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THE NEWS IN BRIEF 1
For two years the oil consumption
of the world has exceeded the produc
tion
Earcn IwasaklHisya the richest
young man In Japan is touring the
- United States
The Duke and Duchess of Manches
ter are to pay another visit to the
- United States
Robert Goelet of New York denies
being married to Miss Eleanor
eon a telegraph operator
A locomotive testing laboratory will
te a feature of the Transportation
Building of the Worlds fair
Microscopic experiments show that
the electrically made steel is not dif
ferent in any way from crucible steel
There are nearly 600 case of scarle
v tina inHavana
Recoveries are gen
erally rapid There have been few
dedhs
- Of the strikes in Great Britain last
i year 8G6917 were successful 35515
unsuccessful and 41G45 accepted com
promise
There have been twenty nine deaths
from the plague and fifty two fresh
cases of the disease during the last
week at Rio Janeiro
Most of the strike troubles
are con
fined to Spain and the United States
Maybe this is a punishment to the two
countries for warring with each other
The coke trade continues on the de
cline There was some hope last week
that November would bring an im
provement but Instead the indications
are no better
No speeches were made during the
luncheon given to royal personages at
Wolfsgarlen Germany In the after
noon Emperor William and the czar
jlayed tennis
Senator Stewart of Nevada is the
only man in the senate who has never
been shaved His beard began to
grow when he was 16 and has been
growing for sixty years
The Northern Pacific Railroad com
pany has declared a dividend of 1
per cent and an extra dividend of
of 1 per cent This makes 7 per cent
for the present calendar year
The conference between Count von
Buelow and Count Latosdorff at the
castle of Darmstadt Germany on
Wednesday was on the situation in
the Balkans and in the far east
During the ten months of the calen
dar year ending October 30 121113
immigrants had arrived in Canada
Of these 39046 were from the United
States 47341 from the British isles
and34528 from the continent of
ope
Major C R Scoby agent of the
Fort Peck Indian reservation has is
sued a proclamation declaring that all
non residents who may be found driv
ing stock within the boundaries of the
reservation will be treated as out
Jaws
m Pesti Hirlap reports that Captain
Bease an American while traveling
iu uuiifiiu jr uroppea aeaa at zamobor
He had just ieen visiting the grave
of his daughter who had died at Zam
obor five years ago
General John C Black commander-in-chief
of the G A R who has been
at the Garfield hospital in Washing
ton suffering from a rheumatic attack
is reported to be getting along as well
as can be expected
Miss Lolita Armour the daughter
of Mr and Mrs Ogden Armour hi
Chicago who was operated upon by
Dr Lorenz will give further proof of
her recovery by taking dancing les
sons in the near future
The Chinese are more enraged at
the Russian proceedings at Mukden
than they have been at any event
since the capture of Peking Some
of the hot headed members of the
council have advised the dowager em
press to declare war on Russia
Rev Horatio Brotherton pastor of
Trinity Baptist church Cleveland O
and prominent in the latter denom
ination died as the result of paraly
sis which attacked him on Monday
last Deceased was 55 years of age
Four hundred workmen in the
bloom mill and the Iron and steel fin
ishing departments of the Pencoyd
iron works at Philadelphia Pa were
laid off making a total of nearly 2000
men rendered idle by the gradual clos
ing of the big plants The eight inch
steel mill will be closed on Saturday
which will complete the shutdown -
Almost unaided Rev W A Lewis
of the Cherry Valley Pa Methodist
church rebuilt the house of worship
In which his congregation assembled
He didVthe painting mason and car
penter work and even carried the
bricks and mortar us a 30 foot ladder
It is calculated that the number of
timber sleeps on the railways of the
world does not fall short of 1495000
900 and a low estimate of their value
is 900000000 This alone constitut
ed a serious drain on the timber sup
plies of the wbrld
esESaa
UBAN CONCRES
THE REGULAR SESSION OPENS IN
DUE FORM
WHAT THE CUBANS HOPE FOR
President Palma Believes That the
Coming Extra Session of Congress
Will Adopt Treaty His Message
and the Subjects Dealt With
HAVANA The regular session of
congress opened Monday afternoon
Tle recommendations In the message
of President Palma were chiefly of a
general character The much dfs
cussed loan taxes are not gone into at
length and no amendment to the loan
law is suggested The president
promises a special message with ref
erence to the negotiations of the loan
commissioners who went to New
York who the message says are cer
tain that the loan can be obtained
in the United States
Continuing the message assurds
