Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 71, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1904 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FBIDAY, MARCH 11, 1904.

ALLEGED ATTEMPTS TO SELL SECRETS TO J

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Reiteration of the Report thit a Frenchman Tried to lletray Navy Department. TWO WOMEN IMPLICATED PARIS. March 11. In spite of Mkl reticence and denials from the Japanese legation hen. It 1 again afflrmtd that a nonCOmmlssioi.' 1 officer named Marttn, who employed in the Ministry of Marine d who Is now under arrest attempted to ell French naval secrets to a naval attache at the Japanese legation. The discovery of this allied attempt came a a result of the accidental opening of a letter addressed to the noncommisrtoned officer by a naval captain of the aame name. This letter was from an inr termedlary, b...t it indicated the principals in the affair. It is alleged that several women are Implicated and that one of them has contend, it appears now that only one document Is missing from the Ministry of Marine, but it is possible that Martin photographed und replaced others. It Is not likely that the information allseed to have been stolen 04 beyond the Intermediary and it is said that the Japanese naval attache who is supposed to have been In direct communication with Martin sailed for home on board one of the cruisers which Japan purchased from Argentine. Prince Itrhijo, who succeeded the Japanese naval attache who returned home, has Informed the Petit Journal that Martin wrote him four days after his arrival la Paris, proposing a meeting to communicate important business. The prince was Indisposed ana in reply wrote and asked Martin to state the nature of his business. Marttn answered that he was unable to tell his busin. in i letter, and fixed another time and place tor a meeting. This appointment the prince kept, but Martin had by that time been arrested and therefore did not appear. It is said that the documents accessible to Martin related to the possibility of Joint naval action on the part of F FAIR AND COLD HERE; RAIX OR SXOIV XORTII WASHINGTON. March 10.-Forecast for Friday and Saturday: Indiana Fair and colder on Friday, except snow in north portion. Saturday fair; brisk northwest winds. Illinois Fair on Friday, except rain or snow in northeast portion; colder. Saturday f.iir ami warmer; brisk northwest winds. Kentucky Fair and colder on Friday, ßaturday fair, warmer in west portion. Lower Michigan .Snow on Friday. Saturday fair, except snow in e ist portion; brisk northwst to north winds. Ohio- Fair on Friday, except snow or r in along the lake; colder. Saturday fair; brisk to high west winds. Minnesota Fair in west; snow In cast portion oil Friday. Sat unlay fair and warmer; brisk to high northwest winds. Wisconsin Snow sad ( older on Friday. Saturday fair, orisk northwest wind. Iowa Fair Friday and S t inlay. Waimer on Saturday. Kansas K.;ir Friday and Saturday. South Dakota and Nebraska Fair on Friday. Saturday f.iir and warmer. North Dakota Fair and warmer ou Friday and Saturday Local (innervation On Thursday. Bar.Th- i i; H.W ind. Weather. Pre. 7 a. m ..9 M M S'east. Pt. Tdy. 0 00 "p.m.. 29.81 4t ?6 South. Cloudy. 0.46 M aximum temperature. 60; minimum tempera t'ir-. "J Comparative statement of mean temperature and total precipitation on March lo:

Ten:). Pre. 40 0.11 , 51 0.46 11 0.35 34 0.00 -373 O.UO IV. T. BLYTHK, Section Director. in pe rat ii res. a. m. Max. 7 p. m. 54 64 66 6J m m m 14 1 1 14 H 26 58 m 57 1" 14 6 38 68 1 -"- 48 40 52 40 4. 66 60 M 50 46 34 66 50 36 50 44 4 54 SJ. 26 54 30 60 54 38 50 32 14 Is 16 48 76 72 2 7J 68 56 52 30 32 - In 18 24 26 28 II 4J 42 M 74 66 38 4 44 41 4o 60 . 6 62 4-: 43 16 20 IS 56 " i 64 32 .J 4$ 7 ts 63 48 : 76 70 24 :S 36 56 44 4 40 4.; 62 66 flj so 72 "2 6s 25 42 3S 52 52 is 5C -14 4 -2 3s 32 " 62 4s a 34 so 2s 52 50 64 i go 3 54 50 4h W 72 48 N 4.) 4 s .-,2 , U U 32 26 54 42 5s 54

