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VOLUME XXXII. NtJMBER 37.
COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER. 18. 1901.
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IS ADVERSE TO SCHtEY
pctf "of the Board of.Liqjuiy Jind
Jauit WitkAdiairal'a Oonioct
CWEY IN ttTOIT SISTAWS KM
Idwntr. AflxV Sicsatvra to
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Wltk lasaberdlamtioa ad Flsr. to
rarfnra Oaty.
. .WASHINGTON, Dec 14. The most
" '"prolonged, interesting and important
- -.naval- tribunal ever held in tHis coun-
- try (jame to a- close yesterday, having
.-..;. In" open and secret lasted one week
- short of three months; -when- Secretary
'. 'Long-was handed the findings of the
' xqort -of inquiry which inquired into
'" tfce conduct of Rear Admiral, Schley
dnrlmg. the Santiago campaign.
For seven weeks the court heard
testimony and for fully a month it
. deliberated" upon that mass of eri-
' ' dence, finally reaching the conclusions
" announced today. The result was a
complete surprise .and it is probable
' . thac no. prophecy has approached the
" truth. Instead of one report, there
t are two- Both are signed by George
. Dewey, president, .and Samuel C. Lem-
ly. as Judge advocate. This is a form
. m said to be recognised in all the courts
of inquiry, the signatures of the other
members not being necessary. But it
is explained that Admiral Dewey
signed the second report, a minority
'rwport, to express his qualification of
or dissent from the views expressed
by the court, comprising, beside him
setf. Admirals Benham and Ramsay,
in the first report.
A representative of the Associated
Press, conveyed first information of
the findings of the court to Admiral
Schley.
'He was seated in the public recep
tion room of a hotel chatting with
several friends and evidenced no signs
of nervousneips over the outcome.
When the conclusions of Admiral
Dewey were read to him. Admiral
Schley showed his pleasure and it was
evident from his manner that he re
garded the statement from Admiral
Dewey as a vindication of his cause.
'He declined to make any statement
. concerning the court's findings and,
. 'excusing himself from the little com
... pany which had gathered about him.
went la his apartments, where Mrs.
.Schley had been anxiously awaiting to
hear the court's decision.
Later the official copy was brought
to the hotel by a messenger from the
navy department.
-The report of the majority in the
Sc.hley inquiry, is as follows:
Commodore Schley, in command of
the fiymg squadron, should have pro
ceeded with utmost dispatch off Cien
fuegos and should have maintained a
close blockade of that part.
Ke should Have endeavored, on May
23. at Cienfuegos to obtain informa-
tiuu regarding tne Spanish squadron
by communicating with the insurgents
at the place designated in the mem
orandum delivered to him at S.15 a.
m. of that date.
He should have proceeded from Ci
enfuegcs to Santiago de Cuba with all
utspatcii and should have dispo&ed his
vese;s with a view of intercepting
the enemy m any attempt to pass the
Hying squadron.
He snould not have delayed the
squadron for the Eagie.
Ke should not have made the retro
grade turn westward with his squad
ron. He should have promptly ooeyed
the Navy departments oraer of May
25.
. He should have endeavored, to cap
ture or destroy the Spanish vessels at
anchor near the entrance of Santiago
harbor on May 29 and 30.
He, did not do ais utmost with the
forte under his command to capture
o'r destroy the Colon and other ves
ses of the enemy which he attack-d
on May 31.
RAYNOR WILL ADVISE AfttAL
Will Cimnw'i cblry to Fight Drciatoa
to the Lxst Keaurr.
"''BALTIMORE. Dec 14. Isidor Ray
nor showed keen disappointment when
the findings of the court of inquiry
were cemmunicated to him tonight.
He announced that he would go to
"Washington as socn as his engage
ments will permit, probably Monday
or Tuesday, and he will counsel Ad
miral Schley to fight the case to a
finish by every appeal that is possi
ble. In an interview he said: "I
think the country will 'almost unan
imously accept Admiral Dewey's judg
ment. The testimony was. so over
whelming on almost all of the spec
ilcations in favor of Admiral Schley
'that I must confess I am at a loss to
understand upon what fact or upon
what evidence of the witnesses the
other two members of the court reach
ed their- conclusion."
