WILL SUBMIT T0 HAGUE TRIBUNAL
CASTRO'S TERMS.
Notifies Washington of Acceptance of
Arbitration—Names Return of His
Fleet as Condition.
President Castro, of Venezuela, nas
telegraphed from La Victoria his ac-
ceptance of the proposal to submit
all pending differences to the arbi-
tration of The Hague tribunal, sub-
ject to certain conditions, which in-
cinde cessation of the blockade and
the return to Venezuela of the fleet
seized by the allied powers. Presi-
dent Castro's acceptance has been
iransmitted to the Washington gov-
crnment, from which the proposal
cmanated. The President has not
cetermined whether to accept or de-
cline the request of Germany, Eng-
land and Italy that he serve as arbi-
trator of the Venezuela dispute. In
view of the virtual assurances of the
allies in their formal invitation to
him that they are not unfriendly to
the President's suggestion that the
case be referred to The Hague trib-
unal, correspondence with them on
this phase of the negotiations has
been reopened by Secretary Hay, who
is, of course, acting under the Presi-
dent’s direction. Mr. Roosevelt has
not neglected the opportunity offered
to him of again urging a reference to
the permanent court of arbitration,
and telegrains and instructions to
make representations of that charac-
ier were sent by Secretary Hay to the
American embassies in l.ondcn, Ber-
lin and Rome. In the opinion of the
administration, the great danger of
the present situation lies in the in-
creasing chance with every day’s de-
lay in a settlement that something
may occur which will compel the
United Staes government to define
more clearly the scope of the policy
and rights which it assumes under
the Monroe doctrine. No doubt is felt
at the White House that the time is
rapidly approaching when this deiini-
tion must be given and, once for-
mally made known, be adhered to by
the United States. Until that time
arrives, the Prezident is unwilling
to render any interpretation of the
famous doctrine beyond that which
Monroe enunciated.
Thousands of Cattle Starving.
‘Thousands of cattle are reported to
be starving cn the range in North-
western Colecrado. The Humane So-
ciety appealed to the owrers to res-
cue their stock, and they have replied
that they are powerless to do so. The
cattle are snowed in on the high
range in Routt and Rio Blanco coun-
ties, without pasture and without
water.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
President Roosevelt received from
Berlin and London the official re-
quests to arbitrate trouble with Vene-
zuela.
The ladies of the cabinet presented
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt with a gold
meshed purse as their joint Christ-
mas gift.
The Costa Rican legation warns
the public against the IL.oteria ide la
Beneficienza, alleged to be operating
at Carrillo. The officials say that no
such concern exists.
First Lieutenant James F. Edwards,
assistant surgeon in the regular
army, has been relieved from duty
in the Fhilippines and assigned to the
department of Missouri,
According to Senator Burrows, of
Michigan, it cannot be known until
after January 8 whether or not the
Cuban reciprocity treaty now before
the Senate will be ratified.
A new oil painting of President
Roosevelt now decorates the private
dining room at the White House. It
is life size and shows the President
in his rough rider’s uniform.
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon frater-
nity in session at Washington grant-
cd charters to the following chap-
ters: University of Wisconsin, Uni-
versity of Chicago, University of
Kansas, Virginia Military Instituie
and the Colorado School of Mines.
Commander Thomas B. Howard,
now on duty at the Naval Academy,
has been selected to command the
Monitor Nevada, which is to go into
commission about February 1 next.
Miss Rebecca Knox, daughter of
the attorney general, will go in a few
days to California to be one of the
party of her uncle, Dr. Knox, which
will sail from San Francisco January
3 for Japan and China.
Adjulant General Corbin received a
cable message from General Davis
Manila saying that Captain Robert
McGregor, corps of engineers, dicl!
hospital on the 23d i
in .the Manila
instant of acutc appendicitis.
Commander John KE. Roller, for-
mer commander of the old gunboat
from the Asiatic station, having been
ordered home by Rear Admirai
Evans, commanding the station.
Secretary Root decided that it was !
Chafiee, |
General Smith and other officers to |
impracticable for General
go to Manila to testify before the
Glenn court-martial, as the purposes |
of the investigation can be fully sub-
served liv securing their depositions.
