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ti ; h i ' THE FIGHT BEGUN HOUSE GETS AFTER THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. MAY CUT THE APPROPRIATION No Definite Action, However, Was Agreed Upon Five Hours Given Up to Discussion of the Legislative Appropriation Dill WASHINGTON Tho annual fight on tho Civil Scrvlco commission was begun In tho house Thursday during consideration of the legislative appro prlallon bill. Tho opposition camo from Messrs. Dartlctt of Georgia, Hop 1iurn of Iowa and Grosvonor of Ohio. Mr. Hepburn moved to strike out tho ontlro appropriation for tho com mission and Its forco of clerkH, at the wamo tlmo denouncing tho civil service as not having Improved slnco the daya of tho spoils system, but on tho con trary, growing loss and less efllclont. Tho discussion brought out somo semi-humorous comment on tho last presidential election. It related to tho lack of votes which were cast for Jtidgo Parker. Mr. Williams of Mis Hlfislpl and Mr. Groat ouor o Ohio par ticipated In this feature of tho debate. Tho session lasted llvo hours and fUlocn minutes. Tho legislative bill was scrutinized carefully In con onanco with tho president's rocom mondatlon against extravagance. Mr. Ilinghnm, In charge of tho bill, re quested constantly to explain somo appropriation. The pay of tho com mttteo stenographers of tho house was reduced from $5,000 per annum to $3,000 and tho house refused to accept tho provision Increasing tho pay of tho sccrotary to the Civil Service com mission. But little progress was mado on tho bill. Tho scnato held only a short session Thursday and adjourned until Mon day. An attempt to Bccuro consideration of tho xmro food bill was defeated by n demaud of Mr. Aldrlch that tho bill bo read at length, which brought an abjection from Mr. Tlllmnu, who did not want tho tlmo consumed. Mr. Tillman brought tho enso of William D. Crura, tho colored man nominated for collector at Charleston, S. C, Into promlnonco by asking for a report from tho committee on judiciary as to tho status of recess appointments. BY THE JAPANESE. Akasaka Hill Falls Into the Hands of the Yellow Men. TOKIO Itnporlal headquarters lias mado tho following announcement: "Tho result of the bombardment of Port Arthur by our largo calibre guns on tho 7th Instant was very good. Many offoctlvo hltb' wore mado against tho battleships Peresvlot und Poblcda and tho protcctod cruiser Pallada. In consoquenco tho Peresvlot caught flro and at 3:15 o'clock tho Poblcda listed to starboard." ST. PETERSBURG Foreign tele grams roccived here stating that the Japanoso havo succeeded In mounting heavy guns on 203-Meter hill arc re Kardod ms sorlously significant and havo created a deep depression at the war ofllco. If tho reports of tho sink ing of tho Russian warships in the harbor of Port Arthur aro confirmed It occtroya the laBt hope of sortio, and vhon tho end comes nothing roraalnb but to sink thoso that remain In deop wator to prevent them falling Into tho lunula of tho enemy. Tho war ofllco Ik unablo to Identify Aknsnka hill. Evidently It Is a Japanoso name. Tho lmportanco of 203-Meter hill to tho garrison is evidenced by Gener al Stoessol's dosnerato efforts to re capturo It. DERLIN According to a dispatch f'xjm Toklo to tho Lokal Anzelgcr, tho placing of heavy cannon on 203-Meter hill will cnablo tho Japanese to flro on and sink junks nnd other craft bringing supplies for Port Arthur jfrom Cho Foo. TOKIO Tho Japanese troops oc cupied Akasaka hill, fronting on Port Aitkur, yoBlorday afternoon. Ibe'Rucslan armored cruiser Bayan Is reported to be aground. Tho commander of tho Japanese naval guns In front of Port Arthur, telegraphing on Docomber C, Bays: Ad observation taken from 203 Motor bill shows that tho turret ship Poltava Is blink and that tho battle ship Rotvlzan is listing heavily to port. Observations taken December 6 covered tho results of the bombard ment of December C. Are now taking observations from a hill near Shulshl ling. Since December 2 we have dally bombarded the enemy's fleet lying Houth of Palyu mountain. From that point only tho masts and funnel tops of the battloshlps Pobtodn, Rotvlzan or tho cruiser Pallada could bo seen, but It