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Aug, 22, 190a
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rfn the enforcement of penalties for
"non-performance of work according to
contract. The case on which the rul-
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the ruling itself, which is & general
application, is as follows: "This is a
request for a waiver of penalties on
default of contract The applicants
claim that they were unable to fulfill
the provisions of the contract, and
argue that the government was not
injured and the exaction of the penal
tics would he a hardship. The default
is not denied and there is no evidence
that the government exacted more
ithan the contract called for. If the
penalty worked a hardship, the an
swer is that it was introduced Into
the contract for that purpose. If the
contractors would escape the pen
alty, they must avoid thq default.",
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boat destroyer Truxton will be deliv
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On August 11 it was"reported from
Washington that the minister at Car
acas advised the state department that
the Germans intend to' land a naval
force at Porto Cabello to protect Ger
man interests, which are threatened
by the uprising now fn progress. The
minister advised that the United
States follow suit. After a conference
between the officials of the navy de
partment, instructions were cabled to
Commander Nichols of the Topeka to
proceed from Laguaira to Porto Ca
bello and to land a naval force in
case of attack. The Topeka has al
ready left for Porto Cabello. The fol
lowing Instructions were cabled to the
Topeka: "Be ready to land force In
case of attack of port fort for pro
tection of American interests and for
protection of foreign property also, if
requested. Prevent bombardment with
out due notice. Darling, Acting Secretary."
As the result of trouble between the
Mexican sheep herders and the citizens
of Battle, Wyo., the herders attempted
to take the town on August 11, but
were repulsed with the loss of two of
their number. The attack was in re
taliation for the slaughter of. 5,000
sheep by the towns-people who had
ordered the sheepmen to keep away,
as this territory is reserved for the
cattle men.
It is reported from Hayti that the
Firminist troops have completely de
feated the army of the provisional
government under General Alexis Nord
at Limbe, capturing General Nord's
cannons and munitions of war. Many
of the soldiers under his command
were killed and a great many were tok
en prisoners. In connection herewith
a Washington dispatch dated August
9 says: The navy department this
morning received the following cable
gram from Commander McCrea of the
gunboat Machias, dated Cape Haytien,
August 9: "Haytien gunboat landed
force Cape Haytien on Friday after
noon. An engagement is hourly ex
pected. Will be ready to land."
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An Associated press correspondent
visited Petit Goave on August 10 and
found the town entirely destroyed, and
about 4,000 people are homeless and
greatly in need of assistance. The
Firminists, finding themselves unable
to hold the town, set fire to it with the
result mentioned.
It is reported that an outbreak of
cholera has invaded Japan, and hun
dreds of deaths are reported. The
epidemic spread from Manila and the
ports of China to Japan, but is now
abating.
A Washington dispatch under date
of August 12, says: Minister Bowen
hag cabled the state department from
Caracas that our consul at Barcelona
has informed him by wire that Bar
celona has been taken by the. revolu
tionists; that they are sacking the
town and that" In his judgment the
protection of a vessel should be Im
mediately afforded him. Mr. Bowen
says he has cabled the Cincinnati to"
return without delay. He notes that
the Topeka is at Porto Cabello and the
Marietta up the Orinoco river. After
a conference between the state an
navy department officials in regard to
Minister Bowen's dispatch the follow
ing instructions were cabled to tho
commander of the Topeka at Porto
Cabello: "Vessel needed Immediately
at Barcelona. If you sail before the
Cincinnati arrives from Curacoa leave
for her instructions cabled you yester
day." According to this, the com
mander of the Topeka fs given discre
tion to proceed immediately for Bar
celona, and in that case the Cincinnati
will bo expected to carry out tho in
structions sent to tho Topeka yester
day to land blue jackets at Porto Ca
bello, in caso or necessity.
Charles Fair, son of the late Sona
tor Fair and ono of tho heirs to the
immense estate, and his wife were
killed near the Chauteau Buisson Du
ma! In Franco on August 14. They
were returning to Paris from Trouville
when their automobile sworved and
crashed Into a tree, and both were
killed. Their Chauffeur becamo in
sane as a consequence of the shock.
Duko do Boris, a nephew of the Czar
of Russia, accompanied by three mili
tary and two civilian Russian officers,
are making an all-world tour, and are
now in this- country.
A riot occurred at tho Warnkn wriRh-
-ery at Duryea, Pa. on August 14. In
a ngnt which followed tho attack by
the strikers, three men were wounded,
and all the deputies were placed un
der arrest.
A New York dispatch, dated August
14, says: Santos Dumont, the arero
naut, sailed for France on La Tour
raiiio today. His intended departure
was known only to a few friends and
was explained by the aeronaut himself
as due to the failure of certain parties
to put up the expected $25,000 prize for
a successful flight In this city. He
said he would return to this country
in time for the airship contest at tho
St. Louis exposition.
