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VOL. X1L.
MAKING ^PROGRESS
Good Work Being Done By Philippine
Colonies
BfcPORT MADE BY COL, EDWARDS
He Says These Islands Will M-ke a
Most Interesting; Showing at the
St. Louis Exposition.
Washington, Special.?The developni?ut
of the Philippine Islands during
the past year, together with a review
of pending questions of importance in
relation to the archipelago, is contained
in tbo annual report of Colonel
Clarence R. Kdwards, chief of the
bureau of insular affairs of the War
Department, made public Sunday. The
accomplishment of greatest importance
to the islands during the year has been
the successful launching of the new
lis. al system. Fly January 1. next, the
new system will be in complete operation.
Tho new circulating medium
consists of IR.000.000 pesos and fracticnal
silver coins and 10.000.000 pesos
in paper money. To establish the new
system am! purchase the silver for
coinage issues of bonds were made of
313.000.000 each. l?otli (if which were
sold at a premium. The proceeds of
the sale of these bonds were deposited
and drew interest at the rate of "tVf; per
cent, ho that the government actually
male money by going into debt.
Colonel I'M wards emphasizes the necessity
of a reduction of the Dingley
tariff ratoa for the encouragement of
trade between the T'nited States and
the Philippines. There is an active desire
on the part of Philippine commercial
interests, he says, for tariff concessions.
and the report states that the
same desire also ha~s been evinced by
the same interests in this country. The
chief exports of the islands to the
Dnitcd States are sugar, tobacco, hemp
and coffee. The latter two commodities
already are on the free list.
The education of Filipino youths in
the country for the purpose of making
them the future teachers of the native
* schools of the islands has begun under
an act passed last summer by the insular
government. Ninety-e'ght young
Filipinos are now on their way to this
country for that purpose. They will
attend the grammar schools of southern
California during the winter and in
the spring he distributed through the
Middle-west and Eastern portion of the
Cutted States for further instruction.
Colonel Edwards optimistically predicts
that the Philippine exhibit at the
St. I^ouis Exposition will he the ft nture
of that show. There are to he
something like 1.200 Filipino participants,
and every phase of native indus???.
nn.l .Ir.owwtl.. lifr. ' II,r. i<zlni>1a 1
to bf represented.
Colombia Very B'tter.
Washington. Special.?The prers of
Colombia continues to severely criticize
and denounce tho American govcininont
for its action in isthmian
matters and the recognition of tho
Republic. of Panama. This is shown in
a dispatch received at the State Department,
late last night, from Minislev
Beau pre, at Bogota. President
Roosevelt, the United States Congress
nud the American people are the targets
of violent denunciation. The minister's
dispatch makes no reference as
to the time when ho intends to leave
Bogota on the leave of absence granted
him by the State Department. No uneasiness
is felt by the Department for
(he minister's personal safety.
v'u'tinjr Mill Wages.
Boston, Special A majority of the
c-.tton mills of New "England will he
opovat; ,i under a wage schedule appioKimai
lv in per < ?-nt. lcrs than has
h in in (tret for two years. In the
city ?V Pall River alnr.c, "0,00ft operative.!
w:l! be aff tr<l and in the Slate
of Rhode Island not less than 20.000.
At other points in Massachusetts. Con
n ecu cm aun ?> o w uanirsnirc. iao agrogato
of employes whose wages will
he reduced will he several thousand.
At other cotton mill centers a reduction
will take eff*ct a week later.
Wnn's A-ny Post.
Wash ngton. Special?Goveraot Il?yward
of Soutii ( irolina. accompanied
hy Mapv Mcah Jenkins, collector of
internal u v nne. George 1 biggins and
Uopresrntntivc Lever ealh <1 on the
President to urge him to use his influfloure
to . .. cure the cs;abli:Ii;u< nt of aa
sitny : t G' ltttrt>ia, C. Later.in
the da* the dt legation had ntt inter\
it w \\ I . ?tary Hoot .1 the t ante
oucstion. No (it i.-lrti lisp yet h'en
rea-'hed v.- ::: ling the eiatt' r.
Disastrous Storm-.
Berlin. By Cable. Communication by
telegraph, particularly west of Hanover.
has been interrupted by a genoral
storm. All of western Europe is at
present on'y indirectly connected with
Berlin. \t Frankfort-on-the-.Vnin all
street car trafTic has been stopped and
tices have been uprooted. A now fourslory
buil ling with the surrounding
scaffolding. bar iron d< 'iiolished ;?t
Chemnitz. A ti g anrjk at Emien. one
man being drowned. Several lighters
were stink on the river Ems and it
is believed that, numerous lives liavo
been lost. Seven passengers were seriously
injured by the derailing of a train
at Zehaueen.
