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VOL. XXXVI. NO. 213. MISSOULA, MONTANA, SATI)R1AY MtulNIN ;. *E'E3RE.. 1. WIrt. PRICE FIVE CEYTS
SENIOR NAYAL
OFFICERS
- TOOOLD
SECRETARY MEYER POINTh OUT
DEFECT IN ANNUAL REPORT
TO PRESIDENT.
HOLD NAVY YARD SITES
Head of Nation's Marine Fighting
Forces Promises Many Recpmmenda
tions in Future Looking to Better
ment of That Branch of Service
Opposes Government Shipbuilding.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 3.-De
spite the agitation to close some of the
navy yards along the southern coast.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer will op
pose any such step for the present.
This much was made plain in his an
nual report submitted to President
Taft today.
Secretary Meyer says that he is not
entirely convinced that the govern
ment can advantageously give up
sites, in which large expenditures
have been made, until after the open
ing,of the Panama canal, when it def
initely can be demonstrated which are
likely to be of the greatest value.
"It is not unknown in the history
of the government," says the secre
tary. "that national reservations have
been given up and later were bought
back at increased cost." Again in dis
eussing the same subject he says that
the "completion of the Pan'ima ca
nal, the development of trade In the
Gulf of Mexico and the whole Car
ibbean region, and the probable in
crease of the naval establishment to
meet our national responsibilities in
that area will probably call for sup
ply stations, in part for the heavy
fleet, but principally for the torpedo
craft and submarines and the smaller
vessels needed there."
He urges the "extreme desirability"
of developing the naval station partly
established at Guantanamo, Cuba.
"With the opening of the Pamana
canal the Caribbean sea will become
the scene of the greatest commercial
activity, and our responsibility as to
the pollee and maintenance call for
an adequate naval repair base in that
locality."
The secretary reviews in detail his
proposed plan for the reorganization
of the navy, and in addition makes
many recommendations flr the con
duct of affairs in his department.
Two more battleships of the all-big
gun type are recommended to he con
structed, but, on account of the de
sire to keep down the expenditures.
he asks only for a repair ship in
addition to these two proposed giants
of the sea.
The completion of the big drydock
at the Brooklyn navy yard is urged.
and furthermore the secretary says
that "it is clear that one dock on the
Atlantic coast for docking our largest
battleships is not sufficient, since that
one might be Injured." In this con
nection he points out that provisions
for docking heavy vessels injured or
damaged in action or by stranding
are almost entirely lacking: and that
but few navy yards exist on either
coast which have sufficient water to
dock an injured battleship drawing
four to five feet more than its ordi
nary draft.
Ship construction at the navy yards
of the United States is opposed as a
principle by the secretary. Only ca
casionally, as a check on cost of par
ticular types, does he believe the
United States should build a ship.
Shipbuilding concerns should be en
couraged, in his opinion, so that the
government can profit by their ex
perience and resources, and also be
cause ordinarily the work Is done
more economically by them than at
navy yards.
Furthermore. Secretary Meyer is op
posed to congress restrictingthe con
struction by one shipbuilding conm
pany to one battleship, or to requiring
one battleship to be constructed at a
navy yard. or on one coast or the
other.
Estimates for the coming fiscal year
were included in the report. They are
$10.011.000 less than the total mnount
appropriated for the present fiscal
year.
The senior officers of the navy are
too old, according to the secretary.
He announces in his report that hel
soon will send to the president some
recommendations as to new ligislation
for remedying this defect. "The sen
ior officers of our navy are too old
for the responsibilities and arduous
duty required in the modern battle
ship," says the secretary. "They are
.much older than similar officers in
the other principal navies of the
world. Not only is this the case, but
flag officers arrive at the grade of
read admiral so late that even those
of longest possible service do not get
adequate training as subordinate flag
officers before assuming the chief
command."
Recommendations for the legal es
tabishment of a naval reserve of of
ficers and men in regard to the de
velopment of a naval militia are also
promised.
