WORKING FOR NEW YORK
What Messrs. Rennet, Parsons, 01~
cott ond Depew Have Secured.
(From The Tribune Bureau.]
Washington. March B.— For the first time In j
rears N au . York City had a delegation In Con- (
'frees the but winter who pulled together, and
as a result it secured more legislation for th-i
*>er.ef.t of the metropolis; and its members Im
-ressfi thaait&i** more deeply upon general
legislation than their predecessors, working
eins'-y. W(re oble to do In three or four Bes '
tons. Representatives Bennet, Parsons and
Dlcott. with the cordial co-operation of Senator
pepew. were particularly energetic In team
work, and were able to form an alliance of tell
ing worth. To the delegation is due the credit
o f procuring, with the aid of Postmaster WlU
cox. of Sew York, and Postmaster General Cor
telyou. a most satisfactory d^ed from the Penn
eylvar.ia BaUroa.4 Company for property in 31th
street for the new pnstofflre. The deed which
ih? company first proposed pave only about one
half as much space ns does the present one.
pv the hardest kind of work there was se
cur( vl an initial appropriation of $100,000 to
boild the supports and platform for the new
pbetofSce and to begin the preparation of plan*
for the superstructure. It Ik estimated that at
least MO.<KK> of this $100,000 will be available
for t!i» preparation of plans. The appropriation
1* not only important In Itself, but It pledges
the government 10 proceed without further de
lay in the next Congress to appropriate money
for Ifce construction of the building. That flght
Is row practically won.
With every large city in the country clamor- :
Ins for either a pneumatic tube mall service or '
an extension of the service already existing i
there. the "Willing Quartet" secured an au- ,
thorization, and BO far as in necessary an ap
propriation, for twenty-one miles of pneumatic
tube in connection \vith the postal service in j
New York City, and also secured an extension of j
th« contract time from four to ten year*.
Mr. Parsons: drew up and had reported from j
the Committee on Insular Affairs, of which he
Is a member, a bill regulating the entire system
of docks and ferries on the Island of Porto Rico.
It passed both House and Senate without a sin
gle adverse comment A bill dealing with a
subject so Important to Porto Rico required the
exercise of the highest degree of Intelligence
and trained legal skill, and it was a tribute to
Mr. Parsons that the result of his efforts was
sods as to disarm all criticism. He also on the
last day of the session, together with Judg«
Crumpacker. of Indiana, made a successful npht
on the floor of the House for th« Philippine
Agricultural Bank bill, the most Important
measure which has been passed by Congress for
the direct benefit of the Philippines. The bill Is
now a law. Mr. Parsons Introduced the Child
Labor bin in the House, and he has been ap
pointed by the Speaker a member of the joint
committee of the House and Senate to revise
the. United States statutes for report to Con
gress at the opening of the next session.
UNIFORM NATURALIZATION LAW.
Mr. Ber.r.et was a member of the subcommit
tee of the Committee on Immigration and Nat
uralization which drafted, reported and pot
through the House the first uniform naturaliza
tion law in KH years. Already the new law
has remedied many existing naturalization evils.
Mr. Beanet was the Rep sHican member of the
subcommittee which trafu I the contract labor
enforcement provision in the new immigration
law. He Joined in a minority report from the
committee on the Immigration bill In the first
session of the 50th Congress, and led the fight on
the floor of the House which resulted In the de
feat of the majority proposition. Because of
this. Mr. Bonnet was appointed a conferree on
the part of the House, and took part In the
stubborn contest in the conference committee.
which lasted from June. 1000. to February. 1907. I
the longest contest in the JjOth Congress. The
bill, when finally reported from the conference,
contained what was known as "the Japanese
solution." perhaps the most important accom
plishment of the r>fnh Congress, and the bill as
a whole is by general consent the best immi
gration law along administrative lines which
lias yet been enacted. . The law contains a pro
vision for a commission to study the subject of
immigration at home and abroad, and on the
:art day of the session Mr. Bennet was appoint
ed by the Speaker one of the three commission
ers en behalf of the House. Mr. Bennet also
on the last day of the session presented to the
House a petition and protest which, before the
meeting of the GOth Congress, Is to be actively
circulated, and which has for its object tho
suppression of the existing horrors In Russia.
