BATTLESHIP IOWA LANDS MARINES

United States Force Take Charge of Isthmian Transit.

EVERY TRAIN IS NOW GUARDED.

Postponement ot the Bombardment, Which Nad Boca Expected, Has Restored Qnlet aatf Good Order la the City, aid the Rath 'at Fore (Bern to Take Retagc on the Warships Ho* Ceased.

Colon. (By

marines

States

Cable).—An armed es ' from' the United

. _ laryland Home Brigadt during the Civil War, died at his homt

in Berkeley Springs, W. Va.

Annie Van Brott died at tl Hospital in Chicago frt burns inflicted by Andr

'Was

s battleship Iowa landed Monday and has re-established transit across the

isthmus, which had been temporal ly obstructed. Deuils of the Iowa’s

rines are now protecting each passen-

ger traits.

There has been fierce fighting at Empire Station, on the railroad line between Panama and Colon, between the insurgents and the troops of the' Colombian government, with very heavy losses on

both sides.

Gustav I Lassoed by -nd re’ : —

atch The

At a conference held at I o’clock on board the British cruiser Tribune, at which Gen. Ignacio Feliaco, Senor de la Rosa, secretary of General Diax. and the

commanders of the foreign, warshi. e present, the General agreed, at the test of the naval commanders,- and

request of the naval commanders, and on the ground of humanity, having in view the large foreign population of Coloi ’ ' * " "

evening.

The Colombian gunboat General Pinion is badly off for provisions, and Xhe conunanders of all the warships agrted to supply her with the necessary stores. The gunboat has not yet returned to

not to land troops here or open the town before 6 o'clock Friday

AWFUL CALAMITY TO FAMILY.

Foar Yobbi Girls Dead » tfec Result of Start-

lag Fire With kerosene.

Pittsburg, Pa. (Special).—Four persons were burned to death and two seriously injured in a fire at 4.30 o'clock A. M. which destroyed the residence of J. G. Miller, on Charles street, Knoxville, a suburb of this city. The dead: Rose JlftMqr, aged 23 years, terribly burned and died on the_ way to the hospital ; Amelia Miller, aged 19 years, suf-

focated by the smoke; At

tied by the smoke; Amanda Miller, aged 16 years, suffocated; Sylv ; -

aged 9 years, suffocated Two ether daughters

t Commissioner John J. Scanhell. cw York, and William Marks, a t>ker. were accused of conspiracyThe Louisville and Nashville Railroad

ages of all its '

per cent.

years, escaped The fire wa

daughter. Rose, pouring ket the stove to start the fire for, l The oil in the can ignited, anc

aged 11 and 13 mjury.

v ‘th

r, breakfast.

The oil in the can ignited, and the ex- . -plosion which followed scattered the burning oil over the room. - The flames spread so quickly that Mr. Miller was forced to jump from the second-story window, after rescuing his wife and

• twt5 of his younger, dat

ing stock000,000 fc

Fire Commis of New York, broker, were a

The Louisvi

advanced the wages of all its shopmen

in Louisville 40 per cent.

Charles Larken, aged 32 y< in a Boston hospital from the

biting off his tongue.

Geexa Granzer. who shot Mrs. Susanna Miller 'in Philadelphia, committed

-suicide.

Lawyer John L. Semple, of Camden, ■N. J- on trial in Philadelphia for being

5 younger, daughters. Rose,

was burned almost to a crisp_and died

before reaching the bbspit

crisp and

_ . itaL The

others were overcome by tlie smoke.' Their bodies were found in the ruins .after the fire had been extinguished. Mrs. Milter was just recovering from a severe illness, and is almost distracted rr the terrible affair. Fears a

, on trial in Philadelphia for being :med in counterfeiting, testified in his own behalf, denying the charges and producing judges ami lawyers to testify

tertained that slit will not survii

shock.

RATHBUN IS INDICTED;

Body ot Yictia of Conspiracy Id Charge of

the Coroner.

