BRITONS PACE
INDIAN PERIL
Well Organized Plan to Place Gov
ernment In Native Hands.
Local Officials Unable to Cope With
Situation and Home Government
Hurries Troops to Scene ot Im
pending Revolt High Class Hin
dus Leaders of Movement.
London, Nov. 26. The seriousness
of the Indian uprising has caused the
government to take vigorous action
both here and in the affected districts.
The war office today ordered a substan
tial military enforcement to proceed
immediately from Aldershot to the
scene of the impending revolt, it being
represented to the authorities that the
local officials in Jndia were unable to
cope with the situation and were sorely
in need of troops.
Reports of extended police investi
gations among the Hindu "reds" dis
close the existence of a far reaching
organization numbering hundreds of
thousands of natives, bent on over
throwing British control, murdering
Lord Minto and Lord Kitchener and
seizing the machinery of government
to place it in the hands of the revolu
tionary society.
Government assurances that the
higher class natives are out of sympa
thy with the movement are known to
be baseless. The best educated and
highest caste Hindus are known to be
the real organizers of the anti-English
conspiracy, and several of the richest
and most powerful native princes are
among those most strongly suspected.
King Edward's liberal birthday ad
dress to India a few weeks ago has
evidently been passed over by the con
spirators, as too vague in its promises,
as untrustworthy or as pledging less
than the minimum which the natives
are willing to accept. It has, in any
event, been wholly without effect in
allaying discontent.
GOMEZ IN CHARGE.
Castro Sails for Prance to Undergo
Surgical Operation.
Caracas, Nov. 26. President Castro
will sail tomorrow from La Guayra on
the steamer Guadeloupe for Bordeaux,
for the purpose of undergoing an oper
ation at the hands of skilled specialists
of Berlin. Efforts which were made
recently to have Dr. Israel, of Berlin,
come to Caracas, to perform the opera
tion failed. It will be performed on
President Castro's arrival at Bordeaux,
where Dr. Isreal will be in waiting.
Should it be successful, the presi
dent will visit Paris, where he will
rest for a few days only, as he wishes
to return to Caracas at as early a date
as possible. Three of the leading
Venezuelan physicians will accompany
the president, also several members of
his immediate family.
The greatest excitement prevails in
Caracas and political intriguing al
ready has been commenced. It is
thought that the departure of President
Castro may open the road for the set
tlement of the Dutch, American and
French disputes. Vicente Gomez, the
"vice president, will assume the presi
dency. REVOLUTION IS SPREADING.
Government Gunboat Falls Into Hands
of Haytien Rebels.
Port au Prince, Hayti, Nov. 26.
The revolutionary movement against
President Nord Alexis is spreading.
The towns of Aquin and Jeremie have
both declared against the government.
The gunboat Croyant, which has fal
len into the hands of the rebels, en
countered the gunboat Centenairo off
Jeremie and shots were exchanged.
Late advios received here confirm
the report of the execution of General
Lecomte. He was captured near Jere
mie, together with his escort, after a
short struggle.
Storm Record is Broken.
Salt Lake City, Nov. 26. The first
snow fall of the season in Salt lake
valley broke by 3, W inches the record
for any 24 hours since the local weath
er bureau was established. On the
day ending at 6 o'clock last night 14
inches of snow were precipitated and
the storm continues. Southern Pacific
trains arrived eight hours late from
the West. The mining camp of Bing
ham is threatened with a ti-eup be
cause of the snow. Only by the cease
less activity have the ore trains been
kept moving.
Plan to Fight Freight Rates.
San Francisco, Nov. 26. Prepara
tions are complete for a series of meet
ings and conferences, having for their
object the organization of a strong op
position sigainst the new freight rates
which have been threatened by the
transcontinental railroads and which,
it is claimed, would work grave injury
to the interests of the Pacific coast
tanners, fruit canners, fruit driers,
bean growers, ship chandlers and shoe
finders.
Natives Rise in Transvaal.
Cape Town, Nov. 26. Armed na
tives attacked a passenger train near
Johannesburg early today, riddling the
coaches with bullets and injuring sev
eral passengers. The attack is believed
to have been the result of race troubles,
which have been growing at an alarm
ing rate lately, and it is probable the
government will be asked to action.
