Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 306, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 November 1901 — Page 1

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ovi:rt two ihmiiikd kii.m:d ami yvoinded in mhth a nil c. Rear Guard of Ceil. Hcnson's Column Attacked by llofr Near Rethel During n Thick. Mint. DISPATCH PROM KITCHENER THAT WILL fAl'SK SOnilOW AM) REGRET IN ALL KMJLAM). Cls. Ilensein and (inlnnr and Seven Other Officers Dead nnil Thirteen Wounded. Some Severely. FIFTY-FOUR MEN WERE SLAIN one hlndred ami sixty yvoindfd, foir or whom died.Tli rent Made by Unrulier that I less IliinKiiiK f flebel Cense There W ill lie Reprisals. LONDON. Nov. 2. Lord Kitchener has reported to the war Office a disaster to thc'Rritish near Rethel, eastern Transvaal, in which two guns were lost, several officers killed or wounded, and fifty-four men were killed and 1 wounded. Following is the text of Lord Kitchener's dispatch, dated Pretoria. Nov . 1: "I have just heard of a severe attack made on the rear guard of Colonel Renson's lolumn, when about twenty miles northwest of Köthel, near Erokenlaagte, during a thick mist. The strength of the enemy is reported to have been a thousand. They rushed two guns with the rear guard, but it is uncertain whether they were able to remove them. I fear our casualties were heav3-. Colonel Renson was wounded, but rot severely. A relieving column will reach him this morning." Later Lord Kitchener telegraphed as follows: "Colonel Kart er, who marcned from the constabulary line yesterday, reached Kenton's column early this morning (Friday) unopposed. He reports that Colonel Renson died of hi wound?." Lord Kitchener then gives the following list of casualties: Killed. colonel renson. coix)Ni:l k. Guinness MA J. 1 D. Ml" IM AY. 'APT. M. W. LINDSAY. ('APT. F. T. THOROCLl . lieft, k. v. i. brooks, lieht. il k. shepherd, second lieut, a. j. cor lett. Died of Wounds. CA KT. EYRE LLOYD. Lord Kitchener then glyes the names of thirteen other cnVers who were wounded, most of them severely, and announces that fifty-four noncommissioned officers and men were killed and 160 wounded, adding that four of the latter have slnee died of their wounds. The dispatch then says: "I assume that the two Runs have been Teeoered and the enemy has withdrawn, but I have no further details. "I deeply regret the loss of Colonel Benson and the other officers and men who fell with him. In Renson the service loses a most gallant and capable office-, who invariably led his eolraun with marked success and judgment. The fighting was at very close quarters and maintained with determination by both sides. The enemy suffered heavily, but I have not yet received a reliable estimate. The Roers retired east." Colonel Kenson had been for some time operating in the vicinity of Rethel, which I northeast of Standerton. Ho surprised a Koer laager Oct. "2 near Trichardsfoutein, taking thirty-seven , prisoner. Three days later, according to Ixsrd Kitchener's report t the time, after a long: night march, the commandoes under Grobelaar and Erasmus 'heavily attacked Benson's rear guard and Tanks at Yzirvarkfonteln. but were easily !rien away." Whether tills was the attack which resulted so disastrously, or whether the Boers who had been repulsed iook advantage of the mist to renew their attack is still unexplained. Lord Kitchener does net give the date of the Bet bei engagement. A. threaten rephis ai.. Fitihtinu HurslHT May llnnk Ilritish in South Africa. AMSTERDAM. Nov. l.-The Bo.-r delegation here summoned Dr. Leyd and M. Koesehten by telegraph yesterday from Krümels o consider dispatches received from the Boer leaders in the field saying the lighting burgher were determined to make reprisals if the British continued lianglng and shooting rbels. and others to the effort that th" P.o r authorities in South Africa atorrn that the adoption of rpria!s would be bad policy, and that. In order to strengthen their position, they reouesi Mr. Kruger to let thm know his cpit'lon. a he Mill has the greatest ho!d on i lie minds of the burghers. The meeting lasted four hours, and it whs decided to advise Mr. Kruger to comply with the refjiic .n of th" Bo.-r authorities and to take the opportunity to bring the subject f Britl-h executions lit. South Africa hefor th European public in an op n letter. Dr. Jeyds has gon- to Hilversuni to present th- matter to Mr. Kruger. More Roers Captured. LONDON. Nov. I. A dispatch from Lord Kitcli.-.! r. dated I'retori i. reorlvd lu re to-d iy. sivs 'oliTiel K kcwich. diirinR a ! ldht surprise of Van Albert's laager, r.ortiu'.t?.: of Rmmi nburg about sixty rniVs wm of Pretoria capirred - nl v-eigbt Bo r Malibnl m t the Waslituli. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Nov. 1 Rernnse of fmily trouble. William Rinsh 'tabbed his 1 mmSc twice wim a pcuKinie to-uay aa she

was standing over a washtub. at 1ZZ Inland avenue. an4 then cut his own throat. Physicians attending the couple say that .Mrs. Raash will recover, but that Raash will die. The two had not been living toK' ther for potto time past. DOES NOT FEAR THE PLAGUE.

