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NINETY-SIXTH
MAKING RAPID
PROGRESS WITH
FRENCH TREATY,
Ambassador Porter Hard at
Work in Paris on Agree
ment to Cover Brib
ery Extradition.
MAY BRING BACK WAINWRIGHT
.When Document Is Ratified Ne
gotiations Will Be Opened
for Return of the St.
Louis Fugitive.
BRITISH TREATY IS PROPOSED.
It Might Result in Securing Dan
iel J. Kelley, Who Is Now in
Quebec Roosevelt Takes
Personal Interest.
The Republic Bureau.
14th St and Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington. Nov. C United States Am
bassador Porter reports from Paris that
he Is maUnc rapid progress with bis ne-
gotlatlons with Franco for a treaty of ex
tradition cohering bribery cases.
As soon as the treaty Is mode and rati
fied by the Senate, as there Is every rea
wn now to believe that It trill be, steps
nill be begun at once for the extradition
of Ellis Walnwright, the millionaire
brewer, who Is wanted In St. Louis to an
swer an Indictment charging bribery.
Walnwright Is under Indictment In the
F,ime case with Kratz In the Suburban
deal Walnwright was a director of the
concern, and. It Is alleged, voted to put
tip the money to buy the votes of the
members of the House of Delegate? and
Cit Council combines.
It Is stated on good authority that a
treaty also will be entered Into with
Great Britain In the near future. looking
to the return of Daniel J. Kelley, who is
no n A fugithe from justice In Quebec.
Kelley was tho legislative agent of the
1 Baking Powder Trust and Is under in-'-tmcnt
at Jefferson City, Mo , In con
nection with the alum deal
The negotiations are the result of
President Roosevelt's personal Interest In
the Missouri boodle cases, which was
Aroused by the recent viI of Clrcult.At
icmey .Folk to Washington.
FUGITIVE NOT EXPECTED
FOR TWO WEEKS.
The State Department has received no
advice from Ambassador Clajton which
would confirm the statements made In
press dispatches from, Guadalajara, to the
effect that Kratz may be started on his re
turn to St. Louis within a day or two. Al
though no positive Information is at band,
the officials discredit the report for the rea
son that the request for extrad'tion was
n ailed to Mexico Tuesday and would not
be likely to reach the Judicial district In
which Kratz is confined in less than two
weeks at the earliest.
It Kratz should decide to return volun-
itaxllj, of course, the St, Louis officers
vmlght be able to depart -with him at any
time, but If a contest is made by the at-
tomejs for Kratz, the State Department
officials say that considerable time will be
consumed before a decision tan be
reached.
The department does not doubt the de
sire of President Diaz to surrender the
fugitive, as that has been proved by the
promptness with which the Mexican Gov
ernment caused tho arrest of Kratz. tak
ing affirmative action as soon as the re
quest was convej ed by Ambassador Clay
ton and without walUng for the arrival
of the extradition papers.
KRATZ EXPECTED TO MAKE
DETERMINED RESISTANCE.
But It Is assumed that Kratz wiU make
a. determined resistance, which will neces
sitate a hearing of the matter in court.
That course wUl require the production of
nil the papers in the case, which, as
stated, wiU not teach Mexico for several
da3 yet.
i It is believed that the case will be dls--koed
of promptly by the court, however,
Afhcn once it comes up for heating. A
habeas corpus, or "lmpero" writ would
call for immediate consideration, regard
less of other bislneas before the court,
ana It Krutz tesorts to that process It la
expected that the court will decide upon
his application for release within a very
few hours after the motion Is made by his
attornej s.
The outcome of the matter Is awaited
with a great deal of Interest In Washing
ton, as it Is the first case where extradi
tion for bribery has been requested, and
one of the few asked on the ground of In
ternational comity. As its decision will
establish a precedent, the department offi
cials do not expect the Mexican courts to
take snap Judgment upon it, although
they do look for as prompt a decision as
can be given after the receipt of all the
papers.
WARMER WEATHER PREDICTED
Mercury Was Near the Freezing
Point Yesterday.
The cool weather that prevailed yester
day will be followed to-day by rising tem
perature. Fair conditions will accompany
ytfce rise In the thermometer. The pre
i lllng. winds will be from east to south-
At.
ihe thermometer register jesterday
morning was the lowest of the season At
7 o'clock, when the local forecast was
taken, tre mercury showed Just a fraction
above zero, the registration being S2.6.
