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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE.

The increase in population for the
present decade of Joplin. Mo, has been
1911 per cent.
\ successful operation for appen-
dicitis has been performed on Senator
Jones S1p at Chicago and he is bet
ter.
K. q. Dun is dead at New York. He
was head of the mercantile agency of
his name, was "a years old. born in
Ohio and his first job paid him 81 a
week.
IL looks like the Colombian rebels
viii win this time.
In the last ten months our soldiers
III the Philippines have killed more
than 5000 FilipinoS.
The Stats Zeitung, of Chicago, is
for sale-sO Judge Hanecy says.
The population of tine state Of Idaho
is 161,TI2 as against Sz.3S5 in 1890.
Lord Roberts daughter is seriously
III at Pretoria.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
CHICAGos $34,ooo,ooo GIFT.
She Offers the Drainage Channel to the
Government on Condition.


Chicago. Nov. 12.-Chicago has Of
fcially rendered its S34.OOO.OOO drain
age channel to the United States gov
sTnment. The sanitary district trustees
have memOralized the chief engineer of
the gov eminent, through the deep wat
erway commission, now in the city,
and that official body viii transmit the
memorial to congress in December.
The memorial contains a direct tender
from the sanitary district of the chan
mel 10 the general government under
the terms of the sanitary district law
of Illinois, which contains q clause
reading as follows:
when such channel shall be com
pleted and the water turned therein
TO the amount of 100000 cubic feet of
water per minute. the same is hereby
declared a navigable stream. and when
ever the general government shall i'm
prove the DeSplaineS and Illinois riv-
ers for navigation to connect with this
channel, said general government shall
navigation purposes, but not to inter
fere with its control for sanitary or
drainage purposes"
In order TO accept this gift accord
ing to law the general government VIII
have to eXpend over S1J.0OOO00 or less
than half what Chicago has spent up
on the channel. In this connection the
Importance of the canal is urged as Il
water route from the great lakes to the
Gulf OF Mexico.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY IN LUCK.
Likely to Have 100000 Endowment
Through Jnmes MiIIIkin.

Decatur, Ills, Nov. 12.-James Mill
kin has made another proposition to
the college commission of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church, i'll which he
i'll effect offers the commission and the
proposed industrial school of Decatur
100000. This is in addition to the of
fer of $225,O 900 previously made to the
Decatur school and $4,000 To the Lin
coin university. If all the plans now
proposed are carried out the new
school i'll Decatur. combined with the
Lincoln university. Will have an en-
dOwment of $1,0UO.OOO.
The last proposition states that if
the plans for raising 100000 among
the residents of Decatur and 100000
by the Cumberland PRESBYTERIAN
church are carried out Millikin will
place n sum in trust for the benefit of
the school property that will yield per-
petuallY from $4,000 to 500 GOO avear-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
POSSIBILITIES WE'RE AWFUL.
Wreck That Cost but One Life Certainly.
md Perhnns Two Others.

Missouri Valley. Ia, Nov. 12.-The
scene of Saturday nights wreck of the
Overland limited of the Chicago and
Northwestern reveals that although
only one life was lost and but few per-
SONS injured the wreck was pregnant
with possibilities for a terrible cataS-
trOphe. No one has yet claimed the
body of Peter G. Peterson, on whose
person was found Il card bearing his
name and the simple address, Omaha,
Neb., and a card showing him to have
been Il member of lodge 427 of the Car
pcnterS' union.
Peterson died at $50 Il. III. yester-
day. Just before he expired his con-
SciOuSneSS returned and he said that
two men were standing on the plat
form with him when the collision oc-
Cured. They have not since been
seen and their bodies may be buried
beneath the debris. Their names are
unknown.
In the wreck the passenger train
crashed into Il freight at the crossing
of the Sioux City and Pacific near this
place and the engine, buffet and mail
car of the Northwestern Were smashed.
the other cars and SlceperS broken and
derailed. The remarkable feature of
the accident was the fact that the only
passenger badly injured was Peterson.
He had both legs cut off above the
ankle. Engineer Johnnie Wells had his
hand maShed 80 as 10 require ampu-
ta1iou. and a number of others We're
slightly injured. Wrong dispatcherS'
orders are said 10 have caused the
wreck
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
Another Chance for Dreyer.

