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Senator Carter. Of Montana, might stand
a good show for Secretary of the Interior
or Postmaster-general were ii not for the
fact that Montana has become a Populist
state, and to take him out of the Senate
at this time would result in the loss Of a
Republican vote I'm that body next session.
None can be spared. and no Senator will be
taken for the Cabinet whose place cannot
certainly be filled by some one wholly in
accord with the administration.
When Senator Carter was Commissioner
of the General Land Office he made host
of friends among the employees of the In
terror Department, many of whom still re-
lated a little incident showing Carter $.
kindness of heart. 1t was under the Har-
rison administration. with which Carter
very worthy man. residing in Maryland.
and having a large family to support had
been turned out of office to make room for
office Department. who had at one time.
done a personal favor for Carter. CHANGED
Office After some time the man and his
family became actually destitute. The
neighbor wrote letter to Senator Carter
apprising him Of the facts. and appealing
to him to have the man re-appointed. Car
ter wrote to the Secretary Of the Navy n
strong letter urging that this be done and
sent il TO the friend who had interested
himself in the matter He gave il to the
discharged employe and told him to present
ii in person.
1T won't do any good" said the man.
resignedly. Representative has all
ready been to the Secretary for me and he
was refused"
However. he presented the letter. The
next day he came TO his friend i'm the POST
Office Department with tears in his eyes
and joy in his heart.
who is this friend of yours, this man
Carter" he asked. When / went to the
Department and presented his letter the
people Just seemed TO wake up, and there
was tho greatest scurrying around and
sending for people you ever saw. And
have got my place back. And IL you want
TO see happy home just you go down
to my house and see my wife and children.
And i want you TO tell MIR. Carter that
there is food on the table tonight I'm abun-
dance, and a good warm fire, and some
been there but for him. God bless him.
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WOMEN'S NATIONAL COUNCIL.
Countess of Aberdeen Cannot Attend,
but WeIl-KnOyvn Indianians Will.

BOSTON, Mass. Nov. 23.-The Countess
of Aberdeen cannot return from British
Columbia in time for the annual executive
meeting of the National Council of Women,
but the international council will be rep
resented by Mrs. May Wright Sewall. its
vice president at large and former presi-
dent of the National Council of the United
States. The WomenS council of Canada,
will be represented by rs corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Willoughby Cummings ana
Mrs Archibald president of the Halifax To-
cal council. Among the other well-known
women who will attend are the Rev. Anna
Shaw Mrs Agnes Hit and Mrs. Kate
Rrownlee Sherwood Public meetings will
be held next Thursday and Friday, Dec.
and 4.
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ALBERT DUTY ARRESTED.
Ex-PatrOIman Charged with Obtain
ing Goods by False Pretense.

Ex-patrolman Albert Duty was arrested
last night by Captain Dawson and Ser
geant Crane on a charge of impersonating
an officer. The offense for which he was
arrested was an attempt to obtain goods
by false pretense. 1t is charged that he
went to the Worlds Fair store and bought
a cloak, giving the name of Newton Jack
son. patrolman. He paid 81 down and
was to pay 81 a week on the installment
plan. AS the deal was being closed some
one who knew Duty came into the store
and called him by name. Duty left and
has been out of the city since. He claims
Shelbyville as his home and says he has
been there ever since the transaction at
the Worlds Fair store.
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General Notes.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-The President
has pardoned p. l.. Whitesides. alias Fay
cite whitesides. convicted of introducing
liquor into the Indian Territory and SEN
fenced to two years in the Detroit House
OF Correction. The term has expired. but a
pardon is necessary in order to qualify
Whitesides as a witness in an important
trial now pending.
The joint committee of the two houses
of Congress appointed at the last session
of Congress 10 investigate the relation of
alcohol to the arts and manufac tures. and
TO report upon the feasibility of relieving
alcohol used in them from taxation, held
a preliminary meeting in the room of the
Senate committee on rules to-day.
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Lee. Report to Olnex.

