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Protest Made Against Any Treaties
at Present Between China and
Any Other Powers
HAS CAUSED RUSSIA TO HESITATE
Anyhow Manchurian agreement Has
Not Been Signed Align
ment of the Powers.

will be signed shortly. However, the ne
gotiations continue and the result is not
yet certain. While it is possible the de-
tails will be slightly modified the ar
rangements will be substantially as de
manded. According to the Russian point
of view an abatement of what are here
regarded as moderate demands would be
inconsistent with Russian interests and
would not sufficiently safeguard the
frontier and railroad. The draft of the
agreement now being discussed does not
mention and does not affect Mongolia or
Turkestan. 1t concerns Manchuria eX-
clusively, but they formed subject with
Manchuria of an exchange of ideas pre-
liminary to formal negotiations. The
agreement VIII be designed for the pro-
lection of existing interests and rights
and not for the acquisition of new things
Russia does not object to the proposal
of Count Won Buelow the German i'm
perial chancellor, that the agreement will
not diminish substantially China's ability
to pay an indemnity, since the arrange
nlent does not affect the existing COM
mercial rights of other nations in Man
churia. China must continue collecting
customs duties in Manchuria.
JAPAN READY TO FIGHT.
YOKOHAMA March 27-At a meeting
of his parliamentary adherents today
the premier, the Marquis Ito, referring to
foreign politics. said Japan had attained
position enabling her to protect her
legitimate interests and to take what
ever steps the eXigencies of the moment
required. 1t was impossible to deny that
Japan feels the influence of the compli-
cations connected with her neighbor and
she does not ignore the clouds On the
horizon.
RUSSIAN INFLUENCE WANING.
LONDON, March 28.-Dr. Morrison wr-
ing to the Times from Pel1in says: Re
ports that the Chinese court has definite
ly rejected the Manchurian convention
are acquiring great consistency, ana the
extreme reticence of Iii Hung Chang's
yamen points in the same direction.
'"The Yang Use valley is again, as last
summer, proving the stability of China
The unanimity of the Yang Use viceroys
is carrying the whole Central and South
ern China with it. The opposition
against Russia and in favor of the com
cert of powers is gaining such strength
and breadth that whatever disposition
may exist at Sian Flu the Chinese court
may consider estranging Russia a lesser
evil than jeopardizing the authority of
the throne and perhaps even the exist
ence of the dynasty
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ester and its adjacent villages. Much
railway property is already under water.
The people at Courtland are alarmed at
the rush of waters there, as the flood
threatens to sweep away houses in the
lower part of the city. A similar state
of affairs existed at Binghamton early
today where manufacturing plants were
forced to suspend and where the citi-
zens were on the alert to prevent SER
ious catastrophe, but no great. damage
has yet resulted. Watertown reported
tonight that the Slack river was getting
up to near the highest water mark with
no signs of a subsistence and late tonight
Eaton and Madison county was in dan
ger of calamity through the threatened
collapse of a reservoir which supplies
the village with it's drinking water.
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WASHINGTON, March 27.-The British
government has protested against
Chna's making a convention with any
power touching territorial or financial
affairs until the present troubles in that
country are concluded. The fact of the
British protest was made known here for
the first time today by dispatch from
one of the foreign offices of Europe. 1t
says that protest was made through Sir
Ernest Satow, the British minister at
Pekin. 1t does not state when the rep
resentations were made but from the
fact that the dispatch was received in
Washington today it is taken that the
protest occurred within the last day or
two. Although the Russian agreement
is not specially referred to it is-Said to De
clear that the British action is directed
against the Russian agreement. Ihe
language appears to be similar to that
by Secretary Hay in the American pro-
test. The effect of the British action is
to place the United States. Japan and
Great Britain in formal opposition to the
signing of a convention by China with
any power pending the settlement of the
Chinese troubles The course of Great
Britain is now more significant from the
fact that the government and Germany
have written alliance relating to Chi
nese affairs.
The concurrence of these protests prob
ably explains why the Manchurian agree
ment has not been signed. There was no
definite information received here today
at the state department or at any of the
foreign embassies as to whether the
agreement had been signed or rejected.
There was something of a stir in diplo-
matte circles over the report coming
form official sources, that the United
States was considering the advisabilty
of addI essinG Russia directly on the sub
ject. Heretofore the American objec-
tions to the Manchurian agreement had
been addressed to China Copies were
furnished the Russian authorities, though
the protest in form has been to China
and not to Russia. Several of the for
eign representatives advised their gov
ernments that this step was contem-
plated by the United States, but there is
no official information available as to
how far the consideration of the move
has proceeded.
STATEMENT BY RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 27-The
correspondent of the Associated Press
is informed on competent authority that
the Russo-Chinese agreement probably
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MICHIGAN RIVERS
OVER THEIR BANKS
MANUFACTURING DISTRICT OF
GRAND RAPIDS Is UNDER WA
TER-DAMS GIVE WAY.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, March 27.-
Grand river was stationary tonight The
river is 13 feet inches above normal,
rise of IA inches in the past "a hours
This was in part due to the dam at Ionia
and Lowell going out last night and this
morning. The manufacturing plants
along the river front are closed, the
easements being flooded and in some in
stances the first floor. Many residents
have had to vacate homes on the west
side of the river by reason of the high
water
The Pere Marquette railroad bridge still
stems the flood but the use of it has
been abandoned. The position of the
island on which the city lighting plant
is located is under water and foot
more rise in the river would force the
lighting plant to close down, in which
case the city would be in darkness. The
river above and below the city in many
places is nearly two miles wide flooding
q. large area of farm lands
dispatch from Niles tonight states
that the St. Joseph river is on the ramp
age and the dam at that place is likely
to go out before morning. Lowell is
flooded and in darkness tonight, the
lighting plant there being shut down
by reason of the dam being torn away
At Ionia the situation is not much inn
proved, and portions of the city are still
inundated
Late this afternoon two dams on Dixon
creek a tributary to Flat river. went
out, releasing a big volume of water and
flooding the city of Belding. The safety
of the dam on Flat river, above the city,
is feared. The released flood poured
through Flat river into the Grand and
is being felt in this city now, and the
river is again rising at the rate of an
inch an hour.
The dam on the Huron river at Ypsilan-
ii went out tonight, causing damage Of
$4,000 to the Ypsilanti Paper company,
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STRIKE SYMpATNlZERS
Mop Silk MILL BOSS

