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FEAR UNCLE SAM
SOUTH AMERICAN COMBINATION
IS TALKED OF.
THE EXCrmWEiT IM COLOMBIA
Minister Beau pre Makes Report to
State Department en the Situation
Report is Being Awaited from the
U. 3. Consul at Cartagena.
"WASHINGTON Tiie state depart
ment has advices by cable from Min
ister Beaupre at Bogota, dared No
vember 25, in -which, he states that
considerable excitement still prevails
at the Colombian capital; that there
is much talk of raisin? an army, but
no troops have yet been enlisted-
There are rumors in the city of a
revoIuTTon Tn "thestate of "Carrca. di-
rerted against the Marroquin govern-
dent.
Rumors have reached the state de -
partment from another source that
! General Reyes' mission to Washing-
ton is primarily to try to array op- : supposed to have been Killed the fol
I position senators against the ratifica- t lowing day.
tioa of the 3unau-VarilIa-Hay canal I
treaty.
There is also talk of formation of a
combination of South American coun- Panama Tells What She Has Already
tries directed agaln3t the United Paid Colombia.
States. Respecting the coming of I PANAMA Referring to the ques
General Reyes to Washington, it is J tion of the republic of Panama paying
said at the department that much de- ' part of the foreign debt of Colombia,
penes upon the nature of his creden- the Star and Herald gives the follow
tials as to the reception he will have, mg data, reckoned in gold, of sums de
It seems probable that if he is brought rived from the isthmus which were
to the department by the Colombian used exclusively for the benefit of
charge d'affaires. Dr. Herran. he will other departments:
be accorded a respectful hearing. But ' Sale of railroad reserves, J3.625.000:
it also is pointed out that his activi- for extensions granted to canal cani
ties must be confined to lawful chan- , panies, at least 13,000,000: exemption
nels as an alien and any attempt on paid by railroad for not constructing
a:s part to mnueuce dj cirect repre-
sentations any other than the execu-
tive branch of the United States gov- '
emment would scarcely be viewed
with equanimity. !
Respecting the statements attrib- j
uted to the general in a New Orleans i
interview that Colombia would send
100.000 men into Panama overland. J
tae lact is recalled mat me instruc- i
tions to me l nitea states naval om- pcsal from Colombian debt bond
cers on the isthmus were such that holders."
they would not admit to the neighbor- j
hood of the isthmus any hostile forces. FOUR FIREMEN KILLED.
This was understood by the officers i
in question to mean that hostile Co- j
Iombian troops would not be allowed Conflagration at Omaha Results in Fa-
to enter Panama at any poinr either j taluies.
bv -xarer or hv lnr.H nnri tn fir rhpro ' OMAHA In a most disastrous fire
has been no
change in the instruc- j
tions given to
this point.
the naval officers on
State department officials are await- ,
ing a report from the United States ,
consul at Cartagena, respecting the I
refusal of the port authorities to al
low him to communicate with the
3ritish merchant steamer Trent. It
is the conviction at the department
that the officials at
Cartagena, which
is in the province of Bolivar, are act
ing entirely without authority from
the Colombian government at Bogota,
and. in fact, it is suspected that a
state apprcachinz anarchy exist3
throughout Colombia.
FATHER MURDERS HIS SON.
Terrible Tragedy Enacted at
Farm
House in Burt County.
TEKA3LAH. Neb. While crazed
from the efTects of drink. Solomon
Pacdock. a pioneer resident of Burt
count:
shot and killed his son. Wil-'
liam L. Paddock, a young man about '
30 years old.
The wife and mother has been ab-1
sent for about a week and the elder i
Paddock has been indulging in a spree
ever since she Iert. He has remained ;
at the family home in Silver Creek '
township most of the time, only leav- J
ing when his supply of liquor ran out. '
About 1 o'clock Fridav the son found '
the jug containing his father's supply
Of
whisky and
broke it. This so
angered the father that he seized a !
' hnr inn 3rtd I'isrhnmn! in rviTrroTir !
