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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IICA L. 1IA11K, rroprletor, TERMS: 1125 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. LTIIE NEWS IN BRIEF. Firo destroyed eight stores, tho tolophono exchange, opera Iioubo, town hall and Odd Follows hall at Assump tlon, III. Losb, $55,000; Insuranco, Student riots have been renewed In Madrid. Tho tramways wcro at tacked nnd nttcmpts were mndo to sot tho cars on Arc. Several persons woro wounded. Commander 8. A. Staunton, flag sec retary to Rear Admiral Snmpson dur ing tho Spanish war, has been ordered to nssumo command of tho United States ship Rainbow. Attorney General Von Orsdcll of Wyoming hnB brought suit against tho Western Union Tolcgraph company to compel tho company to fllo articles of incorporation with tho socrotary of state. Mary Mark, who baa bcon on trial at Wichita, Kan., for killing her baby, born out of wedlock, was sentenced to twenty years in tho ponltcntlory. Her mothor is to bo tried aa partlcopa criminals. Tho Woodbury (Conn.) Savings bank was visited by robbers. They blew open tho cash safo with nltro glyccrlno nnd also damaged tho strong box, out of which it 1b thought thoy secured $200. Col. W. R. Wallaco, ono of tho boat known mining men of tho west, Is dead nt Whlttlor, Cal. Ho aided In operating tho Coucr d'Alcno district in northern Idaho nnd founded tho town of Wallaco. Tho Loknn Anzclgor of Berlin prlntB a special dispatch from St. Petersburg, asserting that Germany and Russia nro together preparing a common cir cular noto proposing nn nntl-annr-ohlstlo conference. Tho arrangements nro practically complotod at Leavenworth, Kansns, for tho consolidation of tho gypsum, content, plaster and stucco plants Into ono corporation, to bo known ns tho United States Oypaum company. John Burke, a woll known goapel hymn writer and singer, for years identified with D. L, Moody, D. W. Whittlo, Thomas McNeill and other evangelists, is dend at his homo In Whcaton, 111. Mr. Burko was tho com poser of tho popular hymn, "Not I, hut Christ." i. Tho law passed by tho last lcglsla-i turo of Now York prohibiting ticket scalping waa declared to bo unconstl tuttonal by tho court of appeals. Tho' decision was rendorort In tho cftso of u..u " Cnrcnco Flclschman n ticket brokci Ul 1JUUIUU, UJSUIIIBC OMUliiL DUIllMUl Caldwell of Erlo county. John Rouvore and John Steuben-' ravch of Knoxvlllo, Marlon county! Iown, charged In tho fcdornl courtj with havlnr; illegally socurod nnturnl4 ization papers for a number of forolgn' coal minors In order to voto thorn at", tho election In 1000, entered plcaH of guilty and woro fined $100 each. Tho first contract to bo lot by tho! Louisiana Purchoso ExpoBltlon com-' pany for tho work that will ovcntual-1 ly Involvo tho oxpondlturo of n sum' approximating $25,000,000, waB award ed to R. II. Goodrich, of St. Louis, for tho erection of 15,000 foct of board' fenco around a portion of tho world's' fair slto. Investigation shows that tho rumors' of a violation of Chilean torrltory by forces of tho Argontlno republic nro completely unfounded. Tho foreign rnlnlstor of Argentlno, Dr. Alcorta, hns glvon tho Chllonn government full ns suranco that nothing of that naturo has occurred, and thnt thero is no reason for alarm. Socrotary of Agrlculturo Wilson will' dolivor addresses nt Chicago at tho live stock exposition on Dccombor 2, and tho following day before tho Na tional Llvo Stock association. Tho president of tho Montreal Corn exchange gives out tho statement that slnco tho government has refused to suspond tho coasting laws, nnd slnco thorp uro not Canadian bottoms enough to carry all tho grain, tho grain shipments from now on will havo to bo nmdo from United States instead of from Canadian ports. Socrotary Jacob Solomon of tho la dles' Shirt Waist Makora' union, is authority for tho statement that n great strlko for union wngos of shirt waist makers, Involving 40,000 men nnd girls, is bolng prepared by tho or ganization. Tho directors of tho Third National bank of Boston havo voted to consoli date with tho National Shawmut bautt. Chicago pollco woro shocked by tho promulgation of nn order forbidding them whilo In uniform from going Into saloons. Tho expected increase in tho world'H visible coffco supply this season is estimated at 1,000,000 bags. An immenso potato crop has been raised this season by irrigation in the Yakima Indian reservation ln jthc state of Washington. ranrn lift. Commissioner Pavora a Policy that Will Effectually Sottlo It. SELF SUPPORT IS THE DASIS He Would Throw All Indians on Their Own Honoured, Thus Solving IMffl- cnlt I'roliletu Within i Generation l'resent System la Had. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2G. A pollqy which, It Is contended will j MtUo tho entire Indian Question within n gener ation, is nnnounced by Commissioner of Indian Affairs William A. Jones, In his nnnunl report. His plan Is to glvo tho Indian opportunity for self support, tho samo protection o.' his person and property given othoia, throw him upon his own resources, nnd to enforco on him realization of tho dignity of lnbor and tho Impor tance of building and maintaining a homo for himself. Mr. Jones says that, at tho outset, tho Indlnn must have aid and Instruc tion, and necessaries doubtless will havo to bo furnished him until his labor becomes productive. Until tho Indlnn has become u part of tho com munlty In which ho lives, day schools, tho commissioner says, should bo established at convenient places whoro tho Indian may learn enough for ordinary business transactions. Tho koy to tho whole situation, tho com missioner suggests, Is tho home. Tho larger and moro powerful tribes, ho ndds, aro located in tho arid region, on unproductive rcsorvntlons, often In n rigorous climate, where thcro Is no chnnco to mako oven a living. In theso cases something should bo done quickly townrd placing such Indians In a position where thoy can support thetnsolvcs. Commissioner Jones says tho -cut ting off of rations from nil Indians oxcopt thoso who aro Incapacitated from earning a Bupport hns had very grntlfuyiug results, and, if followed up, ultimately will lead to tho aboli tion of tho reservation nnd tho ab sorption of tho Indian Into our body politic, Ho makes tho emphatic statement that tho presont Indian educational syatcm, taken na n whole, Is not cal culated to nroduco tho results that woro anticipated so hopefully and may bo ndded to tho obstacles to In donendonco and self-support, undor which class Mr. Jones has placed In dlscrlmlnato Issue of rations, period ical distribution of lnrgo sums of mon ov nnd tho general leasing of oilot- monts. In tho Inst thirty-tiirco years, tho report says, over ?240,000,000 has bcon spent on an Indlnn population not exceeding 180,000. Notwithstand ing this, tho Indian in still on his roBorvatlon, being fed; money la still bo,nR pnd ,J0 g ,lopen(lcnt on tho government for cxlstonco and ho Is "llttlo, if nny, nearer tho goal of Indopondonco than ho was thirty years ago, and if tho presont policy Is con tinued ho will get llttlo If nny miaror In thirty years to come." IT COST THEM $1,000,000 Vimdorbllt Heirs Hud to l'ny Heavy In heritance Taxes. NEW YORK, Nov. 20. According to tho World, heirs of tho Into Cornollus Vnndprbllt must pay C3C1.803.43 Into tho coffers of Undo Sam. This Is tho total of tho Inheritance tax fixed by tho federal government ngnlnst tho es tate Tho decision hns Just been reach od In Washington by Solicitor WInh nrd of tho Internal rovonuo depart ment, nnd it hnB boon concurred In by Commissioner Yorkes. News of tho decision bus been sent to tho Vnn- dorbllt nttorneys In thlB city. Tho holrs havo nlrcady been compolled to pay n stnto tux of 5520.008. Tho fod oral tax Just llxcd brings tho total up to $882,801. Tho legal expenses of fighting tho tax will bring tho grand totnl up to $1,000,000. DULL FIGHTING SEASON IS ON Mexico 1'rnvldes Hiitertaliitneut for Pan- American Dclvcutes. MEXICO CITY, Nov. 20. Tho hull lighting season In Mexico oponcd this afternoon with Mnzzantlnl, tho fn moiiB Spanish matador, In tho nrenu Mnuy promlnont people In tho nodal and political world of Mexico, Includ ing cabinet mlnlstors, woro presont. Two boxes woro occupied by soma of tho members of tho United States del egation to tho Pan-American confer ence. The South American delegations wuro also llborally represented. Tho fight waa romnrkablo for tho slaughter of horses, twolvo being gored to death. Grant of Fort Dodgo Units. FORT DODGE, In., Nov. 20. O. B. Grant, superintendent of tho Fort Dodgo division of tho Chlcngo Great Western railway, has resigned, to be como gonernl manager of tho Daven port, Rock Island & Northwestern. Ilia resignation will tako effect on No- voit.bor 30. Mr. Grant was general superintendent of tho Mnaon City & Fort Dodgo railway beforo that road was merged into tho Great Western system. . , POTION GIVES BOSTON AN ADVANTAGE Itatlroads