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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20

States national bank system IL responsible
for much of the depression that has been
noticeable of late. The system does not
meet present requirements, the banks be.
ing precluded from giving the necessary
accommodation to move crops. etc. The
silver agitation was an outcome of the
luck of banking facilities adequate TO the
needs of the country. Mr.. Colby says
he has had information that President.
elect Mckinley has given carte blanche to
Chicago banker TO prepare a scheme
which, IL acceptable. will be worked out
by the Secretary Of the Treasury and sub
mitted TO Congress. He believes that the
Canadian system Of banks with large CAPT.
tai and branches in different centers Of
the country and power TO issue currency
guaranteed by the government will, TO a
certain extent, he followed.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20
RUSH TO ALASKA ooLp FIELDS.
Miners Already Preparing 60 Leave
for the Yukon in the SPRING.


for the Yukon In the Spring.
Once again miners and scarchcrs for
fortune are getting ready to eater the
gold regions Of Alaska. News brought
to Seattle. Wash. by party of men who
made the dangerous journey from the
upper Yukon of q new discovery. and q
marvellous one. on Klondike creek. has
touched the match TO the excitement.
Boats leaving for the north are already
carrying passengers who are anxious TO
get us near the gold districts as early as
possible. and by March It is expected that
the rush will begin. greater than ever.
Transportation and mail facilities will b.
greatly improved this year. The Pacific
Coast Steamship Company Is expected to
give five-day service during the summer.
having five steamers. The Alaska Com
mcrcial Company Is preparing to give an
improved service between Juneau and
Cook Inlet. the westward ports and the
Aleutinn Islands. The Northwest Trad
Ing Company's steamers will make two
trips between the sound, Juneau and st.
Michaels. mt the mouth Of the Yukon.
connecting there with the company's two
steamers, which run 1900 miles up the
Yukon to Circle City and Forty Mile.
Steamers of the North American Trans.
portation and Trading Company will give
a similar service between San Francisco.
Puget Sound aud st. Michaels. connecting
with the company's Yukon river steam
ers. II Is probable that a greater number
Of gold hunters will this year go into the
Yukon country, but reports Of good finds
at Cook Inlet late last season will un.
doubtedly attract a great many people.
There Is not stamp mill working In
Alaska now that Is not making big returns
on the quartz handled. The number of
mills will be largely increased this year.
and their output. together with the output
Of the placer mines. Is confidently expect.
ed to make great record for 1897. Next
month will undoubtedly witness the be.
ginning Of great crush to oil the mining
districts of the territory.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20
GIGANTIC IRON DEAL.

Minnesota and Illinois stool Compa.
nies Forming q 0mbinatiou.
II II rumorcd ut Cleveland that there
IL now being formed combination which
may prove worthy foe Of the Carnegie.
Rockefeller deal. As soon as the last.
named combination was announced the
Minnesota Iron Company, anticipating orc
troubles. began looking about for some
large consumer to join interests with. This
consumer II has found In the Illinois Steel
Company, which has not been a member
Of the steel rail pool. The Minnesota
company owns immense tracts Of ore land
In the Mcsaba range, and the Illinois
Steel Company Ia a worthy competitor Of
Carnegie. Cleveland iron ore men do.
clare that the agreement between these
two immense interests has already been
reached.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20
CAPTAIN IN A pREDIcAMENT.
Schooner Tina Reaches San Francisco
with No Papcrs.

Captain Harkins of the schooner Una,
arrived in San Francisco from Panama,
may find himself in somewhat serious
prcdicament. His vessel has no papers Of
any description to present TO the custom
house. Register. crew list and other doc
hments are all missing. and the Una. In Q
sense. Is outlawcd by maritime usagcs. 1t
appears that the Una loaded cedar logs
at Panama. Part cash was paid for the
cargo. and the balance. although cabled
for. had not arrived when the Una was
loaded and ready to sail. The captain Of
the port NJ Panama told Captain Harkins
that II the money due was not paid imme-
diately the vessel would bc seized and he
placed Ia jail. United States Consul Gem
eral NifIuain was seen by the captain,
and. according to Harkins. Consul Gen.
crnl vifquain advised him to "clcar out"
This counsel he obcycd. Consul General
Vifquain has forwarded the Cnn's regis.
ter and other documents TO Washington,
together with his report Of the case. 10
that any decision In the matter will rest
with the Federal authorities.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20
PLANS FOR PARIS EXPOSITION.
Work of Demolition and Construction
Has Already Ecuuu.

