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THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
yNEILL, NEBRASKA
As If nature had not been unkind
enough, the Thibetan woman heightens
her ugliness by smearing her face with
a horrible black ointment to keep her
skin from crocking In the dry wind.
Her dress is not very different from
her husband's. Her crowning glory Is
her hair. Plastered down with butter
from the part to the ears, It goes oft
behind Into a sunburst of small braids
to which Is fastened a great fan-shaped
headdress falling to the hem of her
garments. It Is of spreading strips of
red and blue cloth, Joined horizontally
by lorn bands, and ornamented wlthj
countless coral and malachite beads]
Bllver coins and tiny bells. The onu
poetic thing about a Thlbetian woman
Is the sound of her going—a soft, melod
ious tinkle, belying the grotesqueness
of her face.
A royal elephant drive In Slam, In
which trained elephants are used to
capture wild ones, Is the subject of an
article In Harper's Magazine by Allan
H. Burgoyne. Mr. Jlurgoyne was In
vited to the "drive” by the crown prlncq
of Slam, whom he knew at Oxford, andl
therefore had every advantage in see
ing the amazing and even horrifying
Spectacle. The drive lasted three days,
In the course of which several men were
killed by the fury of the wild elephants,
In addition to the tragic Incidents therd
were many amusing ones as well. The
finest elephant corps In the wrorld 1|
possessed by the Slamlese army, an<|
these drives were Instituted In order to
capture the best of the wild herds and,
keep this crack corps of trained ele
phants up to the mark.
Of vessels, battleships, cruisers and,
scouts of over 1,000 tons, now In com
mission In the world's navies, Great
Britain has 201, aggregating 1,516,00ft
gating 676,000 tons displacement; tier-,
many 73, aggregating 388,000 tons; Rus-i
■la 43, aggregating 315,000 tons; United
States 35, aggregating 295,000 tons;;
Italy 38. aggregating 259,000 tops; Japan,
31, aggregating 206,000 tons. Hut, If thei
naval vessels now In course of building!
In the world's shipyards were corn-;
pleted. the tonnage of the United States
would bo more than doubled, and slid
would occupy third place, Instead of!
fifth, with France still second, undj
with England’s power only three times
as great as ours.
The process of printing from a flat!
•urface Is done on the simple principle)
that oil or grease and water won’t mix.)
The design to be printed from litho
graphic stone or aluminum plate Is de
fined In Ink, the basis of which l&t
grease. Over the rest of the plate oi
roll, moist with water, Is passed, and)
when the surface of the plate comes inj
contact with the paper nothing prints
•xcept that portion previously marked!
out In grease. The process, hitherto
confined exclusively to lithographic)
work, may now by the use of the alum-,
Inum plate be made available for use oni
fast web perfecting presses such as urc)
used by modern newspapers.
An English scientific journal states
that the Tanganyika committee has de
termined to send out another naturals
1st for the further Investigation of thoj
"Tanganyika problem," and has se-j
leeted W. A. Ounnington of Uhrlst’d
college, Cambridge, for this purpose]
Mr. Cunnlngton will leave for Tan
ganyika, via Chlnde and Zombn, Inj
March, and will pay «peclaf nttentloi]
to the lacustrine flora of the lake, ofl
which ns yet little Is known, but will
not neglect other subjects relating to|
the lake basin.
The area of proposed coal lands In, '
•ight In New Mexico Is 1.493,480 acres,!
with 8,000,000,000 tons of coal, estl-i
mated to be worth $10,000,000,000. In
•plte of the want of water, New Mexico
has ready for market 1,123,000 head on
cattle, 97,600 horses, 113,000 goats and]
8,674,000 sheep annually. The agricul
tural productions of the territory are
Valuable. Over 1,100,000 acres have been'
taken up since 1900 under the homestead!
act. Increasing the number of farmers,
and ranchmen by nearly 90,000.
The value of the exports of the whole
country In 1903 was HR per cent, gi it
er than In 1883, but the gain In New,
Tork was only 31 per cent., and the
gain at New Orleans was 69 per cent.,
at Galveston 239 per cept., and at Mo
bile 423 per cent.
Russia bought from the United States
In 1903 nearly $20,000,000 worth of goods,
which Is double the average for pre
vious years, and sold the United States
nearly $11,000,000 worth, which Is an in
crease of 50 per cent, over previous
Jl Cttl Cl.
