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Borrf.id,. George Mitchell Margaret 8
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Mead Elizabeth J. Thompson. Louisa H
BoRGFELDT-suddenly at Doe5linz Vienna Austria. on
FRIDAY Noysn6e5 ~ George b Bo-sfeid & selSvsd 81 nus aus
coLLINs-f Chicago. III. on saturday. Novem6sr
fSna.l. fSas aPa eldest daughter of John Oliver Of
Dyo BEcK9n ssfgEdsg i ' or6ins III q PPsgo.s T:g mia
daughter Anne Cornelius and the late william Beck
Fq9erai SeTvSss from 9ss S az az No 81 s-Sf sss
papers please
GRAYon E2yes[ p l2e4 Howard Gray :. at hi: late late
Rei 69 Ts59SY xe SSye c6ar r. Vest 10 Ede "a At s sn
75th-st
HERRICK-On SATURDAY.. Novsnber Il 1898: Of pneu-
mQnia Jane Eliza an BosxeLekl s vie OF ths late
No 7S2 Carroil-st. Brooklyn on Tuesday. November
Noyem6er IL ie az trs re5d14 & &c 81 his d19shs ea
year. Funera services wH b held al the CongIega-
"a. 2;3O ?
seth j. dsash,sr q paHi smith Mead Fsnsfai from
Carriages viii meet train a Greenwich-
M1TCHELL-oa Saturday. November Il; 1903. the
ysT soutS Nysck Margaret : Mitchell aged S. years
aRs jersey Gn cii2 SoRsfn Raoad Of
i:2O D. N Returning leaves Syack az 5:l5 E
Relatives friends invited TO attend the services
NEI.SON-On Sunday morning November -. 1903.
Eliza Nelson funeral from her late residence, 10.
2Is Schermerhorn-st. Brooklyn Tuesday. No
venber -. at p m Interment private
Suddenly; at Lynn. Mass. Mass on sunday Nc
6Sth yea- Of hts age
RoBISsON-Just before the dawn Friday. November 20
1909 al MS late residence No 5T5 West 161st Ed
nOnd De Buck eldest OF Harry and Regina Robin
son Relatives friends invited to services
Morday November a. 1903. AL Angels Church.
slst-st and West End-eve
sWIFT-On Saturday November p 1908. resi-
dence Poughk keepsie. y Y, Mary Stryker. widow OF
Hon Charles w Swift. and daughter Of the late
Rev Abraham Msssler. z D. In the 7sth year OF
her are The funeral services will be private
Friends are kindly requested send flowers.
sornerviIIe IN. j. papers please copy
TArPOT-On Sunday November his late residence
No 25O West p4th-st. after illness George
TaIbot in the year Of his Funeral private.
THOMPsOS-At Milford. Conn. November q. 1903
Iou{sa H daughter OF the late Horace Harrfet
BARNARD and wife OF the ate Henry G. Thompson. in
the sOth year OF Relatives and friends
vfted the funeral services her residence
NornirEsde Milford. Conn Tuesday afternoon S:f5
o'clock Train leaves Grand Central Station 12.O2
turning Milford 45O m The Internent viii be
az the convenience OF the family
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Special Notices.
5srG Annual Thanksgiving Dinner


FIVE POINTS MISSION, OLD BREWERY,
63 Park ST. v. Y.
With devout thanks the numerous friends Of this
original Mission Oft repeated freewtl Oer-
earnestly appeal again for the means TO pro-
vide good Thanksgiving Diuner for its nine hundred
little ones goa dinners and 1850 articles
clothing have been furnished the past year Total
cash expenditures. t33.sssSS-
Never have the generous gifts donors been
more needed increasing benevolent work, and
will they be gratefully received
Interesting exercises By the children at lis
Dinner at p.
Cordial Invitation Extended to AL
H. 3 sKIDmORE. Treas a X SANFORD. supt.
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WILLIAM MOORE.

