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v. MmKrwrnmrnm?mmammm?mmmmmmmmmmm?mmmmm A LITTLE MAN. 'A inan dwelt in a little town A little over twenty years at?o; He f.iined a little portion of renown vVithin the little crowd he used to know, He wed a little maid when twenty-one, And later on they had a little son. This iittle man had little to regret. He hnrl hut little natience with the weak. When others fell his eyes were never wet. With sinners he had little time to speak. Instead, he went to church a little late And dropped a little nickel in the plate. He drank a little coffee now and then. But little stronger liquid passed his lips; H; mingled little with Bohemian men; Life's wine he drank in stingy little sips. When stragglers came to him for food or bed. With little pain he shook his little head. He made a little fortune rapidly By grinding labor out of little arms, And by foreclosing a variety Of little mortgages on little farms. Ee died?and, neath the weeping willow bough, A little worm is working on him now. ?William F. Kirk, m Milwaukee sentinel. WHEN THE CRACKERS LAV OVER. o o O ^ O O o HE four boys who packed JU barrels of crackers in O rP O Bonney's bakery gathered ^ A X about the foreman. Frank 'WGW^ Morse, as he examined the fresh baking that had come up by the elevator from .the basement oven. "All slack baked!" was Morse's disgusted comment. "They'll have to lie over till to-morrow, and that means you boys will have to get here early to pacts. isoramg more ior you iu uu uuw. ;You may go home." Roy Delano lingered. "How early in the morning. Mr. Morse?" he asked. "Oh, don't get here before 3.30." the foreman answered. He meant to be jocular, and the other boys, hearing the reply, grinned. They knew that G o'clock would be early enough. But Roy was a new hand, and took the foreman's remark literally. The next morning at 3.23 he was hurrying to his jwork. There was a faint glow from the flour incrusted basement windows showing that the night bakers had not yet left the building. Above, in the packing room, all was dark. The front door was, of course, locked. and Koy went round to tue siae aoor. opening into the basement. The stairs asccnding to the packing room rose in front of this door, and Roy had to go round them in order to see the bakers. ,who were putting on their coats in front of the brick ovens and getting ready to go home. ^ "Has Mr. Morse eome yet?" he asked. ' "No," said one of the men. "He's never here when we leave. I don't know jurt what time he does come." r N "I guess he'll be here before long." hoy said, "because of the crackers that had to lie over." "You'll be all alone for a while, anyfway," the baker told him. When the men had gone Roy looked about the long -basement, which seemed to him strangely quiet. White Dreaa was rising in curereu imugua, brown loaves were slowly baking in the brick ovens. The warmth and the crisp, sweet smell of the place were pleasant after the wintry air. and Roy had not worked so long in the bakery that his senses were sluggish in receiving such impressions. The great cracker oven in which the "lay-overs" were resting filled one side of the basement, and rose above the floor of the pac king room overhead. It i\vas, in fact, a brick vault?shaped like a beehive?inside a brick building. Roy thought of opening the door and taking a look at the crackers, but then decided that this was none of his business. It occurred to him, however, that he might find something to do in the packing room while awaiting the arrival of the foreman, and he therefore plodded up the stairs, making little noise in his rubber overshoes. t The room was chilly?at least Dy comparison with the basement?and Roy crossed to the iron door in the ibrlck work of the cracker oven. This ;was set flush with the floor, and was used when it was necessary to make repairs on the machinery. Behind it revolved vertically the great oven wheel, which was tltted with swinging shelves, that carried the crackers during the baking. The machinery that propelled the ;wheel was now, of course, disconnected, and although there had been no fire under the oven for hours its interior he&t was considerable. Roy therefore opened the door and lay with his back to tbe Dot air. After a moment he rolled over with an adventurous Idea of clambering in upon the wheel and exploring the oven. Beaching in ho touched one of the swinging shelves, but the wheel yielded under the pressure. It revolved freely, now that the machinery was disconnected, and Roy realized that if he stepped aboard a shelf he would be carried to the bottom of the oven, and be left there with no chance of escape. Suddenly a faint sound drew his attention in the direction of the office, [which adjoined the packing room. The sound wa? repeated, and Hoy, ;with some wonder and a little suspicion, rose and stole across the room through the darkness. The door into the office proved to be ajar. Pushing It open he saw by the rays of a dim street lamp an obscure figure kneeling in front of the safe. Then the door creaked. The burglar sprang up, whirled round, and seeing tbe boy rushed at him. Roy dodged and ran. with the burglar pursuing. In front of the oven door the