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An Associated n.ross cablegram from
Madrid under date of Novembor 8
Bays: At Bilbao today the jury In the
trial of Sablno Ariana, tho leader of
tho autonomist party In tbo Basque
provinces, who was charged with hav
ing sent to President Roosevelt last
eprlng a congratulatory dispatch on
tho granting of Cuban independence,
returned a verdict of not guilty, and
the court discharged tho prlsonor. The
public recoived tho decision of tho
court with expressions of satisfaction.
At tho opening of tho trial Senor Arla
na, the "public prosocutor, took tho
ground that tho prisoner's telegram to
President Roosevelt infringed the in
tegrity and dignity of Spain, and he
demanded that a sentence of eight
years be imposed.
as tho Bond-Hay treaty, providing for
reciprocity botweon tho United States
and Newfoundland, covering flsh prod
ucts and bait Tho treaty will be sub
mitted to tho sonate immediately upon
Its reasBorabllng, and meanwhile, fol
lowing tho rulo In such cases, the state
department refrains from making pub
lic tho details of the Instrument
From Manila it has been announced
that tho United States commission has
repealed tho Spanish law which im
posed an income tax on salaries.
Reports received at tho Colombian
legation in Washington indicate that
conditions In that country are In suoh
shape as to admit of tho convening of
tho Colombian congress in December
or January, at which timo the treaty
with the United States regarding the
Panama canal will be discussed and it
is hoped, settled.
On November 9 it was reported from
Pokin, China, that a rebellion against
taxation to meet the Indemnity China
is. to pay the powers has broken out in
the southwestern part of Chili pro
vince. Troops have been sent to sup
press tho disorders.
A dispatch from Baltimore, Md on
November 8 says: Circulars were re
ceived today by stockholders of the
Atlantic Transport company announc
ing that on December 1 exchanges of
this company's stock will be made for
the securities of the International Mer
cantile Marine company, which Is the
name of the big combine engineered
by X P. Morgan & Co. Each share
of Atlantic Transport stock will re
ceive three shares of the preferred
stock and one share of the common
stock of the new company and $15 in
cash. Tho New York Security and
Trust company will -make the ex
changes. Tho caah payment represents
an adjustment of interest for the divi
dends withheld from Atlantic Trans
port stockholders during- the comple
tion of the deal.
The claims of the three territories,
Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona,
to statehood are to be investigated by
a party of senators composed of Sena
tors Boveridge, Indiana; Nelson 'Min
nesota; Dillingham, Vermont; Bates,
Tennessee, and Heltfold, "Idaho. These
five senators are members of the sena
torial sub-committee on territories.
From Manila come reports that
cholera continues to be intermittent
in different parts of the archipelago.
The recorded total of cases Is 105,000
and of deaths 67,000, while the actual
number of cases exceeds the recorded
number .by 20 per cent -
A London cablegram dated Novem
ber 9 says: A special dispatch re
ceived here from Calcutta says that
the Indian government has refused the
Standard Oil company permission to
prospect in the oil fields of Burmah.
The strange delusion of the Douk
hobors of Canada assumed a new phase
and met a now condition when on No
vember 8 the Canadian government
forcibly entrained them in .cars guard
ed by tho police and took them back
to their northern villages. It is ex
pected that this will end one of thp
-most remarkable pilgrimages in Cana
, dlan history. Great difficulty is be
ing encountered, however, by the police
in accomplishing the movement o?
these people as they seem bent on con
tinuing their Journey.
On Nqvember 9 a dispatch came
from Atlanta, Ga., as follows: A spe
cial to the Constitution from Guada
lajara, Mexico, says: An eruption of
Colima volcano Is threatened and tho
people living in the valleys at the base
of the mountain are fleeing to Man
zanllo and other points of safety. A
dense volume of smoke has been pour
' g from the crater for several days,
and during the last forty-eight hours
deep rumbling and sharp reports have
come from the interior- of the volcano.