The prince of Wales has a most ex
traordinary design tattoed on Ills arm.
It takes the form of a fearful looking
dragon, with open Jaws bristling with
rows of gigantic teeth, and a row of
■piked horns down the middle of Its
back.
A practical working laboratory for.
assaying minerals will be an exhibit of
the Colorado School of Mines at the
world's fair. It will be operated by
students. The Colorado commission
has appropriated $3,000 for the exhibit.
Metals get tired ns well as living
beings. Telegraph wires are better
conductors on Monday than on Satur
day on account of their Sunday rest,
and a reBt of three weeks adds 10 per
cant, to the conductivity of a wire.
A gymnasium for the emperor ol
China Is to be built In the palace at
Pekin. H1b majesty Is In poor health
on account of his sedentary life, and
gymnastic exercises have been recom
mended to strengthen his muscles.
The average value of sable skins In
the transbalkan province of Russia,
this season, Is $14. Those who buy from
the hunters expect 300 per cent. Fox
■kins are bought at $5.40 and squirrel
■kins at 23 cents.
The winter temperature of the New
fork subway Is 40 degrees when the
thermometer above It shows zero, and
In the hottest weather of summer the
temperature of the subway Is about 66
degrees.
All the glass manufactories In Bel
gium are uniting In a trust “In order
to oppose the demand of the labor
unions for wages and to obtain better
selling prices In foreign markets.
Wlthlm the last three-quarters of a
century the wages paid to the laboring
classes have risen In Spain only 15 per
cent. They now average 45 to 62 cents
a day.
The Glornale of Rome complains that
the trolleye of that city are far behind
those of American cities and that they
are often slower than omnibuses.
California will Install an olive oil fac
tory in the agricultural building at the
world's fair. The process of extracting
»n d»taf_._
: WOMAN USES GUN
ON INTRUDING MAN
Would Be Assailant Forces Hit
Way Into a Ranch Housa
and Struggle Ensues.
HUSBAND WAS ABSENT
°lucky Wife Wing* Fellow «t First
Shot From Winchester Rifle and
Continued a Fusilade at
Fleeing Man.
Alliance, Neb., March 8.—With the
spirit of a true western woman, Mrs.
Fred Bauer, wife of a well known farm
er and rancher living eight miles north
east of Alliance, successfully used a
Winchester rifle upon a man named
Bertron, who, it Is alleged, had at
tempted a criminal assault. The dar
ing woman, It Is said had been success
ful In frustrating the ruffian's first at
tempt and when a second was tried
she secured a rifle and fired a bullet
through his shoulder and then, when
he retreated, she kept up a fusilade of
shots after his fleeing figure until the
magazine was empty.
It seems that Mr. Bauer had been
obliged to come to Alliance on business,
leaving no one but his wife at the
ranch house. It Is alleged that Bertron,
finding Mrs. Bauer alone, attempted the
assault. In the struggle on the part of
the woman to prevent the man's pur
pose, the latter succeeded In forcing
down his Intended victim's throat near
ty nan an ounce or laudanum.
Falling In his attempt, the man Is
said to have left the house. Mrs. Bauer
soon began to vomit the poison and was
nearly successful In clearing her stom
ach, after which she secured her hus
band’s rifle and prepared herself for the
man’s second attempt should one be
made. As soon as Bertron started to
again enter the house Mrs. Bauer fired,
the ball striking him In the left shoul
der and corning out at the back. He
turned and ran, and Mrs. Bauer con
tinued firing until the gun was empty,
falling to hit the fleeing man, however,
after the first shot.
Bertron succeeded In going about two
miles, stopping at a ranch house, where
Dr. Bellwood dressed his wound. The
doctor says he will recover. The wound
ed man, In custody of Deputy Sheriff
Keeler, was brought to Alliance today.
During the dressing of Bertron's
wound, Mr. Bauer was prevented from
taking summary vengeance on Bertron
only by force. Mrs. Bauer Is suffering
from severe nervous shock aud the ef
fects of the laudanum, but it is be
’leved she will recover.
FIRE A~T~MASON.
Implement House Burned at Loss of
Nearly $75,000.
