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TI1K RKUlSTEIi AND LEADER, MONDAY MORXIXO, XOVOHER 9. I I Fits Ell If. i I II Hill 1 .1 TO (LOT cm HI 17 The most necessary' Magazine for women. The first edition for December is over one million copies. It contains all that is helpful to women and their children's dressing.

It of mother and fiction and entertaining most has child, for their own articles for colors, representing the leisure hours phase of the home and its departments cover every Four full pages in CZJ etc cj fl BABYHOOD GIRLHOOD MOTHERHOOD 1j1 We have issued a beautiful 50c. (25c. to subcribers) four-sheet Calendar for 1904. It i printed In colors, artktically mounted and represents BABYHOOD, CHILDHOOD, GIRLHOOD and MOTHERHOOD. A black and white miniature of this will be sent free to anyone writing a postal for it and mentioning this paper.

Write to-day. CHILDHOOD appealing every mother should secure or toy Butterkk Agent, or of JOHN MITCHELL and social life. 7-17 W. 13th N. Y.

The medium Overcoat is suitable for all occasions. It's cut full and boxy, comfortable length reaching just below the knees. Fabrics are Cheviats.Oxfords, smooth Kerseys, rough Friezes and warm toned Meltons. Prices here are $10.00, 512.50, 515.00, $18, 520, $25, and up to $40 and at every price the best of its class is here. Its' HARD TO FIND A LOCATION.

Amusement Promoter Cannot Cat Build-Ino fop Vaudeville House. "There doesn't S-em to much room In the business part of Des Moines for smusement features," said Fred Huchan-BH. who Is considering the establishment of a petite theater here. "That Des Moines la commercially alive is demonstrated bv the fail thut It is Im- Iiossllile to rent ground floor In the mains section. I know of four good commercial Interests that have tried to locale in this city during the past week but have failed because they were tin-abl to find a room In which to conduct their business.

We wish to open a petite theater here thla winter, a vaudeville as "drop in' for people who have a few minutes to spare ana are desirous of being amused, but It Is going to be a difficult proposition for us to And a room. I have been Irving for several days to find a location. Dr. flodeiick Waits, tl Century Bldg. GRAND OPERA HOUSE OM! WFFK MfiNniv NOV 0 t.atsitirlnf I "I MATlNEKb: Thursday, Friday.

Saturday NORTH BROTHERS, COniiDIANS In Repertoire. Price 10, 'id, 30c; boxes, CDc Foster's ZZ7 Nov. II, 12 THURSDAY MATINEE. CLAY CLEMENT IN THE FOSTER'S OPERA HOUSE Friday llfll 10 I Saturday Saturday llUlt 10 IT Hall nee The Beauty Doctor GRcAm OPERcA HOUSE rendn 0 V. 16 A Runaway Match FOSTER'S Wednesday NOV.

18 J. II STODDART IN THE BONNIE BRIAR BOSH GRAND OPERA HOUSE JSSSS Thursday, Nov. 19 Saturday Matinee. STETSON'S UNCLE TOM'S CABIN Mir I At the flELBft Auditorium Tuesday Evening, Nov. 10 Gallery seats.

Balcony, Parquet, Ji.oo; uress circle, $3.00 Ticket, en Sal at City Book Store, 519 wainui aireei. fa. "a aiii are so American airs, aiopplng In front of th. residence of Colonel Shaler. Governor Ifeleiwte and The greatest en thustaam prevailed and ther waa not th slightest dlsurder.

COLOMBIA WANTS PEACE. Nam Commission to End That Ni tlonal Honor May Csv.d. Panama, Nor. cablegram haa been received her from Oeneral Iteyea containing the Information that he haa been appointed by the government of Colombia aa peace commissioner with th duty of making arrangementa with th govern merit or th republic of Panama to th end that th national honor may aavd. Everything In Panama la quiet today, but the circulation of th new of the appointment of Uenerai rteye resulted In enthusiastic not only beraus the general ha many friend her, tut for the reason that hi mission la looked upon aa ensuring th In dependence of the Isthmian territory.

Th eteamehlpa Manavl and (Julio hav been detained at Iiuena Ventura by the Columbian government. The I'nlted Htatea cruiser Boston was to have sailed tonight for the purpose of protectln British intereeta, but It I thought that th new of th appointment of Uenerai Reyea may change her plan. ITALIAN GOVERNMENT PLEASED Formation ef New R.publle Looked Upon With Satisfaction. Rome. Nov.

