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JAil SIX MONTHS
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SENTENCE PRONOUNCED UPON
SENATOR MITCHELL.
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ALSO A FlUE OF $1,000
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Chllrg Is Misusing His Influence as
Federal Official-Trial of Cobban In
Connection with Timber Land En. i i
tries In Montana.
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POHTIJAND , Oro.-Unlted 8tntos
- Senator l\lItcholl , convlctcll or IIslng
his office or United States Renntor
to further the law 11ractlco or ( ho firm
of l\t1lcholl & Tanner or thlll city , waa
on Tuesday sentenced to pay a fine of
$1,000 and sIx 1I10nths Iional sorvltudo.
Pondlng a rovlow of the cnso b ) ' the
slIpromo cOllrt of the UnllC1 States
oxocutlon of the sentence will ho de.
ferrod. In the meantlmo Mitchell. .
will bo placell under 111\11 to the
nmollnt of $2,000.
In pronouncing sentence upon lho
nged UnIted Stales senator , .Julgo (
DoHavon Mid :
"Thu 81u11l1u un 1101'vhlch lho In.
IlIclment was fOllnd Ilrovltles thal the
orfenso IIhnll bo 11\lI1lshod \ hy ImprIson.
mont or nol moro than two yenrs or
Iy a fine or not moro than $10,000. It
nleo ronlor8 ( the defendant Incapable
of agaIn hohllnJ ; nny olllco of trust or
} Jront In the United Stntcs. As I
construe the Inngllago or the Rtatllto
the 11\lI1ll1hmont \ mllst bo hoth fine nnd
Imllrlsonment , hilt the courl Is glvon
g\'eat latltlldo In fixIng lho amount of
flno or Imprisonment. The cOllrt may
maleo the punlshmenl merely nomlt'al ,
In pronouncIng sentence It Is not my
pllrposo to comment on the ovhlonco
or the vordlct found hy the jury.
In ronchlng a conclusion In this case ,
I have glvon consltleratlon to the ago
or the defendant , which may bo taleon
Into account In mitigation of punish.
mont , anll the fllrther fnct that ho Is
forever Itereanor dlsquallflell from
holdIng offico.
In vlow or these fncts , nnd In con.
slllorntion or the nntllro or the of-
fen o , the judgment of the court Is
tilllt the derendant 110 Imllrlsonell for
six months In the cOnt ) ' jail of 1\1ul.
tonomah count ) ' , In this slate , nnd
thal ho bo flued ho Rum or $1,000. "
Land Fraud Trial In Montana.
IIET , NA , Mont.-Tho trial of H. l\t.
. Cobban ot TllIssoula , under the In.
dlctmont roturncd by the United
States jury fOllr ) 'oars a o , charging
subornntlon or ) Ie\'jur ) ' In connoctlon
with tlmhor lantl entries In wcstorn
Montana. h'gan heforo .ltlligo 11unt.
Spoclnl Asslstnnt United States Attor-
110Y IIaynarll. In oulllnlng the case to
the jury , sahl Il would bo shown lhat
. Cobhan al1(1 ( U. < 1rlswol'll cntered Into
a conspl\'acy to Indu'o many 1110n and
women to enter Ullon 11\1111 to ho anor.
wards trnnllfI'I'el ( to Cohhnn. . The
land wa& lIuhsequcntly ( lcqul1'el ( hy
Soul\tor Cla\'lt , nnll lu another suit
now heforo the 6U1lr01110 court of the
United Stntes , the government Is
sooldng to Ret nsldo Ulnrlt's tltlo to
the Innd. 1\11' . Grlswolll Is a govern.
ment wltncss. the hllllrtmont against
him having been annullel. (
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INSURANCE COMPANIES
GET A , SCORIHC
DOSTON-Scathlng criticism. point
e condomnatlon nnd fierce donuncla
tlon of the methods and course or the
big Insurance cQlnpanles , characterIze
Izo the annual rOllOrt of Frederlclt 1
Cnttlns. commlsslonor or InsurancI
for Massachusolls : The rOllo\'t Iii ox
haustlvo In Its revIew of methods om
plo'ed b ) ' hllh Insurance offiolal !
durlns the 11I\6t several years , to when
ho allUles In some Instances. al
"Judasos. " and to ono comllnny as till
"Dr. Jeltyl and iiiI' . II 'do compan
ami contains a .recommondatlon Um
the loglslaturo talto UII the malloI' 0
deferred dlvillentls and the rolntlo :
between the Insurance cOmlll\nlo. an
tholr al\lell \ trust companlos and otho
questions with a vlow ot compe11ln
rororm.
