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HURLBOIIT, Vtliral Fameuifur A Root, Tortlaud, Or. j EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES An Intaraatlng CalUotlon of Itamt Fraaa tha Two llanitapharaa TrataBUd la a Oosdanaad Form. Pcortilnrr Long will aoon laaiie ! v.rtiamniiU calling (or ptutKMnla (or raining tli. Wain, and tl Crlauibal Colun, in ac.tordunc. with the doitiion of the hoard of oonatruction to which the mattur hail txMin tefoimd. A financial Utomcnt Jiut lumifid by the Southern I'aaiflo Company alio. that (or tlie month of October tiie groaa eurninm of the oompnny rnni.liod S,650.7S6. Thii It an Increnae of 11,185,701 over the lame month of lait year. Corllia, of Michigan, lint intiodnced a bill in the bouae to (acllltate the on- atiuotlon and maintoiianoe of tele graph cab! si in the Paciflo ocean be tween the United ' HI a tea and Hawaii, the Philippine itlttndi, Japan and other ooDiitrloa, -i . The agricultural appropriation bill paaaed by conurete oonUina a retalia tory olauae authorlaing the aeomtary ot agikolture to inapoct imported articloa (InnKOiOul to hrnlth, and alao author ising the aecrotaiy of the tiaaary toe oludo tuuh erticlee. The restriction ie dtialgned to apply to a large number of article, imported from foreign coun trioa. ; v,; ,' , ; .; ; :- London advicoa juat received bring promlae that the Weat Indian coloniue will enter upon the new year with brighter industrial proapecta, owing to the anccwaful launcliing ot the Wett Indian Co OporatUe Union, orgnniaud on the 11 ii"a of the California Fruit Union, and the Iiiah Agricultural or ganization, which achieved wonderfully lipid gucoeaa. Great Britain hit giren another at rilcing example of friendship for tha United Plates, and at the aame time liat taken action which la looked upon in the light of a recognition ol the sovereignty of the United Htatei over1 the . Philippine., A , AUbuitering ex pedition orgauisud to go to the tupport of Agnlnalilo ha. ben anppreaaed at I long Kong by ordei of the Dritiab au thor illet. ,. Tho first order foi an Engtirh railroad to be received at the Solienei tiuly, N. Y., locomotive wot kg oalla for ten. mogul freight engine., which will he built for the Midland railroad. Tha machine, will be of American pattern, with cylinder. 18 inohe. in diameter, with 34-inch atrvke, and titled with all modem appliance..; The thlpment of 87 fucomotivea hut juat been completed for the MupoB railroad, of Japan, and the wmki are running night and day with a force of 8,000 men. Ambaaaador J tile Cnnibon will tail from Havre for New York on January 7, to resume bis) dtitie. at Washington Senator Hanna ha Introduced in tha annate, and Jtepreaentative Payne In the houae, a bill to grunt aulMldiea for American shipping. s ' When tbo president in hi southern tout reached Macon, Ua'., great euthu aiasm was show a and the Confederate veteran ndcred bim a receptlou. The National Cnsket Coinpanr, ot Pittsburg, Pa., ha. received from the United Bute, government an order for 4,000 caakete, the l.rgu.t aiuglo order of the kind ever gi ven. The coilliis will be uaed for the purpose of bring Ing to this country the liodioa of all the soldier killed in battle in Cuba, or who died troin disease there. Hat Portage, Ontario, is in wild excite ment, over s marvelous strike, made In tho Mikado gold mine." The core fills a slope 40 feet high and two and a third feet wide, and the richest ore is worth, on a conservative estimate fioru 188.000 to 188,000 a ton in free-milling gold. The ore 1. being put in barrel and sacks, and men are guarding It. The mine is owned in r.ngland. At a low estimate there Is now t850,0OO in sight. A special., from Washington, D. G., ears: ; There are seer who predict that Uncle Bam will become the tmtikei for the world. Two Old World govern inentR, Itue.ia and Jnpiin, have turned their fuces to the United Plate In enroll of loans. Russia, at least, lias bad agents sound American flniinoieia, This is the first time foreign nation. have sought to float 'great national loan in America, and the wise men think It I. the beginning ot the uow era. At the Moaoro insane asylum, in Havana, a horrible state of affair was discovered. One hundred and twenty Inmates, emaciated