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PRICE TWO CENTS.
TILLMAN REPORTS
THE HEPBURN BILL
Democratic Senator Merely Pre
sents the Measure as Ordered
by Committee.
ALDRICH ATTEMPTS
TO EXPLAIN ACTION
JToraker Declares Himself a Foe
of Federal Rate
Making.
Washington, Feb. 26.Expecting a
pmted discussion over the report by
Ur Tillman of the Hepburn railroad
rate bill, the galleries of the senate
chamber were crowded when today
gession was called to order. An unu
sually large number of senators also
were in their seats.
On Mr. Tillman's desk lay an impos
ing pile of documents, the records of
the hearings of the interstate commerce
commission on the general subiect of
government regulation of railroad rates.
Sitting beside him was Mr. Bailey, the
recognized minority leader the ab
eence of Mr. Gorman, and the two sen
ators conferred earnestly.
Mr. Tillman decided that he was not
prepared to make a formal report, and
that it would be more effective simply
to report the bill in accordance with
the resolution adopted by the commit
tee, which provides that the members
are left free to exercise individual judg
ment concerning amendments that may
be offered in the senate.
Tillman Recognized.
As soon as the vice president called
for reports of standing committees sev
eral senators arose, but Mr liilman
was recognized. He announced that he
had been instructed by the committee
on interstate commerce to report house
bill 12,987 without amendment, and ne
read the resolution adopted. After a
discussion concerning the printing oi
the testimony taken the commrttee,
an order was made for the publication
of 10,000 copies.
Mr Tillman gave notice that ne
would press the bill to the earliest con
sideration. He said that much of the
testimony taken was irrelevant and
that the committee had employed two
merts, Messrs. Newcomb and Adams,
id they had made an epitome of tne
experts Messrs Newcom and Adams
and they had made an epitom of t*
testimony, which also will be printed.
Tillman's Plans.
Mr. Tillman announced that as soon
as possible he purposed to digest the
testimony and to submit a formal report
on the bill. He said that within two
weeks he should moVe to make the rate
bill the unfinished "business and to dis
place the statehood bill if that measure
was not disposed of before that time.
The transcendent importance of the rate
measure and the wide interest the
subiect thruout the country, he' said,
made it desirable that the bill should be
considered without delay.
Aldrich Tries to Explain.
As soon as he had concluded, Mr.
Aldrich was recognized and said:
A majority of the republican mem
bers of the committee did not join in
the favorable report which has just
been made by the senator from South
Carolina, for the reason that in their
.-judgment an attempt should have been
Vnad" ov che committee to remedy, by
proper amendments, some of the ob
vious and admitted defects and omis
sions of the bouse bill, and that clear
and adequate provision should have
been made for sut^ecting the orders of
the commission affecting rates to judi
cial review. They believed that these
amendments were not only necessary to
protect the rights of all the parties in
interest, but that they were essential to
the vitalitv and efficiency of the meas
ure.
Minority's Position.
"With these amendments the minor
ity members, with the possible excep
tion of the senator from Ohio, who is
opposed, as I understand, to all govern
ment rate-making, were ready to give
their support to the house bill.
I beg to assure the senator in
charge of the bill that the opponents
of the measure in its present form will
ask for no unnecessary delays in its
consideration. The legislation proposed
is of such a character that a most care
ful examination of its provisions and
the fullest discussion of its terms will
be necessary. But beyond this no at
tempt will be made to prolong the de
bate.
Foraker an Open Foe.
While Mr. Aldrich was speaking he
mentioned the senator from Ohio as a
"possible exception," and Mr. Foraker
interposed, saying "actual exception."
Mr. Culberson said that from the re
port made by the senator from South
Carolina he noticed that certain mem
bers of the committee reserved the
right to offer amendments.
"The senator is not entirely correct
in his statement," interrupted Mr.
Tillman. "The resolution was adopted
by the committee and all members have
reserved rights concerning the offer
ing of amendments."
Culberson's Substitute.
