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The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
HIGHEST BIDDER GETS 1T.
Government Has No Agreement with q
Union Pacific Committee.

Government Has No Agreement with tho
Union Pacific COMMITTEES.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-Attorney Gen.
eral McKenna had another extended
conference during the day with ex.
Governor Hoadley in regard to the
pending Union Pacific foreclosure sale.
With reference to the statement cabled
from London to the effect that an Eng.
ish syndicate had forwarded bid for
the Union Pacific property in competi.
ton with that Of the reorganization
committee, the attorney general said
that. although no foreign bid had been
received, 1t was fact that the govern.
ment had received inquiries from for.
eign sources, and he had no doubt that
the capitalists Of this country and Eu.
rope would see to 1t that the property is
not sold at a price much below its
value. The government, he said, had
entered into no agreement or under
standing with the reorganization com.
mittee or anyone else BY which they
are to have the road at 345. .000, 900 or
any other sum. The property, he add.
ed, would be sold under foreclosure
proceedings to the highest bidder.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
KANSAS LAW UPHELD.

Has Power to Fig Charges Of stock Yards
Companies.
TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 8. Judge Foster
has handed down his opinion in the
Kansas City stock yards case. in which
he decided against the company on
every legal question raised. The opin.
ion is very sweeping and the decision is
q complete victory for Attorney Gen.
eral Boyle.
The stock yards company will appeal
to the United States supreme court.
The Kansas City stock yards case grew
out Of the efforts Of the stock yards COM
pany to prevent the enforcement Of the
law passed by the last Kansas legisla-
ture reducing yardage charges.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
SEVEN LIVES LOST
INDUS TRIAL SCHOOL AT PLAhK,ts.
TON, s. o., BURNS.
Teacher and Six Innasss U.sble % Get
Out While Tweaty-avs Others
Narrowly Escape the
fame Rnta.

PLAkKlNToN. s.. D., Oct. IA pain
OF sorrow hangs over tie city 40 10.
suit Of the destruction Of the girls cot
tage at the industrial school In which
seven lives were lost. The dead are:
Tillie Hooper. in charge Of the sewing
department; Nellie johnson. aged l8, Of
Grafton, N. b.; Mabel Tobere and Iii
lian West, aged, respectively, and IL,
OF Sioux Falls; Bessie Kirby. aged IA, of
Hot Springs; Iva Warner, aged le. Of
Watertown, and Christina Bergman,
aged II. Of Yankton. AL others, num-
bering about rs, succeeded in escaping,
but they saved nothing and had no time
to dress. getting out in their night
robes and with great difficulty.
The origin Of the fire is unknown,
but it Is supposed to have caught from
the explosion Of lamp. The loss ID
something like $25, 200, and includes the
printing Office Of the institution and
the chapel. The loss was total, as all
were asleep and the building was en-.
veloped in flames before any one dis.
covered the danger.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
LETTERS OF VICTORIA.
Evidence of Bitter Hostility to Homo
Rule for ireland.

Evidence OF Bitter Hostility to Home
Rule for ireland.
NEW YORK, Oct. IA copyrighted
cablegram from London to The Even.
ing Post says: No little talk has been
aroused in political circles over passages
Of Lord Tennyson's biography, which
nearly all the reviewers purposely or
accidentally overlook. These passages,
in letters between Lord Tennyson and
the queen, furnish the first direct evil
dence Of the queens bitter and active
hostility to the home rule policy Of her
then constitutional advisers, and quite
upset the notion that the queen has be.
come the mere echo of her ministers
views. This evidence of the queens
stepping outside Of her constitutional
advisers to condemn the Irish cause,
and possibly embarrass her ministers,
will certainly cause much pain in Ire.
land, il 1t does not create political
troubles. Even The Times questions
whether it is discreet to publish the let.
terS.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
POLICY OF sAGAsTA
NEW sPAMisA PREMIER OUTLINES
HIS COURSE AS TO CUBA.

