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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1905)
; WILSON TO STAY I I - SECRETARV OF AGRICULTURE ! ! WILL HOLD ON. WILL REORGAIUZE HIS WORK - Seeking Men of Standing and Educa. tlon to Fill Important Posltlons- At Oyster Bay by President's Invlt. atlon. - OYSTmlt pAY , N , Y.-Secretary Wilson will reorganIze thoroughly the crop statistics hureau or the dopart. mont or agrlculturo. accorlllllg to III' formation hero. Already ho Is seole. Ing men or standIng and oducatlon to conduct the wore ] or the bureau-men In whom the farmers and growers or the country will have explicit confil ] ' once and who will plnco the report ot the bureau on a slnndard of oxce ] . , lonco novel' heretofore achlevod. Ono " mnn he has tound , nlthough ho docs not at this tllllo wish to pUblish his . name. 'I'ho other three ho hopes to . , ' aecuro In a shOl'l time. Two or them /1 will be southern men and l10th will ; . bo exports In coUon and tolmcco stn. tlstlcs. 'I'hls , In hrlor , Is ono of the ' WilBon eluel. I' Ideas which Secrelnry dated to President lloosevelt. , In rellllon80 to Invllatlons twice ex. tended , Secretary Wilson visited the : prosldont at Sagamoro III 11. Prior to t , hIs eonterenco with the president , ) Socrotnry Wilson was 1I0t communlca. . tlve. It was Imown thnt ho had como to OY8tor Day to dIscuss with the presldont the sItuation In the dopart. mont of , agrlculturo , ao dovolollcd hy the Invostlgatlons now In progress In the huroauB of statistics and of pant ] Industry , but ho docllned to go Into any dotalls until h had talleOI with the proslllent. In addItion to the In. qulry which Is bolng made Into the alleged Irregulnrltles which have do. vololled , the lIocrotary , on his own ac. count , Is matlng ] a rigid Investigation ot other bureaus of the department his detormlnatlon beIng absolutely to 1IUrgo It or any taint of corruption. In hIs wore ] Socrotnry Wn80n has the npproval ot the president , whoso dl. rectlon haa hecn to ollmlnato ovcry form of grart In the dopartment. At the conclusion ot his confer. once , Secretnry Wilson talltcd trantly ] nbout some IlhnBes of the work In his depnrtment. 110 wns nstel1 ] whether there wns nny' 1\Iwllnood \ ot his early rollnqulshmont o ( his llortfollo ns Aec- retary ot agrlculturo , 110 replied , with a smllo : "Do you remember the story ot An. rew Fnlrservlco In Sir Wnlter Scott's Rob Roy ? Anllrow's mnster wns GO' tng to dlBchnrgo him. In fl\ct ho told 111m to go. A1HIrew sall1 : "I won't go , " "Why not ? " nsltol1 the master. "Becauso I won't , " replied Androw. " 'Veil , you are dIBchnrgCl , " de- cared ] the nU\fjer. "I won't go , " retorted Anl1rew. "If you don't ] mow when you have a . good servant , I lmow when I have a good master. " GUDAHYS IN A BIG DEAL TO BUILD GULF PIPE LINE INDEPENDENCE , Knn.-It Is nn- nouncod negotiations have been com. pletell In Plttsburg , Pa. , by the Moon ] ] ] ros. , the Cudnh's nnd the Shell Trnnsportatlon comlllU1Y , for the finnncing of the proposed pi po IIno to the Gulf of Mexico , with the Union Trust c01l1pnny of that city. The plpo , lIne will extend trom Chnnuto to Port Arthur , a dlstnnco of GGO miles , nnd will cost nbout $ GOOOOOO. The com- Imny holds options on 10,000 bnrrels productions , and these expire next weee. The plan Is to close the doa ] by August 1. HILL ROAD GETS RIGHT.OF.WAY , Great Northcrn and Homcr Line Set. tie Their Differences. SIOUX ClTY , la.-Tho Grent North ern rallrond nnd the Slom : Clt ) . 