Health OIHcer Doty Will Try to Keep It Out of rw York. NEW YORK, Nov. l.-Health Oflicer Doty s.i id to-day. in relation to the reports of the appearanee of plague at Glasgow and Liverpool: "Th same regulations will be carried out in regard to the port of Glasgow as when the disease recently appeared in that city. As regards Liverpool, all steamers and their crews and passengers will be 'cafefuliy inspected on arrival at quarantine. I am working in harmony with the federal authorities, who carefully Inspect all passengers before embarkation for this port. J do not apprehend any danger to the public health by the appearance of these eases of plague at Glasgow and Li vcrpool." Ncvr Cases at Glasnenr. GLASGOW. Nov. 1. Another case of the bubonic plague has been certified here. Large numbers of people who have been in contact with plague cases or suspects have been isolated. The foreign consuls to-day are refusing to grant clean bills of health. A barmaid who was recently transferred from th fentral Station Hotel (which belongs to the Caledonian Railway) to the station at Airdrie, is pronounced to be suffering from the plague. MANY TETANUS VICTIMS CHILDREN INOCILATED WITH DEADLY GERMS AT ST. LOUS. Eleven Have Filed of Lockjavr After the City Diphtheria Antitoxin YVa Injected. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1. The list of deaths attributed to lockjaw as a result of the administration of diphtheria antitoxin manufactured by the city chemist now numbers eleven, two new deaths being reported to-day. Eleven other children are reported to the health department as suffering from lockjaw, with slight chances for recovery. The cause of lockjaw in each ease is said to be poisoning from the city's diphtheria antitoxin. As a result of the charges the health department has begun tho free distribution of tetanus antitoxin. It is designed to inject the serum into the blood of diphtheria patients who have been inoculated with the tetanus infected serum and thus exposed to lockjaw. The health department has announced that no more diphtheria antitoxin will be manufactured by the city of St. Louis. The investigation ordered by the city coroner to determine positively the cause of the deaths of the eight children who are alleged to have died of lockjaw following the administration of the city antitoxin is being pushed, and it is expected that its object will be accomplished in a few days. Drs. Bolton, Fish and Waldron, three of the most experienced bacteriologists In St. Louis, are making tests with the antitoxin and .the serum taken from the spinal columns of the dead children. Dr. Ravold, city bacteriologist, who made the antitoxin complained of from serum taken from a horse which developed tetanus on Oct. 1 and was shot, declares that if the animal's system contained tetanus bacilli on Aug. 2i, when the last serum was taken from him, it was impossible to detect it by an inspection of the horse. At the Baptist Hospital an independent investigation has convinced Drs. A. 11. Nichols, R. C. Harris and C. C. Morris that the presence of tetanus germs in the city antitoxin is indisputable. A guinea pig was inoculated with the antitoxin Wednesday night, developed symptoms of lockjaw Thursday morning and died to-day. SWSBBBMSIaBBBBBBSaMaiBPSBSBBBSBBBSSSHSe CALLAHAN IS NERVOUS. Strain of Ilia Trial on the Charge of Perjury Prove Too Great. OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 1. Jams Callahan, on trial for perjury in the Cudahy kidnaping case, gave way to-day to the nervous strain under which he has labored, and had to be removed from the courtroom, and the session adjourned. The prisoner has been considerably reduced in flesh and the strain has brought his nervous system almost to a state of collapse. Young Cudahy continued his testimony to-day. The defense, on cross-examination, tried to show that the boy was addicted to excessive cigarette-smoking and was therefore unable to give a clear version of the kidnaping. Chief Donahue swore to Callahan's arrest and statement that he could prove an alibi. Court then adjourned until 2 o'clock to await the result of Callahan's Illness. When court convened this afternoon Callahan was .III in a nervous state, and but few witnesses were examined. Their testimony was a repetition of that given at the first trial. I. J. McGrath. who accompanied Mr. Cudahy the night he deposited the money on the Center-street road, was called and told of that eventful trip. Callahan's illness this morning began with a nervous chill. He became much excited when voting Cudahy reasserted his recognition of th prisoner as one of the abductors who thrust