The Shah of Persia will not sit at atable on which either salmon or lobsterIs placed.

PEKING. Feb. 23.—N0 official announce-ment has been forthcoming to explain thereason for increasing the guard aboutthe palace of the Empress Dowager. Allthe Information obtainable indicates thatthe military measures at the palace wereonly precautionary and were taken be-cause of the widely circulated rumorsthat there would be trouble here Satur-day. The finding of the packages of dyna-mite outside the palace gates, which issomewhat mysterious, probably causeduneasiness, aa the court has been ner-vous since the outrage in the Peking rail-way station on September 24 of last year.'

when a missile was exploded inside aprivate car. killing four persons anawounding twenty others. It was thoughtthat the car was mistaken for one carry-ing one of the missions ordered abroadto study foreign political methods.

The reports of trouble within the palacecannot be corroborated, but they prob-ably are founded on gossip, for whichPeking 13 always a hotbed, or are basedon the strengthening of the palac*guards.

The - police tonight appeared "without

their rifles. The city was never quieter.

There has not been. the slightest sign oCfeeling shown against foreigners, nor ha vothe foreigners here any apprehension. Sev-eral parties from the foreign legations aretaking advantage of the mild weather tomake long excursions into the country.

The canard that Saturday had beendesignated as the day for disturbances issaid* to have emanated from the UnitedStates. The telegrams describing the•military preparations of the AmericanGovernment for trouble In China havebeen widely published -JIL the Chinesenewspapers and are considered as de-cidedly unfriendly.

Empress Dowager Uneasy aaItesult of Manifestationsof Revolutionary Spirit

ALAEM-IN THE PALACE

People Begard PreparationsEeing Made in Americaas Decidedly Unfriendly

CHINA RESENTSWAR MEASURES

v JEFFERSON^'. CITY. Mo^Feb. 23.—After

'an all-day conference with At-

torney General "Hadley, "J...F.- Marchandof D.IC a .representative

of the Interstate- Commerce !Commls-'

"sion. saidi tonight that. he had obtainedwhat he -

Lconsidered; valuable Informa-

tlonas to the freight rates paid by theStandard Oil-and flts' alleped subsidiarycompanies.* The information will -beused ;by the

-committee in investigation

of jcharges'of,v discriminations in

'rates.

and Hadley also was invited to appearbefore the at its meetingIn Kansas City

'on :March 12.":'<

Interstate. Cominerre Commlsalon G«ts'Facts Rejjordlnjjthe:Freight

-.;. Kates Paid.

VALUABLE INFORMATION ,—,

—. AGAINST THE OIL TRUST

lawyers in the State of lowa becauseof his ability to win juries.

He was always -an uncompromisingRepublican and was frequently men-tioned as the most available candidateof his party for the Governorship.

He was a member of the RoundTable, a literary organization, and theKey City Club, both of Dubuque.iaswell as the Army and Navy Club ofWashington" and the Chicago Club ofChicago. He was. married' on March4, 1566, to Augusta A. Fox, daughterof Alonzo H. Fox of.West.Union, Fay-ette County, lowa.

SHORE -JiISU LIMITED.

PUEBLO, Colo., Feb. 25.—A man 'whoclaims to be the Karl of Bathhurst ,1aselling stamps In the postofflce in Pu-eblo.,/ The man says he is heir to anestate, the" value' of which Is estimatedat from 4:5,000,000 to $50,000,000, -andalso to the. Karldom of Bathhurat ;.InErtgland. H'h is known to his friends asDwight Lawrence Bathhurst; He saysthat he has longbeen convinced thatthe 'present Earl of Bathhurst, .-whoHve3 on a magnificent estate" at Piren-cester, Is not the rightful"Earl, but amember of a' related family. He:hastraveled all over tho United States andhas talked .to :all. the members of theBathhurst family he has been ablp tofind. He says the American heirs whoare' interested in proving his rights tothe title- and estate are about 400 Innumber. They have "decided: to organ-ize an association for the purpose offurnishing money to prosecute Bath-hurat's claim. ;A meeting of all* whoare .'interested has .been called, 'to beheld inBloomlhgton, 111.; on March 3.'-.'\u25a0'•\u25a0