Bay la Appointed Orator.
WASHINGTON. Dec 14. The joint
committee of the two houses of con
gress appointed to make the necessary
'arrrangements for a memorial service
in honor of the late President Mc
Kinley held a meeting today and de
cided to invite Secretary of State
John Hay -to be the orator whenever
the proposed services shall be held.
'The selection 'was made upon a mo
tion by Senator Fairbanks, who brief-
' ly addressed the committee.
T. Deal Wltfe
WASHINGTON. .Dec 14. The Ju
diciary committee of the'hause of rep
neentatives, at its initial meeting; au
t&orised Chairmmm Bay to appout a.
special sub-committee to coaaider the
many bills ojfered to puaiam ttHrff
ok. the president and vice presidemt
aid to deal with anarchists fl anar-efcr-
The special committee Trill malrr
.'a-,taVaroagh. investigation of the pow-
er of i imtTf to deal with this
Ject aaa report &
sTATrrnVfUNi umuiy;
Tim i
ipMest of Bonk Cade til Sy
tarn Com t Ctaa-.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 14. The first
shipment of -books under the. Nebras
ka traveling library system will' be
Sent to Blair. It will, be one of the
twenty-Jive or more independent trav
eling libraries that will soon be start
ed op their way aromd the reading
circle, which extends-.over. "practically
the entire state and- includes about"
thirty-" towns 6r villages. Books are
now being purchased by the- commisr
sicn and it is likely that the system
will, be in good working order within"
the next few weeks. As Blair was
the first town to apply for the read
ing service it will be the first .accom
modated. ' "We 'want the people of the state
to understand -the work, and the ob
ject of the library..commipsion,' said.
Miss Edna Bullock, secretary, today.
"The intention of the framers of the
law which created the commission
was to encourage the founding of li
braries and to improve the adminis
tration of those already established
and to aid in every way possible the
educational development of the state
by helping the peopler to the desire
foe more and better books. The law
was passed at the solicitation of the
Nebraska Federation of Women's
Clubs, the Nebraska Library -association,
the Nebraska Teachers'- associa
tion and friends of library extension
and- education throughout the state.
AimiOIITY Of TEACHERS.
RMOBSbl. Control Over Pupila Oat of
Reboot.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 14. As the
cold winter days approach and the
school children are inclined to caper
a trifle more than usual on the way
to -school and after school hours,
State Superintendent Fowler is called
upon to define the authority of teach
ers over the youngsters outside of
school hours. After searching the
law Mr. Fowler does not find any spe
cific statute, but judging from deci
sions of courts, he believes that in
tne absence of statutory authority
the teacher may exercise reasonable
control over pupils on the Fay to
and from school. He warns the
teachers, however, that this authority
must be exercised with discretion if
trouble isf avoided, that parents have
rights that ought to be respected, as
they are guardians of their children
and responsible for their acts in
school and out. Yet he believes that
it would be disastrous to school dis
cipline to deprive -teachers of reason
able control over pupils on the -way to
and from the school house.
Jill Want Xcbraaka Laad.
OMAHA. Neb.. Dec 14. Many let
ters of inquiry are arriving daily at
ElKhorn headquarters from farmers
in Iowa. Illinois and other states fur-
i ther east. They all want to know
about the prices of Nebraska lands
along the Elkhorn and other informa
tion about crops and locations, such
as farmers like to know. The infor
mation is being promptly furnished,
both by printed material and per-
l sonal letters, and the outlook is en
couraging for a big winter movement
to the northern part of this state-
Comaaitteo oa Land Tranefers.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec 14. The com
mittee appointed to investigate the
Torrens system of land transfers will
be ready to file its report with the
judges of the supreme court by Janu
ary 1. The members have visited
Chicago. Toronto. Can., and Boston,
inspecting the workings of the sys
tem with its modifications. The com
mittee was appointed in response to a
bill passed by the last legislature, in
troduced by Representative Hanks of
Otoe county.
Fight Dad With Knivea.
PETERSBURG. Neb.. Dec 14. X A.
Weigand. a prominent stock buyer
and farmer of this place, and J. W.
