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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 1 CUBAN RECIPROCITY Washington, D. C. ? The President transmitted to Congress the commercial treaty with Cuba, with the follow, ing message: "To the Senate and Ilouse of Representatives: "1 have convened tlie Congress that it may consider the legislation necessary to put into operation the commercial treaty with Cuba, which was ratified by the Senate at its last session, and subsequently by the Cuban Gov ernmeut. I deem such legislation demanded, not only by our interest but by our honor. We cannot with propriety abandon the course upon which we have so wisely embarked. When the acceptance of the Piatt amendment was required from Cuba by the action of the Congress of the United States, this Government thereby definitely L-ommitted itself to the policy of treating Cuba as occupying a unique position as regards this country. It was provided that when the island became a free and independent republic she should stand in such close relations with us as in certain respects to come within our system of international policy, and it necessarily followed that she must also, to a certain degree, become Included within the lines of our econAmin nnlior ' "Situated as Cuba is, it would not bo possible for this country to permit the strategic abuse of the island by any foreign military Power. It is for this reason that certain limitations have been imposed upon her financial policy, and that naval stations have been conceded by her to the United States. The negotiations as to the details of these naval stations are on the eve of completion. They are so situated as to prevent any idea that there is the intention ever to use them against Cuba, ar otherwise than for the protection of Cuba from the assaults of foreign foes, snd for the better safeguarding of American interests in the waters south 3f us. These interests have been largely increased by the consequences of the war with Spain, and will be still fur tber increased by the building of the I Isthmian canal. They are both mili- | tary and economic. Tlie granting to us by Cuba of the naval stations above alluded to is of the utmost importance from a military standpoint, and is proof of the good faith with which Cuba is treating us. "Cuba has made great progress since her independence was established. She has advanced steadily in every way. She already stands high among her Jistcr republics of the New World. She is loyally observing her obligations to as, and she is entitled to like treatment by us. "The treaty submitted to you for approval secures to the United States economic advantages as great as those given to Cuba. Not an American interest is sacrificed. By the treaty a large Cuban market is secured to our / . producers. It is a market which lies at our doors, which isalready large, which V Is capable of great expansion, and i. wbr'h is especially important to the development of our export trade. It would be. indeed, shortsighted for us to refuse to take advantage of such an opportunity and to force Cuba into making arrangements with other countries to our disadvantage. "This reciprocity treaty stands by itself. It is demanded on considerations of broad national policy, as well as by our economic interest. It will do harm to no industry. It will benefit many industries. It is in the interest of our people as a whole, both because of its Importance from the broad standpoint of international policy, and because economically it intimately concerns us to develop and secure the rich Cuban market for our farmers, artisans, merchants and manufacturers. Finally, it Is desirable as a guaranty of the good fnith nf mir nation towards her VOUne sister republic to the south, whose welfare must ever be closely bound with ours. We gave her liberty. We are u.nlt to her by the memories of the blood and the courage of our soldiers, who fought for her in war; by the memories of the wisdom aud integrity of our administrators, who served her In peace, and who started her so well an tiie difficult path of self-government. We must help her onward and upward, and in helping her we shall help ourselves. "The foregoing considerations caused the negotiation of the treaty ,with Cuba and its ratification by the Senate. They now. with equal force, sup port the legislation 'oy the Congress, which, by the terms of the treaty, is necessary to render it operative. A failure to enact such legislation would come perilously near a repudiation of the pledged faith of tho nation. "I transmit herewith the treaty, as amended by the Senate and ratified by the Cuban Government. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "White House, November, 1003." / Big Fire in Brooklyn. One of the most savage flre6 that the Brooklyn (N. Y.) department has had to contend with in years destroyed nearly all of the big plant of Hermann Behr & Co.. manufacturers of sandpaper, which ran from No. 31 to 45 Tiffany place, between Harrison and Degraw streets, entailing a loss of $200,000. Kloonl nf? Olrl F.ml 'oa Bessie Knecht. the "sleeping girl," 1< dead. She was taken to a hospital last February unconscious. After fortyseven days she partially revived, but soon sank Into a coma, and never fully regained consciousness. Lord Kowton Dead. Montagu William Lowry-Corry. first Baron Rowton, died at London, Eng. New Trial For George B. White. George B. White, who was convicted in the United States District Court last May of wrecking the National Bank Df South Pennsylvania at Hyndman and of making false statements to the Controller of the Currency, will get a Mew trial. c Italian Miuleter a Suicide. Signor Rosano, \rho was appointed Minister of Finance in the new Cabinet in Italy, committed suicide in Naples by shooting himself with a revolver. College and Educational Notes. The farm practice course at the Rhode Island Agricultural College begins November 0 and ends December 18. Of the 37,813 students now matriculated in the twenty-one German universities 35,082 are Germans, and but 2731 are foreigners. The new requirements for admission to the Law School of Columbia University require that a man must either bold a college degree or must have spent two years In college, or its equivalent CONGRESS BEGINS WORK Chief Features of Brilliant. Openingof Extra Session. The House Elects Cannou Speaker, and members Take ureni imeresi >u Drawing Lots For Seats. Washington. D. C.?The organization of the House of Representatives in special session, called for the purpose of enacting legislation necessary to carry into effect the provisions of the Cuban treaty, was marked by no unusual departure from precedent. Interest, of course, centred chiefly in the election of the Speaker. Mr. Cannon was formally presented to the House as its Speaker by the defeated aspirant. Representative John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi. Representative Littlefield, of Maine, Introduced a bill for the "protection of the President and Vice-President" and for other purposes, Sxing the penalty for the killing of a President. Vicef An/>!/?n nmKacoarlAt* Af Jt icoiuuut vi luicigu uuiuuooauvi vi minister as death, and fixing other penalties for attempts upon their lives or for conspiracy. It is a modification of last year's "anti-anarchy" bill. The program for the two sessions appears to be a simple one. Legislation for Cuba, passage of the appropriation bill in amounts generous, but not extravagant, and a speedy adjournment seems the total sum of operations.' Of the many important subjects to be brought up in some shape or other before the time of holding the next national convention the recent postofRce scandals will form a leading question, without doubt. Democrats are certain to insist upon a Congressional investigation, while the Republicans are as certain to oppose such an investigation upon the ground that it would at this time furnish those indicted with weapons of defense. The land frauds, Indian frauds and pension frauds will also be subjects of partisan and bitter speeches; ecnoes of the W. A. Miller case and the "open suop" will be heard; the Senate will be 6tormed by those who will endeavor to deprive Senator Reed Smoot, the Mormon apostle, of his seat, not on the ground that he is a polygamist, but on the ground that he sanctions polygamy, and that the oath he took as an apostle of the Church is in conflict with the one he took as a Senator of the United States. Another effort will be made to obtain statehood for Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona, with Senator Quay leading the statehood forces in the Senate and William Randolph Hearst, the Congressman-editor from New York, furnishing the ammunition to his Democratic colleagues ou the House side. And last but not least, in the announcement of attractions there is Bai * r* i-i ? tvtfi". iruui muu&i,) u, uuuiuwi. new v,uugressiuan. in his effort to awaken the conscience of his fellow lawmakers on the subject of free railroad transportation, a proposition which he is equipped, ready and willing to discuss and proclaim to the date of adjournment, or longer, if necessary. BOSTON AND MONTANA WINS. Still Authorized to Inspect Minnie Jlealy Mice Despite Appeal. Helena, Mont?The Supreme Court denied the right of F. Augustus Helnze and the Johnstown Minjng Company for a writ of supervisory control in the matter of the order made by Judge Clancy, allowing the Boston and Montana Company the right to inspect the workings of the Minnie Healy miue. The Boston and Montana Company was granted permission to inspect the underground workings of the Minnie Healy August 21, 1903, by the lower court of Silver Bow County. From this decision F. Augustus Heinze appealed to the Supreme Court for a writ of supervisory control. The order directed that the Boston and Montana Company, through its agents, was for ten davs Dermitted to insnect and sur vey all openings in the claim extending toward or into the Piccolo and Gambetta claims, and all other openings except certain ones extending to the south and into the Snohomish and Tramway claims. The Boston and Montana was also permitted to make weekly inspections of the Minnie Healy until a hearing of the case could be had. Woman Hermit Dead. Mrs. Mary Oliver, eighty-six years old, a widow hermit, who had the reputation in the neighborhood of being a miser, died in her squalid basement at No. 221)3 Second avenue. New York City. The police searched the woman's apartments and found a bundle of first mortgage bonds in her favor on prop s? *T 1 AU I.. ~ ~ D11 AAA ery in nanein, ii> lue vaiue ui ipix.vuv, $6000 worth of life insurance papers on her own life, and $22,000 worth of Uni' ted States Government bonds. American Murders in London. A verdict of murder and suicide was returned in London, Eng., at the inquest over the bodies of the latest victims of the Armenian feud. The names of the two members of the Huntcliagist Society murdered rfecently were both given as Krikorian, while the name of the murderer and suicide is now said to be Dickran, alias Gorgie Yangie. Wisconsin Village Wiped Out. Bibon, a little village on the Omaha road, twenty miles south of Ashland, Wis., was destroyed by fire. The fire started in the mill of the Chicago Coal nnd Lumber Company, owned by J. H. tsxueger. ine loss wm reacu ?io,m State Bank Dynamited. The State Bank at Parker's Prairie, Minn., was robbed of $3000 by burglars. Dynamite was used to blow open the safe. Three Killed by Dynamite. Three men were killed by a dynamite explosion at Harrisburg, Va. Tliey were W. H. Bowman, former Superintendent of Water Works Grant DunMile and Lewis Tame. Four men were injured. The men attempted to thaw ;>ut frozen dynamite, which exploded. Dominican Town Shelled. The town of Mpcoris, thirty-live milpx prist nf S:in Doiiiiniro. was bom barded by a Dominic;-. 11 gunboat, bat the robel forces retained possesoioa of the port. Coal Miners Strike. More than 10.000 coal miners in Colorado went on strike for an eight hour day, increased wages aud other concessions. The strike was ordered by the National executive officers of the United Mine Workers of America after the coal companies refused to confer with union representatives coU' cef'n.ing the demands of the men. Vis Bequest For Harvard. Gordon McKay, the millionaire, leaves the bulk of his estate of several millions to Harvard University, cutting off his two sons with small annuities. . *' ; .. ; ?/ * ,'?! -i :. - f'-*< THE KAISER MS k HOB Operation Performed on the German Dnlnit^n Tl> ??rvo 4> nuiei d i in uaii SURPRISE TO COURT OFFICIALS Removed Growth Declared by Famous Specialists to Have Been Entirely Harmless?Official Statements of the Operation Made to Keassure the Public*?Kaiser's Father a Victim. Berlin, Germany.?Emperor William was operated upon to remove a polypus (a tumor having ramifications like legs and feet) from the larynx. The only inconvenience the Emperor suffers is that he has been enjoined not to speak until the wound caused by the operation heals. The bulletins announcing the result of the operation caused much astonishment, even among court officials, who had no suspicion that the Emperor was nnflForinpr frnm .nnv* affection of the tl *oat Every effort is made to prevent popular anxiety, even to the announcement that the Emperor has arranged a hunting party for three weeks hence. Details are given to the public with apparent frankness, much as they were sixteen years ago when Frederick's illness, though not its nature, leaked out through official channels. It is admitted, though, that the Emperor is forbidden to speak, and is unable to eat any solid food. His temperature is said to be 36.3 centigrade, but save his physicians, the Empress and the Imperial Chancellor, Count von Buelow, alone were permitted to see him. Moreover, physicians and many laymen know the danger of such an operation exists less in the surgical act than in the consequences. A swelling of the glottis may result, which would stop the passage of the air to the lungs and suffocate him; pneumonia may set in, or the vocal cords may be affected so severely that the Kaiser never will speak again. The last possibility is ,3 ?.?a nowfi/tiilonlir in flm llorhf Af Ul'CdUCTf, pamtuiaiij in ,n6ui, v*. v?^ Emperor's enforced silence. Perhaps the greatest cause of the alarm was the suddenness of the news. Even court officials of high standing had no warning of the Emperor's condition, and it is said the Kaiser himself did not know the malady had taken root in his throat until a few days ago. He suffered no marked discomfort from it?at first, anyway?and expressed astonishment when told the growth was on his Tarynx. The Emperor, from whose mind his father's fate never faded, was uneasy until assured by his physicians a polypus was not necessarily dangerous. When told it might be only a harmless tumor he seemed relieved. The growth in the larynx at once suggested that the Emperor might be suffering from something worse than a simple polypus, but Professors von Lenthold, Ilberg, Schmidt and Orth supplement the bulletins in replying to inquirers by most positive personal declarations tbat the affection was merely a "good-natured polypus," not likely to return or to be followed by any evil effects. Mexican Boer Colony Pails. The efforts of ex-Senators Pettigrew and Marion Butler to establish a colony Df Boers in Mexico have failed. As the representatives of a syndicate of American capitalists they purchased SOO.OOO ncres of land adjacent to the Gulf coast between Tampico and the mouth Df the Rio Grande. This land was purchased with the view of settling Boer families thereon. Three Autoista Killed. Two fatal accidents, due to fog, occurred at Gaillon, Department of Eure, France, prior to the automobile races that were held there. M. Danjan, one of those who were to take part in the races, while trying to avoid a carriage, ran his car into a ditch. He was thrown out and the car turned over on him. injuring him so badly that hp lied in an- hour. Tnrner Muat Go Back. ? Judge Lacombe, in the United States Circuit Court, handed down an opinion on the application on behalf of John Turner, an anarchist, who hoped, through a writ of habeas corpus-, to sscape deportation, ordered by the Washington officials. Judge Lacombe dismissed the writ, refusing Mr. I Turner the right to remain in this country. William L. Elkins Dead. William L. Elkins, financier and street railway owner, died at his residence, Ashbourne, near Elkins Park, Pa., after an illness of more than a month. His death was caused by rheumatic gout and a hardeniug of the walls of the heart arteries. He was born near Wheeling, W. Va., Mnv 2. 