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Cuban constItntion.

Washington, Jan 22--The reports
from Havana that the constitution may
be completed in time to be considered
at this session of congress, has led tc
discussion in congressional circles as to
the procedure likely to be adopted n a
document of this character. It is ex-
pected that the constitution Will be
forwarded to the president and by him
submitted to congress, probably with
recommendations In the house the
understanding prevails that any action
OF the subject would be framed by the
insu1ar committee.
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24
VICTORIA VICTORIOUS.
Won the Affection of the Civilized
World
AND GOES TO HER REWARD.

Cowes, Isle of Wight, Jan. 22.-At
5-15 Sunday p m-, the members of the
royal family were still gathered in a
room adjoining the queens bedcham-
ber- The crisis had then been expect
ed momentarily since the previous mid
night. The paralysis was chiefly evil
dent in the face, one side of which
having lost all nerve and muscular
power, causing almost a total loss of
the power of speech None but ply
sicians and nurses were admitted with
the exception of short visits at inter
vals from the Prince of Wales, who is
sick and scarcely able to go from Lon
don to Osborne.
It is worthy of note that the London
papers did not mention by even the
most vciled allusion the fact that the
queen has had paralytie stroke
Pages were devoted to the mournfu1
scenes at Osborne house and to de-
scriptions of occurrences here, well
as to kilograms from the colonies and
foreign countries testifying to the SYM
pathy everywhere evoked
According to the Daily Telegraph,
Emperor William, who had expressed a
desire to be received at Osborne house,
not as emperor but as grandson. said
on hearing of the queens illness:
Il am my grandmother's eldest
grandson, and my mother is unable
from illness to hasten to her bedside .
The emperor arrived in London on
on Sunday, and King Leopold was then
enroute-
Victoria was born in Kensington
Palace, London, May "a, 1919, and is
therefore in her eighty-second year.
1t is expected that when the Prince
OF Wales ascends the throne his title
n falx hi
name, that of six former kings of En-
gland
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24

Topeka. Jan. Ex-senator John G.
Carpenter has introduced a concurrent
resolution providing for constitution
al convention If made party meas
ure it will win, the Republicans
have a two-thirds vote in each house
But the Democratic members of both
houses would likely support the meas
ure believing that it would furnish a
means of knocking out the prohi bitory
amendment to the present constitution. n.
For this same reason some of the Re
publican members, ardent temperance
men, might oppose the adoption of the
resolution.
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24

Topeka. Jan 22-An effort will be
made to pass joinA resolution to sub
NIT proposition to change the con-
stitution so as to do away with cleo
tions on off years The resolution has
been introduced by Mason of Finney,
and is before the house judiciary com
mittee 1t provides for changes in the
constitution so that all county and
township officers viii be elected in even
numbered years IF the resolution is
adopted then the question will be sub
mitted to the state election in 1902.
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24

Santiago, Cuba, Jan 22-This section
of the island is now suffering from the
severest cold known here for years
Much distress has been caused anon g
the natives, who are entirely without
protection from the rigors of the eli
mate a temperature of sixty degrees
is quite unprecedented Many chill
dren are without suitable clothing and
are very badly off A telephone mes
sage from the Guamas mine. forty miles
west OF Santiago reports snow on the
summit of Mt Torquine-
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are said to
be about to seize the arms and other
property belonging to the New York
and Bermudez Asphalt company at the
Bermudez pitch lake, while the regu-
lar government, under President
Castro, has seized couple of steamers
belonging to steamboat company
owned in the United States In order
to protect the property of citizens of
this country from being confiscated in
this way the United States warship
Scorpion has been ordered to leave the
harbor of La Guayra and run up the
Orinoco river. and it is reported that
the government at Washington stands
ready to send the north Atlantic
Gquadron with a force of marines down
from Pensacola, Fla, to Venezuela if
the situation does not improve.
VenezueIc.s CHIEF Seaport
La Guayra is the chief seaport of
Venezuela and the gateway to Caracas,
the capital of the republic. At La
Guayra the mountains overhang the
water, rising to a height of 5000 feet
They are visible at sea seventy miles
away. Caracas is distant only ten
miles but it is reached by one of the
most tortuous pieces of railroad build
| ing in the world. The journey by rail
| from the seaport to the capital covers
a distance of seventy miles. The eli
| mate of Caracas is mild and pleasant
| which explains why large cities of
| tropical America are usually situated
| some distance from the coast. Caracas
| is 6, 200 feet above the level, and
| the temperature averages II degrees
| above zero all the year round.
Looks Like Absurd zorospecf.
| Some idea of the absurdity of a seri-
Gus war between the United States and
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24
Choate an Arbitrator.

