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J- : "-"-"-.:";-' - . ? .. . ... E?J J a--- l --". '4 -!"- J --. :"V . --- : . . . .- I i: "JjBtelbmeii- 'Attacjt - JDetactemoit" 'of - 8use rffMiN wnv " Vc -- "'..; "-"."- Jleirient:&t Sufereci at Smut. . . Itltf ;if ANrtYMEN AflE KILLED "-.'-. vtIVt A. KH1M 'ncfm.:tltcjr Ca :"..' -""oip.Af ter Att.dc. - '. '..MANILA, " "OcL 19. Five .. hundred --;bqJ9inen attacked a detachment of for :t?ix;'men of - he- Ninth: infantry ."at JBangajonrtn the Candara river, island cT." Suaar. . today. .IcillinR ten and irou'nding"ix. The remainder of. the .cGm'paoy .arrived on the scene in time' "t6 -prevent -fartner; slaughter and root- '-:-:y:;Vi-W ".trie "enemy.- killing 'oyer 100 ot ."" fl -y-j ;-' ihem'S-It- iif believed that lhe .enemy .!.-:"-----'-.:-oily "retired .for reinforcements. Aa : y v-'Vr-r- soon"as"the-news was received at Cat- -.-.-y--.hologan the, gunboats were dispatched, '"'.?.; f;;V .General Smith going in person to the . V.5". K.r;'-xecnis. - i -i;-.-.v...V-" TbV WaT 'department olBcials were .:' j-.: ."V'-" somewhat dismayed at the press report: .-' ...-." - --:-:pf " th- new setback on the island of '"''.-. C" - "."iniar- : ..r:" "':.-'-' -JVASHISGTON, Oct 19. The fol--. "rlv'v lowing brief cablegram from General ';.:;-- v:".':". ;haffce reporting the fight ot the Ninth '..':''' i--.;h infantry in'Samar Wednesday was-re-"-: f :':' --"!celved. at the War department this 'i' : "' --- - afternoon -":":" :?"-. '--MANILA. Oct 19. Corbin, Adjutant ' :V -" V"-".- -General, Washington: Forty-six men. '.' VV'i-V-r". Company E. Ninth infantry, under ".'..--"..-i'FJwt Ucutenant George W. Wallace. :ij'.-'- In Afield, lower Candara, Samar, was :-.v:.."V" .attacked by-400 bolomen October 16. .. V.--V.-.. Our-loss., ten killed, six wounded; "'--.V'T.-i -."ames not received. Elghtsr-one of the '.'''. '':''';' enemy left dead on the field. Enemy-:"- -".V-.K. " .Jb'eaten off... ..-.-".-i; -.-.;-';-: -The Ninth infantry, which suffered :-'-''-.: .-. 1- there, was the same organization that '"V'-V":-"' '. -.engaged in the latest fight at Banga--. V-J'.'. 7' jonr "though in this case the company .."' ---.' attacked it not known. An inspection of the dispositions 'made of the troops on the island of -Samar.phoTvs that before Che Balangiga -..viftghf' there "were no less thari-thirty- ...Igkt separate posts. These were so .. .'disposed that supplies could . be con- veved io -the troops by water. Gen- :i:-j"i,""..cralHughes has left Samar and gone -.-.1. ';-.".-, to the "Island of Cebu to recuperate, .-.---.' :"?- which accounts, for the assumption of ..;-".---the command on Samar by General I- V -j.- -Smith. General Jlughes was worn out '.'" .":-. --'and sulTered from the effects of a se '. - .v: "' vere fall' received while chasing insur- ." -.?-. !." 'rectionists in the mountains of Samar. NATIVE HAWA1IANS IYIN6 Off Ib A'ddlllnB to IcCreasloc la Kh '.''' ..... '' WJIl yet -Wark e. fwnUUaM. Yci--'"' -WASHINGTON,. Oct 19. Henry E. .'-..-''Cooper, territorial secretary and for iv"; several months prior to his departure. 'V "for. the United States acting, governor -" '-. -of' Hawaii, has discussed with Secre-.-.." -tar-, of .Agriculture Wilson the con-.-":-.--.' ditions in the territory. One of the ':.t' ::"main aims of Hr. Cooper's trip here ft- ' -f-i. lo. 'acquaint the administration with .;": '-th.-actual situation in Hawaii. In his .."-:"-. -eofafcrence with Secretary Wilson he ',- " emphasized the seriousness of the labor --!.... .-problem. The "natives are dying off : " -r" rapidly, the mortality being in the neighborhood of forty deaths to the - thousand, . ting out and foreign laborers are get of the country much more j.rapidly than they are coming In. The : Encouragement of Chinesq labor, said "he," is regarded as .the most promis "ing solution and the territorial-govern-' ment is anxious that large numbers of laborers shall come in from China. , ".. ?':'. The sugar cane crop that should have '', -.'v.-been" harvested at the beginning of " .." -. ; "July' he said, is not yet off the field - ---"." V-" and will-not be harvested before next -. ''. -.-'-."-. V- month. The natives generally will :t jr?' " npt.woik. Tlie coffee industry is lan- .:..".V guishing and many things that should -. -r--.r; "-.- m tbe raised there have to" be bought out- '' . .-.; - -'. side tfic fs'lands. .-- - - Secretary WTilson Informed Mr. Coop ".. - ::'.' -' - crof a Teport Irom the 'superintendent ' . ' .- .-"- "-'- of the agricultural station in Honolulu showing, among other things, that it .