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888 1 18 1?. VOL. XX.— NO. 297. BULLETIN OF Trt^ ST. PflrU^ GI^OBE r .fIIXDAY, OCT. 24, 1H97. I [Weather for Today- Fair, Southerly WindM. page: i. Prison Revelations Shook the Public I Spain ClniniM Ri«ht of Search. Thirteen Snilors Drown. Geor^re a Spectacular Star. Italy Tired of the Dreibuml. PAGE it. Pro&reßß of School Girls* Contest. PAGE 3. Salary LafT I'iieonst iiutional. No Strike of Shoe Workers. RfNnltH of Historical Contest. PAGE! 4. Editorial. Davis Not Idle. ,' ' PAGE 3. I.ou AVilken' Bl» Hit. Upturn of I'aniiers Rcaeth. Joatiuiii Miller in Klondike. PAGE 6. Seal Conference in Session. Lovering Acquitted at Ft. Sheridan. Decadence <><f IJiinlisli Industries. PAGE 7. Trials of South Dakota Anditors. News of the Xorthwent. Increase in Bank Reserves. Suburban Social Aews. The Country's Theatrical Xews. PAGE 8. Monument Association Meeting. Senate Subcommittee Returns. Solution of the Cable Problem. PAGE 9. World's W. C. T. V. Reports. Lemkc Identiiles His Assailant. .Minneapolis Matters. PAGE 10. Minnesota Reaten by Amen, Carlisle Score* on Yale, Day's Football Games. btfHiJ*ville Races. PAGE 11. Orcßon Short Line OlHcials' Tonr. Socialists Attack French Cabinet. PAGE 12. In Muklc'k Realm. L E. V. Smalley on Silver. PAGE 13. Boy's Hardships in the Klondike. PAGE 14. Books of the Hour. The Pope Really Very 111. PAGE 15. Business Man's Announcement. PAGE 10. Social News of St. Paul. PAGE 17. R.ival for the Russian Blouse. .Vii*hi«>ii's Finery Illustrated. New 'I'll i. ins iv norm. PAGE 18. In Local Labor Circles. Bar Silver, 58 l-Be. Cash Wheat iv Chicago, to U*. PAGE lt>. In St. I'aiil Secret Societies. Wants of the People. PAGE 20. The Chevalier d'Auriac (.Story). i;eit. Gary on Postal Savings Hanks. EVENTS TODAY. Met— Captain Impudence, B.IS. Grand — Suitvrha. 8.15. MOVEMENT^ OP STEAMSHIPS. NEW YORK— Arrived: Wcrkendam, Am- j eterdam: St. Paul, Southampton: Uirauia Liverpool. Sailed: Havel, Bremen; La Ga« xcogne. Havre; Werra, Naples; Anchoria, Glas gow: Umbria, Liverpool: Pennsylvania, Ham burg. BREAKWATER, Del.— Arrived: Waesland Liverpool, LIVERPOOL -Arrived: Cevlc, New York- Michigan, Boston; Campania, New York' In diana. Philadelphia. NAPLES— SaiIed: Aflor, New York SOUTHAMPTON— SaiIed: Si. Louis New York. GIBRALTAR— Arrived: Alsatia, New Yok Sailed: Scotia, Xew York AMSTERDAM— SaiIed: Edam, New York , PHILADELPHIA— SaiIed: I'ennland. Liver pool. "And the next day it snowed" in ska. Several touch-downs were scored on v. Saturday with college fists. Senator Wolcott's usefulness outside of Denver, Col., seems to be at an end Unless all favorable signs fall, we fchall have dollar wheat before the end of another week. Two Kentucky vagrants were sold on Saturday. They didn't bring much. They weren't worth much. , A big Chicago bicycle firm has fail ed. It Fold wheels enough, but did not receive money enough for them. 13* A shipload of goods at Portland, Or., labeled "Home-made Catsup" was found to be "fine old rye" bound for Alaska. ■ Now it is reported that Richard-Cro ker is a crony of the Prince of Wale?. Upon which of these gentlemen is this a reflection? Many of the streams of "West Vir ginia are diving up. Why don't the politicians over there take the hint and do the same? The price of the chainless wheel has 1 ■ en placed at $125— apparently with the view of keeping people on the chain Wheel. It will have that effect. A woman has been acting as gover nor of Idaho for the past ten days. si.* has performed the labors of the office with neatness and dispatch. It may be tha r since Mr. Yerkes has planted a big telescope, his Chicago naotormen will consider it unnecessary to telescope so many of his trains. If Raima is beaten for the senate and Sherman becomes so crazy that wrybody laughs at his acts, will JTc y dare to make Hanna secretary of stale? We shall see. Attorney General McKenna was in the corrupt Union Pacific deal, and Mc , Kenna is to be appointed a justice of i the supreme court. There are no wings [ on the McKinley administration. THE fiastNT PAUL GLOBE SHDCKEDTHECOmPNITY The Story of Cruelty Which Was Related by Former Residents of the State Prison. Warden Wolfer Declines to Discuss It at This Time. Interviews with the Secretary and Gity Members of the State Board o?Goppcc tions and Charities — They Say if Such Things as Told in the Globe Occur They Should Be Stopped — Prof. Folwell Says No Prison Official Has Any Right to Strike a Convict Except in Self-De fense — That Former Investigation. Incredible as the charges made against some of the officers of the state prison, in yesterday's Globe seemed to many, who could not re alize that anything in that line could We' permitted in institutions supposed ly run on humanitarian plans, the charges were nevertheless the talk of