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Canadian Troops ,dovi,r

CAnadtan Troops A0vi0g.
WINNIPEG, March 8.-Ths royal Can.
adian dragons here have bsen ordered
to prepare to move to the Yukon. They
will form part Of the military expedi.
tion which the federal government are
sending to that part Of tho dominion.
The expedition 10 to be $50 strong and
win be commanded by Major Evans Of
this city. The necessity for the expedi.
ton 10 not known here. -.
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TO THE COAST FoR $40.

500 Road Makes the Threatsnsd Redue.
tion In Rates.
ST. PAUL, March 7.-Some days ago
the 500, or the Canadian Pacific,
threatened to reduce the second class
rate from St. Paul to Seattle to go.
Sunday the official announcement was
made that the new rate would go into
effect March ~. The fare first class
will be $40.
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[EEP-In demand, 9s.5oo4.B.
st. Paul Union Stock Yards.

SOUTH ST. PAUL, March TO-
HOGS-Market about steady, with
yesterdays Eastern markets 5@10c lower.
Range Of prices $3.50 80.
CATTLE-Market steady, good demand,
light stockers firm and active.
Sales ranged at e4.00@4.7O for stockers;
9a.4O@3.0O for COWS; e3.s0@8.4 40 for heifers;
A.0O@4.26 for steers.
SHEEP-Market strong and active;
lambs steady.
Sales ranged at s3.65@4.0o for muttons;
q 75@5.25 for lambs.
Receipts: Hogs, 1900; cattle, 700;
calves, 900; sheep, 100.
Chicago Union Stock Yards.
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Pope Received PilrrIms.

ROME, March =. The pope. who was
in excellent health, received 400 per.
sons, including $50 Swiss pilgrims. His
holiness assisted at mass and after.
wards the leaders Of the pilgrims were
personally received in audience by the
pope, who was seated on tho throne.
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ALLIANCE PROPOSED
PAuNcEFoTE's VISIT TO THE WHITE
HOUSE EXPLAINED.
England Wants support in the East and
onsrs sympathy aud Aid-vletorias
0rasincation at His Attitude Conveyed
20 the President.

Z VAAVAs 0y@Posoy ouU <Al0-vtUsOt10U
oratidcation at His Attitude Conveyed
70 the President.
WASHINGTON. March lO.-Much con-
lecture has been indulged in touching
the visit paid the White House by the
British ambassador. The Washington
Post says on this point:
"Queen Victoria has, through Sir
Julian Pauncefote, conveyed to Presi.
dent Mckinley her qualification at the
wise and conservative course which he
has thus far pursued in relation to the
Cuban and Spanish situation. She
also expressed to him her thorough
sympathy with the efforts put forth by
the United States to relieve suffering
humanity in Onba, with the hope that
these endeavors may be conducted to
successful conclusion without war.
"These expressions were not sent in
official form. They would have been
communicated through Mr.. Hay, the
United States ambassador to Great
Britain, but for the fact that he is alb
sent on q voyage on the Nile. They
were, therefore, communicated directly
to Sir Julian, with the request that he
present them in person to the presi.
dent. There has been no correspond.
enoe with this country upon the sub.
ject, 80 that the queens sentiments do
not appear on record.
An Alliance Suggested.
"The reply Of the president expressed
his pleasure at the utterance of the
queen, with the additional statement
that he also hoped that war could be
avoided.
1.-THE attitude of Great Britain goes
further in this matter than mere ex.
preston Of good wishes. There is a de.
sire. which has yet only reached the
stage Of tentative suggestion, that an
alliance may be formed between Great
Britain and the United States. This
suggestion has considerable weight
with the administration.
"Great Britain is finding her suprem.
aoy in China seriously threatened. II
England proposes to hold her own she
must fight for it. This explains why
she is forbidding her ship owners to
part with the vessels they are con.
structing, and accounts for the large
increases she is making to her navy.
ut was the suggestion that if the
United States would afford to Great
Britain her moral support is case Of
trouble in the East, she would offer us
her sympathy and practical aid in any
trouble that threatened with Spain,
that resulted IN a discussion of the
Eastern question in the cabinet meet
ing last Tuesday"
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,1.u,lls.. BIZ Bl..,.

vANcouvER, B. O., March 9.-Ad.
vices from the Orient, brought by the
steamer Empress Of India, ten Of the
almost total destruction Of Manills,
Philippine Islands, By fire. Five mil
lion dollars worth Of property was Dc.
stroyed,
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EFFECT OF THE EVANS BILL
Civil service Commission Does Little
Figuring for Congress-.

