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FENCES COME D(NYSlSUICIDE TWJH BELATIVES
Indications Such Will Be Baling of the la
tsrior Department
SECRETARY TAKES MATTER UP AT ONCE
President Urges Speedy Determination of
the Queitiom Involved.
HAS INTERVIEW WITH COLONEL MOSBY
Cabinet Also Disousses Sanation and the
Cattlemen's Protests.
PREPARING WAR DEPARTMENT REPORT
Secretary Root Will Make Strong
Reeommendutloa that the Arm 7
Cunteen Re Hf-KUb.
llabed.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. (Special Tele
gram.) Secretary Hitchcock will early
next week take under consideration ques
tion! which have arisen In Nebraaka and
elsewhere In the west regarding the al
leged Illegal fencing of the public domain
by cattlemen. In fact, the question was
discussed at the cabinet meeting yesterday
and It Is understood the president urged
the aecretary of the Interior to speedy
action. Colonel Mosby some days ago had
an extended talk with the president and
laid before him many facts tending to
show that hundreds of thousands of acre
of public land are now Illegally occupied
by cattlemen which should be free and
open to occupancy of homesteadera. At
any rate, there will be some decisive step
taken by Secretary Hitchcock during the
coming week. As an ofllclal of the Interior
department who la In close touch with
Secretary Hitchcock expressed It today:
"Tha fences will come- down and stay
down. The president baa taken a hand."
Secretary Root baa begun the prepara
tion of his annual report, which this year
will be of particular Interest to the army,
aa It will contain special recommendations
regarding the general ataff, army war col.
lege, militia and the scheme for annual
field maneuvers. The secretary is deter
mined to express himself In very positive
terms In favor of the re-establishment of
tha army canteen and his report will In
elude a atrong recommendation on thla
object.
Consolidating- Departments.
He will also again recommend legiala-
tlon favoring the consolidation of supply
departments of the army, aa be believes
considerable Improvement will result from
placing the quartermaster's, subsistence
and pay departments under one head, with
out at the aame time destroying the In
dividual character of each branch. An
other feature of the report which baa al
ready been mapped out by Secretary Root
will relate to the reduction of the military
force during the paat year from over 79,000
Wn to the minimum provided by law of
less than (Q.OOff. He will' point out that
thla reduction waa accomplished gradually
nd without detriment to the Intereata of
the country, the Improved situation in the
Philippines permitting the withdrawal1 of
a large force to the United States and a
i-iucilon In the army to about 66,000 men
aa early aa last July. Thla was further
reduced to 69,000 on October 1, and an
other reduction Is now in progress, so
that within a ahort ttme the army will
be at the minimum.
Ia tha Departments.
The postmaster at Newton, la., will be
allowed one additional letter carrter on
December 1.
The comptroller of the currency haa ap
proved the Dee Molnea National bank of
Dee Molnea as reaerve agent for the First
National bank of Mason City, la.
William H. Knox of Brookings, 8. D.,
has been appointed assistant In the soil
division of the Agricultural department.
Miss Mary E. Howell of Chamberlain,
6. P.. haa been appointed laundresa at the
Santee Indian achool, Nebraska, and Mlas
Katherlne B. Frailer of Meadville, Pa.,
cook at Lower Brule, 8. D.
W. B. Dew, superintendent of the Arap.
ahoe Indian achool at Darlington, Okl.,
haa been transferred to be superintendent
of Wind River bearding achool. Shoahons
reservation, Wyoming, vice O, M. Meyer,
transferred to Arapahoe.
The proposal of R. J. Oaddts of Lincoln
to repair the storm doorsj sheds, etc., of
the federal building at Lincoln, Neb., at
n eoat of 121. haa been accepted.
PETTED BEARS DO DAMAGE
Rational Park Superintendent Makes
Many Recommendations In
v Annaal Report.
WASHINGTON, Nov. i. The annual re
port of the superintendent of the Yellow
atone National park predicts that there will
be a considerable Increase in every species
of large gam throughout the reservation.
Ha says the bear are harmless, while
left alone and kept In a perfectly wild
state, but when fed and petted they lose
all fear of human beings, and cause dam
age to property.
It la auggeated that the black cock and
the eepercalxte game birds of Northern
Europe, be Introduced.
Only two forests Ares of any alxe occurred
during the year and neither caused great
damage.
It la recommended that Fort Yellow
atone be enlarged to a four-troop, or squad
ron, poet and be garrisoned by the troops
of two different regiments. The grand
total of all vlsltora to tbe park during
tbe aeaaon waa 13.433.
PAYNE OPPOSES SOUTHERNERS
Wants Less of Theas to Partlrlpate
In Matloaal Repablleaa Party
Conventions.
WASHINGTON. Nov. . -There la no au
thority for coupling the name of the prea
Ident wth the atatement published, today
that the administration la in favor of
change in the baala of, and a reductions
In tha representation of tbe southern atatea
la national republican conventions and in
the bouse of representatives."
