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FREIGHT AND PASSENGER COLLIDE
TWO TRAINMEN KILLED.
Fifteen Persons Hurt—Passengers
Hurled in All Directions—Many
Miraculous Escapes.
Through a misunderstanding of or-
ders on the Erie and Pittsburg rail-
road, passenger train No. 216, south-
bound, and freight No. 247 met head
on one and a half miles west of West
Middlesex, Pa., December 30, and as
a result Engineer Neal Daugherty,
one of the oldest engine drivers on
the road, and Fireman LeRoy Rob-
erts are dead. Several trainmen were
hurt and a score of passengers in-
jured. Poth engines were thrown in
the ditch, reduced to scrap iron. Fol-
lowing is a list of the dead and in-
jured: The dead ere: Neal Daugh-
crty, of near New Castle; LeRoy Rob-
erts, Erie. The injured are: Samuel
J. McDonald, Greenville; Robert Wil-
liams, Erie; August Miller, Erie; Mr.
Purvis, Utica, N. Y.; Mrs. Thomas
J.aw and baby, Struthers, O.; Mrs.
Allison, Sharpsville; Martin L.
Strauss; H. S. Wilgus, residence un-
known; J. F. Peterson, Jamestown,
N. Y.; W. K. Ponds, McKeesport:
Eugene Morris, Pittsburg; David
Evans, Pittsburg; Engineer Shailen-
herger and Express Messenger Gib-
son, Erie. The scene of the wreck
was on a curve west of the West Mid-
dlesex station about one and a half
miles. It is the same spot where
Engineer Daugherty was seriously in-
jured about one year ago. Who is re-
sponsible for the collision has not
Leen ascertained. It is said that the
freight train had orders to pass at
Wihentland. After @tarting for the
latter place the train broke in two.
The engineer backed his train for the
other cars and was just getting un-
der headway when the passenger
train loomed up a short distance
alread, running about 30 miles an
* hour. Neither engineer nor fireman
had time to jump before the crash
me. The impact was terrific. Both
engines were battered and twisted,
rolled over the embankment, and the
express, baggage and smcking cars
were badly shattered. The smoker
was well filled with passengers and
they were hurled in all directions.
Many were thrown bodily from their
seats to the forward end of the car,
a distance of 30 feet.
WESTERN MARYLAND R. R.
Engineers Appointed to Make the
West Virginia Connection.
The Western Maryland railroad
has organized its engineering corps,
with Virgil G. Bogue as consulting
and supervising engineer; John Q.
Barlow, in charge of construction;
C.. C. Van Devanter, resident engi-
neer, and H. R. Pratt. engineer of
maintenance of way. Work will be-
gin on the 65-mile link to connect the
Western Maryland at Cherry Run, W.
Va., with the West Virginia Central
at Cumberland, Md.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Attorney General Knox was
quested to present to the Senate and
House Judiciary committees his
views on further anti-trust legisla-
tion. 4
Sergeant John A. Mason, who
gained world-wide nctoriety for hiz
attempt to kill Guiteau, the assassin
of President Garfield, passed through
‘Washington en route to a soldiers’
home in the West.
Henry King, chief, and F. P. Metz-
ger, assistant chief of the draughts-
man’s division of the land ofiice, sub-
mitted their answers denying the
charges of conduct detrimental to
government interests.
Manuel Rango, editor of “Liber-
tas,” a Spanish paper at Manila. has
been sentenced to $2,000 fine and six
months’ imprisonment for libeling
Gen. J. F. Bell, whom he accused
of stealing a relief fund.
Senor Don Luis Felipe Carbo, who
has been minister from Xcuador to
the United States since January 15,
1896, will formally present his letters
of recall within a few Jays, when
Senor Baquerezo, his successor, will
present his credentials.
Pekin advices received state that
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GOLD IS LACKING.
Instaliment of War Indemnity
From China Will Be Paid
in Silver.
The state department has been of-
ficiallly advised through its fiscal
agents in China that the sec-
ond installment of the Chinese in-
demnity fund, which fell due Jan-
wary 1, 1903, will be paid in silver, or
rather on a silver basis. The first
installment of the indemnity, which
was due July 1 last, was likewise
paid on a silver basis, the nations
receiving the money reserving the
right to reclaim the difference be-
tween the silver and gold basis. On
January 1 the department had placed
to its credit $496,098. Most of the
first installment paid to the United
States last July, and amounting to
nearly half a million dollars, was in
payment of missionary claims for
damages arising from the Boxer out-
break. The department adopted the
plan of paying out 25 per cent of
each large claim. This absorbed
nearly all of the first installment.
