The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, October 04, 1901, Page 6, Image 6

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    THK NOKKOLK NEWS : HUDAY , OCTOBER 1 , HIO.
The florfolk jSi
A pessimistic exchange In worried by
the fear thnt Kmmn Goldman may take
to the stage.
A double worry for the pessimist
Tin ) days are shortening nnd the conl
bills nro lengthening.
The most serious drawback to the
fnsionlstn is n lack of calamity material
with which to construct their platforms.
The Chadron Journal suggests that
the democrats nnd populists adopt the
motto : Divided we stand , united wo
fall.
Senator Wellington of Maryland , who
went a step further than other antl-im
porinllsts , now probably wishes ho could
tnko it back.
Shamrock II appears to bo lacking In
H few paces and linn not yet l > eeii proven
Heel enough to tnko tln > honors of the
inUTiintlonnl yncht race from Mis.-
Columbia.
. President RoonovoU doesn't portion-
larly object to giving would-be nss.itc
Kin * nil opportunity for n shot nt him
but ho does object most strenuously to
Iwoming a target for the kodnk fiend
The democrats mny finnlly conclude
that President Roosevelt Is Imyond their
jurisdiction nnd thnt while ho may con
Htder their advice ho will conduct OIL
alT.vlrs of his ollloe in the way tlu.t
HIHMIIB bt'st to him.
A Kansas baker who iniido some nn-
complimentary remarks against the lute
president was compelled to apologize
nnd make affidavit that ho wns n loyal
citizen , before n boycott that had been
declared against his business was raised
And now nt this Into date C lumbus
is to be robbed of some of the glory at
tached to discovering America. It maybe
bo expected that Noah , Moses and
even Adam will in time ba robbed of
HOIIIO of their time honored credit by
pome learned delver in the dim and
misty past.
I f the concentration of all state insti
tutions at ono point is n good thing , of
which there Is room for argument with
Bcant precedent in other states , the ex-
.pertinent might better bo started in the
Bonth Platte country and not lx > gin il
by taking north Nebrmska's only insti1
tntion as a starter.
The war against yellow journals Is on
vigorously. The yellow reader should
receive his share of the blame. There
nro any number of readers who appar
ently prefer fake and sensational stories
to truth and accuracy. As long ns thr
yellow journal finds it profitable to
appeal to this deformed appetite there
will probably bo yellow journals.
The time for fall house cleaning is at
hand. It should also bo the time of
fall store cleaning for enterprising iner
chants and if they will make bnrgnln
Balis of some of their shelf worn goods
and ndverti o them well they will profit
nnd the bargain hunter will receive
* ome satisfaction. It is n very proper
wny to enter the busy winter and holi-
dnv season.
The man who drew the first claim of
the now lands in Oklahoma is having
pome trouble with his good luck. Five
hundred squntters nre now encamped
on it and refuse to allow him to proceed
&s ho wishes without process of law. It
is probable that this is in n measure to
punish him for his porcine actions in
shutting out Mlsa Beals , who drew
second chance.
A Chicago drug store which boasted
thnt its front door bad not been locked
for forty-three years , having been open
for business every minute during that
poriodwas dosed in honor of McKinley.
This is but one of numerous instances
which indicate that the respect shown
onr Into president \vas greater than for
any man or ruler the world has ever
known. Albion News.
Secretary Gage says "the country is
prosperous , money is plentiful , In
dustries active , nnd there is a surplus in
the treasury. " All of which is very
complimentary to the business-like ad
ministration of the late president. Mr.
Rowevelt has expressed a determina
tion to follow the same policy and it
may reasonably be expected that pros
perous conditions will continue.
Journalistic enterprise is not to bo
found in large cities only. In this and
other respects Norfolk has a little dally ,
THK NEWS , that is equal to any of the
larger dailies. Its account of the burn-
inc of the hospital for the insane at that
plnco early Monday morning was as
romnlete and accurate as it possibly
c mid be. It Is the same with every
thing THE NEWS does. Stnnton Picket.
