THE ALLIANCE HERALD
T. J. O'Keefe, Publisher.
ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA.
Brief Telegrams
Koro Beckett, onco a fnmoiiH bal
let donccr, was found dead In hor
New York homo. It Is bol loved to bo
a caso of murder.
Secrotnry Cortolyou delivered tho
unnunl address nt the nnnunl meeting
of tho American Academy of Polltlcnl
and Social Science at Philadelphia.
Tho Oregon stato republican con
ventlon selected four delegates to tho
national convention and Instructed for
Theodora Roosevelt for nomination
for president,
Aithblshop Messmo-- of Mllwit.'Juc
has j ist Issued a biter to thc clerpv
tu hiH Archdiocese In which ho for
bids them taking an active part !r
ports politics.
Walter Woltman snvs that Ameri
can publishers nro almost frantic In
jhelr quest for an nuthor who will
wrlto a novel that -w 111 command nn
mormons srie.
A dispatch to tho London Times
from Glantze, Tibet, Indicates that tho
local offlcors are suing with tho Brit
ish mission under Colonel Younghus
band for peace.
Albert A. Ames, former mayor of
Minneapolis, was arrested Thursday
on an Indictment charging him with
accepting a brlbo December 15, 1001,
from Bessie Leo.
Great Britain and Franco havo Blgn
cd tho colonial treaty. Political sit
uation In Morocco nnd Egypt is un
changed, whllo tho republic obtalus
threo African concessions,
Tho operators and miners of the
Ohio sub-district, embracing tho Pan
handlo companies of West Virginia,
adjourned after a fruitless conference
of ten dayn over the wage scale.
II. M. Snyder, a capitalist, has
formed a corporation to plpo natural
gas from Independence, Kas to Kan
sas City, furnishing tho towns along
tho route, u dlstanco of 1G0 milcR.
Professor Borden P. Bowno was ac
quitted of the charges of heresy by
tho Now York East conference, which
nlso refuses to consider now charges
filed against tho Boston philosopher.
Nino candidates for tho Cecil
Rhodes scholarships from Nebraska
universities nnd colleges completed
their examinations nt tho University
of Nebraska, looking to admission to
Oxford.
Tho resolution nsklng tho General
Conforcnco to restore tho time limit;
for pastorates was defeated ln the
Now York Conferenco of tho Me tho.
dlst Episcopal Church by a voto of
105 to 100.
Professor Bliss of' tho department
of mechanical engineering of tho New
York University has been dcleg-itod
to go to St. Louis (his month to In
call tho university exhibit at the
WoMd'fe Fair.
Tho house conunltteo on military
affairs authorized a favorablo roport
on a bill appropriating $GO,000 to pur
chase a temporary homo In tho Dis
trict of Columbia for disabled volun
teer soldiers.
Prlnco Cotowayo, grandson of tho
famous Zulu King who was captured
by tho tirUleh In South Africa twenty
two years ago, is n student in Lon
don, and devoting much of his tlmo to
law and history.
Tho houso commlttoo on Industrial
arts and expositions has decided to
postpone further consideration of the
Jamestown, Va., exposition appropria
tion of $3,000,000 until tho next Bes
Blon of congress.
President Roosevelt has spent o
total of forty hours aboard tho naval
steam yacht Mayflower, and always
paid tho expenses Incurred by him
eelf and guests, according to a ro
port of Secretary Moody.
Tho Baltimore Equltablo Lifo In
suranco compnny went Into tho hands
o( a receiver upon tho application of
Stato Insurance Commissioner Wilk
inson nnd upon an answer Illod by tho
company, In which tho appointment
of receivers was consented to.
Mr. Lelshman Informs tho Depart
ment of Stato that in obedience to Its
Instructions ho has requested tho Im
perial Ottoman Government to exert
every possible means to provont an
asylum bolng given to tho murderers
of Missionary Laboroo In Turkey.