George Payne made thla atatement yea
terday:
"My position on the question of the
basts of the presentation In republican na
tional conventions," aald Mr. Payne, "la
well understood. For many years I have
believed the present basis unfair and lm
proper. I believe so now, and expect to
always believe so, and I hope to sea that
.taala changed by the next national con
yeutloa. There is no power to change the
x basis of representation, except by action
li ui convention ussii.
I, raves Them Nothing, bnt Pokes Fan
at All, Beitlanlaai with
Hla Wife.
(Copyright, IS, by Press Publlhlng Co.)
PARIS, Nov. . (New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Hopeful
relatives have Just asked the courts to
set aside the will of a rich hosier named
Begls, who hanged himself twenty-two
years ago. Just before hla death he sent
the prefect of the Seine a document read
ing: "Th! Is my last will and testament. To
begin with. gM ready for a good laugh,
laughtpr Is liejilthy. I became aware of
the fart too late In life. 1 have wept and
suffered no much that now I nm very near
my death. Summon all my relatives. Let
ne begin with 'my wife. Is the present?
Yes, look at her. I'nder her heavy coun
try looking exterior Is hidden a very cute
woman. 1 am sure that she Is now smil
ing. Hho has often obtained money from
me and It wn she who once told me th;it
In the present age It's the cute one who
tatchea the others napping. That being
so, It's my turn to catch her and ahe will
have no legacy. Let u pass on to
another.
And so the will ran, twitting all the
relatives with thtlr fallings and cutting
them all off, not even with a shilling. Mr.
Begls left all hla fortune, amounting to
several thousand dollars, to tbe prefect
of the Seine for charitable purposes,
The will closed aa follows:
I bequeath my tongs and noker to Mme.
. With them she wll' be able to
make as much row as she pleases, and as
I know her to be very greedy. 1 also give
her the ion ten Is of my cellar. Don't l"t
my concierge have anything. She Is the
wickedest old sinner alive. When you
receive thin will 1 shall have ceased to
live
TOBACCO TRADE IS UNEASY
German Manufacturers Frightened
Over the American Invasion
of Their Field.
(Copyright. 1902, by Press Publishing Co.)
BERLIN, Nov. 8. (New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) The German
tobacco manufacturers are growing uneasy
about the American combine, which threat
ens to ruin their trade. As the months
pass tbe American band la becoming visible
in this Industry. One of tbe largest cigar
factories In Dresden, the Jasmatxl, Is In
American hands, and ao are several smaller
ones elsewhere. The organ of the German
tobacco trade aaya Americans are ap
proaching the owners of the German cigar
factories to get their whole output, but
aa there are 10,000 tobacco factories In
Germany the combine cannot aecure a
monopoly.
The other trade organs are not ao hope
ful. Complaints are made that even now It
la Impossible for the German factorlea to
get enough Havana tobacco of decent qual
ity, all having been snapped up by the
United States, leaving to Germany only
the refuse.
ARE ANGRY WITH THE CZARINA
Russians Object to Haklsg a Bath
Room of Alexander II. 'a
Cabinet.
(Copyright, 19CC. by Press Publishing Co.)
ST. PETERSBURG,: Nov., (New York
World Cablegram Special Telegram.) The
ciarlna taa aa unfortunate faculty of mak
ing herself unpopular. Her latest false
step haa been the turning of Alexander
Us cabinet into a bathroom. Thia waa
the room In which the present czar'a grand
father wrote hla epoch-making ukase
liberating 13,000,000 of Russian aerfa. He
expressed a wish that the room and all
Its contents should be preserved Intact aa
memorial of his great deed. It had
been kept In that condition for forty years,
but the present ciarlna thought It could
be turned to better use aa a bath room, so
she ordered all the papers, documents and
furniture sent to a museum. This baa
raised a storm of resentment among those
Russians, probably the majority, who are
glad of an excuse for attacking her ma
jesty. "
COMING TO VISIT OLD HOME
Henry llarland, the Author, Sails Room
for the United
State.
(Copyright. 1902. by Prese Publishing Co.)
LONDON, Nov. 8. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.)-Henry Har-
land. the author of that phenomlnally suc
cessful atory, "The Cardinal's Snuff Box,"
will aall for New York on Campania at the
end of thla month. Hia parenta lived in
Norwich, Conn., but he haa passed most of
hia life In Europe, where he married some
yeara ago a charming American woman.
Miss Atlne Merrlam of Boston. Mr. Har-
land Intends to stay some time in the
United States. He will be greatly missed
by a wide circle of literary frlenda in Lon
don, among whom he Is a great favorite.
The queen gave him a medal containing
miniatures of the king, herself, the prince
and the princess of Walea.
NUN LEADS THE STUDENTS
Astoalahea tho Professors at Prague
by Her Versatility and
Ability. '
(Copyrighted. 102. by Preas Publishing Co.)
BERLIN, Nov. . (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) A veiled nun.