Jeffersonville, Ind., (Special).—The special grand jury selected to investigate the Rathbum insurance conspiracy and murder case returned an indictment

sr

t Newell C Rathbun, charging

ith murd<

with murder in the first tjfgree.

The body of Rathbun’s alleged victim, supposed to be that of Charles Goodman, arrived from Little Rrick and was taken

in charge by Coroner Copts.

The indictment against Rathbun embodies six counts, as Jbllows: That of administering a poison commonly called laudanum to Chatlcs Goodman; ail-ministering-unknown poison to Charles Goodman; giving laudanum to a male person unknown to the grand jury; giving an unknown pois&n to atvunknown nude person; administering an anesthetic. poison to Charles Goodman, and administering an anaesthetic poison to qh un-

known person.

Rathbun pleaded not guilty, and his trial was set for December 19.

A jury ct for

Verdict Under a New Law.

Sioux Falls, S. J>., (Special).—A awarded Mary Gairigan a verdict

$1,800 damages against Samuel Kennedy, a Dell Rapids saloonkeeper, Jpr sell-

ing her husband liquor. .Evidence was which they introduced to show that Garrjgan be- Stone's ransom, or the 'came intoxicated on liquor bought of wiU stop al'

^Kennedy, and that he later committed 'opicide. This is - the. first conviction under the new license law prohibiting

the sale of liquor to inebriates.

UissMoa Bask Swladk.

Liverpool. (By

• was made here thit the Bank of Liverpool had been victimized by a trusted

bookkeper foe a Urge sum. What the von quiet there, losses amount to i, not yet exactly ■*** rfr "

known, but. an official statement issued by the bank' says that through the dis-

£170.001* (about $8504300). chares fell £t (about $5) on the Stock ex- - change. The defaulter has

A Record Breaker.

Tipton, Ind.. /Special).—A 50,00041001 well came in on the Hobbs

foot gas

Farm, four miles south of'this city. The flow came id at 4 o’clock, and when the tools 4 were thrown out the drillers to rutl fcr Their lives. The well is equal.

to if not larger than the

lace well, which wax discovered near ^ostoria. Q, several years ago. and ^ was at that time said to b* tha

SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.

Second Lieutenant Louis J. Van Schaick of the Fourth Infantry while scouting near Cavite, had a desperate .'ingle-banded encounter with Filipinos, in which he killed three of the insurgents with his revolver, Rut

adly wounded.

Capt. Louis Pyche, a veteran of the

burns inflicted

ited.

rs

that Major

the.i" *•

i the r v Bolat

Members of the Puritan Club testified before the Moade court-martial

Lauchheimer's conduct in.

te clubhouse was proper.

Gustav Heinrich of New York,

- ^“-aland, Ohio,

money, his

toed by rabbers in Ocvi I relieved of $225 in 1

ich and diamonds.

-t.~ _a.— 1 :

If

: Ml

A contract has been closed by the William R. Trigg Shipbuilding Company, of Richmond/'Va-, with the Standard

Oil Company for the construction of a tank steamer 4o carry 1,500, x» gallons

of oil and to cost $439,000.

The United States Cout to Springfield. III., refused an injunction restraining the Chicago State Board of Equalization from assessing the stock of the

traction companies.

Caballos, the insurgent leader in the

Philippines, has 500 fully armed men in his command, and it is reported contemplates an attack upon Mauban, Laguna

Province. \ ' .X Isaiah Bollin, principal of the colored hool in Lexington. Va- resigned his

position because of recent attempts to assassinate him and left for parts un-

known.

By the dropping of an elevator cage jn the retail dry goods house of Townsend & Wyatt. St. Joseph. Mo., two per-

sons were fatally hurt.

Smallpox is raging in the southern islands of the Philippines. The United States Commission is preparing an act

. _ Jeffersonville, Indindicted Newell G Rathbone, the confessed insurance swindler, for murder

in the first degree.

ennsyh

md $254100.000 ck—$19,000,900

— pany next year for rollfor cars and $6,-

his good character.

