Walkerton Independent, Volume 29, Number 33, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 27 February 1904 — Page 2

at. I INDIANA. WEEK 8 NEW 8 RECORD While King Edward was inspecting the cruiser Cumberlaud nt Portsmouth he slipped and tell, slightly injuring his leg. Whi'ii he went to the naval barracks afterward a gymnasium chair was provided to enable him to pieside at a dinner party. Mrs. Abrey Kamoo, famous as a nurse and drummer boy with the Federals during the Civil War. died suddenly at a young people’s meeting in the People's Temple in Boston. She was born in Tunis in 1815 and educated at Heidelberg. John Stepp, a wealthy merchant near Diugess, W. Va., shot and killed Elmer Brewer, a wealthy farmer and neighbor. Two hours after the murder a torch was applied to Stepp's large store and it was consumed. Stepp's home was also tired, but it was saved. Stepp is in hiding. The Heber City branch of the Denver and Kio Grande Railroad is blocked by a huge snowslide in the canyon below Bridal Veil Falls, Utah, which dammed the Provo river. For 200 feet the track is buried from seventy-five to ninety feet under the sqow and debris. United m W h-t ‘ project for constructing an interoceanic 1 canal across Mexico south of the isthmus • of Tehuantepec, taking advantage of several rivers which can be deepened and ' made navigable. The estimated cost of the enterprise is $200,000,000. The pro- " ject is entirely private. Seven life convicts at the New Mexico ( penitentiary overpowered Acting Superintendent R. C. Garrett and ent him with a knife because he would not give up the , combination to the armory. They were subdued by the guards before they could accomplish their apparent purpose to ‘ «eize the wjves and children of the penitentiary officials and use them as shields. ‘ C. J. Marlin, treasurer of Grant Coun- j ty, Oregon, was found dead in his office , in the court house with a bullet hole in his head. On the floor beside him lay a .. revolver. Marlin left a note stating he was unable to account for a number of drafts drawn on the county treasury, but , ^that his estate would amply cover his mistakes. Two men sacrificed their lives in a vain attempt to rescue a woman from death in a fire which partly destroyed the Alhambra block in State street, Chicago, i in which were located the hotel and theater of the same name. The bodies, burned to a crisp, were found in a room on the top floor by police and firemen who were searching the building after the tire was out. The loss on the hotel and theater alone is estimated by Chief Musham at $05,000. The entire loss is believed to be about $75,000. NEWS NUGGETS. Ten sailors had a narrow escape from death when the ice-bound schooner Frank Benedict was burned to the water’s edge in New York harbor. Fourteen employes of a celluloid comb factorj’ in Paris lost their lives in a fire which started in an explosion of gas. About twenty other employes were injured. LL Iq qre^ttemntto!^-^^ -i. t—iCK- i jason of New York City, a senior at Cor nell University, lost his life. James Martin was hanged in Butte, Mont., for the murder of J. R. Williams at Silver Bow Junction in May, 1902. The hanging took place in darkness, and the only indication that the trap was sprung was the thud. Daque Thompson in a quarrel with his sweetheart. Miss Pearl Jones, in Cedar Rapids, cut her throat with a pocketknife. He is under arrest. The girl will recover. Thompson was enraged because he encountered Miss Jones in another man's company. A south-bound passenger train on the Knoxville-Asheville division of the Southern Railway struck a rock on the track near Del Rio, Tenn., derailing the engine, the mail car. the combination car and one day coach. The three ears rolled down an embankment into Pigeon river, bat all the passengers escaped. Rumors of a general European war swept over the Chicago Board of Trade Tuesday, and the price of May wheat surged higher than it has risen even in the present “big market." When the doors of the board reopened after having (been* locked for two / ays. dealers bid $1.08% for a bushel of May wheat. This was 1% cents above the top price hitherto reached. At 2:30 Tuesday morning Jerry Dugan, a section hand, murdered Mrs. Benjamin Ramsey, her daughter Myrtle, aged 4, and her son Albert, aged 2. in Terre Haute. Ind. Immediately alter Dugan sought a policeman, confessed the crime and gave up tlje razor which he used in cutting the throats of his victims. He had been a boarder at the home of Mrs. Ramsay for some time and admitted that he had committed the crime while in a jealous rage. An opinion has been handed down in tj^e Supreme Court of the United States by Justice Day in the ease of Jackson Giles vs. the board of registration of Montgomery County. Alabama, dismiss- ■ ing the case for want of jurisdiction, no federal question being involved. The , case involved the suffrage clause of the new constitution of Alabama. This pro- > vision was attacked because of a discrimination against the colored race, of which Giles is a member. The effect of the decision is against Giles. Lorenzo Crosby, a Mormon elder from ■Eager, Ariz., who shot himself in a sleeping car on the Chicago and Alton passen- > jger train from St. Louis, died in Kansas City. He had been doing missionary work for the Mormon church in Georgia and Virginia and was 35 years old. According to the most conservative estimate there are in New York City from 5,000 to 10,000 children attending the ; public schools who are feeble-minded and otherwise deficient in their mentality. It is proposed to establish special classes ! for their mental and. maybe, physical treatment. George H. Jaggers, convicted at Newton, N. Y., of having murdered Mrs. Vic- ' tor Bevens in a lonely farm house at ' Sandystone, has confessed that he robbed ‘ and burned a store at Dingmans, Pa., ’ one year ago. Jaggers denies that he shot Mrs. Bevens. Former members of the Salvation j Army and American Volunteers have in- 1 leorporated in Nebraska a new order under the name of Volunteer ’Warriors, to ! work along the lines of the older organ--izations. Owens B. Vail, as general in chief, says they left the parent organiza- j Cions because money they collected was ' fcot spent for the purposes for which It 1 Iwas donated. 1

