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’GOES TO HIS DOOM Prince Vasiltctiykoff Murdered in Warsaw by Terrorists. NEXT IN LINE FLEES THE LAND T w o Other Brutal Officials Have Been Warned— Troops Fire on W ork men, Killing Several. ” A T LEVEL OF SEA. Panama Canal Commission's Plans for Isthmian Waterway. Washington, Feb. 28.— The first defi nite enigneering plans for the construe tion of the Panama canal have just been laid before the Isthmian canal commission by the engineering eomit- tee of that Iiody, consisting of Com missioners Burr, Parsons and Davis. The principal recommendations are summed up in this resolution: “ Resolved, That this committee ap prove and recommend for adoption by the commission a plan for a sea-level canal, with a bottom width of 150 feet and a minimum depth of water of 35 feet, and with twin tidal locks at Mira dores, whose usable dimensions shall lie 1,000 feet long and 100 feet wide, at a total —titrated cost of $230,500,000. "Such estimates include an allow ance for administration, engineering sanitation and contingencies, amount ing to $38,450,000, but without allow ance for interest during construction, expense of zone government and collat eral costs and water supply sewers or paving of Panama or Colon, which last items are to be repaid by the inhabi tants of those cities.” The committee estimates that a sea- level canal can be completed within 10 or 12 years from the present time. These recommendations are the con clusion of a report to the committee prepared in the canal zone under date of Febraury 1 last, and based on com píete engineering reports on all of the problems involved. The committee decided that, under no circumstances, should the surface of the canal be more than 60 feet above the sea, and estimates that this level the cost would lie $178,013,08. A 30 foot level is estimated to cost $10,213, 406. London, Feb. 25.— The Warsaw cor respondent of tlie I.ondon Morning Leader wires that Prince Vasiltchykoff lias lieen murdered. The prince, who has won for himself great hatred be cause of bis active work against the students and strikers of Warsaw in his capacity of head of the military, was labeled No. 2 on the list of assassina tions drawn up by the revolutionists says the correspondent. The dispatch adds: “ Count Prieidrietzki, the brutal 11 ussar officer, who was No. 3 on the Nist, on receiving his death warrant from the terrorists, bolted the country. “ General Novosilieff, No. 4 on the list, has drawn the death penalty on himself by his recent order ior the ar rest of the officers v»ho refused to Are on women. “ Ilaron Nolken, chief of the Warsaw police, is No. 5 on the death list. He received word that in a day or two he ^ would find his proper release in h ell.” The corres])ondent also reports fur ther disorders in Warsaw Friday after noon. Troops, he says, fired on 400 MINERS LOSE LIVES. workmen who were about to resume work at the Vistulan railroad work shops. Five of the workmen were Twenty-Three Killed in West Virginia killed and 20 wounded. Mine Explosion. P R O V IS IO N S OF C A N A L BILL. ^ President to Appoint Governor o f the Zone—Commission Not Abolished Bluefield, W . V »., Feb. 28. — As a result of an explosion in shaft No. 1 of the United States Coal and Coke company, at Wilcoe, today, 23 miners are supposed to have lost their lives, and it is possible that the number will exceed this. Up to 8 p. m. 15 bodies had been taken fiom the shafts. A large rescu ing party is in the mines tonight. It is barely possisible, but not likely, that some of the remaining entombed min ers w ill be rescued alive. The explosion was of terrific lorce, and shattered windows a mile distant. Immediately after the shock great num bers of miners, who were off duty, rushed to the shaft to find great clouds of smoke and dust gushing from its mouth. Mothers, children and other relatives soon were weeping and plead ing for the rescue of those dear to them entombed in the mine. The officials of the mine were soon on the scene. The company usually work in this shaft about 75 miners, but today the men were not all in, and the small loss of life can be attributed only to this fact. FOR RIVERS Chairman Burton Sure Appropria tion Bill Will Pass. ITS FATE RESTS WITH SENATE Only Danger is that Load o f Amend ments May Sink It in the Upper House. Washington, Feb. 23. — Chairman Burton, of the rivers and harbors com mittee, expressed the belief today that his bill, consideration of which was begun in the house yesterday, w ill pass both houses and become law before March 4. There has been a growing fear that this bill would be sidetracked, not only because of the demands of party leaders for economy, but because of the un precedented late date in bringing it up for consideration. Only eight days re main to pass it through both houses and through conference, less time than was ever before given any river and harbor bill. Burton, however, says the shortage of time is a strong factor in favor of the passage of the bill. It w ill induce the senate to make only slight amendments, for fear of losing what is proposed by the house. He says that unless the senate loads the bill down with large amend ments, it will pass without material objection, carrying practically the ap propriations agreed to by the house committee. D O C K S WIPED O U T . New Orleans Suffers a Fire Loss of Five Million Dollars. New Orleans, Feb. 27.