Offer Free Storage nnd Thereby Divert Trntno. NEW YORK, Oct. 20. Tho ndvan- tngo that shippers of grain from Boa ton enjoy over thoso who ship from Now York has been brought to tho at tention of Govornor Odell by local grain Interests, says tho Journal of Commerce. They claim that as a re sult of contrncts between tho railroads terminating at Boston nnd tho steam ship lines between Liverpool nnd Bas- ton tho latter port has this year se cured nn immense advantage. It is as sorted that tho rallroadB offer frco Btorngo nt Dostoil( ut not at Ncw York. This matter was tho chief rea son why a committee representing the grnln trade went to call on Governor Odell and urged him to recommend in his annual mcssago to tho legislature that tho powers of the Stnto Board of Railroad Commissioners bo so Increas ed that they will havo power to pre vent any discrimination. WASHINGTON IS IGNORANT No Official Nnm of Munition In Colon 1 In -i lleen Jtecelved. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. If nny dispatches from tho naval or consular officials In Central America regarding tho Intention to bombard Colon havo been sent to tho government here, tho responsible ofllclals havo deemed It best not to discuss them for publica tion. Inquiries tonight elicited replies to tho effect thnt thcro had been no advices received today from tho sccno of trouble In Central America either by the state or navy departments or tho Colombian legation. It Is probablo that early tomorrow morning SecroUiry Ixjng nnd Secretary Hay will hold a conferonco with tho president on tho situation na dovelopcd by tho latest nowa and will decide upon tho course to ho pursued by tho administration. LINCOLN AND M'KINLEY. Wcro the Onljr Presidents Who Under stood tho South NEW YORK, Nov. 20. Russell Sago and Helen M. Gould wcro honored guests nt tho seventh annual banquet of Mayflower descendants at Delmou- tco's. Sonntor McLaurln of South Carolina, ono of tho principal speakers, said: "Thcro aro only two men In our history who fully undoratood tho south Lincoln nnd McKlnloy. If Lin coin nnd lived thero would havo been an end of carpet-bagglsm among us, and If McKlnloy had lived ho would havo reunited tho discordant sections of tho south, for, moro than any ono mnn, ho understood them." u MATZ TO REMAIN A BISHOP Vntlran May Transfer Him, Hut Will Not Accept Iteslgnntton. ROME, Nov. 20. Tho Right Rov. Nicholas Chryaostom Batz, bishop of Donovor, Colo., loft Romo today. It appears that although ho hod often spoken of tho disadvantage of his Gor mon nationality In n diocese largely Irish and has expressed a dcslro to rcplgn, tha Vatican hns nover enters tallied tho Idea of asking him to ro- ttro. If nt tho samo tlmo he should porslst In such a wIbIi tho Vatican Is willing to transfer him to another dlo ceso or to nomlnnto htm ns a titular bishop. does to Arbitration ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20. A final effort was made to adjust tho dispute bo tween tho world's fair national com mission and tbo Louisiana Purchase Exposition company ns to which body should havo authority over forolgn ex hibitors, but without result, and tho matter will now go to arbitration un dor the act of congress providing for tho commission. Virginia's Cnnitltutlnn. RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 26. In tho constitutional convention nn amend mont was adopted providing for tho compulsory education of children be- tweon 8 nnd 13 yenrs old. A section providing for soparnto schools for whites and blacks was unanimously adopted. Nlaln by Section Foreman. CHEYENNE. Wyo., Nov. 20. Chns. Anderson nnd Carl Lentz, section mon, woro killed, and S, Smith, a Bcctlon foreman, was injured In n collision betweon n hand enr nnd n freight train on tho Burlington rail road near Osngo, Wyo. Send your name nnd address to JI. C. Choyney, General Agent Chlcngo & North-Wcstern R'y., Omaha, Nob., for n 1902 calendar. To Kxlilblt Nebraska Sheep, GRAND ISLAND, Nob., Nov. 20. Robort Taylor, tho sheep king, will havo on exhibition nt tho International llvo stock exhibit sixteen head of lino Polled Angus steers and about eight carlnudB of shcop. Wnr Onloe Accepts. LONDON, Nov. 20. Tho war office this nftornoon nnnounced that It hat accepted Canada's offer of COO mounted men for servlco In South Afrlcn. Secretary Hitchcock Declares Irrigation of Paramount Importance. HE RECOMMENDS EARLY ACTION Conservation of Wnter Supply nnd Keels mntlon of Arid Lands Are tho Vltnl Want of the