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APPALLING ACCIDENT
Terrible Loss of Life In Railway Accident
in l-linol*.
Peoria, 111.. Special.?Thirty-one men
were killed, and at least ir> injured, in
a head-end collision between a freight
train and a work train on the Big Four
Railroad between Mackinaw and Tie
mont Thursday afternoon. Hodies of 26
of the victims have been taken froir
the wreck, which Is piled 20 feet high
on the tracks. Five bodies yet remain
buried under the huge pile of broken :
timber, twisted and distorted iron and ;
steel.
On a bank at the side of she track
lit the bodies of the victims, rut, bruised
and mangled in a horrible manner.
So far only 12 have been identified, the
remaining bodies being unrecognizable,
even by those who knew them, and are
aware of the fact that they are among i
the dead.
All the dead and most of the injured
were members of the work train, the
crews on both engines jumping in time
to save their lives. The collision occur|
red in a deep cut at the beginnig of a
sharp curve, neither train being visible
i to the crew of the otlur until they were
within T.O feet of each other. The engineers
set the brakes, sounded the
whistles and thrn leaped from their
cabs, the two trains striking with such '
force that the sound was heard for several
miles. A second after the collision
the boiler of the work train engine exploded.
throwing heavy iron bats and
splinters of wood 200 feet.
Ft deration of Labor.
Boston. Special.?The American Fedoration
of Labor disposed summarily
of thf "open shop" issue as raised in
the ease of William A. Miller, now employed
in the Government Printing Office
at Washington, and the Miller caso
itself, by unanimously declaring in fav,
or of the union shop in government, as
I well as private, enterprises, and by petitioning
President Roosevelt to reexamine
the evidence offered against
! Miller, and if verified, remove Miller
, from the service. Although the rcse'
lution adopted presented the Federa
tion's views on both "open shop" and
I the Miller case, the issues are kept en|
tirely distinct. The re-examination of
I the Miller case is not requested hecase
Miller is a non-unionist, a cir- i
cuinstance formely urged as a reason
for his removal, but because the Fedi
oration believes Miller "is totally unfit
j to bo in charge of working people."
The Miller resolutions declare that
j "Miller has been proved in affidavit
s
| and court recodra to he a bigamist, per
Jurer, defaulter and one totally unfit to
be in cha.ge of working people." That
I he has violated civil service rules and
j the revised statues, all of which de'
mand dismissal, and that his retention
In government employ is a menace "to
production of creditable work because
of dissatisfaction with his methods as
; foreman."
Three Killed lly Explosion.
Kalkaska. Mich., Special.?By an ex- '
plosion of dynamite in a burning store
j at Sharon, near here, three men were
! killed and fourth so severely injured
, that he may die. The fire oroginated in
a general store, it is supposed, from an
overheated stove. The blaze spread
i quickly and in the excitement of the
moment, every one forgot a quantity of j
j dynamo* stored in the building.
Reclprocl'y Bill.
Washington. Special. ? Represents* 1
tive Williams, of Mississippi, introduced
a bill reducing by 20 per cent,
tho duties on all artloliB being the
growth or product of such "untrles as
do now, or may hereafter, admit naJ
tural products of the United States to
Ikoi, o -1,~. t
I varnu uiuinri. I I i;c 111 HUL'OI l UUlll'S.
NiC2 Home J urncd
Humbert on. Special. ?'The elegant
Ire <?1 (Unco of Mr. .1. N. McAllister was
destroyed by tiro Fatu~dny nlghi. The
| origin of th fir? wr.s a defective
kitchen !'" . When discovered, about
j fi o'clock, the ru ' <. f the kitchen was
in a blaze, which . apidly spread to the
main po iIon >t' tii? house. In spite of
the faithful v rk of the fire company.
Only c. smu'l portion of the furniture
was saved. Th insurance was $2,jrt0.
Trials Postponed.
Washington, Special.?The trial of
the posted case ; of August \V. Marlon,
former general superintendent of the
general delivery system; Samuel and
Dillon Groff. of this city, and Dr. and
Mrs. George R. I.oi'enz, of Toledo, ().,
nrrangod to begin in tlio District Criminal
Court here, n i\t Mrndfcy, has been
postponed until January 11. Attorney
Chase. A. Douglas, counsel for Machen
objected to the delay but the
court granted the request of District
Attorney /Beach, on the ground that
the latter was not ready to proceed
with the case.
