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PUVTTSMOUTH JOIRMAL R. A. BATES, Publisher. PLATTSMOL'TII, NEBRASKA. News in Brief Representative HaUer of Now Yorl declares member of conaresR wn have passes are prejudiced in favor 01 the railrouda. The bouse of representatives agreei to an appropriation of $100,000 for the use of the C'hlcaKo underground syg tern to transport the malls. Krsklne Hewitt, son of the late Abrum t. Hewitt of New York, has nunounrcd his intention to cuter ao live politics in New .Jersey. ICInhteen Minneapolis Hour mills, owing to the poor condition of the Hour trade, havo (dint down Indefi nitely. A thotitmnd people are out of work. Senators Foraker uud Hick confer red In the Benalo chamber after tho latter was sworn In and their cordial uttlttido presages a truce in the party liKht. in Ohio. The senate committee on military nffairs authorized a favorable report on a bill to appropriate $50,000 for the improvement of tho I'resldlo, San Francisco, Cal. Charles M. Taft of Cincinnati, broth er of Secretary Taft, Is believed to bo tho purchaser of Corot's "lie Solr" and Diaz's "Fontainbleau," sold at &ew York for ? 110,000. Representative Benton of Missouri will havo his way and tho appropria tion of JflO.OOO to build a new 'barn" for the White House will not bo made at this session of congress. Tho Turkish army under Shaklr Pa sha has surrounded 10,000 Albaniana at Hubatepe, Macedonia, and more Turkish troops are to be sent, to his nld. Negotiations are continuing for peace. William B. Curtis writes of the pal nee at Delhi, the most magnificent ever built in the world, and describes tho vandalism that has leveled soveral of the halls and is making way with others. A member of the Japanese house of representatives is accused of being a paid agent of Russia, and his news paper in Toklo, which has published attacks on the nation's policy, is sup pressed. Oeorge Carnegie, proprietor of Dun geness, once of the home of C.eneral Nathaniel Greene, and a nephew of Andrew Carnegie, has announced his candidacy for the Georgia 'senate on the democratic ticket. Tho house committee on merchant marine nnd fisheries authorized a fa vorablo report on the Fryo bill extend ing the coastwise laws of tluj United States to the Philippine islands July 1, 1903, without amendment. A correspondent of the fxmdon Dally Mail at Chlnnampo writes that every landing place along the northern coast of Korea has been taken by the Jap anese and a big movement of troops is planned as soon as the ice breaks. Information reaching Paris bears out tho reports that the Japanese desire to retire t.ie French and other foreign functionaries serving In Korea. The change is not likely to bring out a protest during the period of the war. In the trial of Senator Burton In St. Umls a letter was read, purporting to have hpon written by the senator, in which it Is stated that he had made inquiries at the posfofllce department relative to tho Rlalto Grain company's case. Among the passengers on the North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wil helni der Grouse, which arrived from Bremen, Southampton and Cherbourg, was Charles M. Svhwab. former pres ident of the United States Steel corpo ration. A special to the Utile Rock (Ark.) Gazette from Dewltt, Arkansas coun ty, says live negroes, who had been arrested as a result of race troubles at St. Chorles; were taken from the guards by a crowd of men and shot to death. The senate committee on foreign re lations authorized a favorable report on the treaty between the United States and France extending all exist ing treaties with France to Tunis and nil other French possessions and pro tectorates. A pathetic message came to the state department from United States CoiiRul Fee at Bombay, India, and ad dressed to Assistant Secretary Iiomis as follows: "Daughter dead plague; wife nttacked." Mr. Feo is a native of Ohio and was appointed In ISM. A cable dispatch was received from Colonel I.eutweln, the governor of Ger man Southwest Africa, announcing that a fight occurred at Omatako mountain, March 1C, which resulted in the Hereros being repulsed with tho loss of ten men killed. Tho German loss was two men killed and two wounded. The Iowa house committee on con Htltutlonal amendments recommended the submission of a constitutional amendment to tho voters to make a drainago law possible. The action of tho committee Is equivalent to the pnsssge of the measure by botn houses. W. D. Ballantyne. cx Inspector of ,toms