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tw?;nrw;nwriW'iwi liiwr - -Tfofinnv S ""--' W"Vr.jgyyiyy Mfo f-UiZA-Y QO 0--JUiA u 1 it ..'' M i 1 fla fv - U 1 j.1 '. ' V 4 The N ew Age. 1' ,7 '" : , ,-A. VOL. IX. PORTLAND, OKEGOF, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1095. NO. 45. ft ' M l$IBP 1 4 K LADD TILTON, BANKERS KHSi!! Kstabllshad la ISO. TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. 1 Interest allowed on time deposits. Oollectlotii made at all points on favorable termi. Lettera of credit issued available in Europe and the Eastern atates. Bight exchange and Tolegrsphlo Transfers told on New York, Washington, Chicago, St. Ixnils, Denve', Omaha, Ban Franclaco and various points in Ore foa, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Britiah Columbia. Exchange iold on London, Parla, Berlin, Frankfort and Bong Kong. UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND, OREGON. J. C. AINSWOItTII, President. W. II. AYKIt, Vlco-Presldcnt. R. W. 8CIIMEEII, Cashier A. M. WKHIIIT, Assistant t'Mhler. Transacts a general banking business. Drafts Issued, available In all cities o( the United Btatea and Europe, Hong Kong and Manila. Collection made on favorable forms. MOUTH WEST OORRER THIRD ARD OAK STREET. .FIRST NATIONAL BANKfrf North Ymkhnm, Wmmh. Oamlfml mini Smrplum $188,000.00 UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY W.M.I. A 1)1) 1'retldont CIIA8. CAKPENTKR Vlcel'rcsldent BAINK OF COMMERCE, UrIMITED. BOISE, IDAHO. OFPIORIIRi n. F. Ot.DKN, President; M. Ai.KXAKDKR, Vice President; If. N. COP- , FIN, Caihlcr; J. M. HAINES, Aeslitant Cashier. IlIItKUTUKHi Hobt. Noble, Tlios. Davis, II. F. Olden, J. M. Kalnci, J. K. Yatd, J. B. Morrow, T. Rcxan, M. Alexander, F. K. Coflln, Aemmmttm ml Bmnmm. Flrmm, Omi-mrmtliiB mini IndhrMpalm JteeeiVesf mn Ihm Mmmt LRtmrmlTmrmm Omnmlmtmnt WHh SmmuTBmmklHS. FIRST NATIONAL BANK alia Walla, Washington. (First National Dank In the 8tate.) Transacts a General Banking Business. CAPITAL 1100,00). BUKI'I.US IIW.UJO. LEVI AKKKNY, President. A. II. REYNOLDS. Vice President. A. It. IIURPOKD, Cashier OEO. D. 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THE CONRAD NATIONAL BANK JiffiNm"- BmnHal m4 oJm, $20,000.00 W.O-CONRAD J II. KDW'AHDS II, W. DICKEY President Vice President Cashier ALSO KAUSPELL TOWNSITE COMPANY Imtm In KaHmsmH, tmm A.ll.CMNK Assistant Cashier H. E. MEAL, Ommhkt FAT D. YOUR0, Ami I rvmmn-r INUOItl'UK.t 1'Kli IHU7. BAINK A.N T0I1IE Asst Cashier Osmmty Samt tmm . W. L. 8TKINWE0. Cashier NEWS OFJHE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Reiume of the Lets Important but Not Leaa Interesting Event of the Past Week. "War against tho Standard Oil Is bo ing continued in KutiBUH. Armed pcnsnntH in Russia nre burn ing and looting their landlords' cstntcu. Tho deadlock in tho Missouri login laturo continues. At present Cockroll leads with 70 votes. Tho balloting for United States sena tor, by tho Delaware legislature, con tinues without result. Charges of graft are being in ado against tho St. LouIh exposition com pany in having tho buildings removed. A vain effort is being mndo throng out Russia to suppress nowa of tho do feat in tho Fur Kitst. At Warsaw tho Poles were almost jubilant over tho re verse. Tho margquis of Anglesey is dying of consumption. Six years ago ho had an income of $500,000 a year, and is now a bankrupt, with liabilities of nearly (3,000,000. Russia is secretly gathering an army on tiio Indian frontier. Drituln's ac tion In Thibet and Persia is resented and it would seem us though u conlllct was Inevitable. Tho .Japanese havo succeodod in cut ting off tho retreat of Kuropatkintotho north. Ho now will bo compelled to cut his way through tho Japanese army In order to reach Harbin, or try to hold Mukden, which means u siege. M.' Witto has resigned his olllco in tho Russian ministry. Three hundred Chinese burned to death at a small port near Hoirg Kong. Grand Duke Vhtdimlr has been marked as tho next victim of tho Rus sian terrorists. Tho present battle at Mukden Is thought by those favoring peace to bo tho hiHt of tho war. Harry S. Now, of Indianapolis, will succeed Cortolyoti as national chairman of the Republican party. One person waB fatally Injured and 10 others seriously by tho turning over of an elevated car in Chicago. According to best estimates tho Muk den battle has cost the Japanese 70,000 men nnd tho Russians 60,000. Forty