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News in Brief
An Imperial decree bas be-en Issue-',
ssembliiig tier German re-ie hs(ag, Iie-
The Ii;ion Ti !:: ' Tohio 101 re
vpndent -ables Hint the fur eastern
initiation flinws no improvement.
Burglars broke Into tin postofilco iit
Naiif leoke-. Pa., blew open tin safe
uri'l m cured about $2. "fro in money and
stamps.
Harriett Ili:Mari Ayer, tho well
kno-.wi writer for the New York
World, died of x:t union in after fu
t'.ityt.' illn-:;.s.
il is cmI iiiuii-c! that tie stre-t car
strike lias cost f I - company I, (
in receipts aloii ami has eo.-t the
UK II $'a,"1K on wages.
'to :i iiu r- cxju'ii: s, I!" Erie rail
v.ny ciin.:i;iy !! I of its shops-
on the fiil in :- i- 1 1 li'-twecu NT-wr
Vorl. and Chr-ago lot four efays.
It is i-mbl thai tlu- Catholi- :-.iifle.ri-tis
of lr'!;mil have reject-d an offer
i.i.eb- Iy Trinity eollego, Dublin, to
stahlhh a Catholic college within it
walls.
A t Ik rto ami Guide. Toschi, aged 8
atnl 1! years, respectively, who trav
eled alone Troni Florence, Italy, have
safely reached their morher in San
Frarie-iseo.
The I'm -shin supreme court has
tier ii-l that -friko picketing is lawful
If o:t.Iu t -t from a building where
tli- pickets presence is not objection
able to tl tenant.
Upwards of a hundred nuinlnrs of
Hit house of commons ami eighty of
their wives ami da .iiahfi-n tartoil for
Pari.- to return the recent visit of
Fre rich M-nator.; ami deputi'-s.
Oiunfiri Roosevelt, the youngest son
.f the president iiil Mrs. Rooseve It. is
convalescing from a severe attack of
riiataii.i. coupled w i t 'it a lad coM. The
la. I now is e,utt out of danger.
Aeljutanf General Hell n'o-ivni from
the i ' ;t i t - 1 States arsenal at Rock Is
lam!. III.. I.noo Krag .hrg nse-n rides
a:n! !'. hm rounds of ammunition for
the u,o of the Colorado National
tiiai !.
John I Sullivan's famous ?ln,(iOO
tliarnoml he!t has heen sold at auction
for $L'.tM. The l.elt was given Sulli
van hy the citize ns of I'.oston. July 4.
tJvST, ami has now been purchased by
a Itowery dealer.
At Ijjnsinir. Mich., after twelve
hours" ill-liberation the jury which
fried ex Senator Ilolttrook for attempt
ed bribery of a talesman in tho inter
est of Eli It. Sutton, brought in a ver
elict of not guilty.
Fixe members of tho Iuisvillo.
Ky.. fire department were dismissed
for ronc'uet unbecoming firemen, in
connection with the Ma ,onic teinplo
fire. This makes a total of eleven
firemen dismissed by tl. ." board.
James Kin?: (Iracie. an uncle by
marriage of President KKseveit. is
lea. I at hiu home in Nev York as the
result of an attack of pneumonia. He
hail been ill only a few days. Mr.
tJracfe was a well known hanker.
At a meet'r.s of the Purdue faculty
nt I.a'.yette. Ind.. Secretary St, me
outlined a plan for raisins ?Un,ouy
for the re:-tion of a memorial pryni
nasrir.i in memory of the foot bail
jiiayers ar.d others who lost their
lives in the railway wreck at Indian
apolis October "1.
The t 'outness of K.i.-ton died in
I.ndou of bronchitis. The countess,
who was on the variety stae when
she was married in 1ST 1 . successfully
fought a suit to nullify her marriapo
1 rousht by the earl of Euston in 1 884.
The case was reparded as one of tho
most extraordinary ever heard.
The official canvass of the vote for
governor of Iowa has been completed,
tlovernor Cummins received 7t"'.''
plurality and a majority of Gf.041. The
vote was: Cummins, republican. 2ZS,
7!: Sullivan, democrat. ir.TrS; Han
mm, prohibition. 12,:7S: Work, social
ist. '..479; Weller, people's. ZSO.
The attention of the state depart
ment was called to what purported to
be a verbatim copy of the new Pan
ama treaty which has been published
in New York. The authorities say
that the draft of the treaty as pub
lished was inaccurate, and that no
senuine copy of the treaty entire has
been published or can be published at
this time.
