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THE CMCA80 CONVENTION
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Chicago, (Special).?The thirteenth
Republican National Convention,
which is to nominate President Theo
dore Roosevelt for President and
Senator C. W. Fairbanks for Vice
President, opened at noon Tuesday.
The scats oI delegates were well filled,
but in the body of the hall there was
room for 50 per cent, more spectators,
and the galleries were not more than
one-third filled.
The hour set for the Convention to
begin was noon, but the noon hour
found Acting Chairman Henry C.
Payne of Wisconsin, gavel in hand
waiting j?:fliei!tly for the delegations
BPKAKEIi JOSEPH O. CANNON.
I'EKMANBNT CHAIRMAN.
to find their places before catling the
Convention to order. Shortly after
noon special messengers were sent
out through the large hall in the
effort to jM-t the delegates seated
With three severe raps oi the gavel
Mr. Pa yne finally called the Conven
tion to order at 12.16 F. M. He made
no speech, but promptly introduced
Rev. Timothy P. Frost, pastor of the
First Methodist Church of Rvan^ton.
111., and formerly pastor of First
Methodist Episcor jl- Church. Haiti
more, who pronounced the opening
p-ayer.
Senator Scott, on behalf of the
Chicago Citizens' Committee, which
co-operated with the National Com
mittee on arrangements for the Con
vention. then presented Mr. Payne a.
handsome gavel. It was large, and
made for business. A heavy >:old hand
was inscribed "Mr. Ilenry C. Payiy?,
Chairman Republican National Con
vention. t'X>4."
Mr. Payne expressed his apprecia
tion of the gift, and at once announced
that Secr.-tarv Rimer Dover of ?h?
National Committee would read the
call for the Convention. Mr. Dover
delegated Mr. Malloy of Ohio, one of
The National Committe haa selected
for your temporary Chairman Hon.
Elihu Root of New York."
There was another shout from the
Convention, which was prolonged
when Governor Odell of New York
rose to move that the action of the
National Committee be approved. It
was at once adopted by the Conven
tion.
Simultaneously with former Secre
tary Root's appearance at the speak
er's table an immense oil painting of
President Roosevelt was unveiled at
his right. The tableau brought forth
a burst of enthusiasm.
Mr. Root was greeted with re
newed cheers as he advanced to the
speaker's stand. -"Mr Chairman," he
said, "1 am deeply"?another burst
of cheers cut him off. "I am deeply,"
resumed Mr. Root, when quiet was
restored, and Ahis time he was per
mitted to proceed. His speech was
a long and thorough review in detail
of the achievements of the Republi
can Administration of McKinlev and
Roosevelt since the last National Con
vention. It occupied an hour in de-|
livery.
Mr. Root had hardly struck his
stride when cries of "Louder!" were
heard. His voice soon gained power,
however, and his well-enunciated
words rang well through the still hall.
Discussing the Cuban question, Mr.
Root read the dispatch from President
Palina to President Roosevelt when
the island was turned over. It was
the first time he had mentioned the
President's name, and the Convention
(grasped the opportunity to applaud.
Shortly afterward he brought in the
name of Secretary Tatt, which was
also heartily applauded. His declara
tion that the building of the Panama
Canal would have been delayed for
another generation but for the in
fluence of President Roosevelt pro
voked great cheering.
Reverential silence prevailed as the
speaker alluded briefly to the assas
sination of President McKinlcy, and
again applause as his successor's re
cord was-reviewed.
When Mr. Root said, "-With Mc
Kinley, wc remember Hanna," there
was a demonstration, the delegates
standing.
When Mr. Root had concluded the
Convention unanimously approved the
recommendation of the National Com
mittee, allowing Porto Rico two dele
gates and the Philippines six dele
gates with two votes.
A call of Slates was then ordered
to obtain the names of members of
the various national committees. At
its conclusion the Convention ad
journed until next day.
Seceatf Day.
Chicago, (Special).?The second day
of the Repubican National Convention
at Chicago was marked by the adop
tion of the platform, the settlement
of the Wisconsin, Delaware and other
contests, the cutting of Hawaii's repre
sentation to two delegates after a live
ly debate and a characteristic speech
by Permanent Chairman Joseph G.
Cannon.
