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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-30
LrBEL SUIT FOR $405, GOO.
Brought by Owners of the sunken
 sfeamer ISiowa.

& li i . New York. Dec. 29 Proceedings to recover s45o,000 damages for the sink ing of the steamer Kiowa in Boston harbor by the steamer Admiral Dewey on December 26 were begun here to-. day, when proctors for the Clyde Steamship company, owners of the Kiowa, filed in the United States district court libel against the Ameri- can Steamship company, owners of the Admiral Dewey. The proctors ask for $s00,0o0, for the loss of the Kiowa; s10O,- 900 for it's cargo, and $5,0o0 for the effects of it's officers and crew.
 The libellants charge that the Ad- Infral Dewey's officers were responsible for the loss Of the Kiowa in having failed to provide proper lookout or to sound the proper signals required in thick weather and in not backing to avert the collision, and claim that the KioWa which had anchored on account of a heavy snow storm, had sounded all the proper signals required.
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CORBETf DEFEATS HANLON.
MERCIFUL REFEREE sA YES LAT-
 TER FROM BEING KILLED.
Referee Orders Fight stopped In the sist.enth Round Fearing . Fataii.y- No Man Ever Received such Punish- ment inn n snn Francisco Ring "A AfYec- tionate Parting of the Eighters.

San Francisco. Dec. 29.--A merciful referee probably saved Eddie" Hanlon from being killed by. Young Corbett'' tonight when he stopped their contest in the middle of the sixteenth round. For two rounds previous Referee Graney had begged Hanlon's seconds to take their man out of the ring but they kept the game youngster at it and finally Graney, fearing that fatality might result, ordered the fight stopped. No man ever received such terrific pun ishment in a San Francisco ring, and probably Young Corbett" is the only man in the country who could adminis- ter such q beating to Hanlon. When the San Francisco boy was carried to his corner still conscious but unable to walk, his seconds worked vigorously to revive him. The terribly beaten lad, however. commenced to vomit blood and things looked very serious for him for a short time. He was finally re- vived and carried from the ring by one of his seconds. Before he left Young Corbett' paid high tribute to his skill and gameness and saluted his brother &pIlHE lSIllST &WilH all dIIecIIOUate KISS. It must be said for Corbett that he was as merciful under the circumstances as lie could be. During the fourteenth and fifteenth rounds, he, too was anxious to have the fight stopped in order to save Hanlon needless punishment.
 The fight demonstrated that Cor bctt Is any mans superior at his weight. At no time during the contest was he in any apparent danger and when it ended there was not mark upon him. Hanlon's most peculiar and very effective defense was all that saved him from a knockout early in the game. Even when he became tired and could not protect himself Corbett could not land a knockout blow.
 In the thirteenth round and four 5teenth round Corbett began to show what he could do. The men were all lowed to fight in the clinches and Cor bett, leaning his head against Hanlons shoulder and with his arms free, would punch him in the stomach with his
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YALUE OF PLANT ESTATE.
Appraiser Reports That II Amounts to
 sI1 1,e73,9e

