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THE TREATY
Brief Text of Some of the
Articles of the famous
Document
PORTSMOUTH, N. H.Tho pcaco
treaty opens with a proamblo reciting
that his majesty, tho emporor, and au
tocrat of all tho Russians, and his ma
josty, tho emperor of Japan, desiring
,to closo tho war now subsisting bo
tweon thorn, and having appointed
their respocttvo plenipotentiaries and
furnished them with full powers,
which woro found to bo In form, haVo
como to an agreement on a treaty of
poaco and nrranged as follows:
Article I Htlpulntes ror the ro-es-tnbllslitnent
of pdoce and friendship be
tween the sovereigns of tho two em
pires and between the subjects of Rub
nla nnd Jnpan. respectively.
.Article II Itl majesty, the emporor
or Russia, rocoRtilzea the preponderant
Interest from political, military and
economical points of view of Japan In
me empiro o i Korea, nnu bmpumios
that Russia will not oppose any meas
ures for lt Rovornmont, protection or
control that Japan wllldeem nccossnry
to talco In Korea In conjunction with
tho Korean Kovornment. but ltusslnn
(subjects and ItusHlan enterprises are to
enjoy the samo status as the subjects
nnd enterprises of other countries.
Article III It Is mutually ngreod
that the torrltory of Mnncburla be si
multaneously evacuated by both Rus
sian and Japnnoso troops, lloth coun
tries being: concerned In this evacua
tion, their situations bolnt? absolutely
Identical. All rlKhts acquired by pri
vate persons snd companion shall ro
matn Intact. k
Article IVvho rights possessed by
Russia In conformity with the lease by
Russia of I'ort Arthur and Dalny, to
Kothor with the lands and waters ad
jacent, shall pass over ontlroly to Jap
an, but tho properties and rights of
Russian subjects are to bo safeguarded
nnd respected.
Article V Tho governments of Rus
nta nnd Japan cngago thomsolves reclp
Tocally not to put any obstaclos to tho
Ronornl measuros (which shall bo alike
for all nations), that China may take
for tho development of the commerce
nnd Industry of Manchurln.
Article VI Tho Manchurlan railway
shall bo operated Jointly botwoon Rus
sia nnd Japan at Kouang Tchong Tso.
Tho two branch lines shall bo employed
,fnly for commercial nnd industrial pur
poses. In vlow of Russia keeping Its
.branch line with all rights enquired by
Us convention with China for the con
struction of that railway, Jnpan ac
quires tho mines In connection with
such urancn lines wiucn inns to u
However, tho rights of prlvnto pnrtlos
or private enterprises nro to be re
spected. Doth parties to this treaty re
.main obsolutoly froo to undertake
Jwhat they deem nit on expropriated
Ground.
Artlelo VII Russia nnd Japan on
Kago thomsolves to mnko a conjunction
!of the two branch lines which they
own at Kounng Tchong Tso.
Artlelo VIII It is agreed that the
lirnnch lines of the Manchurlnn railway
(shall bo worked with a view to assure
commercial trntllo botweon them with
out obHtruotlon.
Article IX Russia cedes to Japan
tho southern part of Sakhalin island n
far north as tho COth dogreo of north
latitude, tngetbor With tho Islands de
ponding thoreon. Tho right of freo
navigation Is assured In the bays of
Xa Ferouso nnd Tartnro.
Article X This nrtlelo rocltcs tho
situation of Russian subjects on the
.southern part of Sakhalin Island nnd
. .stipulates that Russian colonists there
shall bo free and shall have, tho right
,to remain without changing their na
tionality. Por contra, the Japaneso
government shall have tho right to
force Russlnn convicts to loavo tho tor
.rltory which Is coded to It.