WILKESBARRE, Pa, March "a
mob of breaker boys and men and wom-
en- sympathizers with the striking girls
of the Bamford silk mills, of this city,
set upon Supt Spears and his assistant
this evening and for a time it looked as
if there would be bloodshed. The SUI
perlntendent was on his way to this city
when the crowd of breaker boys met him
and with mud and stones fired volley
after volley, yelling and jeering. When
tie city line was reached the mob num-
bered about 500, many men and women
Joining it. Three policemen appearing
on the scene, met the mob and ordered
1t to disperse. Spears and his compan-
ion entered a traction car and the mob
surrounding it demanded that they be
ejected. The conductor first refused to
comply with the demand, and the win
dows Of the car were smashed Later
the tWo men were ordered to get off the
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car. The appearance of the superin-
tendent was the signal for another out
oreak. The police surrounded the men
and while the riot proceeded Spears fell
senseless with deep cash in his Jaw
lniilctea py stone thrown by member
of the mob. The officers then drew
their revolvers and succeeded in dispers-
ing the crowd They, too were assault
ed, but not seriously injured. No ar
rests have been made. Supt. Spears is
charged with having repudiated an
agreement entered into between a for
mer superintendent and the striking mill
girls The girls We're on strike for eight
weeks and returned to receive an advance
in wages of from to 25 per cent The
management discharged Supt. Shoenak-
er, who arranged the settlement, dis
claiming all knowledge of the negotia-
tons and refusing to grant the demand
Another strike was inaugurated three
days later and is now on.
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RUSSIAN FRIENDSHIP.
STRIkINGLY SHOWN AT DIsINTER.
MENT OF SIX AMERICAN DEAD.

