v NEWS OF THE WEEK fn a Condonsod Form for Oar Dusy Reader?. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS 4 netuma of Ida Lots Important but Not Lett Interacting Event! I of the Puit Week. Fulton tayt lie will return to Oregon to answer llonoy. Senator Ilrynn, of Florida, It torloiii. Iv III wltli lypliold fevor. TheroJIs ft rumor that Honey U In vettlgatlng ClilcnKo graft. Canada has a p pen led to Great llrlt alii to keep out Asiatic lalior, Henrat'a Inilepemlcnct) league Intends to keep tho olil parties guesting. Roonovolt I to write n menage on amendments to tho antlttutt law. Travel to tho Com I from the I'-nit will lo $2.60 cheaper than last year. Flro destroyed thn GrandPanlflo ho tel, Chicago, to tho extent o( IOO,000. Tho Hu-ipiehsiina river It o IiIkIi that tho Iron work at Hnrrliburg havo had to olcio. The Shanghai, Chine, council list voted to reduco tho number ol upluin thinking dent liy ono-foutth. Tho United States Htool corporation mado earnings of over 100,000,000 hut year. Thla la moro than 14,000,000 above tho ranting of lt00. Anna Gould sayi the ha had enough of tnarrlod life. Count Loo Tolitol li repoitod to bo III at Yasnaya Polatia, Another affidavit by Huel rayi Ilurni tiled thr-ata to get falio testimony. Rallroada will maintain low eiour. elon ratet to tho com! all minnier. Abraham Hummel, prominent In tho flril lliaw trial, It been reloaicd from prUon. Mis Wllhelmlna Crawford, of Iw II, Maaa., 20 yrara old, hat adopted aa iter ton Jamea liutler, who li in. Old Ilcnlcla btrrack, near Hn Fran cltco, which has been an army post for 60 yottt, la to bo abandoned, but Uio arsenal will be lolalntd. I.cttere have leen received by Mayor Untie, unit ( of rolloa Hlilppy una A li'ant Clilef Bchouttler, of Chicago, In forming them Uty will bo (hot. Tho roaring woll nrar Hololt, Wli. aoumls from which pioceded tho 8n Francisco dlnsnter, la again omitting rumbling nolica and a itrong wind. Tho United filntc navy poit at tho Midway Island! la to bo abandoned. Kenntor Ia Fol lotto says high flnan tiler manufactured tho recent panic. Hear Admiral Kran will bo retired altor the Hoot toadies Ban Fiancltco May 8. A number of forolgn warthlp are at Tort An I'dtie, llaytl, and Uio revo lutionists aro to bo depotted, Viscount Aokl waa I oca Hod by hi government for otTendvo talk to Rooso velt regarding Japanese oxoludon. Hear Admiral Kvan ndmlree Ma(ds lona bay and My It would bo n grand thing If tho United States owned It. Hear Admiral Bperry will tako com mnnd of the American battleship (loot tooomplcto ltd voyage round tho world. Tho ciar has confirmed tho death aentonc on General HIooimI but re commondi commutation to ten yeait' Imprisonment. An Irlih aklpper In Galveston har bor holttcd tho Irish Hag above tho Amorloan on 8t. Patrick' day, but was obliged to change thorn. Tho Oregon and California oonttlng steamer Pomona at ruck tho rock oft Fort Ross, Cnl., and la a total Ion. Tho paasengor and hand luggage weio eaved, but 102 nacka of mall woro lost. Letter carrier will rccolve pay for oveitlmo clalmi aggregating) 280,000. Tho aonato lit forested tho salaries of aurvoyon gonoral from 1 2,000 to f 3, 000. Ilerlln Socialists are preparing to celebrate the annlveieary of their up riling. In 1848. An appraiser of merchandloo for tho Puget sound district ha boon appoint ed at ft salary of $3,000 a year. William rinknoy Whyto, United fitatc senator from Maryland and Uio oldett man In tho aonato, la dead. Thero la ovory indication that Mlts Kathorlno Klklni, daughtor of Senator Klklna, will bo married to Uio duko of A brutal, Studonts at Ann Arbor, Mloh,, wrecked a theater building becauao one of their number had been put out for whittling. LONE MOUQEft MAKES A HAUL. flldet Over 100 Mile In Mall Car on Oroat Northern. Hpoknuo, WiimIi,, Mnrclt 17. An aumliiK nil tho ulrs mid authority of u veteran poMlulllcu Inspector, u dur lug