CHINA MAY FIGHT. Dispatches Indicate that She Will Make War on Russia. Dispatches from the seat of war indiI cate that China is getting ready to make war on Russia. The most significant news contained in the telegrams is to the effect that five thousand Chinese cavalry watched by Japanese officers left Tientsin for Chang-Kwan on the Manchurian border and within easy striking distance of the Russian troops. Two thousand former Chinese soldiers are harassing the Russians at Liao Yang. The Chinese are guarding the Chinese railroad and have thousands of troops disposed of at good strategic points. At Shanghai the Japanese have threatened to force obedience to China’s order to the Russian war vessel Mandjur to leave the harbor, by entering and driving her out. Viceroy Alexieff has threatened the Chinese with severe punishment if they fail to recognize his requisitions. At Pekin the Dowager Empress held a reception which the Russian ambassador, M. Lessar, failed to atteud. This is regarded as most significant. China has ordered two cruisers to Shanghai to eject the Russian gunboat Mandjur from the harbor. The Russian colony at Seoul has taken refuge in the legation at Chemulpo and in the offices of the Russian East China Company, which is guarded by sailors. BIG ARMY LANDS IN KOREA. Forty Thousand Japs Said to Have Disembarked nt Chemulpo. _ClabHngfrom Che-Foo, a correspondent oFtheTendon Morning Dost mA' ^inore^Jnpan^ j le | ulg rece j ve( j con . firmation of the report that some Japanese have landed at Pigeon Bay, others at Talien-wan, and that an engagement occurred the night of Feb. 12. According to the London Standard’s correspondent at Seoul the Japanese bombarded Port Arthur at intervals between Feb. 8 and 14, causing, however, only slight damage. The report is confirmed that seventy miles of railroad track and some important bridges have been destroyed between Harbin and Vladivostok. This will be a great advantage to the Japanese, as Vladivostok is known to be badly supplied and it. therefore, could not long resist a Japanese attack. There is still, however, no news of actual operations of any kind. Special dispatches from St. Petersburg give various sensational reports of a political nature. The Telegraph, for instance, says the Russian government has ordered its ambassador at Constantinople to obtain the permission of the I’orte for the exit of the Black sea fleet, but M. Zinovieff, the ambassador, declined to make this request and was able to give the Russian foreign office conclusive reasons for his refusal. HANG JAPANESE SPIES. Mikado's Men Captured While Trying to Blow Up a Bridge. Three members of the Japanese gen- ' eral staff were captured, disguised as coolies, while attempting to blow up a bridge on the Manchurian Railway over the Sungari river, and after a speedy trial f>y drumhead court martial they were hanged to the culvert they had tried to destroy. The three Japanese were Col. Assai, one of the most expert of Japanese engineers and one of the instructors of the war college; Lieut. Zouki Ascha and Lieut. Kauorata, the latter two expert sappers. Their disguise is declared to have been perfect, but they were caught while in the act of placing the explosive in place, and were recognized by a Rusxian was formerly stationed uvu at xvxio. " — Expect a Dong War. The opinion in London concerning the probable duration of the war inclines to the belief that the struggle will be a long and protracted one. The Japanese government is not suffering from any illusions on this point. It knew that in challenging Russia it was in for a big fight, and now, though the successes of the navy have inspired confidence in Japan's ability to carry it through, the ministers share the Czar's view that the conflict will be a gigantic one. It is thought in the highest circles that there will be a prolonged lull, as forecasted by the Czar in his manifesto. News of Minor Note. An oil "gusher” has been drilled near Muskogee. I. T. A number of Oklahoma City (O. T.) officials were indicted for bopdling. The Minnesota pardon board refused the request of Cole Younger for a full pardon. More than 300.000 acres in Routt and Grant counties, Coto.. were thrown open ■ for settlement recently by the Colorado 1 land board. Censorship in the far East is rigorous . on both sides, and the real news of the war fails to reach Europe. Dispatchesi are juggled to deceive. A correspondent on 1 a dispatch boat, the first to be allowed to return to Che-1 mulpo, tells of landing and movement of j Japanese troops in Korea. Russians fear Manchuria, like South I Africa, will prove a grave for many mili- ! tary reputations. Gen. Kouropatkin has ' a hard task before him. Becoming despondent because of con- i tinned ill health. Mrs. Julia Niswander, who lived with her husband and little I daughter near Granton. O. T. commit-j ted suicide by shooting herself. Orders have been issued by the postoffice officials for the printing of 400,000.000 special world's fair postage stamps. They range from 1-cent to 10cent stamps. Missouri University has decided not to | hold any branch summer schools this year. These summer schools have heretofore been held in prominent Misouri towns. Russia has the sympathetic support of France in the protest against the early attacks by Japan, but action is not likely. The occupation of Korea is resented, but the Korean minister says his nation is powerless. Russia issues formal protest against the invasion of Korea by Japan in a note to all her representatives in other countries. Japanese war moves are declared in violation of international law. Russian captors showed mercy to the survivors of the sunken Nakonoura Maru and granted them return passages. They reached Nagasaki safely. The battleship Kentucky has been ordered to proceed to Hongkong and the other ships of the Asiatic squadron are likely to follow. Officials plan to send re-enforcements to protect American interests. Three Japanese were hanged by Russians in Manchuria for attempting to blow up a railroad bridge. They prove to be officers of the general staff, disguised as coolies. Secretary Shaw is considering the advisability of attempting, in view of the possible demands upon the money market by Russia and Japan, to float large issue of government consols to provide for work on the Panama canal.

