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Newspaper Page TextEVENTS OF THE DAY IPS Gathered from AH Parts of the World, fgEPARED FOR THE BUSY READER i l,porU" but Not Lo Htbig Mappo'"b- Outsldo tho State iss Intoi Polnt Admiral Capps says the navy needs sore CO'"1"" . ant i.iria declares sue win ifrecd be. Carnegie iuih jui. "- vu 73d btrthdny. Auatria threatens war with Turkey JShc comes to terms. ryeis has again broken out In iSSid Is causing much alarm. ir Austria and Turkey should fight, ifi would probably Invudo Mace tot i .learner struck a reef off the oHum and 100 Filipinos WL'r Tift has offered Frank If. Hitchcock tljpMltioaOl SUnuu: Kii . nllaccepi. Kaiacr Wllrflm, who has been suf- ferite from a nervous coimju, m Italians in California fought a ties- -J mI I Wll IIll'll Will UIV Hie national organization of loco- hi i, ..ii, i n ti rum . 000 labor temple at Chicago. I. I. ronnrtnl that Montt'IlCLTO llOH DdontfJ heavy batteries on tho hotghta. rtlltfirn. OI1U oi Ausirtu s niiiiaiiuiik w eanercial seaports. Holland is much interested in Cas- tn'niait to Europe. sr.ni t in bo far recovered that he . .. . . . ..... . iiiia viiin i nniiif airi vimr iiiiv. A itorm off tho California coast 1.11 .iit1et vim frtV flllrtlttr An effort wl.l be made in Tennessee . . ...... t llmnji ..fWAiu A 13-year-old Hcoldsburg, Cnl., boy Admiral Sncrry hai granted shore .... 1 .U.. l.l.tAl.i.. ....... o Auajsinatlon and bomb throwing by iikit vAi'AlnllAnlfltn hnifn MflllOitl TiV f ft in inma. Gladjtonc Dowic, hod of tho prophet. lid UlUk IJU III1LIIUO 14 IIIU1 I U& hllUM iruever kissed. Fwr persons were drowned In a Demonstrations at Homo agninst i. 1 At . 1 iverv uu v rnorvl. O'rf A monument to Indiana eoldlors who Unveiled bv imvurnnr Hnninv. nf ... ....... - The governors of Pennsylvania and ff 4 . . . " imniA IMrlnnnnH (hn .Aii..vnnH r . .tiu niuiu tiv nua uu nil) i ivji i A heavy snow fall is reported iflgnout tolorailo. lie Morse steamshln lineH on tho ll.nl i . II . . A aevcro electrical flint tirlmnprt nnr. vi.Kiuwii IIUl'M III llliIIOlH. 1UWI1 Storms have blocked thn ("Jrnnt ui mm am r . I in it -v... ou nuriuiTn i-aci:ic lines in IOWB lpLMntntiirn tinu nlnftnrl . uuiiiiiiuin uiniuu nuiu'H Hon- -.um,ccu Hiiuurn ii. AiiiBon. The shah of IVrsiu haa boon frlfrht- .- nuosia una lirent Hritnin intn ACofUrd'Alono millfnnnli-A hnn nn. KJUnAAH .L . . ... --"biu Mil ill l r n n c ,i ' r . '"i Olia n. Which h Will nnnrntn - "iwern metlioclB. ATennessee moli wnltr.il nnit ii .cirrrkft i. .i i .... . w ii'ii'ivii nil (1iiit n nnnn in tivj it ' three from jail and WW RobertH' '"wweua i.uno.nnn mam unuit.a Prevent a noflaUiin tnnatMM "iilUllV. nOO nn. i , ii HI LllllNI'll II I F P II T 11 r t M tlin TVn . . ... . . ' ' ' ' o-iS, oi Wlin I nnUn ... l. l l. harlnt l.... . . vuia ni v nnnn mnr limn inn -v '"jureii, a rnlil .1. . ... . . u eiuoa or l i ih inr wintr niinr i . .. Admirals rw, , cipfh it --ji -j niu v uiiu uiunn n instruction,. 11 f.. - ' uu i ri'iiii rll'rl "u"'irish nn.llf,r,la riTAi i - i iuo i-iiiiiifi fin i iriiiii. ''venuK1!0 OOO.OOO men to " 8 Possible German Invaalon. -vh i.nnn . . . I ..i uuiuiruiflB urn nynnn.fnd Wiw.lrLfari?inK congrcaa at in oavy Guards Placod at All Gates oi City of Pokln. Pokin, Nov. 24.Whllo all is quiet I'ekln, uotachmonta of troona trunrd tho city gatea and gendarmes aro on duty at tho approaches to tho foreign legations. Tho government has not ceased to tako precautionary. meas ures, for revolutionaries aro spreading all kinds of reports, which might act like firebrands to tho spirit of uneasi ness underlying prcBont conditions in China. There have boon rumnrn nf nn (na.. rcctionury movement in tho South, hut this has proved to bo only a minor out break amoncr tho nrtlll nrv ftnrl nnvnli-.r stationed nt Nankin. Nevertheless, it has been thought advisable to nost n mmrd nf. tho gates of Pekin, and half compan ies oi nincso regulars aro now under arms at theso poinU). It was owing to one of theso disturb ances that tho edict of November 20 was issued, in which it wnn nnlnfnd out that lawless conspirators had tried to invade tho interior, and all officials wero ordered to arrest and summarily behead them wherever found. Strinecnt measurc-H hnvn lionn t nlfnn hero to suppress any Bign of conspiracy, and tho government haH ordered an in vestigation of tho governor of Nang I'uol province, on acountof a Blight up rising that took placo there. HOLDS TOWN AT BAY. REGENT FEARS REBELLION. H Four Men Shot In Effort to Capture Mexican Hold-Up Man. Keno, Nov., Nov. 21. Detected