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requested the President today to issue an
order permitting veterans of the civil and
Spanisli-American wars who are employed
in the departments 10 have from to 4:30
O clock the afternoon af the 18th to attend
the ceremonies of unveiling the monument
to the 122d New York Volunteers at Bat
tie Ground National cemetery. The Presi-
dent said he would consider the request,
and II possible direct that 1t be granted.
Pardon Granted an Embezzler.
The President has granted a pardon to
Samuel Flower. Jr.. who was convicted in
New Orleans in March, 1902. of embezzling
a small amount of money from a national
bank Of which he was the paying teller. and
sentenced to five years Imprisonment in
the Atlanta penitentiary. The pardon. 1t is
stated, was granted upon the request of the
governor, chief justice. Episcopal bishop
and other prominent officials and business
men of Louisiana, and solely upon their
recommendation, together with the indorse-
ment OF the presiding judge and United
states attorney that the pardon would not
defeat the ends Of justice. Flower held a
good position in a national bank and was
tempted. His embezzlement was small, and
there were extenuating circumstances 1t Is
stated. Flower has served nearly half his
term.
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MERELY A REPRIMAND
SENTENCE CoMMUTED IN PAY
MASTER BIsCoE's CASE.
Had Neglected to Follow Directions in
the Naval Cook Book-Secretary
Moody's Recommendation.

The President has acted on the case OF
Paymaster Harry E. Piseoe. United States
navy, recently convicted by court-martial
of neglect of duty and sentenced to lose
fifteen numbers in his grade, which reduc-
ton is said to be equivalent to a loss OF
about $50 numbers in the line Of the navy.
The court-marual In this case was con-
vened by order of Rear Admiral Robley u.
Evans, who was in command of the Asiatic
station at the time, and the findings and
sentence of the court were approved by him
as the reviewing authority. In his review
Of the case Admiral Evans expressed the
opinion that the sentence was inadequate.
Paymaster B!scoe. through his counsel,
appealed the case to the Secretary of the
Navy from the execution of the sentence
On the ground that the findings were not
justified by the evidence, and also on the
ground that Rear Admiral Evans. being
personally prejudiced against the accused.
was not proper person to pass judgment
cuser and judge. The allegation that Ad-
miral Evans was prejadteed against Pay
master Btscoe was based upon the develop
ments In the court-marttsi case of Pay
member Of that court and was severely rep
rinanded by name by Rear Admiral Evans
In his review Of the proceedings.
Force of Cook Book Directions.
Secretary Moody made long report on
the case to the President In which he af
firms the justice of the findings of the
court-martial as disclosed by the evidence,
but declared that the court had erred in
holding that the cook book Issued by direc-
ton Of the paymaster general of the navy
had the force OF a regulation Of the navy.
It appeared that Paymaster Biscoe had
neglected In one or two Instances to fol-
low the directions of the cook book in ac-
counting for certain provisions, and that
the court decided that such omission was
technical violation of this naval regula-
tions Secretary Moody recommended that
no regulations be issued hereafter without
the approval of the President. He reported
that Paymaster Biscoe had an excellent
record in the navy and Ia view of all the
circumstances Of the case, ssuggested that
the President exercise his constitutional
prerogative of clemency.
The President followed, the recommenda-
tion Of Secretary Moody and approved the
findings Of the court but. directed that the
sentence be commuted TO a simple repri-
mand. The reprimand was administered In
memorandum made public by Secretary
Moody this afternoon. :.
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Movements of Naval Vessels.

The gunboat Vicksburg arrived at Brem-
erton yesterday from the Asiatic station
and will proceed to the Mare Island navy
yard to be put out of commission.
The pes Moines has arrived at Guam
tanamo. the Michigan at Detroit the Nero
at Bremerton, the Glacier at Guantanamo
and the Tingey at New York.
Tho torpedo boat destroyer Perry has left
Portland, Greg, for Gray's Harbor. the
Aiexanler has left Cavite for Woosung. the
Minneapolis and the Prairie sailed from
Newport yesterday for Frenchman's Bay.
Me, and the Potomac has left Key West
for San Juan.
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SIGNIFICANT EXCEPTION.
Kuropatkin's Purposes Continue tt
Battle St. Petersburg.

