—— GREAT FIRE IN BALTIMORE, | Flames Swept Through Heart of Business District. LOSSES WILL BE ENORMOUS. Destruction of Many Buildings by Dyn- amite Failed to Check the Spread of Fire. Fire which broke out a few minutes before 11 o'clock Sunday morning in the wholesale dry goods house of John E. Hurst & Co., Baltimore raged con- tinuously with unrestrained fury, and at midnight was still unchecked and steadily eating its way eastward on Baltimore street, after having de- stroyed almost all of the large stores and warehouses in the wholesale dis- trict around Hopkins place and all the buildings on both side of Baltimore street from Howard to Holliday streets, from Charles and Baltimore SHIP TRUST FIGHT ENDED. SE | of Re-organization Finally | Agreed to by All Interests. After frequent conferences the long! fight between the Sheldon reorganiza-| tion committee in United States Ship- building affairs and the bendholders’ protective committee, represented by | Samuel Untermyer, was settled by the! formation of a new plan, which has| been agreed to by both sides, and the | litigation in which Charles M. Schwab | has been the central figure will end. | Max Pam has been removed from the reorganization committee, and Pliny | Fisk, the banker, whose housed will | take part of the work of financing the mew company, takes his place, while Max Nathan, of the Internation-| al Pump Gompany, has been agreed on | as an additional member of the com-| mittee to represent the protective committee. | The new plan made public by Will- iam Nelson Cromwell is put out as coming from Receiver Smith, and pro- vides for a new company with a capi- talization of $30,000,000, half preferred and half common, Mr. Schwab, as owner of the Bethlehem bonds, to get Plan and Charles and I.exington, and on Fayette street from Charles to Holli- day, including a total of abouf 20} blocks of the most modern and sub- | stantial buildings in Baltimore, involv-| ing a loss which cannot now be esti-| mated, but which certainly has already | exceeded $40,000,000. | The fire department, although aidad by engines from Washington and che | surrounding counties and suburbs, was utterly powerless to make any | effective resistance to the consuming element, though for hours as many as | 400 streams of water were thrown in- to the flames. | Chief Horton decided that the only thing left to do was to dynamite build- ings that threatened points and thus prevent, as far as possible a further | spread of the flames. In pursuance of this plan a number of buildings on South Charles street between German and Lombard streets were blown up. Subsequently the structure of J. W. Putts & Co., notion dealers at Charles and Fayette streets, was dynamited, | and then the “Daily Record” building, | Ross drug store and others. But this heroic remedy merely delayed, but did not seriously impede the onward march of the conflagration. | BURNED AT THE STAKE. | — | Awful Ending of a Mississippi Tragedy Costing Eight Lives, Luther Holbert and his wife, ne- groes, were burned at the stake at| Doddsville, Miss, by a mob of over | 1,000 persons for the killing of James | Eastland, a prominent white planter, and John Carr, a negro, on Wednesday at the Eastland plantation. The burning of Holbert and his wife closes a tragedy which has cost eight lives, has engaged 200 men and two packs of bloodhounds in a four days’ chase across four counties and has stirred this section of Mississippi al- most to frenzy. Following are the dead: Luther Holbert and wife, negroes, burned at the stake by a mob; James Eastland, whitas planter, killed by Holbert; John Carr, negro, killed by Holbert; John Winters, negro, killed by Eastland; three unknown negroes killed by pos-, ses. The killing of Rastland, Carr and Winters occurred Wednesday at East- land plantation. at Greenville, Ittabena, Cleveland and other points and the pursuits of Hol- bert and his wife was begun with horses and bloodhounds. The chase, which was begun Wednesday morning, was continued until Saturday night. when Holbert and his wife, worn out from traveling over 100 miles oh foot through canebrakes and swamps, were found asleep in a heavy belt of ¢timbef three miles east of Sheperds- town and captured by a posse without a shot being fired. The two negroes were brought to Doddsville, and burned at the stake al- most in the shadow of the negro church. Two negroes