110mer & Southern road , hnvo Bottlel tholr dlsputo ns to the Northern'l right to cross the Inl1lan resorvntlol nnd the Northern will llroceecl at oncI with Its work on the Ashlnnl1 exton Hlon. A hearing wns to have beel helel before the secretary of the In torlor , but It was called err becausl at the wltlHlrawal of the protes against the Northorn's Invasion of th , territory. The 8ecretnry of the hl torlor has aplu'oved the Northern' , map. Devlin Will Go to Ireland. TOPEKA , I\an.-Mr. : nnl1 Mrs. C. J Dovlin loft for S11rlng Wator. III where they will visit a weoe. ! The will then go to Irelaml , where M ; Devlin will BDeml a month or mm' trying to regain his health. It Is \\I derstood that. when ho returns to 'fl IH1m ] ho will bo flvon charge of hi . cstato , the creditors bollvlng thl course woull1 result In the estnto 1111 : ing out sooner. Eastern llUrties wi advance the money su lelont to pl1 err calms ] ntHl the court will then l nseod ] to dlschnrgo the recolvel's. Dead In School Bulldlno , PHOENIX , Ariz.-Great m'stel surrounds the sul'ldo of Prof. S , Lowls , Ilrlnclpnl Qf 'l'ompo IllIb ] schools , which was 1lIsl'overe 'rue ay , hut IJrohnhly occurred Inst woe .o was unmarried , highly rospech amI had heen employed as prlncl11 for the next school : rear. School hr tJeon cosell ] for several woelts , nr . on Tuesdny morning llI1ll1tors wont. the school house to wor ] ( . A fright ! 01101' cnusOl nn Invostlgntlon , whe t' . " hody was found \ ' .much decol 3osod : : . , ' . " . . . . . . . . . . . . . : " f : ' i 15i. . . . " . / . 1)L - . , . , . . ' ISSUES LETTER , The MOlXlulto Only Spreads the Vel. low Fever. NEW OIUJgANS - 'rhousllnds oC circulars are to ho sent throlllh the soutl hy the huslnes ! ! men of Now Ol'leans containing an emphnlle dee. Inrntlon hy Dr. , J. II. Whlto at the United States Inrlno hospital servIce - Ice that freight cannot cllrry yollow' f'vcl' Inrectlon. Dr. Whlta has wrIt. ton the laUeI' to Preshlent Iohnlto at the Donrd of Trnde. Dr. Whlto sn's : "Thoro Is no posslhle wny In whlcb yellow tevor mny'he tmnsmltted ether than by the mosquito , and trellht can. not under any clrcumstnnces bo In. fected In this way , but only In so tar ds It might hccome the resldenco of an Infectell mosquito. It Is not 1I1(01y to hocolllo the resldenco of nny ] tlnd ot mosquito , much le8s the Intected mosquito , whoso IlI'esenco In buslness , and manufncturlng establishments would In the nnturo of things to bo a very remote con tlngency. " REVENUES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SAN DOMINGO W ASIIING'rON-The revenues of the ropublle ot Snnto Domingo collect. ed under the matlus vlvven.1I . between Preshlent Roosevelt and the Domini. can government by American officials commlsslenell hy the Dominican gov. ernment , nmount to $331G48 for the monthfl ot April nnd 1\Iny. Of this nmount , there hns hcen pnced ] In the CIty Nntlonal banle of Now York to the credit at the trust fund for the honefit ot the creditors at the republlo $1G7,313. This money will be hold un. tll the United States senate has taeon ] nctlon In the mattor. The expense of collecting the revenues - nues for the two months Includes $11 , . 9GO tor 8nllrle8 ] and $1,010 tor travel. Ing oxpenses. THEV LIKE OUR WAY. Americans Are Popular with the Japanese. NAGASAKI. Jnpan.-Tho steamer Manchuria , with the Taft party on board , sailed thin evening. During the afternoon Socrotnry 'ratt and Miss Allco Roosevelt iI.ttanded. an out.door teto at Ouswapark clvon by the gov. ! ernor. There was a largo concourse I at .Tapaneso and foreigners anll II. hearty reception was given the vlsl. tors. Miss Reosevelt was } ) resented with n largo bouquet by the ] adles' patrIotic society , Before the depart. uro of the party , Secretary Tatt said to a ropresontatlvo ot the Associated preBS : "Wo were wholly unprepared for the enthuslnstlc recelltlon which wo hllve had at the hands of the Jnpnn. ese government and