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EVENTS OF THE DAY NUWSy llfiJIS HillllCTClI frOIIl All HmhIm i i... iif,..i.i mi ia ui mu niuni. PKEPAKH) l'UK THE IiUSY HEADER (.it Important hut Not Lett Intel eating Happening! from Polntt Oulilda tho Hlnto, CMn in believed to have ileitrrlnl Vetieiiida forever. The iiiirnmiiiiiial n.nal conference It in oeamiiii at Loudon The prixtecittimi ha eompletrd In eldrnce in the Ituef trial A IMiiOiiiik broker i ehar(rd will. f.irKhlK homU fur ri4M).uoi l'lk of New York Cllv .ire peinl tl.iKHMMMi on a iietv cliililiinitr A kinmer and tvm dKka hiirued ai I'liitl.uitl Me I.iim. flMiinii Moiilriieri hat altar kril all AilU..in f"it and ntrla i hurryinx triMip le the neeiie. Ailjiitnit General Alinwntlh repnrt lint ilt i r'nuu in the army are mi the dr. reae I ui Angelet mall liai been ar rr ted f r having ll4 for eminlcr fiililiK iiinHey A Clin ibii urand Jury report wlnlri.i r eleitintt fraud, particularly dneet pr mary l'hyiina hold out oMie hope fur ihr rrnierv of fiovfrnur-elcct 0 Ki"'e. uf VahlHttmi The t'ldiin 1'arifie hat reduced ti itintnnii nine lirtvteen Diunha ami I'nriland two ami one half hour AdniirniK friendt Haul lo preteni Admiral I-'vuim with a hotir at I im Aniirle. Iiul he hat taken warning from the Pcttcy incident and declined Mr Yele leer hat ttartrd entile! of Yerkoa' will. The V M C A ha erected a fine linmlKrat on olllc till, the local iwllcti one of tin ao four altea tnny ho awajfd hmldttiK at 5e.ul. Corea I nm Ul0 ol)(.,.ri, f tll VtMe Mm, ' by the nlucrity with which tho ownera An Imperial ed.ei In been Uned In St. arindup cornptny nro proa ruliiiK ' th riirty Utke Uie hint nml re China hi .rameelMK 4 ctmttiliitinn in . v Krvua aearch for the othma. Iuco ,m.,,r "Kurea. The new aubtreni- imie. year Tlm Orleiitnla out the heavy wlru'ury "",'" n Curatory atructuro of lo M.ele civil .ervice emiiloyc1! tine over one of the wlmlowa. raw,, I cln-wlc detilK'n, conatmctwl of atone L,.- I..... ...l.l.t.l... ... .t.ti .f... track to itnet race iitr iimii ii iitifa ii v inn iaiv Hi. miner, were killed and llirrc tallv nen.nl n an explo.ioii i.f k lilallt iiitiirril in ih rtilittimt nl ls in a Went Virginia coal mine. Mi I Ikin i i.J to have jilted Lieu- Aliiun he'sine he prrferrrd truant Andrrvn. ol the navy Itailrovl and coal enmpanir hac hrcn innii-ied of conspiracy In re .Inint of (rule at Sail l.akc City Kalilii te attacked S'ew York iiiilKr d.r buiiitirliiiK Cruker mi the irianii of hi wail to this country ' In the SunHird "'I diolntion rate .n hhold It. foraTilien almot every thitiK in I'ltinrition with the rom pany hitalliek. A ChicaKo man ituputed a lot of run and other article, placing a value of Jl.lNM) on them Chicago eti limn uf final have ricd them at Ihry were worth $14 003 Thnw'a lawyers continue to fight to iirctiro his release. Minnesota, Montnnn and the Dnkotns arti having zero weather. A Columbus, Ohio, city ofllclal has been convlctisl of grafting. At the municipal elections Just held i ii ."uiiim.i .i-uuiin juai m in in .Massachusetts, several cities went ,lry. rim Hoods in Arknnsns hnve not sub- aided. The property loss will bo enor- Ill Ollrl, Tlio government Inquiry Into thu Ilnrriman merger hns begun nt New York. Four persons are dead as n result of the crush at i:mieror Francis Joseph's .ii...,w..wi iiii.it.... Iiamcaia win causo n storm in the Oerman relchstag by u move to limit tho kniser'H Kiwer. Miiiiv election frauds hnvo been tin- covered In Missouri ami Indictments are expected to follow. Tho Iillsl.ury-Wasliburn Mllllngcom puny, of Minneapolis, which failed Momo tlmo ago, Is to bo reorganized. Thu government of Hnytt nn pears to ho going to pieces before (lonernl Simon, leiulur of thu rebels, reaches tho capital. taKwffi Ituvenuu ofllclalH nt San Francisco hnve received orders from Washington for's'mok.'L1"0 ,m,,0rUtl0n 0f0,"Um for H,m)k,,,K' Samuel L. Clemens has Just cole-, bratod IiIh 73d birthday. Two Japanese steamers collided oft" Chefoo and 700 liven uro reported lost. Two Philadelphia men engaged In n ntnlnl ilinil nml two livHtJindiini worn wouihIihI. At a conforenco of Ponnsylvnnin Ilaptlst ministers IlooBnvolt was so- verely censured. AUSTRIA-TURKEY AFFAIR. Auilrlnn Ambassador Tlirealent to do Homo nnd Tension It Serious. l-mnlim. lli.r. 1 A illmiuli-ti f 1 I ! TImiw fnm, Cm.ntm.tlr.oi.lu nnyri that itlii) tension between AUHirlu nml lur key In becoming iiiuru serioun. The departure of tho Austrian ambiissmlor, Minimis Pallavlc.nl, will mean tlm C(""llt) rupluru of iicKotlntluni. It la ililllcllll to sen how tliUcmi bo avoid- ed l.y Turkey while Auslr 11 maintains her ili iiiiinil for KUppi cumuli uf the lcy- cot by active Interference i.f thu ',, . , , port.-. Ui.derlho new regime this Is lit.pi.HNll.il, iin uvun If thu government Uaii.il orders to th.it i-ltYct they would ' iiul ho obeyed. Tin- bend of tho guilds concerned i.,..,.. 1..1.1 .1 i .,i.i. . ii..,in. i...., V. I i H . i i a . collvv.llbi..eralsiMllnsolui.gasAus. trln p.r . von .n her presu.t attitude. i iiinjiu lii in lliu l illicit iiuiii v iru mi tuiya in. i nip ror h tieiermtniitioti v timliilulii tieacu la a hopeful sign, 'I here are rumors that Marquis Pnllu- ru'i.Mil all over the country are go Vicllll Isitutllkily to leave ConsUml- ? " ""'I theineUr nlirt of cm j) n pie mill Hi. mi . tnuen speculation I """t For two year they have boiwht concerning 'ho Iouk au.llencu which llitf1"" '"IHijk irfc ! apeak of n-l ilicy emper..i Kri.nt.Hl tuh.y to Count JuI.un 'e"V"" Um ,,lc,r ol'' iulpmein In Aialiassy, ti.tt Hung rinn mlii ster of ..',.,,,. rsjirtli matiai;rr will soon tho int. nor. In view of .he fuel that ,,K .inc.iiK that they iiiiim cl Count AiKliBimy waa tlm only lluti;a ,,nrr money lei lav track and buy i Int. minuter Willi tlm couriiKo to -'cur and that to advance rate i the pun th pulley of till) lllill. XMllUII of llcwnlu u d llerzeniivlnu nml pi edict It prububle eoi.atipli'liea. CHINESE CUT WAY OUT. TwmtfOnn Mako Eniy Etcape Front Uelnilllon allrd. Snn Franc. aeo, Dec 1. Twenty-ono out .f I III Chliinaw held at the l'ucillc Mall duck, (h'IhIIih; the declalon of the litiirilriit luri olllciuU aa 10 whotlier or not li.ey were Diiti'lit! to enter the Ulii ml S li ten, ecnHKl from the lie t iitlon nIumI at Second and llrnnnnn atreeta about 1 o'clock lint nlnht. Four of them were recaptured in Clilt.a- town today ami roturmd to tiie sImh'. thri.UL'h IU(. Iiiifi hani ntul ! i! inu'ii n 1 -... j.. .......,,. .. . ,. .,-. rw ,. ....... wntTplpe. A nlKhtwatchmnn dlicov 'M' '' ?n w' fw,nu,1" niter tl e ChiiieM-had "Ian ed with- .out the approval of the immigration olllcers. Tli s is the second time thnt Chinese have ei.cn pod f r. m the rickety oil de- tnntiun shd. Last September four of them awaiting dep nation, sawed their way to lllHity ti rougi the reof. Seiisntininl chnruis ninile at the tmi by a etty olllcer of the I ner Mongol a Hint Cain.. .. vvi r ln-liur Inn u hv tlm proctwt of substitution, IhI to an Inv a- t gation, which, Imwever, d d mil dis- close anything tending to supxrt the chiirgis. tiiv it i niece at rvfur-iru- n i ntw wnui. r wii.rf(. i movo IO vnntunaaio nnnK o, ob Springfield Rioters. Sprirgfleld, 111,, Dec. 1. If plans now under consideration by iiuhllc m llj . i, t r nr prosecutors of Sangoman county are realized, one of the biggest cases in "' history of lh country will be cull- ed for tr nl In the Circuit court lore early next year. It is prohnblo t' at .i. i... .i,i i ..n lh ..,. the cnur will lie rskon ir an tre canes ngalnst nllegiMl rioters In the August outbreak In S.ringfleld may be tried at . once, ,f ,,, court consents, indlctrntnta' inni ii ut tit n JtTa fliifstnilnnlsl rtmrirl i conspiracy, will he naked of the next 'fa" "' -( ...i t grand Jury and the cases w II be tried in a consolidated hearing with 3fi do- ,,''' ."