votes for1 United States senutor sees no 0110 of tho candidates nearer election in the Missouri contest than on tho first ballot. (loth armies lighting around Mukden havo captured guns. Tho Japanese lost a number of machine gusn, but havo taken IS! big siege guns. An Investigation Is being made ns to tho rntiHu of tho lire on the steamer Oregon. Tho owners of the steamer Del Nortu have put in n claim of salv age for assisting tho Oregon. Secretary Wyndlmm has resigned from the llritbh cabinet. A railway commission bill has been disapproved b tho .governor of Mon tana. German military critics severely con demn Kuropatkiu's generalship ami foresee ills defeat. There is no prospect of a break In tho Missouri senatorial contest. Neldring bans leads in the voting. K, II. Ilurriinon has loaj his suit ogainst the Northern Securities com pany and the Hill Uiich will remain in tact. Sincti tho beginning of the war tho JnpaucHo aio estimated to havo lost 1011,(100 men killed and wounded and tho Russians 1:15,600. The Union elevator nt Council llluffs, Iowa, has been totally destroyed by lire, together w 1th -100,000 bushels of grain, mostly corn, Loss, $200,000. Great Urltnin will stop work of forti fying Wei Hal Wul until her position in tho Far Fast can bo moro clearly seen ut the outcome of the present war in that territory. Mrrs. Chadwick's trial has Wgiiu, hut her illness has interrupted it. The governor of Pennsylvania has ve toed u bill appropriating $00,000 for the Lewis and Chirk fair because he was not eniowcred to appoint tho en tire commission. The Chicago beef trust inquiry is to continue. New York state senators are accused of grafting. Tho Texas legislature has indorsed tho war on the Standard Oil company aud the alleged beef trust. The chemists who examined tho con tents of Mrs. Stanford's stomach state positively that they found no strych nine. Fire at the coal landings on the northern hank of the Jyne, ut South Shields, England, casued a loss of 1, 000,000. One of the finest private dormitories at "ile college has been badly damaged by fire. The tire is supposed to have started from a cigarette stub. DOINGS IN CONGRESS. Friday, March 3. The last day's session of tho house before tho final adjournment of tho 58th congress nt noon tomorrow found that body almost through witli its work. The conferenco reports on tho Indian and postofilco appropriation bills were agreed to. At tho evening session tho sundry civil, tho river and harbor nnd general deficiency bills woro agreed to as reported from conferenco. Tho conferenco reports wero agreed to by tho senate on tho saino measures tho house acted on. Tho present tem porary government for tho Panama canal zono was continued. Tho'statehood bill is dead and tho Iioubo will resurrect it In tho next con gress. . Saturday, March '4. ' Both houses mot at 10 o'clock. ' Ac cording to custom n resume of appropri ations mado during tho present congress was given. Tho total appropriations woro $007,048,104, while tho estimates for tho next fiscal year were $725,500, 515. Tho customary resolutions woro adopted thanking Speaker Cannon and President Pro Tern Fryo. Speaker Can non was presented with a haudsomo loving cup by tho members of tho Iioubo. At 11:50 tho senate, after swearing in tho vico president and now senators, adjourned sine die. Tho house adjourned without day at 11:55. Monday, March 0. Tho senate in extra session spent tho greater part of tho day discussing tho Santo Domingo treaty. Tho nomina tions of tho members of the cabinet wero referred to tho various committees and reports wero mado immediately by polling tho committees on tho floor. Tho nominations then woro confirmed. Tuoaday, March 7. Without determining any question of policy In regard to tho Santo Domingo treaty, tho senate decided today that tho treaty should bo reported ns soon ns possible from tho committee on for eign relations and tho entire question fought out in executive session. A numbor of senators arc confident tho treaty will bo ratified within a reasona ble time. Tho president today sent n long list of nominations to tho senate for its approval. Wednesday, March 8. Tho Santo Domingo treaty was prar tlcally perfected today by the senate committee on foreign relutons, so far ns phraseology)' is concerned and with out regard to the principle involved in tho procedure proposed by tho trcnty. A numbor of amendments have been