people ; Wo feel , of course , that this Is due to the ltlndly feeling of the empror to. I wards the American government and ! peoille , Il11t wo are assured trom pub. ' 110 manifestations that the officllll and popular wills are In acrord. During our visit to Totlo ] grnnd entertain. ments were glvon In our honor and for our enjoyment and to the Interest. Ing visit to K'oto , the ancient capital , where we SIlW evldonces of the won. dorful gonlus and slUl of Japanese artists and artisans , was a fitting ell. max , "During our stay wo were accompan. led by M. Nngasatl ] anll his estlma. hlo wlto , and nso the Count and Countess Terashlmn , from Toltlo , who lookell after the Interests ot the en. tlro party of elghty.three with the de- greO of foresight , care and ] tlndly pn. tlenco that enahled thom to carry through the long program of tunc. tlons during the trip of 300 mlles from Totlo ] to Kobe without a hitch at nny juncture. " SENTIMENT IN JAPAN IS FOR MORE FIGHTING , NEW YORK-Nnsujlro Ishllmwa , eilitor of the IIachl Shlmhun , ot To. ] tlo , ono of the men olllcially accom. . pnnylng Iomura , the .TnllaneS ! } peace envoy , gave out an Intervlow In which ho outllnoll whnt ho declared to be the popular feollng In Japan 1'0' gnrellng pence terms. " 1\1) ' Ileopio teol that this Is no time tor pence ; that It Is too early , " ho \ said. "First , we 1IIust get Harbin , . and Vadlyostole ] , for unless wo got them wo tear that b ) ' and by wo shall have to fight again. Wo must stop Russian amhltlon now , once tor all. Wo do not wish to fight the Russlnns again , once Ilonco has been con. cluded. " Authorities Take Hopeful View. W ASIl1NG'l'ON - A dispatch 1'0 , . , celved by S\U'geon Genera ] Wyman 01 the Il\Jbllc health nnd marino hosplta ] sorvlce , tram Dr. J. II. Whlto , In charge of the service wore at Noy , Orleans , tells of' the stops taeon ] b Surgeon T. 1" . Hlchnrd on , who Is su. . ! lorYlslnt ; the wore In the Infectell dls ttlct : for UIIJ cltr bonrd of health. Ii reports that. on \\Jrsdn ) ' anll Frida ) ot ] ast weee there were l,91S house ! Inspected , HI cases of slcmess ] wel'l Inyestlgatod nnd 2,000 11\01'0 tants ] ant cisterns oiled. Dlnhop Hargrove Dying. ) ' NASIIVIIJI-E , Tcnn.-mshop R. It : > . IInrgro\'o or the I thodlst 1'lIlscolll1 ' Ic chur'h , south , Is relJOI'tcd In a (1)'hll ( s. condition at his homo hero. Infirm ! Ie. ties of old ago caused the hlshop tl HI roolgn the Ilr051110Ilc ) ' of VnJ\llerhll al unl\'orslts bOI\\'d of trustees thl ul sllrlng , III to Deficit for July $13,680,000. , ul W ASlIINC'\fON - . . : . 'rho 1I\0nthl )11 sllltOIllOl1t of the gO\'ol'J\Jllont receillt n. anI I oXllodlturoq shows a ,1ellclt to UII ) 1I\0utl1 of S13.GSO.IJOO. . , ' ' ' ' ' ' . - . . _ " " . - - ' " _ _ ' ' --C . ENVOYS ON VISIT - - , WILL CALL UPON THE PRESI. DENT SATURDAV. THOSE WHO WILL ACCOMPANY Japanese Minister' Will Be the FIrst to Reach Oyster Bay-Witte and Roscn and Their Suits Will Follow on the Cruiser Tacoma. Nl J\V YOHK-Actlng tor the presl. dent , Third Asslstnnt Secretary of State Pelrco on 'I'hursday communi. cated to Daron Rosen , the Russian am. bassador , and M. Tatahlra. ] The Jap. aneso mlnlstor , the olnclal program for t.ho formal presentation to the llresldent of the Russian and .Taplll1eso plenipotentiaries to the WMhingtOlL confol'ellce. 'fhls program hM for weoes ] weoe ] a sUbject of much study on the part of t.ho president and Mr. Polree. As the Ilresldonl's ropresentatlvo Mr. Pelrco will accompany Daron Komura nl1l1 M. Talmhlra and their sulto to the pIer of the Now Yore ] Yacht club at East Twenty.thlrd strehl nt 9 o'clocc ] Saturdny morning , where the doegatlon ] will bOllrd the protected cruiser Tacoma , Commander Alexan. del' Sharp commlI1llng ! , nnd UlO ves. sel will start for Oyster Day. IIolf an hour ] ater Mr. Pelrco will perform n similar ceremony on M. 