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New-York tribune., 1907-08-15
FRANCES POSITION OUTLINED.
,.-.-nment Expects 20 Abide by the Age-
cirss Convention.

p.-+s Aug f4-Competent government cir
= z.,l4rei TO discuss the possibility Of France
--+,,z7z- be:a- compelled 10 overstep the lin
- he -e~-as Of the Algeciras Convention but
=. t,1,o7rins statement was made on the sub
.o-ssy f1o-n an authoritative quarter:
sz-ze51s nay force our hands. but until they
- re shall Try in good faith to carry out the
--.,sa,e which We hold from the powers
ss officially explained this morning that
=. ,-+Tle-v being shipped 70 Casablanca from
- !. i,+en5ed TO replace the machine guns
- o4as- artillery landed from the warshiPs'
=. - .,e not Of sufficient range to reach the
,.m7s Of The Noors-
,<5cisl note issued this afternoon says that
- Drude. in command Of the French force
r.ssblsnca. has not asked for reinforce
Is ana that therefore the statement that
=. e,ve-nrlent has declined TO furnish him
-,ors troops IS incorrect.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-15
NINETY In TANGlER.
rr6RS FOR EUROPEANS,
u-orsb;ps 4SEed for Three TosUnS-
CqsqbEenca Quiet

Aug. l4-There is still much uneasi-
31isa-e 80 rsgaraing the position Of the Euro
- in Morocco
p I---.-sless adyices from Casablanca say that the
80 A. Nazagan continues alarming. Both
fll-N'--a la-,a IN the neighboring town OF Azemmour
tnsie sonsrs in the jails have been turned loose
- t5 I-si5 Of AzeTnmour has fed
'1s F,,-opsans and Jews leaving Mazagan are
- 10 pay for the privilege
ooL-s' zDrz7ca charge d'affaires here has asked
III s-rs-a1 Phiubert. in command Of the
We r.1a1 forces OF Casablanca, to station
tISAs, ~ tl,e roadsteds OF Nogador. saff and
e E1aish. ,--.-- = -.,o--aa - h.-,a oo-
red At Cssablanoa, and although the city is
Gu ..- .be Jews continue TO fee TO Gibraltar.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-15
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.

Oyster Bay. Aug. n.-Pres!dent Roosevelt an
nounced to-day the following appointments: Nathan
Jaffa 20 be Secretary OF New Mexico vice J. W.
Reynolds resigned Henry Colman May TO be sec
retary Of Legation OF Honduras and Salvador; Ar
thur Hugh Frazier to be secretary Of Legation Of
Paraguay and Uruguay. and George r. W.tze..
to be secretary OF Legation OF Nicaragua and Costa
New-York tribune., 1907-08-15
THIRTY BULGARIANS KILLED.
a Sharp Fight with Turkish Troops in seres
Province.

A.hens Aug IA dispatch received here from
salouYca reports a severe engagement between
Turkish troops an6 a band Of Bulgarians at Der
rnandfos near Nelenik. in Seres Province. Euro
,ea, Turkey Thirty Bulgarians and the leader
70 tho hand were killed. The Turkish losses also
-r.-a heavy The Bulgarians made use Of bombs
and set fire to thirty houses in Dermandjos Sew
oral neasants were badly burned.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-15
ORGANIZING POLICE FORCE.
r,s,sstsr General Meets French and Span
ish Representative.

ssr Sebastian. Spain. Aug IA meeting
zss held here to-day between Colonel Arrnih
waller. Inspector General Of the international
---,,,s, Police. Conde de AIlende Salazar, the
C-.ris, FOREIGN Minister. and N. Reveil, the
french Ambassador 10 Spain. al which ways
sr5 means Ct Installing Immediately the police
organization a. Casablanoa were discussed at
lzpEIh-
New-York tribune., 1907-08-15
BRITISH LEGAL DELEGATES SAIL.

