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By D. M. AMSBERRY.
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Brief Telegrams'
Indlnnn. doeR not permit consump.
tlves to teach school ,
'fho " , ews ns n people nre the poorest -
est rnco on the earth.
The typowl'lter Is moro Inrgely tIIed !
In 1\exlco ] thnn In 1'mnce. ,
' 1'ho rst olectrll'al rallwn ' wns thnt
of Siemens , nt Berlin , In 187 ! ) .
Wnrs of the Inst 3,000 ynl'R nre BUP'
posed to hf\.vO cent $ fiOOOOOOOOOOO.
The ] lOllulation of l..ondon han In.
crnsed . J llQr cent In fourteen years.
In Sweden hrlclclI nro lalll In zero
weather h ' heating the Band for the
mortar.
'l'ho lJOI1\IIntion \ of Irelnnd III 4,132 , '
27.1 , nnd the decrease for the Il11st year
hns IlCen 1 a,003.
'rhe density hf relntlvo llOpulntlnn
of Culla Is nearl ' the snmo as thnt
oC the United StnteR ; .
Over five hundrell miles oC railway ,
mostly slnglo IInc , are owned and
worlwd hy the Natnl government.
gdwln Wartlcl ! ! , gO\'ernor.elect of
1\1nr 'lal1l , has 'heen ' eVCl'ythlng from n
fnrmer's hIred man to Imnlc r. lI Is
rIch.
Dorothen Benlo , J.l1o D , . hns completed -
ploted forty.flvo yonrs us the h9nd of
Cheltenhnm colle.ge for gIrls In Eng :
land.
Dlshop Hel1l' ' Clny MorrIson of the
: : \ethOlllst I pls < : opal church South.
will maleo his home In Now Orleans i
herenfter.
Isadoro Newmun of Now UrlcnnB recently -
. contly gnvo $ f OOOO to clmrlty to mnrl
the fiftloth nnnlvorsnry of hIs arrIval
In America ,
John Dwight , n chemIst. who diCIT
recently In Now Yorle. founded the
'DwIght school at 1Ddwln , Tonn" for
mountnln whites of thllt stnte.
Day InIJorQl's 'to the number of 1.-
2f hOOO belong to the national labor
un'lons , 1,000.000 to ether labor unIons ,
anll 2,2 OOOO ,111:0 : , unorganized.
; Prof. Henry App ) ' , violinist , Who
died n 'fow Ilnys ago , a ed 78 , was the
son of the ie'ador of the or hestra. In .
the chal101 of William of Ol'l\ngo.
Paris Is mourning the loss of Its
oldest tree , an elm plantell hy order
t'f Sully In 1GOO , In the Rue Sl.
Jncqnes. It Is leafleRs this year.
RUlloIC von Gottschall , Gorman play-
wrlht and novelist. recently celobrat-
oIl his 80th hlrthday n.t TJelpslc. HQ
has heen an author for sixty years.
Former President of the Transvn.al
Rellubllc Paul Kruger , who hud been
suffering from an nttacle of "grlppe1
, . Ims almost entlroly recovered hlu
llCalth.
The University of Wales IlnB con
ferred the honorary de reo of doctor
, of sclenco UIJon Lord Kolvln , In con.
Bldel'l\tlon of his omlncnt servIces to
science.
A dny or two after 11I1ss Cnrmnn's
"Pipes of Pan" cllmo out , Mrs , Crnl lo
rln'rl hted 1101' latcst pln ' , "Tho
Flute of Pan. " It Is regarded as qulto
a coincidence ,
Fort -.threoi 10Uors written 1 by th
Empress , Marie 'I'horesa of Austria.
hn.vo been 11Iscovored. They hrlstlo
. with news of war and courts and are
to bo .aold at auction.
Princess Nanzotn Montezumn , wllo
claims to'bo the onb' lineal IleRCOI1l1-
ant of the ro'it Montezuma. Is an ex-
110 from Mexico. n.nd Is supposed to
be somewhere In the wost. "
The lonrost cannl In the world ,
that which oxt01uls from the frontier
of China to St. PotorslmrK , 4.472 miles.
In India there arc 14.000 miles of can-
al. Irrigating 8,000,000 acres of land.
Kuno Pischel' , the omlnont historian
of phlioSOIJh ) ' , has at Jast been ohllr ; ,
( ! II to glvo up his prof sBorshtJ ! In Ho ! .
dolber , ; , HoIs In his e { ; htleth yonI'
. and has been at Heidelberg slnco 1872.
The Metropolitan Art 1\1hseum of
Now Yorle has just purchnsed an old
chnrlot for $ f OOOO , It was unenrthed
near Homo some tlmo IIgo , and If
2.000 ; rear old and slllendldl ' presorv ,
cd.
