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HENRY GEORBE IS DEAD.'
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Candidate'or Mavor of Graiiei New
York Expires Sudienlv.
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OIED OF APOPLEXY WHILE ASLEEP.'
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Tl?e Philosaplifr .in.l *iatfi?min Sormmbt
to the Strain Incident to nUKxciting
CKUipaign-IIi?Kiul TVm Pescetnl ?nd
He Pmw.l Aw^r With a Smile on Hi*
Lln?-Skrtc!i of Hi* 1 arled Career.
New Yoke C:tv ^Special).?Henry George. '
one of the four leading candidates fot
t. Ma yor of Greater Xetv Y'ork. died on Friday
morning at 5 o'clock in the Union
' Squnr* Hotel. Death wa< due to apoplexy.
Xr. George retired late Thursday night .
c*'?viro?xu^ ia?^r iuumu^?.
Mrs. George was with him.
About 3 o'clock Friday morning Mrs- .
George was awakened by the convulsive
movements of her husband. He was meaning
faintly.
?. Jumping up. she found him in a dying j
condition. Sh-? immediately rang the bell, i
and Night Clerk Warner, responded. He I
sent for a doctor to West Fifty-ninth street, j
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HEXBY 4EOSGE.
It was over twenty minutes before the doc- j
tor arrived. I
?w Henry George. Jr., who occupied a room .
on the second floor, was hastily called, and
, he hurried to the bedside of his dying |
father.* He. Mrs. George and the doctor J
did all they could to save Mr. George, but I
despite their efTorts he parsed away at 5
o'clock.
Sketch of His Career.
Henry George's history is that of a typical
American. He was born in Philadelphia,
l'enn.,flfty-eight years ago. His father
was born in England,'but was brought to
this country as a child and lived to tight
for the United States in the war of 1912.
His mother's father was John Vallance,
born in Glasgow, who was a noted engraver
in Revolutionary times.
mt Henry George was a clerk in a mercantile
house for a short time after he left
AWAAI \UKon Ko tpog vaqk nM hn
shipped on a schooner for San Francisco, j
The captain laughed at the pale, slender, |
red-headed youngster when he said that he .
could hand,"reef, and steer; but when the |
vessel reached San Francisco young ;
George was paid in full as an able seaman.
He tried prospecting for gold, and went i
as far as British Columbia in his search for j
the precious metal, but without success, j
He was back in San Francisco in 186S try- >
ing to get work, but was unable to find any j
employment he liked.
He was on the point of looking for a ship
when he cotaiaed employment printer.
After a few years he got a chance to do oc- |
casional reporting. About this time he j
married Miss Annie C. Fox. Mr. George,
with two partners, founded the San Francisco
Post in 1871, and became the editor of. !
, It. He retired from the paper In 1875. ,
Then he began work on his first book. ;
''Progress and Poverty," which was not j
published until 1879. * There are many
oKnut fKa V? A PTn*?ri?
need in finding a publisher for the
book. It is said that he set up the book
in type with his own bands and man- '
aged" to secure a publisher only after ,
he had put into circulation a number '
of copies of his own printing. This i
book has been translated into almost every !
civilized language, and has had a tramen- j
dous sale. It was followed by other books
on economic and social questions. As a |
social reformer Mr. George attained a world !
wide fame.
| In 1886 Mr. George ran for Mayor of New
York, as the labor candidate, and polled |
68,000 votes, coming in second in the race. <
, >-Last year he was an ardent supporter of j
William J. Bryan. He was nominated for
Mayor of Greater New York by the Demo- ,
9 eratic Alliance and other associations of
Democratic and free silver clubs. He was i
making a vigorous campaign when sud- j
denly stricken down.
The Dead Leader's Son Nominated in .
His l'laee.
Henry George, Jr.. was formally and
officially chosen to take his dead father's
pidce on the ticket of the Jeffersonian
Democracy for Mayor of Greater New York.
This decision was reached by the Campaign
Committee within a few hours after the
sadden demise of Henry George, and at
. the same time it was resolved to continue j
the canvass, which was begun for the
father, in the interest of the son, without j
any change of plans.
Henry George, Jr.. was born in Sacra- j
mento, Cal., in 1863. He was educated in j
the public schools of San Francisco. He ,
- was taken from school and put to work in j
a printing office. He helped to set type !
for "Progress and Poverty."' He came Last
with his father in 1880.