On account of a reduction of 12j
cnt8 in their wages, all the laborer
at the Sharon (Pa.) tin mill of the
United States Steel corporation
struck. The men were paid $1.50 a
day and were informed that In the
future they would receive $1.37',i.
M. Narrere. the French ambassador
at Rome, has almost concluded nego
tiations for an arbitration treaty be
tween Italy and France. The ambas
sador will go to Paris at the end of
the week for the purpose of hastening
the signing of the treaty.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of
the Daily Mail says that a marked
Improvement In the condition of the
.-zarina is expected within a few days.
She Is an exemplary patient and en
dures the great pain with admirable
Xottltude.
A narriag has been arranged be
tween K. H. K. Standen, son of the
late Lieutenant (Seneral Douglass
Ftanden of the Inuian arm7, to El
eanor, eldest daughter of the late Wil
liam Summer Apploton of Boston-Ma3.
THE LOWER HOUSE
MZM3EF.S THEREOF INDULCC IN 1
TARIFF DE3ATE. j
NO BUSINESS 13 BEFORE THEM I
De Armor.d of Missouri Induifcs in a
Humorous Vein Mr. Payne 'Also
Takes Concoicuous Part in Talk
Against Time.
WASHINGTON. Tin- hou.e after
being in session lor a little more than
;r,i hour Tuesday, ad j turned until Fri
day. The time Was chiefly consumed
in a tariu debate. When Mr. Payne
had offered the- motion to adjourn Mr.
Williams. th minority lead'-r, sug
gested i lmt they tat.e thirty minutes
on a side. This wis left to the con
sent of the hoti.ie. The speaker, an
nouncing lie- ;uest ion. said: "The
gentleman liom New Vrk. at the
taiggestion of the gent U-nii:n from Mis
sissippi, siiggexis that there be thirty
minutes on a side i tail:."
In terininiiig if a "talk.' instead of a
debate, the Speaker evoked laughter
from belli sides o' the house.
.Mr. I Jo Armoi.d Mem.. M'.). in a
humorous vein, criticised tho majority,
vvhib Mr. Williams (Mas.s.i and Mr.
(I-iiues tTetin.J diVtlt on the tariff pol
icy of t:;e ri-nuhlicai-s.
f i:i tho reiuibiican sid Mr. ll jiimrn
(la.). Mr. Crosvenor (().'. and Mr.
Heinenway (Ind. J r ;!ied. ilefi-nding
the policy of their party, the latter
t ah also responding to c-ii.-irges of deri--lietion
made by iIk- ininorily against
tl: mij-.rity.
W'heu the hou -ouve:ied today Mr.
Cushmaii (rep., WaIi.J v.as hv.oru in
as a member.
Mr. Hay iX. Y.) then moved that
when she house adjouri.s that it be
until Fiida".
Mr. Williams. t!t- t.iinority leader,
asked that thirtv n.inutes on a side
be given for del. ate. whereupon Mr.
Payne usked I hat unanimous consent
be given a- desired by Mr. Williams.
The -p.-aker. in repealing the request,
ued the word "la!!;" insiead of "de
bate." The motion va adonted on a divi
sion, by !7 to !- Mr. Hull dep.. la.),
rising to parliamentary ir.;uiiy. said
he underslood cotisei' wa-! given for
ciebate on the (juestion of adjournment
and a.skel w'nat was before the house.
The speaker replied that cmw nt was
given to "talk." Mr. De Arniond idem..
Mo.) was then recognized.
He amu.ed the house for ten min
utes by likening (he present procedure;
of congress t: the Alphonse. Gaston
and Leon scheme of politeness. "On
the cuesthu ol ad i'iui imient of the
extra session, the Alphonse of the sen
ate is saying tin- Gasion of the
hor.se: 'Alter you. my dear Gaston.'
and the Gaston of the l ouse is saying
to the Alphonse of the senate. 'After
you. my dear Alphon.se and Leon,
standing off a distance, is saying 'How
magnificent, how magnificent how
strenuous (Democratic laughter.)
Hut. aside, he is giving the expression
Ivvish I had four years of m.v own
in that dear white house at Washing-,
ton. 1). C. This spectacle has to be
gene through v. ith because no more
iniportani mailers are to be disposed
oi.
Touching minority committee ap
pointments. Mr. De Armond suggested
trouble ahead unless me ju.m ea,..,.
lor proper maiierical representation J
was allowed. lb counseled the,
speaker not to yield t; the tempter j
on this point and his "brethren" on ,
the democraiic side to "pray. He j
coiH-h-led with (he prediction: j
-We will see li.O senate Alphonse ;
bowing to the house Gaston and the j
presidential Leon tendering hts per-,
sonal misgivings, his doubts and an- ,
prehensions as to what in ay happen. ;
HIS NOMINATION MAY DIE.
