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DO NOT SIGN REPORT
Cana3iaa Gommitrioneri EefoM to Attach
Signature to Award oa Bcrnouary.
IAyV EY WILL FORMALLY WITHDRAW
Vu . 'othinj Turin to Do with tha
, rixig of Lis.
HAKE SI
T OF THEIR POSITION
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Claim That D. g "Board aa Aaoonnotd
it . aaVa, .
BRITISH CUSTOM HOUSE MUST CLOSE
stave MaJetataed Plaee tee Taking
Tall aa Oeed ruiUi K lew
dike, Vat Ooeda Will Saw
Pass Free.
LONDON', Oct. .!; p. m.-Tha en
Irroeaed copy of tha Alaskan award waa
Signed at 1:10 p. ra. Tha Canadians de
clined t sign the award aa previously
cabled to tha Associated Presa
In consequence of tha attitude maintained
bv the Canadian commissioners Lord Chief
Justice Alverston decided this morning
lot ta hold tha proposed public meeting of
tha Alaskan Boundary commission, bat ta
hand its decision U Messrs. Foster and
Blftoe. respectively aenta of th American
and Canadian govsrnment.
Tba Canadian commissioners not only de
clined to Kirn tha award, but said they
would publicly withdraw from the com
mission. The)', aa well aa tha Canadians
connected with tha case, are very bitter.
Telegrams from Premier Laurier and other
prominent peraona In Canada ahow that
thla sentiment la shared generally through
out the Dominion.
Meaara. Aylesworth and Jetta will submit
their contrary opinlona to tha tribunal, eo
as to go officially on record, and while they
declined to algn tha award they algnad tha
tnsps agreed oa by tba majority.
Caaadlaa Mstl Statement.
Tha Canadian commissioners made a
Statement regarding tha award aa foUowa:
The decision of the Alaskan Boundary
tribunal tuts been given, and, in view of Its
character, the peoi..e of Canada, are. In our
Judgment, entitled to such explanation from
us aa mill enable them to comprehend
fully the manner in which their interests
hav been dealt with. Wo take up tha
jxilnts of the decision in the order in which
they are presented by the treaty under
Which the tribunal waa constituted:
First. Tha Portland tanal there are two
channels parallel with each other, with
four Islands between them. Tha Canadian
contention waa that the northern channel
Should be adopted. The United States con
tended for the southern channel. On tha
result of tha decision depended the posses
Hon of the fuur islands. Kennehunut
tutklan. Wales and Pearse. When the
tribunal met after tlx era-ument and con
idered thla queatlon. the view of tha three
juitian commissioners waa that tha Cana
dian contention waa absolutely unanswer-
A memorandum waa prepared and read
to the commissioners, embodying our news
and showing It to be beyond dispute that
tha Canadian contention In thla branch of
tha case should ureyafl, and that tha boun-
.. cary shoul a run ta nm nannweru 01 vnw
four lutacdt named. Uius gtvtasT them to
Lanada.
, Say; Member rbaags Mlkds.
' Notwithstanding theaa facta, the menv
ara of tba tribunal, other than ourselves.
dm now aimed aa award giving two of
tha islands, Kannaghunut and Sitklan. to
tha United States. These two Islands are
the outermost of the four. They com
mand the entrance of the Portland channel
and the ocean has a passage to Fort Slmp
nn Thla whnllv destroy the strategic
value to Canada of the Wales and Fearee
lalnnitl.
There la In our opinion, no proems of rea
anuing whereby Ue line thus decided upon
by the tribunal can do jusuneo. 11 w i
yievcr suggested by counsel In the course of J
argument that aucb a line waa possible.
Either the tour Islands belong to Canada or I
teiong to the United States. In the award
Iord Alverstone agrees with tha United
. Btatea oom mission era that the islanda
Should be divided. giving the two which pos
sjeaa stragetie value to the United States.
Second. The I.tne Northward from Port
land Channel Substantially the Canadian
contention regarding this Una waa that there
are mountains rallel with the coast,
within the meaning of tha treaty of Ut-I..
and that tha tope of auch mountains should
bo declared the boundary, tbo mountains'
nearest the sea being taken.
The United Btatea contention was that
there are no mountains parallel with the
coast, within the meaning of the treaty,
and that tha boundary must, therefore, ba
fixed under tha provisions of tha original
treaty relating to ten leagues to be run
N a distance of 1hlrty-fle mile, from the
J shore, including In the term "shore tba
gvrmm v . t n". 1 . ...... . ....
Th tribunal flnda Hint the Canadian con-
tan t Ion Is correct aa ta the exist enoo of the
mountains within the terme of the treaty;
but the fruits of victory have been taken
from Canada by fixing as a mountain Una a
row of mountain ao far from the coast as
to give the United Btatea substantially
sssarly all the territory in dispute.
Btate Deaartaseat Geta Sews.
WASHINGTON, Oct. JO. Secretary Hay
today received a cablegram from John W.
Footer cf the American coMnael before the
American boundary commission, giving de
tail of the award of that oommlaalon. The
cablegram shows that tha content Ions of
tha United Btatea bars been granted in al
most every caaa It also stated that tha
Canadian commlssloneis refused to sign the
award. Secretary Hay will lay the cable
gram before the cabinet at today' meet
ing. Mr. Foster did not undertake to supply
the secretary with the text of the agree
ment reached by the commission, but fur
bished a sufficient outline of Ita provisions,
telling what bad been decided upon under
each head of the artlclea of submission.
