Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 9, 1901, Page 2

The Lievald--Review. c. KILEY, By E. MINNESOTA. GRAND RAPIDS, - a = Much excitement prevails among yearl hunters at Taylor’s Falls, Minn. John Emery fo-nd a shell in the river which contained a large pear! perfectly round and of that peculiar luster which makes it very valuable. Those who claim to know say it is the finest ever found in the west and is worth at feast $2,000. Outbreaks of typhoid and diphtheria of a most serious character have oc- curred at Belfast. In ten days 98 cases of typhoid, all of a severe type, were admitted to the hospital, the total un- fer treatment being 254; while 19 cases of diphtheria had been admitted in two days. One nurse has died of ty- phoid and several others are ailing. fhe number of doctors and nurses is to ve increased. The singing of the favorite hymns of the late president was perhaps the most remarkable feature of the serv- ices held in memory of him, across the Atlantic as well as in his own land, im synagogue as well as in church. The tircumstance shows that’ “Nearer, my God, to Thee’ ’and ‘Lead, Kindly Light’ express emotions that are felt im every religious heart, be the body that encloses it Jew or Gentile. There was quite a sensation in Rut- land square, Dublin, recently, when a Boer flag was found floating from the roof of the Orange Hall. How it got there is somewhat a mystery. It is surmised that some of the members, remembering that their patron of “glorious, pious and immortal” mem- ory came of the same stock as_ the Boers, took this method of showing their sympathy with the burghers who are still in the field. Owing to the incessant rains the tiver Judrio, which flows along the borders of Italy, Austria, and the dis- trict of the Friuli, overflowed its banks one night recently, inundating all the land, the surrounding towns of Romans, Medea and Varsa. Alarm bells were kept ringing, and the coun- try people fled in haste to the towns, but eleven persons are reported to have been drowned, and much damage tas been done to property and crops. Sven Hedin has discovered a second Dead Sea in the Highlands of Thibet— a vast lake so impregnated with salt that indigenous life is out of the ques- tion. It was impossible for him to get his boat close to the shore, so that he and his companious had to wade out two boat lengths before she woul: float and this was sufficient to coat their tegs and clothes thickly with salt. The entire bed of the lake appeared to con- sist of salt, and the density of the life- less water was, of course, very high. Jorevin de Rochefort, who published {n Paris in 1671 an account of his trav- els in England, tells the following: “While we were walking about the town (Worcester) he asked me if it was the custom in France as in Eng- dand that when the children went to school they carried in their satche} with their books a pipe of tobacco, which their mother took care to fill early in the morning, it serving trem instead of breakfast, and that at the accustomed hour every one laid aside his book to light his pipe, the master smoking with them and teaching <hem how to hold their pipes and draw in tlie tobacco.” Lud Madison, who was to have been hanged at Parkersburg, W. Va., for murder recently, has been respited by Gov. White for sixty days. Madison claims that he has already been legally executed, and that it is not lawful tc hang a man iwice for the same offense. ‘Two years ago he was sentenced to be hanged, but a stay of execution was granted, and the state supreme court granted him an appeal. Through an error, the records of the court in which he was convicted showed that he was executed instead of respited. Madison's lawyers claim that, according to the records, Madison is dead and cannot be lawfully banged again. They will ap- peal the case to the Supreme Court of the United States. At a regular meeting of Magnolia Lodge, Knights of Pythias of Sharps- burg, Md., r-solutions were adopted de- nouncing Un'ted States Senator Wel- lington of Maryland, a member of the order, for the remarks he is alleged tc have mode in rega d to the assassina- tion of President M<K'nley, who was also a member of th> Knig*ts of Pythi- es. The resoluticns d-car> tat the remarks mde by S nitor Wellington were most diszraceful, unpatriotic and unbrotler’y; that he violated the prin- ciples of the orcer, and that he is ne longer fit to be a member. They con- clude by demanding the s2nator’s