M,". Ber.net m appointed by the Speaker a
member of the committee to represent the House
at the b! -centenary of the birth of Benjamin
Franklin, at Philadelphia.
CLASSIFICATION OF POSTAL CLERKS.
They were largely instrumental in securing a
reclasslftcation of tho clerks and carriers of the
Postal Service, not only In New York City, but In
the entire country- There had really never been
a classification of the clerks. This one takes
the clerks entirely out of politics for the first
time. As to the carriers, the classification in
vogue was made forty years ago, and was not
in accordance with the Increased cost of living
and the higher standards of government em
ployment. They also saw to it that the assistant
postmaster at New York City received a de
served Increase of compensation.
In other branches of the public service they
■fere saw active. By neat engineering the New
York members secured an appropriation of $000,-
Of'O to increase the limit of coat of the New York
City Custom House. Another appropriation,
amounting to 1850,000, was secured to remodel
the Assay office. Additional appropriations
WTe made for the Appraiser's office, and about
half a million dollars will be spent In the fiscal
year in improving the Ellis Island immigration
station.
As to individual members. Mr. Olcott, besides
Important service, on the Committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia, was made chairman of the
committee K-hich investigatod the government
hoptiiuU for the insane In this city, the largest
insane asylum in the United States, with the
result that at the close of tho examination most
important recommendations were made. These
v.lll unquestionably be acted upon at the beein
niriß of the €Oth drtisresp. The Immediate
result of the investigation has been that for all
practical purposes criticism of the officials of
th» asylum ha* ceased.
In the Senate Mr. Depew. who has entirely
recovered from his long illness, co-operated with
the New York Members of the House at every
turn and by his tactful and energetic work saved
the legislation which the Representatives had
incorporated in the "appropriation bills from go
ing out on objection. In the case of the ap
propriation for the Xew York Postofflee it was
Mr. Depew who had it Inserted in the Appro
priation bill and who saved it from going out
OB a point of order in the upper house, while
th« Representatives labored effectually with
the House conferrees and thus obviated Its re
ject! in conference. Mr. Depew also con
tributed materially to the enactment of the
Aldrich financial bill and ably assisted the
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"THEILE'S A IVEASON."
friends of the ad ration In their defence of
tha forest reserve policy.
While New York city is a big: place and Im
portant branches of th« government are located
there. Representatives from other places don't
think much about its greatness unless there is
some one to call their attention to it. This the
New Yorkers did In the last Congress. To do
ko effectively they had to live down the general
idea that the Representatives whom the Empire
City Fends to Congress are only "ward poli
ticians" or the idle rich. The work accom
plished by the three New Yorkers shows this is
not invariably the case.
PRESIDENT TO ACT.
He Will Take Up German Tarif
and Japanese Question Soon.
Washington. March X.— Within the coming two
Weeks President Roosevelt expects to give active
attention to the German tariff and to me Japan
ese situation.
Already he has hnd several talks with Secre
tary Root and Mr. North, who waa at the head
of the American delegation which went to Ger
many laf=t winter to conduct negotiations with
thatpovernment on the tariff question. Tho de
tails of those conference* luura been laid before
the President, and P"m« announcement as to
what, if anything, is to h<- done by this govern
ment is expected soon.
Just what the procedure on the Japanese ques
tion will be has not been announced. It may.
however, take the form of an executive order,
putting into operation that feature of «*fJ™T
migration law enacted by ho last .££"«£«
which gives the President authority. •whenever
he is satisfied that passports issued by any for
eign government to. Its citizens to go to any
country other Than .he United States or to any
insular possession of the United States or to the
canal zone, are being used to enable the holders
to come to the continental territory of the
United States to the detriment of abor condi
tions, to refuse to permit such cm ? ™ of ™ 6
country Issuing such passports to enter the con
tinental territory of the United Statesl - tlft _
Although the Japanese are not mentioned
specifically In this provision of the law. the legis
lation enacted was intended to be applied to
them when deemed desirable and was passed in
accordance with the President's agreement with
the San Francisco school authorities.