1832. Senator Clark Wins Salt. The great timber suit brought by the United States against Senator W. A. Clark, involving timber land in the Bitter Creek Valley, Western. Montana, to the value of .$2,000,000, was settled by Judge Ivnowles, of the United States District Court, in favor of Senator Clark. Ljncheil by Five Men. Zallie C. Cadle, who stabbed Polii-rman Cox at Brinkley, Ark., was killed by a mob and his dead body strung up to a telegraph pole. Ecqaadorians Are Pleased. The recognition by the United Stales of the independence of the Isthmian Republic has caused great rejoicing among Ecuadorians. Steamer Forces Blockade. A Dominican warship prevented tbe Clyde Line steamer Cherokee from landing at Puerto Plata, and sent her to San Juan, whence, acting under Minister Powell's instructions, without papers or a pilot, she returned to Puerto Plata and forced the blockade. Chilean Tender a Suicide. Carlos Toribio Robinet, one of the most popular lenders of the radical party, iu Chile, committed suicide in Santiago, ile had been accused of embezzling the public education funds. News of the Toilers. Laboring men 01 rutsDurg, fa., art? founding a hospital. A. Bible class for organized workmen has been started in Atlanta, Ga. Striking miners at Bilbao, Spafn. destroyed the electric light and telephone plants. In thirty-one years the brass workers of England have gained $13,000,000 "in wages. Fourteen hundred brickmakers have been laid off In Cook County, III., and told there will be 110 more work until Late next serine. COLOMBIA FILES FROTEST Strongly Objects to Our Fostering New Republic. Attitude of This Gorernmont Means That .It Will Protect Panama Against Aggression by Any Nation. Washington. D. C.?It was learned in official circles that the United States of Colombia has lodged a protest with the State Department against the action of the United States in connection with the events which have occurred on the Isthmus of Panama. In the terms of the protest it is known that strong objection is made to the attitude of the United States in general and against interpretations made-by this Government of the treaty of 1840 between the United States of America and the United States of Colombia. Other than admitting that such a document has been filed in the State Department, the officials there will say nothing about the matter. President Roosevelt will have a new report on the Panama Canal route ready for submission to the Senate wheu the treaty granting a right of way through the new republic is presented for ratification.. Admiral John G. Walker, Chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission, will prepare this report. He sailed for Colou on the President's yacht Mayflower, carrying Admiral Cogblan, who will command the American naval forces in adjacent , waters. Mr. BuDau-Varilla has been designated to represent the Republic Panama here, but will not negotiate a new treaty. This work will be performed by a special commission. The new treaty will give this Government either a lease in perpetuity or a cession of the canal zone. This Government can have its own choice. The United States will also be given full jurisdiction over the zone, both as regards government and sanitation. The four islands in the Bay of Panama will be given the United States. The monetary consideration for Panama will remain the same as in the old treaty, $10,000,000 cash and an annuity of $250,000. LIQUOR BAN ON WHOLE TOWN. Hotel Served With List Which Interdicts All Men of the Placo. Hillsborough Bridge, N. H.?The male population of Antrim has been placed under ban by former Governor D. R. Goodell, a weil-known femperance reformer of that no-license town, who has* legally warned a hotel here,/ the only place selling liquor near Antrim, not to sell to any male inhabitant of that place. The hotel has been served with a list of those interdicted, which contains the name of every one of the 400 male residents of Antrim more than twenty-one years of age. No one is exempt, ministers, doctors, lawyers, and even Mr. Goodell's own name and those of his sons appearing in the document. This is considered the most sweeping movement made under the new license system adopted last year. The license law provides that no liquor shall be sold to "any person where notice in writing has been given forbidding sale to such person from the parent, guardian, husband, or wife of such person, or by any magistrate or overseer of the poor of a town or city." In the preamble of the warning left at the hotel, Mr. Goodell describes himself as a magistrate. The hotel peonle are withholding sale from all Antrim people until they obtain legal advice. BRYAN IS MADE EXECUTOR. Judge Stoddard Protest* Against Hla Asking to lie Qualified. New Haven. Conn.?Protest was made by counsel for Mrs. Grace Imogene Bennett against the qualification of William Jennings Bryan as executor of the will of Plilio Sherman Bennett if Mr. Bryan persists in taking an appeal from the decision of Judge L. W. Cleaveland refusing to accept the sealed letter as part of the will. The Court, however, permitted Mr. Bryan to qualify because the Probate Court does not have power to disqualify executors. Mr. Bryan said to the Court that "the estate is valued at about .'