MAY YET FORCE FRANCE TO WAR Germany's Attitude is Causing Much Anxiety. THE UNITED STATES IS CAUTIOUS, Conferences Between Secretary Root and Freoch and (erman Ambassadors—Wash- ington Government Not laterfering— Other Neutra! Powers May Try to Bring Fraoce and Germany Together. FAMINE IN NORTHERN JAPAN, Condition of Sufferers Seid to Be Worse Than Described. Seattle, Wash, (Special The steam sh Pp Dakota brin kit the f§ ern provinces ing graver. second Vice from Nagasa E. Lampe, chai 1ittee of relief, SONS wer then me personally many and 0.000 towns Fukushir yen. Our first figures those affected by the weak to describe “Able-bodied are facing the bring wood men I from the mountains in the hope of earming enough gh its to keep the strarving families, Women are covering their babies with their own cloth. ing to keep them warm, and such condi tions as these can mean only death in the end.* Families once proud and com- fortable are now reduced to want.” The appeal tells of special instances of suffering and death. SA TE George Small ladicted. Mount Holly, N. J., (Special) ~The Burlington County Grand Jury found a true bill of indictment against George Small, colored, for the murder of Miss Florence Allinson at Morestown on Jan- wary 18 Rufus Johnsop, also colored, who was arrested in Baltimore and con- fcssed to murdering Miss Allinson, but who subsequently charged Small with the murder is awaiting execution for par. ticipation in the murder. sale LATESTNEWSINSHORTORDER protection <i irman of mmittee Britis} ders of the hin nas Company, charter ropolitan Holdin Secretary Taft d rartiways at mittee mittee nagement ys French ne IAs ¢ at Helsingfors, ¢ Austrian government « » extreme measures upon Hunga g the press ernment has a sche ) SUpPPressis ; Japanese EOY tionalizing the r Aas Or Meyer Japanese rail Jag i a ivi i ' aes ig damages wrdert in R 130 J ans ussia to press their the regular through fent-elect, an- draw bef $s press wil ential elect actually Jritish naval estimates for 1006-7 347.500, being $12,500,000 less than the estimates for the present financial year American, British and German gun- to Nanchang, where the French Jesuit missionaries were killed Another setback to the reactionary policy of Russian Minister of Interior Durnovo is said to forecast his retire- ment. French troops charged a mob trying to prevent an inventory being taken of the Church of St. Sauver, at Mazamet. The illness of both Balfour and Cham. berlain has caused postponement of the debate in Parliament on the fiscal bill, Assassinations, bomb - throwing and robbery continue in full swing in Po- land and the Caucasus King Edword's physician, as was to be expected, denies the rumors of his ill health, Motions for reducing the period of ser- vice in the French army were defeated. Fire at Wesleyan. Roosevelt's Gift to a Church. : " ‘ convicted of the g nestead entries vernment i the prisoner « 5 heen ——— a - In 18% the Student : Tenn., (Special) convention of Volunteer Movement contributed $84.000 secution of missionary work The meet- § were Thursday night 6,000 persons joined in the chorus of the hymn, “The Son of God Goes Forth to \ followed by the lord's Prayer, repeated in concert by thousands of voices. Bishop Thomas F. Gailor, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was the chief speaker Nashville, utes the crowded Tee Paris (By Cable).~According to in- formation which has reached official quar. ters here a revolutionary movement against Venezuela is on foot. The rev- olutionists are concentrating on the Is- fand of Trinidad, where they are await- ing arms and supples, previous to land- ing on the Venezuelan coast. A Menace to Peace. London (By Cable). ~In introducing the navy estimates in the House of Com- mons Financial Secretary of the Admir- ality Robertson commented on the fact that since The Hague Peace Conference the naval expenditure of the great pow- ers had increased 50 per cent, reaching the enormous total of $507,500,000. He regarded this inflated expenditure as a menace to the peace of the world, and thought that a league peace was desir. able. About 400 Small Houses Plana to Honor Freakin Ex-Governor Hogg Dead. ouston { Special) —Former ' . ames Stenh . ph the residence paris health i dered physicia and he was planning 3 to Battle Creek, Mich {ogg reached Houston Friday night and, took to hig bed. n was not cons ns President Was Sposser. Washington (Special). William Loeb 3d, the infant son of the Secretary to the President and Mrs. Loeb, was chris tened Saturday afternoon at the resi dence of Rt. Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee, Bishop of Washington he Fresident and Mrs. Roosevelt acted as sponsors for the child, who was born on December 26 last. Bishop Satterlee conducted the ceremony of christening FINANCIAL, Rumors are again current that Union Pacific will distribute a big extra divi dend Harriman’s friends brand as untrue the assertion that he is trying to wreck the Illinois Central preparatory to buying it for the Union Pacific. Northern Central directors were re. elected at the annual meeting of share- holders. It had been expected that the committee appointed several years ago to see what could be done toward leas- ing the Northern Central and the Pent. i also to recommend that the dividend rate be increased, would make a report, but nothing was said about it at the session. In seven months of this fiscal year Baltimore & Ohio's gross earnings in- creased $5,480,000 and the net profits gained $2,381,000. Nearly half the net increase came in January, ON THE CRUST OF A VOLCANO Eruption in China Likely at Any Moment, HASTENING That WARSHIPS Deslte the Fact Kefers to the It Is Believed All Are In Danger—The of Viceroys. 10 the Foreigners Cs PRINCE EITEL A HAPPY GROOM. Wedding Capital, Royal in the German ¢ va ¢ chapel dome, bu hundreds of candies, delicate costumes or us bout 500 persons belonging to milies of Germany or the princi sility, the cabinet ministers and ) ber of generals and admirals. Ambasss dor Tower an the diplomatic tenant Lieu Howard circle, were Commander William L the naval attache, Mrs Howard: Capt. Wm. S. Biddle, military attache, and } Biddle ; Secretary Nelson haughnessy Mrs. O'Shaughnessy tary John W. Garret - in as Third Second Secre Led 300 Agalost 3000, Q.. Cincinnati, (Special) .~Major Jo- Kennedy, aged 72 years, died at his home near Middletown, O seph M He was on General Fremont's staff in the Civil War, and distinguished himself by gal. lant conduct in the famous charge at Springfield, Mo. He suffered wounds in this charge that left him an invalid. In this charge 300 Union men charged 3,000 Confederates. Kennedy was promoted from leutenant to major that night for bravery. Flight of Chinese. Shanghai (By Cable) ~The Nanchang magistrate, the: injury to whom was the reputed immediate cause of the attack by natives on Catholics and Protestant missionaries a few days ago, is still alive, though his wounds are dangerous. The native population of Nanchang is fleeing, dreading the arrival of armed forces from European and American gunboats There have been many arrests. The of. ficials of Nanchang are urgently asking the viceroy of the Province of Kiangsi to come pergonally to Nanchang. LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS, Plaas For | vesion. New Vepezucelan Charge. K For Many Moouments, Rails Cost More Here, liing price of steel rails abroad } ne Ross ted States was David W Isthmian Canal examined ommittee on Interoce He showed that he had pur American mills rails for use on th ws at from $1.30 to $2.50 a ton an the prevailing price i this country, was President Cone gress appropriate 0 defray the expenses of delegates of the United States to the Pan-American Con- gress in Rio de Janeiro next spring. Secretary Shaw appeared before the House committee in advocacy of the law requiring the licensing of custom-house brokers, » 1 1 Roosevelt has asked to ¢ S100.000 th il The Army Appropriation Bill, car rying more than $60.000000, was passed by the House, after five days of consid. eration. Major Gillette has given up his com- mission in the Army to become supers intendant of the Philadelphia filteration plant, The House passed the Foraker bill providing for the marking of Confeder- ate graves in the North. The House committee favorably re- ported the bill to abolish the grade of lieutenant general, Secretary Thompson, of the Lafay- ette Memorial Commission, reports that the Lafayette monument in Paris will be dedicated on the anniversa-y of the surrender of Yorktown,
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