"NO ONE BUT ROOSEVELT."
Congressman Martin Says He Is the "Only
Man the People Want."
[From The Trttmr.- Ttur«-au. I
Washington. March R— There is no one but
Roosevelt on the political horizon, declared Rep
resentative Martin, of South Dakota, to-day.
Mr Martin was a caller at the White House, and
after he had a conference with the President
came out with a F tratsht-from-the-shoulder an
nouncement that the President would be forced
to run again, no matter whether he liked.it or
not.
"If he runs again It will be only his second
term that he Is running for. anyway." said Mr.
Martin. "What Is commonly accepted as his
first term was not his at all. but the unexplred
term of President MoKlnley. and should not.
under any condition, be made to operate against
him. But whether you will agree with me or
not on that score, there is no doubt whatever
that the people at large are bound to have the
President run again. They don't care whether
it is his second, his third or his twentieth term,
they want him. The President has raised the
moral plane of business and politics in this coun
try to a higher level than in. over were before
now. and he has Instituted a. policy that nona
but he can carry out. The people cannot be per
funded that any one but Roosevelt can carry
those policies out as they should be. and In or
der that there shall be no backsliding they will
Insist upon Us re-election."
FRIENDS MEET PRESIDENT.
Informal Conference on Educational and
Agricultural Topics.
Washington. March 8.-Presldent Roosevelt
had a number of friends at his office late this
afternoon, and there was a general but Informal
conference on educational and agricultural mat
ters. They included Dr. S. A. KnapP. of New-
York, to charge of certain /.ranches of ex
perimental agricultural work In the South, with
headquarters at Lake Charles. La.; Dr. Wallace.
ButtrJck, secretary of the General Education
Boarl of New York; Dr. Walter H. Page, of
New York; Lawrence Abbott. Glfford Plnchot.
Chief Forester of the United States, and Dr. W.
N. Schk-ffelin. of New York. They, together
with Senator Epooner and Secretaries Taft and
Root, had been Invited to lunch with the Presi
dent at the White Houso to-day, but because of
the Illness of Archie Roosevelt they were enter
tained by Mr. Pinchot at his home.
Much interest was manifested by the President
and his visitors in the description given by Dr.
Knapp of his work in the application of scientific
methods In the tilling of the lands with a view
to producing the best and largest crops possible.
It Is a work of co-operation and is conducted
•along different lines from those followed by the
agricultural colleges. The efforts of the depart
ment are directed primarily to tho email farm
ers and the good results of the work aro made
a matter of community and as much publicity
as possible is given to what has been accom
plished. The department receives material aid
from the General Education Board, whose con
tribution this year will approximate $JO.O1K).
The work of the bureau has been successfully
carried on in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas. Ala
bama and other Southern states.
INVESTIGATING PRICES OF INK.
For Several Years Much Larger Prices Paid
than at Present.
Washington. March R. -Irregularities In the
purchase of ink for the printing of greenbacks,
gold certificates and postage stamps are being
Investigated by United States Attorney Baker
upon information furnlrihed him by the Secret
Service agents of the Treasury Department.
It is stated that from Ifltt to 1906 tho gov
ernment paid between 45 cents and 55 cents a
pound for ink for the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing. 61nce that time the price has been 12
cents. Had the present price prevailed the gov
ernment would have saved between $50<MWO
and $1,000,000. according to estimates which
have born made by officials. Whether the trans
action involves a breach of any law and Just
who is responsible are questions which Mr.
Baker is considering. He will not discuss the
case.
PTJGET SOUND LUMBER SEEKS MARKET
I Aid of Interstate Commerce Commission In
voked. .
i
Washington. March B.— Lumbermen in the Puget
i Sound region have complained to the Interstate
I Commerce Commission that they have been un
! able, since January 1. to obtain transportation of
' their products to Eastern points, because of the
stated inability of the Great Northern and North
j crn Pacific railroads to carry th« traffic.