Normal Mean Departure for day Departure for month . Departure since Jan. 1 Plus. Yesterdnv's IV Stations Abilene. Tex Amarlllo. Tex Atlanta. Oa Bismarck. N. l Buffalo. N Y Cairo. Ill Calgary, Alberta rhattanooga. Tenn... Cheyenne. Wyo Chicago. HI Cincinnati. O Cleveland. O Columhus, O Concordia. Kan Davenport. la Denver, Col Dodge City, Kan Dubuque, -la Duluth. Minn El fcaso, T-x Galveston. Tex Grand Junction, Col.. Grand Rapide, Mich.. Havre. Mont Huron. S. D Helena. Mont Jacksonville, Fla Kansas 'it . Mo Lander. Wyo Little Rock. Ark Louisville. , Marquette. Mich Memphis. Tenn , Modena. Ctah Montgomery. Ala Nashville. T. :.n New Orleans, La Ken Y-.rk. N. Y Norfolk Va North Platte. Neb ... Oklahoma. O. T Omaha. NVb Palestine. Tex Parkersburg. V. Va. Philadelphia. Pa Pittsburg. Pa Pueblo. Col Ou' Appelle. Assln... Rapid City. 8. D St. Louis. Mo St. Paul. Mlr.n Selt-Iake city, Ctah flan Antonio. Tex Santa Fe, N. M 8hreveport. La 8pringfleld. Ill 8pringfi-M. Mo Valentin. Neb Washington. D. C Wichita, Kan 7 Mad Mullah's Puree Badly Hexten. BKRHERA, Somaliland. Marek Ml Gam Manning succeeded In surprising the Mad Mullah s adherents on Feb. 26, killing 100 of them are! capfiring 3. camels. rO CI RK OLD IN ni: IM 1 Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AH druggists refund money if it fails to cure. signal ui u uii 14. ii bux.

EASILY DISTANCED THE FAST RUSSIAN CRUISER Japan's New Warships Were Chased by the Aurora in the Red Sea.

CAPTAIX HILL'S STORY VICTORIA. B. C. March 10 The Northern Pacific liner Olympia arrived from Yokohama to-day. Among her passengers was Captain Hlli. who brought the Japanese cruis-?r Nishin from Genoa' to Yokohama, and he gives a most interesting account of the trip, which Included a race with the Russian cruiser Aurora in the Red sea. and the escape of the Nishin and Kasuga from possible capture by the Russian squadron. Captain Hill soys that when the two Japanese cruisers got through the Suez canal they were cloeely followed by the Russian squadron, which was evidently trying hard to keep in close touch with them. The Aurora, which enjoys the reputation of being one of h" fastest ess. Is afloat, attempted to overhaul the two cruisers, which, however, put on more steam and ran away from her with the greatest ease. From the firing up done on the Aurora it was evident she meant business. Capt. Hill had a long conversation with the Japanese admirals when in Japin. shortly before leaving, and they told him that the main object of the Japanese operations at present was Port Arthur. They were to capture that place at any cost, and were confident of their ability to do so. No effort, the Japanese naval minister assured Capt. Hill, would be spared to reduce Port Arthur as quick! as possible. It would then be refortitled by the Japanese, who would remain there instead of following the Russians into the wilds of Northern Manchuria or Siberia. The intention also Is to reduce Vladivostok as soon as the ice goes OUt. In reply to the question as to whether the superb gunnery of the Japanese warships was due to the presence of British or American gunners aboard, Capt. Hill said most emphatically that not a white man is employed on any Japanese warship in any capacity whatsoever. From the bridge to the stoker every man is Japanese. Regarding the foreign correspondents in Japan, Capt. Hill said that the feeling among them was intense. They were in despair at the reticence of the government and people, and had ound It impossible to obtain even a scrap of authentic news. As far as Capt. Hill was awarp there was not a foreign correspondent with either the Japanese fleet or army. NOX ALLIED POWERS MUST WAIT TEX YEARS WASHINGTON. March 10 -The official copy of the decision of The Hague tribunal In the Venezuelan case has just been received at the State Department. The cost to the United States for its share of the expenses of the tribunal will amount to 118,000. The government must also pay fees of its own special counsel in the case, which amount to a great deal more than the above figure. The total of the claims allowed against Venezuela Is in the neighborhood of $10.000.000. about half of which goes to the allied powers, and until they are paid the United States and associated powers get nothing. The estimated 30 per cent, receipts of customs dues which Venezuela is to apply to the payments of these claims Is about $4Oft.uO0 per annum, so that it may be n -arly ten years, unless busi: . M Increases, before the nonallied powers would begin to receive their awards. Decorations for itnssiuns. ST. PKTCRSP.IRG. March 10 -The commanders of the Russiau warships Variag and Korieta have had conferred upon them the decoration of the military Order of St. (eorge of the fourth class on account of their heroic conduct iu the engagement with the Japanese at Chemulpo. The other officers and crews of the vessels have bot Q given minor decorations, iucluding crosses of the Order of St. George. DEVASTATION IN PATH OF PENNSYLVANIA FLOOD Much Dimagc Done for NinetyFive Miles Alonjf the Susquehanna River. ICE GORGES GIVING WAY WILKES BARRE, Pa., March 10.