Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 30, Petersburg, Pike County, 30 November 1900 — Page 2

M. MeG KTOOPS. Editor and Proprietor. PETERSBURG. : INDIANA. Emperor William, in the name of the German empire, will present to Paris Germany’s imperial building the exposition. Trinity college, the newly-founded Catholic institution for the higher education of women, was dedicated at Washington, on the 22d, with imposing ceremonies. The official vote for governor of Missouri, as announced on the 21st, gives Dockery, democrat, a plurality over Plory, republican, of 32,147. The total vote was, Dockery, 350,049, Flory 317,902. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee arrived at New York, on the 20th, from Cuba. After reporting at Washington, he will go to Omaha and take command of the department of the Missouri, to which he has been assigned. The official count for Nebraska, made public on the 21st, shows that McKinley’s plurality in the state is 7,822. The total vote of the state was 251,998. Of these McKinley received 121, 835, Bryan 114,013. Commencing July 1 next, it is proposed to include the cost of the postal service of Porto Rico and Hawaii in the regular f>ost office appropriations, instead of paying the same out of the military appropriation, as at present. At HhfL Old lltfiley, London, on the 22d, F. F. Hodgkinson, a former British vice-consul at Breinerhaven, was sentenced to 18 months’ penal servitude for trying t-o sell a foreign office code book to an agent of a foreign power. The gold deposits at the Seattle assay office from July 1 to November 15, this year, amounted to $19,827,000, For the entire fiscal year ended June 30 last the deposits at that office were $13,630,326, and for the previous fiscal year $6,504,905.

The United States cableship Burn* side, carrying the full equipment of apparatus designed to establish telegraphic communication between Manila and all the Philippine archipelago, arrived, on the 19th, en route, at Colombo, Ceylon. The population of Missouri, as officially announced, on the 22d, is 3,106,665, against 2,679,184 in 1890. This is > an increase, since 1890, of 427,481, or 15.9 per cent. The population in 1880 was 2,168,380, showing an increase of 510,804, or 23,3 per cent, from 1880 to 1890. The Pan-German association has taken up the cause of several hundred Germans who were expelled from the Transvaal by the British. It announces that it “will force the government to make an energetic demand upon Great Britain for adequate damages.” The population of the state of Pennsylvania, as officially announced by the census bureau, is 6,302,115, against 5,258,014 in 1890. This is an increase of 1,044,101, or 19.8 per cent. The population in 1880 was 4,282,891, an increase of 975,123, or 22.7 per ceht. from 1880 to 1890. Mrs. Thomas Flournoy died at her home in Philadelphia, on the night of the 22d, in her one hundred and first year. She was the*wife of Gen. Flournoy, an officer in the war of 1812, and her father was Maj. Boding Howell, of Philadelphia, a distinguished soldier of the revolution. The official vote of Ohio for secretary of state is as follows: Laylin, republican, 543,389; McFadden, democrat, 478,080; Laylin’s plurality, 69,S09. Blackburn, republican, for dairy and food commissioner, received the lowest plurality of the candidates on the state ticket, 63,077.

Later reports from the cyclone which struck northern Mississippi and middle and western Tennessee, on the 20th, show a long1 and constantly growing "dist of dead and injuredone statement being 64 dead an<£ 100 injured—with great loss in buildings, timber and other property. United States Ambassador Choato made representations to the British foreign office, on the 21st, on the subject of the Filipino junta at Hong , Kong. The foreign office said it would Investigate the matter, and reply soon as the reports of the authorities at Hong Kong were received. Commander Lucien Young, captain ©f the port of Havana, on the 20th, called for proposals for removing the wreck of the Maine from the bottom of Havana harbor. The bids will be opened December 15 next. The contractor will be allowed until April 1 to remove the material, an'd must engage to use no explosives. The official returns from Kansas, by counties, made public on the 20th, show that the total vote of the state was 349,917. For president, McKinley received 187,881, and Bryan 162,077. For governor, Stanley (rep.) 179,407, Breidenthal ^(fusion) 168,830. The republicans will have a majority of 71 on joint ballot in the next legislature. Among the callers on the president, on the 19th, was Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart, head of the division of history and political science at Harvard university. He was introduced by Secretary Long, and his purpose was to present plans of a committee which had been organized to obtain and publish facts relative to the Philippines problem*

NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled from Various Sources. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Portland, Me., was selected by the national grange, Patrons of Husbandry, for holding the next annual convention. The grange adopted a resolution setting apart the third Sunday in June to be observed by members of the organization throughout the country as a Grange memorial day. Lord Roberts’ horse fell with him, at Johannesburg, on the 18th, giving him a severe shaking up, but his injuries were pot severe enough to interfere with his performing his usual duties. The Berlin Vossische Zeitung points out “the danger of permitting Boers to trek into German southwest Afri* ea, since they are unmanageable and incapable of accepting orderly conditions?’ A law has just gone into operation in Norway permitting the conditional discharge of a convict for good behavior after he has served two-thirds of his sentence. Senator Davis’ condition was reported, on the^ 21st, as showing no I material change. Temperature, 99; I pulse, 110; respiration, 28. The telephone franchises were sold 1 at auction in St. Petersburg on the 20th. The ne>v regime begins in November, 1901. The government prescribed the conditions of rentals and the franchises were given to the parties fixing the lowest subscription. A blunder in calculating the time the Gefderland would require between ! Port Said and Marseilles resulted in the fizzling out, on the 21st, of the ! intended demonstration to Oom Paul I on that day. | The Grand Rapids board of trade, ! on the night of the 21st, celebrated [ the fiftieth anniversary of the incor- [ poration of the city by a monster banquet at the Armory hall in that city. Capt. McGowan has been ordered to Key West, where he will become commandant of the Key West naval station, succeeding Capt. Impie, who is transferred to San Francisco'. The hospital ship Relief, which was of such valuable assistance to the army in China during the recent hostilities, left Nagasaki, on the 21st, for Manila, her regular station.

iwo old women, Violet (Jolley, 75 years old, and her niece, Jane Cath Colley, who lived alone, live miles north of Charlotte*, N. C., were murdered, robbed and their bodies burned. The old women were reported to be wealthy. There is no clew to the perpetrators of the deed. Sheriff Manion, at Mount Vernon, 111., was notified, on the 21st, that Prof. Amos Harvey, with his young sister-in-law, Sallie Gardner, with whom he eloped, November 8, were under arrest at Black Rock, Ark. Upwards of sixty persons were killed and many scores injured during the progress of the tornado which swept through portions of Tennessee and Mississippi, on the evening of the 20th. The losses on property are' immense. Miss Theresa Keating, a highly respectable young woman, was found murdered in a vacant lot off Davis street, near the New York Central railroad tracks, at Rochester, N. Y., on the 21st. She had been robbed of her money and maltreated. It is announced by the ways and means committee of the house of representatives that a reduction of the war taxes to the amount of about $30,000,000 will probably be made. This is a much heavier reduction than was recommended by Secretary Gage. A movement is on foot among the members of the New York chamber of commerce to organize another committee of seventy to fight Tammany hall and vice. The movement has been under way for several days, and a meeting will soon be held at the chamber of commerce rooms for the purpose of effecting an organization.

The duke and duchess of Manchester, on arriving at Tanderagee castle, Armagh, were received with great rejoicings. Bonfires blazed and illuminations were general. The crowds cheered as the couple drove through the town, and the duke thanked his tenants for their reception of his bride. Frank Wilson, who was arrested with a lawyer named Zimer and others, in connection with the “divorce mill” conspiracy, in New York, pleaded guilty before Recorder Goff to four indictments for perjury found against him in connection with these cases. Six bandits held up the Iron Mountain cannon ball near Malvern, Ark., on the night of the 21st, and almost wrecked the express car in their attempts to open the big safe. All the loot they secured was the local express fJox, containing $500, and $190 in silver. Messenger R. S. Avery, of St. Louis, was badly hurt by a flying splinter. A cablegram has been received by the family of Lieut. F. W. Allstaetter of the United States engineer corps, announcing that he has been liberated by the Filipinos, and. will start for home soon. Lieut. Allstaetter was captured, about three months ago, while building railway near Manila. A house m Darmstadt collapsed, on the 22d, burying a score of workmen, of whom 12 we®e killed. The Chilean government has invited tenders for 10,000 tons of rails for new railroads. The Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis railroad, commonly called the Air Line, was bought at public sale at Huntingburg, lnd., on the 22d, by the Southern Railway Co., for $4,030,000. Cracksmen, on the night of the 22d, blew open the safe of the Farmers’ bank at Orlando, Okla., with nitroglycerine, and escaped with $1,700 in currency, leaving no clue.

