l
READY TO SPRING
Twenty-Two Japanese Warships
In Track o( Russians,
"WILL WAIT ' FOR THE ENEMY
Qreal Naval Dnttla fleams lo Do Nex
Scene In tits Military Drama
In the Far East.
Iiniliin, Mnri'li II). A dispatch lo
I.loyda, dated nt Singapore, (I p. in.
nays (lit! llrlllsh steamer Ilongwnn
lepnrta having passed 22 Jiipmioxi wnr
tdilpa cift llorahtirg, "0 miles cast :
Hlngnpore, nt I tliu entrance to tint
fltmlta ill Mnlnccn.
Tim appearance of VI co Admlru
Togo's licet III tint truck Hint would Ixi
lined In any attempt liy Vlcu Admiral
Itoji-atvcnskj to mako (or Vladivostok
I thu inniit Interesting news ol tliu day
It In not known whether Vlcu Admlru
Togo himself In with tlm licet.
According to tliu Dully .Mnlla' corn-a-
linili'iil nt Hlngnpore, who visited tliu
licet, tlitt otllcers were unusunllv roll
-cent. Two Jnpniieso olllcers landed mill
inferred with tlio Japanese, consul
mill It wna iiiiiImtMl liy tlm rorrea
IHiiiilrnt Hint the squadron woiilil noon
mil Willi, na It required nothing,
Tin presumption la thnt Itolost
voiuky'a squadron is still off tliu count
-if Madagascar, Imt, na tliu lea In tliu
linrhor nt Vladivostok la lcglnnlng to
-vivo way, tliu Russian Hilmlriil must
k(kiii niuko n decision wlictlicr to daa)
lor Vladivostok or return to Russia.
Nil vn I export licro hvlluvu that Toko
will not cymu much further In quest of
tliu llnltio squadron, on tliu ground
thnt lie rnnnot afford to rim unneces-
tmry rtska.
STORM ON DftlTISH COAST.
Many Shipwrecks and Sorloui Loti
of Ufa Result.
linilun, Murcli 111. A atonn of bur-
rlwho fnrco hitiat over tliu Irlah mid
.'Uugllidi eoasla during tliu nllit, nml It
ia feared that ninny disasters have oc
ureil. Tlie telegraph line are broken
l insiiy piilntn. Tliu llritirh ship
hhylwr lata lawn wrecked on Ilia Lorn
lull const. Twenty-tlirco ol her crew
were drowned nml threw were saved.
The Khyher sailed Iroin Melbourne,
Australia, (Ktolier 20, (or (Jut-en'
town.
Tliu Mnrin swept over tliu north ol
Ireliiml early this morning, nml illd
jjrent diimngo to property, l-ciun nro
entertained (or tho safety ol tlm flailing
llccta.
Tlm high winds liavu caused terrible
havoc along tliu coasts ol tliu United
Kingdom. Telegraphic eominnnnlcn
(Ion between Imdnu nml many polnta
la cut on. Tin) lilehoat stations are
I nmy, nml shipping everywhere ia seek
Inn shelter. Numbers ol minor wrt-cka,
ccomiaulcd by loss of life, Imvu lieen
reported.
READY ON TIME.
lewis and Clark Fair Will De Com
ptete on Day of Opening,
l'ortlnml, March 10. With tliu t-x
iHisltlon moru than two month away,
exhibits from nil parts ol the world nru
ilnlly reaching the uxiioaitlon grounds
There nru now n hnnilnxl oar or more
ill exhibits stored In tliu various hiillil
inga nml word hna been received Hint
ninny more shipments nru en route
from Kant cm polnta mid -ort.
The slgnlflcuneu ol thia la thnt tl
various dlHplnya can ho arranged moru
-effectively than has, ever beforo 1m-ci;
recorded nt nn exHisltion. Hlneu tliu
exhibit piiliicea nru nearly all completed
and the others will soon lo done, there
-can l no delay in getting tliu exiiosl-
t ion ready, nml it Is announced na tliu
Intention ol the cxpoaitlon management
to lime tliu (air in n state ol rendineaa
-even to the alightcat del all on Juno 1.
