4

EXPECTS N0 F0JE16N AID JaMa DtcUrt* Ttort Ska Will Fi|kt Ner

Own Battlo.

WtX BE A STRUGGLE TO THE DEATH. -miMn Can Artrt War Reivm Kcaala as4 Japaa la Ika Fa tart. L>ta H Paaca it Pf cmtt Haw." SiyaBaroa^ayatbl. JapaatM HWdtr io Laadaa. la a lUaiarkity Praak Sialtaital—luaci latalvc*. l^>u<lon (By Cable}.—In peculiarly (rank Uncage, Baron Hayathi, after consultation with the Foreign Office, summed up the situation as follows: “I only hope the Crar will give «s peace, but my hopes are not strong, if we go to war it will be for issues whereon both America and England have insisted diplomatically. We have received no pledges from any country that in the event of defeat it will step from being absorbed by

Rus«:a

We

TEC IATEST NTWS IN SHORT OKI

Prof. Robert M. Alien, tee ret ary of the National Pure Food Aaaociatian, recently returned from Europe, says 60 per cent, of the French wines and 80 per cent, of their champagnes arc aduherat ions or imitation!. Joaiah Hoopes, a promioent botanist and writer on horticulture, died at his home in West Chester, Pa. Burglars cracked a safe within one block of the stationbousc ip New

York.

The general dosing ol Giicago theaters and amusement lulls lus thrown 5000 persons out of employment, including 500 chorus girls and 1500 other people connected with the stage. The former Boer commandant. General Dclarey, has arrived, in Havana from Mexico and will study Cuban conditions with the idea of forming a colony of Boers there. Secretary Nichols, of the Coal Conciliation Board, lus asked Judge Gray to appoint an umpire to decide live grievances in ttfc Wyoming and Lacka distri

1 the armcll

• the death, g enough 1

The boiler of a locomotive drawing :

mpport oi any 1 New Yofk Central freight train blew t would be' * I “P *1 Syracuse. N. Y., killing the

Vrhaps we acr I

fight _ Rusi

| gineer and brakeman and probably fa

HNS OF^R EXPWTS Cell bo Average ol Two aal • Half

MHIioao Per Bay.

'GREATESTRECORD DURING YEAR INI Valia ol Catioa Eapartrt Doriaf Thai Vtar Waa m Wh as af »«IUrt aad Baritf Last Maatb Ovar u N9U»as-RapM tirawik si law CsUao Exasrts at Sam Tim Dam SI c Csaaaaytlsa lacrtaataf. Washington. D. C (Special).—“King Cotton" inside his greatest record in the export figures oi the calendar year 190J. From 1883 to 1903 cotton export* averaged a little more than $750,000 a day, in 1903 they averaged more than $5/100.000 tier day. in the last three months of 1903 they averaged more than $2,000,000 per day. and in the closing month of the year, nearly $’ 500,000 per day. Exports of cotton ran $/J.coo.ooo and thus a- rraging $2,500,000,000 per day. Exports of cotton in Decem-

ber. 1903, show a greater value than in rxpfnvr

| any preceding month in the history oi j Sen,,* j oint roo jution author j cotton exportation, the total being j izing the erection of a monument in I $7.2 000.000 and thus averaging | memory ol the late President Benja-

KATWNAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS

The House passed the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, carrying an aggregate of $*9,711,700. This is the second of the big supply

measurer ns pass the House.

The House.' by a vote of 88 to 17*. refused to snstain the action of the Committee of the Whole, which adopted sn amendment striking out the paragraph providing for the salaries and expenses of the Civil Service Comtni*fion, thus restoring the item to the

bill.

