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- -- -j-i i-mw Mjwjffw?jjfMtwt-j' F13W,?i!J" -"j; .'. -.. --&! ,-- a ' '? " K- VOLUME XXIX.-NUMBER 33. COLUMBUS NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 23. 1898. WHOLE NUMBER 1.489. Ot An A' '' ' " " ' -' -""" "V . - " ,3 'i . a : . .- - " " .',- '. fl -,:.v S-, ft.' i . - . -; ii " Jnr MAK T'i lift'1 TH A A'KSfrTYTNfr " ' - -. - m..r-1. .... v a ilrc in the year of crace 1G30, sturdy Gov. John Win throp and Puritan colonists of Massa chusetts proclaimed and duly observed a public thanksgiv ing, they probably had little idea of the importance which the festival was destined "to obtain in the history of America. The Jlrst Thanksgiving differed very -materially from lis successors in that U vus proclaimed as a fast and not as a least. Supplies had run short, the ships expected from Knglaud were de layed, and extinction threatened the -'governor and company of Massachu setts bay in New England." Winthrop umi his council decided to hold a diy of prayer and abstinence, "so that ye Lorde Lc propitiated and looke upon his servants with favor, in that they have humbled themselves before Him." Arcoidingly a crier was sent about the primitive settlement of Charlcstown, and the colonists were each and all in vited to take part in the fast. Their sacrifice met with speedy reward. Scarcely had the noon hour of the alioted day arrived when the Ions hoped-for ship made its welcome ap pearance in Massachusetts bay, the cargo was landed, and- the fast was succeeded by a banquet of a sort which must have seemed sumptuous indeed to the exiles o recently plunged in Imager and hardship. On the thresh old of ilrladcil winter Winthrop and his followers found what had been a prospect of fear and peril changed in .to one of happiness and hope. Such was America's first Thanksgiving, as zu-3srgK v) (V-jfi! r 1 JA fi--.l NV 11 . ?? --TTiTH -" fef&M Jfl If " .tf j vj .JM f iis7 rCPK -vs a -nees ;fr- a io mi nx- I ' a i OTSMS IN THE PAST, celebrated 1'CO years ago. Thereafter . each succeeding November was marked- in the annals of the cojouy by a similar festival of gratitude. But Thanksgiving in the early days of our history was not confined to the . New England pioneers aiouc. Just fifteen years after Winthrcp's proclam ation, i. c., in ldlZt, Gov. Kieft of the ' Dutch colony, thsn known as Nieuw .Amsterdam, but now as New York, or dered the observance of a day of re joicing and thanks, "for the rest and peace which God had been p!eaed to bestow upon !iis servant." Thus we : .oe that the feast of Thanksgiving is 'not as generally supposed, a peculiarly Puritan institution, but is equally de .' rived from the stalwart buighcrs of Manhattan island. The next notable Thanksgiving day in history fell in 175S. On that date the British and colonial army, number- ing S0.0C0 men. and commanded by . Gen. Forbes, attacked and captured from the French, after a fierce strug gle. Fort Duquesne, at the junction of the Allegheny and Mcnongahela riv ers. The name of the place was changed to Fort Pitt, and was the nu cleus of the city of Pittsburg. Thus in a special sense the history of the great capital of the coal and iron in dustries is connected with the cele- oration of Thanksgiving day. " But meanwhile, in New England, what had been begun as an occasional day of pious rejoicing had assumed the proportions of a fixed national holiday. In Massachusetts and New Hampshire it-was especially popular. There was ' at first great latitude in regard to the - day selected for the feast. Governors proclaimed the chosen date arbitrarily, and no effort was made to keep the an- niversary of Winthrop's prcclamation. Sometimes Thanksgiving occurred In July, sometimes in midwinter. At length, through the efforts of the pres ident and professors of Harvard col lege, it was practically fixed upon the last Thursday in November. The college faculty were moved to Interest themselves in the question by the fact' that the uncertainty regarding 'the dale caused considerable disorder among their pupils. Boys from differ ent states celebrate.! on different cays, many, of them returning home to eat the Thanksgiving meal under the'r own rcoftrees. This very undesirable ststc of affairs could only be put a stop lc. ?sid the grave Harvard don3, by the forma! establishment of a Uni term cate. for the feast. The last Thr.'