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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."
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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I beo.ii found in Alaska. !
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GEN. HUGHES A SUICIDE I
Assemblyman Hangs Himself From
the Stair Railing- in His Home.
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He Hail Just Been Re-Electc<l to the Lowej ^
House?Financial Keversen Supposed j
Caufto of His Killing Himself. .
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Glens Falls. N. Y.?General William c
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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
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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
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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. '
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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ploy of the Russians. j
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