DUNKIN A SUiCiDE
Denver. Dec. 3.-Robert E. Dunkin,
a horse owner and formerly a jockey.
committed suicide today in a room
ing house in this city. He recently had
conducted an unsuccessful restaurant
'venture at Hugo, C'oL
DAY OF SKIN GAME
PAST SAYS
OLUIY[R
REPUBLICAN SENATOR OF IOWA
SPEAKS BEFORE PRESS
CLUB.
Chicago. Dec. 3.-Senat'r Jonathan
P. Dolliver of Iowa, a leading member
of the "insurgents." fired a shot into
the enemy's camp in a sleech at the
Press club today. Mr. Dolliver de
clared the most hopeful sign about the
last congress was not what it did, but
the fact that it did not act unanimous
ly. He believed that President Taft's
attitude toward the "insurgents" at
the coming session would be friendly.
"The time when a skin game' can be
worked on the people with the unani
mous consent of congress will never
come again." said Mr. Dolliver. "The
real insurgents at the extraordinary
session of congress were not the few
men who tried to represent public in
terest and carry out pledges of the
party platform, but the group of
private interests before whose threats
to defeat legislation leaders of the
party bowed for the sake of lar
mony ."
SIX DROWNED WHEN
MATTERHORN SANK;
Portiand. (Ire.. Dec. 3.-Advices re
ceived by the tnlted States weather
bureau in this city from Tatoosh
island. Washington. state that the
British four-masted bark Matterhorn
foundered at sea November 27. The l
first mate, steward and four sailors!
were drowned. Twenty-seven of the
crew were saved, of whom eight are
at the life-saving station at Tatstsh
Island and 19 are at the Umatilla light
ship station.
MARIE PALMER A WRECK;
CARGO WORTH ;150,000;
Iteaufort. N. ('. -Dec. 3.-The four
masted sehooner Marie Palmer, bound
from Carteret. N. J., to Savannah. na..
which stranled on l'rying Pan shoals
Wednesday night, while in tow of the
tug Edgar V. Cooney. is now a hope
less wreck. and her cargo, estimated
at 3130,000. Is at total loss.
The crew was saved by the revenue
cutter Seminole.
PARTY PLEDGES RECALLED.
Washington, Dec. 3.-Recalling the
fact that the leading political parties
in their last national conventions
pledged themselves to the passage of
statehood bills, George Curry, who re
cently resigned the governorship of
New Mexico. in his annual report to
Secretary Baillinger. again urges that
Ballinger use his influence toward ob
taining statehood for the territory at
the cooing session of congress.
SUGAR BEET PROFITS.
lenver. Dec. .3.-An estimate cum
pleted today makes the income to Col
orad" farmers from sugar beets this
year $7.Eb00ii0 , an increase of $1.000.
000 over the product of last year. This,
it is claimed, makes Colorado the lead
ing state in the Union in the protduc
tion. The acreage. It is asserted, has
increased little, the increase being due
to larger crops.
STAGE MONEY IS USED
TO CATCH KIDNAPERS
St. Louis. Dec. 3.-Four men were
arrested in Collinsville. Ill., today
charged with participating in a plot
to kidnap the three young children
of I.. F. Tumnaghi. former mayor of
the town. They are held under bonds
of $4.000.
Tumaghi received "Black Hand" let
ters demanding $5,000. under pain of
losing his children. Under the advice
of the police he put this amount in
stage money in the designated plate
and early today an Italian was caught
at the smot.
He confessed his part in the plot
and implicated the others, three of
whom were apprehended.
MRS. DOEY CUES TO
FACE MURDER CHARNE
Columbus. Neb.. Dee- 3.-.1rs. L. B.
Doxey left this afternoon for St_ Louis
to face the charge of murdering W. J.
Erder. She was accompanied by her~
husband. Dr. Doxey, Dr. W. S. Evans.
I. J. Albert. her counsel, a nurse and
Marshal Matthews, of St. Louis.
It was not until today. that Mrs.
Doxey was informed that a murder
charge had been filed against her. A
preliminary hearing on the original
charge of bigamy was dismissed.
RANCH BRINGS $120,000.
