REPLY OF RUSSIA
WHAT IS SAID REGARDING MAN
CHURIAN PROPOSALS
ALL TO BE TREATED ALIKE
Commercial Privileges In the Interior
Are to Be Common Property Goods
of All Countries Will Be Carried on
- Same Basis
ST PETERSBURG The Russian
foreign office has explained or denied
Iho eight demands made on China re
garding Manchuria
Regarding the whole negotiations
which have been dragging on since
January the foreign office says
There is nothing directed in any
manner against the interests of the
other powers or their commerce oth
ers enjoy the same rights of coin-
merce in the interior as we Of the
towns not opened to trade the rail
way will carry Russian and foreign
goods alike through the country but
we or they cannot sell them in un
opened towns If the towns are open
ed all will be benefited alike It is
in the railways interests to demand
the widest possible developments of
trade The pourpaleurs contain
titudinous decisions which were not
foreseen when the evacuation was de
cided upon
Commenting on each point separate
ly the foreign office says
1 Reported Demand No more
Manchurian ports or towns are to be
opened
Answer Absolutely false Not our
affair
2 Reported Demand No more
foreign consuls are to be admitted
into Manchuria
Answer Depends upon China Not
mentioned in our pourpaleurs
3 Reported Demand No foreign
ois except Russians are to be em
ployed in the public service in Man
churia
Answer False
i Reported Demand The present
status of the administration of Man
churia is to remain unchanged
Answer Unimportant
5 Reported Demand The cus
toms receipts at the port of New
Chwang are to be given to the Russo
Chinese bank
Answer Such is the present ar
rangement
G Reported Demand A sanitary
commission is organized under Rus
rian control
Answer Extremely important
since an English vessel in 1902 intro
duced the plague
7 Reported Demand Russia is
entitled to attach the telegraph wires
and poles of all Chinese lines in Man
churia
Answer False
8 Reported Demand No territory
in Manchuria is to be alienated to any
other power
Answer The integrity of China is
already adopted into the Russian pro
gram No need to discuss that now
WASHINGTON Considerable in
terest was shown here in the Russian
answer regarding the eight demands
made on China It was regarded as
of great importance and if borne out
by subsequent information will meet
in a general degree the desires of the
American government
MUST PAY THEIR WAY HOME
Army Officers Who Are Discharged on
Their Own Application
WASHINGTON D C The United
States supreme court Monday decided
two cases involving the question as
to whether army officers who upon
their own application have received
discharges when distant from home
are entitled to travel pay and commu
tation for subsistence The cases
were those of Sweet and Barnett both
of which were decided by the court
of claims favorably to the claimants
That opinion was reversed by Mon
days decision
The opinion was delivered by Jus
tice Holmes who said that the prac
tice of the war department and the
treasury department in not allowing
claims of this character had been long
maintained and that the court was of
the opinion that the system should
not be overruled
Turks Defeat Insurgents
SALONICA European Turkey A
band of about 500 insurgents partly
in Bulgarian uniforms was defeated
by a Turkish force near Radovitz
April 19 Thirty insurgents and nine
Turks were killed
The Koniep Asia Minor division of
Redifs numbering sixteen battalions
has been called out for active service
in Macedonia and Albania
Grand Master Mason Dies
KANSAS CITY Mo John C Yo
cum grand master of the Masonic
grand lodge of Missouri died Sunday
at a sanitarium at Bonner Springs
Kan near here aged 49 years after
a long illness Burial will be at Ann
ville Pa Mr Yocums former home
Morgan Sails for Europe
NEW YORK J P Morgan and Miss
Morgan Andrew Carnegie and Mrs
and Miss Carnegie were passengers for
Europe on the White Star liner Cedric
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CHURCH MERGER POSTPONED
Preachers Fail to Harmonize Doc
trines
PITTSBURG The church merger
will not materialize as the represent
atives of the Congregational Meth
odist Protestant United Brethren and
Christian Union denominations dis
agreed Thursday on the plans submit
ted
It was decided that committees from
eadh denomination confer during the
summer and endeavor to harmonize
the different doctrines so that a prac
ticable plan of union may be present
ed to another confeisnce
MUST RESIGN HIS POSITION
Government Employes Cans Run for
Elective Offices
WASHINGTON D C The atti
tude of the administration towards
effice holders who become candidates
for elective offices in indicated by a
telegram which Postmaster General
Payne on Wednesday sent to a news
paper at Spokane Wash in response
to a query Mr Payne wires as fel
lows
If the assistant postmaster accepts
the nomination and becomes a candi
date for mayor he will be expected
to resign his position in the post
office
GERM THAT CAUSES SMALLPOX
Professor in Haravard Medical Col
lege Makes Discovery
BOSTON Mass The Globe an
nounced that Dr William Thomas
Councilman the Shattuck professor
of pathological anatomy in the Har
vard Medical school has discovered
the germ that causes smallpox The
discovery is pronounced by physicians
who have been made aware of Dr
Councilmans discovery as one of the
really great ones in medical history