Bathhurst Is a stamp clerk In the Pueb-lo postofflce. .which "position he has filledfor three years./ He claims.that he isde^scended

'from 'Lawrence -Bathhurst," who

came to this country; and settled ln.Ger*mantown, Pa., in\u25a0;*: 1750. The father ofLawrence Bathhurst. who. was? the firstearl of^tbat .name,; died^ In;1775; and Itisthe contention, of:the .Pueblo claimantthat, owing to the. fact; that he was acrtivcly.engaged;on, the: side of ,the colon-ists',- Lawrence": Bathhurst was debarred'from sticceseion. :.

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7 i; :

has no trouble in tracing hisancestry |back to tho

'Bathhursts "ofithe

Revolution. .;His English cousinii who Jisacting as. Earl,, declares .that'; the."Law-rence who

'Is'supposed by the American

branch- to~

have ;come to this .countrydled-.while. an;infant.->r , - *

'r\<-

;\ Bathhurst'Is '\u25a0 35 years *of'age,;married

and'has'a son. - ."**"';

Lou ~. Ancreleft.New Darllzht Train. Sau Francisco to

Beginning March 1, "Shore Line Limited"will leave Ban Francisco and Los Angelesdally 8 a. m., arriving destination 9:30 p. mOnly .flmt-cJass. ticket*, with parlor-ear seattickets, honored on 5 this

-train. \u25a0» See Southern

Pacific asent, Ul3 Market st., for particular*. •

Special Dispatch to The \ Call.LONDON. Feb. 26.~J0hn Motley's

first official act as Secretary for Indiahas been to Intervene in the thorny dis-pute which led. to the resignation ofLord Cuczon of Kcdleston, the foi-merViceroy. His decision, as indicated bydispatches just published, is strongly Infavor of upholding the supremacy -

of.the civilgovernment in Indran militarymatters, which confirms the view takenby Lord Curzon as against GeneralLord Kitchener. /

Inamending the proposal of the pres-ent Viceroy, the Earl of Minto, as In-spired by the late Government, Morleytakes the line of least resistance, andhis decision Is approved by most of theLondon morning newspapers. TheDaily Telegraph, however, doubtswhether this arrangement willcomposea controversy and problem admittedlyof great difficulty, and considers thatLord Kitchener ought to be paramount.

Ilio Supreinaey of the Civil* Government.

Secretary for luiliu Ksivor* I.'ptjoldlns

Employe in Post office, atPueblo Says the BathhurstTitle and Estate Are His

MORLBV TAIvES A STA.VDAGAINST LURD KITCHENER

STAMP CLERKMAY BE EARL

'ST. PETERSBURG, ,Feb.- Great

wrath has lieen aroused in' Liberal circlesby the publication of a letter from Mile.SpiridoiiQVo, the 17-year-old girl who shotM.' Luzhenoffsky, chief of the .secret po-lice at Tuinboff, in which she describesthe indignities and. brutalities to whichshe was subjected. .*-". On account of her*youth and her. self-sacrifice in.executingthe sentence against Luzhenoffsky, -whowas- detested on account of his cruelty insuppressing, peasant disorders,., she hadbeen made one of the heroines of the rev-olution; and is called a second CharlotteCorday. -. .~i •-•". ;;"-.\u25a0::-'.'-.,; "^' \̂u25a0\u25a0'•.•?''-\u25a0"-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0• '-

.The letter says that after the shootingof iAiZhenoffeky, whoso bodyguard of Cos-sackß did »not save .him • from, five well-aimed 'bullets. Mile. -.Spiridonbvo wasknockcfldown and beaten-witlt the whipsof, the'Cossacks and withrifle butts. Shewas^hen^dragged by.her hair downsfairst0.,,a .sleigh|by. ihe" enraged' Cossacks,taken to '_thVpollce station; undressed andthrust Into,a damp, cold .cell,', where shewas subjected' to eleven hours of jtormentIn,order to force her to Te'veal 'the namesof her accomplices. .;'.,. \u25a0*-':'j;The -girT says that two,' officers tookbrutal pleasure in kicking her back andforth -across the :cell, \u25a0 tearing iher