Giens Falls. y. Y. Nov. 2.-William Moore is
.ad az his home here. He born at Hebron
washington County. seventy years ago. and had
been closely Identified with Adirondack lumber In
,.-.s+s all his life For the last fifteen years Mr
Moore rad managed the garnet mines on Gore
Maintain He was a prominent Mason. He will
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MRS. SUSAN G. HAYTON.

lincoln. Neb. Nov. Mrs. Susan G. Hayton, a
woman of distinguished Revolutionary ancestry
died at the home of her son in this city yesterday
"a ms buried to-day She was born in Suottsyl-
r-anfa County Va, and was ninety eight years old
-bree OF her uncles one general and two colonels
+a-,(od N the War of the Revolution. She leaves
aean|- relatives in Nebraska and Virginia.
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ff,uhsst temperature yesterday ~ degrees lowest o.
-. As. average for corresponding date last yesT
IS. average for corresponding date last t"en'S"''
nr.i forecast: Partly cloudy ana waIins,
7--sssv rain or and colder. noriheas sh'i''S "
south. winds
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BIG ATTENDANCE AT posTe.,r suo,.,

n spite Of The rain there was la,v. ..,.-s.
esy -. - Tie Portrait shou for sbe senss, -
TIE Uic1.,rS 55.ospltzL About I've hundred vieues
h.x. - -leny lovers Of fre ~. ~ 49,
ss- unable 70 attend before ve1s present "ho
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SLAMS ARBITRATOR AT THE HAGUE

Washington. Nov. 22-Edward H. strobel has been
appointed by Siam to be OF the two Judges for
Siam for the peace court at The Hague. to succeed
the late F. W. Hollis. Of New-York.
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Mr.. AND MRS. HERRIcK THEIR GUESTS

Major General and Mrs Corbtn entertained Gov
ernor-elect and Mrs Herrick of Ohio at luncheon
Saturday II was the opening Of their house at
Governors Island.
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SpeciaI Notices.

Mail subscribers In Sew-Yorx city 70 the pAlLf All
TRI- EEKLY viii charged one cent cosS e&s-"
postage In afdstlon % the rates named above
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ssowsHoeR KILLED sY AVALANCHE.

- Nov. "A Nieunese doctor named
y-,-ef- while snoWshoeing on the RaK. near
A. Io-aay. was killed by an avalanche Others
10 ne party ssosues
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1nssuuch as the far of the mole has By the de-
-. - fashion become al the rage this winter:
!. may not BE- arniss recall the fact that there
was a tire when the mole consutu'en the ia'0ii'
-. =. i. ,srye and Influential element OF the aris-
,,cra~v titled end untitled. in Great Britain and
T-sl.rd II was IN the early part OF the eighteenth
cs,turv. when King William III surnamed or
orange" was laid his deathbed ny ran from
his horse resulting from the latter putting nus io'
- . -. ho,e out in Richmond Park and pre-
,i,,tsttrr his rider 70 the ground. For more than
es.v wears afterWard there was rarely dihher
tbat took place among the sdheren's of the oia
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Marriage notices appearing in THE TRIBUNE win
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extra charge.
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MEMORIAL. WINDOWS
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THE WEATHER REPORT.
Yesterdays Record and To-day's Forecast