the cities yesterday. The upshot of the interviews which the Globe presented to public notice for the first time yesterday will un doubtedly be an investigation of the whole system of discipline at the pris on. Two of the members of the state board of corrections and charities, Prof. W. W. Folwell and Conde Ham lin. when interviewed by the Globe yesterday, expressed themselves as in favor of an inquiry into the truth of the charges, not only for the informa tion of the people of the state, but to establish either the guilt or innocence of the officers accused. Warden Wolfer has expressed himself as de eirous of a full investigation. "The only course to pursue," said a member of one of the state board yes terday, "it seems to me, is to institute a thorough inquiry. I would have it made either by the board of correc tions and charities or gome- unpreju diced commission to be appointed by the governor. This, I believe, will be the only way to get at all the facts. While the witness whose statement appeared in the Globe, would, no doubt, be willing to appear before the board of prison managers or any other tribunal of investigation, and relate what they know, I think it would be embarrassing to ask those who are new employed in the prison, either as guards or as convicts, to testify freely and without fear of consequence. It will be difficult enough to get them to commit themselves, perhaps, bafore an outside board, but if they weie as sured by those in authority, the full est protection, they would probably do so. If the charges are true, they are a disgrace to the state; if they are not true the state, and most of all the ac cused men, should know the fac s." In Stillwater the excitement over the publication was intense. The Stillwater Times last evening editor ially endorsed the Globe's publica tion, and comment on the street was divided, but all on one topic, if not united on one side of it. PROF. FOLWELL SHOCKED. "If Mr. Lemon is guilty of the charges published in the Globe, he I is unfit for the position he holds." That is the opinion expressed by I Prof. W. W. Folwell, an honored raem ! ber of the faculty of the state univer sity and a member of the state board of corrections and charities, in con versation with a Globe reporter, in Minneapolis yesterday. Mr. Folwell was shocked and deeply grieved to hear of the grave charges made against one of the state institutions, and was visibly affei-ted by the intelligence. He admitted that undoubtedly the board had not spent the time at the prison and familiarized themselves with its operations that they should have done, and said that he had long been con templating a visit to the penitentiary, to spend several days there. Continu ing, he said: "If the charges are true, the state is under obligations to the Globe for bringing them to light. lam acquaint ed with your editor, and know him to be a very conservative man, but I am frank to say I am astonished at the news. I have met Mr. Lemon sev eral times and believed him to be a conscientious officer. "But the point is right here: Neither Mr. Lemon nor any other officer of that prison has any right to strike a convict, except in self-defense, when assaulted by one. The consequences of a blow inflicted might be so seri ous that the matter could not be passed over. I cannot condemn such a practice too strongly. But I trust that the matter will not prove so' serious as the reports indicate. "I am certainly of the opinion that the matter should be investigated thoroughly and sifted to the bottom, either in justice to Mr. Lemon or to the state of Minnesota. The governor is authorized by law to direct such an investigation, and I do not know but what it is the duty of the board of corrections and charities to make one in any event. We are supposed to have full knowledge of the workings of those state institutions." MR. HAMLIN'S IDEA. Conde Hamlin, the resident member of the state board of charities and cor rections, when "ksked last night in re gard to the disclosures of alleged brutality in the Stillwater prison, sai-JI: "As I know nothing about the facts in the case further than they appear in the complaint filed by the Globe it would be manifestly unfair for me to express an opinion further than to sa> that if it appears, upon due investiga tion, that discipline has been enforced by improper means or that the au thority reposed in any official has been abused, punishment should be prompt ly visited upon the offending party. 1 do not doubt that the charges madf will be investigated and that abuses such as alleged and which are flagrant, if they are true, will not be re peated. In the meanwhile it is well to remember that every man is con sidered innocent until he is proved guilty and to suspend judgment for the present.