Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905, November 21, 1901, Image 4

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    FIT TBENfN AWAY
Ir7c;t3 fa gamar Prefer to Lin to
Uzht Another. Dar.
SIXTEEN BOLOMEN ARE LEFT DEAD
Basts Iafaatry SeSVrs Leaser Two Killed
ad OH Mut-HutHll Achieve
Mill Are aires fnlw Bout of a" oar
eadroa Bcbole la Ftta.
MANILA, Not. 18. Company S of
the Ninth infantry, under Captain
F, H. Sboeffel, was attacked by fifty
bolomen and several Insurgents arm
ed -with rifles at a point six miles
from Tarangan in the island of 6a
mar. The insurgents tried to rush
the Americans, but, failing to accom
plice their purpose, they quickly
broke and scattered. The men of the
Ninth lost a corporal and a scout,
killed, and one private was wounded.
Sixteen of the bolomen were killed,
while the riflemen escaped.
Ten Hotchkiss rapid Are guns will
be sent to the southern islands for
operations In the mountains. Capt
Herman Hall of the Twenty-first in
fantry has been scouting for several
days in Batangas province.. He had
four separate engagements with the
Insurgents there.
Judging from the firing on these
occasions. Captain Hall estimates the
force of each band of the rebels at
from thirty to fifty. They made no
attempt to charge Captain Hall's
party. Captain Hall's scout resulted
in the capture of one insurgent offi
cer and 50,000 pounds of rice.
General Sumner, commander of the
district of southen Luzon, highly
praises Captain' Hartman and his
troop of the First cavalry, who last
Wednesday morning attacked 400 in
surgents entrenched in the rifle pits
at Buan, Batangas province, and
routed them. . General Sumner says
the blow then administered by Cap
tain Hartman is the most severe the
Insurgents have suffered since t he
(General Sumner) assumed command
of his district.
Owing to the fact that the United
States transports Sheriaan, Walrfron
and Hancock all met with accidents
in the inland, seas of Japan and the
returning party of visiting congress
men is consequently now delayed
in the latter country, the transport
Thomas, which arrived at Manila
November 13, will be Immediately
dispatched to Japan. General Chaffee'
opposes United States transports in
future passing through the inland
aeas.
The Filipino priest, Deposy, has
been sentenced by court-martial to
the penalty of death for the murder
of certain of bis countrymen who
favored the Americans. Out of re
spect, however, to the condemned
man's calling and the religious body
to which he belonged and most un
worthily represented, General Chaffee
has commuted bis sentence to twenty
years imprisonment.
General Chaffee desires it to be un
derstood that the leniency exercised
in the case cannot be1 taken as a
precedent and no person in the
Islands can be permitted to plead his
office, however sacred and exalted, as
a protection against crime.
Ho Credence for the Story.
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 18. No
credence is given here to the story of
the alleged discovery . at Skagway,
Alaska, of a . conspiracy to overrun
the Canadian government in Alaska.
United States Marshal Shoupe, who
ia credited with having come here
to , communicate with the United
States government regarding the mat
ter, is said to have come only for the
purpose of bringing some United
States prisoners who had been sen
tenced to terms In the penitentiary at
McNeill's island. He returned north
yesterday.
Mother of (Major Tailor Dead.
CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 18. Mrs. Char
lotte M. Teller, mother of United
States Senator of Colorado, died at
her bone in Morrison, 111., tonight.
Mrs. Teller was 93 years of age, but
was possessed of her faculties until
the boar of her death. She belonged
to the Chapin family of Massachusetts.
artfcaajafco to Maw Zeals ad.
WKLUNOTON. N. I., Not. 18. Aa
eartbqnaEe la Cantoobury district has
devastated tbe township of Cheviot.
Many ptosis have beta Injured.
Tk bast war to make both ends
Is to Bursts a straight career. ,
OCTTAMTINOFLB, Nor. U Con
Ce& rsMHJag Is) Brack bloodshed are
resorts bet ween Maamlasaas and
CafctfrM at Beyrosi. Similar re-
fsita tars, bee recet. :d trass tartar!
trjl Attack ,".
