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GLOOM At ST. PETERSBURG.
The Feeling At the RussinR War
Ofhce Distinctiy Gloomy.

st, Petersburg, Aug. 3.-The press
at the war Office here Is distinctly
gloomy No official kilograms had been
received by the general stan from Gen.
Kuropatkin, who was communicating
direct with the e2seror, but from pri-
vate sources at the front It already was
apparent that Simou Cheng, 10 miles
south.southeast OF Hal Cheng, at the
junctrrs Of tie Feng Wang Cheng-
Su Yen roads, had been lost, Gen,
Stakelberg's .utposts having fallen
back to Hal Cheng,
No Definite News,
No word was received enabling the
staff to either confirm or deny the re-
ported capture Of tho late Gen Count
Keller's position at lkhayuen, east Of
Lao Yang, and Yang2e paso, 30 miles
east OF Lao fang, but heavy nghting
continues on both the southern and
eastern fronts, the object OF the Jap
anesc In the east being to flank Gen,
Keller's corps from the south and
north, which 10 easily possible, The
progress OF the envelopng movement
may have forced the corps TO retire on
Liam Dian Sian, which IL the next po-
sitIon in the direction OF Liao Yang,
Omclal dispatches setaIlIng the engage
ment are hardly expected I'LL evening,
How The, Figure VI out.
The failure OF tho garrison OF Smou
Cheng to retreat along the northern
road probably was due to the presence
OF the japanese column Ranking the
late Gen, Rell0rs corps from the south,
In Wow OF the inability Of the RuSslans
to hold Simou Chong It Ia considered
unlikely that Generals HaroubaefY and
Stakelberg will attompt to offer stub
born resistance at Hal Chong II Is
possible that they are already retiring
on An Shan shan tal5o written An
schantschan) halfway between Hal
Cheng and Lao Yang, IA Indicated In
these dispatches There Ia reason TO
believe that two Of Gen Oku's divisions
are advancing from Now Chwang on
Hal Cheng, with the Wow of Ranking
and cutting on Gen, Sakobcrg's re-
treat, but this movement IA not likely
TO succocd, on accOunt Of Stakoberg'B
ability TO rotirc nOrthward on An
shan SchoH,
An interesting detail cydcncIng the
Rarccnoss Of the artillery duel south
Of Hal Chcng July 81, Is the fact that
tho Russian batteries on the lpst flank
fired A,Si9 shots IN four hours,
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TiIn ,LADiyosroK SQUADRON.
u Returned o. Port IN Good tondi-
tion Monday Afternoon,

VladIvostok, Aug s,=The Vadyo.
stolt cruiser division returned to port
at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon The
cruisers were In perfect condition
They captured during their cruise the
steamer Arabia and destroyed somO
BGhoOners, small Japanese steamer,
one German steamer and one British
steamer, The t.mcntIoned two were
carrying contraband material and had
nearly reached their destination, Yoko.
hama, but were almos, without coal,
and 1t was therefore impossible to send
them 70 Vladiyostok
This " the frat lhtlmAtI0h that any
foreign steamer Other than the Knight
Commander had been sunk
The cruisers steamed ~ and down
In front ot the Japanese capital but
saw nothing Of the enemy'B warshlps
Although tAe Russian vessels had only
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-06
Condition Of the Cotton crop,

Warrington, Aug l-The monthly
report Of the chief OF the bureau Of
statistics ol the department OF agrI-
culture will show the average condI-
tion OF cotton on July % to have beer
81 6, ~ compared with SO on June %,
1904 797 on July %, 1908, $40 on July
%, 1902, and a ten.year average Of Sal
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WARNING FROM TIE PORTE
Consul. IN Macedonia warned NJ,
u Leave the lawns wi,bou,
Proper IsoOris,

eons,anllHoplo, Aug THE porto
has warned the embassies and lega'
llohs 10 instruct their eonsuls In Mace.
iohh not 10 leave tho towns without
oseoftB IA the Macedonian revolution.
afy committees In Bulgaria are plan.
nng 10 kidnnp or murder consul
with the Wow VI onlIaIlng foreign ln.
leryehtiVn,
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Live stock MARKETS.