New York. Dec. 2e.-Henry B. Plant, the founder of the Plant system of steamships, railways and hotels, who died in 1899, left, according to the re- port of the appraiser appointed by the surrogate's court to assess the value of the estate for the purpose of the in heritance tax, gross personal estate of s12,729, ,000, the chief item consisting of 50,000 shares of stock in the Henry B. Plant company. valued at the time of his death at s12,167 1000. The net per- sonal estate, after all deductions, amounts to s11.973,s95.
 After the deduction of certain lega- .cies, which were paid by the heirs Mrs. Margaret Plant, the widow of MT. Plant, will receive $s.947, 900; and Nor ton E. Plant, his son and her stepson, $7,Sa5. .0O0.
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Recommendation for an Astronomical
 station in the southern Hemisphere
 What Has Been AccompIishsdbyso by some
 Of the Grants made Year 4 AgO-s5,oOo
 for Experiments in Nutrition.
 Washington. Dec. 29.-The year book of the Carnegie institution. which will
 be issued in few days, makes interest," ing announcements of the work and plans laid for scientific research throughout the world in many differ ent branches of science. It shows that the institution has a.total asset of s10,- 101, ,50o, and a balance on hand in the treasury on November last of $445. .472. The administration expenses included $21,227 for honorariums and $13,O00 for salaries of officers. The assets comprise S1O, 900, 900 of registered per cent. bonds Of the United States Steel corporation and $50,0O0 each in Northern Pacific land grant general mortgage As of 1927 and Santa Fe railroad general As of 1895, both in the reserve fund; and an office outfit at Washington valued at $1,500s The appropriations made for the coming year are s100,0OO for reserve funds. s40,- 900 for publication fund, $60,000 for ad- ministration, $130,000 for grants for larg- CT projects and $200,000 for grants for minor researches, and $43,000 for special grants. The institution declined to make any grants in medicine for pre- pairing systematic treatises or essays in logic and philosophy.
 The report of the committee in obser- vatories advocates the esta blishment of an active astronomical station in the |southern hemisphere for the reason that there is needed in certain special lines a greater output of astronomical observa- tions which can be obtained only in the southern hemisphere. This is thought may lead to important discoveries and, according to the committee, certainly will fill gaps in knowledge. It is urged that the project does not enter the field |of existing organizations and 'does not propose to do anything which is being well done by other agencies.''
 The committee also recommends the. for solar Investigation at an elevated pOlHI Where the dtIflOSpnerlc COuQlLlOHS should be of exceptional excellence. Mount Wilson, few miles east of Los Angeles, is suggested as the main sta tion for the proposed solar observatory. It has an altitude of 5000 feet. Mount Whitney. about 100 miles north of Mount Wilson. with an altitude of Il. .000 feet, is suggested as the site of an aux Hilary station for the special observa- | tion of heat radiations in relation to the solar constant The committee says that if other agencies could provide for pro- posed observing stations at Cape of Good Hope and at Sydney, the Carnegie institute would do well to take the re-: sponsibility for one about thirty miles, south of Santiago de Chili. The irlves- tigations proposed by the solar obser- vatory relate to the sun's radiation, mainly with reference to it's effect on the earth; to the solar constitution, with special reference to the sun as a typical star and to the evolution of stars like the sun from Nebulae. O. B. Van- hise, the institutions adviser in geophy- (Continued on Second Page)
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ROOT TAKES HAYS PLACE.
TO CONDUCT NEGOTIATIONS
 WITH COLOMBIA.


 Change-ProIongsd Cabinet Meeting
 Yesterday-Answer to General Reyes
 Statement to bs Given as Soon as Pos
 sibIe-Matter Under Confederation.
 Washington, Dec. 2s.-At a meeting of the cabinet this afternoon the Pan- anna situation was the principal subject under consideration. All the members of the cabinet, except Secretary Hay, who is i'll; Secretary Shaw and Attor- ney-General Knox, who are out of the city, were present. The meeting was one of the longest held for several weeks, the session consuming quite two hours. At the conclusion of the meet ing the members were not communities tive, but it was learned that, in addi- ton to discussion of matters relating to Panama, several departmental mat ters of minor importance were consid- cred.
 Secretary Root was delayed nearly half an hour in his arrival at the meet ing, having been in conference with General Reyes, the special representa- tive of Colombia This circumstance caused it to transpirt that, during the illness of Secretary Hay, Secretary Root has been designated by the pres- ident to conduct the negotiations of this government with General Reyes. Secretary Root laid before the presi- dent the details of his interview with the Colombian minister. Careful con sideration was given to the Colombian note filed with the state department by General Reyes, but it cannot be said that no answer yet has been made to it. The note was submitted by the Co., lombian minister in Spanish. Some de- lay was encountered in the translation of the document, but finally the trans lation was laid before the president and Secretary Root for consideration. Sec retary Root informed General Reyes that the reply of this government was not ready, but that it would be given him as soon as possible. Secretary Root will give the response to General Reyes when a decision as to it's precise nature shall have been reached.
 No intimation of the contents of Gen. eral Reyes note or of the reply of this government is given from any author itative source. It is known, however, that the administration regards the rat ification of the treaty with the republic of Panama as the first step to be taken in the entire pending matter. What this government may do subsequently will be determined, at least in part, by the circumstances then surrounding the case. Just now, it is said authoritative ly, there is nothing in the situation to arouse serious concern.
 General Reyes has not indicated to Secretary Root what his intentions are regarding his future movements. It is presumed that he will remain in Wash ington, at least until the reply of the United States to his note shall have been presented, but so far as can be ascertained nothing definite Is known as to his intentions.
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SCIENTISTS IN SESSION.
Pspor Read by Professor Evans. of Yale
 -sacieties Repreaensed.

