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THE SEMI WEEKLY 1RIBUKE IltA HAItK, Proprietor. TERMS: $125 IN ADVANCE. NORTH I'LATTE, NEBRASKA. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. William H. Toad, a resident of Kan sas City slnco 1877 nnd well known among tho old settlors, died of heart' failure. Cloud Ruttcr, sclcntlflc assistant of tho United States fish commission, has been sent to tho Pacific coast for tho purpoBo of Investigating tho facts about salmon. Captain Wise said that when on May 27 ho approached tho flying equadron twenty-ono miles off Santi ago tho fleet had started on Its ret rofrrado movement. Tho Clovoland public school coun cil voted to incltido tho Lord's Pray er, tho ten commandmunts and tho twenty-third psalm In tho courso of studies now taught. Word has reached Boston that by tho will of Nathaniel Hawthorno Cu oack, who died at Washington, D. C, August 23, James II. McDormott of Boston gets $250,000. Michigan Central onglno No. COO exploded at Now Buffalo, Mich., In stantly killing Fireman Michael Wl lcy. Engineer J. B. Palmor and Brakomun P. J. Crouch wcro slightly Injured. Tho Illinois State Board of Agricul ture has granted all cx-soldlers of any war free admission to tho stuto fair Wednesday, October 2, and will pro vldo tho veterans with handsome souvenir badges. Tho National Tubo company lssuo Instructions to Its Bales agonts to ac cept all business at prices current be fore tho strike. Tho company also an nounced that all of Us mills are now In full operation. Prince Chun, tho Chlncso envoy, will not return homo by way of tho United States. In accordanco with telegraphic Instructions tho prlnca v111 go to Naples and October 10 will sail direct for China. Secretary Cortclyou announced that President Roosovelt would not hold any ofllclnl functions at tho Whtto Houbo until tho public reception on Now Year's day. After that dato thoy ,wlll tako placo as formorly. Tho postmaster general has decid ed that tho proposition to Issue stamps for general uso in commom oratlon of tho late President McKIn ley Is impracticable, In vlow of tho length of tlmo required for, preparing the jsnue and other difficulties. No such stamps, therefore, will bo la sued. Tho board of dlroctors of the Ben jamin Harrison Monument association ,mot nt Indianapolis and announced that tho subscriptions now In hand amount to about $28,000. It was do elded to press Immediately tho tak ing of subscriptions in tho state out side of Indianapolis, and in other states. The Odessa correspondent of tho London Times saya an Institution called tho bureau of trade and com merce with eastern Asia is being foundod at 8t. Petersburg. It .will havo branches In all parts of tho far orient, and will help Russian mer chants and exporters to bid for tho ' eastern markets on oxtooslve concert ed lines. The Klondike has been brought Into telegraphic communication. Tho first message was one of congratulation from Governor Row of the Klondike, now in Vancouver, to his legal rep resentative at Dawson, The line,, which Is 2,200 miles long, touches at Atlln, Whltehorse, Dawson and Fort Simpson, and connects at tho Alas kan boundary with tho projoctod Am erican government line from St. Ml ehaols. Dr. Abram Litton, emlnont sclontlst and ploncor chemist of St. Louis, Mo who for fifty years flllod tho chair of chemistry at Washington univers ity nnd tho St. Louis Medical college, died from senility, nged 87. Edwin Q. Jay, city treasurer of Elk Point, S. D., committed sulcldo by Bwallowlng poison. Ho died without explaining his act. Ho had been elected many successive times city treasurer. It Is believed his accounts nro nil right. Jay has been 111 unit despondent for somo months, A. D. Shcpard, general freight ngont of tho Southern Pacific company, has handed In his resignation. Mrs. KIrby Parkin, ngod 92 years, died at Codoma Stntlon, Wis, , She was ono of tho early settlors, coming there nbout fifty years ago. Both Low announced that ho would accept tho nomination for mayor by the anti-Tammany forcoa nnd nddod that ho would resign tho presUlonoy of Columbia university. This will probably bo when ho Is formally noti fied of his nomination. Dr. James MacJamca, the well known pitcher of tho Brooklyn team, died at Charleston, S. C, President Roosevelt has appointed James J. Langor of Nebraska to bo consul of