as ho was holding up the Court saloon in Battle Mountain late last night, a Mexican broke through the door and, running into Wight Policeman Coon. shot tho officer in tho jaw; then held up the gathering crowd as it collected at tho scene. Cowboys . nnd miners culled for assistance, and rushing tho robber, wero repulsed by his fire. Deputy Sheriff Titaworth was hit in tho groin, and two others wero slightly injured. Tho Mexican backed down the street, forcing everybody in sight to follow him. When ho drow away from tho saloons he ducked into tho darkness. A suspect, seen by Deputy Sheriff Hasp, wua caught when boarding a freight train early this morning. The deputy sheriff called to the man to halt, but getting no response, shot the fellow in tho leg. The town, aroused by tho out rages, started on a man hunt; and farmers, hearing tho shooting, carne into town with their lanterns. They carried theso light about with them seeking the robber, and several times shot at each other when they thought they had "flushed" the dare-devil Mex ican. CABLE USED FOR MAN HUNT. Man Chased Half Around World by Dispatcher is Caught. Rnn Prnnelflco. Nov. 24. A man hunt, extending half way around the wnrlrl. which was conducted bv cable dispatches, came to an end today when local detectives boarded the steamer Moncolia and arrested L. E. Knollins, whoso description is said to tally with that of L. E. Hancock, wanted by the authorities of North Carolina on a charge of embezzlement. Hancock sailed from hero several weeks ago and orders for his arrest wero cabled to Nagasaki. Ho left tho shin nt Honolulu, however, nnd return ed to this city on the steamer Mongolia, which arrived today. Knollins denies that ho is uancocn, iiml nnin hn in n member of the broker- ago firm of Courtland, Habcock & Co., of l l Pino street, New YorK. no was taken to tho city prison pending tho arrival of an officer from North Caro lina. Will Fortify Honolulu. TTnn ninin Nov. 2.1. A detachment of United States engineers, under Mu jor Winslow, which arrived recently on tho transport sneruian, una com menced tho work of fortifying the islnnd. Tho first work to uo aono is 4lm (innntrif Inn f) f miHtflrv mans. The dredging for tho largo drydock to be built at Pearl haruor unu un ul-ciuii- intr of tho channel also will begin in tho near future. Severol local con tractors hnvo departed tor wasmngum liids for tho dredging con tracts will bo opened in December. Kills Roosevelt Turkey. Westerly, It. I., Nov. 24. Tho Tl....l Tl.,.,,l InrboV which HomCO VOZ XVI1U1IU jpiiiiiu .m. .,, will Bond to the president, according 4 lyvnnn inn to nls nnnuui cusvom, iu , 4t.i.. .. witttn Hniino on Thanks- giving dny, went to tho execution I?!!, n,1...r unci will 1)0 8hil)t)C(l tO Wiinhtnirton tomorrow. It is tho best o . . . .. . l.!.l ...l.lnl. of a lot or cneainut ieu uuuo, ...... havo been selected nnd especially reared a8 candidates for tho distinc tion, and weighs 20 pounds. Falls In Record Flight. London, Nov. 24. Word has been rccoived here that tho balloon owned by tho Daily Graphic, which ascended from this city Wednesday morning last in an attempt to reach Siberia and break tho long-distanco record, was compelled to descend in a Ralo on Thursday night near Novo Aloxand rovsk, Russia, after having traveled about 1,350 milep. Sorvlans Lose Sovonteen. Paris, Nov. 24.-A dispatch- from NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Vienna while noar triar men killed. ' o .nnil nf Sorvions, tv,n Ttnnninn frontier, Sovornik, was repulsed by Aus- . mu Qnrvlnna lost 17 killed and tho Austrlans throo MILLIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS. Congress Will Bo Asked Large Sum for Rlvors and Harbors. Washington, Nov. 28. Fifty million dollars ifl the aggregate of the appro priatlons recommended by Brigadier General William L. Marshall, chief of engineers United States army, for work on rivers, harbors and fortifications J or tho coming fiscol year, in his an nual report submittced to Secretary ol War Luke E. Wright. Approximately $2,000,0000 Is recom mended for application on existing con tracts for river and harbor improve ments; $2,100,000 for general work on rivers nnd harbors, Including examina tion, survoyB and contingencies; $2, 0t0,0t0 jor work proposed by tho Mis sissippi river commission. The sum recammtnled for fortifica tions is ?7, 732,233, of which tho most important estimates aro $2,309,000 for Heucoast batteries at Manila; $449, 000 for repair and protection at Pearl harbor, Honolulu; $007,100 for the de fense of Pensacola, Fla. ; for