-'.r.cQsts $26-an acre to .fertilize the cane. :-"... crop in Hawaii and pointed out the ..." big farin wage 'which has to be paid to '. :farm-laborers, viz. $40 a month, in-'"-.-. eluding board, which is approximately ." Iv'lO.more.. than in this" country. .11... Master f.th.K.Us--".."-T LONDON. Oct .19. Sir "Richard "-" . "Rerih .Collins, .lord Justice -of appeal. " --I. has been appointed master of the rolls, '" -.. ."in Succession .to Sir Archibald Smith, ;" -.-who -'has ."resigned, on account of ill '. -.health. ." . Coirt Marttal Orafrcd. . " ."WASHINGTON.-D. C, Oct. 19. Sec- '.''. , "tetary Long has approved the recom :; : mendaUons of the court of inquiry in .-"': the-.case of "Colonel Robert L. Meade,' --"United Slates marine corps, and will -..-jorder'a court-martial to try Colonel - - SleaSe on charger of intoxication while .- on-duty, of giving faise testimony, and --. of ", vroratlng the regulations in fail t Jng'.ta.respoiid to charges . preferred .- against him-by -Colonel -Denny and . ."-iti'eutvnant Colonel Launchheimer. .' ' . .Buiiu4 he AdlBtatlttM. . . . CLEVELAND, 0.. Oct .W.-Con-oernlBg. published reports that Preai- dent Roosevelt -had asked .him to be t6 him Just-what he "was" to President McKinley. Seaator .Hanna said he had pot seen the reported conversation, but be laade-the statement that w.hatever ' coaversatioas Je had with President Roosevelt 'were eatirely satisfactory. He said he- would, support PresUeat KooseveU as cordially- as he had Mc- .Klaley. f Tttt fUHim IN NOMSM W.I. Man m WMfetattM Glv .' mn'tmUmm tkm SaTkJMt. .OMAHA, Oct 21. William-U Hail, asstetan.saperintendeat-oftree plaat ing, divisieq of forestry, has asade ax-. tensive investigation in Nebraska rel ative to tree planting. He says tfcere is n6 question but -what the. soil and elimate are favorable for a certain amount of forest planting. . To what extent; however, .Is in admeasure -a "matter. of experiment. -He has in course of preparation a report to the department, making special recom mendations both as to extent of plant ing and methods. He also say's there can be no system applicable for the prairie district for general operations. . While there Jb a great interest -man ifested .Ia forestry, yet there' appears to- be a very meager - acquaintance with th'e subject of tree planting on an. extended scale,. -.Mr. Hall says. Many tree have 'been planted more as a "wind break" than for timber cul ture. Mr. Hall found a number of catalpa plantations which have shown, a thrifty .growth, but show a lack of maximum .growth, owing to lack of management or attention. The ca talpa Is an especial favorite with Mr. Hall. He believes that it does best on-Nebraska -soil, which Is "porous. Its durability has been overestimated by some, but its value for various pur poses has been fully appreciated by the general public It is a rapid grower, of good form, lightness and possesses great strength and elasticity. It requires from eight to twelve years to mature sufficiently for use. In speaking of the species and sec tions for profitable tree planting, Mr. Hall said that the catalpa and red cedar grow readily along the Platte river; the Russian mulberry in Cen tral Nebraska, the black walnut In the eastern part of the state, while the bur oak thrives best in the valleys of the Niobrara and Missouri rivers; the green and white ash does well in Northern Nebraska. There are many other trees valuable for planting, such as the elm, poplar, maple and willow, but ia a system of forest operations instituted solely for profit and carried on under competition, such trees are not to he-considered. WATCtliGITSONrUTTE Stat. Bwtrdef Irrlgatlea fl.n Argv MiMt 1. Gothcnbarg- Cm. LINCOLN, Oct 21. The state board of irrigation and 'Engineer Dobson lis tened -to testimony and argument Jn the case of the Farmers' add Mer-. chants' Irrigation company. The Gothenburg company asserts that it. has a prior right to water in the Platte river and was sustained in this position a year ago by Engineer Wil son. It owns and operates one long canal, -of which one-half was con struced after the original water right was taken, out The water right grant ed by the board authorized the Goth enburg company to appropriate 200 cubic feet of water per second and It is now "claimed .that there .is no law to prevent the-company from turning the water so appropriated Into the new section of: the canal. The board took the case under advisement and' will render a decision within the next few days. The Farmers' and Merchants' Irriga tion works and .property are valued at not less than $175,000, while the. works and property of the .other company are said to be worth approx imately $300,000. The former Is cap italized for $3,000,000. L..4 iMslasj Tov. LINCOLN, Oct 21. Land Commis sioned FoAmer has planned to make a land leasing tour through northern Nebraska, beginning at O'Neill in Holt county on November 18.