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S C OUR G E
Authorities of New Orleans
Energetic in Stamping
Out Yellow Jock
NEW ORLEANS, Ln. Tho nppar.
net Incrcnso in tho number of caaea f
yellow fever Is duo to tho discovery
nnd tranBfor to tho omorgency hospi
tal of cloven cases which had not been
previously reported. That Institution
was ln full blast and tho screened am
bulances which had bcon put In ser
yico woro kopt busy hauling tho un
fortunates to that Institution.
Tho members of tho Italian soclotlcs
committees who have been doing mis
sionary work among tholr people nro
responsible for tho discovery of sever
al of theso cases.
Tho rule of Infection among tho
Italian clement continues. .Thero have
boon vory few cases nraong pcoplo of
other nat'onnl'tlcB and only two no
groes have been found with tho ill
ncsfl. Yellow fovcr does not as a rulo
nttack tho negroes, tho history of all
epidemics being that they havo as a
rulo boon immune. Ono of tho negroes
reported today Is a quadroon. Both
of thoso men worked In saloons and
restaurants ln tho Italian quarter.
Tho lncreaso In tho number of foci
eight now spots botng discovered, Is
also In l'no with tho rulo thnt has pre
vailed heretofore, In fact, thero has
not been n slnglo exception. Every
new focus Is traccablo directly to tho
original sourco of Infection. A case
was discovered In tho resldenco of a
woll known citizen, a mixed servant
being taken down with tho disease
during tho aftornoon. An investigation
dovolopcd tho fact that hor mother
lived In tho Italian quarter, and that
sho hnd bcon In tho habit of visiting
lier on Sundays. Sho had been Uioro
just soventocn days ngo and had been
thero again last Sunday. Following up
tho mosquito theory, tho girl was bit
ton by a mosquito in tho Infected
jhouso InBt Sunday and tho regular"
period for the Incubation of tho germ
(four to four and a half days) was up
in tho aftornoon. Sho was Immediate
ly transferred to tho emorgency hos
pital and ovory precaution taken in
tho residence,
Tho work of sanitation nnd- tho cam
paign of education has boon complete
ly organized nnd GOO men aro actively
nt work. Another branch of tho work
has been organized for ward work In
tho education campaign, and Rev. Mr?
Bovorly Wnrnor has consented to bo
miporintcndcnt.
Tho quarantlno situation has been
furthor complicated by tho tolcgram to
President Souchon from Dr. Mohr,
acting hoalth ofllcor of Alabama, that
ho would require seven days' deten
tion nt tho camp before uny travelers
would bo admitted into Alabama,
Toxas and Mississippi havo agreed to
nccopt a five days' pratique from tho
marine hospital service. Tho dotontlon
camps nro boing capably whipped Into
ehapo.
THEY 8AIL FOR NEW YORK
Peace Plenipotentiaries 8 tart on Their
Mission.
PARIS M. Wltto, Professor do
Wartcns and a number of officials
making up tho Russian pcaco plenipo
tentiary party, loft tho St. Lazaro
railroad station at 9:20 In tho morn
ing for Cherbourg from whero they
will Ball for Now York on tho North
German Lloyd lino steamer Kaiaor
WUholm dor Grosso. Many officials
nnd diplomatists gathered nt tho do
pot, Including Ambassadors Nclldoff
nnd Casslnl and M. Routkowskl, tho
Russian financlnl agent. M. Wltto re
mained on the platform smoking n
clgarotto nnd chntting with tho am
bassadors until tho train pulled out
whon ho raisod h's hot and bowed his
fnrowoll salutations to tho crowd. M.
Loplno, tho prefect of police, remained
besldo M. Wltto until his departure.
Madamo Wltte and her daughter ac
companied M. Wltto to Cherbourg.
Thonco thoy will go to Brussols nnd
remain thoro during tho conference.
RUSSIA AFTER A SEAPORT
Germany Wants Hohenzollern on Nor
wegian Throne.
