DISCONTINUE MRl
Roosevelt Sends Messages
Russia and Japan.
to
SUGGESTSDIRECT NEGOTIATIONS
Offers to Help In the Preliminary Ar,
- rangements if Warned by the
Warring Nations.
f J Washington, Jane 10. An identical
: note, the text of which, by authority of
the president, -was made public late to'
: night at tha White house by Secretary
Loeb, has been forwarded to the gov-
-ernments of Kussia and Japan by Presi
dent Koosevelt.' In the interest of hu
manity, the president arges the warring
nations to conclude peace. It is sug-
gesiea Dy xne presiaent mat tne nego
tiations for peace be conducted "direct
ly and exclusively" between the bellig
erent nations. The note indicates the
president's belief that an intermediary
may not be necessary to effect conclu
sive negatiations, but likewise expresses
the president's wilingness to do all that
. lie properly may do to promote the
preliminary arrangements for a time
-find placet for the meeting of represent
atives of the Russian and Japanese gov
eraments. A formal reply to the note
may not be received for several days,
but, as already made clear, informal
assurances that it would be welcomed
are already at hand. In view of the
-significant character of the document
-and of the attitude toward it which
both Russia and Japan have aseumed,
it is regarded in official and diplomatic
-circles as the first firm and decisive
-tep toward ultimate peace. At a late
bour tonight Mr. Tapkahira, Japanese
minister, had not been advised from
Tokio of the delivery of the president's
message to the emperor, but he was ex
pecting a cable dispatch to that effect
at any moment. The minister was able
yesterday to transmit to the president
-a message from the mikado that Japan
was, with Russia, desirous of peace, pro
Tided it could be obtained under proper
-conditions.
Aware of the preference of. Japan to
communicate her peace terms to Rus
sia directly, the president in the last
:few days has been active in counseling
moderation to Japan rather than in
-naeavonng to araw irom Tokio some
statement of probable terms.
At the Russian embassy . tonight
Amount Uassini remained without advices
irom St. Petersburg, and he was unable
"to comment on any phase of the situa
tion. ;
EIGHT-HOUR LAW ON CANAL.
Moody Holds It Applies to Laborers
and Mechanics. .
wasmngion, june lu. xne opinion
of Attorney General Moody regarding
Tne application oi tne eight-hour law
-on the Isthmus of Panama was made
public today. He holds that the act of
August 1, 1892, which limits and re
stricts to eight hours the daily service
of laborers and mechanics employed by
the government of the United States or
by any contractor or sub-qontractor
-upon the public works of the United
States, applies to the employment of
laborers and mechanics in the con
struction of the Panama canal. " .
, That act, however, the attorney een-
eral holds, does not apply to the office
lorce ot the Isthmian Canal commis
sion stationed on the Isthmus, or to
any of the employes of the government
who are not within the ordinary mean
ing of the words "laborers and mechan
ics." Also that the scope of the act is
not limited by the territorial jurisdic
tion of congress.
In answer to the request of the secre
tary of war for an opinion on the ad
ditional question of whether the pro
visions cf the act mentioned arrfv to
the
hours of labor of "mechanics and
laborers" employed in the construc
tion, maintenance and operation of the
Tanama railroad and steamship line,
the attorney general decides in the neg
ative. Will Agree on Morocco. -
Paris, June 10. Herr von Flotow,
counsellor of the German embassy,
who was among the callers on M.
Eouvier on the occasion of his first re
ception yesterday, says he informed the
latter that Germany welcomed the-opportunity
to take up the Moroccan
question with France in a conciliatory
spirit. He added: "I congratulate
myself on the fact that' the existing
disposition of both parties augurs good
Tesults." Prince n "Radolin, the
German ambassador, is to return here
at the end of the week .
May Smoke But Not Sell Cigarettes.
Indianapolis, Ind., June 10. Judge
James Leathers, of the Marion county
Superior court, "today decided in the
case of the State vs. W. W. Lowry, in
dicted for smoking a cigarette, that the
anti-cigarette law passed by the last
legislature is constitutional, except
wherein it may coniflct with the inter
state commerce law. Smokers may
import cigarettes from other states and
smoke them, but it is held unlawful
to sell or give them away.