Santiago IglcSlas. agent in Porto Rico American Federation of Labor,

of the American Federation of who was arrested on a charge of codspirhas been released on $500 bail, fur-

ished by President Gompers.

John B. Berthoff.

manager at Jersey City,

Western ’, and Is;

Isaac Kerted on the

Sir Thomas W. Reid, in 1

in the Nineteenth Century, quotes a

• of President Roosevelt's Cabi-

it as saying that English people do >t realize the depth of feeling existing outside of England on the subject of the South African War, nor the ex-

treme gravity of the situi also stated that appeals at

rs to take somei step to end the ’Sir Thomas Lipton. at^ a banquet

n, at a

giverj in his honor in London,

nounced that should^no- one else challenge, he *4* willing to consider makmg another attempt to lift the America The German Foreign Ofibe announced that the report that the nations to the Triple Alliance Were making a concentrated demonstration in South

American waters was false.

Miss Helen Vanderbilt. Wackerman became violent and tried to throttle hfr nurse in a London asylum. She was

placed in a padded, cell. The French Chamber of a vote of 295 to 249 of 2654X>04X» fran nese indemnity loan.

Dick Burge, the pugilist, was arrested in London on a charge of complicity in the recent Bank of Liverpool frauds. It is reported from Sofia that Consul General Dickinson will notify the brig'xing 10 days as the'period within

■aouct».£C]i. - y

Chamber of Deputies, by 5 to 249, adopted the sum 30 francs tor the Chi-

ands. fixing 1

_ stop all dealings with them. Count -von Jiatzfeldt-Wildenburg, for-

dor to Qreat Brit-

mer German ambassador to Qreat Bi ain. died at the embassy, in London. Through the dishonesty and betting transactions of a bookkeeper the Bank of

Liverpool loses $8504)00:

A conspiracy was discovered in Johannesburg and a number of suspected

parties arrested.

United States officers at Panama re^jrt quiet there. It,is said that no immediate attack upon Panama is <

plated. The government is still building breastworks near the railroad property. Captain Perry wilt probably land a force from the battleship low* to pro-

is reported thaj- Germany ar.d Rusire pr 1 — proposing

It it said pany Is to be of Near Jerw

MANY UVES LOST IN GREAT STORM

Several Barges

'Eleven Men Drowned.

Driven Ashore nod

AGGREGATE DAMAGE WILL BE HEAVY

! Life Guards at Chadwick. K A. Save Two Front the Wrecked Barges, Bat the

Others Drowned Before Their Eyes. They Belag UaaMe to Scad a Uae U the Poor

New York, (Special).—Nine men be-

1 barges

Grant were drowned in the storm which raged about this section of the country Sunday. The two barges went ashore at Chedwick, N. J., which is about 1)4 miles belowLong Branch. There were 11 men on tlifcvtwo barges, but the life guard saved only tw&v°f the crewjtX-ttfe" Grant. The remaindeKjjcerfc drowned IrtTore the eyes of the men on shore, who

were unable to

3 get a whip to the strand-

colliers. The bagges were bound from Philadelphia for Fall .River, in to;

of the tug Eureka. The tug and reported that the two

*—Ven away in the storm, but notl

learned until Monday as to the

iver, in tow reived here barges had

thing

i_ ihe ston

.was learned until Monday of them and their crews.

Two other barges, the H. A. Hawgood and the Merce-lita, foundered south of Squan'Beach. The tug Navigator, which

Squan'Beach. The tug Navigator, which had the two craft in tow. arrived here with the tidings. The Davis, another barge in charge of the Navigator^ ed at Squan Beach and two of hi were drowned. The three barges were towed from Philadelphia, the Hawgood being destined for' Providence, the Davis for Fall River and the Mercedita for

"'ew London.

