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THE WAR IS OVER RUSSIA AKD JAPAN SETTLE BY DIPLOMACY. All AESIISTICE WILL BE SOUGHT In the Negotiations Japan Yields Many Important Points Russia Pays No Indemnity and Gets Half cf Sakhalin. PORTSMOUTH. N. H. Tlie long and bloody war between Japan and Russia is ended. The terms of peace were settled by 1.1. Witte and Baron Komura at the session of the confer ence Tuesday raorjilng. and in the af ternoon preliminary arrangements for an armistice were concluded and the actual work of framing the "treaty of Portsmouth" was by mutual agreement turned over to Mr. De Martoas, Rus sia's great international lawyer, and Mr. Dennison, who for twenty-five years has acted as the legal adviser of the Japanese foreign office. The treaty is expected to be completed by the end of the week. This happy conclusion of tlie confer ence, which a week ago would have been shipwrecked had it not been for the heroic intercession of President Rooseelt, was sudden and dramatic. For the sake of peace. Japan, with the magnanimity of a victor, at the last moment yielded everything still in issue. Russia refused to budge from the ul timatum Emperor Nicholas had given to President Roosevelt through Am bassador Meyer. No indemnity under any guise, but an agreement to divide Sakhalin and reimburse Japan for the maintenance of the Russian prisoners were his last words. They had been repeatedly reiterated in M. Witte's in structions anil in the form of a writ ten reply to the Japanese compromise proposal of last Wednesday, they were lolivered to Baron Komura this morn ing. M. Witte went to the conference declaring be was powerless to change the dot of an "i" or the cross of a "t" in his instructions. Emperor Nicholas' word had been given not only to him. but to President Roose velt, the head of a foreign state. When Baron Komura. therefore, first offered the new basis of compromise outlined in the Associated Press dispatches last night (the complete renunciation of indemnity coupled with a proposition for the redemption of Sakhalin at a price to be fixed by a mixed tribunal consisting of representatives of the neutral powers, in fact, if not in words, the solution offered by the president), M. Witte again returned a non possumus. It was what M. Witte termed in his interview with the Associated Press the "psychological moment." M. Witte did not flinch. He expected a rupture and. as he expressed it afterward, he was stunned by what happened. Baron Komura gave way on all the disputed points. With the prescience that has enabled the Japanese to gauge the nientnl processes of their adversaries on the field of battle and upon the .sea. they had realized in advance that peace could be obtained in no other way. They had warned their govern ment. President Roosevelt had ad vised Japan that it meet the Russian position rather than take the responsi bility of continuing the war for the purpose of collecting tribute. The mikado, at the session of the cabinet and elder statesmen yesterday, had sanctioned the final concession. When Baron Komura yielded the rest was m're child's play. Articles X and XI (interned war ships and the limitation of Russia's sea power in the far cast) were with drawn. Japan agreed that only that portion of the Chinese Eastern rail road south of Quanchontzi. the posi tion occupied by Oyama. should be ceded to Japan. Both sides, once the deadlock was broken, wanted a "just nntl lasting" peace, and in that spirit ,it was decided to practically neutral ize Sakhalin. THE CZAR'S ORDERS WERE CARRIED OUT ST. PETERSBURG The following i the text of M. Witte's cablegram to Emperor Nicholas announcing peace: "I have the honor to report to your majesty that Japan has agreed to your demands concerning tho condi tions of peace and that consequently peace will be established, thanks to your wise and firm decision and in strict conformity with the instruc tions of your majesty. "Russia will remain in the far east the great power which she hitherto has been and will be forever. "We have applied to the execution of your orders all our intelligence and iir Russian hearts. We beg your majesty mercifully to forgive that we have been unable to do more." Sincere Joy. at Odessa. ODESSA News of the conclusion of peace was received by all classes here with sincere joy and immense relief, and especially as the promulga tion of a ukase for the mobilization uf troops on the previous day clearly indicated the possibility of a contin uance of the war. The peace terms are considered a great victory for M. Witte. The