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DROPS OUT
One of the Appointed Peace
Plenipotentiaries Sends
in His Resignation.
8T. PETERSBURG M. Muravloff
has resigned his position as chlct
pcaco plenipotentiary.
It may bo regarded as practically
certain that ho will bo replaced by M.
Wltto, presldont of tho comtnlttoo of
ministers, who nil along has been con
sidered tho Russian statesman pre
eminently Qualified to undertako tho
difficult task of negotiating pcaco with
Japan.
Though the emperor on two pro
vIoub occasions has flatly declined to
accept M. Wltto, ho has now Indicated
lils readiness to make tho appoint
ment. Tho commission, however, will
not bo nctunlly signed until Foreign
Minister LnmsdorfT, who throughout
tho war has boon M. Witto's warm
supporter, has had nn audlcnco of tho
emperor. To that extent only tho mat
ter may bo regarded as unsettled,
nothing being certain In Russia, as a
prominent diplomat remarked recent
ly, until tho emperor's signature has
been nfllxed. M. Witto's selection un
doubtedly wjii bo balled as a prac
tical assurance of pence. While It
would bo a mistake to dcnomlnato
him as a 'peace at any price" man, M.
Wltto earnestly believes that tho
etrugglo should bo onded and should
ho succeeded by nn understanding be
tween Russia and Japan which would
Insure pcaco In tho far cost for half
a century. Indeed, ho Is personally be
lieved to bo In favor of a Russo-Jap-ancso
alliance.
-Tho conduct of negotiations by M.
Wlttee, It is felt by tho peace parties
here, would lnsplro Instant confidence
in Japan.
Tho only handicap under which M.
Wlttco labors Is his lack of familiar
ity with tho English languago, as tho
only foreign langungcs ho speaks aro
German and French.
WORRALL CLAIMS COLLUSION.
Say Railroads and Grain Dealers' As
sociation Work Together.
OMAHA Beforo Notary Charles
G. Bcarsall, Thomas D. Worrall, presi
dent of tho Worrall Grain company,
told of tho efforts of tho Nebraska
drain Dealers association to Bqueezo
his company out of tho grain business
In Nebraska. Mr. Worrall's testimony
Is taken nt tho request of tho oppos
ing counsel in his. suit for $128,000
damages.
Tho witness Inr.ed on all tho
questions put to htm bolng written
out in plain sight on a typowrltter be
foro ho would answer them.
An interesting portion of tho testi
mony concerned tho possession by
tho socrotary of tho Nebraska grain
dealers' association of full informa
tion about a car of grain loaded by a
farmer and consigned to tho Worrall
company beforo tho car was anywhero
near Omaha. Tho secretary came to
Worrall and tried to Induce him not
to handle tho particular car of grain.
Tho plaintiff's counsel will try to
show that Uio Information wns trans
mitted by a railroad company, thus
showing collusion with tho so-called
grain trust.
HAVE GOOD BACKING.
Russian Empress Said to Be With
War Party.
ST. PETERSBURG The Associated
Press has high warrant for tho state
ment that M. Witt, president of the
committee of ministers, was strongly
urged on tho emperor for head of tho
peaco commission. Even Foreign Min
ister Lamsdorf Is said to havo joined
in recommending his election. Tho
emperor, however, flatly declined to
appoint him, and after M. Neltdoff,
ambassador at Paris, pleaded Illness,
his majesty personally chose M. Mur
avleff, tho ambassador at Rome. Two
of tho flvo councillors to tho plenlpo
tontarles, though, M. Pokotlloff, minis
tor to China, and M. Shlpoff, dlroctor
of tho Imporlal treasury and former
president of tho zemstvos, are dis
tinctly Wltto men.
SUGAR DROPS 20 PER CENT.
Heavy Crop In Europe, Due In August,
Causes Decline.
t San Francisco, Cal. A reduction of
20 per cent in all grades of sugar has
beon announced. Tho cut Is attrib
uted to tho weakness of the raw sugar
market the price of Uiat article hav
ing recently dropped 1 cents per
pound.
