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> I Imnrt'lif T^Viatr TT orl . -i- X 11V- v xxau * ?. O j Victory Over Jaj m OLD HULKS WERE SUHK iieport Was Sent Out. that Four Japnese Warships and Two Torpedo Boats Were Sent to Bottom. > An Associated Press dispatch from Paris says: Additional details of the Japanese attempt to close the entrance ?* v T5r?rf A T-th 11 r Vl51 VP llPOTl VI UIC ll&l UXJi \JL 1 W4<. .4? received from most authoritative quar* ters. These say the Japanese sent five or six old transport hulKs, convoyed * toy torpedo boats, to Port Arthur, with the evident purpose of sinking the > hulks at the entrance to the harbor. The battleship Retvizan discovered their approach, and her fire on them * was strongly seconded by that of the shore batteries north of Port Arthur. The report adds that two Japanese ships were wrecked and lie in Tiger bay; that along the shore another Jap\ < affese ship was burned, and a fourth lies wrecked on the shore outside Tiger bay. It is now known that these wrecks are not warships, but hulks, designed to be sunk at the entrance of the harbor. The wrecks are said to be all & considerable distance from the harbor entrance, which remains open. * This report gives no inJbnna??on concerning the Japanese fleet, which is said to have supported operations against Port Arthur. JOY IN ST. PETERSBURG. A St Petersburg cablegram says: Beyond the bare announcement from Major General Pflug, the chief of staff of Viceroy Alexieff, nothing is known la regard to the renewal of the attack 1 > on Port Arthur by the Japanese fleet. The report of Major General Pflug "is 4 - " as follows: ' "The enemy again attacked Port Arthur from 1 to 3 a. m., and was repulsed. Details follow." This indefinite bulletin was the occasion of wild scenes or joy in St Pe* & tershurg. The people cheered as if the entire Japanese fleet had been sunk. The fact that the Japanese have renewed the attack is also interpreted in St. Petersburg to mean that they are determined to bottle up or destroy the Russian fleet at Port ArfSur in order to give themselves freedom for land maneuvers to shut off or invest the city, or as a feint to cover a move^ , raent elsewhere. JAPS PENETRATE MANCHURIA. Rev. W. H. Gillespie, missionary, has arrived at New Chwang from the in -? terior ,and other missionaries are following. He states the Japanese hav? landed on Manchurian soil at Possiet Bay, south of Vladivostock, and advanced to Hunchun. The Russian * garrison has fled. The Japanese are marching on Kirin, I ram wnicu tut; wumeu auu tiuiiauo ar? leaving ih panic. Native reports m Yinkow say the Japanese have landed at Possiet Bay -? and subsequently undertaken operations against Hun Chun, and toward Kiren, have received qualified confiimation from English missionary refugees who have arrived at New Chwang. v The above dispatch seems to be the most significant yet received from the seat of war. Possiet bay, where the Japanese are reported to have made a successful landing, is I?ss than 100 miles south of Vladivostock, one of the termini of the Trans-Siberian railway. This movement of the Japanese en' dangers not only Vladivostock, but ITAokln XlAi auu AX un\fvu? THIS SETTLES TFiE MATTER? ______ . Fake Mascot of Russia Brought Forward to "Conjure" the Japs. . The most sacred image in Russia has been sent to St. Petersburg, and tt will be taken later to the Far East, * . with the army, says a dispatch from * Moscow. j| ? This image is a representation of * the Virgin appearing to Saint* Sergius, ^ and is always kept at the -Troltzko monastery. It is about one foot square and is covered with precious stones. The image has a remarkable history, it accompanied Alexis, Pe% ter the Great and Alexander I on all their campaigns. 1 CHINA BETWEEN TWO FIRES. t . L Japan Gives Warning Against Assisting the Russians. v It is reDorted from St Petersburg ' that the Japanese have represented to |, the Chinese that they will be guilty of a breach of neutrality if they assist [ The Russians in preserving order durj t ing the war in Manchuria. The Jap\ anese, it Is added, have warned the Chinese to refrain from interfering with the bandits. 