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New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
RUssIA,s TRUST NOTE RECEITED.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT WILL MERELY
ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND AWAIT
DEVELOPMENTS.

washington Jaly 25.-Through the United States
Charge d'Afaires at ST. Petersburg. Mr. Riddle.
the State Department has just received copy Of
the Russian note on trusts, which has excited so
much comment in Europe. The note. which takes
the form OF a circular, was IDENTICAL ana was
handed in ST Petersburg to the representatives OF
all the powers that took part in the Brussels sugar
conference and also Mr.. Riddle for transmission
70 his government at Washington Just why this
was done in view OF the fact that the United
States Government not represented at the Brus-
sells conference. can only be eonjectured. and II Is
supposed that il was supplied as a matter or In
formation and courtesy. 1t Is certain that IN the
present view the United States executive cannot
take part in such conference as is described, De-
cause Of constitutional limitations that cannot be
escaped even il there were no otner OOJscJlonS
From a perusal OF the note II appears tnat It's
reference TO trusts, whlcn are Father hclCehtsI anu
alternative in character have attracted the prlnc
pal share OF public attention, althousn the Wnoie
note appears TO be framed an argument IN
support OF the Russian system OF regulating sugar
production and export. The reference inter
national conference is actually therefore
sented in the shape OF alternative proposal. or
rather suggestion, only in the soundness OF the
Russian contention in support OF its present system
is successfully challenged
The State Department cannot do more at this
stage than II has done-return a polite acknOwledg
ment OF the note through Mr.. Riddle and watch
there Will be any action at toward calling an
other congress but rather that the discussion
20 the character OF the Russian system of regula-
ton OF sugar production will proceed, certainly up
ent reached at Brussels for the st0ppage OF sugar
pountleS and the exclusion from importation OF
county aided sugars That action will. IL is ex-
proposals.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
CANADIAN PACIFIC'S OFFER
CoIr tinued from first page.

service. and II Bristol Channel port will be
chosen
The evening papers have flaming placards read
ing English Combination to Fight the American
Trusts etc. The Globe" commenting on the Of
fer. says:
Naturally sut 'sidy will be expected for the new
service, but since the Dominion Government IS most
willing to share this obligation, there should not
be the least difficulty in financing the scheme
Apart from the stimulus it cannot fail TO give 70 10
Arglo-Canadian business, it will he most heIp1ul
in perfecting all the British lines of communicauoh
with the Far East. Though enlightened sell-lh-
terest" has 10 doubt some part In the Canadia3m1 ~
proposal, only the veriest Little Englander VIII
shut his dull to the spirit of imperial patrot
ism behind II.
1.-The Pail Mall Gazette sees in the Canadian
Pacific Railroad proposal a guarantee against the
Atlantic becoming strictly preserve OF the Amer
lean shipping trust,'' and adds:
IT was only because the Atlantic trust had com.
rnard of the railways of the United states tnat
they could hope to rival England In the carrylng &
trade. They did not expect conpet,uon Iroin
canada as well from obsolete england. nov
that IL is clear that they going to nave H. the
prospect cannot be reassuring to the Morgans ana
their fortune hunting allies in England ana Ger
New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS HERE.
ENGINEER IN CHARGE SUBMITS ESTI
MATES AND REPORTS PROGRESS.

Washington, July z5-The chief of engineers to-
day received reports from engineers in charge OF
river and harbor improvements containing esti-
mates for the fiscal year 1904. Major W. L. Mar
shall submits the following for New-York:
New-York Harbor-For general Improvement
800 600; for Ambrose channel $4,000; TO complete
the project, 81, 720 600.
Bay Ridge and Red Hook channels, S5io,Un; 10
complete the project, 81, ,S9S.000
II is said that the improved channels by way of
Sandy Hook have full depth OF thirty feet and
are one thousand feet wide, except in one or two
places the channel has shoaled to eight hum
dred feet in width. The work Ambrose channel
continues with good success. improvements have
been made at Governors Island. the headquarters
of the Department of the East, by building wharves
and dredging so that larger vessels may approach
the island The State OF NewYork has conveyed
to the United States land under water, and IL
is proposed to enlarge the island by constructing
bulkheads on this land. II is estimated that the
entire project will s65C0o and that 100000 will
be required next year
New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
ENGLAND AND JAPAN AGREE
GUARANTEE CoREAS INDEPENDENCE
IN RETURN FOR CONCESSIONS.