ex pulsion from the organization. Moun- tain City lo¢g>, Knights of Pyth‘as of Frederick, Md., passed similar resolu- tions. Holding her three-months-old baby by its clothing in her teeth, an2 with one arm clasped about her four-year- old daughter, Mrs. Theodore Pria, climbed two stories down the fire es- cape to get away from her insane hus- band, after he had attacked her and the children with a revolver. Pria is a Cuban barber, and lives at 745 Tin- ton avenue, in the Bronx, New York ‘The neighbors say that he was at one time a well-to-do tobacco grower in Cuba, and that the loss of his planta- @fon there bad made him insane, _ Washington Notes, Admiral Crowninshield will be trans- ferred to the European fleet next spring. The William McKinley National Memorial Arch association h ued a statement and solicts funds. Gen. Buffington has submitted a bill to equip the national guard with Krag- Jorgensons with his annual report. Paymaster General Bates, in his an- nual report, says that the pay of the army for the year was $53,215,3 an in- crease over last year of $1,301,364. Director Merriam estimates that the total population of the United States, including the new possessions, in 1910 would be about $100,000,000 people. Lieut. Col, Ezra Woodruff of the United States army medical depart- ment has been retired on account of age. He is a native of Kentucky. The German waiters who arrived in this country early in the present month on the steamer Mongolian have been ordered by the treasury department to be deported under the contract labor law. Prof. Clarence Johnston of the Chey- enne irrigation investigation office has been ordered by the department of agriculture to proceed to Italy and Egypt to study the irrigation systems of those countries. The president has appointed Frank I. Osborne of North Carolina to suc- ceed Judge Fuller as associate justice of the United States court of private land claims. Osborne is, like his prede- cessor, a Democrat. The state department has receved throug) gConsul Sorsby at San Juan del Norte, translations of treaties drawn between Nicaragua, Honduras, Salva- dor, Guatemala and Costa Rica to regu- late international and commercial rela- tions between them. Charles Page Bryan, United States minister to Brazil, called at the state department in Washington recently to pay his respects to Secretary Hay. He has returned to the United States on leave for the first time in two years and is going from Washington to his home in Chicago. A comparative statement made pub- lic by the division of insular affairs of thé war department shows that the to- tal customs revenue for the seven months ended July 31, 1901, at Philip- | pine ports was $5,025,139, an increase over the same period. of 1900 of $1,124,- 444 and over 1899 of $2,469,682. The civil service commission has noti- fied the postmaster general that it had modified its regulations in accordance with his request to waive certain phy- sical requirements of female applicants for positions as postoffice clerks, includ- ing that making them hop on one foot for a distance of twelve feet. Personal. Henry Clay Hall, ‘the father of the icaragua canal,” is dead. Herr Solfrank, a well known Social- ist member of the German reichstag, is dead. Charles T. Yerkes has purchased Tur- ner’s celebrated painting, “Rockets and Blue Lights,” at the record price of £15,750. Henry B. Harrison, governor of Con- necticut from 1885 to 1887, died at his home in New Haven. He was eighty years old. Ed B. Ludiow, for many years a the- atrical manager, is dead in New York. He was born in Adrian, Mich., fifty- one years ago. Henry B. Harrison, governor of Con- necticut from 1885 to 1887, is dead at his home in New Haven. He was eighty years old. Samuei Miles Hopkins, D. D., LL. D., professor emeritus at Auburn (N. Y.) theological seminary, is dead in his eighty-ninth year. Governor Taft, who has been sick in the hospital in Manila for ten days past, has undergone a successful opera- tion and is now recovering. A, I. Lawton, a prominent politician, street car railway capitalist and a Thir- ty-third degree Mason of Colorago Springs, Colo., died recently in Milwau- kee. Frank Brady, a well known newspa- per man, died at his home in Kansas City, aged forty-eight years, of Bright's disease. Mr. Brady started in the newspaper business with the Cincinnati . Enquirer. Ex-Senator Warner Miller of New York regarding whose health alarming reports have recently gotten