The platform of the party for the
next four year, a document of more
than 2.500 words, was presented by
Senator i.odge of Massachusetts,
I chairman of the committee on resolu
tions. Tin; tariff plank declares for
the "cardinal principles of protection,"
and further, that the "rate of duty
should be the difference between the
cost of production in the United
Sates and abroad. The rates of duty
?should be readjusted only when con
ditions hive so changed that public
interest demands it. All such change*
should be made by the Republican
riarty."
A long paragraph was favored in re
lition to reciprocity. It is a declara
tion for "commercial reciprocity,
CHICAGO COLISEUM.
Meeting Place of llepub lioao National Convention.
the reading clerks, to do the reading.
As he read tb?* hand played on the
outride. to some extent drowning the
Voice of the clerk.
When he reached the signature of
the call, "M. A. Manna," the Conven
tion broke into spontaneous applause
?lid cheers.
Chairman l'ayne recoil: i'.*d Gov
ernor Van Sant of Minnesota to pre
sent the tahle used by the presidium
officer It was made by the mem
bers of the South Minneapolis lliy;h
School, and. he said, had b.'en used
at Republican conventions <" Min
neapolis. St. I.ouis and Philadelphia.
lie asked the Chairman to use it
for this Convention, which, he said,
would nominate "that fearless, in
vincible leader, Theodore Roosevelt."
It was the first mention of the Presi
dent's name in the Convention, and the
delegates rose to the sound of the
name as one man.
After the applause had subsided
CI lairmun l'ayne in a f<*w words ex
pressed thanks for the table. He then
Mid:
"Gcnth-men of the Convention?
which is possible only under protective
tariff, and whenever reciprocity ar
rangements can be perfected without
injury to any industry." There is
a miid pr iiiouncement against trusts
and another on the question of dis
franchisement in the South.
Senator McComas, as Chairman of
tlu' Committee on Credentials, read
tiio report on the contests, which was
v.tslaiued by an overwhelming vote.
He pronounced false the charge of
? lie I .a I'oJIcttc contestants from Wis
consin that the committee had been
"approach cd."
Chairman Cannon's speech was aim
ed especially against Senator Arthur
I', (ionnan ami Representative John
Sharp Williams. The Maryland dele
ctation was a center of attention while
Air. Cannon was launching his
thunderbolt* at Mr. Gorman.
The convention adjourned until 10
A M. Thursday, when Mr. Roose
velt will be nominated for President
and Senator Fairbanks for Vice
President. It is expected that no
other names will be presented. This
will conclude the convention's work.
Officials fa I for Panama.
New York, (Special).?Chief En
gineer .1 a?ms Findlay Wallace, who
will have charge* of the construction
of the I'anoma canal for the United
States government, sailed for Panama
on the uteamer Allianca. With htm
w'ent Dr. W. C. C?orga?, chief sanitary
ofTcer, ami Drs. J. II. Car ?r and l.otlis
A. L. (?ard, of the I nitcd State*
marine hospital service. There also
ttfent on the same vessel a number of
H?rses, who will join otlu-rs now en
gaged ?* the hospital at l*au?T?,%.
. FINANCIAL.
Thomas B. Brown paid $5,500 for!
a scat on the Philadelphia Stock Ex- [
change.
Director# of .the Philadelphia & Erie
declared 1 lie usual 2 per ccnt, semi
annual dividend.
Eleven-cent cotton looks cheap now
compared ti 17-cent cotton when Sul
ly was in the saddle.
Take Eric & Western preferred
tumbled 10 points because the divi
dend was cut iu half.
TRAPPED BY JAPANESE
bssiu Ftrce Svprisei Ij GoaceaM
Batteries.
A BIG BATTLE ON THE PENINSULA.
Ciar SaM te Have Lest Five Hiairtd Mca
Near MaKbeai?WarsMpa Blawa Up By
Mlacs?Big Lass at Ufa la Part Arthar
Harkar-Jipa Nat Paahlaf the Part Arthar
Advaace. -
London, (By Cable).?A dispatch
to the Daily Mail, under date of June
21, from New Chwang says:
"While a Russian force of 8000 un
Jer Generjl Konradovitch was tra
versing Wafungko ravine, nine miles
southeast of Kai-Chou, on June 19, it
was surprised by concealed Japanese
artillery. The Russians lost heavily,
their casualties being 1200 in number.
General Konradovitch extricated his
men and led them in good order to an
intrenched position."
