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PANAMA RECEIVED
THE PRESIDENT FORMALLY RE
CEIVES BUNAU VARILLA
CEREMONY OF THE RECEPTION
Thf Envoy Extraordinary and Min
ister Plenipotentiary Formally Pre
eented by Secretary Hay Exchange
of Addresses Impressive
WASHINGTON President Roose
velt on Friday formally received M
Philippe Bunau Varilla the duly ac
credited envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of the Re
public of Panama to the United
States The reception of the minister
marked the birth of the new Republic
of Panama into the family of nations
and pavos the way for negotiations be
tween the United States and the infant
republic precisely as they may be con
ducted between any two foreign na
tions
The ceremony incident to the recep
tion of Minister Bunau Varilla and the
presentation of his credentials oc
curred in the Blue room of the White
jHouse at 930 oclock in the morning
At a few minutes before that hour
Minister Bunau Varilla accompanied
by Secretary of State Hay in the lat
ters Btate carriage arrived at the
Whito House The secretarys carriage
was followed by a landau the only
becupant of which was Minister Bunau
jVarillas young son Secretary Hay
and the new minister both attired in
conventional morning address entered
the White House accompanied by the
imlnisters son and were shown into
the Blue room They were joined al
most immediately by the president and
Secretary- Loob
Secretary Hay formally presented M
3unau Varilla to President Roosevelt
as the accredited minister of the Re
public of Panma Minister
in turn presented his credentials
and delivered an address to which the
president feelingly responded The
exchange of addresses was impressive
iby reason of the circumstances and
the addresses themselves are regarded
as felicitous and patriotic Minister
Bunau Varilla spoke in part as fol
lows
Mr President In according to the
minister plenipotentiary of the Repub
lic of Panama the honor of presenting
to you his letters of credente you ad
mit into the family of nations the
weakest and last born of the republics
bf the new world
It- owes its existence to the outburst
of indignant grief which stirred the
hearts of the citizens of the isthmus
on beholding the despotic nation
which sought to forbid their country
from fulfilling the destinies vouchsafed
to it by Providence In consecrating
its right to exist Mr President you
jnit an end to what appeared to be the
interminable controversy as to the
rival water ways and you definitely in
augurate the ero of the achievement
of the Panama canal
President Roosevelt made suitable
reply
BENNETT VILL CASE GOES UP
Bryan Authorizes His Attorney to
Seek Higher Judgment
NEW HAVEN Conn It was an
nounced Tuesday that William J
Bryan had given his counsel power of
attorney to perfect an appeal to the
superior court from the decision of
Judge Cleaveland of the probate
court declaring that the sealed letter
referred to in the will of Philo S Ben
nett which provided for a gift of 50
1000 to Mr Bryan was not a part of the
will
At a hearing of the probate judge
prior to this announcement by agree
ment of counsel and Mr Bryan as ex
ecutor the widows allowance was
fixed at 7500 a year
PANAMANS ARE PLEASED
Receive News of Varilfas Reception
With Satisfaction
PANAMA The Associated Press
correspondent on Friday communicat
ed to Jose Arango president of the
junta the first news of President
Roosevelts reception of M Philippe
Varilla as minister of the republic of
Panma Senor Arango expressed in
tense gratification saying that this act
of President Roosevelt made possible
the negotiation of a canal treaty and
that such negotiation would probably
be completed before the Panamans
held a convention to elect a legislature
and adopt a constitution
Released from Mexican Jail
TUCSON Ariz Hermosillo advices
state that Walter McCurdy the Amer
ican attorney who has been in a Mex
ican prison nearly a year awaiting
trial on the charge of forging tele
grams in connection with the trans
fer of the stock of the Yaqui Copper
company was acquitted Friday Mc-
Curday has yet to stand trial on the
charge of assault on one of the stock
holders of the Yaqui Copper com
pany
THE LAND LEASING BILL
The Proposition Makes Its Appearance
in Congress
WASHINGTON The land leasing
proposition made its appearance In
congress Friday when Representative
Lacey Introduced a bill which primar
ily gives to homesteaders and settlers
in the arid and semi arid regions the
right to improve and protect the grass
upon the public domain in the vicinity
of the lands so as to prevent further
detorioration and monopolization of
the range by the owners of large herds
of live stock Such parts of the arid
and semi arid region as are not nec
essary for irrigating purposes may un
der the Lacey bill be leased for stock
grazing purposes subject to the right
of homestead and other entry at all
times The leases are to be regulated
by the secretary of the interior to
run for five years with the right of
renewal each lease to be limited to