There are 35 vacancies in the grade
of assistant surgeon in the army anda
little prospect of filling
ington will occur some time in April,
and an ocxamination is now being con-
ducted in the Philippines to fill some
of the places. .
England and Germany have made |
against |
what they declare to be the failure |
protest to the United States
to maintain “an open door” in the
Philippines. The case in
volves the export duty of $7.50 a ton
on Manila hemp and fiber, which is
impcsed upon the product shipped to
Tngland and Germany, but which is
remitted on that which is sent to the
United States.
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{ of the United States.
| house
hem. The!
next examination to be held in Wash-
point in- ;
BAR UNWELCOME CHINESE.
Bertillon’s Famous System of lden-
tification to Be Used by Treas-
ury Department.
Bertillon famous system for the
identification of criminals will be
utilized by the United States govern-
ment in the enforcement of the Chi-
nese exclusion laws, and after its
adoption there will be an end to the
system of _ substitution generally
adopted by clever Chines labor pro-
viders. The system will be estab-
lished and maintained at the ports
of entry at the beginning of the fiscal
year if the recommendations of Sec-
retary Shaw in this ragard are adopt-
ed by Congress. The secretary of
the treasury has suggested that the
appropriation for the administration
of the Chinese exclusion laws be in-
creased from $200,000 to $500,000, and
that ag much of the amount as is
necessary be available for the estab-
lishment of the Bertillon method of
identification. Since the enactment
of the Chinese exclusion laws the im-
migration officials have experienced
the greatest difficulty in their admin-
istration. As the Chinese are such
adepts in the art of counterfeiting
it has heen comparatively an easy
matter for them to forge certificates,
which were the means of securing
entry to thousands of immigrants in
violation of law. There is such a
striking resemblance between all
Chinese that it would be an easy mat-
ter for the entire population of China
fo palm themselves ofl as twin broth-
ers, and this curious fact has been
a great stumbling block to the immi-
gration officials.
Left Her Children an Estate Worth
$194,065.
The will of Mrs. Ulysses Grant
was filed in Washington, D. C. The
estate is to be divided into four equal
portions. It also provides that a me-
mento presented to her by the em-
press of Japan, said to be 1,000 years
old, shall go to the museum of arts,
New York. Mrs. Grant named as
executor “The trustees to be selerted
by my three sons, a majority of the
survivors of them.” In a petiticn to
admit the will to probate General
¥red D. Grant explains that his
mother left surviving her as heirs at
law and next of kin in addition to
himself, Ulysses S. Grant, Ellen W.
Sartoris and Jesse R. Grant. The
deceased died possessed of house at
2111 Massachusetts avenue, of the
value of about $40,000; money amount-
irg to $10,065; stocks, bonds and
other securities of the v-lue of $18.-
000, and household ard kitchen fur-
niture of the value of $4,000.
DECISION FOR RAILROADERS.
Dauphin County Court Reverses the
Decision of Alderman.
The Dauphin county (Pa.) court
heard argument an the appeals taken
from the judgment of a Harrisburg
allerman in the suits brought by
railroad employes whose wages had
boen attached in West Virginia to
recover the amount so attached from
the perscns who assigned claims to
the West Virginia agency for the
purpose of having the same collected
in that state. The court reversed
the alderman and entered judgment
in favor of the defendants on the
ground that the wages attached in
the West Virginia proceedings had
not been paid over by the railroad
company cr received by the person
who had sued out the attachment.
WILL INVADE GERMANY.
Plans to Repeat English Success in
Land of Kaiser.
Privy Councilor Rathenau, one of
the leading German financiers and po-
litical economists, has resigned his
position as chairman of the directory
of the Allegemeine Electricitats Ges-
ellschaft to devote all his energies to
the formation of a German electrical
trust, which shall have among its
primary c¢bjects the elimination of
American competiticn in this branch
of industry. Alarm is created by the
fart that the Schukert Company is
congidering overtures made for the
sale «of its immense plant and fac-
tories to the Westinghouse Company
The Westing:
Company is now convinced
that wilh determined resistance and
adaption of the German market it can
duplicate in Geimany the success
made in England.
WiLL DEMAND MORE WAGES.