The rumored battle at Hai-Cheng
on Monday is still much talked of,
but the facts are still impossible to
learn. A St. Petersburg dispatch de
scribes- it as the bloodiest battle yet
fought. The Russians are said to
have been severely defeated and to be
retreating to Liao-Yang. This is caus
ing a panic in Mukaen. The source of
this and other stories cannot be
traced, but the facts may prove dif
ferent. The recent disaster seem to
have bred numerous scaremongers in
Sf. Petersburg, who, in the abr^-nce of
definite news, launch wild stories un
checked.
Yautsialin.?It is rumored that Gen
eral Oku is following up his intention
to join General Kuroki, who has
moved out to meet him. Cossacks
are watching the enemy's movements.
St. Petersburg.?A dispatch from
I.iao-Vang, under date of June 21,
praising the work of the Red Cross
as observed by one of the correspon
dents at the battle of Vafahgow. ef
fectually disposes of a report from
New Chwang that Liao-vang had
been captured by the Japanese on
June 20. v
The authorities here have no news
of fighting in that region, though there
is a probability of an encounter hav
ing taken place in the neighborhood of
tiai-Chen?.
? Paris.? The St. Petersburg corres
pondent of the Petit Journal states
that a private telegram has been re
! ceived there from Liao-Yang saying
j that a great battle was fought at Hai
| Cheng on Monday, in .which the Rus
; sians are said to have lost 5000 men.
I The Journal's St. Petepburg eor
| respondent telegraphed that' the St.
j Petersburg Gazette states that a san
j gninary battle was fought at Hai
Cheng on Monday, and that it is re
ported that the Russians were forced
to retreat with heavy losses.
I New Chwang.?Faint sounds of
: tiring were heard for several hours
this afternoon in the direction of Hai
Cheng. A Strong wind has been
blowing in that direction tonight, and
frequent flashes, believed to have been
from artillery fire, were seen.
The Japanese captured a junk leav
' ing Port Arthur and the Chinamen
i 011 board say that a few days ago two
Russian torpedo-boat destroyers and
I tlie steamer Shin Taiping struck mines
i at the entrance of the harbor and
j sank.
One hundred and forty lives were
1 lost, according to their account.
STRUCK DEAD BY LIQHTNING.
Bojri Stood Under ? Tree to Avoid Shower
?ad Wtre Killed.
Chester, Pa., (Special).?Four boys
standing under a cherry tree on a
farm near Felton, three miles from
here, were killed by a stroke of light
ning. The dead are:
Ross Smith, aged 13 year.*, of Fel
ton, son of the owner of the farm.
Alexander Fullerton, ij years of
Felton.
Williams Davis, 14 years, of Up
land.
Samuel Clark. 15 year?, colored, of
Chester.
About a dozen boys went from Fel
ton to pick cherries on* the Smith!
farm. Farmer Smith told his son Ross, j
who was about to go to Sunday
school, to order away the boys that ;
he might see at the cherry trees. On
i the way young Smith met Fullerton,
[ Davis and Clark. As they approached
| the cherry trees the dozen boys from
? Felton ran away.
BULLET-TORN HEART SEWED.
Fltteeo-Vcar-Old Bdy's Attempt at Suicide
May Be Defeated.
i Chicago, III., (Special).?A surgical
operation, said to have been but once
before successfully paralleled in sur
gical history, is believed to have been
accomplished here, saving the life
of 15-year-old Fdward I'eltz, who at
tempted to commit suicide.
| Felt/. tired a bullet into his heort
while despondent over the loss of em
ployment. With death impending at
every tick of til? watch, Dr. Carl
1 Wagner, of St. Joseph's . lospital,
placed six stitches in the bullet-torn
heart, effectually stopping the hemor
! rhage.
The patient's condition is said at
, the hospital to warrant belief that
! he will recover.
The bullet, which had pierced the
lungs and p.iss?*d through the heart,
was found in the thoracic cavity and
removed.
The Iroquois Disaster.
"Chicago, (Special)?According to a
decision given here Ly Judge Brown in
j the State Circuit Court, Marie Klaw
' and Abraham Erlangcr, owners of the
I "Mr. Bluobcard" Company, will cs
I cape penalties which might have fol
| lowed their connection with the Iro
quois Theatre lire, last December.
Judge Brown quashed service of a
summons served upon their agents
: in a suit brought for damages by
I relatives of one of the victims of the
fir*.
raws m 9NT HBO.