Mason City, Neb., March 8.—A fire
started in Henry Shaper’s Implement
house and destroyed the lumber yard
of Dlerks Bros., John Meeks’ confec
tionery, A. (). Brines’ hardware store,
and the J. It. Davidson general mer
chandise store. Had It not been for
the prompt and heroic work of the fire
men, and a light rain the whole east
side of Main street would have been
destroyed
The loss Is estimated at from $50,000
to $75,000.
The property was nearly all In
jured.
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WASHOUT OF TRACKS.
Situation of Flood Near Fremont Is Not
Yet Relieved.
Valley, Neb., March 8.- Five hundred
feet more of Union Pacific track was
washed out by the Mood between here and
Fremont. All day long the railroad com
pany has had a large force of men en
gaged In repairing the track, but this aft
ernoon little headway had been made
when the last washout occurred, making
now ubout 1,000 feet of track washed away
in all. Should the gorge continue In the
Platte river, It will be several days be
fore the track can be repaired.
The loss to furmers In the drowning of
hogs and cattle cannot be estimated, al
though few losses of cattle are reported
ns yet. Cattle cannot lie down and are
compelled to stand In water nearly two
feet deep. George Cowles has eighteen
fat hogs corralled upon the bridge here,
while another farmer named John Oberh
has a number of porkers loaded Into
vngons.
TO BLOW UP GORGE.
Union Pacific Engineers to Use Hal'.
Ton of Dynamite.
Volin, Neb.. March 8.—It was learned
from an official of the Union Pacific
railway that the company had ordered
1,000 pounds of dynamite from an Om
aha firm and a steam launch from Kan
sas City. The launch will be shipped
here on the cars and an effort will be
made to blast away the Ice gorge be
tween here and Fremont. Until the
gorge Is broken It will be Impossible to
repair the 1,000 feet of damaged track
on the main line west of here.
Engineers In charge of the plan say
that It will be a hazardous undertak
ing; that as soon as the gorge begins
to give way millions of tons of Ice and
water will go Hying down stream, and
that the position of those uboard the
launch, unless It Is able to get out of
dunger before the blasting is effective,
will be one of great danger.
The dynamite, which will be carried
on the launch, will be laid where the
current is apt to run the swiftest. An
electric conduit will then be attached
and then the engineers will steam to a
safe landing place, out of harm's way,
before the electric spark discharges the
explosive.
It is expected that the concussion will
smash all windows In farm houses in
the Immediate vicinity, but every pre
caution will be taken to prevent loss of
property or life.
Big Gorge at Fremont.
Fremont, Neb,, March 8.—The flood situ*
atlon southeast of the city Is about the
same, there being no additonal reports of
dnmage to property. The big gorge two
miles east of here has made ihe water
even higher than it was and has carried
out 300 feet of the Union Pacific roadbed,
through which a strong current is run
ning. Men have been trying to reach it.
Sixteen persons are penned up there. A
boat got within a quarter of a mile, but
could go no further. The occupants have
a tire and are not suffering.
Get Youthful Burglar.
Lincoln. Neb., March 8.—Diving
through a plate glass window, Virgil
Kelley, a man of 20 years, attempted
to escape from the store of the Sprague
Drug company. He was caught rifling
the cash drawer by \V. K. Sprague, whe
had stood guard over the store during
the night, suspecting that burglars had
design* on the place. The police were
called and, after an exciting chase. Kel
ley was captured. He refused to tell
the piflcet'8 anything about himself.
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POLYGAMISTS NUMEROUS
This Is the Opinion of Senator Duboi:
Expressed in Smoot Case.
Washington, March 9.—With Presi
dent Joseph F. Smith of the Mormon
church again on the stand for the de
fense, the second week of the investi
gation of the Smoot case opened today
before the senate committee on privil
eges and elections. Senator Dubois put
into the records the census figures for
I'tih, taken in 1890, to show that in
stead of only 3 or 4 per cent, in polyg
amy, as Smith had said, in reality there
were about 23^ per cent, of the Mor
mon population of polygamous age who
were living in the state of polygamy in
1890. Dubois gave it as his opinion that
there has been no material reduction
in the number of polygamists since
1890.
Mr. Worthington conducted the ex
amination of Smith to ascertain the
process undergone in cases of excom
munication. The witness explained the
manner in which the church Is divided
into divisions of wards and states, and
the machinery of organization through
which charges against any person have
to be brought and passed upon. He said
the apostles have nothing to do with
the judicial affairs of the church. They
preach the gospel and send missionaries
to other fields.