Temperature as low or lower than freez
ing was reported from all points In the
Ohio Valley. Lake region and Upper Mis
sissippi valleys. The temperature Is rls
"ng in the West and Northwest. Rains
were general jesterday in the Gulf States,
UniO vaiicjr uiiu mc xaefc.
WAITER ROBBED 'OF $1.15.
Attacked by Four Highwaymen
With Drawn Revolvers.
J. A. Gulguler, a waiter, employed at
No. 18 North Ninth street, reported that
ho was held up and robbed by three men"
under the glare of an electric light at the
corner of Sixteenth and Locust streets at
820 o'clock last night by four men, "Ho
says the footpads hid,behind algn board.
rhe men jumped out ana, -yitn pistols.
manaea mat uuiguier uram up jus
tiri Then mie of the menwent -through'
h pockets, taking 1L15 Telling their vic
tim that thej- v-ould kill him if he even
fported the robbery, they ran. t
YEAE.
COLOMBIA DEEPLY OFFENDED
BY RECOGNITION OF PANAMA;
MORGAN ANTICIPATES WAR.
President Roosevelt Announces in Vigorous Terms to Government
at Bogota His Determination to End Unstable and Turbulent
Conditions on the Isthmus Consul GeneralGudger Will Has
ten to His Post on the Mayflower Officials at Washington
Do Not Believe Colombia Can Make Campaign Against Infant
Republic
PREPARATIONS FOR REVOLT W
THE MAKING
Sunday Peace and tranquillity at Bogota, Panama, Colon and Washington.
Monday United States gunboat Nashville arrives at Colon.
Tuesday Independent Republic of Panama proclaimed: bombardment of
Panama by Colombian gunboat; two Chinese killed; conference at White House;
seven warships ordered to the Isthmus.
Wednesday Bluejackets landed from Nashville; barricade of cotton bales
erected.
Thursday Panama appeals to United States for recognition; evacuation by
Colombian troops; conference at White House "Tho war is over."
Friday Cabinet meets at White House; de facto government of Panama
recognized by United States; Maj flower ordered to tho Isthmus; Senator Mor
gan begins the preparation of a speech; Doctor Herrait, the Colombian Charge
d'Affaires, packs his trunks.
Saturday I
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington, Nov. C Doctor Toinas Her
ran, the Colombian Charge d'Affaires here,
la prepared to leavo Washington on short
notice as a result of the Intense feeling
aroused In Colombia In connection with
this week's events in the Isthmus of Pan
ama. .
Senator Morgan declared that, in conse
quence of the administration's attitude to
ward the revolution, Colombia means to
go to war.
The de facto government of tho "Re
public of Panama," w hlch was recognized
to-day by this Government, after a Cab
inet meeting, in which the sltuaUon was
carefully discussed. In communicating the
fact to Minister Beaupre at Bogota, these
vigorous words were used as expressing
the President's intentions:
RESENTMENT ACUTE
This action, it Is understood, has brought
to an acute state the resentment felt by
Colombians toward the United States.
Doctor Herran's recall will cause no sur
prise at the Colombian Legation, though
he is jet without official advices from his
Government.
Consul General Cudger arrived to-day In
Washington from Ashevllle, N. C, and
to-day received Instructions preliminary to
his departure Sunday for the Isthmus of
Panama.
Rear Admiral Coghlan has received or
ders to convey the Consul General to the
Isthmus on the converted j acht Mayflower,
which will sail from the navy yard hero
Sunday for Colon at full speed.
"He holds that he la bonnd, not
merely by treaty obllsntlona but by
the Interests of civilisation to see
that the peaceful traffic of the world
across the Isthmus of Panama shall
not longer be disturbed by n con
stant succession of unnecessary and
wasteful dill wars."
On the arrival of the Mayflower at Co
lon, Mr. Gudger will make himself known
at once to the de facto government, and
the usual formalities In such cases will be
observed.
He will do business directly with the
Republic of Panama, which , In Its pro
visional form at present consists ot an
Executive Board, but which before his ar
rival may easily take the form of a perma
nent Government. Consul General Gudger
was for a long time In conference with
Assistant Secretary Loomls, and after
wards talked interestingly of the Isthmian
situation, saying:
NOT SURPRISED.
"I am not surprised In least to know that
the isthmus has declared its independence.
Five months ago a rev olution was a fore
gone conclusion, as we all know. The
isthmian people have conducted themselves
in patience, and, with dignified delibera
tion, have awaited the adjournment of the
Colombian Congress nd the destruction
of their last hope for the ratification of
the Hay-Herran treaty before taking this
apparently radical step Their reason for
this action is the aUcged refusal ot the
Bogota Government to direct its policy
with some regard to the Isthmian people's
good.
