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saf Jl «v L-, S $4 V' $ A ,.. 1 JY"*" 4 'te •j/i '& *r Jgk AT OMAHA. Discussion of the Monetary Question by Leading Men. Congressman McCleary of Min nesota Advocates the Canadian System. Relation of Money to Prices Discussed by the Silver Representatives. OMAHA. Sept. 17, 1896.—The Omaha monetary convention ia giving the oountry an interesting dis oussion. All aide* are represented, the bank "currency reform" men, the aingle gold atandard men and the bi-metallists —thoee who believe in the equal ooinage of both the preoiooa metaia at a given ratio. Friday laat Congressman Mc Cleary, a republican member from Minneaota, spoke on the advantage ot a bank ourrenoy eatabliabed by banks and advocated aneh a ayatem of providing money for the peoplee exohangea. Be referred to the Indianapolia monetary convention of advoeatea ot the aingle gold atandard aa a body of men who were favorable to an inoreaae of the paper ourrenoy if controlled by banks, aa ahowing that both the aingle. atandard and bi-metallists were in favor of "ourrenoy reform," which meant an in oreaae of paper money. He thought it poeeible for bankerato provide a sate onrrenoy if the govern ment authorized them to do ao at aa low a rate aa 2 per oent per annnm. He referred to France a* having nearly uniform rate in all parta of the nation Said it seemed unjust that 10 and 12 pei oent ahoald be charged to some resident* of thia oountry and 1% and 3 per oent to others, far the aae of money intended to eerve all alike and issued by the govern ment of the whole people, although varying conditions and oiroumatanoae waa the oause of it. He referred to On»di «a an example of a nation with plenty cf ourrenoy in banke and in whioh intereet rates are nearly uniform throughout all parta of the Dominion, while the aatoral oonditione and the eettlemeat of the oountry are aimilar to thoee of the United Btatss alao to the few bank failuree in Canada. He aaid: "It will always remain true that certain communities will have more onrrenoy volume than other oommuni tiee. It ought to remain true, beoauae they have more exchanges to perform and therefore need more ourrenoy. But theee differences will be only the normal ones." He thought it entirely poeeible that a nearly uniform intereet rate eould be allowed by bankere in thia oountry aa well aa elae where, and that the money intended for effecting exohangea of the people once put in such bands, would be aafe and abundant. In apeaking ot the Canadian osnfe and Engliah easterns as ideal ourrenoy methods, Mr. MoCleary did not refer to the oondition ot the maeaee ot the people of thoee countries aa any better than in thie. nor did he ehow that the prosperity of theee natione waa equal to what oure has been in the United Statee. Thia feature of the flnenoial discussion waa not gone into by MoCleary at all neither waa the relation ot money aa now iaaued ind coined by the government, to prioee of oommoditiea and labor and oonse qaently to the proepenty and welfare of every pereon, dieousaed by him. MOITET's KTFECT ON FBI0E8. Thia Sanction of money—its relation to prioee—was dwelt on as the most im portent part that money plays in the affairs of the people, and the real cause of the nation's prosperous condition or the reverse, by (Jen. Warner. He said the measure of effect paper money had on prioee depended entirely on its quantity ia circulation. That the prin oiple ie the same, whether applied to paper money or to gold and silver coin or to gold alone. No economiet surely will dispute the proposition that if the atookot gold should be at once largely inoreaaed by new finds of gold, while the world's needs for money were on ffh^"g*d, that the value of gold every where would be deoreaaed and prioee wonld rise. This would amount to virtual alteration of the existing stand ard. The effect, no doubt, of the restor ation of silver to unrestricted mintage would lower the value of all money including gold, as would be evident by a general riae of prioee. On tie other hand, should the eupply of gold for money be oat off by reduoed production and inoreaaed demand for it for the arta or for other non-monetary porpoeee, while the world'e neede for money con tinue the aame, and no other money wa aubetituted for the gold, the value of gold wonld be increased and pneee would tall. Tbieie exaotly what baa