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I ! News in Bt. ef
The cinematograph In being used
11 ' Paris surgeons In toachlng stud . \tl !
how to } Ierform vnrlouRurglcal opor-
ntlons.
The now .Jall neso war loan of $ liO-
000,000 nt 112 , to run ten yeara. nt
per cent. hus lJen ) tnlten hy , Jnl1l\nesu
banltel'A.
A lal < o hns IJCen discovered on 1m.
din Islnnd , , Lnpland. which contains
fresh water on the ton unll salt watcr
011 the hottom.
'flIO hull/lghters / who were ( 'ngagel ;
to glvo pcrformnnceR ut the SI. LOIIIE
exposition , have left the City of Mexlr
co for t1ielr IIcstlnllUon ,
Kill 'rrnller , 11 memher of t he noted
Jones gnng uf oullawfJ , hils heen telwn
prisoner by 11 lIeput . slCrlff : ulIlI IR III
JIlII Ilt Culhertson , Monl.
It Is the consensus of opinion thnt
the Jnnaneso will sturm Port Arthur'
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us soon liS the necessary nrrunge.
ments cnn ho. comilleteli.
Private nlvice5 ( from Vlnilivostole
to St. Peterl3hlll'g atato thnt the crllia.
or Dogat 'r haB run on the roclts In
the hnrhor. The government , how ,
Uver , sUIi lIenles this ,
.Tumes P. Holllgnn , widely Iwown In
telegraph circles formerly chief op
eratoI' of the 'Vestern Union nt Chi.
cngo , died from l > 11lmonary lrouble ,
'fho contested theory 1I11ll pearls
nro duo to 11 } Jarnslto In the oyster
wns first mlVllnced by 1.'i11lppl In 18li2.
Several recent observers IlI\vo COil'
JlrmC1l the view.
Thomas l\hlrdcl" I ) . retired building
contractor , who wns postmaster of
Hock Island. III. , for ten ycam am\ \
may'or of that city tor two terms , died
Ilt Kanaas City , aged 83 yeara.
MyerS. laMes , Ircsldent of the Dal'-
on de HIrsch fund and prominently.
Identified with mllny ether local nnd
patlonnl organizations , dropped dead.
In II. Droadway cafe In New Yorl , .
The tariffs for the grain rates to
the south. under the now adjustment ,
will go Into effect June 10 the sarno
I dnto Il. those to Chicago and St. Paul.
The ro.tes will bo restored to their
normal basis.
A report from General Kuropatltln
etates that bo dill honor to tbo
wounded soldiers and to those who
have been decorated for gnllantry by
passing in rovlow before tbem witb
the entire army.
Mrs. Stella Hammond of Seattle.
Wash. . dropped dead Ilt the homo of
her alstor. Mrs , J. N. Savard , at St.
aul. Minn. . after the litter : hnd un.
dorgono a dangerous ollerntlon for can. .
cer of the stomnch.
Lewis Oliver , wh . In comlHlny with
Fred Lcsarge. etole $3 and two hats
! rom II. butcher shop. bas been given
a lire sentence in Marquette prison by
.Judgo Wiest at Mason , Mlcb. It . was
his third offen so for burglary.
Marshall. the Drooltlyn player , won
the first prize of $1,000 and the Cam.
brid o Springs championship Ilt the In.
ternlltlonal cheas tournament. His fi.
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nal score was 13 points won and 2
lost , comprising 111 victories and four
draw games.
Mo.jor Sylvester. tllO superintendent
of pollee of Washington , announced
that bo ball destroyed nil the filmg
of the moving plcturea tulCn II. day
or two ago by thoatrlcal parties on
. the east front of the capitol building. ,
when President Roosevelt WIlS imlOr.
\ sonated In the act of belplng II. ficti.
tlous negro into bls carrlago.
Ground bas been brol\On at Soutl !
