WLTTEWELCOMED
OFFICIALS MEET THE HOME-COM-INQ
ENVOY.
PRAISED FORJHS GOOD WORK
In Ret-ponse to an Address the Envoy
Says He Succeeded Because ot
American Sympathy and That He
Was Truo to the Emperor.
ST. PETERSBURG M. WIUo ar
rival licro Thursday nml wna nccordod
a very hoarly reception by a largo
crowd of oftlclalB and others. In a
brief speech rcplyltiR to a welcoming
address M. WIUo showed clearly that
ho was dooply touched by tho wolcomo
vrlth which ho was received.
"When ho left St, Petersburg In July
a small dolegatlou Qf ofllclnla accom
panied him to tho railroad station to
bid him farewell. Thoro wns no pub
lic demonstration whatovor. Today
thero wero sovon or eight times ns
mnny officials desplto tho very early
hour of tho train's arrival and an en
thusiastic crowd of GOO to 000 pooplo
was" prcsont. Among tho officials
jiroscnt woro Baron Nohle, gonoral soc
xctflry of (ho congross of mlnlstors;
General Durnova, adjutant to tho min
ister of tho Sntorlor; M. Wyshnc
gradsky, formerly flnnnco minister nnd
now director of Uio International Com
mercial baul, M. Kobeko, privy coun
cillor and chairman of tho press ro
form commission, and many other
prominent officials who had been M.
Wltto'a former colleagues or subordi
nates. Tho crowd bad collected near
whoro M. Wltto would descend from
tho train and when ho appeared thoy
broke out Into long nnd loud cheers,
to which M. Wltto bowed ncknow
lodgement Tho Bppkosmnn then 'ad
vanced and read tho address of wol-
como, all Uio mcanwhllo standing
bareheaded.
Tho. address road:
"You have accomplished your diffi
cult taBk and tho nation Is grateful
to you. You havo given tho credit for
your success to Emporor Nicholas,
President Roosevelt, Emperor William
nnd to tho press. You havo forgotten
only yourself. Wo, howovor, fully np
proclato your servlco to your country,
frho troo you planted at tho Washing
ton homestead at Mount Vornon will
servo as a token of tho union betweon
tho two nations. You havo dono much.
For oursolveB and for those who are
Eibsent wo will onco more shout a
icarty hurrah."
When tho cheer had died away M.
"Wltto, who scorned dooply moved by
tho sincerity of Iho wclcomo advanced
n fow stops and delivered his reply.
Uo said:
"I was so little prepared for this
kind of roccptlon that I must ask your
pardon for my words. I havo per
formed my duty well, becauso I havo
fitrlctly obeyed hffl majesty's Instruc
tions, becauso circumstances favored
mo, becauso the world Is weary of
this bloody war, bocauso nil classes of
American society from President
Roosovolt down woro In sympathy
with mo nnd your causo, and becauso
I was truo to my country and you nnd
your Interests."
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
. THANKED FOR PEACE WORK
RICHMOND, Ind. At tho session
pf tho Indiana yearly meeting of
FrlendB tho following resolution was
adopted:
Indlnna yearly meeting of Friends,
now in session, representing. 20,000
juombore, rejoices with thanksgiving
fhat President Roosovolt has been tho
Instrument in tho hands of Provi
dence for bringing about peace be
tween Russia and Japan, that tho son
itroent of tho nation and of tho world
bo heartily supports him ns a peace
maker, and that tvo doslro his encour
agement in tho promotion by all means
ko88lblo for the peace ot tho world.
CHEAPER LIVING SOON COMING
That Is What Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson Says.
WASHINGTON Secretary Wilson
pt tho doprtmont ot agriculture today
(predicted lower retail prices during
Wio coming wlntor season for meat,
dairy products and poultry and other
(necessities of life? Ho sayrf tho re
lict for tho householder will como
rom tho enormous yields of small
grain nnd corn In tho great grain ter
ritory of Illinois, Minnesota, tho Da
hotas, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas.
Ho said:
I Heavy crops havo resulted In tho
return of normal agricultural condi
tions in the great producing states.