The Cuban tariff was expected to produce -
duce for the expenses of government in
that island ? 15.000,000 a year and it hns
produced § 10,000,000. The policy of
having sufficient revenue is n well
known trait of the republican party nnd
thf pnt hns demonstrated thnt it is
more liable to surpluses thnn deficits.
It is a good business plan , whether on
the part of the government or iudividu-
IN , to keep the balance on the right
ldi < of the ledger.
The output of the Bonnmont , T xn.i ,
oil field * In about A.COO.OOO barrels daily
vlth thii iproHpect that the production
will ho permanent. When the owners
succeed in getting this oil on the market -
kot it Is considered thnt it will have u
big efTect on the lighting nnd fui-1 question -
tion nnil thnt conl nmy bo driven out of
the market by thin chenp fuel. The
ndvont. of chenp nnil olcnn fuel can
happen none too noon .to null the nver-
ngo householder.
The fnslonists whoso paramount is
sue In ISIKl WIIB "tho fn > o unit unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of 1(1 ( to 1
without the aid or consent of any nation
on earth" exercise a considerable degree
of presumption wht-n they cluirn that
tlu < present prosperity of the country is
due to the fact that the government has
adopted their monetary policy. In a
few yearn they will IM > claiming the ex
pansion policy of thu government origi
nated with them.
Czolgosz has demount rated thnt he is
a craven coward at the lnKt. ; At Buffalo -
falo yesterday when threatened by a
treatment of the lawlessness his teach
ing upholds , his nerve gave way com
pletely and ho became the mo.st miserable -
able wretch in the world , fulling to the
floor with shrlokH and moans. ICvi-
dence.s continue to multiply in this case
that anarchism and its teachings are
thoroughly despicable and that nothing
but a deformed brain could entertain
them for a moment.
Of thu 'Jo men who have been honored
by becoming presidents of the United
States is have Imd but ono given name.
This is a hint to ambitious parents who
seek to loud their offspring with n hand
ful of names of great men. The single
nnd common names have been the largo
winners and the youth loaded down
with popular and high sounding names
may , in the light of the past , about conclude -
cludo that his honors will end there if
names have anything to do with it. Of
the presidents' fathers , all but three had
but ono given name.
President Roosevelt hopes to follow
up the Into MeKinloy's policy of obliter
ating the line dividing the north from
the south for yenrs , by removing the
race problem with which southern
people have been contending. If he can
inaugurate n policy that will have this
effect hn will not only be entitled to the
gratitude of southern i > eoplo but the
people of the entire country. This is
ouo of thu greatest problems that lins
confronted the country MUCO the civil
war and it has seemed to grow more dif
ficult of solution each year. The good
lame and progressive character of the
ountry demand its adjustment.
President Roosevelt is giving evidence
of an opinion that white house clerks
should enrti their salaries , nnd has de
manded that they appear for duty lit S
o'clock in the morning instead of nt
0:30. : It has evidently been their cus
tom to put in live hours time for n day's
work and the president's order would
indicate that ho considers eight hours
short enough for n day's labor. The
president will undoubtedly set an ex
ample of putting in more time than
that If it is required of him. He has
never been known to shirk n duty nor
measure his work for his constituents
by hours or the drawing of his salary.
The campaign is certainly on in Holt
. " Letters" and "
county. "Lying "Popu
list Pirates" are but a couple of the en
dearing terms used thus far on ono side
of the fence and equally choice exple
tives are undoubtedly employed by the
opposition. Western papers should
generally leave this sort of campaigning
to the yellows of the east , where they
are not supposed to know better. The
time is past when Billingsgate can be
effectually employed in politics. One
side is as capable of mud slinging as an
other and when they descend to that
work there is no let up and it finally be
comes disgusting to the better class of
people. Gut it out.
T. P. O'Connor , the distinguished
Irish journalist and politician , paid one
of the handsomest tributes to the late
McKinley and the American people
recently when he said : "The career of
Wm. McKinley was typically American.
It is indeed Americanism at its best.