and showing every sign of staivation, are con lined there. Six month ago there were over 80U in till asylum, but death and starvation have reduced their number to about one-seventh of that figure. Tho Span ish government withdrew it giant, and although money wn raised for the institution, corrupt oflloial embegaled most of It, leaving the patient desti tute, Minor Newt Haiti.. It la repotted in court circle that Pilnce George ot Grceoe la engaged to Prince Victoria of Wales. , Mr. Abbie L, Marble, sister-in-law ot the late James (). Blaine, wn killod In a runway at San Leandro, Cab 1 Gen, John J. Dupny, a proiilnont ex-Confeilerate soldier, died In ?,lem phis. Ho whs in all Uio bnitln H tha army of the Teunesscor am' ' wa wounded four times. " " . i LATER NEWS. Judge Day, president of the Paris (uaoe commission, has arrived borne. A loaded lumber eohoomtr is ashore at Cuunon beach, near Elk creek, Or. The reoontly appointed register of tho Nulato itind office in Alaska is in inning. ' . In a trninwreck near Lexington, Ky., nine trainmen were Injured, two piob ably fatally. Importations of manufactures from Oreut Dritain into the United States seem likely to show an unusually (mail total in the year 1808. The United State troop have begun a regular patrol of the city of Havana, in order to guard against possible dis orders. Oeneral Leo Is arranging for the evacuation day parade, Public men in offico, especially those In oongresH, newspaper correspondent snd everybody who is supposed to have influence in shaping legislation or with the administration are being flooded with literatiure from foreign countries n relation to our changed condition of affairs a result of the Ameriaan Spnnish war. ,. Fira destroyed the house occupied by Senor Don Carlo Morla Vicuna, the Chilean minister, at the corner of Con necticut avenue and N street, Wash ington. The roof and top story were destroyed and the furniture of the whole house was ruined by smoke and water, entailing a loss of 10,000. The minister and bis family barely es caped. . At Brookllne, Mass., by tha sudden breaking of the ice on Lovetettpond, in the park system, 80 young girls and buys were thrown into eight feet of wa ter, and though numerous siwtftators and the police woikml hard to rescue the children, three were drowned before help could reach them. They were 3. W. Clattenhurg, jr., 10 years old; Ar thur Collins, 13 years old,, and Emma Miller, 14 veers old. The cotton recoipts at Houston, Tex., since the beginning of the present sea son have been 3,000,000 bales, a record never equaled by an Interior town or port of the United States, and which will be celebrated by a banquet to which all the the prominent civic offi cials and cotton men will lie invited. It is estimated by Secretary Warner, of tho cotton exchange, that 500,000 bales will yet be received during the remainder of the season. Senator McBi hie of Oiegon, has In troduced a bill making Astoria the ter-' minus of the trsns-I'aciflc cable. According to a new time card of the Great Northern to go into effect Jaun ery 1,. the transcontinental icbedule will be reduced 13 hours. Cougreti has adjourned until Janu ary 4, 1 After the holiday roce.is the rights of General heeler and others to hold their seats will be inquired into. Among a network of wire. 30 feet above the ground, Roderick Chiitholm, Chicsgo electrician, was .lowly burned to death in sigiit of several h ) lid red spectator. Colonel E. S. Barrett, national pre. blent of the Sons of the American Kev olutlon, was killed by falling Iroin a window r.t bis home at Concord, Mai Ha was 60 years of age. In Louisville, Ky., it is estimated by the health department Uiat there are 10,000 cartes of grip. The lavages of the disease have been io widespread that in some cases business has been erionsly impelled. Hereafter broom, will cost 9 cent more apiece.. Member, of the Broom Manufacturers' Association of the United States met In Chicago and de cided to advance the price of brooms 85 cent, a doien. A rear-end collision occurred on the Plicniisylvania railroad three : mi hie from Kahwav, N. J., whloh resulted in the loss of two lives and injury to many persons.. .The killed are William C Dewolf, a railway clerk; and