presented and somo of them already adopted. Tho president today sent a message to tho senate giving his reasons for wanting tho treaty ratified. A Inrgo batch of consular nnd diplo matic appointments wero confirmed and nn additional lot received. Thursday, March 0. Tho senate committee on foreign re lations today agreed to report favorably tho Santo Domingo treaty ns amended. Tho senate was in session hut seven minutes today and adjournment was taken out of respect to tho memory of tho lato Senator Hate, of Tennessee. A comiiiittee of 12 senators was appointed to make preparations (or tho deceased collator's funeral in the chamber at 2 p, in. tomorrow. Whole Army Is Surroumisd. Nluchwang, March 10. Thu Run sinus havo not been reinforced from the direction of Harbin since March 1. General Nogl's uriiiv mado a forced march of 25 utiles daily, and, noting in conjunction with Geuotnl Oku's army, surrounded 80,000 Kussinns in the di rect Ion of Tin pass and cut off their supplies. The hurrying Japanese ur mies passed a division of Russians without giving it any attention until tho enveloping movement was com pleted, when they crushnigly attacked the Russians on all sides. Neod Not Decide Question Yet. Washington, March 10. -There is authority for tho statement that tho question as to whether the Isthmian canal shall bev made a tea-level water way or constructed on tho lock system need not he determined atthooutstt of thu work. In fact, it is stated that work could progress for five years or moro before this matter would neces sarily be decided and without In any way 'retarding the progress of construc tion or causing any delay. Alaskan Telegraphs Work Well. Washington, March 10. General Greely lias received a report of thu operations of tho Alaska telegraph sys tems during January. Tho wireless work runs unintoimptcdly 107 miles ucross Norton sound, and the land lines are 1,500 miles in length. Various interruptions from snow and severe storms averaged, however, less than three hours per station, which is only one-sixth of the interruptions In Jan uary, 1004. Attempt to Kill Governor. St, Petersburg, March 10, Colonel Progoulbltsky, gou-rnor of the province of Kutais, has bten tho object of an attempted assassination by two men ut Suklium. Tho would-be murderers fired six shots from revolvers at tho governor, but he was not struck. Thu motive of tho attempt is believed to hayo been political. Russia Pays North Sea Claims. London. March lO.Count Ilenken- dqrff, tho Russian ambassador to Great1 Dr tain, today paid 1326,000 to Foreign Secretary I.ansdowne in settlement of the North sea claims, and(the Incident was thus closed. DEMORALIZED, MOD Retreat of Russian Army Turned Into a Rout. v SUPPLIES AND GUNS GIVEN UP Rough Estimates Make Total Losses Over 100,000 Men Japanese Follow Up Advantage. Tokio, Mnrcli 0. Doleated all along tho lino, with thousands of men killed and wounded, his army turned into a demoralized mob of men who no longer obey tho orders of their ofilcers, an enormous percentage of his munitions of war and artillery lost to him, having bcon abandoned to tho victorious Jap anese or destroyed to prevent falling into their hands, Gcnernl Kuropatkin is ut last icports making frantic, efforts to save something from thu wreck nnd is withdrawing all of his reserves north ward to n point whero ho can reason ably hope to reorganize his defeated army. In tho meaiitimo, tho Japanese soldiers on tho right, loft and center are pressing in on the lleoing Russians nnd will make an attempt to com pletely annihilate the soldiers of tho czar. Tim result of tho fortnight's fluhtinu south of Mukden Is tho worst disaster to the Russian arms of the whole war. Even tho bold cossacks who, in other lays have repeatedly proved their valor on bloody Holds, havo been com pelled to glvo way nnd run before the steady, relentlesH prexsuro of tho troops of tho mikado, who, scorning death in every form, hnvo continued battering away at tho Russian entrenchments aud piercing them one by one. JOINT LOSS OVER 100.000 MEN. Bnttlo Bloodlost of War Railroad Is Cut North of Mukden. Tokio, March 0. l'lio great battle In Manchuria raged all day yesterday along tho entire nnd enormous front. Tho Jnpiuieso wero genernlly victorious, nnd they drove tho Russians from a series of important positions, lly nightfall it seemed imperative that General Kuropatkin would havo to withdraw his