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TUESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 26, 1901. until 2 o'clock, when the defense would. order to compel the Orr Paper Company of this city to! show cause why It should SHE mm open. ran ii.

i BOILER EXPLODED iiirns. Groton Bridge Works. He is surv'rcnJ l-y two t-ons, former Assemblyman Boa Conger and Frank Conger. The Jijcoascd was ere of the wealthiest men In Groton. i FLEET OF COAL BARGES.

Started South From Pittsburg, Despite the Strike of Pilots. Pittsburgh Nov. 26. Ti iv coal combine yesterday succeeded in starting South 1.750,000 busnels of coal, enip'oj-ing 135 barges. The vnihine expects to get out on this rise between ,10,000, 000 and 12.000,000 bushels of coal.

There are about 25,000,000 bushels in the harbor. T)e officials of the company say th? pilots' strike will not interfere with their shipments, as tiiev have all the nun needed. 1 The nilots claim that many of the new men going o-st art uacket not be dissolved. The company went into the hands of a receiver a week ago. Nyack.

Thomas Tobin of Ybnkers, a lineman, while on a pole at Fiermont yesterday, to; repair a telephone wire, came Into with a live electric light wire on: the same pole and was instantly killed. San Jnan, pj II The city officials have awarded the latest issue of San Juan municipal to the value of 000, to J. Ceballos Company of New York city at $018,375. The bonds are for 20 years at 6 per cent The Comptroller of the Currency has declared an additional dividend of 2 per cent in favor of the creditors of the National Bank of Illinois, making in all 72 per cent; op $11,690,000, the amount of the claims proven. ii BUTCHERS' SUNDAY LAW.

Decision in Test Case Declares the Statute is Constitutional. New York, 2G. In dismissing a writ of habeas corpus obtained in behalf of William Wooding, a butcher, Justice Giegerich. of the Supreme Court today decided that the enactment of the last Legislature closing butcher shops on Sunday was constitutional. MONTREAL LOSING TRADE.

The Season of Navigation Was Far From Satisfactory, American Sailors and MaYinesKeep-ing the Railroad Clear, andTraf-: tic is Uninterrupted. REVOLT WILL BE CRUSHED Government Officials Express Confi dence of This, Saying Colombia Has 32,000 Soldiers to Meet Rebels. Washington, Nov. 26. A cablegram received by the State Department at noon today from Consul General Gudger at Panama reports that traffic ismoving unmolested, but gives no other details of the situation.

Government Officials Confident. New York, Nov. 26. Consul General Brigard of Colombia said today that he had received a cablegram from Gen. Alban describing the situation at the isthmus.

Alban, he said, denied that' Panama was full of Liberal sympathisers. Gen. Dieeo A. De Cantri, who was at the consulate, said, that both Colon and Panama were free ports; that the tern- porary occupation by the rebels would not amount to much, and that under ex- isting treaties the United States was bound to preserve order in that section, He said that at the present time Colom- COO men sent to take Colon and now. on board the Gen.

Tinzon, would be able to break up the Liberal bands, Neelect of the Wounded. Colon, Nov. 26. There has been fierce fighting at Empire station, on the rail-load line between Panama and Colon, between the insurgents and the troops of, the Colombian Government with very heavy losses, on both sides. Between the stations of Gulenra and over 150 killed and wounded men could be seen along the track.

The sight was gruesome. There is no proper Red Cross organization and the wounded lack care. The Liberals at Colon-declare the ma jonty of the men KUiea on line iu conservative troops, ana cnai iu it uiB are still in force along the railroad. The breastworks on the radroad bridge that leads into Panama, as well as those erected inside the city, has "been demolished by the government. An armed guard of the marines rrom Nov.

26. The season of I bia had 32,000 trained soldiers in the Midnight Sun. Three officials have ar-navigation which has just closed has not field. Of that force 10,000 men were rived at Chicago and others are on the beensatisfactory. In discussing the with Gen.

Valencia on the Venezuelan wav. causes to which may be attributed the border in the department of Santander That serious trouble is imminent in the decrease in the season's business, both and another large force was. protecting Far Northwest is candidly admitted by shipping and railway men agree that the Bogota, the capital. three members of the Yukon department chief cause is the high rate of insurance Gen. De Castro said that Gen.