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fairly into the breast of his son. kill-; tor the murder cf Thomas Sandal in ' ability on capital stock of corpora
ing hun instantly. The murder was j iSSS. Haworth was to have been shot q j giving each county represen
wimessed by a bird man. who was un-, to death December 11. ; 0 m & legislature, was carried,
able to interfere. Solomon Paddock The beard also granted pardons to .
is now under arrest and is confined
in the jail at this place.
Will Paddock was one of the most
popular young men in 3urt county.
z He was born here and has always
lived in this county, except for the
time he was away at schooL
Iowa Deadlock Unbroken.
WASHINGTON. D. C The Iowa
delegation of congress tok eight bal
lots Friday for a candidate for federal
judge of the Northern Iowa district.
The deadlock remains unbroken, and
the caucus adjourned until Dec 9.
Susnects Sheet Officer. i
OAKLAND. CaL In a pistol duel ,
netween Policeman James H. Smith
and two suspected porch climbers the '
former
mer was shot and killed, and one ;
the suspects, who is unidentified. J
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one of the suspects was found two
blocks away, having fallen in his
tracks in a vacant lot. where the dis-
a!vi tiii!tr 1 n MTaioce nmr or
covery was accidentally made by a
couple cf boys. The ether robber has
nor yet been apprehended.
Czarina May Need Surgeon.
ST. PETEaS3URG The czarina's
condition causes some alarm hers, as
the inflammation cf her ear does' not
yield to treatment, and it is feared
that an operation may be necessary.
The czar has decided not to bring
her to St. Petersburg, fearing she
may take raid en the journey, and she
will remain at Skiemiewice until all j
danger has passed. The papers here
give no details cf the czarina's 'TTrg-fg
ceycad. hanWfnr
THREE HUNDRED MOROS KILLED
Fighting in Vicinity of Joio Ts Meat
Sanguinary.
MANILA Three hundred Morns are
known, to have been killed and many
others were carried off dead and
wennded as a result of fighting in Joio
between the American troops under
General Leonard Wood and the in
surgents. Major IL L. Scott of the Fourteenth
cavalry and five American privates
were wounded.
General Wood landed near Siet lake, J
in Joio, November 12. The Moros
were soon located, and fighting began
immediately, and continued until No-
j vember 17
Major Scott was taking
J Panglima Hassen; the
Morn leader.
who had been taken prisoner, to Joio.
While en route Hassen asked to be
allowed to see his family. His appeal
as graiiled. and h" Bie'euiwu letr
Major Scott into an ambuscade, where
i the American detachment was fired
; upon. JIajor Scott was shot in both
I hands. Hassen succeeded in escaping
during this unexpected attack, but is
NO HELP FOR BONDHOLDERS.
ira ime to Flamenco, as per contract.
3230,000. Sums paid by Panama which
Colombia should have paid, and which
xere never returned, 11,000,000.
The paper adds:
"Still Panama is willing to declare
g aeDt cancelled and even will pay a
Dig snsz 0f Colombia's debts here for
puDiic services and war exactions, but
aha m.,sr pupi-'Ptirsllv rpipct mt nrn-
which was discovered at 3:20 Thurs
day morning" in the warehouses of Al
len Bros., wholesale grocers, and of
tiie ?cific Storage company, on lower
Jones street, four firemen lost their
11V5S in(i damage amounting to not
less than 5300.000 resulted.
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William 3urmester. William A. Bar-
rec"-- "-eToerz c tromsDoroush and Le- j
roy W Leiter. all members cf engine
These men now lay buried beneath
a mass of wreckage thirty feet high. I
and hours will elapse before they can
oe removec. ttemoving me mass un
der which tfiev lie will be begun as
soon as it can oe sufficiently coo;ed to j
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allow the firemen to get near it.
Wo Y Gil Offers to Return.
WASHINGTON. A cablegram re
ceived at the state department from
Minister Powell reports that the pres-
dent of San Domingo. Wos y Gil, had
; offered to retire from office and had
agreed that the country should be gov-
erned by four members of the cabinet, j
this arrangement to be effective pend- (
m a permanent settlement ot me at-
fairs - There are no other details in
minister's message.
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Utah Beard Grants Pardons.