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LAND A BIG ARMY. Japs at Last Succeed in Getting a Hold in Manchuria. It is officially admitted by the Russian government that the Japanese have succeeded in < Staining a foothold in Manchuria and that the Russian force opposed to them has been unable to keep them back. The admission caused a profound sensation throughout St. Petersburg. Numerous unconfirmed and conflicting rumors were in circulation Monday and among them a report of another engagement at Port Arthur, in which the Russians lost eight vessels sunk and ten captured. In Tokio information was received at the war office Monday night that a large Japanese force had at last succeeded in effecting a landing in Manchuria, north of Port Arthur, though the exact point of landing was not made publie. The Japanese fleet has been re-enforced and is ready to begin operations as soon as the army is in position to attack from the rear. The promptness nnd . precision rarrwirr ^^Wmstant su^ | prise and admiration to every foreigner In Tokio. Twenty thousand troops were

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landed Sunday at Chemulpo nnd more will follow day by day until th, army in Korea is able to cope with any son-e that can be sent across the Yalu from Manchuria. So complete have been the preparations in every detail that it is now estimated that Japan can place in the field nt once 300,000 men, well drilled, well officered nnd perfectly equ.pped with the best of modern nrms and anununitimi. and this without in any me. sure impairing her national defenses. As fast as a regiment of regulars moves out to join the invading army its place is taken by a regiment of the reserves but little inferior to the regulars in point of drill and equip ! ment. RUSSIA A WARNING TO AMERICA. Moody Says United Staten Must Have Uarge Navy to Insure Peace. Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody, speaking in Boston the other nig' t, strongly . d . ..catM a large navy

■j and declared ti nt if i ,1 the United States desired to maintain peace it must be known that nt all : times it was ready for war. He dedared that there I was never a time | when the impor- ( tance of power upon ' the sea was more j manifest than it 3 was to-day. He referred to the Russo-

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Japan war ami pointed out that, although one of the nations was supeiror in many wavs to the other, yet the weaker nation, by her success at sea, had rendered every j pijrt of her territory secure from inva- j sion. The Secretary said in part: “The United States is weaker than the other powers, so far as submarine and surface torpedo boats and other boats under 1,000 tons displacement are concerned. Still this country is fifth in relative naval strength, and has under construction a greater amount of tonnage in ships than any other country except Great Britain — JAPS WORKING A GUN. and almost as much as that country. This is a great country and can afford a great navy and the world must know that we are at all times ready for war. “We are at peace with all countries; we wish to continue and will continue in that happy relation if honest diplomacy and just regards for the rights of every nation will maintain peace- But we must provide a navy so as to provide for war. If we are strong enough to enforce the Monroe doctrine we shall never have to do it.”

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crews of the foreign ships stationed in Cliemulpo harbor. The Variag bore the brunt of the Japanese attack and pluckily kept up the tight until hetboilers were disabled and she was on lire astern. Before thi^l, however, the Korietz had Iren forced out of action and wtis then blown up by the Russians, to avoil fitfling into the enemy’s hands. The Variag, too, met with the same fata U ie Russians blowing her up so as to render her useless to the Japanese. The wounded and disabled Russians were picked up by foreign vessels and c^d for. The second self-Injected disaster overtook the Russian navy at Port Arthur in the/destruction of the second-class cruiser Boyarin, which was blown up by coming into contact with a mine. She had on board 197 ofm ^and according to the report all of them iKnished. rA■ t, me HWwi-ligpiuined to the torpedo transport Yenesei, which' al§o contact with a wihnrtrirtrWTiS’ blown up. There is ak aftermath of contradictory reports relative to the Japanese bombardmenw f Port Arthur. It is known that in the two attacks eleven