boy dodged again, catching hold cf a barrel to make a sharp turn. With a quick thought he gave a jerk to the barrel and sent it spinning on edge behind him. The burglar stumbled over it in the darkness and fell heavily. Roy turned in time to see the man shoot over the rolling barrel and half through the doorway. A shadowy pair of legs were still waving wildly in air. With a for Cible kick on the barrel he sent the burglar forward iuto the oven anc down on the swinging shelf, r Immediately the wheel turned undei > its burden. In another instant It be came still, and Roy knew that his mai jwas safely immured at the bottom oi the vault. After a moment he put his head int< ibe oren and called Uotfq: W I < ' "You've net hurt, are you?" The curses which issued from the depths reassured him. The burglar's silence since his rapid descent had evidently been due to amazement and fear. Roy could hear him prowling cau* tiously about inside, feeling tho brick wall, and at last rattling the iron basement door. It was fast, and then the man began to plead for mercy. '"Let me out. young feller!" he bessed. "Say. I've got a whole lot of money I'll give you if you'll only let me out; honest. I will." "Xo." Roy answered. "I guess you can lie over with the crackers." The burglar's voice became plaintive: "Ah, go on, let me out. Yon don't want to ruin a man for life. Say, honest, it's the first time I ever done such a thing. I was drove to it by my wife and babies starvin'." '"You said you had* a lot of money you would give me." Roy reminded him. Then the man broke out cursing again, and Roy slammed the door. The cursing subsided, and before long Roy heard a faint and frightened voice petitioning: "Let me speak to you. young feller! Open the door!" The boy obliged his prisoner to this extent, and then the burglar said: "You ain't cruel enough to keep a man down here. I'll be baked alive." "There's no fire under the oven," Roy told him. "and I'll see they don't light up till after the police get you. Don't be uneasy. Now I've got to close the door or the crackers will get spoiled." For the remainder of the night he was deaf to the entreaties that from time to time wailed up from the interior of the vault. At last, in the early morning light, the foreman and other packers came, and Roy announced his capture. "He must have slipped in at the side door and got up the stairs when the bakers weren't looking." the boy said. "And I suppose he didn't hear me because I had on overshoes, and the office door was pretty nearly shut. He didn't get into the safe." The foreman looked at Roy with admiration. "Boy," he said, "you've done a good night's work. And you got here at 3.30. eh? Well, it certainly is the early bird that catches the burglar." One of the other boys was for lighting a small fire under the oven, "just to singe him." but the foreman said no, and telephoned io police headquarters. Five minutes later the chief and one of his men arrived, and when the oven door was opened, and the prisoner crawled sulkily forth to have the "bracelets" snapped on his wrists, the officers gave a cry of delight. ' "Slim Jim McLean!" exclaimed the chief. "You'd never have got me!" said Slim Jim. visiously. Then he took a malevolent look at the four boys. "I don't know which one of you young fellers it was. but when I get out I'll make one of you pay for this!" The chief laughed. ,;'I guess you're safe for about twenty yearS, Roy," he said, "and by that time you'll be able to raise chin whiskers and disguise yourself."?Youth's Companion. A Stepmother. Self-sacrifice of a simple, homely sort may be nobler than more romantic heroism. That is why Y. C., an English paper, puts under tales of heroism this story of a stepmother. A Perthshire farmer lost his wife when his -txraa Knrn Twn TMPS IfltPT h& married her cousin. In course of time they had a son. and Helen, the second wife, proved a most devoted stepmother. It was decided that both lads should study for the ministry. When they were about to leave school, however, the farmer had some severe losses. Both boys were in the same class, as the elder one's studies had been delayed owing to bad health, and it had been settled that tbey should go together to the university. But now, owing to lack of money, the farmer decided that only one could go to college; the other must stay and work on the farm. The question was, which was tft trftf Man like, he placed the responsibility of the decision on his wife's shoulders. They were both his sons, and he had no strong feeling in the matter. Helen, his wife, had a hard struggle. To use her own words: "I prayed and prayed aboot It. John widna gie ony help. He telt me tae pick masel', an* a' nicht I went up tae their room an' sat doon at the bedside. I lookit at ma ain laddie, an' ah, what a prood wummln I wad hae been to see him preachin' the Word o' God frae the poopit! But then I lookit at the ither, puir Jean's mitherless bairn, an' I jlst couldna think o' pittin ma ain callant afore him. Sae it was settled. He is tae gang, an' ma lad maun bide wi' his father." Tho Czar as Plowman. The latest royal personage to join the list of those who have found that the sweat of one's brow is not a