— Fire involv ing millions of dollars’ loss in property and that strikes a serious blow tempor arily at the immense export trade of New Orleans, swept the river front to night and wiped out the vast freight terminals of the Illinois Centtal, known as the Stuyvesant docks. Nearly a dozen squares of modern wharves and freight sheds, two magni ficent grain elevators, hundreds of loaded cars and vast quantities of freight, including 20,000 bales of cot ton, were destroyed, together with a large number of small residences. The ocean-going shipping seems to have escaped serious damage. A num ber of firemen and employes of the docks were injured. Actual estimates of the losses are impossible to obtain tonight, though they may exceed $5,- 000 , 000 . The Stuyvesant docks extend from Louisiana avenue almost to Napoleon avenue, a distance of 12 squares. The wharves between these two points were covered with miles of trackage, and a steel and iron shed ran the whole dis tance. The grain elevators were of the most modern construction, the upper one having a capacity of 1,000,000 bushels. Thousands of bales of cotton, several hundred thousand packages of sugar, great quantities of cotton seed oil and oil cakes, lumber and every conceivable variety of freight, filled the warehouses and sheds. Practically all the export business handled by the Illinois Central railway was put aboard Bhips at these docks. BUY W AGON-ROAD LANDS. HOPE T O B A N K R U P T JA PA N Russians Rely on Long Purse for Es cape f r o m Defeat. St. Petersburg, Feb. 23. — Although the party which is advocating peace as the only egress from the present situa tion continues to gain strength, noth ing has actually lieen decided, and no move has yet been made. It is offi cially maintained that Russia’s attitude is unchanged. At the foreign office not the slightest encouragement is given to the peace talk. On the contrary, it is affirmed as strongly as ever that Japan must propose terms, while at the same time it is admitted that it is incon ceivable that Japan can offer condi tions acceptable to Russia. The idea of a complete Russian vic tory is not harbored, but it is insisted that Russia is not beaten, and will not be lieaten until General Kuropatkin is decisively worsted by General Oyama and the fate of Admiral Rojestvensky’s squadron is determined. The main consideration entering into the ealeu lations of the uncompromising advo cates of a prosecution of the war is that Japan's financial resources must be come exhausted long before Russia's. Hermann’ s Bill Relating to Klamath Reservation Passes House. Washington, Feb. 27.— The house today passed Representative Hermann’s bill directing the secretary of .the in- teior to ascertain the value of lands heretofore conveyed by the LTnited States to Oregon as a part of a grant to aid the Eugene City military road and embraced in the Klamath Indian reser vation. These lands were awarded to the California & Oregon land company, by the supreme court. The secretary is also directed to as certain what part of these lands have been allotted to Indians, the value of improvements, and the price at which the California & Oregon land company will sell to the United States or on what terms it w ill arrange for other lands in the Klamath reservation. Mr. Hermann was not present in the house when his bill was called up and passed. misplaced, the actual per cent being .37 of 1 per cent and .42 of 1 per cent respectively. Says Professor Brooks: "The fertilizing value o f coal ashes, whether from hard or soft coal, la always very low, for not only are the proportions of plant food exceedingly small, but the compounds present ara as well very Insoluble.” H e a v e * in H o rs e*. R e t a in in g M a n u re V a lu es. There is probably no better way of handling manure made In feeding cat tle loose in stables than to apply Ut ter dally to absorb the liquids and keep the cattle clean and allow the manure to accumulate under the cat tle. It wns once supposed that if manure was kept under cover Its fertility would not be appreciably wasted. The Department of Agriculture finds that large losses may occur, though not to such an extent, of