at Manilla. P. I., has been ac quitted by Judgo Ambler on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the customs by furthering the Illegal entry of non exempt Chinese. He was tried upon n similar ctmrgo In January last and acquitted. A Jonhannesburg dispatch says: The bubonic plague Is spreading. There now are sixty nlno auspected cases among the colored population and nine among the whites. Tho deaths resulting from the plague up lo dale are fifty five, five whites and lifly tintives. A representative of Chnrles R. Flint of New York says the Chilean war whips. Captain Pint and Chacabuco. JiBve been bought ad referendum, but an Undertaking has been given th.t they Hi, ad not ,f P0,j t RR M:;SPr, tit power. The sale will be trifled whpn approved by rongress. REPORT IS FILED MERCHANT MARINE AMD FISH ERIES QUESTION. THE PR0POSEDSEHATE BILL jt is Scored in the Minority Report of Measure Would Result in Holding Up the Government. ' WASHINGTON Representative Stevens (Minn.) filed the favorable re port authorlied by the house commit tee on merchant marine and fisneries o- an amended senate bill "to require the employment of vessels of the Uni ted States for public purposes." The bill requires all government supplies transported by sea to be car ried in vessels either owned by the government or flying the American flag. The report bases the necessity for the bill on the ground that it never Is safe to depend on foreigners for the defense of our own country. It says that the United States now owns thirteen passenger and freight transorts, and that should these be inadequate for the necessary trans portation of government supplies and troops, ships flying the American fag only may be used in. addition; that the government cannot expect Ameri can ships to bo available in an emer gency. The views of tho minority of tho committee, prepared by Representa tive Lucking (Mich.) and signed by Representatives Spight, Goulden. Mc Dermott and Lucking, declare the bill to be a stop in the policy of subsidiz ing our merchant hiarine, for which for seven years tho most active, per sistent, influential and unblushing lob by has been hounding the life out of both branches of congress. The re port says that outside of the goods transported ir- vessels owned by the government there was paid in freights for such carrying in the year 1901, $4.:.2S,n'.4, and that "this carrying is done principally to the Philippines, and, like the major portion of all ur war and naval expenditures of the (present day, has been rendered nec essary by the Ill-advised subjugation .and retention of those Islands." ' The report says the bill is a most barefaced misappropriation of public moneys, nnd adds: "Of the seventeen vessels now en gaged In this traffic on the Pacific, all aro manned exclusively (except offi cers) bjf Chinese sailors, who work for about, one-third or one-fourth the wages thai American sailors receive, s that the American sailors have been completely supplanted by these Chinese in the very Pacific ocean companies who are pressing tho 1 ill and who are, in part, to get Its gratu ities." The report concludes that "in some respects Cns bill is worse than any pronounced subsidy measure which has been advocated in congress, be cause it gives an absolute monopoly to a few corporations and individuals who may, and probably will, form a combine and hold up the government for all it will stand." IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE Much Time Consumed in Discussing Pension Order. WASHINGTON. The senate body for three hours discussed the recent order of the pension bureau, making old age an evidence of disability and then passed the District of Columbia appropriation bill. The discussion of the pension order was based on the resolution offered some days ago by Mr. Carmack, di recting the committee on the judiciary to Inquire in to the authority of the executive branch of the government to make such an order. Mr. Carmack contended that no such authority ex ists, but several republican senators argued that the order was in line with the regulation issued by Judge Loch ren, commissioner of pensions under .Mr. Cleveland, fixing ti," years o ago us evidence if infirmity. .They also declared that the new order would only have the effect of affording prima facie evidence of disability and not that of giving a pension solely because the nge of U2 years had been reached "by the pension applicant. BRYAN IN NEW HAVEN. To Defend "Sealed Letter" Bequest for $50,000 in