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BLOCKADE STANDS NO EFFORT TO BE MADE TO BIINO ENGLAND TO UV WATCH GERMANY AWHILE ItaMnO RefaMl of British Govern- ment to Make Any Modifications In Its Blockade Policy Brings no Action Because of Apparen- Condi tions in German Answer. The United States government does not intend to make haste in re suming exchanges with Great Britain regarding the blockade. This was announced at the state department and it was explained that the delay would be due solely to the attempt of Germany, in her note of May 4. to Impose as a condition of the aban donment Of illegal ihethodl or sub- marine warfare that the United States should require Great Britain to permit foodstuffs to reach the population of Germany. The official who made this author itative announcement was very frank. His statement was given orally in response to questions, but he did not place any restrictions on being quoted on the subject He agreed that the following might be printed as coming from the depart ment: “Ja view of the apparent condi tions contained in the German note it is very difficnlt to proceed at the present time with reference to Kngiand." Further questions brought out that the situation in regard to the .''British government’s recont refusal Ito make any material modifications in its blockade policy was substan tially ns follows: ’• In its note of May 4, in answer to the demand ofthe United States that present methods of German suy- marine warfare be abandoned, the German government-said "that it had modified ita instructions to sub marine commanders to conform to the views of the United States, but that it did not doubt "that the gov ernment of the United Statee will now demand and insist that the Brit ish government shall forthwith ob serve the rules of international law universally recognised before the wsr aa are laid down In the notes presented by the government of tnX United States to the British govern ment December 21, 1D16, and Nov ember B. IBIS.** To this the German government added what has been construed by the United Statee as a condition which President Wilson, in the note sent to Germany on May B. declined to accept. That condition was eat forth in the German note as follows "Should such steps taken by the government of the United States not attsin the object It desires, to have the laws of humanity followed by all the belligerent natlone. the German government would then be facing a new situation in which it must re serve to itself full liberty of action." In other words, as tba United States government construed the German note, the agreement to abandon Illegal methods of sub marine warfare was contingent on the United States compelling Great Britain to modify the blockade so as to permit the shipment of food into Germany. In Us note of May 8 this govern ment accepted the German govern ment’s new instructions to submarine commanders as a compliance with its demand, but rejected the contin gent proviso or suggestion that the new Instructions might not be con tinued in force If the United States did not compel Great Britain to lift the embargo on foodstuffs consigned to German ports. . W'hat was said at the state de partment emphasized that stand of the United States and apparently was Intended to be notice to Germany that President Wilson was deter mined to test out the good faith of the German government In agreeing to abandon submarine warfare. "The state department’s amplifica tion of ita position with regard to Germany's effort to make legal methods of submarine warfare de pendent on a modification of the British blockade,” said an observer "amounted in effect to this message to the German government: ” ‘You know from our note of May 8 that we will not consent to having your observance of acknowledged and established rights of American citizens traversing the high seas de peifdent on what we say or do to Great Britain. We wish you to know further that our ’controversy with Grfeat Britain is none of the bus! ness of Germatfy and we will attend to our British relations In our own way and in our own good time; If we should now begin to press Great Britain for a modification of her blockade Hie Impression would be created that we were doing so under an implied threat, of Germany. “‘Therefore, we intend to defer taking up the blockade question with Great Brlt.afn again. In the mean time we will see if you intend to oh serve in good faith the promise con . tained ..ip. yovir Jnstructions-;to sub marine comnrahders to-pursue a hii mane and legal course in dealing with rnerchnnt shipping on the high seas, if you should decline to accept our declaration that wo will hot make any bargain with you on the submarine question you will know what to expect from us." The renditions imposed by Oer manv, ft was said, must be removed before the United States could be ^exported to renew the effort to bring Grtat-Britain to the