shattered legions to avoid a complete disaster. Indeed, It ap peared imposslbllo (or him to effect a retent without heavy losses of prlsoncs, guns and stores. Tho continuous buttle is already tho bloodiest of tho war. Upon tho ground that General Oku nlono gained are 8,000 Russian dead. Tho reports from other armies nre expected to triple tills figure. It is estimated that tho Jap anese hnvo lost 50,000, making tho joint slaughter thus far oxccmI 100,000 men. Detuili of tho combat are lacking, but It Is believed that tho Jjipiuioio hnvo cut tho rullwny north of Mukden, leaving only thu roadways nnd light railway from Fushuu to Tio pass us a venues (or tho retreat of tho Russians, hut army headquarters refrain from nflirming or denying a report to that effect. It is thought that Mukden is still in the hands of thu Russians. TRAINS RUNNING AGAIN. Traffic Resumed on the Now York Rapid Transit Lines. Now York, Mnrch 11. A very decided improvement in thu condition of trnllht In thu subway aud on the elevated roads marked tho second day of tho strike, of the employes of tho Inter borough company. Tills was especially so In tho subway, in which express scrVice was established tills evening and affairs almost resumed their normal aspect. On thu elevated lines service was more Irregular, but continued to Improve. Tin rj was practlcclly no disorder, and only 11 few minor acci dents occurred during thu day, Officials of thu InterlHirough company expressed confidence that they had tho situation well in hand and that a few days would see a full resumption of horvico on till lines. This was positively denied by Presi dent Pepper, of tho Amalgamated Asso ciation o( Street Hallway employes. Bloody Measures Urged, St. Petersburg, Marcli 0. A sensa tion wus caused today by u leading edi torial in tho Moscow Gazette, tho tra ditional spokesman of autocracy, de claring that tho present revolt in the interior should hu put down immediate ly in thu bullion which Micaul Mora vieffl crushed the Polish and Littiauhui rebellion in 18011. "It would bo u sud sacrifice of Ilio," says tho Gazette, "out u hundred times less now than if tho revolt wero allowed to continue until it became absolutely necessary to take decisive steps.'" Portfolios go A-Begglng. London,, March !. It is again re ported that Premier Balfour is experi encing great difficulty in filling tho vas fancies in tho cabinet. It is rumored that Wulter II111110 Img and others have declined thu jost of chief secre tary for Ireland. Gossip in tho lobby of the house of commons is to thu effect that Sir Anthony P. MaeDonald, under secretary to tho lord lieutenant of Ire land, will le appointed to uu imporuiit post outside of Ireland, Baltic Fleet Is Returning, Paris, March 0, A dispatch to tho Temps from Tunanurlvn, capital of tho island of Madagascar, Buys tho entire Russian fleet has left the waters on its return to Jibuti!, French Somaliland. HOPE GIVEN UP. Russia Admits That Keropatkln Has Met Defeat. St. Petersburg, March 8. That tho bnttlo of Mukden will go down in his tory with Lino Yang In tho long list of Russian defeats is tho almost universal bollof in pessimistic St. Petersburg, which has forgotten tho meaning of tho word "victory." Tho war ofllco does not admit that tho issues of tho great battle which already exceeds In magni tude of operations nnd losses that of Shnkhe, has been decided, although it is positively stated in high quarters that Kuropatkin has telegraphed to Emperor Nicholas that It will bo im possible to hold Mukden nnd that tho withdrawal ot tho army northward has alrendy been begun. At tho military headquarters horo General Kuropatkin is regarded as beaten. Thoso who bollovo thoro is still n chnnco of nctual Russian victory are fow and far between. Tho majority regard tho fighting yesterday as in re ality a rearguard action, entertaining no doubt that there will bo a heavy withdrawal during tho night. Gonoial Kuropatkins' critics ahiong military men nro increasing In numbor, tho burden of complaint being that in every action he has shown lack of Ini tiative. "With defeat now, whether disastrous or otherwise, they doclaro lila star will set. On tho othor hand, it Is believed that Field Marshal Oya ma'n daring strategy, if successful in this battlo, will entitle him to rank as one of tho greatest captains of the ago. SAVES FOREST FOR PEOPLE. Exclusion of Timber Land From Lieu Selections. Washington, March 