tho United Status at Bolln gen, German;', rrj 1. Incident at President McKinley's Vault Still' Oloakcd to My.tcry. DEPREND'S NERVES ARE Af FECTED Captain Diddle Think Sentry the Victim of Surrounding Whlto, Another OHl oer, Thinks Thorn Wu nn Attuck Prompted I) "Cumediim." CANTON, O., Oct. 1. Tho officers and men of Company C of tho Four teenth United States Infantry, on duty at West Lawn cemetery, guarding tho resting placo of President McKlnloy, worked diligently Investigating tho ntrango story of Privnto Dcprond, which happened Sunday night Tho military regulations which pre vented tho ofllcerB nnd men from making detailed statements concern ing tho Incident Inst night wore ns rigidly observed today. Tho repre sentative of tho Associated Press saw all of the commissioned ofllccrs, sev eral non-commissioned ofllccrs and a number of privates and gleaned tho following: All of tho commissioned officers and tho members of the company In gen eral last night accepted fully tho story related by Private Dcprond and really believed thnt tho prowlers were about tho vault, with no good purpose To day only ono of tho commissioned offi cers adhered to the belief that tin attempt had been made on tho senti nel for ghoulish purposes. Ho said: "It Was tho rent thing. It was prompt ed by tho pure cusscdncss of some peoplo who thought to bring reproach upon tho nation by doing damago to tho resting placo of tho dead presi dent." All tho mon who wore seon express ed tho belief that Privuto Dcprond acted In good faith and that ho relat ed only what ho believed to be tho real circumstances. With tho captain and others ho wont over tho details of tho whole affair at least a dozen times, and, it Is said, novor varied in a matter of impor tance. Particular Inquiry wob mado as to his sobriety at tho tlmo and It is said that it is established boyond all reasonable doubt that ho had not been drinking and that he was In his normal condition. 1 Tho most common belief Is that tho sontlnel was overwrought by tho lone liness of his position; that his nerves were overtaxed and that Imagination contributed somo of tho details ralaU od In good fnlth. Tho post was re garded by all rd particularly Isolated and depressing to tho man guarding it at night and It is understood that more sentinels will bo stationed at the point In tho future. Captain Blddlo thanked tho report ers for what ho called tho fair man ner In which tho incident had beon describod in tho morning reports, say ing thoy gavo a lull and complete statement of facts, as far as reveal cd last night. Ho was fully convinc ed last night of tho truth of tho story ns related, but after Investigation on- tortalned doubts, not of tho Blncorlty of Private Doprond, but of tho correct ness of tho conclusions. CUBANS AGREE WITH WOOD. Sanction III l'litu for Two Election nml u CotutnUilan. HAVANA, Oct. l.Tho constitu tional convention held a privnto ses sion and considered u letter from Governor Gonoral Wood advlBlng tho appointment of a commission of five members to havo chargo of tho forth coming elections and also advising that two elections bo held, InBtcad of four, Tho attondanco did not amount to a quorum, but Gonoral Wood's sug gestions wcro approved by all present. Another sosslon will bo hold today for tho purposo of appointing tho com mlttoo and making tho necessary chnngo In tho election law. A manifesto tins been Issued by prominent revolutionists approving tho recent lottor of T. Estrada Palma ns tho program for tho future republic and strongly recommending Ida elec tion to tho presidency. ytiom nf Denver Carnival. DENVER, Colo., Oct. 1 Tho city is crowtlod with visitors rrom ull ovor Colorado nnd adjoining BtateB, who havo como o participate in tho festiv ities nttondant upon tho annual Fes tival of Mountain and Plain. Tonight MIbs Mary Malono, daughter of Judge H. Malono of tho district court, wnB crowned queen In tho presence? of an lrumonso concourse of peoplo and sur rounded by maids of honor from ov pry county In tho state. Once Htatloitrd In Omaha. '' OMAHA, Nob., Oct. l.Tho Ninth regiment of United States infantry of which Company C was almost an nihilated In tho Phlllpplno island of Snmar, near Ballnglga, Saturday morning, was formerly stationed nt Omaha, In 4686 this commnnd waB nt Kert Omaha, regimental headquar ters and ull. That was when tho post was In