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Brief Telegrams
Republicans of Maryand instructed
for Roosevelt in state convention at
Baltimore
Secretary Taft lias gone for a vaca
tion of ten days in the Adirondack
mountains
The steamer Doric arriving at San
Francisco from the Orient brought
2250000 gold from Japan
In Peru three days of national
mourning has been proclaimed in
honor of the late President Candamo
Governor Herrick has ordered a
court martial in connection with the
recent riots at Springfield Ohio at
which time the negro Dickson was
lynched
The Farmers State bank at Nardin
Okla failed Assets and liabilities
not given It had 18000 in the Cap
ital National bank at Guthrie which
failed recently
Mrs Katherine Bullard 78 years
old and a sister-in-law of Henry Ward
Beecher is dead in Indianapolis Ind
She lived in Helena Mont for several
years
With simple services the body of
Edward L Wentz who met death in
the Black mountains of Tennessee
was buried in Woodland cemetery
near Philadelphia
The directors of the Bank of North
America of Providence R L voted
to recommend to the stockholders
that the institution be placed in liqui
dation
George Lincoln Dunlap of Chicago
is dead in Paris He was 70 years old
Mr Dunlap was at one time general
superintendent of the Chicago
Northwestern railroad
The Canadian department of militia
and defense is preparing plans for
new fortifications Some of these
works of defense will be erected
along the American border
John Brown of Richardson N D is
under arrest charged with killing his
12-year-old son while in a fit of anger
The father buried the body immedi
ately It has been exhumed
The Columbus Aeroplane company
backed by a number of leading mer
chants of Columbus O incorporated
to construct an airship upon lines de
signed by George F Meyer a local
mechanic
The government has been officially
notified of the coming visit of a num
ber of German postal officials who
will inquire into the workings of the
postal service and other means of
communication
B F Yoakum of the St Louis South
western railway denies the report that
the St Louis Brownsville Mexico
railroad company which is being built
by a syndicate headed by him has
bought the Rico Belt railroad
Everett Abbott former treasurer of
the American Marine Transportation
company of Boston who left that city
on March 15 was arrested in San
Francisco on a charge of having em
bezzled from his employers 5852
An order was entered at Chicago
remanding to the custody of the New
York officers Captain John J Healy
former president of the Alaska ex
poration company Healy is charged
with embezzlement of funds belong
ing to the company
Captain Peary the Arctic explorer
negotiating at St Johns N F for
the Eagle to accompany him on an
expedition to the Greenland seas dur
ing the present summer where he will
arrange for his large polar expedition
next season Captain Peary contem
plates a sojourn of four years in the
Arctic regions
Mrs Robert J Burdette of Califor
nia has advised friends in St Louis
that she will not allow her name to
appear as a candidate for president of
the National Federation of Womans
clubs which convenes at St Louis
May 17 Mrs Sarah Clapp Becker of
Denver Colo will be a candidate for
the presidency
The Year Book of the department
of agriculture will be issued early in
June It will comprise an edition of
500000 copies of which 470000 are
resrved for the use of senators repre
sentatives and delegates in congress
and the remainder is reserved for
those connected with the work of the
department It is a volume of 72S
pages illustrated with many litho
graphs half tones And text figures
Rear Adimarl Sewell Kennedy re
tired former paymaster general of
the navy has been selected as treas
urer of the Panama commission Rear
Admiral Kennedy was born in Iowa
Charles Laroussie defaulting chan
cellor of the French legation at Mex
ico City who was recently arrested
at Salina Cruz while preparing to em
mark for Central America was sen
tenced in court last week to two years
and eight months imprisonment
The grand jury at Akron Ohio re
turned an indictment against Art
Simms the prize fighter on the
charge of criminal assault
One hundred members of the Cali
fornia Press association have left for
St Louis where they will spend two
weeks at the exposition
Mrs Elizabeth Harrison Eaton a
sister of the late President Benjamin
Harrison died at North Bend a sub
urb of Cincinnati She is a grand
daughter of President William Henry
Harrison who was a pioneer in this
part of Ohio
A NAVAL SUCCESS
THE FIRST DISTINCT ONE THAT
RUSSIA HAS SCORED
CRIPPLE A JAPANESE CRUISER
Russian Fleet Serais an Attacking
Force Under Cover of Night and Ex
plodes a Torpedo Ship Towed
Away Amid Flames
LIAO YANG The Russian fleet
scored its first distinct naval success
of the war on May 10 by torpedoing
and crippling though not the sinking
of an armored Japanese cruiser in
Talienwan bav
The Russian attack was carefully
planned on May 10 whiio the Japanese
squadron was concentrated outside
