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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1898)
4 5 5 A ft niWH - aafcj r tfVKBfc te nhnitM fjemoaat KOBEET GOOD Editor anfl Prop VALENTINE NEBRASKA Amid the often spoken of fortunes of war due regard must be had for prize money hit hThe battleship Oregon has shown that the Straits of Magellan form a poor substitute for the Nicaragua Ca nal -Ten million flags have been sold in the United States since war was de clared with Spain Naturally fags are going up Spain may be the cause of this coun try altering the maps and geographies The same thing happened some four hundred years ago The Norfolk Pilot emphatically re marks We need a great deal of cur rency We want it at once and we want it bad Counterfeit A London paper says that Admiral Dewey is disliked in certain quaiters because he is a dude He is also liked in certain quarters because he is a dandy There are said to be two kinds of pa triots in the market those who are ready to go to war when they are need ed and those who are ready to go when ihey are not needed The man who goes to war without a commission and brings one home will haTCii great advantage over the man who refused to go because he could not secure a commission In Philadelphia the other day a sigh ing Romeo aged 79- eloped with a Juliet of 80 This shows Vhat tne unreason ing opposition of parenfsniounts to in keeping apart two loving hearts A local paper says that one of the Western volunteers threatened to quit unless the State in addition to an over coat blankets and a gun furnishes him ia which to carry his am- munitiou At the convention of mothers recent ly held in Washington Miss Fay of California said If a womsn hasnt any children and cant get married why should we waste our time telling her how to rear her offspring With out a moments hesitation we give it up A Bombay pnpr says The Nawab of Itarnpore being blessed with a girl rejoicings are going on in that state A weeks pay from every state employe has been deducted in connection with the event Piobubly the Bamporeans are rejoicing because the nawab was not blessed with twins No doubt rsaid the lamented Mr Gladstone I have suffered a good deal for the last six months But then I have had one hundred and seventy six months almost without pain A great mans acceptance of the reverent words of an ancient suerer Shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive vvilv If Europe was waitiiii to discover our sea prowess before she assailed the Monroe doctrine the bombardment of Manila is likely to have a salutary and far reaching effect The destruction of the Spanish fleet insures the security of ithe sister republics Recognised as formidable on laud they will now rec ognize us as formidable on sen The present generation has never wit nessed such an outpouring of the vtiment of patriotism s the war with Spain has evoked Never before have the national colors ben so profusely so universally displayed in city town and village Never before has the younger generation of men been so pro foundly stirred by allusions to the countrys cause The appellation of the dude of the navy to Commodoit Dewey recalls the inquiry of Pitssident Blncoln for the brand of whisky used by c General Grant when the complaint was made to him that ti j conqueror of Fember ton -and Robert E Lee was a devotee of the bottle in order that le might send eome of the came to otiier generals If Dercey is a dude it appears evident that the more we have of his kind in the navy the- b ittcr will it be for Un- clc Sam J Thi is an age of second class men said President ration n a recent dis course There is one view in which this seems tne Ouij age is producing far more men and women of what might be termed middling attainments Butis It not roasonab e to judge that this gain to the mass and the preval ence Gf second raters tends to draw at tention from a well as to alter the standard of estimating the first raters The first raters are then somewhat less noticeable in comparison to the former -solitariness of the great ones It is getting along toward the time for another decennial census to be taken The matter has already od some congressional attention It re quired twenty live volumes to contain the data collected in 1S90 and al though it is within two years of 1900 there are some of those twenty -five umes which have not yet been com pleted It is to be hoped that the neAt cnas will not only be got out in short er ortlf r but Mint it will not be so ex pensive as the last has beeu Thjo cen sus of ISOO cost ovcr Sll50Q000 white llati ofTSSO did not cost GOOO000 There can be no doubt that the S ryes of he South are very greedy to T an education They make all sorts cf sacrifices to get a schooling betraying more anxiety in this matter than cer tain classes of the whites It is said that in Atlanta there are negro porters in the stores who are good Greek schol ars This shows that in their anxiety te get an education thousands of them have got the wrong kind and the ten dency of it is to make loafers of many who would otherwise be useful and helpful members of the community in which they live Venality is not confined to the French newspapers A suit has recently bee instituted against the Austrian govern inent by the editor of the Reichswehi1 at Vienna who has published docu ments showing an agreement between himself and the