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New Zealand's parliament is going
to consider the questioft of Joining the
sew ~ommonwealth to AtmtralhL
Bricks are being made of glaJm in
"~land grad the old adage ooncer~ng
4times houses promises to be seriously
~hnigration in Hungary has ammm~i
~mmal dimensions lately. DurtnK ~e
"month 15,591 ~ were issued to
- ~mtgrants.
Northwestern university has a 1new
~0,000 donation club with which to go
otter the $S0,000 more. All that it
laeeds is an shirt.died hol~up man.
t
Mark Twaln. having smm the Dewey
4treh in New York, escaped calling it
~h&rch" in his enthusiasm, th~ ind~-
• ~m~ting that he ~Ul _not hoed to become
mmecHmate~L
The ~unty superintendent of
aehools In Sea~l~, Wash., has ~psnt
t&e gn~er part 0f ,his official term of
• ~ ~ at ~he State University,
qualifying himself for the dutte~ of
N~itioxL
& S~lter of the brothem De Reszke
:~-ltas linen stngit~g }ately in Br~ at
-'~ Theater ,de ~ Mt:m.nai~. She has
ver~ beat~l voice and is quite aa
a mu~lVlan as her tainted
~others, who for many years di~u~l-
~d ~ siam,, from singing on the
~tage. B~t a~arentiy art has g~t the
tm~r of hsr ~rubles.
number of aborigines in New
:B~ Wales continues to decrease,
.~..According to the last report of tha
Aborigines' ~Pr~teetion Board, there
were ~,203 full-bloods and 3,689 half-
~te~ or 6;8~2 in all, in the colony at
the end of June. The full-bloods have
~Iecre~ed from 6~540 in 1882, wlfllst
,the half castes have increased from
Man,field, O., had its usual relaxa-
~'don With a DowIe elder the other day,
when a mob attacked Homer Kessler,
~dv~rtiaktg manager of "The "Coming
• ~lty" anal stoned him and the deputy
~heriff~ ,who had ~ken him in charge.
Zn the exchange ~f qtone compliments
the deputes and a cabman seem to
have feted worsethan the Dowieite. It
mow seem~ reasonably certain that
Mansfield does not want the Dowie-
~ltos, but .it is also certain it is taking
• he mo~t effective steps inspreading
• he humbug cult. Dawlelsm has plenty
~of c~nveris, who are glad to achieve
~che cheap martyrdom Mknsfleld seems
w~lltmg to bestow upon them.
~tter c~rrying a Union bullet in his
qbody for thirty-eight years, General
I~. N. RichboRrg of Mo~rtgomery, S. C.,
has g~t rid of fit. He commanded the
• ourth brigade~ South Carolina militia,
'w~m twice wou~tded at the baJ~tle of
Fr~ie~s farm, ~une 7, 1862, and while
--chOrtling .the I~eastworks a bullet
~struck ~lm full in the breast: The
~other ,~y at M~tgomery he felt a
l~dn in his back. and ~hat night he
~laced a drawing ~l~ter to the spot
-where timre was ~nfiamma~ton. The
a~ext m~ing the ~ln was relieved,
~md lakt~lg off the p'h~ster, he ~und the
~bullet sth~ng to iL
The co~t and geo~letic survey has
~ecently completed some very caxefnl
~k~veling ol~rations whl~ show that
The surface of the Gulf ,of Mexico Mes
~eptibty ~lgher tha~ ~h~tt of the ~t-
ti8 ocean. Btween the surface ot
~the ocean at ~t. Augustine, on the east-
ern ~nore ,of Florida, and Y.he surface
of ~ gulf at Cedar Keys, ~ the West-
~rn ~hore, thexe is a meandifference
in level of nine~tenths of a feot. This
is con~dered to be sufficient to acoount
for the outpourilag current of the gulf
"strum, which in the narrower 9axt of
the Strait of Florida touches bottom.