Article XI Russln engages itself to
make an agreement with Jnpan giving
to Jnpanese subjects tho right to tlsh
In Russlnn territorial wnters of the
Hea of Jnpnn, the Sea of Ohkotsk and
Dohrlng sea
Article XI-
-Hho
two high contract
ing parties
engngo
tliemselvos' to re-
now the commercial
treaty oxtstlng be
tween tho two governments prior to
the war in an us vigor wun siigm
modifications In details nnd with a
most favored nation clause.
Artlelo XIII Russia and Japan re
ciprocally engngo to restitute their
prisoners of wra on paying the real
cost of keening tho same, such claim
for cost to be supported by documents.
Article XIV This neaco tronty shnll
bo drawn up In two languages, French
,nnd English, tho French text being evi
dence for the Russlnns nnd the Eng
lish text for tho Jnpnnese. In enso of
xlirtlculty of lnterpretntlon tho French
. document to bo flnnl ovldenco.
I Article XV Tho rntlflcntlon of this
.troaty shnll bo countersigned by tho
sovereigns of tho two countries with
nn fifty days nftor its signature Tho
(French and American embassies shah
bo Intermediaries between tho Japan
hose nnd Russlnns to announce by tele
'grnph tho rntlflcntlon of the treaty.
a i. Two additional articles are agreed to
b follows;
Article I Tho evacuation of Manchu
Irla by both armies shnll bo complete
within eighteen months from the sign
ing of tho trenty, beginning with the
retirement 01 troops 01 t no nrsi line.
At tho explrntlon of tho olghteen
, months the two parties will onlv be nl
lowed to leave ns gunrds for the rnll--way
fifteen soldiers per kilometer.
Artlelo II iho boundary which lim
its the parts owned respectively by
Russia and Japnn In the Snkhnlln Is
land shnll bo tionniteiy marked off on
tho enot
by a special
llmltogrnphlo
commission.
CAUSE OF ARMY DESERTIONS.
General Carr Offers Original Explan
I atlon.
1 WASHINGTON Brlgadlef General
O. C. Carr, commanding tho depart
ment of- Dakota, In his annual roport,
touching upon tho subject of deser
tion, says they aro mainly attributable
to tho slight regard tho enlisted man
Is held by tho averago American citi
zen. i Ho rccommquds that tho Yellow
stone bo mado a four troop post. Tho
.travel In the park, he says, Is in
creasing yearly and ho estimates that
tho wholo number of tho visitors for
1905 will aggregate 30,000.
General Carr invites attention to
what ho terms tho gravo Injury to the
servlco resulting from the absence of
officers from their commands.
Unquestionably Asiatic.
PARIS Prof. Ello Metchnlkoff was
seen at tho Pasteur Institute Monday
and gavo tho Associated Press an in
teresting expression of his views on
tho outbreak of cholera in Germany.
The professor added tho lmporant In
formation that the Pasteur Institute
had Just received special detailed re
ports upon tho actual cholera cases in
Germany and said ho considered
.from tho bacteriological examinations
.mado under his personal direction
that tho cases ' are unquestionably
.Asiatic cholera.
WALKS THE PLANK.
Public Printer Palmer Down and Out
WASHINGTON Public Prlntor P.
W. Pnlmor practically has been oust
ed from office. It wns learned author
ltltntlvoly that President Rooaevclt
had demanded Mr. Palmer's resigna
tion to tako effect on tho 15th Inst
Tho demand of tho president for Mr.
Palmer's resignation- was duo primari
ly to tho lattor's action In trying to
forco Oscar J. Rlcketts, foreman of
printing, nnd L. 0. Hay, a foreman
of divUIon, out of tho government
printing office Mr. Palmer asked for
tho resignation of Rlckotts and Hay
on tho ground that they had been In
Rubordinnto. As soon as President
Roosevelt lenrncd of tho situation,
that had developed ho directed Pub
lic Printer Palmer to forward to him
his resignation to tako effect In two
weeks.