RT MILL, S. C., VVEDN
SERIOUS CHARGES
??
Preferred Against Gen. Leonard Wood
By Subordinate.
- MAJOR
RATIIBOSU HAS HEARING.
He Soys (icncral Wood, While Gov
oriior 01 v.uoa, Accepted Money
From (iamb'.ers.
Washington, Special.?Major Ratli- j
bone, formerly director of posts in
Cuba, was given a hearing Friday by
the Senate committee on military affairs,
which is investigating the
charges against General l^onard
Wood.
Major Rath bone Hied specific written
charges with the committee. He alleged
that Gen Wood, while military
governor of Cuba, had accepted money
from the Jai Alai, which was. he said,
a gambling concern, and asserted that
he had made n personal friend and
boon companion of an ex-convict. Ho
also charged him with giving instructions
of an entirely unconstitutional
and un-American character to the
courts.
He also charged General Wood with
authorizing the use of ex-parte depositions
in the postal cases, a proceeding
which he asserted is contrary to law
nnd the nrincinlo of lnu.* nnd in thin
C!ise contrary to instructions Riven by
the S^retary of War.
Major Rathbone charged that in accepting
gifts from the orRanization
commonly known as Jal Alai. to which
Major Rathbone said General Wood
had Rranted a ten years' exclusive concession.
General Wood violated the
Foraker law. which prohibited the
grantiiiR of franchises or concessions.
Other charges were made against
General Wood, as follows:
With complicity with another army
officer in the preparation and publication
of an article reflecting discreditably
upon an officer who ranked both
of them, in violation of an accepted
canon of military service, and constituting
an offense commonly known as
"conduct unbecoming an officer and a
gentleman."
Will directing and causing the audi- ]
tor of Cuba by a military order to violate
the law in the treatment of ac- j
counts.
With utilizing the services of an exconvict
in an effort to displace his superior
officer, and by such means to
secure to himself the vacancy thus
created.
Major Rathbone offered to produce
evidence and testimony in support of
these allegations.
rienace to United States.
Washington, Special.?It is learned
hero that the situation at Bogota has
asaume.l a critical phase, as far as
relations between the United States
and Colombia are concerned. Minister
Beaupre, on the 10th instant, was 1
pressed very strongly by the Colombian
government to know whether the
United States intended to recognize i
the new Pepublie of Panama, it is iind?
rstood that the request was in such ;
Bl.ape as to constitute a menace in the I
event, that the recognition had been
extended.
liank Closed.
Washington. Special.?The Farmers'
National Bank, of Henrietta. Tex., has
been c.losed by direction of the Conip- i
troller of the Currency. Miller Weir,
national bank examiner, has liaen appointed
temporary receiver. The bank's !
capital is $50,000. deposits $103,191. :
loans and discounts $172,145. surnlus I
S'JtJ.<522. cash on hand $34,141.
Two Men Killed.
Roanoke. Va.. Special -Two men !
wtTH killed and another seriously,
not fatally injured, in a head-on crdlision
between two Norfolk A. Western
freight trains near Matewan, \V. Va..
Thursday night. The dead are: Engineer
Lewis Tarrar, married, of BlueHeld;
Brakcman William Pcnn, or
Blucfleld. Tarrar's body was partially
cremated before It was recovered.
Quarantine Against San Antonio.
San Antonio. Texas, Special.?The
official proclamation of Governor l^anhnm,
raising the quarantine against
San Antonio, which has been on since
October 23. went into effect Thursday,
and the towns and counties all over ?? ?
Stain of Texas have been lifting their
local <~iarantlnes. Truiu service will be
resumed on all railroads tomorrow.
The proclamation of Governor Lanham
states that there is now no yellow
fever in San Antonio., no ease having
been reported for 10 days, and that the
sanitary condition is perfect.
LL J
ESDAY, NOVEMBER :
CONGRESSIONAL MATTLRS.
The Cuban Hill in the Mouse?(loei to
the Senate.
Cuban Bill Passed In the House.
The House Thursday, by a rising
vote of 335 to 21. passed the bill to
make effective the Cuban reciprocity
treaty. The dissenting votes were
about equally divided between Republicans
and Democrats, but there was
no record vote, the minority having
too few votes to order the yeas and
nays. The Democrats, under the leadership
of Mr. Williams, sought to the
last to secure amendments to the bill
iii avcurauurc wun me action ot tne
Democratic caucus, but were defeated
steadily.