Springfield. Ills. Nov. l2.-Edward
8. Dreyer viii make Il last effort to
secure his release from the Cook coun-
ty jail where he is under sentence to
serve time in the state penitentiary at
Joliet for embeZZlement of west park
board funds. \ petition for Il rehenr-
ing of the case. in which an opinion
adverse TO the plaintiff in error was
handed down on Oct. 10 last. was filed
in the supreme court Saturday. and Il
stay OF execution has been ordered I'M
til the court has passed upon the petit
tion. The stay was granted by Chief
Justice Willlin ut DanVille.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
CIVILIZATION IN TEXAS.
Curious Method of Procedure for a Com
munity with Laws.


NavaSOta. Tex. Nov. 12.-Trouble
which has caused much excitement at
Anderson, Grimes county, is at an end.
1t had its origin in that town, where
Sheriff Garrett Scott was held reSpOu-
Sible by an organization known as the
Whites Mems Union for alleged mis-
conduct of affairs. At the recent cleo
ton Scott was defeated, and later had
to leave the county. which he refused
to do. Late Wednesday afternoon the
sheriff was shot and seriously wounded
by an unknown person. Emmett Scott.
Il brother of the sheriff. and William
Mcdonald. engaged in a street fight.
When the smoke of battle cleared
away both Emmett Scstt and McDOn-
aid We're dead. as was also John Brad
ley. Jr. The entire town of Anderson
was in a state of excitement over the
affair and Sheriff Scott took possession
of the Jail which he held by force un-
til Saturday when the Houston Light
Guards were ordered to Anderson.
Sheriff Scott has consented to leave
the county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
-Four Known to be Dead and
25 Injured at Popular
Bluff. Mo.
CLIFFORD HOUSE DESTROYED
Hcmmed in Like Rats, People
on Upper Floors Leap
From Windows.
MANY NOT ACCOUNTED FOR

Popular Bluff, Mo. Nov. 12.-The
Clifford house, large 3story hotel,
was burned early this morning. There
were 45 guests four of whom were
killed, and about 25 more or less
seriously burned, and bruised.
The flames spread go rapidly that
the people on the second and third
floors were caught like rats in a ira P.
Many leaped from the windows.
Many are Missing.
1t is impossible to tell how many
lives were lost as quite a nun Der of
the guests were not registered. 1t
will be many days before a complete
list of the missing is obtainable.
The known dead are Heck CLARK,
Doniphan, Mo; Rebecca Owens. She'll
by DeTart, Curley Berry. all of
Popular Bluff.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
Prominent Rector Dead.

New York, Nov. 12.-Rev. DR.. !.
Wesley Brown. rector of ST. Thomas
Protestant Episcopal church, died Sat
urday afternoon. He had been i'll for
several weeks. DIR. Brown was G3
years old. lie was born in Baltimore
in 1897. He was a civil engineer in
the governments service. but in 1866
entered the Methodist ministry. Subse-
quenJly he became an EpiscOpalian.
He married COnseulo Vanderbilt to the
Duke of Marlborough and Miss
Pauline Whitney to Almeric Hugh
p1pat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
Code Commission Suggestions.

! Galesburg, Ills, Nov. 12.-Thc Illi-
nois code commission concluded its
session here Saturday. recommending
many important changes in laws. Sug-
geStionS are made for the state TO fur
niSh the record and pay the necessary
expenses in the supreme court in capi
tai cases; for the trial court TO assign
an attorney to defend the supreme
court i'll such cases against & hearing
or decree in divorce cases within three
months of default or appearance: for
an increase of the peremptory chal
lengeS of jurors in civil cases to five:
that contests of wills he limited TO one
year; that each judge of the circuit.
supreme and criminal courts of the
Cook county. the city. county and pro-
bate courts. may appoint Il shorthand
reporter for his court. per diem to be
$40 and transcripts to be 10 cents per
100 words for original ana = cents for
carbon cOpieS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12

Hong Kong says the British dispatch
boat Sandpiper was sunk during
typhoon. One sailor was drowned. The
center of the typhoon struck Hong
Kong. The remainder of the Sandpip-
er's crew was saved gallantly by the
torpedo-boat destroyer Otter. The
British gunboats Tweed and Firebrand
and the coast defense irOnclad Wivern
We're in great danger. as they We're
dra gging their anchors. but the wealth
er moderated. An admiralty dredge
in the Canton river was capSiZed and
two of her crew were drowned. Many
houses We're blown down, causing
twelve deaths
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
SQUEEZING THE BOARD
Fair Champions of Franchise Tax
atior Show No Let.Up On
the EquaIizers.
SECOND APPEAL FOR A MANDAMUs
With Serious Charges Against the
Members Contained Therein
Lincoln University's Luck,