Dalny devoting its attention to Ta
lienwan bay and carried out the same
night
The attacking force was not a reg
ular torpedo boat but was only a
small naptha launch in command of
a young naval officer Avho had with
him three jackies The launch car
ried a small machine gun and three
torpedoes When darkness fell the
launch crept out of Port Arthur hug
ging the shore with no lights aboard
and no glow from the engines to be-
The Kinkaid land bill is as follows
Be it enacted by the senate and house
of representatives of the United States
of America in congress assembled
that from and after sixty days after
the approval of this act entries made
under the homestead laws in the state
of Nebraska west and north of the
following line to wit Beginning at a
point of the boundary line between the
states of South Dakota and Nebraska
where the first guide meridian west of
the sixth principal meridian strikes
allel north of the base line between
the states of Nebraska and Kansas
thence west along said fourth stand
ard parallel to its intersection with the
second guide meridian west of the sixth
principal meridian thence south along
said second guide meridian to its in
tersection with the third standard par
allel north of the said base line thence
west along said third standard parallel
tray her presence It was late when
she gained the outer line of the Jap
anese squadron Slipping through
the torpedo boat pickets and select
ing the nearest warship a big arm
ored cruiser she stole toward her
and succeeded in exploding against
her side a single torpedo A deafen
ing roar followed the explosion which
echoed far ashore Immediately
flames enveloped the cruiser which
evidently was badly crippled
The crew of the cruiser was seen
to be fighting the fire which they at
last succeeded in extinguishing A
sister ship took the damaged vessel
in tow aand disappeared to the south
east The launch escaped the hot
fire directed against her by the Japan
ese ships but being unable to return
to Port Arthur or to get into Dalny
she was beached not far from Dalny
Only a few of the higher officers
were aware of the plan the success of
which depended on secrecy The
achievement raised the spirits of the
Russians afloat and ashore and the
young naval officer who was the hero
of the exploit was feted and recom
mended for the Cross of St George
Forty Buildings in Ashes
STEELVILLE Mo The entire bus
iness section and many dwellings were
destroyed by fire which was discov
ered Friday night in a large dry goods
store Forty business buildings have
been burned to the ground The loss
is estimated at 100000 with about
20000 insurance
The happiest bride is not always
the one whose wedding bells ring the
loudest
Mrs Eddy Makes New Rule
NEW YORK Mary Baker Eddy
head of the Church of Christ Scien
tist is reported to have promulgated
an amendment to the constitution of
the church against the segregation of
sexes in clubs As most of the
church members are also members of
clubs and associations founded on
principles that preclude the associa
tion of men and women they are said
to be greatly puzzled over the en
forcement cf the edict Members of
the Masonic fraternity are unJersiood
to be exempt from the ruling
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WHO IS TO BOSS
Canal Commission Subject to War
Department
WASHINGTON President Roose
velt had a long conference with Sec
retaries Hav and Taft and Attorney
General Knox at which the regula
tions to govern the isthmian canal
company were determined on finally
The regulations will be promulgated
formally later but at the conclusion of
the conference Secretary Taft gave a
brief resume of their provisions
While the creation and work of the
commission is committed by law to
the president whise authority in
that regard is practically supreme
the president by the regulations di
rects that the commission shall exer
cise its powers under the direction
and supervision of the secretary of
war
General George W Davis the army
memjer of the commission is appoint
ed governor of the American zone on
the isthmus Until the expiration of
the Fifty eighth congress the isthmian
commission will exercise legislative
authority over the American strip
Governor Davis is given authority to
appoint one judge who shall exercise
judicial authority
Under the operation of what is
known as ae Dockery law the audit
ing of the commissions accounts will
fall to the duty of the auditors of the
from the provisions of this act suqh
lands within the territory herein de
scribed as in the opinion of the sec
retary of the interior it may be rea
sonably practicable to irrigate under
the national irrigation law or by pri
vate enterprise and that said secre
tary shall prior to the date above
mentioned designate and exclude from
entry under this act the lands
state department but beyond the mat
ter of auditing the state department
will not be charged with any control
over the commission The commis
sion will report directely to the sec
retary of war as often as he may di
