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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWSJOURNAL , , , . . NOHKOUv XKHHASKA I-'KIDAY NOYKMUKK U. 11)00. ) JAPANESE BITTER AGAINST PRES IDENT ROOSEVELT. FOR BRINGING ABOUT PEACE From Washington Inner Circles Comes the Story That England Is Causing Strained Relations and That War Must Come Some Time With Japs. Washington , Nov. 1. Why have our relations with Japan suddenly become so very delicate , and \\iiy is the sit uation relative thereto conceded by the responsible olllcers ol our govern ment to bo grave ? Why Is a cabinet olllcer sent scur rying across the continent to Investi gate the charge that a city which has been destroyed by an earthquake does not immediately afford adr He school facilities lor the Japanese A' ( , res ident there ? ' < SV1 ? , Why have we hastened . ° /lf ' to tne § s revenue cutter Japanese bassy in order that one of the sect * , tarles of that embassy may go to liering sea to Investigate the ciiargo that unarmed Japanebe have been shot down by order of an ollicml ot the United States government ? Why has the olllcial who is alleged to have given the order been hastily Mtmuioued to Washington and put through a minute cross-examination as to what he did and why ho did It ? \Vhy was he not called immediately .at the time when the killing occurred ? In short why is our government act ing as it' it realized itselt standing on the brink , of an open rupture with Japan , and doing all it can , iu reason , to avert it ? Answers to these queries are va ried but the most insistent one comes from the loreigu relations committee of the senate , who have diplomatic in formation denied to others. A mem ber of that committee says that Eug- laud is behind Japan in tlie sudden excess energy displayed by Japan in trying to seek a quarrel with the United States. War Certain to Come. If half the people who know things concerning the diplomatic relations , are right , the war ib curtain to come at some time between Japan and the United Stales and it is declared by some that this country could do worse than to engage the little brown nation before they have recovered 1'iom the Russian contlict. One senator said : "All nations now have their eyes on China.Vilh her millions of people think what It will mean when that na tion wakes up to buy railroads , whis key , beer , insurance , shoes , etc. Jap an is among the nations eying China and Japan Is bitterly enraged at the United States and President Roosevelt volt for pressing the Portsmouth peace conlerence which cost Japai much of the Chinese empire whicl they believe they could have won , if let alone. The San Francisco schoo situation and the Bering sea killing are incidents that would not have aroused bitterness under normal con dltlons. They Blame Roosevelt. "Roosevelt is not popular in Japai just now. England's alliance will Japan prevented John Bull from fore ing peace between Russia and Japan but England urged Roosevelt to do 1' ' because Japan was getting too mucl of China. The Philippines arc looked on as a possible prize by Japan and iu even of war with Japan the Philippines wll be dangling at the belt of either Japai or England before the fight ends. "Trade In China can be had by no country not working with Japan. Eng land has made it impossible lor Amci lea to work with Japan and todaj there is but ono port in Manchuria where Americans are allowed to land. Taft Speaks Twice at Omaha. Omaha , Nov. 1 William H. Taft secretary of war , spoke last night to crowded houses at the Hiirwood and Boyd theaters on national Issues. THRILLING RIDE IN BLAZING CAR Man Who Was Beating Way Severely Burned Before He Could tscape. Omaha , Nov. 1. Caged in a biirnin ; and loadi-d lanntnro mr traveling a forty niili-s an hour. 11. IS Frost o Waterloo , H. . spent a half hour o awful suspense while boitin : his waj from Simon to Omaha with fou tramps. Tlio