Poles Don't Want to Fight.
Warsaw, March 1(1, Reservists wild
were waiting in tliu barracks nt Wol
kuwsk, government of (i rondo, formi-d
u conspiracy to foment organized ills-
turbnncoH ninong the troops In oidur to
.avoid bulng sent to Manchuria. Thu
tiflundera wcro court-martialed, II vu o(
them were condemned to death and ex
vented on Mnr"h 13, nnd (our were Hen
tenced (or ll(u nnd eight to 20 yearn'
peiml servitude Thu mobilization of
tliu Fifteenth nnd Nineteenth corps,
tntiniied In l'olnnd, is expected to be--j(ln
In n few days,
Russian Guns Sunk In Rivers.
NltU'hwniiKi Mnrcli 111, Tho mill
1nry men horu ndvnnco thu theory Hint
thu difference in thu number of nuns
the 3apaneso are reKirteil to have cni
1 u roil and those (lonoral Kuropntkln is
rejiorted to huvu lost, is owlnu to tho
Itussliins, when routml, dropplii)! their
Hns Into thu rivera through tho lee and
abandoning others In ravines and gul
lies. It la expected that, as booh na
tho present rush at Mukden Is. over,
Boarch (or thu lost artillery will 'begin.
Tie Pass Taken.
Toklo, March Ml, Tho Jnpaneso oc
copied Tin pass at midnight, March 15.
Details o( tho occupation of Tie puss
liavu not yot been recuived nt Imperial
army hcadqunrturs, An ofllclnl bul
letin reports thu action nnd that tho
Japanese nru in hot pursuit ol tho re
treating Ituflslans, hut It does not mun
ition any particulars about tho light.
ROASTED TO DEATH.
Nlnotoen Persons, Perish In New York
Tenement House Fire.
Now York, March 15. Nineteen tier
sons weru burned to death In n lire
which destroyed tho llvo-story tone
incut house nt 105 Allen street early
today. Moru than -10 nro Injured ami
only n low ol tho sleeping Inmates e
en pei I unhurt. Huvernl ol those who
perished weru roasted to dentil In plain
view ol thu thonaanda In thu streets.
Coroner Oolilcnkrani declared nlte
nu Investigation that he hail reason to
believe the blur.e was thu work ol 'nil
Incendiary, lie IbsiiihI auhpoenaa U:
thu lire marshal, tenement house coin
mission and building owners and health
and police olllcluls tonpiear iR'foro him
at the imiueat lliuradny.
Thu lire atartol In thu basement oc
cupied by Isnno Dnvia, his wife nml
Ihrcu children. Dnvia hud been out
last lilulit. and returned curly this
.morning, going Into Ida store upon tho
snuie lloor just in time to seo thu kcro
sene lamii In thu rear exiilislo.
lie says lie woke his wife, and liotl
trhnl to put out thu llumlng lamp, hut
without smress, nnd then gave nil their
attention to gutting their children out
ol thu building. A policviiinu who
heard tlm cry ol alarm rushed to tliu
Bccne, and every effort waa mado to
rouse the sleeping tKiraona In tliu house
In thu meantime thu llamt-a had
spread with startling rapidity, nnd
when tliu jieiaona who had liven nslcui
In thu upper Moors nwoku they (ound
thfiiiselvca confronted by u wall ol
llamcs on every aide. Tho panic atrlck
vn tieople, fighting for their Uvea
rmheil to the tiro t-acaiica, only to Unci
them lll'.rred with rubbish ol nil ilo-
M-riptloua ami almost impaaanhlu
Down tlirougli Uieau narrow passage-
wnya llowel n stream ol humanity.
WHOLE LAW DEAD.
Congress Unintentionally Abolished
Lieu Land Selections.
