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THE ALLIANCE HERALD
W. 8. RAKER, Publisher.
ALLIANCE, - - NEBRASKA.
News in Brief
Civil scrvlco examination will bo
ncld April IS for cleric and letter car
rier In tho Lend, S. D pestofllce.
Oovornor Frazlor has vetoed tho bill
increasing tho salary of tho governor
of Tennessee from 1 1,000 to $5,000,
President Roosevelt received con
gratulations upon tils election in a let
ter from tho Catholics of tho Armenian
church.
The stockholders of tho Louisville &
Nnshvlllo Railroad company, at a spe
cial meeting, authorized tho Ipsuo of
$50,000,000 additional bonds.
It Ib announced that tho Canadian
government has decided to grant a
bounty of $G per ton to encourage steel
shipbuilding In that country.
Iord Norton, who, as Charles Ad
derly, took an nctlvo part In tho es
tablishment of colonial self-government,
is dead, aged 90 years.
Letters and consular reports received
In London from Van and other parts
of Armenia, state that tho situation
there Ib steadily growing worse.
Judge Henry S. Foote, Bon of ex
Governor Foote of Mississippi, and
brother of Senator Stewart's first wife,
died of pneumonia at Washington.
It has been definitely ascertained
that tho wholo Russian second Pacific
squadron left tho waters of Madagas
car March 16 for an unknown destina
tion. A decrease of $1,102,001 in its net
earnings for tho year ended November
30 last, Is shown in tho annual report
of tho Sloss-Shcfllcld Steel and Iron
company.
The lower house storthing in Nor
way, by a vote of 48 to 32, rejected tho
government bill proposing to give wo
men equal rights with men to hold
public office.
Governor Frnzlcr of Tennessee has
nlgnod tho antl-raco track betting bill,
prohlblt'ng betting on race tracks In
the state, The law becomes effective
next December. '
Zacharlah Hamilton of Hawthorne,
Nov., crushed tho skulls of his wifo
nnd 7-ycar-old daughter as they lay in
their bed at a hotel, and then blew out
his own brains.
1 The First Methodist church of Ne
braska City, Neb., will colebrato its
fiftieth anniversary soma tlmo In
April. This Is the, oldest Methodist
church In Nebraska,
j Tho Nevada legislature which has
just adjourned broko all records for
American commonwealths by repealing
every restrictive liquor and gambling
law on tho statute books.
At Peoria, 111,, OUb Botts, 21 years
old, was found guilty of murdering hit
girl wife and punishment fixed al
death. Tho youthful defendant laugh
ed at ho left tho court room.
Tho Uintah Indian reservation in
Utah, soon to be opened to settlement
Is described in n pamphlet just Issued
by tho passenger department of tho
Denver & Rio Grando railroad,
Maxim Gorky's lung trouble is In
creasing tho anxiety of his friends.
Tho doctors declare that his transfer
from Riga to South Russia Ib Abso
lutely essential to his recovery.
Tho Appellate court has affirmed a
ruling of a lower court, upholding tho
validity of an ordinance of tho city of
Chicago prohibiting tho giving away
of cigarette papers with tobacco.
Judge Wall of Tampa, Fia., after
arguments, dissolved tho injunction se
cured by Adolphus Rusch of SE. Louis
to prevent tho sale of tho Tampa Hay
hotel to tho Kauffman syndicate.
Governor Pardee of California has
approved tho bill passed by tho last
legislature fixing a flat tax of $10 a
year on all corporations, foreign and
domestic, doing business in that state.
As a reward for her faithful serv
ices in tho capacity of nurse, Mrs.
Allda H. Gray, employed In tho State
hospital at Mlddletown, N. Y., will re
ceive 140,000 from tho estato of a pa
tient Mr. Runau-Varllla, tho negotiator ot
tho Hay-Dunau-Varllla treaty and
Panama's first minister to tho United
States, who is in this country on a
visit, called at the White Houso to pay
his respects to the president.
The 'London Times states that Rus
sia has bought jen Hamburg-American
steamers for delivery at Llbau with
cargoes of coal. It is supposed that
they are designed for employment as
colliers to tho Baltic squadron.
