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SUGAR TARIFF ;
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FIGHT STARTS ,
Oato Visit the President and Urge Free
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. itry ) of Raw Materials ,
Western Interests However , are Mak
ing the Fight of Their Lives for
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the Sugar Beet.
"Washington , D. C. , Nov. 25. Cuba's
saie of the controversy over the sugar
2aS3T will be presented to President
Ucosevelt this week , when a delega
tion of planters and merchants from
t fae island will call at the white house
te > aosne their case.
It will be the "beginning of a fight
Sar tariff concessions , which the beet
andcane , tobacco and fruit
of the United States will op
pose withall the means at their dis-
Tbe Cuban delegation represents the
Centra General de Americantes Indus-
tiiales. and Includes Senor Francisco
Gazalia , president of the organization ,
Gustavo Boeck , Alfonso Pesant.D.
and O. Davis. These men will
the president to use his influence
to obtain reciprocity for Cuba , so the
products of the Island will have a
ebkoce in the markets of the United
Tfeey are prepared to show that un
less this way is provided for the sale
off tie products piling up in Cuba its
industries must close down.
" 22x5 question is one of the most .per
plexingvhiph confronts the adminis-
WANTS TO HELP BOTH.
jMthotigh anxious to help Cuba , the
president recognizes the fact that im-
> or ant Industries at home must not
fee forgotten. For weeks petitions have
feeen pouring into the White house
from beet sugar growers in the west ,
protesting against a reduction of dues
imposed on the Cuban raw product.
Ths assertion is made that the beet
sugar industry is the only western
HjnBioess enjoying the benefit of the
republican policy of protection. It is
also stated that sufrar beets are raised
oa formerly arid lands , which have
been reclaimed at the expense and by
he labor of settlers who are only be
ginning to receive dividends from their
The point is made that they pro
ceeded on the theory that the present
tariff law should be maintained until
Qselr Industry is in a measure self-sus
taining- . , .
TRUST.FAVORS . REMOVAL.
This Isa. . clever argument to lay be
fore fcne president and it is said that
it lias appealed to him strongly. At the
same time he is desirous of lending a
Zhanfl ± o Cuba and to determine what
to do .in the matter is not the least of
Cus trials.
It is understood the Cuba'ns will ask
finee entrancefor their sugar and re
duction ofthe duty on tobacco and
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Stemte. 'The first will meet the opposl-
-Ssozi of the combined forces of beet and
cane .growers. The tobacco interests of
tthe south and the fruit growers or
GaSSsmit will fight for the latter.
Tbe ugar trust is an important fac
tor Ln the controversy. Having ab
sorbed many of the cane plantations of
Cub ? , it is expected to favor a re-
znoral of the tax on the raw product.
Officials of the combination have said
this Trould * mean cheaper sugar , but
t does jjbt quiet the beet sugar men.
FEDERAL CONTROL OF RAILROAD'DEAL ,
Washington , X > . C. , Nov. 25. Govern
ment ownership of railroads is a sub
ject wMch is likely to command a
larger share of attention from this
congress than was anticipated by the
aeaders .of either party. Recent devel
opments dn the line of railway oonsol-
Sdaiion , and more particularly the or-
of Ihe Northern Securities
have convinced some lead-
t > oth parties that there must be
are legislation looking to the federal
control of the railways.
The states' through which the two
cailways pass have local r laws , which
It is claimed have been violated. Th <
: acti * n of Governor Vansant of Min
nesotawho promised to do all in
Iris power to enforce the local laws , has
attracted the attention of the country
large , and the proceedings will be
with the greatest interest.
"Whatever may be tne outcome of
local actions at law , the fact has been
2 > rought home to wise men in both par
ities that now is the time to strike for
jfederal control of the railroads. Poli-
tficlaus believe It will be good politics.
Some financiers believe it will be good
IPresident Roosevelt has taken a real
antenerst'an this subject and will handle
St in Ins message. It is not Impossible
Shot , he will take notice of the more
areceiit. phenomena in the railroad
worldand It need cause no suprlse
SC congress gives its attention to reme-
iSes for the evils which he 'will call to
its attention.
