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|pfc- T' ' . \"' ' '7 f UNFAIRLY TREATED , Reyes Blames Us for Colcmbia's Loss of Panama. . < INTERFERENCE ILLEGAL Strenuous Correspondence Between > 3 Colombian Envoy and Secretary Hay Sent to Senate cy President Roosevelt. 1 President Roosevelt transmitted to :be senate Monday additional correspondence between the United States and Colombia respecting Panama, covering the period irom December 23, 190a, to January 6 lasc. A statement ot grievances on the part of Colombia was presented to the state department by General Reyes on Decernoer 23. General Reyes * says that the course of tho United States has worked deep injury to Colombia. He maintained tnat in reject ing the canal treaty Colomoia was exercising a perfect right, and said hti ? believed a treaty would be accepted. but for the threacs of General Beauidt that his government would reject any amendments. And he cited the treaty of 1846 as k showing that the independence and sovereignty of Colombia was to be * maintained intact between the tw<2 governments. General Reyes said, with reference to the Hay-Herran treaty, that iJie same course was followed m Bogota 4 as was pursued in Washington. If the ueaty, he said, had been rejected in Washington, the disapproval would involved no grievance tor Colombia and that the Colombian congress in ^ its disapproval of the treaty simply exercised a vested right This action, he maintained, did not disqualify the Colombian government for the conclu sion of another treaty. After citing the instructions to Min i3ter Beaupre, made public by the state department heretofore in this connection, General Reyes concluded: i4No one will wonder that under the pressure of threats so serious and irri * tating, and in presence of a formal notification from the party which had the authority to serve it, that uc amendment would be accepted, pref erence was given to disapproval." As to the recognition or the repub ' lie of Panama, General Reyes says thai itis.a matter ot puDiic knowledge thai t- :he mother country commands suffi * dent forces to subdue a revolution "The attitude of the United States,' tie says, "constitutes, according to the most ancient and modern authority on international law, not only a ^jreat offense, but also a tormal attack upon her wealth." After declaring that Panama formed "the most important part of the national wealth of Colombia, General Reyes continue?: Before the news was divulged that a revolution was about to break out on the isthmus, General Reyes says, a I United States military officer stopped the railway from carrying to Panama as it was under obligation to do, a bat tallon of troops from Bogota, which had just arrived at polon, "at the y. very time when its arrival in that citj would have impeded or suppressed any revolutionary attempt." General Reyes said that in leading the Colombian army to restore order on the isthmus he (Reyes) had the j 1 honor to address a note on the subject to Rear Admira* . Coghlan, to which he receied a reply without, de lay as follows: "His (Coghlan's) present orders are to prevent the landing cf soldiers with ^ hostile intent, within the boundary ol the state of Panama." At this time the Colomoian army consisted of 10,000 men, which General Reyes declared to be more than < sufficient to suppress the Panama revolution, "if your excellency's government had not prevented the landing ol the troops under my command that were to embark at Puerto Colombia.' In this connection G meral Reyes o&us aneuLiua iue iaui tuai (.utrm t in no overland way to reach Panama . from Colombia, AT BRYAN "DOLLAR DINNER." t Nebraska n ReaffTrms Kansas City Platform With Old Time Vigor. A formal reception to William J Bryan on his return from Europe, tak I ing the form of a "dollar dinner," was held in Lincoln, Nebr., Monday night and it was attended by nearly 7CC democrats. The dinner was intended f a? a testimonial of regard and symp.i try with Mr. Bryan's political policies and to mark his entry into active par tfcipation in the pre-convention cam nnforn \fr Rrvan sDoke to "The Mor'1 ?? ? ? t l9eue." He reaffirmed the Kansas Citj planks in their entirety f is ^ GEORGIA STATE FINANCES. Status of Treasury Shown by Figurei Compiled by Assistant Furlow. The Georgia state treasury state ; ment for the year 1903 was complete: Monday by Assistant Treasurer C. T Furlow. The figures show that th< balance in the treasury on Decembe: 31, 1903, of more than a million dol * ters, was a,r>out $8,000 less than th< balance of 'Jocember 31. 