-d.ry sf the eleventh month suite:! the- colliers, and influence being brought tc bear upon the colonial gov- mnsmw ' ernors of Kew England, proclamations I w- ,, .. i ., uic itcuuu muiiiug inai uay me regu lar Thanksgiving. In the south Thanksgiving, as an annual festival, remained practically unknown until, in 1S55, the curious Virginian controversy on the subject was precipitated. This controversy, which is not generally known, deserves a brief notice. The governor Of Vir ginia at the time was one Johns, a pa triotic and broad-minded gentleman, who had always entertained a rever ence for the Puritan anniversary which was by no means common below Mason and Dixon's line. Gov. Johns, in a letter to the state legislature, ur gently recommended the recognition of Thanksgiving in Virginia, and offered, in case his recommendation proved satisfactory, to at once issue a proc lamation. But the legislature of Washington's state did not lock upon the New Eng land holiday with favor. Gov. Johns was advised not to make the Thanks giving proclamation; and, as he did not do so, the matter was allowed tem porarily to drop. But public interest had been awakened, and befcro long a fierce debate was raging in Virginia between the opponents and supporters of the proposed southern Thanksgiv ing. At last, in 1S37. Gov. Wise Johns' successor took the metaphori cal bull by the horns, and issued a proclamation setting apart a day for the feast. His action caused much angry criticism, and several southern ern newspapers declared that Thanks giving was simply "a relic of Puritan ic bigotry." In spite of this, the in novation was warmly welcomed. The hospitable southerners grestcd gladly another holiday, and the northern feast soon ranked among them as second in importance only to the "glorious Fourth" itself. In 1S5S the year after Wise's proclamation no less than eight governors of southern states pro claimed Thanksgiving in their sec tions. The war, however, coming shortly afterward, practically extin guished the popularity of the holiday in Dixie. But it has become a loved institu tion in the middle, western and north western states. Exiled Americans, too, cling to its celebration, and every November sees Thanksgiving dinners in London, Paris, Berlin, Rome or wherever some of the scattered chil dren of Uncle Sam may chance to so journ. Indeed, Mr. William Astor Chanler. the well-known explorer, tells of a Thanksgiving dinner which he en joyed in the very heart of darkest Af rica. An extensive and highly interesting volume might be compiled on the sub ject of Thanksgivings and the events which have signalised them. For in stance, on Thanksgiving day, 17S3, the British army evacuated New York, while Washington and Clinton march ed into the city at the head of the con tinental army and took formal posses sion in tha name of the young repub lic. Festivities and a grand display of fireworks closed that memorable day. Thanksgiving had fallen that year on December 23, and the combin ation of evacuation day and that fes tival were long jointly honored in New York. The Thanksgiving day of 1S1G is memorable as the occasion upon which an American theater was first illum inated with gas. This event happened in Philadelphia. The- experiment was a complete success, and the manager of the affair was Dr. Kugler. During the war, of the battles and skirmishes fought on Thanksgiving, the most no table was that of Lookout mountain (1S63). A few odd and distinctive methods o" celebrating the great holiday still sur- i I v fit - vm &M j mm frtfms ;vm ";, THE PRESENT. vive in different parts of the United States, although the tendency is to ward a uniform .manner of rejoicing. In sections of Connecticut, for exam ple, the "Thanksgiving barrel bant ing" is a timc-henored institution. Fcr a month before the day Connecticut boys diligently collect and store in a place- of security all the barrsis. old or new. which they can find. , All bar rels are .-regarded as, the property of whomsoever cancarry 'tham awayT On TbanfcssivinV night the barrels are piled in a huge heap and ignited. Eoys and girls then dance around the bon- ,1, yiJ m . MSSfaSaSsa y ,7 Aqwv rzi 'mjfw fire until ttia very last barrel ha goni Up in smoke. .'i HE WOULDN'T OBLIQC. "Say, Joe," said the western sheriff, addressing a gray-haired, cadaverous looking individual who sat beside him in front of the county jail one day, "blamed shame the way my prisoners wuz treated last Thanksgivin, wuzn't it " "It sartiniy wus, Tom;" wa th re ply. ''They didn't git a Lite of turkey, if I remember." "Not a durned bito, Joe," continued the sheriff in tones of disgust; "an I wus acshually ashamed to look even the hoss thieves in the face far weeks