Chicago tor II. gigantic colto oven , to
cost $1.000.000 , aUlI the first of Its
Itlnd over estnbllshed outsldo tIlO an-
tbhraclto regions of Pennsylvania.
Many oxperhnents in colto production
111\\0 been made outs\llo \ the nnthrn.
cite fields. but alwn 's with IIIlUffcrcnt
success as tbo quality of conI was
found to be fault . .
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Jowo. university for some time. Pres.
ident MncLean bns Incurred tbo11 \
will of some of the t'aculty Ilnd former -
mer students and they made an effort
' , i some tlmo ngo to Imve him declared
II. failure allli demand ell his reslgna.
tlon. It Is said that this resulted In
II. feeling among the regents greatly
In fnvor of the vresldent.
'fennesseo prohibitionists placed
themselves on record In atato conven.
tlon as opposed to the nomination
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of General Nelson A. Miles for thQ
preshlency by the prohibitionists on
the ground that he was not II. prominent -
nent prolllbitlonlst.\ merely II. recep-
tlvo candh1ate , nnd that ho could not
. II poll the full part . strength In the
south on account of his war record.
\ The arrlvo.l of quantities of Amerl.
I I can gohl in pn 'mont of the Pnnrunl'l
; 1 canal purchnso excites the wortder'
I ment of Parisians. A largo crowd
gathered at the St , Lazaro railroad
I atatlon to see a train of four cars ,
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carr 'lng 178 barrels of gold , being n
shipment of $9.000.000 by the Froncll
line steamer Lorralno which nrrlved
at Hano from Now Yorl , . The ex ,
cltement was such that the Ilollco fear
ed Itvould \ bo necessary to summor.
reinforcements. but It l1Ussed ff well
The gold was llaced In the Credll
. ' Lyonnals.
Wbllo driving to their llomo neat
Arlol Colo" Mrs. C. W. Herman aUl ]
her son , Franl , Ingles , was shot nnl ]
Idlled by. Marshall Humphroys , whe
rode Into town and surrondorCll him
self. There has been 11 feud bot\\'eol1
the two famlIlIes.
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lOSS OF TI E JAPS
TEN THOUSAND MEN FAL.L. IN A
LAND ATTACK.
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LOSS OF . THE USSIAUS 3,000
Thle , However , Is 1n Unconfirmed
DIGpateh from Russl1ln Consul 1It
Che Foo-J1Ip lOese Are Said to
H1Ive Lost Three More Crulcera.
S1' , PB1'ImSDURG-lt is rellortod
that l.'orelgn l\lInltor ! LnmBdorff has
recelvl1I a messnge from the Husslan
conslil at Uho } . 'oo sn 'lng thnt the
.Jnpaneso Imve made n land nttaclt on
Port Arlhlll' IInd t1mt In doing BO they
JoSl 1 , OUU men Itilled nnd wounded.
' 1'he nusslnn loss Iii Illaced at 3.000
men. ' 1'110 ultllllllte olltcome oC the
IIghllug Is lIol slntud.
'fho Sl. Petorshlll'g correspondent of
the Pnrls l\lntin says that it Is lIeI"
slstenlly rU\1lOl'uII that tllO'lllIlIvo. .
stole RqullClron has cnllturell three !
erulsCl's tlmt were bought b ' JnlJILn
Irom Ulllle.
The 11. : ; l'etorshurg correspondent
of the London Uontrnl Newa snys
that there was nn explosIon Mondl'lY
( In honrd the battleship Orel at Cron.
stadt nnd that ten stolwrs were ] tlll.
cd , 'fho vcsacl , the rOllort says , was
daml'lged and it wJJl tnlm weolts to
olrect l'elll1ll'11. ' 1'ho oXllloslon , accord.
lug to the dlsllntch , waR the result oC
an nCCUlDulatlon or gaB In the lIunl"
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UllM l"UU-'l'he cnlltnln or a Hus.
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TI.IE KINKAID DlL.L.
