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Will lAdviSe Continuance chPaca
ific Cuban Policy.
SPAIN’S PAPERS WITHHELD
,Adniin‘lstration Wants to Show It!
Desire to Settle Question Alnicu-
bly Before Taking Sharp Meas-
ures7Rest1-iction of Inlmig‘ration
Washington, Nov. 27.——Presidefit Mc.
Kinley read his message at the mes;-
ing of‘the Cabinet yesterday, except
the financial feature, which was read
at last Friday’s meeting. The mes-
sage’s principal contents have beer.
presented from time to time, so that
interest in the document is centred
now not so much on what the Presi-
dent will say as the manner in whicl.
he will say it. Regarding Cuba, it is
understood he will advise a continu-
ance of the Governmenth policy unti.‘
the new Spanish Administration has
had an opportunity to demonstrate its
willingness and ability to pacify Cuba
and settle the conditions there. In the
meantime, the correspondence between
the Government and Spain will be
withheld, at least until it is called for
by one of the branches of Congress.
Hawaiian Treaty.
Hawaii will come in for some share
of attention. The ratification of the
treaty of annexation negotiated by
SecretarySherman and Commissioners
Thurston, Keeney and Hatch, and
signed last June, will be urged. It is
now before the Foreign Relations Com-
mittee of the Senate, a favorable re-
port upon it having been ordered by a
a. vote of 9 to 2. A sub-committee, con-
sisting of Messrs Foraker, Clark and
Morgan, has been at work during the
recess looking up the history of and
authorities upon similar treaties.
The result of their labors is to be in.
corporated in the committee’s report
The attention of Congress will be called
to the necessity of legislation along the
lines laid down in the immigration
bill, which failed to become a law at
the last session.- Senator Fairbanks.
chairman of the Committee on Immi-
gration, is at work on a measure which
he is preparing after a number of con-
sultations with the President, and
which, it is presumed, reflects the View:
of the Administration. The educationa-
test imposed in the bill of last session
will be retained, and is made the chic)
feature of the bill. The bill which per-
mitted the separation of families has
been abandoned. The Senator has re-
ceived assurances of support from the
German press and leaders who antag»
onized the measure of last Winter.
President McKinley will refer tc
civil—service reform in his message, and
will advise the support and extension
of the law. '
The absolute quiet prevailing in re.
gard to the Cuban situation'was int!L
cated very plainly at yesterday’s dis-
cussion of that part of the message re-
lating to foreign affairs. It is under-
stood that the President’s references
to Spanish-Cuban matters were passed
over in order to allow more time for
the consideration of the sections deal-
ing with the reciprocity treaties which
the State Department is negotiating
with foreign countries under the au-
thority conveyed in the Dingley tarifi
law.
Foreign Relations.
Germany and some other nations are
not pleased with the new tariff, and
there is a probability that they will re-
taliate if reciprocity treaties cannot be
arranged. A general discussion of this
feature of the foreign relations of the
United States took place, with a, view,
it is said, of reaching a conclusion as
to the grounds to be taken by-the Pres-
ident in his message. ,
Sécretry Sherman laid before the
Cabinet telegrams from Consul-General
Lee and Consul Barker, at Sagua La
Grande, Cuba, reporting the release 01
Louis Somelion, otherwise Rafael Fer-
nandez. It was announced that no
more Americans were in Cuban pris-
ons.
A fact indicating the peaceful aspect
of the situation is the absence in Ohio
of Judge Day, the Assistant Secretary
of State, who has direct charge of the
Spanish-Cuban question for the United,
States. He will be away until Congress
convenes; and nothing of, an interest-
ing nature affecting the relations 01
Spain and the United States is expect-
ed to occur before his return.
Two Hundred Thousand May Strike.
London, Nov. 27.—.-A general
involving 200,000 operatives, will almost
certainly follow if the cotton manu-
facturers insist on cutting wages 5 per
cent. The manufacturers asked a vote
of the operatives on a proposition to
refer the matter to arbitration, and the
returns now in are sufficient to show
an overwhelming majority against it
As the manufacturers announce their
determination to make the“ cut in
wages, it is generally believed that a
strike that will paralyze the industry
throughout the nation is inevitaLle.
Big Fire at Kittnnning‘, Pa.
