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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
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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,
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rsh-p of tho
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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 ,;,
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will
iiisiM on inspection Pi ins
f:ifn.
President Fiif
WASHINGTON -Dinted
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I l.i s airo the j,rl
I pondc.) ihe work 1
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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.
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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 -
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lunched on board tfta WU,
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