Philadelphia, Pa. Dec. 2s.-The an nual meeting of the American Affiliated Scientific societies began to-day at the University of Pennsylvania. The or ganizations represented are the Ameri- can Philosophical society: the Associa- ton of American Anatomists: Society of American Bacteriologists; Society for Plant Morphology and Physiology; American Physiological society.
 The programme to-day consisted of the reading of scientific papers by the following:
 Professor E. c. Jeffray, Harvard uni- versity; Professor M c. Coker, Uni- vesity of Moth Carolina; Professor A. w. Evans. Yale; Professor M. H. Cam ong, Smith college: Dr. E. F. Smith, James Rover and pr. c. 0. Townsend, department of agriculture: Dr. George IS. Huntington. Columbia university; pr. Charles s. Minot. Harvard; Dr. J. F. McMurrich, University of Michigan, and pr. Thomas Dwight, Harvard.
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EMPEROR JOSEPH HAS FALL.
Trips While Ascending stairs in Danghtcr's House.

Vienna, Dec. 2s.-Reports which reached Vienna to-day of an accident to Emperor Francis Joseph created much alarm. It appears that during his majestys customary Christmas vis- it to his daughter, the Archduchess Maria vaIeria, at Wallse, he was as- cending a stairway, when his spurs be- came entangled in the carpet. He fell forward. but arose immediately without assistance.
 The emperor has returned to Vienna and his doctors say that the injuries suffered by the accident are quite un- important, some muscles of the back being slightly strained and the fore head bruised. The doctors recommend that his majesty shall rest for few days, but they consider no further med ical treatment necessary. It has, how ever, been announced that the audi enoes fixed by his majesty for New Years eve may be postponed.
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: WOLCoTT THE WINNER.
Larry Temple Puts UpNa Good Fight
 With soiored Champion,

Larry Temple Pats UpNa Good Fight
 With Goiored Champion.
 Boston, Dec. 29.--After fifteen round bout, during seven rounds of which his opponent landed almost at will, Joe Waicott, the colored pugilist of Mall den, was given the decision over Larry Temple of Stratford, Conn.,, before the Criterion Athletic club tonight.
 Close work on the part of both box CTS marked the boxing contest from the first round, Walcott rushing in at ev- cry opportunity, only to be heavily countered and to find himself outclassed at in-fghting. In the third round Wall colt scored knockdown which appar- ently did little damage. ..:
 In the seventh round, Temple showed signs of weakening and Walcott landed both rights and lefts repeatedly with telling effect, the Connecticut negro re- ceiving' severe punishment during this and the succeeding rounds.
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OHAMBERLAIN,S COMMISSION.
A List of Seventeen Additional msm-
 bers Announced.

London. Dec. 29.-A list of seventeen additional members of Joseph Chamber lain's tariff commission was issued this evening. including representatives of colonial interests. and it was announc- ed that Sir Robert Herbert, formerly under secretary of state for the colonies and at one time agent general for Tas- mania, has accepted the chairmanship of the commission. The list just issued includes Sir John Cockburn. formerly premier and chief secretary of South Australia: Francis Elgar, the well known naval architect: Sir George Ryder. chairman Of the customs com mission; Sir Cecil Smith, formerly high commissioner for Borneo and Sarawak, and Henry D. Marshall, member of the council of the Royal Agricultural socie- ty. The remainder of the list comprises leading representatives of trade of the United Kingdom.
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PAN-AMERICAN RAILWAY.
chartered i'm Oklahoma Yith s250, ,o00,-
 900 Capital Stock.

Guthrie, Oklahoma, Dec. 29.-The Pan-American Railway company, with headquarters at Guthrie and with $250,- 100000 capital stock, to build a line from Port Nelson, on Hudson Bay, British America, to the Argentine Re- public, was chartered to-day. From Port Nelson the road is to run via Win nipeg, in Manitoba, through the states of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian territory and Texas, thence through Mexico, Central America, the republic of Pan- anna, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, into the Argentine republic. A branch line is provided running from Peru through Chile to Valparaiso. The total length is 10000 miles.
 The incorporators named in the char ter are W. B. and G. R. Davis, c. D. Farmer, H. c. Hes and Edward Hill- man, of Arlington, Oklahoma.
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Cnnadian M. F. suicides.