course, as from the open yard manure pile. The best way to keep manure seems to be to pack It Into a solid mass, and exclude the air, In a somewhat sim ilar manner to the way silage is put up. The department notes experiments where steer manure was kept In deep stalls under the feet of the animals for months, as against the method of cleaning the stall out dally and stor ing In a compact heap under cover, enough fine cut litter being used each day to apparently absorb all the liquid manure. The deep stall manure was trampled to a very dark, compact mass and there was very little loss o f the valuable fertilizing constituents— nitrogen, phosphoric acid and poiash. With the manure kept in heaps one- third of the nitrogen, one-fifth of the potash and one-seventh of the phos phoric add was lost, the total money value of the losses being equivalent to $2.50 for each steer stabled for six months. Manure. It Is stated, can be kept almost perfectly, so far as the fer tilizer constituents are concerned, by use o f the "deep stall” system. E x periments show, however, that nitro gen is lost very rapidly by such man ure, If it be allowed to lie after the removal o f the stock, without such covering ns will retain the moisture and exclude tlie air. In mild and recent cases the heaves may often be cured entirely by turning the horse out to pasture for two or three months. I f It is necessary, how ever, to work a horse affected with this trouble, he can be relieved greatly by feeding no hay except at night, and then only a small amount of clean and bright hay, entirely free from duet. I f there is any danger of dust It Is well to dampen I t but only bright bay should be given. Roots will be found helpful; beets, turnips, potatoes or anything of that sort that the horse will eat. The amount o f water should be limited as much as possible, and no horse with henves should be given water for one or two hours previous to going to work. I)r. l a w recom mends arsenic In five-grain doses dally, and continued from a month to two months, as especially valuable, and says that the bowels must be kept easy, by laxatives If necessary. By treatment of this sort a heavey horse can be greatly relieved. When the disease first comes on It will pay to turn the horse to grass, with the hope of effecting a cure at once and before the disease progresses to the extent where It becomes Incurable.— W al lace's Farmer. E x e r c is e th e S ta llio n . Stallions should be put to work and kept at work whenever not In active Washington, Feb. 25.— The bill for stud service and then they will be the government of the Panama canal surer and have fewer returned mares zone, which has passed the senate, to look after and can do a bigger busi is a house bill. It was amended in ness, says a correspondent o f National several important respects by the sen Stockman. No stallion Is too good to ate, notably in eliminating the pro earn his oats behind a collar, and usu vision aliolishing the canal commission. ally the more he earns there the more The measure w ill now go to conference he Is able to earn in . e stud. One > if the amendments are not accepted by reason for the vitality and endurance 4 the house. The bill is temporary in o f our trotting horses is that the sires character, its provisions expiring at were either raced or trained or driven . the end of the first regular session of n good deal of the time. The same Is the next congress. true o f some Imported draft horses, It vests in the president authority the French horses especially, which to appoint a person or persons to gov are worked at a year and half or two ern the canal zone, and the president is years old and as long as the farmer given further authority to direct the T h e M o d e rn F a r m In G e rm a n y . manner of such control. Annual or Electricity for farming purposes lias has them. The race of horses that is more frequent reports from the gover probably been developed more In Ger not worked may possess size and NO CAUSE T O FIRE. nor of the zone and also from those in many than In any other country. A weight, but It will not have the power, charge of the canal are provided for, as large number of German estates are the nerve and the get there and stay are also estimates ot expenditures and North Sea Investigation Commission now run almost entirely by It, the at It ability that It needs to perform appropriations for all work on the smaller ones being equipped usually hard work. Decides Against Russia. l canal, and it is provided that, after the In groups from a single power plant, O p e n in g * f o r N n t C u ltu re. Paris, Feb. 27.