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We Way He By Thomas B. Crej ^ iuman beings arp tr.vin the millionaire every out I Hut what is happiness ^ V Sf I question, but when put to p f to stand, and here it is?In You may be at war wi but nappy you cannot oe 1 Peace?peace with yourself?is the oiil; And how is this great thing to be vt are we to make the wish u reality? ? It is an important question, the most i this is so, it has been studied from many a I Some have tried to find happiness alo dominion and glory these would be supn and, in the pride of his manhood, ran up nibal tried it, and wound up by commit died broken hearted and miserable on a 1 1' And there is the way of beauty?a w Kell Gwynne, by Alcibiades and Abolard fame, but history tells us that to all of fcitter disappointment. A very noble way would seem to be of the instinct, the acquisition of knowled and yet the most illustrious individual of the great Goethe?declared, near the clos< eighty odd years, he had not had "six wet Then there is the way of wealth?the earliest times has been crowded. But froi Carnegie the verdict is the same. "Wealtl Croesus' millions could not save him 1 death; and the iron master's wealth set lerrioie w eigne, aim ne is umouumg unux Fame, beauty, knowledge, riches! T! learn that the happiness we seek is not 1 imagined prize and it turns to ashes in o Fame? The more you have or' it tl Beauty? It is a "rainbow's form, vanisl "Behold, we know not anything." Weal In their splendid unrest. Where, then, shall happiness be found eternal sacrifice of self. This does not mean that one should d elf miserable. It does not mean that on of old and dedicate himself to the idea so "Deep in yon cave Honorius loi j*:ji And hoped to merit Heaven by Honorius was foolish. Self-sacrifice i; not mean that we shall take ourselves aw but that we shall stay with the world an< To stay in the world?a man among m torment, regardless of the consequences t thought of self, like a rock, into the dee] ?like the soldier in the battle line, like like Paul at Rome, like the Nazarene on tl true self-sacrifice and the true happiness. The happiest man in the world to-da / this spirit, who to the fullest extent of 1 body, mina, soui, to tne cause 01 nuinam neighbors, everybody: who thinks of sel liappiBess in the happiness he Is able to i The Girl Who ' Every Ms By ftixola Greeley Smith SHE girl who thinks every very young. For after tn and successful coquette 1 in the world to whom h< rncnts make vain appeal. But when the averag looked from schoolroom a by matrimony, she is vei man asks if he may call < donable timidity from proposing the very l^ermteslon. When he invites her to go to the theati and significant hesitation that might act unless a school friend with whom she eai she spends the afternoon debating wl satin, chiffon and crepe de-Chine, wondei "will be like, and deciding that under no cir< to live with them. "Yes," she confides to any one willing t last night and asked me to go to the tbeai diave hesitated a minute, but there was so ? ocj-a/1 mo nil nn? Vnn ilnn't nionil i . ?If I thought for a moment that there was :tn his feeling for me it would have to stop sging men. Just to throw them down. Mo > Later she goes with the unconscious CI (!*?nderlng whether the pleasure of going people to tramp on your toes between the i self or with another man and tramping 01 edge of expectancy all the evening and -commonplace and utterly unsentimental u She poor boy Is so shy. i And so the days run on--and Charley thinks every man is in love with her wond arhat was undoubtedly a budding infatuai But she does not remember?though lier sex she should?that Mabel Johnson Otarley Jones was just crazy about ber. a sister, who related the very much varni that be ought not to allow himself to be i: She does not know anything except t {And that does not prevent Tier from think much and as suddenly smitten, nor from friends with the same disastrous results.? Solution of the I By Miss Estelle Reel, Superint 0HERE is no sort of doubt oration" of Indiaus is w Not long since I was out schools on the Rosebud' a {Ratified to see how well are setting uot only a fa are being taught in a pra ?agriculture. There is s and they are shown how t cabbages and various other vegetables, are shown its application. The young girls are instructed in all lag. 6ewing. mending and