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J \ jr % TO SUBDUE PANAMA Colombia Said to be Marching Great Army to Isthmus. WASHINGTON IS ADVISED pour Corps, Under Four Generals, j ted bv President Morro u . * I quin to Content for Control of Territory. *4 According to advices from Guayaquil, General Plaza, president of Ecuador, cabled to President Marroquin, of Co, lombia, sympathizing vrith. him in the recent events on the isthmus of Panama. President Marroquin replied thanking General Plaza and adding that General Reyes, Cabellercs, Ospina and ,T"'?Tv?oT-/-?hine on Panama j nullum wcic ujuiv ^ ? witli a large army to subdue the isthC >. mus. Punish "Isthmian Traitors." The Colombian minister to Peru has published in Lima cablegrams received from his government, dated at Bogota, November 10, 11 and 12, respectively. The cablegrams say that the Colombian government has taken measures to suppress "the isthmian traitors" and add that all the parties ** and classes have offered to the government their lives and property in defense of the national territory. What Will Uncle Sam Do? Rumors were current in WashingL ton Friday that the government in. . tended to. send United States troops to the isthmus of Panama, but positive official denials were made that" such was the intention of the administration which some time ago asserted its mimosa to nrevent fighting that would endanger the. free transit of "the isthmus. Situation at Bogota Critical. It |b rumored that the situation at Bogota is extremely critical, and that there is* a continuance of the manifestations jof furious despair over the loss ;pf the_ isthYnus. The feeling against President Marroquin is growing in intensity and one rumor has it that he has been deposed. The populace Of Bogota is talking of sending a big expedition to recapture the isthmus :at any cost, in their excitability ? . losing sight of the futility of such an attempt. It is believed here that Admiral Glass*, commander or .the United Skates squadron, wj*l soon call officially on the junta, and that his squadron will salute., the flag of the y republics ? ANDREW GREEN MURDERED. : "Father of Greater New York" Shot to Death by Crazy Negro. r Andrew H. Green, the "Father of Greater New York," and one of the city's oldest and most remarkable citizens, was shot and instantly killed * on the steps of his home, on Park avenue, New York city, Friday, by Cornelius M. Williams, a negro who is ? , believed to be iqsane. > * The shooting was evidently the outcome of an insane delusion on the part of the negro that Mr. Green had i / slandered him, for when he was asked why he had committed the murder, he replied: "I did it to save my character." . * There were three witnesses to the tragedy, Mrs. Anna Bray, a domestic in Mr. Green's family; Emil Michelsen, an errand boy, and Patrick Dyer, a cabjnan. Parker Head of Olympian Mills. At a meeting of ihe directors of the ' Olympia cotton mills at Columbia, S. C-, Friday, W. B. Smith-Whaley resigned the presidency, and L. W. Parker, of Greenville, was elected president temporarily. LIBERIA THEIR "JONAH." T,..ikU t_l \jwvi y?a nwyi guiivi i wi i net J uships in Far Off African Republic. . There is a movement on foot at Valdosta, Ga., to bring back from 1,1beria the Irfrin county negroes who, ? last February, emigrated to that country. The horrible predicament of these negroes was described in a letter from i? the United States minister resident and consul general at Monrovia to Hon. John Hay, secretary of state, j Washington, D. C.. and transmitted by him to Congressman Brantley, ot k" Georgia. DECISION NOT SINDING. According to Pennsylvania Judge. Arbitraticn Commission Was N. G. At Sunbury, Pa.. Thursday, Judge Auten has rendered an opinion, in which he decides that in the eyes ol ^ the law the decision of the anthracite B strike commission is not binding on g either the miners or the operators B This is the first legal <! /: 3icn on the E subject. L . < REPORT NOT BEUEVEDTT Washington Officials Scoff at Warlike Stone* vrc.n coiom,;ia?fso Allowed to Approaoh Panama. A Washington special says: The state department had no knowledge up to a late hour Saturday night of j the marching c? any army from Co- | lombia upon the isthmus of Panama, and Lhe officials state that were any such movement in progress it would certainly be imoimert by its agents in the south, the cables being still open. The officials scout the idea that anysuch march is in progress, as the president