law, t,r:.M a v- taken place the laat thirty years. By the demonetisation of silver and the ex tension of the gold standard to ooun triee theretofore using little or no gold for money, the demand for gold rela tively to ita eupply baa largely increased and ita value oorroapondingly aug mented. The speaker oppoaed the government surrendering the right to issue and oon trol the ourrenoy any mora than aband oning the right of ooinage of metals. Production of the metaia ie tboonly automatic regulation of the eupply, the government alone ie competent to sub stitute another, otherwise the power over ooinage in the constitution would be nullified, for he who haa the power to issue the paper to circulate aa money haa the power to drive out the metale entirely. N. P. Improvements. General Manager Kendriok of the Northern Paoifio, who waa in the city yesterday, calls attention to some ot the reoent improvements made by the company. For the laat three years the road has been laying 90,000 tone of sevecty-two pound steel rails, and (the work ia now nearly completed. The Northern Paoifio leede all the railroada of thej oountry in repleoing wooden trestles with steel bridgees, no lees than sixty-five milee of this work having been done. Expenditure in improvements laat yaar ran up to 93,000,000, and it is the expeotation this year to epeod sa much more. The groes earnings for .the laet year enrpaee those of the preceding year by a heavy per oent thie ehowing is to be attributed to the excellent phyeioal con dition of the road, largely, as economy in traneportation was an important factor in the prollto had. KILLED. Bert Seaton Meets With a Hor rible Fate in a Threshing Machine. He Stepped Into the Cylinder And Was Mangled Fatally. Bert Seaton, a teamster on the Bu ohanan farm north of the oity met with a horrible fate Tuesday. The threshing maohine with whioh be was working had become choked up and the man attempted to get on the maohine but miseed his footing and elid into the cylinder of the separator. He waa dragged for some dietanoe into the ma chine and hie lower limbo were dread fully mangled. He lived but two minutes after the accident happened and hie laet worda were: "I am killed. Send newe to my mother at Portland, Mich." When Seaton went to etep on the separator a teamater on the opoosite side told him to "hold on" but he did not hear the warning. Ooroner Baldwin went out this after noon and will decide whether an inquest ia neoeeeary or not. The authorities at Portland have been notified and will endeavor to looate the mother of the un fortunate young man. The affair happened eo quickly that tLe opeotatore oould do nothing. Seaton had Frieads. A telegram waa reoeived Tuesday from the Modern Woodmen lodge at Hawthorn, Wis., of which Bert Seaton, who waa fatally injured in the threshing maohine aoaident yeaterday, was a member, saying the lodge would send a man to take obarge ot the bddy by first train for Jamestown. He did not arrive this morning but is expected tonight. A telegram w*e alao reoeived troop Portland, Mioh., wh«?re the un fortunate young man's mother lived asking that the remains be sent to that plaoe. The separator with which the men were working had a aelf-feeder attach ment and Beaton etepped on the machine just baok of the feeder. Hia left leg was drawn into the maohine and oruehed into a jelly aa far as the trunk. The belt was thrown off by the sudden ness of the ehock and tbeeeparator oeased to ran. Seaton was pulled from the maohine and died almoet instantly in Mr. Buohenan'e arms without any ap parent sense of pain. Mr. Buobanan had paid the young man'e duee to the Woodmen. lodge last week eo that the ineuranoe of 92,000 will be reoeived by bia mother, Mrs. Seaton. The young man waa intelligent, hard working and waa a favorite with all who knew him. He worked in this cinity a year ago. mh, s. 1 k''t ASSESSORS TESTIFY. Peter Fried Tells What He Knows of the Assessment Of N. P. Lands. Grazing Lands Should be Valued at Two Dollars an Acre. Assessor Peter Fried waa called as a witness in the Northern Peoitio land case following the taking of J. A. Atkinson's teetimony. He teetified that he had been engaged in farming in North Da kota for 19 years and that he now owned aeeotion and a quarter of land. He held the office of asssssor in 1894 for the diatriot whioh inoludee townahipe 141, 142,143,144, rangee 