.Mr. Williams made the final effort
when he tried to have the bill recommitted
to the ways and means committee
with instructions to amend, but a
point of order under the special rule,
provinding for u vote on the bill without
any intervening motion, was sustained.
Mr. Cannon received the applause of
the Democratic side when he entertained
the appeal from his ruling, made
hi Mr. Williams, the Speaker saying
he. preferred to err. if he erred at ail.
in giving the House the right to express
its will. The appeal was tabled
b> a strict party vote.
In ?h Senate.
The Senate held its longest sitting
of the session Friday, beginning at
noon and concluding at 3:15 p. in. The
entire time was consumed in debating
a motion to defer the Cuban roci
procity bill to tlu? committee on foreigu
relations. Tlx' political line was
sharply drawn in the discussion, the
Republicans advocating such reference,
and the Democrats contending
that the measure should go to the comniittte
on finance. The motion prevailed
with out division.
The debate served to bring out some
incidental references to the merits of
the bill and while it was in progr ss
Mr. Teller took occasion to correct
published reports that he has hope of
defeating the hill or that he intends
to unduly obstruct its consideration.
Messrs. Allison and Aldrieh annouiici
d their willingness to have the
bill go to the foreign relations committee.
But they united in an expression
of opinion that such reference
should form no precedent for the reference
of revenue hills in the future. Mr.
Allison denied that there was a pur- |
pose of revising the tarff by reciprocity
treaties.
Messrs. lJacon. of Georgia; Bailcv.
of Texas, and Money, of Mississippi. 1
on the Democratic side, advocated tiie !
reference of the hill to the committee |
on finance.
Mr. Bailey said that there was quite j
a probability of all tariff legislation being
accomplished by reciprocity trea ]
ties and it became important that the
finance committee should control the I
pending bill.
Mr. Bacon said this was not an isolated
case and for thnl reason was important.
it was a question, lie said,
that would largely relate to the -uture
action of Congress. Mr. Baron '
aid that as a member of the committee
on foreign relations lie had been
the author of the provision requiring
the "approval of Congress" on the
treaty, hut he said he had not believed
tire language to he correc tly used. On
the contrary, lie consi lorcd it quite
absurd to suppose that Congress
could approve a treaty.
(ii-rman Steamers Not Stopped.
Washington, Special.?The Navy Dopn'tinent
lias received a report from
Admiral Coghlan. at Colon, replying to
an inquiry whether there was any
truth in the report that the German
steamers Markomunn and Scotia had
been stopped at Colon bv American
nun of war. Admiral Colghlnn states
that the Markoinnnia stopped off C 1cii
on the route to Cartgcnn. The
iv-otia arrived about sunset thr(r days
over due; was informed that no tinned
force would be permitted to land, but
the vessel was not lnt.orfe.rred with and
only darkness prevented her getting
alongside, the dock at once.
Hurrying dun Boat to Colon.
Washington, Special Orders have
been issued at the Navy Department
for the preparation for sea service at
once of the gun-boat Bancroft at F'ensacola
and the gun-boat Castine at the
Drogue Island navv yard. The. first
of these boats in readine.-,.-; will be dispatched
to Colon and the other to duty
it: Hit' waters of liayti ami San Domingo.
Ft war, reported to the Navy Department
from the Norfolk navy yard
that the cruiser Olynipi.i will he ready
for sea about December It is intended
that she shall proceed at once
to Colon as Admiral Coghlan's flagship.
Baseball Leaguj.
Savannah, (la., Special.?A eonfere.n-c
of the I'romoters of the South
Atlantic Baseball League held her?
Wednesday made arrangements for
the meeting to be held here, November
2-1. when organization, it Is stated,
will ho perfected. T?d Sullivan will
leave to visit the several cities that
are to come into the league, and is empowered
to act for the promoters.
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1903.
LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
Many Mitten of General Interest 1c
Short Paragraphs.
Down In Dixie.
Roanoke is in the midst of a contest
over a rearrangement of its city wards.
Milk sickness caused a number of
death in Tennessee.
John Wires, a Hillsboro (Va.) boy.
was ratatiy stabbed by his schoolmate, j
Humphrey Potts.
Norfolk Methodists are stirred up '
over the Virginia Conference resolution
regarding transfers.
The Mayor of Newport has suspended
Chief Stow, of the Fire Department.
Six men were killed near New Hope, t
Ky.. in a collision between freight
rains on the Louisville and Nashville
railroad.