arterward!" "D'ye think the ccunty'll throw 'em down agin this y'ar?" "Yes, I reckon so. Ever since my deputy sold the turkeys I bought fur the- prisoners an skipped with the . .cash the turkey deal ban bin declar'd off. Say, Joe, old friend, I'm a-fee'.in' I've gotter do santhin' fur the fellers this Thanksgivin." "Seems 'though it's yer duty to, Tom seems so, an' if I kin help ye any jist call on me.'' "Wall, Joe!"' continued the sheriff, "that's durned good o' ye to sr.y that, an' it shows ye've got my intertsts at heart Now, I've bin thiukin' that while we couldn't go down in our pock ets an' buy 'era turkeys, we could git up a leetle entertainment fur 'em on that day and sorter cheer 'em up. What d'ye think o' it?" "A durned g?od scheme, Tom, an' jest count on ne to help yc in any way! But what sort o' an entertain ment ar ye thinkin or?" J'Oh, thar's only enc sort of show they'd wake up long nuff to look at, an' that's a hangin', of course." "A hangin. eh?" Queried the old man as a puzzled look came ever his face. "But ycd hev to hang one o thsm an' wouldn't that sort o' make the others feel gloomy?" "No, I wouldn't hang one o' the prisoners. Thar's three or four gotter hang bimeby, but not until arter Thanksgivin', an' I couldn't hang 'cm 'till that time comes. No, Jos, ole friend, that's whar' ye come In, ye know. That will be yer part o the show, an' I'm a-tellln ye it'll be ap preciated ail over town, too." "D do ye mean fur me to h ang?" gasped the other. "Why, In course. Yer an ole galoot, Jce, a-sufferin' all the time with rheu matism an' five or six other things, an' besides ye haven't a relative on airth to keerfur ye." "Yer "a fcol, Tom Smith!" shouted the old man as he leaped from his chair and looked daggers at the other. "I may be old an' all that, but I hain't a-lendin my neck to please nobody! Wall, I reckon not, with whisky never so cheap, too!" and old Joe slipped away in high dudgeon. "Wall, shoot me for a coyote if I'd believed it o him!" growled the sher iff, as he looked after the man in great astonishment. "Jest last week the ole critter was wfshin' he could do sun thin' fur his fcl-er-men, an now he backs out when I've given him a splen L "D DO YE MEAN FUR ME TO HANG?" GASPED THE OTHER, did chance! An me the champion hanger o' the state, too! Wall, wall, wall!" Itc';tcr Than CoM. It was midnight of Thanksgiving Eve, and the OS-cent clock in the kit chen of Banker Smith's mansion struck eleven times, tried hard to strike once more for luck, but got its cogs twisted and had to 1st the matter go at that. At this hour only the snoring of the hired girl broke the stilly stillness, but two minutes later the kitchen win dow was Eofcly raised and two men vaulted lightlr into the room. They were "Black Bill" and the "Coon Kid." '.wo colored burglars, and it was a doliar to a bad apple that Both men carried dark lanterns and heavy clubs, and as Bill drew a revol ver from his pocket and laid it on the kitchen table he whispered: "Kid, if we didn't make a mistake in der house, dis'll be de biggest rob bery dat ever happened." "She will fo suah. Bill," replied the other, as he looked about him and lis tened intently. "Gcily, but won't it 'rouse de police an detectives! Now, who's gwine to do de search act?" "I reckon yo better do dat, Kid, 'kase yo'r lighter on yo'r feet. I'll watch down yere while yo' sneak 'round, an' don't fcrgit what we come fo" The smaller man disappeared up the back stairs on his tip toes. He was gone about five minutes and then re turned with a disappointed look on his face, and said, as he emptied a" hatful of diamonds and gold on the table: "Couldn't find any trace o what we come fo Bill. Jess dese things was all I could pick up." "Den why didn't yo leave 'em alone?" gruffly replied the other bur glar. "Dos; trinkets am no good when oar's somethin' better in de house. Try de cellar. It might jess be possible i'.'s hid down dar." Once more the "Kid" left the room and quietly stole away, but as he re turned this time his face was wreath ed in smile.; and he held up a long package fo. the other to view while he challenged: "Ize got it. Bill Ize get it!" "Golly, so yo' hab! Now let's git right cut with it afore we're cotched, an den't yo make de least noise!'' And leaving the heaps of sparkling diamonds and the heaps cf glittering gold untouched en the kitchen table, the two colored burglars vanished the way they had corns, taking with them a fifteen-poarid turkey. . ML HI HE THY H Penalties for Delay on the three Destroyers Accumulate; THE FARRAGAT A TRIFLE SLOW. A Fourth Trial U Xcecsnry to Settle tti. Cncwtlan of Spsoit tot Crtala Th. lJtilhlcri Art that Sha i! Ac cepted by tUo NavJ- De.