, - Jtati-Scalping Law I * Null.
Albany , N. T. , Nov. 26. The law
3 assed ty the last legislature prohib
iting'ticket scalping has been declared
tto > be unconstitutional by the court of
: appec s. The decision was rendered in
ithe ( case cf Clarence Fleischman , a
gidcgt irolcer of Buffalo , against Sher
iff Samuel Caldwell of Erie county. In
affirming the judgment of the court
2belaw the court of appeals stands upon
a. decision rendered in the case of a
ke statute declared to be unconstitu
tional twb years ago. .
EDWARD ANXIOUS TO 'END THE 'WAR.
London-Nov. 25. The public Is un
dbubtedly manifesting xveariness of the
war and apprehension over the costly
perilous prospect of its indefinite pro
longation. Feeling also is rining owinfl
to the horrors of the concentration
camps , or , as they are now termed , the
"death camps , " revealed by the gov
ernment's own blue book. That shows
that the previous returns of mortality
fell short by 1,500 of the actual total.
Pessimism prevails everywhere , it be
ing freely recog.li wur u..it not even
Britain's financial ' eCit could stand
the drain of this war another year.
There are rumors , too , of t. mcndous
war office waste and jobbery. Officers
in the field indignantly assert that not
more than one-third of the $7,500,000 a
week charged to the war is"spent in
South Africa ,
n the mdst of all this failure and
public calamity , Arthur Balfour , the
second figure in prominence in
the ministry , divides his time between
golf , motoring and polishing up for
the publication the eighth edition of
his philosophic treatise on "The Foun
dation of Belief. " This is not stoicism ,
but thoughtless trifling.
The king's great anxiety now is to
have the war finished before the cor
onation. It is said that he recently
has been in independent communica
tion with Lord Kitchener on the real
prospects of the war. It is thought
that he may force the government to
come to terms with the Boers before
the next winter campaign , beginning
the month of April. But his hands are
greatly weakened in taking such a
tep by the fact that he was a strong
advocate of the war , being influenced
by his South African millionaire
friends. It "was his insistence that
finally coerced the late queen into
agreeing to war against which she al
ways had a presentiment.
VAN SANT WINS ON THE TRUST MOVE ,
Ne\p. York , Nov. 25. Governor Van-
sant * of Minnesota has drawn first
blood in his fight against the $1,000,000-
000 railroad trust.
The determined opposition- the
project to combine the competing and
parallel lines of the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific roads has forced
the announcement in Wall street that
President James J. Hill of the Great
Northern and Edward H. Harriman of
the Union Pacific will shortly retire
from the board of directors of the
Northern Pacific. The laws of Min
nesota prohibit officials of one road
serving as officials of another and
competing road.
Hill and Harriman had ignored this
and had elected themselves into the
directorate of the Northern Pacific. To
pacify the aroused sentiment of the
people of the northwest against the
trust , Hill and Harriman are to get
out. Directors to replace them will , it
s said , be elected shortly.
As president of the Great Northern
and President of the Northern Secur-
ties company , James J. Hill will still
be the most powerful factor in the new
rust , while Harriman , as chairman of
he board of directors of * the Union
Pacific , will be the next most powerful
member of the trust.
IOWA WANTS SOME DAIRY EXPERTS ,
Des JMoines , la. , Nov. 26. There are
60 creameries in Iowa , as shown by
he annual report of the state dairy
commissioner.a loss of thirty-four dur-
ng the last year. ' Despite this loss of
reameries the business is in a fairly
flourishing condition. The number oi
o-operative and individual creameries
s practically the same from year to
'ear and the number of stock com
pany creameries is increasing. There
s a tendency to return to the gath-
red cream system , because of "the in-
roduction of farm separators. The
otal value * of creameries and skim
milk stations is $2,760,448. The average
vages of buttermakers have increased
o $55.72 per month. Of the 1,382,242
ows in Iowa , as shown by the last
ensus , 675,000 are in connection. , with
V
reameries. The average number of
ows per creamery in Iowa is now 801
and the average number of * patrons
14. The price of butter has fluctuated
ess the pasfyear than for many years.
n' 1894 the fluctuation was 11.4 cents
a pound , and this' year but 6.4 cents
a pound , showing that the business is
on a better basis than ever before and
he price mqre uniform and stable.