ST PETERSBURG, June 80, 1:3O pm.-
The Russky Invalid, the army organ. 10 the
nota BILE significant exception to the popu-
lar belief that a great battle is imminent.
1t gives no intimation that It Is Gen. kuro-
patkin's purpose to fall back and not try
conclusions, but sees in the developments
of June % and 27 evidence that the Japa-
neSe themselves do not contemplate a Ue-
cisive engagement.
The paper also expresses the opinion that
the massng of armies in the direction OF
Hai-Cheng and Siu-Yen is for the purpose
of assuring the japanese occupation of the
whole of the LiaO-Tung peninsula and con-
troll of the railroad for an advance on Lao
Yang at the end of the rainy season, Whicn,
together with the siege of Port Arthur, it
regards as the first stage of the japanese
campaign.
The Russky Invalid therefore considers
that the movement from FenS- W ang-Chens
toward Liao-Yang is merely demonstra.
tive menace against the Russian line or
communications north of Liao-Yang.
The army organ attempts to clear up the
discrepancies in the topography OF the thea
ater of opera tions, due to the apparent con-
fusion of Chinese names and foreign maps,
especially regarding the three passes men,
toned in Gen. kuropatkin's last ot11c. al
dispatch Molten pass 1t says, is ffty
miles from Liao-Yang, and directly on the
Feng-Wang- -Cheng road.
The Fen-Shui pass 1t adds, is north or
Molten pass and fifty-four miles from
O.
Iiao-Yang high road. Dalin which, the or
gan explains then Japanese call Fen-Chul
pass is twenty-five miles from Hai-Cheng.
All three passes, 1t is further pointed out,
cross the Fen-Shui-Ling range. The f1rst
two are only ten miles apart. Mo-Ilen ana
Dalin passes are forty miles apart, through
a very difficult country. Dalin is twenty
five miles from Chipplin pass, both leading
to SIu-Yen. and one leading to Hai-Cheng
and the other to Ta-Tche-Kiao and Kali
Chou The distance between the two
groups of passes Is invoked in support OF
the view that Gen. Kurok does not intend
TO make a frontal attack on Lao Yang
from Feng- Wang Cheng, since the Siu-Y zen
army would be unable to afford him proper
support.
Yang June 81.
Russian Ships Attack Gensan.
TOKYO, June 80, II a.m.-Reports from
Gensan. Korea. say that the Russian Vladi-
yostok squadron appeared there today and
attacked that place. The firing was done
by destroyers.
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japanese general staff and the other an or
derly.
Denies Russian Ships Were Sunk.

Denies Russian Ships Were Sunk.
A Russian torpedo boat has arrived at
Niuchwang from Port Arthur. Her COM
Rander denies that any Russian ships were
sunk or damaged in the fight off Port Ar
thur June 23 He declares that after clear
ing away the Japanese mines the whole
Russian fleet returned safely to harbor.
Jap Column Advancing.
LIAO-YANG, Wednesday. June 20 (de-
layed in transmission) The Japanese COL
ufnn which forced the passage Of Molten
pass is advancing on Liao-Yang by the
eastern road. A Russian force command
ed by General Count Keller is holding a
fortified position commanding the road on
tA.s side of the pass. The object OF the
japanese is to cut the Russian communi-
cations northward of Liao-Yang while
Gen. Kuropatkin is operating in the vicin-
it, of HaiCheng with practically the
whole of the Russian forces.
Confirmed at Seoul.
SEOUL. June 80, $50 p.m.-1t is an
nounced from official sources that the Rus
sian Vladivostok squadron, consisting Of
three cruisers and ten torpedo boats and
destroyers, appeared off Gensan today and
threw $50 shells into the Japanese settle
ment.
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TO USE WIRELESS TEHEGHAPH.
Ball Time to Be Sent out From a
Naval Station Daily.

The Navy Observation-Disclosures utilizing
wireless telegraphy to the fullest extent,
and one of its latest projects is of great
interest to shipping. 1t is proposed to send
out from one of its stations most likely
Key West. at noon each day, ball time as
given by the naYal observatory at Wash
ington, to points throughout the United
States Thus captains of.ships in the Gulf
of Mexico, in the Caribbean land on the
Atlantic. who. are withinthe projecting ra-
dus Of the wireless station at Key West,
will be able to. regulate their chronometers
quite as well as those ashore. 1t is planned
to connect the Key West station with the
naval observatory SO that 1t will be possi-
BILE to indicate the time the moment the
noon hour is flashed from Washington.
Naval officers regard this as of great value
to naval officers afioat and to the shippers
of merchant ships.
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TO SUCCEED COL. EDGERToN.
Charles P. Echols to Be Professor of
Mathematics at West Point.

