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NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL PLUNDERED BY HILL-MORGAN DISCUSSED ALTON DtAL. NCE WILLIAMSON CASE. u .Wan Decision Before Supreme m Court Adjourns. n'Mlilniiton. Mnnsh 22.-Next Moil , Vg c orC3oncr.il Hart, wprwonU SS attorney general, will H.ibm I V.lnreino court n motion to ml- w (ho appeal of ox-RcprosonUitlvo ja tf o opo l mtthocn.0 " u irlcd till" hohhIoh mid boforo iid- ..nW)Uii" T for,,,,,! mn. jo"fnn,,c",. ,!' illlM nrnnarod to Hllbmlt Inn. wnitu "-- ...... .1 Mr. ihivl urji'iiv luviunn totMC0ni " . W, ' I..,.. OTKcoptloiiloniMl Including the 'Tn of ! ClaM.lt Court of Appeals li..n ' . 11 .....1 thon states that Ills raolioii to auviiiiiu S3 III!" In it criminal caso; scc J a constitutional question nppenrs fb Involved; third, It is u cubo of flon wbothcr tlio Immunity from nrrost minted to senators and niombcrH of !Lo by lo coiiHtltutlon extend to licntfnoi ol linprlHonmont after legal Lvlctloii; fourth, an Independent Sofcrior from the Circuit Court of Auwwla ,,C(,n dismissed l,y t,mt J55t M to WIHlniiiton. COMPLETES NOBEL BOARD. Preildent Appolnt Two More Com mliiloners on lndutrlal Peace. Washington, Mnrch 18. Tho prcHl dtnttcliiy appointed 8oth I.ow, of Now York, and TIioiiihh G. Bush, of Birm togliam, Aln.f an representatives of tlio pneral public under tho act of congress, tjlsblinlilng u foundation for tho pro motion of Industrial peace, tho basis of which Is tbo Nolwl prizo fund, recently unlet! tbo president of tlio Norwegian tlorlbinK. Huh completes mo uumiii litralivo board. Other inomborM of tho UarJ of Inmtecs aro: John Mitchell, prcaldontof tlio Unit ti Mlncworkors of America, ns tho rep resntativo of Inlnir; Marvin Hughltt, preildent of the Chicago A NorUiwest trn Kallttny company, representing capital ; tlio chief juHticoof thoHupremo court of the United States, thoBCcroturv cf commerce and labor und tho secretary cf agriculturo. Will Carry Relief to China. Washington, March 21. Tlio United Stitti army transport Huford will tnko iloail of provisions at onco to China fcr the relief of tho famine Huffoiorfl. The War department; advised tho State department today that tho trunsport, nhich la at Han Frnnelceo, Is at tho diiposal of the Ked Cross Crocs for immediate use in tho Hhlpment. Tho transport will stop at llono.iilu on in y to Hhuughui and probably will arrr a special party of congressmen, ho are to vimt Honolulu iih guest of the citizens of iho Hawaiian inlands. DIsplcaing to Veterans. Washington, March H). Tho United Spanish War Veterans, District of Co lumbla department, todoy adopted a reeolntion vigorously denouncing tho J action of the coiiHtltutionul convention ( Oklahoma In adopting u clause In ibj constitution disfranchising soldlorH, Milora and marines, and cliamcterizlng IWell nMlntl ii lJ .i I.miilt nil f. viiuii ,i0 ,i llllllili IIIDMIU .U till I American soldiers, suitors nntl marines miuiuivo iougni in uio Hovcnu wara in which the country liaH lcen ongaKcd, nJ who Jwvo never known dofeat In any war." Meat Only In Washington. Washington, MarcJi 10. Tho work olllio Intorstoto Comtncrco commiHion hu grown ho lioavy that It ban !een lo cWed to discontinue tho liearlngH whleli have been conduclod by inemborH of tlio wnmtailon outido of WiiBhlngton. lerrafU'r, when It is found necewuiry w conduct In veHtigationH in other cltien, epecial nKont will tnko tlto testimony and report to tho comnilHttlon und tho J'gumenh) on tho iho will 1)0 licunl by "ecominisHlonera in this city. Fix Value of Polk Timber. Dallas The county court, it Is un mood, will very noon appoint a tim- Wrcrillnor to nrrlvniit mnn. mmllnliln Msfesment of tho vuet bwllea of valua wj tinilicr lying In Western Polk. nool diktrlctB In tlio western part of county will bo extended to includo !?. MlH'rulH0' llwroliy muklng !t lln ,'e ,tl10 Hpfelal Hchool tax. Approx- "lyn 00,000 in taxes was recoived leiore (ho expiration of tho 3 per cont discount limit. Coal Land Is Reopened. U . Tlio gonoral land ofllco Z ,led,11 "Ulnont giving tho lcca 21 i . tllu fo'lowlng public lands ro 2 " , , 0 enlry 1 tho prosldonffl or wol March 12 IhhI: Monburn, 2,000, 32n'nnn gon 710,000; Wauliington, I , J.OOO Tho land was, previous U c r of M,,rcl1 12 Icludo! In land S entry 001,1 ,U',d a"d wIUldrttWn Cost of Pacifying Cnda. WashlnRton, Mmch 22. Hxtiaordl- oxpuHOHtothoUn!tod States up nrm '"."""""l ly tho Bonding of nn abmff telflcfttlon t0 Cuba, nggregato v ,601!'000' wording to figures derL vvu becn I'roparod by tho War rMuunont. i infill ' Mt.vit wvai- W feet J 7 W,,0n 11,0 n,c0 W,U eetod from Cuba by tho Un Roosevelt Domes He and Denoen Aro Booming Taft. Washington, March 21. "Governor Doneen and Attornoy General Htead did not come to see me on any polltaca mutters at all." Tho above wero Hulwtunllally tho words tho president used In his bilk with Honntoi HiuiBbrough today when tho lattor asked him about tho report Hint Hiiturday's conference at the White House with the Illinois officers during which Hccrolnrv Tuft culled, was for tho purposo of launching a boom for SccroUiry Tuft for tho pres idency. From nuthorltiitlvo eources it was learned today that tho vlsltof Governor Dorieon and Attorney Genoral Htead had U) do with tho Chicago A Alton deal which tlgured In tlio Ihtrrlman In vestigation before tho Interfltato Com merce commission. Tho president was anxious to learn what was being dono, or what tho hbito contemplated doing In tho matter. Secretary Taft ieHtiod Uio following: "I had an appointment with tho president at 3:30 p. m. Sunday und went to tho White House to keop it. I found Governor Denecn and Attornoy Genera! Stead with the president und I was Introducid. They loft Immediate ly. Thero wus no political convolution." Much Land Is Reoponod. Washington Tho secretary of tho Interior has restored to entry n lurgo (pinntlly of government laud which was withdrawn last summor on tho suppo sition that it contained deposit of merchantable coal. In nil 710,000 ucrea aro restored in Oregon and 320, 000 ueres In Washington. The geolog ical survoy, after examining, reported its inability to lind coal indications in this land. The laud now becomes' sub ject to enlry undor tho general lund laws. Oregon land Is In tlio Portland, KotebtirK, Dalles and La Grnudo dis tricts, tho Washington hind in tho So attlo, Olympia and North Yakima districts. Bellinger's Now Assistant. Washington, March 20. Land Corn mbflioner liallingor announces the se lection of Fred Denett, of North Da kota, as asilftant commissioner, suc ceed Ing Goorgo F. Pollock, of Ohio, who bocomcti chief clork in the general land ofllcc. Pollock taken tho pluco of James F. Macey, assigned to field ser vice us inspectcr of survoyorf. Mr. liallluuur etatcs ho will redistrict tho field force in order to secure u rnoro perfect organization, en lurgo some dis tricts, eliminating others, and bring nil special agents undor tho control of field chiofs. bo iltod 8"premo Court Takes Recess. hitu Kton' Mftruh 20. The olilof Pi2fBnnouMooa today "wit tho Su iweTr110"'1 wouId tako n two weoks' "i om noxt Monday until April 8. Extends Sympathy to Russia. Washington, March 21. Tho oxecu tlvo council of the Amorlcan Federation of Lalmr tolay ltstonod to addresses by Aloxls Aladyn, representing tlio Group of Toll in the first doumu of Russia, und Nicholas Tchykovsky, representing tho revolutionary party, regarding tho question of economic improvement, ma terial advancement and political liberty for Kut-siun workmen. Tho council unanimously adopted roeolutlons ox prcsslvo of its sympathy In tlio atruggio of tlio laboring mon of Russia for their freedom and pledging co-operation. Ditch lo Serve 70,000 Acres. Medford Tho Sterling Mining com pany has completed a survey for a 21 mile ditch from the summit of Jackson ville mountain to tho little Applegato river. Tho work, which will c"st ubout $50,000, will connect tho Squaw Lnko water syBtom with the company's Hoguo River valley irrigating sysk'm. It will furnish sufficient water for 70,000 acres of orchard land. Tho work is to bo let