rect upon all phases of its operations
It will be under the same sort of con
trol of the secretary of war as is the
Philippine commission All direc
tions concerning the operations of the
commission are set out fully in the
regulations and a recitation is made
of all the operations leading up to
the acquisition of the canal property
and the appointment of the commis
sion
Dividing Irrigation Fund
Acting under the terms of the irri
gation reclamation law the secretary
of the interior has set apart 8100000
of the reclamation fund in connection
with the following projects
For the Yuma project on the Colo
rado river covering about S5000
acres in Arizona and California 3
000000
The Belle Fourche project in South
Dakota 00000 acres 2100000
The Malheur project in Oregon 75
000 acres 2000000
The Fort Buford project on the Yel
lowstone river in North Dakota 1
200000
The appropriation will leave only
about 6000000 of the reclamation
fund of 27000000 to be disposed of
Russia Sends Siege Guns
ST PETERSBURG A larm num
ber of siege guns was dispatched to
the far east from here Saturday
Object to American Engineers
OTTAWA Ont During the discus
sion on the Grand Trunk Pacific bill
in the House of Commons Friday the
opposition made a vigorous protest
against the employment of American
engineers in the surveys of the pro
posed railway Sir William Laurier
in reply said that C M Kays mana
ger of the Grand Trunk had written a
letter recently saying that there were
not more than 4 per cent of the per
sons employed on the surveys who
were net either Canadians or British
subjects
I aforesaid
YE
DOCKS AND PIERS BLOWN UP AT
DALNY
WORK DONE BY THE RUSSIANS
In Anticipation of an Attempt of Jap
anese to Take Possession of the
Place Best Equipped Port on the
Pacific Coast
ST PETERSBURG Viceroy Alexieff
has telegraphed to the czar announc
ing that the Russians have blown up
the docks and piers at Port Dalny
Liao Tung peninsula presumably to
render more difficult a Japanese land
ing at that point
Later telegrams received here indi
cate that the whole of Port Dalny
has been destroyed by the Russians
Port Dalny on Talien Wan bay on
the east coast of the Liao Tung
peninsula was intended by Russia to
be the chief commercial emporium of
its eastern dominions An edict pro
viding for its construction was issued
by the Russian emperor July 30 1899
and Port Dalny fully equipped with
all modern improvements docks
to its intersection with the range line ularly along the North Platte river
between ranges 25 and 2G west of the i which in his opinion it may be possible
sixth principal meridian thence south I to irrigate as aforesaid and shall
along said line to its intersection with j thereafter fjom time to time open to
the second standard parallel north of entry under this act anv of the lands
the said base line thence wast on said so excluded which upon further in
standard parallel to its intersection vestigat ion he may conclude can not
awui tne range line between rangos be practically irrigated in the manner
30 and 31 west thence south along said
line to its intersection with the bound
ary line between the states of Nebras
ka and Kansas shall not exceed in area
GiO acres and shall be as nearly com-
i
saiu oounrary ineree running south pact in form as possible and in no
aiong saiu guiae menuian to its inter- event over two miles in extreme length
secuon with the lourth standard par- Provided that there shall be excluded
warehouses and railroad facilities
was opened to commerce in December
1901
Talien Wan bay is one of the first
deep water harbors on the Pacific
coast It is free from ice in winter
time and ships drawing thirty feet of
water can enter at low tide without
difficulty and without the aid of pilots
can sail or steam alongside the im
mense docks and piers where their
cargoes can be loaded into railroad
cars and run direct for 4000 miles into
the city of St Petersburg
Five large piers had been construct
ed each supplied with numerous rail
road tracks and immense warehouses
and elevators gas electric lights and
water and a large breakwater was be
ing constructed so that ships could
lie at the piers and load and unload
regardless of weather Docks for for
eign vessels steam and sail extended
beyond the piers and along the shore
for two miles There were two first
class dry docks one intended for or
dinary ocean steamers and the other
designed to accommodate the largest
vessels of war or commerce
Six million had been expended on
the harbor system before the end of
1902 and it was estimated that the
cost of completing the works would be
nearly 20000000 but this does not
in any way represent the total cost of
the erection of this great commercial
port which with Port Arthur distant
about twenty miles was leased by the
Chinese government to Russia in 189S
Nearly 20000 men were employed
daily on the works The total popula
tion has been estimated at about 00
000 most Chinese Japanese Koreans
and Russians
Royal Relics Bring High Prices