An amendment to the bill was adopted restricting the nse of Government horse* and carriages to the President. hi« secretary and.Cabinet officers. Mr. Landis said that if the horses and carriages now ur.ed by Government officials were lined up on Penncvlvnaia avenue they would reach from the Peace Monument to the White House. He said that unless Congress fixed some limitation it would become a scandal. He added that it would be only a question of time until all those on the Government pay roll, except Senators and Representatives, would be riding in carriages at the Government's

INSANE IAN

1 the city of Indian-

on of Mr. Over : alto a bili mak ub-port oi entry.

possibly Japan. No pow could then dislodge her fi

China *and all the Far East 4 I am sure ■ h is better to go to war.wheu you

DEED OF

He SfcMla gad Kill* His Wile asd Then himself. CHEMIST WITH A WIDE EXPERIENCE Mr. Edward 1C LaaSIs. *1 PbfJaSr pUs. I* Wives Mad by Mis Suffrriatr. D«r is Atibaa-Hi Calls Mis Wdr. sad Alter kUtef Her He Belarus to Hit Reea asd Fan as Ead is Ws Ova Ult. Philadelphia 1 (Special) —Rendered insane by illness, Edward K. Landis, a widely known expert chemist, shot and killed his wife, Emma, and then ended hi* own life with the same weapon. The tragedy was enacted in the 1-audit residence, 40JS Spruce street, West Phila-

delphia.

Mr. Landis had been a sufferer from asthma lor many years. Two montns ago he was compelled to give up his laboratory work, and had Iwcn confined to S s bed for the past two weeks. Friday. rs, Landis, 'with her sister. Mrs. H W Potts, and Mrs. Patton, a drrssmakcr. were in the room adjoining the apart-

ment occupied by Mr. Landis

The sick man called to his wife, complaining that the ringing of the doorbell annoyed him. She entered his room, anil had barely stepped through the doorway when Mr. Landis, raising himself in brd and reaching under the pillow, drew forth a revolver. He fired upon his wife, the bullet taking effect in her breast. She screamed and lied to the adjoining

room, her husband Jpl'.oi

Bar..a Haya-h. intimated that he I ! ~TT.e vAtaT’oTStUm' |SSf ££*6 thought Japan was bound to be beaten j cr j^, fc o se n e j United States, at shown by the Dc- j street (Ind.S, pa. in tlie end. Mr. Cleveland lias written a letter ! pattment of Commerce and l-abor ; ’ n 8 Chester. Pa.^ -.1 b««- ,1. MW*. «■ S r : h ' c J,t',U-? , ,TpS.'tn 0 'oi £ I "”»» *” ] r.,.,.. ,* to Mto P.,. -o.l, uto Ko„. =0, kindly L,,,,?.’ol oondoteKc'ore th. prelm.mry p„ >tna .,„ cto,,,,, r , lo „ b, „ c hi ol ,on,toM. .nd, ' . «Wm. »« .» to W. 6»tota, IBM, to Ctato cr on cartji j Major Goncral John C. Bates for- changed by the revised statement to be Overstreet of thr Unuw Tom- I IP 05 "- r f’l -

rom Central | mally assumed command of the North- • . , . - . monl i. The i „ . n '‘a: j l l OMse j Potts and Mrs. Patton attempted to dist .to, «„Jern Division 0 f ,he United State- ,<M \ cd “ tfr ‘[' e pr ”' m mon ‘^ * |on Po-toffice and Post Roads: i arm the frenzied man. but be brushed'

Army, with headquarters* in St. Louis J I™* 1 v *'«* ?• ‘he exports exceeds by Under dale of January 3>. ‘9M. the them aside. Grasping Mrs Undis b> The grand jury which'!* investigating ; $64/100.000 that of the preceding rcc- I following executive order was issued 1 the hair, he pulled her forcibly backward ” 1 ‘ br the I resident: and shot her thronnh the temple The

, . -i-i. - An officers- and employes of the ' W oman died instantlv Mr Ijndis lias

cotton exported was $jU/x».ooo. The , United States of every description sen - , ,e llc ,| back to his own room, where he value of cottOsi exports never reached j mg in or under any 01 the executive .fiot himself in the head, ending Ins ojvn

the $30o/x».ooo line except in the years ''•epartmen:-. and whether so serving : life

.900,.90. i« w».to.. is.g.r'“"sfeI.•

know

right, even if defeat is ! alleged corruption in Milwaukee. Wi*.. ' ord year, 1900. when the value of the

possible, than to see vofir independence • ,n c ". v county governments, re-

a '« r ” i"'Ttofcn , ? i ?S, t C—to.

sion that i> bound to absorb you csent- 0 ( I j Je frohibitioa party decide! to hold oally. Nothing can avert «par between 1 the najional^convention at Indianapolis

Russia and Japan •

uead of Kansas-City.

u - , __ 1 The Red Star liner Noordlan-J arrival peace, is procured now. so long as | fd ,, |. hl | ade , phia fivc days latc Thc

delay was due to an wccidfnl to the ma-

Ruisi:

1 policy.

