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NEW TRIAL
FOR STANDARD
Big Tine Imposed by Judge Landis Is
Annulled by Higher Court.
Unanimous Decision That First Trial
Was Unfair Government is Given
30 Days to File Necessary Pa
pers and Action Will be Taken
Decision a Surprise.
Chicago, July 23. The United States
Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday re
versed and remanded for re-trial the
case of the government against the
Standard Oil company of Indiana, in
which Judge Landis, in the District
court, had imposed a fine of $29,240,
000. The government has 30 days
within which to file a petition for a re
hearing and it was announced that
"will be filed within the alloted time.
it
The decision came as a complete sur
prise to the government officials, who
believed .the trial judge would be up
held.
Judge Grosscup, who delivered the
opinion, left little of the contention
that each carload at the 6-cent rate
constituted a separate offense. Even
the shipments, of which there were
about 500, could not be so considered
under the ruling of the court. The
fine should have been based on settle
ments between the railroad and the oil
company. Of these there were just
36. The maximum fine on this basis
would amount to but $720,000, and the
minimum $36,000 the latter figure
being considerably lower than the
$223,000 which the Standard is alleged
tojiave received as rebates on the ship
ments in question.
In the event that a rehearing is de
nied, the government may go to trial
on thezoriginal indictment containing
1,462 counts an action which Mr,
Sims could be ready to take within two
weeks or upon any one of seven other
indictments containing 4,442 counts
UNCLE SAM AS RULER.
Kaiser's War Expert Sees This Re
sult From European War.
Berlin, July 23. Showing that a
European war at this time would cost
$16,000,000,000 annually and would re
sult in the United States becoming the
undisputed leader of the world, General
Blume, the famous military expert,
today submitted a report, ordered by
Emperor William, on the probable cost
of an international fight.
If Germany were to fight another
European power, General Blume says
it would cost the empire $1,500,000,-
00 a year in direct outlay and entail a
loss of $2,500,000,000 annually to the
in the paralysis of commerce.
General Blume declares that, owing
to the delicate adjustment of European
politics, the next war will involve at
least four powers, and that his esti
mate of cost would apply to each.
The financial drain would not result
otherwise than in the world supremacy
of the United States, he says.
FIRE AT PORTLAND.
Fire Chief Places Damage by Flames
at $500,000.
r Portland, July 23. Fire, supposed
to have originated as the result of
crossed electric wires, started in the
upp?r floor of the five-story Abington
building, 106,'..' Third street, near
Washington, shortly after midnight
last night, ruined that building, swept
into the Van Schuyver building imme
diately to the rear, destroyed the up
per two stories of that building, dam
aged the McKay building, for a time
endangered the entire block and raged
for an hour and a half before firemen
finally succeeded in getting it under
control.
The fire entailed a loss estimated at
between $300,000 and $400,000. Both
the Abington and Van Schuyver build
ings were ruined. Fire Chief Camp
bell estimates the entire loss at $500,
000. Robbers Get Wells-Fargo Money.
Reno, Nev., July 23. The state po
lice are today watching every station
on the main line of the Southern Pa
cific on a lookout for two bandits who
held up the stage coach between Like
ly and Alturas, in Modoc county, Cal.
The men held up the stage late Monday
night about five miles from Likely and
secured a Wells-Fargo strong box con
taining $28,000. The bandits evident
ly knew of the box, for they stopped
the stage and ordered the Wells-Fargo
agent, who sat on the seat with the
driver, to throw down the box.
New Bids Called For.
San Francisco, July 23. It was an
nounced today that the War depart
ment had released P. J. Carlin, the
lowest bidder on the big government
docks here, from his offer to do the
work. Carlin failed to qualify to the
satisfaction of the War department.
This action will delay the work for
Beveral months. New bids have been
called for. The contractors have until
August 25 to put in their bids. A
million and a half is available.
Fifty Japanese Killed.