Russian Loss May Be 15,000.
Gunshu Pass, June 10.' According
to reports received by. General Linie--vitch
from naval officers who have ar
rived at Vladivostok, the losses of Ad
miral " Rojestvensky's. fleet were from
9,000 to 10,000 officers and men killed
or drowned, and about 5.000 prisoners.
READY TO SELL TIMBER.
Government will Now Open Forest
Reserves to Loggers.
Washington, June 9. Following out
its declared intention of developing
forest reserves by use, the bureau of
Forestry annonces, by special bulletin
that mature timber in all forest re
serves is to be offered for sale. The
restriction formerly laid upon the ex
port of timber from the states in which
the forest reserves were located has
been removed, and the law now places
no limitation on the shipment ot urn
bar grown on any forest reserve, except
those in the state of Idaho and the
Black Hills reserve, in South Dakota
The effect of this change in the law,
and the declared policy of the depart
ment of Agriculture, is that the timber
on the reserves may now be cut and
disposed of to the highest bidder. On
many of the reserves there are great
quantities of mature timber, and on
some of them the facilities for getting
it out at a reasonable cost are excellent
Tne forest service, which has charge of
the administration, of the reserves, is
aixious to begin the cutting of this
mature timber as soon as possible, and
it is prepared to consider offers from
lumbermen who wish to undertake
such operations.
. It is perhaps well to call attention to
the fact that this announcement does
not mean that the forest reserves are
going to be devastated under authority
of the government. On the contrary,
ti e distinct and definite purpose of the
forest service is to improve the re
serves by utilizing the material that
is now fit for lumber. In doing so, it
will also provide for the reproduction
of the forest and the restockine of
those areas upon which forest condi
tions are defective. Work of this kind
has been successfully carried on for
some years in the" Black Hills forest
reserve, and has been begun with the
greatest promise of success on the lands
of the Chippewa Indians, in Northern
Minnesota, from which it is proposed
to create another JNational reserve.
The public in general, and lumber
men in particular, will be interested
to know that in this last case the re-
strictions imposed by the forester have
in no way hampered the lumbering
operations. limber sold at public
sale, with full knowledge of these re
strictions, brought higher prices than
were obtained for white and Norway
pine in the same region, and the slash
has been burned and got out of the
way at a cost of about 12 cents per
uuu teet board- measurement.
mi . .
xue supervisor oi eacn lorest reserve
is authorized to receive applications 'lor
tne right to cut timber; intending pur
chasers should communicate with him.
not with the department at Washine-
ton. -
OVERTURN THE WHITEWASH.
Convention of Baptists Refuses to En
dorse Rockefeller.
JNortn .bend, Ind., June 9. "Re
solved, that we express ourselvs against
the present tendency to criticise the
great Baptist brotherhood in the'person
of one of its moBt active members, and
this in the face of the fact that there is
no evidence to prove Mr. Rockefeller
is or ever has been either directly or
indirectly connected with conduct that
is out of line with the highest moral
ity." .
This resolution caused a storm of
protests today at the convention of the
Northern Indiana Baptists' association.
It was voted down after vigorous com
ment, both in defense of it and in op
position to it.
The defense of John D. Rockefeller
was drawn by Rev. Mr. Wheeler, of
Elkhart, who introduced it and made a
speech in defense of it. Rev. Mr. Lan
kin, of Mishawaka, also defended it.
The protests were started by Rev.' C.
R. Parker, of Laporte. who. am on or
other things, said :
"Rotten things Bhould be dealt with
in the most rigid, way."
Sweden is Loyal to Oscar.
Stockholm, June 9. The Norwegian
coup d'etat was answered here tonight
by a great patriotic demonstration of
loyalty to and sympathy with Kino
Oscar. A ereat procession.
panied by bands,, went to Rosendal
Castle, where the bands played "the
national anthem. In a few minutes
the king and other members of the roy
al family appeared on a balcony of the
castle and were enthusiastically cheered
by the demonstrators, while a number
of ladies presented the king a bouquet
oi nowers.
Bring Home Paul Jones.