1902. I t * r 1 CALL TO DEMOCRATS! [j Notice Issued by Chairman jones for Meeting of National Convention in St4 Louis July 6th. The ^following official call t:&s issued Monday for the assembling of the democratic national convention at St. T /Milc Itiltr I* rnvt UVUiC, U Ui J V, iiv .ii . , "Washington. January IS.?The I democratic national committee having j 1 me: in the city of Washington on the ' ISth of January, 1904, has appointed Wednesday, the 6th day of July, 1904, as the time and chosen St. Louis', Mo., as -the place for holding the democratic national convention. > "Eact state is entitled o represen tation therein equal to double the num- 1 t ber of its senators and representatives < , in congress of the United States, and ( each territory, Alaska, Indian Terr!- 1 tory and the District of Columbia. t shall have six delegates. ] ( "All democratic citizens of the Uni- ? I ted States who can unite with us in i the effort for a pure, economical and j constitutional government are cordially invited to join us in sending delegates to the convention. ^ "JAMES K. JONES, Chairman." < | "C. A. WALSH, Secretary." Hon. James K. Jones, chairman of ? the democratic national committee, , kas announced the personnel of the { committee on arrangements for the ^ democratic national committee, and j ? has called a meeting of that committee j for February 2, next, at 10 o'clock, and 1 at the Southern hotel, St Ixmis, Mo., * as follows: James K. Jones, chairman * ' ex-officio; William J. Stone, vice chair- 5 1 man ex-offlcio; J. M. Gufy, Penns}!- 3 * vania; D. J. Camphu, Michigan; N. ifi. ' 1 Mack, New York; J. G. Johnson, Kan- 1 ^ sas; John R. McLean, Ohio: J. M. 1 > Head, Tennessee; J. E. Osborne, Wyo- : 1 ming. 1 ] "CITIZEN" TRRAIN IS DEAD. ] s _ ( Most Eccentric and Noted Character 1 Closes Phenomenal Career. ' i < i George Francis Train died Mondaj i, i night from heart disease, at Mills ho- tel No. 1, in New York city, where he ' ' has lived for some years. . 1 George Francis Train was bom in 1 Boston, March 24, 1S29. He was or' phaned in 1833, his father, motner and j * three sisters dying at New Orleans of j ' yellow fever. He organized the firm 1 ! of Train ck Co., shipping- agents, j with offices- in New York ar.d in Aus-1 j - tralia, and started the first chipper i * ships to California in 1849. He pro-1 moted several railroads and made an j ] independent race for president m ] 1872. He was noted as a prolific "writ- 1 ' er and for his eccentricities. \ Train went to Omaha, Nchr., in the ' 1 early sixties and at once became prom- i ' inent in business affairs, it was ne 1 who conceived the idea of construct- j 1 ing the Union Pacific railroad. He < " laid out a number of additions to the < ! city and at the same time organized ) the Credit Fonsier and Credit Mobil- 1 ier, for the purpose of raising money i to finance the Union Pacific. ] $ < 1 RECORD OF KING COTTON. 3 1 Banner Year in Value of E):ports for Calendar Year 1903. 1 i ( A Washington special says: King I Cotton made his greatest record in the export figures of the calendar year , j 1903. ( From 18S3 to 1903, cotton experts ] t averaged a little more than three- , . | fourths of a million dollars i. day. In , f 1S03, however, they averaged more , i 4l_^^ ^ .... j it i . . lllclil UUC Uii .lx .'iJ uuiib: a iii taiuo I ' day; in the last three months of 1903 i they averaged mora than fwo million dollars per day. I ; Exports of cotton in December show | a greater value than in any preceding ' month in the history of cotton exporta. tion, the t-tal being over $72,000,000. , ! The total cotton exports for the year i . ' was $37S,00U,000. ( " ! ( ; j Host of Italian Immigrants. , ; 1 a dispatch from Rome says: The ( United States continues to be the chief i objective point of Italian immigration, , ? the number of emigrants going there . , in 1903 roaching a total oi nearly 250,- , ,000 1 ROME POSTOFFICE MUDDLE. r Charges and Counter Charges to Be ! Probed by Inspectors of Georgia. A Washington dispatch says: Rep. resentative Ma'udox, of Georgia, has . been notified of further trouble in the Rome postoffice. Postmaster Helm j hac preferred cnarges against Deliv 2m _ i cry v^ierK nruwu ui meiuciency, neglect of duty and drunkenness. Brown, , in a spirit of retaliation, charges the postmaster with drunkenness and using profane language in the postoffice. I Representative Maddox says the J r postoffice inspectors are now at work on the matter. I CANAL TREATY IS REPORTED. . Matter Finally Comes Before the Senate in Executive Sessicn. While the Panama canal question has been before the senate on general 1 principles during the greater part of . the present session, the Panama ca> r.al treaty was not reported until Monr day. It had no sooner been