Springfield, Ills, Nov. 12.-The Chi
cago Teachers Federation has filed Il
petition for a mandamus against the
state board of equalization in the cir
cult court of this county. The petition
is SwOrn TO by Il. {. Steele, eX-alder-
man, of this city. The summons has
been made returnable Nov. IL. The
petition asks that the court command
the board TO assess the capital stock
and franchises of certain corporations
named in an original complaint made
10 the board. The petition contains
some grave charges which are said to
be supported by statements of mem
bers of the board. Among these is the
charge that the board does not intend
10 assess the capital stock. including
franchises, of these corporations. but
that it intends TO value the property in
manner that will cause the capital
stock to escape taxation.
Other Charges in the Petition.
1t is also charged that the board has
an understanding that by working GER
tain schemes il viii avoid proper as
seSsment of such capital stock. The
petition is worded similarly to the
statute, and charges that more than
Il two-thirdS majority of the members
of the state board. wilfully, knowingly
and unlawfully. and to avoid the duty
enjoined upon them by law. and To
evade the provisions of the statute as
to the valuing and assessing of caDi-
tai stock have entered into this agree
ment or scheme. The purpose of the
petition is to compel the board to as
seSS the capital stock of the corpora
ttOnS named.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
Nnxa1 Recruits Wanted.

Chicago, Nov. Il. Four hundred
and fifty men are being enlisted at the
naval recruiting station here to be sent
To the training ship Buffalo at Norfolk.
Va. About Dec. /. they VIII leave for
BarbadoeS or Trinidad. where they will
board the training ship Lancaster and
Hartford. An exchange of men will
there he made and the Buffalo. under
the command of Captain &. r. Hutch
ins. will leave for a six months cruise
among the West Indies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
UNRIGHTEoUs WRATH OF RUD
Results in His Own Horrible Death and a
$4,000 Fire.

Lansing. Ia. Nov. IA lamentable
catastrophe occurred here Saturday.
The 12-year-old son of Chris Rud was
run down by a freight train and his
left leg severed below the knee. The
father. an erratic sort of man. took the
matter to heart 50 that he beclm" IL
rcspSonble, aSsaulting an officer, who
landed him in Jail.
Within twenty minutes the Jail aud
city hall building was discovered on
fire, and the agOniZing ShriekS of the
prisoner told that lie had paid the
penalty of his reckleSSneSS with his
life. The building cost S12.UOO and
was totally destroyed. Rud leaves Il
large family in destitute circumstances.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
College Foot Ball Games.

Chica go. Nov. 12.-Saturday'S college
foot ball games gave the following
scores: At Ithaca-Oberlin o, Cornell
20: at New HaVen-CarliSle q. Yale
-: at delphia-Lafayette .. Penn
sylYania u: at mbrid%e-BrOwn 6.
Harvard II; at apolis-PennSyl-
vania State ., Cadets a; at Detroit
Iowa Is, Michigan ,: ut Chicago -
Northwestern >, Chicago o; at Madi-
son-NOtre Dame o, Wisconsin 50; at
IndianapOlis-RoseP Polytechnic o, But
Ter =: ut Franklin-Depauw q. Frank
lin II; at neapoliS-Illnois y, Mill
Oasntu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
oor rEducationaI Exhibit Houored.

Springfield. Ills. Nov 12.-State Su-
perintendenJ of Public instruction
RayliSs has received official notice
that his department has been awarded
a gold medal on its exhibit AT the
Paris exposition. The exhibit consists
principally of official blanks and cir
cular letters of the department; also
photographs Of school buildings. and
reports Of suPcrinJendentS of city
schools
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
As to the Broom Corn Crop.

Mattoon. Ills, Nov. 12-Authentic
reports show that fully half this sea-
sons broom corn crop has been pur-
chased and moved. The prevailing
price has been from $50 TO 800 per ton.
The market continues brisk and ii is
predicted that at this rate there will
be Il dearth in the bush 10y the first Of
the wear.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
Great Strike of Telephone Men.

Houston. Tex. Nov. PA notice
was given out az Dallas at II o'clock
last night saying all electrical work
erS in Dallas will strike today. The
strike i now on at Houston. San An
tonic. Galveston and Waco and grows
ont OF grievances OF the operators at
San Anfnnin and Warn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
Kaiser Ruftisd at Hi. Barber.

