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WASHINGTON CITY CHOSEN
I
! The Japanese and Russian Dip-
lomats Will Meet There.
{NATIONS COUNSEL sTHE MIKADO
United States, With Other Countries,
Urge Mikado’s Government to
Act With Moderation.
National capital has
seat of negotia-
plenipotentiaries
America’s
been selected as the
tions between the
of Russia and Japan for a treaty of
peace. The choice of Wacihington
‘as the leccal convention of the
conference marks another
‘step in the negotiations toward ulti- |
mate peace in the Far East institu-
ted by President Roosevelt.
Official anncuncement of the selec-
tion of Washington was made hy
Secretary William f.oeb at the White
House. It was in typewritten form
and read as follows: “When the
two governments were urable to
agree upon ¢ither Chefoo or Paris,
the Fresident suggested The Hague,
but both governments have now re-
quested that Washington beé chosen
as the place of meeting, and the Pres-
ident has accordingly forinaliy noti-
fied®both governments that Washing-
ton will be so selected.”
This statement was supplemented
shortly afterward by a semi-official
announcement that “after meeting
and organizing, the plenipotentiaries
|
peace |
forward |
of vhe two governments, if it should |
be uncomfortably hot in
Washington, may adjourn the meet-
ing to some summer resort in the
North, and there continue their sit-
‘tings until such time ¢s the weather
in Washington shall be more com-
¥ortable.”
President Roosevelt has used
influence to counsel moderation on
Japan’s part. Germany and Fr
have also counselled Japan to moder-
‘ation, bwt their voice is not so po-
tent as that of America. England
has taken the attitude that w
Japan, her ally, demands is zh
Here is the idea which prevails as to
Japan's terms:
be found to
his
ais
An indemnity not to aggregate
more than the cost of the war and
possibly not more than $500,000,000,
to be discharged on easy terms.
Japan's control of Korea, the Liao
Tung peninsula; Japanese ‘or interna-
ticnal control of the Manchurian rail-
way.
Restoration of Manchuria to Chi-
na, and removal of the adherence of
Russia and Japan to the principle of
the open door.
| Negroes Clash on
|
It is considered improbeble at ey
junctur> that Japan will impose any |
restrictions regarding Vladivostol
regarding the movement of Russi
naval forces in the far east, or
she will demand the island of Sak-
halien.
It was announced from Washington
that an, armistit® will soon be con-
cluded between the Russian and Jap-.
pending peace negotia-
anese armies,
tions. M. Negligoff, Russian am-
bassador to France, will probably act
as one of the czar’s plenipotentiaries,
while Marquis Ito may serve the
mikado in the same capacity, if he
cares to. '
The Russian foreign office ‘inform- .
ed the public that negotiations toward
the opening of the peace conference
are progressing rapidly. !
PRISON FOR BANKER
Burns Might Have Got Sentence of
210 Years.
Facing three Federal indictments,
containing 21 counts, the combined
minimum sentence of which would
mean a continuous penitentiary sent-
ence of 105 years and a maximum
sentence of 210 years, Orus M. Burns,
the Montpelier, O., banker, indicted
by the Federal grand jury for em-
bezzlement, misapplication of bank
funds, false entries and perjury,
voluntarily entered a plea of guilty
$n the United States disirict court
at Toledo on one count in one in-
ictment.
Judge R. W.
Burns to seven
penitentiary.
Tayler sentenced
years in the Ohio
Kansas Needs Harvesters.
Kansas farmers will peed 25,000
men and 2,240 teams to harvest their
crops, according to a report made by
superintendent of the State Labor
Department of Kansas to A. B. Jam-
ison, superintendent of the Free Em-
ployment department of
he harvest, incluGging the threshing,
will last about 60 days, and the wages
will, it is said, range from $1.75 to
$2.50 a day Two hundred men
have already been signed in Kansas
City for the work, and the shipping
of men to the Kansas fields will be-
gin at once.
Children Shot.
that |
{ in the morning,
| is an uncle of the Emperor,
|
{ admirality department,
This announcement was followed a |
few minutes later by an imperial re- |
script relieving the grand duke of the |
which |
Missouri. |
‘At Valdosta, Ga., the 17-year-old son
and the 16-vear-old daughter of W. L.
