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puTiSMouiti joirvl;aS TO CONCRESS R. A. BATES, Publisher. n.ATTSMOUTM. NEMRASKA. News in Brief John Mitchell will not take charge of the strike In Colorado. Martin D. Wood, who for thirty Ave yearn was local manager of th West ern Pnloa Telegraph company at Kan ras City, Mo., died of pi -alysls, aged Co years. Another ministerial crisis is immi nent In Chile, and the present conli tion of parties in the caMnct will prob ably give way to a new party, formed of the liberal clement. Reports have been received at To Mo from Pin Yang to the eject that when the Japanese scouts entered Wljn on Sunday last they found the. town deserted by the Russians. At Schenectady, N. Y., eight hun dred employes of the General Kloctric company struck because the company reftixed to discharge a r.nloa man who had been fined for violation of a union rule. Major John 1 Rittlngrr, former con sul general to Montreal, Is seriously 111 at a hospital In St. Joseph, Mo. He underwent a surgical operation a few days ago, which has loft htm in a greatly exhausted condition. The secretary of war has directed that permission be granted to the army Young Men's Christian associa tion to establish Its work at the vari ous posts of the army In the I nited Plates and In the Philippine Islands. llurton 11. Mattoon, formerly state senator and ex-treasurer of the Water ton Savings bank, pleaded guilty in Ihe supreme court at Winsted. Conn., ko four charges of making false en tries In the hook of the savings bank. The supreme court of Ohio has af firmed the verdicts of the Lucas coun ty court In the cases of Albert and lien Wade, brothers, who are tinder sentence of death for the murder of Kate Sullivan at Toledo several years ago. Already Alton TV Parker has 233 delegates to the New York state con vention to select delegates to the na tional democratic convention. This Is a majority of the state convention, which will be composed of 450 dele gates. In the course of the budget discus rion In Calcutta the viceroy, Ivrd Curzon of Kedleston, In an erect ive speech, reviewed the last five years of Indian administration and declared It was his express intention to return to India, 'Or." lViwio's Zion City Is profiting by the stride now going on in the big Printing and publishing houses of Chi cago. The employers are sending 'heir bookbinding work to outside towns, and 'a great quantity Is going to Zion. The result of the vote In the vari ous Michigan locals of the United Mine Workers of America show that the proposition of the operators won out by a large majority. The result Insures harmony In the Michigan dis trict for two years. Senator Simons Introduced a bill to create a permanent commission to In vestigate the several executive depart ments of the government. It provides for a commission of five persons, not more than three to be members of the same political party. Among Ihe many generous responses which are coming to the Countess Oas sinl for the fair to be held in Wash ington on May fi. for the benefit of the Russian Red Cross, were two checks which came from New York, one for Jl.OoO and the other for $500. President Roosevelt and Representa tive Hull, chairman of the military af fairs committee of the house, discuss ed a bill which provides a higher rank for army chaplains, in which the pres ident is interested. It is urged that sufficient provision Is not made In the present law for rewarding any army chaplains for meritorious services. A letter was received by Mayor Wells of St. liouis from Commander John Hubbard of the gunboat Nash ville, now at Pensaoola. Pla.. saying that he had been authorized to an nounce to the authorities of St. Ixniis that the navy department had decided to send a torpedo boat destroyer to St. l.onls under escort of the Nash ville. The w arslihw ill ...,... o. " - in a cm. . l-oiiis about April 23. j The president has pardoned Leonard Alverson. Walter Hoffman and Will- ! lam wadorman. convicted in New Mex ico of postomeo robbery, and sentenc ed to ten years' imprisonment, of which they have served all bu nine months. These pardons are granted on the earnest recommendation of the governor of New Mexico, the warden of the penitentiary and the district at torney and trial judge, because of the unusually good conduct of the prison ers. At