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1 Is regarded as a miflicleut guarantee of the ex tent and accuracy of his work as special com mission MR. BIUSTOWS OFFICIAL RECORD. Joseph I* Brtstow was appointed Fourth As •totart Postmaster General on April 1. 1897, by President McKir.ley. Three years later Presi dent McKlnley commissioned Mr. Brtstow to orjrenlx* the Cuban postal service and to In vestigate certain rumors of fraud which had reached the White House. Mr. Bristol's work reEulfsd in the downfall of the Rath bone rln«. In March. 1003. Mr. Brlstow. acting un der the orders of President Roosevelt, Instituted an investigation of the scandals In the Post office Department, and having a corps of effi cient postal inspectors ho en March 24 turned them loose la the Division of Salaries and Al lowances, of vrhlch George W. Beavers was then Chief. The events which rapidly followed have been fully chronicled in these dispatches. As Is well known, he and h!s -sleuths" unearthed a gigantic system of fraud, procured the evi dence on which Machen end Beavers and twen ty-five others were indicted, and on which Machen and several smaller "grafters" have been convicted, and the evidence which result ed In the conviction of United States Senator Burton, of Kansas. This work was accomplished in seven months, and one of the most thorough networks of evidence ever presented to a court of justice was woven around the criminals. The transfer yesterday of the corps of inspectors to The direct supervision of the Postmaster Gen eral materially reduced the responsibilities of the place Mr. Bristow held, and the President has therefore chosen for him a wider sphere of Influence and a work of far greater magnitude than any likely hereafter to fall to the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General. PRESIDENT ON TREATIES. {A Long Stepin the World's Progress Toward Peace. Washington, Jan. 13. — The Senate to-day made •public the letter of the President to the Senate recardJnz the arbitration treaties sent to the .Senate on December IS, IDOL In his letter the resident says In part: The** conventions do not go so far as I could .wish In scope and object, but they form, taken [together, a very important step in the progress 'ef thf world toward a policy of peaceful solution ,cf such differences as cannot conveniently be •filled by diplomatic negotiation. Their very limitations, which semi objectionable to many (advocates of a policy of arbitration, are not mjthou! compensating advantages. They cutn jgnit none of the contracting parties to any action pa opposition to their national interests their I cr their aspirations. Their principal Aiuue is that they constitute a considerable ad- S'ance in the directon of the purpose so ardently ■dc-sSred— -of the reign of universal peace and tood will, No discrimination has been made among the acwers signatory to the Hague Convention who lave deeired to enter into these friendly rela 'tlone, ar.d it would be undesirable from the iFt&ndpoint of what this government is striving to accomplish tn make any such discrimination. !J should not willingly exchange ratifications with jany of the powers unless the series of conven tionF a* a T\he!<- should meet with the favorable Consideration of the Senate. ARBITRATION TREATY RATIFIED. Tor Settlement of Claims Between American Nations. Washington. Jan. IS.— The Senate to-day ratified end made public an arbitration treaty for pe cuniary claims which was signed at the second conference of American States In Mexico on Jan izary SO, 1902. It provides for ..he submission of claims not settled by diplomacy to The Hague, un lee* both parties prefer that a special tribunal be organized. The treaty Is to be in force five years. The countries rigning are Bolivia, Colombia. Costa ■ Rica. Chili. > >minlcan Republic, Ecuador, Sal vador. Untied States. Guatemala. Haytl. Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. DISCUSS SWAYNE CASE. Speeches in .the House for and Against Impeachment. Washington. Jan. IS.— Further consideration was aiven in the House of Representatives to-day to the Impeachment charges against Judge Charles Swayne. of the Northern District of Florida. To , day there was a noticeable lack of Interest In the case, except among a few members. Mr. Little ifleid, of Main", asserted that there had been "no J hunting or hounding" of Judge Swayne until, as a .result of the. O'Neal contempt case. O'Neal sought ,to get his revenge on Judge Bwayne. and he charged that since O'Neal died his funds were, to en extent, carrying on the prosecution. Messrs. Vow rs. of Massachusetts; Perkins, of New- York, I and Parker, of New-Jersey, also spoke, the two first named for and the last against impeachment. DEFEND SENATOR SMOOT. Witnesses Say Polygamy Is Rapidly Dying Out in Utah. Washington, Jan. 13.— Three witnesses for the de . tf*nc« in the Bmoot case to-day testified that polyg j amy is dying out si Utah «d rapidly that there is ,no sea of prosecutions. It was declared that the i young* Mormons ar,» all opposed to polygamy ' fan'" 1 rent if they thought it was being taught there J »x. -Id be a j evolution in the Church. It was ad j mitted that Mr. Stnoot had to get th« consent of j the Church to become a candidate for Senator ! but only in the form of a leave of absence from" his Church duties, and it was declared that he | oould iiavn L^en nominated and elected without it i The witnesses were I. W. y. Whltecotton. who ; testified yesterday: U. K. Booth, a non-Mormon lawyer of Salt Lake City, who hus been active In .' Utah politics, and Arthur Pratt, Warden of th« Utah Penitentiary and a «on of Orson Pratt. ITT. 6. COURT FOR CHINA AND COREA. Secretary Hay Says Present Consular Tri bunals Are Inadequate. Washington, Jan. 13.