Tic UM
The New Jersey State Board of
iaxation sustained the Jersey City
aascsor in raisin* the assessment of
c Sttndar Oil Companyvs property
at Lommunipaw from $307,000 to
**00.000. The company alleges that
the increase was dtrt to politics
.l'\rc i"All'Kh*?y destroyed the
plants of the Allegheny Crapetrclean
ng Company, the Dun Construction
Company. Allegheny Cornice and Sky
lit Company, Allegheny Autumo
ry ComPany and Allegheny Found
Tlic Portland Mine, at Victor, Col.,
which was closed by General Bell be
cause it gave employment to uniop
n en. has reopened with a small non
union force. ?
Tancob, who was arrested
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on the charge
ot incendiarism, confessed having
set fire to $a,000,000 worth of
property.
M2is.1- Shaw, a prominent Maine
in k ' 1, fi,ed * Y?,un*ary petition
<"b2?rU*}cy> glv,n* liabilities at
5>io->.6oo and assets at $46,727.
natX?" J ?* threc nations partici
pated in the tercentary of the land
North Am* ? iolony in British
North America at Annapolis, N. S.
Juer Meredith and John Bartt, two
Ramblers, had a quarrel in Marion,
;? ' u u I w?und ?P in a pistol duel
in which both received fatal injuries
I-ightning .truck the house of
Clarence M. Hyde in New York citv
ruining oil paintincs and other works
of art valued at Jio.ooo.
Worlds Fair officials have planned
for an elaborate Fourth of July cele
bration. and have invited a number of
eloquent orators.
inmr^Ph,rS?n w" ki,lrd and a number
" 'r;'d ?? accident to a mixed pas
senger and freight train on the
f emigewasset Valley Branch of the
gr- RaUroid nw
Mi?!ie M? 2 ?' C>ntarjo
.Mme located near Park City. Utah
mr? *tro/ed b7 fire, throwing 200
men out of employment and causing
a loss of about $600 000. K
twenty firemen had a narrow es
"5? ? Pi"\.death in * rtre on the fifth
street^New^York. * in Crilnd
The Ancient order of United Work
!"e" ,dec'd?d in Chattanooga. Tenn
tohold their next convention in Mont
A. P. Biglow, general Western
frt-ight agent of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad died at Chicago
of r?nry JPotter, a former partner
?n T.W<iKDprW' d"J " h" ho'"?
Philip Krantz leaped from the
- % ln7u?i.,"h?re
d,ed "
bvteri.n rKat,?inal b?ard ?f th? Pr?
oyterian Church proposes to establish
$ McKinlev, Te^anJ
whkh^oneccfsary {20000? with
h.. b*l?? TBIcXd."" ,he bui,d'"*s
i'rederick A. Gihnan, a banker of
ehuicha?n ' ?Ili,d" l>raycd fervently in
ihurch one night and disappeared the
on?inff0rt?,nl wUh a" the funds be
in 5,1 k l. s 1ot,stol?er? that was
111 the bank vaults
J?seph and Count Frants Mar
S ldro.iUr,an ??lninissioners to the
vArl Exposition, arrived in New
HaSb??rV!,e SRlm"
a ^et Hched ?SLates CcreaI Company,
V (> rk w a ? 1,1 c k concern, in New
when th," C SCd up on Saturday,
weekly dividends?? Ca"td '?r
r^mas W. Lawson, the Boston
S k" of0rire' published the first
Of 1hi r expose of the methods
1 ? kW and other ??*s.
\i J, * i'' -I t'eas,.lrcr of Summit,
I it 1;: .comm,?ed suicide at a hotel
' frea?,urer? of c'S* Hii 'founts as
I \nl' r? 1 Sun,m" are all right.
erf'S Charlotta Gobhardt, of Yonk
*rs, is Y., drowned while three men
2 ro'Ytt l?rkl- ""
i?^Clete^s.Vi'i|fd VvValfe
tl.L7'vicinUy?""r '""?Hcal sif?
1* rank Jiurness. who is to be exe
SZg so?/"? Sing, wanted to sell his
fmu??ili'i!I^r;r0h0,dpKr^,dt?b,'a
n."aglirgo?S!'imn,i0Mh% u
?l7,W|?.^b"'v?nt"'d ,hf home
a Altlnni ? an old woman,
cai^I a, jbcat 1,er ""sensible be
and after 32?d'not/T them mo"ey,
bed? irT ?i $'8 set fire to the
Mr* Yonn several rooms and left.
of a tirl / Was rC3C,,ed by members
OI a hre company.