Bennett Will. NEW HAVEN, Conn. William J. Brynu will appear In the superior court to prosecuto his appeal from tho decree of the probate court ex cluding a part of tho will the "sealed letter," In which Mrs. Grace Imogen Bennett Is directed to pay to Mr. Bryan f.Mi.ooi) mentioned In the will of Phllo S. Bennett. Bryan Is an execu tor under tho will and the objection to the "sealed letter" on the part of Mrs. Bennett is based on tho allega tion that Mr. Bennett was unduly In fluenced In drawing up the document by Mr. and Mrs. Bryan. Mrs. Bryan came here with her husband. She is to be a witness, having copied the will at Lincoln, for Bennett. Radium it Not a Cancer Cure. NEW YORK. Tho radium treat ment for cancer has been entirely abandoned at the cancer hospital, cables the Herald's corerspondent. It was never viewed with much hope there, and a few days ago the last unsuccessful experiment with It took plnce. Sixteen cases have been un der treatment, the longest period of a single application having been three hours, and the longest total tlmo of application having been about twenty five hours, and tho only favorable re sult was temporary cessation of pain. Report Original Package Bill. WASHINGTON. Tho house com mittee on the Judiciary on Friday au thorized a favorable report on the Hepburn and Dolllver bill, granting tho states police power ovpr "original packages" of Intoxicating liquor com ing Into their borders as Interstate commerce. An nmendment was adopt ed stipulating t lint the bill should not apply to persons recelvln;; interstate shipments of liquor for their own personal use. Hearings on the bill have been mndc during 'he hist six weeks. TtPtJLSE OF JAPS. Attempt to Bottle Up Port Arthur Harbor. ST. PETERSBURG. Unur covtr of darkness Vice Admiral Togo made another desperate attempt to bottle up the Rusi.lan fleet in Port Arthur, but he failed again, and when, after daylight. Vice Admiral Makaroff steamed out to give battle, the Japa nese commander refused the chal lenge and sailed away. The Japanese practically repeated the tactics of February 24, by sending in four flreships, preceded by a tor pedo boat flotilla with the exception that the flreshloa th.s time were armed with Hotchklss guns for the purpose of keeping off the Russian torpedo boat de8tners. The enemy's attempt was discover ed by means of the shore seacrhlights and a heavy fire was opened from the batteries and from two gunboats which were guarding the entrance to the harbor. The Russian torpedo boat destroyer Stilnl was outside oa scouting duty and tho duh and nerve of its commander. Lieutenant Kriut kini, is chiefly due to the complete defeat of the plans of the Japanese. He at once made straight for the on coming ships, under a hail of fire from the Hotchklss guns, and tor pedoed the leading ship. Three of the ships were shelled and piled up on tho shore under Golden Hilt anil one under the lighthouse. The Stilnl then engaged the entire six torpedo boats of the enemy, coming out from a terrific fight with seven killed and the commander and twelvo of Its complement wounded, but on the Japanese side only one boat's crew was saved. In addition, accord ing to unofficial reports, it is believed that the Japanese lost two torpedo boats. The Japanese cruisers which sup ported the attack exchanged shots with the batteries, and then drew off, after which Admiral Makaroff took a steam launch and examined tho flreships. An hour later the Japanese torpedo flotilla, followed by Vice Ad miral Togo's fleet, came up from a southerly direction. Just at daybreak Vice Admiral Makaroff, with his fleet, sailed out to engage the enemy, but after the ships and batteries had fired a few long-distance shots Vice Ad miral Togo decided to decline the is sue and disappeared to the south ward. The news of the repulse of Vlco Admiral Togo's second attempt to block Port Arthur created much re joicing in the Russian capital and among all classes tho gallantry of the subject of high praise; but above all the moral effect of Vice Admiral Makaroff's willingness to engage tho enemy, showing 'that he considered" himself strong enough to fight, pro duced a splendid impression. CODY MAKES DEPOSITION. "Buffalo Bill" Testifies that His Wife Tried to Poison Him. DENVER. Colonel William F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") made a depo sition before a notary in this city Wednesday in the action for divorce which he has begun in Big Horn coun ty, Wyoming. Colonel Cody will sail for Europe