the mod ernizing of old emplacements, general ly, $500,000; electrical installation, $984,253; for searchlights. $907,000. Commenting on the fortification of insular possessions tho reports refers to tho "very necessary additional de fenses at Manila." It suggests that if the amount recommended cannot be ful'y appropriated, at least $2,000,000 should be made available during the coming year, "so that a substantial plant can be provided and work can-be conducted in on effective and economi cal manner." A considerable proportion of tho suggested appropriation for search lights is to recommended to be expend ed in tho Philippines and Hawaii. Some of the more important estimates lor tho year for rivers and harbors were aB follows: California San Diego harbor, $30, 000; San Pedro bay, $100,000; Oak land harbor, $521,000. Oregon and Washington Columbia river, $1,104,000; Columbia river mouth, $450,000; Grays harbor, $181, 000; Puget sound, $130,000; Tacoma harbor, $40,000 Hawaii Honolulu harbor, $500,000; Hilo harbor, $GOO,000. An appropriation 0 $25,000 is rec ommended for the Sacramento nnd Feather rivers combined. To Honor Phil Sheridan. Washington, Nov. 27. To the list of equestrian statues for which Wash ington already is famous another will bo added tomorrow, when a handsome statue of General "Phil" Sheridan will bo unveiled and formally presented to the city. Tho statue cost $50,000, and was modeled by Guzton Borglum of New York. It has been placed in the center of Sheridan circle, at the inter section of Massachusetts avenue and Twenty-third street. At the dedica tion President Roosevelt is expected to speak and there will be a considerable military display. The event will be attended by the widow and other mem bers of General Sheridan's family. No Trouble, Says Root. Washington, Nov. 25. Although Prosidnnt Roosevelt and Secretarv of Stntn Root donv there is anv friction between tho United States and Japan regarding the open uoor in uninn, ano it. in nnid no renucst or demand has been made upon Japan, it is understood that diplomatic exchanges oi views on thin miliiVrt have taken nlace in the last few .days. Ambassador Takahira made several calls on secretary uoot last week and it is authoritivcly stated that theso conferences concerned Ja pan's policy in Manchuria. Tost Naval Officers. Washington, Nov. 27. The recom mendation of tho Navy department in relation to a physical test for officers In now nwitiner the nrcsident's final a - nroval. For officers of the line below tho rank of rear admiral and stair oin ccrs below tho rank of cf ptain while serving on shore, it will bo similar t that now prescribed for tho coast artil lery, which is a fifty-mile walk in. three days. Watch officers at sea may bo requied to tako duty alternately ovcry four hours for 72 hours. Project Nearly Finished. Wnhinirton. Nov. 20. Tho Reclam ation service today announced that tho Umatilla irrigation project is now 82 per cent completed. Water right ap plications havo been made for 3,700 acres, 2,500 of which havo actually re ceived water. Thero is no unentered land in the Hermistonunit. In Wash ington, tho Sunnysido project is 20 per cent completed; tho Okanogan project iB 83 per cent completed, and tho Tic- ton project 5-1 per cent. Imogeno Morrill is Dead. WnoMniytnn. Nov. 25. Mrs. Imo- ireno Robinson Morrill, a celebrated portrn t and historical puimur, mcu early today in a room of a lodging houso, alono and friendloss and amid surroundings of squalor and distress. In 1879 sho established tho National Academy of Fino Arts, in this city. Sho had received Bcorea of medals for notable works. Certiorari Writ Filed. Washington, Nov. 20. Attorney General Bonnpnrto yesterday filed in tho United States Supremo court a pe tition for a writ of certiorari to review tho judgment of tho United States Court of Appeals in tho $29,000,000 Standard Oil case, under which tho caso was remandod for retrial. ASKS ORDER FOR REBATE. Lumber Company's Strange Petition to Intorstate Board. Washington, Nov. 20. A curious request is made of the Interstate Com merce commission in a petition filed by the National Lumber company, of Los Angeles, against tho San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad company. The complaint says that in tho past it has been granted on shipments of lum ber nnd buildinir material from Los Angeles to various points a yarding-in- transit rebate to enable it to meet tho comnetition of comnanics havinir their yards at San Pedro on the Pacific coast. The defendant railroad is willing to grant