by contract und is to bo comploted by March 1, 1008. Theft of Mule Caused War. Washington, March 10 Ono mulo n mulo belonging to Sonor Ireno Snl giulo was tlio chief object of disputo between Nicaragua and Honduras when thoy began tho quarrol which finally ended In tho war that Is throutoning tho peaco of all Central America, ac cording to tho official communications oxchangod by tho ministers between tho two lopublics, copies of which com munications havo boon rocoivod m Washington.. Presldont Confers With t oakum. Washington, March 20. Tho preel dont had a conforenco today with R. F. Yoakum, chalrmnn of tho board of di rectors of tho Rock Island Railway company. This is tho bocoih! confer ence tho prosldont bus hold with Mr, Yoakum within ten days. Mr. Yoak um declined to stale tlio purpose of this Intorvlow. Not Dead, but Sleeping. Washington, March 21. The ahip subsidy bill la not dead, but Blooplng. Whon congress renBsomblos, In Decem ber, tho bill will bo reintroduced; in fact It will probably bo rolntroducod In various shapes, and thon tbo frlonds of subsidy will Join bunds and nttompt to puss eomo compromlso bill. Will Opon Antung to Trade. Washington, March 21. W. D. Straight, tlio American consul gonoral tvt Mukdon, notiflod tho State depart ment today Unit ho has nesurancoH that tho Antung custom hcuso will bo open od by tho Chlneso soon, Attorney General Asked to Air Northern Pacific Scandal. Philadelphia. Pa.. March 10. Ro- ducod to tho form of nfildavlts and of document, tho authenticity of which havo been provod In legal proceedings, revolutions concerning tho wholesale plundering of tho rights of stockholders In tho Northern Pacific railroad aro about to bo prcsonted beforo Attornoy Goneral Ronaparto. At Uio thno of tho Hill-Morgan reorganization of tho Northorn Pacific railroad, Drayton Ives, thon a prominent Now York banker, was tho presldont of tho old company. In February of 1800 Mr. Ives, as presldont of tlio Nothcrn Pacific, ap pointed from his board of directors a so-called "protective commlttco," claiming authority to proceed with tho work of reorganization. Morgan A Co. wero not only reorganization managers, contracting with thomselvcB as syndi cate managers, but thoy wero also syn dicate subscribers, and thus appeared In a three-fold capacity, being joined ns syndicate subscribers with Mr. Ives and othor directors of tho old Northern Pacific company. Millions of dollars wero collected In assessments levied upon tho stockholders of tho old North orn raclfic company, which It was thought by tho public wore to bo used to rehabilitate tho company. instead of being so appropriated thoy wero gathered In and divided among tlio syndicate as commissions nrd pro fits. This is ono tho of features of tho "soil-out" of the old Northern Pacific company and is ono of tlio many amaz ing tilings connected with this remark able reorganization for which a com ploto investigation is being demanded of Uio authorities ut Washington. GRAFT WAS RAMPANT ROCKEFELLER MAKES WILL. Plans to Give An Immense Fortune to Use of the Public. Now York, Murch 10. Tho Ilorald will tomorrow say tliat according to a member of John D. Rockefeller Jr. 's bible clnss, and who is also a personal friend of John D. Rockefeller and In a position to know of his affairs, tho lat ter proposes to make a princoly gift to Now York City. It will amount to at least (00,000,000. It will bo partly churitablo and inrtly educational. Tlio Ilorald will add: "This man said that when Mr. Rock efeller was conferring with bis son at Lakewood, N. J., a fortnight ago. the meotlng was not for tho purtKwo of dis cussing any immediate gift, but was on the subject of Mr. Rockefeller's will, which document tho oil king was thon completing with tho aid of his son and his lawyers. It was said that this doc ument will astonish tho world when it is made public. It will, it is declared, give no less than $260,000,000, for charitable and educational purposes, and it will be to bestowed that tlio benefit ttiorolrom will almost bo porpetual. Rate