!.',? ' ,l,"rMt?,r prosiciuors. fondants, n score of Inwyi rs for the probably three or four The plan ia olferel In the interest of economy. Five enses nl- ready have been tred wit' out a con- victinn nnd It in estimnted thnt a pn- n.te henringa will cost tho county "O,000. Denver Hat Heaviest Snow. Denver, Dec. 1. Ileglnnln? last light nnd continuing until lino this afternoon, tho eastern ptrtlon of Colo- rado was visited by one of tho heaviest ..It.! unrti( iillnH iiuiiimliinAitil it tlilu .n..n... pi.,. ..,.-, v.,,. .....v. n section, at some pjlonts n new record being ea'nlillslunl. In this el'y train- way t fllclal declnro the snow was the hardest they have ever been compelled !,..ii7,rt J '; J '"' " '"' ',.,, "'T'" I fiffyttdbTffirf plow owned by tho tramway company wh pressedlnto service, Minion is of Diplomacy, Iinsso Torre, Island of Guadeloupe, Dec. 1, President Castro, of Venezu ela, nrrlvcd hero today aboard thj HtcnintT GuailoloUIHl, On hl way to Uordcnux. In reply to Interviewers, President Cnstro declnred thnt tho oh- Joct of hla Journey wns to settle soivo diplomatic buslnesa with tho French government. NEWS FROM THE ADVANCE IN HmTES. oiil Eiulpinnnt Will Cause Railroads to Sunk Relief From Shipper. WsnliiiiKii.ii, Dec s Shorlige nf r'lllliiK stuck canned liy tlir failure of thr r.i.lro,nll to keep up tliclr ciil mini iliirinur tlir rcrent Otia in i:l Mrinni-nry will rr.tlt in swrriiliiK : .l vatires in rate, according to the tnie ,,, f mcibrnt of the interstate commerce coinmUiiiiiti "' 'vc " .uIjI."' Mid one of the rotiiiiiiinicr in explaining Ihc itn.i- (, "mi ,,n attempt will be inmle all along the line t' lMh l 'ate in ' H'iililr way The railroads Itavc riillivated the mprca.ion that arr , rPCcll' ilinic,, ,m)llcy , tain their efficiency ami in a r i 1 Kill nrrvirr ami ikiv llirir ati.rkhnlilrr anything i ni a bniiic revives the miiv inly mean nl Kcttitiu the netilril ah Whither they will be permitted in enf'irie their hiahcul rales t wine thti.K the lommittlun cannot pata on now " Mrea.ly the advance have Iheuun I he ritiitritinn hat before it one r wlurli involve an advance in rite in all the nouthcaM. There i mother cie which involve advances in the aoulliHcat." S.tn Prlcnt Too High. WaahlnKUin, Dee. 4.- AaaiHtnnt Sec retary of tho Treasury Wlnthrop has intln.atiil thnt the pneos naked for the four altea in San Frnnctnco suKKeated ua locutiona for tho new subtreaaury, were too ateep; hicher than bualnea eonditluns in that city warranted and more money than the i-ederal govern- ?n,.nt proved to pay. Tho choice of BI1U cunurrir. Uncle Sam to Keep Aloof. Wellington, Dec. '.'.--The United States government has no present in tention of intervening in Hnytinn affair. This statement Is ninde on the ta'St of nuthority. The situation on the Island is nn internnl one and ns far as known hero It Is to denl entirely with the eople. The Hnytinn situs- tlon is not compllcntiil by the tiosltlon of the work of "emignidos," which obtains so frcnucntlv in Central Amor lean revolutions. President Nord Alexis has been in Kiwer a number of years ami for the time being nt least there Is no ground for American inter vention. kl ,. ,,., M i imvf vimi irnti. U'.-l.l.....