BfM
w, lAHTiiwn, nor. is. eeia
r."" v former grand Ttaler, has been
C crCM tuier ia soccesion
y CJ sjiai rasaa. .
MANY HANDS TAKE CENSUS
Increased forea Heeded to Have acta
Beady aa Tina.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. The an
nual report of Hon. W. R, Merriam,
director of the census, was made pub
lic Saturday by the secretary of the
Interior, to whom it is addressed.
Speaking of the prospect of meeting
the legal requirements for the comple
tion of the four principal reports by
July 1, 1902, Mr. Merriam says:
"The work of tabulating the returns
and results of the field work of the
enumerators and special agents of the
twelfth census has progressed wltb
reasonable celerity. The law provides
that the four principal reports shall
be placed In the hands of the public
by July 1, 1902, and this requirement
has rendered it absolutely necessary
to maintain a clerical force adequate
to complete the work within the pre
scribed period. The statisticians made
estimates of the time needed to finish
the particular branch assigned to each
of them."
ALL NATIONS ASKED TO COME
Bales (or ExhIMtors at St, Leal Expo
Htoa WIU Sooa Bo lasted.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 18. Rules and
regulations which will govern exhibi
tions and concessionaires at the St.
Louis exposition have been, taken np
in detail and discussed by the execu
tive committee of the company. A
majority of the rules have been agreed
upon and the remainder will be ap
proved within the next two weeks.
Ase soon as the entire list is approved
several hundred thousand copies will
be printed in different languages and
distributed through the entire civilised
world.
Plans for a mammoth live stock ex
hibit have also been discussed by the
executive committee. Assurances have
been received from many of the lead
ing live stock organizations of the
United States that they will duplicate
any sum which the World's fair will
offer in cash prizes for the exhibit.'
ARBUCKLES WIN OUT
Higher Coart Decide Tbelr Glared
Coffee Is Hot Impure.
TOLEDO, O., Nov. 18. Judge Pugs
ley in the common pleas court today
handed down a decision in the now
famous case in which a local grocer
was arrested at the instance of the
state pure food commissioner on the
ground that he was selling a certain
brand of glazed coffee turned out by
tbe Arbuckle company, the commis
sioner claiming tbat the glazing was a
violation of the pure food law.
In a lower court the commissioner
won, but Judge Pugsley reversed the
decision and administered a rebuke
to the lower court It was claimed by
tbe Arbuckles tbat the sugar trust
is back of tbe prosecution..
BRONZE STATUE TO M'KINLEY
Citterns of Clevelaod Propose to Bract
Memorial
CLEVELAND, Nov. 18. If the prop
osition made by tbe committee of 100
citizens to the finance committee of
the recent Grand Army encampment
Is carried out, a surplus of $8,000
collected for tbat occasion will be used
to erect a bronze statue of heroic size
to tbe late President McKinley in
the public square, the center of the
business portion of the city. Thus far
tbe matter has received tbe endorse
ment of most of the men connected
with the Grand army encampment and
there is little doubt of the memorial
soon becoming a reality.
Oar Influence Grow la Corea.
SAN FRANCISCO, f Nov. 18 Dr.
Horace M. Allen, United States min
ister to Corea, who has arrived bcre
enroute to his former home in To
ledo, Is quoted as saying that Amer
ican influence is on tbe increase In
Corea and that American capital is
being Invested in large amounts In
the development of tbe country's re
sources. No less than eighty Amer
icana of large means, be says, are at
present engaged in developing mines,
building railroads and furthering
other big enterprises.
Leaf Too eke te tba Eiposltloa.
CHARLESTON, S. C, Nor. 11
On Sunday, December 1, tbe exposi
tion will open here with a religious
service, In which all denominations
will take part. Tbe musical program
wltl be rendered under tbe direction
of Mm. BardL The formal opening
of tbe exposition will take plaos on
Monday, December 2. Chauncey M.