Civil Service Commission Doss = Little
Figuring for Congress.
WASHINGTON, March 7.-The civil
service commission has prepared for
submission to congress some informa.
ton as to the effect Of the enactment
into law Of the Evans bill now pending
in the house. This bill removes from
the operation of the law all positions
now in the classified service below the
$500 and above the $1,000 grade, be.
sides limiting its application in other
respects. According to the commission
there are now 6sS postoffices in the
classified service with 26, 900 employees,
688 Of which, with 1900 employees,
would be withdrawn il the bill was
passed. The number Of custom houses
the force in which is now classified,
would be reduced from IS to 6.
The employees of the following named
bureaus Of the executive departments
would be withdrawn from the service
under the operations of Mr.. Evans bill:
The steamboat inspection service, the
marine hospital service, the lighthouse
establishment, the lifesaving service,
all the assay Offices, the revenue cutter
service, and in addition, several posi-.
tions classified by President Arthur
when the present law went into effect.
The total number of employees now in
the classified service is 84,240-54, 34s
Of which would be taken out by the
operation of the Evans bill. and Of
those remaining 5.86s are in Washing
ton and "A, l24 in other cities.
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Poultry, Butter and Eexs,

... CHICAGO, March TO-
POULTRY-Dressed, firm; turkeys,
S@11o: chickens, 7@Sc; ducks, S@oc.
BUTTER - Steady; creameries, 100
1870: diaries. 11@17c.
EGGS-Steady; fresh, 10c
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only Canadians ca. Tah. Claims.

0nIy Canadians Can Take Claims.
OrTAwA. March 8.-James McMul.
len, N. p, has given notice Of bill
which provides that only British sub.
jeots can hold mining properties in
Canada, and they must have been resi.
dent in Canada at least 12months prior
to the recording Of their claims.
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rharsd.y, March 3.

The Loud bill to correct alleged abuses
OF the second class mail matter privilege,
was laid on the table by vote Of 1e2 to
a19 The vote was not on party lines
The senate nonconcurred In the house
sinendments to the bankruptcy bill and
i was sent to conference. The Alaska
BILL was then taken up.
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No-To-Bso for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong, blood pure. t0o. d. All drusttseo
STATE NEWS.

SIHIl NlVOs
Grafton boasts of gymnasium.
Bismarck still has cases of scar
let fever.
Wahpeton is to have a new
democratic paper.
The permanent state school
fund now amounts to 100000.
Land in Emmons county sells
at $500 to $500 quarter section.
State Treasurer and Mrs. Mich
OILS have returned from the South.
Two Sweet Briar men have
been convicted of stealing N. P.
bridge timber.
The Bismarck Water Supply
company cannot get taxes cancell-
ed or compromised.
The farmers are ready to grant
right of way if the N. P. will build
on west from Minor.
Fargo will ask that one of the
new war vessels be named "in
honor of and after the city of
Fargo"
The warm weather has made
crossing the Missouri on the ice
between Bismarck and Mandan
impossible.
One of the former editors of the
Casselton Reporter has left that
paper to start a farm magazine at
Casselton.
| Judge Pollock decided that
Fargo's paving tax was illegal,
and the city will appeal to the Su-
preme court.
The sale of N. P. land for Janu-
ary and February were more than
three times that of the same
months last year.
Will, the scotsman, after a resi-
dence of three years in New York
has returned to Bismarck and ex-
poets his family soon.
Kidder county expects consid-
erable number of new settlers from
Kentucky and the Troy farm is
to be broken up for their use.
Ramsey county will attempt,
in some way, to educate children
who do not reside in territory that
may be organized under the law.
| The Bismarck Review has been
made the official paper of Burleigh
county, and it is reported that
Mayor Patterson is interested in
the publication.
The penitentiary may not be
able to supply more brick than
will be needed for local purposes
and the Asylum board may have
to look elsewhere.
| The Milwaukee is reported as
making rate of IS cents per hun
dred on emigrants' movables from
all Illinois and Wisconsin points
to North Dakota.
The general land office has re-
Ijected and the interior department
affirmed the rejection of 1926
acres of land in the Bismarck dis
trict selected by the N. P.
The Fargo city treasurer gets
but 5000 per year instead of $1,000
as in previous years. The mayor
finds the charter says 5000 and an
ordinance $1,000 and sticks to the
charter.
Ralph Davidson who has been
connected with the Jamestown
Capital for a term of years
is studying osteopathy at Fargo
intending to practice when suffi-
GENTLY skilled.
Mrs. F. B. Fancher of Bismarck
and Mrs. DR.. Darrow of Fargo are
to represent North Dakota on the
Trans Mississippi Exposition
Medal composite picture Of
ladies of the western states.
One William Storey Of Buffalo
was last Saturday sentenced by
Judge Pollock to go days in Jail
and $500 fine besides costs. and
his permit to sell Intoxicating
| liquors was revoked for five years
l-all for contempt in violating an
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DEMANDS WILL BE GRANTED.