I raternl\l Insurnnco and the c so (
the Royal Arcanum nro dealt with ! l
Homo ongth In the roport. the con
mlsslonOl' OXH'ctltlln ) his opinion thll
the now rates recenll ) ' adoplell b
that order 1\1111 which cauEed such
stir within Its rnnlts are not too hlgl
Consolidates Land Offices.
WASIIINGTON-Tho prellident 1111
Issued nn ardor consolldnllng the Tw
son , Prescott and Phoenix , Ariz. , Inn
omces , with hoadqunrters nt Phoonl :
Japs G'o to Get New Ship.
VICTORIA , D , C.-Tho steamer Iy ,
whloh has arrived from Jnpan , brougl
nmollg her pnssengers Calltalns
Kamlmura and H. O\lra ; \ , Fleet En
no or H. Yal11ada and Lloutenant COI
mandor 8nto , Jnlll\noso omcora d
tnchod from 'rogo's fieet slnco the bll
tIe of Tsushlma and sent to Engla1
to talte over the hattleshlp Kl1torl" r
conti ) ' launched , which the ) ' will tal
to Ja'pan at the close or the wl1r.
crow will bo sent to Enlanll , : : b ' t1
Suez route for the Imttleshlp bell
built In England.
Funston Escapes Death.
MON1'gREY , Cal.-Gon'rnl Fredl
lelt Funston , COmml\111)er ) of the I
IlI\rtment of California , his alllos , LI (
ton ant Long and Uoutonnnt Durt
l\lItch ell , delmrtment Inspector
ema1\ \ , arms lrnctco ! , narrowl ) ' escall
'deaUl Snturda ) ' when an eleotrlc c
crashed Into the carrlago In which
'was ridIng. General Funston hnd J
10rt hand sovo\'el ) ' bruised , but w
ot1lOrwiao unhurt.Utcholl : sustain
vnlnful bruises about the head n
I , body. Uoutonnnt Long escnlled wi
11. tow slhht bruises.I
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CREW ALL ACCOUNTED FOR.
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Victims of the Bennington Disaster
Number One Hundred and Four.
SAN nmGO , CIII.-Shocldns IInll
pnthetlc n6 hnvo heon the occurrences
accomI1nn'lng and tollowlnJ ; the ox-
1.loslon . on the United StateR gunhoat
Bennington 111 San Djego hnrhor , the
story of the frlghtfu' ' ncchlent has
reached the polnl where the feeling
or allsllenHO may glvo wa ) ' to the ro-
1I0f of ImowlnJ ; that the extent or ( ho
dlsastor has been defined. The mOAt
hnportnnt dovolo11monl of tOllay Is the
certainty thnt no lIIomber or the croW
of the Bonnlnl tn rOl11nlns unnccount-
od for and tllllt no grueiiome find
I1walls the oxploratlon ot the depths
of the hold now being ralh1l ) ) ' empt.led
or water. I
The Aummnr ' or the sluatlon enrly
this 1I10rning wal ! flfl.four hlontiOed
( loall : fonr unldentlOell dead , whIch
hrhllfll the totnl UII to thnt or the
number or the omc rs IIn(1 ( crow , lD7.
THE JAPANESE ARMIES
tlUMBER 550,000 MEN
URIDIA PUPD .liJ , Manchurla-'rho
J.l\paneso 1I1'1I11es ut } Iresent occupy
The 11Osltlon of an Immense slcl < lo
with the handle \'enchlng from a few
II1l1es 80uth of Llao Yang nnd Ilnssing '
thl'ough Chnntafu , the blnllo clr llng'
nOl'thwllrl1 toward Klrln with the tip
on the Korelln cOllsl lIouth of Posslot .
hny.
It Is ostlmllted that General Nogi
hllfl eIghty bnttallons , Genornl OItu
sixty , General Norzu thlrty.slx , General -
oral Kurolcl Ollr hllndred and sixty ,
General Kawamura ninety and General -
oral Hnsogawa ono hundred and
twenty , the - hattnllons avoraglng a
thollsand mon wIth 2,000 field nnd
mouutllin guns and about one hundred
slego guns.
The , Japanese extreme left Is gunrd-
ed by Ooneral Tamura's cavalry dlvl.
slon. The Chlneso In the Japanese
sorvlco are In the center screened by
cavnlry under the commanll of General
OItihars.
CALLS ON THE. PRESIDENT
Governor Carter of HawaII Wants
National Backing.
OYS'l'Elt BAY , IJ. I.-Governor Goo.