The America • opening . '

- East-

j chinery.

, enforcing 1 Hade insane by ilfness. Edward K. f ifi- Manchurian ports ‘ Landis, an expert chemist, of Philadd-

splendid example oi hone*t di- | R h . i ?- » ho ‘ hilled ht» wife and him-

;Aomacy. It was a straightforward jXep, .which contra-ts favorably '*

Kusian methods. No other natioti. v»- ,• - —--- -.- — ■ rent Great Britain, when the British . th .« I rauoccs Tavern. Admiralty bought the two Chilian war- - 1 '—

jur .

■hher. \V

1 battli

hether

- of Washington, are hereby ,

1 forbidden, either directly or indi- bis wife about uc vrars 01a tie va, a

" was 5.1't/oc.ooo in 1901. $301,000. rectly. individually or through asso- ; prom i nfnt of thc Engineer's x). and in 1903. $37S/xx>.ooo. • ciationi, to *o!icit an increase of pay Club of this city

, While the total value of the year's • ? r J? influence or attempt to influence , He was graduated from t'tc University exisort of eotton was the highest on 1 ,n *"*' ,r o w n interest any other legis- ;0 f Pennsylvania sovears ago. after wlnc'i j fXp ^ ° cotton wa. the rgix , , atl „ n whatever, either before Congress hc ,- ravc | fd cxt ensively .-ml studied r. | record, the quantity exported did no» or rt, comm,nee«. or in any way save many of the European universities F.f reach so high a figure as in 1.898, when , throngh the heads of the departments 1 lcrll years ago lie opened a laboratory | the value was much below that of 1903.! in ( rr . , ' c>l »crse on penalty 1 here, which was visited by chemists from

l ^'>5* Vork Board of Estimates Th , til -(pond i n 1903 was 1 l-Lf' 3 ir ° m * he « jvernment ser ' all pans of this country and Europe, who ' anthoriied condemnation proceedings to 1 he ,oUI qulr! "> ‘»‘P 0 " e<1 ,n “ ; ''ice. | sought thc advice of Mr. Landis.

juire the historic Fraunccs Tavern. jo.’o.ooo.ooo pounds which exceeded that in compliance with this order the! —

The .car, bam and about 50 cars of : of any preceding year except 1898. representatives of the Ictter-esfriers, the | DEATH IN WHIFF OF NEW POISON

' 1 when thc total was 4.178.000.000 pounds: rural iree delivery letter-camers and ; Tlie value of the cotton exports oi 18:8, ‘ hc postoffice clerks have filed with the A Lob4os Cbeolsl Clalws I* Have Made lb:

however, was only $d3Z-768.J04. or less ; department statements giving their — '

han two thirds as much as that of 1903. *° n > rcpectuely. why an , , ^

! .Kto., 1— London (By Cable).

.. . ... . ... . , names! Broibertan claims

Cotton forms constantly a y«y large ■- ,h ' h '“' »»•»**’"«*« *"'• — >

BOHT WERE KILLED: TWO INJl RED. Crowd Falls Frsm Sistb Floor to the Bottom. St. Louis (Special).—A erawd of employes pressing against the elevator gate on the sixth floor ol the Brown. Shoe Company Building, at Eleventh street and Washington as cane, caused the gate to give way. and 10 persons, were plunged down thc shaft. Si* were taken out drad. and the other lour, seriously injured, were hurried to the city hospital. Two ol The injured died soon a (let reaching the hospital and without re gaining consciousness. Thc dead: Joseph Provaznik. George Rothmann. Frank Weinberger, died at hospital' Antonio'Gioroma: died at hospital Loren/ Gioroma^pon ol above. Three unidemifieri. The emplojes had assembled st ths. close of work in thc corridors on th* different floors waiting icr the elesato-

