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Reason Assigned for Rejection o(
American Uecf.
ONLY AFFECTS ARMY SUPPLY
Bulk of Amcrlcia Beef li for Civllnii and
Will Not Be DlKrlmlnilcd Afalait
- KelilUlloa Story Declared
Aaiard.
.(SltS. Am 11 12.-Tni IlrllUli unr
oltlt " InfomiH tin- Afnixiulir I Pp-m lh.it
It In to try th .-xjx-rlnn'nt nf h ti -
ilylni th- nroiy with nly h'Tin-Krown
l--f. Tin- expfrlim-ni will exU-m! hU
rttmii tin fr.uii June 1. Th- illrfctur (if
i-'intiifi, n irmj r, I o a P-prfiuiita-
tlvi' nf ill.- ,ai K-!uti-i Prm:
"Tit.- n iuIh (ipiill.d (,niy ( p-ftlit-i.miI
b-.f. Mtti'Tto lxni(tht In the oirf-n
iimiki'! Id lyin lmi. I: ll not rlnuHl'
art-it tlr Ain-rlian trail-, im Ihc lotnl
-'-lilv Miiiiply f'r th army In only
L'ci.O-x) h.ii,,. which Ih hnrcly i j..-r
-nt f I hi' w---kly Itnji ir:c of r'fr!K-r.il-l
li.-f iiit.i KriKhri'l fnutt thi' I'nlt"!
Htnti-n .Mr. Itr.rl -rl k n action win Ink-i-n
loii h.-fur" ih. N- ftrli'iiim pro-
- ' n k . It I ulmur-1 to hu(ok that
:iny llci nf r'-tall.ition ir(.ri).til the or-
.-r, which wan iUw to a natural i'lP'
to help norm, of thf hoirif I nl ut rl.-.
Tin- ilirTi-ri-ni-- In prlr In vt-ry trifling.
irnl w ni niiikliiic tliut up by (tlvlug
rorim:v Alklnn frog.-n .mitton two lnya
inrlcft'l "f m' day wwkly.
"If thi' iilnn In iiatliifuotory our up-
nlv irohli-m will m- rtv.hIv Mlmpllfl.il,
for i' ofti-n hnv. complaint anil lli-
iKP-'mi-niH ov-fr p-frlK-'ru'i-d bwf. Yu
;mi"i up trwif now- u no
homHrowii Wf. Aldi-mhot anil a.m!
f our othi-r rami nr Altnuat fiitlri'
ly Ktipplii'il with hoin-(rr)wn beef. We
hnv.. Iiitliiit ua4 r-frlK,-ra:e.l lt--f u
an U'l litlon to our rathnii. rathi-r tlmn
n nn lnti-grl pnrt. W hnvi no pr"Ju
llci' aanlnit Amrrlran flrmx. anil v
ilo not ln-..-vc ilu-y will iniso thin traJi
to any -xii-iit. ven f )i ib'cl'lfxl to
i-i.iitimi" thi' fXp'-rLnrnt."
STIT NT fNDBnsTOOI).
WASIIINCTON. April U.Spcaklnc
of the exclulim of Anterlfnn meat by
the I'ritliih. Secr-'ary WIN m a.id today
tut iverythlnic the Administration can
il.i .n the matter In belnic lone. "Put
I cannot und-Mctaii:!." he t!d, "why
the llrltlHh Kovernm'-n: but taken thl.t
lci. They know that our grain-fed
heef i he kind thut i ihlpel to them.
There mul Im aofn. .a-oii that In not
apiiaii'nt on the imrface. We 8tMI them
a million dollar' worth of incatx for
every million of ihelr prpulatlon."
Among ilM.-lila her there la no dl
pimltlon to acreJIt the reaaona that ac
tuated the new policy to any dlsnatls
fiictlon with the American meat. No
ofijection haa been ofTen-d to American
beef or beef prolut t. on the score of
thcli (uallty or condition, The beef nhlp
ped from thin country to England for
the ueof the Ptltldh army. It la stated,
alway has been of the oet quality and
iinlfiitnily In prime condition when de
liver.. I and dlMrlbutl. No complaliu
Veen made by :he 1'iltlnh author
It lea.
FtVIC THOl'SAND KILLED.
PliHMly Battle In Central Arabia l.i
Which taurp'r Wa Overcome.