reported . favorably to the senate in executive 3 session than it became the si.bject of heated discussion. T ' ' V ' . MANY TALK PEACE But Russian and Jap Prepare for War, Nevertheless. NO MEDIATION EXPECTED All High Diplomats in European Countries Believe a Conflict Inevitable?Washington Officials are of Same Opinion. A Washington spoial says: Despite Lhc mediation talk sent out from some d 1 the European capitals, the officials 3f the state department are convinced :hat the only possibility of pet.ee lies n the acceptance by Russia of the Japanese proposals, which were outlined n a Tokio dispatch dated January 6. A copy of the Japanese proposals svas formally presented to Secretary Ray for his information by the Japanese minister, Mr. Takahira, Thursday. This was found to be almost verbatim is they had been given out from high Japanese sources a week ago, for the evident purpose of having the world ilearly understand not only the. moderation and justice of Japan's position, jut also how vitally these demands Interested all nations having or hoping ;o have commerce in Manchuria, A statement of the Russian reply, ;hough not a verbatim copy of it, was lis? given Secretary Hay. This state Kent tailies with that heretofore printed. It shows that there is no apparent possibility of agreement upon Manchuria, and that upon many essential points the two powers are far apart regarding Korea. While it is stated in latest cables from Tokia that the last aote from Japan is not in the nature 3f an ultimatum and the negotiations may accordingly be carried on for some days, the belief is strong among officials in Washington thai; the crisis will come within probably two weeks, which is assumed to be the time necessary to get the two new cruisers now in the Suez canal into Japanese waters. Preparing for War. In the meantime war preparations ire being pushed rapidly forward. It is the opinion of military authorities thai Japanese troops are being landed in southern Korea, though as the Japanese are closely censoring all cables, this cannot be definitely known. Japan has rejected the Russian proposals, making counter demands with regard to Manchuria which Russia, in the light of her oft-repeated declarations, cannot be expected to accept. The way is clear, uowever, for some iiplomatic parleying. Once rea.ay on land and sea, Japan will become aggressive, for she feels that under no circumstances would she fail to get as much a9 Russia is now offering, and she feels confident of demonstrating her right to more and taking it. As a very high official has put it: "Japan. feeling she could not bev worse eff than she would be by accepting the Russian offer, is bound to have a run for her money." One reason which leads Washington authorities to believe there will be comparatively little delay is that Japan has reached the limit of her resources so far as preparation goes, that she can gain nothing bv further delay, while Russia on the other hand mav cain nerrentiblv. In the light of thes>e conditions, the Washington and London governments regard war as the only outcome. LIVE STOCK MEN MEET. Plans Set on Foot to Establish Independent Packing Houses. The proposition to incorporate a company of live stock men for the purpose of establishing independent packing buses' in the s>tocfc centers of the country to compete with the packers' combine and restore prices on live stock was an all-absorbing topic of discussion in the National Live Stoc c convention ait Portland. Oreson. By unanimous vote the convention indorsed a resolution favoring the incorporation nf cn/?h a romnanv and the establish merit of the independent houses. "NOT IN IT," SAYS MARK. Hanna Emphatically Denies that He is a Presidential Candidate. Senator M. A. Hanna, in an interview at Pittsburg, Pa., Friday aight, said: "I have sent out 2,000 personal letters denying that I am a candidate for the presidency; and I do not want to be considered as such. I consider all Buch talk a 'closed incident.' "The alleged opposition to the nomination of President Roosevelt . hasbeen overestimated ' and magnified greatly by democratic papers and others with democratic proclivities." RIVALRY CAUSES BLOODSHED. Citizen* of Two Towns in Oklahoma Engage in Pitchel Battle. Five citizens of Mountain Park and several residents of Snyder, Oklahoma, were dangerously wounded during a battle between the citizens of the two towns Friday. A number of others received slight injuries. The rivalry between the towns has been keen for a long time. ' ,... . . . . ' t. MORE CO 11 UN Nttutu. "King" Sully Dclsres Tweive-M ill ionBale Crop Will Hereafter Command Faying Price. At New Orleans, Friday