The Laws and Polygamy.
Smith said Smoot became an apostH
on April 9, 1900. the same day upon
which Smith's las child was born.
He declared that when Smoot became
an apostle the status of most polyg
amists had been fixed many years be
fore. Smith had never advised for or
against the continuance of polygamous
cohabitation.
In relation to convictions, Smith said
there had been none since the manifesto
of 1890; that all convictions under the
rjUniUllUa itivv ncic vvuuo uian vvcis «.
territory. The list of the first judges
elected since Utah was a state showed
that the former texritorial judges were
chosen without exception, and that all
of them had formerly sent Mormons to
prison for polygamous cohabitation.
The purpose of this was to deny the in
ference that the Mormon church dom
inates the courts.
Worthington read a list of senators
and representatives elected since the
manifesto, to show the percentage of
Mormons to Gentiles.
In regard to Frank J. Cannon, who
was elected to the senate, Smith said:
“He was classed as a Mormon, but
was a poor one.”
PLURAL MARRIAGES SINCE 1890
Salt Lake City Knoyvs of Many—Sev
eral Are Mentioned.
Salt Lake City, March 8.—Prosecution
against Senator Smoot will introduce, it
is said, testimony to refute statements of
President Joseph F. Smith that no polyga
mous marriages have been performed
since the manifesto of 1890. One instance
is that of Abraham H. Cannon, an apostle
of the church, who married the girl to
whom his brother David was engaged.
David died while on a mission to Ger
many, and Abraham married his fiance.
This wedding occurred several years sub
sequent to Woodruff's manifesto against
polygamy. Abraham Cannon had three or
four other wives. The church authorities
gave out at the time that Lillian Ham
lin had been “sealed” in order that the
brother might raise up children of the de
ceased brother. Another, case was that of
Apostle George Teasdale and Ann Marian
Scoles, a young school teacher. She died
in childbirth, and was burled with apos
tolic honors. Among those at the funeral
was President Joseph F. Smith. It was
duly declared that Marian Scoles had been
“sealed” to Apostle Teasdale, and was his
wife. A gravestone attests this. This
marriage must have occurred since the
manifesto was issued, for, prior to 1893,
the girl was engaged in teaching.
Bishop Lorin Harmon, when accused of
polygamous cohabit; tion with* Ellen An
derson. w'ho had borne him a son, replied
that he would not bt tray his children, but
would rather plead uilty to felony adul
tery. He did so, b< ng sentenced to one
yeai and a fine. Auer a few months he
was pardoned. That was in 1U99. Since
that time his first wifi , Ada Wi! Kins, has
borne him one child, and his plural wife,
Ellen Anderson, has borne him two chil
dren. He lives with both women, their
combined nine children and a boarder.
There are similar cases.
MURDERER BREAKS JAIL
Mark Dunn, Sentenced to Hang March
11, Holds Up the Jailer.
St. Joseph, Mo., March S.—Mailt
Dunn, convicted of the murder of a
wealthy fanner named Fenton two
years tigo, and sentenced to be hanged
March 11, escaped from jail this morn
ing. Dunn got possession of two re
volvers that were smuggled Into the
Jail In a coal oil cun and forced the
death watch to submit to being bound
with a wire he had used In making
baskets. He held the watchman pris
oner all night and forced him to call the
jailor soon after daybreak. When the
jailor appeared at the door Dunn
threatened to kill the death watch un
less the jailor turned him out. The
Jailor, to save the watchman, did as he
was ordered. Then the murderer forced
the Jailor and a deputy sheriff to en
ter the jail, and locking them In es
caped with the key. Posses ure scour,
tig the country.
POLES FOR JAPAN.
Vmerican Representatives of This
People Resolve for Japan in
Strong Language.
Chicago, March 9.—The first official
expression of the Polish people of
America upon the attitude of the Pol
ish nation throughout the world In the
Russo-Japanese conflict was made to
day in an address issued by the offi
cials of the large Polish organizations
and editors of various Polish newspa
pers of Chicago. The resolutions ex
press hearty sympathy and admiration
for the Japanese nation and pray the
brave efforts of the Japanese may at
the earliest possible time be crowned
with complete and lasting victory.
MINERS WILL VOTE.