R. Cartel' of lIawl1l1 was a call or on
Proshient Roosevelt 1\1 01111 a ) ' . lIe cl1mo
to the UnltE'11 Stl1tes for the eXIJr'ss
pU\Joso ) of ) Iresontlng to the president
a IIIIItell10nt of the dlmcllitlos ho has
( 'ncOI1l1t\ell ns governol' of HawaII.
Since his nll110lntl11ent to succced Governor -
ornor Sauford B. Dole , Governor 'Car- '
tor 1ll1s had trouble with hoth the cltl-
zons and the oll\clalB' \ of the terrllory.
Go'\'OI'nor Cortor's desire Is not so
II1l1ch to roslgn hIs olI1cla\ \ duties as to
ohtaln from the 1ll''Hhlont ailsurances
that his nllmlnlslratlon shall l1avo the
SUPIorL of the national government.
TO MA' ' < E AN INVESTIGATION.
, Bennington Disaster Inquiry Will Be
Far Reaching.
WASHINGTON-Secretary of the
Na\ ' ) ' Bonaparte said , relatlvo to thd
Dennington tllsllster :
1'ho 111lhllc may reat aAsuretl that
thla distressing I1ffalr wl\1 \ bo most
thoroughl ) ' h\'estlgntell , and that
I whatovcr actldn the results or this In'
" vOBligation mny show to ho prOl101
wl1be \ talton h ) ' the tlo1mrtmonl
Ilromlltl ) ' anti orrecluall ) ' .
Doyontl this I can 'sa ) ' nothing nl
I ' ' hecanso 'ot the matorla
111''osont , , liS ) ,
- fnctol's l'O but YeImlol'fectl ) ) ' lin
tle\'stood.
SEVERAL lAtIn FENCERS
MUST COME mTO COURl
OMAHA-Information was f11ed 11
the Unltell States 111 strict cour
aalnst ! II. D. Roell pn the ground
thal ho had l\1egall \ ) ' fenced 9,00
acres or lantl , and IIgnlnst Adam TIn
lor , Clarence 1\1. ill Iller. Chnrles TIll
lor anti William O. 1\11\101' \ for foncln
18,000 acres ot ) ll1bllc Innds Inchltlo
1n the United 'States forest resorvi
tlons In McPherson county. C(1)1lase ( )
were ortlerell humetl for the nrrest (
the accullell Ilnrtles and they wl1b \
talen b'fo\'o the Unllell States con
missioner al No\'th Plntto for nrralgl
mont.
1'ho cases l1nlnst ! these lJartie
1. have been worlwll up IIlnco the COI
vlctlon or the Krause hl'othors or She ,
Idan count ) ' untlor the Illreclion c
United States District Attol'Uoy l1a
tor amI SllOclal Assistant Attorn (
Rush h ) ' SpecIal Lnnd Agents D
-PI'ees , Chambers and Dixon.
Bomb for the Sultan.
0 , CONST ANTINOPI E . . : . . During t1 :
lIt Solamllk hero a bomb was OX1110d (
J. In the courtYl\rd of the mosquo" clol
:1. : to the sultnl\ . His maesty was n ,
n- Injurellll1t seyeral members ot h
.0 , sUllS were 1,11\011 \ or Injured ,
Lt-
Ltd Jerry Simpson III.
' 0' Roswm I , N. -lIon. . Jor
, to Shnllson , the former Kansas congrm
A man , who acqulretl a nntlonal relll1t
110 tlon ( \ "Socltless .Jerry , " Is serious
11S 11at \ 11\s \ homo hero , nnd his deaU\
expcctell.
Samuel Harper Dead.
CIIlCAGO-Snmuol lIal'p01" fnth .
Ieot Pl'osiliont 11a1'\loI' \ of the Ulilvorsl
) U. of Chicago , tllod hOl'o 'l'ueslln ) ' at t
on ago of 87'onl's. Ho roconUy cllmo
or ChIcago on 11.'Islt to his homo in 1.
ed east.
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ho Bennington Is Floated.
Ills WASIIINGTON-A telegram roco
'as ell at the Nav ) ' Ilel'nrtmont ' oyor nlg :
ed from Calltnln Jralto states thl\t t
nd 13onnll1lton wnll tlontcd at U:30 : o'c10 '
Ith Tuesllay afternoon I\ml Is now alot
side the wl1l1rr.
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FIGHT THE FEVER
MODERN METHODS FOR SUBDUING -
ING YELLOW JACK.
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SOME NEW CASES REPORTED
Infection Among the italian Element
Continues-Work of Sanitation and
Campaign of Education Completely
Organized.
