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TLUM I. NUMBER 190.
OULD RETAIN ISLAND
NATOR PENROSE OPPOSES CES-
8ION OF JSLE OF PINES TO
CI.BAN GOVERNMENT.
LL FIGHT RATIFICATION OF TREATY
MERICANS INVEST HEAVILY, BE-
LIEVING CONTROL WOULD
BE PERMANENT.
Washington, Dec. 2.Senator Pen
se of Pennsylvania had a conference
uring the day with the president re
arding the treaty negotiated with
uba by which ownership of the Isle
Pines Is vested in Cuba. Senator
enrose is opposed to the ratification
the treaty and will do his utmost
defeat it. If that should not be pos
ible he will seek to radically amend
t.
Several American capitalists, who
ave important financial interests in
he island, are contesting the ratifica
ion of the treaty. They made their
nvestments in the expectation that
the island would continue under the
control of the United States. They
maintain they are being discriminated
against by the Cuban government,
which, they say, has taxed them al
most beyond endurance. If the treaty
should be ratified, as now seems like
ly, an effort will.be made, to have it
so amended as to provide for a port
of entry on the Isle of Pines. Havana
now Is the port of entry for that island
and the American property owners
there claim their imports are dis
criminated against to their serious
detriment.
HOUSE TALKS POLITICS.
Hour's Debate on Notion to Adjourn
to Friday.
Washington, Dec. 2.When the
house convened Mr. Hay (N. Y.)
moved that when the house adjourn
that it be until Friday. Mr. Williams,
the minority leader,,.asked, that thirty
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Toys.
Dolls from 10 cents to
Drums from 25 cents to
Iron Toys from 5 cents to
Wooden Toys from 10 cents to $2.50 each
China.
Dinner Sets, Tea Sets, Cups and
Saucers, iMugs, Sauce Dishes, Nappies,
Cream Pitchers, Pins, Trays and Bon Bon
Dishes.
Men's and Boys'
Clothing.
The largest present for the least money
will be one of our Suits or Overcoats at a
discount of 25 per cent.
THE DAILY
mraures on a srae oe given lor cieoate,
whereupon Mr. Payne asked that
unanimous consent be given to the re
quest of Mr. Williams.
The speaker, in repeating the re
quest, first used the word "debate."
then said "thirty minutes* for talk."
The motion was adopted on a divi-
sion97 to 92.
Mr. De Armond (Dem., Mo.), was the
first speaker. He amused the house
for ten minutes by likening the pres
ent procedure of congress to the Al
phonse, Gaston and Leon scheme of
politeness.
Mr. Williams (Miss.), taking up the
question of tariff, turned to the steel
schedules and asked if the ways and
means committee could not agree to
a reduction on steel and iron products.
He said he had been informed that
four railroads had agreed to reduce the
freight rates on steel products for ex
port 33 1-3 per. cent and said further
he had learned that rates on all prod
ucts in interstate commerce from Chi
cago east had been raised.
Mr. Williams said that under the
guise of a sacred duty"stand pat"
the opposition was furnishing a shel
ter whereby the trust can extort from
the American people, while selling
to the foreigner cheaper than the for
eigner can manufacture.
Mr. Gaines (Dem., Tenn.) ad
dressed himself to the "stand pat"
policy of the Republicans.
Mr. Hemenway (Rep., Ind.) defend
ed the house on the charge of the
minority that time was being wasted.
Mr. Hepburn (Rep., Ia.)# replying to
statements made by Mr. Williams
(Miss.), quoted figures and declared
that the country never was in better
condition, and that this was due to the
Republican policy of protection.
GENERAL BROOKE TESTIFIES.
Gives Damaging Evidence Against
General Leonard Wood.
Washington, Dec. 2.Major General
Brooke, retired, former governor gen
eral of Cuba, gave testimony before
the senate committee on military afv
fairs which charged insubordination
against General Leonard Wood.
General Brooke was before the com
mittee more than two hours and occu
pied the time in telling of General
Wood's conduct at Santiago. The wit
ness had many documents in support
of his testimony and several papers
from his personal collection.
