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t - .. ' r " - ...-.. , ...... - . ....... , . , .. ..-?. ' . ' P'Aftnn ForN. C. : Fair. Icoid ; for Raleigh : Temperature for tha past 24 hours: Max. 48;Min.35 IFair. -. . . " ' - " ., , . i ' ' Vol. XIII ; - ...... ... . , . .. t ; - 1 . 1 r , . UO T - - -. - . , ' The End Came Last iviing Aft Brief Illness. A Man of Affairs in llie World of Buliness and a Tower of Sfrengifilih thl "Washington. - Feb. 13. Marcus 'A, limna, junior senator from Ohio, died 6:40 this afternoon, at his apartments ; t the Arlington Hotel of typhoid fe :, following an attack of grip, from wiich he had suffered more or, less se i -ir.usly since early in December. At Mr. Hauna's bedside when he died v.-rro his daughters, Mrs. McCormick r;,-l Mrs. Parsons, and their husbands; his son, Dan. R. Hanna and his wife;.' .Miss Phelps, his niece and devoted at iT.dar.t in sickness and in health: his inithful private secretary, Elmer Do- t r, and the doctors. Mrs. Hanna wr.s not present when the sad end carne, r.rf she had an hour before succumbed to her sorrow and was unable to bear i;p. In the corridors below laxge nu,m- Kts of citizens of-high and low degree congregated, for news from the sick room, and hoping against hope thax nf-pth might not-come. Tomorrow Senator Joseph Benson Foraker will announce to the Senate fhe death of his colleague -and will ask r.-r the adoption of a resolution giving expression -to the sorrow of the Sen tc. declaring , that congress and the ountry have sustained a grievous loss ml asking as a mark of respect that .ho congress adjourn. Today's session was brief, a restless, nervous feeling pervading tfco chamber, preventing the thoughtful considera N ion of legislative questions.' By an in teresting coincidence the Senate today i greed to vote next Tuesday upon the Panama canal treaty, paving the way for the construction of an isthmian runal by the Panama route, a consum mation of years of legislative labor due almost entirely to the efforts of Sen ator Hanna. "- When congress w:as i bout to decide on the Nicaragua route; Mr. Hanna, having satisfied himself by an exhattstl ve"study of " the jprdblern that the Panacea route was the -better one. .from .every, standpoint .interpose his powerful Influence in ..opposition to the efforts in behalf of Panama and had the satisfaction of knowing, just before stricken - with his fatal illness, that the cause for which he fought had been successful. When the formal agreement was reached today for a final vote, the hand of death had al ready been laid upon him and he was beyond all knowledge of the doings of the world. A sad feature - of Senator Hanna's death, is the fact that there was no opportunity for a parting with his wlte and family during his ' conscious hours. He passed from an hour of hope into speechless coma, and no. farewell word was spoken. Dr. Carter's Statement After the senator's death Dr. Carter of Cleveland, the Hanna family physi cian, made the following statement: "Senator Hanna died quietly at twen ty minutes to seven this evening after .1. most superb fight against a very se vere attack of typhoid fever. The sen ator had rot been wall for some weeks, out had only been confined to his bed. during the past fifteen days. From ihe early course of the disease there "vas no evidence as to the intense se verity of the infection a-nd. the .outlook at that time vvas bright. Since Sunday, tiie 7th, the progress of the fever be came more marked, there being a grad- i ual rise in temperature from day to lay. and by Wednesday the evidences or a severe toxic condition were such as to make the physicians in attend Hiice anxious as to the ultimate out come, though counting on Senator Han r.a"s indomitable will, they continued h Deful. J- .. The early inability to retain nour i -hment was finally overcome andth 'se seemed to be progressing more fa vorably, when on Friday evening, the 12th, the senator had a severe chill, a most unusual occurrence in the .course of typhoid fever. Following this his I'-mperature rose rapidly, reaching In thf course of that night 105 degrees, -nd the evidences- of .profound toxic "ndition were marked.. During the last days of Senator H;irma's illness he was able to retain he nourishment given, and resnonded ' a way little short of marvelous " to ""ery treatment- which fwas resortea rallying promptly front a 'series or oliapses which followed at intervals 1 'J chill of Friday, Saturday had been :ch a favorable day that his physi- ians took courage, and