This outline la quita sufficient to enable
the State department officials to form an
accurate concluaioa aa to the nature of the
co turn Lasiun'a decision, and they make no
concealment of the satisfaction with which
tbey look upua It. The diversions from tae
Americaa claim, aa set out in .tha Hay
Pauncefot modus Vivendi, are even more
favorable to tha American caaa than the
limitations sot out in that document,
t ailaeet and W kite Pass.
t
One of the most important acquisitions
is tha eutiflrnuuos of tha Americaa title
ta tha While Paaa and ChUkoot Paaa, tbe
only practical paaa available to tha country
from tha bead of the iuiand waterway, in
the former of which s Lands th Canadian
customs house, which must now give way
to Amarloiui control.
Tbo northern boundary stands exactly as
It waa claimed by the Americana thirty
year age and as act ont la tha modua
Oa the wsatarn aide there la a slight dlver-
' aioa of lii a boundary lino to the east aa
made by the commissioner aa compared
with the modua ao aa to make the southern
terminus t Cape Fairweather. This In
volve. It Is briieved, a was of a few mlloa
of the territory from lb extreme American
claim, but it I aald that thla Wad , Is
worthless for mining purpoeea and on the
other band the American prospector bav
bow continued beyotrd qurstiua their right
, to exploit and locate claima upua the aup
U'awliy rich gold fields at the KlehuJ river.
The atbtude of tha Canadian romiule-
, ' alonera In refusing to alga the e.-maateaioa
report Is eoaxufly a Blatter of aurprUs to
jLCubUuue4 OA aavocid Pa4rk
RUSSIANS ARE VERY INDIGNANT
OaTeaded Becaaee talted State Cwst
cladee Treaty for Ofealsg
Port.
KKW TORJC Oct. X.-The Russian ar
very Indignant with the United Btate
government for concluding a treaty for
opening Mukden to the commerce of the
world, cble the Chee Foo correspondent
of the Herald They aay. he aeeerte. that
th St. Petrrtirg government will protest
and maintain that th opening of tkla new
treaty port will never take placa
The Port Arthur Russian newspaper.
Novo Krai, has published a strongly
worded article on thla subject. It declare
that the treaty I proof of the aggressive
nature of th policy of th United Btatea
Thla policy, the paper declares, tntringe
the right of Russia founded on Ita con
struction of th Manchtirian railway aad
th concession by -China to Russia of the
sole commercial exploitation of Manchuria
The Rusalan fleet ha returned from Dalny.
The garrison there and 30.000 Chinese
laborer ar building barrack for over
lft.OOO men. The defennea to th north of
Tallen Wan ar being strengthened.
Admiral Alexieff, vleeroy of the far east,
seems Indisposed, cables the Herald's Port
Arthur correspondent, to discuss the opening
of Mukden as the treaty port.
"Oh, w shall settle this question all
light," he said, "maintaining our old
friendship with America. International
commerce must go on.
Regarding the alleged construction
of
forts at Yongampho, In Corca, he
phatically denied It.
Thee atorlea are all fabricated,"
h
aid. "to cause a aenaatlon. There la no
fort, not a alngl officer, not a single aoldier
and not a single cannon at Yongampho.
Regarding Manchuria he aald trouble with
the brigands Is constantly occurring out
side tbe railway cone, and In Manchuria
between Harbin and Vladivostok and it
robber-ridden country.
He aald he often received petition from
th Chinese begging him to retain troop
and he would receive mors petition were
not th people terrorised.
NEVER EXPRESSES OPINION
Kins; Edward 8eade Cart Reply to mm
laqalry Reeardiaaj Hta Views
a Preo Trade.
LONDON, Oct. 20. An attempt to draw
aa expression of opinion from King Eld
ward on tha fiscal controversy by a letter
asking for' the truth of a statement pub
usbed to the effect that the king was a
free trader and had said that ho would re
gard with great dislike any proposal for
taxing food, ba elicited a curt reply from
Buckingham Palace. Th reply reads:
The private secretary la commended to
aay that tbo king never expresses any
opinion on political matter except on the
advice of hi responsible minister and
therefor tbo statement must bo Inac
curate."
Tbo Duke of Devonshire, until recently
lord president of th council. In a letter
while acknowledging that tbo fiscal que
tloa may require 'a reaDnsideration of th
liberal unionist attitude toward the gov
emment, advises the liberal unionist at
present to remain loyal to tbo govern
newt, spedaliy aa proceedings against
boxoo rule proposals ar still neoeaaarr,
DECIDES AGAINST VENEZUELA
lasplr Bold That Tax Pal t Do
tmmtm Osnrsaest Cornaat Bo
Collected m aecead Ttaac.
PORT OF SPAIN, Island of Trinidad
Oct. lO.-rJack-cn H. H. Ralston of Wash
lngton. the umpire of th Italian commis
sion at Caracas, ha decided against Vene-
xuela In the claim for the payment of the
double local taxes, which decision applies
la principle to tbo attempts now being
made by the Vonexuelan government to col.
lect a second tax on goods Imported at
CI u dad Bolivar, under th recent revolt.
tlonary government at that point. The
umpire hold that taxpayer were pro
tected by tbo payment to, th defacto offl
cera"
When tha decision of Mr. Ralston
known In Venesuela It will create a vivid
Impression, aa Preedent Castro Is now caus
ing tbo prosecution at Cludad Bolivar, of
foreign merchant who are refusing to pay
to the Castro government duties which
they had previously paid to th lata revo
lutionary government.
FRENCH 'PARLIAMENT MEETS
Goverasseat's Policy la Regard to He-
llsrleea Estakliekxeeata ta S
Dlaeaaaeel TBBrrw,
PARIS, Oct KL Both branches of Par
liament reassembled today. The absence of
Important Issues minimised the interest In
th event, but th galleries were filled
with people desirous ef witnessing the
opening scene. Premier Combes, Foreign
Minister Delcaaa, War Minister Andre and
other occupied th ministerial bench in
the chamber of deputies. M. Ribot, leader
of the opposition, was warmly greeted on
hla return to th chamber after a lor.g
Illness.