— President to-day trans mitted to the Senate a recommendation from the Secretary of State for the establishment of a dis trict court of the United States for China and Corea. together with bills Intended to carry the recommendation Into effect. The President makes no recommendation. The letter of Secretary Hay rays the present consular courts are inadequate. He cays that even If the consular officers were trained lawyers they would not have time to devote to the legal questions which come before them. and adds: Trie Interests cf justice require and the rights of American citis*ns In those countries demand that 'the legal controversies &ri^sJf there affecting their .Interest* should be adjudicai*d in properly consti tute court*, presided over by competent and duly qualified Jucxes. The subject was brought to the attention, of the State Department by Mr. Pelrce, th* Third Assist ant Secretary, who recently completed a tour of inspection of the United States consulates In the Orient. The bills transmitted by Mr. Hay provide for the establishment of a court "which shall have orlclnsi jurisdiction In all Judicial proceeding* wh^r»of Jurisdiction may now b« exercised by United States Consuls and Ministers by virtue of trestles brttveea. the United States and China, and the United States and Corea." - Tbe court is to hold sessions at Shanghai, Canton, T1«:-T*;n and Seoul, and at other places which may be declsnatod from time to time. The judge ana other ocicer* of the court are to be appointed by the President, t i« Judge to receive a taiary of le,«00. the district attorney of JO.OOO and the marshal *nd the clerk Ci.OOO each. The judgo Is to hold office ATto*B years. For Purity and general excellence nothing compares with londonctetw 2Ss^* LlTtf IA WATER "4 a> & table water. Always the same. Sparkling and delicious. A gre-*> aid to digestion. Sold everywhere. Half-gallons, BLiij quarts pints, and splits, sparkling. NO MENACE TO RAILROADS ALARM WITHOUT CAUSE. Only Safe and Sound Rate Legisla tion Will Satisfy the President. [FROM Tirß TIUBfNE BT"REAI'.] Washington, Jan. 13.— Senators and Repre sentatives are surprised at the character of the Inquiries which are reaching them with refer ence to the proposed railway rate legislation, some of which indicate an alarm entirely un warranted by the facts or prospects. The Presi dent has indicated his desire for legislation which will remedy existing evils and his inten tion to call a special session of Congress to con sider the question and. if possible, frame legis lation, but that should cavse no alarm, in the estimation of the leader* in both houses of Congress, for the reason that the majorities in both chambers of the next Congress will be so strongly Republican a« to Insure conservative and equitable legislation or none at all. Attention is called, also, to the fact that those who seem most alarmed at the prospect are those w.ho havo least opportunity to consult members of Congress, whereas, on the other hand, a number of the mo*t prominent railroad men in the country have talked with the leaden In Congress and some of them have seen the President, and they have no fear that all their proper interests will not be protected in any legislation which may follow. It is believed that the chief cause for alarm Is the radical measures which hr.ye been pro posed by spme members of Congress. Boma doubtless sincere and other* responding only to the exigencies of local political Bituations, while etm a third class is proposing- radical legisla tion, with the hope of preventing any action. The facts nre that. In response to the President's wishes, some of the ablest members of Con gress are devoting considerable time to studying this question, although it must be admitted that the problem is so complex as to afford little encouragement to the seeker after an equitable solution. Not the least difficult phase of the question is clearly to outline the evils which it Is proposed to remedy, and thus far little prog ress has been made in that direction, while the conservative members of Congress properly in sist that the defects in the existing law which it la proposed to remedy must be clearly and ac curately defined before intelligent action look- Ing to their correction can be taken. It is point ed out that an efficient anti-rebate law was placed on the statute books p.t the last session of Congresß, and it requires only proper enforce ment to remedy all injustice growing out of the rebate system. The enactment of that law was not attended by any suggestion of pujiie among railroad men or of dei-ression of stocks or rail roud values. From this fact it is argued that all expectation of disaster from further legis lation ia equally unwarranted in the present in stance. It i 6 believed that the ultimate effect of the anti-rebate legislation will be beneficiai to the railroads, and it is held that the legislation which the President, who Is committed to no particular form of enactment, urges will prove equally so. Social affairs have called to "Washington in the last week a number of prominent railroad men, who have thus had an opportunity of "yarn ing the actual situation at first hand, aud they have gone away reassured and confident that radical and revolutionary legislation, while it may serve the political ends of certain legis lators, will never find its way Into the United States statutes. They have learned that no law which is not absolutely just to all concerned will satisfy the President or be approved by him, that some of the best minds in Congress are intent on carrying into effect his recom mendation!