McPherson, a farmer residing four
miles from town, became involved in.
a dispute over a. business transaction,
and Weigand struck Mernerson, who
immediately drew a knife and before
bystanders could prevent, had slashed
Weigand in three places, the most se
rious cut being in the groin-
Farmer CoaiBBita Salclde.
RED CLOCD. Neb.. Dec 14. Mel-
vin Meyers, a young farmer living
about seven miles south of this city,
committed suicide by shooting, him
self through the head with a revolver.
No cause can be assigned-for the act.
Shnota Hla Father-ia-taw.
SPENCER, Neb.. Dec 14. A Jew
months ago W, W. Parker and Han
son located here temporarily. Par
ker is the son-in-law of Hanson and
a family- feud exists between the two,
which culminated in a street brawl,
Parker shooting Hanson through the
right lung with a 32-caliber revolver.
Parker gave himself up to the author
ities and Is now in jail. While the
wound is serious, Hanson stands a
fair show to recover.
Aadltor Westaa Starrlea.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec 14. Officials
and-employes of the state house were
surprised to lear that Auditor Charles
H. Weston was married in Chicago.
The name of the bride is not known,
as Weston, kep his matrimonial in
tention a secret, even, among his clos
est friends. He. left Lincoln, saying
that he was going east on a business
trip, and the first known o"f the event
was when a telegram was received
announcing the marriage.
LABOR BAHSHTOL
Igfetiai, Head of Porto Bioo-'FedezatioD,
Papottnced aaCastpizaioXi
attcais to tk sirtoc couit
Is.Smteam4 for Allege Crimm.um D
" ctam that Polities Iaflaeaecd Dodaio..
,Cte Biam Seraa Coaiaaaioa Gat
roar Xoatfes-Eaeh.
SAN JUAN, P. R., Deec: 13. Santi
ago Iglesias. president of the Federa
tion of Workmen of Porto Rico, 'to
gether with nine companions, was
tried in the district court of San Juan
yesterday on a charge of conspiracy.
Yesterday Iglesias was sentenced; to
three months and eight days' impris
onment. . SeveuA of his companions
were 'sentenced to four months'- im
prisonment, while two were acquitted
of the charge of being -the- founders"
of an illegal association, and con
spiracy in August, 1900, to raise the
price of labor in Porto Ricoo.
Iglesias, as the founder of the con
spiracy, gets the heaviest sentence.
The other men were merely his asso
ciates in the crime. Under the Span
ish law, which is still in force here,
persons convicted of a crime have to
pay the costs.
The local federation of the work
men of Porto Rico, which is now part
of the American Federation of Labor,
under the presidency of Samuel Gom
pers, has been ordered dissolved, as it
has been adjudged illegal on account
of this conspiracy.
Mr. Savage, judge of the district
court, dissented as to the illegality of
the local federation, although he
agreed that Iglesias was guilty of a
conspiracy to- raise the price of labor
in August, 1990, when the currency of
Porto Rico was changeed. At that
time nearly all the merchants and
employers here raised their prices
from peesos to dollars, an advance of
40 cents. Iglesias did the same, can
tending that he only raised. wages in
proportion to other increases. This
constitutes the conspiracy.
The case has been appealed to the
supreme court of Porto Rico, where it
probably will be heard in a month.
Pending this appeal Iglesias is at lib
erty. The mass meeting of the Federation
of Labor called for next Sunday prob
ably will be called off, as the plans cf
the federation are temporarily de
ranged. Iglesias says politics influ
enced, the decision against him, as the
judges belonged to the local repub
lican party, while Iglesias is a federal
ist One of the acquitted men has turned
republican, it is said, since the time
of the conspiracy.
Since Iglesias has been, acting as
the local organizer of the American
Federation of Labor he has been con
tinually attacked in circulars and
threatened by certain republicans who
oppose his plans.
Last Tuesday night these republic
cans fired several shots at the building
of the federation. The police searched
the rooms of these men for arms, but
found nothing. The men who fired
the shots had not been arrested up to
this morning.
Seorcbra the Shamrock.
