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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-30
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Boston, Nov. 29.-The four-nlssM
barkentine, Josephine. whfch -.
at Baltimore, Saturday. MADE tne ~.
sage from Rio Janeiro in the ias' -
of % days, which establishes 20
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WATSON, Boston; Progress. Erb, Rock
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-30

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-30

Philadelphia. Nov. es-The bf.lsi'
bark Juteopolis, which arrived. .s'
night. from Greenock, Scotland nau
long and tenpestuous voyage anu W.
Of her sailors were killed. Inc 'u,
polls left Creenock Sept. ~ III ', ns.,
to load a cargo of petroleum :. in
adelphia for Japan. The frs' 70.
sheran into a storm and an eAcep.'' IN
ally heavy sea. On the thlTd uA' ~
hands were engaged in shorteh'hs
when James Bruce. a young navai Or
prentice, and Carl Bennock, ue,."a.
seaman. were knocked from the MIL, n.,.a
topsail yard by sudden blast u W.
forcing the heavy sail against 'n. sor
Both fell head foremost to the ~
and were instantly killed. They W.
buried at sea the next day o'u.
father is the managing owner ~,
steamship line at Dundee. The so I'm
man had shipped as seaman " ..o,h
practical experience. The Ju.eopu s.v
battled with the elements all the We
to Cape HenlOpen.
The advocate., 1897-11-10
TIE TRUTH WELL WRITTEN.

The people Of Kansas and their busl-
ness affairs have reached stage where
1t Is safe to tell the truth about her dark
days. The decadence Of the boom period
with the consequent pressure to col
lect debts, brought about a political rev.
olution in the State, not for the pur-
pose Of reputation, but Of protecting
the people as far as legally might be
done against the spoliation of usurers
and landlords. Homes and farms were
going under dNcrees OF courts at the rate
Of about twenty for every working day,
120 week. 500 a month, or 5000 year.
Farms in 1890, as the Topeka Capitals
reports in August of that year show,
were being sold at the rate of $500 a
year, and heavy personal judgments
were left hanging over the debtors head
in nearly every case.
But what we set out to show In this
article is what the Capital now says con-
cerning the conditions in Kansas during
those eventful years. Our neighbor
never told more truth in the same space
nor told it better than in the following
paragraph which we quote from its edi-
torial of few days ago:
"No new community ever had more
sensational and withal a more tragic
history than Kansas in the last ten
years, In 1887 it was believed to be in
the heyday Of an unexampled prosperity,
which to the short-sighted judgment Of
people at home and abroad seemed to
give every indication Of permanence and
The advocate., 1897-11-10
AN INDIAN sTATE PROPOSED.

The Indians of the Five Civilized
tribes, at the suggestion of the Chief of
the Greek nation, are considering prop
osition to ask admission to the Union as
State independent of Oklahoma. The
Advocate is inclined to the opinion that
the move is good one Indian tribal
tenure must soon be abandoned, and il
the Indians of these nations can organ
ize a State while they are in control,
they will be better satisfied with the
change.
The following is an extract from the
Chiefs message:
mo preparation has yet been made
to meet the new order of our public af-
fairs that will begin on January next,
and is a matter that should enlist your
best thoughts at this time. Our efforts
to treat with the United States govern
ment have proven unsuccessful, and we
can now have no hope of continuing our
government much longer, as we now do,
by the terms of any new treaty The
time has now come, in my opinion, when
the citizens of the Five Nations should
get together and agree upon the estab-
lishment Of general government, by
which we might perpetuate the right of
self-government. Should we be attached
to Oklahoma as Territory or State, this
right of self-government will be taken
from us by the superior number of it's
voting population. None of us want
such connection with Oklahoma, yet
there are strong efforts being made by
politicians for single Statehood includ-
ing the Five Nations. But this can be
averted by timely and united efforts of
the Five Nations They are yet the SOW
ereigns of their soil and politically free
born, with the right to shape for them
selves government that will best suit
them for the protection of their lives and
property. l would, therefore, suggest
that you constitute a delegation, con-
sisting Of a suitable number of your most
competent citizens, for the purpose Of
visiting the other nations, with a view
Of agreeing upon time and place for
the assembling of constitutional con-
The advocate., 1897-11-10