'Vltto and Dnron Rosen , the Russian penlloten. ] Uarles , and their suite , who 'will go aboard the protected crulsor Chat. tanooga , Comander Reginald F. Nloh. olson commnndlng. Mr. Peirce will then onrd the oon. vOl-ted yacht SYlph , which , steaming rapIdly ahead and talO llosltlon at the front of the column. ArrIving at Oy. ateI' Day nbout noon the "lloaco squad. ron" will anchor , itA arrival being loudly heralded by the fil'lng of an am. bnssadorlal salute of nlnoteon guns. The Japanese plonlpotentlarles will como on board from the Tacoma and bo presented by Assistant Secretary Polrco. Half an hour later the Rus. sian envoys will come aboard and ho presonted. Immedlatoly the president w1l1 formally present'tho Russian and Japnneso plenlpotentlalrles to each other. A Imrret. luncheon In the cabin ot the Mayfiower will follow. Atts conclu. slon the Jalll\neso mission w:1ll : taleo leave of the president and board the Dolphin. Mr. Pelrco will go aboard the cruiser Galveston , and the president. will then talco leave of the Russlnn mission nnd go ashore. agnln receiving a. salute of twenty-ono guns. Under convoy of the cruiser Galves. ton , Commander Cutler commlll1dlng , wtth Mr. Peirce aboard , the RussIans , on the Mayfiower , and the Japanese on the Dophln ] , will sail for Ports- mouth. 'I'he squadron will steam slow. Iy , so as not to arrl\'o there before 10 o'cloce ] Mondny mornlllg , Desirous of being strictly neutral In un the arrnngemets for the presentn- lion , It was decllloll at the outset. by the Washington government. that the presldont would recognlzo no proced. once based on successes In the present war. war.Decauso Decauso Daron Komura was prescnt- ed at Sagamoro Hill almost a weec be. [ ere M. W.ltto arrived In this country It was decided tbat tor this reason Oaron Komura must tae ] precedence verI. ! . Witte. This , however , will be recognized only In tbe half hour's dlf- , ferenco In the tlmo of U10 presentation of the two missions , RUSSIAN PEACE ENVOY NOW IN THIS COUNTRY , NEW YORK-Serglus Witte , the Russian pence plenlpot.entlary , who bas arrived In this countr ) ' , emphatically - cally denied hav g satd that Japan's peace terms were Intolerahe ] , He also denied positively that , ho had predict. ed thnt the conference would breae ] up n week. I M. Wltto brings with him Instructions - tions prepared by ] 's emperor whtch ; mUlno Uw general policy which ho Is a.uthorlzed to pursue. They are in many reSlects elastic and will aid rather than hamper 1\I. Witte , provld. , tl the terms submitted b ) ' Jalllln , In his opinion , appear reasonable. It WIlB 11so made plain by Roveral of 1\1. Wltto's sui to that ho has not como to the 'Vashlngton conference to obtain peace at any prlco. OfficlaH ) ' the Rus. sllll1 mission Is , of course , unaware of Tapan's terms , and unt.ll they have been handed to him by Baron Komura , "Russla " will await. results lll\tlenUy nnd without anxlet ) . . " ADMIRAL ROJESTVENSKV . - I Able to Leave His Bed But Stili Has Pains. TOKIO - Admiral . Rojest\'ensQ"s ] . condition has mndo satisfactory pro' . sress slnco the operation was per. formed on his forehead. Ho was 'ablo to leave his bed and Bit In a chail' ) 'esterllay. Pains In ono foot , howo\'or , pI'event his waHtlng tree1) ' . but no cause for uneasiness exists. The admiral has ex. Qresscl1 his slncero satisfaction at. the treatment accorded him. Guards Shoot italians. . . MF..IUDlAN , 1\Ilss. - Dr. Donald 1 state health officer In chnl'ge at Hat. ; ; tlesburg and p01nts below U'at place , I. reported , to the 1\lorllllan Star thai I ) fi\'o Italians