WASHINGTON, Nov. Acknowledgement
Lee, accompanied by Mrs. Lee and his
daughter. called at the State Department
General Lee. when asked concerning the
reports that he had recommended interven-
ton by the United States in Cuba. replied
that his report had been presented person
ally to Secretary Clney. and that unless
Mr.. Olney had given out information con-
corning IL all reports as TO its contents
were conjecture. for as FAR as he CLee) was
concerned he had not spoken to any one
regarding IT. When questioned directly as
10 the recommendations In his report. Cen
eral Lee said positively that he must de-
cline TO discuss IL in any shape or form. as
MS report was In the hands OF Mr.. Olney,
who must make IL public II Ii were to be-
come public General Lee said that he Ia Il
not made up his mind as to exactly when
he would return 10 Cuba.
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LONDON

LONDON, Nov.efg 24.LThe Times this
morning contains a notice of the death of
Sir Charles Stavely at Dublin. yesterday.
He was conspicuous during the Crimean
and the Chinese wars, and he made valu-
able military sketches at the time of the
Oregon difficulty with the United States.
CLEVELAND. o.. Nov 2s-Milo B. Ste
vens, one of the beSt-knOwn pension attor-
neys in the United States. died at his home,
$40 Cedar avenue. to-day, aged hfty-eight.
The immediate cause Of death was cry
sipelas.
MADRID. Nov. 23.-The death of Gen.
Riva Palacio. the Mexican minister to
Spain, is announced to-day. He has been
sick for some time past. and died at his
residence here yesterday.
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EXTRA SESSION TALK.
1Conciuded from Fir.t PAGE,

before the State Department her story of
robbery and outrage at the hands OF ma
tives in the Mexican States of Huatusco
and Oaxaca. IL appears that Mrs. Finley
became the wife of a prominent physician
at Northampton, Mass, in 1915. that they
subsequently lived also In this city and in
New Orleans. and afterwards separated;
that she went to Mexico in 1888 and prac-
ticed medicine there. taking the name of
DR.. Virginia Bardolphi. The robbery of her
money resulted from making loans which
she could not collect. Her requests for 1t
were met by gross insults, and she was
prosecuted by the inhabitants and twice
thrown into prison, and was on one occa-
sion assaulted and robbed by a band of
soldiers
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Cable Notes,

Rain has fallen in most of the districts OF
Bengal and has improved the crop pros
poets. If the rain continues immediate
danger of severe famine will be averted.
A dispatch from Fort Salisbury. Mata-
beleland. contains an interview with Cecil
Rhodes in which he said that he considered
that the Matabele rebellion was ended;
that troops were no longer needed. and that
he was going to England at the beginning
of the year.
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Senator Lindsay's views.

FRANKFORT. KY, Nov 23.-United
States Senator William Lindsay a strong
administration man. expects decisive action
on the part OF Congress regarding Cuba at
the approaching session. In an interview
re says: THE revolution now in progress
IN CUBA must result in tie independence of
the island OF in the practical determination
OF the Cuoan people. Continuing. the Sem
ator says: Humanity demands that the
tseiess destruction OF property and the
cruel waste of human life should come to
an emo. III negotiation with Spain will not
avail then there should be intervention.
In This movement the United States must
take the lead"
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I'LL RESCUED BUT EIGHT.
Thfrty-Ffve of the San Benfto's Crew
Taken from the Wrecked Shin.

POINT ARENA, Cal. Nov. 2s-The
steam collier San Benito is fast aground
few miles north of this place and will be
a total wreck Eight of the vessels crew
have been drowned and the remaining
fhirty-hve after suffering terribly from ex-
posture, were taken from the wreck to-day
by boats. In the terrible gale of Sunday
morning the San Benito crashed ashore In
a dangerous locality. and is now resting on
the rocks and is being gradually beaten to
pieces by the combined action of gale and
SURF. When the steamer grounded two
boats were lowered but they We're cap
sized In the surf and eight men were
drowned. The captain and the remainder
OF the crew stuck to the ship until taken
of to-day So far as known those drowned
are as follows: o. W. Scott, first assistant
engineer; c. II. Condor, second assistant
engineer: III. Prendergast. fireman; John
h Sheridan. messenger boy; three seamen,
names unknown -
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Movements of Steamers