congress of the presidents zeal in
carrying out the payment of the revo
lutionary army and Senor Palma de
nies all assertions to the contrary
made by persons whom he terms cer
tain turbulent spirits
Referring to the relations between
Cuba and the United States the mess
age says
Our political relations with the
United States have been definitely set
tled by treaties founded on terms of
the constitutional appendix and the
latter could not be eliminated from
the constitution by the mere reading
of these treaties
Congress can appreciate that with
in the precise terms of the Piatt
amendment Cuba has obtained no few
advantages Of the two forms cf ces
sion of naval coaling stations by sale
or by lease the -one least harmful to
Cuban sentiment was adopted and the
smallest limit as to the number of
stations granted was made the regula
tions in the cases contain other limi
tations favorable to Cuba The gov
ernment is acquiring territory within
the stations and will soon formally de
liver the areas marked out
The honorable President Roosevelt
to whom the people of Cuban feel
such profound gratitude has been
faithful to his word and has convenec
the American congress in special ses
sion for the purpose of taking action
on the pending reciprocity treaty
from which we hope to receive such
great benefits
Trustworthy information has been
received by the executive which war
rants the belief that this treaty will
be ratified
The president congratulates the
Cuban people on their love of order
evidenced by the cry of indignation
which resounded from one end of the
island to the other when a few men
sought to create disturbances He
says instances such as these have
shown the capacity of the Cuban peo
ple for self government President
Palma condemned the leaders of this
movement whom he said were too
cowardly to make themselves known
Memphis Is Shaken Up
MEMPHIS Tenn A distinct
earthquake shock was felt all over
Memphis Wednesday morning No
damage was done but in a number
of instances tenants in high build
ings hastened to the streets An
other distinct shocks occurred at 115
p m
Reports from surrounding towns
tell of earthquake shocks but no se
rious damages is reported The vi
brations were felt as far south as
Grenada Miss
Colorado Bank is Closed
VICTOR Colo The First National
bank of this city a controlling inter
est in which is owned by the Woods
Investment company closed its doors
shortly before 2 oclock Wednesday
afternoon A notice was posted say
ing that the bank was in the hands
of the comptroller of the currency
The banks capital is 50000 The de
posits amount to about 3000 A quiet
run on the bank had been in progress
for several days
Three Hundred Arc KillcJ
LONDON A dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Simla says terrible earth
quakes have occurred at Turshise
near in Persia in
which 350 persons were killed and
numbers were Injured One hundred
and eighty four carpetfactories were
destroyed and only thirty two stalls
were left standing in the great bazaar
The entire town was practically de
melished
Destitution in Lebrador
ST JOHNS N F Extreme des
titution is reported from many parts
of Labrador owing to the shortage of
the fishery catch Unless relief be
provided by the government it is be
lieved that many of the people will
perish One vessel already dispatch
ed with provisions has not yet been
reported as arrived and the supplies
which were carried by the ship will
have to be duplicated and sent by an
other ship-
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OFF FOR A HONEYMOON
Laconic Meccage Sent by Eloping Girl
to Her Parents
In Chicago and New York anxious
relatives are still seeking some trace
of Mabel Hunter the heiress who
eloped while returning from Chicago
to her Eastern home The hunt for
IZ4KEL fZVP
the girl is made far more difficult by
the fact that none or her family or
friends knows with whom she eloped
All the information on this point is
contained in a letter the young wom
an sent her cousin E C Hegler in
New York This stated
Have married Charlie Hope you
wont be angry You surely didnt
think I came all the way from Chica
go to see Little Old New York did
you Please break the news to Aunt
Sarah Charlie and I are off for a
honeymoon Dont worry
Some of her friends think Charlie
is a Northwestern university student
whom Miss Hunter knew -when a
child She had just been graduated
from school in Chicago when she dis
appeared
STATEMENT OF PUBLIC DEBT
Indebtedness 1299039993 Increase
of 2649956 for September
WASHINGTON The monthly state
ment of the public debt shows that at
the close of business October 31 1903
the total debt less cash in the treas
ury amounted to 920402501 which
is an increase for the month of 2
649956
The debt is recapitulaLed as follows
Interest bearing debt 905277060
debt on which interest has ceased
since maturity 1196930 debt bear