3200 acres to each person The
leases are non transferable and are to
be granted only to actual settlers
Corporations are denied the right to
make leases The lands subject to
lease are to be classified and shall be
rented at rates varying from 1 to 6
cents an acre per annum Persons
leasing land under the above provi
sions will be permitted to fence the
land at their own expense
LAMBASTS ANTI SMOOT PEOPLE
Filing of Petitions Practcally a Con
tempt of the U S Senate
WASHINGTON The house was in
session only five minutes Wednesday
and no business was transacted
The- senate began business in earn
est by receiving a number of petition
and also many bills
In presenting a numerously signed
petition asking the senate to expedite
the consideration of the charges
against Mr Smoot Mr Hoar took oc
casion to remin the senders of peti
tions bearing upon Mr Smoots case
that the proceeding is out of order
and is improper He based his re
marks upon the fact that the deter
mination of Mr Smoots rights will
be purely a judicial proceeding to be
determined by the laws and the con
stitution of the United States
With all due respect to the signers
of the petitions of this character he
said I want to say to them that their
petitions are as much out of place
when addressed to this court as simi
lar petitions would be if addressed to
the supreme court of the United
States in any case pending before that
tribunal
JERUSALEM AT THE FAIR
Permission to Bring in Animals Free
of Duty
WASHINGTON Alexander Konta
the projector of the Jerusalem exhibi
tion at the St Louis exposition se
cured permission from Secretary Wil
son of the agricultural department for
the importation free of duty of cer
tain ruminating animals from Pales
tine for exhibition purposes includ
ing twenty five camels fifty goats and
twenty sheep
Mr Konta has secured from Chekib
Bey the Turkish minister to the Uni
ted States who has been designated
by the sultan as a special commis
sioner to tne exposition letters of in
troduction to prominent officials in
Constantinople and purposes to ar
range for the exhibition of Turkish
relics old arms books and the flags
of the old crusaders He will sail for
Europe next weeit
MRS LENA M LILLIE SUES
Wants Insurance on Life of Husband
She Murdered
LINCOLN Neb A special from
Daivd City says Mrs Lena M Lillie
convicted last spring for murdering
her husband a wealthy man and sen
tenced to imprisonment for life is
again in court this time as plaintiff
in trivial actions
At the time Harvey Lillie was mur
dered he carried fraternal insurance
aggregating the sum of 8000 Seven
hundred and fifty dollars of this was
made to the 12-year-old daughter
Edna who has been paid For the
balance 7250 Mrs Lillie was named
as the beneficiary and suit is brought
by Mrs Lillie to recover Three fra
ternal companies are defendants
Subsistence for Rural Carriers
WASHINGTON Mr Jones of
Washington introduced a bill provid
ing a subsistence allowance of 250
annually for rural free delivery car
riers
Measures to Suppress Panama
LIMA Peru The Colombian min
ister to Peru has published here ca
blegrams received from his govern
ment dated at Bogota November 10
11 and 12 respectively The cable
grams say that the Colombian govern
ment has taken measures to suppress
the isthmian traitors and add that
all parties and all classes have offered
to the government their lives and
property in defense of the national ter
ritory
CUBAN
TREATY
PAYNE INTRODUCES THE BILL IN
THE HOUSE
FULL TEXT OF THE MEASURE
Fixes Twenty Per Cent Sugar Limit
Requires that No Greater Reduction
of Duty Than This Be Made While
Convention is in Force
WASHINGTON Mr Payne on
Thursday introduced in the house a
bill making effective the now Cuban
reciprocity treaty The measure was
referred to the ways and means com
mittee It is in part as follows
That whenever the president ot
the United States shall receive satis
factory evidence that the republic of
Cuba has made provision to give full
effect to the articles of the conven
tion between the United States and
the republic of Cuba signed on the
11th day of December in the year
one thousand nine hundred and two
he is hereby authorized to issue his
proclamation declaring that he has re
ceived such evidence and thereupon
on the 10th day after the exchange of
ratifications of such convention be
tween the United States and the re
public of Cuba and so long as the
said convention shall remain in force
all articles of merchandise being the
product of the soil or industry of the
republic of Cuba which are now im
ported into the United States free of
duty shall continue to be so admit
ted free of duty and all other arti
cles of merchandise being the pro
duct of the soil or industry of the
republic of Cuba imported into the
United States shall be admitted at a
reduction of 20 per centum of the
rates as provided by the tariff act of
the United States approved July 24
1897 or as may be provided by any
tariff law of the United States subse
quently enacted
The rates of duty herein granted