cf Colombia is. reported to j -*? ?v??Api^Anf f\f f have described 10 tuc plUOlUVUb VC j Ecuador. It is assumed in Wahington that the "army" said to be marching on Panama was nothing more than a few men, perhaps 500 all told, that were about to embark at Buena Ventura a few days ago when they were turned back from tl^ isthmus by notice of the determination of the United States naval commanders to allow no landings in that quarter. These troops cannot reach the isthmus by water and the officials here are positive that they cannot do so by land. The character of the country is such that there is no subsistence for an army on the route of wild mountain trails and the passages through the morasses that lie between Colombia nmnor 9nH thf> isthmus. Even if there were subsistence the trails are so rough that it would require many weeks or even months ' tor even a small army to make the journey. But there are more than physical obstacles in the way of the approach of an army upon Panama. The officials do not care to express publicly their plans, but enough has been gleaned from the instructions given to our naval commanders to make it evident that never again will the isth-' mus become the seat of warfare, so j long as the United States government can prevent it V' i'j I .1 I ' t . TO TEST ANTI-BOYCOTT LAW. Contest on in Birmingham Against New Alabama Statute. The test of the anti-boycott law nrinntprf hv the recent general assem """r -?r- bly of Alabakna, is on in earnest at Birmingham with the arrest of one mand and warrants issued for many others, all ^ union men and charged with embarrassing the Alabama Steel and Wire Company in its business at Virginia City, where that company operates a mine which, it has been attempting to make non-union several months, during which time there have been numerous collisions between its employes and ,the union men, many arrests .prosecutions for contempt of court, several injunctions and what not, all owing to the determined position taken by either side. The Labor League of Alabama has taken up the oudgel of the union men and employed the best talent in the state to defend the accused. They are arrested under the conspiracy clause of the anti-boycott law.- The case will be fought through the state courts and may go to the supreme court of the United States* BILTMORE ESTATE LEASED. Vast Acres of Vanderbilt to Be Used as Hunting Preserves. The deal which has been pending at Asheville, N. C., for soma time between George W. Vanderbilt and Edgar B. Moore, of Kenilworth, for the leasing of the Biltmore estate, was completed Saturday. With the exception of 1,000 acres immediately surrounding tne Biltmore mansion, Mr. Moore will have control for ten years of the vast estate whi:h covers an area of 125,000 acres. Thi9 great tract of land will be converted into hunting preserves. A club of 100 members, representing the higher aristocratic circles, will be formed by Mr. Moore for the purpose of hunting and fishing on the estate. It is said that these preserves will be the best stocked in the country. Deer, bear, grouse, turkey and quail abound in large numbers. A staff of rangers and guards will patrol the estate to prevent the encroachments of poachers. MILLS FREE OF COURTS. Judge Revokes Order Naming Receivers for Olympia Cotton Factory. In the United States circuit court at Richmond. Va., Judge Simonton dismissed the receivers appointed for the Olympia cotton mills in Columbia, S. C., a $2,500,000 corporation, and ! dissolved the injunction that had been I granted. The receivers were appointed in the ! ,? :*. c T ^^ A i. u ~ I sun lu Leuuaru fmmzy ttgamsi me mills, but on a further hearing Judge j Simonton reversed his action. This left the mills, it is stated, to j carry out their plan of reorganization, j | COLOMBIA IS TOO LATE. Proposed Resumption of Canal Nego-1 tiations Amounts to Naught. It is stated in Washington on high | authority that it is too late for Co-; lombia to mane any effort to resurrect j the canal treaty with the United | States, beyond preventing a hostile j clash between Colombia and the newrepublic of Panama, the proposed visit of General Reyes to Panama will be without result. FORTY MEET DEATH1* i As Result of Frightful Collision 011 Illinois Central. MAJORITY WERE NEGROES 1 < ! In Addition, Twenty-Three are Injured, 1 and of These Twenty Were Colored?Wreckage Caught Fire and Many Bodies Burned. i A rear-end collision on the Illinois , Central railroad no.tr Kent wood, La., j 85 