1 * C. v.. fX-:' * iuii ) (Invof Naval I V V U CV \ WW ? w )s at Port Arthur. !MAY INVOLVE WHOLE WORLD Apprehension is Growing in Diplomatic Circles that Conflict in the Orient , Will Spread to Oth- i er Nations. ] In diplomatic circles at Si. Peters- * burg the impression prevails, that the ] flames of war raging in the Orient will , i eventually spread over the world. i There is a growing belief that there ( is an understanding between Russia and Germany relative to the develop- f ments of the war, and the diplomatists { are giving more attention to the likeli fioou ?I omer powers uecuuimg j volved. France's enormous financial invest- j ! ments in Russian funds and enter- ( ! prises are estimated at close to $2,000,- ( ! 000,000, and it is feared that in case of ] ; Russian reverses which might threaten ( 1 the empire, France may be compelled ' to go to the support of her ally, j There are suspicions as to the mo- j 1 tives of Great Britain of a character as j to cause complicating in that direction. . | It is strongly intimated that the return i ! of the Russian ambassador to Great i Britain, Count Buckendorti, to St j ! Petersburg was not solely to the lati ter's departure for the Far East, but i that it was also to consult with the | Russian foreign office relatives to the ! British expedition to Thibet. The Russian government is angry , at the language used by Foreign Min- ( j ister Lansdowne as printed in the re- 1 ! cent British blue book on the subject ] t of Thibet, and Ambassador Bucken! ilorff may receive instructions to reply | in kin(T, if exchange on the subject * (continues. 1 i The conditions in the Balkans are : i also considered extremely critical and 1 j altogether the diplomats feel that if ! the danger of a general conflagration 1 j is to be avoided, every energy should ! be directed not only to limiting the | sphere of operations, but toward an ! attempt at mediation. They are dis cussing the subject with great earnestness. It is not believed that Russia will be disposed, while smarting under the humiliation of defeat, to accept intervention; but once a decisive victory is achieved, the diplomats are inclined to believe that owing to the czar's sincere aversion to war, he will welcome good offices. The Novoe Vremya declares Great Britain's failure to protest against ! the violation of the neutrality of Ko} rea, whose inviolability was guaranj teed by the Anglo-Japanese treaty, i proves that the treaty was directed j solely against Russia. BELIEVE JAPS SUCCEEDED. Naval experts in London are of the ! opinion that the Japanese fleet has [ succeeded in bottling the Russian { squadron in Port Arthur and that the | latters effectiveness as a fighting ma1 chine is gone. The experts base their opinion on i the fact that the stone-laden barges I sent in by the Japanese were sunk by < | the Russian fire at or near the mouth : ; of the harbor and must prove an in! surmountable obstruction to the egress i of such ships as inake up the Port Ar- f' ./.nQfNAn j IUU1 ov]uaut \sli. If the Japanese have really succeeded in their design of blocking the harbor entrance, the fall of Porf Arthur must follow before a great while. < In all quarters tiere is extravagant praise of the manner in which the < Japanese carried out their plan. : The British foreign office has re- < ceived an official dispatch saying that 1 not one of the Japanese torpedo boats 1 was injured in the attack on Port Arthur on Wednesday, February 24. j " ' * 11 ? " ? < READY TO SIGN TREATY. ] j President Attaches His Signature to the Ratification Papers. i President Roosevelt Thursday signed 1 the ratifications to be exchanged be- ' tween the United Scales and the republic of Panama on the isthmian ca- < nal treaty. The exchanges will be 1 made at the state department between ? Secretary Hay for the United States and Mr. Bunau-Varilla, the minister of ( Dor* ^ vr* o TV* a K:mO?*lf rl aoo r JL auauia. i not sign a treaty. ] Subsequently a proclamation will ? be issued by the president announcing the conclusion of the convention and ^ putting it into effect. FOOD HSGH IN NEW YORK. 1 I Practically Everything Except Eggs Advances in PrTce. According to a New York dispatch, ] | practically all food stuff3 except eggs, j ; I have reached extremely high prices in j j that city, owing largely to unfavorable j weather. Prices which were thought | ; I to be high a week or tvvo ago, now j ; j look reasonable for nearly everything , j thai reaches the table. i ' ~r -7 V . ? ; . i. Sj.. \ ' - ^ v V'_ > .v- 7 '* 7* qraferTdoMeo Verdict Rendered in Famous Postal Fraud Cases. DEFENDANTS ASTOUNDED Vlachen, Lorenz and the Two Groffs Hear Their Conviction Sounded in Washington Court. Motion tor Appeal. A Washington dispatch says: "Guil:y as indicted," was the verdict anlounced by the foreman of the jury in :he now