62,63,64.65,66, 67, 68 and 69 and a part of the oity of Jameetown. He had looked over only a portion of the land included in the land diatriot He had three aub-aaseeeors George Kurtz, C. Conant and Frank Dodge. Each of thoee men was given a oopy of the valuation of the lande as assessed in former years and instructed by the county commissioners to sdd five per oent to the valuation of the lande in previous years. The sub sssessors did not go aooording to the oommiseioners directions. They did not raiae the valua tion of the land in the distriot five per oent with the exception ot the land owned by the railroad oompany. The sub-ssssssors made their returne to the witneee who oopied the valuationeae given by them into the regular assessors book whioh later he filed with the audi tor and oounty commissioners. He made few ohangea in their reports. Cross-examined by Attorney Ellewortb Mr. Fried etated that it waa neither poeeible nor praotioable for him to make the entire personal or real eetate assess ment himself. He had himaelf aaeessed the land eeat of the river, leaving the dietriot lying weet to the aub-aaseeeors. with the exoeption of some of the land in the hills. Mr. Fried waa certain that there waa no diaerimination or difference ot value made on aooount of the foot that certain landa there belong to the Northern Paoifio railroad oompany. The witness stated in answer to queetion ot Mr. Kerr's that he believed land whioh oan only be uasd during the summer and which doee not produoe hey enough to carry stock through the winter, to be worth S2 per acre. He considered aome ot the lands the hills suitable for farming purpoaee and in making the asssssment of theee lande bad taken thia fact into oonaideration He had left it to the auditor to allow for the deoreaee in valuation oauaed by the presence of lakee on the lande. The auditor baaed hia oonolnsions from ths county plat in bis office. The land weet ot the river, the witness stated, ie generally rolling and in some piaoee ia quite level. Lakee, springs and good meadows are found there. The land was generally anpplied with an abundance of water and plenty of bay oould be found. One-halt of the land would be good for grazing and the remainder for agricultural purpoaee. From bis knowledge of farming and grazing landa obtained from many years spent in North Dakota the witness stated that 12 per acre he would consider a fair and reaeonable value of the grazing land he saw supplied aa it wae with water and hay. John Maroney who was assessor of the lands in queetion in 1892 gave teetimony as tothe manner of getting the valuation of the lands. Mr. Maroney found it im possible to view personally all of the land and employed as sub-aseeesors O. Conant and Mr. Dennison. They were honeet, oapable men and he had confi dence in their reports and information. The valuations of the land west of the river were fixed on the basis of the land being chiefly valuable for grazing pur poses. He stated that the assessment was made eomewhat less than the cash value ot the land although it probably would not have brought a greater price if put on the market at that time. John VeBnum testified that for five yeare he had held the office of oounty auditor. He was custodian of the rec ords of the prooeedinge of the oftPnty oommissionere and board of equalization of Stutsman oounty. He teetified that he had in 1893 and 1894 talked over with\ the oounty oommissionere the amount{ whioh would be needed for taxee for the eneuing year, but had not advised them aa to the proper amount of levy to make. In 1894 the witness had prepared the record of the prooeedinge of the oounty oommissionere and board of equalisation. Mr. Nierling, hie deputy, did the work theprevioue yeara. Mr. Kerr offered in evidenoe a certified oopy of the tax Hat for the year 1894 whioh refered to the landa upon which axee are olaimed. IiltnillMtl C*aalMl*Mii Mm! Alter Twe WMIM IIMM. QUEBEC, Sept. 2*.