SWITCHMEN ARE SO VERY SODDEN ,
Pittsburg , Pa. , Nov. 26. About. one-
hird of the switchmen employed in
he various freight yards here have
presented a sudden and unexpected de
mand for advance in wages a"nd other
hanges in their work. The notice was
erved upon the officials of the roads
at 10 a. m. and a request was made
or and answer before forty-eight
hours. The wording of the.demand
s such as to lead the officials of the
roads to believe that a strike will fol-
ow a refusal of the demand.
Presented so unexpectedly and with
so little time to consider the matter ,
and it being impossible to submit the
demand to the proper officials in
Washington , Baltimore and Philadel
phia , it is said it will be out of the
question for the local officials to make
any definite answer to the men.
'A Nice Ham.
Washington , D. C. , Nov. 25. Presi
dent Roosevelt is to receive for his
Thanksgiving dinner a southern home-
cured ham. It will be presented to
him by ex-Representative Connally F.
Trigg of Virginia , whose fame as a
curer of hams is wide. For ten years
he has made a practice of distributing
among his friends ten or twelve
Thanksgiving hatns. He says the pres-
dent has a'decided fondness for south
ern borne-cured hams.
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THE MINERS
ARE DEFIANT
Union Miners Decline To Obey the Orders
of a Judge in Kentucky ,
General Murray of the Militia Says He
Will Rush the Camp and
'Disband It.
Madisonvllle , Ky.Nov. 26. The strik
ing miners continue defiant and re
main under arrangements in thsir
camp near the Providence coal mines.
They hold that the order of Judge Hall
is illegal and treat it with contempt.
They maintain that the action of Ad
jutant General Murray in making pre
parations to enforce'Judge Hall's order
were unauhoritative. The strikers are
in camp In greater numbers than' be
fore , notwithstanding that the time
limit of Judge Hall's order that the
camp should be disbanded and remov
ed from the county expired more than
twelve hours ago.
The refusal to heed the order is bas-
2d upon the advice of W. H. Yost of
Greenville , chief counsel for President
Wood of the United. Mine.Workers. . .
Yost and Wood are defiant in their
talk and declare that the court's order
was a farce , illegal in the extreme
and issued without authority.
When a press representative visited
ne camp the strikers were eating their
breakfast. More than 200 menwere
assembled in the camp , with probably
a hundred more in the vicinity. There
were four large canvas tents" the lodg
ing capacity of which Is about 400.
There Is much speculation about the
reception the militia will receive when
they march on , the camp to make ef
fective Judge Hall's order. There is no
change in Judge Hall's determination
to have his order executed. After con
ferring with General Murray on his
return from the camp , Judge Hall
made the following statement :
"There has been no change in my
determination to disperse the camp
and the orders have been given Gen--
eral Murray so that he may get his
forces in readiness to meet the emer
gency in the manner his discretion
may , suggest. This matter is left en
tirely to General Murray. "
General Murray has made plans for
the carrying out of the order and inti
mated that he would act soon.
There is a rumor , not confirmed by
General Murray that the soldiers will
be sent to the camp at 6 a. m. tomor
row. In the event the campers do not
disperse their tents will be destroyed
and the inmates forced to disband. The
squad of twenty-five soldiers standing
at Providence guarding the Providence
Coal company's property have not been
ordered to Madisonville.
AMERICANS CAPTURE AFRICAN CONTRACT
London , Nov. 26. Large contracts for
buildings , power plants , and mining
machinery in South Africa have been
secured recently by American firms.
The full extent of these orders is not
ascertainable , it being the understand
ing between the Americans and Brit
ons when the contracts were awarded
that the matter was to be kept as
quiet as possible to avoid adverse crit
icism by the British press.
It is said that theWernher-Beit com
pany is among the heaviest pi-aspect-
ive investors , There is no doubt that
this firm has entered into a contract
with Millikin Brothers of New York to
erect a vast power plant at Kimberly
and also important works at Somerset
West.