Carter, formerly a Baptist minister,
attracted by the barking of a dog in
the yard surrounding their home,
went out to investigate, followed by
a» younger child. They were fired up-
on by some one from behind the
smokehouse. The young girl fel] dead,
the boy crawled back to the house,
where he died, and the younger child
was wounded.
Over 70 Miles an Hour.
The Lake Shore railroad establish-|
ed a new record between Chicago and
Buffalo. The distance, 526 miles,
was covered in 453 minutes, thus
beating the record of 470
made previously. The train was
made up of four Pullmans, drawn bj
one of the large Prairie type locomo-
tives. The average speed, deducting
for stops, was 70.9 miles an hour.
fmports of raw material for
production in
A-ay was the
minutes, | <
.George W.
iron |
the Pittsburgh mills for | churia
heaviest for two years.) sovereignty.
DISPUTE OVER MOROCCO
Diplomatic Wrangle Arises Between
France and Germany.
diplomatic strain between
and Germany is undeniably
serious. The chief cause of this is the
inability thus far of either party to
propose a remedy acceptable to the
other. France is tenacious to up-
hold her predominant position in
Morocco without subjecting it to in-
spection and revision by the interna-
tional congress proposed by Germany.
On the other hand, Germany does not
recognize French predominance in
Morocco or the Anglo-French agree-
ment on which this predominance is
The
France
based. Thus "Germany’s issue is
equally against Great Britain and
France, although the latter is more
immediately involved.
All parties are making appeal to the
friendly co-operation of other nations
so that indirectly all Europe is par-
ticipating in the controversy and this
permits a wide range of speculation
concerning a rearrangement of politi-
cal alliances. However, the officials
maintain that the issue does not in-
volve such far-reaching questions, but
is the renewal of the long-pending
struggle over Morocco in aggravated
form.
SECRETARY HAY RETURNS
His Health Is Improved, but He Is
Far from Well.
Secretary of State John Hay arriv-
ed from Europe on the Baltic, much
improved in health, but plainly show-
ing he was far from being a well
man. His presence in this country
evidently was anxiously
President Roosevelt, for
and long document was
him in quarantine by a
senger from the White
went down the bay on the revenue
cutter to deliver it to Mr. Hay in per-
The contents of this message
Secretary Hay refused to divulge.
Secreiary Hay was informed Yy
the newspaper men that the envoys
he Russo-Japanese peace nego-
tiations were to meet in Washington.
It was the first information he had
ived as to
ent's efforts. Mr. Hay
discuss the subject of peace. He
said he ‘had ro intention of leaving
the cabinet.
expected by
an imposing
delivered to
special mes-
House who
S01.
not
TWELVE KILLED IN FIGHT
Excursion
With Appalling Results.
Twelve negroes are dead and sev-
eral others are wounded as a result
of the pitched battle on an excursion
Train
train that left Atlanta Saturday night |
In addition to the |
for Columbus, Ga.
five negroes found dead on the train
three others have died in Griffin, Ga.
from their wounds.
It is stated by
the result of a crap
when the crowd went up
and renewed on the
game
train going back.
The train had not left the yards
of the Atlanta depot before the battle
opened, knives, pistols and brass
knucklers heing used.
RESIGN PORTFOLIOS
High Admiral of the Navy and Head!
of Russian Admiralty Quit.
made in St.
Duke Alexis. the high admiral, who
and Ad-
head of the Russian
miral Avellan,
supreme direction of the navy,
he had held since the days of the Em-
peror’s father, Alexander II1., when |
Russia resolved to enter the lists as |
a first-class sea power and to build |
up a great navy, the remnants of
which were destroved in the battle
of the Sea of Japa
DEATHS REACH 500
List of Victims of Bussian Mine Ex-
plosion Increases.
Five hundred persons were killed
in the explosion which occurred at
the Ivan colliery at Ehartsisk, belong-
ing to the Russian Donetz Company.