Commissioner Lane, of the Interstate Commerce
! Commission, has received numbers of letters from
: lumbermen west of the Cascade mountains, saying
: that it is impossible under present conditions for
them to get their products to Missouri River points,
and asking whether the commission cannot afford
' them some relief.
Commissioner Lan« has suggested to them that
they can. under the new Railroad Rate law, make a
complaint in formal shape to the commission, re
a'lestin* the commission to grant them a through
route from the Puget Sound region, by way or
Portland Ore., over the Northern Pacific Railroad
i and thence by way of the Oregon Short Line, or
the Union Pacific, to Missouri River points.
The Great Northern and the Northern Pacific
admit that they cannot carry more than one-third
of The lumber that is offered to them, but hereto
fore they have refused to permit the. Oregon Short
i Line or the Union Pacific to make a through route
or a Joint rate with them. Th« situation Is serious.
as the Puget Sound lumbermen cannot get their
lumber to market in the present circumstances. It
i« eioected they will act on th? suggestion of
Commissioner Lane and make an effort to secure
a through route and a Joint rate by way of the
I Oretoatoort Lias or the Union Pacific.
NEW-YORK DAILY TFJRrXE. SATURDAY. MATCHI 0. 1007.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE DEAD
COMMONS DEFEAT BILL.
No Vote Taken — Meeting Decides
to Continue Agitation.
London, March B.— The bill to extend the right
of suffrage to women was defeated In the House
of Commons to-day, where it was talked to
death without coming to a vote. The supporters
of the bill made a determined attempt to get a
vote, but the Speaker declined to accept a mo
tion of closure, and the sitting of the House waa
closed automatically at 5 o'clock this afternoon.
The bill is thus killed tor the present session.
Tho result was not surprising, even to the
euffraglsts themselves, as some of the strongest
sympathizers of the women's cause realized that
the question was not ripe for legislation, and
that Parliament was not in a position deal
with the question until it became a definite is
sue at a general election. The female suf
fragists, however, were not daunted, and to
night they held an enthusiastic meeting at Exe
ter Hall. Resolutions condemning the attitude
of the government and of Parliament, and ex
pressing the determination to carry on the agi
tation were adopted. The speakers at to-night's
meeting included James Kelr Hardle. Socialist
member of the House of Commons. Philip Snow
don, Member of Parliament, a new recruit to
the women's cause; the Rev. Charles F. Aked,
who was pastor of Pembroke Chapel. Liverpool,
and has accepted the call to the pastorate of the
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, New York; Israel
Zangwlll. tho prominent Zionist, and many of
the prominent suffragists. The Rev. Dr. Aked
had attended the session of the House in the
afternoon in behalf of the suffragists in order
that he might be able to communicate to to
night's meeting an account of the debate on the
bill.
The House of Commons was crowded when
th« debatft on the bill began, but only women
vhnF'-> gor»d bebavlor was guaranteed by Mem
bers of Parliament were permitted to enter the
gallery. All those who were connected with
the recent disorders within the precincts of the
houses of Parliament were specifically excluded,
and in view of possible disorderly demonstra
tions on th« part of the suffragettes" extraor
dinary precautions were taken by the police to
bar the approaches to the House of Commons.
The forces Inside and outside the building were
doubled, and a special detachment of police was
held In reserve In the neighborhood, in spite of
the fact thrit the militant women had announced
that they would quietly await the vote of the
House.
EFFECT OF LONDON ELECTION.
The suffrage societies were active throughout
the morning, trying to Insure the attendance of
all the supposed supporters of the bill, and they
said that 430 members were pledged to vote for
it. All members who were considered to be in
the least lukewarm in the matter were admon
ished by telephone or telegraph this morning
that their seats would bo endangered if they
failed to fulfil their pledges. It is admitted that
many promises to support the bill were given
by Liberals on the supposition that the women
If enfranchised would vote" for Liberal candi
dates, but tho return of the large Conservative
majority at the municipal elections In London
on Saturday last, In which the women Voted.
tended to dispel this opinion, and since then
many members who nominally sympathized with
Mr. Dickinson's bill have been stricken with
mysterious illnesses which would not permit
them to attend to-day's session. There were
no fewer than sixteen motions hostile to the bill
placed on tho table, while Just prior to the open
ing of tho debate a petition signed by 21.000
women was presented protesting against grant
ing Parliamentary suffrage to women on the
ground that it would destroy their influence In
their own sphere of work.