II Hung Chang Using His Influence in
Russia's Favor.
LONDON, March 10.-A special dis
patch from Shanghai says that the in.
duenoe Of Ii Hung Chang and the
dowager empress havs been exercised
on behalf Of Russia, whose demands.
20 far as China is concerned, will be
granted. According to the same dis
patch the Russian title to Deer island
has been confirmed,
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Montgomery at Havana.
HAVANA, March 0.-The United
States cruiser Montgomery has arrived
here.
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v.noonv.r 60 st. p,ul for eIo.

VANCOUVER, B. O., March l0.-The
Canadian Pacific railway has made
further cut Of 30 per cent in passenger
rates. One can now travel from Van.
couver to St. Paul for SO.
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LATEST MARKET REPORT.
Duluth Grain.

DULUTH, March TO-
WHEAT-Cash No. hard, 4lO0sf;
No. i Northern, 99hc: No. 2 Northern,
e71fo; No 8 spring, s6Xc. To Arrive No
! hard, sl.0o9f; No. Northern, $3.50;
May, 99hc; July, $3.50; September, S0Ao.
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Friday, March 4

The house agreed to conference reports
on the pension and diplomatic bills and
spent the balance of the day on the pri.
vate calendar.
After debate lasting several days the
senate passed the bill extending the
homestead law and providing for right
Of way for railroads in the district Of
Alaska.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards.
CHICAGO, March 10.

CHICAGO, March 10.
HOGS-Market fairly active &c higher
Sales ranged at $3.7O@5.90 for light;
t8.70@295 for mixed; 43.76@4.05 for
heavy; $375@3 80 for rough.
CATTLE-Market steady.
Sales ranged at s3.s0@5.50 for beeves;
eo.15@44O for COWS and heifers; $j5O@
$50 for Texas steers; $S.60@4.o0 for
stockers and feeders.
SHEEP-Market steady to 100 lower.
Sales ranged at S3.00@4.6O for natives;
t8.50@4.6O for westerns; $l.00@5.5O for
lambs.
Receipts: Hogs, $4,000; cattle, II, ,50o;
sheep, $1,000.
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slrued by the Presidsnt,

b WAsH1NaToN, March l0.-The presi.
dent at $40 p. m. signed the measure
appropriating 90, ,lSs, 900 for the ma
tiona! defense, and It Il now . Law.
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Wednesday. March o.

The house devoted itself to routine busi.
ness. The legislative, executive and ju-
dicial appropriation bill went through ita
last stages in the adoption of the financial
conference report and the remainder Of
the day was consumed in the considera-
tion Of the senate amendments to tho In
dian appropriation bill.
The senate adjourned after passing the
a. lok}
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Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago Grain and Provisions.
CHICAGO, March 10
CLOSING PRICES.
WHEAT-March, tl.0213l; May, 81 .O41f@
el.O49<; July, 9oA@9oXo; September,
$40; December, 0OIc.
CORN-March, 27Ac; May, 9OAc;
July, 81sS 311<c; September, s21c.
OATS-March, 2e1lc; May, 97c; July,
2iHc.
PoRK-Maroh, sloa5; May, 5000;
July $l0S5.
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Monday. Fob. Z

The session Of the senate was devoted
entirely to consideration Of the District
Of Columbia appropriation bill. At ad-
tournment the bill had not been disposed
By an almost unanimous vote the Haw.
ley bill providing for two additional regi.
ments of artillery was passed by the house
under suspension Of the rules. Mr.. Bailey,
the Democratic leader, pleaded for moro
time than the 10 minutes allowed under
the rule, and, because 1t was refused,
after the bill had been passed, he inaugu-
rated fllibuster against District of Col.
umbia legislation. Mr.. Bailey desired to
speak in favor Of the bill but could not
get time.
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Tussdsy. March q

To days session of the senate was
largely devoted to the consideration Of the
District of Columbia appropriation bill.
After an extended discussion the bill,
Containing a provision for the reduction
q about one-half Of the present rates of
telephone charges in the district, was
passed. The bill for the relief of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south, Of
Tennessee, appropriating easS,O0o, was
then passed, after brief debate.
The house devoted tho day to the Can
non defense bill.
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The Ikasagi.