Alban, of public works, who are in consultation charged upon both hull's and freizhts to with his forces of 1,100 men and the at the Palmer House with local capital me umiw ottawa ftejpce and will Have a con- re-established the transit across the istti- BUitation with the high government au-mus and details from the iowa marines tnoritieg about conJition8 in the terri- 1 i i i wi-nt-j-ia rnTT-i ftc! nin ius iiiih are now protecting each passenger train. THE PINZON LEAVES CQLtk Colombian Gunboat May Return with Fresh Supply of Trc-ops. 1 Washington -Secretary Long ffairYs of ioo" seVus to frTr-Klbe handled by police. Arms and am- decide whether it would call any wit nesses; lhe recess was taken. The attorneys for Capt.

Diamond decided not to offer any evidence in and when the court convened at 2 o'clock former Judge J. Rider Cady to suni op for the defense. He held thax the prosecution had failed to make out a case against the captain. NO HANGE OF EXCISE LAWS. -j Methodist Ministers Declare Their Position In Emphatic Tone.

New York, Nov. 26. The' Methodist ministers of this city, at a meeting yesterday by resolution their opposition the proposal to change the state excise law. The resolution characterized the proposed Sunday-opening as a defiance of Christian sentiment, a menace to Sab bath observance and a violation of Scripture, it. QUEEN LIL COMING EAST.

x. Hawaii's Former Ruler Intends Win- ,9 taring in Washington. 1 Salt Lake. Utah. Nov.

26. After a three-days' stay in this city, during which time she was the. guest of honor at numerous entertainments and receptions, former Queen Liliuokalani of the Hawaii an Islands left for the East last night. She will go direct to New York, where she intends to place her son in a private school. From New York she will go to Washington to remain the greater portion of winter.

CASTRO DEFIES GERMANY. nstead of Punishing a Murderer, as Requested, He Released the Man.i Trinidad. B. W. Nov.

26. During the presence last week of the German cruiser Falks and the German training ship Stein and obtained the trial and liberation of a Venezuelan who last April murdered a German trader in Caracas. The German legation here had urged the punishment or tnis murderer, and is now awtt'ing instructions from Berlin in the matte DOWIEITE FOUND GUILTY. Given Three Months for His Connec-. tion With a Case of Manslaughter, Victoria, B.

Nov. 26. Eugene Brooks elder of Dowie's Christian Catholic Church in Zion, was yesterday found guilty and sentenced to three months without hard labor for aiding and. abetting John Rogers, who was recently found, guilty of manslaughter for not providing his infant children with medical attendance when they were suffering from diphtheria from which they died. Brooks was granted a respite and he was admitted to the Appellate Court on the question as to whether under the law medical attendance was a necessary of life, iwo memoera 01 tne u)urt or Ap- peal have decided in previous eases that medical attendance was so considered.

xruutiB KiuHtKu i BuiHj after the death of the children he must have been guilty for preaching Dowie's doctrine. Justice uraae repneo tnat ne was, ana added is." "Now you know what the law FRANCE AND CHINA. Paris, Nov. 26. The Chamber of Deputies' yesterday, by a vote of 295 to 249, adopted the sum of 265,000,000 francs for the Chinese indemnity loan, rejecting the smaller sums proposed by the anti-clericals.

The premier, Waldeck-Rousseau, during the course of the discussion declared the Government would make no distinction between those who were entitled to indemnities, but would pursue in the far East France's traditional policy and fulfil all the duties of her protectorate, just as she claimed all its rights. STRIKERS STILL DEFIANT. Errlingtou, Nov. 28. True to their threat to maintain the camp at Nortonville, the union miners erected another tent yesterday on the site of the camp which Judge Hall broke up only Sunday.

The union men are said to be relying on Judge-elect Given to permit the camps in Hopkins couMty again after January 1st, although Judge Givens announced that he would uphold the law. Some of the local coal companies are taking steps to secure foreign charters and get under the protection of the United States courts. NO MERCY FOR BRUTES. Rochester, Not. 20.