authorized representa tive of Count Badeai the ex Minister by virtue of which he was to make hit paper the organ of the government and control It for a certain sum It wan further stipulated that if in three suc cessive eases the orders of the govern ment were not carried out the sub vention was to be withdrawn and the money returned Dp to the time of Count Badenis fall this editor had re ceived 215000 florins It has also been disclosed that two more Vienna daily papers are in receipt of regular Jarge subventions to say nothing of smaller sums paid to less influential journals First the torpedo boat to destroy the war vessel rhen the torpedo boat de stroyer to destroy the torpedo boat now comes the destroyer to destroy the torpedo boat destroyer Such is the evolution in naval warfare The dis placement of these new creations is fixed at 400 tons each They will be made of light steel with 12000 indi cated horse power and 28 knotsAan hour speed The vital parts are to be pro tected by two inches of inclined nickel steel armor They will have a steam ing radius of at least 5000 miles antf for such small craft will have heavy batteries Each boat will be equipped with two 12 pounders and five besides two torpedo tubes The forward 12 pounder gun will be placed on top of the conning tower and will thus be in a position to do better exe cution against torpedo boats or torpedo boat destroyers For offensive work against -cruisers aud battleships the boats will be equipped with two torpe do tubes Members of the Board of Construction declare that there will be nothing of their type afloat that they cannot sink vIt was two months or more after In auguration before Sir Julian Paunce fote the British ambassador at Wash ington called upon the Vice President mid the next afternoon Mr Hobart re rurned the call During that two months the two gentlemen were as the ladies would say not on visiting terms Not that they disliked eachpther or had had a personal quarrel It was only that there was a dispute which of them holds the higher rank When they were both invited to a dinner at a private residence nearly a year ago Sir Julian wished to see a diagram to show how the guest were to be urranged at the table As it appeared that Mr Hobart vas to be the guest of honor Sir Julian rent his regrets The dispute arose when Sir Julian was raised from the rank of minister to that of ambassador In thai capacity he represented his sovereign But on the other hand the Vice President being next in succes sion to the President might be said to stand in the relation of the Prince of Wales YicPresident Stevenson good naturedly yielded the point and accept fsl a seat Sir Julian but Secre tary Olncy insisted that when he rep resented President at any func tion he should take precedence of the ambassador The matter was compro mised When host was an Ameri can Sir Julian occupied the place of honor when the entertainer was a for eigner tfe place was given to Mr Olney Mr Hobart would neither yield nor compromise and the President at last probably with Sir Julians con currenceasked our ambassador in London Col Hay to find out what the Pritish Government thought about the matter He was willing to accept -any decision that the English authorities might make- Inasmuch its Sir Julian has called on Mr Hobart it is supposed that his Government intimated itswisli that he should accept the place next af ter the Vice rresident All this may seem absurd aud silly at first thought butwe must remember that not one of the persons concerned in the dispute took the position he did on personal grounds but as asserting the dignity of the office he holds and also that nothing that has been said or done in volved disrespect toward any one Eti quette holds and should hold a large place In the social relations of men and I women It is the boor who enters or leaves a roonffirst instead of following or one whose positio commands respect Outward politeness may not be half as impor tant as politeness of the heart but the truly polite person observes all the rules of etiquette as soon as he knows them and the observance of them sweetens human intercourse In the affair just mentioned both the gentlemen did pre cisely what they should have done So long as there was a question as to the proprieties of the case they avoided meetings where the question might arise When it was decided they each accepted the situation like the gentle men they are Must Be an Object Aid A They say Spains treasury is absolutely empty Aid B That must be a mistake The office holders are still doing their best to hang on liar nil ess Col Firechewer drew a gun in Pitchlys place last night No - Ob yes drew it at a raffle STATE OP NEBRASKA NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON DENSED FORM Comparative Statement of Principal Farm Prod tits of the State for the Years 1891 and 1897 Horses and Mules Show the Only Decrease Nebraska Farm Statistics The state bureau of labor and industrial statistics has compiled the following com parative statement of nine principal farm products of Nebraska for the years 1891 and 1897 1891 1897 Corn bushels 24295500 7G34683 Wheat bushels 9821000 18040915 Oats bushels 11928000 14491057 Rye bushels 802500 8879612 Barley bushels 438000 499097 Hogs head 1431540 1955753 Cattle head SSOIOO 057942 Sheep head 195080 1007820 Horses mules head 18940 138 10 MUST GOTO PRISON Fix Treasurer