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TO USE CORNSTALkS.
Cramps Complete Plans for Their New
Projects-First Factory ut Rockford.

cramps Complete Plans for Their New
Projects-First Factory ut Rockford.
CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-Edwin S. Cramp
OF the Philadelphia shipLuilding firm
has completed plans here for the OPEN
ing OF a factory at Rockford, Ills.
about Feb. l., for the manufacture of
ship padding and cattle fodder from
cornstalks, patent for which was re-
Gently granted him.
Before the ! rvesting of the next
crop, i is 'N9ee el that several other
facTr,l2s Will b5~ erected in the corn
lo-t and material which has been
heretofore practically worthless will
become source of revenue to the
farmers. Mr.. Cramp stated that he
had just completed contracts with the
American Spirits Manufacturing COM
pany to feed their cattle with the SUBJ
stance prepared from the pith.
ga goodly portion Of the cornstalk
crop OF 1897 will be used by us'' said
Mr.. Cramp. 1--WE intend to invest q
large amount Of capital in making use
OF the Inventions, and build factories
from year to year in favorable locations
throughout the West, SO there will be
no expense for transportation to most
OF those who sell us their product"
Mr.. Cramp said that the price to DO
paid for the stalks will be So a ton.
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SANTA CLARA FALLS.

General Gomez Takes a Spanish Strong
hold After "a Bloody Battle.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-The Press
claims to have received news through
private channels that General Maximo
Gomez stormed and captured the i'm
portant city of Santa Clara on Jan. 8,
and is now moving on Havana with
$4,000 men. The famous cavalry
leader, Quintin Banderas, was NOR
tally wounded, The Press says, and
General Luque, commanding the Span
ish, was also wounded Spanish losses
were: Estimated killed and wounded,
500; prisoners, 700; cannon captured,
lS; rifles, i'll the Spanish arsenal, 5000,
with plenty OF ammunition. The Gu
bans lost 1900 killed and wounded,
which is COO more than the Spanish
loss. The Press quotes Carlos Rolotf
as saying the report is credible. The
junta has no news.
Garrison Had Been Reduced.
According to The Press advices the
garrison of Santa Clara had been re-
duced to 1000 men, while Gomez had
5000 men, 5000 men being armed. On
Jan. Gomez sent the infantry under
General kabi to the west of the city.
The cavalry, 1000 strong, under Quin-
tin Banderas, was placed on the other
three sides. On the 9th, 7th and Sth
there were skirmishes, General Luque,
commander of the garrison, being
wounded on the latter day. On the
9th, at daybreak, the Cubans closed in
OH the town, the cavalry
Charging Over the Spanish Earthworks.
Banderas fell while leading his men
and died soon after Gomez, having
put the enemy to flight, gave his men
only a nights rest Then, leaving a
garrison of 1900, he pushed OH to the
west. Those of his men who had no
weapons We're armed from the Spanish
arsenal, so that i'll fighting men he was
nearly as strong as before the battle.
No sooner had the news of the fall of
Santa Clara reached the planters round
about than they began to flock to
Gomez standard. Every mile he went
he got new recruits. The news re-
ceiyed says he now has an army Of
$4,000 well equipped men.
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DECLARED FOR GOLD.
Resolutions Adopted by the Indianapolis
Conference.

