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WAnSTOBESPAXKEffrBSL
Morocco Pursuing Course that May End
in War.
DARING DEFIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES
Indemnity for the Muider of Essagin, an
American Citizen, Eefuscd.
CONSUL GUMMERE PETITIONS IN VAIN
Moors Ecok Exemption Under Terms of
Convention with Spain.
WASHINGTON REFUSES TO ACCEPT PLEA
Hvxt (Hep In the NcRnlliit Ion U
Likely to lit Another Fonnnl l)c
iii mill !) YunUec I)clenti!
from Wnrshlp's Deck.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. Tho government
f Morocco has again declined to tried tho
claims ot the United States for tho payment
of an Indemnity on account ot tho killing by
a mob of Marcus Essaglu, a naturullzcd
American citizen. Tbo laBt request was raado
by United States Consul Oummere, nnd tho
latest declination of tho government of
Morocco waB accompanied by an Intimation
of Its freedom from liability under tho
terms of tho convention botwceti Morocco
and Spain. The Stato depjrtmcnt has come
to tho conclusion that tho consul's repre
sentations will ho more effective If ho Is
supported morally by tho prcsenco In Moroc
can waters of a United Stales war ship and
It Is probable ho will mako his visit to Fez
to again present tho case aH a pataeiiRcr on
a vcesol to bo selected by the Navy depart
ment for that purpose.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. Tho Kentucky
arrived nt Algiers today. Tho Dlxlo haH
snllcd from Algiers for Dozltu.
NO PORTO RICO DEPARTMENT
I'orlo Hlco mill Adjacent Islmidn to
Ite Attached to neuiirtiiieiit
of (lie Hunt.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. Tho following
order was mado public at tho War depart
ment today:
WAD DEPARTMENT, Washington. Nov.
9, im-lly direction of tho president. w:o
Department of Porto Hlco will be dlsJon
tlnued on December 15. 11M0. and tho Island
of I'orto HI jo and the islands und keyi
adjacent thereto, will bo attached to tho
Department of the Bust, and dedgnnted
thn district of Porto Hlco. ....
Tho colonol, lieutenant colonel, head
quarters, bund and ono battalion of tho
Klevonth Infantry, and tho squadron of ihe
Fifth cavalry now serving In Porto Hlco,
will bo relieved from duty therein as oou
ns practicable and sent to New ork City,
whence they will proceed to such stations
us may be. designated hereafter.
Drlgudler Geneial Georgo W. Davis. V. 8.
V., now In command of tho Department of
I'orto Hlco, will, upon the dUoontlnuuiipa
of that department, repair to Manila. Phil
ippine Islands, nnd report to tho commund
lug goneral, division of tha Phllliiplnes, for
assignment to duty ns Inspector general of
that division. KL-HIt: IxpoT,
Secretary of A nr.
By Commnnd of Lieutenant Genernl Miles.
11, 0. COUDIN, Adjutant General.
This order was Issued after a full cablo
consultation with Governor Allen of Porto
Hlco, and aftor General Davis, who lately
has boon In commnnd, had mado his rec
ommendations. It waa tho opinion of Gov
ernor Allen that Idle reduction of tho force
In Porto Hlco would bo eminently satis
factory to tho pcoplo of tho Island nud that
tho forco to bo retalnod would bo ample
for all present purposes. This order leaves
In Porto Ulco tho native regiment, con
sisting of 850 men, a battalion nf tho
Klcvcnth Infantry and Batteries F and O
of tho Fifth nrtlllery. Theso troops will
be undor tho command of Lieutenant
Colonel Jnmcs A. nuchannn, who Is now
In command of the native regiment. II
1b oulto probable that tho troops which
an; ordered from Porto Hlco may In time
bo sent to tho Philippines.
PAYS VISIT TO WHITE HOUSE
Admiral Illcliurd nnd Mntr of
French nvy Cull on Pres
ident McKlnlc.
the
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. Admiral
Hlchard, commanding the French squndron
now In American waters, and his staff, ac
companied by M. Thlebaut, the French
churgo d'affaires, called at tho Navy de
partment today to seo Secretary Long.
They also mado short calls 11)1011 tho other
cahlnot otilclals In tho building and later
wero escorted to the White House by Sec
retary Hay,
All of tho French officers wero In full
uniform of tho French naval service, re
Bplendent with heavy gold epaulettes and
braid, with many decorations of honor.
Admiral Hlchnrd will entertain Cardinal
Gibbons at luncheon tomorrow on board tho
Coctllo nud has asked tho members of the
embassy to meet his cmlnenro. The nil
mlral expresses himself as Infinitely
pleased with tho many courtesies uhown
htm, his ofllcers nnd crowB during their
stay In American waters. Tho squadron
will sail probably on Wednesday for Hamp
ton Hoads to coal and then for Martinique.
After tho ofllclal calls nt tho Whlto Houko
nnd elsewhere Admiral Hlchard nnd his of
llcers wero entertained at luncheon by
Captain Vlgnnl of tho French embassy,
tho mcmherB of the embassy staff nlso bo
lng guests.
Anilinndiir Tnke No CoutiUuiicc.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 12.- -Tho French
mnbuesadnr has thus far given no ofllclal
recognition to tho publication that nn ngent
of thn Wnr department has placed ut tho
disposal of tho board ot fortifications tho
secretB of tho French field gun. It can ho
stated postlvoly that the French charge
d'affaires, M. Thlebaut. will tnko no Initia
tive In tho matter. The publication has
couio to his attention unotllclally. but it
Is not usual to tnko cognizance of such pub
lications, beyond forwarding them an n
matter nf Information to tho proper authori
ties. Naturnlly, however, this particular
publication has aroused great Interest and
not a little surprise, although tho French
officials aro careful to refrain from tho
slightest expression of their personal views
on tho subject.
