Walkerton Independent, Volume 29, Number 46, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 28 May 1904 — Page 2

* • ‘ WALKERTUiv INDIANA. EVENT'. OF THE WEEK Ge<^„/ H. Taylor was shot and almost lustamly killed at his store, the Americau woolen mills, in Canton, Ohio. lie had returned for an overcoat, and was shot at the door by someone in the vestibule. Before he died he declared u woman did it. Joseph Pankuch, an Austrian who escaped from Sing Sing prison several months ago and was being returned to prison by two New York officials, jumped from a Chicago and Northwestern limited train running at full speed near Nevada, lowa, and was killed. At Cardiff. Pa., a woman sacrificed her life for her husband’s hat, being shot down in cold blood while recovering the hat by an Italian. Half an hour later the murderer was lying dead, his head full of buckshot from the gun of the husband of the murdered woman. A trivial quarrel was the cause of the double killing. According to United States Engineer IJarHugatDuhith, the water of Lake tin excellent stage for W rl mjgrT>eTng now seven and one-Talf inches higher flian the normal. This would allow boats to load to their maximum capacity, but unfortunately practically none are moving on account of the masters and pilots’ strike. Dr. William E. Aubin, arrested in Racine by Captain Porter of the United States secret service on a charge of counterfeiting, was arraigned before Commissioner Bloodgood in Milwaukee and held to the grand jury in bonds of $2,500. He admitted making the molds that were found. The coins turned out were so inferior that it would be almost impossible to pass them. The doctor had a small practice in Racine. The Navy Department at last has begun a systematic search for “The Lost Island of the Pacific.” Somewhere between Honolulu and San Francisco is a mysterious bit of land which sailors believe is bewitched. At intervals it rises slightly out of the water or lies just below the surface where it threatens every passing vessel. Most of the time it sinks to unfathomable depths. The cruiser Tacoma has sailed from Honolulu on the quest. The clubs in the National League are standing thus: W. L. W. L. Cincinnati ...22 10 Pittsburg ....14 15 Chicago 19 10 Brooklyn ....1;’, 17 New Y0rk...18 10 Boston 10 19 St. Louis....lG 13 Philadelphia.. <5 23 Following is the standing of the clubs in the American League: W. L. W. L. Boston 20 9 Chicago 17 15 New York...lG 12 St. Louis 13 15 Cleveland ...15 12 Detroit 11 IS Philadelphia. 1G 13 Washington.. . G 20 Standings in the An can Association are as follows: W. L. W. L. St. Paul 18 11 Louisville ...17 15 Milwaukee ..17 11 Minneapolis. 11 17 Columbus ...15 11 Toledo 9 1G Indianapolis. 15 13 Kansas City.. 9 17 HPW HU" Jmm .....

F ■ a r - ■ - - F rance has recalled her ambassador to the Vatican because of the papal protest to the powers ou President Lou bet’s visit to Italy. “Rake-off” and all forms of bribery of servants and other employes through presents is forbidden by a new Massachusetts law. The body of George W. Frail, secretary of the Elgin National Watch Company, missing since Nov. 28, 1903, has been found in the Calumet river near Chicago. Aaron Stern, a messenger in the record and pension bureau in Washington, shot and killed himself at the War Department. He was 74 years old and had become despondent. Willingness of the public to pay the present prices for coal and not the cost Os production is the basis of quotations, says George F. Baer before the interstate commerce commission. County Superintendent L. N. Gerber is under arrest at Webster City. lowa, ou the charge of assaulting Superintendent L. 11. Ford of the city schools in a quarrel over the suspension of Gerber’s son. Freight handlers have been called out on strike at all points on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad between New York and Boston, and the commerce of the Atlantic coast is badly crippled. Alfred Morgan, aged 75 years, said to be a relative of J. P. Morgan, was burned to death at his home in Vineland, N. J. An attempt was made to rescue him, but the flames spread so rapidly that this was impossible. Joseph Hastings. 45 years old. was shot and killed by Mrs. Frank Hicks in Indianapolis. Mrs. Hicks says Hastings, whom she had known for two years, had insulted her during a call, whereupon she used her revolver with telling effect. The body of Peter O. Elliott, who was arrested several mouths ago iu Washington, D. C.. on suspicion of being a lunatic, with probably murderous designs on President Roosevelt, was fer.nd in Minneapolis hanging from a bridge. Three women, each claiming to be the widow of the decedent, attended the funeral of E. L. Dubois, a prominent Des Moines man. One of the women is from Denver, another from New Orleans and the third lives at Des Moines. The Petit Journal's St. Petersburg correspondent reports that an attempt was made to wreck the train bearing the Emperor on his tour at the Kremenzug station. The pilot train, which preceded that of the Emperor, was derailed, and there were several victims of the plot. It is reported from Victoria that the wreckage of the steamer Corwin, which sailed from Seattle for Nome with eighty-nine passengers, has been found on the west of Vancouver Island. Tacoma shipping men who saw the steamer before it sailed express the fear that it is lost. The Carlisle Indian school, located at Carlisle. Pa., will be removed to Melena, Mont. Agents of the Department of the Interior have recommended Helena as the most suitable site. A proposition has luen submitted to local men who have taken the project up ami obtained options on the land required. One man was asphyxiated and other occupants of the two-story brick rooming house at 179 Peoria street. Chicago, narrowly escaped death in a fire caused bv an overturned lamp. John Reynold.-, 55 years old. in whose room the lamp was overturned, fought his way back into the hcuse after having been carried to the street and was suffocated.

