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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-11-17
AN OPEN PORT.
China Ia That Peking Shall
Become One.

Washington, Nov. 14.-In addition to
the points said to be agreed upon at
Peking as q basis for settlement with
China, ,as announced in cable dis
patches, it is understood that several
other points are likely to receive atten-
ton when the matter is taken up with
the Chinese ENJOYS. One of these is az
to making the city of Picking "open
port" for, while it is not ON the sea
coast. the purpose is to extend to It
that freedom of commerce and inter-
course with foreigners which, now APP
plies only to those open ports desig-
mated by treaties with China. The sug-
gestion that this action be taken has
been made in high Chinese quarters.
and its advisability is urged because
Picking, as the capital of the Chinese
empire, is the. center Of influence
throughout the country. Another
point which may be proposed is that
capital punishment, by beheading or
otherwise, shall not occur in future by
imperial edict alone. but only after q
trial such as is given in civilized coun-
tries, the accused having an opportu-
nifty to be heard. This does not apply
to the executions made necessary by
the Boxer movement.
Official dispatches have been received
here from the viceroys of the southern
provinces OF China, who, thus far, have
been very friendly to foreigners, stat
ing that they We're shocked by the ex-
ecution of the acting viceroy of Chill,
and also stating that they. feared that
this would have serious effect in those
localities hitherto favorably disposed.
Berlin. Nov. IA semi-official dis
patch from Picking. dated November
II, gives the text of the joint note of
the powers to China, confirming the
London Times dispatch. dated Pc
king, November II. Among the addi-
tional stipulations. the note requires
China to erect expiatory monuments
in every foreign or international
burial ground where graves have been
profaned.
London, Nov. 14.-The London morn
ing papers are again agitated con-
corning the stability of the concert of
the powers in China. The attitude OF
Germany and the United States meet
with disapproval, the former because
Count Won Waldersee has sent col
umn to destroy the. Ming tombs, an
act which is regarded as needlessly
vindictive, and the latter because 1t
threatens to break up the concert.
DR.. Morrison, wiring to the Times on
Sunday, expresses the opinion that
China twill readily accede to all the
terms of the conjoint note, except the
execution of the princes and officials,
which it will be Impossible to fulfill
while the court is in the hands of these
very officials"
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READY TO SURRENDER.
Gen. Smith, implicated in Michigan
Militia Scandals, Will Stand
Trial.

Detroit, Mich, Nov. IA special to
the Free Press from Grand Rapids
says: It is reported here upon the
best of authority that Gen. Will s.
White, formerly quartermaster gem
eral of the Michigan national guard,
who is fugitive from justice because
Of state military scandals, will arrive
in Lansing Thursday morning pre-
pared to go before the court and give
oail for his appearance when wanted.
For months Whites relatives have
been working necessarily in his be-
half, and after raising the money to
refund to the state they turned their
attention to getting bondsmen for
him. After approaching many busi-
ness men and former friends of White
and meeting with many rebnffs it was
announced Tuesday night that they
had succeeded. White lis said to be
across the river from Detroit in
Canada. 9.
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ENDANGERs NEGRO VOTE.
Measure for Educational and Prop
erty Qualification for Suffrage In
trOduced In GeOrxin.

Atlanta, Gu, Nov. 14.--Representa-
tive Hardwick introduced bill in the
general assembly Tuesday providing
for an educational and property quail
ilication for suffrage in this state.
The bill is similar to that enacted
in North Carolina. A bill similar to
the one introduced Tuesday was pre-
sented at the last session of the lcgis-
lature by Mr.. Hardwick, but failed
of passage by vote of 172 to g. The
bill is expected to raise the issue OF
n constitutional convention for Geor-
gia, and is said to be presented for
that purpose. II the measure should
become law it would greatly restrict
the negro vote of the state.
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'T0ASk CONGRESS- F(R AID
Irrigation. Congress Will Urge, Ne.
cessity of Appropriations
+ for Two Projects.
ONE. TO lRa!eA11 MILK RIVER VALLEY.