"Striking proof of the stability of the
Government is seen in the personnel of
the Executive Board, which now consti
tutes the provisional Government They
are all three men of the strongest char
acter, leaders in the Isthmian commercial
affairs and men who command the undi
vided respect of the natives, as well as
the foreign residents of the Isthmus.
"An interesting coincidence is the fact
that Frcderico Boj d, one of the three Con
suls, and the author of tho manifesto
published yesterday, Is the Spanish and
Nlcaraguan Consul accredited to the Gov
ernment of Colombia. Of course. It Is not
to be Inferred from this that these Gov
ernments knew of Mr. Bojd's connection
wilh the revolution.
ANNEXATION OR ANYTHING.
"The sentiment ot the people on the
Isthmus toward the United States Is ex
tremely cordial and friendly. They want
Independence, annexation or an thing that
wiU Insure the construction of the Panama
Canal. They have the greatest confidence
In the people and the Government of-tha
United States."
When Mr. Gudger was asked, "What
about Colombia?" he promptly replied.
"It would be improper for -me to say.
You must know, however, that it Is the
traditional policy ot the Washington Gov
ernment to recognize the de facto Govern
ment. I am. Informed here that agents of
the revolution are not worried about any
protest the 'Colombian Government may
make."
Mr. Gudgefs relations with the Bogota
authorities always have been exceedingly
cordial, and he would say nothing that,
would reflect on the Colombian Govern
ment. His attitude as American Consul
must be neutral as regards Colombia's In
ternal affairs.
INSTRUCTIONS SENT.
The following telegram was sent by the
State Department to-day to Mr. Ehrman,
the Acting Consul General, of the United
states at ruiaran;
"The people of Panama have, by an ap-i
parently unanimous movement, dissolved,
their poUtlcal relatlons-wlth the Repub
lic of Colombia and assumed their inde
pendence. When you are saUsfled'- that
a defacto XJvernment, Republican In
form and' without substantial opposition
from Its own people, has been established
In tho Stat of Panama, you will enter
ST. L.OUIS, MO..
ERE KNOWN FIVE MONTHS AGO.
OF A REPUBLIC.
K
FACTS ABOUT PANAMA.
Area, 3L571 square miles; size of
South Carolina.
Population, 2S5,000; as great as
that of Milwaukee. Wis , or Detroit,
Mich.
Chief cities: Panama, population
30,000, at southern end of Isthmian
Railroad, and Colon (or Asplnwall),
population 2,000, at northern end of
railroad.
'
Into relations with it as the responsible
Government of the territory and look to
It for all duo action to protect tho persons
and property of citizens of the United
States and to keep open the isthmian
transit in accordance with the obliga
tions of exisUng treaties governing the
relations of the United States to that
terrltorj."
Immediately afterward an Instruction
was sent by telegram to Mr. Beaupre, the
United States minister at Bogota, In the
following terms.
URGES SETTLEMENT.
The people of Panama, having by an
apparenUy unanimous . movement dis
solved their political connection with the
Republic of Colombia and resumed their
Independence, and having adopted a gov
ernment, repuDiican in form, with which
tho Government of the United States of
America ha3 entered Into relations the
President of the United States, in accord
ance with the ties of friendship which
have so long and so happily existed be
tween the respective nations, most ear
nestly commends to the .Governments of
Colombia and of Panama the peaceful and
equ'table settlement of all questions at Is
Juo between them."
Then follows the statement previously
quoted.
MORGAN AROUSED.
after Cove V that S00n i
. ,,; , w.i.cuea in extra session
ho will Introduced a resolution calling on
the Foreign Relations Committee of the
Senate to" obtain from the State Depart
ment a detailed report of the relations be
tween the United States and Colombia
under the treaty of 1S48. According to
Senator Morgan tho atutude of this coun
try Is not justified by a careful construc
tion of tho provisions for the treaty, and
is at variance with precedents laid down
by the United States. In diseusslng the
situation to-day he said:
"This is the fourth time the United
States have landed troops on the isthmus
under cloak of the treaty. Heretofore It
has been for the suppression of rioting
and for the protection of Colombia. Now
that it is against the wish of Colombia, it
undoubtedly will provoke a Just protest.
FEELS CERTAIN OF WAR.