St. Petersburg, July 22. The
Bourse Gazette yesterday published a
dispatch from Harbin which recites
an engagement with Corean insur
gents on the Russo-Corean frontier in
which it is reported 50 Japanese sol
diers were killed. The insurgent
losses are not known.
CONTINUE PROSECUTION.
Government Attorney Says Standard
Fight Has Just Begun.
Chicago, July 24. United States
District Attorney Sims today gave out
the following announcement:
"The government will file a petition
for a rehearing in the Standard Oil
case before the Circuit Court of Ap
peals within 30 days. If that petition
is denied, the government will push
the prosecution of all the cases against
the Standard Oil company. The fight
has just begun."
It is supposed that Sims received his
instructions from Attorney General
Bonaparte, as he announced yesterday
that he could make no statement until
he had conferred with Bonaparte.
1 he first new cases to be taken up
will be those in Tennessee. The trials
will be held at Jackson, in that state,
November 8. These cases involve 1,
500 counts, and will be prosecuted by
special Counsel James H. Wilkerson
The action will be pushed forward as
rapidly as possible.
Attorney General Bonaparte today
wired District Attorney Sims as fol
lows :
"I feel that you and your assistants
have done everything possible to pro
tect the interests pf the government
and promote justice. I will write to
you lully on the subject as soon as the
opinion come3 to hand.
ENACTS HISTORIC SCENES.
Splendid Pageant Seen in Grand Old
City of Quebec.
Quebec, July 24. The prince of
Wales was the central figure yesterday
in the magnificent spectace of repro
ducing Quebec's historic past and
ushering in the 300th anniversary of
the founding of the city by Champlain
Aside from the spectacular features of
the event, it was the occasion for a
notable exchange of addresses between
Vice President Fairbanks and the
prince of Wales, in which the former
spoke of the existing relations between
the United States and Great Britain
and the prince delivered a message of
good will to the American government.
An enormous crowd filled the Place
d'Armes fronting the Champlain mon
ument, where the exercises were held.
Here the prince received the addresses
of the American and French represent
atives, the mayor of Quebec, and fin
ally Champlain himself, reproduced as
in the days of old, coming from the
mimic reproduction of his original
ship, the Don de Dieu, with some 5,-
000 followers representing every
phase of old France in Canada.
DIE BY HUNDREDS.
Children's Disease Kills Ten a Day in
Chicago.
Chicago, July 24. Nineteen out of
every 100 Chicago babies under 1 year
of age have died during the first 22
days of J uly. This is about one-fourth
of the quoted death rate of the city.
There have been 10 deaths daily from
bowel diseases of children under 2
years of age.
One of the noteworthy points of the
city physician's report is in an Italian
section of the city Gault Court.
Here it was expected that, owing to
the very congested conditions, a de
plorable state of affairs would be re
vealed. Just the reverse was found.
Crowds were there, and dirt was
there, but babies, strange to say, were
unaccountably healthy and strong.
According to Dr. Heman Spalding,
of the Health department, the common
house fly is one of the great contribu
tors to the complaints prevalent among
the city's children.
Standard Stock Soars.
New York, July 21. Stockholders
f Standrd Oil company and John D.
Rockefeller in particular have good
grounds for elation in the reversal of
Judge Landis' decision. Today each
and every stockholder of the big New
Jersey corporation is richer by $22 a
share than before the decision of yes
terday. Yesterday the oil stock was
quoted on the curb at $640 a share, but
today the price jumped to $662 a share
bid, but none was offered under $680,
or within $20 a share of the highest
price the stock ever brought.
Oil Stock Will be Watered.
Chicago, July 24. Following closely
the decision of the United States Court
of Appeals, reversing the decision of
Judge Landis in the Standard Oil case,
the Daily News today says : Bankers
who have close affiliations with the
Standard Oil company state that the
organization will announce soon an in
crease in the capital stock of $100,-
000,000 by $500,000,000, making a
total capital stock of $600,000,000.
There will be a decrease from the earn
ings for the fiscal year of about $40,
000,000 to the organization's surplus.