-i.irlructft.- Wabhtsotox; Nov. i;. The first of the 30-knot tornado boats built in the Unite-I States and tha only oaa of that speed which has yet undergone official trinl, has finally failed to reach the re quirements after three attempts, the first two of them resulting1 in serious damage to the vcs3tl. A telegram re ceived from Lieutenant Commander Franklin J. Drake, ly Secre'tary Lonjr shows that the rarrngut on her final trial near San Francisco November 10, ran 29.73 knots an hour. He says this remarkably hijjh speed was achieved with no excessiva vibration of huli or undue friction of engines. The vessel ran straightway for half an hour at the rate of 29.84 knots, fol lowed by a turn, accomplished within fifteen minutes and another dash of half an hour, this time at the rate of 30.19 knots, the average for the whole course being 29.73. The Union Iron works of San Francisco, which built the vessel, has appealed to Secretary Long to accept her, declaring that she can easily make the required speed of thirty knots under ordinary condi tions, but that she was retarded in the official trial by shallow water and heavy head winds in the first half, when the speed fell behind the con tract rate. The act of Congress of June 10, 1890, authorizing this vessel and the Dahl gren and tha T. A. M. Craven, now building at Bath. Me., is novel in that it stipulates that the vessels sSall make at least thirty knots. The con tracts call for that speed and declare that if the vessels fall to make it they shall be rejected. The department was, therefore, compelled to decide that a fourth trial would be necessary, it being powerless to waive the condi tions, although the belief was gcueral among officers that a difference of seventeen-hundredths of a knot was impracticable of measurement in a thirty -five-mile run. The .wo similar boats building at Bath, Maine, are within 20 per cent of completion, and it is expected that their trials will take place in about a month. All three of the vessels should have been delivered to the government under contract in the early part of last April, and they have already ac cumulated large bills on account of the delay penalties. The failure of the Union Iron works boat readily to accomplish its designed velocity nlthongh tbo Sootto, who built her, are famous for the excellence of thoir work, as shown in the Oregon, the Monterey, the Oiympia, the San Francisco, the Charleston, and other vessels is thought to foreshadow much greater difficulties with the Bath iron works boats, as that company has hitherto had indifferent success with the vessels it has furnished to the navy, with the possible exception of the gunboats Machias and Castinc, al though their performance has not been extraordinary. CARNEGIETOSERVEASAJUROR The Threat of Arrest All the Result of A Misnnderstandtnar. Nkw Yokk. Nov. 19. Andrew Carn egie, for whom a warrent was recently issued on the charge of failing to re spond to a juror notice, has avoided arrest by appearing before the special commissioner of jurors and submitting io me usual examination, alter offer ing to the commissioner an apology for the failure to regard his summons. Mr. Carnegie explained that ho had no wish to evade any of the duties of a citizen, but at tho time the subpoena was served on him he had just re turned from Europe and was on the point of departing for Pittsburg, where he had engaged to deliver sev eral lectures. Mr. Cameras was asked whether he was in favor of capital punishment. He replied that he was not in fr.vor of it, but as it was the law of the l?.nd, his opinion would not in fluence him in arriving at a verdict in a capital case. At the close of the examination the commissioner declared Mr. Carnrgie to be acceptable as a juror and his name was registered on the jury list. The order of arrest was then vacated. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF CASS The Death of Mrs. Henry Ledyard, Aged SO, Reported From Ioudon. New Yobk, Nov. 19. Mrs. Henry Ledyard died in London Wednesday night, aged 83 years. She was Miss Matilda Cass, the daughter of the late General Lewis Cisj, who was for many years governor of Michigan, where Matilda Cass was born. General Cass, who was a veteran of the war of 1812, was Secretary of War in Jack son's cabinet, was the Democratic can didate for President in 1813 running against Zachary Taylor), represented Michigan in the United States Senate and was governor of Michigan. He was Secretary of State to Buchanans cabinet, resigning his portfolio when the President refused to reinforce Fort Sumter. General Cass was at one time min ister to France and while he was in Paris his daughter, Matilda, married Henry ledyard, then secretary of the American legation. This was nearly sixty years ago. Mr. Ledyard died several years ago. Xefrocs Froteat. New York, Nov. 15. A mass meet Jig of colored men and women, to protest against the treatment of their race in some of the Southern states recently, was held last night in Cooper Union. As a precautionary measure the police were out in force, as, even in this city, in the Hell's Kitchen dis trict, there has been considerable anti negro sentiment. This precaution, however, was not at all necessary, as the gathering, although enthusiastic at times, was a- very peaceable one. The hall was crowded with colored people, with a sprinkling of whites. A number of prominent white citizens, however, sent letters commending the object of the meeting. 3 Iked to be made babies of. Oteral Yonas Opinio a of Tretaat -v TcIanUcrt aS Stontanlc. WAsnnfOTCS, Isor 19.-f-T)r: Fortvoodl continued his testimony b'sfdfe the war investigating committee, concerning' cifbdition? at MonlRUk Point, where bjtwas chief krtay surgeon, lie said tlpt from the beginning to Ite end of the history of the general hospital at' Gimp WikoiT there was never a time wen there was not from fifty to 590 ,v$eant bedn. Many patients were sent aay to' IicspJlaU in ficighbvrin; cities largely in response to public vlttuior. T)e patients taken" away were' largely typhoid cases, and were selected chiefly because it was lelioved not wise to-allow typhoid cases to accumulate atiMontau!:. jfajor General S. IJ. Young iras bc fflije the commission at its afternoon session, relating in detail his cxperi- (lat L&uuasima and vicinity, and af terward at Mon tattle. lie had rccon noitefed the Spanish camp with a glass for half an liour before the" light be gan, and he had attacked the Spaniards and not the Spaniards him. Speaking of the rough riders, ha said there had been no greater prr centage of casual ties ainbng them than among the reg ulars, and that they were not led into' any situation not to be expected in war. After a period of sickness he was sent to Montauk Point to establish Camp Wikoff. lie detailed the difficul ties of the preparation of the camp. He said that it had been impossible to get in floors, and that he had not con sidered thcin necossjiry, cither for health or comfort The hospital and quartermaster stores were also ample. He had nsver in all his experiences seen army hos-1 pitals so well supplied with medicines and stores of all kinds. Telling of the hardships of one com mand which had just arrived from Cuba, he said: "They were not the he roes, being onlj regulars." He said the privations of the war were not so serious as Indian enm paigns he had been engaged in. There had been occasions when he and his command had had to live on corn, and others when there was nothing to be had except horse moat or burro meat. "Hut that," he said, "was not in the newspapers." He was satisfied that most of the complaints against the camp were un founded. Many of these complaints were made by men and women who had never seen men in camp. Appre ciating the situation, the soldiers had "played it on" the visitors, makiug complaints that were without founda tion, in order to get delicacies. "Sol diers like to be mada babies of," he said, "and some of them soon got so they would not cat their regular ra tions." General Young concluded his testi-monj- with the statement that the soldiers were far better cared for than t)Mb&d:been in the civil war. " A "HAWAIIAN IN THE HOUSE. To Ilavo a Ilclccato of tho Rank of Territorial Representative. Chicago. Nov. 19. A dispatch to the Chicago Tribune from Washington says: "It is probable that the report of the Hawaiian commission will favor a more liberal form of government for the islands than has generally been expected. The members have favor ably considered a proposition to give the islands a representative in the House without a vote, in which regard he would rank with the delegates from Arizona, Now Mexico and Okla homa, who have the privilege of talk ing, but not the right of voting. "The government suggested for the islands will in all probability be an advance on the present organized ter ritories but, of course, will not con template statehood. Several members of the commission go to