New York; June 9. The second
squadron of the North Atlantic fleet,
consisting of the armored cruiser
Brooklyn and the protected cruisers
Chattanooga, Galveston and Tacoma,
selected by the Navy department to
bring home the body of John Paul
Jones from France, assembled oS the
naval anchorage, - at Tompkinsville,
Staten island, today, and will proceed
to sea on the way to Cherbourg. The
Brooklyn will receive the casket.
No Let-Up On Beef Trust
Chicago, June 9. Instructions were
received todav by the Federal grand
ury which has been investigating the
affairs of the beef industry, to continue
the investigation and' return indict
ments if "the jurors find that the testi
mony warrants such action.
DETHRONES OSCAR
Norwegian; Storthing Dissolves
Union with Sweden.
CONSULAR VETO IS THE CAUSE
Ready to Elect a Bernadotte as Ruler
Prepared for War if
Necessary.
Christiana, Norway, June 8. "Nor
way from today is a fully independent
and sovereign state."
j. ma is tne text oi tne editorials in
the Norwegian newspapers and it re
flects -the spirit with which the people
of Norway accept today's action of the
Storthing when it proclaimed King
usear no longer king of Norway."
The Storthing will, if necessary, de
fend the step taken today by force of
arms. ..
If a prince'of the house of Bernadotte
should consent to occupy the.throne of
Norway he must give up all idea of
succession to the Swedish throne.
M. Anctander will be Norway's first
foreign minister. He is now chief of
the department of Commerce, Naviga
tion and Industry.
It is learned that Crown Prince Gus-
tav will return immediately from Ber
lin. It is -understood that an extra
ordinary session of the Swedish Riksdaf
will be called June 26, if not earlier, as
the result of today's action of the Stor
thing.
It is not anticipated that King Oscar
will consent to any prince of the house
of Bernadotte accepting the Norwegian
crown, bhould the king refuse, there
is a possibility that the throne may be
offered to Prince Waldemar, the third
son of King Christian, of Denmark
The people of Denmark largely sympa
thize with the Norwegian demands.
The consular bill, while apparently
of little importance, was designed to
open the whole question of foreign
attairs, which Norway desires to man
age independently of Sweden.
une oi tne causes ot tne desire in
Sweden and Norway for separate con
sular systems was the fact that Sweden
is ior protection ana J.orway is forjree
trade, and also because of Norway's
more extensive sea trade and other di
vergencies of commercial interests.
TERMS OF PEACE.
Russia Has Asked What the Japanese
Government Wants.
Washington, .June 8. Preliminary
peace negotiations between Russia and
Japan are generally believed to be un
der way, and it is conceded that Presi
dent1 Roosevelt will in all probability
act, not as a mediator, but as "the
friendly channel of. communication."
There is as yet no official admission
that Russia has accepted what Count
Cassini in his cablegram to Count
Lamsdorff last week described as "the
offer of good will of the president," al
though instructions to the ambassador
are believed to have reached here to
night in a long cablegram which was re
ceived at tne Russian embassy auite
late and was laid -before the ambassador
just before he .retired.
xuiuicuiauiiy alter ms return irom a
T ' J. 1 1 .
long conference with the president. Mr
Takahira, the Japanese minister, began
tne preparation of a dispatch to his
government, upon which he was occu
pied until quite late. For the first
time since the annihilation of the Rus
sian fleet the minister did not feel at
liberty to comment on any phase of the
situation.
Pope Thanks the Mikado.
Rome, June 8. The pope todav ad
dressed an autograph letter to the em
peror of Japan, thanking him warmly
for the liberty granted to Catholic mis
sionaries in allowing them to enter the
territory conquered by the Japanese, and
helping them to establish their houses.
The l itter was sent through the Con
gregation of the Propaganda to Monsig
nor Alvarez, apostolic prefect at the
island of Shikoku, who will deliver it
to the Japanese emperor. There al
ready existed in Manchuria two apos
tolic, vicorates.
Warships will intern.
Manila, June 8.' Rear Admiral En-
quist received at 1 o'clock this'morn
ing the following cable from St. Peters
burg: 'Remain at Manila at the disposi
tion of. the American government.
