The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1890-11-14
Harrison's Thanksgiving Prociama-
tfon.

tion.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 10.-The fol-
lowing is the proclamation by the pres
ident Of the United States:
BY the grace and favor OF Almighty
God the people OF this nation have been
led to the closing days Of the passing
year, which have been full OF the bless
ings of peace and the comfort OF plenty.
A bountiful compensation has come to
us for the work of our minds and u
hands in every department OF human
industry. Now, therefore, /, Benja-
min Harrison, president of the United
States of America. do hereby appoint
Thursday, November q, to be observed
as a day Of prayer and thanksgiving,
and / do invoke the people upon hat
day to cease from their labors. to meet
in their accustomed houses Of worship
and to join in rendering gratitude and
praise to our benificent Creator for the
rich blessings he has granted us as a
nation and invoking a continuance OF
His protection and grace for the fu-
ture. l commend to my fellow citizens
the privilege OF remembering the poor,
homeless aud sorrowful. Let us en-
deavor to merit the promised recon-
pense for charity aud gracious accept
ance of Our praise.
In testimony whereof l have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed. Done
at the city of Washington this eighth
day of November, in the year OF our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety. and the independence OF the
United States the one hundred and
fifteenth.
BENJAMIN HARRISON, President.
JAMES G. BLAINE. Secretary OF State.
President Adams ReiIerales Previous
Statements.
Boston, Nov. 10.-Reports from the
west, published here, c~ontroverting
President Adams recent statement az
to the result Of the boycott against the
Union Pacific, were shown to Adams
by q reporter. He said:
The statement l made to you the
other day concerning the loss of traffic
to the Union Pacific was absolutely
correct, but l have no desire to discuss
the matter any further. This state
ment, p%urporting to come from certain
railroad men in the west-who they
arc l do not know-give figures in re-
lation to this question that are widely
at variance with my own. / am not
disposed to enter into a controversy of
this character. The implication is that
l am classifying or am ignorant. 1t is
noticeable that none of these people
come out over their signature and
make these assertions. What l said
the other day was right and is now
The Union Pacific is now crushed
with traffic it can not properly handle.
I am aware hat with our heavy BUSH
ness our earnings are not showing sat-
isfactorily. The trouble is we are short
of motive power. We have only been
able to get twenty-one of one hundred
and thirty engines which were ordered
last May. If we had the necessary
equipment Il earnings in October
would have been fully 81, 900, 000larger
than they will show. / have nothing
different to say concerning the com.
pany's floating debt from what 1 said
the other day. The company is not in
the market as a borrower of money,
and it has no obligations of any inn
| portance maturing in the immediate
future. All talk to the contrary is rot
emanating from Wall street. No new
bond issue is contemplated and mono
has been, excepting only that in on
nection with the Oregon Navigation
purchase, which is we'll understood.
The report OF a pending charge in the
management is only to be expected in
connection with the other assaults
upon the road and it has no more truth
in it than all the other yarns.