Ccal Operators Have no Reason to
Refuse, Says Ryan. &
W. D. Ryan, secretary-treasurer of
the United Mine Workers of Illinois,
lin a statement says that the miners
Monoccacy, has reached this country i
of the United States will make a de-
anand, for a material increase in
wages at the Natienal convention, at
Indiznapolis, on January 19. Mr.
Ryan says thot the coperaters are re-
eiving a larger price for coal than
ever before, and they cannot make
he excuse that the mines are not pay-
ing expenses. Mr. Ryan says that the
eonvention will produce figures to
t show the total cozt of mining a ton
cif coal and give the public an idea
of the profit being reaped by the oper-
ators.
Ties Up New York Subway.
Four hundred omployes of the
American bridge works at Trenton,
N. J., did not report for work Decem-
ber 23 because one of their number
was discharged for refusing ito work
overtime without ex pay... The
company posted notices ihat the
men who had quit work might con-
sider themselves discharged. Inter:
national Delegate Fitzpatrick, of the
Bridee Workers’ union, reported that
he had tied up work done by the
company on the subway in New
York.
SULTAN'S ARMY WAS DEMORALIZED
ROUTED BY PRETENDER.
Two Thousand Moorish Imperial Sol-
diers Killed or Wounded in
Battle of Taza.
The complete rout at Taza of the
Mcorish imperial army by rebels un-
der the leadership of the pretender.
to the throne, which was reported
December 23, has been officially con-
firmed. The imperial forces abandon-
ed their guns, rifles, ammunition,
tents and beasts of burden and fled
precipitately to Fez. In a dispatch
from Fez the correspondent says he
believes the situation to be critical.
“I am leaving Fez immediately.” Mr.
Harris, the correspondent, ig said to
be a confidential advisor of the sul-
tan. Another correspondent says:
“I got away from Fez just in time.
I arrived with the first news of the
disaster. The rebels are reported to
be marching on Fez, which is incapa-
ble of defense for more than a few
days, owing to its position, the abso-
lute lack of provisions and the ruin-
ous state of the town walls. he
population will remain loyal only as
long as the sultan can protect and
feed them. A few days of seige
means starvation. The sultan may
attempt to escape, but in that case
Fez will asknowledge the pretender.
The sultan’s troops were disastrous-
ly routed; the remnant fied to Fez
abandoning everything, artillery,
tents, rifles, ammunition, money and
stores. Practically the whole army
vas routed, and comparatively few
troops were left in Fez. On De De-
cember 22 10,000 Shereefian troops,
commanded by a brother of the sul-
tan’s minister of war, received or-
ders to concentrate and take the of-
fensive against the pretender at Taza.
Before the Shereefians moved upon
him th pretender attacked them with
large bodies o¢f cavalry. The im-
perial army mwas surrounded, com-
pletely routed and fled in disorder to-
ward Fez, abandoning all material of
war. No deaths of the imperial losses
nave yet been received, but it is un-
officially reported that 2,000 of the
sultan’s soldiers were killed or
wounded.
NEW YORKERS FEARFUL.
Governor Odell Threatens a General
Quarantine of Cattle.
Governor Odell, of New York, has
protested against the removal of
quarantile on Comnacticut cattle.
Secretary Wilson received a tele-
sram from him saying that the New
York authorities © wished to act in
harmony with the National govern-
ment, but would be obliged to quar-
antine everything coming into New
York State unless absolutely assured
of protection by the Federal govern-
ment. Secretary Wilson wired the
following reply: “There is no dis-
ease in Connecticut. Federal quar-
antine remains on in Vermont, Mas-
sachusetts and Rhode Island, State
cf Connecticut, has also rigid quar-
antine against Massachusetts and
Rhode Island. Work of killing af-
fected herds well advanced.”
Capital and Labor Have Equal Rights
to Combine. =
The court of appeals at St. Louis,
Mo., granted an injunction to pre-
vent the Master Plumbers’ Associa-
tion from refusing to sell supplies
to Joseph E. Walsh because he is
not a member, but refused to dis-
solve the associstion, as Walsh had
asked. Judge Bland in rendering his
decision said: “Capitalists have a
right to do as they please with their
money so leng as they do not become
public charges. A man without cap-
ital may labor or refuse to so long
as he keeps out of the poor house.