Shopmen Are Dissatisfied.
Winnipeg, July 24. The shopmen
of the Canadian Pacific in Western
Canada are dissatisfied with the recent
findings of the conciliation board that
investigated the matters in dispute be
tween the company and the men, and
today, T. McVety, head of the me
chanics in the shops in Western Can
ada, went to Chicago to consult with
officials of the American Federation of
Labor with a view to securing assist
ance. Ten thousand men are affected.
More Cotton Mills Resume.
Boston, July 24. Several of the
largest cotton mills of New England,
which have been running on half time
since the business depression became
acute last spring, are preparing to re
sume operations to their full extent
within the next week or two. Between
eight and ten thousand mill operatives
will be benefited by the change to full
time.
NEWS NOTES FROM THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL CITY
TRYING TO GET RESULTS.
Naval Conference is Struggling With
, Task Roosevelt Set.
Newport, R. I., July 25. The naval
conference met again today to continue
the discussion of battleship plans and,
it is believed, will continue daily meet
ings for some time to come. In , the
executive council, following the presi
dent's speech of yesterday, Mr. Roose
velt plainly told the officers present
that he wanted results and would
insist on them before the conference
adjourned.
It was said that one result of the
conference would be to abolish the gen
eral board of the navy, but officers now
attending the sittings of the confer
ence are widely varying in opinion as
to the possibility or desirability of any
such course.
APPROVES STOCK INCREASE
Interior Department Ratifies Action of
Umatilla Water Users.
Washington, July 21. The secretary
of the interior has approved an increase
of stock in the Umatilla Water-Users
association from 9,000 to 22,000 shares
The association, made up of landowners
under the Umatilla irrigation project
was organized with a capital stock of
540,000, divided into 9,000 shares of a
par value of $00 each. The project has
since been extended to include a total
of 22,000 acres, and in order that there
may be one share of stock for each acre
of land, it has been necessary to in
crease the stock to $1,320,000, divided
nto 22,000 shares, of a par value of $60
each.
New Immigration Record.
Washington, July 25. Assistant
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
William R. Wheeler predicts that dur
ing the next 12 months America will
see the greatest flood of immigrants in
her history. In an interview he de
clared today that all the aliens who
fled to Europe on the advance of hard
times last year will return, bringing
others with them to the "land of prom
ise. New York steamship companies
alone, he says, have 600,000 return
tickets out and the reappearance of
good time will induce the foreign la
borers to return to America. Wheeler
gives it as his opinion that this influx
will be headed toward the Pacific
coast, where many opportunitise await
the laborer.
Benzoic Acid Harmful.
Wahington, July 24. "In the in
terest of health both benzoic acid and
benzoate of soda should be excluded
from foods." This is the conclusion
of Dr. Harvey Wiley, chief of the bu
reau of chemistry of the department of
agriculture, after a prolonged investi
gation to determine the effect upon the
human system of these preservatives.
The chemicals were given in' various
kinds of foods to Dr. Wileys' so-called
poison squad, and he declared that
their use is highly objectionable and
produces very serious disturbance of
the metabolic functions, attended with
injury to digestion and health.
Postoffices on Warships.
' Washington, July 24. Arrange
ments are being perfected for the in
stallation of a postoffice on every ship
in the United States navy, authoriza
tion for this action having been made
at the last session of congress. Under
the provisions of the enabling act en
listed men on each ship may be appointed-
as postmaster and assistant
postmaster, their regular pay to be in
creased $500 and $300 a year, respect
ively. 1 hey will be required to give
bond of $100.
Baldwin Balloon Shipped.
Washington, July 23. The balloon
and frame of Captain Baldwin's dirigi
ble balloon was shipped from New
York Thursday and is expected at
Fort Myer today. The balloon must
be assembled by July 25, according to
the contract with the government.