Even the murmured words of the church
hymn , which were among the last
words uttered by the dying lips even
that is typically American. Amid all
the riot , blare and deafening noise of a
country bursting with the abounding
vitality nnd defiant strength of its
gigantic youth , America is in its founda
tion a country of tranquil , sober , Uod
fearing homes. Every individual Amer
ican mourns in simple William McKiu-
ley the sweetness , Iwhplesomeness nnd
fnithful nft'ection'nna 'enduring fidelity
of the typical Ainerk-au citizen. "
A writer in the Boston Transcript
thinks ho has discovered the perfect
yellow journal in Newfoundland nnd
considers it probable thnt the American
yellows will ultimately approach or ex
ceed the highlyjelevating style of the
northern editors if they persistently
continue onjtho road they are following.
He considers the style as a faithful index
to the moral and literary tone of the
people ot the lilnnd. There such ele
vating vituperations nn "tho great un
washed ; malodorous ; kunk ; dirty , de
graded , drunken dehnurho ; tuff ;
drunken bum , vile , treacherous , unre
liable scnlnwng : bnmtions blatherskite ;
LratnlcsA , ImcklxHielcss booby ; arrant
ass ; lingo hypocrite" are applied to
leading public men , a-id the writer pays
thnt decency forbids him to quote the
worst. How even ignorant persons can
ondurn thnt port of ' journalism" can
not l > o understood by the average Amer
ican render.
Closer acquaintance of the people of
Lincoln on the nsylnm matter rnlstd
them cousldernbly in the estimation of
the ] iooplu of the north half of the state
and of Norfolk In particular. The first
Impression was that they were extremely
selfish bet events have since proven
that they are willing to bo fair nnd con
redo to other portions of the state cer
tain rights and privileges that they are
bound to respect. The people of Nor
folk and vicinity will probably under
take to be reciprocal \shen opportunity
oll'ors. And Omaha , also , is inclinet
to IK ) fair in this matter. Both cities
can ntl'ord to bo. While they are the
largo cities of the stnte they have been
built up in great part by the assistance
of the people of the state and a policy to
gobble every improvement in sight
might do them more injury than bone-
fit. Norfolk nnd north Nebraska
don't pretend to ask moro than justice ,
but they firmly believes that this is due.
All people admire n brond-minded
and detorminded Christian nnd his
otl'ortH nre nlwnys productive of good
Such n mm' is Dr. J. M. Buckley , editor
of the Now York Christian Advocnto ,
nnd ho has nn excnllont standing UK n
Methodist. The following paragraph
represents his terseness and it is to bo
hoped that others thin the minister
mentioned might benefit by the rebuke :
' It is nlfiruied thnt a minister in Man
chester , N. II. , stated in his sermon on
Sunday thnt in the attempted assassina
tion of President McKinley he snw the
hand of God , 'because the president had
nn opportunity to suppress the liquor
traflio in the Philippines , but failed to
do his duty. ' WM publish this not to
attack the minister , but to present an
impressive object lesson of how to n
fanatical mind one thing cnn fill the
whole horizon of thought. Probably
ho knows less about God and his plans
than any other man in the state of New
Hampshire ; not for want of ability ,
bat because of the terrific pressure of
one subject upon the limited part of
his brain used in reasoning. "
The burning of the hospital for the
insane at this place has aroused the
state board to the probable needs of
other state institutions of facilities for
combating fire and they are determined
hat there shall be nn adequate water
supply and menus for using it tit other
state buildings in the future. An ob
server of the destruction of the hospital
at this plnco suggested thnt in rebuild-
ug nn adequate lire protection should
bo first provided then the building con
structed. This would be n very sensible
plan of procedure. In this daywhen fire
protection cnn bo so thoroughly pro
vided it is a foolish economy not to fur
nish the needed system. The expenditure
of n few thousand dollars in this instance
would have saved property of many
times the cost. It is a matter of credit to
the last legislature that such nn improve
ment was undertaken by it , although
was not completed so as to be available
for the emergency. The average villap ;
and city nppenr to have been more awr&e
to the needs of adequate fire prote rion
than the state. The nvemgo pr/perty
owner is prompt to employ all available
means for fire protection and asn .axpayer
ho would undoubtedly favor aaoh n plan
on the port of the state. It is to be
hoped thnt no such loss of property as
here will be possible in the future owing
tothe lackof facilities for fighting firo.