1 The formation of the new republic of Panama and Ita reeognl. Hon by the I'nlted State la looked upon with satisfaction all over Italy. Old die. pule between Italy and Colombia hav never been settled, as th. latter alwayi succeeded In eluding It obligation to th.

Italian government. On on occasion President Cleveland waa asked to act as arbitrator In the disputes, and h. gav a verdict entirely favorable to Italy The Colombian government and the Co lombian congress, however, refused accept the decision, on the ground that president Cleveland had evidently oeen Ill-advised. Italy haa. therefore, hastened to recognise th new republic in hone of contributing to the establish ment of order In Central America and of hastening tlx building of tne 1'anama ca nsl.

United Btatea Ambassador Meyer, while visiting Minister of Foreign Affair Tit tonl, had an Informal conversation with th minister on the suojeei oi j-anama. ACTION UNPRECEDENTED. Bunau-Varllla'a Appointment a Dlplo matle Agent Out of Ordinary. irt Nov. While satisfaction I ex pressed here over the appointment of M.

Philippe Bunau-Varllla aa diplomatic agent of the republic of Panama at Washington, attention Is oalled to the fact that It Is unprecedented for French citizens to be selected to represent a foreign government without llrst consulting the government to which the appointee owes his allegiance or witnout tnat gov ernment being asked whether In the event of hla accepting the agency he would not thereby forfeit his French nationality. The Gaulols suggests that M. P-anau Varilla might obtain from the French government special permission to act for the rcpubllo of Panama. Such permlu haa occasionally been granted to Frenchmen serving temporarily In for eign armies. Italian Subject Ask Protection.

Rome, Nov. 8. The Italian minister at Havana has cabled to his government In formation concerning the revolution In Santo Domingo and asking that a war ship be sent there and placed at the dls pifsl of the Italian consul general for the protection of Italian subjects and property. Until thla warship arrives the protection of Italians haa been entrusted to the British representative. BORN.

WEACHTEH A daughter waa born to Mr. and Mrs. John Waechter of 11M Dtxtn avenue yesterday morning. DIED. DEIjONQ The four months old child of Frank Dcl-ong, who uvea at East Twenty-sixth and Scott streets, died yesterday.

KKANTZ Einsst Kranti died yesterday atiernoon, agen year. The funeral will be private tomorrow fternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence. 4U Des Molnea street. Interment In Woodland metery. RAY A young man named Ray, who uvea in Colorado nut visiting with, friends In this city, died yesterday.

Furher announcement will follow. WARD-Mra. Alice Ward, wife of Dr. W. H.

Ward of Phoenix. died at 2 o'clock Sunday morning. Word was received through the fol lowing telegram: "Mrs. I. N.

Webster, Dea Moines, Mother died at 2 o'clock this morning. Minnie E. Ward." No particulars have been received of causa of death. The funeral of Mr. Avis Mellon, wife of O.

D. Mellon, who died lat Wednes- at :30 r. haa been postponed from time to time on account of Inability to receive word from her mother, but It Is now definitely announced that it will be held at the Frcnds' church on East Grand avenue between Penn avenue and Ninth streets, Tuesday arternoon, November 10, at 2 o'clock, sharp. If the mother has failed to arrive then the remains will be placed in the receiving vault. The rttneral of cnaries Moim, wno was Hied Saturday by a fall of slate In the Maple Orove mine, will oe held from Newlen'e undertaking parlor on East Grand awnue this afternoon.

The funeral of dick jiicks. wno was killed at the union depot Saturday by a Wabash train, will be held from hla bits residence, 60 Vine street, this afternoon at 2:30. Rev. Gray of the First A. M.

E. church, officiating. ti. u. uove.

wno aiea at rtocKrora, ill be buried Tuesday at clock in stead of Friday. Melha tickets on sale at City Book store. Of your Newsdealer, them an entire year. The Butterick Pub. rLAY HOUSES AND rLAYERS It Is now practically an assured thing that Otis Skinner will hav.

a theater of hla nan In N.w York within the nest thirteen or fourteen month. The plan waa talked of rather estenslvely la ft year and would hav been put In ex-reutinn at that time but for th labor troubles, which mad the und. laking of building operation a very aerlou proposition. Th plans are all drawn and th sit secured, and ground will broken at th first thaw neat aprlng. It la likely that Ada Heroin now making a Joint starring tour with Mr.