POM RAY, April 12-Ibu Raahld has
recovered the kingdom of Nejd, central
Arabia, nfter defeating Mabaronk, ahelk
of Koweyt, who recently HelteJ the city
of Nejd and depoel It'll Itnahld after
a pitched battle. The army of Maba
ronk wan lured Into a narrow gorge,
where the h or Jen of Pou HashlJ swoop
ed down from the mountains ana over
whelmed their enemies. The fugitives
who have reached gulf ports declare
that ROOO men were killed. The fate of
Mnbaronk la not known.
tit was announced In a dispatch from
Ilomb.iy, March 8, to the Associated
Press, that Mabaronk, the sheik of Kow
eyt. was then manter of central Arabia,
according to dinpatches received by the
Tlinv, of India, Mabaronk having fol
lowed up hlH previous victory over the
arrnv of Ilu Kanhld by driving the de
feated troops clear across central Ara
bia, selling the city of Nejd and depos
ing Ibu Tlashld. The latter appealed to
the sultan of Turkey to send troops
from Pussorth, a frontier city of Asiatic
Turkey, to his assistance, threatening
to stnu the overlaid pilgrimages to
Mecca If .ie wu not helped by Tur
key.) HAS WIDE RANOE OF POWERS.
Associated Merchants' Company Grant
ed Enormotw Privileges.
NEW YORK. April 12.-A special to
the Tribune from New Haven, Conn.,
lays:
The Associated Merchants'' Company,
of New York, known a the depart
ment store trust company, gains wide
range of powers through the charter
ilKlili orlKliidlly jrnintwl ,y thi ata'.!
In th" t'oliinihliin ('iifixtriii'tlon ''i.tti-
luiny, of which thf New York 'Oin
puny In th outKrowth.
Tin- chirlT thijx tak"n mtf author
lr."K tin' coinpnny to comlurt a rnariufa'v
tiit'liiK litmlii'-fK, to own ami niulp aicarn
or cli-clrle nillrmlM, tirlil)cx, ntori'n.
hull'lliiKH, wir'hou'-n, t''lcphiin, ti-li--)fi'Hh
mill i.i'otrlc Hih-h, nti-arnnhl j.x anl
ili'iitnhoiitii, vi'twelH, ferry boiitu, (iur
fui'H or unl"rKroun. rallw.iya. to deal
In real entate, atiN-ka. franchlnex, neeur
lllen, id ieK')tlaf. with any other com
pany ri-K'ir llnif ihelr aliwkn an; cxtah-llNhnii-ntN,
) opTitf rallpail In thin or
any oth-r country. ' The company In,
however, prohlbl:e( fpim occupy I nir any
hlirhway or public rouml In thla mite
for rallru-1 purpwra. Thenc pnormoun
lrlvil (?" .in- burial In the charter that
p-mw 1 both houit" recently and which
aro iiow und THtood to have been put
throuxh for the benefit of the big or-K-inlztitl'iii,
i'ATIIOLP'H IKSCK AN APPEAL.
Protent Again t 1 "njimt Discrimination
n I'Mueatlonal .gfslatin.
CHM'AfJo. April 12. A declaration of
i lie ''aihoilc position on i duration in
the Pulled Hta'.ea wa adopt-'d tolay
t the cloning of the session, of the
jiatloiial confer -nee of the Association
if Catii iilr t'olleg.-. i'fie declaration
says:
"The endn of edu -atlonal legU
l.itloii fup"s us to warn our Catholic
pcoph; of a iyst 'm.itlc, well-defined ef
fort In certain quart -r to abolish state
contiol in du;a'lon, thereby threaten
ing arid crippling all private eilucatlonnl
efforts, t h ii depriving a lui'ge class of
clti'.'ns of th"lr liberty of maintaining
school In which their religion shall be
made an eswltial element.
' We remind legislators of the rights
of conscience nmrnntml to ii hv our
AmTica.i cltlE-nthlp and call their at
tention to ,he system of schools which
eur people have nalntalned at great
xnens" and acrlfiVe. We protest
against uufilr and unjust dlscrlmlna
Jlyns resulting from nuch f the educa
tional I -irUl itlon and we anneal to the
falrmln leiness and rense of Justice of
the American people :o protect us from
such llllberility."
HELENA OPERA HOPfE t-LD.
Manager lleillg. of .Jarquain Grande,
Inter's'ed In the Deal.
lU'TTE, Mont.. April 12.-Eugene T.
Wilson, re. 'elver cf the First National
Itank of Hi'l'iia. has tol King's op'ra
hous in that city to John Corf, man
uRer of the trr.iiid opTa house at Se
attle, for 115,000.
lU k Sutton, of Hutte. and Calvin llei
llg, manager of the Marquani Grande
at Portland and .he Tai ia theater
a Tacoma. who were Interested in the
deal, are in HelMa with Cort. They
have -vrgmlz-'d a Northwest circuit
which Includes Helna. Butte, Anacon
da. Great Falls, Missoula, Spokane, Se
attle, Taoma and Portland and will
play all attraction on the circuit.
N. P. IMPROVEMENTS.
Mellen Authorizes Announcement That
Ten Million Dollars Will Re
Spent.
ST. P.U'L, April 12. President C. S.