>0 take t it tlie se

nnth floor

The

■eg passer*

gets when those on lie sixth floor eager to gel near the door and be fir* into the cage, began to push toward thgate. Suddenly the gate gave way jn* as the elevator started to descend, am 10 tf the cmploje, plunged head firs down the shaft. James Johnson, the r'es a - or ope'alor wa* taken into custody bv the isolir pending an investigation. Johnson sau the elevator gate did not break, but limit had 1 fen raised by employes whii waiting for the car to dv-ernd t<> tl* fleor, and suddenly employes in th rear ol the crowd begin p -»hing pre riphattng them down the -halt Pac y>ry ScycnntAtiden: Fray corrob-ratc, CHILL'S KISS MAT MEAN OLAT.L BCteo By Mai Do; the Lillie Oae is Soyroe el to Have lasca'a:el Three More. Chicago. !11. (Special)—The k.ss a a 3-year-old child may cause the J~atJ ol three persons row zt the PasAro Institute urdcr treatRicnt lor ; be» One is said to have but a Lender lens

.v-r barn and about 5*r ear* 99I 101 any urcvcuuig yea; eavvyo - r . . — , —...... .—.

ships, las taken any practical step to : tbe Corey'Jsland end Broj.klyn Rail- when thc total was 4.'-8.000.000 pounds: I Wncr-camers and : ■- ^ •- 'i-' j •- —— road UorajiYny. tn Brooklyn, were The value of th? cotton export* 01 i8r8, ‘ he postofhcc clerks bast

. V • however, was only $43/768.304. or less ■ department statements g / than two thirds a* much as that o( 1903. ‘® n > rcp«‘'vdy. why an increase 1

3 ‘heir compensr.tion should be made. "I Have the honor to tran*mit here 1 with those statements and to commend |

snips. ia> t^Kcu uny ... j , Sve up to its dtplomattc demands up>n . ' oa<1 Uomp) Russia anrr.t in the Far Ea»t. We be- | burned.

5cve we are now fighting a diplomatic _ : .. . . aattlc in behalf of America and Great! Irteita. although thc quantity Britain: but. it only war can settle it. | The efforts of the Russian expedition. 1 l* r ctn! - urealcr. ae know we shall - :j *

Discovery.

• A chemist

istanc; headed by Lieutenant Kolchak, to find | Cotton forms constantly a yenr larg c • ThllJ, ! ered in thc course of some experiment' Ptotorf Hit, I Ih, Arcio B,™ T„„. „„ N,. ; ^ ol.to rflto ’ j mito ,1 tot.l, .i.kT-to. „ s and take the cransc- Siberia and bennrtt Islands, in the Arc-■ a S r,CTI '' ural cs P? rts 0 ’M 1 * V” 1100 , •■! believe it w-,wiM he nrmJr I nr — .1 1 < _- | tic Ocean, have been ufisucccsriul. ! During the entire period iffiy to | J U w°»U bc jpoprr for | finding a method of imparting

apprehension prevailing The German government has ordered ■ KOJ the value ‘Of cotton exported has -

r committee to grant a

publfc h

* 5C "' j substances

... _ _ uc ot cotton exponco ins j - - — sunstain the best informed quarters here that j turbine engines’for the GriWn third- ! =Bgrcgatcd ovcr ^SXOOooooxi wd aver- j wo-ld'nrouest thaTvou i surfacc - a ncw I>oi*on of so deadly

issia’s answer will precip.ute war is class cruiser Merkur and fof¥ torpedo a gcd 25 per cent, of the total exports o. ;

Russia'- — . used upon-knowledge.of the attitude | boat

Lussia ha* taken upAatrlng the previous j Mimuuus iuikimi inxip- nave ucen 1— -»———— *---— 0 • - shases of the cr.troveny rather t'jat ' terrorizing Beirut, Syria. They now ‘W cotton fomvul about 38 per — irn any definite informetion of Russia's J ihrcau.t to at lack the OttOTOsn P ‘uk. * <l y J?**' expor.* al^.aliO^y gcx