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Interior Denutmcnt , Busy with Prep-
nrntlons.
WASH ING'rON-Secrotary IlItch.
C'odt. nllprc'latlnj.t the necessity oi
Imaslng ullon certnln features of the
Klnlmld hili throwing olJen thn north.
west section of Ne rnslm for setlo ,
ment under the IImended homeslelu1
laws , hns tll\'n d over to the geologl.
cnl survey fOl' rellort that portion of
the Ilrovlslons of the bill wherein cer.
taln lauds which , In the ollinion of the
aecretnry of the Interior , may bo rca. .
sOlHlbly Ilracticablo of Irrigation , nro
oxelDllt fro\1l Its provisions , The dl.
rector of the survey. Prof. 'Volcott ,
has ( 'ommlssloned two of hla COI'lJS to
look over the ground ] lrior to the
dntu when tno hill goes Into effect.
Juno 28. The Kinkaid bill IJrovidcs
that the secretnry of the Interior
shall. after examlnntlon , exempt from
the Ilrovisions of the law these Innds
thnt may bo reasonably IJrnctlca le to
Inlgat < \ , by means or water conducted
from naturlll streams by grnvlt.y. and
the secretnlT shl'lll , IJrlor to the dale
whell the law goes into errcct , deslg-
IInte 1ul exclude from entry lands.
Jlartleuhu'ly nloug the North Platte
river. which. III his opinion. it mny
ho posslblo to Irrlgato throllgh GJI'
eratlolls ulliler the natlonul Irrigation
law or by Ilrivalo entel'lrlse. 'rho
law further atnles that the secretary
thereafter shnll from time to tlmo
open to entry under the nct anr of
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the lands so excluded , which upon
further Investigation he ma ' conclude
cannot be prnctlcnlly h'l'lgrnted In the
manner ns above set forth. Two
members of the englueer corps of the
geological survey nro now In the sec.
tlon Included within the IImlt of th\ )
SHOWING FLANKING MOV MENT BY JAPANESE.
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Sixty thouE1Ind Japanese with artillery are reported to have appeare
thirty miles north of MUkden. having m1lrched 1Iround through the moun.
talns. If this 10 true. Gen. Kouropatkln will find his retreat to H1Irbin cut oft.
sian merchnntmnn , who left Pqrt AI"
umr on .1\1ay : ! O , and Is nmong the
recent arrivals from Dalny. said lu
an Interview thnt the whole Jalmneso
fieot hnd not returned to Port Arthur
slnco the 15th iust. , when , besld s
the battleship Hatsuse. another big
vessel strucl { alIne anll WfiS towed
awny dlsnbled. Gunboats nnd tor.
pedo honts returned off the port on
the 20th Inst. , when the Russians
succeedOlI In slnltlng a s\\lall gUll boat
and two torllOdo bonts. ' 1'he Hus-
slans are now confident of holding
Port Arthur with the 30.000 1101sta. .
tloned there , ex'luslve of the nav '
aud the crowds of mechnnlcs worltlng
upon the damaged warships , nil of
which , excellt the Czarovltch and the
Retvizan. nre reda ' to rcjoln the lIeet.
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'rheso will nlso bo rend ) ' fOl' sea sen'-
ice b ' Juno 1.
The entrnnco to the harbor has
heen cleared nnd s\\Iall boats uow Imss
In I'Ind out fl'eely from Port Arthur
to Dah1 ' .
The forts on the land sldo or Port
Arthur have been complotClI nnd are
lIOW IJrepared for a severe contest.
or the few sohUcrs left'nt Dalnr ,
.tho mnjorlt . have gone to Port Arthur -
thur , and the only defenses left there
now are the mlnos In the harhor.
The nttempt of the Jnlll1ucso to
land troolls In the KIn Chnu gulf on
the IGtll inst. fnlled owing to lusull1.
clent wnter to 1I0at the bont8.