Tho meat products havo been losing
money for tho past three years. Grain
coats too much. There was no pro
tit In.focdlng, as strange ns this may
Room, to people who pay bucIi prices
us wo do for our meat. But the
heavy oats crop will nil combine to
heavy grass crop of this year, In addi
tion to tho heavy grain crop and the
tlons. And this means a direct in
fluence on horsos, boof, pork, dairy
products and poultry.
Objectionable Post Cards.
WASHINGTON Acvtlng; Postmna
ter Gonoral HitWicok, In a circular
mailed Friday to all jHisluiautors, has
renewed tbo campaign started recently
ngalnst objectionable postcards. He
has called attentiou to the rule which
bars fiom the mullu every card bear
Jng a picture nr Uiugua&o thnt is ob
scono. Indecent or Improperly suggent
Jvo. Tho nso of the Mails for victor
lal card has been so oxtenslvo that
tho departaifn vajs It has cxlatulod
tho comic va'fit'i'' Bcuica ovwr the
cntlro year
PACKERS' PLEA OF ABATEMENT.
Judge Humphreys Will' Rule on Val
idity of Indictments.
CHICAGO Judgo Humphroy hoard
tho closing arguments on tho plea of
nbatomonl filed by tho packors ngalnst
tho Indictment chrglng thorn with Ille
gal methods of conducting business.
Tho court declared that whllo It was
posslblo that ho would hand down his
decision Friday, it is not certain that
be will do so. Tho grounds on which
tho abatement of tho Indictment Is
sought by the packors aro that tho
grand Jury roturnlng tho Indictment
wns lllogal because It was not publicly
drawn as required by law; that tho de
fendants woro doprlved of tholr right
lo chnllongo tho Jurors; thnt Judgo
nothoa, sitting In tho castorn division
of tho northern district ot Illinois,
had no right to recelvo tho return of
an Indictment returned from the"
northern district of the snmo division;
thnt one momber of tho Jury wns not
legally mado a member of that body,
and that tho government officials had
not tho right to produce before tho
grand Jury a transcript of cvldonco
previously hoard by them, unsworn
and unverified, but prosontcd as ab
stract of tho cvldonco.
ORDER8 AN INVESTIGATION.
Methods of Western Life Company
to Be Looked Into.
CHICAOO, 111. Attorney General
William II. Stodman, who represents
tho pooplo of Illinois, has ordered an
Investigation Into tho nffalrs or tho
Western Lifo Indemnity company, nnd
may Insist on quo warranto proceed
ings to determlno whother the com
pnny ban been pursuing wrong busi
ness methods.
U. S. ARMY SURGEON
SUICIDES BY SHOOTING
ATLANTA, Ga. Cnpt. O. M. F. God
frey, assistant surgeon In tho United
States army, stationed" at Fort Mc
pherson, commlttod suicide by shoot
ing himself through tho brnln with an
army rovolvor at bis resldonco at tho
post Captain Godfrey, was a son ot
Col. E. S. Godfrey, commander of tho
Ninth United States cavalry stationed
nt Fort Riley, Kas. Captain Godfrey
was 3D years of ago and a gradunto ot
West Point. The causo of tho deed
Is not known, but Is attributed by his
brother officers at tho post to tempo
rary mental abboratlon.
DESPERATE DUEL.
Express Messenger Has a Bloddy En
counter. BLOOMINGTON, 111. One of tho
most desporate encounters that over
happened on a Wabash railroad train
took placo between John B. Ryan, 3620
Sixty-fourth place, Chicago, a messen
gor on train No. 13, duo In Decatur at
3:13 In tho morning, and Edward C.
Greene, 5101 South State Btreet, Chi
cago, a former express messenger and
later omployed with F. S. Betz & Co.,
Hammond, Ind. Both men nro ser
iously Injured and cannot live, each
having received threo bullets In tho
fight In tho car which lasted for miles,
Greono says that ho got on tho ex
pross car a l'orty-sovonth streot, Chi
cafo, Intending to go to his homo at
Plttsfleld, to visit relatives. Ho was
an old friend of Ryan and tho latter
ho claims, permitted him to rldo. Ho
claims that ho assisted Ryan on tho
trip with tho express matter and that
tho two began drinking. Jokes led to
a quarrel and Greene says both drow
guns at tho samo time.