Ilnrnl Free Delivery.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. (Speclul Tele-
gram.) Rural free delivery will bo estab
lished nt Forest City, Winnebago county,
la on November 15. Service will embrace
121 square miles, with a population "of
2,833. J. r, Howard, J, M. McClnln aud C.
It, Halvoraen aro appointed carriers,
Service will also bo established at Par
neU, Iowa couuty. la., on tho same date.
It will cover an area ot thirty-four squaro
miles, with a population of 570, J, 11. Tier-
nan was appointed carrier.
Tho First National bank of Chicago was
today approved as reserve ngent for tho
Citizens' National bank of Davenport, la.
Also the First National bank of Minneapolis
lor tb Sioux Falls, S. D.( National bank,
REPORTS SUCCESS
Kitchener Surprise
fin ii ils nnd
LONDON, Nov. 12. Tho War office has
received tho following dispatch from Lord
Roberts:
JOHANXHSliL'Iia, Nov. 10,-Methuon
surprised' Commandants Suymnn und Ver
mns.i near Lychtenburg yesterdny. Three
dead tlocrh wro fojnd nnd thirty prisoners
and wagons were captured. There wore no
casualties among the Ilrltlrli.
Kelly-Kenny reports Hint Major Mnp
Kinlosh nf the Senfnrth Highlanders occu
pied Phlloppoll. Tho Doers iled In nil
directions. Thrco wounded were- brought
to our hospital. Surgeon Hartley and
seven men were wounded.
Littleton reports thnt Kitchener nucccss
fully surprised the Doers during tho night
of November 7. A mounted party of tho
Nineteenth Hunrs nnd the Manchester
mounted Infantry, under Cnptnln Chotwode,
manured to pan.-i tho Dour outpost, und,
while, tho latter engaged tho enemy's
picket, tho Hussars chanted tho Doers In
the moonlight, sabering many, Chetwode
and several tion-coinmlsloiied olfcers be
haved with ureal gallantry, but tho
Hussars would havo probably suffered
heavily, an they got onto bad ground, had
they not been supported by tho mounted
Infantry. In the morning nrtlllery nnd In
fantry Joined Chctwode'B forco nnd com
pleted tho Doer rout, who aro said to have
lost henvlly.
Smith-Dorrlen'H wounded, who returned
from the Doer camp, report that Comand
ant Prlnsloo and fleneral Fourle wern
killed nnd General Orobular was wounded
In tho recent lighting.
RETURNING COWBOYS ARE MAD
Arrived In London Saturday to Tell
the llnrdnhlp They ttndiircd on
llrltlnh Mill); Trnustiort.
LONDON, Nov. 12. American cowboys
and muleteers to tho number of 140. who
went to South Africa on Drltlsh mule
transports, arrived In London Saturday.
They aro loud In tho denunciation of their
treatment on tho homo Journey and Intend
to formally complain to tho Hoard of Trade.
They declare tho rations served had to bo
thrown overboard, that they would havo
starved had they not paid exorbitant rates
for extra rations nnd that they were
boothed over horso stalls, where the heat
and odor were unbearable.
BULLER REPORTS IN LONDON
l.nrcre Crouds Aenihlc nt the llnll
wny Station to Cheer
III in.
LONDON, Nov. 12. General Duller, ac
companied by his wife nnd daughter, ar
rived hero today and reported to the Wnr
ufllce. Large crowds which had assembled
at tho Waterloo station and In Pall Mall
cheered tho general.
ENORMOUS COST OF BOER WAR
It I-1 1 1 mIi l'nrllniiieiit Will Soon AwNein
hie to Vote l?r,0(,t)0(),(M)() to
Settle Account.
LONDON, Nov. 12. Parllaraont will as
Ecmblo on December 3, to voto tho expenses
of tho war In South Africa, which are now
expected to amount to fully 100,000.000.
Ilcforo Christmas an adjournment will bo
taken until tho end of January.
WINDUP0FDELAG0A BAY CASE
Filial
Settlement of the Itnllroad
Avrnrd la Made In
London.
LONDON, Nov. 12. Tho Dclagoa bay rail,
road award was Anally settled today.
(iciiernl linden-Powell Sllhtly III.
LONDON. Nov. 12. General Daden
Powell, according to tho Capetown corre
spondent of tho Dally Mall, has contracted
enteric fove", hut his condition Is not
serious.
TWO BODIES ARE RECOVERED
(ilvln;
t p the Victim of the Montl-
ccllo Wreck Ncnr
iirinoii t h.
HALIFAX, Js. S., Nov. 12. Two more
bodies from tho Montlcello, found at
Chebugo Point, aro thoso of Purser E. D
Hilton nnd llaggagemastcr Wilson. Thn
body found nt Picnic Point nnd supposed
yesterday to ho Captain Harding s, was
Tlrst Officer Newells. Captain Harding's
body has not yet been found. As far ns
can be ascertained thu total number ot
lives lost Is thirty-four. Another victim
whoEo name was not beforo published 's
Samuel Durrotte of Yarmouth, who leaves
a widow and family.
Arrangements for tho funerals are now
being mado and they probably will bo
held tomorrow. Great quantities of mis
cellaneous articles composing tho steamer's
cargo nnd fittings wero cast up on tho
bench nnd wero looted by the crowds that
scoured tho shore.
Itcnenril KlKhty-Four PuKneiiKcrii.
LONDON. Nov. 12. The Wilson line
steamer Angclo, bound from Christiana,
Norway, for Hull, la ashore neur Wlthern
sea, on tbo coast of Yorkshire. The coast
guardsmen landed olghty-four passengors
who wero on board by means of tho brooches
buoy apparatus. Thero was no loss of life.
Tho steamer Angelo was built at Hull In
1874, la of 978 tons not, 258 feet eight Inches
long, thirty-three feet six Inches beam and
has n depth of eighteen feet two Inches.