Jjentton under thc present acute cir-1 The advance guard of the British Tinpnstances. Not even thc Czar's pa- bet'n cxpr'liV'^t ff rc*"hcd Tann, -

* ‘Sc utterances, howevr

thc Czar's . 1 dispel the hitherto »r..xplorcd legion.

fair which ^pervades British officials the; | ^ Joseph CTiambWiain tyra^idyt at thc j largest cu'tpmer j

torpedo 3^? e pe p , r Xis 0, a^d ^per'^nt’ of I desi R na,e « time when ’such heanr.^1 character that a single whiff of it would

fas'taken up^ring the previous J ~~Mutmons Turkish troop- have been i agricultural products exported. Inj « na - v ,a,c ' ' cause death and leave

- ■ - * ' -. - — - — .r-to, ftortoyto/l ahrmf *R fifv rent of : .

MUI Clcsf tk: Ut*:Us.-

totai exports of agricultural prod- J Dr. Tliomas Hqrran, charge d'affaires ccts. ^ ; of the Colombian Legation, definitely has

Ths WdM IO .toil hinudf'oi ts, ltov,oi1 iM i j, ol

-. .. to-'>"■ £ -JSl S .np,!-: fud I„m'.to. X IK SI,’. S31 .to toltodi, ;«r nw to., Mm "to. —«*■ Alrc!. ,to I.ISto »,

^dented extent to per.snr.d- the Cnr Germany had accomplished under pro- ttrmr. $t47/oo,cco. rjid this 10?! 1 archives-have been packed and stored ■ •■A 5 liti«thconlv*uffi-rrrwasafavor JO matnu'n peace bn'T the King's tnin.j,c«iox • ^ Hcrran. leaving the legarioH | fa TshtS^ iMcrv appear to have practically gnen Coouelm. the French actor, fai-erg- ^ Uiel iv of our czt- i" this dty will be dosed amfits affairs : my fiend, when I wa* a: work. She took ap hope that a resort to arms can hr cctted to Chicago that the Iroquois nu.ny stoodsecotiu n me i* . , ' . _ , ^ , » .;«*(* I.resth ,,( >*-, and di-d in 1 verted, though even thc most pessi- Tl.eater be reconstructed upon the plans ‘on eus-omerx. fic^oal ^ ,,r " cd «o the Colombian consul gen- breath of ,ke « a ' d,cd ,n

mistic persons do not look for ary cal- . cf thc i~con’bastible theater hc is bc:ld- cotton exported .0 Geli|l_Jiv dunii. tnc cral in New Tork. Jn speaking of his j w y ; Biination ol thc crisis within three i::g b Paris. “ ! )««■ $i:t/>t»oco- . determination to rttum to Colombia. Dr. weeks. Thc suggested infers ention in | • Emperor William and foreign princes , third in-.he 1-s! id pure user*, our total llcrran said that, so far a* lie could see. ;h- shape of tendering their ^ood-offices 1 and ambassadors uttended an elabor- excorts of cotton to that cumrry in 903 , fin usefulness ot this capital was at an ■fa the pan of other powers is not uni- ! ate ceremonial of thc Knights of the bring $47.n»/JCO. To Italy, wn en M °V a ;cnd. Thc various maUcrs which have Versa!ly declared here,to be quite im-! Black Eagle at the Castle.- j next m the list, the toUl was $310:0000. , ritcn in consequence of Panama's seqes-Boss'-bi- A by-riection in Norwich for mem- I to Russia, nearly $9«*M)00: to Bcfinum. ; sion were, by virtue «f the appointment Ilow determined Japan is to face a!l . ber* of Parliament resulted in the free- j about $8j>og.ood: to British North Amer- ( 0 f Genera! Reyes as special envoy, taken 'ihe eventualities can be judged from ' traderf gaining the scat. j ica, $5/01/100: to Japan, about .4 500.- , cut of the hands of Dr. Herrin, having the tact that she is negotiating in Eng- -The freedom ol the presi was finder 000. and Mexico, * IrtUe over 5.1.0C0,- j 1Kn j„j| c or nctliing to do. Besides. Dr. land for the construction of four battle- | discussion in- the German Reichstag, j «*> While the United Kingdom «* tlie Hetran states that the heed of a rest and shins not two battleships, as previously ' King Chri*tian fas partly recovered ; largest purchaser of American co.ton. ^ a trip to Colombia to attend to some perveported. from bis. attack of gout. 1 ’ '