eastern. AtnoM Mortimer, claiming to belong to a good Chicago family, was caught in New York while attempting to steal a $7,000 brooch. Fraunee's Tnvern, v here Washington t ade farewell to I.is soldiers after the ; revolution, has been purchased by the I Sous of the Revolution and vill be reI storwl. The Presbyterian general assembly in Buffalo enjoined its ministers not to marry divorced persons, except those divorced for reasons recognized by their church. William Dirtch, office boy for Louis E. Reinsch, a Buffalo importer, followed two thieves, whom he detected stealing diamonds worth SSOO from his employ er, and secured their arrest. A well-known Washington correspondent quotes Judge Parker as saying privately that he believes he is big enough to be President and that he could learn the high duties of the office. President Roosevelt wrote to celebrators of Cuba’s natal day in New York that the United States is not land hungry and that the policy toward Cuba is that toward other nations. One man and two boys were killed and six men and two girls seriously injured by an explosion which occurred in the fireworks factory of Jose Sclone, on the outskirts of Camden, N. J. 11l from nervous trouble, Miss Katherine Greene, one of the wealthiest women of Boston, met death by a plunge from"STfifth-s'^ry“wviw..nf Alm, Hotel Endicott in New York. Albert S. Livermore, a well-known young business man of Boston, was publicly horsewhipped in the Adams House corridor by Smelie Benner, an actress. Livermore says he never saw the woman before. A young woman has purchased for $lO a painting worth SI,OOO at -the Knickerbocker Art galleries in New York, through a mistake of the porter who was left in charge of the salesrooms during the proprietor’s absence. David Rothschild, the former president of the Federal Bank in New York, was found guilty of grand larceny in the first degree. He was accused of inducing persons to deposit money in the bank after he knew it was insolvent. J. W. Maynard, traveling for a Chicago firm, was found outside a Brock port. N. Y., hotel with his neck broken. Just how Maynard met his death has no* been fully decided, although apparently he fell ten feet from the roof of the hotel shed. WESTERN. The five-story ouilding of the Stambaugh- Thompson Hardware Company at Youngstown. Ohio, was burned, the estimated loss being $100,600. George Lehrter, of St. Louis, pleaded guilty in the United States District Court to coloring and selling oleomargarine without labeling it as such and was lined $1,066. In a dispute over cattle at Buford. N. D., Andrew Nohie, vice president of the Buford Mercantile Company, was shot In the head and J. C. Sanderson twice in the leg. In less than a month Bonesteel. S. D., has grown from a village of 300 to a 8,000. Homesteaders are rushing there ready for the opening of the Rosebud reservation. The Ohio Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, in session at Youngstown, sustained Grand Master Pavcy in excluding saloonkeepers and bartenders from membersbin in the ordey

tenced ai iuu t .01 — Sept. 2 next. After his removal to jail the prisoner confessed the crime. The Kansas text book commission has ordered the account of Gen. Funston's swimming the Bag-Bag river in the Philippines expunged from school history on the ground that it is not historically correct. R. Ortez, the Porto Rico murderer, serving a life sentence at Stillwater, Minn., prison, has been pardoned by President Roosevelt and will be released Juno S. No reason for the pardon is gii en. Rev. Herbert^ Franklin Fisk. D. D.. LL. D., for nearly thirty-one years principal of Northwester!'. University A ad emy. in Evanston. 111., has resigned that position and will relinquish his post on or about June 16. The Havana Oil Company has purchased the D. Poor farm, lying close to Independence. Ran., in the Way side field. The farm contains fifty acres and has developed two excellent oil wells and one monster gasser. Marie Bower. IS years old, who came to Marion. Ind., from Celina. Ohio, a short time ago for a visit, killed herself because her fiance, who lives in Marion, neglected to kiss her when he left for his place of business. A special from .Salida, Colo., says the ' narrow gauge Denver and Rio Grande south-bound passenger train. No. 115. was wrecked on Cumbers hill. Engineer Frank Evanston was killed and fortyone