The same New ork firm is to build
a large steel structure at Capetown to
contgin shops and offices. The name
of the owner of this building is not
made public.
Some important contracts at Johan
nesburg are among the lot that have
recently been bagged by the Yankees.
60 TO TEACH AND REMAIN TO MARRY ,
Manila , Nov. 26. The American girl
s creating a furore in the Philippines.
She is routing , the American * army
there without even the shadow of a
fight.
The American girls now entering the
slands commissioned to teach the
young Filipino idea how to read and
write English are finding apt scholars
among the grpwn up boys from their
own country.
It looks as if the American soldiers
in the Philippines will have to be
supplie'd with wives from among the
ranks of the welcome intruders before
: he. children of the New Pacific pos
sessions will be/able to get down to
their A B , Cs in real earnest.
One girlish teacher ; had eighty-five
ntroductions to soldiers and three pro
posals the first day she landed. The
second day she married.
Army authorities are disposed to
think tha invasion a good thing for the
service. They say it makes the sol-
fliers take better care of their appear
ance and that the general influence
of the teachers is for good.
Miners Bury Their Dead.
Telluride , Colo. , Nov. 26. All busi
ness was suspended in this jilty and
1,000 men , most of them miners , fol
lowed , the bodies of sixteen of the
twenty-four victims of the Smuggler-
Union fire to the cemetery on the
mountain .east of Telluride. The only
ceremonies1were at the graves , all the
.ocal ministers joining in the services.
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Six bodies have been sent to other
points for burial. State Mine Inspec
tor Nye's-report will censure nobody.
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SECRETERY ROOT GETS DESIRED REPORT'
'Washington , D. C. , Nov. 25. D. R.
Williams , secretary of the Philippines
commission , has arrived in Washing
ton and has delivered the report of
the commission to Secretary Root. The
report is a very long one , covering ev
ery feature of the Philippine govern
ment. Besides the report proper there
are several volumes of appendices con
taining reports of different officers of
the government. *
It ,1s upon the facts contained in this
report that congress is expected to act
in legislating for the Philippines at
the corning session of congress. Sec
retary Root will give the report care
ful attention , and its receipt enables
him to complete his report , which will
probably be made public next week.
Accompanying Mr.Williams was
Charles A. Conant , who was sent to
the Philippines by Secretary Root to
make" investigation of and report on
the monetary conditions of the islands.
The report will enable him to recom
mend to congress legislation which will
Improveuthe present condition.
President Roosevelt finished the
reading of his message to congress , to
the cabine memiers at their regular
session , it is understood to make be
tween 28,000 and 30,000 words. Secre
tary Root talked to the cabinet for
some time about a feature of his an
nual report , which will provide for a
board of instruction to supervise the
work of the several schools of instruc
tion for officers of the army. This sys
tem of higher instruction will.'in effect ,
establish an entirely new branch of
army education.
THE WORK DONE IN IOWA CITIES ,
"Washington , D. C. N.oc. 25. The sta
tistics of manufacturing and mechan
ical industrial of Iowa show the fol
lowing for the state : Capital , $102,733-
103 ; establishments , 14,819 ; products ,
$164,617,877 , involving an outlay of $4-
486,117 for salaries of officials , etc. , $23-
931,680 for wages , $7,988,767 for rent ,
taxes and other miscellaneous ex
penses and $101,070,357- materials
used.
The capital Invested is an increase
of 32 per cent for the decade. Value
of products increased over 31 per cent.
The capital and value of products fcr
the leading cities separately repored
follow : Burlington , capital $5,235,624 ,
products $5,34,196 ; Cedar Rapids , Cap-
i
tal $6,256,801 , products $12,715,897 ; Clin
ton , capial $4,537,200 , products $6,939,473 ;
ouncil Bluffs , capital $1,176,408 , prod
ucts $2,596,830 ; Davenport , capital $10-
774,707 , products $11,573,670 ; Des Moines ,
capital $7,911,764 , products $10,488,189 ;
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Dubuque , capital $8,117,358 , products
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$10,952,204 ; Sioux City , capital $5,691,644 ;
products $15,469,702.