Bobber Kills Foliceraan.
Patrolman Frederick Smith, of New York j
City. w&3 shot and killed in the Church of i
the Holy Redeemer, Third street, between j
Avenues A and B, by a burglar who was !
robbing the poor box. " He was caught, and
gave the name of Fritz Meyer, forty-live
years old, no home.
Tragedies in the Klondike.
A Chicago man, writing home from the
Siondike, says that since his arrival at thrt
place there have been six suicides, three
Hangings and eleven killings.
Child Killed Father.
Willis T. Norman, a clerk in the employ
of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad, was shot and instantly killed at
Chicago, 111., by his six-year-old son Walter.
The boy was playing with a revolver,
which just before he was killed Norman
declared was broken and also unloaded.
Owned By Its Fatrons.
A telegraph and telephone line between .
Chicago and Milwaukee, Wis., is owned by |
the patrons who pay five cents for each
message. .
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
WntliiiiEton Itfim.
Official circles in Washington express the
belief that there is nothing in Spain's replyto
General Woodford's note to raise an
issue with this country.
It was feared in Washington that the
Navy Department's ruling that the Marine
Band should not play outside engagements
would drhe out its best members.
It is understood that the fur ?ea! conference
has resulted in an agreement to stop
pelagic scaling, and that the Russian and
Japanese delegates are awaiting tinai instructions
from thcjr respective Governments,
to which they have recommended
the acceptance of theplan. It is honed to
secure the co-operation of Great Britain.
Attorney-General MoKenna confirmed
the statement as to the recent ofer of the
Reorganization Committee and its acceptance
by the Government, by which the
payment of the full amount of the Government's
claim againts the main line of the
Union Faciflc Railroad is guaranteed.
The cruiser Montgomery and the gunboat
Annapolis have been ordered to intercept
the Cuban flllbuster Silver Hee'.s.
It is thought ia Washington that Jaran
has decided to aban loa opposition to the
annexation of Hawaii.
Secretary of the Treasury Gage's plan j
for reform of the currency system was submitted
to President MeKiniey andthe Cabinet.
Domestic.
The "Holy Ghosters," of Old Lyme.
Conn., accused of injuring an aged woman,
were held for trial.
A coroner's jury, in Camden. X. J., declined
to aecu<e Eii Shaw of th? murder ol
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Dis granomoiner, .urs. uoyuc iu<
prosecution's efforts.
Word ha< been received from Elbert. Col.
of the death by freezing during th? reeenl
blizzard of Mrs. Laura Hunter. She had
left her home to visit a neighbor, and was j
overcome 300 yards from her homo. Keai;
Monument. Col.. John Roach urns found j
frozen in the snow. He was one of a thrash- j
in? crew.
Judge Tenney, of the Criminal Branch ol
the United States Circuit Court. Xew York
City, sentenced the counterfeiters of Costa
Rica notes to two years' imprisonment and
fines of ?2000 each". A large batch of othej
counterfeiters and postal offenders were
also sentenced.
The building of the Union Trust Com-1
panv in Pittsburg was destroyed by fire. <
The'Missouri Presbyterian Synod has ;
adopted a resolution condemning the policy I
of Princeton University with reference tc
the use of liquor.
Mrs. and Mrs. O. H. P. Robinson, of Bellport.
Long Island, celebrated tho sixtyfourth
anniversary of their wedding. Mr.
Robinson is the inventor of ball bearings. 1
Dr. Helen Densmore, of California, who
for four years has been working to gain
liberty for Mrs. Florence Mavbrick, says
that it is but a matter of weeks until the
woman is free.
James E. 8impson, who died a few days
ago at Fall River. Mass.. was widely known
on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of
the United States among ship builders,
shipowners and shipping merchants, being
the originator o.' timber graving docks.
Mr. Simpson was born July 13. 1S13, and !
was therefore in his eighty-fifth year. !
The Trustees of Sailors' Snug Harhor, '
Staten Island, held a long session, at which | j
many old sailors testified to facts showing j
the gross mismanagement of the institution.
The forgeries of Professor Friedberg. the i
Toledo (Ohio) suicide, will run up to $50,- i
000; he had scores of victims.