- Subsequent auctions will be held as follows: Bas sett, November 19; Ainsworth, No vember 28; Chadron, November 29; Harrison and Alliance, -November 30, and Gering. November 31. Cewboy Crtolvml t Hym.Bte. LINCOLN, Oct 18. Governor Sav age and several state oficials will, go to Hyannis this week to attend, the cowboy carnival at that place. The program includes an exhibition by Captain Hardy, a shooting tournament and several other events. Wmu swimcfcts Aetlv BLAIR, Neb., Oct 21. The local or ganization of woman suffragists are making big preparations for the com ing conference of the woman suffrag ists. Aas. TmmI Jm Opraed EVANSTON. Wyo.. Oct 21. Th5 great Aspen tunnel through Piedmont hill, east of here; was turned over to Preaideat Burt of the Union Pacific by Contractors Kilpatrick Bros, ft Col lins Tuesday. The first train passed through the big bore Monday; being a work train. The first passenger train to pass through the big' hole in the mountains was the one in which the president and other high officials of the Union Pacific were passengers: nttrKktou BltaM.ir. TRENTON, Neb., Oct 21. A serious accident happened to Fred Felker here while hunting. His gun accidentally discharged, the load going up and part, of the charge entering his face, He will lose qne eye. Uini.. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct 2L Mrs. Hattle Pitt of Grand Island. ' Neb.. tok morphia here and died. The poison was take awith suicidal - latest i BIG RAILROAD DEAL Iurliigt.Trantfer u.'Iint' Sisp" is 'Seven Emadnd MUHob Ooabiaatiea. RMTKIN UNES SOON TO rOUOW Dttalti ar PUb AMmWi FiuacUl !-. i BtaMla-.r'KxchMa;!. Catnl f OM Stock Is PUcl A Qn.t If gngaUMiw IriMrwtattn. CHICAGO. Oct 18. An. Iowa cor poration, 'capitalized at $100,000,000 and organized for the purpose, of con trolling railroad, properties to be bonded ' at between $700,000,000 and $750,OOO,OO0-such In brief is the plan in brief or the Morgan-Hill syndicate as disclosed by the incorporation at Burlington, Iowa, of the Chicago, Bur lington. Quiacy Railroad compaay. '; Details of the 'plan, . which' Is by far tae.tmost stupendous ever con ceived .in the railway world, were learned here yesterday and hav set the financial and railway worlds talk ing. None of the officers -of the Bur lington would co-sent to give the slightest information regarding the or ganization of the new company, .but despite this, facts came to light which made.lt certain that-the Iowa corpor ation' is the proprietary .company which is to take over all the securities of the Burlington, the Northern Pa cific and the Great Northern rail roads. This being the case, the Morgan coterie, when the plan is perfected, will be able, by the ownership of a bare majority of the $100,000,000 stock of the new company, to control absolutely three big railway systems, aggregating over 18,000' miles, having a gross earning capacity of over $100, 000,000 yearly, and a present capitali zation of $565,000,000. Furthermore, if it is seen fit to do so, the cbhtiM of these properties- can be obtained without the payment of a single dol lar of the capital stock represented by the new company. In the opinion of financiers, the scheme is sufficient ly bold to cause a Napoleon In the game to pause before taking the plunge and the result will be watched with the most intense interest In general, the plan Is for the new or parent company to take the stock cf the three companies involved and exchange it for collateral trust bonds on a certain basis. From all the In formation obtainable the basis of ex change for the Northern Pacific pre ferred is ten collateral trust -bonds-for $100 each, beariog 3 per. cent inter est, for every ten shares of stock, and in addition twenty-five shares of the capital stock of the new company. The terms for the transfer of the Great Northern stock are said to be almost double the amount offered for the Northern Pacific The latter is paying 4 per cent, while the Great Northern, which is all preferred stock, fays. 7 per cent It is said that the Morgan-Hill peo ple have determined to permit all stockholders, or rather to urge all, to accept the terms of the transfer. Whether or not this will be done makes .little difference," as the syndi cate already controls a .majority .of tbe'stock of all the three "companies. The 'transfer of the Burlington stock has for some time been in