night, under the auspices of the Progressive Union, a representative meeting of business people, in which the cotton element ; largely predominated, listened to an illuminating discussion 01 the cotton problem with President A. Brittin, of the cottoii exchange, and Dan J. Sully, of New York, and Frank B. Hayne, leaders of the bull campaign, as the speakers. W. P. Brown was unabie to fill an engagement to participate. Mr. Brittin contended tnat buli campaigns were not responsible for prevailing prices. "No cotton king ever added a cent a pound to thd price of cotton," said Mr. Brittin. "The inexorable law of supply and demand is alone responsible for its fluctuations. Cotton is high because the supply is short. Production has not kept pace with consumption." The boll weevil, Mr. Brittin said, alone stood in the way of an adequate supply. Ultimately, too, the south would raise all the cotton required by the world's needs. Mr. Sully's reception was unusually cordial. Talk of Sully. "T /Itcniqim irrViot onmd h9VP Hpslff 1 ACfclJ-LJ. ?VMHb UW4A4V v. v.wM.Q I uted a.s the honor of world-wide fame, through such manipulations of the cottan market as results in fortunes to nyself and misfortune to others," he said. ""Whatever good fortune may lave come to me, and such others as j lave been in accord with my views, Li not the result of manipulation, but the legitimate product of recognizing existing, as well as natural conditions. "The progress of the nineteenth centiry is being extended with a constantly accelerated movement and give? promise of gathering in its folds all humanity," he said, "it is within t'lis sphere of development that lies most wonderful and marvelous opportunities for the future. The world's demands for supplies give promise of a steady and continuous increase. "We have already reached a stage where it is in need of a J.2,000,000-bale i c;*op of American cotton." I Mr. Sully thought the south had not j received such value for its cotton as . the existing labor conditions justify. Mr. Hayne spoke of the effect the enhanced value ot cotton had had on the prosperity of the south. From the laborer to the capitalist, from the j b arkeeper to the clergyman, no one liv: iig in the south had failed to derive | some benefit. When cofton was at 6 j cents the small farmer was no better | o:lf than his labor. His children' were ! in rags and his wife and daughters ; gathered the crop. His lands went for ! taxes. He sunk more and more into debt High-priced cotton had filled the banks with money, had wiped out mortgages, had fattened the farmer's | purse and made the south more pros| porous than at any time in its history, j Mr. Hayne said he would hate to feel ; that this prosr^rity was at the ex ptsnse of the mils. Their misfortune ! i was only temporary As the yearsi roll i | by the south will consume more and I j more of its cotton, and his^-priced I goods will bring more prosperity to the I mills than low-priced cotton. Mr. 'Hayne said he expected to^ee the | scuth raise 15,000,000 bales of cotton ! a year. ! 1 PROVIDES FOR NEW COURT. \ Senator Bate, of Tennessee, Introducse j Interesting Bill in Upper House. . A Washington special says: A new i federal judicial circuit, to consist of j Georgia, Florida and Tennessee, is provided for in a bill which has been j introduced in the senate by Gen'eral j Bate, of Tennessee. The bill provides that two additional i circuit judges shall be appointed for i | this new judicial circuit who shall have the same qualifications and the same powers and jurisdiction thai ofher circuit judges now have, and that these, with the circuit judge now residing at Nashville, shall constitute the | three circuit judges for the circuit, j these to make up a circuit court of ap! peals for the tenth district. lifcN. MMttKY IP* M I lhiii i m, ! Commander of Gulf Department For. maliy Assumes His Duties. General T. H. Barry, commander of the department of the gulf. United j States army, arrived in Atlanta, Ga., j Thursday afternoon and has assumed formal command.of the department. General Barry is at the Hotel Majesti tic, where a number of the staff officers of the department are also stopping. Besides the commander of the 1 department. Colonel E. F. Gardiner, J chief surgeon and, captain F. H. Law- i ton. acting cnim 01 cuiamissary, ai lived In the city. DOMINICAN CITY TAKEN. Government Forces Enter Porto Plata and Take Full Charge. A dispatch from Cape Haiticn saysSunday morning government troops entered Porto Plata, causing the flight of General Des Champs who rock ret uge in the United States consulate. The British cruiser Pallas has landed marines to protect Ce consulate. The