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Ail n i j J 3, J 5 3 J 1 THLMliyOBlil IltA L. IIAltB, Proprietor. TERMS: $125 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. LTIIE NEWS IN BRIEF. Will Jackson, a negro, was hanged nt Cartcrsvlllo, MIsb., for assault. Cattlo herds In tho Argentlno repub lic aro said to numbor 10,000,000, all descended from eight cows and ono bull brought to Brazil about 2C0 years ngo. A civil service examination will bo hol4 on November 29 at Mt. Pleasant and IJoono, la., for positions of clerks and latter cnrrlors In tho post olllces at those places. An organization to bo known as tho German East Asiatic society has been founded In Berlin to maintain closer relations betweon Germany and Ger mans now In Asia. II. C. Cox, city marshal of Prescott, Arizona was Hhot and killed by Charles Levy, colored. Cox had at tempted to arrest Levy on a trivial charge Lovy escaped. Governor Otero of Now Mexico Is sued n proclamation for quarantlno against cattlo from Texas from No vember to March 5, owing to tho prcv alcnco of Toxas fovor In Texas, Roportu from tho sta." of Sonorn, Max., stato that Yaqul Indians attacked Mexican raiichors near Omalas, killed thirty persons and escaped to tho mountains. Troops are In pursuit. John McCurdy has just completed his fiftieth year as engineer on tho Michigan Central, and although 70 years of ngo makes dally trips bo tween Michigan City and Jackson, 153 miles. Henry Hccdnor, an aged farmer liv ing near Nehawka, Nob., was strlck by a train whllo crossing tho Missouri Pacific bridgb and so badly crushed that tho physicians think ho cannot recover. Governor Durbln of Indlnna ap pointed n committee of fifteen prom inent rcsldonts of tho stato to tako chargo of raising funds In Indiana for tho McKInloy National Memorial as sociation. Chnrlton, Lucaa county, two carrlors; length of routes, 43 miles; area cov ered, CO square miles, population served, 1,010; numbor of houses on route?, 202; carrlors, Will C. Fuller and Wm. E. "Badger. Tho Moorish govornmont has paid V30.000 for tho parens nnd fl.fiOO In demnity as a result of tho enpturo by Kabylo trlbcsmon of a Spanish boy and girl last May at Arzllla on tho Atlantic coast of Morrocco, At London, Androw Carncglo was formally nominated for tho lord rec torship of tho St. Andrew's university. Thoro woro no othor nominations. Mr. Cnrnoglo's election will bo declared by tho vlco chancellor Novombor 8. President Joffery of tho Denver & Itlo Grande railway haB announced tho nppolntmont of J. M. Harbcrt as gcnornl managor of tho ontlro Rio Grando systom, to succeed J, II. Mot culfo, who will rotlro Novombor 1. Emperor William has telegraphed tho Gorman Protestant community In Shanghai that ho will glvo an altar and windows to tho new church thoro In momory of Baron von Kottoler, tho murdered Gorman minister to China. What Is Bald to bo tho strictest pttro food law In tho Unltod States Is now In effect In Now Jersey. Its enforce .mont has boon entrusted to tho Now Jorsoy stato board of health. Under it tho ofllco of stato dairy commissioner la nbolishodi and his duties will como . under thoso of tho chief food Inspector, Tho famous Moxln will contest cnoo nt Dallas, Tex., has boon finally sot tied out of court Mrs. Mary G. Moxlu and her daughter, Amanda L. Mexln, of Patorson, N. J., tho principal contest ants, get one-fourth of tho nil Man dol lar estate Norway Is tho only country in tho world whcao' banks hold moro spoclo In their safes then they Issuo. A number of Hague bankers and othor wealthy men of Holland nro making arrangements to establish n colony of Doors and Holland Dutch In Wyoming. A tract of 300,000 acres has been secured In tho valluy of tho Green river In Sweetwater county, southern Wyoming. Burvoys havo been made ifor a gigantic canal and Irrigation sys tem and construction Is to bo com inenccd at once. Tho supremo court of Ohio declared unconstltutlon tho toachors' pension law, wheroby tho publto school teach ers In tho city of Toledo aro assessed 1 per cent of their annual salaries for the purpose of maintaining a fund far tho nssUtanco of retired Instructors. Tho president announced that ho would reappoint Auleck Palmer mar shal of tho District of Columbia, Prlnco Lu, according to tho Bhang hal correspondent of tho Standard, has 'been appointed to roprrsont China at tho corpnatlon of King Edward, John Taylor Lowls, who was vice and doputy consul genoral of tho Unit ed States to Rio Jnnulro uttdor Prcal ' dent Cjeveland, from 