SALT LAjS CITY. The state
board of pardons has commuted
ta I
of f
iis imprisonment the sentence
death uassed unorL Nathan F. rinwnrrh
or commuted the sentences of a num-,
j ber of other prisoners who rendered , BOSTON. Mass. A majority of the
material assistance to the penitentiary , cottoa of New EngJaad wffl
, guards in preventing a wholesale de-j cperated Monday under a waze sched
, livery of prisoners during the recent uIe approxiffiatel7 10 per cenc leas
, outbreak. xhaa hi3 been forcg fa tWQ JeaTS
In the city of Fall River 30,000 oper
in No Hurry to Give Recognition. atiTes be scts zad -m mte
. HAVANA-It has been decided by t Qf Rlrode IsIand QOt iess tkan 200QO
; the cabinet that no recognition win Ar other fa Massachusetts, Con
, be given by the Cuban government necticnt ud Nev Hampshire the ag
io the new republic of Panama until j rf empIove3 wfaose
; that repubUc has been recognized by ! be rpducd wfli be several thousand.
: come of the other Latin-American j At otfter cmters a redac.
I governments. j j take effect a weel jj
Have No Use for Anarchists.
GENEVA. Switzerland By order of
the federal authorities the police Lave
arrested two anarchists. Bourtozon! and
Erakoff, who have been living for some J
time in Switzerland and editinr an
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came here from Siberia where he had ,
been already imprisoned for advocat-'
ing violent anarchist measures. Bourt-.
anaiTT - rMr nanor MnnrrnTnTT r Talr '
czoff and Krakoff probably win be con
ducted to the frontier and expelled
from Switzerland.
Iowa Beats Washington.
ST. LOUTS, Mc. In a fiercely fought
contest Iowa university on Thursday
defeated Washington university by a
score of 12 to z. The game was late
in starting, owing to the delay of
the Washington team in arriving. t
Washington was outclassed on pre- I
vicus form, but went into the battle
"ita more taaa crdinary valor, aad
dariar-tas early part cf tire first half
wasamsxaa seetaec to aava tie ad- Tie allaged massacre cf Jews at EJr-"antase-
j nT win begin Tuesday.
THE CONVENTION
CHICAGO OR ST. LOUIS UK ELY
TO CAPTURE IT.
OTHER PLACES IM THE RELD
St. Louts Will Make a Special Effort
New York Hopes to Get th Gather
ingWhen the Conventiea Will
Likely Be Held.
WASHINGTON It is thought high
ly probable that the next repaaUean.
national convention will be held in
Chicago, and that the date of its nest
ing will be Tuesday, June 14. Taai is
the opinion of several1 members of the
national committee, although of course
the Dlace and date will not h dewHort
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unnl the meeting o the comiaittee.
M
which Chairman Hanna has called at
the Arlington hotel in this city for De
cember n and 12.
The opinion will not preclude the
usual interesting and lively struggle
between rival aspirants for theJionor.
Seven cities will this year present
their claims, with more or less display
of oratory and earnestness. These
are Chicago, New York. Pittsburg, St.
Louis. Milwaukee, Detroit and San
Francisco. It looks as though the
struggie would be narrowed between
Chicago and St. Louis.
St. Louis will make a special effort
to add a national political convention
jo the list of attractions in connection
with the Louisiana Purchase exposi
tion. It will be urged that there will
be ample hotel accommodations, and
attention will be called to the success
ful entertainment in St. Louis of the
republican convention that nominated
McKinley in 1396. The point will also
J be pressed that everyone who attends
the convention will wish to visit the
exposition, especially those who come
from distant parts of the country, and
thus will be able to avoid the time
and expense of two journeys during
the summer of the exposition and con
vention. Pittsburg will press its claims seri
ously. It will promise excellent hotel
accommodations and will urge good
railway connections. Philadelphia has
encouraged Pittsburg by keeping out
of the contest, being content with hav
ing enjoyed the honor of entertaining
the secona McKinley convention in
1300.