Judgo Benton, In tho circuit court
at Richmond, Ky., has thrown out on
pciemptoiy Instructions of mental In
capacity all tho various wills left by
tho late Gen. Casslus M. Clay, This
leaves the general's property to his
natural heirs and cuts off Dora Cloy
Brock', who at ono tlmo received con
pldcrablo notoriety ns tho youthful
wife of tho noted aged statesman.
Senator Fryo has Introduced a bill
providing for tho'retlrement of letter
carriers who havo reached tho ago ol
C5 years and who have served foi
thlrty-flvo years. The bill gives the
retired carriers pay at 80 per cont ol
tho salaries they wera receiving nt
the time of retirement.
Tho House passed tho Philippine
shipping bill, umondlng it so that il
goes Into operation July 1, 190G.
William E. Curtis writes of tho bet
tered condition of tho women of In
dia, morq of whom uro now being
educated than ever beforo In tho his
tory of the country.
THAT FATAL MINE
FORTY-FIVE officers and men
PERISHED.
THE FIGHT OFF PORT. ARTHUR
Rear Admiral Urlu Announces the
Great Japanese Victory Says that
In the Engagement the Islanders
Sustained No Losses.
ST. PETERSBURG Forty-flvo oul
cors and men perished on board tho
torpedo boat destroyer Bozstrasbnl,
whoso destruction by tho Japanese
has been announced,
TOKIO A brief roport from Rear
Admit nl Urlu of Wednesday's fight
lrg off Port Arthur reach tho navy
department Thursday afternoon. It
says Vlco Admiral Togo's Meet at
tacked Port Arthur In tho manrlng
and succeeded in sinking a battleship
of tho Potropavlovsk class and ono
torpedo boat dostroyer. Tho Japa
uoso sustained no losses. One Japa
neno was wounded.
A detailed loport of tho tngago
ment is expected hourly.
The first Intimation of tho result
of Vlro Admiral Togo's seventh at
tack off Port Artnur reached Toiilo
fjt 8 o'clock Thursday morning. It
was received with intenso satisfac
tion, particularly tho reported de
struction of tho battleship Petropav
lovsk. There was a note of regret,
how over, upon the reported death of
Admiral Mnkaroff, for tho Russian
idmlrul commanded tho respect of
bis opponents and tho Jnpancso ad
mired tho manner In which ho had
rehabilitated tho fleet after tho first
lttacks upon Port Arthur, nnd tho
splendid light ho was making against
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GOPGJ POBJEDONO5ET0
A Russian Black Sea Battleship.
DddB. Tno navy, department expects
novices from Vlco Admiral Togo by
.night. It Is known that ho left In
tho vicinity of Port Arthur Thursday
to return to nn unknown bnsc, and
It Is cxi ectcd that ho will reach tele
graphic communication by night.
WASHINGTON Tho Japanese
minister has received a dispatch from
his government embodying nn official
report from Admlrnl Urlu, regarding
the engagement off Port Arthur, ns
followa:
"According to the report of tho tor
pedo destroyer flotilla No. 3, our
fleet approached Port A thur on tho
13th of April nnd sunk one battleship
of tho onemy of the Potropavlovsk
type and ono torpedo boat destroyer.
No damage to our fleet. No report
yet from Admlrnl Togo."
ST. PETERSBURG Vlco Admiral
Stark, formerly In command df tho
Russian fleet at Port Arthur, in an
Interview Is quoted as saying:
"In my opinion tho Potropavlovsk
struck ono of tho contact mines laid
off Cape Lino Shan, but which had
been torn from Its moorings by tho
terrible storms prevailing last weoit,
and which drifted under tho stress of
the south gales Into tho roadstead.
It could not hnvo been a mine laid
near tho entrance of tho harbor, be
cause tho latter aro not contact
mines, out uro flrod by an electric
wlro from the shore."
DUTY ON COAL MUST REMAIN.
