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ARMY MAN GUILTY
LIEUT. R08S OF THE ARTILLERY
13 REPRIMANDED.
APPROVAL OF THE SENTENCE
Arrangements for the Preslent's Visit
to Tuskegee Students Planning
Elaborate Program for His Enter
tainment Washington Tlio pnporfl In the cnso
ef Second Llcutonnnt Clnrcnco U.
JIosb, Artillery corps, whho wnB re
cently tried by court-martial at Fort
Itodman, Mass., lmvo been received
nt the War Department. Ross was
found guilty of disrespect toward his
commanding officer and of conduct to
tho projudlco of good order and mill
tary discipline and was sentenced to
lie reprimanded by the reviewing
authority and to be reduced ten flloa
on tho legal list of second lieutenant
of artillery. One of the specifications
In this caso was that Lieutenant IIosb
rnoforrod to Captain Wlllougby Walk
or, commanding tho post of Fort Rod
mart, In the hearing of an enllBted
man In a sneering and contomptuous
mannor an being "llko n baby with a
now doll," with Intent to cast rldlctilo
upon his superior ofllccr, and on an
'other occasion referred to him as
"that cur."
General Grant, commanding tho Do
'partment of tho East, approved tho
sentence nnd administered tho repri
mand called for by It.
Reception for President at Tuskegee.
ISmmott J. Scott, socrotary to Book
er T. Washington of tho Tuskegeo In
ntltuio, and Charles W. Anderson, tho
negro appointed collector of Internal
rovonuo of Now York last Mnrch,
called at tho Whlto House. Mr. Scott
placed boforo Secretary Loch tho pro
gram to he followed nt Tuskcgcn on
tho occasion of tho president's visit
October 24. An Interesting feature
of tho president's entertainment will
ho a sbrlo3 of sovonty-flvo floats which
will pass In rovlow boforo him, Illus
trative of tho acadomlc, mechanical
and agricultural departments of tho
school and tho development of tho
nogro. Tho nenrly 1,500 students
will prepedo tho floats, each carrying
n stalk of sugar caro tipped with a
cotton ball, both raised In tho experi
mental Btatlon gardens of tho Instl
rtute. Cane 8yrup Plant Gold.
Government oxporlmonts into tho
process of cano syrup-making has boon
brought to a successful conclusion, nnd
Secretary Wilson of tho Department
of Agriculture today ordered tho Balo
of tho government factory, which was
liullt at WaycroHs, Ga., threo years
pgo. Tho plant was established for
tho purposo of giving a eourso of
Bludy to cano syrup manufacturers of
gulf Btates. Theso manufacturers
had oxporlonced difficulty In making
syrup of uniform color, preventing It
from returning to sugar or ferment
ing.. A plant was established by Dr.
II. W. Xjiloy, chief of the bureau of
chemistry' ami his experiments
provod entirely successful. The plnnt
cost tho government less than $15,000,
and rosulted In tho Improvement of
nn annual productjon of nearly 200,
000,000 gallons of syrup.
NEW CONSUMPTION REMEDY.
Prof. Behrlng Creates Considerable
Attention by a Statement.
PARIS At tho closing session of
tho International Tuberculosis con
gross today Prof. Von Ilehrlng made
n statement rolatlvo to his new euro
tlvo prlnclplo for tuberculosis. It was
decided to hold tho next congress at
Washington In 1908. .
Prof. Dehrlng's statoment attracted
much attention. Distinguished medi
cal men from many countries occupied
tho platform and filled tho salon of tho
grand palaco. Tho professor Bald:
In tho course of tho last two years
I recognized with certainty tho exist
onco of a curatlvo prlnclplo , com
pletely different from tho nntl-toxlne
-prlnclplo. This new curatlvo princi
ple plays an Initial rolo In the opera
tion of tho Immunity derived from my
hovo-vacclno, which has proved effect
ive against animal tuberculosis dur
ing tho last four years. This curative
principle reposes upon tho Impregna
tion of tho living cells of tho organism
with a substance originating from tu
berculosis virus, which substance I
designate "T. C."
Will Reappoint Tlnsley.