New York has been suggested for
years as an admirable convention city,
and no doubt many of those who will
take part in nominating the next pres-
I ment wouia enjoy a visit to tne me
j tropolis of the country. New York has
j always shown an air of indifference as
i to whether the convention should
J come there or not. But it is said that
'representatives of the republicanism
,--; ,U- JI1 ...wi-
VH.gA.1 M1.WA U4lt 1 UX l(Jt;.X
i vear and ur:re its selection.
this
The probable date of the convention
corresponds with that of four years
ago. If the plans of the republican
managers do not miscarry conzress
viR have o, Defore secaad
j. -m Jnn aRd xhaz date wiu aIIow
ample time for thorough preparations
for the campaign, whose months of!
-- ,
chief activil7 wiU De September and
October.
THE OFFICIAL VOTE OF OHIO.
Herrick's Plurality Highest Ever Given
for Governor.
COLUMBUS, O. The official vote
on
the recent election in Ohio has
been anT,nnnPPd fav secretary of
state xhe total vote cast was S7S.203.
ytiTron T. Herrick's plurality over Tom
L. Johnson for governor was 113.812.
the highest ever given a gubernatorial
candidate in Ohio. The highest plur
ality received was by W. S. McKin
non for treasurer of state, being 117,
41S. The lowest plurality was 109,673
by Wade Ellis for attorney general.
The amendments giving the zover
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TnousaRd, ef Men Have Waaea Cut.
! Crstians Attack- Hungarians.
VtENNA. Croatian peasants of
, Nagylak near Nagyenyd. Transylvania.
Friday last organized a murderous ai
ta on rieir Hungarian neighbors,
The Crotians assembled during the
the .
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volvers. sticks and hay forks and at
nightfall stoned the Magyar houses j
nH HTf rho ;nm9rm .-
j ja t . . 1
streets, une rarmer was beaten to
death aad most jot the Huagariacs
were injured, many of them severe?.
Treaty for Isle of Pi
WASHINGTON The 'treaty for the
j concsssicm of tie Isle of Pines to Cuba
.was favorably acted upon, by the senate
' committee an foreign relations and it
will be favorably reported to the
ate at the next executive session.
Kisshineff Massacre TriaJ m.
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ST. PSTESti&CHG The trial
Perscas arrested ta r-TT-w-s wita
ORDERS AFFECT 32410 MEN.
iaSm England Cat-
ten Mine In Effect.
BOSTON; Haaa. Tke nrst of the
MsseroM rednctieag in wages aa
aouced fit the cottea mills of south
era Near England states and a dozen
points oatside of that territory went
aita effect im an bat one Fall River
corporation Monday and at a number
of outside mill. Although about 22.
000 operatives had been cut down, no
geaeral strike occurred in any mill.
Monday's cat averages 10 per cent and
plaaes the pay schedule on a basis
with those jaid here previous to the
advance of March. 1902.
The reduction affected seventy-eight
mfils in Fall River, workiag nearly 25,-
0t anna, and aboat a score of cor
porations elsewhere in New England,
employing; aaeut i,uw operatives.
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'Rrer iron worfs. operatr
ing four cloth mills, will cut down
wages next Monday, and on that day
also nearly all Rhode Island and Con
necticut manufacturers will adopt the
lower schedule.
A cut in New Bedford will go Into
effect in two weeks.
EDUCATION OF THE INDIAN.
Should Se Taught that He Muat Work
or Starve.
WASHINGTON The annual report
of Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Jones advocates the education of the
Indian in the rudiments at the Eng
lish language and that he be taught
that he must work or starve. The
commissioner thinks this policy, in a
generation or morer will regenerate
the race, and that the Indian should
be protected only to the extent that
he may gain confidence in himself.
There were 257 Indian schools In op
eration during the year, ninety-one be
ing reservation boarding schools,
twenty-six non-reservation and 140
day schools. The enrollment of pupils
was 24,337, and employes numbered
2,282.
Mr. Jones strongly denounced the
"sun" and other religious "dances" of
the Indians, and says that sworn re
ports of eye witnesses to these per
formances show tliey are revolting in
the extreme.
A total ( f $737,173 has been paid tc
the Indians for their inherited lands
under the act of May 27. 1302.
NO PEACE FOR SAN DOMINGO.