very terrible thing when one does not have to earn one's bread by it is the Czar of Russia, who thus shows himself a worthy descendant of Peter, the shipwright. The occupation which Nicholas II. has chosen is that of a farm laborer. He has long taken an Interest . in the theoretical side of agriculture, and is now finding relaxation from the . cares of state in the practical side. Two photographs have lately been pub, Hshed, one of which shows a group, , consisting of himself, M. Witte. M. Yermoloff (Minister of Agriculture, and an engineer), the last of whom is giv[ ing the Czar the final instructions with , regard to the management <~f a newly Invented plow. The other photograph ! shows the autocrat of all the Russians | guiding tb*? plow as it turns up the furrows. Treatment For Sting of Bee. i In case a piece of the sting of a bee nvtronf if ttt? f rtruiuius iu iue nuuuu, j the fingers or a small pair of tweezers. . The best application for the inflamma> tion is diluted ammonia water, after [ which a cloth covered with sweet oil should be placed upon the part. World'* Largest Carpet. i The largest carpet in the world is C forty feet in breadth and contains 58, 840.000 stitches. It took twenty-eighf j men over fourteen months to make it It is now at Windsor Castle. HEW CANAL TEEATV SIGHED! < $10,000,000 Bonuf? to RepuM* of Panama, i RIGHT TO FORTIFY TERRITORY j Uniteil Get* Ten-Mile* Strip in rev- <1 peluity. Cities at Both End* anil the Islands in Panama Bay?Annual Kental Payment of S350.000 to Begiu After Term of ??ine Years. Washington, D. C.?Secretary Flav and Philippe Bunau-Varilla. til? Minister from Panama, sillied the treaty providing for the construction of the Panama Canal by the United States. ( The ceremony took place in Secretary Hay's study. The Secretary informed M. Bunau-Varilla that he was ready to sign the treaty. The Minister read the document carefully, and then he and Secretary Hay attached their signatures to it. The keynote of the treaty io the provision in one of the very nrst articles, by which Panama cedes to the United States whatever land or lands throughout the Republic of Panama this Government shall find desirable in conueo ition Willi lue UUIIUIUSJ vi~ Ul<rranuu uiiu maintenance of the canal. Iti addition (the treaty gives to the United States absolute sovereignty over the canal ptrip. which, it is understood, comprises between eight and ten miles on each side of the canal. Within this zone the power of the United States is as absolute as if the zone were part and parcel of this country. In general it may be said that while the new treaty contains many of the provisions of the old treaty, it is not based on that convention, but follows not only the spirit, but the letter of the Spooner act. Thus instead of the lease | for a fixed period of the canal strip this new treaty permits this Government to exercise the most complete jurisdiction thereupon. Permission also is given to the United States to fortify the line and the terminals, and it may police it with troops. That portion of the treaty dealing with the fortification of the terminals is rather general, but sufficiently explicit not to be misunderstood. The cities of Panama and uoion retain their municipal autonomy under the Republic of Panama as long as they maintain public order and sanitary conditions to the satisfaction of the United States. Failure to do this gives the United States, according to the treaty, the right to force strict compliance with the wishes of this Government in this direction, and the United States can even use force to compel obedience to its rules as to public order and public heaith in these cities. The money consideration is the same with the exception that the $10,000,000 go to Panama instead of to Colombia. The treaty further provides that the canal is to be neutral and open to all nations on even terms. Ten million dollars, the same amount named in the Colombian treaty, is to be paid as a bonus by the United States to the Republic of Panama, the amount to be paid on the exchange of the ratification of the treaty. The Government of Panama is also to re- i ceive an annual payment of $250,000 | from the United States, beginning nine years after the ratmcation ot xue ( treaty. A similar provision was in- ? eluded in the treaty with Colombia.- j The cities of Panama and Colon, ex- ^ cept such lands within their limits as ( are now owned or possessed by the , Panama Canal Company, are not to be \ controlled by the United States Gov- j ernment. its rights within them being } limited to canal operations and main- t tenance. Within these cities police ap- j pointed by the Government of Panama ( are to maintain order, and local native courts are to administer justice, but it ) is provided that if the United States j should deem the administration of po- j lice and judicial functions unsatisfac- j tory it may assume police and judicial \ control. Under the treaty the Government of Panama authorizes the New Panama Canal Company to sell and transfer to ] the United States its rights, privileges, properties and concessions and its shares in the Panama Railroad. < rnK*v r\ f omnll ?o1nn/4a {*? fliA JL UC Ut OU1UI1 IOIUUUIJ Ail Bay