famous postoffice conspiracy :rial shortly after a o'clock Friday light, stating at the same time that this was the verdict as to all four demandants?August W. Machen, late general superintendent of tne rural :ree delivery division; George E. Lo:enz, of Toledo, Ohio, and Samuel A. md Diller B. Grotf, 01 Washington -ity. The jury had been out nine hours, ilthough the verdict was reached in sight hours and twenty-live minutes. With impressive dignity, the jury is one man arose, and as the words guilty as indicted" fell from the foreman's lips, l?e defendants and their xiunsel seemed appalled. They had Siven expression to the belief that each lour the jury spent in ^scussing the :ase brought them nearer to an acjuittal. There was very general astonishment that the jury had included in riie conviction samuei a. liruu, iub Washington policeman and inventor ot H!Te (Jroff fastener, as to whom Eiolmes Conrad, special counsel for the government ,had previously informed the jury he did not expect a conviction, and that he personally did not believe in his guilt. Five ballots in all were taken. On the first ballot the vote stood 7 to 5 Cor conviction, on the second 8 to 4, on the third 9 to 3, on the fourth 10 to 2 and on the fifth the vote was unanimous. Immediately alter tne verdict was rendered, Attorney Douglass, in behalf Df all four defendants, filed motions lor a new trial, or an arrest of judgment ?nd also for an appeal for the purpose of having the defendants admitted to bail. Bail was then fixed at $20,000 each, the bond of Lorenz and the two Groffs being increased from $10,000 to that sum. Bonds were furnished and the defendants released from custody. MILLIONS ARE IN ASHES. Disastrous Conflagration Visits Rochester, N, Y., Entailing Frightful Loss in Business Section. The worst conflagration in the history of Rochester, N. Y., broke out shortly before 5 o'clock Friday morning in the basement of the Rochester Dry Goods Company's store in Main street, east. The fire, according to the night watchman in the store, was discovered soon after it started, but it spread with such rapidity that by The time the alarm "was turned in the enure department store was in flames. The fire department responded promptly but within an hour after being discovered the fire had spread to the big Granite building occupied by Sibley, Lindsay & Curr, and by hundreds of business and professional men. The flames also spread to the buildings in the rear of the Granite block. The extreme cold made fire fighting difficult and hazarddous as the ladders were coated with ice. The fire is reported to have started in the basement of the Rochester Dry Goods Company. A fuse connected with the electrical motor that runs the elevator blew out and the next moment the flames were rushing up the elevator waTT. In a few moments thereafter the building was wrapped in dames. The fire started so early in the morning thsft very few people were on the street, but by 6 o'clock ^ there were large crowds around the blazing building. Dynamite was used to check the spread of the flames and was followed iy the thunderous falling of walls, rhis plan was soon abandoned. The building occupied By the Rochester Dry Goods Company, just east ol :he Granite building, was totally destroyed and the walls fell. The fire spread to the rear of the Sranite building on Division street, rhe Cox building, which fronts St. Paul street, on the corner of Division ;trppf was soon doomed. Insurance men estimate the loss at 'rom $4,000,000 to $o,000,000. ALABAMA BANK CLOSED. Institution at Opelika is Shut Up by the State Examiner. The Shepard bank, at Opelika, Ala., has been closed by order of State Bank Examiner Rutledge, pending action of the state treasurer. The bank Is capitalized at $50,000 and deposits usually amount to about $150,000. Tne bank has been regarded as a strong institution and the closing came as a surprise to Opelika. -- - . -j. , . -aSOU i H'S EJECTION LAWS.Id * ** -V V JT-s " .r-.i 1?. - V. *1.. Will Not 3e Passed Upon by Congress. Suffrage Statutes Only for the Supreme Court. Ql A special to The Atlanta Constitu F ticn from Washington says: In passing xipon the contest case of Dautzlcr vs. Lever, Involving representation r I from the Columbia. South Carolina. district, house elections committee Vi( No. I refused to-take into consideration the constitutional questions which the attorneys for the contestant raised. This means that other contests., which have no other basis than the claim that the