Helena. Dec. 3.-iSpeci'al.)-Lewis
Penwell of this city has bought the
Spokane ranch comprising 9.,80 acres
paying for it $120.000. The ranch is
within a mile of East Helena and was
purchased in April last from the Con
rad Stanford company of this city by
S. R. King of Livingston and Gus Barth
of Billings for $90,000.
The property will be run as a sheep
ranch now.. but will later be cut up
and colonised. 1
PUZZLE THE COMING MESSAGE WILL SOLVE
.~ co
a 8 111 I
$25,000 TO ESCAPE
YEARS OF
BONDAGE
C. L. WARRINER SAID TO HAVE
PAID CASH TO BAND OF
BLACKMAILERS.
Cincinnati. I)e. 3. -Charles L. War
rintr. according to developiiwnta to
day. was compelled to make ta lump
carti settlement of $25,OO0 to escape
being held in the clutches of black
mailers for the next 17 years. Prose
cutor Hunt has 250 demand notes for
$lOit each, and they art- alleged to
have Iein ipresented by a wiioni to
Warriner for immediate signature mii
Septiimber 26. 19117. These nitotSl hour
dates from September W. 17,:. up t.
August 21. 1922. The nitis sare said
to be part of a scheme of tie bidek
mail liy which 1Varriner was to hav
been held in financial b-andi , a. s it
were, for 17 years.
tut 1Warriner balked on discotnting
the future, it is said, and paid the
entire 27.,1100 at once. 10arriner, it is
said, told the prosecutor that he sent
the unsigned notes to a man in Chi
cago with a written explanation of why
he had not attached his signature.
1Varriner s refusal to sign the notes
did not free him front the grip of the
blackmiailers. is he later was coin
Iteiled to paty vari ous sums ranging
front $2i0 hotel bills to $1,000 for ex
penses for the benfit of a wtoinan.
Miss Ida Brockway. missing stenog
rapht-r in the niited states collectors
of custmis' office, will appear la-for,
the grand jury on Monday or Tuesday.
Since shedisappeared Nt tember 17 her
whereabouts %tire unkn twn until a
detective agency found her last night.
it is believed she w, ut to Chicago and
New York to cot fitr with interested
persons.
ARBOGAST GIRL FREED.
St. Paul. lk~e 3.- t..oa'se Arbogast,
who aus indibted i ith h.: .ii r. AMrs.
1ina Arbogast, for the r aiz-r of her
father. Louis Arbogast. a wealthy
butcher. will not he tth.. tounty
Prosecutor iiPrien today eintered a
motion to noite prosse the1 proceedings
and Judge Ira in granted th.* motion.
.tris. Arbogait was recently aituiut's d
SNOW IN COLORADO.
Denver. Iii. u-A heavy ,No.wi has
fallen over a great part o: t'olorado
since last night. aith lirow'pts fir
more. A frll of more than .0 inches is
reported from the moiuntai-i e :: of
the Boulder districts. It. ;,cch.s ot
('ripple ('reek and sexerai inches at
Pueblo. Itailroad traffic is now oat
delayed.
RUEP NOW LOOKING IN.
San Francisco. LDe. 3--After a
year's ineareeration in the county jail
Abraham Rutef, former political die -
tator of San Francisco, and who is
under sentence for bribing einmbers If
a former board of supervisors. : - re
leased rromn custody today. thods ag
gregating $3hs.000 were Iurnishei by
Ruefs friends.
MONEY CONE EPSTEIl
CONSCIENCE STRICKEN
Philadelphia, Dec. 3.-Hyrnen Fa fitein
walked into court today and sur
renilered himself to the authorities,
saying:
"My conscience would not let me I.
happy. fim ready to take my medi
cine."
Two years ago Epstein. ah.s con
ducted a private bank in Williaaisbur .
Brooklyn, disappeared after the bank
had closed. He was said to have made
away with niore than 360,004.
"I have not a penny left," Epstein
said.
MOVEMENT TO
SETTLE THE
STRIKE
MINNEAPOLIS BUSINESS INTER
ESTS TRYING TO BRING
ABOUT MEETING.