1806 to 1899, ha& been appointed to represent tho Louis Una Purchase Exposition company In JQrazll. PATIENCE NOT VIRTUE French Chamber Agrees that Saltan's Conduct Merita Chastisement. HIS ABUSES HAVE BEEN PROLONGED Government' Action li Upheld by an Overwhelming Majority Forte IJreak Many I'roniUei llellef that France's Action Will Do Approved. PARIS. Nov. 5. In tho Chamber to day M. Scmbat (radical socialist) In terpellated the government on the Frnnco-Prusslnn dispute, noticing tho action taken ns being for ft matcriiu end and contending that Franco ought to havo intcrforrcd at tho tlmo of tho Armenian massacres. Tho foreign minister, M. Dclcassc, replied that Franco's patience was ex hausted by tho porto's breaking Its own promises. Franco In tho. present difficulty pursued no fresh ndvnntngc, but everybody would ngrco that this effort on tho part of Franco ought to nt least servo to put an end to tU aunoynnco nnd unjust treatment of which Franco's workors In tho Orient had been tho object Ho added: "Un Icbs Parliament nrrcsts our action thu government wishes to show that Franco, after excmplnry pntlcnco, Iiub othor things to opposo to tho long nnd persistent refusal to do justlco than slmplo observations. Tho government ntervened In tho quay questions In order to got Turkey to fulfill its en gagements. If tho government hab not dono so thcro would havo boon an end of tho numerous enterprises which Franco lino created In Turkey n tho shnpo of railroads, roads, light houses and banks. "Tho porto has also persisted In Its refusal to relmburso Mme. Tublnl and Lorando In splto of tho decrees of tho tribunals In their favor. Tho govornmont will only present to tho porto demands which nro In conform ity with Us conBcienco nnd which cai. bo sustained in perfect tranquillity ol mind boforo tho whole world. The debt has been reduced by a largo per centage and the porto In August agreed to glvo satisfaction, but on tho morrow thoso arrangements wcro for gotten and othors wero proposed. Our minister then ceased official relations with tho porto. Thcro was no ulti matum, but tho cessation of rolatlons Indicated that tho government took tho porto's word seriously and that It lntonded that tho engagements entered Into should bo respoctcd, but resorvod to Itself fixing tho moment for their oxccutlon. "Our rights nro certain nnd nobody will dlsputo thorn. Our action is le gitimate and nobody can tako urn brago aB It, and our patlonco has becu long, so our action must be mom resolute." As to Armenia, M. Dolcnsso Btated that during tho last thrco years ho had not overlooked tho question and whllo defending Franco's material ln tcrets, ho had displayed equal solid tudo for Its moral Interests and for Its traditions. JAnVIS If ALL IS DESTROYED. Epltoopul Military Academy Near Donvcr llnrim to thu (1 round, DENVER, Colo., Nov. 5. Jarvls Hall, rt military academy at Monto clulr, near Donvor, a school for boys, maintained by tho 7ipIscopnl church of tho dlocenso of Colorado, was burn ed to tho ground, causing a loss cstl mated at $75,000. Soventy-flvo stu dents roomed. In tho building, but nil csenpod without Injury. Tho origin of tho flro Is unknown, A high wind prevailed, nnd although tho Denver flro department rcononded to n call for help, nil efforts to savo tho building woro fruitless. It was Insured for 240,000. Tho library of Canon Rogers, rector of tho academy, ono of tho finest In tho west, was partially do stroyed. NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE CaiieIiI Boon After UnmmUilon of Crime uud Put to Dentil. GULF PORT, MISS., Nov. 5. A negro whoso name has not yot boon learned was burned at tho stake in Perry county, Miss., Saturday night. Tho crlmo for .which tho negro suf fered was committed early In tho morning and Mrs. Fortenb'erry was tho victim. Bho Is tho wlfo of ono of tho most prominent men In that Boctlon. Bho wns bontcn Into unconBclousncss by tho negro. After recovering con sciousness und while yot nlmost too weak to movo, Bho began crying for holp. Ilnonrvelt Appoint n Collector. WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 6. Tho prcsldout uppolntcd John It Bonnoll of Crawfordavlllo, Ind collector of In ternal rovouuo for tho seventh In diana district. Futittmi WhiiU to He Home. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 5.U Is stated that General Frederick Funston will shortly apply for, loayo of, ub sonco from tho Philippines and re turn to tho United States ou a visit BELIEVES MISS STONE DEAD Btudent Who W Memher of Her Part; Bo Informe IIU Friend. NEW YORK, Nov. H.