—The international commissioners met in joint session for an hour during the afternoon and ad journed for two days. The American commissioner* met as usual at 9 a. m. and again at 4 p. m. They listened to the arguments of Messrs. Babcook of New York and Fallon of Ohio, who represent the interests of the United States inland fisheries. As usual ail the prooeedinge were behind cloeed doors. The indications are that the Cana dian commissioners are going to take a very deoided stand on the lumber sub ject. Hon. A. 8. Hardy, premier of Ontario, and Oeorge W. Roes, minis* ter of education, arrived hen during the day and represent the Ontario gov ernment in the lumber question. They declare, unreservedly, that No CoBMMloas Will Be Mad* on the part of the Canadian govern* ment in the way of permitting loga to go free into the United States unless the United States make some conces sion in the way of reducing or remoT ing the present duty of 12 per 1,000 on Canadian sawed lumber. Clark Wallace, former minister of customs, now representing the Cana dian Manufacturing association, also arrived here tor the purpose of confer* ring with the Canadian oommiseioners. He counseled the Canadian commis sioners to stand by the present pro tective tariff on certain manufactured goods sent into Canada from the United States. Textilee and manufac tured iron implemente are the princi pal artiolee upon whioh he urges that no reduction be made. He says the Canadian manufactures are all the time growing and American free im portations would paralyse them. No News From Kltcbiair. LONDON, Sept. 22.—Inquiries made at the British foreign office show that news has been received there from Fashoda and that nothing haa been re ceived in the shape of news from Gen eral Sir Herbert Kitchener since he lelt Omdurman. News from the Brit* ish commander is momentarily ex pected, however, and it will doubtless be in the nature of the guesses made, namely that the Egyptian flag is now flying over Fashoda. Delath Charter twri Down. DCLTJTH, Sept. 89. —The charter elec tion resulted in the charter being de feated by a vote of 1,114 for and 1,111)6 against, a majority of 166 against the charter. Over 700 of thoee who regis tered for the eleotion did not vote and only about one-fifth of the total vote of the oity waa oast. The interest in the election was slight. Cattlo Imrt Brake*. KAKBAS CITY, Sept. 22.—All locai cattle records were broken at the Kan sas ty stock yards Tuesday, when 18,085 head of cattle were received. Fully 11,000 htad of those reoeived were Blockers and feeders from the Western ranges. The previoue record waa 17,47? head, received on Ang. 3, 1W»7. The Kaiser W libel Damaged. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 22. —The North German Lioyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, which arrived here lrom New York, haa gone into dry docks for repairs to her starboard propellor, one blade of whioh was lost on Sept. 1, on her outward passage. The company's steamer Saale has taken the Kaiser Wuhelm's passengers. President's Programme Changed. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—The presi dent has decided to postpone his de parture for the West until the second week in October, giving himself only time to reach Omaha by the 12TB. He has received inviia:ions to many other points, while on hia tour, bat so far has definitely decided only to go to Omaha on the 12th and to Chicago on the 17th. He has been invited to St. Paul and Minneapolis, but deferred an answer. The invitation in this case ca'ue from ex-Governor Merriam and official bodies of the Twin Cities. Loit Fortune Returned. SA* FRANCISCO, Sept. 22. —George Mulligan, a miner who recently re turned from the Klondike, lost a purse containing $01,000 on a street car a few days ago. It has been found and returned by John nihue, the grip man of the car. With the exception of $40 in currency, the money was in checks, one of which was a draft for (57,000, issued at Dawson City on the Bank of British Columbia, in this city. Dedlaated a Normal School. RIVER FALLS, WIS., Sept. 23.—The board of normal school regents met here and accepted the new building from the architect. Iu the afternoon exercise* were held. All the members of the ooard were present except Gov ernor Scofield and Regents Pittelkow fv£id Brown. The board Accepted the rdsfcjuation of President Parker and eleoted"professor W. J. Brier, formerly ot the facfl^ty, as his suocessor. General Wheeler la Coaaiii, QIOT WIKOFT. Sept. 39.—General Shatter has left tJf camp for Michigan where he is to attend the reunion of the regiment in which'&e served dur ing the civil war. During1 his absenoe General Wheeler will con»niaPd the oamp. SPANISH NEED Senor Rioa of the Peace Com misson Speaks of the Sit uation. Painful Spectacle to See Politi cians Trying to Eacape Blame For the Disasters That Hare Come—The Responsibility Rests on All. MADRID, Sept aa.