8. Twoandono half million acres of timber land will lio saved 1o the government by tho operation of a short act to which Presi dent Roosevelt affixed his signature during tho lust moments of tho 58th co'igress. The net prohibits tho selec tion of timber lands in oxchnngo for land which havo been included within of rest reserves. It wus in 1807 that thu "lieu law" wus enacted. It had no restrictions', simply entitling persons holding lauds In forest reserves to make selections elsuw hero In oxchnngo for their forest resorvo hinds. In 1000 these lieu selections wero limited to surveyed lands. Since tho passago ot these acts, nearly 2,000,000 acres of forest 'reserve lands hnvo been exchang ed (or othor hinds, nnd almost univer sally has tho exchange been made for timbered lands outside of forest re serves. Nearly half of this land so ex changed is owned by tho land grant railroads. A report to congress from tho com missioner of tho general laud olllco places the amount of lands still held by these roads in forest reserves nt 2,500, 000 acres, and tho provision in tho act in question, that hereafter lieu selec tions must bo made from untlmborcd hinds, Is calculated to save just that much Umbered land which Is outside of forest resoneH. GOTHAM TIED UP. Strika on New York Street Railways Blocks Business, t New York, March 8. With, one col llsiou in which 20 persons wero in jured, Now York has passed through thu first day of tho general strike on its rapid transit systems. Besides this ac cident and somo minor casualties duo to tho abnormal conditions, thu sum total of tho day was annoyance mid vexation to a million or more people usually de pendent upon tho Iiiterhorough's Hues for transportation to and from business. So far there has been little disorder. Sporadio encounters between Individ uals, somo bad language nnd thu action of a few hoodlums In throwing missies ut passing elevated trains tell this phase of the strike. The annoyance to tho multitude was increased by a wet snow, which begun falling this after noon. Service on tho elevated roads and tho subway, while not tied up, was crippled badly. Trains wero run on irregular schedules In tho underground, begin ning with tho early morning, hut tho elevated did not faro so well. On tho East side practically no attempt was made to Institute service, while the Sixth nnd Ninth avenue lines, which servo tho West side, wero run in a fash ion woefully Inadequate. In (act. thu elevated system of the Iiiterhorough's lilies was pretty well paralyed. Turn Light on Beef Trust. Topekn, Kan., March 8, Tho Knusiis senate has adopted a resolution do nnunulng tho report of Commissioner Garfield in tho "beef trust" Investiga tion, and requesting the president of the United States to reject this rt'jiort nnd appoint "somo man with experi ence, independence and none, who shall qualify for thu task of investigating this gang of commercial highwuymen, known as the 'beef trust,' to the end that tho public may ho fully Informed us to tho sources of their profits nnd foundations of their colossal fortunes," Samoan Boys Will Learn English. Tutuiln, Samoa, Feb. 21, via Sail Francisco, March 8, The Suiuouus of the western district of Tutulla hao es tabilshed a boys' school for tho teach ing of English, and luiu cngugtd thrut Marlsl brothers to act as Instructors for 11 term of three years. Thoro uro ubout to lio Imported from Swntor, China, ubout 000 Chinese for work on tho plantations in German Sauna. None of these will be permitted to laud in tho Americuuii portion of Samoa. No Cigarettes in Wisconsin. Madison, Wis., March 8. Tho legls- laturo today, by u vote of 70 to 1, passed a bill absolutely prohibiting the sale or mauu'ucturu ot cigarette papers, WITH GREAT POMP President Roosevelt InstallN as Chief Executive. MULTITUDE SEES THE CEREMONT He Swears Fealty to the Constitution Amid Scene of Brilliant Splendor. Washington, March 4. President Rooosovclt took tho oath of ofllco before a vast gathering of the people he htw been elected to sorvo. Tho attendant Bcencs were not unusual. Inaugura tions from tin) time tho cast front of tho capitol first became tho setting for tho ceremony havo been much the satno. Many of tho central figures havo officiated in like capacity on other occasions when presidents have acceded to the highest ofllco in tho gift of the American people Chief Justice Fuller, in administering the