* along lines which will reflect credit on the authors of the legislation and redound lo the benefit of the nation and the Republican party, and they have gone away satisfied that the predominating influence is sufficiently "safe and sound" to eliminate all occasion for anxiety or alarm. WOULD STOP REBATES. Railroad Rate Legislation Sugges tion by Samuel Spencer. Washington. Jan. 13.— Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern Railway, concluded his argument against the Quarles-Cooper bill before the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce to-day. Answering a question as to whether there would be any objection to a uniform classification of freight throughout the country, Mr. Spencer said there might not be. although it would without doubt throw the rates of certain railroads out of line. If it was done violently and suaaenij. it would result in a commercial upheaval. "The man doe« not live." asserted Mr. Spencer "who can draft a law that will grant authority to any body of men that can be exercised effectively to abolish discrimination between localities. It is Impossible to do away with complaints of dis crimination on the part of localities." Speaking for the railroads, he saldi 'All we havo the right to ask Is that the subject shall be given a very thorough and careful consideration before action Is taken." The granting of the power pro posed, he maintained, meant that eventually. if not speedily, the commission would be forced to make every railroad rate In the country. In concluding, he suggested that. In hit opinion, the only legislation necessary at the present time. If, indeed, any was necessary, was the stopping of appeals from decisions of the commission at the circuit court, except where points of law were in volved, when cases should go to the Supreme Court; that the freight carrying lines by water, the fast freight lines and the private car lines all be brought under the jurisdiction of the commission, the same J»s the railroads now are; that carriers should be relieved of the anomalous position of being required to maintain uniform rates and prohibited from making agreements as to what those rates should be. Traffic agreements should be permitted in writing and submitted to the commission for ap proval, with power to annul the same at any time. Lastly, he said, nine-tenths of the whole necessity was something that would do away with the abuses of the rebate system. I » J. J. HILL IN CONFERENCE. Talks with Secretary Morton About Rate Legislation. Washington, Jan. 13.— Secretary Morton had a long conference this evening with James J. Hill, of the Great Northern, and Samupl Spencer, of the Southern Railway, on the subject of railway rate legislation, but no details of the conference could be obtained. WILL SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT. Commission Merchants Approve His Recom mendation to Congress. N>w-O!iean». Jan. 13.— The National League of Commission Merchants, at to-day's session, or dered the sending of the following dispatch to President Roosevelt: We, the National League of Commission Mer chants of the United States, in convention assem bled, most heartily approve of the recommendation to Congress relating to the regulation of railway and transportation matters, as embodied In your message, and pledge ourselves to earnestly support you In your effort to secure needed legislation along these lines. NO SANTA FE REHEARING. Washington, Jan. 13.— The Interstate Commerce Commission has cancelled thr» arrangements for a rehearing of the case of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. Involving charges that the com pany was receiving rebates from the Atohison, NftV^YOKK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY. JANUABY 14. 1005. Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. The action in in accordance with the withdrawal by President Rip ley of tho railroad, of his request for a rehearing of the case. NEW CANAL COM PLICATION BIG DEPOSITS TIED UP. Contractors Making Loxvest Bids Anxious About Their $800,000. Ist telegraph to the tribuxe ] Albany, Jan. IS. — An additional complication in the tangle over the $101,000,000 canal Im provement law was revealed to-day when It was learned that upward of $300,000 deposited by contractors who bid on the six sections already advertised was likely to be held up until some determination was reached regarding the prob lem. This sum was deposited by the lowest bidders on each section, and all other deposits ware returned when the bids were opened. The total sum originally deposited amounted to $2, 258,000 and accompanied the bids in the shape of certified checks. All except $300,000 was duly returned, but this sum, deposited by the suc cessful bidders, will remain tied up until one of two things happens, either the Superintend ent of Public Works rejects all bids or lets the contracts. But this $300,000 is hedged in by various dif ficulties. Much has been written in these dis patches about the tangle over lump sum and item bids. This sum represents the deposits not of six successful bidders, but of nine or ten con tractors, for In many cases there were lump sum and item bids for the same contract, and, pend ing a decision of the Attorney General, the lower bidder of each nort, whenever there were two such bids on a single contract, will have his depo6it held. Nor is there any manner in which he can get the money back by any legal steps on his side. The advertisement for the bidding was specific. The terms provided that the cer tified check must remain deposited until the superintendent returned all bids aa rejected or until the successful contractor riled his bond after receiving the contract. Of course. Super intendent Franchot is at liberty to interpret hit right to reject all bids freely and, if the ques tion seems sure to be long drawn out, return all checks, but this is the only hope the men who have tied up their money have of speedy relief, and it is a matter of record that some deposits of a similar character, made for contracts for the $9,000,000 improvement, were locked up for three years. The lot of the contractor promises to be an uphappy one His ;>:;0<>.