—Senor Montero Bios, president of the senate and presi dent of the Spanish peace oommission, in an interview is quoted as saying: "It is a painful ipectaole to see pol iticians on all aides trying to throw on each other the blame for disasters, the responsidility for which rested on all parties. I, personally, have always favored autonomy for Cuba, Spain being unable to forcibly maintain her Sovereignty at each a great distance." Continuing, Senor Bios said: "It is useless to speak of our disasters. Has not the country accused all our gov ernments of exhibiting too much weak ness towards the United Statee? What Spain wanted was a man ready to sac rifice himself and who recognised the impossibility of war with a powerful nation, especially after years of useless confliots with insurgents." VEKY GLAD TO GO HOME, hrta Hloaa Soldier* Mack Plaaaad at MM Proapaet of Katwaiag to By la. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. 82. (Delayed in transmission). —The repa triation of the Spanish soldiers has be gun. Four hundred men, of whom 900 were sick, and 200 belonging to the en gineer oorps, sailed for Havre on board the French steamer Chateau La Fitte. Eight hundred infantry belonging to the Austunas battalion will sail tomor row on board the steamer San Fran cisco. The water front was crowded with thousands of people when the Spanish engineers marched to the music of the Spanish quickstep, down to the wharf wherethey were reoeived by Captain General Maeias and General Ortega. The captain general did not make a speech but he shook hands with the officers and men. Taar fafwllss. Tbe residents of Porto Rioo and some of the Americans are alarmed be oause of the Spanish ships returning from Cuba stop at this port. They believe there is danger of the introductipa of yellow fever into, the island fn$i? the Spanish steamer Oity of Cadis, as some of the men sick on board of her were too ill to proceed sad were brought ashore. Our commissioners will pro test if there is a repetition of this. Tbe volunteers have all been dis banded, and the Spanish soldiers are engaged in dismantling the armories and barracks and in boxing the guns and ammunition. They are rejoioing over the prospect of an early return to their homes. Rear Admiral Schley has refused to purchase the coal stored here, and it may be purchased for the use of the United States army. ARRIVED AT SANTANDER. Carrara and Other Naval PrUonara Now 1b Spain. SANTAKDER, Sept. 22.—The Anchor line steamer City of Rome, chartered by Admiral Cervera to transport to Splain the Spanish sailors captured at the battle of Santiago, who were re* cently released by tbe United States authorities, has arrived here from Portsmouth, N. H., whence she sailed on Sept. 12. Captain Eulate, the former commander of the Spanish cruiser Vizcaya, and the other Spanish naval officers landed and were mis taken tor a party of which Admiral Cervera was a member. The latter, however, was still on board the City oi Rome, bnt a crowd of people followed the officers and cheered for Admiral Cervera. Captain Eulate refused to make any statement for publication, declaring he reserved what he had to say for he courtmartial. Still Hold Seven Seaports. MANILA, Sept. 2A.—The report that the lust Spanish garrison in the islaud of Luzon had surrendered is premature. The Spaniards still hold seven seaports in Albay province, the principal hemp district. The disturbances have al ready resulted in a diminutiou of the output ot Albay hemp by 253,000 bales, compared with last year's figures. Further fighting semis imminent aud. Unless peace is concluded, the shortage will be doubled. Garman Aatbor aad root ad. BERLIN, Sept. 82.—Herr Tueodore Fontano, the German writer and poet, is dead. He was born in 1819 and was a war correspondent during the Franco -Prussian war ot 1870. He was cap tured but soon released. He was the author, among other works, of "The War Against Franoe," "The War Against Austria," and "Prisoners of War."* Oaa Paad, Two Badly Seel dad. FASOO, N. D-, Sept. 22.—A disas trous boiler explosion occurred on the tfp* farm of John Pollock, sis miles north of Enderlin. Engineer Eugene Shields was killed and Fireman Charlie Evsr« son and Tankman Bert Dingman badly aoalded. YELLOW FETES 8PRKAD0O. Disease SIMIJ Hakla* Haadway la MVi„ Saatkara Btalas. LOCIBTILLX, Ky., Sept. 21.