The decline in raw sugar has been
in a measure caused by tho excellent
prospects In Europe for a large In
crease In tho beet sugar output and
the crop, which forms a little more
than one-half of tho world's output,
will como into the market in August
Shonts and Stevens Busy.
WASHINGTON Chairman Shonts
of tho Panama Canal commission, and
Mr. Stevens, the newly appointed chief
engineer, aro In Washington. Both ox
poet to leave for Oyster Bay Friday.
They will lcavo for Panama July 18.
and Mr, Stevens' family will follow
him in tho fall. Mr. Stevens is now
considering tho question of filling the
.vacancies in the engineering corps and
will familiarize himself with tho avail
able matter here before ho Inspects
the forces at Panama. No plans will
be mado till he roaches the Isthmus.
DEPEW EXPLAINS
What He Says of Loan Made By
Equitable.
Now York. Senator Chauncey M.
Depow bns mado a stntcmont to tho
Paris correspondent of tho New York
Trlbuno regarding the loan of $250,'
000 made by tho Equitable society to
tho Depow Land Improvement com
pany on property alleged to hnvo been
worth only 1150,000, In which ho says
that ho nover had ndvocatod or recom
mondod any such transactions, bo-
causo ho was a director of tho Equit
able. Senator Depow further says:
"That loan nover could havo been
mado unloss tho official appraisers of
tho Equitnblo had reported after ex
amination that $250,000 was only CO
per cent of tho property's value, such
bolng tho rulo of tho society, and that
on such a report tho officers of tho
company had unnnimously approved
It
"Tho Dopew Land Improvement
company wns organized and in opera
tion some flvo years beforo It was in
duced to becomo a stockholder. It
then had about 3,000 Inhabitants, and
many thriving industries, including
tho New York Central shops, nnd con
nection with several trunk lines. Tho
company nppolnted a general manager
who built houses, a hotel, opened
streets, extendod tho water and sewer
systems and Incurred great liabilities
in Improvements. A fow of tho
larger stockholders formed a plan to
pay off all liabilities nnd provide
working capacity, but tho stockhold
ers were so numerous, a largo num
bor living abroad that co-operation
could not bo secured, nnd went Into
tho hand of a receiver flvo years after
tho Equltablo loan. Appraisals of tho
property has been made by tho offi
cers and Independent persons, the low
est valuation bolng $200,000 over and
above all liabilities. If tho Equltablo
and other creditors join and tako the
property out of the hand of the re
ceiver, and put on a going basis, there
Is no possibility of loss. On tho con
trary In tho Judgment of thoao best
acquainted with tho property there is
a certainty of profit.
"A few days boforo I sailed from
Now York I plnced my resignation
as counsel in tho hands of Chairman
Morton, and I am vory glad that ho
accepted it. I had passed my 71st
birthday, and I had mado up my mind
beforo I reached 72 to Bocuro some
thing of that rest and freedom from
incessant work that has been denied
mo year after year."
GOODS MUST GO BACK.
Europe Flooding This Country With
Impure Goods.
NEW YORK Secretary Wilson of
the department of agriculture hns sent
out nn order and circular lotter In re
gard to a largo amount of adulterated
foodstuffs Imported slnco tho pure food
law went Into effect and which havo
been held up because tho chemistry
department found that all kinds of ad
ulterntlon had been practiced. Secre
tary Wilson in this order modifies a
former ono In which ho declared that
tho goods must bo sent back to Europe.
Tho secretary's order which arrived In
Now York custom house provides that
goods already Imported shall not bo
sent back but mny be sold In this coun
try. Ho orders, however, that cans of
peas colored with sulphate of copper
shall bo distinctly labelled so as to
show this fact, various strawberry
Jams shall bear tho label reading "ar
tificially colored," and some canned
mushrooms must bo Bold as "stems
and scraps."
THE COMING PEACE MEETING.
Portsmouth, N. H., Definitely Decided
Upon as the Place.