the rebate, but holds that it can not do so under tho law. The commis sion is renuested to direct tho railway company to pay tho rebate on certain shipments already amounting to No such report ever before was made to the commission. BAN ON ALL FAKE LABELS. "Guaranteed Undor Pure Food Act" Doesn't Mean Purity. Washington, Nov. 24. According to a sweeping decision by the cbm'mis- sioner of patents, any label bearing the inscription "Guaranteed under the pure food and drug acts, Juno 30, 1900," where such inscription is in tended to imply that the government is responsible for the pur.ty of the goods, will bo refused registration. It is claimed that hundreds of packers and others throughout the country nro so printing-labels as to give this impres sion, whereas it is held by the officials that the government simply accepts the assertion of the manufacturer that the goods are pure and then investigates his business. Upon proof that the pure food and drugs act is being violat ed the goods aro confiscated and the manufacturers punished. Rejects Battleship Bids. Washington, Nov. 25. All the bids for the building of the battleship Flor ida have been rejected by. the Assist ant Secretary Newberry, of the navy, and the machinery will be built by tho government in the Brooklyn navy yard. Mr. Newberry's 'action ap proves the report of the board of con struction, which was authorized to in vestigate the entire matter relating to the construction of this machinery. The board held that congress intended to have all possible work connected with the Florida performed at the New York navy yard. Ban on Eastern Stock. Washington, Nov. 20. Cattle breed ers of Pennsylvania and New York will not be permitted to exhibit any cattle at the International Stock show, to be held at Chicago, owing to the preva lence of the foot and mouth diseases in those states. This decision was reached yesterday at a conference held at the White House between President Roosevelt and Wiflett M. Hayes, as sistant secretary of agriculture, and Dr. Alonzo D. Melvin, chief of the bu reau of animal industry. The decision includes sheep,, swine and goats. Date Cannot Yet Be Set. Washington, Nov. 27. The Su preme court will probably announce on December 7 whether it will review the Standard Oil $29,000,000 case, in ac cordance with the petition of Attorney General Bonaparte. Tho court ia now in its Thanksgiving recess. The nr plicat'on fcr the writ of certiorari will be presented formally to the justices Monday by the clerk, with whom it has been filed. The ruling will then prob ably bo made on the following Monday. Asks Heavy Sentences. Washington, Nov. 25. United States District Attorney Baker will ask that Frederick A. Hyde and Joost H. Schneider, found guilty of defraud ing the government out of forest lands in Oregon and California, be given sen tences of two years in jail and fines of $10,000 each if the court rules against thoir motion for arrest of judgment. This announcement follows the con ference between Mr. Baker and the president. Putting Marines Ashore. Washington, Nov. 24. Action has begun detaching the marines from the battleships nnd assigning them to shore duty. Orders were issued today de taching those aboard the New Hamp shire. In 30 days all marines aboard the ships of the third squadron of tho Atlantic fleet, now in Atlantic quart ers, will havo been relieved from duty aboard the vessels. OPENS' FINE SUBWAY. PInchot In Cabinet. Washington, Nov. 24. It is stated here today on apparently good authori ty that Forester Gilford Pinchot has been offered tho post of secretary of agriculture in President Tnft's cnbinet nnd that it is almost certain ho will ac cept. It is stated also that Overton W. Price, at present assistant forester, has been selected as Pinchot's successor in tho ofllce of forester. Fulton to Confer With Taft. Washington, Nov. 27. Senator Ful ton left for Hot Springs Thursday oyoning for a conference with Presi-dont-olect Taft and National Chairman Hitchcock. Boston Tunnel Cost 810,000,000 and Takes Cars Off Surface. Boston, Mass., Nov. 23. What Is claimed to tho the most ccompletc and perfect tunnel for passenger traffic to be found anywhere in tho world haa just been completed in this city, and will be opened for uso during the week. It is known as the Washington street tunnel and is designed to relievo the congestion of tho narrow and crooked streets of Boston's business section. Tho tunnel will be used to carry the trains of tho Boston Elevated railway company through tho downtown sec tion of the city. The