abroad, authorizes an emphatic denial of the stories that he is in a serious condition — either physically or mentally. Foreign. A great uproar in England has re- sulted from Gen. Buller’s forced retire- ment. A French inventor sent sixteen mes- sages simultaneously over the same wire. Andrew Carnegie has given’ £35,000 to Kinning Park, Glasgow, for a public library. The British war office sent orders to Aldershot directing that a brigade of cavalry be prenared to start for Africa about the middle of next month. The duke of Abruzzi will assume com- mand of one of the fastest Italian cruisers next January for a voyage of fourteen months along the coast of America. The Turkish ambassador at St. Pe- tersburg has informed the sultan of Turkey that the annexation of the {s- land of Crete to Greece is imminent and inevitable. Columbian revolutionists have taken the town of Tumaco, on the Pacific coast, near the Ecuadorian frontier, and are now marching toward Guapi, which is near Buenaventura. John D. Rockefeller has presented 49,000 marks to the American church fund in Berlin, which now amounts to 200,000 marks. Work on the new struc- ture wili be begun immediately. Drachmann, the Danish poet, is dan- gerously ill, and has teen obliged to abandon his projected visit to the. United States this winter. He is stay-" ing at Hamlet's Castle, at Elsinore, and kas been forbidden to work. | | Nazare Aga, the Persian minister in Paris, has requested the Figaro to con- tradict the stories that a plot against the shak, including two of his brothers and his grand vizier, had been discov- ered at Teheran, Herr Hilderbrandt of Halla on the Saale, has presented Emperor William with his villa at Arco, in the Tyrol. His majesty has accepted it and it is likely that the building will be turned into a sanitarium for German officers, The Spanish chamber of deputies has voted an expression of fraternal affec- tion toward the Hispano-American re- publics in answer to a demonstration of sympathy with Spain on the part of the Pan-American congress in the City of Mexico. ‘The Japanese treasury announces the issue of bonds to the amount of 16,500,- (00 yen. Of this some 8,000,000 yen will be devoted to the redemption of other bonds, while the remainder will be util- ized in defraying the cost of the Chi- nese expedition. Crimes and Criminals. Czolgosz was hanged in effigy at Hempstead, L. I. Burglars wrecked a safe at Berea, Ohio, and escaped with over $100,000. A Montana couple fought a duel, and their two-year-old child was killed at first fire. Twenty people were fatally, in a bread riot Mexico. A Michigan man killed his wife, her father, mother and sister and then committed suicide. A Chicago jeweler met three Wash- ington men, had a good time, and next morning was minus over $9,000. A farmer in Franklin county, Kan., was driven out of the county for nam- ing his infant son Leon Czolgosz. Four members of a Massachusetts family died suddenly, and a woman nurse was arrested charged with poi- soning them. Leon F. Czolgosz was electrocuted in Auburn prison, and after an autpsy the body was placed in a grave and con- sumed with acid. , Ix-Secretary of State Powers has been again convicted as accessory to the murder of Goebel, and for a second time sentenced to life imprisnment. injured, many in Southern of $500,000. Four deaths resulted from a railroad wreck in Towa. Buffalo Bill's show was wrecked and 110 horses killed. Seventy-five families were homeless by a fire in Chicago. Three people were killed ond one se- viously injured at a crossing near Mil- waukee. Gen. Supt. Clarke, of the Delaware, Lackawana & Western, was injured in a wreck. Two trains on the Baltimore & Ohio were in a head-end collision, and thret aen were killed and ten woynded. Nineteen known dead, many serious- ly injured and a property loss of $500,- 000 was the result of a fire in Philadel- phia. The wall paper factory of Colin, Me- Arthur & Co., Montreal, was burned to the ground recently. The loss is esti- mated at $100,000; well insured. An automibile in which were: seated Henri Fournier and five companions was struck by an engine and all were more or less injured. 