It has been known for somo tlmo
that Mr. Palmer would not bo re-ap-polnted
to his presont office For bov
cral months beforo President Roose
velt left Washington for Oyster Bay
ho wns casting about for n sultablo
man for tho position of public printer.
Ho offored It to John A. Slolchor of.
Now York, but ho declined It, having
something better In vlow. Until tho
time there has boon no chango In tho
situation.
Tho Investigation mado by tho Keep
commission Into tho lotting of con
tract for seventy-two Lanston type
setting machines for uso In tho gov
ernment printing office, disclosed a
serious condition of affairs In the man
agement of the office, tho forces bo
lng divided Into cliques. Thoso
cllquos woro so detrimental to tho In
terests of tho government that tho
standard of efficiency in tho depart
ment wero roduced materially. Tho
ovllondo Bccurcd by tho commission In.
tho courso of Its Inquiry created
much bitter feeling among tho men
holding high positions In tho depart
ment, Ono of theso was tho demand
by Prlntor Palmer for tho resigna
tions of RIckett nnd Hay. As tho
Keep Inquiry, so far as known, devel
oped nothing ngalnst the Interests of.
Rlcketts and Hay, tho president act
ed promptly In taking tho wholo mat
tor out of Palmor's hnnds, and laying
It In tho hands of tho Keep commis
sion for such further Investigation as
might bo necessary. Coupled with
this action of tho president was tho
aemand on Palmer for his resignation.
PLANS FOR PALACE OF PEACE.
Carneala Foundation Offers
Flvo
Prizes to Architects.
NEW YORK About $15,000 In
prizes and tho honor of being ono of
tho flvo architects who'plan tho peaco
palaco for tho uso of tho permanent
court of arbitration at Tho Hague was
today offered to tho architects of all
nations In a prospectus Issued by tho
Carnogla foundation. This invitation
was mado to securo tho Ideas of many
minds as to tho most fitting edlflco In
which to house tho tribunal which It
is hoped will mako wnr unnecessary.
Tho flvo most successful architects
will receive prizes, tho largest of
which Is for 12,000 guilders, a Bum of
monoy slightly less than $5,000. In
addition to their open offer to tho
world, tho directors of tho Carnegie
foundation, which will becomo the
ownor of tho flvo prize plans, has also
Issued a special Invitation to certain
omlnont architects from each of tho
principal countries of tho world re
questing thorn to join tho competition.
WOULD CL08E ALL 8ALOONS.
Ltd Likely to Descend Upon Northern
Minnesota.
ST. PAUL Word has been received
hero from Cass Lako, Minn., that In
dian Agent Scott at Walker has re
ceived Instructions -from tho Interior
department to proceed with tho en
forcement of tho law forbidding liquor
la tho so-called "Indian country," and
United States District Attornoy C, C.
Houpto states that a strict enforce
ment of tho law would result In tho
confiscation of every saloon or liquor
storo In all of Minnesota north of
Fort Snolllng. This would Include
tho cities of Minneapolis, Duluth, St.
Clovd, Moorhead, Crookston and hun
dreds of simmer places. Tho district
attorney ays that If the law is en
forced tho "lid" will bo shut down io
tight In northern Minnesota that only
an act of congress can ralso it.
DOCTOR FILL8 BIG CLAIM.
Asks
$5,000 for Medical Attendanco
on Late Ellen McKee.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. A claim against
tho estate of the lato Ellen J. McKeo,
amounting to $5,520, for medical serv
ices from January 2 to May 3, 1905,
was filed in tho probato court today
by Dr. W. E. Flschel.
Among tho Items of tho claim is a
charge of $5,000 for ten days' Bervlco
during tho last Illness of Miss McKeo,
when Dr. Flschol accompanied her
from St. Louis to Ashovllle, N. C,
where she died.
Miss McKeo left an estate worth
several million dollars. The hearing
is set for Septomber 14.
Russians Were Defeated.