"Colombia means to go to war. Of that
I am certain. This Government will find
that it will have a series of compllcaUons
on Its hands not unlike that offered by the
Indians when they were met with the ter
ritorial aggression of this Government,
und the trouble the Colombians will moke
will be similar to that pf the Filipinos
with the conduct of warfare far more dif
ficult. I believe, however, that the ad
minlstraUon will not have this matter to
decide. It Is a question for Congress, and
trax Doay is not likely to shirk the re-
sponsimuty."
Commander Hubbard cabled to-day that
the Colombian Government troops, under
Generals Torres and Tovar, 450 strong at
Colon, had departed on a merchant ves
rel. He stated that the Isthmus from one
tide to the other Is in the hands of the
revolutionists
This statement Is of the greatest im
portance, the United States Government
being bound by treaty to maintain order
and preserve free traffic across the Isth
mus Is now under the obligation to pre
vent any hostile collisions either along the
line of the Panama Hallway or at the
termini, Panama and Colon.
FIGHTING DIFFICULT.
Officials here familiar with the country
declare that It is Impossible to move a
Colombian army overland to the Isthmus
owing to the character of the country. On
tho other hand, if an attempt is made to
bring troops either to Colon or Panama
by water the United States naval officers
at those points would interfere.
Thus, by force of treaty obligations re
quiring the maintenance of order across
the Isthmus as a necessary condition to
free transit, the United States Govern-
iment practically has been placed In the
posluon of a protector to the new Re
public of Panama, and that, too, regard
less of any bias on the part of the United
States Government toward either party to
the strife in Colombia.
C0CKRELL THE FIRST CHOICE.
Chairman Love of Kansas Says
D. R. Francis Is Second in Favor.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Topeka. Kas, Nov. S.J. Mack Love,
chairman of the Democratic State Cen
tral Committee, In a statement to-day,
says the Kansas Democracy's first choice
for President Is Senator Cockreil, and the
second choice la David R. Francis.
lie says B. P. Waggener, general attor
ney of the Missouri Pacific Railway ao
Atchison, and John H. Atwood of ,Leav-;
enwortb, wiU be the,twoilcandldatesi for
Democratic .national Committeeman.
SATUBDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1903.
WENTZ
STILL
Parents of Missing Millionaire
Return to Philadelphia
Without News.
CHERISH ABDUCTION THEORY.
Man Who Offered to Find Wentz
for ?100,000 Discredited for
Lack of Proof of His
Story.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Bristol, Tenn , Nov. 6 The mystery sur
rounding tho disappearance of Edward
Wentz, the young Philadelphia millionaire,
has not jet been cleared. '
Doctor and Mrs. Wentz, the, aged par
ents of the missing man, arrived In Bris
tol this afternoon pn their way back to
Philadelphia after three weeks of waiting
for tidings from their son.
They studiously avoided reporters, the
hotel clerks where they stopped having re
ceived Instructions to report them "not
in."
Doctor Wentz was seen In the depot
waiting-room, where he arrived a few
minutes in advance of the train on which
he and Mrs. Wentz were to depart for
Philadelphia.
He was seemingly absorbed in a news
paper and did not want to see reporters
The only statement made by him was In
reply to the question as to whether he
had received a letter from his missing
son. He Bald he had not.
A friend of the family who conversed
with D. B. Wentz, a brother of the miss
ing man, yesterday confirmed the report
that the family received a proposition to
And Edward Wentz for JIOO.COO. but stated
that after repeated conferences with the
man they concluded that he was a sham
and sought money under false pretenses
The family is still Inclined to cling to
the abduction theory, the missing man's
mother cherishing It as her only hope.
She reads with a hopeful interest every
thing the newspapers have to say In sup
port of that theory.
COTTON ADVANCED $1 A BALE.
Options Selling on 11-Cent Basis
as Bulls Control Market.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York, Nov. 6 There was another
excited cotton market to-day. Opening
with a remarkably strong upward ten
dency, prices leaped by bounds.
Trading was concentrated In the near
by deliveries and the market neld firm
throughout the session. The('most Inter
esting development of ,tha day., was the
advance of Spot cotton tO"above lie a
pound.
Practically every option on the list is
ssUlng on an lie basis At this price
there will be two sides to the cotton mar
ket and that from now on every attempt
to mark up prices will be vigorously con
tested. At the present time, however,
the bulls are In control and they have a
large following in the South. The ad-
VMlce t-3a5' netted nbout Per bal
WEST POINT MAN CHASING
COLOMBIAN BOAT BOGOTA.
Panama, Republic of Panama, Nov. 6.
General H. O. Jeffries, a graduate of
West Point, who, yesterday was appointed
commander of the Pacific fleet by the Pro
visional Government of the Republic of
Panama, left here last night on board the
gunboat PadlUa with orders to capture
the Bogota.