Lady Durnd , wlfo of the rltlsh am
bassl\llor \Vashlngton , 1\1lss DuralHl
and Honr ' White , Aecretal , ; " u th <
American embassy In London , nrrlv ,
cd on the steamship Lucunln. frolt
Liverpool.
\Vllliam Darrach , who gralhmte
, from Yale In 1897 , and who has beer
appointed one of the lecturing physl
clans at the P. anI'S. hospital In N1
Yorlt City , Is the : roungcst mnn whl
; ever held the position. .
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The Gorman rovornment will Intro
, duce In the Rclchatag n bill requlrlnl
'saloon lcoepers to sell non.lntoxlcatlnl
Ihot and cold 11rlnl < s and cold foods
Credit will be forbidden nnd the mUD
'ber of barmaids limited.
1 The late Lieutenant Goldsclunld
wns the oldest musical conductor II
the German army. For fifty 'onrs hi
had lIeen leader of the bnnd of th ,
honlgs uronadlors. Ills band playel
at Sodano In 1898 ho was penslonOl :
. Recently experlmonts with a viol
'to Jlroservlng the calorl c llropertle
of hard coal by Immersion In snl
wilter were made and It was 11emor
strated that n. loss of but 1 lIeI' cen
occurred. Stored 1n the ordlnnry wa
coal loses about fiO pOl' cent of It
calorll1c power.
At Huntingdon . Va. , because hi
father refused to lend him a Il0nll1lf. .
Jame Capely ralned him with an aJ
and Ulon aUncleel1 his mother and ' 311
tel' , cutting horrlblo gashes. Capel
Is a resident of Hnrt's Creele , I.lncol
county. CIgarettes are alleged to IIII.\ '
nffocted bIB , mind. . .
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A SEGRIT- TREATY !
RUSSIA SAID TO HAVE SECURE ! & ) I
A VANTAGE POSITION.
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ARMY AT GALL OF THE BEAR
Thill Is Secured by Having It Drilled :
and Commanded by Russlano-
Greatly Increases Tension In East-
Japan Also G llns a Foothold.
N : W YOllJ\-A 11Isplltr.h from I.on.
cIon says the 'rlplI 'I'sln cOrl'espondent
of the Stlllldard revlVl's the report
which Willi Hlllrlell n few dll 'n IIg0 , to
the effect t hill 11 IWCI' ( > t t rpaty hils lOon
HInl11 ( het wee II UURsln 111111 Corea ,
whl'reh ' Hussla ohtlllnll the control of
the Corel\n I\rmy through Husslan In.
sll'uctors , ' 1'111' correspolldent declares
thlll will grently IncI'ellBe the tension
In the fOJ' east.
'J'OJrO-A t IIn ext raorlllnnry meet.
Inof : the cahlnet It Is lellrned that
It. waH rJeelcl)11 to IHsue an emergcncy
ordluance aulhorlzlnl ; the Iuarantee
of tl10 1II'Incllllli 11I1d Interest 'of un ,
Insuo of 10,000OUO yen rJebontl1l'es on
the SeouJ.li'uBlln railway which Is ox-
Iloctell tll he nlshetl before the cnd
of next YOllr.
At n. dinner given Iy'the OrIental
aSf > ocl tlon , former 1\1lnlster l\ato ,
who presided , salll he deeply regretlod
t hilt the people hall not been taken
Into the conl1denco of the government ;
regnrdlng the lOsltion of affairs be. '
tween JallUn and HusBla , Nevertheless -
less , ho slllll , should the emperor do.
cluro war , the nation would bo found
I'endy to gl\'o him \l11anlmous aUI111Ort.
Count 01\\111111 , the former premier ,
nald he agreed with the vlow expreS8'
ed b - Mr 'Kliio and le thought It was
now high lime to let the people Imow
the , actuul llIsltlon occupied by the
gove 'mnent. He also 11cplared thllt
not onlY' lL foellng f chivalry. " bul IL
desire for self.presorvatlon requll'cd
thtit JallUn should huttrelis the Integ.
rlt ) . of China. Both penl < ors thought
that UIO sltulltlon hall reached un extremely -
tremely ( rJllcnl stage.
ST. pgTERSDUHG.'I'ho RussIan
gov rnmon ( Is , stili conslrJerlng the 1'0-
ply oC the .Japaneso g vernment to lis
nato , which was Hent. In unswer to
Japan' ! 1111munlls relating to the situ.
atlon In the fnr east. A reconsldera.
tlon of the pl'OllOSnlB mude In the Rus.
sinn note IH onslclered liS a matter
of course here , Russin hils never
been disposed to tal\C uny step which
would IOlld to un ahrullt termination
of the' liegotllltionD with .Japnn ; In
un wcr to mnny Inquiries made by fllo
AssociMed Press the Uusslan foreign
otllco hils alwns , Insisted that the
Husslnn proposals were so IIl1eml
that It would be Hcarcely IlJ'obablo
to coneel Ve nny further concosslons ,
While the forolgn office ! s unwilling
to admit that HUBsln Is preparing to
ofrer moro than the conceRslons out.