'hair,

burning,' her flesh 'with.their "'cigarettesahG .threatening her. with."abandonment to

>the;Coesacks unless she confessed. ,VMlle-. Spiridottbvd Is now Ina'hospital ina ;serious condition.' r Pler.ekull'is; frac~tured •in"\u25a0• two plnces,' "cne (eye .' Is jinjured'andIher. rbody is,a ( mass -of bruises fromhPad to, footer, ; - , .- VU'jjfTlienewspapers demand the"instant trialand punishment of the two officers, whosenames ;are'" given, but ;the -vengeance of

\u25a0the revolutionists probably will anticipateofficial action; '," * -

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:':'\u25a0-" "'\u25a0'i:'..The/Russ- also condemns the- organiza-tion""which sent this child^on such' amission."-. '"-._' '-

\u25a0'_ . '\u25a0 ,;.-* \u25a0;\u25a0' \u25a0-'- ;-.'V- :.."':.."' ;-Feb. 25.—Another";encounter

/between -the National .Democrats :and theSpclallstß, :the latter being bent on break-irij[l-up; campaign meetings ;Held by •

theformer, '\u25a0 took place v today '.fat ~.Praga, asiibQfb -jof the

'city.v? One ;man twas

and.- flfteen fwere jwounded :\by revolversHots.;:,TTOops: then

~surrounded ;the jhall

where! the 7 meeting: jvas2being heldiandmany r"arrests v were tmade )}tind ii\a largenumber of weapons confiscated: ;, -

"; ;ODKSSA;.Ff b; 25.*f^At 3;o'clopkVthls aft-ethoort.thejpollce suddenly: raided the res-idenpds;of;. three anarchists.^ who\ in.turnthrew,: bombs, which.exploded;

'klllihgiapolice:commissary, and

*theT.' janitor,of the

building -,'arid^ hls\wife:v.Thereupon^Co3-sacks ,w«re 'summoned \u25a0.'andl'bombardedthe"hofise; killing allUhree of.the. anarch- '.lets."'-. -;\u25a0'.; ./•"\u25a0*<-.'

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]_ He proposed following his chosenprofession and was admitted to the barIn 1865, but accepted the position ofCollector of Internal Revenue for theT"hlrd District of lowa, which he filledmost acceptably until 1569, when he'became Assistant United States DistrictAttorney, his service in that positionending In 3BSI with his election toCongress. There he remained by suc-cessive re-elections until 1002, takingfrom the very first an active and promi-nent part in the business of the House.'

One of the most Important pieces oflegislation with which he was chieflyassociated wa? the bankrupt law,'\u25a0which, as chalrmnn of the judiciarycommittee, he reported and carriedthrough the House. He also advocatedihe bill for the election of Senators bythe people and was one of the strong-est supporters of the civil service law.

He was chairman of the committeeqn rules during Mr. Reed's occupancyof the Speaker's chair, a position whichespecially 'prepared him for theSpeakership. which fell to him in 1E99on the death of Thomas B. Reed.

A STAXCH REPUBLICAN.Henderson wielded large influence In

the House when on the floor and fewmeasures

~ever passed without his

assent. He was personally very popu-lar among his colleagues in the House,Irrespective of party, but at the sametime he was a strong partisan and wasfreely criticised by-hla opponents forhisalleged autocratic rulings. Just beforehis retirement he became out of har-mony with his party, favoring tariffreduction and reciprocity * treaties, to•which the Republicans were not ready

to accede. !

Inhis profession he was first a mem-ber of the firm of Shlras, Van Duzee& Henderson and later of the firm of'H>nc>rson. "Hurd/^Lienehen '& Klesel.He was known as one of the best trial

Henderson One of tfae Mont Powerful... Men of the Ration.David Br*emner Henderson was born

£t Old Deer, Aberdecnshlre. Scotland,in 1840; the son of Thomas and'Bar-

•bara (Brenner) Henderson. He came••with his parents to the United States\u25a0la IS4?. They settled first In Illinois"and then, three years later, moved to\u25a0lowa, where young Henderson received'his • education, first in the comaon

'schools and then in the Upper, lowaUniversity. ' :'

'

.• He had begun the study of law whenthe Civil War broke out, but he en-listed in fh,e Northern army as a pri-vate, serving first in the Twelfth lowa.He was wounded several times end lostaS.cg at the*battle of Corinth. Miss., buton his recovery returned to the frontas colonel of the Forty-sixth lowa andremained with his command until theclose of the war, when he returnedtome.