* In common with all citizenj-- I believe that discipline in any cor rectional or charitable institution should be secured by the most humane SUNDAY MORNING, 'OCTOBER 24, 1897. An Investigation Likely to Follow the Publi cation. methods. It should, however, be re membered that in institutions whoso population is composed entirely of malefactors, occasions may arise where relatively severe measures are impera tive. At all events the charges brought by the Globe will, I think, be investi- V^^r\ /^-K [ Jo9^r \ ifJo^lf^cjo^) GEORGE THE SPECTfICULHB STOR. His Campaign the Feature of the Contest in Greater New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 23.— Henry George's canvass continues to be the spectacular feature of the most re markable political campaign New York has ever witnessed. His army of speakers hold hundreds of meetings in all parts of New York every night, but Mr. George himself is the most effec tive advocate of his cause, preaching the crusade against poverty with the zeal of Peter the Hermit; declaring himself an instrument in the hands of God to better the condition of his fel low men. and firing his hearers with an ardor that makes them in turn apostles of his radical doctrines. In every borough of Greater New York, in halls, in the streets, on the wharves, Henry George speaks to multitudes that cheer his every word. For the past few nights Mr. George has been making savage attacks on Richard Croker, the leader of Tam many hall. Among the labor unionists &nd in the swarming tenement districts, where people are crowded more thick ly than anywhere else on earth, Mr. George's audiences are almost frantic in their demonstration. The business end of his campaign is conducted by ex-Congressman Tom L. Johnson and ex- Postmaster Charles W. Dayton, shrewd veteran campaigners. Of speakers there is no lack; all the sur vivors of the ISB6 campaign are on the stump again, except' Father McGlynn. and he has declared himself in sym pathy with the movement. Each day's developments accentuate the fact that in the municipal cam paign a leading issue, if not the fore most cmc, is whether the government of Greater New York shall be partisan or non-partisan. Day by day the gall and bitterness of the contest enters more and more into the relation of regular toward independent and of in dependent toward regular. As to the basis of the claims of the managers of gated; in fact, I understand an investi gation will be asked by the accused officials themselves, and this investi gation cannot possibly do any harm, whether the charges are true or not. NEWS TO SECRETARY HART. Secretary Hart, of the state board of corrections and charities, which has general review of the affairs of all the state institutions of a correctional or charitable nature, said yesterday that he had read the Glob c's publication of the charges made against Deputy Warden Lemon, but had no idea whether or not the board would pursue the matter any further. It was the first he had ever heard of the assaults on either Heen or Hahn, although it was not the first time that complaint had been made about the conduct of affairs by Deputy Warden Lemon. In fact, the state board had pursued the investigation ordered by the legislature of 1891 into some of his acts very thor oughly. Mr. Hart was loth to talK about the sensational exposure of yes terday morning in the Globe. WOLFER WOULDN'T DISCUSS IT. Warden Wolfer, when seen at the prison yesterday, said that he had nothing to say, inasmuch as he was going to ask the board of prison man agers for an immediate investigation of all charges. "You see," he said to the Globe correspondent, "I am in no position to discuss this matter, charges of se vere cruelty having bedr miide asainst officers connected with this institution. I want an investigation into every de tail of the charges, so that the public may determine whetli^fc Gr not they aro true, and in the meantime, I 'ark ii. public not to foim any eSriclusions at' to the truth or falsity of the sever;:', charges. I think it would b? unwise for me to enter into a discussion of these grave charges, but after the in vestigation is lmde, I' may have some thing to say. All I ask is justice, and so far as lam concerned- 1 want noth ing more." All efforts to secure fKmj him any information canc-crrinc- fcfee charges proved utterly unavai.ir.g. and in ('in clusion he said: "Were it not for the f;vt that these charges reflect very stro>_;;'y upon my administration as warden, I would WERE UP AGAINST THE BUTTON CRAZE ONCE MORE. the respective factions that their tick ets will win at the polls Tammany be lieves Van Wyck will win because Greater New York is normally Demo cratic by a large majority; because the public has wearied of what seme style "alleged reforms;" because the Raines law is unpopular; because the tax rat has been increased; because of