Berlin. Nov. l2.-Emperor Williams
barber. Francois Haby. the inventor of
his majeSty'S style of mOuStache, re-
Gently ventured 10 remark: What
does your majesty think of ChinaE"
This 81 ruffied the rmperOr's temper
that, taking Haby by the ear. he es-
corted the barber from his chamber.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
Filipino Rebels Executed.

Washington. Nov Roman San
tiago and Pablo de Ii Cruz. both pa
tive FiHpinO>. and another Roman
Santiago. We're tried 10y court martial
in the Philippines. sentenced 70 death
and executed. for doing guerilla work
-robbinG and killing natives who sub
NIT 10 our rule.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
Charged with Illegal Voting.

Effingham. Ills. Nov. 12.-Thomas
Mccormick. of Chicago. who was ar
rested on election day charged with il
legal voting. was given Il preliminary
trial in this city Saturday and held in
5000 bonds to await the action of the
grand jury. lie is Il young man and
cast his first ballot, ii is claimed, lille
gally. as he had no permanent resi-
dence here, being engaged in tempo
rarY work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
Reduction of WarTaxe..

Washington. Nov. l.. - Representa-
tive Payne, OF New York. chairman of
the ways and means committee of the
house. had 4 conference with the pres
ident Friday. Payne said that he did
not think the reduction of war taxes
by congress would exceed SlJ.OOO,OOO,
or less than oHc-tifth of the present
r.e,-rrI1nS fr..tn fhnf snI1rrn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
Thnrne W., NotinIt.

Chicago. Nov. 12.-Tommy Ryan
easily disposed OF JEFF ThOrue. of Eng
Iand. at the Chicago Athletic club Sat
urday night. The fight was To have
been for six rounds. but early in the
third Ryan landed a right cross coun-
ter on the jaw that put the English
man to sleep. The fight was Ryan'S all
rho WgN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
His First Hines, Quickly Fatal.

Toledo. q. Nov. 12-Dr. W. VI. An
sell. prominent physician of Cleveland,
visiting here died at 100 p IN. yes
tertlay. The cause OF death was dis
ease OF the heart. DR.. Ansell had never
been IN in his life. and there was no
warning of his end
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12

Pana. Ills. Nov. 12.-Pana is suf-
fering a water famine. all coal mines
and other branches of indutry being
closed down. This city of 5000 is in
total darkness. the electric lights be
ing closed down. There is no coal and
suffering is of every hand
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12

New York. Nov. 12-The police Sat
ur,iay refused to allow the Italian
anarchists Uf this city To Civ" play
entitled a Man Without a Country.
IL the Ciermanic Assembly rooms on
the Bowery. because the Italians had
neglected to get a theatrical license.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12

the docks and wharves along the drain
age canal by the flow Of the water
when the canal was first opened. AS
the trustees do not hold themselves
liable for any such damages the bill
has been placed on file.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
Henry Willard.
ON for Philippines.

Columbus, Ohio. Nov. 12.-De-
tachments of the 10th, 18th, 10Th and
23d Infantry and 4th cavalry left CO.
lumbus barracks for Manila today,
going via New FORK. T.-,re were
S47 men in all.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12

Chicago. Nov. 12.-Willam Nc
Gregg. an olj and prominent board OF
trade man and organizer of the First
National bank of Monmouth, Ills. is
dead at his home at Riverside of heart
trouble. The decedent was 40 years
of age.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
WRECKED IN VINEYARD SOUND.
Schooner Goes Down and Takes Six Lives
with Her.

Boston. Nov. 12.-The three maSted
schooner Myra Il. Weaver was
wrecked in Vineyard sound early Sat
urday morning and six lives were lost.
The names of those who perlshed are:
Captain X. =. Nannaman. of Philadel-
phia: Steward William Petersen OF
New Orleans: Charles Masnussen, Of
Bergen. Norway: John Hejman, of Al
and. Finland: Miss Mary Emerson, OF
Mobile: Miss Ella Deboe, aged II, OF
Mobile
Miss Emerson was sister-in-law OF
the captain and Ella DebOe was her
niece The details of the disaster We're
learned upon the arrival here of the
steamer City Of Macon. Captain Saw
age. which rescued four survivors.
Gunboats in a TyPhOon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
one OF Tnose Feuds Ends.