highwayman boarded thu Or cut Northern westbound Urloutul Limit oil train Jttnt us It pulled out of Don tier Furry, Idaho, curly IIiIh morn ing, mid ItiildltiK tho two iintll dorks nt bay ill thu point of u ruvolvur. looktid ono of llioin In a clothe closet and tied thu othor to n chair with rope, nftur whlah hu rodu a dltttincu of lot) inllun Into Kpokiinu, spending tlircu houra and 40 minute rifling registered mull, loading mid unluadliiK mull sucks along thu routo mid puffing comphtcuiitly ut u cigar tho whllo. Thu lono rolibor dropped off tho train ut n rullruad crossing Intldo tho city HmltH, onrrylng with him, It I bolluvud, much valuable plundor In it Hittchul. Just how much ho ob tained U not definitely known. Mall-clerk Duiijamln Htumpf mid John W. Nyatouiii, whu woro held ut thu mercy of thu robbor, toll a ro iiiarkablu atory of thulr axpurlouctt. Locked In ihu amnll clout, hardly two fuel Muuru, thu latter nliuoat fainted from aurfocntlon nftur thu train had pulled Into Hand Point, 34 mile wont or Iloiinura Kerry, ami rapping on tho dour pluadud with thu robber to allow iiim no too ironii nir. Tho bandit rvipomlod willingly and leaving tho dour ujar about mi Inch, vocured It with it pluco of ropo. Twice Inter on thu way Into Kpoliuuu thu robbor coated Ittn work of rifling thu mall ancka to co to tho door of thu cloiut to Inijnlro ua to how Nyilouu wii fculliiK. When Htumpf reuionitratod with hi captor that thu curd which bound him wore cutting Into hit wrlit. tho gonteol robber goneroua ly Inoteiiud thu futtvra mid nmdo ovory effort to mnku thing na com rortnblu at pottiblo (or lilt victim. Whllo rlnplng open thu reuutured ack tho piuudodiupuctor cut onu of III (ItiKora una many or tho piece of mall wero blood-ttalned. lllood hound wero put on tho trail of tho robbor, taking tho iconl from ono of tho bloody package, and followed a trail aevoral block through tho roil donco dlitrlct to n cnrllne. whora tho cent wn lost. It I bollovod that tho highwayman boarded a car and rodo downtown. QRAFT FLOURISHING. Police Rely on Court to Keep Tntm Out of Jail. 8an Frnncltco, March 17. -Pollco man Maurtco Ilolinn nnd John Kvntt wero ttrlpped of their atara by Chief of Pollco lllggy today aa thu roaull of an cxpoiuro of n vntt ayttom of gruft on tho llnrbary conit. Ulvoi, brothel, aalonna nnd gambling Joint hnvu been held up with regularity, nnd tho condition been mo eo bad that landlurda complained that thoy could not rent building on tho liar bary conit becauao tho big turn In protection demanded by tho pollco men nbiorbed all tho profit of tho tenant. Chief lllggy arranged a trap of marked coin nnd caught Ho hnn nnd Kvatt. Although tho cntoa aro clear ox tortlnn, under tho aupromo court do cUton In tho 8chmltx cato, they do not comtltuto crime. Tho cAoa nro Identical with thoio of Ituef nnd Bchmltz In nlmoat every particular. If ono wnt no crlmo, It I difficult to itoo how tho other could bu couttrucd Into n crlmo. WANT8 TO DIE. Orchard Would Refute Pardon Wero It Offered Him. Ilolio, Idaho, March 17. On tho morning of hi 4 2d birthday, next Wodnoday, In tho dlitrlct court ot Canyon county, Harry Orchard, tho clf-confcod murdorcr of ox-Governor Btounonborg, who wat killed by tho oxploilon ot n bomb nt tho goto of hi retldonco In Caldwell on tho evening of Decombcr 30, 190C, will faco Judge Fremont Wood pro pared to hear tho doath aontonco meted out to him, Harry Orchard, ot hit own volt tlon nnd ngalntt tho urgent pload Inga of hit attornoy and other, ro tated, whon nrralgnod March 10, to lot hi prnvloua plea ot "not guilty" atnnd. Ho alto refused to pload to n letter degree ot ruurdor than fine degreo. Ho tald: "I nm guilty and nm rondy to tako tho punlthmont. I hnvo told tho truth. I undorttnnd fully what must bo" tho conaequoncea." Ruitlan Prota Comment. Bt. Potombnrg, Mnrch 17 Thofllo vo anya that tho return ot tho Ameri can fleet as announced