divi sions in the Republican ranks, and be cause, as alleged, George's strength has been absurdly exaggerated. The straight Republicans " say that the normal Democratic majority is only about 50,000 in the four counties of New York, Kings, Queens" and Rich mond, and George will get at - least SO.OOO — probably . ICo.o3o— votes, which will come almost entirely from the Tammany forces, while Low's vote will be much less than is claimed, and of its total fully half will come from Democrats who fear Tammany's as cendancy, but do : not want ' George. Much is also hoped for from the sup port of Democrats who fear the effect that Van Wyck's or George's election would have on the currency issue in national politics. ... Low's supporters profess confidence bacause of reported defections. in Tam many; because, of objections to what is called boss rule and machine poll tics; because of careful canvasses be fore and since Low's acceptance and because of the record, personal and political, of Columbia's, president. The George men base their hopes on the showing of their candidate in 1886, on the support of the Bryan forc€S and on the discontent with Tammany methods. A sensation was created in political and Roman Catholic circles by the an nouncement that Fatfilf McGlynn had made his final peace %lth Archbishop Corrigan and is to .rJrcrn to an im portant parish" in this ifky. It was be cause of alleged insubordination re garding his connection with Henry George that Father Glynji was un frocked ten years ~ifcgo. Since his re turn to good standing, in the priest hood, Father McGiynn has had a parish at Newburgjj, but it has been an open secret that his fondest desire gladly say more, but I want the charg es investigated by competent authority and until then I will refrain from en tering into a discussion of the merits of the charges." It is expected that Mr. Wolfer will ask the board of managers for an In vestigation at its next meeting, and there is little question but that the board will accede to his request. NORRISH SAYS LITTLE. A special from the Glob c's corre spondent at Hastings says: "Regarding charges of cruelty to convicts at state prison at Stillwater Gen. J. F. Norrish was asked: "Do the board of managers know of any inhuman treatment of any of the convicts at the state prison at Still water?" "Certainly not." was his reply. "Neither would it be tolerated. This is all I have to say." O'BRIEN AWAY FROM HOME. Stillwater special says: "Hon. J. S. O'Brien, of this city, who is a member of the board of prison managers, was not in the city and could not be seen in reference to the G1 o b c's article. Mr. O'Brien is in Chicago and will not be home for several days." HALL ALSO AWAY. A Duluth special says that M. O. Hall, also a member of the board of prison managers, is out of the city. THAT OTHER INVESTIGATION. A great deal of light is thrown on the past career of Lemon by the testi mony in the investigation of 1891. This was started under a concurrent reso lution of the legi-lature directing the board of prison managers to remove Deputy Warden Lemon and Assistant Glennon from their positions. The af fair had been first investigated by the house commltteej which paid special attention to the effort of three con victs named Douylas, Anderson and Davis to escape. In its report this committee says: Douglas rim toward thr river and hid under a tui!d:;,£, where he was d scovered in a few minutes. He was orJrrcd to cmc cut from ur.der the buiidirg, anc 1 , refusing to do so, F. H. Lercon. thp c^ruty warden, fired a shot to intimidate him. L°rnnn claims he f>r<d into the ground, and by other wi:nes*es Continued en Eleventh Page, has been to return to New York. His announcement erpated unbounded en thusiasm amons his friends, and as he is open in his support of Henry Georg. this move, it is held by the friends of the latter, cannot fail to have an in fluence, on the election. It will be remembered that when 'the priest was deposed from St. Stephen's church and disciplined for agitating for Henry George, against the explicit orders of the archbishop, he was after ward restored to priesthood through the good offices of Mgr. Satolli, the only condition imposed being that henceforth he should be an obedient priest. An immense crowd gathered into and "overflow" from Cotts' hall on Abing dori square, on the lower West side, to night, to hear Mr. George and Charles W. Dayton. Mr. Dayton arrived first. He was wildly greeted, ar.d every sen tence he uttered brought out great cheering. His speech was about the same as others he has delivered, a plsa for the "plain people and the destruc tion of bossism." Dayton was just fin ishing when chee:s fV.r down th 3 street heralded the coming of George. Every one in the hall turn.d about and watch ed the door. When the jostling in the crowd