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DREYFUS JIAS HOPES
Too Busy f reparin j for Etviiicn Hearing
to Aeoept Social Invitation.
NEW tVlDLNCE ON WHICH HE RELIES
Only Photograph of Alleged Bordereau
Submitted to the Govt.
NOTHING TO PROVE IT EVER EXISTED
Confessions of Scawartikopp'n and Eiter
haiy Also to Be Urged.
HAS LETTER OF LATTER TO HIS LAWYER
r Hew Facts aad Dorantnti
Which Would Admit of a Re
hearing; at (ha Famous
Caaa.
(Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS, Nor. 7. Nw York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Captain Drey
fus. In declining; an Invitation received
(ram Marchioness Arconalt to spend some
time at the castle of Gaesbeck, gave as an
excuse that he was obliged to remain In
Paris owing to his work relative to the
revision of his case.
The World correspondent asked Joseph
Relnach If he knew what decision had been
taken in regard to the demand for a re
vision, addressed by Dreyfus to the minis
ter of war Mr. Relnach answered:
"In regard to the minister of war, I can
only cite the Incidents occurring in the
Chamber last April, when General Andre
explained his position about the re-exam!
nation of the Dreyfus dossier. Mr. Rlbot
pointed out, and very Justly, according to
my Idea, that the minister of war did not
need the assistance of magistrates In ar
ranging matters belonging to his depart
merit.
"As for the Inquiry made by General
Andre, he could only turn over the domv
ments In the case to the minister of Jus
tlce.
"In the new evidence laid before the min
ister of war Is the statement by Deputy
Jaures that the Judges of Rennes were In'
fluenced by the famous bordereau with en
notations by the German emperor, a!
though only an alleged photograph Of this
false piece of evidence had been seen by
any of the officers, while others, knowing
nothing of their own knowledge, were con
vlnced of Its existence owing to persistent
representations to this effect' by certain
papers.
"There Is also the letter that Deputy
Jaures received from Demuster, with the
formal statement of the relations of
Colonel Bchwarikoppen, who finished by
confessing to his superior, together with
Esjerhasy. .
"There Is also Esterhasy'e letter" ;o his
lawyer, Maitre Cabannes, with the declare
tlon that the bordereau never was in the
hands of Colonel Bchwarxkoppen and ar
rived Intact and untorn at the ministry of
War. This letter la in my possession.
"You will thus see that there are many
new facta and document which would ad
mlt of the law permitting a revision on the
ground of- Judicial error. Dreyfus' . betrur
pardoned la no prevention of revision of his
case. The soldier Vnlsin wee pardoned
long before the court granted hla appeal
for revision.
"The only question Vould be the applica
tion or non-appllcatlon of the sentence
eventually pronounxl by the tribunal be
fore which the appeal would be heard. ' On
this point contrary opinions prevail."
The Humberts' appeal has been refused.
The appeal was baaed on the assertion that
the assuming of a false name caused preju
dice to nobody, that the insertion of the
am of Crawford in the notarial papers
was not a forgery, and that the postal em
ployes In testifying were guilty of a breach
of professional etiquette. Bo the Humberts
must remain In prison.
DAILY MAIL MAKES NEW RECORD
Remarkable Achievement In 'Report
inn' and Printing; Chamber,
la's Speech.
I
(Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, Nov. 7. (New Tork World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) The fastest
piece of speech reporting on record over an
equal distance was achieved Wednesday
night by the Evening News, which Is owned
by the Harmsworth company. By means
of an eltrophone from Blngtey hall in Bir
mingham Joseph Chamberlain's speech was
taken down by stenographers In the Even
ing News office In London, fully 115 miles
off. and the report waa oa sale In the street
twenty-seven minutes after Mr. Chamber
lain finished.
Though this waa a remarkable Journal
' latio feat, pointing to the Immensely useful
development of the eltrophone In the fu
ture, that instrument Is not yet perfected
for such a purpose. When Mr. Chamber
lain was speaking straight before him his
words were clearly audible, but when he
turned to one side they became Indistinct,
and cheering and other interruptions from
the audience blurred them. Mr, Chamber
lain spoke eighty minutes. Fifteen minutes
after he spoke his last word the speech wrs
in type In London.
Mr. Harmsworth has adopted another
novel method of advertising his Dally Mall.
A member of his staff is booked for lec
tures throughout the United Kingdom on
the "Romance of a Newspaper." He will
recount the history of the Dally Mall and
show the Inside working of the different
departments.
CLEYER WOMAN HELPS ALONG
Mrs. Ottri Keppel Seenres Pesn
tlon tn Cnhlnet of Orahnna
Murray.
(Copyright. 190S. by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON. Nov. 7. (New Tork World Ca
blegramSpecial TelegTam.) None oven
among the remarkable series of make
shifts by which Arthur Balfour recon
structed his cabinet caused more surprise
than the promotion of Graham Murray,
the principal law officer for Scotland (lord
advocate aa they call him), to the cabinet
office of secretary of state for Scotland.