car was bet on lire b > tramps. Frost says , arid the live onl. escaped by wrinkling through a smal ventilator opening at one end. Frost' hands were lr.dly burned. The ca and fnrnitiiro wore completely de Btroyod , the train arriving at Emorso Just In time to put the bin/Ing car on elding to save the rest of tha train. MRS. C. D. FOSS PRESIDENT. Old Officers Re-Elected by Methodists Foreign Missionary Society. Omaha. Nov. L The three genera officers of the Women's Foreign MU Blonary boeiely ol' the Methodls \ Episcopal church were uuanimousl ro-oleitid at the thirty-seventh ai mini meeting to servo tliu bocloty dur Ing the coming year. President. Mrs Cyrus D. Fosa of Philadelphia ; secrc tnry , Mrs C. W. Barnes of Delaware O. , and treasurer , Mra. J. M. Cornell of New York. WOMAN DEAD , MAN MAY LIVE Tragedy at Sheridan Where Husband Tries to Follow Wife to Grave. Sheridan , Wyo. , Nov. 1. Joslc Kep ler , a young married woman of Slier- lilan. drank two ( unices of chloroform nnd expired within an hour.Vhllo doctors were trying to save the wom an the Imnlmml entered the room and. Hcl/hiK the liollle of poison , drank the remaining two ounces "I guest I will jn with her , " ho until In the doctor as he handed him the empty bottle. Kepler may recover. He Is a htakeman and his wife has hern employed In n downtown restaii rant MANY BOATS TORN FROM AN' CHORAGES AND WRECKED. NICE SUFFERED SEVERELY 'tfj ' 'is Promenade of DCS Angeles ' " 'fp < lelghborlng ( Streets Are Under .r-Jot of Water Tidal Wave and Snow In the Storm. Paris , Nov. 1. A violent storm wept over the southern portion of "ranee today , accompanied by heavy alls of snow on the coast and n tidal , 'avo at Toulon. Many crafts were torn from their nehoragea and wrecked. Quays were oodctl. Nice suffered severely , the famous iromenade of DCS Angeles and neigh orlng streets being under water n foot eep. Shops there were so badly flooded hat the contents were totally do- troyetl. PERSONSS1ILL MISSING _ No Other Bodles Taken From Cars at Atlantic City. Atlantic City. N. J. , Nov. 1. The third and last car of the Thoroughfare wreck was lifted from the water , When placed on the mud bank , the car was in such a condition that It actually fell apart of Its own weight A squad of ofllcers made a diligent search for any bodies that may have been wedged in the car , but fount' none. Mystery surrounds the non-appear nnce of several persons who were known to have been on the train and may indicate that their bodies arc either held fast In the thick inu-1 o have floated down wllirihe tide. The local officials say the total death Us Is sixty-two On ( lie oilier hand , n great many are inclined' to the belie that several bodies were swept dowa by the heavy tide and never recov ered. It IE contended by some tha the total loss of life will be abou seventy. AFTER CHICAGOJRAIN TRUST Evidence Will Be Laid Before Nex Grand Jury. Chicago , Nov. 1. Evidence tendin to show that the leading grain ele vator companies of Chicago are in an Illegal combination for the purpos of controlling the grain warehous business has been submitted to State' Attorney Healey , with the requcs that it he laid before the next gram jury. The principal evidence submit ted Is the ropy of an agreement be twcen the .elevator companies , whicl It Is claimed shows them to have been guilty of acts In restraint of trade in that a eortaln percentage of the earn ings of the warehouses was pooled. The agreement Is the same one tha was Introduced at I he recent hearing before the Interstate * commerce con mission. A black list , it Is elalmci' was kept affecting the owners of elo valors not In the combination. FINAL SESSiONJF W , C , T , U Hartford Convention One of Most In terestlng In History of Society. Hartford , Conn. , Nov. 1. With Jub Ice exercises given by the president of the state organizations bavin made a not gain In membership , th national convention of the