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National Grange Approves Movement
to Increase School Course.
ROCHESTER, N. T., Nov. 12. Reports
of the various officers of the National
Grange were presented at the convention
today. The report of the worthy lecturer,
Governor N. J. Bachclder, of New Hamp.
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TOBACCO COMPANY WINS SUIT
Not Violating Anti-Trust Law When
It Refuses to Sell All.
ST. PAUL, Nov. 12. The United States
Court 6f Appeals today decided that the
Continental Tobacco Company did not vio
late the Interstate commerce law or the
anti-trust law when it refused to sell to
necessity, as corn or veai, nor were they
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TRIKERSINRIO
Chicago Carmen Attack
Nonunion Crews.
DISORDER MARKED ALL DAY
No One is Killed but Many
Receive Injuries.
TIE-UP IS MADE COMPLETE
New Employes Return Bleeding and
Torn and .Will Not Work With-
out Guards The Mayor
Will Not Take Sides.
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SirUATION Ef A NUTSHELL.
STRIKERS The strike is to enforca
a. demand for a wage Increase of 23
per cent, and recognition of ths union.
About 3000 employes aro Involved,
and 220 miles of surface trackage,
part cable and part electric
EMPLOYERS They declare they can
man their cars, If the city will givo
police protection, and show no signs
of yielding- to tho demand for arbi
tration. MAYOR He will preserve an Impartial
attitude, and has appointed Hermann
Schuttlcr, a noted detective, to direct
the police during: the contest. Yes
terday their efforts were largely con
fined to preventing blockades.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1Z Constant scenes of
(disorder, over a district approximately
CO square miles in extent, resulted today
from the inauguration of a strike by tho
employes of one of the two principal sur
face street railway companies in Chicago.
All along the lines, wherever cars were
started, strike sympathizers made desper
ate onslaughts on the crews, beginning at
dawn of day, and continuing as long as
cars remained on the tracks.
Tho tie-up was made complete. A num
ber of cars were wrecked, and that no
person was Wiled is no iault of the riot
ers. One man's back was i broken, and the
Urst shot of the strike was fired at
Wentworth avenue and "West Sixty-ninth
street, where a mob of several hundred
persons tried to hold up a train.
Derogatory remarks regarding tho union
by an armed nonunion employe of tho
company caused a riot at Thirty-sixth and
State streets tonight. The man was
chased into an engine-house near by, and
before the police could reach the spot a
mob of 2000 persons surrounded the place,
howling for the life of the refugee. A
squad of policemen, after a great deal of
difficulty, finally quelled the disturbance
and removed the man to a place of safety.
Many persons, chiefly nonunion street
car men, were Injured by flj'ing splintered
glass. Two women were amonir those
hurt.
Excepting a few dozen passengers, who
had to flee from the cars, the 300,000 pa
trons of the company were forced to all
other sorts of methods to get downtown
and back.
Injured and Cowed by Strikers.
"With faces and hands bleeding from the
attacks of tho strikers, motonnen, grip
men and conductors, who tried to run
trains, returned to the barns and refused
to go out again, unless 'the trains bore
platoons of police or patrol wagons were
alongside. The police confined their ef
forts to seeing that the passage of the
cars from the barns was unobstructed,
and crowds and blockades in the streets
were quickly cleared. This was done un
der orders from Mayor Harrison, whose
announced purpose was to preserve an
impartial attitude, taking sides neither for
nor against the strikers or the street-car
company, which, though known as the
Chicago City Railway, is a private cor
poration, the lines of which extend
through the South Side of the city, radiat
ing from the business center.
Noted Detective Handles Police.
Developments regarding the actions of
the' municipal authorities hinge on the
action of the new official, Herman Schut
tlcr, who today, under appointment of
the Mayor, assumed the duties of Assist
ant Chief of Police. Schuttler will be In
direct charge of police arrangements dur
ing tne contest. Schuttler is the man
who tracked and arrested Anarchist Louis
LIngg after the Haymarket riot, and sub
sequently sent Adolph Luetgert, the
Wealthy sausagemaker, to die in the pen
itentiary, under conviction of wife-murder.