Woy1sr VIII Be Recalled and the Co0.
ssrvstivsS SCampaisn Rsvsrssd-Onsr oe
the Unitsd states as Mediator Cannot
Re Accepted, He s.y..
New Yoek, Oct. "A dispatch to
The World from Madrid says: The
World correspondent called on Premier
sagasta, who said in response to
queries: tssYou ask me II the Liberal
party would assent to mediation BY
the United States with a view to has.
teqing the paci6oation Of Cuba and In.
ducing the, rebels in arms and the exiles
to accept autonomy. Why should we
need mediation when our intentions
long and often expressed by the Liberal
party-aim' at realizing all that America
could sugessts
mo Spanish party, certainly not the
Liberals, could assent to foreign inter-
ference Ill our domestic affairs or
with our Acolonies. No government
could hope to induce the nation to 20.
cept such interference.
.'If America, as we firmly believe and
hope. is disposed to be sincerely friend
" with M, let her enforce the rules Of
International law and stop the flow Of
Moral and Material Aid.
without which the insurrection could
not last SIX months. We shall reverse
completely the policy of the last two
years in Cuba, beginning. naturally,
with the recall Of Weyler.
II Informed the queen that the Lib.
eral party would accept the response
biNties Of offloe most willingly If her
majesty honored the party with her
confidence; that the Liberal party had
plans for all the leading questions of
the day in Spain, and certainly would
grant to Cuba autonomy along the
lines traced in the progremme Of the
Cuban autonomists themselves.
"The Liberal party is prepared to
grant to Cuba all possible self-govern-
ment, . broad tariff and every conces.
sion compatible with indexible defense
Of Spanish. rule and sovereignty in the
West Indies. We believe this will sat.
isiy the majority Of the Cubans and we
will act thAs spontaneously"
MADRID, Oct. Sat cabinet coun.
lil the government decided to grant
autonomy to Cuba under the suzer.
ainty of Spain and to continue the cam.
paign az long as may be necessary. -
Senior Sagasta, the premier, has re.
ceived . cable message from Captain
General Wsyler, who offers his services
to the government and says: II shall
not resign.N
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
YELLOW FEVER SITUATION.

Five Deaths and Thirty.nine New Cases
at New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 7.-The days
record Of deaths and 80 new cases ID
the top notch reached during the pres.
ent yellow fever scourge. The increase
OF cases was not unexpected. The
weather has been warm and the large
territory the board Of health has to
cover makes perfect scrutiny impossi.
ple, and germs are being distributed
which. if the totality Of cases was
fewer, would be easily restrained.
While the number Of cases under treat
ment is in the neighborhood Of $50,
there are many houses which have not
Jet been disinfected but in which the
patients have been declared well. The
total death rate is still small in proper.
tion to the number Of cases.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09

Count Xiguena, minister of public
Senior Mofet, minister for the colonies.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
WHEAT AND corn CROP.

Yield In the Northwest Has Bssn Sons.
what Disappearing.
CHICAGO, Oct. 4.-The Orange Judd
Farmer, in its final estimate Of the
years wheat crep, says that figures
based on actual threading returns iudi.
cate total yield Of $50, ,000, 600 bushels,
OF which 878. $50. 900 bushels IL winter
and ZIG, 40. 900 bushels spring wheat.
The spring wheat yield in Minnesota
and the Dal(ptas has proven . disap.
pointment. the aggregate being only
l29, 000. .OO0 bushels. Tho shortsse there
Is in = measure pounterbAlanced by the
good yield T. Nebraski, Ofsgon and
MashjpktQa.- The rspast ssYs The eos1i
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
Pelissler Won the Cow Boy Race.

Pelissier Won the Cow Boy Race.
At the Mandan State Fair eight
cowboys participated In half mile
race, the like Of which is not often
seen, and in which it is not necessa-
ry that the man with the fastest
horse wins the race, although it was
proved in the second heat that fast
horse is a mighty convenient thing.
A rope corral was arranged on the
track In front of the grand stand.
and all Of the horses were unsaddled
and turned loose in that.
At a given signal, each of the COW
boys roped his horse, saddled and
bridled him and was away for the
half mile. It was a unique and high3
ly interesting contest. Each Of the
men darted after his animal at the
word Ego" and then there was rush
for saddles and brides. Pete Pelis.
sier, the giant ranger from the Bad
Lands, was one Of the most leisurely
Of the contestants, apparently, but
he made every move count. and was
away first with Jack Snider second
and Ben Singletary third, and they
finished in that order. In the Sec
ond heat, there were fewer contest.
ants, and Pelissier, the winner of the
first heat got away last, and a long
distance behind the others, but his
horse was a flyer, and he overhauled
the others and again he won, amid
great applause for his own skill and
the gameness Of the gallant little
horse. Snlder took second money
and Singletary third. The time for
the first heat, from the time the
word to catch horse was given to the
finish of the half mile was 2:20, and
for the second heat 2:3O.
Mr.. Pelissier's side also won in the
tug of war contest.
]. S..Snider took second money in
the roping contest. Ben Singletary.
of MandaR took 1st money.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
ARMY IN GOOD CONDITION.
General G9nnsz Says the Cubans Cannot
- BE Subdued.