Women Christian Temperance union , whio has been In session here since Frida > was brought to a close In the poln of number and volume of business transacted the convention was one ol the most interesting in the history of the organization. The adoption ol n number or resolutions , among them one asking President Roosevelt to mention in his annual message to congress the "liquor trafllc as ono of the evils which menace our nation , ' together with a number of various othei recommendations , w'ore the feat ure of the day's program. Caugtit by Decoy Letter. St. Louis , Nov I. After evading the law for more than two years , being . ing chased from rity to city by offi cers , Robert Sassman of St. Louis , ) wanted on the charge of having mur dered Carl Miller of Iloldcn , Mo. , was brought to St. I.ouls by officers , who . arrcs-tod him Saturday In Chicago. A ' decoy letter was mailed him and he was arrested when lie called at the . general delivery window of the Chicago cage postolllco. For some time ho had been employed In Chicago as a painter of church steeples. Ho was taken on to Warrcnuburc , Mo. CLOSE OF NEW YORK CAMPAIGN NOT IN HIS FAVOR. POLL SHOWS SMALL MAJORITY Sure Republican Majority Above Har lem and Brooklyn IB Doubtful Not Positive That Hearst Will Lose Gov ernorship , But He Has Lost Ground. New York , Nov. 1. For the llrst tlmo there Is now apparent what ap pears to be a distinct subsidence to the Hearst wave. Thin does not mean that H enrol IH not likely to bo elected governor of New York , for no man known an yet what the result of the election will bo. Hut It Is certainly true that the dem ocrat Ic managui'H , some people In ( he Independence- league and Independent politicians generally at last have come to the conclusion that Mr. Hearst In stead of gaining ground during the last week of the campaign , Is ( dipping backward. Half a dozen different rcasoiiH are being assigned for this belief. Per haps more Important than all IH the fact that a preliminary canvass of Tammany hall Indicates that 1 learnt cannot possibly expect a majority above 75,000 In Manhattan and the I ! ron x. Senator Pat McCarren , over In Brooklyn , Is still waging llurco war upon Hearst. So It Is hardly to bo ex pected that the sensational democratic candidate will do much , If any , in Greater New York , as a whole , than on this Hide of the river. Mont people think he will ho more than lucky to break oven In Urooklyn , In which case the 75,000 Indicated In Murphy's preliminary poll , will be the only bulwark against a certain rcpub llcan majority from up-stato. Most political prophets have Insisted that Hearst cannot bo elected unless he can roll up a majority of 175,000 In Greater Now York. The preliminary Tammany poll seems to put an end to that hope , and thls _ , perhaps , accounts for the significant drop In temperature In the vicinity of Hearst headquarters at the Ollscy house. In the second place , Mr. Hearst him self has made a number of serious mistakes In the latter part of tno campaign. lie has withered under the combined attacks of the entire New York newspaper press. It is natural that he should resent these attacks but it was more than unfortunate for1 Mr. Hearst that he should have chos en to do It In a way which lost him votes. Hughes has gone up and down the state In a conscientious , painstaking , methodical sort of way. He has re sponded to the attacks of his adver sary with facts and figures , bill ho has never yet lost his temper , and ho has never , it should be said to his credit , failed to maintain a conservative point of view as to the Issues of the cam paign. Mr. Hearst , unfortunately , within the last few days , has made it evident that lie has boon distinctly stung by certain attacks of his opponents. lie has lost his temper again and again and has resorted to undignified at tacks upon Mr. Hughes , nnd all of those who have opposed him , using opprobrious