Schuttler Is about 6 feet 4 Inches tall,
and has a remarkable record for personal
daring and astuteness.
Possibility of Federal intervention un
der certain contingencies are being dis
cussed. The situation in. this aspect was
outlined today by Postmaster Coyne. He
said:
"Thus far, there is no cause for alarm
on account of the mall service. Trains
oas enough to report to "Washington. The
street-car company owns the mall cars,
atid by contract is obliged to run cer
tain trains and deliver malls at specified
points. There Is no ground for objection
against tho company sending out mall
trains between passenger trains. "What
else can tho company do? If serious de
lay occurs, we will report the fact- to
"Washington, and act on Instructions to
the Postal Department"
Before nightfall President Hamilton
and General Counsel Bliss, of the rail
way company, after endeavoring to oper
rate cars defiance of Its trainmen,
announced aiter a conierenco with Mayor
TTnTrlsrm that fhn nfnmn irnnM
Harrison that the attempt would be j
abandoned for the day. The railway
officials declare that SOer cent of their
employes are loyal, and If accorded suf
ficient protection by the police depart
ment the company will bo able to man
and operating Its cars.
According to statements made by the
officials tonight as many trains as can.
be manned by nonunion crews will be
pressed into service tomorrow for the
early morning rush. Each train will carry
half a dozen policemen as a body guard
to protect the crews from the violence of
strike sympathizers.
As a result of the tie-up of the surface
lines, tho " elevated and steam roads
traversing the strike-bound districts
were taxed to their utmost capacity. Train
service on all lines was doubled, and
every effort made to accommodate tho
thousands of additional passengers.
Meanwhile, 'bus lines, hacks and express
wagons with improvised seats did a
thriving business in tho transportation
of people to and from their places, of
business.
The strike is the outgrowth of persistent
efforts for increased wages and exclusion
of nonunion employes. Today about
3000 men. practically the entire force of
the company's wage earners, were Idle,
the number of men at any time Tunning
cars "being but a small fraction of the
number usually at work.
Firemen Refuse to Go Out.
The company's stationary firemen, who
have also presented demands upon the
company for Increased wages and to
whom the trainmen looked for assist
ance, declined to go out expressing their
belief, after a conference with General
Manager McCulloch, of the railway com
pany, that he had requested arbitration.
A committee representing the firemen
offered its services to the company as
mediator. Whether the offer wUl be ac
cepted has not been decided.
The strike began at 4 o'clock this
morning. Beginning at midnight the train
men gradually took their cars to the
seven barns of the company and left
them there. In the shops, barns and
power-houses the union workers laid down
their tools and quit declaring they will
remain Idle until the company consents
to arbitrate tho issue that brought on
the controversy.
Officials of the union, fearing Interfer
ence with the operation of the United
States mail service would result In call
ing in of troops from Fort Sheridan to
protect the cars, Instructed motonnen on
mall cara to report for duty as usual.
Union men who reported at the various
barns to take out the mall cars were told
by the barn bosses that they must
take off their union buttons if they
intended to work. Thi3 a number refused
to do.
Strikers Distribute Buttons.
At the barn at Thirty-ninth and Stato
streets the strikers distributed buttons to
would-be passengers bearing a picture of
a street-car and the legend:
"Stand for principle. I will walk."
That disturbance might be expected to
day was indicated by the wide distribution
of a proclnmitlon by, Mayor Carter H.
Harrison warning citizens to keep off the
J street along the lines of the city railway.
jljib urst car started was a mall car
on Cottage Grove avenue. It was not
harmed during Its entire trip. Following
the trip of the mall car efforts were made
by tho street-car company to move pas
senger cars with nonunion crews on the
Cottage Grove avenue cable line arid the
Wentworth avenue line. Almost invari
ably tho cars were run empty. They
were blocked and derailed by crowds,
which Jeered and stoned the nonunion
crews. Several motormen and conductors
were injured.
The worst disorder of the early hours
was at Clark and Van Buren streets,
where two Wentworth avenue trains fol
lowed by a mall car were blockaded by
trucks and delivery wagons. On the rear
passenger train a man believed to be
"Bos" Farrell, the strikebreaker, rode
beside the motorman, nourishing a re
volver. A brick thrown struck the arm
holding tho weapon, but did not disable it.