$302,000, a large part of which is in book accounts of the firm of Bennett, Sloan & Co., of New York City. He had no preference as to the amount of bond to be required of the executors. The amount of the bond was finally agreed upon as $350,000. Our Shoes Liked Abroad. The popularity of American boots and shoes in other countries is illustrated by a Berlin letter to the London Commercial Intelligence, a leading trade paper of England. It says that "the importation of American boot3 and shoes into Germany is steadily on the increase. In 1900 they constituted over four per cent, of the entire imports of this class, in 1902 nearly ten per cent, and during the first half of the current year more than fourteen per cent." Xot Guilty of Fraud. In the United States Conrt at Scranton the jury brought in a verdict of -not guilty in the- cases against the managers of the Correspondence Institute of America, who were accused of using the mails for the purpose of fraud. In these cases it was alleged that the institute advertised courses that It didn't teach, that it was a bogus concern. Italy Recognizes New Republic. The formation of the new Republic of Panama and its recognition by the United States is looked upon with satisfaction all over Italy. Eight Iilves Lost In the Kearaarge Mine. Eight men lost their lives as a result of a tire in the Kearsarge Mine at Summit. Mont. All of the victims were suffocated. The origin of the fire is unknown. The financial loss will probably reach $100,000. College GlrJ a Swindler. Miss Maud Miller, a student in the Normal College, at Marion, Incl.. was placed under arrest oil a caargu ui iuiaing one-dollar notes to tens. The work was done with pen and ink and she succeeded in passing four of them. The Sportlnjj World. ' Dick*' Giendon, of ths Boston A. A. Boat Club, will coach the Annapolis crews. The Colrna Club, San ifrancisco, is the fivst to offer a purse of $20,000 for the match between Jt.fries and Johnson. "Doc" Hillebrand, the noted Princeton athlete, is to play baseball with the Washington American League- team nnvfconunn In New Jersey the season for hare, rabbit, quail, partridge, grouse, vingnecked pheasant and gray, black and fox sauirreJs lasts until December 31. FIERCE iilflrs II BOGOTA" | Colombians Blame ^Government For , Panama's Revolt. j MARTIAL LAW IS PROCLAIMED Mobs Parade the Street#, Crying "Down j With Marroquin!M?House of the President Stoned?!Veivs That the United States Han icecognizeu cue j>cw uepuu- ; lie is Kept From the People. Washington, D. C.?Dispatches from i Minister Benupre at Bogota state that there is great excitement at Colombia's capital and in some of the Interior towns. Having ascertained at last, despite the efforts of the Government to prevent the news from becoming known, that the people of the Isthmus have , proclaimed an independent republic and driven all Colombian soldiers 5 out of their territory, the inhabitants of Bogota are seeking to vent their ( fury on President Marroquin, his Min- ( isters and members of his family. , News of mobs and riots came to the State Department in a telegram from J the United States Minister. A hostile ' demonstration had been made in front of the President's palace, the residence of a member of his family had been , stoned and cries of "Down with Marro- . quin!" were heard in the streets. There was a mass meeting denouncing the President and calling for a 1 plumes of erovernment. Hundreds gathered at the palace, ami the orator, a prominent National general, called for the resignation of the President. The gathering was dispersed by the troops, several people being wounded, but there were no fatalities. The city was under martial law and well guarded by soldiers. The legation of the United States was under thp protection of the- Government, but there were no indications of hostile demonstrations. The residence of Lorenzo Marroquin (believed here to be a Senator and son of the President) has been attacked with stones. The State Department has been informed that the two British steamships which were detained at the port of' Buenaventura by the Colombian Government with the intention of using them to transport troops to the Isthmus have been released. The British Government knew nothing of the detention of these vessels until informed by the State Department through the embassy here. It was the intention of the State Department to nave tne Colombian autnonties informed that no troops could be landed on the Isthmus from these vessels, but their release and departure from Buenaventura without troops made this course unnecessary. KILLED BY HIS INSANE WIFE. Delaware Man Had Just Agreed to Havo Spouse Taken to Asylum. Dover, Del.?Mrs. Edith Jackson Hollis, a member of an influential