progress, -the terms being two 4 per cent bonds for every share of stock. If the-entire issue of stock is thus transferred the bond issue for this company will be $220,000,000. Htf SIDENI WANTS TREATIES. clt Will Ore. R.tlSe.tk. f ThMt Bro.Kfat Cp'Laat Winter. WASHINGTON, Oct 18. It is un derstood that President Roosevelt, fol lowing out the policy of the late President McKinley, will urge' the rat ification of the reciprocity . treaties with France and the West Indian .and South American countries which fail-., cd of ratification in the senate las year. John A. Kasson'of Iowa, who practically had charge of the negotia tions of these treaties, had a confer ence .with the president appn the sub"' ject He says that all the treaties have been renewed except that with Trini dad, which that island declined, to re new upon the advice of Great Britain. The.-failure to renew this treaty is re gard'ed by Mr. Kasson- as unfortunate because of the bearing upon Sooth American trade. X.lc rvM Trom Pteg.. . ROME,- Oct 18. The quarantine at' Naples has been 'abolished and that city has been officially . declared free from plague. Ar. Artf .Htocn- CAPETOWN, Oct 18. In a brisk fight at Twenty-four Streams, near Piquetbu'rg, yesterday, Captain Bellew and four others were killed and sev eral wounded.. The British having surprised several camps, the Boers are now in the habit of .shifting camp by night Lately the British columns, after long night marches, have arrived at their objectives only to find the Boars gone to establish a camp be yond. Will Tiit St. iMh Fair. MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 18. Having to meet next year at Omaha, the conven tion of 'the American Christian Mis sionary society decided to hold the 1903 convention la St Louis. The pro posal to fix the-place for a convention two years distant aroused some crit icism, bat -the coaveatioa finally granted St Louis request It is the intention of the society to install an exhibit at the St LouJs exposition and have a big meeting. miMM cwMwrs noriTS .. . Vmmj Ar. Wi.w. la tfca St . .ftfc.OSteafe. CHICAGO, 111, Oct 18. At the an nual meeting of the Pallsaan com pany, which was held yesterday after noon all the directors were re-elect-ed. They .are .-as .follows': Marshall f Field.' A: S. .A. Sprague, ' Henry S Caulbert, Henry- R. Reed, Norman B .Ream' Robtr'T. Lincoln,-William K. Vand?bilt,- J. -P. Morgan Fredorlek W. Vanderbllt.-.W. Seward. Webb and Frank O. Lqwden. V - -The. usual quarterly dividend ot $2 per share was declared payable No vember 15. . For th'e fiscal year ended July 31 the aunual rtport states 'the total revenue of- U-.e company was $i7,996,9.Jl; the total expenses of. the corpjRtt'on Trere- $7,378,199,' and other it?ms ot ox-li-nditure,' including dividen Is, brcurhr tfce total oatlay of tho company-for the vear to $15,130,446, leivia? a net surplus of $2,866,335. WJ.'a the sur plus of $4,895,444 brx'g'it forward frciu the preceding fts.al year; the total stiplus of the. company is now $7,72.27:. STWY TIE JAKKRUFTCY IILL Xw-Trfc'aTretM.U Pr.yrUis t. faa geti AaB.a4aa.tita.- NEW YORK, Oct 18. A" special committee on revision of the. bank ruptcy act has been appointed by D. LeRoy Dresser, president of, the Mer chants' association, pursuant to' a re quest made by a number of its prom inent members at a conference, re cently held with United States As sistant Attorney General E. C. Bran-, denburg. The 'purpose of this com mittee is to make a study of the pres ent act to point out its defects and to suggest amendments to remedy the same. The committee will report to the board of directors of the .associa tion and it is expected that work' will be completed in time to be effective' during the next session of congress, at which time the amendments to the present act will be sought 1t. at.aH.for M.. MANILA, Oct 17. The party of senators and representatives that 'has been visiting the Philippine islands left today for home on board" the United States transport Sheridan. Be fore leaving the members of the party had an Interview with Agulnaldo, who, however, was reticent He said the or iginal, outbreak of hostilities was a surprise to him and that his efforts to maintain a truce were unavail-. ing. Aguinaldo has written to a law yer who is trying to obtain a writ of habeas corpus in his behalf, say ing that he has. remained a prisoner while there was one compatriot- lan guishing in Jail "suffering for the Fil ipino cause and an -infinity of Fili pinos are deprived of the liberty which they are anxious to .obtain.." OUgtMted With IadUa Sche.1. LA CROSSE. Wis., Oct 17 Influ ential Indians