IInell In the last note , It. Is considered
IlOsslble that the gO\'OI'nnlOnt may
suggest changes by which the Russian
requirements may ho met and sntlB'
Cacllon given to Jnllun.
READY FOR ANY EMERGENCY.
Gets Transports In Shape to Take
Troops to Panama ,
W ASIIING'rON-War department
omclals allmlt that the tl'llIIRllorts
Sherman , Duford und Uroole. now at
San 1"rnnclsco , al'o IlClng made read ) '
for 8en , Prlmnrll ) ' these vessels nre
Intomlcd for the Manila sOl'vlce , hut
olUclals malw no concealment of the
fnct that they want to he rend ' fOJ'
allY omorrency which ma ' arise. and
should the gO\'CJ'nment desire to use
an ) " of thom for the transllortallon of
troops to Panama , the shIllS will be
I'eluly for that Ilnrpose , Stili the nos ,
ill vo nsserllon 18 mudo thnt no orders
hn\'e been recelvell nt the Iunrlennns.
tOl"S omco' with this end In vlow , 11
Is slmilly , the ) " say , a question of he ,
Ing Ilrepllred ,
' } 'ho Sherman recenll ) " hus retnmecl
fl'omInnlin. ! . She Is In need of somc
repairs , nut ! the present Iptentlon 01
, the quartoJ'UU\stor's omce Is to seJJt :
hOl' buclt0 tllO PhllhllllneB on Feb
runr1. . ' 1'ho DufOJd : hns been lUll' '
UII at San FranclRco for two years
and just now she 18 helng overhaulet
nnd some coal-saving alllJllancos 111
stnlled , 'l'he Creole Is In need of i
thorough overhnullllg and renovatIng
whIch Is being gl..en hm"
Christmas Dinners for the Poor.
S'1' . LOUIS , Mo-Chrlstmas ehee
was dlspensell to thousands of 11001' a
L the Coliseum , whore tnbles coverln :
the elltlre floor of the vast bulldlnl
were set with turltoy and Its acconl
11anlmelltB. III nddltlon bllSl < otH COJI
tallling mnterlals for Christmas 11111
, _ ners were sellt to the homes of a
man ' moro destitute families. 'fh ,
day was obson'ed generally In all 1111'
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I , nlclpal , correctlvo.nnd charltnble Inst
tllllollS , liS well ns those of n 111'Ivat
nature , by sllOclal dhlUCJ's.
Find of Gold In Wisconsin.
l\t1I..WAUI\EE , Wls-A special fror
Monomlneo , Wls" SI\'S : Gold ere 1m
beQn discovered on a farm near th
town of I..ucas , Dunn count ) ' , nea
this city. , ,1at assa 's $14i [ to the tOJ
Governor Makes Apology.
Al..EXANDRET'l'A , Syrln. - Atta :
lan , the naturalized Amerlclln cltlzCJ
whoso arrest \y \ the Turkish author
ties caused United StRtes Consul DI
vis to lellvo A xandrotta , has hee
IIberatell , 'I'ho rovernor of Alexa !
dretta 'I'uesday 111ndo all omclal ca
upon Unlteil States Consul Da\'ls au
formnlly npologlzed for the Indlgu
ties suffered \ ) ' the consul. Admlr ;
Cotton lert hOl'o Tueslln ' night on tJI
Unltod States cruiser San li'rauclse
for Deroot. ,
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CHINA FACEG PERIL.
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P'eellng that Flowery Kingdom Has
Much to Loce In Case of War.
' ' feeling In
pgKINO-'J'ho olJthnlstic
some quarterR concernIng wnr ho.
tween .Jullan IInd Hussla are not Hhar.
cd by dhlloJlJats at Pelting , whoso
Icnowledgo of the 1II'l'8el1l Iltuatioll en.
titles tlwh' ollinion to the highest con.
sltleratloll , It Is lJOsltlvely Icnown that
the .Japallese go\'ernment haR drawn
the 11110 for a lelUement , heyond which
It wIll not malto any mnterlal conces'
slon nml It Is determined to fight before -
fore yll'lrllng what It considers to bo
Its vltnl Interests. It IFJ helleved thnt
II111esR HIIssln concedefJ vital liolnts an.
other exchange of notes will preclpl.
tatl' matterl ! ,
It Is IIlso helleved that Jnpnn wl11
I'ofllse any nrrangement holdIng In
IIhe"ance the question of the o\'aclla'
lion of l\anchurla. ] which was one of
the terms of the proposItIon recent I : , '
made at St. Petersburg , nnc1 which Is
lupposed wus Intended hy the HusRlm.
government us a feeler , 'fhls would hI'
n violation of pledges given to Jall n
hy China , .