Wood Will Be Oft of it if Not Scon
Cenfi.'ircd.
W-VSII'NGTON- Some discussi en
has been ir.dulge.1 in by s :iato;-s concert-ing
the en -et oi' :.dj.i.irnment
without action en the nomination of
Genital Leonard Wood to be major
general and oilier i:or.ii::at ions de
pending t-l-on his cctnlirinat'on. and
wideU- diiTering views have been ex
pressed. A eordin.T to the standing
inies of the senate, it will be neces
sary in the event the nominations are
not" confirmed at ihe present session
for the president to again semi them
to the senate. The rule follows:
"Nominations n-Mile-r confirmed nor
rejected dming the se.-.-ion at which
they are hiade shall not be acted upon
at any succeeding session without be
ing again made m the senate by the
president, a-'d if the senate shall ad
journ or take a recess mure than thir
ty day.:; all nominal ions pending and
not finally acted upon at the time of
taking s.i'h adjournment or recess
shall be returned by the se:-:vtary to
the president and shall not be again
considered unless they shall again be
made to the senate by the president."
Some question has arisen as to the
effect if no adjournment o-c-urs. but
the impression is that the pending
nominations will have to be made
anew.
Dowie is Dead Broke.
CHICAGO. III. Financial difficulties
which began duiing the crusade of
Jehu Alexander Howie, the self-styled
' Elijah." and his restoration host to
New York a month ago and which
have been rapidly increasing since
Dowie s return, culminated Tuesday in
the federal courts taking jtosse.ssion
of all ttip property controlled by Iow
ie in Zion City. This town, which
was founded two years ago by Dowie.
has a fHf. ulation of over 1 ').(. and
represent an eMi ii-lif ure of $20.0o0.(ii)n
The Paoer Are Called For.
W A SHI NGTON Sena t or Pen l os.
chairman of th- committee on post
offices and postroads. on Tuesday in
troduced a resolution authorizing that
committee to make the request of
the postmaster general to send to the
committee ah th papers connected
with the ret cut investigation of the
post office department, and. if neces
sary, the committee is to make further
investigation av import to the sen
r.te at as cariy a date as convenient.
MEN FINED FOR NOT WORKING.
Must Pay cr Go to Jail if They Don't
Get Employment.
TELLCKIDE. Colo.-- Carrying out
the pre ions instructions of Governor
Peabody, when he ordered that "agi
tutor:;. idiers r.nil t roulde-bneders be
lt I vi it from the camp," Sheriff Hutan
Monday arretted twenty-eight men.
the soldiers a.ssiiing the civil oI!i e-s.
Twenty of the prisoners were dis
charged later ly Justice of the Peace
Kubinson. Eighteen others were lined
from to $:;." each. One man was
Tried lor contempt of court. The sen
tences. ?: ept in the contempt c ase,
were suspended until December 2.
when the tines must be paid or incar
ceration in jail will follow, unless the
men ri) to work.
About fifty miners are working on
the Tomboy property. No attempt will
be niade to resume work at any other
of the idle mines until the Tomboy
has secured a lull loree of miners and
mill men.
RICHMOND P. HOBSON S PLAN.
Warts Nearly Three Dilliors Appro
priattd for the Navy.
WASHINGTON Former Command
er Richmond Pesrson llobson of the
navy has prepared a bill which he has
reu lies, ted Representative Wiley of
Alabama to introduce in the house on
the convening of the regular session
of congress for the purpose, he says,
of making the Tinted States the first
naval power of the world during the.
next eighteen years. The bill makes
a total appropriation of $L,7."0.(i0i.000,
a certain portion of which is to be
used each year for new ships. Fifty
million is made available for the
present fi?eal year. $C,0.ii(mi.(;('0 for the
next and so on. increasing by Sin.ooo.
CeO each year up to 101.".. when a lump
sum of $L5oo.o(Mt.(iiH' is made to carry
on the program to T."5.
PAY FOR RURAL CARRIERS.
Hinshaw Would Make Salary $300
After Firj-t Tvo Years.
WASHINGTON A feature of the
bill that hs been introduced in the
house by Representative Hinshaw. in
the interest of free rural delivery car
riers, is: "That upon the passage of
this act, all rural free delivery car
riers shall be paid during the first
year of their employment the sum of
$72 per annum; the second year of
their employment, the sum of $84'"
per umiim: and for the third ami
each succeeding year of their employ
ment, the sum of $!iei per annum, in
monthly payments."