General Gemss ssys the Cubans Cannot
y BE Subdued.
NEW YORK., Oct. e.-Thomas Estrada
Palma. chief, Of the Cuban junta, has
just reoe{vdARa letter from General
Gomez. coln&snder.in.chief Of the Gu.
ban army,
"Weyler's successor in Cuba, {" writes
the general, ''in order to cope with the
rebellion with its present standing will
be obliged to demand 200, 600 troops and
el00, ,000, 900, and even then he will fail
as ignominously as Weyler has failed.
"Our men were never imbued with q
more hopeful spirit than they have at
present. The campaign in Las Villas
has been an utter failure. The Spanish
soldiers avoided Us at every possible op-
portunity. This served to encourage
our men. I am glad to say that we are
all confident Of ultimate success. II
Weyler be1ecalled his successor here
will be surprised to see the spirit of vic.
tory which, animates tho brave Cuban
troops. We cannot be subdued and no
one knows this better than Weyler."
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
For Over Fifty Years.

AN OLD. AND WELL-TR1ED REM
EDY.-Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syr-
up has been used for over fifty years
by millions of mothers for their
children while teething, with perfect
success. 1t soothea the child. soften!
the gums, allaYs all pain. cures wind
collie, and IL the best remedy fof
Diarrhoea. Is pleasant to tho taste.
Sold by druggists in every part Of the
world. Twenty-Five cents bottle.
Its value is incalculable. Be sure
and ask for Mrs. WinsloW's Soothing
Syrup, and take no other kind.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09

General Dow spent most Of his life in
the cause Of temperance, laboring not
only in his own state, but in many
others, and at times in England and
in Canada. More than ~ years ago,
when he was mayor Of Portland, he
drew up the first prohibition law, and
from that time until the day Of his
death he defended It against efforts to
disparage ito workings, to repeal it or
to weaken it by compromise, and Ia
bored to extend its provisions beyond
the community whore IL originated.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
ENGLAND OUT Of IT.

Declines to Take Part In the WashinGton
Seal ConfaFence.
LONDON, Dot. THE officials Of the
British foreign Office have oommuni.
rated to the United States ambassador,
Colonel John Hay. the final decision Of
that government, that Great Britain
must refuse to take part In any sealing
conference with representatives OF Rus
sia and Japan. The British govern.
mont. however, asserts its willingness
TO confer with tho United States alone,
but 1t insists that Russia and Japan are
not interested in the Behring SEA seals
to degree emitting them to represen.
tation ct the conference. Tho BEihsh
goyeEumsnt dess not suggest any dats
~ n, - kSsal&e@ AlekAa
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
csl,esrni.,, oreet or.,e cro,,

Calffernias Great Grape Crop.
San Francisco, Oct. 4.-The vintage
OF California this year promises to
reach q. .00o. 600 gallons, or 26 per cent
more than last year. The growers are
now receiving an advance Of from $5 TO
Sl0 . ton for their grapes, the under.
standing being that they receive 81 for
every cent per gallon the wine brings
when sold.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
FIVE HUNDRED HOMELESS.
Every Building but Five at Austin. Pa

Every Building but Five at Austin. Pa. 4,
Destroyed by Fire.
AUSTIN, Pa, Oct. 5.-Fire broke out
at 2:45 p. m. in Weeds livery barn on
Turner street. In five hours every
building in town but five was burned to
the ground. Turner street was the
principal residence street Of the town
and probably 500 people are homeless.
The fire was started by load of hay
being run into a gas jet. In all about
100 buildings were burned, mostly resi.
dences. The loss is placed by insur.
ance experts at from $500 to
$500. 600.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09

New YORK, Oct. e.-Rukeyser q
Bash, manufacturers of neckwear, have
failed with liabilities estimated at
el0O, 200. The sheriff took charge Of
their place Of business on an execution.
All the stock had previously been re.
moved, only the plant, fixtures and
safes remaining for the sheriff to levy
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
Editor Publicly whipp.d

Waco, Tex, Oct. wv. O. Brann.
editor Of The Iconoclast. was publicly
beaten and seriously injured BY Judge
]. B. scarborough. George Scarborough
and r. II. Hamilton. Judge Scar.
borough is q trustee Of Baylor univer.
stty. He says Brann's recent attack in
his paper on the university is what
caused the trouble.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
R,fus,d to Advsuoe the Ca,h.

LONDON, Oct. 6. According to spe.
cial dispatch from Madrid Senior Cas-.
tellanos, thh retiring minister for the
colonies, his called upon the Bank of
Spain to furnish 80, ZOO, 900 pesetas for
the Cuban. campaign. The committee
Of the bank declined to make the ad.
vance, whereupon the governor Of the
bank invited the committee to resign.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
THOUSANDS DROWNED.

