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asked TO LEAVE.
Colombia wants Amerieans to d

Colombia Wants Americans to O.ft
Isthmns and Repeat Treaty.
II would seein that the very thing thar
was expected 10 settle that the inter-
oceanic canal would be built On the Pan
ANA route viii have JUST tue opposite
effect. When Attorney General kntx
filed his report with the President. in
which he stated that the title of the
French company is valid and that il the
United States purchased ii this country
would secure a clear ana indisputable
right to the concessions granted TO the
French company by the Colombian gov
eminent, tile first conclusion to be drawn
was that the matter of the canal route
was settled and that the big waterway
would be constructed across the isthultls
of Panama. But the very certainty Of
the situation dove the Colombian gov
eminent to insist on impossible conditions
which had already been presented as the
price that republic would exact for its
consent to the building of the canal for
which Colombia had already granted con-
cessions to private company.
The treaty of 1916 gave to the United
States the right To land troops TO pre-
serve the peace IN the isthmus of Panama
Tor the purpose of keeping il free for The
transit of commerce. This right has
become duty with the United States,
aud all the nations of Europe look to
this country e preserve peace in the
isthmus. So important has this become
that in the recent troubles Admiral Casey
issued an order against the transporta-
ton OF Colombian troops on the Panama
railroad lest it should bring about sn
attack by the insurgents and block the
transit of the i8thmus. The Colombian
government protested against Admiral
Caseys order as subverting Colombian
sovereignty M Panama. As matter of
courtesy TO Colombia the order was some
what modified. hut the right to issue such
an order was niai2tained. There is no
doubt that the treatg of 1876 practically
makes The United States the sovereign
in the isthmns. Colombia now recog-
nizes that fact and wants the treaty abb
rogated. This She demands as the Guild
pro quo for her consent to the transfer
of the French concessions to this coun-
try. But if the canal should be built on
the Panama route there would be all the
more reason for the United States Keep
ing the rights il has in the isthmus il not
AVA "SSuhiiiS iiotullkdi us wei Us tCi udlAN
sovereignty. Tie negotiations were at
the breaking posnt when Minister Con
cha handed in his resignation Ii re-
mains to be seen whether this will mend
matters any
At this juncture it looks as If the
government might wash its hands out Of
the Panama canal and commence work
ON the Nicaragua route, along which il
can secure concessions which would
amount to nominal and actual sovereign
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snarks fl.om the Mlres.

