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WILL ARBITRATE
LOWERS AGREE ON THE HAGUE
TRIBUNAL.
EM OF THWLE IS IN SHOT
European Pewere Preferreej that the
' President of the United States Serve
ae Ariaitrater, but Have Assents' to
The Hague Plan.
WASHINGTON The notes receiv
ed from the European governments
interested la the Venezuelan contro
versy, and from Venezuela, agree to
submit the question at issue to The
Hagaa tribunal.
A aote is now being prepared by
Secretary Hay. in which this govern
ment announces its hearty approval
of such a course.
There appears to be no question bat
that it is the general understanding
that the Monroe doctrine is not to
enter into the question of arbitration.
President Roosevelt will not be the
arbitrator for the Venezuelan contro
versy. The whole subject will be referred
for arbitration to The Hague tribunal.
This was the situation as it had re
solved itself at the conclusion of the
cabinet meeting Friday. The meeting
was not so long. as the sessions usually
are. All the members except Secre
tary Root were present The Vene
zuelan question was the principal and
practically the only topic of general
conference.
Secretary Hay presented the net re
sults of his cable correspondence with
the governments at London, Berlin,
Rome and Caracas. In accordance
with the suggestion made by Presi
dent Roosevelt, through Secretary
Hay, President Castro was represent
ed to have agreed to submit the dif
ferences to the arbitration of The
Hague. The European powers not
only consented to submit the contro
versy to arbitration, but while they
had expressed a preference for an ar
bltration to be conducted by President
Roosevelt, they had assented to his
suggestion that the matter be refer
red to The league.
No fear is expressed by the admin
istration that the Monroe doctrine will
be brought into the controversy in
any manner that might result in an
embarrassing situation for the United
States.
Ab intimation is given of the condi
tions which may have been imposed
by the European powers or by Presi
dent Castro precedent to the arbitra
tion. It is known that Great Britain
was willing to submit the subject to
the arbitration of President Roose
velt, practically without conditions,
but the suggestion is made that per
haps two of the other powers involv
ed proposed some other conditions
which might have proved embarrass
ing to the president had he undertaken
the responsibility of determining the
question.
It is understood that money must
pass, but it also is known that the
amount of cash to be required of
Venezuela before arbitration is noc
nearly so large as has been stated.
It is not possible to learn whether
the allies insist upon apologies from
Castro, and while it is assumed that
the blockade will be speedily raised,
no arrangements to that end have been
made.
GUAM DOES NOT FLOURISH.
Annual Report from Governor of the
Island is Interesting.
WASHINGTON. The annual report
of Commander Seaton Schroeder, gov
ernor of the island of Guam, which is
dated July 10. has just reached the
Navy department.
The receipts last year were $66,000
and the expenses 157.000, leaving a bal
ance of 18.000, which, however, is a
decrease of more than $13,000 in the
cash balance for the preceding year.
This loss is due largely to the unex
pected expenses incident to the estab
. lishment of the leper colony and a de
crease of over $10,000 in mport duties.
Commander Schroeder reports that
it has been deemed prudent to stop all
work of public improvement until fur
ther appropriations are made. The
value of the exports and imports dur
ing the year were, respectively, $35,549
and $35,165.
The exports consisted almost entire
ly of Mexican dollars. Not a pound
of copra was exported, and neither
cacao cr coffee was produced in suf
ficient quantities to supply the home
market.
The census of the island, taken last
autumn, shows a total population of
9.676. of whom only forty-six are for
eigners, fourteen being citizens of the
United States, but officers and men of
the navy or other civil employes, tem
porarily imported from the United
States, were not included.
. Above the age of 7. 46 per cent of
the natives read and write Spanish.
The natives still refuse to allow their
sick to receive medical attention, but
conditions were improving, an excess
cf births over deaths being shown for
each of the last two years.