Toronto, Ont, Dec. 29.--Andrew Pa- tullo, M. F.. Of Woodstock. Ont, com nitted suicide to-day in London, Eng, where he had been visiting. He was formerly proprietor of the Woodstock nel-Review. By his death the ma- jority of Premier Ross in the. Ontario legislature is reduced to two. and it's resignation is probable.
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FREE RAND FOR MIKADo.
Unlimited Credit Voted for Purposes of
 Military Defence.

Tokio, Dec. 29.An emergency ordi- nance, promulgated late last night, in- vests the government with practically unlimited credit for the purposes of military defense.
 Three other ordinances were issued, relating, first, to the Seoul-Fusan rail- way, which is brought closer under off, cial control; second, to the revision of the organization of the imperial mili- tary headquarters in war time; third, Ii the creation of a war council in war time. ...,
 These ordinances, it is considered, completely provide for all emergencies.
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Tracu,eas Trasn operate,I.

Paris, Dec. 29.-Paris witnessed to-day the successful operation of a trackless train. Upon the conclusion of the test the train stopped at the Elysee palace and the inventors received the felicita- tions of President Loubet. The train was composed of a motor carriage, sirni- lar to an ordinary automobile, and five ears. The discovery consists in the transmission of sufficient motive power from the carriage to move each car. It was found that all the cars tracked ex- 'actly with the motor.
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sCYCLONEn TAYLOR ARREsTED.
Evangeiist Charged with Sending
 scnrriIous Matter Through Mails.

PlattsBurgh. N. Y, Dec. 2s-The Rev.. Bushrod Sheldon Taylor an itinerant preacher known in many parts of the United States of Cyclone Taylor was arrested ct Mooer's Junction in this county and brought here to-day by United States Marshal Brewster, charg- ed by Emmett Armstrong of Mooers with writing and sending through the mails postal cards containing scurril- ous and libellous matter ref1ecting upon MT Armstrong's character. When arr raigned before United States Commis- sioner Corbin. Taylor entered a plea of mot guilty" and his examination was adjourned to January 2S, bail being fixed at $500. which he furnished.
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A Disappointing Bout.

. Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 29.-Philadel- phia Jack O'Brien and Hugo Kelly fought ten round bout in this city tonight which resulted in a draw. o'Brien's showing was a disappoint- ment, many of the spectators believing that Kelly should have been given the decision.
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Roosevelt, odeii and Platt.

Elmira, N. r., Dec. 29.-Chemung county republicans gathered in Horse heads this afternoon and elected dele gates to the two state, congressional and senatorial conventions. Resolu- tions endorsing President Roosevelt, Governor odell and Senator Platt were adopted. The candidacy of former Sem ator J. Sloat Fassett for congress was endorsed and he was permitted to name the congressional delegates.
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An IHabitaal CrtmanaI.

Dedham, Mass, Dec. 29.---In the Nor- folk county superior criminal court to-day Jude Aiken sentenced George Nichols of Philadelphia, notorious criminal, to twenty-five years at hard labor in state prison, on the ground that he is an habitual criminal. Nich- ols, who is sixty years of age, is now serving term of not less than ten years. .
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FINAL REFUSAL TO ARBITRATE.
chicago Liverymen Throw Down
 Gauntlet to strikers. R.

@ Chicago, Dec. 29.-A positive refusal to arbitrate was the decision of the joint associations of liverymen tonight on the proposal submitted by the striking livery drivers. The strikers asked that the adjustment of the whole difficulty be placed in the hands of former mem bers of the Chicago board of arbitration. The reason given by the livery owners for the refusal of the proposition of the men was that the selection of the arbi- ters by the drivers gave the employers no voice in the matter. <
 Many assertions from the union were reported to-day. At the headquarters Of the Liverymen's association it was claimed that fully sixty strikers had ap- piled for their old jobs and had been put back to work. % r.
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JAPAN READY TO RISK ALL
CHINESE WAR INDEMNITY TO BE
 USED IN CASE OF VAR.