and the most important made in Bos
ton rivalling the discovery of ether
as an anaesthetic
The details of the investigation
how each successive step was taken
how valuable scientific information
concerning the protozoa the organism
that produces that highly contagious
disease will on Tuesday evening be
furnished to medical men by the dis
coverer who refrains from making a
public announcement of it until he has
enlightened the scientific world Tues
days meeting of physicians will be
held at the Harvard Medical school
under the auspices of the Boston So
ciety of Medical Science and the no
tices merely state that Dr Council
man will have an announcement to
make upon small pox
Baldwins Reply Kept Quiet
WASHINGTON D C Secretary
Root has received a reply from Gen
eral Baldwin in response to the war
departments inquiry regarding the re
cent published interview with that of
ficer in which he is alleged to have
cast reflections upon colored and Fil
ipino soldiers The reply will not be
made public until Colonel Mills who
was sent to Denver to investigate
makes his report
Loubet Leaves Algiers
ALGIERS President Loubet arriv
ed here Thursday He at once went
on board the cruiser Jeanne DArc
which soon sailed for Phillippevjlle
Proceed with the Hearing
NEW YORK The interstate com
merce commission on Thursday contin
ued the investigation into the com
plaint against the anthracite coal car
rying railroads filed by William R
Hearst just after the recent coal
strike When the hearing opened
counsel for Mr Hearst calied for the
contracts between the Temple Iron
company and the Lehigh Valley the
Lackawanna and the Reeding rail
roads
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CLOSESJHE DOOR
CHINA ACCEPTS THE PROPOSALS
OF RUSSIA
LATTER MAKES HEW DEMANDS
Muscovite Goods to Enter China Free
Insists on Customs Suspension in
Large Part of Empire Other Na
tions Shut from Province
ST PETERSBURG The St Peters
burg correspondent of the Daily Mail
hears from an authoritative source
that China has accepted the Russian
proposals in so fars as it regards the
duties at the lake bounties After
the negotiations with the Tsung li
Yamen the correspondent continues
the Russian minister formulated the
following conditions
1 The importation of Chinese
arms into Manchuria shall be taxed
according to the discretion of the Rus
sian customs authorities and China
shall agree to construct at Galgan a
manufactory to supply material for
the projected Russo Chinese railroad
to Pekin which will pass into the
vicinity of Kalgan
2 China shall establish in Rhardin
an administrative body to insure the
rights vested in the gold mines which
are now being worked by Russian en
gineers
3 All Russian goods sent to Cen
tral China shall be entirely free of
any Chinese customs charges
4 Russia and China shall jointly
agree henceforwarad to close the door
in Manchuria to the goods of all pow
ers
This agreement concludes the cor
respondent will come into force af
ter the opening of the Manchurian
railroad
The Timees correspondent at Pe
kin says he has ascertained that the
fourth demand in the first Russian
document namely that the present
status of the administration of Man
churia is to remain unchanged does
not apply to Manchuria but is a de
mand that the administration of Mon
golia shall not be changed The ob
ject of this is to check the suggested
alteration in the government of Man
churia by which it was contemplated
to transform Mongolia into a Chinese
province
The foreign office continues the
Times correspondent has formally
agreed that Russia is to retain 2100
000 taels receipts from the New
Chwang customs now in possession
of the Russo Chinese bank as an in
demnity for repairing and protecting
the New Chwang rail
way
Cattle Die of Starvation
TOPEKA Kan Within the last two
months the Kansas Live Stock Sani
tary commission here has received
many complaints from cattlemen in
the northern and western part of the
state to the effect that their cattle are
dying of a mysterious disease Many
of the writers declare that the dis
ease is mange and that it has come
into the state from Colorado and oth
ers have other names for the trouble
the matter having benn arranged by
Cuban Theaters Resume Business
HAVANA The theaters which
closed as a protest against the col
lection of a stamp tax have reopened
the reduction of the tax to 1 per cent
Indians Land iuit Delayed
GUTHRIE Okla Associate Jus
tice Hainer has postponed to May 23
the hearing of the case wherein mem
bers of the Kaw Indian tribe seek to
prevent the allotment of the lands in
their reservation The case will be
heard at Newkirk Okla
Jockey Watson Dies of Injuries
SAN FRANCISCO Cal Jockey
Robert Watson is dead from injuries
received in a race at Oakland Sat
urday
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CLOSES THE DORR
China Accepts the Proposals of the
Russians
ST LOUIS A salute or 100 guns
wi1 announce to the world at noon
on April 30 the close of the first cen
tum of an inland empire that Napo
leon sold for a song
One of the most impressive military
spectacles of peaceful times will sweep
through the metropolis of the Louisi
ana domain a glittering display of
American arms and the man Kings
emperors and potentates have sent
their ambassadors to swell the hom
age of this people to the genius that
by bloodless conquest gave to the