stability But, In the language OF Holy
Writ, her calamity came suddenly The
startling and unforeseen collapse OF the
boom was as tragic as the death Of a
bridegroom on the eve of his wedding.
Looking back from the vantage ground
OF ten years, the causes for the sudden
collapse OF inflated and unreal values,
the extinction OF millions Of wealth that
In fact never existed, are easily under
stood, but the financial panic which
struck Kansas like cyclone and with
cred 1t Like hot wind Of August, amazed
the world: Men not only were unable to
explain 1t, they were unable to believe 1t.
Not until 1890 did Kansas herself realize
that the end Of her extraordinary sea-
son Of wealth-making had come, that it
was after all largely imaginary and
mythical instead of actual, that 1t was
the blaze of the skyrocket and that a
long period Of reaction and recovery was
inevitably ahead"
The advocate., 1897-11-10
ABOUT THE LATE ELECTION.

There is little in the result of the late
State elections on which TO base an esti-
mate Of the trend of public opinion. In
Nebraska, Populists, though largely in
the majority as compared with the Dem
ocrats, united with the latter on a ticket
headed by Democrat for the principal
office. That indicates an absorption of
the Populist party in that State by Mr..
Bryan's following.
In Iowa, a majority of the Populists
Joined the Democrat party, which had
the effect Of virtually disbanding the
Populst organization, as the party vote
was less than per cent. Of the total vote
Of the State.
In Ohio, the closeness of the count
and the bitterness of the contest shows
that personal rather than political con-
slderations moved the voters.
Kentucky encourages the Democracy
and thus relieves Colonel Ingersoll, who
promised to espouse Christianity when
ever Kentucky ceases to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket.
Results in Pennsylvania and Massa-
chusetts show nothing of Importance un-
less it be that in the former a Prohibi-
tlOnists received 10000 votes for State
Treasurer, and John L. Sullivan failed
of election as Mayor of Boston.
In New York the most notable thing
about the result was not unexpected or
in any wise remarkable. The Democrats
carried the State for a candidate for
Judge without a platform, and Greater
New York gave Tammany's candidate a
majority Of $4,000 on platform promis-
ing more liberal administration OF the
liquor laws
In Kansas, offices only were at stake,
and while Populists have gained some
in the counties, the result is unchanged
in Judicial districts It is evident that in
most Of the counties Democrats and sill
yer Republicans, where they took part
at all, voted with the Popuhsts on
county tickets.
There is nothing in any of the States
voting that can be reasonably construed
to mean an Endorsement of the ma
tional administration, or OF any great
Of public policy.
The advocate., 1897-11-10

tlon. This is the result of General
Weaver's suicidal policy Of going into
the Democrat party and voting the Dem
ocrat ticket. Had 1t not been for the
work Of the loyal Populists in the Au-
gust convention, not a vote would have
been counted for the Peoples party this
year, because there would have been mo
such ticket in the field.
The advocate., 1897-11-10

The New York Chamber of Commerce
wants coast defenses constructed about
the city and 1000 artillerymen recruited
and detailed to man the guns, where
upon London paper takes occasion to
say that New York City Is in no danger,
that other nations are not troubling
themselves about what New York Is do
ing.
The advocate., 1897-11-10

