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4 REBELS CITY OF COLON , Over Twelve Men Killed and Thirty Are Wounded In Affray , Rebels Are Confronted By Gaurd In the Outskirts , But Take the Town By Surprise. Colon , Colombia. ( Special. ) The lib erals made an unexpected attack on Colon at 8 o'clock last night. The gov ernment was not prepared and there was little resistance. After some fight ing in front of the cuartel and in cer tain streets for an hour and a half the liberals gained possession of all the public offices and the town of Colon. The prefect , Guardia , is a prisoner. Over twelve men were killed and about thirty men were wounded. The United States gunboat Machias , now here , took no part in the proceed ings. There has been no telegraphic com munication with Panama since last evening and it is surmised here that Panama is now being attacked. On receipt of the news that General Alban , the military commander of the isthmus , had started to attack the lib erals at Chorerra , near Panama , the latter detached 160 men under General Patino , to attack Colon. This force embarked on board a train bound from Panama to Colon yesterday evening at Las Cascades station , previously cut ting off telegraphic communication across the isthmus. On arriving at the outskirts of Colon , where the govern ment usually maintained a small .guard , the liberals left the train and in the initial skirmisli which began soon afterward aPtino was killed. The command of the liberals then devolved on Colonel Frederico Barrera and the party continued the march on Colon , arriving there a few minutes after the train , thus surprising the whole town. The government troops at Colon were outnumbered by the lib erals. Fighting immediately began at the cuartel ( barracks ) , which was soon taken. There Senor Jaen , a judge of the criminal court , was killed and Senor Muskus , the district representa tive of the department of the inter ior , was mortally wounded. Fighting subsequently occurred at the town hall , which was also taken by the liberals. Among the prisoners captuied by the liberals were the pre fect , guardia and the commander of police. Senor Parenes , the mayor , managed to reach the gunboat General Pinzon , which sailed last night for a destina tion unknown. The whole affair was over in less than three hours. According to the latest news receiv ed here from Panama , nothing has been heard in that city concerning the outcome of General Alban's expedition against the liberals at Chorrera. It is expected that information of the re cent happenings at Colon has been sent him. Meantime the government troops at Panama , numbering about So men , are engaged in the construction of earthworks and barricades at the railroad bridge going into the city , in anticipation of an early liberal attack. Colonel Shaler says no request has been made on him for a special train to convey government troops to Colon. If such a request is made it will be granted. The liberals claim to have at least 700 men in possession of the different railroad stations. These men would doubtless try to prevent the passage of .government troops. Traffic by railroad continues uninterrupted. Marines from the Machias are guarding the station here. Communication with Panama has been restored. This revealed that no lighting had occurred there ; that ev erything was ouiet and that the city was still in the hands of the govern ment. The issue now depends on the result of the fighting which is doubt less now occurring at Chorrera , news of which is anxiously awaited here. The liberals are busy raising rein forcements , locally. They are reported ! to have several hundred men at differ ent railroad stations between here and Panama. The United States gunboat Machias landed a detachment of ma rines who are now guarding the rail road station and other property of the road. At a conference between Commander .McCrea of the Machias , United States Consul Malmors , Superintendent Sha ler of the Panama road and Colonel Barrera , the commander of the liber als , the latter was informed why the marines had been landed. Barrera promised to guard the city with his troops. Trains will be cross ing the isthmus as usual. There has been no obstruction to free transit so far. The news of the capture of Co lon , which reached Panama when com munication was restored , was a great surprise to the inhabitants of that city. Oil seekers are cliiving a well near Ptoria , I.U. \ < Convicts Held For Murder. Leavenworth , Kan. ( Special. ) The coroner's jury investigating the killing of Guard Waldrupe , who was shot by one of the escaping prisoners the Fort Leavenworth prison during the outbreak on November 8 , today return