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destruction to the ship occurred. Th
met circumstances of the destruction of
the battleship are not known. It la cer
tain that both lti hollers and magaslnes
exploded, but It la not absolutely sure that
It touched a mine although the weight of
opinion at the admiralty Is that auch wae
the caae, and that If ao It waa a Russian
and not a Japanese mine.
A high official of the admiralty aald:
It la evident a powder msgnslne exploded
because a Jet of flame went up with the
team from the bursting boiler. The mig
aslne could not have exploded spontane
oualy. The temperature of a magastne la
too closely watched and the powder Is
tored eo as to rendrr an explosion scarcely
possible.! Douhtless a mine caused the
detonation of the powder and torpedo mag
axinea. Perhnpe the truth will never be
known and the disaster will take a place
with the countless other myateriea of the
sea. . .
It la absolutely denied that Admiral
MaKaroff's ships participated In a naval
engagement.
Although the papers this morning were
allowed to print reports from abroad of a
Japanese bombardment of Port Arthur,
Official knowledge of such bombnrdment,
if it occurred, la not admitted.
The Injuries to the Pobieda are declared
to be slight. The explosion which Injured
It took place Just at the water's edge. The
opinion expressed at the admiralty her I
that It was produced by a spent Whitehead
torpedo.
This torpedo was probably floating on
the aurface of the water and may hav
been fired during the torpedo boat fight.
A story la current that Admiral Maka
foff's squadron waa actually In the Inner
tiarbor when the flagship In maneuvering
truck a mine attached to a cable chain
lining across the entrance of the gullet,
but this la ridiculed.
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gives Grand Duke Cyril's account of his
escape from death In the disaster to the
I'etropuvlovsk. According to his story,
Cyril fell at the moment of the explosion
to the port side of the bridge, and from
there he lowered himself to the deck. Ho
was then swept away by an Immenae wave
and annk to a considerable depth, but sue
ceeded In regaining the surface. By hli
own efforts he caught a floating fragment
of the Petropavtovsk'a steam launch, to
which he clung for about ten minutes.
when he was picked up by the destroyer
Beuhuml. The telegram adds that Cyril's
aide-de-camp. Lieutenant von Kube, per
Ished.
ni'T TWO SHIP! ARB IKDAMAGBD
Roaala Admits that Port Arthar Fleet
ts in Bad Shape.
ST. PETERSBURG. April 15 There are
now only two undamaged battleships, the
Poreevlet and the Sevastopol, In the harbor
at Port Arthur, but aome of the damaged
vessels have been repaired, although their
exact number and condition are not known.
The other effectives are the armored
cruiser Bayan, the first class cruisers As
kold and Diana, the second class cruiser
Novlk, the torpedo gunboats Vsadnik and
Caydamak. the gunboats Gremiashchl, OU
vashnl, Glllak and Bobr, the ciulsers
DJldJId, Rasoynlk and Zablaka, and the
torpedo boat destroyers, whose exact num
ber la not known. ,
Altogether ten Russian vessels have been
1 damaged or lost since the outbreak of the
war.
The disaster of Wednesday ends the hop
that the ill-fated Port Arthur aquadron
would be able to become an aggressive
factor In the operations before It Is rein
forced by the arrival of the Baltic fleet.
Until then the aim of the Russian will be
to hold Port Arthur and conserve the re
maining ships within the protection of Its
guns. Temporarily the faith In successes
at sea died with Admiral Makaroff, and the
Russian people now look to the army. In
which) Oey have Implicit confidence, to re
trieve on land the reverses and distress suf
fered -n the water.
As a result of the depressing Influence
produced by the loss of the Petropavlovsk,
some pessimism Is manifested, and In con
sequence all kinds of wild talk is Heard.
This Is not strange, conatdering the fatal
Ism Inherent In the Russian character. As
an example, the specter of foreign compli
cations has appeared.
