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Tho species that travels on land usually weighs about 300 pounds. Tcrfumcd gasollno for automobiles Is tbo latest Innovation in Paris. Tho world will wait with bated breath to learn how It works. Two Frenchmen fought a duel tho other day, in which both woro severe ly wounded. Accidents will happen even in French duels. Tho Connecticut candldato who courteously voted for his opponent and thereby elected him has experi enced a chango of manners. Tom Lawson says ho onco kept Ad dicks from committing suicide. Tho strango thing about it is that ho makes tho statement boastfully. A Chicago man says wood alcohol has an agrccablo taste. It is noticed that when ouce a man drinks it ho never goes back to tho other kind. A Boston scientist has discovered a now kind of grip germ. Ono unsatis factory thing about tbo new germ is that It is no improvement on tho old kind. "Woodman, Sparo That Tree!" is not enough. Somebody ought to wrlto a now song, "Farmer, Plant a Tree!" and teach all tho country school chil dren to sing It. "Who aro most beautiful largo Monties or small blondes, largo bru nettes or small brunettes?" Well, it depends mora or less on which you happen to be with. Dr. R. Heber Newton not only ex presses his faith that tho spirits groet tho living, but ho declares also that men possess hnlos. We all know men who think they do. Tho valued St. Paul Globo 'dis courses pessimistically on Christmas horrors. Nothing but neckties, match safes, pea wipers and smoking sots la its stocking this year? That movement to eliminate tho ragtlmo song may bo worthy, but It Is somewhat late. Tho world has passed tho "Bcdelia" stage and is now In tho deadly cmbraco of "Teasing." Tee economical Now York editor wk addressed a New Year's cablo to tho Btesparor of Japan, "Mikado, To klo," might havo saved four bits more If fca had cut "Mikado" down to "Mike." Ninety years ago tho first great bat tle of Now Orleans was fought. Every body will recall the fact that tho sec ond great battle of Now Orleans was between Sullivan and Corbctt, many years later. v Pref. Perrlno of tho Lick observa tory has discovered a sixth satellite of Jupiter, but as a tolescopo of 10 to 12 Inches in diameter is needed to observe it. comparatively few of us win ever boo it. ohttlon to the marrlaEe of Kin Alfonso of Spain and Princess Vlcto- Ha of Eneland has been raised in sone high places. This being the case, bo is pretty sure to marry her if flho will havo him. OcoTgo Meredith comes out now wltn Ono discouraging declaration that America haB never produced a great writer. And still America doesn't es pecially regret that Georgo Meredith wasn't born over here. TJade Sam's experiments In the matter of world's fair postage stamps have convinced him that a busy peo plo oea not take kindly to tbo idea of licking an unnecessary area of mucil age vruen about to mall a letter. It appears that Mx3. Chadwlck smuggled over $50,000 through the gates OC tho custom house at New York. This fact is likely to cause certain ladles who occupy high social positions to regard her with admira tion rather than contempt. "Gov. Pennypacker," says the Pitts burg Post, "will now show -whether he is a man or a mouse.'1 It must be gratifying to Mr. Pennypacker to kaow that there Is, after the record he has made, doubt on the man-or-souse question as it relatesto him. REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA That Is What the City of St. Pet ersburg Is Facing. BLOOD FLOWING Workmen and Their Supporters Strive to See Czar and Are Slain by the Soldiery. 500 to 5,000, Reported Killed. ST. PETERSBURG This has been a day of unspeakable horror in St. Petersburg. .Tho strikers of yester day, goaded to desperation by a day of violence, fury nnd bloodshed, aro in a stato of open Insurrection against tho government. A condition almost bordering on civil war oxlsts in the terror-stricken Rusolnn capital. Tho city is under martini law, with Princo Vnsllchlkoff as commander of over 50,000 of tho emperor's crack guards'. Troops ore bivouacking in tho Btreots tonight and at various places-on tho Ncvsky prospect, tho main thoroughfare of tho city. On tho Island of Vassllli Ostrov and In tho Industrial sections Infurlatod men havo thrown up bar ricades, which they aro holding. Tho empress dowager has hastily sought safety at Tsarskoo Selo, where Em peror Nicholas II Is living. Minister of tho Interior Svlatopolk Mlrsky presented to his majesty last night tho invitation of tho workmen to appear at tho Wntcr palaco this aftornoon and recolvo their petition, but tho emperor's advisers already had taken a decision to show a firm and resolute front and tho emperor's anBwcr to 100,000 workmen trying to roako their way to tho palaco squaro today was a solid array of troops, who met them with rifle, bayonet and saber. The priest, Gopon, the loader arid Idol of tho men, In his golden vest ments, holding aloft tho cross and marching at tho head of thousands' of