I Notwithstanding the long search

. Brother!on, speaking of his dis-

covery, said:

"The possibility of manufacturing such j a poison lias long been known to chem-

f arseniou* gas

Mr. Brothreton fas been besieged by inquiries and some of these hare b«Ti of a character to suggest that the possession of this deadly secret is coveted by a large number of persons who are apparently of

good social status.

CANNIBALISM IK CANADA

«US U Mil L AGREE TO CERTAIN POINTS, the 1

ssing French naval” collier Vi- | value of our cotton export* to the United at , /> trace of the vessel fas been Kingdom in the year 1903 aggregated but

Czar Tals Brace asl Dowager Czarisa Says ! discovered, and it is considered that thc I about $5,000/03 ia excess of thc total for -There WW Nat Be War.” 1 ship *nd her crew have been lost. j tyir. while that to Germany exceeded by

St. Petersburg (By Cable) —It is already practically certain that ~ Russia will not accept Japan's last propositions •s an ertirrty. Russia is read yrto agree fo certain pomts. but on others, the Foreign Office believe*, Russia cannot yield. The officials are ol the opinion that the way is open for continuing the swgotutiocs. and there is no indication that Russia will seek to delay her answer, which probably will be read/

The Far East.

Diplo naH m Parxs’ express the'beficT that Japan has been increasing her demands upon thc belief that Russia is dcstrocs of avoiding war. and that it is therefore safe for Japan to posh her demands to the furthest limits. The American guard at the United States Embassy at Seoul. Korea, fas been increased. Troops now guard all'the for-

eign residences.

The British Foreign Secretary says he does not believe Russia intend* to

| $23,000,000 the total for 1900, thc former

record year.

SEABOARD TRAIN HOB UP

Ths Rofcbrrs Drive* Oil Before They Secure

—— . - . , , ne uoc* iiui uviicAe i\u»*ia imcnu* iu Tto Cto, totomo,. t»Ulk ptoa tol a , D ,rto,d1to ’to Dj-toto Ctorato i" tornttoUton. w „, Id ^ , br ;, ch , hkh semarxco. , Great Britain could not permit. Ad-

»,r „, k-,mhl. 111,",. Ttore —ill

Uc * :!r ' shat Rnssta fa* asked permission from

Turkey to send her fleet by that route. Diplomat* in Berlin express the opirtju that Great Britain is almost 4* deeply committed 'as Japan, and. that

n early day.

Fsr A axillary Craters.

Representative Donglass, of New York, introduced a bill “to provide for ocean mail and freight service between the ’United States and its posses-

sions and foreign countries.”

The bill directs the Postmaster General to enter into ten to twenty year

,, ~ d.contracts for the carrying of mails in McOennjr. Fla. (Special).-Passenger fhipl one . fotlrth of which UoU be vesNo. 76, eastbonnd, on the Seaboard «], bui |t j n Uie United States for the Air IJne. was held np one mile east of | first five years. After that time oneSanderson at 7.45 P- M. by fonr white ( h»H sfall be United States vessels, and — _ „ r alter tffn vears all are to be American men. Thc door of the baggage freMel* the vessels are required to blown open with djnamite. the robber* conform to certain specificalions

Tragedy Faltows WeSSIag.