It Is said that the Petropavlovsk was
blown up by a submarine boat furnished
to Japan by Great Britain, which, of
courae, would mean war with Great Brit
ain. In furtherance of this Idea, It Is
pointed out that the British Parliament
has granted permission for Indian troops
to cross the frontier of Thibet, which,
naturally, meana only that Great Britain
ia preparing to aid her ally by advancl g
upon Central Aala. But such talk finds no
echo In responsible quarters, where. In
deed. It Is remarkable how calm and con
fident the officials are that a change of
fortune will take place as soon as the land
operations begin In earnest. Prevailing be
lief here ts that the Japanese will take ad
vantage of the situation to push matters
and make renewed attack on Port Ar
thur with the object of sealing the en
trance to the port, or. tonsldtrlng the
Russian fleet to be practically Immobilised
by Its infsnlry, proceed with landing
troops at the head of the gulf of Liao
Tung. It would not be surprising If the
Japanese tried to Invest the fortress of
port Arthur by land.
The latest reports are to the effect that
the Japanese fleet la still In sight from
Golden HUl. General Kouropatkln Is con
centrating his second line of defense be
tween Mukden and Liao Yang. He will
have 110,000 men there by April H.
Captain Jakovleff Is atlll alive, but his
condition Is critical.
Viceroy Alexleff, who was at Mukden
when the disaster occurred, proceeded
promptly to Port Arthur to personally as
sume temporary ommand of the naval
forces there, and reached his destination
last night. Ilia presence Is expected to
put an end te the demoralisation there.
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1XVESLIGATE THE EXPLOSION
Conrt of Inqii-T InTeiiigatin? Ao'id.nt on
Eoa-d Bat leship Miuonri.
ADMIRAL C0GHLAN PRESIDING OFFICER
Have Little Rope of Discovering How
the Catastrophe Happened All
Those Who Kseir In
stantly Killed.
PENSACOLA. Fla., April li.-The court
of Inquiry to examine into the cause of
the explosion on the battleship Missouri,
Wednesday, In which thirty-two officers
and men lost their lives, reconvened on
the battleship today after an adjournment
yeaterday to attend the funeral services.
Admiral Coghlan of the Cnrrlbean sqund-
ron is I resident of the court and the mem
bers of the court have been aelected, as
far as possible, from .vessels of other squad
rons. It Is not expected, however, by those
who are familiar with the circumstances
that the court will recommend any pro'
ceedlngs In the case. Inasmuch ss those
who are presumed to be at fault were the
turret officers, and they were killed by the
explosion. The bodies of the victims are
being sent away as fast as their relatives
make the requests. It Is said that some
of the sixteen bodies Interred yesterday
will bo disinterred. There are no develop
ments today, except bringing to light the
disappearance of W. Boughard, a seaman,
who was In the turret. Two seamen who
were on the after deck say they saw
man's body blown through the hole In the
top of the turret and Into the gulf. In the
excitement of the moment they made no
effort to recover the body, but rushed to
fire quarters when they were sounded
The real cause of the explosion probably
Witness Describes Explosion.
The explosion In the twelve-Inch turret of
the battleship Missouri, which occurred
Tuesday, killing thirty-two men, continue
to be the sole toplo of discussion among
the hundreds of naval officers here.
The master of an ocean tug gives the
best account yet learned of the explosion
The tug waa about 10U yards ulstaut from
the Missouri when the explosion occurred
and the master waa watching the sea tiring
when he saw a puff of smoke shoot thruugn
the top of the turret. For two or three
minutes this continued, when there was a
dull thud and the smoke became blacker
and thicker, followed by flames which
burst through the turret and leaped fifty
feet Into the air. Just prior to the bursting
out of the flames he saw a mangled body
shoot up through the turret and fall on the
starboard side of the Missouri.