TOKJlO. (Delayed In Transmis
sion.) An official roport announces
tho complete aurt crushing defeat of
tho remnant o; the Russian forces
after flvo hours' severe fighting at
Nalbutu on the west coast of tho Is
land of Sakhalin.
Japan Censuring Telegrams.
PEKIN MessaEes received hero
I from a good sourco at Toklo represent
tne situation mere hh sruve. i no jap-
anese government Is apparently con
1 soring telegrams.
THE TREATY
Cuba (Not Pleased With Its
Compact It Has With
Great Britain.
HAVANA Two of tho principal
commercial economic associations, re
sponding to a confidential request
mado by tho foreign relations com
mltteo of tho senato for advlco as to
whether tho pending treaty between
Great Britain and Cuba ought to bo
ratified, declared emphatically ngalnat
ratification. Tho principal reason
given is that Cuba's interests aro too
Inevitably bound to its great custo
mer, tho United States, to permit of
granting for ton years such privileges
to British ships and citizens as thoso
named In tho treaty. Another reason
given is that tho adoption of tho trea
ty would allow privileges to British
warships as well as merchantmen, not
warranted by the relations between
Cuba and Great Britain and not per
missible in view of tho relations be
tween Cuba nnd tho United States.
Tho lattef reason Is considered the
most potent on account of tho suspi
cion that tho treaty, while ostensibly
ono of cpmmerce, navigation and am
ity, would In reality glvo to British
warships greater privileges In Cuban
ports than thoso given to tho United
States by tho cession of two naval sta
tions. Tho troaty was signed on May last
after tho definite favored nation
ciauso has been eliminated in conne
quenco of representations mado by
Mr. oqulers, the American minister.
Tho United States government, on re
ceipt of a report regarding tho al
leged objectionable feature, made a
peremptory representation nfalnst tho
troaty. The copy was sent to Wash
ington, Blnco which time, according
to a statement made to tho Associated
Press by Secretary of State O'Farrill,
tho United States government lias
CQasod its representations regarding
It. It Is known, however, that in
Washington the treaty Is regarded as
inimical to tho Interests of tho United
(States, not, perhaps, In a commercial
sense, becauso It does not contain any
tariff concessions, but in tho broader
political significance of allowing
British warships equal rights in Cu
ban ports with thoso of Cuban war
ships, under plea of Btress of weather
or accident, thus giving to Great
Dritaln greater privileges than thoso
granted to the United States.
FAVOR FOR AMERICA.
Czar of Russia Orders Change of Pol
icy in Regard to Imports.
OYSTER BAY, L. I. At tho confer
ences between President Roosevelt
and the Russian peaco envoys, Mr.
Wltto, by direction of tho emperor of
Russia, presented tho following com
munication: "Somo years ngo In coneequenco of
misunderstanding In the Intoprotatton
of tho most favored nation clause,
thero wero established in Russia on
Bovernl articles of American produc
tion customs on a higher scale than
those levied on tho samo articles when
imported from other countries.
"His majesty, tho emperor of Rua-
Bla, has commanded me to Inform tho
president of tho United States that he
has beon pleased to order tho discon
tinuance of the levying of such higher
duties on American products in order
that henceforth tho American manu
facturers should pay the same duties
as importers from other countries."
BADGE FOR PAST COMMANDER.
Comrade Bross Given One as Chap
lain and Head or Nebraskans.
DENVER, Colo. An Interesting fea
ture of tho visit of tho Nebraska de
partment to the national encamp
ment at tho Albany hotel wa3, tho pre
sentation to Past Department Com'
mander Harmon Bross of Lincoln of
a past department commander's badge.
The presentation address was made
by C. E. Adams of Superior.
Tho badge Is of gold, and Is stud
ded with Bcvcn diamonds. The em
blem bears a cross and a sword. The
cross denotes that Mr. Bross was de
partment chaplain of Nobraskn for
three years, and the sword signifies
that ho was a commissioned officer In
the union army.