By this method something like two
vears will be required for the settle-
ment of the claims. By a curious ad-
justment the commission, while al-
lowing some of these claims with
liberality, has placed a very low
valuation on human life. Assuming
a murdered missionary of the age of
50 to Le capable of 10 more years’
work at the rate of $400 per year, it
would award an indemnity of about
$4,000 to his or her heirs. The state
dopartment, which is the reviewing
authority in these cases, probably
will raise the allowance, but it may
still further cut down the claims for
personal property losses.
NEW LABOR UNION.
National League of Independent
Workmen of America.
A new labor organization is in pro-
cess of formation under tke title of
the National League of Independent
Workmen of America. Rev. E. M.
Farchild, of Albany, N. Y., ‘one of the
promoters, says: “The specific ob-
jects for which the Independent
Workmen propose to organize are to
protect independent workmen, to
custain high wages, to establish rea-
sonable hours, to compel labor unions
to observe the laws, and to protect
members against unjust treatment
from employers by due process of
law.” It is proposed to put a na-
tional organizer in the field and to
organize local branches all over the
country and demand that employers
run their shops as “open shops,” in
which union and league men can
have an equal and fair chance for
employment. Only American citizens
will be eligible to membership.
VAN COTT CHARGES FRAUD.
New York Postmaster Claims He Was
Swindled by Employes.
Wiilis T. Gridley has been arrested
at New York and Edna Ranney at
Syracuse, N. Y., on complaint made
| by Postmaster Cornelius Van Cott,
who is president of the National Mer-
cantile agency, of which Gridley was
secretary-treasurer, and Miss Ranney
hookkeeper. Mr. Van Cott charges
that Gridley prevailed upon him te
sign worthless paper and, in co-oper-
ation with Miss Ranney, falsified the
books so as to bring Mr, Van Cott in
debt $2,000 to the agency when the
figures should have shown $18,000 to
his credit.
GAIN !18 ENORMOUS.
Increase in Freight Rates Means at
Least $159,000,000.
It is asserted by experts that if the
freight rates which went into effect
January 3 on both the Eastern and
Western railroads are maintained for
a year the additional revenue, should
be between $150,000,000 and 200,
000,000. At a conservative estimate
the freight rates have been increased
an average of 10 per cent. On many
kinds of freight there has been no
change but on all the principal com-
modities there has been an increase
of from 5 to 50 ver cent. On manu-
factured iron, for example, the East-
Sir Chen-Tung-Liang-Cheng, K. C. M.
G., decorated with brevet court but-!
ton of the third grade, expectant |
taotai of the first-class and minister |
designate to the United States, has |
heen appointed a metropolitan expec-
tant cfiicer of the fourth grade.
At the session of the American |
Scientific Association Prof. Willis Ti!
Moore, chief of the weather bureau,
said that it cost $1,259,000 a year to |
make the forecasts; that the frost!
warnings of a few days ago in Florida |
saved millions of dollars to the peo- |
ple of that State. !
Secretary Root announced that the
corner stone of the Army War Col-
lege in the Washington barracks res- f
ervation will be laid with appropri-!
ate ceremonies on the 22d instant.
The Masonic rites usual on such oec-
casions will be observed. The Pres-
ident and all the members of the
cabinet will attend.
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One hundred thousand tons of
breadstuffs must be imported from !
wheat-producing centers to Aus- |
tralia during the coming season to!
meet harvest deficiencies, says Unit- |
ed States Consul Goding at Newcas-'
tie, in a report to the state deparl- |
ment. The crop in New South]
Wales will not rgach 50 per cent of
the quantity rood
last year,
Victoria will reguire imports of 3.-
637.029 bushels of wheat to supply
her needs {
The latest list cabled the war de- |
partment from Manila by General
Davis reports the following deaths |
from cholera: James Hamilton, |
Company D, Twenty-sixth infantry; !
