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lY. M. C. A. Building. Corner
from European Kussla is now being held
at Harbin. The housing problem will dis
appear With the advent of warmer weather,
but In the meantime the government la
hurrying forward largo number! of portable
Collapsible wooden quarters. 1,8(K of these
having; already bpen dispatched from Bt.
Petersburg and 3,000 from Moscow,
Prince Louis Napoleon. Will .relinquish his
command of the cavalry division of the
Caucasus and proceed to the far east, where
he will take supreme command of the
cavalry tinder General Kouropatkln. Gen
eral Neldermueller has gone to the front
to take charge of the military communica
tions and will be reHponslble for the regu
lar movement of military trains.
The statement by General Zillnskl that
the Russians found poisoned swords left
by the fleeing Japanese he left severe
comment. Similar charges were made by
the Chinese during the Boxer rebellion,
specially In Manchuria, and the slightest
wound Inflicted by them proved fatal. The
use of such weapons Is prohibited by the
Geneva and The Hngue conventions.
AMERICA COHnlS AS PASSPORTS.
Japanese lt Persons Wearing; Them
Pasa I'nmolested from t'naan.
CHEMULPO, March 15. The United
tates cruiser Cincinnati returned here to
day from Chlnnampo with, a number of
American refugees from the-'American com
pany' mines at Cnsan and missions In that
vicinity. The party consists of three men
and twenty-two women and children. . All.
are well. They praise the kindness of the?
officers of the Cincinnati, who gave up their
cabins to them. The refugees traveled from
t'nsan to Chemulpo In carts and chairs,
bearing American flags, and were escorted
as far as Ping Tang by a band from the
mines. They were unmolested.
Near An Ju they met two small groups
of Cossacks. During the party's stay at
Ping Tang the Japanese officials requested
them to wear badges bearing the American
colors. In order that they might be allowed
to leave and enter the town freely. Th
party was stopped Ave times by Japanes
Soldiers, of whom the party siiw great
numbers along the road to the coast. The
Japanese treated them very courteously.
An American miner returning from the
mines at Vnsan was arrested north of
Ping Yang by Japanese on ausptolon of
being' a Russian spy. Ha was speedily re
leased when his Identity waa established.
RrssiAit pjlaas wtnueittt) sttoormr.
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PnaU.eat.ver Trains llavo Hesnmed Inner
atlon South if Hnrbla. '
MUKDEN, March 18. (From a Russian
Correspondent of the Associated Press.)-'
Tha. machinery foe the advance of the Rue
lad forces Is working smoothly from Har
bin, southward. The running of passenger
trains has been resumed and Russian fami
lies are proceeding on their way to Europe
without confusion. Severely cold weather,
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hips for the slender figures,
Sixteenth and Douglat S.S.
ii-A h billiards and snow storms.
haa been followed by a succession of fine
days. The health and spirits of the troops
are rood. .
Information has been received at head-
tn tha that the Japanese I
are strengthening their poeltlona In Corea.
nnr.i I.lnevltch. acting commander of
tbe Russian forces in juancnuna, visuea
headquarters here on aunaay. I
General Zlllnsky. who is to succeed Gen- I
eral Pflug, Viceroy Alexletrs chlel-or- l
staff arrived here March 10. I
Grand Duke Cyril arrived here today on
his way to Port Arthur, whither he la
going to act as chief officer of the squadron
flagship.
The native governor of Klrln, who was a
fervent adhorent of the Russians and who
la believed to hae been murdered, was
burled today with great pomp In the pres
ence of the Russian representatives.
SHOWS RUSSIANS WERE SURPRISED.
Port Arthur Newspaper Gives Accoant
of the First Attack
' ST. PETERSBURO, March IS. A copy of
the Novl Krtti of Port Arthur, dated Feb
ruary 1. which has lust reached here,
definitely establishes the fact that when
the first torpedo attack was medon Port
Arthur It -was entirely unexpected. The
Russian sauadron was anchored, outside In
three lines, with the battleships In the rear,
The captain of the battleship Csarovlteh,
from the bridge, could plainly traoe the
course of the torpedo on account of his I
position. When It exploded under the stem
of the battleship the latter heeled at first
to starboard and then to port at an angle
of M degrees Two other torpedoes which
were launched missed the Cxarovlteh, one
of them striking the protected cruiser Pal
led a. The Csarovlteh In the meantime waa
nttln un stesm and weighing anchor. It
Anally got under way, steering with Its en
glnes, and swung around for the harbor,
but failed to make the entrance and ran
aground. The Csarovlteh was then down
nine feet by the stern, Its after compart
menta being flooded; It had water between
decks and aome water In the ward room.