LOS ANGELES, CaL Efforts are
being made by the general oSlce
clerks of the Santa Fe to iorm a un
ion. There are about 150 freight
.clerks, handlers and checkers la the
employ of the road here, who have
prepared a schedule which is now in
the hands of the general superinten
dent. Ia addition to Baking for a 40 per
Increase in
the freight and
treats derka xcantra an
atffctfeoax day aad pay tar overtime.
Cattle disease costly.
Will Tkt Much Money la Ke II
Pram Spreading.
WASHINGTON While the impor
tance of the subject is hot generally
appreciated, it is still a fact that ao
other starter has come up ia cdagrese
at this session which is of greater
moment than the proposition to pead
$1,000,000 la an attempt to stamp oat
the cattle disease which has broken
out in New England. Thus far the
foot and mouth disease, as it ia call
ed, is practically confined to Massa
chusetts and Veraoat. It was, with
out doubt, brought to Boston from
Europe in the fodder of a consign
ment of horses. Just aa soon aa the
department of agriculture learned of
the outbreak prompt steps were tak
en to prevent its spread. But it ia
estimated that there are at least 15,
000 cattle suffering from the disease
ia the states named. Many affected
animals have been transported from
place to place in railroad cars aad
these ears doubtless contain the
germs, which may readily be carried
to every state in the union. It will
cost the federal government more
than 9500,000 to pay for the cattle
which must be slaughtered and buried
ia New England alone. Should the
disease spreaa, ten times that sum
would scarcely pay a tithe of the cost
which the government will incur In
enforcing the provisions of the law
applicable to cattle disease.
MRS. GRANT LAID TO REST.
Simple ana" Impressive Service At
tendee" by Many Friends.
NEW YORK. In the mausoleum on
Riverside Drive brief and simple ser
vices were conducted over the remains
of Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant. In addition
to the members of the family there
were present among the 500 persons to
whom -in-vitations had been sent: Gov
ernor Odell, Mayor Low, Secretary
Boot, Rear Admiral Barker and staff.
General James Grant Wilson, General
Greaville Dodge, General Horatio King,
General Charles F. Roe and staff, Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, and many
federal and municipal officers and offi
cers of the army and navy stationed in
the city.
General Frederick D. Grant and
other members of the family occupied
seats overlooking the crypt. The ser
vices were conducted by Bishop E. G.
Andrews of the Methodist Episcopal
church and the Right Rev. Alexander
Mackay E. Smith, bishop coadjutor of
Pennsylvania, and opened with the
hymn, "Lead. Kindly Light." after
which the burial services of the Metho
dist Episcopal and the Protestant Epis
copal churches were read. The services
were closed with the reading of a
poem, "The Land Beyond the Sea,"
which had been a favorite of Mrs.
Grant, and the singing of the hymn.
"Abide With Me."
MRS. GRANT WRITES STORY.
Leaves Interesting Manuscript of Per
sonal Reminiscences.
WASHINGTON Mrs. Grant has
left a very interesting and valuable
manuscript of personal reminiscences
which she began when her distin
guished husband was writing his me
moirs, and has added to it from time
to time as her health and disposition
permitted. It consists of 300 or 400
pages of typewritten matter, sufficient
for a book of ordinary size, and neat
ly tied up in chapters with blue rib
bon. She describes many incidents in
her domestic experience, beginning
with the time of her marriage, and
gives important facts concerning Gen
eral Grant that have never been pub
lished. Her stories of army life,
events that occurred while she was
living in the White House, and her de
scription of the attentions which the
general received during his tour
around the world will be a valuable
contribution to history.
Want No Consumptives.
LOS ANGELES, Cal. The commit
tee appointed by the state senate to
report on consumptives coming to Cal
ifornia from eastern states and the
proposed plan to establish a state in
stitution for their care has decided to
recommend restrictive legislation. It
was decided not to support the plan
of establishing a home for patients,
the committee being of the opinion
that such a move would only result
in encouraging persons suffering with
tuberculosis to come to California.
Freaiaent Castro is III.