Train killed Policeman Owen. Chicago.
Troupe, Texas. was scorched for $780,
O00
Storage battery men may combine their
interests.
G. L. O'Brien. ST. Louis, was killed hy
. train, Chicago.
Polica of Lorient. France. struck for
more pay and less hours.
Walter Crane. 10. librarian of the Car
ncgie library Iittsburg died Of apo
plexy.
John Henry Wilson. 102 died. Finney,
Va He was the oldest war veteran in
tie State.
Fireman Taylor was killed in a wreck
Success. Ark. Engineer Thomas Barrett
is fatally injured.
Samuel $. Tose, -. former grand com
mander Of Pennsylvania Knights Tenn
plar. was found dead in bed.
Col J. c. Moore newspaper writer,
San Diego. Cal. died. He was an Eng
nsnman and Yetersm Of the Crimean war.
Commercial telegraphers organized in
New York with 100 members. Tie OBJ
ject is FOR better pay and less working
hours.
At a negro festival. Blossom. Texas,
City Marshal aill was killed. Three
negroes were alio shot by the blacks no
shot the marshal
Adolph Kads berth. erazed because a
girl Tilted HIN. set fire 10 half a dozen
barns near Minneapolis MINI. tie was
captured and locked up.
The banks Of the United States hold
on deposit Sos per capita. Ten years
ago they held half that and twenty years
ago about a quarter. The present total
Is IS. 535. 0.J3, 12e.
Louise Montague. once +. T. Barnum's
$1,000 beauty" is snirsg J. a. David
son, Chicago. for So. 600 o., contract
She IS now aa actress
Prof. p II. Clarke, Worcester, Mass,
charged with putting poison IL the vel
Of Mr. and Mrs. Burrows, cousins, has
been held TO the grand jury.
The American cotton mills in 1902 win
consume a total Of 3.9Ss, 745 bsles. This
Is nearly 10000 more bales than were
consumed ia this country in 1894.
On July /. Uncl. Sam hsd the names
Of 939. 40 persons on ths pension pap
roll. and since tie inception Of the
pension system had paid out $2,o92.5oo,-
one.
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When Mrs. katherine Pollard If
Jamestown. y. y, opened the door of
her home the other afternoon in response
10 gentle knock and beheld silver
haired gentleman standing there who an
noHnced himself as her brother the lady
drew back as though she had seen "a
ghost She recognized the caller as enc
who FOR many years had supposedly been
dead Now this brother, +. A. Smith
of Aberdeen. Kan. and Mrs. Pollard are
enjoying each others society after sep
aration of fOrty-five years. Smith went
To the front with the Fifty-fourth Penn
,sylyania Volunteers in the war As
sergeant he fell supposedly nlortaIiy
wounded at Newmarket, Va, and with
other prisoners was removed TO the An
Jacksonville prison, where he languished
for about nine months. He was report
ed among the dead to the War Depart
ment and official information Of Smiths
fate was forwarded to his relatives. who
afterward changed their location. When
liberated Smith, unable to find his rela-
tives, Went to Kansas. At the last g.
n X. reunion he learned where his sister
lived
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fort to be. located ON Lake Michigan.
He first visited the Calumet region, and
III yoluminous report favored as a site
a portion of land on Wolf river Que Of
the advantages mentioned in the report
was that the Calumet region was really.
rs a matter of fact, ut the head of Lake
Michigan, while the Chicago river is at
the west side of it,
1t is related, however, that the rngi-
neer afterwtid visited the vicinity of
Chicago river and there met the daugh-
ter of French trader. He sought Ter
hand in marriage. The trader, however.
being aware of the mission of the cngi-
neer, induced him to change his report in
favor of the location of the fort ON the
Chicago river. Anxious TO please his
prospective father-in-law as well as 10
be near his atiianced he changed his
report, and, as result, Fort Dearborn
was established at the mouth of the Chi
cago river, instead of on the Wolf, as
originally recommended.
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IMMENSE POTATO CROP.
Farmers Will Realize More than Fifty
Dollars an Acre.

Dollars an Acre.
The harvest of the potato crop in ina
Kaw valley. Kansas, is nearing compile
ton, and while the size of the crop viii
not be known until the railroads have re-
used in transporting it, it is said to be
one of the largest ever raised in the val
ley. 1t has been customary for the po-
tato growers Of the valley to keep for
seed all potatoes dug after Oct. !. because
they are usually not large enough for
table use, but the growing season has
been longer this year and practically all
Of the potatoes harvested are market
able.
This year has been an exceptional enc
for production in the Kaw valley. The
quality of the potatoes has been better
and the yield larger shan the average
year. On some of the farms the yield
has been as large as 800 bushels to the
acre. This is extraordinary, but the
average yield has been good and tho price
about % cents a bushel. This makes ar
income from such field as mentioned as
high as $50 TO the acre.
The potato-growing area Of the Kaw
river valley extends from Argentine ON
the east to topeka on the west. The
growers in this section have an organiza-
ton and il is understood among them that
only pure Northern seed is TO be planted
each year. This seed is of the Early
Ohio variety and comes from the Valley
of the Red river in Minnesota.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-11-11
ARRITRAToRs AT WORK.
Their Official Investigation Into Coal
Strike Begun at Scranton.

The arbitration commission appointed
by President Roosevelt to settle the issues
involved in the recent coal strike be-
gins the work of investigation in Scran-
ton, Pa. Mines are being inspected so
that the members may have clear ideas
of the methods of mining COAL and the
homes of the miners are being visited,
thus giving the arbitrator more init
mate knowledge of the home conditions
affecting the miners.
The first business meeting of the com
mission was held in Washington, at
which both President Mitchell and the
operators were present. A line of pro-
cedure was then adopted and the meth
DDS according to which the investigation
was to be conducted were discussed and
determined. President Mitchell was ask
ed to file with the commission a detailed
statement of the claims of the miners,
and the operators undertook to make a
formal reply to this within three days. At
the meeting President Baer objected to
the appearance of President Mitchell as
a representative of the United Miners of
America, but was willing that he should
appear as a representative of the anthra-
cite miners generally.
The commission has been ampii6ed by
the addition to it. with full voting power,
of Carroll D. Wright, whom the Presi-
dent had named as recorder. This was
done by the consent of both of Mr..
Mitchell and the operators.
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HOUSE TO HOUSE CANVASS.
Conducted by Chicago Mormons to SCI
cure Converts