The torpedo which struck the Csarovlteh
contained too pounds of pyroxlla.
The emperor haa received a long telegram
from Vice Admiral Makaroff, In command
of the Russian squadron at Port Arthur,
giving details of the Injuries to the ships
as he found them on his arrival at Pert
Arthur, and the lesson taught therefrom.
This .dispatch was the subject of earnest
discission at the winter palace today be-
tween his majesty and Uhe Qfaod Duke
Alexis,, the high admiral, wno luncneq. witn
tjie emperor. They also alscuanad the con
dition 'of the warships at Cronstadt and
those building there. It Is understood that I
his majesty will shortly- make a personal
Inspection of those ships. "
British Steamer Agronnd.
NAGASAKI. March 16. The British
steamer Nlgretla, with a cargo cf coal on
board for the Japanese government. Is re
ported ashore near Basebo.
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PATHETIC EPISODE OF WAR
Circimitancsi Under Tfftrich. Etran Btrn
Left Tor e.
SAD GOING OF THE RUSSIAN HMtSTIR
Personally PopeJar an Friendly
vrltk the JasastM, He la Forced
Start tar Heme an
Obllrten.
(Copyright by Collier's Veekly, 1904.)
Frederick L Palmer, special correspond
ent of Collier's Weekly, writes from Toklo,
Japan, under data of February IS. as fol
lows:
"Tlie going of Baron de Rosen, the Rus
sian minister, had a pathetic side. He was
personally fond of the Japanese. Like the
French ambassador In Berlin In 1870, he had
been a peaoe man. Whether or hot he, too,
had Informed his country of the enemy's pre
paredness, and been scoffed at for his
pains by his over-confident superiors, his
tory may not yet relate. Weeks ago, when
reports came from Port Arthur that Ad
miral AlexleflV waa convinced that there
would be no war, people here wondered how
he could so far misunderstand Japanese
diplomacy. Japan began hostilities of its
u"in"cy - i
own Initiative. It carefully choee the hour
or u nrst onensive mow. may n.
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nave permmea n 10. japan piayeu pr-
ciseiy witnin tne lotter or tne taw. nussia i
had for years made capital out of prom- I
Ises. Japan made capital out of sudden de-
cislve aotlon.
"For months before his departure the ne
gotiations had been taken entirely out of
De Rosen's hands. He merely was a mes
senger who carried letters from his gov
ernment to the Foreign office, and, saying.
'Your excellency, I have the honor to pre
sent' he was gone. Asldo from his official
worries, he suffered the acutcst pain from
an ear affection. The legate to a country
when war la declared against his own Is
usually shelved. De Rosen may get a small
nost: It is unlikely he will ever aet another
Important one. With the knowledge that
his career was closed, half 111, he had to
wait four days in miserable loneliness In
that massive brick legation building which
is now closed for how long?
"The news of the destruction of the
Varlag and the Korlets at Chemulpo, of the
occupation of Beoul, of the vital Injuries
to two battleships and a cruiser at Port
Arthur, coming bit by bit, were brought
to him while he was yet In the enemy'i
land, waiting helplessly on the date of the
departure of the French steamer from
Yokohama. While Japan's iwlft successes
fairly electrified the air, his fellow minis
ters, bound to avoid any reference to the
war, hod to pay their farewell calls when
he knew that the actual sympathies of
every foreigner In Japan were against Rus
sia. From the palace where victory reigned
came valuable presents In token of a royal
adieu, without malice, borne by polite mes
sengers to the house of defeat. Finally,
the day of his going was the Japanese
Fourth of July.