WASHINGTON President Rooso
vclt indicated In conversation with
representatives Edwnrds of tho
Eleventh dlstilct nnd nennett of the
INlnth district of Kentucky that ho will
reappoint James II. Tlnsley as United
States attorney for the eastern district
of Kentucky. Mr. Edwards presented
to the president Mr. Tlnsley, and Mr.
Bennett Introduced Judge Deerlng,
:wiiotn he desired 6hould bo appointed.
Tho president said ho could see no
reason why Mr.-fTlnsley should not bo
reappointed.
Fatal Fight Vith Bandits.
WILD ROSE! Wis. One bandit was
killed, two wero probably mortally
wounded and ono other was appro
ftrnded tonight In a desperate fight
.with a posse of fifty armed cltlzons of
this village aroused by the burglary of
the postofflce and attempted looting
of tho state ban early this morning,
Tho bandits wore caught In a forest
eight miles from tho village nnd
fought with guns for an hour nnd a
iialf. Tho fourth man did not surrou
xler until bis compavions wero shot
down.
FIGHT OVER DEAD.
John Durnek Shoots Slater, Brother
and Brother-ln-Lnw at Hasting.
HASTINGS Over the dead body of
his mother, John Bitdnwk shot his sis
tor, his brother nnd his brothor-In-law
nt nn onrly hour Sunday morning.
Miss Francis Dudnck, aged 2 was shot
In the right hand. Jacob Dudnck.
aged 52, shot above tho right eyo and
mny die. Peter Smcnll was shot
through the left lung, through the
abdomen. In the legt thigh nnd through
tho left shoulder. Ho Is not expected
to Jivo throughout tho night.
Tho tragedy occurred In tho death
chamber nt tho homo of Mr. and Mrs.
Potor Smeall, 13C0 Cast Second street,
whero Irs, Mary Dudnck, aged 02,
died at 10:30 last night. John Dud
nck has been plnced under nrrest and
Is now In tho county Jail.
Tho tragedy was the culmtnatlon of
a family quarrel that had existed for
several years. Tho Dudnck family
aro Polish-French and they hnvo resid
ed In Hastings fof twenty yenrs. John
Dudnck, who committed tho deed, Is
n stonemason by trade. Ho Is 50
years old and a bachelor.
A WOMAN FOR FORTY YEARS
MASQUERADED AS A MAN
TRINIDAD, Colo. For forty years
masquerading ns a man, Charles V.
Vaumaugh has been discovered to bo
a woman. In that time she has been a
clerk, bank cashier and a scoro of
similar things, but for tho past twenty
ono years has boon a shcop herder In
Las Animas county.
Finely educated, and Tondlng nnd
writing half a dozen different lan
guages, sho started out well equipped
for life, but was unablo to got any
thing to do as n woman, so, nt tho ngo
of 43, sho turned man. Her truo box
wns discovered yesterday by Dr. T. J.
Forham, county physician, whllo ex
amining her at tho San Raphael hos
pital, where she had been sent for tho
infirmities of old ngo. Sho is now 84
years old.
CANAL COMMISSION MEETS.
Board of Consulting Engineers Will
Inspect Ancon.
PANAMA Tho entlro I'dnama Ca
nal commission held n session Sat
urday in tho administration building
and ratified all tho acts of tho execu
tive committee Tomorrow tho board
of consulting englnoers will rest. An
Inspection will bo made of Ancon on
Monday. Tho board members will
call on President Amador and will bo
given a breakfast by Governor Ma
goon. As tho result of an order of tho
secretary of ,tho navy recalling Pay
masters Tobcy, Schaofer and Josk
son, who have been on fluty in con
nection with tho canal commission,
Paymaster Schaofer has resigned. It
Is reported that civilians will replace
tho recalled officers.
KRAUSES WILL APPEAL CASE.
Convicted Land Fencers Plan to Carry
Action Higher on Writ of Error.
OMAHA The Krauso brothers, cat
tlo men from Sheridan county, re
cently sentenced to pay a fine of $1,300
and costs amounting to about $1,200
for Illegal fencing of tho public lands,
have determined to carry tho caso on
appeal to tho United Slates circuit
court of appeals on n writ of error.