Representative Kinkaid introduced
a bill to grant a special pension to
Mrs. J. A. Murlow.
WILLIAM J. B3YAN VISTS DUBLIN.
Guest cf Honor at Mansion House and
Makes a Brief Speech.
DUBLIN Lord Mayor Harrington
gave a luncheon at the mansion house
in honor of Willinm Jennings Bryan.
The guests included Archbishop
Walsh. John Redmond and John Dil
lon. Mr. P.ryan delivered a brief speech
in which he alluded to the strong in
fusion of Irish blood in the United
States, and he said he believed the
greatness of his country was due to
the composite character of its people,
and. continued Mr. Bryan, "they are
going to build up a citizenship in ad
vance of anything Ihe world has ever
seen."
SHE IS NOT A PROTECTIONIST.
Mrs. Cornwallis-West is Agsinst Mr.
Chamberlain.
hOXDOX Mrs. Corn wa 1 ! i s-Wes t
has ranged herself on the side of the
anti-Chambeilainites in a letter in
which she declines to attend a meet
ing of the Primro?e club, of which
she is vice president and one of the
founders, because the meeting was
called in (he interest of the Tariff Re
form league.
In her letter Mrs. Cornwallis-West
declares she is not a protectionist,
'and does not desire to associate her
self with this retrograde movement.'"
Rumors of Dissolution.
LONDON The fact that two pro
longed cabinet councils were held Fri
day and Saturday gives rise to re
newed rumors that a dissolution of
parliament is imminent. A statement
was published Sunday morning, how
ever, declaring that at these meetings
no questions of dissolution were
brought up, and that the matters con
sidered were foreign questions, the far
east, etc.
Salvadorian Papers With Colombia.
PANAMA Dispatches from La La
berta. Salvador, say several meetings
have been held throughout Salvador,
at which protests were made against
the action of the United States on the
isthmus of Panama. All Salvadorian
papers publish articles indorsing the
protests, the only exception being the
Diario of San Salvador, which prints
editorials favorable to the United
States government.
Iowa Beats Washington.
ST. LOUIS. Mo. In a fiercely fought
contest Iowa university on Thursday
defeated Washington university by a
score of 12 to 2. The game was late
in starting, owing to the delay of
the Washington team in arriving.
Washington was outclassed 'on pre
vious form, but went into the battle
wiih more than ordinary valor, and
during the early part cf the first half
Washington seemed to have the advantage.
EIGHT HOUR LAW
; SUPREME COURT PASSES ON
I KANCAS STATUTES.
I LEGISLATURE HAS THE POWER
j It is Held that Contractors and Munic
ipalities Are Required to Observe
Laws Regulating the Manner in
i Which Wnrk Tha.l 13c Done.
WASHINGTON The United
States biipreme court on Monday af
firmed the- constitutionality of the
eight-hour law of the state of Kansas
regulating labor on public works. Jus
tice Harlan said, in handing down the
opinion of the court, that if the stat
ute is mischievous the responsibility
rests with the legislature and not the
courts. Chief Justice Fuller and Jus
tices Brewer and Peekham dissented.
Th K.iTisas law. whose validity was
called into (juestion in the suit, was
enacted in 1S!U. and piovided that
eight hours should constitute a day's
work for workmen employed by or on
behalf of the state or by any county
or city or other municipality in the
state. It also prohibits contractors
from requiring laborers engaged on
work for the state to p; rform more
than eight hours' labor in a day. Both
fine and imprisonment arc provided
for by the law.
The case decided v.as that of W.
W. Atkins against the staiu of Kan
sas:. Atkins had a coinract with the
corporation of Kansas City, Kan., for
paving, and he v.as charged with re
quiring a woikman named Reese to
labor ten hours a day. He was pros
ecuted in the state court, where the
decisions wore uniformly against hiin.
Atkins appealed from the decision of
the state supreme court to the federal
supreme court, alleging that the stat
ute is in violation of the first section
of the fourteenth amendment lo the
constitution, in that it denied him due
protection of the law and deprived
him of his property without due pro
cess. Referring to the only other decision
of the court on the eight-hour ques
tion, that of Holdcn against Hardy,
in which ihe court sustained the law
of Utah fixing an eight-hour day for
miners employed underground. Justice
Harlan called attention to the fact
that while in the Utah case private in
terests were involved, the present
case involves employment on public
work only. The opinion was based on
the theory that all the municipalities
of a state are the creations of the
state, that the work for them is of a
public character and does not infringe
on the personal liberty of any one.