st. Petersburg. July 25.-A special dispatch
received here from Seoul. Corea. announces the
conclusion of an important agreement between
the British and Jap nese ministers to Corea. on
the one hand. and the Japanese Councillor Kato,
special adviser of the Emperor of Corea. on the
other by which Great Britain and Japan mutu-
ally guarantee Coreas independence and pledge
her their support and assistance in all important
questions affecting her internal and foreign
policy.
Corea in return agrees TO raise her naval and
military establishments to a footing sufficient
for her Defence and also, in case of raising
a foreign loan. she agrees to restrict herself to
the markets of Great Britain, Japan and the
United States She further agrees that no for
eigners shall be appointed to places in the
Corean State service. that measures shall be i'm
mediately taken for the protection of Corean
territory, and that protest shall Immediately
be made against any State persons attempt
ing to erect works or buildings situated to
prejudice Coreas scheme for national defence.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
NEW BAT7LESHIP PLANS
THE CONNECTICUT AND THE I.oIvsr.N,
TO BE SWIFT AND FORMIDABLE
FIGHTERS

Washington. July 25.-The circulars for n. wv,
were issued by the Navy Department to-s,y
Plans will be ready August 1. when the advertiss-
ment for bids for the Louisiana will be publ,sba5
The Connecticut will be built at the Nev-Yo-I~
Navy Yard. The bids will be opened about Octoba-
l. The maximum time for the construction Of tha
Louisiana Is forty-two months. For any DELAY hs-
yond the contract time the builders are 10 forfeit
$500 day for the first month and $500 day there
after In considering bids preference will be given
to the bidder who offers TO construct the shin in
the shortest time, The speed is TO be eighteen
knots If it falls below that limit $4,000 is to bs
deducted from the contract price for each quarter
knot down to seventeen, and sOOOO0 for each quar-
ter knot below the latter figure down 20 sixteen
and one-half knots. If the ship fails to make six
teen and one-haf knots the Secretary of the Navy
reject her, in his discretion
In a general way il can be said that the Louisiana
and the Connecticut viii be OF the same type as
the battIeships Georgia and New-Jersey. They
will measure 450 feet on the load line. and will
have an extreme width OF IS feet 10 inches. The
mean draught will be q feet inches and the
consist OF four f2-inch eight S-iuch and twelve -
inch guns with a secondary battery OF twenty g.
inch rapid fire guns and some smaller semi-autO-
matte guns The hull will be protected by
inch armor will extend 200 feet amidships, forward
and aft of which will be 9-inch arnor TO protect
the magazines. decreasing In thickness gradually
to four inches at the stem and stern The case
The arrnor is to be supplied by the government
The constructors 70 furnish the steel TOR the
protective deck which Is to extend from stem 70
stern. fiat amidships and slOping at the sides.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
AMERICAN RELATIONS WITH CoREA.

Washington. July 25.-Much interest was mani
Tested by Mr.. Minhu Cho. the Corean Minister
here. and by the Japanese Legation officials who
in Washington, in the announcement of the
conclusion of important agreement between
Great Britain and Japan, pledging the indie
pendenCe of Corea and involving reciprocal
cessions the part of the Corean Government
However, neither the Japanese nor the Corean
legation has been officially advised of the con-
Cluson of the agreement. 1t is pointed out that
the United States already has a treaty of peace,
amity, commerce and navigation with Corea, signed
in 1882. and providing that, 'if other powers deal
unjustly Oppressiyely with either government
the other will exert its good Offices on being in
formed of the case. to bring about an amicable
arrangement
The new agreement is regarded in some quarters
here as an aftermath to the offensive and de-
fenSive alliance entered into between Great Britain
and Japan, and further safeguard against
territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT by any of the great
powers in the Orient.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
THE CHIcK4MAUGA MILITARY posi-

Washington. July 25.-A board Of officers. consist
ing OF Major Walter 5. Schuyler ID Cavalry. Major
Jefferson R. Kean. medical department and Captain
Herbert ]. Slocuu Tth Cavalry. has been appointed
70 select site for the military post Chicka-
mauga. Ga The board had an informal meeting to-
day. and will meet again tomorrow to receive In
structions from the Quartermaster's Department
size and number of buildings and other neceS-
sary appUrtenances. The military post will be north
OF the present military national park The board
to-day looked various plans for fort II has
been decided that the water Tor the men shall be
obtained from driven wells. plentiful supply being
toned there are thus supplied. while the horses are
supplied from Chickamauga Greek The most I'M
portant problem the board Will have before il IS the
disposition OF sewage, but this IL is expected 20
overcome by the OF septic tanks. a plan that
has been found satisfactory az Santiago The board
Will go TO Chickamauga complete its work be-
fore reporting to the Secretary OF War.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
NO PROVISION FOR BLAST SUFFERERS.