Mrs. Mary Brockwell of .Paducah,
Ky., whoso threo children, aged 3, 4
and 5 years, died from poisoning undei
suspicious circumstances, broko down
and confessed that sho killed them by
gtvlng them morphine and coal oil.
- Before President Roosevelt starts on
his Southwestern trip he will Issuo v
proclamation Inviting foreign nation
to participate lu tho exposition to be
held In the summer of 1907 in tho v!
clnlty of Hampton Roads in celebra
tlon of the settlement of Jamestown
Va.
A man giving tho name of Jamef
Griffith, serving a thirty-day sentence
at Eureka", Utah, on a charge of va
grancy, Is believed by tho authorities
to be Benjamin Pettis, who is wautec
at Montclalr, N. J., for murder nn
.nrenn committed lust month.
THE BIG PACKERS
THEY
MUST STOP TAMPERING
WITH WITNES8ES.
WHAT DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS
More Attempts to Influence Test!
mony Manifested Fifteen Wit
nesses Examined During the Day,
' Among Them an Omaha Man.
CHICAGO Conspiracy indictments
nro threatened ngainst hends of tho
big meat packing concerns unless nl
legod tampering with witnoasos who
havo boon summoned to testify before
tho fodoral grand Jury Is discontinued
at onco. With two witnesses on tho
stand yesterday who, It Is nssertcd,
admitted thnt tljey had beon ap
proached with a suggestion that their
testimony bo mild, the Jury, It is de
clared, is gottlng rendy to take dras
tic measures. "Wo will shut off inter
ference with witnesses," said Assist
ant Attorney General Pagln, "even If
wo havo to resort to proceedings un
der tho conspiracy statuto to do so."
Belief was general that Mr. Pagln
has already laid out plana for now
Indictments.
Fifteen witnesses were heard, threo
women being nmong those who testi
fied. Tho women wore snld to bo ttcn
ographers employed by the National
Packing company.
Ono of tho witnesses before the
Jury was Charles E. Meade of Bos
ton, formerly connected with Swift &
Company's car lines. Mr. Meado said
that ho had not been in that business
for threo years. Tho witness said
that since his retirement Swift and
Company had disposed of their Inter
ests In tho enr lino business.
L. S. Curtis of T. E. Baker & Co.
oi Boston, and Frnnk DImpon of
Omaha were other witnesses before
tho Jury. Mr. DImpon explained tho
meat business from tho viewpoint of
tho medium through which tho custo
mer obtains meat.
Tho fifteen secret service men who
havo boon frequenting tho corridors
in tho building where tho grand jury
is in session were not to bo seen yes
terday. District Attorney Morrison
was said to havo ordered that waiting
witnesses Instead of spending thoir
tlmo in tho vicinity of tho jury room
aro to he concealed In down town
hotels until called before tho jury. In
this way tho witnesses will bo more
readily prevented from learning tho
Identity of the secret service men
watching for posslblo Irregularity.
Ten men arrived in tho Jury room
in tho afternoon and reported to the
government officiate. It is said that
tho ten arc employed by railroads in
Michigan.
TO CRUSH LOAN SHARKS.
Illinois Legislature Is Taking Some
Drastic Measures.
SPRINGFIELD, 111. By unanimous
vote, a sweeping nntl-loan shark bill
was ordered to third reading by tho
upper house of tho Illinois legislature.
Tho bill provides that there can be no
legal assignment of wages unless
both husband nnd wlfo join in the
transaction, and threo days notice Is
given tho employer.
Attorney General Stead, a number
of eminent lawyerB and tho Mer
chants' cjub of Chicago arc backing
tho hill. Senator Dickson, who Intro
duced tho measure, said In address
ing tho senate: "Homes nro wrecked
and men who once get into tho
clutches of loan sharks are driven to
suicide. There Is a crying need for
this measure."
CATTLE GROWERS WILL HELP
Assist the Government In Breaking Up
Beef Trust.
EL PASO, Tex. Tho following
statement with reference to the reso
lution of Texas cattle men to give all
possible evldonco In tho campaign
against tho "beef trust" was Issued by
President W. W. Turney of tho Inter
state Cattlo Growers' association:
"Nlnety-nlno per cent of the cattlo
growers of tho country believe there
is an illegal combination having for its
end the stifling of competition and tho
controlling of 98 per cent of the cattle
shipped to tho six great slaughtering
markets Chicago, Kansas City, St.