shortly and will be absent from the country when his suit Is tried. In the proceedings today Colo nel Cody was interrogated by his own attorney and was subjected to an ex amination by counsel for Mrs. Cody. "Mrs. Cody tried to poison me threo years ago," the colonel testified. "Sho had frequently threatened to do it. We were visiting in Rochester, N. Y., during the holidays of 1900, and tho day after Christmas 1 wa3 ill. 1 sup posed the turkey and plum pudding did not agree with me. She said eho would fix me up. She pretended to give me medicine. It was poison. It almost finished me for I wns uncon scious for some time. I think it must have been an overdose, for it mado me vomit, and I suppose this saved my life." Colonel Cody related many in stances of his wife's having humili ated him at his "former home" in North Platte by her conduct toward guests. YOUNG CORBETT IS LOSER. James Britt is Given the Decision in the Twentieth Round. SAN FRANCISCO James Britt of California was given the decision over William Rothwell, better known as "Young Corbett," of Colorado, In a twenty-round contest at Woodward's pavilion Friday night. In the seven teenth round Corbett's advantage was apparent, but in that round Biitt ral lied and rained right and left blows on various portions, of Corbett's anatomy, forcing the champion to clinch to save himself. The styles of the two boxers were entirely different. Britt fought for the body most of tho time, whllo Cor bett devoted his attention to the head, face and jaw. Britt weighed Just 129 pounds, but Corbett's weight was not made public, though it is understood he was at least a pound and a half below the agreed weight 130 pounds. Coming to St. Louis Fair, LONDON. A meeting of tho com mittee of arrangements for a visit of the municipal officials of the United Kingdom to St. LouIb, of which Lord Clyveden Is chairman, was held In tho chambers of the lords. Sir Thomas Pile, mayor of Dublin, reported that Rome hundreds of officials had applied for particulars, regarding tho arrange ments. Tho committee finally ap proved the program. Tho party will leave England May 1, and will visit New York, . Washington, St. Louis, Toronto nnd other cities. President Will Touch Button. WASHINGTON. Although Prosl dent Roosevelt cannot attend tho opening of the Louisiana Purchase ex position, he nevertheless will bo a participant In tho exercises. He has consented to plena the button nt tho White house which will mart tho ma chinery of the exposition. This cere mony will take place at 1 o'clock (pnHtprn standard time) on April SO. The deals havo not been worked out yet, but they will be In a few days. The president probably will send mes sage of congratulation. WON BY THE JAPS LAND ENGAGEMENT NEAR THE TOWN OF CHONG JU. REPORT OF THE BATTLE SENT IN Gen. Kouropatkin Say the Russians Were Defeated, but at Heavy Lost to Japanese Russians Occupy Com manding Position, but Unable to Hold It, ST. PETERSBURG The emperor has received a dispatch from General Kouropatkin giving a lengthy report from General Mishtchentko, dated at 10 p. m. March 28, which says an Im portant engagement took place near the town of Chong Ju, in which the Russians were defeated, retiring in perfect order. Tho Japanese suffered heavily, but tho Russiun losses are not stated. Cavalry and infantry on both sides were engaged. Tho Russians occu pied a commanding position. The Japanese fought gallantly, but owing to their heavy losses were unable to occupy the position abandoned by tho Russians. General Kouropatkin's report, in part, is as follows: I have tho honor to respectfully communicate to your majesty the re port of General Mishtcchentko, March 28, 10 p. m,. which says: "For three consecutive days our small outposts attempted to draw the Japanese cavalry Into action, but their patrols, after contact was es tablished, retired beyond ("hong Ju (about fifty miles northwest of Ping Yang.) "Having learned that four squad rons of tho enemy were posted five verts beyond Chong Ju on March 27, six companies marched toward Kasan and on March 28, reached Chong Ju at 10:110 a. m. As soon as our scouts aproached tho town the enemy opened fire from behind the wall. Two squad rons promptly dismounted nnd occu pied tho heights COO yards distant. An engagement ensued. "In the town a company of infan try and a squadron of cavlary were lying in ambush. Our men were re inforced by three companies and at tacked the Japanese with a cross fire. Notwithstanding this and our com manding position, the