Camden, Del., family, murdered her husband, Delaware T. Hollis, by shooting him through the bead while he was asleep. I-Iollis was sitting in a chair when his wife placed the revolver to his head and blew out his brains. The husband had consented to his wife being sent to the insane asylum at Farnhurst, Dp!., for treatment, and the wife believed from that moment that her husband had turned against her. Mrs. Hollis' friends made strenuous efforts to prevent her being committed to the Dover Jail, but the judges were Arm in their conviction that she should be treated as any other defendant in a capital case until a jury passed upon her sanity. Mrs. Hollis is the owner of several farms. Her husband,-who was a merchant and promoter, was a brother of Magistrate George A. Hollis, of Wilmington. COLORADO COAL FAMINE. Denver Business Men Appeal to the President to Settle tho Strike. Denver Col.?A conference of bi:siness men was held here to appeal to President Roosevelt to mediate in the Colorado strike, with the understanding that the miners should resume work pending a settlement of the difficulty. The entire coal supply of the State has been exhausted, and the future of industries is dependent upon the daily receipts of fuel. In Northern Colorado the sugar factories have sufficient coal to last a month, but their season lasts three months at least, and the farmers have hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of beets awaiting acceptance at the factories, Firms that consume an average of ten to fifteen tons a day cannot see any relief, in spite of the promises of | the coal companies. On account of the QDUtHlUnce Ot COUI in una ouiiv luc u>otorn has been for large consumers to rely upon coal operators to furnish so many carloads a day, and nothing has been stored against an emergency. Good BnsinenB Prospects. While the unusually numerous insolvencies in October make an extremely unsatisfactory exhibit, it is not necessarily an indication of a severe setback in the industrial world, because many of the failures can be traced to special influences, such as speculation and strikes, which are no longer menacing business, and with the stimulus of a profitable agricultural season there is reason to look for better collections and revival of activity. Printer Kills Himself. Robert Thomas Pettus, a printer, killed himself after attempting to kill his infant child at Baltimore, McL Booming Rice Cultivation. Preparations are being made by New Orleans capitalists to engage in the cultivation of rics on a large scale in ~ ' 1 ?*- ? ? *K/v ATJeele. Arkansas (Jounry, Are., o? mc .ulmwsippi River, a few miles below Memphis. Machinery for irrigation purposes is boinpr installed. Dan Patch's Now Record. Dan Patch lowered the world's pacing record of a mile on a half-miie track at the Alabama State Fair Grounds, at Birmingham. The time was 2.03'/;. Spanning Needed in Divorce Cases. Judge Kinkade. of To 1 ado. Ohio, in commenting on a divorce case of which he had heard the details, recommended the purchase of a public spanking machine. H?? said he would have had it used on the parties in the presence of their little daughter, who had been obliged to witness the proceedings in the case of her parents. Lulu and Oro Fairchild. He said that about all that was needed in many divorce cases was a good spanking. Diamonds Found In Alaska. r?iomnn/1a avi? nil v.- rponff-pd to haVfi I beo.ii found in Alaska. ! ? . _ . _ - _ GEN. HUGHES A SUICIDE I Assemblyman Hangs Himself From the Stair Railing- in His Home. < He Hail Just Been Re-Electc<l to the Lowej ^ House?Financial Keversen Supposed j Caufto of His Killing Himself. . r Glens Falls. N. Y.?General William c c K. Hughes, member of Assembly from j Washington County, whose financial a affairs went to wreck Inst summer, committed suicide at his home in the t village of Granville, He hanged him- J 9elf in the front hail of the house. After tying a rope about his neck and t fastening the other end to the stair railing he jumped off the stairs. Hughes was thirty-nine years old. | He came of an oid Washington County family. Upon the death of his father he inherited a fortune, but this had been dissipated, and last summer the many persons in Washington and the 1 surrounding counties who knew him .... .... 1?_ 4-1-1 ? I. 1\ ? i ?V : IT OUUUUCU LU UC.ll liidl UC UUU lUtlU-C ? an assignment for the benefit of his i creditors. < Hughes was prominent in Republican politics. He was a member of the staff . j of Governor Frank S. Black. He was 1 elected to the Assembly in 1901 and ] re-elected last year, and he made him- j self conspicuous by reason of the introduction of various bills aimed at the labor unions in their fight against the | ' National Guard. He was elected for a j third term at the last election. FRIAR QUESTION ALMOST ENDED. 