Conference.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 1.-THE none
tary conference has adjourned, having
adopted the report of the resolutions
committee after a hard fight
1t was not until the last session of
the convention that the spectators got
their moneys worth Then the hair
flew for q few minutes. The conven-
ton was divided but the majority won
in walk 1t was composed Of repre-
sentatives of the great commercial
bodies OF tie country, while the minor
lty was represented by two members of
the committee on banking and currency
OF the national house of representa-
tives, Messrs. Walker They lost but
they went down into the valley of de-
feat with banners flying. The resolu-
tons adopted a1e as follows:
This convention declares that it has be-
come absolutely necessary that a consis-
tent straightforward and deliberately
planned monetary system shall be inau-
gurated, the fundamental basis of which
should be:
First-That the present gold standard
should be maintained
Second-That steps should be taken to
insure the ultimate retirement of all
classes of United States notes, by q grad
ual and steady process, and so as to avoid
injurious contraction of the currency or
disturbance Of the business interests of
the country, and that until such retire
nent provision should be made for sep
aration of the revenue and note issue de-
partments of the treasury
Ihird-That a banking system be pro-
Wiz lnl, i ;n1> >cl~ 4
ties to every portion of the country and an
elastic circulation, especially with a view
Of securing such a distribution of the loan
able capital of the country as will tend to
equalize the interest rate in all parts
thereof. For the purpose of effectively
promoting the above objects:
Powers of the Executive Committee.
Resolved, That Is members of this con-
vention be appointed by the chairman to
act rs an executive committee while this
convention is not in session, with the full
powers OF this convention. The executive
committee shall have the power to in
crease its membership to any number not
| exceeding forty-tive. and five members
thereof shall ut all times constitute u
quorum Of said committee. The COM
mittee shall have special charge of
the solicitation, receipt and disburse-
ment of contributions voluntarily
made for all purposes and shall have
power to call this convention together
again, when and where it may seem best.
Resolved, That it shall be the duty of
this executive committee to endeavor to
procure at the special session Of congress,
which it is understood will be called in
March next, legislation calling for the ap-
pointment of a monetary commission by
the president to consider the entire ques-
ton and report to congress at the earliest
day possible.
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THREE FRIENDS CASE.
New Point Raised by the Defense and
Sustained by the Court

'ous1alucu ny lue tOuFC
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Jan. 10. Judge
Locke of the United States court for
the Southern district of Florida has
rendered his decision in the Three
Friends case upon the exception Ct the
defense to the libel of the government
for violating neutrality laws. The
point was raised by counsel for the de-
tense that inasnsuch as the Cuban in
surgents had not been recognized by
the United States government they
were neither a people nor body poll
tic as defined by section 5293, under
which the libel was drawn. This was
Sustained by Judge Locke, and the dis
trict attorney was given 10 days i'll
which to file an amended libel. The
point was one that had never been
raised before.
Should Judge Locke's decision be
sustained by the court of last resort, it
would appear that every inhibition in
the act against fitting out hostile expe-
ditions Of every character against for
eign state with whom the United States
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THE NEW ZEALAND SYSTEM.

Consul Connolly Makes an Elaborate Re-
port to'the state Department.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-The bureau
OF statistics of the state department has
just published a most exhaustive re.
port upon land taxation and labor laws
III New Zealand, prepared by United
States Consul Connolly at Auckland.
This report was prepared as supple.
ment to former one on the same sub
Ject which aroused SO much interest
among economists, owing to it's succinct
presentation OF the extraordinarily ad-
vanced application of socialistic prin-
ciples in New Zealand, that the state
department was obliged to follow up
the subject.
Mr. Connolly has greatly elaborated
his original report and has prefaced it
by most interesting account of the
workings of the New Zealand system
from him own point observation.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-01-22
MOST OF US WORK..
census Figures Regarding Occupations of
lne Ri

Americans.
w WASHINGTCN, Jan. 19-Much inter-
estlng data about the occupations of
the American people is given in a bull
letln of the l1th census just furnished
the press. 1t shows that the total num-
Der OF people engaged in occupations of
all kinds i'll 1880 was 22,725, 66I. This
Is an increase of over 5000, 600 working
people i'll the decade. This whole mum
Der OF working people consists of those
lO years old Or over and makes up over
81 per cent of the entire population and
almost II per cent of all persons
years old and over. Of the whole nun
Der OF working people the females form
l7.22 per cent.
Divided by classes the working peo-
pie OF the country are as follows:
Agriculture, fisheries and mining.
9,03l, 1886; professional, 944, 1888 dones-
tic and personal service, 4.36O, 577; trade
and transportation, 1876, 1923; manufac-
turing and mechanical industries.
5,O9l,2 1888 The domestic and personal
service include hotelkeepers, soldiers,
sailors and marines, laborers, BARRIERS,
detectives, etc. The first named class
is 1O-years gain of over a million OF,
OF almost 3,C00,000 for a score of years.
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to the effect that United States Minis
ter Albert S. Willis died at 9:SO a. m.
on Jan. 6, after an illness covering sew
eral months resulting from the attack
uf pneumonia he suffered while OH
visit to the United States This set
tied SO firmly upon the lungs that it
could not be checked and all human ef-
fort was expended without avail
Soon after the death of the minister,
all the consular, government and ship
ping flags were lowered to half mast.
Expressions of regret We're general, and
the wife and son have the sympathy of
the whole community.
The remains were deposited tempor-
arily in vault at Nuuanua cemetery
until the 18th inst, when the casket
was to be placed OH board the steam
ship Australia for transportation to the
United States.
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BUSHNELL RETlCENT.
The Governor Interviewed but Has Moth
ing to Say.