The transferring of a law officer to a
purely political post is unusual, as promo
tion la provided tn the profession. But
the mystery was made plain to many
by the fact that Mr. Murray Is married
to the only slater of Mrs. Oeorge Keppel
and that he has been anxious for some
time to get political preferment Instead
of legal, as he is very wealthy, apart from
his professional Income. He Is also aa
arduct golf player,' and when the king
needed instruction In the game It waa af
forded by Graham Murray, on the Intro
duction cf his sUter-lnlaw, Mrs. George
ftCeppeL,
POINTS THE ROAD TO DEATH
Oae ( Meat Beautiful Bridges la
.urn me r avor.ie nfn "-
Beat on Suicide.
(Copyright, 190J, by Press Publishing Co)
PARIS. Nov. 7. (New Tork World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Paris, the
dty of monuments, has one grim memorial
which Is a veritable rendexvous of death.
This Is the Pont des Arts over the Seine
which has pointed the way to the valley
of the shadow to so many that It has come
to be known as the bridge of suicides. All
strangers are shown the cafe of the dead.
where skull and crossbones and an the
gruesome symbols of the grave are the
fantastic decoration. It Is a play upon
horrors. But few have pointed out to
them the grim reality, the bridge where
hundreds have sought the surcease Of
sorrow.
It Is not easy to divine the reason why
people bent on self-destruction choose this
spot. It is a wonderfully picturesque view
point and the last fleeting glimpse of earth
Is fair enough to make even the desperate
repent their rash courage. It Is of Iron
and raised high In air, flights of steps lead
ing up to It from , the quay. Beyond It
towers Notre Dame and the delicate spire
of Salnte Chahelle. One end leads toward
the Institute, 'the other to the colonnade
of the Louvre, all of which, outlined
against a French sky, are gray poems.
About It goes on the traffic of the quays
the selling of old prints and books that
have passed through many hands.
There the suicides go some to fling them
selves from the height of Its Iron
balusters, others to crouch under it and
drop silently In the green Seine; yet others
to run wildly down the stone stairs to the
docks and dive head foremost Into the
water.
The Parisians are Inured to suicide. It Is
the thing to do If one Is disappointed In
love or money, and It is Just as much the
fashion with the butcher boys, waiters and
seamstresses as with the "headlights" of
the fashionable world. The other day an
old woman, wretchedly dressed, hardly
dressed at all In fart, leaped Into the
Seine. Two police life-savers, aided by a
dog, pulled her out. The crowd that fol
lowed her was fiendish. The people ran
and danced gleefully, as if It were a fete
day, some fifty of them on that gloomy
bridge of death. Not one seemed to aee
any tragedy In a poor, frail, ragged., old
woman trying to finish with life because
she lacked the strength to snatch her
dally bread from a cruel world.
BRINGS, SUIT FOR MILLIONS
Princess Rndaewlll Commences letloa
Aa-alnet Estate of Cecil
' Rhodes.
(Copyright, 1KB, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, Nov. 7. (New Tork World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Princess
Catherine RadxewllI, (who must not be
confounded with Princess Albert Radsl
wlll, nee Mllmo, of Monterey, Mexloo), bas
had one of the most sensational careers of
the century. Russian by birth, she for
many years waa a secret dlplomatlo spy
in the pay of Bismarck. She was Intro
duced to the late Cecil Rhodes aa a highly
connected woman of great ability who
might he useful . in his aggrandising
scheme. She set London by the ears four
years ago by declaring that 1250,000 worth
of Jewels had been stolen from her room
In the Carlton hotel. But it was subse
quently decided that these Jewels did not
exist. She went to South Africa with let
ters of Introduction to Mr. Rhodes from
Lord Salisbury and other eminent titled
Englishmen. She established a newspaper
at Capetown In the Rhodes Interest with
hla money and shortly before his death
she was accused and convicted of forging
his name to bills for $35,000 and was sen
tenced to two years' detention.
Now, on arriving In England ahe has
begun suit for $7,000,000 against the trustees
of Cecil Rhodes' estate. This sum repre
sents commissions and claims for alleged
services rendered to Mr. Rhodes. She as
serts that her conviction In Capetown was
procured by fraud by the suppressing of
essential documents and owing to the fact
that the prosecution was conducted under
martial law. ' She has engaged Rufus
Isaacs, ooe of the ablest, keenest and moat
courageous of the king's counsel, to con
duct her case. The suit, it is declared, is
a serious undertaking, backed by sensa
tional evidence of a documentary charac
ter establishing her position of. a trusted
intermediary of Rhodes, whose confidence
she lost because lukewarm about the war.
Although ahe la nearly 60 years old she
Is still a handsome, distinguished looking
woman. Her , ' resourcefulness Is 'only
equaled by her tenacity and pluck. Dr.
Jameson and Rhodes" other intimates laugh
her claims to scorn, but nothing daunted,
he vows she will establish the claim.
DURAND TO SAIL THIS MONTH
Hew Ambassador ' to Washington
Kindly Remembered by Elf.
lUhmen In Madrid.
(Copyright, 190$, by Press Publishing Co.)