President Alexander, of the Rragot
and Northern Railway, declares $260, 00
of Its securities were stolen from
him at Dallas, Texas.
At Th- National Capital.
Little Is scheduled for the Senate to
do until It receives the Cuban hill.
President Rosevelt is trying to harmonize
his party leaders in the matter
of his Panama policy.
The Cuban reciprocity bill was refored
to the committee on Ways and
Means of the House.
Senator Hoar, (Hop., Mass..) introduced
a bill "providing homes and
employment for the homeless poor."
The House minority will support the <
hill making the Cuban reciprocity ;
treaty effective, but urges amendments.
General Cror.ler, Chief of Army Ordnance,
calls attention to the lack of
seacoist defenses on the insular possessions.
Politicians in Washington are considering
the availability of Senator
Gorman as a Presdential candidate in
view of the result in Maryland, where
the negro issue was the leading one.
In order to avoid friction the Pnitcd
states has offered warships for a meeting
between the Colombian peace commissioner
and the Panamaians.
I\x-Representative James A. Norton,
of Ohio, says Democrats of that State
favor Senator (iorman for 'he Presidential
nomination.
Senator MrComas, (Rep.. Mil.,) introdneed
a great number of bills, ono
of which provides an appiopriatlon
of .100.000 for Improving the Patapsco
river.
At The North.
The Baptist Congress in Philadelphia
ended its sessions.
The City Hall demonstration at Chi- 1
eago strikers met with no results.
Methodists at Omaha appropriated j
over 1700.000 for foreign missions.
The search for Rev. Joseph Cirrigeone
was continued in Now York.
Wages of 2.7.000 cotton-mill operatives
in Rhode Island are to be reduced.
Senator Reed Smoot. of Utah, denies
that as an apostle of the Mormon
Church he took nn oath of any sort. (
Contracts for building five lightships
were awarded the New York
Shipbuilding Company, of Camden. N.
J., at n cost of $82,000.
It was reported in Pittsburg that tim
Rockfeller-Clould syndicate bad seen
reileontrol of the Steel Corporation
and was after the Baltimore and Ohio
and other- wmilc ' -
. , ii vii 'H i in i iimrai
transportation facilities to thr roast.
Tin- Woman's Christian Temperance.
I'n oa convention asks thr right to censor
'!" shows on "the Pike" at thr St.
I. iiv. World's Fair.
It ;s feared Rev. Joseph Ciri In gone,
i- '.or of thr ('nth lie i-hurrh of thr ,
i i.' i slate ('..ncrption, at Williams-I
h:il. > *. V.. lias nirt with foul play
at hands of the Mali a.
' i explosion of Tiifrotilycr! irm in
Pltihidelnlrn wn krd a !. ;u.m .a! led
t> tin- capture of a pans sapi.osi.1 t.ij
ho safe hlowers and 510. totli.e thicvt -.
.dr\ F. DrWitt Walsh., a prominent ,
society worms. of Montclalr. X. is
dead from a ballet wound inlliele I by
herself under mysterious circuuistiincs.
1
I no Fn'-ii 1 Ftati Circuit Conn o,
Appeals at St. Paul. Minn., decided that
Mi" Tohaoe > Trust might charge what
it phased for its products.
Fe rn i\rro?? The Sea.
V. ( ouibes poke in lite French tfvna;*
11 the Teaching hill.
\ dirigible balloon of I/d>aii>l\ h.' thejs
marl 1?". niiloc in It", minutes in
I'i a n co.
The daughter of Henry Lnbouc.horp
was married to tbn Marquis <>i Kitd'.nl
" Homo.
At th Hist prone consistory ( r ronr
Pius X Mgrs. Merry del Vni. c.*ih garl,
Ajirti. Tallinn! and Ka!s; htha'e were
ma i? cardinals.
Russia and Austria tlireruvn da rgrr
to Turkey unlcs the Macedonian reforms
are carried out at once.
Mhrdl.-n-eiis natters.
The world's sugar production for
lOOfl-tH is estimate I at l0,1i!5,S0t) tons.
AVilllam Zieglcr. the New York millionaire,
was indicted by a Missouri
-ram', jury for alleged coneetion with
bribery.
President Hoosevclt wan crkincd at
the convention in EJcston of the
American Federation of Labor for his
stand oa the "open-shop" cunrtioo.
;s.
NO. 36.
4 NOVEL PROCESS.
Young German Restaurant Keeper
Selected.
EAR GRAFTED ON MILLIONAIRE
Itirce Hundred AppIlcnnt*%N Itn Were?