were killed by a posse near Belzoni, Jazco county. One of the negroes bore a striking resembl- ance to Holbert and was mistaken for | him by members of the posse. He was called on to surrender, but instead of doing so showed fight and both negroes were shot down by the posse men, as Folbert had sworn he would not taken alive and was known to be ily armed. RUSSIA’S REPLY. Refuses to Give Any Guarantee as to The reply of Russia summarized very closely amounts to this: | Russia does not recognize Japan's | interference with her relations with China. Russia will give no under- standing on any point whatsoever in Manchuria, except that she does not wish to interfere with any rights ac- quired by other nations, but she point blank refuses to give any guarantee. The second point is that Russia is prepared to recognize the second part of Korea under latitude 35th degree as being within the sphere of Japan, which country must undertake not to fortify Littoral, nor to send any furth- er troops there and at once to recall any troops sent there. | The third point is Russia will have | full freedom of gction in the northern portion of Korea above degree 39. The fourth point is, neither country shall enjoy in the country at present belonging to Morea any privileges not enjoyed by any other. Self-Playing Pipe Organs. Prof. J. O. Funkhouser, of Hagers- town, Md., has completed an invention for the self-playing of pipe organs. He calls it the “symphonist,” T in- vention consists of. an automatic at-| tachment that can be fitted on the in- | side a any pipe organ, and produces | the tones by blowing air ‘through the | pipes in the regular way. One of the -playing pipe. organs is now being , of Piml Md., and anot hibition at th | bonds. i | to the syndicate at 875 per 1,000. | | Sheldon, Posses were formed | be tana Company, heav- | down of all the Amalgamated proper- | from $9,000,000 of preferred and $6,000,000] of common stock, and the first mort-| gage bondholders to get the remaind- er pro rata. Mr. Schwab gives up his prior lien on Bethleher. and all the) present stock is wiped out. The pre-| ferred stock is to be 7 per cent non-| cumulative. There are to -be ‘issued! $3,000,000 of collateral trust sinking fund, 6 per cent 10-year gold bonds, which are to be taken up by a syndi- cate of which the Morton Trust Com- pany and Thomas F. Ryan are to be managers and Harvey Fisk & Sons participants, the latter to market the These bonds are to be paid Former Secretary of ‘War Elihu Root is counsel for the syndicate managers, The new reorganization | committe will consist of George R. chairman, Charles F, Fair- child and John E. Borne. P. Fisk, Charles B. Wetmore and Max Na- than. | Other terms of the compromise to which both sides gave up many things which they have fought for up to the; last moment, include a provision that the expenses of the fight of the bond-| holders’ protective committe shal] be | | paid as a part of the expenses of re-| organization. o | AMERJCAI{ SAILOR KILLED. | Insurgents Fire on a Yankee Launch. | The insurgents of San Domingo de- liberately fired on the launch of the auxillery cruiser Yankee, killing J. C. Johnston, the engineer. entered his ‘head above the eye. United States Minister Powell has directed the captain of the Yankee to take drastic measures to avenge Johnston’s death and this insult to the American flag. The German Consul requested United States Minister Powell to af- ford protection to Herr Worman, the Yerman Vice Consul, that he might bring his family into the city, as the insurgents gave Mr. Worman 48 hours to leave his station or suffer the con- sequences, Mr, Powel] secured a guard of 60 men from the United States cruiser Colombia and informed the Govern-! ment that it was the intention of the German Consul and himself to bring Herr Worman's family into the city and asked the Government not to fire upon his party while it was on its mission. He said that if fired up- on this party would protect them- selves. 