Washington, March 15. Without
Intending to do ao, congress has nppar
ently reeole.l thu lieu land law in its
entirety. It doing no it has erased
from tl'ii statute tssiks tho law which
has been reaisinsihlo for more fraud
than any other public land statute; It
has put nil end lorever to a system ol
exchnngiD liy which tho l iilerul govern
ment hna actually Imi'H ebisited out ol
millions of dollars' worth of valuable
iIiiiImt land.
In the closing hours ol the last con
gross, thu senate passed n bill that had
long Ix-cn on ita calendar, Intended to
restrict lieu selivtlons to non-timber
ed land. It waa n bill Hint had pro
viously been imamil by tliu house, but
which had lieen uinendeil by the senate
eomnilltee. Jlt-cuuso ol tilts amend
ment, thu bill was sent to conference,
and there it waa again altered until it
was amended out ol ahnpa and uccoin
plislied n very different purpose from
what It did us it passed thu house and
senate.
Although the bill retained Its title.
"An act prohibiting the , selection ol
timber lauds In lieu of lands In forest
reserves," Ita text waa ao changed that
it not only prohibited tho selection of
timber lauds, but all lands in exchange
lor lamls in forest reaurvea.
FINANCIERS MAY BRING PEACE
Refusal of French Bankers to Lend
Money Is a Blow to Russia.
Iindon, March 15. The revolt of
thu French bankers is considered by
thu Indon newpaiers as tho most
hopeful and Imixjrtiuit news of tho day.
promising nil early conclusion of peace
lietwrvn ltussla nnd Japan. Apparent
ly tho proposed loan has not lieen abso
lutely rolineii, lint only "iKistponed."
This, however, Is regarded hero as be
ing tantamount to a relusal, ami is ex
peeled lii speak louder to tho Russian
war party even than kuropalkln s re
verse at Mukden.
It la tliu general belief that by tho
lenth ol M. Cicrmaln, thu Into governor
ol thu credit I.yonnula, ltussla Inst her
strongest llnnncinl friend in 1-ranee,
nml thnt, hail lie been still alive, no
dllllculty would have been experienced.
Ith thu American nml hngliah mark
ets closed to her, it is thought that
ltussla can only turn to Germany,
which ia not likely to lie much more
rosisinslvo than 1-ranee, and thu only
alterative would seem to bo to make
peace.
Island Officers Get More Pay.
Washington, March 15. Hereutler
tho ten per cent nddltinonl pay allowed
thu olllcera serving in thu insular pos
sessions will ho computed on tho basis
ol Hieii regular salaries, with longevity
pay added, according to a decision ren
dered by tho supreme court ol thu
United States. Tliu question was lo
oked in a suit Instituted by Lieuten
ant Colonel Stephen C. Mills, who
served two yenrs In tho I'hilippinvs.
ills salary was f;i,uou nnd his long
evity allowance $1,000. lie was paid
1U per cent mlilltlonnl upon thu ?;i,(iuu.
Price of Linoleum Will Advance.
Now York, March 15. I-oadlng man-
iifaoturors of linoleum have agreed,
says thu Journal of Commerce, to nil-
a neo all Inlaid goods It) per cent and
nil printed goods SO per cent the In-
reuse to take eliect on nil goods manu
factured (rom today. Present stocks
will bo sold nt thu old prices between
now nnd May 1, after which nothing
will bo sold 'except nt tlio now figures.
This action has been prompted by rad
ical changes. tu tho cost ol raw material.
Nebraskans Will Keep Passes.
Lincoln, Nub,, Mnrcli 15, The house
todny, by a votu ol 42 to 40, nrgeed to
Indefinitely postpono tho bill making
It a crime to give or accept rn II road
passes, Today's action disposes of nil
tho nntl-?nss measures, every ouo being
defeated,
ONE MUST LEAVE
Secretary Hay and Ills Asslstan
Don't Agree,
DOMINICAN TREATY THE CAUSE
Loomls lis Chief Promoter Action
on Ratification Will Decide
Which Must Go.