Its prlmo. Ofllclnls nbout army headquarters know many of tho offi cers of ,tho Ninth, mm? HUGHES TO TAKE COMMAND. drnernl Stnrt With Expedition to Scene of the Decent minuter. MANILA, Oct. 1. General Hughes, 'from tho Island of Samar, reports 'tho arrival of Sergeant Mnrklcy and ono prlvato at Lanlng from tho fight at Balangla, where over forty men of Company C, Ninth infantry, wero kill ed by Insurgents, who attacked tho troops whllo at breakfast Saturday last. Tho men who havo reached La nlng say that f:ho cfflcern of tho com pany, who wero first reported to havo escaped, wero killed with the major ity of tho company. Tho troops wero attacked while unprepared, by 400 bo lomcn, of whom tho Americans kill ed about 140. Many of the soldlors wore killed In their quarters boforo they had tlmo to grasp their rifles. General Hughes Is going to tho Bcono of tho dlsustcr and will per sonally commnnd' tho- troops. A new branch of tho Katlpunan has been discovered at Tarlac, capital of tho provlnco of that name. Tho object of tho society is the slaughter of tho whites. Marcelino Martvlllc, president of Banoang, is tho chief of tho new branch, which Includes num bers of tho native constabulary, who wcro recently armed. Ono policeman admits that ho was taxed $1 and wns ordered to make bdlos. A regular col lection has been mado by tho organ ization from tho natives, either by persuasions or threats and an upris ing had been planned for an early dato. Tho conditions in Tnyabas and Bat angas are not encouraging. Tho worst form of guerrilla warfare prevails there. Tho Insurgent forces aro dis tributed, under cover, along every road and trail and wait for travolers In ambush. Tho .Insurgent leader Ca lm I! os (who formorly belonged to Gen eral Cnlllefl' command, but who refus ed to surrender with Calllcs) Is re treating to tho mountains. ' Tho main forces of tho Insurgents are scattered In bands over tho province, whero they dig up rifles when there is an opportunity to use them, WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. In nddltlon to tho enlisted men, three commis sioned ofllccrs of Company C, Ninth infantry, nro supposed now to have been killed in tho action at Samara, Phlllpplno Islands, last Saturday. Tho officers are: CAPTAIN THOMAS W. CONNELL. FIRST LIEUTENANT ERWARD A. BUMPUS. MAJOR SURGEON R. S. GRIS WOLD. M'KINLEY'S WILL IS PROBATED Mrtsra, Day and Cortelvou Are Appoint ed AdinluUtrator. CANTON, O., Oct 1. Tho will of President McKlnloy was admitted to probate at tho conclusion of tho for mal hearing yesterday by Probato Judgo Maurlco E. Aungst. In pursu ance of tho wishes of Mrs. McKlnley and upon her signed recommendation, tho court appointed Judgo William R. Day and Secretary Gcorgo B. Cortel you administrators of tho estate. A Joint administrators' bonds of $100, 000 was filed. . In tllolr appllctlons for letters tes tamentary Judgo Day and Secretary Cortclyou say that tho amount of per sonal 'proporty left by tho lato presi dent will bo about $140,000, and of real cstato about $70,000, aggregating about $210,000. KUU Judge I.emloy' Sitter. CHARLESTON, S. C, Oct. 1. Miss Laura Lemly, 45 years of ago, sister of Judgo Advocato Lemly of tho navy, wns burned to death in her homo in Salem, N. C, today. Her clothing caught fire from a kitchen stovo and sho was so badly burned that alio died In n fow hours. For tho Prcildent' Suliiry. WASHINGTON, Oct. l.--Wnrrants wero drawn at tho treasury depart ment' In settlement of tho salary duo tho luto president at tho tlmo of his death. Warrants wero also drawn covering Mr. Roosevclt'B salary to October 1, or Boventeon days, and aggregating $2j300.78. Ilnrrluuin Succeed liny. NEW YORK, Oct 1, It Is announc ed that E. H. Hnrrlman hn3 beon elect ed president of tho Southorn Pacific to succeed Charles M. Hayes, resign ed. Ho hiiH been chnirmun of tho ox ocutlvo commltteo of the Southern Pacific. Ho will direct tlw nffalra of tho company for this city. Tho Unltod States transport Buford, which recently wont aground on a sandbar oft tho Island of Mindanao, has been sufely lloatud. low FJevntnr Hurntnl, RIVERTON, la., Oct 1. J. B. Sam uels' large elevator at this placo burned. The fire was discovered at about 11 o'clock, but had gained such headway that nothing coulu bo dono to stay it. Kmiir Victoria 111. "BERLIN, 8opt. 30. Empress Au gusta, whoso return