"The train for Yokohama which the baron
ohose went at 9 o'clock on the evening be
fore the departure of the steamer. As the
carriage paused out of the legation-gates
a faint murmur rose from the bystanders
a murmur of curiosity rather than assault.
The jollce escort waa scarcely needed.
Toklo, whloh haa no alums, seems to have
ho mobs. The crowd which banked the
open space the police- made at Bhlmbashl
station waa wholly quiet. Not alone the
legation people were there to bid him once
more bon voyage, but many Japanese effl
clals awaited his arrival In a room up
stairs. It waa an Incident of the bueau-
oratio system which grinds to the same
fineness on all occasions that the ministers
had to buy their platform tickets In due
course. From the station Itself the orowd
was entirely excluded. Tho train waa the
regular one going at that hour, and the
usual -stream of get&s went clicking over
the concrete to tho second and third-class
compartments. Two or three minutes be
fore the gong was sounded the baron, look'
lng 111 and worn, leading, the legation folk
and the Japanese officials followed him to
his Compartment, where, after the Russians
had entered, the; others paused, and then
bowed' as the train pulled out, with no
guard except' a few soldiers In the com
partment ahead of tha baron's. A carriage
met him at tha Yokohama station, and the
police saw him aboard the Yafra,' which
waat to bear ' him ' to Europe. The ' next
mortlng a few near friends were 'oh the
pier. -Ha amlled as the steainer dfew away,
taking him out of a land that he liked and
that liked him." ' ' '
BRING HOME DEAD AND WOCNDKD.
Japanese Hospital Ship Reaches Sa
bo from Port Arthar.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co.. 1904.)
NAGASAKI, March 16. (New York Her
ald Cablegram Special Telegram to The
Bee.) A hospital ship haa arrived at
Basebo, with nine Killed and ten wounded
men, the result of the attack on Port Ar
thur on March 10. The wounded are doing
well in consequence of the prompt atten
tion they received aboard the hospital ship.
Four of the men were scalded severely
through a shell piercing the boiler of their
destroyer, while tho others were mostly
shot below the waist. ,
All of the Russian crew of the Steregu-
schtchl. which the Japanese boarded at
Port Arthur, were found lying dead on the
deck except four men In the engine room.
These were token prisoners, but two of
them afterward died of their wounds. The
Stereguschtchl sank soon afterward. The
firing had been so severe that the ship re
sembled a honeycomb.
The exploit of a Japanese sailor In be
heading a Russian commander with a
stroke of his cutlase haa Inspired the Ut
most enthusiasm and admiration In the
Japanese navy.
I WOILD PROTECT CHINESE RAILWAY
i British Coasnl Desires Great Britain
to Preserve Property.
TIEN TSIN. March lE.-The British con
sul here haa filed a protest with Sir Ernest
Satow, the British minister at Peking,
against the projected abandonment ef New
Chwang end of the Chinese railway by
iia aireciora ana ine management in ureal
I Britain. Tha reasons given by the consul
for his action are that the British govern.
ment had previously made known Its Inten
tion of protecting the road and also that
Its abandonment at this time means the I
probability of ita destruction by the Rus
sians, should they eventually be forced to
retreat
INTERESTED PARTIES AGGRIEVED
British an American Residents Want
Protection at New Chwang.
TIEN TBIN, March li. The baste of the
British and American gunboats to leave
New Chwang, while the Intentions of the
Japanese are unknown, and while consular
Jurisdiction and the full treaty port rights
I of neutrals are unquestioned, thus prema
turely abandoning the protection hereto
fore maintained, haa provoked the Indigna
tion of residents and an official protest has
been made to the United States govern.
ment. This wae done especially in view of
the action of the Japanese In placing their
1 c'a'uUt' -d4 Utr Property under British
protection, their example being Initiated by
the Russians transferring, as Indicated in
previous dispatches, tbair axtenslve bank.
consular and also civil administration prop
er t lea to the French, thereby rendering
Russian, Japaqeso and other Interests alike
neutral. The protest waa slo sent because
tha manner of withdrawing a British gun
boat and what la undtrstoqd as tha Amer
ican Intention of .withdrawal era regarded
as palpable neglect. Inviting , depredations
upon tha British And, .merlcaa. Interests.