miles from New uneans, at <:?u Saturday night resulted in the kill- ' ing of forty people and injuring of- ! twenty-three. Thirty-nine of the dead 1 and twenty of the injured are negroes, i The collision was between the Mc- 1 Comb City accommodation train and the northern express bound to Chicago. The McComb City train left NewOrleans at 3:50 p. m. It should have sidetracked to let the express, which left at 5:20, go by, but got behind before reaching Kentwood. Near that station the express ran it down. The rear coach of the accommodation, filled with negroes, many of them section hands who had been picked up on the way, was completely wrecked. The engine of the express did not leave the track, and after an hour's delay the through train proceeded on her way. Physicians from McComb City and Kentwood were sent to the scene of the wreck to attend the injured. tVir. yvotv? humeri to iUUOk \JL luc? wvu.w. ?? w. V ~ ? a crisp, some of the wreckage having caught fire soon after the collision. MRS. SMYTHE PRESIDENT. United Daughters of the Confederacy Elect New Officers. At the closing session of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at Charleston, Mrs. Augustine T. Smythe, of that city, was elected president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy by 3 vote of 746 to 425 over Mrs. Henderson, of Mississippi. Upon the conclusion of the call of states, and before the result of the yoting had been announced,. Mrs. Henderson withdrew her name; and moved that the election of Mrs. 'iSmythe be made unanimous, and this motion was carried. >e The election of the other officers resulted as follows: First vice president, Mrs. Basil Dukes, of Kentucky; second vice president, Mrs. J. D. Bealle, of Alabama; recording secre tary, >irs. jonn r. mt-Kiuau, ui icunessee; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Virginia F. McSherry, of West Virginia; treasurer, Mrs. Jane J. Leigh, of Virginia; custodian, Mrs. S. B. Ga'obett, of Georgia. The last four officers were re-elected. St. Louis was selected as the pla:e 'for the next meeting of the order. LABOR BIFFS ROOSEVELT. President's Name Brought Up in Connection With Miller Case. President Roosevelt's name'and his action in the so-called Miller open shop case were brought before the convention of the American Federation of Labor, in session at Boston, Mass., when several delegates criticised his decision not to discriminate against non-union labor in federal employment. The question came before the convention in the way of a report regarding open shops. The substance of the resolution was that the l "open shop," whether under private or government control, "cannot be recognized by organized labor." / t AMERICANS WIN POINT. Dominicans Yield to D&mands and Will Appoint Arbitrator. A'dispatch from San Domingo states that United States Minister Powell has finally carried his point against the Dominican government that it I should agree to the provisions of the protocol and appoint arbitrators. CIVIL STRIFE IN BOGOTA. Mobs Surge Streets of Colombian Capital and Denounce Marroquin. The state department has received a cablegram from United States Mia ister Beaupre, at Bogota, dated November 9, in which the minister states that large crowds were parading th? -X . -1. il Oil. rr I I Streets OU me om tusuiuk, u;uif,., | "Down with Marroquin." There was a mass meeting denounc, ing the president and calling for a | change of government. Hundreds j gathered at the paiace and the orator, I a prominent national general, called j for the resignation of the president, CALL TO REPUBLICANS. National Committee to Meet in Washington December 11th. Senator Hanna, chairman of tthe republican national committee, has ; mailed to each member 01 the com [ mittee a letter calling them to meet : at the Arlington hotel, Washington, Friday, December 11th. The call alsc I is signed by Perry S. Heath, secretary I of the committee. DISCUSS MORMON SMOOT. [ Eligibility of Utah Senator Aired in j Upper House of Congress. Facetious Mr. Tnayer. ?? , #The session of congress Friday rook j )n somewhat of an interesting turn. ; i [mmeniately upon assembling the sexit e plunged into a discussion or" the juestion of the eligibility of Reed | : Sinoot, of Utah, to a seat in th^ sea- ' lie. I j .wr. Dubois, cf Idaho, took issue j w.th Mr. Hoar's remarks of Thurs- I lay. "I contend chat these various cr- j sanitations of Christian men. and wo- j jun,'' he said, "nave a right to petition tho senate and that it is