cure Converts.
Since the admission of Utah territory
to the dignity of a State, and since thu
furry of objections raised against its
first Congressman, who was charged with
affiliation with the polygamous tenets Of
the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter
Day Saints, attention in Chicago has
been distracted from the workings of the
cult IN this city, writes correspondent.
But within few days interest has been
awakened anew to the fact that this
church is PROSECUTING here with all its
old time zeal and seemingly with all its
old time success.
Ten elders of this church, day after
day and month after month, are making
house-to-house canvass of certain sections
of the city The Chicago headquarters
of the Northern States mission is spread
ing its literature through the eight con-
ferences of these States of Illinois, In
diana, Michigan. Iowa, Wisconsin and
Minnesota. Colony after colony in vari-
Gus parts of the world is being supplied
with settlers from the cOngested portions
of Chicago.
In addition to preaching on street cor
ners, these elders canvass house after
house in search of coloniZing material.
They leave tracts and invitations to
meetings to be held at their church where
they have It's members. Once a convert
has cast his lot with ;ht church he is
subject to orders from The dictator in
Utah and moves as easily as a pawn
upon a chess board. The concerts are
made for the most part among the ignor-
ant and the hysterical
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Due to Strife in Business and Social
Life, Declares DIR. Stone.

Life, Declares DIR. Stone.
Chicago people are going to church less
and less each year. This is the statement
made by the Rev. James $. Stone, pastor
of st. James Church, Cass and Huron
streets. Mr. Stone gives five reasons
which in his opinion cause this decrease
in church attendance.
Chief among these FIVE the pastor Of
the North Side church says is the con
slant struggle in the business and social
world. "A woman who for whole week
has been attending theaters, balls, teas
and numerous other social functions"
said the Rev. Mr. Stone, looks forward
to Sunday as day of rest, and she sore
ly needs it. For the same reason n man
who has spent six days in any business
which calls for his whole attention many
hours n day does not wish to spend any
part ef his Sunday in church The LIST
of reasons given by the Rev. Mr. Stone
for the lack of church attendance fol-
lows:
Wear and tear of the modern business
and social life; reaction from successive
emotionalism; decline in the faith in inn
mortality; numerous warning denomina
tions, and lack of something new in the
church.
Chicago is no exception to the lack Of
church attendance. 1t is the same from
one end of the country to the other" said
Mr.. Stone. 1T applies to all cities and
towns and is almost as marked in the
country as in the city. ( have been asked
if it was not due to the criticism heaped
upon the church and the Bible. / do not
think that this is the case. This criticism
has been going on for centuries and it
would not only now begin to affect the
attendance. Others ask if it is not be-
cause TIE people have an idea that the
church is only for the rich. do not think
that this is the case, for in churches that
are built and conducted for the poor alone
the same state of affairs prevails. The
same condition prevails everywhere"
The Rev. Mr.. Stone attempted to sug-
gest remedy for the condition. There
Is molly ore way to remedy this apparent
abandonment of the church," said he.
1T is not in providing music and enter
tainment for the people, but in Impress
ing upon their minds that the neglect of
worship is a sin. This is the only way
that the people can be brought back into
the church."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-11-11
BIG BEEF COMBINES.
Two Consultations Being Considered
Stock Yards to Re Merged.

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Stock Yards to he Merged.
According to Chicago dispatch, two
big consultations are planned by beef
interests. The packers will combine first,
and then effect a merger of all the stock
yards in the country. With the excell-
ton of the Chicago stock yards, which
are controlled in Boston. all the proper
ties involved are owned and controlled
by the owners of the principal beefspack-
ing plants.
The different yards that probably Will
be included in the deal, aside from the
Chicago yards, are those at Kansas City,
East St Louis. st. Joseph, Mo; Fort
Worth. Texas; South Omaha and Sioux
City, Iowa. TIE Armour interest is
probably the largest in the Kansas City
yards. The Armours. Swift ana Norris
control the East st. Louis yards. the
Armours and Switts own tic Fort Worth
yards, the Armours, Swifts aud Cndahys
control the Omaha yards, and the Swfts
control those at Sioux City
While the control of the Chicago yards
is held in Boston, the Chicago packers
have large holdings of the stock also. and
their recommendations would undoubted-
~ have great weight with the eastern
capitalists.
The plan for consolidating the various
stock yards has not progressed as yet 20
a point where the amount Of stock reqair-
ed has been more than discussed. It UNI
doubtedly would run close up te 300.
100000, exclusive of the amount required
for the original packing companies com
bination, which is said to be $50O.0O0,-
0nO
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-11-11