"Well, then," said Mr. Culberson,
"I take it that in a large degree the
committee's action to be no more or
no less than a transfer of a contro
versy from the committee to the sen
ate chamber. Therefore I offer a sub
stitute for the bill just reported. This
substitute is in effect the bill on the
same subject which I previously in
troduced.
The bill was ordered printed and to
lie on the table until the rate bill is
taken up.'
LAFAYETTE STATUE TO BE CAST.
Washington, Feb. 26 According to a
letter received here today from Robert
J. Thompson at Chicago, secretary of the
Xafayette Memorial commission, having
In charge Qie erection of a. monume nt to
Lafayette, in Paris, preparations are un
der way for the final casting of the
statute and Its dedication Oct. 19, the an
niversary of the surrender and fall of
Torktown.
MASKED MEN GET $4,000.
Millville, N. Feb. 26.Two masked
men, one white and one a negro, today
seized Frederick Radal, a baker, while
he was in the stable near his house and
after gagging the Jaaker marched him into
his liome at the point of a pistol. The
men compelled Radel to open nig safe,
from which they took nearly $4,000. The
robbers escaped.
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STANDING APPROPRIATIONS
OMITTED FROM NEW CODE
Fergus Falls hospital $26,000
St. Peter hospital 140,000
Rochester hospital 140,000
School for deaf, Faribault. 35,000
School for blind, Faribault. 12,000
School for feeble minded,
Faribault 45,000
State public school, Owa
tonna 15,000
State reform school, Red
Wing 35,000
State prison, Stillwater... 40,000
State reformatory, St.
Cloud 15,000
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SERIOUS FLAW FOUND
I N STATE'S NEW CODE
NO FUNDS FOB
INSTITUTIONS
ROCKEFELLER, JR.,
DEFENDS "CORNER"
Sees in Joseph's Work in Egypt
Justification for Oil
Schemes.
Journal Special Servioe.
New York, Feb. 26.By defending
Joseph's action in cornering the food
supply duringthe seven years of plenty
in Egypt and selling it to the people
in the seven years of famine, John D.
Eockefeller, Jr., in his Bible class yes
terday, made the first really public
defense, by intimation, of similar meth
ods adopted by his father in building
up the Standard Oil monopoly. Middle
aged and old men crowded tne pews of
the Fifth Avenue Baptist church when
Mr. Rockefeller began to speak, there
being in all 201 members present.
Mr. Rockefeller made the point that
Joseph's foresight and ability saved the,
people of Egypt from starvation, being
unprecedented in all the great famines
of history. Furthermore, according to
the best commentators on the subject,
Joseph, in storing the food, exacted
only one-fifth of the regular crop from
each farmer, this one-fifth being really
only the tax each man had to pay to
support the government.
Joseph not only knew the famine was
coming, but all Egypt knew it. Any
one could have stored up the food in
anticipation of it, but, said Mr. Rocke
feller, Joseph knew, as we all do, that
it is difficult to get the people to look
ahead and provide for emergencies of
this kind. It required a man of Jo
seph's foresight to do this, and Joseph
did the people a great service thereby.
In conclusion, Mr. Rockefeller said:
"Let us so live that we can walk
along the street and lepk everyone in
the eye unflinchingly."
IS AGAINST MANN
Collier Ready to Expend $200,000
to Convict Town Topics
Publisher.
New York, Feb. 26.Robert J. Col
lier, publisher of Collier's Weely, went
on the witness stand today in the hear-
ih witness stand today in me u
ing of Colonel William D. Mann editor
Of Topics, cr ge of PefOY5
ThiTso charge grewon ouat. ohfa the sensational
libel suit brought recently against Nor
man Hapgood. editor of Collier's Week
ly, and which was decided lor Mr.
^r?.Collier said that he and his fath
er, Peter F. Collier, expected to pay the
expenses of the prosecution of Colonel
Mann.