Application for tho writ will bo mado
early during tho coming week. Tfio
basis of tho nlloged error will bo tho
Impeachment of tho testimony of tho
Osborns, the Introduction of tho Syl
vester killing cnso as prejudicing tho
Jury ngalnst the defendants, Krauso
brothers, which resulted In tho jury
finding ngalnst thorn, that tho court
erred In denying tho motion for a now
trial; that tho offense wns a statutory
and not a criminal offenso.
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC TAKES -DUTY
OF FARM MACHINERY
WASHINGTON Tho state depart
ment has been Informed by Minister
Ren pure, at Duenos Ay res, that tho
bill regarding American Importations,
more particularly American agricul
tural Implements, has been nraonded
and sent to a committee, and Its ac
ceptance may bo expected In tho near
future. Tho bill admits all American
agricultural machines and pnrta of
machinery free of duty In the Argen
tine Republic, but the duty will bo col
lected from all accessories such as
bolting wrenches, asbestos, oil cans,
belt hooks .washers, metal pins, nuts,
chains, pulleys, steam packing, oven
ers, saws, carriage polccs and fllterB.
Engineers Reach Isthmus.
COLON Thp steamer Havana from
Now York, September 28, having on
board the advisory board of consulting
engineers of the Panama canal and
some of tho members of tho canal
commission, arrived hero today. All
on bonrd aro well.
General Randall Retires.
ST. LOUIS Having reached the ago
limit of C4 years Major Genoral Georgo
Morton Randall, commander of the
northern division of the United States
array, with headquartes In St. Louis,
has retired from command.
Buys Land for a Colony.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex. S. B. Brun
,dago of St. Louis, acting for eastern
parties, closed a deal with ex-Senator
A. H. Kerr of this city for 44.000 acrea
of land In MoMullen county, on tho
Nueces river.
SENATE CONTROL
PRE8IDENT HAS AN EYE ON VA
CANT CHAIRMANSHIPS.
OVER THIRTY ARE TO BE FILLED
Committees That Will Have a New
Head The Chief Executive Wants
to Know Where His Friends Are In
Upper House.
WASHINGTON Chairmanships of
nt least thirty aennto committees, reg
ular annd select, will bo changed whqn
tho Fifty-ninth congress meets In De
cember. Already many of Hie members-
of tho upper brnnch of congress
hnvo boon casting about to ascertain
what other members desire In tho
way of committee chairmanships, so
csat they mny tnke ndvantago of tho
knowledge thus gained for their own
personal use. These Inquiries, so far
in advnnco of tho meeting of congreas,
Iiavo had a tendency to focus tho spot
light on tho reorganization of tho son
nto committee, for It Is generally con
ceded that In tho upper body will como
tho supremo fight for many of tho
principles for which tho president Ir
revocably stands.
As to these inquiries regarding
chairmanships, nnd ch'cf committeo
places, tho president, it Is understood,
has had full knowledge, and appre
ciating that there Is a Btrong minor
ity In tho senate ngalnst many of the
questions ho will discuss In his forth
coming messago,- ho has, as quietly
as tho senators, been looking nfter
chairmanships with a vlow to helping
his Bldo when the battlo royal is on.
Ono thing seems certain when tho
curtain rolls up on tho Froty-nlnth
congress, that President Roosovelt will
know where his friends are, nnd by
tho samo reasoning will know where
to put his finger on his opponents.
Tho fact that tho president hns al
ready commenced to Inquire from his
senatorial v'sltors as to tho makoup
of committees In the upper body has
directed tho attention to the largo
number of chairmanships to bo filled,
larger than In nny previous congress
sinco tho last Cleveland administra
tion. Tho committees that will have a
now head, from the most conservative
estlmnte, aro: Agricultural, audit and
control of the cont'ngont expenses of
tho senate, Canadian relations, cen
sus, claims, coast nnd Insular survey,
education and labor, engrossed bills,
examlno tho several branches of tho
civil service, fisheries, geological sur
vey, Indian affairs, Indian depreda
tions, Interoroinlc canals, Irrigation
and reclamat'on of arid lands, judici
ary, military aulalrs, mines nnd min
ing. Pacific railroads, patents, public
buildings and gounds, railroads, trans
portation ronton to tho Fcaboard, Uni
versity of the United States. These
aro the standing committees of the
senate. Changes In tho select com
mittee, which were created to glvo ev
ery member of the majority a chair
manship nnd to tnke caro of tho lead
ers of the minority, will occur in tho
following committees: Examination
and disposition, of documents, indus
trial exposition, tho Potomno river
front nt Washington, Invostignto tres
passes upon Indian lands, and nation
al banks.