LONDON Tho correspondent of
tho Dally Mail at Stockholm says:
"Tho object of Emporor William's
Interview with Emporor Nicholas was
to obtain tho consent of tho latter for
a prince of tho houso of Hohenzollern
to ascend tho throno of Norway. It
1s possible that the Russian emperor
will consent, provided Russia bo per
mitted to slightly rectify her frontier
on tho Atlantic."
Tho Dally Mall, commenting on tho
dispatch, suggests that tho "rectified
frontier" moans that Russia wants to
acquire tho strip of Norwegian terri
tory which parts off tho Inland from
tho Arctic ocean, thus gaining a sea
port. New Governor at Moscow.
ST. PETERSBURG The nowspa
pers announce tho appo'ntmont of
Durnovo a member of tho council of
tho emplro as governor general of Mos
cow In plnco of General Kozloff. who
Is considered to havo been too vacil
lating In his policy toward the Zem
Btvo congress. Durnovo. who Is
woaltky, was governor of Moscow In
1872 and 1878. Ho has had leng ex
perience In ndmlnlstraMvo posts. His
Bon was commander of tho Russian
torpedo boat destroyer Bedovy at the
bMtle of Pio Sea of Japan.
(STRENGTH OF JAP3.
Have 550,000 Men In Field In Man
churls.
URIDIAPUPDZD, Manchuria Tho
Japanoso armies nt prosent' occupy
tho position uf an Immense slcklo
with tho handlo reaching from a few
miles south or- Lino Ynug and passing
through Chantnfu, tho blado circling
northwnrd toward Klrln with tho Up
on tho Korean coast south of Posslet
bay.
It Is estimated that General Nogl
has eighty battalions, General Oku
sixty, General Norzu thlrly-Blx7 Gen
eral Kurokl ono hundred nnd sixty,
Goncral Kawnmura ninety nnd Gen
eral Ilasegawa ono hundred nnd
twenty, tho battalions nvoraglng a
thousand men with 2.000 field and
mountain guns nnd about ono hundrod
slego guns.
Tho Japaneso oxtrcmo loft Is guard
ed by Goneral Tnmura's cavnlry divi
sion. Tho Chln&so ln tho Japanoso
sorvlco aro In tho centor screened by
cavalry under tho command of General
Oklhnrs.
OBJECTION BY PRESIDENT.
Does Not Like to Bee His Name on
"Ado."
SPOKANE, Wash. Proa Idont
Hoosovelt has objected to Spokane's
litoraturo bearing his portrait on tho
tltlo pago. Secretary Monroo of tho
Chambor of Commerce received a let
tor roquestlng tho withdrawal of tho
brochucs on tho "Lewis and Clark
Trnil" from publication. Tho letter Is
dated from tho Whlto IIoubo, Wash
ington, July 19, nddressod to tho
Chamber of Commerce nt Spokano
and declares that President Roosovolt
is vory much opposed to tho appear
anco of his" portraits in advertise
ments of any character nnd requests
that tho booklet of which tho cover
was enclosed bo Immediately recalled
from circulation nnd notlco bo given
whon this Is done.
Tho Chamber of Commorco nt a spe
cial meeting today cancelled an ordor
for 50,000 of tho pamphlets and took
stops to call in as far as posslblo
those- distributed.
FINANCIERS GET BUSY
Are Planning to Raise Big Indemnity
Fund.
BERLIN In v!ow of tho probability
of an early pence between Russia and
Jnpan, tho terms of which will involve
tho payment of n vory hoavvy Indem
nity by Russia, tho financiers of Eu
ropo havo boon holding conferences to
tho end thnt tho pcaco Indemnity may
bo paid without eoriously disturbing
tho finances of tho world. Tho Mendel
SBohns, tho Dorlin bankers, who havo
been for many years tho representa
tives on tho continent of tho Russian,
government, nnd who hnvo negotiated
many of tho Russian loans, havo
formed an alliance with tho Roth
schilds in respect of tho matter and
have held communications with all tho
leading financial Institutions both on
tho continent nnd ln England. Thoy
aro about to send their representatives
to Now York with a vlow to enlisting
tho cooporation of tho larger financiers
of the United States.