A special correspondent of the New
YorkHernld gives an idea of the immense
task of newspaper men and telegraph
operators in supplying the world with
news of President McKinley's assassi
nation in the following : "Not less than
650,000 words were sent out of Buffalo
in ono day by the telegraph companies
in special dispatches to newspapers all
over the world. These 050,000 words
filled nearly live hundred columns. If
one newspaper had received all the
special reports sent out it would have
had about eighty solid pages of matter
concerning the president , exclusive of
illustrations and headlines. From all
available parts of the country additional
operators have been rushed to Buffalo.
About one hundred and seventy-five
operators have been at work constantly
for the last forty-eight hours and there
is no sign of diminution of the vol
ume of business. Nearly every news
paper of importance in the United States
nnd several of those published in foreign
countries , have staff reporters in Bntlalo ,
nil of whom have been for nearly
twenty-four hours n dny keenly seeking
every fact of interest in connection with
the president's assassination. It is n
conservative estimate to say that not
less than seventy-five
newspaper men
from other cities were in Buffalo work
ing on the story of the shooting of the
president. Many of the newspapers had
from two to halt n dozen staff reporters
on the ground. "
The paramount question : Have yon
mislaid those summer wages ?
The Globe-Democrat thinks "there
are but few persons who cure to pro
nrmnco Czolgosz's name , but everybody
would like to pronounce his sentence. "
The Minuefota-Nebraeka foot ball
game to bo played nt Minneapolis Satur
day will undoubtedly show the Sham
rock-Columbia race a few points on ex
oitemeut and enthusiasm.
Emma Goldman asserts that the
other women prisoners in the Chicago
jail assaulted her during her incarcera
tion. There is certainly something In
the saying thnt there is honor among
thieves.
Owing to n Inck of wind the yacht
race yesterday was nnother fluke. Those
international events must bo nbiut as
tiresome ns some horse races where there
is lack of n desire to rnce and a grent de
sire to get the purse easy.
A woman 80 yenrs of nge who hns
lived in Baltimore all her life , Intely as
tonished n court of thnt city by saying
thnt hlii- had never heard of God , did
not know the nnturo of nu oath , hud
never been inn church or Sunday school ,
and knew nothing of the promise of im-
morality. This , with thestntementthnt
there nro grossly ignorant people in
Boston.gives western people nu opportu
nity to believe that they are not as
nearly heathens and snvtiges ns the
people of the enst. They should come
west and be enlightened.
The nunrchist who imagines thnt ho
can frighten American men from accept
ing the position of president or perform
ing any ottier duty his government re
quires of him has underestimated the
mettle and patriotism of the people.
Thu man who administers the affairs of
the government nnd holds the position
of commnuder-in-chief of the army and
unvy is just ns brave ns any soldier or
sailor in the service nnd will undertake
his duties as hurlessly. They will cer
tainly meet their fate with a greater de
gree of grace than did Czolgosz.
It is said that Kansas nnd Nebraska
'Oliticians ' have a plan formed for re
moving Secretary Wilson of the depart
ment of agriculture because of his
'eceut ' uncomplimentary utterances re
garding these states as corn-producers.
t is questionable if this is sufficient
'ause for his removal. If ho has been a
good secretary otherwise nnd of help to
, ho agricultural interests of the country'
geuernlly it would be folly to disperse
with his services because he erred in flis
udgnient regarding the producing
capacity of two of the best states AU the
nuion. He should certainly hrv > 'e been
better informed before he mndo , such n
statement , but because he : ; lde it coes
not change the facts and the effect will
: iot bo serious becnuso of its wide
divergence from the truth. Secretnry
Wilson's statement will be forgotten
but the record of production will live.
Dangerous Men.
