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V()L. XVli. KILLED Skir- of Two Report u. misnes in Whicn There Were Casualties NAVAL CAMPAIGN at imperial Ilead Whirli the Recent Op- v i-nren-'-1' I w 1 the Navy were uis- Ouiet on the Yalu lort -rjnui . iV;iijixlor Mc- . . Cv.fot nrv ami Vi!l lU'lnet - vLfM-nr Release -Hay to . l" of tin Were I ' " "I From the Fawan. TaUcn ()f llaiins More Money for War VuiV'- , m,rSburg. April 6.-'All is quiet ".- . .... tv, nnrt which Gn- , ,.)..t dinky teiegrayneu ai:v rrul Kuropumn. who forwarded- message- to the Emperor. , report added that an exchange " 7 'occurred between Russian ' ,i-v :tr..l Japanese skirmishers near , Dci!ins' sustained no Japanese were killed. The wounded is not stated. The stores of; a Russian village near Y)-unpo. (south' of Wiju), Korea tuve bet-H wrecked and burned by a detachment, of Japanese infantry. mwin three hundred men. r-. Kachtalinky also reported that opposite Turmitchen, on the is land uf Matuzeo. on the Yalu river some Russian volunteers had a skir- ,. itb :i .TMtianese outpost xroin Wiju. There were no casualties on the Russian side. Six Japanese -were killed . i Japanese Naval Programme Dis cussed. Tokio, April 6. A conference was held at the imperial headquarters be re the throne, at which Lieutenant General Teruuchi. minister of war, Vice Admiral Yamamoto. minister of the 'navy .commanding, officers in the ariuy ami navy? Major General Ishi moto, vioe minister of war: Rear Ad miral Saito. vice minister of the navy and a number of the elder statesmen were present. It is understood that the rxent naval campaign was discussed ar.d detailed reports of Vice Admiral Tokos campaign were read by Lieu tenant Eaito, who was a participant in the tirst attempt to block Port Arthur, and who recounted in detail this par ticular "operation, giving his personal experiences and views If any conclu sions regarding future operations were ivaeed at the conference, they were '-t made public. The Helena Arrives at Shanghai. Washington, April 6. The navy de triment today received a cablegram from Commander Mason of the Cincln cai, at Shanghai, announcing the ar rival there today of the gunboat He 'er.a from New Chwang. Wounded soldiers at Vladivostok. V.adivostck. April 6. Many wounded from Port Arthur have been 'Tougrht here. They are receiving the p-eaf'st attention from the numerous To.ur.ieer sisters of mercy. Money for the War Fund. t . Petrsbursr, April 6. The scheme ',Cr t1'1" tir.tr retrenchments in the ex- B. ;..u:re m consequence of the war. - t-izettt d today. It is prosposed, to rl 7 ne "Free balance" in the im- (V 1 treasury to war purposes and to v.. us,. Ule tunjs in the treasury by aiiv ir." Duuget ot especi- !n ( ivil estimates The reduc wih t nal S87.1SS.556. of which up e.r of J',7-"4(,.lW falls upon the bud t . u"4- The reduction falls the on the railroad dpnartment. iltogether $36,000,000. Tli I216-V- -U'e loses S576-352- of - which trW, ' lV is f'ir the Purchase of an em rc;;V bUh'in.c at Washington. The Uui il'allon of Russia in the St. . v position saves $110,000. ' V1 Quiet at Port Arthur. -rt Art ttItrshV: u.-xue ivussian XY today in Kwan Tung Ai:,5nuiethere nus.,..i .. 7 . J' 'rpsvio V, - : h ii.ii.f s .v I . . . . . i -1.1 t. me Times corre- of iv-:" cruising in the vicinity f t.o!.j - ' ;;:;ur- cabling concerning the . mvV" Vossel by a' Russian war-- Sai-ir ' t.;:1 v, as the armored cruiser ! M.-.i - ' "ii:Z the flair of VW Arimira, ! "WOIT .i- , roff which chased and later ier. w.:.Appeal for Two Japanese: W:1lVeoSn; April 6. Secretary Hay panese servants nf tVio t,r.A -, . correspondents. Washburn 1 s.yl4 ere removed from the 'ihrou-V,!.r. Fawan at New Chwang prison. View.; of - Iv "ror of Korea, Arthur 1 -v J 4 - - vrca correnA ' Vxne-ASSCia-tea r'e'A' Hh t??Ph haS had an Inter" t...i . rlgri WrcAno r i i witv, rrsonage closelv ran. if-ft hi lu" emperor nf , irr.ir ,.. '"-te. land v.. . "hr,:., . 1 1 . . - im. ti 1 1 1 ri ck I V. reform; Introduced JAPS pv. v. j- 1 r 1 1 .'i c cn r - - . -ju 1 1 1 1 1 ax ivtb, . uur Jicwrmicitai permit the . 