A cablegram from Paris under date
of August 14, says:- The cabinot met
at the Elysee palace today. The pre
mier, M. Combes, communicated re
ports on the situation in FInlsterro,
one of them being from the superior of
the congregation of tho Holy Ghost,
to which the resisting sisters belong.
In this report tho superior said tho
sisters had been ordered twice to leave
their schools, but these orders had
not been obeyed, owing to opposition
by the peasantry and by tho owners of
the properties In which the schools
are situated. Continuing, M. Combes
declared that official reports showed
the agitation over tho closing of
schools in Finisterre was purely a
royalist movement There had been
grave occurrences, said the premier,
which came within the penal laws and
would result In prosecutions Instruc
tions for -which had been sent to tho
procurer general.
An Associated press report from
Warsaw, Ind., of August 12, says: The
National Tithers' convention opened at
Winona today. The welcoming address
was given by Thomas Kane of Chicago
who was chosen to preside during the
conference. Rev. F. O. Ballard of Ind
ianapolis, whose signature appeared
among twelve others from various
parts of the country to the call for tho
first national gathering of this char
acter, outlined the objects of tho meet
ing. He stated It was an inaugural
effprt toward getting all churches
throughout the country to adopt a
Tithing system or Wesleyan chapel
movement. If the system is adontafl.
Uhe speaker said, there would be plenty
01 money to evangelize the world on a
scale far exceeding the dream of tho
most ardent Christian worker and
foreign mission advocate.
The grand lodge meeting of the Elks
in session at Salt Lake City, Utah,
elected George P. Cronk of Omaha,
Neb., to the highest position in their
order, that of grand exalted ruler.
A Chicago dispatch of August 12
says: The Illinois auxiliary of the
McKinley Memorial association today
reported that the fund of $50,000 asked
of the people of Illinois had been
raised. The fund consists of over 50,
000 subscriptions and, counting the in
dividual school children who sent their
pennies in through school, the con
tributors in Illinois run into the hun
dreds of thousands.
A dispatch from Washington, under
date of August 12, says: Tho cruiser
Boston, ono of tho pioneers of the new
navy, was put In commission at th
Maro Island navy yard yesterday, af
ter having undergone a complote over
hauling. She will bo attached to the
Pacific squadron.
Judge Albert E. Pattlson, one of the
most prominent jurists of the state of
Colorado, died at Denver, that state,
on August 32, at the ago of 57 years.
Judge Pattlson was a native of Now
York, and soon after his removal to
Colorado ho was appointed a member
of tho supremo court commission, and
served with distinction.
An Imperial edict has been issued
by tho Chinese government seoking
to devise a plan for meeting the war
indemnity, and accusing tho Chinese
officials of filling their own pockets
with the sums taken from tho people.
Notice is also served that if plunder
ing of the people continues, tho se
verest penalties will - be inflicted.
Weapons of all kinds must be turned
over to tho government at once.
King Edward and many other no
tables gathered at Portsmouth, Eng
land, on August 16, to witness the
great naval review. Tho day is also
to bo observed In that city as a coro
nation holiday.
A dispatch from Hong Kong to the
London Daily Express, it is reported
that there havo been terrible floods in
Kwang province, in which 1,000 per
sons were drowned. Several house
collapsed at Hong Kong and twenty
persons wero drowned in that city.
Another Chinese report gives a de
scription of the turning over of the
government of the city of Tien Tsln
to the Chinese authorities by the for
eign commanders who have held the-city.
Official reports from India declare
that the famine situation there is be
coming moro serious, owing to tho lack
of rains .throughout almost the entire
country, and especially in the Bombay
region. The number of natives ap
plying "for relief Is greatly increasing
A special dispatch under date of St
Louis, Mo, August 15, reports that
tho lower portion of the city of Atalta,.
Mex., on tho Pacific coast, has been
completely destroyed by a tidal wave
and ngt less than fifty people are
known to have been drowned. It Is.
also reported that several smaller coast
towns situated above Atalta were
completely washed away by the wave
and that the loss of life in these small
er ports Is very heavy.
Tho latest reports from Colombia,
S. A., Is that the revolutionists have
captured the government gunboat Bo
yaca and three hundred government
soldiers, together with important mu
nitions of war and provisions.
An Associated press cablegram froral
Vienna, under date of August 14, says: t
Polish papers report that Prince Obo-
lensky, governor of Khorkow, Russia,
"who was shot and wounded last Mon
day night at Kharkow, received some
time ago a formal sentence of death,
from the central revolutionary com
mittee and since that time the prince
has worn a waist coat of chain armor,.
which saved his life Monday night.
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