ME.MUE.II OP TUB HOUSE.

Girl AVlio Shot Chief, of Se-cret Police -Beaten WithWhips and Eifle Butts

IyEADER I.\ THE HOUSE.

COSSACKS TAKEBRUTAL REVENGE

Public sympathy is;entirely with theArchduke and Itis hoped that the Em-peror .may.iyet Ibe

'prevailed upon to

permit bim: (to_rnarry,lthe maiden 'ofhis choice. There are. rumors that thecouple are .already-- married, but Iamassured. that there. is^no foundation forsuch J a.repor tJ

~

..Personally; the Archduke FerdinandKarl is one of the most popular andhighly esteemed members of the Im-perial family. He has a slender andelegant figure and until a few monthsago had a remarkably boyish appear-ance-- Latterly, however, he seems tobe more reserved and serious and hisfeatures. have become bronzed from ex-posure to wind-and sun while perform-ing his military duties. He is fond ofart and.loves the .drama, and .was afrequent occupant of an Imperial boxat the court- theater. He has also tautenpart in amateur theatricals. But whatis much more 'remarkable in an Aus-trian Archduke is that Ferdinand Karltakes a keen interest in.politics and isan; avowed supporter* of the GermanLiberal pnrty, which is not particularlypleasing to the heir, to the throne,Franz Ferdinand, .who Is a strong re-actionary and clerical..

Among;his brother officers and thegeneral: public"^ the 'Archduke is im-mensely popular. Some years ago,when commanding the Third TyroleanImperial Jaeger regiment, he dinedregularly, two or three times a week atthe ..officers' mesa, .but only after ex-pressly, stipulating that there shouldbe ;no change of the meal on his ac-count. His brother officers were quitefree to come. and go. and appeared Intheir, ordinary undress uniform. Oneof hl9 :first!acts

(aft<»r going to Prague

was to dispense' with police protection,

and he frequently !walked home aloneto • the Hradachin palace from the townat midnight. . - " |M|M|fcw)Ml|¥rsi

After a long: stay in Madrid theArchduke came north affain and re-sumed his military career in Austria,but at points outstde of.Vienna. Hehas now returned to the capital and hisaffair .with. Fraulein Czuber is oncemore the' gossip of the hour.

Curiously enough. It is said that theCzuber family are by no means keenon the match. The Archduke has morethan once formally asked the profes-sor for hi3daughter's .hand in mar-riage, but the father has discreetly

avoided compromising himself in. thematter. If the Emperor consented tothe match it would be of course ao-other matter, but a3 that Is a very un-likely contingency, the -.err professoris holding back. He. is not at all anx-ious to see his daughter livingInsuchan exalted circle, having great doubtsas to the happiness which she might

find there. .

ago the Infanta married Prince Charlesof Bourbon. It was said that Ferdi-nand Karl found his Spanish cousinpleasant enough. !but he couldn't makeup his mind to become a nataralUedSpaniard and settle in that country, ashe would have t- do. on account of thePrincess being the next heir to thethrone.

GOSSIPS ARE KEPT BUSY.

PRIXCB'AND DAUGHTER OP A

VIENNA PROFESSOR WHO HAS;WO.\' HIS HEART.

The President may seenvto go further In r.lsadvocacy of 'rate regulatl6n than ecme of. theRepublican leaders are willing;

'to bo. ,It does

rot mean he Js even_now supporting: the properkindof bill to regulate railroad charge*. In&fvl,he has surrendered one of the most vital' pointsIn the -whole controversy when he assisted therailroads to Insert in the bill a provision for amaximum instead of an absolute rate.

WASHINGTON,^ Feb. 25.—Perry Bel-mont has written to William PittMitchell a letter in support. of his rea-sons for objecting' to references toPresident .Roosevelt as "a born Demo-crat," in an address to members of theNew York "Democratic Club^ preparedby a

'committee of which Mitchell is

chairman. Belmont says:" .

