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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.
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