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of 44,200.600 and 102.055 square
miles of territory should dare a trial
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to sp^ak of the great disparity in size
of the Russian and Japanese armies
and .navies.
Ever since united Europe prevented
Rtissia from getting aa ice-free seaport,
and made tlie Sultan guardian of
tbe entrance to the Black Sea, the
Russians have turned their faces eastward,
seeking by means of the vast
^Trans-Siberian Railway an ice-free sea
?ort in Asia.
/( Meantime Japan, weary of her isola-.
tion as an island empire, sought to
gain a foothold on the mainland of
Asia by securing an ascendancy over
Korea, an unmilitary and emptytieaded
hermit nation of about 11,000,000
inhabitants, occupying a mount
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v.-admibal isorsz, v.-admiral ito.
A Tried Veteran of The Foremost NaI
, the Japanese \al Officer of
Navy. . Japan.
ainous peninsula of 85,000 square
i cailes, which reaches southward from
Manchuria between the Yellow Sea
and the Japan Sea. China and Japan
both claimed to be suzerains over this
weak people.
In order to assert hor position Japan
provoked a war with China in 1894
and droTe the Chinese army out of
Korea. She also landed an army corps
la Manchuria and conquered the province
of Liaotong, wtiioh contains Port
Arthur, Talienwan ? both military
strongholds on the Yellow Sea?and
the rich and ancient Tartar capital,
Mukden.
China sued for peace. In the negotiations
which followed she ceded to
Japan not only the island of Formosa,
bat the Manchurian province of Liaotong.
This province reaches from the
north of Korea to the Gulf of Pehcill,
the sea threshold on the route to
Pekin.
It exactly suited the swiftly expanding
ambitions of Japan. It placed
Korea helplessly between her territorial
frontiers, gave her the greatest
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SCENE IN" THE MAIN STREET OF
military and naval stronghold in Asia I
I ?Port Arthur?and brought her within
striking distance of the capital of
China, lib? Japanese were delirious
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At this point Russia, supported bj
France and Germany, refused to allow
Japan to take the province which she
had conquered, and which had been
ceded to her. Japau roared with anger,
but submitted.
Later on Russia built a branch of
her Tras-Siberian Railway to Port Ar
thur, which she leased from China.
Gradually Russian troops were moved
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into.Manchuria. Russian officials really
administered the government of the
country, although China was nominally
sovereign.
To-day Russia occupies and has virtually
annexed the province out of
which she ousted Japan only eight
years ago. She has a Viceroy, Admiral
Alexieff, at Port Arthur.
This situation has aroused Japan to
a high pitch of fury. She wants revenge
and a vindication. She cannot
bear the sight of the Russian flag flying
over the territory once hers by the
right of conquest.
Besides this. Russia has steadily encroached
on Japan's influence in Korea
and has shown.a disposition to secure
territory and seaports from that nation.
The Russians have thus far
oamea me piansoi japan iu rvoreu,
which, it is assumed, aim at annexation.
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PBINCK OF JAPAJT.
forced Japan to confine herself to her
islands.
The occupation and virtual annexation
of Manchuria by Russia is recognized
as a violation of pledges given
by the Russian Government. She was
asked by the United States to withdraw
her army from Manchuria and
promised to do it on a certaiu day.
Japan, too. insisted upon the ''evacuation.
On the day named Russia failed
to withdraw, and to show her attitude
her Viceroy on the same day
paraded a great army at Port Arthur,
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EMPEItOR OF JAPAN.
CHEMULPO,THE PORT OF SEOUL.
with banners "juusie aai ev-ery symbol
of rejoicing.
Japan seeks to force Rassia to retire
from Maneburia and to recognize
Kore* as a Japanese "adhere o? ia
f fluenee." Tlie negotiations have goat
on for a long time. It has been hoped
that some compromise would be
reached.
To strengthen her position Japan
made a treaty of alliance with Great
Britain in February, 1902, in which
the two countries agreed to do everything
necessiry to maintain the independence
and territorial integrity of
China aud Korea, and also agreed, iu^
case waiv should ensue, that if the
others powsers should join the aggres^
sor in hostilities against one of the,;
contracting parties, the other should
( go to its assistance.
So Japan, representing heathen civ
ilization, takes the initiative against
r Russia, representing Christian civilizar
tion.