MInister Uccdn Is bolleved to hnvo
Hald ho would resign his llOst In the
event of. such an arrangement. 'rho
moat dangerouB factors In the situation ,
Is the conlldenco oC the HUSHlan om ,
elnls In the fur east that a wnr would ,
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mean an easr victory for HlJliHll1. nnll .
the challenging tone of HusKlun of.
IIclnls ,
REPRESENTATIVES' NEW HOME.
Will Be Started Soon and to .Cost Sev.
eral Million Dollars.
WASH INGTON-SIJealwr Cannon
and Relll'esen tnt I ves Hepburn I1ml
Hlchnrdson of 'r ( lJnessee , comprisIng
the commission having In charge thQ
construction of un office building for
the house of representatives , wore In.
Cormed hr Attorney General Knox thnt
the jlJJ' ' of condemnntlon had fixed
the pl'lce to ho Imld .for the slto at
$741,000 , nnd 'thut. his department wns
nqw engaged In rovlO\vlng tltlo to the
various pieces of IJI'opertr Ilrellmlnar '
to the government taldng tille , 'rhO
ground will the ! ! be cleared and the
erection pf the hulldlng begun nt
once. The structure Is to cost ho.
tween 3OOOtlOO and $ .1,000,000 nncl Its
, construction . will tlllw sevemlears. .
Steel Mills Croce Down.
CIIICAGO , ILL-1'ho entlro plant of
the illinois Steel comll ny at South
Chicago , waH deme1 [ down " 'edneRda ) '
night fill' nn Inde nlte period , throwIng -
Ing fiCiOO mon 011t of employment. No
notlco WitH postell of when worl. wouJrl
he l'esl1l11ed In the great mills , but at
the ofllces of the compnny It was snlll
thnt the shutdown wOl1ld Inst for at
least three weels , When the mills are
I'eollonell It 1"3 rellorted n wage cut
from 10 to 1 pel' cent will IJo Pl1t Into
fOl'ce ,
, Wy.omlng Bank Failure.
GAIU..AND. WYO-1'ho Gal'lnnrl
banle was fOJ'ced to close Its doors hv
the fulluJ'O of the State Danl. of Now.
castle lust woel. , 'rlo assets of the
local Institution al'e ample , however ,
to meet ull demands , A report was clr-
cl1lat lI that the Gl1rlancl bllnl. WIIS con.
nectJd : with the deCl1nct NewcastiA
oncOJ'n and a.hov : ' run was made hy
the depositors , with the resl1lt thut all
yall1nhle cURh Was checlwll 011t. C , A ,
Sarver hus been appolntel1 rocelver of
the \anle \ ,
Is Assigned to Nebraska.
W ASlIING'1'ON-At the reql10st of
governors oC the states Indicated anti
In conforlllity with the provisions of
the Ilct Imown as the Dlcle militia
hili , the secretar ' oC wal' has detnlled ;
the followlnr ; officel's of the arm > ' fOl
duty with the organlzell militia for
11 Ilerlo1 [ of four 'eal's , unless Rooner
l'ellevOll : Drlglll1lOJ' Genoml Aaron
S , Dagrett. rotlred. Nebrnslm , and Major -
jor Hobert W. Dowdy. Arlmnsn& .
While sm'vlng on those details the of.
, , IIcers nllmed will recelvo the Cl1l1 IIII '
ulltl II110wanco of tholr grades ,
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, President Takes Recess , Too.
I WASIIJNG'rON-No cabinet meet ,
Ings will IJo held In the holiday re ,
t cess. Such callers as the IJrosldent
. mny I'el elvo In the hollrla 's will havc
L to mal < o their engngements fOl' the
afternoon. ns ho will spend no time
In his oll1co In the mornings , Prer.
dent Roo.Je\'ell : left the Whlto Housc
carlr Tl1esdny fOl' a long ride. Ih
\11\aCCOlllllllnled when he left the
n1l\nslon , hut Illter was joined b ' v
frIend.
Cut Tendons of His Heels.
l\IANILA-Latirones recently 100tcI
the l1\unlclpnl trensury ut Doso\oso \ , II
I..uzon. They captm'erl the president. .
nnd Cl1t the tendons of his heels : Th
consta\uh\r \ ' pursuell the hand' anI
succeeded In I'ecoverlng part of till
stolen funds.
How Alliance Is Delayed.