AhC oOsCA hpi Ahboi Sio"eu Dut KIhS NobD.
ing to Say.
New YORK, Jan. lS.-Gov. Bushnell
Df Ohio, who is in the city, was asked by
Mail and Express reporter regarding
The succession to the, seat in the United
States senate now held by Mr.. Sher-
man.
'I have really had no time to think
Of that question: the governor said.
Until Saturday morningI had no pos
tive assurance that the senator would
90 into the cabinet. thought he
might not accept the offer Of the presi-
aent-elect and 1 am therefore unable to
say what shall do.
The governor said he could not say
Is to how Mr.. Hanna OF any other man
would be regarded by the legislature as
candidate for the senate "You
know" he added, ''Senator Sherman's s
term expires March 4, 1899, so that the
man who is chosen now not have o
long time to serve"
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LITTLE DIFFERENCE
POLICY OF THE INCOMING ADMINS
TRATlON REGARDING CUBA

Will Be Practically the Same as That of
Mr.. Cleveland, 1t Is Said-Senator
Sherman of the Opinion This Country
Should Not Observation-Disclosures the Re-
forms Already Outlined Will End the
Controversy.
PITTsBURa, Jan 16.-The Dispatch
says: The Cuban policy of the Nc
Kinley administration will differ very
little from that which has been laid
down by President Cleveland and his
secretary OF state. This stateme.A is
based on remarks made by Senator
John Sherman at the union depot here
After stating his position i'll the next
cabinet had been determined, Senator
Sherman said, in ana,,er to question :
81 think the United States govern
ment should not interfere with the
Cuban war, either to aid in its settle
ment Or do anything which would
make peaceful government of the
island charge on this country.
81 understand on high authority that
Prime Minister Canovas has outlined i,
programme of governmental reforms
which will be applied lotn in Spain
and Ill Cuba. Thes" lefurms will give
the Cubans practical autonomy and
will, hope, settle the question"
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Illinois Treasury Emntv.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Jan. IS. For the
first time since the adoption of the con-
stitution of 1870, the legislature of Hi.
nois may be asked to authorize the Dor.
rowing of money with which to re-
plenish the state treasury until the
next installment of taxes is received.
Governor Tanner, who has just been
installed as Governor Altgeld's sue.
cessor, finds the state treasury almost
empty. Payment has been stopped by
the state Oh nearly everything except
expenses Of the legislature.
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STUART'S OWN ISLAND.


On 1t the Corbett- -Fitzsimmons Fight
Will Take Place.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex, Jan. lS-It is
well known fact among certain par
ties here that while Dan Stuart was in
Corpus Christi last May he held several
consultations with a leading Browns
vile attorney, the result of which was
the lease of all island in the Rio
Grande river from the Mexican govern
ment. Several knowing ones here as.
sert that the probabilities are that the
Corbett- -Fitzsimmons fight will be
pulled off on the island, which is about
10 miles from Brownsville.
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Trying to Settle the Strike.

LEADvILLE, Colo, Jan 10 AS re-
suit of Governor Adams visit to Lead
vile, the Miners union submitted q
proposition to the mine owners for the
settlement of the strike. The PROPOSE
ton was rejected and counter offer
submitted. Both propositions treated
almost wholly of wages, differing only
in rates
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TRUSTS ARE ILLEGAL.
Such Is the Opinion of the Attorney Gem
eral of Wisconsin,

such Is the Opinion of the Attorney Gem
eral of Wisconsin.
MADISON, Wis, Jan. 15. Attorney
General Mylrea has compile ted brief
in the suit brought in the circuit court
at Oshkosh for the dissolution of the
sash door trust If the position of the
attorney general is correct, any corpo-
ration, organized under the laws of the
state OF Wisconsin, which may Join
with trust either directly or indirectly
through it's officers, is liable to have it's
charter revoked and its existence an.
nulled by an action brought in his
name. Such proceedings are contem-
plated
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SPOONER is CHOSEN.