OhillnStimmell, a prisoner in the
? Z ''?<! been con
lenined to death, received a reprieve
'e7orcXC7,0r Hcrrjck \l,rce '?i"t<?es
lion t,ine 9et f,,r the elcctrocu
Fordffl.
Thtf American battleship suuadron
sailed from Gibraltar for Piraeus,
Greece, the orders to go to Tangier
having been countermanded. Raisuli,
the bandit chief, has not yet replied
to the letter from the Sultan's repre
sentative granting his demands for the
release of the captives.
Sir Charles N. I'. l*-li? >t. British
commissioner and commander-in-chief
for the East African protectorate, has
resigned the commissionership be
cause he is opposed t?? the proposed
Jewish settlement in the protectorate
John Gilbert Mei^gs, an American
Who wi|h his brother, built the Oroya
Railroad, a great engineering feat,
died in London.
The Russian oil combinations and
the Rothschilds have capitulated to
the Standard Oil Company.
The first Victoria Cross won in the
Somoahland campaign has been
awarded to Lieutenant Clement Leslie
Smith, of the Duke of Cornwall's
Light Infantry, for conspicuous brave
ry at the fight at Jidballi.
The Peninsula and Oriental liner
Australia struck on the rocks at the
entrance to Port Phillip Hay, Victoria,
and will probably be a total loss. The
passengers and crew were .safely
landed.
The French Foreign Office announ
ces the final closing of the French loan
of 12,500,000 to Morocco, secured by
Moruccu't custom* rcceipU,
PROBINi SLOCUM DISASTER
?f AMititul liifortaaite?
fcwffct t* the Sarftce.
cmm IAS BCillN THE INQUEST.
Berry b SaM to Hare EvMeace Tto
?* ?W Ktof-Pmcrvcra Were S?
Haavy Thai They Sank Like Lcatf?Twi
Badlea Ware Faaa4 aa the Rattaas #f Ua
% B*er with Ktof ?Preacrvera Araaad Thea
New York, (Special).?Al| along th?
East river from Norllv "Brother is
land down to what are known as thi
sunken meadows search is still bein|
made for bodies of unfortunates wh?
lost their lives in the disaster to th?
excursion steamer General Slocum
Although more than 725 bodies ha<
been recovered the last reports adde<
five more to the total.
Wreckers at work on the wreck o!
the Slocum encountered new difficnl
ties. They were at work about thi
hull of the sunken steamer when thej
found that instead of the hull restinf
in mud, as they thought, it rested or
rocks which were never known t<
exist. This, they say, will delay tin
work somewhat.
There are four divers at work neai
North Brother island searching foi
bodies. One diver reports that al
a depth of ninety-fiv*e feet he has dis
covered a large hollow in which h?
says there arc a great many bodies.
The Inqueat Begun.
The inquest before Coroner Rcrrj
was begun Monday. More than 20c
witnesses have been summoned to ap
pear. It is expected that striking
tacts will be adduced at the inquest
for, in addition to the proof that th?
life preservers were rotten, that th?
fire hose burst, that the lifeboat daviti
j would not work and that the life
? rafts were so fastened to the deck?
' that they could not be moved. Coronet
i Berry was said to have evidence that
! that many of the ring preservers were
so heavy that they sank like lead.
Deckhand Testifies.
According to the testimony of John
J. Coakiey, one of the Slocum's deck
hands, he never had been instructed
in a fire drill since he became an em
ployee of the Kr ickerbocker Company
at the beginning of last season.
Coakiey said he took down many
life preservers and distributed them
among the women and children. So
far as he could see. all the preservers
were in good condition. It was im
Eossible to reach any of the life rafts
ecause of the panic, but one of the
lifeboats was ? lowered. The other
I boats were so surrounded by strug
1 Rling persons that the crew could not
get at them.
j . The boat they succeeded in clear
ing and which was tilled with women
j and children capsized while it was
j being lowered from the davits. The
l witness was unable to give any in
formation as to the origin of the fire.
Several other members of the crew
corroborated Coakiey's story in most
of its details, but none of them knew
of a lifeboat having been lowered.
Bereavement Caused Suicde.