Charles O. Mo-sier was sentenced yesterday by Judge Sutherland in County Court to. 10 years' imprisonment at Auburn for attempted criminal assault upon Ruby. Slaight at Charjotte, last summer. In sentencing Mosier, Judge Sutherland said: "My duty is perfectly clear to me.

You should not be allowed to be at liberty, as you are a menace to society, I shall give you the 'longest terra in State's prison that the law permits, that is, ten years." THE NEW BANK TAX. Troy. Nov. 26. The board of supervisors of Rensselaer county is the first body to act under the new law state and national banks for local purposes.

The banks of this county will be assessed on $3,361,508 and the county wUl receive $33,615. COURT CALENDARS. Albany, Nov. i 20. Court of Appeals calendar for today: Nos.

427, 440. 441, 442. 443. 444, 445 and 439. Rochester, Nov.

26. Appellate Division calendar for today: Nos. 54, 113, 36, 51, 05, 74, 80, SO, 9L 94, 95. SENTENCED BEFORE CAPTURE. i Milan.

Nov. 26. Louis Grannoti, an accomplice ot Brescl, the assassin of King Humbert, was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment at the Assiz. Graunoti has not yet been captured. i 1 MESSRS.

RUMSEY ILL. Bronson C. Rumsey is confined to his bed by illness resulting from nn operation. Recovery did not follow the operation as rapidly as was expected, but no alarm is felt. rf noxrer T' Unmnev is confined t'118 t.

.1 i III. i. Ill iwu iui a ngui iuuvm, SWEPT 101. Howling Storfrr During the Night, but is Moder- atinglNow. i DID LITTLE DAMAGE.

Northern New York Getting a Rag-in? with a Heavy Fall of Snow. ALL TfiAFFICllS DELAYED. Both Railroads tnd Country Roada Blocked--The Town of Malona Especially Hard Hit. New York, Nov. 3.

A piping northwest gale that reached a velocity of 60 miles an hour at itjs height blew over New York and viciijity today, Reports received throughout the earlier hours indicated tha it had done but little da 111 nice, but 4 continuance of it would send vfloods -Inge the lowlands and, again shakfe up th exposed sea-coast points. jj There wis neither rain nor sjnow or near the city, but there was a heavy i lone reported a raging blizzard that hLt held out for 15 hours; Trains were hela 13 up and country roa'ds were buried la snow drifts; 3 The gale at NewSYork reacted the greatest velocity during the nightf, At 8 o'clock it had fallen 'to 52 miles at 10 it was blowing aneven 50. Tle thermometer was at 33 at 8 o'clock and two hours latei had fallen to 31. TJie suu was but the "gale was cold and biting. Don at Sandy Hook a 0-mile blow was cutting th sea up land driving great combers in1 shore.

5 LIVERPOOL BANK FRAUdS. I Methods of the Defaulting Bookkeeper and His Pals Exposed. New York, Nov. 26. Concerning the.

Liverpool 3nnk troulijes, a Londoi cor-respondent Cables: All the details are new known as to the methods puiftfued by Bookkeeper Ooudie 1 ana ni8 confederates in the colossal bank" frauds at Liverpool. Goudie knev the nntUre of the accounts in his ledger and became familiar withthe imstemeni checks. He is alleged to have Supplied- I forgers outside with inforaiatloa fls j-q tne amounis wmcu wuuiu yuss wrthout exciting suspicion. The ejhecks were forged4on this information, crossed I Bnd honored ih due course by the Bank ot i verDOOi 5 v. ACCUSED OF ROBBING HOTELS, Conspiracy Of Employes Discovered In Chicago Extensive 't "'v Chicago.

Nov. employes th Grand Pacific H'el Rose MalUn, Frederica Wefesei Phaeoe Williams andU Walter Johnson have ben arrested charged with the theft of worth of silver. cutgl asses, and other potel material. Detectives say they have evidence Of large conspiracy of hotel employes where-by the bit? ol Chicago have been robbed of $12,00 to $15,000 worth of property, ihj ijiatcrial all feeing "fenced" or disused tff In this Iu a few davs. it promised, several suspected employe in the large hotelsliwill be arrested and the whole conspiracy posed.