— The International present fiscal year, no money shall be as at Chottorf, while many of the V IC T O R Y IS BARREN. The United States Consul at Frank commission of inquiry into the attack expended except by direct appropria HALF THE BODIES ARE FOUND of the Russian second Pacific squadorn large estates have their own private fort, Germany, calls attention to the tion. A ll rentals and other income plants. A striking example of this increasing use o f hazel-nuts in hotels u]Kin the Hull fishing fleet on the night Russians Were Able to Retire from from the Panama railroad are to lie latter class is the farm of Prof. Back- and private houses. Owing to the Inrge Only Three Were Rescued Alive, and of October 21, 1604, has found that Position in Good Order. credited to the canal fund and tlie pres haus, at Quednau, in the eastern part quantity Imported, he suggests that there were no hostile torpedo boats They Soon Died. ident is authorized to de|Misit $1,500,- of Russia, which covers an area o f 450 Tokio, Feb. 28.— The reports that are 000 in an American bank having a arriving from the front indicate that Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 23.— At 8 among the fishing ooats and that Ad acres and has a dairy producing about farmers' chlldreu In the United States miral Rojestvensky was not justified in might supply themselves with pin financial agent on the isthmus of Pan the severe engagements of the last few o’clock this evening 75 blackened and This is the 1,000 gallons of milk per day. The money by growing hazel-nuts for the ama for the purpose of facilitating bus days are the prelude of what now seems disfigured bodies had been recovered firing on the trawlers. buildings are all lighted by incandes main point of the findings, which sus home and foreign markets. The domes iness. w ill prove one of the bloodiest battles from the Virginia mine in which the tain the British contentions through cent lamps and the grounds. In places, tic chestnut is still a favorite, and awful explosion occured on Monday of the war. A large portion of General out, though the blow to Russia is soft by arc lights. The current Is supplied at the opening o f the season some W IL L MOD IFY T H E T R E A T Y . Kuroki’s army has been engaged since afternoon, entombing more than 150 ened by the statement that Admiral from a small central station contain times brings as high ns $5 a bushel. Thursday, and the latest reports indi miners. ing a 50-horse power engine direct The rescuers are still heroically at Rojestvensky was justified in taking coupled to two generators, and a There are, too, large quantities of Santo Domingo Wants Voice in Ap cate that the fighting still continues, all precautions against attack and hickory nuts, the boys’ favorite; but with the advantage on the side of the work in the stope, and as they advance switchboard for the control of the pointments and Othe- Changes. the bodies further in the mine are acted according to his lielief by declar various circuits, all parts of which ternuts, which are the favorites of Japanese. ing that his miltiary valor and human New York, Feb. 25. — One of the those who grew up In the country, and The capture of Beresneff by the Jap found to lie worse burned and mutilat are so simple and plainly marked that leading members of the house of depu anese, while a brilliant exploit, was ed than those nearer the exterior. No ity are not questioned. some other soils, like black walnut* any farm hand can understand snd The decision says that delay of the ties is authority, according to a Herald practically barren of results, in that bojie is now held out that any are alive. and bull nuts, which have their adher operate It. In nddltion to the lighting, dispatch from Puerta Plata, Santo Do the Russians were enabled to retire in Three men were found yesterday whose Russian transport Kamtchatka, follow power Is supplied for the pumping of ents, and all are particularly desirable ing the breaking down of her machin mingo, for the statement that the Do good order, and concentrate at Tzenti hearts were still beating, but they ex for food. ery, was perhaps the cause of the inei- water and the driving of saws, feed- minican congress w ill accept the new pass, which is now lieing attacked. pired immediately. cutting machine«, a threshing nnd a F en ce R a il I'h ilo a o p h r , agreement with the American govern The Birmingham district has come lent. The commander of the Knnitch- According to the latest rei«irts from Knowledge Is valueless if ignored. ment with certain modifications. Con the front that the public is permitted promptly forward in relieving the des atka signaled to Admiral Rojestvensky grist mill, and an electric churn In the The man that saves his time saves gress w ill begin its session February 27. to have access to General Kuroki’ s col titute families of the victims, and mass during the evening that he had been dairy. Besides these stationary power The