BOTH SIDES ARE AVERSE
Hill and Hawley See No Prospect of
Arbitration-Railroads Secure All
Men Needed but Want Old Em
ployes to Return-Situation as Re
ported A!ong the Lines.
St. Paul. Dec. 3.-Offieals of the
switthmlin n union said they were not
alarmed at reports received tram the
west today of members of the Broth
erhiod of Railway Trainmen going
back to work. Union officers receiv.-d
word that everything was still tied up
in StattIc. despite the riport that the
trainmen had decidi il ti go back to
work.
Presidhlnt Hawley :lpent the day In
d1liinap.l is. where hr had a confer
ente with tiovternor llberhart. The
governtir announted later that a well
defined inm.iement has been begun to
effect a settlement of the strike. He
raid he had 1itet sine Minneapolls
ien who had talked with him re
garding the plai5illities of getting
both skims of the iiuntriversy together,
ani hle thiugtht that a movement wa¶
on foot in the direction.
President Louis W. Hill of the (treat
Northern. when asked if he knew any
thing about It. rail there could be no
truth to any talk of settlement, even
"ith individual railroads, as the gen
eral managers had decided that they
would all stand together. Mr. Hill
said the roads coult get enough men
it the east to fill places pt strikers.
but that they did not want to bring
ttnem all in now. preferring to give the
tII mten a chance to return. Presi
tiut Hawley of the switchmten's union
als. said that nothing definite was
aStttitplished at the Minneapolis c in
ferentet and that the prts lsets ,f a
s-ttlement were no l* tter tonight than
they wt ere before.
Regarding the defection ""f the iteni
in Duluth, Mr. Hawley wail he had it
In* sseage fromn Duluth today saying
that .Sily tht,- Brotherhood tiern had
returned to work and that it was he
lieved that they wtuld go out again
tonight. Mr. Hawles again reiterated
his stattemient that there was n'. pew
sibility of ariltrattit, ttnder the Erd
halla act.
Freight her i= I sing moved with
diftitulty and thtre is c.ongesti.n in
the latal yards. It was estimate I
that abtout 1.'.OO mett had been lot
portett itt., the Twin cities today.
Rtailroad officials said they were sat
istied that conditions would be normal
wtihin a few days.
One Engine Starts.
treat Falls, Lee. 3.-The Great
Northern managed to get *'ne engine
started in the yards here today. the
switching crew itring mad" tip ot
other emtiloyes. It also managed to
g't in a trainloa.i t.f coal from the
Sand thulte mines and it c!airnu that
it will have another train of coal from
Stockett either tonight or in the morn
ing. The one switch engine has man
aged to handle a few carload lot ship
ments to ltcal tapcpe, but has made
very titth impression on the general
situation.
Officers as Switchmen.
ttilings. [sec. t -With a crew con
sisting . Asasihtant Superintendent
(tContinued "iu Page Five.)
UNIVERSAL SUFFRAAE
IS SURE TO COME
SAYS SHAFROTH
COLORADO GOVERNOR PREDICTS
THAT FEMALES WILL VOTE
THROUGHOUT NATION.
Nte York. The. ', That woman's
suffrage will I eiomiti universal in this
country was pireditied in a speech
here today by ;overnor t4hafroth of
Colorado. (Fiv rnor Shofroth was the
gut at of the l'Fq.al FranchIse league.
His speech was delivered at the lar
don theater, and he was Introduced
by Mrds. Clarence H. Mackay. HIe
sail that equal suffrage is right. ex
pedient and practical, and that the
women desire it.
Putting to himself the question
whither wont n want the ballot, he
said:
Ask the women ..f Colorado. Sub
in it to those who have tried it the
question and seart a corporal's guard
will be found to Sote against it."
To show that the women vote when
they have the opportunity, (tovernor
Shafroth said that 29.0410 women out
if 3.;000 registered in Colorado in 1804
had voted, while of 41,500 men. 96,800
had voted, the proportion being about
the sane.
WYOMING LAND OPENED.