JEWISH TOWN BURNED
Anti-Semites Turn Incendiaries in
Russia—Many Homeless.
News of another Jewish
Russia has reached this country.
The =ntire city of Yanova, in the
Goverenment of Kovno, has been de-
stroyed by fire, and letters receivad
here tell of thousand of Jewish fami-
lies who have been made homeless
and who are on the verge of starva-
tion.
The fire was the work of anti-Sem-
itic incendiaries. The enemies of
the Jews, failing in their attempt to
create Jew-killing riots, set fire to the
town.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
shot
o
Three men were during
strike demonstration at Chicago.
Theodore
premie
P. Delyannis, the Greek
r, has been buried in Athens.
. William J. Bryan and daugh-
led for Europe. They will be
later by Mr. Bryan.
3 Gustavus
d Princess Margaret of
ht were married at Windsor,
Yellow Fever Bulletin.
Gov. Magoon has reported to the
S nal commission from
: new cases of yellow
in the canal zone. Among them
re George B. McIntyre, American
chainman, La Boca; Samuel Davis,
Panama;
S-
non-employe,
West, American, draughts
Panama, and Henry Van Hol-
American,
man,
{ land, American, clerk, Panama.
Japan hus 3
1
will be
restored to her
the outcome of the |
would |
: | negroes who were |
on the excursion that the battle was
started |
to Atlanta |
The sensa:ional announcement was |
Petersburg that Grand |
had resigned.
disaster in |
Adolphus of |
sured China that Map-
TWENTY-FIVE INDEATHLIST
Coll'sion on Western Maryland
Railroad Terribly Fatal.
LIST OF DEAD MAY GROW
Dead and Mangled Bodies Line Tracks
and Many Were Pinioned Be
neathed the Debris.
A disastrous wreck on the Western
Maryland railroad occurred Saturday
evening at a point about a quarter
of a mile from Patapsco," a small sta-
tion between Westminster and Finks-
burg, Md.
The death roll now foots up 25 and
this number is likely to be increased
from among the list of those griev-
ously mangled.
All the dead were employes of the
railroad, returning to their homes in
the small towns along the railroad to
spend Sunday. With the exception
of the train crews they had been”at
work repairing the damage done to
the roadbed 10 days ago by a minor
freight wreck at Mount Hope station,
near Baltimore. The passenger train
carried a large number of passen-
gers, all the coaches being filled. As
many of the workmen as could do so
went into the baggage car, the re-
mainder of the gang of 35 finding
places on ‘the platforms between the
mail and baggage cars and between
the latter and the tender.
In the neighborhood of Patapsco
station, abput eight miles from West-
minster, the Western Maryland has
many curves and that just west of the
bridge crossing the Patapsco river is
a sharp one. An extra freight, made
up of heavy coal and provision cars,
was running east. It should have
taken a siding to allow the passenger
train to pass. Such were the orders.
Why they were disregarded will
never be known, for those who should
have seen that they were obeyed are
dead.
The passenger train was running at
a speed of 30 miles an hour and the
freight was making good time with
the two engines by which it was be-
ing drawn. Just west of the bridge
| they came together with terrific
force, the three engines being piled
| one upon another, fortunately in such
| a manner that sufficient steam con-
nections were broken to relieve the
| boiler and thus prevent the further
horror of pone or more explosions.
BLOODY PIRATES KILL 150
Terrible Tale of Massacre Comes Out
of the Far East.
At San Francisco, details of a ter-
| rible massacre by pirates of 150 na-
| tives on the Siberian coast have been
received in a letter from Petropavlov-
ski on the coast of Kamchatka.
A. Morogravlenof has written to his
brother, a resident of San Francisco,
that in the early part of the year the
natives in-one of the small setlle-
ments down the coast observed a
vacht, or schooner, drop anchor in the
harbor, and its coming was hailed
with cries of rejoicing. Off the ves-
sel came a number of small- boats.
The natives could see the crew piling
what they thought were supplies in-
to the several craft. The men then
| pulled for the shore.
During that and the next day there
was heard the firing of arms, and,
later, smoke and fire were observed.