CLEVELAND IS NOT SERIOUSLY ill
Princeton , N. J. , Nov. * 26. Mrs. Gro- t
ver Cleveland made the following
statement to the press :
"Mr. Cleveland is suffering from a
cold in the head which he contracted a
short time ago. He was most annoyed"
by it on Thursday , but since then has f
been resting comfortably. He has not
been threatened with pneumonia , and
if he has been in any danger what
ever of serious illness there is surely
no further indication of it In his pres
ent condition. He is confined to his
room , but we expect his complete re
covery soon. "
Mr. Cleveland contracted the cold
while on a gunning trip in North Car
olina. He returned to Princeton early
in the week and since then has been
Indisposed. Although confined to his
room his closest friends have felt , no
grave anxiety over his condition , as
Dr. J. H. WIckoff , the family physi
cian , told them Mr. Cleveland had
nothing more serious than a cold.
PERSUATION , BUT NOF FORCE , :
Cincinnati , O. , Nov. 25. Judge S. W.
Smith of the court of common pleas :
has issued a temporary restraining or
der in the application of the Anchor >
Carriage company , enjoining its strik ii
ing employes from all acts cf violence ,
and from interference with the busi
ness of the company. The order is
e
made specific and does not prohibit
peaceable persuasion to induce work ;
men to refuse to take the places of
strikers ) but it prohibits all picketing
that interferes with the free move
ment of workmen ; all gathering in
crowds jibout the plant or about the ;
boarding places of workmen having
the effect of intimidation , as well as
any kind of conduct having for its c
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purpose forcible compliance on thet ; :
part of workmen with their wishes. s
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VERY LITTLE PRIZE MONEY FOR SCHLEY. t ; :
"Washington , D. C. , Nov. 25. The rec- _ .
ords of the court of claims show that
)
Sampson has received as his share of
bounty for the destruction of Cerve-
ra's' fleet at Santiago $8,335. °
° :
Schley's share is § 350. It will o
paid to him in a few weeks.
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An official of the navy departmento
said that the total amount of bounty
f
and prize money Sampson has received
is in excess of $25,000. Dewey has re
ceived $9,570 and Schley 51,825.
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In the future the navy will receive ,
no bounties or prize money , the law
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on the subject having been repealed _
by congress last winter.
Chicago , Nov. 26. By agreement ot
attorneys the hearing of the petition
for injunction to restrain Father Jere
miah Crowley from entering the cathe-
flral of the Holy Name or from wor-
sniping there was continued by Judge
;
Tuley until December 2. Father Crow-
]
ley set up a vigorous claim that no
court could deprive him of divine wor
ship and desired time in which to pre-
pare a reply. Upon his word that he
:
would not worshipf in this parish the .
excommunicated priest was allowed
the continuance.
' GEN , ABLAl
DEFEAT
Columbian General Meets Disastrous De-
feat at Hands of the Rebels ,
Triumph on Which Columbian Goven-
ment Pinned Its Faith Goes
Glimmering.
Colon , Colombia , Nov. 26. Many ver
sions ae current , all based in favor
of the liberals , regarding the where- ,
abouts and fate of General Alban's
expedition , which left Panama on Sun
day last. The following is the most
authentic and plausible :
On arriving off Perequete , distant
about thirty miles from Panama and
ten miles beyond Chorrera , General
Alban , on the gunboat Boyaca , sent
forward two schooners , which ground
ed. The liberals on land immediately
poured a terrible rifle fire upon these
vessels , causing much havoc on board.
General Alban then ordered the Bo
yaca to go to the assistance of the
other men. The crew of the Boyaca
complied with the request and many
of them were wounded and the boats
returned to the Boyaca. When order
ed for the second time to go to the
assistance ofthe schooners the boats
crews refused , on the ground that it
was useless to do so and that such a
step meant death to them. Hence the
Boyaca returned to Panama on Thurs
day night , taking many wounded men
with her. The liberals claim that 300
men of General Alban's force were
captured in this way and that they
now strengthen the liberal ranks.