'\u25a0It did not seem tom e necessary that thePresident's name be ,mentioned at all and todescribe him as a born Democrat was a de-parture from accuracy, as well as from thepropriety of auch a "document. PresidentRoos«veH's father was' an honored office holderunder Republican administration, and the Pres-ident himself has been always an active andbitter Republican partisan.' unwavering in h!ahostility to Democratic principles and unspar-ing In his criticism of all Democratic leaders,from Thomas Jefferson to .the present day, in-cluding .Cleveland and Bryan. The Presidentand his Cabinet officers for him proclaim uponevery suitable occasion that he Is an orthodoxorganization Republican. •

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-. President Roosevelt dees not ch?rlsh a singleprinciple of government -which the founders ofthe Democratic party taugnt. He has alwaysbeen and Is now a true and consistent discipleof Alexander Hamilton. Hispr*sent apparentpartial agreement with the Democratic partyupon the rate question, 'so far as he docs agreewith It. is merely an agreement upon policy,not upon •principle. While we may accept his.co-operation in this Important matter, we Gonot expect It on all other matters. ,

Special Dispatch to The Call.

DUBUQUE, la., Feb. 23.—Former Speak-er David. B. Henderson of the National

.House of Representatives died at 2-.o'clock this afternoon at Mercy Hospital• of paresis, from which he has suffered for\u25a0uirie months.: Hp began to sink- on Fridayafternoon, rallied Saturday morning, butlater lapsed into unconsciousness andfailed rapidly until the end came. Allhisfamily, except a son in California, were

*at the bedside.Colonel Henderson had been unable to

recognize any one but his wife since a\u25a0week ago, except en Friday, when he part-ly regained his mental faculties,.

Colonel Henderson wag stricken withparesis last May and his condition grewno crave that he v.as removed to a hos-pital m September. Later lie was takento-California. His condition remained un-changed except for the usual progress of

\u25a0euch'a disease, and he returned to his. home here to die. A week ago last Fri-•day Henderson sulTertd another stroke,whldi resulted in total blindness. Theformer Speaker failed rapidly, physically

«.nd mentally, until Friday, when his men-tal- powerg returned for -a few hours, fol-lowed by a relapse which ended in death.The funeral will be held next Thursday,with services i:i the Episcopal churchunder the auspices of the Grand Army.J^ormer Congressman George D. Perkinsof Sioux City will deliver a eulogy. The'body is to lie Instate on Thursday at the

\u25a0 church.

I There is no prospect, of immediatelydisplacing the statehood bill, but therehave been many intimations that sucha course might be pursued if that bill'continues to be unacted upon when, afew weeks later, Senators generally findthemselves prepared to t-ntert what allhave believed from the beginningwould be the real conflictat the ses-sion. All Senators, whatever their in-dividual view, unite in considering therailroad question as the most importantbefore Congress, and friends and op-ponents of the Hebpurn-Dolliver billalike unite in the desire to have ittaken up as promptly as possible.There will be a lull,however,\ifter theformal report is made, because all whoexpect to participate in the debate feelthe necessity for. sufficient time to pre-pare for the conflict

On Wednesday Senator Foraker willtake the flcor with a prepared speechon the railroad rate question. His willbe the first formal speech on the sub-ject subsequent to the reporting of thebill. So far as announcement has beenmade, the Ghio Senator stands alone inopposing all railroad legislation alongthe lines of the Hepburn-Dolliver bill.

There Is already much speculation asto the prOEpects of the rate bill. Themost generally accepted view is that itivill>be amended by the Senate in someparticular. . - - -

« < v.s* jThe delayed consideration of the

army appropriation bill will be resumedas the chief topic of legislation in theHouse of Representatives this week. Acompromise on the provision abolishingthe grade of lieutenant general in thearmy has been practically agreed upon,whereby General Corbin and General.MacA-rthur will be,; allowed to• reachthat -rank before their retirement. -*,

WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.—From thetime that Senator Tillman presents hisreport on the railroad rate, /bill1to-morrow until that measure shall, havebeen finally disposed- of ,by the Senatethe billwill actually, ifnot technically,occupy the foremost place on the calen-dar.