NEW YORK LOSES GIFT.
Yerkes' Widow Refuses to Pay Inte
rest on Big Library.
New York, Nov. 27. Because the
widow of the late Charles T. Yerkes
refused to pay $17,000 interest on a
mortgage, the city of New York will
lose the Yerkes library and art gallery
adjoining the Yerkes mansion at Fifth
avenue and Sixty-eighth street. An
order providing for the sale of the
library under foreclosure on December
16 was entered yesterday as a result of
proceedings brought by the Mutual
Life Insurance company, which held
the mortgage.
Mr. Yerkes provided in his will that
the library and art gallery should be
come municipal i roperty and since the
suit of the Mutual Life was instituted
it was generally understood that the
matter would be amicably settled. But
unless something is done between now
and December 16, the property will be
lost to New York as a public institu
tion. The value of the library is consid
ered to be greatly in excels of the
amount of the judgment to be satisfied
$242,296 while the land where the
structure is situated is held at about
$12,000 a front foot.
With this as an estimate, this prop
erty is twice as valuable as the amount
of the judgment.
REIGN OF TERROR.
Anarchy Widespread and Hayti Liter
ally Running With Blood.
New York, Nov. 27. According to a
cable dispatch received early today by
the Picayune from St. Thomas, D. W.
I., private cable adv.ces received there
from Port au Prince are to the effect
that the censored dispatches sent from
Hayti give only a faint idea of the
reign of terror now existing on that
island. The dispatch continues :
Anarchy reigns throughout Hayti
and the country is literally running
with blood. Private cables received
here from Port au Prince state that
wholesale executions are in progress,
both by the government forces and the
revolutionists.
Persons who are suspected of sympa
thy with the insurgents are being sum
marily shot by order of President Nord
Alexis. The same course is being fol
lowed by the revolutionists, who have
control of the southern portion of the
republic.
"Foreigners in Hayti are making
frantic appeals to their government for
protection and the French representa
tive has cabled for ships. The Ger
man minister, it is said, has cabled a
sim lar message to Berlin.
"It is the general opinion in St.
Thomas that intervention by the Unit
ed States is necessary.
ROAD DONE AFTER 27 YEARS
Nevada, California & Oregon at Last
Enters Alturas
Reno, Nev., Nov. 27. The work of
building the Nevada, Californ a & Ore
gon railroad from Reno to Alturas,
begun nearly 28 years ago, was for
mally completed today, and for the
first time a train pulled into the county
seat of Plumas county, Cal.
For years the line extended to a
point about 50 miles this side of Al
turas. Obstacles have since hindered
the work from that point. Immense
tracts of rich agricultural land have
awaited the completion of this line for
development. They are to be placed
on the market at once, the aim of the
railroad being to co-operate in any way
to settle up the sect on and make it
one of the most prosperous in North
ern California.
Aerograms From Japan.
San Francisco, Nov. 27. A wireless
station in this city reports having over
heard during the last fortnight crde
messages which are believed to have
been sent from some station in Japan.
Confirming the local company's belief
that the messages have come from Ja
pan, the Honolulu wireless station is
said to have ht ard the same code mes
sages. The Japanese station is over
6,000 miles from this city, and should
the signals which have been sent in the
Japanese code have originated in Japan
the record will have been broken.
Would Shoot Dowager.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 27. Telegrams
rece ved in this city today give an ac
count of the discovery of an alleged
plot on the 1 fe of the dowager empress
of Russia dur ng her recent journey
from Copenhagen to this city. Shortly
before the train on which her majesty
passed Ponderay, three men were no
ticed Acting suspic ously. They were
approached by gendarmes and opened
fire with revolvers. Two got away,
but one was arrested. This incident is
the basis of sensational reports.
Kill Four Whole Cargoes.
London, Nov. 27. The board of ag
r culture lias ordered the slaughter
without delay of the cattle on board
the four steamers that have arrived in
England since the hoard issued its order
prohibiting the imrortation of cattle
from New York and Pennsylvania on
account of the foot and mouth disease
in those states. The animals that
came in by these vessels were found to
be free from disease, but no chances
are to be taken.