Slater Thomasla Rujxe ot the Dominican or
der and a native of Moravia, la tbe most
distinguished student now attending the
University of Prague. The professors say
she is the most gifted woman they have
ever known. She haa been proficient in the
most abtruse forms of the higher matbe
matica and physics and now Is beating all
rivals in mental philosophy and aesthetics
8lster Thomasla is one of fourteen chil
dren of a very poor shopkeeper. 8he Is not
handsome, but la a remarkable looking
woman, with brilliant, dark eyea, long, oval
face and ollve-tlnted complexion.
OMAHA MAN IS ACQUITTED
Higher Court In France Reverses Vr
diet Holding Him Calpable la
Automobile Aeeldont.
(Copyright. 1902. by Presa Publishing Co.)
PARIS, Nov. 8 (New York World Ca
blefam Special Telegram.) Trafford
Hutaaon of Omaha, while riding In an auto
mobile Ust June, ran down and killed
shepherd on the road between Lieusaint
and Melun. He waa sentenced In the po
lice court at Melun to eight daye' Imprls
onment and to pay a One of 1 40. Mr
Huteoon appealed, and has Just been ac
quitted and exonerated from all blame. Mr.
and Mra. Huteson, who have been in the
habit of motoring, are ataylng at the Hotel
Rlts.
George W. Wurts, formerly la the United
Btatea diplomatic service, and hla wife, are
also at tha iietel Rita, enterUlAiog largely,
SAILS FOR DURBAR
Countess Cora, Late of New York, Will
Attend India's Pete.
KNOWN AS POPULAR AMERICAN PEERESS
Eschews Smart Set, bnt Aids Roseberjr's
Political Aspirations.
OTHER FAMOUS WOMEN AID THIS WORK
Feature of Talk is Pine fretting and
Much Jewelry.
THREE OTHER EARLS HAVEHELPED SOCIETY
Fetched Wives from This Side and
So Added to Pleasures of Those
In High Places on
Other.
(Copyright, lu2. by Press 4 nlng qo.)
1.UNUU.N, Nov. 8. (NeW .World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegrr quartet of
former New York wo-' b'o are now
countesses, have beeo pillar In differ
ent sete of the nob ' , jough not closely
identified with v m known as the
"smart" set. Tr . the wives of the
earls of Orford," ..ervllle and Donougb
more, and th . vw of the late earl of
Strafford. '
Countess Cora of Strafford was the widow
of Samuel Colgate of New York, when she
married on December 6, 1898, the fourth
earl of Strafford, who was killed by a rail
way train five months later. She Is known
as Countess Cora, to distinguish her from
the wife of the preaent earl of Strafford
the brother of the fourth earl.
She sailed today for India to attend the
great coronation durbar at Delhi as a guest
of Viceroy and Lady Curzon.
She was a conspicuous figure recently
at the first reception of Lady Colebrooke,
who Is trying to start a salon In the in
terest of the Rosebery wing of the liberal
party.
The reception In Lady Colebrooke's beau
tiful house in Stratford place enabled sev
eral American women to take the shine
out of their English rivals. Lord Rosebery
himself waa present and was In a very
agreeable humor, complimenting Lady
Colebrooke on her great success.
Countess Cora wore black velvet, severely
plain, but for a huge ?abochon of tur
quoise on one side of the corsage and 1
fringe of black chenille depending from
It. Mlas Colgate, her daughter, was in
simple white chiffon, with a pearl neck
lace and pearl strings threading her hair.
Depew'a Relative the Beauty.
The generally admitted beauty of ' tbe
night waa Mrs. Vonandre, Senator Depew's
sister-in-law, who waa gowned In white
satin, with pearls, clusters of lovely white
roses and sparking diamonds In her hair.
Tbe countess of Essex was superb In
white aatln, woven in with glistening gold
thread, a atrap of gardenias across one
boulder,', while the other had a wide band
of enormous diamonds hanging 1n fringes
and nmall ones falling from a cluster-of
flowers on one aide. Around the throat
great ropes of pearls were twisted and a
wide and high tiara of diamonds was on her
head.
Another handsome American woman who
waa much admired was Mrs. Adair, In black
and gold, with twists of gauze in her hair
and a diamond collar with strings of pearls
around her neck.
The countesa of Orford, the wife of the
present earl of Orford, was Louise Melissa
Corbin, a daughter of D. C. Corbln of New
York. She waa married on May IT, 1S8S
and had had two children, a son, who died
on May 20, 1S93, aged yeara, and Dorothy
Rachael Melissa, who Is In her 12th year.
Tbe countess of TankervtUe was Leonora
Sophie Van Marter, daughter of J. O. Van
Marter of New York. She married the
preaent earl of Tanker vl lie on October 23,
1895. They have a 5-year-old son called by
his father's second title. Baron Ossulton
and a daughter, Ida Olivia Sophie, who will
be 4 yeara old tomorrow. Their daughter
Georglana, who would have been yeara
old now, lived only one day. The countess
entertalna most hospitably at Chilllngham
castle, Belford, Northumberland.