conclusion of peace is im portant to Odessa, whose commerce and industry suffered severely during tho war. Stockholders Vote Merger. SAN FRANCISCO Tho stockhol 1 crs of the Southern Pacific Railroad company, represented mainly by prox ies, at a meeting in this city have voted their approval to the recent mer ger of the Southern Pacific railway i.f California with the Southern Pacific Railroad companies of Arizona and New Mexico. Following this action the stockholders voted to increase the capital stock of the corporation to $160.000 000 and to issue bonds for that amount to meet requirements of the roads. TCTL3TOI IS MUCH PLEASED. But FearsThat Other Wars Will Come. MOSCOW Count Tolstoi received information Tuesday that peace at Portsmouth was practically assured, according to an intimate friend of the family. Commenting then upon peace as an established fact, Count Tolstoi said : "I am indeed very happy to see the end of this fearful butchery, but it is a gieat certainty that this war will not be the last. It cannot be the last war. because nations will fight each other so long as the social system re mains unchanged, so long as opposi tion and tin cat sare considered dog mas of society." Tolstoi made no comment on the conditions of peace, declaring them to be quite unimportant in comparison with the final results to bo attained through the conference. TWO JAPANESEOFFICIALS MAKE LIBERAL GIFT PORTSMOUTH X. II. Baron Ko mura and Mr. Takahira. who last week attended a garden party at York. Maine, having subsequently as certained that the party was organ ized partly for the benefit of the York hospital, gave $1,C00 to the fund. The management of the hospital has requested the Associated Press to make public the fact of this "munifi cent and unexpected gift" and to an nounce that it has been decided to perpetuate it by endowing two beds in the" hospital and placing over them tablets inscribed with the names of the donors. A RUNAWAY HUSBAND BROUGHT TO NEBRASKA SPRINGFIELD. IH. Governor De neen heard the application for a war rant on a requisition from Governor Mickey of Nebraska for the return to North Platte, Neb., of Henry D. Nor ris of Anchor, who is wanted on the charge of abandoning his wife and child. Morris, through his attorney, Mr. Sterling, fought the issuing of a warrant on the ground that he had made a contract to marry the com plainant, and that there was a stipu lation that after their child was born he did not have to remain, and there fore there was no abandonment. Gov ernor Deneen issued the warrant for his return. SHOULD BLESS HEAVEN FOR IT Russian Minister of Agriculture lo Well Pleased. ST. PETERSBURG Among those who are completely satisfied with the results of the Portsmouth conference are Charles von Schwanebach, minis ter of agriculture, who said to the As sociated Press: "We should bless heaven for so happy and honorable a settlement of the war. Peace is highly desirable, and we can now devote our attention to the settlemenet of Russia's inter nal problems, which need careful and undivided efforts without external complications. ALL MATTERS SETTLED IN BENNETT CASE NEW HAVEN. Conn. All litigation over the estate of Philo S. Bennett, a former merchant of New York City, of which William J. Bryan was executor, is believed to be ended by the filing of a notice in probate court to tho effect that an appeal of Mrs. Grace Imogene Bennett, the widow, and oth er heirs, to the allowance of Mr. Bry an's accounts, will be withdrawn. Tho notice of an appeal had been entered for a hearing and this action by the heirs was expected. For Tuberculosis Patients. TOPEKA Secretary S. J. ' Crum bine of the state board of health says the physicians of the state will use their inlluence to have the next legis lature establish a hospital for th3 treatment of tuberculosis. He says one is badly needed and that it should be located in western Kansas, where the air is light. Quarantines Against Memphis. HOUSTON. Tex. State Health Of ficer Tabor quarantined against Mem phis. The restrictions affect only peo ple from Memphis, passengers coming through the Memphis gateway continu ing to be admitted to Texas. Sells Road to China. NEW YORK As the result of the conference between the president and J. P. Morgan at Oyster Bay the Chi nese Development company held a meeting and ratified the sale of the Hankow railroad back to China. Rock Hard to Penetrate. ONAWA The well for Onawa's water works is now down about 1C0 feet, the last sixty feet being in solid limestone, which is so hard that the big drill can hardly penetrate