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News in Brief
One hu"drei dcr.iocrats nf Huston
Imvc Matted an Olnry president ia"
nio einent.
The Kraveugcr law nf Nebraska hai
been held to he valid by t tie state su
preme court.
Speaker C'aiintin has Introduced
"to incorporata Mm Carnegie in
stitution of Washington."
( haumaii loikliiH tius Issued a call
or the HlinolM democratic state con
vention to bo held lu Springfield June
It.
A certificate of incorporation of the
Iroquois Memorial Kmergem y hospi
tal has been filed with the Conk county
recorder.
Over Sim I'uffalo lit hfiru iiliorn. who
have rei'ii.,ci to sini the agreement
submitted by their employers, will be
locked out.
linen Sil, Hong, secretary of the Ko
rean legation at Uerlin. committed sui
cnio ijy snooting, ile was engaged tu
uu actress.
An avalanche In the Cascade moun
tains In the recent storm opened one
of the largest, veins of bituminous coal
ever found in Washington.
l'ecause she was Jealous of another
woman. Mrs. Willium (ireenlleld, o(
lies Moines, thirty live years old, Killed
herself and one-year-old child.
i nt; i'.nt;iisii House of commons
adopted by a ole of IS 2 to tiS, a rest
tut Kin in laior or allowing women to
vole for parliamentary candidates.
Nine mem hers of the city govern
in (in 01 .Milwaukee are called upon to
face sixteen indictments churning
them wiih various brands of graft.
Sir Donald Currle has donated $17,
not) to the I'nivcrsity college and Lon
don university. It is intended with
this Mini to build a school of advanced
medicine.
Commander Charles K. Colahan, V.
S. N.. until recently commandant of
cadets at the naval academy, Annapo
lis, is dead al Lnnibcrtvlllc, X. J., from
heart disease.
John W. Springer of Denver, presi
dent of the National Live Stock asso
ciation, has been formally listed as a
candidate for vice president on the
i publican ticket.
Hmpcror William has begun giing
commissions to sculptors for model
to be idaced in the Hall of Fame. The
Ilrst ordered for the snrcophn"ue of
I'rince Mlsmnrck was Riven to Profes
sor lil'gllS.
Aline. Shichcnovileli has been in
formed that her husband, commander'
of the battleship Retvlan, has become
deaf ns the result of the cannonading
I,, .it; . i. f .
ii h . mihs me Japanese assutts on
Pi I t Arthur.
Practically complete figures, will)
Formosa and some districts or Japan
missing, show that the ilrst issue of
loo.ono.uno yen of exchequer war
bonds has been subscribed four and
one-imlf times.
The house committee on merchant
marine and fisheries granted a heat
ing io a delegation or cordage people
who favored extending for five vears
the date for making the coastwise
laws apply tu the Philippines.
inc inirtynrth annual reunion of
the Society of the Army of the Po-
tomae will he held In conjunction with
the meeting of the department of Con
nectlcut Grand Army of the Republic
at Jlartford, Conn., on May 18 and 19.
Commander Wih. E. Sewell. laie
governor of the island of Guam, died
at the general hospital. Mare Island,
Cal., as a result of iutestinal disorders.'
He was taken ill several weeks ago
at Guam and was brought to San Fran
cisco. Mrs. Appoline M. lilalr. widow of
James L. lllair, former general coun
sel for the World's fair, through her
attorneys entered suit In the circuit
court against two insurance companies
In New York to secure ::r,liinj insur
mice.
The action of the Itritish house ol
'(millions in adopting, by an over
whelming vote. 182 to CS, n resolution
in favor of allowing women to vote foi
parliamentary enndidatts, was yosUr
day Cheered in the chamber of denu
CONGRESSMAN HEARST WOULD
HAVE IT INVESTIGATED.
RESQLUTiONSJOR COMMITTEE
Evil Effects of the Great Combinations
Recited Means Already Existing to
Curb Trusts Ought to Be Rigidly Enforced.
WASHINGTON, D. C-Representa
live H-arsl of New York on Friday In
troduced re-.oiutions providing for an
Investigation of the trust (pit sp in by
a commiltee (jf the menibers if the
house. The resolutions contain ten
clauses, reciting the evil effects of
trusts on the country, among them be
ing the following:
Numerous illegal combinations
known as trusts have been formed to
absorb or eliminate competition and
establish vlriuul monopolies with a
view to controlling production and
raising (he price of their products.