It waa reported that the latter had ar
rived at Buena Ventura, but later the
report was contradicted.
Nearly all the municipalities of the isth
mus have now Joined tho Republic.
General Pompllo Guiterez, who arrived
jesterday at Colon and who came to re
place Governor Obaldla, brought with him
several secretaries and a staff of fifteen,
all Colombians, to replace the isthmians.
This, It Is pointed out here, shows how
Panama was considered at Bogota.
As up to late yesterday afternoon the
Colombian trooDs at Colon had not de
cided to leave the city, a division of
troops of the Republic of Panama was
ordered to attack them, and was on its
way when a telegram announced the de
parture from Colon pf the Royal mall
steamer Orinoco with tho Co'ombian
troops.
When the news of tho departure of the
Colombian troops became known here last
night the enthusiasm was unlimited.
Thousands of persons, with flags, torches
and fireworks, headed by two bands of
music, marched through the town.
As the procession passed the United
States Consulate tho "Star Spangled Ban
ner" was played and the crowds cheered
wildly for the United States, President
Roosevelt, Commander Hubbard of 'the
Nashville, Secretary Hay and Acting Con.
ml General Ehrman.
NASHVILLE WILL PREVENT .
LANDING OF MORE TROOPS.
Colon, Republic of Panama, Nov. 6 The
Nashville sailed this afternoon for a cruise
along tho coast, with the object of pre
venting the rumored efforts of the Colom
bian gunboat Cartagena to land troops at
Porto Bello.
A steam launch was dispatched last
night to capture Bocas del Toro, In the
Interest of the new Republic No difficul
ties are anticipated there.
The critical situation of Wednesday be
gan when the troops under Colonel Torres
took an aggressive position In the vicinity
of the railroad building, and the lives of
Americans for a time seemed threatened.
To-day's Panama Star and Herald says
that Colonel Torres got 33,000 in gold from
the Treasurer of the new Republic Just
previous to embarking.
The Government of tho Republic of Pan
ama last night appointed Senor Porfirlo
Melendez Civil and Military Governor of
Colon pending tho appointment of new
officials.
Senor Cuadros, Prefect of Colon, and AI
cade Guerrero were arrested to-day and
sent to Panama by train.
It Is reported that there are several per
sons In Colon who are discontented with
the new order ot things, but It is said that
they are being carefully watched. Every
thing here Is now quiet and the population
is rejoicing. All day fireworks were everv.
iwhere disnlaved.
Shortly before the flag or the Republic J
ui x-anama waa iormaiiy noiiiea over tne
Prefecture here this morning, the new
Governor, Porfuio Melendez, delivered nn
oration.
The consular corps at Colon waa pres
ent, but through the French consul as
spokesman, 'the members said they were
I not there in any official capacity.
MYSTERY
UNSOLVED
STONE'S
MOTION
IN (HAN CASE,
Wants Certain Portions of De
fendant's Answer Stricken
Out of the Record.
SAYS THEY ARE IRRELEVANT.
Objects to Those Passages Which
Refer to Senator's Alleged
Knowledge of Corporate
Stockholders and Oth
er Statements.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Kansas City, Mo , Nov. 6. A motion was
filed In the Circuit Court to-day by the
attorneys for Senator William J. Stone to
strike out portions of the answer made
by Judge George L. Chrisman in tho Sen
ator's suit to recover $10000 invested in
the stock of the Kansas City Times.
Objection is made to the answer where
it states that "Stone not only knew all
of tho Times stockholders and their con
nections, corporate and otherwise, but had
had intimate personal, official and political
intercourse with a number of them for
many years, somo of said persons being
but slightly known at that time to Judge
Chri&man, and In some Instances being
wholly unknown to him, but at all times
being known to Senator Stone."
Another point that i3 requested to be
stricken out is where tha answer says
that "At all times, when said stock was
subscribed for and purchased by both the
Senator and tho Judge, and for a long
time before and thereafter, Stone was the
agent, servant and employe of many cor
poraUons In the State of Missouri and
other States of tho Union, his employment
by said corporations compolllng him to
appear before the legislative committees,
school text-book commissions, members of
the General Assembly and State officers
charged with the creation and enforce
ment of laws to govern corporatlona, trusts
and monopolies, aa a professional lobbyist,
promoter of legislation and legislative
agent."