Skinner, will be sevHiated with him In the new Ihenter'a productions. The ld-a contm-plntea at least one Shakeap-ar revival annually, around the ho Idays, and new production of comedies and drama ir-ing the remainder of ih season, tr ua perpetuating th ayatem long ago established by th late Auguatln Daly. W. II. Cran left New York Saturday Mght.

taking "Th Spender." en tour. Wednesday night Arthur Bron Is to msk his debut ss a stsr at th Savoy theater in Clyde Filch historical play. "Major Andre." The Ntw Vork public doen't appear to car very much for Shakesoeare plays no matter how beautifully produced or well acted and for this reason N. C. Ooodwln will take "A Midsummer Night' Dream" to Boston and elsewhere rather earlier than waa looked for beforehand.

Maxlne Elliott (Mrs Ooodwln) will All out the remainder of her husbands tim at the superb New Amsterdam theater, tiansfeirlng her company and play from the Oarrlck theater for this purpose. Mr. Ooodw and hi associate In the sumptuous re rival of "A Midsummer Night's Dream sre surely deserving of better Ireatmen than they hnv been receiving at th hands of th metropolitan public, an will probably get It when the production takes up Its travels Writing of Mastne vember lu of the Ada Patterson save; Elliott In th No Theater Mugaxlne, In her serene, statuesque beauty. Max Ine Klllott reminds one of the straight, msjeettn pin trees of her' native Maine, But tne actress heisi If. like most hand some women who al.O' possess brains, di preeates and even resents the atten tton and admiration her beauty excites She who has been culled the most beautl lul woman In the world, regaids mere bcautv with contempt.

In her opinion, sue has assets more valuable than good looks. For Instance, she has mental lly, temperament, repose and ambition Beauty is only a fifth wheel." she aald siriously to the writer one momma short ly after her first appearance at the (Jar rick, and unsmlllngly and with earnest ness site proceeded to elucidate this queer tixt. declaring herself weerv of the eter nal sutiject or beauty, afm'tat aabanien It. this thing for the possession of whl most women would lay down their llea. it is no help to a woman at the be ginning of her career." she said.

"On the contrary. It Is a positive hindrance to be a ao-cailen stage beauty. It cbai bnges attention and one poor beginning an an artist stands out the more glaringly because of the protntnence one would so gladly escnpo fluting those llrst two or three, years. If. she continued' th voting actress have the other things needful for success, and after years of work and waiting attain success, then good looks do not stand In her way.

1 hey may even bo a lit I help Hut at best beauty Is only a fifth wheel, lou have hut to look at the sue Cfssful women of the stage to prove this. They are plain, almost witnout exception It Is In the choruses of the extravaganstis that you find the real professional beauties. They are the peers of any beauty In the world, but their beauty alone without talent and determination and work will never get them out of the chorus. Really It Is. as I said, a fifth wheel.

Misa Klllott was bowling gently along Fifth avenue In her automobile aa she sm ke. and her progress was in the na tore of a triumphal march. Men and women, forgetting amenlllos In their ad miration, craneq their necks and leaned from their carriages. The words "Maxlne Klllott. alternated with "Isn she beautl ful?" were forming in foolish pantomime on busy lips beneath staring eyes, but upon them all the dark, lovely profile turnen in serene unconsciousness.

COMING ATTRACTIONS. Today's Bills Ornnd. 8:16 P. m. "The Hand of Man Reserved seats for Foster's and the Orand on Halo at the Opera House phar macy.

Tonight at the Orand North Brothers' Comedians will open a week's engagement. The sensational drama "The Hand of Man" Is announced for the opening bill. The concert announced at the Auditorium by Mme. Melha and her associate artists tomorrow evening Is faat taking on the character of a grand reception. Mme.

Melon's tour continues one of the most successful ever known In this country, and Manager Charles A. Ellis, who Is In direction, reports an uninterrupted straam of applicants from the cltlea east and west seeking engagements with Mme. Melha and her company, a splendid programme Is arranged for the concert here, Irterestlng Mme. -Melha and all of her company In Interesting selections. The recerved seat sal Is open at 610 Walnut street.