PAPER TRUST MUST ANSWER.
Judge Vandeventer Rules That There
Is No Appeal from His Order.
ST, PAUL, Minn. Judge Vande
venter in tho United States circuit
hero, decided that an appeal would
not Ho against his order handed down
last Tuesday directing certain officers
of tho General Paper company to an
swer questions propounded by tho at
torneys for the United States govern
ment and to produce certain hooks
called for by the government In Its
BUlt for injunction against tho so
called paper trust. The next stop In
tho proceedings will bo for tho wit
nesses named to appear before Ex
aminer Robert S. Taylor next Tues
day. It was Intimated by their attor
neys today that these witnesses will
refuse to obey the order directing
them to testify. They will then bo
punished for contempt, probably by
tho Imposition of a nominal fine. From
thhls order of tho court an nppeal woll
then bo taken to tho supreme court,
whore the question of their testimony
will finally be adjudicated.
TO EXCHANGE WAR PRISONERS.
Japs Get 1,8C6 and Turn Over 64,000
Russians.
St. Petersburg Russia on Saturday
acreed to the Japanese proposition to
exchange prisoners of wnr, whereby
1.8GG Japaneso prisoners In Russia will
bo delivered at some point on the west
ern frontier of Russia, and 64 000 Rus
sians will bo dollvered nt tho ports of
Kobe. Nagasaki and Yokohoma,
whence they will bo convoyed to
Vladivostok In ton Russian transports
now interned at Shanghai and Saigon
and two or threo other ships which
are bo.ng sent from Odessa.
France Ships Troops.
PARIS The threatened antl-mlll-tary
demonstrations on tho occasion
of the departuro of tho conscripts
failed utterly owing to the strict pro
cautions takon by tho police. Flfteon
arrests wero mado outside the custom
terminus, from which 5,000 recruits
took trains for the rnrrisons along tho
Gorman frontier. The crowds replied
to the seditious cries of the anar
chists with patriotic songs. At Glial-ons-mor-Mal
racrnlts wore placed
under nrro.it for singing songs and
Insulting their officers.
HAS PLENTY TO DO
MR. ROOSEVELT'S DESK LOADED
WITH IMPORTANT PAPER8.
CHANGES IK THE CABINET
Completion of the annual Message
Only a Small Part of Business
Demanding Early Attention.
WASHINGTON. President Rooso
velt returns to Washington to find his
desk loaded with papers. Affairs ho
will have to take up will Include:
Messngo Completion of hla annual
message.
Corporations Discussion In his mes
sage of tho railroad rnte question nnd
tho formulation of recommendations
relat'ng thereto; Investigation of thq
corporations, Including insurance, nnd
determination of policy to bo recom
mended to Congress.
Panama Canal Action upon various
matters connected with tho construc
tion of the Pnnnma canal and consid
eration before congress of the report
which will bo submitted by the board
of consulting, engineers and the views
of tho isthmian cnnal commission ex
pressed thereon.
Cabinet Partial reorganization of
his cabinet though tho retirement of
Leslie M. Shaw and William H. Moody
from tho offices of secretary of tho
treasury and nttorney general, respec
tively. Roforms Contlnuanco of work of
Introducing economical reforms into
operations of government, and tho
discussion In his messogo of tho work
accomplished by tho Keep commis
sion. Philippines Consideration of the
Philippines situation.
Punishment of Grafters.
Graft Conference with Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson In connection with
Investigations which havo been mado
In hlB department: conference with
Secretary of tho Interior Hitchcock
in relation to the prosecution of prom
inent public men guilty of violating
the public land and Indian laws.