2 Emanuel Daveler of Sterling, NL, cut his throat on a high collar.. While rid- ing a bicycle he attempted to dodge a passing horse, and was thrown. His rendered and the high collar he wore cut his throat, necessitating six stitches to draw the wound together. He will re- cover. General. At the Yale bicentennial exercises a gift of $10,000 was formally announced from Irving Rew of Chicago, graduate of Yale .’89. The board of trustees of Burlington (Iowa) institute, a college founded in 1851, voted to close the institution per- manently on account of lack of funds to continue. In order to facilitate the moving of coal and to relieve the blackade at the mines, the Pennsylvania Railroad com- pany has decided to place orders imme- diately for 13,000 pressed steel cars. Plans for a Pittsburg polytechnic in- stitute are being prepared, at the re- quest of Andrew Carnegie, which will call for an outlay of from $5,000,000 to $8,000,000 for buildings and an endow- ment fund of $25,000,000 more for main- | tenance. The strike of the Seattle and Tacoma ironworkers, which has been on since June 8, has finally been settled, and the men returned to work. The Metal Trades association conceded a fifty- five-hour week, which means a Satur- day half holiday. The Atlantic and Gulf company has commenced the work of harbor im- provement in Manila. Special lighters and dredgers are being built and other extensive works are under way. The managers are experiencing difficulty in securing native laborers. The apple famine which dealers have been predicting for several. months is now an assured fact. One dealer in New York is quoted as estimating the crop at 23,000,000 barrels barrels, as against 48,000,000 barrels last year and 70,000,000 barrels the year previous. At a special meeting of the stocithold- ers of the American Bicycle company held at Jersey City it was voted to re- duce the authorized capital stock from $80,000,000 to the amount now listed at th estock exchange, namely, $9,294,900 preferred and $17,701,500 common, a to- tal of $20,996,400. The official records at the gold com- missioner’s office at Dawson, where the certificates fol all gold mining from the county must be obtained, show that the gold shipments from Dawson for Sep- tember, amounted to $3,000,000. Tuis brings the tota) for the last four , months to $21,640,000. Fire at St. Joseph, La., caused a loss‘ head was pressed forward in the fall,: | \ LOW IS ELECTE FUSION CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF GREATER NEW YORK A WINNER. LARGEST VOTE EVER POLLED FUSION CANDIDATE FOR DI ATTORNEY HAS FAIR PLURALITY. DICK CROKER’S LAST CAMPAIGN TAMMANY LEADER WILL NOT PER- SONALLY CONDUCT AN- OTHER. New York, Nov. 7- Seth Low, former ; and president of Columbia university, four years ago the citizens’ union can- eidate for the first mayor of Greater New York, was elected yesterday the second mayor of Greater New York by a plurality ranging anywhere from 30,000 to 40,000, defeating Edward M. Shepard of Brooklyn, the Democratic nominee. The campaign was 2n excit- ing one, and the vote, though some- what less than at the presidential elec- tion a year ago, was the largest ever | polled in a municipal contest in this country. In addition to the Canvass for mayor public interest largely centered in the nemination by the fusionists of Will- iam Travers Jerome for district at- torney, and Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck, by the Democrats, for justice of the supreme court. They were voted for only in the territory contained in New York county. The latest returns indicate that Jerome has been elected by a comfortable plurality and that Mayor Van Wyck has been defeated, the latter running behind his ticket from 15,000 to 20,000. These returns also show tkat the triumph of the fusion ticket is practically complete. Re- perts received from the various sec- tions of New York State show that the Republicans Will Retain Control of the lower house of the state legisla- cure, the number of Republican and Democratic assemblymen not differing materially from the figures of pre- 2eding years. In the various municipal zontests reported from up the state the most interesting elections noted were those of Albany, Troy, Rochester, Syra- suse and Buffalo. The city of Albany was carried by the Republicans. The alection in Troy was a lively one, a number of arrests for illegal voting be- ing made. Former United States Sen- ator Murphy headed the fight for the candidate of the Democrats, while former Gov. Black managed the cam- gaign for the progressive Democratic- Republican _ ticket. Seymour Santwoord, the candidate for mayor, supported by ex-Gov. Black, was casi- oublican city'and county tickets were lected, Erastus C. Knight, the state -ontroller, being