election'laws or constitutions ot' southern states contra- ne vene the constitution of the United se] States, will result in favor of the sitca ting member. Certainly this will be the case if the present precedent is *01 tollowed, until the supreme court of inj the United States passes upon these po constitutional questions and puts a j quietus upon agitation. The committee in its report virtually say3 that the issues attempted to ha be male before it belong properly to mi the supreme court. It holds: m< "If the house should unseat the con- ^ testee on the ground that no valid ? election was held, or could be held in sij the district under the present constitu- "I: tion and election laws 01 South Caro- sh lina, a similar construction would require the house, in case of contest, to unseat all the members frora South Carolina and from most of the other southern states, and that new elcctions could not be held to fill the va- ti( cancies until the respective con3titutions of these states had been chang- pa ed so as to compiy with the recon- ** struction acts. The question, therefore, is one of far-reaching impor- ** tance. It involves in its outcome the ^ right of a .very large number of mem- at hers of the house to their seats. But ta the decision would have no binding' S1 effect upon South Carolina except in this particular case. - is "A legislative body is not the ideal- e* body to pass judicially upon enact- te ments of other bodies. We have in this country a proper form for the de- tv cision of constitution and other legal 25 questions. Any citizens of South di Carolina deprived of his right to vote ca can apply for redresse to the proper R court and on up to the supreme court & of the United States. A decision of Vi that court would be binding, but a de- in sislon of the house would not be con->: sidered binding or in any way estab-) lishing a precedent." j a3 Dismissing the constitutional ques- e< tion as belonging to another tribunal, 6i the committee decides that "There is nothing in the record or in w the case to sustain any part of a di claim that he contestant, Dantzler, 113 was elected. It is indisputable that if V an election wer^ held at all in this dis- P' trict, the contestee, Lever, was fairly j & el'edtecl." \ The decision of the committee was j st unanimous. ! do Mr. Lever's republican opponent was h] A. D. Dantzler, a wealthy old negro, ^ an ex-slave, unable to read or write di more than his own name. At the election Dantzler only received 167 votos tl against 4,220 cast for Lever. Dantzler st alleged, however, that upward of 7,000 ti negroes appeared at the polls and of- j ft fered to vole for him, but were pre- J vented from doing so. The evidence j sc showed that there was no real basis j g< for this claim?that, in fact, it was for I t* the most part imaginary. j j d, POSTAL CLERKS SHOT. Pi b< Crazy Negro Runs Amuck on Alabama c< Great Southern Traim- tl A negro supposed to be crazy board- hi ed the Alabama Great Southern southbound express at Meridian, Miss., tc Monday morning at 1:30 o'clock and oi after forcing his way into the mail ft car shot Postal Clerk Stockton dead s< and fatally wounded Postal Clerk Bass, al The negro made his escape, the train P< ratnrnlno tr\ orirlian ero.r now nos. 1*1 tal clerks. There a posse was at once J ^ organized and sent in pursuit of the murderer. Bloodhounds were also put on his trail. It was at first thought that a hold- hi up was planned, but not attempt wa9 Ie made to rob the mails, the express car m or any of the passengers. fi: FORTY ACRES CAVE IN. Sinking of Earth in Coal Region Causes Immense Damage. ^ One of the most extensive cave-ins that the northern anthracite coal re- 31 gion has ever experienced occurred in ^ bi West Scranton, Pa., Saturday. It was caused by the settling of the surface r, over a rein of the Bellevue colliery. W The cave-in- affects an area of about fortv acres. About 200 houses have 1)1 se been wrecked and many families had pi narrow escapes from death. n? CHINESE ARMY MOVING. c[ To- ThAucanrf Troon? ar? Sent to n. . W,| r? - rl Frontier to Protect Gre&t Wall. Transportation of 10,000 Chinese troops to the great wall has oegun, ac- re cording to an Associated Press dispatcto from Tien-Tsin to the New York *c World. ,ti Four trains filled with cavalry were i first dispatched. Several Japanese of- ' | ficers were at the station to Inspect the proceedings. 