It has been held all along that Gen
eral Alban undertook no easy task
when he attempted to land troops In
the vicinity of Chorrera. The general's
return to Panama was looked forward
to with great hopes , but when he re
turned in the manner in which he did
many people there were discouraged
and downcast , which leads to the be
lief that the gravity of the situation
is recognized.
The Boyaca , with General Alban on
board , , started again yesterday morn
ing from Panama , her destination.pre-
sumably , being Perequete.
It is , not yet safe to consider the
Dverland route from Chorrera to Em-
oire station'as the whole liberal force
would doubtless have arrived at the
Empire station. Yesterday's estimate
that a thousand , men had arrived at
the statibn proves to have been exag (
gerated , but it is certain troops are
coming in all the time.
Nothing has been heard of the land
force which left Panama on Sunday
last , but it is reasonable to conclude
that it is now harassing the move
ments of the liberal forces.
The reported sinking of the canal
company's launch has not been con
firmed.
The British second class cruser Am-
phion left Panama November 19 , leav
ing the United States battleship Iowa
theh only warship at that port.
The Colombian gunboat General Pin-
son , which escaped from Colon when
t
the town was captured by the liberals
November 19 , arrived safely at Carta-
jena and there spread the news of the
capture of the city. The French cruis-
jr Suchet was there , on her way to
Martinique , and she hurried back to
ITS TERMS TO THE STOCKHOLDERS ,
New Yor , Nov. 25. James J. Bill ,
president of the Northern Securities
jompany , has issued the following cir-
ular to the stockholders of the Great
Northern Railway company :
The Northern Securities company.in-
orporated under the laws of New Jer
sey , with an authorized capital stock
f $400,000,000 and with power to invest
n and hold the securities of other com-
janies , has commenced business and
las acquired from several large hold-
rs of stock of the Great Northern
Railway company a considerable por-
ion of that stock. A uniform price has
3een paid of $180 per share in the fully
mid stock of this company at par.
Chis company-is ready to-purchase ad.-
litional shares of the same stock at
he same price , payable in the same
nanner , and will accept offersmade
m that basis , if made within the next
sixty days. Offers for sale of stock of
he Great Northern Railway company
should be made upon the enclosed
'orm and should be accompanied oy
he certificates of the stock offered ,
vith transfers duly executed , having
Jnited States stamps for the transfer
f stocks at 2 cents per share affixed.
Jpon receipt of any such offer so ac-
lompanied the Northern Securities
ompany will deliver .to the sellers of
itock of he Great Northern railway
ertificates of its own stock to the i
imount of purchase price named , or ,
such certificates are not then ready
or delivery , its negotiable receipt
ibliging ; it to issue and deliver such
ertificatesas soon as ready. For frac- :
ionaK arts of "fehares scrip certificates
onvertible into stock in multiples'of
100will , be given.
Dosn't Mean End of Hunt.
Washington , D. C. , Nov. 25. The rea-
ion for Consul General Dickinson's de-
jarture from Sofia for Constantinople ,
is reported in the press dispatches ,
s not known at the state department.
t is assumed he has found that his
mmediate presence In Bulgaria , where
le is hampered In his attempts at com-
nunlcating with Miss Stone by the
Bulgarian officials , is harmful to her
ase. The movement does not mean
hat the state department has decided
o abate its efforts
THE McKMLEY MEMORIAL MONUMENT.
Lincoln , Neb.Nov. . 25. To the Peo
ple of Nebraska : The McKlnley Na
tional Memorial association , organ
ized after the untimely death of the
natlpn's honored president , has as its
members the president of the United ,
States , the governor of each state and
territory and leading citizens from.the
country at large. Its president Is
Hon. William R. Day of Canton , O.the
vice president is Marcus A. Hanna , the
treasurer is Myron T. Herrlck and the
secretary is Ryerson Ritchie all of
Cleveland , O. The undersigned have
been appointed as the Nebraska
branch of the association. The object
is to raise a fund for the erection at
Canton , O. , of a fitting monument over
the grave of William Mckinley , and
after an appropriation of a proper
amount for such purpose for the erec
tion of a suitable memorial at the na
tional capital. The contribution should
be the people's offering to the noble
dead and should be a popular tribute.