Washington, March 14. Unless
some conciliatory bird ol pence shall
M;rch Itself In tho Htatu department
soon, either Becretary Hay or Ids Drat
assistant, Francis II. IkiioIs, will re
sign within a month. Thnt there has
he-en n ruction in tho department has
been known for some time, but that It
had reached a serious jioint Is Just man
ifest.
Tho whole trouble Is said to lie due
principally to thu fact that Secretary
liny la not In thorough accord with
President Itoosevelt in his policy to
ward Hanto Domingo, na emphasized by
thu much criticised treaty now under
consideration In tho senate, while Hoc
rutnry 1-oouils ia tho iiowt-r behind it in
thu Htatu department. It is well
known thnt Secretary liny has n largo
following In tho aenato nnd much of
thu oppoaition to the treaty, as aent to
the senate, la due not only to tho oli
lectlons of thu senators to tho'treaty as
It stood, hut because of their desire to
uphold thu hands of Mr. Hay.
liy those closest to tho parties con
ccrncd alxiut three weeks is the tlmo
given within which one or tho other
will resign. Muih will deiiend upon
the action of thu senate on tho jiendlng
treaty nnd still moru on tho success of
the president and his mends In heal
ing thu breach lx'tween Hay and Ixx-
mis. Among tho leaders of congress
hero thu loaa of Secretary Hay to the
cabinet is regarded na Impossible.
Mr. Adco la acting secretary ol state
today, becretary Hoy being in attend
ance nt n meeting of the Carm-glu Instl
tuto and Mr. Ismrnls having left for n
trip to California.
HUGE BOOTY AT SINGKING.
Japanese Capture Outfit of an Army
and Annihilate a Division.
Toklo, March 14. Tho following re
port was received tislay from the head
quarters of thu Japanese armies 111 the
Held:
"It is estimated that the spoils which
fell into our hands In the direction of
Slngklng( Yenden), since thuoccupation
hy us ol rslnkvntchen on rebruary 24
has been as lollows:
"titles, 22,000; machine guns, fi;
small nmmuniliou, 320,000 rounds;
shells, 11,500; entrenching tools, 0,
000; wire, 1,200 bundles; materials
for a light railway of 33 miles; wagons
lor tho latter, 460; garments, 10 cart'
loads; coal mining machinery for eight
pits; timber, 4,000 pieces.
'Ik-sides these wo took largo quant!
ties of cereals, fodder, tenta, beds.
stoves, map and telephones, as well as
n great number ol bullocks and horses
'Tho enemy loft about 1,200 dead on
the field. Wo took 80 prisoners.
"It Is estimated that the enemy s
casualties were about 20,000.
"Prisoners say that the Seventy-flrst
division was almost annihilated.
NOT YELLOW FEVER, MALARIA.
Secrotary Tafl Says That Is Health
Problem of Isthmus.
Washington Mnrcli 14. Fecrctnry
Talt, alter n brief tnlk with tho presi-
tent tislay, said it was a mistaken re
tort that yellow (ever was on thu in
crease in tliu American zone of the Isth
mus ol Panama. "In (net," said the
secretary, "It is not yellow (uvur that
will give us tho most trouhlo on tho
Istlimuus, but malaria, which is very
prevalent. Kventually, while there
nru some cncs of yellow fever in- the
American r.one, wo shall bo able to
stamp out that disease. It will bo a
mrd tight, however, to educe trouhlo
arising (rom malaria."
Millions for Great College
Montreal, March 14. Sir William
C. MacDonnld, tho nilllonnlro tobacco
manufacturer, tislay laid before tliu
Protestant committee ol tho council ol
public instruction a proposition to en-
low nn agricultural training collcgontid
a college for thu training of school
teachers in thu sum of from 12,000,000
to $4,000,000. Sir William hns te
lecteil Professor Itobcrtson, tho man
who developed tho Canadian dairy bus
iness, na thu director of tlio scheme.
Thu college will bu located nt Stnnno do
Hulluvue, 30 miles from .Montreal,
Storm Brings Joy and. Sorrow.