MADRID. Nor. 7. (New Tork World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Sir Mortimer
Durand, the British ambassador here, who
has been transferred to Washington, in
formed the World correspondent that he
expected to sail from England for New
Tork November fl. or at the lateet No
vembet JB. His wife and daughter will fol
low later. Sir Mortimer postponed his de
parture from Madrid until yesterday on ao
count of his audience with King Alfonso
on Thursday to present his letters of re
call. The British colony presented an address,
to which Durand replied that he certainly
was much pleased at being appointed to
Washington, though he regretted to part
with the colony, whose members had given
him so much sympathy and support He
expressed gratitude for the king's appre
ciation of his efforts. Lady Durand and
her daughter alia expressed warmly their
gratitude for a casket of lovely silver,, a
toilet table and a clock given by the women
of the oolony.
DISCOVER ROYAL JEWELRY
That Taken from Mnrdered Kins; nnd
dueea Fonnd In Palace
Garden.
(Copyright, 190$, by Press Publishing Co.)
BELGRADE. Servla, Nov. 7. (New Tork
World Cablegram Special Tel. gram ) The
Jewelry stolen from the murdered king and
queen bas been unearthed, from a deserted
part of the old palace garden. Several
bracelets, a diamond diadem, a locket con.
taining a miniature of the king and three
other Jewels were found. The ghustl.eat els
covery was a decomposed finger with the
exceedingly valuable ring King Alexander
always wore, which had disappeared. The
Jewels, wrapped In a piece of waterproof,
were found by two of the king's servants
who were caught offering to sell a bracelet
and than surrendered remainder.
'POWER OF GREAT MIND
Joseph Chamberlain li If aVbj Great Head
waj In H a Campaign.
IS RIDING . OVER ALL OPPOSITION
Tory and Liberal Fret Traders Forced to
Combine Arainat Him.
CONSOLIDATING TORY FORCES WITH HIM
Plan to Diasolve Parliament to Shorten His
Time to Work on People.
FEAR HE WILL WIN IF GIVEN FREE HAND
Apparently Dai an Unlimited Amount
f Money with Which to Carry
en His Protectionist
Propaganda.
(Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, Nov. 7. (New Tork World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) Joseph Cham
berlain's protectionist campaign Is afford
ing a marvelous demonstration of his per
sonal power and talents some say aa a
demagogue. Although all the great fiscal
authorities, including five ex-chancellors, of
the exchequer (two being from his own
party), are against blm, he steadily is con
solidating the overwhelming bulk of the
tory forces around his banner. He is
even making headway with the working
classes in the teeth of the solemn warn
ings of their leaders that the result of his
policy must hit them most sorely by en
hancing the cost of the necessaries of Ufa
The intellectual element of torylsm is
hostile to hlrn. The Quarterly Review,
the highest expression of tory tradition.
characterises his speeches as "rhetorical
bunkum."
His figures are contradicted, hla argu
ments are' assailed, his theories and his
whole case is covered with ridicule with'
out affecting him or his following. He
calmly Ignores every exposure and retracts
nothlsg, however glaring. His only ap
parent recognition of his alleged mis
handling and muddling of statistical data
is implied in his devoting himself now
mainly to appeals to sentiment, to anti'
foreign prejudice to precisely the same
strata of thought and feeling he so sue
cessafully touched when working up the
South African war fever.
Every one who differs from him. oven
unionists like Sir Michael Hicks-Beach,
who were intimately associated with his
previous essays in Jingoism, he stigmatizes
as anti-patriot, and this scheme He un
mistakably telling with tho country.
Hla opponents are painfully realizing this
and the tory free tradera are being driven
to oomblne with the liberals in an effort
to force a dissolution of Parliament at
the earliest moment as the only hope of
saving themselves from defeat. Two
months ago this waa regarded as Impos
sible, His organisation is spending with a
lavish hand money which has been secretly
acquired. Str Ernest Cassel is said to have
given 0,000. . with a - ntemiee-ef further
munificent contributions. But Mr. Cham
berlain's chief financial backers are be
lieved to be the Rand millionaires, whose
first interest, like his own, la to divert at
tention from the consequences of the
Boer war and to obtain a free hand in
Introducing cheap foreign labor into South
Africa.
ANOTHER FAMINE IN R'SIA
Fall are of Harvests tn Has)'
triets Leaves Peasants
In Distress.
Dts-
(Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 7. (New Tork
World Cablegram Special Teiegram.)
Large districts In Russia are again threat
ened with famine and epidemics of typhus
and scarlet fever associated with tho fam
ine. Tho provincial government of NIJ1
Novgorod, Gorbatoff, Aryamaa and Rlazan
are beginning to send ' ominous reports.
which mean a winter of awful suffering for
millions of helpless peasants, men, women
and children. Tho harvest was a complete
failure In largo areas- of the central and
eastern provinces. Case of typhus and
scarlet fever among tho adults, hunger,
typhus and akin diseases among the chil
dren begin to show with alarming fre
quency.