The vessel Is owned by T. Wilson's Sons
& Co. of Hull.
I'cur Another limit Ik
YARMOUTH. N. S.. Nov.
WrceUed.
12. The ma
largo boat
hogany sternboard of n
hus been picked up on tho coast at
Comcaus Hill, near here, bearing tho namn
"Plcqua," and It la feaied that another
craft besides the City of .Montlcello may
havo mot with disaster.
Tho ouly vessel named Plcqua known of
hero Is a steamer owned b tho Mediter
ranean & Now York Steamship company.
According to shipping records this steamer
sailed from Sicily Octobor 29 for New
York.
Newfoundland Election Itetiirn.
ST. JOHNS, N. F.. Nov. 12. The colonial
general election returns from tho Dona
vista district, with half the count com
pleted, Indicate tho election of Mr. Morlne,
tho opposition leader, nnd his colleagues,
Messrs. Illnnlfurd and Chaplin, by ma
jorities of about 700, nB against 1,700 re
ceived In tho previous election. No other
counts havo yet boon reported. This will
glvo Morlno four men and Premier Dond
seventeen.
Will !Kcre the 1'liinet Ion.
KINGSTON. Jamaica. Nov. 12. Prof
Pickering of Harvard university has negun
tho erection of nn observatory ut Wood
lawn, near Mandcvllle, for his colossal
teleecope. Ho hopes to to take observa
tions ot the planet Eros early In Decem
ber nud will Mibscquently undertake ob
servatlons of thn moon and Mars. Impor
tant results aro expected.
Cnpenlinnen WnntN a l.nnii.
COPENHAGEN. Nov. 12. A syndicate of
Danish and Swedish bankers has begun
negotiations with American bankers for a
$15,000,000 loan for the Copenhagen munlcl
Pal" .
.Motliurt.!!.
EXDS AMID BOOM OF CAKM
Great Paris Exposition Olcws Its Gates
for Good.
MORE THAN 0,000,000 PEOPLE SAW SHOW
Sfrntifte to Helnte Orrnmny Furnished
the l.tirtxent .iunlier ot VUltovn
from Any Foreign Country,
Followed by HiiKlnnd.
PAHIS, Nov. 12. The booming ot a can
non from tho llrst story of the Eiffel tower
announced that the exposition ot 1000 had
ceased to exist. It ended In a blaze of
Illumination, tho Muni evening belug cele
brated by n night fete. Tho attendance,
however, was Btnall, visitors being kept
away by a cold, drizzling rainfall.
The wisdom of the authorities In refusing
to prolong tho exposition further, which
was warmly urged In many quarters a
llttlo time ego, wn vindicated today by
an examination ot Mm Duituings. ;.iany
wero found to ho In a lnmentnhlo condi
tion, even tho official structure locking
much of tho original stucco and paint,
whllo several foreign pavilions, chiefly of
plaster construction, demonstrato tho
flimsy character of work that Is unequal
to battling with autumn winds and hu
midity, to say nothing of winter storms.
Tho Idea of their permanent retention Is
absurd.
Olllclnl statistics show that tho exposi
tion was a gigantic success from tho point
of attendance, which was double that of
tho exposition of 188'.', when 25,121,975
pnssed tho gates. When tho gates of tho
exposition of 1900 closed this evening more
than 60,000,000 persons had passed through.
The Drltlsh nnd Ilclglnns headed tho list
In 1889 In point of numbers, but this year
tho Gormnns wero llrst nnd tho Delglalis
second, with tho Drltlsh far behind. Ameri
cans also formed a very noticeable contin
gent. Indeed, they were Immeasurably
more numerous than at tho previous ex
position. The record paying day this year
brought out more than 600,000 visitors, as
compared with a maximum of 335,377 In
1889.
This ovcnlng tickets which had brought
a sou In tho afternoon wero sold nt tho
rato of Dvo for a sou. A curious sceno
was witnessed nt tho exposition gates
shortly before C o'clock, when tho author
ized ticket bureaus, which earlier In thu
day had been selling tickets for two bous,
reduced tho prlco to ono. Tho stroct hawk
ers, Indignant ut this, attached cards to
their coulH Inscribed, "(live you a ticket
for nothing." For a tlnio collisions bo
tween tho street hawkers nnd tho em
ployes of thj exposition seemed likely to
result, but tho police Intervened nnd averted
trouble. M. Hanotnux, former minister of
forelgu affairs, In nn article entitled "The
Balance Sheet of tho Exposition," says:
"Franco expended 200,000,000 or 300,000,000
francs to erect tho exposition. Sho lias
recovered themeaslly In the Increase ot tho
treasury receipts, which for this year alono
Is nearly 100,000,000 francs, In the surplus
of Parisian octroi duties, In the monuments
remaining to the state or tho city nnd In
the quays, bridges and Improved trans
portation factlltlia bequeathed by the ex
position. Moreover, thero has been a gen
eral tolletto of tho city, which has con
tributed to Its brilliance and beauty."
AMERICAN STEEL IN ENGLAND
Uomentlo Industrie Threatened Ti
Coinpc tltlon from the lulled
htatca.
LONDON, Nov. 12. At a meeting of the
Swansea harbor trust today Sir John Jen
kins, chairman of the Swansea Metal ex
change, said that the Importation of Amer
ican steel has threatened tho extinction of
tho local steel Industry and that the trust
would lose tho largo revenue now derived
from tho importation of Iron ore.
BERNHARDT AND M. C0QUELIN
They Snll Together for Xetv York to
Tour United States In
Xfw Itole.i.
PARIS, Nov. 12. Mine. Sarah Ilernhart
and M. Coquelln left here at 7 o'clock this
morning on their way to Now York. A
gathering ot friends heartily bid them
farewell and come friends accompanied
them to Havre.