of the Winnebago tribe will make an effort to get a number of Indian charges into public schools. In taking this step the Indians are influenced, because of the slow' prog ress of their children in the Indian schools. A delegation will visit Su perintendent pf Public! Instruction Bird and will ask that the children of Winnebago be taken into .the La Crosse public schools. . Sum In. Fas etOmka. BUFFALO. Oct 18 The national meeting of the Household Economics association ended tonight after a three days' convention. The election of of ficers resulted as follows: Honorary president, Mrs. Ellen M. Henrotin, Chicago; president Linda Hull -Lamed, Syracuse; vice- president Mrs. Mary Moody Pugh, Omaha; corre sponding secretary, Mrs. Burroughs, Buffalo; secretary-treasurer, -Mrs. John Kendall Dunn, Jamaica, N. Y. Do. Carlo. Maat M.v. Oat. ROME. Oct 18. The frequent meet? ings of Carlists at the residence of Don Carlos in Venice have led the government it is said, to determine to expel him from Italy, as his proceed ings, if continued,, would be likely to compromise friendly relations between Italy and Spain. iv.lt Accept. WASHINGTON. Oct 18. President Roosevelt accepted today honorary membership in the William McKinley National Memorial Arch association and.gava his. approval to its 'purpose of erecting by popular subscription a memorial arch at the aWshington ap proach to the memorial bridge. DtNtm Hldtf.a Ai NEW YORK. Oct 18. The Paris correspondent 'of the Times dwells at great length on the discovery of 3,000 guns and revolvers, with ammunition, at Montceau les Mines, a hotbed ot socialistic agitation. . He remarks that an 'article in the Temps shows that the government is uneasy over this seemingly trivial affair. The fear of a general strjke- of miners and other labor troubles grows and much inse curity is felt' B.rl. MIlwMka Cms. ' .WALWORTH, Wis.'. Oct 18. Eight workmen on a gravel train on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul road were buried underneath a large amount of gravel, four cars overturn lag. The men were dug out as soon as possible and sent to a Jaaesviile hospital. Roadmaster W; W. Bond was badly injured aad will probably die. Ed Higglas, Will Ptaley aaQ Albah -Rokenbrodt, laborers, were also badly hart aad recovery ia doaHfuL FAVORS LARGER NAVY 'Long Likely .to lMommend " liffltTwil'Trnfk ' NEWaUnifSUfS ANt CtlrStIS 'f fMmr, Iw. .f .Latter. ..ad bMlter Oa.be.ta KaUaMtM for MU:-T.tal KxcMtta lamt - Af .rtataa but. -Tar SS.eea.i WABHINGON, Oct 17. The esti mates for the navy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963. were made pub Jic at the navy department The total amount ia 198,910,984, against 377,934,535 appropriated' for the 'cur rant year. The chief Increases .are H00.Mi for construction, $2,000,000 fbc-'armor aad 1129,355 in the appro priation for yards, and docks. - Secretary. Long, in speaking, of the estimates, -said that-. they were made with a due regard 'for the needs of the navy and Intimated that-they -had the approval of the administration. He poke of the Increased cost of the navy and said that the building of a battleship costing 15,000,000 was not the end of its. expense, as its main tenance was very costly. It is more than likely the secretary will recom mend three new battleships and two new armored cruisers and a number of .small gunboats. , Among the new items of importance in the estimates are the following: New battery for Newark. $175,000; new batteries for Albany and New Or leans, $200,000; reserve guns for other ships of the navy, $500,000; floating dry docks, Portsmouth, N. H., $500, 000; total' for that yard, $1,600,455. Also a total of $1,271,700 for new docks at the Boston navy yard, whicn includes a plant for housing and stor ing torpedo vessels and new building. The estimates for new improvements at the New York navy yard aggregate $3,110,000, which includes $2,000,000 for barracks for enlisted men. The es timated items for the Norfolk yard ag gregate $1,208,500, which includes $350,000 for the purchase of land. The estimates for the ' naval station at San Juan, Porto Rico are $2,613,000 and include $1,000,000 for a masonry dry docK, '$500,000 for the purchase of land, $25,000 for dredging and $200, 000 for the extension of coaling facili ties. An estimate of $550,000 is made for a plant for housing and storing torpedo boats at Pensacola. An esti mate of $108,000 is made tor the naval station at Tutuila, Samoa. .An' -esti mate of $381,000 fs submitted for the Ca'vite naval station, which includes $200,000 for refrigerating plant Esti mates are made for a complete naval station' at