3 As soon as they passed outside the city they were covered by the guns of the Columbia. No attack was made and the Worman family was brought back in safety. The insurgents are desperate and are destroying foreign property. Mr. Powell has received urgent appeals to protect foreign property against this pillaging and the Columbia may be compelled to land marines. The firing around the city contin- ues. The situation is serious. The Montana Supreme Court re- versed the decision of Judge Clancy, | in Butte, in the injunction suit of John | McGinnis against the Boston and Mon- which caused the shut Dominican ties last summer. . FOUR KILLED. | | Tragedy Results From Trouble in | : | Mining Town. Manchuria. | A bloody tragedy was enacted in the | mining town of Coal Creek, 40 miles northwest of Knoxville, Tern. As a result four lives were lost and three { persons wounded, one perhaps fatally. | The clash was the culmination of the trouble between union and non-union labor. Three of the dead men were killed by guards employed by the Coal Creek Coal Company, while the fourth | victim, a deputy sheriff, was killed by a guard he had gone to arrest. The Cead are: Monroe Black, miner, aged 24: «Ws W. Taylor, miner, aged 31; Jacob Sharp, section hand, a bystand- er, aged 35; Deputy Sheriff Robert S. Harman, killed by “Cal” Burton, a guard at the Briceville mine. CONDENSED CABLES. Uruguayan rebels won an important | victery over Government troops at San Ramon! i Lillian Nordica, the famous singer, was divorced in New York from | Herr Zoltan Dome. li: Speaking in the House of Commons, John Redmond demanded home: rule in behalf of the Irish. Japanese troops seized Fusan railroad, in Korea, po 111 the ul- and carried artillery to il. The Czar and Czarina gave a brill- jant court ball at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg een heard in Gover xan The ballet 22 WAR TALK N THE FAR EIST Hostilities Expected to Begin at Any Moment. JAPS TIRED OF RUSSIA'S DELAY. Japanese and Russian Ministers With. drawn From Their Posts and Diplomatic Relations Cease. Count Lamsdorff, the Russian for- eign minister, has officially informed the Russian representativeg abroad that Japan has decided to break off negotiations with Russia and to with- draw her minister and the entire Japanese legation staff from St. Pet- ersburg. Russia thereupon ordered the Russian minister, Baron De Rosen, and his staff, to leave Tokio. The severance of diplomatic rela- tions between Russia and Japan ap- pears to be only a step toward war, although when the ministers of Rus sia and Japan withdraw from their respective posts quick and decisive ac: tion is expected, When Minister of Foreign Affairs Komura on Saturday notified Baron®*de Rosen, the Russian minister, of Ja- pan’s determination to ‘sever diplo- matic relations, he is reported to have declared to him that Japan is tired of Russia’s delays, evasions and insincer- ity, and has decided to take independ- ent action for the conservation of Japan's Oriental interests. During the final negotiations Ja- pan’s repeated requests for an answer were treated in a most unsatisfactory manner. Japan waited until convince: ed that it was useless to wait longer and has now ended the discussion, The draft of the Russian response, tentatively by the czar, .was tele: graphed on the 5th. While the con: tents of the response are carefully guarded they are known to be in a con: ciliatory spirit and form and to con- tain what are regarded as important concssions, although maintaining Russia’s former position on some of the main points covering Manchuria and Korea, Minister Allen cabled from Seoul to Washington that all the Japanese in the Yalu river district of Korea have been summoned to Seoul at once. This is taken to mean that Japan has abandoned all hope of peace and is preparing for war at once. State De partinent officials would not be sun prised to hear to-morrow that hostili ties have begun. Every bit of infor mation ‘they are receiving now points war. Mr. Allen's dispatch also stated that active steps are being taken to prctect Americans living in the in- terior of Korea. The Japanese are flying panic-strick: en, cables the Vladostock correspond: ent of the Novoe Vremya, and Jap | anece storekeepers are sacrificing all thoy possess in their haste to escape to Japan. Cases of oranges are sell ing for 5 cents, and furniture is be ing literally given away. They are practically ruining themselves in their hurry to get away hefore the outbreak of war. HARWICK SURVIVOR TALKS. Gonia Has Recovered and Remembers the Explosion. Adolph Gonia, aged 17, the sole sur vivor of the terrible disaster, at Har- wick mine for the first time since being taken to St. Francis hospital was strong enough to talk about the explosion