Effect repairs as much as possib'e.
y ., ' , Nicolai."
Governor General Wright has re
quested Rear Admiral Train to arrange
for the disposition of the Russian war
ships and their officers and crews.
- Has Stolen for Years.
Washington, June 8. William W.
Karr,' the accountant of the Smithson
ian institution, and disbursing agent
for. the government bureaus under it,
was arrested here today on the charge
of embezzlement, which, according to
his own confession, aggregates $46,000.
His stealings, tie confessed, have been
going on for the past 15 years. He is
60 years old. He came to Washington
from Memphis, and hap been identified
with this institution since 1880. -."
Three Thousand Men Idle,
Grand Rapids, Mich., June 8. The
nood situation in Grand Kapids is be-
commg more serious tonight, and the
Grand river is rising' at the rate of six
inches an hour. Three thousand fac
tory employes have been made idle.
WILL DETHRONE KING.
Norway Has Decided on Revolution
ary Action.
- Copenhagen, June 7. The Chris-
tiania correspondent of the National
Tidenden says: .
It is the general opinion that e disso
lution between Norway and Sweden is
now inevitable, but that it cannot occur
without removing or - suspending' the
existing Norwegian legal power.
Before the end of this week the Stor
thing will have adopted resolutions
which, from the instant they come in
force, will mean the dethronement of
the king. ,
The Norwegians maintain that the
king, by not revoking his veto given at
Stockholm of the law for separate con
sular representation and. partly by his
absence from Norway, has suspended
his rights and duties as king of Nor
way, j
Under article 13 of the constitution
the Storthing will install a responsible
government, which in the absence of
the king will govern in the king's
name. -
Notifications , of eventual changes in
the constitutional situation will prob
ably be given to the powers by special
mission, . v .
JAPAN READY FOR LONG WAR.
May Be Means of Liberating Russia's
Oppressed People.
Tokio, June 7.--"If Russia prefers to
continue the war, Japan is willing to
meet the enemy's challenge," says the
Kokumin Shim bun, a leading paper of
this city, commenting on Russia's ap
parent stubbornness iit admitting that
the time has arrived to arrange for end
ing hostilities. It declares that, did
the responsibility rest upon Japan to
decidethe question, the Japanese could
not afford to ignore the demands of
other countries for the cessation of hos
tilities, though based upon purely hu
manitarian principles. as tie case
stands, however, says the Kokumin
Shimbun, it is the enemy who desires
the indefinite protraction of hostilities,
and nothing prevents Japan from shear
ing Russia of her military strength as
she has deprived her of her naval
power.
In this way it would be possible to
liberate the czar's stricken people, who
have long suffered from the oppression
ot the autocracy, to restore independ
ence to the Poles and Finns, to estab
lish a free state out of the remaining
portion of Russia and to bridge the
chasm dividing that country from the
powers. Japan, it adds, is ready for
any war program, whether for 20, 30
or 1UO years.
WORTHY OF GREAT EVENT.
7.
Vice President Fairbanks Sneaks in
o : - c n .. , r- -
rriw or ruruana rair.
Chicago, june . vice president
and Mrs. Fairbanks arrived in Chicago
today . from Portland, Or, where the
vice president went to open the expo
sition. Tomorrow the vice president
will make an address at the laying of
the corner stone of the new Federal
building at Flint, Mich.
Mr. Fairbanks was inspired by the
Portland exposition and he did not hes
itate to say so.
mi .
me exposition is in every way
worthy of the event it commemorates,
said the vice president. "The people
of the coast took a pride in the enter
prise from its inception, and they ful
filled their ideals. The exposition has
worthy setting. Nature aided the
builders, and the site and its surround
ings are of rare beauty. The buildings
are properly grouped for purposes of
the best effect and their artistic excel
lence cannot be denied. It seems to
me that the fair cannot fail of the suc
cess that it most certainly deserves.
We had a delightful time in Portland.
The people of the west are charming
hosts."
Good Work of Submarines.