Tbe countess of Donoughmore, second
daughter of Michael P. Qraoe, brother ot
ex-Mayor William R. Grace of New York,
married the alxth earl of Donoughmore in
London last December. The bride' family
showered Jewels on her at the time of the
wedding. .
POPE SEES END APPROACHING
Spraka Feelingly on the Subject to
Australian Cardlnnl Who
Visits Him.
(Copyright, 130J, by Press Publishing Co.)
ROME, Nov. 8. (New York World Cable
gramSpecial Telegram.) Cardinal Moran
had a farewell audience on Sunday with the
pope, who aald to him:
'Cardinal, I advise you to leave Imme
diately, for the good ot your diocese, where
you are ao loved, but at the same time I
would wish you to remain."
"Why, holy father?" asked the cardinal.
"To spare you the trouble of returning
soon from Australia for the next conclave,"
waa the reply.
Cardinal Moran naturally answered with
compliment.
Tbe Vatican prelates have noticed that
lately the pontiff has often referred in
audiences to hla not far distant end. On
Tuesday he completed twenty-four years
eight months and fourteen daya of hla
pontificate, which la only shorter than that
ot si. reter ana i-ius ia. yet le is
affirmed In Vatican circles that the pope
has not been ao well In ten years aa he Is
now, when hla ninety-third birthday la but
tour months away.
Father Duntord, the leader of the Eng
lisb pilgrimage, which haa Just been re
celved, tella the World correspondent be
thinks tbe pope looks better than when he
saw him two yeara ago. Nothing about
tbe pope la more to be marveled at than
tla wonderful memory. Father Dunfor-1
told the pontiff that he la the rector of g
chapel at Lincoln's Inn Fields, London
whereupon tbe pope replied:
"Yes, I remember it perfectly. I used
to say mass there when on a visit te Lon
don forty-six years ago." Then he went
on to minutely describe the chapel aa it
waa. He took great Interest in the de
scription of the changes the chapel haa
undergone since then.
Cardinal Svampa, the archbishop of
Bologna, haa forbidden bis priests to ride
bicycles In public Tbla prohibition clashes
with the permission granted by other
bishops. It is rumored that the Vatican
will publish soon a decision on the ques
tion of allowing laf uae of bicycles by
eccleelaaUta.
BLOWS IN THE GOULD MONEY
Count Boni Caatellaae Eatertalna
King of Portugal la Sump
tuous Manner.
(Copyrighted. by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS, Nov. 8. (New York World Cable
gramSpecial Telegram.) Tho expelling ot
Count Bonl de Cattellane from the French
Chamber ot Deputies yesterday for the al
leged buying of his election from the Cas
tellane district of the department ot the
Basses-Alpes, has renewed Interest In the
count's entertainment Of King Charles of
Portugal last Monday at Chateau Marais,
near St. Cberon.
The cost of the day's shooting has been
estimated at not less than $26,000.' Every
thing was done on a magnificent scale.
There waa a special train to and from
Paris the distance la about 100 miles. At
luncheon and dinner the rarest, costliest
delicacies and wlnea were ssrfed with
prodigality. The equipage In which Count
Bonl took the king frqm the railway sta
tion to tbe chateau was more' brilliantly
equipped and splendidly horsed thgn that ot
many sovereigns. On such an occasion the
count not only displays a regal taste, but
he permit a no money consideration to enter
Into bis arrangementa.
The hunting suite was apparelled In cos
tumes copied exactly from those worn by
the huntsmen ot the "Grand Monarque,"
Louis XIV, .but the king wore- a sober.
workmanlike, brown tweed shooting euit and
an alpine hat. The countess, who received
the king on the steps of the chateau and
went on his arm Into the luncheon room,
was attired In a simple blue- serge dress,
with a bolero Jacket. In the ajtttotlng King
Charles, who la a crack shot, accounted for
125 pheasants and thirty-Ova partridges
about one-third of the entire bag- On re
turning to the chateau a light repast waa
served, during which Boldla' orchestra from
Paris supplied fine music. Then followed
a theatrical representation In a. small salon.
where a atage had been erected. "Chon
chette,'' an operetta "by CatY flavet and
Robert Alers and music by Claude Terrasse,
waa played by May Dearly anllfeall Bentha,
who won the warm applause end personal
congratulations from tb'e king.
Dinner was served at I oiclock. The
sight presented by the table, sparkling with
the Castellane crystal and silverware and
covered with lovely flowers, was uncom
monly beautiful. The king eat. at the mid
die of the table. On his right sat the
countess, who wore a superb decollette cos
tume of moussellne de sole of white and
rose. In her hair sparkled choice dl
monds and on her neck, was a beautiful
string ot pearls. The count sat oposlte his
majesty. The twenty-eight guests Included
the duchesses of Luynes and ot Rohan and
the marchioness of Castellatne. - After din
ner the guests stood on the 'steps of the
chateau and saw the flrewo-ka and Illum
inations. The castle and'-) surroundings
were lighted as If by .enc' antment. Tbe
display terminated
d with a '.-and set piece
representing tbe arms of i royal house
of Tortugal. At 11 o'clocl
Vjving inaues
bade Countess Bonl adleu.f ying that he
had greatly enjoyed tbe 4 f'e entertain
ment. SOMETHING Of.lOTHARlO
Ciraad Duke Paul of Hsiula Haa Had
Several Senaatlonal Love -Affairs,
(Copyrighted. 1902. by Press Publishing Co.)