Lieutenant Foulers, in charge of
aeronautics at Fort Myer, assisted by
the balloon squad of the signal corps,
consisting of ten men. is busily pre
paring for the tests to be held at the
fort within the next month.
Secure Data in Europe.
Narragansett Pier, R. I., July 24.
At the forenoon session today of the
monetary commission, a proposition
was submitted for the appointment of
a subcommittee to go to Europe in Au
gust. The subcommittee probably
will comprise Senators Aldrich, Hale
and Daniel and Representative Pagget,
and Representative Burton, of Ohio, a
member of the commission who is now
in Europe, would be the fifth member.
Land Fraud in Oklahoma.
Washington, July 23. Senator
Owen of Oklahoma is to be one of
the respondents in a suit to be begun
;n the courts of Oklahoma before July
27 to set aside what the government
will contend are fraudulent convey
ances of Tndian lands. Theodore X.
Barnsdale, Pittsburg millionaire and
oil nnd gas land speculator, and prac
tirillv every mm of prominence in
Oklahoma are also to be included in
the litigation.
New Bids Are Called For.'
Washington July 22 Instructions
have been sent to the army construc
tion onartermaster at San Francisco
to invite "'w bids on 31 davs" notice
for the construction of the big army
supply depot and the shinment station
at Fort Mason. Cal. The contract
was awarded to the P. T. Carlin Con
struction company, of New York, but
they failed to sign the contract.
WIRELESS IN FAR NORTH.
Government Will Establish New Sta
tions in Alaska This Year.
wasnington, July 23. Ihere is
probability that, after all, wireles
stations at Nome and Fort Gibbons,
Alaska, will be established this year.
The chief signal officer of the army
is advised that the steamer Ohio
reached Nome with her cargo in good
condition. Ihe cargo includes equip
ment for the wireless station at Fort
Gibbons. As the equipment for the
Nome station was damaged by the
flooding of the hold of the boat in
which it was shipped, it was feared
that it would be impossible to install
the Nome station this season, but now
it is believed that the working instru
ments can be got together to establish
the Nome station, and every effort
will be made to do so.
The war department is highly
pleased with the work done by the
wireless stations. It has just received
a report that the station on the Far
rallones held communication with the
St. Louis for 53 hours outside of
Honolulu, 1,460 miles distant, her sig
nals coming in loud and clear. Sev
eral messages were received and
transmitted.
War on House Fly.
Washington, July 23. A national
campaign against the house fly and
mosquito has been planned and is
about to be begun by the government
bureau of insects. It will cover the
entire country, and in its prosecution
measures are to be urged by which
not only communities but whole states
will be enabled to rid themselves of
these deadly enemies of mankind. In
order to attain this end it is necessary
merely to adopt a few simple and
well-understood methods, the applica
tion of which may be entrusted to lo
cal boards of health. Where the mos
quito is concerned, however, it is
deemed advisable that there should be
a general control by the state, be
cause of the fact that certain species
of these tuneful marauders are mi
gratory and liable to appear suddenly
in multitudinous swarms in places far
from their breeding areas, giving pro
found discouragement to local efforts
toward extermination.
Bids on Dry Dock Opened.
Washington, July 22. Bids Satur
day were opened at the navy depart
ment for the construction of drydock
rvo 2, at Fuget sound navy yard. The
dock will be built of concrete and
granite. Congress appropriated $2,
000,000 for it. Bids were asked on
two alternate propositions, one a dock
SS3 feet long, the other a dock 740
feet long. The bids follow: Cassey
Lohse Winters company. Seattle. $2,-
250,000 and $2,108,000; Westlake Con
struction company, St. Louis, $2,237,-
000 and $2,111,000; C. J. Enckson, Se
attle, $1,625,000; no bid on smaller
dock; Jack Black Masonry Contract
ing company, St. Louis. $1,999,196 and
$1,915,000; Puget Sound Bridge . &
Dredging company, Seattle, $1,975,000
ind $1,880,000.
Billion Dollar Congress Reports.