NBW OHLEANS , La.-Tho Plmr-
net Inc\'el\ao In the nllmher ot caSOB of
'ellow fever Is duo to the iUscovery
and transfer to the emergency hOSll-
till of cloven casea which hod not been
provlously roported. That ! nslltutlon
WIIS In full blaat and the B'creoned ambulances -
bulances which had been llUt In ser-
vlco were , Itopt busy hauling the unfortunates -
fortunates to that Institution.
'rho mem1Jers of the Italian 'SocIeties
committees who have been doing mls.
slonary worlt among tholr people nro
reaponalblo for the discovery of several -
al of these cnses.
The rule of Infection. . among the
italian element continues , ' There have
been very few cases among people of
other nationalities nnd only two negroes -
groes have been fountl with the ill-
ness. Yellow fever does not a rule
atlaclt the negroes , the history of all
opldomlcs IlOlng thnt they have as a
rule heen Immune. Ono of lho negroes
reported today Is a quadroon. Doth
of these men worlwd In salool1lt and
roslaurants In the Italian quartoI' .
'rho Inc'rease In the number of foql
olght now spots bolng discovered , Is
also In lIne with the rule that has pro-
valled herotoforo. In fact , there has
not been a slnglo oxcoptlon. Evory'
new focus Is lraceablo directly to th
original source ot Infection. A case
wnn discovered In the rOB'ldenco at a
well Imown cItizen , a mixed servant
bolng talten down with the dlsoaso
during the afternoon. An investigation
developed the fact that her mother
IIvod In the Italian quarter , and that
she had been In the habit ot visiting
her , on Sundays. She had been there
Just seventeen days ngo and had been
there again last Sunday. Following up
the mosquito theory , the girl was bit-
lon by a mosquito In the Infected
house last Sunday and the regular
period for the Incubation of l'\o germ
( four to four and a half d(1)'Ii ( ) was up
In the afternoon. She was Immediately -
ly transferrell to the emergenc ' hos-
pltnl and every precaution talten "In
the resldenco.
The worl. of sanitation and the cam.
palgn of education has 11een completely -
ly organized nnd GOO men 11.1'0 actively
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nt. worlt. Another brnnch of the worlt
has hcen organized for warll work In
the education camlJalgn , and Rov. 1\11' .
Deverl ) ' Warner has consented to be
superlntenden t.
'rho quarantlno sItuatIon hns been
further conlJlllcated by the telegram to
Prcsltlent Souchon from Dr. 1\Iohr ,
nctlng health officer of Alabama , that
ho would requlro seveA days' deten'
tlon at the Cnl1111 befo\'o any travelers
would bo alhnllle < < 1 Into Alabama ,
Texas and f\lIaslssllIII hnvo n eed to
accellt a five days' pratlquo from the
marine hospltnl servlco. The detentlo11
camps are being cnpably whlpPod Inte
shapo.
Tried to Kill Sultan.
SOFIA. Dulgarla.-It Is roportee
from Constantlnoplo that during to
ay's Solnmll1t an attempt was mad (
to assasslnato the sultnn.
THE CHINESE NOTE
IS MADE UBll (
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OYSTEH A Y.-Tho text or the Chinese
nose note , mndo IHlbllc by Presldon
Roosevelt , Is as follows :
"Having vlowed with profounl1 1' (
grot the unfortunate Intorruptlon a
) leaceful , rolatlons between Japan an
Hussla the Iml10rial government n '
learns with gratification thnt the nl
gotlatlons are about to commence f (
the restoration of Ileaco and amlt
s Uut In the present conflict Chines
tonltory lll\s been made the theater (
10 military ollol'lltlons. Thereroro It. i
1hel'oby eXllrc..csly declared that no IIl'I
1\ _ \flon ! ; affortlng China without lho a1
proval or China being llrovlousl ) ' 0'
s talned , which uio trel1ty or peace m
n- contain , will bo reconlzed ! ns'all
,1'1'ho dlplonmllc rellreRentatives 4
ot China In Japnn and Hussla 'havo hee
xJnstructel1 by telegraph to commm :
) y co. to this Ileclarntion of the govor
0monts of Japan and Russia respecllv
ly. "
Honolulu Has ObJection.
\0 IIONOL1U.U-Thero Is a proto
d here ngalnift qunrantlnlng cargoes
BO Snn Francisco. Coffeor , United Stat
ot surgeon In the marglno hospltnl Sl
lis vice , f.a's the Snn l"l'I1nclsco nuthl
Itles we\'o not advlsod by him that t'
health conditions hero wo\'o such
to warrant the action tnl\Cn th\o 11. :
ry ho cab'I\ } the , mnrlno hospltnl nuthl
ISlUes at Washington that there Is
tanoed ot quarnntlnlng carg's fl' (
Ily IInwall. It Is bellovcd thnt the fUl
Is gating at the quarantine station ' \ \
Injure the cnrgoC's of sugnr :
Heroic Son Loser ! His Life.