WASHINGTON. Assistant Secre
tary Plorco announced that tho pleni
potentiaries of Russia and Japan had
agreed upon Portsmouth, N. H., as tho
meeting placo for the sessions of tho
peaco conference to bo held outside
of Washington. Tho sessions will be
hid in tho government navy yard at
Portsmouth In tho now building Just
completed there.
Third Assistant Secretary of Stato
Pierce has beon specially commis
sioned by tho president to make all
arrangements for the meeting of the
plenipotentiaries at Portsmouth and is
preparing to leave for that placo to
confer with tho commandant of tho
navy yard. The meeting will be held
In tho general store house.
HAS A FEW MILLIONS LEFT.
But Tom Lawson Says He Is Going to
Give it Back.
MINNEAPOLIS Thomns W. Law
son, tho hero of "Frenzied finance,"
was the guest of tho Minneapolis Com
mercial Club and spoke to 300 mem
bers of tho club after luncheon.
"I'm not afraid of personal violence.
I came out hero unguarded. I havo
several millions myself and I wronged
the American people by getting It. But
I did not know It at tho time. When
the tlmo romos I will glvo that money
back to them."
Morton Cuts All Salaries.
NEW YORK Sweeping reductions
In the salarlos of various officials and
employes n tho Equltablo society
wero announced Thursday by Chair
man Morton The decreases will
amount to 20 per cent on all salaries
$15,000 per annum; 15 per cent from
nil annual salaries between $9,000 and
$15,000, both Inclusive, nnd 10 per cent
d croaso from all salaries above $2,000
and below $9,000 per year. Theso
changes become operative on August
1 next and effect a saving of from
$150,000 to $200,000 a year.
BLACKMAR
Head of Grand Army Sud
denly Passes Away
' at Boise, Idaho
BOISE, Idaho General W.
Blackmar, commander-in-chief of
V.
tho
Grand Army of tho Itopubllc, died
Sunday of nephritis.
His wifo was with him during his
illness'. Tho body will bo embalmed,
and taken to tho homo of tho family
at Boston. The general arrivod hero
on July 10 on a tour, during which ho
intended to visit grand army posts
throughout tho northwest Ho waB ill
when ho arrived and gradually failed.
Tho seriousness of his condition was
kept from tho public at tho request
of his wife.
General Blackmar was born July 25,
1841, at Bristol, Pa. Ho enlisted in
tho Fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry
and subsequently Joined tho First
West Virginia. Ho served with distinc
tion throughout tho war and at Five
Forks was promoted on tho field by
General Custer to tho rank of captain.
Throughout three administrations,
thoso of Governors Long, Talbot and
Rice, ho was Judge advocato general
of Massachusetts. At tho last nation
al encampment of tho Grand Army ho
was elected commander-in-chief.
BOSTON. Except to two or three
officials of the Grand Army the nows
of tho death of Chief Blackmar was
rocelved with great surprlso in this
city. Tho homo of General Blackmar
was In this city and Binco his ele
vation to tho position of commander-in-chief,
tho headquarters of the or
ganization havo been hero. General
Blackmar is succeeded by John R.
King of Washington, sonlor vice com
mander. Two weeks ago tho commander-in-chief
broko down and was ordered to
his bed in his summer homo nt HIng
ham by his physicians. At tho time
his indisposition, howovcr, was re
garded as slight. On July 7 General
Blackmar's condition had apparently
improved and it was decided to per
mit him to continue his visits to west
ern departments, which he bad begun
early in tho year.
Assistant Adjutant General E. B.
Stilllngs, commander of Kinsley post
No. 113 of this city of which General
Blackmar was a member, will leave
Boston tomorrow for the west. Ho
will assist Mrs. Blackmar in arranging
the funeral, which will probably bo
held In this city.
HINGHAM, Mass. The news of the
death of General Blackmar was en
tirely unexpected by tho residents tot
Hlngbam, whero General Blackmar
lived during the summor months.
JAPS WILL CLAIM 8AKHALIN.