Some portions of Staten Island look 1 if they had tuffered a visitation from •nado. Along the shore, from St.

dong the shore, from 5

George to Fort Wadsworth, the beach strewn with wreckage. Small b

. bathhouses,

coked and timbers

pilei

and wharves were wreal

from the wreckage used by the elements to demolish helpless small boats. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s property on Staten Island suffered the greatest injury. Two of its floats, ladesed with

fury. . __ merchandise, arc at the

The

• U<

ic bottom pf . of raising them

indis

upper bay. _ will begin at once, or as soon as the waters have subsided. Parts of the track used by the Baltimore and Ohio

for hauling fn' '

iffered a t

freight to St. George have 1 temporary impairment.

over $20,000 ii

0 worth of hemp, upon 1 1 been paid to the insurge

een paid to th cated. The s;

ATTEMPT TO BURN STEAMER?

Match Heads aad Caaaoa Crackers Foaad la Her Carga. Pensacola. Fla- (Special).—What seems to have been an attempt to burn the British steamer Cayo, 2,223 '“"S. which is loading a cargo of 164)00 bales of cotton for Bremen, was discovered

here.

The plan was frustrated by one of the cotton screw men at work in the hold of the vessel finding a quantity of beads of matches. About 10,000 bales of cotton

in thej-essel when the

cash and which a

ns’urgents, has

c system of taxation

and the collection of taxes maintained by the insurgent leader Lukban wat perfect and exhaustive in every particular. Hemp was the most important feature of commerce. Two per cent, of its price was given to the local presi dentes, who collected the majority of the island's revenue from those natives who had

had been placed in the Vcs

discovery was made. This led to an investigation, and about 20 cannon crackers 12 inches in length were found jammed between the heads of the cotton. In each instance matches had ben placed in the heads of the cannon crackers adjoining the stem, with the heads protrud ing in such a manner that slight friction would strike the matches and ignite the

cannon crackers.

W. C T. U APPROPRIATIONS. Over SI4.MB Is Set Aside for Woik of (be

Fort Worth, Texas, (

report of the committee on appropria-

, (Special}.—The

tions of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union was adopted by

iperai

the executive board before adjt Fifty-eight hundred dollars

eight hundred dollars are president, vice-prcsidenC

. nit, vice-pr

urer and secretary. The “Y" branch gets $800 and the "L. T. L.” $500. The departments get an aggregate o: Among the various appropriati

departmental work are:

Legislation, $1,000; , people and missionai $650; colored peopli

$7,255-

ions for

chite, year,

$175; t $14,355-

total appropriations for the

MaMptat Telegraphy-

Boulder, Col- (Special).—Dr. William Duane, profe^or of physics at the State University, has been granted a patent for an invention by which a large, number of telegraph messages can be sent over one wire and . return at the

t over one wire and . return at the « time. It is said he has had as many light een circuits working on the same

strument can be placed and used exactly as with the single wire now in use. ,Dr. Duane's invention is based on the prin-

ciple of synchronizing motors.

same t

ic Morse i:

used e

ciple of synchronizing motors.

(Special). —Chief

Baltimore, Md.,

Justice McSherry decided in the case of Miss Etta^Maddox that a woman could not take'thc examination to be admitted

the bar of Maryland. The Court says is at present no law author-

but that if is

A RAIN OF IRON.

Albaa's Troopi Beaten Oil By a TerriIU RUk

Fire al Pereqnetc.

Colon, Colombia. (By Cable).—Many versions.are current,.all biased in favor of the Liberals, regarding the whereabouts and fate of'Gcncral Alban's ex-

pedition, which left Panama on Sunday last.. The following is the most authen-

and plat etc, dista

rod to

ic crow flit . inboat Boyat

lusible: On arriving off Pere-

about 30 miles fr

miles l

iles beyond Chorrera, as General Alban, on the >, sent forward two

. .aca, sent forward two schooners, which grounded. The liberals on land immediately poured a

these vessels.

terrible rifle fire upon these ' vessels, causing much havoc on board. General Alban then ordered the Boyaca's boats

the result that many 1 wounded, and the boats

When ordered the assistance

of them were returned to the for the second

of

rews refused on the ground that it was useless to do so that that such a step meant sure death to theuL/ Hence, the Boyaca returned to Panama, taking many wounded men with her. The Liberals claim that 300 men of General Alban's force were captured in this way, and that they now strengthen the Liberal ranks. It has been held all along that General Alban undertook no easy task when he attempted to land troops in the vicinity of Chorrera. The General's return to n* was looked forward to with hopes, but when he returned in the er in which be did many people there were discouraged and downcast, which leads to the belief that the gravity of the situation is recognized.