Sninmit M me*. Pa. ( Special)—Mary ’:* Mehailx k. 14 years old, of this place, was abot in the head and instantly killed by John Hudock. The young girl, in company with Joe Mehallick and his bride, ■cere rrtnming from Connellsvillc, where •Ik acted as bridesmaid at the wedding I The men of the party began to celebrate by fiving revolvers after leaving the city ImMs and continued all-the way to the Mehallick borne. Hndock, who boards at the Mehallick house, after firing hi* L sievolvrr jumped into the carriage and mnarking that his pistol was empty, put I hi* hand over the muzzel and pulled the r -Mriggrr The fall passed through bis hand f and penetrated Mary Mehallick’* fove-

' head, kxliiag her instantly.

a wealthy banker and dry good* merchant of tbs same name of Atlantic, lx, Joseph H. Marshall wa* ■rsnrnced to nr less than five and one

mistaking this car for the express car. Tlie engine wa* stopped by a volley of shot* fired 'into the cab. The fireman and engineer were taken off the engine and escorted to the second-class coach and Ok robbers ran the train ahead about half a mile, when they blew open thc

^ , baggage car. Thf train conductor went

the'decision for war or peace now rerts , forward, but wa* fired on and driven with the Czar. The skill Japan has j back to the coaches. Good actor Peck, shown in the negotiation* excite* ad- j who wa* deadheading over the line, miration at the German Foreign Office. | called for firearms and volunteer*.

It is reported the Russian troops arc concentrating at the Chinese Towns of Liaoyang. Haichaug and other places, so as to be in s position to reoccnpy the territory between thc Liao river

and the Great Wall.

The Japanese Minister at St. Peter*-

N. H. Harrison, claim agent of the road: B. B. McCaa. traveling auditor, and J. C. Williamson, traveling freight agent, re-ponded and the four went forward. opened fire and draw the robber* off Conductor Peck took the throttle and ran the train four mile* down the road. The robber* secured no booty and made no attempt to rob the passenger*. , but there wa* great excitement in the

France has taken the initiative with j pa»*enger coaches while the firing wa* ic other powers in an exchange of I s „ing on. Thc sheriffs 0/ Duval and cws a* to means to prrvt.rt war be- | R-Vcr counties are cm the trail of the tweed Ru**ia and Japan. robbers with Moodbotmd*..

order that they may be used as auxiliary cruisers, transports or colliers in

time of war. ' lathi Uciartswats

Senator Hanna issued the call for the Republican National Convention to meet at Chicago at noon June 21. 1904. to select candidates for President and

Vice-president.

The Senate Committee gave a hearing on the protest against seating Senator Smoot. Cnamel representing both sides presented their respective

cases.

Gen. John C Black, the newly appointed member of the Civil Service

Commission, paid his

What is there between the Goulds and Pennsylvania to be "settled?" One ffihc United Start. Steel Company, sailed lor Europe f«r a short siOL ^ Ktw •* KU»« »«s of goa ■' " of the New York has been increased

s •> Mstaers. - amendment to the Panama Cam . c (Sto^).-Tto to'.E,, 1 '. to XBtoal Ctorto “ “ “toto* " *“ c™,„, s-„ ,0 to .b.,..

1 respects to the

Secretary Wilson outlined to the House Committee the methods and work of thc Depanmcat of AgriculLicutenant Commander Harry M. Hodge* fas been appointed chief by-

'rograpber of the Navy.

The Senate Committee adopted an amendment to the Panama Cl - the Unitcjd States pfa-

fawiabeS indlacs MgrJtr Sqssw end Eel

Irtdy.

Chicago. 111. (Special).—A dispatch to the Inter Ocean from Port Arthur,

Ont., says:

An Indian fas arrived in town and told a terrible tale of suffering among thc members of his tribe, north of Lake Nepigon. Hc told of where one family was so destitute that they murdered a squaw 35 years of age and ate her. At first his tale sras not believed, bat it was corroborated by three white traders, who arrived later. A. W. Patterson, a Hudson Bay factor, also told the same tale. A dog train wa* at once started for the fCrtt* whh food, but it will take four days at top speed to reach the Two constables also left to look into the murder case. Cashier Was fhort Muscatine. Ia. (Special).—Developments here indicate that C F. Utterback. cashier ol the Sigourney Iowa Saving* Bank, who committed suicide Monday night was *hort $47,000 in bis accounts. The shortage was. the result of speculations. Uucrfack blew his brains out ju«t before thc lime scheduled for him to attend a directors' meeting and make a showing.