Will Want Its Formal Cession as Part
of Peace Articles.
ST. PETERSBURG Prices rose on
thho Bourse upon tho Improvement in
Russian securities abroad, due to M.
Witto's appointment as chief peaco
plenipotentiary.
According to information received
here Japan intends to claim the island
of Sakhalin by right of conquest and
its formal cession will bo ono of her
unalterablo demands.
The government has Issued another
$5,000,000 In paper roubles, tho whole
outstanding pnper obligations being
$495,000,000 against $547,000,000 in
gold.
COUNTING ON A RATE WAR.
Western Passenger Association Ex
pecting it.
DULUTH, Minn. Tho Western Pas
senger association ended Its conven
tion hero and adjourned to meet in
Chicago tho second Tuesday in Sep
tember. Much of the time at the ses
sion was taken up by a discussion of
the differential rates, but no conclu
sive action in regard to them was
taken, owing t' tho fact that three
roads of tho association the Missouri
Pacific, tho Wabash and tho Chicago
& Alton were not represented at the
meeting. The general opinion Is that
there is to bo a rate war between the
Chicago-New York roads.
WILL BE AN IDEAL PLACE.
Portsmouth Possesses All the Ad
vantages of a Summer Resort.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Rear Ad
miral Meado, who Is in command of
tho navy yard, said that having had
no intimation that the peaco confer
ence would be held at tho navy yard,
ho could not at this tlmo tell what
arrangements would bo made for their
accommodation.
The new goneral storo building just
completed Is tho largest and most Im
posing of any in tho yard, being four
stories In height and of ample dimen
sions. It is of brick and brown stono
and at present is not occupied.
New Head of Admiralty. ,
LONDON A dispatch to a news
agency from St. Petersburg today an
nounces that Vice Admiral Blrlleff has
been appointed head of the Russian
admiralty in succession to Admiral
Avellan, who resigned.
Opposes the Boycott
WASHINGTON Mr. Rockhlll, the
American minister at Pekln, has ca
bled the State department that tho
Chinese government is vigorously op
posing the threatened boycotting of
I American goods.
PREFECT IS KILLED.
General Count Shouvaloff Assassinated
While Receiving Petitions.
MOSCOW Major General Count
Shouvaloff, prefect of police here, and
formerly attached to tho ministry of
tho Interior, waa assassinated while
receiving petitions. Ono of tho peti
tioners drow a revolver and fired flvo
times at the prefect, who fell dead.
Tho assassin was arrested.
Tho assassin who was dressed as a
peasant, has no4 yet been identified.
Ho was recently arrested as a political
suspect, but escaped from tho pollcp
station boforo his examination.
Tho assassin waited In tho anteroom
of tho prefecture and, entering tho au
dience room, ho advanced toward
Count Shuvaloff, firing flvo shots' at
closo range. Tho bullets passed
through tho body o' tho prefect.
WHEAT CROP PHENOMENAL.
Harvest In Red Willow Will Exceed
the Record.
INDIANOLA, Neb. A grain harvest
greater than tho big crops of 1891 and
1802 is now being gathered in this
country. Binders aro running day and
night and Sunday. Hundreds of acres
are lying in bundles unshocked for
want of hands. Good shockers are
getting fifty cents fler ncre. Two
hundred to three hundred hands could
get good wages In this county alone.
It Is estimated a great many fields of
barley will yield CO to 75 bushels per
acre; wheat and rye 30 to 50 bushels
per acre. Three hundred and four
hundred-acro fields are a common
sight. Corn and other crops are im
mense. PEACE COMMISSION ITINERARY.
Will
Go to Duluth From Seattle and
Thence to Buffalo.
ST. PAUL, Minn. President J. J.
Hill of tho Northern Pacific railroad is
personally arranging the itinerary of
the Japanese peace plenipotentiaries
In tholr journey from Seattle to Wash
ington. The party, which is headed
by Baron Komura, will arrive at Seat
tle on tho steamer Minnesota July 20.