In numerous districts tho peasants have
disposed of all their cattle, ao tho children
will be deprived of milk. Count Stehell
koff.of the Red Cross society feara that if
the government fails to take Immediate
steps to help the peasantry there may bo
a repetition of the terrible year of 1891 in
a region Inhabited by 16,000,000 peaple. In
forty-one districts the summer wheat waa
destroyed. In 105 others the rye. the chief
breadstuff of the people, has been a total
failure. In twenty-eight there waa no har
vest at all.
From numerous districts in Siberia come
tales of distress, owing to the grain having
been harvested before it was ripe, causing
It to develop poison and rendering it unfit
for food.
LAUNCH TURBINE WAR SHIP
Amethyst to Bo Larsrest Vessel Aver
Driven hy This Kind of
E nglne.
(Copyright, 190$, by Press Publishing Co.)
LONDON, Nov.. 7. (New Tork World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Amethyst, the
first turbine-driven war ship, was launched
this week at Armstrong's Elswtck shlp-
yarda It la of $,000 tons, $60 feet long, has
forty-foot beam. Its speed is twenty-three
knots and it is the largest turbine vessel
afloat. Parsons supplied the turbines. In
troducing a novelty In ths shape of two
sets of turbines, one for high, another for
low cruising speed. Hitherto economical
low speed cruising was provided for In
the turbine torpedo boat destroyers by a
set of the usual reciprocating engines.
Two other war ships of exactly the same
type are nearly ready for launching, having
ordinary engines, for testing in competi
tion with the turbines.
TRADE OF EUROPE SUFFERS
Dealers tn Works of Art Say Flnan.
etal Situation is Bad for
Them,
(Copyright. 1903. by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS. Nov. 7. (New Tork World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) KnoedUr,
Roux and other prominent art dealers say
that the financial situation In England and
the United States Is having a baneful in
fluence on the art trade and Is likely to
have for some time.
BRIDE MAY COST A THRONE
Grand Dak Cyril et Rnssln Re
neunee Claim tn Wed His
Ceinsln.
(Copyright, 19f, by Press Publishing Co.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 7. (New Tork
World Cablegram Special Telegram.)
Grand Duke Cycil of Russia haa dared a
good dea In betrothing himself to his
cousin, the Princess Victoria of Bnxe-Co-
burg. She formerly was the wife of the grand
duke of Hesse, also her cousin, with whom
she arranged a divorce on the ground of
incompatibility, by mutual consent. That
marriage was not a happy one. The grand
duke la an easy going, rather phlegmatic
Individual, whereas the grand duchess Is a
bundle of nerves and, like all three daugh
ters of the duke of Edinburgh, possessed
of the strongest will Imaginable.
Her sister, the crown princess of Rou
manla, makes no pretense of showing any
deference or attention to her husband, who
apparently Is quite satisfied as long as he
is left alone to his books and his dreams.
The Princess Victoria Is a daring horse
woman and 'when driving a four-ln-hand
with perfect mastery she Is utterly uncon
ventional. The Grand Duke Cycll, between whom
and the czardom there are only three lives,
Is a clever, nono too robust young fellow,
but he has become completely captivated
by his dashing cousin, and even if he' is
cut off from the succession he declares his
firm resolve to marry her. He Is the eldest
son of &e Grand Duke Vladimir.
IRELAND'S COLORS POPULAR
Parts Fashions Set the) Rage for
Green in All the Smart
Costumes. f
(Copyright, 1908, by PreBS Publishing Co.)
PARIS, Nov. 7. (New Tork World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) It is Just as
if Paddy had Invaded "Gay Paree" this
autumn, for the stylish Parisian dames
are coquettishly flaunting his colors on
every hand. All the shops, big and little,
are exhibiting the latest "Confections"
touched up with green. The "smart"
ladles on the Rue de la Paix, have a bit
of it in their hats, a shade of it on their
swishing gowns. The "chic" sewing girls
of Felix, Worth" and Panquln have a bit of
It stuck somewhere to show you they're
In the swim too. If there comes a sudden
gale of wind and there are none too few
these days even in the city of supposedly
blue skies It Is revealed likewise that the
Paris dames and damsels are wearing old
Ireland's colors in their "smart" petti
coats.
The fashionable winter hat will be of
white or light colored felt, 'with a very
low, broad crown. A wide brim Is quite
a feature, trimmed with gold or silver lace.
and parapllles flowers are used, but
sparingly. The modistes, however, pre
prodigal with feathers. For grand
functions large toques in golden sliver or
light colored teulle or gauze are the proper
thing.
TROOPS PROTECT ANARCHIST
Brittany Pennants Do Hot Take
Kindly to Teachings of Louise
Michel. ,
(Copyright, 190$, by Press Publishing Ca)
PARIS, Nov. 7. (New Tork World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Louise Michel,
the dauntless communist lecturer, who
caused a sensation in France some years
ago, is making a' lecture tour of Brittany
In co-operation with Mr. GIrault. The
Bretons, much too pious, and too strongly
under the Influence of priests to relish
anarchy, have threatened to "make things
hot" for the femine anarchist But she has
persevered, though troops have guarded her
at each stopping place, for the demon'
stratlona have grown more and more
violent.