- 1V..M 1 , Tl... ....tl.ll ' Hii'i'h w.., . v. ... ..v. ..... f f , eHl Atlantic battleship (,.t.t, ,tn.ng and owerful afloat ly ng weak and helpless because of lack of ''. fhovkn In tbo rvirt of Admiral '"4,to ,,,' Nn"y dopurtmont."1 Ac- COnlli'w to the reKrt tho crusio'of tho fU-vt shows tho need ot more colliers, Had there I een foreign complications or a eomblnntlon of foreien shipown. era tho leet in ht have renin ned help, . , , , ,. ,. ' - ... "".. ..-.i... ,... China's Envoyt at Washington. Washington, Dec. 3. TangShao Yi, sm..tit1 ..ittt.it ..f ,,t rl,In,u .sm.s- DIIVVIIII VII i'J Mil' VIMIII PV hUM III ment, nnd Prince Tsui Fu, together with nttacl.es and secretaries belonging to the ofllclnl suite, 19 Chinese stu- dents, nttendnnts and servants, have arrived here on their mission to thank Pres dent Roosevelt for the rem ttnnce of SI. 000.000 of the Hoxer indemnity fund. The vlstlors occupy a house pre pared particularly for their reception. Damages Awarded Paper Mill Men Washington, Dec. 3. Interstate Commerce Commissioner I.nno gave n ,irtHlnn tod.iv ..wnnlim- reimmtinn tn American lumber mnnufucturera nnd ther on necount of the Imposition of unj,18t freight charges by the Southern " '... iu(.nc from the pnper mills in Oregon l0 Queen Junction, Pa., berauso of tho curriers' Innbllity to supply enra of tho ., oncrwj by the shippers. Hitchcock for Pottmntter. Joml tho ,k,si ot asststnnt secrotnry or .Wnahlngton Dec S.-WHI. both 1 tS. hSSlSS res dent-olect Tnft nnd Frank lMJ7f ,h "ie?K!? mmit Hint no ntinnimrmnnnt hml hnnn authorized, It Is generally bellovedlMorKnn that Hitchcock will bo tho now post master general. Keefo Commlttlnner of Immigration. I Washington, Dec. 4. Daniel J. Keofe, of Detroit, president of tho Longshoremen's union, has accepted tho position of commissioner general of Immigration. NATIONAL CAPITAL MAKtB NEW HECOflD. Government Printing Office Old Much Campaign Work. Washington, Dec. II -The govern merit printing office was an Important factor in tho recent preNidentlul cam' pulcn. This iiiNtitution turned out for thu Itepublicnn and Democratic partita 7,-iltt,70u copies of a(Keches delivered In curmrvnn, aurpaaNint; all provlonn tecords by .'1,000,000 copies Tho total welnht of campaign KjRcclieH pririteil slnco tho biKlnnuiK of the Sixtieth coiign-HN exceeds 400,0(10 iiourids, or about 1 1 carloads. The printed sheets would completely cover If. njuure acres of (round, and If each page could ho laid end to end a bicycle track 017 mfhs long could bo ob tained. The number of words contained in this year's run of speeches has been roughly estimated at 230 billion. With the nounpapcr calculation of four read ers to each copy, this would require. tho assimilation of nearly a trillion words. Thu printing of speeches In thu gov ernment printing olllce for members of the semito and houao of rcprefentutives has hi en reduci d to an exact science through years of eXNirience. The printing Is paid for by the member of emigres drawing thu reijulsitoin, but tho mailing is done by frank, at public exjR.'iifo. MARRIAGE PROVES FAILURE. Federfl Statlttlct Show One Divorce for Every 12 Weddingt. Washington, Dec. 1. A higher di vo ce rate in thu United States than any of the foreign countries where sta tistics are available is announced by the census bu e.u, which, in a tulletin just is ued, says that at least one mar riage in 12 in this country ultimately terminates in divorce. Divorce is now two and one-half tlmci na common, compared with the man led population aa it was 40 years sgo. Utah ii ml Connecticut arc the only two state showing a deerc sed divorce rato for the past 20 years. Feel Need of Uncle Sam. Washington, Dec. 4. "To keep her relations with the