UNKNOWN SHl WRECKED. Sections of a Large Vssel Seen at Sm Fate of Her Crlw Sn Doubt New Nov. large square-rigged vessel may hav' gone down in, 'the recent gale off the Capea. Whether hericrew'weit down with her or have been Saved ma not be known tct some time, foir if pickwj up they might bo taken across the Atliotkv; Upon that event probably will dtpend whether the ship will ever be knon, or. some vessel for her simply be reported missing upon non-arrival at port.

This appears in theflog of the Red Line steamer Philadelphia, which' arrived this morning roni Vepezfuela and Torto Rico, which says thajt On Nov. 25 she "passed a large bpar standing i on end wifh yards and sails attached," about 40 miles east of the Delaware Capes. The" Philadelphia also repoSTted having paseed on Nov. 22 off the Flcrida coast the side of a vessel about 80; feet long and 20 feet' wide. FOUR BARGES' WRECKED.

NeV York, Nov, Advices from Toms River, jN. say wrecks of fotr barges lie along ehast iu the of Barnegat Light. They came ashore dnrinz the storm and are rapidly pounding to pieces in the surf. Th'jre will 1 no salvage from tnenv they are breaking up rapidly-under tle continued eeavy Bca. Two men were drowned and the others rescued.

i HISTORIC tsff ATE SOLD. London. Nov'. 26. Ilistork Battle Abbey and the jestate surrounding it were sold at public uctioifj this afternoon, for 200,000.

A real estate agent was the successful bidder, bi secrecy was imposed on every; one concerned. All that could be learned is that the' buyer waa not an American. The estate includes 6.000 acres, i TV, GEN. WOOD COMING. Havana, Nov.

26. Jen. and Mrs. Wood left here yesterday Hfternoon for New York on the Ward Iujer Gen. WooA expects to meet the Cuban reel- probity commiisioners" in Washington and toiiseus8 the qnestio of reciprocity with President Roosevelt, Mrs.

Bonine Admitted to Attorney Gardner Ayres Was Killed During a Struggle With Her. DESCRIBED AS ACCIDENT. This Story Told Witness the Same Evening as the Tragedy uceurrea-, Nsw Testimony in the Case. Washington, Nov. 26 The first wit r.estf called t6day at the trial of Mrs.

Lola Ida Bonine for the murder of James Sey mour Ayres, was William Schoen-berger, keeper of the morgue. He testified to having taken charge of Ayres's body at the Kenmore Hotel. Photo-grarhs he had taken showing the location of the wounds on the body were introduced. Mrs. Bonine gave one hasty look at the pictures, but she quickly turned fcer head and gave them no urtmV attention.

She engaged in conversation I witn Attorney! Vnltrm mrtct tha tiirifi kvhilf. this testil was being given The witness said the were powder marks on the breast jrnd arm wounds, but none on the thigh wound. Under the arm there was a burn. Describing the condition of the corpse when he saw it, Mr. Schoenberger said the arms were drawn up in front of the face.

"In order that the stenographer may describe the picture," said Mr. Gould, "I supnosf there will be no objection to his noting "that the attitude was one of defence?" "We do object most decidedly," responded Mr. Douglas. The Court agreed that the description would be improper, and it was decided that he should say that the arms were placed as if shielding the face. On cross-examination the witness saio that when he entered the room where the killing occurred he saw several empty cartridge shells in the slop jar, and he had also seen some shells and cartridges on the trunk and on the washstand.

Important Testimony. The next witness was Mr. George B. Gsrdner, an attorney in the Interior Department, who. with his family occupied rooms under the suite occupied by the Bonines in the Kenmore hotel.

His testimony was new. The fact was brought out that Mrs. Bonine had made her first confession to him. This confession, the witness said, had been made on the evening of May 15, the day of the tragedyl He had been followed to his room by Mrs. Bonine.

"She stated to me," he said, "that sh ktew more about the death of Ayres than had been given to the public. She said she was present when it happened, and told me tbJv she had come to me because she wanied my She told nie that on the evening of his death he came to her oom and knocked on her dcor and complained of being ill and asked if she could not do something for himthat when she got into Ayres' om he had assaulted her and had a pistol irf his hand, and in the scuffle which ensued he was killed. HIGH MASS FOR FILIPINOS. Father Mendi's New Method of Pro test at Philippine and Boer Wars. New York, Nov.

