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THE DAYS DOINGS
SUMMARY OF LATE NEWS
BY WIRE
60ID MANUFACTURED
CLAIMS TO HAVE DISCOVERED
NATURES PROCESS
From the Two Ingredients Anti-
mony and Lead Comes Pure and
Unadulterated Gold Worth 20
n Ounce Other Sews Items
Will Manufacture Gold
Tho Klondike the ranri of South Africa
the Comstock lode or the fabulous mines
of the Aztecs will not be worthy of men
tion when the Chicago gold factory begins
work About October 15 Edward C Brice
will start up his works and ke says will
turn out gold by the ton
Mr Brice has reduced his proposition to
science and only uses two ingredients
antimony and lead He claiines to have
fliscovered the process of nature in form
ing gold lie believes and has demon
strated In a small way that gold is a pro
duct of volcanic action In his plant he
expects to reproduce the forces of nature
His chief furnace is a miniature volcano
The attributes of heat air and natural
substances of the earths formation are
united in a great eruption and fusing pro
cess and out of the combination comes
jgold pure and unadulterated gold mar
ketable at the assay offices of the treasury
f the United States at 20 an ounce and
Mr Brice will if his volcano does what is
rpected of it turn out 134 ounces a day
That is 2GS0 every twenty four hours
JJesides gold he will have a small propor
tion cf silver about twenty six ounces to
each 134 ounces of gold
STEEL BARGES TO CARRY GRAIN
Ship from St Liouis to New Orleans
for Three Cents a Bushel
Stockholders of the Consolidated Ele
vator Company of St Louis have practical
ly decided to organize a company to build
steel barges of light draft in which it is ex
pected grain can be shipped to New Or
leans for 8 cents a bushel W B Samuel
general manager of the company has this
to say on the subject
A steel barge line will be running on
the Mississippi the early part of 189S
There is a movement on foot to build stee
barges of the latest construction that will
firaw but fourteen or fifteen inches of
water and carry 800 tons of freight That
will make them capable of running during
the lowest stages of water in the river and
they can carry grain the year round to
New Orleans for 3 cents per bushel One
of the best known shipbuilders in the
countrj will establish a shipyard in St
Louis and construct these barges By the
first of next March we will have a boat
and four or five steel barges ready for the
spring trade These steel barges can be
operated far cheaper than the wooden
barges can Only 3 per cent of the cost of
a steel barge will pay for its annual re
pairs whereas it requires from 8 to 10 per
cent to keep the wooden barges in good
condition Owing to the low cost of opera
ting steel barges a very low freight rate
ean be offered the public
KILL FIGHTS IN ST LOUIS
Police Prevent a Pugilistic Encoun
ter on the Pier
An attempt was made Sunday evening
-at St Louis Mo to bring off a pugilistic
encounter on the river between Billy Ma
tian of San Francisco and Brown Low
Sexton of that city The pugilists left
Saturday for the battle ground hoping
to avoid the police When the boat
that was to take the sports to the ground
attempted to leave the dock twenty police
men went aboard and ordered the sports
fcack on shore threatening them with ar
rest This will put an end to fights in and
about St Louis The St Louis sports
hoped on the recent decisions in the courts
there to be able to pull off a fight once in
M while
FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
Member of a Prominent Cleveland
Firm Under Arrest
John J Shepherd a member of the firm
of Charles II Potter Co at Cleveland
Ohio was arrested Monday morning
charged with embezzlement Following
close upon the issue of the warrant came
petition asking a receiver for the firm on
the claim that 991000 by Frank Dehaas
Bobinson was alleged to be due for street
railway stock in the Fort Wayne Consoli
dated Street Railway Company which
Bobinson says the firmowes him In the
warrant for Shepherds arrest Robinson
says Shepherd held money and property to
the value of 183286 of which he has
dnade no accounting
Makes Demands of Brazil
The French ministej at Rio de Janeiro
lias demanded immediate settlement of the
Aniaha question and an explanation of
Brazils delay in the matter France has
ot however resolved to immediately oc
xupy the disputed territory
A Big Failure in Austria
The largest sheet iron manufactory in
Austria Hungary has suspended payment
frith liabilities amounting to 1500000
Horins The failure has made a great sen
sation
Troops Will Be Withdrawn
I It is announced that the baitalionof
troops still stationed at Hazelton Pa will
j3jc withdrawn All the militia will then
jhave left The miners are nearly all at