NEW YORK. Dec 13. Sir Thomas
Lipton's cup challenger. Shamrock H.
narrowly escaped being destroyed by
fire tonight. Only the strenuous ef
forts of the firemen saved it. As it
was, it was badly scorched on one
side. The fire burned the boiler shop
of the J. M. Robbins company at Erie
Basin, Brooklyn, where Shamrock was
laid up for the winter. One of Sham
rock's launches was consumed. The
total damage from the fire is estimat
ed at $100,000.
Foaad Dead oa the Prairie.
DENVER, Dec 13. A special to the
News from Cheyenne says the woman
who was reported lost on the prairie
four miles from Cheyenne last night
was found today, frozen to death, a
quarter of a mile from where she was
left by the lineman who tried to save
her life last night. The woman has
not been identified. She was between
55 and 60 years of age.
The United States supreme court has
taken a recess until January 6.
Kitchener Take, tho Field.
LONDON. Dec 13. Now that Gen
eral Ian Hamilton is here, the Pre
toria correspondent of the Daily Tel
egraph cables. Lord Kitchener has
personally taken the field, and is di
recting the movements of the troops.
Cadiz in a TaraasiL.
CADIZ. Dec 13. This city is in a
state of partial revolution. Riotous
mobs, led by striking bakers, armed
with knives and bludgeons, pillaged
stores, attacked peaceable .'people in
the streets, injured a number of per
sona, threw the whole town into a
state of panic and .made the night hid
eous with shouts of "Long live the so
da! revolution" "and down with the
bourgeois." The police were power
less to quell the disturbance.
Will Kect ia Waahia;
CHICAGO, Dec 13. Members of
the executive committee of the national
council of the Grand Army of the Re
public at a meeting here, decided' to
hold the next annual encampment of
the organization at Washington, D. C
It has been decided that the encamp
ment will be held in the fall, although
the exact date will not be selected
until today. Atlantic City, N". J., and
Denver wanted the meeting, bat the
national, capital 'was selected.
trks to cbNvur umms
AMaetaca f MJaalaaniy C
"' Mlaa gaaae'a Taac hhaga-"CO!STANTINOPLE;-
Bee.' 13. The.
latest . 'information . regardimg Miss
Ellen It Stone, -tier American mis
sionary, "ana Mme.- Tsilka; her com
panion, indicates that their conditiqm
has been so. far ameliorated that they
are able to obtain' rude jcomforts. . It
is even said that the 'brigands have
a doctor ready at hand in case hiserr
vices" should be needed. .-" .. "'
It appears that the brigands art
now complaining that Miss Stone' is
attempting to convert them to Chris
tianity; While not recognizing' the le
gality of the abduction, of Miss Stone
and Mme. Tsilka the brigands- contend
that their action was in "the interest,
of 'a sacred cause and therefore just
ifiable. ' The .brigands apparently are pre
pared to hold out all winter. They
refuse to abate their demands one dol
lar and have not vouchsafed a reply
to Mr. Dickinson's ultimatum to the
effect that-they must accept his last
offer or nothing. It is believed- in
well informed circles that" were .the"
gold actually proffered at some spot
on the border by an accredited emis
sary, the brigands wouM reduce the
amount of the ransom. It is understood-
here that recommendations have
been forwarded to Washington, pro
posing that an ultimatum be sent to
Bulgaria.
Will NOT TOLERATE fT
Gompera Declare American People Will
Coadema Deciaioa.
SCRANTON, Pa., Dec 13. When
the correspondent of the Associated
Press showed the San Juan cable- to
Mr. Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, tonight
he expressed great surprise at the
news. In answer to a question as to
what the federation will do 'he an
swered: "If Mr. Iglesias' conviction
is upon the charge that he has been
guilty of conspiracy to increase the
wages of Porto Rican workmen we
shall leave no effort unturned to se
cure his release and the necesssary
changes in the laws of the island to
conform to American standards.
"It is an honorable ambition to se
cure better returns in the shape of
wages for labor. The Porto Rican
law is evidently a relic of Spanish
brutal code and regime and the
American people will not tolerate so
gross a violation of guaranteed
rights."
The executive council was in ses
sion when the Associated Press cable
dispatch reached Mr. Gompers. He
said there is no doubt that the con
vention 'will take "up the matter before
it adjours.