THE PEACE CONFERENCE
Preparations for the Same Rapidly
Progressing.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Prepara
tions for tho peaco conferonco arc pro
gressing rapidly and satisfactorily,
and by August 5, tho day on which tho
plenipotentiaries aro expected to
reach Portsmouth from Oyster Bay,
on board tho Mayflower and tho Dol
phin, nit will bo ln readiness for their
rocoptlon. Tho Washington govern
ment and tho state of New Hampshlro
nro co-operating in the effort to mako
tho surroundings of tho conforenco as
sultablo as "possible nnd nro recolving
generous assistnnco from the peoplo
of Portsmouth and tho adjacent vil
lages of Klttery, Me., where the navy
yard Is located and Nowcastlo, N. H.,
near which tho plenipotentiaries will
havo quarters ln tho Hotel Wont
worth. HILL ROAD GETS RIGHT-OF-WAY.
Great Northern and Homer Line Set.
tie Their Differences.
SIOUX CITY, In. Tho Great North
ern railroad and tho Sioux City,
Homer & Southern road, have settled
their dispute ns to tho Northern's
right to cross tho Indian reservation
nnd tho Northorn will proceed at onco
with its work on tho Ashland exten
sion. A hearing wns to havo been
held beforo the secretary of tho In
terior, but it was called off becauso
of tho withdrawal of tho protest
against tho Northern's Invasion of tho
territory. The secretary of the in
terior has approved tho Northern'i
map.
Tried to Kill Sultan.
SOFIA, Bulgaria. It is reported
from Constantinople that during to
day's Solamlik an nttempt was mado
to assassinate tho sultan.
Bomb for the Sultan.
CONSTANTINOPLE -- During tho
Solamlik hero a bomb was exploded
in tho courtyard of tho mosque , r-losa
to tho sultan. His majesty was not
injurod, but several mombors of his
suits wero killed or injured.
New Panama Officers.
NEW YORK. E. A. Drake, secre
tary and treasurer of tho Panama Rail
road company, has been nppolnted as
sistant to President Shouts, who sailed
Saturday for Panama.
JAP TERMS
It is Said England Will Not
Interfere With Her
Ally's Demands
WASHINGTON Japan comes to
tho Washington conferonco assured
that whatovcr ior pcaco terms, thoy
will havo tho sympathetic approval
of Great Britain. Several suggestions
from Washington to London that the
causo of neaco would bo served by
nn explanation to Japan from her
nlly favoring moderation ln her de
mands upon Russia havo not availed
to chango tho. British government in
Its npparently unalterablo determina
tion to Btnnd by Japan, however se
vero Bho mnkos her conditions of
pcaco. Nor has tho British govern
ment scon Its way clear to render as
sistance to Washington In tho efforts
which this government is making to
obtain an nrmlstico.
Advices reaching hero show that
London is opposed to an nrmlstico un
til Japan hns been satisfied that Rus
sia's plenipotentiaries aro prepared to
do moro than discuss tho means of
ending tho war. If Russia is ready
to conclude pcaco and has so empow
ered her plenipotentiaries, Great Brit
ain, it Is bollovcd, might favor an
nrmlstico, but even ln such event it
is said sho would not bo willing to
offer Jnpan advico on "tho subject
As understood ln Washington, Lord
Lansdowno's position is that, as tho
loyal ally of Japan, Great Britain can
nfford to tnko no stop, nor assume
any nttltudo that would ln tho remot
est degroo redound to tho advantago
of Japan's enemy. However much
London may wish pcaco for humani
tarian reasons, her loyalty to Japan,
whose pledged ally she Is, prevents
her oven from Indirectly bringing
pressure to bear by suggesting, advis
ing, or otherwise at Toklo regarding
negotiations, tho effect of which might
servo to modorato Japan's peaco con
ditions or hasten a truce. When Jap
an asks her ally for advico tho Lon
don government is prepared to "give
it, but this advico will bo based on
Japan's Interest as a primary consid
eration. Nor is this nttltudo on tho part of
tho London government misinterpret
ed in Washington as indicating that
its officials do not- sharo In tho wish
of tho noutrnl powers for pcaco. It
has been mado plain that tho activ
ity of tho president has tho full sym
pathy of tho British people, although
tholr first thought, it is declared, must
bo ln tho interest of their ally.