The surplus of water which rai~ the
gulf above the level of the ocean is
8pi~rent!Y received through the Yu-
catan e]~unel, being driven in'by the
prevailing equatorial currents from the
Surgeons'
recently a~proved certain
by Dr. J. N.
Hurby, and it Is said that two of the
western railroads have already agreed
to carry them OUt. They call for the
rem0val from passenger cars of plush
~overiugs, carpets, boxes over- steam
pipes, carved work, 'slat blinds and all
ether materials, fittings and ornaments
that are likely to catch or disseminate
dlsea~e germs. Doctor Hurby said un-
~Ifleuaut things, too, about, the tin
• drinking cuPs used by everybody, and
advocated providing lndlvidttal paper
e~Ips, Of course, he did not fail to give
g thrust at the .ventilating appliances.
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PROF. SCHURMANN ANSWERS
SENOR AGUINALDO'$ AGENT
Bu~al~ N. Y., Nov. ~.~Prof. Jacob
G. ~churmann, who passed through
afternoon en route from the w~st
Ithaca, furnishes the following re-
to an open it~ter addressed t~ him
Stxto Loper, ~m ~tgeI~t of Ag~alamldo:
"Mr. Sixto I~peg'~ open letter of the
~d lnsL, addresse~ to me, although I
have not yet seen ~t except in the news-
papers, is a gratifying proof ~f the cor-
rectness of ~ae ~eport of the Philippine
commlssign. M,r. ~opez, by his decla-
rations, ~s all I have said of the
promisl~g educational possibilities in
the ]Philippines. and Of the admirable
character ,o~ :~he educated Filipinos,
few though they are, who may be
taken ~s ~a ~J~pe of the promise of the
future. Nor does Mr. T~opez deny that
the masses of the inhabitants of the
Philippine islands of all tribes and
race~, are uneducated :and ignorant.
"Furthermore, by silent acquiescence
in the report of our committee, Mr. Lo-
pe~z acknowledges that the majority of
the FlltIflnos either desire American
so~,eveig~ty, as is the ease with the
men ,ot ~lucation and property, or ac-
quiesce itn it, or are indifferent to it,
and that thedemand for independence
originated With the ambitious Tagslog
insurgent leaders, who have diffused it
with ~flre and sword, aided by atrocious
~nisrepresentations of the aims ~ud
purpos~ 0f the United States.
"Lestiy, Mr. Lopez does not question
the finding of our commission that the
Inhabitants of the Phillpl~ine islands
are marked with great racial and tribal
difference~ by immense varieties of ~o-
sial.conditions Which range all the way
-from the civilization of Manila, down
through all phases of barbarism to the
naked ~avage of Mtndanao and north-
~vn Luzon, by a bewildering multiplic-
ity of languages which are mutually
unintelligible by dense ignorance on
~y e p~rt of the 'masses of the people;
the .absence of union and concert
I
and the utter lack of the idea and sen-
timent of nationality, and the absolt~te
inexperience of all classes in the affairs
of government, which Spain always
kept ~ Spanish hand~
"A~I the consequence to be-drawn
from all this is equally indisputable,
nor does Mr. Lope~ seek to dispute it,
namely, that the various and diversi-
fied peoples of the Philippine I~lands
ave at the present time incapable of be-
ing considered as a nation; they are ut~
terly unfit to accept sovereignty over
the archipelago, even if the American
Deople wished to invest them with it;
nor have they any hope of ever becom-
ing a free and self-governing nation,
except in the continuance of American
~overetgnty over them, and in the
peace, prosperity and ever increasing
Uberty of self-government which the
American fiug guarantees them.
• Pull q[own our flag and you leave
the Phlll~lnes a prey to internal feuds
and domestic Insurrections which
would quickly beget anarchy. This
would necessitate the intervention of
foreig~ powers for the protection of
the lives and property of their subjects.
Of course the islands would eventually
be divided up among them and the Fil-
ipinos would exchange the free institu-
tions and home rule which the Ameri-
can people desire, aa soon as possible,
and in the largest degree practicable,
to bestow ~pon them, for the genuine
imperialism of the old world emperors,
kings and czars.