"A man is never dnngerons , " says
Mr. Brynn in his Commoner , "so long
ns he has hope of relief from nu evil ,
whether fancied or real , but when de
spair tnk- the place of hope he becomes
a menace to society because he feels
thnt lie has nothing to lose. "
Well , who wns oppressing thnt first
anarchist , Cain ? Wasn't there room
enough in the world for Abel nnd him ?
Who were oppressing nnd driving to de
spair the scribes , Pharisees nnd hypo
crites that killed Christ1 Wns it de-
spnir or thirty pieces of silver that drove
Judas to play the nunrchist act of
treachery nud murder ?
Waa it despair that nerved the arm of
Burr when he murdered Hamilton , or
was it simply hate , the spirit of bitter
jealousy that could not abide a soul
even after the person thnt harbored it
had 'gained a signal political victory
over his victim ? Was Tarquin a don
gerous man to Lucrece because he has
lost hope of n lief from a fancied or real
evil ? Were the men who stoned
Stephen a menace to society because
they felt they had nothing to lo eJ ( Did
Calvin bnru Servstus because despair
hod taken the place of hope ?
A little further along in the same ar
ticle we read , "We can only bring abso
lute security to our public servants by
making the government so just and so
beneficent that every citizen will be
willing to give his life if need bo to pre
serve it to posterity. "
How about Benedict Arnold ? What
had the government done to him but
load him with honors that he should
aim n traitor's blow nt its heart ? llov ,
about those "Sons of Liberty" in Indi
ana , Illinios nnd Ohio ? They plottec
murder by the wholesale , the burning
of cities , the assassination of governors
the midnight loosing of thousands o
rebel prisoners to rob , to burn , to slaj
the property and persons of their neigh
bors and make widows , orphans niu
paupers of their wives nnd children
for what ? Hud the government in
jured these people by oppression am
discrimination ? Did the apprehendec
doom of slavery drive them to despair
In another place Mr. Bryan quote
with approval that descriptiou of the
urgid and sentimental Hugo of a mol
ns the human rnce in misery. " Some
times it is the human race possessed by
the causeless passions of the brnte. I
wasn't misery that was biting thn mob
tha slaughtered hundreds of blark men
women and children on the streets ol
New York during thi civil war.
It wasn't misery but the devilish
promptings of malice , hate and greed
thnt , In the persons of the hoodlum gnnir
in Patterson n few weeks ngo , chased
Iny nfter dny the poor girl thnt refused
o give up her loom because the male
workmen wnuted to prevent the employ-
nent of women in the silk mills as
weavers , until her niind waa unbalanced
m she had to be sent to a hospital
Further , Mr Bryan Bays , "Partiality
in government kindles discontent ; the
limitation of money above human rights ,
the fattening of the few nt the expense
of the muuy , thu making of artificial
distinctions between citizens nud the
lessening of the sacredness of human
life , all these in their full development
encourage the aunrchlbtlc spirit " Does
Mr. Brynn accuse our republic of these
crimes ? If not , what is the relevancy
of such nu imaginary indictment ?
Czolgosz the son of n poor immigrant
and Carnegie himself a poor immigrant
began life under equal nusplces. CV.ol-
geM ! hud parents to support and educate
him and C.iruegio had to go without
schools becnuse of bitter poverty. Botl
worked in the iron mills. Does Mr
Bryan pretend thnt the government
wns partial to the boy , Carnegie , itm
put the heavy foot of oppression on the
boy C/.olKO z ? What ineffable nonsense
then to excuse the crime of Czolgosz be
oauso Carnegie's better success in life
drove him to despair , mid to insinuate
that the government of the United State
is to blame for the difference in bran
qunlity between the two boys nud uales
it quits letting each work out for him
self in the problem of life , each to pnddl
his ow n canoe , it encourages anarchism.
Lincoln Journal.
HEAVY LOSS FOR THE BRITISH.
Garrison Repulses Beer Attack , but
Cost in Killed and .Wounded Heavy.