the like. They much cleverer with their fingers than whi the girls is really beautiful. While excel children are slow to comprehend abstract very well, but mental arithmetic puzzles additional reason for emphasizing their n< It is far better to teach the rising gener: the house- decently than to employ them i tery. They take interest only in the tangi cau perceive with the eye. and to which infancy. ^ There is no longer any opposition to th > - schools on the part of the parents. In fact offspring to the schoolhotises and are pr The solution of the Indian problem iuay n compllshcd. The two chief factors to that after that the dispersion of the Indians ; *very part of the United States.?Washinj ippiness lory g to be bapp;.. From the beggar t< ; of u* knows the meaning of th< our being's end and aim." ? There are various answers to thi the liual test but one of fln-m is abl< iniiinocv i< Iiivii'n with tnu''< nwn ?<>lf th your neighbors and still be happy f you are tit war with yourself. it real happiness. ached? Wialiing to be happy, hon niportani in the world?and, becaus ingles and answered in many ways. iig the way of ambition. In power ?mely blest. Caesar tried that way against an assassin's dagger. Han ting suicide. Napoleon tried it. am onely rock in the sea. ay that was tried by Cleopatra am , as well as a host of others of les them it was in the end the way o that of self-culture?the dcvclopinen ge, the gratification of the art sense all those who have tried tiiis wayf of his long life, that during all hi ?ks" of happiness. broad, straight way. which from tin in old King Croesus down to And rev 1 does not satisfy." 'roni a troubled life and a miserabh to be pressing down on hiui ; ?lf of it as fast as he can. liey ull fail us. Sooner or later \v< to be fouinl in them. We grasp tin iur grasp. tie greater becomes your loneliness ling aiuid the storm." Knowledge til? Go see the pampered favorite: ? There is but one answer: In lb eliberatoly go about it to make him e is liouud to imitate the autlioritie well set forth in Byron's couplet: ig did dwell, making earth a hell." s not self-torture. Self-sacrifice doe ay from the world and be wretched 1 try to make it happy. ien?and to work for the world's bet o one's private interests, to fling ul p sea of forgetfulness, to be willlni > Father Damieu among the lepers lie cross?to die for others, this is tli ,y is me man wiki uas uu- liiu*l u lis. power is joyfully giving liimsell ty?to mother, father, wife, obi hirer f last, if at all, and who finds hi nake for those around him. rhinks m Loves Hei man is in love with her is apt to b venty-tive even the most self-satisflei tias learned that there are some me: ?r serious arts and smiling blandish e girl is about eighteen and has jus itmosphere toward a horizon bounds ry much inclined to believe that if i jn her he Is * lly prevented by a par tirst time he takes advantage of tli e she accepts it with all the blusliinj ompauy a reply to a proposal, au< 1 talk her trousseau over with drop: icther her wedding gown will be o ring just what her engagement rinj nmistances will she allow her mothe 0 listen in ner, - ouuricy dtmes was i' tre with him. Ordinarily, I wouldn' mething so significant about the wn; t! I wish you wouldn't be so idiotic 1 anything but the merest friendshl] right here. I don't believe in encour ther says it isn't right." barley to the theatre, and while lie i with a pretty girl and allowing othe lets outweighs that of going by your 1 their toes, she remains on the keei later accounts to her mirror for hii Iterances by saying that it is a pit: docs not propose. And the girl whi ers what she can have done to bligh :ion. surely, if she lias any knowledge o told Maud Thomas that Ethel sail nd that Maud Thomas told Charley'i shed facts to him with the reinarl oiw.b .. #aaI uauv ouvu a ivx/i v*. bat Charley does not en 11 any more :ingr that the next Charley is just ai confiding his infatuation to her gir New York World. &r ndian Problem indent of t#he Indian Schools of the good progress the young pen iHkinu toward a higher civilization in South Dakota, inspecting the da: nd Pine Ridge reservations, and wa: the young Sionx are doing. The boyi lir degree of book lea ruing, but the: ctical way that oldest of occupation! i garden connected with each school o plant and cultivate potatoes. beans Wherever irrigation