LONDJN-Tho Dallr 1\1 all 's Po
11 . 'mg correspondent declnres thnt u fe\ '
s Mllnchurla nobles , who uro under Ruse
o sian Inlluences. are deln 'lng the con
I'I . I cluslon of an ulllanco bet ween Chhll
I. and Japan.
Brings Amur's Pnsengers ,
SIOA'I'TI..E , Wnsh-Tho steamshll
Pnrralon reuched Seattle 1\1onda ) ' , ha\ '
Ing on boaI'll the ) lnssengers of th' '
o\'el'lluo Canal1lan Pacltlc stoalllshl
Amur. ' 1'ho Amur left SltJlgway 01
SUI1l1u ' , December 13 , and on Mol'
II dn ) ' , the lUh , ran Into Harbor ree
II at the entrance to Port , Simpson , .A
I. high tltlg It ll11l1ell off , but In doing s
\1 brolco Its 'ull shaft. It succeeded I
10 I reaching the whnrf at Port Simpso
:0 : a1111 on Prlday the Farralon went I
, and tool , It to docle.
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DCCURS ON THE BAL TIMOFIE & .
OHIO.
OREA T MANY LIVES ARE LOST I ,
F lst Train Strikes ln Obstruction
With Fearful Results - Engine
Leaves Track , Carrying all Coaches
to Brink of Precipice.
CONNIDLLSVILI.E , Pa.-Wlth a
errlhlo crllsh and a grlnlllng nolso ,
he Duquesno Limited , the fnstest
through pnssenger train from Pitts.
'mrg ' tu New Yorle on the llnltlmoro
, r. . Ohio 1110wec1 Into n pile of lumber
! \t Lnurel Run , two mlle3 west of
Dnwson at 7:45 : Wednenday ovenlng ,
Sixty.three lives were lost ami thlrt .
, ( lersons were Injured.
The train left Pltlsburs In the ev.
enlnr ; running n few mInutes late. In
chllrge of WillIam 'rhornloy , engineer ,
of Connollsvll1o , When upproachlng
1"llurel Hun , which Is n. particularly
tine piece of rend hed , the train wus
running ut a high rate of speed. Sud.
dcnly the passengers were thrown
from their seats by the lIghtnlng.lI1ee
Illlpllcation oC the all' bralws and n.
moment later thcre was a terrlblo
crl1sh.
'fho train was mndo up of two hllg-
gage , two da ' coaches , one sleeper
anrl onlo dining car , and at the time
was carrying , at the lowest estimate ,
HiO llRssengers , The train ploughed
nlong for n. conslderablo distance and
the cars were torn to pl'oces , passengers -
gers jumping , screnmlng , failing from
the wrecl , as It tore ulong , Suddenl '
the engine swerved to the left nnd
the conches plunged down over the
el11banll1\Ont to the edge of the Youg.
hloghen ) ' rlvOl' ,
The minute the cars stopped rolling
there was u wild scene. 1\1any were
pinioned beneath the wreckage and
the SCl'eams cnd cries that rent the
nil' were \eyond \ description , 1\1 an ) '
were Insane in' their made excitement
und plunged Into the river , Others ,
pinioned hneath ! the heavy tlmlJers ,
pleaded In 'agonIzed tones for release ,
So tcrrll1c was the force of the
\\'J'eck that nearl ) ' every pllssenger
suffered a. moment's unconsciousness
and many or the able hodled men
were uuable t : > assist In helping the
lujured from the wrecl , on account or
hnvlng fainted ,
The oillcial ntntement oC Superintendent -
tendentV. . C , Loree follows :
"No , 12 was derailed by running Into
some swItch timbers , or timbers at
about that size. derailing the englno
and cars , All the cl1rs are IJadly dam.
aged. Don't think any of the equip'
ment will be able to go awuy from
the accident on Its own wheels except -
cept pOBslIJly the Pullman cars und
the diner , 'I'he euglne lies across
hoth tracls , 'I'he haggnge car Is ovel'
the IJanle. The IIl'st coach Is partly
over the banle , The balance of the
train Is bndly twisted. I judge thlr.
ty.fivo people 1lIIel ! . All the It1l1ed
were In the smol.er. gscaplng steam
from the englno went Into the first
conch. scalc1lng the people , Very few
of the other pllsengOl's were Injlll'ed ,
Injured 111\\'e been tallen from the
wreclt Ilnd are lying on the banle , gn ,
sinceI' and fll'eman cannot be found ,
The Idlled were mostly foreigners ,
who were In the smol\Cr just hacl , 01
the bagguge car , They were 1Iterall ) '
ronstod to death , the IJngcage and
smoker telescoping the engine and 1m
mediately catching fire , Many of thell
bodies are 1 'lng burned to n crisp 111
the baggaro room of the Daltlmor'f
& Ohio depot to 1m removed later tl
the different undertaking shOIJS 01
the clt ) ' . "
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Dutch Vote to Buy Guno.