United States cruiser Hartford has arrived V ' BANDITSINFLORIDA Hold Up Seabord Train in' Most Primitive Fashion, ; WERE FORCED TO DECAMP I Fcur Railroad Men Bring Guns to Bear and Four Would-Be Robbers Make a Hasty Retreat?Sheriff's Posse is Eluded. Passenger train No. 76, eastbound, on the Seaboard Air Line was held up one mile east of Sanderson, Fla., at 7:45 Saturday night by four white men. The door of the baggage car was blown open with dynamite, the robbers mistaking this car for the express car. The engine was stopped by a volley of shots fired into the cab. The fireman arid engineer were taken off the engine and escorted to the secondclass coach and the robbers ran the train ahead about half a mile, when they blew open the baggage car. The train conductor went forward, but was fixed on and driven back to the coaches. Conductor L. S. Peck, who was deadheading over the line, called for firearms and volunteers. N. H. Harris, claim agent of the road; B. B. McCaa, traveling auditor and J. C. Williams, traveling freight agent, responded, and the four went forward opened fire and drove teh robbers off. Conductor Peck took the throttle and ran the - 2 ? ? Wlilon sl/TttTn fho llttlli iUUi 1U1JCO uunu I.UV I The robbers secured no booty and ' made no attempt to rob the passengers, but there was great excitement In the passenger coaches while the 1 firing was going on. The sheriffs of Duval and Baker counties started at once on the trail of the robbers. Sheriff's Posse Eluded. t All day Sunday the posse searched for the train robbers, but no traces of them were found. j The posse is at a disadvantage in i not having bloodhounds. The fact that the wrong car was dy- : mited leads to the belief that the work was not done by professionals. GENERAL GORDON'S WILL. Faithful and Loving Wife Is First and Principal beneficiary. The wirl of the late General John B. , Gordon, offered for probate in the De- j Kalb county, Ga., court, provides that j his wife be abundantly provided for ! from the income of the estate and that j the remainder of the income be divided among his four children, Hugh H. Gordon, Frank Gordon, Mrs. Burton Smith and Mrs. Orton Brown, share i snd share alike, until at the end of twenty-one years the whole estate may be wound up. This will was made last August, and the executors and executrixes are pro-, vided for as follows: "My wife, Fannie H. Gordon, and my son. Hireh H. Gordon, and my son. Frank Gordon, and my two daughters, Fannie and Carrie Lewis, and my friend, A. H, Cox. They shall not be required to give bond, and shall act as my executors during their lives or until my estate is finally wound up and distributed." No mention is made in the will of the general's much-loved borne, "Sutherland," which i9 siraplv included in the property left to his wife. Neither is any mention made of the general's personal effects such as hie sword and I other mementoes of the war, but the ownership of these have been settled I among the members of the family. TRAIN ROBBERS IN FLORIDA. Attempt to Wreck L. and N. Passenger ; Near Pensacola, Frustrated. Robbers attempted to wreck passeni gen train No. 3 on the Louisville and Nashville railroad at Muiat, Fla., Sunday at 9-: 30 o'clock. Crosses and other obstructions were piled on the track, but the attempt was discovered by a section hand before the arrival of the train. Mnlat is about 30 miles from Pensacola. 1 SITUATION ON THE ISTHMUS. I War Ships are Watchihg Panama ; Coast and Vigilance is Maintained. ! A dispatch from Colon says: All the United States war ships are crusing off the coast except the flag ship Olympia, the Dixie and the Topeka, and ( the torpedo boat destroyer Stewart, i The six San Bias Indian commission- j ers, including Chief Joe Howten, on the invitation of the naval authorities visited the Olympia Saturday, previous to returning to San Bias. ; The Olympia's largest guns were a source of great astonishment to them. ! MRS..HALL GETS $60,000. i Gilman's Executors Authorized to j Settle With Her. Under a decision handed down by j Surrogate Thomas, at New York, Fridav. the executors of the estate of the late millionaire tea merchant, George j F. Gilman, are granted permission to settle Mrs. Helen Potts Hall's claim against the estate for $60,000. SMO0T CASE IS ARGUED* 1 ; Status of Mormon Senator Bright Up ^ for InvestigavTon Before Rrivi- . leges and Elections gommitxce A Washington special says: Thesenate committee on privileges and elections met Saturday to hear the at- * tomeys on both sides of the case invoiving the right of Senator Smoot tooccupy his seat. Former Representa- - JsM tive Tayler, of Ohio, was heard for some Protestants, and E P. Stevenson ~.m for those who are representing the * s National Rerom Association. A- S.s Worthington and Walderman VanCott ojjj were present on behalf of Senator /x<||.: Smoot, who also was in attendance. The first presentation was made by' . /J8 Mr. Tayler, who said the Protestants \j|ji expected to prove the following - M charges: 1. The Mormon priesthood, accord- <gj| ing to the doctrine of the church and | oenei, practices auu iu> uciuw??uy 1 .