United State Our Other Intereiti. WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. Tho an- ual report of Secretary Ethan Allen Hitchcock of tho Intcwor department aws mado public today. It endorses tho conclusions submitted by Commis sioner of Indian Affairs Jones regard ing tho present Indlnn educational sys tem. Tho secretary says: 'The management of the Indian ser- vlco in tho field and in tho schools, whllo satisfactory under existing con ditions, Is not deemed to bo the best for the welfaro of 'tho Indians and different methods will hereafter bo adopted. This policy, as hereinafter indicated, contemplates requiring tho working by Indlnn allottees ablo to do so of a fair portion of lands allotted thorn and tho contributing by their industry to their own Bupport of nil not entirely disqualified by actual disabil ity, physical or othorwlso; tho discon tinuance of tho Issuo of rations to thoso known and determined to bo nblo to support themselves nnd tho extension to tho lnttor of every pos slblo aid for their well-being and en couragement; tho Inauguration of In dustrial training In all schools whero not now established, so that such In dians of both sexes may be taught tho trades or Industries adapted to their circumstances." Tho Income of tho various In dian tribes from nil sources during the year aggregated $5,338,880, a falling oft of $200,952, mostly duo to tho ex piration of treaty obligations. In tho futuro full leasing privileges will be confined to thoso whooo disability or Inability actually disqualifies them from working moro than a small part of their allotments, thoso conditions' to bo clearly shown; all other allottees to bo required to work at least forty acres of their allotment, On tho question of reclamation of tho arid region tho secretary says: "Tho Investigations which havo been carried on demonstrato that thcro Is no ono question now beforo tho poo- plo of tho United States of greater lm portanco than tho conservation of tho water supply and tho reclamation of tho arid lands of tho west nnd their settlement by men who will actually build homes and create communities." It Is rccommenucd that construction nt onco bo begun as follows: Tho San Carlos storage reservoir, re claiming 100,000 acres or moro of pub lic lanu at an estimated cost of $1,- 040,000; reservoirs in tho Sierra Ne- vada In California, for reclaiming des ert lands In Nevada, tho 'Mvlslon of St. Mary river Into tho hendwaters of Milk river In Montann. An appropri ation of $2o0,000 is nsked to carry on the hydrographlc work of tho peolog- ical survey. Tho report says that tho act of Juno 3, 1887, known as tho timber and stono act, If not repealed or radically amend ed, will result ultimately In th6 com- ploto destruction of tho timber on the unappropriated and unreserved public lnnds. Tho tlmo has arrived, accord ing to tho secretary, when reservoirs must be built and mnnaged ns a part of a national system of water consct- vntion. Thoy cannot bo successful lr maintained, howover, without a thor ough system of forest protection. Tho introduction of practical forestry on tho forest reserves has now begun. Tho gonernl policy as announced In an outline, memorandum to tho com missioner of tho land office Is that ad ditional forest reserves with bounda ries drawn to llbornto tho small amount of script should bo crcntcd during this winter, tho good will of residents In tho reserves should bo gained, forest fires guarded against nnd tho resources of tho reserves should ho mndo avallablo for tho con sorvatlvo uso of tho people. Mrs Dole Critically III, NEW YORK, Nov. 25. Tho body of llttlo Emmellno Dale, whoso death caused tho arrest of her mother on a chargo of murder, was today placed in tho receiving vault of a comotory. It will remain thoro until County Phy slclnn Converse Issues a pormlt for Its burial. This will not tako place before tho chomlcnl anl microscopic examination of tho stomach has boi completed by Dr. Schultz of Cornell collego and Dr. E. E. Smith ol New York. Distilling Ship Aground. MANILA, Nov. 25. Tho United States distilling ship Iris has been aground on n reef near Ullo for thrco days past. Tho United States cruiser Now York and tho gunboat Yorktown havo gono to her assistance. Manilla Steamer Lost. MANILA, Nov. 25. Tho local irtcamor Alcrta, with 200 passengers. including somo discharged American soldiers from Olongnpo, Sublg bay, to Manila, is believed to havo been lost. TRCOPS CAPTURE A FORT. Captain Lawton Sncceeds In