Capitalists have the right to com-
bine capital in productive enter
prises and by lawful competition
drive individual producers and small
ones ont of business. Laborers and
artisans have the right to form
unicns and fight this competition of
capitalists by lawful means.”
M'KINLEY MEMORIAL LEAGUE.
Patriotic Movement in Memory of the
Late President Launched.
The Carnation League of America
is the name of a new patriotic move-
ment proposed to the trustees of the
McKinley National Memorial asso-
ciation. The idea originates with
Louis G. Reynolds, a business man of
Dayton, O., and it will be submitted
to the trustees at their coming meet-
ing in Washingon. In referring to the
proposition, Mr. Ritchie, secretary of
the McKinley Monument association,
said: Mr. Reynolds
the league shall have a creed framed
from some notable words of Mr. Mc-
Kinley and that it shall be a peren-
nial memorial .to his honor, states
manship and
Jeague wear a carnation, McKinley's
favorite flower, on each recurring 14th | Tei
AVO g i pany by the United States Steel Cor-
day of September, the anniversary of
the late President’s death.
Trigg Company in a Receivership.
The William ‘Trigg
Company, of Richmond, Va. was
placed in the hands of a receiver
upon a bill filed by S. H. Hawes &
Co., coal dealers, for $2,048. Judge
Grannan appointed I. T. Myers, vice
president of the company, receiver.
Wages Advanced.
The H, C. Frick Coke Company
postad a notice announcing a volun-
tary increase dating from January 1,
192035, of 8 per cent to their 20,000 em-
ployes. The advance will add $1,"
600,000 annually to the payroll.
Turned Out in Sleeping Garb.
The Maxon block, containing a ho-
tel and an adjoining building also
used as a hotel at Schencetady. N, Y.,
was burned out.
proposes that |
patriotism. He pro-|
posed to have every member of the!
I i that proposals had been made for the
Shipbuilding |
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Bread riots are threatened in
blockaded ports of Venezuela.
George Bundahl shot and killed
Caroline Mochn at Crookston, Minn.
Cold is pinching people in Philadel-
phia and New York and fuel famine
impends.
Natural gas has been discovered 13
miles west of Douglass, Wyoming, iu
an oil well.
Negro and his wife were lynched
near Greenwood, S. C., for Killing
their employer.
Operator blames the dispatcher for
causing the Grand Trunk railway
wreck in Canada.
American Economic Association
discussed powers of interstate com-
merce commission.
East Liverpool, O., mayor will leave
his office in the spring, so he can de-
vote his time to horses.
Henry Phipps, Jr., sent check for
$10,000 as Christmas present for
Education Alliance of New York.
Greenville (Ill) contractor took
strange aversion of pretty bride and
twice attempted to kill himself.
Dow Academy, at Franconia, N. H.,
named for the late Moses A. Dow, of
Charlestown, Mass., has burned.
Three sailors from ship frozen in
Lake Erie crept over the ice to se-
cure aid for imprisoned comrades.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt have
planned unusual number of official
society functions during the season.
Humbert family en route from Ma-
drid to Paris as prisoners were hoot-
ed by French crowds at the frontier.
W. L. Elkins, of Philadelphia, has
decided to build a home for orphan
daughters of Masons costing $1,000,-
000.
Dr._ Arthur Flint, in New York, an-
nounced that Cornelius Vanderbilt,
who is ill with typhoid fever, will re-
cover.
John Doyle, a wealthy mine owner,
of San Francisco, Cal., has been miss-
ing for two weeks. Foul play is sus-
pected.
Commander Schroeder, U. S. N,,
governor of the Island of Guam, re-
ports island in need of financial as-
sistance.
Lake Superior ore regions this year
swelled production by 7,000,000 tons
to 28,000,000, the most notable record
in history.
The residence.of Walter Legally at
Cuero, Tex., was destroyed by fire
and Mrs, Legally and two small chil-
dren are dead.
The Cornell university register
shows 2,968 students, a gain of 176
over last year, and 380 instructors,
an increase of 30.
Prof. Jacoh Forney, of the Alabama
State uamiversity, was accidentaliy,
killed at Springville, Ala., while
shooting sparrows with a parlor rifle.
General Francis Vinton Green was
appointed police commissioner in
New York city in succession to
Colonel Partridge, whose resignation
takes effect January 1.