are reported injured. State Employment Agent Gero, in Topeka, has received estimates from County Clerks to the effect that Kansas will need 20,(HK) helpers from other States to save the wheat crop. East year the farmers asked for 29.00 Q men. James B. Neal, a deserter from Company A. Thirtieth Infantry, surrendered to the sheriff at New ITm. Minn. His home is at Crawfordsville, lowa, and he enlisted last December and deserted from Fort Crook, Neb., April 28. A. Giller, Peter Keyser and another man named Jackson were drowned in Owens lake, near Boulder. Colo. They were fishing from a boat and during a high wind the boat was overturned, throwing the men into the water. H. N. Ross, who discovered the first gold in the Black Hills in August. P<4. died the other day at Custer, S. D. He was a member of Gen. Custer s expedition. which started from Fort Abraham Lincoln to explore the Black Hills. In the timber trespass case of the United States government against the Commonwealth Lumber Company the jury at Fergus Falls, Minn., brought in a verdict assessing the company BIS 13S. This is in addition to 810,641, which it paid in a previous settlement. After a running fight with a monster eea lion in the narrow' limits of an expi ess ear and with the train running at full speed. Express Messenger W. H. May was compelled to shoot the irFuriated beast to save himself just as the train was nearing Kansas City. The operators and miners of the east Ohio coal district have adjourned finally without coming to an agreement, the split being on the question of trade unionism, involving the engineers, machinists and firemen of the mines. The demand that they be recognized was refused. Eight lives are known to have been lost in Colorado and Wyoming in raging floods that were started by cloudbursts, and near Cheyenne many persons are , missing. Scores of other people are iu danger. Immense damage was done in Colorado, along the Cache La Poudre river. The dam at Lake Livingston

gave way before the llood. The towns of Livermore, Lapop to, Wellington and part of Fort Collins were submerged under five feet of Water. Five iron bridges and two railway bridges have been swept away and miles of the Colorado and Southern Railway track are washed out. The Union Pacific tracks also are badly damaged. Thousands of acres of ranch and farm land are inundated and a great many cattle have been drowned. Severl other streams are threatening to overflow because of the rains. Lightning caused great damage at the stock farm of Dunham, Fletcher & Coleman, near Elgin, 111. One of the largest barns on the place, containing twentyfour blooded horses, many of them imported from France, was burned to the ground, and only two of the animals were saved. The corner stone of the machine shop of the Farmers’ Co-operative Harvesting Machine Company was laid in Springfield. Ohio, with ceremony. William N. M hitely is head ot the enterprise, which is backed by the grangers of the country. The shops will make everything in the way of agricultural implements. 'The company expects to employ 3,000 men. Two simultaneous explosions in the tireworks and railway' torpedo plant of the Lake Shore Novelty Company, in Findlay, Ohio, working overtime on rush orders, killed at least seven employes Sunday, injured five others beyond hope of recovery and fifteen others badly. Two other persons are missing and are believed to have been blown to atoms. The entire plant, which covered ton acres of -Rrouiv wjs^i^t q w w c i single wall remains standing. So violent 1 were the explosions that the whole city was shaken. The explosions took place in the two drying rooms. In the magazines that blew up were great quantities 1 of potash and this was hurled into the bodies of the men and women who were ’ injured, ns a result of which the doctors fear blood poisoning may cause the death of ten,pf those hurt less seriously. It is " suimiG i that some one in the drying ' rooms dropped a large box of torpedoes, thereby causing the explosion, but this - theory cannot be confirmed. FOREIGN. The Chinese are responsible for all acts of atrocity committed in the oriental war. They boast that after the Japanese victory on the Yahi they sent a basket of Russian ears to Pekin. » Prof. Ernest Ruthehford, in a lecture before the Royal Institute of Great Britain, ventured the theory that radium is the source of the