was Impossible to count the number of our shells taking effect. On othor ships explosions resulting from our shells could bo seen, but ow ing to their positions behind hills It was difficult exactly to Identify them. Russians Win Fight. MUKDEN There Is a rumor that the forco of Japanoso sent to turn General Ilennonkampft's flank has been repulsod with great loss. The story Is not yot olllcially eonflrmod, but details aro given with great clr cumstant'allty. It is stated that Gen oral Rcnnenkampff. who knew tho movement was maturing, awaited the Japanese ut tho mouth of one of the 'captured passes, and that tho Japa eso turning forco throw themsolves unsuspectingly Into I ho ambuscade, COO Japanese corpses being collected. RUSSIANS ARE REPUL86D. Toklo Hears that Effort to Retake Hill Results In Failure. TOKIO The Russians are nlht:y attacking 203-Motor hill In a deter mined endeavor to retake tho summit of tho ground In contention. Tho Japanese uro Incroaslng their dofonsch- on 'the position nnd havo suc ceeded ho far In repelling all tho as saults. Tho Russians havo suffered tho heaviest lossos and It Is estimated that they have sacrlflcd 3,000 men In nn effort to rocapturo tho ground, which tho Japanese are confident of their ability to hold. Observations Indicate that the gar rison Is fooling tho shortngo of men. Tho works against Sinigshu moun tain and the forts to tho eastward aro progressing speedily nnd nil Indica tions point to an early general as mult, although tho data when It will begin Is kept secret. It Is expected that the next general assault will provo successful. The effective bombardment of tho Russian battleships In Tort Arthur, which began on Saturday last, was ono of tho results of the capluro of 203-Meter hill. Up to that tlmo tho warships hnd been able to seek Bhcltcr from tho Japanese flro under Pclyu mountain, but tho capture of 203 Meter bill November 29-30 enabled tho Japanese to train their guny on tho Russian vessels, with tho result that a number of them havo boon Bet on flro and tho others must cither put to sen or suffer Irreparable damage. SOME SENATE MEASURES. National Campaign Funds and Good Roads. WASHINGTON Senator Carmack Introduced a Joint resolution providing for tho appointment of a commission composed of members of tho scnato and tho house, to lnvostlgnto tho col lection nnd expenditures of money by national committees In the Interest of presidential candidates. Tho resolution declares that tho commission shall provide for publicity of theso collections and expenditures and It unlawful to rnako collections for corporations engaged In Interstate commerce. Tho committee Is dlrectod to mako especial investigations Into tho elections- of 189G, 1900 and 1901 nnd to go Into tho subject as to whence tho money used In them wa3 roccived and how It was used. Senator Latimer, from tho commit tee on agriculture and forestry, ro- portod favorably the bill known ns tho "Latimer good roads bill." It carries an appropriation of $24,000,000 to bo nvailablo In three annual Installments of $8,000,000 for road building In tho stntes. Under the provisions of tho bill tho btntcs arc to do tho work of construction and pay ono-half of tho cost, tho natlounl govornmont paying tho other half. PROGRAM FOR INAUGURATION Committee Decides That the Ball Will Be Held Saturday Night. WASHINGTON Tho inaugural committeo which has chargo of tho arraugemonts for President Roose velt's Inauguration March 4 held Its first mooting Wednesday and unani mously declared to hold tho Inaugural ball on Saturday night, March 3. This action wns preceded by a dis cussion of n suggestion that that func tion, always a featuro of tho Inaugural ceremonies, should be held on tho Monday night following ; that Sunday would not necessitate tho early clos ing of tho ball and Interception of tho promenade concert program. It was pointed out, however, that thousands of visitors would loavo Immediately after tho formal Inauguration and thnt If tho ball was deferred until Monday evening tho attendance no cessarlly would bo comparatively small. Tho Inaugural parado, It Is said, will bo an unusunlly largo one, both In point of civic, as well as mili tary representation. An effort will