London, June 7. The correspondent
at Tokio of the Daily Telegraph . says :
It is officially announced that subma
rines were actually used : in the Tsu
Straits battle, v During the battle Ad
miral Togo, on the Mikasa, displayed
admirable coolness. The Mikasa ap
proached nearer the Russians than any
other battleship. While standing in
the conning tower a lieutenant at
Togo's side . was wounded with a
splinter from a .Shell. Togo, unmoved,
went down on his knee and tenderly
lifted up the young officer. . '
Will Discuss International Rivers.
Washington, June 7. General Ernst,
chairman of the International Water
ways commission, today received notice
that the Canadian contingent had ac
cepted the American view ot the limit
ations on the work of the commission.
This action excludes the St. John river
from consideration. The first meeting
will take place at Ottawa in the near
future and headquarters will be estab
lished at . Toronto for the Canadians
and at Buffalo for the Americans.
Tidal Waves In Lake Michigan.
Chicago, June 7.. Shifting atmos
pheric conditions on Lake Michigan
caused a succession of tidal waves to-
day, two being reported in Chicago.
Each of the waves on the Chicago side
of the lake rose to a height of three and '
one-half feet.
jit? . vua ir ,m rrirsi rmr - t
Good Chicken CoO.
This Is especially valuable for rais
ing early chicks. One and two are
two common window glasses, which
are fastened in grooves In the boards.
The opposite side of the coop is simply
plastering lath. The roof la composed
of two doors which can be raised when
sunlight or more air is wanted than
can be had at the ends, which have!- a
short piece of lath at the top. The
small door slides up and down, and
can be kept at any desired height by
a nail being put through the hole in
the door into the hole in the board
GOOD CHICKEN COOP.
above; if the coop Is set on a board
platform It will be vermin proof. This
coop is cheap, durable and can be made
of any size.
Best Horse to Raise.
There Is no doubt that the best horse
for the farmer to raise is the draft
horse. CLue farmer needs sometimes
to rates roadsters and driving horses:
but in the main the draft leads all oth
ers. The demand Is not an much fnr
an Improved kind of horse as for a
first-class animal of the kinds we now
have. The draft horse can be raised
with little expense to the farmer, and
he begins to pay his way before the
time comes to market him. The draft
colt works in easily with the general
work of the farm. The farmer may
find it difficult to sell a light harness
horse for carriage purposes, but he
never has trouble in selling a first
class draft horse. In any event it
should be remembered that it requires
no more labor to care for a good draft
horse than for a poor one. The horse
of quality will consume no more feed
than the other, but the margin between
cost and selling price Is very much
greater in the case of the good horse
than between the cost and selling price
of the inferior horse.
The Silo.
King gives the following statements
In regard to building stone silos, says
Hoard's Uairyman:
"The portion of the silo wall which
is below ground better be about two
feet thick and laid in cement -rather
than lime, the cement being desirable
because lime mortar becomes hard so
very slowly in heavy walls, especially
below ground. After the wall is two
feet above' ground good lime mortar
may be used, but in this case there
ought to be at least two months for
the wall to season and set before fill
ing. The upper portion of the silo wall
need not be heavier than eighteen
inches, and if the sire of stone permits
of it the outer surface of the wall may
be drawn gradually to a thickness of
twelve Inches at the top."
Sorting Potatoes.
Make a box 12 feet long and 4 feet
wide, like the illustration, with three
partitions, the back piece should be
about 4 feet high, the next 3 feet and
VOB BOBTOTO POTATOES.
the next 1 feet high. Nail pickets on
for first tneUna, and farther apart on
the second. Tms sorts them in tares
grades. Shovel them on the .top or
first Incline and poke them down, and
you have them sorted in three grades.
DellTerlnsT Ctastan to Creameries,
In th summer time,- at least; cream
most be delivered to the cream?
every day, If a good article of batter
is to be made, la the winter a t&a
tem of delivering cream every other
day may do trail enough, bot ft
should not be made to suit the rids.
Hon m, summes. When whole mt&
was battled to the factory tbe twiner
realized that It was necessary to haul
tt every day.' WHa the haulfha of
the cream the -wot H greatly re-
dnced, because a fighter rig amy be
used. The patron . should tbercJwe
be contented with tJrte sating fn east
and not try to dorfble the earing by
establishing a system of every other
day fleHvery.