QUEENSTOWN. Nov. 23-Arrived: Cata-
lonia, from Boston for Liverpool. and pro-
ceeded.
GIBRALTAR, Nov. 2s-Arrived: Ems.
from New York for Genoa
BREMERHAVEN, Nov. 23.-Sailed: Dres-
den. for New York.
MARSEILLES, Nov. 23.-Arrived: Patria
from New York.
NEW YORK. Nov. 23.-Sailed: Anchoria,
for Glasgow. -,
BREAKWATER, Del. Nov. 23.-Arrived:
Rhineland.
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FIVE YOUTHS ON TRIAL.
Charged will Numbering the Baron-
ess De Valley, a French Niser.


PARIS, Nov. 24-There was a large and
aristocratic assemblage of persons. inc!ud-
ing Nine Georges Hago, at the opening of
the trial of five youths to-day for the muir
der of Baroness de Valley, an aged and
eccentric miser, last June. The Baroness
was eighty-three years old. The police be-
lieve they have evidence given them by an
informer that the murder was the result of
a plot by an organized gang. one of whom
was the protege of the Baroness. lad
named Lageny. He procured the keys of
her apartment fer q time to have duplicates
made. 1t has been alleged that these keys
were made by the man who afterwards
turned informer. His name was kaoui
Durand. A man named Ferrand and the
two Juliens were the other members of the
gang. After the crime had been committed
Lageny told Durand all the details. and he
went Immediately 10 the police and told
them 1t is supposed that the actual muir
der was committed by TWO youths named
Pierre Ferrand and Julien kingsen. who
were supported by disreputable women in
the Latin quarter, and who wrote for pub
locations the one verses and the other iic-
ton. They believed 10 have acted
merely as the tools of the others.
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tary Olney and the Spanish minister took
this view Of the student outbreaks at
Barcelona. Spain. and at one Of the Amert-
can colleges some time ago, and while there
were expressions Of regret at the episodes
there were no formal apologies. A recent
alleged indignity 10 the American flag in
Canadian town has been passed over in the
me wa
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Return of the Marblchead.

NEW YORK. Nov. 23.-The cruiser Mar
blehead IS lying at anchor of Tompkins-
vile, 5. l., having arrived in port this aft
ernoon after cruise Of nearly three years
Officially this cruise began April 9, 1894 but
1t was not until two months later that the
Marblehead passed the Hook bound for
Kingston jamaica. and Bluefield Mica
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LONDON, Nov. 23.-The hearing for the
suit for libel brought by Earl Russell
against his mother-in-law. Lady Scott,
and John Cockerton. an engineer; Frede-
rick Kask. a groom. and Aylott. valet
was begun to-day at the Old Bailey. The
defendants pleaded not guilty and they also
pleaded Justification. Sir Frank Lockwood
Q. c., for Earl Russell. occupied the whole
day in a statement OF the familiar story of
the libel. at the end of which Lady Scott
was readmitted TO bail under certain con-
ditions. The male prisoners were refused a
renewal of their bail.
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LONDON. Nov. PA Copenhagen dis
patch to the Daily Mail says that mar
riage has been arranged between Prince
Christian of Denmark, eldest son OF Crown
Prince Frederick, and Princess Pauiine OF
Wurtemburg the daughter of King Will
liam III of Wurtemburg Prince Christian
was born Sept. %. 1870 and Princess Pau
lima was born Dec. - 1871.
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PARIS. Nov. 2..-Beneath No. 70 in the
Place Ravignan a secret passage has been
discovered AMI has been explored for 2oO
yards until a fall of masonry blocked FUR
Their progress. 1t was found TO contain
human skull and bones, and Is supposed
to have been formerly the catacombS OF
Montmartre, a monastery in the twelfth
century.
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Alabama Furnaces Prosperous.