VIENNA. Nov. 8. (New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) The clandes
tine marriage of Grand Duke Paul Alex
androvitch ot Russia and Mrs. Plstolcora,
tbe daughter of his one-time aide-decamp,
ia the latest act in a remarkable do
mestic drama. The grand duke had ob
tained through Povledonostseff, tbe procur
ator ot tbe holy synod, a separation for
Mrs. Plstolcora from her husband on the
solemn pledge that he would never marry
her. That pledge he broke In resentment
of the czar'a contemptuous attitude toward
tbe woman, who, It waa understood, should
be received at court. Grand Duke Paul
waa married first In June. 1889, to Princess
Alexandra of Greece, who then waa 19
yeara old, very charming and deeply In
love with her handsome husband. But
within a year the princess discovered that
he wae oaylng marked attention to the
Grand Duchess Serge, then the most beau
tiful and attractive woman in the Russian
court, the .wife of his next older brother,
and the aister of the preaent czarina. In
the summer of 1891 all the imperial family
assembled at the Crimea. The princess
waa expecting a visit from the stork. She
was made twice exceedingly unhappy by
her husband's course, and In September
there waa what waa reported to be a car
riage rccldent, though there are those who
say the truth la she committed eulctde
by Jumping out of tbe carriage when the
horses were running down g steep hill,
dying five daya later. The king of Greece
wrote a bitter letter to Czar Alexander III
and haa never aet toot in Russia since
then, refusing even to accompany the
queen to the czar'a deathbed. After Grand
Duke Paul'a marriage with Mra. Plstolcora
the czar dismissed him from the Russian
army, In which he waa a lieutenant gen
eral and commander of the Guarda corps
and haa banished the grand duke and hla
new wife. They will take up their resi
dence at Cannea. France.
MAKE A STUDY OF BRIGANDS
I'aable to Comprehend the Sympathy
of Peaaaata with tho
Outlawa.
(Copyright, 102. by Press Publishing Co.)
ROME, Nov. 8. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) Profs. Mor
se 111 ot Genoa and De Sanctis of Rome
have made an exhaustive psyschologlcal
study of the notorious bandit, Mustlno, and
will publish soou the result of their re
searches in "Tbe Biography ot a Bandit."
They have also made Investigations In
Calabria and Sicily to discover the secret
of the peasant' sympathy with the bri
gands, who inflict on them terrible wrongs
a sympathy due neither to terror nor to
bribery.
CAKE WALK AMUSES PARISIANS
Characteristic Negro Performance
Given Minns tha Local
Color.
(Copyrighted, 1M2, Press Publishing Co.)'
PARIS, Nov. 8. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) The Paris
lane are much entertained by tha nightly
cake walk of the Nouveau Cirque, which
they call "American." All tbe "local
color" la there except the negroes, and at
the end of tbe walk the cake is eeremon
lously presented with French, not Ethio
pian gravity. All the world la rushing to
see It, and the French never, tire of say
leg: "It la American and anything A marl
can alwaya la aurtliaf."
CALLS CHARGES LIES
General Hughes Replies to Slanders 01
Philippine 8oUiers.
SAYS INSURGENTS BURNED IL0IL0 TOWNS
Troops Left Country Uninjured and Did
Mich Good Work.
BRIDGES BUILT, ROADS IMPROVED BY MEN
Natives Aided in Every Way Possible by
Fighting Force.
TERRITORY EVEN SAVED FROM FLAMES
Rebels Fired Houaea and Crops When
ever Possible, but Anterlraaa Cap
tared gone Land and 80
Preserved It lataet.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 8. The War depart
ment made public today a statement by
General R. P. Hughes in reply to charges
contained In a letter written by Henry
Loomla Nelson to a Boston paper on Aug
ust 25.
General Hughes quotes the following ex
tract from the letter:
"The Eighteenth regiment of regulars
marched from Hollo In tbe south to Capls
in the north of Panay under orders to burn
every town from which they were at
tacked. As a result they left a strip ot
land sixty miles wide from one end ot the
Island to the other, on which the tradi
tional crow could not have flown without
provisions. That Is what burning means
and no more. It Is not done for the fun
of the thing, but out of stern necessity."
General Hughes, who commanded In
Panay at the lime, aaya the burning of
Hollo was shown by the official records of
the Insurgent counsel to have been the
work of the insurgents. He says the troops
by some work, some fighting and much ex
posure to fire were able to wrench a por
tlon of Hollo from the flames.