Immediately following these words are
the following, which the Senator would
like to have eliminated:
"For further answer and denial of the
statements contained In the Senator's pe
tition that he sought or negoUated at any
time to free said newspaper from aUegeS
corporate Influence and domination, avers
that Stone, among the stockholders of the
company, was himself at all times before
mentioned the chief representative of cor
porate Influence, acting for a long time
prior to The subscription and purchase of
said Times stock, as employe and
representative aforesaid, at times
openly asr such agent, servant and
employe of corporations, at other
times covertly and sometimes organizing
bogus and fraudulent societies, publicly
declaring the same to have been organized
for philanthropic purposes for the preser
vation of health and other lawuful laud
able and meritorious purposes, when. In
tiuth and fact, said societies were organ
ized by him and his confederates for the
purpose of creating sentiment, political
and otherwise, In favor of corporations
and trusts that made it a practice by cor
rupt and unlawful means to obtain legis
lative and governmental action In favor
of their business and for the purpose of
raising the price of food and other
lng, fostering and strengthening monopo
lies In their favor."
Objection is further made to the words
in the answer "Defendant avers the fact
to be that, with full knowledge of the
stockholders and the conditions, the plain
tiff. Stone, repeated" to the defendant that
he had wide and potent influence as a poli
tician, statesman and public character and
solicited, requested and repeatedly sug
gested that the directors of the said news
paper corporation should select and make
him managing editor of said paper, so that
he might have absolute and unquestioned
control over said newspaper property and
over the editorial and political policies of
the paper."
Offensive to the plaintiff are the words:
"That the true character of the employ
ment of aald Stone and his connection as
servant, emploje and lobbyist of corpora
tions was not known to the public gener
ally or to the defendant"
The last allegation that Is asked to be
stricken from the answer Is where Judge
Chrisman denies that the $10,000 so de
posited for the payment of' the stock
aforesaid was the property of Stone, but
avers the fact to be that the money was
the contribution of various corporations,
which were at that time and for a long
time before and thereafter so served in
capacity as aforesaid by said plaintiff.
Stone, and upon Information and belief de
fendant avers that the said $10,000 was
either directly contributed by said corpo
rations or was given to said Stone under
the fraudulent guise or pretense that the
sums so produced and paid by said corpora
tions were for alleged service or pay for
tho hire of the said Stone; that the money
was so contributed, as Judge Chrisman
verily believes and alleges, by the Royal
Baking Powder Company, the St. Louis
Transit Company and the separate
corporations from which the St.
Louis Transit Company, the owner
of nearly all the street railways in
Et. Louis, Mo., obtained Its rights.
property and franchises; the firm of D. C.
Heath & Co . a corporation of Boston.
Mass , publishers of school text-books and
at the time of Stone's employment by
them engaged In the business of fur
nishing school text-books for use In the
public schools In the country districts outJ
side of the city of St. Louis, St. Joseph
and Kansas City In this State, and from
divers and sundry other corporations, the
names and titles of which are unknown to
i Judge Chrisman."
The reasons assigneo ior requesting the
court to strike out the foregoing para
graphs are: "Said cortions are Imperti
nent, Irrelevant and Immaterial; that they
are wantonly and malignantly made and
are without relevancy or materiality to
the issues tendered by the peUtlon.
BI.G MASS MEETING PLANNED.
Democratic Candidates for Gov
ernor Invited to Jopiin.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Joplln, Nov. 6. At a mass meeting of
Democratic clubs to-night a big Droo
cratlc mass meeUng was arranged to be
held here November 12, and all candidates
for Governor, Including Joseph Folk of St.
Louis, Major James A. Reed of Kansas
City, Harry B. Hawes of St. Louis and
Judge Gantt of Jefferson City; wiU be In
vited to make addresses.
IE TO SPOIL
RECIPROCITY PLANS,
Republican "Insurgents" and a
Few Democrats May Block In
tentions Toward Cuba.
WILL START TARIFF DEBATE.
When This Gets Into the Senate
a Discussion Will Be Started
ThabyWill Wreck Hopes
of the Administration.
nEPUBUC SPECIAL.
Washington, Nor. . New conspiracies
to wreck again the administration's plan
for Cuban reciprocity are again on foot,
nnd the House "insurgents" and a few
Democrats predict to-night that no ar
rangement can bo completed either at the
estra session or the regular session.
The scheme by which tho "Insurgents"
hope to defeat any bill making the treaty
effective Is similar to that successfully
carried out at the first session of the Fifty-seventh
Congress.