LONDON At an auction in Chris
ties room a Holbein miniature of
Frances Howard duches of Norfolk
realized the unprecedented sum of
13750 At Othebys Lord Nelsons
last complete letter to Lady Hamilton
realized 5150 The letter is of four
pages
Stanley Will Net Lie in Abbey
LONDON It has been definitely de
cided that Sir Henry M Stanly who
died May 10 will not be buried in
West minster Abbey
TO RECLAIM LAND
Money That Is to Be Spent for tho
Purpcre
WASHINGTON Apropos of tho
formal approval by the secretary of
the interior of new irrigation projects
under the reclamation law in Califor
nia Oregon North Dakota and
South Dakota the interior depart
ment has issued a statement covering
tho disposition of the reclamation
fund which is in part as follows
These approvals mark practically
the close of the preliminary or tenta
tive stage of reclamation work Tho
projects in each state and territory
are now well outlined and provisions
made for all the available funds
During the two years which have
nearly elapsed since the passage or
the reclamation laws efforts have
been concentrated on general exami
nations and examination of the mer
its of the various projects These
now have been selected and approved
contingent on securing the water
rights and lands at reasonable cost
and perfecting all details partly com
pleted The situation in each state
and territory is as follows
Arizona Salt river project under
consideration at estimated cost of
about 3000000
California Yuma project
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LAMP OF THE LARGE liOMESTEADS
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West of tiie Heavy luiiae as MebrasKa Entries of 64 Acres May be Made
Sec 3 That the fees and commis
sions en all entries under this act shall
be uniformly the same as those charged
under tne present law for a maximum
entry at the minimum price that the
commutation provisions of the home
stead law shall not apply to entries
under this act and at the time of mak
ing linal ni oof the entrvman
fcec 2 That entrymen under the prove affirmatively that he has placed
homestead laws of the United States upon the lands entered permanent im
withm the territory above described i nrovements of tho ralm nf imt in
who own and occupy the lands than S125 per acre for each acre in
foe entered by them may under the j eluded in his entrv Provided that a
provisions of this act and subject to j former homestead entry shall not be
its conditions enter other lands con- i a bar to the entry under the provisions
tiguous to their said home lead entry j of this act cf a tract which teethe
which shall not with the land so al- I with the former entrv shall not exceed
ready entered owned and occupied ex- G40 acres Provided that nv former
ceed in the aggregate G10 acres and homestead entryman who shall be en
reeidence upon the original homestead j titled to an additional entry under se
shall be accepted as equivalent to re- j tion 2 of this act shall have for ninety
ide nee upon the additional land so en- j davs alter the rassage of this act th
tered but final entry shall not be al- referential right to make additional
lowed of such additional land until five j entry as provided in said section
yeais after first entering the same Approved April 2S 1904
ed construction by secretary at cost
of about 3000000
Colorado Uncompahg e proiect
involving an expenditure of 2500000
ltiajio Minidoka project for which
about 2000000 has been previously
allotted
Montana Milk river project gen
eral allotment of 2500000
Nebraska Reclamation of lands
along North Platte river for which
100000 has been set aside
Nevada Truckee Carson projeet
under construction at a cost of about
3000000
New Mexico Hondo project at a
cost of approximately 350000
North Dakota Fort Buford
pro
ject taking water from Yellowstone
river in Montana at a cost of about
1200000
Oregon Malheur projeet costing
about 2000000
South Dakota Belle Fourche pro
ject costing about 21000000
Utah Conservation of water in
Salt Lake river at a cost of about
1000000
Washington Reclamation of land
near Pasco at a cost of 1500000
Wyoming The storage and diver
sion of Shoshone river near Cody for
which 2250000 has been set aside
All the projects outlined will cost
27000000 and will require for con
struction two or three years They
will reclaim in round numbers lOOit
000 acres of land all of which will
he susceptible of intense cultivation
and should be capable of supporting
a population of 500000 or more per
sons The money expended in con
structing these works is derived from
the disposal of public lands
Captain Allen Ends Life
ST LOUIS Captain Walter Allen
of St Louis connected with the
Worlds Fair Jefferson Guards and a
brother of Private John H Allen
national Worlds Fair commissioner
from Mississippi committed suicide
late on Tuesday by shooting himself
through the heart in a room in the
dormitory of the Washington universi
ty which is now being utilized by the
exposition He ieft a note stating
that ill health had driven him to com