"It is the mission of our republic to
save t~e Filipinos, who in general are
most promising, estimable and even
lovable people, from this cruel fate.
and to train them up to the use of
free institutions and the noble work
of self-government, Just as quickly an~
as generously as they or any portion
of them can be induced to exercise a
civic function so arduous and so un-
accustomed."
OFFICIAL REP0t~T The St. Paul left Southampton and
Cherbourg October 24th with a full
ABOUT CAPE NOME
Washington, Nov. 5.--Brigadier Gen-
George M. Randall, commanding
the Department of Aiska. has sub-
mitred his anuual report. Much space
le devoted to conditions at Nome,
which &e found upon his arrival at a
critical stage. It was difficult to ob-
tWn convictions by Jury trial in the
United States commissioners' offices,
which emboldened the lawless. Labor
organizations prevented men from
working for less than $1 an hour and
were.the cause of much destitution and
destruction of property.
FUlly 18,000 people arrived at Nome
in Jtme. Claim Jumping was the order
o~ ~he day. Many property owners
were disposed to defend their rights by
taking ~he law into their own hands.
The arrival of troops prevented serious
disorder. The military took charge,
thoroughly examined into all com-
plaints a~d where the rights of proper-
ty .could be determined, placed it" in
the .possesion of lawful owners. "Cap-
tain W. A. Bethel, who acted as Judge
advocate in. these courts, is highly
pr~ by "General Randall.
were about 500 .men working
on t~ne beach at Nome with machinery
at one time, and many declined to give
answers concerning the prospects for
gold, while others admitted they were
taking out only from $4 to $6 a day.
The beach was practically worked out
last year. The tundra is believed to
~be rich, but it would require l~rge cap-
ital to ~roduee results. There Is a
large area of country which has not
been prospected, where gold can yet be
found, but It requires men of experi-
ence to develop such a country.
General Randall says it has been de-
cided to establish a permanent mili-
tary station on the island of St. Mi-
chael. He recommends the purchase ot~
two stern-wheel river steamers for op-
eratlons on the Yukon and that all
eo~, forage and bullding~material in-
tended for Alaskan posts be started
from Seattle not later than June 15th
and shipped in sailing vessels, for econ.
omy. Also, thaC a cable be laid from
Seattle, via Juneau and Skagway, to
Voider, connecting with the telegraph
line now building over the all.Ameri-
can route from Valdez to Pert:Egbert,
and down the Yukon river to Fort Mi-
chael. When this line is complete,
General Randall says, military head-
quarters should be in southern Alaska,
or at Seattle.
He recommends a life-saving station
in the vicinity of Nome. He also rec-
ommends that lighthouses with fog
whistles be established ia southeast
Alaska at Cape Cox, Cape Olmmanna
and Five Fingers; also a fog signal at
Unimak pass. He also recommends a
military reservation at Dutch Harbor,
and a cOaling station, and thinks the
need may arise at some future time
for erecting fortifications.at this place.
He further says: "I recommend that
the government afford some relief to
the natives until such time as they can
take care of themselves?'
"I am of opinion that it would be a
mistake for the government to-give
any aid in fu~e to the venturesome
classes of white men who come to
Alaska- About 300 have been sent out
on transports and other vessels this
year and many more will be sent be-
fore the close of navigation. The con-
ditions are now generally known
throughout the state and ,the expec-
tation of government aid in returning
in all these matters there is room for
to their homes in case of failure has
improvement, a~id doubtless travelers without doubt been the most hopeful
by rallway would willingly dispense prospect in view to a considerable num-
with "plush and gingerbread work" in ber :who have come to the country since
favor of ~lean, airy, who!esome cars. [ 1897, and especially in the recent rush
ia~ nearer to Q~ ~ i q •
-- -" .......... " -'e-t in [ different officials vary as to the ~ause
l~OtaDie a~ ItS potl~t~ .e~ u [ "¢ ÷~ -~"ldent bUt ~he dam~,~ sus-
binding together more. closely, the j t~n~ by'he steamship will p~bal~y
-members of the Ca~¢onteaera-] amount to-several hundred thousa~
tl0~. dollars,
cargo, 346 cabin passengers and 245 in
the steerage.