NEW YORK President Castro, ac
cording to a dispatch from Caracas,
has been seized by a sudden and mys
terious illness. His secretary will di
vulge no particulars.
Statehood Report is Out.
WASHINGTON The testimony
taken by the sab-committee of the
senate committee on territories on the
hoase omnibus statehood bill has been
printed aa a senate document and was
made public Monday night. It makes
a book of 394 pages, with maps, and
includea quotations and answers of
many people examined with reference
to the size, population, resources,
schools and churches, business, moral
and other characteristics of the peo
ple of the three proposed states, and
miscellaneous information.
Illinois Governor is Well.
- PRTNGFIELDr El. Gov. Yates,
who is now in Florida'' for his health,
did not spend Christmas in Cuba, as
expected. A message received at the
executive oflBce states that the Gov
ernor and Mrs. Tates will return to
Springfield next week, aa he ia greatly ,
improved in health and is now able
to aaaaaae charge of state affairs. I
(PRINCESS FLEES
4TIFE OP SAXONY'S HEIR MYSTE
RIOUSLY DISAPPEARS.
UNPLEASAKT RUMORS AFLOAT
Na Trace ef Missing Woman, Whs to
Said to Have Vanished Because ef
a Lave Affair with an American
Dentist,
VIENNA The crown princess of
Saxony, an Austrian archduchess, left
Dresden ia great distress for Salz
burg, where her parents live, owing
to a love affair with an American den
tist, the consequences of which are
undeniable.
Her parents, who have three young
daughters still unmarried, disowned
ter and drove her from the castle.
One of her four brothers took her part
and accompanied the crown princess.
The Saxony crown prince refuses to
hush up the scandal- The court fes
tivities have been countermanded.
DRESDEN, Saxony By order of
the king and crown prince the court
circular Monday announces the crown
princess of Saxony fled from her
home on the night of December 11.
"In a state of intense mental excite
ment she suddenly deserted her fam
ily ac Salzburg and went abroad," says
the official record. "The Saxon court
functions for the winter, including the
New Year's reception, have been can
celed." Rumors to this eCect have
beeu current for some days, but have
been generally discredited, but it is
now known that she has vanished so
completely that the police of every
kingdom in Europe have for ten days
been unable to trace her. The offi
cial announcement was made in order
to obtain the aid of the general pub
lic, and because the court fiction that
she preferred to remain in retirement
at Salzburg rather than to return to
her husband and children at Dresden
cannot longer be maintained.
Accompanied bv the crown prince,
the princess went to the castle of Em
peror Francis Joseph, near Salzburg,
a month ago. A week after their ar
rival the prince broke his leg while
hunting and was brought back to
Dresden. The princess, however, re
mained at the castle. Why she did
so the people of the court did not
know, except that with gloomy tenac
ity the princess usually does what she
pleases.
For a little while this explanation
sufficed, then fragments of gossip be
gan to reach Dresden.
It was said the princess had sur
rendered herself to periods of nervous
excitement and that her eccentricities
caused much concern to her suite and
to some of her Austrian kinsfolk. It
is now believed that she was under
surveillance, and her disappearance is
therefore considered the more extra
ordinary. On December 11 the princess, who
appeared to be in an unusually tran
quil mood, retired before 12. Three
hours later, when a maid looked into
the royal bedchamber, something in
the appearance of the bed prompted
her to go closer and examine it. In
stead of the princess the maid per
ceived a dummy figure. She awaken
ed the lady in waiting and the latter,
with other members of the princess
suite, searched all the neighboring
apartments, then the entire castle, and
finally the grounds, but no trace of
the missing woman was found.