attempting to eSCnl ) ( t from the detention camll near I lIm s berton , 1\1 I s.'i " were fired uon by thl cordon of guards. Two were ] tlllel anll three sorlous ] ) ' Injurel1. ' 1'1) ) ( guards relleatedl ) ' called on the fu 1 Y U\'es to halt , but no attention WI\ : s 11111d to tholr orders. Dr. Dunald t'C I' ports 0111y ono case at Lumberton , till orlslnnl ono. . - . - . . . . . . - . ; . . . . . _ - " - " -"Ik- - ' " - - HVDE WILL SOON COME HOME. - Former Chief Statlstlcla , . , Will Return to the United States. W ABIIINGTON-In answer to cablegram to John Hyde , former chlof statistician of the Depnrtmont of Agrlculturo urging him to return to thIs country , Secretary WilBon today received the following dispatch from Mr. IIydo : "South port , England , Aug. 2 , 1905.- Roturnlng as soon as posslblo. Let. ter. " 1\11' . Hyde left Washington nt the tlmo a grand jury hegan to Investl. gate chargc.q ot a leaengo ] In the bu. reau of statistics , hy which It Is al. leged that Edwin S. IIolmes , the tormor assoclato statlstlcla" , furnish. od advance Information at the de. partment's figurea on the cotton crop to Now Yore ] broeors. ] When Mr. Hyde resigned M chief of the bureau he agreed to hold himself ready to aid the Department ot Justlco In the Investigation It Is matlng. ] Ho took passage tor Europe a few days later and his departure was not. learned until ho was hoyond tbo jurisdiction of federal authorities who wanted him as a witness botoro tbo grand jury. VICTIMS OF BENNINGTON WILL BE SEtH HOME SAN DIEGO-Tho bodle8 of the Donnlngton boys who were hurled In the military cemetery on Point Lorna are to bo disinterred and sent homo to rolatlves at the expense of the gov. ernmont. The officials have discovered that attor U10 Mnlno dlsastor congress enacted a law providing for the trans. mission of the bodies of dead sailors to their , homO . After the oxploslon the undortaeers ] telegraphed to the nearest relatives of the dead men for Instructions regarding the disposition of the remains and they were Intorm. ed that the bodies could not bo shipp. cd at the government expenso. Ac. cordlngly the bodies of the forty-nino boys were Interred , unembalmed , In the IItUo burial ground on the hilt. Now Paymaster Morris Is telegrap.h. Ing to relatives that , upon their reo quest , the bodies will be disinterred and sent homo at the expense of the government. So far such request has como for two of the bodies and It Is 1IIeely that a majority 'of them wilt bo exhumed aud sent away. ! 'I ' A LITTLE DEMORALIZED ' BUT STILL IN THE RING ST. PETERSBURG-Emperor Nlch- oas' ] message to the Orenbourg cler. gy , In which ho expressed his deter. mlnatlon novel' to conclude a peace dishonorable to Russia or unworthy of her greatness , Is reprInted In ever ) ' Impel' In Russia. It bas struck are. sponslvo chord In many quarters , even among the friends of peace , The em. perOl"s words. )1Owovor , by no means hear Ollt the construction placed upon tIJt'm by the jubilant war party , nor do they at all exclude the Idea of r. successful termination of the ap' proachlng negotiations at Portsmouth , but they certain ] ) ' strengthen the mil. Itary splrft. aroused by the cabled vel" ! : ilons of the Sato Interviews and the coet ] figures represcntlng the ZII1 > POS- ell extent of the contrlbuton to bo do. ruanded by Jalll1n. . Smash Picture of Carrie Nation. TOPEKA , Kan-A crayon drawing almost life slzo of Carrlo Nation was dlscovored In the state historical rooms In ruins. No tra o of the van. daIs has been obtained. Ge'1eral Stossel Relieved. ST. PETERSBURG---General Stoes. sel has been relieved of'tho command of the third SiberIan army corps. THE CHINESE BOYCOTT ON AWERIGAN GOODS VICTORIA , D. O-Advlces trom Canton state that. when II. delegate of the Chinese IJo'cott. mo\'ement against America was explaining to students In Canton schools the nature of the agitation ho polntQd Ollt that. many students were tunics made of American - can coU ] . Those were at once torn from the bacts of the students. Varl. ous verancuar ] Chlneso papers have gl\'en notice that no American busl. ness notlco or nny news regarding Americans was to be published after July 18. "Badger Game" Men Pardoned. ALDANY , N. Y.