CUU.,na A# T?/iAma Olvmni? Wfl?h
have protested to President MoKlnley |
against the establishment of a military ,
reservation at St. Michael's, Alaska.
A report from San Francisco says the i
whaling fleej. 1? northern seas is in >
great danger. Fourteen vessels are known j
to be caught in the ice, and provisions are ,
scarce.
Striking coincidences in the murder of j
Policeman Smith, at the Church of the '
Most Holy Redeemer, Xew York City, by !
Frit^ Meyer, aAd that of Assistant Sexton
Steiz. at the Church of the Most Holy
Trinity. In Brooklyn, last August, suggest
that both were committed by the same i
hand. 11
The California Insurance Commissioner
has informed all Sew York companies doing [
business in that State that they must take *
out licenses annually. This is'a retaliation |
on account of a similar New York law.
At New York City the jury in the breach
of promise suit of Annie Berliner, a deaf
mute, against Jacob Scharlin, another deaf
mute, for 50,000 damages, awarded the j
plaintiff a verdict of 41750.
Mrs. Forrest Wynne, of Hillsdale. N. J., i
wa? taken to court charged with trying to
bewitch a neighbor.
At Providence, R. I., Thomas Hull was
shot and killed by Patrolman Frank M. Luby.
Hull was an abattoir employe. He
drank heavily, and Luby met him wandering
and told him the way home. Without
warning, Hull drew a revolver and fired.
The bullet made a slight wound in Luby's
back, and Hull took refuge behind a tree.
He flred two more shots, and then Luby
flred at Hull, the bullet penetrating the abdomen.
John T. Williams, who is charged with
wife murder, was arraigned in New York
City, and his counsel asked for his discharge
on the ground that Mrs. Williams
had committed suicide. The Judge, however,
recommitted him to prison without
bail for a further examination.
Fire at Hndson, X. Y.. destroyed the
Union Knitting Mill, causing a loss of 4200,
000. Many employes baa narrow escapes.
Andrew Hasthe died in the Astoria Hospital,
Long Island, from injuries received
in a football game. He bad his neck dislocated
and his collar bone broken.
George Scholder, of Otter Creek, Iowa,
made threats against President McKinley
in Chicago. He disappeared before he
could be arrested.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Thomas Gold
Alvord died of old age at his home in Syracuse,
N. Y. He is survived by two sons,
Elisha Alvord and Thomas G. "Alvord, and
one daughter, Mrs. James A. Cheney. Mr.
Alvord, whose career of public service
lasted from John Tyler's administration to
that of Chester A. Arthur, was bom in the
town and eountv of Onondaga, on December
20. 1810.
Testimony was begun in New York City
in a suit for (50,000 damages for breach of
promise brought by Annie Berliner, a deaf
mute, against her former dance, Jacob
Scharlin, another deaf mhte.
Comptroller Fitch, of New York City,
says nis experts nave iouuu wauv circularities
in the finance department* of towns
to be annexed to New York.
ForflrnKossuth
urged the Hungarian Government
to take advantage of Austria's embarrassment
and declare Hungary independent.
Premier Banffy rejected the proposition.
According to the report of spies, tho Dervish
oommander at Metemmeh, between
Berber and Khartoum, has announced in
the mosque that he lost 100 men during the
bombardment by British gunboats on October
29.
The British forces, under General Lockhart,
captured the Sempagha Pass in
Afghanistan with little trouble.
The sitting of the Austrian Reichsrath
was declared definitely ended after a session
which lasted twenty-seven hours. The
speakers were interrupted by the hubbub,
and the presiding officer was unable to preserve
order.
Advices from Spitzbergen say the crew of
a wrecked vessel has arrived there with tid- j
lugs from Andree. the Arctic aeronaut.
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WABASH OFFICES BURNED OUT.
A BUm In St. Louis Causes a LossEstfe
mated at *800,000.
Fire started en one of the upper
floors of the four-story building at Seventh j
and Chestnut streets, St. Louis, Mo., occu- j
pied by the Wabash Railway general
offices, lawyers, real estate firms and
stores. Hundreds of people were in the
building when the fire started. The flames
spread so rapidly that they had barely
time to get out. Those who oould not
make use of the stairways sad elevators
climbed down the fire escapes, and all got
out in safetv.