Mi lien today authorized the announce
ment that the Northern Pacific will this
season expend $10.:30.000 on betterments.
The sum of $5.:50.noO vill be spent for
rolling stock and nimllar equipment. It
Is the large.q equipment order ever plac
ed by a callpiad company west of the
Mississippi.
The other five millions will be spent
in permanently improving the roadbed
from St. Paul to Portland.
These expenditures are the logical re
sult of the rapid development of the
Northwestern and extreme Western
country.
DEADLY AVALANCHE.
Swept Everything Before It Down Ital
ian Mountain In Colorado.
BUENA VISTA Col.. April 12.-A re
port has reached here that a huge ava
launclie sweeping everything before It
came down Italian mountain In Taylor
park, about forty miles west of this
place, and that several lives were
lost.
ORSERVATORY TO BE BUILT.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12. Director
Alexander McAdie. of the weather bu
reau, announces that the new observa
tory at Point Reyes, for which congress
appropriated I2S0O Just before Its ad
journment, will be built at once.
RIPLEY CASE.
FRANKFORT. April 12.-The prose
cution will conclude its testimony in
the Ripl?y case tomorrow. The defense
will move for peremptory instructions
for a verdict of acquittal.
MINING CONGRESS AT BOISE.
BOISE. Ida., April 12. Secretary Ed
win Mahon today issued a call for the
fourth annual international mining con
gress to be held In Boise July 23, 24, and
25 this year.
MINISTERS FIX
CHINA'S LIMIT
Decide $300,000,000 Indemnity
Can Be Paid.
CHINA TO BE TERRORIZED
Reported Ruiils Will Attempt ! Fri(blei
China Into Afrecln( to Mascbartaa
Treaty- Eojliod Accased of
SllrrloK l Slrife.
l'EKIN, April 12.-The committee of J
ministers which is considering China'
financial resource ha pp.rted the con
clusion, basel on what information is1
thus far obtainable, that three hundred
million dollar In ifoli ran be raised
without injuring China's resource.
STORY NOT CREDITED.
WASHINGTON. April 12.-The report
In a P.irls paper that the Chinese min
ister at St. Petersburg waa thrown
down s:alrs at the Instigation of Count
Lamsdorff Is .lot credited here.
ANOTHER PROTEST TO BE SENT.
NEW YORK. April 12. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
Japan' attitude with regard to the
Chinese situation Is now more clearly
defined. Wh'.'n the Chinese court re
turns to Pekln another ppitet will. It
I said, Ih? sent to Russia against the
occupation of Manchuria. The Russian
minister in Pekln la reported to have
been instructed to adopt a policy of ter-
rorizatlon toward China In the hope of
uimnalllnir .fcn 'mrjUI ... n A I
iviniiiiii)) iur ui'irriiai louii lo agrev
to a Manchurlin treaty.
DEMANDS ARE EXCESSIVE.
NEW YORK April 12.-A special to
the Herald fpm Washington says:
Information received by the state de
partment shows a decided disinclina
tion on the part of gome of the powers
'to accept the suggestion of this govern
ment that they materially reduce their
clilms for Indemnity against China.
Mr. Rockhill has earnestly pressed his
colleagues to urge their governments to
be mor? moderate, but it is apparent to
the ofllciaN here that his representations
will likely have little effect.
Germany is Insisting upon her pound
of tl?sh. She has announced her pur
pose to require the piyment of every
ounce she has demanded. It will, there
fore, be necessa:-y for Mr. Rockhill to
form a, Jiplomatlc combination against
her in the hope that she will abandon
the extreme position she has taken.
While ihls was possible on the question
of punishments. It does not seem so easy
of accomplishment on the question of
indemnity, in view of the exorbitant
claims which nearly all of the powers
have filed.
If the powers insist upon the pay
ment of an Indemnity such as has been
demindesl. the authorities say that It
will be almost impossible for the Chi
nese government to satisfy it. If Ger
many stands by her declaration to re
tain troops in China until the Indem
nlty is paid, the authorities say that
this will mean that they will remain
uernianently.
RUSSIA MISUNDERSTOOD.
NEW YORK. April 12. A recent ar
rival from China is Ralph James, who
for nearly fifteen years has been ex
tensively engaged in mining at Kalgan,
near Pekln. anj in Siberia. Since his
arrival he has placed orders for ma
chinery to cost nearly $400,000. In an in
terview he said:
"I have Just returned from a long
sojourn on Russian f.nd Chinese soil.
It Is my opinion that Russia will never
take Manchuria or permit others to
seixe It.
"Russia and the Russians are misun
derstood. The evil of the misunder
standing is easily traced. It is due to
the diplomatic use of newspapers by
Great Britain. The latter is a Jealous
nation with a powerful navy. Her
great factories have loet the trade with
Russia, and America has gained it.