even then hop 1 for a favorable outcome. The hange for the worst came, early Sun- -ay morning and was followed by a gradual failure of his strength, which been already overtaxed by the. se Yrity of the disease. Senator Harina's w onderful recuperative power was such ''"t, though the end had been expected ' ; almost any time during the' early ! -'iurs of Monday morninvr, he clung " naciously to life until late M:onday ifieriioon as stated above. icrnod) - . EDWARD PERKINS CARTER." Waiting Without Hope ' The last thirty-six hours held no mm hope for Senator Hanna's family and friends,' Ever since .the relapse of yes terday jnornlnz .the end has been al most "momentarily , expected. A half score, of times the- senator's relatives were called to; his bedside from their post in the adjoining rooms, and told to look their last on him. And each time the won.derfut vitality of the "Ohio statesman would respond to the heroic treatment of hls'physicans and the sor rowing family would leave the bedide to wait until they were again called. Yesterday- morning the attending physicians announced" that Senator Hanna had but a few hours to live. Teste; uty afternoon they - counted his rpan of life by minutes. And yet last evening - he rallied to such., an extent that it was apparent that'he would live throughout the night. He took nour ishment and responded to stimulants. This morning,, when It was noticed that for the first time it was Impossible to administer nourishment, the physicians again announced that the. patient's life could be measured by minutes. And yet he lived throughout the day. His pulse not perceptible, his breathing barely noticeable, but , the vital spark still alive within him. Mrs. Hanna was the only member of the senator's family, now in Washing ton, who was 'not with him when the end came. She has borne up wonder fully during the trying ordeal of the past two weeks, . but ., collapsed about half past five, and the physicians were oWiged to t jrn their' attention tempor arily from the senator to his devoted wife. After some ; little ; treatment it was found necessary,, to'give her a nar-MjtIc.--and ,,so ' when the senator," died sheRwas sleeping in -an adjoining -room. IMmedlal'aiteYtKe physicians at the hedside-knnbuncef -that; the long delayed end had comev Secretary Dover notified President Roosevelt. .The presi dent called at' the " hotel later in the evening to express his sympathy. He was unable to see Mrs. Hana, but had a brief talk -with H. . M. Hanna.. the senator's brother, and with Mr. Dover. L. C. Hanna, a brother of the late sen ator, who is still in Cleveland, was told by telegraph as wero Mrs. Prentiss Baldwin and,. Mrs. Z. " Wyrnan Jones, his sisters, who are now at Thomas- ville, Ga. " " " " - In the corridor adjoining the sick room when Secretary Dover announced the senator's death were Senator Scott cf .West V'r&inta,;. General Dick, Gov ernor Myron .T- Herrick of the same state. Senator "Foraker "of Ohio, Wil liam Nelson Cromwell, general counsel of the Panama Canal Company, and many other Personal and political friends of the senator. " Senator Scott, who had been sitting on a sofa the gre;rter part of the after noon, hi3 ;head bowed in his hands, looked tip when Secretary Dover an nounced that the Senator was dead. Then he stood up, his hands to his eyes, his whole bearing telling of poignant grief. "My God, I can't be lieve it," he said brokenly; "I can't un derstand it." r And then he threw him self face ' downward on the sofa, hi3 head burfed in his hands, and his whole frame shook with sobs. There were many men in the room, at the timv Some were personal friends of the sen ator, and some of them knew1 him only as a business man or .statesman, but there was not one whose eyes were dry or whose voice-waa. within control dur ing the moments tgjat the junior sena tor from " West . Virgin'a ' a y before them in grief." ; ' x. Composed and Serene in Death Senator Hahjaa pot wasted or dis figured by his' severe' illness. To those who saw him immediately after death he appeared as if ' sleeping. His face was smooth and unlined, his features composed and serene. He suffered no pain or knowledge of illness, during his last hours, but passed - frbm life to death calmlyand: gradually, arid hi expression after death. gave evidence of this- Shortly after the" members of the senat br's I. family recovered from the first ehock of the announcement they expressed a desire to havi the linea ments of "the-dead sftaesman preserved in marble or b os? e. Acpordingly, about eight o'clock, U S. Dunbar, a well known sculptor' "ofWaslrihgion, was summoned --to the' death chamber, and made a death mask of the senator's features. - ' . ; .