SCHLEY RETORT SOON READY
Fladinc of Board of Inquiry la "Expected
S.i.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 13.
The Schley court of inquiry is near
ing the end of its labors and while
ft is impossible to secure from the
members of the navy department a
statement when the report will be
submitted, it is believed it cannot "be
delayed more than twenty-four hours.
It was said at the department this
afternoon that the close of business
hours the report was not finished.
It is the intention of Secretary Long
to have typewritten copies of it pre
pared immediately for the press.
Although clothed with reviewing
authority. Secretary Long has said
that lie will . not exercise it in this
case. The report will be given to
the public without the slightest
change.
The court was again in session to
day, although Admiral Dewey did not
attend the meeting. Captain Lemly,
judge advocate of the court, paid a
visit to the court rooms this morning
and carried some papers, which, while
connected with the case, were not the
report of the court.
Tobias traator Drop Dead.
OMAHA, Neb., Dec 13. Tobias Cas
tor, long prominent in Nebraska poli
tics, died on Burlington train No. 4
at 7:55 this morning while enroute
from Lincoln to Omaha. Heart fail
ure is the supposed cause and it ii
thought that he over-exerted himself
in hurrying from his residence to the
Lincoln station. The body was taken
off at Havelock and Judge Tibbetts of
Lincoln, who was in the same car
with him. accompanied it to Lincoln.
Dnnfhter of Cob0
OSKALOOSA, la.. Dec 13. Miss
Bernice Lacey, youngest daughter of
Congressman John F. Lacey of -the
Sixth Iowa district, was married in
this city last evening- to Carroll El
Sawyer.
rcUWUl
WASHINGTON, Dec 13. Mrs.
Roosevelt will hold a reception for
women on Saturday,, the- 14th inst,
from 3 to 5 o'clock. She will be as
sisted by the women of the cabinet
and will have with Jier during the re
ception a number 'of young women
including those of the cabinet circle.
This will be the first of the public
receptions that have been held by the
mistress of the White House, since the
Cleveland administration.
Ceafer With Kooaawalt.
WASHINGTON, D: C, Dec. - 12.
Speaker Henderson and' Representa
tive Payne cf New .York; and Dalsell
cf Pennsylvania, had a. .conference
with the president about' legislation
during the present session of con
gress. Fattfltna la Caarin-.ara.
MANILA,. Dec 1. General Fanstan
will sail for the United States on De
cember IS on- the transport Warren.
MMfRM
fisjom in Speech Frocce&B tr
Font Them. Out.' -"
m ttriKs t seuTot uml
f CaaaU Treaty ao
Caiaatry .Fall" Cemtral Faalss .C
OU Traaty 9UU ia Kvl
' Washington; "d. a, Dec. 12.
Two speeches on the Hay-Pauncefote
treatrtrere wade in the executive ses
sion, of the senate yesterday, one by
Senator Bacon in opposition to . the
treaty and the other by Senator Cul
losa, the prospective chairman, of the
committee on. foreign -relations." in
support of it. ..
". Mr. Bacon replied to the' 'speech
made by Senator Lodge. He summed
' up his objections in the statement that
he could.' not -freely accept any treaty
which "does not 'place the isthmian
canal entirely under American- aus
pices and American control. This,
he said, the pending treaty does not
do, -nor does it do anything like it.
-It did 'not by long odds accomplish
what had been accomplished by the
senate amendments made to the Hay
Pauncefote treaty at the last session
of congress. The Davis amendment,
he saiiL. had abrogated all the objec
tional. provisions of that treaty as ne
gotiated,' and it did not matter what
provisions there were in the agree
ment," for long as the United States
was. authorized as it' was by the prin
cipal Davis amendment to secure the
safety and maintenance of the canal
by its own force. That amendment
had given this country a free hand
to do what was necessary for the pro
tection and defense of the canal,
whereas the present treaty carried all
the restrictions which were originally
contained in the old treaty, leaving
out the modifications of the Davis
amendment.
He also pointed out that the treaty
reproduces the restrictions of the old
Suez canal treaty which had been in
corporated in the original convention.