.er N 1W YOUK-Aftor having en. . .
lty bls mother and sister , who , with
ho score or ethers , were for a tlmo
to gNall1eril from flro , Nathan Nowm
ho 20 'enrs old , lost bls O\\'Il \ lito In
burning I1rooltl'n tenement hO\1
naIf 11. dozen fl1111l11es , all of th
Hebrews living In the Ulhllng , \ \ "
Iasleop. . When the fire stnrled N4
ht man got through In sarot ' , hut
ho tU\'nod for his mother ntHl sistoI' .
'cle assisted them to It safe place , but \
lS- himself cut off by the flames. All
other OCUll1\11ts of the house osca1'
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. , allow Fever Epidemic at New Or.
leans Is Spreading.
NEW ORLEANS-SIx deatha from
yellow fever wore recorded Wednes.
day up to G p. m. , mnldng a total to
date of forty.fivo. The number or now
cases reported 'ostorday , but compllod
today , Is eleven , maldng all told to
date 165. There are now nlnoteon
focI of Intectlon. 'rho organization at
forces for fighting the spread or the
Infoctlon and for a campaIgn ot education -
cation and practical IIppllcation at the
mosquito oxtermlnatlon plans bas been
completed , and hesldes 100 men put
on as extras to clean gutters by the
cll ) ' 360 mon 11.1'0 worldng s part of the
system ot sanitation. CItizens are
bolng organIzed In wards and these
ward clubs will form precinct clubs ,
and a house to house canvass of every
cltlzon and the oiling at every cesspool -
pool and water vond.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
WANTS PICTURE WITHDRAWN
SPOKANE , Wash.-P r 0 sid 0 n t
ooso\'elt bas objoctoll to Spoltnno's :
lIterature bearing his portrait on the
tltlo lIago. Secretary 1\Ionroo of the
Chamber of Commerce recolved a letter -
ter requesting the wlthdrawal of the
brochue8 on the "Lowls and Clarle
Trail" from publication. The lotteI' Is
dated from the White House , WashIngton -
Ington , July lD , addressed to the
Chamber of Commerce at Spolmno
and declares that Prosldent Roosevelt
Is very milch opposed to the appearance -
anco of his portraits In advortlse-
monts ot an ' character and requests
that the booldet of which the cover
was enclosed bo Immediately recalled
from cIrculation and notlco bo given
when this Is done.
The Chamber of Commerce at a llpe.
clal meotlng today cancelled an order
for 50,000 ot the pamphlets and took
stops to call In as far as posslblo
these distributed.
HANGED FOR MURDER OF
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
THE DALLES , Ore.-Norman WII.
IIams , who murdered Alma Nesbit nnd' '
her mother on March 8 , 1900 , was
hanged on Friday at the \Vasco county
jail. Ho made no statement , his last
rom ark being , " 1\IY lips are sealed to
the world. "
Mrs. L. J. Nesbit of Omaha and her
daughter , Alma , were murdered near
Hood River , Oro. The motlvo of the
crlmo was the deslro of Williams to
secure a homestelld adjoining his own
In the HQod 'rlver country , upon which
Almn. Nesbit had located at his in.
stlgatlon.
Williams' two hapless victims were
bolh from Omaha. while the murderer
hhnself was a Nebraslmn with an ntro-
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clous record In that state ,
, THE RECENT INTERVIEW
BETWEEN TWO EMPERORS
LONDON- correspondent of
the Dally 1\Iall at Stocltholm says :
"Tho object of Emperor William's
Intervlow wllh Emperor Nlcholl\s waste
to obtain the consent of the latter for
a prlnco of the house of Hohenzollern
to ascend the throne of Norwa ) ' . It
) . , Is posslblo that the Russian emperor
will consent , provided Russia bo per.
mltted to sllghll ' rectlf ) ' her frontier
on the Atlantic. "
The Dall ) ' 1\1 all , commenting on the
dispatch. suggests thnt the "rectified
frontier" means that Russia wants te
acqulro the strip of Norwegian terrl
tor ) ' which pnrts orf the inland from
the Arctic ocean , thus gaining . a sea
pwt.
HILL ROAD GETS RIGHT-OF-WAY
Great Northern and Homer Line Set
tie Their Differences.