M. Combes accepted a proposition for
the consideration on Thursday of an In
terpellation Involving the policy of th gov
ernment toward religious establlshmenta
Various other Interpellations on ths Hum
bert case and the Dreyfus affair will cum
up later. The presentation of th budget
I set for Monday next. M. Bourgeois pre.
sided In tbe chamber of deputlea
Mxty Bat t alias. Are Called Oat.
8ALONICA. Macedonia. Oct. 10 Thirty
seven battalion of recruits hav been called
out In th vilayet of Salonica, Monaatir
and Koaaovo. Another twenty-three bat
talions hav been called out In AnaioUa
under order for transportation to Salonica.
Two battalion totalling L7&0 men arrived
bar yesterday from Smyrna.
Tree Bill Agaiast Wright.
LONDON. Oct . The grand Jury, which
baa been considering th charge against
Whitakar Wright th company promoter,
brought la a true bin sgainat him today.
. Torpedo steals Step for Coal.
CALAIS, Oct Fuur Russian torpedo
boats bound for Port Arthur put la to
Brest last Bight for coal-
CHARGED WITH BIG THEFT
eaw-s-e '
Beotea Maa la Aeeaeed ef Hevlas"
telea Tweat y Tkeeaaad
Dellara.
BOSTON. Oct 86 An alleged theft of
rJ0(a froea the Boston National Union
last November was revealed today whea
Elmer E. Laovttt of this city, was ar
raigned la court charged whs th deed,
Iavet pleaded not guilty and waa held
I lot a kearini JSevamtwr 1 la tall ef ,04
CALL FOR EXTRA SESSION
Presideat Itrae Sammtrni for Both Cham
bers to Xaet.
N0YEKBER NINE IS THE DATE SET
Necessity of Art lea mm tbo Cakaua
Treaty la Gives as tko H ease a
-Teat at tko Fro-cla-xaatloav.
WASHINGTON, Oct- 10. The president
today in sued thl proclamation:
By the President of th United Btate
of America, a Proclamation:
Whereas. Bv the resolution Of Ull senate
of March 1, UK, the approval by oongresa
ef the reciprocal commercial convention
between tne United blaiea ana uw rw
a I'uh. , .t 1 7 a i u n a nn I le-
cember 11. lfrii, la necessary before the
said convention shall take enect; ana
Whereas, it ia important to the public
in theaa 1'mtiul HuiM thst the sala con
vention shall become operative, ss nearly
as msy ba Now, therefore, L Theodore
Kooeevelt, president of the United dates
of America, by virtue of the power vested
in ma bv th constitution, do hereby pro
claim and declare that an extraordinary oc-
CHSion requires the conveuing or Dotn
houses of the congress of the I nlted States
st their respective cnamoers in me my
of Washlnaton. on the ninth day of No-
ember next at IX o ciocx noon, 10 ins
end that thev mav consider and determine
whether th approval of the congress ahail
be riven to the said convention.
All person .en titled to art as member
of the Fifty-eighth congreea are required
to take notice of this nrocU.mu.tlon.
(liven under m v Land and the seal or
the Unlte.1 States at Waahlngton the- 20th
dsy of October, In the year of our Lord,
one thousand nine hundred and three, and
of the Independence of the United States
the one hundred ana iwentv-eigrtn.
Seal.l THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
By the president.
JUri."N MAI, secretary or niaie.
The president ha commuted, to expire
Immediately, the sentences of Marion Mar
shall, Cyrus Rains and Burton Harper, coal
minor, who were convicted In West Vir
ginia of resisting a United Btate deputy
marshal.
They were sentenced on Juno 11. 19(8.
Marshall and Haiper to Imprisonment for
eight month and Ralna to Imprisonment
for five months In the Raleigh county Jail.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Kasaker of Hew RaroJ Preo Delivery
Rostes Etetakllske la
Iowa.
fFrom a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. St. (Special Tele
gram.) These Iowa rural route will be
establlahed November 16: Dlston, Ring
gold county, one route; area covered,
twenty-one square miles; population, 55.
Linden, Dallas county, one additional;
area, sixteen square miles; population, 450.
New Virginia, Warren county, two ad
dltional routes; area, twenty-eight square
miles; population, J6S. Ogden, Boon
county, two additional; area, eighty-two
square miles; population, 1,060. Bewal.
Wayne county, on routs; area, nineteen
square miles; population, E10.
STEAMER WRECKED ON ROCKS
reauKeeat Poaeeaaere aua Tweaty-Tw
f Ike Crew Tkeaakf ta
Bar Lest.
BAN FRANCISCO, Oct. AO. The -Matin
xchange reports that the steamer South
Portland, from Astoria for San Francisco,
has been wrecked at Bandon, on the Oregon
coast. Tnlrty-on of It passenger and
crew ar mlsatna". The captain and six
others succeeded la reaching shore.
South Porland was an Irregular steamer
185 feet In length, and was formerly known
as Caroline Nuller. It was owned by W. A.
Scammell of 8an Franciaco and sailed for
Astoria October 18, with a few passenger
and a cargo of grain.
Bandon, th point where It went ashore
last night. Is a remote place on the south,
western Oregon coast.
A telegram Just received say that
South Portland struck on Dandon reef on
th Oregon coast at ( p. m. yesterday dur
ing a dense fog. The captain, one sailor,
the cook and four passenger reached shore
and are now at Port Oxford. It Is thought
that the other on board, oomprlalrig four
teen passengers and twenty-two of the
crew, have been lost
PORTLAND, Ora. Oct . Following is a
list of passengers on South Portland:
Cabin W. H. Weber, J. Watson, B. Baker,
J. a Lakey, Mrs. W. E Tyrrell.
Steerage A L, Bailey, D, McKay, F.