FLORENCE. Ala. Nov. 23.-The Sheffield
furnaces are enjoying a season of great
prosperity Following closely upon the
order for 1900 tons of pig iron received by
the Sheffield Coal. Iron and Steel Company
comes the information that the Colbert
Iron Company on yesterday shipped twenty
carloads OF pig iron to Eastern manafac-
turers- Preparations are being made to put
two more furnaces in blast there Those
now In operation are running their full ca
pacity and making excellent grade of
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Proposed PCpuIist Colony,

TOPEKA. Kan, Nov EXCEPTIONS have
been obtained on 2.000 acres of land in
Crawford county, where il is proposed to
locate colony organized on the co-opera-
tive plan. Among the leaders of the move
ment are Chairman John w. Bredenthal.
of the Populist committee: Congressman
elect Ed X. Iidgely, fusionist; Chris D.
Hoffman. of Enterprise, and ex-State
Treasurer w. III. Riddle
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The Case of ..Matt, Kersey.

WASHINGTON. Nov. %. - Mrs. II. p.
kersey. the mother of Matt Kersey, of
Alexandria, Va, who is supposed to be
locked up In Cuban prison. has received
q letter from Secretary Of State Olney i'm
which he states that the department has
forwarded all the papers in the case to the
consul at Gebarrd, with instructions to in
vest1gate the matter thoroughly.
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Movements of General Gomez.

NEW YORK. Nov 2s.-The protracted
silence of Commander-in-chief Maxine
Gomez, of the Cuban army which had
caused considerable anxiety among Gu
bans here as TO his safety. has at last been
broken. and The junta in this city has re-
celVed communication from him. In this
communication, which comes from Las Vii
las sa7ta Clara province, General Gomez
SAYS tfftst he has at his command 35. 0e0 we'll
e1ulppcd men, and with these he intends 20
proceed 10 Havana province. The COM
u1a,de r-in-chief writes that account OF
the bad condition of the roads il took this
force or men twelve hours to pass a certain
point. General Gomez adds that he is in
good health. as are his men, and has every
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String of TrOtters.

EAST AURORA, N. Y, Nov. 23.-Eddie
Geers, trainer of the Village Farm racing
string, shipped twenty horses to-day to
Selma, Ala, where they are to be prepared
for the campaign of 1897. Among the horses
shipped are Fantasy 2:2s). Bright Regent
(2:11aD, Rex Americas (2:11hD, Valence
(2:16lal and several promising Youngsters.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-The four men ar
rested on suspicion of being implicated in
the robbery and murder of Frank Z. Ar
buckle, OF Denver, Col, last Thursday
morning. were arraigned in Police Court
to-day and discharged The prisoners were
Joseph Davidson. alias Pagan, George w.
Stevens, Henry Meyers. alias Muregen, and
Samuel Stewart. alias 'Sheeny Sam"
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New Bicycle Records.

DENVER, Col, Nov. BIN the face of
the high wind to-day Sanger and Swan
brough rode five miles, flying start, I'M
paced, on tandem on the Denver Wheel
ing Club track lowering the professional
record sixteen seconds TO 1881 Watts and
Smith established a new amateur record
CT LIZ for tv OF thirds of a mile. flying start.
unpaced. on the tandem, and new records
of 1:59 2-5 for a mile and ALP 3-5 for two
miles
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Means War with Europe.

PARIS, Nov. 23.-The Figaro to-day, COM
menting- on the relations between the
United States and Spain on the Cuban ques-
ton. says: THE American newspapers
winch are egging the United States to war
with Spain should reflect that war with
spain means war with Europe; and in the
interest OF the United States itself il is to
De hoped that this eventuality will not
rll.f
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JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Nov. 23.-Aris-
tada, one OF Maceo's Iieutenants arrived
hero to-day, having been smuggled through
Havana He bears dispatches to the Flor
Ida Junta to be transmitted TO New York
headquarters. He will say little except to
leaders. He says American volunteers are
DONG e1tcient work against Weyler with
dynamite Maceo's fabian policy, he says
makes him complete master of the situa-
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TANGIERS, Nov. 23.-It is reported here
that owing to a strong foreign pressure.
France. after massing troops on the from
tier has been obliged 20 abandon the pro-
jected expedition TO Swat, the extensive
territory south of Morocco and Algeria.
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Not Endemic.