which wiped out 172 lives and caused the death of others who attempted to rescue the entombed miners, Gonia said the first intimation he had that something was wrong in the mine was when he was suddenly chill ed by a strong current of cold air rushing toward the shaft mouth. He said he was almost frozen by the cold air and then fell forward unconscious on the timbers at the bottom of the shaft, While failing Gonia said he re- members seeing a flash of fire and then knew no more, Gonia does not remember how long he lay there, but on recovering con- sciousness, which he said was brought about by the same cold which had overcome him, he heard voices near him, and called for some time before the men ventured to rescue him. SIX BUBRNED TO DEATH. | Fire Destroys a Row of Houses in Mining Town. Tire which started at 3 o'clock in the morning in a row of 12 frame houses at Park Place, about 17 miles from Pottsville, Pa., caused the death of six persons, five men and a boy, all foreigners, who worked as miners in the Park Place colliery, operated by Lentz & Co. by whom the houses were owned. The bodies of all the victims were frightfully burned. of the victims met death in the house in which the fire started. The board- ing house keeper, it appears filled the stove in the kitchen, closing the drafts. The stove evidently became red hot, setting fire to some clothing hanging near it and thus starting the conflagration. The row of houses contained over 100 people and when the alarm of fire | was given the inmates rushed out into the snow in their night clothes. The night was bitterly cold, below zero, and a high wind prevailed, which nat- uraliy added to the terrors of the situation.-- The excitable foreigners were frenzied and made every effort tc stay the course of the flames. They dynamited one of the houses, but this seemed to have no effect, for the en- tire Tow was quickly destroyed. BIG REVIVAL MOVEMENT. Union Services by Evangelical Churches in Allegheny County. movement for the greatest si- revival ever held in the s inaugurated in Allegheny ay, when many of the al denomin- All "SENATOR HANNA VERY ILL Has Typhoid Fever and Is in Weak ened Condition. Senator Hanna has a well develop ed case of typhoid fever, and has had it probably ior three weeks. He is in Isuch a weak physical state that his friends and the members of his fam ily are greatly worried. The fact that the Senator has typhoid fever was very clearly shown by the micro scopic examination of the blood. Sur geon General Rixey would not believe his patient had the fever until after Dr. Magruder made the examination and showed him the results of the test. Then the doctors were informed that the Senator was at Columbus, where the pollution of the Scioto river whence the city draws its water sup ply, has caused over 1,000 cases. THEATERS CLOSED. New York Places of Amusement Con: sidered Unsafe. Mayor McClellan of New York, or dered closed the following theaters: Grand Opera House, Madison Square Theater, Princess Theater, Vaudeville Theater, Hurtig and Seamons and the theater part of Huber’s museum Last week the Mayor served notice on 19 theaters that unless certain al terations for safety were made by mid night Tuesday he would order them closed. The closing of .the Madison Spuare and Princess Theaters inter- rupts two successes of the season at the height of their career. The Mayor said that the houses are unsafe for public use and that reasonable re quests for alterations have been either resisted or ignored. BEARS AGAIN ACTIVE. Claim Tendency of Prices Will Downward for Some Time, The old bear party that was a factor in the stock market last autumn and early in the winter and which with- drew from speculation for a time fol- lowing the latg 10 to 20-point rise in prices is said to be again aggressive with H. G. Well and his associates, active leaders. That contingent has resumed operations for the decline on the theory that the recovery was only a rally, that the real tendency of val- ues is downward, that the market is entering a protracted period of de- pression, and that railroad earnings are going to fall off in every direction. Be Sigsbee Will Assume Command. Rear Admiral Sigsbee will leave the League Island navy yard next Sat- urday for San Juan, Porto Rico, where he will assume command of the South Atlantic squadron. This is the first opportunity the “hero of the Maine” has had to fly his rear ad- miral’s flag at sea, he having been advanced to that rank since coming to League Island in May. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES., The Harwick mine relief fund has reached $38,000. : Cotton and coffee prices continued to decline in New York. A gale blowing 90 miles wrecked a number of buildings Pierce station, Col. Both branches of Congress have ac- cepted Wisconsin's gift of a statue of Marquette for Statuary Hall September futures in the New York Coffee Exchange sold at 9 cents, the highest price for several years. Phonographic records of the voices of great men will be kept at Harvard University and in Washington, D. C. Four million dollars of American capital is invested in an electric street railway system about to be constructed in Manila. The price of July cotton reached 17.55 cents in New York and 18 cents in New Orleans, the highest price since 1874. James Smith, alleged counterfeiter, arrested with his son and another man at Greenpoint, L. I., was said to be worth $100,000. “Rev.” F. W. Sanford, head of the “Holy Ghost and Us Society” was con- victed at Auburn, Maine, of cruelty to his little son. At his own request Senator Dietrich (Rep., Neb.) had a committe appoint 2d to investigate charges recently made against him. Winter wheat sold for $1 a bushel in Chicago. J. K. Murrel and others give sensa- tional testimony against the accused in the trial. of Col. Edward Butler, at Fulton, Mo. The conferznce of bituminous coal mine owners and miners adjourned at Indianapolis without reaching an agreement on the wage scale, Penn Cooper, an engineer, was kill ed and seven other persons were in jured in a collision on the Delaware railroad, near Wilmington, Del. The post of commander-in-chief of the British Army, now held by Lord Roberts, will be abolished and other radical reforms in army administra tion introduced. John I. McFarland, the Akron school principal who was found guilty of as sault and battery in police court last week, has resigned. McFarland says that since the arrest he can main: tain no discipline.’ Brooding over political criticism County Auditor John H. Miller, com mitted suicide at Chillicothe, O. He was recorder of the Chillicothe Knights Templar for many years, and was formerly manager for the Western Union Telegraph Company. Minister Squires asked President Palma, of Cuba, fer the punishment of Cienfuegos roiters who threw mud on the United States escutcheon. In a fight at Wilton, * Ky., Deputy Sheriff Helton shot and killed David and Thomas Fletcher and wounded a man named Brock while attempting an hour at to serve a warrant. cashie of . the Exchange Dc 7,000 the bank years inp 1; > a of sd to 10 .declare PORTO RICO IN CONGRESS Representative of the Island in the House. | —— - CHAMPIONED BY MR. DALZELL. New Delegate Immediately Intro- | duces Bill for Citizenship of Natives. By unanimously agreeing to a reso- lution. amending the rules of the house, the resident commissioner to congress from Porto Rico was given | additional authority, equal in all es- sential respects to that of a delegate from a territory, the action not re- quiring the concurrence of the sen- ate. Resident Commissioners Degetau of Porto Rico taking advantage of the enlarged powers granted him by the | house, introduced a bill to ‘“‘expressly the citizens of Porto Rico’ citizens of the United States.” The bill provides as follows “phat the citizens of Porto Rico, whose permanent allegiance is due to the United States: the organic law of whose domicile was enacted by the United States, and is enforced through officials sworn to support the Consti- tution of the United States, are here- by expressly declared to be citizens of the United States.” | The bill Was referred to the com- mittee on insular affairs. | A bill which provided for a “dele- gate from Porto Rico” passed the] house during the last congress, but was amended by the senate to such an extent that it failed. A bill dupli-| 2ating the action of the house at the last session is now pending, but mean- while Porto Rico will receive, under the action taken to-day, practically 1l1 of the benefits extended in the neasure, A lively parliamentary debate pre-| :eded the adoption of the resolution, which was reported from the commit-| ee on rules as a “privileged” mat- ‘er. The minority members of the ommittee wished to set