American gov 6r: CASEMENT TRIAL STARTS IN LONDON ON MONBAY Prisoner site by Apparently Oblivious of Surrounding's—An Accocn- ' pUce In Dock. Sir Rogert Casement, the supposed head and prime instigator of the Sinn Fein rebellion ,111 Ireland, was ar raigned Monday at London in the Bow street police court and charged with high treason. The few spectators who were per mitted to enter the famous old police court were considerably surprised when a second prisoner was placed beside Casement in the dodk. This man was Daniel Julian Bailery, a pri vate soldier whdse home is at Worn- blery, a village near London. Bailey was arrested near Tralee, Ireland, April ?1. He was Jointly charged, with Casement, with high treason, but his exact connection with the Sinn Feiners has not eo far been made public. Shortly after the magistrate had taken his seat, Casement and hie fel low prisoner were shown into the dock. Casement's appearance was vastly different from that of the man who gained fame In 1912 by his ex posure of the cruelties practiced on natives in Putumayo by a British" rubber company. He sat in the dock resting bis chin on his hand and oc casionally looking toward the magis trate. The attorney general charged that Casement had conducted a systematic campaign among Irish prisoners In Germany with the purpose of seduc ing them from their allegiance. Bailey, he said, had been seduced In this manner and had made a state ment explaining Casement's actions In detail, r* The attorney general said Bailey had related how a large number of Irish prisoners had been collected from various prisons in Germany and placed In a large camp at Limburg. There they beard addreeses by Case ment. who tried to inflame their minds against the British govern ment and persuade them to break their oats of allegiance and support him In his projected expedition to Ireland. The attorney general here intro duced a dramatic touch by having brought Into the court a green rebel flag which he said Casement had brought from Germany to Ireland For a moment the prisoner sat with eyes fixed on the floor, refusing to look at this emblem of the rebellion Then he glanced up at the flag and smiled derisively. Moot of the time during the attor ney general's address he eat with his elbow on his knee, stroking his beard > characteristic pose of the pris oner ever since his Incarceration in tbe Tower of London. He appeared obllvloue of hie surroundings, but occasionally he glanced up quickly, showing he was listening to th# pro ceedings. notwithstanding his upper ent inattention. ASQUITH LI6BTENS RULE I OF SOLDIERS IN DUBLIN by In- govern- ition of Populace Moves Freely—Two Freeh Executions ' Occur While Premier Leaves Capital. Premier Asquith’s sudden resolve to go to Dublin, which was hailed by hia supporters as a stroke of genius, had had the effect of eaauaglng political passion. The only new fact concerning the eltuation in Ireland is that two other leaders in the rebellion, whose exe cution was delayed by Premier As quith’s undertaking that there would be no further executions until after, parliament had debated John Dillon's motion, have been put to death. They were James Connolly, one of the signers of the proclamation of the Irish republic, and John McDer mott. Much regret‘is expressed bj fluential newspapers that the g< ment failed to stop tbe executi Connolly and McDermott. The Man chester Guardian and the Nation eontend-that a commutation-of these sentences would have been not only clemency, but policy. The great modification in regula tions of martial law gave tbe people of Dublin Sunday a freedom of movement strongly contrasting with restrictions Imposed since the rebel Hon.' Now all may come and go as they wish between the hours of four o’clock in the morning and midnight. During the remaining four hours they must keep within doors. It is generally understood that Premier Asqnlth is responsible for this-relaxation.. The-premier's study of conditions and the sentiments of the people apparently convinced him that there was no great element of rebellious spirit remaining. Mr. Asquith’s chief occupation since bis arrival In Dublin has con slated In seeking a method for the adjustment of the Irish crisis and in ascertaining whether It would 1^ ad visable to return to the former sys tem of government or . adopt change of rule more in accord with the wishes of the people. The premier also has given mpre" attention \o minor factors, thV»e having to <lo with tbe disposal l of the remaining ‘rebel material damaga done in Dub lin GRANT 13 EXECUTED . —— *■ NEGRO DIES PROTESTING IQS INNOCENCE OF MURDER FLED TO PENNSYLVANIA WHO BROKE OFF BORDER CONFERENCE IS PUZZLE FUNSTON PUCES TROOPS TO STOP BORDER RAIDS KedWtrlbmUu* of 30,000 AoAdiers W Though to Ion ore ftuffteteat Protection. Oen Funston has practically com pleted plana for reorganisation of the border patrol, which, be believee. will put an end to border