-mi is vested with, and assumes to exer* . ~-*MH cise supreme authority in all things, temporal and spiritual civil and politi-, v|n *| cal. The head of the church claims tp receive divine revelations and these; Reed Smooth, by his covenants and.^^Kg obligations, is bound to accept and> ^l^ ^ 2. The first presidency and twelve .; ^ apostles, of whom Reed Smoot is one, is supreme in exercising the adthority ' % of the church and in the transmiesion ^l M of'the authority to their successors. Each of them is called prophet, seer w i and revelator. 1 . |l S. As 3hown by their teaching and by their own lives, this body of men has.v|i^H not abandoned belief in polygamy and M polygamous cohabitation. On the con- M B (a) As the ruling authorities of the:^^'J| church they promulgate in the most;*'! solemn manner the doctrine of poly-Jg gamy without reservation. ?|l (b) The president of the Monnonflfl"-j church and a majority-of the twelve^ 'M apostles now practice polygamy and v"j| polygamous cohabitation, and some of - ^ M them have taken polygamous ivo^^ M since the manifesto of 1890. Tbeaew^ things have been done with the knowK j^a ^j edge and countenance of Reed Smoot. ? M Plural marriage ceremonies have beea^ ^ performed by the apostles since th?^JB,:Jj manifesto of 1890 and mary bishops and other high officials of the churchy^a :~|a have taken plural wives since that % 'M time. All of the first presidency aa?||H:'|| twelve apostles encourage, coimt?->|fi*J^ nance, conceal and connive a? polygt-'^ ^ my and polygamous cohabitation and honor and reward by high office and distinguished preferment those most persistently and defiantly violate*!- ^3 the law of the land. || . 4. Though pledged by the cempngK^ of statehood and bound by the law of the commonwealth, this supreme::^|?||| body, whose voice is law to its neonte|| -;tM and whose members were lnrilTidqalfy|^M *J| directly responsible for good falch to||w j|i the American people, permitted, witfej^ ^ out protest or objection, their tors to pass a law.nullifying the ute against polygamous cohabitation, - . For all these things Reed Smoot is responsible in law and in conscience ^ to this body and "to the American peopie. In connection with the third cificatiqn Mr. Tayier gave a list of documents recognized by th'e Mormon-^ $1 church as inspired. * (3$| In reply, Mr. Worthington said the *. ':| statements made' oy Mr. Tayier <riiT5^;|j ed very materially from the chargtiri^|H^ made in the formal statements, and he asked time in which to make a rep! which was granted. i;?M DEATH CLAIMS BLAIR. la Now Barred from Trial Anent the | St Louis Scandal Affair. %|i|l James L. Blair, of St. Louis, died at Eustis, Fla., Saturday morn1s^||9 551 He visited Florida in search of health t|R?| and it was thought that he was proving when his condition changed?^ >| alarmingly for the worst ^ Mr. Blair held the position of gen-dl eral counsel for the St Lonis exposl-/% tion and Mrs. Blair that of president of the board of lady managers, which^ ~'M position was resigned owing to certali '3 J charges of official misconduct of deceased, of which the St. Louis pers were full at the time. Js Sunday night the body was taken St Lonis, accompanied by Mrs. Blair ^ and her son, Percy Elair. : TO MEET AT INDIANAPOLIS. p Prohibition Party Will Hold National I Conventior in that Pitv At a committee meeting in Chicago, Friday, Indianapolis was chosen by the prohibition party for its national'-'tfjmi* convention, which will be held on Philippine Bond Issue Sold. J&m The war department has adopted proposal of Harvey Fiske & Sons, ot' New York, representing MsKe & Rob-v I inson and the National City bank, of \ New York, for the entire $7,000,000 llM. '31 bond issue of the Philippine govern-. ? J PIRATE HERMAN AT LARGE. .J American Who Turned Robber In ' ippines Escapes from Jail.A Manila dispatch saya: George ujSpB A 4> ina?AA#MI .; nviuiau, at tiic uiuc tiunjt ivio|iwvva of constabulary, who, in company with i ^jgj | C. J. Johnson, constabulary officer, robbed the government and then start* ed upon a piratical crui3? on the tes- ':-M ^ sel they stole, has escaped from con- I finement at Cebn and is stiU at large.; ' '' ^^*8