The Other Is Furnishing a Big Res-
icOpa Indians i'm Arizona =. Com
gress which Meets In, Chicago Next
week to Discnss' Projects.
Washington, Nov. 15.-Two impor-
tantsubjects to be discussed blythe ir-.
rigation convention at Chicago next
week and. to be urged on congress this
session for appropriation are projects
for the irrigation of che arid lanus of
the Milk River valley in Montana and
for furnishing big reservoir plant
for the Pima and Maricopa Indians in
the Gila region in Arizona. The first
project is calculated to cost about
$..00O.GOG altogether. Already, tlie,
SUBMITS of the Rockies adjacent TO
the Canadian border have been sur
veycd to ascertain the area, tributary
to thie point of diversion of wafer.
I: is stated that probably half Il nil
lion acres of the arid lands in the
Milk River valley will be reached if
the project is; executed. It is pro-
posed to build a canal beginning from
st. Mary's: river, carrying the water
into the north. and subsequently, the
south forks of Milk river and out on
the plains to the east. Among other
things it is claimed that the building
uI of an agricultural country there
will furnish feed to winter cattle, that
now frequently die by the thousands
in cold seasons. The national irriga-
ton congress will likely ask an ap,
preparation of about $250.0OO to begin
the work.
In the Arizona project it is proposed
to build, about so miles up the river
beyond the present reservation, a res.
ervoir costing in the neighborhood
of $1,500,O00. which will supply not
only these once prosperous but now
distressed Indians. but as well large
area of public lands calculated to pay
the cost Of the entire project.
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MADE RICH BY LOVER
st. Paul Woman Gets 5000, 900 Left
Her by Her Affianced.
Deed to Property In Honduras Made
Over to Her by Her Lover ON
His Deathbed, Ten
Years Ago.

Through the publication of news
paper notice the other day Mrs. II. Z.
Butterfield, of st. Paul, has discovered
that she is 100000 weather. than she
had imagined. Mrs. H. E. Butterfeld
was formerly Miss Belle Griffin, Of
Minneapolis, and in 1890, while upon
an excursion to the Pacific coast, she
met and became very friendly with
another of the party, Thomas P. HaE-
kin, of Boston. Their acquaintance,
carried on by means OF correspond.
ence, ripened into love and they BE-
came engaged. Shortly after the en-
gagement Miss Griffin visited New
England with her mother and the
wedding was fixed for few months
distant. She then returned home to
prepare for the event. Shortly after
this Hnrkin was attacked by severe
hemorrhages of the lungs and died.
The night before his death he sent
for lawyer, an intimate friend, and
had him execute for his affianced
quitclaim deed to mining property
in Honduras. After Harkin's death
the lawyer communicated with the
Honduran government officials, and
his investigation led him to believe
that the mining property was not
worth the trouble of fling formal
transfer papers, and he let the mat
ter drop. Last winter, however, 40
the result of syndicate operations, the
property greatly increased in value,
and the attorney, who is now practis-
ing in Detroit, learned of this fact.
and on communicating with the syn
dictate was offered 100000 for quit
claim deed from Miss Griffin. In some
manner, however. all trace of that
young lady had been lost, and not
even the name of her parents or the
address ut which she had formerly
lived could be found.
Mrs. Buttcrfield, on reading the dis
patch printed the other day, at once
took steps to establish her identity
and will shortly receive the sum
which comes TO her in so romantic
fashion. Her husband is a clerk in
the Great Northern railroad freight
Office.
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GOES UNRECOGN1ZED.
Ex-Prcsident Harrison md His
SpriEhtIy Lille Dauxhter Escape
the Notice OF New York Crowds.

Benjamin Harrison. dressed in his
usual black frock coat and a high silk
hat, walked five blocks in the Broad
way hotel district of New York,
thronged with men and women, the
other day and not one recognized him.
"Baby" Harrison-"she's getting to be
quite a miss" her father says-was
tripping alongside, her little hand in
his, and stepping on the cracks be-
tween the stones. She missed one.
She halted and reached back one lit
tie foot to touch it. She ierlsed on the
hand of her eN-presidential father; and
he paused. stepped half pace back
ward. and smiled benignly while
"Bnby" Harrison planted her foot on
that crack. Nobody dreamed that the
old gentleman obeying the child was an
ex-chicf magistrate of the United
States.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-11-17
KRUGER AT SUEZ.
Dutch cruiser Reaches That PORT
Dintinguished Passenger Re-
mains Secluded.