SYMPTOMS BELIE THIl sf ATF.MESTi.
Oflelala Declare rklaa ta Determined
to Remain SentreX
PARIS, March It, The correspondent r.f
the Journal at Tien Tstn nays that colonel
Munthe, aide-de-camp, and tr. Lavelle,
counsellor for" foreign affairs to the vice
roy of Pe Chi la province, who are start
ing on a mission to Viceroy AlexleS made
to him the following statement
we sincerely "beller that China will not
Interfere In the conflict' Doubtless certain
agitators at court are-In lavor of Japan,
but General Yuan fihai Kal. who Is the
empress" confidential man, the most pow
erful viceroy In China and virtual chief
of the Chinese army, too prudent to ex
pose his Country to the consequences of
such an adventure. The dispatch of re
inforcements to the frontier Is genuine,
from which we conclude that China la de
termined to remain neutral.
The correspondent adds
'I confess that many symptoms are not
In accord with this authoritative declara
tion.
CORRESPONDENTS TO BE BARRED.
Japanese Order Writers to ' Retnra
. - . .
tst-UL ij, Marcn id. The Japanese auinori
tlea have ordered the newspaper rorres
pondents at Ping Yang and Anju to return,
They also refuse to honor. the permits form
erly given for correspondents to accompany
troops to the front and are holding them
at Beoul. .This action la 'regarded as sig
nificant
Deny Story of Mediation
PARIS. Maroh lG.-Offlctat denial is given
of the report printed here- this ' morning
that exchanges of views are now going1 on
between Paris, London and Washington
relatlvo to offering mediation In the far
eastern war. The Foreign office here la
not aware of such an ' exchange and con
eiders that mediation 1s Impracticable, as
neither party would consider It, ''
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VICTORY FOR . IRISH
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house, painfully out. of breath, while Sir
Edward Henry Carson had not even waltod
tb put on a necktio. . . , -
Close Shave ' for iGovernment.
Ry a curious coincidence, the only other
defeat suffered by 'the unionist party since
Lord Salisbury came into power, and which
endangered the existence of. the govern
ment, occurred nearly eight years ago, on
Sir Thomas Ernonde's . amendment to
Gerald Balfour's lan& purchase bill, when
it again foil to the lot of the present chief
whip of the Irish party to declare the gov
ernment In a minority, which on that
occasion was one of only four votes. . . i
The members of toe. government and their
supporters tonight profess that they regard
today's action morenjn the light of a Joke
than anything elae, although they - admit
that It Is a peculiarly annoying joke, espe
cially t the pending bye-elections. There
in no suggestion of-, .a harp practice, and
members r of the -cabinet admit privately
that they wre eutwlttcd- by the "Irrepressi
ble Irish." ' r
Sir Thomas Eamonda, In summing up the
events of onff of tht Won't interesting days
In recent English, ppftfltal history, said to
the Associated Preset- ,i ;.'
'Today's division-may be taken as 'the
handwriting on the wall. The Experienced
parliamentary members do not -attach undue
Importance to It, but It foreshadows an ap
proaching dissolution, which: to some extent
It tends."
Southerners, Ahoy. ' -
Cwlng to the fact that the Paxton hotel
cafe will not begin to accommodate the
the number of southerners who will ' be
present at the first meeting of the. Dixie
society, we will meet at the' Y. M. 'C. A.
hall. An excellent program has been ar
ranged. Come early tr you'll have to
stand up. JOHN TJICK8 HOWE.
DfcATH RECORD.
Prof. ArThar Greeley.
ST. LOUIS, March 16. Arthur Greeley,
nrofessor of biology a Washington unlver-
ally, died today at the'1Jewlsh hospiui after
an operation for appefldloltlB. A brother
from Yale oollen waa with him when ha
exolrod. Hia father. Rev. Greeley, castor
of the Congregational oltUrch at Los Ah
gelea, Cel., haa been notified by telegraph.
Infant Daaghter of C Johnson.
TEKAMAH,. Neb., March 13. (Special.)
The Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.
Johnson of this city, died .at the home of
Mrs. Olson, Mrs. Johnson's mother, near
Admah, Neb., Sunday night of pneumonia.