ed a verdict holding Fred Robinson , Gilbert Mullins , Frank Thompson and James Wilson , ringleaders , guilty of murder , and the other twenty-two mu tineers guilty of conspiracy to commit murder. The four principals were , mrmed with shotguns. VAN SANT SUMMONS STATES ATTORNEY St. Paul , Minn. ( Special. ) The Dis patch says ; Governor Van Sant has sent a special messenger to find At torney General Douglass in the north ern Minnesota woods and request him to return to the city so that a consul tation may be held with regard to the railway situation. Governor Van Sant is determined not to have a consolidation or combination between the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern or any other compet ing lines In the state. The first step will be to learn from the attorney gen eral what legal steps are necessary to bring the matter to a final issue and that as speedily as possible. If At torney General Douglass requires as sistance the governor promises to en gage the best legal talent that can be had , either in this state or outside of it. The governor has received no tele grams or other advices from the gov ernors of neighboring states as to what action they will take , but it is expected the fight w01 be taken up in all of the northwestern states , sev eral of whih have laws similar to those of Minnesotaprohibiting the con solidation of parallel and competing lines of railroads. The laws of North Dakota , Montana and Washington are said to be identical with those of Min nesota. ULTIMATION UPON-MISSIONARY STONE , Sofia. ( Special. ) Mr. .Dickinson , ac cording to the Vezerna Posta , whose editor was a member of the former Macedonian committee , has sent an ultimatum to the brigands , giving them six days to accept a specified sum as the ransom for Miss Stone. If this amount is not accepted within the time mentioned Mr. Dickinson's of fer will be withdrawn. The foreign office here resents the insiuations published abroad that the government is acting in bad faith in the matter of effecting the release of Miss Stone. In explaining its attitude toward Mr. Dickinson , the diplomatic agent here of the United States it af firms its entire readiness to take any action suggested by him. The foreign office also avers that , acting upon the suggestion of Mr. Dickinson , it caused the village of Gratchowo to be surrounded and a search made a fortnignt ago , but the brigands were not there. It also says that Mr. Dickinson's later information to the effect that the bandits were con cealed in a defile of the Belleritza mountains , district of Dubnitza , could not be acted upon by it , as an inquiry showed the place in question to be within Turkish territory. The latest intelligence received here sets forth that the brigands are hold ing out for a high figure of ransom , and it is asserted they are able to keep their captives as long as may be nee' essary. WILL ASK GOVERNORS TO ACT , St. Paul , Minn. ( Special. ) Governor Van Sant has decided to invite the governors of all states having laws similar to those of Minnesota , prohib iting the consolidation of parallel and competing lines of railroad , to join in a united effort to defeat the Great Northern-Northern Pacific consolida tion scheme. These states include North Dakota , Montana , Washington and Idaho. No word in regard to injunction pro ceedings has been received from Attor ney General Douglass and an extra session of the legislature is now re garded as a certainty by most of the state official and mejnbers , as well as by politicians generally who have vis ited the city. Lincoln , Neb. ( Special. ) Any form of railroad consolidation between the Union Pacific and Burlington tending to lessen competition of these roads will , be opposed by Governor Savage. The governor said that Nebraska will join with Minnesota and Washington in rigidly enforcing the laws against combinations , which in this state he regarded as plain and unmistakable. CONSUL DICKINSON ASKS FOR TROOPS , Sofia , Bulgaria. ( Special. ) It is re ported that Mr. Dickinson , the United States diplomatic agent here , has in formed the government of Bulgaria that the abductors of Miss Stone and Mme. Tsilka , with their captives , are concealed in a defile in the Belleritza mountains , near Smotch , district of Dubnitza , and has requested that the troops be sent to surround the place and liberate the captives. Both Mr. Dickinson and the Bulgar ian foreign office decline to confirm or deny this report. Nevertheless , it is believed that Mr. Dickinson , persuaded by the impossibility of coming to terms with the brigands , and relying upon his belief that they will not harm their captives if troops are employed against them , has , after consulting with Wash ington , decided upon this move. Only eight bandits now guard Miss Stone , and some of these are known to sympathize with her. About a fortnight ago Mr. Dickinson approached the foreign office' and pro posed this same plan , but its carrying out was abandoned because of the un certainty of the , location of the bandits. Society Woman Smugglers. Seattle , Wash. ( Special. ) Prominent Seattle women , wives and daughters of wealthy business and professional men , have , according to United States secret service detectives , been conduct ing systematic smuggling operations on an extensive scale. During last winter , it is stated by a Seattle cus toms official , hundreds of dollars worth of silks and expensive dress goods were brought from Victoria to Seattle without payment of duties because of the social prominence i PUBLICITY RILLS PLANS , Schema For Another Republic in America Has Just Gome to Light , Confirmation of Story About Yukon Rebellion , But Statement That Scheme Is Dead. Seattle , Wash. ( Special. ) The Even- Ing Times of Seattle publishes a story which is offered as confirmation of a story published in the San Francisco Call to the effect that a conspiracy had been planned , covering the entire northwest territory , for the overthrow of the Canadian rule and the estab lishment of an independent republic. The Times in its article lays great stress on the story obtained from Fred Clark , formerly a stage manager in this city , but who has been in the Yukon for some time , in which he ad mits a knowledge of the Order of the Midnight Sun , which is supposed to have been organized for the sole pur- pose of the rebelion. It is claimed that the order was originally instituted in strict secrecy in Dawson , in December of 1900 , and from there spread along the length of the Upper Yukon , with branches as far as Circle City on one hand and to Skagway and Atlin on the other. It Is claimed that men came to Seattle in the interest of the uprising and solicited support in the way of financial contributions. The Times says that no arms were bought. The total membership of the Order of the Midnight Sun is placed at 1,500 , although the members confidently ex pected outside assistance that would bring the total of the army of insur rection to almost 5,000. The Times says that in the early days of the organization a circular was issued and secretly distributed to dis affected miners on the Upper Yukon , in which nineteen different clauses were given as reasons for an uprising. Those dealt with defective mining laws and corruption of officials , royalty , li quor traffic and gambling , delays in the court of British Columbia , alien act duties , miners' and loggers' license , record fees and boundary disputes. A similar circular was handed to busi ness men of Skagway , in which they were solicited to add financial support to the enterprise , and for a time Clark made his headquarters at the latter place , conducting a junta in the in terests of the order. The plotters , according to the Times , anticipated no trouble in getting to gether men enough to overpower the mounted police at different towns of the interior. The raid was to be start ed on the border and as fast as a town was overpowered a revolutionary gov ernment was to be installed. Local officials were to be seized and held as hostages. The raid was to be started immediately after the" close of navi gation and the telegraph lines to Daw- son were to be cut in a dozen different places. The leaders are said to have believed that it would have taken the Canadian government months in getting men and at least it would have been com pelled to make terms with the insur gents. The conspiracy is said to be deadowing to the publication of its secrets. ANSWER TO BOARD OF TRADE SUIT , Omaha , Neb. ( Special. ) The defend ants in the suit brought in the federal court by the Chicago Board of Trade to restrain the.firm of James E. Boyd & Co. and others from using board of trade quotations have filed their an swer , alleging that if their business is * classed as that 9fa bucket shop the board of trade is in a similar business. They allege that the board has been collecting and sending out prices-for more than thirty years without dis crimination against commission ho'uses that would pay the membership fee. The defendants say that all deals in grain and provisions are made on these prices , and charge that if their busi ness is that of a bucket shop the board is operating a like concern in viola tion of the laws of the states of Illi nois and Nebraska. FILIPiNOS ARE IN A LOSING GAME , Manila , P. I. ( Special. ) Paterno , the former chief of the Filipino cabinet , has been elected