Ryan claims that tho shooting began
west of Uomcnt, whllo Greene avers
that tho first shot was fired before tho
train reached Ccrro Gordo. Ryan
claims that ho did notseo Grecno
In tho car until the train reached Ccrro
Gordo and he believed that Greeno
Jumped in for the purpose ot robbery.
Tho men clinched and both with re
volvers drawn rolled about on tho car
floor. Tho men then soparated and
each sought shelter In tho car, whllo
waiting for tho other to nppcar In
order to shoot. Just as tho train was
Hearing Decatur both men fired and
both went down, but wero on their
feet in a short time nnd the duel con
tinued. "When tho train neared Do
catur, Greeno opened a door and
Jumped from the car. He was unablo
to run and was found nn hour later
by tho pollco. Ryan says that he be
lieved robbery was the mottvo when
ho shot.
Greono has an ugly bullet wound In
tho broasl, another In tho right lung,
whllo a third ball lodged in tho fleshy
part ot tho abdomen.
Ryan was shot In tho left Jaw, be
hind tho left ear and In tho left shoul
der, tho wounds all having been in
flicted during the few moments that
they stood up from behind their shel
ter In the car before reaching Deca
tur. Roth of tho men are In different
hospitals. ,
Tho officials or nono of the trainmen
wero aware of the torrlblo fight that
was being wagod on the train until
It reached Decatur, when tho car door
was foou open and tho tralnraont found
Ryan In a pool of blood ou tho floor.
Raises the Quarantine.
MONTGOMERY, Ala The state ot
Alabama raised the quarantine estab
lished a few days ago against Jackson,
Miss., at the lime when n suspicious
case of Illness was reported from
tfcare.
Fljjure up the Fire Loss.
BUTTH. MonL A careful ostlmato
of the lows of the recent fire places It
at ?QD,000 with insurance ot $600,000.
The Syinous Dry Goods, company Is
tb heaviest laser, with a loss of about
SaOO.080 fully Insured
REFUSED TO LAND
MEN
FOR PANAMA WORK WANT
TO QO BACK.
DRIVEN ASHOREBY THE POLICE
Many Are Badly Injured by Blowj
from Clubs of Officers They Re
fuse to Listen to Advice of the
French Contul.
COLON Six hundred nnd fifty
laborers from, Martlnquo brought
hero Friday on tho Fronch steamer
Versailles under contract to work on
tho canal refused to disembark or to
submit to vaccination, which Is Im
perative under tho American Bnnltftry
regulations. Thoy clamored to bo
taken back to Martinique, asserting
that they had been misinformed as to
the conditions hero before they em
barked and that later thoy learned
thesb conditions woro intolerable and
deadly. Saturday morning, however,
000 of thorn woro with difficulty por
Buaded to land, nnd those wero sent
to points along tho lino of tho canal.
Ono hundred and fifty remained on
board nnd declined to leavo Uio ship
under any consideration. These wore
forcibly ejected from tho ship Sunday
nftornoon by Panama and canal zone
policeman, but not until nearly ovory
ono of t.hem had been clubbed nnd
soveral were blooding from ugly
wounds.
All of Saturday and Saturday night
tho Versailles was guarded by Pana
ma policemen. Early Sunday morning
tho French consul nt Colon, M. Bon
henry, appealed to tho men to listen
to reason, explaining that they hnd
left Martinique under contract with
tho canal zone emigration agent guar
anteeing tho payment of their passago
hero nnd that whllo working on tho
canal thoy would havo 4n addition to
their wnges tho guarantee of free
quarters and free medlcu! attendance.
Tho men, however, woro not answor-
ablo to this reasoning. Notwithstand
ing the efforts of tho consul and oth
ers, and despite the information given
thom by several of their countrymen
that health and other conditions on
tho isthmus were satisfactory and that
tho terms of their employment would
enable them to save money, they per
sistently refused to leavo tho ship,
baring their breasts and Invoking
death In preference to going ashore.
Tho captain of the Versailles, who
all through the trouble displayed an
extraordinary amount of patience, told
tho men thnt ho was ready to tako
back to Martinique all those who woro
able to pay their passage, but tho men
argued that the French government
would bo willing to reimburse tho
Btcarashlp company and that they
themselves were penniless.