He charged that these restrictions
had been copied almost verbatim
from the old treaty, the only material
change being in the omission of the
words, "In time of war, as in time of
peace," from the rule of the Suez
canal agreement. This omission did
not, in his opinion, change the char
acter of the agreement.
"The only reply," he said, "which
the 'advocates of the treaty make to
criticism is that the canal would be
ander the full control qf the United
States in time of war, but this is no
more true now than under the old
treaty, and it is a strange thing that
all the provisions refer to the control
of the canal in war, notwithstanding
it is contended1 here that in that con
tingency the removal of this phase
places the canal under our absolute
control.
He said the war restrictions of the
treaty were entirely inconsistent with
the claims of Senator Lodge that this
country should say who should use
the canal' and who should not in case
of hostilities. He contended that the
only power given to Great Britain
was found in the last sentence of reg
ulation two, providing that "the
United States shall be at liberty to
maintain such military police along
the canal as may be necessary to pro
tect it against lawlessness and dis
order." This, he safd, was not suffi
cient to make the canal an American
institution and if the Davis amend
ment had been necessary to render the
original treaty acceptable it was
equally necessary in this instance. He
considered the pending treaty every
whit as objectionable as the treaty of
last session.
AGREE ON IRRIGATION BILLS
Wcatera "ftTembera Hold Caacaa aad Se
lect Sfeaaaree for Sapport.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec 12. At a
caucus of western members of con
gress interested in irrigation legisla
tion It was agreed to incorporate in
their recommendation for a bill pro
viding for irrigation of arid lands the
following essential features:
The money derived from the sale of
all public lands shall apply to the
revenue provided for irrigation; all
irrigation projects shall be under the
direction of the interior department;
settlers upon such lands shall pay
$5 an acre in addition to the home
stead fees; each settler shall be lim
ited to the purchase of 80. acres;
charges for irrigating their lands shall
not exceed $10 per acre.
Will B. Gen-' Kooaerelt.
WASHINGTON, Dec .12. The army
board which has been for several
months preparing a list of officials
which shall be recommended for
brevet rank in recognition of gal
lant services in Cuba, Porto Rico, the
Philippines- and China has completed
its work and the report will be sub
mitted to the secretary of war in a
day or two. This list is to take the
place of that laid before the senate
last session and withdrawn.
Oil Cempaay Incorporates.
TRENTON, N. J., Dec 12. The In
dian Territory Illuminating Oil com
pany, capital t3,000,090, was incorpo
rated here today. The company is au
thorised to purchase, own and control
all the rights, real estate, personal
property,, documents or .other securi
ties of the Phoenix Oil company and
Osage Oil company, 'now operating in'
the Osage Indian reservation. The in
corporators are-John L Billings, Tracy
S amrTring1a-n and Evan J. Dudley
I
inrit;Minnuu.Hw
pmiosmMb
K I Ml 1 II 1 it
iliUUfMIIIl
At InglbavKy.; while J: N. Hawkins-was
on hii way home. 'from ots
store- he was shot and his pockets ri
fled, "by a foot paid. .
Representative Crumpacker of .Indi
ana -1189- introduced' -a bill for as
- .
ameadment to the apoprtionment act
'so that the membership of the house
shall be-372.. . '.
. Attorney General Comstookr 'said
that- in his opinion North Dakota can
do nothing. to prevent the consolida
tion of the Northern. Pacific,; .Burling
ton and Great. Northern."
Rev.. Dr. Thomas Kennedy, rector
of the American college in-Roma, has.
just purchased -a building, near the
Pilotta palace, where the American
college will be -installed.
James Argyl Smith- of the supreme
court of Mississippi, formerly super
intendent of. public education, .and a
brigadier general in the confederate
army, died of pneumonia.
Admiral-Dewey denies .the stater
ments that, the Schley court of inquiry.
has reached a decision in the case
and that Admiral Schley has been
-found guilty on five counts.
A monument to the memory of Rob
ert Fulton, erected ia Trinity church
yard", New York City, by the Ameri
can society of mechanical engineers,
in- session there, was unveiled.