The President Slas confirmed the selec-
ton by the academic board of Associate
Professor Charles p. Echols to be profes
sor of mathematics al the West Point Mill
tary Academy, with the rank of lieutenant
colonel, succeeding Prof. Edgerton, de-
ceased. 1t has been decided not to fill the
vacancy in the associate professorship
caused by the promotion of Prof Echols
until after the next session of Congress, In
order to afford that body an opportunity to
provide by legislation for filling such
places as this by detail from the line Of
the army instead of by appointment of a
civilian.
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For Fxtradition Of Holm.

The Secretary of State has granted war
rants tor the extradition Of Jonas p. Holm.
charged with cmhezzlement of 4.a00 crowns
ct public money at Saederhamn, Sweden,
where he was a public officer. and of Sew
erin Erahl charged with embezxiing $50
crowns at How. Norway. Both men have
been held under arrest in New York by
Commissioner Alexander and they have
waived examination ana agreed to return
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Chadwick Sails for Genoa.

Rear Admiral Chadwick reported by cable
to the Navy Department that he has sail
ed with the Brooklyn from Gibraltar for
Genoa where he goes to get some needed
stores, including an ice machine and to
give thA tackiaR shore lcava.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-30

From Printers' Ink. Nov. 10 1904
The Washington Star Is gen
orally considered one of the ten
or twelve choicest advertising
mediums that can be named
among all the dailies published
throughout the United States.
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VERMONT REPUBLICANS.
Charles j. Bell of Walden Nominated
for Governor,

MONTPELIER, VT, June 8g.-Charles J.
Bell Of Walden was a@m.nated for gov
ernor on the first bellot1by fhe republican
state convention today. - ss e.
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OMINOUS SILENCE.
Little News From the Front at St
Petersburg.

ST. PETERSBURG. June 30 40 am
No word has come from Gen. Kuropatkin
later than June p, and not a single news
paper dispatch has been received from the
front during the last twenty four hours
This silence in the theater of war is re-
garded as a sign of the coming storm
The Bourse Gazette this morning SAYS:
I'VE are on the eve of a battle which may
settle the fate of Manchuria and Korea
Both must become Russian-the former
because Russian blood was shed there the
latter because it is essential to the safety
of our communications between Vladiyos-
tok and Port Arthur"
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Jap Spies Story Denied.

The Novoe Vremya denies reports from
Narva that two Japanese spies were ar
rested there on Tuesday while masquerad-
ing as organ grinders.
Dispatches from Narva, a Russian fort
ress and seaport 100 miles west of st. Pc
fersburg, were to the effect that two spies
had been caught. together with an organ
in which maps OF the Baltic coast line and
surveying Instruments were found One of
the men said to be colonel of the
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TRIED TO BLOW UP xRsENAL.
Explosion at Cronstadt Destroys Par,
OF Building.

ST. PETERSBURG, June 20, 1852 p.m.--A
fire started at Cronstadt last night destroy
ed a shed containing twenty Whitehead
torpedoes. An alarm was given In time to
prevent serious loss Of life or property. The
torpedoes exploded, completely wrecking
the building. The fire Is believed to have
been the work Of incendiartes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-30
The Question of the Trusts.

The trust question, 1t is believed. will be
the cause of much discussion in the COM
mittee on resolutions Some of the dele
gates will want to make red-hot trust
plank, but there will be others of more con-
servative views. who will have in mind the
campaign fund that is being longingly look
ed for from the friends of the trusts in
New York who are sullling within the
publican camp and scowling at President
Roosevelt for having enforced the law In
the case of the Northern Securities Com
pany and having given friendly advice to
the striking miners in the anthra cite re-
gions of Pennsylvania
Whatever the platform of the democratic
party will be the campaign will be waged
on an anti-Roosevelt basis Just how that
can be worked into the platform is one OF
the unknown and interesting questions to
come before the delegates.
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President Makes a Visit.