Huntington. w. Va. Nov. 12.-Rev.
John Holden. prominent in the Meth
OdiSt Episcopal conference of this dis
trict was probably fatally shot by
Robert BOstick at Matteawan. There
has been trouble between their fami-
lies for some time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
OCEAN IS THEIR TOMB
Thirty.four of the Crew and Pas.
sengers of a Sidewheeler
Lose Their Lives.
MOUNTAINOUS SEAS FOUNDER HER
Boat That Gets Away Is Swamped In
the Surf-Schooner Wrecked
Other Disasters.

Halifax. y. s, Nov. 12.-The worst
marine disaster in the long list of
steamers wrecked among the rocks and
shoals at the entrance To the Bay of
Fundy occurred Saturday morning
when the sidewheel steamer City OF
Monticello. bound from st. John for
Yarmouth, was overwhelmed by the
mountainous seas only four miles from
her destination, and engulfed with
thirty-fOur of her passengers and crew.
y heavy gale was raging at the time
and there was Il tremendous sea. The
place where the Monticello struck is at
the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, where
the waters of the bay join those OF
the Atlantic. There are many reefs
and shoals ut this spot, and the cur
rents are many and changeable, ii be-
ing one of the most dangerous places
on the coast. The Monticello was on
her way from st. John to Yarmouth
with a full freight and fairly large
passenger list.
List of Those Who Were Saved.
Those saved. so far as known. are:
Wilson Cook. quartermaSter. of Hall
fax; Kate Smith, StewardeSS; Captain
y. y. Smith. of the Battle line steam
er PharSalia. Il passenger; Third Oth
Ger James Flemming. The passengers
We're: Captain y. y. Smith; Rupert
Olive. Of 81. John. purser of the Donin
ion Atlantic steamer Prince Edward;
A. 5. Eldridge. merchant, of Yarmouth,
wife and two children: Miss Elsie Mac
Donald. of Yarmouth; J. {. Fripp, of
Woodstock, y. r.: .. w. Coleman, of
New Glasgow, y. s.: John Richmond.
of Sussex. y. B.-the three latter be-
ing commercial travellers. The list of
lost Includes many We'll known local
navigatOrS. Captain Thomas Harding,
the master of the Monticello. who is
among the lost. leaves n widow and
one daughter. at present residing i'll
Yarmnu.h
How Captain smith Esesp d.
Captain Norman Smith was the first
to bring the news of the disaster to
Yarmouth from Pembroke, where he
landed. He gave the following state
ment: About II o'clock. when about
four miles of Chegogyin point. it WAS
decided tn send the women ashore in
Il boat. and j. NJ. FlemminC. third Off
Ger; Wilson Cook, acting quarttrmaS-
ter: Nehemiah Murphy. second officer,
and Captain Smith IhimSelfI volun-
tecrcd to take them ashore. The wom-
en numbered three-El>ie Mcdonald.
aged III. daughter of Alex. Mcdonald.
of Yarmouth: Kate Smith. of Var
mouth, StewardeSS. ana Il cOlored girl
whose name l did not know. The
women Were gotten into the boat with
great difficulty. the volunteers follow
ing and getting the boat away. The
wind was blowing on-Shore at the time
and the boat was carried rapidly to-
wards rhe land. The boat was rapidly
driven ashore near Pembroke, and in
nearing the land gigantic wave struck
it and threw it upon the shore, smash
ing il 10 atoms. l found myself on
the beach holding q to the grass"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
Three Fishermen Drowned.

Southampton. Ont, Nov. 12.-Three
fishermen, Peter Devne. Frank Pope.
and George Narey. went out to lift
some nets. They were caught by the
storm. their boat upset and all were
drowned
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
Eight KilIed-Fifteen Wounded.

Paris. Nov. 12.-Eight persons were
killed and fifteen wounded in n col
lision between n suburban train and
an express yesterday morning at
ChOiSeY IerOi
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
JoIi.t Ask.SIO.Ooo Damaee..

Chicago. Nov. 12.-The city Of Joliet
has presented n claim 10 the sanitary
trustees for damages to the amount OF
$1,000, alleged TO have been done 10
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
Ex-Mayor Mckisson Divorced.

Cleveland. Nov. 12-At Akron, o..
Saturday ex-Mayor Robert f. Mckis
son. of this city. was granted a divorce
from his wife, for gross neglect OF
dIItV
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12

The sum offered Is estimated 10 be
equal 10 S400,0OO, rs 10000 Il year
would be interest on that sum At : per
cent. The offer will he accepted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12

Franchise for street railway in
Syracuse, n. y, brought 81 at public
auction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-11-12
Railroad Award Settled.

London, Nov. 12.-The Delagoa
railroad award was finally settled to-
day.