Fire in the storage compartment'
of Foster ft Gassels cotton warehouse
at Shreveport, La., destroyed the com
partment and 1,500 bales of cotton.
The" loss is estimated at $60,000.
The Texas Masonic grand lodge' in
vites the. members, of- the Mexican
grand lodge to participate in its de
liberations, thus giving Mexicans rec
ognition in the United States.
A dispatch from Rio Janeiro; Brazil,
says: "Maria Louisa, a negress, 160
years old, is dead. She was the last
representative cf the slaves who were
imported directly from Africa:"
The Rome Fanulla says the pope
will not send a delegation to attend,
tne coronation ceremonies of King
Edward "VTT. as his holiness was not
notified of the king's accession to the
throne.
At a luncheon given by the Press
club of Manila to Acting Civil Gov
ernor Wright. General Chaffee and L.
R. Wilfley, attorney general to the
Philippines', the guests made short ad
dresses. .
At "Racine, Wis., it was announced
that a valuable package of papers,
shipped from Mason. City, la., to the
J. L Case Plow Manufacturing com
pany, had been lost from an American
Express wagon.
It has become quite a fad to send
miniature Christmas trees as gifts
They are miniature pines or hem-"
locks, the smaller the better, hand
somely trimmed, and they are sent to
old as well as young.
Charles D. Ford, chairman of the
republican state central committee, an
nounced that he had. placed his resig
nation in the hands of the secretary
of the committee to be acted upon
at the next meeting of the committee.
Major Henry Fulton, a member of
the faculty of the University of Col
orado, is dead of heart disease. He
was 55 years of age and was a native
of Greece, N. Y. He served with dis
tinction in the civil war, enlisting at
the age of 15 years, and spent one
year in Libby prison.
It is said at Vienna that the man
named Halju. who was arrested at So
fia December 7 and alleged to be the
assassin of ex-Premier Stambuloff, had
a hand .in the kidnaping of Miss El
len M. Stone, the American mission
ary.
The Cramp Shipbuilding company
has notified the porte that it is ready
to commence building a cruiser for the
Turkish government and has asked
the government to send officers to su
pervise the vessel's construction.
London papers announce that when
the duchess of Marlborough, formerly
Miss Consuela Vanderbiit, visit3 the
United States with her children this
winter, she will spend Christmas with
her father, William K. Vanderbiit. at
his country home. Idle Hour, and re
turn to Great Britain in February.
Between 40,000 and 50,000 women
pass annually through the prisons of
England and Wales.
General Wood, military governor of
Cuba, left Washington for New York,
where he will take the first steamer
sailing for Havana..
The death rate among negroes in
our large cities is. nearly double that
of the whites.
A French engineer named M. Souza.
of Vitry-sur-Sefline. Is reported to have
made successful experiments with a
motor-car plough.
Senator Depew, who Is to sail for
Europe soon, gave a farewell dinner to
his New-York friends.
Lieutenant Hazzard of the First cav
alry, who assisted in the capture of
Aguinaldo, arrived in San Francisco
on the Sheridan from Manila.
According to-the London correspond
ent of the New York Herald, the Lan
cet publishes a long article by Dr.
James Braithwaite advancing the the
ory that excess of salt in one's diet is
one of four factors which originate
cancer.
The American 'Brotherhood of
Painters, Decorators and Paper Hang--ers,
in session at Detroit, elected the
following officers: President. J. C
Balhora. Detroit: general secretary
and treasurer, W. P. Carrick, ntts
burg. Pa.
Congressman Shallenberger has in
troduced a bill for a public building
at Hastings to cost 1125,000.
King Alexander has banished
Servia his uncle. Colonel Constantl-
novich, who is considered the heir
iptive to the tbn-r--
HI
The 'American shoe is aow .pitching
the German Coon . -
There -is certainly, a
way
quea-
f-of .getting arpBad-this corset
lion.
Queen- Wllhelmina? . hatband re
minds - us of Qveeh Victorlt'e,. prince
copso'rt.. He's 'sodifferent " ...-.'
There will be a'chance for semeeody
to get rich by obtaining the firework
concession for that anarchist island.
It will be-generally acceptable, per
haps; if arrangements for moving -the
anarchists can- be completed' by May
1,1902. ' .' ' " " .