" 4-botfsli the BfoniereS.
The mongrel fowl should be gfmj no
place' either on the farm or the city lot
It eosts lost fia- anteh to feed and eicrc
or a mongrel as a pure -bred, and the
profits are nowhere near so great, to
say nothing of the pleasure derived
from a nice, uniform flock of fowls.
Profit in Pigs.
A good way Is to have pigs come in
March or April, and that they may
enjoy plenty to eat, feed the sows on
waste milk with buckwheat meal,
bran and oats ground together, or corn
and pea meal. A sufficient quantity of
this should m due time be put in a
shallow trough, set in a separate part
of the pen into which the pigs, but not
the sow, can go. As soon as pastur
age is ready they should be turned out
to feed, and by sowing as early as pos
sible three pounds of rape per acre on
good land, preferably that which needs
summer fallowing, the pigs may be put
on to this with excellent results along
in the latter part of summer, provided
a portion is reserved for recovery after
feeding, while the rest is fed down.
Giving three or four pounds of corn
meal apiece per day, wUl nicely fatten
the pigs while oa the last of the rape;
but if so desired, they may be'flnlshed
on grain, screenings, corn or peas and
oats ground together. The feeding
value, of these grains. Including bar
ley, Is Improved by having them
ground two or. three months before
using, only In that case the .meal must
be kept dry, and not allowed to heat
or get sour. Set in barrels in a dry
store room is the best place for it
Feeding of Bran to Poultry.
It is certainly excellent for poultry
and one point in the favor of bran la
that it contains a much larger propor
tion of lime than any other cheap food
derived from grain, and, as the shells
of eggs are composed of lime. It Is es
sential that food rich in lime should
be provided, writes A. V. Meersch in
Western Poultry Journal. It may be
urged that the use of oyster shells will
provide lime, but it will be found that
It is the lime in the food that Is "most
serviceable because it Is In a form that
can be better digested and assimilated
than carbonate of lime. J31over ig cer.
talnly also" rich In lime, and when a
mash of eut clover and bran is given
to the fowls they will need no oyster
shells or other mineral matter as a
source from which to provide lime for
the shells of eggs.
Self-Cleaning: Cistern.
Owing to the natural tendency of
sedimentary deposits in the cistern to
settle and accumulate In the bottom,
all users know how difficult a matter
it Is to avoid stale water conditions. To
SELF-CLEANING CISTEBJT.
relieve such conditions is the object of
this Invention. In ordinary construe- '
tion, overflow action is intended to
merely prevent running over, conse
quently the top water only Is drawn
off, while' all sedimentary elements
gravitating to the bottom, remain. W.
J. Slack of Fort Wayne, Ind, conceiv
ed the idea that overflow action
brought through and from the bottom
of the cistern would prevent this trou-
dia. "Cut shows how automatic over
flow action is brought about
Alfalfa for Hog Pasture,
Aa experiment station has stated
that on good alfalfa more than 2.000
pounds of pork should be produced
eaeh season from an acre, and that
half of this at least should be credited
to the pasture. This being the case it
Is about as valuable a crop as can be
grown on the land for feeding pur
poses. Farmer's Advocate.
Chana-e of Feeds Desirable.
Milk producing foods should be fed
to the dairy eow, not fattening foods.
A variety should be provided when pos-
eiDie. a enange in tne feed every few
days wtn be quite aeoeptable to the
dairy eow.
Cbicken Motes.
Oreen bone should be fed three times
a wvek to the laying hens and dally to
the male bird.
Bemamber that a lossy ben cannot
Sfrra yon the results that she could if
wee from lice.
A few drops of tincture ot Iron tn
the dlrmlrhtg water make aa excellent
spring torafe for the fowls.
AM deformed ehfess should be killed
s soon as batched. It ts a waste of
time to try to raise them.
If the eggs from a eertafn pen are
ftcxmd to be largely Infertile, lose no
time tn getting a new male to head the
pen.
Never set a deformed ox HI shaped
lg. . it is a waste of time. Select the
best shaped eggs and be sure that they
a?e from strong, vigorous stocks Ooin-
mercUl Poultry.