> It seems incredible that Japan, in
i spite of her exaggerated vanity and
self-confidence, would dare to attack
Russia alone.
The whole Japanese army on a war
. footing amounts to only 474,770 officers
and men, while the war strength
of the Rus*b*n*army is 5.G17.703 offi
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cers and men. In cline of peace Japan
has an army of 141,770 soldiers, while
Russia has always more than 1,000,000
men under arms.
The Japanese navy consists of fifty'
eight warships and eighty-six torpedo
; boats, while Russia has 119 warships
I and 225 torpedo boats and torpedoboat
destroyers. The Japanese navy
i carries 540 heavy guns and 1012 sec.
nnriarv and machine criins. The Rus- i
: sian uavy carries G72 heavy guns and
- 432C secondary and machine guns,
s Japan lias eight first-class battleships,
two second-class battleships and
one third-class battleship. Russia has
. twenty-five first-class battleships nine
: second-class, battleships and seven
third-class battleships. Japan has four
coast-defense ships and two armored
, cruisers. Russia has seven coast-de
fense ships and fifteen armored cruisi
ers. Japan has seven first-class cruis
ers, eighteen cruisers of other classes
and sixteen gunboats. Russia has
twelve first-class cruisers, twenty-five
second-class cruisers, nine third-class
cruiseri and eleven sea-going gunboats.
Japan is In every way inferior to
Russia from a military standpoint. As
to the relative lighting qualities of
the soldiers, it must be remembered
the Russian troops have held their
own against the Turks in many ways
the finest and most stubborn soldiery
in Europe, while the only test of modern
Japanese soldiers on a large scale
was in 1804. when they faced the halfarmed.
cowardly and untrained rabbles
of the Chinese army.
By remaining In a defensive position?the
attitude she has assumed
thus far?Russia could compel Japan
to transport her army over the sea to
fight. Japan could not attack Russia
in Manchuria with any hope of sue
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cess. There- rs a great Tussiau army
there. with great fortresses as depots
or' supplier. Nor could she attack Russia
oh her Siberian seaw.sr, for" there
is another great army there.
Bargain* in Monkeys.
Dr. Jordan, of Palo Alto, Cal., will
dispose of his famous pet monkeys.
Until a short time ago there was a tria
of pets. "Bol)." largest chimpanzee,
from Borneo, was executed because ol
attempted murder. He was eaptuted
in Borneo and brought here young. As
the monkey grew older he gr?^w tierce,
and tried to kill the house servants, so
he was chained.
Last month he broke loose and tried
to kill a Japanese cook. The cook's
screams brought Dr. Jordan's nephew,
who shot the monkev.
The death of "Bob" lias bad a curious
effect oa the remaining monkeys.
They -will not eat. but tup at their
chains and try to kill the Japanese servants.
So dangerous are they that Dr.
Jordan wants to get r;d of them. Hs
wi!! sell them cheap. ? Indianapolis
News.
Danshler of a Soldier.
Another daughter of a Revolutionary
soldier has turned up in Kansas in the
person of Mi.se Eleanor Hoyt. of Lebo,
Coffey Comity. She is said to be tne
only unmarried daughter of a Revolu
tionary swdier now hvmg. Taere are
only three otht*r daughters of Revolutionary
heroes drawing pensions. Con.
gre3sman Miller has introduced a special
bill in Congress to grant Miss Hoyt
a pension of $12 a month.?To,peku Capital.
When the MLssissIyiu Hivor w at
flood oine can drink fresh water froxn
the Gale ten miles from the riyer's
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RUSSIAN CRUISER Mil
Bovarin Blown Up With Two Hundred
Officers and Men.
KOREA TO RaY ON JAPAN
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Russian Troops Frozen to Dtstb in Crossing
Lake Baikal ? Admiral - Aloxleff
Leaves Port Arthur For Harbin?Imperial
Ukase Issued at St. Petersburg
?Japanose War Loan to Be Issued.
St. Petersburg.?The Russian secondclass
cruiser Boyarin was blown up
by a mine in the same manner as was
the Russian torpedo transport Yenisei.
She had on board 197 officers and men.
all of whom, it is understood, were lost.
No details of the disaster have been
given out.
TheBoyarin was 348 feet long, fortyjne~feet
beam and sixteen feet draught.
Shevwas of 3200 tons displacement and
her*trlal speed was twenty-five knots.