Men Will Decide Whether to Accept or
Reject the Compromise
Wage Offer.
Indianapolis. March 9.—The United
Mine Workers in national convention
voted today to refer the final decision
as to accepting the wage offer of the
operators to the locals.
The votes of the locals will be cast
March 15, and the result counted March
17.
Voting on the proposition will be
done by the miners of Indiana. Illinois,
Ohio, Western Pennsylvania. Maryland,
Michigan, Western Kentucky, Central
Pennsylvania and West Virginia. These
are the districts whose scales expire
April 1.
Mitchell in his circular to the miners
will strongly urge acceptance of the
proposition. It has been rumored that
if his advice is not taken he will tender
hi* resignation as president pf the or
ganization. - .
VLADIVOSTOK IS
AGAIN ATTACKED
■Japanese Fleet Assaulted the
Russian Position From
a Distance
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BOMBARDED THE TOWN
Although Heavy Shelling Last
ed Several Hours Damage
Was Small.
FIVE LIVES WERE LOST
Fleet Approached City and Opened Fire
From a Range of Mile and a Half,
' Apparently Feeling for the
Russian Strength.
Vladivostok. March 8.—A fleet of flvfc
Japanese battleships and two cruisers
appeared oft this place and bombarded
the town and shore batteries for flfty
flve minutes.
Tha flppt anr.rnnphpfT from the direc
tlon of Askold island, at the east en
trance to Ussuri bay, and about thirty
two miles southeast of Vladivostok.
Entering Ussuri, the enemy formed in
line of battle, but did not approach to
a closer range than a mile and one
third. They directed their fire against
the shore batteries and the town, but
no damage resulted, as most of their
200 lyddite shells failed to burst.
The Russian batteries, commanded by
Generals Veronetz and Artamonoff, did ;
not reply, awaiting a closer approach
of the enemy.
The Japanese fire ceased at 2:20 p. m.,
and the enemy retired in the direction
of Askold island. Simultaneously two
torpedoboat destroyers appealed near
Askold island, and two more near Cape
Maldel. The Japanese ships were cov
ered with ice.
The attack resulted In no loss to the
Russians, but cost the enemy 200,000
rubles ($100,000) In ammunition. Most
of the projectiles were 6 and 12-inch
shells.
The population of Vladivostok was
warned of the presence on the horizon
of a hostile fleet and the prospect of at
tack during the day, but It remained
tranquil.
Say Five Were Killed.
St. Petersburg, March 8.—Official
dispatches received here concerning
the bombardment of Vladivostok by a
Japanese fleet Sunday afternoon do not
mention any Russian losses, but pri
vate advices say that five were killed,
four sailors and the wife of an en- <
glneer. It is apparent the Japanese
were afraid to risk exposing their ships
to the plunging fire of the land bat
teries, and It is considered probable
here that the attack was really for
the purpose of drawing the Are of the
Russian forts, compelling the Russians
to disclose the position and caliber of
their guns, and also for the purpose
of ascertaining whether the Russian
squadron is In port. If this was the
object of the Japanese It is believed to
have failed signally, as the batteries
did not fire a shot, and if the squadron
Is in port It could not be seen from the
Japanese position in the bay of Ussuri
on account of the high land which rises
frmo the coast on that side, obstructing
the view of the harbor.
Dispatch from Viceroy Alexieff.
A communclatlon from Viceroy Alex
ieff to the czar from Mukden, bearing
Sunday’s date, says:
“I most humbly inform your majesty
that the commandant at the fortress
at Vladivostok reports that at 8:50
o'clock this morning seven vessols
were sighted south of Askold Island.
At 9:45 o’clock they were seen to be
warships making for Askold Island.
About noon the enemy’s squadron was
midway between the coast and Oskold
island, making for Ussuri bay. They
were out of reach' of the short bat
teries.
“At 1:30 o’clock the enemy opened
fire. Two vessels In the squadron were
probably the first class cruisers Idzum
and Yakumo, but the names of the oth
er vessels are unknown."
LIKELY NOT THERE.
Believed the Russian Squadron Ha.
Left Vladivostok.
London, March 8.—Only Russian re
ports on the bombardment of Vladi
vostok have yet been received, and
these give no Indications as to whether
the Russian squadron is still there. Ac
1 cording to a report from Tokio the Ger
man squadron was seen off Gensan,
Korea, last Thursday, but on this point
there is no reliable information. Specu
lation, however, mostly inclines to the
i belief that the Russian squadron is not,
in port at Vladivostok, as neither the.