Attempt to Compromise Fails and
Bombardment Muat Continue.
SAN DOMINGO, Republic of San
Domingo. Sunday. President Wos y
Gil. in his efforts to bring about a
peaceable arrangement with the insur
gent forces which are besieging this
city, today commissioned United
States Minister Powell, the Belgian
minister, the minister of Hayti and
the Spanish consul to visit the insur
gent camp. Consequently an armis
tice was agreed ujon. to expire at
noon, and the peace commission con
ferred with the insurgent leaders. The
latter, however, refused to entertain
the peace proposals and demanded thn
surrender of the city, but they pro
longed the armistice until 6 o'clock
this evening, after which hour the
bombardment of San Domingo was re
sumed and will be continued until tha
capital falls.
The United States minister's resi
dence was destroyed during the pre
vious bombardment.
The inhabitants of this city are in
a state of panic.
Insurgents Besiege Turks.
SALONICA. European Turkey. On
the arrival of the battalion of troops
which was dispatched Sunday from
Seres, in Macedonia, to reinforce a
Turkish command besieged for two
days in the mountains near Spatovo
by a band of 350 insurgents, the latter
withdrew. The losses of the insurgents
are unknown. Thirty of the Turkish
soldiers and one officer were killed
and forty-seven wounded.
Favorable Report Authorized.
WASHINGTON The senate com
mittee on foreign affairs authorized a
favorable report on the bill giving ef
fect to the Cuban reciprocity treaty.
Porto Rieana Observe Oay.
SAN JUAN, P. R. Thanksgiving
day was observed as a general holi
day in accordance with the governors
proclamation.
Sultan Said to Have Cancer.
NEW YORK The sultan of Turkey,
zrequently alleged to be ill from one
iisease or another, is now alleged by
ihe Vienna correspondent of the Her
alei to be suffering from cancer.
Complains of Dry Goods Rates.
WASHINGTON George J. Kindle
af Denver has complained to the in
terstate commerce commission, charg
inx; tae Jtew York Central. Pennsylva-
oia, Denver Rio Grande and Union
mane rauroaos wita imposing un-
just aad discriminating rates on cer-
tain dry goods from eastern points to
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igaiast Denver in favor of Chicago,
Sast St. Louis, Kansas City aad San
Francisco.
Daniei Frohman ta Married.
NEW YORK Announcement
sxade Monday that Daniel Prohma-a
sad "Merge n. 1 ITTingtos. who is playing
Ike Ieadinc.pnrt in A Japanese Night
ingale' at Delr s theater, were quiet
ly naarried Snxtday by Judge Henry
Bischon! of the supreme court. Miss
Kington Wij. continue in the "Jap
anese Nlahtiagale" until the conclu
afcm of ber contract wita Eaw & Er
lanzsr. when aha win -a- ?rTr t
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FIRE TRUCK ANO TRAIN CRASH
Accident by no Mean Infrequent in
City's Crowded Streets.
In a collision between an eastbound
Northwestern passenger train and
fire truck at the West Kirzie and
Fire Truck Hit by
(Scenes fct accident, as
North Lincoln street grade crossing
at Chicago last week, five firemen
were injured and two of the three
horses killed. The train was running
AS TO COLOMBIA
SHE
MAY PUT UP A
FIGHTING.
BLUFF A1
POSYTIOI OF GENERAL REYES
It is Thought He Will Try to Gain
Same Concessions by Diplomacy
If Necessary Will Put an Army in
the Field.
COLON A person wno is in inti
mate association with General Reyes.
who has seen much of the general dur
ing the pa.-t few cnnf-i:- and who is
thoroughly familiar with the interior
of Colombia, speaking to the Asso-
ciated Press correspondent Tuesday
concerning the probable course whieh
General Reyes will pursue at Wash
ington, said he thought that Reyes
would make every effort, no matter
how helpless, to secure a settlement
of the Panama situation to preserve
the integrity of Colombia. Thinking
his position to negotiate to this end
would be stronger if he had an armed
force in the field, the Associated Press
informant said it was not improbable
that General Reyes would order prep
a rations for an attempt to invade the
isthmus.