At dawn the police of Salzburg were
informed of the disappearance and
inquiries were made throughout the
whole countryside, but with no tangi
ble result The inquiry was gradually
extended to all parts of the kingdom,
and on authority from Dresden, by
the end of the second day. to all Eu
rope. The theory of suicide was sug
gested and a fruitless search for the
princess' body has been made without
result
The disappearance of the princess
doubtless will cause the circulation of
many stories, and it is already report
ed that she eloped, but inquiries made
here have brought out nothing to sub
stantiate this statement
VIENNA It is officially explained
here that the princess' disappearance
is due to mental derangement There
is little doubt that it was caused by
domestic discord, growing out of her
husband's relations with an actress
of the Dresden court theater. It is as
serted that the princess frequently
threatened flight on this account and
that she was incensed at her father,
the grand duke of Tuscany, for coun
seling her to forgive her husband.
OFFICER IS MISSING.
Whereabouts of Denver Military Man
Are Unknown.
DENVER Second Lieutenant Wil
liam M. Kistler.. Company M, Eight
eenth United States infantry, has been
missing from Fort Logan for nearly
two weeks. The Denver police de
partment has been asked to help lo
cate him.
Lieutenant Kistler is 23 years old
and enlisted as a private in the Sixth
cavalry seven years ago at Philadel
phia. He went with the battery to
the Philippines and saw service in and
about Manila.
Bicycle Trust Reorganized.
NEW YORK The American Bicycle
company committee has adopted a re
organization plan, filed with the Cen
tral Trust company, of New York.
which provides for a new company
to acquire the properties from the old
bwpaxebaaa.
FISHING SCHOONERS COLLIDE.
Frightful Experience ef Sailors White
Adrift at Sea.
BOSTON The fishing schooner
Manahassett arrived at 2:30 o'clock
Monday morning with ten of the sar
vivors of the crews of the schooners
Frank A. Palmer and Louise B. Crary,
which were in collision in Massachn
setts bay on Wednesday.
Ten men of both vessels were drown-
ed in the collision; the balance, fif
teen, took to one boat Three subse
quently went insane and jumped over
board, two died from exposure, and
two went insane after going ashore.
Both captains were saved.
The Manahassett came into the har
bor early Monday morning, showing
signals for assistance, and by the time
it arrived at the wharf ambulances
were ready to convey the sailors to a
hospital. Only six of the men could
be removed, however. The other four
were in such condition that it was
deemed impossible they could survive
being taken from the vessel.
Two of the men on the Manahassett
are Captain W. H. Potter of the Crary
and Captain Rawling of the Palmer.
The other two men are sailors, both
of whom are raving maniacs.
The men taken to the hospital were
not only in a critical condition physic
ally, but they were in such a mental
plight that nothing could be learned
from them as to their experience. Lit
tle by little, however, the crew ot
the Manahassett had learned some
thing of the hardship of the shipwreck
ed men.
It appears that the collision occur
red at 7:30 o'clock last Wednesday
night off Cape Ann. The night wan
clear, but a stiff gale was blowing anu
the sea was running high.
The members of the Palmer's crew
claimed that the Crary was on the
wrong track, and in attempting to
cross the Palmer's bow hit it, cutting
its nose square off and entangling both
vessels in the wreck.
The anchor and bowsprit of the Pal
mer sank away, from the wreck, while
the anchor of the Crary was tangled
in the rigging of the Palmer and broke
off the foremast The vessels began
to fill and sank in a few minutes.
BAD FIRE AT KNOXVILLE.
Conflagration Brief but Loss Reached
Half Million Dollars.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. The worst fire
which has ravished the business por
tion of the city since the disastrous
million-dollar conflagration cf 1897,
broke out at 4:30 Monday morning in
a four-story building on Commerce ave
nue, directly opposite the Central fire
station and occupied by the Knoxvillt
Pants company. In two hours' time
the loss amounted, according to con
servative estimate, to $500,000.
The fire was a very spectacular one
and attracted a crowd numbering into
the thousands. It is a miracle that no
one was hurt with the showers of fall
ing glass and the terrific explosions
in the Brown Hardware company that
scattered bricks, burning embers and
all conceivable articles of merchan
dise. Chattanooga was called on for aid
when the fire was at its height, and an
engine company had run by special
train twenty-nine miles in twenty-three
minutes toward the city when stopped
by wire, the fire being under control.