, SIOUX CITY , In.-Tho Great Northern
orn rallroal1 and the Sioux City
Homer & Southern road , have setUel
tholr dls11uto ns to the Northern' :
. right to , cross the Indian resorvatlOl
nnd the Northern will proceed at onci
with Its worle on the Ashlnnd exto11
slon. A hearing was to have beel
hehl before the secretary of the It :
terlor , but It was called off becaus
m of the wlthdrawnl of the prt'tes
LI- against the Northern's Invasion of th
n. torrltory. 'rho secretary or the It
0terlor has app\'o\'ed the Northorn'
mal ) .
Bishop J. W. Joyce Is Dead.
st 1\IINNEAPOLIS-Dlshop IsaacI
at Joyce , 1\Iethodlst bl3hop , died nt hi
e3 homo here Friday morning as the 1'1
rsuit of a cerebral hemorrhngo and CO ]
)1'- sequent nttaclt or peral'str , which 11
he sustnlned whllo dell\'orlng a sOrlno
as at Red Roclt , 1\1lnn. , can\11 \ meeting a
nd SIII1IIa ) ' , Ju\y \ 2.
or-
erne
no Harriman Quits Rio Grande.
> In 'NEW YOnK-Informntlon r
nlcolved h01'O thnt E. H , lIarrhnnn 111
rl11 reslgued from th Dh''ctol' ) ' of the Do
VOl' & Rio Grand 1'I\1I1'Oad.
Admitted 300 Chinese.
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WASIIING'l'ON-Rollorts from U
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In hi\mlJ.1'\lIon stations for the month
nn , Jul ) ' show that during that month :1 :
, a Chlneso ap1111ed for admission , 1\1
ISO. that 300 we\'o admitted.
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ere w Doctors Will Make no Charge.
1'0SAN DmGO , CI1.-About twent.fi
no Ilhyslcinns uf this ell ) ' mot and I
vas sol\'ed to n\l\lw no charge for ll\ !
the sel'vlcos to the men who were Injur
led. on the \1I.fatt'l1 \ gunbont Donnlngton.
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WHAT JAPS WANT I
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AN INDEMNITY OF A BILLION
DOLLARS ASKED.
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OTHER DEMANDS TO BE MADE
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Cession of Sakhalin Island and Return
of Manchuria to ChInn-Conference
to Meet August 8 , when Terms of
Protocol Will Be Submitted.
W ASHINOTON.-Whethor there Is
to 1fo peace In the far P. ! st or a can.
tlnuanco at the war will be practically
Ilec1dml at the first business meeting
at the Washlnston conrerenco , which
will convene at the navy yard , Portsmouth -
mouth , N. H. , about August G. Daron
Komura wl\1 \ on that occason commun.
cato to M. Witte , the essentials of
Japan' lIeace terms , for further nego-
tiations.
This , It Is declared , will not bo done
In a spIrit of dofiance. Indeed there
are many ovldoncos In the possession
or the neutral governments that Japan ,
Is coming to the Washington conter-1
once , not Imbucd with a deslro to hum-I
lIIate Russia , but only to exact terms :
whIch wHI Insure a Instlng peace In
the far east , and whIch will In a meas-I
uro compensate Japan for , the financial
losses I the Ilresent conflict. '
Although guarding with great care
the official statement of Its terms Japan -
pan hns not kept from scveral friendly -
ly governments the general character
of these terms. .
Omclal 'Washington ' has been enabled -
abled to form within certain limits a
general idea of their character.
It Is known that Japan wl\1 \ demand
an Indemnlt ) ' that will approximately
cover the cost of the war to dato. ThIs
was communicated to RussIa. early In
the prollmlnary negotiations. The
nmount Is still a secret , but It Is based
upon the most careful estimates of the
cost at the war and will bo accom'
panled by a moro or less detailed statement -
ment , showing the method by which
the final figures were computed. It
wl\1 \ not fall tar short of $1,000,000-
000 , according to ndvlces reaching
here trom well informed sources. Be.
sides tbo Indemnity , It Is believed , Ja.
pan's other essential to the contlnu ,
anco of the negotiations 11.1'0 the ces'
slon to Japan of Sakhallen an the
transrer of Russia's lease , of the Llao
Tung peninsula and of the railway as
far as Harbin , the recognition of JIi ,
pan's predominating Infiuence in CoreD
and the return of 1\Ianclmrla to China ,
If the Russian plenipotentiaries nr
prepared to acc pt these essentials ,
the officials hero are confident that th
bases will be Inla for ncgotlatlons sure
to lead to the sgnlng of the treaty 01
'Vashlngton , bl'llItlllg peace to th (
far cast.