Generals Sarria and Bustamente Ier ln ay a: his conclusion Corn
General Reyes at Port Limon. Sarria missionr FTirtr.irrTr-k- nninr nr cer
returning to 3ogota and Bustamente
to the province of Antioquia. It is
possible that they carried General
Reyes' orders to undertake warlike
preparations, it it can be proved that
such preparations will strengthen
Reyes' position or if the generals
think that the people of Colombia re-
quire such propitiation.
"Colombia's extremity is severe and
her chagrin over the loss of the isth
mus is so great," said the Associated
Press informant, that it would not
surprise me to see the republic a Co
lombia eventually asking admission
into the republic of Panama, all other
efforts railing. Already isthmians are
expecting tne influx of prominent Co
lombians, who doubtless regret that
they were not in the isthmus when
independence was accomplished in or
der tn partake of its benefit."
General Reyes hopes the United
States will withdraw to some extent
from the position it has taken, possi
bly to the extent of giving Colombia
an opportunity to recapture the isth
mian territory Believing this possi
ble, th? attitude of General Reyes is
understandable. Failing to acccm-
plish anythine at Washintgon. Reyes
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might nnd necessary, owins to the
poliacal situation in Colombia and
the need of propitiating the people, to
do his utmost to preserve Colombian
integrity, even to the extent of lead
ing a forlorn hope, possibly with the
expectation that aid might be given by
aome European power.
Drops Price of Utah Coal.
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah As a re-
suit of vigorous agitation started by
the Commercial clnb and Governor
Wells, the price of coal, recentlv ad-
vanced .0 cents ton. was on Thur:
day reduceu 30 cents a tan-
Judge Sener Gene.
WASHINGTON Judge James Bev-
erly Sener, a n?uve of Virginia, but
tor - number of years a resident of
Washington, died here Wednesday,
aged 67 years, after a long illness. The
interment probably will be at Frede-
icksburg. Va. During the war Judge
Sener acted as correspondent for
southern newspapers. He represented
zis district in congress after the war
and later was sPpcfnted U. S. judge
for the district of Virginia.
Uncle Sam's Cash.
WASHINGTON Tuesday's
state-
ment of treasury balances in the gen- steamer to return from, the coast of
aral fund, exclusive of the S150.000.000 Labrador brings no report of the
gold reserve in the division of redemp- part, headed by Leonidas Hubbard, jr..
tions, 3howsr Available cash balance, of New York, which started from Rig
$215,911,733; gold, S114.530,SCS. olet. Labrador. August last to explore
the interior of Labrador. The coast is
May Buy Emkacay in London. blocked with Ice floes and the snow
LONDQN- It is nnnored tat tie storms have covered the country with
house of the late Duke -of Richmond, snow to a depth of fifteen feet. It ia
oa Eelgrave square. wQi ba purchased the gsaera! opinion that the mearnen
tie Uaitad States erohassy.
at a high rate of speed and owing to
the presence of a fence at the side of
the track and a number of freight
cars, which were standing near the
crossing. the firemen were unable to
see the train until a moment before
the crash came. A hose cart and flra
a Passenger Train.
described by witnesses.)
engine preceded the truck over the
crossing, the engine being missed by
the locomotive by a margin of a few
feet.
THE REVENUE LAW.
Supreme Court Decides the Act Co-
I stitutional.
LINCOLN. Nebr. The commission-
.ers before whom the revenue law ease
was heard Monday filed three sep
larate opinions. Judge Duffle holding
that the entire act is invalid because
(of the unconstitutionality of the in
surance sections: Judge Letton agree
ing in this except as to the conclusion,
he holding that the invalidity of these
sections does not invalidate the entire
law; Judge Kirkpatrick holds that tha
entire law is constitutional and should
stand. Thus by a majority vote with
tho rxp "tion cf the Insurance section
tne law stands.
caJudge Kirkpatrick in holdins the
(law constitutional in it3 entirety re
views the two objections raised by
Judze Duffie. and then concludes that
the sections 3S to 61 inclusive, provid-
'ing for the taxation of gross pnmiums.