Grain II ut I i'h In taermniiy.
DERLIN, Nov. 12. Tho Commercial
Treaty league, which was organized yes
tcrduy, la much discussed by tho press this
ovcnlng. Tho Dcrllner Post and tho Neuosto
Nnchrlchtcn attnek tho organization on tho
assumption thnt It will opposo any In
crease In tho grain duties. Tho Frelsulg
nlgo Zcltung takes the samo Btand hecnuso
tho league has not declared specifically
against Increase.
Tho Tagllcho Rundschau says that Count
von Iluelow, tins Imperial chancellor, Jnis
declared himself against maximum or mini
mum duties and that Count Posadowsky-
Wohner, socretnry of stato for the In
tnrlor, hns abandoned tho same In defer-
onco to Count von Duelow's standpoint.
Nninlliinx In 1'arlH.
PARIS, Nov. 12. Thero havo been Borne
Isolated cases of smallpox reported In tho
various districts of Paris and the prefect of
police has Issued n notice advising tho In
habitants to bo vacctnnted.
Tho oxlatcnco of smallpox was announced
early In tho year and later It was under
stood to havo been entirely stamped out.
The authorities now admit whllo tho ills-
easo Btlll prevails tho number of cases Is
diminishing nnd thero Is no fear of an
epidemic.
Tho Issuance of tho notice of tho prefect
of police was held back by tho authorities
during tho exposition in order not to
frighten away visitors.
Surrendered SchIh nnd K lined llunil.
LONDON. Nov. 12. Lord Salisbury, tho
murqula of Lansdowne and other cabinet
ministers, arrived at Windsor this after
noon, where tho ministers retiring or
changing offlces surrendered the seals to
tho new nfllclals nnd "kissed hands." Aftor
the function they lunched at thu castle, re
turning to London by special train.
uvnl Odlccr CniiKlit SmiiKulliiB".
ATHENS, Nov. 12. A great Bcandnl has
been caused In tho Greek navy by tho
detection of the officers of a war ship from
Crete in the act of landing smuggled goods
In n deserted part of Piraeus, the port of
Athens.
An IJitciiNlnii of Treaty,
DERLIN, Nov. 12. The German Foreign
ofllco emphatically denies a statement
cabled from London thnt negotiations for
an extension of tho Anglo-German treaty
nro In progress,
Fifty New Plnwnc Cimcx.
PORT LOUIS. Island of Mauritius. Nov.
12. Fifty fresh cases ef bucontc plaguo
have occurred on the Island list week and
thirty-four death havo resulted from the
dlicasa.
CONSTITUTION FOR CUBA
Citizen of llniimn TakliiK Keen In
terest In Convention Novr
MHIiik.
HAVANA, Nov. 12. Tho Cuban consti
tutional convention mot nt 2 o'clock this
afternoon after adjournment from the
second day's session In tho Marti theater.
Seats for tho delegates had been arranged
In a smaller area near the platform, tho
curtain of tho Btago h'ad been lowered nnd
tho windows hung with heavy draperies,
thus shutting out tho nolso of the street
and making It posslblo for the delegates
to speak lu ordinary voice.
Tho upper galleries wero crowded, ne
groes predominating. They nro taking nn
intcuso Interest In tho proceedings. On tho
first nnd second dnyB tho bo.cs did not con
tain many spectators, but today several
prominent families were present.
Tho commltteo on credentials reported as
to nil tho provinces except Havana. The
report aald that although many mistakes
hnd been made, there was no reason to
throw out votes or unseat delegates nud
that where names had been written on a
ballot which was not marked with a cross,
ns In the caBo of tho provlnco of Plnar
Del lllo, tho votes should bo counted. Tho
committee, however, reported that 110 final
decision could bo reached as to Havana
provlnco until Wednesday.
Haaun .is tho only provlnco where n
contest has been talked of, tho oppononts
ot Scnor Zayas wishing to scat Senor
PIcrra In his place. Tho report was laid
on tho table nud a discussion followed ns
to whether tho convention was legally con
stituted. Scnor Znyaa clnlmod that the
order of tho government of Intervention
summoning tho convention hnd mado it
legal. Senor Jcrrlcl argued, on the other
hand, that It would riot be legally con
stituted until tho report of the committee
on credentials had been ncccptcd. Tho
delegates took this view nnd so voted.
An attempt to discuss tho question of
holding secret sesalons wns voted down,
tho matter being left to tho commltteo on
rules. An adjournment was then taken un
til Thursday, when, it Is understood, both
committees will report finally.
General Castillo, civil governor of San
tiago provlnco, gave notlco to tho con
vention that ho had resigned his member
ship and had appointed Senor Forrcrn as uu
alternate delefcato. In a communication
to tho convention covering such n possi
bility General Wood had said that alter
nates could only act In tho event of tho
death or resignation of regularly elected
delegates.
HONOLULU GRANTS NOT LEGAL
Attorney licneral C.rllCKN lloldn that
Territorial I.eaiiea und Mule ot
I'nhllc Laiulii Are Void.
HONOLULU, Nov. 6. (Via San Francisco,
Nov. 12.) Tho Honolulu Republican will say
tomorrow:
'Every lease and salo of public land In
Hawaii since September 28, 1899, Is Illegal
and void.