Thc child is wrsd oi the malady. .M though the grief-stricken parent, nor tied thc iitlie one zrro*. the prmr.eof lova a* ‘o'ii a- they learned thnature of the iiinei* they were U>-> late The victim* are: Harold Luna. 3 years old. bi'tm 1 ■ mad dog u Madrid, la.. October /? died uMay. _W. V. Latta. thc boy's father >*hc kissed the child while ill anJ was bitter on the hands. >Mati|da Latta. the mother who»- lipwerc infected from kiss’ng the bay. Forest Bird*a!l. 12 vcir» old. Madrid. Ia.. who kissed the child and was bittenwill probably die. Per ■ -* 3/ Expriss Bloomington. 111. (Special).—A special from Pontiac. III., states that Mrs James A._ Car others, of that place, received by express a.legacy of $380,000 being her share of the estate of E. O. MStthicscn. an uncle who died hi Paris about three year- ago. leaving a widow, to whom was left hi* vast estate o! between $8,000,000 or $9,000,000. which rvr her dratlt was to be divided equally between ll heir*, oi which Mr*. Caroibcr* wa* one. Mr. Matthirscn was one ol lour brother* two of whom amassed great fortunes in manufacturing glucose and corn product*. Pcwdcr Paat blows U?. Peoria, III. (Special).—A me-sagr just received from Edward* Station aie ootu'ccs the blowing up of one of the building* of the plant ot the Buckeye Powder, completely wrecking one of the building* William Justis and Leonard Shaller were instantly killed. Thc shock was plainly felt here, a distance ot 16 miles, while all window* wiiiiin r radius of two mile* were broken. Seaatov Uscaa Rt-Ekc'cd. Col uni! ms O. (Special).—The House and Senate .voted separately for United States Senalor to jfaccecd, Srnato* Tiaiina. the House caMiuc 8(1 for Hanna 3t for John H. Clark (Dem.) of Cleveland. two Republican* ami tme Democrat being absent . In the Senate Hanna received 39 and Clark 4 votes. Oil Discevered ta Cabi. Havana (Special).—Discoveries ol oiT b/ American eogiueers in the vicinity ol Cardenas fa* caused some exciter en» among American tourists, settler.' amf in testers.

um WatMS far th: RassUox Sauk. Center, Minn. (Special).—A local manufacturing concern fas received an order from the'Russian government for I/XX) wagon* to be shipped for the most pan directly to Omaha, and forwarded from there with consignments of wheat and meats recently honscht in that city. Five hundred of the wagons art ready. Freight Cattt'oa. Malone. N. Y. (Special).—Chme*e Inspector Joseph Wright, of Ronsc'a Point, and James Hodges, of Malone.

} SfABka II.OM THc WIRES. Private. Clakc, c! the Seventeenth United Stater Artillery, comtuitteJ suicide near Santiago. Cuba. The remain* ol Gen. John B. Cordon were buried in Oakland Cemetery aftet memorial services in the House of Representatives in th* State Capitol at Atlanta and a proee.sion oi Confederate* veterans. The steamer Belita. which arrived at New York from Ceibi, Honduras, brought resen of thc crew of the steamer Snyg. which went ashore near Ruatan January 3 in thick wt-nher. A* a re*u!t of drinking ginger .aleflavqrcd with lemon oftract thr-e men trt drad Irom poisoning at Alexander and'two more are not expected to five. Ten people were injured, none fatally. bv s eolli*ion of traction car* w the Pittsburg. McKeesport-and Conacllsvillc Railway, near Scottdak June.ion. Thc town jail at •■'ratt City. Ala, aa* set on fire by •ereral of the inmates,. md three ol the convicts were crwnateJ .wd two scriousljr burned. Swift & O., ot Cbici-o, ert fie.l -<t be Secretary Sta e of Miafti* the