STOCK WAS OVERSUBSCRIBED,
Lewis Found More Suckers Than
He
Could Take Care Of.
ST. LOUIS. Frederick Essen, re
ceiver of tho People's United States
bank, reported to Judgo McElhlnney
of tho circuit court at Clayton, that
there was in tho bank $233,536 cred
ited to tho special account of President
E. G. Lowls which had been received
by him on subscriptions for capital
stock, and which represents over-sub-scrlptlons,
received after all of tho
capital stock had been taken. The
Judgo ordered that this bo returned
to tho subscribers.
DO NOT LIKE TERMS.
r-
Popular Outbreak at Toklo Against
Peace Settlement at Portsmouth.
TOKIO Rioting broke out hero last
(Tuesday) night In connection with
tho dissatisfaction over tho result of
tho peace settlement. There wero sev
eral clashes vrlth the police and it is
estimated that two woro killed and
! 500 -wounded. Tho rioting ceased at
midnight. Police stations woro the
'only property destroyed,
A $50,000,000 CONCESSION.
It Is Awarded to J. E. Market of Ne
braska. NEW YORK Chairman Shonts of
tho Panama canal commission an
nounced Friday that ho had awarded
a concession for feeding and housing
tho greater part of tho canal employes
to J. E. Markel of Omaha.
Following a month's visit to Pana
ma, Mr. Markel has worked out a com
prehensive scheme, which includes
tho early establishment of ten hotels
along tho canal and railroad, each of
thorn to accommodato from 160 to 250
laborers and twice as many dlnors.
Theso hotels, It Is declared, will com
pare favorably with tho better class
of commercial hotels in this country
nnd will bo used chiefly by tho higher
salaried employes. Tho average
rato for board and lodging will bo
about $30 a month.
WRITING POOR LIFE RISKS.
Investigating
New
Committee Unearths
Form of Fraud.
NEW YORK Evidence of exten
sivo fraud In tho writing of life insur
ance on risks known to bo bad has
been brought to tho attention of tho
Armstrong legislative committee. It
is asserted that in this class of fraud
thero has been collusion between tho
officers nnd agonts of companies of
high standing.
Subpoenas summoning tho medical
examiners of somo of tho big compan
ies to appear beforo tho commlttoo
havo been prepared. They will also
bo requested to havo ready for tho
committee tho medical records of tho
company for the last few years to bo
used as exhibits In case they are re
quired. All tho medical examiners
probably will be called for tho samo
day.
LEARN OF PEACE TREATY.
Oyama Congratulates Gen. Llnevltch
on the Outcome.
GODZYADINI, Manchuria At 1
o'clock Saturday afternoon a Japan
eso messenger, bearing a white flag"
and escorted by soldiers, arrived at a
post near the railway and handed to
tho Russian officers who went to
meet him a letter from Field Marshal
Oyama to General Llnevltch, con
gratulating him on tho conclusion of
pcaco and begging him to appoint
Russian plenipotentiaries to arrango
an armistics.
Fiold Marshal Oyama had appointed
General Tukushima as plenipotentiary
for his side, tho letter announced, and
ho suggested Chakhedza as tho mee
lng place.
Woman's Relief Corps.
DENVER Tho Woman's Relief
Corps of tho Grand Army of the Re
public elected the following officers:
Senior vice president, Mrs. Julia G.
Sine, Chicago; junior vlco president,
Eunlco Mung'er, Oklahoma City, O.
T.; treasurer, Charlotte E. Wright,
Hartford, Conn.; chaplain, Catherine
C. Kennedy, Denver. Executive
board: Dr. Orpha Bruce, Tampa,
Flo.; Sarah E. White, Rockvllle, Ind..
Florence S. Babbitt, Ypsllantl, Mich.;
Maria E. Dean, Chattanooga, Tenn.,
and Mrs. Alice W. Fuller, Cleveland,
O. The encampment adjourned sine
die.