earth’s heat and that it is not a molten mass cooling off. One thousand Japanese are reported to have been killed and wounded in a battle following a sortie by the Port Arthur garrison to save a powder train. The Russian loss is given in St. Petersburg as 116. Fifteen thousand Japanese were killed and wounded in attempt to storm Port । .Arthur. Russian loss was 3Jnmi, according to telegram said to have been received by Foreign Minister Lamsdorif at St. Petersburg. Former Land Commissioner E. S. Boyd and Chief Clerk N. S. Mahulu were arrested at Honolulu on charges of embezzlement. Peculations aggregat ing over $16,000 and extending back for four or five years are alleged. While the. Japanese fleet was coveting the landing of troops near Kai-Chau a fierce engagement occurred at Hsin-Yen-Cheng. Two thousand Russians were killed or wounded. The Russians retreated and the Japanese occupied both Kaiping and Kai-Chau. Reports of the J.tftrtr’Se * | Hre officialh —. gullimnug L

r came upon 32.000 Russian * position sixty miles west of Fenghunngcheng. It being unwise to risk a battle, the Japanese retreated in good order nnd with groat rapidity. ' ice Admiral Togo has reported as follows: "A report from Rear Admiral Dewa says that the cruisers Kasuga and 1 oshino collided during a fog off I’., r t Arthur. Ihe Hoshino sank, mdv nim-tv Os her crow being saved. On the s. me day the battleship Hatsus, struck a Russian mine and sank.” A report has been received stating that a massacre had taken place near Malabaag, ou the southern coast of Min danno. I-itty three Filipino men. women ami children, the families „f employes of the I nited States military government at Malnmmg, we'-e surprised at midnight while asleep by the Datto Alts and a band of Moros from the Rio Grande valley. and slaughtered. IN GENERAL. .la:-e R. Day. a newlv elected; bishop, caused surprise in Methodist I conference by declining the horn r. His ‘ resignation was accepted. The battleship Kentucky, under Rear I Admiral Evans, made a record-breaking run from Hong Kong to New York, go । ing 12.699 miles In fifty-three lays. Colombia has given notice that no American diplomatic represetrative is i desired at Bogota, and Minister Russel) i has been detained at Panama by Washington orders. The Navy Department has ordered a United States fleet to Tangier to enforce a demaim that the Sultan of Mo- , roeco ransom lon I'erdicaris, a weallhv American citizen, kidnaped by briga ids. The Treasury Department at Washington drew a warrant for $9,000,900 in favor of J. P. Morgan & Co., ns the fiscal agents of the Republic of Panama, in final set’ loment of the canal purchase. About ll.fMto men will be laid off bv the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the atm being to get down to the 190” basis. Continued shrinkage in business and no expectation of early improvement are the reasons for this big reduction in the i force just decided upon as unavoidable. The Allan Line steamer Hibernian, from Montreal and Quebec for London with a general cargo and seven passeng< rs. went ashore during a dense fog at Stormy Point, near the entrance of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The crew- and passengers are safe, but it is feared the vessel will become a total wreck. It is announced that the Canadian government will have an .ice breaker built in England this summer for the purpose of trying to keep the St. Lawrence open later in the fall and also to break up the ice earlier in the spring. It is calculated that the shipping season at Montreal could be lengthened by at least a month by this means. Irish potatoes are in danger of losing their prestige. United States Consul Thornwell Haynes, at Rouen, France, reports to the State Department that a new potato, the solanuni commersonii, which conies from the Mercedes river in Uruguay-, is being successfully cultivated in France and bids fair to supplant the ordinary variety. The yield is said to be enormous. Following his action in discontinuing to all subscribers in New York City a report of the racing at various tracks in this country. Col. Robert C. Clowry has notified the general superintendents of the company at New York. Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco that the collection and distribution by the Western Union Telegraph Company of horse race reports would be discontinued forthwith.