-Tho rosltlvo f -1 1 it.-a tt- ti t e ni I'uiivicuuu turn .witiH r.uuu ai, oiunu In dead Is contained In n letter which has JiiBt been -Melvcd In Boston from Ivan Rnduloff, a student 'who was with tho American missionary whan sho wan captured by brlgandB in Turkey, together with Mme. Tsllka, says the Boston correspondent of tho Press. According to this letter tho pnow In tho mountains into which Miss Stone and her companion wcro taken by their captors was thrco feet deep thrco weeks ago, at tho tlmo tho letter was written. Even In tho summer time tho snow upon tho highest summits of theso mountains does not molt. Tho first snowfall usually comes at about tho mtddlo of September, nnd by tho mlddlo of Octobor tho mountain passes nro absolutely closed tb travel. It was tho conviction among Miss Stono's friends In Samokov, Bulgaria, thrco weeks ago that sho could not pos sibly havo survived tho rigors of her j captivity until that date. Thoro was a hopo that Miss Stono might havo been concealed by her captors in tho monastery of St. Ivan of Slln, which It near tho Bulgarian-Turkish frontier nnd on tho Bulgarian sldo of It So great was .tho anxiety of tho Bulgarian govornmont to do ovorythlng In Its power to nssist tho United States gov ernment In their effort t,o find tho mis sionary that It adopted tho exceedingly unpopular mcasuro of ordering a scarph of tho monastery. This search disclosed tho fact that Miss Stono had not been thoro. NEBRASKA GETS - MANY MEDALS. Several of ld mid Mlvrr nro Awarded lit Fun .American Kipoult Inn. BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 6. Tho hor ticultural department of tho Pan American exposition has Just" an nounced Us awards. Nebraska receives medals as follows: Stato Horticultural Eoclety, gold medal; general display of fruits, Youngers & Co., gold medal for displays of fruits; Thco. Williams, Benson, gold medal for collection of hybrid plums; sliver medal, Marshall Bros., Arlington, for dlsplny of fruits; bronzo medal, C. H. Barnard, for dis play of apples and pears; honorable mention, Frank Martin, Oniuhn, for exhibit of plums. 1 In tho agricultural department Ne braska received a gold medal for & collection of agricultural products, n silver medal for collection 'of cereals, gold medal for a display of sugar beets and their products, and a silver medal for a display of corn. , WILL TALK WITH CONTINENT. Coiilirctlou by Tetephoho of England Dolglum nnd llolhmd. WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 5. Bol- gtum nud Tho Netherlands nro to havo telegraphic communication with London nnd other Inrgo cities of Eng land, according to a roport to tho Btnto department from United States Consul Roosovolt, dated nt Brussols, October 10. Consul Roosovelt says that very Boon a now Biib-marlno tolo phonlc cnblo will bo laid connecting Brussols with London, nnd that tho circuit will bo so disposed as to servo, besides London nnd Brussels, Antwerp, Llcgo, Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool, Mr. Roosovelt soys that tho point of Immcdtnto connection on tho Bel gian side will bo near La Panno, and that tho line will omcrgo again at Ramsgato, on tho English coast Will Cloie for Want of Coke. PITTSBURG, Pa., Nov. 5, Eighteen blast furnaces In tho Pittsburg district and tho Mahoning and Shcnnngo val lays havo or aro about to close down for want of coko. Tho motlvo powor shortago on tho railroads is responsi ble for this. Susponalon of theso blast. furnncoB will cut off pig Iron produc tion over 5,000 tens each day and throw about 1,500 men out of work. No relief la In Bight nnd It Is probablo othor furnnccs will havo to closo, with tho result that the steel mills will bo materially affected. Taft Will lie on Sick Llt. WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. Secretary Root received a telegram from Gov ernor Taft, saying that on account of tho recent operation ho had under gone ho would bo Incapacitated for duty for about threo weeks. Ho Bald tho oporatlon had been successful nnd that hlu convalescence was progress ing satisfactorily. During his dis ability Judgo Wright, who had been appointed vlco governor, will admin ister tho affairs of tho Phlltpplno gov ernment. Auk for Duty on Coffee, WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. A dolcga tlon from tho Porto Rlcan chamber of commorco, headed by Antonio Balan quldn, cnlled upon tho president and submitted data In favor of a duty