At Rosedale, Kas., on the 23d, the Kansan City, Fort Scott & Memphis ■witch engine left the track on a trestle, and, falling 30 feet to the bottom of the ravine, exploded. Four men in the cab of the engine at the time were painfully hurt. Germany’s pig iron production for October was 742,720 tons, the highest figures ever reached, the output being 33,520 tons above that of the previous month. ^ The population of the state of West Virginia is 958,000, as against 762,794 in 1890. This is an increase of 196,006, o" 25,6 per cent. Monitor No. 8, formerly known as the Connecticut, building at Bath, Me., has been renamed the Nevada by Secretary Long.' The receipts from the war revenue act for the first four months of the present fiscal year were $38,398,956. The annual meeting of the National City Evangelization union opened in Allegheny City, Pa., on the 22d, with delegates present from all the leading1 cities of the country. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Lawrence Townsend, United States minister to Belgium; Walter H. Chamberlain, assistant commissioner of patents, amf Francis Forbes, of New \ork, have been appointed by the sec* ret ary of state as delegates to the coming conference of the international convention for the protection of industrial property, to be held at Brussels, December 11 next. “A serious divergence has arisen in Pekin,” says the Tien Tsin correspondent of the London Daily Mail. “Japan, the United States, ltussia and France favor demanding a milder punishment than the execution of Prince Tuan and the others, while Great Britain, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy deem anything less than the death penalty useless.” The Shanghai correspondent of the Londorr%Standard says that a terrible famine is prevailing in the province of Shen^LThe government reserve granaries are nearly empty. The people in the Sinan Fu prefecture are eating grass, leaves and roots. It is said that there have been cases of cannibalism in the mountains.

Ihe annual report of Gov. Brady of Alaska to the secretary of the interior urges congressional legislation on the extension of the general land laws to Alaska, giving the natives the same legal status' as the whites and the representation of Alaska by a delegate in congress. It was rumored in St. Petersburg, on the 23d, that Emperor Nicholas was threatened with lung complications which, if they exist, would materially diminish his chances of recovery. Inflammation of the lungs is a common complication of typhoid in Russia. The semi-official Berliner Post demands that the fifth cable between England and Germany, the funds for which were long ago raised, shall be laid immediately, asserting that “enormous damage is resulting to German trade from the want of it.” The statement of the treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the division of redemption, issued on the 23d, showed: Available cash balance, $185,731,339; gold, $92,701,209. Fi Schultz, a Berlin cabinetmaker, was, on the 23d, sentenced to three months’ imprisonment for criticising Emperor William’s “No Pardon” speech. Schultz was the sixth victim within a week. CURRENT NEWS NOTES. National Democratic Chairman Jones says Bryan will not again be a candidate for president. Aggressive steps to complete the World’s fair fund of $5,000,000 are under way at St. Louis. A Kentucky girl won a man on the election of McKinley, and declares she will collect her bet. A bowling alley for the use of postal employes is to be constructed in the St. Louis post office. The national committee of the mid-dle-of-the-road populists will meet in St. Ijouis December 29.

Mark lwain secured the suspension of the license of a New York cabman who overcharged his wife’s maid. Sam R. Avery, the express messenger who was injured in the Iron Mountain nold-up, has arrived in St. Louis. He will soon be around again. Maurice Brennan was convicted of dynamiting a St. Louis cable conduit and sentenced ten years’ imprisonment. The steamer Kaiser Frederick der Crosse grounded in New York harbor after a stormy passage across the Atlantic. Mary Cook, seven years old, was wounded in the head, at St. Louis, by a bullet from a cat rifle and will lose the sight of both eyes. , Mrs. Mary L. Shields, a niece by marriage of Patrick Henry, died at the home of her niece, Mrs. Houston Force, in St. Louis. An Illinois man who lost $4,500 on an election bet has enjoined the stakeholder from paying over the money to the winner. Mrs. C. P. Fontaine, matron of Sullins college for young ladies in' Bristol, Tenn., died, Thursday, at the age of 46. t Mrs. Anna Stilgebour, aged 91 years, died at Pana, 111., after a short illness. Up to a few days ago she was in excellent health. A house collapsed in Darmstadt, Hesse, burying a score of workmen, of whom 12 were taken out dead. Emperor William, in the name of the German empire, will'present to Paris German’s imperial building at the exposition. Kansas farmers are looking for a man who, claiming to be a wealthy St. Louis manufacturer, married a pretty farmer’s daughter, borrowed I $800 from her father, and then disappeared. -