War on the Atlantic. London, March 10. Horr Ballin, di rector general of tho Hamburg-Ameri can Steamship lino, who is horo attend ing tho shipping conference, today said there was every likelihood of a renewal of tho rato war for tho Nortli Atlantic trado with tho Cunard lino. Within a fortnight ho expects to eco a decision ono way or tho oUier. FurUier Ilcrr Ballin declared tho German lines had a working agreement with tho White Star lino, and that all possibility of friction, owing to tho removal of that lino to Southampton, had now boon ob viated. Reports Massacre of Jews. Now York, March 10. A Jowish morning paper tonight received Uie fol lowing cablegram from Podihilo, near Jassack, Roumania: "Terrible massa- cro sinco lost Thursday. Town totally destroyed. All tho Jowish population aro ruined und nouses pillaged. Wo ask ho!p Marcus Getzol, Elias Solo mon, Sliien Sterberg." Iho names signed to tho cablegram aro said to bo thoso of leading merchants of Podihilo. It is a placo of ubout 0,000 inhabitants, 4,000 of whom aro Jews. It is only 30 miles from Kisbinoff. Dltcuss Trust Problem. Now York. March 10. Tho National Civic Federation which called the trust conference of 1800 in Chicago, has de cided, It wttB announced today, to nr rango for another conference of the samo naturo to consider that probom in Its latest aspects, especially tho ques tion of Federal and state regulation of tlio corporations and tho question of oporation of tho Shorman anti-trust law. It Is proposed to hold this con fer onco in Muy. Fhrce Gale Sweeps Bay. San Francisco, Mnrch 10. A fiorco south and southeast galo swept tho Iwiy today, which drovo small cralt to Bboltcr, caused vcsboIs in tho stream to seek positions of safoty and nmdo tho ferry steamors roll unpleasantly. Out side tho heads tho galo raged with a velocity of 60 miles an hour, and tho tms ran hish. 8oernl vessols wero j compelled to put bock, owing to tho rough condition or tho weather. - Torpedo Boat Is Rammed. Ajacico, Franco, March 10. During tho manouvora last night without lights tlio torpedo bout dostroyor Epeo ram med torpedo boat No, 203. A stonm pipo on tho last nnmod veesol burst, killing two men and mortally Injuring nnoUior. Tbo Epoo towod tho torpodo boat ashoro, whoro she was beaohod. Japan Adds 24 Regiments, Toklo, March 10. In pursuance of tho program to Inoreaso artnatmonta, 24 Infantry regiments havo boon organ ized, mainly ooncontratod in Northorn Islos, Tho main btuto will bo Kurume. Roe! and Sclimltz Secured Largo Sams in Bay City. TOO SOON FOR FAIR. SUPERVISORS TELL ALL ABOUT IT Traction Company Mulcted of $450,- OOO Money Taken from Two Telephone Companies. San Francisco, March 10. Roforo tomorrow morning dawns, Abraham Ruef, fallen boss of San Francisco, now on trial for extortion, will havo been indicted by tho grand Jury on various counts, aggregating nearly 100 In num ber, covering a period of many months and based on bribes running into hun dreds of thousands of dollars. With him will be criminally involved Mayor Scbmitz, utmost a scoro of the officials of tho city government and a number of millionaires of prorninenco in San Francisco and In tho East. Seventeen of tho 18 county supervis ors wont beforo the grand jury today and confessed in detail graft operations and their magnitude carried on during their tenure of office. Principal among these was tho award of a blanket fran chise to the Untod Railroads to trans form Its cable lines into an overhead trolley system, for which Ruef had mulcted Patrick Calhoun, president of Uio company, in the sum oi $460,000. But tho corruption surrrounding tho history of tho franchise granted to the Homo Telephone company was even moro damnable, und explodes tho cher ished proverb that "thero is honor among thieves." Tho board of super visors was bought twice, onco by tho Pacific States Telephone company, which wished to keep tho rival corpor ation out of tho city, and onco by Uio Homo Telephono company, which was fighting to get an entrance into the city. Tho Pacific States company