Floods for Many Years.
TACOMA, WASH, Oct. 5.-The steamer
Victoria brings news Of the most dis.
astrous foods that have visited China
for many years. Sixty villages near
Tung Chou, containing over 800, 900 in
habitants, have been destroyed by
foods and the people drowned or forced
to flee. There is no means of learning
how many Thousands have been
drowned, but the number is estimated
by Chinese authorities at from 15, 900 to
10000,
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09

We do not expect the earth, but we
do expect to furnish you your win.
ter's coal at prices we are selling for.
The business we do in the future de.
pends upon furnishing good coal, so
send us your order if only for one ton,
as trial order. Remember postal
card at any time insures your coal
delivered promptly. Address
o.25.4t. J. F. BRoDIE.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09

PARIS, Oct. - Major Moses p.
Handy, the special United States com.
missioner. to the Paris exposition Of
1900, has secured 25 per cent additional
space for the American exhibits, max
ing the space Of the United States equal
to that Of the other big nations Of the
world. At
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
MANITOBA FOREST FIRES.
Great Destruction Of Property and L
OF Life Near the Boun dary Lima.

Great Destruction Of Property and I.oss
Of Life Near the Boundary Line.
WINNIPEG, Oct. THE forest fires
that have been raging in Manitoba,
close to the boundary line for the past
10 days have broken out more furiously
than ever. Ten or twelve persons
are reported to have burned to
death and the fire is rapidly spreading
over the boundary line into Dakota.
Firemen have been fighting the flames
night and day trying to keep them
from getting into the more thickly pop.
ulated districts. Hundreds Of thousands
Of dollars worth of timber has been de.
stroyed and considerable grain as well
as some farm buildings, but up to this
time the fire has been confined to the
Canadian side of the boundary, but
the swarth line between the United
States and Manitoba has been oblter.
ated and great fears are entertained
that the fires will get beyond the con.
troll of t; cttlers.
Near \. ,e Mouth, H. Laundry, a
trapper, V, burned to death. A Ger.
man WON IS reported to have been
burned tc ueath and her children are
missing. A dispatch from White Mouth
says the fire is spreading rapidly. East
of White Mouth the situation is very
critical. The section foreman at Dar.
win and his wife and men were picked
up by freight train and brought into
White Mouth.
At Broken Head, Man. the country
is on fire. On both sides of the Broken
Head river enormous damage is being
done. The smoke is so thick that it ID
impossible to see 20 yards in any direc.
tion. Mr.. and Mrs. Young, living south
of Broken Head about eight miles, lost
everything, and only saved their lives
by staying in the river for IL hours.
At Beausejor, Man, seven persons
have been burned to death.
A report from Morris, Man., says q
prairie fire has been raging there and
that one family of four persons il
known to have persisted. The fire is
supposed to have originated from the
sparks Of an engine.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
Money Orders and Saving Banks.
In the office of the superintendent

In the Office Of the superintendent
of the money order system Of the
general postofflce at Washington is
evidence which will convince the
most skeptical that there exists, es.
pecially In the west, a demand for q
government institution where the
savings Of the people may be de
posted.
The money order system was estab
lished for the accommodation Of the
people-those who do not enjoy bank
accounts and cannot forward money
by checks. While the object of the
system was purely to facilitate the
transaction Of business by offering
at small cost the medium for trans.
mitting money, experience has dem.
onstrated that 1t is not infrequently
used to guard the savings of those
who are not within easy reach of
banks, or fear to trust their hard
earned dollars in the keeping Of
banks. Money orders are often OBJ
tanned. by persons who have q few
dollars to lay away. This is made
evident by the operation of the law,
which declares a money order void
when not presented for payment
within one year. When money Or
der is retained by the psyee beyond
that period it can only be renewed
by the superintendent of the system
in Washington, and the number Of
cases where money orders have been
retained for one, two, three and even
more years is surprising. The rec
ords show that In most instances
where money orders are not pre-.
sented within the prescribed period
the order was purchased by the
payes with no other purpose than
depositing his money where he knew
it would be safe until wanted.
When the original money order has
become void duplicate is issued,
upon application, by the superinten-
dent Of the system, and void dupli-
Gates are replaced by warrants upon
a fund created by uncalled. for money
which has accumulated since the sys.
TEN his been in operation. Hun.
dreds Of cases could be given where
farmers, miners. mechanics and
other persons have used the money
order system for savings bank,
among the most striking being the
case of a miner at Leadville, Col,
who purchased an order for $4,000,
payable to himself, and permitted
the money to remain on deposit for
1--WE years. For the sake of the Sc
curity afforded by depositing the
money with the government he was
not only willing to forego the inter-
est which he would have received
had the money been placed in say.
ings bank or otherwise invested, but
he paid the commission demanded
BY the government for issuing the
order.
The use of the money.order system
as q savings bank is resorted to as
frequently today as at any time in
the past. The mails bring to the
postofiice department daily numerous
void orders to be renewed. and the
officials who have the renewal of the
orders in charge understand that the
system is being used in the place Of
savings banks.-The Chicago Record,
Sept. II.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
LATEST MARKET REPORT.
Duluth Grain.