raids. De tails of the proposed, redlntrlbution of the troops were not made public, but it is understood that those along tba boundary will be divided into three divisions, with Brig. Gen. Jamas Barker, JBtig. Gen. -Wiliiam -A- Mann and Brig. Gen. Harry A. Greene acting aa district com- mandera. With tha atata troops of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, and addi tional regular army troops being mo bilized, Gen. Funston will have ap proximately fifty thousand men. By the end of this week he plane to have the entire force in shape and position for service. It is Improbable that more troops will be sent to Col. Sibley, who Is in charge of the little expedition that crossed into Mexico near BoquillaS as a result of tbe raid at Glenu Springs and Boqutllns a week ago. Four troops of cavalry and a machine gun detachment are operating close to the line, scouting throughout a limited territory south of the border, but It was stated there never has been any intention of sending for ward at that point a punitive expe dition that would compare In size to that of Gen. Pershing, If the cav alry operating south of Boquillas fails to locate any bandits within a few days its return to stations north of the line is probable. Army officers are deeply interest ed, however, in the efforts the Mexi can troops were reported to be mak ing to run down the bandits who raided the Big Bend district and who still hold no a pil^onei Jesse Deeul- Waahlagtow Await* Hcott’a Report to If Ouraasa or Obre- goa Barred Agreement. Oen Scott s telegraphic report at the conclusion of tbe conference threw Uttlo light on the situation further than to Indlcatt that the ex change of views with tha Maxican war mlniater had been of a wholly friendly character Sine# that time reports of Carrenxa troop move ments hava indicated that the da facto government was taking active step# In the region south of Boqull- laa and also moving into tha territory abandoned by Gen. Perablng’a forces aa they were drawn n«rth towards San Antonio, probably tha aouthern bass of tha expeditionary force for soma time to corns Secretary Lansing expects to have a long conference with Gen. Scott before he preparee to renew tbe dip lomatic discussion of tba statue- of the expeditionary force with Eliseo Arredondo, Carranza’s ambassador In Washington Tbe state depart ment also expects to gee some light oa whether II was tha war minister agreemeat fererw. worked out by the con This question baa been a puzzling one to Washington officials. Special Agent Rodgers at Mexico City re ported that the de facto government officially had announced the suc cesses of the border negotiations This was taken to mean- that Car ranza had approved the plan. Then came the statement by the conferees that they had been unable to reach a definite agreement and had derided to refer the matter back to their respective governments for diplomatic negotiations. While this report was en route to Washington Mr. Arredondo called upon Secretary Lansing to state that his advices from Mexico City indicated that the original agreement had been ap proved. Gen. Scott is expected clear up the confusion. MEXICANS IN RESERVE era, an American storekeeper. It is regarded as not impossible that the Mexican troops may cut off the re treat toward the interior and force the bandits back into the lines of Col. Sibley’s cavalry. MINES WASHED ASHORE Fifty British, 3 French, 13 German, 24 Unknown. “It is reported from Amsterdam that in April ninety mines were cast upon the Dutch coast,” the Overseas News Agency says. “Of these ffty were British, Jifiree French, thirteen German and the remainder of un known nationality. Sincp. the t>e£in enfs, way to thinking about the 0: < h . e ‘‘’AT - 1 ■ 0/ ■ n iInea bave in. th« United Statee tHat- bhr troops -Ti 'h v Scl?a'iTF.' Wh?n Tt^was ask- oeen TOuna on me wuin coast, in- were menaced by Carranzistas on xTT eluding 535 British', sixty-one French and 193 German." > States Intended to give Germany ample time to depionstrate that 4 was living to the pledge to abandon Illegal Submarine attacks The ab- * sence Of such attacks would be the whether the cohditlons could be entered by another German- .note, lie answer was itt the negative. “We do not expect any reply from irmany to our note," It was said 11 we can do is to wait and see Ion will determine what Germany id* to do. . .Als statemept wss further ex- answer, it whs aster fed. that the taed as meaning that tha United United Slates hoped to receive. Two Hundred Willing to Fight for United States. I, — • Two hundred Mexicans in the vl cinity of Brownsville who have ex pressed a desire to fight for the United States in the even with Mexico will into the Texas National Guard originally proposed, but will hold themselves In readiness to answer call of the United States gov^nment This was decided at a mass meeting of Mexicans, after they had heard ad dresses by