That Is tho position taken by Attorney
General Griggs of tho United States and
suits will bo Instituted at once in tho
untied states uisinct court , ior mo uib-
trlct ot Hawaii to sat aside every such
Ipupo and salo,n;tulo. byUiilocal govern
merit of Iho Hawallan'itnauds.'' '
CongreEH oxpressly ratified and confirmed
all sales, grunts, lea.ics and other disposi
tions of the public; domain grnntcd by tho
Hawaiian government In conformity with
tho laws of Hawaii between July 7, 1898,
nnd September 28. 1899. nut any sales,
leases or grants slnco the last named dato
tho attorney genernl holds, nre Illegal and
void and ho has Instructed United States
Attorney Dalrd to Institute suits at once
In tho United States courts to set aside
all thoso grants, sales, franchises and
leases,
Attorney General Griggs believes that tho
granting of lands nnd franchises In Hawaii
by tho territory officials previous to the
organisation of tho territory Is Illegal. Ho
demands that tho territorial government
bo Instructed to at onco furnish to tho
United States attorney general a completo
list of every pleco of land sold, leased or
granted nnd every water franchlso or
lease Fold or given nway, that suit may
be instituted to set aside each nnd every
one ot such transfers.
VAN H0RNE ARRIVES IN CUBA
I'renldent of IIIk Development Com
pany HiiKUtfcd In IiiNnectlnir
Newly Acquired Property.
SANTIAGO DE CUDA. Nov. 12. Sir Wll
llam Van Home of tho Canndlan Pacific
Railway company, accompanied by his son
and Perclval Farqhar and Dr. Shepard of
tho Cuban company, arrived this morning
011 tho fruiter Admiral Sampson from
Philadelphia. The tug Admiral Dewey met
tho Admiral Sampson outsldo El Moro and
brought Ihe visitors to tho city.
Sir William will Inspect tho lands, rail
ronds nnd other properties recently pur
chased by thu company, Including hun
drrds ot thousands of acres ot sugar nnd
fruit lands along tho Gayuto river and
near Nlpo hay, which will bo dovoloped
ub soon ub tho necessary railway communl
cation, now actively progressing, Is com
pleted,
Tho otilclals say that the report published
by tho Havana papers representing the
company as planning to Import American
negro laborers Is false. On tho contrary,
the company will uso Cuban labor, except
In tho case ot experts, who will not be
available here. It Is possible that tho com
pany may be compelled to Import laborers
from Spain, but no negroes will be brought
!n.
Tho possibility of tho Importation of
moro negroes has caused n bitter feeling
ngalnst tho company ninong the Cubans
Tho Americans nnd English here gave
Sir William Van Horno nn enthusiastic woh
come and he was voted an honorary mem'
her of tho Cosmopolitan club, a complt
mont hitherto paid to General Wood alone,
YELLOW FEVER IN HAVANA
Mxiert (iullerai llxpect Ureal Dli
case to He Stumped Out In
the ('oiirne of 11 Few Venrs.
JACKSONVILLE, Tin., Nov. 12. Dr. J
Gultcras of Havana arrived in the city to
day. Ho Is a professor In tho medical unl
vcrslty of Havana and holds an appoint
mcnt under Governor Goneral Wood as
yellov fever oxpert. In an Interview with
the Associated Press tonight he Bald:
There Is no more yellow fever In Havana
tins year mnn in rormer years, ainre na,
hfen heard of It on nccount nf tho numb
of Americans who are In Havana. Thero
were 24 000 Spanish emigrant.! landed In
Havana last winter and It hnB beon among
them that the fever na spread tp.11 sum
mer. Three hundred hnvo arrived from
H rm In thlB winter, hut we huve not nl-
jowod them to enter Havnr.u. having
erected barracks outside the city, whore
thev lire kent until tney nro sent to th
interior of the Island. I believe that th,
yellow fever will be Btnmped out In Hh
vnn i In thn course nf the next two or throi
vears. Them Is no renfon for It to exli
now If proper precuutlon are exrrcludd
There was no fever In .MatnnzaH or Ron,
tlngo this summer ai.d only a mild form
In Havana, livery Mouse in Havana will
be lumicHica luu winter,
ART WITH THEIR HEADS
Ohineso Telegraph Operators Beheaded by
Order of Dowagor Emprce!.
ACCEPT FATAL MESSAGE FROM KWANG SU
Jniperor Attempt to Inform Count
ion Wnlilernee thnt lie In Held
n Prlftitiirr nnd Cnniuit He
turn to I'cWIn.
DERL1N. Nov. 12. Tho Loknl Anzelger
publishes the following from Its Shanghai
correspondents:
"Natives from Hankow say that the cm-
press beheaded a number of telegraph of
ficials who accepted a secret message from
hnperor Kwaug Su to Count von Wnl-
dcrsco Informing him that ho (tho em
peror) was being kept a prisoner and was
unablo to return to Pekln. They also say
that other executions occurred la connec
tion with the matter."
Tho National Liberal exccutlvo commlt
teo has adopted a resolution endorsing
tho government's plan of police and es
pecially Its decision to protect German In-
crests.
Tho Cologno Volks Zeltung today points
out that there "are growing Indications of
sharp opposition to tho governmcnt'ii
China policy."
IIcit Muxlmlllan Harden, lu tho Zukunft,
ridicules tho Imperial chancellor, Count
von Duclow, nB "tho kaiser's active man
ager" and calls upon the Reichstag to "ro
gain tho lest confidence ot tho German pen
ile through nn energetic opposition to the
China policy of tho government."
EKIN AUTHORITIES AROUSED
Are HtirprUrd thnt Hiccntloii of Chlh
1,1 Should Occur HurliiR l'roscreis
of Pence Negotiation.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. It Is under-
Btood that tho Chinese authorities at Pekln
havo been profoundly aroused by some of
tho executions of Chlneso officials which
havo taken place recently nnd that they
havo mado known In an official way their
Biirprlso nnd regret that this should be
dono whllo the peace negotiations nro go
ng on. It appears that tho execution of
tho acting viceroy of Chlh LI Is looked
upon an peculiarly repressive. This acting
lecroy Bcrved during tho nbsenco of LI
Hung Chang at Pekln, occupying his yamon,
nnd In nil ways executing Earl Li's tunc-
Ions whllo ho was conducting tho peaco
mission. His headquarters wero estab
lished at Pao Ting Fu, whonco the nlllcd
forces under the German commnnder re
cently directed their expedition. It Is said
that tho acting viceroy mado no opposi
tion to tho advance of tho German and
other allied troops, although ho had an
army capable, of resisting. He is said to
havo come out from tho city to meet tho
allies and to havo turned over his yamen
to thorn. From, tho Chlneso standpoint,
Chlnn Is herself proceeding to punish guilty
officials, anc the question of punlshmonts la
also being considered In tho negotiations
now progressing. Chlneso officials main
tain, thcroforc, that this summary oxecu
on of ono or tno nigncst omciais. wnne
he Is snld to havo been non-combatant and
peaceful, Is extraordinary and calculated to
stir up animosity emong tho Chlneso
pcoplo which there Is overy desire to avoid.