Pittsburg, Nov. 27.-—The,‘fire which
broke out in the village of Kittanning
at 2 o’clock yesterday morning de-
stroyed property valued at $70,000 be-
fore it was extinguished. The fire
started in the cellar of the McCullough
Hardware Company’s store on Market
street, presumably from natural gas.
There were many narrow escapes from
death and injury. Dr. Samuel Jessup
was severely burned about the face.
James Bush was badly cut by falling
glass and there were several minor ac-
cidents.
Jailed for Flirting.
Knoxville, Tenn, Nov. 27.—The first
arrest under Tennessee’s “Jehnny” bill
was made in this county on Thanks-
giving Day, when Lynn Chamberlain,
the son of a prominent patent medi-
cine manufacturer, was locked- up.
"The charge against young Chamber-
lain’was for flirting and walking with
Miss Anderson, the 15-year-old daugh-
' ter of one of the most prominent citi-
zens. The young man had been previ-
ously warned to cease his attentions to
the girl. . . '
Germany Wantsr‘Retl'l-essy
London, Nov. 27.—Special dispatches
received here from Shanghai say ‘that
Baron' von Heyklng, the German Min-
ister to China, has presented to the
Chinese Government the demands of.
Germany for the recent murder» of Ger-
man missiOnaries and the destruction
cf German mission property.
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WHAT DO THE CHILDREN DRINK?
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the more health you distribute through
their systems. Grain-O is made of pure
grains, and when properly prepared
tastes like the choice grades of coffee
but costs about i: as much . All grocers
sell it. 150. and 250. .
And now a. theory is advanced that i
insects will scatter if we speak kindly
to them. Wouldn’t awoman look cute,
though, sayinO': “Please, dear, sweet
Mr. Cockroach, go away.” There is,
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“This is the room where you issue li- ‘
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man, after taking a leisurely survey of ‘
the apartment. .
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Clerk. “What can I do for you?” ' ‘
The caller pushed his hat back on
his head, winked and beckoned him
nearer.
“It’s like this,” he said, in a lower
tone. “I am going to get married and .
go into the saloon business. How ’
much discount can you give me on the i
licenses if I take ’em both out at once?
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Her criticism.
‘MistreSs—"Well, Norah, how did you
enjoy the scenery?” , -
Norah (who has just returned from '
a week’s outing on the Maine coast)—
"To shpake plainly, mum,- th' scenery
snot so illigant as it looks.”——Judge.
. the French.
BRmsH 1319p FRANCE.
Battle Said to Have Been Feught
in Hinterland. ‘ ‘ .
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STORY DOUBTED ,IN LONDON
The Danger, However, from the
Proximity of the‘ Forces of flu
Two Countries in West Africa
Had Been Polntd Out.
Berlin, Germany, Nov. 27.—A dis-
patch to the Frankfort Zeitung frorr.
Rome reports that a. sanguinary con-
flict has taken place between the
French and British at Nikki, in the
Lagos Hinterland.
London, England, Nov. 27,—While the
accuracy of the statement contained in
the Rome dispatch to the Frankfort
Zeitung announcing‘that a conflict has
taken place "between the French and
British troops in the Lagos Hinterland
is. doubted, the London morning papers
yesterday pointed out the imminent
danger resulting from the proximity o)
the two forces in the contested terri-
tory. ‘ .
Nikki Reported Captured.-
Later in the day a. rumor was re-
ceived at the British Colonial Office tc
the effect that there had been a col-
lision between the British and French
forces at Nikki, which is said to have
been captured by the French t‘roops.
The officials of the Colonial Office,
however, consider this report to be
highly improbable, as, they explain,
the British police in the Hinterland,
who are in very limited numbers, had
strict orders to avoid any collision with
It is also understood that
the French forces had been instructed
,not to come into conflict with the Brit-
ish.
The British forces in the Hinterland
it is further stated, are being rein-
forced considerably.
The Colonial Office late last evening
received a cable message from Lagos,
stating that a rumor is current among
the natives there of a collision between
400 British and French troops. .
The report, it is believed, will prove
to be founded on a conflict between the
French and some natives. '
Story of the Trouble.
.The trouble of which the reported
conflict is the outgrowth is of about
thirty years’ standing, dating from 1368
In 1870 France and Great Britait
opened negotiations for the settlemeni
of their respective frontiers in Wesr
Africa. In the last ten years severa.
agreements have been reached, but
each nation has continued to grab al
the territory possible.