London Jan. 1o.-Officia1 announce
ment is made of the formal appoint
ment of United States Ambassador
Choate as arbitrator between the Brit
fish and Chinese governments in the
case of the British ship Kow Ching,
which was chartered to carry Chinese
troops at the opening of the China-Jap-
anese war and was sunk by Japanese
warship lust before hostilities had been
declared. Mr.. Choate was suggested
by the Chinese government as arbitra-
tor last summer
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24
Assessrnent and Taxat1on.

Topeka, Jan. 22.-Speal1er George J.
Barker, of the house of Representatives
is opposed to any legislation the
question of assessment and taxation at
this session. He says it is folly for the
members to think of attempting to re-
wise the assessment and taxation laws
during this session. He believes COM
mission should be appointed to make a
revision and report to the legislature
two years hence. The speaker is sup
ported in this by many leading mem
bers of the legislature
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24
valuable Almanac Free.

We have received a copy of the new
almanac for 1901 published by the
Royal Baking Powder Co. 1t is an ar
tistic and useful book and will be OF
interest to housekeepers- A note
worthy feature of the almanac is pre-
diction Of the weather for every day
of the year, by Prof DeVoe, who cor
rect1y prophesied the great Galveston
cyclone and other important meteoro-
logical events. We are authorized tc
say that any woman reader of this pa
per can secure a copy without cost by
sending a request to the company, al
100 William St. New York.
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24

Asphalt has been known from pre-
used as building material in ancient
Babylon and others were used in the
preparation of mummies. During the
middle ages it dropped almost from
sight In 1712 a Swiss physician dis
covered large beds of it in the Alps
and succeeded in reviving the use of
it as building material. 1t is said that
the value of asphalt for paving pur-
poses was discovered by accident
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whife-the crude asphalt being
hauled from the deposits where il was
dug. Pieces of the asphalt dropped
from the carts and were gradually
ground into the roadbed by the feet CT
the men and horses It was noticed
that such roads soon presented hard
and resisting surface and the idea Of
using asphalt on other roads was de-
ve1oped- Tt was not largely used, hzsw-s
ever, until 1892, and within the last %
years it has made its greatest progress.
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24
several Slaughtered Bills.

Topeka, Jan. 21.-The house judi
ciary committee killed the bill to de-
stroy the grain dealers combination
and also bill providing that deed
should be invalid unless the postoffice
address of the parties signing it We're
given The judiciary committee also
reported Mr.. Buffers bill to repeal the
woman's suffrage law, recommending
that it do not pass.
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24
The wex1er PoIlcv adopted.

Pretoria. Jan I9--Boer families and
their stock are being brought into
convenient centers from all over the
country Those who surrender vo1un-
tarily are supplied with full rations.
and those whose husbands still in
the field are provided for on a reduced
scale. which is raised when the hus-
bands surrender, to full allowance.
Prominent burghers who have surren-
dered are allowed to visit the camps to
ascertain the facts as to the treat
ment-
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24
Texas Gusher Under Control.

Beaumont, Texas, Jan. 1o.-The
owners of Lucas oil geyser, which has
been shooting oil fifty feet high, have
succeeded in controlling the we'll A
valve was placed on the mouth of the
we'll and Captain Lucas thinks that he
is now master of the geyser. 1t is
estimated that $50, 900 barrels of oil
have already flown from the well.
Prospectors and spectators continue to
arrive.
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24
w. ]. BRYAN'S PAPER.
WIN be Issued From western Newspaper
Union once at Lincoln Jan. e3.