Her armament consisted of six 4.7-inch
guns, eight 1.8-inch guns, two 1.4-inch
'guns and three machine guns. She
was also fitted with six torpedo tubes.
Captain Stephanof, who was blown
up with the torpedo gunboat Yenisei,
and who himself invented the system
for laying submarine mines which is
considered responsible for the catastrophe,
had caused the Yenisei to be
fitted with his device for the rapid laying
of mines, whereby a trolley line extended
bevond the vessel's stern nlnncr
which the mines slid out and dropped
into their appointed places. This plan
did away with the cumbersome work
of laying the mines from small boats. The
accident was due to the excessive
strain on the Yenisei's anchor cables
while the mines were suspended, pending
their immersion. The two cables
snapped and one mine collided with
another.
Toklo.?The Emperor of Korea has
promised the Japanese Minister at
Seoul never to intrust the country to
any other power and to rely entirely
on Japan.
The war loan will be issued on
March 1. ,
At a meeting of bankers held here
It was shown that the domestic loan
of 100,000,000 yen, to be issued in
March, will be taken up entirely in
Tokio. The Emperor subscribes for
20,000,000 yen. His Majesty is daily
receiving and bidding farewell to large
batches of officers. The Emperor of
Korea has sent-a gift of tobacco and
wine to the Japanese troops and has
ordered the local officials to afford them
every facility. He has congratulated
Japan upon her victory, declaring that
in view of Korea's position her satisfaction
is equal to Japan's.
Berlin.?It is reported here that 600
Russian soldiers have been frozen to
death while marching across Lake Baikal,
Eastern Siberia. The temporary
railroad across the lake is not yet completed.
A large detachment of troops
was sent on a twenty-two mile march
over the ice-covered lake, and it is
presumed that some of these troops
lost their way in a snowstorm and
perished. * .
St. Petersburg.?An imperial ukase
has been Issued commanding that all
the troops in the military establishments
in the Siberian military districts
be placed- in readiness for war. that
all the divisions in the-Far Eastern
viceroyalty be brought to war strength,
and that the army and navy reserves
in the Siberian and Kazan districts
be called out for active service.
The authorities are empowered to
requisition the necessary horses.
Notice has been given that emigration
eastward is suspended. The Siberian
Railroad is monopolized by the
transportation of troops and war munitions,
to the complete exclusion of
commercial traffic.
Two small Japanese merchant steamships
were fired upon off the coast of
Japan by four Russian warships. One
of the vessels sank and the other_g$_caped.
New-Chwang.?Viceroy Afexleff "left
Port Arthur for Harbin with General
Pfiug, the chief of staff and the general
staff.
It Is said that the Russian army
and navy commands will be reorganized,
and that General Kerpaitsky wili
command the Yalu division, which is
expecting to be attacked by the Japanese
forces.
Mines have been constructed and
preparations made for depositing them
at the mouth of the river here, where
the forts have been occupied by a field
battery of artyiery and guns from the
Russian gunb'cfct Sivontch,
Atrocities are daily perpetrated on
foreigners and natives, both by the
organized police and incoming troops,
which makes it impossible for the civil
administration of New-Chwang to control
the situation. It is feared that a
reign of terror will be caused if the
neutAl powers remain inactive..
HURT IN TROLLEY SMASH.
Motorman Lost Control of Car and It
Jumped the Track.
Chagrin Falls, Ohio. ? The worst
wreck in the history c? the Eastern
Ohio Traction Company occurred in
this village, when a heavily loaded passenger
car dashed down a steep hill for
more than a mile-from the centre of
the town and jumped the track at a
sharp curve.
The motorman lost control of the
brakes. Sixteen persons were more or
less seriously hurt by the car overturning
and sliding along the ground
for twenty-five feet.
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Ohio Bank Failure.
The Controller of the Currency, at
Washington. D. C., has been notified
that the Galion National Bank, of
Galion, Ohio, closed its doors. The
bunk was closed because of its inability
to meet coming demands.
Dynamited a House.
A torpedo or a stick of dynamite was
thrown under the rear of the residence
of Mr. Robert Spitzer, at Birmingham,
Ala., and the explosion, which was
deafening, almost destroyed the house.
The War in the East.
Japan is known to have landed GO.ftOO
troops in Korea.
The Japanese have crossed the border
from Korea into Manchuria.
The Korean Government has granted
Japan the right to traverse the country.