jfrork and affairs have again resumed their
I
I
ormal condition
Gold Seeker Drowned
iVnnl has hppn received that ex Mavor
hreil Coup of Vancouver B C was
drowned in a creek on the Skaguav trail
Jiile fording It with a horse He slipped
nd was instantly washed away
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TWtf iSE
THE CEREAL CROPS
Final Intimates on Yield Given
Quadruple Tragedy in a Hotel
Reward Offered for Train Robbers
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific
Railway Company has offered a reward of
S500 each for the capture of the five men
who held up and robbed its passenger
train at Chickasha Oklahoma Friday A
score of deputy marshals with bloodhounds
are scouring the country for the gang of
outlaws which is responsible for the rob
bery Al Jennings leader of the gang
was at one time attorney of Canadian
County
Approved by Municipal League
The League of American Municipalities
fn session at Columbus Ohio passed reso
lutions heartily approving of an investi
gation of the federal department of labor
nto water gas and electric lighting works
with the view of determining whether it
would be advantageous for municipalities
to own them and declaring the authorities
in all cities should co operate with
part men t
sought
in collecting the information
Rock Island Earnings
The estimated gross earnings of the en
tire system of the Chicago Rock Island
and Pacific Railway Company both east
and west of the Missouri River for the
nonth of September 1S97 are 1S07691
an increase as compared with estimated
earnings of September 1S9B of 344023
Weyler lias Not Resigned
The Associate I Press is informed from
Iie bef so i i ces a nilable at the present
iicniMi sin Cap uin Weyler of Cuba
aa llol UVrigneil
by
Orange Judd Farmer
The Orange Judd Farmer in its final
estimate of the years wheat crop says
that figures based on actual thrashing re
turns indicate a total yield ot 589000000
bushels of which 873000000 bushels is
winter and 215470000 bushels spring
wheat
With the exception of Illinois and Mis
souri the winter wheat yield represents
the full capacity of the soil The spring
wheat yield in Minnesota and the Dakotas
has proved a disappointment the aggre
gate being only 120000000 bushels The
shortage there is in a measure counter
balanced by the good yield in Nebraska
Oregon and Washington
The report says the corn crop is exced
ingly disappointing The outside estimate
is 1750000000 bushels Drouth during the
past twojiionths reduced the average con
dition frflm 82 a month ago to 781 on
October I
An average oats yield of 287 bushels
per acie suggests a crop of 814000000
1 jshels 100000000 more than last year
THE PUBLIC DEBT
An Increase of i7STH2 During
the Mouth
The monthly treasury statement shows
that at the close of business September 150
1S97 the public debt less cash in the treas
ury was 10121227115 an increase since
August 80 of 787892 This increase is
accounted for by a -corresponding amount
of -cash on hand Tiie debt is recapitulated
as follows
Interest bearing debt 5 8471565510
Debt on which interest has
ceased since maturity 1834870
Debt bearing no interest 17SG 15390
Totals
The cash in the
1227315500
treasury isi lassified as
follows
Silver
Paper
konds disbursing officer
181501064
51S41717
133011339
bal
ances etc 18713880
Totals 8503liSlKil
Against which there are demand liabili
ties outstanding amounting 1o 1535175814
which leaves a net cash balance in the
treasury of 2151227S7
KILLS THREE AND SUICIDES
in
Xew York City
A woman and three children were as
phyxiated in the West Shore Hotel Xew
York Friday night The woman had evi
dently killed the children and suicided
They registered as Mrs Caroline Uazi
nius of West Point and three children
The woman appeared to be about 40 the
children about 15 18 and 7
The victims were tho wife and children
of Robert Rizinius an enlisted man in the
regular army at West Point where he was
employed as a printer lie had been in
the ami thirty years and was expected
to retire in a few months
The neighbors scout the suicide theory
She was merely in the city on a pleasure
excursion
THIRTY PERSONS INJURED
Canadian Pacific Express Derailed
in Massachusetts
The Canadian Pacific express due in
Boston at 830 Saturday night met with
an accident at West Medford Mass
whereby thirty persons were more or less
injured but none it is believed fatally
There were eight cars on the train which
was running rapidly and the three rear
coaches were derailed
Sells Her Husband
John A Truitt a conductor of the
Northern Central street car line St Louis
was sold by his wife the other day for
4000 to a woman who declares that she
loves the man more than his wife does
The deal was the sequel to the following
remarkable statement made to Mrs Truitt