After reviewing the work of the Elgh
teenth in Panay, he adds:
"It has thus been shown that the Eigh
teenth regulars had no order to burn all
towna from which tbey were attacked and
that they did not leave a atrip of land
sixty miles wide from one end of tbe island
to the other over which the traditional crow
could not have flown without provisions,
but aa a matter of fact they did leave the
country uninjured, the towns and villages
intact, the roada Improved, tbe brldgea
built and tbe natives of the section covered
were left in the full enjoyment of their
property and rights."
WEST INDIAN MEDALS READY
Indians Mea Will Be First Recipients,
but Other Crewe Will
Follow,
WASHINGTON, Nov. I. The , Bureau of
Navigation-ia ready to dlatrtouto to en
listed 'mea. the West Indian medal awarded
under act ot congress, approved March
8, 1901. '
Tbe bureau has decided to publish (he
lists ot men by vessels, commencing with
Indiana. An applicant who la not now In
the service must forward tbe discharge he
received between July 4, 1898, and the
present time, which will be returned with
hla medal.
The name and postofflce address In every
case should be legibly written In tbe ap
plication.
Enlisted men now in the aervice are re
quired to make application through their
commanding officers.
The medals for other vessels will be dig
trtbuted later.
BUTTONS HAVE NO MEANING
Portraits of Roosevelt and Shaw
Worm In lows laaued by Hon
partisan Committee.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. R. B. Arm
strong, private aecretary to Secretary
Shaw, today aald there waa no political sig
nificance in tbe fact that a button waa
being widely distributed In Iowa bearing
the portraits ot the president and Mr.
Shaw.
The buttona were provided at the time
of tbe proposed vialt of Messrs. Roosevelt
and Shaw to Denlson, Ia.
They were prepared without any thought
ot political significance by a nonpartisan
citizens' committee and were to- be given
out aa souvenirs of the occaelon.
PROBE NEBRASKA LAND FRAUD
Department of Justice Will Call
Homeatendlng Wldowa Before
Omaha Grand Jury,
WASHINGTON, Not. 8. The alleged
fraudulent homestead entries on landa In
Nebraska are to be Investigated by the De
partment of Justice, to which tbe matter
haa been referred by the Interior depart
mem. ,
A large amount of land la Involved and a
number of apecial agenta have been sua
pended In connection with the proceedings.
Many ot tbe so-called widows who went
to Nebraska from Chicago and the north
west to make the entries are expected to
be summoned aa witnesses before tbe grand
Jury which meeta tbla month at Omaha.
TREATY HALTS FOR MAIL
Cuban Negotlatlana Delayed Owing
to the Late Arrival of
Iustrartloaa.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. Senor Quesada,
the Cuban minister, today had a short In
tervlew with Secretary Hay regarding the
proposed treaty. Only tbe general aubject
was discussed.
Senor Quesada haa received certain In
strurtlons, but awalta further direction
before entering Into negotiations. These
would have reached here today but for th
non-arrival of tbe legation mall from Cuba
GUNBOAT RELIEVES CONSUL
Vaeauela Gaaraateea Kot to Seek
Mora Foreed Loaas from '
Mr. Balae.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 8 The trip of the
gunboat Marietta to Barcelona resulted In
a satisfactory settlement ot tha case of
Vice United States Consul Balse.
Tbe State department has been notified
that tbe guards have been removed from
Mr. Batie'a bouse and office and assurances
givsa by the authorities that he would
not be molested again.
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Forecast for Nebraska Fair Sunday:
Colder In South Portion; Monday increas
ing Cloudiness and Warmer.
Page.
1 Cattle Fences Come fit.
Rotables "all for Durbar.
Hashes Calls Charges I.les.
Halt In Rate Case Hearing.
Kaiser Visits King Kdwurd.
Kara Bernhardt la Fifty-Eight.
British Liberal Cheerful.
3 D. K. Thompson fines to Brnall.
Four Killed In Collision.
Miss Bnsch Bnrled from Chnreh.
Permanently F.njolne furthers.
South Omaha fn.
Hard Work Finding; a Clerk.
Week In Omnhn Social World.
Honkhobora Foreed to Return.
Developments In Mason Mystery.
Council Blafla News.
Xewa from All Over Iowa,
tilrl Sleeps Twenty Daya.
Nqoefilng Water Oat of Storks,
10 Nebraska 'Varsity Defeats Kansas.
Michigan Smothers the llawkeyes.
Crelghtona Win from High School.
1 Weekly Sporting Review.
14 Amusements and Music.
IB Snap Shota with tbe Camera.
Genesis ot the Steel Rail.
Id In the Domain of Women.
IS Editorial.
IO Historical Statuary Hall.
Vacations for the Farmer.
'i Story, "Seven Secrets."
24 Solvea lasurance Agency Question.
Shortage of Freight Cars.
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SCORES OF FOOT BALI. GAMES.
Nebraska IB, Kansas O.
Minnesota IT, Illinois B.
Wisconsin fit. Northwestern
Cornell 5, Wash, and Jeff. O.
Vale 'M, Hucknrll B.
I.eblgh 34. Virginia 6.
Chicago 8W, Indiana O.