from Romlnten was earlier than she had Intended, is ill and confined to her bed. A COMPANY WIPED OUT Infantrymen of Ninth Regiment Bar prised While at Breakfast. NEARLY FIFTY MEN ARE KILLED Dritde lhl Many Aro Wounded A force of Heventy-Two Men Overcome by Urrnlor Number Insurgent Scouro a itlcti 1'ilzo. MANILA, Sept. 30. A disastrous fight botween Untted States troups and Insurgents occurred yesterday in tho Island of Samar, near Ballnglga. A largo body of Insurgents attacked Company C, Ninth infantry, only twenty-four members of tho company escaping. All tho others aro report ed to havo been killed. Tho company was at breakfast when nttacked and mado a determin ed resistance, but tho overwhelming numbers of tho insurgents compelled retreats. Of tho survivors, who havo arrived nt Basoy, eleven nro wounded. According to tho latest returns tho. strength of tho company was seventy two. Tho survivors include Captain Thomas W. Connelly, First Lloutcn nnt Edward A. Bumpus and Dr. R. S. Grlswoldt surgeon. Chptaln Edwin V. Bookmlller of tho Ninth infantry reports that Gen eral Hughes is assembling a force to attack the Insurgents. Tho insurgents captured all tho stores nnd ammunition of tho com pany and all tho rifles excopt twenty six. WASHINGTON, Sept 30. News of tho disastrous fight between troops of tho Ninth Infantry and tho insurgents In tho island of Samar yesterday wns sent promptly by General Hughes, commanding in thnt' island, to General Chaffee, at Manila, and by him transmitted to tho War depart ment It reached tho department dur ing tho early hours today and Ad jutant Gencrnl Corbln, realizing tho Importance, at onco mado It public, after sending a copy to tho Whlto House. General Chaffco's dispatch, which ngrees with tho Associated Press, Is as follows: "MANILA, Sept. 29. Adjutant General, Washington: Hughes re ports following from Bascy, Southorn Samar: "'Twenty-four men Ninth regi ment, United StateB Infantry, many wounded, havo Just arrived from Bal anglgn; remainder company killed. Insurgents secured all company sup plies nnd all rifles except twelve Company was attacked during break fast, morning September 28; com pany, soventy-two strong. Officers, Thomas W. Connelly, captain; Ed-' wrd A. Bumpus, first lieutenant; Dr. R. S. Grlswold, major, surgeon, es caped.' CHAFFEE." . Tho nowB created a sensation in official circles. It was tho flrBt se vere roverso that has occurred for a long tlmo. Still tho officials wer.o not unprepared for nowa of JuBt this char acter from Samar, In which tho rev olution etartod by Agulnaldo still continues. Samar is a country about ns largo as tho stato of Ohio and tho American forces of occupation num ber in all botween 2,000 and 2,500 men. These are attributed among, various posts in tho Island, a largo number being located at tho more Im Iportnnt centers. Spain novor mado any efforts to occupy Samar and It only has been for probably three mpnths past that the United States has undertaken that work. Tho lat est report mado by General Hughes to tho War department was that tho number of Insurgent rifles In tho Is land aggregated about 300. Tho Fil ipinos earned on a guerrilla warfare and operations against thom wore dif ficult Tho disaster to Company C of tho Ninth lnfnntry occurred, It is believed, whllo It was engaged In nn expedition to clear tho country of roving bands of these lnourgonts. -ho fact that tho Americans wero attacked whllo at breakfast IndlcatoB tho daring nnd pluck of tho Insur gonts. Mm. McKlnlnr Drlvrh Out. CANTON, O.. Sept. 30. Mrs. McKln loy had two drives again yesterday. On account of dismal weather and tho rain of yesterday and last night, tho outing wna confined to tho Btreots In tho city. It was i:ald at tho McKlnley homo last night that thore hud been no material chnngo In her condition and that she continues to bear up re markably well. Walderce's I. en I'aln Illni, BERLIN, Sept. 30. Count von Wnl dersco, who Is ailing, Is worse. Ho suffers from a painful soro on tho leg and hns no appetite. Ho Is still near Nokarsulm, Wurtembcrg, on the c3tato of his slstor-ln-luw. Christian lu Conflict. PARIS, Sept. 30. A dispatch from Constantinople reports that a bloody light has taken placo between Mussul mans and Christians at Beirut, Syria. No details are given. , . ,,j : w STAD M'KINLEY GUARD about or Grave'Dynamlterx Deported tol Dnve.Afade'nn Attuck. CANTON, 6., Sept. 30.