There hns been no fighting In the
vicinity of Port Art hur up to Satur.
dn ' slnco the Kin Chnu fight on the
lth inst. , when two squadrons of
Japnneso cavnlr ' were wiped out ,
onlr eight men , of . . which escnllel ! .
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Invited to the White House.
\ \ ' ASIIING'I'ON-PI'l1shlent Hoose.
velt , on Iondn ' extenlled an Invltn.
tlon to the ! \tothollist Protestnnt con.
ferenco thl'ough Heprosentatlvo All.
amson of GeOl'j.tla , to bo recel\'ed nt
the Whlto house 'fhnrsday afternoon ,
The Invltntlon wno nccopted. A spe.
cll'll commltteo or fifteen wns nuthor.
Ized to deal with the queHtlon ot
church union. 'rho co-oporatlon or
the conference wnK n. ltell In alove. .
\\lent for nn expression from all Pro ,
testant denominations on the ques.
tlon of remnrriage ntter divorce.
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Klnlmld bill looltlng over the territory -
tory for the purpose of deciding upon
the lands susceptlblo of Irrigation , .
nnd their instructions are to malw ns
enrly report as Ilossiolo In order that
the sections reserved may be posted
conspicuously In the territory nnd at
the Innd office which will hnve charge
of this business , for the benefit of In.
tending settlers.
SL.AUGHTER IN THE PHILIPPINES
Flfty.three Men , Women and Children
Are Mass lcred.
MANILA-A rel10rt has heen re.
celved hero fl'om Camp Overton , on
the islnnd of l\tlndanao. dnted l\1a ' 15.
stating tlll.t ) n massncro hnd talen
place on the 12th Inst , near Mala.
bang on the southern const of l\tlnda-
uao.
Fiftr.three FllIlJlno men , worn on
nnd chllllren. emlllo 'es of the United
States mllltnry government nt 1\1 ala.
hang , and their fnmlllos , were Hur.
11I"lsed at midnight whllo nslee)1 ) by
the Dntto Alia nnd n band of Mores
from the Hlo Grnnde valle ' . nnd
sll'lughtored.
The chlof and his followers es-
cnped before the nlarm could be
gl'on. .
Dotalls of the massncre nre menger. ,
Major General Wood hns been in the
Interior of Mindanao since 1\In ' 12.
Cl'lblo communlcntlon between l\lanlla
and l\tlllllanao In Interl'lllltell nnd the
wlrell nl'O down in the intorlor of the
Island , 'fho l'epol't of the \\Il'IRSaCrO
was recelvOlI by mall from a cone.
npondent nt Camp Overton.
Trust Will Share Pro it : .
NEW YOlUC-OiUcC'rs of the AmC'rl.
cnu Smeltlnl ; ntlll Hefinlng cOll1)lanr )
will within n few dnrs dlvhlo $100,000
11'ash amen their cmplo 'es In a ( "
cordnnco with the IJrnfit.shnrlng
scheme nmJo\.celi twu relll'S ago , A 1'-
rnn emont 111'0 I\OW b lng madc to
divide the ( ash IJrOllortlon to the
nmount of earnings. Managorl3. SUllOI"
ts , n sIHlantml\nn e\'a nnll as.
slstant superintendents , tOfeth'r with
foremen , nsslstnnt formen , chemists ,
assarlsts nnd a l\ull1her of others will
partlclpato I the fu d.
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IMPORTANT MOVE
SAID TO ADOUT TO BE MADE BY
GENERAL. KUROATKIN.
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THE RUSSIAHS ARE EXCITED
After Eng1lgement with I < orenn Troops
They Burn the Shrines-Telegraphic
Communication with New Chwang
Interrupted.
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ST. PE'rEmSDUnG-Therc are in.
lcntlons that General Kuropatldn is
preparing to malto IL very important
move agllinst the enemy.
Ono of the reasons for this belief
is the suddenly increased restrictions
upon the War. correspondents at' the
front.