F. Knight, colored poder of the sleeping-oar. Whilo examining state document of the 16th century in the Vatican library recently, Abbe Coz&iluzzi, assistant librarian, found the original niuiiu strlptof a treatise by Ualileo on the tide. Tho manuscript is all in (Jali leo's handwriting, and end with the word written at Kome in the Medici Hardens ou January 8, 1616. ' The president ha nominated Ethan A. Hitchcock, of Missouri, to be sec re taryof the interior, Mr. Hitohcook is at present ambassador to Hussiu. He wns appointed mimstet more than a year ago. and when the rank was raised to an embassy, he was re-appointed He is a wealthy lawyet and business man of St. Ijouis, anil was lot - some time an extensive plate-glass niHinifuo tnrer. He is a great gtandsonof Ktbun Allen, of Revolutionary fume.. The table of proposed stations of United Statos troops, submitted by General Wade, show a total of 60,000 troops, distributed as follows: Province of Pinar del Rio, 8,000; province of Havana, 34,000; province of Matansas, 10,000; province of Santa Clara, 10,000; province ot Puerto Principe,' 3,000; province of Santiago, 1,000. The recommendations of the commission, it carried out, would require 48 regiments of infantry and live of cavalry, with six battories of light artillery, four for Havana and two for Matanras. The British government ha decided to complete the Soudan railroad to Khartoum, the distance yet to be cov ered being 180 miles. Forest Salee, a bellboy formerly em ployed at tbo Pluntets' hotel in 'St. Louis, is heir to (35,000, left biia by James T. Spanldmg, of Chioago. , The movements of rebels fiom Brasll have been defeated by troops sent to the frontier, and there seems to be no further danger to tlio'penQ of the ooun NEW WORLD ENERGY The Nation of Shopkeepers Astonishes Europe. AFTER THE WORLD'S MARKETS England Awtkii la th Aggrsttlvt) Commercial I'ro.piirlty of Ilia United States. London, Dec. 37. It is no exaggera tion to assert that the foremost topic ! compelling attention In Europe is gen-; era! and in Great Britain in particular, overshadowing the dreary broils of do- mestia politics, is the remarkable ag gressive commercial piosperity wlucli the United States is manifesting. Hardly a newspaper review or a public speaker duiing the past month lias failed to notice with what giant strides ; Aroerica i coming into tne first place j in the alignment of the powei. It is j certainly the chief (object of conversa- tion on Lomuani stieet ana on tne Continental bourses. The manager of one of the gieatest London banks recently drew an Ameri- j can busiues man Into nis private) office, and said, in an awe-struck tone: This is the first time in the history , of finance that New York has been in . position to dictate money rates to London, Berlin and Paris." The . bank manager added that London's purchases ot American securities were ; a feather's Weight compared with the ' balance of trade in New York's iavor. , James Brice, in a speech before the Lleoest! chamber of commerce, sound ed a warning to British manufacturers. He emphasized the fact that the ex port of tiie United States and Ger many had increased 34,000,000 and 31,000,000 respectively between 1891 and 1897. while Great Britain's de creased 16,000,000. He " pointed out that the business United States was developin many important lines wluc Britain, he added, should ha against all competitors. Mr. hesitatingly asserted that the States could produce rails chea Great Britain, and he said in possibility of opening new mai cept in China. . Great Britain seem to havt reconciled to the capture of I market by the United States. ! can firms are uniformly succ bidding against British firm Carnegie company and the ISIir; Company have opened extensi in London and are' making upon the, British reserve. ' Hunsnker,' the Carnegie rt tive, lias contracted for 80,00 plates for the Coolgardie road lia, and the company was unal dertake the contract for 80, more. A dispatch from Berlin sn. fact that the Russian government has oidered 80,000 tons of Aineiioan rails, and tha prospect of Amerioau competi tion for the oontraots in connection with Russia's extensive railroad alarm manufacturer heie and else where. Consuls assert that all Europe is swarming, a. never before, with agents of American manufacturers of steel, street railroads, electrical appa ratus and all kinds of machinery, who are leading the commercial invasion. The attempt, to float a Russian loan In New York have been received skep tically here.