Alderman Armitage Mathews says that the Penn
'svlvsufa tunnel contract loosely drawn,
Il does not provide for the indemnihcation Of cit
zens who might be injured by blasting operations
similar the accident in the Park-ave. tunnel
ST have looked carefully through the contract"
said Mr. Mathews yesterday "and ! cannot find
where the company is bound TO indemnify any one
injured as result Of blasting. After the explosion
IN the Park-ave. tunnel II was discovered that
Major Shaler not financially responsible. and
after his death it clear that action against
his estate to recover for damages sustained would
not result in satisfaction TO the complainant. Nor
does the contract provide that any but property
owners abutting on the tunnel route shall recover
for damages Incurred owning property
lying back from the immediate route could not
recover damages, under the provisions OF the con-
tract. Another thing that looks like a careless
omission is that the rentals do not begin until the
Pennsylvania begins TO operate the tunnel The
payments ought to begin as soon ground is
broken"
New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH.
AMERICANS RESCUED BY FRENCH SEAMEN
IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.

Washington, July 25.-The State Department
has received from the United States Consul Gen
eral at Marseilles, France an interesting report
concerning the rescue of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
A. Alexander American citizens, who were
cruising in the Mediterranean in the yacht Cy-
rano, and were in extreme peril on June r. the
yacht having lost her anchor and become un-
manageable on account of heavy weather. With
a sixty-five mile gale blowing, signals of distress
were hoisted on the Cyrano. and soon after a
rescuing party of eight seamen. headed by
Frederic de Zerbi, a justice Of the peace. set
out from Erbalunga. and after heroic work
saved all en- board.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
BISHOP O'GoRMAN COMING HONE.
HE HAS FAREWELL AUDIENCE WITH
CARDINAL RAMPoLLA.

Rome. July 25.-Bishop OGorman had hnal
audience with Cardinal Rampoua. the Papal
Secretary of State, to-day They discussed the
Philippine situation and the Importance of Sc
lecting a suitable candidate for apostolic dele
gate. but no name was mentioned. The Bishop
leaves Rome tomorrow. and sails from Genoa
for New-York on the North German Lloyd
Line steamer Hohenzollern on July so. He goes
first 10 Oyster Bay. to present the letter and
gift OF the Pope 10 President Roosevelt. Thence
the Bishop will go 10 Washington. TO deliver
Cardinal Rampolas letter 10 Secretary Hay and
confer with Secretary Root.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
GOOD CROPS IN GERHANY.
CONDITIONS ABOVE THE AVERAGE OF THE
LAST TEN YEARS
GBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuNE.l


Washington. July 25-The latest official reports
giving the condition OF growing crops in Germany
down 20 the middle OF June have been sent 20 the
State Department by Consul General Frank H.
Mason, Berlin. who says they indicate not only
a general and satisfactory Improvement along the
whole line in the last month. but with the sole
exception of potatoes. every crop shows markedly
better condition than in June of last year The
cold late wet spring has been followed by a warm
moist summer and as was predicted. has wrought
no injury TO anything but early vegetables ana
fruits The fact is again proved that a late spring
is in Germany more favorable for the all round
interests ot agriculture than--what Is frequently
experienced--a prematurely and abnormally warm
March and April. follow ed by cold. vet weeks and
the risk OF frosts In May and June. The figures
show a general condition above the average OF the
last ten years. the only note of complaint any
where noticeable being OF the increasing encroach-
ments Of certain weeds In the barley and oat
fields. All conditions. therefore, continue 10 point
a full average harvest this year throughout
Germany.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
KING ENJOYS GOOD WEATHER.
FIRST REALLY FINE DAY SINCE HE WENT
ABOARD HIS YACHT