The master of the tug started his vessel
toward the Missouri when she suddenly
turned and, heading toward him at full
speed, signalled the tug to follow. The big
battleahlp went at full speed for nearly
three miles toward the beach, hoisting sig
nals to the Texas, Scorpion and one or two
other vessels, all of which were following
close behind. The tugboat was almost run
down by the Missouri. The latter con
tinued at full speed, with the smoke and
flames pouring out ct Its turret, to within
10S yards of the beach, when the battleship
was brought to a stsndstlll.
The tug was close behind the big ship and
Captain Cowles could be seen on th br'dgs
giving Instructions to his men. Streams
of water were playing on the turret.' Just
before the ship reached the beach the tug
boat men saw Captain Cowles turn from
his work of directing the lighting of the
fire end observe the ship. He Immediately
gave orders and the big ship came to a
stop so close to the beach that the men on
the tug and other ships thought It was
ashore.
Th last of th thlryt-two bodies were
shipped to their respective homes tonight.
Twelve went out today at noon and the
train carrying the bodies waa decorated
from end to end In mourning.
Aetloa to Be Taken,
WASHINGTON, April 15-Bearchlng In
vestigation will be mado by the court of
Inquiry on the Missouri accident regard
ing the sttement that four charges of am
munition Were in the handling room of
the after turret of the Missouri ready to
be hoisted to the turret at the time the
explosion occurred. This fact has been re
ported In the newspaper dispatches from
fensacola and seems to be borne out by
the statement of a number of officers, and
that it has been thought necessary In order
to fire as rapidly as our ships have been
firing to keep several charges in the turret
room even though It Is not In accord with
the regulations, that no time may be Icsl
In bringing the harges from the magaxlne
If such be the case It can be stated that
this condition of affairs will be promptly
remedied. It was pointed out today at the
Navy department by an official that tho
custom prevailed on board the other ships
of keeping several extra charges In the
handling room during target practice and
It was said that If this were so no one on
the Missouri could be held responsible.
Notwithstanding the mystery which still
surrounds the. rauae of the Missouri accl
dent the announcement was made at the
Navy department today that there would
be no suspension of tsrget prsctlce at
Ponsacola, but that the other ships which
have not fired will go on the range at tho
regular time. It was learned tonight that
the Navy department la considering the
appointment of a board of distinguished
naval officers to take up the whole question
ef target practice In the navy, pass on the,
efficiency ef the precautions at present In
practice and make a report to the secretary
howlnr, among other things, whether the
present system of target practice should
he modified.
May Modify Preseat System.
The nam of Admiral tiewey has boeu un
officially mentioned as the president of the
board, but this has not been decided upon.
It waa said that the appointment of such a
board necessarily will depend on findings
Of the court i4 Inquiry.
A telegram today received at the Navy
department announces the sppolntment of
Lieutenant Bristol ss Judge advocate of tho
court of Inquiry. Lieutenant Bristol Is one
of the ordnance experts of the navy and an
olTlrcr of marked ability.
All the bureaus of the War department
today were notified that the society enter
tainment. "The Dream of Quern Ellinheth,"
will be given at the Lafayette opera house
next Monday afternoon for the benefit of
the families of the men who lost their lives
on the battleship Missouri. It Is said st
, the department that this Is the first time
. that anything of this kind has happened.
President Rooaevelt has plgnlfled his In
tention to attend the performance.
M. Jusserand. the Trench ambassador,
called upon the secretary of the navy to
day to express his own ard the sympathy
f th Prench nation for the mer'ean peo
ple In the loss of life on the Missouri.
Tb following telegram frcm Admlr!
Darker at Pensarola waa rerelved at the
Nary department today:
t hve ciivevd to h fleet your wots
f prnif for the ed and ymnativ jnr
the vtn.
et ''n
yo'ir kind
' n OFIH T -.!. 'iirn ...
irlih me lr thanklna- you
sim Te- a-lre me o
on their artml'st'on or the
fv to
holr and ldpltn shewn y the cb
tain. fcer and crew n n mi-kium im
mediately after the explosion.