- strango story comes tonight from West Lawn cemetery, where a company1' of regu lars from Fort Wayne, Mich., Is guarding tho vault In which tho body of President McKlnley lies. It is to the effect that tho guard on duty on top of the vault fired a shot at ono man who refused to heed his challencgo and that the shot wns diverted ,hy another,, man who .appear ed from another dlrectfbn. ' ' Also that an effort was mado to stab tho guard. Military regulations prevent either the officers or the mon of tho pnst from being quoted on any matter con nected with their service, and for this reason Captain Blddlc, who Is in command, was obllsed to decllno to bo quoted at tho lamp tonight. Ho will make a -full report to his super iors, at once. Reliable authorities mado tho fol lowing statement: Private Deprend was on guard duty on top of tho vault at a point commanding the cntranco below and the approach from the rear. Shortly before 7:30 ho saw what ho took to be tho faco of a man peering from behind a tree about forty feet from his post. Ho watch ed it for twenty minutes, ho says, nnd at 7:45 saw tho man hurry to a trco ten feet nearer. Ho challenged tho man to halt, but this was not heeded and tho follow approached nearer. Deprend lovolled his gun and nlmed to shoot :for effect, but Just at that Instant another man who camo toward him from the opposite side caught tho gun, throw It up and tho bullet waB (Spent In the'nlr.cv PRELIMINARY TO MESSAGE 1 Hi ' .T t ' . Irolilent Itcqueit Cublnot Member to prepare Their Iteport. . WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. At tho cablnot meeting yesterday only routine matters wero discussed. Tho meeting was attended by Secretaries - Hitch cock and Wilson, Postmaster General Smith nnd Attorney General Knox, tho only cabinet member, in tho city. It wns determined that tho cabinet officials should begin at onco tho prep paratlonB of their annual Teports, In or der that tho president might havo at an early data such information regard ing tho executive department as would enable him to prepare his first mes sage to' congress. Regarding tho actlonfof tho Hawaiian legislature in providing for an addi tional district court in Hawaii, tho president nnd attorney general are in somo doubt. Tho question of tho validity of tho act has been raised. Nothing about it will be dono at pres ent, but Attorney General Knox will examlno it and prepare an opinion' upon lf'for tho guidance of the presi dent Cotumbla Take Flrit Prize. NEW YORK, Sept. 30 In tho closest and most soul-Btltvlng raco ever sail ed for tho old' Amct leas'' cuft tho white flyer Columbia Saturday beat tho British challenger over a windward and leeward course of ovor thirty nau tical miles by tho narrow, heart-breaking margin of)39.hcconds' As Lipton's' latest nsplrnnt for cup honors must allow tho defender forty-thrco seconds on account of tho' extra 833 square feet of canvas In her sail area, gives Col umbia the victory by ono .minute and twbaty-two seconds. Labor Riot lu France. RHEIMS, Franco, Sept. 30. The gen d'nrmcs havo been called out to suppress an outbreak of tho grape pickers, who aro dissatisfied with tho pay they are receiving,' and overrun ning tho Ay district, in tho department of Mnrno, waving red flags, Blnglng tho Carraagnolo and attacking travel ers. Tho strikers seized ono employer whom they wished to hang, but ho was rescued by tho gen 'darmcs. Many arrests havo been made. Kltchlner Want Morn Horse. LONDON, Sept. 30.-rTho Dully Ex press publishes a report that Lord Kitchener lmB asked for 25,000 more seasoned mounted men nnd for power to hang rebels, traitors and murderers without rcferenco to tho homo govern ment Will Soon lluve Protectorate, BOMBAY, Sept. 30. Tho Bombay Gazette Buys It bollovca a British pro tectorate wHl soon bo proclaimed over Kowoyt, tho proposed terminus of tho Bagdad railroad on tho Persian gulf as a result of tho Anglo-Turkish dis pute. Foot ltucer I Too Blow. FORT SCOTT, Kan., Sept, 30. O. G. Stanbury, a professional foot racer, who is charged with hnvlng conspired with "Bud" GUlelt, another profes slonnl sprinter, uow in Jail hore, to defraud Stato Representative Jonathan Davis out of $6,000 by Inducing him to bet that amount on a raco and then throwing tho race, was arrested nnd Ib now in Jail. Officers nre now