Russs.an vessels were damaged, for the Russians admit this; but the earlier ( re]K»r(s indicated that the Japanese escaped uninjured. Later Admiral Togo admitted that some of the Japanese vessels sustained "slight damage” and that four men wore killed and fifty four injured. That the Japanese sustained much lioavior damage is persistently advanced in numerous reports from the seat of war. These vary as to details. 1 here is another conflict of reports relative to the Russian Vladivostock ' fleet. One report hail it that the four cruisers (three of them heavily ar- ■ morodi which comprised Hie main strength of the squadron had been blown up in the straits of Tsngarn. This is undoubtedly false, as the same squadron subsequent to the time of itsallcgcvldestruction, blew up a Japanese merchant vessel, the ZensUo. off the island of Hakkaido. The Japanese government acknowledges the destruction of the Zensbo and is particularly incensed at Russ.a, declaring that the attack on the merchantman was a wanton crime i and utterly unjustifiable, even if the Z- nsho d:-regarded Russian signals to surrender Dealing with the movements on land as well as on sea there is an abundance of reports and a paucity of reliable information. One of these rumors, ■ which has l>een several times repeated, is to the effect that the Japanese attempted to land at Pigeon Bay. twelve miles from Port Arthur, nnd were driven ba-k, with heavy losses, to their boats. That the Japanese will en- > q \ FA—s. JAPAN’S NAVAL ADVANCEMENT IN FORTY-FOUR YEARS. (The vessel in the foreground is the war galley of the Prince of Wasima in 1860, shown in comparison with a modern cruiser.) deavor to throw a strong land force upon the Liau-Qung peninsula and then attack I’ort Arthur in the rear, isolating it from the Russian stronghold at Mukden and Harbin, need not be questioned. Meantime, it is certain that Japan is utilizing her present advantage of ! superiority upon the sea in landing troops in Corea and rushing them toward the Yalu River, the boundary line between Corea and Manchuria, to meet the Russian advance southward. It takes a considerable time to transport an army of 100,000 men, with their horses, guns, baggage, pontoons, transport i vehicles, ammunition, food, forage and hospital supplies, from Japan to I Corea. In the transportation of troops the Japanese have to take into acI count more than the vessels needed for the purpose. She must protect the ! transports against the dangers of Russian attack by torpedo boat and j cruisers. , While Japan Is thus strengthening her military arm in Corea Russia is far from idle. She is moving heavy re-enforcements all along the line from Europe to Manchuria. The whole country is being placed upon a war footing so as to be ready for possible complications even in Europe. Just how many troops she has in the far east at present is not known outside Russian officialdom and conjecture runs all the way from 200,000 to 300.000. Several weeks ago it was said she had 225,000 troops in Manchuria and the littoral of Siberia.

Dalny Shut to Envoy. Russia has refused to receive Edwin V. Morgan ns American consul at Dalny. Secretary Hay received a formal notification from the It/ssian government that its military con>t|anders desire no foreigners on the ijlaotung peninsula during hostilities, baause of the difficulty of affording thernlprotection.

UT of the maze of rumors and of contradictory reports i which steadily pour from tiie seat of war in the far east it ' is a matter of extreme difficulty to pick the false from the true, the probable from the improbable. Authoritative information about the battle at Clmmulpo • shows that the Russians put up a stubborntand thoroughlhy iganiy tight. The Japanese fleet comprised five armored .vessels, seven torpedo boats and seven second-class cruis- ’ ers, so that the Russians had far less diam e than Admiral Cervera, when the latter issued from Santiago. Neverthw ; less the Variag, which was a splendid cruiser of G,so<» tons, built in Philadelphia, and the Korietz. only a third rate il to the unequal contest and were loudly cheered by the

Americans to Observe War. American naval officers will be given opportunity to observe the operations of the war. The State Department has informed the War and Navy Departments that the Japanese government had expressed a willingness to do all compatible with its military interests to enable . American officers to observe hostilities

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ENGLAND PREPARES FOR WAR. Warsbiqs Heine Overhaule-l an 1 Fitterl for Oiiick Action. The London newspapers have begun to discuss the political aspects of the struggle in the far East as they are likely to afie.-t Great Britain. No great importance is attached to the stories published in Paris and elsewhere on the continent of alleged intrigues looking to the coalition of Russia, France ami Germany, the belief being that it is to the interest of all the powers to take steps that the struggle be localized. At the same time it is recognized that in all three of these countries there is a strong feeling against Great Britain on account of her alliance with Japan, and, as Germany and France ' joined with Russia in 1895 against I Japan, it would be natural for Russia to I seek similar assistance in her present । difficulties. The argument is therefore I made that it behooves Groat Britain to be prepared for any and all eventualities. The papers comment upon the activity which is seen at Woolwich and elsewhere in refitting the navy in pieparation for any emergency. TtiO- f’mio.iMnn milUia department officials are alive to the possibilities that may arise in connection with hostilities