0 use is Rood offices cnief "Zt2 discretion. r the . -'n government in hlialf r" - V "L" v jumtipso c Ai nortn 01 - uv" Apparently reflecting the views of the emperor mis personage said: "I saw the Japanese action. It i3an attempt to apply to Korea the policy -which te British have adopted in India. My country has reason to sympathize with the Russians, know ing the justice of their policy toward the natives of Amur, where many Ko reans labor" Several Russian War Vessels at Cher bourg. Cherbourg, France, April 6 A Rus sian naval division, including the bat tleship Osliabia, trie cruiser Aurora ana four torpedo boat destroyers, arrived here today and exchanged salutes with the forts. Skirmish in Wriich Ten Were Killed. Mukden, April 6. In a skirmish be tween frontier, guards and Chinese bandits April 2nd, at a point on the Southern section of the railroad, three guards were wounded and ten bandits were killed and twenty were wounded. A force has been dispatched in pursuit of the bandits. GEORGE JUDGE ARRESTED. Evidence of His Incendiarism is Com-, plete Freight Wreck on the Southern. (Speclal to The; Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, April 6. Insurance Commissioner Yourtg has returned from Rocky Mount, where he secured an important arrest, that of George Judge, fire bug, a native of Wilmington. Com missioner Young said: "Judge set fire to many buildings at -Wilmington, but we, could never get enough evidence tnere against him. He fled to Rocky Mount, under an assumed name. The evidence of his incendiarism at Rocky Mount is direct and complete. It is believed he started as many as six' fires at Rocky Mount, including those at large warehouses." The monthly bulletin of the State Board of Health reports smallpox in thirty-seven counties, and says there are, i0O cases in Robeson, where the type is mild. This morning there was a freight wreck on the Southern Railway at a bridge across Walnut Creek, a mile south of here. A train of sixty empty flat cars was coming into Raleigh when a truck gave way and six cars were detailed, these being towards the rear of the train. No one was injured. It required several hours to clear the track and the eastbound train was delayed. BASE BALL. Aueusta. Ga., April 6. A special to The Chronicle from Athens, Ga., says: TTniversitv of Alabama beat univer sity of Georgia, two games of base ball here today. Anderson, of Georgia, pitched eighteen innings, struck out twenty-two men ana anowe.a one mt i" each came. Errors by teams iqsl uom era mea At Charlottesville, va.-umvers.njf.ui ... , . i- DQeT7ivaTiia 7 iTmversitv or vir- eri n a 1 At Wno.ynnerton tieorffeiowii umvw- sitv 20: St. Paul's school of Garden ClAt Baltimore Yale 9, Maryland Ath lietic Club 6. ....... At Philadelphia I'hiiaaeipnia, auii 14- Thiladelnhia. Nationals 6. At 'Annapolis St. John's college 15. rl "Mnrshall 6. At st Tuis St. Louis, National 6, 0 t nm'o Amprip.an 2. At Birmingham Southern 0. Beton, Nationals 8 Tlie Pennsylvania Republicans tT.i.h,, pa.. Anril 6. Former Attorney General John P. Elkm, of In diana) county, was nominated - unani mously for Supreme court justice to day by the Republican state conven- tinJ camnpi W. Pennypackcr James Elverson, of Philadelphia O D. ii..-i-iT -RVtrnk vn and -b rancis , e -o,ttcViiirr were electea KODDlllo. -- x n-""-"--o . . , i,rr0 to the national con- ns?ruoted to vote tor the nomination of president Roosevelt . ' $500,000 Gift to Johns Hopkins Hos pital. ho P tM tte Sum ot S500.00O and the amount has been aecep ted by the board t tnistpps of . that institution, ine, hi ?omoteeU,pnal wa, serious! af fected by the destruet.on of "any houses belonging w 1iatp in Soon -which- there was inadequate in "Stance The expressed purpose of Mr. Ihtdh it has maintained in the past. Monument to General Mercer. Washington April 6. Secretary Taft has approved with a few minor ,,-5-o tviA design submittea TVi rvn 1 1 ii'ii i.i iiiiij v ' by -r n Valentine, ui nnd for the monument to the me ' JLnPrai Hueh Mercer, a rev- i XTcrV, olutlonarjr hero jWch is to oe e ed aLe S an act of congress Accordance with an monu mnrv AT ireucitti - niTrnnriH.Liiih v w - i ment, . , Restriction on Philippine Squadron Withdrawn. awi r The follow- Wasnin&iun . r ing bulletin was poswru .lanortmpnt today. L.. .t.4rt the battleship Tne jesuituv" f thp Philippines has been squadron of the T nmmander in anu -" t . n nil JSVJlia.- not going tvif Asiauc nortn coast. cannon to be Chairmen. h.ngton, Apri.6.