SANTO DOMINGO REVENUES
Income of the Republic Set Forth
In
Statement
WASHINGTON Tho revenues of
tho republic of Santo Domingo collect
ed under tho modus vlvvendl between
Prosldent Roosevelt nnd tho Domini
can government by American officials
commissioned by tho Dominican gov
ernment, amount to $331,048 for tho
months of April nnd May. Of this
amount, thero has been placed in tho
City National bank of New York to
tho credit of tho trust fund for tho
benefit of tho creditors of tho republic
$157,313. This money will bo hold un
til tho United States sonnte has taken
action in tho matter.
The expense of collecting tho 'reve
nues for tho two months includes $11,
9C0 for sniarlos and $1,010 for travel
ing expenses.
GRAIN HEARING IN WASHINGTON.
Takes Testimony Regarding Elevator
Charges In Buffalo.
WASHINGTON Chnlrman Knapp
and Commissioner Clements of tho In
terstate Commerce Commission gavo
a hearing on tho general Inquiry undor
way concerning the transfer of grain
through elevators Involving tho
charge that in many instances rebates
has been nllowcd. Witnesses were
heard ln tho caso of tho Spencer Kelly
Grain Elevator compan yof Buffalo.
N. Y., an Independent concern. An
effort was made to prove that tho
company had allowed a rcbato of
of a cent per bushel on a particular
shipment of oats from Chicago to New
York by way of Buffalo. On behalf
of tho company tho contention was
mado that it was not a common car
rier in tho sense that tho law con
templated as applied to railroads; that
it was ln the elevator business, abso
lutely Independent of tho railroads,
and that tho elevation of tho grain
was no part of its transportation.
Hence it was held by counsel for tho
olovntor company that there was no
Illegality In tho methods adopted by
It in obtaining and transacting busi
ness. Uintah Reservation Land.
DENVER. Colo. United States
Land Commissioner W. A. Richards,
who spent the night in this city, left
Sunday for Grand Junction, Colo., ono
of tho twons selected for registering
Applicants for homesteads ln the
Uintah reservation, Utah, 'which has
been thrown open to settlement Com
missioner Richards will superintend
tho registration, nnd brought with
him twenty-four government clerks to
nid in tho clerical work. If any ad
ditional help is needed It will ho se
cured on tho ground. '-
ANOTHER EXPERT IS OUT.
George T. Moore of the Agricultural
Department Tenders His Resig
nation. WASHINGTON Ooorgo T. Moore,
physiologist nnd anologlst of the De
partment of Agriculture, tendered his
resignation to Secretary Wilson and It
has been accepted. This action Is tho
culmination of a hearing at tho de
partment yoBtcrday, nt which It was
alloged l)y two representatives of an
agricultural publication that Mooro's
wlfo held stock in a company manu
facturing culture for soil Inoculation,
whllo Mooro, who had charge of tho
preparation and revision of bullotins
regarding tho enrichment of farms, di
rected farmers to tho concern ln ques
tion for their supplies of tho culturo.
According to Dr. Moore, n proposi
tion was mado to him in July, 1904,
by persons living at Westchester, Pa.,
for tho formation of a company to
manufacture Inoculating material
under patents taken out by the De
partment of Agriculturo In tho name
of Dr. Mooro. Ho said ho told these
men thoy would probably always havo
competition with tho government and
that ln any event thoro could bo no
monopoly of tho business for tho rea
son that tho department had taken
tho patonts In a manner to prevent
any commercial discrimination. Tho
Westchester men wero willing to tako
tho risk and offered Dr. Mooro a sal
ary and nn Interest in tho business,
with tho understanding that tho com
pany should havo tho excluslvo right
to any further discoveries made by
Dr. Mooro.
BODIES TO BE DISINTERRED.
Remains of Bennington Victims to Be
Sent Home.