It na aontui tlonal na Ita departure for tho Paci fic. Apparently tho Slovo thinks tho danger of war has dltappoarod, for It ndda: "Wnllo thla arouses deep satisfaction In Kuropo, tho prcaorvn tlon of ponco la duo to tho display ot tho big ttlck of tho Unttod States, tho prudonco ot Japan and tho good ofllcea ot Croat nrltnln," Tho Novoo Vromyn anya; "Wlintovor tho origi nal purpoao. tho crulao hna dono n titoful aorvlco by n pttbllo examina tion ot tho American navy. ReorKtnlz Foundry Trutt. Now York. Mnrch 17. H. IT. Gary. chairman ot tho board of directors ot tho United States Btcol Corporntlon, mado n ttntomont to tho stockhold ers of tho American Stool Foundries Company at a mooting In Jovsoy City today advocating the reorganization plan propoeod for tho latter company. DOINGS OF THE SIXTIETH CONGRESS Friday, March 20 Washington, March 20. Tho thlp iitb'ldy hill wet passed by tho senate today. It pay- to 10 knot v(fisel ply lng betweon thin country nnd Houth Amrrlrn, tho Phlllpplneii, Japan, China and Aii'ttalla, 4 per mile, the amount awarded by tho act of 1801 to vessel of 20 knots only. Tho bill vtaa amonded ao tliatl2-knot veatola will rocolvo f 2 per mllo, which It tho ollownnco under the existing law to lO.knot vcmoIs. AmenduicnU were alto adopted providing that, If two or moro Hues cf ttemnthlpe ply from At lantic port to Bouth America under tho provltlont of tho bill, ono lino tlir.ll atop at two ports south of Capo Charle and atlpulatlug that no moro thall be paid for tuhtldlea than I re colved fiom auch aorvlco by tho govern ment. A bill was alio pined Increasing Uio ttltrlM) ot men employed In Uio life tavlng service. Waihlnston, March 20. Moro critl- cltm of Pretldont Itooscvelt waa In dulgod In In tho home today, whon he wnt roundly dtnounwxl by Hardwlck, of Georgia, for falling to toud to oon gros all Information rognrdlngcoipcra tlon which hu cotno Into hit possee tlon, The president, howovor, found a ready mid vlgoroui defender In Mr. Mann, of Illinois, who asserted that tho proildent had acted with tho ut mo it goo-1 faith In tending congresa all the Information that had oomo to him. The fortification appropriation bill waa taken up and In tho coure of de bate upon It, llartlrtt, of Georgia, do nlod Uio clalmi of Hepubllcana tocredlt for autbonhlp of the railroad ratoor Sherman antf-trutt law. The bill waa tide tricked for general debate, whloh contlnutd until adjournment. Thurtdiy, March 10, Waahlngton, March 10. Hwarnlng In tho icntte today hta unfinished tpeech on the Aldrloh currency bill, La toilette directed hlmielf to tho charge iimlo In hit remarks on Tuesday that tho recent financial stringency wat itartod by groat banker and financiers, declaring that since ho apoke on Tues day ho had secured additional Informa tion proving tint hli charge wore cor rect. Thero waa quite a large attondanco of Democratic aenatora In their placet, but comparatively tow Republican!. Occasionally conveisalloni between ten abort on the Republican tide cauied the aenator to dltcontlnuo the reading ol till remarks, On ono oocaiion ho re marked: "If there aro any comment! on my remarks, I would be glad to havo Uio in mado to audibly that I can hear thorn." After sroaklng for more than two houra and a half, La Folletto yielded tho floor with tho atatoment that he would reaumo hli tpoech Monday noxt. Waihlngton, March 10. After mvo rl houra of spirited discussion over Uio proposition to abolish 17 of tho 18 United States nenilon agenclea and ooiuclldate pemion diiburscmonta in Washington, the house tooay passoa tho pension appropriation bill, carry ing $160,809,000, tho largest sum ever authorised by thla monsuro. Tho house, by a voto of 80 to ISO, stood by the committee on appropriations and left unchanged Its recommendations tor one general agency. Illlli wero passed authorising the sco rctary of war to otUhllih harbor lights In Wilmington