-Foer Sec tary Root w oe -."K chair S,nd KeKepub" 1 can convention at man of ine of-nrdance with Chicago. leading Republican the conclusions of leadmg p politicians In-Wmgton xms it erSI nf thole in othex part-, of WILMINGTON N. C. GOES TO JAIL Senator Burton Sentenc ed to Prison and to I Payment of Fine CASE APPEALED Senator Burton Was Sentenced to Six Months Imprisonment and to Fine of $2,500 In Passing Sen tence. Judge Adams Says the Ver dict Shows That the Law is Equal to Any Emergency and That it Can be Administered .Regardless of the Personality and Position at the Accused A Bill of Exceptions Filed and Case to be Appealed.' St. Louis, April 6. United States Senator J. R. Burton, was today sen tenced to six months imprisonment n jail .and a fine of $2,500 for using his influence before the post office department in behalf of the Rlalto Grain and Securities Company, of St. Louis, and for having received payment from the company for his services." When Senator Burton, accompan ied by his attorney, came into the United States district court, Judge Adams spoke of the motions that had been filed for a new trial and for arrest of judgment. The court, af ter briefly reviewing the motions, overruled them both. The court then said to the defendant: "Have you anything to say as to why sentence should not be passed upon you?" Evidently suppressing his emotions with a strong effort. Senator .Burton stood leaning with both hands on a chair back as he said: "Your Honor will please allow me to respectfully decline to say any thing." i : The court room was almost empl! with the exceptions of a few persons who had remained out of curiosity and the silence was almost oppress ive as Judge Adams, in a low tone, began delivering the sentence. The court said: i "I am satisfied that the jury reached the just and true result- The evi dence abundantly warranted their verdict and I find no reason, either in the law govering the case or in the proceedings attending the trial for disturbing it. "Your exalted station in life, and the character of your offence, give unusual significance to your convic tion. It demonstrates that the law of the land is equal to any emergency and that it can be administered re gardless of the personality and sta tion of the accused. It. also demon strates to all the people that public office cannot be prostituted to self serving purposes, and that public office is not a sure or safe pass port to private theft. -The humiliation attending your conviction and the salutary disquali fications resulting therefrom which forever incapacitate you from hold ing any office of honor, trust or pro fit under the government of the Unt ed States, are in themselves heavy punishment for. your effenses, and leave but little -In the way of severity which could be added. "It is neither my pleasure nor pur pose to impose any unnecessary pun ishment. . . . "I think the majesty of the law will be sufficiently vindicated and the nublic Welfare sufficiently saie&uaiu oii rv iTTttiOSin a SiiiKit: eseiitcii, " or. it is on nnv one of the six 4- f Vio inn'ir'tmnts on wnicn i:uuiiu i nvir.ted. vwii - - . Tv.icj cenrpnrp win ue men. s tvio Tmn cnnntv iail for COIIUUU 111 -w - .inA f months, and that ck o,r o fino nf two thousand and five ,Tr,Aro.rt dollars." At tv onnrlusion of the sentence, Senator Burton who had not taken v,!c from the court and who nan ,Mrari oo Vip simnorted him self on the chair back, turned ana ... j . rtv. Viic-hMd howed ana hio pvpc on the floor. His attorne Judge Krum. immediately field i-vt DTntimis in the case and a of- a o hnnA .fnr $10,000. which was 1C1 ' accepted. Senator Burton declined Vi r contpn PP. tO OJS t; Lisa lii1' v,... . The case now will be appealed t ... j. J o r. !c.ti-irt Olirt OI tne uniitfu oiairo uii5un-v appeals. Dont Know WTiat to do With the Cotton. New York, April 6. Commissione Alexander today adjourned until to morrow the hearing on the matter o .. i 3 , llatpral bv th the coiion cm -l t- v.nrm hont in the Sully bank rra. niipsrion at ruptcy proceeuinsa. -4- -- 1. raiat ie tr be done witn surplus, when the bank sells the cotton, votinn from Commissioner Garai Notification from Comm ner. of Province. R. L, to hold tne ner, plus pU13 v "rri, '11 tn rom- for If. w. ueyiiumo, OUt. Mir. r- nolds corporation. . A Schnooner Ashore. , a-i fiThP life saving stafionrcSbb'r southeast of that station. The ves - is in good condition. THURSDAY APRIL 7 1904. THE FOSS BILL I Bishop Spalding Urges Plan of Arbitration it Provides TO END DISPUTES Bishop Spalding Approves of the Plan ,For a Permanent Board of Arbitra tion Its Province Would bo to Set tle Disputes as to Hours, Treat ment and Pay of Employees by the Employer Condition Between Capital and Labor is Not Improv ing He Does Not -.Think There is Any Class of Employers in Ameri ca Who Deliberately Do Their Men Wrong. Washington, April 6. Bishop Spald ing of Peoria, a member of the anthra cite