president of the new peace party. Isabelo Reyes was elect ed vice president. In thanking the large meeting for his election , Paterno said the war had lasted four years and blood was still flowing fast , saturating swamps and making orphans. Fields which were formerly covered with flowers were now deserts. The time had come to drop petty party politics and the han kering after offices. The Filipinos must work in the interests of peace and ; hey would then receive the blessings of the rising and future generations. The federals object to.the formation ) f the party , but several thousands lave joined it in Manila alone. President For Irrigation. Washington , D. C. ( Special. ) Pres- /dent / Roosevelt in his message , to con gress will not only recommend the re-enactment of the Chinese exclusion act , but will go further and recoml mend that it be strengthened to in crease its efficiency. The preside-nt gave this information today to Repre- , sentative Needham of California. The president told other western callers that he would call the attention of congress in his message to the advisa bility of , doing something. THE CONVENTION OP THE THANKSGIVING FOWLS , ' 9"I "I do not like this Rosyfelt , " The turkey gobbler said ; "For he a sudden blow has dealt That jars me on the dead ! " In the poultry yard , just west of the World's Fair site , there was a scene of confusion. It was an indignation meeting for a fowl purpose. All the fowls were on hand. The big turkey gobbled with the red flag hanging over his beak , showing that he was a true anarchist , and he was chairman. The chairman held in one claw a fragment of a newspaper that had just blown into the yard. The sixteen turkey hens , the three buff cochin roosters , the twenty Ply mouth Rock egg producers and the lone guinea hen were grouped about the chair which was a hencoop in great excitement. Evidently something was going to happen. "Sdeath ! " gobbled the chairman in a shrill voice , his red flag turning white in wrath. The whole audience cackled its ac quiescence in this terrible verdict. "This explains all , " continued the gobbler , reading from the torn news paper. "It was last week he did it. The day he set is to be November 28. That settles our hash. " "Nitty ! " interrupted the biggest buff cochin rooster. "I'll never be done into hash. It would make me feel awfully cut up if they tried it. " "Order ! " shouted the chair. "This is a serious matter. It vitally concerns each and every one of us. As I re marked , this explained it. Now , wo know why we have been getting extra rations since last week. They're fat tening us for the over that's what. " We'll get it richly in the neck , And meet a horrid fate At Teddy Roosevelt's nod and beck November 28. "It's a crying shame , " remarked the guinea hen , crying loudly. "What are we going to do about it ? Is there any escape ? " "Alas ! " wailed the Buff Cochin roos ter with the hefty bunch of feathers on his feet. "I was looking only this moaning at the World's Fair site , and dreaming when I should be there as one of the Missouri poultry exhibits , with my six wives and their 98chil dren. Now well , the stuff's off , old chickies. " "That's so , " assented one of the tur key hens , "we won't get to stand in wooden cages in the agricultural build- ingalong with the giant potato and the cow pea , with blue ribbons around our necks , the admired"of all the world. Nay , we must go to an early doom , and be jammed full of oyster dressing and sage. 'Tis sad ! " "But , Mr. Chairman , " spoke up a third buff cochin , "can we not present a memorial to the president " "He'll be reading our memorial after Novl 28. 'Sacred to the memory of Gobble-Gob and Turk , ' " interrupted the turkey hen who had had a falling out with the chair. "Can we not , Mr. Chairman , " con tinued the Buff Cochin , "present to the president a memorial , requesting him to set aside his sentence of execution , at any rate until we can learn what France is going to do with Turkey ? If France is going to carve Turkey , STORY OF A BUSHEL DINNER , In the good old days when farmers hauled their produce many miles to market , David Hascom started one moring for town with a varied assort ment in his wagon. He was an eco nomical man and carried sufficient food to last at least until he reached town , possibly until he got home once more. If not , he would stop at a wayside tavern and get a meal for twenty-five cents , as that was the uni versal price. He had heard that they often charged as much as fifty in the city , and that he would never pay he would go without eating for twenty- four hours first. Starting at three o'clock in the morning , he hoped to get his load sold by