- xll the members of the dead senator's family with tfie exception of Mrs. Han na. are bearing up' wonderfully well, despite their long vigil at the door of the sick' room and : the grief and anx iety of the past., fevv.days. -They are much in need of rest, however. Mrs. Parsons, Mrs.T McCormiOk and Mrs. Hanna were given a sedative to In-ure them a night of plumber. Tr . .. The arrangements for; the senatorial funeral In Washington iuvve been prac- 81 ' RAIiEIG-H. tic uy completed, with the exception of some popsible mnor changes. ,: The body will" be ttken from the Arlington Hctel to th capitol Wednesday ' morn- ing. . It will probably not lie In state in the marble room, but be'placed' im mediately in the Senate chamber , where the: funeral, services ( will take place at noon." It is very Hkely .that; the chap lain of the Senate. Edv:ard Everett Hale;- will deliver the funeral orat' on, but the family have not ; yet expressed their wishes on this point. Immediate ly after the .ceremonies the body will i be taken from the.capitol to the Penn sylvania railroad station and placed on a special train . for Cleveland. The members of the late n senator's family, who are in Washington,. will accompany the body. The committees .of the Sen ate and House appointed: to attend the funeral in Cleveland,' will ' leave -Thursday, and the' services' will -be' held ' in the latter city Friday atl noon." His Illness Begap in December Senator Hanna's" . last illness really began in New York. 'hen t he went there, in December preparatory to-go- ling to Cleveland to spend the Christmas 'holidays. He was'practically well while in Ohio ond1 after returning to Wash ington, January 14,. he appeared in the Senate once or 'twice for a few hours only. He did not seem' to be entirely well and admitted ' to his friends that he was "not up' to the work." He was again confined .to bis rooms at the Ar lington. He .was" supposed by his phy sicians and friends to have recovered from the grippe, but complained that he felt strangely .weak; : that he had no energy, "no ginger," as he put it. Somewhat against the advice of his doctor?, Mr. Hanna attended the an nual dinner .of , the Gridiron Club, Sat urday night, January 30, and this was his last appearance in public. The din ner was given at the hotel arid the senator remained until "the close, not going to his rooms until nearly "one o'clock. He was in good spirits, but remained seated- while shaking, hands with those who crowded forward to greet him, during the half hour re ception preceding the dinner, apologiz ing always on the ground that while he was well he was weak. The senator made no speech at the dinner although hG was ready to do so, .when a club mem. ber, concealed in the musician's gallery gallery, with a -megaphone, - made a speech for him, which the senator af terwards said was far better than, he could have made. This, however, was merely in the way of compliment, as Mr. Hanna's Gridiron Club speeches were among the brightest and wittiest ever heard at this gathering of orators arid statesmen. It was at one of the dinners of . the "dub .' that Mr. , Hanna made his first, after dinner .speech- He declared, when called upon, that he could not;. do it; but after recovery from his temporary fit of stage. fright he-beliyred a-"gem" that made a de cided hit. Mr. Hanna always said that the Gridiron Club was a sort of god father to him. He had great regard for Its members and rarely missed one of its gatherings. He Did Not Aspire to Be President As to his attitude towards the presi dential nomination Mr. Hanna has said over and over again during the past two months that there ought to be no misunderstanding in the mind of the public. He was in " no sense .a candidate, . he said, and never" had been. This he had told more than once to President Roosevelt, and had, moreover, given - to the president his own opinion that no name ; would be considered by the Chicago convention except that of Theodore Roosevelt. If he had desired to be aj candidate, Mr. Hanna repeatedly said i to his friends, he would have begun ! his campaign last spring when an Ohio ! convention declared for Roosevelt in stead of waiting until Roosevelt's dele gates had been selected. Senator Han na felt that it would not be proper for him, as chairman of the Republican national committee, to make an an nouncement in