It is reported that an order has been
issued to suspend construction tem
porarily on the Colima extension of the
wlexican Central railroad, as the na
tive laborers cannot be induced to
work so near the volcano.
On November 8 Sir Marcus Samuel
was formally Installed as lord mayor
of London in succession to Sir Joseph.
Dimsdale. The dispatches says that
all the quaint ceremonies customary- at
the induction of a chief magistral
"Were carried out, including the presen
tation of tho diamond scepter, tie
sword and tho purse.
pressed himself as pleased with the
future prospect there, saying that be
yond an occasional skirmish there is
peace in tho archipelago.
On Novombor 10 a delegation of
United States citizens residing in tho
Isle of Pines were presented to the
president and requested that this isl
and bo taken by tho United States.
Tho dispatch says that as a result of
tho turning over of tho Isle of Pines
to tho republic of Cuba for administra
tive purposes, things are said by the
delegation to bo in chaotic state. There
is not a notary public or a judicial offi
cer on the Island. The delegation is
informed that the republic of Cuba
claims tho Isle of Pines and proposes
to establish prisons, penal colonieB and
leper hospitals there. Such a course,
if pursued, the delegation indicated to
the president, would wipe out every
dollar invested in the island.
A fire in the new East River bridge
that is in process of construction be
tween New York and Brooklyn on No
vember 10 caused a loss of $75,000, and
though many narrow escapes of the
workmen are reported, no lives were
lost
Congressman Moody, republican, of
North Carolina, who was defeated by
James M. Gudger, democrat, has filed
notice that ho will contest Gudger's
election.
The threatened strike of silversmiths
in Tiffany & Co.'s plant at Forest Hill,
N. J., was begun on November 10 when
500 men quit work. xThey demand a
nine-hour wqrklng day.
Reports from the coal fields of Penn
sylvania are to the effect that the min
ers are returning to work almost gen
erally. Nearly all the owners of the
coal mines have agreed to abide by the
decision of the arbitration commission
and no further trouble is anticipated.
The troops in the coal regions hav"e
been sent home.
An important, decision hi the Union
Pacific strike case was rendered on No
vember 8 by Judges Munger and Mc
Pherspn at Omaha, Neb. A decree was
filed enjoining the strikers and modi
fying in some respects the restraining
order asked for by the railroad com
pany. Fifty-seven, or nearly one-half
of the men mentioned in the temporary
restraining order, are omitted from
tho present injunotlon.
A dispatch from Washington under
date of November 8 reports that Sec
retary Hay for tho United States, and
Sir Michael Herbert, representing . the
British government and the govern
ment of Newfoundland, today at. the
v state department signed what is known
An interesting report from Paris was
recently given out in this way: A
translation into French of President
Roosevelt's book, "The Strenuous
Life," which appeared here last week
under tho title of "La vie Intense,"
has attracted widespread Interest The
translation is by Princess Ferdinand
de Faucigny, Lucinge and Jean Iz
louef, who declare that their work has
tho authorization of Mr. Ronsnvolh
The preface of the translation pays a
glowing tribute to the United States,
and compares President Roosevelt's
book to James Bryce's "The Ameri
can Commonwealth," saying the latter
gives tha views of tho outside observ
er while "Tho Strenuous Life" gives
the view of tho observer on the Inside.
President Roosevelt is described as
"the virile champion of a nation that
has become powerful In deciding tho
destinies of the. world."
A Washington report has It that
Julian H. Bingham, collector of inter
nal revenue for the district of Alaba
ma, has been removed from his office,
and Joseph O: Thompson appointed to
succeed him. The change was made
as the result of a political change
which recently arose in Alabama. Col
ored republicans were refused partici
pation in the state convention, and
Collector Bingham was held response
ble, at least, in a measure, for their
exclusion.
On November 10 It-was reported from
Santiago, Cuba, that the railroad con
necting Santiago and Havana had been
completed and that the completion of
this railroad is the greatest Cuban
achievement of American enterprise
and makes future revolutions prac
tically impossible.