of Panama, named Perico, Naos. Culebra and Flamenco, are included within the canal one. and the United States Government is to have the use and occupation of them. MOODY UPHOLDS ADMIRAL 'EVANS Believes He Cenaared Naval Court Martial For Good of Service. Washington, D. C.?Secretary Moody has announced his decision in the matter of the protest of Paymaster H. T. Biscoe against the language used by Rear-Admiral Evans, commander-inchief of the Asiatic station, in reviewing the result of the court martial on Assistant Paymaster Nichols. After * ruling that Rear-Admiral Evans, as the convening and reviewing authority of the court martial, was within the limits of his authority in criticising the finding of not guilty upon the third charge and pronouncing the sentence inadequate, and in criticising the court, Secretary Moody says: "It is considered that in this instance Rear-Admiral Evans has not shown himself unworthy of the continued confidence of the department. On the contrary, in view of the evidence befnro tho r>r?nrt withrmfr WAiphlnc tnn nicely the terms of his censure, it is believed he was actuated by a high sense of duty and Inspired by a regard for the honor and welfare of the service." Oirl Poisons Family. Because the parents of Emma Mura? mey, fourteen years old. of Urbana, O.. objected to the company she kept she put Paris green in the coffee, poisoning her father, mother, sister and two brothers. Their lives were saved by the prompt work of physicians. Samuel F. Phillips Dead. Samuel F. Phillips, Solicitor-General of the United States under Presidents Grant. Hayes. Garfield and Arthur, died at Washington, D. C., aged scvpntv.ninp venrs. Minor Mention. The deficit on account of the British postal telegraph is $4,500,000 for the year. [ The banking capital of New York City has been doubled within five years, years. Otto Weininger. an Austrian, aged j twenty-one, wrote a book in which he made a savage onslaught on women; ^ then he committed suicide. The Italian Congress has voted a large sum of money to establish a wireless station for telegraphic communication with South America. SEN. DIETRICH INDICTED H 'harge That He Accepted Bribe For a Posloffice Appointment. 'ederal Grand Jury Indicts Him, AVitfr Postmaster of Hastings, Neb., and His Assistant. Omaha, Nob.?The Federal Grand pc rury returned true bills against United Jtates Senator Charles H. Dietrich and Postmaster Jacob Fisher, of Hastings, feb., charging them with conspiracy md bribery, in connection with the ap>ointment of Fisher to be postmaster. fVhen the indictments were brought nto the United States District Court. fudge Munger presiding, the court of nerely accepted the report of the T1 3rand Jury, making no remarks on the ^ :ontents, only giving an order to the .. :lerk for the filing of the bills. rru- J-jj-t l ! i- TMn. (n JLUe 1LIU1L' LIU til L a^lllUSl OtMlillUL JL/1C~ ? :rlch charges that he accepted money pi ind property in consideration of rec- tr >mmending Fisher l'or appointment as .. >ostmaster at Hastings. The one . igainst Fisher charges him with mak- th ng an agreement with Senator Die- p< xich by which Fisher was to pay Sen- A itor Dietrich property and money to ru :he amount of $1300 for securing the tr ippointment. ?r The last witness called before the 1 Urand Jury was William Dutton, a th lardware merchant of Hastings. Ac- ce :ording to Dutton's testimony, he acted is intermediary in all the alleged trans- at lctions between the indicted men. \fter hearing his evidence the Grand rury excused the remaining witnesses tvho had not testified, and at once pre- c< jared its report to Judge Munger. pi rhere were three indictments each igainst Senator Dietrich and Post- tb naster F.isher. S< The jury was composed of twenty 8e nembers. nineteen of whom are said st :o have voted for the indictment and m >ne against. The members came from ic ill parts of the State, no two of them Sf iving in the same town. The foreman, ^ Prank E. White, of this city, Is Secreary of the Grand Lodge of the Ma- , ionic Order of Nebraska. The other nembers are mostly well-known busi- j1( less and professional men. This indictment is said to be the g( Irst ever returned against a United ?a States Senator on charges of this na- 'gr :ure, and caused intense excitement in g( )fficial circles here, and in adjoining gj. :owns when it became public. ?z The law under which Senator Die- ^ .rich and Fisher were indicted pro- ? rides a punishment for the offenses ^ Evith whifh they are charged of imjrisonment for not more than two . rears and a fine of not more than $10,- th )00. J* Senator Dietrich was elected by the J" Legislature of lOOO-'Ol to succeed Senltor Allen, who was appointed by ' governor Poynter to fill the unexpired . :erm of the late Senator Hnyward, who .iied before taking his seat. His term 1f. ixnires March 3. 