One of the charges made by General
Brooke is that General Wood violated
the order which required him, in mak
ing improvements at Santiago, to sub-
BEMIDJI. MINNESOTA.
We are now-showing the
Finest Assortment of Christmas Goods
ever shown in Bemidji. We have everything suitable for presents from the
Cheap Toy to the Finest Cut Glass and Silverware.
$5 each
$2~each $5 each
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mit estimates to the governor general.
As evidence of this violation General
Brooke called attention to the building
I of barracks at Santiago, near the
Morro. without General Wood first
having given notice to the department
at Havana.
General Brooke said also that Gen
eral Wood continually sent communi
cations to the war department over the
head of his commanding officer. The
witness assured the committee that ho
cared nothing for the ignoring of his
authority, but said that the proceeding
had been detrimental to military dis
cipline.
PRINCESS SEEKS DIVORCE.
Makes Serious Charges Against Her
Husband.
Berlin, Dec. 2.The divorce proceed
ings of Princess Alice of Sehoenburg
Waldenburg against her husband,
Prince Frederick, have begun at Dres
den.
i The princess returned from Sori.
near Genoa, in an aggressive state of
mind. She openly declared the prince
I was responsible for the shameful
charges made against her and said her i
husband was seeking revenge because
she refused to continue paying his I
debts. The princess also threatens to
begin proceedings for calumny, claim
ing that the newspaper stories of her
alleged elopement were traceable di
rectly to Prince Frederick.
FAILURE OF DUTY ALLEGED.
New York Police and Incident of
Roosevelt's Visit.
New York, Dec. 2.-^-Captain John
Cottreell, three detective sergeants
and two patrolmen of the city police
force were placed on trial during the
day charged with failure of duty in
not preventing Arthur B. Deming, be
lieved to be demented, from obtaining
access to President Roosevelt when
the latter was here last week to at
tend the Gracie funeral. Captain Cot
treell was in charge of the police ar
rangements at the church, while the
others were specially assigned to see
that no unauthorized person entered
the church .during the services.
Russia Will' Buy Warships.
Glasgow, Dec. 2.The battleship
Libertad, built for Chile and which it
is claimed Russia is trying to pur
I chase, with the battleship Constitu
i Hon, built for the same country, left
the Clyde on a forty-eight hours' con
tinuous steaming trial and also to test
i her guns.
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Cut Glass.
Creams, Sugars, Olives, Salts and Pep
pers and Salad Bowls.
Silverware.
Smoking Sets, Cups, Knives and Forks,
Tea Sets and Fancy Pieces.
Ladies9
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Wear.
Suits, Coats, Furs, Silk Hose, Handker
chiefs, Gloves, Slippers and Neckwear.
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MAKE WAR ON LA8ELS
ONE OBJECT OF RECENTLY OR-
GANIZED CITIZENS' INDUS-
TRIAL ASSOCIATION.
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETS SHORTLY
MEMBERS REQUESTED TO 30Y-
COTT ARTICLES BEARING
THE UNION MARK.
Chicago, Dec. 2.At the first meet
ing of the executive board of the Citi
zens' Industrial association of Amer
ica, to be held in Dayton, O., Dec 3.
a number of matters of national inter
est are to be considered.
Secretary Frederick W. Job of the
Chicago* Employers' association said
that one of the most significant of the
measures which will doubtless come
before the meeting Is a recommenda
tion that members when purchasing
goods give preference to such articles
as do not bear marks or labels dis
criminating against any ylass of
workers.
The advisability of establishing a
bulletin, or official organ, will also be
passed upon. The policy of the asso
ciation will be more definitely out
lined and steps will be taken to spread
the doctrine of organization among
employers throughout the United
States.
The association was organized in
Chicago Oct. 29 and 30 at a convention
in which were represented oyer 100
cities -and towns.
SECRETARY WILSON'S REPORT.
Head cf Agricultural Department
Praises Farmers.
