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NEWS OF THE WEEK
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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.