a date in| :he resolution for the consideration >f the bill in question and to extend In the meantime all the privileges of 1 delegate to Mr. Degetau, the resi-| ient commissioner. Failing in this, he minority members, after criticis- ng the majority and also the senate ‘or its action of last session, sup-| ;orted the resolution. | Mr. Dalzell explained that at the ast session of congress Commission- | sr Degetau was granted the right to he floor, but it was desirable in the! nterests of Porto. Rico to grant him | ‘urther privileges. | Mr. Williams announced that the -esolution was good legislation but | lid not go far enough. There was no | ‘eason why Porto Rico should not be sntitled to a delegate as well as Ha- waii, Mr. Williams called attention :0 a bill now on the house calendar ‘rom the insular affairs committee, ziving Porto Rico a delegate. Mr. Jones (Va.) stated that the jouse had passed the same bill unani- nously in the last congress." : 2 MILITARY CORRESPONDENCE. -3reat Mass of Colombian History Sent to Congress. is The president sent to the senate a mass of correspondence in response 0 Senator Gorman’s resolution calling ‘or the dates and circumstances: un- jer which the United States used mili- ary forces in the internal affairs ois Vew Grenada:.or Colombia, and wheth- sr such uses of military forces were »n the initiative of the United States sr by the request of New Grenada or Jolombia, or inconsequence of any of- jcial] representation of either. The ~esolution also called for copies of the srder by the navy department relating to such use cf military force. The circumstances under which ‘orces were landed are given by the sresident in dex=il, but orders by the var and navy departments concerning the inner workings of such depart- ments, and which constitute a part of she records of the offices of military ind naval intelligence, are withheld, sn’ the grounds that the disclosure of such confidential matters would be ncompatible with the public interest. END OF COUNTY COURTS. | and enlargement of |. ¢ler. — ee irre gAeretattt DEATH OF W. C. WHITNEY. Failed to Survive Second Operation for Appendicitis. william €. Whitney, former secre- tary of the navy, died at his home, x71 Fifth avenue, New York, while | under the influence of ether admin- istered preparatory to a second oper- ation for appendicitis. William C. Whitney was born at Conway, Mass., on July 15, 1841, of old | Puritan stock, his father being Brig.- | Gen. James Scollay Whitney, a promi- nen: Boston financier, and descendant” of John Whitney, one of the early Massachusetts colonists, while on his mother’s side he traced his descent back to Gov. William Bradford, of Mayflower fame. Mr. Whitney wa graduated from Yale and studied law at the Harvard Law school. He came to New York when a young man and entered the law office of Abraham R. Lawrence. He was cor- poration counsel of New York in 1875, 1876 and 1880. su Mr. Whitney was married in 1869 to. Miss Flora Payne, daughter; of | Heniy B. Payne, then. United States senator from Ohio. She died in 1893, leaving four children=Pauline, who | married Almeric Hugh Paget of Eng- land; . Harry Payne Whitney, Payne Whitney and Dorothy Whitney. Mr. Whitney entered politics in 1871 when he organized a young men’s Democratic club. In 1872 he became leader of .the County Democracy. He was actively interested in polities until | the close of President Cleveland's first | administration, during which he serv- ed as secretary of the navy. It was while acting as secretary of | the navy that Mr. Whitney first came into national prominence through his aggressive efforts toward improvement the American navy. At that time the navy consisted of wooden ships and a few antiquated ironclads left over from the civil war. Mr, Whitney urged upon congress the necessity of establishing a new navy on modern lines, and as a result | of his efforts the first steel armor-clad ships flying. the United States flag were built, and Mr. Whitney's fame as | the father of the mew American navy became established. Soon after leaving the cabinet Mr. Whitney began his career as a finan- Buying the old Avenue horsecar line, he built around that as a nucleus the present Metropolitan Street Rail- way Company, which has gradually acquired all of the surface lines on Manhattan island. PARLIAMENT OPENED, Morley Will Introduce Free Trade Amendment to King’s Sp€ech. = ° The king opened parliament.on the 2d ‘with the usual ceremonial and the old-fashioned incidents of the past. | Ruler and Queen arrived in state, and occupied the throne, as of yore, and the prince and princess of Wales also had a royal procession. The king con- gratulated the nation on the settle- ment of the Alaskan boundary dis- pute. On the far eastern situation, the speech said England would do all possible to maintain peace. The fiscal problem was the principal topie, in moving and seconding. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman se- verely arraigned the government's at- titude on the fiscal question and an- nounced that John Morley would in a few days introduce a more compre- hensive amendment, involving the whole situation. | Premier Balfour was laid up with influenza, and therefore was unable to be present. When Austen Chamber- lain arose in reply in behalf of the party of which his own father is be- lieved to be the most powerful mems- ber, the house was spellbound. Until that” moment Mr. Ackers-Douglas, secretary of state for home affairs, was generally expected to take Pre- mier Balfour's place, and interest in the proceedings was heightened by the man, the Liberal leader, had just ¢on- cluded a merciless satire on Austen Chamberlain's father. Maryland Senator Chosen. After 2 deadlock lasting over two weeks, the Democrats in the Maryland legislature met in caucus on the even- ing of the 3d and nominated Isidor Rayner, of Baltimore, for United States Senator to succeed Louis E. McComas. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Ancient Virginia System Now A Thing Of The Past. The Seoul-Fusan railroad has been | occupied by Japanese troops, according The ancient system of county courts? to 2 dispatch from Vladivostock, which ;hat has existed in Virginia since Col- onial days has become a thing of the past. Under the provisions of the new State Constitution these courts were abolished, their existence ending with the month of January. In the Constitutional Convention of 1903 the final change was made. This ancient County Court was abolished and a Circuit Court, in which ‘was centered the powers of both the old County Court and the old Circuit Court, was established. The State is now divided into 24 circuits, , -- CAPITAL NOTES. The senate voted an appropriation. of $4,600,000 to the St. Louis Exposi- tion. . : ! Mr. Sheppard (Dem.), Texas, one of the youngest members of the House, made a determined and persistent ef- fort to bring about a reform in the distribution of seeds by the Govern- ment. The seclion was sustained. Service Pension Bill, Senator Penrose introduced a bill! which provides that”heot less ‘than $8 per month pension shall be paid any soldier who served, at least 30 days during the late eivil'war; provided that such soldier saw any ‘service during the month, outside which he enli d if passed wi man who during ure 1s, name as war a pen- from 4 |adds that the Japanese have taken [field guns to Seoul for the protection {of their legation and that they are | building barracks for the accommo- | dation of cavalry. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says | the Russian general staff has given | Viceroy Alexieff authority to declare | war and oven hostilities on his own {responsibility if circumstances ren- der it necessary. The dispatch adds that an imperial manifesto declaring | war is expected if the Japanese gov- i'ernment does mot accept the condi- tions proposed in Russia's response, (which, it is asserted, will bel Russia's | last word. 15 Miners Buried Alive. ‘Word has-been received in Guaya- quil, Ecuador, by mail from the Za- {ruma gold mining district that, on January 24, a wall in a mine belong- |ing to some American capitalists col- | lapsed and buried alive '15 miners. "The wall was’ 75 feet high. | Money Wanted for Levees, Gov. Curd and several other promi- nent Migsissippians i before the appeared commniiftee on rivers harbors ‘arguing for an appropriaticr of $15,000,000 to further strengthen the s along the Mississippi river, neral government has already some $17,000,000 and and state monies to the extent ve $40,000,000 have been ex- to harness the great Mississip- to-day and P > pri- fact that Sir Henry Campbell-Banner- = Af { 3 oy os x 0 BEET HE dad jmitrd eed o® Pad mM tw
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