Washington, Dec. 3.-Secretary Bal
linger today designated 104,800 acres
of land i, 11'yon:iril as sittject to dis
position wider the enlaurge homntestad
law. The localities affected, it is said
at the interior department today, are
not considered iusceptible of success
ful irrigation at ai reasonable cost front
any know n source of water supply. In
eliding those announced today, 12..
2%6.;n acres of land in lityoming have
iteitn designated ats siibJiet to disposi
tion under the homestiad law.
COLONEL DESERTS ZELAYA.
Itluelethls. Nicaragua. Dec. 3.
Colonel Guadamnes. an offIcer of the
Nicaraguan government's army has
deserted President Zelaya and with l1nt
men joined the rebel force of general
Estrada at Rama.
Goadameg states that Zelaya's troops
in the vicinity of Rama number 1,4.40
of whom 200 are sick. They are ex
isting on pilot bread and native cheese.
a iih is doled out scantily.
CABINET IN SESSION.
Washington, Dec. 3.-The regular
netinjg .f if the cabinet today lasted for
two and a half hours, but the niemls ;s
S."re not disposed to talk of the ans:
ness tbefore the session. Secreta--y
Knox is unrterstood to have taken un
with the president the Nicaraguan
situation, but the question was not dis
cussed generally bef. .re the cabinet.
PRAIRIE STILL AGROUND.
Philad,-lphia, DeI. 3 -Flwir t a:s
pulled at the Prairie at high tide today
and failed to float ir. Anoth.r at
tempt will be made t i rro .
BIUTERMILK USED TO
SAYE BURNING TOJW
FI-nitre. is. Dec. 3 -A lentifttl
supply of buttern:ilg I rotaably saved
the little town if Patt ir.,ve front
destruction by fir, last night when the
plant of A. F. Hahhubr.,i 4 rearnerv
company was l.itr..yd.
The :Oi5 l,',pt,-, "fU t o* iin savet
the homlie of 1.secd 4 riach, adjoin
ing, by deluging it with .i.. buckets
of buttermilk obtained tr-ni the creamn
ery. Hatt the fire .arunicatedt to
the Garlach r-sioten, ;t ,: thiught the
rest of tit.: t-i.m ... ui I .e burned.
LECISLATU1E WOULD
CALL SPECIAL
SESSION
PROPOSED TO BRING MATTER OF
SANDSTONE FOR CAPITOL BE
FOR LEGISLATORS.
With a c ,f it tring the signa
tares ti the sacoh.. r'- of the 1lsswoula
ottnty del'gatettn ti the state "eisla
ture to a petit. in to ;overnoir Norris
to altl a spe. al meeting of that hiusy
I r the pures., .f enabitng the state
.opitt'l itl ommsi. ii to provide for the
use of Motntana sandst.oe in tht.- cn
strictton of the no-w wings of the
capitil building. Frank it. tionnell>,
one (If the Yellto stone ntt ty rep
retotntatives, as in the city yester
day. attnd tet with uniform success.
M:' t'.tnnelty arriedtl in Missoula at
noon and at once t- ooked up those of
the local members of the state legis
tature whom he could findt HeU met
Senattor Edward Donain and Kepre
sentative Frank Woody. Jr.. to whom
he presented the petition, w hich they
readily signedt The petition explains
itself and is as follows:
T.t liIts Excellency. Hon. Edwin t..
Norris. t;,ivernor of Montana:
"towing to the widespread dissatis
faction regarding the use of foreign
stone for the c.tnstruction of the ad
ditions to the state capitol building at
Helena, we desire to say:
"We helieve it would he a mistake
for the state to use an inferior qual
ity of stone to that found in Mon
tana. We tals feel that the addi
tions now contemplated should he
tmadte of the same material as the
original building to insure uniformity
as well as other advantages.
"We can see no way for this to he
done without an extra appropriation.
This cannot he done. as %e under
stand, without ii special session of the
legislature. However, we believe that
the interests of Montana demand
such action, and we. members of that
body. respectfully request that a ati'
cial session be called at the earliest
poassible moment for the sole and only
purlose of taking such action as will
enable the state to complete the cap
itol building as now prolosed by the
use of Montana stone.