(i0O, tnklng the lowest bidders collectively, is already tied up, seeming ly indefinitely. Governor Higgins has declared that the letting of contracts and the selling of bonds cannot be safely entered on while the constitutionality of .he law is unsettled. If Attorney General Mayer consents to permit tho interests represented by Eiihu Root to take the question to tho courts, and ultimately to the Court of Appeals, then the best hope the con tractors can have is that Mr. Franchot will ro- Jecl all bids and let them out with their de posits. What effect this will have or. future bidders Is, of course, problematical, but possi bly it will discourage some of the most desira ble bidders. Higgins Knows Nothing of Reported Conference Here. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TMBfSE.] Albany, Jan. 13.— Governor Higgins was asked again to-day about the possibility of his favor ing a water supply commission. 'I want to say, speaking generally," he re plied, "that the Executive will not assume to originate or initiate legislation. There may be cases where the Executive may think It worth while to call a matter to the attention of the legislature; that will be done by message. On this subject 1 have already made a recommenda tion In my message." When asked If he contemplated another mes sage, he said: "If they should forget the other reference I might jog their memories." Reportß that President Roosevelt and Gov ernor Higgins were planning a grand harmony meeting in New-York City of alleged discordant Republicans created general amusement here to day. Governor Higgins admitted that he had received his lirst intimation from the news papers, was not going to New-York In the Imme diate future and knew Of no conference. Other party leaders are fairly well separated. Speaker Nixon has gone to Washington, Senator Raines to Canadaigua and Senator Malby is still here. The last named was mentioned as a party to this conference. He has never heard of it. In connection with this canard it may be said that the reported conferences with reference to excise and gas legislation seem to have no more real basis in fact. Governor Higgins has been frequently reported as soon to go to New-York City to discuss the subjects. He always smil ingly admits that he has not yet been asked. Speaker Nixon has not yet been consulted about them. ODELL CONFERS WITH HAT/PIN. Franchot in Washington to Consult Presi dent About the Canal. Ex-Hovernor Odell was In conference with Will iam Ilalpln, president of the Republican County Committee, yesterday, at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel over local legislation desired at Albany this win ter. The State chairman reached the city at 11:30 o'clock, and returned to Newburg at 4. It was expected earlier In the day that there would be a larger conference of Republican leaders, and that Senators Platt and Ueptw wuuld come on from Washington to attend It. Messrs, Platt and Depew were detained, however, and sent word that they would stay in "Washington. N. V. V. Franchot. Superintendent of Publio Works, went to Washington on Thursday, and Speaker Nixon and James S. Whipple. clerk of tho Benate, personal friends of Governor Higglns, went to Washington yesterday, with the expectatiou of Joining Mr. Kranchot and calling on the President, it If understood that they went to consult the President about the status of the barge canal, now that a suit to test the constitutionality of the act Is threatened. "There u:u nothing special that called me to town," said ex-Governor Odell yesterday, as h»> whs ptartinp for Newburg- "I wanted to tnlk with Mr. Hulpin about a number of things, and did so. I may be In town airaln to-morrow. I cannot tell definitely nbout it until morniiijf." CULIINAN ON ST. KEGIS CASE. Statement Relative to Petition for Revoca tion of License. Albany, Jan. 13.— Commissioner Culllnan, of the fitate- Excise Department, gave out a statement to day relative to the petition for a revocation of th^ liquor tax license issued to the St. Regis Hotel, New- York City, lie said: Tho application for the St. Regis Hotel liquor tax ecrtlflcati?. by Rudolph M. Haan, contained the statement that no church, and only eleven dwell ings were situated within two hundred feet of any entrance to the hotel, measuring such distance in a straight line from tho centre of the hotel entrance. It in claimed that tho Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church H situated within 197 feet of the main hotel entrance, and that th«^ consent of tho church au thorities should havo l>c-«?n obtained. It is al?o Claimed that instead of there being eleven dwell ings, there ar< twenty-three, and that, consequent ly, the eielx consents filed do not constitute the statutory numbi r ••»,.