The accident occurred on Monday
last at about 8 p. m., while some of the
~aloon passengers were still at dinner
and others were promenading, a sud-
den shock was felt all over the ship,
although it was not sufficiently severe
to cause a panic. The engines were
stopped 4n a few minutes, but it is'said
that during that time the whirling ma-
chinery, free of the weight of the pro-
poller, wrought havoc rn the engine
room. The officials of the steamship
refusc~l to allow ax[yone to enter the
engine room.
One of the engineers of the St, Paul
made the following statement to-night:
"It ~viil take five months to repair the
damage, which is to the extent of from
$250,000 to $300,000. The starboard en-
gine is a wreck. The ship did not
strike a derelict, but an unusually big
sea struck her, throwing her stern out
of the water, and the propellers, having
no resistance, made frightfully rapid
revolutions, which caused the star.
board engine to race. and the starboard
tail shaft broke in two and with the
wheel fell into the water. The amount
of damage done is not surprising, when
you take into consideration the sudden
liberation of 10,000 horse power.
"Four of the six. cylinders are com-
pletely wrecked, two piston rods are
bent, one connecting rod is bent and
the starboard engine sha~ is sprung
~lx inches The starboard ~ngine is
wrecked ebyond repair."
Golden ]P~,per Mnl~ Burned.
Golden, C~lo., Nov. 3.--Early Friday
morning fire broke out in the Golden
paper mills and the plant was entirely
destroyed. A large stock of paper
ready for shipment was also burned.
The plant was owned and operated by
Wells & Peppard and valued at about
$45,000, with only $12.500 insurance.
It is supposed that the fire was caused
by a hot box in the new machinery,
near which was a great quantlty of
waste paper and other inflammable ~ps-"
terial. The flames spread quickly
through the plant and by the time the
alarm was given the fire was beyond
control. The Golden fremen responded
promptly and did magnlflcent work in
saving Senator Wells' residence and the
Rock flour mills, both of which are lo-
cated in the same block. The large
warehouse near by was also saved.
This was the first mill erected in
Golden and has been one of her most
profitable industries. Senator Wells
has been connected with these mills for
over thirty years. Of late year~ the
attention of the management has been
devoted to the manufacture of building
paper, and it was the only industry of
the kind west of the Missouri river,
which gave these mills a practical mc~
nopoly of this kind of paper, The en-
tire output found a ready market in
Colorado, and a 500-ton contract had
Just been begun. Other contracts were
pending.
The mills employed about twenty
wrecked beyond repair."
Baggl~ge Clitims S 8eat.
New York, Nov. 5.~One of the courts
of New York has deeided that a rail-
way passenger leaving his valise or
hand baggage in a seat is legally en-
titled to the seat, provided the passen-
ger was not occupying anothe~ seat in
the train, as in the smoking car.' A
passenger cannot legally claim two
~mts in the same train. The court also
ruled if a passenger ~eaves a seat with-
out in some way marking it as for him.
self and retUrning 'finds it occupied by
another passenger, he has no legal
right to ask the passenger to &lye up
the seat.
Although the quartermaster's depart-
ment of the army will forward all
Christmas packages intended for sol-
diers in the Philippines, it is not en'-
ceuraging such shipments, for the rea-
son that, unless• the law Is changed, a
large majority of the troops in that
country will "be on their way home by
the Christmas holidays or soon there.
after. These Christmas packages are
transported free of eharge. Persons in-
tending to take advantage of this priv-
ilege will have to start their packages
at once, as'it will take at least five or
mix weeks to distribute them to variotm
pulnts where troops a~e stationed.