be mado by tho com mittee to secure legislation from con gress permitting the use of tho pen sion ottlco building for tho Inaugural ball. MAY PAY KENTUCKY A VISIT. President Conditionally Accepts an In vitation. WASHINGTON. President Rooso volt received an Invitation to visit Loulsvillo, Ky., next spring, and ho gnvo a conditional acceptance. The prosldcut told his visitors that unless thero should bo an extraordi nary session of congress next spring a subject on which, he ndded, his own mind was not quite cloar ho proh ably would go to San Antonio. Tex., to attend tho annual reunion of his old regiment of rough riders. Tho presi dent said ho expected to visit, on his way to San Antonio, Roswell, Ga., which was the home of his mother. It Id likely that other stops may bo made on tho trip to Texns. Froin San Antonio tho president may take a trip Into tho mountains of Colorado to git Fome shooting. The hunting expedi tion may consume two or threo wook3. Decide Money Was Stolen. SAN FRANCISCO Tho detectives of Woll3, Fargo & Co., aro In search of the man or men guilty of stealing tho $15,000 which mysteriously dls appeared a week ago from tho for warding department of tho express company. All hopo that tho missing money eventually might be found in ono of tho eastbound coin safes, whero It was thought It might havo been placed by mistake, has been abandon ed. Reports havo been received from all points to which coin saves woro shipped the dfy of disappearance. WORK THIS WEEK VHAT CONGRES8 WILL DUSY IT SELF ADOUT. THE PHILIPPINE CIVIL BILL It Will Be Discussed In the Upper Houso With a Vote on Friday. House Will Give Consideration to Pension Dills. WASHINGTON The principal event scheduled for tho senate tho present week is tho taking of tho voto on tho Philippine civil bill which Is cot down for next Friday at 3 o'clock. Under tho agreement to vote, tho bill remnlns tho unfinished business1 of tho senate until that date and It will have preference over all other questions each day after 2 o'clock. Many domo cratlc senators are opposed to tho bill, but tho best Information otbnluable is that there will bo no debate on tho Philippine question. Thoy will devote their efforts- to securing n modification of somo of the provisions of tho bill as especially obnoxious, giving special nttentton to tho bond and Chinese Im migration clause. Aftor the vote on tho Philippine bill Friday tho senate will adjourn until tho following Monday and it Is considered doubtful whether much more business of general Im portance will bo then undertaken until after Chrlstmns, as many senators have announced their Intention of leaving- for homo Immediately after tho voto on the Philippine question. It hnd been tho orlginnl Intention to press for adjournment as early as tho 19th Inst., but there Is now manifest a dis position to allow tho house to havo Us way In fixing tho dato for tho 21st, oven though tho scnato remains technically in session, as will bo tho case, according to the present outlook. It Is tho Intention not to transact much business other than tho Philip pine legislation during tho present week. Senator Hepburn on Mondny will make an effort to secure consider ation of tho pure food bill, but If ho succeeds in getting It befoto the sen ate It would not be seriously proceed ed with before the holidays. It Is be lieved thnt tho statehood bill will not bo roported from committee beforo tho holidays. Tho houso will begin tho second week of tho session with consideration f prlvato pension bills, Monday hav ing been mado pension day. On Tuesday tho resolution reported by tho Judiciary committeo to Impeach Charles Swayne, judge of tho north rn district of Florida, comes before tho houso as a special order, Its con ilderatlon having been deferred by resolution at tho last session to that flay, and authority given tho judiciary committeo to tnko further testimony. MI tho evidence taken, Including that jeard slnco tho last session, has been printed for tho use of members of tho 'jouso. A supplemental report has been submitted to tho houso by tho judi ciary committeo advising tho houso of additional testimony. It Is probable that tho appropriations committeo may roport a short urgent