VIII be Issued From Western Newspaper
Union once Lincoln JAM e3.
Lincoln, Neb.. Jan 17.-Hon- W. J.
Bryan-s paper, The Com noner, will be
issued from the Office Of the Lincoln,
Neb-. branch of the Western Newspa-
per Union, on Wednesday, January %,
1901 After carefully considering the
various printing establishments of the
city, Mr. Bryan decided to give the
contract to the Western Newspaper
Union, being influenced to a certain
extent by the fact that this establish
ment is not only perfectly well
equipped to handle the work, but also
because of its reputation for honest
and square dealing, and the further
fact that it treats its employees with
consideration and pays union wages
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24
Tapp,s Demurraee BilI

Topeka, Kas., Jan. 1S.-Senator Tapp
of SedgwiclS county is preparing bill
providing that where a person orders a.
car and its arrival is delayed more than
forty-eight hours. the same demurrage
charge shall be assessed against the
company the company taxes up
against the person who fails to unload
a car within the same period of time
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24
To Amend jury Law.

Topeka, Jan. 22.-Under the present
law if a person has any scruples about
infiicting the death penalty-which is
never applied-in murder cases, he is
ineligible to sit jury Senator
Mcmillan has introduced bill to
amend the law knocking out thu at
feature. His amendment also provides
that a person who is enlightened and
reads the newspapers, can also sit on
murder cases.
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24
Ffehtine DOCTORS. TRUST.

Topeka. Jan a1.-A bitter fight is on
in the legislature here over the consid-
Grafton of the medical bill introduced
into the house by DR.. Mains of Wash
ington county. The bill is particularly
aimed at Christian scientists and
Osteopathists, and representatives of
these two classes are exerting them
selves to prevent the passage of the
hill
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24
Orient Concession.

Chicago, Jan. 21.-A special to the
Chronicle from FL Paso, Tex, says:
Governor Miguel Ahumada of Chihua-
hua, Mexico, who is attending the
Inidwinter carnival here, has signed a
concession for railway across his
state to A. E. Stilwen of Kansas City,
the promoter of the Kansas City, Mex
leo and Orient railway.
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24
Mrs. nation visits wichita AGAIN.

Wichita, Jan 22.-Mrs. Carrie Ma
ton, accompanied by three Wichita
women, wrecked two saloons on Doug
las avenue late last evening, and a
result Mrs. Nation and two of the
women now occupy cells in the comfy
jail while a warrant is out for the
arrest of the third party, upon the
charge of malicious destruction of
propertY.
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ana several
small G n
g a g ements
have taken
p l a c e be-
tween the
rival forces.
Now it ap-
pears t h e
rebels are
running low
on powder
a n d nuni-
t i o n s of
war in gen
era1- AS a
result fhaU
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24

Topeka, Jan. 21--Mr. Remington
introduced a bill in the house repeal
ing the present mortgage law. passed
in 1898, which gave mortgagor eight
cen months in which to redeem prop
erty sold under mortgage sale; and to
restore the law which was in force
from 1865 to 1893
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24

Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Fitzgerald or
DanvilIe, Va, have decided their place
on the north bank Of the Dan river,
worth $40, 900, to the DanviIle Orphan
age as permanent home.
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24

The late Chief Justice Faircloth of
North Carolina bequeathed $4,000 TO
the Baptist Female University of Ra-
leigh
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24

Trouble between the United States
and the little Central American state OF
Venezuela is possible the result of
quarrel between rival asphalt COM
panies, who have conflicting claims
to the great Bermudez asphalt lake 10
Gated on the shores of the Orinoco riy-
er- Both of the asphalt concerns are
United States corporations, one of them
being the National Asphalt company,
commonly known as the asphalt trust
1t is even charged that the trust has
had a hand in encouraging the rebel
lion in Venezuela which is now in
progress The leader of the rebellion
is CeleStino Peraza, who until recently
was the secretary of the present pres
fdent of the republic, General Castro.
General Castro himself came into
power the result of a successful
rebellion which resulted in the over
throw of the government headed by
President And-rade. Since Castro took
control of the government in the latter
part of 1899 he has successfully sup
pressed at least two rebe11ions. so that
he knows what he has to deal with
The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24

A VENEZUELAN MAN-OFW AR
pitch is filed, while the heavy fmpuri-
ties sink to the bottom of the kettle
The pure asPEa1tum can then be
poured off.
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Leader Of fbe 0roubIe.