Work of Demolition and Construction
Has Already Begun.
Preparations for the great exposition at
Paris 70 commemorate the close of the
present century have so far advanced as
to warrant United States Consul Morse at
the French capital In sending to the State
Department a most elaborate report indi-
eating what has already been done and
the plans for the complete exposition. The
general scheme of the exposition Is now
well defined. The work of demolition and
construction, for which the period Of a
little more than three years remaining
will barely suffice. hns begun. The expo
sition will open April Is. 1000. and close
Nov. . Of the same year. 1t Is the inten.
ton to make the exposition surpass all
predecessors In France and elsewhere, not,
perhaps. In extent or In architectural fca.
lures, for II Is conceded that In these re-.
spccts there Is little hope Of eclipsing the
grcat achievements ut Chicago; but In Its
artistic nspect, In the logical. comprehen.
sive and scientific system of classification
and award. and In the uniformity and har.
mony of the whole. In word. the am.
bition of the projectors lies chiefly In the
direction Of artistic excellence and gen.
crul ensemble,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20
Other Legislation to Wait,

Congress, says II Washington correspon-
dent, has settled down to business aud
quit fooling. There may be an occa sionnl
side-play, but It will be without signif.
canoe. The appropriation bills will occupy
practically all the time of both branches
Of Congress from now on. and no general
legislation can pass, except possibly the
bankruptcy law bill. That has passed the
House and Is now before the Senate, hav.
ing taken the place of the Nicaraguan
Canal bill. II serious opposition should
develop even that will have TO so over. but
its friends hope that no fight will be
offered. There are objections to the bill,
but the opponents have no organization,
and If a day or two Is sufficient to ex-
haust debate then II will pass the Senate
with some slight amendments, which the
House can concur In. and the country will
then have law upon the statute books
which will release an enterprlsing AMI
courageous element from the necessity of
longer working under cover. Tens of
thousands of insolvents can come out into
the full light Of day and resume business
under their own names. The impulse of
this movement upon business affairs will
be very important
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20
p1rreBuRo POST IL BURNED.
Loss TO the Paper Il 900, 900, Well
Insured.

Loss TO the Paper Il 600, 900, We'll
Insured.
1'he Office Of the Pittsburg OPa.) Post,
on Fifth avenue. was almost totally de-.
stroycd by fire Sunday morning. causing
a loss to the paper Of about 100000. well
insured. The loss on the building, which
belonged to the McCullagh estate, IL $25..
900. Tho only other tenant In the build.
ing was Gleason, the railroad ticket bro.
ker. whose loss was small. The CONNER.
cial Gazette. next door to the Post. was
In imminent danger, but good work by the
firemcn saved that plant. Tho CONNER.
cial presses and engines IRE for the time
being disabled by water. which flooded
the basement. Both the Post and the
Commercial were promptly rendered the
use and services of machines, presses, and
the offices of the other newspapers In the
city. Tho Post will be issued from the
Office Of the Leader until new plant can
be established. II Is supposed that cleo.
trio wires ire responsible for the fire.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20
Great shipnc .ts Of 0ral..

The exports Of grain from Philadelphia
since Jan. is the largest In years. Up
Ia the present time nearly two and half
million bushels of corn and 100000 bush.
els of wheat have been shipped to Europe.
Charters are being effected for April, May
and even as late rs June. loading ut rates
varying from three shillings to n quarter.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20
All Are Dead.

William Lewis, wife and one child left
Reinbeck, Iowa, for South Dakota early
last fall, The husband persisted in bliz.
card, and the funeral of the wife and child
took place Thursday. They lived In
rude sod house after the fathers death,
and the roof caved Ia, killing them.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20
HckeIs to Underwriters.