harbor, California, and auUtorlilng tho cutting of timber, tho manufacture and tale ot lumber and tho preservation of foreiti on certain Indian iandi In Wlscomln. Wednesday, March 18. Waihlngton, Match 18. Senatot Raynor, of Maryland, announced to tho senate today tho death ot hit col league, William Plnkney Whyto. After adopt ing tho usual resolutions, the tenato adjourned out ot roc pec t to tho memory of the late senator. Waihlngton, March 18. General do bate on tho pemion appropriation bill continued for over four hours In Uio house of representatives today. The subjects discussed took a wide rango politic, finance, tho trusts and tho president's last special wotsage all re ceiving attention. At 4:24 p. in. Uio he use adjourned out ot respect to tho memory of Uio late United States Senator William Plnkney Whyto, ot Maryland. Tueidiy, March 17. Washington, March 17. Tho son nto Into this afternoon, without n dlssontlng volco, confirmed tho nom ination ot John McCourt, ot Pondlo ton, ns district nttornoy tor Oregon, tluiB terminating ono of tho longest nnd most blttor patronage fights In tho history ot Oregon, Mr. McCourt's commission will bo mado out Immediately mid will prob ably bo forwnrdod by mall tomor row. Upon Its receipt ho will tako tho oath of oftlco nnd, upon tele graphing tho nttornoy gonorul that ho has dono so, will bo dlrcotod by wtro to tako full charge ot tho dis trict attornoy'a ofllco. Washington, March 17, Ths son- nto commltteo on finance today voted unanimously to amend tho Aldrlch financial bill by eliminating' railroad bonds ns security for national bnnk circulation, It also decided to nmond tho bill so ns to retain tho provision of tho protont law prohibiting tho retirement by national banks of moro than $9,000,000 of circulation In nny ono month. Tho committee discussed tho proposition of Increas ing taxation on emergency circula tion outstanding moro than six months, Tho rato under tho bill ns It now stands Is 0 par cont, No ac tion wn taken on this feature. Washington. March 17. Tho western sonntorn who stood out against tho railroad bond feature of tho Aldrlch currency bill won a sig nal victory today whon tho flnanco committee adopted an amendment eliminating railroad bonds from among tho securities that may bo used as a basis for tho Issue of na tional bank currency. When tho president consulted with tho western men ten days ngo ho found many opposed to tho railroad bond clause, Including Senators Ilorah, Uourno and Dixon, nnd upon probing deeper concluded that they woro right. Ho then Informed Sen ator Aldrlch of their position nnd ot his concurrence and at Mr. Aldrlch' suggestion tho commlttco acted to day. Monday, March 10, Washington, March 16. Thoro was no cxecutlvo session of tho Ben nto this ovonlng, therefore tho nom ination of John McCourt as District Attornoy was not conflrmod. Tho Judiciary committee today unanimously Authorized Senator Ful ton to roport the nomination favor ably. Under tho scnato rules tho re port lies over for ono day beforo tho confirmation, unless Imracdlato ac tion Is necessary by conditions or tho service. The sonato will undoubtedly confirm thu nomination Wodncsday. Washington, March 16. Dy tho voto or throe to two. tho subcoramlt tco of tho scnato commlttco on Judi ciary today declared unconstitutional all of the bills Intended to remove federal barriers against tho states exorcising control of their pollco power for tho regulation or tho li quor traffic. Hearings on these meas ures have been held covering almost tho ontlro prcsont session, and tho bills wero advocated by rcprcsntn ttvos ot practically all tho states whoro thero Is a strong prohibition sentiment. Tho members ot tho subcommittee aro Senators Knox, Nelson, Fulton, Ilacon nnd Ilayncr. Washington, Mnrch 16. The for tifications bill, carrying a total ap propriation of 18,210,011, Instead ot tho 138,443,946 asked