by Mrs Stephens who lives in thatcity
with her father
Mrs Truitt I love your husband and
I want him I have traveled the world
over and he is the first man I ever loved
I will give you 4000 cash for him if you
will give him up
Not as Rich as Believed
The San Francisco Call says that the
appraisers of the estate of James G Fair
have completed their task and will present
a report to the probate court in a few days
The report will show that the value of the
Fair estate has been very much overrated
Instead of being valued at from 20000000
to 60000000 the appraisers say the official
figures will be about 12000000 These
figures were reached after four months of
continuous labor
SPAIN COMING TO TIME
RECALL WEYLER AND REVERSE
HIS METHODS
New York Junta Leaders Say the
Patriots are Willing to Pay Spain
a Fair Price for Independence but
Spurn All Autonomy
Willing to Grant Autonomy
A dispatch to the New York Worl from
Madrid says The World correspondent
called on Premier Sagasta who said in
response to queries
Why should we need mediation when
our intentions long rimI often expressed
by the liberal party aim at realizing all
that America could suggest
Xo Spanish party certainly not the
liberals could assent to foreign int fer
ence in our domestic affairs or wiii our
colonies
Xo government could hope to induce
the nation to accept such interference
We shall reverse completely the policy
of the last two years in Cuba beginning
naturally with the recall of Weyler
Senor Sagasta has met with a hearty
response on the part of all Liberal states
men and all the Spanish stocks ami
securities have risen on the strength of
this settlement of the crisis
Estrada Talma representative of the
Cuban provisional government said
To the Cuban patriots it makes little
difference whether a Liberal or Conserva
tive ministry directs affairs in Spain A
change in government in Spain does not
alter the case of the Cubans They are
now more firmly determined than ever
to push the light until the absolute inde
pendence of Cuba is acknowledged I be
lieve the Cubans are willing to pay a
reasonable indemnity to Spain provided
she withdraws her troops before the island
is completely ruined
TEXAS EDITOR MOBBED
Brann of the Iconoclast Roughly
Handled by College Students
YV C Braun editor of Branns Icono
clast published in Waco Texas was the
victim of a mob of 200 students of Taylor
Unversity aBaptist institution Saturday
afternoon Mr Branu was sitting in his
publishing house when four students
called him to the door when they siczed
himnnd thrust him into a hack which was
rapidly driven to the college campus His
captors were armed with revolvers
At the campus a mob of 200
students was gathered a majority
of whom were armed They siczed Mr
Brann pulled him here and there and
threatened to shoot him A rope was pro
duced and cries of Hang him arose on
all sides Mr Brann under threats of
death signed a statement saying that an
article appearing in the October number
of the Iconoclast and reflecting on the
university was untrue and further that
he would leave town This article was
the cause of the action of the students
Great excitement was caused by the inci
dent The action of the mob is generally
condemned Mr Brann declares that he
cannot be driven from tho city and will
continue his publication in Waco
THREE PERISH IN A FIRE
Mother and Two Sons Cremated in
Massachusetts
Three lives were lost early this Sunday
morning by the burning of a dwelling
house In the center of East Long Meadow
Mass The home of George Brownlee her
husband and two sons Thomas aged 21
and James aged 19 escaped in their night
robes but Mrs Brownlee and her son
Thomas were a few minutes later burned
in the building their bodies being buried
in the ruins Mrs Brownlee losing her
head rushed back into the house thinking
her sons had not come out Thomas
rushed after her to save her and James
after Thomas The mother and elder son
were overcome while James got out but
was burned so severely that he died Mr
Brownlee was badly burned on the hands
and feet The bodies of the victims were
recovered
W R ECK IN COLORADO
Two Passengers Killed and a Dozen
Injured
The first section of the Denver and Rio
Grande narrow guage train No 4 met
with an accident just west of Cotopaxi
Colo Sunday morning The accident is
believed to have been caused by the
spreading of the rails Two passengers
were killed and twelve injured The
train was made up of one baggage car
three tourist cars one coach three sleepers
and a pay car
One coach three sleepers and the pay
car left the track and rolled over on their
sides The wreck occurred at the end of a
trestle the last car of the train having
only passed across the bridge Had the