Clav Clement comes to Foster's Wednesday end Thursday In "The New Dominion." Mr. Clement has succeeded In drawing a most naUiral and unaffected picture of lire in Virginia, witn an atmosphere remarkable for its purity and fragrance. Seat sale this morning. "The Beauty Doctor," a new musical comedy with a large cast, will be at Foster's Frldoy and Saturday, with usual Saturday matinee. Seat sale tomorrow.

James H. Stoddard in "The Bonnie Briar Bush" Is announced at Foster's for No vember IS. Subscription list la now open. Dr. Wood burn, oculist, over McQuald's the Publishers, at 15c.

a'copy, $1 for The City in Brief. It la reported that the Illinois Central will build a branch from Cedar Falls to Urundy Center, theme to De Moimi. The Polk county board of supervisor will convene today for the purii'wc of canvseslng election returns and declaring rlei'trd lb ucrefii county politician, at th. last election A sneak thief entered the back door of the Fteld-Ingalla alio store Katntdav night and went out again, carrying on the outbound trip an overcoat and three Data belonging to employes of the store. The army post wsa a place of popular report yeaterday.

The street car company r'tit on a numtier of additional cars, and hey were needed to accommodate the hundreds of people who made the trip to the grounda where Uncle Hum regu-lara ar to be quartered. Th fir department waa railed at l'i yesterday morning to a building on Locust street between Seventh and Klghth. but before It had reached the scene was told to return, as the trouble wa all over the exploslun of a steam pit and th darnaga wa only nominal. There 1 considerable discussion as In where the permanent headquarters for lb Iowa Association of Implement Dealers will be located, end an effort W'll be made to have Des Molnea named at the annual state convention which will he held In thla city one week from Saturday. A number of cltlea are after the htadquartera.

The announced Intention of the Rock Island road to reduce Its wage paid laborer from 16c tu UV an hour Is causing trouble all along lh line At Valley Junction from thirty to forty laborers re reported to have gone out on a strike because of the r.orted change The laborers are reported to be In arms at th. Junction an.) general trouble all along the line Is quietly threatened. A children's chorus to take part In th coming contest of th Ie Moines Cam- bro Flsteddfod wa organised at the Pr'Dyterlan church In this city on Sun Mrs. Mabel Wagner-Shank will he the conductor. It la exacted that an other rhildrena' chorus from the Swedish p-nleof Fast Des Moines will alsoent-i the cement.

Memberelilp In thee chor uses munt rot be Us than thirty nor mor ih-m fifty. The chool board of Went De Molnea, when It meets at noon today to consider applications for the secretaryship, will have II hands full, from all Indication! There arc numerous applicants, but no on baa an Inplile track, i be list or ap pllcants Include. F. 8 I'sry. J.

W. Mnf- flv. J. V. craw rot d.

I Keaeey. A i llndlev. Cant. Pierce. Dr.

M. Red man, Dan Uill and Captain Baker. Preliminary arrangementa are being made for the annual convention of Iowa retail grocer, which will be held In thla city during February. Ira Thomas, aec retary ot the aaxociaunn. exacts toe gathering will be one of th largest ev held.

In many counties there have been formed countv organisations ss well a rlty Polk county a. yet has no county association, but etepa may aoon be taken to perfect such. All fruit storb-s were discounted yes terday hen T. Ilerry of lies Moines. while visiting at Coital at th home of a relative, Mr.

Charles Dowell, picked enough ripe strawberries for dinner. Paaslnir throuah the patch, he noticed something white beneath the fallen leaves and on bending over lecoveren it waa a blossom. Further investigation revealed a considerable quantity of ripened fruit. He claims enough berries were picked for dinner, and as support for hla story he wore In his buttonhole a piece of the vine with two large berrlea dangling from .1. Bennle McCllntock.

aged 7. was tnken up last night by Officer McKlrcher, driving a horse belonging to Mr. Sanborn, of 14:3 Woodland avenue. It was a pretty black pony with a small bngfcy. About 30 McKirrher found the outllt on Walnut street In charge of Bernlce McCllntock of M12 High street.

The young man, was hustled down to the police stntlon and his mother notified that a subject for a good spanking would be sent to her in very few moments. Th pony and buggy were returned to Sanborn. Young McCllntock hsd made aomethlng on the. side. He was loaded down with popcorn, candy, fruit and auch like.