Wilting to Sell nil l:ar for
$5,000.
riiilail- Ijihla. Special.?Dr. Awliwr
Nelden. of New York performed tfcw
operation of grafting nn oar upon thw
head of a Western mi.iionaire, wkaw
name. the surgeon says, he iu an Jetbend
not to divulge. The operation vm*
to have been performed in New York,
but District Attorney Jerome is f;M#
to have Interfered. Mr. N'ehlen is sal#
to have advertised for a tnau willing l?
sell an ear for J.n.OOO; and of 300 tr?pllcants
he selected a young Oerma*.
who conducts a restaurant in New
York. Dr. Nelden said:
"The operation has been performed,
and promises to be successful. I am
under legal contract and heavy bowM
not to reveal the name of my patient.
"Goueiuily speaking .he is a
wealthy man from the West. How he
lest one ear. I don't know. It appears
to have been cut off with a sharp ti?Btruir
? > dieve he says it was accidei.
ever asked him .0 explain
"The operation tool; place at a private
hospital here, where F was an
slsted by 11 Philadelphia physiean. I
think they will he willing to have thctr
names known later.
"The two men were placed in opposite
directions, upon iui 1 longatod be#.
One-half of the volunteer's ear?thn
upper half?was cut off. together with
about four inches of the skin behind
the car.
"Tills was twisted around and fittod
to a freshly prepared wound upon th?
patient's head. The half ear was heUl
In place by bandages, and the two rnon
bound so thoy cannot rcmovo thoAr
heads. Tliey n.ust retain this position
for at toast 12 days to allow the circulation
to come through tbo flap
jfkin that still remains a part of tfc*
volunteer's r.ralp.
"If tins half ear starts feo unite provorlj
. the lower half of the ear wlM ten
grated In the same manner."
R-cognition Denied.
Washington, Special.?The revntu
tionists of San Domingo applied to the
State Department for recognition by
the United States. The Application wm
presented to the depart incut by J. tl.
Giordan, who represented himself as
the provisional agent of tbe revolutionary
government of which Gen.
Jlminoz is the head The State Department
has declined the recognition.
informing Mr. Giordan that It had
heon the unbroken policy of the State
Department to recognize only dcfacto
governments and if MinJeter Powell,
who is on the apot, flnriH that the
revolutionists h?ve actually eslah
lish- d n capital and opened porta and
is aide to protec^ life and property he
will recognize it.
Miliioiiiirc Dies.
Roanoke. Va.. Special.-?George WPalitier.
the richest man in southwestern
Virginia, ilied VYi-dnesdny at
Salt. ille. of pnoutt onla, aged fit. lie
cam - to Virginia fmtn Sytacuse, N.
V.. h Tore the ci\H war. star tod ti?
work ns n clerk in the hlg salt works
In Smvt iie (otinty. afterwards becomlr?g
solo owner of '.he plant, lie recently
sold ah Int-TOBt for $1,000,000
cash. ll<- owned valuable property in
N< v.* Y< >!{ and several other States.
Ho is survived by ono hjii. Charles
Palmer, who inherits t.ho cntiro fortune.
estimated to ho worth $4,000,000.
The Treaty Signed.
Washington, Special.?Secretary Hay
and M. Philippe liu^au-Vnrilln. the
Mm " r from Pnunmn, at 0:10 o'clock
Ti 'v ::iy evening signed 'tic Ifay-Runan-Varill.i
tr.aty providing for the
construction of the Panama canal l?y
the Pniffcd Sl#/c3. The ceremony occurred
111 Secretary Hay's study.
Hearty conr.ratiilntions v.v.o ex-hung
e-1 and it \vn,. ayreul that the news of
the ir.'iir.;; of the trcv.ty should lie
kepi 1 corn the puhlic for the present.
i'i . i lent Roe,.--, volt wan immediately
ndvi?oil of the signing of the document
rir.ii Minister Banau-Vnrilln Bent a
contidficntiai cablegram to his government
statins that the treaty had btea
signed.
S-lvatlon Armv t ouncii
Chatt noogn, Special.?The annual
count ! of the Salvation Army otTlcero
of the South 'onvcnotl here Tinsday.
r"p:c."nt.'ifivea from all stations south
e? <}. Ohio river being present. The
noKxio: v,ill thst three days, being
pres i over f>y Staff Captain Borryrr.nn.
assist ol J by officers from the
No. t;i and Kc#t. The Salvation Army
hea.se,carters and hotel rrns dedicated
Wednesday. I
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