Secretary Cortelyou was at the White
House today to talk with the President.
After the conference with Mr.. Payn of
New York, the President went with Secre-
tary Cortelyou to the Department Of Com
merce and Labor. which he had never visit
ed. He was presented to Assistant Secre-
tary Murray and other officials Of the de-
partment and was conducted through the
building He was in the building only a
short time and was back at his offices In
less than half an hour.
B. F. Bingham. former commander-in-
ohiAf of thA n A. R Of this department,
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RETREAT CONFIRMED
Report That Kuropatkin Has
Evaded a Battle.
EVACUATED KAIPING
sToESsEL WIRES THAT WITHOUT
REACHED PORT ARTHUR.
Repulsed Five Torpedo Boat Attacks
Believed Togo's Story of Loss
Was Exaggerated.

Special Dispatch TO The Evening Star
NEW YORK, June 3o-A cabegram from
Paris says: The St Petersburg correspond
ent of the Echo de Paris confirms the re-
port that General kuropatkin has retreatct
and that Kaiping has been evacuated by
the Russians
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Russian Ships Attack Gensan.

TOKYO, June 80, II a am.-Reports IRON
Gensan Korea, say that the Russian Vladi
yostok squadron appeared there To-Day ah'
attacked that place. The firing was don'
by destroyers.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-02-20
ANCIENT PLANTS.

re" persons realize, says Current
Literature, what wealth Of interest
is to be found in the study of the
history OF cultivated plants. ARri-
culture must have been one Of the
first steps in civilization, when man
began to give up the nomadic habit
and claim a permanent residence at
home. " Horticulture would folIow
at no very distant date, still a. an
adjunct Of home, 80 IL is no wonder
that the two arts are invEriHblV
associated with that most expressive
monosyllable so suggestive of peace.
rest and affection. One eminent
botanist, Alphonse de CandolIe, spent
years Of incredible labor and research
In this study, and one Of his noun.
ments Is his work on the Origin Of
Cultivated Plants. 4"
As a single instance Of the interest
to be found in this study Just glance
for a moment at one Of our cereals
The cultivation Of wheat IL lost In
the mysterious past. Ancient Esypt.
ians monuments, far older than, the
Hebrew Scriptures, show that the
Egyptians bad grown this plant 70
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-02-20
FARMING By NIGHT.

Many OF the large farmers Of the
vest are taking -a-profeund interest
in some power which will superssde
horses and oxen. Some are using
steam tractors, but ~these, hOwever,
endanger the crops by Ore, especially
In very day weather. One Dakota
farm is nov experimenting with an
electrical device for this purpose.
By this contrivGnce the power Is
Wsnesated by = mill some distance
away-perhaps several miles-and
transmitted in the usual way to u
power mast 40 feet high yet In the
open ground At the top Of this
mast q double conducting cable is
connected, this In turn being con
neetsd to the tractor, which consists
Of a twenty five horse power motor On
heavy carriage. A spar 10 feet
high h carried on the carriage, with
a universal joint pulley on top, over
which the cable Is led to = drum OF
the carriage, which automatically
takes up any slack cable A. the traetoI
approaches the power mast, the power
being transmitted by suitable con
nections through the drum to the
motor. The tractor, when in opera
ton, Is hitched to . gang pillow,
cultivatOr or harvester, the cabl,
being kept from sagging BY the action
of the drum. With . cable Of about
500 feet in length twenty I've acre,
can be worked. The work has proved
20 satisfactory that It IL proposed Il
extend the system to cover 500 acres
which will require twenty four mast,
at suitable Intervals This devics
should prove quite essential durinG
the spring wheat operations, a. eacl
days delay in seeding Is detrimental
to the future crop. The owners o
this farm, on which they are usinl
this method, propose, when planting
time comes for the spring wheat, Il
install arc lamps on the masts ans
carrying poles, so that their opera
tions may go on night and day. thu
saving valuable time.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-02-20
FARM TOPICS.

20 long = time that the cultivation
was thoruaehly established. Thsy
ascribed the gift Of wheat to their
goddess isis. Rice was grown In
China so long ago a. nty-eight
centuries before the Christian era,
for, In a Ceremony instituted at that
period, the emperor has to SOW rice
once q year with religious rites
Barley and millet also go back to the
distant past Of the early men who
built the lake dwellings of Europe;
oats followed later, and later still
came the cultivation Of rye. Maize
was grown to such an extent that
varieties we're recognized when Aztsc
monuments were raised. Thus the
story goes ON, carrying Us on to pre-
historic. nay, primitive, times, whose
records are only read in the refuse
heaps Of the early farmers Of the
world.
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when You Hav. = Cola.