Washington, Nov 22-During the tveaty-four
hours bsronetric depression has moved rapidly
from British Northwest Territory Mime
attended by Montana, North Dakota
Minnesota and the Lake Superior region
The barometer fallen rapidly Coast
States with light New-Jersey Eastern Pennsy-
vania and Eastern New-York and light in
Nev-EngIsnd Light also occurred along the
South Atlantic On the Middle Northern Pa
cihc coasts rain has been followed by fair
temperature has risen the south and eastern
districts and has fallen north Of the Dakotas and Eastern
Montana and in the northern plateau region.
During Monday the low barometer central
over Minnesota viii eastward. by
snow upper lake region and extreme upper Missls
spp Valley Under the influence OF a slight harometrc
coast unsettled weather Monday will prevail the
North In all other districts the weather
The temperature viii rise in Atlantic Coast and
Gulf states fall from the upper Mississippi Valley
brisk northeast VIII shift south on the Middle
~ south Atlantic Coast north. Coast
light variable the low-r lakes increasing south
and on upper lakes brisk to high southwest. shifting
=" steamers departing Monday FOR European ports win
bave fresh to brisk winds shifting south with partly
cloudy weather
FORE asst FoR TO-DAY AND TUESDAY.
For Eastern New-YorE partly cloudy and to
cay: Tuesday rain snow and eooers northeast shift
irr 10 fresh south, winds
For District Of Columbia Eastern PENNSYLVANIA and
ersv-Jsrey fair to-day: increasing clcudi
ress tonight Tuesday. winds shifting to fresh south
For Western Pennsylvania. fair in southern portion
cloudy and warmer northern portion to-day: increas
, south winds Tuesday partly cloudy. with raE
enc E. eSe NeuEasiand generally cloudy to-day:
snow v,e YewYork fair today increasing south
--i-,ss IN y- snow and cooler Tuesday
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HOUGH-POwERS-A ST. Stephens Church. Satur-
day November 81 By the Rev. r Heber Newton D D,
Ethel daughter OF John Z. Powers. 70 Charles Merrill
Houzh
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Notices of Marriages and Deaths must be IN
dorsed with full name and address.
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TRANSATLANTIC MAILS

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Wilhelm der Crosse, via Plymouth. Cheroours and
Bremen at 5 a n for Italy direct. 3 s Car
pathia (Tnan must be directed Per Carpathia-J T.
at SD a. for Italy direct. > Nord America
lulaM must be directed per : Nort America
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Sraateudar1 SD a Complementary 10 a
for Europe = = TsurCnic. Queenstown
THCPSDAY-At for France Switzerland italy.
spain. Portugal Turkey. Egypt Greece. British Iut
ard Lorenzo Marquee per Ia Bretagne. via Hsvrs
mai for other parts Of Europe must Be directed Per
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SATT RDAY-At 3 a N for Europe Paul
tr1aiI Ireland letter mail
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direct. Iceland mail be directed per
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directed g.
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After the closing Supplementary Transatlautic
Mails named above. ADDITIONAL supplementary Nails
opened piers % the American. English. French
and German steamers. and remain open until within
Ten Minutes OF the hour % sailing % steamer
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Bu-Dett's Vanilla


Is pure Don't let your grocer work OF a cheap and
dangerous substitute. Insist having Burnetts
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wADswORTH- -BENEDICT-In the Chantry q Grace
Church. Saturday. November q. 1903. By the Rev
William r Huntington. y. d, Richard c ". Wsds-
worth, late strong Wadsworth. 20 Alice Ger
trude Benedict. daughter James Benedict all OF the
city New-York-
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ssl Postal Union TIE TRIBUNE VIII - mdiie4 az -
following
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TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.

4, siasram white lils shows the
In PRESSURE Indicated by The TTibUnes self
The dotted line shoSS The tsnpeTs-
,uT. as recorded BY the iocsi Weather Bureau
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Emperor Meneik. who claims to De the most
blue blooded Of the monarchs OF the Ola Morld' %
reason of his alleged descent In direct me from
king Solomon Of Israel and the Queen OF Sheoa'
has inst issued a decree imposing the most severe
a,s rigorous penalties on any one found buying
or selling a slave in Abyssinia- He Is bent upon
abolishng slavery altogether in MS donhlohs anu
when one takes into consideration the tact that
slavery Of one kind another stn exists rot
only in the realms OF the Turkish Sultan, the
r,e--,+ian EIbe5ive the Shah of Persia, the King
Of Siam and the Emperor Of China. but even N
the feudatory States Of British india In the congo
Free State. ruled By King Leopold' IN LaI-iOar'
which is vassal 20 Great Britain, and IN the COLO
,.sl aena7dercies OF France Germany and Portu-
gal in Africa il must be admitted that Emperor
NeneHk deserves A great deal OF credit for MS
humanity and progressiveness in honestly endeav-
orinE TO suppress the most wicked OF All tfaIic'
namely. that in human beings
MeneIk is a far enlightened ruler than Is
generally believed and has but little in common
with his ferocious predecessor. Emperor John, who
10 slice on the noses Of those who used
snuff. 10 cut OF the lips OF those found smoking
and 20 brand crosses IN the hand OF every Ma
| hometan who fell into his clutches. just by way
OF converting him into a Christian
is timely TO call attention 10 these good points
q Menelik in Of the mission which the United
States government has just dispatched 20 his court
under the direction Of it's consul general at Mar
sefles.
4 good deal of speculation has been created by
the sending Of this mission at this iuncture. Its
object viii perhaps be better understood when
mention the fact that although England mas been
spending much money and human life in endeavor-
ing to open up Somalilanc TO commerce and in
arstrv she has derived no benefit whatsoever
.he-efrorn owing to the circumstance that the
Americans have already stepped in and captured
,o- themselves the entire Sonaliland trade. Among
- g-snle r-oduc.s Of somaliiand are The very
e,est v-oollen heecss in the world Not one of
,t..se reaches England. They al come 20 this
,c,,ntr, The United States now proposes to secure
tse Abyssinisn trade in the same manner
New-York tribune., 1903-11-23