United States of the most Iriendly character ia the keynote of Japans' iKilicy " This is the state ment of John C. I.aughlin, secretary of the United States commission to the Tnkio exosit on, who hns Just returned from his trip to Japan and who today commented on the treaty which In the last few days has drawn the two na tions clofer than ever before. "The (wcpleof Japan," he said, "realize th t they need the aid of the United Slates to insure them against aggres sion. " Condemnation Suits for Ground. Washington, Dec. 1. The Federal court in Hawaii will soon begin con demn tion suits for possession of land for a new military post at Wnikiki. The post will be made the headquarters of the coast artillery branch of the nrmy. Prices for tho property hnve been agreed upon and no trouble is ex jiected. It ia bclhtved the government will p1scodred.es on the submerged b nds nnd use tho material taken from the bny for new bond building. Let Fleet Go On Around. Washington, Dec. 1. Senntor Flint, of C lifornin, announced today after n conference with the president, thnt he would tuko no p rt in a movement to keep the lit tleship fleet in the Pacific wnters. The senntor said: "The pres ident's aim was to send the fleet nround the world. It is now on its way home. No reason has nrisen why the Journey should not be completed." Senntor Flint said the president favor ed more ships for tho Pacific. Fleet to Put on Paint. Washington, Dec. 2. The Navy de partment has, ordered that wnr color bo applied to those naval vessels on the west coast of the United f tates. Ac cordingly a slato color will bo applied to the West Virginia, Colorado, i'enn sylvanln, Mnrylaml, Tennessee, Wash InRto". California. South Dakota, St. Iouis, Oregon, Uuffalo, Milwaukee and Hninhow. Tho ships' forces will do AI t..it " panning. Atstant Secretary Snterlee, Washington, Dec. 2. Herbert I Snterlee, of Now York, has been ten dered the Kst of assistant secretary of " ' '' Denies Petroleum Report. Washington. Dec. 4.-"Alleged. Oil Prnftiincta In Nnvndn" Initio tttln nf tlm preliminary report issued today by tho United States geological survey, which effectunlly disposes of claims made In cortnln quarters thnt tho fect'ons investigated abounded in petroleum Veins. THOU8AND8 HOMELESS. Rapid Rite of Oklahoma River Causes Great Damage. i Guthrie, Okla., Nov. 30. An a re tult of a 48-hour downpour In the val ley of tho Cottonwood river and its tributaries, the Cottonwood overflowed hero yesterday afternoon. Several hundred homea are partially under water In West Guthrie, and 3,000 per sons are homeless. Thu river at 0 o'clock last night was one foot higher than ever before In its history and rising 12 inches an hour, Hundreds of people who refused to get out ol the flood district, believing that the river would not rise as rapidly as it did, fired shots of distress during thu night, and hundreds of boats with rescuers brought the tardy ones to places of safety. It is believed that a few persons are still In their homes. I So rapid was the rise in the Cotton wood that 20 head of cattle In the iffected district were drowned before they could be got out of the waters. Streetcar lervice is completely at a standstill. The city's water plant is under water. Five thousand collars' worth of cot ton belonging to the Farmers' Oil mill I was washed away, and 2,000 bales are 'still in the water. The Atchison, To peka & Santa Fe roundhouse and shops are inundated. I All railroad traina in and out of Guthrie have, bun annulled. Near Seward, Okla., the Santa Fe tracks are out and the railroad bridge at Red Itock has been washed out. The Mis souri. Kansas & Texas and tho Fort Sm th & Western railroads report many