it. Russians Settling in Panama. PANAMA Fifty Russian families left Panama for Chirique. Arrange ments have been made by "vhich the same number of Russian families will be settled every month in different portions of the republic. The govern ment gives each family 300 and thirty acres of land. Bubonic Planue on Isthmus. WASHINGTON Consul General Lee at Panama cables the state depart ment that there was one death from pwRiie at Panama n taturdav Rojestvensky About Recovered. TOKIO Rear Admiral Rojestven sky has so far recovered from the effects of wounds received at the bat tle of the sea of Japan that he will be brought to Kioto early in Septem ber. Taft Party is at Olongapo. MANILA A dispatch received here reported the arrival of the transport Logan at Olongapo. with Secretary Taft and party on board. The Logan was scheduled to arrive at this port Monday morning and came in on time. FOLLOWS TREATY AFTER THAT IS SIGNED THEN COMES ARMISTICE. MATTERS AREABOUT FINISHED Treaty Is Nearly Completed, and When It Is Finally Perfected the Docu ment Will Be Cabled to Tokio and St. Petersburg for Signature. PORTSMOUTH. N. H. An armis tice has been signed to take effect af ter signature to the treaty. The de lay in cessation of hostilities was due to refusal of Japan to consent to ear lier time. The effect of the armistice conclud ed Friday is that it becomes operative only upon the signature of the treaty by the plenipotentiaries and continue until the final exchange of ratification of the emperors of the two countries. It is for this reason that the pleni potentiaries, who will themselves con vey to their respective capitals the momentous document, which to be come binding must receive the signa tures of their respective emperors, are anxious to leave at the earliest pos sible date, forgoing the innumerable invitations which have been showered upon them. Mr. Sato, in explanation of Japan's insistence that the armistice shall not go into effect until the treaty is sign ed, said: It is necessary that not only the commanders in the field, but all the commanders of ships, shall be notified, and this necessarily requires a little time. Japan did not desire to have the armistice go into effect until the commanders on sea and land had been notified, thus ensuring the mainten ance of the agreement. It is pointed out In Japanese circles that an armistice has practically been in effect since the conference began and it is declared that there is no ground for anxiety for a clash before tlie signature of the treaty. The only, possible hitch on the hori zon of the peace conference, accord ing to reports current here, which, however, are not officially confirmed, arises out of an evident misunder standing reached on Tuesday con templated a mutual obligation on the part of the two countries not to for tify their respective possessions on the island. At St. Petersburg, however, there seems to have been an assump tion that the agreement involved free dom of action upon the part of Rus sia in this respect in the north of Sakhalin, with an obligation on the part of the Japanese not to fortify nor use for strategic purposes the portion owned by it before 1876. which is to be retroceded in the present treaty. It is expected on both sides, however, that the hitch, if it really exists as reported, will shortly be straightened out, and it is believed that one of the subjects of tonight's conference re lated to this point. AN AMERICAN CITIZEN COMMITS MURDER ABROAD CONSTANTINOPLE The police and other officials here are making inquiries into the mysterious death by assassination. August 26, of Apik Undjian, a prominent Armenian, who was shot in the Galata quarter of this city by a man named Chirkis Vartan ian. who claims to be a naturalized citizen of tho United States. Accord ing to the official version of the affair Yartanian, who is a native of Khar put, and resided for ten years in the I'nited States, says he was ordered to vill Undjian, but refuses to say by x.hom the order was issued. Undjian vas arrested as a revolutionist during the massacres of 1S!)6, but had since iiscontintied his connection with the revolutionary party. President Approves Sentence. WASHINGTON The president has approved the sentence in the court nartial case of First Lieutenant G. S. Richards Twenty-third infantry, who was convicted ot duplicating pay ac counts and was sentenced to dismissal from the service and to one year at hard labor. BURCLARS CARRY AWAY SAFE FROM RESIDENCE STAMFORD. Conn. A steel safe af considerable eight, which is under stood to have contained $150 in cash and jewelry valued at over $20,000 mysteriously disappeared from the summer residence of Paul Bonner at Nirvana on the Sound. The famliy believe that burglars entered the nouse through a window on the lower floor and conveyed the safe to the shore and placed it aboard a vessel. It was learned tonight that one of Mr. Bonner's servants found a note in the p.ace from which the safe was re moved which read as follows: "If we are deprived of our freedom this place will be in ruins." BOYCOTT DYING OUT. Greatest Height Has Been Reached Throughout China. PEKING The American boycott r.l most overshadows the peace negotia tions as a topic of interest in China. Accounts reaching Peking from trad ing centers indicate that the move ment attained its greatest strength early in August, and since then has been decreasing. Nowhere except in Shanghai has American business re ceived a serious blow. Clash of Authority. CAIRO, 111. There is considerable friction between the Illinois state board of health officials and Sheriff J. A. Roach. The former accuse the sheriff of allowing prominent men to enter Cairo without a permit. Cap tain N. B. Thistlewood, formerly mayor of Cairo, was indicted and lat er arrested for entering Cairo with out a health department permit. Cap tain Thistlewood denied the right of the Illinois state board of he-It and ! the city of Cairo to prevent him trc- 1 coming into Cairo. ABOUT CHINESE IMMIGRATION. Preparing to Prevent Issue of Fraudu lent Papers. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Secretary Metcalf of the United States depart ment of commerce and labor made a personal inspection of the local bu reau of immigration and Chinese af fairs before his departure for Wash ington. An officer of the Chinese bureau said, after the secretary's visit, that "While he could not give out the instructions uttered by his chief, it was no secret that the views of the secretary and the local officers are in harmony. The official also said: "Incoming Chinese of the better classes have not been subjected to in sult or injury here. There has been a good deal of trouble with Chinese immigrants who have presented pa pers that were clearly fraudulent. We cons Jer it probable that there is to be soon an entire overhauling of the service on the other side, and that re sponsible inspectors will be assigued who will be reinstructed to certify to us the credentials of all entrants. That would effectually shut out the coolies who have brought papers cer tifying that they were students and merchants." CHINESE WILL FICHT ALONG BOYCOTT LINES PORTLAND, Ore. "The boycott upon American goods in China will never end until the Chinese people are admitted freely into the United States, or until lib e same discrimina tions are made against the inferior classes of other nations as those which we make against tlie coolies of China." Thus the Cuinese boycott situation was summed up by F. F. Tong, who is at present in Portland on his way to Washington. D. C, as a special en voy from the emperor of China. Continuing. Mr. Tong said: "Tho American people have no true idea of the extent of the present boycott. It is confined to no one class men. .wo men and children are united in it." WANT PRESIDENT TO SAVE. Deluged With Letters Bearing on Preservation of Niagara. WASHINGTON President Roose velt is being deluged by letters from individuals in all parts of the country praying him to do whatever lies in his power to prevent further destruction of the natural beauties of Niagara Falls as an incident to the develop ment of the great power plants on both sides of the Niagara river. AH of these communications are being filed with the state department, and it is not improbable that they may serve as a basis for some action by the president in the direction of the creating of an international commis sion to deal with this subject. Will Pay the Depositors. NEW YORK A practical settle ment of the affairs of the Merchants TniPt company, which failed a few months aco, was announced. The se curities of the Hudson Valley Railway comra:v. which was owned by the ?ier"hants' Trust company, or held by, II ns collateral for leans, were sold yesterday by the receivers to the Col Yin rj'.uiicate. The price received for these properties was not made pub!!?. Lur. counsel for the receivers slatQ' that the proceeds of this would pay dtv':ostcr.?. A POWERFUL FACTOR IN EKSURiHC PEACE LONDON The report that an An-glo-Jajnnese treaty was signed Au gust 12 by Foreign Secretary Lnns downe and Minister Hayashi is con firmed. While secrecy is maintained