Comptroller Eckels was the chief speak
or al the underwriters dinner in New
York. lie discussed the current questions
along well.known lines and was frequently
applauded In passing he advocated the
adoption Of a system for insuring the poor,
as In vogue in Germany and Belgium.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20
General AIgcr wins a Rig Suit.

At Chattanooga, Tenn, Judge j. ID.
CLARK. in the case Of Russell A. Alger
versus the estate of John r. Anderson,
10 recover money paid for property in
Franklin County, Tenn. decided in favor
of the complainant. The amount involved
Is 100000, with interest for seven years.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20
MUCH LUMBER Is SENT TO CHINA
Foreign style Houses In Demaud
Among the Mongoliaus.

Thirteen million square feet Of Amcri.
can lumber was imported into China last
year. According to United States Con.
sui Jernegnn mt Shanghai most Of this
came from Washington and Oregon. The
Chinese have completely denuded East.
crn China Of it's timber. and are now
drawing upon ours. Recent stimulation Of
mill building in China and the growing
liking Of the natives for forcign-stylo
houses have led TO much of this demand.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20
NAV Check Liauor Sales.

The state Of Washington is on tho
verge of wiping out all of her saloons and
wholesale liquor houses by adopting pro-
hibitory law similar to that governing the
sale OF liquors in South Carolina.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20
NcM.makera in CONVENTION.

The twelfth annual convention Of the
National Editorial Association opened
auspi,iously in Galveston, Texas, with
several hundred delegates present.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20
Ioe Shelby Hurled.

The remains of the late Gen. Joseph %.
shelby were laid to rest at Forest Hill
Cemetery in Kansas City. Mo. The fun.
.ral was the most imposing ever held
there.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20
Potter Hsads the l., A. w.

1UgSCr 1sOWWw gWC ~ ~ We
Isaac b. Potter, Of New York. was elect.
cd president Of the League Of American
Wheelmen over tho present incumbent,
Sterling Elliott. Of Newton. Mass. Sec.
rotary Bassett's proposed amendment
making cOlored men eligible to member.
ship In tho league was defeated. Yeas,
163; nays, 100. TwO.thirds IL required
for tho adoption Of any amendment.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20
cANADA's RECORDS IN DANCER
Fro In Old wsstcrn Dcpartmcr
Building at Ottawa, Ont,

Building at Ottawa, Ont.
The old western department building In
Ottawa, Ont, suffered damage to the OK.
tent Of 100000 by fire. Tho offices Dc.
stroyed are those Of the public works dc.
partment, the marine and fisheries and the
mounted police. The fire brigade had lit.
Ito effect on the flames, which spread
slowly but steadily along the fated build.
Ing. Lack of pressure, bad hose, frozen
hydrants and a variety Of causes contrib.
uted to the poor work of the brigade. Al
3 o'clock In the morning an engine and
men arrived from Montreal, but by that
time there was nothing moro to burn. The
construction Of a modern building In place
Of tho one wrecked by the 6re will cost no,
less than $25O,OOO.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20

Blixsard In Pcnnsylvania.
A heavy snowstorm, interpreted with
hail and rain, prevailed all over Pennsyl.
ynpia Friday,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-02-20
Saws Money Moves Too slo

Ex-Canadian Cabinet Minister, Colby,
who has returned to Montreal from an ex-
tensive trip through the Unitei States.
says the effectiveness of the United
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-13
TREATY OBJECTIONS,