ing no interest 392505913 total 1
299039993
This amount however does not in
clude 919843869 in certificates and
treasury notes outstanding which are
offset by an equal amount of cash on
hand for their redemption
GOES TO ENGLAND TO REST
Commander Booth Tucker to Visit His
NEW YORK Commander Booth
Tucker of the Salvation Army sailed
for England Wednesday on the Cedric
in response to a cablegram from Gen
eral William Booth the head of the
army It was said at Salvation Army
headquarters that the commander had
been overcome by the sudden death of
his wife and that General Booth wish
ed him to take a few days of rest and
to recover from the shock of his be
reavement
Among Salvationists It Is said that
General Booth is suffering greatly
from the shock of his daughters death
and on account of his age it is feared
the result may be serious
HELD FOR RANSOM OF 100000
Wentz is Captive in the Cumberland
Mountains
CHICAGO 111 A dispatch to the
Tribune from Bristcl Tenn says
Edward L Wentz the young Phila
delphia millionaire who mysteriously
disappeared from his fathers home
at Big Stone Gap Va October 14 is
alive and a captive in the Cumberland
mountains A letter has just been re
ceived from him addressed to his par
ents in which he states that he is
well and asks that the ransom of
100000 demanded by his captors be
at once paid so that he can get his
freedom
Negotiations for his release are be
ing made
New Austrian Emigration Law
VIENNA The new emigration law
of Austria which now awaiting tho
approval of the ministry of justice
abolishes the existing provision under
which emigrants of all classes lose
their Austrian citizenship Under the
new law emigrants for economical rea
sons will continue to be regarded as
Austrian citizens and efforts will be
made to keep in touch and assist them
in the country to which they emigrate
Mrs Ingersoll Brings Suit
BOSTON Mass An interesting
case in the United States circuit court
on Wednesday was that of the bill
of Mrs Eva Ingersoll of Dobbs Ferry
N Y widow of the late Colonel Rob
ert G Ingersoll to establish an at
torneys lien for 95000 for services
performed by Colonel Igersoll as coun
sel for the contestants in the cele
brated contest of the will of An
drew J Davis the Montana copper
King
EXTRA CONGRESS
WILL BE CALLED TO ORDER AT
NOON MONDAY
LITTLE WORK THE FIRST WEEK
Reorganization of House Will Be Fol
lowed by Introduction of Bills
Presidents Mcssaye on -Tuesday
The First Week in the Senate
WASHINGTON Phe house of rep
resentatives will be called to order at
noon Monday by Alexander McDowell
the clerk The opening of congress
always is of sufficient interest to at
tract a much larger crowd to the cap
ital than the galleries will accommo
date so admission will be by card
two being supplied to each member
There will he the usual floral dis
plays to lend picturcsqueness to what
will necessarily be a routine program
The proclamation of the president
convening congress in extraordinary
session having been read prayer will
be offered by the chaplain and then
the roll will be called by states
Mr Cannon who has been selected
as the unanimous choice of his party
for speaker will be formally elected
After the oath of office is adminis
tered to him by the father of the
house a title bestowed upon the
member who has seen the longest
continuous service the speaker will
administer the oath to the members
crenerallv
The old officers of the hoifsa hav
ing been made the nominees of the
republican caucus will be re elected
and sworn in Speaker Cannon will
appoint a committee to join a com
mittee of the senate to notify the
president that a quorum of the two
houses has assembled and that con
gress is ready to receive any com
munication he may desire to make
After adopting resolutions agreed
upon in the republican caucus mak
ing the rules of the Fifty seventh con
gress the rules of the Fifty eighth
congress and fixing an hour for the
convening of the daily sessions the
drawing of seats will take place The
necessary preliminary work having
been disposed of the house in all
probability will adjourn out of respect
to the memory of the members who
have died
On Tuesday the house will listen to
the reading of the presidents mes
sage For the remainder of the week
little can be accomplished but it is
understood to be the desire of the
house leaders that consideration of
the question of reciprocal trade with
Cuba be pushed as rapidly as possi
ble
The first week of the extra session
will be devoted to the usual prelim
inaries of a new session of congress
The program for the week is to have
four brief sessions and an adjurnment
on Thursday until the following Mon
day
OPERATION ON THE EMPEROR
German Ruler Has a Difficulty in His
Throat
BERLIN Emperor William Sunday
underwent an operation for the re
moval of a polypus from his larynx
The operation was performed by Prof
Moritz Schmidt and was entirely suc