«. Alexander Maitland, the owner of No. 14 Bast Flfty-flfth-st., and the United States Trust Com pany Of New-York, ss trustee of Jane C. Russell. owning No. ll Kant Ftfty-sixth-St.. and I<avlnia R. owning one-third Interest in No. 7 Bast Flfty-flfth-st., whose consents wero not obtained, wish lo have tli<' liquor tax certificate of the Bt. K»-Kls Hotel revoked and cancelled because of tii.-oo sllaged tales statements. The lilxciie Department has taken no action in the matter as yet. M. Oeller, manager of the St. Regis, Bnys he Is at a loss to understand the motive actuating the peti tioners for the revocation of the license. "We are trying to run an orderly and high clans hotel," said Mr. Oeller laat night, "and, whatever the petitioners may say, the entrance is more than two hundred feet from the nearest entrance to the church. We are not worrying ovtir the affair, for we know full well that without good reason the license would never have been grunted. We are taking no action to offset the petition, and we had all the consents of property owner* *nd neigh we wished for." A GUARANTEED CUKK FOU riM». Itching. Blind. Blooding- or Protruding piles. Your OrutKiet will refund money If PAZO vi:. . .ii~ . ; faun to cur* you lit oto U darn. 00% SMALLER CANAL BOARD. THE PRESIDENTS ADVICE. Present System Inelastic and Clumsy —The Work in Panama. Washington, Jan. 13.-President Roosevrlt, in a brief message transmitting to Congress to-day the first annual report of the Panama Canal Commission, together with a letter from Secre tary Taft relating to Panama affairs, recom mends that greater discretion be given to him. as he is charged with the responsibility of con structing the oanal. The Board of Canal Com missioners, he says, should be reduced to five, or preferably three, members, whose duties, powers and salaries should be assigned by the President. The message Is as follows: To the Senate and House of Representatives. I transmit herewith the report of the Isthmian Canal Commission, accompanied by a letter of the Secretary of War, under whose supervision I have by executive order placed the work of the commission. I concur with the Secretary of War In toe view that the present provision of law, by which the work of building the canal has to be done only through a body of seven members, is inelastic and clumsy, and I earnest ly recommend a change, so that the President, who is charged with the responsibility of build ing the canal, may exercise greater discretion In the organization of the personnel through whom he is to discharge this duty Actual ex perience has convinced me that it will be impos sible to obtain the best and most effective service under the limitations prescribed by law. The general plans for the work must be agreed upon with the aid of the best engineers of the country, who should act as an advisory or consulting body. The consulting engineers should not be put on the commission, which should be used only as an executive instrument for tho execu tive and administrative work. The actual work of executing the general plans agreed upon by the commission, after receiving the conclusions of the advising engineers, must be done by an engineer in charge, and we now have an excellent engineer. It is. In my Judgment, inadvisable, therefore, to restrict the Executive's choice of commissioners to representatives of the Engineer Corps of the army or the navy. The commis sion should consist of five, or preferably of three, members, whose respective duties, powers and salaries should he assigned to them hy the Pres ident, and who should be placed und^r the mem ber of the Cabinet whom the President desires. Of these men the one appointed as administrator of the canal strip should also serve as Minister to Panama. _ THEODORE ROOSEVELT. SECRETARY TAFT'S LETTER. In his letter Secretary Taft says the commis sion has done a great deal of the work of or ganization, sanitation and preparation to build the canal. The chaotic condition of affairs in the isthmus, however, due to the time which has elapsed since the New French Canal Com pany ceased to work, the lack of care of the plant and equipment and the rapid growth of vegetation in that soil and climate, brought about such a state of confusion that It will re quire several months yet to restore proper con ditions of the work of canal building. Decided progress has been made in the verification of the data obtained by the French engineers and in procuring new data necessary to enable the engineers of the commission to determine the proper plan for the canal. The Secretary devotes much space to a state ment of the details of the arrangement made by him personally with the government of Panama concerning the relations between the canal zone government and Panama. He expresses the opinion that it may be necessary to increase from 10 to 15 per cent the rate of duty that may be collected by Panama on goods destined for the canal zone, and points out that the mo nopoly now existing on tobacco will expire in 1900, and will not be renewed, so that market will be open to the United States. He says the question of labor is not free from difficulty, and It ■will not be easy to secure all the Jamaican laborers required, as the Governor of Jamaica is unwilling to consent to the commission's tak ing ten thousand laborers, except upon a bond of £5 for each man, to protect the Jamaican government against maintenance under the poor laws of the families left behind. However, a considerable voluntary emigration of labor Is expected, and the Secretary ways he hopes sat isfactory labor also may be obtained in Porto Rico. Offers have been made to supply on trial one thousand Chinamen and a similar num ber of Japanese coolies. The Secretary strongly recommends the ac quisition by the government of the 1.59 