~HIS mornings dispatches give a
description of Japans new war
ship, the kasagi, which lis to be
launched on Thursday from the
Cramps shipyards at Philadelphia. II
is the first foreign warship of account
built in this country, and Americans
trust that Japan will be SO well salts
fled with the goods that she will place
many orders for more. IT Is Japan's
ambition to have a first-class navy,
one that will command the respect OF
the world The rapdity with which
Japan is coming to the front as a ma
ton is exciting universal comment. 4
Yale professor has gone so far as to
predict that before the year 1000 Japan
in many respects will rank as the
first nation Of the world. lie bases the
prophecy on what he alleges to be IL
fact, that the Japanese have larger
brains than those of any other people
now on earth. and that they are there
fore bound to excel in ingenuity. in
war, in commerce, in enterprise gen
orally Admitting that Japanese brains
are the greatest on earth the theory is
fessor does not take into account the
vast complications and uncertainties
of the future-he forgets the truism of
the author of Ecclesastes that the
race is not 10 the swift, nor the battle
TO the strong. but time and chance hap
pen to then, ALL Still there is no rea
son to doubt that Japan Is gong 10 cut
IA big figure i'm the world.
Stripped ofsits technical verbiaee, the
description shows that the kasagi is II
cruiser of the highest mouern type, tit
to cope with the best of them. The
launching on Thursday will be no.
table occasion. The Washington Post
says that the entire diplomatic corps
and many prominent people have been
invited to attend, journeying between
Washington and Philadelphia on Il
special train to be provided for the
purpose. For the first time there will
be a departure from the custom which
has prevailed from time immemorial in
launching ships of christening the
craft in the contents of a bottle Of
champagne or other wine This prae-
tice has always been Objectionable To
temperance folks. So III the case of the
Kasagi there will be no smashing of
bottles. but instead the craft will be
named according To the beautiful Jap
anese custom. and as she glides into
the water of the Delaware Miss Long,
daughter of the secretary OF the navy,
will pronounce her name while loosing
siIken bag and releasing a White
pigeon. a bird which is held sacred by
the Japanese in such ceremonies.
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managers found a decided difference Of
opinion among them. Roster q Bial.
Weber & Fields, the Bijou and the
Casino favored Sunday theatricals. At
Wallack's IL was thought that six nights
per week of the drama was enough for
its most ardent admirers. Frohman
and Al Hayman were opposed. The
Fifth Avenue Theater was decidedly
against Sunday performances on gen.
eral grounds and because it would he
unjust to the players. So with the
Broadway and the Grau opera COM
pany. This was the general voice of the
theaters that men like 10 take their
wives to when they are in New York.
OF course Chauncey NJ. Denew had to
be interviewed He said: Il do not be-
lieye in the bill at all. / was brought
up in the country and taught TO respect
the Sabbath, and ! have tried To do SO.
/ believe in the American sabbath. The
bill is a step toward having thcaters,
saloons. concert halls. race-traeks, pool
rooms and all the rest open on Sunday,
and / don't believe we want that here.
l don't think there is any danger of
such a bill passing the assembly. No
country legislator would dare to vote
for. il y
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the end of his term and some Hanna
man seated in his place. In Washing
ton Hanna makes no secret of his
ennlity towards Foraker, il is doubtful
If they will ever again be on speaking
terms. The Washington correspondent
of the Cincinnati Enquirer quotes one
Of the Hanna managers as saying:
The Foraker people might just as we'll
quit and reconcile themselves to the sit
uation now as well as later on, for they
won't get anything; there is complete
understanding on this matter between
President Mckinley and Senator Hanna.
Mr.. Mckinley placed all the patronage
in Ohio in Mr.. Hanna's hands before
the Toledo convention, and it will be
given out as Mr. Hanna dictates. Do
sderation at all? Wen. | guess hardly
Mr.. Hanna is not the man To forget
either his enemies or his friends, and
you know what the Foraker people have
been in this struggle when a word from
him would have caused the opposition
10 instantly drop. 1t is a very humila
ting position for Mr.. Foraker 10 be in,
but there is nothing else TO be done.
Every Foraker man in the state has
been marked, and nothing will be given
them under the present administration.
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The Immigration Bill.