tneir ; rtntv to do so. Of coarse, we all ap- J predate that this is a judicial ques- | Lion, which must be determined ay ! | the facts, but it is not an idle ques- \ tion, and It is properly betore the sen- j ate. It is the same question that was | involved in the case of the polyga- j mous Roberts, for whose unseating by j the house of representatives many pe- j titions were filed. "If tho allegations now on file with j the committee on privileges and elec- j tionc can be proven, I do not believe ' there is a senator here who would j vote to have Mr. Smoot ccntinue in j his seat, but if they are not priven, 1 i think we would all unite in asking i nim to remain." Mr. Hoar said that in his remarks j he had merely called the attention of | some of his cwn constituents to the ' fact that they are pointing out to the I senate the determination 01 a judicial j question in regard to which the senators are the judges. Mr. Hale took the position that the question of Mr. Smoot's eligibility had been improperly raised at this time. He considered it a very grave and serious matter, and while, he said, he had appreciated the force of what Mr. Hoar nad said as- to the judicial character of the proceedings, he did not quite agree with that senator that in" determining the right of a senator to his seat the senate should be considered purely as a court of law. He referred briefly to the moral aspects of the Smoot case, and said that, i grave as tney are, they are not more j important than "the intrusion of a religious hierarchy like the Mormon church into the political affairs of the country.' He suggested to the senate the importance of not prejudging the case. The senate adjourned until Monday.^ In the house, the bill to make effect ivc iuc v/uuau ti izaLj v,uuf cuuwu, which, without objection, was read by title and referred to the committee on ways and means. Mr. Payne having moved to adjourn, Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, inquired if he was ready to announce the program of the majority. Mr. Payne said a meeting of the ways and means committee would be called Friday, and he hoped to report the bill to the nouse then. Mr. Thayer, of Massachusetts, rising to a question of privilege, a3ked if a member would be considered derelict in his duty if he would go home to get his winter's wood, with the undeerstanding that he would return when the six or seven men, who, be said,, constitute congress, should announce .hat something was to be doae. Mr. Payne observed that he was about to request unanimous consent that the gentleman from Massachusetts be excused for the remainder oi tne session, rne house then adjourned. Ways and Means Committee. Speaker Cannon announced at Friday's session of the house that the ways and means committee would be as follows: Republicans?Messrs. Payne, of New York, Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, Grosvenor of Ohio, Tawney of Minnesota, McCali of Massachusetts, Babcock of Wisconsin, Metcalf of California, Hill of Connecticut, Boutell of Illinois, Watson of Indiana and Curtis of Kansas. Democrats?Messrs. Williams of Mississippi, Robertson of Louisiana, Swanson of Virginia; McClellan of New York, Cooper of Texas and Clark of Missouri. ANCIENT GEORGIA RECORDS. Received from London by Ex-Governor Candler for Transscription. Former Governor Candler, who is compiling the revolutionary and Confederate records of Georgia, has received from London several volumes of the minutes of the executive council of Georgia embracing a period of 80 years, from 1732 U> 1752. These records were not in the Geor gia file, having been stolen or misplaced, and it was necessary for the legislature to appropriate a sum of money to have them transcribed from the original copies, which are now m London in the government, library. ALABAMA SYNOD ACTS. Presbyterians Vote Favorably on Merger cf Colleges at Atlanta. In the Alabama synod in session at Union Springs. Thursday, the question of uniting the Southwestern Presbyterian university and the college at Columbia, S. C., and the establishment of a big university at Atlanta, Ga., was decided favorably by an almost unanimous vote. THE MILITIA WARY Fear of Black Officers Has Impaired the Service, SAYS ADJUTANT GENERAL In Annual Report Hall Declares that This Fear Has Been Unfortunately Accentuated by Southern Newspapers. A Washington special says: Fear that under the president's orders white national guardsmen may be comnelled to serve under negro offi