for by tho war department, was reported today to tho houso commlttco an appropria tions by Smith of tho sub-committee on appropriation!. Tho commlttco folt that, aside from other considera tions, to recommend nn appropria tion ot 38,000.000 for fortifications nt this time would bo an nctlon which might very reasonably bo con strued by Japan as an official declar ation that tho United States was preparing against n war with that nation. Tho amount recommended by the commlttco Is larger than any which has been annually appro priated slnco tho Spanish-American war. Stturdtyr March 14. Washington, March 14 Represen tative Uttrton, ot Ohio .submitted to tho houso his minority report as n mombcr of tho banking nnd currency committee, dlttontlng from tho ma jority report , which recommonded tho passage ot tho Fowler currency bill. Mr. Burton's report concerns Itsolt wholly with the Fowler bill and his reasons for opposing it, and makes no reforonco to either tho Aldrlch or tho Williams bill, tho lat ter measuro having boon recommend ed by tho Domocratlc members In A minority roport. In his report Mr. llurton says that ho does not regard tho passage ot tho Fovlor bill as cither practicable or doslrablo at this tlmo. Washington, March 14. Aftor several weeks' consideration, a pos tal savings bank bill has been draft ed for presentation by tho sonato commlttco on postoftlccs nnd pott roods noxt week. The sub-coramltteo nppolntod to dectdo upon tho meas ure hold Its final meetings Saturday afternoon, Postmaster-General Meyor participating In an Advisory capacity. Tho measuro decided upon Is a com posite of the bill Introduced by Sen ator Cartor ot Montana, chairman ot thu sub-committoo, by Sonntor Rur- kott ot Nobraakn and Sonator Knox of Pennsylvania. Tho Knox bill was introduced by request, nnd was known ns tho Moyor measuro, hav ing bcon drawn under tho direction ot tho Postruustor Goncral. Immigration Tide Turned. Now York, March 17. Immigra tion statistics compiled by steamship companies nnd mado public today show that tho tldo of alien arrivals In this country still romnlna nt low ebb, whllo tho return ot foreigners to Kuropo continues In unusual num bors. Tho figures disclose that for ovory 50 Immigrants Arriving In tho Unltod States, 147 ot tho foreign cle ment lcavo. WOH8T STORM OF WINTER. Railroad Traffic Stopped Throughout Pacific Northwest, Portland, Mar. 1C. Whllo no ser ious property damage has boon re ported, tho heavy storm of wind nnd rnln that has bcon raging without lot up slnco Friday Is by all odds tho worst of the past year. Thero are no prospects of enrly nbatoment nnd great destruction of property throughout tho northwest may re sult, for tho storm Is goncral throughout this entlro roglon. Passenger traffic on tho O. R. & N. has bcou completely tied up slnco Saturday afternoon as tho result of nn enormous landslldo at Wyeth. No east or westbound trains havo been sent through in 36 hours, and Uio track will not bo cleared before to day, as huge masses of soft earth keep oozing down tho mountaln-sldo a rapidly as tho steam shovel is clearing It away. Four eastbound passenger trains tried to get through slnco 6 o'clock Saturday ovonlng, but nil woro stalled, and had to bo brought bock to Portland. Many of tho unsicngcrs who had left on ono or tho other of theso trains wero routed via tho Northern Pacific, but It Is doubtful If they will succeed In getting through, be causo a number of heavy slides havo occurred on that road between hero and Tacoma. Hood River pcopto sat In darkness Inst night. Churches, hotels, and such homes ns wero provided, wero Illuminated by kcrotono lamps, Inn terns and ancient tallow dips. Tho light and power plant was put out or business early in tho storm, nnd no trains went cast or west during Sun day. Tho volumo of water rushing down Hood River Is greater than at nny tlmo since Its power was harnessed. Only an