Tbo Chlneso minister mado a call on
Socretnry Hay today mainly for tho purpose
of gottlng news on the progress of affairs.
When asked ns to tho execution of the act
lng viceroy of Chlh LI, he would make no
statoment, although It Is understood that
ho Is fully advised of the feeling ot deep
concern which prevails among tho Chinese
at Pekln.
WALDERSEE GIVES A REPORT
Field Mnrnhul Send Word to Merlin
of .Military Maneuver In the
I, and of the llozem.
DERLIN, Nov. 12. Tho following report.
dated November 8, has been received hero
from Field Marshal von Wnlderseo:
"Mnlar Graham, with two comuanles of
tbo First East Asiatic Infantry, tho Second
squadron and Second battery, proceeded
from Tien Tsln via Chung Ylng, sixty
kllomoters north, on the left bank ot tho
Pel Ho, where he had a slight encounter
with mounted Doxers, nnd has arrived at
Tung Pa, twelvo kilometers east of
Pekln.
"Russian troops have successfully en
countorcd 6,000 Doxers north of Shan Hal
Kuan, losing four killed and sixty-one
wounded.
'Drltlsh columns havo returned from Pao
Ting Fu to Pekln and Tien Tsln. The latter
column destroyed several Doxer camps."
DOES NOT PLEASE RUSSIANS
l'rr I)lenc the Friday Speech
of Premier Salisbury In
London,
ST. PETERSDURG, Nov. 12. Discussing
Lord Salisbury's cpecch at tho lord mayor's
banquet In London on Friday evening tho
Rosslja and tho Novostl appear to bo dls
contented over tho prospective adjournment
of tho Chlneso question. Tho Rosslja do
clarcs that tho "ostrich policy" will he
ruinous, for Russia will gain Its demands
by Independent action.
Tho Novostl discovers In tho speech In
dications of n future conflict between
Grcnt Drltalu anil Franco and asserts that
they owo it to themselves and to Europe
to prcparo accordingly.
Tho Novoe Vremya thinks Lord Salisbury
did not describe Great Drltaln's weakness
resulting from the South African war In
sufllclonlly strong terms.
BARLEY KING IS DEBT-FREE
Henry .1. O'Neill, F11111011 ChlciiK
Speculator, Itellcved of fSOO,
001) In l.lalitlltlr n.
CHICAGO, Nov. 12 "Harley King"
Henry J. O'Neill, who gained fame through
his daring speculations In barley lu all the
cereal markotB of tho world, was dis
charged of debts amounting to almost
$,"00,000 by order ot Judgo Kohlsaat In thu
United States district court today. Of the
liabilities scheduled by Mr. O'Neill about
$50 were listed as having been contracted
Jointly with his wife.
In addition to Mr. O'Neill more than 100
other bankrupts were discharged. Among
tho names was that of John Vance Cheney,
librarian of tho Newberry library and a
well-known literary man.
Movement of Ocean Veel. Xov. 1-.
At New York Arrived Maasdam, from
Rotterdam: Cullc. from Liverpool; Olympln,
from Tncoma. for Hong Kong.
At Manila, Nov. 11 Arrlved-Port Albert,
from Heattle, via Hlogo.
At Hamburg Arrived Abydos, from San
FrnnrUfo, etc.
At Qucenstnwn Arrived Lake Superior,
from Montreal, for Liverpool,
At Liverpool, Nov. 11 Arrived Sylvanla,
from Ronton.
At Olbraltiir-Hulird -Aller, from Genoa
and Naples, for New York.
At Havre Sailed L'AqulUlne, for New
York.
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nchrnska.
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WORK BANK FOR THOUSANDS
Individual IlookUeeper In Nnhillle
Concern nnd DcnoMllor F.m
bexEle tll.tUIO.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 12. The arrest
ot T. P. Drady upon n federal warrant
sworn out by F. O. Walts, cashier of tho
l lrst Nntlonnl bank, has caused a sensa
tion here. The llrm of Connor Drady,
composed of J. H. Connor nnd T. P. Drady,
wholesale grocers nnd liquor dealers, made
an assignment today aud tho arrest of
Drady followed. In this connection tho dis
appearance last July of W. W. Len, an 'In
dividual bookkeeper of tho First National
bank, Is explained. Tho two nro charged
with collur.lon In defrauding tho bank out
of Jl 1,000. Bookkeeper Lea left on his vaca
tion July If., Inst and nt tho expiration of
his two weeks' rest failed to return to his
desk. Len had been a trusted employe of
tho Institution for over twenty-two yenis
nnd his failure to return upon the dato eet
caused llttlo concern ninong the bunk offi
cials, hut ns tho days rolled on without
tidings from tho missing bookkeeper, they
began nn Investigation of bis bank affairs.
It was discovered that the account of
Connor & Drady was wrong aud experts
wero put to work. It Is charged that false
entries aggregating J50.000 had been mado
by the bookkeeper In the accounts ot this
firm, extending over a period of five yearj;
(hat over 23,000 of this amount bad been
fraudulently obtained slnco May 1, 1S98,
up to tho dato ot Lea's departure and that
tho work was carried on by Lea by In
creasing tho amounts of tho flrm'B de
posits on tho Journals of tho Insttutlon
nnd decreasing tho amount of checks drnwn
by the firm against the bank, following this
transaction with false balances.