Morlnge, Paul Relnmuth, J. C. Wright.
Officers Captain J. B. Mclntyre, First
Officer Bruce, Second Officer Raven. The
crew numbered twenty.
CONTRACTOR STERN ON TRIAL
PrellBalnarr Hearing- Before Saarexae
Ceart tor Faralsklag- Satchels
WUkent Straxta
WASHINGTON, Oct J8.-Leopol4 J.
Stern, ths Baltimore contractor arrested
In Toronto under two warrants charging
fals pretense ia the supply to the gov
ernment of satchels for rural free delivery
carriers, was given a preliminary heartrsr
in ths supreme court today. Stars pleaded
not guilty. Postofflco Inspector Waiter B.
Mayes, who worked up the case againat
Stern, was called to the witness stand.
but before his examination was concluded
court adjourned for the day. The
will bo continued tomorrow.
Assistant District Attorney Taggart re
viewed tbe charges against Btern, wko,
he said, submitted a bill and received
money for satchel strsps which ho never
furnished. Tbo bill on Its face," said
Mr. Taggart "was a lie. There were
L&S7 satchels supplied, but they did not
have the straps stipulated In th contract
On cross examination of Inspector
Mayes the defense brought out the ad
mission that Btern bad claimed that he
secured th pei-mission of two postal of
ficials to furnish the satchels without
trapa
TWELVE MINERS GO FORWARD
Twraty-Elskt However, Are Held
Philadelphia fader Ceatraet
laker Law.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct Twelve of ths
forty miners who arrived her on Sunday
weto today permitted to proceed to their
destination. Immigration commissioner
Rodger has. however, detained twenty
sight other pending further investigation.
Evidence has been secured which leads tha
commissioner to believe the miners a
brought her in violation of tha contract
labor law. Attorney General Knox baa
bevn aaked to institute proceeding against
J. W. Ells worth A Col. coin owners at
Ellsworth. Ia., who. It Is charged, havs
brought soany aoiaera her uaaer cue tract
trum .Waloa, ...
PARKER BOY GETS BIG ESTATE
Dave. pert Ceart . Sastatn Clalsa mt
One of Cbtldreaj aad Reject tko
Other Osa
J ,
DAVENPORT. Ia. Oct. . (Special Tele
gram.) A half Intere-t In a ti. 000,000 truat
fund I the present made to Francis Tad
mlr Parker, th 14-year-old natural on of
W. Fred Parker, the exjoentrie artirt, who
died a year ago at Florence, Neb., by the
decision of Judar Wolfe banded down to
day, which ends on of the most interesting
litigation ever fought out In the Daven
port courts. J. Monroe Parker, a former
wealthy resident of Davenport, had cre
ated th n.WXl.OOO treat fund, the Income
of which waa to be paid to hi children or
"then lawful issue," and the principal
divided among th grandchildren when all
th three original children were dead.
Shortly after W. Fred Parker died at his
country home at Florence, Neb., appeared
Pauline Frainsenet, (Sis housekeeper, a
daughter of Bunny France, who had pre
sided over the HernJtas;e, aa Parker's
borne was known, for fifteen years. Parker
before he died had pul-Moly recognised her
children aa hi own slid hi wealth was
claimed for the children. The trial here
lasted a week and arrayed a large number
of leading attorneys f Iowa and Ne
braska. By the decleUn ef Judge Wolfe
the attempt to prove a common law mar
riage failed, but he held that the older boy
waa his father's lawful heir, . under the
law of Nebraska, and orders one-half the
Income of the estate bo paid to him. Alex
ander Tulsie Fraiseenet, a young brother
of Francis Tadmlr, lr Ignored in the decis.
Ion, his father not hnving recognized him
In arrlting. As there Is only on other
grandchild, the daughter of Mrs. Josephine
Talbot Parker Brtabtn ef Omaha, the Frais-
senet boy would Inherit tha whole trunt
fund should Miss Btinbln die before her
mother.
Judge Wolfe' decision wai baaed on th
following provision ef the Nebraska laws
Every illerlrlmate child shall l mnM.
ered aa an heir of tbe Hereon who shall In
writing signed In the presence of a com
petent witness have acknowledged himself
to be the father of such child and shall In
herit his estate in the same manner aa If
n du oeen oom in lawiui wedlock.
BISHOPS VOTE DOWN SECRECY
Declare Tbey Will Ket H erase to Talk
A beat What Truaplre Dariaa;
Their Coaveatloa.
WASHINGTON, Oct JD.-The All-Ameri
can conference of Protestant Episcopal
bishops opened here today with services
at the pro-cathedral. The sermon w
preached by Right Rev. Cromwell Doane,
bishop of Albany and was a plea for th
prosecution of missionary work on broader
lines.
Bishop Tuttle, of the djoceae of Missouri. 1
after welcoming the bishops to the con- i
ferenoa, aaked to be excused from presid
ing, becairaa of lm per lect hearing. The
Right Rev. Thomas Undtrwood Dedley waa
elected president of tbej conference. Right
Rev. W. Lenox Mills, bishop of Kingston,
elected secretary. 1
Right Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee. bishop
of Washing-ton. recerres the bishops at
the see bouse tonight I ?