DIRE PREDICTIONS
FOR GREAT BRITAIN
London, Nov. 5.--The reconstruction
of the British cabinet and the climax of
rowdyism which marked the home-
coming of the City Imperial volunteers
were the topics of the week. The seri-
ous weeklies frankly almlt the shame-
fulness of last Monday night's mob
ruM, for which the return of the City
Imperial volunteers from South Africa
was the excuse, The Speaker declares
the "degrading influences of the last
tweIve months have left neither self-
control nor self-respect in the populace,
fed daily on a diet of sensationalism
and passion."
As an appropriate conjunction of this
self-analy~is and confession of at least
temporary degeneracy, the National Re-
view publishes striking articles forcibly
pointing out Great Britain's dire need
of political and economic reconstruc-
tion, the inadequacy of both the navy
and army, ss at present organized, to
meet possible and even probable emer-
gencies, and the inability of the coun-
try to cope with a sudden invasion.
These come from the pens of English
IAuthorities which are neither historical
nor ignorant. George J. Goschen, the
retiring first lord or the admiralty, It is
said, has let the British squadron i~
the far east be outnumbered by the
Germans, and the British fleet in the
Mediterranean is asserted to be far
below the necessary strength, without
coal stores and basis, while the home
dock yards are congested with re.rye
tsh~ps that cannot be kept in order.
and an effective mobilization at short
notice is out of the question Captain
Oalrnes with convincing detail, exposes
how comparatively easy it would be
for France to land several hundred
thousand men in England (basing his
belief on the landing of American
Itroope near Santiago) and marching
them into London before the whole mo-
billzation scheme could be put in ac-
tion.
Throughout these articles there is the
evident conviction that Great Britain
must soon fight one of the.great pew-
ere. The shadow of that struggle al-
ready overlies the land. which is not
moving hand or foot to meet the pend-
ing crisis.
Dowteites Mobbed in Ohio.
Mansfield. O., Nov. 5.--A vigilance
committee of men and boys captured a
Dowle elder, Mark L0blaw of Chicago,
accompanied by a woman, presumably
his wife, here about noon to-day. E. H.
Lelby, a local Dowielte, who was with
them, was chased to a swamp and
made his escape. Loblaw and the wo-
man were taken to the Erie depot and
after being held there for two hours
were compelled to buy tickets for the
next town.
Meantime another elder, who refused
to give his name. was also brought in
by a citizen and deported on the same
train. Both men were kicked and
cuffed by the crowd, which numbered
several hundred, before the train ar-
rived. While the unknown elder en-
deavored to make a speech from the
rear platform of the train he was pelt-
ed with stones and gravel.
4~arnot'$ Stmtne Unveiled.
Lyons, F'rance, Nov. 5.--No disorders
marred the ceremony of unveiling the
monument of the late President Cornet
here yesterday, or the luncheon ten-
doted President Loubet by the Cham-
ber of Commerce which followed the
nveiling.
There was an imposing mobilization
of troops along the route to the monu-
ment, and the President's carriage was
surrounded by curassiers. The entire
city was hung with flags and the crowd
was immense.
The statue being unveiled, the may-
or spoke of the glorious traditions of
the Cornet family and recalled the fact
that Sadie Cornet had repressed Bou-
langerlsm.
WUl Lives in ColomtLo.
London, Nov. 5.--Bear rumors con-
cernlng Stratton's Independence have
had a bad effect on its shares, John
Hays Hammvnd who went to Colorado
to report on the Camp Bird property,
has purchased a home in Denver and
will remain in Colorado to look after
Stratton's Independence.
T. A. Rickard. general manager of
the company, and Mr. Baker, one of the
directors, are also here in New York.
Mr. Baker sent a very favorable report
to London. John Hays Hammond was
retained as consulting engineer and will
have a free hand.
Some other American mines are like-
ly to be fiottted in London after the
election.
Rush to Seek Pearls.
Prairie Du Chlen, Wis., Nov. 5.--Dis-
covery of pearls in the upper Mississip-
pi river has caused a tremendous rush
to the clam beds. House beats are
crowding the river and more than 1,000
persons are camped along the river
bank. The fading of a few thousand
dollars' worth of pearls started the-
raid.