Ex-senator Nominated to Succeed Villas
by Wisconsin Republicans.
MADISON, Wis, Jan. 14.-Colonel
John @. Spooner has been unanimously
nominated for United States senator by
the Republican joint legislative caucus
Being conducted before the caucus the
nominee made a brilliant response, de-
claring for protection, reciprocity, the
right of the federal government to arbi-
trarily invade the states to protect prop
erty, for currency reform and the pres
ent monetary standard
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THIS VIA LONDON.
Stated That Royal Decree VIII Soon Be
Promulgated

irOenuis gated.
LONDON, Jan. 16.-A dispatch to the
Pail Mall Gazette from Madrid says
thai It cabinet meeting just held. the
qaeen regent presiding, agreed to in
troduce reforms i'll the islands of Cuba,
and royal decree on the subject will
be published on the kings fete day.
1t is added that it is possible Jose
Sanguilly, the American citizen re-
Gently sentenced at Havana to impris-
onment for life on the charge of CON
spiracy against the government, will be
granted free pardon.
MADRID, Jan. 1S.-It is declared that
early in February, the government will
publish decree providing for Cuban
reforms, allowing as much autonomy
as the sovereignty OF Spain will permit.
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Assistant Superintendent Injured.

WAUPUN, Wis, Jan. ia hradend
collision between passenger trains Oh
the Chicago and Northwestern road oc-
Cured at Chester Station. F. r. Moul-
ton, assistant superintendent of the
road, who was on one of the trains,
was seriously injured. Trains on the
line were delayed two hours.
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are at peace, becomes of no effect. The
question decided by Judge Locke,
therefore, is of the highest Importance,
as, if it is sustained, every act restrain
ing the fitting out of expeditions to aid
the Cuban insurgents in their struggle
against Spanish authority becomes in
OneratiVe
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SHERMAN SAYS 1T is so.
Has Accepted the State Portfolio in Nc
Kinleys Cabinet.

hhleS SuDineC
CANTON, O., Jan. l6.-"I have ac-
cepted the state PORTFOLIO" said Sena-
tor John Sherman to a reporter at the
Fort Wayne depot a few minutes be-
fore he left for Washington. The SEN
ator had but few minutes before left
the presence of President t-elect McKin-
ley. Concerning other matters con-
nected with the incoming administra-
ElOn the senator was very reticent.
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SAYS THEY ARE RUMORS.
Hanna D.d Not Authorize Recent Pub
lished Statements

lished Statements.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 1S.-Chairman
Hanna said during the day that he had
authorized no one to state that he
would soon come out as a candidate for
United States senator to succeed Sena-
tor Sherman. That was "a matter
which he was not discussing with any
body, he said. He declared further
more that he had made no statement
such as had been given to the press to
anybody
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WASHINGTON, Jan. f9.-The senate
committee on judiciary has reported
favorably the bill introduced by Sena-
tor Hill, fixing the term of postmasters
at four years.
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Ivory Trial Begun.

LONDON, Jan. 19.-The trial of Ed
ward J. Ivory, alias Bell, of New Y York,
charged with conspiring to cause
dynamite explosion, has opened at Old
Bailey, before Justice Hawkins. Ivory
plead not guilty.
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rs NOT HANNA'S PLUM
5EMI-OFF!C!AL STATEMENT REGARD
ING SHERMAN'S SEAT.
Governor Bushnell Has Ambitions to Go
to Washington Himsclf-Plan Is to
His Successor.