This led to an’ investigation from
Petropaviovski and other towns on
the coast, and a horrible tale of pill-
age and massacre was brought to
light.
About the streets of the settlement
writes Morogravlenof, were strewn
| the bodies of 150 of the inhabitants,
shot and cut to pieces by the pirates,
who. under the pretense of friendship,
had gained a landing on the coast.
Robbery was their motive, for every
| hut had been ransacked, and any-
thing of marketable value had been
| taken
Who the marauders were, those
who managed to make their escape
could mot say, beyond giving the in-
formation that some Japanese were
in the party. When
| sent his letter the. people
| pavlovski feared an attack on
town.
of Petro-
that
BIG coaL OUSTER
Suit Filed Against Hocking Valley
Under Ohio Trust Law.
Definite charges that the Hocking
| Valley Railroad Company, either di-
rectly or through its officers, holds
the controlling interest in coal com-
panies operating in the Hocking val-
ley, and favors these concerns by dis-
crimination against competitors in
that territory, are contained in an
amended petition filed by Attorney
| General Ellis in the Franklin county
circuit court in the suit to oust the
| railway company from its charter for
alleged violation of the State anti-
| trust law.
| The petition designates the Buck-
| eye Coal and Railway Company, the
Sunday Creek Coal Company, the
| Continental Coal Company and the
Toledo & Ohio Central, the Kanawha
& Michigan and the Zanesville &
Western Railway Companies as cor-
porations controlled by the Hocking
Valley Railroad Company.
Russia finally agreed to Washington
as the meeting place for the peace
conference.
Will
decision
Tax Leases.
handed down by
of West Virginia, the
Tax Commissioner
In a
| supreme court
ruling of State
several mi
to the iin and
cision is a victory for
element and will
tax burden on real
l property.
counties. The
the tax reform
atly
y and personal
Morogravienof |
the |
Dillon that and coal leases
are subject taxation is sus-
tained, and willt bring upon the tax |
books Pi00 000) 000 of valuation and
lion dollars annual revenue |
de- |
reduce the |
TRAIN FALLS FROM TRESTLE
Three Confederate Veterans Killed
and 29 Others Injured.
Three persons were killed and 29
injured in the wreck of an east-
bound passenger train on the South-
ern railway at Golden Gate, Il. The
train was a special, carrying Con-
federate veterans to the reunion at
Louisville. While running at a
speed of 50 miles an hour the en-
gine struck a spread rail on a trestle,
20 feet high, and the engine and four
coaches were overturned and fell to
the bottom of the ravine. The en-
gine turned completely over. The
dead are: J. J. Uhles, Greenway,
Ark.; J. D. Johnson, fireman, Prince-
ton, Ind.; Otto Graetz, engineer,
Princeton, Ind. .
GERMANY WILL FORTIFY
Klaochou Bay to Be Made Safe Base
for War Vessels.
An imperial order to
Kiaochou bay, the German conces-
sion in the southern part of the
Shantung peninsula, has been issued.
The work will be done under the su-
pervision of the governor of the
protectorate, Rear Admiral Truppel,
and five engineer and fortifiction
officers detailed for this purpose. It
is probable that the work now con-
templated is the beginning of an ex-
tensive plan.
fortify
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.
American Steel & Wire orders are
reported to be highly satisfactory for
the dull portion of the year.
| Secrets of bribes paid to settle
| strikes in Chicago were revealed be-
fore a grand ‘jury by John C. Dris-
coll.
Securities worth $120,000 were
stolen from the state-room of a Fall
River boat. The thief offered to rg-
turn them for a small sum.
People of the Danish West Indies
may send commission to Denmark to
urge the sale of the islands to the
United States.
Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, who
died June 13, left $4,000,000 to be
distributed for various charitable pur-
poses.
Finnel Buechler, ex-president of the
Newark, O., council and a leading
business man, was probably fatally
burned by a natural gas explosion.
Mt. Vesuvius has entered upon a
new phase of activity, which has re-
sulted in widening the recently made
openings next to the crater.
At Auburn, N. Y., a smouldering
fire in the Columbian Rope Company
created such dense smoke that more
than two score firemen and employes
were overcome and brought out un-
conscious.