One of the pearls recently found, the
Allen pearl, weighed 100 grains and.is
said to be the largest perfect pearl yet
taken from the river. It was pur-
chased by William Moore of Comanche,
IoWa, who paid $3,000 for it.
Senator Davis in D~nger.
St. Paul. Minn., Nov. ~--The condi-
tion of Senator C. K. Davis iS reported
as decidedly worse last ~lght, and
grave fears are entertained that if his
life is saved, it. may be at the cost of
his foot, or Wossible his right leg.
The pus which has formed in the
foot has now gathered further back~
and indications are that it is permeat-
ing the entire limb., The surgeons
held a consultation yesterday and de-
cided to send to Chicago for a spe-
cialist. The senator suffered much
pain.
Cut ~ Schooner in Two.
Queenstown, Nov. 5.--The Cunard
liner Saxonia. Captain Pritchard, from
Boston, October 27th, which arrived
here yesterday morning, brought fif-
teen members of the crew of the fish-
Ing schooner Mary Mosqulto~which the
Saxonia sank off Gloucester on the
day of her departure from Boston. One
member of the crew was drowned. The
Cunarder was notdamaged.
I I II Ill I I I I
JONESMAKES A CONFESSION
WHICH IMPLICATES PATRICK
New York. Nov. 2.--The death of the
"wealthy William Marsh Rice Septem-
ber 23; the attempt of hie attorney,
Albert T. Patrick, to cash checks for
large amounts which purported to be
signed by the millionaire; the refusal of
the hank to cash the cheeks drs.wn on
It, and the discovery that Rice was
dead at the time the checks were pre-
seuted; the subsequent claim of Patrick
that Mr. Rice had made him by will
the trustee of hie estate, which amount~
to anywhere from three to eight mil-
lions; the charge of forgery against
Patrick and Mr. Rice's valet, Charles
F. Jones. and their arrest, have kept
New York interested for over a month
in what, by the developments of yes-
terday, promises to become one of the
nmst celebrated crimes which the
courts of this city have l~een called
on to investigate.
The first incident which led up to
yesterday's climax wus the rumor that
Valet Jones bad made a confession to
the authorities. Before the public had
time to learn if the report was tree
came the more startling news that
Jones had attempted suicide by cutting
his throat with a penknife given him,
he says, by Attorney Patrick, for the
~sur~ of getting rid of the only wit-
to Patrick's alleged crime.
Attorney Patrick denies having fur-
nished Jones with the penknife, and he
also denies the statements in the con-
tesslo~
Night Keeper Curran said Jones got
the knife with which he cut his throat
from Albert T. Patrtbk. Jones. after
his suicidal attempt, was taken to
Bellevue hospital, ~hysician~ having
arrived Just in time to save him from
death through'loss of blood. Last night
surgeons said he was slightly better,
and would recover.
The confession of Jones was made to
Assistant District Attorney Osborne,
Captain McClusky, James Byrne of
Hornblower, Byrne, Miller & Porter,
and Mr. Miller of the same firm.
He said that for some days prior to
Mr. Rice's death Patrick had given Mr.
Rice tablets of a grayish color; thai
Mr. Rice took these tablets from Pat-
rick, and that Patrick told him to take
them, as he had taken some himself;
that about this time Patrick and Mr.
Rice had become very intimate; that
Mr. Rice on Saturday sent Jones to
Patrick's house to demand certain pa-
pers from Patrick that he; Patrick. had
in his possession. Co~itinuing, Jones
said:
"This was about the 12th of Septem-
ber, 1900; Mr. Rice had been bothered
with consumption. When Mr. Patrick
brought him some tablets, Patrick said
he had taken ~ome himself. Two days
after this Mrs. Vanalstyne advised him
toeat bananas. Mr. Rice said the ban-
anas clogged his stomach, and I told
the doctor. The doctor said that Rice
having diarrhoea he would pull
through. The tablets were ~Rken every
night until the Friday before Mr. Rice
died.