Sn Francisco, George Parton surrendered himself to the police, say. Ing that he wa wanted in Lucas coun ty. Ohio, on a charge of embezzlement of $1,100 of the county a funds. He was formerly county clerk and ssvs he left Toledo on October 27. coming di rect to San Francisco. John P. White, president of the lorn a Mine Workers, and Charles H. Morris, president of the Ion a Operators' ass.v elation, have called a second confer ence. The conference was asked for by the miners and is taken to mean that the str.kers will submit ar.d the strike be settled soon. The Mom Ga-ct:e urges the re christening of Port Arthur to Port Nicholas, as the Knglish name sounds badly to Russian ears. One of the r.rnes in Pos!,-! bay ha been exploded by a whale. The 'mud dled rsreass suhsocjin r.tly was washed ashore. Commissioner of PotVor.s Ware has returned fr-nn the south, r.ni, h improv ed In health. Judge Woloott of ti e elrcu.: court at Grand Rapids Issued a r.imi.ianvun compelling the Grand il.ip.is a. Indi ina rallrvad to rodm- if.elr fan s In Michigan from 3 to 2s cents p,-r mile. BY THE PROGRAM FROM NOW ON Work on Appropriation Bill Well in Hand Four Days' Discussion Look ed for on the Postoffict Appropria tion Measure. WASHINGTON April IS has been discussed In committee rooms and among senators and representatives as not at all an improbable date for tho termination of the present session of congress. The pension appropriation bill has been received from the house and reported from the senate commit tee with an amendment. Discussion of son ice pulsion legislation, it is be lieved, will be exhausted before the bill is placed on its passage, and this I measure, therefore is not considered a ! barrier to early adjournment. The army appropriation is agreed iilHin except as to four amendments, which are in conference, and It is thought there amendments will not re sult In much further discussion In either hevly of congress. Tho confer ence report or the agricultural bill has been agreed to In the senate, but no action has been taken by the house. A second conference has been ordered on the fortification bill on the senate amendments for the purchase of a sub marine boat for instruction In coast defense and making an appropriation for the completion for a certain type of disappearing gun cariage. rioth tha naval and the district appropriation bills are in conference. The confer ence report on the Indian appropria tion bill has been made and is likely to cause debate for one or two days. Four days' additional discussion' is looked for on the postoffice appropria tion bill. The amendments that have been adopted are not of a character that will tin the bill up in conference for more than two or three days. It It expected that the sundry civil bill will be reported from the senate com mittee on appropriations on Tuesday MAY EE READY TO ADJOURN THE 28TH OF APRIL. NOTWN-.DOINO. WAR-TIME SCENE and the military academy bill will bo ready by the time the sundry civil bill is passed. It is expected that the gen eral deficiency bill will be reported to the house not later than Tuesday. No call has yet been issued, but re publicans leaders of the senate anttoi pate holding a meeting of the steering committee early next week to agree on a general program for the remaining day of the session. i GREET STRIKERS WITH GUNS. Armed Citizens at Telluride Violate Court Injunction, TKLLVRini', C0lo The delegation of Telluride miners, wh have been living ai Ouray, returned here. At the station the train was met by a cordon of troops and Son armed citi zens appeared on the scene and sur rounded the troops and train. The unionists were separated from the passengers as they alighted, searched t.nd lined up along the station plat form. They were marched under es- ... , ,,. ,,ii. noiise iicie iney were given supper. At ! o clock they were returned to the train. Commanded by General Moll, a detail of thirty soldiers also boarded the train, which started for Ridsewsy, the first station out. The participation of the citizens of Tel luride in tonight's affair brings them in direct violation of the injunction f sued by Judge Stevens of Onrav. Give Out No War News. ST. PKTERSnrRG tin account of the holidays the committee on mili tary censors sat for only an hour onday, leaving their office at 10 o'clock. Later official dispatches from tho secr.e of war will not be made public until Tuesday. Appoints a Circassian General. ST. PETKRSIU-RG.