LOCK CANAL IS HOST
COSTLY, SAYS WALLAGE
New York, Feb. 26.John F. Wal
lace, formerly chief engineer of the
Panama canal, has contributed an ar
ticle to the March number of the Engi
neering Magazine, recounting his ob
servations and experiences during the
year in which he was in charge of con
struction work in the canal zone. In
this article Mr. Wallace declares it to
be his belief that "it will require more
time and money to construct a high
level Canal On the 85-foot plan, under
the present method of government con
trol than it will to construct a sea-level
canal provided the work is accomplished
by modern efficient methods." He ad
vocates either placing the work in the
hands of one mana practical engineer
with unlimited authority, or letting
the work to one large contracting firm.
$200,000 IN STEEL PLANT FIRE.
South Bethlehem, Pa., Feb. 26.The
genexal office building and part of a ma
chine shop of the Bethlehem Steel com
pany were destroyed by fire today, entailJ
ing a loss of about $200,000 to property
land valuable records.
^'^s^Iss^" sKV
Special Legislative Session May
Be Necessary to Provide
Running Expenses.
Members of the state board of con
trol made a startling discovery today,
when they got their fi^st look at the
new code of laws.
Standing appropriations for the state
prison and reformatory, the three in
sane hospitals, the Red Wing training
school and the institutions at Fari
bault and Owatonna seem to be omitted
from the revision. These appropria
tions have stood for years, and about
covered the running expenses of the
institutions. If they have been omitted,
an extra session of the legislature must
be called at once, or the state's penal,
correctional and charitable institutions
must go out of business.
Members of the board of control ap
pealed at once to the governor and
att'orney general. A conference was
called, and met shortly after noon in
the governor's office. Those present
were Governor Johnson, Messrs. Gould,
Leavitt and Rosing of the board of
control, George T. Simpson and C. S.
Jelley, assistants to the attorney gen
eral. Attorney General Young is absent
on a vacation.
Means Extra Session.
The standing appropriations for state
departments for the university and
the normal schools are plainly cared
for in the code, but appropriations es
timated at $580,000 for the other in
stitutions have not been located. If
they are omitted, it is a colossal blun
der. Ten institutions with hundreds of
employees and thousands of inmates
will have no money for maintenance.
The dreaded extra' session must be
called, and no one can foretell the con
sequences when the legislature gets to
gether. It cannot be limited. It may
supply the omission and adjourn, or it
may take up anything. It may even re
peal the code, and if it meets, plenty
of sentiment in that line will be de
veloped. A number of prominent attor
neys appealed to Governor Johnson
Saturday for the extra session, urging
the danger the Btate runs by going un
der the code before the bar of the state
has had time to be familiar with its
contents.
The conference of officials was con
ducted with the utmost effort at se
crecy. It adjourned at 12:45 for lunch,
and met again in the governor's of
fice immediately after. It is evident
that no "provision for these appropria
tion* teta yet teeiy-'diwtf^ealr
Statute Expressly Repealed.
The Anoka and Hastings asylums
have no standing appropriations^ as
they were not built when thV provision
was made in 1889. The appropriations
for the ten institutions affected were
made in chapter 272 of the laws of
1889, and that chapter is among those
named in the repeal chapter of the re
vised code. It is, therefore, repealed
in express terms, and nothing to take
its place has been discovered!
None of the state officers in the
Becret would discuss the matter today.
Until it has been definitely settled as
to the status of the institutions, the
extra session question will be in the
air. It will be decided, however, to
day or tomorrow, and if a session must
will be called on the
calle
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shorteB
posaib
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Would it surprise you to know that
this proceeding will cost you more than
$100,000?" asked Mr. Littleton, coun
sel for Colonel Mann.
"No, I would not be surprised* We
wouldn't mind if it cost twice that
amount," answered^the witness. Mr.
Collier said he expected to reimburse
the city, thru the district attorney
office, tor all the money spent for hand
writing experts and other witnesses.
His paper began its attacks on oi
onel Mann in 1904, he said, following
the publication in Town Topics of an
article reflecting on the private life and
social career oAis father, P. F. Collier.