near the door told the audience that the popular idol was near at hand, there we s a h.ud cheer, but wh?n the smiling face of the candidate ap peared the audience seemed to go sud denly mad. Men shrieked and roared. They did not cheer. Some grasped their nearest neighbors by the hand and they yelled in unlsion. George tiied several times to quiet them. Each time he raised his hand the tumult started anew. But order was restored and the candidate made his speech. Seth Low spoke in the vaudeville hall of the Harlem Opera house to night. It was completely filled with an audience composed for the larger part of women and children. They were en thusiastic, however. Mayor Strong made a short speech. He said the re cent police promotions were : the first in the history of New York that the rr.eh did not have to pay for. Seth Low arrived while the mayor was speak ing. He was loudly cheered, ar.d as he "shook hands with Mr. Strong on the platform there was much cheering. He said his candidacy was a protest a.gainst either bossism in Washington or the kind which has its headquarters at the English race track. Seth Low also addressed a largely attended meeting in the Central Opera house. Twelve thousand wheelmen passed SPAIN'S RIGHT OF SEARCH. Threat to Exercise It on American Ships in Cuban Waters. OPEN RUPTURE IS NOT IHIPOSSIBLE. In Answer to Minister Woodford, Sagasta Declares That Interference Will Not Be Tolerated. MADRID, Oct. 23.— El Tempo pub lishes with reserve the announcement that the reply of the Spanish govern ment to the United States, presented to Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, the American minister at Madrid, declares that, if the United States does not stop the sailing of filibustering expe ditions from American ports, Spain will re-establish the right to search vessels anchoring in Cuban waters. The most interesting event at the White house today was the visit of Senator Thomas C. Piatt, of New York. The hot campaign over the city elec tion in New York, in which the senator has taken such a prominent part, made the visit of the senator significant. Senator Platt wanted to secure some appointments and was desirious they ehould be made before the election. The senator said he was here on some little errands and when asked how he could be spared at this time from New in review tonight before Robert A. Van Wyck, Tammany candidate for mayor, on the Grand boulevard. The Tammany candidate has won favor with the local bicyclists because in his letter of acceptance he advocated good roads within the limits of the consoli dated city. Sdnaner Caspar Wrecked, Of a Crew of Fifteen Men But Two Were Rescued. POINT ARENA, Cal., Oct. 23.—Thir teen seamen, comprising almost the entire crew of the steam schooner Casper, were drowned early this morn ing by the wreck of the vessel. The rooky shore in this vicinity was strewn with wreckage today, but there was no way of identifying the ship until this evening, when two men from the shore, who had gone out in a small boat to rescue any of the crew who might be still alive, picked up Capt. Anflndsen and Seaman Christ Larsen, who had been floating about on an impromptu raft for over fourteen hours.. To his rescuers, Adolph Peter eon and Henry Anderson, the captain of the wrecked vessel said that the Casper struck on a reef at 12:30 this morning and seven minutes later cap sized. When she tipped over, all the members of the crew were washed overboard. She carried fifteen men, but, from the moment the accident occurred, the captain had seen none of the crew except his companion, Lar sen, and has no doubt that the other thirteen have all been drowned. When thrown into the water, Anfindsen and Larsen, by good fortune, were able to raft some pieces of floating tim bers. They succeeded in drawing the boards together and clung to this im provised raft from the time of the accident until late this afternoon, while the storm beat about them, the whole being exposed to the most furious gale of the season. They had almost suc cumbed from- cold, exposure and ex haustion, and were with difficulty **-.iC>' A * t-M. — PRICK FlVK^3R<ftßsiA York, replied that the newspapers said that there was a machine in New York and of course the machine was welt oiled. The only thing he would say about the election was that "Tracy will be elected." Senator Platt made two visits to the White house before noon and saw the president each time for a few minutes. Senator Wilson, of Washington, call ed and introduced W. R. Cay. of Seat tle, who has been selected for United States district attorney of Washing ton. Attorney General McKenna was with the president for an hour and a half, but would say nothing as to the busi ness in hand. There was an impres sion that the Union Pacific sale was under discussion, but the attorney gen eral would not confirm it. U. S. Grant, of California, called and paid his respects to the president. NEW YORK, Oct. 23.