accident occurred while the train was
crossing the trestle the loss of life would
undoubtedly have been very great
A New Cure for Consumption
Prof Landerer of Stuttgart Germany
who has been experimenting for years in
the treatment of tuberculosis has treated
400 patients with a soluble salt of cinamic
acid He believes that almost all the
patients so treated have been permanently
cured
Veteran Actor Dead
Joseph Proctor the veteran actor died
at his home in Boston Saturday after a
long illness Mr Proctor was born in
Marlboro Mass in 1810 and made his
debut on the stage fii 1883 in Damon arict
Pythias
Earthquakes in the Par East
Earthquakes have shaken many places
on the northeast coast of Boreno A now
island has been thrown up near Mempakul
And the Only Word that Fits
One sort of book holds its own iu all
the mutations of criticism aud that is
the sort of book that boys like The
eternal boy insists upon action cour
age truth and bravery in the yarns he
reads aud anything new fangled he
drops as stuff only he uses a word
of three letters for it Boston Tran
script
ii l
TRAIN ROBBED IN MIDDAY
Indian Territory Bandits Clean
Up
Passengers and Rifle Mail
Bandits robbed a southbound passenger
train and all its passengers at 11 oclock
Saturday forenoon at Siding Xo 1 about
five miles south of Minco in the Indian
Territory The trainmen were completely
surprised and they were not prepared to
offer any insistence when five masked men
came upon them at the lonely siding
Some section men flagged the train the
robbers having compelled them to do so
Under the pressure of Winchesters and
ugly looking six shooters the trainmen
express messenger and all of the score
or more of passengers were made t
climb down from the train and stand in
line hands up on the prairie along the
railway The bandits secured about 300
in cash and such other valuables in the
way of watches pipes and jewelry as were
in sight from the passengers and trainmen
These haing been thoroughly plucked
three of the bandits turned their attention
to the express and mail coaches the others
standing guard over the helpless crowd on
the prairie The registered mail pouches
were quickly rifled but the through safe
in the express ear resisted all the force
and ingenuity of the road agents When
the messengers had convinced the bandits
that they could not open the strong box
they resorted to dynamite Several heavy
barges were exploded but the safe proved
bandit proof and though it was badly
battered its contents were saved to the ex
press company
Having taken forcible possession of
everything that they could carry away
the bandits mounted their horses and rode
off toward the west
THE WEEK IN TRADE
The Business World as Seen by
Dun Co
BC Dun Cos Weekly Review oi
Trade says The failures during the third
quarter of 1897 were 2003 with liabilities
of 28980261 of which 29 were in bank
ing with 3387069 liabilities Commer
cial failures 2874 with liabilities of 25
575192 average only S899 each lower
than in any quarter for twenty three
years The amount of defaulted liabili
ties is smaller than in any quarter for
five years and in fifteen years only six
quarters have shown smaller liabilities
Manufacturing failures 051 with liabili
ties of 6431191 average but 14487 each
and trading 2164 with liabilities of 12
835065 average but 5927 each both
smaller in average of liabilities than in
any previous year of which classified
tccords exist
Speculation in wheat and cotton has
been set back by bright crop prospects
The wheat estimate of 500000000 bushels
about 200000000 bushels more than would
be required for food and seed leaving the
smallest stocks for six years without re
plenishment was followed by a decrease
in foreign buying and caused weakness
The price of wheat has declined 5 cents
and of corn nearly 2 cents for the week
Fight with Cattle Thieves
Sheriff Kilborn and posse engaged in a
batlle with two cattle thievej on the lower
Powder River in Oregon In all about
forty shots were exchanged It was dark
when the sheriff and his men came upon
the bandits who had with them eighty
head of cattle Both sides opened fire and
Fred Hull one of the thieves was shot
through the arm Both escaped in the
darkness and Hull rode to Baker City
where he called a doctor to dress hij
wounds He was arrested in his room
Oklahoma Shooting Affray
Guthrie Oklahoma advices say At
Buck Falls in the Creek Xation John
Wilson aged 65 years married a 16-year-old
girl and in the absence of Henry Crouse
from home the couple went to the lat
ters furnished house to live When Crouse
returned and attempted to eject them Wil
son shot and killed him and then took t7
the woods He has not been captured
Decides Against the Railroads
A suit brought two years ago against the