Intermittent telegraph And telephone sorvlco was posslblo And conditions promlso to bo worso to day. Pendleton Is alio In a bad. It not In a vory serious way, for tho Uma tilla river raged like a torrent nil day yesterday and Is rising at tho rato of four Inches an hour, threat ening tho town with a flood os ser ious as that which devastated It two years Ago. Willamette valley points aro apt to suffer considerably, though no great damago has boon done so far and tho train service on the Southern Pacific bos been maintained without Inter ruption. Tho rainfall has been un usually heavy throughout the valley and all tributaries to tho Wlllamotto aro leaping up their banka steadily, hour by hour, aud are expected to keep on rising for sovcral days. A number of log booms In tho Cowlitz river havo been ripped looso from their moorings and aro hurling down tho river. Ilotwccn 3 o'clock Saturday after noon nnd 6 p. m. yesterday tho Wil lamette river camo up flvo feet at Portland. There Is a strong current running nnd Indications point to a steady rlso for sovcral days to como. Heavy rains havo fallen throughout tho valley and all tributary streams aro bank full. During tho 24 hours ending Sun day at C p. m. 1.82 Inches of rain full. Between noon Friday and last evening tho precipitation waa 2.82 Inches. Tho amount- ot rainfall for tho 24 hours Just passed has been exceeded tor tho month of March three times slnco tho establishment ot a weather station nt Portland. In 1877 tho fall was 2.35 Inches, In 1883 2.25 Inches In 1902 1.85 Inches. Tho rainfall was steady but ot no time was thero an cxcesslvo down pour. Tho wind attained a velocity ot 52 miles on hour At North Head and nt TAtoosh Island. Tho general direc tion wns south and southwest. Tho storm Is moving rapidly eastward and this morning is raging over Brit ish Columbia. Storm warnings nro still out over coast ports ond strong southerly winds aro looked for today. Rain will continue, but not steadily as yesterday. Elma. Wash.. March 16. Heavy. continuous rain has prevailed in tho Chohalls valley for sovcral days past. Tho Chclialls river, running ovor Its banks. Is still rising and tho highest water In many years is now expected nnd being prepared for. Thero waa a steady downpour ot heavy rain all through tho night, and It continues today unabated. Not a log will bo left In nny of tho creeks nnd rivers, ovory driving stream will bo swept clean, bo great Is tho flood raging through Chehalls county ot this tlmo. Logs that havo hung for years on gravot bars and high banks will go down to ino booms on Grays Uarbo- Flro Makes 300 Idle. Trinidad, Colo., March 16. Flro, supposed to hnvo bcon causod by crowded electric wires, destroyed tho coke washer, ttpplo, engine houso nnd chemical laboratory ot tho Col orado Kuol & Iron Company's mlno at Soprls, tlvo mllea west of hero to day, ontnlllng a loss estimated nt 1150.000 and throwing 300 men out ot employment. Tho flames woro first dlscovored on tho third floor or tho flvo-story framo building ot the coko washer, spreading rapidly to tho other structures. Tho ofUco was saved after dcsperateflghtlng Congratulations From Kaiser. London. March 16. A special dis patch to tho Dally Mall from Berlin says that tho Emperor sent warm porsonnl congratulations to Presi dent Roosevelt on the arrival ot tho fleet &t Magdalena Bay ahead ot schedule time. FRANCE AND HAYTI Peace Relations Badly StraliN by RevelQlIsBlsts. PROTECTION OF REFUGEES CAUSE President of Haytlen Republic Ac cuses French Legation of Har boring Revolutionist. Paris. March 17. Tho situation between tho Haytlon government ond Franco has become acute and criti cal. Tho French Legation at 1'orc An Prlnrn la mnnneed nnd A tumoral mnssacro of tho whlto residents of tho islands is reared, xnis informa tion was conveyed in an official dis patch to tho Foreign Office by M. Cartcron, tho French minister to