the extent of believing that Hawaii should have representation in the senate, though probabably without a vote This fea ture, however, may not appear in the report." GOT A TIP FROM HOME. Emperor TTHIUra Atlvlasd Aialrnt the Proposed Trip to Spain. Keulin', Nov. 19. The reason for tho change of plans in the homeward jour ney of Emperor William, by which the visit to Spain is omitted, in generally attributed here to pressure brought to bear on the emperor by the old chan cellor. Prince Hoh-onlohc. and likewise by the prince regent of Il2varia, the king of Saxony and other fellow sov ereigns of the German empire, who . claim to have some voice in tho direc tion of the foreign relations of the em pire as a whole. Popular fea'.ing here among all sen sible people, and especially among tho trading and industrial classes, i3 in favor of a thorough understanding with Great Britain and tho United States, and it is realized that a visit on the part of the kaiser at the present juncture to Madrid, even incognito, would constitute, in view of tho pecu liar circumstances, a gross affront to the united States without being of any corresponding advantage to Germany. Sills Selected tho Campi. Washington. The adjutant general of the army has furnished the war in vestigating commission a statement showing the authority upon which the camps occupied during the war with Spain were selected. It shows that General Miles located the camps at Chickamauga, Ga., Fernandina and Miami, Fla., and Camp Alger. Va.; that General Lee selected that at Jack sonville, and General Mcrriain that at Camp Merritt, and the other camps, except that at Tampa, were located by boards of officers. The report says that a permanent camp was never contem plated at. Tampa, bat that troops were sent there preparatory for embarka tion, on recommendation cf General Miles. A Gold Strike Reparted Froxa Idaho. Florence, Idaho, Nov. 19. A great strike of high grade ere is reported near Snowshce pass on the Warren trail, twenty miles south of here. The strike was made between the now fa mous Buffalo Hump and Thunder Mountain. The great vein crops 6,000 feet, is from 30 to 90 feet wide and carries abundance of free gold. Phoesix Ariz., Nov. 19. The ter ritorial capitol sito commission has adopted plans for a new capitol build inar to cost 100.000. Bids for constrne- i tion are to be advertised for at once. n After Two Days in an Open Boat the Joahanna Was Abandoned. SHIPWRECKED CREW SAVED. Th Ufa ftoat ifetaaccd fa the launch las ! Constant llatllnjf RrQnlred to Eecp It Afloat ISronsht to Kcw ioiX fcy a Brltbb Steatnsr. New Tokk, JTcrr. 19. The British Atcamef Pecbnie' brought into port eighteen shiptvfe'clced rnarlriers f o-dL?t taken from the Dutcifbarie Joahanna, Which was found in a sinking condi tion. The Peccnic sighted the Joa hanna, flying signal? of distress, last Friday, in latitude 3G.24, longitude 54 03, and took off the men whom she landed here to-day. The Joahanna sailed from New York October 3i, with a full general cargo, fbr Honolnln. 6n November a terrific gale set in from the N. N. . accom panied by enormous seas. The raid ship bulwarks and main hatch were smnshed !h; the deck beams broken and the vessel began to take in water at an alarming rate, and some feared that the vessel would break ih two. Captain Maars ordered out the boats, intending' to steer for Rermuda. The first boat was dashed to pieces against the side of the vessel. The second boat was successfully launched, -Svith the entire crew. The small boat had been damaged in the effort to launch it from the wreck, and cortstant bailing was required to keep it afloat. In these circumstances the eighteen seainch spent two days in the vicinity of the Joabanria. as they had determined to return to the dere lict when the weather subsided Finally, on November 11, the wind and s?a went down and the men clambered en board of the wreck and set distress signals. At It p. m. the Peconic was seen approaching, and life boats shortly afterwards came to their res cue, and the Joahanna had to be aban doned. The Joahanna was built at Albssscrdain, Holland, in IS 90, of 1,184 tens, and was owned bv J. Vroajra. GEORGIA FOR STATE MONEY. The T.ex'ilitnre Deterxalaas to JTaTfl tti Fettcral rrohlhltton Tax Tested. Ati.asta, Ga., Nov. 19. The hOusd of representatives has passed a bill providing for a test of the constitu tionality of the federal 10 per cent tax on state bank issues. Tho bill pro vides that a commission consisting of treasurer, comptroller and governor of the state shall issue