-At 10 o'clock to-ntght the Susquehanna river was at 24.9 feet above the low-water mark, a fall at nearly six inches last night, and the receding waters have left devastation In their path from here to Sayre, Pa., a distance of ninety-five miles. There can as yet be no Ti al estimate of damage done, though it is j safe to say the loss to railroad companies, mines and other industries in the Wyoming valley alone will reach $1,000,000. The railroads In this section ure to-night working bravely to retrieve the damage done by the Hood, and are getting a few trains moving in the Hooded district. The gorge at Catawlasa broke late this afternoon, and the gorged Ice at Bloomsburg moved, causing the water to drop fourteen feet in an hour. Great damage was done at Danville. Three houses were entirely destroyed and twenty-seven were moved from their foundations. The Danville stove works lost all their patterns and every department of the large plant was inundated. Ten thousand tlasks belonging to the moldlnK department wen carried away. Every store south of the Lufeiffinui tracks was flooded, and in t-ome cases entire stocks of goods were destroyed. Catawassi and Danville are without light or water. BfJNBTJRT, Pa.. March 10. The up-river gorges in the Susquehanna broke this afternoon and are now passing down the river without causing much damage. The only serious damage to this place and vicinity was the destruction last night of the Northumberland bridge. At Danville the water rose until Main street, the business thoroughfare, was entirely flooded, causing much damage. ICE PILED UP TWENTY PEET OX THE TRACKS HAkKISRl'KG. Pa.. March 10. Special precautions will be taken to prevent an outbreak of smallpox among the flood sufferers in the lowlands. Mary responses have been received to the appeal of the borough authorities of Middletown for immediat' aii! for the people of the town who Mere compelled to leave their homes by high water and Ice. Three Ihn nd MsM have been taken from Knola and other points along the Pennsylvania where improvements are being made to clear the obstructed tracks on the Columbia division. The gorged ice piled on the tracks has reached a height of twenty feet at many p.iliit between Shock s Mills and Collins. Between ChtcUes and F;.lmouth there are points where the iee Is ovr the tr.ieks for a depth of ten feet. Thi Ice during the past forty-eight hours has frzi n into 1 comparatively soltd mass and it will require several days to put the tracks in normal condition. I rain Running to llapp alley. PORT DEPOSIT. Md.. March 10 Property at Port Deposit. Perryville. Havre de Grace, Lapidum. Oonowingo and other p. i:'.ts within the State have been damaged by the Susquehanna flood and ice to the extent of about IKm.OOO. A gang of 450 men worked along the tracks of the Columbia & Port Deposit Railroad throughout the day. and trains are running us fur north as Happy Valley.

GERMAN INTEREST Id THE WAR IN THE EAST Dr. Mills, Former President of Karlham, Writes Impressions of Germany and the Kaiser. AX UNPRETENTIOUS KING Special to the Indianapolis Journal. t RICHMOND. Ind.. March 10 Dr. J. J. Mills, ex-president of Earlham College, who is spending a year in special study in Berlin, Germany, writes to local friends as follows: "The war between Russia and Japan excites great interest here. It is certainly to be hoped that nothing may occur to draw Germany into the conflict. What we have seen of the military spirit and strength of the German empire leaves no reason to doubt that in a war with another great nation it would be found to be as nearly invincible us a nation of its population could be made. It is literally true that the Germun army is the German nation. "We find many things to commend in Germany especially is this true in regard to the government of cities. Unquestionably, municipal affairs are managed In Berlin with far greater economy and regard for the public welfare than is the case in most American cities, and one hears far less about the corruption of politics. "The treatment of the soil, the use of fertilizers, the extermination of Insects and the propagation of forests have all been made matters of the most scientific study here for years, and the government takes measures to make farmers intelligent in regard to them. The fact, together with the native industry and thrift of the people, has made Germany a