German cruiser Hansa, sent to remove
German subjects from Port Arthur,
said to have been fired upon by
Japanese warships.
A force of i>00 Russians have been
lost iti a snowstorm while marching
across Late Baikal, Eastern Siberia,
and oftriabed of cold- . ;
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Impressive Services Held in the
Senate Chamber.
CODY TAKEN' TO CLEVELAND
The President, Cabinet, Supreme Court
Judges.an<l Members of the House of
Representatives Attend ? Ealogj and
Prayer by the Chaplain of the Senate
?No Military Escort.
Washington, D. C.?Extreme simplicity
and solemnity characterized the
funeral ceremony conducted over the
body of Marcua A. Hanna, late Senator
from Ohio, in the Senate Chamber. N?
band and no military escort accompanied
the modest funeral procession
which left thft- Arlincrton Hotpl nnrt
slowly wended its way up Capitol Hll!
to.the Senate entrance of,the National
legislative building. Borne on the
shoulders of eight Capitpl4, policemen,
the flower laden coffin was carried to
the head of the centre aisle of the
Senate. In the chamber were the
President and his Cabinet, a representative
gathering of the diplomatic
corps, the Supreme Court and the
members of the Senate and the House
of Representatives, while close beside
the bier sat the grief-stricken meni?
bers of the late Senator's family. A
short prayer offered by the chaplain
of the House, a. brief eulogy and
prayer by the chaplain of the Senate,
the singing of "Nearer, My God, to
Thee," by the Gridiron Club Quartet
and the benediction /instituted the
ceremohy. and those who had gathered
to pay this last tribute to the dead
Senator filed silently out.of the chamber.
The brevity and simplicity of the '
service and the high rank of the men
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imposing:, and throughout it seemed to
accord with the simple tastes and
democratic habits of the man in whose
memory it was conducted.
The train bearing the body of Senator
Hanna left Washington for Cleveland
with all the members of the Senator's
family and a number of personal
friends. The coffin was taken from
the Capitol and was escorted to the
Pennsylvania Railroad station by the
committee of Senators and Representatives
in charge of the funeral. The
train consisted of one baggage car, a
dining car, two Pullman sleepers, a
prtyatt> car ana an observation car.
The coffin was placed in the observation
car, and around it were, banked
the. flowers.
INDICTED FOR LAND FRAUDS.
Arrest of Four Western Operators Ordered
by Washington Grand Jury.
Washington, - D. C.?As a result of
the investigation of alleged wholesale
public land frauds in many Western
States the Grand Jury of the District
of Columbia reported a joint indictment
for conspiracy against John A.
Benson, a wealthy real estate operator
of San Francisco; Frederick A. Hyde,
of San Francisco, closely identified
with Benson in land affairs; Henry C.
Dimond, of California, an attorney representing
Benson, and Hyde and Joo6l
H. Schneider, of Tucson, Arizona, an
agent of Benson and Hyde.
6ench warrants were issued and
Schneider was arrested. He was taken
before Justice Barnad, and the latter
fixed his bail at $20,000. Schneider
has been a witness before the Grand
Jury in the cases against the other defendants.
Benson has been indicted
here on a charge of bribery, and is now
believed to be in New York, while
Hyde is thought to be in San Fram
cisco.
TRAIN FALLS 350 FEET.
Baltimore and Ohio Freight Goes Over*
Mountainside.
Wheeling, W. Va.?A Baltimore and
Ohio freight-train wer.c over the mountainside
to the rod's, 350 feet below.
The cars jumped *iie track at Everett
tunnel just west of Piedmont. The entire
train went over the embankment
and was broken up. Fireman E. P.
Egan, of Westernport, was killed. Horton
Kenney, engineer, of Cumberland,
jumped and escaped with a broken
leg.
This is the second bad accident that
has happened on the seventeen-mile
grade in the last few months. The
place at which these wrecks have occurred
is one of the most dangerous
on the Baltimore and Ohio system. On
one side there is a sheer descent into
the valley, in many places of hundreds
of feet, and when a train goes over
there it is usually reduced to kindling
woou.
INSURANCE CONCERN GONE.
Receiver Asked For Because of Liabilities
After Baltimore Fire.
Baltimore. Md.?Application was
made for the appointment of a receiver
for the Old Town Fire Insurance Company,
of Baltimore. It is alleged the
company is unable to p;iy the claims
against it by reason of the tire. The
company is said to have assets of $124,970,
and liabilities of $ii."v4.070.