Kansas City Star: Senator Morgan not
only desires to have the United States reject
the arbitration treaty, but he wants to
abrogate other treaties with Great Britain
1t appears that the Alabama statesman con-
siders himself wiser than the American
statesmen of past eras, as well as wiser
than President Cleveland and Secretary
Oiney and the other eminent publicists of
today who approve the arbitration treaty.
Minneapolis Journal: One of the silly
positions taken by some senator's in order
to kill the arbitration treaty is that under it
Great Britain might undertake to lug in the
bonds issued in the southern states during
the reconstruction period as subjects of arbi-
tration. This shows the extent to which the
opposition is willing to go. The United
States cannot be held responsible for the
bonds issued for a state by its own govern
mont. The southern statesmen who make
that point are lacking in rudimentary knowl-
edge on the subject.
indianapolis Journal: The arbitration
treaty being now understood and all the
objections being removed by the senate COM
mittee on foreign relations there is no rea-
son why the senate should not ratify it, and
it probably would but for the evident pur-
pose Of Senator Morgan and few others
to talk the session out in opposing It. 1t
will go over to the next session of the senate,
when, Mr.. Cleveland being no longer preSi-
dent, the southern democratic senators may
not feel II incumbent upon them to oppose
1t. Still If congress is to do anything dur
ing the next two years, the senate should
devise some scheme to check the not only
wearisome but nerve-destroying loquacty of
Senator Morgan.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-13
APPROPRIATION FOR THE INDIANS.
Some Legislative Fenturcs Attached
to the Hill in the Senate.

Some Legislative Fentures Attached
to the Hill in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator Petit
grew, from the committee on appropriations,
reported the Indian appropriation bill to the
senate AS reported the bill carries as an
amendment the provision for the allotment
Of lands in Indian Territory and for dis
placing tho local Indian courts by system
Of federal judiciary Another amendment
throws open to settlement the lands Of the
Uncompahgre reservation in Utah. pro
vision is also inserted in regard 10 the sup
port of Indian schools giving the secretary
authority to make contracts with contract
school. appcrticnng the amount thus paid
among the various religious denominations.
but these contracts are to be made only
where nonsectarian schools cannot be pro-
cured The provision is the same as that of
The present law, except that the percentage
is reduced from so to 40 per cent.
Among other amendments in the leglsla-
tive features of the bill are the following:
Giving competent Indians the preference In
the employment of farmers at Indian agon-
cios; striking out the provision allowing
the Quapaw Indians to lease their land in
Indian Territory and inserting a provision
allowing the Sisseton and Wahpoton Indians
the right to make leases: requiring the com"
missioner of Indian affairs to employ Indian
girls as assistant matrons and Indisn boys
as ass'g5,ut farmers, wherever prncMcable;
authorizing 6i.abled Indians to lease the lands
allotted to them; providing for coln4nis-
sion to treat with the Rosebud and Lower
Brule Indians for the cesslon of their lands
providing for a commissioner to suparintend
the sale Of Indian lands; comforting jursdic-
tion upon the court of claims in the Cherokee
old settler claim The agreement with the
Shoshone and ArapshCe tribes in Wyoming
for the cessicn Of the Big Horn Hot Springs
is also inserted as an amendment.
AS reported the bill shows an increase of
s247, $40 over the amount appropriated by the
house bill, making total Of 81 800 ,496. The
principal item of this increase is slal 500
for the resurvey of the lands of the Chlcka-
saw nation. Forty Thousand dollars Is pro-
vlded for irrigation in Indian reservations,
instead of $50 600 as in the house bill.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-13
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.