The prevailing belief hero is thllt
General Kurol's army is in difficulties.
SEOUl. . . . Korca-A telegram Ims
been received here from Gen San. on
the east canst of Korell. sa 'ing thnt
the nussians , after the engagement
with Korelln troolls nt Ham Heung. on
May lU. burned the shrines and the
royal mnusoleum which were erectClI
there by the founder of the present
Korean dynasty in the year 13G5 , and
which were regarded by the Korenns
as sacred. 'fhis apparent wanton des.
ecratlon of tombs In a land imbued
with the spirit of ancestor worship
hns caused excited denunciation of
the Russians on the IlI1rt of the Seoul
officials. ( Hnm Heung is on the coast
of Korill and about nfty miles north
of Gen San. )
The Cossaclts which are bellm'ed to
bo at I < : yong Song have. nccordlng to
Korean reports. about twenty guns
with them. If this is true this artll.
lery probably is composed of trans.
Dalkal horse batteries. several of
which were attnched to the First corps
at Vlrullvostole before the war.
A Japanese who bas returned hero
from Yongampho reports that there
are only a few Japanese troops there.
'I'ho people 1'1.1'0 quiet. but they do not
welcome the Japanese occupation because -
cause of the severity of the military
authorities. The Russians loft many
thousand feet of useful timber at
Yongampho.
There are not more than 8.000 sol.
dlers In the garrison at Seoul. Dar-
raclts which heretofore were filled are
now vacant , the troops bllving gone
north to Anju. The local gendarmes
are being transferred to Y ongampho ,
Wlju and An Tung.
ST. PETERSBURG - Telegraphic
communication with New Chwllng is
interrupted. and privnte messages for
points south of Llao Yang are refuse
here at the telegraph office.
' 1'he nature of the Interruption with
New Chwang Is not known. but the
CII'ISO fo\ ' refusing messages south of
Llao Yang is the complete absorption
of the lines for mllltnry purposes.
WILL VENEZUEL.A REPUDIATE ?
Country Being Fortified and UnenGI.
ness Felt.
WASHINGTON , D , C.-l\ti1It ary
measure ! ! on a large scale begun 1'0-
cently by Venezuela are giving rise
to 11 great deal of uneasiness and n'p-
prehension here. It Is stnted that a
French compnny sold Cnstro's government -
ment lliOOOOO lines' worth of artll-
lory , which Is' being placed In forti.
ficatlons nt Puerto Cabello and other
Important coast Ilorts. The compan '
also contracted to supply a force of
sltllled nrtlllorymen to man the guns
for a certnln period.
Just whnt this expenslvo nrmnment
menns , when Venezuela is so poor. is
a mntter of speculation here and there
Is some fear It Is the forerunner of a
repudiation by Venezuelll of lInblllty
for flll'ther parments of Installments
of Indemnlt1(101' the awarUs of the
recent arbltmtlons.
OVER A QUARTER OF MIL.LION.
, Number of Persons In the Employ of
the Government.
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sued h ' the census bureau 'Vednes.
da ' which glvcs the total number of
emplo 'es In the executive and civil
sorvlco of the United States aa 150.-
383. 'rhese figures Inchlde only those
emplo 'es who nro required to t.l\l\O an
examination. . About 85,000 postmns
tel's are excluded , ns are about 15,000
emplores at smnll sl'Ilarles In the field
brunches of the war department. about
16.000 employes at navr 'nrds , who
are classified. but nppolnted under
navy rnrd regulations , nnd a few thou.
sand III other parts of the sen'lce.
Of the l1i0,383 given , : ! 1i.G71i nre em.
plo 'ell In the District of Columbia :
137OJG nro mnles , 1:15,575 : nro native
born. 1'11111 102.431 nro engaged In cieri.
cnl worl , .
Upon ConcluGlon of the W1Ir. ,
PAUlS-'fho St. Petersburg corrc.