Doesn't Fear an Outbreak.
WASHINGTON Tho Japaneso le
gation is without advices as to the dis
turbances which have taken place In
Japan in disapproval of tho terms of
tho peaco treaty. M. Hlokl, tho first
secretary, stated, however, that very
few Japaneso wero perhaps satisfied
with tho terms of tho treaty, the senso
of discipline In tho people was so
great that there was not tho slightest
fear of any serious outbreak.
INVASION OF NEW ZEALAND.
American Harvester Trust Menace to
Implement Makers.
LONDON The Times correspond
ent at Wellington, New Zealand, Bays:
Tho operations of the American
harvester trust aro seriously menac
ing tho prosperity of New Zealand lm-v
plement makers. The manufacturers
recognize that even a protective tariff
of 20 per cent would be unavailing, A
deputation asked the government to
prevent tho trust from doing business.
Tho premier Intimated that tho gov
ernment would- proceed with tho mo
nopolies prevention bill.
BUT ONE LARGER CORN CROP.
Kansas Yield This Year Estimated at
230,000,000 Bushels.
WICHITA. Kas. F. W. Fraslus, ed
itor of the Southwestern Grain and
Flour Journal of this city, Is author
ity for the statement that tho Kansas
corn crop will reach 230.000,000 bush
els. Only once In tho history of tho
stato was thero a larger crop of corn
than will be gathered this fall. That
was In 1889. when tho yield of Kansas
was 270,000,000 bushels. Authorities
all say that tho present crop without
doubt is tho large." t over grown In
tho state, acreage considered.
Teamsters In Open Revolt.
CHICAGO Open revolt against tho
International Brotherhood of Team
sters, which practically amounts to
secession, catno when three of tho best
organized local unions In Chicago, tho
Ico wagon drivers, van teamsters and
brick, sand nnd terra cotta teamsters,
voted to ropudlato tho election of of
flcors at tho international convention
at Philadelphia, adopt tho referendum
and withhold support from President
Shea and the oxocutlve board. Tho
unions 'whlah defied Shea number
4,000
G. A. R. CHIEF
Corporal Tanner Is Chosen
Commander of Grand
Army of the Republic
DENVER Tho thirty-ninth annuat
national encampment of tho Grand
Army of tho Republic elected offlcors
on Friday as follows:
Commander-in-chief, James Tanner,
Now York.
Senior vlco commander-in-chief,
George W. Cook, Denver.
Junior vlco commander-in-chief, Si
las H. Towlcr, Minneapolis.
Surgeon general, Hugo Phlller, Wau
kesha, Wis.
Chaplaln-ln-chlcf, Rov. Father J. G.
Leary, Chapman, Kan.
Minneapolis was chosen as tho
meeting placo for 190G.
Tho contest for commander-in-chief
was tho most interesting feature of
tho sessions Friday. Besides Corporal
Tanner, R. B. Brown of Zanesvllle, O.,
Charles Burrows of Rutherford, N, J.,
and Charles G. Burton of Nevada, Mo.,
wero placed in nomination. Burrows'
namo was immediately withdrawn. As
tho roll call of departments proceeded
It became apparent from tho number
of departments seconding Tanner
that his election was a certainty. Al
though Georgo Stono of San Francisco
was not named, formally as a candi
date, tho Department of California and
Nevada cast its fifteen votes for him.
Tho total vote for Tanner was 447.
Brown received 187, Ohio und Penn
sylvania giving him their full voto
and Indiana a majority. Tho only
largo delegation that voted for Burton
was that of Missouri. His total wa3
42 votes.
When tho adjutant general announc
ed the result tho convention went
wild. Tho old veterans leaped from
tbelr Beats, shouting and cheering
and throwing their hats In tho air.
Amid tho din General Brown mount
ed the stage and moved to mako Tan
ner's election unanimous. Messrs.