THE HAGUg-The second chamhel
of the Dutch parliament voted $1,500 ,
000 to purchnRo new Krupp qulcl.lIrhl !
guns , The measure wus oniy cllrrie (
by [ i0 to a8 votes , and ufter n heatel
do\ato \ , the socialists and progresslsti
contesting the necessity fOJ' U larg
arm ' expendltlll'e. especlall ) " In vle\ '
oC the outla ' rel1ulred In connectltIJ
with now social legislation ,
Story of Landing Confirmed.
W ASH1NGTON-Officlal contlrmn
, tlon has reached \Vashlngton of th
I landing of Colombian troops on th. .
Island of LOS PInes , whIch lies closl
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to the coast of Panama. 'rhose troopi
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1\umber eighty and they have taleCl
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111) a IJosltion on the ) \Igh Island ,
Will Terminate Amicably.
, LONDON-A dlslll\tch to Reuter' ;
Telegram comlJ ny from Tlen Tsil
says the corre81JOIHlent has been h :
formed on the highest oillcial uutho ,
It . that the negotiations between Rm
sla amI Japnn will tOJ'1nlnato amlcnbl ) '
Want Can ll Treaty Ratified.
BATON HOUm , l.a-Both houBe
. of the legislature adopted a resolutlol
rcquestlng the UnIted States senator
. from this state to vote In favor 0
. the ratll1catlon of the treaty provlrl
\ Ing for the building of the Panaro :
canal. .
Merrlarn Incident Closed.
[ 1 WASHINGTON-In reference I ,
' . the allegell Intervlow attributed I ,
MRjor General H. Cerrlam ] to th
effect that the Ilrollosed prQmotion CI
General Wood would bo harmful t
the army , SecretaI' ) Hoot hns reccl ,
front SeCJ'etal' - \ '
cd a telegram 1\101'r
nm. dated Denver , In which he dt
elares that he haa nor authorized nn
IlIIbllcRtions on any su\ject. \ It I
understoml that the genrnl's stateme
will bo regarded as snUsfactory at th
wnr dCIJD.rtmont.
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I IT 10 NOT PROOF.
Fraudulent Pcnalon Money Must e
Returned.
TOIIO-1t Is asserted In official clr'
cles here thnt the .Jllpaneso reply to. .
Hussla rejects the fundamental points' '
at Issue , which are understood to In.
clude mutual guaranties for the pres-
ervntlon o'f Chinese and Corean SOVOl'-
elgnty whllo securing their Indlvlrlual
Intercsts.
'I'ho situation Is graver than since
the commencement of the negotla.
tlons , but Is stili susceptible to 11'pacl. . ,
fie solution If Russin will quickly re-
consldor Its reply.
'I'ho fact thnt 1\I1nllt r I\omura : call.
cd on Baron do Rosen , the Russian
mInister , Instead of Daron 11e Hosen
calling on Komurn , Is explalnc by the
fnct that the haron Is sufferIng from
an oar affection , Dut the explanation
hns un o\vlous \ diplomatic slgnlficanco
nnd Is Interpreted that .Jnpan Is determined -
mined not to allow Russin. Ilossibio
round for claiming .Japllneso Impetu.
oalty as an oxcuse. 'rhe visit Is not
bolloved to ho 11 ( esBarlly tantamount.
to an ultimatum as rumored.Var
III'opnratlO1\H c ntlnue apace , The
transports nnd the warshIps can snll
at five minutes' notice.
' } 'ho .Japaneso government proposes
Immediately to undert le the completion -
tion of the Seoul.l usan railroad under
the dlroct supCl'vlslon of Japanese ,
The press Is eagerh' urging the govern.
ment to set a limIt to the "Russian
tactics of aggression and Insolent neg-
IIgonce , "
NEW YORK-A report Is current
here , says a 'rimes dispatch from Pel. .
lng , that Japan's request for the recon-
sldel'lltlon by Russia of Its reply to the
.Japanese demands was nccomlll1nled
by the specl cation of 11 time limit , It
Is the oxpectatlon In St. Petersburg ,
the 'rimes adds , thut the question of
wnr will be decided In fourteen da's ,
P ARIS-Confirmatlon wns obtnlned
Crom officIal sources of the reports
that Foreign Secretary Lansdowne
auel Foreign : \1Inlster Delcasso have
within the last Cew da 's mnde strong
representations at Toltlo , with a view
to a\'ertlng a crisis between Russia
and Japan ,
ONE IN THREE G TS PLACE.