-Wllllam E. Moore , hils band of Fayno Strahan Moore , who achlovod joint notoriety seven ) 'oars ago b ) ' worelng ] a "badger" game on 1\Iartln 1\Iahon at the Now Amsterdam hotel In Now York City , was pardoned' by Governor Higgins. 1\1001'0 WM sentenced In December , 1898 , tor twenty years. 1\1001'0 IIsed to llve at Cle\'eand ] , 0. , and many prominent citizens , Including Gov' e1'110l' Herrle ] " signed the petition for his release , A good position Is walt , Ing for 1\1001'0 as he lea\'es prison. .Jncle Sam'1 Cash. W ASIIINGTON-Tol1l1)"S statemeni of treasllr ) ' balances In the genera fllnd , oxcluslvo of the $150OOOOOC old reserve. shows : Available casl I baanco. ] $131,271I7G ! j golel coIn ant . bullion , $4,4GO,9S9 ! ) ; total , $1S0,7.32 , UIJ5. Memorial to Bennington Dead. SAN DmGO. Cnt-Funds 1'I1lsed bJ ! ) QIIIJlar sutJscrllltioll fOI' the ] lurposl I' of eroctlng a shaft In the mUltarJ I ) cemetery to commemorate the Den nlnston disaster exceed $1,000. I . . - - , - , , - " " - - RUSSIAN PAPERS THEV HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY OF COMING MEETING. ASK THE PEOPLE FOR PATIENCE - White Hat ! Full Power of Attorney- Plenipotentiary of Czar Has Back. Ing of His Master In Matter of Ar. ranging Terms of Peace. - , ST. PETERSBURG-Tho Russ , the 4tovoo Vrem'a and other represonta. tlyes ot the Russian press counsel patlenco for the brlet Interval of the meotlng ot the peace envoys and dwell on the tutlllty of atlacc1ng ] men of straw botoro It Is definitely known what terms the Japanese pro paso. The Russ saya : " 1\1. Wltto has definlto Instructions as to what demands will bo abso. lutely unaccoptnblo and will lcnow what course to adopllf such demands are presented. Wo are Ignorant of the Jalaneso ] proposals , but wo w11l know what they are in n few days. Meanwhllo let us wnlt. " Discussing the supposition that 11. combination of the powGrs might bo formed to exert pressure tor the mod. lficatlon of oxtortlonato Japanese do. mands , 1\1. Noratorr , the spoeosman of the Forolgn office , In an intervlow In the Gazetta , declnres thnt however much as n proposal might bo advan. tageous to other powers , Russia would novoI' bo the mover of such 11. pro. joet , as it bellovos that 11.11 . questions . connected with the settlement of the war should bo doclded directly between - tween the two countries Intorested. China , ho said , hnd advanced no claim to compensation for losses sustained on account of Mnnchurla being the theater of war , but no such claims would be considered. Discussing the question of creden. tlals 1\1. Neratoff said 1\1. Wltto's pow. ers were greater than M. Witte him. self had stateda and were equlvalont to 0. . full power of attorney , and that "In the conduct of the 'negotlatlons the plonlpotentlary will appear tor i the nbsolute master of the country : which had confirmed the trust In ! him. " Nevertheless M. Wltto , ho said , . had been Instructed as to maximum ! . of concosclons and If the Japanese. demands exceeded these there would bo nothing to do but to breale oft the negotiations. The Sivet also declares that Chino. . Is without standing In court regard. Ing Manchurian damages and that Russia will noyer pay for the prlvl. lego at shedding