per cent of the stock of the Panama Railroad Company now in private hands, which may be secured by condemnation or through a lease of tho road to the canal commission. He refers to General Davis's criticism of the management of the road and says that radical changes must be made on April 1, when tho new board of direc tors will be elected. Referring to the existing contract between the Panama Railroad Com pany and the Pacific Mall Steamship Company, giving the latter the exclusive right to issue through bills of lading on business between San Francisco and New-York, the Secretary says he thinks this contract is invalid under the laws of Colombia arid tho laws of Panama, but ac any rate he is clear that the United States gov ernment cannot consistently and with due re gard to it 3 own public policy make Itself a party to Bach a contract. He h.i.a directed the com mission to serve notice on the Pacific Mat] Steamship Company of the intention of the rail road company to withdraw from the contract at the end of six months. CANAL, COMMISSION'S REPORT. The report of the Canal Commission recites that Its first visit to the canal zone was in April last, when the only work in progress wus the excavation of the Culebra Cut. Neither tha equipment nor the organization of the force was considered adequate or in any way fitted for the prompt removal of the great mass of material in the cut. The French surveys, although sci entifically conducted, were found to be of little value on account of the changes which have taken place, not only in the size of vessels, but In the existing conditions and methods of con struction. Under these conditions it was decided that the most effectual step toward progress was the Immediate organization of surveying parties to determine, among other things, the practica bility of a sea level canal. The report says that the development of the final plans for both the deep water channel and the inner harbor at either end of the canu.l, in cluding about a mile of the canal line, will be concluded within the next two or three months, in connection with which a large amount of till ing of low ground will be performed within the limits of Christobal and the city of Colon, which has a most important bearing on the sanitation of that city. Among the general purposes of the organi zation, the report says, Is to ascertain by actual trial certain important Information regarding practicable rates of progress and cost of work under conditions existing along the canal line. The commission says it has been found feasible to use much more of the machinery and plant turned over by the French company than was expected at flret, and much progress has al ready been made in that direction. The water works and sewer systems of Panama and Colon are described and also the plan to Unprovi two cities. Ab regards the sanitation of the isthmus, the report says that extreme measures have been adopted for the prevention and cure <>f dlsea and the Department of Health has been nude an administrative department of the <anal zone government. In the management of its hospi tal* the plan of the commission is (0 giant free treatment to Iti employes, but to require all Others to pay. The system of accounting la being developed aa the work proceeds, and is consid ered by the commission fully satisfactory In reference to the Judicial branch of the canal zone government, the commission thinks that although a Supreme Court has been provided for the canal zone, its establishment Is not nec essary li provision is made for appeal to courts Bitting in the United States. Additional legislation Is needed to provide for taxes on land, internal revenue taxen>registra tion of land titles, court of land titles and a civil code. The Investigation of these questions Is now in progress, and the commission thinks the required enactments will he adopted within a reasonable time. HEADACRKS FROM COLDS Laxative Ilromo Quinine, the. world wide Cold »nd UrlD remedy, removes the cause. Call for th« full nam» and look far slsnatur* of S. W. Grove, 23a. THE RUSSIAN BUDGET. NO ALLOWANCE FOR WAR. Minister Believes Funds for It Can Be Raised Easily, However. St. Petersburg. Jan. 13.— 1n the Imperial bud get for 1005 the ordinary revenue is estimated at $988,522,804 and the extraordinary revenue at $8,794,310. The ordinary expenditure Is es timated at $958,032,785 and the extraordinary expenditure at $39,284,342. The ordinary revenue is thus estimated: Direct taxes fS'l?ftSl Indirect taxes SsSSf Duties -, 4a385«0 Stat« monopolies •' SqoaoTM* State domains «» (Kraal Miscellaneous sources TO.»«w.o»» The ordinary expenditure is estimated as fol lows: State debt '^JStJS Holy Synod 15»33?3a Ministry of War ■* aiS &2 Ministry of Marine *. t70R20447 Ministry of Finance s*Sftl4es Ministry of Agriculture sTsm* Ministry of the Interior 51 834243 Ministry of Instruction ...-• 2241U9'b32 Ministry of Ways and Communication* »*ilTal4 Ministry of Justice • • • ft' o63' MO Ministry of the Imperial Household "■ WIIW The Finance Minister's statement points cut that In accordance with the law of 1890 the Budget Includes no credits for war expenditure. The Minister calculates that the money required, if the war continues throughout 1005, is partly already available, while the remainder can be raised without difficulty. It is estimated that by the end of 1904 $310,500,000 will be produced by the extraordinary war credits opened by a" the departments of the administration, and that "this will cover a portion of the expenditure of 1005. The ready cash In the Imperial treasury on January 1. 