oath, repeated solemn function ho has performed four times today ills last. Yet, with all this repetition, nothing was jaded and everything appeared now. The official entrance was dramatic. All excopt thoso who participated in tho ceremony woro seated. When the justices of tho supremo court, with the oxcopton of Chief Justice Fuller, emerged from between tho Corinthian pillars nnd marched down tho sloping carpeted alslo to their stations, tho were greeted with applause. Tho jus tices woro their robes and skull caps. Then came the members of tho diplo matic corps in their gorgeous uniforms, and they uvoked thunderous, applause. Throughout this scene tho demeanor of the multltiido wus that of interested expectancy. Tho enticing prospect of scotng tho gorgeous and stately pageants In review dctrntcd In no manner from tho keen interest in the less brilliant program in immediate prospect. The attraction responsible for tho assembly ot so vast n throng was demonstrated by tho tremendous burst of applause which heralded tho president's approach. President Roosevelt came forth from between tho massive pillars quietly and composedly. Ho was escorted by Chief Justice Fuller. With measured tread in harmony with thu dignified step of tho chief justice tho president advanced in state down the long aisle of distin guished guests. By, (Ms time all weir .' standing, and noth'ng eould 1m hmtifcy'-i above tho roar of thunderous welcome. As tho president passed down the aisle ho bared his head, and with character istic sweep of his lint bowed in acknow ledgment of tho salutations from the stand nnd tho ovntion from tho people. At n sign from Chief Justice (tiller the clerk of tho supremo court stepped forward, holding n bible, A hush fell over tho crowd, Tho president raised his right hand, nnd tho oath to support tho laws and constitution of tho United States was lovercntly taken amid deep silence. When this had been conclud ed there was practically no demonstra tion, and tho president began his In iiugurala ddrcss. As soon ns ho finish ed speaking ho re-entered tho capitol, and ns ho disappeared within tho build ing a signal was flashed to the navy yard, mid tho roar of 21 guns was be gun in official salute to thu president. Fairbanks Sworn In, Washington, March 4. In tho pres ence of as many of his follow citizens) as could ho crowded into tho senate chumltor, Charles Warren Fulrbrunkb wus today inducted into ofllco of vice president of the United States. Tho ceremony was quickly followed by the final adjournment of tho 58th congress, tho beginning of a special session, an address by thu vice president and the swearing into office of almost u third of the membership of tho senate. All these olllclul acts took place in the chamber just before tho Inauguration of the president. Tho Inauguration of the new vice president was severely simple, and ns brief us simple. The oath wus administered by Senutor Frye as president pro torn of the senate. Inaugural Ball Ends Day. Washington, March 4. Thu' inaug ural festivities closed ut midnight with a ball that in splendor, attendance and artistic effect fittingly ushered out a brilliant day. Thousands of handsome ly gowned women with escorts from every slate in tho union and neuily every clvilled country paid their social devoirs to tho nation's chief executive for tho next four years. Thu sotting for the ball was beautiful with u wealth of various colors in evergreens, palms, aud flowers. ( Within Sight of Mukden. Mukden, March 4. Tho Russian po sitions in tho center uro unchanged. Tho east flank Is fighting close to Man chuutau, while tho Japanese occupy Sufangtoi 011 tho southwest, Gn Thurs day and also today Japanese corps gao battle on tho southwest within sight of Mukden. Russians report that a Jap anese force has broken around tho right and is moving north, though It Is be lieved thu Russians hold tho Sinmln tiu road ut thu Liao river. The President's Cabinet. Washington, March 4. Tho mem bers of President Koosovolt's cabinet are: AVm. H. Tuft, wnrj James Wil son, agriculture; Victor 11. Metcalf, commerce nnd labor; Kthen A. Hitch cock, Interior George 11. Cortolyou, nostmuHter ueuoral: William II. Moody. attorney general; John Hay, state; Jea- 110 n, Hiiaw, treasury; raui Mono, navy. V $. n I t "' Ti UJ, ! . Ill l I, !' !J f MilA?v ..tofrttsilWflifrlil-ll:. :At4& if '1, v- S . . -, iw.. friMftiu UhA-fjMn0liiMUfvi4 S& ?frfi4imm I