—Reports from the far South indicate that the yellow fever is slowly gaining head* way. The following .synopsis was gleaned from reports emanating ia that section: The Louisiana board of health made the official announcement that op So date four cases of yellow fever have been reported in New Orleans and five Cases at Harvey's canal, above New Orleans on the opposite side of the river. No deaths have been reoorded in either plaoe. |A recapitulation of the epidemio throughout Miaaiaaippi shows that oat of a total of 109 cases deaths have oc curred, the death rate being IS per cent heavier than that of last year. Two new cases have appeared at Tay lors but Orwood reports no in crease. No new esses have appealed ia Jackson. Alabama has a strict quar antine against any one from New Or* leans and other infected piaoee enter ing the state. Waaaa Vat la Asaard. MADBJD, Sept. 21.—Captain General Blanco cables from Havana that he is not in accord with the Cuban ooloaial ministry, to which the government here replied chat while Spanish sover eignty existed in Cuba he must apply autonomy, and that therefore he eould not turn out the colonial government now in office and appoint anew one. Wreeki oa tha Baltic Prussia, Sept 21.—A number of fishing boats were wrecked in the Baltic sea during stormy weather Moo day, and W fishermen were drowned. British Pretest Ubatlra. LONDON, Sept 21.—The Pekin spondent of The Times says that ae a result of the British protest the Tsnng* Li-Yamen has authorised ths conclu sion of the Nieu Chwang railway loan with a British syndicate. Twa Baadrad Ptaaypatatad SIATTLK, Wash., Sept. SL—Thei schooner Excelsior arrived during the afternoon from Copper river, Alaska, with 200 prospectors who failed to Sad gold. They report that the guahoaS Wheeling «rm bring down 100 tute men from Copper river. VISITED CAMP MEYER. Tha PraaMeat Farsaaally laapaets She •aapllal Thara. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. —President McKiniey made a personal inspection of the hoepital at Fort Meyer, Ya., during tbe afternoon. Accompanied by Adjutant General Corbin, the pres ident left the White House at 1:80 p. m. and drove unannounced to the fort. He passed an hour and a half in the various wards and departments of the institution, going from cot to cot and extending a personal greeting to each one of nearly 400 patients. Major Davis presented him to each one of the assistant surgeons and nurses and sub sequently t^e president talked infor mally to the convalescent patients. J*5ra ui «t»ua 0* VERSAILLES, Ky., Sept. 22.—Miss Russell, the greatest trotting brood mare, aged 33 years, is dead here. She was the property of A J. Alexander, owner of Woodbu.'ii stock farm. Miss Russell was dam ot° Maud S, onoe queen of the trotting turf. Exposition Building Destroyed. TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 22.—The ex position Luilding, the largest structure of its kiud the Northwest, was com pletely destroyed by hie during the aft ernoon. The building was owned by the Tacoma Land company. CHANGED FLAGS. VS Ca- Seraral Spaaiah VMMII NOW Sailing dar the Stars and Stripes. MANILA, Sept. 21.—Twenty Spanish vessels, inoluding 12 steamers, have completed their transfer to tue Ameri can flap, and a majority ot' them have now pn oeeded on coasting voyages. There is some uncerta nty regarding the native crews. It is reported that they have been committing question able acts and the Boston, Raleigh and Manila have sailed under orders to pro tect commerce. The British gunboat Rattler has gone to Cebu. There are rumors that the insurgents are attacking Cebu and Boilo. BLACK HILLS RESERVE. Order by iii Its tha President Changing Boaadarlea. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—'The presi dent has signed a petition relating to {he Black Hills forest reservation in South Dakota. By it about 7,000 mores of land are taken from the southeast ern corner of the reservation and 1M,« 000 acres from the southwestern oor ner. Additions are made, however, on the east, north and west of the reserva tion, to the extent ot 448,000 acres, making the total area ot the recorda tion 1.211,000 acres. This extends the western boundary of the reservation into the state of Wyoming and adda large tracts of densely wooded land to tbe reserve in that section. &• .lAa