- Several financiei. have told representative, of the press that Russia tried to raise money in London, Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam, and that .he seems to have turned to the United States as a forlorn hope, possibly with the view of reaping incidental political advantage. ! But, it is admitted that it is a question of a shoit time when capitalist, will have to reckon with New York as a competitor in high finance. The Daily Chronicle com ments upon the fact that American capitalst. "have the courage ot their financial opinions If they think they know the European 'situation better than the capitalist of the Old World." There is much interest here regard ing the choice ot a successor of Ethan Allen Hitchoock a ambassador at St. Petersburg. It is considered that the post demands the presence of the strongest diplomat, in view of tiie en trance of the United State into the East, Russia has sent one ot Iter ablest men to W ashington, though a transler fiom Washington to Coustan - tinople or Madrid has hitherto been considered in the service as being a promotion. Russia expect President McKinley to reciprocate. Mr. Hitch cock carries home with him the convic tion that Russia is still a stanch friend of America, which he has endeavored to impress upon the state department at Washington and on all influential American he has met abroad. Boy Kills Two Brother. 'Poooba. Miss., Doc, , 87. Thomas and William Brantley, brothers, were shot and instantly killed last night, at Enondale, hy Eugene Dennis, an 18- year-old boy." The brothers, accoin i panied by their father," attempt d to enter the stote of Dennis, it is said, in-; tending violence, whereupon young Duuui. opened fire on the Brantley, with the above result. The trouble wa caused by liquor. . Araenlo lu tho Milk. Now York, Deo. 37. Adolph Neat, a bartender employed by Mrs. Marie Zisoher, who keep a small hotel at Paterson, N. 3., died today a (tor ent ering great agony. It l thought his death was caused by arsenical poison ing, and that the poison was placed in the milk used in the household of Mil. Zischer. Mr.. Zisoher, Mary Duly, a servant, Friti Hagerinan, an employe, and Frit. Zeffen, were also poisoned, iI V. .it .i.t.i.- - bil. ! NEGOTIATIONS AS TO TERMS. England Agr.fl to Abrogation or thai Clnylon-Hularer Treaty. New York, Dec. 26. A special to the Hera'd from Washington says: All danger of further friction between the United States and Gieat Britain over the construction of the Nicaragua canal will shortly be removed by the abrogation of the Clayton-Bnlwer treaty. Sir Julian Fauncefote, the British ambassador, has received or will receive within the next few days positive instructions to enter upon negotiations with Secretary Hay for the abrogation of the convention referred to, and the preparation of a new treaty guaranteeng tiie neutrality of the canal. The change in the attitude of tiie British government from its old posi tion of insisting upon having a voice in the construction of the proponed canal is the result of representations made to Lord Salisbury by Mr. Henry White, charge d'affaires of this government in London. It is the understanding of those who are aware of the change in the attitude of toe British government that Lord Salisbury will suggest through Sir Julian the advisability of the United State granting some conces sions to his government in return for the relinquishment of the important lights possessed by Great Britain in the matter of a canal across the isthmus, which for nearly 50 year have been recognized by this government in the treaty negotiated by John M. Clayton, on the part of the United States, and Lord Henry Lytton-Bulwer, on tbe part of the British government. J-ost what concessions will be asked aie not known, nor will they be until fuller and final instructions have oeen re ceived by Sir Julian andtommuuicated to Secretary Hay. HAVANA'S DEATH RATE. Between Flfty-flre aad Seventy-Are Die Dally From Mtarvatlon