SAN DIEGO Tho bodies "of tho
Bennington boys who were burled In
tho military cemetery on Point Loma
nro to be disinterred and sent homo
to rolatives at tho expense of tho gov
ernment Tho officials havo discovered that
after tho Maine disaster congress
onacted n law providing for tho trans
mission of tho bodies of dead sailors
to their homos. After tho explosion
tho undertakers telegraphed to tho
nearest relatives of tho dead men for
instructions regarding tho disposition
of tho remains nnd thoy wero inform
ed that tho bodies could not bo shipp
ed 'at tho government expense. Ac
cordingly tho bodies of the forty-nino
boys wero interred, unombalmed, in
tho llttlo burial ground on tho hill.
Now Paymaster Morris is telegraph
ing to relatives that, upon their re
quest, tho bodies will bo disinterred
and sent homo at tho oxpenso of tho
government So far Buch request has
como for two of tho bodies and it is
likely that a majority of them will
bo oxhumod and sent away.
TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION.
Bennington Disaster Inquiry Will Be
Far Reaching.
WASHINGTON Secretary of the
Navy Bonaparte said, relative to tho
Bennington disaster:
Tho public may rest assured that
this distressing affair will bo most
thoroughly investigated, nnd that
whatever action tho results of this in
vestigation may show to bo proper
will bo taken by tho department
promptly nnd effectually.
Beyond this I can say nothing nt
present becauso, as yet, tho material
factors aro but very Imperfectly un
derstood. TAKE THE 2EMSTVO PAPERS
Russian Police Raid Houses of the
Officers.
MOSCOW Tho pollco visited tho
houso of M. Golovln, president, who
presided nt tho recent all-Russian
zemstvo organization for the Moscow
district, who presided at the recent all
Russia zemstvo congress, and also tho
houso of M. Pollner, secretary of the
bureau. Thoy seized all tho docu
ments relating to the proceedings of
tho congress.
A now congress of zomstvos and
municipalities will assemble at Mos
cow In August, ln which two peasants
from each provlnco nnd also repre
sentatives of tho numerous liberal
unions will participate.
A GULF PIPE LINE.
The Cudahys and Other Big Men in
the Dtal,
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. It Is an
nounccd negotiations have been com
pleted ln Pittsburg, Pa., by the Melon
Bros., the Cudahys and tho Shell
Transportation company, for tho
financing of tho proposed pipo lino to
tho Gulf of Mexico, with tho Union
Trust company of that city. Tho pipo
line will extend from Chanuto to Port
Arthur, a distance of G50 miles, and
will cost about $G,000,000. Tho com
pany holds options on 10,000 barrels
productions, and these expire next
week. The plan Is to closo tho deal
by August 1.
Bishop J. W. Joyce Is Dead.
MINNEAPOLIS Bishop Isaac W.
Joyce, Methpdist bishop, died at his
homo hero Friday morning as the re
sult of a cerebral hemorrhage and con
sequent attack of peralysls, which he
sustained while delivering a sermon
at Red Rock, Minn., camp meeting on
Sunday, July 2.
Harrlman Quits Rio Grande.
NEW YORK Information was re
ceived horo that R II. Harrlman has
resigned from th Directory of the Den
ver & Rio Grand railroad.
A REPRIEVE
Gov. Deneen of Illinois Gives
Murderer Hoch a While
Longer to Live
CHICAGO Johann Hoch, "Blue
Beard" nnd confessed bigamist sen.
fenced to bo hanged Friday for pois
oning ono pf his wives, was granted a
roprlovo until August 25 by Governor
Dcneon. Tho stay of execution fol
lowed hours of nnxiety on tho part of
Hoch, who had never given up hope
and tho stay was allowed by tho gov
orner only after tho latter had been
assured that tho necessary Bum to
appeal tho caso had been raised. Tho
amount, $500, was given by an attor
ney and friend of Hoch's counsel.
Tho attornoy declared ho was actu.
ated purely by humanitarian motives.
An Incident at the jail during tho
preparations for tho oxocution was
tho appearance of a physician and a
woman, who told Jailor Whitman that
they wanted to help in Hoch's battle
for life. They Bald they wished to
rniso funds for tho condemned man
nnd asked Jailor Whitman to delay
tho hanging as long as posslblo.