Civil Service Report hwlI : ! what Ie
Done for Winners ,
W ASHINGTON-Frnnl. . Kiggins ,
chief examiner of the civil service
commission , In his anmml rellQrt says
that during the last fis'ul year there
\ vere112.624 persons examined for
the clussl ed service of the go\'ern-
m nt and 40,423 appointments In all
branches of the ser\'lce. OC the ap :
polntments 24 pel' cent wel'e to purely -
ly clerical positions , 3 per cent to pro.
fesslonal , technical 01' scientific p031.
'
tlons , 38 lIeI' cent to mechanical II0S- !
tlons requIring no chl'atlonal exami-
nation. and 7 } Ier cent to sl.Hled la.
bor positions. 'not oml'tly mechanical
In theIr charucter , but requiring no
educational examlnrtlon , Of all thos ( >
examined nearly 80 per cent passeu ,
and 36 IJOI' l'ent of all examined were
successful In securing appointments ,
Mr. Kiggins says the commission has
reduced Its examinations to essential
tests of fitness nnd ures the consoli.
dation of a Inrge number of local
hoards oC examiners throughout the
counl1'y , to secure 1'10s ( > r supervision
and more effectl\'e administration ,
The repOl't stlltes thDt conditions of
employment In the Philippines are 1m.
proving and the salnrlea for technl ,
l'al men ha\'o been Increllsed , with
the result that within the last five
I months more applicants ha\'e tal\Cn
oxamlnatlons for that ser\'lce than Cor
the preceding 'ear.
The num\er \ of Amerlcllns In that
service now constitutes moro than e
per cent of the entire Corce , ther <
being 2,777 Americans and 2G9i FIJ.
r Iplnos In pUblic employment , As the
. FllIlllnos acquire n Imowledgo oC Eng ,
IIsh und become moro familiar Wltll
Amel'lcan methods , they Ilre expectc
to tal < e the plllces of Amerlcuns.
Chinamen HtVc : to Hurry Now.
SAN PHANCISCO-Chlneso labor
CI'S are rushing Into Uanada by the
hundreds Ilnd on , every steumer frorr
the Orient thlY are unlYlng here er
route to British Columbia. ' 1'hl
_ cause for the sudden lnl1ux Into Cun
ada lies In the fact that the Canadlnr
government recently enacted n In"
by which every Chinaman landing OJ
Drltlsh soli after January 1 willi hI
compelled to pny a head tax of $ [ i00
Under the present law the Chlnesl
are required to pll ' enl : , ' $ [ i.
Coghl lnd Asks for Collier.
WASHINGTON - Rear Admlra
Coghlan has cabled the navy depart
mant requesting that an addltlona
collier be assigned to his squlldron
His request will bo granted , but I
vessel has not yet been selected ,
Congressman McClellan Reslgno.
W ASHINGTON-Spenlcor Cannm
received a letter from Ropresentatl\1
! . Georre B. McClellan stating that hi
, f had forwardoll his reslgnntlon as I
I. member of the house to Governo
a Odell. The resignation becomes effec
tlvo upon Its rocelpt b - the governor
Miles of Railway , 209,855.
o CHICAGO-According to the RIlII
o way Age , the total railway mllenge 0
e the United Stntes on January 1 , 1904
If will bo 209,8f 5 miles , the present yea
o havIng added 5,723 miles , 'fhls mile
, ' _ ago tnlcos Into account nil the nm
I. tracle Inld up to the Inst day of th' '
) _ ) 'ear. Comll rod with 1902 , the pref
y ent 'ear Is about on a parity In maj
3 tel' of rallwa ) ' construction. , Th
it consh'uctlon rOllorted was done 011 3.s
e lines and In thlrt.nlno states and tel
rltorles , Including Alasl < n.
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l IS NOT PROOF
FRAUDULENT PENSION MONEY
'lJST BE RETURNED.
DEMANDS OF THE OOVERNMEUl
A Pension Case From Georgia Unde. . .
Consideration-Where Woman 1m-
persoMted Diseased Brother's Wife ,
Causes Promulgation of New Orde. . .
by Treasury.
\V ASlIINGTON-It IS statcll at th
treasury department thnt where a pen- ' , . . .
slon certlficllte has been Issued to a f
woman who ! Jnllel'connted the wIdow
of n. deceased pensioner , and pension
agent's checks have been drawll Jln ' .
ublo to her ntld dellvOJ'pd to her upon
vouchers executed h ' her , and the
bank cashed such checls. which were
In duo course paid at the suh.treas-
ury upon which drawn , the government -
ment will mnl < e reclamation IIC the
amount. In other words , bankers
and other Jlersons who ens a ] lenslon
checles arc charged wIth the , respon-
sl\lIIty \ of estaIJlIshlng the Illentlty of
the IlIlyees of such checles to the same
extent that they uro charged wIth tl10
responsibility oC establishIng the i en-
lily of the payees and of the checls
Issned In ordlnnr - commercial trans-
nctlons , The exhIbition of n pension
certl cato Is not Identl cation o [ the
person named therein , This ruling
was hcld In n case arising In GeorgIa :
wherein one ClarIssa Owens , whose
real name wns Molly \lelton. obtain ell
a pension , It Is snld , by ImpersonatIng -
Ing the deceased wlfo of n. soldier ,
nnd received pnyment nt the rate or.