Thoy will travel eastward over the
Great Northern to Duluth, whero thoy
will embark on the steamer Northwest
for Buffalo via the Great Lakes. At
Buffalo tho party will be taken by tho
Pennsylvania railroad to Washington,
arriving there earty in August
8EARCHING FOR A DAUGHTER.
Nebraska School Superintendent
at
Chicago.
CHICAGO A. G. Smith, superin
tendent of tho Central City, Neb.,
schools, and Mrs. Smith havo como to
Chicago and taken apartments at the
Saratoga hotel to search for their miss
ing daughter. Heartbroken, tho par
ents declaro that thoy will not return
to Nebraska until some traco of their
daughter is found.
"Florence was such a good girl,"
said Mr. Smith. "I cannot understand
why sho left the young woman's school
tho Deaconess seminary for girls, at
Aurora to come to Chicago. We were
educating her there. The last we heard
of her was that she started out to earn
her own living as a nurse."
Advance In Window Glass.
CHICAGO At a meeting of tho
western window glass jobbers here
the retail price of window glass was
advanced 10 per cent. The raise takes
effect at once.
PEARY NOW READY TO SAIL.
Ship
Finally Finished and Funds to
Carry Him Through.
NEW YORK With $35,000 sub
scribed toward his expedition to reach
tho north pole, Robert E. Perry an
nounces that he will sail this week for
the north. Commander Peary's new
Arctic ship, tho Roosevelt, has been
waiting several days for supplies
which could not be bought on account
of the lack of funds.
The polar expedition which has been
in preparation since October 15, 1904,
has cost $150,000, including today's
s- bscrlptlon. The entire amount has
been donated by American business
men to the Pearv Arctic club, whose
members are anxious that none but
Americans have any hand in this polar
expedition.
MUST DIE BY HIS OWN HAND.
Fate of German Officer Who Drew
Black Ball.
MARINETTE. Wis. That he drew
the black ball in a duel by lots with
a German army officer and that he will
bo found dead as a result, is tho sub
stance of a letter just received by a
friend of Victor Van Taske of this
city who disappeared July 4. Von
Taske, who is a young man, was a
bookkeeper. According to the letter
his death would result from a dispute
of several years ago when ho was a
German army officer. A duel was pro
posed and it was agreed that they
draw lots as to who should make away
with himself. Von Tasko drow the
black ball which meant his death by
his own hand.
Want Saturday Half Holiday.
WASHINGTON. Four hundred me
chanics of tho government navy yard
met here and appointed a committee
of two to confer with tho presldont
at Oyster Bay looking to securing
from him an order allowing tho navy
yard employes Saturday half holidays
during the summer, as in the case of
employes in tho oxecutivo depart
ments. A telegram wa3 sent tho
president asking when he will seo
them. President Gompers and Vice
President Duncan will accompany tho
delegates
GET LAND
Uncle Sam Has a Big Slice
That He Will Open to
Settlement.
WASHINGTON Undo Sam will
soon open to public settlement nearly
1,000,000 acres of the unallotted lands
on the Uintah Indian reservation lo
cated in Utah. The president's pro
clamation opening tho land will bo is
sued about tho end of tho present
month. The same plan of entry will bo
followed as in tho opening of the Rose
bud agency, by registration and draw
ing, -v
An act passed by tho last session
of congress provides that theso un
allotted lands, excepting such tracts
as may have been set aside as nation
al forest reserves and such mineral
lands as wero disposed of by tho act
of congress of May 27, 1902, shall bo
entered under the general provisions
of tho homostoad and townslto laws;
each entry is not to exceed 1G0 acres
In area. The law provides further that
all lands opened to settlement and en
try under this act remaining undis
posed of at the expiration of five years
shall bo sold for cash under terms
prescribed by tho secretary of tho in
terior, not more than C40 acres to any
person.
Tho vast tract to bo opened to set
tlement in this reservation is mainly
mountainous country and is gener
ally believed to be comparatively poor.
Its value is said to have no comparl-)
son to tbo land opened and settled
upon in the Rosebud Indian country.