Liverpool Aug. 14-The steamer Republic, which
r.f, here to-day for Boston. had among her pas
.enrer. Sir William Ram Kennedy, Judge OF the
Queens Bench Division OF the High Court OF JUS
,.ce. Sir Montagu Frederick Pollock, John Hutton
Browne and other British delegates TO the
international Law Association. which Is to meet IN
convention 1t Portland Ma. On August 20. -
A1d q.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-15
IN ISLAND MISSING.
Laysan Thought to Haze Sank IN
Seismic Disturbances.

Eonolulu. Aug lz.-The captain of the
schooner Luke c. Olsen, returning yesterday
ron cruise for Laysan Island, reported thaI
be wss unable TO find the island after twelve
Ayr search Z IS thought that the island sank
s..sr seismic disturbances II was inhabited by
EsJ schlernmer and family and a number OF
Japanese laborers. The government tug lro-
errts viii -erelv the search
New-York tribune., 1907-08-15
NEW C0REAN CROWN PRINCE.
In Prince Yong Officially Nominated, State
DEPARTMENT Learns.

Washington, Aug. Iz.-Mr. Dodge, the Arner7can
e5arse II Totio cabled the State Department to-
cay that he had been officially Informed Dy the
.spansse Minister OF Foreign Affairs there that
6s Imperial Eighness On Prince Yong, h&s Deem
1ora11a.ed be Crown Prince OF Corea
New-York tribune., 1907-08-15
GIFTS TO The KRUPP WoRKMEN.

Ael Aug s-There was & hoicay at the hTupp
Ci2au.l6ing works here to-day. with a dlstriouuoh
q money 20 all the workman 10 celebrate the birth
W s0I and heir 10 Herr and Frau hrupp Voo
soslen und Halbaeh. At Essen the oirth OF ING
oe'r was also celebrated
The various Krupp works. including taose az
s-laeo employ sl.c0 persons
New-York tribune., 1907-08-15
VAR IN SOUTH EXPECTED.
Ner1co AScaits Nezes of Conflict an
Central America.

Mexico City, Aug. 14-It is reported here in
government circles that there will be in
central America within four days Guatemala
is expected to lead off with an attack on Mica
ragua- Guatemala and Salvador will be ar
rayed against Honduras and Nicaragu.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-15
BRITISH STEAMER ASHORE.
The Mcmac Runs on Cape St. Marys-Pas-
sengers Not In Danger.

s. Johns. " T, Aug. 1.-THE BRITISH steamer
Ac-lac, bound from St John. y. 2, for Great
Britain with 2 cargo OF lumber, went ashore to-
cay 81 Cape St Nary's. during a denss fog The
saia, Il is thought, can be foated- Tugs nave
lst this por1 20 assist the stranded vessel There
xrs two women passengers on board All hanos
Ts-n2tn the steamer.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-15
NAvYS CHIEF CLERK DEAD.

Washington Aug. 1A-B F. Peters. for many
years past the chief clerk OF the Navy Department
dieZ at his home here to-day from tuberculosis and
uremic poisoning He was nfty-four years old
Hla wife di4d hhrss weeks asa
New-York tribune., 1907-08-15
NEW ucERoY OF CANTON.

Picking. Aug r-chang Jen-Chun, vice-presl-
dent of the Ministry Of Education has been aP-
I.s xy,oe-ov of Canton in succession to Ts'en
C-,.,In-Bspan. who has resigned account of III
New-York tribune., 1907-08-15
WE'RE ST. LEGER GOOLO ALIVE

zrar-eiIles. Aug 14-rhere is no truth IN the re-
mort circulated in London that We're et bsseI
f-oord who confessed yesterday 10 being the Enur-
sa-er of Emma Levin, had hanged himself in
prison
New-York tribune., 1907-08-15
DEAD wrEE,s sIsrER,s BILL PASSED.