g. Louis a. Cattle aa Fancy exports
D. mg5bO, butchofs i0ou6 10, stDckets,
NOZZLE COWS and hcifera, ,looUl %
u6@, light hGtt5O sheep Mutton
sheep, - 2jefa 10 lambs, N0)df0DO, spring
lambs, SopddO
indianapolis Cattle dood a. prime
atoofs, ~ lDU6s Hogs Best henyleb,
10 l0dG " medium ana mlk0dt fj bU6 ~
Sheep Good 10 choice, " 6fl9y, lnmba,
~ Gyii 70 spring lambs. " 0ou04,
Kansas cry a. cattle Native stocra,
81 $4,000, southern atoora, E6Wiib bOj
southern cows, 81 Ou9 ~ native cows and
holfors tli5ub 70, plpckora and fopdufa,
81 bui ~, calves p1loW, western
utoefa, 81 TAO jl western cows, 81 loo
$50 llOgH Heavy 81 u0ui No. packers,
bio16 o, plga and lights. ~ imd D Sheep
- Mutiona 81 ghuitj, lhmhH, ~ 0npib 2hi
rnpgo wclhofH, btalii ewes, 5000
chicago Chttlc-good ~ prime ntorra,
n t6ud W. poor 10 medium ilWuh Wi
ptuukrrp and frn1rfs, o. uJdB -, J8Wal 81 ~
"a uOi holfufst " pdil 70, eannurA N,bND
9hnI calves. T. bmbu1i lukhHatud HlupfH,
,I u0ol b0. western steers q ttU1 N linfi
Mixed ana butthpfH, h lDu6bb, good TO
u5 ~. light phg6n. Bhtvp GOOD 10
choice wcthorH, t37Ni y, fair 10 choice
mhod, 9OdA 10 wust'tn sheep, " 100
i2j native lambs N0ogiVJ, western
iumba HitUd6,
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London, Aug. 3.--A dispatch to the
Central News from Hni-Chcng, un-
der date of August 2, snys that In
consequence of the desperate npht-
iTH OF the last few days and the
JLpnnesc turning movements the
Nussiun's have been compelled to
cNacunte Hni-Cheng md fall bnck
on An shnn Sbnn.
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VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, AUGUsT6 g. 1904.

three doors through which TO get
home-the straits Of Korea, La Pc
rouse strait and Tsugaru strait-which
apparently could easily have been bar
red by Vice Admiral Kamimura's ves-
sells, bad luck pursued the Japanese
admiral, and the Russian cruisers had
no difficulty in eluding him.
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THE KNIGHT CoMMANDER.
Reason Given by the Russians for
sinking the Vessel.

St Petersburg. Aug. 2.-The press
dispatch from Viadivostok brought the
first statement of the reason for the
sinking Of the steamer Knight Com
mander, which was that she was so
short Of coal she could not be sent to
Vladiyostok. 1t also contained the
first announcement that a German
steamer had been sunk for the same
reason, but gave no clew to the ident-
ity of the latter vessel.
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Financial,

New York. Aug I arloseaaMuhty "a
call vefy easy Aul per euhii closing BID
"a offered AT time loans easy % aud
pu days 2H}t PET cent slt months, va
bi1h per cent i'flmu mercantile paper,
jAnih per cent Sterling exchange ilfm,
Win actual bdsnest IN hhhkofa bills at
~ 10 Tor demand ana ~ lNp Tor 90 day
mrrtlhl bills $40, laT silver tsA Mux.
loNn dUllarH bA noNprnmunl bvnts
steady liAiil0Ad bonds nfM,
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noilea beans with nuttsr.

lloIl the beans wanted tIll tender,
drain we'll and put IN saucepan, with
liberal amount n butter, 10 heat
season with pepper and salt and send
to table In place Of the butter thick
cream may be used II n'sferred. --llos-
ten budget
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fireworks Exploded rrcmniurcly,

Now York Aug, 1.-Two men were
severely injured and tho windows OF
half n dozen houses smashed, Tuesday
nlght, IN nrOoklyn, by tho premature
explosion Of 4 lot Of nfcworkB At a
celebration of tho arrival OF y squad Of
Alfonro society
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soporlor ol Ml-lon rrlr.,.,

Boston, Aug, i=Rev Edward Oss
borne Of this city, who has been elect.
cd tIshop.toadmtor Of the episcopal
diocese Of Springfield, Ill., IN the su-
prrIor OF the American branch Of the
Society Of Mission Priests Of 81 John
the Evangelist
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THE latest news
FROM THE FRONT
Some of 1t is Of Rather Uncertain
Character Which Later Ad-
vices May Develop.
CONTAINS VERY LITTLE COMFORT
FOR The CAUSE OF The RUSSIANS.
An Irrepnrnble Breach In the De-
fcnse. of Fort trthur--An Alarm
ing Telegram Received By the
Czar and the Evacuation of Hal
Chen Among the Items.