There aro some sections of the coun
try, however, that aro covered with
rich granite deposits.
The dato of the opening and tho
places to bo designated where tho
drawing w - tako place probably will
not bo announced beforo tho president
issues his proclamation which is ex
pected to bo mado public some tlmo
between August 1 and September 1.
In older to obtain registration each
applicant will be required to show
himself duly qualified to make home
stead entry on the lands under exst
ng laws and gvo the registering offi
cer such appropriate matters of de
scription and identity as will protect
tho applicant and tho government
against any attempted imposition.
Registration cannot be effected
through tho use of the malls or the
employment of an agent excepting
that of honorably discharged soldiers
and sailors entitled to the benefits of
soction 3204 of tho Revised Statutes
of tho United States, as amended by
an act of congress, approved March
1, 1901. Tho drawings will bo hold
under the supervision and immediato
observance of a committee of threo
persons whoso integrity is such as to
make their control of the drawings a
guarantee of its fairness.
At each land office, commencing on
tho day to be named by tho president
in his proclamation, the applications
of thoso drawing Nos. 1 to 126, inclu
sive for that land district must be
presented and will bo considered in
their numerical order during the first
day, and tho applications of thoso
drawing Nos. 125 to 250, inclusive,
must ho presented, and will be consid
ered in their numerical order during
tho second day, and so on at that rate
until all of the lands subject to entry
under tho homestead laws have been
entered.
WITTE SEES THE EMPEROR.
Is Given Instructions and Information
About Peace Matters.
ST. PETERSBURG M. Wltte had
a prolonged audience with tho em
peror at Peterhof, at which, the whole
subject of the peace negotiations was
gone over In detail. Tho difficulties
of tho situation were freely discussed
and indications were given that his
majesty Is more apt personally to gov
ern M. Wltte's course than the formal
Instructions which have been given
him.
M. Wltte will leave St Petersburg
next Wednesday for Paris, sailing as
previously announced, from Cherbourg
July 26, on tho North German Lloyd
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosso.
Mme. "Wltte will accompany her hus
band as far as Paris, whero she will
remain for the present, though she
may possibly join M. Witte later in tho
United States.
Brings Suit for Damages.
NEW YORK Denying that tho
wreck of its fast passenger train near
Harrlsburg, Pa., on May 11 last .was
caused by dynamite or due to negli
gence of employes, the Pennsylvania
Railroad company filed answer to a
suit recently brought by Clarenco F-.
Opper, who asked $50,000 damages for
injuries received in that wreck. Mr.
Opper stated that ho was compelled
to walk a long distance in his bare
feet and that his hearing waa prac
tically destroyed by tho explosion.
Granite Boys Will Entertain.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H. The state of
New Hampshire desires to participate
in entertaining the Russian and Japan
ese peace envoys who aro to hold
their conferences In this city next
month. Edward N. Pearson, secretary
of state, will come from Concord Sat
urday evening to confer with Assist
ant Secretary of Stato Pierce regard
ing arrangements for tho accommo
dation of the envoys and to tender
the assistance of the state. It is ex
pected that Mr. Pierce will come to
Portsmouth Saturday or Sunday. '
WN AGAIN.
1
8econd Attempt to;
re Stale's Re-
Port on Equlti
Results.
NEW YORK FoMftt second tlmo
within twenty-four fffivri District Afc
torney Jerome madSjba unsuccessful
attempt to procure wwffhe New York
ofllco of tho state fSpotlntendont qf-
insurance nn officialTSpylof the super?
intendent'8 report
of tho affairs of
Utfinvcstlgatlos
jsqunania iio
io i report lias
Assuranco society.
been mado public at
ltny last night
' representative.
Air. Jerome s persol
Assistant District
tofiiW Garvan,
wont to tho office ofiPopW Insurance
Commissioner Hunt
bearing a
long letter from th
pt
attorney.
together with a fori
iand
for aa
official copy of thfl
ent. Mr.