This is What Austen Chamberlain
Tells Anxious Petitioners.
LONDON Tho combined efforts, of
tho coal owners oxporters, ship own
ers and miners havo failed to Induce
Austen Chamborlaln, tho chancellor
of tho exchequer, to ropeal tho coal
duty. A deputation representing all
the above Interests laid tho case be
foro tho chancellor Tuesday and
pleaded that tho duty was disastrous
to every industry connected with tho
coal trado and enabled their German
and other rivals to displace British
coal. Mr. Chamberlain In reply
lengthily cnipared the arguments of
tho petitioners with tho facts In his
possession, p.nd said there was no
reason for tho abolition of tho duty.
Ho said that tho fact that the ex
ports for tho last year were tho larg
est on record disproved tho gloomy
forobodlngs of tho deputation.
New York Bank Goes Down.
NEW YORK. Tho fedoral bank, a
stato institution in this city, was
ilobod and ofllcials of tho stato bank
ng dopartmont aro in charge. David
Rothschild was prestdont of the Instl
.utlon until a few weeks ago, when
-eports having como Into circulation
that the hank was connected with tho
Gloho Securities company, which 1
loaned money on(salarlos, ho resigned
and was succqeded by William
Woods, who, with Doollttle, had se
cured control of the bank. Tho
bank's capital Is $250,000.
AWfUL DISASTER.
An Explosion on tho Battleship Mis
souri. PENS COLA, Flo. By the explo
sion of 2.000 pounds of powder in tho
nfter twelve-Inch (in ret and tho hand
ling room of tho battloshfp Missouri,
Captain William S. Cowlcs, command
ing, twenty-nlno men wore Instantly
killed and flvo Injured, of whom two
will die. Tho Missouri was on tho
target range with tho Texas and
Brooklyn at practice about noon whon
a charge a powder In tho twelve-Inch
left-hand gun Ignited from gases, ex
ploded nnd dropping below ignited
four charges of powder In the handling
room and all exploded.
Only ono man of tho entire turret
and handling crew survives. But for
u-o piompt nnd efficient action of Cap
tain CowIcb in flooding tho handling
room nnd magazlno with water ono of
tho magazines would hnxe exploded
and tho ship would have been destroy
ed. Cnptaln Cowles, completely over,
come by tho disaster, referred all
newspnper men to Lieutenant Ham
mer, the ordnance officer. The lnttcr
gavo out a statement of tho explo
sion nnd Its probable cause. Accord
ing to him, about noon, after tho first
pointer of tho nft twelve-Inch piece
had fired his string nnd tho second
polntor hnd fired the third shot of his
string, (ho charge Ignited. Tho
fourth shot was being loaded, and
from nil Indications the first half of
tho charge had been rammed homo
and the second section was being
rammed home, when gases from tho
shots previously fired, or portions of
tho cloth cover, Ignited tho powder.
The breech wns open and a dull
thud gavo notlco of something un
usual. No loud report was made, but
flames were seen to leap from overv
portion of the turret. A few seconds
later another oxploslon, somewhat
moro fierce, occurred. This was In
tho handling room below, whore 1.C00
pounds of powder, or four charges
ready to bo hoisted above, had Ignit
ed. Fire quarters wore sounded and
In less thiih live seconds after tho
first explosion two streams of water
were being played in the rooms, and
when voluntoors were called for ev
ery man of tho ship responded.
Captain Cowles gavo his commands
and but for his presence of mind nnd
that of the officers of tho ship, tho
Missouri would havo gono down. Tho
second explosion occurred near ono
Oi the magazines nnd so hot was tho
Arc that the brass work of tho maga
zines was melted.
Smoke and tho fumes of the burned
powder mado it almost impossible to
enter oithor tho turret or handling
room. Every officer and man In tho
port and nil but three in tho hand
ling room were killed.