productive country. Contrary to a prevalent notion in America, the necessaries of life In Berlin are about as high as in Indiana cities." Speaking of the Kaiser, Dr. Mills says: "At the unveiling of two fine bronze tablets the other day the Kaiser attended the ceremonies, accompanied by the Empress and their two oldest sons. We stood within a few feet of his carriage when he alighted. He was very deliberate and wholly unpretentious In manner. His brother-in-law, a member of the Reichstag. Is said to be a strictly temperate and an earnest advocate in public of total abstinence. The Empress also gives her hearty support to the temperance movement. The Kaiser grows in favor with the people of Germany. He Is regarded .s a very benevolent man and is constantly making liberal outlays of his own money lor the benefit of his subjects." f N SPRINGFIELD MOBS Eighteen Companies of State Militia Have FuH Control of Situation. INCENDIARY NEGROES SPRINCFIELD. O.. March 10. The race disturbances which have terrorised the town for the last three days as the result of the murder of Patrolman Collis and the subsequent lynching of the negro Dixon, who shot Collis, is held well in check by cighte n companies of state militia, and the authorities are of opinion that no more troops will be needed. There are unmistakable signs of an ugly feeling' on the part of the men and boys who have composed the mobs of the last few days, and the authorities realise that at the least provocation trouble might break out again. The burning of a portion of the levee has only partly satisfied the mob. which was thwarted by the militia in its attempt to burn "Flicker's Nest," a row of buildings formerly occupied by about fifty families, but now deserted. This evening the police arrested a negro claiming Cincinnati as his home and giving the name of Y. W. Smith. He was accompanied by several strange negroes, and wherever they could gain" an audience of one or more of their race on the street they read a highly inflammatory typewritten paper urging the negroes to avenge the lynching of Dixon and to apply the torch to the white business and residence districts In retaliation tor the burning of the negro quarters on the levee. The police, however, do not fear any trouble from native negroes, as this portion of the colored population has all day kept the police in touch with any signs of an uprising on the part of the strängt negro. This, in the opinion of City Solicitor Tatum. neither the city nor county can be behj -jionslble for the burning of the levee dis trict by the mob. It is an admitted fact that while public sentiment Is against the me. u s employed to put tr negro out or the Way thr is universal rejoicing that he is dead, and it is realized thut it will be extremely difficult to secure a jury that will assess more than nominal damages, if any at all. While a special grand Jury will sit Monday to investigate the lynching, it is thought that it will be Impossible to indict ether the leaders of the mob which did the lynching or the Mibsequent burning. An immense throng of people was in and about St. Raphael's Church this morning to attend the funeral services of Charles Collis, the murdered policeman. The entire Kllce force and all the city officials were In attendance. The best order prev;ul.d and Father Buckley's sermon made no reference to the way in which Collis met his death. This city is the headquarters of a widely known negro organization called the Anti-mob iml Lynch Law Association, which has for its object the securing of laws to prevent lynching and in other wavs to combat the summary punishment of colored men. There is no indication at midnight that there will be any further race disturbance; in this itv. The streets are deserted compared with the last three nights and there are no demonstrations of any kind on the part of whites or negroes. Mayor Row I us has Issued a proclamation ordering the saloons to remain closed until at least next Mi . lay morning. There are still eighteen companies of militia on duty and the authorities will come to some definite condusioj in the morning with Governor Herrlck in relation to the withdrawal of the troops. Whole families of negroes are still fleeing and it is known that scores of undesirable character! who have come here In recent years have left the city lor good. 1 sure to sue The Grass Widow ocat

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JAI'ANHSI: SOLDIERS MARCHING TO THEIR POSITIONS IN NORTHERN KOREA.