New Mexico has sevVnty-eigljt news
papers.
Artesian wells sire making Of Roswell
the garden spot Of New Mexico.
Ogden. Utah. is the place Of injecting
for the next, that is, eleventh national
irrigation congress, in 1903.
In nine years ending with the elise OF
the fiscal year 19oO-l9Ol, the prod ,'e ~
Of gold in Mexico increased from $if-1o'-
cor TO 1892, 542.
In Wyoming they are soWins large
selds If Russian thisfles for pasture. Ii
IL said cattle are very fond OF \ II us
s,raen cage and 10 wei on it. Perhaps
the saving Of seed from tnis fnlssFaole
pest viii develop into regular industry
Orders have scen Issued By the Navy
Department directing Commander v. =.
seweH 10 proceed % Guam and assume
-. d,,.ias II eorpnaEadanf Of the naval
station ri that place relieving Com
msnder Seaton Schroeder, ordered home
TO await orders
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TREkKING TO THE WEST.
Colonists Flock to the Great Domain
Beyond the Mississippi.

pSJOEO Inc hlSSlSSlDDI.
A Chicago paper the other day con-
tanned an interesting story of a migration
to the West During the months of Sep
TENDER and October between 10000 and
10000 celonists have departed for the
great domain beyond the Mississippi and
the Missouri. Some of these people have
sought the Pacific coast, some the South
west, others the Northwest. 'The move
nent of homeseekers and settlers has new
ed been so great in the history of west
ern railroads"
1t is due. of course, like the great mi
grafton of twenty years ago, TO the oppor-
tunities which the West offers to the land
hungry and also to encouraging reports
on the profits from grain raising and cat
tie raising. Naturally, too, the boom has
had the effect OF enhancing land values.
In South Dakota, for example, there has
been notable increase in the prices ask
ed for farms, and owing to the new influx
OF people and the resulting general activ-
ity prices of town realty have an upward
tendency also. There is an eld-time rush
and excitement in the market.
Curiously enough there has been at the
same time a considerable emigration into
Canada over the Northwest border. Such
glowing stories have been told Of the pos
sibilities in the Dominon's big wheat
area that western farmers have sokl out
with the idea of acquiring larger holdings
across the line with the proceeds of the
sale. The country seems to be possessed
with veritable trekking fever
During the prevalence of such fever
serious risks are always taken, and they
are too often followed by disastrous con-
sequences, but there can be no doubt that
the whole of the Invaded territory. from
the habitabe north to the extreme south,
is capable of sustaining a population
many times as large rs that by which it
is now inhabited. The pity. the paper
says. is that its attractions do not check
the insane trend toward great cities
which comes from a worse fever Than the
other and beads TO a more hopeless dis
iluSiournaut
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-11-11

Michigan. a. c. Prick of Pennsylvania
is back of the enterprise, and experts say
that within The next ten years Worth
township. Ind. will break all the worlds
records for growth.
The story Of the prophecy is told and
youched for by \. +. Knots, formerly
representative in the indiana Legislature
and now Mayor of the city of Hammond.
Some years ago Mr.. Knots appeared be-
fore the river and harbor committee of
the House of Representatives at Wash
ington asking for an appropriation to
deepen and widen Wolf river. the inlet
from lake Michigan 20 Wolf lake liz
his sp ,ech before the committee he re-
lated IN incident which he claims is a
matter of history, in ferreting out which
he spent many hours while in Washing
ton. An engineer was seat to the West
with instructions to look up site for
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sc1IAEE7572S