'Dmban , Natal. C.1. 1. A force of
1,500 Boers , coniylnnded by General
Botha , made an/ittack , which lasted
all day long , Se * i. 26 , on Port Itala , on
the border of Mainland. The burghers
were finally --epulsed , but at a heavy
cost to the garrison , whose losses
were an officer and 3S men wounded.
In addition G3 men are missing , of
which number many are believed to
have hnen killed or wounded. The
/oinmandant , Opperman , and 200
burghers are Known to have been
ki 'ed.
" .
J" " ' - - - -
/ Bell Goes on Retired List.
* Washington , Oct. 1. Brigadier Gen
eral Bell , who was promoted to be a
brigadier general about a week ago , to
[ 111 the vacancy caused by the death
of General Ludlow , retired today on
account of age. No successor will be
named until Secretary Root returns
to Washington. It is said that Colonel
William Bisbe , who was to have been
given the post had President McKin
ley lived , will be promoted. He en
listed in the civil war as a private ,
being brevetted twice for gallantry.
B reached the grade of colonel in
June , 1899 , and is now with his regi
ment in the Philippines.
Elevated Trains on Time.
Chicago , Oct. 1. Trains on the
South Side Elevated road ran on
schedule time yesterday. Pickets rep
resenting the strikers appeared at
many of the stations and on some of
the trains , but it is said they were
unsuccessful in securing recruits. The
strikers isnued a stntement to the pub
ic officially denying responsibility for
the attempt to derail a train at Thlr
ty-fifth street Sunday.
Steps in Front of a Train.
Plattsmouth , Neb. . Oct. 1. Joe Hula
was run over and instantly killed yes
terday by a Burlington passenger
train while on his way to work on
the section. He stepped from one
track to another to allow a train to
pass and did not notice the one com
ing behind him. Hula leaves a wife
and three sons.
Harrlman Succeeds Hays.
New York , Oct. 1. It Is announced
that E. H. Harriman has been elected
president of the Southern Pacific to
succeed Charles M. Hays , resigned.
He has been chairman of the executive
committee of the Southern Pacific.
He will direct the affairs of the com
pany from this city.
Lead Workers Hurt in Explosion.
Youngstown , O. , Oct. 1. An explosion
of molten metal at the upper furnace
of the Brier Hill Iron and Coal com
pany Injured Joseph Burtz , Thomas
Parker and Angelo Peppo. Burtz
and Parker will probably die of their
Injuries.
TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD.
Official advices from Haytl report
the suppression of the revolution at
Kereral.
The control of the Telegraph , Cable
and Telphone company of America
passed into the hands of Charles W.
Morse Monday.
TJardt Kruger , a son of the former
president , who recently surrendered to
the British , died at Pretoria Monday ,
after a short illness.
Hon. Jay Cookc , the Philadelphia
banker and war-time financier , Is crit
ically ill at his Hummer homo on
Gibraltar , near Put-in-Bay.
The roundhouse and two locomo
tives owned by O'Neill Bros , of Still-
water burned Monday at their Knife
Lake camp. Loss , $75,000.
Andrew Fulton , director of the de
partment of public safety of Plttsburfj ,
Monday announced the removal of 23
officers and employes of that depart
ment.
Premier Again Hears of Dis
aster and Death.
ARE DYING FOR LACK OF AIR.
Eight and Possibly Fifteen Men
Caught In Extension Mines In Brit
ish Columbia , Now Ablaze No Hope
for the Entombed Miners.
Victoria. H. C. , Oct. l.-Premlcr
nutiHinulr. president of the Wellington
Colliery company , has just received the
following dispatch from Alexander Brl-
don , manager of the Extension mines
of that company , situated near Lady-
smith : "Fire occurred In No. 2 slope
which made such headway that In half
an hour It was half way up the slope ,
spreading to the airways and workings
of No. 2 nnd No. IT mines. I wns
obliged to stop both of the mins after
two explosions. Have loat some men ,
cannot say how many. "
A special dispatch from Nnnnlmo
says : "No. 2 slope nt Intension Is
nn" fire nnd douse clouds of black
smoke cm b ? seen from here. Full
particulars r.ro not obtainable , but a
late report pays that from eight to
fifteen me : , are in danger , If not lost.