He then added:
"Whatever may have been the mo
tives that controlled the enactment of
the statute in question, we can imag
ine no possible ground to dispute the
j power of the state to declare that no
j one undertaking work for it, or for
I one of its municipal agencies, Khali
permit or require an employe on such
work to labor in excess of eight hours
each day. and to inflict punishment
upon contractors who disregard such
a regulation. It cannot be deemed a
part of the liberty of any contractor
that he be allowed to do public work
in any mode he may choose to adopt
without regard to the wishes of the
state."
h'EAR CANADIAN COMPETITION.
I
Bounty Fad Pig Iron Making Serious
Inroads on the British.
LONDON The Standard Sunday
morning quotes statistics showing that
there has been a curtailment, of the
production of the pig iron of the Uni
ted Kingdom in the last six months
amounting to 100.000 tons. The report
says: ' Notwithstanding this decline in
output stocks have gradually increased
here from 203.000 tons in May to 523,
000 tons in October, largely owing to
the imports of the hounty-fed Cana
dian iron and steel. This Canadian
competition, which is bound to grow,
is viewed with misgiving."
Receiots and Expenditures.
WASHINGTON The comparative
statement of the government receipts
and expenditures shows that for the
mouth of November the total receipts
were S-i-i.2.59 4 and the expenditures
$47.427.78S. leaving a deficit for the
month of $2,735,193. The receipts
from customs are shown to have been
$19,220,347. a decrease for the month
of about $3,370,000. Internal revenue.
$21,233,511. an increase of $2,3S5,(00;
miscellaneous. $4.23G.735: increase.
S2.OO0.Odu. War department expenses
show a decrease of $1,450,000.
Coaches Burn Underground.
PARIS There were two accidents
on the Metropolitan Electric Under
ground railroad Monday, somewhat
similar to the great catastrophe of
August 10. but there was no loss of
life. In each ease a car was burned
between stations, causing the passen
gers to seek for escape along the
tracks. As the accidents occurred in
open stretches of track, the dense
smoke escaped and the dangers of suf
focation were averted.
Suspects Shoot Officer.
OAKLAND, Cal. In a pistol duel
between Policeman James II. Smith
and two suspected porch climbers the
former was shot and killed, and one
of the suspects, who is unidentified,
was also killed. The lifeless body of
one of the suspects was found two
blocks away, having fallen in his
tracks in a vacant lot, where the dis
covery was accidentally made by a
couple of boys. The other robber has
not yet been apprehended.
THE CONVENTION.
Chicago cr St. Louie Likely to Cap
ture It.
WASHINGTON - It is t.iought high
ly probable that He- next republican
national oo:. ve:ition v.i'l be held in
Chicago, ami t!u ? the date of its meet
ing will be Tuesday. June I I. That is
the opinion of several members ol lie
national committee, although of course
the place and date will not be lccid-d
until the meeting of the committee,
which Chairman Hanna has called at
Ihe Arlington hotel i.i this city lor De
cember II and 12.
The opinion will not preclude the
usual interesting and lively struggle
between rival aspirants: for the honor.
Seven cities will this year present
their claims, with more or less display
of oratory and earnestness. The.;e
are Chicago. New York, Pittsburg, St.
Louis. Milwaukee, Detroit and San
Francisco. It looks a though the
struggle would be narrowed between
Chicago and St. Louis.
St. Louis will make a special effort
to add a national political convention
to the list of attractions in connec tion
with the Ixmisiana Purchase exposi
tion. It will be urged that there will
be ample hotel accommodations, and
attention will be culled to the success
ful entertainment in St. Louis of the
republican eonv ntion that nominated
McKinley in The point will also
be pressed that everyone who attend.-,
the convention will wish to visit the
exposition, especially Ihose who come
from distant parts of the country, and
thus will be able to avoid the time
and expense of two journeys during
the summer of the exposition and convention.
MISS GOULD WANTS HISTORY.
Offers Prizes for Essays on History of
Two Versions cf Eible
NEW YORK Miss Helen M. Gould
announced by letter to President W'il
bert W. White of the Bibic Teachers'
Training school of this city, that she
would offer through a committee
of judges to be chosen by him three
prizes of $40o. $2.ri0 and $100 for t he
three best essays on the double- topic,
"The Origin and History of the Ver
sion of Ihe Bible Approved by Ihe
Roman Catholic Church" and "The
Origin and History of the American
Revised Version of the English Bible."