Three minutes nfter tho explosion
all tho dead had been brought on deck
and the surgeons from the Missouri,
Toxns and Brooklyn were attending
to thoso not dead.
Tho twenty-five men of tho turret
vero found lying In a heap. They
had started from the exit when tho
first explosion occurred and had Just
reached there when tho more terrlblo
explosion In tho bundling room oc
curred, which turned c.nL, strangled
them to death. Lieutenant Davidson,
tho ofllcer In charge of tho turret, evi
dently had given some command to
the men, as he was on top of tho
heap of mon.
Tho accident Is tho most serious
that has occurred In tho American
navy since t o blowing up of tho
Maine In Havana narbor In 1898.
Tho bodies of tho dead were hard
ly recognizable, tho terrlblo and quick
fire having burned clothing from tho
bodies or tho men and the flesh hung
to them In shreds. Tho faces wero
mutilated by tho smoke and flames
only. Only ono man was broathlng
when the turret crow was rescued nnd
ho died a moment after ho reached
tho deck.
Senate Confirms Baxter.
WASHINGTON Tho senate on
Tuesday confirmed the nomination of
Irving F. Baxter as United States at
torney for tho district of Nebraska.
Pension Deficiency of $1,500,000.
WASHINGTON, D. C Commis
sloner Ware of tho pension bureau
was beforo the sub-committco of tho
appropriations committee, which Is
proparlng tho general deficiency ap
propriation bill nsklng for $1,500,000
to meet the amount required for pen
sions undor order GS, tho ago pension
order. Tho amount was to cover tho
expenditures up to July 1, this yoar.
Tho amount has beon included in tho
bill, but the domocrats have given
notice of a mlnorltv rrnnrt nml n rmi.
I test over this item. '
THE TWO HOUSES
WORK IN CONGRESS FOR THE
PRESENT WEEK.
FEATURES OF LOWER BRANCH
Appropriation Bills to the Front In the
Senate Pension Measure to Be
Given Consideration Other Matters
in Both Houses.
WASHINGTON Statehood and ship
subsidy will bo tho feature of tho
houso proceedings this week, with con
ference reports and minor bills to fill
in tho gnps. Tho committeo on rules
oa Monday morning will decldo on a
program for tho statehood bill. Tho
rulo on this matter, which will bo
brought in for adoption Monday, will
call for consideration of tho bill Tues
day, with debato limited probably to
four hours. It is now tho Intention
to dispose of this bill entirely on
Tuesday.
Tho rule making a special ordor for
tho Gardiner bill, providing for a Joint
commission of members of the houso
and senate to Investlgato tho whole
question of ship subsidy during tho
recess ol congress, will be brought
forward by Mr. Grosvenor on Wednes
day. Debato on this measuro will
consumo probably six hours. Tho
Alaska delegate bill will remain the
"continuing order" nnd receive con
sideration whenever there Is nothing
elso beforo tho house.
Tho present plan of tho leaders, con
templates final f IJournment April 28.
There will bo an effort to keep ap
propriation bills to tho front all tho
JJmo during tho present week in tho
senate, and to this end tho sundry
civil bill will be tnken up on conven
ing Monday. When it is disposed of
tho pension appropriation bill will bo
pressed and it is hoped that that bill
will in turn bo immediately followed
by the general deficiency bill. The
senate leaders are apprehensive of tho
effect of the conspiration bf various
bills on the calendnr and nro exercis
ing their ingenuity to keep them In
tho background.
There are some features of the
sundry civil bill which will cause dis
cussion and it is believed that it will
hold attention during Monday and
Tuesday. Tho pension bill usually
goes through without debate, but It Is
probable there will bo quite a little
discussion on tho pending bill.
If opportunity Is offered Senator
Hnnsbrough will endeavor to obtain
consideintlon of tho Indian agreement
bills.
Senator Fairbanks also stands ready
to seize the first chance that offers to
press his hill for a new executive
building in Washington.