Washington, Dec. 2.The seventh
annual report of James Wilson, secre
tary of agriculture, has been submit
ted to the president.
Discussing the .balance of trade the
secretary shows that the favorable bal
ance to the credit of this country is
due entirely to the farmers. Agricul
tural progress since 1890 is becoming
better distributed.
The subject of irrigation receives
extended treatment. Irrigation inves
tigations, have been extended so as to
include the draining of land both in
the arid and humid portions of the
United States The desirability of un
dertaking a special study of power in
relation to running pumps is urged.
The "invasion pf the cotton boll
weevil has become such a menace to
cotton growing that Secretary Wilson
believes no, less -than $500,0,00 should,
he appropriated by congress to combat
the evil.
The intimate relation between good
country roads and the rural free de
livery should appeal to all communi
ties.
8AYS WILL IS 'INVALID.
BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1903. gpTEN CENTS PER WEEK.
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Executor of Drake Estate Will Disre
gard Document:
Centerville. la., Dec. 2.Dr. J. D.
Sawyers, appointed by the heirs of the
Drake estate to wind up its affairs,
will disregard the will found in the
Masonic consistory at Des Moines
Sunday and has publicly notified
creditors to present their claims to
him.
Heirs of the estate believe the cir
cumstances under which the will was
drawn render it invalid. It is claimed
the instrument was drawn merely as
a formality, conforming to the re
quirements of the consistory, and was
not intended to represent General
Drake's permanent wishes. They will
attempt to keep it from probate.
WILL COST $350,000.
Contract Let for Construction of Big
Lake Steamer.
Duluth, Dec. 2.A contract has been
signed between G. A. Tomlinson of
this city and the American Shipbuild
ing company for the construction of
one of the biggest freight carriers on
the lakes.
The new Tomlinson boat will be
494 feet over all and 474 feet keel.
She will be. 52 feet beam and 29 feet
deep. The ves'^1 tfMJj have 28 hatches
and-will cost $. r.n.f('0.
The boat is to be built at Lorain,
O. This vessel is expected to trans
port 10.000 net tons on the usual sum
mer draft in the connecting waters of
the Great Lakes.
LOST HER ENTIRE FORTUNE.
Woman Secures Warrant for Promi
nent New Yorker.
New York, Dec. 2.Charging that
she had been defrauded of h^r entire
fortune of $160 000 Mrs. Mary .lex,
widow of a former Wall street oper
ator, secured a warrant for the arrest
of a man said to be^a prominent real
tstate dealer. Pending the serving of
the warrant the name of the man has
not been made public. It is charged
that Mrs. Jex intrusted her property
to this man. whom she was engaged
to marry, and that he appropriated It
to his own use.
Farmers' representing ten states
gathered at the Grand Pacific hotel,
Chicago, to discuss a plan of merging
their local bodies into one national or
ganization with a view to securing
better prices for products.
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CONTINUES ON THE STAND.
Saisbury Gives Further Detiils of
Grand Rapids Boodling.
prand Rapids, Mich., Dec 2.With
the entire city Slifrerl us never before
in its history by the revelations of
ex-City Attorney bant K. Saisbury i
his testimony at tin,' bribery hearing
of .State Senator Burns Monday the
examination of another of the men ar
rested as the result of Salsbury's con
fessions to the prosecutor. Alderman
de Pagter, was begun in police court
during the day. De Pagter is charged
with having received a $350 bribe from
Saisbury to support the Lake Mich
igan water deal in the council. Sals
bury was the first witness. He testi
fied that he gave*. Do Pagter $350 at
about the same time that he did the
others he bribed, the currency being
delivered in an envelope In Salsbury's
office in the city hall. This was not
done, so Saisbury said, until after ho
had had several talks with Dv Pagter
and had satisfied 4rtmse]f that he
would stand by the deal.
"I told him that ho could have $1.-
000 ultimately," said Saisbury, "and 1
explained how I wanted him to sup
port our proposition. He agreed and
later we entered into an Agreement
by which he was to receive from $3,000
to $5,000 in wetter bonds."