ONEWJ lEKOFTHEWAK MARCH C IN THE FAR EAST C J^RING SEVEN DAYS. „ . ,1 — ’ Hussions, disorganized by the Yalu Buttle, S< ( j m to Have Stopped Running and Aurnctl ( , n the Japs, Who Have Met ^ th Severe Repulses. Seven < $y S have seen no little change in t n e relative i respects of the contestants 'in the far East. A wick previous tit 1 Russians were on the run everywhenj > Disorganiz 'd by the di* astrons batl.je on the bank of the Yalu. General Ktl.lropatkin’s forces were supposfal to IJ, ( . lying in terror at Liaotung. and K considering an immediate tt’.rther rel.reat. •pip. Russian general staff madily what was con-id red a most natur^.j declaration. Umi: thearmv would tall! back not only to Mukden, but tar be;l pnd it. to Harbin, and the generalcoinl ment was that rerun miuh: even alrem l; v i IP cU t off. From nun:".’ ous sourceii , came reisH'ts of large' bodies of Japanese b’oops as far north as Mukdet n It now* A pires that the Russ'ans never fled far as Liaoynng; that they have i-A (’ u, !s.dared a fur her re treat, that g^hecourrar.v. they have Tmeeff***^ <( OUT,i < 17~Tf+wrt-fTnv-I w —j- to within H^?en miles of Fengwaug-

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cheng and that there is no Japamse force near Mukden. It -ti 1 appears to b ■ । the fact that the Japan se vastly out- | number the Russian*; t o latt r may eventually be forced Eaek t > MukiL-n, where a derisive batt e :* still to I e expected; but. in the meantimi . not only is I.iaoyang not taken. I nt e\ cry mile of the way lietween t and the present Japanea l p<-siti n i- i e.y to be contested. There is n itlbng in news of the week to maiu- m.p- >• a! c the ultimate succt ss of the Jaj ane -- In their Manehniiti; <-an . a gn Hit t i is evident that that success wi : n ; । Ik easily d thlevd. If the rainy season l.a* Indeei. set in. the fact e mstimt * a Russian advantage; it may pOstpo- e Japanese ; ggr ssion seme months. In the meant 1 me. t'ossa< ks may be ah e to worry**:cir enemy e. n-idcrably. Furth* iim e the delay is heal to ■ an op* s 'y Rvsiian re s w'-sieh hate been so lung .sTiiofia. In the Inter.m. .1' ' Japanese arm’e-; ’n •JTtTI m d"jM -dly b ■ treinendoUS augmented. Fort Ai£.tw still stands, and no sr riOUs eflo* has I r-n made to capture or reduce y, although pre i : <-ns u < -e made In |;okio that the end of th“ week wottd see that < \ an I liar! >r in p<»-.se^s|-,>n of the Mikado's f. r< . Hie first brimis naval di- st, r , f war has ■ overtaken th" Japan -- -. though itsJefreet I* rather i < ra! fan actual. Oli ttie other hand, the Russians hnvt itgaiti Irene enp. Ibd t > ■mi ■■■■■■—l.

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sacrifice a ■magnificent vessel to tn ir | own stupi'' k. There j^ { > ne reason to relieve that the Japai • have now bgtw a n 40. 000 and * men beleaguering Port ■ Arthur, win there is a much smaller Russian g; on. If Ilie Japanese i really hav me nitrated so many I nmn at that nt ami are bringing up siege guns. must be their intuition to im-h_n’r. r^even at_ the risk of a great lo r >f life. 1» let the -■ ge or investmc hag on until the Rus- : sinn Baltk reached the Pacific । would be a Wons n nto r. <>pei7tPx| t Port Arthur do not attract so mi Q attention as those inland, far ti tie north, where den. Kuropatkin facing the concentrating armies of Japanese. Nothing has been heard I’J 1 ’J the army under Gen. Oku. whicl tended west of the mourn of the Yai tmd was supposed to be moving in £ direction of Haicbeng, about mid between Newchwang and I.iaoy^.f-. on the line of the railroad. । Gen. Kur^lfg whereabouts is better known. M e -Ft^-day some of his troops bad reaelieo a point about twentyeight miles orth of Fengwangeheng. They were ;P tacked, according to Russian reports, py several regiments of Cossacks am were driven back fifteen miles. This ivas at first described as a battle in w pch the Japanese suffered heavy loss, j )U t it does not appear to have been • {^h more than an affair of outposts,, dgnifyiug little. This encc r throws a little light on the posi ( of the Japanese, but not on thei’ $. The Russians have evacuated .s hwang, and presumably hold aF “along the railroad extending fro^ aicheng at the south to Mukden north. The Japanese are somewl™ , the east of that line. - *r r -