paid the most money. This was brought about by the pur chase of Mayor Schmitz and Abo Ruef by tho foreign concern, and they, with their pockets well lined, cracked the whip over tho supervisors and forced tho granting of the coveted privilege. Most of tbo supervisors bad got $5,000 apiece from tho Pacific States com pany. A little later tho Homo Tele- phono agents paid a number of tho su pervisors $3,000 each, but Ruef and Schmitz, having been seen meanwhile, tbo sum was considered enough to com plete the trahsaction. Tho confessions revealed details also of the Ocean Shore railroad franchise deal and others less extensive, but in volving in tho aggregato upward of $1,- 000,000. It is believed that the super visors who confessed havo been prom ised immunity from prosecution. HERMANN WROTE ANSWERS. Many Letters Received at Land Office Sustain Case. Washington, March 10. Yesterday opened tho sixth week of the trial of Ringer Hormann on the indictment charging destruction of 35 letterpress copybooks alleged to have contained official correspondence of tho general land office. Tho prosecution will prob ably conclude by tho ond of the week and it is oxpected Uio defense will occu py two weeks with its witnesses before tho case goes to tho jury. To date ap proximately 1,000,000 words of testi mony havo been taken. l estorday the prosecution placed on tho stand soven chiefs of divisions of tho goneral land office who served under Hormann, und all identified original official letters from tho land office files which wero answered in person by Her mann as commissioner. All testified that thoy havo been unable to find in tho files copies of Uio replios to thesa lotters, the memorandum in each caso stating specifically that tho letters wore answered by the commissioner. There wero no such letters. Smallpox Hits Paris. Paris, March 10 Tho appearance of n fow lasos of smallpox hero has greatly alarmed Uio people. Thousands of personB havo been vaccinated during tho past fow days and the hospitals and academics of medicine aro bosieged by crowds of peoplo anxious to bo vacci nated. Tho authorities, bowovor, eay that there is no real danger of nn epi demic. Dr. Mesquerour, director gen oral of public sorvico, informed tho Associated Press that tlio roports that Uio situation had grown worse wero untrue. Will tell About Land Deals. Seattlo, Wash., March 10. Henry 0. Robortson, a court stonographor, and A, G. King, former deputy clerk at Portland, Or., wero subpenaed Saturday night and will bo sent to Washington tomorrow to supply data In Uio trial of Bingor Hoimnnn, ox-commissioner of tho goneral land ofllco. RoboiUon and King havo full data of all tho circum stances rolating to tho land deals, and Uioir nppoamnco In tbo trial is very necessary. Civil Service for Porto Rico. San Juan, Porto Rico, Mnrch 10. Tho legislature ndjourned today, after tho most important session Binco tho Amorican occupation, 15 bills of tho 257 introduced being passed. Among tbo measures approved is a civil Borvlco 1. in. lit. tit u uni wnicu wm necomo otioctlve noxt January, Appropriation bills finally wero passed in Uio form presented by tbo governing council. California Governor Will Not Sign Bill for Appropriation. ' Sacramento, Cal., March 18. Gov ernor Gillett will not sign tho Pacific Coast Exposition bill under any circum stances. No amount of Influonco will tend to chango his resolution In this respect, which, ho says, is unalterable. It is not because tho governor Is oppos ed to the exposition Itsolf, but because he Is fully convinced in his own mind that tho project has been sprung too early and at a timo when tho taxpayers of tho state will bo burdened enough to repair tho damages inflicted on the stnto institutions and on California cities by tho disaster of last April. In expressing his vlows tbo governor said: "I told these peoplo from the first that I would not sign this bill, that I would not burden tho taxpayers of tho state with a tax tc raieo $1,000,000 at this timo. In tho first placo, this pro posed fair is