the pistol in the witness's face, and almost fainted. His physicians tear a collapse of bis nervous system.' YAQUIS ON THE WARPATH. Mexican Indians Reported to Have Killed Thirty Rnncher. KL PASO. Tex.. Nov. 1. Reports from the State of Sonora. Mexico, reached here this afternoon that Yaqui Indians attacked Mexican ranchers near Onalas. killed th'rty persons and escaped to the mountains. Troops are in pursuit. Tl'CSON. A. T.. Nov. 1. A desperate bittie took place on Wednesday between the Yaqui and Mexican cavalry. Fifteen Yaquis wtre killed or wounded nnd a number of troopers were wounded. The charge was led by Lieutenant Colonej Quintro. with three hundred men. all mounted. They left Guayatnas upon receiving repeated dispatches announcing raids made by Indians. After the tight, which took place in Latuna canyon, the Indians retreated to the mountains. The troopers arc in pursuit and more lighting is expected. HELD FOR CONTEMPT. Managers and Other Employes of j llwiirit'a CUtr. w. t ... o I .... j CH ICACO. Nov. l.-Judge Haneey to-day held representatives of the Chicago American in bones to appear before the court Monday next to show cause why they should not be punished for alleged con- ! tempt of courL Bail was fixed as follows: S. S. Carvalho. general manager, and Andrew M. Lawrence, managing ditor. 5poi each; I!. S. Cantbld. reporter. Tom, aj.d Jehu C. Hammond. .is-daM city editor. $l.. Former Cov.rnor Altgeld. couuci for the newspaper men. explained to the ourt that W. R. Hearst. Homer Davenport and Clare Briggs, also accused of contempt through articles, editorial and cartoons print d in connection with the People's Oa LUht and Coke Companies, were out of the State.

JUSTICE JEROME HAS TAMMANY

TWO IN ARE KILLEI 1-Mlt II OTHERS DADI.T HURT BKCAtSK OF SOMEIIODY'S MISTAKE. Rear-End Collision of a Local Freight and a Construction Train on the Panhandle Railroad. SOON TO HAVE BEEN MARRIED BR A K EM A ELLAI1ARGER, KILLED AT JIDSOX TIItllSDAY SIGHT. Six Passenger Hnrt In a Railroad Wreck in Arkansas Locomotive Explosion vrlth Fatal Reanlt. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind.. Nov. l.-The eastbound local freight on the Pennsylvania Railroad ran into the caboose of a construction train near Donaldson, Marshall county, this evening, causing a serious wreck. The killed are: HOWARD P. COMPTON. of Fort Wayn. conductor of the construction train. JOHN CLIFFORD, contractor, Valparaiso. Brakeman F. Worden, of this city, and Charle Coyer, Meade Logan and Charles Briggs, of Valparaiso, employes of the contractor, were badly hurt. They were all brought to this city to-night and taken to St. Joseph's Hospital. The wreck was the result of a mistake, probably on the part of Compton. The local had the right of way, but Compton's train was on the main track. How he happened to forget probably never will be known, as his brakeman is not expected to live and may not know if he recovers. LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODES. One .Man Killed and Three Dadly Hurt on the P. &. L. E. PITTSBURG. Nov. 1. A Lake Shore & Michigan Southern locomotive, leased by the Pittsburg & Lake Erie, blew up tonight near Shanoptn Station, killing Harry Walters, of Sheridan, Pa., and severely injuring J. F. Sullivan, of Cleveland. W. II. Porter, of Ashtabula, and B. S. Joy, of Youngstown. Walter 'was a P. & L. E. engineer who was piloting the L. S. & M. S. crew. Of the injured. Sullivan, who is badly scalded and suffering from shock, may die. Passengers Injured in a Collision. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 1. Passenger train No. 321. on the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad, was telescoped at Mayflower to-day by a west-bound freight train. The rear coach of the passenger train was demolished and six passengers were injured. A. T. Osbon. of Hot Springs, Ark., received serious Injuries. C. A. Ault. Little Rock; C. J. Tumptln. Peaksville, Mo.: Miss Nellie Randell. Conway, Ark.; R. K. l'ugh. a traveling man of New Y'ork. and J. H. Smith (colored . a minister of Waco, Tex., were slightly hurt. , . SOON TO HAVE I1EEX MARRIED. I" I re man El In barker. Killed at Jndnnii Thursday Fiancee Cared For. :po1aI to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. Nov. l.