Col. R. L., Bullard and Maj. J. E. Kllhourne of The Twenty sixth United States infantry, and several prominent Mexican's. or trouble not be mustered as BIYAN TREATY NEW FROTEST TO ENOLAND BORDER CONFERENCE ENDS WITH NO AOREEMENT MAH Jo« Grant Electrocuted Monday After Manning Refuses to Inter fere—Wsa Found Near the Scene With Pistol In His Hand—Faith in 5 ’ ' . t Edgefield People. Joe Grant, a negro, convicted from Edgefield county for the killing of Jessie T. Durst at Johnston on" April 14, 1906, was executed at the State penitentiary Monday at 12.26 o'clock. He died proclaiming his Innocence, and charged a brother of Durst, who witnessed the execution, of knowing AhaUfigant :Eas innocent and of also knowing whodid kill his brother After the killing of Durst, Grant, who was a barbfer,' escaped and made his home in Philadelphia. He was located there about three years ago and a hard fight was made against bringing him back to this State. The requisition was fought through the courts of Pennsylvania and into the United States court, but on each oc casion Grant loet bis appeal. He was brought back to South Carolina, tried and convicted on March 10, this year. The death sentence was set for April 14, but was respited by Gov Manning in order to investigate the circumstances thoroughly. Since tbe trial of Grant Urge pree- eurfe has been brought to bear on Gov. Manning to commute the sen tence to life imprisonment. Tbe gov ernor, several times, respited Grant’e execution, in order to make a tbor ough investigation into the case. He probed into tbe circumatancee sur rounding the killing of Durst from many angles, going so far aa to vlalt of the tragedy. He did not come to a final decision until late Monday morning, end noti fied the penitentiary authorities pver the telephone to let the law take its course. Before reaching hie final de cision. Gov. Manning locked himself in hia private office and denied him self to all callers. In sUtlng the reasons for not In terfering with the verdict of the Jury. Gov. Manning, in the following state ment. said: "I have carefully considered all phases of this esse snd have given it my best thought. I have reached the conclusion that Joe Grant received e fair trial, and that the verdict of the jury was in accordance with the ev4- dence Therefore, I do not feel Jus tified in Interfering with the sentence of the court. The verdict of the Jury end the sentence of the court will be carried out." Joe Grant was chanting a hymn in his cell Monday when s reporter of The Columbia Record entered the death house for the purpose, if pos sible, of obtaining an interview from tbe negro prior to his electrocution. The reporter was accompanied by Officer ‘Lyles of the penitentiary guard-and Rev. C. J. Abney, chap lain of the State prison. Grant waa a middle-aged negro, gingerbread color and weighs about one hundred and fifty pounds. He waa very garrulous and circulocutory, and was prone to contradirtlona In detailing tbe circumstances surround ing the killing of Jesse T. Durst. He vehemently proclaimed hia Innocence, claiming that Durst waa ahot to Thara Can be mo Relief If Ores* Britain Invokes Aid of i Peace Treaty. Tha United Statee Is prevented from making effective protests against British sea aggression, of ficials say, by the provision of tbe Bryan peace treaty. This announcement from a high official source gave a new signifi cance to the reference to the Bryan treaty made by Secretary Lansing in his recent German submarine note. In that note Mr. Lansing answered Germany’s suggestions that the Unit ed Statee treat with Great Britain for relief from oppressive features of the blockade by pointing out that the United States had treaty obligations governing settlement of disputes with that country. He aaltj also that the United Statee had no such treaty with Germany. It was said that If England la* Take* the Bryan treaty for settle ment of Its controversy with the United Statee no relief can be ob tained for a year at the earUeet, by which time it la believed tha war will have ended. Unlern England should voluntarily and the seizure of American cargoea, the detention, seizure and censoring of American mails and the extension of its contraband list, the United Statee, under the present construc tion of the treaty, would havs no rw- Uef during the war. It was said further that the Unit ed States would have no legal right, under the Bryan treaty, to put ia •ore* any measures of reprisal or re taliation during the period of a year’s investigation. Mexican Qaeatton Is Referred to Dip lomatic (Yum nets — Dose Hot Break la N RUSSIANS AND TURKS CLAIM BIG VICTORIES or Gen. Uerranza himself who pre vented ratlfiMBi^r " that to ed to arrest Grant. Grant iterated and reiterated hia statement that he did not kill J. T. Durst, but that the policeman did, but his talk was full of contradictions and he could not explain why he was loitering around in the dark with a pistol in his hand, except that he feared trouble. He said that he only carried a revolver on Saturday night, because he had to work late and thought sometime he might need to protect himself. •Grant denied that he fought requi sition, but claimed the battle was put up by a negro lawyer of Pennsyl vania. He said that he at first re fused to see the attorney, and told the Pennsylvania authorities that he was willing to go back to South Caro lina. because he believed there "were enough good white folks in Edgefield county to see that I got a fair dfcal." CAN SEE NO SIGN OF DANGER . „ t-.