26. Rev. Joseph Mendi, rector of the Church of the Im maculate Conception at Montclair, N. announces that at 8 a. m.

on Thursday he will celebrate a high mass of requiem for the repose of the souls of the Filipinos "who died -fighting for the rights of their country," and the "Catholics who have been slain fighting with the 'Boers in South Africa. Father Mendi said the mass was in tended as a tribute to those who had died in the defense of their homes and families. It was to be also in the nature of a protest, he said, against the acts ol both the American and English governments. DISCHARGE ORDER REFUSED. Justice Hernck Decided the of Capt.

Diamond Must Continue. Albany. Nov. 26. At the resumption of the trial of Capt.

Thomas J. Diamond of the New York police force, for failing to suppress vice in his precinct, this morning, former Judge J. Rider Cady requested Justice D. Cady Herrick to exclude all persons subpoenaed, except when testifying. Justice Herrick enforced the rule of the court, and Assistant Police Commissioner William S.

Devery, George Bissert, former wardman of the 15th precinct, which Capt. Diamond commanded, and over 20 others were compelled to retire to an ante-chamber. There was a legal controversy over the Introduction of the rules of the police department of New York City. Justice Herrick permitted them to be produced in evidence on Jhe: theory that they laid down the rules to govern the reports of a captain of police to his superior officers on the existence of questionable resorts in his precinct. The weekly reports made by Capt.

Diamond on the condition of his precinct from October 8, 1900, to July 1, 1901, were offered in evidence. They did not show that No. 27 Stuyvesant street was a house of questionable character until June 10. 1901- Sergeant Schulum of the loth precinct was recalled. He identified entries on the blotter of that precinct relative to the arrest of Lena Schmidt.

i Courtney N. clerk of the Yorkville Police Court, testified that the witnesses against Lena Schmidt at the time of her three arrests last i spring were the following: On May 2, Louis Stein and Samuel Korschert; on June 2, John Pens and John Livingstone, and on June 7. Willard Miller and John F. McNamara. Lena Schmidt was recalled.

She said that she knew Officer Livingstone of the 15th precinct for two years prior io June 2, 1901, and Officer Pens for one year prior to that date. She swore that she put a red light in her hall and red curtains on the windows of the front door after October 1, 1900, and the light was kept burning for four months. In February, 1901, the globe was changed to blue. ji The prosecution rested its case at the close of her evidence. I Former Judge Rider Cady moved that Justice Herrick instruct the jury to discharge Capt.

Diamond on the ground that the case against him had not been proved. Justice Herrick denied the motion. Mr. Cady asked for an aournioeni a. Large Building Wrecked in Detroit; Workmen Buried in the Ruins.

LONG LIST OF DEAD. Nearly 200 People EmployedThere, and it is Feared Over 50 Were Killed or Injured. FINANCIAL LOSS, $150,000 Fire Followed the Explosion and De Stroyed the Building Hospitals Filled With Injured. Detroit. Nov.

26. At least half-a-hun-dred men who began their day's work in the factory of the Fenberthy Injector Company were victims of an explosion of the large boiler situated in one end ot the structure in which they were at work Of these 11 are known to be dead and the bodies of several others are believed to be beneath the debris, The boiler was located in one end "of a three-story brick building. 54 by -150 fee In size. That structure was reduced in stantly and completely to a mass of burn ing ruin, fire breaking out after the ex- The only men on the first floor, which was largely utilized as a store room, were engineers, firemen and some workmen tnakingV-alterations. All of these were either killed or badly maimed.

On the secondfloor Were 75-finishers and on the third were 75 brass moulders Just how many escaped from this build' lng was not known this afternoon, but up to 1 o'clock, 38 injured had been taken to hospitals and 11 dead bodies had been gotten out of the debris, Known dead: John Frey, Mike Ran ger, Stephen unknown dead The mined building was separated from the other portion of the factory by an 1 1, auey wuj. a portion or we wan or uie second building was blown in, but none of the inmate was seriously hurt. Samuel Riley, th engineer, was taken I from the ruins an Mr after the explosion He- had been piniwd under a heavy ft nnd beam; his been cooked the flames and badly injured. He was still alive this afternoon, but un able of course to give any light on tne cause of the The usual scenes of weeping relatives of employes struggling to get close to the central point in the harrowing spectacle were enacted, and for hours strings of ambulances were busy carrying away tins Victims. A gang ofvpublic works employes worked at removing the hot debris as rapidly as possible, and a great crowd of spectators was roped back from the vicinity, the intersection of Abbott and Seventh streets.