London. July 25.-This was the first brillia Mt
day since King Edwards arrival at Cowes Isle
or Wight, and his majesty enjoyed the sunshine
on deck. AT 12:5O p m. the royal yacht left her
moorings and cruised westward All reports
from the yacht agree that the King is steadily
improving.
The King had smooth cruise around the Isle
OF Wight. returning to Cowes this evening
There was another rehearsal this morning of
the royal procession from Buckingham Palace
to Westminster Abbey. 1t was witnessed by a
large crowd.
The very strict fire precautions at the Abbey
and its vicinity have been accentuated since the
recent fatal laundering at the Queen Victoria
St conf1agration. A special detail of firemen
has been added 10 the regular Westminster
force, and private telephone solely for emer-
gency use connects Westminster Abbey with the
trancis-st Fire Brigade station. Equal precau-
tons are taken at the great stands surrounding
the Abbey; Hose has been laid and attached TO
an the neighooring hydrants, and Is ready for
instant 49,
New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
BIDS FOR STAMPS ASKED.
THE PosToFFIcE DEPARTMENT THINKS THE
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICES PRICES
ARE EXCESSIVE.

Washington July 25.-The Postoffice Department
has advertised for bids for printing the postage
and special stamps for the government to be sup
piled to postofices throughout the country in the
next fiscal year. The action is the result OF what
the postal officials term unreasonable and ex-
cessive price asked by the Bureau OF Engraving
and Printing, which has been doing the work for
years. The call may raise issue as TO the
right of government office TO contract with out
side interests for work that be done by an
other branch of the government. Controller Trace
well of the Treasury Department recently decided
that all printing for the government departments
must be done at the Government Printing Office.
unless otherwise provided by law and that the
curing printing not otherwise provided for be
done elsewhere 1t is said that the transfer OF the
work outsider would result in laying off a
large number of employees of the Bureau OF En-
craving and Printing
New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
KITCHENER MoBBED BY ADvyRgRs

London, July 25.-Lord Kitchener who had bee,
largely lost TO public view since his triuuphaI re-
entry into London July T. received an une,
pected demonstration Of London enthusiasm To-
day, when cab in which he visited the City was
actually mobbed close to the Bank OF England and
the conqaeror of South Africa had TO be rescrea
by police Lord Kitchener drove to a private
bank the Mansion House. was instantly rec
ognized. and such crowd collected outside that
ne had 10 escape by a side door He was detected
however, and drove off amid frantic cheers which
he smiIngly acknowledged with a salute While
passing through Queen victoria-st Lord Kitchener
was again recognized, and the cab held up bv
cheering crowd. The police had TO open way
before the vehicle could proceed
New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
MEETS PROMPT DENIAL HERE.
REPORT FROM THE WEST THAT UNION PA
CIFIC HAD ACQUIRED CONTROL
OF ST. PAUL.

The report from the West that the Union Pacific
had acquired or was about to acquire control OF
the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul was not be-
lieved in Wall Street. and met prompt and emphatic
denial from prominent interests in the latter COM
pany. who pointed out as why such
plan could be carried out the fact that combina-
tion of the Union Pacific and the ST. Paul would
arouse antagonism the part OF the Chicago and
Northwestern. perhaps 10 the extent of impelling
that road 10 parallel the Union Pacific 20 the Pa
cfc Coast. 1t Is understood. however, that Union
Pacific interests have within the last year made
heavy Investments in St. Paul stock St. Paul was
strong in the stock market yesterday. rising 20
1884,. and closing at 1875 net gain OF s per cent
Union Pacific advanced q per cent.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
LORD ROBERTS AT SANDHURsT
ALL EXCEPT TWO OF THE Rrsr1cATEp CADETS
REINsTATED.

London. July %.-The long expected address OF
LORD Roberts, the Commander-n-Chief 20 the
cadets of the Royal Military Academy. Sandhurst
where the outbreak OF number OF incendiary fires
caused the "rusticating' July 3 OF twenty-nine
cadets because they failed 20 name those supposed
to have been concerned in the incendiarism was
delivered to-day and conveyed scant coincidence 10
the young men who have been rather posing as
martyrs 10 the arbitrary methods OF the War ONCE
Lord Roberts's visit nomnaliy an Official in
specuon OF the military academy and was carried
out with considerable ceremony, he being accom-
panied by the Adtutant General Lieutenant Cen
eral Thomas Kelly Kenny. and number of starr
ofhcers. The address frank and rather curt
The Commander-in-Chief said he had been a cadet
himself and had stayed longer at school than any
OF his hearers. He thought he ought 70 know how
cadets felt and how they should act He had tried
leniency. When the fires first broke out at the
academy he stopped the punishment Of the cadets
in order 10 allow them to attend the coronation
Instead of taking their discipline In n manly SOL
dierly fashion they had behaved in a mutInous a nd
most Improper manner. He was glad TO saw how
ever. that as result Of his Investigations he was
able 10 reinstate all but two OF the "rusticated,
cadets and he hoped that on the occasion OF his
next visit to Sandhurst in December he could CON
graduate the cadets on the proper tone prevailing
at the academy. ''-s
New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
WHAT TOURISTS NAY BEING IN pppr

