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INSURANCE Life Companies of INew York to Undergo Thor ough Investigation. 1 - , ALBANY, N. Y.—There will be a legislative investigation of the life in surance business as carried on in this state, both by New York state corpor ations and by those of other states do ing business within this state. This investigation will be made by a spe cial joint committee, with ample pow ers, of which the chairman will be Senator William W. Armstrong of Ro chester, republican. The other senators on the commit tee will be William J. Tully of Corn ing, republican, and Daniel J. Riordan of New York City, democrat. Sena tors Armstrong and Tully are lawyers; Senator Riordan is a real estate and insurance agent. The two republicans are said to have been selected by Gov ernor Higgins and Senator Raines, re publican leader in the senate, and Sen ator Riordan by the democratic sena tors. The five assemblymen members of the committee will be named by Speaker Nixon within the next day or two. Chairman Armstrong said that, while the actual hearings by the com mitee would probably not begin for some time, the preliminary prepara tions, calculations, and so on. neces sary in preparations for the inquiry, would be set in' motion as soon as pos sible, and the organization of the com mittee would take place as soon as the assembly member had been ap pointed. The institution of the committee fol lowed hard upon a message of Gov ernor Higgins to the legislature, which came as a complete surprise. The message was received in the senate af iter the conclusion of the Hooker case, and was not read in the assembly un til late in the afternoon session. Its effect may be described as sensational. COMES TO LAND OF THE FREE. Russian Prince Comes to United States to Live. NEW YORK.—A young Russian, claiming the title of Prince Potemkine, and said to be the son of Admiral Po temkine of the Russian navy, a de scendent of the house of Potemkine from which the mutinous battleship Kniaz Potemkine derived its name, is in this city. He arrived Monday night on the French liner Labretagne. The young man made the trip in the steer age, although when his property was examined at Ellis Island it was found he had nearly $25,000 in cash. To his fellow travelers the young man said he had sold his place in Russia, had divided a sum, the equivalent of $10, 000 among his ten aunts and had left Russia for all time. He said after a short sojourn in the east he would go west and buy a farm. He declaimed against existing conditions in Russia and said he did not desire to live long er in that country. • ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. Man Rushes at Pobiedonostseff, but Is Disarmed. 1 ST. PETERSBURG.—A circumstan tial report of an attempt on the life of Constantine Petrovitch Pobiedon ostseff. chief procurator of the holy synod, is current in St. Petersburg to night, but the Associated Press is tfn Abje to obtain confirmation of it. The authorities and even the police at the Tsarkoe-Selo railrorad here, where the attempt is reported to have been made, disclaim all knowledge of any such happening. According to the report, as Mr. PobiedonostsefT stepped from one of the coaches on the train from Tsarkoe Selo, where he is residing during the summer, to the platform, a man about thirty-eight years of age, rushed up with a revolver in his hand, but he wras seized by a quick-witted passenger before he could shoot and was turn ed over to the police. THE CHINESE BOYCOTT. General Belief That It Will Not Be Successful. WASHINGTON.—The state depart ment has been informed by its consuls that the Chinese boycott against American goods, which was instituted Wednesday, was organized by the trade guilds in five ports, Shanghai, Canton, Tien Tsin. Hankow and New Chwang. It is believed the bovcbtt will not be successful or do any par ticular injury to American goods, ex cept in Canton and Shanghai, where the guilds are stronger than else where. There is no official action Avhich the United States government can take as long as It remains a single boycott or refusal to purchase Ameri can goods, but it is thought the boy cott will be discouraged by the Chi nese government as far as possible. Japs Go to Get New Ship. VICTORIA. B. C.