-Rrake-man John Ellabarger. who was killed in the freight wreck on the Michigan division of the Vandalia last right, was to have married next week Miss Anna Palmater, daughter of Matron Palmater, of the Home for the Friendless. His home was in Dublin. Ind. The body of Fireman Stith was taken to Logansport. Engineer Cross was not injured, as reported from Logansport, but feil to a place of safety. The Ellabarger funeral services here were held this afternoon. The minister who was to have performed the marriage ceremony next week conducted the services, which were held at the home of Miss Palmater. The body will be taken to Dublin to-morrow-morning. The brakeman had bought a cottage, which he placed in the name of his Intended wife, as also two insurance policies for an aggregate of $-.2 J. This latter he did some weeks ago. when she told him of a dream in which he was killed. She said there was no hurry about the insurance and that he could take out the policies after they wore married. He replied. "Better now; something might happen In the meantime." PILFERED FROM MAILS. PostolHee Porter Accused of Mealing Gloves and Many Other Articles. NEW YORK. Nov. 1. Thomas Barry, a porter In the general post office, was arraigned to-day, charged with stealing packages from the mail. He was held for examination in ,0"U bail. Postal inspectors searched his home, and turne! up what they regard to be part of the spoils of years

of pilfering, including sixty pairs of gloves, live hair brushes, a large Odd Fellows' ring, four rings for diamond settings, a diamond scarf pin, an unset opal, three small opal rings, a gold watch chain and two prayer books. They also found a number of pawn tickets. Barry worked in the postoffice for fourteen years. He has a wife and five children.

CULVER CADETS AT CHICAGO. They Eat Dinner -rlth tiovernor Durhln and See "Ilcn-IIur." Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 1. Two hundred and twenty-five officers and cadets from the military academy at Culver, Ind., arrived here over the Panhandle in a special train this afternoon, where they met Governor Durbin and escorted him to the Auditorium Hotel. A dinner was given to the Governor and Mrs. Durbin at the hotel this evening by Colonel Fleet, commander, after which they attended the performance of "Ben-Hur" at the Illinois Theater. Mayor Harrison yesterday wired the superintendent. Colonel Fleet: "Permission to march cadets through this city is granted with pleasure." and immediately on reaching Chicago the battalion, preceded by its band of twenty pieces, was marched down Jackson boulevard tc Michigan avenue and thence to the Auditorium Hotel, where in a special dining hall Sol covers were laid for the cadets and their guests and, a menu replete with toothsome viands had been prepared for tie delectation of the young soldiers. Governor and Mrs. Durbin occupied a box at the theater as guests of the superintendent and cadets. As a souvenir of the cadets' visit Manager Davis, of the Illinois, had tho programme of the play with special covers In Culver colors and containing photographic views of the cadets at drill. LONG RACE TO SAVE LIFE DOG-BITTEX CHILDREN RIDE FIFTEEN HUNDRED -MILKS. Hnrry from Colorado Springs to Chi. caifo to Re Inoculated with Hy-drophohln-Stay ins Serum. CHICAGO, Nov. 1. Eight children, accompanied by their parents, ended a I .Sortmile race for life this evening at the Chicago Pasteur Institute. Another child will arrive to-morrow. The youngsters, ranging in age from four to nine years, came from Colorado Springs. Col., where they were bitten last Sunday by a dog afflicted with the rabies. Fearing hydrophobia, their parents began the long journey to have their children treated. The victims were met at the institute by Dr. A. Logorio, who administered the first Injection of serum. To insure success, Dr. Logrorio prefers to administer the first treatment within five days of the time the bite was inflicted. If the children bad not arrive! to-day he says rabies probably would have developed and death might have resulted. Dr. Loorlo paid to-night the children would recover. His patients are Charles Gregory, Catherine Lamb. Nellie. Chester and Margaret McAuliffe. Hazel and Agnes Vanderverter and Hazrel Meech. Th victims are the children of mechanics employed in Colorado Springs. The animal which caused the trouble was a little black anl tan. dog owned by Mrs. E. F. McAuliffe. WEST VIRGINIA MINERS. ' They Invite Operators to Meet Them In Convention on Nov. 117. HUNTINGTON. W. Va., Nov. 1. The state miners' convention adjourned to-night after deciding to hold another convention in this city Nov. 26. There was also a call issued for a meeting here on Nov. 27. to which the operators of Virginia and West Virginia will be invited. The convention of two days resulted in nothing more than this. It is the object of the National Mine i Workers' officials to have the state miners I request the operators to confer with them, i Owing to the fact that the officials