1 official nor the other reports of the;
j bombardment mention Russian battle
ships.
; Port Arthur dispatches of Saturday;
and Sunday say that everything isi
quiet there, and on the Liao-tung pen
insula. The Japanese cruiser squad
ron was seen reconnoitering off Port
i Arthur Friday night during a heavy
1 snowstorm.
I The Daily Telegraph's Che Foo cor
' respondent says the Russians are still
1 employing thousands of coolies at Port
1 Arthur and Dalny on entrenchments
and new forts and that they are also
mounting over a hundred guns to pro
I tcct the neck of the isthmus.
The correspondent of the Standard at
| Tien Tsin gives a rumor that thirty
! Russian sailors were caught in an at
tempt to escape from Port Arthur and
that they were shot the same day.
; The Standard's St. Petersburg corre
spondent telegraphs under reserve a
story to the effect that a party of Jap
anese disguised as Tartars were arrest
ed by a guard of the Siberian railway
bridge at Syzran, on the river Volga,
having packages of dynamite in their
possession.
| A special dispatch from Tien Tsin
estimates that there are 30,000 Tungese
irregulars in southern Manchuria
; largely led by patriotic Japanese who
volunteered for the dangerous work.
I The Russian cruiser Aurora has ar
rived at Suda Bay. Turkey.
Japs Worry Port Arthur.
Tien Tsin, March 5, 8:30 a. m.—The
Japanese fleet bombarded Port Arthur
at intervals throughout Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday. The ships at
. tacked the town first at a distance of
i nine and three-eights miles from the
: forts, then drew closer to a range of
afeout four and. Ruqs-quarters miles. (
U. S. MAY INTERVENE.
San Domingo’s Condition May Force
Uncle Sam to Take a
Hand.
Washington, March 7.—Intervention
In San Domingo Is likely to be the next
thing to engage the active attention
of the administration. Reports from
the Island seem to agree that things
are going from bad to worse, and some
of the foreign governments already
have begun to press for a settlement
of the exitsing outrageous conditions.
The United States has less at stake in
the island than some other nations so
far as actual Investment of capital is
concerned.
The island, however, Is close to this
country and the Monroe doctrine re
quires the United States to take some
action. Under that doctrine foreign
countries are absolutely prohibited
from establishing even a protectorate
over any American country. Nothing
but a protectorate. It Is feared, will
put an end to the present shocking
condition of affairs In San Domingo.
There Is every reason to believe, ac
cording to the Information receiver
here, both officially and unofficially.!
that the rebels In the island have)
adopted a definite plan of operations
for the express purpose of nagging the!
United States into Interference. At the)
same time both the rebels and the gov-;
enrment forces have been acting In
such a way as to force the United
States In the interest of good order to
land marines and enforce peace.
France, Germany and England have
Informally notified the state department)
that they expect this country to ren
store order in the republic of San Dot
mlngo, or to permit them to do so.
This latter condition, of course, coul j
not be accepted by President RoosevelJ
or any of his advisers, and steps alt
make a show of force in the islamj
within a comparatively short time, th j
result of which, It is feaned, will be q
provisional government, which neces
sarily will be under the protection cj
the United States, and which, of course,
will be independent both of the present
government and of the rebels undeq
General Jiminez.
There is a strong sentiment in Sat
Domingo favorable to annexation to the
United States. The people there have
not changed their views materially
since 1871, when they voted almosl
unanimously to accept annexation tq
the United States. This public sentii
ment in the San Domingo half of thq
Island was what induced commission-!
ers appointed by President Grant tq
present a report to congress in favor ofl
taking the republic into the United
States as a territory.
The people of San Domingo have
been a restless lot for a couple of hun
ired years. Their half of the island
was ceded to France in 1697, and the)
Spaniards had lost the entire island by
1801. Six years later the Spaniards re
established themselves in control oC
San Domingo, but in 1821 the people
leclared their Independence. Only al
tear later the San Domingo half of the)
sland was captured by Haytl and re-;
mained a part of the black republiq
jntll 1844, when the republic of Sanj
Domingo renewed its independence.