Japanese gal lantly held their grounds and It was only after a fierce fight of half an hour's duration that tho Japanese ceased fire and sought refuge in the houses. The Japanese hoisted the Red Cross flag at two points. "Soon afterwards three squadrons of the enemy were seen advancing along the Kasan road at full gallop toward the town, which two of tho squadrons succeeded in entering while the third fell back in disorder under repeated volleys from our troops. A number of men and horses were seen to fall. For an hour afterward our companies continued to fire on the Japanese in the town, preventing them from leaving tho streets and bouses. "An hour and a half after the be ginning of tho engagement four com panies were seen on the Kasan road hastening to attack. I gave the order to mount and the entire force, with a covering squadron, advanced in per fect order and formed in line behind the hill. The wounded were placed In front and the retirement was car ried out with the deliberation of a parade." Casualties in a Skirmish. SEOUL. A report has reached hero that 50 Japanese and 100 Cossacks were killed and wounded In a skirmish that occurred between Anju and Chong Ju. Marquis lto, upon taking his de parture yesterday, submitted to the government some suggestions for Cor ean reform. The emperor has ap pointed Yi Chi Ylng, a former minis ter of foreign affairs, ns a special em bassador to bear presents to the Jap anese emperor and return the compli ment of Marquis Ito's visit to Corea. Expect a Fight on the Yalu April 2. ST. PETERSBURG. A correspond ent of the Novosti at Liao Yang, un der yesterday date reports that tho Japanese have moved on the Yalu riv er and that a conflict between them and the Russians is expected about April 2d. Delegates From Philippines. MANILA. The Republicans nnd Democrats hero are organizing to el ect delegates to tho national conven tion. They will urge the adoption of legislation favorable to the Philippine islands. Vatican Has Not Received Protest. ROME. Tho Osservatore Romano, the Vatican organ, denies that Cardi nal Merry do Val, the papal secretary of state, has received from M. Delcas se, the French forplgn minister a pro tpst against the sppoch delivered by bira. Will Limit Immigration. LONDON. The alien Immigration bill was Introduced In the House of Commons and passed Its first reading without a division. The bill follows the recommendations of the report of the royal commission on alien Im migration, Issued August 11 last, that the Immigration of certain classes Into the United Kingdom be subjected to Btato control. Home Secretary Akers Douglas, In introducing tho measure, referred to tho Increase of crime due to tho admission of the undesirable classes. Holds Societies Unlawful. DETROIT, Mlch.-ln a sweeping decision, handed down on Monday by Judgo Brooke of the Wayne circuit court, tho Riverside club and Plumb ing exchange of this city, an organiza tion of plumbers against which pro ceedings were brought by Prosecutor Hunt on the ground that they wero organized to fix prices ar.d stifle com petition, wero restrained from contin uing business, which the court holds to bo "an Unlawful enterprise Inimical to tho public welfare" THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL. Discussion of the Matter in the Lower House. WASHINGTON. For the want of sptakern, general debate on the sun dry civil appropriation bill In the house was closed several hours be fore the time agreed on, and the bill was read for amendment. Seventy-five pages wero disposed of, the only Im portant amendment being that provid ing for an initial appropriation of $500,000 for the completion of the capitol building according to the original design. Mr. Campbell tKas.) and Mr. Wil liams (111.) were the principal speak ers today, the former defending the protective tariff policy of the repub lican party, and the latter denouncing the republicans for failure to investi gate the pot.toffi.ee department. Mr. Williams said that tho scanduls in that department will become an important issue in the coming cam paign. Ho arraigned President Roose velt and Attorney General Knox re garding the trusts. Before he came Into office, ho said, he was recognized as a trust "buster," but since then all his indictments against the trusts were at once turned Into apologies. He said the president was a "harmless agitator," and declared him to be an unsafe man. POSTOFFICE APPROPRIATIONS. Rural Carriers May Receive Subscrip - tions to Papers. WASHINGTON. After