Robert D. Finney, Company D, Twen- |
ty-sixth infantry: Thomas J. Kelly, |
Company A, Eleventh infantry; Louis
Kopiesoko, Company I.,, Eleventh in.
fantry: Jacob Cohen, Company G. |
Fiith infantry; George Draveo. i
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jin the
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ern lines have increased the rate 40
per cent and the Western roads even
more from the Mississippi river to
Colorado. The advance in grain
rates will also make a big difference
shipments from the Western
wheat fields to the Atlantic seaboard.
1t is claimed by railroaa officials that
the rates on certain articles have
been unreasonably low.
SGUADRONS REASSEMBLED.
Admiral Believes That Maneuvers
Are Proving Beneficial.
The navy department reccived a
cable from Admiral Dewey dated San
Juan, P. R.: “Combined squadrons
i reassembled at Culebra; visits to
"various West Indian ports most cor-
uially
welcomed, effect excellent in
every respect; fleet continuing tac-
tical exer >. marine and torpedo
flotilla engaged in special drills, in-
cluding night attack by the latter
upon designated ships; A. B. Railly,
coal passer, drowned in sinking of
Newark’s steam cutter hy collision
oy
t with torpedo beat.”
Large Profit in Ccrn.
A. Cleage closed his
Deceniber deal at St. Louis,
Mo.. December 31. He made 3settle-
ments cn all deals at 46 cents, which
Thomas big
corn
| was 2 cents over the corn quotation
at Chicago. He estimates that be-
tween 5,000,000 and 6,000,000 of con-
tract corn were involved in the deal,
and that his average profit was 6
conts to the bushel. This makes a
profit for him from 3300,009 to $360,-
090.
WORKMEN WILL SHARE IN PROAIS.
DETAILS OF THE PLAN.
United States Steel Carporation’s
168,000 Employes All Can Be-
come Stockholders.
Announcement was made Decem-
ber 31 of a comprehensive plan of
the fnance committee of the United
States . Steel Corporation by which
the officers and employes of that in-
stitution will participate in the profits
of the world’s largest trust. The
fundamental idea is first to get every
employe interested as a stockholder,
and, second, to share profits with
them in addition to the dividends
which they receive as such stock-
holders. At present the corporation
and subsidiary companies employ
about 168,000 men, whom it is pro-
posed to divide into these six classes.
Class A will include all those whose
calaries are $20,000 a year or over.
(Class B will include all those whose
who receive salaries of from $10,000
to $20,000 a year. Class C will in-
clude all those who receive salaries
af from $5,000 to $10,000 a year. Class
D will include all those who receive
salaries of from $2,500 to $5,000 a
year. Class E will include all those
who receive salaries of from $800 to
$2,500 a year. Class F will include
all those who receive salaries of $809
a year or less. The preferred stock
will be offered to any employe dur-
ing January at $82.50 per share. Em-
ploves can subscribe for an amount
of stock not exceeding the sum rep-
resented by a certain percentage of
their annual salaries as shown in
this table: Class B, 8 per cent;
class C, 10 per cent; class D, 12 per
cont; class F, 15 per cent;
20 per cent. Whenever $90,000,000
and less than $100,000,000 is earned
during 1903, 1.2 per cent shall be set
aside. Whenever $100,000,000 and
less than $110,900,000 is earned dur-
ing 183, 1.4 per cent shall bet set
aside. Whenever $110,090,000 and
less than $120,000,000 is earned dur-
ing 1903, 1.6 per cent. shall be set
aside. Whenever $120,000,000 and
less than $130,000,000 is earned dur-
ing 1903. 1.8 per cent shall be set
aside. Whenever $130,000,000 + and
less than $140,000,000 is earned dur-
ing 1903, 2 per cent shall be set
aside. Whenever $140,000,000 and
less than $150,000,000 is earped dur-
ing 1903, 2.25 per cent shall be set
aside. Whenever $150,000,000 and
less than $160,000,000 is earned dur-
ing 1903. 2.50 per cent shaill be set
aside. The question of what con-
stitutes profits is to be determined
entirely by the finance committee,
which, it ig stated, will have no in-
terest in the profit-sharing plan. If
$80,000.000 is earned in the coming
year, $800,000 will be set aside, one-
half to be distributed ir cash quar-
terly, the other half to be reserved
until the end of the year invested in
preferred stock; the stock thus pur-
chased to be divided, one-half to em-
ployes entitled thereto, the cther half
to remain with the treasurer of the
corporation. Each shareholder is to
receive a certificate for his interest,
containing these provisions: That
if he remains continuously in the
service of the corporation or cne of
its subsidiary companies for five
years the stock shall be delivered to
him and he may do as he likes
with it.