Bagley, Barney, Biddle, Thornton and
Wllkog, under command of Lieutenant
Floyd H. Chandler, sailed today from
Capo Haytlen, Hayti, for Mayaguez, on
its way to Culebra Island
President George F. Baer of tho
Philadelphia & Reading Coal company
made public his answer to President
Mitchell of the united mine workers on
November 11. Mr. Baer admits that his
company owns 37 collieries and that
before tho strike began It employed
26,589 people. Nearly the whole re
maining portion of his answer is a de
nial of the allegations made by Mr.
Mitchell to tho arbitration commission.
According to a dispatch from La Paz,
Bolivia, dated November 11, the citi
zens of that republic are greatly dis
turbed because of a rumor that the
whole country is in. a state of siege.
It is said that two rumors were heard.
One was that the Bolivians had been
completely defeated in Acre. The oth
er report was that 2,000 Peruvians were
on the frontier near the Madre do
Dios river.
An explosion of illuminating gas in
the cellar of a double tenement house
in New York on November 11 caused
the injury of thirty-nine persons, sev
eral being severely hurt The property
damage was slight
Reports from France give the infor
mation that the coal strike there is
about ended as the miners are going
back to work again. It is said that the
efforts of te national committee of
miners to induce a general strike in
other trades are meeting with no suc
cess. , Tho strike leaders say this ap
peal was made too late, that it should
have preceded the submission of the
strikors' demands to arbitration.
After an absence extending for the
period of three years, General Chaffee
returned from the Philippines on No
vember 10. Asked in regard to the sit
uation in those islands, the general ex-
The imperial marine ministry at
Berlin has decided to assign several
c uisers to duty on the Pacific coast
of Nortli and South America as soon
as some vessels now being completed
are ready, T8 action is taken in ac
cordance with general naval tactics.
The cablegram of November 10 that
conveyed this news concluded that the
marine authorities recognize more
clearly than ever the convenience
which it would be if Germany owned
land bases," but they perceive that
there Is no prospect of securing any
such territorial privileges in the west
ern hemisphere and will, naturally,
therefore, in time of peace rely on re-,
fitting in American docks and ports."
It was announced from Washington
on November 10 that the torpedo boat
flotilla, consisting pf the Decatur,
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It has been reported from Finland
that the people there are showing signs
of restlessness as a result of the "Rus
sianizing measures" of the St. Peters
burg government It will be remem
bered that for many years Russia has
been bearing down heavily upon Fin
land, and the present indications of
discontent are ascribed also to the ter
rible famine in the north which is
said to be worse than that of 1867,
when 109,000 people died of disease
and starvation. An Associated press
dispatch says that while it was per
fectly understood that the Russians
will have their way In the end, it is
evident that in the meanwhile no op
portunity will be lost to render them
ridiculous or to create difficulties for
them. The great problem is what to
do with the 14,000 young men who re
fuse compliance with the military laws.
Their numbers is their strength. The
government would like to proceed
against the federated classes only, but
they have gone almost to a man to
Germany, Sweden or England.
On November 12 it was reported that
the Chinese government has notified
the foreign ministers that hereafter
textiles impi -ted into the interior by
foreigners must pay a likin duty of 6
per cent, the same as charged in tho
case of Chinese importers.
A Manila cablegram dated November
12 reports that cholera has broken put
among the American soldiers stationed
thero. Se- :n men have already died
and a number of others are seriously
ill.
On November 12 it was reported
from Los Angeles, Cal., that C. C. Ep
pers Is authority for the stateme t
that a corporation known as tho
Southern California' Trust company,
with a capital of $4,500,000, has se
cured on option on 7,000 acres of
orange groves in this and adjoining
counties and. proposes to absorb un
der trust mortgage a heavy portion of
the Southern California citrus belt
interests. The syndicate will largely
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