Depew of Now York will deliver tbe
principal oration and President
Roosevelt will start tbe wheels mojr
Ing by wire.
BALTIMORE, Nor. II. An event of
uaasual Interest to aaval architects
and sblp baUders will bo the reanlon
sad dinner of tbe Progressive Order
of Draughtsmen la this city Thanks
giving evening. Naval architects from
the sblp jrards and schools of tbat
nrpfasstoB along tbe Atlantis coast
from Bath, Me., to Richmond, fa.,
will take part. Admirals Melville and
Hkhbora and other naval oOcera will
bo present
Champion Jeffries Gives Akron Giant
Enough in Five Bounds.
STC3ACI turn CAUSES cciursE
Yaaealshod Fagtllet Clalau Jewries Strata
lew Easy Victory 8a. prists Better
seeker Wlaaer Considers Oppeaeat
Vlgereas CaUl Latter Yields.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. II. In one
of tbe most unsatisfactory prise fighta
ever witnessed in this country James
Jeffries proved tbe victor last night
over Gus Ruhiin. In the fifth round
of what was to have been a twenty
round struggle Ruhiin wilted and then
surrendered to bis peer, to tbe utter
amazement and disgust of tbe assem
bled thousands. No one was more
surprised than Jeffries himself, wbo
asserted tbat although be had deliver
ed one telling blow in the second
round he did not expect to win tbe vic
tory so easily.
Ruhlin's sole explanation of tbe out
some of the fight is that be received
a chance blow which utterly disabled
him and tbat Jeffries persisted In
fighting him low. While Ruhiin will
make no absolute charge of Jeffries
having committed a foul he Intimates
that he was unfairly handled and in
jured as a result. Ruhiin received
the report of bis seconds In this stand,
who say that his was a hopeless case
after tbe second round.
When seen In his dressing room af
ter the fight Champion Jeffries said:
"I was certainly surprised at my
easy victory and Ruhlin's amazing de
feat. While it is true that he did not
punch me hard enough during the five
rounds to cause me any alarm, I be
ll aved him strong and cautious up to
the moment of his collapse and was
surprised when be quit. I certainly
bad no trouble in whipping him and
had the fight gone on the result must
have been the same. Ruhiin was in
accurate and In poor wind and I can
not say tbat he even bad tbe courage
and force that I expected to ecounter
In him. Ruhiin took a 'stiff punch
in the stomach in the fourth round,
which I presume gave him trouble.
Nevertheless I expected him to lose
harder than he did. Ruhiin can
doubtless best explain his own posi
tion, and as for myself I am willing
to meet Sharkey n.txt month and
thereafter to defend as best I can tbe
title I hold."
When Ruhiin went into his dress
ing room be was followed by a gloomy
group of adherents. The defeated
man complained of no pain and mov
ed about - without assistance. He
stated: ' , ',
"I believed from the tap of the gong
that I would win, but as tbe fight
progressed I was beaten down until I
received a blow In the stomach which
I must say was very low. It may not
have been a foul, but no living man
could have survived it. Jeffries de
parted from the written rules and
from the common regulations of box
ing when be threw himself upon me
and wrestled rather than sparred. I
believe that had I not received the
stomach punch which ended me In
the fifth round I would have worn
down Jeffries a few rounds later and
beaten him as a matter of endurance.
I am ready to fight him again and be
lieve that In time I will have the op
portunity of showing that I can de
feat him."
IOWA MONEY MISAPPLIED.
Board or Control Charsea Abase of State's
A pproprtattons.
DBS MOINES, Ia.. Nov. 16. The
second biennial report of the Board
of Control of Iowa Institutions was
Issued today. An appropriation of
1848,127 is asked, mostly for Improve
ment of state buildings.
The report charges tbat appropria
tions for. the State college at Ames
and the State university st Iowa City
have been used for lobbying purposes!