Hartley of Nebraska Doomed to Wear Stripes The twenty year penitentiary sentence of ex State Treasurer Joseph S Bartley was affirmed by the supreme court Bart ley was convicted of embezzlement Joseph S Bartley was elected to the office of state treasurer and began his term in January 1893 lie was re elected two years later serving two terms At the expiration of his second term he failed to account for more than 5000007 Part o this was a warrant for some 181000 to re imburse the sinking fund On April 9 1897 Bartley was arrested and charged with embezzlement His trial lasted from June 8 till the 22 when the jury returned a verdict of guilty A motion for a new trial was immediately filed and argued On June 26 Judge Baker overruled the motion for a new trial and sentenced Bartley to a term of twenty years in the penitentiary at the same time imposing a fine of 30370893 or double the amount that the jury found he had embezzled On June 27 the case was taken to the supreme court where that tribunal fixed Bartleys bail at 125000 pending the final hearing Having been unable to give bail Bartley has since re mained in jail NEBRASKA PROHIBS Jl V Muir Nominated for Governor at Lincoln Nebraska Prohibitionists held their state convention at Lincoln The convention was concluded with a mass meeting ad dressed by National Chairman Dickie of Michigan The ticket nominated is Governor R V Muir Lieutenant Governor X S Lownes Secretary of State Charles It Lawson Auditor C C Ciowell Tie asurer II i ram Burc h Commissioner of Landsiand Buildings B Blaine Attorney General A G Wolfenberger Superintendent of Schools Mrs S C Upton The platform refers wholly to the liquor traffic and is substantially a reaffirmation of that of the nationalist party 1 Old Soldiers Meet The twelfth annual reunion of the Mad ison County Okl Soldiers Association was held seven miles northwestof Battle Creek and was a grand success It was decided to hold the next reunion at the same place it to commence the first Tuesday after the first Monday of next June The follow ing officers of the association were elected for the coming year S W Deuel Meadow Grove president Charles Snyder Meadow Grove Secretary J W Stirk Battle Breek William Low sr Battle Creek T A Shafter Meadow Grove committee men Boys Run Away A few days ago Mr Barnett of Geneva discovered that he had been losing knives and some other articles from his hard -ware store He had some of the knives returned by paities who had bought them of some little boys and had become suspi cious that they had been stolen Among the goods returned was a levolver Just at this time two boys of 12 and 14 years of age left town There whereabouts are unknown The b03s Homer and Guy Gibbs left town on the B M freight Cream Separator at KemingCord Arrangements have been completed for the establishment of a creamery separator istation at Hemingford The plant will be owned -by residents of Hemingford and vicinity and will be operated by the Be atrice Creamery Company of Lincoln Work will be commenced on the building immediately and the plant will be in operation by July The plant will cost 175 J Bondsmen Have to Settle Frank W Schroeder the postmaster at Ithaca who joined the army and has gone to Manilahas left his bondsmen to settle about 1000 on notes and accounts Ilia uncle Henry Scluoeder has paid the bills saving the other bondsmen Alex Robb has been appointed postmaster It Was Loaded A distressing accident occured in Wahoo recently Arthur Swansou aged 12 years was experimenting with gun powder It cost him his eyesight one of his ears and probably his lite When he was discovered he was lying in tin bam un conscious Xew Elevator at Shelton Several cars of stone and brick are now being unloaded at Shelton for the founda tion of the new elevator being put up by the Omaha Elevator Company It will be erected on the site where the one which burned down over a year ago stood Hit by a Train William Hensley Indian and wife of Wniueagb agency met with a misfortune at Thurston by having their team of ponies killed and the spring wagon to which they were hitched completely de molished by a freight train Fined by Police Judge II W Monroe who is running a tem perance hall in Tekamah and his clerk Charles Ellis were tried in the police court convicted and each fined 10 and costs for keeping gambling devices They appealed the cae to the district court Family Poisoned The family of Phil McDonald a farmer liTing eight miles west of Tekamah were poisoned lecently by trichina from eating sausage- For a - time for ofthem were not expected to live University Year Closes The University of Nebraska has Just closed the most prosperous year in its entire history The total enrollment of unrepeated names reached 1916 raoro than 250 in excess of the highest attend ance last year This growth is most grat ifying and the fact the increase is shared about equally by all departments shows Nebraskas state university is keeping pace with the state in its steady growth It is worthy of note that the preparatory department has merely held its own while all other departments have profited by the largely increased attendance Owing to the death of the high school law it was found necessary to keep up more of the preparatory work than was at first in tended but the board of regents hopes to be able to drop the department entirely in the course of two or three