Miss Gould's object in making this
offer is to stimulate investigation and
to secure "a brief yet thorough and
popular statement for general use" of
the origin and history of the different
versions of the Bible used in Protest
ant and Roman Catholic churches.
The offer was accented by President
White.
FOUR FIREMEN KILLED.
Conflagration at Omaha Results in Fa
talities. OMAHA In a most disastrous fire
which was discovered at 3:30 Thurs
day morning in the warehouses of Al
len Bros., wholesale grocers, and of
the Pacific Storage company, on lower
Jones street, four firemen lost their
lives and damage amounting to not
loss than $300,000 resulted.
The firemen, who were buried be
neath tons of burning debris, were
William Burnicster. William A. Bar
rett. Herbert C. Goldshorough and Le
roy W. Leiter, all members of engine
company No. 2.
These men now lay buried beneath
a mass of wreckage thirty feet high,
and hours will elapse be-fore they can
be removed. Removing the mass un
der which they lie will be begun as
toon as it can be sufficiently cooled to
allow the firemen to get near it.
Lutheran College Burns.
MARSHALL-TOWN. Ia. The main
building of the Jewell Lutheran col
lege at Jewell Junction was destroyed
by fire Monday. Bert Melang of Ran
dall, la., is missing. Several students
had narrow escape?. The loss on the
building is estimated at $25,000; in
surance $12,000. Later the dead body
of Bert Melang was recovered in the
ruins. A young man named Pe terson,
from Redwing. Minn., is missing ar.d
is thought to have ncrished.
George W. Shaw's Funeral.
MANILLA. la. The funeral of
George W. Shaw, a brother of Sec
lelary ,f the Trouitiry Leslie M.
Shaw, took nlace here Monday. Ev
ery business house in the town closed
and the schools adjourned. Secre
tary and Mrs. Shaw arrived last night
and attended the funeral and will re
main in Iowa a few days.
Will Be a Quiet Week.
WASHINGTON The senate will
not do any business other than that of
a routine character during the present
week. It will meet Tuesday, and un
less the house manifests a disposition
by that time to reach a final adjourn
ment, will adjourn over to the follow
ing Friday. The understanding is that
the senate will not originate a resolu
tion for the adjournment of the ses
sion, but some senators expect the
house to do this not later than Friday.
United States' Offer Ridiculous.
PARIS The republic of Colombia
is endeavoring to induce France to re
new work on the construction of the
Panama canal. Colombian Financial
Agent Samper, who is also a special
delegate to the administrative council,
is now in Panama. The French Ca
nrl company ha3 published a state
ment in which it states that the offer
of the United States is ridiculous and
places a high value on the company's
concessions.
LAND FORTHE U.S.
PANAMA PROPOSES TO TAKE IS
LANDS AND SELL THEM,
VESSELS HAVE SOME TROUBLE
They Are Not Permitted to Sail Be- I
iwcen Colombian Ports and Panama j
and Wi'l Therefore for the Present
Abandon the Former Placec.
I PANAMA -The new : paper:; of tin- I
; i: thmus are asking the gov erniti-iit or
; tie- Republic- of Panama to occupy and
establish sovereignty inir the Islands
of San Andres, atnl AlliUM'tcque. us
well as other -.mall islands in the Car
ibbean sea. us tin- t c, i iturin I limits of
the now H-pitldi- lie between loiigiiildc
7: and M degrees. Tin- department
if Boiivi'.r. thooueh bournied by the
! T S t ! I deirrce ef oiL-it tide, his hilhelto
exe-rcised control over the islands
j where English only is spol.ei..
The- newspapers propose that lie-
govei imient : bull ii'-got iate for the
j transfer of the isheids to the United
State:-; for use as a ei.alit'" station.
COLON The Ht-iMiicr itasill--s ar
rived lie;-.- i his al'te; noeii I'h in ( aria
geiia. It report-; that the l';i!i;i;;i i::i
aul horit i; s would not allow it to clear
for Co!uu or to tale- on ! aru passen
gers, freight or mail !.; that port. It
w.n lurnishc'd. however, with clear
ance papers for Port Limon.
KINGSTON. .I tmaica. Nov. 2'.' Tie
Royal mail sfeansi r Trent, v. lib h ar
rived here today, reports that tie- port
authorities of Cartagena refused to
ch ar it for ('ohm. but i-sued c!ear n"-e
papers to it for Port Limon. Costa
Rica. Despite this fact, tin- Trent
called at Colon and tool; en board pas
sengers and cargo. In tin future,
howeve-r, vessels of any line calling
at isthmian ports will not proeoed to
Cartagena and Ka vanilla.