Alongapo, P. I.; amounting to $1,443,000. Other estimates are as follows: Naval magazine near Bos ton, $500,000; naval magazine near Portsmouth, N. H., $400,000; naval magazine at Puget Sound. $100,000; defenses for Insular naval station's and coal depots. $500,000. MlM K..x of Ocavrr Iataae. DENVER, Oct 17. Mi- Minnie E. Knox, daughter of a former wealthy business man ot Denver, was declared insane in the county court and ordered confined at the county hospital. The investigation as to her sanity was made- alt the request of the treasury department at .Washington on account of many abusive letters that had been receivedt here from Miss Knox, de manding money and suggesting changes in the methods and manage ment of the department Miss Knox imagines herself the owner of vast wealth and a few months ago created a sensation in Chicago by laying claim to millions of dollars' worth of prop erty in that city. SabM.rt.. Boat teTrieft "LONDON, "Oct 17Continulng the experiments with the first British sub marine 'vessel, the admiralty caused six men to-be sealed in the boat as it lay alongside the water today. The compressed air cylinders were set going, and. after three hours the air tight hatch was. opened, when it was found the men had .suffered but little discomfort. ad .f- Daa.rtai.at of Alaska. WASHINGTON. Oct 17. A dispatch received at the. war department from General Randall dated Dutch Harbor, Alaska, October 5, reads: "The depart ment of Alaska was discontinued Sep tember 30. Leave tonight forValdez and Skagway." The department of Alaska has been merged into the de partment of Columbia. Aaatrlaa Coat-aerc. gaffers. NEW YORK, Oct 17. The Vienna correspondent of the Times says: The rapid succession of failures of impor tant banks in Germany during the last few months has unfavorably af-' fected the business of Austria.- More over, the proposed new German cus toms tariff threatens to be fatal to the Austrian export trade to Germany and may cause Austria-Hungard to resort to energetic reprisals. A ministerial conference will soon be held. Appeal Kastla. 8.far Case. NEW YORK, Oct 17. Attorney. E. A. Bigelow will go to Baltimore to day and. tie his application .for an appeal from the decision against the importers by Judge Morris of the Uni ted States circuit for the district- of Maryland ia the case-of Robert. E. Downs against the United States, over the Russian sugar bounties. Bigelow has received a copy of Judge Morris' opinion. In which he sustains .the pinion of the board of appraisers. UNDER THE I0E TO THE POLE; That' Ca. -BcaftaJ rutw M ' VaAer tk.' Water. It is learned in Berlin, according to a correspondent of the Toledo Blade, that one of. the wealthiest brew ers there will furnish- funds for the construction and '-equipment bf thenew submarine boat designed- by 'Herr 'Anschntx-Kampe of Munich, for polar exploration. Much 'Interest is felt by a number of persons of prominence -in .the venture. The submarine boat wjll be towed to the edge of the ice in northern .Spitsbergen. On arriving at the Ice. pack the direction of the first open water will be" taken, by. com pass, when the boat . will be sub- merged and a course struck for the open water. After ah hour .or so,- if the .light shows" that an opening has been reached, the vertical screw will be stopped and the boat- will rise, by its own buoyancy: If the opening is Wide or a channel leads northward the voyage will be continued .on the surface, giving' an- opportunity- for scientific work. Should no gleam ' of light, appear . when six. hours have elapsed an ascent .will 'be cautiously made to -the lower 'surface of the Ice and the voyage;. continued. slowly -un-. til by the reading of the manomoter' it is found that a thin place has. .been reached.- Here attempts' will be .made by blasting to effect'; an opening .which, however small, will be sufficient to supply air. for another -fifteen" hours. In case of failure .there will still be time to return to the -last opening, whence the voyage .