country a territory one third the size
of all Europe
The presence of the president of the
United States his cabinet congress
and the supreme court at the head of
the armed column is intended to sym
bolize a government by the people and
its achievements
Orders have been issued by the war
department to mobilize in the build
ings of the exposition 4000 battle
scarred regulars The powerful mon
itor Arkansas is ascending the historic
river once claimed by De Soto in the
name of his Spanish sovereign Gov
ernors of states are picking their
crack militia regiments for a brave
show Ten thousand stalwart types
of the volunteer of the future are bur
nishing their weapons for this day
of dignitaries
Estimates by the passenger depart
ments of twenty nine railways converg
ing at St Louis indicate that from
250000 to 300000 visitors mainly from
Nebraska Missouri Illinois Iowa Ar
kansas and Oklahoma will attend the
dedication
Arrangements for transporting 500
000 persons present a schedule of fif
teen seconds between the delivery of
visitors at the exposition gates This
work has been undertaken by the
street railway systems Loops con
structed especially have been laid at
the entrances of which there are
eight disposed at various points on
every side of the Worlds fair site in
order to avoid congestion
Three days will be crowded with
incident National day falls on April
30 when the president dedicates the
Worlds fair International day fol
lows on May 1 when addresses by the
French and Spanish ambassadors and
a reception to the diplomatic corps will
be the features State day on May
2 will conclude the celebration when
Governor Odell of New York and Gov
ernor Dockery of Missouri will deliv
er addresses a great civic procession
will march over the route of the mil
itary parade and the corner stones of
state buildings will be laid
GOVERNOR RICHARDS IS DEAD
Wyoming Executive Fails to Recover
from Kidney Disease
CHEYENNE Wyo Governor De
Forrest Richards died at his home in
this city Tuesday morning of acute
kidney disease
Governor Richards was born at
Charleston N H April 10 1S4G Af
ter finishing his schooling at Phillips
Andover academy he went to Alabama
and engaged in cotton raising In
1885 he established himself at Chad
ron Neb organizing the Chadron Na
tional bank
Organize a New Steamship Company
SALT LAKE CITY Utah Official
circulars received in this city an
nounce the formation organization
and incorporation of the American
Smelters Steamship company The
circulars were issued from the gen
eral offices of the American Smelting
and Refining company at New York
and are signed by President Guggen
heim They announce the new com
pany will engage in general transpor
tation
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When Father Pays the Bills
who is planning an Easter wedding
for his daughter to a writer In the
New York Commercial Advertiser I
am planning the wedding of my only
daughter and so am learning what
every other father before me has
learned -that the prospective father-in-law
Is the legitimate prey of the
class of tradesmen who get rich out
of the altruism of brides and the gul
libility of papa I refer to the
caterer the florist and the choirmas
ter
It is the duty of every prospec
tive father-in-law to give his daugh
ter a hangup wedding but it is also
his privilege to study economy at tho
same time I first had a conference
with the caterer who helped us out
when it was our turn to entertain
the Frisky Fossils Thursday Evening
Euchre club I remembered he fur
nished us punch sandwiches ice
cream lady fingers coffee and camp
chairs for fifty people at the rate of
37 cents a head not counting the
charge for waiters And I calculated
hed charge an old customer at the
same rate per head for wedding
victuals of the same sort But oh
no This is a wedding He couldnt
think of serving a hundred people for
less than 200 and that Avould include
champagne punch I insisted that
common everyday punch was good
enough but the caterer succeeded in
convincing me that only champagne I
When I marry a rich man and take
o eating in restaurants myself in
stead of waiting on other people who
eat there I don intend to talk about
anything but the weather and I shall
liscuss that with a great deal of cau
tion said Waitress No 19 I shall
oe thus guarded in my remarks be
cause I think it had form to give my
amily affairs away before folks the
way most people do when dining and
iunching away from home
I remember for instance the case
it the man and woman who couldnt
agree to get married on account of
heir relatives They sat here for
two solid hours talking it over He
bad three children which she didn3
want to be bothered with and she
nad a mother that he didnt want
aanging around Much as they seem
ed to care for each other neither
would agree to break family ties yet
aeither would accept the others in
cumbrances The argument waxed
pretty hot at times and they went
away still in fighting mood
Several months after that the wo
nan came in one day alone She sat
it my table I was devoured with
curiosity and finally as the risk of
osing my place I spoke to her
It has been a long while since
ou were here I said
She was surprised but she did not
vet angry
All Concerned Unite to Secure a Slice of the Old Mans
Wealth When He Is Arranging for the Wedding
Festivities of His Daughter
There rre two men who in the
midst of their troubles never get any