Suez, Nov. 1.-THE Dutch cruiser
Gelderland, with ex-President Kruger
on board, has arrived here. Mr.. Kru.
ger remains secluded in his cabin.
His health is good.
A delegation of the Marseilles ne.
ception committee boarded the Gel.
derland here, but the eventual desti.
nation of the warship will be I'm.
known until she arrives at Port Said,
where she will coal.
Mr.. Kruger received an ovation at
the German port of Dar-es-Salaam.
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A Great Cnst4nx,

Milwaukee,, Nov. 14.-Probably the
biggest casting ever made in the coun.
try was run into the molds Tuesday
at local foundry. The casting is to
be the bed plate for blowing engine
for Pittsburgh concern and it weighs
10000 pounds, all in one piece. In
making it the workmen were required
to pour 10000 pounds Of metal. The
plate will be 20 feet 10 inches long,
. feet ~ inches wide and S feet deep
in the center. The cylinders Of the
engine will be two of 10 inches. one
of 70 and the other of 70 inches, with
q stroke Of GO inches.
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MRS. JAMES DEAD.
Widow of the Notorious Bandit
Passes Away at Her Home at
Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 14.-Mrs.
Zerelda James, widow Of Jesse james,
the noted southwestern bandit, died
ut her home here of complication
of diseases after long i44ness. Mrs.
James was Miss Mimms. She was
born near Kansas City in 1874 and
was married to james at Kearney,
Mo-, in 1874. They had one son, Jesse
Jr., who is now in business in Kan.
sas City. Mrs. James was with her
husband when he was shot and killed
by Bob Ford, one of the bandits
former pals, near st. Joseph in April,
1881.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-11-17
TIE EMERGENCY RATION.
Soldiers During Cam
paiRning.

Washington, Nov. 14.-Capt. Foster,
who has been in the Indian territory
testing the emergency rations for the
United States army, telegraphs Acting
Gommissary General Weston that he
has just returned from making the
test Of the. ration prepared by the
board of army officers and has found
it highly satisfactory. There are two
rations manufactured by supply con.
Germs yet to be tested, and it probably
will be some time before the result ID
kuuwn.
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Many Bolie. Recovered.

Hiong-Kong, Nov. 14.-The bodies OF
20 persons who were killed by the col.
lapse of houses on the shore in the
typhoon which struck Hong-Kong last
Friday night have been recovered
More than so bodies have been taken
from the liarbor and the remains Of
many victims are still 10 be found
The damage to property and crops is
ii, 0rlnnlls
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Porto Rican Attempts to Rob Mails.
Washington, Nov. 15.-The first in
fraction of the postal Laws under the
American regime in Porto Rico is re.
ported in a cablegram to the post of.
fee department received from Inspec.
tor in Charge Leatherman, at San
Juan, announcing the arrest of Antonio
Quinones for assaulting Letter Carrier
Jose Major with intent TO rob. The
assault occurred last Monday. The
carrier probably Will die and Quinonea
has been held under $4,000 bond fo1
the grand jury.
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NoleI Mn4nn Ilcnd,

San Francisco. Nov. IA. = Thomas
Hubbard Caswcll, n pioneer Of 1s4s,
who was prominently identified with
the early history Of the state, and
the most exalted mason in point of
rank in the world, died at his resi-
1dence in this city Tuesday.
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Charged with Fraud.

New York, Nov. 15.-Joseph Rhein-
strom was arraigned in police court
here charged with representing him.
self as one of the Rheinstrom brothers,
whisky disti1lgrs Of Cincinnati, and on
the strength OF THAT representation ut
tering worthless checks and drafts.
He was held in 81 ,0OC bonds.
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TO ne q notable Exhibition

Chicago, Nov. 12..-The international
live stock exposition, to be held in Chi
cago from December to 8, promises to
be the most notable event OF. its kind
ever held. There will be 10000 head of
animals on exhibition, including 1850
head of royally pedigreed cattle. 1900
sheep, 1000 hogs and 400 horses. The
remainder of the exhibit WHY be ami
mails of. the fat classes. There win be
700 classes represented and about 5000
premiums, amounting in all to SIS 900.
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A Hotel Horror,

st. Louis, Nov. IA special to the
POST Dispatch from Poplar Bluff, Mo,
says: A fire, accompanied with ter.
rible fatality, occurred here Monday
morning, resulting in the total de,
struction Of the Clifford house, . large
threestory frame building. The list
of known dead is as follows: Heck
Clark, Doniphan, Mo-; Rebecca Owens
Poplar Bluff; Shelby De Hart, Popfa,
Bluff; Curley Berry, Poplar Blur
Many others were tstGlly iniufed. y
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-11-17