Just at the outbreak of our own civil)
war when affairs here were much too se-|
rious to permit any attention being paid
to the West Indies, the Spanish govern
ment succeeded In re-establishing Its be-i
lated sovereignty over Sun Domingo. This
was done by consent of the people, who.
never had succeeded In governing them!
selves and probably never will succeed.
As soon as the American civil war was
yver Spain made haste to get out of thq
Island and the republic of San Domlngq
renewed its separate existence.
one of the greatest difficulties In thq
way of re-establishing order by means
yf a protectorate on the part of thq
United States is the fact that half of thq
island belongs to the republic of Haytl.
rhe black people there are Intensely Jeal
yus of any foreign interference, and al
ready have Intimated to this country they
necessarily wou.a view with suspicion any
landing of United States troops anywhere
yn the Island on the theory that ultimate!
y the sovereignty of the United States
surely would be extended to cover their
ywn country
There Is a feeling at the state depart
ment that something Is likely to break
oose In San Domingo within a short
;lme. It Is an open secret that ships and
marines have been so disposed that they
ran be concentrated at San Domingo onj
short notice. One outrage has succeeded
mother, and the patience of President
Roosevelt and the members of his cabinet
s likely to become exhausted almost any
lime. The Panama treaty Is now safely
ratified. Conditions on the Isthmus seem
:o Indicate Colombia will remain quiet,
it least for the present, in hope of secur
ng monetary compensation later on.
From this tim#on, therefore, the close
ittention of the United States government
ran readily be given to San Domingo, and
yn the recurrence of any serious outrages
radical action by fhe president may be
looked for,
Ti-onta ♦ Vin luTar.'l rtf finn T>r»
mlngo on any terms, but the success of In
tervention In Cuba has led some people
to believe that If the United States,
through the Platt amendment, can guar
mtee the good order and tne payment of
financial obligations of the great Island
rf Cuba, It ought to be able to do the
ame thing In the half Island of Haytl,
rr San Domingo, as It Is called lndifter
sntly.
Inasmuch as the people of the Dominican
republic repeatedly have declared tliem
aelves In favor of annexation to the
United States, and as their political al
legiance always has rested lightly on
their shoulders, It Is believed they would
more than likely welcome a protectorate,
sven of so mild a character as that which
the United States has successfully estab
lished In Cuba.
THREE WERE KILLED.
in Addition Two Priests Were Injured
in Fire Which Destroyed a
Catholic Rectory.
New York, March 6.—A priest and
two servants were killed, and two
priests were severely Injured at a fire
which detroyed St. Patrick's Roman
Catholic church and the adjoining rec
tory In Long Island City today. The
dead are:
REV. FATHER ERNEST.
MARY AND MARGARET BRADY,
domestics.
The injured are:
Rev. Joseph Kearney.
Rev. Father Hennigen.
Loss, $35,000.
Cleveland Has No Gas.
Cleveland, March 4.—With the tempera
ture hovering around the zero mark
thousands of Cleveland people who de
pend on natural gas for fuel are suffering
from the Intense cold today because of the
washing away of the gas mains of the
East Ohio Gas company leading from this
city to the West Virginia gas fields. The
Bupply of gaa failed early yesterday.
Von Waldersee III.
Hanover, March 4.—The condition of
Field Marshal Count Von Waldersee la
causing anxiety. He has been 111 for
some days and Is losing strength.
INSIDIOUS JAPS
IN A NEW RUSE
Let Contraband Goods Past.
Blockade forTheir Own
Use Later.
POUR TROOPS INTO KORE*
While the Fleet Remains Inactive Ja<
pan Is Busy Transporting Heavy
Forces for Immediate Servico
in Northern Korea.
Tokio, March 7.—It is evident thatl
several vessels laden with coal, proviso
Ions and other contraband articles have!
recently effected the passage of the)
Tsugaru strait and succeeded In reach-j
ing Vladivostok. Their exact number
and names are unknown, but It is said)
that they have Included British, NorH
wegian and German vessels. Two off
them are said to have carried cargoes
of Australian coal. Japan evidently)
refrained from making a special effort
to prevent their passage, and It Is not
Impossible that she calmly permitted
the delivery of the contraband goods*
calculating that they will prove useful
to herself at a later stage of the cam-j
paign. '
The Vlalvostok squadron continues
inactive, though it has an amply supply
of coal, and the ships are in good con
dition. It has evidently been instructed
by the Russian government (to remain
close to the Vladivostok batteries, In
preference to risking a light in the open
seas. It Is declared to h» only a ques
tion in time before this squadron will
receive the attention of Che JaDaness
navy. I
POUR TROOPS INTO KOREA.