-The army or gan announces the appointment of Major C.enercl lYlnce Orocllanl, a prominent Circassian nobleman, to the command of the Caucasian cav alry brigade. Tibetans Attack English, LONDON -A dispatch received at the Indian office says that General MaclVnsld's infantry, while reeon noiiering r.i ar Kalapanpe. encounter ed Tile: ins. who opened fire. There were r,i c-jsualtics. Pan.mia .M g ' VNants - It hns Recognition. be. n decrc, ,) P. the re; -no; i f 1 nth, nr. i by t th.-.t ail il 's ,. rations y r.-c. :-n:-ed c consular vi ho have . rcpnbli" VSi r,';-,- i tv a', '.ll'.-i ::i i v co unable to continue i' l-s w h the -government e-''.v: ion has ink, n pla c Crc Pret.dert. Captain Scih R il- WAS!iir,1 ,, iock. s,:;c-nt 'n.icn: of the r.'.nrk Hills forest '"tip, called en the pi sun n, and later took luncheon with mm at tne White house. CtC IN A WRECK. Rosebud S'Oux Killed in a Railroad Accident. CHICAGO Two passenger trains on the Chicago ft Northwestern railway collided between .vidrose park and May wood Thursday. According to reports received at the Kn ral superintendent s office la Chi cago the wreck was caused by the fog. Trains No. 6 and 10 were in the wreck. The trains which collided were the Oregon express and the fast mail on the Chicago Northwestern railway. The express train wns run into by the mail train, Hoth trains were east bound. rtiyslctans were promptly hurried to the scene. As roon as possible the i Injured were taken to May wood end Chicago All the victims of the wreck were Indians. The dead are: Killed Head, skull crushed- Phibn Irontail, Jr., body crushed; Thomas Come l-ast bodv crushed. The injured are: Pig Chief Whitehoise, body crushed and legs brokeu. will die; Luther Standing Hear, crushed about body and head, will ;io' Annie Gooseface, crush ed about bodv will die; Mrs. Thomas Come Ust. wife of one or the killed, cut about head and shoulders; Tom mie Come Ijist, ti years old, son of the dead, head bumped and believed to have been made temporarily Insane from fright; Sammy Lone Rear, head cut and body bruised: Abraham Good crow cut about head; Hlind Kagle, cut about head by flying glass; Little Elk, head cut and bruised; Charge the Enemy, head cut and bodv bruised; Head Chler High near at the head of the delegation or Sioux, severely crushed about the body; William Sit ting Rull, son of Chief Sitting Hull, 27 years old, seriously Injured. Tho -oarh containing the Indian? was a light day car. It was com- i pletely wrecked. The rear erd of the coach ahead was also damaged. After the collision the passengers In tho other coaches of the two trains hur- IN TOKIO. ried to the rescue, and after a hard struggle pulled them from beneath tho wreckage. Chief Whitehorse. in charge of the Indians on the train, was fatally in jured. The bodies of the Indians who i h'1 ,10n kille, outright were laid on the prairie beside the track Whikhorso being carried with Chief them. BANDIT'S SWEETHEART DEAD. ! Grl Who Refused the Hand of Jamra i Younger Expires in Oklahoma. ST. PAl'I. eVord has been receiv ed in this city of the death in Okla homa of Miss Alice .1. Mullor. a well known newspaper writer nnd author. Miss Mullor was 2ft years of age and had suffered from consumption tor i some time. At the time of the suicide of James ; Younger, the former bandit, it was i stated that one or the rnsuses leading to the act was his Inability to marry MISS Mllil con- ducted a weekly paper in Los Ange les and was later on the staff of a tviit Lake city newspaper. She ihe author of several books. was Frairie Fire Destroys Range. TAYLOR. A prairie fire started , near Mrvwster in Blaine county, on Saturday, and swept across the coun try eastward Sunday and Monday, ex pending arrcss lxmp county and into i Garfield, burning all the range be tween the North Loup and the Oal.v , nius rivers, a distance of twenty miles in width. It will be a great hardship ; to riinchnien in the path of the burmM i district, many of whom had put their i cattle on the range for the summer. ! The fire was got under control oo I Tuesday. Wont Open Sunday Again. ST. LOriS. Mo Sunday was the last Sunday at the World's fair grounds, a on April IS the grounds will be closed to all visitors nr.til the fair opens formally and there after will be closed on Sunday. More than ;r. Ono persons took advantage of the fair weather and visited the grounds Sunday. The private rar of E. H. Hatriman of the Southern Pa r fc ro.d was switched Into the fair prenr.d- and required all night, bene occupied by President Hvriman and .,. party. Sigmrg Contract for Canal, r Ale .1 eel att W.t llr5 - n v a con? 