Then tho Panamnn polled, armed
with clubs, approached the Jaborers
and on their refusing to quit tho ship
bogan to club them right and left
About fifty of tho laborers leaped
Into' tho sea, but all of tho men wero
nolo to swim. Tho captain, however,
lovored a boat, which picked them up.
Nearly every man had received blows
and several of them wero bleeding
from ugly wounds.
Seeing that resistance was useless
tho men then yielded and camo
ashore and began to cat tho food
which had been placed on tho dock
In sight of them for sovoral hours'.
Many of them bad not oaten since
Saturday.
At 5 o'clock nil the laborers, who
wero in a pltlablo condition, were
placed on a train which left for Cor
ozel, whore they will bo put to work.
CROW INDIAN RESERVATION.
Land Will Soon Be Thrown Open to
Settlement.
HELENA, Mont. J. Scott Harrison,
government Inspector of surveys, after
having been In tho Crow Indian reser
vation field for nearly four months,
has completed his task and returned
to Helena. His report Is being pre
pared and will bo forwarded to tho
general land office, after which the
plats will bo filed In tho Eastern Mon
tana land offico, to bo followed by tho
preslucnt's proclamation that tho
lands aro open to settlement. Includ
ed In the lands is tho Custer battle
field. A MEMORIAL FOR
ONE CENT POSTAGE
ST. LOUIS Mo. Tho secretaries
nd representatives of commercial and
trades organizations, who have boon
meeting here perfected a pefmannt
organization to be known as the As
sociation Presidents and Secretaries
of Commercial and Trades organiza
tions. A memorial to congress, urging u
revision of tho postal laws and a re
duction of letter postage to 1 cent per
ounce was urawn up. a resoiutou
opposing tho government establishing
a parcels post system was adoptod,
such a system bolng declared unwise
and inimical to tho Interests of the
masses.
Car Line Hearing Ic Sat.
WASHINGTON Hoarlng In the
prlvato car line Inquiry Instituted by j
Mm Tntorctnin Cnmntftrtn nnmitilectmi I
will begin In this city on October IS
and probnbly will continue for more
than a wook. The cases arc directed
among others, ngalnst the St. Loulg,
Iron Mountain & Southern. Kansas
City Southern, Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and St.
Louis & San Francisco railways, the
Armour Car Lines, American Refrlg.
I erator Dispatch.
THINK SLAYER IS LOCATED.
Another of Kansas Murderers
poeed to Be In Asylum.
Sup-
TOPEKA. Kas. Tho local authori
ties think thoy havo locatod the man
guilty of tho murdor of Mrs. NIckum
In 1D04 hnd the murder of Mrs. Caro
line Job, nt Ottawa. Kas., on Mnrch
27, 1905. Tho man Is JobopIi Kjopek,
a Bohomlnn. now nn Inmate of the
Kansas Insane asylum at Topeka.
Kropek has boon partially Identified.
Ho was sent to the asylum from Hoi
ton on April 26. Tho circumstances
surrounding tho Nickum nnd Job mur
ders woro almost Identical, both wom
en being mutilated In manner sim
ilar to that practiced on tho victims of
tho famous White Chapel crimes.
HELEN GOULD GIVES $150,000.
Slx-8tory Railroad Y. M. C. A. Build
ing for St. Louis.
DETROIT, Mich. Miss Helen Miller
Gould hns agreed to give $150,000 for
n Railroad Young Men's Chrlstlnn As
sociation building nt St. Louis. This
announcement wns tho featuro of 4.ho
opening day of tho twelfth Interna
tional conferonco of the railroad de
partment ot the Y. M. C. A. Tho
building will be a memorial to Miss
Gould's father, tho lato Jay Gould, and
will probably be completed by Sep
tember 1, 1906. It will bo a fireproof,
six-story structure of brick and stone,
and will stand opposite tho Union
depot, facing on Eugenia streot.
THE OLDEST WOMAN
IN IOWA IS DEAD
DAVENPORT, la. Mrs. Margaret
O'Brien of Keokuk, thcoldest woman
In Iowa, died hero at tho age of 102
years and six months. Mrs. O'Brien
was a nurse during the civil war and
drow a pension because of her disabil
ities, which were entirely mental
Sho was an inmate of tho Insane
ward at Mercy hospital here, her
mania being for dancing, and she In
sister on dancing a Jig with any one
who approached her.