epithets most freely. N.W YR. ; < CAMPAIGN WARM Hearst Ofters Reward of $50,000 for Lv.dence of Election Fraud. N > worli , Nov. 1. Tne two candi date mr go\ernor of New York are malms ; thdr last appeals to the up- stale \ot rs ami ihis evening will Svi ; both Charles K. Hughes and William 11. Hi-ur.il headed toward U renter New York , where the linal arguments will he made Their last swing around the circle lias been made under adverse weather conditions and both arc voice worn Irom frequent outdoor speaking Rut neither rain nor snow has damp ened the entliiihiiibin of the crowds that have gathered eveiywhere to i greet them. Thcie were several Incidents tend Ing to accentuate the already Intense Interest in the outcome of the cam palgn. In this city the feature of Uu < day was the action of Mr. Hearst In appealing direct to Judge Rosalsky of the court of general sessions to take vigorous measures against the board of election for their alleged criminal negligence In falling to pre vent the loss or destruction of Inde pendence league nominating petitions. Mr. Hearst has offered rewards aggre gating $50,000 for the arrest and con viction of persons guilty of election frauds on Nov. C. WOMEN MOD ONE OF OWN SEX Cover Victim With Molasses and Give Her Coat of Feathers. East Sandy , Pa. , Nov. 1. A crowd of women , one a sister-in-law of the victim , took Mrs. Hattlo lowry irom her home , lied her hands , painted hei face with steve polish , poured molasses - lasses over her. nnd save her a coat ol featheis Mia. Ixnvry llnally was tlci to a tree , where she remained null a man H'leased her. Four of the worn en were arrested , pleaded guilty and their husband * paid $ CO and costs for each of them. The prisoners salt the aciioiis of Mrs. l/owry brought dis ; race mi the community. Arguments HiMrcl In Pc.ivcy C.ise. Wiu-hlnnlell. Nov I. AIKUIIII litn wore made lieloie Ihe liiloihlnle nun Iliolco conillilhsion III the 1'euvey ele valor cane , In which It U charKtuI thai ' his company received a bonus from ( ho Union Pacllle railroad at Omiihit [ In ( lie slutpt * of favorable transfer Rice Mills In Texas Durn. Nonunion ) . Tex. . Nov. 1.Flro de stroyed tinlleaitmonl rice milts , on tiillinu a IOHH or about $ : ! 10.ono with Itmiiiance Iwothlrdti of the amount. DISEASED CATTLE SOLD IN THE STATE BY RENDERING CO. TEN INDICTMENTS RETURNED Two Former Members of State Cattle , Commission .participated In Sales. Concern Which Failed to Produce 9 I Books Fined for Contempt. 1 nurllnnton , Vt. , Nov. 1. Sensation- ol charges were made In ( on Indict ments which were returned by the Chlttenden comity grand Jury In con nection with ( he sale of diseased cattle In the Hlnlo and In the sale of which , according to ( lie lndtcniont ( . two former members of ( ho slate cattle commission participated with a full knowledge that such cattle would he used for food purposes Four of the Indictments were against the Con solldatc-d Rendering company and L E. nrlgluim. ni'imigor of ( he Hurling ton Rondurlng company and they con talnud 100 counts each. The most sensational disclosures woie ni'ido ' In ( he Indictments which were roturnoii attains ! Dr. F. A. Rich , n veterinary of this oily , and Victor Spear of Randolph , both of whom were members of Ihe state cattle commis sion. They are chawd with selling diseased beef , which they had pre viously condemned , to Ihe rendering companies. The Indictments against the Consolidated company nnd llrlg- ham ohnrpo the Rnlo of diseased moat In the Blnto and also the shipment ff such dlseasi'd meat out of the state for the pnrno"e of pnttlnt ? It on salo. All of the defendants furnished bonds lor Iholr appearance nl thoM M p. roh term of the county court. IWoro the grand jury reported. JtidRo Howell Imposed a fine of $3.00 ' on Con-nildiited company for fail ing to prodnoo certain papers and momornnilii which hail lieon demanded. GRAND JURfJUufWATER