8pondcnt of the l < : cho de Pl'lris says :
"I 11111 ahlo to nfi1rm thnt nussla Is
pl'elJllrll1 to moblllzo 2,000,000 sol.
dlers In Europe Oil concluslol1 of the
wnr with Jallnn. Foreign l\t1nlster
J..umsdol'f has Informell Ro\'ernl memo
bel's of the diplomatic COI'lS thut ho
wal3 unens ' on the sUbject of China.
Hussln , ho snhl. had ndh red unre-
sel'\'edl ' to the tel'lns of Secrotar '
I1n "s note. but If Chinn should ylo-
lato. or pormlt lho violation of Deu.
trallty , Russia would nct , "
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VERDICT IN CONSPIRACY CAGE.
Jury Finds Tyner and Barrett Not
Guilty After Deliberation.
WASIIlNGTON.-Wlthln twent . .
two minutes of the rollrement of the
jury in the case of .Jnmes N. Tyner and
Harrison J. Danelt triell on charges
of consplrncy In connection with their
duties of lllw omcera of the postomce
department. a verdict of not guilt '
was returned. The throng which fill.
ed the courtroom throughout the argu ,
ments to the jury hn.rdly had lime to
leave the buil lng before he jury was
back and the foreman announced thnt
11 verdict had been reached. General
Tyner , expecting a longer walt , hnll
boon wheeled from the room and his
nephew' and codetendant hastcned to
give an order which caused him to re ,
turn.
General T 'ncr , J1.ppeared greatly ex.
cited ns he nttel1111ted to face the jury.
Ilnd when the verdict was returned ho
brolw dowwn completeb' . Several of
the jurors wellt with him and all of
them shoole hands with blm.
: .rho Tyner.Dllrrett case wns begun
on May 2 and haa been before the
court nineteen full , lays. A grellt mass
of tcstlmon was offered. The prose.
cutlon brought forward an "tIrmy of
wlllnesses. 11 majority of whom were
former oll1cers of bond investment
companies. tbrough which Harrison J.
Darrett , the junior defendant , was al.
leged too have profited after he left
the Postoll1co depllrtment by practicing -
ing before his uncle. who remained in
the department
CUDAHY'S L.OS ANGEL.ES FIRE.
Plant Will Be Rebuilt at Once , More
Modern Th1ln Old One.
OMAHA-The burning of the Cudn.
hy pacldng plant at Los Angeles , Ca1. .
occasioned 11. 10 s of about $200.000 ,
nnd is to bo rebuilt at once.
The fire commenced Tuesday after.
noon. supposedly from spontaneous
combustion. George ParIs of this
clly left for Los Angeles to superin.
tend the rebuilding of tbe new plant.
and Jl1mes Phillips will soon follow
to superintend the mechllnical part
of Il. Manager Murphy said :
"The press dispatches put the loss
at $400.000. but the total loss will
probably be less than $200.000. It is
fully covered by insurance. The worlt
of rebuilding is to commence at once.
under direction of Contractor George
Parlts of this city. and the new plnnt
will be more modern thlln the one
destroyed by fire.
"Tho plant was entirely destroyed ,
excepting the warehouse. wblch is
valuable. "
ROTHSCHIL.D WON'T APPEAL. .
He ConcludeG to Serve His Sentence
of Nine Years.
NEW YORK.-Dayld Hothschild. ,
who was convicted of grnnd larceny .
in connection with the Federal banI ,
failure and sentenced to serve nine
years In state's prison. instructed his
attorneys to withdraw their motion I
for 11. certlficatlil of reasonable doubt.
Assistant DIstrict Attorney Sand.
f rd announced after Rothschlld's con.
vlction that if the former banle presl.
dent mndo a fight he would immedl.
ately call to trlnl other indlctment
now pending against him. allli it is
said that Rothschild has concl ded not
to invite this I1.ction. but to begin
serving his senten co at O:1ce. I
Hanna's Portrait on Bonds.