its blood In a coun. try to which it was called by the "Boxer" outrago. The Chlneso minister at Paris , Mr. Soueng , has arrived In St. Potersburg. , THE ALASKAN RAILWAY IS TO BE PUSHED SEATTLE , Wash-.Worle on the Alaskan railway will be carrlod on nll winter as the cllmato of the coast belt Is never severe. W. D. Poland , ehlef engineer and general manager of the railway , has arrived In Seattle , bring. Ing orders for $100,000 worth of sup. plies and materllll to bo torwarded Immediately and talten In ahead of the present construction work to allow - low winter cnmps to bo operated duro Ing the snow season , when wagon transportation would bo difficult through the mountains. Including the engineers and all classes ot men , there are about 1,200 men employed In building the railway. NATIONAL CARBON TRUST TO HAVE A COMPETITOR CLEVEIJAND , O.-The Plalndealer today says : The National Carbon compnny , Imown as the carbon trust , soon wl11 hnvo a competitor with Immense . financial bacclng. ] It. developed hero that Roceetellor ] Interests are behind the United States Carbon company , which will be financed with a capital. Izatlon close to $1,000,000. For moro than a yellr the local con. cern Ims been closed down. About one month ago , however , t.ho prop. erty was bought up by Martin Drady , general manager of the East Ohio Gas compan ) " , a well lenown Rocleetoller corporation. Tbe plant Is now being overhauled at an outlay of $100,000. It wl11 be turning out cllrbon produots by September 15 , It was announced . officially yesterday. New Governor at Moscow. ST. PETERSBURG-The newspa. pel's announce the appointment of Durnovo a member of the council ot the omplre as governor general of Mos. cow In place of General Kozlofr , who Is considered to have been too vacll. latlng In his policy toward the Zem. stvo congress. Durnovo , who Is wealthy , was governor of Moscow In 1872 amI 1878. He hns had leng ex. perlenco In admlnlstratlvo posts. His , son was commander of the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Bedovy at the battle of the Sell of Japan. Crop Conditions In Russia. ST. PETERSDURG-Tho crop can. dltlons In Russia , according to M. Charles yon SChwanebach , hend of the department. of asrculturo , are by no means so grave as painted and , though . the crops are bad In six proYlnoes of the Volga basin anl1 Central Russia and asslstanco will bo required to tide over the wlnter\ \ there Is no tear of a general tallure. On the contrar ) ' , the department inrormed tllO Assoclatod Press that the harvest In other .parts of Russia Is from generally talr to good. . _ J - - LAND FRAUDS IN MONTANA. - Trial of R. M. Cobban , Accuscd of . . Subornation of Perjury. " " ' - . . HELENA , Mont.-In the fodernl court before JUdge W. H. Hunt , In the trIal of R. 1\t. Cobban , who Is chnrged wtth subornntlon of perjury In connee. tlon with timber land entrIes In west. ern Montana In 1809 , the stand Was occupied all day by Albert Jamison , for the government. Jamison wan or. Iglnally Indicted tor pcrjury In can. nectlon- wIth entrlell , hut the cnso against him WM nolled. Ho wns ono of about eIghty against whom Indict. ments were returned. Jamison on Ills direct examination testified that hO\ ) had an asreement wltb Cobban to lo. , , \ cato people on claims who would sel1 to Cobban after they got title , nnd the witness was to bo vald trom $10 t'o $25 for locatln entrymen an ontrywo. men. Ho testified that ho had been paid by Cobban from. $800 to $1,600 for his worle. WILL FURNISH MONEY FOR RUSSIAN INDEMNITY DERLIN-In view of the probability' oJ an early peace between Russia nnd--/ ' Japan , the terms of which will Involve \ the payment of II. very heavvy tndem' nlty py Russia , the financiers