CeleStino Peraze. the leader of the
present rebellion, began his outbreak
in the country along the Orinoco river
in the last days of December, 1900. A
force of $500 men was Immediately
sent against him by President Castro.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-08
On Lost Mountain.
BY ENFIELD JOINER.

BY ENFIELD JOINER
eCopyright 1901 by Daily Story Pub COD
Lost Mountain is the most treacher-
Gus hill in the West 1 have never
seen elsewhere on a single mountain
peak SO many ravines, so many
gulches, so many boulders of almost
the same shape and size, as there are
there; and besides all these, there, is
the great Canon of Lost Souls, six
hundred feet deep, winding its s1nu-
Gus way on the southern side or the
mountain. AS to the trail, 1t never
knows itself where it means to go
in summer it hides under rauls, grasses
and tangling vines, and, in winter IL
disappears in the first snow, like foam
in the wake of the vessel
The boys at camp-we were three
had plead with me not to go to Cam
den But how could l settle down Tor
the long months, shut away from the
world and letters by the great white
hills, without the one letter l had been
SO eagerly awaiting? 1 went to Cam
den and / waited until the letter came
and the very morning on which l set
out for our camp the SHOWS, Whlch
had held off so long, were upon me-
In spite of the indistinctness OF the
trail and the snares which Nature has
set Tor the unWary on lOSl hOuAldAA,
I don't see how it happened. The boys
said that l was asleep. Heaven knowsi
] only know that l was dreaming OF
what the letter said which lay close
to my heart when
Haitian sprang back so violently
that he almost threw me from the sad
die and my heart stood still within
me, for we were hanging on the very
brink of the great Canon of Lost Souls
For one moment we looked into the
dizzying whiteness, then some instinct
told me to dismount. My hand was
out to catch the rein, when Haitian,
mad with terror, began to rear Sud
denly in frantic backward plunge, he
slipped and
shudder to think of it. The
thought of even a horse-a horse of
the camp for whom one cares nothing
going down into that abyss, is sick
ening; and, the Indians say that the
bottom of the canon is strewn with
the bones of men who have persisted so
and that the manufactured winds
which sweep through the canon are the
death-cries of the lost
l shivered with dread as l stood
there and realized that 1 was lost on
the mountain, without horse, food or
drink and night coming on
But my heart grew lighter as saw,
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hours struggle in the storm and before
1 knew It, 1 was drifting into dreams
The wind came from the northeast
the exposure from the canon side was
from the south, the exposure from the
large peep-hole was from the west
therefore 1 was well protected. MY
berth was more than ten feet wide
and sloped inward. away from the
canon, so that there was comparatively
little danger of rolling off in the night
1 slept as soundly in that queer rock
bunk as 1 had ever slept in all my life
before.
When at last 1 woke it was morning
and the world had changed and l had
changed with 1T. All the universe was
made of snow-my head was heavy
with snow, my limbs, my clothes, the
rocksN on which 1 lay, were all changed
TO snow-there was nothing left but
whiteness and stiffness and coldness-
snow, snow, snowi
My soul came back to me with a
throb of terror, for I suddenly realized
that the peep-hole, my egress into the
world, was filled up by this maddening
snow
My first feeling was one OF perplexity
ON that side of the rock last night
there had been but twelve inches of
snow; now there must be over six feet
of it On the northeast sides of the
rock the wind had banked up great
drifts but here-it was preposterous,
Six feet in one night in SO sheltered a
placei
Like a flash it came to me that the
wind had changed in the night-it had
swept around from northeast to north
west, sending vagrant flakes to cover
me in my stone bed and shutting my
little door with an immense drift
My next feeling came quickly-de-
spair, 1 had no pick, no shovel only
half-frozen hands / took my pistol
and fired but the ball made rot the
slightest impression on the round,
white target-it was merely lost in its
soft depths 1 emptied my pockets in
kind of senseless hope that / might
find something there which might help
me-a matchsafe with four matches
three cigars. some quinine capsules
and, most useless and exasperating OF
all, 1 thought number of small
sticks of dynamite Dynamite, Why
held in my hand the power to blow
the great rock into atoms and I was
Gagged by a snow-drift.
sat down to smoke and to think
| l thought of the boys in camp. witt
books, food and fuel all ready for win,
ter: thought Of my claim some throz
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-06-08