? ? TT7?Kn.k
Lrenerai rwimsoi , vi iut3 i< uuiuu
system, when asked for an estimate of the
loss suffered by his company, said: "1 cannot
make any estimate of the loss suffered
by our company. It will be heavy, however,
and very hard to compute, for a vast
amount of drawings In the engineering department
went up in flames as well as papers
of great valus In the passenger and
other departments. The Wabash Company
carries $6,000,000 of insurance on Its property
all over the svstem, and until the papers
can be got at It will be Impossible to
say what our loss will be."
One of the employes In the engineers' de[>artment
said $500,000 would not cover the
oss sustained by his department. The loss
on the building is estimated at $100,000
The Fost-Dispateh. in it? afternoon edition,
places the total estimated loss at $800,000.
A lighted cigarette dropped by a thoughtless
clerk is supposed to have" caused the
Are.
FRANK A. MACOWAN EJECTEO.
Trenton's ex-Mayor Pot Oat of Home In
His Night Clothing.
Ex-Mayor Frank A. Magowan was
ejected from the palatial home at Trenton,
N. J., he built in the days of his prosperity.
He had not arisen when four constables
from the Sheriff's office arrived. They
made their way to his bedroom and commanded
him to get op and leave the house.
Mr. Magowan refused to obey, and was
lifted from the bed and led down stairs.
He refused to dress himself, and was
placed outside of the door clad in his night
clothing. When outside his clothing was
handed to him, and he went to the barn
and donned it. Mrs. Barnes-Magowan left
the house as soon as she saw her husband
was outside.
Magowan remained In the barn about an
hour, and then went down town to consult
his lawyer about bringing a suit for damages
against the Sheriff. Meantime the
personal effects of the former Mayor and of j
his second wife were placed upon" the lawn,
where they lay all day. The Sheriff's officers
remained in charge o? the house.
Magowan's divorced wife saw the entire
scene.
A COLORADO BLIZZARD.
Snow Storms Do Much Damage Throughout
the State.
A blizzard at Denver, Col., caused universal
discomfort and inflicted heavy pecuniary
loss as well. In on* item of broken
telegraph, telephone and electric-light
wires and poles the damage is $40,000. To
this must be added the heavy expense en
tailed upon the street railways in attempts
to keep their lines open and the loss to
merchants in the way of business. Manyfamilies
dined on tea and crackers, or went
to bed without any dinner at all. Grocerymen
could not deliver goods.
The streets, piled high with snow, present j
a curious spectacle. There is hardly a j
Btreet in the city over which is not at soma j
point a tangle of fallen telephone and elec
trie-light wires. On all sides broken poles
hang in midair, or peer from big snowdrifts.
It is estimated that throughout the j
State no less than three thousand miles of ]
wire are strewn on the ground.
The mountain roads escaped the full fury
of the storm. The Burlington and other J
Eastern roads wore kept open by means of i
snow ploughs. J
The Disaster at Garrison's.
The death list of the disaster on the New [
fork Central Railro31 at Garrison's, N. Y., '
reached twenty. When the wreckers
raised the day coach, already searched and j
declared empty by the dlvere, they found
the-body of Isaac Rettinger, of Buffalo,
iammed'between two of the seats. When
the upper part of the heavy engine was
trnm the river the bodv of John
fompkins, the fireman, was found wedged
la front of the boiler.
A New Hampshire Desperado.
At Gorham, X. H., Thomas Monshac, a
dissolute railroad man, while crazed with !
drink, shot and killed Joseph Gauthier, a [
soal man employed by the Grand Trunk j
Railroad, and inflicted fatal injuries upon j
Selectman Woodbury Gates, who attempted
to arrest him. The" murderer, after being
taken into custody, boasted that he had
"three bloods" on his hands. It is supposed
that he killed William Thoits, of
Shelburne.
McKlnley Will Walt.
Minister Woodford's message, transmitting
Spain's reply to his representations in
the interest of peace in Cuba, has been received
in Washington, and laid before the
President, who will probably rest in the
matter until Congress meets and give the
new Spanish Government a reasonable
tlin) to carry out its plans.
Sale of the Union Pacific.