of Eu. rope have been holding conferences to the end that the peace Indemnity mo.y . I bo paid without seriously disturbing the finances of the world. The Mendel. ' ssohns , the DerUn bankers , who hnvo ' been for many years the representn. . . tlves on the continent of the Russian r government , and who have negotiated ' mlll1Y ot the Russlnn loans , have termed an a11lnnco with the Roth. \ ' I hllds tn respect of the matter and have held communications with all the . leading financial Institutions both on the continent nnd In Engand. ] They , nro about. to send their reprcsentatlves to New York with n view to enlisting I the cooperation of the larger financiers of the United States. I Order 19 Hcld Up. WASHINGTON-At the suggestion 1 of Prosldent Roosevelt , the War de. partment order cbanglng the assign. i I ment of Drlgadler.Generas ] Buchanan , Edgerly and BUss , has been held up temporarily , pending a posslblo re- nsslgnment. HATE TO GIVE UP ' THEIR FREE PASSES - - KAUKAUNA , Wis.-As a result of the enforcement of the new state law donylng pUhl1c officials the rIght to travel on railroad passes a number of Kaucauna ] officials wl11 probably reo sign. Mayor C. E. Raught and Alder. man E. H. Whltmlln are among these who have been using tree transpor. tatlon. . Three members ot the south sldo school board are railway emplo'es and enjoy transportation privileges. ' . Dr. Tanner , president of the library ' -4 " board , already has resigned rather \han ] ese his free pass privilege M I , com pan ) " physician , and Mrs. C. H. . Hartley , James I. Tonter and Luther Lindauer , three other library board members , will , It Is said , either have to resign or lose tholr accustomed privileges. NEW YORK GOVERNOR ON UNIFORM DIVORCE LAW r- ALDANY , N. Y.-Governor Higgins expressed himself In favor of the pro. : posed co-operation of state commls. sloners to secure uniformity ot dl. vorce legislation throughout the coun. try. In a letter to Governor Penny. pacl er of Pennsylvania , he said : _ "I have no authority to appoint del. egates to a congress to meet In WMh. Ington to consider the subject of dl. vorco , but I think the matter falls , properly wtthln the jurisdiction of t.he commlsslonors for the promotion of unltormlty of legislation In tbo United States , and I have referred ) 'our com. munlcatlon to Walter S. Loglln of 27 Williams street , Now York City , wbo . Is the senior commissioner In this state , and have requested him to com. munlcato with his collengues and , if \ possible , to attend such a congress , should It meet , on behalf of the state of New Yore. ] " Go to Copenhagen. DANTZIG , Prussla.-Emperor WIl. lIam sailed Sunday aboard the im. perlal yacht Hohenzollern for Copen. hagen to visit King Christian. SUIT AGAINST EQUITABLE. Officers , Directors and Members of Committees Made Defendants. . . . . NEW YORK-An action was InsU. I tuted Monday by State Attorney Gen. eral Julius 1\1. Tha'er In the supreme court , Now Yore ] county. In the name of the people of the state ot Now I Yore ] , against the Equltablo Lito As. suranco society , Its officcrs , directors and members of the executlvo and finan o committees , aU ot which are . , named In the compalnt. ] Ex.Gov. Hogg to Leave Texas. 'f . , DALLAS , Tex.-Former Governor r . .Tames S. Hogg has been ordered by his ph'slclans to lea\'o Texas and take up his residence , perhaps per' manentl ) ' , at. a higher altitude. Ho has heen 11\ \ for the last six months. Parliament Will Hang On , LONDON-'fho Dally Telegraph l1\ales the authorltntl\'o announce. ment that parliament wl1\ \ not be dls. ) ' soved ] this ) 'ear unless the govern. , mOI1t. Is again detented before proro. catlon : - l' , . " I . . _ . . ' ' - : ; . " J/ : " ; - - -