The Tangier correspondent of the
London “Times” says that the Aus-
trian government has accepted the
invitation of the sultan of Morocco
to an ifiternational conference, con-
ditional on ‘a similar acceptance by
other powers.
President Roosevelt directed that
immigration inspectors use discretion
in enforcing the Chinese exclusion
law in order that the threatened
Chinese boycott of American goods
may be averted.
Count Zeppelin has constructed a
new airship, with which he has made
a successful] trial trip, “sailing from
Manzell, on the north shore of lake
Constance, to Romanshorn, on the
south shore of the lake, in three
hours.
A cablegram from Gov. Magoon of
the Isthmian canal zone, reports four
additional cases of yellow fever, two
Americans and two Jamaicans.
Three of the cases occurred at Pana-
ma, and one at Culebra. The Ameri-
cans stricken are: S. I. Davis, book-
keeper, Panama, and Edgar Nicholai,
bookkeeper, Culebra.
Kirkman Goes to Prison.
President has approved the findings
{in two trials of Captain George W.
| Kirkman of the
| the army and confinement in the peni-
| tentiary for three years. Kirkman
was connected with the sensational
case resulting in the suicide of the
wife of another army officer at
Omaha, Neb.
Monument to Slocum Victims.
of the 1,900 persons who lost their
lives in the disaster to the execursion
steamer Gen. Slocum a year ago, was
Middlevillage, L. I. On one side is |
a bronze plate depicting the burning |
steamboat in bas-relief.
size figures in bronze adorn the mon-
ument—Memory, Grief, Faith and |
Hope.
Flint Glass Plant Burned.
the National Flint Glass
known as the Jenkins
Two firemen were severely
falling walls. Roy Har-
stock.
injured by
bert, who went to work at the fac-
tory is unaccounted for.
Beef Trust Indictments.
Two important heads of the beef
trust have been indicted by the feder-
al grand jury. Ten other persons
have also been indicted. The names
of the 12 men will be kept
until they have been arrested by the
United States ma shal.
Pelee Shows Renewed Activity.
{ For the past ten days Mt. Pelee
has given signs of renewed activity.
Dense clouds of smoke have been dis-
| charged from the volcano and have
slowly fallen over the White River
valley, afterward disappearing on ar-
rival at the sea coast. Sharp lumi-
nous flashes have been perceived at
the dome of the mountain and a fair-
ly strong burst of flame was seen
| June 3. The collapse of part of the
| dome occurred. It was accompanied
by an outflow of mud into the river
valley.
Twenty-fifth Infan-!
| try, sentencing him to dismissal from |
A granite shaft erected in memory |
unveiled in the Lutheran cemetery in |
Four life- |
Fire destroyed the $150,000 plant of |
company, |
factory, at|
Kokomo, Ind., with $25,000 worth of |
secref |
WAGES WILL BE INCREASED
Iron Companies in Pittsburg Will
Meet Detroit Scale.
TWO THOUSAND MEN AFFECTED
Puddlers Will Get $5.75 Per Ton—
Other Ironworkers May Also Be
Benefitted.
The wages of 2,000 puddlers employ-
ed in non-union plants in the Pittsburg
district will be advanced 38 cents per
ton, as the result of the decision of
the manufacturers not dealing with
the Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel & Tin Workers to meet the ad-
vance of the,NdTtJ rdlw mfwy m m
vance in wages granted union men by
the Republic Iron & Steel Company at
the Detroit conference.
The men are mow drawing practi-
cally the old scale of the Amalgamated
which is $5.371 per. ton, and when
they get the advance will be paid
$5.75 per ton. This increase in the
payrolls of the several companies will
call for additional disbursement in
wages of $20,000 monthly.
Among the plants that will meet
the advance in the scale of the Amal-
gamated Association are: Olivers Mill
Southside; the Republic works of
the National Tube Company, South-
side; the Frankstown works of the
National Tube Company, Second ave-
nue; Moorhead ¢ Brothers’ plant,
Sharpsburg; ‘Spang-Chalfant works,
Etna; Black Diamond, works of the
Park Steel Company, in the Penn ave-
nue district. In addition to the above
the Lindsay & McCutcheon works, al-
though not operating its puddling de-
partment owing to the strike, will
meet the scale when it resumes oper-
ations shortly.