About tho time sot for tho execu
tion tho attorney who furnished tho
money appeared in tho caso for tho
first time. This attorney, it was stat
ed, telephoned Hoch's lawyer that tho
former had $500 to glvo toward aiding
to appeal the caso. Tho two lawyers
hastened to tho jail, told Jailor Whit
man of tho monoy secured and ar
ranged with tho Jailor to postpone as
long as possible tho execution of
Hoch. Meanwhile they Bought State's
Attornoy Healy and had him arrange
a conforenco with Governor Deneen
over tho long-distanco telephone.
Hoch's counsel told the governor that
thero was lacking only a small sum
of tho amount necessary for a review
of tho caso. After dlscussijig the mat
tor with the state's attorney, tho gov
ernor finally consented to a 'stay for
the .condemned man and so notified
Hoch's counsel.
Hoch retired early in the night and
awoke at 7 o'clock this morning, cor
dially greeted his death watch of two
guards and talked with them for some
timo. He changed his clothes and
seemed resigned to tho fato that
awaited him, but ho assured his fow
visitors that there might bo a chanco
for him yet.
Meanwhile, unknown to Hoch, tho
negotiations- for his roprievo wero
progressing. It was noon and the
delay up to this time inspired Hoch
with renewed hope. Ho ato dinner,
smoked a cigar and read.
Half an hour later through tho
window of his quarters ho, having
been removed from tho cell ho had
Occupied, received tho news of his ro
prlovo. It was conveyed to him by
spectators of the proceedings In tho
states attorney's office which adjoins
that of the jail building. He was
disinclined' to believe the news at
first, but when it was brought to him
also by. tho ministers ho was over
Joyed. He clapped his hands and de
clared that ho was the happiest man
alive.
MORE "LAND FENCE" CASES.
Timber Experiment Land 8ald to
Have Been Appropriated.
OMAHA Information was filed In
the United Stntes district court
against H. B. Reed on tho grounds
that he had Illegally fenced 9,000
acres of land, and against Adam Mil
ler, Clarence M. Miller, Charles Mil
ler and William O. Miller for fencing
18,000 acres of public lands Included
in tho United States forest reserva
tions in McPhorson county. Capiases
woro ordered issued for tho arrest of
the accused parties and thoy will bo
taken beforo tho United States com
missioner at North Platto for arraign
ment Tho cases against these parties
have been worked up since tho con
viction of tho Krause brothers of Sher
idan county under tho direction of
United States District Attornoy Bax
ter and Special Assistant Attorney
Rush by Special Land Agents De
Frees, Chambers and Dixon.
COPING WITH FEVER.
A Proclamation by the Mayor of
New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS Mayor Behrman
issued a proclamation to tho pooplo
of Now Orleans urging them to heed
tho advico of the health authorities
relative to the sanitation of their
premises and calling special attention
to tho necessity of screening the
houses and placing nets over cisterns
and all pools of water which might
breed mosquitoes. This proclamation
was also signed by tho president of
tho Stato Board of Health, president
of tho City Health Board, Surgeon
Whlto of the Marine hospital service
and tho advisory committee of tho
New Orleans Parish Medical society.
Honolulu Has Objection.
HONOLULU Thero Is a protest
hero against quarantining cargoes at
San Francisco. Coffeer, United States
surgeon In the margine hospital ser
vice, says the San Francisco author
itles wero not advised by him that the
health conditions here wero such a?
to warrant the action taken there and
ho cabled the marlno hospital author
itles at Washington that there is no
need of quarantining cargoes from
Hawaii. It is believed that the fuml
gating at tho quarantine station will
injure the cargoes of sugar.
WHAT JAPS WANT
An Indemnity of a Billion Dollars
Asked.
WASHINGTON. Whether thero la
to be peaco in tho far east or a con
tinuance of the war will bo practically
decided at tho first business meeting
of the Washington conference, which
will convene nt the navy yard, Ports
mouth, N. H., about August 5. Baron
Komura will on that occason commun
cato to M. Wltte, tho essentials of
Japan'B pcaco terms for further nego
tiations. This, it is declared, will not bo dono
in a spirit of defiance Indeed thoro
nro many evidences ln the possession
of the neutral governments that Japan
is coming to tho Washington confor
enco, not imbued with a dcslro to hum
iliate Russia, but only to exact terms
which will insuro n lasting peace In"
tho far east, and which will ln a meas
uro compensate Japan for the financial
losses in tho present conflict.