The policies not affected by the fire
have been taken over by an out-oftowu
company.
Died in a Sleeping Car.
Charles L. Shay, of Bradford, Pawas
found dead in a lower berth of a
sleeping car at Welland, Ont. His
death was due to consumption.
Jumped i rom steamer.
Louis E. Sears, ot* Now York City,
Jumped from the steamer Martinique,
twenty-five miles off the Florida coast
and was drowned, the body not being
recovered.
Turks Under Siege.
Two thousand Albanians besieged
Sliesma Pacha, with 2.">))0 troops, at
Babajhoshi. The Turks were without
provisions or water. They lost 100
men.
College and Educational Notes.
Five students were recently expelled
from Princeton University for buying
proofs of examination papers.
An electrical system of stock raising
has been developed on a moderate
scale at tne university 01 Micuigaii.
Twenty students from the University
of Chicago, in charge of Professor H.
L. Willett. are pilgrims to the Holy
Land.
An attempt is bring made to purchase
for Amberst College the Burchard
collection of books, wblch is one
of the most valuable of its liind in existence.
A GONtn^SgMlNllESIGNS
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Mr. Shafroth, nf Colorado, uxvos Up
Seat to Contestant.
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Announce# His Conviction That He Hold*
membership in Hoom by Fraudulent
Mean*.
Washington, D. C.?For .the first time
in the hWtopy-of Congress a member of
the House voluntarily resigned his seat
to a contestant, announcing his conviction
that he held It by a fraudulent
title from the rightful member. The
manly utterances of Mr. Shafroth, of
Colorado, fairly took the breath of the
nouse, tor nis act was wnouy unexpected.
And when be sat down be
was roundly cheered by Democrats
and Republicans alike. Members gathered
about him and expressed their
syjnpathy and confidence in his integrity.
A resolution was prepared an# adopted
declaring R. W. Bonynge entitled to
Mr. Sjbjtfroth's seat and his connection
with the House ended after eight years
of ^service?first a? a .Republican, then
as a Silver Republican and last as a
Democrat In presenting the resolution
Chairman Olmsted, of the Elections
Committee, paid a high tribute to
the character of the retiring member.
The House soon after adjourned.
Th/v nAnn^nf r? nnnAn nV? An i?aaa?<9 Ia
xuc ucaicoi uu ic^viu. w
the action of Mr. Shnfroth was that of
James Wilson, now Secretary of Agricnlture,
who, when in the House,
yielded his seat to a contestant to end
a filibuster and permit of the passage
of the bill retiring General Grant, as
General.
The action taken by Mr. Shafroth
caused much comment in view of the
fact that in his district thirteen members
of the CoIoradoAJbegislature were
elected who voted^fqr Senator Teller.
If these thirteen members had been declared
fraudulently chosen the entire
result of the^enatorial contest would
have been changed.
Vff Qhafrnfh i>la!n<r a nnaitlnn nt
AJM.L, UUULIULU, 4. iOUl^ IV U ^UVtJUVU Ut.
I>er8onaI privilege, and reciting the
facts in the contest and the bringing
of the ballots cast in the twenty-nine
precincts here under seal for examination,
said he had examined the ballots,
had found them so tainted as to make
It impossible to purge the poll, and under
the law, he said, "If I were a judge
considering the case, I would be compelled
to find against myself."
"I did my best to have an honest
election." he went on. "My law partner,
with my approval, organized a Citizens'
committee composed of both Republicans
and Democrats who desired
a fair election. The headquarters of
that committee as shown by the evidence
in the case was in the law offices
of Rogers, Shafroth & Gregg, Denver,
Col. '
"I have always been in favor of pure
politics, and when the test is applied to
an election at which I was voted for as
one of the candidates upon the ticket
I should not shirk my duty or change
my convictions concerning honest elections.
"I therefore will say to the Cojnmittee
on Elections No. 2 and to the members
of this House that they can seat
Mr. Bonynge at their earliest convenience."
He thanked the committee for its
fair and impartial inquiry, expressed
appreciation of "the repeated declarations
of Mr. Bonynge in the record that
I was not a party to or in any manner
connected' with any of the frauds,"
and thankefl the members of the House
for "the uniform courtesy and evidences
of respect" which he had received.
DOMINICAN REBELS ROUTED.