Tb 1'alted State embassy at London
cabled the State department today fol
lowa: m. .'..(.. InrA railed upon me to-
1 La iiDnn LLe sympathy U Uie first
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lord of the admiralty with our government
with respect to 1 ne disaster of the Missouri.
G
i. Tblaks Unas to Blame.
BERLIN, April 15. Count von Reventlow.
the Tageblatt's naval specialist, discussing
the accident on board the United Statea
battleship Missouri, says:
This Is the third accident wlthlrt a few
months on board various vessels of the
navy and It ia the most serious symptom.
It must raise the question of what the
Americans re to think of their nivy
readiness for action and fighting value, as
well as ordnance technique. Buch defects
cannot be remedied in a short time, unless
..ow buijh .r nastily oraerea abroad, per
haps In Germany.
BAX OS WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
Russia Will Shoot as Spies All Torre-
pondents l alngr Mem System.
WASHINGTON. April 15.-The Russian
government has given notice that newspa
per correspondents using wireless teleg
raphy will be treated as spies and shot.
This notice was served on the Stste de
partment by Count Casslnl, ,the Russian
ambassador, tcday and It la understood
that similar communications were mode to
all foreign offices. The text of the com
munication Is as follows:
"I am charged by my government. In
order to avoid all possible misunderstand
ing, to communicate to your excellency
that the lieutenant of his Imperial majesty
an iis in. ci nan IHBUe 1110 TOIIQWlng
aeciaration:
"'In a caae In which neutral ateamera
having on board correspondents who might
communicate war news to the enemy by
means or perfected apparatus, not being
yet foreseen by existing conventions, would
be arrested near the toast of Kuan Tong or
in tne ions of operations of the Russian
fleet, the correspondents will be looked on
as spies and Ihe steamers furnished with
wireless telegraphy seised ss prises of
war.' "
This notice opens up an entirely new line
or treatment of correspondents. The refer
ence 10 existing conventions Is taken to
express the belief of the Russian govern
ment that If wireless telegraphy has been
praeltced prior to The Hague declaration
concerning Implements and practices of
war It would surely have been prohibited
even In neutral hands. It happens that
soma of the leading British newspaper eor
respondents sre making free us of the
wireless telegraph In the transmission of
their war news, and It la poaslble that they
will appeal to their government to define
their own privileges and to secure an off!
clal determination Qf the question as to
whether a neutral on his own ship, outside
the territorial waters of a belligerent power
and without contraband of war aboard,
can be treated as a spy.
WILL FINISH COLONEL MARCHAD
"Here of rashoda" May no to Prison
for Wrltloar Letter.
PARIS, April 15. The Council of Minis
ters has decided that Colcnel Marchand's
recent open letter referring to his rslg
nation ts an offense against miliary dls
clpllne and Is deserving of censure snd
punish t ent.
The nature of the punishment awalta the
action of War Minister Andre, who waa
not present at the council, but Is under
stood that It will be thirty days' confine
ment. Ma resignation from the army there
after being accepted. Owing to the popu
lar devotion to Marrhand as the hero of
Fashoda, the case ts exciting widespread
attention.
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I POSTUM ana QRAPE-NUTS.
MAXWELL IS A THRIFTY MAN
Si'li Eii Id-M 03 Irriga ion to Railroads
for a Ccmfortibls Earn.
PUTS THEM NEXT TO OTHER GOOD THINGS
Winds t p with an Irrigation Scheme
Which erlth tho Ala ef tho Gov
eminent Will Net Him
Millions.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, April H.-tPpeclal.)
While the members of the senate have
been ringing the rhangea on the "railroad
lobby," which certain of them charge with
being maintained in Washington for the
purpose of securing the repeal of the tim
ber and stone act, and the desert land laws,
and the challenge was made that those op
posing the repeal of those laws should
give some particulars as to the "ralltoad.
lobby," George H. Maxwell, the railroad
lobbiest referred to, was before the house
committee on irrigation, giving that com
mittee the details of how much money waa
annually contributed to his lobby. Mr.