Washington, July 21. The last ses
sion of congress made necessary total
appropriations amounting to $1,008,397,
543.56, according to the announcement
made yesterday under the law which
requires the publication of the total vol
ume of appropriations after each session.
In addition to the appropriations already
made, the contracts authorized by the
session require the tuture appropriation
of fluids for public works, aggregating
$49,443,750. This makes the total ex
pense of the session $1,057,841,293.56.
Takes Charge of Timber.
Washington. July 22 A joint board
representing the war department and
the bureau of forestry has taken up
t he nvtter of preserving the forests
on military reservations. An arrange
ment will be made for a beneficial
cutting of timber and for preserving
the trees which will remain. Under
this arrangement the war department
retains control of the forests on the
reservations, and at the same time
gets the valuable services of the for
estry bureau.
Mixing Paper Lrust a Dose.
Oyster Ray, L. I., July 21. Attorney
General Bonaparte was here Saturday
in conference with President Roosevelt
reearding the prosecution of the naper
trust. After his conference with Presi
dent Roosevelt Attorney General Bona
parte, in answer to questions, said:
"The only trust I know anything about
is the vicious reporter trust of Ovster
Bay."
No Notice of Lumber Rate Appeal
Washington. July 22. Judge Martin
A. Knanp, chairman of the interstate
commerce commission, Saturday stat
ed that he had not been officially in-j
formed that the transcontinental rail- j
roads would contest the commission's j
decision in the lumber rate cases, but1
he has heard in an indirect wav that
'hey arc considering such a course.
A. Y.-P. Money Available.
Washington. July 22. The tr"asurv
department Monday notified W. M
Geddes, currency distributing officer
for the exposition company, that the
government appropriation for the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition at
Seattle, amounting to $600,000, is now
available.
Uncle Sam Demands Protection.
Washington. July 21. The state de
partment yesterday made a demand on
the Persian foreign office to take up '.he
demands of the United States govern
ment for the protection of American
missionaries and their property at
Tabriz.
Government Accepts Montana.
Washington. July 22. The new bat
tleship Montana has been accepted by
the navy department. Captain Alfred
Reynolds is in charge.
BISHOP POTTER DEAD.
Foremost Figure in Episcopal Church
in America Passes Away.
Cooperstown, N. Y July 22.
Henry Codman Potter, seventh Prot
estant Episcopal bishop of the diocese
of New lork, died last night at rern
Icigh, his summer home here, after
an illness of several weeks, aged 74
years. lie was unconscious all day
and the end. which came at 8:33
o'clock, was peaceful.
Gathered at the bedside of the dy
ing churchman were Mrs. Potter, his
wife; Mrs. Mason C. Davidge, who
came from California, and Miss Sarah
Potter, daughters; Alonzo Potter, his
son; Edward 5. Clark, Stephen C
Clark and Mr. and Mrs. F. Clark
Mrs. Charles Russell and Mrs. Will
iam Hyde, his other two daughters
who are abroad, have been notified
Death was due primarily to embol
ism in the right leg, following a long
attack of liver and stomach trouble
and the end ha'd been foreseen for
several days by the bishop's physi
cians. Bishop Potter suffered a se
vere relapse in the morning and
though oxygen was given, his decline
was gradual and he sank into uncon
sciousness, which lasted until the end
No arrangements for the funeral
have as yet been made, but it is prob
able that services will be held here
and that the body will be removed to
New York, where a public funeral will
be held at Grace Church.
Bishop Potter's illness first became
publicly known early in the spring
when announcement was made that
he was unable to take part in the
Easter services. A diagnosis showed
that the bishop was suffering from a
stomach and liver malady and after it
was given out that he would not be
able to attend the Pan-Anglican con
ference June 21, plans were immedi
ately made to bring the bishop here
when his condition would permit the
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journey, tariy m the present montn
he was near death, but rallied and for
a time he was thought to be on the
road to recovery.
FINE WtLL STAND.
Court of Appeals Sustains Standard
Oil Assessment.