The British Niger Company, which
was first in the field, concluded a num~
ber of treaties with native chiefs
bringing the whole of the Borgu anc‘
Dahomey hinterland within the Britisl.
sphere. This was during the Fall 91
1894. ‘
In the meanwhile the French were
trying to establish a great African em-
pire, to extend from Algeria to the ba-
sins of the Congo and the Upper Nile
But for this purpose it was necessary
to secure the hinterland of Lagos anc'
Carnotville, in Northern Dahomey,
which became the base for dispatching
a number of French expeditions intc
the interior, with this object in View.
The British Niger Company, however
getting wind of the French plans, dis-
patched Capt. Lugard, now Maj. Lu-
gard, to Nikki, the capital of Borgu,
for the purpose of"negotiating a treaty
with the native ruler, and the English
oflicer was fortunate enough to reach
there before a French ofl‘icer, Com-
mandant Decoeur, who was bound for
the same place and with the same in-
tention, although the latter had the
start, and Lugard secured the treat)
and carried it away three weeks before
Decoeur arrived at Nikki.
The French, however, seemed to have
chosen to disregard this fact, and have
dispatched armed expeditions not only
to Nikki, but to Broussa, which has al.
along been‘acknowledged to be withir.
the sphere of British influence.
France Has Russia’s Bucking“.
Jingoism in France, already excitec
on the “fest African subject, has beer.
intensified recently by the arrival ir.‘
Paris of the band of the Czar’s Pre-
obrajensky Regiment, sent to the
French capital as-an earnest of Rus-
sian friendship, and the flames 01
Chauvinism have been 'still further
fanned by the announcement that a
strong detachment of Russian cavalry
and artillery will shortly sail from
Odessa to Djibutil, northeast coast 01
Africa, and thence will go to the capi-
tal of King Menelikcf Abyssinia, in
order to assist the French to “thwart
the. British in grabbing Central Af-
rica.”
SHERMAN NOT TO RETIRE.
All Reports to the Contrary Declared
to no \Vitliout Foundation.
Washington, Nov. 27.7—Those close tr.
President McKinley“ say that all hands
have become somewhat annoyed at the
reports, constantly circulated, to the
effect that ,John Sherman, secretary 0']
State, is to beretired. The best in-
formation, obtained from those con-
versant'with thesituation, is that
‘ President McKinley has not the slight-
est} notion of taking any step that
would lead to the retirement of Mr
Sherman, and that no one is better ac-
quainted with the facts than Secretary
Sherman himself.
Most of the talk concerning Mr. Show
man, it was added, was started by cw-
tain persons in the confidence of Vv'mte-
' law Reid, editor of the New York Tri-
bune, who has desired very mini] 1r.
succeed Mr. Sherman as Secrets 3.
State. The straight information from,
the White House is that all the stories
~ concerning the alleged proposed retire-
ment of Mr. Sherman have never had
the slightest foundation.
Taylor Bill'Not Spoon. '
Washington, Nov. 27.-——Tongues are
wagging here because Mr. Hannis Tay-,
lor, ex-Minister of the United States to
Spain. was announced to deliver a lec-
tUre Thursday at the Catholic Univer-
sity, and without any explanation the
event was declared off. ' ‘
one report has it that Minister De
Lorne quietly suggested to the univer-
sity authorities that Spain was a Cath-
olic country, and that as Taylor; would
almost certainly allude ln' vigorous
terms to the Cuban question. he Ought.
not to speak in that bull-ling.
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ALASKA Slims}?
\ OF THE SKUNK IS KNOWN.
the Animal Farming a Profitable and a
Growing Industry—Good Skins Worth
80 Cents Each—flow the Animals Are
‘ Bred—Unknown to the Old World: J...
tequaintance with the business of farm
eate with .the Department of Agricul-
ture. That institution has been be-
set with appeals for information on
the subject,.and its scientific experts
lack satisfactory data "on' which to base
replies. They have tried to get faces
from several concerns now engaged in
this interesting occupation, but there
seems to be a lot of mystery about it.
Those who are in it find it so profita-
ble, apparently, that they do not want
to offer any inducement or help to pos-
sible competitdrs. What they know
they prefer to keep to themselves.