The crowd yelled, "Just like St Louis."
A crowd of 200 or more, mostly boys,
stopped a north-bound Cottage Grove ave
nue cable train between Forty-seventh and
Forty-eighth streets by blocking the cable
slot Bricks and stones were hurled at
the members of the crew, and William
Watson, the grlpman and H. S. Norton,
the' conductor, were injured. A riot call
was sent In, but the crowd dispersed be
fore the arrival of the police.
One by one the stalled cars broke
through the blockades, and upon giving
assurances that they would run their
cars back to the barns the crews were
allowed to proceed. Nearly every car
was returned with windows shattered and
plentifully littered with, missiles of every
description. The police in many Instances
rode upon the platforms of the cars, and
frequently found It necessary to draw
their clubs to drive the crowds back.
Although the full list of the injured in
tho rioting Is undoubtedly large, the po
lice secured the names of only those whose
wounds were of a serious nature. The
most serious cases probably are those of
H. S. Orton, a conductor who was beaten
while trying to run a Cottage Grove-avenue
cable train, and his gripman, William
Watson. Besides being hit with missiles,
these men were dragged from their car by
the rioters and beaten. Orton may not
live.
Seventeen men In all were arrested for
participation In the disorder that took
place at several places on the South Side.
Lines to Put on Extra Cars.
CHICAGO. Nov. 12. Many extra trains
will be run on the railroads if the tie-up
caused by the strike of the employes of
the Chicago City Railroad Company
continues. The elevated road will run
an average of one car every 12 sec
onds if there should be demand for such,
a service.
The districts south of tho stockyards,
In Englewood and north of Fortieth street,
west of State, aro most inconvenienced
by the tie-up, Kenwood, Hyde Park,
Madison Park, Woodlawn, Englewood
and the neighborhood In the vicinity of
the stockyards are well provided with
elevated and steam trains. " Passengers
from south of Sixty-third street are not
delayed on account of the strike because
the majority do not ride on the surface
lines. Those who wish to cross the city
from the east and west are compelled
to come to the city for, a connecting line.
With the, exception of .that on Twenty
second street, the cross-town lines are
stopped.
Mitchell Will Get West
ern Men Together.
BANQUET WILL BE GIVEN
Senator Will Then Explain
the 1905 Exposition,
ACTIVE CAMPAIGN TO FOLLOW
Members From Sjtates Adjacent
Oregon Are Expected to Lend
Great Aid in Passing
the Bill
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ASKS AID FOR 1005 FAIR.
OREGONIAN" NEWS BUREAU,
Washington. Nov. 12. Senator Foster
today presented to the Senate a pe
tition of the Chamber of Commerce and
Board of Trade of Tacoma, asking for
an appropriation to aid tho Lewis and
Clark Exposition to be held in Portland.
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OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Nov. 12. Senator Mitchell Is mak
ing arrangements to give a banquet at an
early date, to Pacific Coast and North
western Senators and Representatives, for
the purpose of getting together and con
sidering the Lewis and Clark Exposition
bill. This' will bo the first step towardan
organization of the men from tho states
adjacent to Oregon, who are expected to
take an active part In pushing the Mitch
ell bill, and that which is tp.be later intro
duced in the Houso by Representative
Williamson.
Senator Mitchell says ho is perfectly
willing to contribute two months' salary
to start the ball rolling.
SENATORS LIKELY TO LAND COLE
President Is Friendly to Spokane
Wan He Once Turned Down.
Oregonian news bureau, wash-"
ington, Nov. 12. There aro strong- indica
tions that President Roosevelt Intends to
appoint Hal J. Cole register of the Spo
kane land office, in spite of his former
refusal to grant the request of the Wash
ington Senators, and In face of the recent
statement of Secretary Hitchcock that
Cole could not bo appointed if 50 Senators
should indorse him. The President has
been looking further, into the Cole case,
and there Is reason to believe he doubts
the wisdom of turning down the Wash
ington Senators on this appointment
Tho two Senators are more Insistent
than ever before that Cole shall be ap
pointed,, and both declare positively he
will be made register at Spokane, regard
less of objections of Secretary Hitchcock.