|in the far East. If Great Britain be- | comes involved in the struggle Canada may have to defend its Atlantic and Ta- | citic coasts. The effective defense of the country would be the greatest service I Canada could render to the British emi pire. In case of war it would leave the British forces free to strike a blow elsehbere. UPRISINGS IN CHINA FEARED. Admiral Evans Predicts Trouble from Natives in Interior. Another ominous prediction of upris- ■ incs in China has been received from Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, commanding the Asiatic squadron. The Navy i I > ‘partment has given heed to his declaration that 1.500 marines should be ’ held ready in the Philippines to protect i American interests against such disturbances. A battalion of Coo marines is be- । ing made ready to sail on the transport Buford from San Francisco. There are already 600 marines in the ! Philippines, and although mo>t of them I have been there for several years, it is ; deemed inadvisable for them to return home now. They will remain at Olongapo. while the remainder of the force will be distributed between Cavite and Poloc: i| WAR NEWS IN BRIEF. Cossack scouts have advanced to Anju. The Russian war office calls for volunteers in the far East. Japan is believed to have landed an army at the head of Liaotung gulf. Russia has seized Newchwang. Fifteen hundred infantry entered the city. Abaudonmeßt of proposed St. Louis fair exhibit has been announced by Russia. Four hundred thousand Russian soldiers are expected in Manchuria within twelve days. Transport Zafiro was sent to remove American women and children from the Ping Yang district. Viceroy Alexieff has been threatened with loss of all naval and military power because of his blunders. The English public eagerly subscribes to the fund for the widows and orphans of the Japanese who perish in the war. Five thousand Russian troops are reported to have broken through the ice and been drowned while crossing Lake Baikal. Several thousand Russian troops have reached Antung and it is rumored that 20,000 Russians are at Ping-Y’ang, in central Korea. No vessels have been permitted to leave I’ort Arthur since the bombardment and the telegraph is used exclusively by officials. Russia issues a proclamation saying she was unprepared for hostilities and denominates Japan’s attack at Pon Arthur an act of treachery. A reign of terror threatens at Newchwang unless international forces prevent; atrocities on foreigners are perpetrated daily by Russians. Nineteen thousand Chinese troops are en route to Manchuria to prevent fighting in Chinese territory. The powers were notified by the latter government.