1ondon Aug. 15-The House Of Commons de-
,o+e5 tbe entire night to the report stage of the
sooa,se5 vife's sisters bill, which passed It's
t,9-s leading at o'clock this morning
New-York tribune., 1907-08-15
STRIKE IN CANADIAN MILLS

Montreal. Aug 1.-TWO thousand employees OF the
,,ontreal Cotton Company, at VaIeyheld' struck
today because Of the refusal OF defnahd noF
s- .s a,s er7,dSes against some Of the fore
New-York tribune., 1907-08-15

IN time to send her back Hamburg on the Ham
burg-American liner Blucner, Whlcn salis Inl'
morning at 10 O'Clock
Willmar tribune., 1907-11-27

A ND now there is another case Of
IA the Indian bureau and the army
being at outs on the proper treatment
of the Indians. Captain Carter P. John
son, than whom there isn't a better
officer in the service, thinks it would
be unwise to try to force the Utes to
go to work by the semi-starvation
method. The Indian bureau thinks that
the withholding of rations is the best
plan to make the Utes take up the
shovel and the hoe.
Without any attempt to go into the
merits of the present case, it may be
said that the history of the country
shows that where the army has been
left to deal with the Indian In time
of peace better results have been at
tanned than when the civilian tried
his hand at the dealing. The dead
Indian is said to be the good Indian.
The hungry Indian is always bad
Indian. If Captain Johnson gets a
chance to feed the Utes and to treat
them as he wants to treat them, it is
pretty safe assumption that he will
have them at work within week.
The army has always been called in
to take hand in Indian troubles
when the civilians had done things
Willmar tribune., 1907-11-27

the street to await their arrival and
direct them to the proper apartment.
When Mrs. O'Brien heard the man
opeping the door she went about by
way Of the hall. The intruder, hear
ing yer, retreated to the parlor and
hid il an alcove. Mrs. O'Brien pulled
him o1t, but was unable to hold him.
She pursued him to the street, crying
"Burg;ars! Police!' and Reese, hear
ing her, blocked the fugitive's way as
he reached the street door.
Pulling a piece of lead pipe from
his pocket, the burglar hit Reese ever
the head with it, laying open his scalp
for several inches. He then ran, pur-
sued by Mrs. O'Brien. The patrol
wagon, which had been sent to the
house, arrived about this time, but
Policeman Felix Pryor, who hap
pened to be near, heard Mrs. O'Brien's
cries and joined the chase. Mrs. Ella
Reese, wife of the janitor, also ran
after him and many other persons
took up the chase Mrs Reese caught
the man at Park place, block away,
but, instead of merely holding on, hit
him several hard blows in the face,
which blackened his left eye. Police
man Pryor then arrested him.
Willmar tribune., 1907-11-27
BUREAU AND ARMY AT OUTS
OVER TREATMENT OF UTES

that made the Indian want to fight.
The army has thrashed the red out
of hand time after time, and yet the
Indian likes the soldier 80 per cent.
better than he likes the civilian. After
the Sioux war of 1901 army officers
were appointed as agents in many in
stances. Captain Charles G. Penny
went from Fort Sheridan to the Pine
Ridge agency and other officers were
sent elsewhere, when Kicking Bear,
Short Bull, Spotted Elk and some of
the other Sioux who had known what
it was to be hungry, and also, it is
true, known what it was to go on the
warpath, held jollifcation dance
when the news reached them that
army officers were to look after the
issuing of their rations.
The chiefs expressed themselves as
being certain that they would get a
square deal from soldier, or what
ever the Sioux equivalent for a square
deal is. The army officials in Wash
ington desire that Captain Johnson
be allowed to have his way with the
Utes. The president stands with the
Indian bureau in the matter. It is to be
another case probably of long-distance
regulating of matter that might bet
ter be done by the men on the spot.
Willmar tribune., 1907-11-27

WOMAN EXPLORER TELLS AMAZ.
ING STORY OF ADVENTURE IN
An INDIAN JUNGLE.
GIANT CARNIVOROUS GROWTH
Remarkable Tree Crushed Woman
Like Cider Press-MIie. Lecomte
Saved by Fortunate Arrival
Of Soldiers.