The general council of Louisville,
Ky., has appropriated $100,000, with
which a site for the $250,000 Car-
negie library will be purchased.
President Donovan, of the Troy
(N. Y.) Steel Production Company,
announced the sale of the company
to the United States Steel Corpora-
tion.
Nearly all the independent coke
concerns of the Connellsville region
will meet the wage advance of the
Frick Company, adding $1,300,000 to
the pay of 1903.
Sophia Mintus and Mattie Leslie
were fatally hurt at St. Joseph, Mo.,
by jumping from windows of Chase
& Son’s candy factory while the
building was on fire.
District Judge Booth, at Salt Lake
City, Utah, refused a new trial in the
cases of James Lynch and R. L. King,
under sentence of death for the mur-
der of Colonel Prowse.
The 8,000 railway freight handlers
of Chicago, whose strike last sum-
mer interfered with the industries
of that city for three days, are pre-
pariug to demand more pay.
The Marconi station at Glace Bay,
N. S.. continues to maintain daily
communication with Cornwall, with
constantly increasing efficiency and
facility.
The Interborough Rapid Transit
Company, of New York, is back of a
scheme to build an underground rail
road and an elevated railroad in Chi-
cago at a cost of $55,000,000.
‘While setting out apple trees
David H. Dix, a farmer, residing
near Victor, Fayetie county, West
Virginia, found an old locust wagon
hub, in which was $10,000 in gold and
silver.
News has reached Seattle, Wash.,
that John H. Rouse starved to death
in the wilds of Central Bolivia in
June, 1900, while on ‘an exploring trip.
But one man out of a party of 30 es-
caped.
Reports that the Pennsylvania rail-
road has bought a controlling inter-
est in Brooklyn Rapid Transit and
absorption of the Cambria Steel Com-
poration were officially denied.
The governor of Indiana has is
sned a requisition on the governor of
Arkansas for George Ryan and J. H.
Ashmore, indicted at Petersburg,
Ind., on a charge of helping swindle
Prank OC. lorey, the “Klondike
King,” out of $63,000 in a foot race.
George Griswold, 31 years old, son
of John N. ‘A. Griswold, of Newport
and New York, was instantly killed
by a train on the suburban branch
of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad.
Austrian manufacturers have de-
cided to advance the price of shoes
10 per cent on account of the higher |
cost of leather, which is due to ex-
tensive purchases of hides in the
European markets by Americans. |
Bishop Conaty, rector of the Cath-!
olic university at Washington. will,
probably be recommended for ap- |
pointment as bishep of Los Angeles. |
i
f Merchantville, N..J.,
{ N. J., Firemen’s
was arrested, charged by Assistant |
Fire Chief William C. Astley, presi |
EARTHQUAKE KILLED THOUSANDS.
MUCH MONEY BURNED.
Andijan, Russia, Seismic Disturb-
ance Proves Far More Disastrous
Than at First Reported.
Eve worst of the earlier re-
ports of tue recent earthquake dis-
aster at Andijan, Russia, quite un-
derestimates the appalling loss of life.
A telegram from the scene of the
catastrophe December 23 puts the
number of victims in the native quar-
ter of the town at 4,000. Already 800
corpses had been disinterred from
the ruins. The work of excavation
progresses slowly. The state treas-
ury, containing 5,000,000 roubles is
in the ruins, and excavations to get
the money are carried on under the
supervision of a strong cordon of po-
lice. The water in the wells has
disappeared, and a general subsi-
dence of the site of the town is
feared. Large numbers of laborers
are being ‘sent to excavate. Sappers
have arrived and are expected to
make more rapid progress. The
shocks continue with increasing vio-
lence. The area of seismic disturb:
ances comprises 200 square versts.
The Russian population is camping
at the railroad station, where 500
cars are placed at the dispcsal of the
populace. The engineer officers at
Andijan who are superintending the
excavations being made with the
view of recovering the buried treas-
ure at the sites of the army depart-
ment, state treasury, postoffice, etc.
and the erection of sheds to shelter
the officials and other homeless peo-
ple, reports that although the work
dis progressing as rapidly as possible
a month must elapse before even the
civil and military authorities will be
housed. The railroads are aiding in
the work by all possible means, fur-
nishing free transportation for pro-
visions and materials, and conveying
the inhabitants free of charge to
towns in the government of Ferg-
hana. The cash remittances in aid
of the destitute people have thus far
been very small.