Sun Frnncleco, March 14. Califor
nia, from its northern boundary to San
"Diego, hns been visited by a drenching
rnln storm, which In many quarters
proved n blessing to agriculturists, but
in others did damagu not yet esti
mated. Along tho coast anil In tho
extreme south tho storm was accom
panied by n galo which left in its trail
levelled buildings, uprooted trees and
prostrated telegraph pools. A number
of vessels aro overdue.
Mankato Loses Largo Building.
Mankato, Minn., March 14. Tho
Glass block, onu ol tho largest buildings
n tho city, was entirely dostroyea by
flro tonight nml a number of adjacent
buildings woro damaged. Loss, il50,-
000.
UTAH LAND FRAUDS DISCLOSED
Great Tracts of Coal Land Filed in
as Farm Land by Syndicate.
Halt Lake City, Utah, March 14
Special agents ol tho Federal govern
ment nru reported to have been engaged
for some time past in investigating pub
lic land frauds In Utah. Tho Halt Uke
Herald today states that hundreds of
thousands of acres ol valuable coal
Innds have Wen acquired by corpora
tions hy questionable methods.
Vast tracts of conl lands aro said to
hayu Im-cii tiled on and patented as agri
cultural and grazing land, and then
transferred to tliu coal companies. In
many instances, it Is said, lands have
lx-cn filed on as coal lands, under tho
law which permits every adult citizen
to acquire 1110 acres of coal lands by
purchase, upon payment of $10 an
aero for such Innds when situated more
than 15 miles from any railroad, and
$20 nu acre when situated within 15
miles of u railroad. Later these filings
have been allowed to lapse, nnd the
same lands have wen acquired as agrl
iilturul or grazing land nt $1.50 an acre.
More than 2,000 ol these conl entries
have lieen made In tho Halt Lako land
otllce, hut not more than one in 60 of
tho ersons who mado tho filings has
completed the purchase, the filings
lapsing and title being secured as agri
cultural or grazing land from the statu
land ofhee through state land selec
tions. Forty filings made in 1001 within a
period of 00 days havo recently been
Invcatign'ed, and 30 of the 40 claimants
are found to havo been represented by
an employe of u big coal corporation,
exercising Kjwer of attorney. The land
was tiled on nnd held lor 14 months,
as Is permitted under tho law, without
being paid for, but In none of these
cases was the purchase completed, title
being acquired through the state land
office at a nominal figure under pro
ceedings Instituted while the land was
covered by the coal land filings.
DEAD IN HEAPS.
Oyama Reports Results of the Battle
of Mukden.
Toklo, March 14. The following re
port hna been received from Field Mar
shal Oyama::
'The number ol prisoners, spoils
and the enemy's estimated casualties
against all our forces in the direction
of the Shakhe follow, but the number
of prisoners, guns and spoils are in
creasing momentarily:
'Prisoners, over 40,000, Including
General Nakhlmoff.
"Killed and wounded, estimated at
110.000.
"Knemy left dead on the field, !,-
600.
"Flags, 2.
"Guns, about 00.
"Hltles, 00,000.
"Ammunition wagons, 160.
"Shells, 200,000.
"Small arms ammunition, 25,000,
000 rounds.
"Cereals, 15,000 koku (about 75,000
bushels.)
"Fodder, 55,000 koku.
"Light railway outfit, 45 miles.
"Horses, 2,000.
"Maps, 23 cartloads.
"Clothing and accoutrements, 1,000
cartloads.
"Dread, 1,000,000 rations.
"Fuel. 70,000 tons.
"Hay, 60 tons, besides tools, tents,
bullocks, telegprah wire and poles,
timber, beds, stoves, and numerous
other property.
o reports havo been received Irom
our forces in the direction ol tilng-
king."
BRIEF LULL IN THE PURSUIT
Resumption of Japanese Advance Is
Expected Any Time,
Tio Pass, March 14. The Japanese,
it is reported, have ceased their pur
suit, at least temporarily. Somo of the
Jnpaneso are 25 miles below Tie pass.