Want Two-Cent Postage.
Berlin, Nov. 27. Various chambers
of commerce in Germany are petition
ing the imperial secretary of posts to
establish, in the interests of trade, a
2-cent postal rate between Germany
and the United S'ates, such as now ex
ists between England and the United
States.
HAPPENINGS GATHERED IN AND
AROUND WASHINGTON, D. C.
MILLIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
Congress Will Be Asked Large Sum
for Rivers and Harbors.
Washington, Nov. 28. Fifty million
dollars is the aggregate of the appro
priations recommended by Brigadier
General William L. Marshall, chief of
engineers United States army, for work
on rivers, harbors and fortifications
for the coming fiscal year, in his an
nual report submitteed to Secretary of
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 and harbors, including examina
tion, surveys and contingencies; $2,-
000, 0CO for work proposed by the Mis
sissippi river commission.
'i he sum recommended for fortifica
tions is $7,732,233, of which the most
important estimates are $2,369,000
for seacoast batteries at Manila; $449,-
000 for repair and protection at Pearl
harbor, Honolulu; $507,100 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 the reports refers
to the "very necessary additional de
fenses at Manila." It suggests that if
the amount recommended cannot be
ful 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 an effective and economi
cal manner."
A considerable proportion of the
suggested appropriation for search
lights is to recommended to be expend
ed in the Philippines and Hawaii.
Some of the more important estimates
tor the year for rivers and harbors
were as follows :
California San Diego harbor, $30,-
000; San Pedro bay, $100,000; Oak
land harbor, $521,000.
Oregon and Washington Columbia
river, $1, lb4, uuu; uoiumDia river
mouth, $450, 000 ; Grays harbor, $181,
000; Puget sound, $130,000; Tacoma
harbor, $40,000
Hawaii Honolulu harbor, $500,000;
Hilo harbor, $600,000.
An appropriation of $25,000 is rec
ommended for the Sacramento and
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
be added tomorrow, when a handsome
statue of General "Phil" Sheridan will
be unveiled and formally presented to
the city. The 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
President Roosevelt and Secretary of
State Root deny there is any friction
between the United States and Japan
regarding the open door in China, and
it m said no request or demand has
been made upon Japan, it is understood
that diplomatic exchanges of views on
this subject have taken place in the
last few days. Ambassador Takahira
made several calls on Secretary Root
last week and it is authoritively stated
that these conferences concerned Ja
pan's policy in Manchuria.
Test Naval Officers.
Washington, Nov. 27. The recom
mendation of the Navy department in
relation to a physical test for officers
is now awiting the president's final ap proval.
For officers of the line below
the rank of rear admiral and staff offi
cers below the rank of crptain, while
serving on shore, it will be similar ti
that now prescribed for the coast artil
lery, which is a fifty-mile walk in
three days. Watch officers at sea may
be required to take duty alte:nately
every four hours for 72 hours.
Project Nearly Finished.
Washington, Nov. 26. The Reclam
ation service today announced that the
Umatilla irrigation project is now 82
per cent completed. Water right ap
plications have been made for 3,700
acres, 2,500 of which have actually re
ceived water. There is no unentered
land in the Hermistonunit. In Wash
ington, the Sunnyside project is 26 per
cent completed ; the Okanogan project
is 83 per cent completed, and the Tie
ton project 54 per cent.
Imogene Morrill is Dead.
Washington, Nov. 25. Mrs. Imo
gene Robinson Morrill, a celebrated
portra t and historical painter, died
early today in a room of a lodging
house, alone and friendless and amid
surroundings of squalor and distress.
In 1879 she established the National
Academy of Fine Arts, in this city.
She had received scores of medals for
notable works.
Certiorari Writ Filed.
Washington, Nov. 26. Attorney
General Bonaparte yesterday filed in
the United States Supreme court a pe
tition for a writ of certiorari to review
the judgment of the United States
Court of Appeals in the $29,000,000
Standard Oil case, under which the
case was remanded for retrial.