'ren,- 1 : een s::d sell. A P.;y ns'is!:.-t '.e front tiritisfcr V W. 1, r. :i i -als I.CIC-l .1 V a a i , ,1V the -st !!! iti lb 1 l-cp t v it has '.vr 1,-iV.ccl :! a o-i:r. I. w for, 1 'ill H qii.ro tho : t' r the oa n sunirg of the Ltvicl Siaies rsh-p of tho !-r,an-- anl. s!.i' ts'.o t lace at the Lr.fti.l Sist.s eivssy. wh;,h Is nom. Inslly Amepis-i soil. The date of ti e s!i;n,rg probably ill 1 k t for April FIRING IS HEARD AND POSSIBLY THE LONG EX PECTED SEA FIGHT IS ON. SHIPS ARE SEENJFF CKE FCO Japanese Fleet Believed to Be in Vi cinty of Port Arthur Russian Said to Have Strongly Fortified Chou Tien Cheng. CHE FOO A correspondent of the Associated Press at Teng Chow, forty miles northwest of here, telegraphs as follows: Sounds of very heavy firing were heard at 6:30 this (Wednesday morn ing. The firing evidently was being done between here and Port Arthur. It Is believed at Teng Chow that the long expected sea fight among the Miaotao islands has taken place. The Japanese battleship Ashal, fly ing an admiral's flag was seen off Che Foo Tuesday, going to the vest, and there is no doubt that the re mainder of the Japanese fleet was in the vicinity of Port Arthur. Tho Rus sian fleet also was seen outside Port Arthur Tuesday. Port Arthur is about sixty five miles to the north rrom Teng Chow. The Miaotao islands are on a line between the two points and about twenty-five miles north or Teng Chow. Dispatches received rrom the rar east during the past five days have reported both the Japanese fleet and the Russian Port Arthur fleet to be cruising at sea in the vicinity of Port Arthur. Six Japanese warships were reported off Wet Hal Wei on April 9 and on the 10th inst. Japanese war ships were seen on the horizon from Port Art.mr. On April 10 the Russian warships at Port Arthur were reported to oe patrolling actively and on April 11 eight Russian warships were reported to have been seen ten miles outside of Port Arthur. The captain of the steamer Uick shan, wh'ch arrived Wednesday from New Chwang reports that he heard heavy firing between 5 and 7 o'clock this (Wednesday) morning in the rectlon of Port Arthur. The firing was continuous, but no ships were visible. From the direction of the sound he Judged that there was fight ing at the entrance of Port Arthur. The IiCKshan was the last foreign mordant vessel to leave New Chwang. sailing at the same time as the Rritish gunboat Espieglo, at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Japanese advices from northern Corea state that the Russians have strongly fortified Chou Tien Cheng, a walled town on the Mar.churian side of the Yaln river, about ten miles north of Antung. It is estimated that there are SM.ooo Russians of all arms at Antung ready to oppose the Japanese crossing. Webb Hayes has retained here from a Journey to Anju, thence to the American mines at Fnsan. and thence north to th Yalu river. He reports that he received hospitable treatment from the Japanese. Pension Deficiency of $1,500,000. WASHINGTON, D. C.-Comnils-sioner Ware of the pension bureau was before the sub-committee of the appropriations committee, which is preparing the general deficiency ap propriation bill asking for $l..rii0.000 to meet the amount required for pen sions under order fiS, the age pension order. The amount was to cover the expenditures up to July 1, this year. The amount has been included in the bill, but the democrats have given notice of a minority report and n con test over this item. Eutchers Ordered to Strike. CHICAGO. The 2.o00 cattle butch ers employed by Swift find Company have been ordered uuon a strike to enforce the reinstatement of mem bers of the nutehers' union, demands which the company refuses to con cede. The strike will go into effect at once. The cities where Swift and Company have packing plants and the number of butchers who will quit work are as follows: Chicago. Sufi-- . .... , ' r.asi m. Minis, ;ui; Kansas City. St.' Joseph, 250; South Omaha Hon Paul, ISO; Fort Worth, Tex., ISO. 300; : St. Mrs. Bctkin Again in Court. SAN FRANCISCO.