two days' consideration of the postoffice appro priation bill the senate committee reported it tonight and It will be taken up in the senate tomorrow. On account of its incomplete state the exact amount of tho Increase made cannot be given, though it is said tho bill will carry not more than $1,000,000 over tho bill as passed by the house, except for an emergency measure Incorporated in the bill. The house bill provides for the rent al of tho Pennsylvania railroad site in New York for postoffice purposes, but the senate commutes decided that it would be better business policy to buy the Bite. Therefore an appropria tion of $2,000,000 is made for that pur pose. Among tho amendments to the bill is the following: Salaries of rural free delivery carriers are fixej at $720 a year, and the carriers are per mitted to carry merchandise for hire and receive subscriptions for and de liver newspapers and periodicals, so long as this occupation does not inter fere with tho proper discharge of their duties. It. Is stipulated, however, that the carriers shadl not discriminate against any newspaper. COMMITTEE ON IRRIGATION. Gets Into a Wrangle Over Repeal of Desert Land Act. WASHINGTON The question of committee jurisdiction resulted in a lively session on Wednesday in tho house committee on irrigation of arid lands. Tho committee adjourned when the hour of 12 o'clock arrived with an appeal from tho ruling of Chairman Mondell pending. The trouble arose over a bill intro duced by Representative Reedor, pro viding for amendments to the national Irrigation act. When the biil was taken up by the committee Mr. Read er moved to strike out. tne first two sections. Subsequently this motion was made to cover all after the on- acting clause of the bill. Mr. Underwood Immediately pre sented a substitute, which was a re peal clause for tho desert land law. Mr. Marshall of North Dakota mado a point of order against this substi tute, first that It was a matter over which tho committee did not Jurisdic tion, and second that, it was not ger mane to tho pending bill. The chair man sustained this point of order, and from his decisions Mr. Underwood ap pealed. They End Their Troubles. ST. LOUIS, Mo. The dead bodies of John B. Altnian. aged i;s, and his wife, Julianna, aged 47, were found In their home, both having been asphyxiated by gas. by their own pre arrangement. Burdened by debt, ad vancing years and tho recollection of a fortune vanished aro supposed to have led them to commit suicide. They left a note saying they had taken their own lives. In tho cellar was found tho dead body of their pet cat, which had been chloroformed. Bubonic Plague in India. BOMBAY. The latest available bu bonic plague returns for tho whole of India for the week ending March 1, show tho appalling mortality of 40, 127, an Increase over those of the pre ceding week. For Unlimited Subsidiary Silver. WASHINGTON. Tho senate com mittee on finance Indorsed an amend ment to the sundry civil bill, provid ing for tho removal of tho limitations as to the coinage of subsidiary silver. Bullets Ended Their Lives. KEOKUK, la. Examination or the bodies of C. Lemlce and wife, tho aged couple found burned to death In their dwelling house at Montrose, disclosed tho fact that each had a bullet hole through tho hend. A revolver with two empty chambers was found In the kitchen near where the man was found. Tho coroner's Jury found that. Lemleo had killed his wife. Bet fire to tho house to hide his crime, and then shot hlmsel'. The police are now working on the theory that they were murdered. Wood Concedes Victory. LITTLE ROCK, Ark-Returns have been received from seventy-one out of seventy-five counties and they show that Governor Jtffcrson Duvls carried fifty-three and Judge Wood eighteen counties in the (lemonade state primaries last Saturday. The count loR carried by Governor Davis are entitled to .102 delegates In the state convention. The number neces sary to nominate Is 222. Judge Wood has conceded that on the face of tho returns he has not enough counties to win tho nomination, but will contort. THE BURTON CASE SENATOR FOUND GUILTY OF AC CEPTING A FEE. THE JURY HAD A LONG SESSION Motion for a New Trial Will b Argued Senator's Recourse Is ar Appeal to the United States District Court. ST. LOUIS, Mo-Joseph Ralph Bur ton, senior United States senator from KansaR, was convicted by a Jury in tho United States district court Mon day on tho charge of having accepted compensation to protect the Interests of the