The bonds issued to these companies
ran thirty years and bore 6 per cent.
interest. The average dates of their ma
turity range from November, 1896. to
September, 1893. The average date for
the Union Pacific is September 8, 1897.
and chat Of the Kansas Pacific was No
vember 81, 1896 The total amount Of
interest calculated to the maturity of all
the bonds, added to the principal, pro-
duces an aggregate of 1884, 1880.
Against this the companies have paid
about $S1 100000.
The acts Of Congress before cited ex-
pressly provide that on failure of the
companies to pay the bonds at maturity,
the government shall proceed to enforce
it's lien. Having allowed private par
ties to take it's place as first mortgage,
the government, in enforcing its lien,
must, of course, respect the prior lien
which would be first satisfied out Of the
proceeds Of sale.
The debt due from the Union Pacific
Company, estimated to January l, 1897,
was $5S,715,4OS.78, and suit was begun
by the Attorney General Of the United
States under the Cleveland administra-
ton to fOreclose the governments lien.
Sale of the property was ordered to take
place November l, 1897. The reorgani-
cation committee raised by interested
parties to protect their own interests,
offered to take the road and pay $45,-
100000 for the governments lien. The
bid was afterwards raised to include the
full amount of the debt, and the prop
erty was knocked down to the commit
tees agent at Omaha for $5S,528 ,5S2.76.
The advocate., 1897-11-10
THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.

/
What is commonly understood to b,
the Union Pacific railroad is made III
of several parts
BY act Of Congress, approved July 1
1862, line Of railway from the Mis-.
souri, river to tide water on the Pacific
coast was authorized, and the Union
Pacific Railroad Company was incOr-
porated to construct the eastern portion
Of the main line, extending from Council
Bluffs, Iowa, to a point Ave miles west
Of Ogden. Utah Territory, a distance OF
1,0S8.35 miles The western portion Oi
the work was given to two California
companies, the Central Pacific to con-
struct that portion between point five
miles west of Ogden in Utah and Sac
ramento in California, a distance of
1880 miles, and the Western Pacific
that portion from Sacramento to San
Jose, at the south end Of the bay of San
Francisco, q distance Of 1876 miles.
The total length Of the main line is
1,S9901 miles.
The Union Pacific proper also includes
what were formerly known as the Kan
sas Pacific and the Denver Pacific, ex-
tending from Kansas City to Denver and
thence to Cheyenne, Wyoming. The
branch from LeaVenworth to Lawrence
was part of the Kansas Pacific as 0rigi-
nally constructed. The Central Branch
Union Pacific extends from Atchison to
Waterville, distance of 100 miles. The
Sioux City & Pacific railroad extends
from Sioux City, Iowa, to Fremont,
Nebraska, It's length being 1918 miles
These are known as the bond-aided
roads of the Union Pacific system. A
good many other branches and connec-
tions have been built for business rea-
sons by the company, but they received
no assistance from the government. And
while the U. p system may be said
to be indebted to the government in
round sum, and while the lands
granted and the bonds issued were in
tended for the construction of a trunk
railway from the Missouri river to the
Pacific ocean, yet the grants and Issues
were made in the names of the several
companies that built the road, and hence
the court has ordered the sale OF the
Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific sep
arately.
BY the act OF July /, 1862, 1t was
provided that there should be advanced
to the several companies the bonds of
the United States equal to $4,000 mile
whenever a section of forty miles of road
should be completed; that there should
also be granted to said companies, at
the same time, five sections of public
land for each mile Of road so completed,
and in order to secure the payment of
the bonds at maturity, Congress retained
a first lien or mortgage on the whole
line OF the road, including all property
belonging thereto.
This law was amended by another, ap-
proved July 2, 1864, which provided,
among other things, that the bonds be
delivered on completion of every twenty
miles of road instead of forty and that
the lands to be conveyed should be ten
sections instead OF five; and that the lien
OF the United States, which was TO have
been a frst lien, should be subordlnated
to mortgages which the company might
and afterwards did execute to private
The advocate., 1897-11-10

I'm republican form of government
the viii Of the people does, in the end,
find expression in the laws The prin-
cipal difficulty in the way of law-maHing
10 found in the influence Of party pref
ndlces.
The advocate., 1897-11-10

James Sheldon CamdOn, in the Journal
Of the Knights of Labor, says he intends
to take some silver bullion to the Den
ver mint and demand It's coinage for his
benefit, thus TO test the question whether
the old coinage law of 1897 is not still in
force. It 10 the opinion of Senator Nor
gan and some other good lawyers that
the law, so far as the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver dollars Is concerned,
has never been repealed.
The advocate., 1897-11-10
The Advocate.
BY w. A. PEFFER.
FnbiiBhod Every Wednesday at Topeka, Kaa
OGice-118 West sixth Avenue.
BY w. A. PEFFEE