Duluth Grain.
DULUTH, Dot. Z.
WHEAT-Cash No. 1 hard, 92e; No.
l Northern, 9Oc; No. 2 Northern, $50;
No. 8 spring, $40; rejected, 720ieo:
to arrive, No. hard, 02c, No. North
ern, 8 G; October No l Northern, 900;
December No. Northern, s91<o; May
No. / Northern, Ole
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
GENERAL NEAL DOW DEAD.

Away at His Mainc Home.
PORTLAND. Me-, Oct. Meal Dow.
the famous prohibitionist, died at $3.50
p. m. He has been gradually sinking
for the past three or four days, and had
for the "a hours previous to his death
been unconscious most Of the time.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
Did Not Demand m Ansver

LONDON, Oct. cit is officially denied
that the United States monetary com.
misioners. headed by Senator Wolcott
of Colorado, intended to request the
British government to give them final
and immediate answer to their pro-
posals as stated in a special article pub.
lished by The Times,
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
Moving Arain,t the Briti.b.

PEsHAwuR. Oct. 7.-Intelligence re.
ceived from various points confirms the
report that the Afridis and Orakzais
will take the initiative if their proposal
of settlement is not accepted by the
British. As the crops are now har.
vested small bodies of tribesmen have
begun to move.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
Foa1.ada s.our.d aa.ooo.

WAsMNoroN, Ia, Oct. 7.-Harvey
Cherry. who had just returned from
Nebraska, whore he sold his farm and
had -. 200 dn his person, was waylaid
BY three tootpads, knocked senseless
and robbed,of the money and . valuable
gold wstch,..S
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
creed.n a.d Mccoy sir. Ar.,e,...

11VVOUS
NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-Dan Creedon
and Kid Mccoy met hero and signed
articles for finish fight to take place
between Dec. 10 and Dec %. John
Kelly, on behalf Of the Canadian Ath.
lettc club, got the attraction with an
offer Of 81, 500.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
Granted q Temporary Isju.etion.

Ofanseo 1smpoEaty 1nJunctlons
ONAHA, Neb., Dot. Ga Bee special
from Lincoln says: Judge Munger Of
the United States district court has
granted the temporary restraining order
10 prevent the enforcement Of the law
70 regulate stock yards passed by the
last leRislature.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
Minneapolis Grain.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 2.
WHEAT-October closed at s9Lc; Dc.
cember; $3.50; May, 90fo. On Track
No. hard, 9l9fo; No Northern, S0><c;
No. Northern. $3.50.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
Chief skenadore De.d.

SEYMOUR. Wis, Oct. 7.-Chief sken.
bdore Of the Oneida Indians, is dead at
The age of 80. He was one of the most
famous chiefs of the West and headed
the Oneidas when they came to Wis.
consin from New York in the early '80s.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
uontas. Hote, Fir,,

MILES CRY, Mon, Oct. THE Mac.
queen House was burned to the ground
at o'clock a. m. The guests all
escaped. though some had narrow
escapes.
The Dickinson press., 1897-10-09
RAIL AND WATER ROUTE.
ess Than Hundred Miles Of Road 20
Connect DaNson and Yanoouxar.

Less Than Hundred Miles Of Road 60
Connect Dawson and Vancouver.
SAN Francisco, Oct. 5.-The con.
struction Of a railroad from Vancouver,
or from some point east Of that place ON
the Canadian Pacific line. to Dawson
City and the Rondike country in gen.
eral will not be very difficult Oh ex.
pensive undertaking, in the opinion Of
Collingwood Schrieber Of Ottawa, who
is now in this city. He has arrived with
. party Of Ottawa people including e.
Necomb, deputy minister Of justice.
In discussing the building Of q road
to Dawson, Mr.. Schrieber said:
''Two surveys are now being made
from different points ON the Canadian
Pacific. The latter company is making
one of the surveys and the government
Is making the Qther. It will be neces.
sary to build only 90 miles Of railroad to
make good rail and water route from
the Canadian Pacific to Dawson City.
The railway can be operated the year
round, but during the winter months
the water route will not be open for
ateamerS.