Leader Wounded and a Prisoner and
Many Killed in Attack.
. Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo.?The
hng expected attack on Santiago has
taken place, and after a savage battle
the rebel forces were Completely routed
bythe Government troops.
The revolutionists entered the city
' unmolested until they had reached tne
Government house. Then the Government
forces opened fire. The rebels
answered the fire and the battle raged
for several hoursf
I Panchito Perez and many other revolutionists
were killed and seeing that
their attack was futile, the rebels fled,
closely pursued by the* Government
soldiers.
$1,000,000 FIRE IN OSWEGO.
The Kingsford Starch Factory Totally
Destroyed.
Oswego, N. Y.?The Kingsford starch
factory, a branch of the Corn Products
Company, the largest starch. manufacturing
plant in the world, was destroyed
by fire, entailing a loss of over
$1,000,000.
The fire originated in the chemical
room while the employes were at work,
and a panic ensued among the .*>00
girls employed in the packing room,
where it was discovered. But for the
j. ?i! kAn^A/l
I prompt auuuii Ul ocvciai ui/vi ucuucu
1 employes many fatalities might have
occurred.
RUINED BY BALTIMORE FIRE.
Application Made For Receivers For
Two Insurance Companies.
Baltimore, Md.?Application was
made for the appointment of receivers
for the Baltimore Fire Insurance Company
and the Home Fire Insurance
Company, both of! this city.
The city government resumed its regular
routine business in the various departments.
All claims against tbe
Mayor and City Council, for wblcb
vouchers were in, are being paid.
Shoots Rival and Himself.
John Cluck shot and killed his rival.
Rolla Smiley, at Rockville, Mo., and
then, kissing the young woman they
both loved, and who had witnessed the
killing, sent a bullet through his own
brain.
Denmark-Holland Treaty Signed.
A treaty of arbitration between Denmark
and Holland has been signed. It
contuius no limitations in regard to
questions which can be decided by The
Hague Arbitration Court.
Hanna's Death Kills a Man.
Charles I^der, sixty years old, of
Aurora. III., traveling agent for a
chemical company, on learning of Senator
Hanna's death, fell in a swoon in
front of the postofflce building, at Newport
News. Va. He died after being
removeu to ine nospitai.
Chicago Russians Leave.
Russians iu and around Chicago, It!.,
are flocking back to Russia to enlist
in the war. At tbe Consul's office it
was said that about 500 men already
had started* _
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WASSINGTON ITEM&
Governor Docuery. or Missouri*
railed at the Capitol and paid his re*
spacts to the President.
ifhe Japanese Minister, Mr. Takahira,
called at the State Department . ^
with a telegram from the Japanese M
Stinister of Fofrtf gn Affair#, offering the
sympathy of the. Mikado over the Baltimore
Are. 1
The bill torB*sy $150,000 to former
Queen Liliuokalatai of Hawaii, was de- $
feated in the Senate.
Lieutenant-General and Mrs. Chaffee "V
gave a dinner in honor of Mr. TafVthe
new Secretary of War.
The House decided the C^nelltHowelt
contested election case frpm the
Tenth Pennsylvania District in favor
of Mr. Connell.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt Issued
Invitations for their last State reception
of the winter, Which wiU be
in honor of the army and navy; >
Minhul'Gho, the Korean Minister to
the United States, called on the; President
to present^ his letters of recall.
The Minuter -wiH be transferred1 to another
post in:the diplomatic service ef
Ills country.
Cameron Forbes called- 09, Secretary .< vi^||
Taft and announced tbat.be would accept
the post of Philippine Commissiorier.
OTJR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
John Alexander Dowl>e passed
through Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands,
on his way to Australia,* being there
about twelve hours.
Rear-Admiral Cooper, in.command - &
of a squadron composed of the Newj
Orleans, Raleigh, Frolic and Annapolis,
at Manila, in the Philippines, is under
orders to sail for Shanghai..
While a num&erof Government'officials
were retaining to the' mainland * ?
from a;festlval qto Alabat Island, in the
Province of- Luzon, in the Philippines,
in a small boat, a severe storm arose
and the.boat was capsized.
The House of Delegates of Port?
Rico, by a. vote of fifteen to eleven,
passed a measure for the abolition of . m
the death penalty. .