Maxwell by no means told all of the story,
but he told enough, with other facts
which have been well known to members
of congress for some time past, to lead to
the suspicion that a scandal Is brewing In
connection with the Irrigation work In the
west. Tho lid has been lifted a little and
a peep haa been given at a condition of aX-
fairs which Is Interesting It not startling.
I'nder a crossfire of questioning hy Repre
sentative Mondell of Wyoming, chairman
of the house committee on Irrigation, and
Representative Hitchcock of Nebraaka, a
member of the same committee, Mr. Max
well admitted that for the lust four or five
years the Northern Pacific, the Vnlon Pa
cific, the Southern Pacific, the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe, the Great Northern
and the Burlington railroads had con
tributed $6,000 each to the National Irriga
tion association, of which he Is the head,
and the Rock Island railroad had con
tributed 13.000 a year. Mr. Hltchoock
wanted to know to what use that money
had been devoted. Mr. Maxwell replied that
It had oeen used for the purposes of the
National Irrigation association, the circu
lation of literature, for the maintenance of
a press bureau and for conducting an ed
ucatlnnal campaign. Toward these pur
poses the railroads mentioned had con
trlbuted tr.9.000 a year for the last five
years
"And still continue to contribute this
amount?" asked Representative Hitchcock
"And still continue that amount," was
the reply.
Wants Continuing Act.
Mr. Maxwell stated that altogether the
fund. he collected for the purpose of luuby-
ing in Wasmngton and maintaining hU
pitas bureau, und conducting lus cum
palaii of education, exceeded a yuur.
These fucts make the operations of Mr.
Maxwell during the last live years of spe
cial Interest at this lime. No one at
tempts to deny that Mr. Maxwell and his
magmlnes, the Talisman and the lionii
MaktT, his press bureau, etc., did conald
enable in shaping public sentiment for the
passage of the national Irrigation act; but
It appears that at the time this act was
before congress Mr. Maxwell and the
seventeen members and senators from the
arid land regions, who drafted and secured
the passage of the irrigation act, were at
loggerheads. Mr. Maxwell was a bright
young attorney from California, who had
explained to the various railroad officials
concerned the advantages which the rail
roada would derive In one way or another
from having tha arid lands Irrigated at
government expense, and had come to
Washington with a fund of $39,000 a year
to lobby an Irrigation bill through con'
gress. But Mr. Maxwell's Idea of a nn
tlonal irrigation act was somewhat differ
ent from that entertained by the senator
and members of congress. He wanted a
continuing project, on the order of th
river and harbor bill, ao that provision
would be made one congress after another
for certain projects. In this way the
services of a man well Informed as to Irri
gation matters and thoroughly Identified
with them would be found valuable to th
railroads and to others seeking to have cer
tain projects taken up, and It Is justice to
Mr. Maxwell's undeniable talents to pre
sume that he took this fact Into considers
tlon. At any rate Mr. Maxwell or the Na
tlonal Irrigation association and the com
mlttee of senators and representatives spilt
with the result that Mr. Maxwell attempted
to defeat the national Irrigation act
Beaten In the aenat he attacked the house
and when he found that he would be un
successful before that body he carried the
matter to the president, whose attention he
obtained through the assistance of In
fluentlal friends.
Gets Another Scheme.
Mr. Mondell of the house committee ar
ranged a meeting st the White House,
which resulted in President Roosevelt ask
lng Representative Mondell If he -would
object to two minor changes being made In
the phraseology of the bill. Mr. Mondell
and the others stated that as the proposed
changes would not essentially affect the
bill they had no objection, and the changes
were made and the bill aoon after became a
law. In this way Mr. Maxwell had an op
portunity to get out of an awkward poal
tlon.