1905. t Postmaster Fisher was formerly Mayor of Hastings, and has been vrnminpnf: in nolitics of Nebraska for several years. He said: "The indict- I nents against Senator Dietrich and Q' nyseif are the result of political per- V5 lecution. There is really nothing in re he charges, and ray friends will sup>ort me in my defense." CHICAGO STRIKE SERIOUS. ^ Labor Leaders Plan to Defeat tbe Chicago City Hallway Co. Chicago, 111.?The menace of the l< sympathetic strike in behalf of the street car men, postponed recently, aas become real. The firemen of the m Chicago City Railway Company's pow- jE ?r plants, who quit work recently, w were joined by the engineers. The t :eamsters who haul the coal that sup- . " imlv _ pues me powei: pinms uic m jr mood, and may refuse" to deliver fuel 0j it any moment. Such refusal would gi( imount to a severe blow to the car ja :ompany. bi With police protection and cars ac- g( tually running over the Wentworth ^ ivenue route, at least at intervals, the labor leaders evidently are considering the use of the sympathetic strike is their most available weapon. YELLOW FEVER IN MEXICO. re Disease Now Beyond Control of the Health Department. ' Austin, Texas.?The yellow fever epilemlc in Mexico is now beyond the :ontrol of the health authorities of ^ that country, according to advices which have reached .the Texas State Health Department. It is stated that p the unusually long period of warm ic weather and the failure of the lower cl ;lass of Mexicans to report cases of the ai iisease to the health authorities, have to caused the epidemic to spread to every si town between Monterey and Laredo. The United States Marine Hospital h< 3ervlce is rendering what aid it can at to the Mexican authorities in suppress- hi Ing the disease. It is estimated that the loss of busi- m ness in Monterey alone as a result of hi the epidemic aggregates more than $2,- m [>00,000. L hi More Suits Against Dowle. a] The return of Dowie from the East hi has been signalized by the filing of y< more suits for debt against him in the Lake County Circuit Court and the Zlon institutions at Waukegan, 111. Most of the firms are Chicago ones, b The Weaver Coal Company wants ai $2000 for coal furnished. W- S. Peck a & Co. have a $3500 claim for goods cl supplied, and Selz, Schwab & Co., ii $1000 for goods. rt Diet in Florida of 3Io?qnlto Bites. Walter Johnson, a flagman of the Florida East Coast Railway, died suddenly at Jacksonville. Fla., from the ~ efTect of mosquito bites. ' 10 Boy Kill* His Aunt Accidentally. Carroll Bailey, sixteen years old. of a Westbrook, Me., accidentally dls- , charged a gun and shot his grand- m mother, Mrs. Leighton, and his aunt, w, Miss Lydia Leighton. The latter was killed instantly. Polish Baron Stabbed. Waldemar Sorokou Mowskl, who says he is Baron von Friessen. of a noble Polish family, and who has been 1. engaged in the cotton business, was , stabbed in a saloon brawl at New Orleans, La. World's Fair I*olnters. Indiana Day at the World's Fair will b be September 15, 11)04. 0! The Cascade region at tlie World's f( Fair is each day taking on a more ir finished look. S The landscape around the Mexirar tl national navilion at the World's Fait G is receiving the finishing touches. Cardinal Satolli, formerly Papal Delegate to the United States, will visil the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. The gardens, 1200 feet long, between 0 the Transportation and Machinery pal- p aces at the World's Fair bave been S( finished. OLOIBM MAKES PROTEST ??????? 1 lys Responsibility For Secession of Panama Rests With Washington, A.fTS W03U> TO BE JUDGE irmal Protest Cabled to London Blames This Country For Fomenting Kevolutlon and Permaturely Recognizing Republic of Panama?The Movement Called a "Barracks Coup." Washington, D. C.?The Colombian Dvernment has protested to the nited States against the recognition Panama, and has demanded justice, ae protest expresses the surprise of e people of Coloihbia at the preeipite recognition of a "barracks coup" the Department of Panama; cites the iblic treaty obligations of this couny, and "the traditional principles of e American Government in opposlsn to secession movements," and "ap;als to the dignity and honor of the merican Senate and people." The ibstance of this appeal was cabled om Bogota by the Minister, of Govnment, Estebaft Jaramillo. The Colombian Government holds at the main responsiblity for the session lies with this country, because: First, we have fomented the separist spirit. Secondly, we have hastily acknowlIged the independence of the rebels. Thirdly, we have prevented the alombian Government from using oper means to repress the rebellion. A press dispatch from Colon, says at the Hamburg-American steamer :otia when it arrived there brought veral prominent Colombians from tne :ate of Bolivar, forming a peace comlssion. The dispatch says that Amer? an naval officers are boardine all ves ils arriving at Cblon to see whether iey have Colombian troops on board. A Prote?t to the World. London.?The Colombian authorities lve cabled to London a lengthy prost against the action of the United :ates toward Panama. The cable mesge says that President Marroquin has lergetically protested to the United :ates and wishes that his protest lould be known throughout the civiled world. The President contends iat the United States has infringed rticle 35. of the treaty of 1846, which ? asserts implies the duty on the part ' the United States to help Colombia maintaining her sovereignty over le isthmus. He asserts that since 135 they