Haytl. The latter part ot last week, M. Borno. tho Haytlen minister ot state. assured M. Cartcron that Haytl would agro to allow tho refugees who had taken asylum In the French Consulates nt Gonolves and St. Maro to leavo tho Island. This morning thero camo tho nows of tho execution at Port Au Prince nn fltimlflv nt hntwnnn 10 nnd 12 prominent persons on the charge of conspiracy against mo government, together with a cablegram from M. Pfirtnrnn nnnniinrlnc that flenor&l Nord Alexis tho president ot Haytl, had not omy reiusea io coniirm iuu Assurances given M. Borno, but had rtafltr Hix-llnoH In norm It thn rofueoca In the consulates to depart. ClOVCn nUQlllonui pcrsuua uaio taken asylum at the French Lega tion. Tho French cruiser Destrcea Is expected very soon ot Oonalvcs, where she will set In co-oporattoa with ihn Drill ah nnd flerman shlDS of wAr now on their WAy to Haytl. it ( iinrl.rfnri" hero that France. Germany and Great Britain are act ing In nccord in this mstier. General Antonor Flmln, who led ilia Imt rnmlt of Havtl. la Amonft the refugees under tho French flag. Tho foreign offlco recognises that tho general and ms loitowers are ro-u- Intlnnlata hnt rifwltnpM to hand thOm over to tho Haytlen government on tne grouna mat mero wero uu as surances that tho men would have a fi-l irlnl In thla rnnnrrtlnn It waa explained that, according to French tradition, nny man wno nougat ri- ugo under tno kronen nag -mourn havo at least temporary protection. Thn Tnmna hna aneelals from Port Au Prlnco saying that tho local slt- ti.tlnn In -rrnvft nnnnrfll Knrd Alexia claims that the plot against him was hatched at tho French Legation and on attack upon the legation is rear ed, tho correspondent says, because l r-i.rti.rnnn thn French minister. declines to deliver tho refugees un der the French ngroemom io ia Haytlon authorities. a riianntrh from Port Au Frlnce states that President Nord Alexis has consented to allow tho refugees ib tho French Legation to leave tho Is land but that henceforth rebels tak ing refuge In the Consulates will be removed by force It they aro not sur rendered. The dispatch says It appears that tho situation is likely to bo still fur ther complicated. Everyone dreads tho possibility or a messacre or ino Guropeans by the Haytlon troops oa the arrival ot tho warships. Tno dtspaicn acciares inni. i understood that Germany will take action It tho government executes moro rcbols. President Nord Alexis, however, seems aulto unmoved at tho prospect ot a naval demonstra tion. Tho total number ot men exe cuted Is not glvon. Alta Tries to Escape. Denver. March 17. An attempt was made about 8:30 o'clock today by Gluseppo Alia, the condemned murderer ot Fathor Leo Hetnrlchs, to escape from tho county Jail, where ho has been under guard day and night. Ho mado use ot a razor blada with which ho slashed the neck ot a iniaiv" nhn vh rlpanlnir his roll. and thon made a rush to get awuy. Tho "trusty," despite his cut, rushed otter him and pinioned him, nnd ho wns quickly ovorpowered with tha holp of Deputy Warden Carpen. Nations Sending Crulssrs. Ttnrtln. Mnrch 17. The Gorman Admiralty has ordered tho cruiser llrnmnn nt nroannt nt Curaeao. to aTO to Port Au Prlnco, Haytl. to bo nt the disposal ot tho Gorman minister for the protection ot German sub jects or other foreigners. China Releases Tattu Mam. llonckong. March 17. The Jopan- cso steamer Tatsu Maru,, which was solted by tho Chinese customs auth orities at Macao for carrying arrua and ammunition alleged to be In tended tor1 the use ot Chinese revolu tionists, was released today. Malta Will Welcoma Fleet. Malta. March 17. Tho announce ment that the American fleet would raoko a round-tho-worM trip baa beea received here with great Inter est. Should the fleet visit Malta. Its reception will be In the hands e-t the military authorities, as the HeeH terranean fleet is absent trow Juan to October.