is feasible the: the branches of housekeeping, cook take to these arts readily, and ar< ite children. The sewing of some o lent in manual dexterity, the Iudiai ideas. They can be taught to ciphei them sadly. This, in my opinion, h ?ed of training along practical lines rtion how to make a crop and kcej n parsing sentences or studying his ble and the concrete, something the} they have iu a way been used frou e children attending the (lovernmenl . the old folks now gladly bring theii oud of their scholastic attainments ot be easy, but in time it will be ac end is this industrial education and among the white people throughout Eton Post. v I "THE WAR IN 1 ? Sccli News As Is Available Net * ' Definate i _??? ACTIVE HOSTILITIES HAVE BEGIN i c | ' Sharp Fighting Reported Between the Forces of Russia and Japan? News Indefinate. ' St. Petersburg. By Cable.?The Emperor received a message from Viceroy * Alexieff which says: "Admiran MarakofT. commanding the 1 fleet, reports from Port Arthur under s uate of March 10 as follows: [ "Six torpedo boats which went out to ' sea the night of March 10. four of them ! t being under the command of Capt. ' Mattoussevitch. encountered the ene- 1 ' icy's torpedo boats followed by cruis- [ or*. A hot aetion ensued in which the ; K torpedo boat destroyer Vlaslini discharged a Whitehead torpedo and sunk ' f one of the enemy's torpedo boats. On j . the way back the torpedo boat destroy- j 1 er Steregr.schtchi, commanded by Lieu- ; ' 5?- tenant Sergueieff, sustained damages; j 1 her engine was disabled and she be- J J gan to founder. By 8 o'clock in the ; morning five of our torpedo boat de- : ( '' stroyers and returned. When the crit- I; L' ical position of the Steregusehitchi be- ' came evident I hoisted my flag on the cruiser Novik and wen; with the Novik ? and the cruiser Boyarin to the rescue. ' 4 But as five of the enemy's cruisers sur- j lounded our destroyer and ns their ba;- . n tieship squadron was approaching. I I ' did not succeed in saving the Steregus- i chichi, which foundered. Part of the 1 * (rew was made prisoners aud part was ) s drowned. "On the ships which participated in 1 the night attack, one officer was seri- j f cusly and three other were slightiv i ; s wounded. t\rc soldiers were killed and I eighteen were wounded. i "At 9 o'clock fourteen of the enemy's ships assembled before Port Ar" ibur and a bombardment was begun 1 with the heavy guns of their battlez ship squadron at long range. !. "This lasted until 1 o'clock in the ! afternoon. It is estimated that the enemy fired 154 twelve-inch shells. The ' . damage to our vessels was insignifi- 1 cant. and they are again ready for 1 battle. Our losses were one officer a ' slightly wounded and one soldier killed s and four soldiers wounded. "The illumation of the sea at night ( by the searcnngnts mounted at our batteries was most satisfastory, and several times isolated shots from our batteries forced the enemy's torpedo boats to retire. "With the commencement of the bombardment at dawn the guns of the * fortress replied to the enemy's fire. "The crews of all the ships engaged gave proof of remarkable coolness in action. e "A bombardment at such a distance j must be considered ineffective, but the ' Japanese cruiser Takasago is reported 1 to have been seen to suffer serious '* damage, the extent of which, however. it was impossible to ascertain at a t distance of five miles. Many shells i d were fired at a ranee of 7*4 miles. ! a "I have the honor to report the fore- I _ going to your Majesty. I c ("Signed) LIEXEFF." J Toko, By Cable.?Official and pri- I * avte reports both indicate that Admiral ' J Togo's fourth attack on Fort Arthur on s the 10th instant was the most effective f since the first assault of a month ago. 5 One Russian torpedo boat destroyer r was sunk and several Russian torpedo boats seriously damaged. The fortifiiations and city were submitted to a 1 heavy bombardment lasting nearly * four hours. The naval bombardments )* of the land works have generally been ineffective, yet the peculiar topograph:> ical conditions of Port Arthur make . immunity from serious loss from bombardment almost impossible. Admiral s Togo's tornedo flotilla opened the action by boldly steaming in under the r batteries of mechanical mines in the - 1 v.? j uaruui. ;1 The closing action was the bombard* ment of the inner harbor by