The figurehead of the batttesbip.Mis-.
souri aught, 'perhaps, to be suggestive.
of Missouri.-' What have Mlsaourians'
to suggest?
Cniha's feverish, preparationa .for
war prove that she does not propose
to-be dlsmemeered". witho-at staking a
vigorous .kick. ... .
It is' reported tdiat the" live- stock
show brought 300,000 Visitors :to 'Chicago-,
and they. all stopped to. do their
Christmas shopping.
Relic hunters are Invading- the expo
sition grounds at Buffalo,, and' it is
.feared that somebody, will make way
with the white elephant...
Russia-must be anticipating-a. day
of uncommon dampness. The czar is
said, to be have hoarded away a- sur
plus of four billions in gold. .
If the Germans take .as kindly as the
English to American -shoes, then the
three great nations of the -world, will
soon be on a common footing.
Sir Henry Irving has the right idea
as to "what to do with. the old men."
He will not let them consider them
selves as old men till they areover 70.
Grammarians are wrangling over
which is correct "bread and butter is-"
or "bread and butter arc"' They are
both correct when a man is out of a
job.
The glad season draws nigh when
the lessons learned by observation at
the football field will stand the strenu
ous patron of the bargain counter in
good stead.
The sultan's order excluding all
comic-papers from Turkey is expected
to have a depressing effect on the pa
trons of Turkish barber shops and Tur
kish baths.
If the whisky trust, which has-been
advancing the price of Its product,
could manage to render the cost of
jags prohibitive its. good work would
be generally applauded.
(Mrs. Nation has unsheathed her
hatchet again., provoked this time by
an invitation to contribute to the fund
for erecting statue to the memory of
Sir Walter Raleigh, the tobacconist.
Mr. Tesla's prolonged and unusual
silence may perhaps be accounted. for
on the theory that he has discovered
something the announcement of which
he is afraid might challenge our credu
lity. Styles of poetry are subject to the
changes of time, the same as every
thing else. The number of visitors to
the cottage In which Robert Burns
was born shows a tremendous decrease
this year.
The noble earl who urged his hereditary-right
to act as carver at the grand
banquet to follow King Edward's coro
nation ceremonies made the egregious
mistake of admitting that he knew
nothing whatever about carving. w His
claim was promptly disallowed. The
royal stomach will be safeguarded at
any cost, even if the royal carving
utensils must be entrusted to plebeian
but skilled hands.
Great wisdom is shown in some of
the measures proposed that seek to go
to the root of anarchy. Power ought
to be given to punish anarchistic ut
terances, to break up anarchistic
meetings, to deny the right of asylum
to anarchists, to deport others that
are here, to prevent others from com
ing. All civilization ought to unite in
hunting out and driving out these
men. But we should take care even
in such measures that is seeking an'
object so laudable we do not infringe
the fundamentals of liberty and hurt
ourselves more than we hurt the an
archists. We may not lightly part
with the right to free speech and a free
press. We-should be well advised that .
measures- we adopt, for discouraging
anarchy really reach their purpose.
If we are to believe the Paris Rap
pel. Rizsio, whom the world has all
along believed to have been a high
class Italian adventurer, was really "a
priest who disguised himself as a mu
sician for the purpose, of si-sing re
ligious consolation to Mary Queen of
Scots." Priest or musician, he was evi
dently not a success. All the historians
combined have not done as much to
win -sympathy for the luckless, beauti
ful Mary Stuart as the man who paint
ed the familiar picture of her walking
grandly to the block.
Mr. Seymour Bell has declared to the
London Chamber of Commerce that
this country needs more tea and Scotch
whisky, while England needs labor
saving machinery and the brains to use
It. The former, no; the latter, yes.
Home can live without a high-balL
. The number-of uncharted-rocks and
shoals which are rudely discovered by
the bottoms of vessels in Philippine
waters suggests that in one very im
"nortant particular Spanish control did
not advance those islands far toward
civilization.
The "example of the thoughtful testur
tor of Lynn who has bequeathed $LS0
to a man who once loaned him fl
ought to bring about a boom in hith
erto unquotable I O U'sw Let us have
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