As he drove about he had been taking other boys In fur rides on condition that they buy him candy or othr eatables. W. 8. Odell. the man who was found lb a erased condition near Berwick Saturday morning, was picked Up by Officer De Ford at the corner of Fifth and Locust at I o'clock vesterday morning.

The man waa approached by the officer, wno round htm talklnr Incoherently to himself. Odell was starting down the stairs to the bnrher shop In the Marquardt block, ana said that a man down there had a drink for him. and that he had been fooled ail night. F.very time he went for a drink they would hold the bottle out to him and than lerk It HVRV. He beBKTCd thi PO CC- man to get him more liquor, saying that he had plenty or money, nan neen a telegraph operator and could get good wages.

He said he had $49 coming to blm and thnt as soon as It came he was going on a Mg drunk. When he learned that he was to be sent back to the police station he becged that he might have a drink first, saying that if he only had some whisky he did not care what waa done with hlin after that. Saturday afternoon he had been taken to Berwick by his brother-in-law who Uvea there. He is still In the city Jail- Personal and Social. Mrs.

M. A. Fisher celebrated her frlrth-day anniversary yesterday by entertaining a number of friends and relatives who called on her. Miss Byrd Mllllgan of Washington. D.

left yesterday for Omaha to visit Mrs. F. J. Marie, expecting to return the middle of next week to visit her brother. R.

Mllllgan of Thirty-fifth and Kingman avenue. Dr. McKay. Dentist. S4S-250 Good block.

Frank P. Sargent Seriously III. Washington, D. Nov. Frank P.

Sargent, the commissioner of Immigration, Buffered an attack of paralysis of the left side yesterday and for a time his condition gave his family considerable concern. He was better today, however, and because of his splendid physique, Mr. Sargent's physician hopes 'or a speedy recovery. AHEiB AKQUET Knight of Columbus ioo Strong Gathered in Des Moines Yesterday. Tti Knight of Colutnhu descended upon Ie yesterday.

They cam from all ovc th slviut luu A clan. f. riy waa Initiated, and th nllr. day a given over to the rellalu.i. social and otherwise.

Tin visitor l.umlw rlnR a lou i im). cam from Slous City, t'arr Hoone, Iubuqii. Iiavennort, Hurllnrton. Keokuk, ami some er her from St. In.

and Jtix'k Island. Th ll.t uf vlaitur. Included nam, well known In loira, anions Hu belnc J. of Masun City, Kev. M.

traven of Hoone. Hev Pdf Durham of Cresion. Thomas I.ovel of Rnrli 1-dand, Joseph Murphy of Hook Island Frank ili'i ulliiiiuh of Iyf npurt. K. P.

Davis and Josih Todd of Waterloo, E. i'urceil of rilnlun, lr. Kelley of Car-Mil and other. Jin li fliilllvan of 'ritnn, late democratic oandlilai. for arnvrrnor.

and JiidR. A. Vnn Wairrnon of fclfu City, who a promlnenily mentioned for the nomination at the recent convention, were but failed to rrlva. The reremonlea opened with ma at Ft. Ambmu church In the morning.

Th. vimtora and local knlulils marched to church from the B.wry haiel. Afr church they adjourned to Marquette hall wner. tne work waa given to the rorty candidate. The rtrat and aecond de-dcrreea were iriven by J.

E. J'urcel of t'linlnn and th. third d'ure. by J. Culllvan of Dr.

At o'clmk In th evenln. th. IniiMi aat down to a aumtittioua ban uet In Our Clrel. hull. The table, were eet for 85 fiieata and were loaded with the food thins, that had bn provided While the banquet waa being enjoyed th.

gueata were entertained by music by Kromer'a orchestra. The programme of toast, wai elaborate and Included the name, of men who have reputation fur elo quence and aptneaa In after dinner ora tory. John J. Halloran waa tuaatmastcr and performed hla duty with auccsaa and aptneaa or apeecn ana reauinesa or wit which gave moment to the affair which It could not otherwise have attained, James Nugent of l)e Motnea waa to tiave delivered the of welcome but In hla absence thla duty devolved up on Father Flavin. The following toaatg were given: "WV! come Gueeui." Hev.

Father Flavin, l)e Molnea; "The alue of organization. Kotwrt O. Hrennan. Dea Moinei: "Fra tvrnlty." James Murtagh. Waterloo: "Imnreaalone of the imy.

Kev. J. F. fu gent, Dea "The Kingdom of F. P.