Port Arthur Again Bombarded by Fleet of Fourteen Warships

(CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) northward in Korea, this correspondent continues, with the intention of making Wiju their defensive base. A correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, who was in Japan recently, wires from Seoul that the Japanese are making steady progress with their land movements. The roads are occupied by Japanese troops. According to a Tien-Tsin correspondent of the Standard, the Russians are withdrawing all their superfluous troops from Port Arthur to Harbin and Kirin because of the shortness of provisions and because it is doubtful whether or not they would be able to hold either Port Arthur or NieuChwang against a resolute attack. The spirit of the Russian troops, who are largely recruits, has been broken by starvation, cold and harsh treatment from their officers. The Russian losses on the Yalu river are reported to reach a total of 2.OU0 men. Cabling from Tokio, a correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says the Jiji Shimpo has received a communication from Peking declaring that Great Britain and the United States have protested against Russia sinking junks in the channel of the Liao river at Nieu-Chwang. on the ground that this would prevent the egress of the warships of these powers from the river. The Standard this morning publishes an article in which the writer points out the defenseless condition of the Amur river. Russia never profited from the experiences of the Boxer outbreak, he says, and she has no forts or gunboats on the river. It is probable that when the ice disappears the Japanese will send a fleet of gunboats into the river and make themselves felt along its entire length. VLADIVOSTOK PLEET COULD XOT BE FOUND VLADIVOSTOK. March 10 The acting chief of the staff to-day officially announced that the reports of a sea fight between the Russian and Japanese squadrons on Sunday last are absolutely unfounded. WASHINGTON, March 10 The Japanese minister has received the following cablegram from Tokio, dated to-day: "Vice Admiral Knmimura. commander-in-chief of a division of the Japanese fleet, made a demonstration to the northeast of the batteries of Vladivostok on the 6th instant and bombarded the object of observation for fortyminutes, beginning at 2 p. m. Some soldiers were seen at the batteries, but there was no reply to the bombardment". On the next morning the squadron scouted to the bay of America and the hay of Streroku, but found nothing unusual. At noon the squadron again made for the eastern end of Vladivostok, but flnding none of the enemy's ships there, returned to Possiet bay to discover if they were there, but did not find them." TOKIO, March 10. The report of Vice Admiral Knmimura, in command of the Vladivostok naval expedition, reached the Navy Department here early this morning. It evidently came by way of Gensan, where the squadron was expected to call upon its return. The report throws little additional light on the movement except it seems to show that the Russian squadron remained safely within Vladivostok harbor, under the protection of the shore batteries. Admiral Kamlmura says that he bombarded the harbor for forty-five minutes and belies the fire was very effective. At 5 o'clock on Sunday evening the Japanese discerned heavy volumes of smoke ascending over the eastern mouth of the harbor and it was thought for a time that tht Russians were 'tting steam up to come out and give battle, which was eagerly awaited, but the smoke gradually died away with no appcaraMt Pt ;inv ot the Russian leipe. The Japanese ships searched the surrounding bays until noon on Monday, when they again steamed bac k to the eastern entrance of Vladivostok harbor. The forts there did not fire at the approaching ships and no trace was found of the Russian squadron. Admiral Kamimura then steamed south, reconnoitering Possiet bay and other Inlets in that vicinity, but found no trace of the Russians. Admiral Kamlmura does not mention in his report anything concerning Russian operations in the vicinity of Possiet hay or the Turnen river. CHINESE WARNED BY RUSSIA XS TO BEWARE ST. PETERSBURG. March 10. Russia has served notice on China that the latter must not send troops beyond the great wall and that she must exercise her influence to restrain the Chinese bandits, who are partially under the control of Chinese offl- . . is. from interfering with railroad and telegraph lines. A refusal to heed this warning will be considered a breach of neutrality. PARIS. March 10. A report just received here through official military channels describes the Chinese forces marordng northward as being an undisciplined and almost grotesque military organization, showing an entire absence of equipment and training. As evidence of the unreliability of these forces the following occurrence is cited. A body of Yuan Shi Kai's cavalry wa paraded befOTC Kn :., h M( QertDäMI military attaches. The former asked the commander why the cavalry remained in the towns and had no field maneuvers. The Chinese general answered: "Because many horse markets exlt within the interior and we know the cavalrymen would sell their 1 horses, disband and leave u without cavalry." The report gives this as show ing the lack ot reliability and unity of the Chinese forces. It is the impression here that the Chinese are unable to give the Russians serious trouble on the Manchuria border except by lng and harrying, thus compelling the maintenance of a considerable Russian force along the border. ITO WILL DISPEL THE KOREAX RULER'S PEARS TOKIO. March 10. It is believed In diplomatic circles here that the Marquis Ito, who is to leave Tokio Waich U lur Korea

as a special ambassador from the Emperor of Japan to the "Emperor of Korea, will be able to allay the doubts and Imaginary dangers which arc reported to be haunting the Korean Emperor, who has not yet published the text of the Japanese-Korean protocol in the official organ of Korea. The Japanese government expects to realize $5.000,000 by increased taxation. The Emperor and Empress have donated $6,000 and the crown prince and crown princess $1,250 for the relief of the widows and orphans of Japanese soldiers. The Japanese journalists are rejoicing at the friendly tone observed in the American papers which have just been received in this country. Information obtained from private Korean sources is to the effect that the Japanese squadron has bombarded Vladivostok twice since March 6.