They expect to effect a combination with
the Democrats by which a blU may pass
the House In such form as to open up In
tho Senate, when It reaches that body, a
tariff discussion that will be endless. The
hand of tho American Protective Tariff
League Is seen In this new conspiracy
against granting Cuban reciprocity, and
that organization Is giving every possible
support to the Republican opponents of
the measure.
The difference of opinion between Sena
tors and Representatives over the man
ner in which the treaty should be made
effective, has been harmonized and It has
been arranged that the Senate shall yield
to the House in its demand that the treaty
be put Into effect by means of a bill
originating in the House and setting forth
clearly the tariff changes effected by the
conventinon.
It Is admitted on all sides that this bill
must necessarily bo a comprehensive
measure, because of the amendment to
the treaty, which provides that no sugar
from other countries shall be admitted to
the United States at a lower rate of duty
than that imposed upon Cuban sugar. The
effect of this amendment on the proposed
House blU will be to make it a general
tariff measure and consequently one sub
ject to amendments and changes. It Is
believed that a general tariff debate, the
very thing which the Senate hoped to
avoid, will thus be provoked and that the
"boxers" and Democrats of the upper
branch can either force unwelcome tariff
amendments or prolong the debate until
the Senate leaders give up the fight.
Dominican Government Insists on
Having Cargo Landed Where
It Could Collect Duty.
SPECIAL BT CABLE- TO THB NEW TQRK
HERALD AND THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
Puerto Plata, Santo Domltgo, Nov. .
(Copyright, 1903.-Tho Clyde Line steam
ship has run the blockade, and Is now
discharging her cargo here.
The Government gunboat bad orders to
Ink her If she tried to force the blockade.
The Government at Santo Domingo had
directed that the cargo, which was des
tined for Puerto Plata and Domane,
should be delivered at the capital, so that
the Government could get the duties. The
captain of the Cherokee refused to do
this, and protested to United States Min
ister Powell. Now that the Cherokee is
discharging here, the revolutionists will
get the duties.
MARCHING ON CAPITAL.
Washington, Nov. 6. A cablegram has
Just been received at the State Depart
ment from United States Minister Pow
ell, dated at San Domingo City to-day,
stating that the insurgents are marching
on that city and asking that a. warship
be at once senl there.
The cruiser Baltimore, which sailed
from Hampton Roads several days ago, is
now due at San Domingo and the State
Department believes that her presence
there will bo sufficient.
REBELS SENT AWAT.
Cape Haytlen, Haytl, Nov. 6. The revo
lutionary leaders, Jimlnez and Ramon
Caceres, with thirty followers, are on
board the French mall steamer St. Simon,
which arrived here to-day.
The Haytlen authorities prevented their
debarkation, and the vessel proceeded for
Port-Au-Prlnce.
Former Minister Paplllon of Haytl haa
been recalled from exile, and Immediately
upon his arrival here will rcecive amnesty
from President Nord.
TROOPS START FOR WARMBAD.
Will Avenge Massacre of German
Garrison and Settlers.
Berlin, Nov. 6 A dispatch from the
Governor of German Southwest Africa,
dated from Windhoek, November E, says:
"The majority of the colonial troops. In
cluding a mounted battery, together with
300 men. have started for Warmbad.
"No further news has been received
from the scene of the fighting."
It Is said that the Bindelzwar tribe,
which massacred the garrison of the fort
at Warmbad and the German Inhabitants
of a neighboring village and took the
English families prisoners, numbera about
500 fighting men. ,
POLICE CHASE HIGHWAYMEN.
Arrival of Patrolmen Save Ber
guerard From Being Robbed.
.The timely arrival of two policemen
saved Alexander Berguerard from as
sault and robbery at the hands of three
highwaymen, at Second and Poplar
streets last night.
The footpads were put to flight before
they secured any booty. One was chased
four blocks by the patrolmen, who emp
tied their revolvers at the fugitives. The
robber Is believed to have been struck
by one of the bullets.
Berguerard was on his way to his boarding-house.
No. 310 South Main street when
he encountered the robbers. One covered
him with a revolver and demanded his
money. When the other footpads at
tempted to search him Berguerard reset
ted. He was seized by-the ather two hlgh
wajraua. '
ARRANG
AMERICAN
SP
BLOCKADE
I In St. Lonla. One Cent.
T T? T C TP Outside St. Lonls, Two Cents.
JT AlUJll ) On Trains, Three Cents.
MISS COFFIN TELLS
OF
Girl
Her
Who Disappeared Fron
Home in East Orange,
N. J., Is Discovered
. In Omaha.
PROSTRATED BY EXPERIENCE.