deficiency bill during tho week, and It Is barely posslblo that the District of Columbia ipproprlatlon bill may bo reported by tho end of tho week. COUNT MADE OF STRAW MEN. Becond Batch of Contempt Cases at Denver. DENVER. Tho state supremo :ourt took up tho contempt chnrges tgalnst Thomas Culp and M. L. Dc vanny, judge In precinct ten, ward loven, at tho late election. Attorney Thomas Ward announced that tho prosecution would provo that only 23S persons entered tho booths to voto. whllo tho returns showed that 417 ballots had been counted.. After hearing testimony of the watchers and otherB In support of tho tharges tho court ordered that the onllot box shall bo opened tomorrow And Its contents submitted for cxamln itlon to two experts In penmanship. A warrant has been Issued for James Riley, the third judgo in this precinct, but ho has not been found. ROOSEVELT IS CRITICISED. Civil Service Reform League's Ob jections. WASHINGTON. At tho final scs sion of the National Civic Scrvlco Re form league President Roosovelt was ipvorely criticised for tho exemptions in the service through executive order mado by him during tho last three rears. Nelson S. Spencer, formerly member of the municipal civil servlca romralsslon of New York City, made a direct attack on tho courso pursued by the presldont, which was loudly ap plaudod by many of tho civil scrvlco reformers present. Tho president was defended by formor Civil Service Com missioner Foulke, who declared tho country was to bo congratulated on aavlng a president who was actuated by considerations of justice, as well m of law. TALK OF SPECIAL SESSION. WASHINGTON Leading mombers Df the senate fluanco committee, whilo oot willing at this time to discuss for publication tho likelihood of a special vossion of congress to revlso tho tar iff, feel that tho subject Is ono which ihould receive consideration between tho president and members of con gress. Tho lmprosslon prevails In both houses that tho question will not bo decided hastily, despite the fact that a majority Is bellove' - be opposed to rcvUlon MORE MONEY FOR DIPLOMATS. Secretary Hay Recommends Increase in Salaries. WASHINGTON. In tho ostimntos for tho diplomatic nnd consular serv ice forwnrdod to congress by Secretary liny through tho treasury department recommendation Is mado for Increas ing tho salaries of a largo number of officers In the service. It Is recom mended that Argentina be Increased $2,000, that of the minister resident to Liberia $3,500, and that provision bo mado for a minister to Ron man I a and Servla and ono for Greece and Monte negro and for a consular agent at Hulgatla. Increased salaries aro rec ommended for tho secretaries of loga tion to Turkey and Switzerland. A third secretary Is proposed for tho legations to Itlay and Austria and new consulates at the following places at tho salaries named: Alexandria, $2,500; Belgrade, Servla $3,000; Bucharest, Roumanla, $3,000; Carlsbad, Autsria, $2,000; Sandokan, British North Borneo, $3,000; and a consulate general ut Teheran, Persia at $3,000. An increased nllowanco of $2,000 for bringing homo criminals Is asked, nlso $50,000 for carrying on tho work of delimiting tho boundary lino be tween tho United States and Canada. Increases wore recommended In the salaries of a large number of consul ates. Increases of $20,000 in tho ag gregate in allowances for clerk hire Is recommended for thlrty-nlno con sular offices. BATTALION OF PHILIPPINES Scouts Who Served at World's Fair Organized. ST LOUIS, Mo. On orders re ceived from tho war department at Washington, tho following officers, who havo been on duty at tho Louisi ana Purchase exposition, aro relieved and ordered to their proper stations: First Lieutenant Frank W. Howell, Eleventh infantry; First Lieutenant Kirwin T. Smith, Sixth infantry; Sec ond Lieutenant James A. Hlgglns, Thirtieth Infantry. By direction of tho president and under provisions of a congressional enactment tho Fourth, Twenty-fourth, Thirtieth and Forty-seventh com pnlncs of Philippine scouts arc or ganized into a battalion, with tho fol lowing officers: Ono major, ono first lieutenant, battalion adjutant to bo selected from tho officers of tho Phil ippine scouts, one second lieutenant