favor of the" nomination of any particular man, but he. took every occasion In newspaper Interviews, public and private correspondence, arid by word of mouth to declare that he himself - was not a candidate. It is not too much to say, that Sena tor Hanna was greatly beloved by al most, if not quite, everybody with whom he was brought in-contact in Washington. " He was an universal "fa vorite in the Senate and out of it wfth all. classes of people. He was a lover of mankind and his charity and. good humored .friendliness knew no bounds. His heart and his poeketbook were open to all appeals! Ho came to the Senate an unknown quantity and even tually made a reputation as a force ful, social, broad minded iriari, indus trious in his public duties .and a - de bater of no mean order. His devotion to the fame and fortunes of "William McKinley was touching and the ser vices he rendered to the Republican party were generally regarded as be yond -calculation. . ; Much, if not entirely all, of the bit ter prejudice against Mr. Hanna. on the part of his political opponents, which found such brutal expression in the campaign of 1S96 and to a less degree- in that of 1000. has long since passed away, and Democrats and Re publicans in Congress and in Washing ton'generally have of late borne willing and eager testimony to the ability and high character of the Ohio senator. Prayer That His Ue Wight e Spared i ; The following prayer that Senator Hanna's life might be spared was ut tered in the House today by the chap lain ypon .the .convening offtha.tr body: "Oh, Thou who art supremely wjse and good, the -life giving, ; life saving NrC, TUESDAY; PEBRUAEY 16, 1904, j potentate, " In 'whom all our loniners. j hopes andaspirattohs are centered, be efocibusly "nearT" we beseech thee, to ; the- statesman -and? patriots whose life now tremble-iii; the balance. "Spare him, .ve beseech thee, to his family, his' friends, and his country wen 4that a little .longer his . genial presence, his wise counsel and efficient service "may. be C theirs, and ours. "Hear us, O Lord, and answer us in accordance with ;thy wisdom and good pleasure, Senator Gorman was greatly shocked when he heard the news of Senator Hanna's death. For a few moments he stood in silence.. ' "Senator Hanna's death," he said, "is a great loss to the country He was one of the most pos itive and aggressive men in public li'fe. His great ability, developed after com ing to the' Senates t was a surprise to the country, and his physical contact with everybody mLle him a great fa foijte. The estee'nVf in - which he was held by those assod.kted with him gave them "ari entirely different Impression of his character than they had formed ! oy reading of bmvin the public print. He was regarded by every one who knew him as a manly and a patriotic man, and "while a partisan, he was al ways fair to his opponents." FUNERAL,' WEDNESDAY - ..: ; The Exercises Will Take Place in the Senate Chamber and the Burial at Cleveland Washington. Feb! 15. The Senate will meet at noon1- tomorrow, and after the adoption of .resolutions offered by RUSSM J HOUSE OF (too much PopalSLtj Discontent Resulting From MiltiaryiReverses Is Stirring up Berlin, Feb. 15. Somfe of the news papers are . giving Iprcjniinence to re ports of, the ugly? internal , position of Russia. . The Taegjitche t Rundschau asserts that gloomy, despair Is preva lent. The disastrous beginning of the war destroyed "Russian fprestige in the eyes of the peopled who are filled with pessimistic - forebodings. . , The outlook for Industry financ? and commerce is the blackest.- - ' The reports . circulated officially ; of -patriotic demonstrations are merely intended to blind other countries to Russia's real; condition. The Tageblatt records what, if true, is a remarkable indiscretion on the part of - the German consul at . Moscow. A crowd serenaded the consulate-and the consul - addressed the people, from a balcony, saylngvthati Japan had violat- Troops Ordered Out mm Precautions Taken to Protect the Life of Henry Wil liams, Who Is to N Be Tried at Roanoke Today His Vic tims Recovering Richmond, Va., Feb. 15. Nearly the whole military force of the state has been ordered to Roanoke to protect the negro, Henry Williams,, who a short time ago assaulted Mrs. Alice Shields and badly injured her and her little daughter. The negro will be tried -there tomorrow. The man was taken to Roanoke tonight heavily guarded by the military of Richmond. The legislature today railroaded through a bill, and it was signed Dy the , governor, allowing the trial judge on petition of the prisoner, to allow his trial in some, other place than that in which the crime was committed. The legislature also passed a bill today by .which the victim of a negro assault will not be compelled to testify in open court. Her deposition will be taken at her home and later read to the jury. The train, which left here just before midnight, was instructed to pick up other companies along the way, which included those from Petersburg, Lynch burg, Farmville, Alexandria, Suffolk and other places. The militia is thought to be able to overawe any mob that may gather. There is -every chance ' apparently of a collision be tween the troops and the citizens, al though a special tonight is somewhat reassuring. Mrs. Shields and her little girl, who were almost fatally injured by an axe and a razor in the'hand3 of the negro, are now slowly recovernlng. ,The wo man will be able to make a deposition tomorrow. Both the negro and his victim deny that criminal assault was . committed, but under the bills found by the- grand jury the death penalty can. be inflicted. If the verdict should be anything less than death it would be almost a mat ter of impossibility for even a large force of soldiers to get the man oVt of Roanoke alive. - It is practically eery tain that he will be condemned. to I r n. " a - f """" -mm Mr. Foraker-announcing the death of his colleague and providing for the ap pointment of a committee of arange ments, the Senate will immediately ad journ. ' - i - , The funeral services of the late Sen ator Hanna - will be held Wednesday noon in the Senate chamber. The cas ket will be placed in front of the vice president's chair. Immediately after the Senate is called to order the mem bers of the House of Representatives, preceded by the'seergeant-at-arms ana clerk of the House, and headed by the speaker and- chaplain, will enter the chamber. : The speaker will be shown to a seat at the left of the president pro tempore and the other officers of the House will be seated at his right. Members of the House will provided with , seats armmg the senators and In the rear of;thfl? chamber. The dean (Continued on page 2.) Rowan Superior Court Salisbury, N. C Feb. 15. Special. J London, Feb. 16. 4 a, m. Practically Rowan superior court convened here ; the only war news that appears this this morning, Judge Oliver H. Allen :morning is contained In a dispatch presiding. This term of court is of un-jsent from Chemulpo last Wednesday, usual Interest on account of the trial : it says that the Russian gunboat Pas of the White brothers for the killing boynk has been captured at Mesampho of Russell SLerrill,. which case will be. by the Japanese who took her to Sas called Wednesday, of. this week. Al- eho. The capture is unimportant, the ready a large number of Interested vessel being of an obsolete type and spectators from all parts are in attend- almost valueless. Beyond this there ance. Another Important case to ;be is little but the retelling of old stories, heard at the present term of court is Among these stories is a long descrip the trial of Burt Finger, colored, for tion of the Port Arthur action by an a murderous assault upon Capt. John English correspondent who escaped A. Fowler at Spencer, which came near proving fatal. ed international law in attacking Russians without declaring war. the Patriotism Degenerates Into Riot London, Feb. 15. A dispatch to Reu ter Telegram Company from Moscow says the impressive patriotic demon strations at St. Petersburg have de generated into .riots. Students, ac companied "by " disorderly", women and unemployed.;, workmen,.,., throng the streets singing patriotic and religious airs and waving flags. ' The demonstra tions are of a scandalous character and are causing considerable trouble m government circles. The police- dare not intervene, fearing a breach of the t public peace. Seditious proclamations are circulating among i the students, The police are redoubling precautions. They are making domiciliary visits and making many arrests. a rnsoEer Lord Roberts Retires London, Feb. 15. It Is officially an nounced that, owing to the abolition ot the office of commander-in-chief. Earl Roberts has retired from the war of fice, but that at the special request of Prime Minister Balfour he has con sented to place his services at the dis position of-the imperial defense com mittee. Bishop Duncan at Trinity Durham, N. C, . Feb. 15. Special. Bishop W.,W. Duncan of Spartanburg, preached at. Craven Memorial Hall, Trinity