PEACE PLENIPOTENTIARIES - '
SAIL FOR AMERICA
P AnIS-l\I. Witte , Prpfessor de
'Vartens and II. number of officiatE
making up the Russian peace plonlpo ,
tentlar ' party. left the st. Lazare
railroad station at D : 20 In the morn
Ing for Sherboul'g from where the )
wl11 sail for New York on the NorU :
German Lloyd line steamer KalsOJ
Wilhelm del' Grosse. Many official !
and dlplomntlsts gathered at the de
pot , Including Ambassadors Nolldor :
and Casslnl and 1\1. \ Roul1mwskl , tlll
Russian financial agent. M. Wltto re
malned on the pll\lform smoking I
clgaretto and challing with the am
bassadol's until the train pulled au
when ho raised his hnt and bowed hll
fardwell salutations to the crowd. 1\1
Lep\no \ , the prefect of police , remalne (
beside 1\1. Witte until his departure
Madame Wltto and her daughter ac
companied 1\1. Witte to Cherbourg
Thence they will go to Drussels anI
romaln there during the conferenco.
. STEPS PROMPTLY TAKEN FOR
SUPPRESSING YEllOW JACI
NEW ORLEANS-Mayor Dehrmn'
- Issued a proclamation to the peep )
of New Orleans urging them to hee
the advlco of the health'nuthorltle
relntlvo to the sanitation of the !
premises nnd caUlns special attentio
to the necesslt . of screening th
houses and placing nets over cistern
and 11.11 pools ot water which mlg1 :
breed mosquitoes. , ' 1hls 'proclamatlo
was also signed by the president (
the State Doard of Henlth , presldOl :
or the City Health Board , Surgeo
Whlto of the 1\Iarlno hospital servlc
anti the advisory commltteo ot tlJ
Now Orleans Parish 1\Iolllcal soclet :
Yellow Fever Spreading.
T. NEW ORLEANS-In respon e 1
Is the request of the State Doard I
I- Health , the City Doard ot Health cor
11plied the figures at suspicious nl1
10 actual cnses or yellow fever al1
In deaUls and the figures as Issued t
In the state board show between July 1
am\ July 21\ there were about l (
cases , SUS111clou anll positive , ar
lwenty deaths , Since then there ha1
0Iloon , fift.four cases nnd twel1
\s doaUls , maltlnS' . all told. 15,1 cases ar
thlrt.t.o deaths , Todny there we :
lwo deaths , malting : H to Ilato ,
OMAIIA-\fonda ) ' , AUJust 21 , w
1Q bo Nohraslm dn ) ' Ilt the Lowls 1\1
Clllrlt OXllosltion at PortJnnd , necor
or Ing to the decision 01 : the Nebrasl
11 commission at a meeting 110M
:111 : Omaha.VOlnosday. . . which was I
tended b ) ' Commlsslonors WillIam
Warner of Dalwta Clt ' , H. G. Shel
of Ashland nnd Gcorge 1 . Loomis
I romont. Governor : \lIeltoy wl11 he :
\0 the delogatlon which will go fro
rcNobraslm nnlIIn orator of the dl
311' wl11 bo seleciclt IntoI' . Nobrnslm h
ed been nttractln ; conslclerablo aUentl :
at the exposition.
.
I
WYMAN WILL TAKE CHARGE
- > - . . .
Surgeon General to Have Control of , !
Yellow Fever Situation.
W ASHINOTON - Surgeon Oeneral
Wyman of the public health and marino -
rino hospital servlco , who has been
absent from the cIty on official business -
ness , 111 now on his way to WashIngton -
ton nnd upon hIs arrIval will glvo personal -
sonal attention to the yellow fever
situation In Now Orleans.
Acting Surgeon Ooneral OIannan of
the public health and marIne hospital
servlco was Informed by Surgeon ' .
White , who represents that sJrvlco at.61\
Now Orlenns , that there had been 11. 1' )
deaU\ from YOllov fever In that city
outsldo the district In which provjous
deaths had occurred.
PREPARATION FOR THE
PEACE CONFERENCE
PORTSMOUTH , N. H.-Propara-
tlons for the peace conference are progressIng -
gressIng rapidly and satlsfactorll ) ' ,
and by August . 5 , the day on which the
plenlpotentla.rles are expected to
reach Portsmouth from Oyster Day , i
on board the Mayfiower and the Dolphin -
phin , all will be In readiness for tholr
recoptlon. The Washington government -
ment and the state ot New Hampshlro
are co.oporatlng 1n the effort to malm
tI1e surroundings of the conference II.S
sultnblo as posslblo and are receiving
generous assistance' from the people
of Portsmouth and the adjacent vn-
lagos of Rlttery , Mo. , where the navy
yard Is located and Newcastle , N. H. ,
near which. the plenipotentiaries will
have quarters In the Hotel Went-
worth.