$8 per month from April 8 , 1901 , to
May 4 , 1903 ,
It de\'elopect In the examination of
this claim that the soldier left It
wIdow. who Is supposed to hayo died
In Florlllaolly \lellon , a slstor
or the soldier , impersonated her de.
ceased slster.ln.law , obtained the pension -
sion , forged endorsements of her de-
cellsed slster.ln.ln w to the checles and
obtained the money , For this pf.
fense she vms tried in the United
Stntos district court at Savannah , Ga , .
and was sentenced to one yenr an
one da "s confinement In the penIten-
tiary.
The ofl clals of the Northern Pacific
rail rand den ) ' the statement attributed -
ed to Prank 'Vnterhouse , manager of
the Boston Stenmshlp compnn ) ' of
Seattle , In nls recent testimony befom
the Interstate commission , that his
company hlld n contract with the
Northern Pacific which prohl\lted \
that railway company from acceptIng -
Ing frolght brought In by tramp
steamships , The - assert tl1nt while
the comJlan - hns no exclusive contract -
tract and no r.greement be > 'ond a
division of rates \uBlness \ from th
Orient , It Is the general practice or
railroad compimlcs in the transaction
of their IJuslness to malco a conces-
, slon to eSlnhllsh and maIntain pm'ma-
nent lines with a tlxed and regular
schedule oC sailings nnll arrivals , and
with advertIsed routes , wllh doelmge
facIlIties , etc" over transIent steamships -
ships , mostly Corelgn , which hnve happened -
pened to plcl , up a cargo and ha\'e ne
regular buslnesD ,
WHIT LAW REID ON EXPANSION.
Seems to Fe lr Result of Extending
Amerlc ln Possessions.
NEW YORK-Respondlnc to th\ !
toast " } 'orofuthers' Day" at the an-
I nual dinner of the New England socl-
et . , Whitelaw Reid saId In part :
"ShIlH wo find a safe course b '
rOllmlng the oceans to drug In se l
tropical and revolutionary communities -
, ties to be made states In the Amel'l-
can union , equal from the start to
ourselves , with sometimes , perhalF. a
bllhnco of 11 ewer that mny enable
th ! to govern us and the land of
our Cnthers ? Snch questions 111lvo
burst upon us too suddenlr out of IJ\U'
expansion to justify at the outset
harsh criticism of an - rash or III-con-
slderell IJrOllosals that may I'lse to
the surfuce In the f.rst Croth of public
discussion , Dut I venture to predict
that the tlmo will como when the mnn
who shnll propose the Incorporation
Into n. stnte oC this government of the
United States of America , of nny Is.
land of the sea , the PhilIppines , tbo
Sandwich Islands , or Porto Rico , will
he hunted from Il11bllc IIfo as ana.
tlonal enemr , whether ho bo ani mat.
) ed merel ' by lingerIng remlnlscencf )
of the filibusters nnd slavery propn-
ganda , or whether ho represent a sugar -
gar trust In Wall street , or a sagebrush
brush trust In the United States sen :
- ate. "
Bryan Buys Old Homestead.
CENTHAI..LIA , ILI.-The } 'eal es ,
tate transfers sh w the BRIo by Sena.
tor Charles E , Hall to William Jon.
nlngs Bryan of the old B-yan home.
steud on Droudway In Slllem , This Is
the house In whIch William Jennings
Dr 'an was born , The consldoratlon
named In the deed Is $2,000 and Col.
onol Dr 'an trnded an elghtr.acro fal'lr
In tl1ls county for It.
Violate Their Agreement.
AI.1'OONA , Pa , - The ufrnlo.
Rocbester and Plttsburg Coni nnd
Coke comll ny unnounced n wage 1'0-
ductlon lit Its Helvetla olleratlons
! _ amounting to 10 per cent. to go Into
effect Jnnunry 1. Whllo the Helvetla
miners are a comparatlvelr Inslgnltl.
cnnt part of the Bufralo , Rochester
and Pltlsburg comJlan "s worlelngs , \ - '
the reduction Is conslderelT prophetic
of a maI'o swel > plng movoy \ th
compllnr shorl1 ' , which will cut the
wages of 16,000 men.