have granted canal privileges different parties no less than nine nnd Hlo trOO tv Mnolllded UiCO, auu vuuw v?vt*v 1th the late General Hurlbut (when i was United States Minister resent to Colombia) at Bogota, July 8, 170, has been ignored at. Washingn. High Feeling; In Bogota. Washington, D. C?President Marroiin, of Colombia, is in danger of beg overthrown by a revolution, and eling against Americans in Bogota running so high that United States inister Beaupre has cabled the State epartment for permission to leave his >st. This permission has been given m. LORD KITCHENER HURT. if Broken While Riding Alone in India?Hit Horse Frightened. Simla, India.?Lord Kitchener, Com J? ?? D..U2oU in UnUer-lil-ollittl ul iucjuhuou mvco 1u idia, met with a serious accident hile riding home alone from a couny house near here. As he was passg through a tunnel his horse became lghtened by the sudden appearance ' natives, and collided with the walled ie. One of Lord Kitchener's legs was mmed against a beam and was oken in two places above the ankle. >me time afterward coolies passing rough the tunnel?the original coolies iving fled?found the Commander-intiief lying there helpless, and brought m to Simla. He is now reported to j doing well. Lord Kitchener was alone for the ason that he told the members of his afif that he did not intend to ride out, it later changed his mind. PAPER COMPANY ASSIGNS. ropertjr of the President Attached For Alleged Shortage. Holyoke, Mass.?Thomas W. Holly, resident and Treasurer of the Ameran Pad and Paper Company, is larged with beiug between $35,000 -j aaa kin o a/iaiinfa and id 3>?V,Wl/ BUVll 1U iijo di.wuui??v ?%^v? ? protect Itself the company has asgned. Holly's property, consisting of a >use, horses and carriage and hi3 ock in the pad and paper company, is been attached. Holly, it is said, has made a stateent to the company officials in which i says he has been getting company ioney on orders for several years, arge numbers of his notes are now jld by local banks. His yearly sal*y has been $3600, but he says it is cost him from $2000 to $1000 a jar more than that to live. Missouri Prosecutor Indicted. Four indictments have been found y the Cole County Grand Jury ?alnst R. P. Stone, the prosecuting ttorney of Jefferson City, Md. He is barged with demanding and receivig illegal fees and accepting a railed pass from the Missouri Pacific. Fierce Fire at Pawtucket. "A fire burned the building owned ad occupied by the Pawtucket Baking ompany. at Pawtucket, R. I. The ss is $30,000. Dynamiter Asks 3500. Threats to blow ud the Plaza Hotel, large and fashionable hotel fronting lncoln Park,. Cbieaso, 111., have been tade to William Hall, manager of the uilding, in an anonymous letter, hich names as an alternative the lyment of $500. Shot Six ?f??KToe9. Six negroes were shot and several ;riously wounded during a brawl on ie Clanton plantation. Ave miles west f Albany, Ga., by George Peak, also jlored. Charged With Kobhinc Biltmore. | Daniel C. Champlaiu. ex-Mayor of iltmore, and cashier of the Biltmore j state, and George H. Tennent, hereto>re timekeeper for the estate, were idicted by the Grand Jury of the uperior Court, at. Asheville, N. on ie charge of embezzling $11,000 from eorge W. Vanderbilt. Princes* Elizabeth Dead. Trincess Elizabeth of Hesde. the iglit-year-old daughter of the Grand >uke of Hesse nntl Princess Victoria f Saxe-Coburg, died at Skicrnewico. :ussian Poland, from a choleraic Jlzuie. I PANAMA REJECTS OFFER Isthmians Offered Concessions by Parent Government. Threats and Promises ot the Colombia* Commissioners Unheeded by the Janta's Representatives. Colon. Colombia. ? The' Panamese commission, composed of Senors Arias. Morales and Arosemena. which left Panama to meet the peace commission from the Department of Bolivar, held a short conference with the Colombians aboard the Mayflower. The Colombians asked the Isthmians if they would return to the Republic of Colombia, assuring to them concessions and considerations in the nassage of the canal treaty. The Panamese reoliert that thev would not return to the Republic of Colombia, and MHIL iuk tissuinuccg caiuc iuu m?., ? Panama's position was so advantageous and strong that thev could see no reason for changing their attitude. Bqth the Governor and th^ Commissioners are without credentials or direct instructions from the Colombian government-. It is further learned that lie Commissioners did not represent themselves to the members of tlie >unta as Bogotan Commissioners. but spoke in their capacity as citizeus of th? State of Bolivar. .In the course of thp eonferpnce Nicanor Insiamares. a brother of the Governor of the State of Bolivar, who was the spokesman of the Colombians, made a strong aopeal to the Isthmians not to disrunt the Republic of Colombia. and added the solemn assurance , that Colombia would errant all 'the rights demanded by the Isthmians and eventuallv carry out their project of bnUdine the canal. Replying to Senor Insignares. Tomas Arias, renreseutine tlie junta, snid that the Bogota Government and the Colombians generally did not appear xu ?. to grasp toe acniai "onamons on win isthmus. The revolution. Senor Arias said, was born absolutely of the