ALL OVER THE STATE, Events in Various Portions of Ta* di&na Told by Wire. Win* a Man. Princeton, Ind., Nov. 23,—Miss Anita Bertrand has the right of disposal of George Rathbone, a well known business man, lately of this city. Miss Bertrand is a Louisville9 (Ky.) belle. Mr. Bryan's defeat is responsible. Rathbone offered to wager himself against a two-pound box of candy that McKinley would be defeated. The wager was accepted and now Rathbone stands ready to make good his loss. Miss Bertrand declares she has rightfully won and will marry him. The Bertrands have a beautiful old Kentucky home ten miles from Louisville. They are persons of wealth and prominence. Explain* Gat Famine. Windfall, Ind., Nov. 23.—Lastj winter and until within the last few days the Windfall Gas company was unable ,to supply its patron's with gas for fuel. The company began an ex-'' animation of their mains preparatory" for winter, and, to their surprise, found a large portion of the lines rotten and leaking gas. some of the mains as large as three inches were found to be broken off and disconnected, and the gas going out through the earth instead of to the consumers. The company has put in new mains, and the consumers are getting all the gas they need. Briilire Break*. Delphi, Ind.. Nov. 23.—The south bound passenger train on the Monon, due here at 4:30 p. m., was saved from wreck on a high bridge^arhd many deaths averted by the p/esenee of mind of Engineer O’Herif. The bridge over the Wabash at this place ; has been repaired recently, the wooden trestles being replaced by iron. The engineer recalled this and entered the bridge slowly, though under no orders to do so. Three ribs of iron stringers broke and the bridge settled with the engine on the abutment 35 feet from the ground.

Indicted for Murder. Marjon, Ind., Xov. 23.—A special grand jury was called here to investigate the charges of murder against Robert Clark, of Converse, filed by his wife, who had se'parated from him on account of his whipping her. She stated that Clark had killed a glass blower who was known as Jack Jagger, in his saloon, and then threw the body in the street. The grand jury returned an indictment of murder in the first degree. / Sltovinic the Queer. New Albany, Ind., Xov. 23.—Edward Skaggs was arrested here on a charge of passing a counterfeit dollar. He admitted his guilt and claimed the money was furnished by a Louisville man. who agreed to give him onehalf of the proceeds. He was committed to jailto await a hearing. Found Guilty. Indianapolis, Ind., Xov. 23.—A jury in the criminal court Thursday afternoon found Councilman Higgins guilty of soliciting a bribe from D. M. Parry, a local manufacturer. Under the Indiana law his sentence will be indeterminate, from two to 14 years. Seeks a Divorce. Rushville, Ind., Xov. 23.—Mrs. Anna Cutsinger, a member of a prominent family here, has brought suit against her husband, Homer J. Cutsinger, of Edinburg, for divorce and the restoration of her maiden name of Mauzy. She alleges ill-treatment. War on Vice. Kokomo, Ind., Xov. 23.—The city council has passed a resolution demanding of the police board a strict enforcement of the saloon laws and the total eradication of gambling establishments and houses of ill-repute. Mangled by Dogi. Huntington, I.nd., Xov. 23.—The body of a handsome baby boy, mangled by dogs, was found in this city. The theory of the police is that the infant had been murdered. A rigid investigation will be instituted.

Overproduction. Marion, Ind., Nov. 23.—The Eagle Glass eompany, a bottle concern at Sims, this county, has suspended operation of its plant until the large stock of product on hand may be disposed of. Sold at Auction. Huntington, Ind., Nov. 23.—The Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis railroad, commonly called the Air Line, was bought at public sale here by the Southern railway for $4,030,000. Long Drought Broken. Dillsboro, Ind., Nov. 23.—The longcontinued drought in Dearborn county has been broken. Until now there had been .no rainfall of any account in this region for 14 weeks. Croea to Jail.' Jeffersonville, Ind., Nov. 23.—Bather than to pay one dollar tax on a dog last spring, George Patrick is now serving out a fine of five dollars and costs, $52.35 in all, in jail. Chicagoan a Married. Valparaiso, Ind., Nov. 23.—John C. Brehn and Miss Helen King and Valentine Schroll and Mrs. Lena Buge, all of Chicago, were married here by Judge Louderback. Derricks Blown Down. Geneva, Ind., Nov. 23.—A heavy rain and windstorm blew down countless derricks in the oil field and did much damage to timber and unsheltered crops.