The funeral will be held there and she will
be burled at Swaburg. cemetery, near there,
on Wednesday.
Sarvlvor of Balaclava. -
NEW LONDON. Cbhn.. March 15.-WII-
llam E. Miller, who claimed to be the sole
survivor In this country of the Light
brigade, which made the famous charge at
Balaclava In 1864, Is dead at his residence
In Groton. He waa born In Scotland In
1828. He served In the United States navy
during the civil war.
John IV. KanfTnaan.
BEATRICE, Neb., March 15. (Special.)
John M. Kauffman, a pioneer resident of
Adams, this county, died yesterday morn
ing, aged 6s years. He was a veteran of
the civil war and la survived by a widow
and eight children, four daughters and four
sons.
Charles ' Kearney.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo., March U. Charles
Kearney, son of Major General Stephen
Watts Kearney, Mexican war veteran and
first governor of New Mexico, la dead
here. He waa a grandson of George Rogers
Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition,
C. W. Hill.
C. W. Hill, formerly connected with
Young Men's Christian association work
In Omaha and South Omaha, died near
Tabor, la., March 10, after an Illness lsst-
ing neiy two years. A wife and two chll
dr(ln -urviv him.
Mrs. Margaret Griffin.
CHICAGO. March 16.-Mrs. Margaret
Mltohell Griffin, daughter of United States
Senator Mitchell of Oregon, and wife of
Francis Griffin, died here today.
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SLNATE IS FOR PROTECTION
Fasisi fortification Appropriation BiD
rlth
Borne Changei . .
HAWAIIAN AMENDMENT IS ACCEPTED
Snate laraara Amannt t Appro
priation Cor Defease, ot Defeats
laniatil for Experimental
Torpedo Boat.
WASHINGTON. March IB The senate
passed the fortification appropriation bill
today after a three hours' discussion of
the amendment authorising the purchase ol
an experimental torpedo boat and the pro
vision for the purchase of sites of defense
works In the Hawaiian Islanda. . The tor
pedo boat provision was stubbornly fought,
but the amendment suggested by the com
mittee on appropriations waa retained. The
Hawaiian provision, whloh had been elim
inated by the committee, waa restored and
the sum Increased from $300,000, as fixed by
the house, to 83,100. Several other bills
we.-e passed. One of them appropriates
(1,000,000 for a publlo building at Atlanta,
Oa.
i In response to a request from Mr. Lodge,
Mr. Perkins explained the reasons which
actuated the committee In striking out the
house provision of the bill, appropriating
1200,000 for the purchase of sites for de
fenses of the Hawaiian Islands, saying that
the committee's ' action had been due to
the fact that the government had no option
on land for this purpose, which might have
the effect of placing the government at
the mercy of real estate owners. He alno
sail the amount named was not sufficient.
Mr. Spooner and Mr. Foraker took the po
sltlon that on account of the outlying posl
Hon of Hawaii, the United States should be
prompt In providing for Its protection,' and
Mr. Perkins said he was willing If a sum
sufficient to accomplish the purpose nought
could bt secured. In accordance with Mr,
Perkins' suggestion, ' Mr. Spooner offered
an amendment, appropriating IBM.100, in
stead of $200,000. This amendment was ac
cepted without division.
By common consent the senate resumed
consideration of the torpedo .amendment
and Mr. Galllnger offered a substitute, pro
viding for competition. Insuring a vessel of
the type desired. The amendment was de
feated, 17 to M.
ins lomncauons Din as amended was
then passed, and the senate went Into ex
ecutive session. The senate at B:03 p. m..
adjourned.
Bill STOW REPORT AGITATES IIOl'SE,
Question of . Waves Also Vlgoronsly
Debated by Members.
WASHINGTON, March IB. During the
dlscusaion of the postofflce appropriation
bill In tho house today, the recent report of
the Postofflce department regarding con
gresslonal solicitation of clerk hire allow
oncea end rental to the government was
again brought up.
Mr. Griggs of Georgia got Into an argu
ment witn Mr Cooper of Wisconsin as to
the authorship of the document, and in
sisted over the protest of Mr .Cooper that
It waa prepared under the direction of Mr
Brlstow. . .