of the i United Mine Workers will be busy from now until the time of the national conveni tion in January it is thought verv little , work will be accomplished in West Virginia I towards Increasing the membership In the organization and estaDiismiiK new unions. While the national officials were nearly all present and dominated the convention, the call for a conference with the operators is supposed to emanate from the state organization. Prominent state and national officials of the order admit that they do not expect the operators to attend. If they decline it is expected that a general movement will be begun towards organizing the miners of the entire State. If they fail in this a sympathetic strike will bo "ordered. All the delegates and national officials are leaving and by noon to-morrow all will have gone. Object to Holding Rack Money. RH IN EL ANDER. Wis.. Nov. 1. A strike of the two hundred w-orkiiimen in two of the departments of the factory of the Wabash Screen Door Company is on. They demand the same wages paid last year. They also object to having the company hold back 10 cents on each day s work until the close of the factory next summer, if they remain until the mom v is paid them, but should they pdt in the meantime the ft) cents a week held back is forfeited. The wage run from 1.25 to per day.

ON THE RUN.

SUBSIDIES FOR SHIPS QVESTIOX DISCtSSED AT THE WHITE HOtSE LAST MGHT. .In in es J. Hill, Railway Maajnatc, und James II. Eckels, Financier, Cinests of the President. LATTER SEEKING INFORMATION AS TO THE A'EEDS OF THE GREAT COMMERCE OF THE PACIFIC. Jlr. Roosevelt Also Is Supposed to Ilnve Discussed Certain latnres of the Trust Question. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. President Roosevelt to-night had at dinner two distinguished members of the financial community, whose presence at the White House caused a wide range of speculation in Washington. They were James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railroad, and James H. Eckels, oT Chicago, formerly controller of the currency. Of the two men Mr. Hill was the more conspicuous, because of his connections and beliefs. During the last two sessions of Congress Mr. Hill has bitterly opposed the HannaFrye shipping subsidy bill, contending in favor of a bill that would build up newcargo carrying lines of steamships across the Pacific ocean, rather than granting high subsidies to existing fast passenger llns across the Atlantic, where there are already a sufficient number of ships of all nations to carry the commerce. Mr. Roosevelt himself has lately expressed the opinion that the shipping subsidy bill that will meet his approval will be the bill that provides for new steamship lines to carry the commerce of the middle West,, the great Northwest and Pacific coast to the markets that are open for it in the far East. In this respect Mr. Roosevelt is in perfect accord with Mr. Hill, and it is to be presumed that their conversation this evening was In the line of the development of the commerce of the Pacific ocean. Mr. Hill himself has within recent years established a steamship line between the west coast of the United States and the Orient that is to-day upon a paying basis without a subsidy, and he believes that with a subsidy other steamship lines to other parts of the Orient might be established, to the development of the country west of the Mississippi river. In this President Roosevelt, being in spirit a Western man and understanding the possibilities of the West, is in sympathy with Mr. Hill. Mr. Roosevelt is not in a frame of mind at the present time to recommend or to suggest tho passage of the Frye subsidy bill, which granted the bulk of the total subsidy to be paid by the United States to existing fast steamship lines on the Atlantic and 70 per cent, of the total subsidy to Atlantic commerce, while only DO per cent, was to go to the Pacific, where the commercial possibilities are much greater than they are or can be between Europe and the United States. In this respect the fact of President Roosevelt inviting Mr. Hill to dinner with him is extremely significant and augurs well for the real expansion of the commerce of the country ,in a territory where the expansion, not trade relation, is probable. The presence of Mr. Eckels at the dinner with Mr. Hill lent color to the belief that the subject of trusts was discussed. Both Mr. Hill and Mr. Eckels are mild believers in public statements from quasi-public corporations. Mr. Hill, it -must be remembered, is the business associate of J. Pierpent Morgan in the great railroad deals that the king of finance is trying to effect in