The bulk of the sufferers were rushed to the Emergency Hospital, four blocks distant. Their injuries ranged from slighr to probably fatal. 3 p. m. The 13th body has just been taken from the ruins.

It is horribly burned. While the number of missing has narrowed somewhat this afternoon, It is certain that several bodies are still un-" discovered. President Johnson, of the Penberthy rw.T, i- mbin, o-wi, for the emnloves bv sendinir messenirer boys to their homes to locate them. Mr. Johnson said to the Associated Press that there were two small testing boilers in the plant; also one 100-horse power upright and bne 100 horse-power tubular.

"1 am satisfied," said he, "that it was the latter which exploded. The boilers were tested regularly, and it was only a week ago that the boiler tester complimented us on our careful engineer." The property loss amounts to Jnsurance $70,000. NEW CAMP OF STRIKERS. Kentuckv Miners Continue to Act Defiance of the Court's Order. Madison ville, Nov.

26. The camp of the striking union miners at Norton-ville is again in existence, and the most authentic reports from there today are to the effect that there are about 50 armed men in camp, apparently deter- mined to stay. From Thomas Rooney, a member of the official board of the United Mine Workers of America, it was learned that the new camp had been established yesterday with 50 charter members an 4 one tept. Rooney said that before tonight there would be more than 250 men in camp with 10 or more tents. He said newspaper correspondents would better give the camp a wide berth.

The trial of the 21 union prisoners taken from the camp at Nortonville last Sunday and now in jail has beten postponed until tomorrow at 9 oclock. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. Genoa. James. Fletcher, United States consul in this city, Is dead.

St. Petersburg. Marquis Ito, the Jap anese statesman, has arrived here. South Bend, Ind. Clem Studebaker is failing, being weaker today than at any time since he became ill.

Indianapolis. Gov. Durbin declares he will not allow any more prize fights to occur in Indiana, iflit shall be within his power to DrevenV them, i London. Lord Strathcona and Mount fehyal, the Canadian high commissioner, Is (confined to his house with a severe cold, and his friends are anxious. Washington.

The inquiry into the charges preferred against Major H. O. Hiestand was resumed by the Senate r. "committee- on military affairs yesterday. 5 Utlca.

John C. Tullock of Ogdens- burg has been appointed referee in bankruptcy for St. Lawrence county, Edward L. Strong of Ogdensburg, re-V signed- Troy. Justice Stowe has granted an 9 I i 1 and never handled a tow.

DANGER NOT PASSED Yukon Officials Reported as Calling Being Still Full of Life. Chicago, Nov. 26. Overland through Alaska to the sea, by water to Seattle, and through the United States on their way to Ottawa, officials of Yukon are hurrying to plead at the Canadian capital for help to put down the rebellion threat- ened by members of the Order of the lists who have interests in that country, The men are D. Melt.

Minard, accountant; J. C. Tache, resident engineer, and A Xi. 1 11 I'l, 1 1 1 1 I. lliUH tl H.

S. Graves of the Whit? Pass and Yukon Railroad Company was among those who talked over the situation with the Yukon officials. The White Pass and Yukon Railway is owned largely by American capital, its main office being in Chicago. a determined, united effort by a band of at least 1,500 men, who have been laying plans for nearly a year, is the plot, as described by the officials, to establish an independent Seven of the men are" Americans, and they have grievances and the ability to set them forth convjncing stye. They believe theT have p(nver to Becure by force the rifrhts wllich they declare have been dellied themi Gov.

Gen. MInto of Canada troons to the scene and at least to double the mounted police Mr. Minard, the leader of the party of officials, said; "Wo expect to proceed to tory. This trouble may assume an international phase, because so many members of the secret military: order, are Americans, and we cannot try them for treason v. "The mounted police have always been competent heretofore to of all munition, we are told, have been secreted in great quantities.