"Such eW'-rtionate trusts as the
beet" trust ujkI the coal trust and the
ice trust have arbitrarily increased the
cost of the necessities of life to the
public.
"Such specuative trusts us the ship
yards and the neel I rust have Inflated
i heir stock to many times its actual
vuluei and sold to the public, transfer
ins the people's money from banks and
legitimate investments into the pock
ets of trust promoters and speculators.
"Industrial unrest has been foment
ed by the increased cost oi living and
by the consequent necessary efforts of
'abor to make its wages keep pace
iviih the increased exist of living.
trusts ss the steel trust, in
the Increased cost of living.
'Such
(pile of
RATING OF PENSIONS.
Order Rejard.ng Payment Under '.he
1C93 Act
j WASHINGTON - C.immi.-' iouer ol
i l u -lor Wai. wi'h the. approval o!
: Secretary Mirchet , k. Ims issued an
j order making the follow mg change i.i
pension raiin:
j In ih a.ijudi. aiion of penssia
I claims under the ai t of June 27. lv.m.
as amended, it shall be taken and con
sidered us an evidential fa:-t, if thu
contrary does not appear, and if all
other le;,-al require! its are prop
erly met that when a claimant has
passed the age or ;:! years he is dis
abled one-ha.f in ability to perform
manual labor and is entitled lo be
imeu m j per moiiiii; alier ti years
at S per month, after tiS years at till
per nionih, and after To yea-s at 12
per month. Allowance al higher rate,
not exceeding I2 per mouth, will con
tinue to he made as heretofore, w here
disabilities other than ago show a
condition of inability to perform man
ual labor.
This order shall take effect April
M. HUM, and shall not be deemed let-
t'onetive.
The former nil s of the office fixing
the maximum and minimum years at
7.1 years, respectively, n,' hereby Mod
ified as above.
Committee Sees Private Report.
The special committee of the house
on the postolllce report has. it Is said,
received the report known as "Exhibit
0." This document has never been
made public and I he feeling created
among members by the thorough man.
ner in which the special committee
Is dealing with the task assigned it,
is growing somewhpt intense.
Kevelaiions of "new deals" are hint
ed at in the cloak rooms. In the mean-
mum me special committee is car
THE BEEF TRUST
MAKING INVESTIGATION INTO ITS
OPERATIONS.
THE HEARINCS ARE NOT PUBLIC
Secretary Corteieyou's Department
Will Make the Investigation With
out Assistance Alaska Anxious Con
cerning Its Interests.
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WASIIINtlTON The department of
commerce and labor, through the bu
reau of corporations, is making an
Investigation into the operations of
the beef trust. A part of the investi
gation is being conducted in accord
ance with a resolution passed by the
house of representatives recently.
Prior to the adoption of the resolution,
the department, through its regular
channels, had collected certain Infor
mation concerning the beef trust. The
resolution which was drafted by Hep
resentative Martin of South Dakota,
requested the department officials to
asTertain, if possible, the cause of the
difference in price between beef on the
hoof and dressed beef. It was pointed
out that western stockmen believed
that they were being discriminated
against by the trust and that the
markets of the country were being
manipulated to their detriment.
Neither Secretary Cortelyou nor
Commissioner Garfield of the bureau
of corporations will discuss the inves
tigation in any way. It is made per
fectly clear, however, that this inves
tigation, as well as all others conduct
ed by that department, will be made
by the officials of the department
themselves, without assistance; that
the department will not stoop to detec
tive work in the conduct of the in
quiry and that the proceedings will be
devoid of uny spectacular features.
There will be no public hearings and
publicity, w ill be avoided so far as pos
sible. The pending investigation Is being
conducted by Commissioner Garfield, j
under the direction of Secretary Cor- I
telyou. Heyoml that fact, 'practically
nothing Is obtainable. Whether the
results of the investigation are to be
made public at its conclusion will de
pend entirely on President Roosevelt.
Alaskans who have been in Washing
ton all winter pressing the claims of
that territory for remedial legislation
fear now that congress will ml loom
without uccordlng their claims the at
tention which In their opinion they
warrant. They have seen the president
during the winter in the interest or the
legislation they are seeking and today
several of them called at the White
House again.