unanimous "desire of the entire peonle of Panama and was irrevocable. It was the act of a now independent .government already thoroughly organized and formally recognized bv the TTniterl States Government in reviving its r<?nresentatfve. Philllnpe Bunau-Vnrilla. a~ well as by. the Governments of France and Italy. Seror A Was then road telegrams which he had sent to General Salazar, former. Governor of the Department of Panama an* now Oovernor of Cau^a. one of the United Statps' of Colombia, containing statements to the same effect. Continuing Sennr Arias said: "Colombia will always find in this country the most sincere brotherly feeling. The political ties binding the isthmus to Colombia have been broken. but the fanlt is not that of the isthmus. The ties of affection, however. nevpr can be broken." Senor Insignares. in answer, expressed his deep sorrow at finding that the hones of rpoonoiliation wen? im D0881DIP or realization. ne nerwrpu thnt all the peonle of Colombia would unite in an effort tn enforce the rights of the reoublio on the Isthmus of Panama. even at the cost of great sacrifice. Senors Arosemen* and Morales then made addresses in which they expressed v'?ws similar to those enunciated bv Senor Arias. Th<? thrent of S?>nnr Insignares thnt the Republic of Colombia would enforce Its alleged rights in isthmian territory did not cause aoorehonsion to the Panamese Commissioners, who gave to it no serious consideration. CONGRESS GETS CUBAN BUOGIT. Cncome For Fiscal War of 19IM Placed a 18,893,500. tiavana, ?juoa.?rresiuem x-nnua transmitted to Congress the budget for the fiscal year of 1904. The income for the year is estimated at $18,899,500 and the expenses at $17,924,000. The principal i^ems of income estimated arp: Custom's, $14,746,500; interior taxes, $610,000: postal and telegraph, $o00.000. The largest item of expense is that for the Interior Department, which includes military, charities and other services, the estimates for which approximate $4,980,000. The cost of public instruction, much of which, including expenditures for university and technical education, is still paid by the General Government, is estimated at $3,751,000. Public works, inclusive of new roads and bridges, are estimated to cost $3,032,000. Other items of expense include the monthly charge for interest payments on the projected loan of $35,000,000. and also the expense of collecting the taxes for which the loan law provides. The President says the expenses of the Customs Department are only five and one-fourth per cent, of what it collects. He points out that the imports last year amounted to $4,400,000 more than the previous year, while the exports exceeded those of the year before by $24,000,000. President Palma urges the need of more and better coastguard boats. NEW LAW URGED. * Will Aimed Against Get Rich Qn!ek Insurance Companies. Washington. D. C. ? A bill introduced by Senator Dryden, of New Jersey, applies the Anti-Lottery, law to matter sent through the mails by getrich-quick insurance companies. It denies the use of the mails to companies which are not authorized to do business by the certificate of the insurauec commissioner of some State. The passage of this legislation is urged by the national convention of State Insurance Commissioners. Half Million Dollar Fire. Fire practically destroyed the fivestory brick building Nos. 127 and 120 North Fourth street, Philadelphia. Pa., occupied by the Philadelphia Strawboard Company and several ot'ier tenants. The loss on the building is estimated at $15,000 and on the contents $475,000. Crime to Give Awav W'liisky. The Supreme Court of Missouri hs>M that the statute prohibiting the giving away of.liquor in local option counti-v is constitutional. Elkina' Gift Illegal. The bequest of $240,000 for the erection of a Masonic Orphanage for Girls made by Wiliiam L. Elkins, of Philadelphia. Pa., has b?en declared illegal by Register of Wills Groff, of Montgomery County, because the codicil providing for the sift was mad.' within thirty days of the testator's d?.-uh. rind is, therefore, inoperative. lSrltlo and Her Sister Perish. Mrs. Frank Downing, a bri.le, jumped into the Mouse River, at Minot, N. D., to rescue her young sister, who had broken through the ice. Bath were carried under aud lost. JIHOB EVENTS OF THE WEEK 1 WASHINGTON ITEMS. V j The Secretary or tne Treasury r?, ceived from a person in Brooklyn, N. 9 ! Y., a conscience contribution of $107.50 , H and from Trenton, N. J., ?>20. JjH | The Russian Government Intends to jS| purchase the Russian Embassy on M Scott Circle. The Embassy will be re- Bflf modelled throughout and a ballroom added. Speaker Cannon has anpointed RepI resentative Livernash. of California, a jB member of the Committee on Enrolled jH Bills. S Secretary Moody transmitted to tjie fij TTnnse with his annroval a Naval^ AB Board report recommending a site for a naval magazine to cost $500,000, seven miles from the Boston Nnvy^^Mij Yard and four miles from Nastagket^BflH Roads. ? The Sunreme Court of the States, after handing down deoisionfl^H|B adjourned until Monday, November 30.