workmon through tho Narva gate, miraculously escaped a volley which laid low half a hundred persons. Tho figures of tho total number killed or wounded hero at tho Moscow gate, at various bridges nnd islands and at tho Winter palace, vary. Tho best estlmato Is 500, although there aro ex aggerated figures placing the number at C.00O. Many men wcro accompa nied by their wives and children nnd RULES FOR SHIPPING STOCK Department of Agriculture Prepares Plans to Stop Spread of Disease. WASHINGTON Tho Department of Agriculture has Issued regulations es tablishing, on February 1 next, a fed eral quarantine against a large part of tho south and parts of other states to prevent tho spread of splonetic or southern fever among cattlo. Tbo quarantine linos are largely the same as last year. Tho quarantined terri tory will embrnco tho eastern part of North Carolina all of South Caro llnallnn, Indian Territory, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana; that part of Virginia below tho James river and running to the northeast corner of Bedford county; all of Georgia but Union, Towns and Rabun counties; all of Arkansas, except the two north ern tiers of counties, which are left outside tho quarantine lines during February nnd March, but are placed within tho quarantine during tho rest of tho quarattno period; part of Ten nessoo and Oklahoma, most of Texas except tho Panhandlo, and tho lower part of California. Tho quarantine is declared to be In force until Novem ber 1, but this date Is subject to change. Tho regulations allow cattle In tho quarantined area to bo shipped north In placarded cars, it shipped for slaughter, and placed in quarantined yards on arrival at destination. If tho stock Is unloaded en route it must bo at yards 'reserved sololy for southern catue. anil alter unloading cars must j ho disinfected boforo being used for native stock. Rich Man Shoots Himself. NEW YORK. Jacob Rldgeway Wright who Is said to be a wealthy and socially prominent resident of Wllkesbarre, Pa., was taken from his apartments in the Hotel Imperial here with a serious bullet wound In his left side. He died a few hours after being taken to n hospital. Ho declared that the shot which caused his injur ies had been flred by himself by ac cident. His physician, Dr. Howard A. Pardee, who was with him at the time of tho shooting, was dotalned as a witness. The Cotton Situation. WASHINGTON. - Reuresentatlvo Byrd of Mississippi Introduced a res olution reciting at length tho deplor able condition of tho cotton-raising industry of the country and conclud ing with an Instruction to. tho ways and means committee to make a fa vorable report to the house on a pond Ing bill discontinuing the tariff to fix rates. He said it was a radical change of government principles, He aid the record of the commission in the courts was "twenty-two misses,' one bull's eye and two Inside the ring. IN THE STREETS the In tho confusion, which loft no time for discrimination, tho latter shared tho fato of tho men. Tho troops, with tho exception of a single regiment, which is reported to havo thrown down its arms, remained loyal and obeyed orders. But tho blood which crimsoned tho snow has flred tho brains and passions of tho strikers and turned women as well as men into wild beasts, and tho cry of tho Infuriated populaco Is for vengeance. Tho sympathy of tho middle classes is with the workmen. If Father Gopon, tho master mind of the movement, aimed at open revo lution, ho managed tho affair llko a genius to break tho faith of tho peo plo in "Tho Littlo Father," who, they woro convinced and whom Father Gopon hnd taught them to believe, would right their wrongs. Gorky, tho Russlnn novelist, expresses tho opin ion that today's work will break this faith of tho peoplo in tho emperor. He said this evening to tho Associated Press: "Today Inaugurated revolution in Russia. Tho emperor's prestlgo vvill bo irrevocably shattered forover by tho shedding of Innocent blood. Ho has allonated himself forever from his people. Gopon taught the work men to bellevo that an appeal direct to 'The Little Father' would bo heed ed. They have been deceived. Gopon Is now convinced that peaceful means havo failed and that tho only remedy is force." Midnight Bulletin Firing continues on tho Vasslllostrov. It is rumored that tho workmen thcro havo seized a dynamite factory and also that 30,000 or 40,000 armed strikers from Kolplno, sixteen miles distant, are marching on St. Petersburg. Barri cades erected on tho Island of Vas slll Ostrov late tonight were destroy cd by troops almost immediately, with tho loss of thirty workmen killed. SENDS A MESSAGE. President Wants Action on Export Trade Scheme. WASHINGTON Tho president sent a message to tho senate recommend ing favorablo action upon a sugges tion made by Assistant Secretary LoomfT for co-operation by the De partments of State and Commerce nnd Labor in collecting Information concerning trado conditions in foreign countries. Tho president recommends