Kavy IX, Lafayette 11.
Harvard 11, Pennsylvania .
California Iff, Stnnford O.
Michigan 107. Iowa O.
Missouri 27, Washington O.
West Point At, In Ion O.
Hrown XM, Colombia O.
Haskell Indiana 12. Texas O.
Lincoln Mcdlca 12, tJrand Island O.
lluane 2N, Hustings O.
Bellevne 13, Xcbruaka I'nl. Second O.
Creaton H. S. 23. Red Onk H. S. 6.
Redlleld IN, Huron O.
Amen Co O.
Dodge L. U. ), Highland Park B.
PROTEST COLORADO ELECTION
Republicans Prepare Petition Asking
that Fraudulent Returna Bo
Disallowed.
DENVER. Nov; 8. John D. Ilemlng ,1a
preparing- - paUtlou, klug lot a grand
Jury to investigate .the alleged trauda in
the recent election 1ft Arapahoe county,
Mr. Fleming la acting for tbe republicans.
and the petition will probably be presented
to the court early next week.
The republican contest committee la
aatherina evidence to be used in nushln
contests and contempt proceedings and In
presenting cases before the grand Jury.
The republican candidates for the leglala-
ture from Arapahoe county and the float
districts of which Aranahoe rountv Is a
nart. have decided to contest the election
of fifteen representatives and four senators
who will get certificates of election. In a
atatement aianed bv all the claimants to
seats It waa net forth that thev believed
the election of the democratic membera
waa obtained by means of fraud and Crimea.
TftppKA Kn Mow a c m Cole rt..
feated democratic candidate for congress
man in the Sixth district, saya he will
contest the election of W. A. Reeder, re
publican. He alleges that a large enough
number of supposed defective ballots were
thrown out to deprive blm of the sest.
STRANGLE ELEPHANT BY STEAM
Hawser Fastened to Bnglne Quickly
Ends Life of Big Circus
Animal.
NRW YORK. Nov. 8.-Mandarln. an els-
phant of tho Barnum ft Bailey circus, waa
strangled tonight in hla cage on the steam
ship Minneapolis-
A two-Inch hawser waa placed around hia
neck and fastened to the drum of a "wench"
engine. The engines ran slowly until the
hawser waa taut, when the speed waa In
creased and the hawser quickly tightened
In a minute and a half the hind lega
sank to the floor of the cage and the ele
phant waa unconscious. Just eight min
utes after the engines atarted Mandarin
waa pronounced dead.
The cage containing the body waa loaded
onto a barge and towed about twenty miles
out to aea and sunk.
Mandarin waa the largest elephant In
captivity at the time of death and bad
recently become unmanageable.
NEW LINE FOR ROCK ISLAND
Extends System la New Mesleo and
Shortens Route to PaelMe
Coaat.
CHICAGO, Nov. 8. Tbe Chronicle will
aay tomorrow: In tbe near future the
Rock Island will make Important exten
sions in the southwest which will ma
terially shorten the distance between Chi
cago and the Pacific coast and give that
system another outlet for Its western
traffic.
The extension will be In New Mexico
and will, connect the Rock Island and f!l
Paso main line with the Santa Fee. The
projected extension will probably run from
Tucuuierai nearly due west to a point on
the Santa Fe mala line.
Movemoata of Oeeaa Vessels, Nov. 8.
At New Tork Arrived t'mbrla. from
IJvtrpool; itumadlc, from Liverpool: Bo
hemian, from Liverpool; Marquette, from
London. Balled Island, for Chrlstlanla and
t'openbagen; Beeswing, for Rantander. Bor
deaux, etc.; Lajirastrlan, for IJveruool:
Sarpedon, for St. John, N. B. : Ethiopia, for
iiiasgow; nenaington, tor Antwerp; isoor
dam, for Rotterdam; Campania, for Liver
pool: Patricia, for Hamburi.
At Liverpool Arrived Taurlc, from New
Tork. Hailed Isucanla, for New York.
At Southampton Hailed Philadelphia, for
New York, via Cherbourg, ana pa wad
Hurst Castle at 1:30 p. m.
At Bremen Sailed Kaiser Frledricn der
Groase. for New York, via Cherbourg.
At Antwerp Sailed Nordland, fur New
York.
At Cherbourg Sailed Philadelphia, from
Southampton, for rew York.
At Hons; Koiia Arrived IndraDura. from
Portland, via Yokohama; Tacoma, from
1 acorn, via loaonania.
RATE CASE HALTED
Interstate Commerce. Commission Postpones
Farther Hearing Until January.
HAS TO SIT IN WASHINGTON THIS WEEK
Therefore Charges Agaisut Western Roada
Must Wait for Settlement.
LIVE STOCK ASSOCIATION NOT MONOPOLY
Traffio Representative Says Its Operation
Secure Batter Prioos.
DENIES RAILWAY MEN'S ASSERTIONS
Dressed Reef Product of Live Cattlo
and Therefore Cannot Provide
More Regular Traffic to Roads
Operating in District.