At a recent meeting OF the Vienna
Geographical society Herr Anschutz-
Kampfe described as his own a plan of
reaching the North Pole, which, how
ever was suggested some years ago
by a Swede, but for the execution of
which he is now having vessel built
by German marine engineers at Will
helmshaven. His plan is to reach the
pole by means of a submarine boat,
passing under the ice of the Arctic
ocean In his address. as reported by
the Geographical Journal, Herr An
schutz-Kampfe said: The main fac
tors affecting the practicability of the
scheme are: First, the extent of the
separate ice fields in the polar sea,
and, secondly, the depth below the
surface to which the ice reaches.
From extensive study as well as per-
sonal observation the speaker had ar
rived at the conclusion that the aver
age maximum depth of the pack ice
may be taken to be so feet, while the
mean thickness does not exceed 16 to
20 feet Land ice reaching in the form
of icebergs a depth below water sur
face of several hundred feet may, he
thinks, from its virtual absence from
the seas in question, be left out of
consideration, while our present
knowledge of the depths attained by
the polar basin justifies the opinion
that reefs of rocks rising towards the
surface of the ocean are not to be ex-
pected. The proposed vessel will be
capable of descending to depth of 16O
feet, at which it will be entirely re-
moved from the influence of cold,
storms, and ice-pressure, and the way
to the pole will be therefore open.
The length of time during which it
will be able to remain below the sur
face is calculated at a maximum of
fifteen hours, which at the modest rate
of 3 knots allows it to cover a dis
lance of so miles, whereas the COM
bined experience of polar voyagers
shows that continuous fields of pack
ice never exceed maximum diameter
of 8 English miles. In the improbable
case of no opening being met with
within the fifteen hours there remains
the possibility of opening a way by
blasting at a weak point in the ice, to
be indicated without possibility of mis-
take by the help of the manometer.
The risk of collision will be minimized
not only by the slow rate of motion,
but by the great power of resistance
to be possessed by the ship, and in
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Herr Anschutz-
Kampfe Outlines
His Own Plan 80

dispensable on account of the great
pressure to which it will be subject
from water. It's form will be that of
an ellipsoid of rotation, with major
axis of 40 feet and breadth of 26
feet, giving displacement of 500 tons
To obviate rolling the center of grav-
ity will be placed as low as possible.
The capacity of the interior will be g.
500 cubic feet, which allows sufficient
air for five men for fifteen hours, the
carbonic acid evolved being removed
by combination with caustic Soda
Propulsion will be effected by hori-
zontal and vertical screws, the former
of 40. the latter of horse power. this
last being sufficient to counterfeit the
tendency to rise; while the motive
power is to be supplied by petroleum
motor through the medium of a 220
volt accumulation One hundred and
fifty tons of petroleum will be taken,
or more than ten times the quantity
needed for the 600 miles voyage to
the pole from Spitzbergen. to which.
or rather to the edge of the ice, the
submarine boat will be towed. On ar
rival at the pack the direction of the
first open water will be taken by COM
pass, and, the boat being submerged,
d COuTS6 Will De SI6eTeQ LOT L. IL,
after an hour so the light shows
that an opening has been reached the
vertical screw will be stopped and the
boat will rise by its own buoyancy and
in case of a wide opening or channel
leading northwards the voyage will be
continued on the surface, giving an OPP
portunity for scientific work. Suppos
ing no CLEAN of light appears when
six hours have elapsed an ascent to
the lower surface of the ice will be
made with caution and the voyage
continued slowly until by the reading
of the manometer it is found that
thin place has been reached. Here at
tempts will be made by blasting to eff
feet an opening which, however small
will be sufficient to supply air for an
other fifteen hours; while in the case
of failure there will be still time to
return to the last opening that has
been left, whence the voyage will be
prosecuted in slightly different direc-
ton. But both assumptions made
that of an uninterrupted ice field more
than Is miles in diameter, and of one
so continuously thick as to defy all eff
forts at disruption-are entirely con-
tradicted by all previous experiences
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