Whatever exception may be taken to
Louise Michel's theories, she has the gift
of eloquence and a voice aa musical and
feminine as can well be imagined. Though
an old woman, she is so full of the fire and
enthusiasm of her cause that age and
weakness entirely disappear once she is
launched on her topic
PEARY VISITING IN LONDON
American Haw Officer Received with
Every Courtesy by
English.
(Copyright. 1903, by Presa Publishing Co.)
LONDON, Nov. 7. (New Tork World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Commander
Peary haa arrived here on the United
States government commission to Inquire
into the English system of Naval barracks.
He la being received by the naval
authorities with the great kindness and
distinction. He Intends to take this op
portunity of consulting the Royal Geo graph
leal society council and other 4 experts
on Arctlo exploration about his next ex
pedition three years hence. He saysr
'I shall then make a grand effort to
reach the pole If I can get a ship far
enough north. The United States govern
ment is not financing the expedition, but
the president and assistant secretary of the
navy sympathize with and appove It."
PUNISH THE SLAVE TRADERS
Kegoa of Abyssinia Issnes an Edict
Against Those Engaged la
Traffic.
(Copyright, 1903. by Press Publishing Co.
MASSOWAH. Abyssinia, Oct. 18. (New
Torw World Cablegram Special Telegram.
Negus, king of kings, Menellk, has Just
promulgated throughout all the provinces
of Abyssinia an edict which, translated,
reads: "Against the slave traders." "In a
letter sent some time sgo to all the prov
inces I forbade the traffic In Gallasmen. I
have also made known the guilty shall be
excommunicated. But you have refused to
cease enslaving the men of Gallas. Know,
therefore, that all who are taken In the
act of selling the Gallas shall no longer, as
formerly, be let off with, a fine, but you
shall be punished In your person." That
means that the punishment of mutilation
will be applied.
KEEP THE PRESENTS AT HOME
Those Intended tor the Roxburghe
Are Hot Being; Sent tat
How Tork.
(Copyright. 190$, by Press Publishing Co)
LONDON. Nov. 7. (New Tork World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Very few of
the splendid wedding presents given to
Miss Goelet and the duke of Roxburghe by
friends In England have been seut to
America; most people have, at the sugges
tion of ths duchess of Roxburghe, sent them
to Floors easfie to await the homecoming
of the bride, A whole host of the smart
people who are intimate with the bride
groom's family have sent gifts, mostly
Jewelry and object of art.
PRESIDENT MAY ACT
Secretary of State Believes that Ha Eu
Power to Cocolade Treaty.
SP00NER BILL COVERS PRESENT CASE
Agreement with Panama it Equal to Same
Arrangements with Colombia.
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION UNNECESSARY
Administration Kay, However, Place
Matter in Hands of Congress,
UNITED STATES TO PROTECT FOREIGNERS
Accedes to Request e( British sad
Will Grant Similar Favors to AH,
Des lrlnar to Avoid Naval
Display.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 7. Today's advleee
to the State department Indicated a regular
development of the new government of
Panama. The most important announce
ment indicative of a speedy establishment
of full dlplomatlo relations with the new
republic was the appointment of Buna
Varllla as the agent of Panama in the
United States. With him the United Btateo
government will transact any necessary
business In an unofficial way pending tne
appointment of regular ministers plenipo
tentiary.
Mr. Gudger, the United States consul
general at Panama, who sails tomorrow
for that port, called at the 8tate depart
ment today for further conference with
Secretary Hay, at whose instance he later
conferred with the president over the altu-
Uon.
The British government has formally re
quested the State department to look after
the British subjects on the isthmus and
similar requesta from other European na
tions are expected, all of which will be
promptly granted.
There are reasons why It Is desirable mat
a large foreign naval representation In Isth
mian waters should be discouraged jusi
now until the new government Is perma
nently established, and It Is believed here
there will be little delay about such estab
lishment. As soon as there Is a regular
government at Panama In place of the
present Junta the State department expecta
to take up negotiations for the execution
of the canal project.
The State department has decided that.
so far aa it is concern, it regards tne
treaties that governed Colombia or New
Granada, aa still In force and that there
fore, all of the concessions, including that
of the Panama Canal company, are valid
and in force. ,
Spooner Act Swfllelent.
The State department also has decided
that notwithstanding tho fact that the
Spooner canal act In terms required tho
United States government, before beginning
the canal, to conclude a treaty with Colors.
bla. tho spirit of the act will be met by
th conclusion of an arrangement with tne
new state of Panama on tho Unas of tho
SDOoner act. and It will proceed to this end.
. In other words, it Is held that just as
the engagements entered into by the
United States with New Granada have over
since been regarded as binding In regard
to Colombia, so accepting the common doc
trine tn such cases as binding, the depart
ment Is authorized to read "Panama" in
stead of Colombia in the Spooner act. In
this sense, it Is pointed out, the presi
dent will find It unnecessary, unless he
cares to do so, to go to congress for fur
ther legislation to authorize the construc
tion of the Panama canal.
Significant of the strength of this deci
sion was the appearance at the State de
partment today of Rear Admiral John G.