INDIAN AFFAIRS INT HE SEN ATE.
Senator Dick of Ohio Makes His First
Appearance.
W A S II I N G T l N T h e senate spent
the greater part or Tuesday on the
Indian appropriation bill Mr Lodge
took exception to the provision cv
cmpling candidates for ih position of
Indian agency farmer iroin civil ser
vice examination and on his sugges
tion the amendment was passed over
without action. Other features arous
ing discussion were those relating to
the designation of Indian school super
Intendenls as Indian agents and an
thoriing the payment of claims made
by Indian tribes on account of the dif
ference between the value of pav-
In greenbacks and
required by the
IT IS RUMOR ONLY
REPORT TELEGRAPHED THAI
PORT ARTHUR HAS FALLEN.
ANX1
THERE IS NO CONFIRMATION
Th,
nieiits made them
coin payments us
treaties.
l.ate in the dav
Senator-elect Dick
or Ohio appeared in the senate cham
ber the first time since hU election.
Hit went direct to Senator's Foraker's
seat aiul was cordially greeted, but
their conference was cut short by the
announcement of an executive session,
from which Mr. Dick, not yet having
taken the oath of office, w as excluded.
JAPS EMULATE THE EXAMPLE.
Fusan to Its Crossing the Trans-Siberian
Manchuria.
inve ruthlessly cut down (he wages of
mndreds of thousands of employes in
rder to pay dividends on watered
itock, and other trusts have wholly
ollapsed. throwing hundreds of thou
ands of workmen out of exployinent.
"The purchasing jxiwer of the com
nnnily has been diminished by the ac
tions of the trusts by unsound methods,
which have misled the people, swin
dled them and robbed them of their
savings.
"All classes of the community are
being made to feel the evil effect of
of the Unrestrained greed and lawless
practi.-es of the trusts."
The committee is directed to inform
Hie house fully on the trust situation,
lo the end that more effective laws
may ue prepared and passed by
Kress, regulating and restrict ly
lunations. The committee is
ered to send for persons and papers.
An additional resolution states that
"It is the sense of this house, and it
does recommend, that the laws, al
ready existing sgnlnst the trusts be
in the meanwhile enforced by the ex
ecutive branch of this government and
the legal representatives thereof."
The resolutions were referred to the
committee on rules.
win-com-
cmpow-
rylng on its work behind closed doors.
An all-day session was held today.
May Grade Consular Service.
Senator Lodge was authorized by
the senate committee on foreign rein-
ii'na io iiiui.e a lavoiame report on
his bill to grade Ihe consular service.
The bill was materially amended and
as approved oy the committee pro
vides that vice consuls may be up
pointed to perform the presrnt duties
or consular agents nnd Dial the la:ter
grade shall cease. Provision is made
that there shall not be more than two
consul generals of the first class at
12,000 per annum; eight consul gener
als of the second class, at S,onO; thir
teen consul generals of ihe I bird class,
at 1(1,0(10, and thirteen of the fourth
class, at Ifi.r.oo eac.i. There will bo
thirty-seven consuls of the first class,
at l.l.ooii; thirty-live of the second
'lass, at 4.0ii(l; sixty of tne third
class, al 5:1.00(1 ; forty or ihe fourth
cinss, at 52,.'i)(i; thirty of the filth
class, at 52,0(10, nnd fifty or the sbth
class, at ll.xuo each per annum. Tho
bill regulates all tees, official or'unolU
cfal. and provides for the performance
of notarial acts.
BANKING BILL GOES THROUGH.
Lobby
I'cs of Rome
Senator Sir wart and Representative
Curtis, of the senate and house com
mittees on India,-, affairs, respectively
talked with thr president about sonif
features of tin Indian appropriation
bill, especially features applicable tc
the Indian Tcrritorw
Alter experimenting ninny years, a
loea. grower at Grand Junction. Colo
lado. claims lo hnve developed n mclfv
.....
mi oi growing seedless apples, which
Is destined to revolutionlne the vapple
industry, just ns seedless orange rev
olutionized orange growing.
The program for the national and In
tornatlonal press congress at the
world's fair, beginning May Hi. ht,
been completed. It H expected
hat 4,oii(t newspaper men will be Ir
attendance and of these more than out
hundred will be editors of leading for
I'lgil papers.