TREACHERY CHECKED IN LUZON.

American Negroes Said to Hava Lilted WIU

Filipinos to Attack Msilao.

Manila, (By Cable.)—It has been officially reported to Gen. Chaffee, that the insurgent leader Caballos has 500 fully armed men. racluding a number

of American negroes,

md ir '

ding a

. -. — — —ider hL mand in Laguna province, Luzon. An insurgent officer has just been captured carrying pacers dated Mauban,

Laguna province^^v. }8, and signed

by Caballos.

The prisoner admits that Caballos has 1000 men with him and contemplated

teking Maul

Tie patrolling gunboats along Samar e captured over $20,000 in cal'

sworn allegiance to the

and turned it over to the rebel authorities Smallpox is raging in the southern lands of the archipelago. The United States Philippine Commission is preparing an act to compel everyone to oe vac-

cinated.

MILLIONS FOR ROLLING STOCK.

by the B« Uopn

Philadelphia, Pa., (Special).—The penditures to be made by the Pennsyl-

vania Railroad Company in 1902 for

rolling stock will aggregate $254x10,000, a sum believed to be unprecedented in

oad history,

f this amount about $I94*»4XX) will ' ' ' ■ - ’ t$6.-

be expended for cars a

000,000 for locomotives. As already nounced, the company will require 19

cars -ftJy-

1 Ule As ai

' require 194)00

2, the g

freight cars -foV-1902, the greater iber of wHch have already been

locomotives for I

While

rlivery have been' ordered, the requii ents ii ‘ *' '* " ‘

; no

_ been - I

ments in that direction for next year have been determined upon approximately at 400 locomotives. .Of this number 300 will be required for the lines east of

nd too for the Western lines.

no live Works am live Building Com

Bonibt by the B. ft a

Marietta, Ohio, (Special).—The Ohio and Little Kanawha Railway between

this city and Zanesville, ; posefl to have ’been sold

rhich

between was sup-

te ago old to

systems were anxious to acquire the road, the former to complete its line

from the lakes to the seaboard

1 by way of the undeveloped coal lands of West Virginia. The latter wants it to connect its Southwestern system with the main line. The purchase gives the BaT-

own li ville.

FIv* Tar « Postotflce.

Rollersville, Ohio, (Special).—Five

Bee safe here and

fibbers blew the postoffice safe b

in money, besides funds belonging to the local lodge of Maccabees. The gang e here in a rig stolen at Helena, re they had previously looted the __ . ral sWre of L. F. Weaver of valuable merchandise and a small amount of cash.

Big Fin at

Murfreesboro, Tom,

Fire storied in Uie Rather & Co. here 1

(SpeciaL) -

of J, L:

o. here and soon spread untfl

the entire Depot Hill district was in flames. About $&VXX) worth of property

is in

S AND ENDS OF TIE NEWS

oMork, Pa, identified John Kottcamp rod Hrory Ream, who.

MU ii.’Lu, jTsi. •' --t-ittAriin'- ■ ,... fa

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.

Plans lor Utbmian Canal

Unless the unexpected happen* Congress will this winter vole to construct

Secretary Hilcbcock Stbmlto His Aa> j the Nicaraugua canal at a cost of $189,-

nnal Report 10004)00

-7— ; This is for two great harbors—one POLICY TOWARDS THE INDIANS, at (Qrcytown. on the Atlantic or Carib-

bean end of the canal, ami the other at Brito, at the Pacific end—for a canal of

tight locks, and

Each Able-Bodied Rea Man to Work Hit

Ihe Necesoit a National

Conservation.