Heavy Forces Being Landed og Main-(
land for Approaching Conflict.
London, March 7.—Little change In
the far eastern situation is reported
this morning. It Is apparent that the
Japanese are busily engaged in trans
porting their forces Into Korea, and
this work Is being facilitated by tha
enforced inactivity of the navy.
According to the Sebtstopol corre
spondent of the Dally Graphic, Ad
miral Skrydloff has learned privately
from Port Arthur that the Russian
battleship Retvlzan lies In such a po
sition as to block effectually the exit
of the battleships from the harbor, the
passage being practicable only for
cruisers.
The correspondent adds that Rus
sia’s new battleships now on the Baltic
will be ready for active commission
before the end of August.
The Japanese official who has charge
of Japan's financial and commercial
Interests In England declares that his
government foresaw the possibility of
coal being contraband of war, and that
It has being collecting large stores of
Welch steam coal for years, so that
today It has a supply sufficient for the
needs of the navy for years to come. |
The recent Japanese elections re-,
suited rather favorably to the minis
terialists, without greatly .altering the
strength of political parties there.
According to the Toklo correspond
ent ot the Standard the mikado has
sent a personal message to the emperor
of Korea assuring him that war was
declared solely with the view of secur
ing permanent peace, and expressing
the sincere wish that the recently con
cluded Japanese-Korean proctocol
should increase the intimacy of the
two countries.
PLAN BIG LAND CAMPAIGN
—__ _A
Japs Propose First to Averthrow thte
Russians Along Yalu River.
London, March 7.—Bennett Burleigh,
the Telegraph's correspondent, who is
now in Chefoo, telegraphs that the
Japanese have decided to advance
along the Pekin road from Seoul, which
place they have already left, when they
have secured the Yalu river, and will
threaten Kirin, cutting the railroad and
menacing Vladivostok; while another
forco will deal with the Liao Tung pen
insula. The first big Japanese victory,
which is more than likely to occur if
they keep their troops in a rough coun
try where the Cossack cavalry have lit
tle value, will mean the authorized
rising of the Chinese, who will lend a
great helping hand to the Japanese.
Their Manchurian horsemen are bigger,!
better and braver riders and fighter*/
even than the Cossacks.
I ne oong tnm move.
St. Petersburg, March 4.—Military au
thorities have no doubt that Japanese
troops have landed at Gensan and
Song Chin, as well aa of those places,
but they are skeptical of the reported
number, namely, tour divisions of 16,
000 men each. Moreover, they do not
believe the Gensan contingent is mov
ing northward toward Kirin, owing to
the mountainous nature of the country
They are convinced that the troops
landed at Gensan will march on Ping
Yang, as will also the troops that land
ed westward. Nothing can be learned
of the Russian movements, but officials
profess that Russia will not act at
present except on the defensive.
GAIN 100 MILES.
Japs Now Able to Land Troops That
Much Nearer Their Zone of
Military Operations.
Paris, March 7.—Information received
here from official sources in Korea con
firms previous reports that Chinampho
is free from Ice and that the Japanese
have ceased debarking troops at
Chemulpo and have taken advantage of
the opening of Chinampho to land the
troops there, thus expediting the for
ward movement.
Official advices from St. Petersburg
confirm the reports that a decisive
move is anticipated on the part of the
Port Arthur squadron, now that Ad
miral Makaroff has arrived there.
CALLS OUT RESERVES.
lussia Getting Ready to Place Im
mense Force in the Field if {
Necessary.
St. Petersburg, March 7.—An Imperial A
order has been issued summoning th^
reserves of subalterns and first classj
reserve men and naval reserves in Ku-j
ropean Russia to the colors for a six,
weeks course of training. This is ln-l
terpieted as indicating that every
thing is being made ready for moblll-!
zation of the whole Russian army If)
necessary.
No Leave of Absence.
Brest, March 4.—By order of the min*
Istvr of marine ail leaves of absence or
naval officers and men, and those of?
some convalescents have been c&&-i
celed. _j