chosen mayor. The result in Rochester was close, but Mayor Warner's friends claim the elec- tion of the Republican condidate. Croker Is Throvgh. Richard Croker, commenting on Mr. Shepard's defeat, said he could not as- oribe it to any one issue. “The people wanted a change,” said he, “and the organization bows to the will of the seople. Tammany Hall has been in sewer practically seventeen years, and f any one party were to remain in con- trol for too long a period the tendency would be toward a _ perpetuation of ourpose until the result would resemble a monarchy. Tammany Hall has prof- ited by defeat, and I hope we do so at this time.” Mr. Croker retired at midnight. Be- fore going to his,gpartments he told some of his intimate friends this cam- oaign was the last he would personally conduct. IN PENNSYLVANIA. Republicans Elect Candidates for State Offices, Philadelphia, Nov. 7% — Estimates from the sixty-seven counties of the state give Frank G. Harris, Rep., for state treasurer, an apparent pludtlity of 51,018; William P. Porier, Rep., for supreme court judge, 44,807. plurality.” {n Philadelphia, Rothermel, the fusion sendidate for district attorney, was yeaten by 43,478 plurality. Harris’ plau- cality in this city was 34,916 and Pot- ter’s was 31,912. G. Harry Davis, fusion, was elected judge of common pleas court No. 5, running nearly 1,000 votes ahead of Henry Budd, his asso- ciate on the ticket. In Rhode Island. Providence, R. I, Nov. 7. — in the election of Gov. Gregory and the en- tire ticket by a plurality of at least 3,000, the Republicans of Rhode Island, with a majority in both branches of the general assembly, have again re- tained the guidance of the state poli- cies. The campsign lacked feature and the result was a decreased vote at the polls. . Vote in Connecticut. New Eaven, Conn., Noy. 7.—Connect- icut yestefday close delegates to the first ccnstitutional convention to be held in the state since 1818. Of the 168 towns in the state 165 have been heard from, showing that Republican dele- gates were elected in 105; Democrats in 44 and Citizen or non-partizen candi- dates in 16, > Maryland Goes Democratic. Baltimore, Nov. 7. — A conservative estimate, based on about half the vot- ing precincts in the city and unofficial returns from the state, made at 3 a. m., indicate that the Democrats will con- trol the legislarur2 and will have prob- ably 67 votes on joint ballot, which is 6 more than a majority. In order to attain this result it will be necessary that they carry the Second legislative district in Baltimore, which seems probable. Not more than half the re- turns from the city are in and these show an unusually close contest. Van |} \y elected. - In Buffalo the entire Re- | STATE ELECTIONS. Ohio Goes Republican By Largely Increased Pluralities, Columbus, Ohio, Nov, 7.—The Repu licans yesterday carried Ohio by su increased plurality on their state tick- et and with such an enlarged majority in the legislature as to cause all serts of comment on “what did it.” The result continues the Republicans in power in the state, making an epoch of twelve years in succession for that party in Ohio, and it insures the re- election of Senator Foraker. The extent of the Republican success is attributed to the Silver Democrats not voting, to the attitude of John R. McLean, the Democratic candidate for governor two years ago, and the Ohio member of the national committee, and to the superior organization of the Re- publicans, The Republicans attribute the result largely to the popular desire not to disturb the prevailing prosperity in aceordance with Senator Hanna's ap- peal to “let well enough alone,” to the desire to support President Roosevelt in carrying out the policies of McKin- ley, and to the indorsement of Gov. Nash and Senator Foraker, Chairman Dick sent a messenger to Gov. Nash at the state house and telegrams to Senator Foraker at Cincinnati and Senator Hanna at Cleveland, congratu- lating them on these lines. RESULT IN IOWA. mins Gets the Largest Plurality Ever Given 9 Governor. Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 7.—The result in Iowa is remarkable. With a very marked falling off in the vote through- out the state, the loss in some pre- cinets being 40 and 50 per cent in the total vote, and the average loss for the state being one-fifth the total of two years ago, A. B. Cummins, the Republican candidate, hes been elected | by a plurality of something like 90,000, the largest ever given a governor in this state. The entire Republican state ticket is elected by similar plu- ralities and some extraordinary gains have been made. Colombia and Chili Sign Treaty. Huron, 8S. D., Nov. 7.