Mr. Fitzgerald (N. Y.) discussed the labor
legislation enacted In his state. He spoke
of the fact that this wae an age of or
ganisation and said that . the efforts of
congress should be directed bo to legislate,
that neither organised labor nor organised
capital shall be done Injustice, but that
both shall be bo regulated by wise and
Bound measures that the Interests df all
ghall be advanced and - the social equili
brium undisturbed. ' Mr.' Fltegerald dwelt
on what he declared, 'the universal 'fled
elori reached in behalf of labor, organised
and otherwise, by Judge Alton M. Parker
of the court of appeals of New York. The
olalm of the letter carriers for increased
pay also wae repoused by Mr. Cromer
(Ind.). He spoke of the Insufficiency of
the pay of the rural mail carriers, and said
they should not be denied the privilege of
acting as agents for newspapers.
"At whose suggestion was It?" inquired
Mr. Mann, "that this privilege has been
denied?"
Mr. Cromer said it came from Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Brlstow first
and, then , from the postofflce committee
He had, he said, no criticism to offer against
General Brlstow. "I think," he said, "he
has been honest in the administration of
postal affairs," and he received republican
applause, - when he added t "I am so well
satisfied with the Investigation he has made
In -the Postofflce department that I believe
no fraud or corruption yet remains there
to be exposed to the people."
Until the status of rural letter carriers
should be fixed and their pay' Increased,
he thought, they should be allowed to serve
newspapers to the patrons of rural routes,
Mr. Griggs referred to tlie reoent report
of the Postofflce department as the Brlstow
report, and this opened up a fresh discus,
slon of that document, which had brought
forth such a storm of Indignation from
members of the house. He said that ae a
member of the committee he did not see
how the committee could have done other
wise than to make the report public. .
Both republicans and democrats, he said
had declared that they wo hid tear the roof
off the old thing, and he Inquired, "What
did you do? Tlie house got scared and
turned tall." Amid laughter and applause
he chlded the members of the house with
having started out to Investigate the de
partment and having wound up by having
tha department Investigate them.
Mr. Towneend Mlch.) gave notice of an
amendment he would offer to the bill to
Increase the salary of rural delivery car
riers to tSOO a year. He submitted a state
ment of ooet to which the carrier waa put
for the maintenance of hie horses and
wagons. This expense waa given ae 1464 a
year for the first year and t3M for the
second year. This did not, he said, leave
a sufficient balance to pay for the service
of the carrier.
Mr. Badger (O.) spoke for an Increased
salary of city carrier and postofflce clerka
Calling attention to the recent scandals,
Mr. Coohran (Mo.) said they served the
useful purpose of pointing out the defects
In the American system of government
He then spoke of the growth of abuses In
the various government department and
pointed to the fact, that Presidents Cleve
land. . McKlnley and Roosevelt had misap
propriated publlo property In using naval
vessels as their private yachts. President
Roosevelt, he declared, found It necesaary
to have two vessels, the Mayflower and the
Bylph, the latter fitted out at an expense
ef 1100,000. The papers, he said, refer to
them as "the president's yacht, May
flower," and "the president's yacht,
Sylph."
In a vigorous five-minute speech Mr.
Hughes (N. J ) upheld the right of letter
carriers, through their members In con
gress, to asa lor lair iiwnwni, no
charged that railroad lobbyists were al
lowed on the floor of the house In behalf
of appropriations, for special mall facilities
and demanded that the executive order be
extended to them. After agreeing that
general debate on the bill be limited to five
tours the bouse at : adjourned until to
morrow. Aaeairnl O'Rell Slay Visit Asln.
WASHINGTON, March IS. Rear Admiral
Charles O'Nell was retired today on ac
count of age. He was then detached from
duty as chief of the bureau of ordnance
and assigned to make a personal inspection
of the principal ordnance esUbUsbmeaU
nd Europe. He la
bis researches to
authorised to extend
China and Japan.
Rear Admiral O'Nell Was succeeded by
Rear Admiral George A. Converge, chief f
the bureau of equipment, wbose place has
been' taken by Rear Admiral Henry N.
Manney.