„ + — Pershing Sa) s Troops are Xpt Men aced by Carranzistas. x Gen. , Pershing declared Sunday via tireless that repPrts published ■ ■PWtt sidea were untrue. - - ‘ "Our troops are excellently dis posed for defence, > hut there is no sign ofdanger," said the general. • IJe added that since tbe Ojos Azo les fight iiie VUliEta bandits had a wholesome fear of the American marksmen. -There is no backward fnoven ent of the AKericatr troops on now.. *. *•* -' V 1 "" GERMAN LOSS 2,822,079 Great Britain Publishes Teuton Offi cial Statement of Casualties. An official British statement of German casualties in April issued in Ijondon Wednesday places the total at 91,162. The number of German casualties since the beginning of the war is given as 2,822,079. These figures were given in the following statement: “German, casualties ate exclusive of correction were reported during the month of April, 1 91G,'as follows: Killed or dfed of wounds, 17,455; died of sickness, 23.935; prisoners 1,921; missing, 6,217; severely wounded, 14,557; wounded, 4,001; sllghHy wounded,r 38,97'9' vfounded remaining within units, 5,537. Total, -&+rl«L "These added to those rejicrted in previous _moniiis^ -including correc- Uons reported In April,. 1916, bring the totals reported In'German offi cial lists since the t>eglnning f of the war to: _ _ . , •Kiilvd or died ofwnnndz, dtfl.SSJ; died of s'.chnesz, 41,525; prisoners, 137,798: missing. 19T,<fS4zeverely .wounded. 385,515; wounded. •254.- 257: sllghUy wounded. 1.023.2121 wounded.'remaining with units, 117,- 35S. Total, 2.882. 07*. "The«e figures Include all German waMopalPtes—Proas! ana. Bavartena Saxons and Wnrttemhergers. They do sot tnc'ide naval or coloaiai troopsu Petrogrsd Telia of Coatfnaied Pro- Bat Constantinople Reporta Merciless Night Attack." Tha Russians and tht Turks are eentlnulng their attache and counter atacka • in tha region south of the Black Bee littoral and alao west of the Persian border, where tbs Russians are endeavoring to force their way through tbe Meso potamia region, with Bagdad and Junction with the British forces far ther south their evident object!vaa. Petrograd reports further progress for the Rumians fighting against the Tarka near the Persian frontier, with Bagdad as their objective. Here the Turke attempted to take the offen sive. but Petrograd eays the move ment wee repulsed. Further north near Aachkala. which le situated some fifty miles west of Ersarum the Ruse tone claim to have made fur ther progress westward. This, how ever, le at variance with tha claims of Coeetentlnople, which says the army og Grand Duka Nicholas and tha Turllsh forces, estimated at two hundred thousand, under Field Mar shal von Mackensen. have fought two-day battle in Asia Minor The Turks claim a distinct victory; the Russians In th^mofncfsl statement report a victory and practically ad mit a defeat The battle began with a '"merciless night attack" by the Turks organiz ed with great strength on the lifty Karblssar range. From this they ■wept down overwhelmingly on the Rueaiane. After almost two, weeks of discus sion the conferences of Gena Hugh. L. Scott, Frederick F nos ton and Jen. Alvaro ObVegon, Mexican min ster of war, over American troop dispositions in Mexico, came to aa end Thursday night, without any agreement being reached. The end of the negotiations cam! after two conferences bad been held/ The first began at ten o’clock In the morning and l&ft until one p. m.. when a recess was taken until fhnr o’clock to permit Gen. Obregon to keep a lunch engagement Sharp on the hour the discussions were ro ne wed; After two hours and a half, how ever, they were brought to an end. Gen. Obregon, accompanied by Jnan Amador, Mexican sub-secretary of foreign affairs, emerged from th# private car occupied by Gen. Scott and Oen. Funston, 'walked rapldlf doom the railway yards, climbed into his waiting automobile and drove stray. Gen. Obregon was accompanied to his machine by Gen. Funston. Tha Mexican conferee's manner * was abrupt and vexed, but Gen. Fnsston smiled cheerfully aa ha bada him good-bye. Gen. Funston re-entered tha car. Then Col. Robert E. Lee Michie, aid# to Gen. Scott, came out and distri buted copies of tbe following state ment to the waiting newspaper men: ‘We wish to announce, after eev- eral conferences, marked throughout