Plan of Operation.
It Is further alleged tho bookkeeper
would, upon n certain date, make an entry
through which tho hank would bo de
frauded of a certain sum of money and
lated on mako such alterations, always
through tho accounts ot tho firm, as would
reduco tho shortage.
Dy operating this scheme, It Is alleged,
the two men drew from tho bank 150,000
In cash, but through tho system ot en
tries had paid back, through the firm's ac
count, tho bum of $12,000 leaving n net
shortage to tho bank of, $14,000.
Tho bank otilclals hold a consultation
with Connor & Drady. It Is said that
Drady acknowledged tho crooked transac
tions, taking nil the responsibility upon
himself, stating that ho had put the money
Into tho firm's business, with tho excep
tion of a small amount, which he said ho
used as nn Individual nccount. Tho mem
hers of the firm, after tho facts were talked
over, figured out that Drady had secured
something like J2S.000 nnd agreed to rclm
burnso the bank to this extent. Meanwhile
tho guaranty company, which was on the
bond of Lea, pushed tho matter, with tho
result that n, deed of assignment by Connor
& Rrady wns filed yesterday with tbo Union
Dank nnd Trust company as trustee. In thu
Instrument nn overdraft of tho First Na
tlonal bank for the sum of $28,714 was men
tioned, covering thu part of the $44,000
Drady claims to have received unknown to
his partner.
INDIANA MINERS ON STRIKE
More Thnn 7,00(1 .lien Drop Tool Out
of Sympathy with Demand
of HolNtliiK UiiKlneera,
TERRE HAUTE, Did., Nov. 12. Moro
than 200 hoisting engineers and 7,000 minora
will bo ldlo tomorrow as u result of tho
failure ot the Indiana block and bltumln
oub operators to sign the scale presented
to thorn today by tho engineers. A con
feronco was held In this city today at
which tho leading operntorfl of the stato
were present and iiIbo the executive ofllcers
of tho National Brotherhood of Hoisting
Engineers. The scale submitted is tho ono
now paid In Illinois by tho operntors of
that state. Tho operators wero willing to
pay tho present scnlo In Indiana until the
convonllor of tho United Mine WorkerB of
America nt Indianapolis In January, at
which tlmo tho question of paying tho 11
llnols tcalo to Indiana miners was to havo
been considered. When the operators nt
tonight's conferonco announced their in
tcntlon of refusing to sign tho scale until
tho matter could be decided at the In
dlanapolls convention, Secretary Jenkins
and Chief Taylor of the Hoisting Engineers
brothorhood wired tho officials of tho dlf
fercnt mining districts declaring a strike
Tho adoption of thn lllllnnln scale In In
dlnna would mean an advanco of at least
20 per cent.
KENTUCKIANS ARE HOPEFUL
Chairman Comb Snj Klcetlon II C'
turn Are Wholly ICac mirnsInK
to llepulillcan There.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 12. After a meotlng
of tho republican campaign committee to
day Chairman Leslio Combs gave out a
statement In which, nftcr reiterating hlB
rhnrges of wholcsalo fraud on the part of
the democrats, ho said:
The result of thl.s election, when thnr
ougly considered, Is full of hopo and with
out discouragement. Ah long nn wo can
Bhow n wubstantlul growth of strength In
behalf of the grrat prliiclpleH for which
wo aro contending we may look forward
with abiding faith In the power ot tho
pcopio in govern inemseives. 111 inn con
test which Ih Just over thero wns no
large silent vote which haH to he figured
upon ror tno ruturo mid uioro wns no
third ticket, with a largo vole, whose future
action must be taken Into consideration,
hut In nn open, face to face conflict, with
a full expression of the entire vole of tho
slate, our plurality lu Kentucky Ih estab
lished. There will bo 110 contest over the gub
ernatorial vote. There Ih no tribunal to
which wo can appeal with any hopo of an
Impartial healing.
It Is not within tho province of this com
mittee to decide for the iiarty or congreii
Blount candidates what Ih advisable with
regards to ronteftH for tho electoral vote
or congresBBlonal Beats.
IS NOT COMPETENT WITNESS
Divorced 'Woninii Cannot Testify
AKaliiHt Her rormer
llunliaiiil,
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. Nov. 12. Chief
Justice Gantt, In nn opinion In Division
No, 2 of tho Biipromo court today, ruled that
a divorced woman Is not a competent wit
ness against her former husband. Tho
Justice revorsed and remanded tho case of
Adolf Kndat, conlctcd In St. Louis ot as
sault to kill Mrs. Josephine Kretsch, be
cause the defendant was convicted on testi
mony of his divorced wlf.
DEATH IN HOTEL FIRE
Guests of GlfTord Hoiuo at Poplar Bluffs
Meet a Horrible Fate.
LAMES BREAK OUT AT THE DEAD OF NIGHT
Stifling Emoko PreTcnta the Porter from
Raising Alarm.
OUR ARE BURNED OR OTHERWISE KILLED
SoTeral Rtcoiie Injnrioa Which Are Likoly
to Prove Tatal.
THREE-STORY STRUCTURE DESTROYED
Unconfirmed Iteport Are to the l"(Tct
Hint the llodle of nt I.enit 1
Hor.en Victim Are Still
In the Until.
ST. LOUIS,. Nov. 12.-A special to the
Post-Dlspatch from Poplar Illuff, Mn toys;
a nre, accompanied by a terrible fatality.
occurred hero this morning, resulting in thu
total destruction of tho Glfford house, a
nrgn mrec-Btory frumu building. The list
cf known dead Is ns follows;
HECK CLARK, Doniphan. Mo.