The- next event of political impor
tance to the new republic will In- the
ratification of the canal treaty and its,
return to Washington, which is looked
forward to with much interest as set
tling Panama's status, as to the rati
fication of the treaty appears to be
considered the final step so far as
Panani is coneertied, absolutely bind
ing the? new republic to tho protect ion
ed' the Unite-d States. After this has
bce-n effected it i.-; thought on the isth
mus that there will remain nothing for
Panama to do :c-ept to proceed, under
the security of this friendship of Un
united States, with the- development
of its internal affairs. The possibility
of war or armed trouble with Colom
bia was not taken into serious con
sideration on the isthmus and is never
heard discussed officially or othe rwise.
The government officials seem to
think that in the event of any diffi
culty arising they will have nothing to
do but turn to the United States for
wise counsel and guidance and if le-lp
is needed by Panama the United
States will supply it.
FATHER MURDERS HIS SON.
Terrible Tragedy Enacted ct Farm
House in Burt County.
TEKAMAII, Neb. While erayd
from the effects of drink, Solomon
Paddock, a niotiec-r resident of Burt
i county, shot and lulled his von, Wil
liam L. Paddock, a young man about
"0 year::; old.
Tiie wife and mother ha;- x'" ab
sent for about it week and the elder
Paddock ha-; been induL'.ing in a spree
ever since she elt. lb- has remained
at the family home in Silv-r Creek
f owlish ip mo:-!, of the time. '!i!y hav
ing wh'-n his supply of liquor rati eut.
About 1 cclock Friday the von found
the jug containing his father's supply
of whisky and broke it. Thi. so
angered the father that Ik M-izod a
shot gun and discharged its c,i:t nt.
fairly into the- breast of his von, kill
ing him instantly. The murder was
witness:ed by a bird man, who was un-
abie to interfere. Solomon Paddock i
is now under arrest and is confined j
in the jail at this place. !
Will Paddock was one ejf the most '
popular young men in B;irt county,
lie was born here and has always
lived in this county, except for the
time he was away at school.
Strsr."e Smoke Sf-rends Fear.
CARACAS. Vc r.ez n la For re ai l
thrca clays past the city of Cumana. I Mr. Bryan Abroad,
state oi Bcrniudez. on tiie- Gulf ( Car- ; BELFAST. Ire-land William J. Biy
icaco, has been e nvelot-e.-j in sulphur-! an lune-he-el with tin loid mayor of
ous smoke. The oritin ef the phe- i p., 'fast Monday are! subse epje nlly
nomenon cannot be explained. Th" i made a tocr of Queen's island s.bip
inhabitants of the place, numbe ring j huiiding yards and other large man
about 10,000, are afraid to leave their cfact uring c one cms. He left, at nipht
houses.
Consider Boll Weevil Pe6t.
NEW ORLEANS, La. Delegates
from the parishes of Louisiana gath
ered here Monday to take part in the
boll weevil convention called by Gov
ernor Heard. The meeting will de
cide whether or not the necessity ex
ists tor a special session of the legis
lature to pass laws which would be
effective In keeping the boll weevil out
of Louisiana. Addresses were made
by cotton growers from Texas and
Louisiana.
j czarina m iwcu guikjcvn.
ST. PETERSBURG The czarina's
condition causes some alarm here, as
the infiammction of her ear docs not
yield to treatment, and it is feared
that an operation may be necessary.
The czar has decided not to bring
her to St. Petersburg, fearing she
may take cold on the journey, and she
vr'H remain at Skierniewice until all
langer has passed. The papers here
give no details of the czarina's illness
I bevond bulletins,
i
More to i:ulp the i.ioh.
! Leccjue Plant to Better Condition cf
Farrrcrs In the Itland.
J fhn e iii ! rulc't from the IiIhIi Ac
! ricuii iirnl t'.eie-y ;tre la New York
j the Imitation of the ren-ntty formed
Irl- h 'iid.iKtt i.l League of America to
"Hffi-A'W
v y:,i.-: vs.
de-ein.s ways and iiniiiei of sloppiii:'.
i li lminir.i nt inn ol tin- I rl - 1 1 bv ma
lone; il possible lor theiil to live III
their ow ii country.