^^HB Representatives Underwood (Ala.T VH and Hardwick fGa.'i introduced joint resolutions in the House providing for the repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution. ^ Frank P. Sarpent. Commissioner of ^ Immigration, suffered an attack of paralysis of the left side. The board, coraoosed of Rear-Ad- '\4 miral Ta.vlor and Lieutenant-Coxn- ? mander Wlnslow. appointed to select a ?j site for a naval training station on ;,J| the great lakes, have chosen five sites, the first choice h^i'ng Luke Bluff, thlrty-two miles north of Chicago: the sec- ;9 ond is Racine, Wis.: third, Muskegon, Mich.; fourth. Milwaukee, and fifth,- - Michigan City. Postmaster-General Payne directed the dismissal of several clerks in the St. Louis postoffice. for alleged eonspiracy to secure the removal of Post- ^ master Baumhoff of that city. OUR ADOPTED I8LAMDS. Jk The Legislature of Hawaii has tran?mitted to the House a series of joint resolutions asking for the organiza- - Ja tion of a State Government for the- , 1 XOiailUO. In bis annual report on tbe condition $j| of affairs In tbe island of Porto Blco,' gS Governor Hunt says there is^jtfrong current in favor of Americartlgm/1^^ jjfl Governor Taft's report-oh"the of railway lines for tlie Island or Luzon, P. I., is as follows* Manila to ^ Aparri, 330 miles, $6,675,602: Dagupan r$ to Laoag, 16S miles, $3,367,036; Manila to Batangas, sixty-nine miles, $1,997,' jflH Judge Gear, of the Circuit Court, at.* 'j^H the request of the Home Rule party at JB Honolulu. H. I., has instructed the Ter- I ritorial Grand Jury to investigate the ' reports of repeating, voting in the names of dead or absent persons and perjury in the elections. >' H DOMESTIC. ^ The first train was run\ across Salt Ju r *-! AAA /i\A Ijuivc over me new ^o,wu,uw uuu, 7 .? The total taxable wealtAof Indian /^H Territory, according the governor'* ''IK report, is $43,088,041. j t The nine Sioux Indians l>eld at Dong- /jjfH las, VVyo., for the murder of officers- "jM who were pursuing thorn have been discharged, it being s^orn that the ? two redskins killed were the murder-; Trouble in the office'->of the United .States Treasury ageurVit Boston, Mass., has resulted in tbeXransfer of fl Colonel C. J. Smith and his sla^Ierks: A Sent to a hospital in San F^W^flr^ jj| Cal., because of mental trouble, Metayer, a merchant from Australia^JRS cut his throat. Nine hundred men were thrown out - >4 of emDlorment at Enalev. Tenn.. bv i the closing of the steel mills of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company for lack of orders. Twenty-four eight-inch and twenty-', . ri< four seven-inch guns for the navy have ^ been ordered made at the arsenal at. Watervliet, N. Y. Arthur Wllkins. of Atkinson, Me., '^j a registered guide, was shot through the head by another guide, Charles n| Berry, of the Kathardin Iron Works, and died two hours later. ') The Mutual Life Insurance Company |9| brought suit in St. Louis to cancel poll- H :Ies aggregating $250,000 issued to H Tames L. Blair. HB Citizens of San Antonio. Texas, were - ^ In a frenzy of rage because for twentythree days they had been Isolated from the world through quarantine regula- j tions. The United States Court Commissioner at San Francisco, Cal., has handed down a decision in the case of .0; Lin Lung Wonfc, a merchant, to the V effect that a Chinese manufacturer . / who engages in any kind of manual labor about his factory is a laborer under the meaning of the exclusion act, and as such is not entitled to enlpet into or remain in the country as a merchant. An explosion of natural gas at Mariou. Ind., wrecked Benjamin Hight's home, besides badly injuring five per>nn? in thp hrmsf? 1 FOREIGN. . J Manuel Espinosa was appointed ft 1 member of the Panama Junta to sue* I teed Frederico Boyd. Edward Lord Weeks, the well-knomr^^' American artist, died at Parly. Frajhea. ' Whalers just ret^niN^oScotland- . ^ report that they j)Wind the Danish Eriksen expedite? on Saunders Island in a pjJfi^tde state of destitution. t Count Mojffke, the artist of the expedition, wire very ill. ';* The j&ustrian military authorities have decided in favor of a special kind of wrought bronze, from which 3000 nex^/caunon for the Austro-Hungarian army will be manufactured. 1 The De Beers Consolidated Mines * produced in the past year diamonds worth $26,205,860, giving a profit of $11.311,490. 'V|j Seventeen Italian Anarchists have been expelled from Geneva. Switzerland. and delivered to the Italian authorities. Premier Giolitti. yielding to the insistence of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, has abandoned his intention of resigning. $ Kus.-iau#saiIors at Chemulpo, Korea, on being attacked by Japanese dock i laborers, drove ibe latter away with their lists, using no weapons. a tire in the mail car of the St. Petersburg-Moscow mail train is reported to have destroyed property estimated in value at $3,500,000. Several hundred persons have been thrown out of employment by the closing of the iron mines in Santiago, * Cuba. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author, has received the Conservative nomination fur Parliament in the Eorder Burghs. jd Kiisni.Vs demand on China for the recall of the Taotai Yuan,-a Manchu, from the Korean border, baa been granted under pressure. * |