SELECT POIR rERMASESI SITES,
Honee Committee on Military Affair
Asrrere on Camp Groands,
WASHINGTON, March 15,-The house
committee on military affairs today agreed
on four sites for permanent military camp
grounds and authorised a favorable report
on a bill for purchase. The provision also
Is mad for the enlargement of the Chatta.
nooga and Chlckamauga national park by
the acquisition of 10,000 acres of land at a
cost of $100,000, The ramp sites selected
are:
At or near Fort Sam Houston, Boxar
county, Texas, whero from 18,000 to IS. mo
acres are to be acquired at a coat of $126,000.
Camp Douglas, In Juneau and Moural
counties, Wisconsin, 20,000 acies, at a cost
of $400,000.
Conewago valley, In Lebanon, Dauphin
and Lancaster counties, Pennsylvania, 13,000
aerea, at a cost of 9on,ont.
The J. N. Henry ranch, San Luis, Obispo
county, California, 23,000 acres, at a cost
Of 1600,000,
The bill provides that no permnnont mili
tary post shall be established on any of
these sites.
Nominations by President.
WASHINGTON, March lB.-The president
sent to the senate the following nomina
tions: Secretary of legations. Henry M. Shoe
maker, Ohio, at l.lbon, Portugal; Nelson
O'Bhaughnessy, New York, at Copenhagen,
Denmark.
Consul, Tenuis a. Pent, District of Coltim-
bla, at Dawson City, Yukon territory,
CanndH.
Register of wins ror the District of
Columbia, James Tanner, District of Co
lumbla.
Most Enforce Postal Laws.
WASHINGTON. March lS.-Actlng Post
master General Wynne has called the at
tention of all postmasters to the law re
striding the mailing of first-class mall
matter to not exceeding four pounds In
each package. The statute has not been
strictly enforced for some time, but will be
In the future.
Change In Jeiferson Gnnrd.
WASHINGTON. March 16. Lieutenant
Colonel Henry P. Klnsbury of the Eighth
cavalry has been ordered to St. Louis to
relieve Lieutenant Colonel Edward Godwin
of the Ninth cavalry of his duties In com
mand of the Jefferson Guard at the Loulal
ana Purchase exposition. Colonel Godwin
Is ordered to the Paclflo division.
Agency for Blssoton Indiana.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-Prealdent
Roosovelt has decided on the recommenda
tion of the Interior department to establish
an agency at the Blsseton Indian reserva
tlon In South Dakota. The superintendent
of the reservation, A. B. Jackson, will be
appointed agent.
American Cruiser Brlnara Refugee,
WASHINGTON, Msrch 15 Commander
Mason, commanding the cruiser Cincinnati,
in a cablegram announces the return of
that vessel In Chemulpo, Corea, with a
party of twenty-five refugees, mostly
women, and. children, .from the mining
region near Chlnampo.
WEBSTER AT WASHINGTON
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elav square miles) population, 430. . Iowa
FWoharavlIle, Calhoun county, one route;
area, thirty square miles; population, 836.
Spirit Lake,! Dickinson county, one addi
tional route; area, twenty-two square miles)
population, 626.
Consider Eight-Hoar Law.
The senate committee of education and
labor .today began a series of cpen hear
ings on the eight-hour bill, which was re
ported favorably In the Flfty-eeventh con
gress and which Is pending before the
house committee on labor. Daniel Daven
port, representing the American Anti-Boycott
association, was heard today, and
Judge Joseph K. MoCammer, representing
the steel industries, presented resolutions
calling upon the recretary of commerce
and labor for Information concerning tha
number of houre now exacted on govern
ment work. t
' Consider Canal Ess,
The house committee on Interstate and
foreign commerce today continued Ite hear
ings on the question of legislation to gov
ern the Panama canal tone, General Davis
H.' Burr, member of the new canal com
mission, being heard today.
Grants Time for Appenl. ,
Justice Pritchard today granted counsel
for Auguot W. Machen, George EX Loreni,
Dlllar B. Groff and Samuel A. Oroff. con
victed of conspiracy to defraud the United
Statee in connection with the Poetoffloe
department investigation, until April IS
next to file their bill of exceptions, and to
docket their appeal In the court of ap
peals. Transport Sherman Sail.