-Mrs. Cordelia Mot kin. appeared Tuesday in Police Judge Conlan's court to answer to the charge of murdering Mrs. Dean, sister of Mrs. John P. Dunning at Dover. Del., by means of poisoned candy. Mrs. Motkin appeared without counsel She said that the information against her, which had been sworn to by Joshua IVan, husband o the woman ail, god to have been poisoned, was new.s to her and that she scarcely khew how to proceed In the matter. It is always a sad moment when Ti tania rubs the lotion off her eyes and notices Rottom'a cars for the first time. To Prevent Tuberculoma. ST. LOl'lS Physicians and others Interested In the prevention or control of tuberculosis have forme,! the "St. Ixvnls Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis." Officers have been elected and an executive committee named. There will also be appointed n committee, consisting of two mem bers of the health department of m. i.ouis. lwo members of ihi medical peon ssi.in sn.i two re 'esc r.t stives ironi me me.ncsi schools ,;, 1 ... 1 ... i will iiisiM on inspection Pi ins f:ifn. President Fiif WASHINGTON -Dinted S'.ltes jndi: Hawaiian John - of the S 011 Tim- J-Jd je. K.il.ia. cord elr diy nj.i 'ivsj.b nt '' r.-s:,,.n J cult o( Hcticl.ilit, 1 icmoved from :' I Roosevelt. Ri-ce. ' v r.s com cv e.l to .1 1 the ex; iiatton cl 1 ! l.c v ouM riot bo t I l.i s airo the j,rl I pondc.) ihe work 1 I J. -iirmng all erd e bv l-r. t'y nn iii'. iec.e K.l'iia ; " nn on J '.MV-iin;, V ;e pra, f his cc-.in "'g ttiicin.il l..-,t en v tiex! A few v His by a i- C!Uc! l.ntil Juno f, the day alter piiation of his tot m of eS.ee. the cx- ALL IN WATERY GRAVES. Three Men Drowned While Returning from a Hunting Tr.n. OMAHA J. W. Pennell. W. M. Haskins and Smiley Waxier, all of j Council lliuffs were drowned in Lake I Manawa Fridsx evenirg by the over I turning of the row boat in which they i j had spent the afternoon hunting, j Iney were returning to the pavilion when their boat was caught In the I trough of the high waves, raised by I the terrific wind that swept across the l lake. j The drowning occurred a short dis- tance off the point of land opposite the pavilion. Robert Prown. who iie ai .Munawa park and who saw the men in the water, put off with a boat to their rescue. He round Pin noil and Maxtor clinging t. their over turned boat. Haskins had been swept away by the wave.. Mrown tound it inilMssihlo to get either Into the boat without danger ot swamping and lu gan towing Pinnell to shore. Pinnell clinging to the stem of Rrown's boat. About forty feet from the landing Pinnell, chilled by the icy waters, slipped from the boat and sank. He did not rise, and after a short search Mrown rowed hack after Raxtcr. He, too, had disappeared. DIETRICH REPORT IS READY. Will Not Be Made Pumlic Until Return of Senator Pettus From Alabama. WASHINGTON. It is expected that the report In the Dietrich case will be made public upon the return of Sena tor Pettus, who has gone to Alabama, but who Is expected back on Thurs day. The report, written by Senator Piatt, was filed with Chairman Hoar In view of the absence of Senator Pettus, who may decide to make some alterations In the verbiage of the re port as prepared by Senator Piatt, it was thought best by the chairman to withhold any intimation of the nature of the report until the rull commit tee had passed upon it. It is thought, however, that just as soon as Senator Pettus returns the action or the com mittee will be made public. So rar as can be ascertained there is no rea son to doubt that Senator llietrich will be absolved from the charges made against him. DUTY ON COAL MUST REMAIN. This is What Austen Chamberlain Telia Anxious Petitioner. LONDON The combined efforts or the coal owners exinirters, ship own ers and miners have railed to induce Austen Chamberlain, the chancellor or the exchequer, to repeal the coal duty. A deputation representing all the above interests laid the case be fore the chancellor Tuesday and pleaded that the duty was disastrous to every industry connected with the coal trade and enabled tlieir German and other livals to dlsplnce Hritish coal. Mr. Chamberlain in reply lengthily compared the arguments of the petitioners with the facts