IHEll 111 A Storm That Attained a Maximum Velocity of Eighty-Five Miles an Hour. ' WAS CENTRAL AT COLORADO SPRINGS Tralmufn Who Puaed Thronah 1 Soy It was the Worst They Eve Experleseed-Mneh Damage Done Bat Thaa For No Loss ot Ufa fti Reported. Denver, Col., Nov. 23.—Owing t,o th * demolition of telegraph and tel* • I phone wires south and west of Dei* ver, very little hews of the have j caused by the .cyclone in those po? * * tious of Colorado has reached her *. Trains are run without telegraph e orders and are arriving hours behir 3 schedule time. Delayed Train*. Delayed trains bring fragmeu* tary news of the storm at Colorado Springs and along the road fro'n ; Pueblo to Denver. The last two trails to arrive in Denver reached he -e about midnight, and brought reports I that up to 8:30 o’clock the hurricane l was still raging and, if anything, i a* I creasing in force. As far as could >e | learned there were no fatalities, tut j great damage was done to property. Wires and Poles Down. All along the Denver & Rio Gram e Colorado Southern and the Santa re's roads, the wires and telegraph po es were blown down and the engine* rs were compelled to grope their w xy through the storm belt without tr; inorders, running on the rights of t he train numbers and taking chances an collisions. Only by gootj luck end through the exercise of exceptional judgment were collisions and \ he added horrors of wrecks avoided.! The Trains Were Battered. ' Nearly every train, that came iiitc the Union depbt bore marks of he storm’s fury. Coach windows w>?re blown out, the glass in the engine cabs were broken and the;headlig at* and coach 'amps extinguished. j ■ A BADDY BATTERED CITY.

Results of an Eitfhty-FIve-Mile^iii' | Hour Gale at Colorado Spring. Colorado Springs,Col., Nov. 23.— fhe sun rose on a city badly scarred ind wrecked, but not discouraged by tlse * most frightful ordeal in its histbry. The gale began to subside .about aidnight, when it was blowing ati the rate of about 50 or 60 miles an b Mir, and it 'has continued gradually tc abate since that hour, Its hig xest velocity, as reported by the wea ,hei bureau at Colorado college, wa i 8J miles an hour. So Ross of Rife Reported. ! No loss of life has been repo; ted. rSdgar T. Ensign, formerly state forestry commissioner, was caught u idei a fulling pole on Tejon street, , teat the El Paso club, and pinioned to the ground. He has a compound frac ;ure of one leg and internal injuries ;hat will, in view of his advanced age, probably prove fatal. i Business Part Suffered Won't The damage is greatest in the tusiness part of the city. The El ’asc national bank, Durkee building, Gidding block, opera house, high sc; tool, post office, Antlers’ livery stable. Colorado Springs Transfer Co., and Mining Exchange building, all in the center of the city, have roofs tor: i off or badly damaged and wrec cage blockades the principal streets. 3,late glass windows all .oyer the city are shattered and the toss in these tflone will amount to many thousands of dollars. e Many Dwellings Destroyed From sections of the city out! ring, reports have come of destruetk n of j many small dwellings. In Ivy W Id, a j suburb, Smith’s green house was j blown down and burned. There were j abcut a dozen alarms of fire d iring the day and night. The fireme i did ! valiant service and prevented the spread of the flames.

Mayor Robinson Conmtnde. 1. Mayor Robinson is commend' d on nil sides for his promp action in organizing a committee of safety! Maj. Shapcott was placed in charge aj ad he at once organized a force to p atrol the streets, and instructions j were positive to show no mercy to an 'body starting a fire, in the streets. A Hundred Residences Wrecl ed. At 2 a. m. the chief of polic i and Mayor Robinson announced tj at at least 100 frame residences had been crushed or wrecked completely >y the gale. They also announced that thousands of shade trees have bee:, torn up by the roots. The Wire Situation Appallng. The wire situation in the city is appalling. Few telephones are ii service and not a single toll line vire a mile outside the city. The car lines are even in j worse shape. Trolley wires are dov n and street cars on their backs; bein ? overturned by the wind. The Post? 1 Telegraph Co. has not a single wi -e anywhere. The storm stands without a larallel tn many respects. Former severe windstorms have been accoi ipanied with either rain or snow, bux in this case it was neither, and the w nd carried sand,, gravel and small stones, ■imilar to the awful sand st; trims of the desert. It was remarks ale and unlike any past storm in tie scope of territory covered, thougl ifcerminating at the foothills, se mingly. Cripple Creek and the dist ict surrounding was basking in brigat, clear weather, similar to that; of Denve/ Wednesday.