cessful The only inconvenience suf
fered by his majesty is that he has
been enjoined not to speaic until tne
wound caused by the operation has
been healed
The bulletins announcing the result
of the operation caused much aston
ishment even among court officials
who had no suspicion that his ma
jesty was suffering from an affection
of the throat
Boundary Award is Final
OTTAWA Ont Hon Clifford Sif
ton one of the Canadian representa
tives on the Alaskan boundary tribu
nal returned to Ottawa Sunday The
decision rendered by the commission
must be accepted as final he said
No matter how Canadian might feel
about the justice of the award In his
opinion is was proven without doubt
that the Portland channel ran to the
north of Pearce Wales Sitklan and
Kannaghaunut islands
Home Rulers Victorious
HONOLULU The returns of elec
tions for county officers are now com
plete They show that the home rule
party has achieved a sweeping victory
in -the island of Mauai while most of
their candidates in Hawaii island have
also been elected
Skinner Reaches Beyroot
WASHINGTON Secretary Moody
received a dispatch announcing the
arrival of the gunboat Machias at
Beyroot on its way to Jibuti French
Somaliland with Consul General
Skinner and the other members of
the Abyssinian expedition Machias
stopped at Beyroot to take aboard a
detachment of marines from Brook
lyn and San Francisco which is to
escort the consul generals party into
the interior of Abyssinia
WORD COMES FROM HAY
He Outlines Position of United States
in Panama Affairs
WASHINGTON The United States
government has recognized the de
facto government of Panama It was
announced at the state department af
ter the return of Secretary Hay from
the cabinet meeting that instructions
have been sent to United States Min
ister Beaupre at Bogota assuming
that he has not Jeft the capital yet
and to Mr Ehrman the United States
vice consul at Panama and now act 1
ing consul there to inform the govern
ments of Colombia and Panama re
spectively that the de facto govern
ment is recognized
The decision to recognize the de
facto government of Panama was ar
rived at after a protracted session of
the cabinet Friday at which every
member was present except Secre
taries Root and Wilson The presi
dent emphasized the importance of
the recognition of the de facto gov
ernment With the withdrawal of
the Colombian officials the isthmus
was left entirely without a govern
ment unless that established by the
secessionists should be recognized
and this step seemed necessary for
the transaction of the routine busi
ness of the United States on the isth
mus
NINE DIE FROM FIRE
Caught in the Underground Workings
cf Mine at Virginia City Mont
BUTTE Mont A Virginia City
special to the Miner says fire in the
Kearsarge mines six miles from Vir
ginia City early this morning killed
nine men The damage to the surface
buildings is slight Among the dead is
Superintendent R B Turner of Butte
one of the best known mining men
in the northwest Four bodies have
been recovered up tonight All dead
miners are from Butte and were sin
gle men
The Kearsarge is one of the prin
cipal gold mines of the state and is
considered very valuable It is oper
ated by the Elder Mining company
May Issue an Ultimatum
CONTANTINOPLE In consequence
of the portes reply pleading the
superfluity of the new reform scheme
for Macedonia on the ground that
Turkey is carrying out the proposals
previously agreed to it is believed
Austria and Russia will send an ulti
matum giving Turkey a fixed term
within which to accept the proposals
and that in the event of refusal the
two powers will take steps compel
ling action
Powell Cables for Warship
WASHINGTON A cablegram has
been received at the state department
from United States Minister Powell
dated at Domingo City stating that
the insurgents are marching on that
city and asking that a warship be at
once sent there The cruiser Balti
more which sailed from Hampton
Roads several days ago is now due
at San Domingo and the state depart
ment believes that her presence there
will be sufficient
All Quiet at Pine Ridge
WASHINGTON Indian Agent
Brennan in charge of the Pine Ridge
agency South Dakota in reporting on
the conditions there in connection
there in connection with the recent
troubles telegraphed the Indian bu
reau as follovs Everything quiet
on reservation No excitement nor
is there likely to be any among the
Indians
Machen Trial November 23
WASHINGTON The cases of A W
Machen Diller B and Samuel A Groff
and George E and Martha Lorenz in
dicted on charges of conspiracy in con
nection with the sale of letter box
fasteners to the postoffice department
were Monday set for trial on Novem
ber 23
Asks for Recognition
WASHINGTON The United States
government received a cablegram
from Panama requesting that it rec
ognize the new government The offi
cials here are as yet in ignorpnee as