in his possession, and sai.l there was no reason for the abolition of the duty. He said that the fact that the ex- ports for the last year were the larg est on record disproved the gloomy forebodings of the deputation. LEADER OF YAQUIS IS KILLED. Captured and Promptly Executed When Identity is Discovered. HERMOSILLO. Mex Manuel Gua- vesl. who has been tor five osrs at tho head o Lie Yaqui rebels in So nera, and who in that time ha? in stigated many uprisings, first in one section rr.d then in another, is deal. Guaesi was discovered among the rrisoners taken by Captain Marron in an engagement with a band of snv ages near Matamote and was immedi ately taken out and shot as Captain Itarron wss not prepared to take any chances. His prisoners numbered al most as manv men as those of his command. Gnavesi met death bravely. He had expected to be executed when his identity was discovered. It was Gna vesi who was in command of the Ya qui force which ambushed and almost annihilated a whole company of the Twen.ieth battalion near Zamroata In the rebellion cr two years agr. Moth Captain Ce so Gomez and Lieutenant Jose Vallejo were killed in the am bush. Afflicted with Trachoma. VASi..NGTON There was landed at Taeoma, Wash., recently fifty Fili pinos who were brought to the United States under contract to take part .n the Philippine island cxhioit at the St, I -on is exposition. Thirty. nine of the nuniuer were affllded with trachoma, a disease of the eye. 1'nder a ruling by the attorney general natives of the Philippine islands and Porto Rico are not aliens within the meaning of the immigration act and they had to be admitted. Congress will be asked to meet such rases arising hereafter. Try to End Grain Rate War. NF.W YORK A meeting of rail road presidents will be held in this city in a few days for the purpose of bringing to an end. if possible, the grain rate war between the east ern trunk 1 nes. 'p to date this war has done little damage, as the rosds have been raiTvIng only a nominal amount of grain. Now that lake nav igation Is about to open, large quanti ties will begin to move. It is said that IS C'iM.i'ii'i ions of grain are wsct irg 10 be shipped from the west to the Atlantic t aboard. Jchn C. S. Hrrnon Drad. INDIANAPOLIS. Ir.d.-.lc) r. Clcves i :-h.i:t Harrison, b r niat.y v a w ell l,ro n nt ?fn of 1nd'a;,.iohs. ftt.tk Ion with para'jsis Mondav. A,;:! 4 ,!;,-d .it 1 s Art.-1, s. C.'.l. He wsc b.-n n 1 Vi-n . r nes. lnl. ".lav 7. tl o or.ly c I 1 1 1 ,1 P. Tlf.rcn n ; , 1 l,.i:.a Smith iP.o:t--t 1 H-irtison ar.d crard -on of l'r, s d. nt Will. am Duty Par rem He ws n !,- a gov r-r.rrcti' dr.vtor of the It. ion Pad ft.- f'.'l-osl j seven years iir,,l, r P-fnd, t.l C-.iT.t 1 ar.d one Jcar under President Haves GHINESETROUBLE COMPLICATIONS WITH UNITED STATES HAVE ARISEN. MINISTER FIUS A PROTEST He Says that Chinese Men of Influ ence Are Subjected to Humiliating Treatment at San Francisco and by SL Louis Custom Officials, ST. LOC1S-A special to the Re public from Washington. D. C. sas that diplomatic complications in the re.ations between China and the Lnl led States have arisen, according to information derived from sources closely identified with diplomatic cir cles, because of the harsh manner in which the Chinese exclusion laws are operating f.gainst Chinamen of conse quince who hae business in this country nt the S:. Louis World's fair. Sir Chou Tung Liai.g Cheng, ihe Chi l.ese minister, has filed formal pro tests in the matter. The situation is considered deli cate, not to say serious, because of the war In the far east, which em barrassed all the diplomacy of the Orient, and because of the added fact that the whole Chinese exclusion ques tion Is to come up for another solu tlon. since the period covered by the existing treaty will soon expire. At the present time the passive friend ship of China is of importance in Asia, that American interests may not stir rer there. The incidents cited by the protests are said to refer to two panics or prominent Chinamen bound tor the Worlds ralr. who, though armed with certificates from their government and with papers endorsed by the American consul general at Shanghai, were detained at San Francisco. It is asserted that they were sub jected to indignities which have been the cause of their bluer resentment. in regard to the protest