A resumption of their advance la ex
pected. Rumors aro in circulation
that tlm Jnpaneso aro already attempt-
ng another wide turning movement to
drive tho Russians from Tie pass.
Tho Russian troops hero have been
arriving witli hopelessly mixed units,
n i..ii?qeucnco ol the change in tho
front. Tho troops are being sorted out
and organizations reformed nnd assigned
o places to defend tho new twsitlons,
but whether Tio pass will bo held or
abandoned probably will not bo decid
ed far 6over.il dnvs.
Kuropntkln Needs a Rest.
London, March 14. Tho St. Peters
burg correspondent of the Times says:
'General Kuropatkin has asked the
emperor's gracious permission to hand
over lila command, alleging that ho is
n urgent need of physical nnd mental
rest. I learn on tho best authority
that tho Jnpaneso twice have ap
proached Russia on thu subject of peaco
negotiations, but that in each caso tho
proposal failed because Japan demand
ed an indemnity and a pledge that
Htifsia would not keep warships In tho
Pncific (or 25 yenrs."
Spotted Fever In the East.
New York, March 14. That cerebro
spinal menengitls, or "spotted fever,"
la lrtlllnt. nhnnt 40 nernnns A week In
this city was assorted tonight by Com-1
mlssioner Darlington, of the health do-
partincnt, and reiorts received Irom
Itles and towns In Uoiinecucui, xsew
Jersey and Pennsylvania show that
Pennsylvania is not alone in lighting
against tho ravages of this dread dls
ease, which kills about 60 per cent of
those attacked by it.
Iroquois Theater Trial March 15.
JftChlcngo, Mnrcli 13, March 15 wns
fixed by Judge McKwen todny (or the
opening of the trlnl of Managor. Will J
Davis on tlio charge of manslaughter,
growing out of the Iroquois flro.
1 f IHSI
The recent determination of the
United States to assume temporary
control of the finance cf the Domini
can republic once
more brings that
restless little West
Indian government
Into public view,
writes William K.
Lane, It has been
apparent that af
fairs in the repub
lic hare reached a
critical stage. Its
rMiDjrr aoaitu. chief difficulty,
eliminating the ever present tendency
to re-rolutJontz at the slightest pre
text, seem to be a wonderful capacity
to get Into debt and a corrcapondlng;
Incapacity to get out again.
The national debt of the tiny mulat
to republic now amounts to the re
spectable total of W3.O0O.O0O, which In
consideration of the comparatively un
important figure cut by Santo Do
mingo In tho congress of western na
tions Is altogether too crcat That has
been the opinion of Its Impatient cred-
EXTRAKCE TO BAiTTO DOUIROO IIAItBOIl.
Itors for a long time, and more than
one of tbem has protested that somo
settlement should be effected. Borne
of them have even declared their will
ingness to undertake a receivership,
promising to wind up the affairs of
the Improvident republic with amaz
ing celerity.
Such a proposition from a foreign
state Santo Domingo has shown a
BANTO DOMINGO'S
remarkable Impartiality In the selec
tion of her victims, many of them
being European could not be toler
ated by the United States. The auaae
of the late James Monroe would rise
la Indignant proteet at tho mere sug
gestion. If there Is any adjusting to
be done It la clearly the privilege of
the United States to do It There does
not seem to have been the slightest
objection to that way out of the diffi
culty. It Is moot satisfactory to the
foreign creditors, and the Dominicans
themselves were so enthusiastic over
the proposition that they tried at once
to borrow more money on the strength
of It
In the carrying out of its Interfer
ence It will be necessary as a prelim
inary first step for the United States
to restore the republic to a conuttion
of Internal quietude. When this la ef
fected the American readjusters will
proceed to take charge of the country's
revenues and pay off 1U obligations,
those to American citizens receiving
first attention. Reduced to Ita final
terms, the proposition seems to be that
the United States shall make the Do
minicans behavo themselves long
enough to pay their debts. Vhen that
Is accomplished the dusky republicans
will be free to resume their spend
thrift career If they so elect It Is
posstblo thnt by thnt time they may
become so enamored of tho thrifty
business methods of their guardians
SANTO DOUIHOO BTREtTT SCENE.
that they will choose to walk lu their
footsteps ever after. It Is certain that
the Dominicans are ardent admirers
of the greater republic.