Provisions have been stored at, various strategic points this side' of White Horse, which is the railway terminus, and beyond. "Dawsonwas to be the capital of the Republic. The conspirators depended on aid from Americans throughout Alaska an(j circulated copies of grievances, with i th grand seal of the organization, in White Hjrse. Atlin. Dawson, Skagway, Hootalino.ua and Circle City.

Skagway is in American territory." AN OPENING FOR CHINESE. Proposal in Mexico to Encourage Im-1 migration From the Orient. San Francisco, Nov. 26. The.

Call say that, according to the Mexican Parliamentary Chronicle, the minister of public works and colonization of Mexico has recommended for passage by the Congress of his country a measure which has an important bearing on the Chinese immigration question. It is a bill granting a concession to M- F. Tairpey and John T. Bennett, or any company they may form, giving them the entire fishing privileges of the Mexi can coast on the Pacific Ocean, contin gent on their building and operating a steamship line between Mexico and China and another line for coast trade. The company is to pe free from taxation of any kind, and is fo be allowed to land passengers anywhere on the Mexican coast, which is more than 1,000 miles, In extent.

JURY OUT IN SEMPLE TRIAL. Philadelphia, Nov. 26. The jury in the trial before Judge McPherson, in the United States District Court, of John L. Semple, the lawyer of Camden, charged with aiding and abetting counterfeiters in the making of spurious $20 notes in prison, went out at 11 o'clock yesterday morning and at a late hour last night had not agreed on a verdict.

RESTAURANT FAILURE. San Francisco, Nov. 26. The temperance restaurant proprietor, A. W.

Dennett, who once conducted a chain of restaurants across the Continent from New York to San Francisco, has faiied for $92,000, with no available assets. He has nominal secured assets of. most his, creditors, are women and missionary societies, i THE KAISER TO RECRUITS. Berlin. Nov.

26. Another version of the- Emoeror remarks addressing the recruits at Kiel quotes him as saying: "You must not think to yourselves 'It is all verv easy for the Emperor to command, but the soldiers have the difficult duty to too, have my soldier oath, like yourselves, and I must perform my duty like yourselves, each in his Dlace." OCEAN STEAMERS. New Nov. 26. Arrived: Prins Wilhelm, from Bremen.

TCr York. Nov. 25. Arrived Kron Ger- govia, i from Marselliet, and Naples; Buenos Ayrcan, from Glasgow a Mo-viUe; Astoria, from Glasgow and Moville. rrfcertanrir.

Nov. 25. Arrived: Kaiser WilheJw der urosse, irom vew the St. LawrencP. There was an increased tonnage of the regular lines, and a very great falling off in the number of tramp vessels making the port, the consequences being that the trans-Atlantic tonnage of the port fell off 50.000 tons as compared with 1900.

The customs receipts; however, show an increase of $359,056 over last year. The shipments of cattle show a decrease of 18,327 head, as: compared with last year. WAR REVENUE RECEIPTS. The Total Reaches the Enormous Sum of 8343,838,634. Washington, f.

.26. A statement has been prepared in the Internal Revenue Bureau which shows the' total re-v ceipts from the war revenue act only, 1 lahlfioui Inn. art 10rt1 nlso the four months of the act of Marf.h 2. from Jnlv to 0ot 31 noi Th(1 tntnl rpfflint8 fmm thpR acts alone amounted to $343,838,634, as follows, cents omitted: stamps. proprietary stamps.

beer, special taxes. tobrcco, snuff, cigars, 'cigarettes, legacies, excise tax, mixed flour, additional tax on tobacco and beer, $991,208. NOT A STRIKE FUND, Shaffer Denies Report That Steel Workers are Preparing to Fight. Pittsburg, Nov. 26.

President Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association emphatically denies the report from Wheeling that the association lodges in that district are to vote on an emergency as sessment for the creation of a gigantic strike fund by i the time the with the United States Steel Corporation expires eight months hence. He says that about six or eight weeks ago he authorized the levying of an assessment of 10 per but this was to make up fund having for Its purpose caring for men who since the great steel strike have been unable to secure employment. Furthermore, President Shaffer said the unions were without authority to vote oai assessments, that authority being-; vested entirely in the officers of, the Amalgamated Association. MAN LOST FROM SHIP. Boston, Nov.

the arrival of the Dominion liner i Commonwealth at this port yesterday, Capt. McAuley reported that Arthiy Bolton. said t6 belong in Toronto, had been missing since Sunday night and that he is supposed to have been overboard by the heavy seas or to: have committed suicide. Bolton, when last "seen was wandering aimlessly about the ship. Yesterday morning it was noticed that his bed had not been slept and the man could not be found.