thnt provision bo made for tho ap pointment of six special agents to bo culled commercial attaches, who shall visit the different countries and mako a study of Industrial conditions with a view of suggesting modifications and changes In tbo existing plans of our foreign commerce. Mr. Loomis, In explaining the plan, said that this plan can be put intc oxocutlon at a very small cost. In fact ho places tho cost of the test at 150,000 per annum. Six commercial attaches or spoclal agents will bo suf ficient to inaugurate the movement.. They would be allowed salaries at ?3,000 per annum and traveling ex penses nnd would be assigned, one to cover Austria, the Balkan states, Ger many, Switzerland, Russia and other countries of northern Europe; one for France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and other countries bordering on the Medi terranean; n third for Great Britain and dependencies; tho fourth for Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America; the fifth for Asia, more particularly Asiatic Russia, China and Japan, and tho sixth to bo held in reserve for special service in any part of tho world. It Is not proposed that theso attaches should have a fixed residenco at any particular capital, but that they may be' transferred from point to point. Homesteads In South Dakota. WASHINGTON The house com mittco on public lands heard Sena tors Kittedgo and Gamble and Repre sentatives Martin and Burke (S. D.) in favor of a bill increasing from 160 acres to 640 acres the amount of land that may be taken up under the homestead act in that state. The argu ment was mado that without this in crease the settlement of the state would be materially retarded. Tho committee took no action. Two Mining Men Murdered. RAPID CITY, S. D. Nows has just arrived by courier of tho murder of the Cain brothers, two bachelors who lived at tho Tamarack mine, flftoon miles west of this city. Tho murder Is the greatest mystery. It is known that tho brothers had trouble with some neighbors and they aro suspect ed of the crime. Tho courier states that tho bodies havo tbo appearance of having been clubbed to .death. One theory is that thoy were murdered for a wagon load of merchandise recently purchased. JAPS ENTER CITY. Victorious Army In Possession of , Port Arthur. Headquarters Third Japaneso Armyl at Port Arthur Tho victorious army Sunday formally entered Port Arthur. General Nogl, with his staff, entered first through tho old town and took his stand in tho public squaro of tho now town. Tho army was represented by ono regiment from each brigade. " Tho procession, which was five miles long, was three hours passing tho saluting baBO, after which tho troops passed out of the city through tho now town. The correspondents then visited tho captured city for tho first time. Tho old town buildings were badly smashed by shells, but In tho new town tho damage was slight. All tho shipping In tho harbor was badly damaged by sholl fire, tho warships' being practically useless, owing to tho Injuries they had sustained by shells. Proposals for tho surrender of Port Arthur wcro first mado December 29 at a council -of war. General Stoessel was in favor of surrender, but some of his general officers wero bitterly op posed to It Tho regimental officers and the troops wero not consulted. Tho first now" they had of the sur render wns January 1, after General Stoessel had communicated with tho Japanese. Tho scenes following tho surrender woro disgraceful. Drunken soldiers filled tho, streets and refused to obey their ofilcers. Many of them destroyed tho guns upon tho positions they had defended nnd came Into tho city with out permission. Tho infantry loudly protested that tho fortress had been given away. They threw their rifles and ammunition into the harbor and proceeded to break Into warehouses and loot and drink vodka until in a helpless condition. It was evident that tho surrender was not necessary, as thero wero 31,000 effective men In the fortress. The suply of ammunition was short, but It was not exhausted. Food was scarce, but private stores wero not requisitioned by the military. There is no difficulty in getting good meals in tho .city even without stores in private warehouses. It was the opinion of tho non-combatants at Port Arthur that tho Bur- render was unnecessary, as tho troops were able and willing to fight to tho bitter end. General Stoessel was much blamed for what was characterized as a disgraceful conclusion of a splendid defense which ended with tho death of Major General Kondratenko, who was loved by tho soldiers and was tho lifo of the defense. Memorial services were held In honor of the spirits of the Japaneso dead, upon tho plain north of tho vil lage of Shulshi, a snort distance from Port Arthur. Regiments- representing tho entiro Japanese army wcro pres ent A shrine was erected on the crest of a small hill and the troops formed a clrclo around It General Nogl and his staff were present. Lunch wau served afterwards In the open