The Island on which the republic of
Santo Domingo la established la, next
to Cuba, the largest of tho West In
dies. One-third of Its irea Is devoted
to tlio republic of Haiti, and the re
mainder constitutes Banto Domingo.
These contiguous republics are often
confused, but they are quite dissim
ilar In most features. The Dominicans
nro much more refined and circum
spect In their ways than their neigh
bore and are less addicted to actual
bloodshed In their periodical revolu
tions. They are for the most part
mulattos of Spanish and negro origin.
The few Spanish families that havo
not Intermingled with the prevailing
type constitute the aristocracy of tin
republic and hold themselves loftily
aloof from their less fortunate neigh
bors. Kducatlon In Its proper sense Is
practically unknown. The average
Dominican has not yet awakened to
the necessity of adding to the knowl
edge with which nature has endowed
htm. The mulatto population, number
ing at least half a million, la not In
clined to be quarrelsome, but trouble
la fomented by political tricksters who
are trying constantly to obtain an op
portunity to loot the public treasury.
The people are for tho most part In
dnfftrlous and patient, submitting to
continual mlsgovcrnment and official
peculation with remarkable good na
ture. Tho president of the republic U
practically a dictator. As often as
suits bis convenience he submits to an
election, and he la careful to bare it
occur at a time when there Is no well
organized opposition. The general
system of gorernment Is copied after
that of the United States. Offldati are
plentiful, and the national revenues
are far from sufficient to maintain the
annual expenditure. Add to this the
fact that a large proportion of the le
gally collectible revenue never reaches
the national treasury, and the cause
of Santo Domlngo'a bankruptcy be
comes apparent.
The annual revenue Is $1,700,000,
and the military establishment. Includ
ing the nary, costs $400,000 a year.
AH the officials are the personal ap
pointee of Hie President, and the
army la composed of men friendly to
his Interests. Judging; from the past,
the chief object of each administra
tion has been to mulct the people of
the largest possible amount before a
NATIONAL PALACE.
revolution brings about a new divi
sion of the spoils. Under these cir
cumstances politics has become tht
chief business of the republic and oth
er and equally Important Interests
have been neglected. Agricultural and
commercial pursuits hare suffered so
greatly from the rapacity of the gov
ernment and lack of encouragement
view or True coast.
that they are practically at a stand
still. Santo Domingo Is the garden of the
western tropics. Nature has given It
a soil adapted to a wider range of
products than can be found In any
corresponding area In the West In
dies. The list Is a long one. Including
cocoa, tobacco, all kinds of tropical
fruits, sugar cane, coffee, vanilla, rub
ber and many other valuable things.
In the Interior mountainous region
forests of mahogany and other timber
abound. The whole country Is In n,
state of constant verdure, nnd thermal
fluctuations are almost unknown.
General Carlos P. Morales Is the pres
ent head of the Dominican govern
ment. Animal Instinct In Winter.
With many forms of life the readi
ness for winter Is not to secure a place
to protect them from cold or even from
freezing, but for security against sud
den changes of conditions and of tem
perature. It Is a protection In soma
cases similar to that of the plants on
the lawn that were covered with strew
by the gardener when he made them
ready for winter. In some place of
the kind, for Instance In the squirrel's
nest, there Is undoubtedly real animal
warmth and coztness. "Pish seek the
deepest parts of pools, where the tem
perature of the water Is a little above
freezing, and whore It remains very
near this point until spring. St Nicho
las. Vet We Are Matchless,
Some 4,000,000 feet of pine lumber
la made into matches In 'this country
alone each year.
Nothing takes the
conceit out of
compelled -to
some men like Doing
serve on a Jury,