the Northwest, as wtll as in the Southwest. He is also connected with Mr. Morgan in some of the strictly "trust" operations that have so enormously entered into modern business in the la-t five ears. The principal corporation formed by Mr. Morgan in that period, the United States Steel Corporation, makes public statements of its earnings and expenses. It is understood that Mr. Morgan and his associates are lirm believers In the theory that great corporations owe it to their stockholders and to the public to make statements of their business progress at frequent intervals. Therefore, while blind pools may fear the supposed intention of the President to ask for legislation in favor of publicity for trusts, the trusts founded on business principles are really in favor of that scheme. Tb.e re is a report in Washington to-night that Mr. Hili asked President Roosevelt some questions about the isthmian canal. This H all based on the supposition that Mr. Morgan, the associate of Mr. Hill in business, has a scheme on foot for financing and constructing the Panama canal, provided the United States government

will agree not to build the Nicaragua tanal. Upon this point absolutely no facts are known. Mr. Morgan has hail dealings of one kind or another with the Panama Canal Company. Whether these dealings related to the purchase of the Panama canal by a syndicate of which Morgan was to be the head or not. is a secret between Mr. Morgan and the officials of the Panama Canal Company. GEORGIA NEGRO LYNCHED.

Run Down by Dou. Captured and Hanged to a Telegraph Pole. JEFFERSON VI LLE. Ga.. Nov. l.-The negro who attempted to assault Mrs. Daugherty, the wife of Representative Daugherty, was found hanging to a telegraph pole this morning- at Allenton. He was seen and surrounded In a swamp last night- A conductor on the railroad was telephoned to bring dogs from Dublin, and permission was given by Suierlntendent Wright. The dogs were put on the scent as soon as they reached the place and the negro was caught about Z o'clock this morning. Legal Public Execution. CARTERS VI LLE. Ga.. Nov. 1. Will Jackson, a negro, was hanged here to-day for assault. A mixed assemblage of nearly 2.M) people, including the outraged woman and her husband, witnessed the execution. LI HUNG CHANG MAY DIE CONDITION OF TUE CHINESE STATESMAN IS NOW CRAVE. Has Had Hemorrhage for Two Days, and 31 ay Not Re Able to Complete His Present 'Work. PEKING, Nov. 1. Li Hung Chang s foreign physicians to-night pronounced his condition grave. He has had hemorrhages for the last two days. His death probably would affect the negotiations as to Manchuria, which he has been conducting with M. Paul Ie?sar, Russian minifter to China. LONDON, Nov. 2. The Standard publishes the following from its Shanghai correspondent: "As a result of the violent epposition of the viceroys to the Manchurian convention, it is said, the Empress dowager has notified Li Hung Chang of her resolution to denounce it, and that Li Hung Chang, on hearing this, became ill." "Diplomatic circles in St. Petersburg are inclined to believe the Russian assurances that there is nothing in the Manchurian convention to which the other power.- cm reasonably object," says the correspondent of the Times at the Russian capital. "No doubts are entertained as to the sirc?rity of Russia's desire to withdraw from Manchuria as quickly as possible after Insuring the safety of the railways, her occupation of the province having involed n-r in responsibilities and expenses out of ail proportion to the advantages gained." Prince Hu, according to the Stanghai cci respondent of the Standard, has been appointed to represent China at the coloration of King Edward VII. ADDRESS BY AY V TING FANG. Chinese Minister Talks to Michigan University Stndents. - ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 1. Wu Tingfang:. Chinese minister at Washington, delivered an address before four thousand students of the university here to-night on the "Tendencies of the Times." He said in part: "1 fully appreciate the excellence of your political, economical and educational systems. Too much cannot be said in praise of the founders of this country for their foresight; but excellent, as ate the systems they founded, they are not yet perfectly suited to all times. China lives too much in the past. 1 am sorry for M. Her literature and her government are relics of the past. They were all right when China was Isolated, but in these days of progress are inadequate for present needs." Mr. Wu referred to the strife which is j i.lmost constantly being waged between j capital and labor in this country, and said: "It is