They feel at the present time that It is
solely Hitchcock who Is preventing the
appointment, and they will, consequently,
hereafter consult only with the President
In this matter. The Senators say they will
be able lo convince the President that
Hitchcock s opposition is without founda
tion and built on a false assumption.
BUILDING FOR WALLA WALLA.
Ankeny Asks That a Structure Cost
ing $35,000 Be Allowed.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Nov. 12. Senator Ankeny today
Introduced a bill authorizing the con
struction of a public building at Walla
Walla to cost $35,000.
Senator Ankeny also offered a joint
resolution requiring the Secretary of War
to make an immediate examination and
prepare a project and estimate of cost of
providing protection from annual floods
In the valleys of tho White, Duwamlsh
and Samamlsh Rivers in Western Wash
ington. Representative Humphrey introduced a
bill increasing the limit of cost of the
Seattle public building to $1,000,000, also
a bill authorizing a public building at
Whatcom to cost $400,000.
Senator Foster and Representative
Jones today Introduced bills extending
tho privileges of lmmedlate transportation
on duitablo goods to the sub-ports of
Spokane, Sumas, Blaine and Nelson.
NEW CONTROL FOR RESERVES
Bill Introduced Transferring Them
to Agricultural Department.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Nov. 12. Representative Mondell
today Introduced a bill providing for the
transfer of administration of forest re
serves from the Interior to the Agricul
tural Department
The legislation proposed by this bill
was recommended at tho last session of
Congress by President Roosevelt and
Secretary Hitchcock, and this year by
Land Commissioner Richards.
The Department of Agriculture desires
control of the forest reserves and the
Interior Department wishes to get rid of
them. Mondcll's bill retains to the In
terior Department control of matters re
lating to titles of lands In reserves.
Mr. Mondell also reintroduced his bill
authorizing- tho removal of the port of
entry from Sitka to Juneau, Alaska.
More Rural Mail for Dallas.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Nov-12. An additional rural free
delivers' route will be established Decem
ber 15 at Dallas, Polk .County, Or., with
one carrier.
Portland Petition Presented.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Nov. 12. Senator Mitchell today
presented to the Senate the petition of
the Portland Board of Trade favoring the
reorganization of the Consular service.
Land Patent Is Approved.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Nov. 12. The Interior Depart
ment today approved a patent to The
Dalles Military Wagon Road Company
for 25,243 acres under its grant, in the,
Burns land district
KAISER CAN ONLY WHISPER.
Doctors Have Trouble in Keeping
Him From Overtaxing His Voice.
BERLIN. Nov. 12. The greatest difficul
ty of Emperor William's physicians is to
keep him. from overtaxing his voice. They
have ruled that he must only whisper a
little, and while ho Is not forgetful of
their command, he whispers a good deal,
and occasionally utters an exclamation.
Stato business is piling up. Various mat
ters in which tho Emperor is personally
Interested are developing, and he Is unable
to discuss them, but he listens to reports,
writes questions, objections or his own
views, though the pencil runs too slowly,
and he breaks out occasionally with his
remarks pitched near the surge of the
danger lino. No special harm has been
done yet but as he is getting well fast,
his impatience increases.
The following bulletin was issued this
morning at the new palace, Potsdam:
"His Majesty gave up hi3 usual walk
yesterday, owing to the sharp wind pre
vailing. The healing of the wound takes
the regular course and the Emperor's gen
eral condition remains good.
"VON DEUTHOLiD,
"SCHMIDT,
"XLtBERG."
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Emperor Thanks Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. Immediately
upon hearing that Emperor William had
been obliged to submit to a surgical opera
tion President Roosevelt dispatched a per
sonal cable message expressive of his
sympathy and of his earnest hope for hi3
speedy convalescence. The Emperor has
returned a perspnal message thanking the
President for the interest he manifested.
G0ELET WILL PUNISH HUH.
Man Who Told Girl He Was New
Yorker Charged With Forgery.