Chicago, July 22. -John D. Rocke
feller will know at 10:30 o'clock today
that the Standard Oil company of In
diana must pay the fine of $29,240,000
assessed against it by Judge Landis in
the United States supreme court here
nearly a year ago. The court of ap
peals will report its finding at that
hour, and positive assurance is given
that the original decision will be
affirmed in every particular; that the
fine will stand and that a new trial
will be denied.
This is the final outcome of a day
full of wide speculation and excite
ment among the attorneys on both
sides of the famous case. The fact
that the court of appeals had reached
a decision and was ready to report
came as a great surprise, as it had
been thought the case would go over
until fall. The court of appeals is
made up of Judges Peter S. Grosscup,
Francis E. Baker and William H. Sea
man. There was a hint last night that
one judge will dissent, but this will
not affect the finding, as the other
two are said to have sustained Judge
Landis throughout.
Early reports yesterday were to the
effect that the fine imposed by Judge
Landis would be greatly reduced; in
fact, cut down to the ordinary fines
assessed against corporations some
where in the thousands instead of the
millions. From an authority which
cannot be questioned, however, it is
learned that the majority of the court
sustains Judge Landis.
Nevada Stage Is Robbed.
Reno. Nev., July 22. A special to
the Journal from Likely, Nev., says
the Likelv and Alturas stage was held
up bv two masked men who were
heavily armed. They compelled the
Wells-Fargo messenger to throw
down the box containing, it is-believed,
a large sum in gold for the pay
roll at Alturas. The passengers were
not molested. No description of the
robbers could be given, as it was dark,
and after securing the box the men
disappeared in the brush. The sheriff
of Alturas and a posse have started in
pursuit.
Ruef Again Pleads Prejudice.
San Francisco, July 22. The battle
of the affidavit was renewed yester
day, when three affidavits were filed
by Abraham Ruef to support a motion
that his counsel will make today to
have his trial on one of the many
charges of bribery against him trans
ferred to another court than that of
Judge Lawlor. It is set forth in the
affidavits that Ruef's defense will in
clude the famous immunity contract,
in which Judge Lawlor is involved,
and further that Judge Lawlor is
biased and prejudiced agianst the de
fendant. More Plague in Venezuela.
Willemstad. Island of Curacao, July
j 22. The steamer Maracaibo arrived
yesterday from Puerto Cabello
Among her passengers was Charles
W. Vogel, surgeon in the United
States health and marine hospital
crvire. who went to Venezuela to
investigate the bubonic plague. The
steamer was refused admittance at
Puerto Cabello. There are rumors
that the plague has broken out afresh
at Caracas and La Guayra.
Shoot Up Bosion Saloon.
Boston. July 22. Three men armed
with heavy caliber revolvers dashed
into a crowded Jamaica Plains bar
room in minutes before closing time
last night and yelling "Hands up." be
gan shooting up the place. When
they had grabbed the money till and
emptied it and had finished shooting
and made their escape, one man was
dead on the floor, another lay dving
and a third was seriously injured.
Cotton Mills Sesume.
Ancrusta. Me. July 21 The F.1
ward cotton mi'ls. of thi city, which
rnve been rrnning on rclf time since
March 1. will resume full time today
in all departments. The mills employ
ibout 1200 hands.
SHAH HAS LOST
HALF HIS EMPIRE
Northern Persia Under Control of
Successful Rebels at Tabriz.
Rachin Khan Has Become a Fugetive
Artillery Captured and Reaction
ary Leaders Forced to Seek Safe
Asylum With Russians Under a
Guard of the Cossacks.
St. Petersburg, July 21. A dis
patch from Tabriz, by courier post to
Julfa, affirms that the shah's cause in
northern Persia is lost.
The artillery and ammunition which
were abandoned by Kacnin ivnan,
who was commander-in-chief of the
troops during his flight from Tabriz,
passed into the hands of the revolu
tionists, who are now in full posses
sion of the city. The shah's palace
has been turned into the revolution
ary headquarters.