aad UI.ea.e New York, Deo. 26. A disnatcb io the World from Havana enys: Ha- -dea.th .ra.t8 in iwtuUlLiig, There -reach. lever, tit nam- Is fever a total f last 24 are tiie nade no fepk- waa 0 of the e higb - rate is fr erery rowded leceived. ized as for eick of SOS 60. A lay that in tbe lace to ribahle iTtinesifof some sections oiler a her culean task to the engineer officer pre paring to clean the city, making the American heie despair of any imme diate lowering ot the frightful death rate. . ; A PERFECT SUCCESS. Mora About tha Rallooa Trip Aerott tha Channel. New York, Dec 24. A dispatch to the Times from London says: The Chronicle publishes an account from its correspondent sent from a balloon tiip across the channel, showing that the Andree steering-gear was tested with perfect success. Tbe sail used was 18 : feet square instead of 13 feet, the one ! used in the land experiment, j The aeronauts took their course when . the 300-foot trail rope was in water ' and found they had deflected three points, or about double that obtained 1 on land in Essex several weeks ago. i This is not surprising, for the frao J tional resistance of the trail rope in ' water was immense. Another test gave the same results, but this time tbe bal loon descended within two feet of the waves. To keep the balloon at an even alti tude was a task of the greatest diffi culty, and owing to cold air on the water the sun-heated gas cooled with lightning rapidity, demanding oonstant expelling of ballast to prevent falling into the sea. The balloon again rose 8.800 feet, but dropped behind a thick cloud. The udden eclipse caused a rapid descent. ! , in, 'ew minute, the balloon I A . ... . I A I I 1. .1 A n M .n -hB.A 1 A M . . I 4 1.A touched tbe ocean. A wave struck the car. It was an exciting moment foi the aeronauts, their gum boots being filled with water. Percival Spencer, the famous aeronaut, in charge, prompt ly threw out ballast and saved himself from sinking. The balloon then rose 700 feet after clearing the French cliffs, and landed lately amid Not man peasants four miles east of Havre, having in five hours cov ered 150 wiles, of which 75 mile, were over , Wreck! In the North. Victoria, B. 0., Deo. 84. The Rosalie, whloh ha arrived here from Skagway, leports the wreck of a sloop whioh left Wrangel two week ago for j Skngway with a party of 13, bound for j Atlin. Tho sloop wn found bottom I side up by Indians, and it ia feared that all bauds were lost. I News is also brought of the wreck of the schooner Ohio, of Victoria. No live were lost. Texant Go to Cuba. . Savannah, Ga., Dec. 26. The head quarter and first battalion of the Texas regiment, together with Colonel Wheaton'i headqnaiters, sailed for Cuba thl afternoon, iu the transport Mloiiiaan. The other two battalions ot the First Teax. and the Second gUUUJIIHflH Vaiuivaa mil v.uv - i'vwo tha MoLIW, ANOTHER ISLE OURS tpeck in Mid-Pacific Will Be Used for Cable Station. OLD GLORY OVER WAKE ISLAND Commander of the Slennlngton Ueeclve Ordert to Iloltt lb ring Tb.rt, nil Washington, Dec. 26. This govern ment has determined to hoist the flag over an island far out in the Pacific ocean, and orders were sent out late this afternoon to the commander of tha Bennington, Captain Taussig, to pro ceed at once to take possession, in the name of the United State government, i of Wake island, lying in latitutde 19 north, longitude 166 east. It is distant about 2,000 miles from Nihan, tha westernmost of the Hawaiian islands, and 1,800 miles east of Guam. It is almost in a direct line between those possessions of the United States, and is admirably adapted for use as a sta tion for a Pacific cable to connect the Philippines with Hawaii and the Unit ed States. It is about three miles in length, and incloses a lagoon of salt water. The average height ot the island is eight feet above high tide. It is scarcely capable, in itself, of sustain ing life, but it is expeoted that a cable can be maintained without difficulty by the erection of a condenser to sup- I ly f lesh water. . Rome station in that locality ia de -med to be absolutely nec essary to the maintenance of a cable, and lor that reason the American peace commissioner, at Paii. endeavored to secure one of tbe Caroline