aftor E. E. EUIb and "Bob" Boatrlght .of Webb City. F . J ; t " t M'KINLEY WILL IS READ Widow Hears the Last Testament of Eci Devoted Husband, RECEIVES ALL HIS REAL ESTATE Alio An Income on Feriounl Property Dnrlni- Her 'Life Next Cnre I for Mother nud Sliter Document Signed In 1807. CANTON, Sopt. 28. Secretary Cor tolyou camo hero yesterday to assist Mrs. McKlnley In disposing of mat tors connected with tho into presi dent's estate, Ho arrived at 10 in tho morning nnd was at onco driven to tho McKlnloy home. After' meeting Mrs. McKlnley tho question of filing tho will was taken up. The trying task of reading it to her was undertaken by tio faithful secretary. Mrs. McKlnloy mado a heroic effort to bear -up' and succeeded in doing (sol ,f although ho brdeal' was hard for Iter. Last night she rested well. All le gal formalities necessary for her to Bubscrlbo to wero disposed of. At 3 o'clock this nfternoon Judgo Day and Secretary Cortclyou wont to tho office of tho probato Judgo and bff ored tho will of President McKlnley for probate. Thoy carried with .thcra tho following: "I, Ida S. McKlnley, widow of Wil liam McKlnley, deceased, hereby de cllno tho administration of h,ls cstato and recommend tho appolntmont of William R. Day and Georgo B. Cor tclyou as administrators, with tho will annexed." Tho recommendation boars tho dato of September 27, 100l. Following Is tho text of President McKinley's will: TEXT OF THE WILL. "EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASH INGTON, D. C. I publish the follow ing as my latest will and testament, hereby revoking nil former wills: "To my beloved wife, Ida S. McKln ley, I bequeath all of my real estate, wherever situated, and tho lncomo of any personal property of which I may, be possessed at death during her nat ural life. "I make tho following charge upon all of my property, both real and personal: To pay my mother during her llfo one thousand ($1,000) dollars a year, and at her death said sum to bo paid to my sister, Helen McKln ley. If tho Income from tho property bo Insufficient to' kcop my wifo in great comfort and pay tho annuity nbovo provided, then I direct that such of my property bo sold as to make a sum adequate for both pur poses. Whatever property remains at the death of my wife I glvo to my brothors and siators, share and sharo nnkp. My chief concern is that my wifo from my estate shall havo all sho . requires for her comfort and pleasure. and that my mother shall be provid ed with whatever money sho requires to mako her old age comfortablo and happy. "Witness my hand and seal, this 22d day of October, 1897, to my last will and testament, made at tho city of Washington, District of Columbia? "(Seal.) WILLIAM M'KINLEY. "The foregoing will was witnessed by us, this, tho 22d day of October, 1897, nt thq request of tho testator, and his name signed thereto in our presence and our signatures hereunto in Ills presence. "G. B. CORTELYOU. "CHARLES LOEFFLER." It Is given but on authority that tho McKlnley estato will total $225, 000 to $250,000, Including llfo insur ance of $07,000. Asldo from tho $C7, 000 mentioned, tho estate consists of real estate hero and In contiguous towns and deposits In Washington banks. Monday morning hns been fixed by tho probato court for n hear ing prior to probating the will. Then It Is expected Secretary Cortelyou and Judgq Dhy will be finally appoint ed administrators of tho estate, with will annexed, and will glvo bond. Wiir Declared nn Colombia. WILLEMSTADT (Via Haytlen Ca ble), Sopt. 28. It Is again asserted In well Informed cables at Caracas that President Castro will declare war on Colombia at tho end of tho month. Tho Venezuelan government Is with out financial resources and will short ly use the mothod of South' American dictatorships and proceed to raise funds by force.- Lack of confidence In tho government is manifested ev erywhere In Venezuela. Auto for Mall Service. WASHINGTON, Sopt. 28. Tho first call for bids which directly contem plate tho use of motor vehicles In tho postnl service, except for collec tions, is mnde in nn order of tho post office department today asking for bids to bo opened hore October 12 for furnishing five motor vehicles for ser vice at Minneapolis, Minn. The ve hicles aro to be of not less than 1,000 pounds each. Tho service Is to bo from Jan. 1, 1902, to June 30, 1903. I 1 :