old tunnel, known as tho Tremont street subway, which was the first to bo built in America, will bo employed exclusively for the socalled surface car traffic. With both tunnels in uso tho downtown streets wijl be practically relieved of all street cars. The new tunnel is 5,4570 feet long. It is fireproof throughout. All the steel construction is protected by con crete from rust or fire. All tho doors and ticket booths and escalator balus trades aro cscascd in sheet bronze. The telephone offices and package rooms and electricians rooms have tiled walls of masonry. Tho signs are of metal and the seats and benches of cement. Thero is not a bit of wood throughout tho completely fireproof structure. The tunnel was begun and finished with no disturbance to the traffic overhead. To insure again3t the cutting . off of the current at any time and thereby plunging the stations into darkness, three different sources of supply are arranged for, each independent of the other, and all so arranged that should the current be Bhut off from one source it is instantly supplied from another source automatically by an arrange ment of the main switches. The tunnel was built by the Boston Transit commission and leased to the Boston Elevated Railway company for 25 years from the beginning of its use. It is built through that section of Bos ton which contains the highest priced land, with due regard for the best feas ible grade and alignment with respect to the narrowness and crookedness of the streets. Its cost, together with the cost of its approaches and equip ment, is estimated atover $10,000,000. WHITE MAN. UNSAFE. Ex-Naval Official -Makes a Startling Statement on Japan. Ottawa. Ont., Nov. 23. "There is no law for the white man in Japan. The treaty made between Japan and Great Britain counts for practically nothing since' the time of the school trouble in San Francisco." This strong and amazing statement was made by an ex-ofiicer of the Brit ish royal navy, who has been employed for some years as a civil engineer by the Japanese government and who has just passed through this city on his way home to England. The information which this gentle man has to give with regard to the in dignities and inconveniences that he says are heaped upon white men in the mikado s kingdom should prove a sur prise to those who have been accus tomed of late years, at least, to regard the Japanese people as being possessed of most friendly feelings toward the people of Great Britain. According to the information he is able to fur nish at first hand, no white man is at all safe in the owneiship of any prop erty in Japan unless he becomes a nat uralized citizen of that country. BIG PLANT RESUMES. Holmes Appointed. Washington, Nov. 20. Arthur W, Holmes has been appointed rural freo delivery carrier on routo No. 1 at Mount Angel, Hugo Steel Works in Chicago to Re Open in Full Blast. Chicago, Nov. 23. All is joy in South Chicago. The army of workers in the big mills of the Illinois Steel company is to have a real Christmas this year. Tho exuberant and unrestrained glee and thankfulness wero caused by an announcement today by officials of the company, which employes a largo ma jority of tho inhabitants, of the town, that the shops would be running in full blast by December 1. By that time it is expected 12,000 men will bo work ing in many departments of the im mense plant. About half of the workers in the mills have been unemployed for more than a year, since many of tho depart ments shut down on account of scarcity of orders for steel rails and other pro ducts of tho company. Many of the others employed since i. partial reonon- ing last summer havo been working on a short schedule. The re-employment of thousands of men means much also to the merchants of the suburb. Czar Nicholas Walks Abroad. St. Petersburg, Nov. 23. Czar Nich olas Saturday made his first appearance afoot in the streets of his capital since his coronation. Tho occasion was the funeral of Grand Duko Alexis. The czar, dreBsed in full uniform as an ad miral of the Russian navy, walked im mediately behind tho royal casket, no- parently indifferent to danger. The streets through which tho funeral cor tege passed were lined with a double file of troops. Shots Fired by Servians. Budapest, Nov. 23. The Austro Hungarlan patrols on the Servian fron tier aro being strengthened In conse quonco of reports that Servian troops recently fired across tho Danube at n point near Zemedria on a party of Austrlans. FEARFULTORNADOES Thirty Dead and Scores Hurt by Arkansas Storm. SEVERAL TOWNS ARE DEMOLISHED Two Twisters Sweep Path Over Four Miles Wide Both Start at Samo Time. Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 24. Two tornadoes, one north and tho other south bound, swept over West Arkan sas yesterday afternoon destroying many lives and much property. All means of communication was cut off and only indefinite reports have been received from tho districts visited. From theso reports it appears that at least 30 lives were lost. Tho property los3 will reach hundreds of thousands of dollars. One tornado started in the extreme southwestern part of the state and traveled northward following the sec ond tier of counties from the western boundary line. The other started in the northwestern corner of the state and went southward, to all indications following the second and third tier of counties. The counties through which the tor nado passed are Lafayette, Columbia, Miller, Pike, Howard, Hempstead, Montgomery, Yell, Pope, Johnson, Franklin and Carroll. According to advices received, tho storm was at its height when it swept through Piney, a German settlement on the Iron Mountain railroad, be tween Knoxville and London. Late reports from Russellvillc with which communication can be bad, are that between 12 and 20 persons were killed. Five lives are reported to have been lost ten miles from Mulberry. A report from Fort Smith states that 25 lives were lo3t in towns outside of Piney and Mulberry. This dispatch declares that the destruction of the town of Cravens was complete. Four persons were killed, two were fatally injured and eight were missing at that place. The tornado, approaching from the southwest, crossed the Arkansas river several miles south of the settlement of Piney and proceeded in a northeast erly direction. It Bwept through the towns of London, Wellerville, Jeshro, Lodi, Lewisville, Paterson and Barry- ville and outlying portions of Mulberry, either completely wrecking or laying waste the larger part of these places and destroying timber . and crops throughout the intermediate country. Advices from Lewisville, in the western portion of Lafayette county, report the destruction of several build ings. Considerable property damage and injury of several persons are re ported from Palmos. In response to an appeal from Piney for aid, a relief party, including three physicians, left Knoxville, Ark., late last night for that place. JAPAN PREPARED. Mikado Evidently Resolved to Over look Nothing in China. London, Nov. 24.-Japan is watch ing closely the development of affairs in China and is preparing for whatever emergency the crisis may bring, ac cording to advices received today by the British foreign office. Despite Japanese denials of inter ference in Chinese affairs, there is every indication that tho mikado is keenly alive to the possibilities of the Oriental situation and will not be found unprepared in any event. Chinese messages, reaching London by way of Japan, say that Prince Chun is splitting up the Chinese army and appointing division commanders with separate authority, as he fears to trust to a consolidation of power under any ono general. This is taken to mean that serious disfTection exists in the ranks of the army and gives color to the report that a revolution is threatened. Persia Denied Liberty. Teheran, Nov. 24. Street fighting between the liberals and reactionaries is going on today in all parts of the city as the result of the posting in the mosques of the shah's proclamation withdrawing the promise of a constitu tion for Persia. The clashes are not serious, but it is feared the unruly ele ment in tho population will get beyond control before nightfall. Many ar rests havo already been made. Tho liberals, on account of the failure of the constitution, are in a belligerent mood. Framing Traction Merger. Reno, Nev., Nov. 24. Prominent capitalists of San Francisco are here for the purpose of completing a merger of the rapid transit holdings involving $2,000,000. It is expected that an announcement of tho plans will bo made within the week. Tho proper ties have been operated by tho Farm ers & Merchants National bank and tho Fleishackers. They aro tho Reno Traction company, Interurban Railway company, Reno Development company. Colonel Zimmerman Dead. Brazil, Ind., Nov. 24. Colonel W. H. Zimmerman, aged 72, of this city, Hied yesterday at Macon, Ga., on a train while en routo homo from Flor- i iuu, xie was coione or tno regiment , in which President McKlnley enlisted as a private and Issued the commission I of lieutenant to tho young private. ""iing, in i-ebruary.