Ily ol R System

ol Forest aad Water

Washington, D. C, (Special).—The inual report of Secretory Hitchcock, of the Interior Department, just made public, indorses the conclusions submitted Jjy Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones regarding the present Indian educational system. The Secretary says:

"The management of the Indian serve in the field and in the schoojs. while

ice ii satisfactory under existing conditions, is not deemed to be the best for the wel-

fare of the Indi— —

icks, and for an

several miles above the mouth Carlos river. The Grcytown to the canal will

Bril

Tdam

IftiiTsro

harbor and entrance, will cost $!,- ». The Grcytown harbor half a

509-470- The Grcytown harbor 1 century ago had a depth of 50 feet of water. It is now only a little better than * ’ “n, with half the depth, and light-

>m ship!

A lagoon, w. ers bearing

earing cargoes from

ed in the offing have to cross a ■ s “ '“is than six (get of wa

canal should

polity contemplates requiring the work- I fecra'bove'the water. The entrance will

oTS .tied* tSuTro 0 ] , 3 t^ h - the contributing by their industry ^to | tlry at Grcytown than at

Gre

of the Indians, and different will hereafter be adopted.

carries less than six

As the can 35 feet, it is and .entrance is proposed

I- of tf '■ | feet

ancho*bar that

ater.

depth

liavc a depth of necessary that the f

ild have tl

:e should have the same. It to have harlKirs at each end il, protected by jetties 3.500

This struct fork- j f cct a

ies will be conand will be six

their'own'support all^ot^entirely dis- ] * a ^ ** Gr^own^than aTfinto."'^

by PP actual disability, physical 1 a J K ^ Vement at Rnr

qualified by ’ actual disability, physical or otherwise, the discontinuance of the issue of rations to those able to support themselves and the extension to the latter of every possible aid far their well-being and encouragement; the institution of industrial training in all schools where not now established so that such Indians of both sexes .may be taught the trades or industries adapted

to their circumstances." /

The income of the venous Indian

of treaty obligations. The curriculum 0' * ' ' Secretary says, she Ihe common school er extension of non-reservation schools should not be permitted. . The Dawes Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory reports that the rolls of membership of only one nation—the Seminoles—so far haev been approved and their lands have yet been entirely allotted. There is ast amount of labor j

id equalizing the

lands already classified, and Secretary .... . .. ^ commis.

Hitchcock recommends that

sion be increased by four members,

a roodificat

_ ition of the law requiring distribution of lands on the 1—-r -rrc-j ^

basis of equalized valuation and that a definite period be fixed for the comple-

.11 -L.

lion of all the work pertaining to the allotment of lands among the Indians

in the Territory.

FAMILY A BURGLAR GANG.

People Well Tkoufbt of la Charcb and Social Clrctes Lived by Thieving. Pittsburg. Kan. (Special).—George Lane rod family, consisting of his wife, a 14-year-old daughter and an adopted son, 18 years old, have been arrested here, charged with being leaders of a

merchants of this city for the past year. Lane and his wife are ^prominent

in society and church worlc

lutitul hoi

prominent

They have home on West Fourth street,

nearly $1,000 worth of the stolen goods were found. It is charged that

the boy would conceal himself in a 1 and be locked in when the store

1 beauti

, night be w. the rear door, after which the robeasy. The arrest was caused

jy being captured in 1

boy being captu nfessing. Lane i

is a contracting builder by trade and has alwrys been

considered a ^—

1 respectable citizen.

FOUR BOYS WOUND TEACHER.

They Slip Up Behind Him In School and Slab Him in the Back. Savannah, Mo, (Special).—Luther Montgomery, a teacher in the school at Cawood, to miles north of Savannah. itabbed in the back by four of his

pupils.

Just before the recess hour, while his back was turned, four youths, none bf whom is over 18 years of age. slipped

* dealt him a back of the

, upon and dragged to the floor, and received three other vounds—one in the neck, one in the Ider rod another in the back.

good families, and a good reputation.

lave previously borne a good reputation. Ifontgomery will probably die. The ioys were brought to Savannah rod

edged in jail.