night and return home in good . He ar season on the following day. rived at the half-way tavern in the early forenoon , and as he watered his team at the trough , engaged in con versation with the landlord. The mu tual confidences of the period , consist ing chiefly of information about each other's affairs , were exchanged. Farm er Hascom always had an eye to busi ness , and enquired : "Have much custom these days ? " "Nothin' extry. Seems to come in streaks. I guess one reason why folks don't stop so much as they used to is that they think that they ought to have fresh beef to eat same 's they do in the city , 'stid o' bein' put off with ham or corn' beef. Chickens are good enough , o' course ; but we can't always have one ready when a feller drives up and wants his dinner in fif teen minutes. " "No , of course not. I got some dress ed turkeys here , an' p'raps you'd like to buy one t' have on hand ? " "Don't know but I would. 'Twon't keep any longer 'n tomorrer , but then we all like turkey , anyway. TV'hafd ye isk ? " "Well , I don't know but what they're v -uth in town , but I guess you c'n have one fer fifty cent's. " "All right. Hand it over. " Mr. Hascom continued on his way after this sale , reached town and dis posed o'f most of his load that , after noon. In the morning he ate the last of his luncheon in his room very early and went forth to finish his market ing. This was slightly delayed , and it was eleven o'clock when he again watered his team at the tavern trough and spoke to the proprietor. "Good luck ? " the latter inquired. "Fair , " was the reply. He had done j exceptionally well , but it was not in ' his nature to admit it to anyone. "De layed this morning , though. It'll "e pretty late when I get home. " "The roads are good. " "Yes , ' but I'm gettin' hungry. Eat the last that I had with me , early this mornin' . I b'lieve , " he added , thought fully , "that if you'll get dinner .soon'.s you can , I'll eat here. " "Sure. We c'n have it ready before noon. " "Now , it so happened that no hun gry traveler had called the previous day , and this morning the landlord told his wife to cook the turkey.r people r lame , they would be prepared for j them ; if not , they could eat it them selves. When , therefore , Mr. Hascom was called to his dinner , it was to eat the fowl of his own raising. He ate alone , being waited on by one of the daughters of his host. When she came in to bring the dessert , a generous slice of plum pudding , she gave a gasp and nearly let the sauce for the pudding slip out of her hands. All that remained of the turkey was a heap of bones , and in addition a plate of bread , bowl of gravy , dressing , side dishes of potatoes , beets , turnip , etc. , had disappeared. She set the pudding down , and went to speak to her father. In a moment he appeared at a door and took a survey of exist ing conditions. His guest was rapidly disposing of the pudding with much apparent relish. By and by he got up and walked into the office , where the host had again seated himself.The wife and two daughters put aside all scruples of delicacy and carne to the dininrj room door to gaze upon the man of wondrous appetite. "Well , " he said , "I guess I'll have to be goin' , to git home afore dark. " and he drew out a quarter of a dollar and offered it to the landlord. The lattar had been pondering the matter over , and concluded to ask his guest double price ; so he responded : "Guess I'll have to charge a leetle extry , say 'bout fifty cents , for that dinner , as " "Why , I never heard of anybody havin' to pay more'n a quarter for a country dinner , " Hascom interrupted in a hurt tone. Mine host of the olden time was a good-natured , long suffering man. He was only aroused to be indignant by some outrageous imposition ; but when this did occur , he was a sarcastic per son to deal with. He now got up , with a flush on his face , and relieved the tension on his nerves. "Look here , my friend , I've kept this tavern for a good many years and you're the first man that ever said a word again' payin' his bill. Come to think of it a second time , though , I s'pose I'm to blame for makin' it so high that you jest had to kick. Guess anyone can see that. You sold me a turkey yesterday for fifty cents. It was set before you today , whole , an' all the other fixin's that go with a tur key dinner were brought in with it. You set down and eat the turkey all up an' everything else that was in sight , drunk five cups o * tea , an' took a plate o' good plum puddin 'to. top off with. Yes , yes , when ye git a true light on the thing , there's no' doubt that I tried to overcharge ye. Twenty- five cents is my reg'lar price an' I won't raise it on no