Concerning Insane at county asylums,
it Is cbsrged tbey are treated like
animals, male attendants hsvlng ac
cess to women's wards, and that in
one Instance six persons were' bathed
In the same water.
It is recommended that tbs ne
mos penitentiary be converted Into
a reformatory and an Indeterminate
sentence law enacted.
lacreaslag.
DBS MOINE8. Is., Nov. II. Tbe re
port of tbe Des Moines agency to tbe
commissioner of pensions for tbe
month of October shows a gala of 166
original pensions and renewals and m
loss by death of 117, by remarriage
one aad by minors besoming of age
twelve.
CHICAOO, Nor. ll.-Roof trasses
on tbe new power plant building bow
la process of construction at tbs Uni
versity of Chicago collapsed, burying
a group of workmen who wars stand
ing beneath, sader a mass of Iron
joists, lumber sad bricks, killing one
man and Injuring four. Tbe accident
Is directly attributable to aa attempt
to shift nve of tbe trusses which had
been put la place about one Inch oat
Of the perpend lev lar Into true.
KNOCK AT TKE UNION'S COOH
Oklahesae aad the ladtaa Territory Urge
Their Deasaad far Statehood.
MUSKOGEE, I. T., Nov. 15. Single
Statehood for Oklahoma and Indian
Territory will be brought to a definite
Issue at tbe convention called to meet
in tbe United States court soom here
this afternoon. Tbe date for tbe con
vention wr-s set at Oklahoma City on
October 22. and three hundred dele
gates from each territory have come
to fight out the issue. The supreme
effort of the two territories to -secure
a single statehood form of govern
ment at the next session of congress
will be made.
Tbe issue will, it is believed, be
squarely divided between the political
and commercial interests of the terri
tories. Politicians,' as a rule, it is
conceded, are In favor of separate
statehood. This view, as far as Indi
cations point before the meeting gath
ers, is opposed by tbe business men
of the territories, who want all ave
nues of trade and industry opened
without restriction, and who profess
to believe that this end could not be
secured In making two states of the
territories. This, It is held, Is espe
cially true in Indian Territory, whose
undeveloped natural resources, they
assert, are as rich as can be found In
any state of the union. Among tbe
first delegates to arrive tbe current of
feeling seemed strongly for single
statehood for Oklahoma without de
lay, Indian Territory to be later.
Aside from speech making and the
adoption of resolutions bearing on
tbe subject, tne convention will likely
provide funds to carry on a system
atic campaign of education for state
hood tbat shall finally reach congress.
f AV0RS TKE AMERICAN f LOIR
Brssll Increases Doty oa That Imported
la Bass.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15. Tbe Rio
Janeiro correspondent of the Herald
cables: The Chamber ef Deputies has
passed a bill increasing tbe duty on
flour imported in bags instead of bar
rels. There was a lively discussion
over the measure. It was contended
that flour Imported in bags is apt to
contain dangerous germs, but this as
sertion was combated vigorously.
One member of the budget commit
tee frankly declared that the object
of the bill was to protect United States
producers against the Argentine. Af
ter the vote had been ' taken several
deputies said: "The Yankees have
routed the Argentines." ,
Public opinion and tbe newspapers
generally disapprove of the new law,
as It Is known tbat flour from the Uni
ted States arrives in barrels, while
the Argentine product comes In bags.
Newspapers of Buenos Ayres unani
mously condemn tbe measure and re
monstrances will be filed by the Ar
gentine millers.
Baral Mall Clerks la CWII Service.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15. About two
hundred employes in tbe executive
branch of the rural free delivery ser
vice of the postoffice department will
be brought Into tbe civil service by
an order of President Roosevelt, which,
it Is understood, will be issued within
a week or two. These employes are
clerks, special agents and inspectors.
The 6,000 rural free delivery carriers
throughout the country will not be
brought Into the civil service unaer
the same order, but they will be taken
lntat some later day. Tbelr civil ser
vice status is to be somewhat different
from that of those first included,
though the regulation", governing them
have not yet been passed upon.