coal strike commission, today urg ed the plant of arbitration contained in the Foss bill before the House commit tee on labor. The, bill provides for . a permanent board of arbitration, to which shall be referred disputes be tween labor and capital. Bishop Spalding said it was not his opinion that the proposed tribunal would ever be called on to determine the question of what is a legitimate profit on the investment of capital. Its province would be to settle disputes as to hours, treatment and pay of em ployees by the employer. A fair wage he said, was determined in the soft coal mines of the west by the condition in the mines and the cost of living. Where a business did net permit of a, living wage, according to the American standard of living, that business ought to close up. declared the bishop. "I would say." he continued, "as Sherman said of war, that the strike 13 hell." - Men -who had been out on strlKe went back to work injured morally, and not the same men. The children of strik ers had been taught to taunt children of other workmen. The condition pe- tween capital and laDor was not im proving, he said, although he believed the anthracite coal stride commisMuu had aceomDlished good results. He re ferred to the present labor troubles in Colorado. San Francisco and cmcago. These conditions were blocks to better- ng the general conditions of the coun try. .. . ........ .... Asked if he did not tninK mai couui- tions were improving as to lawlessness, Bishop Spalding said that it did not j. Tin cniH tVlO seem so to any exicau "-' riotous conditions during tne aninrdtue strike were not as bad in this respect as the newspapers had made them, al though there.was picketing ana aiwjrs would be violence in strikes. T drm't think there is in America my class of employers who deiiDeraiewau their men wrong, Spalding. declared Bishop MORMONS IN CONFERENCE. the Subject of Polygamy. ait iake City, Utah, April 6. The seventy-fourth annual w" . th Mormon cnurcn t-mc today. According to the custom of the v tv, hnrrh leaders, inciuamg UIUIUII, l"1- the first presidency, the apostles, pres ident of the seventies and patriarchs who nominally hold their positions only frm conference 10 sustained by the raising of nanas in the great open meetings of the follow ers of Joseph Smith. a -notable feature of the closing srs,- ,i Ja.Io t-q Hrn bV slon was the ornciai uCW". - Print Joseph F. Smith on tne sud- ject of polygamy. The statement fol- lows: iTnnf.miinh n there are numerous nintion that plural mar icyviio v - 1 j r-nntrarv riages nave President have oeen emeicu "-r &25,tS f Member 26. 1890, com- .-n.j manifesto, which was f Vident Woodruff and adooted by the church at its general conJey October 6. -1 which for bids any marriage in violation of the r - ii,- iond T Joseph F Smith, denrortLTchurch ot IJesu; OjrLrt of the Latter rrie j that no such marriages ciii - . , the unction "onsent orowiedge of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter J.?': T 1- v... nnAim(p that all sucn mar- i S aohib ted and if any officer oSSmoVSf the church shaU assume ntr into any sucn marriage, will be liable to be dealt with according to me x -- -;o ihorPAf and ex-communicate3 inereiroiii. . - full n- This statement received the full en vhtirch members asr- . - . SSESTiS unanimousadopted ,he following resolution. " v. -.v .Tesus Christ. 01 iatir Tv Saints in general conference as- the statement, and oeci tr -;v tne - . inst made to rWcncernb plural i lherey FERE IN THE SUBWAY. For a T me Fifty Laborers Were in Great Peril Traffic Was Blocked. New York, April 6. For an hour traffic on lower Broadway, near St. Paul's chaped. was blocked today by a small fire in the new subway, the vol umes of smoke that poured through the few openings to the street driving pedestrians away and making difficult the work of the firemen, who wer-3 called out in large force because of the location of the fire. Telephone and telegraph service were ' badly cripple! as a result. The fire was started by the flaring up of a small "banjo lamp," used by the laborers in their underground work. the burlap that covered some ot the pipes along the, sides of the subway catching fire, the blaze spreading to the temporary timbering of the tunnel. This was damp and a dense smoke re sulted, soon filling the nearby workings of the subway and pouring out into the streets above. For a time fifty or more laborers were penned in and, in dire perib A few minutes hard work with axes made an opening a block