CHICAGO. Nov. 8. T. W. Tnmllnson,
traffic representative for the Chicago Live
Stock association, appeared before the In
terstate Commerce commission today and
refuted the charge niadq by the president
of the Chicago lr-at '.V'oatern yesterday
that the live stock association la an abso
lute monopoly.
Mr. Tomlinson asserted that shippers
were not compelled to do business with
the Dive Stock associatloa. but It had
been found advantageous to them to do ao.
inasmuch as their stork could then be
sold at a better profit.
Mr. Tomlinson denied Mr. Stlckney'a
atatement that the reason the rate on
dressed beef it lower than on live stork
from Missouri river points la because
dressed beef la a more regular traffic.
"It cannot be," said Mr. Tomlinson,
"since live stock euppliea all the dressed
beef that Is shipped. I claim, en the other
hand, that live stock Is a more regular
traffic than dressed beet."
He further endeavored to Hiow that tha
eighteen railroads against whom the Live
Stock association haa preferred charges
have for several years been discriminating
against the Chicago market In favor ot
South Omaha, South St. Paul, St. Joseph
and Kaneaa City markets.
The rross-eiaminatlon of Mr. Tomlinson
was not finished when the commissioners
brought the proceedings to an end, with the
atatement that an adjournment was neces
sary, as the commission haa to sit next
week in Washington.
The railroad attorneys aald the hearing
had brought out aoi.ie Important Issuea
and much time would bo needed to prepare
a defense.
After some discussion the commission
adjourned to meet In Chicago on Janti-
20.
LINCOLN MAN'S BODY STOLEN
Indiana Ghoul Confessea to Robbing
Fred Ws(Sr'i rirave la
. ladluuapolls.
INDIANAPOLIS, Not. i Rofus Cantrell
and John McEndree, leaders of the gang of
confessed ghouls, pointed out between
thirty and forty graves to detectivea today
which they said were robbed by them.
At the Anderson cemetery the aexton
toW tn9 detectives that about forty graves
wr empty. Cantrell pointed out gravea
of a "Oman and her daughter aa among
lnoe 06 naa rDDea. aia ne aioia tne
body of the woman by agreement with her
nusoana ana paia me nusnana pari oi ma
a local pnysictan paw lor it
The daughter died a short time afterward
and Cantrell said he waa at the grave the
lr.n after me tunerai ana stole tne noay,
Tel tne aexton earn a paper naa aaia
Cantrell had atolen the body of hla father.
Jnn Whlstlor, from the Anderson ceme
tery. mis story waa not true aa ni
father was not buried there.
Walt a minute," aald Cantrell, collect
ing hla thoughts, "your father waa burled
In an apple orchard in Cumberland. I got
the name confused with the name ot Wag
ner burled here."
Whistler admitted thla and expressed re
lief when Cantrell aald ha tried to get tha
body and failed.
The body alluded to In the converaatton
waa that of Fred Wagner; who died In
Lincoln Nb. It na shipped here for
burial. Cantrell described the coffin aa a
valuable one made of oak and eald Wag-
r waa ounea in a auu oi mue aerge.
Whistler aald the deacription waa correct
and there waa no doubt Cantrell knew
what he waa talking about.
ORGANIZE AJVOMEN'S BANK
Mew Yorkers Form Flnaaelal Iastltn.
tlon with Only Female
Officers.
WABASH, Ind., Nov. Mre. Sarah F.
Dick of Huntington, who for twenty yeara
was caahler ot the Ftrat National bank.
retiring when the bank changed handa a
I f.w weeks aeo. haa declined tue nosltlon
0f prealdent ot a mw banking Institution
organising In New Tork for the purpose
I . catering especially to women.
It Is tbe dealre to have the concern
officered exclusively by women. Mra. Dick
waa tbe only woman caanier oi a national
bank in the United Btatea. Owing to 111
health Mra. Dick waa forced to decline the
otter, although tho aalary waa attractive.
LAW CANNOT, STOP STRIKES
Bishop Potter Deprecates Labor Leg-
Islatioa to Sattla Ethical
ttaestloaa.
DETROIT, Nov. 8. Fully 1.600 people
gathered In the Light Guard armory to
night to hear aa addresa by Bishop Hery
C. Potter, on "The Ethical Side of In
dustrial Betterment."
Bishop Potter diacouraged attempta to
I prevent trouble between capital and labor
by means of legislation declaring such ef
forts and the question of capital and labor
entirely aa ethical one.
ROOSEVELT JST0 ATTEND
President Will Bo Present at Mem.
phis Baaa.net to Oeaeral
Wright.
MEMPHIS. Tenn., Nov. 8. At a meeting
tonight ot tbe cltliens' committee ap
pointed to perfect arrangementa for en
tertaining Oeoeral Luke B. Wright, vice
governor of the Philippines, a letter was
read announcing that President Roosevelt
would attend tbe banquet.
Many prominent mea have been Invited
to respond to toasts. Including Archbishop
Ireland and Senator Beverldga.