Practically ali the independent
companies dealing with the union, who
did not participate in the Detroit
scale conference, have notified the na-
tional office of the association that
the scale is satisfactory to them®and
that they would pay the advance ask-
ed starting July 1.
THREE CHILDREN CREMATED
Parents, Powerless to Save Them,
Have Narrow Escape.
Three children of Henry Herrs-
man, ranging from 4 to 8 years, were
burned to death in a fire which de,
stroyed their home near Swanton,
three miles west of Piedmont, W. Va.
The fire originated from a defective
chimney.
Herrsman and his wife occupied the
ground floor and the children slept
upstairs. The parents were aroused
by the smell of smoke and barely es-
caped with their lives. The fire left
the family entirely destitute.
PREMIER ASSASSINATED
Gambler Take Revenge for Enforce-
ment of Laws.
Theodore P. Delyannis, the popu-
lar premier of ‘Gteéece, was ‘stabbed
and mortally wounded by a profess-
ional gambler named Gherakaris at
the main entrance of the chamber of
deputies .at Athens. The . . premier
died within three hours.
The assassin, who was immediately
arrested, said he committed the deed
in revenge for the’ stringent .meas-
ures taken by - Premier ‘ Delyannis
against the gambling houses, all of
which recently were closed.
THREE SISTERS DROWN
One Began to Sink and Others Lost
Lives Trying to Save Her.
Misses Hallie, Fanny anu Annie
Belle Booth, daughters of ‘Dr. Grant
Booth, were drowned while bathing
in the Ohio river, near Crecilius, Ky.
Their cges ranged from 14 to 21.
One of the girls got into deep
water and quicksand and began tn
| sink. The other three went to her
assistance, and Hallie, Annie and
Fanny were ‘' drowned. Julia, the
voungest, was saved by Elum Vernon
and others who were nearby in a
gasoline launch. Two of the bodies
| have heen recovered.
Russian Cruiser Ordered Away.
The Russian auxiliary cruiser Ku-
| ban, anchored off Cape St. James, near
Saigon, Cochin China, and the Gover-
| nor ordered her to depart immediate-
| 1y and sent a French warship to en-
| force the neutrality of these waters.
Twenty-eight of the colliers which
supplied the Russian fleet with coal
| have left Saigon and thirty more are
| preparing to sail. The British steam-
er Carlisle, which is understood to
have on board war munitions intend-
ed for the Russians, is detained.
| Kills Her Children.
Mrs. Paul Klass killed her four
small children and committed suicide
at her home, near Kieler, Wis. She
used a large butcher knife, cutting
each of the children’s throats. The
eldest was six and the youngest a
baby. The woman had been in ill
health.
Postmaster General Cortelyou
| caused a fraud order to be
against a chemical preparation which
is “guaranteed to turn the blackest
skin to purest white.”
has
issued
To Resume Friendly Relations.
John Barrett, United States minis-
ter to Columbia, presented to
president, Senor Enrique Cortez,
former minister of foreign affairs of |
the South American republic.
Cortez has been appointed confiden-
tial agent of the Colombian govern-
ment in Washington, and will use his
efforts to re-establish the cordial re-
lations between the two
Senor Cortez is also charged
| the duty of establishing friendly re-
| lations between his government and
{ Panama. '
WEEKLY CROP REPORT
Weather Conditions Favorable for the
Growing Crops.
As a whole the weather last week
was favorable for the cultivation of
crops. There .was ample warmth
throughout the central and Southern
portions of the country, but insuffi-
cient heat in the extreme Northern
districts, especially in New England,
Minnesota and the Dakotas.
In the lake region and upper Ohio
valley the condition of corn is not
promising, owing largely to unfav-
orable effects of low temperature
and excessive moisture, but in the
States of the lower Ohio, upper
Mississippi and Missouri valleys the
crop has made good progress and, as
a rule, has shown decided improve-
ment. In portions of the central and
west gulf States corn would be
identified by rains. In the
Atlantic States cutworms are prov-
ing destructive.