Louis, Fort Worth, Omaha and Ixs
Angeles and they nro ready to help
tho government and will help It all
thoy can to brenk up this monster. It
can, bo dono and tho cattlo men will
help,"
Will Try to Use the Rivers.
ST. PETERSBURG During his
forthcoming Inspection of the Siberian
railroad, Minister of Railroads Till
koff proposes to mako an exhaustive
Inquiry Into tho possibility of organ
izing a big system of transport along
tho rivers.
Dowager Duchess of Abersorn Dead
LONDON Tho dowagor duchess of
Abercorn, who was Louisa Jane Rus
sell, daughter of the sixth duke of
Bedford, died of gastritis at Contes'
castle, Sussex.
Gets $20,000 Judgment.
SIOUX FALLS, S. I). Judge Car
land of the United-States court in
this city has granted to Isaac L. Eli
wood of DoKalb, 111., a Judgment for
tho sum of $20,000 against the city of
Huron, S. D. Ellwood rocontly insti
tuted a suit for tho recovory of prin
cipal and Interest on bonds, which
were issued In 1890, for tho ostensible
purpose of refunding the outstanding
bonds of tho city, but which were, in
reality, Issued lor the purpose of
carrying on tho fight for tho state
capital ot South Dakota.
JAPO NEW PLANO.
Will Likely Turn Their Attention to
Vladivostok.
ST. PETERSBURG Tho impres
r.lon prevails In some circles that tho
Japanese, having removed tho posnl
bllty of tho main army In Manchuria
assuming tho Initiative, will now turn
their attention to tho next objective
of tho war Vladivostok la strength
ened by the Associated Press dis
patch from Gunshu pass announcing
tho withdrawal of tho Japanese from
tho immediate front of the RusHian
army for a dlstanco of thlrty-fivo
miles south. It Is realized of course
that this may bo merely a bluff to
cover flanking operations, but it is
not improbablo that tho Japanese
having cleared southern Manchuria
of Russlnn troops and secured a po
sition from whence expulsion would
be a Jong nnd difficult process, may
bo satisfied to hold the Tie Pass lino
without further extension of commu
nications. While tho voice of the emperor's
advisers is for peace If honornblo
terms are obtalnnl lo, tho government,
ns Is tho part of wisdom, is going
forward with all provisions for- tho
continuance of tho wnr. Prepara
tions .are reported to he making for
tho mobilization of five corps. It has
been understood that tho guards
would bo retained nt St. Petersburg,
but some of the officers of this crack
organization believe their scrvces
havo been requisitioned and arc mak
ing preparations to that end.
There has been a recrudescence of
roportB of a change In tho attitude
of tho war office. It was stated Mon
day night In a usually well informed
source that Lieutenant General Sak
hardff will leave ver shortly and will
bo succeeded by General Illdlger, now
chief of the chancellery of tho war
office. It Is also reported that Gen
eral Pollvanoff will bo appointed chief
of tho general staff. Both Pollvanoff
and Rldlger are of the younger school
of generals, nnd hnvo high repute aa
theoreticians and administrators. Gen
eral Ridlgor Is tho author of a num
ber of text books on tactics.
Tho government Ib advised that
Chinese bandits are appearing in
great numbers along ttho Siberian
railroad and causing Interference with
tho train service.
Tho Japanese havo apparently with
drawn from tho region to tho south
of the Russian front. Cossack pa
trols who have been making extenslvo
reconnatssnnco southward found no
Japaneso within thirty-five miles. Gen
eral Lincvltch is dispatching scouting
parties east and west to guard
against n posslblo turning movement
PRIZE LANDED FOR OMAHA
Formal Order Issued Making It Rural
Mail Division Headquarters.