the Japan- \ 7 ese battleships. The latter took a po- I sition southwest of Port Arthur and { j used only their twelve-Inch guns, s t There were twenty-four twelve-inch t Two Army Corps to East. ' St. Petersburg. By Cable.?The fifth c array corps at Moscow and the tenth r army corps at Kharkotf will start for i s' the far East in a few days. After the I 1 war has ended the two corps will re- ? turn to their stations, but the other ( troops that are already in the Orient c will remain permanently in the Asiatic d provision. t , Investigation Committee. Washington. Special.?When the House met Saturday Speaker Cannon i f announced the special committee pro- 1 s vided for m the ?J< Call resolution ' adopted by the House yesterday to in? vestigate "the indictment" report from 1 the Postoffice Department as follows: 1 Representative McCall. of Massaohus- c , etts. chairman; Representatives Hitt, 1 Republican, of Illinois; Burton. Repub- d - lican, of Ohio; Metcalf. Republican, of 1 * California; McDermott. Democrat, of 0 f New Jersey; Bartlett. Democrat, of 13 1 Georgia, and Richardson. Democrat, of p ' Alabama. 1 "J j Heavy Fire Loss. Chester. S. C.. Special.?The most . disastrous fire in years broke out in ? the basement of the Bewley Hardware } Company's store Sunday night at 11 o'clock, and. despite the heroic work n t of the fire department, rapidly spread o * to the adjoining building occupied by . Kluttz's New York Racket. For a s - time it was feared the entire block / I would go. The fire was gotten under , control about 3 o'clock Monday morn- s ' ! ing, after destroying more than $60,000 0 worth of property. ? 1 . If FAR EAST g.:ns in the squadron of six battleships, und each gun fire 1 five rounds, making a total of 1 -0 huge projectiles that v.tre fired at the city. The bombardment was deliberate and carefully planned. In order to aid in perfecting the firing Admiral Togo stationed the cruisers in a position due east of the eu ranee to the harbor, and at right angle!-; to the battleships. The cruisers observed the range and effect of the firing and signaled the results and suggestions by wireless telegraphy. Admiral Togo' was unable to learn definitely the results of the bombardment, but later private reports indicate that much destruction was caused in the city where serious fires broke out. There also was damage to batteries. Capt. Shokiro Asai, commanding tbe flotilla of torpedo boat destroyers, had i>nlv three destroyers, but attacked the v U <uT.lnn rnrl h 5 n iraft to dose in with the enemy. He steamed so close to the enemy's destroyers that they almost touched, and [i most desperate conflict ensued, from which the Russians retired badly disabled. The Japanese flotilla which sunk the nines at the mouth of the harbor later E-ngaged two Russian destroyers. This fiotilla was commanded by Commander Tsuehiya. Admiral Togo's object in sending cruisers to Talien Wan Bay was to encompass the destruction of a signal station mine depot at Sam Siianto. This object was achieved and the buildings were demolished. Rear Admiral Dewa and Uriu participated in the operations under Admiral Togo, the details of whose operations became known in Japan ouly Sunday. The news created intense enthusiasm. Admiral Togo's report came ast night, and but it was withheld *rtil shown to the Emperor. Admiral i'ogo is permanently numbered among he heroes of the empire. The latest report places the Japanese oss at nine killed, five seriously wounded and seventeen slightly hurt, i'ho .lananese flref was not damaged in :he fighting. Odds Against Russia. St. Petersburg. By Cable.?The eable itory of the fierce fight off Port Arthur between the torpedo fiotillas, which ocurred Wednesday and.the bombardnent which followed on Thursday r.orning. was not given out here until ifter midnight. -Two official messages from Viceroy Mexieff had been received during the lay and presented to the Emperor, but fie public remained in suspense. The mpression was that Admiral Makaroff tad directed the attack upon the encuy's fleet. When the texts appeared it >fcame evident that the collision heween the torpedo flotillas has ocrnred accidentally during the night, vhile the Russians were scouting in earch of the enemy. As far as is known here, this is the Irst time torpedo boats have engaged ach other at sea. All the odds were [gainst the Russians as the