'ar1 constitutional upon the grounds
that the legislature has the right to
classify insurance companies, as long
as such classification is not arbitrary
or unreasonable, and that in the class
ification attempted this rule was not
violated. Ne.it. that when the class-
; ification was once made, if the tax
ation of that class is uniform, the coa-
,stitution has been complied with.
tain distinctions between fire insur-
ance and other classes of insurance,
calling attention to the difference ia
the volume of the former business
transacted as compared with the lat
ter, and also mentions as a distinction
to justify the classification attempted
by legislature, that the legislature.
had a right to take into consideration
the fact that in tha case of domestic
companies the premiums are collected
by an agent and pns out of the state.
This being true he tainks that these
premiums could not easily be taxed
for local purposes, making such taxa
tion uniform throughout the state, and
that merefore the legislature might
well make a distinction between for
eign and domesac companies.
Cenain minor sections of the act
held unconstitutional by Commissioner
DufSe are likewise so regarded by
Commissioner Kirkpatrick. but the
main point of difference consists in the
view taken of the sections referring to
the taxation premiums of insurance
companies. Commissioner Kirkpat
rick holding that these are net invalid,
but being an inducement to the pas-
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tire act.
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Judge Letton. differs from the con
clusion! reached by Commissioner
Duflie upon the one point, that sec
tions ZS to til inclusive being invalid
and an inducement to the passage of
the act invalidate the entire act. Ia
the view of Commissioner Letton.
these sections are invalid upon the
ground that the premiums of certain
companies a
regarded as an item of
property, and are taxed as such, while
those of other companies escape tax-
aaon -
this being in violation of the
rale of uniformity of taxation of any
particular class of business.
Maltreatment of Macedonians.
LONDON- The correspondent cf
the Times a Sofia reports that while
negotiations are dragging at Canstanri-
nople there is no remission of tha se-
rere practices upon the unfortuaate
population of 3Iacedonia. under guise
of a search for arms. "I am inform-
ed," adds the corresnondent of the
Times, "that the maltreatment of the
peasants is even worse that it was
at the rime of the insurrection in that
country."
Eelieve Hubbard Party Periehad.
ST. JOHNS. N. F. The last m
cf tha Esbbsrd Firry have r--tfrd
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Lire Stock Markets
CATTLE There wu a saucfe havtr
run of cacti than was senrmllr antici
pated, and as other points also had lib
eral receipt, th tendency of price
ww downward. Trading; wis rather
slow at the decline, and as a result th
dar was well advanced before the bulk:
of th arrivals was disposed oC
rt only a few cars of cornfed st
on sal and they were short feds and
many of them very com nn. Tar
was in fact scarcely enough to awaw a.
test ot th market. Th cow market
was rather uneven, sates aotna? all the
way froes steady to a din lower. Buy
ers seemed to want the cows, hut they
also wanted to at thesa for less
money. Bails. val calres aad stags
did not show much chanar. though they
were certainly no higher. The deeaand
for stochfs and feeders was very lias
tted. an!" as a result-price seJfeiwd a
decline of fully a diss, and in so
cases as saach as 1 5c Packers wer
also bearish on the western grass heef
steers. Ther was some unveness to
th trad, so that the same as with
cows, sales were made all th way fro
steady to a diss lower Rangw cow
and stockers and feeders fluctuated, as
noted above.
HOGS Ther was a fairly liberal run
of hogs at all potnts. ami as a. result
prices continued on thlr downward '
course. The market here opened. IQfD
13c lower, but the sales, that were not
more than a dim lower, wer ss scarce
as to be hardly worth mentioning.. Tln.
I general market was right around 13c
lower and trading was very slow at?h
decline. Toward th close the feeling
was. if anything, weaker, so that sosji
sale were mad that looked as much
.as 29c lower than th sam hog would
have brought on Saturday. Havy
wejghts sold mostly from 1.25 to 24.30.
medium weights from S4.3Af4.3. and
Iignts from I4.SS to $4.43.