wmm UNITED STATES WILL WIN. laformattoB Laid Before^tlie CablMt Foreshadow* Great DlpIo> aaatle Triumph. Washington-, Not. 24.—Information' *id before -.he cabinet yesterday fore' shadows a great diplomatic triumph for this government. It appears high* ly probable that the United States will carry to complete success its pol* icy regarding the Chinese problem. In view of pessimistic reports of a lack of progress, this statement may be in the nature of a surprise to many people. But it is fully justified by the developments which Secretary Hay laid before his associates yesterday. ‘ On two propositions this government has stood firm. They are: 1. The punishment must be measured by what the weak government of China is able to execute. 2. Partition of the empire or the segregation of portions of territory must not !>e the form of indemnity. The open door of equality in commercial opportunity must be confirmed and continuedOn both propositions, the results, seem in a fair way to be as desired by the United States. AN IMPORTANT INTERVIEW. A Satisfactory and Friendly t nderstnndiiiK with eGrmanjr la IteKurd to China. Berlin, Nov. 24.—United States Ambassador White had an important in? terview with Baron You Richthofen, the secretary for foreignaffairs.attho foreign, office. It is understood the interview took place as the result of instructions cabled from Washington, and that a somewhat lengthy discussion between the ambassador and secretary had reference entirely tothe ideas of the United States government regarding the prosecution of the war in China and the co-opera-tion of the United States with Germany and the other European powers regarding the conditions for peace, especially the penalties to be exacted and the indemnity to be Secured. It is also understood that th^most staisfactory and most friendly result was reached, and that it is calculated to put at rest the disquieting rumors recently circulated regarding exhibitions of ill feeling toward Germany in the American press, wfiieh, it has been pretended here, were inspired from Washington. NEW NOTE TO THE POWERS.

The United Staten* Portion in the.Chinese Matter Axain fferxplr Presented to the Piwen. Washington, Nov. 24.—The secretary of state has addressed an identical note to the powers interested in. the Chinese situation setting out tersely and afresh* the object of theUnited States government as to China and pointing out® how such objects as are common to the powers can best, be secured. The note marks the initiation of fresh negotiations on our part on the arrangement of new bases to tide over the impossible situation created at the last meeting of' the ministers in Pe^in. Some responses already are at hand, and it is stated that, generally, our advances have been well received and the state department expresses satisfaction with the progress so far achieved* A SERIOUSDIVERGENCE. -r—:-— . <4, . Will Not, However, Interfere with* General Pence Negotiation*— Kuiita's Bold Front. London, Nov. 24.—“A serious divergence has arisen in Pekin,” says the Tien Tsin correspondent" of the Daily" Mail, wiring Wednesday. “Japan, theUnited States, Russia and France favor demanding a milder punishment than the execution of Prince Tuan, and the others, while Great Britain,. Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy,, deem anythingMess than the death penalty useless. “An important decision has beeh arrived at, however, that this divergence is not to interfere with the general peace negotiations, “Another remarkable feature of the situation is the sudden bold face of' Russia, which now declines either to withdraw her troops from the Province of Chi Li or to hand over the railway, as promised.”

PORTE PLAYING WITH FIRE./ Has Rejected a. Request for an Exequatur for a United States ‘ Consul at Harpoot. Constantinople, Nov. 24.—The portelias definitely rejected the request for an exequatur for a United States con-* sul at Harpoot. This refusal is regarded by the United States legation as a. direct violation of treaty rights, and,, consequently, despite the refusal, Dr.. Thomas H. Norton, who was appoint*! ed by President McKinley some time . ed to establish a consulate at Harpoot, has been directed to proceed tohis post. The expected visit of the battleshipKentucky to Smyrna is believed to relate quite as much to this matter as. t-o the indemnity question. ARMED GUARDS ON ITS TRAIN* The Union Pacific Has Organised an. Armed Train Guard Service Under Col. Tom Cooper. Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 24.—The Union Pacific has adopted the plan of placing armed guards upon its trains « which carry large shipments of money. Trains Nos. 1 and 4, which take most of the treasure shipments have already been garrisoned with these guards. Col. Tom Cooper, of this city, is in charge of the armed force on one of the trains.