Allen P. Uvcjoy. whoso wealth Ir
estimated nt several million dollar
was found dead In bed at .laiiesville.
Wis. lie was seventy-nine years old!
Mr. Lovcjoy had largo lumber Interesis
in uregon, Louisville. California
Washington. He leaves a wide
mn MM.t mm n uailKllter.
"he Hon. Georso W. .In 1,1. w, .
perintended the constriction of the
chlcigo It Alton ralb-aad and was tu
imny jcars agent f.,r the road, Is dead
Me was rventy-m. years Id. Mr
Judd was an intimate friend of ste
pnen .. ixiiKia and Richard Yal
vno wa governor ol Illinois,
lol-n Carroll of Pnrkrishurg
a.. a geologist nnd author of
Bid Works on geology, died
(Iron. Ark.
Secretary Slmw hnr signed warrants
niithorl.lng pavnirnt of war claims
w men lie had oiiVrctl w Idle
uf Iowa.
and
and
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stand
t Wul-
governor
Fails to Kill Measure in the
Iowa House.
Dlid MOINKS. Ia. The house of
representatives passed the hanking
bill, which permits the mate to de
posit Its money at interest, by a vote
of (if. to l.'i. There was a strong lob
by of hankeis working against the
measure. It is believed It. will g
through the senate with little opposi
tion. The bill to raise the compensation
3f county supervisors was killed b1
Iho house by a decisive vole. The
iiitlook Is that none of the measures
asking for an Increase In Hie salary
if county officers will go through both
houses at this session.
Wheat Crop in Good Condition.
, KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Rcporis re
ceived from all parts of the KBiisaa
wheat belt show that today's heavy
rainfall was general. Santa Fee head
quarters at Topeka has advices that
wheat everywhere Is in good condition.
MANY RUSSIANS COMMIT SUICIDE
Several Officers at Port Arthur Rnr.
cumb to Strain of Bombardment.
SKW YORK News has been re-
ceimi r;-om Port Arthur thut several
ouiceis oi tne garrison, under the
;trnlii caused by the bombardment,
nave committed suicide, hays a World
dispatch from Shanghai. The total
.. 1 , . . .
milliner oi iiisuaiiies in the town lo
date Is 205.
Mai"iiis Jto has held a large recep
tion, which was attended by the for
eign legation officials, cables the Seoul
correspondent of the Times. He ex
pressed the belief that under Japan
ese guidance Corea will advance com
mercially and intellectually. It bein.-;
.la pan's intention so to use its Influ
ence thBt Ihe Corea ns will never re
gret their connection Willi It. The
marquis will return to Japan March
Togo's Activity Spurs the Enemy to
Action.
ST. PIvTKRSlH'RG. Vice Admiral
Togo's aclivily at Port Arthur Is
being emulated by (lit! commander of
the .Iaiiane.se forces in Corea. The
report of General Mistchenkow shows
that the Japanese have taken the pre
caution lo erect earthworks near Anju,
which are being held by a Japanese di
vision until the remainder of the First
army corps comes up from Ping Yang.
I lie advance of the Japanese shows
that they are losing no time and they
are more rapid than the Russians ex
pected. Nevertheless, the fortifica
tions of Anju shows Ihe ..apancse are
accompanying movements by all prop
er military precaut.ons.
So far as the Russians are concern
ed they have no Intention of attacking
Anju. but Hie B.doo or ti.ooo cavalry
men under General Mistchnekow will
hart-ass and retard the Japanese In
every way possible.
IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
Information Asked Regarding Rscent
Pension Order. ,
WASI!INGTON-The senate adopt
ed the following resolmion offered
by Mr. Overman:
"That the secretary of the interior
be and he is hereby directed to Inform
the senate:
"First Whether an order has re
cently been issued enlarging Hie pen
sion act of June 27. lS'.ld, and amend
ments, as to disabilities of applicants
for pensions, and if so to send lo the
senate a copy of said order.
"Second lly what amount, if any.
will said order increase pensions annu
ally, particularly when the same shall
become fully opuative."
The senate passed ihe house bill
approving the act of the territorial
legislature of Arizona authorizing a
bond Issue of 51011.111111 rnr the enlarge-
" ine insane asylum of the ter
ritorv.