The Government withdrew its motion for
postponement of the sale of the main line
of the Union Paciflc Railroad, the Reorganization
Committee having increased its bid
58,000,000.
Wholesale Discharge of Policemen.
Chief of Police Kipley, of Chicago, removed
43d policemen to make room for the
reinstatement of that number of Democrats,
removed by the last administration.
Alleged Cause of Disaster.
President Chat icey M. Depew said the
wreck on the Xew York Central Railroad i
near Garrison's was caused by an explosion
of dynamite, placed on the road with
criminal intent.
Spain's Plan of Autonomy.
Senor Dupuy de Lome, Spanish Minister
at Washington, says .ho autonomy scheme
proposed for Cuba will give the island u
system much like Canada's, with representation
in the Spanish Cortes as well as the
local Legislature.
Epidemic of Leprosy.
An Odessa despatch says that there Is a
terrible epidemic of malarial fever and
leprosy at Tlflis, capital of Russian Transcaucasia,
on tho Koor, and at Batoum, a
seaport town of Asiatic Russia, on the east
shore of the Black Sea.
George M. Pullman's Will.
The will of George M. Pullman, which
was filed in Chicago, leaves the larger portion
of tho $25,000,)00 estate to his two
daughters. His w'.dow is well provided J
for, but the two sods are cut off with incomes
of $3000 each. A free school will be
founded at Pullman, with $1,200,000.
Scaling Conference in Session.
The Sealing Conference, with delegates
rom the United States, Russia and Japan
present, met and rrganized la Washing- '
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AGBICDLTDML BEPOBTT
Secretary Wilson Submits the Annual
Review of His Work.
SOME STRIKING SUGGESTIONS.
lie Recommend* Placing Agent* of the
Department at American EmbuileiSay*
8382,000,000 Sent Abroad Foi
Sngar, Hide* and Some Other Comtnoditie*
Might Have Been Kept at Home.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?Secretary
Wilson presented his report to the President,
reviewing the operations of the Department
of Agriculture for the past year.
The most important recommendation made
by him is or e that agents for the department
should be stationed at each of oui
important American embassies for the collection
of information of interest to oui
American farmers. Referring to this subject,
he says: "We are endeavoring to get
information from foreign countries with
which we compete in tnc markets of the
world regarding crops and price. We are
also taking steps to ascertain what crops
are grown on different thermal lines, so
that seeds and plants may intelligently be
brought to this country to assist in the diversification
of our crops and add to their
variety.
"There is necessity for American agents
in every foreign country to which we send
reports* who have had education in the
sciences relating to agriculture. The
agricultural colleges endowed by Congress
are educating along these lines."
The Secretary recommends an increase !
in the appropriations in aid of the Bureau ;
of Animal Industry, of the Weather Bu- j
reau, and the publication offices. He
thinks the department should be enabled!
to place the results of important opera- [
tions at agricultural colleges before the
entire country, so that the farmers of each
State may get the result of the good work
done in other States.
He refers to the efTortsof the department
to extend the foreign markets for our
dairy and live stock products, which, he
thinks, can be done by making the foreigners
familiar with them. Instead of sending
abroad for seeds, he says the policy in
the future will be "to encourage the introduction
of such seeds as will enable our
people to diversify their crops and keep :
money at home that is new sent abroad to
buy what the United Stutes should produce."
Mr. Wilson says the department will continue
its pioneer work in the encouragement
of the sugar beet, and expresses the
opinion that the country will within a few i
years raise all the sugar it requires. HeerJresses
the opinion that nearly all of the :
382 000,000 sent abroad last year for sugar,
hides, fruits, wlnee, animals, rice, flax,
hemp, cheese, wheat, barley, beans, eggs
and silk, might have been kept at home.
He also thinks the United States should
grow its >wn chicory, castor beans, lavender,
licorice, mustard, opium, etc.
With reference to horses, the Secretary
says: "The American farmer can grow 1
horses as cheaply as he can grow cattle. [
We have a heavy and profitable export !
trade in cattle, and may have an export |
trade equally heavy and profitable In '
horses. The department is gathering facts
regarding our horse in dust at home and
the requirements of purchasers abroad, so
that our farmers can lean, what foreign
buyers demand."