Taking; it Stronghold on n Cliff. MANILA, P. I., Nov. ' 25. Captain Edward P. Lawton's company of the Nineteenth lufantry has attacked and captured an Insurgent fort on Bohol Island, south of Ccbu, in tho Vlzayan group. This fort was surrounded on all sides by a prcclplco and tho only en trance to tho higher ground was guarded by a stockade with a lino of entrenchments behind it. Captain Lawton Bent Sergennt McMahon and twenty men to climb tho prcclplco nnd attack tho fort In tho rear. Sergeant McMnhon's party accomplished their task after thrco hours' climbing through the thick undergrowth of brush nnd vines thnt covered tho al most pt pendlcular cliff. They took tho enemy by Burprlso nnd drovo them from tho fort. As tho Insurgents escaped they had to pass the re mainder of Captain Lawton's company at a distance of 150 yards. Thcro tho enemy suffered terrible losses. Tho Insurgents defended themselves with both cannon nnd rifles. Tho can non wcro captured, tho smaller ones woro remqved while tho larger ones wcro burled. Captain Lawton, In his regular report, makes special mention for bravery of Sergeants List and Mc Mahon. MORTON ON THE GROUT BILL Nebrnsknn I to Discuss Thli Measnro llcforo I.I tii Stock Congress. CHICAGO, Nov. 25. Tho committee in chnrgo of tho arrangements for tho fifth annual convention of tbo Na tional Live Stock association, which convenes In a four dayB' session hero December 3, makes public tho pro gram. Secretary Wilson will mako an address and tako part In tho dis cussions. Dr. Salmon of the bureau of animal Industry will also havo a prominent part In tho program. Hon. L. G. Powers, chief Btatlstlcan of tho census offlco, will bo present and an nounce for tho first tlmo tho result of tho live stock census in 1000. Hon. C. A. Prouty of tho Interstate Com merce commission will talk on nmend meuts to tho interstato commerco law. Tho Grout bill will bo discussed by Hon. J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska. Tho program provides for tho discus sion of a number of important meas ures which the association may ndvo vato beforo congress. TO FORM CENTRAL UNIONS New Organization Contemplated by Fed erated Unions. ' NEW YORK, Nov. 25. It was an-' nounccd nt a recent meeting of tho Federated union thnt a new body of central unions In tho building trades has been formed which will take tho' placo of tho board of walking dele gates and tho Building Trades' coun cil. Tho new central body will rep-' resont a membership of 65,000 In tho, building trades. It will have all of tho building trades' unions among Its nlllllated trndes' unions In Its organi zation and It is said strikes will not' bo ordered until every honorablo' means of settlement has been ex hausted. A motion was carried to call on nil unions In tho now body to aflll-' lato themselves with tho Centrnl Fed erated union. PARK ON THE BATTLEFIELD. (loveriimont Has Purchnscd Land East of Santiago. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Nov. 25. During his recent visit hero General' Wood bought for the government the principal portion of tho San Juan bat-: tlefleld, including San Juan Hill, the; site of tho block houso and tho bloody; bond. Tho track comprises 200 acres and cost $15,000. It will ho considered a United States reservation nnd the government Intends to lay out a beau tlful park on tho old battlefield. Loading Citizens Indicted, MODENA, Utah, Nov. 25. Tho grand Jury of Lincoln, Nov., which convened nt Polocho last Thursday, has returned Indictments ngalnst sev onteen of tho leading citizens of Fny- Nov., who, It Is alleged, participated In tho stringing up of Georgo Ellis colored, in nn effort to mnko him con fess to numerous thefts that had tak' en plnco In thnt vicinity during tho lost few weeks. All of tho mon In dieted nro now In Jail, with tho ex ception of Superintendent Gnyford of tho Horseshoe Mining company, Post master DeFrlcs and H. H. Cooper, who woro released on bonds. Tho trial Jury has already boon summoned nnd tho enso will como up beforo District 'Judgo Talbot tomorrow. Crowley to Try KUewhere, CHICAGO, Nov. 25. By ngrcemont of attorneys tho hearing of tho potl Hon for Injunction to restrnln Father Jcromlah Crowley from entering the cathedral of tho Holy Name or from worshipping thoro was continued by Judgo Tuloy until December 2. Fathoi Crowley set up vigorous claim that no court could deprive him of dlvlno wor ship and deslrt'd tlmo In which to proparo a reply. Upon promises ho was allowed continuance. MIDfflni OHDER It Was Formed to Overthrow British Rule in Yukon, THE PLOT HATCHED CUNNINGLY Conspirator Had rianned to Take Daw son and Hold It For Several Months Next Move Was to Loot the City and Tillage Property. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 23. The Times prints the following from Vic toria, B. 0.: Thero was an organized conspiracy to solzo Dawson, securo tho barracks of tho Northwest mounted pollco with their armB nnd ammunition, loot tho banks and pillage tho property of tho rich northern gold fields. Theso facta nro confirmed. James Seoley, formerly of this city, now hoa-l of tho secret service of tho Northwest mounted police, who Is In this city, says that not only was thero a conspiracy to overthrow Canadian rule In tho Yukon and loot Dawson, but the schemo hatched by tho con spirators was a very feaslblo ono ancL had Its cxlstenco not been discovered by tho secret Bervlco of tho Yukon and nipped in the bud, tho conspirators could have accomplished their purpose and after taking Dawson could havo held that placo and tho Yukon for six weeks or two months and by then they would bo overwhelmed and each man of tho raiders would bo a fugitive from tho avengers. Tho conspiracy was born nt Dawson nnd had a branch at Skagway, but no oxlstcnce In any other point to tho south of Skagway, although efforts wero mado to securo tho assistance of pro-Boer sympathizers In Seattlo and other points In tho United States. . It was at DawBon that tho plot was mado last summer. Several Americans who had drifted to Dawson got to gether nnd formed an .organization which was called tho Order of tho Midnight Sun. A numbor of others woro gathered in nnd tho order grow until thcro wero several hundred ad herents in September when the mem bers of tho secret service In tho Yukon becamo awaro of Its existence. WORK DONE IN IOWA CITIES Statistics of Capital Invested and Ontpnt Produced Are Given. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. Tho sta tistics of manufacturing and mechan ical industries of Iowa show the fol lowing for tho state: Capital, $102, 733,103; establishments, 14,819; prod ucts, $101, 017,877, Involving nn outlay of $4,480,117 for salaries of ofllclals, etc., $23,931,080 for wages, $7,988,707 for rent, taxes and other miscella neous expenses and $101,070,357 for ma terials used. The capital Invested is an increase of over 32 per cent for tho decade. Valuo of products Increased over 31 per cent. Tho capital and vnluo of products for tho leading cities sepa rately roported follow: Burlington, capital, $5, 235,024, products, $5,334,190; Cedar RapIdB, capital $0,250,801, prod ucts $12,715,897; Clinton, capital $4,- 637,200, products $0,939,473; Council Bluffs, cnpltal $1,170,408, products $2, 590,830; Davenport, capital $10,774,707, products $11,573,070; Des Molncs, cap ital $7,911,704, products $10,488,189; Dubuque, capital $8,117,358, products $10,952,204; Sioux City, capital $5,691, 044, products $15,409,702. FAIR PLAY FOR IGLESIAS Assurance that Lnbor Delegate's Illghta Will Ho Itespt-cted. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. Govornor Hunt of Porto Rico nnd Samuel Gom pors, presldont of tho American Fed eration of Labor, hnd a talk with tho president today about tho case of Santiago Igleslas, tho representative of the American Federation of Labor rocently nrrcsted on his nrrlvnl at San Juan on tho chargo of conspiring to raise wages. Mr. Gompcrs says ho will stand by Igleslns, as tho chargo of tho conspiracy to ralso wages Is tho only ono ngalnst him. Both Gov ernor Hunt and tho president nssurod Mr. Gompers that Igleslas would havo a fair trial and that all his rights would bo protected. Savings Grow Cheap. NEW YORK, Nov. 22. A movement is on foot among tho savings banks of this city to reduce their rato of intorest to depositors nftor January 1 from 4 to 3 per cent per annum. Individual banks havo been forced from tlmo to tlmo to drop to tho low er rato, but never beforo has simulta neous action by all tho 4 per cent banks bcon seriously contemplated. Long Score Against Dnvls WASHINGTON, Ind., Nov. 23. Kx Cashlor R. C. Davis has returned from Indlannpolls, whoro ho was Indicted on fourteen counts, charging him with embezzling $75,000 of tho funds of tho People's National bank, making fnlso ontrleB and for other offenses. Tho general Impression was that Davis would pload guilty and throw himself on tho mercy of tho court, but his at torney said Davis would not plead guilty. J y