At the close of the arrynowa session this
statement - waa girea. $o -the Associaied
Press by Rev, A. V. A. Hall, bishop of
Vermont and Right Rev..' Joseph Blount
Cheshire, bishop of North Carolina, after
tt had been approved by th confrtence: '
"The meeting of bishop, holding office
in the United States, in Canada and in
tbo West Indies, Is for the purpose of con
ferring between the bishops sffectlng the
work of the church in the western hemi
sphere. Tbe conference Is not for the pur
pose of leglslstion. The meeting is private
and only such matters will be given for
publication as the conference may author
ise. This afternoon the subject for con
sideration waa th relation of tha several
branches of the anglican church in America
to one another. Suggestion were made as
to tha transfer ef clergymen from one na
tional church to another, with a view to
better maintenance of discipline and pro
tection from unworthy ministers."
A lively anscussion occurred at tbe after
noon session at to whether the proceed
ings should be considered confidential.
Bishop Hall of Vermont made a motion
to thl effect Bishop Henry C Potter of
New York declared that he would not be
bound by any rule of secrecy. Right Rev.
Thomas F. Oaylor, bishop of Tennessee,
was la favor of th motion, which was de
feated.
GEORGE GOULD IS A DIRECTOR
stle eras ateekhelder Make mmt
Oao Chaaa-e aa the Boara-la.
prevenaeats Darts; Paat Year.
DENVER, Oct. . The annual meeting
of th stockholders of tba Denver A Rio
Grande Railroad company was held todsy
1 ner was represented In person or by
proxy lb per cent of ths total capital
stock of; the company. All th director
were re-elected with th exception of
Charles Q. day nor of St Louis, who retires
from th board In conaequence of Impaired
health and Is succeeded by Edwin Gould.
The gross earning of th rear were 117.-
sotes, and the net earning were S6.C74.7m.
It was a matter of much congratulation
that there had been no unpaid voucher
at th close of th fiscal year and no float
ing Indebtedness. During th year there
were spent for Improvements and better
ments of roadway and structures th sum
of HJS.K1, and for additional motive power
and rolling stock tl.7ta.uu0, including 1.S0
new freight cars and forty-two new freight
engine. The North Fork branch, forty.
three mile long, running from Delta t tbe
coal mine at Somerset, ta western Colo
rado, was completed; and also th twenty
miles of the Castle Valley cutoff, extending
northeast from Saftna, Utah. Th branch
from Alamosa to Creed e, Colo., a distance
of seventy miles, was changed from narrow
gauge to standard gauge throughout
While the' system enter upon the new
fiscal year better prepared than In the past
to handle the larg traffic offered to It, It
It believed that still further purchases of
freight and passenger car and locomotive
will be Imperative before another twelve
months expire. Tbe strike of miner at
Cripple Creek and Telluride has not mate
rially affected th earning of th system.
At th Rio Grande Southern annual meet
lng th nam of Edwin Gould was substi
tuted for that of 8. M. Wood, as director.
No other Chang la the directorate was
mad.
BBBerteteadeat ef Mtalaa; Eaklkit.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. Oct
tO. Prof. Samuel B. Christ jr. dean of tbo
University of California eolleg of mining,
the largest department of its kind in the
United s taxes, has keen appointed superin
tendent of aa exhibit representing the work
of the mining; departments ef all the land
araiil eoiiegm aad univeruitiea, which will
be displayed at the St. Louie Kkpoa! Una.
Prof iJ wood Meed, bead of the dVx,rtmnnt
of Irrigation la tae University of Cailforoi.
will have cliarg of a ataniUr daparuneiit Il
lustrating trriaateo ptacUca lit th Vallcd
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Or din ano Grading Great Wertara Uaa ef
8treoU ia ?aawd.
SOME AMENDMENTS MADE TO ORIGINAL
Miner Chaaaes la Denarit Acted
I pee Before Passage aad Mayer
Sis as Measare Wltkeet
Aay Delay.
The ordinance vacating pasts of four
street and making other concessions for
the Great Western terminal was passed
by the council last night and signed by
th mayor. Th original document was
amended to some extent, but did not
encounter a single negative vote. A big
crowd of property owner who claim their
homes will be ruined by the new railway
viewed the proceedings la silence. For
two week they had peopled tbo council
room at every opportunity and fought the
ordinance as best they could.
Th amendments provide that no street
b closed south of Mason; that ths grant
be not "excluwv" and striking out the
section chan (ring the grade on Sixteenth
street Parts of Sixteenth, Seventeenth.
Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets between
Mason and Leavenworth si reels are va
cated, closing the thoroughfare to traffic
from the Great Western tracks to the
Union Pacific tracks, from one to several
block to th south. A subway will be
built for Pierce street and a viaduct for
the crossing under Mason.
A district court injunction Issued by
Judge Baxter prevented the council from
granting permission to Hayden Bros.
to construct a subway In the alley be
tween Dedge and Douglas streets t con
nect their present store with an annex
to be erected facing on Douglas, Just be
hind the Boston store. J. L. Brandeia
Sons, proprietors of the Boston store, se
cured the order, which Is returnable for
hearing on October M. Not only the coun
cil but the mayor, city engineer and Hay
den Bros, individually were enjoined tern
porarlly from taking any step toward
making the underground way.
The council declined to sustain the veto
of Mayor Moo res to the resolution that
awarded the task of revising and com
piling th dry ordinances to B. F. Thomas
for 11.500. Grounds for the veto as given
were that the compilation Mr. Thomas pro
posed to make will be worthies, a the
city law must be thoroughly revised,
trimmed and corrected. Mr. Thomas told
the council this is Just what he proposed
to do.
Another rate from his honor declining
to sign a resolution authorising the pub
lication of the registration boundaries In
three daily papers because he considered
the use of more than two papers a wast
of money was sustained.