The collapse of the Brown building
saved the business district from a loss
of $2,000,000 at least, the flames being
easily handled after that structure
had fallen.
SIGNALS ARE DISREGARDED.
Collision in Which Many Lives Are
Lost Results.
BRYON, Cal. Sixteen persons were
killed and twenty-seven injured in the
collision last night between the south
bound Los Angeles "Owl" and the
Stockton flyer. The engine of the lo
cal plowed its way into the last
coaches of the "Owl," which were
filled with Fresno people. The pas
sengers were hurled to the fore part
of the coach and hemmed in by a
mass of debris, their suffering and
danger intensified a hundred fold by
clouds of scalding steam that poured
from the shattered boiler of the Stock
ton engine.
After the "Owl" left the Oakland
mole it was noted that there was a
leak in the flue of the engine. This
increased to such an extent that it
was deemed advisable to taice up a
freight engine for renet The train
officials knew that the Stockton lo
cal was following half an bcur behind
and sent a flagman down the track
to give warning.
It is said that the Stockton train
got the warning signal in time and
gave the usual response with whistle
blasts. Why the incoming train was
not checked, however, has not been
thus far explained, the men who could
tell being among the badly injured.
Engineers Want More Pay.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. The executive
committee of the firemen and engi
neers of the Louisville & Nashville,
Which held a conference on Saturday
with the general manager of the com
pany, made a demand for an Increase
in wages and gave the management
until January 15 to reply.
Sultan's Troops Hemmed In.
MADRID A dispatch from Taa
giers, Morocco, says the commander of
the imperial forces has informed the
sultan that his troops are completely
aexnmed in bv the rebels, that they
are unable to advance or retreat and
that his hitherto loyal tribes are join
Ins the forces of the pretencer to the
"throne.
ULTERIOjtMOTIVE
SO DECLARES EX-MINISTER RE
GARDING GERMAN ATTITUDE.
SCRUGGS KCITCS HIS VIEWS
Betlevaa Germany Wants to Sea Hew
Far She Can Ge WKheut Secern
ing Involved in Actual War
tare.
ATLANTA, Ga. Colonel William L.
Scruggs of Atlanta has given an inter
view on the subject of the Venezuelan
imbroglio. Colonel Scruggs was ap
pointed United States Minister to Ven
ezuela by President Harrison and ser
ved from 1889 to 1893. For four years
after that year he represented the
Vfcuezuelan-government in the bound
ary dispute with Great Britain. Colo
nel Scruggs said In part:
"It is undoubtedly Germany's design
to see how far she can go without be
coming involved in actual war with
the United States. In effect she
wants to force our hand on the Mon
roe doctrine, and make us say wheth
er we are willing to modify it or to
assume responsibility for the acts of
the countries that are, to a certain
extent, under our protection. This is
already apparent in the query as to
whether the United States will assume
the responsibility of making Venezuela
comply with the findings ot the arbi
tration In case the result is agaiiut
that country. I think England is sin
Cere in her desire simply to collect a
debt, but there is every evidence that
Germany has other important objects
in view.
"While in my opinion the Monroe
doctrine will in no wise be affected by
the present affair, because there seems
to be every prospect for a peaceablt
and satisfactory settlement through
the United States as arbitrator, the is
sue will have to be faced sooner ot
later. The world is getting so popu
lous that the settlement of those nat
urally rich South American countries
cannot be longer delayed. If European
nations cannot acquire territory In
South America, their subjects will
nevertheless continue to go there. The
result will be that the United States
will ultimately be called upon to do
one of two things. Either they must
abandon or greatly modify the Monroe
doctrine so that European nations can
adequately protect their own subjects,
or they must assume a sort of suzer
ainty over these South American re
publics and become responsible for
their good behavior. Neither horn of
the dilemma is pleasant to contem
plate." Colonel Scruggs said that in his
judgment President Castro does not
represent the best element of the peo
ple of Venezuela.