Public Printer Appointment of a
Biicessor to F. W. Palmer of Illinois as
public printer, who probably will bo
Oscar J. Rlcketts, now acting as pub
lic printer, nnd of n successor as In
terstate commerce commissioner to ex
Governor FIfer of Illinois, whom tho
commission believes will bo ex-Gov-ornor
Yates of Illinois.
Quarantine Consideration of tho
question of the establishment of a na
tional quarantine, to tako tho place
of stato quarantines.
Foreign Affairs These includo:
Whether or not tho United States
shall Intervene In Venezuela, and the
communication to Franco of the policy
this government will adopt In caso
tho French government should tako
measures to exact reparation from
President Castra for his Insult to Its
charge d'affaires In Caracas: discus
sion with senators of the policy of tho
United States In Santo Domingo In
preparation for the struggle to secure
ratification of tho treaty now ponding
in tho senate; action with respect to
tho Immigration of Chinese and Jap
anese, with a vlow of preventing a re
currence of tho boycott of American
products by China and to nvoid bad
relations with Japan; negotiation of a
general reciprocity agreement with
Germany, to take tho place of that
which will expire next March; appoint
ment of n representative to tho con
ference of tho powers which will tako
up tho Moroccan question and which
will meet next month at' Algeciras,
Spain; negotiations with the powers
In regard to tho program to bo dis
cussed at tho International peaco con
ference of Tho Hague, and the ap
pointment of tho American commis
sioners. ALL FAVOR PEACE CONFERENCE.
But No Nation Suggests Subjects for
Discussion.
ST. PETERSBURG. Tho Russian
government has received a largo num
ber of replies to the peaco conference
Invitations, all of which are favorable.
The time of tho meeting will bo fixed
without greater delny than necessary
to permit all the delegates to reach
Tho Haguo.
Ex-Capt. Carter Still Being Examined.
CHICAGO. Cross-examination of
ex-Cnptaln Oberlln M. Carter by at
torneys for tho Federal government
Is being continued before tho special
examiner, Richard W. Wyman. It Is
tho tenth consecutive cross-examination
In tho case in which tho govern
ment seeks to confiscate Carter's prl
vato fortune of $000,000.
"Dayld Harum" Netted $125,000.
SYRACUSE. N. Y. "David Har
um," the novel written by tho late
Edward Noyes Wcstcott of this city
netted tho author's estate about $125,
000, A Powder Mill Explosion.
WILMINGTON. DEL. Wilmington
nnd surrounding towns wero terrific
ally shaken by an explosion of pow
der nt tho Dupont powder works Just
outside tho city limits. The force of
tho oxploslon was felt 12 miles. No
ono was Injurod, as tho workmen had
not yet reported for duty.
A Chilean Political Leader Dead.
SANTIAGO. CHILE. Senator Car
loi Walker Martlnoz, an eminent pol
itician and leader of tno Conservatlvo
nartv. Is dead.
CORTELYOU NOT TO QUIT SOON.
Insurance Disclosures Cause the Chair
man to Remain In Office.
WASHINGTON. The Postmaster
General, Mr. Cortelyon, .will not re
sign the chnlnnanshlp of the Republi
can national committeo for soma time
to come.
Tho ndralsslon by President McCall
of tho New York Life that his com
pany contributed about $48,000 to tho
Republican campaign fund of 1904 has
Involved the Republican committee to
a considerable extent and It Is under
stood thnt Mr. Cortelyou does not
wish to relinquish command until tho
atmosphere is thoroughly cleared.
THE PRESIDENT IS
IN DEAD EARNEST
WASHINGTON, D. C. Congress
man Townscnd of Michigan, ono of
tho nuthors of tho Esch-Townsend
rate bill which passed the houso last
session, cnlleu on tho president. Ho
talked about railroad legislation and
about tho necessity of making somo
changes In the bill ns it passed last
year, prior to Its submission In the
next congress. He Is to call again
when the subject avM bo gone Into
fully.