said that capital is antagonistic to labor. Why is this so? One is essential to the other. There should be a better appreclatlop of the value of both. Trusts and labor unions should unite. Why should not disputes between capital and labor be taken into the courts like civil suits for settlement?" Referring to the immigration laws of the United States Mr. Wu said: "This country needs restrictive immigration laws of general scope, and not laws that single out one race. The special laws against Chinese immigration are the result of ignorance of the facts. China has 3jOX,Oi0 people, and her immense territory is able to support this population. All Chinamen love home and have a horror of traveling abroad. All Chinamen, except diplomats, who leave China, come from the province of QuanTung. The Chinese barriers in this country should be removed." Mr. Wu said that the treaty of 1S was made to stop Chinese labor, but since laws had been passed keeping out Chinese merchants and tradesmen; consequently tlvhigh and worthy Chinese could not pet into this country. Mr. Wu said the best way was to go by the Golden Rule. MASO'S CANDIDACY. Ills Rid for the Presidency Causes a Stir in Cnhn. HAVANA, Nov. 1. The manifesto of General Maso In declaring himself a candidate for the presidencj- of Cuba has caused a stir in political circles. It is generally admitted that he will prove a stronsr candidate if he receives the support of the Autonomist party, El Diario de la Marina, the organ of the Autonomists, commends the manifesto. "It is not the redhot bombshell predicted," says this paper, "but a conservative and well-ordered pronouncement. The idea of evolving pradually into independence under the Piatt amendment is the view the Autonomist takes. General Maso's plea that the payment of the army should be the first obligation of the republic is a political move, and has no alarming significance, especially when we take into consideration the conservatism that is evident throughout the manifesto.'' La Discussion ridicules General Maso's candidacy, and criticises bis bid for the Autonomist and negro vote. La Lucha. sounding a note of warning for the men surrounding Senor Palma, says: "Fnless something is done immediately to unite the Cubans the tierce political struggle that is inevitable with General Maso in the field will result in a disturbance of the moral peace of the island. The official element backing Senor Palma licks tact, prudence and discretion, and has no other object than to hold on to the present offices." TWELVE-YEAR-OLD BANDIT. He Kidnaped a Mx-Yetir-Old and Demanded K I. .': Hansom. HELENA. Mont.. Nov. 1. A special to the Independent from Grc::t Falls ssys that a twelve-year-old boy named Southwkk kidnaped the six-year-old sou of G. W. Ryan, a -prominent grocer of that city, and sent a note to the father demanding $1. ransom, threatening to ram line pieces of glass into th child's eyes ami cut bis bands off unless the lernend wis complied with. Mr. Ryan notitied the police, who arrcied young Southwick shortly after the Ryan ioy had arrived at his father's store unharmed, having been released by Southwick. Southwick confessed that he did the deed of his own volition and that be had no accomplices. He express.-.! no repentance and said: "I would have hit the old man for IM) if 1 thought he would haveBtood for it."

TURKEY MAY FIGHT

.MAY ATTEMPT TO PREYENT LANDING OF FRENCH .MARINES. Sultan Is Said to Re Mobilir Iiik Troops and PlantlnK Mines in the Dardanelles. FRENCH FLEET ON THE WAY SEYEN WARSHIPS IS ALL IIAVIJ RE EN SENT TO THE LEVANT. Turkey Has Not Yet Showed a Disposition to Pay Claims nnd Their Collection May Re Enforced. MISS STONE NOT RELEASED DHIGANDS SAID TO HE HOLDING OIT FOR FI LL n ANSOM. Negotiations Still Proceedinc. bnt It Is Feared Missionary AYHI Not Escape Allte. PARIS, Nov. 2. "The Sultan has ordered the completion with all pced of the defenses at Salonika, Smyrna and the entrance to the Dardanelles." says the Constantinople correspondent of the Et ho dc Paris. "Submarine mines will be plated and troops mobilized at points where disembarkations are likely. "A violent anti-French feeling prevails and fears are felt for the safety of French residents in Turkish cities, Constantinople excepted." The Fleet Did Not Return. PARIS, Nov. l.