away and the laborers were helped out to safety. Through the regular opening into the subway beside St. Paul's chapel and from openings made from the cellars of buildings adjoining the subway, a flood of water was roured down on the smoldering fire and within halfan hour the blaze was extinguished and traffic on the street soon afterwards resumed. DIED FROM SUFFOCATION. FiFve Persons Are Dead as Result of Fire at Mt. Vernon. Mount Vernon, N. Y., April 6. Five persons are dead and another is dying as the result of a fire that occured today in the Columbia hall building, a metal sheathed three story structure located in Wilson place. The dead are Nathan Frey, 66 years old. Isadore Frey. 12 years. Henry Frey, 3 years. Gussie Dohring, 10 years, a cousin of Mrs. Rebecca Frey. Mrs. Frey is dying in a hospital. The first floor of. the building was occupied by the Columbia Piano Company, on the second floor was Columbia Hall, with anterooms and on the third were apartments occu piel by the Frey, Barry and Lavigne families. The flames spread. t'h.rQufh out the top floor with great rapidity. The inmates were aroused by the smoke ana heat and all endeavored to make their escape but the mem bers of the Frey family were over come before any of them could even reach windows on the third floor and were brought down ladders by the firemen. All the dead were more or less burned, but their deaths probably re sulted directly from suffocation. The property loss is stated at about 530, 000. CARE OF THE INSANE. Board of 'Directors of the Central Hospital in Session. . (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N- C, April 6. The board of directors of the Central Hospital for Insane here met. today.- President Biggs was absent 4y reason of sick ness. i. 1. stancm. ju J ncot ana S- O." Middleton were eiected as th- eecutive committee- W. H. Crawford, Jr.. was re-elected, steward, C. Jenkins and T .B. Farebee. were re elected assistant physicians. There was much discussion of the overcrowd ed condition of the hospital and its in ability to care for all the insane in the eastern district. The executive com mittee and Superintendent James Mc- Kee were directed to visit the direc tors of the western hospital now in session at Morganton and confer witn them. The committee left for Morgan ton this evening. In February Superintendent Murphy of the Western Hospital came here to have a preliminary conference with Superintendent McKee regarding this important matter and as a result a number of female patients from this district have been sent to the Morgan ton hospital. NEW TAR IIEEIj SOCIETY. North Carolinianh in the Philippines Have Organized. Raleigh N. C. April 6. Governor Aycock today received a letter from Manila, saying North Carolinians1 had organized the North Carolina Society of the Philippines, with L. B. Alex ander (formerly adjutant 1st North Carolina Regiment, U. S. Volunteers) president; J. T. Harvell, secretary. other members beinjr P. E. Strowd, R. F. Clayton, Allie Drake, E. W. Ma- lone, A. J. Cassidy, Lieutenant tnar- les Wilcox. S. F. Drake, J. U. 5ur well. H. O. Smith. Alex. Jones, H. J. Welch, Major Triad W- Jones, Lieut enant Calvin D. Cowies, wnmeu rtnde-er. II. S. Navy. M. E. Mitchell. S. F. Smith, A. A. Brown. O. H. Pad- dison, J. W. Cheesborougn, J. ts. Jjar ham, Alfred T. Smith. A. A. Mathswa It. iu. Wallace, wnuam xvj. society ' was permanently organized February 22nd. A letter to the gov ernor is signed "Tar Heel," and says his health was -dranK at a oaiiuuc which followed the meeting and all present declared they were his staunch supporters. The governor a delighted at the formation 01 society. TXrmacto. funeral raiuc JL ''V - For Old Point Comfort. Washington, Anril 6. Postmar r-AnAra.1 Pavne left here tonight on the Norfolk boat for a period of re- rnnra.tion at Old Point uomiort, va. Thougn considerably better than he has been since his inness nrst con fined him to his bed. he is far irom being a well man. it is nopea tnai the eteahtore air win Denent nm Accompanying Mr. Payne," were Mrs. t-.