1904. amounted to $176,000,000. which by retrenchment In the state expenditure, the Issue of treasury bills, etc., was raised to $358,700,000. which was utilized for war ex penditure in 1904. The extraordinary railway expenditure In cludes $5,000,000 for double tracking the Si berian Railway, and an additional $900,000 as signed to the account of the Trans-Baikal Rail way. Tho Minister's estimates are evidently based on the belief that the war has had no apprecia ble effect on commercial activity, and. referring to the financial and economic position of the em pire, he expressly states that all his data are calculated to strengthen rather than shake con fidence in Russian finances. Although it is eleven months since the war began, the Minister saya, the monetary system of the empire remains perfectly steady, and the price of the ruble has not changed. Through realizations on 5 per cent treasury bonds abroad. tb.e amount of gold in the treasury rose from $529,000,000 at the er.d of 1903 to $614,500,000 on July 14. 1904, and this amount had not decreased up to December 21. The harvest of 1904 yielded 26.100.000.000 liuunds, being 6.4 per cent in excess of the har vest of IW2, and was the most plentiful year of the last decade. The effect of the war has made itself prin cipally felt in a decreased production of articles of luxury. BEAT COSSACK RAIDERS. Attacks Made on Xew-Chwang and Nlu chiatun Repu Jsed. Tokio. Jan. 13. — The bodies of Russian cav alry raiders actively operating southwest of Liaoyang evidently desire to harass Japanese railroad communication and interrupt the trans portation of General Nogi's army to reinforce Oyama. The Japanese Army Headquarters, reporting Thursday, says: On Wednesday at 10 In the morning a Japan ese cavalry detachment encountered four com panies of Russian cavalry west of Tangmasas.. southwest of Llaoyangr. and fiercely engaged them. At 2:30 in the afternoon the Russians were repulsed with heavy losses. Subsequently they were reinforced by several companies of cavalry and eight guns. The Japanese drew the Russians to I-iuerhpao and engaged and pursued them. On Wednesday night a small body of Russian cavalry reached the railroad line and tore up the tracks between Anshantien and Haicheng and Tatohekiao and Yinkow. They were immediately repaired and the line was re opened to traffic. On Wednesday afternoon two thousand Rus- Bian cavalry with guna attacked New Chwanjr. The Japanese were forced to retire temporarily but were reinforced, attacked the Russians, and are still pursuing them. A body of Russians, evidently from General Mistehenko's cavalry brigade, with the 2d In fantry Regiment, railroad puards and guns, re cently surrounded the Japanese post at Niu chiatun, north of Yinkow, on the line of com munioatlons. and assaulted it from the direction of Slantziatzu. The Russians wore repulsed, losing at least eighty men. In military circles here it is not believed that there will be any further difficulty with Lieu tenant General Mistchenko's Cossack raiders. It is thought that the raiding troops probably were limited to those which attacked New-Chwang ajid Nluchlatun. There is no evidence to Indicate that the Cossacks were strongly supported. STARCH PLANT AFIRE. Had Just Been Rebuilt at Once go — Several Hurt. Oswego. N. V.. Jan. 13.— starch plant of the Corn Products Company, situated in this city, was damaged to the extent of J225.000 by a fire to-day which destroyed three buildings, used as the pack- Ing department, kllnroom and scraping room. A portion of the granary was also burned. The flames originated in the packing room. toeing caused by the explosion of a boiler. A big Starch factory which stood on the site of to-day' s tire was burned less than a year ago. entailing a loss of $300,000. The plant was rebuilt and was opened for business only two months ago. With rapidity the fire swept through the main building and cut off nearly every means of egress. The factory was tilled with employes, who got out with dittlculty. A few escaped by an elevator, but the majority groped their way to windows and the few doors which were not anre. Miss Anna Arnold became bewildered, lost her way. and when rescued was burned about th* head and body. Her hair was entirely burned off. Her recovery is doubtful. Several men escaped by jumping from the third and fourth floors. Jeremiah Sweeney received a fractured hlv, and others were slightly burned. MRS. NOBLE GETS BAIL. Woman Accused of Killing Husband Released — A $10,000. Mrs. Josephine Leighton Noble, who was in dicted on a charge of killing her husband, Paton Noble, brother of the Surrogate of Queens County, was released under $10,000 ball yester day from the county jail at Flushing. Her bondsmen are William Connors, of College Point, who gave bail before in $5,000 for Mrs. Noble, and Lawrence S. Carroll, of Driggs-ave. and Grand-st.. Brooklyn, secretary of the Board of Magistrates of the Second Division. Each qualified for the full amount of the bond called for. $10,000. COLORADO LEGISLATURE TO ACT. Contest for Governorship to Come Before House and Senate. Denver. Jan. 13.— The Hous* to-day resolved to me»t the Senate in Joint session next Tuesday for the tiurpoae of taking action regarding the contest Instituted by James H. Pen body for the Oevernor shtj :.ur Alva Adams will tile an answer to the ; * :>.day. He will demand that •11 the ballet boss* or IVnvtr. L*s Antraas and Huerfano counties be opened. Mr. Peabody asked for the opsirtng ot part of the Denver and l*aa . t...xes. but for none from Huerfano. Mr. Auamn will also ask for an Investigation of the i at I.ea.lvllle. < "ripple Creek and several other cities. 