-The dispatch from Toulon announcing the return of Admiral Caillard's division of the French Mediterranean s.juadron to that port, proves to be incorrect. The officials of the Foreign Office to-day informed the Associated Press that the fleet had not returned, and that the facts set forth in th'-se dispatches yesterday are correct. The admiral is now on his way to Turkish waters. The incorrect announcement from 'loulon of the return of Admiral Caillard's division emanated from the correspondent of a well-know u news agency. The explanation is that Admiral Maigret, commander of the Mediterranean Heel, returned to Toulon at 7 o'clock yesterday evening with all his vessels except those belonging to Admiral Caillard's division. The correspondent of the news agency referred to miscounted th, v"" -t owin to the darknes.-. A corrected list of Admiral Ca'llard's ships is now published. The list cabled yesterday was that of bis ordinary light dlvijdon, but it appears that a special squadron was formed, composed of the battleships Gaulois and Charlemagne, the cruisers Admiral Pothuau, Chanzey and Galilee and two torpedo-boat destroyers of the Hallabarde typu. Sultan Forced to Pay Ofliccrs. PARIS. Nov. 1. A dispatch to the Temps from Constantinople says thirty officers of the navy recently mutinied, on account of arrears of pay, and proceeded to the palace to make a demonstration. Tlte Sultan then sent an aid-de-camp with an installment of the money due them and the ofliccrs thereupon desisted. WANT FILL RANSOM. .Miss Stone's Captors Said to Re Holdinn Out for J? 1 ".lo.tMHl. CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 1. It was announced early to-day that the negotiations with the captors of Miss Ellen M. Stone, the American missionary, appealed to be going on so successfully that hr release seemed to be only a matter of days. Later in the day, however, the case of Miss Stone again became more serious. The brigands, it. appears, are still holding out for the $125.m ransom, and it is feared that, should they persist in their demands. Miss Stone will have to be sacrificed. Nevertheless, the negotiations are still proceeding. Anxiety prevail at the Fnited States legation this evening, whence there has been an active exchange of telegrams between Secretary Spencer Eddy and various points. Mr. Eddv lo-dav hail a long conference with Sir "Nicholas R. O 'Conor, the Hritlh ambassador here, who is actively assisting in the efforts to bring about Mis Stone's release SOFIA. Nov. 1. The h'-st method of transmitting th rnom donamlH by ths briuarids for the release of Miss Ellen Stone, the abducted American missionary, and of ass.iring the afety of th captives, are the matters now engaging the attention of the Samakov missionaries who are negotiating with the kidnaper. It t felt that unusual precautions are nec-essarv in order to safeguard Miss Stone and the othei, as there undoubtedly is dmgr that the captives will be murdered after the ransom is paid. Indemnity a Secondary 31atter. WASHINGTON. Nov. l.-Some surprise is expressed here at the extent to which the question of indemnity in Miss Stone's case is being discussed in the European papers. The Fnited States government so far ha directed its efforts solely to the procurement of Miss Stone's release, and there is gf.od reason for the statement that all ot!n-r questions contacted with the case. Including that of a possible claim fr indemnity, have b'-en regarded as secondary and laid a'ide for future discussion. This is almosL necessarily the case, owing to the fact that In Its present liht the State Department cannot place the responsibility for Mi-s Stone's capture ami detention; further e idence must be bad on thai point. STORY OF A WAITRESS. Says Mir Is the Daughter of a Hanker and Was Stolen When a Child. TROY. N. V.. Nov. l.-Miss Minnie A. Gardiner, a waitress in a restaurant In this city, tell an interesting story in which she claims to hae been stolen while a small child, and that her father is a Chicago banker named Loeb. Miss Gardiner says that until a short time ago she supposed her father to be Charles W. Gardiner, a photographer, who left Troy a rhort time agvV and she claims she was abused by her supposed mother. Refore Gardiner left the city, she declared, he said: "You are not related to me or my wite. Your name is Loeb and your father is a banker In Chicago. You were taken Imm your home when a baby, and it broke your mother's la-art. Your father Is still a!le and in Chicago." CHICAGO. Nov. 1. "Only two families of the nam1 of Ioeh h.tv cv r had any r-p-rcs nt;:tie i:i the baking business in this city, and neither of those families his ever had a daughter or child missing." said Sidney I .oft, a moitiMve banker at l.a Sali sttet. Ad-dp'i Io- b. of ;; Grand boulevard. s:id: "No child lias ever been stil-n or mis-dng from my family or relatives, nor have I over bend of such a romantic story in connection with th other families of the name in Chicago."