—The steamer Iyo, which has arrived from Japan, brought among her passengers Captains O. Kamimura and H. Ogura, Fleet Engi neer H. Yamada and Lieutenant Com mander Sato, Japanese officers de tached from Togo’s fleet since the bat tle of Tsushima and sent to England to take over the battleship Katori, re cently launched, which they will take to Japan at the close of the war. A crew will be sent to England by the Suez route for the battleship being built in England. Brings Si/it for Damages. NEW YORK—Denying that the wreck of its fast passenger train near Harrisburg, Pa., on May 11 last, was caused by dynamite or due to negli gence of employes, the Pennsylvania Railroad company filed answer to a 6uit recently brought by Clarence F. Opper, who asked $50,000 damages for injuries received in that wreck. Mr. Opper stated that he was compelled to walk a long distance in his bare feet and that his hearing was prac tically destroyed by the explosion. WITTE FOR PEACE. Russian Envoy Talks of Pending Ne gotiations. ST. PETERSBURG—M. Witte, the senior Russian peace plenipotentiary, received the correspondent of the As sociated Press at his villa on Yelagin island. In according the honor of an interview to the Associated Press, he said he expressly desired it stated that he had declined all previous re quests of journalists for interviews and would decline all future requests. He further said that he made an ex ception in the case of the Associated Press, as it was the representative of the press of the United States, and as he was about to become the tempor ary guest of the United States, and also as a mark of the particular sym pathy he felt toward that country. M. Witte spoke in French. After greetings, which were cordial, the con versation gravitated to the high mis sion with which the Russian states man is charged and the disposition of the foreign press to interpret his ap pointment as an indication that Rus sia had desired to make peace at any price. “No, no,” said he, straightening up in his chair and speaking slowly and distinctly as if weighing the value of each word. “In the first place I have been designated by the emperor as his ambassador extraordinary for pour parlers with the Japanese plenipoten tiaries to ascertain whether it is pos sible to conclude a treaty of peace. My personal views are of secondary importance, but my ideas are in entire accord with those of my friend, Count Lamsdorff. "In serving my emperor I have re ceived precise instructions from his majesty and shall follow them. “The ultimate decision remains in the hands of the emperor and it is for him to decide the destinies of Russia. The emperor is the friend of peace and desires peacee, but I very much fear that the Japaneese terms will be such that we will be unable to reach an accord. “Secondly, the world should • dis abuse its mind of the idea that Rus sia wants peace at any price. There are two parties in Russia. One fa vors the continuance of the war a out ranee—this i~ a large and influential party. The other, to which I belong, favors peace. I avow it frankly, be cause telling the truth has always been my rule in politics. I was for peace before hostilities broke out. PRESIDENT HAS CHINA’S NOTE Will Not Recognize Any Treaty Affect ing Chinese Territory. OYSTER BAY.—The text of the Chi nese note, made public by President Roosevelt, is as follows: “Having viewed with profound re gret the unfortunate interruption of peaceful relations betw-een Japan and Russia the imperial government now learns with gratification that the ne gotiations are about to commence for the restoration of peace and amity. But in the present conflict Chinese territory has been made the theater of military operations. Therefore it is hereby expressly declared that no pro vision affecting China without the ap proval of China being previously ob tained, which the treaty of peace may contain, will be recognized as valid. The diplomatic representatives of China in Japan and Russia have been instructed by telegraph to communi cate this declaration of the govern 'ments of Japan and Russia respective ly.” _ GLOAT OVER ASSASSINATION. Revolutionists Get Satisfaction From Killing of Shualoff. MOSCOW.—The fighting organiza tion of the social revolutionists has issued a proclamation announcing that the death sentence pronounced against Major General Count Shuvaloff, chief of police, who was assassinated July 11. was executed by one of its mem bers “on account of the black and cruel activity of this satrap at Odessa (where Count Shuvaloff was formerly prefect), and his subsequent return to active service of reaction at the recall of Trepoff, the pan-Russian dictator, to stamp out the revolution in Mos cow-.” The proclamation concludes: “I^et this execution serve as a joyful signal to the Russian millions in revolt and as the death knell of the dying auto cracy. Let it remind all dogs of the autocracy of national justice.” MORE BOODLE INDICTMENTS. Twenty-Four Additional Bills Return ed Against Officials. MILWAUKEE.