It would appear that Mr. Maxwell's use
fulness ITi Washington had ceased with the
passage pf this law. But not so. To quote
a responsible member of th house commit
tee on Irrigation, who claims to be thor
oughly familiar with Mr. Maxwell
methods!
"Mr. Maxwell then approached th rail
roads with this proposition th land grant
railroads own 3.(00.000 acres within the for
est reuervea. Much of this land is value
less as timber land, and. If It could he
sold, would not bring more than 60 cents an
acre. But under ths lieu land law this can
be exchanged for any non-reserved, sur
veyed timber land which the government
owns. For th ordinary person to obtal
timber land he must take up a clulm an
pay U.&0 per acre for It, ao that the land
exchangeable for the 2,(00.000 acrea referred
to la only a trifle above the coat of taking
land under the timber and atone act. But
If th timber and stone act were repeale
there would be only two ways of gettln:
timber land which now belongs to the
government, Ihe flist, under the provisions
of the homestead act; and, the second, by
exchanging land within the forest reserves,
The natural consequence of this Is that th
value of the t.AOO.OOO acrea of timber Ian
which the land grant railroads are en
titled to claim would rlsa from M to SS
per aore to at leaat tit per acre, which
would put 125,000,000 into th pockets of the
Isnd grant railroads and their grantees
''Again, the land grant railroads still own
some 40.000.006 acres of land along their
roads. If It were Impossible for a settler
to obtsln any government land except
under the homestead act. and then he would
be limited to ISO acres and be required to
live Ave years upon the same before h
could claim title, It Is reasonable to pre
sums that many of th settlers now takln
up government lands In conjunction with
the timber and stone sets and desert act
would prefer to purchase th land from
the railroads on long time and where he
could buy as much of It as he wished
Consequently, the demand for the 40 000.000
Acres held by the railroads would be highly
stimulated and the railroads would greatly
profit thereby.
"When Mr. Maxwell nreoented theao facta
til
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to the railroads they Immediately saw that
If the above laws could lie repealed It
would mean millions of dollars to them,
and they continued the subsidy of $39,000
per annum. Sine then Mr. Maxwell has
strenuously advocated th repeal of Ihe
timber and stone act, tho desert land act
and the commutation clause of the home
stead set In his own periodicals and
throughout the press In general aa far as
he could reach It.
But th 139,000 per annum which Mr.
Maxwell receives from tha rsllroads does
not by any means represent his profits
from th Irrigation sssoclatlon. so-called,
nd In this connection there ar some cir
cumstances which are of peculiar Interest.
Before th Irrigation act waa passed th
geological survey and the Interior depart
ment had declared In favor of three proj
ects as the ones which should b first
taken up. should the bill become a law.
Thes are known aa the Milk River, Mont.,
the Nevada and the San Carlos, Aria.,
projects. The San Carlos project la one
for the Irrigation of something mora than
loo.OM) acres of land In Arlsnna, every acre
of which belongs to the government, and,
had this project been carried Into execu
tion, could hav been purchased by set
tlers direct from the government at a
cost not exceeding SIS to $20 per acre.
le for Mala C ha lire.
Over in th Salt River valley, about
sixty miles from San Carloa, some consid
erable progress had been mad In Irriga
tion, and in some Instances aa much aa
-Hi to $25 per acre had been expended by
the settlers. Many thousand acrea had
been taken up in thla locality, when Mr.