The state association , having this ob
ject in view , suggests the following as
the course to be pursued in Nebraska :
While not attempting to fix the max- ,
imum of contributions the committee
suggests that $25 from any individual
citizen is sufficient and that no contri
bution need be considered too small to
be bestowed.
We ask that every newspaper in the
state shall publish this appeal and
supplement the action of the associa
tion with the power of the press. We
further that every editor , teacher and
postmaster- Nebraska shall act as
the agent of the association to receive
contributions and forward the same
to Hon. Edward Rosewater , treasurer ,
Omaha , Neb. , who will acknowledge
the same. To these contribution
blank will be sent by the secretary. *
The name of every contributor will be
enrolled upon the record of the na- <
tional association and the receipt of
the sum acknowledged. There are
about 250,000 school children in the
state of Nebraska , and we appeal to
each teacher in the state to aim to col
lect 5 or 10 cents from each child as
the tribute of the youth of the state ,
showing their affection for the tement-
ed chief executive , who stands today
as an ideal American.
CHARLES F. MANDERSON ,
President.
JOHN A CREIGHTON , ;
Vice President. $
EDWARD ROSEWATER , J
Secretary and Treasurer. ' J
J. STERLING MORTON. If
LORENZO CROUNSE ' -
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L. D. RICHARDS , -
E. J. HAINER ,
A. L. CLARK ,
SILAS A. HOLCOMB ,
Composing the Nebraska Branch of the
McKinley Memorial Association.
SECOND NOMINATION FOR 60Y. SAVAGE.
Lincoln , Neb. , Nov. 25. Chairman
Lindsay of the republican state com
mittee has declared there was no foun
dation for and no truth in the report
published recently in two Lincoln pa
pers that he has aspirations for the
gubernatorial chair.
"The statement is entirely unwar
ranted , " said he. "Under no "circum
stances will I allow my name to be
used in connection with the nomina
tion for governor. The present ad
ministration is giving entire satisfac
tion and if Governor Savage will uc-
cept the nomination for another term
it will and should be unanimously ten
dered to him "by
our next state con
vention. "
This statement , coming as it does
from the governor's private secretary ,
Is considered by some as a semi-official *
announcement that Governor Savage
will be a candidate for the nomina
tion. Mr. Lindsay denies , however ,
that he Is authorized to speak in be- '
half of the candidacy of the governor
or any other person. Mr. Lindsay has
about closed up the"work of the com
mittee incident to the last campaign/
and next week he expects to leave for
the Pacific coast , to be gone a month.
ENGINES ARE EXEMPTlnOM LAW ,
DCS Moines , la. , Nov. 25. Judge Mc-
Pherson , in the United States district
court , has decided that the law which
requires railroad companies to equip
their cars with safety automatic coup
lers does not apply to engines. The
luestlon arose on the
trial of the case
Df "White against the Great Western
Railroad company. White was head
brakeman on a freight train of the , .
3reat Western and at Marshalltown he
was injured while
making a coupling ,
ane hand being badly crushed. He sued
for $5,000 damages. It was shownIn
the testimony that while the car was
uquipped with safety couplers the 'en
gine had no such device and the-coup
ling must therefore be by the old-link
and pin method. The defendants
con
tended that the
law makes
no refer
ence to engines
being
equipped with
safety couplers and as an engine is not
car the liability of the company be
cause of failure to equip the engine in'
iccordance with the law could not be
ixed. The
court sustained
this view .
ind directed that the case be taken
rom the jury and a verdict be direct-
id for the defendant *
company. The
juestion has not before been
raised in
the courts here.
Says Power * Meddle Too Much ,
Constantinople , Nov. 26V The porte
has addressed a note to the powers
complaining that their continual-Inter- '
ference in Turkish
internal
affairs has
undermined the sultan's
authority and
rendered it impossible for him to carry
ut the reforms
stipulated in the Ber-
in treaty. The = porte demands that
he powers cease .this interference-
rurkish affairs and
states
that the-
mltan will then introduce the reforms
squired. v
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