wltlp conspicuous courtesy and good ill, in which conferences mutual impressions were exchanged, sad in formation waa collected on the mili tary situation on the frontier, it waa agreed upon by the conferees to eu»- pend the conferences and report back to their goveromenta, in order that these may be able, through their re-- spective foreign departments, to con- siude this matter, and that the end ing of th^se conferences do not mean in any way a rupture of thwgood UK' lationa of friendship, between the conferees nor between the respective governments. "(Signed! “A. Obregon, "H. L. Scott. "Frederick Funatoa." GERMANS ATTACK HULL 304 AS KEY TO VERDUN HOSPITAL SUPPLIES BARRED BY BRITAIN SAYS TAFT Bx-PresMeat Appeals Saya Red Croes Believe M to Vio- lattow of Oewova Oonveatioa. The American government to pro paring to protest to Groat Britain against Ita policy of refusing to allow the ehipmeat of hospital supplies by the American Red Cross to Germany and her alllea. Secretary Leasing received a letter Thursday from for mer President Taft, chairman of tho central committee of t*ie Rod Croon, urging euch action, ana It was toarn- ed that tho matter would bo takoa up with tho British govornmont in tho near futuro. Mr Toft's letter revealed that Great Britain formally had ed to tosae permits for of supplies to the except whew la tended for can hospital waits. This Mr. Taft wrote, a cease oa aoconat of lack of the Red Cross had nntts In the belligerent last October: Pari* Hays Teutons Hold One Side Bat Cannot Dominate the Other Slopes. Information from the best avail able French sources shows that the German offensive which was begun on May 4 at Verdun was designed to Capture Hill No. 304, the loss of which would have compelled Gen. Neville, the new commander at Ver dun, to retire from Dead Man’s Hill. The latest staff advices which have arrived Ln Paris state that the Germans command, from Hill No. 28, the northern slope qf Hill No. 304, which tho French had Jo evacuate, owing to the annihilating shell fire which leveled all teir defensive works and which the Germane are now reorganizing. The French strongly -bold the southern slope of Hill No. 304 and the. Germans have been unable to seize the positions east and west of the hill which would, expose the southern defences to a flanking fire. The crown prince considers this height the key to all the present French positions west of the Meuse, and fresh desperate efforts to carry it are expected. TO ACT AS FLEET SCOUTS Fast Vessels to Carry at Least Four Aeroplanes Each. A scout division of vessels of tfie cruiser Tennessee type will be creat ed. the navy department announced Sunday night, for use as fleet scouts. The stzp is a part of the general re- organization scheme. The vessels of the division will carry aj least four aeroplanes each, with catapulting derides for.launch- lag. them. The scouts, aided by tha aeroplanes, kre expected to make up •for (he lack of fast scoht,cruisers.in .the navy. British Ship Saak. The British four-master Calgata of Liverpool, was sank by a sub marine Saturday night. Twelv».,oI the crew were picked op by a and UsdeA One boot, with men aboard, to The Red Cross considers tho Brit ish attitude In violation of the Gen eva convention, to which the United Statee and all of the present bellig erents are signatories, and holds that the American government b** the right to Inaist upon observance of the treaty. * Mr. Taft expressed the hope that the British position was based upon an erroneous belief 'that the central powers had failed to agree to a re ciprocal course in the treatment of articles for the sick and wounded. railroadsTre safer Fever Passengers sad Trainmen Kill ed Than Ever Before. All railway safety records were broken in 1915 whei} 325 American roads, reporting to the bureau of rail way news and statistics, went through the entire fiscal year to June 30 without a single fatality to & passenger in a train accident. The roads reporting operate 161,948 miles of line. It is stated that this record of safe operation has never been equalled by the railroads of any other country. - All American roads In 1915, oper ating over 250,000 miles of line, re ported 196 passengers killed in all railway accidents. ~ In comparison, the latest returns for Europe, with 197,015 miloa, show seven hundred passengers thus killed. The decreasing hazard to train- - men is shoftn by the fact that 285 were employed for one killed, the best record, set in that respect. EUNSTON ORDERS INQUIRY Fires Along Bonier Recently Hava Aroused .Suspicions. Army posts and stations along the border are on their guard against in cendiaries az a result of two Urea ^Saturday’ night at Fort Blisa, where flames of unknown origin dentr a storehouse, three cavalry threw horses and soma tents. Army officers believe 'he Investi gation will disclose the fires, could not be of spontaneous or accidental origin. It was sal The