ad appliances there are a number o f elec his money. It is desired, the correspondent umn has been heavily reinforced, es meetings have lieen held for that pur attacked by torpedo boats. A Job that's worth doin’ Is always states, ®iat article 2 of the treaty shall pecially with artillery, and many of pose. Hundreds of dollars have lieen miral, therefore, bad reason to believe trically-driven agricultural machines be so amended as to |>ermit the Do the siege guns of heavy calilier which subscribed, and the Birmingham Com that he was attacked and gave orders for use In the fields. Including an auto worth doin’ aliout right. Vim and vigor are the vital force« In minican government to name the offi were used by the Russians at Port Ar mercial club has raised more than $3.- for strict vigilance against the possible mobile plow, all o f which are run by cials who are to collect duties in the thur, and fell into the hands of General 000. Alabama District No. 20, United approach of torpedo laiats. The major storage lotteries and may be charged achieving success. The smallest event often becomes ports whose custom houses are in Nogi’s men after the fall of the “ G ib Mineworkers of America, today voted ity of the commission considers that it conveniently sub-stations. To round charge of tlie I'nited States, these offi raltar of the Fast,” are now lieing $5,000 to lie distributed among the Admiral Rojestvensky'* orders were not out the completeness of the equipment the greatest achievement. excessive in time of war, particularly the barns are heated by electricity I f every man saved Ids time ns ha cials to lie named with the approval of trained against General Kuropatkin’ s families. under the circumstance, and that he and ventilated by motor-driven fans saves Ills money lie would have money. the American government, and to be forces. had every reason to consider the situa nnd all parts of the farm have tele It'* generally the afternoon farmer Americans, if desired. Russian Raiders Violate Neutrality phonic Intercommunication.— Engineer that goes Into agony about hard times. Troops Moving Slowly. Tientsin, Feb. 23 .— About 300 Rus tion very alarming. ing Record. To liuve a show In these duys a man Citrus Fruit Pool Unlawful. London, Feb. 28.— The correspondent sian raiders slightly damaged the rail must be an accumulator. * Witte Again Takes the Lead. Washington, Feb. 25. — The Inter at St. Petersburg of the Times says that way lietween Haicheng and Tatchekiao H ens F a t in g K ggs . Failure establishes one thing—that state Commerce commission, in an the government is making concessions on Monday night and again disregarded Egg-eating hens are a nuisance, and Ft. Petersburg, Feb. 27.— According ■opinion by Commissioner Clements, to the railway men and placing the the neutrality of the territory west of to an apparently well grounded report. sfter many years of experience In |>oul- your determination to succeed was today rendered its decision in the railways under martial law with a view of the Liao river. The presence of Chi Minister of Finance Kokovsoff w ill soon try raising the writer feels that when weak. It's no use denying when you’ vs California orange cases brought by tlie to exiiediting the transportation of nese soldiers was not reported. It is leave the emperor’s cabinet anil be suc his liens are discovered at the trick the }4outbern California Fruit exchange troops to the Far Fast. The South evident that the villagers kept the Rus ceeded by M. Roucaloff, a former assist best way of stopping It Is to kill the been outdone— better acknowledge th« and the Consolidated Forwarding com rifle brigade, which left Odessa two sians well informel! as to the disposi ant to President of the Council Witte, hen. I f our birds were not well sup corn. pany against the Southern Pacific and months ago, is still near Omsk. The tion of the Japanese troops. It was ex and a strong sup|sirter of that states plied with limy substance*. Such a* B ro k en Itra n e h e *. Atchison, Topeka A Santa Fe railroad latest units ordered for service include pected that the raiders woud repeat man. There are various reports con oyster shells and the like and all the When from accident, the effect o f systems, in which it bolds that the some 25,000 men and 48 guns from the attempt to destroy the Japanese cerning the proceedings of the council grit they desire, we would furnish snow or Ice, a large branch of a tree defendant carriers are unlawfully en Caucasian garrisons. They cannot stores at Niuchiatun, but they retired of-ministers last night, but in all of these liefore killing the hen. As a is broken, cut temporarily, leaving a gaged in pooling the traffic in citrus reach General Kuropatkin before April, without an engagement. them are indications that M. Witte rule, the habit I* merely a habit, and foot or more to lie cut again close to played the most prominent part, as he Is not due to any lack of a food ele fruits originating in Southern Cali at the earliest. the trunk In the month o f June, ad Oil Refinery for Colorado. did at the previous meeting. fornia. ment except that o f lime. vises a Country Gentleman correspond Prince o f Wales to Visit India. IVnver, Feb. 23. — Representative Usually the egg*eatlng hen gets Into en t Great Ice-Gorge Breaking. Awful Crimes Stain Baku. Iyondon, Feb. 28.