Burton and Stono both seconded tho
motion, which was carried with a roar
of applause. Commander-in-Chief
King then appointed tho defeated com
rades a committee to escort Corporal
Tanner to tho stage. "While tho four
wero walking down tho center alslo
tho delegates made a rush for Tanner,
and, lifting him Into tne air, carried
him bodily to tho rostrum. The dele
gates then rose enmasse and cheered
for several minutes.
In a brief speech Corporal Tanner
thanked his comrades. "Thero is ono
man," ho said, "whose esteem and as-,
slstance It is necessary for the old
soldiers to havo. Thero aro three
men in tho encampment whom I will
call in council In meotlng President
Roosevelt."
Another great shout went up as Cor
poral Tanner Indicated the person ho
referred to in his veiled remark and
as it died down he said that he ex
pected to havo tho beneficent counsel
In all his undertakings as commander-in-chief
of Senator William Warner
of Missouri, General John C. Black of
Chicago and General Grenvllle M.
Dodgo of New York.
CHINA TAKES STEP FORWARD.
Old Method of Educational Examina
tions Abolished.
PEKING An important edict has
been Issued in response to the memo
rial of Yuan Shi Kl and other promi
nent men, abolishing examinations for
tho old system of degrees. By means
of this system, established from tlmo
Immemorial, China has recruited gov
ernment officers. The idea of obtain
ing by competitive examination tho
best educated men Is essentially good,
but It has been rendered entirely fu
tile by tho knowledge demanded.
Hitherto the aspirant for honors was
required to bo proficient in the writ
ings of Confucius and other classics,
tho ability to compose essays in a par
ticular form, consisting really of a
kind of literary jugglery. The learn
ing so obtained was entirely useless
for practical purposes, while tho closo
study required to attain tho necessary
knowledgo provents attention to other
modern and more useful subjects.
8ALMON QUITS HIS OFFICE.
Doctor Tenders Resignation and It
Is Accepted.
WASHINGTON Dr. David E. Sal
mon, chief of the bureau of animal In
dustry, department of agriculture, has
tendered his resignation to tako effect
immediately upon the appointment of
his successor, and It has been accept
ed to tako effect on October 1.
Tho resignation was announced by
Secretary Wilson at noon today, but
ho declined to state whether tho sever
ance is due to the charges filed re
cently against Dr. Salmon, of which
the doctor was exonerated.
ENVOYS GIVE TO CHARITIES.
CONCORD, N. H. Letters from tho
Russian and Japanese pcaco plenipo
tentiaries on the ovo of their depart
ure from this country, which accom
panied checks of $10,000 each for
charltnblo purposes In tho state of
New Hampshire, wero made public
Friday by Governor John McLane.
Tho envoys wrote In cordial apprecia
tion of tho hospitality and courtesy
shown them by the stato and leave
the question of disposition of tho funds
to the discretion of the governor.
IS FOR PENSIONS.
Roll Reached Its Maximum Last
January.
WASHINGTON Tho pension roll
reached tho maximum number In Us
history on January 21 last, tho num
ber being 1.004.19G. Tho roll passed
tho million mark In September of last
year and gradually Increased for tho
next four months. Tho decline began
with tho first of last Fobruary and by
the following May had dropped bolow
tho million mark.
These facts aro developed in a sy
nopsis of tho annual report of Pension
Commissioner Warner covering tho
operations dt his ofllco for tho fiscal
year ended Juno 30 last At the end
of tho yeartho number of pensioners
had declined to 998,441, a net increaso
for tho year of 3,439.
Tho report shows tho following ad
ditional facts:
During tho year tho bureau Issued
185,242 pension certificates, of which
number over 50,000 were originals. Tho
annual value of tho pension roll on
Juno 30, 1905, was $136,745,295. By
the term "annual value" Is meant tho'
amount of money required to pay tho
pensioners then on tho roll for ono
year.