s following Official record from IRE Weather Bureau
.Acus ~. changes IN temperature for the last
twenty four hours IN With the correspond
Ing Gate of year
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Domestic Rates.
BY EARLY MAIL TRAIN.

For al points in TIE United States Canada and Mexico
tOuts.ds OF boroughs % Manhattan TIE
Also Porto Rco. Ia Naii and The Philippines
without expense for foreign postage
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MAILS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL. AMERICA VEST
INDIES. ETC

TUEsDAT-At $50 a for Newfoundland. r~r
Silvia 9:3O a. n. Complementary iG-30 m for
Central America except COSTA Rica) and south Pacific
Ports per s City of Washington. via Colon mail
for Guatemala must Be divected ~1e- city e
Washington >. 2 m. for Newfoundland. Per
Corear. from Philadelphia.
wEDSESDAT-Ar II 80 a II for Brazil . .
tanfa Psrnarn5uc0. Janeiro and Santos mail
for Northern Brazil Argentine Uruguay and Paraguay
directed per 8 > Carania1t at l. m for
Cuba. per Havana mail f0r Mexico via Frozreso.
Canpeche and Vera Cruz must be directed Per
Havans'f
FRIDAY-At u m for Santiago. Per > Jason mail
De directed per : Jason. az u n supple
rnenrary 1870 ? for Bahamas Per 8 Santiago
mail Mexico via Tanupco. must be directed per
Santiago; $50 for Beruu3a. per steamer
from Halifax.
SSTT-Rp4Y-At Complementary $50 n fc-
Porto Rico and Eenezlela. per . Phliaoel-
obfa fr7a4I Savsniis and Car-1zena be d.
= a for Grenada
trinidad ard Ciudad Bolivar. 3 Marava4s at
fe1puIer1ertary 1870 a f7T Fortune Island
Tsral~a SavarflIa CartaEena. Ale1e
1r,a for Costa Rica be directed per Alene
a. p-30 a n supplementary le-30 a. N tor =
s. Crosx I.eeward ard Win1var1 Islands
T2-frIsT Dutch and French Guiana per = Na1oa az
~ = n fcr cuba per Moro Castle. via Havana
.. TN.3O a n supplementary II 20 a n for I1agua
Ffaiti AID NARA pe- = = Adirondacks AZ u-ao
a m FOR Argentine. Uruguay and paraguay. per . q
Car1oens at I2.3O ?. for cuba. per $ . C-rttyca
Havana
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King Leopold. probably with the object of ex-
pressing his defiance OF those nations which have
taken exception to his maladministration Of the
Congo Free State, and which have called him TO
account Tor the frghtful atrocities perPetrated by
his agents upon the unfortunate natives has
chosen lust this moment to create IN his capacity
as sovereign Of the Congo Free State a ne" order
of krfghthood. entitled the Order Of Leopold II.
,o-,p-isine six grades and consisting Of gold or
silver cross the branches Of which are connected
,.-,.r c-,e another by a wreath Of palm leaves in
gold and silver In the centre there Is on the oo-
verse an escutcheon with. the arn1oriai bearings
Of the Congo Free State surrounded by a oiue
enamel hand bearing the words Labor ana prog
-ess while the reverse shows two LIS interIaceO
and surmounted by royal crown ne rloOon Is
% dark blue with black stripe running along the
centre thereof
The King has already created four other orders
IL his capacity as sovereign Of the Congo nancy
the order Of the African Star. the Order Of the
,7o,-.l lion the order Of the Grown and the Order
o4 she Congo Star which he distributes with a
pood deal Of profuson. finding it much more eco
no,ical 10 reward people for services with deco
-s.,or the intrinsic value OF which may be about
81 OF s. than to present them Win pieCe %
5avrelrv. which in view of the royal rank OF the
donor. must necessarily be much more costly
T7el,,T itself has three orders Of its own. name
IL the Order Of Leopold l. the Civic Decoration ana
the Military Cross. But the King is not permitted
To give these away without the decree cohierrlns
them being co1ntersigned by responsible Cao-
met Minister. who is accountable to the national
legislature and il is because Leopold experienced
81 many objections on the part OF his ministers TO
,be sfstrfhution Of the three Belgian orders OF
Erighthood. TO people whom he hao selecteo TOT
- honor that he created these various Congo
orders of knighthood which he is free to give away
as he chooses Whether or not they can be consld-
e-a5 5r ne light Of a distinction, in view OF the
revelations that have taken place concerning lhe
c-erties practsed in the Congo Valley. Is matter
for question
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-23
WILL
STAND
SOLID
Timber LOcatOrS will
Organize for Mutual
Protection
Sarcastic Outsiders Suggest
Some Order Titles for
the New Order of
Mutual Admirers