1 lie mil authorizing the imorpora
"ui 01 me American academy in
Rome was passed. The senate then
iiii into executive session and Inter
adjourned until Monday.
Japanese Said to Have Capturtd the
Place After Combined Land and Sea
Attack Troops Get In Rear of the
City.
A NEBRASK AN'S CITIZENSHIP
Can'
Payne Continues to Improve.
WASHINGTON The condition
Postmaster General Payne, who
"een (on lined to ihe house
i. continued favoruble.
night he sleM ten hours
of
has
for R iiur
Saturday
Civil Servlct In the Philippines.
WASHINGTON. -The president has
Issued 11 n executive order applying
civil service rules to the service of
Ihe war department in the Philippines
and also classifying employes in thi;t
service specially commended.
Grover Is Sixty-Seven.
PKINCICTON. N. J.-Cirover Clcve
land quietly observed his (!7th birth
d.'V at home. There was no celebra
HoU except that he received some of
his most Intlmnto Princeton friend,
who cn'le.bl to offer congratulation-'.
Demand Statehood Rights.
LAS VF.GAS, N. M - The republican
territorial convention selected dele
gates to the national ((invention at
Chicago endorsed the administration
of President Roosf vi lt and passed
iho following resolution by a unani
mous vote:
"We lavor and are of right entitled
to statehood within ihn boundary lines
of our territory ns they now exist. We
hereby express our confidence in the
national adminisiratioti and congress
dealing with us In the mutter of Hate
hood fairly and Justly."
Russia Warns th Chinese.
LONDON. The Standard's TU n
Tsln corespondent srvs that Paul Les
sar. Russian minister in China, has
nncwcl his protein nunl:ist the dis
patch of Chinese furies outside Iho
great wall and has intimated Hint un
less they are withdrawn Russia may
lie compelled to ad on the assumption
I hat China Is abandoning her neutral
ity. Tito mlnbter Is aim reported
to have renewed Ills threat that on
Hie slightest movement on China's
part Russian troops v nt man It in
j Peking.
TO INTERCEPT JAP SHIPS.
Rumor Regarding Russia's Vladivostok
Fleet.
PARIS The Helm De Paris corre-
K.oii(lent at St. Petersburg says it Is
rumored in naval circles there that
Captain Peitzcnstein's Vladivostok
squadron has been ordered to overtake,
at a certain point on the Pacific, the
battleship and two cruisers bought
from Chili by Japan and return with
them to Vladivostok.
The correspondent says It is ru
mored that ICmperor William of Ger
many has refused to accept three cruis
ers built at Kiel and Stettin, on the
ground that they did not conform to
the terms or the contract, and that
Russia is negotiating for their pur
chase. ,
The Russian general staff, the cor
respondent, says, estimates that the
number of Japanese troops landed In
Korea does not exceed 7.",ooo.
Lost Papers and State Court
Restore His Rights.
U',WllVi"IVl' r...
.mi n,. 1 tie supreme
riinrl if (I,,. 1 ..!,.. 1 ... .
" i linen males, in an
opinion, by Justice Rrown. affirmed
the finding of the court of claims in
1 ne case of Charles Gagnon against
tne l lilted Slates and the Sioux am
ineyoniie Indians, an Indian depreda
tlMIl efl'-n I (1 ... .1 .. I .1. ..
"" ink 1 ue question as
to whether a common law court has
jiu i.-.Mi-uou 10 enter a judgment of
naturalization In a ease in widen 1.
lu .,11.. I .1 . .
'""-Ken 1 u;u naturaiizai ion papers
had been granted thirty-three years
rgo, but of which no record remained.
The point was decided in the nega
UM-. uagnon, claiming lo hav lost
1.1 t: ,
n H.iiiouHauon papers, applied to
the district conn In Richardson coun
ty Nebraska, where he claimed lo
nave been naturalized In LS(i3, to de
1 nun a naiiiraiizttd citizen. This
the court -did, mil withstanding no rec
ord or the former proceeding was
found. Hie court held mis process
to ne irregular and refused to allow
tlm claim.
Preparing for a Long Siege.
ST. PICTKRSHCRG. The Russians
are continuins prepnrr.tions for a
prospective siege of Port Arthur by
riii-hlng large quantities of supplies
to that point. According to the Nov I
Krai as many as forty cars, loaded
with barley, chickens and other foods,
arrive dafly.