Lake Shore Railway Company involving
the validity of an act of the Michigau leg
islature compelling the railroads to issue
1000 mile tickets good for any member of
a family for 20 has just been sustained
by the supreme court which decides the
legislature has the power to enact such a
law
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
5300 to 550 hogs shipping grades
300 to 450 sheep fair to choice 200
to 450 wheat No 2 red SSc to Sc
corn No 2 27c to 2Sc oats Xo 2 18c
to 20c rye No 2 40c to 47c butter
choice creamery 21c to 23c eggs fresh
13c to 15c new potatoes 45c to 55c per
bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shippmir 300 to
525 hogs choice light 300 to 450
sheep common to choice 300 to S40U
wheat No 2 91c to i3c corn Xo 2
white 28c to 30c oats Xo 2 white 22c
to 24c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 550 boss
300 to 450 sheep 800 to 400
wheat No 2 9Gc to 9Sc corn Xo 2
yellow 20c to 27c oats Xo 2 white 20c
to 23c rye No 2 42c to 44c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 450 sheep 250 to 5425
wheat No 2 91c to 93c corn No 2
mixed 30c to 31c oats No 2 mixed 21c
to 22c rye No 2 4Ge to 4Sc
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hops
300 to 450 sheep 250 to 400
wheat No 2 92c to 94c corn Xo 2
yellow 30c to 32 oats Xo 2 white 23c
to 24c rye 40c to 4Se
Toledo Wheat Xo 2 red 93c to 95c
corn Xo 2 mixed 2Se to 30c oats Xo
2 white 10c to 20c rye Xo I 47c to 48l
clover seed 820 to 880
Milwaukee Wheat Xo 2 spring 87c
to S9c corn Xo 3 2Gc to 27c oats Xo
2 white 21c to 23c rye Xo 1 40c to 47c
barley Xo 2 40c to 43c pork me5s
800 to S50
Buffalo Cattle 800 to 550 hoc
300 to 475 sheep 800 to 500
wheat Xo 2 winter 94c to 9Gc corn Xo
2 yellow 31c to 33c oats Xo 2 white
25c to 27c
Xew York Cattle 300 to 550 hops
350 to 525 sheep 800 to 450
wheat Xo 2 red 95c to 9Gc corn Xo
2 33c to 35c oats Xo 2 white 23c to
24c butter creamery 15e to 23c eggs
Western lGc to 17c
LITTLE
Death
ONES BURNED
Conies to Two Boys
ALIVE
and a
Girl While Asleep
The farm house of A L Gordon eight
miles north of Alma was consumed by fire
last week destroying the entire contents
and ending the lives of his three small
children aged 7 9 and 11 the eldest being
a girl
The mother of the children died two
years ago since which time the father and
little ones have lived together in the house
After putting the little ones to bed Mr
Gordon went to the barn to look after a
sick horse Returning to the house in
about twenty minutes he found the in
terior a mass of flames lie made a des
perate effort to save the children rushing
into the burning structure only to be
driven out by the intense heat He was
unable to reach any of them The little
ones were asleep at the time the father left
the house The supposition is that the
explosion of a lamp which was left burn
ing in the house was the cause of the fire
The father is frantic over the ghastly
affair and is in a very critical condition
from the effects of inhaling the flames in
an effort to save his children from theirsad
fate
Bill Cody Is Willing to Join
Gov Holcomb and staff are making
preparations to go to the Nashville Expo
sition to be there on Xebraska day
which is October 8 Adjutant General
Barry wrote to Buffalo Bill one of the
members of the governors staff inviting
him to be with them at the exposition An
answer has been received from Mr Cody
in which he says that he will be at Xash
ville on the 7th and 8th with his show and
if the governor and his staff want horses
a band regular army soldiers as escorts
or if he wants the whole show to turn out
it is at his command He desires to help
make Xebraska day a big feature of the
exposition
Many Stolen Articles fioeated
Two brothers William and Wallace
Stanley who have been farming near Ln
adilla were arrested upon the charge ot
theft of a wagon load of oats The prem
ises of the suspected men were searched
and buggies harness bicycles clothing
and jewelry to the value of 2000 were
found secreted Some jewelry taken from
the store of E Rattmann of Palmyra De
cember 27 1896 was found and identified
They will be given a preliminary hearing
at Nebraska City
Soldiers and Old Settlers Will Camp
The soldiers sailors and old settlers will
hold a reunion at Colemans park Green
wood commencing Thursday evening
October 14 and continuing Friday and
Saturday This park is said to be the most
suitable in the state for such purposes
Captain T C Henry of Fairmont has
promised to be present A large attend
ance and good time is expected
Cuts a Tooth at Eighty One
Fred Ilarring an old soldier 81 years of
age who has been living with Fred
Meedel near Columbus for some time
past cut a new tooth last week Medical
men say that reports of this kind at that