"In 1S96 the Russian government first
received a concession In Manchuria
from China.. Russia made a formidable
fort out of Port Arthur and constructed
a railroad across Manchuria at a cost of
over 150,000,000. Last summer, during
the troubles, over $30,000,000 damage
was done this railroad by the Boxers.
In order to save ber property and pre
serve It from entire destruction. Russia
sent 125.000 soldier along the road and
the Chinese, who had become roving
bands of outlaws and thieves, were
driven almost entirely from the coun
try.
"The emperor of Russia is a home.
loving man and his subjects who are
now In that Manchurian army are of
the farming class of Siberia and it is
the emperor's wish to have his army
sent home. wher3 they are needed, to
prepare for the coming crops. Still Rus
sian property must be protected anj
with such purpose in view Russia tried
to gradually withdraw from Manchu
ria, making terms with f'hinese oftl lals
to fcrotect the gr:'.i ralway.
"The ChlneM are well aware of the
friendship of Russia. They know that
In J1'2 the czar prevented Manchurli,
Mongolia and Thibet from revolting and
raising the Russlin flag over their coun
tries. The highest prince and priests
of those three countries have visited
the czar every year praying for per
mission to raise the Russian flag over
them aid every tlm these representa
tive received the same answer: 'Rus
sia will never permit her flag to be
raised over your ountrle. We wjnt
your country people J by It present cit
izen a a great open field and barrier
between the populated districts of Chi
na proper and the border of Russia.'
' Had one gone abng the line of the
trans-Siberian railway Ut fall, as I
did, during the llln?s of the czar, there
would have be.-n seen a fight worthy the
itf-ntlon of other nation to behold
and ponder over. All the way from
Vladivostok In the east to Moscow in
the west, men, women and children
were kneeling In the street In" prayer
for the recovery of their father, the
czar.
"Th'1 recent trouble In St. Peters
burg vere not of a serious character
and were greatly magnified by the press,
particularly by the English. All this
talk about ;he czar' guard and steel
houses Is bosh. The cabinet officer
can be seen any day riding along the
Newskv Prospect and are seen of an
evening at hotels and restaurants."
VESSELS ON WAR RLSK BASIS.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 12.-The Ex
aminer says:
Vesesls bound from this coast to Chi
nese and Japanese ports must carry
extra insuri.ice and have been put on
a "war risk" basis. This means a
heavy addition to the usual rates of
insurance and comes In the class as
special hazard. The reison for thi
decision on the part of marine under
writers is the strained relation between
Japan and Russia.
The first vessel on vhich war risk
were written wa the Hong Kong Ma
ru. one of the Japanese liners. She
sailed yesterday and carried extra lines
of insurance on both hull and cargo.
PRESIDENTIAL BOOM.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 12.-S!ngle
taxers nave called a meeting for Thurs
day night to launch Tom Johnson'
presidential boom !n Indiana.
PROTECT
OUR
LITTLE
DON'T buy clothes made by child
labor in unhealthy sweat shops.
BUY
Union Made Clothing
And feel that the coat on your back
or the pants you wear are not
stained by the sweat, rolling from
underpaid Child Labor, Scab Labor
or Penitentiary Labor.
BUY
s .... u
Suits, Hats, Overalls,
Dress or Working Pants
CUBANS REJECT
PLATT AMENDMENT
Yote of 18 to 10 Against It in
Constitutional Convention.
SOME CLAUSES OBJECTED TO
Sesitor Spoooer Think Coaveatloa Will
Eveotnslly Accept Terms Ottered
Coofreis Will Content to
No Modlflcatloi.
HAVANA. April 12. The Cuban con
stitutional convsntlon placed Itself up
on record today against the Piatt
amendment by a vote of IS to 10 on a
resolution that the convention should
declare Itself opposed to the amend
ment, "on account of the terms of some
of the clauses and the way in which
thev are drawn and also on the con
sents of others, especially clause III.
VI. and VII."
The Conservatives assort that this ac-
jtion Is embarrassing Inasmuch aa It
practically ties the hands of any com-
mission that might be sent to Wash
ington. CONVENTION WILL ACCEPT.
I NEW YORK. April 12. A special to
the Herald from Washington sayi:
I "Congres has defined the relation
which exist between the United States
,and Cuba and In my Judgment It wilt
.not agree to any modification," said
. Senator Spoonsr, member of the senate
committee on relation with Cuba, af
, ter a conference In the war department
iwlth Secretary Root,
j "The terms offered Cuba," Senator
Spooner continued, "are more In the
Interest of the island than in that of the
United States. I am confident that the
mass of the people of the Island ap
preciate the unselfish attitude of this
government -and if ifcey had aa oppor
tunity to declare their view they would
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