Walker, retired, president of the isthmian
oanal commission, who haa been in fre
quent conference with the president and
Secretary Hay In the past three days.
Upon him will probably devolve the in
itiation of the practical working out of the
canal project and he is keeping himself
fully posted as to every development here,
while Colonel William M. Black of the en
gineer corps of the army, who happened to
have been engaged in looking after the
physical aspects of the canal problem on
the isthmus for the past few months, haa
been furnishing information from that
quarter.
From Colon Consul Malmors reported,
under today's date, as follows:
Absolute tranquillity In Colon. Porferlo
Melendez has been appointed governor of
Colon and proclaimed at 10 o'clock yester
day English, French and American consuls
being present. Launch has been sent to
Bocas del Torro to proclaim independence
there.
A cablegram from United States Minister
Beaupre, dated at Bogota, stated:
There are rumors in Bogota of serious
disturbances on the Isthmus and It Is
thought there will be an Immediate move
ment for Independence. It la very difficult
to obtnln trustworthy Information. '
Shortly after midnight Mr. Varllla in
formed the Associated Press that he
brought with him credentials and full pow
ers as minister plenipotentiary and envoy
extraordinary of the Republic of Panama.
He will call on Secretary Hay tomorrow
and Inform lilm he Is ready and empowered
to begin canal negotiations immediately. He
thinks the people of Panama will vote the
new president full powers to ratify a peace
treaty at once..
France Wasti Oar Assurance,
PARIS, Nov. 7. Before giving a formal
recognition by France of the new Republic
of Panama, Foreign Minister Delcasse has
decided to secure a specific declaration, that
the new regime will carry out Colombia's
former obligations In connection with the
canal and other French property Interests.
Until this declaration Is unmistakably
given, French recognition will be withheld
As soon as given there is the best reason
to believe that France will recognize ths
Independence of the new state. Cable in'
qulrles are now proceeding to secure ths
specific assurance requested. The French
consul at Panama cabled yesterday that
Panama would assume Colombia's former
treaty and legal obligations. This la con
sidered by the officials here as . making
practically certain the intentions of the
new state towards French property rights,
but In order to remove the slightest question
of doubt a definite declaration from the new
regime la awaited.
When this la received it la expected that
the French course toward the recognition
of the new state will follow substantially
that taken by Washington yesterday, the
French consul at Panama being directed to
enter Into relations With the new authori
ties and for all letters of recognition fol
lowing later.
The officials here construe the action
taken by ths United States as being equiva
lent to a full recognition of the new state.
Troops oa Wny to Colon,
The Patrie this afternoon puDiisnes in a
dispatch from Antwerp, Belgium, an Inter-
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THE BEE BULLETIN.
Forecast for Nebraska Fair Sunday; Rain
and Colder Monday.
Pago.
1 Prey fas lias Hopes of a Rehenrlnsr.
Chamberlain Is Mnklns; Headway.
President May Krrntlnte Treaty.
Mill Plans Hew Railroad Combine.
3 Story of Naturalisation 1 "rands.
Cannon Is Hamed for SnrsVer.
Colorado Troops In Readiness.
Fate of Parks Is n Warning.
S Ktm from Nebraska Towns.
Roosevelt nnd Lenders Confer.
4 Levi C. Carter Pnasea Away.
5 Conductor Remembers Coffin Girl.
Affairs nt Sonth Omaha.
6 Pnst Week In Omaha Society.
T Dea Molaca nnd Iown Hews.
8 Council man's nnd lawn Hews.
9 Nebraska Is Too Strong- for Knox.
Tarktn Loses flame to t'relahton.
High School Boys Meet Alnmnl.
12 Amusements and Mnale,
13 port Ins; Review of the Week.
14 Editorial.
IB Stnrt of State of Hebrnakn.
Early Newspaper In Slonx City.
10 Financial nnd Commercial.
SO Roads Meet Great Western Rate.
81 to 8U Illustrated Bee.
FOOT BALL RESULTS.
Hebraska 83. Knox 5.
Crelsrhton 18, Turklo O.
Omnhn II. S. O, Omnha Alumni O.
Donno S, Dodae Light Guards B.
Harvard 17, Pennsylvania lO.
Michigan 841, Ohio O.
Army US, Manhattan O.
, Dartmouth 18, Amherst O.
Brown 2-1, Vermont O.
Washing-ton I Diversity O, Mlasonrl O.
Yule 10OT lO, Princeton lOOT O.
Chlrun-o IT, Haskell Indians 11.
Carlisle 28, Georgetown 4.
Wnsh. nnd Jeff. 16, Navy O.
Yale SO, Syracuse O.
Cornell O, Lehigh O.
Princeton 11, Lnfnyette O.
Pnwnce IT, Table Hock O.
Onawa 43, Tckamah O.
Drake 2. Cornell 1.
Clinton 4H, Tipton O.
Iowa Slate 41, Grlnnell .
Central City 32, Greeley 8.
Minnesota 41, Lnwrence O.
Knnaas IT, Oklahoma B.
Coo College 2M, Iowa Normal 9.
Oakalousa O, Grlnnell B.