—Twenty-four true bills against fourteen Individuals were returned by the grand jury which has been investigating alleged “grafting.” This was the third bunch of indict ments handed down since the jury went into session June 20, the grand total thus far numbering 129. To night’s list contains seven new names, the most prominent being Thomas Clancy, chief of the city fire depart ment, indicted on one count, the charge being perjury. Capiases were issued for the indicted persons. Chicago Strike at an End. CHICAGO.—The teamsters’ strike, which has so greatly disturbed busi ness conditions in this city for over one hundred days, was at 12:30 o’clock on Thursday officially declared off by the members of the Teamsters’ Joint Council. The men have been ordered to seek their old positions and it is estimated that less than one-half of them will be re-employed. The strik ers have made a complete surrender and will apply for work as individuals and without aiv agreement of any kind with their employers. Yellow Fever Discovered. MOBILE, Ala.—Quarantine against New Orleans was put on here and quarantine inspectors were placed on all south bound trains leaving this city for New Orleans after that hour. This action was the result of the discovery of yellow fever in New Orleans. , CHICAGO./111.—Jacob H. Moore has arrived at Zion City after a 500-mile drive from Auburn, Neb., in a top buggy. His wife has preceded him to Dowie’s colony where they expect to reside. PINE GRAVE Victims of Bennington Ex. plosion Laid Away With fitting Ceremonies. SAN DIEGO, Cal.—Later figures £iven out on the Bennington explosion disaster are as follows: Fifty-five dead in undertaking estab lishments. Seven unidentified men wedged un der the boiler in the fire room of the boat. Eighteen men missing and unac counted for, probably drowned. Fifty-four in the hospitals. Of the injured, Surgeon Foster -of the marine service says ten will surely die within the next two days. They buried the Bennington’s dead Sunday—forty-seven of them—in a common grave. On the crest of the promotory of Loma, high above the waters of San Diego bay on the one side, and within sound of the booming surf of the Pacific on the other, they were laid to rest in the peaceful little military burying ground. Without the crash of drum or the sound of brass, without pomp or parade, yet with sim ple impressiveness all honor was paid the nation’s dead. They have honored dead to keep them company, these brave men of the Bennington. All about them lie those who died in the nation's service in most trying times. Gravestones, yel low with age, bear the names of men who died at Monterey, in the Mexi can war, others who gave up their lives in the conquest of California and who followed Commodore Stockton at Old San Pasqual. These are their neighbors in death. Army ana navy paid their last tri butes no less sincere than the simple grief of the representatives of peace, who made the long journey around or across the great bay. From Fort Rosencrangs came the One Hundred and Fifteenth company, coast heavy artillery; from the city of San Diego the naval reserves; from the Univer sal brotherhood’s home on Point Loma a company of khaki-clad representa tives, and from the government ship Fortune a dozen of her sailors. But the most impressive body of mourn ers were the fifty-two men from the battered Bennington. Beside these there were hundreds of civilians, who, unthoughtful of the fatiguing journey from the city, brought their offerings of flowers to lay upon the graves. San Diego was a city of mourning today. Although the people of the city have taken in the Bennington ca tastrophe an interest that was per sonal to all from the moment that it happened they set apart this beautiful Sabbath day to pay tribute to the dead. A careful compilation of the casual ties was made by the Associated Press Sunday night, as follows; Buried in military cemetery at Fort Rosecrans today, forty-seven; dead now in morgues, eleven, awaiting shipment to relatives; dead in fire room of Bennington still unrecovered, two. Total dead, sixty. Injured at various hospitals, forty-nine. Missing, sixteen. Grant total, 125. Of the in jured at hospitals seven or eight are expected to die. QUESTION BRYAN'S ACCOUNT Further Proceedings in Bennett Will Case. NEW HAVEN, Conn.