Rev. Fairer T. A. 1'illla, r. ,u ct-l-!ei
t el lie- lil.li A,t ! nil ural out.
te. .1. Dovo-. an ol tie- piesbyiity of
I .o ugh re a : nd R. A. Amh r-oa. ' fe
tal. of the ,soi iall'-tl. life Ihe la n
who have- iio'-u'd (he sea to ask a
helping hand !imn the i i: ler union In
the Chit, d States lo cope with lh
la- I. head of t hem.
FEAR UNCLE SAM.
South American Combination 1
Talked Of.
WASHINGTON Tin slut. .lep.ii'-iiii-nt
has advices by cable Iroia Min
ister Bi aiijpre ;.! Ihigola. dated No
vi-iiil.i r 25, In which In- state.; tint
considerable eeit et-i' nt sllll prevail.,
at ihe Colon, I.i, iii capital; that lleie
Is much talk of raising an a; my, but
no troops have et been enllslel.
Th're itie rumors in tie- city of a
levolut'oii In Ihe state of Caeca, d:
reeled against lie- Man oipi tn goser:;
nienf .
Rumors have reached lie- state ii.
parliui-nt from .-neither nource th.i'
General I'.eyes' mi.-.slon to Washing
ton is primarily to try to airay op
position senators against the ratifica
tion of the Bmiaii-Varilla Hay canal
treaty.
Tin-re is also ta!r; of formation ol
combination of South American conn
tries directed against tin United
Stales. Respecting the ( oming or
General Reyes to Washington, il L;
said at the department that rune Ii (b--pejids
upon the nature of his creden
tials as tt the re'-cption h; will hav
It seems probable that if he is brought
to the- dcparl merit by the Colombian
charge d'affaires, Dr. He-rrari, he will
be accorded a respect fn! hearing. Hut
it also is pointer) out. that his acfiv:
ties must be confined to lawful cha::-ne-ls
as an alien and any attempt on
his part lo influence by direct repr"-se-ntat
iems any other than tie exeeu
tive branch of the United Stale. gov
ernment would Scarcely ,e viewed
with eeptanimity.
Respe cting the t ?a I rrM ti ' - attrib
uted to the genera) in a New Orleans
interview lh;i.t Colombia v.ojM se-i:d
loo, (aid men inio Panama over hi nd,
tiie fa't is; recalled that '!; im I ruc
tions to the United States na.al o'fi-
i-cVr (ill the isthmus were f.lH 'l I hat.
j liey would not admit to the i." e-.hboi -!
hood of tie- i-thmu-i any hostile loree...
j Tiiis wa:, uiif rsiood by lie- ofj-eer.:
in ej'i' :-t:o:i to le'an ttiai ir toe i o
! ,:jibi;ni troop ; wou'd i.e, !, jl-r,vd
to enter Panama at any point etth- ;
bv water e,r bv i'jed, and .-o t:u tie r
i has be no -ha !-'.' in tie- in.-tri!' -i
tions given to di" r.aval olli'i ; s iiii
; this point.
; S'ate d pa; t ia -nt rdli'-ia!s a.-.ail
! ing a report I'roru th'- Unie-i S'ate c
Icons:;! al Cartagena, t'-spe-- t ing lie;
i refusal ed' the pott autho! it j s to al
! low him to eomtrririi'at" with iho
British me reliant s (eoner Trej.t. It.
is (he eons ie 'ioti at (he- i -pa i ' lie i.f
; that the- official:; at. Cart agcra, v.heh
, is in the piovir'ce of Bolivar, an- a- t
' ing entirely without ::-uhoriiy from
I (he Colombian -.ove-nine nt at Bogota..
I ati'I, in fac t, it is su:-.pee-te-d ;hat a
I state approaching anar'ny exist
i throughout Colombia,
I
: for Glasgow and KdinburgTi.
Judge Sener Gone.
WASHINGTON Judge James Bev
erly Sener, a native of Virginia, but
ior - number of years a resident ot
Washington, died here Wednesday,
aged 67 years, after a long i!lneHfi. The
interment probably will be at Frede
ieksburg, Va. During the war Judge
Sener acted as correspondent for
southern ncwrpapers. He represented
his district in con press after the war
and later was -appointed L. S. judge
for the district of Virginia.
Sultan Said to Have Cancer.
NEW YORK The sultan of Turkey,
frequently alleged to be ill from ono
disease or another, is now alleged by
the Vienna corresjendent of the Iler
a'd to be suffering from cancer.
Kischineff Mas6oere Trials Soon.
ST. PETERSBURG The trial of
persons arrested in connection with
the alleged massacre of Jews at Kisch
ineff will begin Tuesday.
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