SHEEP Quotations for grass stock
Choice western lambs. 14.50 4.73. fair
to good lambs. 14.25 4.54 chotc year
lings. X3. 44 32.40; fair to gssd year
lings. 13.151.4: choic wethers. 13.23
3.40; fair to goad wethers. tX0e3.2S.
good to choice ewes. S2.dI2.S3; fair
to good ewes. 12.25 2.50; choice feed
er lambs. 12.4O4J4J0: fair to good fed
r lambs. $2.23 gtHO; baby Iambs. $2.0
3.00. feeder yearlings. 1X.33KX40;
feeder withers. $3.15 2.33; feeder
wes. $2.00 2.30; culls. $1.00 f2.0.
AX.t cm.
CATTLE Market steady to 10c low
er; export and dressed bf sters. $4.30
w3I0. fair to good. $3.73fsio. west
em fed sttr. t3.00l?.flt stockers and
feeders. $2.23 4.00. .southern steert.
steady. $2.0 w 3.00; southern cow,
strong. $l.ioai.30: native cow, strong.
$1.30a3.75. nattv hifers. strong. $2.4
4.00; bulls, strong; $1.33 J 3.23. ca!vs.
steadr $2-30a.OO.
HOGS Market 13c lowri tap. $4.
32. bulk of sales. $4.20 tf 4.; havy.
$4.2594.35: packers. $4,304? 4.44; pip
and light. $4.25 v 4.52.
3HEEP AND LAMBtf Market 3f10c
higher; native lambs. $4.23jr35; west
em Iamb. $4.35 3.0O; fed ew-s. $3.25
2.30; stockers and feeders. $2-25 S 3.30.
LUNATIC IN SANK OW ENGLAND.
Shoata Po4r Tlnws at Kenneth Gra
ham. Secretary af the Bank.
LONDON A murterous attack with
. .-.. j uiaue ua ivennem ura
ham. the secretary of the Bank of
England and who is well known as a
writer, by an individual who is sup
posed to be insane.
The latter fired four shots in rapid
succession, but Mr. Graham was not
hurt. Considerable difficulty was e.
perienced in securing the would-be as
sassin. A fire hose had to be requisi
tioned before he could be disarmed
and taken to the police station.
It appears that the lunatic asked to
see the manager of the bank
aad was shown into a reception room.
where Mr. Grahaax and otaen were
garnered. The stranger took up a po
sition in front of the fire, pulled out
a revolver, and commenced shootis.
in the meantime shoutinav "Cease on.
you cowards." The occupant of th
room fled and the lunatic was finally
overpowered by the attendant.
WOULO AID NATIONAL SANK.
Aska That Canal Sand Mmmim af
ank Circulation.
WASHINGTON SenaMr Fairbanks
introduced a bill to permit national
banking associations to deposit bonds
issued for tha constructico of an in
teroceaaic canal to secure circulation.
It provides for the amendment of the
canal act so "that every national bank
ing association having oc deposst. as
Drovided bv law. hnr nt .s. tt-j.
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States, isaued under the provisions of
aid act. to secure im circulation, shall
pay to the treasurer of the United
State in the months of January aad'
July, a tax of one-fourth of one per
cent each half year upon the avera
amount of snea of its notes in circula
tion as are based upon the deposits of
aaid bonds: and such tax shall be in
lieu of existing taxes on it3 notes in
circulation imposed by 3ecticn 3214 of
the revised statutes.
Star German Cateeratian.
WASHINGTON President Reoe
velt touched a key ia the telegraph
room attached to the executive offices
at 7 o'clock Monday aight aad started
thm electric lights en the Christmas
tree ia Convention halL thus opening
the celebration of the two hundred
aad twentieth anniversary of the land
ing of the first German colonists in
North America, arranged by the Unit
ed German Societies of the District of
Caiman ia.
Cams!! Muat Explain.
WASHINGTON The secretary of
toe interior aaa suspended from oftce
D. F. CampbeU. clerk of the towagtte
coetmisaion of the Creek naticc. ia
Indian Territory, pending th outcome
of aa iaveatigatioc based on an indict
ment against hint for alleged unlaw
fully obtaining money while a member
of the sTAwaea legislature, the iadict
aMBr camrniag; hi rseeipt ef SIOO front,
'the ciert of the dstricz crust cf Oa-
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