1 j Governor Taft Will Settle Claims For Land < For 86,000,000. Washington. D. C.?Dispatches from < Maniin indicate that Governor Taft } will adjust the claims of the fralrs for | their property holdings in the Philippines. Negotiations have been in progress between Governor Taft and Mgr. Guido, the Papal Delegate, ever since i the Governor's return to the islands j from Rome. The main obstacle to a settlement appears to have been an i3*ue between the Paoal Delegate and the religious orders as to the proportion of the purchase money that was to be turned over to Rome. The friars wanted the major part, and when the church In- ! sisted upon a certain sum they sought ' to make good their own proportion by increasing the price to about $14,000,000, a sum entirely beyond what the insular government was willing to consider. Realizing that with Taft's departure the chances of a settlement would become more remote, the suffering from the deprivation of their lands without compensation, month after month, the church authorities, it is i learned, have induced the friars to sell their holdings for about $6,000,000. STRENGTH OF THE ARMY. ' ?? - * 4. o- 1 c T* ine /idjuirtui-ucucrui^uji it 13 vuuji/wouu | of 3681 Officers and 55,500 Mon. Washington, D. C.?The annual re- i port of Colonel W. P. Hall, Acting Ad- I jutant-General of the array, shows a total military force in this country and the colonial possessions of 55,500 men and 3G81 officers. Of this force 30,068 men are serving in this country and 14,607 in the Philippines. ' | The report discusses very fully the operations of the new militia law, and i recommendations are made to secure additional allowances by Congress for the mlltia while engaged in the man- j euvres. Colonel Hall snys the War Department is considering plans for uniting the army and the militia in target practice, but that independent of this Congress should offer inducements to the rifle clubs of the country with a view to obtaining a large body of citizens well trained in rifle shooting. The report shows that of the 18,291 accepted applicants for enlistment in the army, 15,537 were native born, 2737 of foreign birth and 17 were Porto Ricans. The recruiting officers rejected during the year 74,256 applicants, or about SI per cent, of tiie wnoie | number. MOB SMASHED SALOONS. ( Four Hundred Citizens Made a Raid in Gainesville. Ga. Gainesville, Ga.?On ringing of the fire bell 400 citizens armed with axes gathered at the City Hall, as previously arranged, and proceeded to smash the "blind tigers" and other notorious resorts of the city. After completing their work of demolition the members of the mob, through their leaders, served notice on the proprietors of the liquor joints and other resorts that they must leave the county, and that no attempt to reopen their places will bo tolerated. The committee of citizens was? comprised of , the best people of the city, i A mass meeting was held after the alleged violators of the law had been visited, at which a large sum was raised to be U3ed in the prosecution of any person who shall attempt to reonen one of the closed resorts. SEVERE ANTITOXIN TEST. Diphtheria Epidemic Cheeked and Medi- j cal Profession Interested. Elmira, N. Y.?iledical societies and physicians all over the country are watching with great interest the results of the remarkable test made with antitoxin in the present severe diphtheria epidemic in the New York State Reformatory here. A few days after the epidemic broke out fifty cases had developed, including the assistant resident physician, and three deaths resulted. The entire supply of antitoxin in this city was bought up and appeals were made to the State. A supply of 1,500,003 units was received from the State Laboratory and every inmate in the reformatory inoculated. A Corpse Xot a Fergou. AfMrvpv fipneral Cunneen, of th& j State of New York, holds that the .shaving or cutting the hair of a corpse is not shaving, trimming the board or cutting the hair of any person for hire or reward within the meaning of the statute providing for the licensing of barbers. This opinion is written in reply to a communication received from G. \V. Adelman, Secretary of the State Board of Barber Examiners, who inquired as to the right to an undertaker to shave or cut the hair of a dead person without a license. Man Compressed in Cotton. Accidentally falling into a cotton press at the gin of the Glaze Brothers, at Forest City. Miss., James Bailey was literally compressed in a bale of cotton. Bailey, it is supposed fell into the press when it was about half full of cotton and was knocked insensible by striking his head against the sick* of the press. Bishop Poane Wants Coadjutor. Bishop Doane, in his address to thf? Diocesan convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, at Albany, N. Y.. brought up the question of affording him aid by the elcctjou of a coadjutor. * . ... . _ - IllR EVENTSOFTHEWEEl j| WASHINGTON ITEMS. President Roosevelt refused to re* i >pen the iittauer glove case. m Z'ae confirmation of Major-General kVood is probable, army opposition be g lacking. The War Department has decided flfl iot to grant tlie requests of the Mer-^^H haut3' Association of New York, for ihange in the regulations as to utillafl^H ng the drawbridges over the Passai^HH it Hackensack and Newark, N. J. HRB The State Department has been in^Hfl ormeu taat iue AUienuau-veueaauBu Commission has awarded $75,000 on AMI he Rudloff claim. W Colonel Edwarrds, Chief of the Bu- ^^5 eau of Insular Affairs, received tele- j jrams from Manila, praying for the I tbolition of the Dlngley tariff on Phil* 1 ppine products. Among the recess appointments made H ij the President was that of Dr. W. Hd D. Crum, to be Collector of Customs MB it Charleston, 8. C. \ The Navj Department was notified that Gunner George P. Brady, a warrant officer of the