Chicago-Cattle. common 10 prime.
$500 to SIPS: hogs. shipping grades,
s4 % to S6.S2; sheep, fair TO choice. 500
to $3.50, wheat, No red. G9c to zoe.
corn. No. ., 53c TO J4c; oats, No . re
10 2Sc; rye, No. 2. 4sc to 4Oc hay. tim
5thy. $3.50 TO $1,000. prairie. $500 TO
SI2.JO; butter. choice creamery. 2lc TO
24c eggs. fresh, Zoe 20 BE; potatoes,
;}jc to 45c per bushel.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $500 10
81. %; hogs. choice light, $500 to SG.G0.
sheep, common to prime. $3.50 to $50;
wheat, No ?, roe TO Tic; corn. No. 2
white. SOC 10 Coo, oats. No. = whites
&c to 32c
NJ. Louis-CattIe. $3.50 to $3.50 hogs.
"a. 10 10 SG.45; sheep. $3.50 70 SiOO:
aheat. No. ., sc to G9c; corn, NJ. 2.
SIC to sc; oats, No >, 2sc to Zoe; rye.
no. 2. 4sc to 49c
Cincinnati--Cattle. $3.50 % SGOOs
hogs. 800 to $500: sheep, $3.50 10
So 2.J wheat, No. 2, 73c 20 74c, corn. No
2 mixed. zoe to coo: oats No. mixed,
2lc to 30c; rye. No. 2. BIC 10 53e.
Detroit--Cattie. $500 TO $G.25. hogs.
$500 to 500; sheep $3.50 20 $500:
wheat, No. 2. 74c to 76c; corn, No. 3
yellow. G4c 10 65c; oats. No. 3 white,
Sic to pc; rye 52c TO 53c.
Wheat, No. northerD-
Tic to re: corn. No. 2. 5sc to 59e; oats.
No. 2 white. &c to 33c: rye, No :, soc
10 5Ic: barley, No. 2, &c TO &c; pork,
mess S1G.70.
Toledo-Wheat. No. . mixed. &c 70
nc. corn. No. mixed, 41c TO 42c. oats,
"a. mixed 27e to 2Se; clover seed.
prime. s6.65.
Bufalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers.
500 10 S7.25; hogs. fair 10 prime. 800
N $3.50: sheep. fair 10 choice. s32J to
81. rs; lambs. common 10 choice. s4O0 to
S510
New York--Cattle. 800 To s835s
hogs. $500 to $6.25: sheep. $500 20
50 IS: wheat No. red, 7Gc 70 &c: corn.
NJ. 2, &c 70 &c; oats. No. while.
34c n 35c. batteF, creamery. BE 20 &c.
eggs western. zoe 10 &c.
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REFUSE TO LAuD THE DEAD.
Ohio Preachers Withhold Eu1oGy Tn
less Character Deserves II.

Ohio Preachers Withhold En1oGy Tn
less Character Deserves 1t.
Indiscriminate eulagy Of the dead viii
not be given BY Hamilton, Ohio, minis
ters in the future. Strong resolutions
On the subject were adopted by the Min
isterial Alliance including the pastors Of
all protestant churches. In these reso-
buttons the ministers declare that it Is
against their conscience 70 misyeprcsenr
the character and Ines Of persons Just be-
cause they have did, They ado that
since relatives demand eul9gy IN funeral
sermons they viii preach no sefm0ns at
funerals in the future except ln cases
where euIogy Is Inerited The different
cle-gymen will conhne themselves 20 the
rituals Of their churches and via not
commit themselves 70 discussieas II The
characters Of the dead.
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IMMIGRATION FIGURES.
Tremendous Influx from Southern and
Central Europe.

Tremendous Influx from Southern and
Central Europe.
The annual report of the Commissioner
of Immigration has been made public. II
shows that of the 64S, 743 immigrants
who arrived in the United States during
the last fiscal year, 466.369 were males
and 49,, 374 females. OF the entire num-
Der of arrivals. Italy supplied 17S.375,
an increase Of 42,379 over the number for
1901; Austria Hungary. III, $50. an in
crease of $3.50, and Russia, 107 ,347, an
increase of % 900. Most European coun-
tries showed an increase, but there was
a falling of in the arrivals from Ireland
amounting to 1,423. the total from that
country being %. 13S. The figures con-
corning Asiatic immigration show de-
crease from CANA Of $40, the total being
1919 and an increase from Japan of
1901. the total being 14.270. or ITO per
cent OF the entire number arriving 1872
1SS we're unable to read CT write. bat
l4,063 were under Is years Of age.