"We promnise to ý ttendt any session
that may he callel for that purpose
without expense to the state.
'This suggestion on our part is not
to lt'e considered as in any way a
fefleeton on the action of the building
hiard. for under the law they could
have done nothing else."
According to Air. tstinnelly, it is
thought that tie' special session, pro
vided it is called by the governor,
will last only a ,t litple of days. and
the members wilt attend without ex
tra cost to the state. It Is bt'lieed
that this Is the only method by which
provision foP the use of Montana
stone in the capitol building can le
made, as such a matter can he
handled only through ant ippropriation
for the put-pose.
In the city yesterday was alaut J.
t. Annin of Columbus, a state sen
ator from Yellowstone county, who
went to Hamilitotn yesterday afterotton
tin a similar mission. Mr. Annin will
be down from the titter Ro"t me
tropolis this morning, while Mr. t'on
neily will go to Hamilton on persotal
business. "
SIEADS CARRIED BIG
INSURANCE POLICIES
New York. Ihc. 3.-That at note
agtned indicating a suicidal Intent and
purporting to have been written and
signed itv Mrs. at. W. Snead, whos
botly was found in a bath tub In a
house in East Orange. N. J., stveral
days ago. is a forgery, is the beltif
today of the dtettivt s who are en
gaged on the case. Entering into the
case is malignant hypnostis under
the itfluence of which aMrs. Snead
is believed to have been coerced into
making a will disttsing of the pr.
ceeds of an insurance Wiltey on her
life.
It developed today that insurance
of at least $zi..tada thatl been taken out
on .trs. Snetds lit-- and that her hus
hand. now strangely missing, had been
insured for $ 4OOt. ltepresentative.s of
the company issuing the poltey de
tiared their lhelttf that Snead was not
dead. ats mn ctialtah had been filed for
the paymrent of his insurance.
NEW LINE PLANNED
FOR SALT LAKE CITY
Lo. .1ngs leI Iwe. :- If a newly in
corporated project in Uital is carried
out Los Angeles a ll be connected
with :alt Lake City by another rail
road almost as direct a-. the Salt Lake
route, but opening an entirely new
territory. It will be by stay of Gold
fiell anda Ely. \'v The Gtoldfield
Ely 'lnnfl' tit.n .f the Totnopah & Tide
watter raulratat is to be. construcctet s
soon a" the n* c'ssary rights tf way
can ras obtained, and it is pratposetl to
build an air line 'onnecting Ely with
Salt Lake. .'; miles.
Anna uncemnnt of the inteftdasns of
the Tonaplah & Tidewater was made
today by W> 1t Alberg.r. trafft. man
ager. The ctnnecting tan - a ill cost
at"ou at It0;.0abnte
The inacorptarators of the Irlt antd
line fr.tm Salt Lake City to Ely. to
be known as the U'tah & N-va.la. are
I V. Myers of tlaklantl. Cat. and C.
I'. Sacofteld. J. S. St. r!inag and H Gt
Frietz of Ne' Y"rk.
ZELAYA HOPES
TO RESTORE
STANDING
PRESIDENT OF NICARAGUA RE.
FUSES OFFICIALLY TO NOTICE
KNOX'S NOTE.
EMISSARIES AT CAPITAL
Special Agents Said to Be Working on
Members of Congress to Prevent Ad*
ministration Program Being Carried
Out-Ruler to Be Held Accountable
for Groce and Cannon Deaths.
Washington. Dec. 3.-President
Zelaya has not only refused to take
official cognizance of Secretary
Knox's note, which was practically an
ultimatum. but he is declared to have
dispatched special agents to Washing
ton to endeavor to have the ultima
tum set aside, first by appeals to the
state department, and secondly, by dl
reet appeals to members of congress.
The state department is entirely
aware of the presence and Identity of
these emissaries,1 While they are be
ing watched In a general way. the
United States is maintaining over
them nothing that could be construed
as espionage.