PREMIERS SPEECH FOR BILL.
After Mr. Dickinson's opening speech in sup
port of the hill, the Premier. Sir Henry Camp-
lll! until ■!■ 11. announced that It was th« in
tention of the government to leave the question
to the free decision of the House. Personally, he
favored the general principle of the inclusion of
women in the BUffraffo. The matter had assumed
more importance of late years owing to the
larger part which women had taken In wage
corning and in the professions. On many ques
tions, continued the Premier, the opinion of
women was equal to If not greater than that of
men. Ho frankly said that he was not greatly
pleased with the present bill, because It would
not enfranchise to the necessary degree the mass
of the working class women and workmen's
wives. Ho would vote for the bill, however, as
a declaration <•' his ..pinion that the exclusion
of women from the franchise was not expedient,
Justifiable or politically right.
The debate was a repetition of the familiar
Arguments for and against female suffrage, and
there was a complete divergence from the usual
party lines, the rejection of the bill being moved
by Mr. Whltehead, Liberal, another opponent
being Mr. Cramer, also a Liberal, while both
Conservatives and member* of the Labor party
wtre found among Its supporters.
WHENCE DIVINE AID CAME
Spanish Minister Says if Dexcey Had
It, It Came from God of War.
Washington, March B.— "My mission to the
United States Is to help cement new ties of
friendship." said Sefior Don Ramon Pina. the
new Spanish Minister, in an interview to-day.
"I have not come here." continued th© Minister,
"to remind the American government that it
defeated us In a conflict, but 1 have come on a
mlaslon to help both countries live down the
unpleosant past."
When his attention was called to a recent
communication Admiral Dewey addressed to a
correspondent. In which the hero of Manila Bay
said that he had won hla victory over tha
Spanish Meet by "divine uld." S.-nor Plna said:
"I'loase do not consider me Irreverent, but if
Admiral Dewey won his victory over the fleet
Of our navy in Manila Day by 'divine aid," I
think it must have been the 'god of war'— the
aid that iron gay« him In conquering wood."
Beftor Plna said that his country had pros
pered greatly since the war, and Intimated that
defeat by America really developed In a benefit
to it. rather than a disadvantage.
"It caused the people to awake to the realiza
tion." he said, "that they muHt be up and doing
to keep pace with the times, particularly with
American progress, and following this botli
political and commercial conditions have greatly
Improved."
Sefior Plna is the first Spanish Minister to
Washington since the retirement of SeAor OJeda,
in 100r>. Since that time the legation has been
in charge of Luis Pastor, the first secretary of
the legation.
TO INSPECT NAVAL BTATIONS
wasMneton. March t— Secretary Metcalf has in
vited the members of the naval committees of the
Senate and the House Of Representatives to accom
pany him on a visit of inspection to the naval
stations on the Atlantic coast, including the new
naval bass at Ouantanamo. Cuba. So far accept
ances have been received from Senators Hals. Pen
rose and Carter. The party will make the trip in
either the Dolphin or the Mayflower, and will start
from Washington early next week.
THE RURAL DELIVERY SERVICE.
Washington. March S.— The report on the opera
tions of the rural delivery service up to March 1.
1907. made public to-day by the Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General, shows that the total number of
petitions received up to that date was 69.920. upon
which 15,701 adverse reports have been mads, and
there are now in operation 37.323 routes, on which
37 174 regular rural letter carriers are employed.
On March I of last year there were pending 1.130
petitions. In the year 2.593 petition* were filed,
making a total of 5.523 petitions handled, and now
only 1.075 are pending. Of this number 284 route*
have been favorably acted upon and ordered estab
lished, leaving the net number of petitions pending
1,411.
FOUND SALARY INADEQUATE.
Washington. March B.— Hugh O'Brlan. of Mich
igan, has been appointed United States Marshal for
the United States Court in China. In place of
Orvllle Leonard, also of Michigan, resigned. Mar
shal Leonard rives as the reason for his resigna
tion the inadequacy of the salary attached to the
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BEST DAY LAW DEBATED.