— A dispatch to the World from Madrid says: Spain's reply to the note of the United States hinting at mediation in Cuba and re questing an answer before the end of this month, was placed today in the hands of the American minister here, Gen. Woodford. The draft of the reply, made by Foreign Minister Gullon, was unanimously approved yesterday by the cabinet. The communication is courteous in tone, but very determined in rejecting the purport of the Ameri can note. Spain resolutely asserts her determination to settle the Cuban ques tion herself without foreign assistance or interference of any kind. She de clines to fix any date for the pacifica tion of Cuba, which she purposes to bring about as she sees fit by force of arms and by political reforms culminat- I ing i: 1 . autonomy combined. While re gretting the losses and damages the in surrection has inflicted on goreigners, Spain argues that this would not have happened if international law had been observed by the United States especial ly. The press today unanimously ap proves the attitude of the Sagasta caii inet in harmony with national senti ment, the people having become weary of his predecessors policy of continu ous concessions to American diplo macy The council of ministers de clined yesterday to postpone the draw ing up of the contemplated memoran dum to the European powers on the Cuban question and on the relations of Spain with the United States. Future events will determine the time for sending this circular. Since her recent sounding of European govern ments Spain has come to the conclu sion that most of the powers are not disposed to go beyond purely platonic demonstrations of sympathy for the Spanish cause in the West Indies. T Y\\°. Spaniards seem to be conscious that their relations with America are ap proaching a grave and critical stage. AISTKAMAX KL,OM»IKERS. M»«ii> Moiiikl for the \«-»v Land of I'romlne. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23— Australia will add its share of gold hunters to the Klondike region next year. When the Alameda sailed from Sydney, th<? office of the Oceanic Steamship com pany was besieged with miners an xious to get to the new land of gold. Hundreds of letters were being receiv ed asking for information about the land of glaciers and treasure and for information as to the best way to SJ«t to it. The letters were coming so fast thqt it required the time of several clerks of the office to attend to them and to facilitate their work a lengthy circular containing the general infor mation that was sought was prepared and copies of it were sent to inquirers. It is thought by the officials of tlio Alameda that the next steamer from. Australia will come to this port crowd ed with gold hunters bound for the Yukon. TEXT OF SPAI.VS REPLY MADRID, Oct. 23.— After the cabinet meeting here yesterday, at which the r^ply of Spain to the note of the Ur.itcd States presented by the United Slates minister. Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, soon after his arrival in this country, was unanimously ap proved. Gen. Woodford, it is asid, cabled 2,000 words in cipher to Wash ington, which it is supposed was the text of the Spanish reply to the United States. saved by their rescuers. The sea has been so high all day that it has been impossible to launch a boat from shore, and even this evening the two men who went out and accomplished the rescue risked their lives in the break ers. Late in the evening the steamer Alcazar cruised about the scene of the wreck, but could find no tnfce of any of the other seamen. The se; j ne of the disaster is a very dangerous locality for shipping, and, when a ves sel is once thrown on the rocks, she is doomed, and there is little chance for the escape of her crew. The Casper sailed from San Francisco for Usa!, where she was to load lumber for San Francisco. She was owned by the Casper .Lumber company, and regis tered 300 tons. MAY BE POSTPONED. A Po»Blble HHeli In the I ulon Pa ct iic Sale. OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 23.— Gen. John C. Cov\en. special counsel for the United States in the Union Pacific foreclosure suit, this evening, admitted that there was more than probability that the sale would be postponed, but would not make a positive statement to that affect. He said he would start for St. Paul Sunday night to consult with Judge Sanborn and Special Master Cornish on Monday. The outcome of that consultation, it is expected, will be an order, postponing the sale of the road under foreclosure, which is now advertised for Tuesday, Nov. 1. The deposit of 10 per cent of the agreed up set price was to have been made to day, but had not been made up to the hour the banks closed.