Perry Belmont Objects toThis Description of the j

President.

FORMER SPEAKER OF THEHOUSE. -WHO PASSED AWAY.' YESTERDAY IN lOWA.

Public Interest Centers inthe Contest About to BeBegun in the . Senate

ME, BOOSE VELT NOT"A BORN DEMOCKAT"

RATE MEASUREHOLDS STAGE

. .Ferdinand Karl . appealed to hisbrothers, but with no. better success.His entreaties ';-were especially hope-

less so >;far. jas ;Franz Ferdinand wasconcerned, for.he had been the bitterestopponent; of -the former's morganaticunion,>protestlng that tho inequality ofbirth on the- Countess^ Chotek's stdowas such that a marriage, morganatic

or ;otherwise, ought not to. be enter-tained.'"; Anfl even after the Emperorhad yielded an unwillingconsent, andFranss :Ferdinand .was ,allowed to takehis jBohemian bride, his brother Ferdi-nand Karl remained obdurate and ab-sented himself from the wedding fes-^tivfttes. It was therefore scarcely tobe expected I '. thkt ,\ Franz- Ferdinandwould •;aid his ;brother ;in marrying" awoman ofifar^ lower sqcial rank thanthe > Bohemian Countess.^Chotek. So faras Otto^ is concerned she \u25a0is~ probablyquite Iindifferent;as

'to \u25a0 sort of\u25a0 an

alliance ;;his .brother,'- contracts.' ;:.Per-haps i_Qtto feels that %his own love,af-fairs :"nave"been? too, numerous ,and no-torious to:give him any. particular rightto

*regulate other .' people's |'matrimonialaffairs.;.': \u25a0/' /'\u25a0".;\u25a0 ':.

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-In the face ofsucn opposition Ferdi-nand ;Karl was powerless. The

'Emperor

suggested |that -he J should ;\u25a0 give up Vhisarmy jcommand'att Prague, and take along^ leave/ of.absence iand Vfspend p'ltabroad. •;. :TheJ" Archduke 'accordinglyleft;Prague. 1,and C began r his .- foreigntravels.; After .spending; some monthsin'Germany he ,went:to the Riviera" andthence '4toISpain. ,Some jyears T ago ;ef-forts wero;made

'to \u25a0 bring-about a mar-

riage'.betweenfthe „Archduke i;and,' thelnfanta;Maria,- elder daughter, of QueenMariaiChristina, i;The i;Archduke ;madeseveral :.visitsTto*Madrid/. but in-the; endnothing came of it and some:four years.

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MAIIRIAGE IS OPPCSEIJ.

Bertha. the ••burgerllcher"maiden, who has won the Archduke'saffections. Is described as being extra-ordinarily beautiful. with*charminganddelightful • manners. . Her father,

Emanuel Czuber, is professor of math-ematics in the Vienna Technical Insti-tute and has the official rank of'Hofrath." Bertha made tlie acquaint-

ance of her imperial lover in Vienna."but their opportunities of meeting

were much more ;favorable act RostOk,

hear Prague, where :Bertha's uncle Isdirector of the Nobel Dynamite Works.Rostok is a favorite excursion point

for the citizens of Prague,'and the

Archduke, who was then commanding

the Nineteenth Infantry Brigade withheadquarters at the Bohemian capital,made frequent trips to Rostok. Hisattachment to the dynamite director'sniece became the subject of much gos-sip, especially among; the ladles ofPrague, with whom the Archduke wasa great favorite. .: ;

Of course the news was speedily car-ried to.the Vienna court, and the Em-peror ..was at once informed of the af-fair. , Little notice was taken of It incourt circles, however, until it becameapparent :that the Archduke's inten-tions were jserious and he 'really want-ed to marry rth6 professor's daughter.

A family council. was" held and as a re-sult Ferdinand Karl fwas" told that anymarriage, morganatic or otherwise, 1

was entirely out>f the Question. Theaged Emperor was absolutely Inexor-able and refused to 'listen to anythingof the kind. \u25a03B&BBBttBBBtmS&:.

WIXS LOVE OF AItCHDUKE.