Paris.-Writing from Marseilles, a
correspondent Of the Weekly Nos Loi
sirs sends to his journal the following
amazing story of "carnivorous tree"
in the depths of the Indian jungle
which, he states, was related to him
by Mile. Marguerite Lecomte. This
woman has reached France, after a
lengthy journey through India and
other Asiatic countries, and if her
other adventures are on par with
this one, Nos Loisirs probably is cor
rect in describing her as one of the
most remarkable heroines that exist
1t is stated, by the way, that a pre-
vious reference to the "carnivorous
tree" described by Mlle Lecomte was
made recently by an English major in
report to his government.
According to her story, Mile. Le-
comte, who was travelling with her
cousin, war correspondent, was
asleep one night in tent on the out
skirts Of forest. They had lit huge
fires in a circle around the camp to
keep off wild beasts, and two natives
were set to keep watch and to give the
alarm if anything untoward happened.
In spite Of these precautions, how
ever, whether for want Of proper
watching or on account of a completely
on the part of the natives, Mile. Le-
| cOmte awOke in the middle of the
night to find Oh her face wet mask,
which stifed her cries and caused her
to faint. When she came to herself
she found she was in the midst of q
group Of fanatic Indians, who were
yelling and brandishing their arms
around her. She was stretched on her
back, her limbs bound with cords, and
| she distinguished near her another
white girl, similarly bound and uncon
scious.
The dawn broke. The Indians
ranged themselves in group, seized
the two girls and carried them, chant
ing the while a monotonous sort Of
funeral chant, to the foot of a giant
tree without leaves and whose forbid
ding aspect struck terror into the
heart of Mile. Lecomte. It had only
two branches, stiff like outstretchet
arms, and it's summit was finished il
Willmar tribune., 1907-11-27
tary markings in the chamber and on
the breech mechanism of the rifle.

tary markings in the chamber and on
the breech mechanism of the rifle.
"Thereupon all the cartridge cases
received in evidence and all of the
rifles which had been at Brownsville
in the hands of troops at such times
as would render it possible for the
cartridge cases to have been fired
from them were sent to the Spring
field armory for examination. AS a
result, it was found that of the 80
cartridge cases in question II had
been fired from the same rife, eight
from another rifle, IL from another
rifle and three from fourth rifle, the
remaining six having insufficient gun
marks to classify them.
''The markings on the cartridge case
of each group were then compared
with the markings produced by all OF
the aforementioned rifles, through
the medium OF auxiliary cartridges
fired at Springfield in each of the
difles. In this way it was found that
the cartridge cases comprising groups
one, two and three had been fired in
rifles belonging to Company B, Twen'
ty-fifth infantry, and that cartridge
cases Of group four had probably also
been fired from another of the rifles
in the same company"
Willmar tribune., 1907-11-27
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4 N important and, in sense, sur
- prising change is imminent In
+: the cabinet of President Roosevelt.
From time to time in the past few
months it has been rum6red that both
Secretary Metcalf of the navy and
Attorney General Bonaparte of the
department Of justice were likely to
retire from administration lite. While
the rumors have been denied, it is not
unlikely that one. and perhaps both. OF
those officials may leave the cabinet
before the president completes his
present term.
That, however, is for the future, and
tho latest information as to change
insthe cabinet affects neither Mr.. Met
calf nor Mr.. Bonaparte. 1t relates to
the retirement of no less parsonage
that the secretary of state, Elihu Root.
Mr.. Root is not well man. His
health Is impaired, and. he is inclined
TO feel that he ought not to jeopardize
his remaining strength, mental and
physical, by the performance of the
exacting duties Of secretary Of state.
Il is not likely the change will take
place before next spring, as Secretary
Root has some matters he desires to
bring to the attention of congress dur.
ing the approaching session. but there
= strong ground Tor the belief that It
Willmar tribune., 1907-11-27
WILEY TO TEST DRINKS
SOLD AT SODA FOUNTAINS