Republican Groups May Force a
Crisis in the Cabinet.
Paris. March B.— The discussion of the, inter
pellations on the Rest Day law was resumed In
the Chamber of Deputies this afternoon under
circumstances unfavorable to the government.
M. Vivlani, the Minister of Labor, having re
fused to accept a motion drafted by M. Delcassfi,
In behalf of all of the Republican groups except
the Independent Socialists, favoring modifica
tions of the law. the principle of which waa
generally accepted. The debate was opened by
M. Puech. Radical Socialist, who. while deny
ing that the law was an electioneering measure,
said that most of the criticisms against It were
well founded and that modifications were im
perative.
Tha Republican groups insist that the strict
application of the law Is Injurious to trade, and
that It Is necessary to Introduce modifications In
order to allow private agreements between em
ployers and employed.
Debate on the measure went over until
March 15.
AMUNDSEN'S WORK.
Explorer Tells of Polar Trip—Re
sults in Three Years.
Paris. March Amundsen, the Norwegian ex
pJorer who made the Northwest Passage in his
47-ton GJoa, spending nineteen months of his
three years' voyage making observations near the
magnetic pole, ha* been lionized in Paris and
mede a Commander of the Legion of Honor.
Amundsen has delivered lectures before the vari
ous scientific societies and gave a private talk on
his experiences for the. "Immortals" at the home
of Prince Roland Bonaparte, who has recently
been elected to th* institute.
"Nansen." says Amundsen, "was always fasci
nated by the idea of the Northwest Passage,
which had been attempted no many times and
never found. Yet I saw It open before my ship the
first year of my voyage, and would not take ad
vantage of the chance because my programme was
to make observations at the magnetic pole. In
the end. it is true, I did navigate the Northwest
Passage, though when I accomplished It It was
much more difficult than when I saw it the first
year."
Amundsen expects it will take three years to
work out the scientific results of the observations
which he made night and day for nineteen months
near the magnetic pole. While he knows that his
observations prove that the magnetic pole Is not
stationary, until his figures and notes are care
fully studied it will be Impossible to say whether
Its oscillations are regular. Amundsen says it is
the same with his meteorological, oceanographies
and geographical observations. They will have to
bo studied by scientific men to determine their
value. All he Ip able to say in a general way Is
that the ocean bottom traversed by him was flat
and sandy, and that the old theory so long enter
tained by explorers of a t^iort Northwest Passage
practicable for trade purposes was exploded. The
route north of the American continent which he
discovered he »nyn in practical only for scientific
exploration*. He earnestly hopes, however, that
his example will be followed, or that at least a
station will be established In the vicinity of the
magnetic polo nnd maintained there long enough
to permit a complete and exhaustive set of obser
vation*. Amundsen will go to the United States
this fall.
AMEER ON WAY HOME.
Pleased with Visit to — Bridge
Whist at Cabool.
Calcutta, March B— After a visit to India lasting:
over two months, the Ameer of Afghanistan. Habl*
bullah Khan, has recrossed the frontier Into his
own country and has started for Oabool. his capl
tnl. Ilia majesty enjoyed every day of his stay in
India. He was for the first time officially desig
nated as "your majesty" In a telegram of welcome
from King Edward when the Ameer entered India,
which Is regarded here as significant. While no
proposals of a political or military character have
been mado on either aide, and no modification of
the Itritlsh-Afghan relations as established by
the Treaty of Cabool in 1903 was suggested, tie
visit Is regarded by both the British and the Ind
ian governments as further welding the ties which
make Afghanistan a butter state against a possible
Russian Advance on India.
The Ameer while In India went up In balloons,
became a keen motorist, as a result of which he
has taken several automobiles back to Afghanistan
■with him; developed an Immense, liking for playing
bridge whist, and mifde the Afghan courtiers learn
the game so that he could play It at Cabool.