advanced age are exceedingly rare Mr
Harrings health is very good considering
his advanced age
Reception to the Students
The Christian Endeavor Society of the
Presbyterian Church gave a reception to
the students of the Hastings College tho
other evening The reception was held in
the Presbyterian Church and was attended
by nearly 200 students It was a very
pleasant affair
Omaha Brakeman Is Killed
L W Fetter of Omaha a brakeman on
the Union Pacific Portland special was
run over and killed by the cars at Central
City a day or two ago The body was
badly mangled A coroners jury rendered
a verdict of accidental death
Depot at Talmage Robbed
The Missouri Pacific depot at Talmage
vas broken into recently by burglars
They did not get into theexpressor money
department This depot has been robbed
quite a number of times before
Cuts Oil His Leg with an Ax
At Brock a station on the Missouri
Pacific road B B Bailey a carpenter
almost severed his leg from his
body with
a handax He came near bleeding
death before medical aid arrived
to
Buy a Mill at Maryville
The linn of Miller Brothers of Surprise
have just closed a deal whereby they be
come owners of the Marysville mill prop
erty in Seward County three miles west
of Staplehurst
Found the Stolen Horse and Buggy
The horse and buggy stolen at Syracuse
recently has been found afew miles south
west of Xebraska City It had been aban
doned by the thief The horse played out
Confirmation at Emerson
Bishop Scanned of Omaha confirmed a
class of fifty nine at Emerson last week
Priests from Wayne Jackson and Ilart
ington were present
Nebraska Short Notes
Morton Taylor the 10-year-old son of
Dr Taylor of Plainview broke his arm
while playing ball in the school yard the
other da j
The ninth annual reunion of the veter
ind of Cheyenne Kimball and Scotts
Bluffs counties occurred in Bayard last
week and was a success
Charles Werner who lives south of Ster
ling was unceremoniously butted through
wire fence by a young bull last Friday
and as a eonsequeuee carries a couple of
ribs iu a sling
The directors of the Dawson County
Fair Association report that all the premi
ums and purses have been paid in full and
that there is still a small surplus in the
treasury
II Hubbard of Chambers took one son
to Omaha lo have a portion of his hand
amputated on account of a hunting acci
dent When he returned home he found
another son with a broken leg resulting
from a horse falling on him
Secretary VauBoskirk of the Western
Xebraska Stock Growers Assciation is
issuing notice to members of the semi
annual meeting which is to held in Alli
ance October 12
Several hundred dollars worth of hogs
has been lost in the vicinity of South Sioux
City within the last few weeks from a dis
ease similar to cholera
The Richardson Count- Sunday Sehott
Association will meet at Salem commenc
ing on Thursday October 14 fct 430 and
closing on Saturday October 16 at 12 m
A fanners elevator company has been
organized at Carleton
The costs in the two trials of the Good
manson murder case amounted to 238078
Merrick County voters will this fall set
tle the question whether the county shad
issue bonds to build a new jail
OFFICIALS ARE NOT SURPRISED
Fall of Spains Cabinet Apparently
Kxpcctcd in AVasltluton
It cannot be said that Cue fall of the
Spanish cabinet caused surprise among
the ollicials of the Stat Department or
anion the members of the diplomatic
corps in Washington A urcful inspec
tion of the cable news for the past few
weeks had left the general impression
that the cabinet erected in haste after
the assassination of Premier Ganovas
could not be expected to 3tirvive long
There were several reasons for this ex
pectation but perhaps the principal one
was the belief that the dissensions among
the supporters of the Government caused
by the personal encounter between the
Duke of Tetuan the minis for foreign
affairs and one of the leaders of the dis
sident conservatives Senator Comas had
not been healed but had been only bridg
ed over temporarily Tho dissident con
servatives at the time insisted upon the
resignation of the duke as a condition of
their further support of the Government
As the Government depended not upon a
homogeneous party but rather upon a
union of various elements generally op
posed to liberal ideas for its existence
this was a threatening condition aud a
crisis was averted only through strenuous
efforts of conservative leaders
Secretary Sherman does not believe
that it will materially affee the relatione
of Spain either to the United States or to
Cuba which seems to indicate an expecta
tion on his fart that the new cabinet will
be found to be still of a conservative ten
dency On the other hand high offieials
in the administration expect that a liberal