Rlalto Grain & Securities com pany of St. Umls before the Postoffice department. Tho Jury deliberated forty-one hours. A nitiii for n new trial was im mediately tiled by the counsel for the senator. Judge Adams thereupon ordered that Senator Burton appear In court either in person or by proxy at 10 o'clock from day to day until the court hns heard tho arguments for a "new trial, and if decided against him, fixed his punishment. For a time there threatened to lie a disagreement of the jury. The Jury was brought before Judge Adams, who asked the cause for the long de lay. Ho was told that eleven jurors had agreed, but tho twelfth stood alone. The court admonished the lone juror that the expense of a new trial should not be incurred because of him failing to agree with the majority of tho jurors. A precedent was quoted showing that tho majority of the jurors should decide the case before them and a ver dict be rendered accordingly. The .ury was then told to go back and poll Its vote once more. Soon after the jury reported, bringing In a verdict, but Judge Adams found that the third count in the indictment had not been considered, and again lie sent the jury back to consider the case, without having announced the verdict re turned. Tho third time the jury entered the court room the result of its delibera tions was announced, and United States Senator Burton stood convict ed on the chnrges brought against him in the Indictment. Senator Burton was indicted In Jan uary last. Although, as a member o: congress, he could not be arrested un til after that body adjourned, he vol untarily surrendered himself to thu prosecuting authorities. He still had two years to servo in the seuate. When seen at the Southern Hotel by the Associated Press Senator Bur ton declined to in any manner dl cuss tho verdict. "You certainly appreciate that sit nation and understand that I have nothing to say," he said. Senator Burton's recourse is an ap peal to the United States circuit cour of appeals, which body Is the final ar biter In his case. Senator Burton went directly fron tho court room to the Southern hotel after the verdict was rendered, am retired to his room for rest. After t time he went down to the hotel lobbj and sat around talking with hit friends who occasionally dropped in Apparently, he was very nervous, ant his appearance? was worn, tho nnxlct of the past week having very percep tibly left Its effect. PRICE OF ASPARAGUS HIGH. Half the Crop in Sacramento Valle) Destroyed by Flood. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Half the aspaargus crop of the state was do stroyed by tho recent floods in (lit Sacramento valley. The growers hav seen their asparagus beds utterly do stroyed and now face ruin. The price of asparagus will he hlgl this year. What Is more, the cnnncrie of the state will havo no crop with which to work and as a consequence many peopie will be denied employ ment by the closing of the Industry. The authority for this statement is Prof. Ralph E. Smith, professor ol plant pathology at the University ol California. In the Nation s Strong Box. WASHINGTON. Tuesday's state ment, of the treasury balances In tho general fund, exclusive of the $150, 000,000 gold reserve in the division of redemption, shows: Available cash balances, $224,f.oo,K,l ; gold, $115,424, 209. Exposition Officials Deny It. ST. LOUIS. Mo. When shown a dispatch from Now York to the effect that a concern managed by J. D. Mc Gregor proposed to furnish a large number of non-union persons to fill employment contracts with the World's fair, Walter B. Slovens, sec retary of the exposition company, said: "Tho exposition company has no knowledge of McGregor and his plans. There Is no agreement between concessionaires and the World's fair as to the employment of labor, union or otherwise." Mine Under Fortress. ST. PETERSBURG. A roHrt from Vladivostok says that a mine has been discovered under tho fortress with wires leading to a Chinese hotiso In tlx town. Russian Torpedo Boat Sunk. ST. PETERSBURG -It Rla,,,, that olio Ruxslnn torpedo boat was sunk In tho engagement nt Port Ar thur this morning, but It Is thought tho vessel ran bo refloated. OPINION CV THE EDITOR OF TH& -NEBRASKA FARMER." He Expresses His Approval cf Amer. lean Emigration to Canadj. During the winter months the reai of tho family consults with tho other members as to tho prospects for thu future, and doubtlc.i one of the mot Interest tug topic discussed is that of moving to some district when it id possible to