Woman With Black Eyes, Shd
Asserts, Cast a. Spell Over Her
and Compelled Her to Go
on Long Journey.
STRANGERS ARE NOT LOCATED.
Only Motive That Is Attributed
to Them Is That They Desired
to Hold High School Stu
dent for a Random.
Omaha, Neb , Nov. 8. Miss Clara Jo
sephlne Coffin, daughter of W. Ward Oof
fin, whose mysterious disappearance from
her homo In East Orange, N. J., last
Tuesday has caused her parents great
anxiety, arrived in Omaha early to-day
and is now at tho home of Postmaster
Joseph Crow, whose wife is a niece of the
girl's father.
Miss Coffin is prostrated by a nervous
shock, which, she says. Is the result of
an attempted abduction from her home
by two strangers, a man and a woman.
According to the joung lady's account
of her abduction, she had been attending
the High School in East Orange, and last
Tuesday, there being no school, she made
a trip to the gymnasium to take her usual
exercises.
For tho last month she had been pass
ing a strange woman near the school
building.
The woman had piercing black eyes, and
the girl says they had an extraordinary
effect on her. Tuesday the strange wom
an approached her and told her in a very
commanding way to pack her clothes and
follow her.
OBEYS COMMAND.
In a half-dazed state and acting under
the hypnotic spell, the girl made the trip
back to her home, she says, without see
ing any of the family, packed her clothing
and did as the woman had bidden. She had
arranged to meet the girl at a. certain
place, and when Mls Coffin arrived on
her return there was a strange man in
company with the woman.
The girl was placed In a carriage, and,
after the man and woman bad entered,
they were driven away at a rapid rate,
finally landing In Newark, N. J. From
there they were taken to the railroad sta
tion and, boarding a train, they soon
landed in New York City.
She next realized that the party was
aboard another train and on Its way to
Chicago. She was driven from one rail
road station to another and when they
again boarded a train the woman re
mained with her and tho man occupied a
seat In the coach next to the rear.
When the train arrived at Cedar Rapids
Miss Coffin had recovered her senses and
slipped out and sent a telegram to Post
master Joseph Crow, asking him to meet
her. Meantime her captors had left the
car.
Postmaster Crow met the girl as she
dismounted the midnight train on the
Northwestern. Aa soon as Miss Coffin saw
Mr. Crow she recognized him and feU into
his arms, prostrated.
He assisted the young lady, who la al
most a complete nervous wreck, to bis
home and placed her under the care of a
physician. Miss Coffin Is confined to her
bed, and is in a very weak condition.
No trace has been found of the myste
rious man or woman, and the only sup
posed motive is that they expected to ab
duct the girl and bold her for a ransom.
CUDAHY KIDNAPER HELD.
Charges Himself With' Complic
ity in Crowe's Crime.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
St. Joseph, Mo., Nor. ft Thoa Costello.
allaB Thomas Murphy, walked Into the
South St. Joseph Police Station to-day
and surrendered to Captain Weber.
He said he was one of the Cudahy kid
napers; that Pat Crowe, a man named
Johnson, now doing time in Minneapolis
for train robbery, and himself, kidnaped
Eddie Cudahy, son of the millionaire
packer.
The trio were working In the Cudahy
packing-house at the time. Costello says,
and a month was spent In developing the
plot.
Costello was somewhat under tho Influ
ence of liquor when he gave himself up,
but Chief Frans placed sufficient credence
in his story to order a thorough Investiga
tion and wire the facts to Mr. Cudahy In
Omaha.
Costello is 43 years old and has been
working In one of the local packing
houses. SPANISH SENATOR IS ANGRY.
Denounces America in -the Most
Violent Language.
Madrid, Nov. 6. In the Senate to-day
Senor Gil Robel, Carltat, interpeUated the
Government regarding Its recommenda
tion to Spanish manufacturers that they
participate in the St. Louis Universal Ex
position, and on tho proposal to send the
cruiser Rio De La Plato to represent
Spain.
The Senator used the most violent lan
guage against the United States, causing
Premier VUlaverde to protest against the
terms employed, which, the Premier said,
would not be Justified even In time of war.
Premier ViUaverde agreed to discuss tha
question, but declined to fix a date.
In the Chamber of Deputies the Foreign
Minister, Count San Bernardo, replying
to a question, said that It is a fact that
the United States Government has1 entered
a claim against the Spanish Government
'for a sum amounting to more than 000,000,
but be added that he Is unable to give
any further Information as the matter la
now the subject of diplomatic ntsotla-.
tlons.
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