—A hearing was held in the probate court on the acceptance of the account of William J. Bryan as executor of the estate of the late Philo S. Bennett. M. H. Wick wire, counsel for Mrs. Delia Bigelow and George W. Cable legatees, filed a typewritten statement of his formal abjections to certain items in the ac count. These items include the trans fer tax of $5,500 and charges made by attorneys. It was claimed that had Mr. Bryan settled the estate prompt ly without resorting to litigation, the tax u’ould never have been so large. On the other hand, Mr. Bryan’s coun sel declared that the estate was liable to a ten percent penalty but he got that remitted, so that the estate may consider itself that much in. WITTE TAKES HIS LEAVE. Best of Feeling Prevailed as Envoy Received Instructions. ST. PETERSBURG—M. Witte had a final interview with Emperor Nichol as at Peterhof. Foreign Minister Lamsdorff was present showing the complete harmony of views between M. Witte and the foreign minisfer. M. Witte left St. Petersburg for Paris accompanied by Mme. Witte. At Paris they will meet their daughter who is the wife of the secretary of the Russian legation at Brussels. Mme. Witte has no intention of joining her husband later in America. PEARY STARTS FOR THE POLE Bids Farewell to Friends and Boards the Roosevelt. BAR HARBOR, Me.—The Arctic steamer Roosevelt, bound from New York for northern waters, via North Sydney, C. $., called here, and after Commander R. E. Peary had bade fare well to Morris K. Jessup of New ‘York, whose contributions to the Arctic club have assisted the explorer to build and equip the vessel, she continued her voyage. Doubt Russia’s Sincerity. TOKIO.—It is believed that Emper or Nicholas recently sent an encour aging message to General Linevitch, promising him men, provisions and other necessaries for attaining an ul timate victory. It is also reported that the Russian emperor recently or dered the mobilization of four army corps. This fact, taken in connection with the reported limitation of M. Witte’s powers as peace plenipoten tiary, is deemed to be a sign that Rus sia is not sincere in her expresssd de sire for peace. THE MOROCCAN CONFERENCE. Russian Accepts on Same Terms as Great Britain. PARIS.—Russia has given notice of her acceptance of the Morocco con ference on the same conditions as Great Britain. A cable dispatch from Tangier, July 16, said that the government of Great Britain had accepted the invitation of the sultan of Morocco to attend the in ternational conference on Moroccan reforms, on conditions that the pro gram to be discussed by the confer ence be communicated to it before hand. In the course of a conference be tween M. Rouvier and Prince von Radolin, the former made known the general lines of the International con ference according to the French view point, particularly as relates to the French policy in giving financial aid to Morocco and in maintaining order and security in the country by a po lice system undenFrench supervision. These exchanges are gradually bring ing the parties together upon the es sential features of the conference. WILL OF JOHN HAY FILED. Leaves Greatest Share of Property to His Wife. WASHINGTON.—The will of John Hay, late secretary of state was filed for probate in the office of the register of wills for the District of Columbia. The beneficiaries are his widow and his brother and sister. His brother, Leonard Hay, and his sister, Mary Hay Woolfolk, are given all the property at Warsaw, 111., and the sum of $25,000 each. His brother, Charles Edward Hay, is given $50,000, and Harwood Otis Whitney of Keokuk, la., $2,000. All the rest of the property of all de scription is left to Clara Stone Hay, his widow. Nothing is contained in the will to indicate the value of the estate. Payne Whitney and James Wolcott Wadsworth, jr., sons-in-law of the deceased are named as executors of the estate. THE PEACE CONFERENCE Preparations for the Same Rapidly Progressing. PORTSMOUTH. N. H.—Prepara tions for the peace conference are pro gressing rapidly and satisfactorily, and by August 5, the day on which the plenipotentiaries are expected to reach Portsmouth from Oyster Bay on board the Mayffower and the Dolphin, all will be in readiness for the reception. The Washington government and the state of New Hampshire are co-oper ating in the effort to make the sur roundings of the conference as suit able as possible and are receiving gen erous assistance from the people of Portsmouth and the adjacent villages of Kittery, Me., where the navy yard is located, and Newcastle, N. H.. near which the plenipotentiaries will have quarters in the Hotel Wentworth. RAILWAY ACCIDENT RECORD. Twenty-Eight Passengers Killed in Three Months. WASHINGTON.