The Greek Cabioot b Out. Athens, (By Cable}.—As a result of he demonstrations against the proposed translation of the Gospels into modern 5reek the Grecian Cabinet has resigned. Htis action was token in spite of-King jeorge'j efforts to induce the Cabinet tud M. Theotokis. the Premier, to renain in office. M. Theotokis considers hat the responsibility of a judicial injuiry into the recent riots should be eft to another Cabinet in order that the Tilth -may established beyond —

2M Believed to be Loot

—-—. (By Cable).—The local ( steamer Alerta, with aoo passengers, in- . iluding some discharged American sol-

lien. Dound *

lien, Dound from Olongapo, Subig bay, tor Manila, is believed to have been rist. The United States distilling ship

' » reef

Iris has been aground on a reef near Iloilo for three days. The cruiser New York and the gunboat Yorktown have '

{ooe to her assistance. •

Into will be less

Grcytown and the cost of main-

tenance will be far less. WUhin the harbors there will be a turning basin of

1.800 feet.

Report ol PbllLpiaet. 'illiams, secretary of t ippine Comission, has delivered the report of the commission to Secretary Root

very feature of the Philippm

government. Besides the report proper there are several volumes of appendices containing reports t ,of different officers of the Government. It is upon the facts contained in this report that Congress is expected to act in legislating for the Philippines. The receipt of the report en-

Jt to

ippn .... ablcs Secretary Root

lably

port,

next

Accomt

Chari

■hich probabl,

complete his roll be made public

harles hiiippii

apanying Mr. Williams was A. Conant. who was sent to the 3 by Secretary Root to make igation of and report upon the

monetary situation in the Islands. The information on this point will be used to shape legislation intended to r

present conditions.

1 improve

Minister Coajer’s Protest

Minister Conger's action in protcsl

t again:

to the Chinese Government a

the arbitrary cancelation of a railway franchise granted to an American com-

', and its transfer, to a French corpo-

m upon

pany, ratio;

ion, was taken upon representations ide to the State Department by the — : — China Improvement Compa

American China Improvement Company, which has a franchise to construct a

railroad from Canton to Hankow. It is understood that the fprfeiture of * ’ -* — *-vo acc

the claim was based on two first, that the road was not

within the stipulated period of tipie. second, because the Americaq- corp

non had passed into tiie

corpora?

the conditior _

year and_ a half have b make it impossible for

as t

ipossible for an American Company to have completed its work',' and that for this delay the Chinese Government itself is responsible.

responsible.

McKlalcy Fund PUa. Plans by which it is hoped to prevent differences between the Canton McKinley Monument Association and the Washington Memorial Arch Association and secure harmony of action were agreed upon at a meeting of the' Executive Comnpttcc of the later body. A committee of five was appointed to confer with -the Board of Trustees bf the. Canton Association in this city Decent

her 7.

The plan is that the two associations shall make a joint poll of the country for a fund to erect both the monument at Canton and the memorial arch in this city, and that of all the money collected S onc-ihird shall go to the Canton monn- . ment and two-thirds to the memorial arch. .

Cabans Waal Reciprocity.

Reciprocity with 'Cuba will be agitated in Washington during the week

by a delegation from the Cuban Mer-

chants’ Assbciatit

ition of Havana.

The delegation will call on the Presidfait Tuesday in relation to the subject, am) will also try to impress several Sen-

through (rade reciprocity. The project

is known to be opposed for the present by some of the American military oflj

s in Cuba.

A cablegram has been received from acting Governor Wrignt, at Manila. :r> - _ - - _ Taft" is

which he says that Governor

but

t probably will be inenfoaf weeks or more. At

*c |'

: advisable for Governor change of climate for a

■hich to recuperate.

of internal revenue for October, 1901, shows the f from all sources amounted to ’ - a decrease as com-

’900, of $3,104,672-

Caascteace Relara of Sl&tM. Secretary Gage has received from an

unknowft person t

- ' -«w York 1

1*669.

of Customs at Near contribulpoo of $1*6

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