-may 'be prosecuted -in' a slightly different direction. From. our present knowledge of the depths at tained by the polar basin, it Is. be lieved there will lie slight danger to be 'expected from collisions due. to rocks rising toward the surface of the ocean. The boat will be capable of descending to a depth of 160 feet, and of swimming at that distance from the. surface, and can remain fifteen hours under water. The Vessel is In the form of an ellipsoid 'of rotation, the major axis being 70 feet and the breadth 20 feet Itscubical contents will allow -sufficient air for five, men for fifteen hours, the carbonic acid gas being removed by combination with caustic soda. The bo-it is kept from rising by vertical screws of five--borse power. A petroleum motor sup plies the necessary power. PUNISHMENT IN JAPAN. New Criaalaal Cod. hi MUd I. CaalUI Cases. To those who do not fully appre ciate the revolution in Japanese man ners and customs it may well seem strange that the sentence on the- mur derer of Hoshl Toru, the ex-mluister, should be imprisonment for-'life with hard labor. They might have ex pected "something with boiling oil in ,it" Sir Rutherford Alcock. the first British minister to. Japan, writing some forty years ago, dwelt upon the' severity of the Japanese laws. "The code is probably the bloodiest in the world, for death is the penalty of most offenses. The Japanese seem to pro ceed on the principle that he -who vio lates one law .will violate any o.ttaer, -and that a willful violator is unworthy of life." Under this regime it was considered a special privilege lo be allowed to execute oneself and com mit hara-kiri, but this was -reserved for. people of rank. The common peo ple had to be content with he exe cutioner's sword. Under the new criminal code which came into force in 1882, and' which is founded on the Code Napoleon, death by hanging is provided, as a penalty for certain of fenses, but of recent years it has be come rarer and may now be consid ered obsolete. Probably the Japanese, with their traditional contempt for death, regard penal servitude for life as a greater punishment Formerly no conviction was" tpade except on con fession by the prisoner and there was an abundant use of torture. That, of 'course, was' officially abolished many years ago, but it was practiced occa sionally at a much later date, and a case is known in which torture was Undoubtedly applied by the police at one of the treaty ports in 1891. Perfectly Square Men. In the mountains of Berks county, Pennsylvania, where Dutch -shrewdness matches Dutch thrift, the pror prietor of a hotel was bargaining for a supply of chickens'. "Now loak here, Fred." said the hotel man, familiarly, to the -farmer, "don't you feed " them chickens bafore you bring 'cm here, and don't you let 'em get "wet" ""All" right Charlie," said the farmer, "but I don't want to see 'em go -hungry." "That's all right, Fred; but T ain't payin' 12"4 cents a pound for corn, and I ain't a-buyin' water at the same rate. AH right; Charlie, and I'll bring my scales along." "No need of that, Fred; Ive got good scales here." .They parted and I- ask'ed the hotel man just what he' meant -' "Oh. Fred's all Tight," he said. '"'He's one of the squarest men alive; but' all the same I ain't a-payin' live weight for chickens, stuffed full of wet corn and with wet feathers. But don't misunder8tand "ine. Fred's a square man," he said, according to Youth's Companion. I walked down to Fred's farm. .He was jolly and smiling. "Charlie's a fine fellow," he' said, "one of the squarest men in the county., but I'm going tb take them scales, all the same." Dectolo. la Faith Cm Case. A Christian -Scientist in Missouri who was accustomed to receive com pensation for tending the sick, at tended a patient alleged to have hid. diphtheria and failed to report the case to tbe board of health in accord ance with a .city ordinance requiring physicians to report all cases of diph theria. She was tried and convicted of violating the ordinance and appeal; ed her case to the up:eme "court on the ground that the conviction was op posed to-the provision of the constitu tion guaranteeing religious freedom. The supreme court held that the '.'con stitutional right of religious freedom was in no sees involved in the ae tion," and that the C2se was. improp erly appealed to that court (City of Kansas vs. Balrd, 63 S. W. Rep. 495.) About forty .per cent-of Danma-k's population are fanners. t? ft h n 1 1 1 1 n e 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . WdCT itUttAMV J M 1 1" 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 IJ I II Mj The smoke from forest leaves la now heralded as' a cure Tor' coasamptioa. and experiments .are belag made in Evansvi.lle. lad., by .members of (as board bf health. .. The postofiice . department nan de cided to place the late President Mo Kinley'shead on" the' new issue of pos tal cards wHich wm appear,-' shortly after December 1 next. ' The -engagement" .is announced-, of Charles. "L. Mer'tens. of "Syracuse; N.. Y.,- and Miss 'Agnes .York Hamlln.- daughter .of Attorney General "Ho""-.- land' J.