circulating cur rency notes to the extent of 7." per cent of its capital stock to any bank applying forthc same. These notes will not Vi n;-rJ a ordinary loTl ton- Cicr, and if the government prosecutes the bank or attempts to collect ths 10 pel' cent tax the attorney general of state is to appeal tho case to the fcu prcmc court of the United States. DINED ON THE OREGON AT RIO. Brazilian O Beers and Diplomats Enter tained by American Naval Men. Rio Janeiro, Nov. 19. Marked friendship between American and Bra zilian naval officers was shown last night when a banquet was given to tho latter on the battleship Oregon. The officers of the Iowa and Oregon were assisted in entertaining by the Ameri can minister, Charles Page Bryan. Leading members of the diplomatic corps were present. References to the American naval victories during the recent war brought forth much en thusiasm. The American officers paid a formal visit to the new president. Scnor Sallcs. CLEVELAND OFF TO SANTIAGO. Captain Evans to Show the Ex-President the Battlefield From the Yscbi Oneida. New Yokk, Nov. 13. On the yacht Oneida Captain Kobley D. Evans, Gro ver Cleveland and their host. F. C. Benedict, the banker, arc sailing to the South. Captain Evans will take the party to the marine battlefield where Cervcra's fleet was destroyed. Mr. Cleveland has taken fishing tackle and expects' to catch big tarpon in Florida waters. Mr. Benedict will look out for business .opportunities in our new territory. Another Clnah at ran. Pasa, III., Nov. 19. Non-union col ored miners and white strikers clashed in tho streets of tiiis city again yester day. Several hundred shots were fired, but the combatants did their shooting from behind trees and hedges; conse quently, no blood was spilled. The trouble is said to have started by an unknown negro firing upon Wesley Pope, a striker. Pope says he was walking near the Springsidc colliery, where the negroes are quartercd.when he was fired upon. He secured a rifle and reinforcements. Mcintimc. the negroes appeared in force and the shooting became general. After sev eral hundred shots had been exchanged the negroes retreated to their stock ade. No damage was done. The mili tia arrived too late to get into action, but are patrolling the Springside dis trict in force. BUhop Cranston Mobbed. Cincinnati, Ohio. Private letters from Bishop Earl Cranston, of the Methodist Episcopal church, tell of the mobbing of the bishop and the Rev. Dr. Lowry, missionary, on the streets of Peking, China, September 30. The attack was made with mud, sticks and stones.by a mob gathered to celebrate the first feast day since the empress had taken the power from the em peror. The same indignities were of fered to all other foreigners. Repre sentations have been made to the Chi nese governnvVi hy the American minister at Peking. Xegroca Sent Oat of Town. Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 19. Gen eral Leonard Wood, military-governor of the Department of Santiago, has in structed General Ewers, who .is in command of the brigade of negro reg iments at Sen Luis, where the drunk en affray occurred on "Monday nisrht, to move the camp five miles out from the town. It is probable that one of tberegiments will be sent to an island near the entrance of Santiago harbor, where there are no inhabitants. Mil STAYED BY THE SHIP WILL FINALLY YIELD. Aawri War Daasaada to Accepted Vadcr Iretst. JLoxdon-, Nor. 19. All the special diapateis to the London papers from Paris express- the belief that the Span ish commissioners will finally yield, though under protest, to the American demands. tVAsmxr.Tox, Nov. 19. Theatwninis t Cation feels encouraged now over the outlook for a successfnl termination ot the labors of the peace commissioners id Paris. The attempt of the Spanish commissioners to accept their con struction ct the meaning of the pro tocol, where it toifebss on the Philip pines, has been a flat failure. Inasmuch cs the Spanish are making most strenuous efforts to assert their sovereignty over the Philippines, all based upon the use oi the word "dis position,' instead of "possession." in thatpX.of the protocol relating ta the future of the Philippines,it may be stated that the American commission ers hat been obliged to call attention to the fact that M. Cambon, who acted for the Spanish government in arrang ing the protocol, declared positively that the change, which was made at his instance, amounted tp nothing; was of no significanca in English, or as affecting the object aimed at, but Was made merely because