Late decisions OF Federal courts In
cases involving the rights OF corpora
tions indicate that the trend Of the iu-
dicial mind bears along the line Of public
thought.
The advocate., 1897-11-10

In the announcement of Hon. Albert
Griffin that the hope Of the reform
movement lies in the success of the Pop
ulist party, he takes sensible view Of
the situation. There is no other logical
course for all silver Republicans to
take; for, as Mr., Griffin says "The
popnlism of to-day is the Republicanism
Ok the early days OF that party, made
broader Its great aim is the better
Inent OF the condition of the masses
Every important measure the Populist
party ever advocated had that end in
view"
The advocate., 1897-11-10

The Populist vote of Iowa at the late
election is reported to have been $3.50 in
a total vote of 440, ,19S-less than 2 per
cent. This has the legal effect Of pre-
yeating a Peoples party ticket from
e3Sng on the ballot In Iowa next year or
IL any time in the future unless by peti-
The advocate., 1897-11-10

The Capital says I'VE are increasing
our sales of manufactured articles in
nearly every part OF the world and in
some lines are without serious compe-
triton, and after enumerating many ar
ticles and naming the countries to which
they go, adds these significant words:
$50 1t seems that we can get hold Of the
markets OF the world, and maintain an
linNuestloned supremacy, without the
slightest regard to free trade" Now, II
our neighbOr would kindly publish the
reason why tariff duties averaging above
Ahe revenue standard are necessary, it
would 40 the people substantial SER
vice
The advocate., 1897-11-10

The Daily Capital of last Thursday
contained this editorial paragraph "Tf
Kansas we're placed upon the auction
block and sold at Sherlff's sale, it would
not bring enough to pay It's debts. So
said Senator PETER in a speech four
years ago. Looks funny now, doesn't
it?" And the week before that the same
paper contained this "a year ago it
was almost impossible for a borrower to
secure loan on any kind of security"
The advocate., 1897-11-10

parties 10 secure payment OF loans used
In construction Of the road.
Under the operation of these laws
the principal Of the bonds which have
been advanced is $64, 4,623,512, made up
as follows:
The advocate., 1897-11-10

The Prohibition candidate for State
Treasurer of Pennsylvania received a
plurality Of the votes in ten of the sixty
seven counties in the State at last weeks
election, but he ran about $4,000 votes
ahead of his ticket, which shows that 1t
was not his position on the liquor ques-
tIon that brought his large vote. He is
reported to have told the people some
plain truths about the management Of
the public business, and they liked his
way OF putting things.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-03
ENoIAVp's ANNEXATION
or the Solomon Group-How the AFFAIR
NHaa Accumulated.

was Accomplished
VANCOUVER, b. C., Aug. 2-The
steamer Mowers which arrived from
Sydney, brought details OF the recent
annexation of the Solomon group. The
work was done by her British majesty's
ship, Wallaroo Tho first island mnde n
colony was Beilona. which the Walla-
roo reached on July 10. The Union
Jack was holsted with the usual cere-
monies. The natives were very shy at
first and much frightened by the salute
but they became reassured on the ship
leaving. and removed the notice of the
board of annexation and dug up the
bottle containing the proclamation.
The entente cordlaie was first estab-
lIshed by the ship rescuing n native
blown out to sea is canoe.
Runnell Island was also placed under
British protection the same day. The
island is difficult of access and no ra-
tlves were seen.
The wallaroo called at Maru Sound
and proceeded 10 the Stewart Islands,
annexlng them. The natives are OF a
high type and very friendly. They
were much pleased at becoming British
subjects.
Runnell and Bellona lie to the south
ward OF Guadalcanar, In the Solomon
group, and were apparently discovered
by Captain Wilkinson in the lndispens-
able in 1890 II IS said copper ore Is
abundant on them. According to leu
tenant Richards, Runnel island Is about
forty-flve miles long and six or seven
broad, OF uniform height OF four hum
dred feet. densely wooded, but appar-
emily affords no anchorage, The natives
resembled those on Tannn, In the New
Hebrldes. All the Islands are rich In
cocoanuts.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-03