Maxwell and hla friends came along and
gobbled up In the neighborhood of 175,000,
much of which waa taken under thes laws
which Mr. Maxwell Is now so strenuously
attempting to have repealed. Notwith
standing the department declaration In
favor of the San Carloa project and the
fact that most of the land at San Carloa Is
government land, Mr. Maxwell's pull with
he department and th geological survey
was so powerful that as soon as the act
was passed th San Carlo project was
abandoned and the 8alt river valley or
Tonto basin dam project was taken up In
Its place. Thla means that th government
will construct In the Tonto basin Irrigation
works to cost 13,600,000, lending to the
project th government engineers and giv
ing to Mr. Maxwell and hla frlenda ten
years In which to pay tha loan, which In
the meantime drawa no Interest. By this
transaction approximately 11.000,000 la saved
to Mr. Maxwell and bla frlenda in Interest
alone. Nor ia that all. The coat of th
Tonto basin dam project will amount to
SIS to $18 per acre for th land Irrigated.
A conservative estimate plaoes the value
of these lands, aa aoon aa th water touches
them, at $50 per acre, and some estimates
run as high ss $100 per acre. As the Isnd
held by Mr. Maxwell and his aaaoclatea wilt
cost them say $18 per acre, which they hav
ten years to pay. It will thua be seen that
on the 175,000 acres which they ar reputed
to hold, If th land sells at $20 per acre,
the lowest estimate, their profits will ag
gregate the enormous sura of $7,560,000, a
free gift from th United States govern
ment through the Department of th In-
tenor ana tne geological survey.
Sees More Proat.
"Some time ago there waa considerable
disturbance ralaed by Mr. Maxwell over
the price of cement to be used In th great
Tonto basin dam. Cement, as tha Interior
department haa sine learned, can be de
livered at the Tonto baaln dam for less
than $4 50 per barrel, which allowa $1.80 for
the railroad haul to Globe and $1.40 per bar-
rel for the cement, th remainder being
consumed In the haul from Globe to the
dam site, a distance of over forty miles
over a rough mountainous road. But Mr.
Maxwell figured that the 150,000 barrels of
cement to be used In the dam would coat
$G75,000, of which he believed at least $200,-
000 could be saved If the Interior depart
ment could be Induced to erect a cement
mill at the dam and manufacture lta own
cement. Consequently he became very ao-
tive In urging the purchase of a cement
mill and the manufacture of the cement by
the government, and utilized hla press bu
reau and his other agencies to make the
public believe that a "cement trust" which
existed only in his fertile Imagination pro
posed to charge the government (9 per bar
rel for this cement. On the strength of his
representations, Chief Engineer K, H. New
ell rushed Into the breach and without
ever waiting to advertise for proposals for
a barrel of cement for thia purpose so tld
up the Interior department with contracts
that although the cement can be bought
for leas than half what Mr. Maxwell rep
resented It would cost, the Interior depart
ment Is continuing to purchase the cement
mill in parts and proposes to-make Its own
cement. It la claimed the department will
be able to manufacture this cement at from
$2.60 to $3 per barrel. Including the cost of
the mill, which would save to Mr. Maxwell
and his associates approximately $200,000 of
th $7,550,000 which th government propose
to present them." '
CITY EMPLOYES AT ST. LOUIS
Will Have to Pay Small slrasrs Poo
On I na; to Cost of Printing
Passes an Conooaa.
ST. LOl'IS. April 15. It was officially an
nounced at the World's fair today that the
total number of employes may slightly ex
ceed 100.000. This Includes every person
working in any capacity In th World's
fair grounds, and all others who in perform
ing any service In connection with the ex
position will be required to enter the
grounds. Passes will be Issued to these em
ployes at a cost of $3 each. The season psss
will consist of 216 coupons, and each cou
pon will bear a photograph of ths boldsr.
Mr. Forter White, chief of the depart
ment of concessions, stated today that tills
rbarre would be made because th cost of
printing and photographing th passes will
amount to almost $200,000.
SHOOTS WIFEAND KILLS SELF
Jraloa Hiiksss Commit Tragedy la
Preteaet of His Three
ratio rea.
PHILArreXPHIA. April .-FYederirli
Scalfe, sged $2 years, today, after shooting
his wife, Mary, committed suicide. Mrs.