A cable message waa received today from
General Wade, commanding the Philip
pine division, saying that the transport
Sheridan sailed from Manila today for San
Franclsoo with 6M enlisted men of the
Eleventh cavalry and a battalion of the
Philippine scouts bound for the St. Louts
exposition.
Aa to Panama Legislation.
Whatever legislation may be enacted by
congress at the present eesalon relating to
the Panama canal will be largely prelim
inary In charaoter. The president has dis
cussed the matter with members of con
gress and with such membere of the Isth
mian Canal commission as are In the city,
but It Is understood that no definite deci
sion yet haa been reached aa to what are
the precise needs of legislation on the
subject
Senator Tillman I Better.
Senator Tillman of Soulh Carolina cen
tluues to Improve.
Postmaster General Haa Gont.
Postmaster General Payne Is still eon-
fined to his bed most of the time. He la
suffering from an attack of the gout and
la very weak.
Consider Good Roods Hex! Week.
An agreement was reached today In the
senate committee on agriculture to give
consideration to the good roads bill on
March 2C
A Goaranteeel Cnre tar Plies.
Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protredlng
Piles. Your druggist will refund money If
PAZO OINTMENT fails te euro you la
six to fourteen days. bOo.
Bishop Pink Serloaaly III.
KANSAS CITY, March 16. The condition
of Right Rv- Loula Maria Fink, blhop
tt the Leavenworth dloceae of the Catholic
church, who Is beUevrd to be critically 111
of pneumonia at his home at Kna City,
Kan., waa reported unchanged today. The
crisis In the disease la expected te be
oa very
In the I'nlted States
Aiwyi . Reeaemlvor tbe Full Jimm
laxktive iVromo Quinma
CtsrwoSCoMkiOneDay, CrsaaS Deys
reached within another twenty-four hour.
BlMhop Jink formerly was pastor of St.
Joseph's church. ChK-sao.
Metal Traaea to Confer.
CINCINNATI. O , March 1l.4.:e
of the Notional Metitl Trailte nsMirintloii
called a convention today to meet In 1'hllit
delphla Mnrch 24 and :'4 tjuestlmi affect
ing the wngrs and -other cnmllilntis of
i,0n0 machinist In this country will then
be considered.
Dividend Uerlare.l.
NEW YORK, March 15 -Th director cf
the Corn products company tndny decided
to pass the dividend on the Common stock
The usual quarterly dividend of l pit
cent on ine prererrea siock was declared.
HEAD SOLID SORE
Awful Suffering of Baby and
Sleepless Nights of
Mother.
CURED BY CUTICURA
Skin Fair as a Lily with no Scar
to Recall Awful Sore
Writes Mother.
-1 herewith writ out tn fall the b
(Inning end end of that terrible dlseasa
crems, which caused my babe untold
suffering end myself many sleepless
nights.
My babe was born aeemlngly a fair,
healthy child, bat when she was three
weeks old s swelling appeared on the
back of her bead, and In course of time
broke. It did not heal but grew worse,
and the sore spread from the sits of
dime to that of a dollar. I used all
kinds of remedies that I could think of,
but nothing seemed to help ; in fact, il
grew worse. Her heir fell out where
' the sore was, and 1 feared It would nevti
grow again. It continued nntll my aged
( father came on a vhlt, and when he
saw the baby be told rae to get Cutl
cura Soap and Ointment right away.
" To pleae him I did so, and to my
surprise by their use the sore began to
beal over, the lialr grew over it, and
tOMiay she has a nice bead of hair, her
skin ft as fair as a Illy, and she has no
scar left to recall that awful sore, and
It Is over eight months and no sign of
Its returning."
Mrs. Wat. RvnawiKlk River. Minn.
Cure permanent." So writes Mrs.
Byer, Feb. 25, 1908, six years later :
" Tour letter of the 19Ut Inst, received,
asking In regard to the cnre of m? baby
some sis years ago. Well, the dtnease
has never retnrned to her head which st
that time was a solid sore on top and
down the tack. Once or twice since
then a patch haa come on her hand near
the wrist, bnt It finally disappeared
after proper treatment with Cutlcara."
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