of 5 cents por pound on coffeo from conn trlcn othor than Porto Rico. Thoy claim that such a protective duty Is necessary to build up the Industry of tho Island. Tho delegation has been on a touring Investigation In the Unit qd States. TURKEY MUST GIVE OP r tj It8 01aim on Sultaa mh o Menace of War Ships. BROKEN TREATIES TO BE MENDED Contract Aro Sulil to lie Unrecorded or Kncroaclied Upon Wnr Veiieln Now doing Forward to Enforce the Decree of the French Government. PARIS, Nov. 4. This morning M. Dclcasso, minister of foreign affairs, telegraphed M, Baptist, counselor agent for tho French embassy In Constanti nople, directing him to present today to Towflk Pasha, Ottoman minister of foreign affairs, a noto asking how tho Turkish government proposed to pay tho Lorando claims and demanding tho oxccutlon of tho sultan's lrado dealing with that matter. Tho noto will also request satisfaction regarding tho rights of France, which nro defined in tho various treaties and which In soma cases havo not been respected and in others havo been encroached upon by Turkey. 'a no declarations of what has been dono bcurs out tho statement mndo yesterday regarding tho intentions of tho French govornmont. Admiral Call-' lard Is expected to reach his destina tion tomorrow. Tho foreign ofllco has rccchcd no news from him slnco his division left tho other division of tho Mediterranean squadron four days ago. It Is pointed out that tho absence of nows Is not surprising, ns tho in structions to Admiral Calllard wero to steer duo south and avoid passing In sight of Bonifacio, Corsica or travers ing the strait of Messina In order to prevent his movements being signaled. Tho vessolo of tho division carried only a normnl supply of coal, but this would bo much moro than enough to cnablo them to steam 1,600 miles, tho estimated distance they must cover bo foro reaching their destination. It Is expected that Admiral Calllard will bo Joined en routo by tho torpedo crulsor Condora, which is stationed In Cretan waters, and may bo met by tho torpedo dispatch boat Vantour, which Is stationed nt Constantinople. It is also probablo that tho crulsor Admiral Charner, which arrived at Port Snld October 31, from tho far cast, Is being hold ncro In order to Join Admiral Calllard If needed. It Is further reported that three oth er war ships nro hold In readiness at Toulon to rclnforco him should their presence bo necessary. ICE RUNS ON THE YUKON Communication With Dawson by Water PORT TOWNSEN'D, Wash., Nov. 4 Tho steamer Dlrlso, from Skngway, brought 100 passengers and 700 tons of canned salmon. Navigation Is practi cally ended on tho Yukon. On Octobor 27 cako lco was running out of Polly river Into tho Yukon. Slush lco was running at Dawson nnd tho river was dally expected to closo. Great preparations nro being mado at Dawson nnd during tho winter there will bo strong competition for over- ico travel. An opposition stago line will bo put on, A largo number of rae'n aro working on roads and trails and when tho river freezes everything will bo In readiness for stages. Tho revenue cutter Rush, with Gov ernor Brady and Rev. Sheldon Jack con on board, Is cruising In tho vicin ity of Wrangcl, visiting tho Indian villages. Kcport on School Mllltln. WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 4. Tho conBiis roport on school, mllltla and voting ages for all states and terrl totrles shows tho following summary for tho country as a whole: Persons of school ago, 5 to 20 years, 2G, 110, 788, of whom 24,897,130 aro natlvo born, 22,100,211 aro whlto and 13,030, ICO nro males; males of militia age, 16,300,3G3, of whom 13.132.2S0 aro na tive born; mnles of voting ngo, 21,- 329,819, of whom 19,030,043 aro whlto, Of tho total numbor of mates 21 years of ago and. over 2,32G,155 nro Illiterate, Of tho 10,227,285 natlvo born males 21 years of ago and over, 1.70G.298 aro Illiterate, and of tho 5,102,534 foreign born, 020,002 nro Illiterate Mr. Or it ot tleraelf Attain. WASHINGTON. Nov. 4. Mrs. Grant widow of General Grant, has almost recovered from her recont Indlsposl tlon. She suffers from a bronchlnl nf foctlou, which, however, does not con flno her to her room. Mrs. Sartorls Mrs. Qrant'o daughter, will remain with her mother during tho winter. Wood Ilurni for Three I)ny. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 4. A dispatch from Poplar .lUff, in tho southeastern sec tlon of this Btnto, says tho fiercest for est Area slnco 1835 nro raging a fow miles south of that city. Tho woods havo been In flames for threo day and thousands of cattlo and horses nro In danger. Furmors nnd stockmen havo turned out en masso to fight ina flames, but thoy havo mado very lit tlo progress. Tho flro will causo famine for feed for cattlo. DAY E0R RENDERING THANKS freitdent Iunti liu Annual I'roclnma tlon, Fixing It on November SO. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. President Roosovelt Saturday Issued his procla mation fixing Thursday, November 28, as a day of national thanksgiving. It follows: Tho season Is nigh when, according to tho timc-hallowcd custom of our people, tho president appoints a day as tho especial occasion for pralso and thanksgiving to God. This Thanksgiving finds tho pooplo still bowed with sorrow for tho death of a great and good president Wo mourn President McKInley; wo also honored him, and itho mannor 6f his death should awaken In tho breasts of our peoplo a keen anxiety for tho country, and at tho Bamo tlmo a reso luto purposo not to ho driven by any calamity from tho path of strong, or derly, popular liberty which, as a na tion, wo havo thus far trod. Yet in splto of tho great disaster It Is, nevertheless, truo that no people on onrth havo such abundant cauep for thanksgiving as wo havo, tho last year In particular having been ono of peace and plenty. Wo havo prosperity In things material and havo been riblo to work for our own 'uplifting In things Intellectual and spiritual. Lot us romember that, as much has been given us, much will bo expected from us, and that truo homago comes from tho heart as well as from tho Hps and shows Itself In deeds. Wo can best provo our thankfulness to tho Al mighty by tho way In which on tills earth and nt tills tlmo each of us docs hla duty to his follow men. Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roose velt, president of the Unltod States, o hereby designate as a day of gen- ral thanksgiving Thursday, tho 28th of this present Novembor, and do roc ommdnd that throughout tho land tho peoplo ccaso from their wonted occu pations and at their several homos and places of worship reverently thank tho Giver of alGood for tho countless blessings of our nation. In witness of which I have hereunto Bet my hand and caused, tno seal oi tho United States to bo affixed. Done nt tho city of Washington this second day of Novembor, in the yoar of our Lord 1901, and of tho lndopcnd- anco of tho Unltod Stntes .tho 12Cth. By jtho president, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. JOHN HAY, Secretary of Stato. Mnnufncturinc StntUtlci. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. Tho cen sus bureau statistics of manufactures In Coloradb and Utah show for tho two' states a capital of ?77,47G,420 and ,070 establishments. In Colorado tho apltal Invested In manufactures and mechanical Industries aggregate ?2,- 25,427; establishments, 3,570; wa'go earners, 24,725; vnluo of products, J102.830.133. This Is an Increaso of over 135 per cent In capital and 142 per cent In valuo of products slnco 1890. Tho Utah figures show a capital of 14,050,948, an Increase of 122 per cent Establishments, 1,400; averago number of wage camera, G.G15; valuo of products, $21,215,783, an Increaso of 138 per cent Sale at Alfalfa Fed Hogg. LODGE POLE, Neb., Nov. 4. S. H. Hardin of Ranchcster, Wyo., pur chased of Robert S. Oberfelder 150 head of choice spring Poland-China sows averaging In weight about 155 pounds. Theso sows woro raised al most exclusively on alfalfa and aro of tho largo-boned Poland-China variety. Tho pigs will bo taken to tho Hardin ranch on tho Crow rosorvatlon In Montana, whero Mr. Hardin has largo tracts of alfalfa and Immenso herds of cattle. WUconiln Judge Dead. NENA, Wis., Nov. 4. Judgo A. L, Collins Is dead nt tho homo of his son, W. Collins. Ho was 91 years of ago, Ho waa a son of Brigadier General Oliver Collins, who aorved In tho wur of 1812. Portsmouth Ordered to Canton. WASHINGTON, D. C Nov. 4. Tho navy department has ordorcd tho gun boat at Portsmouth, N. H., tho Colon, to rollevo tho gunboat Machlas, which has been watchlns over affairs at that port for somo months past. No Additional Caie. GLASGOW, Nov. 4. No additional cnacs of the plaguo havo been officially reported to n lato hour tonight. Two hundred employes of tho Central Sta tion -hotel nro confined to tho hotel precincts for observation. Conversion of llaurallto Silver. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. Authority for tho conversion of all Hawaiian coins Into corresponding coins of tho United States and for tho Immigra tion of a limited number of Chlncso laborers, conditioned upon their en gaging In agricultural pursuits only during tholr residence In tho territory and tholr return to tholr own country upon ceasing to bo farmers, nro the chief recommendations of IL E Cooper, acting governor. BRITISH SUFFER LOSS English Arms Meet With Anotlior Dka- trous Reverse Near Bothbl. TWENTY-FOUR MEN ARE KILLED Thrice that Number Wounded nnd Four llnve Slnco Died Col. llonnoti Anionic the Slnln He Fnlli In a Sudden Attack From the Itear. LONDON, Nov. 2. Lord Kitchener hns reported to tho war ofllco a disas ter to tho British near Bethel, eastern Transvaal, In which two guns woro lost, sovoral officers killed or wounded, fifty-four men wero killed and 1G0 wounded. Tho following is tho text of Lord Kltchonor'fl dispatch, dated Pretoria, November 1: "I havo Just heard of a sevoro at tack mado on tho rear guard of Colonel Benson's column when about twenty miles northwest of Bethel, near Brokenlaagto, during a thick mist. 'Tho strength of tho enemy Is re ported to have been 1,000. Thoy rush ed two guns with tho rear guard, but It Is uncertain whothor thoy woro en abled to removo them. "I fear our casualties wero heavy. Colonel Benson was wounded. A re lieving column will reach him this morning." Later Lord Kitchener telegraphed ns follows: "Colonel Barter, who marched from tho constabulnry lino yesterday, reached Benson's column early this morning (Friday) unopposod. Ho re ports that Colonel Benson died of hla wounds. "Tho othor casualties aro tho fol lowing: Killed Colonel E. Gulncs3, Major F. D. Murray, Captains M. W. Kundsay and F. T. Thorould, Lieuten ants E. V. I. Brooks und R. E. Shep ard and Second LUutenant A. J. Cor let "Dlod of hlo wounds Captain Lyrro Lloyd." Lord Kitchener then gives tho names of thirteen other officers who wcro wounded, most of thorn soverely, and announces that fifty-four non-commis sioned officers and men wcro killed and 1G0 woro wounded, adding that four of tho latter havo slnco died of tholr wounds. Tho dispatch then says: "I assumo that tho two guns havo been recovered and the enemy has withdrawn, but I havo no further de- talis. "I deeply regret tho loss of Colonel Benson and tho other officers and men who foil- with him. In Bonson tho sorvlco loses a most gallant-and capa bio offlcor, who Invariably led his col umn with marked success and Judg ment "Tho fighting was ttt vory closo quarters and maintained with deter mination by both sides. "Tho enemy Buffered heavily, but I havo not yet received a rollablo esti mate Tho Boers retired east" Colonel Benson had been for somo tlmo operating In tho vicinity of Bothel,. which Is northeast of tandor- .ton. Ho surprised a Boor laager Octo bor 2 near Trlckhardsfonteln. DELAY IN'SELECIING BISHOP. Dloceae of Dubuque Not l.lliely to 11 o Supplied llefnre December. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. It Is be lieved hero that tho papal brief ap pointing a bishop for tho now Du buque (Iowa) dloceso will not bo re ceived before tho last part of Novora ber at tho earliest, and probably not until toward Christmas tlmo. Tho last mall from Romo failed to bring any developments in tho matter, which has been pending action ever slnco last winter, and as October Is a period of vacation In Vatican circles, It will bo well toward tho closo of tho month beforo any official advices on the sub ject reach this country, and In tho pro cedure of tho pontifical administration It may bo considerably later. Tho names of tho candidates submitted by Cardinal Martlnolll havo been beforo Popo Leo tor a long tlmo. Tho utmost secrecy is observed always In such matters, but It is bolieved that Dr. Garrlgan of tho faculty off tho Cath olic university hero is ono of them. Cable Toll to Philippine. NEW YORK, Nov. 2. Tho Com mercial Cable company this mornjng sont out tho following notlco: "We nro advised that tho following reduced ratcB to tho Phlltpplno Islands go Into effect on the 15th Inst; Luzon island, ?1.CG per word, from New York; all othor lBlandB, $1,76 por word from Now York." Conaul lloyle lteport. WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 2. A cablegram received at tho stato de partment today from United States Consul Boylo at Liverpool snld that up to 12 o'clock, noon, thoro had been no now traces of bubonic plaguo In that port. Hpuln Quit Free Silver. MADRID, Nov. 2. Tho Chamber of Doputles has passed tho bill prohibit ing Uio freo colnago of silver. y