— It has lieen offi Clifton II. W ilder's bill appropriating the habit by eating an egg that has H o g N o te *. Cincinnati, Feb. 27.— The ice gorges become accidentally broken; liking the Baku, Feb. 25. — The town is now cially arranged that the prince ami $125,000 for the establishment of a Milk and bran make an excellent -quiet. A ll the Armenian shops have princess of Wales shall visit India in state oil refinery was favorably reported in the Ohio river, in this vicinity, taste. *he acquires the habit, and once been closed, but the banks are doing November, and stay until March, mak to the bouse by the finance committee which were the heaviest known for acquired It Is almost impossible to slop. business under m ilitary protection. ing a tour of the principal cities and today. The bill also contains pro many years, began to give way during break It. We have found it the better A strong maternal appearance Order has been restored at Balakhany, native states, receiving the chiefs and visions to regulate the price of oil. In- the night, several breaks occurring at plan to hare both grit and the lime should he the flrat consideration In a Although the river material so placed that the hens may brood sow. but at Romany today strikers attacked princes on behalf of King Fdward, dejsTident oil producers who are sup various points. two factories and as a result 30 persons who, after consultation with the vice porting the measure have offerer! to rose several feet during the same time, help themselves at will. Some hens No sow carrying her young should were killed or wounded. In Baku many roy, has directed that for this occasion lease and operate the refinery when the ice was so heavy that it soon caught require more of these than do other be allowed to become constipated. constructed, and to advance the money again, forming new gorges. Property hens, *o It I* hard to dole It out prop ' terrible murders have been committed. the exchange of ceremonial presents The brood b o w and the growing damage estimated at more than $75,000 erly. It I* better to let them decide Manager Adamoff, of the Naphtha Re shall lie dispensed with. Consequently for its construction at low rates. pig should not be fed as the fatten was caused by these early movements as to their needs whenever possible. fining works, his wife and children, no presents will be accpted. ing animal. of the ice, but no loss of life. Kansas After the Railroads. were burned to death. A sow may often he kept as a profit Deacons Await Their Prophet. Topeka, Feb. 23.— The Kansas sen C oal Ashen. Inquires About Church Schools. Mexico City, Feb. 28. — Prophet ate tonight passed a bill lor the regu Irrigate the Klamath Basin. One of the agricultural papers quotes able breeder until she la seven year« Washington, Feb. 25. — The house Dowie, of Zion City, is expected to ar lation of railroads. It provides that a i Klamath Falls, Feb. 27.— The Unit- an alleged analysis by the Massachu old. Too early breeding weakens the ma toady adopted a resolution calling on rive here tomorrow from Cuba. His state railroad tioard shall make changes j ed States irrigation committee met here setts station giving 37 per cent phos the secretary of tne interior for infor five deacons now here refuse to talk on in freight rates upon due complaint today and took step* to incorporate the phoric acid nnd 42 per cent potash In terial forces of the sow, causing small mation as to whether any appropria the Zionist’s plans, but it is understood being made. A section giving the lioard Klamath Basin Water Users' associa soft coal ashes. In order to prevent and weak litters. tions of Indian funds had been expend a Zionist colony w ill be settled in the power to change rate* of its own initia tion, with a capital stock of $1,000,- iny To obtain the best results a how misunderstanding. Professor ed for the support of any sectarian In hot country, and devote itself to raising tive was included in the bill as it 000.; This w ill probably lie increased Brooks herewith calls attention to tb« should he In good flesh and gaining, sugar cane, coffee and other products. passed the house. dian schools. I to $3,000,000 in the near future. fact that a decimal point baa been not overfed when bred. J