It Is snld It wns impossible to get air
to them and they nre probably dead.
The fire broke out last evening. The
cause Is not yet known. The manage- p
im-nt has sent for hose nnd fire appar
atus to nil points in this vicinity. The
miners supposed to be lost are : Mac-
Callus , Reeves. Watson , 'Tony' , an
Italian , name unknown ; David Grif
fiths , Blakcly , David Mottishaw , Mlko
Dolan. Several others are unac
counted for. "
MET A CRUSHING DEFEAT.
Reports of Rio Hacha Affair Confirm
Venezuelan Reverses.
Colon , Colombia , Oct. 1. Arrivals
hero from the coast bring no news
from Rio Hacha. . , but they confirm the
news of the complete defeat of the
Venezuelan Invaders at the peninsula
of Goajlra by Colombian troops. Sev
eral guns , rifles and a large quantity
of ammunition were captured. It is
said that the dale of the engagement
was Sept. 13. After this defeat the
Indians who inhabit Goajlra captured
the returning Venezuelans , who had
previously been relieved of their
horses while on their way through
the country. Among the prisoners
captured were three Venezuelan rebel
chiefs. The invaders lost many men
killed. General Orbls , who formerly
seved under General Alban , was also
killed.
Victoria Ready to Receive Duke.
Victoria , B. C. , Oct. 1. Victoria is
ready to receive their royal high
nesses , the Duke and Duchess of Corn
wall and York. The city has been
gaily decorated and millions of elec
tric lights and Chinese lanterns have
been strung for the display at night.
The parliament buildings and other
buildings and houses are covered and
with the searchlights of the ships of
war playing on the city , it will be ,
Indeed , a brilliant spectacle. The roy
al party is scheduled to land at the
outer docks at 10 a. m.
No Protectorate Over Kovvelt.
London , Oct. 1. The officials of the
British toreign office deny that Great
Britain contemplates establishing a
protectorate over Koweit , the pro
posed terminus on the Persian gulf , of
the Bagdad railroad. The officials de
clare that the presence in those waters
of British and Turkish warships is
due to a mutual agreement between
Turkey and Great Britain to prevent
the threatened collision between na
tives. The affair is now declared to.
have no importance.
Remember Revolutionary Leaders.
Madrid , Oct. 1. The anniversary of
the revolution of 1S6S was celebrated
at Madrid and other towns yesterday
At a meeting of 20,000 republicans
and socialists the crowds proceeded
to lay a wreath upon the monument
of General Prim , the once famous In
surgent leader In Spain. The mobs
collided with the police , who fired in
response to a vollley of stones. Three
of the persons participating In the
demonstrations and two police officials
were wounded.
Cuban Constitutional Convention
Havana , Oct. l.-The constitutional
convention held a private ( session
yesterday and considered a letter from
Governor General Wood , advising the
appointment of a commission of five
members to have charge of the forth
coming elections , and also advising
that two elections be held Instead of
four. The attendance did not amount
to a quorum , but General Wood's
sug-
gestlons were approved by all present
Durbin Reserves Decision.
Indianapolis. Oct. 1. Governor Dur-
bin yesterday Informed the Kentucky
officials here with a requisition from
Governor Beckham of Kentucky for
the return to thnt state for trial of
W. S. Taylor and Charles Klnloy 9 >
charged with complicity in the GoeboJ
murder , that he W0nll , not render
formal decision for
a week or moro
It Is the general feeling here that the
requisitions will be refused.
Charged With Theft of $6,000.
Chicago. Oct. l.-HayS Kdstrom
, pay
master of the Petroleum Iron works
of Corslcann , Tex. , wns arrested hero
last night , charged with the theft of
KOOu in pay envelopes
from his
em-
Ployers. When
taken Into
custody. Kd-
a rom had but 20
cents In his
posses-
slon. Ho claimed that he
had sqi.an- .
dered ho balance of the money in Cin
cinnati and SU Louia.