Saisbury said that he made De Pag
ter a heavier offer than was at first
contemplated because things had
come to such a pass in the common
council that in order to stand by the
deal a man had to have a nttle more
courage and he wanted De Pagter to
stiffen up. Saisbury said on cross
examination that he never broached
the subject of money until he made
sure De Pagter was favorable to the
water deal.
BOND FIXED AT $75,000.
Official of Defunct Wyoming Bank
Rearrested.
Casper, Wyo., Dec. 2.Deputy Slier
iff Miller has arrived here from Doug
las with Charles Weston, state audi
tor of Nebraska, who is one of the offi
cials of the defunct private bank which
failed here Friday. Weston had been
released on bond, but it was not con
sidered sufficient, so he was rearrest
ed. He gave sufficient bonds at once,
his bondsmen qualifying for $75,000.
Mr. Weston and his associates are
charged with receiving deposits when
they knew the bank was Insolvent.
N. S. Bristol, one of the banking
firm, has agreed to take up his notes
in the bank with c:.sh.
It is learned that the stockholders
have borrowed enough money to make
good all shortages. This money will
be placed in the bank immediately and
depositors paid as fast as they apply.
The bank will not be reorganized, but
local capitalists have organized a com
pany'to open a national bank here.
FILIPINb "POPE" HANGED.
Fanatical Leader of the Tayabas Is
Executed.
Manila,. Dec, 2.-Senor Ribs' the
fanatic FilEpIno leader and so called
pope of the Tayabas, has been hanged.
He was captured last May and wart
subsequently convicted of murder and
sentenced to death. Twenty-seven of
his followers were sentenced at the
same time to various terms of Im
prisonment.
Lavado Toledo, the lad rone leader
who gave the military authorities con
siderable trouble by hiB operations in
the province of Albay, has been con
victed and sentenced to death. To
ledo surrendered with thirty of his
men and ten guns In Octpber last.
Governor Taft has just appointed a
mixed committee of officials connected
with different, departments of the gov
ernment and business men of this city
to consider and recommend a new list
of tariff changer
THREE NEGROES STRUNG UP.
Louisiana Colored Men Admit Killing
Popular White.
Shreveporr, La., Dec. 2.In the pres
ence of a crowd of about 1,200 persons,
composed of whites and negroes, Phil
Davis, Walter Carter and Clint
Thomas, all negroes, were lynched
within a short distance of Belcher.
The men were executed for participat
ing in the fatal shooting of Robert
Adger, a popular business man.
The Tiegroes, It is said, confessed
the crime. They said that they were
trying new guns and when Adger ap
peared on the street though! it would
be fun to shoot towards him and one
of the shot.- hit him.
AFTER MARQUIS ITO.
Believed Japanese Student Planned
Assassination.
Yokohama, Dec. 2.- A Japanese med
ical Btudeni has been arrested on MIS
picion of an attempt to assassinate
the Marquis Ho. He carried a dagger
concealed under his kornono when ar
rested at the marquis' villa at Miso.
If is believed this attempt on the
statesman's life was the result of re
cent suggestions in the sensational
newspapers of Japan that a ministerial
assassination woufd be a patriotic ac
tion tending to produce a more war
like policy on the part of the govern
lient.
HAS MAJORITY* IN DIET.
Beiyukai Party of Japan Denounces
Delay in Negotiations.
Toklo, Japan, Dec. 2.A mass meet
ing of the metropolitan section of the
lieiyukai party has passed a resolution
denouncing the delay in the negotia
tions with Russia and urging their
speedy prosecution.
The Seiyukai party, formed by the
Marquis Ito in 1900, has a clear major
ity in the diet over all other parties.
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WiLL -RECEIVE REYES
SECRETARY OF STATE AGREES
TO MEET SPECIAL COLOM.
BIAN ENVOY.
ONLY ONE SUBJECT CAN BE DISCUSSED
UNITED STATES WILL NOT CON-
SIDER ANY NEW CANAL
PROPOSALS.