six years in the future, and it will be plenty of timo at the next session of tho legislature for the sta'te to do her share. Another thing, it is absolutely foolish to begin operations now, when labor Is scarce and materi als high. "It js foolish for a man to have a housowarming before bo builds his house, and for tho next two years, to say the least, tho streets of San Fran cisco will be filled with bricks and de bris. Tho bill provides that the people of San Francisco must raise Eomo $3,- 000,000 ns well as the state. Let them do this and then the state can act. NEWS OF THE WEEK OVER A HUNDRED, DEAD. Catastrophe in Forbach, Germany, Mine from Firedamp. Forback, Germany, March 18. An explosion of firo damp in the coal mine at Kleinrossein, near here, last night, resulted in the death of over 100 miners and tho injury of 12 others. The dis aster occurred between 10 and 11 o clock in a small gallery in which 80 miners were at work. As Uio work of rescue progresses it is seen the disaster was more serious than the first reports indicated. Up to a late hour 67 dead men bad been brought to tho surface, while 40 men were still missing. All the missing have been given up as dead, as they undoubtedly wero buried under falling wreckage. Of tho wounded two have died, and tho doctors think that only one of the remaining 10 will recover. The De- Wendels brothers, owners of tho mine, have given $25,000 to relieve the im mediate necessities of the afflicted families. Ono hundred and seventeen others escaped into adjoining galleries. Two hundred and ten men went into the mino at 5 o'clock last evening, and about midnight the news was spread to tho nearby village that a terrible disaster had occurred. Almost the whole population of the countryside gathered at the mouth of Uie shaft, among them the famalies of the men below. Rain began to fall heavily, and distressing scenes of grief wero witnessed as tho bodies were brought to Uie surface and laid out un dr a blaze of electric lights. Many of the bodies were so disfigured that they wero scarcely recognizable. Tho woik of bringing out tho injured men and Uie bodies of Uio dead was very alow, the galleries being choked with wreckage. The DeWendels are one of the richest mining families of Alsace-Lorraine. Children's Suicide -Pact. St. Louis, March 18. It was devel oped today through testimony at tho coroner's inquest into tho suicide last night of Liebling Slocum, oged 10, that she bad entered into a suicide pact with Gertrude Harper, also 10 years old. Gertrude testified Uiat she had told her mother that sbo was going to tako her life, and was prevented. J. P. Sllnger, the drug clerk who sold tho carbolic acid to Uio Slocum girl, was arrested today. He asserts she bore a note pur porting to be from her mother asking for 5 cents worth of carbolic acid. Finds 2,500 People Destitute. Columbus. O.. March 18 Adintnnt Gonoral CritchGold returned tonight from Glocester. O.. whore he went nt- tho request of Governor Harris to inves tigate uio hood situation. Tho adju tant treneral renorted that hn found about 2.500 flood sufferers in Glnopsror and othor mining towns in tbo vicinity in urgent need oi rener. Ho purchased supplies to tbo amount of $1,000 at Glocester and turned them ovor to tho local relief commltteo for distribution. Many of Uio miners lost everything, Uie iioou coming upon them so quickly. Burton Will Tell Secrets. Abilono. Kan.. March 1R. Rv.fi on. ntor Josoph R. Burton, who Is oxpected to roturn to his homo horo this week irom irontpn, Mo., has engaged tbo local theater for March 23, where ho will deliver a public adaress. Senator Burton has for aomo timo Uirontened to OXnOSO tllOSO Whom' hn rlmnnvl ivitl. being responsible for his conviction, and it is said that his remarks on noxt Saturday will provo BonBational in tho extreme. Six Die in Virginia Mines. Norton. Va.. Maich 18 An Blon occurred In tho mines at Groen- ough this morning after eovoral miners had entered. Tbo mino is seven miles oast of Ncrton. As far as can bo learnod, ten miners