Chang You Tong, secretary of the Chinese World's rair commission, said Mondav night: "My countrymen were subjected to humiliating treatment in San Fran cisco, where they were held ror two days despite the tact that they had sufficient money with them to justify statements that they were reputable citizens of China and not paupers. "They also had signed loiters from the American consul at Peking, stat ing tlieir financial and social stand ing in China, but they were forced to furnish bond in the sum of $.")00 in gold each before the customs officials would release them. In St. lmis they were subjected to a most rigor ous inspection by customs officials, but tho treatment accorded them at the World's fair was com -toonr." FORTS OPEN FIRE. New Chwang Trains Its Big Guns On the Pilot Beats in the Harbor. NEW CHWANG. Official explana tion was Issued Monday of the firing of guns from the forts here last night, which caused a certain amount of ex citement end the killing of two Chinese. It appears rrom the official statement that owing to the fact that the offiiccrs of the garrison did not understand the system nf customs flash signals in use at the month of the river, for the purpose of signal ing the depth of the water on the bar, so as to enable ships to put to sea. fire was opened last night at s.f.ie pilot boms. These ve-stls were sight ed by the forts some time afior r.iid r.i.Uit. and at l::lo the artillery o;n no,! fire on the vessels, twontj fc r shots being fired, inclu.iir.:. pr i.'e: : iles t- :.i large gnus. The o'Tcct of the fire l.r.d not been reported up to 1.00:1 todij. nui tne linns a:ise.l cruorc. -,t r.niong the troops, during which sentry fired and killed two Cl:iv -c ontvisite the foreign t-'ottVne-it nv.d three miles from tho fort. The Chi nese had 1 ecome alarmed at the il. :v, nnd were endeavoring to cross the river. In view of ihe reports received here or Japanese activity in Corel and er the arrival or Janancse troops on the Yalu river, it is understood that the tnxips or the garrison had been fully warned that it was possible the Japa nese would make an attack on this place, and the citizens on hearing the firing naturally supposed n,nt the at tempt was being made last night. New North end Scuth L'ne. KANSAS CITY- The Times will tay tomorrow ; nans .ire row ir. progress f,,r (he building o," m, Im portant railroad system reaching ftvm Kansas CUy to Duluth. with a cross line from St. Louis t i Sioux City. In . by way of Council Bluffs a:l Crc.iVa. and a connecting branch from Mar fi'linc. Mo., throrgh Pes Moines, la, to connect with the Dubith lire at Coon Rapids. la. The eo;rM a:iy is said to have floated fMi.iioii.tioo Umds with French capitalists at SO cents on the dollar. Woman Enrolled at a Cetsack. ST. PETERSHVRtt. The war min istry ha granted the petition of Mme. Pousch. daughter or Colonel Maxlow condorow. woo desired to be enrolled In a Cossack regiment. The minis try has ordered her enrollment. Hanna Memorial In Ohio. COLt'MlU'S. O.-The joint legisla tive committee on the Hanna Menud rial '.:iy exercises has arnounred April :i as tV date for holding the exer cises. S.-naur Di-k will dillvir tin r.i em -.rial era; ion. Mrre GRNP I Brrfv Than Ever. I.ND-Th f.vto-y of P, t S'i:,r cotni.Riiv has ;1 ,. Am, : 1'ik.-, in tl : a wi.tl, i ! :r' ting Fiicar n ain!rg rt'p throutrh 1 "o ss. Ahem forty -.;: 1, vod thivv ilnv r 1". r.i u ' ;l.e Psni m. M 1 1 Senate Crnf,rtr Eax'.tr. Si 'tiRt WASHINGTON Tl Tne lay (vti'rtti. i th" ti Irv rc I". Paxf.r as Pnit, to-ncy for the district of nn 'III J N. ititjen "f :ates nt-tula. PROGRESS IN IRRIGATION. Unexpected Difficulties Tncountered in some Localities. WASHINGTON The progress made in the Irrigation work of the government is reviewed in a publica tion 'ssuod by the aooogii't survey. hih points out the necessity ot sreat aution and conservatism In the exteiiklon of the reclamation work. It says that of the irrigation pro jects favorabV reported in 1903. which incliiovi those on the Trtickee river In Nevada, on tho Salt river In Arizona, or. the Milk river in Mon tana, on tho Sweetw;;tor river in Wy onifng s-nl on the Gunnison river in Colorado, the Nevada and Arizona projects have been found feasible and construction of the engineering works alon ; the Trtickee progressed to d Sail livers reasonable i- has