- Hamlin of -Illinois.' . ; - The emigration from Bremen, and Hamburg from January 1 to Septem ber 30 was 156,649, Which Is .an In-' crease of. 3,943 upon. the emigration for tha corresponding period list year... At theChicago Athletic club ' ban quet was given in lionor of BIr Them- .as Upton, and he. was inade the 're cipient pf a mas8ivo silver loving cup; presented by his friends in' Chicago. A general strike" -began in 'Seville, Spain, although-the -tobacco worker. and some others -have thus far.. de clined to Joini " .There has- been some' rioting, compelling the cafes and shops to close. ... , The safe of the;.bank at Rudd, lo-qa, was blown 'open by dynamite and the robbers -secured 3,000- In curreacy. They escaped by ?a handcar and took to- the woods just east- of Nora Junev tioou. ' ... .".-. The last request of an .old Kansas soldier, who died the. other day war that one' of his army comrades should' throw the last shovel full of earth upon his graye. Tbe comrade did as he was requested. -The Russian government has c'on firmed the plan to. make a new.harr bor at Cronstadt,. by building: "an em-. bankmentjor dyke, connecting Cron stadt with Cranienbaum. The work" will Involve an outlay of JC3.000.000; , The ninety-second annual meeting of the American board at Hartford. Conn., has ended, brilliantly' from the financial standpoint Over 500 mem bers of the board and pastors and' laymen have pledge not only the fall amount to pay tbe debt of $102,000. but 3,110 in excess of the debt. Word comes from Boston that Mrs Stone, mother .of Miss Ellen M.' Stone, is sinking under the strain of anxiety, concerning her, daughter. Mrs. Stone is more than 80 years old, and 'she has 'been in feeble health for' years.' Her .condition now Is such that her friends fear. she. will die from sus pense. . . . II. C: Henderson, .who has bech .In the Dallas, Tex., jail, for a .year and' a half, and who claims ho' assisted in the kidnapping of Eddie Cudahy at Omaha, .was .sent to the state peniten tiary. Henderson was a year ago con victed of swindling in several cases, and now gees to serve thirteen years in the penitentiary. The gross, postal receipts- for Sep tember at" fifty of the largest post ofllces were $4,225,752 a net increase of $323,822, or 8.2 per-cent 'over last, year. Reeepitsat only two offices de creased, viz., Jersey City, N. J., $3760, or a lUtle over 17 per cent, arid' Grand Rapids, Mich., $263, or: over .1 per cent The .-receipts of New fork were $681,511, an increase of 8.2 per cent, and Chicago $697,160, an Increase of. 1.2 per cent. .- '. Prof. Thomas Shaw of Minnesota -has been elected to the chair of anl? nial husbandry in the state, agricul tural college at Brookings, S. I.; which also carries with it the di rectorship of the "United States, ex periment .station at tbat place. -I - Major McLaughlin has succeeded in securing a sufficient number of -the signatures of the Rosebud Indians to ratify the agreement to throw- that part of Gregory county now lying in" tbe -'reservation open to settlement . It is announced tha.t certificates .of Union Pacific stock estimated at from I 4,000 to 5,000 shares, standing in -the name cf John Jacob Aston "were sold"" a few days ago, averaging $99 a share.' The stock bore the transfer date of May 21 last, when it ranged from $100 to $107 a share. Mark Thall, a well known theatri cal man of San Fraflcisco; died-. from pneumonia. . .. The ex-Ein press "Eugenie is now" set tled In her English home and Intendr to build there a" small convent in mem ory of her son and husband.'" Owing to the fact that two bridges - are yet to be finished -and .seven miles of. track laid.- it will .be'about November 1 before regular train ser vice on the Toluca-Cody- line "of the Burlington will be established iqto' the terminus of Cody. . " The president "3 bing urged to at-, tend the meeting'-of the Union Veter ans' Union,, October 27, ai Chicago. - Tbe vault 'of the Farmers and Citi zens bank of .Tiro, Ohio, was wrecked' by six robbers, who. secured th'e con tents and escaped. - Emperor iVilliam returned to .Berlin after three weeks of. ht-nticg ai Ro mihteh and Hiiberluesto'ck. . . -. . THe friends 'of 'General Bartolome Masc announce -at he has -consented to be a candidate-for the-.vice. presi dency of. Cuba.. . "'..'. His majesty's ship. Amphion, .the second largest ship, on the Pacific" .eta- tion.'has been ordered to Panama by the British admiralty tb look .after' British .interests .there during tha progress of the- rebellion: One- ship, the 'Icarus, is already there. - It is 'Ueliered the -president jwill recommend in his message'- that the war ihx be repealed. The resignation of President Chaa. K. 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