New York. Nov. 15.-The third an.
nual convention OF the National Found.
ers' association began here Wednes-
day, with o. P. Letchworth, of Buffalo,
presiding. Most of the large foundry
firms OF the country belong to this
association,
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The Star Ronrder Again,

{ As he leaves England Mark Twain
complains of the hotels over there.
Some enterprising boniface could make
a hit now, says the Chicago Times-Her-
aid by giving Mark free acccnmoda.
lions for the winter and getting him
to furnish a testimonial
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-11-17
pIeada GuiIty,

Buffalo, N. Y. Nov. IA. - Max j.
Lasar, the diamond smuggler, plead
ed guilty in the United States court
Tuesday afternoon. He was fined $500
and sent to the Erie county jail for
six months. The smugg'ed diamonds
were sold n few days ago for S31 900.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-11-17
Root Leaves for Cienfuexo..

Havana, Nov. l5.-sccretary Root,
Gov. Gen. Wood and party left
here for Cienfuegos, province of Santa
Clara, by special train at ten a. m.
Wednesday. There the Viking will be
boarded for trip along the coast.
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Not Appreciated,

The crown prince of Sweden is to
practice ruling while his father is
sick, but the prince OF Wales is never
allowed to be the whole thing, re-
marks the Chicago Record, even for a
few hoursA no matter what may all
his rOyal mamma.
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nIue Monday.

A South side woman petitioned the
courts to protect her in her regular
washday, but it is believed, says the
Chicago Record. that the majority Of
women would rather petition the Leg
islaturc to abolish washday alto
gether.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-11-17
Torpedo Boat Goes Ashore.

Washington, Nov. 15.-The navy de-
partment has received a dispatch
from Annapolis saying that the tor.
pedo boat Stockton has gone ashore
on Horn Point shoals. She struck
at nine o'clock Tuesday night. There
is small chance of getting her of
until the wind changes. The Stock.
ton is one of the new torpedo boats
and was about to have her trial trip,
the board of inspection being on her.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-11-17
THE INDIAN SERVICE.
Commis.ioner Jones Make. Recon.
mendations for Their Support :
Indian Schools,

Washington. Nov. 12.-The total expendi-
ture by the government on account of the
Indian service from March 4, 1883. up to ana
including July 3d. 1900, has been 1865, 358, az,
according to the annual report of Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs William A. Jones.
The expenditures for the fiscal year ended
last July amounted to $10l75, lM. OF this
amount at least So, 600 was devoted to
the cause of Indian education.
Under the head of obstacles to self-sup-
port of the Indians the report deprecates
the ration system, annuity payments and
the. leasing of allotments. The ration svs-
tenn, says the report, is the corollary of the
reservation system The Indian population
of the United States is about 267, $780, Of
which 1870 receive daily ration. The RAJ
ton issued and its value vary according
to the tribe. Nearly two-f1fths of the num-
her receiving rations belong to the great
Sioux nation. The ration has been grad
ually reduced In the past few years in ac-
cordance with the policy of the Indian
bureau. If the Indians claim for full ra-
lions as right is conceded, the commits
sioner predicts that the time when they
will be self-supporting lies in the very dis
tant future, If it comes at all. A number
of the Indians also are assisted by Occa-
sional issues and at several agencies the
old and INDECENT are provided for. These
aggregate about 1850. Altogether there
are $3.50 Indians receiving subsistence in
some degree, exclusive of Indian children in
boarding schools. The commissioner urges
that the indiscrminate issue of rations
should stop at once. The old and helpless,
he says, should be provided for, but rations
should be issued to the able bodied only
for labor, while those who have been edu-
Gated in Indian schools should depend en-
tirely on their own resources.
Annuities distributed last year aggre-
gated sl507543, the per capita ranging from
s255 down to so cents. The report says thar
large. money payments to the Indians are
demoraHzing in the extreme. They de-
grade the Indians and corrupt the whites;
they induce pauperism and scandal and
crime; they nullify all the good effects of
years of labor. Inscriptions people induce
the Indian to go into debt, and then, when
the debt has accumulated and the India ~
credit is gone. pressure is brought to bear
by the creditors upon the government to
pay the Indian so that he can pay his hon
est 90 debts. The state of affairs growing
out of this around some of the agencies is q
scandal and a disgrace.
There are ESQ Indian schools of all kinds
conducted by the government, and an in
crease of ], AZ pupils in enrolment and
L. 42 in average attendance shown over the
previous year. About 5000 OF the "a, 900 ell
gible school children are unprovided for.
Compulsory education Of the InGian chti-
dren is strongly Endorsed, and congress is
urged to authorize the commissioner to
place every one of school age In some
school, the selection of the school to belief
largely to educated Indian parents.
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IN Uenresent ARMY.