A resident of Jersey City named
Workman, who lost two daughters
and a son in the disaster, returned
home after having visited the scene
of the wreck and after attending me
morial services during the day. and
( blew his brains out with a revolver.
Hia Entire Family Gone.
J A crushing blow fell on Albert
1 Kraal, an ivory and pearl inlayer,
! when lie reached his home, at Mid
i Village, I.. I., and learned that
I his entire family, uicludng his wife
i and two children, hnd gone on the
j Slocum excursion and had been lost.
Kraal has been at work at his trade
at Newport, R. I., and did not know
until his return home that hs family
went on the ill-fated excursion.
Edward Flanagan, the mate for the
last two seasons on the Slocum, who
hired the deck crew ??f that boat, said
? that the forward cabin, where the fire
I broke out, was used for' storing old
I lines and worn out awnings and
1 brooms. He had one barrel of sperm
i oil there and tTirre were some empty
j barrels that had contained oil.
J Flanagan said he was present when
the special inspection took place, but
! did not accompany the inspectors on
their rounds. He knew, he said, that
ten or twenty of the life preservers
were ordered down by one of the in
spectors. He declared that all the
preservers were stamped
Flanagan admitted telling the
coroner and Assistant Distric t At
torney Garvan at different times thai
the inspection was made of life pre
servers on the promenade deck only
HERO COMMISSION ACTS.
May llit Part of Carnegie Fund for Rcacvcri
of Slocum Passenger*.
Pittsburg, (Special).?The instance? '
of heroism that glorified the disastci ^
in the Ea.U river, New York, will not ,
go unremcmbered. The officers of !
the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission ?
whieh was recently established with
headquarters in this city, have talke.} !
over tlic affair, and I**. M. Wilmot, I
secretary and manager of the com- j
mission, was instiuctcd to make ar j
investigation of the disaster and re I
port to the commission.
No promise is made or implied :
this action of the officers. They ha
been placcd in that position by M:
Carnegie for the purpose of carrying
out his wishes for the reward of liviny
heroes and the support of those whoir I
heroes leave desolate in case their 1
brave efforts bring them death.
Banker's So? a Holdup Mai.
Kansas City, Mo., (Special).?Carey
Snyder, sou of R. M. Snyder, the I
promoter and former banker, pleaded !
guilty in the Criminal Court here ol
hoi.ling up and robbing a pawnbroker. I
He was sentenced to three years in,
the penitentiary, but was paroled. J
R. M. Snyder was convicted of bribery
in St. Louis and was given a scntencc !
of five years in the penitentiary. A
week ago the State Supreme Court
granted UilU * UtiL
UYf W ASUNCION AFFAIR
?i
Results of the Philippine census
of March a, 1903, taken by Messrs.
Henry Gannett and Victor H. Olm
stead, under the direction of Gen. J.
I*. Sanger, United States Army, have
been made public by the Department
of Commerce and Labor.
It shows that the Philippine archi
pelago lying entirely within the
tropics, numbers approximately, 4,141
islands. Within this area of 832,968
square miles of land and water dwell
7.635.4*6 persons. Of this number
6,987,686 are catalogued as civilized,
or partly so. while 647.740 are wild
and uncivilized, although not withoht
some knowledge of the domestic arts.
The aborigines of the * Philippines
are believed to be the Negritos, ol
whom 23.000 still remain. They are
found in many, if not all, the provinces
in a primitive state. These people are
very short in stature, the male!
averaging 4 feet 10 inches, while the
females are shorter. They wear ik
clothing except a gee string and liv?
on such food as they can find, having
no fixed habitations or occupations,
wandering about the forests, having
but little contact with other people,
except when trading. They are skill
ful in the use of the bow, in throwing
stones and in making fire by rubbing
two pieces of drv bamboo togethet
The women do all the work. Tliry
are not without religious belief, the
principal diety being the moon. They
are very shy and distrustful and all
"efforts to civilize them have failed.
They probably approach as nearly to
the conception of the primitive man
as any people thus far found.
Setting aside the intermediate water
space, amounting to 717.942 square
miles, and considering the land alone,
the area is estimated at 115.020 square
miles, or 73.616,610 acres. Of this
amount about 12.000.000 are private
lands and over 61,000.000 public land.
Of the latter 40.000,000 or more are
forest lands, leaving about 21.000.000
available for agriculture.