1 . - USSIANSANGEREOfl I ier Alleged Fro-Japanese eelingShown in America. i1 flENDLY TIES STRAINED n :ksburg Incident is Taken by Rus* & sian People as Proof of Our En* e S) mity?Government, However, is Non-Committal. ^ a A St. Petersburg special says: The c ws that the United States had as- a ated to the extension of the Pacific ble to Japan with the reasons therea * assigned in dispatches from Wash- r 5ton, still further aggravated by the C pular belief that the United States siding with Japan against Russia. le few Americans in St. Petersburg }' u ve all remarked on the changed desanor of their Russian friends. For- j, srly they were treated with the } eatest cordiality, but now the Rusms greet them with the question: o C 3 America our secret enemy and f all we have to fight her also before . e war comes to an end " How deeply the Russians are wound- E by the belief, which is destined un- f 3s checked, soon to become a convic- g >n that America has scored her old lend and is now playing a hoscile c trt, is shown by the severance of ] 'rsonal ties. The Russians feel ag- f ieved at all Americans since the re- ( >rted action of the commander of e United States gunboat Vick3burg , Chemulpo, in refusing to rescue or j ke aboard Russiah mariens from c nking battleships. The attitude of the United States a subject cf constant discussion, en in the highest circies in St. Persburg ,where, with the greatest re- 1 et, the fear is expressed that the 70 countries, without excuse, so far 1 ; Russia is concerned, seem to be * ifting apart. The recently reported 1 mcellation of American contracts in ussia inaicates how resentment of 1 merica's supposed hostility has in- 1 ided business affairs. Popular feel- i g is to be attributed largely to Rus- < an newspapers which have suddenly < irned their attacks from Great Britn to the United States and have seiz-1 ( 1 every rumor to give the worst pos- } ble interpretation of it Without waiting for an explanation, , hich, it i9 apparent from the latest { spatches received from Washington, ay put another complexion on the icksburg Incident, the columns of the ress for days past have been full or ' ccited comment based on the original 1 2rsion of the affair. In spite of the ! ate of popular opinion, the govern- 1 ,ent, ft can be asserted, places the [ghest value on American friendship, ad, although the course of American i plomacy is at times privately view- 1 1 askance, officially, the czar assumes J tat the American attitude has been J rictly correct. The slightest disposion fo question its acts is not mani- i isted. ] At the foreign office Friday, the As- ] >ciated Press was informed that the ivernment knew nothing officially of te Vicksburg incident, and that it had j t ot instructed Count CassiiS. ambassa- , ir at Washington, to ask for an ex- ( lanation. It was, however, said to d possible that the ambassador h*d >urteously inquired as to the truth of le Vicksburg reports without having id specific instructions. ] Regarding the reports of the cable j > Japan, the government is also withit official advices and the impression ft with the representative of the As- j ( >ciated Press, after speaking of the j 1 lair, was that even were these re>rts true, Russia wouuld not necessa- 1 lly regard the running of this cable 1 s a breach of neutrality. ' 1 Nine Hits in Ten Minutes. j At Manila the battle ship Wisconsin a? Kaoton tho world's record with 13- t t*0 wyv?VMV " ? , , ich guns, its expert gunners having! j lade nine bull's eyes out of ten shots j ( red within ten minutes. j | ( FOR MURDER AND ARSON ] j oung Jabel Register is Swung Into 3 Eternity at Whitevilfe, N. C- i For the double murder of Jesse Soles id Jim Stanley and the burglary of c eir house, which was subsequently j lrned down upon their bodies, evi- j mtly to conceal the crime, Jabel egister was hanged Thursday at "hiteville, N. C. f The father of the voung man, once 1 ominent in county politics, is now rving a life sentence in the state ison for having instigated and plan-1 a ?d the crime. I * ? JBAN TOUGHS CAUSE TROUBLE. acticing Intimidations on the Eve of D General Election. t Telegrams from Cienfuegos, Cuba, ? port tnat the roughs who caused t juble during the electoral registra- e >ns are continuing and increasing s eir intimidations. The local authores are reported to be inditferent. t] any have been beaten and one in C red workman has appealed to the t] lited States consul. c < >1*1 UMii 111 i * liTirrtT" J i Cream of News.j fl if l I T I Srlef Summary of Most 3 Important Events 3 of Each Day. 3 ?The journey of Governor Vardfc lan, of Mississippi, to Batesvme to "<|8 ave Albert Baldwin, a negro murderr, from the hands of a mob proved M ,j| ?Police Judge Teagin, of Binningam, Ala., has created consternation M mong the regular drunkards of th%l'-;^^aj51 lty by post/cg their names in all bars |mJ| nd forbidding dealers to sell them. . ?Many stockholders and about alb tie state officials ol Nortn Carolina ||9j| re opposed to the appointment of a:^||r>|B ecelver for the Atlantic and Nort& || larolina railroad. Jg ?In a public letter, Booker T. Vaslt-^IB agton calls for a crusade agaiflstv^n-^| inching, which he claims are on the:'.