WASHINGTON Tho order estab
lishing division headquarters of the
rural mall delivery service at Omaha
and removing to that point the rural
delivery district headquarters at Kan
sas City was Issued at the postofllce
department Tuesday. With this order
was an announcement that Postmaster
General Cortelyou had appointed
Charles E. Llewellyn of Nebraska a
division superintendent and assigned
,hlm to take charge of the new head
quarters. Tho change will take placo
April 17, when the threo clerks who
havo composed the force under tho
supervision of Postofllce Inspector J.
R. Harrison will bo transferred to tho
force that will be appointed for tho
work under Superintendent Llewellyn.
Tho district of which Omaha will
bo the headquarters will remain as
at present, consisting of the states
of Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma
and tho Indian Territories.
GOOD NEWS FOR POSTMASTERS.
All
In Fourth Class In Nebraska Can
Retain Their Jobs.
WASHINGTON All fourth class
postmasters of Nebraska may rest
fully assured that their services will
be retained for another term of four
years, providing they are proflclont
and do not violate the president's or
der respecting ofllco holding. Perni
cious political activity will not bo
countenanced by the administration.
Postemaster General Cortelyou
stated that the samo rule should op
erate toward all presidential post
masters In the state. This now policy
Is likely to create a great deal of
'dissatisfaction among tho Nebraska
congressmen, since tho naming ot
postmasters Is about all tho federal
patronage thoy have to dispense.
Monument to Cervantes.
HAVANA Tho provincial council
has voted In favor of the erection of a
monument to Cervantes, author of
"Don Quixote."
Dr. Hewett Dies Suddenly.
BLOOMINGTON. 111. Dr. 13, C. He-
wott, for fifteen years prosldont of
the Illinois Stnte Normal school, died
suddenly Friday, He was 77 years old.
Whlteman Released on Ball.
BUFFALO, N. Y. Alonzo J. Whitc
raa'n was released from jail on $10,000
Armour Man is Indicted.
CHICAGO TJio federal grand jury
returned ait Indictment against Thom
as J. Connors, general superintendent
of Armour & Co.. on the charge of in
terfering with a witness summoned to
appear before the jury now investigat
ing tho so-called hoef trust. Mr. Con
nor, who is .7. Ogdon Armour's most
confidential employe and the actlvo
hoad of one of tho largost packing
companies In tho world, was arrested
on a bench warrant by a United States
deputy marshal and brought to tho
eraud fury room.
RIOT AT WARSAW
FOUR
PERSONS KILLED AND
FORTY WOUNDED.
SEVERAL OF LATTER WILL DIE
Crowd Carrying Red Flags Attack Pa
trol of Troops and Police. Proclam
ation Distributed Warning People
..Away from Public Buildings.
WARSAW A serious conflict oc
curred at 7:30 o'clock Sunday evening
in Dzlka Btreet, whore a Jewish so
cialist society known as the Bund had
organized a demonstration. Troops
which came to disperse the gathering
fired into the crowd, killing four per
sons nnd wounding forty other?.
Other dlsturbnaces aro reported to
have occurred. The Btreet had beon pa
trolled throughout the day. Conditions
hero nro causing muclr easiness and
nervousness. Hand printed proclnma
tlons hnvo been found In tho streets,
warning tho public ngainst walking
near public buildings and other places,
OB bqmbs would be thrown In these
quarters. Several parents whose chil
dren aro attending school In defiance
of the school strike havo been warn
ed by letter to withdraw their chil
dren, as the school buildings will bo
blown up. Representatives of tho party
of violence (It Is not quite clear
whether they are revolutionaries or so
cialists) are visiting private persons
and levying contributions for "ammu
nition." They produco lists of names
with the amounts to bo collected from
ench and request tho contributor to
sign his name opposite these assess
ments, which range from $2.50 to $3.50.
Whon Governor Maximovitch arrived
hero ten days ago to assume his duties
he ordered that tho Cossack detach
ment awaiting him nt the station be
retired, saying he did not want an es
cort. Driving through the city today,
however, the governor general's car
riage was surrounded by twenty Cos
sacks. The editors of the Polish newspa
pers were summoned to the castle yes
terday. Governor General Maximovitch
received each of them separately in
the most friendly manner, and talked
with them on various subjects, espec
ially on the question of the censor
ship. He Invited them to come to him
in case of any difficulty.