islands, bat without success. Wtke island is said to he by right already American terntoiy,""foi TnTSol j Admiral Wilkes surveyed the place and asserted title. Jt is not inhabited, so lar ae known, at the , present time, thoogh in the past some guano gather ers have temporality lived on the island. . . : The Bennington is now at Honolulu, and the orders to her will go out by steamer. After hoisting the flag on Wake island, she will proceed to Guam and make a survey of the island, which was ordered some time ago. She has already completed a survey of Pearl harbor, seven mile from Honolulu, which will form the foundation of the government's plans for the enlarge ment of the harbor there and the straightening ot .the channel connect ing the inner harbor with the ocean. ' DISORDERLY IN3J13Nr5. Filipino la Saburba of M anlla-Cana Amerlcaae Anxiety. Manila, Dec. 26. The United State, cruiser Boston and the gonboat Petrel have arrived from Chinese ports. Tbe steamer Uinon, which ha returned here trom Hollo with native and Span ish soldiers, has been refused a land ing. The steamei St. Paul has arrived here with Christmas mail. Tbe first American Sag was raised ovet Malate school yesterday. It was sent by the university of Pennsylvania. Tbe honor of raising the flag was ac corded to Father McKinnon, ot Califor nia, in recognition of his service, in reopening the schools. Native troops encamped in the sub urbs are again causing anxiety. Tbe attitude of the insurgent detachment at Panduchan bridge on Wednesday was such that tbe California, Idaho and Washington regiments were concentrat ed in light marching order at Paco, but trouble was averted. . .. Largeat Volume of Bualneia on Record. New York, Deo. 26. R. G. Dun A ' Co.' weekly review say: It l a year beyond parallel, and goes to its close with the biggest volume of ting a woeful mistake if she fail to re business ever seen. Enormous tians- ' tain tne friendship of this great world actions at the stock exchange, make, cower of the luture." some difference, but when all the trans porting and speculative interests are eliminated, there ia still much larger business than -in any other month of any year, hast year the exports, were in volume greater than in any previous month in the history ot the country, but this year the three weeks reported show an increase of 25 per cent, against 9 per cent in imports, which would in dicate much more than 970,000,000 excess of exports this month. . Cancellation of Kevenue Stamps. Washington, Dec. 26. In view ot the fact that fraud has been discovered in connection with the cancellation of documentary and adhesive internal rev enue stamps, by which old stamps were re-used, the internal levonue bu reau today issued a regulation which requires all such stamps to be canceled with the initials of the user, together with the month, day and year written or stamped thereon. Hitherto the month end day of cancellation has not been required. ' Motorloua Turk Killed. Constantinople, Deo. 36. Ghant Bev, the sultan's aide-de camp, was murdered yesterday by Ilafaz Pacha in a quarrel. Ghani Bey became notori ous owing to his lawless proceedings in Epiritus. He also inspired terror here by extorting money under threats of death. Officials of tiie foreign em bassies have frequently demanded tb punishment of Ghani Bey, but alwayt unsuccessfully. . .. - .Will Buy American Kail. London, Deo. S. The government ot Victoria, according to a special dis patch from Melbourne, ha. aocepted the tender of the Pennsylvania A Maryland Steel Company for 85,000 tons of eteel rails at 175,000 below the English tender. Fruc. to Tax Foreign Securities. Paris, Dec 36. Tbe chamber ot deputies today adopted a bill imposing I a stamp duty of one oeut ou foreign e- IcuriiiDo. , OPEN DOOR TO ASIA. oho W. Bookwalter Say. it ft Throagk Kuatla Obaervatlunt In Siberia. f London, Deo. 24. John W. Book Walter, of Ohio, who has just returned from a three months' journey through Russia, told the correspondent of tha Associated Press, in an interview to day, that he enjoyed unusual facilities for observing what is going on in that country. He traveled 17,000 mile to the terminus of tbe trans-Siberian rail way, to the end of the line, reaching the frontier of