—Accident bulletin No. 15, just issued by the interstate commerce commission, giving an ac count of railroad accidents in the United States during the months of January, February and March, 1905, shows that during that quarter there were twenty-eight passengers and 204 employes killed and 1,651 pasesngers and 2,062 employes injured in train ac cidents, making in all 232 persons killed and 3,713 injured in train acci dents. Other accidents to passengers and employes not the result of col lisions or derailments bring the total number of casualties up to 909 killed and 14,397 injured. MERCHANT COMMITS SUICIDE. • _ H. J. Birkby of Nebraska City Jumps Into the Missouri River. NEBRASKA CITY.—H. J. Birkby, a prominent dry goods Merchant of this city, committed suicide by drowning in the Missouri river. He had been sick for several years and during the last few months had nearly gone blind and was losing his mind. About 9:30 this morning he walked to the river bank at the foot of Central avenue. He took ofT his hat, coat and vest and laid them on the bank and jumped into the water. Peace Envoy Reaches St. Paul. ST. PAUL, Minn.—Baron Komura, the Japanese envoy to the Russo Japanese peace conference, arrived in St. Paul Sunday over the Great North ern railway. While no official wel come was accorded the baron and his party they were greeted at the sta tion by several hundred people, in cluded among whom were city and state officials and prominent St. Paul business and club men. besides a large number of Japanese residents of the Twin cities. The party left on the Burlington for Chicago. Secretary Loomis Unnotified. LONDON.—Assistant Secretary of State Loomis who, has returned to London after a trip to the country, has heard nothing of the alleged prob ability of his appointment to repre sent the United States at the interna tional conference on Morocco. Mr. Loomis expects to remain here a week longer and then will go to the conti nent and pursue his investigation of Jhe various American legations. He was a guest of Ambassador and Mrs. Reid at a luncheon party at Dorches ter house on Saturday. Union Pacific Dividend. NEW YORK.—The directors of the Union Pacific Railroad company de clared a dividend of 2% |»er cent on the common stocks, payable October 1. The la9t semi-annual dividend de clared by the Union Pacific was 2 per cent. New Panama Officers. NEW YORK.—E. A. Drake, secre tary and treasurer of the Panama Rail road company, has been appointed as sistant to President Shonts, who sailed Saturday for Panama. MANY DEAD An Awful Explosion on the Gunboat Bennington in San Diego harbor. SAN DEIGO, Cal.—Thirty-nine dead bodies are' lying at morgues, on piers and on the deck of a ruined vessel of the United States navy, scores of men are lying grievously or painfully in jured in sanitariums and hospitals and twelve sailors are missing and prob ably have found death in the waters of the harbor as a result of an explos ion of a boiler on board the United States gunboat Bennington at 10:10 o’clock Friday morning. The Bennington, at the time of the accident, was lying in the stream just off Commercial wharf, at the foot of H street. The warship had received orders from the navy department at Washington to sail this morning for Port Harford, where she was to meet the Monitor Wyoming and convoy the vessel to Mare Island navy yard. oleam was up ana everyrning was in readiness for sailing, when suddenly and without any warning whatever the starboard forward boiler exploded with a deafening roar. The explosion was terriffic. People standing on the shore saw a huge cloud of white steam rise above the Bennington. Columns oi water were hurled into the air and for a distance of nearly' twice the height of the spars of the vessel. It was immediately apparent that an awful disaster of some kind had hap pened on board the warship. The ferryboat Ramona was coming across the bay at the time of the accident. Captain Bertelsen of the Ramona im mediately gave orders to change the course of the boat and instead of con tinuing his trip to the San Diego side of the bay hurried to the aid of the stricken warship. The tug Santa Fe, which was tied up at the Commercial wharf, the launch McKinley, the gov ernment launch General De Russey and a large number of other launches and water craft which were near the scene at the time* also rushed to the assistance of the Bennington and en deavored to lend every aid possible. By the time the Ramona had arrived many of the sailors of th Bennington, who had jumped into the