McGinn. Clinton Our Order Among Young Men." W. H. M'halen, Hoone; "Our Mlaalou, F. O'Connor.

New flnmptnn. The following were inuiaiea: Oeorge J. Appel Frank'Jlennett Frank t'. Hryant John Coltlna Ceorge H. "aah Dr.

H. Callahan t'ennln Drlwoll Jlcv. Bedo Durham J. Foy Jame. Fltxe-ernld J.erny C.

Hodges J. IU 1 homaa M. I.acey W. Murphy 1'arroll Mulcahy a', J. McMiinua J.

F. Nugent E. Naah Thorr.aa W. Dowllng Jay Mteeie Alexander 1.. Tlurke Kdd C.

Tallert 1'irl Adamson Jamr-a Mtinnlng Kugene Maxwell A J. Jntnea H. Harrett J. F. Brown J.

E. Hreen M. J. Mulvaney Ixuils Kuble Kdw. P.

Marker Peter Kehoe A. Hrecht Thomaa F. Lcftry I'atrkk Padden J. Coualr.a 'an h. J'owera h'hnmaa (1.

finellmanr. O. Neal l. A. Walsh S.

A. McCullough Reported Hold-Up on th Alton. Kansas City, Mo Nov. 8. A Chicago lAlton passenger train said to have been held up and robbed near Roodhouae, tonight.

Nothing definite la known here. 1 ClIXV Cl Good Look At the New Styles in Kelly's Bench-Made Shoes The Shoes that have Won a Reputation for all Good Qualities THE HUB Seventh and Walnut. PflOMIIEI MEN COLORADO COAL STRIKE BEGINS The Numl)cr of Men Quitt Work is a Surprise to the Mine Operators. Trinidad, Nor. I.

It la now ev. dent that th. atrlka of th. coal miners In the first district of th. Colgrado Fu and Iron company la no amall affair fact It la atrlka out of all proportions to that even hoped for by th.

offlcera of the I'nlied Mine Worker of America and ten times what waa looked for by th opeiatnr. It I doubtful If enough men can be found In th whol district by tomorrow to work th. mine at Prlmero. At Ora Creek every miner but on. haa quit, and the ramp la surrounded by armed guards.

At Howen the men are quitting rapidly. At Terrlo th men quit early. At Btark vllle nearly every man quit At Pled mont, the new Rorky Mountain fuel me took their tools home. Ther la not on. mine In thla section that can atari up to morrow with half crew if miner.

All day long the miner have been Join Ing the I'nlted Mln. worker. The police who were stationed near the office of that nrranlza'lnn to prevent any pea' alblllty of a claih between th union and non-union men. eaumntea mat at mm ti lined and came out. thowlng their union cards.

Denver, Nor. A general tr)k In the northern Colorado coal field was declared at tautavlll. tonight. In all about 1.ST5 men are Idle or will be to morrow morning. Th action of th mln era of th northern field waa a urprls to the operator.

After the conference held In thla city In which practically ev. ery demand except th eight-hour day ml granted to th men, they determined to strike. Cheyenne. Nor. I Tomorrow Is the day set for the walkout of th coal miners of district No.

but ao far as th miner of Wyoming are concerned there will -ery few men who will quit work. There are only a few union mln era scattered over th state, but even If they all go out It will not effect the mines In the least. Efforts were mad some time ago to or- ganlio the mlnera of Wyoming, but It proved a signal failure. On October th and November 3d arid 17th. Colonist one way second class iicaets Colorado Springs and r-uenio.

win oe n.o. Kor further in formation Inquire at the Chicago A North Western, 401 Walnut st. COLOMBIA ENTERS VIGOROUS PROTEST (Continued from Pag 1.) and sign a treaty with the Washington government at in earliest dav possible. "To the Isthmian government the ca nal is ins cornerstone of Its future ex tenaion. To the.

United Btatea It con atrtictlon li the great achievement on which the world wait. Therefore, for the general good, delay in this matter cannot be permitted. I consider that the republic of rana-ma today la fulfilling all the duties of a regular government. I am ready to begin negotiations tomorrow with the Washington government, which already has extended us practical recognition. I ahould say from the present outlook the conclusion ef a satisfactory treaty need ne a matter of but a short time.