He said also that ever since that article
appeared he and his father had be*en
waiting for the opportunity, which was
furnished last summer by the arrest of
Charles Ahle, on a charge of attempt
ing to blackmail Edwin M. Post, a
broker.
Mr. Collier said that since he began
actively following up the charges
against Colonel Mann he has had for
this purpose an office at 73 Broadway
separate from the office of Collier
Weekly. He testified also that he has
been paying Charles Stokes Wayne, for
mer managing editor of Town Topics,
and Moses E. Wooster. the agent for
Fads and Fancies, salaries or $100
weekly for their services in connection
with the Mann case.
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MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26,\1906.
NO COAL STRIKE,
SAYE MITCHELL
*"**&/#.
Head of Miners Declares There
Will Be No General
Walkout.
Robbins, of the Operators, Says
Coal Strike Cannot Be
Averted.
New York, Feb. 26.John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Workers
of America today indorsed the opinion
that there will be no general strike of
coal miners on April 1, which wa^s given
out last night in Indianapolis by Vice
President T. L. Lewis of the United
Mine Workers. President Mitchell was
shown the vice president 'sN
statement in
which the latter said, in addition to the
assertion there will be no general strike
in the mining industry April 1, that
operators will restore the reduction ac
cepted by the miners two years ago, and
perhaps nioie. and that an era or peace
will be established for another period of
years.
After hearing, this statement, Presi
dent Mitchell said: guess that is
right." -ink,
-t Bobbins Is Oloonry-- -M-
Francis L. Robbins, president of the
Pittsburg Coal company and chairman
of the committee of the bituminous op
erators, was in New York^today and
discussed the statement of Vice Presi
dent Lewis as follows:
"There is absolutely no change in
the situation. I see no prospects of
averting a strike on April 1. No meet
ing of the operators has been held and
I, as chairman, would be the man to
call one. Even in case such a proposi
tion were made, Mr Mitchell would
have to refer it to^khe miners' conven
tion. There could be no change of
front on the part of- the operators with
out a conference anlong them. Because
the miners are willing to accept the
1903-04 scale, that is no indication that
the soft coal operators-are willing to
yield."
Mr. Robbins wotHd not say whether
he came here to confer with Mr. Mitch
ell, but remarked*
''This is a big cfty and I guess Mr.
Mitchell will be glaa to see me."
He said he expected to return to
Pittsburg tonight.
Later, President ^Mitchell "went Jfto
conference with Mr. Bobbins at the
Waldorff-Astoria hotel.
To Fix on Old Scale.
Indianapolis, Feb. 26. President
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of
America has called to New York a
number of tno officers of the organiza
tion to consider tMe proposition from
the bituminous coal operators to re
store- the scale of 1903, which is an
increase. o3$e5 -v^tmn% oyer $&& pres
ent scale. A
Vice President *T. L. Lewis says a
national convention of miners will like
ly be called soon to work out the de
tails of the new proposition of the
operators.
The New York conference will prob
ably decide -the date of the convention.
BULLET THRU CAR WINDOW.
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 26.Joseph Boyd,
a passenger on a Fort Wayne train, nar
rowly escaped death today from a- bullet
which crashed thru the car window as
the train was passing Glenfleld, Pa. The
missile struck Boyd in the head, inflicting
a bad scalp wound. The crew searched
foi the man who had fired the shot, but
without success.
SNOWSTORM IN MISSOURI.
St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 2G.A bad sleet
snowstorm has been raging here
Iand
since early morning, erreatly Impeding
railway and streetcar traffic
A STRANGE COMBINATIOiN, TCXBE SURE.
But one that's likely to make things move, for all that
flPfrjiiaiiLLjiuii^ti
Defective Page
NEW COMBINE TO
FIGHT BEEF TRUST
American Federation of Labor
and Farmers' Alliance
May Unite.
Journal Special Service.