- r (wot ? by £ When the Senate met Thursday Mr. Hoar secured an extension until the next Monday of the time for motions to reconsider votes which were cast last Monday. It was in the interest of the bill to pay $150,000 to ex-Queen Liliiiokah ni. Mr. Tillman, who voted against the bill, made a motion to reconsider because friends of the measure considered that "snap judgment” had been taken. The motion was not considered. -r. ~ ■ J here was no session of the Senate Friday, adjournment having been taken until Saturday on account of the funeral of Senator Hanna. The House began consideration of the naval appropriation bill, in committee of the whole, ten hours being allowed for general debate. Mr. Fitzgerald (Dem., N. YJ decl are d that the naval program of the United States aims at a force greater than that of Germany. Mr. Foss made an urgent appeal : for the upbuilding of the navy. He was strongly seconded by Mr. Meyer (La.). । the ranking Democrat on the committee. I A bill authorizing the construction of [ pipe lines for oil and gas through Indian I Territory was passed, after being amended so as to limit the period of grants to twenty years. Mr. Livernash (Cal.) made an appeal for legislation improving the condition of AinerTcaTr'srnTrreTr: — Panama was the subject of three speeches in the Senate Saturday and was the only topic of general importance that received any attention. Mr. Spooner completed the speech begun by him on Thursday and Mr. Morgan and Mr. Money both made brief addresses. Mr. Morgan announced that he would not be heard again on the treaty. Mr. Money announced that he would vote for the canal treaty.. The Senate went into ex- ' ecutive session at 5:20 p. m. and ordered Mr. Bacon’s amendment to the canal treaty, providing for the award to Colombia of financial satisfaction for the secession of Panama, was ordered made public. The naval appropriation bill was under discussion in the House. The debate at times entered the field of politics. Mr. Hitchcock (Dem.. Neb.), asserted that the larger items in the naval supply bill went to the trusts. He gave notice that on Monday he would attempt to amend the bill to provide a government armor plate factory. Messrs. Cooper. Dayton and Bates championed the naval bill. Mr. Gooch (Ky.) introduced a bill I for aiding the Baltimore fire sufferers by providing that goods imported as gratuitous contributions for the fire sufferers shall be admitted free of duty, and that the taxes for internal revenue be suspended on the burned district. The feature of Monday’s session of the I Senate was a speech from Mr. Hoar in ' explanation of his former speech on the I isthmian canal situation, which, he said. I had been misunderstood anil misrepreI sented. He contended that his intention I on that occasion had been to secure full ' information concerning the Panama re- : volt and not to cast reflections on the ■ President. On the contrary, he had the I highest regard for the chief executive and I intended to vote for the treaty. There was a sharp debate between Mr. Hoar i and Mr. Foraker, Mr. Hoar resenting ■ criticisms of his first speech by the Ohio j Senator. Mr. Carmack censured Minis-"Ht-T BUnarr-Vn.fn.i. Mo a<-<lared the I Panama Canal Company had no title to I the right of way. Mr. Cullom support - !ed the treaty. He concluded with a ' tribute to