sympathy and they are the man with
the mumps and the prospective father-in-law
said a citizen of this city
punch should be served at a wedding
wedding feed invariably
reception and that
variably icludes chicken salad and
croquettes a la something So I gavo
Then I sought tho florist My
daughter decided on daisy bouquets
of lil
for the bridesmaids a bouquet
ies of the valley for herself and
boutonnleres of daisies for the ush
ers I figured on 25 cents for the
boutonnleres 5 for the lillies of the
valley and 2 each for the bunch ol
daises and thus fortified I went to the
florist In this item I had to raise
the ante about 100 per cent I got the
boutonnieres for 50 cents me uuj
bouquets for 5 and the lillies of the
valley for 10 and for this price I got
a cascade bunch which I was in
formed was a great concession for
which I ought to be thankful
But I got my real eye opener when
I went to get the choirboys to sing
Now I thought the boys would be
glad to come around to the house and
have a good time and sing Faithful
and True and The Voice That
Breathed Oer Eden for 50 cents
each But I forgot again that a wed
ding changes the aspect of all things
The boys will sing Lohengrin and the
anthem at 5 a head
Thus have my eyes been opened
and my legs been pulled but I am
rejoicing My girl will have as pretty
a house wedding as has ever been
given above 72d street
Well then dont kick when the
livery stable keeper tacks on 10 to
your contract bill for carriage hire
added a sympathetic listener
On the Management of Men
Old Gorgon Graham Writes on the Subject to His Son
PierrepontSome Pointers as to the Successful
Conduct of an UptosDate Business
Consider carefully before you say a
hard word to a man but never let a
chance to say a good one go by
Praise judiciously bestowed is money
invested
Never learn anything about your
men except from themselves A good
manager needs no detectives and the
fellow who cant read human nature
cant manage it The phonograph
records of a fellows character are
lined in his face and a mans days
tell the secrets of his nights
Be slow to hire and quick to fire
The time to discover incompatibility
of temper and curl papers is before
the marriage ceremony But when
you find out that youve hired the
wrong man you cant get rid of him
too quick Pay him an extra month
but dont let him stay another day
A discharged clerk in the office is
like a splinter in the thumb a center
of soreness There are no exceptions
to this rule because there are no ex
ceptions to human nature
Never threaten because a threat is
a promise to pay that it isnt always
convenient to meet but if you dont
make it good it hurts your credit
Save a threat till youre ready to act
and then you wont need it In all
your dealings remember that to day
is your opportunity to morrow some
other fellows
Keep close to your men When a
fellows sitting on top of a mountain
hes in a mighty dignified and ex
alted position but if hes gazing at
the clouds hes missing a heap of In
teresting and important doings down
in the valley Never lose your dig
nity of course but tie it up in all the
red tape you can find around the of
fice and tuck it away in the safe
Its easy for a boss to awe his
clerks but a man who is feared to
his face is hated behind his back A
competent boss can move among his
men without having to draw an imag
inary line between them because
they will readily see the real one if it
exists
Besides keeping in touch with your
office men you want to feel your
salesmen all the time Send each of
them a letter every day so that they
wont forget that we are making
goods for which we need orders and
insist on their sending you a line
every day whether they have any
thing to say or not When a fellow
has to write in six times a week to
the house he uses up his explana
tions mighty fast and hes pretty apt
to hustle for business to make his
seventh letter interesting
Right here I want to repeat that in
keeping track of others and their
faults its very very important that
you shouldnt lose sight of your own
Authority swells up some fellows so
that they cant see their corns but a
wise man tries to cure his own while
remembering not to tread on his
neighbors From Letters from a
Self Made Merchant to His Son by
George Horace Lorimer By permis
sion of Small Maynard Co Pub
lishers Boston Mass
Where People Talk Too Much
Restaurant Waiter Tells of Bad Habit of Many People Who
Dine in Public Places Exceptional Case of
Gratified Curiosity in Point
Yes she said it has been a
long while I am surprised that you
remember me
V C0Ud never forset you I
said You
were here with a gentle
man and you sat here talking about
his children
and your mother
That was an awfully
nervy thing
to do but still she didnt get mad
thatVay116 X -She
stopped as if that ended it
but she proved to be
a true lady with
curiosity of her
own That
made her
sympathetic and enabled her to al
ouuerea unaer th j
wnneSSPresentIy sbe added
We finally fixed it
up all right We
rented an extra house
acros the
street and set mother to housekeep-
inVer ere to
take
re of ha
children The plan has
worked beau
tifully and i dont see why all SS
Pies with irreconcilable
relations do
not solve the problem that wav
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Striking an average of the whole
Orange river colony land
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