Wrecks Strewn Alone Shore.
LONDON, Nov. 15. It Is still im
possible to estimate with any exact
itude the total loss of life and prop
erty resulting from the protracted
gale, and probably the full extent of
the damage will never be known.
Much wreckage of Unidentified ves
sels Is still being thrown up. Alto
gether it Is known that some fifty
vessels have been wrecked along tbe
British coasts, thirty-four of these
have become absolute wrecks, Involv
ing, It Is believed, a loss of more than
ISO drowned. Tbe Yarmouth lifeboat
disaster alone leaves forty-four father
less children.
Erection of Berfelk earless.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nor. 15. Tbe
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
decided to readvertise for bids for tbs
erection of tbe Norfolk asylum. No
material can be securedIt Is claimed,
until midwinter. Tbe State Board of
Charities may recommend tbat 126 of
the patients be sent to Hastings and
tbs asjrlnm at Lincoln to rollers the
overcrowded condition of tbe remain
lag buildings at Norfolk.
PelHIehMts Bare Be Velce.
WASHINGTON, Nor. IS. President
Roosevelt today announced that la
making clrtl appointments In the I
alar possessions of tbs United States
ho would adhere to the principles ol
tbe civil service. He declared this
policy to Clinton Rogers Wood run
of Philadelphia of tbe Civil . Berries
Reform league. Mr. Woodruff li
chairman of the committee on depend
encies, and called to ascertain what
the president's policy would be. .
dickinso um ffl
Bulgaria Say. He Kay Treat With Bri
gands as He Pleases.
WfAl MINISTER ELAYS SULTAN
Charge Tarker With Beepenslbliltr 'er
Macedonia Barbarities that Should Ap
peal to Rations as Caba'a Safferlns
The Latest rrosn Miss Stoee,
NEW YORK, Nov. 15. Uetks Kara
veloff, tbe prime minister of Bulgaria,
has just been interviewed by tbe Sofia
correspondent of the Journal and Ad
vertiser. Said tbe prime minister:
"For humanitarian reasons the min
ister of the interior has undertaken to
tolerate fresh intercourse between the
brigands and an American agent It
is a bad precedent to recognize tbe
brigands, however, indirectly, but we
wish to stretch a point for America and
tbe cause of humanity. The brigands,
wherever they are, can now treat un
molested with the American repre
sentative and safe conduct will be
given to any man or men recommend
ed by Mr. Dickinson. There is no
brigandage In Bulgaria. Turkey is the
cause of brigandage, murder and mas
sacre in Macedonia. Conditions there
are intolerable. Europe has been
moving In a vicious circle regarding
Macedonia since the Berlin treaty. All
the powers agree tbat Macedonia
should have autonomy, but none is
willing to move in tbe matter. Count
Andrassy of Austria was more to
blame than Lord Beaconsfield at tbe
Berlin conference for the present con
dition of Macedonia, which is crying to
heaven for vengeance.
"France patches up Its quarrel with
Turkey, oblivious of liberty, equality
and fraternity for Macedonia; Ger
many Is satisfied with all the material
advantages possible out of Turkey.
The Macedonians themselves may
break the vicious circle and break
Turkey's cruel boast: 'We took yon
by the sword; by the sword we shall
hold you.' All we ask for Macedonia
is autonomy. We do not seek annex
ation. .
"If the American people knew the
kind of hellish barbarity perpetrated
by Turkey in Macedonia tbe voice of
tbe nation which freed . Cuba and
fought tbe most chivalrous and unself
ish war of modern times would awaken
the cabinets of Europe to a sense of
their duty regarding Macedonia."
In conclusion the premier said he
wished tbe United States would estab
lish consulates at Sofia and Pbllllpop
olts, particularly aa Bulgaria is en
tirely agricultural and needs American
agricultural Implements.