People Indignant at Failure to Indict IVjen Charged Witn Bribery. Dea Moines , Nov. L Following the Inal report of the Polk county grand ury. In which "no bill" was "reported n the street ear bribery charges , the Civic league ni.nouncod that a masu udib'iiatioii Hireling will be called for tomorrow night for the purpose of fastening the blame for the failure to report Indietnients Over two mouths ago General Manager George H. Hlppce of the sroct ( railway and A. M. Hadley. superintendent of the 'arm of President Polk of the street railway , were arrested on a charge of linhlng Alderman llamery to lower die company's assessment and for voting ing In favor of a franchise offered by the city railway. The men were taken befoie Justice of the Peace Duncan and pave bonds and were finally hound over to the grand jury. Evi dence In the form of testimony of men who claimed to have witnessed the transact Ion of the money changing hands and to have overheard the brib ery deal was presented to ihe grand Jury at the opening of the term In September , and the grand jury has deliberated on the cases ever since. AERONAUT HASCLOSE CALL Dr. Thomas Makes Daring Ascent in His Balloon at Augusta. Augusta , Ga , Nov. 1. Ur. Julian R. Thomas of New York made here most , daring ascent In his balloon Nirvana. Owing to the location of the grounds some distance from ( he city , the bag had to be Inflated some miles away , nnd It was intended to tow it to the grounds up the canal. The stream proved too narrow nnd the bag caiiRlit In trees and was more or Jess damaged. Dr. Thomas mounted Into the network and cut away the entangled basket. Ho nroso like n shot nnd traveled In n southwesterly direction to a height of 5,000 feet. When about seven miles from Augusta the valve began leaking and the aeronaut shot downward rapidly. IIo endeavored to lighten ship by cutting off his sb/irs and coat. The descent wns hut llttlo checked nnd ho cnmc down In the middle of n cotton field. The balloon then started ncross the field , dragging Dr. Thomas nearly a quarter of n mile before he could x trlcato himself. Hof s ua My scratched nnd lacerated , but not sorl ously Injured. Oklahoma Neccis Cars. Oklahoma ( Mty , Okla . Nov. 1. At > . mootliiK of the millers of Oklahoma nnd Indlnn territory in thin cly ( It was reported ( ha ( 2 , < 00 cnrs were needed to move orders for export of milt nnd feed stuffs nnd the oars cnnnot he oh tallied. Orders are being cancelled ns a result. Cc-tton shippers are hnvlnp the * nmu dllllcultivi. THOUBLUSOME UTES APPEAR TO BE GETTING BOLDER. PAY LITTLE HEED TO SOLDIERS Clash ls Narrowly Averted When Cav alrymen Capture f-'lfty Ute Ponies , Which Are utnckly Stampeded and Recovered by the Keuakln * . Khorldnii , Wyti. , Nov. l. A klr- mlHh ueeiined between u bund ol Ihe runoKiidu Hie Indians and a tump ol the l Tenth cavalry on IHtlei cteek , ac cording to won ! hrouilil ; by n M'ci ' nil | courier. The troops had captured lllty I Utu ponleti. As ( ho ( limport ) WIMU \ driving away the pomes , llfly Utt'H , lully armed , siiriounded Iho eiivalrymeii and the ponies , stamped ing ( he POIIIOH with ruvohur tdmlri und native warwhoopH. The Indltum ie- covered all their ponies hut live that were killed by Iho troops In an eliorl to stop the Nlanipodo. The IndiniiH did not lire at the sol diers. The Holdlers deslHtod fiom at- tin king Ihe tlten , IIH Iho reds giuiilly oiitmunbi red Iho liooporH. Tionpoi'B MI. , liinl IIH fur an the ) can aHceiialn liuiii luiiuir nnd oliMitrvalloii , the In illaiiK will ( mill with Illlle provoia- luin. Another detaehiiienl of Ihii Tenth cimiirj that left Kherldan Monday night ran across u wandering hand of 1(10 Crow Indians , under command ol Chief Swool. Month. The lumpers diovo the CIOWH back to tlie Crow agency. The Crcwn until thai they were hunting nnd donlod any Intent Ion of Joining the Ulen. Sllll iiuolhor of the Tenth cavalry loll in with n band of