te-.f. The Montana project, however, has presented unexpected engineering dif ficulties as well as complications le garding water rights so that prog ress Is slow. It has been found nec essary to modify the first plans In or der to Rchlove early resulu. The Wyoming project, as ut first outlined, hns been found ineradica ble. A better reservoir site than that on the Sweetwater river, however, has been discovered on the North Platte, so that a larger scheme of do velopmcnt may be worked out there in the future. Very great engineering, difficulties are encountered In the accomplish ment ol the Colorado project. Tho amount r arid land thereby reelaim able Is less, too, than was antici pated. VIEWS ON STATEHOOD BILL. Majority and Minority Reports Are Submitted. WASHINGTON- Majority and mi nority Mews on the statehood bill, re eenily reported from the house com mittee on territories, were tiled by Representatives Hamilton of Michigan and Moon of Tennessee, respectively. Mr. Hamilton reviews the provisions of the hill at length and urges tho necessity and Justice of admitting tho four territories as two states. The minority views are signed by Representatives Moon, Lloyd, Robin son dud.) and Thayer. Alter a lengthy discussion of the bill the tui nortity concluded with this expression: "Should the republican party puss this bill, wicked as it Is, in the denial of equal rights. In representation and partisan in all of its material details. It will but afford another indecent ex ample of iho s.:.presion of Individ ual. teniioiial and national rights to subserve paitisau end;'. Kven more than that, it is a surrender of tho power that sovereign states would ev er, iso in tho union if ihe constitu tional methods vvcie followed in the admission of stales. It nilnimhtes the influence of the west ai;, soul Invest n the , itadol of i-deral power - the I'niled Stales senate." WORK ON DIETRICH REPORT. Senator Piatt Now Engaged in Writ ing the Findings of Committee. WASHINGTON. -Senator Piatt or Coneotirul began writing his report of the Dietrich case Friday. While the report has ben discounted In view of the evidence brought out at the trial or the case, Interest, however, centers In tho wording of the docu ment. .Inst how far tho cimmitt, , will q. ar.d whether it will call a' ten: ion to the failure of Summers to prove by his witnesses tl'.it:.;; which lie slated l!:,:t. ho could pr,.e is problt icaii.-al. I'ltiiues: ional-lv ihe I verdict v. ill relieve Si r.ater Pioti .. It jot responsibility, although occasion ! t.'.av be taken to indicate the commil tee's ;,-ns ro-iarding the making or losses I making e p.-imas;, rs I ls thought that iV.c cor. tec wi'l hao a rr.,v:;r.c c.;:. r,; ' week to hear Senator V'.; s tv.w. . The prvvednre after :e rv,v. !, been rtvsvr.tod 10 the ,?., - same as any other i-e-.vs-.. 'c-f only hi thst it is no: ;:,-,n( ;, A bill, but report to the sctu.o -. ings of fact, which the er. '.e v.; adopt and the Dietrich case ii: he a dosed incident. Egypt's Word Pirates Hum. a. ST. PKTKKS.nrRH-Rus.sla has re ceived satisfactory assurances from tho government of Kgypt regarding the passage or ships through the Sin, canal. The inquiries on the subject were prompted by reports that the Kgyptlan government contemplated adopting measures, contrary to the In (eiiiiitiotwil canal regulations, which might embarrass Russia In sending rolllera nnd supply ships to the fur east, when the llaltie fleet sulls f the Pacific at the end of June ' Corean Minister to Help Viceroy. T1K.M TSl.N-M. I 'avion, uveully Russian minister to Corea. returned to Tien Tsltt Monday, lie wi'l pio coed to Mukden Tuesday next for Ihu purpose of assisting Viceroy Alexie.T. Emperor Views Illuminations. VALICTTA, Island of Malta him perur William Monday n t'lAxitip- rvjw - ed tho Hrlllsh .'bet ami wilt,.. lot pedo nets, anchor anil tvt di lunched on board tfta WU, wark, the flagship K't A. Coinpton K. MniuvM wttivu( niedltorruiitum ne speech of collar cers niul turn In the cviuilf reception on b Invited etl nilnatlopa i( tl t Ik B LATHOtli:, I'l baud, striking I Hanna IV&I ni inaidieil to (lie p io,,iv unit mieoee, sinl." Inaugurated f ral. It U et Imnt are mil. AH but Hi Saxinan Intercuts l w ill iiii! lore's nf i,ii irlpplud. Ho the urikers Income I to Induce nn' I,' J qull H iff Ti- her :..i' uli' Y- 1 V