Japanese lotilla was supported by the cruiser quadron. The Russians made a heroic iash for the foe end apparently had he better of the combat, sinking a lapanesn torpedo boat, until the cruiers got within range and one of the atter's shells crippled the Stere;uschtchi." * The gallant action of Vice Admiral dakaroff in transfering his flag to the ast cruiser Novik and sailing out in he face of the enemy in an attempt at esrue receives unstinted praise, $tampng him at the outset of his command is a man of force and action who In;ists on being in the van of the fighti-g. The removal of the battleship Ret izan from the mouth of the inner harbor. which marked the assumption of omraand by Admiral Makaroff, will >ermit the free exit of the heavyirmoretl ships. With the channel open t is believed that Admiral Makaroff vill make the squadron an aggressive crce. Appreciating the misfortune of the leet it is believed that Admiral Makaoff will attempt to unite his forces by ringing the Valdivostock squadron to 5ort Arthur. Repaics on the battleship Retvizan vill be completed in a few weeks, but he battleship Czaravitch is so badly iamaged that it is not thought that ne can participate in any of the operitions for a long time." Emperor William on Board. Dover, England. By Cable.?The Gernan Lloyd steamer Koenig Albert, on ts way to the Mediterranean with 3mieror William on board, arrived here Sunday afternool. Sir Will'ajn Henry ?rundall. former mayor of Dowr, went in hoard the Koenig and delivered the Uanatf-koa after which the vessel W'O eeded. Report Drnied. Paris, By Cable.?The St. Peters>urg correspondent of The Echo de ?aris has sent in an interview with M. Vllte. the former Russian Minister of finance, who denounces as infamous nventions ihe rumors that Count ^ansciorffis to be replaced as Minister if Foreign Affairs. He declares that he Minister enjoyed the full confilence of the Sovereign. M. Witte said hat he himself would never return to ifllce. The correspondent of The Jourlal in St. Petersburg says that the retorted resignation of Foreign Minister ^ansdorff has been denied officially. Telegraphic Briefs Wesley M. Oler. of Baltimore, was lected president of the American Ice 'ompany. Dr. Von Kocrber. the Austrian Premier. made a pessimistic speech at the iponlng of the Reichsrath. Fire at Bocas del Toro. Columbia, detroyed 100 buildings, including the American consulate. Governor Odell's Shipbuilding Trust ecurities were sold at an apparent loss f 5129,790. A PROCLAMATION ISSUED j Our Army and Navy Ordered to Observe Strict Neutrality. Washington Special. ? President Roosevelt, after a conference with : Secretary of State Hay. i*su<*rt the following executive order: "All officials of the government, civil, military and navaf. are hereby i directed not only to observe the President's proclamation of neutrality in the pending war between Russia and t Japan, but also to abstain from either action or speech which can legitimately ranse irritation to either of the combatants. The government of the United States represents the people of the United States, not only ' in the sincerity with which it is endeavoring to keep the scales of neutrality exact and even, but in the sin<erity with which it deplores the breaking out of the present war. and hopes that it may end with the earli1 est possible moment and with the smallest possible loss to those engaged. Such a war inevitably increases and inflames the susceptibilities of the combatants to anything in the nature of an injury or slight by outsiders. Too often combatants make conflicting claims as to the du1 ies and obligations of neutra^. so that even when discharging these duties and obligations with scrupulous care. It is difficult to avoid giving offense to one or the other party. To such unavoidable causes of offense, due to the performance of national duty, there must not be added any avoidable causes. It is always unfortunate to bring Old World antipathies and jealousies into our life or by speech cr conduct to excite anger and resentment toward our nation in friendly foreign lands; but in a government employe whose official position makes him in some sense the representative of the people, the mischief of such action is greatly increased. A strong and self-confident nation should be particularly careful not only of the rights, but of the sus ; eeptimiiues or us neignDors, anu