"Castro's policy," Colonel Scruggs
said, "is far from meeting the approv
al of the best citizens and those who
have Venezuela's interests most to
heart. He is no doubt responsible in
a large measure for the difficulties that
now confront his country."
FREE DELIVERY IS ASKED.
Protest Against Changing Land Leas
ing Laws.
WASHINGTON Representative
Burkett on Wednesday called at the
postoffice department, and requested
the establishment of a free delivery
service at Plattsmouth. Three deliv
eries of mail in the business portion
and two deliveries in the residence
sections is desired a day.
Both Burkett and Mercer introduced
rpsolutions in the house from the
George A. Custer post, Grand Army
of the Republic, of Omaha, protesting
against any change of laws affecting
the leasing of public lands in Nebras
ka. Frank I. Teeter of Nebraska,
clerk in the pension bureau, has re
ceived a salary promotion from 900
to S 1,000 a year.
DESTITUTION IS APPALLING.
Four Hundred Thousand Finlanders
Reported Starving.
ST. PETERSBURG Four hundred
thousand persons are reported to be
destitute and starving as a result of
the crop failure in Finland. The Anglo-American
church here has under
taken to feed and clothe the school
children of four Finnish parishes, and
Pastor Francis has issued an appeal
for assistance in this work. He says
the conditions today are worse than
those of 1867, when 100,000 persona
died.
Cattle Said to Be Starving.
DENVER Thonsands of cattle are
reported to be starving to death on
the range in northwestern Colorado.
The Humane society appealed to the
owners to rescue their stock, who
have explained that they are power
less to do so. The cattle are snowed
in on the high range in Routt and Rio
Grande counties, without pasture and
without water. It is impossible to
get feed to them and equally impos
sible to drive them into suitable win
ter quarters.
Cold Bringa Death.
DULUTH, Minn. George Plydell,
aged 53, with his arms full of Christ
maa presents for friends and relatives,
fell from exhaustion within five feet
of his home tonight and froae to death.
Plydell lived alone in a little house
aear the harbor front, where he con
ducted a coafactionery and cigar store.
The city authorities took charge of mis
affects. The thermoaM
tiered Jv degrees below
COLORADO CONTEST CLOSE.
Hard to Pick Winner in the Senatorial
Race.
DENVER, COLO. Senator Henry M.
Teller arrived here from Washington
today to spend the Christmas holidays
and to look after his interests in the
contest for re-election. In addition to
Teller, the announced candidates are:
Former Senator Edward O. Wolcott
Frank C. Goudy of Denver, District
Judge Walter N. Dixon of Pueblo, and
Irving Howbert of Colorado Springs.
Teller claims the entire democratic
vote on joint ballot and will likely get
it, as there is no one opposed to him
in the democratic party. The remain
ing four candidates will divide the re
publican support Goudy claims to
have pledged about two-thirds of the
republican members of the legislature
and this claim is said by well-informed
leaders to not be too sanguine.
A great deal depends upon the out
come of contests -sow before the state
canvassing board. Should the demo
crats be seated, the house will stand:
Democrats, thirty-two; republicans,
thirty-three. On the canvassing board
are two populists, elected through fu
sion with democrats. Failure to ac
cept propositions for fusion at the re
cent election held out by populists, has
placed the democrats in an attitude of
unfriendly relationship with the popu
list party, and it is feared they will
seek revenge now through their repre
sentatives on the canvassing board.
The illness of Representative-elect
Jones, a republican, at Hot Springs,
also complicates matters. Should he
be compelled to remain away and the
democrats be seated the vote in the
house would be a tie.
AVENGE POLICEMAN'S DEATH.
Mob Lynches a Kansaa Negro Who
Committed Murder.
PITTSBURG, Kan. Montgomery
Godley, a negro, was taken from the
jail here Thursday and lynched by a
mob because early in the morning he
shot and killed Milton Hinkle, a po
liceman, who was trying to protect
himself against a crowd of unruly
blacks.