for the present regarding tlie exact terms, it may be said that the docu ment is of far-reaching importance. It affords mutml guarantees for the pro tection of British and Japanese inter ests, even if the two contracting pow ers are only threatened by a single hostile power, and assures the main tenance of the status quo in the far east. The new treaty will be found to be a powerful factor In ensuring the peace of the world. REFRIGERATORS ON ISTHMUS. Shonts Looking to Preservation of Food Supply. WASHINGTON Chairman Shonts of the Isthmian canal commission has returned after a trip to Oyster Bay and New York, where he looked into the details of establishing cold stor age facilities on the isthmus. The plan includes refrigerators on the ships, a big cold storage warehouse at Colon and ten refrigerator railway cars, which are being built in Chi cago, to transport food supplies to Panama, stopping and delivering or ders at any of the labor camps along the way. Foodstuffs will be sent from the United States in five days and de livered on short notice without any danger of spoiling. Troubles of Twin Kingdoms. KARLSTAD. Sweden The first meeting of the Swedish and Norwegian delegates appointed to consider the tcims of the dissolution of the union of Sweden and Norway was held here Thursday. It was agreed that each delegation should elect its own chair man. Sweden selected Premier Chris tian Lundeberg and the Norwegians. Premier Michelsen. Each will pre side en alternate days. It was decid ed that the conference shall be secret. The next meeting will take place Sep tember 1. Yellow Fever in Pensacola. WASHINGTON The surgeon gen eral of the army received a telegram from Barrancas stating that the mayor Pensacola, Fla., has officially announced that yellow fever has broken out in Pensacola. Prize for Roosevelt. CARLSBAD The Associated Press has the highest authority for stating that there is a strong probability that President Roosevelt will receive the 1 Nobel peace prize next year. CHOLERA ABROAD APPEARANCE OF THE PLAGUE IN PRUSSIA CAUSES EXCITEMENT. TWELVE fOCI IN FIVE DAYS Thirty-Four Cases in Town-- Scattered Over Large Area Hamburg Out of Infected Cities Strong Fight Necessary to Keep It Within Con trol. BERLIN The spread of cholera from two localities on the Weichsel river five days ago to thirty-four cases in twelve localities, extending from the Baltic to the Warthe river, 150 miles south, and its appearance in Hamburg has given an unpleasant thrill to the people of Germany, for it may mean a long and steady fight, as in 1S92-93. to prevent the disease from getting beyond control. In those 3'ears it is estimated that SOO.000 per sons died in Russia from cholera. The Prussian government is keenly aware of the possibilities of the dan ger, which so far is not regarded ns giving occasion for apprehension. A committee of the cabinet consisting of Dr. Studt, minister of medical af fairs; Herr von Sudde. minister of state and minister of public works: Herr Moller, minister of commerce and industry, and Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg. minister of the interior, has the direction of the preventative measures. Numerous bacteriologists have been sent into the infected district to as sist in the surveillance of the prison ers who have contracted cholera. Cau tionary notices are published in all towns and villages in the affected area. RASTENBURG. East Prussia There has been one death, believed to have been caused by cholera in the village of Paris and one in the vil lage of Warnikeim. and in both vil lages the government commissioners have discovered several suspicious eases. LANSBORG-ON - THE - WARTHE. Prussia Two deaths from cholera have occurred among the river men in a village at the intersection of the Warthe and the Netze. EINLACE. West Prussia No boats or craft nor any. fishermen from Rus sia will be allowed to pass the locks here. All arrivals are detained under inspection in three divisions. The first, for cholera cases, contains one patient; the second, for suspects, also has one; the third, for those exposed to disease, has forty-seven river men. LEMBERG, Austria Two deaths from cholera have occurred here and several suspected cases are under ob servation. The deaths occurred in the family of a river boatman who has been working in the Vistula district of Prussia. THE PRESIDENT'S PRAISE OF JAPANESE PEOPLE OYSTER BAY, L. I. In a letter to Baron Komura, the peace envoy of Japan to the Washington peace con ference, the president extended his congratulations thus: "Oyster Bay. N. Y. My Dear Baron Komura: I have received your let ter of August 29. May I ask you to convey to his majesty, the emperor of Japan, my earnest congratulations upon the wisdom and magnanimity he and the Japanese people have dis played. I am sure that all civilized mankind share this feeling with me. Sincerely yours. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." TO KEEP THE CHOLERA AWAY. Surgeons Vi!! Be Sent to Watch at European Ports. WASHINGTON Surgeon General Wyman has already taken measures to prevent the spread of cholera from Germany to the United States by or dering Passed Assistant Surgeon Mc Laughlin, now stationed at Naples, to proceed immediately to Hamburg. Dr. McLaughlin has been directed to make a thorough investigation of the situation and to report in detail. He also has been directed to be pre pared to enforce the treasury regula tions with a view to ships leaving for American ports. These regulations authorize the detention of suspected passengers and the fumigation of bag gage when thought advisable. Dn Mc Laughlin, however, will not resort to these measures until satisfied as to the wisdom of applying them. THE NEW TARIFF LAW ENACTED BY MEXICO LAREDO, Tex. As the new tariff law recently enacted by Mexico went into effect at midnight Thursday, the railroads were busily engaged all day in getting over the border all the mer chandise which had accumulated in order to take advantage of the old tariff rates, which were considerably lower than those which will le here after in force. Shoes, ammunition, hardware. machinery and various classes of food products are affected. Greatest Man in His Time. I'.ALTIMORE, Md. In response to the request for a statement relative tc President Roosevelt's part in the conclusion of peace between Japan and Russia Cardinal Gibbons said: "President Roosevelt is a great man. the greatest in his time. He is first in peacd and first in the hearts of his countrymen. He is the biggest man in this century, because .he has been the means of bringing to an end a ter rible war. I admire him for his great work and the nations will bless him." Last Enoagcment of the War. ST. PETERSBURG A dispatch from Lidziapudze contains the details of what will probably be the last en gagement of the war. This encoun ter took place on August 28' and re sulted in an advantage to the Rus sians, who took 120 prisoners. A number of Japanese were killed. The I Russian losses were eight killed. The remnant of the Japanese retired, bear ing their wounded. The declaration of an armistice will probable mean no cessation in the activity of the Chi nese bandits. WHAT THE NATIONS YIELD. Summary of What Russia and Japan Get in the Settlement. Japan's terms are accepted by Rus sia on the following points: Russia's recognition of Japan's "pre ponderant influence" in Korea, with her right to preserve order in the civil administration, give military and finan cial advice to the emperor of Korea. Japan binding herself to observe the territorial integrity of Korea and it is believed the policy or the "open door." Mutual obligation to evacuate Mau churia. Japanese obligations to restore in Manchuria Chinese sovereignty and civil administration. Mutual obligation to respect in the future "the territorial integrity and ad ministrative entity" of China in Man churia and to maintain the principle of equal opportunity for the industry and commerce of all nations (open door). The surrender to Japan of the Rus sian leases of the Liao Tung peninsula, including Port Arthur. Dalny and the Blond and Elliott islands. The surrender to China by arrange ment with Japan of the branch of the Chinese Eastern railroad, running south from Chutefu to Port Arthur and New Chwang. together with the retro cession of all the privileges obtained under the concession of 1S9S. The limitation of the Chinese con cession obtained by M. Rothstein and Prince Uhktomsky in 1S9G. under which the "cut off" through Northern Manchuria was built to connect the trans-Siberian and the Usurri railroads so as to provide for the retention of the ownership and operation of the line by the Chinese, but with provi sion for the eventual substitution of Chinese imperial police for Russian "railroad guards." The grant to citizens of Japan of the right to fish in waters of the Russian littoral from Vladivostok north to the Bering sea. Pay for the maintenance of Russian prisoners in the custody of the Japan ese. What Japan Yields. Japan yields the following demands: Remuneration for the cost of the war. The surrender of the Russian war ships interned in neutral far