USE AMERICAN METHOD.
Argentina’s Educational System
Modelled After That of U. S.
Twenty-five women teachers went
from the United States to the Argen-
tine Republic a few years ago as mis-
sionaries of American educational
methods. The result is that the
schools of the great republic of the
south are now modelled upon the sys-
tem born and developed in the United
States. As a further result Argentine
has sent James H. Fiftzimmon, direc-
tor of the national school of com-
merce, Buenos Ayres, as special com-
missioner to the United States to
make a study of the latest school
methods, to buy school supplies and
to engage seven competent educators
as directors of the new normal
schools that are to be opened next
year.
Find Made by a Farmer.
Frank McClung, a farmer living
near l.ookout, Fayette county, West
Virginia, while doing some work on
and he found an old
which contained $1,238.
contained the following
The canteen
inscription:
“George Hedges, Twenty-fourth
Ohio.” It was found in a field in
which a party of Union soldiers
camped during the Civil war.
After Spokane Ferries.
signed by Attorney. General
Suits
courts at Spokane, Wash. asking
injunctions tc stop the operations of
six ferries on the Columbia river, in
that state, some of which have been
in use for nearly 20 years. The
charge ig that they impede navigation
and endanger lives and property.
Must Supply Natural Gas.
Judge Neal at Indianapolis,
granted a temporary
Ind.,
injunction re-
i straining the Indianapolis Gas Com-
pany frem cutting off the supply of
natural gas to consumers in Indian-
apolis. The company had served no-
tice that the supply was to be cut oif.
Memorial to James Watt.
Andrew Carnegie has notified the
provest. of Greenock, Scotiand, that
he is prepared to give $50,000 to
ercct a memorial to James Watt, in
recognition of his engineering
achievements.
Conper Company’s Loan.
Thje Consolidated Lake Superior
Company is to have a cash fund of
35,000,000, instead of $3.500,000.
Speyer & Co. of New York, who have
4nanced the loan alrcady negotiated
will advance the extra $1,500,000.
his farm he overturned a large stone |
army canteen,
Knox have been filed in the Federal |
class 1°, 1
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LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Republic of Mexico considering ad-
visability of adopting the gold stand-
ard.
There was a great increase in vol-
ume of immigration during recent
months.
Dr. Edward Everett Hale makes a
special plea for public ownership of
utilities.
New Orleans reports are that the
Beaumont oil pool in Texas has been
exhausted.
The United States Steel Corpora-
ticn filed a brief in Hodge suit at
Trenton, N. J
Rotschilds are in a new concern
that has organized to fight American
coal combine. :
Baltimore & Ohio employes were
arrested for cutting trolley wire near
Wheeling, W. Va.
Mr. Justice Shiras, of the United
States supreme court, will retire dur-
ing the February recess.
An Indiana inventor claims to have
invented an electrical appliance that
will make the deaf hear.
Vice Admiral Beresford of Eng-
land said Great Britain ought to fight
for the Monroe doctrine.
Chicago suffered for fuel New.
Year's’ day, though 300,000 tons of
coal were in the railroad yards.
Topsy, once famous as baby ele
phant, became man-killer and was
executed at Coney Island, N. Y.
In fleet maneuvers off Culebra is-
land the torpedo flotilla formed flying
wedge and dashed through line of
fleet.
Conductor on Louisville & Nash-
ville train was shot by train robber
who secured $25 from Pullman pas-
senger.
State department at Washington
received President Castro’s accept-
ance of the arbitration proposal De-
cember 31.
The 10,000 employes of the Pressed
Stee] Car Company are offered an
advantageous opportunity to become
rartners in the concern.
An endowment of $250,000 has been
raised for Hamline university, at
Minneapolis, Minn., James J. Hill
contributing a large amount.
The pipe line company at Corsi-
cana, Tex. posted a bulletin advanc-
ing crude petroleum of light grade
from $1.01 to $1.05 per barrel.
The entire plant of the Charles
Abresch Company, Milwaukee, car-
riage manuflacturers, was destroyed
by fire, entailing a loss of upward of
$100,000.