bay to es cape the scalding steam, had been rescued and the removal of the wound ed, which had already commenced, was being conducted in perfect order. The crews of the Santa Fe, De Rus sey and McKinley and the others boats present lent yeomen aid in pick ing up the wounded sa’lors and trans ferring them to the shore. On board the Bennington were pre sented terrible scenes. The force of the explosion had torn a great hole in the starboard side of the ship and the vessel was already commencing to list. A section of the upper deck was carried away from stem to stern. Blood and wreckage were distributed over the entire ship, the after cabin and the vicinity of the ship adjacent to the exploded boiler resembling a charnel house. Over it all hung the great cloud of white smoke, which drifted slowly toward the Coronado shore. Among the wounded are: C. W. Brochman, Des Moines, la., appren tice; Preston Carpenter Arapahoe, Neb., ordinary seaman: J. C. Barchus, Omaha, Neb., seaman; W. V. Kennedy, Lyons, Neb.; Edward V. Kennedy, Al liance, Neb. HANGS FOR DOUBLE MURDER. Norman Williams Pays Penalty for Killing Two Omaha Women. THE DALLES. Ore—Norman Wil liams, who murdered Alma Nesbit and her mother on March 8, 1900, was hanged on Friday at the Wasco county jail. He made no statement, his last remark being, “My lips are sealed to the world.” Mrs. L. J. Nesbit of Omaha and her daughter. Alma, were murdered near Hood River, dre. The motive of the crime was the desire of Williams to secure a homestead adjoining his own in the Hood river country, upon which Alma Nesbit had located at his in stigation. Williams’ two hapless vietffns were both from Omaha, while the murderer himself was a Nebraskan with an atro cious record in that state. Funston Escapes Death. MONTEREY, Cal.—General Freder ick Funston, commander of the de partment of California, his aides, Lieu tenant Long and Lieutenant Burton Mitchell, department inspector, of small arms practice, narrowly escaped death Saturday when an electric car crashed into the carriage in which he was riding. General Funston had his left hand severely bruised, but was otherwise unhurt. Mitchell sustained painful bruises about the head and body. Lieutenant Long escaped with a few slight bruises. Will of Late John Hay. WASHINGTON.—The will of John Hay, late secretary of state, was filed for probate in the office of the reg ister of wills for the District of Co lumbia. The beneficiaries are his widow and his brothers and sisters. His brother, Leonard Hay, and his sis ter, Mary Hay Woodfolk, are given all of the property at Warsaw, 111., and the sum of $25,000 each. His brother, Charles Edward Hay, is given $50,000, and Harwood Otis Whitney of Keokuk, la., $2,000. All the rest of the prop erty is left to Clara Stone Hay. The Jury Disagreed. PORTLAND, Ore.—After being clos eted together for 46 hours and taking 42 ballots in which the vote was ten for conviction and two for acquitai, the jury in the case of Congressman John D. Williamson, Dr. Van Gesner and United States Commissioner Biggs • reported to Judge Dehaven in the United States circuit court that it could not agree and was discharged. District Attorney Heney stated that he would like to try the Williamson c*»sa over at once, whereupon Judee De haven set the case for next day. CORN DOES WELL Made Splendid Progress During the Week. WASHINGTON—The weekly bulle tin of the weather bureau summar izes crop conditions as follows: Favorable temperatures prevailed during the week ending July 17 throughout the country. The intense heat on the Pacific coast during the latter part of the previous week was follow'ed by decided lower tempera ture. Heavy rains interfered with work in the Ohio valley and over a large part of the South Atlantic and Gulf states, but a very general ab sence of rain in the west Gulf dis tricts with only light showers over much of the Missouri and upper Mis sissippi valleys afforded favorable op portunity for much needed cultivation. Rains would be of great benefit in the southern plateau region. Corn has made splendid progress throughout nearly the whole of the corn belt and is decidedly improved in the states of the Missouri valley, where its previous progress has been retarded by cool weather. While the general outlook sustained some in jury on lc^v land in Missouri and in portions of the south Atlantic and east Gulf states and is not in a good state of cultivation in portions of the Ohio valley. Further reports of injury to har vested winter wheat are received from the Mississippi and Ohio valleys, the middle