NEW YORK, Nov. 12. Formal com
plaint charging forgery was made today
against James Abeel by Robert Goelet, the
Duchess of Roxburghe's brother, whom
Abeel Is said to have Impersonated In pro
posing marriage to Miss Eleanor Ander
son, telegraph operator at the Grand Hotel
in this city. Since the publicity given to
tho affair, Abeel has disappeared.
SON OF EX-PREMLER WEDS.
Prominent Italian Claims Daughter
of London Editor.
FLORENCE. Italy, Nov. 12. Marquis
Carlo dl Rudinl, son of the ex-Italian
Premier, and Miss Dora Labouchere,
daughter dtjlenry Labouchere, proprietor
and editor of London Truth, were married
here today. Mr. Labouchere and the ex
Premier were present
Peary Honored in London.
LONDON, Nov. 12. Commander Peary,
the Arctic explorer, was presented with
the Livingstone gold medal by the Royal
Geographical Society of Edinburgh to
night, and at the same time was made an
honorary member of the society in recog
nition of his work In Arctic exploration.
The Livingstone medal was founded by
a daughter of the late Dr. Livingstone.
CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPER.
Congress.
Senator Mitchell will tender "Western members
a banquet, at which campaign for 1005 Fair
will be outlined. Pago 1.
Senator Foster will win his fight for place on
committee of commerce over Mitchell.
Pago 3.
Democrats will oppose any canal treaty nego
tiated with Panama. Page 2.
Foreign.
Pope Plus X bestows red hats on five cardinals.
Pago 0.
French Deputies clash over tho war budget and
will flght a duel. Page 3.
Powers notify Turkey that sho must accept
Macedonian reform plan at once. Page 3.
Domestic.
Chicago street-car strike Is attended by great
disorder; tlo-up is complete. Page 1.
Federation of Labor discusses the "open shop,"
and Boosevelt's action In Bookbinder Miller
case comes up. Page 7.
Ofllcer and seamen on torpedo-boat prevent se
rious blaze, after a fight In which they are
overcome several times. Page G.
Panama
Colombians rant at America and lives of for
eigners are In danger. Page 1.
Panama holds two Generals as hostages for
safety cf foreigners. Page 1.
New diplomatic agent will be received by
Roosevelt today. Page 1.
Panama sends away officials -who refuse to
swear allegiance. Page 3.
Sports.
Passbook, 60-to-l shot wins race at Jamaica
in which there are 13 entries. Page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Prune market depressed. Page 15.
San Francisco produce quotations. Page 15.
"Wheat continues to decline at Chicago. Pago
15.
Pennsylvania and Steel again weak features at
New York. Page 15.
Port of Portland Commission again divided.
Page 11.
Strathdon clears with big barley cargo. Page
11.
New lighthouse at Lincoln Bock, Alaska, will
soon be established. Pago 11.
Pacific Coast.
Proposed Lewiston-Huntlngfon road may be ex
tended through Eastern and Southern Oregon
to Alturas, Cal. Pago C.
Mrs. Spencer, ex-Deputy, brings felony charge
against United States Marshal at Boise,
Idaho. Pago C
Master Fish Warden "Van Dusen reports suc
cessful taking- of fish at Oregon hatcheries.
Page C.
"KJalla "Walla Commercial Club Issues invita
tions for new members. Page 7.
Joo Miller is killed end George "Warner fright
fully injured by a delayed blast In the Lucky
Boy mine. Page 7.
Portland and "Vicinity.
Police arrest two cappers for "big mitt" game,
but let it continue to run. Page, 16.
Inheritance tax law works well In Multnomah
County. Page 12. -
Democrats generally Indorse Administration's
policy in Panamn. Page 10.
Municipal AssocIaU'in's failure to proceed
against gamblers said to Do due to. lack of
funds, Page 10. "
Judge Septimus J. Hanna speaks on Christian
Science. Page 14.
County prisoners on strike against working- on
rockplle. Pace 14. . ,
'"Count" Pulaski found guilty of theft." Page 12.
Colombians Wild Over
Loss of Panama.
FEARS FOR FOREIGNERS
Cartagena Thrown Into a Fu
rore by Return of Troops.