Winter wheat harvest has begun
as far north as the central portions
of Kansas and Missouri and South-
the more southerly sections, where
the yields are generally disappoint;
ing. In the more northerly portiofis
of the principal winter wheat States
the crop has .generally done wall,
although complaints of rust and in-
sects continue in some sections, and
heavy rains in Michigan and Wiscon-
sin have caused lodging. On the Pa-
‘cific coast the outlook continues
promising, exceptionally so in Wash-
ington.
A general improvement in the con-
dition of spring wheat in Minnesota
and the Dakotas is indicated, al-
though in the two last named States
some fields continue thin and weedy.
Spring wheat is also doing well on
the north Pacific coast, the outlook
in Washington being the best in
years.
Oats have suffered from heavy
rains ‘in the upper lake region and
from lack of moisture in Southern
Illinois; elsewhere the reports re-—
specting this crop are.generally fav-
orable! Harvest is general in the
Southern States, with disappointing
yields in Texas and Oklahoma.
The weather conditions throughout
nearly
have been favorable for the cultiva-
tion of cotton, although a consider-
able -part « of the crop
grassy.
ANOTHER BATTLE
Operations .in Manchuria Indicate
Japs Are: Advancing.
While the world is discussing and
speculating where and when the
peace negotiations ‘will be initiated
and the probable outcome, operations
are going on in Manchuria which are
generally interpreted as being the
opening of a fresh battle. Reports
from General Linevitch and Russian
correspondents specify movements
and skirmishes which ‘are apparently
unimportant individually, but which
are regarded by observers in Burope
as showing that the Japanese are ad-
vancing in a vast semicircle, with the
intention of surrounding the Rus-
sians.
reneral Linevitch’s reports seem to
indicate that: the left point of the
semi-circle is near Fenghwa, 90 miles
north of Tieling and the right point
at Yingcheng, 60 miles east of Fengh-
wa.
Market.
Manufacturers show a tendency
‘to hold back on high prices at pres-
ent ruling in the wool market.
market is notably strong. As far as
any medium grades of wool are con-
cerned the demand is strong enough
to warrant the belief that that por-
tion of the clip will sell at good
prices. Pulled wools are ‘in small
supply. Foreign and Territory wools
are firm, with trading moderate.
Leading quotations are: Ohio and
Pennsylvania XX and above, 34@35c;
X, B82@33c; No. 1, 33@39c; "No. 2,
39@4nc; fine unwashed, 26@27¢;
quarter blood unwashed, 34@35¢;
three-eighthst blood, 34@35c; half
blood, 32@33c.
Wool
Justice Brewer declared in an ad-
dress at Vassar college that a woman
may. become president of United
States within a generation.
WAITING FOR FRANCE
America and England Decline to
; Confer About Morocco.
Great Britain as one of the pow-
ers signatory to the Madrid con-
vention of 1880, in answer to the re-
quest of the Sultan of Morocco to
join an international conference un-
less such action would be satisfactory
to’ France.
same stand, the two powers being in
accord with France that such a con-
ference would be the best way of
prompting urgent reforms in Morocco.
AUTO STRUCK BY TRAIN
Man and Wife Are Instantly Killed
and Their Two Sons Fatally
Hurt.
An automobile occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. Richard S. Sayer, of Englewood,
N. J., and their two sons, was struck
by an Erie train near Goshen. Mr.
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and Mrs. Sayer were instantly killed
and their sons were hurled to the side
of the tracks. They are not expected
to survive. he chauifeur saved his
life by jumping.
Oyama Ready to Advance.
The Japaanese have forced the ad-
vance posts of the Russian left beyond
ihe Knoche river and are occupying
the heights north of the river. A
| heavy force seems to be behind the
movement. Field Marshal Oyama is
ready for a general offensive move-
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Capt. James Wilson of the Alle-
gheny, (Pa.), police was convicted of
| receiving $50 from a woman for the
| privilege of keeping a disorderly
| house.
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