cers, impairs/ the efficiency of the state military organizations in the south, according to the annual report of Acting Adjutant General Hall,which ias just been made public. Much of the report is devoted to the national guard and its reorganization under the new militia law. In many of the southern states the military organizations are reported poorly equipped and marked opposition to the organizations exists in some places. Colonel Hall discusses this as follows in his report: "In some cities of Virginia, Georgia and Louisiana the newspapers have prejudiced the minds of the militiamen bv their distorted vews. The fear is expressed in some southern communities that under the president's orders white national guardsmen might be compelled to serve under a colored commander and still others believe that they are state troops and should not be ordered for duty outsiide the state. All these examples, however, are to be regarded as sporadic rather than contagious, and as the intent of the law becomes better understood, with perhaps some further legislation, it i3 believed that all opposition will be confined to such irreconcilable elements as are not to be satisfied with anything less than the abolition of all agencies) that make ; for the preservation of law and order." The actual strength of the army or October 15, 1903, was 3,781 officers and 55,500 enlisted men. There were lost to the army during the year end ed June 30, 1903, 29,279 men, as follows: One hundred and thirty-eight offi cers, of whom twenty-five were killed nil <))?<) aC TTT/-V11 o Ar iHq 1U at'UUU Ul UiCU VI "VUHUJ VTA ease; 28,141 enlisted men, of whon 837 were killed in action or died, ol wounds or disease, the remainder rep resenting men discharged for expira tion of term of service, for disability by sentence of court martial, deser tions and retirements. Forty-two officers resigned and sev enty-one retired; 5,053 enlisted mei deserted and 203 retired. Attention is directed, to the worl of military attaches abroad, which th< report states has been very satisfac tory and proves the wisdom of select ing officers peculiarly adapted to thi; delicate semi-diplomatic work. A PRESIDENTIAL JOKE. "Panama Jack P.abbit Jumped To< Soon for His Own Good." All Washington is talking about ; little conversation that occurred Wed nesday between the president am Judge Adamson. Tfie judge had cal] ed at the white house and said: "Mr. President, my only business i to pay my respects. In the languag of 'Br'er Rabbit,' just to past the tim 'o day with you." Said the president: "I am alway glad to see you, but I am especiall; delighted to see you today, and sipeah ing of 'Br'er Rabbit,' reminds me tha Br'er Jack Rabbit on the Isthmu jumped one time too many for hi good." Mr. Adamson replied: "I guess tha when he jumped he was disappointei that he did not run against a bowleg ged president who could not head hir in a lane." I The joke amused the president ver; : much and he repeated it to nearly a I I of his callers during the remainder o ' the day. BILL AIMED AT TAYLOR. j Kentucky-congressman seeks to Hav Extradition Law Amended. j Representative James, of Ko:: j tuckv. has introduced in congress. ! bill amending the extradition seetio: J of the revised statutes so as to rt ; quire state officers to arrest and dc j liver persons who are itigitives fror : justice from other states, upon t.h j presentation of proper warrants sigr j ed by the governor of the stato mat ing the requisition. The bill is intern ed to cover the case of former Ocvei j nor Taylor, of Kentucky. | BUST OF GEOF.GI WASHINGTON Is Offered United States by France t Replace One Destroyed. i Secretary Hay has received throng j Ambassador Porter a letter askir. him to accept, on behaif oi the go\ ernmerit, a marble bust of Was-him ton, to replace the one presented b France which burned in the fire whie destroyed the library of congress* D< cember 24, 1851. MILLS HAVE CUT WAGES/ ' Cotton Factories in New England ^ ^ Announce 10 Per Cent Reduction. 80,000 Workers Affected. About thirty-two thousand operatives in cotton mills in Massachusetts were notified Wednesday of a ten per cent reduction in wages. If it is fol- .'