nowadays all the nations of the world are neighbors, one to the other. "All officials of the government, civil, military or naval, are expected to carr; themselves, both in act and in deed, as to give no cause of just offense to the people of any foreign land and friendly power?and with all mankind we are no win friendship." A Heavy Gale. San Francisco, Special.?The worst rain and wind storm in 13 years swept over this city and along the Pacific coast Thursday doing much damage to shipping, railroads and frame buildings through the State. The storm extended from San Diego to Vancouver Inland, and it is feared that many marine disasters have occurerd along the coast. Telegraph and telephone wires were prostrated in every direction and for several hours this city was entirely cut off from the outside world. A passenger train at the Alameda Mole, across the bay from this city, was blown from the track, so fierce was the gale there. The steeple of St. Paul's church, one of the handsomest in this city, was snapped off and many buildings under construction were badly damaged. A seven-story brick building, almost completed at the corner of Bush and Polk streets, was hopelessly wrecked. Four Hen Burned. Harrisburg, Pa., Special.?Four unidentified men were burned to death in a box car containing gasolene, which caught fire at Branch inter-section, ten miles east of this city. Two others. George Klinger, of Harrisburg, and W. C. Lyter, of Lewistown, barely escaped with their lives, their bodies and clothes being badly burned. The men -were employed on the Pennsylvania Railroad improvement at Enola and were being sent to Bainbridge to clear the ice from the tracks. One of the cars contained five barrels of gasolehe. One of the men struck a match to light his pipe while near one of the gasolene barrels. A spark must have landed ou the barrel for in an instant the interior of the car was a fiery furnace. There was a scramble to get out. but four men were trampled upon by the others and their bodies were afterward found burned to a crisp. Senator Tillman Better. Washington. Special.?Senator Tillman's condition continues favorable and he is resting easy. The operation on the tonsil which resulted in remov Ing the pus irom,.ioe ?Dscesjs uao iciieved'him a great deal and he now takes nourishment more freely. The temperature is also satisfactor}*. Those attending him say they now see no cause for apprenension. If the improvement continues as at present the family hope the Senator may take his projected trip South in a few days. Poisoned By Rough on Rats. Dothan, Ala., Special.?Mr. J. A. PeTcrman, his wife and three children, and Mrs. Angus Kirkland and her baby, were poisoned Thursday morning by eating biscuits which were made from flour in which Rough-on-Rats had been put by a small child of Mr. Peterraan. Prompt medical attention was procured and they are now out of danger. Sharpley Sentenced. Washington. Special.?First Lieutenant Sharpley. of the Twelfth Cavalry, having been tried by a general courtmartial at Manila and found guilty of , serious charges affecting his moral character, has been sentenced to dis ( missal from the army, i ne papers nave been prepared in the War Department for transmission to the President. Found Dead. Alexandria. Special?Frank Summers, a blacksmith, was found dead beside his mother's grave at Union Cemetery. His face and a portion of his neck had been badly mutilated by "large dogs, which were attacking the body when it was discovered. Suicide is suspected. A wife and five children survive him. KILLED FIVE MEN * * Startling Confession of One of The Famous Train Robbers . ? THE MYSTERY IS CLEARED CP The Car Barn Bandit Clears Up the Mystery cf the Chicago & .Northwestern Express Robbery Four Years Ago. Chicago, Special.?Gustave Marx, one of the three car barn bandits now under sentence of death, declared in a confession made Sunday that he was one of the three men who held up the Chicago & Northwestern Express train at Tower "W," near DeKalb. four years ago. The c rime, which has passed into history as one of the most desperate ever committed in or about Chicago, has never been fastened upon any one of the many suspects arrested, and tbe identity of the bandits has remained a. mystery to the police until now. Marx says both his confederates in the crime are dead, and refuses to give their