havo escaped slightly Injuied, two dead hnvo boon takon from tho mines and four uro known to bo in tho mines and aro sup posed to bo dead. Tho causo of Uio ex plosion ia unknown, In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Evem of tho Past Week. Russian terrorists continue to pick off their enemies. President Roosevelt Is anxious to prosecute Harriman. Root has warned the Central Ameri can states to stop war. Trains are running from Portland to San Francisco via Ogdon. Major Goethals has been formally appointed on tho canal commission. Senator Burton has been released from jail and promises to publish hla side of the story. The East and South is suffering from extreme heat, the thermometer regis tering 00 in many places. In a battle between Nicaraguan and Hondurian troops 1,000 Salvadoreans were killed while assisting Honduras. Boats between San Francisco and Portland are sailing with every berth filled and many unable to get passage. The whole of Moldavia has been rav aged by rebel peasants. Sevoral hun dred people have been killed or injured and 10,000 are homeless, having been burned out. Jews are the worst suffer ers. Hudson Maxim, inventor of high explosives, has invented a new fuse for shells which promises to revolutionize armor for warships. Mr. Maxim also declares that Japan could be in posses sion of the entire Pacific slope beforo we were ready for war and that we are practically as defenseless as China. The Transvaal will abolish Chinese labor. Roumanian peasants are renewing the rioting. Seven alienists have declared Thaw permanently insane. S. A. D. Puter is proving a strcng witness against Hermann. Nicatragua claims a decisive victory ever Honduras and Salvador. American marines and sailors havo been landed to guard Honduras ports. There seems to be good prospects fcr land law reform by the next congress. The San Francifcc grand jury is learning more about tho bribery by the Pacicfi States Telephone company. Senator Cullom, of Illinois, says narriman deserves to go to Jail, and Governor Deneen is believed to contem plate prosecution. Under the name of United Churches, the Congregational, United Brethren and Methodist Protestant churches in 14 states will foim one large organiz ation. Some of the Southern states baveTefused to join. Rockefeller says railroads are over capitalized. Stockmen are to be prosecuted if they trespass on forest reserves. The government continues to pile up evidence against Hermann. A strike of longshoremen at Ham burg, Germany, has tied up all ship ping. Roosevelt will propose check on over capitalization of railroads and will soon declare his policy. Roumanian peasants have begun a crusade against Jews and aro driving them into Austria. The Colorado legislature has passed a railway commission law. Reciprocal demurrage is also provided for. Premior Stolypin, of Russia, will propose many concessions of liberty to the doumu, including free speech and press, but that body was warned not to go to extremes or it will be dissolved. Trainmen on all roads west of Chi cago have voted to strike if not given Uio increase in wages asked. Most of tho roada will, it is believed, refuse to grant Uio advance and trouble is looked for. Salvador has joined Honduras against Nicaragua. A Now Mexico grand jury has indict ed six corporation employes for land fraud. President Riploy, of Uie Santa Fe., says Roosevelt is to blame for tho anti railroad agitation. Tho fisheries agreement between tho United States and Great Britain iB be ing discussed by the houeo of commons. Germany and Austria uro said to have changed front and now favor dis cussion of disarmament at Tho Haguo peaco conference. Harriman has bought Uio Salt Lake railroad from tho Clark syndicate. Thero are signs that Rooeovolt nnd 'Uio railroad presidents will reach an J understanding on tho new laws, Uie i latter showing a stronger dosiro to obey. The Nobraska land th loves who have been on trial for somo timo havo boon found guilty and sentence to pay a fine I of $1,500 ouch and remain in jail t 'year.