Hew Steaaaer Ordered
Tbe Advisory board recommended the
purchase of a new fir engine from tbe
American Fir Engine company for tt.iOv.
100 days notice being necessary ' before
delivery of the engine. No bids were' ad
vertised for In this purchase and 'the com.
mttntcatioa was referred to the oommlttea
oa fir and water police. Th .engine
which the mayor and fire chief wish to buy
Is known as the 'metropolitan," the next
to the largest steamer made and 1 for
th new engine house at Eleventh and
Jackson streets, '
Mayor Chaplin of Hastings. Ia, does not
like the idea of having Omaha's old small
pox hospital brought to his town and used
for a printing house, and Intimated as much
In s letter sent to Health Commissioner ,
Ralph yesterday. Edgar Brown, a Hast
ings newspaper man, proposed to buy the
old election booths that compose th hospi
tal for 1125, but tha sal wa declared
off by the council laat night because Dr.
Ralph aald h thought It bad from a health
point of view to allow th structure to be
moved from their present site in th center
of a fifteen-acre lot
For Sidewalk Repairs.
By a resolution offered by Councilman
Back, Jd.OOO will b taken from the general
fund for bridge and street repairs and
cross-walka. This work was suspended a
week ago for lack of funds.
An electric lamp wa ordered at Twenty-
seventh and Pratt street and gas lamp
on Twenty-eighth between Plnkney and
Bristol and at Twenty-seventh and Da-
pont -
Orders were given to permit th Omaha
Electric Light and Power company to
change Its service connections from over
head to underground la th downtown dis
trict This mean th early use of the con
duit system.
An ordinance was given Its first and sec
ond reading that will tank the interruption
or delay of funeral prooessions by driving
through them punishable by a fin of S
or tea days In Jail. ,
City Fnada.
Comptroller Lobeck submitted the follow
ing statement showing the condition of
funds on October 20:
Wsrrants
Fund. Receipts. Drawn. Balance.
General t KQ.37s.s7 Jliei.617 .8 f '.!. m
Sinking
ac.fc6. 67
4.711. S4
i.2 I7.4
ll.7us.tis
1U3.3M.34
M.&77.W
....
Waur rent..
Judgment ..
Library
Vie,.
.6T e
8.210. 11
16.31:.!
l3. a4. as
tf7.7S.01
Lis 3
1.C7
l.tuH.W
Police K7,7S.Ol M.677.00 1,101.01
Sewer main-i.inina-
.... 7.370."3 S.85S 62 I BIS M
Park 41 12. b II S. lit 20
Lighting .... 64.4e. 2.7S.)3 L7S4.S2
Health 0.072.U a.VuJ.K S.lk.7
Cleaning and
sweeping ..
r,,r. ff-utt'a-
16.606.64 16.161 76 1.152.71
paving .. X.30 OS 11.764 61 4.865 17
PavuTg bond 41.11 7 2.K 97 SUSl."
Omaha seWr 41M7.M ' 4.220.0s 46.7:3 .
Road ' 16.1)11. SO 6,1, 7. Ml
M k't place.. "Jlt.im 0.14
log ..T. 1.144.00 1.246.44 KS.3C
Totals ...H.lO,Jl.6 tW2.4eJ.Jl 112.73.4C
Ge-verai fund balance ti.Ml kt
Amount set aside 4.6tl .
Amount available
t SOU. 20
Graft la Ckleag la Be laves! lavated.
CHICAGO, Oct 10. An appropriation of
6,tM was voted by ths council last evening
to pay the expense of uncovering rascality
around th city hall. Thla action was
taken when Alderman Henimaa told the
council that hi committee Investigating
'graft would be able to accomplish great
things If it only had some money to work
with. Ha said tbe committee wanted to
look Into grave abuses In administrative
method a well as specific charge of mis
conduct. Th appropriation was voted
promptly.
Willis Wm4 Cet Divorce.
SIOUX FALLS, 8. D.. Oct J -Notwithstanding
. that every effort has beea mad
keep the matter secret It has been ascer
tained that Colonel Will la Wood, owner
of the opera bouse hearing his asms at
Kaaaas City, has been divorced by Judge
Bennett of the Third circuit, th plain
tiff allegtnc abaadoneaent and cruelty, lis
has mad his becao la Bout Dakota about
gear.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecsnt for Nebraska Fair
Wednesdsy
and Thursday,
Teas per tore at Ossafca Testerdayt
Hear. Dec Hear. Dea.
a. sa &4 1 p. sa Tl
a. sa 4H a p. sa 7
T a. as ( S a. m T4
a. sa 4 4 p. as T!
au as tut B p. ss Tl
10 a. an BT p. SB 70
11 a. sa 411 7 st. sa
11 a n p. as K
m. tm a
MORE FIREWORKS FOR BOARD
Sesae Exrltlas; Periods Looked For at
Cassias; Meeting ef t'oeaty
CenBsslssioaers.
Recent development seem to Indicate
that the county commissioners will have a
white elephant on their hands when It
come to awarding the contract for th re
pair work on the county road. The six-cla!
session of the board last Saturday wit
nessed soma pyrotechnic between County
Surveyor Mqulst and Contractor E. D.
Van Court and It la expected that th reg
ular session of the commissioners next
Saturday will be enlivened with a similar
exhibition.
Since the discharge of the gangs of men
who wer at work on the city and county
repair work, the contractors are now able
to secure help at a much lower rate. They
also are assisted in this respect because of
the fact that winter is approaching and tbe
laborer are willing to work at most any
figure.
Two weeks ago Contractor E. D. Van
Court appeared before the commissioner
and submitted the only bid for th repair
ing of the west two and one-half mile of
the county road along Mason street and the
east two and one-half miles of the road
along Center street Tht bid wa accepted
and the commlsalonera voted to award
the contract to Mr. Van Court When
the commissioners - next met in special
session to draw up the contract with Mr.