-t,a. Miss . Jones, his niece and FIVE CENTS- PURE FOOD Mr. Heyburn Speaks in the Senate Against Adulteration ITS NECESSITY A. Largo Proportion of Foods, Drugs and Liquors Are Adulterated Amendment for Grading the Sala ries of Rural Free Delivery Car riers Was Conlilered In the House, Several Bills Relating to the District of Columbia, One In augurating the Carnegie Institute, and the Bowman Omnibus Claims Bill, Were Passed. Washington, April 6. After waiting with much patience for many days. Mr. Heyburn today found opportunity to speak to the Senate, on the subject of pure food. Technically the speech was in support of a resolution calling upon the secretary of agriculture to sendto the Senate the results of the investiga tion made by his department into adul terated foods, but in reality it was in support of the pure food bill. Mr. Heyburn contended that a very large proportion of foods, drugs and liquors were adulterated. The physi cians of the country want the legisla tion, he said, because under existing conditions they cannot have their pre scriptions filled as they wish. They often secure effects exactly the oppo site of those intended. Out of fourteen samples of drugs advertised, 13 were found to be rank frauds. More than 50 per cen,t, of the patent medicines, were Mr. Heyburn said, deleterious to. health while a large per cent wer ab solutely poisonous. Mr. Heyburn also referred to the practice of keeping meats In cold stor age, saying that they are often held for years, while after three months they are deleterious. The greater part of the remainder of the day was devoted to the considera tions of Mr. Quarles amendment? for grading the salaries of rural free de livery carriers, and it was then de clared out of order. The committee amendment bearing upon the salaries of carriers and regulating their service for private individuals was accepted. This provides a salary of $720 a year and allows carriers to deliver merchan- dise and periodicals for hire under cer tain restrictions. Both Messrs. Quarles and Dolliver predicted that this "Huckster" system would lead to serious scandal unless great caution were exercised. Mr. Latimer opposed the restriction upon the carrying of packages and ad vocated such a modification of the amendments as would grade! the sala ries paid according to the length of the route traversed. - The postoffice appropriation bill was still before the Senate when It adjourn ed. THE HOUSE. Washington. April 6. In a five hour session the House today passed seven teen bills relating to the District of Columbia, one inaugurating the Carne gie Institute, passed the Bowman Om nibus claims bill, carrying approxi mately $228,000, for the payment of small claims; agreed to the conference report on the fortifications bill and in sisted on its disagreement to an amend ment in that bill providing for the purchase of a submarine ooat. ine Alaska delegate dui was wwcu u. nr pushman of Washington, opened the discussion with a lengthy speech on the measure setting out tne necessi ty, of the territory in the way of repre sentation in Congress. During the debate on the foriincation appropriation bill, Mr. mn spoke in favor of a provision of $2oO,- 000 for a suDmanne uun x-j, iTr mtAriPrted into Mr. Hili's speech the statement that the secretary of the navy said before the navai committee that the people Denina me ui vided for in the fortifications bill, had nt frprd to nut their boat in compe tition with other submarine boats. Well the secretary 01 tne navy is mistaken that Is all" declared Mr. Hill, or eise tne gciuicniau ,.., mistaken he auaea. Mr Rlxey read from tne n earing De- fore the committee where the secera tary said that the competition was de layed at the request of the promotora of the new boat. . , Mr. Hill was positive tnai me aeiay was at the request of the promotors of the old boat. Mr. Rixey followed with an expres sion of surprise at the speech of Mr. Hill. Me said Mr. Hill naa appeared hfore the naval committee in. advocacy of the purchase of the new boat at $117.- 000 "Now" said Mr. Rixey. -ne is ask ing $250,000 for the boat. Why aes ne raise the price?" - The House voted for furtner comer ence on the provision and after discus sing the Alaskan delegate bill. ad journed. Boers on the "Way to St. Louis. Newport News. Va.. April 6. Gener al Cronje and two hundred Boers, ac companied by 120 British sholdiers, who saw service in the Boer war. fifty wom en and children and twenty Kaffirs and Zambesis. arrived here this after noon on the steamship Doune Castle from Cape Town, via St. Vincent. Cape Verde Islands. The burghers in the party were with Cronje at Paardeburg. General Vilejeon awaits the party at St. Louis, to which point the exhibit Is now being moved by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway by special train V 1: '"Uence of the Japanese. lit country who have been consult. v
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