WASHINGTON-Tho secrot.\ry of
the treasury has ordered the plates
prepllred for printing the Panamll
bonds. The portrait of the late Sen.
ator Marcus A. Hanna Is to be printed
thereon.
Admiral EV1lns' Son Aslgned.
WASHINGTON-Orders will be is.
sued at the bureau of navigntion as.
signing Lieutenant Ii'rank 1. Evans.
son of Rear Admlrnl nobley D. Eyans.
late commander of the Asiatic Stll-
tlon , to command the Sylph , This Is
considered one of the choicest nsslgn.
ments in the nav ' . Lieutenant Pres.
ton. Its present commander. by 1'0 ,
quest. has been transferred to the
Kentucly. Lieutenant Emns has just
returned from the Asiatic station.
where he wns on his father's staff.
Miss Rooevclt Off for St. L.ouls.
W ASIlING1'ON-Presldent noose.
velt nrrlyed here from Groton , : 'Ilnss"
where he particlpnted In the prize
day oxerclses of the school at which
two of his children nre students. 1\Iiss
nooseyell. nccompanled by 1\Irs. " 'at.
ers of this city , left for St. Louis.
St. L.ouls Has $70.000 Fire.
ST. LOUIS-A loss of $70,000 wns
oocasloned hy 11 fire thnt pnrtlally destroyed -
stroyed the building at Second street
and Franlelln avenue , occupied b ' the
American SUPIJly compnny. Insur-
nnco Is pm'tlnl.
One New Case of Yellow Fever.
l\tEXICO CI1'Y..The superior board
of health reports there Is ono now
cnso of ) 'ollow feyer on the Isthmus
of Tehuantepec. Vern. . Cruz reports
no new cnses.
One HRlr Flaures In Trial.
DI < : OFOnD , Ind-Frldn"s Msslon
of the trial of Jnmes McDonnld for
the murder of Snrah Schaefer. Dr.
.Joseph Gnrdner. a mlcroscoJlst ) , tesll.
fied that red mustncho hall' hl'ld beea
found In Miss Schaefer's hand nfter
her numler nnd were ver ' slmllnr
to these In McDounld's mustnche.
Three Qf McDonald's mustncho hairs ,
surroptltfousl ' detached from his UIJ.
1101' IIp by 11 barber whllo shaYlng Mc.
Donald nnd those founll InlIss Sehao'
fer's bnnd were introduced In oyl-
dence.
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EIGHT-HOUR lAW ,
CONTRACTORS AND L.ADORERS.
DEEPL.Y INTERESTED.
BUILDING OF PANAMA CANAL
Docs the Quctlon Apply to This.
Grent Public WOI'k-Prospectlve
Bidders and Prospective Workingmen -
men Desire to Know.
W ASHINGTON-Ono of the most
Important quesllons with which the
Pannma Cnnnl commission will short- }
Iy have to deal is whether the pres- I.
ent elght.hour luw. act of August 1 , .
18J2. ! npplles to the construction or
the Pannmll canal. and whether. it
passed , the elght.hour bill now before
congres ! will so upply. Not only n '
thousnnds of prospectlvo contractors-
and subcontractors vtlnlly Interestelll
in a decision on these points , but also
the pUblic nt Inrgo. as the appllcl1t1on
of eithol' the lIresnt laws or the pendIng -
Ing bill would extend the tlmo of construction -
struction at least two years and increase -
crease its cost by mnnr mlllious or :
dollars. It is understood thnt the
American Antl.Doycott association. .
which Includes in its membershh )
many builders and dredgers nnd Otll-
ers who may become directly or Indirectly -
rectly interested in canal contracts.
will undertnltc to secure a dec131011
from the proper oll1clnls. In this
event Mr. Daniel' Davenport or : :
Drldgeport. Conn. , the executive :
agent or the nssoelation. who hasl
been so prominently identified withl I
the opposition to the elght.hour b\1l. \
w\1l \ hl1ve charge of the case.