Kansas City Journal.
Professor James. OF Harvard. is trying
TO prove that genius IL not disease. He
ought at least TO be able TO show that IL
is not an alarmingly PREVALENT disorder.
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BOSTON. Nov. 23.-Cable advices received
to-day from Hamburg state that there is
still a. strong demand for American
apples. especially at interior points of Ger
many The supply does not cover the con-
sumption. and at the last sale Baldwins
barrel
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To Partition Turkey.

LONDON, Nov. A.-The Daily Mails Ber-
lin correspondent says that the Grand
Duke Nicholas of Russia on a recent visit
10 Vienna, took with him proposal for the
partition of Turkey among the powers, and
TO make Constantinople a free port. Russia
to have Asia Minor and England to have
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Foreman. Reimbursement Asked.

CAMBRIDGE. o.. Nov. 23-Employes of
the Martin plate works are out on a strike
over the discharge OF George Eyenon for
disregarding a rule which forbids workmen
OF one department TO visit other depart
mept& The men say they will not return
euDtenoE Is reinstateds
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CINCINNATI, Nov. "a ST anger today
stole tray of diamonds from Clemens
OSkamp's store. on Vine street. He was
closely pursued and lodged into an adioin-
ing building. where he left his overcnat and
the diamonds in n washroom and escaped
The diamonds were worth $1,000
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Lafayette Lane.

ROSEBURG, Ore. Nov. 23.-Lafayette
Lane, Congressman from Oregon from 1874
to 1876. died at his home. in this city, to-
day. He was the son of Hon. Joseph Lane,
the first United States Senator from Ore
gon and a candidate for Vice President
on the Democratic ticket in 1860
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sea. 1t is here that the gifted Roudaire
had hoped to bring the waters of the Medi-
terranean to give back to the sea that
which once belonged to it.
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LONDON. Nov. 24.-The Chronicles ST.
Petersburg correspondent reports that NJ
De Wife. Russian Minister of Finance, has
secured the consent of his colleagues for
the introduction of the gold standard. The
Car approves IL, this correspondent says.
and the Imperial Council is now discussing
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a Differences.

Washington Pest.
John Sherman wonders why Mark Hanna
didn't pay such big dividends when he
used to place his honor and presidential
chances on deposit with him.
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Employment for1so Men.

CLEVELAND. o.. Nov. 23.-The blast
furnace OF the Cleveland Boiling Mill CON-
pany. which has beer idle since July 1, re-
sumed operations to-day. Employment will
be given to $50 men.
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Philadelphia Press.

Whatever changes the new admiuistra-
ton may work, X can never hope 10 rival
the unsurpassed and indispensable Prt-
vate Secretary Tt->rser-
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CIeVeIand Leader.
We understand that the Electoral College
yell ends with an emphatic and long
drawn-out "M-e-K-i-n-l-e-yLe
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Convincing.
Kansas City Journal

Colonel Bob Ingersoll Is suffering the
pangs Of sciatica, and is more than ever
convinced that we have our Texas on
earth
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the project and viii, probably adopt 1t, al
though the Agrarian members warmly op-
;f
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-02
He Rolled Out of Jail.

Ted Dillon, prisoner charged witt
forgery escaped from Jail at Barstow,
Cal, under difficulties The two officers
who had him in charge left him in jai'
while they went to supper, but they tooi
the precaution TO lock a pair of handouts
around billions ankles. They were sc
tight that Dillon complained Of the pain.
The officers were gone but few minutes.
but when they returned they found the
door open and footprints in the dust, In
dicating that Dillon was taking long
jumps toward Doggett. The officers fol
lowed the trail q miles and then lost IL.
In the morning they discovered that Dillon
had doubled back toward Barstow. He
had found a hut frequented by tramps,
and by means OF a pair of fishplates had
cut the links holding tho handouts to.
gether. From the hut Dillon had gone
directly to Barstow, and from there the
officers have no trace Of him. Dillon.
trip from the jail down the track and back
to the hut must have been at no small per
sonal discomfort. The trail showed that
he had at times rolled for a distance of 5C
yards, this probably when the irons be
came too painful to permit him to jump
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-04-02

The grateful heart has music in IL
that angels cannot sing.