During tho year 43,833 pensioners,
wero dropped from tho roll by reason
of death and of theso 30,254 were Bur
vlvors of tuo civil wnr.
On June 30, 1905, tho roll contained
tho names of 684,608 survivors of tho
civil war, a decrease of over 6,000
from the previous year.
Tho total amount disbursed for pen
sions for the fiscal year Is $141,682,
841, of which $4,197,167 was for navy
pensions and $3,409,998 wag paid to
pensioners of tho Spanish war and
$133,022,170 to the survivors of tho
civil war, their widows and depend
ants. Tho total amount paid to Span
ish war pensioners since 1899 Is $11,
996,198. The total amount of money paid for
pensions since the foundation of tho
government Is $3,320,860,022 and of
this amount $3,144,395,405 has been
paid on account of tho civil war. Tho
total number of claims allowed, origi
nal and Increaso, under order No. 78,
known as tho "age order," since that
order went Into effect April 13, 1904,
up to June 30 1905, was 65,612.
GUARDIAN FOR A RICH MAN.
Millionaire Wells of Iowa Unable to
Manage Estate.
GRUNDY CENTER, la. Guardians
were appointed today for Georgo
Wells, pioneer citizen and millionaire
land owner, on petition of his sister,
Mary Wells Nelson, who alleged him
to be of unsound mind because of ad
vanced ago, Wells being over 84 years
old. He Is one of Iowa's richest men.
Ho owns nearly 14,000 acres of choice
farm lands In Grundy, Emmett nnd
Kossuth counties, valued at from $50
to $100 per acre. Ho has $200,000 on
deposit In Chicago banks, $150,000 in
Iowa banks and has other personal
property worth $500,000.
PEACE ENVOYS AT DINNER.
Wltte and Baron De Rosen Entertain
ed at New York.
NEW YORK George C. Harvey en
tertained at dinner Thursday night,
at tho Metropolitan club the Russian
peace envoys, Mr. Wltto and Baron do
Rosen, the members of their Bultos
and a company of men distinguished
in the different walks of life. Tho
dinner company numbered more than
eighty. Mr. Wltto first spoke, saying
ho had Insisted upon being accorded
that privilege that ho might havo tho
honor to propose a toast "to tho health
of tho Illustrious statesman, Theodore
Roosevelt" Mr. Wltte'8 last words
wero drowned with cheers. When
these wero ended ho resumed speak
ing In French:
"At the samo tlmo it Is my great
pleasure and I bellovo It my duty, to
propose a toast to tho prosperity of
tho great and marvelous Americans,
who aro so admirably personified In
tho president. I drink to this glorious
republic and its president, Mr. Roose
velt" '
GRAFT CHARGE AT ST. JOE.
Insane Hospital Trustees Accused of
Diverting Money.
ST. JOSEPH Abraham Davis, a lo
cal democratic politician, filed an in
junction suit in tho circuit court to
day, in which ho charges that Dr. C.
R. Woodson, superintendent, and tho
Board of Managers of the State Hos
pital for the Insane No. 2 aro divert
ing monoy paid by the county for tho
keep of indigent lnsano to the building
fund, which Is supposed to be kept up
by tho state, and asks that they bo re
strained from using county money lor
state purposes. It Is estimated that
tho loss to the taxpayers of the county
Is $5,000 annually. It is also alleged
that a profit Is charged on clothing fur
nished tho patients part of which Is
manufactured by them. Dr. Woodson
says he courts the fullest Investigation
and that he can disprove every charge
made.
Ambassador Meyer Coming Home.
ST. PETERSBURG Ambassador
Meyer will leave St Petersburg Sep
tember 11 for Berlin and Paris and
thence he will go to America at tho
end of September on leave of absence.
Find of Spanish Gold.
DETROIT. Mich. A special to tho
Tribune from Traverse City says that
$150,'000 in Spanish gold has been un
earthed on North Fox island, off Grand,
Traverse bay, In Lake Michigan.'
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