•Born -in IS6B, Ferdinand Karl wasthe third son of the Emperor's brother,

the' late ArchduJte Karl Ludwigr. Hiselder brothers.lre Franz Ferdinandand Otto. The former Archduke having

contracted a morganatic marriage withthe Countess Chotek.

" renounced .therights of succession to the throne onbehalf of his children. The ArchdukeOtto, the 'next heir, is in a very pre-

carious state of health, and of his two

sons;- the elder. Archduke Karl Franz,

is also delicate. Itwill be seen there-fore that the Archduke Ferdinand Karl,as next in succession to Otto's sons, isquite near enough Sin the direct lineto make a left-handed marriage an af-fair of very considerable consequence

for the dynasty.

VIENNA, Teb. 25.'— After a compara-tively-long period of peace and quiet

the ancient house of Hapsburgyis oncemore threatened with a matrimonialscandal. Archduke Ferdinand Karl,

nephew of the Emperor Franz Josef,

and younger brother of the heir to thethrone, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, an-nounces his determination to marry

Fraulein Bfcrtha Czuber. the daughter

of a Vienna professor. Court circlesaro horrified. The Emperor hns pro-tested'and bo have all the Archduke'9imperial and royal relatives, but sofar he has refused to heed them.

There were rumors-* of such an at-

tachment a cousle of years ago andthe Archduke waS v relieved of a high

military command, and sent" on an ex-tended foreign tour to cure him of hisinfatuation.. Ke has now returned, butchange of scene seems to have made nochangeMn his affections. He is still de-termined to wed the professor's beau-tiful daughter. Because of the Arch-duke's nearness to the throne, the af-fair excites: much-- anxiety and atten-tion. '\u25a0' ',-\u25a0'

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Special Dispatch to The Call.

BUENAVENTURA*.CoIo'mbIa, !Feb. 25. jThe earthquake that* occurred on themornlngyof February '2l lasted aboutseven minuteg. ;tjie^ movement being;

from north to 'south. 1The town|was;considerably

'shaken/ \,The damage was,

small, but the .pepple were thrown into*a panic,' kneeling; weeping and praying

in the street. Ail the clocks in the

town were stopped, .while the_ cableswere broken in many places.* .. ; j :

FoUcv.tns the. earthquake there wii»a tidal wnve \u25a0 which tyaa of no conse-quence here, bat report* from thf coast,Including: an area of fifty lensueM tothe Kouth, ntnte that 2000 peritoua werekilled by iallliifjhouses or drowned by

the - wave, .whole families havlne beenlo*t.; ", • I\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 '..;

Sailing vessels -report having en-,countered; hundreds of /corpses andQuantities, of dead flsh. ,Many small'eettlements were completely ;sweptaway. ... ..\u25a0•"-. v, ;*: \u25a0 \ .

The damage done by the earthquakeand tidal wave at Tulaco was greater

than here. The shock was felt in theinterior and five people were killed atTunuerresin.

At Popayan the people resorted totents, and thanksgiving services wereheld on February 21 and 22.

Twelve distinct shocks were felt', butit is believed that all danger is overnow.

Special Dispatch to The Call.

Buildings Shaken Down in-Several Cities- and a BigWall of Water SweepsUpon Terrified Inhabitants

BODIES BY HUNDREDSENCOUNTERED AT SEA

!•• I'have -your letter: of the :15th\ regardingthe -.widespread fetling among your constitu-ents," thai 6ur; Government ought to-do some-thing, to -bring about an international inquiryrelative to authoritative adjudication of issuesto.wh ich- the -conditions supposed to exist inthe Congo. J?"rej Staio are related. '. . '"