TWO PULLMANS WRECKED.
Great Western Fat Stock Train
Crashes Into Soo Line Passenger
St. Paul, Minn. A Chicago Great
Western Btock train, running about
twenty miles an hour, as It was going
to tllo St. Paul yards at 9:30 o'clock.
Sunday morning, struck tho middle of
a Soo lino passenger train which had
Just left the union Btatlon and hurled
Pullman sleepers over a retaining
wall to tho bottom of the gully twenty
feet below. One sleeper Innded bot
tom sldo up and the other fell on Its
side. Both cars wero badly wrecked.
Ono woman was so badly injured that
sho died, In St. Joseph's hospital
shortly after being taken there and
nine others wero seriously Injured,
whllo a score or more were less se
riously hurt.
Lecturer at Harvard Dies.
WEST OSSIPPE, N. H. Dr. Jas. R.
Chadwick. of Boston, was found dead
Sunday just outside his- summer resi
dence nt Ohocorun, N. H., several
miles from here, by one of his ser
vants. It is supposed that he fell
from tho piazza roof of his cottage
during the night. It is thought thnt
Dr. Chadwick became ill and lost his
balanco while making his way across
tho roof to obtain air.
HIGHWAYMAN SHOT DEAD
THREE JTHERS FLEE
BERKELEY, Cal. In a battle with
four footpads early Friday, Policeman
John J. Lestrange shot and killed ono
of tho four highwaymen, whose body
now Ho3 unidentified at the morgue.
Lestrange was commanded by one
of tho highwaymen to hold up his
hands, but tho officer drow a revolver
and fired. The bullet penetrated tho
man's Jugular vein, and ho dropped
dead. Threo companions made their
escape.
KILLED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT.
Prominent Lawyer of Hampton,
la.,
Dies From Injuries.
HAMPTON, In. Fred A. Harllman,
a prominent capitalist and lawyer of
Hampton, was killed in nn automobile
accident. Fred Beed sustained a
broken collarbone nnd some bad bruis
es and Art Beed was badly crushed
and bruised.
Tho three were enjoying a rldo
through the country and as they were
descending a steep hill Harliman lost
control of the machine. It struck the
edgo of a bridge at tho bottom of tho
hill and pitched Into the gully fifteen
feet below. Harliman landed undor
the machine and was crushed to
death. He d'ed about an hour after
being removed from tinder tho wreck
age. Tho Beed boys foil at ono side.
Harliman was about 35 years old
and a momber of ono of the wealth
lost families Iff Franklin county. Ho
Is survived by a family.
SUGAR TRUST FOR GERMANY.
Leading Manufacturer Are Trying to
Organize It.
HANOVER. Germany The sugar
rofiners of northern and wostorn Ger
many nre again endeavoring to form
a trust. A meeting of Important man
ufacturers has boen hold bore, which
will probably losult In a definite plan
for a combination being submitted to
the ruling sugar lntoro6ts about Octo
ber 15 . ' .
NAME THE RATES
TARIFF ON DRESSED BEEF
TATED BY PACKERS.
DIC-
WHAT PRESIDENT RIPLEY SAID
Gives It As His Opinion That the
Dressed Beef Rate Ought to be 150
Per Cent Higher Than Live Stock
Rate.
CHICAGO, 111. Testimony in direct
opposition to evidence by various
western railroad officials was given
before tho interstate commerce com
mission Friday by President E. P. Rip
ley of tho Santa Fo railroad.
Tho commission Is Investigating
freight rates on live stock and llvo
stock products from Missouri river
points to Chicago. President Ripley
dcclnred that the rato on dressed beet
between Kansas City and Chicago
should bo 150 per cent, higher than tho
rate on llvo stock. Ho said it costs
less to carry llvo stock than packing
house products, and submitted statis
tics In support of his contention. Ho
said:
Tho pncklng house business today
Is so highly organized and concentrat
ed In so fow hnnds that this fact, to
gether with tho keen competition
among tho railroads, practically makes
It Impossible for them to dlctato ratc3
for dressed beef and packing houso
products. , Freight rates have always
been based on tho value of tho service
furnished tho shipper rather than an
actual cost of transportation."
