi
tation It is much more reasonable
to suppose that they would prefer to
have the treaty beaten once for all in
a fair light with the certainty that it
can never again come up untlei a Re
publican administration as a disturber
of peace inside tne Republican party
The San Francisco Chronicle may be
considered good authority on this
point In an extended article of ap
proving comment on the attitude of
the American Protective Tariff league
In opposition to reciprocity in com
petitive products whether with Cuba
or with any other country the Chron
icle recently said
With all the capital seeking Invest
ment in this country has any ono
heard of a new sugar factory even se
riously proposed in this state since
Cuban reciprocity was threatened
The league is in the right and must
prevail
As to the less noisy but more ef
fective opposition to which the Sun
refers as dominating the situation
we assume that the Tariff league and
those who share its beliefs are re
ferred to The cap fits and the league
is perfectly willing to put it on and
wear it The Tariff league opposes
any break in our present tariff bar
riers It opposes the Cuban treaty be
cause it is convinced that as the Sun
says such a treaty would be a breacn
in the walls through which would fol
low treaties with France Newfound
land the Argentine Canada and per
haps with others to the entire de
rangement of ur present system Also
because the Cuban treaty would be an
act of bad faith and grossly unfair
toward the domestic agricultural in
terests which have been guaranteed
protection in the production of sugar
and tobacco With reasons such as
these for foundation and backing it
is not difficult to understand why this
group has been and still is the effec
tive force in opposition to the Cuban
treaty Opposition based upon prin
ciple upon fair play and square deal
ing generally is effective That it
may continue to be elective in shap
ing the action of the Republican party
in congress is profoundly to be hoped
Dont Choke Up the Chimney
The Safer Guide
In spit of the assertion of the 13t
Paul Pioneer Press a mighty poor
authority by the way as to Repub
lican in Minnesota or else
wherethat Minnesota and the North
west are to day almost unanimously
in favor of tariff revision the Boston
Herald is oppressed by the fear that
Minnesota Republicans will continue
to vote the Republican ticket The
Heralds fears are well grounded That
is precisely what Minnesota Republi
cans may be depended upon to do Tar
iff tinkering sentiment in Minnesota is
chiefly stored away in the thought res
ervoirs of the fellows who write edi
torials for the metropolitan Republi
can newspapers It does not exist
among the Republican rank and file
The best proof of that is the fact that
the largest Republican vote is polled
in Congressional districts where tho
lepufcliean candidates are the most
i I10511 to tariff tinkering If you are
that the active opposition of the beet
coking or real political sentiment
sugar interests will be withdrawn
Although these interests were gen
erally supposed to be the controlling
force in the opposition heretofore
such is not at all the fact Behind
the noise and the vociferation o that
element there stood another roup
less noisy but more effective really
dominating the situation This con
sisted of those who oppossd any break
in our present tariff barriers They
feared that a treaty with Cuba would
be a breach in the walls through which
would follow treaties with France
Newfoundland the Argentine Canada
and perhaps with others to the entire
derangement of our present tariff sys
tem This group has been and still
is the effective force in opposition to
the Cuban treaty
The strength which this element
will develop in the coming session can
not now be measured New influences
partly political and partly economic
have arisen Attention is called to the
uu in mm etecuon returns a sater
guide than foolish editorials
Gain Home Markets First
We have pointed out that there s a
100000f00 market for sugar right
here at home which we can capture
for home producers if we will Like
wise there is a 50000000 market for
raw silk worth trying for and there
are also markets for many ether mill
ions and hundreds of millions of dol
lars worth of products Why not gain
these home markets for our own labor
and capital before worrying about less
profitable foreign markets to be got
ten only- through treaties and barter-
Why They Oppose It
As a rule the farmers who have
been receding such high prices for all
the products of the farm are opposed
to ripping the tariff as a means of get
ting at the trusts Des Moines Cap
ital
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