New York, Feb. 26.William C. Well
man, president of the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butchers' Association
of America, is now trying to work up
a scheme of co-operation between the
Farmers' Alliance and the American
Federation of Labor to secure cheap
beef. It is proposed to have the farm
er establish slaughter houses in the
west, where the raw material is pro
duced, and the Federation establish
2,000 or more butcher shops in New
York city for the sale of the finished
product, because, according to his cal
culations, the consumer can be fur
nished with his beef and other meats
at an average of 6 cents a pound less
than he is compelled to pay to the beef
trust.
To Shut Out Trust.
Mr. Wellman has secured promises
of $2,000,000 subscriptions to the stock
of the proposed company from men who
will actually engage in the business and
it is not proposed to allow any other
to obtain shares.
No man will be allowed to hold more
than a certain amount of the stock of
the proposed company, the object being
to scatter it in small lots as much as
possible, first, so that the trust cannot
buy up a control of the company and
second, so that every stockholder will
feel a personal incentive to promote the
interest of the new scheme. Mr. Well
man has not yet secured any contracts
with the railway companies for the
transportation of beef, but is confident
that public opinion, congressional pres
sure and the justice on the part of the
interstate commerce commission will
protect the proposed combination from
discrimination.
Prom Hoof to Block.
It is not proposed to deal with the
big wholesale or retail dealers in the
east nor to cater to the high- class
trade, but the 2,000 shops will be es
tablished in the residence districts of
the working classes and the nucleus of
the trade will be the labor unions. After
the business has been worked up and
well established in New York, it will
be extended to Philadelphia, Chicago,
Boston and other great cities.
The costly system of retail meat dis
tribution and the high profits demanded
by the retailers and wholesalers have
kept up prices to the consumer. Every
ttime .the price of beef is advanced it I kama" 4*2 be cited asTprecedent.
jceroa^-at tfch^.pa^mijniJljpnre^ JPf-fche,. ,T
conditions change it is not reduced. I i\f\TIT/r^f^ T*lT*M^Hf*
The rule, however, has not been ap-! I/IIIIUI UN I
plied to farm prices of cattle on the g. lllllvJLvJw/ lill 1. LJLlvJ
hoof, which are usually governed by the
demand. Between 1900 and 1905, ac
cording to the statistics of the agri
cultural department the average price
of beef cattle declined more than 42
per cent the mean annual price of beef
cattle at the Chicago stockyards, de
clined about Sy2 per cent, while the
mean annual wholesale* price of fresh
beef in New York advanced 5 per cent.
This shows that the profitgjiave gone
to the wohlesaler and retailer and not
to the farmer.
ALEXANDER TO RECOVER.
New York, Feb. 26.The recovery of
James W. Alexander, former president
of the Equitable Life Assurance society,
who recently underwent two operations,
was announced to be practioally certain
toy his physicians today.
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CHINESE DESTROY MISSIONS AND
MURDER BRITISH MISSIONAMP
AMERICAN TROOPS
READY FOR CHINA
SIR CHENTT/NG LIANG CHENG,
Chinese Minister to the United States.
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CASTRO ALARMED
-BY POISON PLOT
Attempt on life of Archbishop of
Venezuela Scares
President.
Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Feb.
26.Accordingto advices received here
from Caracas, President Castro is great
ly unnerved as the result of an unsuc
cessful attempt by an unknown person
to poison Mbst Rev. Dr.Juan Bastista
Castro, archbishop of Venezuela, by put
ting nitrate of silver in the communal
wine on Sunday, Feb. 18, which caused
a great sensation. The archbishop some
time ago issued an encyclical rebuking
the Venezuelan clergy for their immor
ality. The attempt on the archbishop's
life is generally attributed to a priest.