Choyeniio Indians , who. on representation ( hat they wore hunt ing , were allowed to go In peaceSot - tiers charge that Indian gnlu1 * out ployed by the federal troops aie actIng - Ing treacherously nnd lending the troops In false trnlls to keep the sol ] tilers from overtaking the Utos. The ' Bottlers mention among the guides , Woman's DITHS , American llorso and White Cow Hull. j Some troopers of the Tenth cavalry < marched all Tuesday night to capture a small hand of Utos. reported to bo encamped on lilt lor creek , hut found no Indians at Iho designated placo. Trainmen report that 100 Sioux In dians are wandering fifty miles north west of Sheridan. The Utos , II Is said , make forced marches northward by night , hldinR from the soldiers by day In the broken country , through whloh they are travellnc ; . Tlic Utos should BOOH arrive In Hlrnoy , It Is thought. THREE"SUIUT EL PASO Two Others Wounded In Fight With Wife Murderer. 151 PIIEO , Tex. , Nov. 1. Three bodies are In the moinue and two wounded persons In a hospital as the result of a nurdor here , followed by an exchange of shots between the murderer nnd policemen. Manuel Rodriguez killed ila wile when she returned home nnd 'oniid him In company with another woman. Itndrlpncz and Chonn Ka- intern , the woman with htm , wore tilled nnd City Detective Ooorgo Har old and Jack Glover , a negro , wounded n the light that ensued. Tl.o lire de partment was called out nnd dispersed ; he excited crowd that had collected [ jy pouring water on 11 from n hoso. After shoot hit- , his wife , Hodriguoz , who was n. restaurant keeper , barrl caded himself In ills place of business , and when the olllcers arrhd ho mot them with n volley from n magazine revolver. After a buttle of nearly an hour the pnlleo succeeded 'n ' enlorltiR the Ini'Mlnc ' ; Hoc1iliiiP7 was found dead , bullets having pierced his bodv In ( line places .lack ( "Shiver. Iho no rro hov w''o wns wounded , was shot through the ; l-o'ly l y n sliav bullet SOON ! RS WILL NOJ BE DISTURBED ifraefons at Walker La''e ' Not Seri ous Enough to Invalidate Opening. WashinUon. Nov. 1. Further re ports fmm aRentp of Iho Interior do- pnrtment wlio superintended the open Inu Mondnv of the Walker Lake- Indian roporvntion In Nevada hero convinced Secretary Illtehrooh that Iho Infrac tions nf the recnlalioiis Kovornlnc the oponlnK were not serious cnnimii in warrant a recommendation In fiivor cif Invalidating II. Special I/ind Aucul Parko has reported from Hawthorne that thoio has boon loss complaint than ho had expected , nnd Mint nl ready a town of 1 ! 000 population , wllh restaurants , gambllnc houses and sa loons , has boon established at ( lie month of Dutchman's crook FIVE SCALDED TO DEATH. Awful Accident In a Sugar House Near Vacherle , La. New Orleans. Nov. 1. Five persona were scalded to death by a column ol escaping steam from a broken holler drum In a sugar house near Vneherlc , Ln. A hole two feet square burst In the holler drum , which wns nbout twelve foot away fiom the sncnr house. The escaping stennl ploughed n ( rench three fict detp In Iho ground until It struck the sugar house foundations. This obstruction de flected the column of steam nnd hot water upward bo that it entered the sugar houso. HIE CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Temperature for Twenty-four Mourn. Forecast for Ncbrnnkn. Condltloim of Iliu weather MR record- M | for the twenty-four liours ditilliii ; it K a. in. today : Maximum fit ) .Mlnlniniii Ill ) Avorui'.n ! ( ) Chlcauo , Nov. I. 'I'lio liiillolln In- miod liy Iho Chicago million of Ilio United HlatttH wont liur human , ilv ; n lie forecast for Ncliniiihn an followii : Fair anil wanner lonli'hl. Friday In- creiiHliiK eloiidii will ) wanner < MIH ! per tion. EXPLOSION IN PIERCE PLANT LEAVES TOWN IN DARKNESS. AIR TANK WENT THROUGH ROOF Explonlon .it About D O'clock Lnst Night Rentiers the Llalit Plant of Pierce Powerlesn Narrow Escape for Engineer Mlko Hcnzcl. Plort'o , Noli. , Nov. KHpoehtl to Tin1 NOWH : An cxpliiHlnii ol' llui com- proHHod air limit In Mm electric light worhn at alionl 5 o'clock last nllil | , precipitated darknoHH In Ploreo laid nlihl ; and II will io ; hack to hortwnmi and eandloH until ropiilrn can he made. 