President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay. Mr. Culberson called up I and withdrew his resolution directing the • committee on judiciary to investigate the I constitutional right of Panama to secede ■ and form a government. When the House opened Mr. Williams endeavored I to secure an adjournment after the readI ing of Washington’s farewell address. The motion to read the Washington adl dress was ruled out of order in connection with the motion to adjourn, and the latter was defeated by a vote of 93 to 95. In committee of the whole the consideration of thy naval appropriation bill was resumed. Mr. Burton (Ohio) announced that lie could not support a bill that declares the United States is going to double, treble and quadruple its naval establishment. He questioned the need ; of so great a navy as the bill contem- ! plates. A poiut of order raised against i the provision for tire purchase of land for a coaling station at Guantanamo was i overruled by the chair, and on appeal the ' decision was sustained by a vote of 87 I to 51. At the end of the session twenty- ' six of the seventy-three pages had been | read for amendment under the five-min-I ute rule. •’ IIn the Senate Tuesday Messrs. Bacon of Georgia. Berry of Arkansas and Teli ler of Colorado spoke on the Panama j canal treaty, after which the St nate went । into executive session. When the open : session was resumed the agrii-ulitirai api propriation bill was taken tip, and an amendment providing for rn a mitb nal I SoO.OOO for stock breeding exp< riments was opposed by Mt. Lodge of Mass ielmsetts and Mr. Bailey of Texas. After some < ontroversy the amemlment was i ::gr ed to. The naval appropriation b(ll I was taken up in the House ami two amendments providing for aditith nal ajipr •nriations of Sio'l.OOq and 81..»m.0 ' • or the New York navy ya» I were defeated. Both were offered lj Hr. Fitzgerald_of New York. An amendment oil.'t '." ■>} Mr. Hitchcock of Nebraska providing for the enlargement of the government gun factory at IVashington was defeated. Mr, Legare of South Carolina secured an I amendment to the bill providing a total i increase for the Charleston navy yard of $656,500. In the National Capital. Admiral W. S. Schley has had a slight attack of grip. Senator Burrows, chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, has ■ subpoenaed E. B. Critchlow as a witness i in the investigation of Senator Smoot. I Critchlow is -a lawyer who has prosc--1 cuted polygamy cases in Utah. j The general land office has order? 1 the | temporary withdrawal of 130,001) acres of i land in the San Francisco. Cal., land | district, pending an investigation of rise i feasibility of the establishnn nt of the i proposed Monterey forest reserve. W. R. Ballard of Indiana polis landed a job in the patent office, at SI.2U'J a ; The House committee on military affairs hearl Representative Olmsted of । Pennsylvania in favor of the Conewago i valley. Pennsylvania, site as a permai neut military camp e and Represcnta- ■ five Pearre of Maryland in favor of the । Oakland. MtL. site. One result of the attack in Congress ■ on the departmental libraries is the isi suanee of an order at the War Departi ment closing the fiction department of the I War Department library. The books will ! be packed up and shipped to posts in ' various parts of the country.