The negro jerked the officer's pistol
from the holster and shot him with
it from behind. Two hours later a
mob gathered and took Godley from
the city jail, where he had been in
carcerated, and hanged him to a tele
phone pole. As he was choking to
death one of the members of the mob
cut his throat and ended his suffer
ings. A large number of negro men and
women from the various mining
camps in the vicinity, among them
Mont and Joe Godley, brothers, were'
drinking and carousing at a ball. Hin
kle requested them to be quiet The
Godley brothers answered him in an
insulting and insolent manner and he
tried to arrest them. They resisted
and Hinkle blew his whistle for help.'
He then began to use his club in or
der to protect himself from the on
slaught of the crowd. He was hold
ing his own against three of them
when "Mont" Godley grabbed the offi
cer's revolver, and, placing the muz
zle behind Hinkle's right ear, pulled
the trigger. The bail passed through
his head and came out over the left
eye. He fell to the sidewalk. Other
officers pursued the negroes, all of
whom started to run when the officer
fell. The Godley brothers were both
captured and locked up in the city
jail. Hinkle was carried to the city
ball, where he died at 2 o'clock.
RAILROADERS ASK MORE PAY.
Conductors and Brakemen Seek In
creased Wage Scale.
CHICAGO Through the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen and the
Order of Railway Conductors 100,000
men employed by the railroads of the
west have presented requests for in
creases in pay. Committees represent
ing the two organizations came to this
city and made preparations for ses
sions at different hotels.
The committees will meet the rail
road officials during the week and will
endeavor to secure the increases
through the same methods of proced
ure which brought success to the en
gineers and firemen employed by the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad.
There is practically no danger of a
strike of trainmen or conductors, but!
their demands are more radical than
those made by the engineers and fire
men. In some instances the men are
asking for an increase of approximate
ly 20 per cent The demands are in
accord with the decision taken by rail
road men at their convention in June.
This decision was ratified by a refer
endum vote and the demands were for
mulated.
LONDON LOOKS ACROSS WATER.
English Statesmen Want Roeeeveit aa
Arbitrator.
LONDON It is believed that Presi
dent Roosevelt's answer to the pro
posal made by the allied powers that
he arbitrate the Venezuelan issues
has been received in London. The
strictest secrecy with regard to ev
ery phase of the negotiations is pre
served, however, and it is impossible
to make a definite statement, but such
indications as are obtainable point to
President Roosevelt's acceptance.
With President Roosevelt as arbi
trator the serious objections in the
matter of guarantees which frequently
ave been mentioned at the foreign
office would disappear.
The promptness with which Wash
ington deals with vital matters con
cerning which prolix pouparlers have
been Interchanged in Europe aston
ishes diplomats here and forms an in
teresting phase of an engrossing situation.
f WHEN WHISTLER WAS HARD UP.
A New. Story Told of the Eccentric
American Exile.
I have just heard what I think is a
aew story about Whistler, the artist,
relates aa Eastern correspondent of
the Kansas City Star. He has many
eccentricities other than that of mak
ing enemies. One of them is spending
much more than his income, which is
very large. Sometimes he spends sc
much more that his pecuniary straits
are dire. Not so long ago, his friends,
or his family, as some one. were much
dissatified with the modest mannei
in which he lived. So they got to
gether and bought him a beautiful
house, which they furnished sumptu
ously.
Whistler was obliged to stay in
town during the summer and autumn
and lived alone in this splendid house.
All the folks who had assisted in its.
purchase, however, went away.
When they returned Whistler had
vanished on one of his periodical ab
sences. On entering the house they
'found the dining "room entirely bare
But on the floor and walls were drawn
diagrams in chalk. That in the centet
of the floor was labeled:
"This is a dining table "
Surrounding it were a number ot
small squares, each one marked: "Thfc
is a chair."
Another square contained the chalk
legend:
"This is a sideboaru."