"The president Introduced tho con
versation with the remark that ho Is
in dead earnest noout tho question,"
Bald Townscnd. "He Is just as de
termined as over. Tho president Is
In favor of the samo Ideas that ho
advanced In tho last message, and
that means tho principle of Esch
Townsend bill. '
Mr. Townscnd said ho expected tho
senato committeo on Interstate com
merce to prepare somo sort of a rail
raod bill.
JAPS DO NOT
WANT THE ISLANDS
TOPEKA. KAS. Charles Curtis,
representative from tho first Kansas
district, has returned homo from a
trip to. the Philippines with tho Taft
party. He says ho got acpualntod with
conditions in the islands and got
many now Ideas. Mr. Curtis says thoro
Is no danger of Japan wanting tho Is
lands. Mr. Curtis stated that tho public
schools system established by tho
United States aro doing great good.
Tho attendance has Increased flvo
times. He says the islands aro not n
good place for investment now but
will bo In i -hort time.
GOMEZ TO GO TO WASHINGTON.
The Cuban Leader Wants to Inter
view American Officials.
NEW YORK. It Is probable that
General Mlgutl Joso Gomez, governor
of the province of Santa Clara, Cuba,
who Is In New York, will go to Wash
ington, whero ho will seek an Inter
view with Secretary Root and per
haps with Mr. Roosevelt. If General
Gomez, who says that Cuban liberty
Is a farce. Is received by tho state
department tho reception probably
will be of nn unofficial character.
Ho will go as a Cuban citizen and not
as nn officer of tho now republic.
TO SAVE "OLDIRONSIDES."
Secretary Shaw Sends a Revenue Cut
ter to Cruise in Canadian Waters.
BOSTON. It is nnnounced hero
that tho Daughters of tho War of 1812
and tho Daughters of tho Revolution
propose to raise funds to restore the
frigate Constitution now moored at
tho Charleston navy yard. Tho sug
gestion that school schlldren of Brook
lyn and New York collect money In or
der to take "Old Ironsides" to that
port, and tire report that the historic
frigate was alowly rotting, has aroused
local Interest and steps will be taken
to save the vessel so that it may
again be utilized as a training ship.
Mr. Cleveland to Nebraska.
NEBRASKA CITY. NEB. Tho
committee which has In charge tho
arrangements for the unveiling of the
Morton monument has changed tho
date of the event from Oct. 14 to OcL
2S. The committeo has received from
ex-Preeident Cleveland assurances
that he wllj speak.
Tied Up a Big Skyscraper.
CHICAGO. Work on tno 18-story
""ntestlc theatre building In Monroe
street was brought to a standstill by
a sympathetic strmo of building
trades. Tho completion of the sky
scraper 'had been hurried to pormlt
the opening of tho theater Nov. 1.
Asks 2 Millions Commission.
NEW YORK. Homer Lee has suod
Eugene Zimmerman for 2 million dol
las, Leo lays Is due him for commis
sions for his work in tho combina
tion of Pero Marquette, tho Tolodo
Terminal and the Cincinnati, Hamil
ton & Dayton.
Fairbanks to Quit Indiana?
BLOOMINGTON. ILL. It is re
ported here that Vice President Fair
banks Is to move on ono of his farms
located near here.
TO Punish Red Sea PJrates.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Tho arrival
at HoJolda, Yemom provinco, Turkish
Arabia, of the British cruiser Fox.
promUes to lead to a speedy settle
ment of the British claims In con
nection with tho plractlcal attacks
of Arabs en British dhown In the Red
sea.
To Have Fewer Hospitals.
WASHING -ON. Secretary Shaw
has decided to recommend to con
gress tho abandonment of eleven of
tb twenty-three marine hosnltals.
A SHARP TRICK
A 8UBSSDIZED STEAMSHIP COM.
PANY BUYS AN ISLAND.
THE KAISER HACK OF IT
The Hamburg-American to Establish
A Coaling Station and Naval Re
pair Establishment.
WASHINGTON. Much concern has
been caused the American stato de
partment as a result of tho action of
tho Hamburg-American Steamship
company In purchasing Water island,
a small key, which commands tho
Danish West Indies, for ubo as a coal
ing station. This commands tho ap
proach to the canal.