w. j. Prendergast. the national sec.
retary, and o. d. Banks, the local rep.
resentative of the Timber Claim Own.
ers' Association, are busy at work,
and have been for the past two weeks,
In this field, strengthening the organ.
ization and adding to the membership.
The association has many members
who hold claims In this district. and
who are anxious to have its benefits
and influence extended TO all those
who would naturally be benefited by
being brought into closer touch with
ii and its other members. Il is the
intention of the association to main.
tain a local office In Roseburg. which
Is recognized by all to be one of the
most important land Offices In the
state. Mr.. o. ID. Ranks, who has been
quietly at work I'm their interest for
the past six months, will be in charge
The many evils and abuses to which
the many claim owners have been sub
1ected under the conditions which
have prevailed, i'm some cases. the
jumping of claims. errors and frauds
In locating and delay in issuing pat
individual owners are so widely scat.
tered over so many different states.
have caused them at last to realize
the necessity of the work which this
association is now carrying on. This
Is being extended to all the land of.
fees In Oregon and it's effect is be.
Ing felt In all the states In which the
many members reside.
MIR. Prendergast, who has taken up
his residence here for few months,
is located for the present at the office
OF Attorney o. p. Coshow. He says
that he confidently believes that the
claim owners residing In and holding
claims In the Roseburg district will
march up and maintain the organlza.
tons standard as cordially and effec-
tually as any district where the as
sociation's enthusiasm prevails, and
he is confident that by presenting a
united front. and with legal protection
at the national and state capitals,
that many abuses. delays and much
adverse legislation will be prevented
and corrected. over 1900 citizens
have, during the past year alone,
taken claims in this district, and Il Is
confidently expected that the associa.
ton will number more than 5000 mem.
bers before the close of the year. who
will hold claims In this state and
who will be vitality interested In hav.
Ing their interests protected and ad.
vanced"
Every claim holder and timber own.
er is asked TO join us, says he. and we
cannot AFFORD 10 skip a single holding,
as In unity lies our strength" SO
far he has met with a cordial recep-
tlon and quick response Roseburg Re.
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