by the United States to the republic
of Cuba are and shall continue dur
ing the term of said convention pref
erential in respect to all like imports
from other countries
Provided That while said conven
tion is in force no sugar imported
from the republic of Cuba and being
the product of the soil or industry of
the republic of Cuba shall be admit
ted into the United States at a reduc
tion of duty greater than 20 per cent
um of the rates of duty thereon as
provided by the tariff act of the Uni
ted States approved July 24 1891
and no sugar the product of any oth
er foreign country shall be admitted
by treaty or convention into the Uni
ted States while this convention is in
force at a lower rate of duty than
that provided bv the tariff act of the
United States approved July 24 1S97
and
Provided further that nothing here
in contained shall be held or con
strued as an admission on the part of
the house of representatives that cus
toms duties can be changed otherwise
than by act cf congress originating
in said house
Section 2 That so long as said con
vention shall remain in force the laws
and regulations adopted or that may
be adopted by the United States to
protect the revenues and prevent
fraud in the declarations and proofs
that the articles of merchandise to
which caid convention may apply are
the product or manufacture of the re
public or Cuba shall not impose any
additional charge or fee therefor orf
the articles imported except the con
sular fees established or which may
be established by the United States
for issuing shipping documents
BRYAN IS OFF FOR EUROPE
Sails on the Steamer Majestic to be
Absent Several Weeks
NEW YORK William J Bryan will
sail for Europe Thursday afternoon
with his 13-year-old son William J
jr on the steamer Majestic He is
going to Europe for the first time
partly on business and partly for
pleasure and will take in the most of
England and a good part of the con
tinent before returning He will be
gone several weeks
Before he sailed William J Bryan
was asked by an interviewer
Will the democrats go to the polls
next year a united party
I think all democrats will be uni
ted at the polls but not of course
those who are not democrats Those
who are not democrats will not be
with the democrats
Colombia Censors Cablegram
WASHINGTON The state depart
ment was notified that the Colombian
government had established a censor
ship over cable for the interior of Co
lombia reaching Buena Ventura This
cuts off communication between the
capital of Colombia and the Outside
world It may delay communication
with the United States but this gov
ernment will not submit to any sup
pression of its dispatches so long as
the telegraph route is open at all
f ENGLISH AUTHORS POOR TASTE
Henry Watson Expresses Dislike for
American Women
Henry Brereton Marriott Watson
who has called American women an
archists and degenerates of a danger
ous and abnormal type Is an English
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writer and novelist He was born In
Australia was educated in New Zea
land and went to England in 1885
He has been assistant editor of Black
and White and of the Pall Mall Ga
jzette and with J M Barrle is the
joint author of the play Richard
Savage The Princess Xenla Di
ogenes of London and The Heart of
Miranda are Mr Watsons principal
novels He is the son of a minister
and is 40 years of age
WAS UNDER FIRE
American Minister Narrowly Escapes
Death
SAN DOMINGO The city is closely
besieged by the revolutionists and
commerce is paralyzed Firing around
San Domingo continues The political
situation is unchanged The German
warships Panther and Gazelle are
here
The revolutionists have addressed a
letter to Minister Powell informing
him that agreements entered into with
the United States by the government
presided over by General Wos y Gil
will not be recognized by them The
letter requests that Minister Powell
recognize the revolutionists but the
minister has refused to hold commun
ication with them The political sit
uation is unchanged
NEW YORK A dispatch from San
Domingo dated November 9 to a
newspaper here says the attack on
the city by the revolutionists which
began last Friday was still in force
Monday
During all of Saturday night the
dispatch continues the insurgents at
tacked the outposts with small arms
and also delivered a rather heavy shell
fire The government however suc
ceeded in repelling the attack al
though with considerable loss The
losses of the revolutionists were slight
Some foreign noncombatants were
killed
During an attack Sunday afternoon
an insurgent shell passed within a few
feet of Mr Powell the American min
ister at the legation
A sortie was made by 140 govern
ment troops but they were ambushed
and compelled to retire within the
walls leaving their dead and wounded
on the field
Early Sunday night there was an
other heavy attack but the rebels
were again repulsed The losses are
unknown Several shells exploded in
the city this morning
The German cruiser Gazelle arrived
Monday and landed marines The Ger
man cruiser Panther arrived the pre