to be battalion quartermaster and commissary, to be selected in tho samo manner, and one battalion ser geant mnjor. Captain William H. Jonhnston, Sixteenth United States infantry, has been detailed as major of tho Phlllpplno scouts and assigned to tho command of tho battalion. Profits of British Cotton Mills. LONDON. Eighty-seven cotton spinning mills, employing capital amounting to over $15,000,000, mado a profit of only $150,000 for tho year ended November 30. The samo mills last year cleared $220,000. USE OF MONEY IN CAMPAIGNS. Senator Carmack Offers Bill to Regu late It. WASHINGTON. Senator Carmack Introduced a Joint resolution providing for tho appointment of n commission composed of members of the senate und tho houso to investigate collection and expenditures of money by nation al committees In tho Interests of pres idential candidates. Tho resolution declares that tho commission shall provide for publicity of theso collections and expenditures and mako It unlawful to mako collec tions from corporations engaged In In terstate commerce. ' Tho committee Is directed to mako a special Investiga tion into tho elections of 189G, 1900 and 1904, and to go into tho subject ns to whence tho money used in them was received and how It was used. Tho resolution was referred to tho committeo on privileges and elections. CABLE TO CANAL ZONE. Purpose of a Bill Introduced In the House. WASHINGTON. To connect the canal zone on tho Ithmus of Pana ma with tho United States by cablo Is tho purposo of a bill Introduced today by Representative Wanger of Penn sjlvannia. Tho bill provides for tho construction and operation of such a cablo under control and direction of tho Panama government, secretary of war and tho secretary of the navy, provided tho cost of an American mado cablo will not exceed by more than 10 per cent tho cost of a foreign mndo cable. The total cost of the cable is fixed at $2,000,000 and $300, 000 is made immediately available for Its construction. A maximum rate of 25 cent3 a word Is fixed for commercial messages be tween tho canal zone and tho main land of tho United States. Govern mental and press dispatches aro to be sent at reduced rates. A Green Goods Man. NEW YORK. Graver L. Collins, known to tho police as the "Lono Green Gaods Man," waa arrested by a post office Inspector, though ho was supposed to havo been killed In n Canadian train wreck several months ago. Ho is wanted by federal officers In Now Jersey. Collins' method was to advertise In western nowspapers. Correspondents received from him green goods circulars and also paper with silken threads in it similar to government paper. Money sent to blin for samples he pocketed. ARE IN RETREAT RUSSIAN GARRISON AT PORT ARTHUR FLEES TO MOUNTAIN. RUSSIAN SHIPS ARE SINKING Detallo of the Capture of Meter Hill. Mikado's Men Unable to Understand Why the Russians Do Not Fight LONDON According to tho Morn ing Post's Shanghai dispatches, tho Port Arthur forces, with tho exception of those manning the forts, havo al ready retreated to Laoto mountain. Details continue to filter In of ths capture of 203-Meter hill. Tho Dally Telegraph's correspondent explains that tho capturo was duo to a strong nnd sustained Japanese feint against tho eastern fortifications on tho night of December 5, and tho position of 203-Meter hill, being an enfilading one, forced the Russians to evacuate with but a contest, a parallel lino of semi permanent fortifications extending east and west and Irregularly over tho slope half a mile west of Else moun tain. The Japanese casualties at 203 Meter hill alone exceed tho total of tho battle of Nan Shan, according to tho Daily Mall's Toklo dispatches. At 2 o'clock in tho afternoon of No vember 29 a Tomaysu detachment, with a 1 attnllon of Infantry and a com pany of engineers, received orders that they must capturo 203-Meter hill, whllo a Yosld dctachmont of tho samo strength had similar orders to capturo Akasuka hill. On November 30 It bo camo necessary to reinforco tho at tackors with a detachment under Major Shlzuta. During tho operation tho cold was so Intense that many of tho men woro frost-blttcn, n3 it was necessary to pass the night without shelter. Tho Japanese, after tho cap