it sounded better id Spanish, and would not be humiliating to the Spaniards. Conse quently the American commissioners could not for an instant think of al lowing the sincerity of the then French ambassador to be drawn into question. TWENTY-EIGHT LOST AT SEA. A Sailing Veatsl Wrtciod Oft the Coast of Oregon. Newport, Ore., Nov. 19. News has just been received here from Alsea bay, sixteen miles below here, that the sailing vessel Atlanta is ashore. She had n crew of thirty men on board, and only two got ashore alive. The vessel is dismantled. She was bound from Tacoma for an African port with wheat. Tho vessel has broken in two. A life-saving crew has gone to the scene. Tbo Atlantic was of about 2,800 tons. The Emporia Baalter Said to Havo nets Over eUO.OOO Short. EilPOBlA. Kan., Nor. 19. It is said hero that Receiver Jobc has found a shortage in tho First National bank of more than $50,000, which he traces di rectly to Charles Cross, the dead presi dent. This report has stunned the town almost as completely as did the news of his suicide. Most people cling to tho belief that there is some mis take. The stockholders of tho suspended bank will decide to-day whon to meet and hear the bank examiner's report. It is believed that the meeting will oc cur next week, but there is no talk of .resuming. fr. Margaret Tnompson, through her attorneys, 3Iaddcn l'rotaers. filed an attachment on all of the property which William Martindale. the vice president, owns in Lyon, Chase. Coffey and Greenwood counties. The attach ment is filed to satisfy a note with de faulting interest, amounting to 33,200. Martindale and John C. Furnace were joint signers of the note. Mr. Mart in dale tried to arrange the matter, but Mrs. Thompson would not compromise. The Cross insurance amounts to about S40.000, and fricads cf the fam ily say that Mrs. Cross will turn every cent of it over to the receiver of the bank. Xew War Tax Ruling. Columbia, Mo., Nov. 19. J. Daw Robinson, formerly prosecuting attor ney of Boone count, has secured an opinion from the attorney general at Washington putting a new interpreta tion on a feature of tho war tax law. Some weeks ago Mr. Kobinson pre sented a check at one of the Columbia banks, signed by himself and payable to himself. Payment was refused on the ground that the check bore no rev enue stamp. Mr. Kobinson insisted that, as it was a check drawn on his funds, by himelf, it was not subject to tax, contending that it would be a direct tax. while not denying the au thority of congress to impose a stamp tax upon checks payable to other par ties. The attorney general's decision is in Mr. Robinson's favor that checks drawn in this manner are not liable to the war tax. To Explore the Sacred Cxtc. Nkw Yokk, Nov. 19. Tho yacht Utowana. owned by Allison V. Armour of Chicago, will leave here soon with a party of scientists of the Chicago university, for Yucatan. An explora tion of the interior mountains is to be made. Professor Frederick Starr, with a London physician, will visit the islands of the Gulf of Tchauntepcc, inhabited by savages. A hazardous expedition will le that to the island in which arc sacred caves worshipped by the natives. Resistance by the na tives is expected. A detachment of Mexican soldiers may be asked as a guard. Larzest Warahlp in the World. Portsmouth, Eng. : Thousands of people witnessed the launch of the ram battleship Formidable, at the dock yard here. She is said to be the largest warship in the world, being of 15,0W) tons displacement. She is 400 feet long, has seventy-five feet beam, and draws twenty-six feet nine inches of water. She cost over ?3,000,000, and is estimated to steam eighteen knots. Senator Platt'a Bank Renaet Bulatn. Washisoto.v, Not. 19. Senator Piatt's bank, the Tioga National of Oswego, N. Y., which suspended pay ment August 14, having complied with the conditions imposed by the comp troller of the currency, precedent to resumption, is now in a solvent condi tion and has been permitted to reopen its doors for business. nia Mall Was Heavy With Daamlt. Sak Fkaxcisco. Nov. 19. The un known man who recently attempted to kill the Turkish consul in this city by means of explosives sent by mail, forwarded no less than six packages of dynamite and fnlrainating caps from Batte, Mont., to the sultan's rep resentative here. All of these are now in the possession of the police, but no arrest has yet been made. Bbemex, Nov. 19. Herr H. Mier, founder of the North German Lloyd Steamship company, is dead. 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