Nevertheless, the skunk-farming in-
dustry is a growing industry in this
country. The demand for pelts is far
greater than the supply, and prices are.
< correspondingly good. The latest quo~
taiions for skunk skins make them
worth 80 cents apiece wholesale, for
“black, prime, cased.” This is for the
first quality, the fur being all black and
the skin cured by turning it in side Out
and drying it on a. boa-rd. White skins
are worth 100; “full striped” (a white
stripe running clear down the back),
25c, and “half striped,” 45 c. ‘
Skunk skins are one of the biggest
items in the fur market. They go un—
der the attractive name of “Alaska sa—
ble.” It is not believed that there are
many skunks in Alaska, the latitude
being too high for them, but a good,
many thousands of the pelts are taken
in the British possessions, passing
through the hands of the Hudson Bay
Company. A vast number of ladies’
muffs are made of this kind of fur,
which frequently is passed Oh for that
!
of the big, long-haired Abyssinian
] monkey.
Eighty cents apiece may not seem a
very high wholesale price for the best
skunk skins, but the profit in the farm-
ing business referred to lies mainly'in
worth mentioning. The most barren
l land is suitable for the purpose, fenced
tin, and the animals may be fed on of-
fal. .
There are quite a number of skunk
farmspin operation. One of these is
run by a fur company near Ithaca, N.
Y. Another was started not long ago
by some butchers in New Jersey, who
bought a'big patch of rocky and other-
wise worthless land, inclosed it and
stocked it with a few healthy skunks,
leaving them to do the rest. This is
it requires =-almost no attention. The
company of butchers aforesaid feeds its
stock with refuse from the abattoir,
which costs them nothing. The little
animals are by no means hard to man-
age, being as tamable as kittens. In
fact, the Mephitis"Ame1‘icana is re-
markable for its lack of fear of man.
This may be due in part to its confi-
dence in its own weapon, but it will
never use this except under. great prov-
ocation. In other words, it must be
badly frightened, or actually hurt. It
seeks the neighborhood of human hab-
itation. The little spotted skunks are
often kept as pets by miners in the far
West, the undesirable glands being
cut out.
One point which the government ex-
perts want to ascertain is how, the,
skunk farmers kill their stock. 01d
trappers say that a skunk will never
' give vent to its peculiar secretion if its
back is broken by a quick blow. The
reason for this doubtless is that the
rear part of its body is paralyzed by
such a blow. On the other hand, it is
knowu that the most instant death by
shooting, even if the animal’shead be
blown off, will not prevent the use of
the function.
Valuable uses are found nowadays
for the most noxious things. Some of
the most precious medicines are dead—
ly poison. So it is not surprising to
learn that the peculiar secretion of the
skunk is a remedy for asthma.
It is rather an interesting fact that
the skunk and the mink are the only
true fur-bearing animals. that. have
ever been semi-domesticated. ‘ Minks
have been bred for their skins in so-
called minkeries, just as is being done
with the skunks in What might be
termed skunkeries. Skunk and mink
both belong to the family of Musteli-
dae. In this family are included all of
the animals which are classified in a
strict sense as fur-bearing. Among
them are the ermine, the marten, the
weasel, the wolverine, the badger, the
sable, the otter, the ratel of Africa and
India, the tayra of South America, the
teledu or burrowing badger of Java,
the sea otter, the sand badger of India,
Assam and Thibet, the ictonyx of
"South Africa, and the .“fisher” of North
America.
known in the Old World, being exclu-
sively American—Co. St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
An Intelligent Definition. .
A Kansas girl, the daughter of 3
Greenwood county rancher, was sent
East to .school. “What ’do you know,
my child?’_’ the head teacher“ asked
her. “Oh, farming,” the new pupil re-
plied: t‘Well,” tell me what is a farm?”
“A farm is a body of land surrounded
by a. barbed wire fence,” the little maid
said—Kansas City Star.
Spite. I o
She—I just married you to spite
-, George Billings. Z, i , .
He-rOh! Then it wasn’t just- to
spite rue—Cincinnati Enquirer.
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.SATCI-I'Y TITLE 3v WHICH THE FUR
All persons who have any practical ' ~.
ing skunks are requested to commun‘i- ,
the fact that it involves no expense '
one of the beauties of skunk farming— .-
Theskunk itself is an animal un--
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