years The graduating class is much larger than ever before there being 208 candidates for de grees in the various departments Hangs Herself in a Well Mrs Mary Veseley who has been living with her son on a homestead a few miles southeast of Benlcelinan ended her own life the other day She had been suffering from hysteria for some time which de veloped into insanity She repeatedly tried to commit suicide but by the con stant and careful watching of friends her attempts were futile Her condition grew worse Saturday and her son went to town to summon aid She being left alone seized the opportunity to terminate her existence and when he returned she was hanging in the well dead She was 45 years of age and was born in Bohemia She leaves a divorced husband a married daughter and a son Lady Cashier Assaulted A daring assault was made upon Miss Genevieve Boag cashier of the Pacific Hotel Company at Sidney in broad day light While the young lady was posting her hooks a stranger made his appearance and demanded that she hand aver the cash in the drawer and upon her refusal struck her on the templeWith a stone feUing her to the floor Sounds of some onat ap proaching made the fellow skip out and he escaped not however until he haft stolen two rings off her fingers The city is much excited and if the scoundrel is caught the people may take his punish ment upon themselves Nearly Battered to Death A man giving the name of Jasper Sykes whose home is in Clatonia was rescued from a barn by Beatrice police almost bat tered to death A Jaorse trader named Tom Wilson was arrested as his assailant Sykes was unable to give a coherent ac count of the trouble but claims that Wil son after beating him robbed him of S00 Fifty two dollars in cash together with papers of Sykes and his pocketbook were found on Wilson Some of the money was covered with blood Burned by Lightning Lightning struck a barn belonging to Peter Bures three miles east of Edgar killing two horses knocking down four more and a young man FredRiezler who was at work in the stable attending the horses The barn was set on fire and burned with its contents two harvesters S00 bushels of oats and some other minor farm implements Total value of prop erty destroyed 1200 Insurance 300 Accident at a Circus During a circus performance at McCook the entire section of reserved seats fell down throwing about 100 people to the ground and severely injuring three spec tators Normaiv Campbells crippled leg was broken theMndous of Guy Murphys right leg were torn loose at the ankle and George J Burgess sustained a slightly sprained ankle Two or three others re ceived slight injuries Owes the State 6040 The case of the state against nilton in the district court at Lincoln went to the jury and the instructions of the court left practically nothing to decide except the amount of interest due on the money Hil ton owes the state The jury in a short time brought in a verdict gainst Hilton the amount being 0016 The suit was for money collected while Hilton was state oil inspector Killed by Lightning During a shower at Harrison lightning struck the house of Marsteller Bros passed through thi building and into the bank building adjoining and out through the front window shattering the glass and striking two men that were standing bythe window talking killing one and badly injuring tbc other Burt Dew is the man that was killed Schools Visit Omaha- The Silver City public schools closed the years work last week Prof Pitzer took the pupils of the high school to the exposition at Omaha while the teachers of the intermediate aud primary depart ments held a picnic in the woods east of town Hard on Gamblers William Gleason another one of the Lincoln gamblers who plead guilty in the district court the other day was sentenced to three months in the penitentiary This is the dose being given all the gamblers who were indicted by a grand jury University Summer School The University summer school was opened with a good attendance a large number of regular students of the univer sity taking advantage of the opportunity 10 take up some extra studies Boy Dies All application of a wash applied ac cording to directions to cure eczema re sulted in the sudden death of the 12-year-old son of E T Wendling residing seven miles southwest of Shelton Burglars at Kearney Burglars entered tins home of F Y Robertson at Kearney and took several articles valued at over 350 from the bed room in which Mr Robertson was sleep ing Xo clue Arrested for Stealing Hogs Ben Williams and Frank Roberts who were arrested for stealing hogs at Hastings had their hearing and were bound over to the district court in the sum of 330 each Child Bitten by Rattlesnake The infant son of Carl Trampe living twenty miles northeast ol Sidney was bitten in the foot by a rattle snake The child was taken to town and heroic treatment was administered and the little fellow is now doing well Suicide by Hanging John Vonis a bachelor Bohemian of Weston committed suicide by hanging The cause of the rash deed is thought to be despondency brought on by a chronic disease which paused him much suffering Hewas about 75 years old WEATHER AND CROP BULLETIN Favorable Conditions Prevail in States of Central Valley The United States Department of Agri culture has issued the following climate and crop bulletin for the week The favorable weather conditions of the previous