The disturbances in the interior of
China are spreading. Five thousand
troops have been sent to suppress
the disorders in the province of
Che-Kiang.
David Cohen, his wife and their
son, died from asphyxiatien in a
tenement house in New York as the
result of the accidental escape of gas
from a stove.
The building occupied by the
Seventh Day Adventists and, the “Re-
view and Herald” Publishing Com-
pany at Battle Creek, Mich, was
burned; loss, $550,000.
The price of soft coal in New York
advanced ancther notch, reaching
$8.40 whclesale, freightage not in-
cluded. Anthracite averaged $10 a
ton to the consumer.
Brazil has accepted the invitation
to participate in the St. Louis ex-
position in 1904, thereby assuring
that all the countries of the western
hemisphere will be representd.
F. M. Atterholt, who has been en-
zaged for some time in an attempt
i to form a sombination of the paper
hag and rope paper manufacturers of
the country, has given up the pro-
ject.
Fire in a seven-story building ir
Wooster street, New York, occupied
hy smalil factories and printing estab-
lishments, did $200.00) damage. The
occupants, including many girls, had
narrow escapes.
One hundred glass workers, headed
by James IL. Wise, a Muncie (Ind.
merchant, are planning to construct
a co-operative window glass factory.
The company will have a capital
stock of $75,000 paid up.
A lone highwayman held up the
Calistoga and California Clear Lake
stage on Mt. St. Helena. The ex-
press box; thought to contain much
money, was taken and the four pas-
sengers were relieved of a few dol-
lars.
Reviews by experts of the copper
development of Arizona and Michi-
gan show that the newer field
threatens to take the place of Michi:
gan as the seccnd producing state.
The Pope is about to issue an en-
cyclical against the practice of duel-
ing. He will appeal to all Christian
governments to suppress the prac-
tice, which is described as a survival
of the middle ages.
Judge Anderson, of the TUhited
States court at Indianapolis, has or-
dered the Chicago and Southwestern
railroad to be sold to satisiy a mort-
gage of $1,000,000 held by the Centrai
Trust Company of New York.
T, C. White, of Morgantown, W.
Va., was elected treasurer of the
American Geological Society, in ses-
sion at Washington, D. C. C. A. Dud-
ley, of Altoona, Pa., was elected a
chancellor of the American Chemical
Society.
A territorial charter was granted
at Guthrie, O. T., to the St. Louis,
13d Reno and Western Railway Com-
pany to build ar railroad 200 miles in
length in Oklahoma. The Missouri
Pacific is believed to be back of the
road.
Secret Service
Agent George F.
| Poster and the police raided a <oun-
terfeiters’ den at Wilmington, Del.,
and captured Biagni Malaroso, his
wife and her brother, Nicola di Paco.
A complete plant and 100 bogus dol-
lars were found.
Clara Ware, aged 19, died in Madi-
son county, Tenn. She was deaf and
dumb from birth, and was never
known to utter an intelligible word
until a few hours before death, when
she called to members of the family
to come to her bedside.
RULE THE MOROS IN ORIENTAL WAY
REPORT ON PHILIPPINES.
Governor Taft Says Possibly Far In
the Future We Can Abolish
the Dattos.
The annual report of the Philippine
commission, and a separate report by
Governor W. H. Taft, made public
at the war department, gives a re-
view of the results of the year’s
work of the commission and certain
recommendations for legislative ac-
tion by Congress deemed essential to
the welfare of the islands. After
giving a history of the establishment
of civil government throughout the
various provinces Governor Taft in
his report says it has not been de-
finitely determined what shall be done
with the respect to Mindanao, where
he says hostility to the Americans
does not extend beyond the Lake La-
nao Moros. The governor is of the
opinion that it may be possible to in-
duce the sultan of Jolo to part with
some of the rights he claims to the
Jolo group, and thus obviate many
obstacles now encountered. The
Moros, he says, do not understand
popular government, and do not de-
sire it, preferring control by dattos.
“Possibly far in the future,” he says,
“control by dattos may cease. For
the present, however, it is necessary
only to provide a paternal, strong but
sympathetic government for these
followers of Mohammed.” Governor
Taft tells of the conditons that have
made it necessary for the islands to
purchase about $15,000,000 worth of
food on which to live, and of the ef-
fects war has had upon agriculture,
almost the only source of wealth in
the islands. The greatest blow to
agriculture, he says, is the destruc-
tion of about 90 per cent of the water
buffalo, on which the cultivation of
rice is almost wholly dependent.