The most impoitant vrork in which the
animal industry bureau has been engaged
is, ho says, that looking to the destruction
of the cattle tick, for which, it Is believed,
an agent has been found in a petroleum
product known as paraffine oil, in which
infected cattle are dipped.
The extension of the meat inspection
work to abattoirs engaged in inter-State
business is recommended, as is the contln- i
uance of the inspection of export animals '
in order to maintain the market which has I
been secured for them in other countries.
The Secretary criticises the present sys- I
tem of crop reporting. He says it is extreme- I
ly cumbersome, and that instead of con- j
during to the completeness and accuracy
it would appear from the report of the sta:istician
to in some measure defeat its own
object by its unwieldiness and by the fact
that the indefinite multiplication of crop
reporters weakens the sense of individual
responsibility. He strongly favors the
making of some slight pecuniary acknowledgment
of the service of a careful, selected
rorps of correspondents located mainly 1%
the principal agricultural States, and that
reliance be placed upon the State statistical '
lgents for information regarding the States |
of minor agricultural importance. He recommends
the employment of a principal
statistical agent in each State.
LONCSTREET IS PLACED.
Made Commissioner of Railroad*? Mo flat
a New Jersey Revenue Collector.
The President made the following ap- \
oointments: 1
James Longstreet, of Georgia, Commls- |
sioner of Railroads, vice Wade Hampton, j
resigned. I
Henry S. Pritohett, of Missouri, Superin- i
tendent or tne coast ana;\*eoaic aurrcy. i
Mifflin W. Gihbs (colored), of Arkansas, j
Consul of the United States at Tamatave, ]
Madagascar.
James E. Stillman. Collector of Customs ;
tor the District of Pensacola, Fla.
Isaac X. Moffat, Collector of Internal i
Revenue for the First District of New Jer- '
?ey.
General Longstreet, appointed Commissioner
of Railroads, is the famous Confed?rat?
General, who has been prominent in
the 8outh since the war as one of the leadtng
Republicans. General Longstreet was
recently married to a young lady of Georgia.
Judge Gibbs, who has been selected as
Consul at Tamatave, is one of the prominent
Republican colored men of the South. J
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A Work of Art.
An evidence of genuine enterprise and I
liberality is shown by the publishers of 1
The Youths' Companion, Boston, Mass., in ]
giving all new subscribe, s to their publics- ]
tion an art calendar for 1898?a gem of i
1 ?u- fa? In a.h'anpA rtf unv- 1
vtraumui fUiui-nui?* ?v
thing of the kind previously produced. ]
Also a magnificent illustrated Thanks- I
giving, Christmas and New Year's double
number of the magazire?each a prize? i
which will be preserved by thousands of i
art lovers. By sending a coupon cut from
the advertising column- of the local paper 1
oUthis week or last wee., and following its I
instructions, these artistic and valuable 1
productions can be secured.
Election Bets Declared Off.
An enormous sum of money had been
wagered on the election in Greater New 1
York, and the greater part of it was placed j
on the explicit or implied understanding (
that all four of the original candidates ,
should be in the race on Election Day.
The death of Henry G >orge so changed
the conditions of the contest that a meeting
of the bookmakers who held most of
the public's money was called, and, after a
careful review of the situation, all bets |
were declared" ofT. An is generally the |
case in such matters, private bets, unless j
otherwise stipulated, follow the pubUo |
ruling, _ _
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SPAIN'S LOFTY ANSWER. |
She la Doia^ All She Can to End the
Cuban War.
The note prepared by Ssnor Gullon,
Minister of Foreign Affairs in the new
Sagasta Cabinet, in reply to the note reeently
'presented to the Duke of Tetuan,
the then Foreign JT'uister, by General
Woodford, the American Minister, declares
that Spain has done ali in her power to end
the war in Cuba, proo' of which is given In
PRAXEDES SAOASTA, SPAIN'S PBEVTE8.
Cf nder the Leadership of the Distinguished
Liberal Statesman the Spanish Nation has
decided to accept the Mediation of the
United States.)
the great sacrifices she has made, the number
of troops sent to the island, and now
the erantins of wide reforms, which are
fully described.
It declares that the Government cannot
admit the pretension of any foreign nation
to interfere in Spanish affairs, and complains
of the number of filibustering expeditions
to Cuba from the United States,
which, it declares, are the chief cause of
the continuatftn of the war. It then proceeds
to express the hope that respect for
internation right in America will be better
enforced in the future.