ceding day No other foreign war
vessels are here
Previous to the beginning of thp
bombardment of San Domingo the
revolutionists notified the diplomatic
corps and the consular officers that
they had previously served notice -on
the Dominican government that the
forces of the revolution intended to
adopt all means including a bombard
ment in their efforts to capture tho
city
Redmond Will Not Resign
LONDON When questioned as to
the train of reports in the Irish news
papers that he would resign tho lead
ership of the Irish party and join
William OBrien in retirement John
Redmond telegraphed to the Associ
ated Press from Dublin The report
is quite untrue The party remains
united
San Domingo Has Capitulated
CAPE HAYTIEN A dispatch from
Monte Cristo says it is reported there
that San Domingo has capitulated to
the revolutionists and that General
Jiminez has been proclaimed pres
ident
To Repeal Timber and Stone Act
WASHINGTON Senator Hans
brough introduced in the senate on
Wednesday a bill which by implica
tion repeals the timber and stone act
under which land is now acquired at
250 an acre regardless of its real
value The measure is intended to
cure defects in existing laws put a
quietus upon speculation in public tim
ber lands and an end to the frauds
which recently have grown into a J
tional scandal
CAUGHT BY MTJSKEAT
BUT OLD MAN RUNNELS HELD ON
TO BUFFALO FISH
Days Frshing That Went Smoothly
Until Outsider Got Into the Game
Poor Results of Effort Made to Kill
Intruder
The funniest thing I ever saw
down In Egypt as southern Illinois is
called happened to an old hotelkeeper
by the name of Runnels said the
Southdown drummer the other day I
was tied up with a cigar man and a
corset agent at his layout one Sunday
and there being nothing else to do wo
walked out to one of those prairie
ditches to see if we could club a few
buffalo fish You see these fish are
big fellows and they wallow in the
slimy ditches where the water i3
sometimes not more than a foot deep
The fishermen pull off part of their
wearing apparel get a club wade into
tho water and maul the fish to death
Now it happens that those ditches
are also full of muskrats there being
about as many of them as there are
of the fish Well that Sunday old
Runnels and the other three of us
went out to one of the ditches We
got rid of part of our clothing and
waded in I succeeded in killing one
fish and the corset agent caught a big
mud turtle but the cigar man and old
Runnels hadnt got a thing
Finally the cigar booster yelled to
old Runnels to watch out He had
started a big one Runnels braced
himself as the fish swam up stream
its fins cutting the water like a sub
marine boat He took- a horrible
swipe at the buffalo but missed it
Then he started chasing it and he
finally ran it into a hole in the side
of the bank just beneath the surface
of the water
The old man yelled that he had
him all right and all of the rest of
us piked up to the place Runnels
rolled up his sleeves and stuck his
arm into the hole All at once he let
out a yell that would have scared a
Comanche to death He tried to jump
backward but his feet were stuck in
the mud He doubled up again and
tried to jump and that time he sat
down in the water which struck him
at the chin His long whiskers kind
o floated down stream and he kept
yelling and pulling
Well sir the corset agent and my
self got in and lifted the old man up
and as he came out of the mud and
water he held the fish by the tail But
there was also something holding him
A big muskrat had him by one thumb
and wouldnt let go any more than a
snapping turtle would
Old Runnels kept yelling that he
was killed and I told him to stand
still till the corset agent could kill the
muskrat The agent steadied himself
raised a club and brought it down
kerwhack But he didnt hit the
muskrat at all The club landed on
old Runnels good hand and peeled
about three square inches of skin off
of it
Just then the animal let go and
dropped into the water Old Runnels
held on to the fish and we got him out
and back to the hotel in time to sam
ple it for supper When I went back
a month later the old man still had his
hand tied up but what do you think
he said He asked me if I didnt want
to go out and try it again It was
funny enough to repeat but I didnt
want to risk taking Runnels part oi
the fun Chicago Inter Ocean
The Old Man
Go to your nests rooks in the windy
trees
And vex not me with your ill omened
caw
I am too old to live beneath Fears lav
Hopes fever me no longer nor doubts
freeze
Half I forget what makes the blackbird
sins
3o loud hi spring1
The earth grows old around me planets
wane
Aprils green glamour is spread out in
vain
The rose sends nets of fragrance from
her tree
But in her webs of beauty takes not me
Out of the road I never turn my feet
For search of moonwort or of meadow
sweet
The Fea sings loud for youth I hear it
moan
Counting its rocky ramparts stone by
stone
And all the green haired people of the
waves
They do but make wild music over graves
The graves of broken ships and drowned