Been Devoted to Educational Pur- uoses-In Addition Authorization Is
 Given Go Issue Treasury Notes Re payable in Five Years.
 Tokio, Dec. 2s.-Another cabinet coun- cil was held to-day, lasting nearly four hours.
 The ordinances passed yesterday by the cabinet council authorizing guar antee of the principal and interest of an issue of 1O,OOO,O 900 yen debentures for the purpose of expediting the work on the Seoul-Fusan railway, and which also provided for all possible military expenses for the protection of the rail- way and other interests, also authorized the government to utilize 5O,000,O00 yen, the proceeds of the Chinese war indem- nity, which hitherto has been devoted to educational and other purposes, as war fund. In addition, authorization is given to issue treasury note, repayable in five years, and to raise loans, repay able in two years, to an unlimited ex- tent. s,5-.
 The Seoul-Fusan railway becomes virtually government enterprise. The government guarantees the capital of 1O,000,000 yen and 6 per cent. interest, and will nominate the directors.
 The new military council will be conn posed of the ministers of war and ma rine and the chiefs of the military, na- val and general staffs and leading gen. erals and admirals. Thus, under the emergency arrangement, the naval and military staffs are placed on the same footing.
 It is stated that at yesterdays lunch con the emperor unreservedly invited the senior statesmen and the councillors to give their advise on the existing crisis.
 The promulgation of the ordinances have great effect in calming public i'm patience.
 London, Dec. 30.-The Daily Mirror asesrts that Japan's note to Russia de- mands a material guarantee of honest intentions with regard to Korea by a reduction of the Russian fleet in Far Eastern waters to half its present strength.
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Young Girl snic,d cs.

{ Hartford, Dec. 29.-May shipman, aged sixteen years, committed suicide at her home in East Glastonbury this afternoon by drinking three ounces of carbolic acid. The girl had been con- fined to her bed by illness for some time, and it is believed that despond- ency caused her to take her life.
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JEROME SIX Es DEAD.
Well Known New York Actor Victim
 of Pneu m omia.

Chicago, Dec. 29.-Jerome Sykes, the we1l-knoWn New York actor, who had been playing the leading part in "The Millionaire" died of pneumonia tonight at the Stratford hotel after an illness of four days E MT. Sykes contracted pneumonia while thinly clad during an amateur theatrical performance at dinner which he gave the members of "The Billienaire" company Christmas eve. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made, but the body will probably be taken to MT. Sykes New York home for burial.
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Taken Away for Safe Keeping.

Council Bluffs, Ia, Dec. 2s.--Neely Zimmerman and George Burke, the me- groes who last night narrowly escaped lynching at the hands of an infuriated mob, were tonight taken to the state penitentiaary at Fort Madison, la, for safe-keeping. ..-. .- !.
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JEWISH ALARM IN RUSSIA.
Roosevelt Orders State Department to Mako 1uquiFy.

Make Anqutry.
 Washington, Dec. 2s.-At the instance of President Roosevelt, who has inter ested himself in the reports from abroad of massacres and contemplated massacres of Jews in Kishineff, the state department is making active in- quiry, through its diplomatic and con- sular officers, with the view of ascer- taining the exact situation as affecting these people. The United States con- sular agent at Odessa already has been heard from, and he cabled the state de- partment to-day that there has been no fresh outbreak at Kishineff.
 simon Wolf, representing the B'nai Birth, and Adolphus S. Solomons, of New York. one of the trustees of the Baron de Hirsch fund, held confer ence with Acting Secretary Loomis to- day. during which the subject of the Jews in Russia was discussed.
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A Russian Denial.

St. Petersburg, Dec. 29.--The corre- spondent of a Russian news agency at Kishineff. Bessarabia, telegraphs a de- nial of the statement that the Jewish population is being pillaged by the Rus sianSs
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Cut for oonnec,iout MI, workers.

Montville, Dec. 29.--Notices of a ten per cent. reduction of wages, to go into effect Monday, were posted to-day in the cotton mills of the Uncasville Man ufacturing company in this town and at Versailles. About 300 employees. will he affected by the, cut,
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Erassus Corning Rlontad.

City Island, N. Y, Dee. 2s.--The steamer Erastus Corning of the starin Transportation company. which ran ashore at Copp Island, Norwalk, Conn.,, December 24, has been foated and pass ed here to-day for New York in tow.