Tha Ameer sent from the frontier a message, the
original of which was written In his own hand,
which has caused marked satisfaction among the
Indian officials. The message begins, "In tho name
of God," and goes on to say that "during my short
tour of Indta I have mads more true friends for
Afghanistan than could havo n«en made in twenty
years If I had not paid tho visit." The Ameer con
cludes with expressing the significant desire that
his message be published In the newspapers "for
the information of tho whole world."
A ROYAL MARRIAGE PROPOSAL.
Report That the Duke of Braganza May
Wed a Saxon Princess.
Lisbon, March 8. — Tho visit here of Frederick
Augustus, King of Saxony, Is understood to bo
in connection with negotiations looking to the
marriage of the Crown Prince of Portugal, the
Duke of Bragansa. with a prlnceHs of Saxony.
INVITATION TO ALL POWERS.
Non-Signatory Nations May Send Delegates
to the Hague Conference.
The Hague, March B.— The second chamber of
the Netherlands parliament to-day passed a
bill authorising the government to conclude
conventions providing for adhesion to the Haguo
Peace Conference of ISD9 with any non-signa
tory powers desiring to send delegates to tha
second conference.
NO NEW AGREEMENT ON FAR EAST.
French Foreign Office Denies Reported In
ternational Negotiation!.
Paris. March B.— The Foreign Offlce here denies
the report that negotiations are going on among
Great Britain. France. Russia and Japan for
the delimitation of their interests in the Far
East.
RAISULI IN BAFETY, A3 USUAL.
Tangier. March I— Ralsull Is reported to have
escaped from the stronghold of the B*n-larous
tries. Where he had taken refuge, and to have gon*
to some practically inaccessible mountains, where
he Is gathering a large following from the turbu
lent tribes. The Sultan's foroes are said to have
begun an attack on the Ben-larouss headquarters.
The followers of the Sultan are said to have lost
one hundred men killed, including a number of
officers. The casualties among the Ben-tarous
tribesmen were few. These reports lack official
confirmation.
F. L. JACOBS EXTRADITED
Paris. March I.— The representations made to the
Foreign Office by the American Embassy did not
show sufficient cause, to refuse tie extradition of
F L. Jacobs, the banker, of Buenos Ayres. who
was arrested or. arriving at Marseilles on January
21. charged with bankruptcy and forgery. Jacob!
has been surrendered to the Argentine, authorities.
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RADICALS HOLD DOVMA.
Elect Two Vice-Presidents—Divis
ion Among the Factiom.
St. Petersburg. March 9.— The first skirmish
for control of the opposition In the lower house
of parliament was won to-day by the radicals,
who compelled the Constitutional Democrats to
abandon their candidates for vice-presidents and
accept the nominees of the Radical coalition.
M. Berezln. of Saratoff. a newspaper man and
■ member of the Group of Toll, received 345
votes for First Vice-Presldent. to 101 votes cast
for his opponent, and M. Posnansky. of Khar
koff. a lawyer and member of the Left, received
. n >49 votes for Second Vlce-President. against 97
for his opponent. M. Chelnokoff, Constitutional
Democrat, of Moscow, was elected secretary of
the house.
Toward the close of the session the question
of amnesty to political prisoners caused a bit
ter controversy, which, however, waa fought out
between the factions of the Left, and did not
reach the floor of the House. The Social Demo
crats asked President Oolovln for recognition,
immediately after elections, for the purpose of
movlnir the following resolution:
The Douma cannot refrain from expressing
gratitude at the solidarity of the fighters for po
litical liberty, now prisoners In the hands of the
enemy, thanks to whom th* Douma exists. We
refrain from demanding amnesty, realizing that
no other force than tha people In revolution la
able to release them.
The Social Revolutionists, members of the
Group of Toll and Constitutional Democrats
unltrd against the resolution, fearing the storm
which would be caused among the reactionists
If it waa introduced, and the Social Democrats
ultimately withdrew It, but the most bitter spirit
prevailed.
CASHIER AT MOSCOW BOBBED.
Attempt at Bakhmat Foiled by Clerk, Who
Kill* Two Men.
Moscow. March B.— The cashier of the Brom
l»y Manufacturing Company, an English con
cern, was held up at the city gates to-day by a
band and robbed of a wallet containing $6,300
in cash.