It ia understood Bolton was 4 civil engineer, who had recently been in India, where he. had malarial fever. INTERNAL REVENUE DECREASE. Washington, Nov. 26 The monthly statement of the collections of internal revenue show that for the month- of October, 1901, the receipts from all sources amounted to $24,359,907, which is a decrease as compared- with October, 1900, of $3,104,672.

The decrease for the four months of the present fiscal year amounts to $8,460,058. i SUICIDE OF AN AGED WOMAN. Rochester, N0V4 2.Mrs. Peter aged about 70 a highly-respected and well-known the town ot Barre, committed suicide by drowning herself In a cistern on the Daum homestead yesterday imornlng. No cause for the act is known.

1 PHI ALPHA GAMMA ELECTION. Chicago, 26--rPhi Alpha Gamma, the largest medical fraternity in this country, at its sixth annual convention here yesterday elected the following officers: President. D. B. jewett.

New York; vice-president, J. Minneapolis. i 1 WILHELMINA' RECOVERED. The Hague, Nov. official bulletin Just issued says Queen Wilhelmina has recovered from, her recent illness and will be able to out in a few days.

1 -l EARTHQUAKE KILLED 130. London, Nov. 26. According to, a dispatch to the Standard from Odessa 130 persons perished in the recent earthquake at Erzerouin. i 5 1 i nT n- boat Gen.

Pinzon had disappeared to the east. It is thought here that she has gone to Cartagena for troops. American Guards on All Trains. New York. Nov.

26. Private advice received here from Colon announce that Capt. Perry of the U. S. battleship Iowa had placed guards on all trams or tne Panama Railroad and Steamship pony.

Xne guarus were uemg reiwicu, the dispatch said, by a relay system. Local officials of the Panama Railroad and Steamship Company had no advices denying or' affirming that Gen. Alban had been refused transportation for his troops by the Isthmian officials of the company 1 or that he had transported his troops as far as'Culebra. Gen. Alban Wounded.

New York, Nov. 20 According to a Colon correspondent, Gen. Alban has been slightly wounded in a battle with the revolutionists. His horse was killed under him. 1 America Must be Leader.

London, Nov. 26. "The course of events in Central says the Pall Mall Gazette, "is showing how inevitable it is that the United States should be the principal performer in these isthmian games, and that it is just as well that their government and oars 1: should have settled outstanding ditter-ences and be working amicably together for the preservation of an 'open 1 1 CRITICISM FOR KITCHENER. I Englishmen Dissatisfied Over His Reports War Policy of Boers. New York Nov.

20. Commenting upon the military situation in South Africa, the London correspondent says: Lord Kitchener's- belated explanations of Major Fisher's engagement at Villiers-do'rp are received with impatience by the military critics. The first reports were entirely misleading, and the incident, on the whole, was distinctly favorable to the Boers. Their settled policy is to keep up a semblance of hostilities by avoiding a general engagement at any point, and by swooping down unexpectedly on exposed outposts and rear guards, make a successful attack. They hope in this way to wear out the British army and taxpayers.

There is a growing feeling in military circles that Lord Kitchener has not yet nit upon an effective method of counteracting tnese ingenious xacucs. THE BANKRUPTCY LAW. Chicago, Nov. 20. At the annual meeting of the directors of the National Association Credit Men held here yesterday the most important matter given -consideration was the attitude of the association toward the bankruptcy law.

It was the opinion of the directors" that the law should be amended and that it would be to the interest of business men if the Ray bill introduced In the House of Representatives last February should be passed. j. j- FOUND DEAD IN Ithaca, Nov. 26. Corydon JW.

Conger of Groton. N. aged iS, was tonno dead ia by his special nurse yrtrter- iliiv. He was the founder and one of tt lorire stockholders of the Conger Carriage wumij Works. He was also a director the a.