! RUSSIA READY FOR LONG WAR. Plans Beins Hurried for Sending Army of 750,0<K) .Men to the Far East. Russia h, preparing for a two year war with Japan, and if necessary an army of 750,000 men will be sent to the i Far East to overawe China, to guard I railway communications, relieve Port Ar- , tbur, and drive the Japanese armies into j the sea. The war temper of the Russian ' empire has Iwa tlioroughly aroused by : the succession of reverses in Manchuria, i Military men are no louder than civilians : in demanding revenge for the defeats on land and sea. 'Hie cry is for “more | troops,” "more troops.” Plans are bei ing hurried at the War Department in I St. Petersburg for the mobilization of ■ the entire body of Russian reserves. Official reports received at St. Fetcrs- | burg admit that the Russians lost 160 I men, killed or wounded, in a battle with | a strong Japanese force near Kinchou. ) Brigadier General Nadein was one of I tin Russians wounded. At Tokio it is officially denied that a 'Japamse army was repulsed north of ;!’< ngwangelieng and pursued for fifteen : miles. Skirmishes are frequent in the , vicinity of Motien pass, but the Japanese say the soldiers defeated formed only I a small reconnoitering force. Most European critics believe that Japan's plan for enveloping KouropatI kin's army at I.iaoyang has beet) relent- । lessly carried out. It is estimated from I the most reliable information at hand I that the Russians cannot put into action I al'ove 10t»,(MH> men. while the .laps will । be able to oppose them with fully 120,000 within a few days. The expectation ' is that if the Japs succeed in surroc.nd- -—

| ing the Russians, Kouropatkin will Eave to cut his way out. with tremendous loss, of course, ami with great damage also to tl-e enemy. He might, however, reach and save Harbin, where he would be 'compelled to make another stand, because all of Russia’s immense storis are there. .Lipan’s recent naval losses, while un- / (.IXI KAI. Slot ssl I . ileubicily s. rious, are not regarded as tmstvri illy afleeting the present situation. T; - di-aster 1 is revived the project of seielim; tic Baltic fleet to Ilie Far East in June, and has greatly revived public feeling nt St. Petersburg. It also has t-.rti ed the Japs’ d< termination to take If-rt \rtl r at an early date at any cost. T1 < u. i-t signiticanr thing is Russia’s imitation <-f the Chinese -care. The I Rus-ian authorities arc seeking every i • pp-.rtunity to pres- ami otherwise

1 spread this poisonous propaganda. One ! object undoubtedly is to prevent the adoption of Secretary Hay's suggestion <1 a guarantee of Chireso neutrality by the powers. Russia also is using every' effort to increase the agitation of the ' dangers of the yellow peril through the foreign press. Reports 1,000 Japs Killed. The Russian Government received ; news confirmatory of the rumors in cir- ! culation that General Smcssel had made ' a successful sortie from Port Arthur, resulting in the defeat of the Japanese. ' with the loss of more than 1.01 X) killed or 1 wounded. The Russians' losses were 11(5 killed or wounded. The movement was carried out by a combination with a train bringing in war munitions and supplies and General Stoessel's force, communications being maintained by wireless telegraphy. The Japanese barred the route between the train and General Stoessel's force, whereupon the Russians attacked and routed the Japanese. After the engagement General Stoessel's force, tee gether with the train, returned to Port Arthur. War News in Brief. Tokio states that the only losses to the Japanese fleet are the Hatsuse and the Yoshino. The Japanese army in the field is estimated at 180,000 to 200,000 men, against lOOJIOb Russians. Newchwang reports that a Japanese force of 20,000 met 32,000 Russians east of Fenghuangcheng and retreated. Admiral Hosoya, commanding the third squadron, reports the landing of troops at a new unnamed place, probably Takushan. The Japanese army advancing against Mukden was defeated by a force of Cossacks in a battle lasting all day and driven back upon Fenghuangcheng. The Japanese were forced to abandon four positions, and reports in St. Petersburg state that the loss was heavy. The Russians report light casualties.