* ENATOR LODGE is pushing the
~ bill for the restriction of immi-
~ grafton and the subject is evol-
ing some interesting discussion onpo-
sition 10 immigration comes chiefly
from New England and other Eastern
states. where most of the undesirable
immigrants settle. The West has never
opposed immigration-eXcep of
course in the ease Of the Chinese. 1t
is worthy Of note that the opposition to
the undesirable" European immi-
grants uses about the same arguments
that the Pacific Coast states apply to
the Chinese-that they cut wages and
are a menace To intelligent American
labor: that they do not pretend TO be-
come Americans but constitute u class
by themselves, a class in which pau
pers. mendieants and criminals pre-
dominate. and that they send their
savings back across the seas.
The United States can profit by the
immigration OF millions Of industrious,
able-bodied, law-abiding farmers and
farm laborers. but il is doubtless true
that many of the immigrants who set
tie in the larger cities are Il nuisance
and worse The real question is
whether the proposed literacy test will
not practically bar all immigration.
70 this Senator lodge replies that the
intent of the educational test is best
explained hy the conditions which pre-
vail in foreign countries. I'm SWitzer
land. Denmark. Great Britain. Ger
many. Norway and sweden Ireland,
France and even Finland the illiteracy
averages but Az in 100 IN Germany it
is but lis in 100 and in Scandinavia it
averages but | in 100. On the other
hands, the average of iIliteracy in
Gre ace. Russia. Austria Hungary, Italy
and Portugal is 47.9 in 100. Reports of
the department Of labor show that the
immigration from these countries re-
mains in the Atlantic seaboard cities
In the Southern and Southwestern
states there are but $4,000 Of these pee-
pie in Il population Of 23o0n.0o0, and
outside of Chicago and half a dozen
Western cities the distribution toward
the West and Northwest is as small
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TWELVE PAGES.
MONDAY, JANUARY II. 1898.
At Havana.

~ FAIRS at Havana are so tick
~ lish that the administration at
I Washington is hourly waiting for
news of disturbances that will force
this government to intervene. All was
quiet at Havana yesterday. There
may be no more riots. But the stu
alton is so grave that the friends of the
administration on the floor of the house
are moving heaven and earth to pre-
vent a discussion of the Cuban war this
week for fear it viii inflame Havanas
passions and precipitate an anti-Amer-
ican demonstration. 1t is a cowardly
policy this of trying to choke Off con-
gress from giving expression to the
real sentiments of the American people.
1t merits failure, and in all probability
failure will overtake it. As for the re-
suits at Havana, this country fortu~
nately has representative there in the
person of General Lee who has the
courage and the capacity to deal with
the situation.
In spite of some professions to the
contrary. the Spaniards don't like
Americas action in sending relief to
the starving Cubans. They look upon
ii as a reflection upon the humanity of
the Spanish authorites-and 1t is.
They regard the appeal of Secretary of
State Sherman to the American people
for money and supplies 10 be sent to
Consul General Lee for distribution as
n direct Intervention of the American
government in Cuban affairs-and this
point seems also to be we'll taken. And
If the American government has inter-
vened at all, there is no good reason
why 1t should not 60 to the legitimate
lengths of intervention by recognizing
the independence of Cuba, or at least
her belligerent rights.
In these closing years Of the Nine
teenth century there Is no severer re-
Election upon contemporary civilization
than Cuba's condition. Charles W.
Russell of the department of justice at
Washington, who has just returned
from a two weeks investigation of the
conditions in the island for the infor-
NATION of the government, dispels any
doubt that might have existed of the
frightful restitution and mortality re-
sulting from the murderous policy of
weyler toward the noncombatant Gu
bans. MIR. Russell admits that when he
went 10 Cuba 1t was with the impress
sion that the stories in the newspapers
had been greatly exaggerated. His
Investigations convinced him that they
were not in any degree. The most sig
nificant fact is that the condition has
not been changed by the change Of adj
ministration. The reconcentrados are
as much prisoners as they were under
Weyler. They are suffering and dying
now as they were before Blanco sue
reeded Weyler. With the decree of au-
tonomy proclaimed. they are still pris-
oners, charged with no offense except
attending TO their own affairs instead
of taking up arms as insurgents on one
side or guerrillas on the other They
are still surrounded by dead lint
within which there is nothing upon
which a human being could subsist"