Scalfe said she knew of no reason for her
Nothing I toil thlt Simplt Rtmtdy
To Car . f7"Jk ToIUlloro
Coogkt, f A JUfltfflip
Sort Throat. Bronchlfli.
SOW In $QS99 fMtf,
Anoid im'tnf lona.
Sorry the Man
Who when tho rainy day rotm, has no money to
patch his roof. Then Is but one way to gunnl
against it, and that ia to wire your money. The
City Havings llank accepts deposits of any size
and iays 1 per cent to all its depositors.
City Savings Bank
16th and Douglas Streets.
husband's crime, unless it was his ground
less Jealousy. The woman saved her life
by her presence of mind. When her hus
band drew his revolver she threw her arms
about him and a fierce struggle ensued.
Bcalfo managed to discharge the weapon,
a bullet entering his wife's back. She fell,
and, thinking he had killed her. he turned
the weapon upon himself and blew his
brains out. The couple have three young
children and the shooting ocourred In their
presence.
AVALANCHES J3ELAY TRAINS
Nine llnndred Paseenarers Are Stall
by Snowslldes la California
Mooatalns.
HORNBROOK. Cal., April 15.-Immne
avalanches are being caused her by tha
bursting of a mountain lake and the South
ern Pacific tracks are covered with mud
and rocke for a great distance. The slid
Is considered the worst In recent history
and probably will delay t raffle forty-eight
hours st the least. Ten trains are stalled
aa a result of the slide and fully 900 pas
sengers are on the ground.
Sally's Friends Ston Proceedings.
NEW YORK, April 15.-Edwln Hawley
and Frank Ray have tiled a petition In the
United States district court for a restrain
ing order against the receivers to stay alt
proceedings In the matter of the examina
tions growing nut of the failure of L. J.
Sully A Co. Thla motion will be heard
April 18. Judgi Holt of the United States
district court granted a temporary order,
which restrains Special Examiner Alexan
der from continuing the examination Into
the Bully & Co. bankruptcy matter. The
petition alleged that the apeclal examiner
erred in refusing to allow counsel for the
petitioners to examine witnesses and that
the examination has gone beyond Its proper
scope and that the examiner haa permitted
th Introduction of extraneous matter.
May End Mostaaa Strike.
HELENA, Mont., April 15. As a result
of negotiations which have been In prog
ress between President Mitchell of the
United Mine Workers of America and Gen
eral Manager Horn of the Northern Pn
cinc road, who haa supervision of that
company's coal properties at Red Lodge,
an end of the coal miners' strike Is In sight.
Blx hundred men, It Is said, will return
to work In a few days. The terms of set
tlement have not been announced.
Two Wa-ys
'Have you noticed a difficulty In breathing
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and excited? You may not think what
this means, but doctors will tell you it
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It will strengthen and build up the weak
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Neglect It a little while, and you will
then notice Fluttering. Palpitation. tlx
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heart, side and shoulders, Stomach and
kidney troubles. Thla Is serious.
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Dr. Miles' Heart Cure
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"I had enlargement of ths heart. Th
doctors aald I could live but a short time.
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we can aid with HAND SA
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its use is a fine habit. '
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THEATER
15-25-50-75C
THE BIO
MEUO-DRAMA
WHY CIRLS
LEAVE HOME
TONIOHT at 8:15
MATINEE
SATURDAY
Best Beats, Re.
Beginning Sunday Mat.. April 174 Days
Take tills tip. "Get your seats early" for
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And his big company of
ftO I'KOn.K DO
(Mostly Stunning Hhow Girls.)
In the New Muslil Comedy
THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME
A $1.60 Show for Z5c. 60c and 75c.
nnvn'tt Woodward Burg,
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nTg H Tft-B INNING TUESDAY-"
Rose Cedlla Shay Grand Opera Co.
Matinees Wednesday and Suturdsy.
Frlces-r-Zfce to 1.S. Bargain Mati
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