names. One of thai, he declares. ' died with his boots on." The railway authorities admitted a loss of $100,000 by the robbery. Marx said the robbers secured only $8,000, the vest of the money having been destroyed by the explosion of dynamite used to crack the safe. In a sort of footnote to this startling confession. Marx admits the killing of five men in his career of crime. "Besides John B. Johnson, killed at the car barr.s; Detectice Quinn. killed , at the time of my arrest, and Ot*o Baupre. whom Roeski is generally supposed to have killed. I have killed two other men," said Marx. "Eight years ago Neidermier and I want to Janesville. Miss., to rob a train, and hid our dynamite alongside the track. A trackwalker or railroad detective?I have never learned which?came upon us end asked us what we were doing there. I snot mm, ana we inrew m? body into the Rock river. The other man whom I killed I had done criminal | work with in Michigan. I met him at Camp Goldfleld, Col., when Neiderraier and I were there last fall. He knew too much about me. and I killed him and left his body lyiag in the suburbs of the camp. Both these crimes can be verified by the police." Letter From President. Norfolk. Special.?President Roosevelt sent the following letter to Secretary Sheperd, of the Jamestown Exposition Company, endorsing the tercentennial to be held in 1907. as demanding the united effort of the wbo'.e nation in commemorating the real birth of the nation: "White House. Washington. D. C_ March 9. 1904. "My Dear Sir: I trust I need hardly say to you how apt I regard the proposed tercentennial celebration to b" held on the borders of Hampton Roads in 1907. This tercentennial wil* mark an epoch in the history of our country. The first permanent settlement of English-speaking people of American soil at Jamestown in 1607, marks the beginning of the history of the United States. The 300th anniversary of that event must be celebrated by the people of our Union as a whole. "With best wishes, believe he. Sincerely yours._ "THEODORE KOOSEVEL.1. General FItzhug Lee, president of the Exposition Company, will probably take charge of the headquarters to be opened in Washington to work for a national appropriation. Alexleff's Report < Viceroy Alexieff has sent the following message to the Emperor: "In the fight between our torpedo boats and the Japanese cruisers on March 10. Captain Matteussevitcb, Ensign Alexandroff. and Mechanical Engineer Bliniff, received slight wounds, and Ensign Zaeiff was severely wounded in the head, losing an eye. "The commandant at Port Arthur reports the following details of the bombardment of the fortress there on March 10: As soon as the enemy opened fire our batteries replied. Six of the enemy's ships remained behind the Liao Tishln promontory and opened fire on the fortress over that shelter. They ceased bombardment at 1:15 p. m. The enemy fired about 200 projectiles. One shell from the battery.No. 15, on Electric Cliff, damaged a Japanese cruiser seriously. "The results of the bombardment were significant. Six soldiers were wounded. Three inhabitants of the town wounded. "According to General Stoessle's report the officers and soldiers in the shore batteries displayed exemclary courage and fired their guns in refect order." Senator Tillman Better. Washington. Special.?Senator Tillman. who for a week has had serious trouble with his throat, is reported to be very much improved and the confi dent expectation i3 expressed th3t he will be able to leave the city for the South during the present week for a period of recuperation. The improvement is due to the relief experienced from the lancing of another abcess. The Senator swallows readily now and ic able to converse without difficulty. This morning the Senator suffered extreme pain, its intensity being greater than any he had experienced since bis throat affection first manifested itself. But Saturday's operation ended the pain. Georgia Delegates. Gainesville. Ga.t Special.?Judge H. C. Tate, of Lumpkin county, and Colonel Spence. of Pickens county, were chosen as delegates to the national Republican convention to represent the ninth congressional district of Georgia. Walter H. Johnson. W. J. Lyons. Marry Stillwell Edwards and H. L. Johnson were endorsed as delegates from the State at large. J. W. Lyons was endorsed for Georgia's member of the national committee.