Wisconsin S3, Oahkosh O.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday!
Hour. Dec. Hour. Dec
B a. m 8t 1 p. at BO
6 nt m BH 3 p. m Bf
T a- m as 8 p. m oo
8 a. m 8T 4 p. m 61
a- m...... 41 B p. m BS
10a.m 44 p. m 51
11 a. m 48 T p. m B4
Urn 63 .
ORDERED TO HOLD-C0STELL0
Has la Confession Says Ho Is Party
to Kidnaping Instead of
Callahan.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. Nov. 7.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) Edward Cudahy of Omaha wants
Thomaa Costello, alias Thomas Murphy,
held and punished for tho crime of partici
pating in the kidnaping of young Cudahy,
aa shown by Coatello's confession. A rep
resentative of Mr. Cudahy wired the police
from Omaha tonight that no expense would
be spared to secure the conviction of Cos
tello.
"I knew tho minute I faw Costello that he
answered the description of 'the third man
In the case," said Captain McXamara,
'consequently I began a thorough investi
gation. To make sure I looked up the de
scrlptlons of the kidnapers again. Besides
answering the description of the third man
exactly Costello shows perfect knowledge
of the case, of the little house where young
Cudahy was held a prisoner and of the
saloons in the neighborhood that could only
be acquired from actual contact with
them." .
Regarding the man Callahan, arrested by
the police and Anally acquitted for lack
of evidence, Costello told the police that
he was In the court room the day a sensa
tlon was sprung by a state witness pro
claiming that Callahan was one of the
three kidnapers.
"Callahan gave himaelf up because ho
was dead certain he could not be connected
with the case," Costello Is reported to have
said, "and he was a surprised man when
the girl witness Identified him as one of
the men, when I waa tho man and waa sit
ting in the very courtroom at the time. I
knew she waa not sure."
The man refused to talk tonight other
than to ctirao the newspaper reporters.
COTTON CROP PROVES SHORT
Only 8f88a,62T Bales Ginned October
18, aa Against B,DUB,8T3
Last Year.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.-A bulletin Is
sued by the Census bureau today on the
cotton ginned from the growth of the
present year up to October 18 places the
amount at ,839,C27 commercial bales, as
against B.936.S73 bales ginned up , to the
same date last year.
YELLOW FEVER IN TEXAS
Conditions at Laredo Worse Than at
Any Time Sine tho
Ontbreak.
LAREDO, Tex., Nov. 7. Unfavorable
weather conditions continue to prevail, and
the end of the yellow fever scourge Is not
yet in Bight. The official bulletin Issued
tonight shows: New cases, 20; deaths, 2;
total number of casea to date, 711; total
deaths to date, 68.
Movements of Ocena Vessels Nov. T.
At New York Arrived: St. Louis, from
Southampton; Campania, from Liverpool;
Celtic, from Liverpool and Qtieenstown.
Sailed: Etruria for I Liverpool; Philadelphia,
for Southampton; Finland, for Antwerp;
I.nhn, for Genoa and Napls; Ethiopia, for
Glasirow; Calabria, for Genoa. leghorn and
Naples; Moltke for Hamburg; Inland fur
Chrlstlania and Coiwnhugen; LaCham-puft-ne,
for Havre.
At Queenstown Arrived: Arabia, from
New York, for Liverpool.
At Movtlle Sailed: Parisian, from liv
erpool. for Montreal.
At Liverpool Bailed: Umbria, for New
York. Arrived: Lurania. from New York.
At London Sailed; Minneapolis, for New
York.
At Bremen Balled: Grosser Kurfurst,
for New York, via Cherbourg.
At CberbouraSHlled: New Tork, froa
Southampton, 'or New York.
At Antwerp Sailed; Kroonland. for New
York.
At Havre Sailed: La 8a vole, for New
York.
At Rotterdam Sailed: Btaatendam, for
New York.
At Genoa Arrived: Victoria, from New
York, via Naples.
At Yokohama Arrived: Nippon Maru,
from Bn frsnelsoo, via Honolulu, for
Hong Kong; Olympia. from Taroma. for
Hon Konx: Shlnao Maru, from Seattle,
for Hong Kong.
At Hong KonK Arrived: Indrapura, from
Portland, via Yokohama.
At MoJI Hailed: Indravelll, from Hong
K.ong, lor v oniana.
BURLINGTON TO COAST
Jim Hill Tlx.- o Merfs Great ITortiera
Id to the Cider KoacL
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TWO SYSTEMS MAY BE MADE ONE
Ppfpara for Adverse Deoieloa on Nortuern
Securities Company.
NORTHERN PACIFIC TO BE SEPARATE
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Community ef Interest! to Operate to E
Middle Line.
VTE OF HEARING TO BE SET M0N0AY
State of Minnesota Wishes Appeal)
.Advanced for Argument and Opln- I
Ion of Court Is Looked for
a This Point.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. T. (Special Tele
gram.) Jamea J. Hill and hla frlenda of the
Northern Securities company are fearful
tht the tupreme court will render a de
cision agolnst the company and already,
according to Inside information, a plan has
been agreed upon to continue the merger
under a new deal.