Washington. July 25.-In answer to an oe,c,a,
inquiry to whether. under existing laws rasi
dents of the United States returning from abroad
entitled to import free of duty 500 worth of
merchandise of ANY kind" for personal use the
Secretary or the Treasury has held that the in
tention OF the law seems to permit returning Amer
lean tourists TO bring with them 500 worth of nur
chased articles with little regard their nature
Articles SO purchased he says, not strictly
confined to those in the nature of wearing apparel
articles OF personal adornment. toilet articles and
similar enects out may include any article for
the personal use OF the passenger not embraced
New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
MAJOR GLENN'S DEFENCE.
CONTENDS THAT HE WAS JUSTIFIED IN
ADMINISTERING THE WATER CURE.

ADMINISTERING THE WATER CURE.
Washington. July 2S-Copes OF Manila papers
received at the War Department contain the de-
fence Of Major Edwin T. Glenn. who tried by
court martial the charge Of having administered
the water cure FtlpinOs. The particular case
on which great stress laid that of the
the act. but justified II on the ground that he
wanted the information possessed By the Presi-
dente. which he obtained by the application of the
water cure. Major Glenn says in his plea:
1 found very soon after my arrival In Panay tha {
every mans hand against us: that every man,
woman and child In the islands was an enemy and
In my best Judgment, they are to-day, and ALWAYS
will be- Practically every presdente and every other
official has been playing double They organized
and were the active members of secret societies.
jects were to advance the OF "independencia'
in any and all ways, and under this high sounding
hidden to them by the laws of war. These men OF
peace have actually waged war by killing strag-
CLING American soldiers. They have made Of
poison in the drinks sold to American soldiers
They have poisoned their and the tips OF
their spears and bolos, together with the bambo
the trails. They have hired assassins to kill those
who were even suspected of being friendly to the
our American officers assassinated They openly
stated in the island of Bohol that they would glad
ly sacrifice twenty natives for every American
sassins. who. under the name Of Ducot ManSo-
ducot. or Sandatahan. spread death and terror in
their wake. -
Major Glenn then gives the details leading up to
the administration of the water cure TO the presi-
dente. the facts of which were brought o,t in tba
he did not more than any other man with Snnd
sense would have done. / convinced that INV
hostilities and directly resulted in ssyiny ~
human hVes' ana directly injured one"
New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
TO DEHOLISH SAN STEFANO TOWER.

ANOTHER FAMOUS STRUCTURE IN VENICE IN
DANGER OF COLLAPSE.
Venice July pa technical commission has
ordered the demolition Of the Santo Stefano
CLOCK tower. which has shown signs of collapse
Several houses also have been ordered to be de-
mollshed, and other precautionary measures
have been taken. Three hundred thousand Va, /,
urnes or the library in the Ducal Palace are
belng removed, as danger is feared 70 the back
facade of the palace. -
New-York tribune., 1902-07-26
EMIGRATION TO CANADA.
DRIFT OF AMERICANS TO NEW WHEAT
LANDS ALARMS BRITAIN.


LANDS ALARMS BRITAIN.
London. July 25s-In the House OF Lords TO-
dav Lord Burghclere lLberaD asked Lord Ons-
low, Under Secretary for the Colonial once. II
he could inform the house regarding the alarming
statements that Canadian land was being bought
up by Americans. OF whom 100000 were said to
have en,igrasted to Canada this year. The Under
Secretary said he thought Lord Burghciere's
figures were incorrect In 1901 the number OF
Americans who emigrated to CANADA was 1885,
while TO the most recent date this year the num-
her was 2i 1oo The Under Secretary also said
that in Western Canada land was being taken
I'D with unexampled rapidity not only by Ameri-
cans. but by Er,glishmen and other Europeans.
which bids fair TO make the Canadian wheat
fields an important factor In the wheat supply
Of the world. $780,.
Lord Rosebery lLiberaD asked for the hgures
of the emigration from Canada 10 the Onlted
states but Lord Onslow was unable to supply
them.