PEKIN, March 27.-The bodies of six
American marines who were k lied during
the siege of the legations and buried in
the grounds of the Russian legation were
removed today for shipment to the Unit
ed States
In addition to the American troops in
China, the Moncacy, Commander f. -.
Wise sent a detachment of marines to be
present at the disinterment
The courtesy of the Russians deeply
moved all the Americans Two Russian
companies participated In all the cere-
monies. The Russians guarded the dlsfn
tered bodies during the night and made
all the Russian soldiers do honors to the
dead.
1t is recalled that in the case of an
American marine who had done duty be-
side Russian soldier and VINO was
buried without a coffin, the Russian with
the tears streaming down his face. leap
ed into the grave and arranged the earth
as rest for the head. Those who were
present say it was most affecting
scene.
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BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY

Weather Forecast for st. Paul:
Fair; Northerly Winds.
1-LiOn Shows His Teeth.
NOrthrOp Draws the Plum.
Funston Captures AguinaldO.
Victory for Russian Students.
To Prevent a Strike.
2-BuffalO Appropriations.
Rival Asphalt Firms.
3-DOings of the Legislature.
jacobson Wins Again.
News of Northwest.
4-EditOrial Page.
Venezuela Line Dispute.
The Golden Idol
5-SpOrting News.
6-News of the Railroads.
Dunkards Going West.
Popular Wants.
7-Markets of the World.
Chicago May Wheat, rs Use.
Bar Silver, so 3-4c.
stocks Firm.
S-GOssip Drove Her Crazy.
BuffaIO's Small Appropriations.
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OCEAN, LINERS.

New York-Arrived: Teutonic. Liver
pool and Queenstown; Grosser Kurfurst,
Bremen: Marquette, Bremen; Cevic. Liv-
erpool. Sailed: Sandman, Glasgow /;
Oceanic. Liverpool; Noordlard. Antwerp
Nice-Arrived: Cruising yacht Prin-
Zessin Victoria Luise, New York for
Athens etc. Con pleasure cruise).
Liverpool-Arrived: Numidian, Port
land
Queenstown-Arrived Majestic, New
York for Liverpool. Sailed: Lake On
tario from LiverpooD, Halifax and St
John. n. r.
Yokohama-Arrived Caithness. Taco
ma, via Muran, ETC.
Boulogne-Arrived: Staatendam. New
York for Rotterdam.
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REPUBLIC NINE ABLAzE
FIRE BEYOND CONTROL AND MUST
BURN ITSELF OUT.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. March ga spe-
cial to the Evening Wisconsin from Re
public, Mich, says:
Number / shaft of the Republic mine
caught FIRE last night and still cSntinuss
to burn No estimate of the loss can be
made at this time. The mine has been
closed, throwing 500 men out of employ
ment.
a Sentinel special from Republic Mich.
says the fire is raging uncontrolled and
will have to burn itself out, as there are
so many openings to the mines that it
cannot be smothered. The fire is located
between 800 and 200 feet under ground
and is making headway to the surface.
There is no skip shaft and 500 men at the
mine are laid off until the fire is out and
the shaft rebuilt. The loss in wages will
be between $4,000 and s75,000 and the
loss to the company fully as much.
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AT NEW YORK HOTELS.

Astor House-George J. Stanbury, APP
pletcn; w. H. Tucker, Dakota.
ST. Denis-S. Mayer ST. Paul
Holland-Sherman Finch. st. Paul.
Manhattan-Mrs. Nora F. Howard, ST.
Paul.
Bartholdi-Mrs. ]. G. Carpenter, Min
neapolis.
Fifth Avenue-F. L. Langan, Minneap-
oils
Marlborough. B. Clark. Neenah.
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DEADLOCK UNBROKEN.
APPARENTLY NO CHANCE FOR NE
BRASkA SENATORIAL ELECTION.