YOUNGSTOWN. o., Aug, 2,-rhe
main points of the fnishers' scale had
been agreed upon at 1850 p. m, though
the conference was still in session with
fair prospects of continuing two or
three hours or going over until to-mor-
row to settle a lot of minor point.
The scale, so far as agreed on, provid-
ed for Is per cent cut for wages of roll
ers and heaters on the finishing mills,
and a seven and one-half per cent re-
duction for the roughers. The latter,
after q struggle lasting all through
the conference up TO late this evening,
gained q concession OF two and one
half per cent from the manufacturers.
they having made repeated demands for
a 10 per cent reduction,
Some minor points relating 10 the bar
mill, plate mill and skelp mill remain
to be settled without any difficulty, so
that the whole trouble between the iron
manufacturers and the Amalgamated
Association Is practically at an end for
another year.
Several Of the local manufacturers
said tonight that their mills Will be In
operation In day or two and that they
had every reason 10 believe that busi-
ness will be booming in the Mahoning
Valley before another week goes by,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-03
AInkn ofPnrn peirolsum.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2.-while the
whole world Is excited over the gold
discoveries in the north. sight has been
lost of another discovery that promises
to be of great value in the development
of this section. Some months ago
lake of almost pure petroleum was dis
covered and SAMPLES were sent to Seat
tie for analysis. The report on these
has just been made public and the find
is reported to be of most marvellous
richness A company has been formed
In Seattle to handle the product and
travellers from there say the company
intends TO put It on the Alaskan mar
ket at once. The lake is OF unknown
depth, several miles wide and five 90
six miles in length and the quality OF
the petroleum IS said TO be Of the finest.
The lake is only two miles from the
ocean. The hlllsldes surrounding are
said to be rich in coal and asphalt. It IL
the expectation OF the owners OF the
lake to take It's products into the min
ing camps OF Northern Alaska when
ever the water ways will permit.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-03
Leader or ,Icon,hln,r. ISlII,d.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. IA
Huntsville, Ala, special 20 the Banner,
says. A band of moonshlncrs attempt
ed to enter the house OF Frank Sim
mons at Conrad. twenty miles north Of
this city early sunday morning and the
leader, Dudley Johnson, was Killed. The
dcspcrhdoes broke the door from It's
fastenings and when johnson appeared,
simmons fred The leader stepped
backward nnd after firing several shots
Into tho house the party retired.
The coroncr's Jury has Just held SIM
mons justlnablc, The moonshlners,who
were ntpid simmons would testify
against them, dressed IN whttccappcr'a
costume and went to kill him. when
found johnson stlll wore q masl. shcr-
m Fulgham has gone to the scene Of the
trouble ana win accord simmons The
protection OF the law
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-03
KAEAwHA VALLEY MINERS
WIN Demand SO Cents--ResoiutionS Pro-
vide for suspenSlon OF Work.

Special Dispatch to tho IntelIlgencer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va. Aug, 2-The
miners meeting at Montgomery to-day
was attended by representatives from
2s mines in the Kanawha Valley. Ma
hon, Evans and Dilcher spoke to the
assembly and induced them 10 indorse
the resolution adopted at New River
last Friday. They demanded fifty cents
per ton for soft coal. the price paid in
1884, and insist on check welghman at
the tipples.
The resolution also provides that
there shall be an unanimous suspension
Of work till the strike is settled, To-
morrow there win be n meeting nt
Thurmond. OF the New River miners, to
concur in the action OF the Kanawha
river delegation. This meeting Will be
addressed by Evans and Dilcher. on
Friday there will be n JOINT meeting OF
the two mining districts nt Handley,
when II Is expected a mutual under
standing viii be effected.
President MHhon stated tonight that
the meeting to-day was emlnently sat
isfactory. and that by Saturday night
he expected to see every mine closed in
this district Gompers wired him TO be
present at Wheeling on the 9Th inst,
and deliver Il speech at the large mass
meeting which will be held.