Van Court and approve his bond they wer
met by a delegation of contractor who pro
tested In no unmistakable terms over the
action, alleging that the work had never
been advertised and that they had been
given no opportunity to bid on th work.
The commissioners then refused to draw
up a contract with Mr. Van Court and have
advertised for bid which will be opened at
the next meeting of the commissioners
Saturday. The plans and specifications
have been formulated by County Engineer
Edqulst
ONCE FOUGHT 0LDGER0NIMO
Freak A. Cook, Kew Hlk Schawl
Cadet CesBsaaadaat, Has Record
ef Active Service.
Frank A. Cook, captain of commissary
In th United States army and Just ap
pointed commandant of th High school
cadets, wa graduated from th military
academy at West Point in 188&. The fol
lowing year he served as second lieutenant
a-lth the Fourth cavalry on the Mexican
frontier In the campaign against Geronlroo.
Lack ,of sctlve warfare then caused him
to retire to civil life -and he wa an in
structor In "rartoos" enste n schools until
1KB. . Two years of this time wer put lq
as commandant of cadet and Instructor In
ma. hematic at Berkely school at Provi
dence, R. I. ' Later he performed the same
servica at Bryant school at Roalyn, L. I
under George B. Cortelyou, the present
secretary of labor and commerce.
At the ojtbreak of the Spanish-American
was he became lieutenant rolonel of the
First Rhode Island Volunteer infantry.
serving eleven months and commanding the
regiment In southern camps during half ef
the time From 18fO) to 1901 Captain Cook
was a major In the Twenty-sixth Infantry
volunteers, commanding a battalion In the
east at San Francisco snd In the
Philippines. Later he was made a captain
In the regular army and has served as
such since 190L
FIRST TRIP SINCE ACCIDENT
B.. P. Taylor, Iowa Traveling; Maa,
Jest Oat After laje tries Tress
Cedar Rapids Fire.
B. F. Taylor of Davenport la, traveling
representative of th Tlpp Whip company
of Racine, Wis., I a guest st the Murray,
and is the hero of quits a thrilling experi
ence ef which he still carries th marks.
Mr. Taylor was In the Clifton hotel fire at
Cedar Rapid last rprlng. Mr. Taylor when
awakened by the fir and smoke discovered
that every avenue of escape had been cut
off except by th window. Opening this he
climbed out and clung to th window sill,
but his strength gave out before help could
reach him and he fell two stories to the
pavement Both of hla arm and a log wore
broken by th fall and he was also Inter
nally Injured and badly burned. He was
taken to the hospital and It was a month
or m'jr before be was able to be taken to
hi home He has only recently recovered
from hla Injuries, and thl 1 his first trip
on tha road sine his misfortune.
MAY SUE FOR HEAVY DAMAGES
Iron Workers Tales Claims Plttskarg
Aeeldeat Waa Caves 4 ky
Kegllgeaee.
PITTSBURG, Oct 10. As a result of a
pedal meeting of the Structural Iron
Workers union held lsst night damag
suits aggregating (100.000 may be brought
against the American Bridge company,
charging negligence In the construction of
the Wabash railroad bridge, where the
disastrous accident occurred yesterday.
Th officer of th union ar reticent on
th subject but on of them said th union
may take charge of all the case and bring
suit Th men at the meeting alleged that
the company had been raising daily eighty
tons of Iron on the traveler at tbe bridge,'
which the commissioner said should not
carry mora than thirty tons.
The union d I tided to stop all work In
the city until Thursday and mad special
arrangements for the funerals of tbe vic
tims of yesterday's accident.
t It wa decided that oa the casket ef each
victim should b placed a floral piece repre
senting a broken traveler.
INDICT PARKS FOR PERJURY
Walklaa; Delegate Is Ckargrd wltk
weertaar Falsely Dories;' His
Owa TrlaL
NEW YORK. Oct. 20-A Dot her Indict
ment was returned today agslust Sam
Parks, tbe walking delegate. This Indict
ment Is on the charg of perjury, U being
alleged that Parks bad committed the crime
during hla own trial when he swore that
be did not see Joeepbus Plenty, th New
Jersey contractor, pay over ISA) In rash,
which It ta alleged Parks received for end
leg a strike, '
BAMERS BEGIN TALK
Tooutindi of Dalegateti ia Attend ado at
Ban Fnncitco Ocnrention.
COME FROM ALL PARTS OF COUNTRY
BpeoUl Train Cirri m On Party of TiftMa
Hnadrai
LYMAN GAGE ON TRUST COMPANIES
Seoretarj of Treaanrr'a Papor ia a fcktmr.
of Tint Day.
PROBLEM THAT BESETS THE RICH
WJ.e aad Keeaessle Adsal.l.tratlea of
Estates a Matter That Heeds
Carets! aad t eearieatleae
Haadllas;.
RAN FRANCISCO. Oct .-Tha hotel
sre rapidly filling up with delee-ates to the
convention of the American Bankers' as
sociation. Fully I.ttlO persons cam In on
a special train, sent acroa th continent
by leading railroads, and other thousands
have reached California over the regular
routes of travel. The delegate are agreed
that the arrangements are moot complete
and they are pleased with the welcome ox
tended by San Francisco and California.
The California bankers net at Stelnway
hall. The trust companies In th morning
at the California theater, and the savings
banks In the afternoon at th lecture room
of the Academy of Science building, but
the bulk of tbe delegate ar Interested
mainly In the general convention which as
sembles at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning In
the California theater.