Tho trouble In Dzlka street began
when, under the pretext of holding a
memorial meeting for a late Jewish
socialist leader, a crowd of more than
1,000, mostly Jews, carrying red flags,
marched into Dzlka street and was
mot by a mixed police and military
patrol of twenty men. The police de
claro tho socialists fired revolvers at
them, the leaders Inciting the mob to
nttack the patrol, which thereupon
fired several volleys Into tho crowd.
Four men were killed and forty were
wounded.
TO STUDY DEEP WATERWAYS
President Appoints Commissioners to
Meet the Canadians.
WASHINGTON The president has
selected tho American members of
tho joint international commission to
study the effect on tho navigation of
tho Great lakes of the changes of level
expected to result from tho execution
of tho deep waterway project. Thoy
aro George Clinton, a lawyer, of New
York; General O. H. Ernst, corps of
engineers, United States, and Prof.
Gardner S. William, professor of hy
draulic engineering at Cornell. The
Canadian commissioners are: .1. P.
Maybe of Toronto; W. King, Dominion
astronomer of Ottawa, and Louis
Acoste, civil engineer of Ottawa, with
Thomas Colo as secretary.
The American commissioners have
been instructed to arrange a meeting
among themselves for organization
and then to correspond with the
Canadians to select a time and place
probably Toronto for tho joint
meeting to begin tho work.
NEWSPAPERS ARE NOW QUIET
Believed They Have Been Given a
Tip by Government.
ST. PETERSBURG Tho newspa
pers are so significantly silent about
tho peace reports from abroad that
It leads to tho Inferenco that they
havo been warned by the government
of tho inadvlsablllty of airing their
views nt this time.
These papers which have been fa
voring peace say nothing, while the
small section of the press which has
been Insisting on a continuation of
the wnr contents itself with the repro
duction of articles from foreign news
papers, showing that peace now
means tho abandonment forever of
Russia's position on the Pacific.
No Community of Interec-ly.
HAMBURG At a general mooting
of tho Hamburg-American Steam
Packet company, Horr Ballin, director
general of the company, said no plans
existed for the establishment of a
community of Intorests between the
Hamburg-American and North Ger
man Lloyd linos.
Girl Goes to Penitentiary.
- CHICAGO Inga Hanson, former
Salvatipn Army girl, convicted of per
jury, wns denied a now trial and will
go to tho penltontiary on an indeter
minate sentence. The perjury was
committed in a remarkahlo attempt by
the prisoner to obtain $50,000 damages
from tho Chicago City railway for al
leged injuries In a street car accldont
by which Miss Hanson claimed to
havo been rendered deaf, dumb, blind
'and unable to walk. She claimed to
have been suddenly cured by prayer
as the result of a revival.
I
Lincoln Man Selected a:- Canal Zone
Executive,
WASHINGTON Judge Charles E.
Magoon of Lincoln, Neb., who Is the
law officer of the bureau of Insular
affair, war department, will be the new
governor and minister of tho Panama
canal zone, as was announced several
dayB ago. He will have tho combined
executive and diplomatic duties as a
result of tho reorganization of the Is
thmian canal commission, now being
made by tho president nnd Secretary
Taft
Judge Magoon has dono Important
work for tho government in connection
with the legal admlnlrtration in the
Philippines. He is qualified In every
way to undertake the organization of
the canal zone government.
Plans for the reorganization of the
commission are rapidly being perfect
ed by tho president and Secretary
Taft. Announcement of the retirement
of tho present mombers of the com
mission nnd the appointment of their
successors Ib expected to be made
within tho next day or two.
Although the president hnr been ad
vised that under tho law there must
bo seven commissioners. It Is possible
that he may not name all of them at
once.
Judge Chnrles E. Morgnn will be
designated to net as the governor of
tho canal zone, in place of General
Davis. He will also ascumo the duties
as United States minister plenipoten
tiary to Panama, now being performed
by Honj. John Barrett.
WILL OF MRS. JANE STANFORD
After Bequests of $4,125,000, Balance
Goes to University.