miles of track out near this city. The Denver, Enid and Gulf train ia waU-rbound at Crescent. The Eastern Oklahoma railroad trains are being held at Stillwater. According to re porta reaching this city, many milea of track on thesu two roads are either unshed out or ao completely under water that it ia impossible to move trains. FINCH KILLS FISHER. Oregon Oar Proteculor Shot by De barred Lawyer. Portland, Nov. 30. Attorney Ralph II. Fisher, prosecutor for the grievance committee of the Oregon State Bar as ociation, was shot and killed almost instantly at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon by Attorney J. A. Finch, who had been recently disbarred as the re-ult of charges of drunkenness that were prosecuted by Mr. Fi her. The tragedy occurred In Mr. Flshcr'a private ofli:e. 322 Mohawk building, Third and Morrison streets. MUs Verna Burkhart, Mr. Fisher's steno grapher, was the only witness and she lied screaming from tho room. The aisassin emerged deliberately from the room where lay hi victim, walked down the corridor and was about to take the elevator when cized by Dr. II. F. Leonard, who detained him. Finch wna at once taken into the office from which sulphurous smoke waa still pouring, and looked down upon the prostrate form that he had tlain. He gazed coolly and apparently unmoved upon the bleeding figure, uttered not a word, turned and walked out in the cu tody of the officers. "I wouldn't speak to him, and I'll get the rest of the bunch," Finch said to one of the officers who rode in the patrol wagon with him to the station. At the city jail Finch positively de nied tho murder to Di trict Attorney Cameron. He had been in his own office nearly all day, he said, and had not been near Mr. t isher a office. He talked confusedly and at times unintel ligibly, apparently under the influence of either drugs or liquors, or prcmedi- tatfngly preparing grounds for the de feme of insanity. Fight Safety Appliance Law. Snn Franclnco, Nov. 30. The North western Pacific railroad, a branch of the Ilnrriman system, running 100 miles north of this city, has deter mined to fight the constitutionality of the tafety appliance act and make the fir? t test of the scope of its effective ness. Almost all of the railroads are to be brought before United States courts for alleged violations of the act In not having r afety conveniences to lessen the chance of killing opera tjvea. Tho company claims the law does not apply to state traffic. Germany is for Open Door. Cologne, Nov. 30. Tro Koolischo Zeltung prints an Inspired Berlin dis patch, in which it is stated that the American-Jnpanese treaty will be re ceivjd with satisfaction everywhere. "So' far as Germany is concerned," says the dispatch, "the principle of the open door' agn es fully w ith wl at Germany on various occasions has de clared to bo desirable." Produce Farm for N. P. Diners. Billings, Mont, Nov. 30. Tho os tablifhment of a farm by the Northern Pacific Railroad company on which that corporation would raise a large per centage of the supplies used on its din ing cars is the latest proposition men tioned among the probabilities for the immedlato vicinity ot Billings for the coming spring. B1GGY IS DROWNED San Francisco Officer Disappears From Patrol Launch. PROMINENT IN GRAFT TRIALS After Having Served At Ruef'a Jailer and Polica Chief. Quarreled With Protecution. San Francisco, Dec 1. William J. B'Kgy. chief of police of this city, was drowned late last night while return ing across the bay in thd police patrol launch Patrol. Mr. Blggy had been at Belvedere, a suburb, to call on I'olico Commissioner Kcil, who resides there. He boarded the launch to return to tho city about 10 o'clock, and