HAVE FAITH IN KUROPATKIN.
Russians Believe Japs Will Be Driven
Out.
PATHS A dispatch to the Matin
from Its St. Petersburg correspondent
says:
"Tho Russians have the fullest confi
dence that General Kuropatkln will
soon drive tho Japanese out of Korea.
"Whllo a strong army blockades
Ping Yang another army corps will
advance ot Seoub these being tho only
points wherein serious resistance is
expected.
"Tho empress was so shocked by
tho disaster to tho Petropavlovsk that
sho has been obliged to keep to her
bed. Sho got up a few hours Satur
day. "The emperor Is working hard and
is not receiving anyone, not even tho
high court officials."
Japs Use Submarine Boats.
ST. PETERSBURG M. Suvcrlno,
manager of tho Novoo Vremya, says
ho ban seen a letter, dated March ID,
from Dr. Volkovltch, who was drowned
on tho Petropavlovsk, In which It Is
alleged that Vice Admiral Makaroft
and his staff declared that tho Japan
ese wero using submarine boats anu
that Port Arthur was not detonueu by
Russian mines.
Iowa Man at Head of University.
DANVILLE. Ky. Dr. Frederick W.
Hlnltt of Fairfield, la., who was recent
ly elected president of tho Central uni
versity of Kentucky, to succeed tho
late Dr. W. C. Roberts, has announced
his acceptance and will take charge
of tho university soon.
Give Out No War News.
ST. PETERSBURG On account of
the holidays tho committeo on .mili
tary censors sat for only an hour
..onday, leaving their office at 10
o'clock. 1-ater official dispatches from
tho scero of war will not be made
public until Tuesday.
Disease Among Jap Troops.,
ST. PETERSBURG According to
the reports of spies, the Japanese
troops in Korea have beou ravaged
by various diseases. -One of theso
diseases, called "Imblon." is a kind of
Intermittent typhus. Another, called
"souda," which has not yet been stud
ied by Europoan doctors, producos pro
maturo soniiity. Tho patlonts lose
their teeth, bocome extremely weak,
and the nails are twisted back on
tho fingers. Dysentery Is said to bo
very prevalent among tho Russians at.
Harbin.
COURT RULES WITH BRYAN.
Probate Judge Says He Can Remain
Executor.
NEW HAVEN, Conn A decision de
nying In effect tho application for tho
removal of William J. Bryan as exec
utor of tho estato of the lato Phllo S.
Bennett was rendered Saturday by
Judgo Clcaveland of tho probate court.
Tho application was brought by coun
sel for Mrs. Grace Imogeno Bonnott,
tho widow, and other residuary lega
tees on tho ground that Mr. Bryan was
acting contrary to tho Interests of tho
csate. Tho decision sustains a demur
rer flled by Mr. Bryan's counsel nnd
piactlcally denies the application as
Jar as tho nrobnto court is concerned.
The matter will now go to the higher
court on appeal.
Tho clafm of the residuary legatees
that Mr. Bryan was acting contrary to
tho best Interests of tho estato was
based on tho fact that ho appealed as
an Individual and as a trusteo from
tho decree of the probate court refus
ing to incorporate as a part of tho will
tho scaled letter by which Mr. Bennett
expressed a wish that Mr. Bryan
should havo $50,000. It was claimed
by tho residuary legatees that this ap
peal is inconsistent with his duties as
executor of tho will and that ho Is un
necessarily delaying tho settlement of
tho estate.
AFTER BEEF TRUSTS.
Complaints of Western Ranchmen
Effective.
CHICAGO. Prompted by com
plaints of ranchmen of the northwest,
through Representative Martin of
South Dakota, that It was their their
belief that a beef trust existed among
tho western packers to tho restraint
of trado and to the detriment of pro
ducers and consumers, tho govern
ment has begun its investigation.
James A. Garfield, chief of the bu
reau of corporations of the department
of commerce and labor, and assistant
to Secretary Cortelyou, is in Chicago.