College, last evening. Bishop D.uncan reached here Saturday .night. He Is the guest of Dr. J. C. Kilgp, pres ident of Trinity. This was' one of the series of regular monthly sermons, the other sermons of the series having been preached by Dr. Kilgo. There was a large crowd out to hear him. FREE TRADE SET BACK British House of Commons Re jects Morley's Amendment London, Feb. 15. The House of Com mons, by a majority of fifty-one, has rejected Mr. Morely's free trade amendment to the' addres3 In reply to the king's, speech. The secret of the Nationalist attitude on the question was kept with characteristic thorough ness. Its leader tonight criticised the amendment,." This was interpreted to mean that the " Irish members would; never vote and the free traders looked glum. Mr, . Redmond added that as the amendment was equivalent to a declaration of want of confidence in the government" arid the Nationalists' having no confidence In the govern-; ment they would vote for the amend-! ment..' With them and the Liberals' twenty-eight Unionists supported the amendment; ' Including Ex-Chancellor ; of the Exchequer "Ritchie, Lord George Hamilton, '-formerly secretary -of state for India, and' Lord Hugh Cecif. a son of the 'late Marquis of Salisbury. The vote stood .327 to 376. The debate has lasted six days. IWi STORIES : M LATEST NEWS Results at Port Arthur Were Not Entirely Onesided-Japan's- Mobilization Complete and a Large . Force Ready for Effective Service j with difficulty after the fighting. It generally confirms the Russian official account, but adds that one Japanese torpedo boat was sunk and another was abandoned in a sinking condition, but was captured by the Russians, in a subsequent bombardment of the forts the Japanese had a battleship and a large cruiser put out of action, while a Russian cruiser chased and sunk a. small Japanese cruiser. The corres pondent says that the Russian ship Pallada has been repaired and rejoined the fleet. After the action many Japan ese torpedoes were found floating out side the harbor. They were secured and their mechanism extracted. A Yokohoma dispatch says that the Japanese vessels Injured at Port Ar thur have returned to Saseho to repair and soon will be ready again to go to sea. The transport Genkal'Maru has brought the Japanese killed and wound ed at Port Arthur to- Saseho. There were five killed and thirty-two wounded. Of the Russian Vladivostok squadron there is.no news beyond Admiral Al ex pert's version of the sinking of a Japan ese steamer. The viceroy's ' dispatch, .which was sent to St. Petersburg, read:. . ... -...... . , "Captain Reltzenstein, jcommander of the Russian cruiser division,. . tele graphs that his division has destroyed a'steamer in Tsugaru straits The cap tain adds that a violent storm with snow has been raging for three days. jwhile ne degrees of frost was regls- itered. The enemy has not been en countered." It is .therefore apparent that when oosevelt Can Mot TaM Senator Simmons Selected for ConfereeHow the Post Heard of the Death of Hanna Proposed Textile Exhibit . - By THOMAS J. PENCE Washington, Feb. 15. Special. Head ed bv President Heath of Charlotte, N. C, the delegation of cotton mill men, rnrAHAntiner the American Cotton Man ufacturers' Association, were received et the White House at noon by the president. Secretary of State John Hay and Secretary of Commerce and Labor George B. Cortelyou were present, re ceiving with Mr. Roosevelt invitations to address the association at its annual meeting in this city May li and 12th. The president received the delegation very cordially, but he plainly Indicated that he would not accept the invitation to speak before the mill men. He did say, however, that he would endeavor to contribute to the entertainment of the manufacturers while In the rlty. Mr. Roosevelt explained that he had been forced to decline many Invitations recently received to deliver addresses and that he could not consistently make an exception in this case. Secretaiies Hay and Cortelyou indicated that they would accept the invitation, unless ur gent business required them to forego the privilege. : " The most Interesting feature of the Interview with the president was the strong approval given the administra tion's "open door" policy in China and the endorsement of the Panama canal policy. The large delegation, composed mostly of North Carolinians, chose Gen eral Draper of Massachusetts as it spokesman. He expressed the hope that this government would always insist upon the open door in the orient