to what tnis new government consists
of and have taken no action on the
request
Redeeming 1904 Bonds
WASHINGTON Secretary Shaw
has given notice that on February 2
1904 interest wiH cease on such of the
5 per cent bonds of 1904 as may be
outstanding on that date The re
demption of these bonds will continue
with interest until maturity
Great Strike is Imminent
CHICAGO It is probable that by
the latter part of next week there will
be great strikes in the stock yards
in this city All the unions have di
rected their representatives to vote
for a strike at the meeting which
will be held next Thursday The sau
sage makers and canners have been
out for some time and the canmakers
have struck in sympathy The gen
eral strike will be for the same
reason
HINESE FOR WAR
SOME MEMBERS ADVISE COM
MENCING HOSTILITIES
THE OCCUPATION OF- MUKDEK
Chinese Greatly Enraged at Russian
Proceedings Demand Repeated for
the Exclusion of Major Wong
PEKING Yuen Shi Kay viceroy
of Chi Li province who as cabled to-
the Associated Press was dispatched
to Mukden by the dowager empress
with Instructions to Investigate affairs
there and if possible to arrange a set
tlement with the Russians did not
go any further than Tien Tsin which
ho reached Thursday evening It Is
now considered doubtful whether he
will go to Mukden at all
The Chinese are more enraged ad
the Russian proceedings at Mukden
than they have been by any events
since the capture of Peking Some of
the hot headed members of the coun
cil have advised the dowager em
press to declare war on Russia and
send trooss to release the tartar gen
eral whose detention at Mukden
growing out of the decapitation of a
Chinese bandit who had enlisted in
the Russian service but who fell into
the hands of the Chinese after the
Russians hod evacuated Mukden
wounds Chinese susceptibilities since
it is considered to be not only an In
sult to a high official but an Insult to
the Chinese government itself
Better informed officials however
realize the helplessness of China and
the madness of attempting to go to
war with Russia Their counsels
have hitherto prevailed though there
is much baseless war talk in the na
tive press and among the younger
Chinese officials
Paul Lessar the Russian minister
to Ciiina has repeated the demands
of Russia for the execution of Major
Wong who recently decapitated a
noted brigand in Russian employ and
the dismissal of Yuen the taotai of
Mukden who is Wongs superior of
ficer
MESSAGES TO THE MINISTERS
How News is to Be Broken to the Gov
ernments Concerned
WASHINGTON The following tel
egram was sent to the state depart
ment to Mr Ehrman the acting con
sul general at Panama
The people of Panama have by
an apparently unanimous movement
dissolved their political relations with
the republic of Colombia and assumed
their independence When you are
satisfied that a de facto government
republican in fofta and without sub
stantial opposition from its own peo
ple has been established in the stat6
of Panama you will enter into rela
tions with It as the responsible
I ernment of the territory- and look to
it for all due action to protect the
persons and property of citizens of the
United States and to keep open the
isthmian transit in accordance with
the obligations of existing treaties
governing the relations of the United
States to that territory
Immediately after an instruction
was sent by telegraph to Mr Beaupre
the United States Minister at Bogota
in about the same terms
DOWIE INDORSES ROOSEVELT
Elijahs Business Cabinet Visits the
President
WASHINGTON Presfdent Roose
velt received the indorsement of Alex
ander J Dowie the Zion prophet on
Monday in an Interview granted at
the executive offices to the Dowie busi
ness cabinet who are on their way
from New York to Zion City Judge
Barnes the spokesman delivered the
indorsement of the prophet
The president expressed his appre
ciation of the sentiment After the
interview with the president the Zion
ists were joined by the women ol
the party and inspected the White
House
Historian Mommsen Stricken
BERLIN Prof Mommsen the his
torian who was born in 1817 has suf
fered a severe apoplectic stroke He
is unconscious His left side is para
lyzed and there is little hope of his
recovery
Chilean Crisis to End
SANTIAGO DE CUBA The minis
ters of the general affairs finances
and war have withdrawn their resig
nations tendered October 31 and the
crisis is expected to end soon
Union Men Must Pay Fines
KANSAS CITY James Hill anc
John T Linsley drivers for a depart
ment store and Ernest H Trekell a
driver for the United States Express
company union men were fined 10C
each in police court here Tuesday fot
stoning a wagon driven by a non
union man a strike breaker Notice
of appeal was given The men were
sent to jail while their friends hur
ried around to raise enough
money to
pay their fines
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