cabinet will be erected If this should be
tho case the future is held to be full of
promise for Cuba for it is recalled thai
the liberals have not hesitated to expre
their opposition to the great expenditure
of human life and vast treasure in the
effort to carry out the repressive conserv
ative program for the conduct of tho war
It is not believed that the liberals are
prepared to go to the length of promising
freedom to Cuba but from the expres
sions of the leaders of the party is it hop
ed that they are willing to grant so liberal
a measure of home rule and autonomy to
the island that of Spanish sovereignty
nothing would remain save a shred in the
way of a few preferential duties and per
haps the power of appointing some officials
corresponding to the governor general of
Canada named by the British crown
BIG FIRE AT WASHINGTON
3IiIlion Dollar Conflagration Visits
the National Capital
In Washington fire broke out in the
central power station of the Capital Trac
tion Company a few minutes before 11
oclock Wednesday night and in thirty
minutes the magnificent six story struc
ture was doomed The building occupies
the entire block from Pennsylvania ave
nue to C street and from Thirteen and
One half street to Fourteenth street The
blaze started on the southwest corner and
despite the efforts of the entire fire de
partment swept like wind through the
enormous building The heat was so in
tense that the men were driven from the
adjoining streets When it became evi
dent that no efforts could save the power
station the department turned its atten
tions to the adjoining property but the
flames leaped across Fourteenth street
on the west to a big livery stable and then
across Thirteenth and One half street on
the east and attacked a row of three
story brick houses
So fearful was the heat that the firemen
could not get within reach of the burning
buildings They were driven back foot
by foot until the streams from the hose
pipes could notreach the fire The entire
fire department -was on the scene but so
fierce was the conflagration that their ef
forts were futile The power house was
built four years ago It was six stories
in height and besides containing the pow
er plant of the Pennsylvania avenue lines
of the Capital Traction Company was
occupied by dozens of offices
The walls began to fall by 12 oclock
and with the decreasing heat the firemen
were enabled to get to work on adjoining
property Two hours after the first alarm
was siven the huge building was reduced
to a few crumbling walls and damage to
the extent of nearly a million dollars had
been done The loss on adjoining build
ings will not be large as those burned are
old and small At one time the offices of
the Southern Railway were threatened
but prompt work by the firemen checked
the flames
FEW LEADERS PRESENT
Very Slim Attendance at the Ghicao
Iabor Convention
The much advertised national labor
convention in Chicago was not as well
attended a gathering as had been expect
ed as the original call for the conven
tion had been rescinded and many big
labor organizations that had been expect
ed to be represented were not in evidence
Among the labor men present were
Frank Egger national secretary and or
ganizer of the Hotel and Restaurant Na
tional Alliance and Bartenders National
League J A Ferguson D M MacDon
ald and E Boice of Butte Mont M P
Carrick and W A Klinger Pittsburg
B R Creeden Wallace Ida and many
representatives of local reform organiza
tions
Many of those present said that Presi
dent Gompers of the American Federation
of Labor was to blame for the interfer
ence of the arrangements of the original
call for a monster convention They said
the statement issued by Gompers advis
ing all labor organizations to keep away
from the convention was the result of
jealousy Gompers feeling aggrieved be
cause his name was not signed to the call
HARD TO PUNISH LYNCHERS
Gov Mount Has a Difficult Task in
Ripley County Indiana
An Indianapolis dispatch says that it is
believed by many that the State in un
dertaking to secure the punishment of the
men who participated in the Ripley Coun
ty lynching has before it a hopeless task
Gov Mount appreciates the situation but
he is unwilling to relax his efforts until
the Attorney General has demonstrated
that it is impossible to secure a jury that
will indict the lynchers Judge New has
been asked by the Attorney General to
reconvene the grand jury and local coun
sel will be employed to assist in procuring
evidence It is probable that State de
tectives are already circulating among
the people of Osgood and lie surrounding
country
Notes of Current Events
Five men met death from black damp
in the Jermyn No 1 mine near Pvend
ham Pa
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