The first action when you have q
cold should be TO relieve the lungs.
This h best accomplished by the free
use Of CHARACTERISTICS Oough Remedy.
This Remedy liquef1es the tough
mucous and causes its sxpulsiOn from
the air cells Of the Inngs, produces 9
free expectorstion, and opens the
secretsoRs. A complete cure soon
follows. This rsmedy will cure 9
severe cold In lsss time than any
other treatment and IL leaves the
system In natural and hssIthy con
dition. II cOnnlerssts any tendency
toward pneumonia For sale by the
Occur d'Alene Drug Co.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-02-20
THE AUTO ON THE FARM.

One Of the features Of the st. Louis
Exposition will be a novel exhibit by
some manufacturers Of South Bend,
Ind. 1t will consist Of display Of
farm implements in which the auto
mobile will play an important part.
An automobile with a pillow attached
will be in operation, showing how
much faster the soil can be surned
with the new power than when the
pillow is drawn by horses. The auto
mobile harrow, gliding smoothly and
swiftly over the field, is bound to win
the admiration Of the rural visitor.
Another exhibit will show the auto
mobile used as a farm wagon. The
practicability of moving hay and cut
ting grain with automobiles will also
be demonstrated. The versatility Of
the automobile will be shown when
it is seen, as it will be in Agricultural
hall, grinding grain. These are q few
Of the rk-day stunts which the
much-abused auto will be put
through, and the exhibit ought to
remove much Of the disfavor in which
many farmers hold the horseless
carriage.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-02-20
ALFALFA FOR POULTRY.

Every one who has used alfalfa
clover in winter, or at any other
time, kowns the great value OF it as
a poultry food and an egg prod lcer.
1t is easily prepared in winter when
the hay is dry. With little pound
ing it is astonishing to see how little
pulp there will be Of the stems. This
chat, well sprinkled with bran or
shorts and scalded with hot water,
makes feed for poultry in winter
that may be equaled, but it is doubt
full If it can be excelled. Kansas
Farmer.
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SPRAY EARLY.

Spraying of fruit trees and vines
should be done early, and it will be
An advantage to do so during the
mild periods of winter. The trees
NAV be affected with fungus ON the
trunks and limbs, and 1t is not
necessary to wait until sap begins to
fiow or the buds to open. Spraying
can be done at any time, As it Is WORK
that cannot be performed too fire.
quently.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-02-20
MlLLET AND BUCKwHEAT.

Millet is grown much like any
small grain. Pillow the hand and SOW
broadcast the latter part Of May at
the rate Of one or two pecks per acre,
if seed is desired. If you want the
millet for hay, SOW much thicker. 1t
can be sown as catch crop as late as
July. Buckwheat is usually sown in
June, or the seeding may be delayed
until the early part of July. 1t is
seeded broadcast much as any other
small grain, using from two to i've
pecks per acre. This grain can be
used As a catch crop also il desired.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-02-20
DEAD SHOT FOR CHICKEN MITES.

Take a candy or tobacco 6Ucket,
put in a peck of salt, pour on tea
kettle Of boiling water, stir we'll, NIL
up the bucket with cold water, take a
broom and with it saturate every part
Of the house and roost inside The
remaining salt not dissolved throw
up around on any little benches or
shelves. Every damp time IL viii
melt and run down. One application
Is sufficient for the whole summer.
II put in hen nests be sure you dc
not get salt on the eggs.
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WINTER FLOWING.

An open winter is the time to pillow.
II gives advance time for doing the
spring work and it brings to the sur
face many insects which remain below
the soil, but which are easily de-
stroyed when exposed to the frost out
Of ground. 1t matters not how wet
the ground may be when plowed in
winter, as the freezing of the soil,
when cold spell comes, will pulver-
ize it and reduce all Jumps and clOds.
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EsTRAY NOTICE.

Notice Ia hereby giVea that have taken 10.
AZ an sstray At my place on the 5 e. u " aee
tOn - TIP. 81, y. r Z, west the following de
scribed animals: One COW and one cali, color
Of COW II light red with white hind legs; crop
on left car. 10 brands visible, mnIiey.
TIE owner can have same by calling at my
piacr' proving property and paying legal charges
Dated. January q. t9O4
Jana 70 o JAMES sYMOys