week have continued In the States of the central valleys and on the middle At lantic coast while In the East Gulf and South Atlantic States and Southwest Texas the drought has become more pronounced The temperature conditions to the eastward of the Rocky -Mountains hrre been general ly highly favorable but In the Rocky Moun tain region and over the greater part of the Pacific coast it has been too cool with freez ing weather and frosts In portions of Idaho Nevadi and Eastern Oregon Corn plant ing Is now practically completed In the more northerly sections and the crop has received Its last cultivation In the Southern States where it Is suffering from drought In the principal cornStates of the central valleys the week has been exceptionally favorable for growth and cultivation and the crop is generally clean and In good con dition In Nebraska and portions of Mis souri however cultivation has been delayed by rains and In North Dakota It Is back ward and needs sunshine Winter wheat har vest has been completed in the South Atlan tic and Gulf States except In Texas where It continues Harvesting has begun In North Carolina and Tennessee and will begin this week In Kentucky and in the southern por tion of Illinois and Missouri The crop Is maturing rapidly and in excellent condition In the central and northern sections al though some complaints of rust are recorded from portions of New Jersey Maryland Tennessee Missouri and Kansas Thrashing Is In progress with satisfactory results in the South Atlantic and East43nlf States The condition of the crop In Washington and Oregon continues most favorable and In California there will be better yield than was expected Spring wheat has made rap id growth and its condition is most promising generally throughout the spring wheat re gion In Southern Minnesota it Is nearlng the heading stage NEW MINISTER TO TURKEY Oscar Ftraua Held That Position Under President Cleveland Oscar Straus who has been nominated as minister to Turkey is a Democrat and held the same position during President I Clevelands first administration when although a Jew he was exceedingly pop- ular among the Christian missionaries Tljey have placed on record at the State Department formal testimony of their ap preciation of his services and privately they assert that he was the best minis- OSCAR STAUS ter wo have had at the sultans court since Qen Wallaces time Mr Straus with his brothers Nathan and Isa dore compose the firurof Macy Co and conduct the hg department store in New York City He is also a lawyer in active practice Mr Straus has hea ac tive in the International Jewish Histori cal Association and is the author of a notable book reciting the achievements of his race in commerce politics literature science music and other brandies of learning and industry WARS HEAVY COST Congress Told That for a Year It Will Be GOO000000 Practically without debate the House Thursday passed the urgent deficiency bill providing for emergency expenses of the army and navy departments incidont to the war It was based upon estimates re ceived recently from the departments and carries items aggregating 17S 150C0 con templated in the Philippine expedition and the early movements upon Cuba In explaining the bill during the brief discussion Mr Cannon replying to a ques tion by Chairman Dinglcy of the Ways and Means Committee said GOO000000 would be-a-conservative estimate of the cost of the war for a year if it lasted that long Incidentally he estimated the ap propriations already made on account of the war and likely to develop as essential including the first six months of the com ing fiscal year at 35OCO0000 As reported by the Committee on Ap propriations and passed by the Honse the bill incorporates the more urgent of the war estimates submitted to the House Wednesday by Secretary Alger whose explanation of which called forth the sig nificant official letter transmitted there with It also includes an emergency ap propriation of 10000000 for the navy The items appropriated follow Contingent expenses of the army incident to the expedition to the Philippines o Be expended un der the direSc tioji of the com manding general of the Islands in his discretion for such purposes as he may deem best In the execution of his duties under the orders of the President and for such ob jects as are not nov appropri ated for to be available until expended 5100000 Expeditionary force to Cuba ma chinery equipment etc 350000 Signal service of the army 193000 Subsistence department 5000000 Medical department 50009 saval establishment for emer gency fund to meet any emer gencies that cannot possibly be foreseen but which constantly arise under existing conditions 1000u000 Torpedo defense of Manila bar- Bureau of naval supplies and ac counts 1000000 Clothing and small stores for the envy XtUAfiUi A Washington dispatch says that the German and French consols at Honolulu have joined in a complaint to their Gov ernments against the alleged favoritism shown by the Government of Hawaii to the United States over other countries The protest has aroused the greatest in terest in congressional and diplomatic cir cles The Montgomery County Pa Histori cal Society has erected and dedicated a monument to mark the spot where Ia fayette was encamped with his army at Barren Bill in 177a V xht l It is a curious fact thrtt when the Span iards have a reverse their bonds