man that can eat a fifty-cent turkey and a half bushel o' fixin's without a wink , so t' speak. Thank you , sir , " and he took the quar ter from his guest , who had been awk wardly holding it between his thumb and finger while he listened to the vivid description of his gastronomic feat. feat.Farmer Farmer Hascom had not thought of his.meal . in the light presented , and why should Mr. Roosevelt insist upon having such a Wholesale carving on this side of the water ? " "There is no hope , " said the chair. "Did not this same Roosevelt'slaughter sundry bears , lions , " tigers , elephants and other beasts of the Rocky moun tains ? Did he not slay them with snickersnees , just to hear them gur gle ? Sdeath , I say ! He means it. What are a few millions turkeys , with some roosters and hen chickens thrown in for good measure , to the president ? We're elected , and the best thing for us to do is to eat all we can , and like the conventional condemned go bravely to our doom , with stuffed craws and clear consciences. Let us show the world that we can die like brave birds without missing a meal. " . "If but to die were all , " the hen-turk mused , "If but to croak serenely , go the way Of all flesh , simply shuffle off the coll- By quick decapitation , or be shot By marksmen at the raffle it were well ; But to be stuffed with sage and other stuff , Then chucked into the oven and there baked Unto a fine brown and then served hot With gravy and red cranberry sauce Alas ! 'twere worse than living in dis grace ; For me , I'd rather bear the ills I have Than fly to others that I know will be When I have done the dread Thanks giving shuffle. " Just then Mary Ann , the mistress oC the poultry yard , brought the noonday rations , double portion , and the indlg-- nation meeting broke up amid clamor ous cackling. The best man doesn't win at a wed ding. started to mumble something about being very hungry ; but the landlord interrupted him with : "Hold on a minute , now. I don't .know's I ought to take even this much. It's wuth a quarter over'n above the victuals t' have you show us slow goin' folks ho'vv slick such a thing can be done , an' if you'll jist " But Hascom turned hastily , and unhitching his team jogged on home ward with the half bushel dinner in his stomach and a new portrait of him self in his mind's eye. From "What to Eat" Magazine. FRILLS OF FASHION , Maize and cream is a favorite com bination for evening wraps. Crossway bands of black cloth ap plique are to be used for trimming black velvet gowns. Pretty afternoon gowns are made of the gay silks and liberty satin foulard now shown in floral designs. Tucking promises to be used for waist trimming on every sort of ma terial that can possibly be tucked. The newest bolero suggests a flounce attached to a yoke. It is cut off a lit tle above _ the waist and the line of the figure defined by the belt is thus just visible. White panne velvet , printed in small mixtures of squares of coral , black/ parrot-green and dull blues , is used for scarf trimming on'the murky-white felts. Collecting scraps of lace to mount In an album is said to be a fad at present among English women. Be neath each piece of lace is written the name and the date and place where it was obtained. In fur hats the tricorne of ermine is the leader. The sole trimming is a. large chou at one side of black velvet held by a rhinestone button. Sable and chinchilla turbans are trimmed with white Irish point lace and a tur ban of black fox is set off with a bijj rosette of scarlet velvet. Raised silk cords from narrow stripe in brown or black on light , closely- woven mercerized wools in rich winter colorings. These make charming house dresses and stylish , light and comfort able gowns to wear beneath the long- raglan or redingote of cloth. The buttons seen on some of the new Louis XV jackets are veritable works of art. In renaissance design is seen a low , flat disc with ornamenta tion in mauve tinted enamel. Another example is in gun metal with floral or namentation in gold and brilliants and edge of the flashing gems. * The New millinery displays the usual collection of extreme styles , shapes and exaggerated fancies , which , with their counless plumes and showy- buckles , are .really becoming to but very few women. The large picture hats vary in the height of the crown and width of the brim , which arches up more or less at the side , but the Madonna face which makes them a success is the exception. T.he low- crowned , medium-brimmed styles are quite as fashionable , however , and not nearly so trying in s hape. Velvet hats in all colors are to be the rage and the dress styles are trimmed xvith .fur. cream laceand _ jeweled ornamentv