CONSUL SHUTS HIMSELF UP
Barranquilla Is Equally Excited, and
Rocks Are Thrown at the Rep-
Vesentajive of the United
States Government.
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HOLDS GENERALS AS HOSTAGES.
PANAMA, Xov. 12. There Is an un
dercurrent of excitement In this city
tonight, and a feeling exists that start
ling developments aro not only possible,
but probable. Grave fears are enter
tained tor the safety of sympathizers
with the new Panama government who
are now known to be in Bogota. Be
cause of this fact the provisional gov
ernment has decided to hold tho two
Colombian commandants, Generals To
var and Castro, as hostages -for the
safety of residents Qf the Isthmus now
in Colombia.
COLON", Nov. 12. The Royal Mail
steamer Orinoco arrived this morning;
bringing news of General Torres and the
Colombian troops he took from her
after the proclamation of the Republic of
Panama. The soldiers behaved well on
the voyage.
On the arrival of General Torres and
his troops at Cartagena the news of the
events on the isthmus quickly, spread and
caused excitement. General Torres and
his officers were threatened with arrest as
traitors, but the threat was not put Into
effect. Tho populace, greatly excited,
soon crowded the streets crying; 'Down
with tho Americans.".
United States Conr&l IngersoII. fearing
violence, remained shut up in the Con
sulate. Tho Barranquilla authorities had in
tended sending 200 Colombian troops by
the Orinoco to Cartagena, but learned
that the vessel had debarked General
Torres and hl3 men, and decided to keep
the troops at Barranquilla. The excite
ment at Barranquilla Increased with the
spreading of the news of the secession
of the Isthmus, which was supplemented
by exaggerated accounts of the alleged
part played by the United-States there
in. Death to the Panamans.
Panama's declaration of independence
was read from a newspaper by the Prefect
to a crowd assembled in tho plaza, and
was greeted by furious outcries and
shouts of "Death to the Panamans," and
"Death to the Americans." The Prefect
followed the reading by a speech In which,
he declared the Colombian government
would never permit the secession of the
isthmus, and would win back the lost
territory at any cost. Tho crowd in tho
plaza Indulged In many extravagant
threats, lmposslblo of execution.
United States "Vice-Consul Lovelace was
sitting on a balcony of his house at
Barranquilla when some stones were
thrown at him. He retired indoors and
was not further molested by tho Colom
bians. The people of Barranquilla have "been
swept off their balance by the sudden
ness and seriousness of the news. Revo
lutionary 'talk began immediately an1
threats were made against the Congress
men responsible for the nonratlfication
of the Hay-Herran canal treaty.
Fears for Foreigners.
Fears are entertained for the safety o
Americans in Colombia, and of the pos
sibility of the anger of the populace being
vented against foreigners generally. Tho
authorities at Savanllla have mounted
two obsolete guns covering the wharf.
There is no confirmation of the rumors
which have reached Colon that President
Castro, of Venezuela, profiting by the
plight of the Bogota government, will
take revenge against Colombia for the
aid- the Colombian government gave to
General Matos and the Venezuelan rev
olutionists. ALL QUIET AT PANAMA.
Glass Says There Is Not a Sign of
Dissatisfaction.
"WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. Late this af
ternoon the Navy Department received
the following cable dispatch from Rear
Admiral Glass, commanding the naval
forces on the isthmus:
"Panama Everything is quiet at Pana
ma. No signs of any dissatisfaction. It
Is reported that there are few Colombian
troops at Buena Ventura. The Colom
bian gunboat Bogota, which sailed from
Buena Ventura with troops, hat, returned
to port. The British steamers Manavia
and Quito were unmolested."
The British steamers referred to are
said to be the two vessels which, for a
short time, were stained by the Colom
bian government ac Buena Ventura, but
which were released.
PANAMA WANTS CANAL AT ONCE
Minister Will Begin Negotiations as
Soon as He is Recognized.
"WASHINGTON. Nov. 12. The only ca
blegram that has been received at the
State Department durinff the past 24 hours
from the Isthmus of Panama came to
hand today, and is in the shape of a
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