—Returns from the larger cities in the Fifth judicial circuit indicate that McCoy, Rep., has been elected circuit judge over Null, fusion, by 800 majority. Returns from outlying precincts may change these figures somewhat. A very light vote was polled. Sioux Falls—Returns came in slowly. The vote was light over the state. only circui¢é judges being elected. At mid- night indications were that the Re- publicans had elected all eight judges but the Democrats claim the election of Bennett in the Third and McGee in the Seventh. ‘TE IN MASSACHUSETTS. BIG VO didates for State Of- fices’ Elected. Boston, Noy. 7.--With no state or na- tional issues and with but few local contests to arous? interest, there were more ballots cast in the state election yesterday than in any off year in the history of the state. The total vote exceeded 300,000. As usual the Repub- licans had no difficulty in carrying the state, W. Murray Crane of Dalton be- ing elected governor for the third time by a plurality of 70,408. The state legislature in 1902 will be strongly Re- publican, although the Democrats | gained a few votes. Josiah Quincy, the Democratic candidate for governor, ran about 10,000 behind the vote cast for the party candidate in the presi- dential election last year, but he so materially increased’ the Democratic vote in Boston as to give the iocal leaders great confidence for a party victory in the municipal election next month. Republican NEBRASKA. rm Returns Indicate the Election of the Republican Ticket. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 7. — The election in Nebraska was extremely quiet, but, after all, a fairly satisfactory vote was polled. All of the returns received up to 1 o’cleck this morning indicate that the Republican state ticket has been elected by probably 10,000 majority. The figures upon which this «stimate is based are given on precince returns, which show average Republican gains of about 4 per cent. Virginia Goes Democratic. Richmend, Va., Nov. 7.--Although in the election yesterday the Democrats polled only about 75 per cent of their vote, the result surpassed their most sanguine expectations. The negroes took little interest in the contest and the indications are now that he Demo- cratic majority for the state ticket will be more than 25,000. The Democratic majority on joint ballot in the legisla- ture will be overwhelming. In Mississippi. Jackson, Miss., Nov. — With oniy the offices of state treasurer and secre- tary of state to be filled no active can- vars has been made and no interest manifested. Private telegrams from lerger towns indicate that the incum- | bents, who were appointees of Gov. Longino, have been elected. New Jersey Is Republican. Trenton, N. J., Nov. 7.—Late returns indicate that Franklin Murphy, Rep., has been elected governor by about 10,- 000 plurality. Both branches of the | legislature will be Republican. Gambler Fatally Shot. Austin, Tex., Noy. 7.—John Doli yes- terday shot and fatally wounded John Allen, proprietor of a large gambling house here. John McMahand, who was not a participant in the shooting, re- ceived a bullet ‘n the head from Dold’s revolver and cannot recover, and Bleecher Hutchins was shot by Dold but not seriously hurt. Jerusalem, Nov. 7. — The Church of the Holy Sepulcher, surmounting Christ's tomb, was the scene of a san- guinary aftray Monday last between Franciscans and Greeks, during which there were a numter of casualties on both sides. The dispute arose on the question as to which community had the right to sweep the church. Troops had been posted in the vicinity for sev- eral days previous to the outbreak in order to prevent the anticipated col- lision, but they were suddenly outnum- bered and overpow2red by the contend- ing parties. + ——_ BURNED AT STAKE NEGRO PAYS AWFUL PENALTY POR AN INHUMAN CRIME IN THE SOUTH. WHITE WOMAN IS ASSAULTED REATEN INTO UNCONSCIOUSNESS BEFORE CRIME IS COM- MITTED. FIEND MAKES A CONFESSION ON THE EXACT SCENE OF HIS « CRIME THE NEGRO Is PUT TO DEATH, Guilport, Miss., Nov. 6.