VI WASHINGTON.-B the authority
W vested in him by the government
OF the United States, DR.. H. w. Wiley,
chief chemist of the department of ag-
riculture, will attempt to turn twelve
young men of good habits into dope"
fiends.
If he is successful the once immac-
ulate twelve will be forced to go to
a dope" sanitarium at the expense
of the government. If he fails he will
acknowledge that his experiments
have been futile.
For long time DR.. Wiley has been
looking with suspicion upon a num-
Der of drinks that are sold over the
marble slabs of soda fountains. He
has suspected and still suspects that
many of them contain a large amount
of what is commonly known as dope"
He has called for volunteers and 12
employees of the department have
stepped forward. The experiments are
to begin at once.
Each young man will devote his
Willmar tribune., 1907-11-27
BLAME FOR BROWNSVILLE
AFFAIR FINALLY PLACED
n HE blame for the shooting

n HE blame for the shooting in
! Brownsville, Tex, last year,
which resulted in the killing of one
man, the manning of another, the dis
missal from the army without honor"
Of whole battalion of colored SOL
diers, and the institution of one of the
warmest political fights in recent his
tory, has been definitely placed upon
Company B, of the Twenty-fifth in
fantry, according to the annual report
of Brig.-Gen. William Crozier, chief of
ordnance of the army.
His conclusions, he says, were
reached after a most careful and tech
nical investigation, the object OF which
was to identify the rifles from which
the bullets and cartridge cases, re-
ceived in evidence, had been fired.
with this end in view," he con.
tinued, II trial was made at Spring
field armory to determine the possi-
bility Of ascertaining from a micro.
scopical examination of the gun marks
on a fired cartridge case the rifle from
which it had been fired. The trial de-
veloped the fact that such identifica-
tion was possible by virtue of the
characteristic marking on the various
external surfaces Of the cartridge case
produced by the similar complement
Willmar tribune., 1907-11-27
CAT, MINK, SNAKE FIGHT.
After Fearful Struggle, Latter Wins,
Then Dies Himself.

Caldwell, NJ J.-Herman Crawford,
a farmer of Clifton, four miles from
Caldwell, who for the last few weeks
has been the almost nightly victim
of chicken thieves, had the satisfac-
ton of seeing three robbers of his
| henroosts engage in a battle which
ended in the death Of all.
Crawford was on the lookout at
daybreak when he saw large white
and black cat stealthily approach his
| chicken yard. Gun in hand, he stole
back of the chicken coop so as to
get a good shot as the cat approached
the run leading to the roosts. He
was about to take aim, when large
black mink jumped out of the run
and jumped on the cats back.
The cat was taken wholly by sur
prise and for short time seemed to be
getting the worst of it. Crawford low
cred his gun and watched the combat.
1t was a savage fight, but the cat
finally seemed to be gaining, and the
farmer. fearing it would escape, was
about to shoot, when to his utter as
tonishment, a large black snake came
down the run out OF the coop and
tackled the two fighters.
Crawford, in telling the story, said
it was the greatest three-cornered
battle he ever witnessed. The mix
up was so desperate that for a time
he could not tell whether the two ami.
mails were fighting the serpent or
whether the latter was assisting one
of them. The big snake, however,
soon gained the victory over his an
tagonists, which had been already
nearly exhausted when the snake
came on the scene. Finally the snake
coiled its folds abow the bodies of
the cat and mink ana slowly crushed
them to death. The snake, however,
was so badly injured that when Gran
ford ventured to examine the bodies
he found life in all extinct.
| After his neighbors had viewed the
strange sight, the farmer buried the
cat and mink still tightly held in the
folds of the snake.
Willmar tribune., 1907-11-27