Washington, Nov. 14..-Majs. Valery
Hazard, William c. Gorgas and j. r.
Kean, surgeons, have been detailed to
represent the medical department Of
the army at the Pan-American med
ical congress, to meet in the city Of
Havana, Cuba, December 1920. 1900.
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Garlist .Upri.lnR Fail..

Madrid, Nov. 9.-At cabinet coun-
ell held under the presidency Of the
queen regent. Gen. Azcarraga, the
premier, said that there was now
no Carlist under arms in Spain and
that the rising had failed completely.
In order, however, to destroy the en-
tire Carlist organization in the coun-
try, he said, the suspension Of the;
constitutional guaraatees would b.
maint aimed. II b. &. (: ~.
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Berlin, Nov. IA special dispatch
from Madrid to the Frankfurter
Zeitung says representative of Herr
Krupp is there negotiating with the
Bilbao capitalist, Martinez Rivas, and
other Spanish CAPT. alists for the or
ganization of company in Spain to
build ironclads and manufacture can
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Indictment Diam isse d

New York, Nov. 14.-Recorder Gof
In the criminal court Tuesday granted
the motion Of Deputy State Attorney
General Hedges to dismiss the indict.
ment against Chief Of Police William
8. Devery, charging him with viola.
ton Of the election law
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stand by the Greed

New York. Nov. 14.-With major
ity Of one vote. and that the vote Of
the moderator. the New York presby-
terry decided that the Westminster
confession, with it's doctrine of pre-
destination. was good enough to re-
main as the creed of the Presbyterian
church. The number Of votes cast
was 142
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German Financial BIN.

Berlin, Nov. 15.-Several of the even.
ing papers announce that the German
financial bill submitted to the federal
councilshows that to balance it the sum
of 2,240,947, 301 marks will be required.
The bill empowers the imperial chan.
,cellor to raise loan of 81, 2s6, 1884 marks
and to issue treasury bills to the
amount of 175,ooooOo marks to
strengthen the ordinary working CAPT.
tai Of the imperial treasury. A bill
providing for third supplementary
credit on account of the China expedi.
tion will be submitted to the reichstag.
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A. Payinx Inye.tmert,-

A large sale can safely be predicted
for the shah of Persia's book. declares
the Chicago Record, for no matter how
bad it may be there is not a subject 81
his majesty who wouldSno rather bay
the book than lose his head.
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Fierce Gale in Channel,

London, Nov. IA fierce gale
swept over the English channel, caus-
ing number of wrecks, including the
Hildcgarde, bound for Shields, near
Weymouth. There were no fatalities.
The ketch Georgina was lost off Hay
ling island. All OH board were
drowned
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SIX Drowned.

Boston, Nov. l2.-The three-masted
schooner Myra B. Weaver was wrecked
in Vineyard sound early Saturday
morning and six lives were lost. Among
the lost were Miss Mary Emerson,
aged %. Of Mobile, and Miss Ella Deboe,
aged Is, also Of Mobile. The details Of
the disaster were learned upon the ar
rival here Saturday afternoon Of the
steamer; City of Macon, Captain Savsse,
which rescued four; survivors.
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Trnn.-slhcrlnn Railroaa.

The Trans-Siberian railroad will be
completed at the present rate of work.
ing in about two years, the cost prob
ably considerably exceeding the orig.
inai estimate of $175 ,5O0, 600.
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wants to, Re senator,

Omaha, Neb., Nov. 13.-Congressman
David H. Mercer, who has just been
reelected in the Second district for his
fourtheterm, is announced as q, candi-
date for United States senator to sue
coed Senator Allen or Senator Thurs.