eastern waters. The limitation of Russia's naval pow er on Pacific waters. As to the island of Sahkalin it has been agreed that Russia shall take the northern half and Japan the south ern half. Roosevelt the Main Factor. PARIS The unwavering conviction of France that President Roosevelt's notable initiative would culminate 11 peace has received its reward. The news of the successful termination of the conference at Portsmouth which was first made known through the As sociated Press bulletin, produced a pro found impression when it was commu nicated to the members of the diplo matic corps and the high officials uf the government, who unanimously ex pressed the keenest satisfaction that the heavy strain and anxiety had been removed, and President Roosevelt's unrelenting persistency was generally considered to have been the main fac tor in bringing about the happy results. PRECIPITOUS HILLS AND ALKALI FLATS SALT LAKE CITY Many prospec tive settlers on government lands in the Uintah reservation are reported co be returning, having become discour aged by the scarcity of good lands available. William S. Gray of Le high. Utah, is one of these. Mr. Gray drew No. 1". in the allotment and ex- ' pected to secure a good farm. After 1 looking carefully over the land he has returned, determined not to file upon any land. Mr. Gray says all that is left for settlement after the Indians have taken their allotment is precipi tous hills and alkali flats. He reports that men with low numbers who went out to get farms are returning by hundreds. AVAILABLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN. Omaha in List of Increases with 55,003 Bushels. NEW YORK Special cable and tel egraphic communications received by Bradstreet's show the following changes in available supplies as com pared with last reports: Wheat United States and Canada, east of the Rocky mountains, decreas ed 303,000 bushels: afloat for and in Europe, increased l.fiOO.OOO bushels; total supply, increased 1,197.000 bush els. Corn United States and Canada, east of the Rocky mountain, increased 453.000 bushels. Oats United States and Canada, east of the Rocky mountains, increased 1,24,000 bushels. The leading increases reported this week are "75,000 bushels at Manitoba, 241.000 bushels at Chicago private ele vators, 5G.O0O bushels at Omaha and 55.000 bushels at St. Joseph. Stocks held at Derot Harbor decreased 12S. 000 bushels. New Star Discoveries. CMBRIDGE. Mass. A new star has been discovered by Mrs. W. P. rieming of the Harvard observatory in the constellation of Aquilla. which at -J p. m. just now is about on the meridian and half way from the south ern horizon to the zenith. The star was first seen on August 10 was large as C.3 magnitude on August IS. or just on the verge o'C visibility to the naked eye; was 7.5 magnitude on August 21. aad on August 2; was of ihe tenth magnitude, showing a rapid diminu tion of it., light. Population of Massachusetts. BOSTON. Mass. The population of the state of Massachusetts is 2.99S.95S, according to a preliminary report made today by the state bureau of statis tics. This is an increase of $499,455 over 1S95, when the last official census was taken. Case cf Yellow Jack at New York. NEW YORK Henry II. Warded, an American employed by the Panama railroad as a boilermaker, is seriously ill with yellow fever in the quarantine hospital on Swinburne island. STORY OF HISTORIC GEM. Diamond That Shone in Crowns and Swords Stolen by Thieves. The Pitt diamond was first em ployed, after it became one of tho crown jewels of France, in the orna mentation of the crown that was made for the coronation of King Louis XV in 1722. In 1791 it was entered in an inventory of crown jewels that was compiled by order of the national as sembly during the revolution and it was deposited at the Garde Mcuble. It was secreted by the thieves in a holo in the timber work of a garret in a low lodging and there it remained some time. It was at length discovered by the republican authorities and de posited in the national treasury. It was not again disturbed until ISO I. when it was set in the pommel of tho sword which Napoleon wore when he crowned himself emperor at Notre Dame in Paris. The empress Marie Ionise carried it off with other crown jewels to Blois. arter the Em peror Napoleon was banished to Elba, but her father, the emperor Francis ot Austria, obtained it from her and sent it to Louis XVIII. That king, on Na poleon's return from Elba, tied with it to Ghent, but after Waterloo returned with it to Paris. In 1S:U the diamond was used by King Charles