SOFIA, . Bulgaria, Nov. 15. Ml si
Ellen M. Stone and Mme. Tsllka, the
captives of the brigands, are now said
to be occupying a hut in a village of
Southern Bulgaria, to which tbey are
closely confined. ,
There is reason to believe that a
conference of the secret committee,
held at Dublnitz, favored a rcductlou
of tbe ransom demanded and that as
soon as It comes within range of- the
funds at the disposal of Consul Gen
eral Dickinson he is ready to seal the
proposal.
ILLINOIS SENDS SPOKESMEN
Tea Cnleagoear Go to Old Point Comfort
-. to Present gtlrrr Service.
CHICAGO, Nov. 15. The committee
of ten Chicagoans which Is to present
tbe battleship Illinois with a silver ser
vice at Old Point Comfort Saturday
left bere at 10:30 a. m. today over the
Baltimore & Ohio for Washington. At
the capital tbe committee will meet
Secretary of the Navy Long, Secretary
of the Treasury Cage, Admiral Terry,
Senator Cullom and others who are- to
attend the presentation. Governor
Yates cannot be present and Senator
Cullom has been selected to speak In
bis stead. Tbe silver service con
sists of ten pieces and cost 110,000,
tbe money having been raised in tbe
state by popular subscription.
.Kaases City I eg ea Eggs.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 13.-Re-ports
of a successful corner In eggs
by Chicago and St, Louis dealers art
scouted by local wholesale produce
men. In Ksnsss City It Is estimated
tbat about 70,000 cases or 2.100.000
dosen eggs, are held In cold storage.
Last year at this time about one-balf
tbat. number were In the hands of
local holders. With such stocks to
draw upon there seems to be little
possibility of cornering tbe egg mar
ket. Oen. Weed Oees le Jama lea.
BANTIAOO, Nov. 14, General Wood,
asnompanled by Mrs. Wood, Prof.
James Bryce. M. P., and their party,
left hers tonight for Jamaica on tbe
government yacht Kanawha. General
Wood wss entertained this evening by
tb tan Carlos club.
Haw 1 erfcers at White Beeee. .
WASHINGTON, Nov. IB. August
Belmont snd Rev. Lymsn Abbott of
Mw Yprk were guests of President
Roosevelt st dinner tonight.
THE LIVE STOCK M ASSET.
Latest QaotetleBe Frees Seath Omaha
aad Kaaaas City.
BOl'TII OMAHA,
Csttle Cattle receipts continue! liberal,
making the receipt for the week to date
compare favorably with last week, and
also with the Mine period of last year.
The demand for the Utter grades was
active, so that the market was brisk
and no Important changes In prices were
noted. There were about twenty-five cars
of corn -fed steers In the yards, and the
equality ot the ottering a whole was
pood. Receipts Included about fifty earn
of cows and heifers. The demand was a
little more active on the better srades
than it was yesterday and Oie market
could be quoted steady, uuiis. veat
calves and stags sold without material
change from yesterdays quotations.
There were not many desirable grades
of Blockers and feeders on sale, so that
anything answering to that description
was picked up In good season st steady
pries. The demand for the common kinds
was limited, the game as It has been for
some time past, and sellers had consid
erable difficulty In disposing of thRt el"
of cattle. There was an active demand
for western range beef steers and as a
result the fifteen cars ofTered sold at
good, strong prices. '
Hogs Receipts of hogs were fairly lib
eral, making the supply for the four
days of this werfk considerably In excess
of both the corrennonding days of last
week an the same days of last year.
The market at this point 0ened up In
good season, with prices a good nickel
higher than yesterday's average market.