wore easily seeuro what U necessary for a comfortaMo exist ence, where it is an easy matter to become possessed of sufficient farm laud to assure a competence for the future. This, not only Interests the head of the fumily, but ovcry indi vidual member of it. Having before mo the knowledge where ho can secure a home with tho expenditure of but little money, It is well for him to obtain all Informa tion possible regarding the (rodiu-i-iveness of tho land In the country thai ho may select. For honcuI yearn past a largo number of Americans have removed to Western Canada, and as nearly as It can be ascer tained almost nil of those have ex pressed themselves satisfied with the conditions that exist there. During tho p.".at summer a number of ih" ed itors of furm papers lhron; !iout tho United States made n personal visit on a tour of inspection and tin re ports of theso gentlemen prove Inter esting reading. Mr. H. K. Heath, ed itor of tho "Nebraska Farmer,' a paper enjoying a wide cliculatlon as well as tho confidence of its sub scribers, after giving some idea of tho extent of this wonderful country says: " Western Canada Is the last un occupied nnd unimproved good agri cultural luud lu America available t j day." Ho then discusses Its possibilities for raising live t-tock, and tho advan tages it possessed for dairying, farm in;; and wheat prowing, and says, "What has been said about the coun try as to tho nbll.ty of the soil, the yield of wonderful crops of wheat. Is quite Justified." To quote further from Mr. Heath, he says, referring to clln nte: "TIipho people (skeptical on:s) do not know or realize that altitudo more than latitude makes climates; that largo bodies of water, both fresh and salt, that never freeze over, ex ert a wonderful Influence on climate. Another Influence on climate, morn potent than those named above, which applies more to tho Alberta dislilct, is tho warm Chinook bree.o from tho Pacific ocean, which is 000 or 700 mill's nearer thun Colorado or Wyoming, besides tho Rocky Moun tain range Is not nearly so high nor half so far from tho ocean as it is down In tho States. "In further considering tho climate of tho Canadian prairies, wo should not loso sight of tho fact of tho In fluence of the rains; the totnl nver ago rainfall for the season is but 13.33 Inches for the territories, ami 17.34 Inches In Manitoba, and that tho amounts falling between April lit and October 1st aro respectively y.3l) Inches and 12.S7 inches or about three fourths of the entire rainfall. From tho middle of June to tho middle of July (hero aro over two hours mora daylight In every twenty-four hours than there Is In Nebraska. Tho main reason why Western Canada wheat grows (o such perfection is the effect of solar light, or longer period of sun shine It gets each day. This Is what makes seeds or grain more perfect, grown In this country than elsewhere. This extraordinary rapid growtli of vegetation under the Influence of this long continued sunshlno exceeds any thing known iu lower latitudes. "Wo do not wish it understood that wheat alone Is the main product ol this country; it loads in that, yei. it la destined lo become famous for its cut tle, horses and sheep and for Its dairy products. Wo saw more and larger bands of cnttlo and sheep grazing In Assiniboia and Alberta than wo ever Raw on tho western plains of tho United States. Ono band of oattlo numbering 5,000 head wero grazing on the rich grass, and sheep without num ber." The government of tho Dominion of Canada Is still uaing the snino ener getic efforts which havo been used for tho past G or fi years to sottlo up theso western prairies, nnd on application to any Agent of the Canadian Govern ment tho settler will be able to secure a certificate entitling him to a low rate which will give him tho oppor tunity of visiting any portion of Can. ada's grain producing domain. 50,000 AMERICANS WERE WELCOMED TO mm ste Canada DURING LAtiT YEAR. The? ire lettlrd and nelllini on th drain nj Gixini 1 mli. ami are ptoierou ami atitird. Sir Willied Lauiiar lacemlj tnid : "A nnw itar has risen on Ihe hfinrnn. and it it toward it that very iuinnrrant who IraTen tho land uf his anca tora to come and aerk a home for burnctt now lurni till aa" Canuda. Tueia ia Room for Millions. rittKK Hnniratraila given wjr. Hrlioola, thurrhea, Kallwaya, MuvrkoU. Climate Trjthln u be dralrcil. ' For a (Wtlptlea Atlut and other Information, appl; to Superintendent Immitration. 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