..Washington, Dec. 2.--Dr. Herran.
the Colombian charge d'affaires, called
at the state department during the
day for the first time in many weeks
for the purpose, he ssl.'l, forming
Secretary Hay of Gene Haves' ar
rival here, of the object of his mis
sion and to pity a friendly call upon
the secretary. Dr. Herran was ac. cri
ed the unusual courtesy of being re
ceived in the secret iry's private office
instead of (ho regular diplomatic room.
Dr. Ilerran made :i long visit and, al
though at its ch.se he .ii.l there was
no announcement to make an I that no
date for the reception of no -it
Reyes hud been arfnhgocT, it can bis
stated that In1
was advised of tho ex-
act attitude which the Washingfm
government will assume toward the
special envoy. If General Reyes is
pleased to meet the state department
officials on the ground fixed by them
and for the purpose which they named
the arrangement of peace terms be
tween Colombia and the new republic
of Panama- he will be cordially re
ceived Otherwise his visit to the de
partment will be fruitless and his mis
sion to Washington a failure.
"The United States stands ready to
extend Its good offices to effect a set
tlement between Colombia and Pan
ama, but with this exception It Is not
interested, nor can It consider any
other proposal from Colombia regard
ing the isthmus/' said an official of
the adminlKtration.
General Reyes has been advised of
this by Dr. Herran and it remains Tor
him to say what will be his coarse
here in this development.
AFRAID OF UNITED STATES.
Reason Why Colombia Rejected the
Canal Treaty.
New York, Dec. 2.Among the pas
sengers who arrived on tho steamer
AUlancia from Colon were Lieutenant
Commander Braunersreuther of the
United States steamship Dixie, who Is
on sick leave. Passengers who were
questioned said that quiet prevailed
at Colon and that business had as
sumed its usual course.
Alfred Loho, an American merchant.
Who is the bearer of messages from
United States Minister Beaupro. at Bo
gota, to the Btate department, also ar
rived on the AUlancia, having left the
Colombian capital for Colon on Nov.
6, Just ahout the time that the news
of the revolution in Panama began to
arrive at Bogota. Mr. Lobo said ho
bad heard that there had been some
excitement in Bogota after he left, but
on his departure things were quiet.
He did not see any excitement while
on his Journey to Colon.
When usked whether, In his opinion.
Colombia would make war on the Unit
ed Staten, he replied:
"I do not think so. I do not think
the Colombian government will go
that far. It is true that Colombia has
an army, but I think that about 1,000
of our marines could settle any trou
ble. When I left Bogota the feeling
toward America and Americans was
most friendly.
"1 do not think that the rejection
of the treaty by Colombia was the re
sult of money consideration, though,
of course, they want the money. I
think they were afraid of the United
States and for that reason did not
want to Rive her Jurisdiction over a
part of their country. I do not think
that the other South. American coun
tries will take the part of Colombia.
TREATY ARRIVES AT COLON.
Canal Convention Turned Over to Pan
ama Official.
Colon Dec. 2.The steamer City oi
Washington, from New York, having
on board 'lie canal treaty, arrived at
Colon early in the day. Senor prilla.
tho minister for foreign affairs of the
republic of Panama, arrived here from
Panama the previous night and the
treaty was turned over to him. He
then boarded the train for Panama,
taking tho treaty with him.
The United States cruiser Atianta,
tho auxiliary cruiser Mayflower and
the cruiser Nashville have reached
this port.
The United States battleship Maine
and the auxiliary cruiser Dixie are
also here.
GERMANS RECOGNIZE PANAMA.
Ether European Powers Expected to
Follow Example.
Washington, Dec. 2.Germany has
recognized the republic of Panama as
a sovereign and Independent state.
In view of the precedent set by Ger
many it is expected that the other
European powers will grant an equally
full recognition to the new republic
and exempt from all obligations, so
far as the Panama government is con
cerned, the territory five miles on each
Bide of the canal route, commonly
known as the canal strip.