MERELY A CLASH OF MOUNTED SCOUTS TOKIO, March 10. Russian and Japanese mounted scouts met north of Ping-Yang yesterday. After a brief engagement the Russians retreated. No casualties are reported on either side. YIN-KOW, March 10. The concentration of troops at the Russian strategical base has resulted in much suffering among the Chinese inhabitants, especially at LlaoYing, where even private buildings have been appropriated to accommodate the soldiers and thousands of Chinese are consequently without homes. Russian troops are encamped at all the essential points along the railroad. LONDON. March 10. The Times publishes a dispatch from Tokio saying the ice in the Yalu river has begun to melt. Japanese scouts have encountered forty Cossacks, the correspondent continues, at K zan, fifty-eight miles north of Ping Yang, on the road to Wiju. JAPANESE MAY HAVE MARCHED IXTO A TRAP ST. PETERSBURG, March 10.-The reports that the Japanese have entered Manchuria west of the Yalu river and have reached Feng-Huan-Cheng, on the Peking road, at which is the Russian line of communication to the Yalu. cannot be confirmed. If the information proves true a land engagement of some magnitude cannot long be delayed, as the Russians have a heavy force south of the line between L.lao-Hang and Mukden and they are also occupying strong positions along the Yalu. A Japanese column between them would be in a desperate strait unless it moved by the flank to take the Russians on the Japanese movement from Korea. TORPEDO BOAT SAID TO HAVE BEEN LOST CANFA, Crete, March 10. A Russian transport from Port Said has arrived here. Members of her crew say that the Russian torpedo boat "No. 2211" was lost while on her way to this port. The crew of the torpedo boat was rescued by the transport. Crews of Prlxe Vessel Released. NAGASAKI. Thursday, March 10. The crews of the merchant vessels captured by Japanese warships since the war began have just been released, and in all 400 Russians, Chinese and Germans have been turned over to various consuls to be sent back to their own countries. Forty of the officers, taken at the same time, still remain at Sasebo. The coal cargo of the Norwegian steamer Hermes has been released. Some exception is being taken to the requirements of the prize court, that the advocate of the defense In the case of a vessel and cargo shall be a Japanese citizen. RtiMfttan Anglophobia nrbed. PARIS, March 11. A correspondent cf the Figaro in St. Petersburg writes that as a result of the recent letter from King Edward to the Czar, in which his Majesty expressed in cordial terms his desire for peace, the editors of several newspapers in St. Petersburg were summoned to the office of the censor and ordered to moderate their auti-British tendencies. Russia Charters foal Ships. LIVERPOOL March 10. Inquiries were made here to-day for steamships to carry coal on Russian account, and the rate to the far East rose to fifty shillings a ton. Several foreign-owned ships have accepted charters; they are required to call at KlaoChou. where they will receive orders to vll at Port Dalny. Port Arthur or Vladivostok. Rnssta Mill Keep Her Honrs. ST. PETERSBURG. March 10. An imperial ukase has been issued prohibiting the exportation of horses from Russia until further notice. Even for the exportation of single horse? with pedigrees permission from trie head of the Remount Depaitrrfcnt must be obtained. Jiipnnese Building a Rnllwar. NEW YORK. March 10. Japanese military engineers, wirh 8,000 of the pioneer corps, have commenced active construction on the Seoul-Wijl railway cahles. says the Herald's corresponoent at Seoul. Every effort will be made to complete the work this year. (nnitultted Suicide in Priaon. NEW YORK. Marcfe i0. A Japanese shipping agent, who was ar-e.ted Monday on susniclon of suonlvius: Russians with Infnr. ! mation. has committed suicide in the mili tary prison, says a Tien-Tsin dispatch to the American. Military Train Derailed. TOMSK. Wet Siberia. March 10. A military train bound for Irkutsk. Eastorn Siberia, was derailed to-day. One person was kllh d and a number of others were Injured. Jnpnnese Strainer I. oat. YOKOHAMA. March 10. The Japanese steamer Shiu-Shlu-Maru has been wrecked off Chemulpo, Korea. Both shin and cargo wur a leal.