SPRINGFIELD, o., Jan. lS-A close
friend of Governor Bushnell, whose
name cannot be disclosed for obvious
reasons, makes the statement about the
authenticity of which there can be no
doubt, that Governor Bushnell, in so
many words, stated to him that he
would not appoint Marcus..A. Hanna to
States senate The governor and the
relative mentioned had quite talk Oh
the subject and the governor gave him
to understand that Hanna's name
could not be considered for the place at
all. The relative further along stated
to local newspaper man that there
was no doubt whatever of Governor
BushnelPs desire to GO to the senate
himself. He added that he was very
ambitious politically and the present
situation offered him an opportunity to
crafty long cherished wish to get
into the senate.
Will Resign Himself.
In connection with the above a num-
Der of Governor Bushnell's friends are
openly requesting him to resign as gov.
ernor and then let Lieutenant Governor
Jones, who would be his successor, ap-
point him senator. Jones would in
that event, it is urged, be the Repub-
lican candidate for governor next fall
by that turn of affairs To strengthen
the above statement, if strength is
needed, all newspaper men who have
tried to interview Governor Bushnell
about Hanna's candidacy for the SEN
ate know that he has always court
eously declined to talk about it. In
view of this fact, it is argued, that if
there was no objection to Hanna, the
governor would speak out.
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DEATH OF MINISTER WILLIS

Died at Honolulu Jan. After a Long
Illness.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16.-The steam
ship Monowai, which arrived at mid
night, brought advices from Honolulu
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-06-04
.JU ST "TAMA jim"
THAT'S WHAT THE FARMERS
CALL SECRETARY WILSON.
:, Interastin. Man with a History
yilled with Interesting Experiences
He's Practical and a Scientific
Farrner-Honors Thrust Upon Him.
Friend of the Farmer.

The present head Of the Agricultural
Danartment is an interesting man and
has history filed with interesting expe-
riences. Tall, slender, gray, rugged in
onpearance, with Scotch accent which
has clung to him since his arrival in this
country in childhood, he is typical rep.
resentatve of what sturdy integrity and
rnbending will can accomplish. There
are so many interesting things to be said
Of "Tama Jim," who gets this title be-
cnusc his home in Iowa was in Tama
County. and it became necessary to in
some way identify him as against an
other James Wilson in his own State. that
it is difficult to know just where to begin
and where to end in writing of him. The
Washington Star however, in lengthy
article published few days ago, selects
a number Of unique features in his history
and some equally interesting chats With
Mr.. Wilson.
AS a member of Congress this Iowa
farmer performed an act of abnegation,
of renunciation, every whit as knightly
and heroic rs the inspired, inspiring self
ishness and nerve of the grimy man in
dungarees who "held her nose agin the
bank till the last galoot" got ashore. 1t
was the action of ''Tama Jim" that re-
stored to Grant the military title that
he surrendered when he became the civil
chief of the nation he had redeemed with
the sword. Ii happened during the Forty
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RECALLS CLEvELAND'S RECORD
Ex-Presideut Is Reminded of His Own
Party's Delay in Tariff Legislation.

II
Party's Delay in Tariff Legislation.
Somebody with good memory has tax
en- occasion to remind ex-Presdent Cleve-
land and the public who read his scold at
the Republican party because of its
promptness in carrying out it's pledges
with reference to tariff legislation, of the
terrible experience of the people of the
United States during the eighteen months
in which his own party delayed it's tariff
legislation. This reminder was brought
forth by Mr.. Cleveland's New York
speech, in which he criticised the Republi-
can leaders for tneir "hot haste" in tax
ing up tariff legislation. The eighteen
months which elapsed between Mr. Cleve-
lands Inauguration in 1898 and the enact
ment of his free trade tariff law included
more than 10000 failures, with liabilities
orpreeating more than 800 million dollars:
the closing down of over 500 banks; the
annointment of receivers for about forty
railroads. whose indebtedness amounted
to billion and half dollars. and strikes
and lockouts costing the workingmen en-
cared As million dollars in wages lost.
The total record of the eighteen months
;,cndes strikes in New York and Michi-
oan in March, 1893; strikes in Chicago
in Anril: strikes and bank failures in Hi
nois and Ohio in May; runs on savings
hanks in Western States in June: suspen-
sion of work in mines and numerous bank
failures throughout the West in July; fail
nres in New York and Chicago and small
or cities. followed by riots in New York.
Kansas and elsewhere, in August; strike
an the "Bg Four" and consequent riots
in September; railroad strike in Alabama
and necessity of troops to suppress it in
October; strikes on the Lehigh Valley
road and in Connecticut factories in No
vember; riots In Pennsylvania mining re-
zion in December; strikes in New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and elsewhere, followed by
r;ots in January; strikes in New York.
Ohio. Massachusetts and accompanied by
| r;ots in February; strikes in New Jer-