. ,
THE BENEFICIARIES
,
OF MR. HAY'S Will
W ASHINOTON.-Tho will at John
Hay , 1ato secretary of state was filed
, tor probate In the office of the regIster
ot wills for the DIstrict of ColumbIa.
The beneficiaries are his widow and
his brother and sister. His brother ,
Leonard Ha ) ' , and his sister , Mary Hay
Woolfoll\ , are glvon all the property
at Warsaw. Ill. , and the sum of $25,000
I each , His brother , Charles Edward
I Ha ) ' , Is given $60,000 , and Harwood
I Otis Whitney of Keolmlt , la. , $2,000. , . . . . . .j
All t.ho rest of thl } propert ) ' ot all description -
scription Is left to Clara. Stone Ha ) ' ,
his widow. Nothing Is contained In .
I the will to indlcato the value of the
, estate , Pa 'no Whitney and .Tamos
Wolcott Wadsworth , jr. , sons.ln.law of
tbo deceased are na1l1ed as executors
of the estate.
'
FUNERAL OF GEN. BLACKMAR.
I
Grand Army nnd Petrlotlc Societies
Honer Dead Chieftain.
DOSTON-Veterans of the civil war ' . ,
sons of veterans , members of the , '
Women's Relief corps and other pa-
trlotlc so letles paid honor to the late
General Wilmon W. macltmar , whoso
fUlleral wns held In this clt ) ' , where
less than a year ago at the national
encampment of the a'rnnd Arm ) ' of the
Ropubllc , ho was elected commander .
In. chief.
During the morning the body lay In
state In Memorial hall at the state
house , surrounded by the battle fiags
- borne by the troops of the commonwealth -
wealth durlng'tho civil war. The funeral - .
neral was conducted b ) ' Rev. A. H.
Horton , chaplain of the Massachusetts I
senate ,
YOUNG RUSSIAN
, CHOOSES FREE AMERICA
NEW YORK.-A .oung Russian ,
claiming the tltlo of Prince Potomltlne ;
and said to bo the son of AdmIral Po-
tomldno of the Russian navy , II. descendent -
scendent of the house of Potomltlno
from which the mutinous battleship
Knla Potemldne derived Its name , Is
In this city. He arrived Mondn ) ' night
on the French liner Labretagne. The
young man made the trip In the steerage -
age , although when his property was
ir oxamlned at Ellis Island It was found
h had nearl ) ' $25,000' In cash. To hIs
follow travelers the young man said .
ho had sold his placo'in Russia , had :
divided a sum , the equivalent of $10-
000 nmong his ten aunts and had left Ij
Russia for nIl time. Ho said after 1\ . : '
I
short sojourn In the east ho would go
west and buy a farm. Ho declaimed J
against existing conditions In Russia
and said ho did not deslro to lIve longer - ,
er In that country. I
I
Bryan at Chautauqua. ,
to MASON CITY , la-Wllllam Jen'l
of nlngs Dryan opened the Clear Lalm " i
n. Chautauqua Monday with 11. lecturo. ,
id Twonty-fivo hundred people heard I
ld him. Governor 1J Follette speaks 1
IY Saturday.
l3 j
)0 $100,000,000 a Year In Tlpt. . .
Id PAntS-According to statisticians , 1
Is spent I\nnunll ' In Ito I
to $100,000,000 tips
to In Franco. In Paris alone $2GOOOOOO
HI Is given In "pourboll'os" 'early. There
ro average fOI' Paris Inns ) Ier head and
per day Is 7 % centimes. " ' '
't \ " ,
111 Singing Evangelist Arrives.
ld NEW YORK-Charles M. Alexnnder
'dthe singing evangelist , who conduct :
1m ed the recent 1.onl1on rovlval meot-
In Ings , nrrlved on the steamer Cart -
\ tpathla. . Ho Is going to the Moody sum-
P. mer conference at El\st Northfiold ,
111 Moss.
of
lHl New Panama Officers. " .
1m NEW YORK.-a A. DrnltC , seero- 1-0"
rty tnry nnd treasurer of the Panama Rnll- ' "
as ronll COIl1)It\n ) ' , has been appointed as-
-
on slqtllnt to Pr { ' hlont Shonts , who sallew
I Saturda ) ' for Panamn. .