Garvan and Mr. Hui
re
closeted
for more than half
and when
tho assistant attoraar el
ged- from
tho office he was 9pt-l
uded. Ha
admitted that ho d
et the de-
sired document, butj
to discus's
what took placo
District Attorney
would inform tho
nference.'
said , ho,
u -
JEROME TURNEI
Ilk vil . iuo. r . .
failure of the insuwnct
partmentfcjbj ;
fi!mrmvi ?..,
hero to turn tho EafcltaM
testimony f
over to tho dlstrlctfattpr
promised. Wk
office;
S I.A
SHORT LINES
UJLT.J
Some Union
Pacific E!sJB
NebraskaT """
CHICAGO Julius Krutschnltt, di
rector of maintenance and operation
of tho Harrlman system, says:
"Tho Union Pacific and Southern Pa
clfl roads will build a number of short
lines from points where they seem
feasible and paying. Wo are engaged
In survoylng and looking over a num
ber of proposed extensions in the west,
but havo definitely decided on very
fow as yet."
Tho Union Pacific may use the
Burlington stub from Hastings to
Kearney, Neb., In connection with tho
new lino from Kansas City which Is
being built However, that point is
not settled and tho Union Pacific may
use the tracks of the St Joseph &
Grand Island from Hastings to Grand
Island to connect with the main lino
instead of using the Burlington to
Kearney.
FRANCE GIVES HER CONSENT.
Will Participate In Conference on
Morocco Affairs.
PARIS Premier Rouvler and Prince
von Radolln, tho German ambassador
reached an agreement relative to tho
communications to be exchanged be
tween Franco and Germany regarding
Morocco. Franco consents to partici
pate In a conforence, having been as
sured in the course of the negotiations
that her interests will be safeguarded.
The official notes on the subject will
bo communicated to the chamber of
deputies probably on Monday.
Information obtained in diplomatic
quarters shows that It has practically
been settled that the conference will
be held at Tangier.
8TRONGEST MAN THEY HAVE.
Czar Formally Appoints M.
Wltte
Peace Plenipotentiary.
ST. PETERSBURG Emperor Nich
olas has assigned the appointment of
M. Wltte, president of the committee
of ministers, to be chief plenipoten
tiary representing tho Russian govern
ment in the peaco negotiations to be
conducted next month in the United
States. Tho appointment which was
signed nfter midnight, clothes M.
Wltto with plenary powers.
Official notification of the designa
tion of M. Witte to head the mission'
was forwarded to Washington this
morning. M. Wltte will take passage
on the North German Lloyd steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse which sails
from Cherbourg July 2C.
Rebates to Grain Dealers.
WASHINGTON Tho Inter-state
commerce commission proposes to
conduct an investigation In St. Louis,
beginning 'uly 22, Into the question of
alleged allowances made by railroads
to companies or persons owning grain
elovators or by euch companies or per
sons owning elevators to shippers of
grain.
WELCOME8 THE INNOVATION.
Premier Balfour Says He Favors
President's Suggestion.
LONDON In tho house of commons
Mr. Robertson asked Premier Balfour
whether there had been any further
international conference proposed by
President Roosevelt, and whother tho
government was prepared to agreo to
the president's proposal to include in
tho eubjocts for discussion the ques
tion of making private property not
contraband of war free from capture
or destruction. Mr. Balfour replied
that the government cordially wel
comed tho proposal of President v
Roosevelt, but Great Britain, In com
mon with other nations, reserved the
right of considering what should be
submitted to the conference.
GEN. STOE8SEL UNDER ARREST.
Held Bscause of Result of Investiga
tion of Port Arthur Fight.
ST, PETERSBURG Tho Nasha
Bhism prints a roport that Lieutenant
General Stoessel has been placed
under arrest at Tsarskoe Selo in consv
quonco of tho revelations made by the
commission which has been Investi
gating tho dofenso and capitulation of
Port Arthur and that tho sword of
honor donated by a number of French
admlrors of General Stoessel will not
bo presented,
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