ture of 203-Meter hill, anticipated a terrible bombardment from tho Rus sian forts nnd mado preparations ac cordingly, but tho Russians remained strangely quiet. Tho Daily Telegraph's Tien Tsln correspondent reports' that General Oku, after a three days' artillery en gagement, drovo tho Russians on Thursday out of the small lofty Island of Gushan, In the river, ten miles north of Llao Yang. The Russians, It Is added, abandoned a quantity of sup plies nnd several guns and retired to a position eight miles northwest, whenco they heavily bombarded tho Japanese, sotting fire on Tuesday to kerosene depots and causing a great conflagra tion, which did not cer.se until Wed nesday. The Japanese are still gal lantly holding the island with a hand ful of men. Their casualties, It Is al leged, number 5,000. LONDON A dispatch to tho Japan ese legation from Toklo, dated today, says: Tho naval start at Port Arthur re ports that on Thursday evening tho Pallada was set on fire and heeled to port with Its stern sunk. Eleven shot3 hit tho Glllak (gunboat). Tho Bayan took flro at 11:30 and Is still ablaze at 1:15 p. m. Tho Amur (transport) was hit fourteen times and sunk. Many shots greatly damaged tho warehouses and other buildings near Peiyu moun tain and tho arsenal. CHINESE EXCLUSION TREATY. Tedious and Difficult TaBk Presented Negotiators. WASHINGTON Tho new Chlneso exclusion treaty, which Secretary Hay and Sir Chontung Liang Cheng, tho Chlneso minister, aro negotiating, presents a tedious and difficult task. When tho negotiations wcro begun somo time ago It was with tho hopo, though hardly with the expectation, that tho treaty could bo signed in tlmo to be sent to the scnato at tho opening of congress. If tho treaty reaches congress beforo tho close of tho present session the negotiators will feel that their work progressed rapidly. To safeguard tho country even more adequately than does the present treaty against tho immigration of Chlneso laborers of any class, and to alleviate as far as can safely bo done tho alleged hardships which even tho best peoplo of China are forced to un dergo at tho gateways of this coun try, aro two results, which It Is hoped may bo obtained by tho new treaty. It 13 stated on authority that thero Is no foundation that tho now treaty Is designed to let down tho bars against indiscriminate Chinese Immigration. Famine in Central Russia. ST. PETERSBURG. The following official statement was mado today In regard to reports of famine In Central Russia: "No famines havo occurred. Thero Is a bad harvest In Southern Bessarabia, and also, but not so bad, In two districts of Kherson, two of Poltava and three of Nizhni Nov gorod. The government is aiding the peasants In theso districts with loans to purchase food and seed grain. Tho times are hard, but tho people are not starving." Filipinos Start For Home. ST. LOUIS Ono hunddred and forty-five Negritos, Bagabos. Samal Mo ras and Lanao Moras, tribes that were on exhibition in the Philippine reser vation at tho World's fair, left Wednesday on a through train over tho Burlington and Northern Pacific railroads for Seattle, where they will take ship for Manila, Fred Lewis haa charge of the party and with him are Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hopping. Rica McSIo and Valentine Semllla. The Phlllpplno board presented each trlbs with a large American a LAND FRAUD CASES. Purpose of the Government to Punish Guilty Parties. WASHINGTON. An offlolal state ment wns given out by the Interior de partment announcing tho govern ment's purposo to prosccuto every guilty man In the public land frauds to tho full extent of the law nnd regard less of position in life. The statement follows: "Tho conviction In Portland, Ore., yesterday of flvo persons for land frauds, which will be followed next week by tho trial of sovoral others In dicted for tho same offense, Is but an other stop towards the consummation of the policy entered upon by tho sec retary of the lntorlor, when It became known, nearly three years ago, that frauds were being perpetrated In con nection with tho public lands, to run down nnd prosccuto tho guilty ones to tho full extent of the law, without re gard to their position In life. Tho de