Afghanistan, and to the end of the one penetrating China'' through Manchuria. All these are ndw practically completed. y . Mr. Bookwalter was allowed to go everywhere, to see everything and to take hundreds ot photogilphs, thanks to special permits issued to him by the minister of the interior on the applica tion ot the United State smbassajor at St. Petersburg. During hie journey ha conversed with the governor ot provinces and witn military and civil officials of all ranks. "Everywhere I found," Mr. Book waiter said, "the kindest and most friendly feeling toward America and Americans; and beard many expression, of satisfaction over America', success in our wai with Spain. To this there was not a single exception. "America's best open door to Central Asia and China is through Russia. Already all tbe locomotives and rolling stock on the railways are of American manufacture. Central Asia will, in tl e near future, be the greatest market in the world for manufactures of all kinds, and our obtaining the virtual monopoly of this market only depends on our retaining the friendship Russia now has for us. "America has very little to gain by an open door in China. "That country is an industrial one, and whatever we may now be able to sell to them, the Chinese will soon be able to make for themselves. One day, and that day is newr - ati)3. djWbatever China boys from"' thfljest of the-WOThl wtUtacjuj''" through Russia and Central Asia, Rnssia in the last three years has done more to open the doors of China than England and all the rest of tbe world baa done in 60 years. "I traveled ovtr 1,200 miles of rail way which she bas built from the Cas pian sea to Tashkend, in Turkestan, over a branch of this line which runs to tbe northern frontier of India, over another branch which goes trom Marv to the border of Afghanistan. Then there are also Russian lines all along tho Persian frontier, and projecting into that country, either completed or rapidly approaching completion. All the work on these lines has been done j by eoliliers, who, in this way, arevmtf in Russia, as elsewhere, non-producers. "All this tremendous Asiatio railway system is owned and operated by the government. Ail the lines are admira bly built, and splendidly equipped. j Wbv, I saw a bridge across the Amud- j i aria, in Central Asia, at a point where , the river ia three miles wide, that cost ' 20,000,000 roubles, and ia the greatest ' piece of engineering work ever aooom- v ; plished. There is nothing like it any- -. j where else in the world. , j "Wherever I Went I saw cities and i towns springing up, such a. Askobad. . j in Turkomania, for example, which al- . ready bas 25,030 inhabitants. New j Bokhara, 13 miles from Old Bokhara, I has 13,000 inhabitants. Where do the j people come from to inhabit these ' j towns? , Why, from European Russia. . -j I The government is turning her surplus j European population into Central Asia -' just as the United States turned her surplus population of her Atlantio " ;1 I states into her great Western territories. j No human power cajjuthy'tha-rfm"''" march of tbe Slav through Ruhia vhich will be the feature of the 2H- century, just as the march of tbe Anclo - Saxon throuab America- ha been the feature of the 19th. i "The ITiited State will be commit. MASSACHUSETTS MISHAP. Rot Enough Water for m Battle-Ship of Her Site. Washington, Deo. 34. The naval anthnrttma IiUva U'nrnurt In 'thair .lis. . . , . ...... , may, that it is not possible for one of J ourhig battle-ships, like.theOregon or - " Massachusetts, to get out of New Yw,k J harbor during extra low "WV,r, ,n;h " s ' S prevailed when the latter bariU' " truck on Diamond reef a short tn ago. To aid the court of inqkiry nc in session at New York, trying toasce; tain tbe responsibility for the grout; ing, the navy department called or the coast survey for special meas meuts of the water in the harbor '' Diamond reef, and upon the rock " The report of the superintend the survey has just been receivi -shows, in the opinion ot naval o that it is not poss'V size of tbe maneuvn-" harbor cargo Lonn'i respond ' ot a let ays: Fr. unfetter the Cuba, aeivedly justly, am tli. ialaudi, A blind b tion. a. eu feotly. i 1 if . i r . T ) . v ' .... .....ismmmm T ST