The reactionaries, who had taken
refuge in the Russian bank and the
Russian consul, M. Pohitinoff, have
again retired to the consuls country
villa outside the city, which is being
guarded by a large detachment of
cossacks. The casualties resulting
from the recent bombardment and
fighting between the troops and rev
olutionists were slight.
TEHERAN FEARS AN UPRISING
Success of Insurgents at Tabriz En
courages Revolutionists.
Teheran, July 21. The successes
of the revolutionaries at Tabriz, con
cerning which news is beginning to
reach here, have encouraged the local
revolutionary leaders and caused ap
prehensions of renewed disturbances.
Rapid preparations are being made to
concentrate the shahs forces, and
1000 horsemen of the nomadic tribes
at Bakhtier have arrived on the out
skirts of the city. Quarters are being
prepared for them in the vicinity of
he shah s palace, which is becoming
rapidly transformed .into a fortress.
Guns have been mounted on the walls
commanding the city in all directions.
A strong party led by Amir Boga-
tur, which now has the upjer hand,
has informed the shah that the re
establishment of order awaits his in
structions. The reactionaries are ac
tively at work among the populace
collecting signatures to petitions ask-
ng the shah to abrogate the consti
tution, and a memoir to the same ef
fect is being prepared for presenta
tion to Great Britain and Russia.
Sultan in Furious Rage.
London, July 21. A special
dis
the not
patch from Constantinople to
Daily Telegraph says there is
the slighest doubt that Turkey is
suffering the greatest crisis in her
nternal affairs that it is possible to
imagine.
The sultan, continues the corre
spondent, is furious with his minis
ters, whom he holds responsible for
the situation in Macedonia, and whom
e accuses of misleading him as to
the true facts of the situation. They
ave advised him to pardon the of
cers now awaiting court-martial on
the charge of assisting the "Young
Turkey" agitation, but he obstinately
refuses to do this, and declares that
the ministers are traitors.
The sultan threatens to remove the
fficers of the third army corps and
crush the Albanians by force.
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Appreciates Act of Generosity.
Pekin, July 21. It was announced
here yesterday that the Chinese gov
ernment has decided to appoint Tang
Shab Yi, governor of Moukden prov
ince, as high commissioner to the
United States to thank the American
government for remitting a part of
the boxer indemnity. The govern
ment intends to send 100 students to
the United States every year for four
years, and then 50 a year until the
entire amount of the indemnity re
mitted by the United States has been
expended. This is only pirt of a
plan to bring China into closer rela
tions with America.
Find Graft at Molokai.
Honolulu, July 21. The federal
grand jury, which has just completed
an investigation of the government
work on the leper island of Molokai,
which consists in the construction of
a big leporsarium or hospital for the
patients, has discovered that all the
employes engaged in this work are
aliens, and that they pay 20 per cent
of their wages to persons who pro
cure them their situations. The re
port of the jury urges that American
citizens he employed on all federal
and public works.
Infected Rats at Seattle.
Seattle, July 21 Four more sus
pected rats under investigation at the
laboratory conducted bv Dr. Chapin.
of the United States public health and
marine hospital service were yester
day given a positive diagnosis and
declared plague-infected. These ani
mals were taken from the woodyard
at Eight avenue and Madison street.
Out of 51 rats caught in that vicinity
and examined at the plague labora
tory nine have been positively diag
nosed as plague-infected.
Potter Suffers Relapse.
Cooperstown. X. Y., July 21.
Bishop Henry C. Potter, who hi
been i'l since Tune 27. at Fernleigh,
Mrs. Potter's home here, suffered a
relapse yesterday, and last m'ght his
condition wis aein grave. Dr J. F
Janvrin aid: "The bishop Sunday
passed the most comfortable day dur
ing his sickness. Yesterday morning
be suffered a relapse, and during the
dav he has been uneasy and in some
pain Last night he was resting com
fortably, however.