o'OWj 3 ’ s ’ | The Fifty-eighth Congress appropriated $781,574,629.99. In this amount is included all the regular annual bills, deficiencies, amounts authorized by special acts, etc. If from this amount there shall be deducted contributions to the sinking fund and amounts appropriated for deficiencies there will be left approximately $700,000,000 as the expenditures authorized for the operation of the government during the next fiscal year. Analysis of tho appropriations is interesting. The regular annual appropriations amount to $612,300,966.06; deficiencies to $2G,501,843.93; miscellaneous to $1,000,000; permanent appropriations to $141,471,820. The increases in appropriation bills of 1905 over 1904 aggregate $28,516,123.97. Increases of separate bills are as follows: Diplomatic $ M,850.00 District of Columbia 2,383,643.00 Fortifications 329.775.78 Indian 907,554.63 Legislative 958,259.56 Military Academy 323,218.17 Navy 16.128,349.51 I'ostofflce 19,063,149.00 Rivers and harbors, regular bill 3,000,000.00 Deficiencies 5,336,183.68 Permanent appropriations .... 8.882,000.00 Total Increase $57,364,283.33 Against these are to be placed the decreases, which are as follows: Agriculture $ 7-6.120.00 Army 818,451.95 Pensions 1.486,900.00 Sundry civil 24.525,448.76 Miscellaneous 1,941,238.65 Total decrease $28,848,159.36 Net increase 28,516,123.97 A careful study of the figures shows that the increases in appropriations for the civil establishment greatly exceed those for the military establishment, the military appropriations, as a matter of fact, showing a decrease of almost $10,000,060. The Department of Commerce and ' Labor has issued a statement showing the cost of government of the principal countries of the world. Tho statement is based on statistics of the year 1903, the latest available from foreign countries. It shows the population, the expenditure and the per capita expenditure of each nation treated, with the result that the cost of our government is the lowest on the list. From the data on the statement the following preparative table is provided: Per capita Countries. Popula- Expend!- expention. ture. dlture. Now Zealand .. 788,000 $3u,241,000 $38.38 Australian Commonwealth ... 3.772.000 142.148.000 37.69 United Kingdom.4l.l*6l.ooo 897.790,000 21.39 France 38.962.000 695.250.000 17.84 Belgium 6,694.000 116.500.000 17.40 Paraguay 636,000 11.007.000 17.30 Austria Hungary4s.4os,ooo 647.969.H00 11.37 Argentina 4.794.000 60.757,000 12.68 Cuba 1.573,000 19.515,000 12.40 Netherlands ... 5.347.000 61,468,000 11.49 Portugal 5.429.000 62.170.01M1 11.45 Spain 18.618,000 187,846,000 10.09 Sweden 5.199.000 49.593.000 9.54 German Empire..’*,;s49.ooo 553,222.000 9.45 Canada 5,457.000 50,759.000 9.30 United States ..80,372,000 640,323,000 7.97 A study of this table shows that the _ +-xost of monarchical forms of government is more expensive than republican. For instance, the per capita cost of Great Britain is $21.39, while the cost of our government is but $7.97. Contrary to the popular notion, the cost of government is much less for the United States than it is for any other great nation. While this cost is at the rate of $21.39 per person for the United Kingdom, $17.^4 for I rrance. $14.27 for Austria-Hungary, ; $11.49 for the Netherlands, $9.54 for Norway-Sweden and $9.45 for the German Empire, it is only $7.97 for the United States. These figures are cited from a report just issued by the Board of Statistics at Washington, and may be presumed to be correct, (if course, some of the expenditures A our State governments correspond o v outlays made by the central authors in most of the other countries, E and an allowance should be made on tl.is account. After making all reasonable reductions, however, in the cost of such governments as Great Britain. France and Germany to render the comparison with ours fairer, it is clear that we are in a much better position as regards the expenditure of our governmental machine than are the people of Europe. Under the provisions of the treaty by which the Chinese government gave its sanctioil to the exclusion of its subjects from the United States, either party to the treaty was privileged to denounce It six months previous to the expiration of its ten years' term, Dec. 27, 1901. The Chinese government has served formal notice upon the United States, denouncing the treaty. This action necessitates negotiations for a new agreement. Meanwhile Congress has re-enacted the exclusion law. How closely nations watch one another and how quick they are to learn of one another lias been demonstrated in the United States Senate. When the naval appropriation bill came up, the item of expense for the construction of new battleships was opposed almost wholly on the ground that Japan, in her present war with Russia. had demonstrated the superiority of small vessels, like torpedo boats, and had shown the impotence of battleships in modern naval warfare. In late years the first session of a Congress has usually lasted long into the warm weather, even in “Presidential” years. The adjournment of the Fifty-eighth Congress this year was unusually ep.rly. The Eighth Congress closed its first session on March 27, ISD4. more than a month earlier. Put then, a country of eighty million people has more business for its legislators than a country of six millions. The total appropriations at the recent session of Congress amounteel to $781,574.(129.99. Os this total, about SS3,(KXt.OOO is for tho sinking fund fir for deficiencies in the previous year, leaving the amount oi expenditures authorized during the next fiscal year a little leas than s7od,(X)o.oo(k