Since the civil government was com-
pletely established in the Filipino
provinces throughout the archipelago,
in July of last year, the governor
says an American soldier has not
been called on once to fire a gun, the
country having been policed by the
constabulary, a force of 5,000 or 6,000
men. “It may be,” says Governor
Taft, “that as the conditions grow
worse—for they are likely to do so
before they grow better—it will be
necessary in a province like Cavite,
where ladronism seems inbred in the
people, to proclaim martial law and
even to call in the military finally to
suppress it,” but it is still hoped this
may be avoided.” For the year end-
ed June 30, 1902, the imports, ex-
clusive of quartermaster’s stores, of
all goods were $41,000,000, while the
exports were about $27,000,000.
FUNSTON’S SPY CONVICTED.
Hilario Placido Has Been Sentenced
to Life imprisonment.
Hilario Placido, the spy who as-
sisted Gen. Funtson in capturing
Aguinaldo, has been sentenced to
life imprisonment for murder, accord-
ing to advices received from Manila
by the war department. Placido was
Gen. Funsten’s trusted aid on the ex-
pedition to Palanan in the spring of
1901. He commanded the little band
that found 1ts way to Aguinaldo’s
stronghold in the guise of Filipino
patriots. He had been a major of the
insurgents, and was captured at Jaen
Ecija. Gen. Funston says in his re-
port that Placido “did his part well
and was faithful to the last, notwith-
standing his previous connection
with the insurgents. He is the man,
who in the critical moment seized
and held Auguinalde.
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Boycott Bremerton.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Darling, at Washington, D. C.. order-
cd that no more warships shail be
sent to the navy yard at Bremerton,
Wash., until the evil conditions sui-
the civil authorities.
Corner Mexican Wheat.
The recent advance in the price of
wheat has caused bakers at Mexico
City, Mexico, to diminish the size of
their loaves while still charging the
same price, and this has worked a
hardship cn the poorer classes. The
government has determined that the
wheat ring, which has ben monopo-
lizing the grain market, shall be
dealt a severe blow.
Caught Trying to Escape.
Thomas Doyle, who is serving 2
twenty-year term in the New Jersey
State prison for murder committed
in Union county, was frustrated in
an attempt to escape frem the insti-
tution. While crawling over the
roof he was discovered by Deputy
Keeper Clayton, who gave an alarm
and Doyle was easily captured and
returned to his cell.
Westinghouse Firm Wins.
The mechanical and electrieal
equipment of power houses, passen-
ger stations and the complete under-
ground system of the new Penns
vania tunnel at New York has been
intrusted to the firm of Westing-
house, Church, Kerr & Co., designing
and constructing engineers.
want General Viijoen’s
The British government is trying
to secure the services of General
Ben Viljoen, who is now touring the
United States, to ccmmand the Boer
forces, which is going to Somaliland.
Services.
Exceeded, Requirements.
The new torpedo boat destroyer,
MacDonough exceeded her contract
requirement of 28 knots on trial at
Boston, Mass., making one leg at a
rate of 28.56.
Record of Mt.
The Pelee club, ‘composed of naval
officers, newspaper men, scientists,
artists and others, who accompanied
the relief expedition to Martinique
after the eruption of Mount Pelee,
4 was organized at Washington, D. C.
Pelee.
rounding tne yard are corrected by’
FINE WORK OF CABLE.
President and Other Officials Ex»
change Congratulatory ' Messages
With People in Hawaii. 41
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The new cable between San Fran-
cisco and Honolulu is in fine working
order and a large number of mes-
sages are being handled. The
achievement January 3, of sending
the 3500 word message from Honolu-
lu, in addition to many private mes-
sages is considered remarkable work
for the first day of the cable’s instal-
lation. The following cable mes-
sages were made public at the White
House, at Washington, January
3, “Honolulu, President of the
United States, Washington, D. C.:
On behalf of the native Hawaiians of
our territory, we desire that you, our
President, should know of the deep
and friendly interest they have felt
from the first in the great commer-
cial and National enterprise of belt-
ing the Pacific with an American
cable, and of their great satisfaction
and delight upon the completion this
day of that portion of the work
which now makes those upon the
mainland, we out here upon the sea,
one as were never before. We con-’
gratulate you, Mr. President, and
through you our fellow citizens of the
mainland.” J. Kalanianaole, D. Ka-
binson, Clarence L.. Crabbe, A. N.