The note is described as being mild in
tone but energetic. In fact, it shows the
resolution of the new Government to enforce
respect for Spanish rights.
Instructions have been sent to Senor ds
Lome, the Spanish Minister at Washington,
which Include a warning that Spain will
use her right to search American ships if
more filibustering expeditions starts for
Cuba.
Senor Praxedes Mateo Sagasta, the Spanish
statesman and leader of the Liberal
party, who has formed a new Cabinet for
8pain, was born in 1837. He is an engineer
by profession, and was elected from Zamora
in 1854 to the Constituent Cortes.
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n?noim in new luniv.
The Ftmobi Explorer U Here on Leetarir.?
Toar.
Dr. Tridtjof Nansen, who has made his
came kDown throughout the world by his
explorations in the Arctic Circle, arrived
at New York from England. He was accompanied
by his private secretary. A
delegation of Norwegians and Swedes, two
hundred and flft; in number, weDt down
the harbor to welcome Dr. Nansea to these
shores.
DB. FBIDTJOF 5AS8EX.
Dr. Nansenisa man of striking personal
appearance. He is powerfully built, more
than six feet In height, with the fair, ruddy
complexion of the Scandinavians. His yellow
hair was cut close to his massive, wellshaped
head, and brushed straight baok
from a full, rounded forehead. His eyes
are blue and deep-set, and have an expression
of great earnestness. The lines of his
race accentuate this expression, and when
looking at him one cannot fail-to be impressed
with the great mental and physical
vigor of the man. He Is only thirty-six
years old, but ke seems to be eves younger.
His costume was likewise striking. It consisted
of what he called a hunting suit,
with dark, close-fitting jacket and trousers.
He is here on a lecturing tour.
UTES KILLED IN COLORADO.
1
Fired oa Game Warden Wilcox and a
? Fight Followed.
Game Warden Wilcox tried to arrest
some Utes on Snake River, fiTe miles irom
Lily Park in Colorado. They resisted and i
fire on the Wilcox party.
Lily Park has been the scene of most of ,
the game depredations of the Ctes ever
usee me "ute war ui icu a^v.
The trouble commenced when the White
River, Uncompahgre, Uintah Utee began
pouring over the line front Utah on their
annual fall hunt. The White River Utea
ire exceptionally ugly, and have been ap- >
parently anxious to pick trouble with par- <
ties of whites.
Game Warden Wiloox with a smrJ.l party ,
started out to warn the Indians . hat the
rame laws must be observed. The Game
warden was resisted and Anally fired upon
by the Indians. Then a serious encounter
followed, in which a number of Indians
were killed or wounded. Game Warden
Wilcox's party also suffered severely
Spanish Soldiers Mutiny.
A despatch from Snntander, Spain, says
m incipient mutiny was aroused there by j
some soldiers who had been ordered to embark
for the island of Cuba, refusing to go 1
on board the transports. Although the 1
men were eventually compelled to obey or- 1
tiers, the occurrence has had a bad effect. |
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Death For Bail Etiquette.
The newspapers of Paris publish a tele- ,
gram from Saragossa, Spain, declaring that |
the King of Siam, who has been visiting 1
Spain and Portugal, has oundemned a mem- . |
ber of his suite to be executed for a breach i
of etiquette committed at Lisbon,
in i IB in
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To Exterminate the Crime it Must
Be Made Odious and Shameful.
WANTS PRISONERS ARMED
To Protect Themselves and Coantiee
to Re Responsible for the Crime,
Subject to an Indemnity.
Mob law was severely condemned by (
Governor Atkinson in bis message to the
Georgia Legislature. The message
bristled with a scorching and sensation'
al attack upon the lawless spirit that
fosters the lynch law in Georgia. He
says tnai to extermmaie toe practice w
lynching, the crime must be made odious
and shameful. He advocates stringent
legislation against the mobs, and
insists that the Legislature pass a lair
laying every county wherein such a
crime is committed subject to a large
indemnity to the relatives of the mob's
victim.