Bakhmut. Russia, March &— An unsuccessful
attempt was made to rob the postofflce at Pav
lovka to-day, where $12.."in0 was on deposit.
Twenty armed men gathered at the offlce and
demanded of the clerk in charge that he tun
over the money. Under cover of his desk the
clerk who waa alone, opened fire on the would
be rob*"* killing two of them and wounding
four. The others fled empty-handed.
MARTIAL LAW IN THE BALTIC
Bevolutionist, Once Shot and left for Bead,
Again To Be Tried.
Riga. Russia, March a— The case of Anton
Lust the Eathonlan revolutionist, who. after
•nos being- I«aBy executed. is facto* a second
death -*«** plßagfct? an estate to the In
surrection la the B4!t!o provlr.ee.. will ba re
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TXthl sacking- of. the estate of a Gernia^ taren.
He was tried by drumhead court martial, waa
Sot on the spot an* was left for dead. Hfc
Natives, however, found that he was alive, car
ried him off and nursed him back^ to healthy
Lately Lust was rearteated and will again be
tried for pillage. '
Twelve sailors belonging to the Russian cruiser
Emir of Bokhara, who were tried by court mar
tial for mutiny at the time of the outbreak at
sveaborg. have teen sentenced, five of them to
imprisonment to hard labor in the mines for
life, three to fifteen years and four to ten
vt?n,rs
Six men were executed at Ifltan and two at
Werd'en yesterday for taking art in armed at
tacks on the troops ... ..• insurrection la the
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RUSSIANS HERE WARNED OF SPIES.
Volunteer in Switzerland Has Offered to>
Watch the New York Banditti.
Because of the presence here of Alexis Aladyta»
the leader of the peasant party in the Russian
Douma last year, and of Tchaykov3ky. the Social
Revolutionist, the Russian revolutionists in this
city are taking special precaution* to elude the
spies they think are following them.' The Bond, or
Jewish branch of the Russian Social Democrat?,
whoso American headquarters are at No. # Canal
street, has received a circular from the central
organization in Geneva, Switzerland, warning Its
members against one secret agent. Marcus Zam
shtciman. who may be in this country at present.
The alar, which cont'Uns tt picture of the man,
says that he has written to the Russian Consul in
Berne. Switzerland, offering hla services as a spy.
and also that since then ho has tried repeatedly to
Join revolutionist organizations in Geneva. His
actions so tar have done no bans*, it Is thought.
Miss Levine. secretary to I>r. M. Gurewitcb. th»
delegate from tho parent organization in Russia
to the American branch cf the Bund, said yester
.lay:
"We don't fear these spies. If they carr.e to our
meetings they would be detected at once. But W»
can't help their following us around. Every leeuVr
of any of the progressive parties, like Aladyln or
Tchaykovsky. is shadowed night and Cay by them
in his tour of th country. They used to isratcii
us at the Astor Library, but It did not do them
any good. They are not aware of the secret meet
ings which the Bund holds, nor of Its plans tor
collecting money and for propaganda
"We are on the lookout for this Zamshtetman.
and If he is here we will rind it out. As soon 33
we do our comrades here and all over the world
will be Informed. We work swiftly through our
underground passages."
PLAGUE CASES IN RUSSIA.
St. Petersburg. March $.— A second suspicious
case, thought to be bubonic plague, has developed
at the - Alexander Pest Laboratory at Cronsta«.lt.
where Dr. Schreiber. of the M Siberian* Regiment.
who contracted the plague while experimenting
with bacilli, died yesterday. Dr. Podlevsky. who
has also been engaged in experimenting witfct
bacilli, was subjected, after Dr. Schrelbsr beca&s
lU. to Injections of plague serum.
A dispatch from Mitau. Courland. to-day an
nounced that a soldier belonging to the garrison
there was suffering from the Siberian plague.
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BRITISH SHIP ON MOLOKAI FLOATED.
Honolulu. March The British ship Loch Garvo.
which struck a coral reef on tha coast of Molokai
on Monday, has been. floated, with the assistance
ot ether vessels. ASiW
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