when tho boat waa out on the bay complained of feeling cold to Engineer Murphy, tho only other occupant of U.e launch. Mr. Murphy advised him to go to the cabin at the stern of the boat. Mr. Murphy then went below to at tend his engine and did not sea tho chief again. He came on deck as tho boat neared the city and noticed that the chief hod disappeared. A search of the boat failing to locate him, Mr. Murphy made all speed to the dock, where he reported the accident and went out into the bay again to search for the missing officer. Numerous boats were hurried to the scene and n careful search of the bay waa begun. William J. Biggy was appointed chief of police by Mayor Taylor after the latter hod been placed in offico upon the removal of Mayor E. E. Schmitz. Biggy succeeded Jeremiah F. Dinan, against whom the grand Jury returned an indictment in connection with the bribery cases. When Abra ham Ruef was arrested, the prosecu tion asked that Biggy be appointed elisor and be given the custody o. the prisoner. For eight months he held this position and at the expiration of that time was appointed chief of po lice in September, 1907, through the influence of the graft prosecution. Ever since the suicide of Morris Haas, the man who attempted to kill Assistant District Attorney Hcney and who later took his own life at the coun ty Jail, the relations between the chief and the graft prosecution have been strained to the breaking point. REBELS APPROACH CAPITAL. President Nord Alexia Says He Will Fight to the Latt. Port nu Prince, Dec 1. Every hour brings the revolutionary army nearer to Port au Prince, and a feeling of im pending disaster has taken possession of the people The advance guard of General Antolne Simon's forces is now not more than 25 or 30 miles from this city, and the insurgents have swept all before tbem. The government losses at Anse a Veau and the rout of the loyal troops have caused consternation among the officials of the government, with possi bly the exception of President Nord Alexis. Every effort to have him take himself out of tho country has proved a failure, and the president, who has faced revolutions before, announces his determination to fight to the last. TREATY IS SIGNED. Root and Takahlra Make Official the Japanese Agreement. Washington, Dec 1. The Jopaneso American agreement was signed at 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon by Secretary of State Root and Ambassa dor Takahira. The agreement Is in the form of notes, which were exchanced as soon as tho signatures were officially affixed. Tho notes merely embody in concrete form the sentiments that have been held for a long time by both nations according to a statement mado at tho State de partment. It was found desirable, it Is surmised, to reduco them to writing because ot the erroneous impressions existing. Attattln'a Trial Again Postponed. San Francisco, Dec. 1. Again tho trial of I. Wan Chaeng, the Korean who was ono of the party that attacked and killed the American diplomat Dur ham White Stevens, nt the Ferry building, last February, has been post poned, At the Jast continuance Judge Cook announced that he would permit no further delay, The case was forced to a continuance by tho fact that Chaeng'a attorney, Judge Robert Fer rall, is engaged in another important trial growing out of the graft prosecu tion. The trial is set for December 7. Magoon to Explain Cuban Loan. Havana, Dec. 1, Provisional Gov ernor Charles E. Magoon left this city today for Washington to explain the. nature of the pnposed Cuban loan of $26,000,000 before the Treasury depart, ment officials. Governor Magoon, be fore leaving, went over the matte with President-elect Gomez.