Ho has como with Inspector Carroll
of tho department agriculture, pur
posely to make inquiry at tho stock
yards. Other men have been sent to
Kansas -City, Omaha and all the large
cattlo markets, while two representa
tives of the government havo been
sent to attend range meetings through
out tho northwest among thecattlo
raisers. All of these men making In
vestlgtalons In various cattlo centers
nro working under Mr. Garfield's or
ders. When they make their final re
port Mr. Garfield will compile his re
port to Secretary Cortelyou.
SOON TO BE OURS.
France Nearly Ready to Turn Over
Panama Canal.
PARIS All the papers necessary
for tho transfer of tho Panama canal
to tho United Stnte3 aro now com
pleted. They include lengthy Inven
tories and schedules of the property
belonging to .the company, both in
Panama, hero and elsewhere. Theso
have been carenuiy gone over anu
cnecuert up oy v. a. my ann
Charles W. Russell (tho assistant
attorney generals wno camo irom
Washington to assist In the trans
fer df tho property), nnd the officers
of tho (company. The most Impor
tant paper is tno contract tor tno
sale, 'inis sets tortn nil tlie prelim
inary negotiations between the Uni
ted States and tho company, leading
up to tho transfer and the final rati
fication of tho transfer by the stock
holders of the company. Tho con
sideration Is stated to be $10,000,000.
Tho signing ot tho contract will oc
cur Immediately nfter the meeetlng
of tho stockholders next Saturday.
However, as tho meeting probably'
will last until late, tho signing may
go over until Monday. President Bo
will sign for tho company.
WILL BE NO TICKET SELLERS.
Half a Dollar In the Slot Will Open
World's Fair Turnstiles.
ST. LOUIS It has been d"lded by
tho World's fair to install electrical
devices instead of having ticket sellers
and ordinary turnstiles during tho ex
position period.
The Lludell entrance will be the
main gate to tho exposition. i'hero
thirty-two turnstiles aro being lnstall
d, and through this entrance alone
It is estimated that at least 600 per
sons can pass every sixty seconds.
To gain admission to the grounds
a person must approach tho turnstile
and plnce a half dollar in a slot. This
money, as it descends, is still visidio
and releases a lever which unlocks
tho turnstlij. The person can then
pass through the gate and the minute
Vint ho is insfdo the turnstile is lock
cd. Individual gates are being installed
for children. At those turnstiles a
quarter will operate tho mechanism.
With a decent supply of good will
any man can bo honest on a desert
island.
Death of a Guilty Couple.
CHICAGO James H. Johnson, n
railroad switchman, and Mrs. Mary
McGrath, said to havo come to Chi-
' cago recently from St. Louis, were
found dead In bed Suuday In a cheap
hotel In Archer avenue. Tho couple
registered nt tho hotel Saturday as
man and wife and wore assigned to a
room. Escaping gas in their room
started an Investigation, and when
the door was forced open both bodlea
wore found lying side by side on tho
bed. Gas was escaping from a Jet in
tho room.
FUND FOR HEROES
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FOR
THOSE SAVING LIVES.
IT IS CREATED BY CARNECIE
His Great Endowment Will Be Known
a3 the Hero Fund Trust Placed in
the Hands of a Commission of Prom
inent Men.
PITTSBURG It was mado known
bore Friday that Andrew Carnegie has.
created a fund of $5,000,000 for v e
benefit of the "dependents of thoso
losing their lives In heroic efforts to
save their fellow men or for the vic
tims themselves ... Injured totally."
Provision is made for medals to bo
given in commemoration of heroic
acts. The endowment Is to bo known
as "Tho Hero Fund," and consists of
$5,01)0,000 of flnt collateral 5 per cont
bont's o. tne United Stales Steel cor
poration. The trust Is placed In the hands of
a commission composed of the follow
ing r?ntlomen: W. L. Abbott, Edwin
H. Andrews. W. W. Blackburn, Ed
ward M. Blgelow, Joseph Bufflngton.