"On the Sunday that Rice died Pat-
rick asked me for a bottle and a sponge
and I got them for him. He then asked
me to leave the room. He said: 'I will
remain with Mr. Rice ~ntil he goes to
sleep, and will go out the eide door.'
Two minutes later I heard Mr. Rice
laughing, after I left the room. I went
to the door and peeped in and saw Mr.
Ricelying on his back an~ the towelwas
folded in a cone shape over his whole
face, and Mr. Patrick was holding it
over his face with his right hand. Mr.
Patrick did not see me, nor did Mr.
Rice. I opened the door Just enough to
see what was going on, and Just as
eden as I saw the position 6f things I
went and lay down on my bed and
went to sleep."
Mr. Osborne says Jones "described
Rice's death as follows: "Mr. Rice was
very sick. Patrick said to me: 'Go and
get a doctor.' I went for one an& he
came back with me and pronounced
Rice dead. Patrick asked: 'How lon~
ha~ he been dead?' The doctor answer-
ed: 'Twenty minutes.' It was about 9
o'clock. Patrick asked tlte doctor
what was the next thing to do. The
doctoir said to get an undertaker. The
doctor recommended an undertaker
named Senior, at Madison avenue and
Fifty-ninth street. I went there, but
did not get Senior. and Ptttrtck said:
'Never mind; I'll get another.'
"When I got back I found an under-
taker named Plowright there. Then
Patrick took me aside and said: 'Now.
Jones, we've got to get all of the old
man's papers. Understand. we must
get all of them.' We took nil the papers
we could find and Patrick bundled
them up and took them away with him.
Monday morning Patrick came to Mr.
Rice's house. He had a cheek book in
his hand. He said: 'This is Mr. Rice's
checkbook.' Then he showed me two
cheeks signed W. M. Rice. 'N~w/ he
said, 'I want you to fill out the amount.~
of these checks.' and at his request I
filled out one for $25,000 and answer
for $65,000.
"As to the embalming of Mr. Rice's
body, the letter used was dictated by
Mr. Rice, either in July or August, but
it was not signed by him. I saw thin
letter among Rice's papers on sevdral
occasions.
"The next day Patrick r~turned aid
had with him bank books and che~k
books. He had a number of blank
checks` 'I have some checks that I
want you to fill out,' he said. 'One on
S. M. Swanson & Sons for $25,000.' One
wa~ filled out for $65,000 on S. M.
Swanson & Sons, one for $25,000 on
the Fifth Avenue Trust Company and
one for $135,000 on the same company.
He told me he had the proper right to
cash these checks before Rice's death
became known--his words were 'legal
right.' He left at 8:30 or 9 o'clock and
said he would telephone me t~ dictate
messages to be sent to the relatlves and
Baker, and to tell the bank if it called
up that the checks were good.
"About 11:30 o'clock he called me up
and said: 'We've made a bust of it.' He
again told me to tell the bank that the
checks were all right. About ten min-
utes later Mr. Wallace called up and
asked for Mr. Rice. He asked me if
the cheeks were in my handwriting. I
told him 'yes, if you send it up I will
correct it.' That is how he explained
the spelling of the name Albert 'Abert,'
instead ~of correctly. Then he told me~
to have Mr. Rice come m the telephone.
I said: 'Very well.' and rang off. The~
I called up Patrick and told him. He
told me to tell them if called up again
that Mr. Rice was dead.
"Swanson came to the telephone antl
asked about Rice. Then he wanted to
know all about it. I told him he ha~'
died at 8 o'clock the night before?'
Mr. Miller of the firm of Hornbl0wer~
& Byrne was at the prison ward i~
Bellevue hospital with Jones for a~
hour.