go up in price on the French bourse and whenever there is a gleam of encouragement for them they go down This phenomenon is explained by the brokers on the theory that Spain is whipped already and the ex pectation that she will realize the fact and throw up her hands every time we hit her The shorter the war the better it will be for the finances of the Spaniards and the sooner she can recover her pros perity If the war is protracted the bond holders know that she will be ruined and their securities will he worthless The Secretary of the Treasury is ready o issue the new bonds the moment the President approves the revenue bill He has been so confident the bond feature would be retained that the work of pre paration has been going on for weeks The advertisements and announcements are all prepared and in type ready to be print ed as soon as the exact phraseology of the law is known the plates are engrav ed ready to he turned over to the printer at a moments notice and all the machin ery for placing the bonds in the hands of the public is organized and adjusted for immediate use Orders were issued from the War De partment on one day last week for the purchase by the quartermasters depart ment of more than 1000000 worth of clothing and other supplies including 50 000 standard army trousers and 50000 fatigue coats or blouses estimated to cost 300000 225000 drawers and 225000 un dershirts light weight estimated cost 100000 40000 shelter tents 80000 300 hospital tents 10000 15000 wall tents 30000 8000 conical tents 70 000 600 sets company books and 70 sets regimental hooks 10000 and 25000 mosquito head nets The conference committee on the sun dry civil appropriation hill has effectually settled the dispute in the bureau of en graving and printing over the use of steam presses and has inserted in the law a provision that all bonds notes checks etc shall he printed by hand This is a triumph for the labor organizations that have been fighting against the introduc tion of steam presses and labor saving machinery in the printing establishments of the Government for several years There is not the slightest concern felt at the Navy Department about the fleet of Admiral Camara Semi official infor mation from the most trustworthy sources which comes through diplomatic channels reports that the fleet is incapa ble of crossing the Atlantic and much less so of reaching Manila There is not enough coal within reach of Admiral Ca mara to carry his ships 3000 miles and what ismore important it is impossible for him to get more i Unless it is decided to take up the Ha- waiian question Congress will be able to adjourn soon and serious conferences are going on daily on this subject The Presi dent is anxious to have the annexation resolution adopted at once He objects to a postponement until next winter because that will he a short session and the resolu tions can be defeated by filibustering The friends of annexation are- willing to stay now aud fight it out Substantial recognition will he awarded Constructor Hobson for his heroic con duct in the harbor of Santiago but pro motion is to be deferred until that young officers wishes have been consulted The choice is open to him of continuing in the construction corps with increased pay and responsibility or of being jumped over the heads of many officers his senior in the line and appointed a full lieutenant or possibly lieutenant commander At the close of office hours on Saturday the Adjutant General figured up the re turns of his mustering officers and found that Uncle Sam was short 5033 men on the iirst call for 125000 volunteers Iowa is behind 1040 men Kentucky 1238 Alabama 1355 Mississippi 1000 and North Carolina 400 r To give tome idea of the quantity of gods necessary to supply an army it may he r tated that there have already been de livered to the quartermaster at Tampa 92000 tents 55000 blankets 127000 pairs of shoes 297000 pairs of socks 142000 undershirts 142000 drawers and C9000 suits of uniform The Secretary of State has received a very interesting report from United States Consul Smith at Moscow concerning a recent meeting of the engineers in charge -of the construction of the great Siberian railway He shows that the entire ex penditure up to date on tint enterprise has been 1SS01493S The agents of the Panama the Cata lina the Buena Ventura and other Span ish ships that were seized in Cuban wat ers and held as contraband of war by the prize courts at Key West have pooled their issnes and will carry a test appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States r There is a good deal of talk in 1 sional circles about sending Admiral Sampson to capture the Canary Islandsf and cruise around the coast of Spain But J it is only a suggestion as to what might be done in case the Spaniards refuse to throw up their hands after Santiago and Porto Kico are taken AYhile it is impossible to obtain any nite information from the war board - those who are in the habit of talking with the President on these subjects believe r that our Sects are more likely to attack Cadiz than Havana if the Spaniards do not surrender when Porto Rico falls Although the special agents of the Post office Department have been at work for - several months they have not been able to find the slightest clew to the assassins of Postmaster Baker at Lake City S C and have about given up hope A v X V 4 fevJ T