Monongahela, had committed suicide by shooting. ^ President Roosevelt was asked to i Forbid the United States Marine Band j to play for pay. The request was mede J by Mr. Miller, of the National Feder- ? ;>J ition of Musicians. I The director of the mint purchased 179,000 ounces of silver on account of -a Philippine coinage at an average of r J 59.111 cents an ounce. J The Navy Department has accepted fliiKmnnSnA hrtoftl Pnmolflft LUd OUU UiilL iLlv iv/i J/UUU UVUW * Vk^v>^r and Shark and released the contractors ; Df all liability. ' ; ^ The President reappointed .Tames H. , Gill as Federal Judge of Indian f erri? tory. _____ OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. )j The returns of Philippine commerce for the month of May of this yearjg^M show that the foreign trade of the islands footed up $6,872,982. V Major-General Wood reports that on - 1 his recent trip to Lake Lanao, P. L, Ua the hitherto hostile Moros of that reglon came in to meet him in a friendly ' J Twenty-two cases of Asiatic cholera jgj occurred in Vigan, the capital of Ilocos J^B| Sur, Luzon, P. I. Twenty-ode deaths are reported. ^B The volcano of Malaspiria, in Negros, ^ r. I., is in a state of violent eruption; The Philippine Commission has con* J firmed the anti-slavery law passed by the Legislature Council of the Moro Provinces October 5. prohibiting slave H| hunting in all the Moro territory. H| Governor Dole, chief executive of the Territory of Hawaii, said that natives and aliens were increasing on tfie isi-?| ands more rapidly than Americans. Lieutenant Stewart Rhodes, paymag-: ter, U. S. N., stationed at the Hawaii 'j'jM naval station, is dead. Lieutenant Rhodes was recently operated on for^^H appendicitis. A party of iadrones captured the lente, municipal officer of Buena j^RHB near Malabon, Cavite, P. I. the tendons of his less and the roadway. Governor W. H. Taft, of pines, has just denied the pro^MsWBa^M foreign consuls against the^HHB&HHH customs officials in supplyingHHBBHfluH with samples of goods shipjj^BR^^^HB| St. Louis Exposition. V jgj Dounsnc. Hj Lolita Armour, of Chicago, 111., wnol^Hg Dr. Lorenz, of Vienna, treated for hip ^H disease, is so far recovered that she Is able to dance. 9 Th? nrnrinpfinn of nreeious zems in H the United States during 19t>2 aggre- HB gated $382,100, imported in the same time, $25,412,776. n In a freight collision at Reed's Run, H Ohio, Fireman Basset, of Cleveland, Wt find Engineer Allen Shullenberger were killed and Engineer Walter Strottlemire was fatally injured. The trustees of St. Stephen's Hospl- fig tal, at Richmond, Ind., reported the ^B gift of $50,000 from Daniel G. Reid, of B8 New York, for the building and equip* ^B ment of a new hospital. An explosion of dynamite occurred' ^B near Haydon, Mont., resulting in the JOB death of five people. H The Mormon Church has purchased. for $4000 the old jail at Cathage, 111., BH in which Joseph Smith, the Mormon ||j8 prophet, and Brother Hiram were BB killed by a mob in the early history of H? the State. } H| The First National Bank of Victor, H| Col., closed its doors by order of Bank ^B Examiner Lazoare. Shrinkage of de- - Bj posits caused the failure. .^B M. E. Ingalls, of Indianapolis, Ind., HI President of the "Big Four" Railroad, BE has offered to build a memorial to the Purdue students killed in the wreck ^B of the football train. James Lynchehaun, the released IrlsM H| fugitive, took out bis first naturaliza- jiH tion papers at Indianapolis, Ind., and says lie will shortly begin work. BH Manipulating the books for ten years, |H3 H. J. Hoover, cashier of the People's National Bank, at Newark, Ohio, con- I H fessed that he was short in his bank ^Bj accounts about $36,000. jW Earthquakes were felt in St Louis. Mo.; Louisville, Ky.; Bristol, Decatur, 111.: Evansvltye. Ind sfiul as far Soutli as Grenaofl, miss; FOREIGN. The decision of the Cour de Cassation at Paris, France, finally closes the Humbert romance. The sentences entail the loss of all civil and political tights. About 12,000 soldiers guarded the streets at Wiesbaden, Prussia, while awaiting the arrival of the Czar of Russia, and the police forbade house- j holders to look out of the windows. ^ It is believed in Tokio that peace can only be made possible by Russia ac< oepting all of Japan's claims regarding Manchuria. The German War Ministry denies the report that the Ministry has prohibited the sale in the German Army and Navy of cigars or cigarettes of the American Tobacco Company, and that only German goods will be allowed to be sold. i Portsmouth, England, was badly shaken by the explosion of half a ton -. of scan cotton which was being used n by the naval authorities in experiment- H in % with submarine mines. 38 Judge I'enfield reiterated the Amerl- jj?| can a raiment in the Venezuela case H before The Hague tribunal. M There are nearly 600 cases of mild m scarlatina in Havana, Cuba. Recov- Hfl erics from the disease are generally. ^ H rapid, and there have been few deaths. ra Rain, cyclones and floods continue H throughout the entire peninsula of Italy. The rivers have reached a -'B height unprecedented since 3882, and traffic on several railways has been^^M interrupted. l'.ussia insists upon the ?xecution of the Chinese officer who recently j Deaenueu a uuu?u ungauu iu cue eui* ploy of the Russians. j ' ;,s- -SiiM