X at his coronation, but since then it has not been employed at any ceremonial. Shortly after the fall of the second em pire many of the crown jewels of France were sold by the republican government for the benefit of the state. But no buyer was found for the Pitt, or Regent, diamond and it re mains in safe custody at the Louvre. WOULD EAT WITH HIS HAT ON Queer Proceeding Was with Him a Matter of Principle. "I will pay for my bread and coffee? whatever price you ask, but I will not take off my hat to eat," was the astounding declaration of a stranger who appeared in a popular downtown cafe yesterday during the noon rush hour. He was short, somewhat stoop-shouldered and wore a heavy grizzly beard. He first appeared in the middle of the forenoon, when but a few girl vait resses were in the cafe. He seated him self at a table, not removing nts hat. and puffed vigorously at a cigarette. His order was taken ar.d served. Without comment he paid his bill and left. When he returned at noon and sat down to a table the head waitress informed him that it was customary for the gentlemen to remove theii hats. "I never take off my hat when I eat. It is against my principles. I always smoke when I eat; it Is a parr of my pleasure. I have stopped at hotels where It cost me $7 to $30 per day and was allowed to eat with my hat on." "I am sorry." said the waitress, "but if you eat here you will have to aban don the cigarette and remove your hat. as other gentlemen do." The stranger protested with thi pro prietor and finally went .away without giving his order, because ho could not eat with his head covered. Des Moines Capital. Witnessed Biblical Tragedy. Senator Tillman of South Carolina tells of a little girl whose statements were a ways exaggerated until she be came known in school and Sunday school as "a little liar." Her parents were dreadfully worried about her and made strenuous efforts to correct th bad habit. One afternoon her mother overheard an argument with her play mate. Willie Bangs, who seemed to finish the discussion by saying emphat ically: "I'm older than you. 'cause my birthday comes first, in May. and jours don't come until September." "Oh, of course your birthday comes first." sneeringly answered little Nel lie; "but that is 'cause you carm down first. I remember looking at the an gels when they were making you." "Come here. Nellie, come here in stantly." cried her mother. "It is breaking mother's heart to hear you tell such awful stories. Re member what happeneil to Anania? and Sapphira. don't you?" "Oh. yes. mamma. I know. Th?y were struck dead for lying. i saw them carried Into the corner drug store." Pittsburg Dispatch. Never Had Them. A teacher in one of our east side public schools in the course of a les son on "Natural History" was explain ing to her class of boys the harm that had been done to the trees, etc.. in the city by worms, and then went on tell ing how the English sparrows had been imported to kill the worms, and that the sparrows had increased so in numbers that they had become as bad as the worms. Noticing the boys were not very attentive, she said to one of thMn. "Tommy, which do you think are the worst, the worms or the spar rows?" "I don't know." said Tommy; "I never had the sparrows." New fork World. The Cash Account. I cannot make tho thinj; come ont Thoiich I have thought and thought and thought. Anil tried to make a careful note Of everything that I have bought. Tlie mnrf I think ami think and think The more in vain my brain fe-ments. Confound the pesky ea.sh aerount! Vhere did I spend that thirty cents? Ton cents for car fares -f ha t'M all riht; Three dollars for a new sfaw hat: For luncheon fiftv: sho-s'iIri-. live Oh. banc it! Yrv. I 'v.- Kt all that! Considering the .wint supply. The treasurv has too manv ent.. It's otitKO. outso all the time Where did I spend that thirty cents? Clears, four-fifty: srnpe juice, tm l think it had some foam on top); Bleachers and peanuts, thirty-five. And ten cents more for cingcr pop. But still that hauntinjc deficit My deep perplexitv augments. What was it for Oh. well. her poes! '1'or foreign missions, thirty cents!" Louisville Courier-Journal. An Amusing Error. Many amusing blunders are mado by people in trying to use words with which they are not familiar. Some years ago at a sanitarium in New York State one of the physicians was questioning a patient regarding her health. "How are you feeling to-day?" ask ed the physician. "Not as well as usual." replied the woman, "for I was in a catamount con dition last night for an hour" . -4rvau" dC