President Castro's next move in the
French question will be to call upon the
United States to arbitrate the question
of the amount of damage done by
France in permitting the fitting out of
the filibustering steamer Ban Righ, at
Fort D France, island of Martinique,
to prey upon Venezuelan commerce and
transport troops during the Matos re
volt. The United States claim against
Great Batain in the case of ih* Ala-
Berlin, Feb. 26.Duchess Sophie
Charlotte of Oldenberg arrived in Ber
lin with her father from Oldenberg to
day in a drizzling rain. After lunching
with the emperor and empress, Princo
Eitel Friederich and other members of
the imperial family at
thehsmall
vue palace, she 4
FAIR TONIGHT AtfD TUBSOTHT GOUEBB TONJOHT.
BERLIN IN STATE
In a Cinderella Coach Prince
Eitel's Bride-elect Eides
to Palace.
Belle-
rov wit her grand
mother. Princess Friederich Karl of
Prussia to the imperial palace, cheered
along the route by some hundreds of
thousands of people. At the Branden
burger gate the duchess shook hands
with the chief burgomaster and
thanked him for the address of wel
come which he delivered.
Brilliant Procession.
The procession was as brilliant as
court equipages and cuirassed and hel
meted guardsmen could make it. The
princess sat in a coach shaped like that
depicted in the old-fashioned Cinder
ella pictures, drawn by eight horses,
led by tall grooms. On either side rode
Field Marshal von Hahnke, the gov
ernor of Berlin and Lieutenant General
Count von Moltke, commander of the
garrison. Detachments of household
cavalry preceded and followed the im
perial family and all the visiting mem
bers of the royal families.
The principal personages of the gov
ernment were assembled at the palace
contract was tliere signed, with the
usual ceremony.
President to Kaiser.
Ambassador Tower today presented
President Roosevelt's message congrat
ulating the German emperor and em
press on their silver wedding anniversa
rv The emperor, in expressing his Peking authorities.
and the empress had been.
AMERICA POWERLESS
TO STOP ATROCITIES
Washington, Feb. 26.The attitude
of the American government towards
the conditions in the Congo Free State
and the American desire for some plan
for the administration of all of Cen
tral Africa by the several powers ruling
or exercising a controlling influence
there, aTe stated, in. a letter sent "by
Secretary Boot to Representative Den
by of Michigan. Secretary Boot says,
however, that this government has no
opportunity or power to investigate
Congo conditions.
GERDRON'S SLAYER ON TRIAL.
New York. Feb. 26.The real work In
the trial of Berthe Clalshe, the young
woman charged with the murder of Emll
Gerdron on July 8, last, was begun be
fore Justice Davis and a jury in the
criminal branch "*t &- supreme court to
day.
Barter and Exchange
Trade what yon don't need fox
something you want. The
Want Ads will do it.
PAGE&-FIVE O'CLOCK.
Attack on Foreigners May
'Local Trouble,'' but Sol
diers Prepare.
Be
President' Roosevelt Suspects
China May Be Repeating -J"-
Boxer Incidents.
Washington, Feb. 26.Consul Gener
al Eodgers, at Shanghai, cabled the
state department, under today's date,
that the American mission stations at
Nan-chang, in the province of toajg
si, have been destroyed. The probable
cause is local.
Telegrams received from those points
state that the fourteen American mis
sionaries at those places escaped,but the
Kingham family, English, two adults
and two children, are reported to have
been killed.
The American ,gunboat El Cano a*
Nankin has been ordered to proceed to
Kiu-kiang, where she will probably ar-.
rive by Wednesday.
The scene of the trouble is about
400 miles up the Yangtse river.
A still later dispatch from Mr. Bod
gers received today at the state depart
ment says that the inland British mis
sions are reported to be safe.
A cablegram from Commander Fletch
er, the senior officer of the Ealeigh, at
Shanghai, received at the navy depart
ment today, confirms substantially Con
sul General Bodgers' report.
Menace in Situation.
The officials here accept Consul Gen
eral Bodgers' suggestion that the
trouble at Nanchang is local, as has
been the case with the last two proceed
ing attacks upon foreign missions in ^j
China. Therefore there is little appre
hension that the trouble will spread.