to all tho officers present. It was a splendid spectacle. Cowboys Going to Washington. DEADWOOD, S. D. A party of Black Hills cowboys, thirty to sixty strong, Is being organized to go to Washington for tho inauguration of President Roosevelt March 4. Tho men will tako their own horses and bo dressed In cowboy costume. Cap tain Seth Bullock, who has Just re turned from Washington, is organiz ing the party. Merchant Found Murdered. LARAMIE, Wyo. George Gerber, a merchant, was found dead In his store with his skull crushed and throat cut An iron bolt with which he had been struck lay beside the body and tho knife with which he had been stabbed wns still sticking in the wounu. Burkett Tenders Resignation. LINCOLN, Neb. Congressman E. J. Burkett of the First Nebraska district tendered his resignation as momber of the lower house, to" which ho was re-elected last November. Ho will serve out his present term. Hoppe Defeats Schaefer. DENVER Willlo Hoppo won tho 800-point 18-lnch balk line1 billiard contest with Jake Schaefer by mak ing 585 during the second night's play. LABORED AMONG THE INDIANS Abbot Felix de Grasse Dies In Okla homa. GUTHRIE, Okla. Abbot Felix de Grasse, a grand-nephew of the dlstln gulshed French admiral, Count de Grasse, whoso fleet co-operated with Washington's army In tho revolution ary war, ha3 died at the Benedictine monastery of the Sacred Heart in Pottawattamie county, aged 63 years according to advices just received Fathorj do Grasse was born at Ba court, France. For thirty years h lived among tho Pottawattamie and Osago Indians, at first sleeping in their wigwams and eating at theli camp fires. He established numeroui churches and schools In Oklahoma and Indian territory. To Dispose Indian Affairs. WASHINGTON Senator Stewart on Monday introduced a bill to pro vide for the final disposition of the affairs of five civilized tribes in In dian Territory. Provision Is made foi establishing public highways in the Choctaw, Chickasaw and SemlnoU nation; for the discontinuance ol townslte committees; for the payment of all just Indebtedness of the fly civilized tribes; for abolishing trlba courts in the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole nations, and for the dlsposl tion ef lands remaining. HRHBHeinflHUUiildVTO&HHKuV tf TiVJ- v.? to& BftnBilUifMBHv luiBMlHH HHlHI9BHHi9BHHK9iifflnlHHHralnBilB Alexander Alexander Hilton, formerly general passenger agent of tho Frisco system, and prior to that, assistant general passenger agent of tho Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis railway (now absorbed by tho Frisco), has been ad vanced to tho position of passenger trafllo manager for both, tho Frisco and tho Eastern Illinois systems, with (headquarters in St. Louis. Mr. Hil ton, besides bolnj a broad, intellectual HOMESTEAD BILL HEARING. Fate of Martin Measure Depends on Working of Klnkald Bill. WASHINGTON Tho successful working out of tho so-called Klnkald bill giving homesteaders 640 acres of land in the west section of Nebraska will be a factor with tho house com mittco on public lands In determin ing whether the Martin bill, now be foro it, giving 640 acres In a large section of South Dakota, should be come a law. The commlttco has been having hearings on this mea sure, as well as similar ones Intro duced for Montana and Colorado. Senators Gamblo nnd Klttredge and Congressman Burke of tho South Da kota delegation wero before the com mittee. Senator Gamblo mado the principal speech for tho delegation, urging tho pasage of tho Martin bill. Ho stated that tho lands Included in tho great Sioux reservation had been opened for settlement for fifteen years, whllo tho Black Hills cession harl been subject of entry for twenty four years. Theso lands In all amount to about 17,000,000 acres, lit tlo of which had over been entered upon. Ho contended that under the bill tho land could bo taken advan tageously and this groat region set tled and occupeid. Ho showed that 640 acres was not disportionate, as In early days settlers had tho right to enter upon 480 acres under the home stead, timber culture and pre-emption clause tho latter having sinco been repealed. RUMORS OF YELLOW FEVER. Isthmian Canal Commission Wants Official Report. WASHINGTON. Tho Isthmian ca nal commission has cabled to Gover nor Davis of tho canal zone calling attention to roports of tho preva lence of yellow fever on tho Isthmus, and asking for a report on the con ditions. No answer has yet been re ceived, owing to Interruption of the cable service. Tho commission ac credits the cases that already have occurrerd to carelessness of tho pa tients In going into the Chinese quar ter or into other unsanitary sections, and Is anxious to secure, an official report showing tho exact conditions at this time. Tho commission Is ship ping a largo amount of medicinal sup plies to tho canal zono to aid in the sanitation of that region. HOLDING TWO POSITIONS. Dismissal of Postmaster Pogue of ' Texas Explained. WASHINGTON. Postmaster Gea