and expressed his pleasure, particularly with the attitude of the state depart ment In regard to the localization of the military operations between Rus sia and Japan, to the end that dStriese territory may be protected. ;:'& Recognition of Senator Simmons Senator Simmons learned today that, Captain Reltxsenstein dispatched his mx-r-sage he was at some Russian port, doubtless Vladivostok. The date of the commander's dispatch is not men tioned. The old story of the sinking of thre of the Vladivostok squadron crops out' again from various unauthentic sources. One correspondent Asserts that Tsugaru straits are blocked by sunken vessels. Under date of Febru ary 13 the Daily Mall's Hakodate cor respondent asserts, regarding the sink ing of the Japanese merchantman Nak noura, that she had stopped and haul ed down her flag. " All of her crew and passengera had gone below. Neverthe less the Russians surrounded her and kspt firing into her. Finally they tor pedoed her and she sank. The Rus sians made no attempt to save the crew and passengers, ivho numbered' thirty-three. Their action caused In tense indignation among the populac ashor. According to unofficial dispatches sent from Nagasaki Friday the mobil ization of the Japanese forces has been concluded in the most methodical man ner. It is estimated that 300,000 troops are ready to take the field besides the land defense forces. A Seoul dispatch says that among the forty-nine killed on the Varlajr was Midshipman Count Nieron. Among the sixty-four wounded was Captain Rudvent. The other Russians who died locked themselves in their cabins before the Variag sank. Th vessel lies on her side and can be distinguish ed at low water. Her starboard guns are still mounted. It would not be very difficult to recover them. 'The Ja panese colonists at Chemulpo have ap plied for permission to try to float her. They also want to attempt to raise the Koritz. A report, alleged to have been tele graphed from Port Arthur, states that Admiral Alexieff and his staff will move to Harbin in a few days and make that place their headquarters. Gen. Kuropatkin, Russian minister of var, Gen. Linovitch, Admiral DubaxofC and (Continued on page Fix.) for Mill Mek1 he Is to be appointed one of the con ferees on the agricultural committee, repressing the minority. The Informa tion was conveyed by the chairman. Senator Proctor of Vermont, who stated that he selected the senior 3?nator front North Carolina in recognition of his excellent service as member of the com mittee and also by reason of the fact that he has manifested a deep interest I In all measures pertaining to agricul ture. The selection In a high compli ment to the Tar Heol senator, who will have a strong influence In shaping legislation affecting agriculture. The cohferres are two Republicans and one Democrat. It is their duty to harmon ize the differences arising between the Senate and the House with reference to bills that come from the committee1 on agriculture. At a meeting of the Senate commit teo on the judiciary today the nomina tion of George K. Prttchard of North Carolina to be United Ftats marshal for the central district of Indian Ter ritory was acted upon favorably. All the Republican members of the com mittee voted for Mr. Prif chard's con firmation, the Democrats voting against It on the ground that the appointment was not in accordance with the hotn rule principle they advocated in th case of appointments in Indian Terri tory. There was no principal objection to Marshal Pritchard, who is well known in this city, having been con nected with the Senate in a minor ca pacity during the period In which h! brother was senator ln;that body. Quick Service by Ihe Post's Wire The news of Senator Hanna's death was flashed over tkvw1re In th ofUce of the Morning Poet within two min utes after it occurred. Tiit Pot had the sad intellisence before It had epread, among those in th hotel Jn which the senator died. Such promptness In hand ling the Information, awaited by peo ple in every section of the country, was due to the excellent arrangement of the New York Sun for meeting the sit uation. For days the San has had a force of men on the death watch.. A private wire .connection ran from the Arlington Hotel to the Sun office, where the Morning Post has offices. The news came over this wire as soon a 3 It was known that dissolution, -had occurred, and 6imultaneously the following mes sage was flashed over the orivate (Continued on page elx.) . . V5
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