'I'he leaders of organized labor aro' ' :
also looltlng into the malleI' carefully.
for nlthough the canal will bo located
far from the UnIted States. it will bo
dug on American territor ' . or terrl-
tor ' under the jurisdiction of the
United States. and be constructell r
nnd owned by the government. and I
the application of the elght.bour principle -
ciple to II. goverment work of this
magnitude would not only be n. .
trlulI1ph , but have a far.reachlng and.
, they believe. wholesome moral effect _
On the other hand. those who. 111,0
1\11' . Davenport. regard the present I
elght.hour Inw as vicious. and tbe bill I
for its extenslonll as socialistic. hold r
that under no circumstances sbould
either bo so applied.
It is argued by some that as the . 1
canal zone is entlrel ' under the control -
trol of the cnnal commission. acting.
of course , under the supervision of j
the secretary of war , and by the dI- I
rectlon of the president , the elght-
hOllr act of 1892 docs not ex proprio
glvore apply to the zone , nnd that until -
til congress shall determine otherwise -
wise the matter rests entirely with
the commission. It is further represented -
sented that ns the cnnal will neces-
sarly bo constructed so largely by la. i
bor otber tban from the United
Stales. the commission will not ra- I
strict such Inbor to eight hours a day. '
'j
But while it is not probable that the
commission would undertake to en.
I
force thIs law should the canal bo ,
'
censtructed directly under its supervision - . . .
vision , what the prospective contrac. ,
tors want to Imow is whether they
would le exempt If the worl shoul11
be done under contracts nnd they
should be fortunate enough to secure
omo of them. In the absence of nn
authoritative opinion In ndvanco they
fear the question might be raised at
3. later time by the labor organizations -
tions at homo nnd they might be
heavily mulcted.
PORT ARTHUR TO BE STORMED.
Japs Have Concluded They Must Take
the Stronghold. .
CHlCAGO.-A special to the Dally
News from Toklo savs :
Port Arthur is to bo talten by storm
the moment proper preparations have
heen completed. Siege guns have yet
to be placed in position and the land
forces appointed for the assault bavo
to bo strengthened. The unexpected
loss of two fine vessels have emphasIzed -
sIzed the insecurity of sea power and
the nuthoritles feel that no chances
mUflt bo tnlten that would encourngo
Russia to send out the Daltlc sea fieet ,
counting on finding n. harbor of refuge
In Port Arthur ,
It is realized that the stormln of
the fortress will inevitnbly cost many
lives , but it Is said thnt the wnters
where t1w JapanC'so ships are forced
to maneuver are becoming so dl'ln-
gerous because of fioatlng mines thnt
horolc measures are ImDeratlve , Under -
der these circumstances it is thought
that life w\1l \ be economized by stormIng -
Ing the stronghold and ellmlnatln ! ; It
and the adjacent waters from the aren.
of actual conl1lct.
BrY1ln Wins In Prlm1lrles. I
Ol\fAHA.-Dryan democrats carried :
every ward In the city where there
was a contest in the primaries held
'esterday for the selection of delegates -
gates to the county convention. May
28. Tho' defeat of the Success league-
people was decIslvJ , the Dl'yan delegates -
gates receiving 8G8 votes to 501 for-
the opposItion in the seven con teste ! ]
wards in Omnha.
Russian Story Is Not Conli-med.
ST , pg1'EHSDUnG-The report ca.
bled to the Associated Press that tno 'iJ
foreign oll1co had received 11 telegram \
from the Russian consul at Che Fee
reporting tbat the Japanese hnd made-
a land nttncle on Port Arthur and hnd
lost lliOOO men 1lIIed and wounded.
and that the Russians had lost 3,000
mon. Is true. but ns nothing conlrma-
tor ' hns been reeolvod from any olher-
source the report Is not given cre--
denco. The c ( > lIsul In his telegram
said his Information was obtained
J fl'Jm Chlneso sources.