SAN JOSE, Cal. The will and co
dicil of Mrs. Jane Stanford were
proven nnd admitted to probate Fri
day, and letters of administration
were issued to Chnrles G. Lalhrop,
Timothy Hopkins, Joseph D. Grant,
Whitelaw Reld and ThomaB B. Croth
ers, ns executors, without honds. The
estate was represented by Attorneys
S. F. Lleb nnd Mountford Wilson. All
of tho above mentioned, and also
Charles K. Lovell, Robert G. Hooker
and T. F. Draper, were examined by
the court. They testified that at the
date of the will Mrs. Stanford wns In
full possession of her mental powers
and physically strong.
Tho will was executed July 28. 1903,
and signed dn the presence of Lovell,
Wilson and Draper, In the library of
Mrs. Stanford's San Francisco homo.
Tho codicil was written by Mrs. Stan
ford herself In August, 1904, under the
direction of S. F. Lleb.
By tho terms of the will $2,000,000
aro left in trust to Ariel Lathrop and
descendants of D. S. Lathrop. her
Brother; $1,000,000 in trust to her
nieces, Jennie L. Lawton and Amy L.
Hanson, and the children of Christine
L, Gunning; $1,000,000 to Charles G.
Lathrop; $125,000 to various charit
able institutions.
PRESIDENT'S WESTERN TRIP.
Chief Executive to Spend Two Months
Hunting in Texas and Colorado.
WASHINGTON President Roose
velt will leave Washington Monday
on a trip to tho west and southwest.
He will be absent nearly two months.
One of tho chief objects of tho trip,
which tho president has long had in
mind, is the reunion of his Rough
Rider regiment of tho Bpanlsh-Amer-lean
war, which is to take place at
San Anton'o, Texas, Friday. April 7th,
and for which an elaborate program
of exercises has been arranged. There
will be n number of brief stops en
route, where the president wll make
addresEes. Leaving San Antonio,
there will bo a brief stop and ad
dress at Fort Worth, which will ter
minate the public part of the trip,
following which the president Is to go
hunting In the Panhandle of Texas
and later in Colorado. All arrange
ments havo been made whereby tho
president will keep in touch with pub
lic affairs, both during his railroad
ride and while hunt'ng, so that he will
bo enabled to pass on all matters re
quiring his attention. Tho president
Is looking forward with keen pleasure
to his long vacation.
TEN YEARS IN PRISON.
That is the Sentence Imposed
Upon
Mrs. Chadwick.
CLEVELAND. O. Unless tho h'gh
cr court Interferes, Mrs. Cassle L.
Chadwick will spend tho greater part
of the next ten years in tho Ohio
state penitentiary.
A sentence of ten years was im
posed on her by Judge Robert Taylor
in tho United States district court
here. Tho sentence came at the
close of a Jiusy day for the court In
hearing arguments on a motion for a
new tr al, which lasted all day. The
motion was ovorruled.
Mrs, Chadwick was convicted on
seven counts and sentenced upon six
counts. For four of these eaunts .
sentenco of two years was imposed.
Upon two counts a sentenco of one
year each was Imposed, making a to
tal sontenco of ten years.
Austria Asks For Inquiry.
SALT LAKE CITY Tho Austrian
government, through Its consul at San
Francisco, has demnnded of the Uath
authorities a rigid investigation of the
killing oft Jacob Omnn, n citizen of
Austria, by a special pollcoman nt
Castlegate, Utah, on January 27th
last. Oman, with several other Aus
trlans was quarantined for smallpox
in a pesthouse, guarded by Officer R.
A. Lewis. Oman tried to break quar
antine when Lewis shot him In the
hoad. killing him mrtatitly. Ho says
tho shooting was accidental.
MAGOON TO BE GOVERNOR.
ADVANCEJECINS
JAPANESE MAIN ARMY MOVING.
FORWARD.
SEARCH FOR THE RUSSIANS-
Activity of Oyama's Troops on tho
West Near the Mongolian Frontier.
Large Scouting Parties Thrown
Out for Investigation.
ST. PETERSBURGThe r.ews:
from tho front indicates that Field
Marshal Oyama has begun n genuino
ndvance of his muln army with wings
far extended. Heavy reconnaissances
are being made against the Russian
center, with the object of developing
tho Russian position.