eral Wynne has advised Representa tive Beall of Texas, who recently asked for the department's reasons for removing Oscar Poguo as post .master at Blum, Tex., that Pogue has accepted tho position of president of tho association of national fourth class postmasters at a salary of $1,000 a year, and that he came to Wash ington last November and remained several weeks during a session of congress, presumably in tho Interests of tho association. Tho department felt It clear that ho had not been at tending to his duties ns postmaster. Mr. Pogue remains at tho head of the fourth-clas3 postmasters' organiza tion, although not himself a post master. Dinner In Honor of Lodge. BOSTON. United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was tho chief speaker at a dinner given In his honor by the Middlesex club. In a forty-mlntuo speech Senator Lodgo declared against tho supervision of railroad rates by tho interstate com merce commission, and in favor of a special court, this court to have power only to revise rates, not to fix them. Ho gave warning that unless government supervision of rates was obtained the country would see a rad ical movement for public ownership. Hilton. and well-endowed gentleman, Is also widely known ns a successful and mas ter railroader, respected In business for sagacity and fairness. As a pas Eonger traffic man ho has been widely known and justly popular. During tho lato world's fair ho mado a most en viable record, and Is now president of tho St. Louis association of general passenger agents. Mr. Hilton sweceeds Bryan Snyder. GENERAL STOESSEL TALKS. Correspondent Has an Interview With Him. LONDON The correspondent at Nagasaki of tho Express has hod an Interesting Interview with General Stoessel, In the course of which the general says: "Tho capitulation occurring an Now Year's day was merely an incident.' Tho loss of 203-Meter hill and the; subsequent capture of forts, combined with the deadly marksmanship -with tho terrible eleven-Inch shells, the de pressing effect of the death of Gener al Kondratenko nnd tho fearfol in crease of scurvy, really fixed tho ttmo of capitulation. It Is quite untrue Giat I dissented from the unanimous deci sion of the final council of war. Our final urgent request for relief was never answered. "As regards parole, l alstincfly dls courageu any concerted action. Every officer decided for himself. Generally commanding officers stuck with their men and chose imprisonment Most of tho naval officers also choso captivity, many probably being Influenced by the fear of impending court martial." The correspondent adds that con versation with other Russian officers reveals great bitterness against Ad miral Alexleff for his failuro to prop erly fortify Port Arthur and "his cowardly flight" by tho last trala from tho fortress." They say tho torpedo boat destroy ers that escaped before tho SBrronder carried all the regimental and naval colors to Chee Foo. Tho junior ofilcers denounce tho incapacity and felly of tho government in entering upon the war and declare that all the mca who return to Russia from Port Arthm are revolutionists in Bpirit These pin ions wero openly expressed in the presence of General Stoessel, vhm re marked: "Let them talk; they havo earned the right to think ns they please ey braving untold deaths for our coun try." CHICAGO GETTING SCARED. Because Grain Is Going Abroad by Southern Route. CHICAGO The Chronlclo teday says: Diversion of grain shipments frem Omaha and Kansas City to Enrepean ports via western lines, through New Orleans, Galveston and other guir ports, is being Inquired into by the interstate commerce commission. Tho commission will try to learn whether secret rebates are responsible for the diversion of western grain shipments from Atlantic ports via Chicago to the gulf ports. It is claimed that the uso of the special rate, which is less than fh normal tariff, has been directly re- sponsimo lor Bmpments of corn amounting to over 4,000,000 bushels from Omaha and Kansas City by tocal and Omaha grain shippers by way of Now Orleans instead of Chicago and tho Atlantic ports. Talks on 8tatehood. WASHINGTON Consideratlom f the statehood bill was continued In tho senate Thursday, and Mr. Btane spoko for two hours in opposition to It Tho bill for the remuneration of American fur Bcalers who suffered losses because of their suppression also was debated at some length but no action was taken. Deny Violation of Neutrality. ST. PETERSBURG Tho govern ment has not renewed the state of siege in Manchurlan cities, at the opening of tho new year, civil law in such places replacing military rule The Russian papers protest against the imputation that General Mlstchen ko's cavalry violated Chinese neutral ity, avsn if, of which there Is at pre sent no evidence, they crossed the Liao river above New Chwang. claim ing that a small strip on the west hank in illntlnotiv -.. . 1 . .e8C I 77 . : Ic ' '""Ten as mcjua lea In the sphore of hostilities i v & K ', H-gJHJ.1 ArJU ,t