HIGHWAYMEN IN CALIFORNIA.
Single-Handed Held Up a Coach.
T77 Reaped Rich Harvest.
A lone highwayman held up the
Redding-Weaverville, California stage
as the big four-horse outfit was climb-
ing the steep grade near the divide,
four miles above Shasta. With an ex-
ceedingly small revolver the high-
wayman compelled seven passengers
to donate their coin and valuables
and the driver to hanc over the Wells
Fargo strong boxes. The mail sacks
were not molested. Just how much
money the highwaymen secured is
not known. He took from the pas-
sengers about $120 and two watches,
besides some rings and brooches.
DROWNED IN A SWOLLEN RIVER.
Canoe Upset by a Girl. Two Com-
panions Met Their Deaths.
Wtile attempting to cross Cumber-
BUSINESS IS HAMPERED.
Coal Scarce in the Northwest—More
Than 100,000 Tons Needed to
Meet the Demand.
J. R. Wahlmeyer, representing the
chamber of commerce at St. Paul,
Minn. is in the East trying to arrange
a deal whereby the people of the
northwest may secure coal to meet
the urgnt dmands_ for fuel in that sec-
tion. Mr. Wahlmeyer says that the
situation in the northwest is serious.
The people have the money to pay
for fuel at reasonable rates, but are
unable to get it. “In the district con-
tiguous to St. Paul the demand for
fuel was never greater than at: the
present time. If it is mossible to ar-
range for the shipment the amount
of coal recuired for immediate use
is upwards of 100,000 ions. The re-
cent strike in the east is directly re-
sponsible for the scarcity of coal in
the northwestern states this winter.
‘When the anthracite mines were
shut down and th great cry for fuel
was raised among the industrial con-
sumers in the east ail the coal ob-
tainable was shipped in that direc-
tion. The northwest was entirely
forgotten and despite most strenuous
efforts on the part of the people in
that district it was utterly impossible
to induce the railroads and coal com-
panies in Western Pennsylvania and
Ohio to fill the orders. The business
was diverted almost exclusively to the
vast. By the time tne demand from
that section had been filled and the
anthracite strike ended, the lake
navigaticn had closed for the season.
With the lake traffic ended there were
little hopes for getting coal in the
northwest. About that time the
great freight congestions in all parts
of the country were confronting the
railroads, and any appeal to them
proved absolutely fruitless. As a re-
sult the shipments to the northwest
ceased entirely, and little hope re-
mains for getting the trafic diverted
in that direction for tne rest of the
winter. Business in most of the big
cities where industrial interests dom:-
inate is new at a standstill for tae
want of coal. The plants have been
shut down, and the prospects for re-~
sumption in the near future are de-
cidedly discouraging. In fact, ' the
coal shortage is so great that resi-
dence fuel is equally as much in de-
mand, and unless an arrangement can
be made to secure shipments of coal
there will be considerable suffering
among the people during the winter.”
CABLE FLASHES.
The Imperial Diet resembled at
Tolyo, Japan. The House of Repre-
sentatives was immediately dissolved
by imperial orders. Eiections have
been fixed for February. w
The courts at Paris, France, have
awarded Mrs. Viola Falconer, an
American, $400 damages against Red-
fern, the dressmaker, for unjustifi-
able arrest and the seizure of goods
for a bill.
Several alleged anarchists, who
were refused admission into the Unit-
ed States, have arrived at Genoa,
Italy, on the way to their homes.
They have Leen placed under police
land river, near Gainesboro, Tenn., in | surveillance.
a canoe, Miss Verdi Rich, Miss Mattie |
Rose and Walter Rich were drowned, |
while Rufus Bailey and Alfred Crow- |
der had narrcw escapes. The cance |
was overcrowded, and when the cur-
rent of the swollen stream struck it |
he frail craft swerved and reccked.
One of the frightened girls jumped
into the water, causing the cance to
capsize and throwing all of the cc-
cupants into the river.
FCREFATHERS’' DAY.
England Society of Psnnsy!-
vania Celebrates Event.