From Berlin across the Atlantic,
maybe it was by way of Suez, but II
the first is true, then across
the continent to Honolulu: then
to Japan, back again across the
Pacific. and then again across the
continent from Frisco to New York.
From Japan to the metropolis for two
cents, United States postage.
"And it's as fresh as a daisy. That
isn't all. You all know Slimithy Jim,
as we called the infinitesimal runt
that caused more trouble at Cornell
than a grasshopper under a lawn shirt
waist.
"Well, I met the runt recently and
when he got his second wind he said
he had met the man whose name is
written here, in Yokohama, and that
he told him he had just mailed this
card to me. It came over with the
runt on the French steamer. The mail
puts the runt out Of the Ananias class
where had pegged him. Garcon: Get
busy" +.
Willmar tribune., 1907-11-27

the form of large bowl, from which
dripped white sap like milk
Mile. Lecomte says that she saw
them seize her companion and plunge
her into this bowl up to her neck, and
suddenly, just as the first rays Of the
sun fell on the tree, a horrible thing
happened.
The water seemed endowed with
sudden life. The edges of the bowl
drew together, strangling the girl,
whose face reflected the agoniss of a
frightful death. There were some ter
rible cracking noises, the whole body
seemed pounded up under the effort of
the sides of the tree, and a pinkish
liquid, made of blood and sap, COM
menced to glide down the carnivorous
tree.
Then, with man1acal cries, the In
dians approached and, catching this
horrible liquid in wooden cups, COM
menced to drink it, their eyes shining
with ecstasy.
Mile. Lecomte, perceiving the fate
which awaited her, thought she would
go mad every moment. Fortunately
the arrival of her cousin and a troop
of Englishmen, well armed, dispersed
the criminal fanatics. Many were
killed on the spot, the tree was cut
down and it threw up spout of pink
ish water with the force of a water
spout. The wretched victim had lost
all human form. This horrible adven.
ture decided Mile. Lecomte to leave
India, and she has just arrived at Mar.
settles. She says she will marry the
cousin who saved her life,
Willmar tribune., 1907-11-27
COULD, NOT ESCAPE THE DUTY.
American Traveller Unable to circum-
vent German Officials.

Germany is jealous of the foreign
candymaker and exacts rigorous toll
upon anything in the shape of confec-
tionery that comes across its borders.
Ignorant of this, one of Uncle Sans
sons in the course Of the summer just
past disembarked from a liner at q
German port carrying in his hand q
five-pound box of candy bearing 4
New York trademark. At sight Of the
box tho Teutonic customs official ex-
l,ibited marked activity and prepared
to seize upon it, declaring that it
must be weighed and examined for
the purpose Of computing a duty pay
ment.
/ "Not for mine," said the American.
II won't give up sou. I'd rather eat
the stun here and now He opened
the box and commenced to dispose Of
It's contepss without delay. Everybody
in sight vas offered handful. Nobody
declinA,i except the customs ohicef,
who laid blandly that he had not =
Willmar tribune., 1907-11-27
BOLD BURGLAR AAs: ! JUS
EYES BLACKED BY WOMAN
MRS. O'BRlEN DRAGs HIM FROM
HIDING PLACE AND MRS.
REESE BEATS HIM.

New York.-Informed that burglar
was in her apartment, Mrs. Timothy
O'Brien, of Brooklyn, called police
headquarters by telephone and then
waited for the arrival of the police.
Hearing the intruder open hall door.
she then ran after him to the hall and
grappled with him. The burglar
broke from her grasp, however, but
after an exciting chase was arrested.
Henry Reese, janitor of the New
York avenue house, which is known
as the Park View apartments, saw
well-dressed young man enter and de-
cided to watch him. When he saw
him enter Mrs. O'Brien's apartment
he quietly opened her sitting room
door and told her. After Mrs. O'Brien
called for the police Reese went to
Willmar tribune., 1907-11-27

sweet tooth. The traveller himself ate
many pieces. 1t was not long before
the last bit had been eaten.
AS soon as the box was empty the
official seized the traveller by the
arm. "The gentleman" he announced,
will accompany me to the bureau,
where we'll make out his bill for duty.
Come, it is at the other end of the
dock"
Never" said the American. "You
have no right to charge me duty. I
didn't bring it. in. I'll see my consul
right away and he'll send a big fleet
and lombard this blooming town."
SOFTLY" said the officer you'll
pay duty all right. There are 15 wit
nesses to prove that that candy of
yours was consumed on German soil. -
The duty was paid and the consul
has not as yet been consulted.