As the morning advanced the market took
on more life and prices grew stronger nt
a rapid rate. At the close an advance
of 7',4flte over yesterday's average was
noted. The early sales were mostly at
Sift'. Ijiter on the bulk sold at 5.7V4
and on the clone tS.67H and IT..70 were the
popular prices.
ahpepThere were quite a few sheep
and lambs on sale, but nearly everything
offered was feeders. There were a few
cars, however, of native corn-feds, which
sold at good, steady prices. Packers seem
to be anxious for supplies here, but they
claim that prices ore too high tn com
parison with other points. The feeder
market was not very brisk, as the num
ber of bayers was rather limited. Some
of the better grades sold at Just about
steady prices, but 'aside from those the
market was dull snd weak. Old ewes In
particular are hard to move, and prices
are now considerably lower than they
have been In some time past.
KANSAS CITY.
Cat lie fom-fed steers opened 10c high
er and closed steady: Texan. Wc higher;
others, steady: choice export and dressed
beef steers. tV7Ca 25; fair to good,
5.60; stockers and feeders. west
ern fed steers. $Mf5..V: weKlern range
steers, J3.rff4.M: Texas and Indian steers.
CTfS-MO: Texas cows, riWdK; native
cows, t2..W(it.K; hirers. H.Vi3.J3: can
ners. II .mtZ-iO; bulls, J2.&83.90; calves,
$3,004(5.25.
Hogs Heavy, 5c higher: light and pigs.
3c lower; top, bulk of sales, tr,,3f?S
S.Ki; heavy, 5.(&45.!).'.: mixed packers.
4iS.K; light, M.HWj.lf); pigs. S4.2Trft4.73.
Sheep and tamlm Market strong to
10c higher; native lambs, ROD&4.60; west
ern iHmbs, .M; native wethers. S3.2S
S10: western wethers. tlKhi-Xr. year
lings. .25'3.S0; ewes, Z.WnXZ; culls,
$1.50413.25. '
NO PROMISE TO BRIGANDS
United States Has Wot Onaraatced Them
amenity From Punishment
WASHINGTON. Nov. 16 It Is said
at tbe state department tbat no au
thorisation has been sent Consul Gen
eral Dickinson to promise exemption
from punishment of the brigands who
kidnaped Miss Stone, as one of the
conditions of her ransom. In fact,
our government has not authorized
aify promise whatever to be made
that would bind Its hand In dealing
with the subject in the future, or tbat
would prevent It either from Insist
ing on the punishment of tbe brigands
or from lodging a demand for full In
demnity for tbe money whlcb may be
paid over as ransom for Miss Stone.
There is no disposition to disavow
any of Mr. Dickinson's acts, but the
officials here are confident tbat . he
has not compromised the case. Be
cause of his diplomatic rank It is left
to Mr. Spencer Eddy, United States
charge at Constantinople, to make any
necessary representations of a diplo
matic character, and tbat he la exer
cising his functions in that direction
is exhibited in the dispatches publish
ed today disclosing the character of
tbe representations he has been
making to the llulgarlan agents at
Constantinople.
NEELEY IS SQUIRMING
Aadleacla Berommeads Seateaee la Ca
bs a Festal Fraud Cases.
HAVANA, Nov. 16. The defendants
in tbe Havana postofflce fraud cases
have been granted an extension of ten
days In which to file their answers
to tbe charges of tbe fiscal.
A dispatch to tbe Associated Press
from Havana said tbat the Indict
ments In these casees sent by tbe au
dlencla Implicated Rath bone Jointly
with Neeley and. Reeves in defraud
ing tbe government apd recommended
that each of the accused men be lined
f 180,000 and that Ratbbone be sen-,
tented to twenty-flve years, Neeley to
twenty-five years and sli months 'and
Reeves to twenty-four years and six
months' Imprisonment.
Terr! tee tea Send Lobby.
MU8KOOEB, r. T.. Nov. K. Six
delegates to Washington, who are to
remain In that city during the present
session of congress and work la be
half of statehood for Oklahoma aad
Indian Territory, were appointed aa a
result of the statehood convention Just
held here. Oklahoma elected ex-Oov-ernor
Barnes, Charles F. Barrett and
Thomas H. Doyle, and Indian Terri
tory decided upon, three prominent
men wbo will undertake to act