And there were other writings of a
similar character.
CEMENT USED FOR GIRDERS.
Adhesive Power in Contact With Steel
Is Great.
Cement has long been recognized as
a construction material even where
very heavy strains must be sustained.
At the Paris exposition were shown
concrete spans twenty feet in length,
but a Chicago architect has recently
gone a step farther and laid concrete
flooring with twenty-five-foot spans.
Buffalo has an apartment house six
stories high without a single steel gir
der or beam in the building, which is
constructed entirely of concrete, says
the Springfield Republican. Girders
and concrete construction generally
are reinforced throughout by steel
rods or wires. The rods are not de
signed to carry, and do not carry, the
weight, but only keep the cement from
disintegrating under the strain. The
adhesive power of cement in contact
with steel is tremendous, and this fact
makes it possible to decrease the thick
ness of the walls. In France and Ger
many seemingly impossible things are
being accomplished in concrete con
struction, which is often used where
the heaviest pressure must be with
stood. Concrete has been used some
what for bridge construction in this
country of late years. The bridge
across the Housatonic near Stock
bridge has 100-foot concrete spans.
TRICKS OF BRITISH SOLDIERS.
Cruel Tricks That Are Played on Vo
racious Adjutant Bird.
"The adjutant bird's voracity." said
a traveler to a Philadelphia Record
reporter, "forms the subject of one
of Kipling's stories, and I can assure
you that in thet story this voracity is
not over-rated. I have seen British
soldiers in India play all manner ol
cruel tricks upon the adjutant I
have seen them throw to a pair ot
birds two pieces of meat fastened to
gether by a piece of twine five or sis
yards long. Each bird would swallow
its own morsel, and then in trying tc
pull away from each other they would
become more and more entangled ic
the twine, finally rising in the air
fighting and wheeling until the twine
would enmesh them completely, and
they would come tumbling to the
ground. Another trick of the soldiers
was to take a meat bone, bore out the
marrow, and insert in the hollow thus
made some powder and a slow fuse.
Tbey would light the fuse and toss
the bone to an adjutant bird. The
great gawky thing would gulp it down
and then perch itself on a stump. Sud
denly a muffled explosion would come
and the adjutant would be blown intc
a thousand pieces."
Old-Time Hero of the Falls.
William Ellis died at Niagara Falls
on Nov. 30. says the Buffalo Express
seventy-two years old. For over half
a century he had lived within sound
of Niagara's roar, and away back in
1848. when the first suspension bridge
was being built across the gorge, he
won the titie of hero.
The first foot bridge had been
thrown over the gorge, and a second
one was in building forty feet away
on the second set of cables. Between
the two crude platforms the old iron
basket was operated. A terrific storm
swept down the gorge and wrecked
the bridge or platforms. So suddenly
did it come that four men were
caught far out over midstream, hang
ing by two strands of No. 10 wire. It
seemed as if nothing could save them,
but Ellis volunteered to go out in the
Ircn basket after them. Warned not
to take more than one at a time
aboard, he could not pass them by,
and brought them all back to the cliff,
while the storm raged and the rain
fell in torrents.
Figures Prove Friday Lucky.
A patient German investigator, with
the national passion to arrive at facts
made a careful record of all the grave
accidents in Germany for the last
twelve months.
One result is the complete rehabili
tation of Friday, which is almost uni
versally regarded as the unluckiest
day in the week.
The German statistics show that
Jlonday deserves that unenviable dis
tiction. Of the total 9,948 accidents,
jlonday heads the list with 1,674,
whils Friday has fewer than any
c?her day cf the week.
It is generally supposed that, next
to Friday, the most accidents occur
on Sunday, when people are riding,
driving, beating, riding in or dodging
automobiles and otherwise exposing
themselves to accidents, but tie Ger
man desetroys this belief. He found
that next to Friday Sunday has fewe:
accidents than any other day in the
week.
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In color. Maltese goats are red
white brown aad black.
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