It fs stated that should the supreme court
hold that the merger of the several compa
nies included In the Northern Securities
company la In restraint of trade the schema
of Mr. Hill will be to combine the Great
Northern and the Burlington Into one great
system to be known as the "Burlington
System." This will comprise all the lines
now operating under the tltlo of the "Bur-
lington Route" and the entire Great North'
era line, making one of the largest aystems
operated under one management and name
and comprising some,li000 miles of rood. .
The Northern Paclflo will be operated as
a separate line, but witn a community ui ,
Interest between tho new Burlington sys
tem and Itself which will make it a freight
carrier for the1 purpose which will be un
derstood by the freight departments of the
two systems. As for the Billings line oc
tho Burlington! It will in all probability be
operated as of feeder as well as a conne4'
tlon between the main lined of the Norther "
Paclflo nnd 'the Burlington. The Ions V
mooted extension from Billings to Grot! (
Falls, Mont., will probably bo built at onV ,
to connect the present Burlington- lint I
with the main line of the Great Northern
Opinion Next Monday. f
t i .nMi.rot ihftt (he aunreme crl
will hand down an opinion next Mpn
deciding whether the suit of the stat.J
Minnesota against tne wormern ocur,
company on appeal shall be advanced! r
argument The , suit of the United T
against tho Northern Securities eonj '
Is scheduled for argument DecembetIt v I
Is the desire of representatives of MIrgjjta '
to argue the caseof the state agal, ilm
Hlll'a big syndicate immediately a at or
before representative of the United tea
tackle the Northern, Becurltlea c?tfny.
As conditions now areUhe Nortbemlirl
tles company stands ready- to be ab tried
for tho new program, which is readyStf uk
exploited when the supremo court' acta.
Purchasing Depot for Omaha.
If the army can bring it about tbre will
be 'a luartermaeter supply purchasing
depot in Omaha. General Hur.phrey,
quartermaster general, Is in favor of mak
ing Omaha a purchasing aupply depot
There are certain provisions, however, to
be carried out before Omaha will have this
depot. Mr. Rosewater today had an inter
view with the quartermaster general rela
tive td a purchasing supply depot General
Humphrey stated to Mr. Rosewater that In
view of the new government storehouse,
which Is now nearlng completion, he be
lieved It essential to have a purchasing sup
ply depot at the headquarters of the De
partment of tho Missouri.
Mr. Rosewater, in speaking of his inter
view with General Humphrey, said:
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which to erect a running euiiaoi ror pur- i
chasing a supply tepot, I believe the offl- j
clals of the army will give ths movement 1 I
their best support. The completion' of a r
storehouse In Omaha haa demonstrated that
a purchasing supply house Is needed. Offi
cers who have served In the Department of
the Missouri, and before that In the De
partment of the Platte, recognise that
Omaha la the distributing point for a large
extent of territory. I found on visiting the
heads of several departments of the army
an exceedingly appreciative interest in the
Department of the Missouri and partic
ularly In Omaha.
"Through General Humphrey I became
acquainted with General Chaffee, who will
succeed General Young as chief of staff
next year. I presented to him the desire
of the people of Omaha to make old Fort
Omaha a state military school. While Gen
eral Chaffee was nnncommltal, I believe
that with proper light on this question he
wfll favor the Idea of the government re-
dnnatlng the Fort Omaha reservation to the
state for military school purposes. I can
conceive of no. higher use to which the old
Fort Omaha could be put than to make It
an educational Institution pnder mllltarv su
pervision, where the youth of ouid'land
might be educated in buslner- i arms a
he might elect." ,
Tells Cause of f prising.
Representative Mondell today aent Secre
tary Hitchcock a formal communication
relative to the recent Indian troubHe in
Wyoming, tn v.tilch he reviewed the clr.
cumstances of the killing of Sheriff Miller
end deputy and Indians. He eald: "The
occurrence is the culmination of efforts
which Wyoming citizens havo been making
for five years to pf-vent the annual inva
sion of the state by large bands of armed
Sioux from the Pine Ridge agency. On
people have appealed to the Indian authorl?
o at Washington and to the Indian
sgent. but have been Informed that neither
the department nor the agent had legal
authority to restrain the Indiana on the
reservation against their will, and were
toll that the remedy lay In their own
hands, and that if tho Indiana violated
our lawe they should bs arrested and trieJ.
On the day ths posse started I saw Sheriff
Miller, who said that under no circum
stances would ha do anything to give the
Indians an excuse for hostilities, and tie
Intended to bring tha Indiana in without
bloodshed." - 1
In conoluslon Mr. Mondell says: "I miUt
earnestly hope that a tl orough Investiga
tion may be made into every detail of tlie
policy and administration which haa lid
to ths recent lamentable occurrence, th
the responsibility may be located, and th:
some means may be devised whereby wes
em communities may be relieved of t)
expense, annoyance and danger connect 44
with protecting tneir property and lav
from flagrant and impudent violation I
armed band of government wards."
Mr. Rosewater, together with Con
man Mondell of Wyoming, Mr. C & Olee
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