Tho witness then read a table of
statistics showing the cost'of hauling
carlod lots of live-stock, dressed beef
and packing house products from Kan
sas City to Chicago. According to the
figures submitted by President Ripley
tho expense to tho Santa Fe road for
hauling a car of dressed meat from
Kansas City to Chicago is $82.19,'
packing house products, $85.03 and
live stock, $64.77. President Ripley
claimed that his company lost money
on every car of dressed beef hauled
between Kansas City and Chicago.
Continuing, Mr. Ripley said:
"My opinion, based on a study ot tho
years of oxponenco In the railroad
business, Is that the rate on llvo stoclc
should not be higher than the rate on
dressed beef and packing houso pro
ducts. Tho only exception to this is
when conditions arise which make it
necessary for tho roads to chango their
ratos on those commodities. Strictly
speaking and under normal circum
stances, the rato on dressed beef
should bo 150 per cent higher than on
live stock". It actually costs tho rail
roads 40 per cent less to handlo cattle
than It does to haul dressed beef in
refrigerator cars."
PROBABLE MURDER CASE
AT DES MOINES, IOWA
DES MOINES, la. With his temple
crushed in from a heavy blow from
somo blunt Instrument, tho body ot
Frank Callahan of Peosta, who has
been missing for somo time, was found
In the Des Moines river eight miles
south of this city. The body was iden
tified by papers found In the pockets.
Tho pockets had been' cut open and
his watch and money wero missing.
The discovery following closoly upon
the mystery attending tho death of
Georgo R. Grlswold, tho Insurance man
whoso body was found in the river re
cently, has created a sensation here.
BOMB THROWN IN NEW YORK.
Gotham Tenement Is Damaged and
Some People Injured.
NEW YORK A bomb filled with
both dynamite and a quantity of In
flammable oil was thrown at tho rear
of a crowded tenement houso at Eight
avenue and Ono Hundred and Forty
third street early Friday. More than
a score ot persons, who woro sleeping
at tho time, were hurled from their
beds by the explosion and two of them
were carried from tho houso uncon
scious. Within a minute after tho explosion
flames had nearly enveloped tho rear
halls of the tenemnet houso. Tho po
lice believe that the "Black Hand"
Italian's assassins threw tho bomb. Tho
object of tho attack was the rear door
of an Italian barber shop on tho ground,
noor.
A WRECKED STEAMER
SCATTERED BY DYNAMITE
PORT SAID, Egypt Tho wreck of
tho British steamer Chatham, with her
cargo of ninety tons of dynamite and
blasting gelatin was blown up this
morning by mines distributed around
the Inside of the hull. These wero
flred by an electric current from Ras
elech, about five miles away. No se
rious damage was dono to tho canal
and tho authorities anticipate that
tho passago will be cleared ot debris
In four days. Tho railway and Sweet
Water canals adjoining are Intact. Tho
explosion was tremendous. Tho enor
mous displacement of water was vis
ible from Rnselech.
Engineers Sail for Panama.
NEW YORK Tho board of consult
ing engineers and several members of
tho Panama Canal commission sailed
on Thursday for Colon on the steam
ship Havana. Tholr purposo Is to In
spect tho work lroady done on tho
canal and also Its proposed routo. In
ordor to report to the commission tho
best kind of canal to build. In tho
party wero Theodore P. Shonts, chair
man of the commission; Rear Ad
miral M. T. Endlcott, Colonel ErnBt
and B, M. Harrodd, all of tho canal
commission.
ALLIANCE TERMS.
Text of Treaty Between Great Britain
and Japan.
LONDON Tho text ot tho now
agreement between Gront Britain and
Japan, which was signed by Lord
Lansdowns, tho British foreign secre
tary, and Baron HaynshI, the Japanoso
minister to Great Britain, on August
12, was issued by the Foreign offico
late Tuopday evonlng. The momontous
document Is a brief one, comprising
less than 800 words, including eight
actlcles and a preamble. Accompany
ing tho agreement Is a letter from
Lord Lansdowno to the British ambas
sadors at SL Petersburg and Paris for
transmission to tho Russian and
French governments respectively, in
which tho foreign secretary cour
teously rovlows tho agreement and
carefully points out thnt 'tho new de
fensive alliance is not intended as a
menace, but rather as a guarantee ot
and prosperity in tho far east, in which
all countries may participate.