ASKS ORDER FOR REBATE.
Lumber Company's Strange Petition
to Interstate Board.
Washington, Nov. 26. A curious
request is made of the Interstate Com
merce commission in a petition filed by
the National Lumber company, of Los
Angeles, against the San Pedro, Los
Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad company.
The complaint says that in the past it
has been granted on shipments of lum
ber and building material from Los
Angeles to various points a yarding-in-transit
rebate to enable it to meet the
competition of companies having 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 the law. The commis
sion is requested to direct the railway
company to pay the rebate on certain
shipments already amounting to $771.
No such report ever before was made
to the commission.
BAN ON ALL FAKE LABELS.
"Guaranteed Under Pure Food Act"
Doesn't Mean Purity.
Washington, Nov. 24. According to
a sweeping decision by the commis
sioner of patents, any label bearing
the inscription "Guaranteed under the
pure food and drug acts, June 30,
1906," where such inscription is in
tended to imply that the government is
responsible for the purity of the goods,
will be refused registration. It is
claimed that hundreds of packers and
others throughout the country are 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 are 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 the
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. 26. 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 Willett M. Hayes, as
sistant secretary of agriculture, and
Dr. Alonzo D. Melvin. chief of the bu
reau of animal industry. The decision
includes Bheep, swine and goats.
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
their motion for arrest of judgment.
This announcement follows the con
ference between Mr. Baker and the
president.
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. The court is now
in its Thanksgiving recess. The ap
plication fcr the writ of certiorari will
be presented formally to the justices
Monday by the clerk, with whom it has
been filed. The ruling wilLthen prob
ably be made on the following Monday.
Putting Marines Ashore.
Washington, Nov. 24. Action has
begun detaching the marines from the
battleships and 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 the
Atlantic fleet, now in Atlantic quart
ers, will have been relieved from duty
aboard the vessels.
Pinchot in Cabiitt.
Washington, Nov. 24. It is stated
here today on apparently good authori
ty that Forester Gifford Finchot has
been offered the post of secretary of
agriculture in President Taft's cabinet
and that it is almost certain he will ac
cept. It is stated also that Overton
W. Price, at present assistant forester,
has been selected as Finchot's successor
in the office of forester.
Fulton to Confer With Taft.
Washington, Nov. 27. Senator Ful
ton left for Hot Springs Thursday
evening for a conference with President-elect
Taft and National Chairman
Hitchcock.
Holmes Appointed.
Washington, Nov. 26. Arthur W.
Holmes has been appointed rural free
delivery carrier on route No. 1 at
Mount Angel.
OKLAHOMA HAS REMORSE.
Finds Stringent Laws Prevent Build
ing of Railroads.
Chicago, Nov. 25. A marked
change in public sentiment toward
railroads and other public utility cor
porations is reported in Oklahoma. It
has been brought about by a bitter
experience, but the lesson learned
thereby is all the more likely to be
profitable and permanent. For nearly
two years there has been an almost
entire cessation of railroad building,
so far as the trunk line systems are
concerned. This condition has hin
dered general business to such an ex
tent that the Oklahoma Federation of
Commercial Clubs has taken up the
matter. A circular has been issued by
that body setting forth the facts in
this regard.
It has been demonstrated clearly
to the satisfaction of the federation
that new capital cannot be attracted
for investment in the state until the
laws are settled upon a fair and con
servative basis, so that the capital in
vested may have reason to expect
legitimate returns.
PAPERS ARE MISSING,
Standard Oil Documents Stolen From
Public Records at Cincinnati.
Cleveland, O., Nov. 25. County
Clerk Charles P. Salen, subpenaed to
appear at the Standard Oil hearing in
New York with valuable legal papers
wanted by Frank B. Kellogg, found
today that the documents had mys
teriously disappeared.
Among the missing papers are a
dozen affidavits made by Standard Oil
chiefs, including one by John D.
Rockefeller, president, others by Oli
ver H. Payne and the remainder by
men who were prominent in Stand
ard Oil in the '80s.