GET FINAL INSTRUCTIONS.
Canal Commission Meets and R:ceives
Letter from President.
WASHINGTON.- Preliminary work
was begun by the Isthmian canal com
mission. The Ilrst full meeting of the
commission was held in 1 lie offices of
Admiral Walker, ihe chairman. The
session resolved itself Into an Informal
discussion, of various features of the
preliminary work and of preparations
for Ihe first visit of ihe
to Panama. President Roosevelt en
tertained Ihe members of the coiuinU-
sion nnd Secretary Tart at lunch 1.
During the luncheon there was a gen
eral discussion of various phases of
tin' canal question.
General instructions to ihe members
of the commission were contained in
n letter from President Roosevelt to
ihe commission, under date of
MarthS. -
You cannot make clouds for others
and live in 1 1n clear lig.it yourself.
Naval Captain Commended.
WASHINGTON. -Captain Royal It
Hi uil ford, commanding ihe battleship
Illinois, Is warmly commended in the
report made public or the llndlng of
Ihe court of inquiry which Investi
gated the collision of the Missouri
and Illinois off Giiaiitanntuo for his
splendid seamanship, which, the re
port says, saved the Illinois Trim
what would almost lm vitality have
proved her total destruction had It mil
l-cen for Ihe excellent Judgment shown
by her captain at M-veral critical moment.
Kansans Ask Big Appropriation.
W ASHINGTON -A large delegation
of Kansans. comprising Kenaiors. ren-
reseniailves and prominent citizens of
the hinte called at the War depart
ment and were heard at length by
General Mackenzjc, chief of engineers',
upon the pending proportion to
straighten out and change the course
of the Raw river with a view 1,1 ih
prevention of a repel il Ion of the Hood
which cumilfed purl of Kansas CKy
nnd oilier Kiiiishr towns The dele
Knibui wants ll.r.iio. 01 begin woilt
COMBES WILL HOLD HIS PLACE.
French Premier Says He Has No In
tention of Resigning.
PARIS In the course of an inter
view Prime Minister Combes denied
ihe reports that he will Immediately
retire from the premiership as a re
sult of (he recent cabinet reverses.
M- r '"'x says he recognizes that the
situation of the ministry is ilelienlo
hut that so tar as he Is concerned, he
proposes to pursue to the end Hie work
he has undertaken without deviating a
hair's breadth from the course he
planned.
This statement Is Interpreted as ap
plying to the work in connection with
the pending law for the supresslon or
the teaching orders, which probably
will be passed In a lot-might, when the
premier' main work will have been ac
complished. Nationalists Win Victory.
Dl'ltLIN. The nationalists In the
St. Stevens Green division or Dublin
Heeled Lawrence Waldron In (III ihe
vacancy in Hie House of Commons
caused by the death of James McCann
by a majority of (',20 over ihe unionist
r:indldate. Wr. Waldron Is a v.calihy
stock broker. While he was not an
official nationalist candidate, he Is
pledged to support home rule and Ihe
proposal to establish a embolic mil
verslly In Dublin and id opp.ise ihe
present financial rehuion between
Inland nnd Great llriialn.
LONDON number of rumors are
printed in newspapers here this morn
ing which must be read with reserve.
The Telegraph's Toklo correspondent
cables or the Japanese occupation of
J'ort Arthur afU'r a combined luml
and sea attack Saturday and Sunday.
It Is asserted that a division of
Japanese landed on ihe Lino Ting
peninsula Saturday and engaged the
Russians near Port Arthur, while the
fleet bombarded that place from Sat
urday evening until Sunday morning.
The same correspondent reports a
sharp encounter at Chyong Syong, on
the Value river, about thirty miles
northeast or Wiiju. in which the Rus
sians lost lino killed or wounded.
The Daily Chronicle's Shanghai cor
lespomient bears n-oin New Chwang
that the Japanese crossed Tat Tung
pass and th::t collisions with the Rus
sians occurred.
Reports from Seoul and Korea are
to the effect that Marquis Ito has ar
ranged to lend .1.00(1,000 yen to Korea
on easy terms.
According (o the Standard's Tien
Tsin correspondent. China Is appeal
lug to the powers for an extension of
a year in the period for the payment
of the indemnity LrowitiL- out of tlu
Haxer troubles.