— A negro whose name has not yet been learned, was burned at the stake in Perry county, Miss., Saturday night. crime for which the negro suffered Was committed early in the morning and Mrs. Fortenberry was the victim. She is the wife ‘of one of the most preminent men in that section. She was attacked, beaten into unconscious- The- ness and criminally assaulted by the - negro, After recovering consciousness, while yet almost too weak to move, she - began crying for help. Within a short time assistance reached her. She told the story of the crime and described the negro. A. posse - was organized and search began for~ the criminal. A negro answering the description . given by Mrs. Fortenberry was caught, taken to her and identified. made a confession. An informa! court was organized by the members of the posse. The trial resulted in a decision to burn the negro. He was carried The negro - from the house to the exact scene of” his crime and there buroed at stake, UNCLE SAM BOSS, He Will Construct Canal and Run It Himself. Washington. Nov. 6.—Lord Paunce- fote, the British ambassador, called upon Secretary Hay yesterday after- noon and remained at the state depart- ment for half an hour. The purpose of his call was formally to announce his return to his post as the ambassador of King Edward VII. He did not take with him to the state department a copy of the proposed convention in reference to an isthmian . canal for the very good reason that this document has yet no existence. Notwithstanding the reports giving the exact conditions of the proposed treaty, it has not yet been prepared and will not be until Secretary Hay and Lord Pauncefote enter upon the formal - negotiations. That they are now fully prepared to negotiate a treaty that will meet the approval of the United States senate and the privy council of England both are satisfied, as they have each consulted a majority of those who must pass upon the treaty and know just what conditions must be met. It is understood that the am- bassador yesterday told Secretary Hay in an unofficial way that His Consultations with other members of the privy coun- cil of Great Britain had so cleared up the canal situation that he felt com- petent to enter upon the preparation of a treaty along the lines laid down in the memoranda as to the senate's views placed in his hands by the secre- tary before his departure for England early in the summer. The old Clayton-Bulwer treaty is to be completely suspended by a new one. Lord Pauncefote has succeeded in clearing away the haze before his countrymen’s eyes sufficiently to have them see as Americans have seen that the old treaty has not only failed of its original purpose, but has been for years a source of irritation and pre- vented the construction of a great in- terocean canal, 1s was desired by both nations whén the treaty was negoti- ated nearly half a century ago. The second point which has been cleared up by Lord Pauncefote’s visit to Eng- land is regarding that much mooted question as..to the neutrality of the canal. This government proposes to construct the canal and it will guar- antee the Neutrality of That Canal. The mistake ‘of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was iminviting the other nations to join in this guarantee of neutrality. The third important point in the new treaty will be the absence of any pro- hibition against fortifying the canal. The Clayton-Bulwer treaty and the Hay Pauncefote treaty as drawn both prohibited fortifications. The new treaty will not mention fortifications, but will follow the line of the senate amendment to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty to the effect that the United States shall take such military meas- ures as may b2 necessary for the pro- tection of the canal and the mainten- ance of its neutrality. The power and the responsibility will go together and’ in negotiating the new treaty Lord Pauncefote will recognize the necessity” for such a union. This government has: several times used its military power to fulfill its treaty obligations with the government of Colombia in guarantee- ing the neutrality of the isthmus of Panama to the entire satisfaction of European powers. FUNSTON COMING HOME. Is Convalescing After a Recent Sur— gical Operation at Manila. Kansas City, Nov. 6. — It is stated? that Gen. Frederick Funston shortly will be given a leave of absence from the Philippine island and return to the United States on a visit. It is said he is recovering rapidly from the opera- tion for appendicitis recently under- gone at a Manila nospital. Gen, Fred D. Grant will, it is stated, likely suc- ceed Gen. Furston in command of t@ San Fernando district. the - the Isthmian - 4