New
The New Xngland Society of Penn-
sylvania observed “Forefathers’
Day” December 22 by ziving the an-
nual dinner at Horticultural hall.
Philadelphia. Assistant United
States Attorney General James M.
Beck, president of the society, acted
as toastmaster, ‘and he was surround-
ed by a large circle of distinguished
natives of New England. Senator
Hear answered the historic toast
“Forefathers’ Day.” Former Pos:-
master General Charles Emory
Smith told of New England men in
the presidential cabinet; Senator
Foster, of Washington, responded to
the toast “New England in the
West.” Senator Platt, of Connecticut,
spoke on “New England in the Sen-
ate,” and Congressman Littlefield,
of “New England in the House.”
* Pioneer Lumberman Dead.
George Russel, probably the coldest
lumber merchant in the United
States. died at his country home in
93. For 70 years he had been ac-
tively engaged in the lumber business
and was formerly interested in build-
ing the first steam saw mil in Penn-
sylvania.
Mrs. J. C. Freemont Dead.
Mrs. Jessie Benton Freemont, wife
of the great “pathfinedr, Generali
John C. Freemont, died at Les Ange-
les, Cal, ecember 27.” For three
vears before her death Mrs, Freemont
had been extremely feeble ag the re
sult of a fall, in which she suffered i
a dislocation of the hip. During that
time the accident had prevented her
from walking.
Will Protect the Negroes.
Governor Longino, of Mississippi,
issued a proclamation offering $50 re-
ward for the arrest and conviction
of any person who forces a negro to
leave any of the counties of Lincoln,
Amite, Franklin or Pike.
Accuses the Treasurer.
Francis J. Meeket, of the Newark,
0 Relief
dent of the asscciation. with ember.
zlement.,
at the age of ;
asscciation, !
The Tribuna, at Rome, Italy, says
the Pope has ordered the archbishop
of Manila to excommunicate all per-
song who endeavior to promote the
creation of a national church in the
Philippines.
The appointment of Vice Admiral
Cervera, who surrendered to the
American fleet off Santiago de Cuba,
to the post of chief of staff of the
‘Spanish navy has been published in
the official gazette.
The third annual meeting of the
Russian Young Men’s Christian asso-
ciation was ‘held at St. Petersburg.
Among those pregent were Prince
Plate Obelensky, Scnator Taganstey,
E. IL. Nobel and Franklin Gaylord.
Count Tolstoi, at St. Petersburg,
Russia, has sent a personal appeal
to the papers asking them, in view
of his advanced dge and illness. not
to publish any further reports of his
conditicn, as they cause him pain.
A bomb filled with scrap iron was
exploded, supposedly by anarchists,
at the entrance to St. Peter’s cath-
edral, Geneva, Switzerland. It was
co clumsily placed that it only
slightly shattered the door.
it is reported from Constantinople
that tbe Greek steamer Parthenon,
having on board a crew of 22 men
i and six passengers have been lost.
The Parthenon was last reported at
Novorossisk, November 2§, {rom
Taganron. \
The police at Paris, France, seized
the papers of Jean de la Mar, man-
ager of the Klondike Mining Com-
pany. He is suspected of irregular
proceedings. The company is a Paris
cencern, and all the parties interested
are Frenchmen.
Governor Taft's
sions looking to the
ladronism in the Philippines have
produced unusuwal activity. Numer-
ous municipal presidents in the pro-
vinces of Cavite and Rizal are assist-
ing the native constabulary in run-
ning down the bandits.
A dispatch {irom Seoul says that
when the Korean cabinet was recon-
structed Yi was appointed minister
of the treasury, in compliance with
the wish of Russia, but on Japan pro-
testing against the appointment, Yi
boarded a Russian gunboat and has
determined to remain on board,
pending a clearance of the situation.
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain
and Mrs. Chamberlain, who left
Portsmouth, England, November 23,
on board the armored cruiser Good
Hope, landed at Durban, Natal, and
received a warm welcome from large
crowds of people.
energetic expres-
suppression of
Advices from Kingston. Jamaica,
reperts large numbers of Haitien ex-
iles are preparing to return to Haiti
under the amnesty decree which, it
is expected, will shortly be issued.
the leaders who' fought for Firmin
believe that a period of peace will fol-
low General Nord’s eloction to the
presidency.
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