It Is officially nnnounced that Gen
eral Karkevltch bus been appointed
General Llnoviteh's chief of staff In
place of General Sakhaioff, who has
been transferred to tho Alexander
committee for the care of the wound
ed. General Stakelherg has also been
appointed a member of the samo com
mittee. A dispatch from General Lincvltch,
dated March 30, says:
"There is no change In tho situa
tion. The enemy is displaying activ
ity cast of the railroad.
"Heavy snow fell during tho night.'"
A telegram from Gunshu Pass says
General Lincvltch has forbidden tho
Inhabitants of Harbin, with the ex
ception of the women and chlldron,
to leave that place without special
permits, fearing that the town may bo
denuded of workmen.
GUNSHU PASS Reconnaissances
disclose especial activity on the part
of the Japanese on the west near the '
Mongolian frontier. It Is' reported
that an anti-foreign propaganda is
conducted among the Chinese, who
are stirred up to a renewal of the
Boxer disturbances. The Hun Yuan
min societies of Mukden and Klrin
and tho Teal Li society, which is
strong in Tsitslharl and northern
Manchuria, nre said to-be working to
spread this agitation among the Man
churian population and Japanese suc
cess Is doing much to augment the
movement. Many Chlneso bandit
chleftians are leaders in numerous
secret societies extending throughout
China and their influence may havo
a powerful effect on the attitude of
tho Chinese government and popula
tion. ADMIRAL BARKER RETIRES.
Admiral Evans Now Commands the
North Atlantic Fleet.
WASHINGTON After long and dis
tinguished service, Rear Admiral A.
S. Barker, commander-in-chief ot tho
North Atlantic fleet, hauled down his
flag on the Kearsarge, and was placed
on the retired list of the navy.
In the war with Spain Admiral
Barker was one of the most prominent
members of tho strategy board. Ho
was later In command of the navy
yard, New York, and from there, in
April, 1903, was appointed to the su
premo command of the North Atlan
tic fleet. Admiral Barker will mako
his homo in Washington. He Is a na
tive of Massachusetts, whence he was
appointed to the naval academy.
Rear Admiral Evans succeeds Ad
miral Barker in command of tho fleet,
nnd hns selected the Maine for his.
flagship.
MRS. MAYBRICK'S POSITION.
England to Be Asked to Rehabilitate
Her in Fye of Law.
WASHINGTON Mrs. Florenco
Maybrlck, accompanied by her coun
sel, had a long conference with Act
ing Secretary of State Adee. In tho
legal' proceedings now in progress, to
which Mrs. Maybrlck is a party, In
volving considerable property inter
ests, some obstacle has been encoun
tered In availing of Mrs. Maybrlck's
testimony because of her peculiar
legal status, and she is seeking the
good offices of tho state department
to procure from the British govern
ment the papers necesary to rehabili
tate her In tho eye of the lnw. Tho
state department will probably take
up tho matter with the American em
bassy in London.
HAS NO PROOF OF MARRIAGE
Suit Brought in Paris by American
Actress Dlsmlst-sd.
PARIS The clvH tribunal of tho
Sine formally announced Its decision
in the ca?e of Carrie Swain, tho
American actress, nealnst Frank Gard
ner, the American sportsman. In which
the actress claimed to bo Mr. Gard
ner's wife. The decision wns ona lino
with the recent announcement of tho
concliH'ons made by the attorney gen
eral, Tho court rejects the plaintiffs
claims and says the correspondence
betweon tho parties shows that no
marriage existed. The defendant's oh
ligation therefore was only moral.
Tho decision also rejects the dofend
ant's counter claim for damages on
tho ground thit he had not establish
ed the plaintiff's had faith.
Gilbert Gets Judgment.
, ST. LOUIS. Mo.-A Judgment was
rendorod on Friday hi the United
States circuit court for $6,450 against
tho Louisiana Purchase Exposition
"ompany in favor of Cass Gilbert a
?GVLY n? nrrhltect- Mr. Gilbert siiod
for $31,000, alleging that tho sum was
due him for drawing plans for cer
ain world's fair buildings. William
H. Thompson, treasurer of the ex
position company, and other hich
world's fair officials, stated that the
verdict will not be appealed.
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