^>J3 i ?Governor Jennings, of Florida, haj;,^ -?^ asued a new challenge to Senator Ta^^?| diS aferro for a series of joint debates. ?Mr. and Mrs. John W. Harrison^ jfM f New York, reached Augusta, lunday on tndir way to Atlanta, mafc?*aMH ng the journey from the metropotts^ f|j| n a one-horse wagon. t*A??p Hw o ?n A UU1IUOUJ VI VIWA lounces its commencement iorogniK^^^9 or the present year. The first clagg^M^n {raduated there In 1804. ?William S. Daniels, Wcahing^W|3 iorrespondent of The St. Louis Refnii^^ 4-^S ic, was founu dead in his room at ederal capital Sunday. Gas had . ea.-^.'^a raped through a hole in the pipe. "Wjj ?The senate will consider the natf^ea ind army appropriation bills during^, lie week, and will also begin thft^g^S Jmoot investigation. ? '.-JIM ?Thirteen persons met death jurning steamer in Pacific water?.j|j .f|SH Passengers and crew were nelpless Jg| prevent the disaster. sr;!$S| ?Shipments of exhibits to the St I ^^8 Louis exposition, thus far, exceeg|a??J liose of the Chicago exposition ?An eye witness from Port ??ho saw the latest naval engagement between the Japanese and Russian#^ reports that many Japanese weri^.^^a either killed or drowned when JapaakSIWm ?e stone-laden vessels were sunk. ?Cuban elections Suunday passe^^m^ 3ft quietly. Not a single distarbSQ^'^M reported on any part of the'island. ?Colonel J. H. Estill, in an intap^o^^ riew, stands by two-term rule of |JSh./?? Seorgia democracy concerning tj|M/||i ?Hall county, Ga., farmers and growers are looking forward to an cellent crop year as the result of th#J| ^ steady and continued cold weathe^^:.^ during February. ?J. W. Turner and 5-7ear-old aon>? were killed, his wife and 3-year-old 80*^^8 seriously hurt, and 15-months old-^ baby slightly injured by an Knoxville and Northern train at ?Despite the need of labor m Northr ^ ^ Carolina it is said that a great many^<^S^ negroes will leave the state for the north this year in searcn of better^ ?The Mississippi house defeated the. .jS- ri a m on A ty^ on ? f a fVia olofo or> flf imol Yaw iu iuc o tait w??T|L -'^|K2 which sought to allow the Southweat:0^8^ 2rn Tariff Association in the state. M ?A determined fight Is being: >n the bill in the Mississippi legisla*>^ 'Jsjj ture for the election of judges by people. If the amendment to the con^f ' Zz stitution is ratified it will not end tbe^|| ?Pire at Rochester, N. Y., Friday;* H|g caused a loss of between four andfive 3 ?President Roosevelt has sigT^Bmj S J :he proclamation putting the P&nainaf^B ireaty into effect. r5j ?The jury in the postal trial Washington found Machen, Lorena md the two Groffs guilty as indieled^^JH^ ?The approach of the Cuban v :ion was marked by trouble at many M places. To prevent trouble the mayor ;|||| >f Havana ordered the carnival feslivities to be suspended Sunday. ?The Mississippi house committee >n corporations has reported adversey on the Byrd bill, which seeks to :orce all foreign corporations to get Mississippi charters before doing busiless in the state. ?Much interest is felt in Alabama ':||| )ver charge that Captain Hobson is neligible as a candidate for congress >ecause of his failure to register. ?By a large vote the Mississippi ?0 louse turned down a resolution invitng ex-President Cleveland to address ,\"|w|g he legislature ?At New Decatur, Ala., Wednesday -4r|8 in entire business block was wiped out - \^||1 >y flames. Little Rock, Ara., nad a 175,000 warehouse fire. ?The senate spent the greater part ^ ?f Wednesday discussing an amend* Bent to the agricultural appropria* ion bill, striking out the house proision giving authority to the secreary of agriculture to inspect importd food products, when misbranded or uspected of impurity. ?A mortgage has been executed by tie Louisiana Purchase Exposition ,^v|i lompany to the United States to cover ;Cfli tie loan of $4,600,000 authorized by - ^ ongress to be made to tne company. ,