Atlantic states, Texas and Ok lahoma and Indian Territories, but no complaints of this character are re ceived from Kansas and Nebraska, both quality and yield in the last named state being better than was expected. Harvesting, where not finished in the more northerly dis tricts, is well advanced. Spring wheat has experienced a week of favorable weather and con tinues in promising condition. While rust is still prevalent in the Dakotas and to some extent in Minnesota, it is not increasing in the first named states and there is very little in Minnesota. Spring wheat is filling nicely on the north Pacific coast, where the hot winds of the previous week caused but slight injury. Rust is increasing in Washington, in cen tral Mississippi and Ohio valleys and in portions of the middle Atlantic states oat harvest has been interrupt-" ed and considerable damage to both harvested and standing oats has re sulted from wet weather. Harvesting is largely finished except in the more northerly districts, where good yields are promised. Much hay has been damaged in the central Mississippi and Ohio valleys and middle Atlantic states, but in New England and the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys haying has pro gressed under favorable conditions. Tried to Kill Sultan. SOFIA, Bulgaria.—It is reported from Constantinople that during to day’s Solamlik an attempt was made to assassinate the sultan. WOULD EDUCATE CHINESE. Secretary Metcalfe Believes Orientals Should Have Chance. SEATTLE, Wash.—Victor M. Met calf, secretary of commerce and labor, passed through Seattle on his way to California. He came to the coast for the purpose of investigating the Chi nese exclusion question. He stated while here that he believed the most friendly relations should exist between the United States and China, as the latter country is just awakening and that it will be to the advantage of any country to receive the bulk of her trade if possible. He says that if the better class of Chinese wish to edu cate their sons in America, they should be allowed to do so. TRUE BILLS FOR GRAFTING. Milwaukee Official:* Are to Appear in Court. MILWAUKEE. Wis.—Twenty-four true bills against fourteen individuals were returned by the grand jury which has been investigating alleged “grafting.” This was the third bunch of indictments handed down since the jury went into session June 20. the grand total thus far numbering 129. lonight’s list contains seven new names, the most prominent being Thomas Clancy, chief of the city fire department, indicted on one count, the charge being perjury. JAPAN IS DOUBTFUL. Thinks Czar Is Playing a Double Game. TOKIO.—It is believed that Emper or Nicholas recently sent an encour aging message to General Linevitch promising him men, provisions and ul timate victory. It is also reported that the Russian emperor recently or dered the mobilization of four army corps. This fact taken in connection with the reported limitations of M. Witte’s power as chief peace plenipo tentiary is deemed to be a sign that Russia is not sincere in her express desire for the conclusion of peace. Singing Evangelist Arrives. NEW YORK—Charles M. Alexander, the singing evangelist, who conduct ed the recent London revival meet ings. arrived on the steamer Car pathia. He is going to the Moody sum mer conference at East Northfield, Mass. Consolidates Land Offices. WASHINGTON—The president has issued an order consolidating the Tuc son, Prescott and Phoenix, Ariz., land offices, with headquarters at Phoenix. Will Repatriate Spaniards. MADRID.—The Spanish govern ment, it is announced, is arranging for the repatriation of the Spaniards who were imprisoned in the Philip pine islands by the Americans during the war of 1898 and who are still in the islands. Harvest Hands Wanted. PIERRE, S. D.—Five thousand la borers and harvest hands are\badly needed in South Dakota, at present. The men will receive from $35 to $45 per month and board. • , HONOR NEW YORKER WHY KANSANS REVERE MEMORY OF THADDEUS HYATT. Organized Relief Expedition for the Suffering Settlers of the Sunflower State—His Monument an Abandon ed Boat on a Sandbar. “Forty-eight years ago a New York man named Thaddeus Hyatt did a wonderful thing in Kansas, which made him talked about all over that section. Did any of you ever hear ot Thaddeus Hyatt?'’ asked a Kansas man of a New Y’ork crowd that was showing him the sights. No one in the crowd had ever heard of Mr. Hyatt. "Well,” continued the Kansas man. "there is a crumbling monument to bis memory on a sandbar in what is now called on the maps the Kansas river but when Hyatt was out there it was known as the Kaw river. It was nof •so wide as the Harlem, but it was put down in 185* as a navigable s'ream the only navigable stream in the state. You can stand on one side of the river now and throw your hat acrce to the bank opposite. fi}du was a good type of the hustling Easterner when he went on' to Kansas. The country was suffer ing from a grasshopper plague. A lot of Eastern people who had gone out there to seek fortune lived up the Kaw river. They wanted some thing to eat. Hyatt built a stean boat of light draft for the purpose of * supplying the people with the nr . - saries of life. "He naroeu fcis boat the Light four She was to run from Kansas City tc Lawrence. She made only one trip Her passengers were men who after ward became famous in the West The captain of the boat some years la > t was governor of New Mexico. "As the Lightfoot ascended the Kaw the people turned out ami luted her, and when she reached het destination the town of Lawrence made the event a holiday and gave the captain and his passengers a bai. to commemorate the event. "On the return trip the Lightfoot struck a sandbar and stuck. The wa ters were rapidly receding. No oth* t boat could get to her to pull her off She was finally deserted and latei dismantled. "But the remains of the hull art still to be seen at low stages of water sticking out of the sand, and a few people are still living out there whc point out the wreck as Thaddtus Hyatt’s monument. “Near the site where tils Lightfoot landed and discharged her relief car go there was, until some years ago. a huge post which marked at that point the boundary line between Missouri and Kansas. On the Kansas side of the post was the word ‘Freedom ; on the Missouri side was the word “Slav ery.’ “Of course the railroads killed bus: ness on the Kaw river, but if no rail road had ever been constructed the Kaw as a navigable stream was doomed.' It had the sand, but that was about all. Most of the time there was not enough water in the course for a canoe. “If you gentlemen will show me the way, I want to open up a few bottles to the memory of that New Yorker who had the pluck to go to the relief of Kansas when it was hungry. We know his name better than his own town knows it.” The Fighting Chaplain. Colonel Charles W. Larned was talk ing at West Point about a famous and venerable army chaplain. "A braver and more upright man never lived,” Col. Larned said. “Dur ing the civil war he was in the thick of many a fierce engagement. He comforted the wounded, cheered on the brave, and put new spirit into the faint-hearted. "He was once distributing cartridges in the midst of a hot fight. As be ap proached a certain company he heard a black-bearded private swearing at the enemy. * “ ‘Blank them!’ the man was saying. ‘Dash blank the-’ “But the chaplain interrupted this stream of blasphemy. “ ‘You shouldn’t speak like that, friend,’ he said. “Then he handed the man a packet of cartridges, adding: “ ‘Don’t curse them. Shoot them, shoot them.’ ’’—Buffalo Enquirer. A Steeplejack’s Experience. Some years ago a steeplejack was employed to remove the scaffolding from the chimney of a Yorkshire mil' When he had nearly completed his w’ork he unfortunately let the rope drop by which he should have de scended, and, to the consternation cf the spectators below, he was held a prisoner at the top of the chimney. But the Yorkshireman was not to be beaten. He unravelled his socks, and by this means let down a note asking them to fasten some string to the end of the wool. When he had pulled up the one end of the string the rope was tied to the other, and so he descended safely. Alfalfa Anniversary. It may surprise the Kansas farmers to know that this is the fiftieth anni versary of alfalfa and also that five jther States rank with Kansas in al °alfa growing. The last alfalfa census showed there were 96.114 farms In the United States producing this forage— i total of 2,094,011 acres, the output being 5,220,671 tons.—Kansas City [ournal. — Original of Jim Bludso. H. P. Bledsoe, son of the man whose life suggested to John Hay the poem. “Jim Bludso of the Prairie Belle," is living in Denver. The elder Bledsoe lived in Warsaw, 111., nearly all his life and was a famous character among river men in the old days. The old man, who died three months ago, al ways kept up correspondence with Mr. Hay. Honor for Nation’s Chiefs. ) President Roosevelt and former President Grover Cleveland have beea — elected honorary members of the f™ Hunters’ Garden Association, of Great Pond, T* I.