Although guarding with great caro
tho official statement of Its terms Ja
pan has not kept from several friend
ly governments the general character
of theso terms.
Official Washington has been en
nbled to form within certain limits a
general idea of their character.
It is known that Japan will demand
nn Indemnity that will approximately
cover tho cost of the war to date. This
was communicated to Russia early in
the preliminary negotiations. Tho
amount is still a secret, but It is based
upori tho most careful estimates of tho
cost of tho war and will be acconv
panled by a moro or less detailed state
ment, showing the method by which,
tho final figures wero computed. It
will not fall far short of $1,000,000.
000, according to advices reaching
here from woll informed Bources. Be
sides tho indemnity, it Is believed, Ja
pan's other essential to the continu
ance of the negotiations aro tho ces
sion to Japan of Sakhallen and tho
transfer of Russia's lease, of tho Liao
Tung pcninBUla and of the railway as
far as Harbin, the recognition of Ja
pan's predominating infiuenco ln Corea
and tho return of Manchuria to China.
If the Russian plenipotentiaries are
prepared to accept theso essentials,
the officials hero are confident that tho
bases will bo lala for negotiations sure
to lead to tho sgnlng of tho treaty of
Washington, bringing peace to the
far cast
CUTTING'S SCATHING REPORT.
Massachusetts Commissioner Roasts
Insurance Methods.
BOSTON Scathing criticism, point
ed condemnation and fierco denuncia
tion of the methods and course of tho
big insurance companies, character
ize the annual report of Frederick L.
Cutting, commissioner of Insurance
for Massachusetts. The report Is ex
haustive ln its review of methods em
ployed by high Insurance officials
Muring tho past several years, to whom
ho alludes ln some Instances, as
"Judases," and to ono company ns the
"Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde company"
ainl contains a recommendation that
tho legislature tako up the matter of
deferred dividends and tho relation
between tho insurance companies and
thoir allied trust companies and other
questions with a view of compelling
reform.
Fraternal insuranco and tho case of
tho-Royal Arcanum are dealt with at
Bome length in tho report, the com
missioner expressing his opinion that
tho now rates recently adopted by
that order and which caused such a
stir within its ranks aro not too high.
MAY ESCAPE TRIAL.
Senator Burton of Kansas May Not Be
Tried Again.
WASHINGTON There is reason
Burton of Kansas, will not ngafn bo
brought to trial. Officially tho officers'
of tho department of Justice refuse to
confirm this assertion. They say that
no orders havo been given to tho
United States district attorney at St
Louis relative to tho caso, and that so
for believing that Senator J. Ralph
far as thoy now know the senator
from Kansas will bo brought to trial
In September, in eplto of these official
utterances. It is known that an ox
haustlvo Investigation has been mado
into tho Burton caso, and tho conclu
sion has been reached that thero Is
little chance of convicting him.
WYMAN WILL TAKE CHARGE
Surgeon General to Have Control of
Yellow Fever Situation.
WASHINGTON Surgeon General
Wyman of tho public health and ma
rlno hospital service, who has been
absent from tho city on official busi
ness, is now on his way to Washing
ton and upon his arrival will give per
sonal attention to the yellow fever
situation In New Orleans.
Acting Surgeon General Glannan of
the public health and marine hospital
service was informed by Surgeon
White, who represents that service at
Now Orleans, that thero had been a
death from yellow fever ln that city
outside the district In which previous
deaths had occurred.
Town Almost Empty.
ST. PETERSBURG The annual
fair at Nizhni Novgorod opened with
tho customary ceremonies, but tho
town was almost empty. A majority
of the shops havo been shut, largely
owing to tho disturbed state of tho
country.
Admitted 300 Chinese.
WASHINGTON Reports from tho
Immigration stations for tho month ot
July show that during that month 311
Chinese applied for admission, and
th 300 were admitted
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