Kepoiked, John Ena.” The following
reply was sent: White House, Wash-
ington, January 3, 1903. The Presi-
dent is much pleased to receive
through you the cordial greetngs of
the native Hawaiians, and extends to
them his congratulations upon the
opening of telegraphic communica-
tien with Hawaii, George B. Cortel-
you, Secretary.” W. H. Eustis,
special commissioner, sent a message
from Honolulu to Secretary Shaw:
“Time between Washington and Hon-
olulu this day abridged from six days
to six minutes. All hai. the spirit of
progress.” To this the secretary re-
plied: “Thanks for your message.
May the new cable mark a distinect
step in the world’s progress.” Post-
master General Payne received the
following cablegram from Honolulu:
“The postmaster and staff at Honolu-
Iu send compliments of the season to
the postmaster general. Joseph M.
Oats, Postmaster.”
Not in Prison After Four Convictions.
Judge Evans, of the United States
court, at Louisville, Ky., admitted to
bail J. M. McKnight, former president
of the defunct German National bank,
who has been four times convicted of
embezzling from the bank. McKnrigint
has appealed from his last sentence.
CABLE FLASHES.
Crown Prince Frederick William
of Germany has accepted an invita-
tion of the czar to visit his majesty
at St. Petersburg in the middle of
January. %
“It seems to be beyond question,”
cables the Johanneshurg correspond-
ent to London, England. “that large
and enormously rich diamond fields
exist north of Pretoria.”
A large audience at the Queens
hall, welcomed the reanpearance of
Sousa and his band in London, Jan-
vary 2. Many Americans, including
Consul General Evans, were present.
France and Guatemala have agreed
to submit to the international arbi-
tration court at The Hague the
French claims against Guatemala,
which are similar to those against
Venezuela.
Fifteen Turkish soldiers were Kkiil-
ed or wounded in a recent fight with
Gulgarian . troops at Drenovo. The
Pulgarians were barricaded in a
house and several were killed, but
the survivors escaped.
The appraisement of the estate of
A. C. Hutchinson, late president of
I.onisiana & Texas railroad, shows
its value to be $991,168. The bulk of
thig property will go to the medical
department of Tulane university.
The Kongo administration at Brus-
sels, Belgium, has received news that
Tientenant de Magnse and his party,
who were in charge of Port Boni, on
the frontier of Uganda, were attack-
od hy a cannibal tribe on June 14,
last, and that the entire party was
murdered.
A treaty has been signed by the
Bolivian minister of foreign affairs
and the Peruvian minister plenipo-
tentiary naming President Roca, of
Argentina, arbitrator in the boundary
disputes between Peru and Bolivia.
The sultan’s troops have abandon-
ed the fortress of Raselma, close to
Fez, Morocco. The pretender is nego-
tiating with tribes in the vicinity of
Fez to assist his advance. The hos-
tility against the sultan is spreading
in Fez
The Taotai of China has paid the
January installment of the interna:
tional indemnity on a silver basis.
He. explained his inability to accept
the interpretation of the protocol
adopted by the International Bank-
ers’ Association.
Captain Dawe was appointed min-
ister of mines, and Henry Gear was
appointed minister without portfolio
at «St. Johns, New Foundland, to fil
the vacancies in. the bond cabinet
resulting from the withdrawal of
(Chief Justice Horwcod and Postmas-
ter Greneral H. J. B. Woods.
The Anglo-American tobacco trust
introduced at Berlin, Cermany,
a system of rebates and premiums
to small dealers. The trust owns
nnly one factory in Germany, the
Jasmatzi, aft Dresden, which it has
greatly enlarged and filled with new
machinery of American make,
In consequence of the menacing
attitude of the emir of Kano, ruler
of Northern Nigeria, who has placed
a price on the head of Captain
Ahadie, the British resident at Zaria,
the British government has decided
on the immediate dispatch of a puni-
tive expedition of 1,200 men.
A proposal has been made at Paris,
France, to present a piece of sculp-
ture to President Roosevelt in recog-
jition of his services to the cause of
iitarnational aybitration.
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