Jones, he said, was unnerved amt
broken. He lay on his cot a*nd sobbe~
and cried llke a child. Mr. Miller said~
ffones told him that Patrick told him t~
kill himself, as he had a bette~ oppor-
tunity to do so than he (Patrick), as
there was another man in the Cell with
Patrick Miller said that Jones furth-
er quoted Patrick as saying:
"What can I do? I have two Child-
ren, and what will become of them in
case I am tried and this is found odt~"
Mr. Osborne was asked what part of
the Rice estate Jones had expected to~
get. ITs said Jones told him Patrielv
had assured him of being well cared
for, b~t.~had promised nothing more
definite." The estate, Mr. Osborne said.
is estimated at from three to eight mid
l~ons.
UNCLE SAM'S RULE A GREAT
BOON TO Tli CUBAN PEOPLE
London, Nov. 2.--Joseph White Todd,
~resident of the Cuban Central Rail-
way Company, while making his an-
nual report to-day to the shareholders,
~ald a glowing tribute to what he
called "the spiendld administration af-
forded Cuba by the government of the
United States since the war." Mr.
Todd said:
"Uncle Sam's regime has been a
great boon to the island. It has re-
stored peace and security with extra-
ordinary promptness and has given ev-
ery encouragement to legitimate in-
dustry. For ~xample, the energetic
Yankee seem~ to have stimulated the
natives to put off in some measure the
indolence of the tropics for the activity
of the temperate zone. Everywhere in
the region penetrated by our lines we
see the beginnings of a genuine indus-
trial enthusiasm and a hope for the
speedy return to Cuba of her more
prosperous days."
Several of the shareholders interrupt-
ed Mr. Todd at this point to inquire
whether there were any prospects of
an immediate withdrawal of the Unit-
ed States authority from the island. He~
replied:
"We hope not. Certainly, from my
knowledge of American official opiu-
ion, I should say that the Washington
government deeply appreciates its re-
sponsibilities consequent upon the
Spanish#war. I thinks we can safely
promise our shareholders that there
will be no withdrawal of Yankee au-
thority from Cuba until some govern-
ment equally stable has arisen to take
its place. Meanwhile, no O~bans.
worthy of serious regard fret under the.
previsional control of the Americans."
Mr. Todd thinks Cuba needs-only re-
pose in order to beeome the richest and
most productive country of its size in
the world. Concerning the report that
Governor General Wood means to ap-
point a railroad commission to fix the
rates and regulate railway construction
in Cuba, Mr. Todd said to the Chlcag~
Record correspondent: "We have not
heard of any such commission. For
our own part, we are making the rate~
as low as possible in order to fo~te~
traffic.~
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ESCAPE OF THE
ROYAL REFUGEES
Victoria, B. C. Nov. 2.--A Yokohama
paper says:
Th9 details of the escape of the Em-
press Dowager and the Emperor from
Pekin are interesting not only as
showing that they were in the city at.
ter the allies gained possession, but
also that their flight was of the most
aurried and even pathetic character.
. They left early August 15th, with a
nester escort, the two occupying the
same conveyance.
At Ewan they procured a camel, on
whose back a sedan chair was fixed
and at Suen Hwa ttien four more were
secured. They had neither luggage nor
night robes and for three nights were
~bliged to sleep on.bare divans (brick
beds warmed by a slow fire) with no
covering. They were unable to get
proper meal§ and had to satisfy their
hunger on rice gruel. On arrival at
Hwai Lai local officials lent their ser-
vices and from that on they escaped
all the humiliations that they had thu~
far experienced.
It seems-that August 10th the orde~
to move the court from Pekin was is-
sued, hut there was no means of con~
veyance. August 13th the artillery o~
the allie~ was heard, its roar increas-
ing until the morning of the 14th, whe~
shells and bullets flew thick and fasL
When at last it was reported that ~h~
gates had yielded frantic prepexations
~or fight were made, the little party
astening away before daylight the
following morning, only a few eunuehs.
princes of the royal blood and manchu
peers accompanying the imperial equi- i
page.
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have a Festival of Mountain and Plai~
iu 1901. This was decided upon at
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