11) Cl'Kf. A COLO IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Oromo Qutnin* Tablets. All 4ranliU t.fiini th, in.no if i: tail* to cir*. K. W. Oru»« • ■ifnatur* v en *«ca box. ISa FRENTII CRISIS PUT OFF. 8,1 Final Attack on the Cabinet £o#»' pemed for a Day. Paris. Jan. 13.— The Chamber or Dejmtlaa »v packed to-day, owing to the expectation that the Cabinet crisis would reach a declaim la» . The debate opened on the general policy at the Ministry. M. Lhoplteau. Radical Republic** and others declared the programme of to* in, Isters had not been fulfilled. " • It was expected that the debate would beta*, lowed by the submission of a resolution of coal fldence. on the result of which the contiananel of the Cabinet depends. A motion postpone? the debate until to-morrow finally prevailed/^ Prior to the vote U. Oeschanei, former Pr»» dent of the Chamber of Deputies, severely a^* raigned the Ministry, declaring: that the dlzalrr of the, country required a new regime. •^•V * PRESIDENTS VISITORS. Many Topics Discussed Mr. Che* venor to Stop Talking. f FEOM m Tarsrxs smaaAv.l Washington. Jan. 11— Senators Cullom and Hop. kins, of Illinois, and Representative Grosvener, et Ohio, were early callers at the Whits House' ta. day. and saw President Roosevelt at about the Him time. When they left th* building Booster Cullom said he had been "bothering about the *-. bltratlon treaties." Senator Hopkins remarked that he had "just talked a little about an Illinois mat. ter." and Representative Grosvenor said be had "told so many lies recently that he didn't car* te do any more talking." "Tou see, the other day. when this tariff revsas* matter reached an acute stage/ said the Okie Congressman. "I denied all day, to I don't know how many newspaper men. that there had bsea any petition circulated on the bill. Finally. after I had gone to bed. one of the newspaper men eaOea me up by 'phone and asked me about it. Then has been no petition at all." I replied; 'you can t<a my word for it.' Then that rascal read the psttllss, to me, word for word, over the 'phone, and »41te* the name of every man who had signed It. Of course. I had to come off my horse then. Now, I don't want to get mixed up in any such case again so I won't say anything." Representatives Watson. Overstreet and Charles 3. Landis. of Indiana, made another trip to tile White House to-day for the purpose of u.-jlng tbs President to take care of John K. Gowdy new Consul General at Paris, but stared for retirement. "We found that the President had about made an his mind to put Frank H. Mason, now at Bern. la Gowdy's place." said Mr. Watson, "so we haf« given up the effort. I guess he'll go back to his Indiana farm and dig potatoes. The President has a very clearly defined idea of his consular service programme, and the retention of Mr. Gowdy hi a high place apparently does not fit in with his ideas. The President will promote those whom he belisTrs deserving, on account of good work done and will not take any other considerations. But Mr. Gewdy will not suffer from the attacks of the wolf, He Is very well to do, and will probably g»t along all right." TO PROMOTE G. W. ROOSEVELT. Washington. ' Jan. 13. — Is reasonably certala that the President will appoint George sT. Roose velt to be consul general at Berlin in succession to Mr. Mason, promoted. This -will be hi ac cordance with the policy of the President to pro mote members of the consular service when va cancies occur. Mr. Roosevelt 13 now consul at Brussels. SENATE PROCEEDINGS. Legislative Appropriation and Private Pea* sion Bills Passed. Washington. Jan. 11— The Senate to-day passed the Legislative. Executive and Judicial Appropria tion bill, and also a number of private pension 'oil! The questions of granting pensions for service la the Indian police and of allowing gratuities for in juries received by workmen while employed by the government were debated at length. MR. THOMPSON AN AMBASSADOR. Washington. Jan. 13.— Senate to-day con firmed the nomination of David E. Thompson, of Nebraska, to be Ambassador to Brazil. Mr. Thomp son is now Minister to that country. ■ BECHTEL SUES LINDINGER. One of the outcomes of the recent presentment of the grand jury to the legislature regarding alleged excise bribery at Albany, is a suit for slander begun yesterday by Kenneson E. Rabino. representing George Bechtel. of Richmond, against Fritz Us dinger, ex-president of the Retail Liquor Dealers' Association. Fritz LJndinger In the grand Jury proceedings testified that he had given B<*chtel C-> to influence legislation. The lawyer said Mr. BectJ tel bad never met LJndinger and didn't know him. CANTAB OPC I ARROW j L brandJ QUARTER SIZES. ISC. EACH ; 2 FOR 250. CLUETT, PEABOOY & CO.. I *»«««» QF CLUITT *<t9 H^«M{M «MI«TS ■ Art Exhibitions and Sales. "A revelation to those who do not « no^ hia work and a surprise to those who do,' —Herald. Executor's Unrestricted Sales. American Art Galleries, MADISON SQUARE SOVTH. >£W \OK£. ON FREE VIEW 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. Special Evening View, MONDAY NEXT, 1 to 10. To be sold at unrestricted Public Sale by order of Executors On Tuesday and Wednesday Evenings next, January 17th and 18th, at 8 o'clock. American Landscapes By the late Robert C. Minor. N. A. "Comprblng an the works which he left betii^ "Comprising all the works which he l«tt ■•■^ him with the exception of a certain number " studies which the executors of his estate •*• decided to present to various art Institution*. ALSO Figure Subjects, Landscapes and Studies By the late C. M. 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