W. E. Freln J B. Jackson, Thomas
Lynch, Charles C. Mellor, N. Miller,
Thomas Morrison, Frederick P. Per
kins, Robert PItcairn, H. Kirk Porter.
Jamej F. Reed, W. L. Scnife, William.
Scott, W. H. Stevenson, E. M. Wilmot
secretary. The commission held Its first meet
ing hero Friday and mado known the-,
project. It Is learned that the scheme
was conceivet by. Mr. Carnegie Im
mediately after the Harwlck mine dis
aster, when be summoned to New
York Mr. Taylor, chairman, and Mr.
Wllmot, mnnager, to discuss with
them plans for the relief of the suffer
ers from this catastrophe.
On this occasfon Mr. Carnegie an
nounced to Messrs. Taylor and Wll
mot his Intention to endow a fund for
heroes, outlining his plans, and asked
that they consider the project and
write him regnrding It, making such
suggestions and giving such ideas as.
might occur to them. This they did,
and on March 12, Just before his de
parture for Europe, Mr. Carnegie for
warded a letter to Mr. Taylor an
nouncing the plan and stating that
the certificate for tho bonds' had beon
placed in his hands.
Mr. Carnegie warns tho commission
against the danger of Interference or
confltct with tho pension funds for
municipal employes that exists in
many cities and urges It to act in har
mony with such funds. This, as is the;
case with all the details of the fund's
administration, is left to the commis
sion. The claims upon the fund for some
years cannot exhaust It. After soiho
years pensioners will berome numer
ous. Should tho commission find, al
lowing liberally for this, that a sur
plus will remain, It has power to
mako grants In case of accidents
(preferably where a hero has appear
ed) to those injured.
The field embraced by the fund Iff
the United States and Canada and the
waters thereof.
BRAVERY IS TO BE REWARDED.
Proctor Bill to Be Reported Upon Fa
vorably. WASHINGTON. Senator Proctor
today Introduced a bill, which will bo
favorably reported by the committee?
on military affairs, to authorize the '
president to reward distinguished or
especially meritorious bervlce render
ed by certain officers of the active list
of the army. The bill proides for"
tho creation of a distinguished service
list, to include flvo colonels, six lieutenant-colonels,
eighteen majors, ten
captains and flvo first lieutenants.
Appointments to tho distinguished
service list are to be made on the spe
cific recommendation of a board, as
jiear permanent as may he, of five
general officers of the active list of
the army.
Cotton Crop of India.
WASHINGTON. Tho government
of India has Issuod its final general
memorandum on tho cotton crop of
British India, for 1903 nnd 1904, show
ing that tho area undor cotton of 17,
G7Q.599 acres, Is over 1,000,000 acres
larger than the corrected area of last
year, which was then the highest re
turned. Tho official figures of tho es
timated yield Is 2,874,893 bales. The
estimate total yield for this beacon
(excluding the returns from Assam
and Mysore, which did not repdrt labt
year) is approximately the same as
for the last season.
Panama Wants Recognition.
PANAMA. It has beon decreed by;
tho government that all tho consular
representatives of nations who have
not formally recognized the republic
of Panama will be unable to continue
official relations with the government
until such recognition has taken pluce
Afflicted with Trachoma.
WASmNGTON There was landed
at Tacoma, Wash , rocomly fifty Fili
pinos who wero brought to the United
States under contract to take part m
the Philippine Island exhibit at the St.
Louis exposition. Thlrty-nlno of the
number were afflicted with trachoma,
a disease of tho eye. Undor a ruling
by tho attorney general natives of
the Philippine islands aud Porto Rleo
are not aliens within the meaning of
the immigration act and they had to
bo admitted. Congress will be asked
to meet such cases arising hereafter
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