'I'll" olcclrlr light , tiiiglno In driven liy what IH known im cold IUM ; procoiiii. UHlng a iilorago lank for conipr ( > HHil ! air. ThlH lank tiinldciily exploded when Ilii' engineer , Mlko Ilim/.lor , wan gelling ready to Hlarl tlio HlitH | limt. nlghl , ( lu > tank going Htraliht ; up and learlni ; a great hole through the roof , upon which II landed. Th" engineer wan at work In Uio building when I ho explosion occurred , hat fortunately ho watt not ione.hod by iIn' ' Hying nialei'lal. The oxploHlon WIIH a Herlonii nuittur and will put the plant out. of conimlHHlon for HOIIIO dayii al least. TEACHER PREVENTS A PANIC Kansas Woman Savon Lives of Chi1 dren When Flro Alarm Is Sounded. Argentine , Kan. , Nov. 1. Tlio pres ence of mind of Gertrude IJ. Williams IOIU-IUM- > f the seventh grade In tin ICiiicrMiii public school here , prevented a puuli and probably loss of lilo when she inn < < | the children In her room to mareli lioin Hie huililmg in ordei insi.-ad of rubhlniT pell moll when an alarm of fire was Riven. When the children made n con certed dash for the door the tearhci stepped alidad of them , blocking the doorway and raisins her polntci ( hrenteniiiKly. The first children to reach the exit forced her aRninst thu door jam and she was severely bruised She s'ood her ground , or dered them Into line and saw them mnreh from the building safely and In order. The children from the othei roonn followed NCI one was hurt. The fire loss was lilvhil BArtS SOLDIERS IN UNIFORM Two Are Refused Admittance to a Skating Rink at Leavenworth. Leavenworth , Knii. . Nov. 1. Two soldiers sliilloned at Fort Leavenworth were refused admittance to n skallriR rink here lecenlly nnd Cnptnln Me- Farland. who wns appealed to by the men , wrole n communication to the military secretary of tlie arrny , slat- liiK that the proprietor had said that ho would admit soldiers only In citi zen's clothing. Captain McFarlnnd re ferred the letter to Meutenant Colonel nel PauldliiK. who Indorsed It by stat ing that "It Is very unfortunate nnd to be deplored that the uniform of the nation's army should he held In such lack of esteem by Individuals In this community nnd It Is to be hoped that some means may be found of cor rection. " Barrlngton Gets Another Respite. St l.oul ? . Xov 1 - Rprnnso of the Illness of Attorney Wilfred .tones , counsel for "Lord" Harrington , con victed of the murder of James P Me- Cnnn nnd under sentence of death , another stny of o-xrrullon has been granted. Sixty days has been al lowed for Attorney Jones to transmit the transcript of the ease ( o the Unit ed States Fiipremo oourl. Harrington has been corllmd In Ihe Clayton Jail for nbout ' - . tiir-oyenrs Standard Will Fight Kansas Suit. Topokn , Nov 1. Karl Kvans of Wichita , attorney for the Standard Oil company , filed a motion In the supreme promo court here to make mote defi nite the position of the state in Its suit nRnlnst the Standard OH com pany , declaring it to be a trust. "Tho Standard will put forth every energy In fighting this suit " said Mr. ISvnns. "I do not lielleve there Is any demand from consumers or producers for this suit. " Identification Tags for Soldiers Washington , Nov l.--ActinR Serre ( nrv Oliver has ordered that hereafter Identification tags , al aluminum , the slso of n silver half dollar , stumped with ( ho naino. company , regiment , or corpB of the wonror. ho suspended from the nerlt of every olllcor nnd sot dlort underneath the clothing , hv a cord. The great Importance of such Indues Is demount rated liy the tlitiu- pnn.ls of graves of the unidentified dead of the civil war.