LINCOLN, Neb., March 27.-An unaval-
ing conference Of Republicans of the leg
islature and an equally futile effort tc
Hold a caucus under a new call marked
the closing struggle in the Nebraska SEN
atorial canvass Indications at midnight
tonight are that the deadlock will out
last the session, the last legislative day
of which is tomorrow, and that Nebraska
for two years will be unrepresented in the
upper house of congress, barring, of
course. the possibility of an extra ses-
sion of the legislature, which is remote,
OF appointments by Gov. Dietrich, who
thus far has given no intimation of what
he will do.
The legislative ballot
D. E. Thompson, 81; Hinshaw, 4 Mel
klejohn, "a; Currie, Z; Grouse, 4; Rose
water. 29, Allen. 4S; Hitchcock, "A; w. FL.
Thompson, 6; Lyman, Il; Baldriuge, 2;
Jessen, 5.
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which will have to shut down for four
months

months.
ST. JOSEPH, Mich, March 27.-For the
second time this spring the factory dis
trict between this city and Benton Har-
Dor is flooded. The river which is h ;gh-
er than for many years, continues to rise
and apprehension is felt regarding the
safety of the bridges
MIDLAND, Mich, March 27 The It
tabawassee and Chippewa rivers, which
are out of their banks. rose nine inches
during the night and both the water
works and electric light plants were
forced to shut down because of the
water. Early today, however the tenn
perature dropped and the flood was
checked by the ice which formed The
city is without fire protection or light at
present. While the water is stationary
today, the flood will be increased by the
first thaw, as the headwaters of the
stream are filled with ice and the woods
adjacent with snow
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AROUND THE HOTELS.

~washington time q p. m. st. Paul..
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Continued on Fifth Page.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo-. March 2S-Gen.
Funston's home is in lola, Kan. The
telegraph Office there had closed when
the news of the generals latest brilliant
achievement was received.
Gov. Stanly. of Kansas, is in Guthrie,
Oklahoma The news from Manila was
promptly wired to him.
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Daring, Ruse of
Kansas Officer
Successful
Is NOW IN MANILA
Taken in Hiding
Place. Isabella.
March %.

MANILA, March 2s.-Gen. Freder-
ick FunstOn;s during project for the
capture of AguinaIdO in his hiding
place in the prOvlace of Isabella,
Island of LuzOn, has proved COM
pIeteIy successful
AguinaldO was captured there ON
March 23.
The United States gunboat Vfcks-
0urs' Commander e. b. Barry, with
Gen. Funston and Aguin8IdO on
board, arrived here this evening.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-05-08
The Portrait of Captain Clark.

Governor Stickney has commissioned
Frederick p. Vinton of Boston to paint
the portrait OF Captain Clark ordered
for the State Capitol by the Legislature
at the last session. 1t is claimed for
Mr.. Vinton that "He stands at the
head of portrait painters in New Eng
land" and, as Governor Stickney OBJ
serves, "The best is none too good for
Captain Clark" The work, the Gov
ernor says, will probably be completed
as early as October.
The portrait should have an installa-
ton, at the session Of 1902, and Cap
tain Clark should be here as the guest
of the State. The event would make
the social week of the session one OF
rare interest, and the time would be a
fitting one for Vermonters to show
their love for and pay their homage tc
the commander of the Oregon in the
times when she was winning the mos
famous place in naval history.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-05-08
The President at Lynchburg,