A petition filed here in 1880 by
which Standard Oil sought to "elimi
nate" William Schofield, a Cleveland
refiner, is gone. It is wanted by the
prosecution in the government's case.
lo remove papers from public rec
ord is an indictable offense under
Ohio statutes, punishable by heavy
penalty.
BLOCKS AUSTRIA'S GAME.
Servian Minister Lining Up Powers in
Balkan Muddle.
Rome, Nov. 25. M. Milovanovich,
the Servian minister of foreign af
fairs, left here today for Belgrade,
where he, will repprt to King Peter
on the result of his mission to Lon
don, Paris and Rome. The foreign
minister has now eliminated from the
Servian programme every claim that
is not in harmony with interests of
those powers upon whom Servia
chiefly relies, namely, Russia and
France. Both of these states are in
terested in preventing the Austro
German advance in the Balkan penin
sula. Great Britain, it is declared, is de
termined to prevent Germany from
regaining the supremacy she enjoyed
at Constantinople before the advent
to power of the young Turks. As for
Italy, in spite of the fact that she is
a member of the triple alliance, she
is opposed to the idea of Austrian
expansion on the Adriatic.
PLANTED ON MOUNTAIN TOP
Rare Weather Instrement Established
on Mount Rose.
Reno, Nev., Nov. 25. After a
week's labor, Professor J. E. Church,
of the Nevada University, has just
completed the installation of a me
teorograph, one of the few weather
instruments of the kind in the United
States, on Mount Rose, one of the
highest peaks in the Sierras. Rugged
topography compelled him to carry
the delicate instruments to the top
of the mountain on pack mules.
Professor Ferguson, of the Wash
ington weather bureau, is expected
here December 1 to take charge of
the new station. Later, Professor
Church, who has secured a two years'
absence from the college, will be in
control.
Leprosy Grasps Mexican.
Los Angeles, Nov. 25. Journeying
all the way from Mexico to Los An
geles to lenrn what was the matter
with him. Trened'a OrTego, a Mexi
can, is today confined in the county
hospital begging to be told what is
his ailment, and why the people are
shunning him. The physicians de
clare he is a victim of leprosy. This
makes two lepers in the county hos
pital, Mrs. Elizabeth Wardwell, the
other victim, having been brought
here from Tombstone, Ariz. The hos
pital authorities are quoted as saying
that both will be deported to Mexico.
Party Reaches Honolulu.
Honolulu. Nov. 25. Most of the
members of the Pacific Coast cham
bers of commerce who went recently
on an excursion to Japan arrived here
today on the steamer Tenyo Maru.
on their way home. They express
themselves as being convinced of
Japan's sincere desire for peace,
which they believe will result in al
laying all sentiments of antagonism
between the people of America and
Japan. The commercial men speak
of their trip in enthusiastic terms.
Receiver for Coal Company.
Knoxville. Tenn., Nov. 25. Fed
eral Judge Sanford here today ap
pointed E. II. Benoist, of St. Louis,
temporary receiver of the Cumber
land Coal & Coke company, which op
erates in Fentress and Cumberland
counties in this state.
TORNADO BRINGS
DEATH AND HAVOC
Thirty Known Dead and Many Injured
In Arkansas.
Two Twisters Start at Same Time
and Sweep Path Four Miles Wide
Crops and Forests Leveled to
Ground Several Towns Almost
Demolished.
Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 24. Two
tornadoes, one north and the 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 the districts visited.
Fr&m these reports it appears that at
least 30 lives were lost. The property
loss 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, the
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 Russellville with which
communication can be had, 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 lost 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 swept through the
towns of Lonaon, 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 the 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
one general.
This is taken to mean that serious
disffection 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 Fersia. The clashes are not
serious, but it is feared the unruly ele
ment in the population will get beyond
control before nightfall. Many ar
rests have already been made. The
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 the plans will be
made within the week. The proper
ties have been operated by the Farm
ers & Merchants National bank and the
Fleishackers. They are the 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,
died yesterday at Macon, Ga., on a
train while en route home from Flor
ida. He was colonel of the regiment
in which President McKinley enlisted
as a private and issued the commission
of lieutenant to the young private.