In addition to this it was reported
today that any attempt that Zelaya
might make to escape from Nicaragua
would receive the direct and vigorous
attention of American warships now
there. SecIretary Knox's note Intl
mated that the state department looks
1150n Zeiaya as the man responsible
for the torture and death of (Iroce
and Cannon. The plan to deflect the
American program a sth reference to
Nicaragua camne to light tonight.
Senor Fernando Sanchez and Dr. V.
Mt. Roman. the former accompanied
by his family, registered at a lead
ing hotel. Neither Senor Sanchez nor
Dr. Ioman would talk.
Members of the Central American
diplomatic corps, however, were in a
flutter when they discovered the new
arrivals. Senor Sanches. they de
Glared, is a partner of Zelaya in many
business ventures and he has between
$4.0 00.000 and $5.000.000 in gold. Dr.
toman, the report continues. long had
been Senor Sanchesa' business adviser,
and he. also, is a close friend and ad
herent of Zelayn. In the afternosn and
tonight more than 20 telegrams acre
dispatched from Senor Sanchez s
rooms. Almost an equally large num
ber were received. This telegraphic
activity. Central Americans Insist. is
aimed at members of congress, with a
view of winning over enough to r"n der
the administration's program i' tw'r
ative in the event it is presented to
congress.
Dr. $tivator L'astrillo. diplomatic
agent *.f the provisional government
of Nicaragua and representative of the
revolutionists here, tiday made a
formal request to $etertary Knox
that he he resitted in equal terms
with agents o.f the Zetiya govern.
ment. This naturally will be informal
ly. as neither the Nicaraguan repre
sentatives nor Dr. C'astrilio have of.
firhal standing here. It is gen-rally
believed that Dr. (Xa-trillo s request
will te granted.
While making all preparatiens for
action. this govt rnmintt has asi.umetl
the calm that Itrt.oedeti the issuance
of -e.retary Knox", nit. There were
to develttpmt-nts in the Ktatt' di-part
ment ttday and Secretary Knox ap.
etaredl htritl when the subject of Nic
aragua wa; nientioned. To all appear
ances the d" partinent is now --mark.
ing time."
In explanation of the status of
American consular officers in Neia
ragua it was said today that in all
probability Nicaraguan consuli in this
sountry a 'uld not be disturtitti for
the preart-nt, nor was it thought that
Amerisan cutnuls in Nicuragua wi!fl -
rituired t'' It ave that stointr:.
CHEWING GUM CAUSES DEATH.
N.y Yttrk. Dec. 3-tilst that
Inotir Metnniº;er, whos.- !. } t<; t,' undi
yesterday on th*. roof ! .t t. tn-mnt
house, ttas tit. t ittaint i brutal
miurd -r is cr..tatd b~y the staitetuitt tof
one of the physicians whio t*o>k tart
in the autt.psyv toiday upon the chtld s
corps. Aitardiing to his anttnitent a
pit-ce if tiptoing gun: arts found itt
the chills latynx and this loar natit
cau til .t ath
TO SELL EXPOSITION STOCK.
tian I tg .o. ll t t, At .t tsot.
meeting hel€d it this at.t tighxt ant
niuncement tas nuiate th it t can ;sign
of seven days. ditvttted to tit. sale ti
stock of the IPattanui-t tit rti-ta ex-.
position. t. be hi-hi, h. .r in 1.5, had
resulted in a fund tt uver $3eiiiitti
reptreswiotine three-ttnthi of the
antiunt to be r.ta-ed It pnythir itt
a+"riptintt
RIECHSTAG ORGANIZED.
lierling. IMf . - iT. _ teiza.t `,
the reiehstag wtas t:, Ii'ii tIta tvy
the sleetiion of Print. 1 \n ilsHute.
Itlhen-tat getnburg ti the ecesaid vi .
president y in place of Dr. Paaitsb".
national liberal whs. d. litted to aersv.
PROFESSOR GROSS DEAD.
t'ambridte. r Ists, Itk t Profelatior
Charles * Itross. of the doiwarmtt..nt of
htistrs .tf lthiar. .anI IAw Ot. . after
SknMg tiltiesa.