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iTVour,inquiry oppresses th« difficulty in theway.;-It>le nor,.elftar rthat the United States isin.'.a' pc-fiitlon^to,bring,auoui BUth'ati interna-tional inquiry and adjudication. ..< We are par-ties to a general -act jor tha- suppression of theslave traue and the. regulation ot. the-lire armsarid liquor;travflc*.in--C«niraUAtrioa. but that'act relegates and confines all power and func- ,tier:-," 10 those 'ends tv the several, powers hav-.Ing i>o«¥esai6ns of *<phejr?s :of Influence .in Afrl-t'a: :Ths" UMtea States has neither, ,and itsparticipation in -the general .'act was on theamtlnct understanding that we had no;terri- \u25a0

torlal or administrative Interest Inlhat quarter.*Our only,- potential iunction is in relation tothe search- and capture of slave vessels within'certain waters ot the 'African coast, !and nooccasion has arisen to- exercise that function."\\'"B are.not parties to the- other more commonly,cited treaty of:the ;Congo (signed at Berlin on:February 2(5, ISSa;. . Our treaty relation to the'Congo State" is that of one sovereign to an-other.' wholly independent ot'-.any j relations,created by or. deduclble from the general act ofBerlin.. which applies only to.Us tiifnatortea.

\u25a0•It is questionable', whether the treaty rights;of tbxiIsignatories extend to Intervention byany one oi* more of them in the internal affairsof any<of.th£m. The .Congo State absolutelydenies any right on their part to Intervene InIts;affairs, :and .ncne'of' the

'Other •signatory

powers appears to controvert that denial. How-,ever this may be, it is certain that the UnitedStates has no'treaty right of intervention. Wecould Miot-rightfully summon or participate inany international . conference looking to Inter-vention, adjudication -or enforcement of a gen-eral !accord by other jAfrican powers againstthe Congo State.--. \u25a0• \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 -/

Moreover, we are without .-opportunity Orpower, to. Investigate, conditions in. the Congo.We have no diplomatic or consular representa-tives. In that country. We could tiot send anyone there except with the consent of the Gov-ernment of iha Congo— to do otherwise wouldlienn Invasion of its eovereignty. Other p«wemhPing- parties to the general act of Berlin, havemade investigations through their "authorizedrepresentatives,' arid! the Congo t Governmentalso has sent Investigating commissions. The'information we have on the subjoct of Congomisrule comes at second hand through oppositechannels. -\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 _ :

Whenever complaints have been made by th<*Interests In the Ccnso that the -administrativeconditions there impair American. rights or en-danger American establishments, the' matterMs been Drought, promptly and forcibly, beforethe Congo Government anC has been met withdue assurance , of investigation and, if sub-stantiated, full redress.": . "

In taking this-course we act within our sov-ereign .rights,;directly and without subordinat-ing them to Judgment .of any third parties.So -far as 'we 'Rave rights of our own In thoCongo; it would be impossible to submit themto an International conference.. . :.- \ . . •

\u25a0 1 most sincerely wish that come .way couldbe found by. which' Central Africa'could -berightly administered 'by' the-'sevbrai '.

'powers-

rulrrigr' or .exercising a controlling influencetherein -io.a» to realize the. intention of thosepowfr3 when they

"framed the general act of

the Congo. Much maybe desirable in a way,of good government 'in-that' vast' region else-where than In the Congo. \u25a0.'••\u25a0.;

Ifthe United States had happened to possessin Darkest Africa a territory five times asgreat and populous as'the Philippines.'we, too.might find ffocd government difficult and comein for our share of just or unjust criticism. Nosuch responsibility falls upon, us. ,That per-tains to ihe powers who have assumed con-trol and undertaken by. mutual "agreement "toregulate Its exercise/ Very truly,yours. '

, . ' ELIHU ROOT.

WASHINGTON, Feb.:25.—The atti-tude, of the American Government to-

ward tho- conditions 'in -the." Congo FreeState, and the"American desire lor someplan

( for; the admlnistratlbn^of CentralAfrica by the several powers ruling orexercising a controlling influence there,

are stated ina iettef sent by Secretary

lioot .to Representative Denb'y of Mich-igan. .Secretary-Root says this Govern-ment 'has; no power to investigate Con-go conditions. liis letter follows:

Secretary Points Out: ThatAfrican A^re Be-yond American j Influence

Late; Eeports tTeILtTelL pf Great. Destruction. Wrought on/, the Coast of Colombia by\ the Seismic Disturbances

NOTE TO' >\u25a0 CONGRESSMAN

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Gah> Institute aii;Inquiry

Former Leader of the House SuccumbsAfter Illness of Nine Months.

ROOT WRITESOF THE CONGO

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