REIIECCA OWENS, Poplar Illuff. Mo.
SIIELIIV DE HART, Poplar Illuff.
CURLV DERRV, Poplar Illuff.
Fatally injured:
Etta Hnrgrove, Poplnr Illuff: Wlnslow
Stowe, Tennessee.
Missing: Eugcuo Daltou. Hot Snrlnes.
Ark.
Tho following were badlv burned or In.
Jured In Jumping from windows:
T. A. Smith. Poplar Illuff. lerrlblv lmrned
about the face and hands; Hartley Pcrnaud,
uo 0010, .110., Hands nud faco burned;
Charles Stradley, Poplar Illuff, brulBed nnd
burned; Mrs. Denjamlu Sholbv. 1
Dluff, back Injured, burned and bruised,
1 idk ncrry, i,imer Freshcar nnd James
Upchurch, Poplar Illuff. llcverolv Imrnett.
An unknown woman Is nlso thought to o
fatally injured nnd about a dozen more
wcro slightly burned or received bruises In
trying to escape from the building.
OrlKln of the Flic.
Tho fire originated about 12:30 o'cloelc thin
morning lu tho renr of the hotul and lu 11 few
minutes tho mammoth building, which was
entirely of wood, wns n mass of flames.
There wero In the neighborhood of fortyflvo
guests In the building and tho porter, tho
only person nwnko in tho hotel, wns unablo
to givo an nlnrm, tho smoko and flames
driving him back.
The lire department was on hand earlv.
hut they were unnblo to render uny usslst-
unco 10 the Inmntea. Tho guests on tho sec
ond nnd third floors were caught like rats
in a trap tlie fire preventing their escape
by tho stairs and thoy leaped from tho sec
ond and third-story windows. One of thetn.
Heck Clark. Jumped and broko his back;
cua norgravo leaped from n thltd-Btorv
window and suffered broktn HmbB and In
ternal injuries, which will cause her death.
Others worn also Internally Injured. Ono
guest, DenJamiu Shelby, forced his wife to
leap from u second story window and thereby
snved Hit lift, but lost everything they pos
sessed. Mr. Shelby tried to escape by the
stairway, but tho smoke and flames drove
him back. Ho asserts that he saw ten or
fifteen persons in tho hallway ovcrcomo by
fcinoke. If this Is tho ense. a dozen or moro
bodies mnv be found lu the ruins. Many
of tho guests had hairbreadth escapes nnd
rnn from the docmed building clnd only In
tnolr night clothes, losing everything they
posseseed In tho world.
Tholr hair and eyebrowB 7cre singed hy
the flnmep. Numerous fents of heroism nro
recorded ond If Bonie of tho malo guests
had not aided ho weaker Bex tho death lift
would ho larger. As yet, It Is Imposslblo
to tell Just how many Uvea wero lost.
Quito a number of thn guests wero
not registered nnd tholr names nro
unknown. Every room In tho
house, forty-flvo In number, waB occupied.
Men aro now nt work on tho ruins, but It
will probably be several days before tho
complete list of tho deaths will he obtain
able, The Glfford house wan ono of tho
oldest hotels In southeast Missouri and it
hns been considered a death trap for n num
ber of years. W. P. Norrld was tho
proprietor. He nnd his wlfo escaped, but
lost everything.
RESUME THE GAYN0R HEARING
HroUer FIukic nnd Contractor II 11
TcNtlfr Ilefore Commlnalnner
Shield In Conplrncy Cnne,
NEW YORK, Nov. 12. Hearing In the
Oaynor conspiracy caso was continued to
day boforo United States Commissioner
Shields W. 11. Flagg, formerly of tho firm
of Held ft Flagg, stockbrdkers, through
whom Robert F. Wcfltcott la said to havo had
certain utock transactions In connection
with his son-in-law. Captain Obcrlln M.
Carter, was tho first witness. Mr. Flagg de
nted practically all tho statements made by
WcBtcott In bis examination concerning the
transactions,
D. Sanford Robb, h contractor of Newark,
N. J., who raid he knew Captain Carter
very well and hnd during the pnat year
dono much contract work In tho Savnnnah
harbor, was called.
Mr. ItosB said ho bid on a contract let In
August, 1884. Ho also bid on other contracts
lu later years, all of which wero let to tho
Onynor company. Ho Identified several con
tracts and declared that nil bids put In by
hlra wero bona fldo and that thero web no
collusion or conspiracy botwee.n hlmaclf and
William T. or John F. Qnynor.
CASE OF MAYOR VAN WYCK
Governor HooeveIt'ii I)eellon In Ice
TriiNt Mutter to He Mnde
Known Todny,
ALI1ANY, N. Y., Nov. 12. Governor
Roosevelt, nccotnpanlcd hy Mrs. Roosevelt,
arrived hero from Now York City this even
ing. Tho governor wiib mot nt tho Htatlon
hy CoJoncl Treadwell, hlB military Becro
tary, and a number ot newspaper men.
Asked when ho would take up the Ico
truut matter rolntlve to Mayor Van Wyck'a
alleged holdings of Block In tho American
Ico company, tho governor Bald ho would
confer tonight with Attorney General Davis
ut thn executive mansion concerning thn
ehargo and would probably mako known
his decision tomorrow.
.IciiUli Hume for Consumptive,
CINCINNATI. O.. Nov. 12.-Tho trilHtees
of the National Jewish Homo for Con
sumptlveH at Denver concluded their ses
sion hero today by electing tho following
local board of managers: Alfred Mueller,
Hahhl Wllllnm 8, Friedman, David May, I
(Hitman, William Well, I,. Levi all of I)en
ver, it whs decided to cHtnhllHh an Institu
tion In each large elty. Ho that application
for admission can be facilitated. '
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