The Northern lynchers are spoken of
by the Governor. Of this he says: "It
is no excuse to say that the Northern
people, who have less to provoke them \
to it, lvnch. Let us not take them as \ a
standard; but rather show a higher
type of civilization in our State, and \
erect here a standard to which thej i
mav aspire." \
"fhe Governor is in favor of arming >
the prisoners and allowing them to protect
themselves from mobs. He says :
"The arresting officer is now clothed
with authority to take a prisoner
from his custody, and, it is his duty
to take life, if necessary, to protect
the prisoner and retain him in
custody. This he should be required . ^
to do at the hazard of his own life, or
the prisoner should be unshackled, .
armed and given an opportunity to defeud
himself. The knowledge on the
part of the mob that this would be done
would deter it from pursuing its lawless
purpose, and the law would be permitted
to protect the innocent and
punish the guilty."
PULLMAN'S WILL.
The
Total Value of His Estate la $7,600,000.
The will of George XT. Pullman has
been filed for probate at Chicago. To
his widow he left the homestead on
Prairie avenue. Sufficient soma are
also set aside to provide her with an
income of $50,000 yearly daring her
life. One million dollars each is left in
trust for his two daughters, Mrs. Rrank .
O. Lowden, of Chicago, and Mr*. Carolan,
of San Francisco. -An income of but
$3,000 yearly is provided for his sons,
George M. Jr., and Sanger W. lira.
Lowden is also given the summer real- <
deuce known as Castle Best, on an island
in the St Lawrence river.
About $150,000 in sums of $10,000
$20,000 is left to various charitable in- xstitutions
in Chicago. A sum of $200,000
is given for the erection of a Manual
T?inini, o/,V?/vrJ in Pnllm.n vki^h is
also endowed with $1,200,OOtt Five old
employee are given $5,000 each. Two
sisters and two brothers of the dead >
millionaire are given 850,000 each, and
another brother gets $25,000. The total
value of the estate is valued at $7,600^*
000. r
THE PUBLIC LAUDS.
At the Close of the Year Alabama
Still Has 532,339 Acres. jg|
Commissioner of the Genera! Land
Office Bingar Hermann has submitted
his annual report m the Secretary of
the Interior. Compared with previous
year, it shows a decrease of 8,296 original
homestead entries, aggregating
878,625 acres. In the entire disposals
of public land there was a falling off of
5,370,406 acres. An approximate estimate
of the quantity of vacant publio
lands in the several States and Territories
at the close of the year shows M
that Alabama still has 532,839 acres.
The Cotton Manufacturers.
The sixty-third semi-annual convention
of the New England Cotton Manufacturers'
Association met at Philadelphia,
in the Textile schooL The session
continued for two days and was
1.m.Iw T<u>knin! rifmtinna
were cfiscussed principally. Mr. Search,
president of the National Association of
Manufacturers, submitted a paper on
the subjeetof "American Cotton. Goods
Abroad." He stated that the cotton
goods trade of the world is practically
in the hands of four countries, whose
exports can be stated thus: Great
Britain, (1896), $332,881,000; Germany,
(1895), $47,742,000; Franoe, (1896). $28,757,000;
United States, (1896),. $19,840,000.
He further stated that we oould
get this trade if we would send oar men *
out to seek it
High Degree Masons.
The ninetieth annual session of the
Supreme Council of Sovorign Grand
Inspectors General, thirty-third degree
of the Soottish Bite of Freemasonry for
the United States convened in Washington.
The report of the sovereign Vjj
commander, Major W. Bayliss, and .
other officers were read. Considerable
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business is 10 oe oousiaerea 07 u?
supreme council, the moat important '
question to be decided being whether
or not the headquarters of the grand
orient of the order shall be removed to
Washington. New York has been itslocation
siace 1807. Another matter in
the consideration of the change of the
titles of the officers and subordinate
bodies of ihe order.
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The Columbia Register says: The ^
idvanoe guard of the fakirs and gamblers
are beginning to arrive and by a
tveek the city will be full. The Nashrille
Exposition closes on the first ol /
November and a large contingent of the
ight-fingered gentry are expected to 1
seek pastures new in this city. Tb?
police will not permit any gambling a?d
will be on the watch for sharpei'
aickpockets and will persuaJ* them i
^hat it will be beat for them to move on. *
Jn the Fair grounds no gambling is al- ^
lowed either by the offcwta or by the
State law, ^jj
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