However, it is realized that the inci- j'm
dent itself appears to justify such prep-
New York, Feb. 26.Reports of riot
ing at the American mission station in
Nan-chang and tne escape of eight
American missionaries stationed there,
were received here today by cable at
the Methodist Board of Foreign Mis
sions. The Methodist board has a mis
sion station at that place. The cable
Sram, which was sent by Bishop J. W.
lashford, Methodist Episcopal bishop
resident at Shanghai, and made public
by Dr. H. K. Carroll, of the Methodist
board, is as follows:
"Mission Nan-chang rioted Method-^
ist missionaries escaped on boat.''
The names of the Methodist mission-'
aries at Nan-chang are as follows:
Bev. Edward James and wife, of Wis
consin, Dr. M. Charles and wife of Ada,
Ohio, and four American women, Ger
trude How, Genevieve Hughes, Alta
Newdy and Kate I. Ogdorn. In addi
tion to these eight missionaries, the
Methodist board had one Chinese wom
an, Ida Kahn, stationed at Nan-chang,.
CHINA'S DUPLICITY
to receive the princess. The marriage O'Laughlm, in a Washington dispatch
to the Chicago Tribune, says:
President Roosevelt has grown sus
picious of the good faith of the Chi
nese government as a result of the poli
cy of duplicity which it seems to bo
pursuing. He has been giveu assur
ances thru Minister Bockhill which are
not in keeping with the acts of the
tanks mentioned the wedding of Alice I Apparently there has "been adopted
RoTseveS to Nicholas LongwWth and! at ne Chinese capital^tactics such a
the marriage of the Duchess Sophie were observed 1900, prior to the
CharStte of Oldenburg to Prince Eitel Boxer outbreak. The diplomatic corps
Frederick, and said hoped these was told then in the most positive man-
young people would be as happy as he ner that the reports
ofoundation,
tM
arations as are now under way from a -3
military point of view. The report that
English subjects have been killed is the SJ
most serious phase of the affair, for it
is said that this fact may be made the
basis of forcible measures by the Brat
ish government that might inflame the
entire Chinese population.
Nan-chang, where the mission* j
were destroyed, lies upon the shores of %~j
Lake Poyang, in the northern portion
of the province of Kiang-si, and the ^h -1
Yang-tse river is navigable up to that
point, as well as the lake itself for
warships of considerable- size.
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A later cablegram from Mr. Bodgfer*., 9
says that the reports of the Nanchang
trouble are conflicting. It is now re-t*q|
ported to have originated in a dispute*-^
between the French Jesuits and Chinese^*
officials. A Chinese magistrate was a-j^
first reported to have been stabbed by 3
a Catholic missionary, but it is now
claimed that the magistrate stabbed
himself. i
In the riot which occurred yesterday
six Jesuits and two members of the 4
Kingman family were killed. Chinese 3
troops were protecting. The refugees
are going to Kukiang.
The American mission building is un
derstood to have been saved and order*
is now restored. Mr. Bodgers adds that
all is quiet in Shanghai.
Names of Missionaries.
Roosevelt Grows Suspicious and Was
Department Is Active.
Special to The Journal.
Chicago, Feb. 26.John Callait'
j^*^rf
a general up.
rising were without and
that the government had taken ample
measures to suppress local disturbances
and to prevent injury to life and prop
erty The result of this representation
was the failure of foreign powers to
take action for the protection of their
subjects until it was too late.
Parallel to Boxer Trouble. 7
The administration sees in the pres
ent situation a paraUel with that which
existed prior to the Boxer outbreak,
with this single and important differ
ence: that the present unrest is not
confined to two provinces in the north,
but prevails all over the empire.
The state department is advising
mission boards to bring in all miBBxou
aries stationed in outlying districts, in
accessible to warships or troops, and
place them at points wnere they can b
protected. Rear Admiral Train, com
mander-in-chief of the Asiatic fleet, is
giving similar advice to the missiona
ries themselves.
A
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AMm*
Neither the navy nor the war depart
ment is abating its efforts to be readyU|
to act the moment the president gives
the word. The commanding officer of
the forces which will be thrown int
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