<< lowed by the step which is usually ! taken when the mill owners of Rhode Island and Connecticut take similar action, 80,000 men will be out of em- . -j ployment. The notice of the reduction was posted in all the cotton mills of Fall -if j River, wnere ou,uuu operuu?c* v I employed, and also at Taunton, where I 2,000 mill workers are affected. The ^JjsSj reduction in Fall River goes into ef- ^Jgj feet November 28 and that at Tann- I; ton five days earlier. ' The cutdown is attributed to the . v^^aj unsettled state of trade, resulting' from the high price of raw mhteriai, ^ and to a pronounced hesitation to buy on the part of the usual purchasers. The action taken in Fall River is ot widespread importance, since a step of this nature in that city usually is followed by mill owners in southern and central Massachusetts, Rhode ls-^ ::: land and eastern Connecticut, where -.-M " oKAnt sn nnn mpn are em- ' Ick tuiai %jl vvfvw ? ? ? ? ? ployed. R is'thought that no general I strike will be ordered at this time by r'JjS i the Textile WorKers' Union, which is i arranging to consider the situation. It was learned that the reduction 4g'/|aB was decided upon at a conference of Fall River men in Boston November 2. About eighty mills, owned by forty . JjjS corporations, are represented in the .~|? organization. Most of the local mills make print cloths and coarser goods,' although a few of them are engaged in the manufacture of fine goods. The / :g8 mills of Fall River, New Bedford, '^S| Rhode Island and those at numerous points in central and western Massa- ' chjisetts, together with mills in east- ; ern Connecticut, made a general adJ vance in wages early in 1902. The" { cotton mills of Northern New England did not increase their scale and it is not considered probable that the present change in southern New England will affect the industry further north. -;.;3-a CLEAR ROAD FOR TREATY. . j Speaker Cannon is Notified of With- . h drawal of All Opposition. < Speaker Cannon was assured Wed1 I nesday by one of the most prominent leaders of the opposition to Cuban c reciprocity in the last congress that there would be little or no opposition among republicans to the bill carrying into effect the Cuban reciprocity ; The speaker was assured that the sentiment among tne republicans was V Jig j to stand by the speaker, that it would be impolitic to have a division of the ? party at the beginning of the session. ^ The senate began business in ear- ;5| nest Wednesday by receiving for the ^ first time during the session a num3 ber of petitions and a number'of bills. Is One petition protested against Sena- . ^ tor Smoot remaining in the senate. .||? In presenting a numerously signed ;|j petition asking the senate to expedite 'M the consideration of the charges .M against Mr. Smoot, Mr Hoar took occasion to remind the senders of the 1 ?1U' mum Cmnnt'd " ucai 1U5 ujwu WI. . ? 1- case that the proceeding is out of or- " c|j| i der and improper. He based his re[ marks upon a purely judicial proceeding to be determined by the laws and ^ s the constitution of the United States. e The senate at 12:20 went into exes- - ^ e utive session and adjourned at 1:45 p. m. ! s The house convened at 12 o'clock. y After prayer by the chaplain and the ;||| reading of the journal Messrs. C. C. >> t Reed and Minor Wallace and T. B. s Kyle, of Ohio, were sworn in as mem- |? s bers of the house. On motion of Mr. Payne, the house, \ w t at 12:05 p. m., adjourned. Reply to Colombia's Protest a The reply of the state department to the protest of Dr. Herran, the Co- cA y iomoian cnarge, was iorwaxuea lo mm Tg 11 Wednesday. It was merely a formal* r;| f acknowledgment that the protest had . been received. ^ j WILL STUDY RACE PROBLEM. ' > >|j e ! Sociological Society Names Commiti " 'j tee to Make Investigation. t. | The National Sociological Society, / | ! to consider the race problem, closed''' 0ij? 3 j its sessions at Washington by the ;y: D ] adoption of a series of resolutions on j the subject. One of the important j results 01 me meeting was me crea- ; u J tion of a mixed special committee of | ,six members throe from each race, to ' ~ carry the plans and conclusions into V& ^ i effect, to lay the matter before con- / | ! gress. to gather material and to aid r_ as a permanent body in the solution j of the race problem. A QUESTION OF ORIGIN. i ? . >j?! Doubt as to Where Order of Caugh- ; 0 ters of Confederacy Originated. I The question whether me order first k ! originated in Georgia or Tennessee, ir | reports from the presidents of the va^ ; rious state divisions, and reports on * r.1 the distribution of crosses of honor to 'j?. v veterans were the leading features h Friday, the third day's session, of the V >. United Daughters of the Confederacy - ' At Charleston. : . , -cr#:.vS