mit the act His wife and two chil
dren survive him
opensTOogBst
PROCLAMATION REGARDING RES
ERVATION LAND GALES
A CHAHCE FORJHEAP HOMES
Entries Can Be Made from Augusl C
After July
to September 1 Yankton Bone
5 at Chamberlain
steel and Fairfax Soutn
WASHINGTON President Roose
velt has signed the proclamation open
August 8 the Rose
ng to settlement on
in Gregory coun
bud reservation lying
ty South Dakota After deducting
lands withheld to state for school pur
opens to settlement
poses the proclamation
ment about 3S5000 acres
Under the provisions of the procla
mat Ion registration will begin July o
at 9 a m at Chamberlain Yankton
Bonesteel and Fairfax and continue
until G oclock Saturday evening July
23 As has been stated heretofore in
these dispatches land will be disposed
of by drawing The drawing will take
place at the Chamberlain land office
commencing at 9 a m Thursday July
2S and continuing for such period
as may be necessary to draw from
the box all envelopes contained there
in Three persons of highest integrity
and of spotless reputation will be se
lected by the commissioner of tho
general land office who will be pres
ent in person to supervise the draw
ing
Entries will be made at Bonesteel
beginning August 8 and continuing un
til September 10 inclusive The land
office for convenience of entrymen
will be temporarily removed from
Chamberlain to Bonesteel in order to
facilitate the rush which is expected
After September 10 subsequent entries
will be recorded at Chamberlain as
usual
Those contemplating filing registra
tion must do so in person at one of
the four towns mentioned above with
the exception of soldiers or sailors
who may employ an agent
No one person may register for
more than 1G0 acres The actual
opening of this vast domain will oc
cur on the morning of August 8
The price of land as provided by
law is as follows Lands taken during
the first three months 1 per acre
within six months 3 after six months
250 per acre All lands remaining
undisposed of after four years shall
lie disposed of by the secretary of the
interior under such rules and regula
tions as he may prescribe
The proclamation among other
things says
All persons arc especially admon
ished that under the said act of con
gress approved April 23 1904 it is
provided that no person shall be per
mitted to settle upon occupy or enter
any of said ceded lands except in the
manner prescribed in this proclama
tion until after the expiration of sixty
days from tiie time when the same
are opened to settlement and oiltry
Alter the expiration of the said
period of sixty days but not before
and until the expiration of three
months after the same shall have
been opened for settlement and entry
as hereinbefore prescribed any of
said lands remaining undisposed of
may be settled upon occupied and en
tered under the general provisions of
the homestead and townsite laws of
the United States in like manner as
if the manner of effecting such settle
ment occupancy and entry had not
been prescribed herein in obedience
to law subject however to the pay
ment of 4 per acre for the land en
tered in the manner and at tho time
required by the said act of congress
above mentioned
After expiration of three months
and not before and until the expira
tion of six months after the same shall
have been opened for settlement and
entry as aforesaid any of said lands
remaining undisposed of may also be
settled upon occupied and entered un
der the general provisions of the same
laws and in the same manner sub
ject however to the payment of 3
per acre for the land entered in the
manner and at the times required by
the same act of congress
PRESIDENTS CUMMER PLANS
Will Alternate Between Oyster Bay
and Washington
WASHINGTON President Rcose
velts plans for the summer were an
nounced by Secretary Loeb Wednes
day They are tentative but probably
will be carried out as follows
The president will go to Oyster Bay
about July 1 remaining there until
after he receives the official notifica
tion of the choice of tho reptiblicrn
convention Then he
expects to re
turn to Washington for a star of two
or three weeks
returning then to
Oyster Bay and
remaining thn e until
shortly after the middle cf Scptembe
It is announced that the nresidnt will
not receive any delegations atOvster
Bay and that he will onlv receive
those visitors on political
matters H bo
come through the national committee
All other visitors to be received at
Oyster Bay will he limited to those
whose missions are on ifficial busi
ness
Prominent PcrccnsArrivc
NEW YORK
The steamer Philn
uelplna from Southampton arrived
unday Among
pasrengers was Dr
D Mayer Tnitod States
consul at
Buenos Ayres WilHam Davis -Ham
Hill Aaron Watson Herbert
Baker and Paul Ocker British jour-
- to bt Louis to
ii iiiri rn i u i -
juusaust convention
Peter Augustus lav gn mt V and
T7ri c ut ie
v Uu otuiut legation at
Ctoi Ctowili
nople Mra Mayer wife
of Coas
Mayer died during voyage from S
ncs Ayres to England
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