It Is quite plain, not only that the Chris
ttans in Crete do not go in fear of the Mus
sulmans, but that the Greek government
does not go In fear Of the Turkish The
omission of the Greek naval commander at
Canea to salute the Turkish flag is only one
of series Of defiances of the power which
Is recognized by European treaties as the
suzerain of Crete. If Greece has concluded
that she can disregard this suzerainty her
disregard would mean defiance not only
of Turkey but of the European concert
This, of course, she would not venture upon
unless she had assurances that the powers.
or some of them, would sustain her 1t Is
the certainty that she Is not acting with
out some assurance and IL Is the uncertainty
what the assurance is that makes the stu
alton in Crete most perplexing and most
threatening. 1t may very well be that the
powers have agreed to enforce the Turkish
reforms, even though the enforcement should
result in the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Otto
man empire. But it is very unlikely that
they have agreed beforehand to acuuiesce in
the attempt of Greece to begin the dsmem-
berment OH her own account and for her own
benefit.
The force now on foot to punish the king
of Benin is the only body of British soldiers
in South Africa at present who are march
ing against foe with hostile intent For
many years there has always been war going
on somewhere in South Africa, and the pres.
ont may be looked upon almost as a period
OF rest and calm. To be sure there are
rumors OF discomfort among the natives In
the extreme south, whose cattle have been
slain by the authorities to prevent the spread
of rinderpest and there are innumerable Dos
sibilities of trouble ahead, but on the whole
things are peaceful and quiet-for South
Africa. The Benin expedition consists of
1,4OO men, who 20 to avenge the massacre
OF tho British officials whe were foolhardy
enough to try, without sufficient escort, to
arrange friendly treaty with the king, and
who were surprised and butchered ia the
most cold-blooded and dastardly way The
expedition is similar to the one against the
king of Ashantee. which was successful
without striking a blow. The reports indl-
cate that the king of Benin is a different
sort OF person, however He is a fighter
and an extremely bloodthirsty monarch and
his army is large, though of course unaecus
toned to modern warfare. II looks as IL
the expedition might prove a little light for
the task 1t is to accomplish and that possi-
Oily disagreeable surprise is In store for it.
Count Muravieff, the new Russian minister
or foreign affairs come of a family that has
played prominent part In public life. 1t
was brought to the front by Catharine II,
and members of 1t have distinguished them
selves in China, Turkey and Poland. 1t was
Muraveff AmursM who forced the nayiga-
tion OF the Amur and seized upon that re-
gion, finally annexing II by treaty with China
in 1858. In 1855 General Muravleff, sur
named Karski, made prisoners General Will
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-13
VETERANS COMPLIMENT MURPHY.
Express Satisfaction with Conduct of
the PcnsiOn Durcnm.

WASHINGTON, Feb, ia pleasant in
cident out of the usual routine took place in
the pension bureau today when a delegation
from Grand Army of the Republic posts SS
and Al, Allegheny and Pittsburg, Pa !,
formally presented resolutions of thanks to
Commissioner of Pensions Murphy for his
humane administration OF the bureau. The
presentation was made by C. w. Stone Of
Pennsylvania, who paid warm tribute to
Commissioner Murphy and declared that for
the first time in the history C: the bureau
all soldiers are satisfied with Its adminis;ra-
tion. Commissioner Murphy in responding
expressed his appreciation of the endorse
ment of men opposed to him politically and
belonging to a soldiers organization. He
quoted the instructions given him by Presi-
dent Cleveland which he said, had never
been published, as follows:
"Mr Murphy think you know my idea
OF the pension bureau and the pension sys-
tenn They are these In claims coming up
for the action Of the bureau for any worthy
soldier who served his country faithfully
in her hour Of danger, you Will be lenlent
with him and give him the benefit Of a
reasonable doubt. In settling the claims
OF the widows and the orphans you will act
in the same manner, but waste no sympathy
on the unworthy"
Mr. Murphy said that whether his term OF
office as commissioners be three weeks or
three months or three years, that would all
ways be his policy.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-13

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-The statute OF
Abraham Lincoln in the old hall of repre-
sentatiyes was draped today In the American
flag and wreathed with flowers in honor
OF the eighty-eighth anniversary OF his birth,
but the house did not suspend business
On the contrary II celebrated the anniversary
by discussing the necessities Of the postal
service and passing the postofce bill The
perennial fight was made to strike out the
appropriation of $4,000 for special mail
facilities from Boston to New Orleans, but
it was defeated, 46 to l07. although that
portion of the appropriation providing special
facilities for the route from Boston TO New
York was stricken out, after 1t had been
shown that this part OF the appropriation
had not been expended for several years
The bill as passed carries s95 435. .714.
After further debate. in which the old
arguments on the southern fast mail item
were restated, the bin was taken up for
amendment, and amendments were adopted
reducing the appropriation for free delivery
in new Offices from $4,000 to 1000 while
the appropriation for experimental rural free
delivery was increased from $4,000 to SlOO,-
900
motion to strike out the southern