partment has encountered many obsta cles whilo engaged In this work, but has moved steadily onward and ha3 had the hearty co-operation of tho De partment of Justlco in bringing theso land criminals ta justice. "Theso land frauds havo been far moro extensive than tho public real ize, and tho work of securing- tho nec essary proofs has been a difficult one. but thero Is no abatement of tho inten tion to secure the conviction of tho land thieves. No ono will bo shielded, whether high or low, nnd tho work of prosecution will bo vigorously carried on." REVISION OF THE TARIFFF. Matter That Gives Roosevelt Much Concern. WASIUNGTON. President Ttooscf vclt Is confcrlng dally with members of both tho senate and tho houso of representatives on tho subject of tariff revision and how the work shall bo accomplished. Ho has found that strong opposition exists to considera tion of the subject by congress at an extraordinary session to bo held next spring, and it can be said that tho idea of calling an extraordinary session for next spring practically has been aban doned. It has been pointed ont to tho president that it would bo nearly Im possible for tho committeo of congress to prepare a tariff measure for pre sentation to the houso beforo July 1, next. Representative Watson (Ind.) had a conference with the president While no decision yet has been reached re garding tho revision of tho tariff, It is pretty well understood now that If revision should be decided upon, an extraordinary session of congress will bo called, to meet next fall. Tho subject will bo taken up at that session, and its consideration probably bo taken up and concluded at tho regular session next December This arrangement, It Is believed, will cnablo congress to dispose of tho tariff question nt a comparatively early dato In tho regular session. MONEY TO PAY ALL BILLS. Iowa Exposition Commission Keeps Within Appropriation. DES MOINES Ex-Governor Larra bee, president of the Iowa commission on tho Louisiana Purchase exposition, with Secretary Freeman Conaway of tho same commission, arrived homo from St. Louis, whero they havo at tended the exposition and closed up affairs for Iowa. An executive commit teo meeting was held to go over tho accounts and arrange for a settle ment Secretary Conaway will tako an office at tho state capitol and de vote his time for two or three months to closing up affairs. Tho commission will bo able to pay all bills and settle everything without making use or any of tho $25,000 additional appropriated for specific purposes, but It was pro vided that nono of it could bo used until all the other appropriation was used. While somo departments needed tho additional sums It was not needed In all departments and nono of It was touched. Tho commission turned over all tho Iowa property to tho State Board of Control and that board Is now In charge. It has already btarted tho work of dismantling the Iowa building and It Is probable that build ing will bo tho first to bo torn down. The furniture and materials aro being shippod to various places In the state. GENERAL NOGI IS CHILDLESS Both of His Sons Have Been Killed in Battle. Headquarters of tho Third Japanese Army, via Fusan. On the morning of December 2, the Russians- granted per mission to the Japanese to gather their dead and wounded from the eastern fort on account of tho night fight of November 26. Yesterday the samo concession was asked for by tho Russians" concerning 203 Meter hill. The request was granted, but the privilege was with drawn today. ' In the fighting or November 30, tho second son of General Nogl was killed on 203-Meter hill. General Nogi's old est son was- killed In tho battle of Nan shan and ho is now childless. Big Horse Breeding Scheme. DENVER John W. Springer, ex prosldent of tho National Llvo Stock association, is at the head of a pro ject to establish near this city what Is believed will bo tho largest colony In America for breeding flno horses. Each breeder will be a specialist In his line. Tho colony will include nearly ten thousand acres of land, and within the boundaries will bo raised American coach horses, Belgian heavy draft horses, heavy harness colts, thor oughbred Kentucky saddlers and trot ters. ! r