Assuming that the value an acre
of forest land will average as high as
heretofore, and that there will be no
deterwation in the quality or diminu
tion in the quantitv of the lumber an
acre, it is estimated that the Philip
pine forest lands arc worth more than
$2.ooo.ooo.?xx>. Under existing laws
a homestead of 30.54 acres may be
acquired bv any citizen of the Philip
pines. while a corporation can ac
quire 2.530 acres. The grant or sale
of such land is conditioned on actual
and continued occupancy and cultiva
tion for a period of not less than
five years.
Money Spent By Congress.
The volume of appropriations, new
offices, &c., required by law to be pre
pared and published at the end of each
session of Congress has been com
pleted for the first (or extraordinar)
and second sessions of the Fifty
eighth Congress by Thomas P. Clea
ves and James C. Courts, clerks, re
spectively. of the Senate and House
committees on appropriations. A
summary ol the appropriations shows
h grand total of $781,172,375. Those
for the army were v"ents ommitted
throughout) $77,070,300; for the navy,
$97o95. '40; .for pensions, $138,360,700,
and for the postofiice, $172,545,998.
In addition to the specific appropria
tions made, contracts are authorized
to be entered into for certain pub
lic works, requiring future appropria
tions by Congress, aggregating $22.
891,300 a reduction of $14,098,559 com
pared with the contract liabilities of
tlie session of the Fifty-seventh Con
gress. The contract liabilities are
mainly on account of the navy,
amounting to $21,100.000.
The new offices and employments
specifically authorized show a net in
crease of 8415 in number and $5,431,
805 in amount, the increase including
214 for the department of commerce
and labor, 475 for the military es
tablishment, including 402 for the
signal corps, 3068 for the naval estab
lishment, including 3000 sean.)*n, and
4258 for the postal service', including
postmasters, postofiice clerks and
railway postal clerks.
A comparison of the total appro
priations for the extraordinary and
regular sessions of the Fifty-eighth
Congress for 1905 with those of the
last session of the last Congress for
wjoi shows an increase of $28.,! 13.869.
Ltiel Killing Unwarranted.
Minister Conger lias cabled the
state department tliat Consul Miller,
alter a thorough investigation of the
facts connected with the killing of
the American war correspondent ?
Ktzel ?by Chinese soldiers on the
junk off Niuchwang. has made a re
port stating that the killing was un
warranted and without provocaton.
Mr. Conger will forward the details
by mail, and in due course the state
departmen will bring the subject to
the attention of the Chinese govern
inerrt.
Concessional and Department*.
Consul General Maxwell,' in a
cablegram from Santo Domingo, in
forms the State Department that
Morales was elected president by
Congress, mid Caccres vice president,
and that the inauguration took place
last Sunday. He add-.4 that the revo
lution was considered ended.
The report of Charles II. Kobb on
the alleged irregularities in the bureau I
of the Third Assistant Postinastet !
tieneral Kdwin C. Madden has been j
nia ie public. He finds nothing int- ?
proper in Sir. Madden'* conduct.
President Roosevelt received Car
dii: ?! Salo'ili in the Blue Room of the I
Wir.' ? ! i < -?ve.
The S-.-.e? iry of the Interior has ]
approved the application of the board |
of trust?; '.lie Columbia University !
to change t; name to the George |
Washington University.
Representative Victor II. Metcalf, I
pi California, has been selected to j
succeed Mr. Cortelyou as secretary i
of the Department of Commerce and !
Labor.
General Corbin had a conference J
with General ChafTee about the pro- :
p wed army maneuver* at Manassas. |
Secretary Tnft and the Panama
C -??'.??".ission agreed upon a bimetallic I
s; ' n for the new republic. |
?1ST RAISE BARRIES
Tirkish Discriaioatiea Agakst Amcth
cans Nast Cease.
FLEET OF WARSBIPS~1AY BE SENT.
The Porte's Refusal ie Elevate the Tartdah
Mlalater to tbe Raak of aa Aakaua4?r Sa
That Oar Minister at Coastan -topic May
Attala a Similar Rank aa* Be Ahte to Ap
proach the Sultan.
Washington, D. C., (Special).?Min*
ister Leishmann lias encountered df
singular and disagreeable reluctance
on the part of the Porte to enter otm
negotiations looking to the removal
of discrimination against Americair
citizens, professional and business
men, in Turkey. The citizens o|
European powers are permitted al
sorts of privileges that are denied tc
American citiacns, and for three ot
four years past our State Department^
through its minister, has striven vainlj
to remove this discrimination.