We both want the canal. Why should we fall? We are both of good fsltn and can take up the subject In sincerity and with a common desire to arrlv at Immediate and practical result. The minister at thla point reiterated strongly the declaration of yesterday that ne was in no way connected with the Panama Canal company. How soon do you expect to bo recog nised by the other powers?" the minister waa asked. Very shorlly," was the reply.

"Franc ha already Indicated unofficially her wil lingness to follow the lead of the United Sttitea, thereby showing her appreciation of the Washington government's high motives which Inspired the recent action of the United States In promptly recognising my government and offering her protection againat foreign' foes." RUMORS NOT CONFIRMED No Credenoe Placed In the Reported Massacre In Bogota. Colon, Nor. ITp to tonight no now had bten received from pocas Del Torn. The United States cruleer Atlanta sailed for there last night. The steam launch which was sent to Boca Del Torn Thursday night to capture that place In the Interest of the new republic, has not returned It Is reported that the United States gunboat Nashville haa gone to Cartagena.

Wild rumora are In circulation here that the American and other foreign residents of liogota are being massacred. The rumcrs are not confirmed and are looked upon as altogether Improbable. Colon last night gave itself up entirely to popular Bands of mualc paraded the streets until early this morning, playing national and A Not Seeking Re-election as President of the United Mine Workers. Pittsburg. Pa Nor.

I The Dl'patch tomorrow will publish a story to the effect that John Mitchell will not be a candidate for re-eierttnn a. president of the United Mine Workers' union at the January convention. This statement waa m.dV by a close personal friend of Mr. Mitchell during a snort lay-over here of the miners' president and other officials of (he nrganlxallon who are on their way to Boston to attend the convention of the American Federation of La hor. The announcement from this apparent authentic source la raised above mere rumor.

The same gentleman said Mr. Mitchell, assuming that President Roosevelt would be re-elected, derided to lay alle the miners' office to become a memlier of the prelcint'e cabinet, succeeding Oeorge Cortelyou as secretary of th. department of commerce and labor, S-i-retary Cortelyou, It I. said, has decided not again to be the head of the the department and may go back to the position of private secretary to the president. PresVnt Mitchell, W.

B. Wilson and T. I. Lewis and national vice presidents of th miners' union, together with local labor officials left for Boston tonight C. C.

C. C. night school tonight. NO, 25 RAN OVER THREE TORPEDOES (Continued from Page 1 a bound and was or into a imck grove before the section man took a shot at him. Th shot turned out tJ be non-af fective.

Wa this fellow a mer tramp, I the question which the Rock Island officials have been asking themselves. General Superintendent Sllfer returned yesterday and waa In th. confetences which led to tending out the second special with men armed to the teeth on It. The regular No. was very much de layed In reaching the city.

It got her. at 11:40 inatead of 10:10. as scheduled. The crew declared that nothing extraordinary had occurred except that the train had teen flagged at different places and stopped by officiate. The train Itself CJr rted a flagman on the rear of the rear coach for use In emergencies It waa said that armed men occupied places In "to train Itself Just as a pre caution against hold-ups.

Superintendent Smalley was asked If the story about the engine ef No. 14 hav ing exploded the torpedoes Intended as a signal for No. waa true. He said: "I don't know." He was asked about devel opments In the hold-up stery. He said he knew ef none.

He refused to talk about It at all. No. I waa loaded down last night with armed men, waiting for the hold-up men. The road Is giving ample protection to its patrons. Prince of th Gypsies Killed.

St. Louis, Nov. 8 Sam Cooper. 80 years old, one of the princes of the gypfles, was stabbed through the heart and robbed tinder an electric light in Alton. to night by a negro, for whom the police, aaalsted by the members of the gypsy band and their bloodhounds, are search- ig.

The police have been Informed by the gypsies that Cooper has a nephew. Arthur Wells, in Winona. and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Ucssle Wells, In In- dinnapous. Republican.

Mak Gains In Spain. Madrid. Nor. S. Municipal elections were held throughout the country today.

The republicans triumphed In Barcelona, Valencia, Saragossa, Seville and the most mportnnt towns in Catalonia. Disorders occurred in Barcelona, in which many persons were wounded by revolver shots. Two persons are reported to have been killed In a small town In Valencia. Met Death Under Wheels. Chlcaeo.

Nov. S. valentine Itoran. a merchant l'ving In Omaha. who was Isltlng frlinda in Chloago, wa killed to night while attempting to board a Chl-ragn tc Northwestern railroad train.

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