The Tien Tsin correspondent of the
Daily Mail reports that Kaloka. a Jap
anese merchant and Russian spy. has
been assassinated by being burled
alive, lull thai the Japanese author!
ties dlrnvow any knowledge of the
assassins.
TI... 1 1
.Morning i-osi s n?mtiurg cor
respondent says that Russia lias pur
chased the Hamburg steamer llafls
which lsxiiow at Vladivostok, for 52.1
000, and that the vessel's name bar
been changed to Alexetrapnnt.
CHINESE ARMS MENACE RUSSIA
Forty Thousand Troops Drilled by
Foreigners Ready for Field.
PARIS The Figaro's correspond
enl in Merlin telegraphs that a Ger
man officer who has just arrived then
from Maiicuiiria says serious opera
lions in the far east will not be be
gun hi fore the end of June. The
principal obstacle to Russian victory
according lo (his officer, is the fact
that -IrttniO Chinese troops, well
trained and with German and Japan
ese instructors, are menacing Russia's
lines or communication. Russia, wit!:
the support of Germany, will protest
against this concent ration of Chinest
troops.
According
I'nt of (he
confirmation
destruction
noat destroyer Sketi al Port Arlliui
by the explosion of a submarine mine
The correspondent saws that ihr
mikado yesterday bade adieu to 4!i,r
officers who Were leiivimr for Hi
trout.
Natural Resentment.
Rei. Dr. Fourthly wa-. rendr.ir
the morn r.g lesson.
"'Doth not een nature itself teach
"' he said, 'that If a man have
'1'iig hair it is a shame unto him:"'
Whef; ;;rl) (,.( t. who l,Ml
pencil to be In town that d.iy, and
had gone to church for the tlr-t lime
in 2,1 years, fingered hU rcvolwr
ominously, but thought better of it.
and avenged himself by withholding
the 51 Kohl piece he had Intended to
drop into (ho basket when u camn
around.
Temporary Truce '
"What do you do when your wIN
ms j , y,,,, f.V(,r rui0, j-or
other woman before you m
asked Ruggles.
"1 temporize." said Uoggles.
' Ti mporl.-.c?"
"Yes; I tell her I haven't time to
i.in:eratc them all."
Double.
any
her? '
He Saw
r$53W 1
Wiiai
Win-
keeps
don't
Mrs. l!oo.e (3 a. 111.)
.vou so long in the hall.
5 ou come up to bed?
Mr. Fuller Moo.,. ( loaded 1-Tl.etesh
two hie- hall racksh down hete hie
-mid I don't know hie w hi, h nU
to hang my hat on.
Mrs. Iloo.e Hang one hat on each.
Rather Unappreciative.
(Veil (setitin entally) Don't you
feel gloomy when the sky Is overcast
wilh gray, when the rhythtui n.in
rounds a dirge upon the roof, and the
landscape's beauties are nid by the
weeping mist?
Hazel (sweetly) Yes;
Hilly annoying. It. does
hair come out of curl so!
it's dread-
make one's
His Confession.
She had worked ber leap year
rogativo and lie had balked at
pre-the
to the Tokio correspond
Petit Pa'isienno official
has been received of thr
of 1 lie Russian loriiede
hurdle.
"Ah," she sighed, "(his
and unexpected Mow!"
"If it. will make it any easier for
you," said die marble hearted young
man. 1 m willing to admit that I
dreadfully."
a cruel
siioro
MILLARD SEES THE PRESIDENT
No Channe in U. S. District Attn,.n-u
at Present.
WASHINGTON. While at thr
While house Senator Millard talked
to the president about ihe case of Wil
liamson S. Summers. I'nited Staler
attorney for Nebraska, whose re
moval from office it Is said, has been
promised by the president lo Kdward
Rosewaier of Omaha and Senator
Dietrich of Nebraska. Senator Mil
lard put the matter to the president
In such a way that no elinn,... uin 1..
nude in the office for some lime al
least, and Summers will remain when
he is until Senator Millm-.i i c.n.
" ' 1 'III'
reed that he ought to be siiceeedei
by someone cise. Senator Millard has
not yet reached the p lint of asseui
to tills proposition
It is said there is no question lliat
Summers will eventually rail or reap
pointincnt, but ihe president will not
are to hasten his removal until Sen
rilor Millard is willing.