men
And cities that the sea has taen again
hate the gulls and terns that dip and
cry
About the white cliffs along the sunder
ing sea
Or I should hate if hate had not passed
by
Even as love has and forgotten me
Time has outdistanced my slow fr t
behold
I have outlingered Death I cannot die
I am too old
Pall Hall Gazette
Successful Feople
Prof Dexter of the University of
Illinois has compiled a curious vol
ume of statistics relating to success
ful people and containing SG02
names It is shown that musicians
gain success at the earliest age the
scientists at an early age the actor
and the author next the inventors
gain their place slowly no one below
the age of forty being included in the
book Women reach s uccess in till
callings except in music and on the
stage later than their male competi
tors It has before been noted that
musical gifts tend to develop more
quickly than almost any other As for
the business men it is interesting to
learn that 84 per centof the success
ful men of business did not enter col
lege while 12 per cent completed it
Of the financiers 18 pjr cent are col
lege graduates
Carpet can- colored- o J00
witb PUTNAM FADELESS- BYI
About tho only establishment that
makes money without advertising Isr
tho mint
Defiance- Starch Is guaranteed big
gest and best or money rofunded IS
ounces 10 cents Try it now
The Century for 1904
The- Century for 1904 a
wealth of reading andT pictures that
surpasses even the high standard
achieved during 1903 Perhaps most
notable of all the strong features- of
the- volume- will be Dr SI Weir Mitch
ells The Youth of Washington
told In the- form of an autobiography
It will be- a daring and unique piece
of historicar work written as if it
were done by General Washing
ton himself sitting down in Mt Ver
non in his old age and recording
solely for his own eye the story- ot
his youthful life
Then there will be- a series of arti
cles on Italian Villas- and Their Gar
dens written by Edith Wharton and
illustrated largely in color by Max
field Parrish Ernest Thompson Se
ton has prepared Fable- and Wood
myth brief papers in a new vein
the illustrations in the authors moBt
fantastic and amusing style
The artists whose work will appeir
in the Gentury for 1904 Include the
best of the day It is not a- question
for any cultivated thinking man or
woman today Can I afford ta take the
Century this year The question is
rather Can I afford not to take- the
Century
As a rule the man who Isnt afraiu
to stand up for his rights imagines
that he has a right to anything he
wants
Ask You Druggfst for Allans Foot Easev
I tried ALLENS FOOT EASE recently
and havo just bought another supply It
has cured my corns nnd the hot burning
and itching sensation In my feet which was
almost unbeanibluiind 1 would not be with
out it now Mrs W J Walker Camden
NJ Sold by all Druggists 25a
Yes Alonzo it is just as well to be
ware of the dog when courting a coy
maid of 30 but you neednt worry
about the old man he wont bother
you Chicago News
Our phrases are but the garments
of truth
If you dont get the biggest r nd
best its your own fault Defiance
Starch is for sale everywhere and
there is positively nothing- to equal
it in quality or quantity
An Actress ValuaoTe Jewels
An actress now playing in London
wears aoout 73000 worth of dia
monds every evening She owns jew
els worth 250000 altogether includ
ing o five rope pearl necklace said to
be exceeded in value only by a simi
lar decoration possessed by Quean
Alexandra The jewels owned by the
player in question are kept -1 a bank
a man from which brings them to the
theater and takes them back at each
pedformance
Try me just once and I am sure
to come again Defiance Starch
Coffee Unpopular in England
All efforts to popularize coffee in
England have failed and the record
shows a steady decrease in the Im
portation ot the berry In 1876 the im
portation amounted to 13C1G12 cwt
and in 1896 this had decreased to 713
108 cwt In 1901 the value of the rof
fee imported was 3324254 In 102
the value was 2644380 Up to 1876
the importations showed a steady in
crease
Will Payne and Chicago
If Chicago must be portrayed prob
ably no one is better fitted to do it
than Will Payne the well known nov
elist whose stories of the life of the
western metropolis are so full of
knowledge and keen observation His
character study of the big town pub
lished in Everybodys Magazine for
October celebrates its hundrdttt
mrtnciay and gives a vivid picture of
the great overgrown noisy dirty
good tempered hobbledehoy among
cities ignorant of the value of urban
ity yet rampant with a vital energy
that is to carry it on to a maturity of
Yast importance No one is a native
son of Chicago everyone has come
there but through all the frankness
of this adopted son neither boastful
nor defiant but humorously just runs
the note of loyalty and sympathy that
makes the westerner stand by his
town even though there may be better
ones and that is very healthy for the
town
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