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Public Works and Harbor Improvements Are Leading Features of Country's Policy. FORGIXG TO THE FRONT Charles M. Ritten, in "Washington Star. Mexico is working out a symmetrical national policy. Public works are a leading ft attire of this policy. Harbor improvements on an extensive scale have been un der way for several years past. Now they are near enough completion to be understood In their full scope. Their main purpose is interoceanic traffic. It is possible to go from the Atlantic side to the Pacific by railroad. Within a very few years there will be at least four transmexlcan railway lines. This means the trade of the Orient in transit as well as internal development. Mexico's farsightcd statesmen calculate, that before the Panama canal can be open for traffic they will have the facilities for much of the commerce which will be pushing its way from ocean to ocean. And after its completion they have the idea that with the growth of the world's trade and with the means of handling light freight there will still be plenty for the transmexlcan roads to do. I saw something of the national policy in its application to public improvements coming up on the Pacific coast from Guatemala. After hugging the coast line all day in order not to risk being battered to pieces or blown far out to sea by taking the short cut across the Gulf of Tehuantepec. and even then experiencing the tremendous force of the northers which sweep from the Gulf of Mexico over the isthmus, the flashlight of Sahna Cruz was visible. Somewhere inside between Windy Point and Sallna Cruz Itself was shelter, because it was the season of comparative calm in the bay. We did not put in, for few of the steamers or ships now stop there. The harbor works are not finished, but I learned from one of the contractors something of them. They have been enormously expensive, and heaw losses resulted from the first efforts. But thifc stage is now passed, and It will not be long until the harbor is made secure aud vessels will be able to discharge their cargo for trans-shipment across the isthmus. The Tehuantepec Railroad connection is now complete between Salina Cruz and Vera Cruz, on the Gulf of Mexico, and is in fair running order. The dream or project of Captain Eads for the Tehuantepec ship railway wa given up years ago. But the Mexican government clung to the plan of having a railroad. The railway, of a kind, has b-en in existence for a good many veers, yet it was only a few months ago that the connection with Vera Cruz was completd and the line put in condition for practical operation. It is the first interoceanic link, and there seems to be promise of plentv of business for it when the harbor works of Seltna Cruz are done. CITY OF ACAPL'ICO. Acapulco, further north, dots not need much in the way of harbor Improvements. Completely land locked with craggy, terraced heights, it is the safe shelter to-day that it was for the Spanish galeons three and four centuries ago when they made it the point of departure for the Philippines. Not having practical subjects, such as dreging and breakwaters and piers to think cf, I enjoyed the two sunrises which every' traveler is exacted to note one of them a fiery bulb popping up out of the sea. and the second one a golden flood of light streaming over the green heights. Prosaically, this Is to say that the steamer threads Its way into the harbor about as rapidlv as the sun climbs into the sky. Once within there is a clump of royal 1 t Vw qt.'.II. of the tw hill? and the 1 .1 . . . 1 - in .- . - , . circle of ridges and cones. Acapulco is a town of flat buildings almost shelving out aMp of the bluffs and of ar.issthatched huts on the hillsides. The most prominent structure is the barracks and fort with the old drawbridge and moat. Ashore, there are th- plaza and market and the new church which Is building over the shell of the old one. The hotel is kept by an American woman. Mrs. Sutter, the granddaught'T of General Sutter, the California gold disc-. v.-rer. A few Americans and other foreigners are t ngaged in business, but Acapulco itself is thoroughly Mexican, both in its architecture and its people, the m n with th-lr brilliantly colored zar:iiKs or blankets and peaked hats and the women with their brtght-hued rebosas or shawls. Manzanillo is a smaller town than Acapulco, but is more of a port in the commercial sense. It Is hidden behind th. bluffs with a white wail of limestone as the landmark. Thre is a long N-ach and a crooked entrance. Millions of dollars already have been pent In the harbor Improvements and the great breakwater is nearlng completion. Manzanillo has been considered an unhealthy port, due largely to a shallow lake whieh spreads over a great many miles of territory. This lake has a habit of drying up at certain seasons and having va?t numbers of fish to putrefy and '..Hute the atmosphere. As a part of the general harbor improvement and to make a sanitary port a canal is being cut from the open sea to this lake. The quarantine station of the Chinese is located here, and it is the only port on the Paeit:c at ulr.eh they are allowed t.. land. MAZATI-AN ON THE COAST. I did not go further north to Mazatlan, which is the largest town on the Parlnc coat, or to Topoiovumbo. which Is to be the terminus of what is known as the Orient line. Mazatlan has Its harbor facilities in excellent shape, and in time it will Im- joined with existing railroad systems. It suffered enormously last year through the bubonic plague and lost by death and flight, chiefly the latter, more than one-half its population. The people are now returning, and in a year or two it will again enjoy its supremacy as the chief western coast town of M xx . At all the ports on the Pacific I heard the testimony of the ship's officers to the excellence of Mexican administration in port metiers, customs and quarantine. There is also I very good weather service. All this 1- further evidence of Mexican national poll! From Manzuiiilio to Coilma a narrow-