Special dispatches to New York, ’he lm< rnational Mer<antile Agency describe a general trade revival this week at prominent Western and Southwesterri centers. The situation is noteworthy in contrast with conditions during the previous month, and has its basis iu more seasonable weather and increased orders for spring stock. Jobbing centers report a material addition to the volume of “restocking business,” with a tendency among many merchants to duplicate orders previously given for spring goods. Dry goods have been particularly active, with a healthy demand for both spring and fall stock. Clothing lines are also reflecting improvement, which is shown especially throughout the Southwest. Boots and shoes are active, with more inquiry fur the better qualities. Heavy weight goods have been consumed in such quantities as to reduce supplies of carried over stock to the lowest volume in years. This has placed dealers in an especially strong position to handle seasonable goods, which they are doing profitably and expeditiously, owing to the generally milder weather. Although the improvement has been noteworthy, ii is doubtful whether the present rush of orders will be sufficient to make good the March and April deficiencies. People generally seem to be well supplied with money, ami while cautious about engaging in new enterprises, they are not backward about securing goods they really need. Everywhere underlying conditions are reported sound. The crop situation has been greatly benefited by the warmer weather, which lias advanced wheat in sections where backward spring did great damage. Although wheat suffered serious damage from the setback during the recent cold snap, a fair crop can be counted on if normal conditions prevail. Most grains will be harvested, two or three weeks later than usual although it is possible that the nex, government report will describe a generally better condition than was shown by the last figures. Winter wheat is showing up particularly well in some sections. Seeding in the Red RiverValley district has been retarded by unfavorable weather, so that the crop outlook in that section is problematical. Elsewhere throughout the Norths west encouraging conditions prevail. i Dun's weekly review of CliiW^O. I tra,lp f° r week says: ——l The protracted tie-up of lake commerce has remained the most signiiicant Irarrier to a close return to normal business activity. Notwithstanding that drawback and its adverse effect upon receipts of lumber, roal aiKToiw_ _ . | | stuffs reachXT^v ueaLest a o gieg..^ in two months past, making a considerable .addition to railroad traffic. Following the strike settlement and resumption of building work there was a strong demand for materials of tdi kinds for structural purposes and dealers reduced stocks at firm prices. Receipts of farm products declined owing to the rush in completing seeding Reports emphasize much improvement in agricultural conditions, ( specially throughout Illinois, and dealings reflect enlarged consumption of necessities both in city and country. Stocks of heavy weight wear have been mensurbly reduced and the demand has turned to the lines adapted to warm weather. The local buying at retail was well distributed and strong( st in dress goods and footwear. Wholesale.transactions were steady in dry goods, clothing and men's furnishings, with reorders more numerous. Mercantile collections have continued satisfactory. Grain shipments were 2.742,.“. I.V bushels, whiie the best aggregate recently reported is 31) per cent under those a year ago. Dealings in the coarse grains showed improved d<*~ mand. The market for cash wheat and flour was very narrow. Compared with closings a week ago. May wheat advanced 9 cents per bushel, due to speculative influences, and < ort: gained 1 cent, wane oats were practically unchanged. Receipts of live stock were 239.754 head, compared with 239.345 head the previous week and 275.223 head a year ago. Failures reported in Chicago district number twenty-four, against thirty thprevious week and thirty-eight a year Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.10; hogs, shipping grades. to 54.G7; .sheep, fair to choice. $2.75 to $5.75; wheat. No. 2 red. $1.03 to corn. No. 2, 47e to 49c; oats, standard. 41c to 42c: rye. No. 2. 76c to 77c; h; timothy. $8.50 to $14.50; prairie, $6.00 t«« $11.50; butter, choice creamery, lt'e tu 18c; eggs, fresh. 13c to 15e; potat os. SI.OO to $1.15. St. Louis—-Cattle. $4.50 to $5.05; hogs, S4.(KI to S4.GO; sheep. $3.00 to 5.5..VE wheat. No. 2, $1.06 to $1.08; corn. No. 2. 49c to 50c; oats. No. 2. 40c to 41c; rt e. No. 2,68 c to 70c. Cincinnati—Cattle. $4.00 to $5.00; hogs. $4.00 to $4.85; sheep. $2.00 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2. sl.lO t > sL'.2 ; ■ corn. No. 2 mixed, 55c to 56e; oat.. No. 2 mixed, 41<- to 42c; rye. No. 2, 7*< to 79c. Detroit—Cattle, $3.50 to $4.85; hogs. $4.00 to $4.90; sheep, $2.50 to s.’> «. wheat. No. 2. $1.05 to $1.07: corn. No. 3 yellow, 54c to 55c: oats. No. 3 white. 430 to 45c; rye. No. 2. 70c to ilc. Milwaukee —Wheat. No. 2 northern. 97c to 08c: corn. No. 3. 51c to 53c; oats. No. 2 white. 43c to 44c; rye. No. 1. 77c to 79c: barley. No. 2, OLc to C 5?; pork. mess. $ll.OO. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.07 tc $1.09; corn. No. 2 mixed. 52c to 54c oats. No. 2 mixed. 43c to 44c; rye. No. 2, 69c to 70c; clover seed, prime. $6.25.