CUTS THE APPROPRIATION.
Money for the Lewis and Clarke Ex
position.
WASHINGTON The house com
mittee. 011 Industrial arts and exposi
tions considered in an all day session
the report or Its subcommidce on the
senate bill appropriating 51,7.1(l,ooo
toward the Lewis mid Clarke exposi
tion to be held at Portland. Ore.
The sub-eoinnilltee cuts the appro
priation 10 52011.11I10 for a government
exhibit; 522.1.0UO for government
buildings; $2.1.000 for an Alaskan ex
hibit; 52.1,000 Tor a Philippine exhibit,
and authorizes the coinage of 2.10,000
souvenir dollars. These dollars are to
sell at 5- each and the profit will go
to the exhibition company. The full
committee will consider the bill again
Saturday.
Exposition Officials Deny It.
ST. 1.0ns, Mo.-When shown a
dispatch from New York lo Ihe effect
thai a concern managed by J, D. Mc
Grcgor proposed to furnish a large
number of non union persons to mi
employment contracts with Ihe
World s fair. Walter M. Stevens, sec
retary of the exposition company,
said; "The exposition com pa n has
no knowledge of MiGiegor and his
plans. There Is no agreement between
,cotu esslonaires and the World's fair
as 10 the employment of labor, 1111I0.
or otherwise,"
Same Old Story.
Muggsby That fellow Naggj Is the
biggest fool crank I ever met.
Juggins How's that?
Muggsby-l argued with Iiim two
hours yesterday without be'ii- able
to convince him that I was riyht and
he was wrong.
That Young Man Is Doomed.
Anxious Mother What are the In
tentions of thai young man who culls
on you three times a week?
Pretty Daughter Oh, it doesn't
matter in the hast. This is l.--up year
and I know what my Intentions .11 e i,
right.
A Living Proof.
Anarehlsts After Police.
ROMIv Another anarchist murage
was attempted, but the Inl, rnnl nip.,
chine, which was placed on Ihe win
(low sill of the residence or Police
Commissioner Minn, was discovert d
In time lo prevent any damage being
done. The machine was Id -mlcal
the one which was exploded March
IS outside the residence or Commis
sioner of Police Laurent, ami hl, h
wrecked Ihe. house, killed mi artillery
officer, Major Pnnln nn.t fi-nll. .r
j wound, d Mil" a (!o- ihern.
Remarkable Marksmanship.
WASHINGTON-In a private letter
received at the navy department from
an officer on hoard Ihe Kearxarge. iho
following remai kable record made by
luat battleship In her target practice.
Just completed al PensHcola, is given:
One Ihlrteenlneh Rim made Hx lilts
out of seven shots in five minutes
and twenty sounds. An eight liu h
gun made ten hUs mil of ten shots
In rive iiilnuicK and twenty si mis.
ami a live lm li ami msde eighteen
hit out nf elRh'c hot n ,v ,!.
lite.
I
Willie Rapphedd No, I have no
bwothcrs or slstahs. I'm the only
child of my pawents.
Miss Oldestili Dear me! And there
are people who will persist in a.-sert-th
it marrnlRn Isn't a failure:
No Market Left.
"You know my Intentions are ?rxid,"
he pleaded.
"Of course," was the reply, ''an.! I
suppose you might sell them fur pav
ing blocks if hades wasn't pretty well
paved already. As it Is, it looks to
me as If you had loaded up with good
for which there Is no market left."
Would ir She Couki
"I believe you'd stand before
mirror all day." said Mr. Closely snap
plshly. "doing nothing but changing
your dresses.''
"Perhaps I would," replied Mrs.
Closely dreamily. "If 1 hud tin
dresses."- Stray Stories.
A Toast.
'Tut down that glass!" cried Mrs.
Jawsum, catching her husband In the
act of taking a we nip. "If you drink
that liquor I'll never speak tu you
again as long as I live."
"My dear." mid he, as he (rulped
it down, "here's locg lire to yon."--Philadelphia
Pros.
Cautious.
"Is In- the nuilior of the piece?''
"Weil. I wouldn't care to make that
an utKi'ialilb'd tattnicni, but tie th,
man who t!ra the rojalllw."