Tho main features of tho new agree
ment havo already been forecasted In
tho Associated Press dispatches from
London nnd Paris. Tho pithy articles
of tho official text, however, bring out
forcefully tho tremendous Importance
of both countries of this alliance, which
practically makes Great Britain Japan
and Japan Great Britain for tho pur
poses of defenses "In tho regions of
enst Asia and India." This incluslvo
ot India specifically as a point at
which any aggression by a foreign
power will call for tho assistance of
Japan finds much favor with the press
of London, tho morning papers In long
laudatory articles welcoming tho now
and more extensive alllanco of tho
two insular kingdoms west and cast as
giving Immediate relief from tho dan
gerous thunder cloud which bo many
years has hung over tho Indian fron
tier. CATTLEMEN ARE CONVICTED
UNDER THE FENCE LAW
OMAHA Tho first conviction under
tho government's new fence law has
boon secured. Judgo Munger over
ruled tho motion for a now trial In
tho case of the Krause brothers, con
victed at tho May term of tho United
States district court of illegally fenc
ing public' land and Intimidating set
tlers. Sentence was then passed on
tho accused, in which John Krauso
was required to pay a fine of $800, pay
one-hnlf the costs of tho suit and bo
In tho custody of the United States
marshal for twenty-fours hours. Her
man Krauso was fined $500 and. one
half tho costs of suit and sentenced to
similar Imprisonment. Both were to
bo confined in tho Douglas county
jail until the costs and fine were paid.
Ten days were given the accused In
which to raise tho money for their
fines and sentenco was suspended in
tho Interim. However, tho accused
mado arrangements to pay tbo fino
and costs at onco. Tho costs will
amount In tho aggregate to $1,175.
STOCK RATE IS TOO LOW.
Such Is Claim by Iowa Central Rail
road at Hearing.
CHICAGO Passenger service on tho
Iowa Central railroad, as far as ope
rating expensts are concerned, costs
tho railroad company less than to
handlo cattle and other llvo stock ship
ments, according to J. M. TIttemor,
freight traffic manager of the Minne
apolis & St. Paul and tho Iowa Cen
tral Railway companies. Mr. TIttemor
gave tho Information before Federal
Judgo S. H. Bethea, who Is hearing
the cases of the Interstate commerce
commission pgainst eighteen railroad
companies on questions of alleged dis
crimination of freight rates.
"Tho rates on live stock from Mis
sourl river points to Chicago aro more
than just to the shipper and less thac
Jint to tho carrier" declared the wit
ncss. "Most of this traffic is what
wo calK pick-up and our company must
provide at various stations at a greal
expense for tho reception of the cat
tie. It costs us more to receive and
caro for the live stock than for the
samo sor-'-o for passengers, If you
will. Wo provide scales and scale
houses, windmills to pump water, pave
the yards with vitrified brick, and build
buildings which withstand the cold and
heat alike."
STEVENS MAKING PROGRESS.
Activity of Engineer on Canal Work
Visible.
PANAMA Tho work of John F
Stevens, tho chief engineer of tho Pan
ama canal, nnd general manager of the
Panama railroad Is beginning to show
favorable results. Tho correspondent
of tho Associated Press visited Lo
Boca where the work has been pushed
torward slnco tho nrrlval of Mr
Stevens and tho Increase of the dock
age facilities. Mr. Stevens Informed
the correspondent that tho new 1.90C
foot dock at La Boca will bo finished
Soptomber 30, that the dock at Grlsto
bal will bo completed by the middle ol
October and tbat the work on tho rail
road to be connected with tho canal
zone Is advancing satisfactorily.
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Advance Carpenters' Wages.
BoBton, MnBB. On Monday fi.OOC
union carpenters In Boston and vlcln
lty will have their wages advanced
28 cents per day. The change become
operative under a decision of Judge
George U Weutworth of the municipal
court as arbitrator, given about o
month ago. The Master Carpenters'
association baa agreed to accept the
judgo's decision. A number of. am
ployors not reambers ot tho associa
tion havo not agreed to pay th ad.
vanof and it is expeotod that a smali
number of workmen will strike.
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