Seventeen members of the' constabulary
stationed at Vigan, one of. the ; ca
leading business centres of Luzon, la
the Philippines, have deserted, jtaking
with them fifty rifles, 5000 rounds of
ammunition abd $700 obtained by loot
ing toe commissary department.
Clinton A. Gilbraith, Associate Jus*
tice of the Supreme Court of the Ter*
ritory of Hawaii, has announced hi*
intention'of retiring from office at th?
expiration of hfs.term in June.
Senor Morales, -Dominican Consul*
General at Saa^Jnan, Porto Rico, ha?
been, formally-recognized by Governoc ,
Hunt. . ..
The United States auxiliary cruiser
Dixie has taken coal at San Juao, Por- ..
to Rico, and sailed on rusn orders to .
Santo Domingo.
George D. Morgan, a nephew of J.
Plerpont Morgan, arrived at Honolulu, ~ !j|8
Hawaii, from Japan, on big way to
New York. With him is his bride, a
Japanese girl, whom he married last . ?!
month. _
"T DOMESTIC.
Seven Chinamen smuggled ^nto tbi?
country in December last have beea
ordered deportedjto Canada.
Denver women will tender their ser.
vices as nurses to the Bed Cross to act
in the Japanese Army. \
Charged with the murder of Judge
S. T. Morgan and Henry Morgan, hi*
brother, J. D, Knight, a liveryman,
was lodged in jail at Camden, Ark |
The blame for the sinking of the
steamer Callam off the coast of Washington
was fixed upon Chief Engineec
De Launey, who Is charged with neglect
and Incompetency. I .
For the embezzlement of $1900 of the
f*nds of Carlisle, Mass., George P. Davis;
a former tax collector, is under ar
rest at Los Angeles, Cal. 'f
Executive officers of the Western;
Ftoleration of M|ners w^Il withdraw allpending
suits for illegal arrests against
the militia officers and proceed against
Governor Peabody alone. ..
Mrs.' Mary A. Powell is a prisonee
in the Dover Jail, charged with tha
murder of Estella Allaband, twentyone
years old, her adopted daughter,
on the old homestead, at Bowers*
Beach, Del. v
Bernard Brown, his wife and child!
and >Villiam Stokes were struck by a
train and killed oil a graiie crossing at
Waterloo, Va.' " * ' J; ' V( >u I
Twelve persons w?re badly hurt ii? , 'A
the collision between a street car carrying
thirty persons and a train at Paducah,
Ky. f
While making repairs to his englnet
WilliaiA Miller, aged seventy-one, probably
th? oldest engineer in service i?
the United States, was killed at Leadville,
Col. .
Confessing to the embezzlement of
between $40,000 and $30,000, J. A.
Hutchinson, K. C.. one of the best
known lawyers of Brockvllle, Out., has
KiwvkfAlP fA fha onHmritioa
durrenueieu uiuiocn. iv &uw u^i.iv..v.vwp
In the Catholic Church at Chelten- ?'*:
ham. Pa., candelabra and crucifixes, the
baptismal font and the historical tabernacle
of the Blessed Virgin's altar
\vere reduced to fragments under th&
furious attack of an apparently insaner
man.
FOREIGN.
The English House of Commons
feated John Morley's ameudment couternine
the Government's fiscal policy.
The Finance Ministry has denied the
report that Russia has prohibited the
exportation of grain.
The Duke of Connaught has been appointed
Inspector-General of the British
Army under the new army reform
scheme.
It is officially announced that Lord
Roberts lias retired from the Wac
Office, but that at the special request,
of Premier Balfour he has consented to?
place his services at the disposal oC
the Committee for Imperial Defense.
Mrs. Maybrii'k. recently released1
from an English prison, is recovering
her health in the seclusion of the sisterhood's
home at Truro, to which she
was taken a fortnight ago.
The rumors circulated regarding thealleged
illness of Emperor William
have been officially denied.
Parliamentary elections in Cape Colony,
South Africa, have resulted in at
small Progressive majority over the
Afrikander Bund.
f'jises ( ontairiimi 13.000 cartridge?*
and fifty-seven revolvers and Ma usee
rifles liav* been seized l?y tho customs#
officials nt Salonica.
The wheat crops in tli^ southern:
provinces of Chile are likely to satisfy?
thr- most sanguiue expectations.
Tbe $33,000,000 Cuban loau wiil not
I, . floated until monetary eouditiom*.
are more favorable tbaa at preseat.