A characteristic Turkish method oC
blocking attempts at negotiations i*
a declination to acced to the request
of the State Department that the Turk>
ish mission in Washington be elevate<?
to the rank of an embassy, so thai
Minister Leishmann at Constantinople
might attain a similar rank and thus
be able personally to approach the
Sultan.
Being kept in his grade as a minister
he is prevented from reaching that
personage, and finds it almost impos-J
sible to do business through the
Porte.
The State Department is determined
that this discriminaton shall cease,
although it hopes that it will not be
necessary for the battleship squadron,
combined with the European squad
ron, to repair to Turkish Waters.
DEADLY WORK OP CUBAN CYCLONE.
Fierce Storn 8 Swept City of Saatlafo asf
Surroafldiaf Coaatry.
Santiago de Cuba, (Special).?A cy
clone of unusual severity, accompanied
by unprecedented rain, has caused
great damage to this city and tta
surrounding country.
The death list is over 100 and is ia*
creasing.
The aqueduct has been damaged1
and a water famine exists.
Cuban Cities Swept.
Santiago de Cuba. ? The worst
storm of a decade began Friday and
culminated Monday night in fourteen
inches of rain, which fell in five hours,
accompanied by a hurricane.
The lower village of El Cobre has
been destroyed. Forty-five persons
aare known to he dead and scores arc
missing. Bodies are floating in tha
Cobre river.
Twenty bodies have been recovered!
by boats patrolling the bay. _ .
AH the bridges on the Cobre rail-4
way are out and many bridges h^ve
been lost on the Cuba railway.
Relief Train Wrecked.
A relief train bringing mail and'
passengers was wrecked at Moron..
The fireman and mail agent were]
killed and two of the employees were/
injured.
The mines at Daiquiri are crippled
and six of the employees have been
drowned. The pier has been damaged.
The city's property loss in enormous.
Life and Property Swept Away,
Guautananio, Cuba.?The most se^
vere storm on record has swept oven
Gtiantanamo. There were showers)
all Monday ard at night a steady
downpour of rain began, lasting till
noon Tuesday. At 4 A. M. the Guasoi
Bano and Jaibo rivers were all out*
of their banks and sweeping the coun~
try. causing loss of life and property.]
RUSSIAN ARMY LOST
Officer Describes the Fighting ?f the Japs As
Irresistible.
NiuchwHiig, (By Cable).- A Russian
officer who was wounded in the battle
at Vafangow (Telissu) told a corres
pondent that the losses on both side?
were severe. He placed the Russian
casualties as at least 7000
lie says no soldiers in the world
could withstand the Japanese as thff
have been righting lately. Their artll
lory lire, he claims, is marvelous!?
el'feeti\ e.
The Russians fought stubbornly, but
were tillable to withstand the enemy's
dashing persistency.
Several hundred wounded Russians
have been sent north, owing to a lacl^
of hospitals and surgeons. All the
available transportation has to be used
for supplies at the expense of the sick
and wounded. The Japanese buried
most of the Russian dead after the
battle
It is estimated, on information ob
tainable. that the Japanese force mov
ing northward is 70,000 strong, with
00,000 men in the aggregate engaged
in the operations at Port Arthur.
Several Japanese spies have recently
been captured a few miles south of
Niuchwang. The Russian.? are becom
inn more vigilant, and are watching
newspaper messages closely.
To Avenge Pialaa*.
St. Petersburg, (By Cable).-?Gen
oral Bobrikoff, Governor-General of
Finland, was shot and mortally
wounded at it o'clock A. M., at thq
entrance in the Finnish Senate at
1 lelsingfors. The assa.?sin, a lawyer
named Schaumanr, a son of Senator
Schaumann, immediately committed
suicide. Bobrikoff' was shot in the
stomach and neck The attack is as
cribed to Finnish patriotism.
Bold Thieves us Expression.
Cleveland, O., (Special).? Five
thousand yards of silk, valued at $j,
300 was stolen from the warerooms of
Leon Maflscll on Lake street. Th<>
robbery was committted by men who
used an ordinary express wagon for
the purpose and was seen by a num
ber of persons who live in the neigh
borhood, v ho thought the transac
tion wfc*? a legitimate one. The silk ii
brown, change;,l>l ; <nd black and is
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