President McKinley's speech at
Lynchburg, Va, was somewhat out Of
the ordinary run of these deliverances.
The town is the home of Senator Dan
iel of Virginia, and during the reoel-
lion was the objective point of federal
military campaigns. The President,
then a Union soldier, was in one of the
armies that sought the capture of the
place. The presidential train stopped
ten minutes there and the party was
Hospitality welcomed by large COM
pany of Virginians headed by Senator
Daniel, who made an eloquent speech.
Responding, the President spoke in a
happy vein:
81 am very glad not only to meet the
people of the city Of Lynchbufg but to
be presented by your distinguished
Senator (applause). 1t is matter OF
no public interest, but only one OF pure
personal recollection that the first time
| ever tried to come to Lynchburg
did not succeed Qaughter). came
here with number of other gentle
men who sought entrance but the gates
were closed Qaughter). We could not
open them and you would not (augh-
te). And 80 we departed to eek an
other host, il not more hospitable, less
formidable than the one that greeted
us here Qaughter). 1t is a happy time
for me TO come to Lynchburg now-the
war over, no exchange of greetings with
shot and shell as then, but with the
friendly welcome of all the people
which typifies the respect and regard
and good will which subsists between
great applause).
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tinuous az seed-Lime and harvest. The
appointed day should be but a sort of
dress parade occasion. The real work
the institution is intended to foster
should continue throughout the spring,
the summer aud autumn, and in winter
its precepts should be recalled by the
wOodman in restraining the wautOn
work of the axe. A judicious hus-
bandry of forest resources is the culmin-
alton Of wise Arbor day observances.
1t is hardly a question that the helter-
skelter, hap-hazzard, way of uprooting
and replanting trees, even if this work
is attempted at abby pupils OF the
schools in particular on Arbor day-is
productive of more evil than good in the
direction in which its purpose is laud-
able. The ordinary process is very
much as if surgeon should assal the
human subject with butchers saw
and cleaver instead of proceeding with
instruments of skilled surgery; and
should follow the operation with rude
dressing in place of the careful binding
up and delicate ministrations of the
trained nurse. The uprooted and
transplauted tree ordinarily fares no
better than would the human subject
under similar barbarous conditions.
The transplanting of trees is sort
of surgery. Care is to be taken in up
roofing to preserve an adequate root
area, and 50 far as possible to maintain
the natural dressing of earth. Re-
planting is matter of equal care and
psinstaking, if it is desired that the tree
shall live and resume its growth with
the least possible loss of time,
A successful observance of Arbor
day, 80 far as pertains to tree planting,
depends much upon these practical
things, and they should be made q
matter of general instruction. Senti-
ment alone will not make tree planting
a success. Not thousand miles from
the State capital not long ago, some
small trees were transplanted. The
roots we're stubs, every vestige of the
natural soil had been stripped off, anc
they lay exposed to the sun for several
hours. 1t will he surprising it they
live, or thrive if they manage to sur
vive.
In the good time coming Vermont
may have rational and nationally OBJ
served Arbor day. At present it is
sham.
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Lord Roberts, Report.

Lord Roberts makes his report of his
command in South Africa. He throws
bouquets right and left to his subordin-
ates till he comes to General Butler,
when his statements become coldly
perfunctory and rigidly historical.
And yet it is probably very fortunate
for Lord Roberts anne that he followed
Gen. Butler in the command of the
South African forces. On that general
chiefly was visited the establishment
of England in respect of the strength
of the BOer resistance. Against him
was pitted the flower of the Boer gen.
eralship, backed by the then unbroken
Boer forces, in a country whose uatur-
al defences make it fortress.
Gen. Buffers army was not numeri-
cally strong enough to overcome the
forces in his track to Ladysmith. The
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numerical insufliciency of the British
forces, in the,westeru advance into the
Orange Free State as well as the east
err, had been demonstrated when Lord
Roberts came to the supreme CON-
mand. The correction of England's
fatal mistake mad been made by rust-
ing overwhelming forces to the army
whose immediate direction fell TO Lord
Roberts, by supplying it With every of
fensive resource England cou provide,
and by calling Lord Kitchener from
the upper Nile to the post of second in
command.
Thus, when Lord Roberts took COM
mand everything was changed. The
truth of the real situation had been
learned by dear experience. He was
supplied with an army sufficient in
numbers to outh INK and envelop the
Boer forces on his front in the west.
He encountered there general brave
as lion, but inferior to O number of
The Boer commanders in his capacity
for important leadership. He had be-
fore him the lesser part of the Boer
army, in level country, presenting no
natural means for successful defense;
but, even with his fearful prepOnder-
ance in numbers and material forces, il
took him and Kitchener a week to
hammer poor old Crouje into submle-
sion.
Had Butler followed Roberts in COM
mand in South Africa, it would be it,
teresting TO read what he would prob
ably have had the chance to say of his
predecessor in the direction of affairs.