P. C. Kauffman, vice president of tbo
Fidelity Trust company of Tacoma, read a
paper on trust companies in th north'
west. He reviewed tbe trust legislation ta
Oregon. Wsshlngton and Idaho. Th trut
movement In that section, he said, waa of
too recent birth to have achieved a posi
tion of Importance, and as yet did not
differ materially from ordinary banking
business, but the future development of
the commercial opportunity on tbe Paclho
roast promised a bright futura.
Clark Williams of New Tork read a brief
paprr on tha business of trust companies
of Greater New Tork and th necessity
for cash reserves. The deposits of th
forty-nine trust companies aggregate 1741,-
060,000.
Ia Tract Cesapaay Seetloa.
The ttunt company section met In
the California theater with E. A. Potter,'
chairman of th executive) committee, pre
siding In the absence of Chairman John E.
Borne. There was a fair attendance of
delegate. Th visitors wer welcomed to
San Francisco by Frank J. Symms, repre
senting the mercantile Interests of the city.
The response waa made by Chairman
Potter, who paid a tribute ta California
hospitality, which waa equalled only, h
aid, by th: unbounded resources of the'
atate. '
The report of the section showed a "bal
ance ef C5U in th treasury and a lotaf
membership of SOI.
An Interesting paper wis read by Phillip
8. Bakcock. an officer of the Colonial Trust
company of New Tork. His subject was
"Escrow, a Varied snd Fron table Feature
of Trust Company Business." Mr. Bab
cock reviewed th various forms of
escrow, the occasions that usually call
for their use, th nultitudinou details
rrislng from their employment and the
profits arising from commissions.
Secretary Branch then read the paper on
"Trust Companies as Trustees" written by
Lyman J. Gsge, president of tha United
Btate Trust company of New Tork, which
was as follows:
Gage oa Treat Cesapaairs.
We are accustomed to think of th serious
problems which beset tlie poor, and we
sympathise or ought to sympathise with
them. The ever present question of to
morrow, the possible failure of employment,
the com of living, the drawback of sick
ness, the calamity of death these mar be
briefly summarised as the leading problems
of the very poor. These problems do press
a painful nurden upon the larger mass of
society. To secure Immunity from them,
to find honorable avenues for escape, to
secure financial independence. In short, to
accumulate wealth. Is and forever tmwt be
a natural aad laudible ambition. But no
sooner does one pass over from th army
of the poor to the relatively smaller com
pany denominated th rich or well-to-do
than he flnda that tha problems of life. If
changed in their nature, are yet vexatious
and troublesome. Having become possessed
of a competence, he no longer fears the
approach of bis landlord for rest unpro-
I viJed, nor is he snxlous ooncernlng to
morrow a Lma or mm i a uiv wuwrvwiuiei
to clothe hla family.
In this country we hav not well learned
the lewon of content with reference to an
acquired competence. Th American busi
ness man seldom retires. He prefer to
struKple on in the barnesa and to carry bis
financial problems to the Inevitable end,
not as a general rule from considerations
of svarlce (for In no country ar th rich
more generous or less avaricious), hut from
the sheer Joy of achievement and the fasc.
instlon which the conflict of business life
hHS for him. In England they have learned
better than we to Le content with a com
petence, to relieve erne's self of the burden
of wealth and to devote one' energies to
other purposes than the mer Increase of
th burden. ,
In America, an ever Increasing number
are learning this lesson. Their greatest
problem Is to find a suitable custodisn for
their wealth, to whom Its cares and re
vponslblllUes may be safely delegated,
Ceatlageacles to Provide Aaralast. .
If. however, th American man of wealth
doe not wish to retire from feuatnea but
with tus cliaracteriatio aad lnexhauailbl
energy, preisra, for th mere pleasure of
achievement, to continue to add to Lis ac
cumulated means, he la yet confronted by
the possibility of disability through dls-
ettse or Infirmity of age and tbe certainty
of death. Unless he is strangely uidiifer
ent, he cannot be unmlndf j of the question
as to tbe ultimate disposition of his In
herited or acquired possessions. If blessed
by th tie of blood with a family, either
linen 1 or collateral, he finds that he haa
tecome a kind of human providence to a
! d(-ndent group, fur the members of
which, in varying oegrses or duty, it Is
his pleasure le extend a protecting and
helping haxid. He must recomts that hla
children, who hav been educated in the
school, cultivated by travel and rrflned
in tasie through social custom and nan
Iiers, hav in a sense claims upon him, snd
that there are few greater hardships In Ufa
than ttiose sudden rrveisais of fwtune
where a child, reared la luxury, is sud
denly called upon to face unaccustomed
poverty.
Sooner or later, the obligation must be
diKcharged to make a w1m disposition of
his fortune, and as nothing Is mors certain
I lu.n that be cannot himself continue, and
aa nothing is more certain than that the
question, "Whom shall I constitute my
executor or trustee?
This problem which, to thoughtful snd
conscientious men is a grav one. tbe truat
company In Its leal capacity a adminis
trator executor or guar dues or' trustee,
la establlahed to sol v., Kujoving per
petuity it Is not subject t iNe vitiahitudea
of death. ContrulKa ky tlie limitations
and provisions of '.is charter. It la kept by
tbe strong iie.iJ of tits lew wlia the
limits of conservative operations. Pre
sumably managed by a competent koard
of directors, the beneficiaries of the trust
bsve the adva'itage of th collective wis
dom of the experienced men, snd In flnan
rial matters, "in a multitude of exper
ienced counsellors there Is safety '" In
spected by Independent oftV-ers of th "!,
any wroiis-doiiig bv an officer of n truet
torauaay cannot loag remain undiscovered.
1 'i a and ( ( ample capital, tha beiieftcUer