Tho anxiety of tho authorities arises
from tho fact that tho Hamburg-American
company is subsidized by tho
German govornmenL Its Bteamors aro
available) In time of war for uso as
auxiliary cruisers, and its coaling
stations may be utilized by tho Ger
mnn government in order to carry on
hostilo operations.
When tho Panama canal Is complet
ed St. Thomas, which has tho best
harbor In tho group, would make an
ideal base from which a hostile fleet
could operato and control tho canal.
Besides, tho canal commands Porto
Rico and Cuba, and these Islands aro
tho key to a descent upon tho east
ern coast of tho United States. Tho
Island which has been purchased Is
just off. tho mouth of the harbor of
St. Thomas, and that tho company
Intends to build a largo dock. Any
Gorman men of war might uso it. It
follows as a matter of course that tho
company will erect shops to mako
repairs and will maintain a largo coal
supply on tho Island, which will bo
avallablo for German battle ships or
cruisers. From what experts In tho
navy department say, It would bo
against tho intersts of the United
States to permit tho consumatlon of
tho project of tho Hamburg-American.
THE TREATY PASSES
THE PRIVY COUNCIL
TOKIO. Tho peaco treaty passed
tho privy council. Tho meeting of tho
council was prolonged. Tho treaty
will bo Immediately ratified. An order
abrogating martial law at Sasebo, Na
gasaka, Tsusnima and Hakodato was
passd.
Baron Shibusa, addressing tho as
sociated chambers of commerce, said
tho development of trade communica
tions and carrying power was of the
highest importance to Japan. Ho .
criticised tho ultra-pessimistic vlows
taken of Japans financial future and
said he was confident of greater de
velopments. JAP DEBT ONE AND
ONE HALF BILLION
TOKIO. Tho ex-forelgn minister,
Mr. Okuma, said that when tho with
drawal of tho troops Is completed
Japan will find Itself confronted with
a debt of lr billion dollars, the In-"
terest on which olono, roughly speak
ing will bo 75 million dollars, or near
ly twice tho rovonuo of tho country
10 years ago. Tho per capita rate of
taxation before tho war was $2. Now
it Is C. The per capita sharo in tho
national debt before tho war was $6.
It is now $25. Count Okuma, how
ever, was not pessimistic. He spoke
eloquently of tlio necessity for tho
business men redoubling their energy
in tho development of productive
works of all kinds, thus securing vic
tories in peace as woll as war.
Funds for Philippine Victims.
WASHINGTON. In order that tho
damage resulting from tho recent ty
phoon In tho Philippine Islands may
bo at once repaired and to prevent
suffering among the many people
whose houses and property wero des
troyed by it, the quartermaster gen
eral of the army has cabled to Man
ila that an extra allotment of $50,000
has been mado to meet tho expenses.
A Mutiny Among 500 Students.
SIOUX CITY, IA. Because Georgo
Millner, captain of tho football team,
Ralph Hcltraan, manager of athlotlcs,
and two other students wero expelled
from Mornlngslde college for hazing
a freshman, tho entlro fostball team
Is on a strike and 500 students aro in
a stato of mutiny.
Yellow Fever In Mexico.
THE CITY OP MEXICO. Sevoral
cases of yellow fever have appeared
in Tuxtepoc, atato of Oaxaca. Strict
precautions have been taken to pro
vent spread. There aro two cases in
Vera Cruz and flvo cases with two
deaths in Tezonapa.
WANTED: JOB PRINTERS Will
pay first-class wages and refund cost
of transportation. Steady omploy
memt. Address Georgo D. Barnard &
Co., St. Louis, Mo.
Operate on August Belmont;
NEW YORIw An operation for ap
pendicitis was performed on August
Belmont, tho banker. The operation
was reported by tho surgeons to havo
been entirely successful and Mr. Bel
mont is expected to recover rapidly.
Jackles to Entertain.
NEW YORK. The enlisted men
aboard Rear Admiral Evans's battle
ship squadron havo raised $10,000 to
entertain tho Jack Tars of Prlnca
Louts of Battenberg's British squad
ron, which comes in November.
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