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The town has & large garden or park, which Is more extensive than the plaza. It is not pretentious, yet is very well kept. The local administration Is good. The saloons are closed at 9 o'clock in the evening, and sanitary regulations era enforced. No rice cultivation is allowed within six miles of the town, because the rice fields breed mosquitoes and mosqultoea breed malaria. 'olima gets its name from the volcano. Thla is the most prominent - bj.-ct I h J seen it from the sea and had watched the white, curling vapor. I'nlike some features of nature, the volcano does not lessen in grandeur on drawing nearer to it. Riding across the country on mules from Colima to Tuxpan. where the broken railway connection is resumed. 1 had the privilege of seeing an eruption, a sight common enough to the people who live in the neighborhood, but not always vouchsafed to the traveler who cannot wait the violent models of the volcano. The Mexican Central Railway extension, which ultimately is to reach Colima by means of a great tunnel and viaducts, has stopped temporarily at Tuxpan, an Indian town fifty miles away. I caught the train there for Guadalajara, and at Guadalajara took a Pu'lman for the City of Mexico. Fully half the passengers in the sleepers were Americans, and the talk wag chiefly of miues, ranches and railways. MEXICO CITY Mexico City is changing so gradually that its own dwellers, possibly, do not appreciate the transformation. Yet some of the old Spanish buildings, with their enormous thick walls, have had to come down, and the newer structures are really changing tlw architecture of the city. The skeletons of structural steel n - ? t eye at a dozen turns. The new poetofflc building is almost finished, and it Is purely Italian in its aspect. The buildings which the insurance companies and other private concerns are putting up are not quite sornate, but they manage to combine some of the old Spanish solidity with the steel framework. Out in the residence districts the ancient architecture is disappearing almost entirely, and I have even heard complaint that the plans of American city dwellings are follow d too closely lor tlx climatic conditions. The asphalt pavement has been extended from the business district far out to roost of the suburbs. I took a little time to inquire about social or sociological prospects and spent some hours in strolling about the sections of the city which house the poorer classes. In the I'nlted States these quarters would be called the squalid sections. It appeared to me that among the peons or working classes there was less of the pulque drunkenness visible than during my stay in Mexico two years ago. Pulque is the liquor made fmrn the cactus plant. It produces a sodden, sottish condition. It has been the curse of the peons. On my observation to one of the men who are Interested In these sociological questions that there really seemed to be lese drunkenness among the poor be told me It was not merely a seemtng, but a fact. Rigid measures have been taken by the government and the municipality to curb the pulque appetite both by limiting the number of places in which the stuff is sold and by shortening the hours during Which it may be sold. These measures already are bear ing r suits, though they are carried out in the face "Of bitter opposition. American interests in Mexico as represented by the individual American are expanding steadily. The American colony in the city not only has increased, but there are more Americans scattered over the country. 8hme of the mining enterprises are undergoing that ierlod when fresh assessments have to be made on the stockholders, but the mines generally are paying pretty well. The Americans who have gone Into coffe? and other forms of tropical agriculture. I era certain from all the testimony given me, are making marked headway. General business. I was told in some of the banks and the big commercial houses. Is dull without being seriously depressed. Foreign capital is awaiting the adoption of Mexico's proposed new financial policy. Some of the recommendations of the different commissions who have studied the subject favor going Immediately to the gold basis, but others hold that this is not practicable. They advise the gradual process. The situation seems to be that the method itself is not so Important as that a definite oollcy be promulgated by the government, so that the uncertainty may be ended. Mr. Limantour. lh secretary of the treasury. has managed Mexican finances 0 well that there is universal orrHdence he will promulgate a policy which will be a practical one. ROOSEVELT IXDORSED IN BROWN LOW'S DISTRICT KNOXVILLE. Tenn.. March in.-The flret congressional district convention was held to-day at Grecnevtlle. Tenn. Congressman Brownlow and Hon. H. "hy Evans were indorsed for delegates from the State at ! large to the national convention. Hon. Danna A. Harmon, of Greensville, and Ge.irge Kbeorn. of Elisabethton. were choven dlstrl. t deleg ites Preid. :,t H - velt's administration waa cordially indorsed, including his Panama ..ti n fongitssman Brownlow waa alao Indorsed. Congressman Brownlow was declared the nominee for Congress several weeks ago when no candidate except hlmseir qjM lined f..r a primary called by the congressional committee. Feel Good all day on Crape-Nuts The Perfect Fco1 Get the little book "The Road to WellvÜV in each pkg.