London, Aug. 3.--The Standards
Odessa correspondent telesrnphsi
"An unofficial report Is In circuln-
tion that the japanese have effect
Cd nn important and irreparnhie
breach In the defensive works Mt
Port Arthur. Public opinion IN now
mere or less resigned to the early
iaII of the fortress"
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Cnn.e NJ sprieus An,ipty.

Paris, Aug i=4The condition Of for
mer Premier Waldcck Rousseau causes
serious anxiety II Ia feared that tho
operation for stomach trouble Of four
monlhp back has not ,cpuled In q per.
maRvBt eufa
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ror Dn,lll. Inkr Lands

Washington, Aug i=Annouhcemcbt
IA made by tho interior department
that the commissioner of tho general
land once viii begin registration at
Devils Lake and Grand Forks, n d.,
for the Devils lake indian lania
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Suddenly stricken niind,

Asbury Park, n j., Aug S,.=slreken
suddenly blind while pomehadIng on
the boardwalk here, Miss Bessie Lyn.
dali, Of tiladwyhe, Pa, has been taken
home unable cy0n TO distinguish sun.
light from darknoss, II IL feared thai
hef iols Of syesIght IL permanent
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-06

~. Petersburg, Aug. 3--5't5 y. m.--
Tee correspondent hears that En-
peror Nicholas has just received n
telegram ut Peterhof containing
alarming news. II IL also reported
that Niccroy AleNich, who had gone
10 uarbin on his way TO NlndiyoS-
tok, returned to Lino Nnng ana con-
ferred with Gen. kuropntkin re-
GardinG the situation.
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POSITION OF PORT ARTHUR.
Thought to BE Much Less Crucial
Than Generally Supposed.

Paris, Aug. 3.--It is believed in we'll
informed quarters here that the posi-
tion of Port Arthur Is much less cru
cial than generally supposed, the Jap
anese efforts being directed towards
strengthening their positions around
Port Dalny rather than to advancing
to the attack AS a matter CT fact,
1t Is said. their advance has IOt made
serious progress during the past three
weeks.
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starved 10 Death,

ST. Louis Aug 3,-MIas Botlcr, sgci
%, said TO have come from New York
city, was found literally starved "a
death In her room In n Washington
avenue roaming house Tuesday morn.
lne, dying n few minutes after being
Uncovered,
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Dcspondrnc, and Suicide,

syracusc, N, Y, Aug. i-llamilton
White swift, oi this city, II relative or
Andrew y White, formerly ambnssa-
dor TO Germany, shot himself with n
rife at Lost Lake, IA tho Adirondack
Tuesday Dependency aud III health
wero the tauaos
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TO AID THE sTRiN ERs.
Ice supply Cut on From Hcfrlgcr-
Gtor Meat Cars.

Chicago, Aug, 4--To aid the strikers
the ice handlers and Ice wagon drivers
have refused to supply refrigerator
cars OF the strike-sffected packing
plants without ice the packers are
unable TO ship meat, except for short
hauls, and cannot expert any Nom
union men are being pressed into ser
vice, but their efforts are not SUN.
Client. Armour q Co are using fruit
cars for shipping meat
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psobnh,, FATAL, inlured,

Omaha, Neb Aug Ain u collision
here between n street ear ana an hus
tomobllc, Mre Charlca " Perkins, VIII,
ot the president of the Burlington rail.
read waa probably fatally Injured,
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-06

Toxic, Aug. =--1 y. m.--It Is re-
ported here that after three days of
desperate sighting the Jnpnnesc
have captured shan Tnikow, one OF
thur.
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-06
Judge Hiabce WIN Preside.

Peoria, H., Aug. Judge Hlgbee. OF
Pittsfeld, has signIned his willingness
to preside at tho trial Of Fred Strube
Tor the murder Of his sweetheart. Alice
Hennlnger, in the Mason county cir
cult court In September
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-HiIis Appointed Chairman.

Washington, Aug. 4.-Wallace II.
Hills, chief clerk Of the treasury de-
partment, has been appointed chair
man Of the government board for the
Lewis and Clark exposition to be held
At Portland. Ore, next year.
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worlds Fair Season Tickets.

St Louis. Aug. 4-The sale of Au-
gust Worlds fair season tickets ls now
In progress only at the downtown
headquarters Of the Exposition COM
pany. The ticket ls good for fifteen ad-
MISSIONS and sels for S5.
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-06

ST. Petersburg, Aug. 2s-Gen.
Kuropntkin reports that the Japan
Iiuo Yang, and the Yang Sc pass, 30
miles east of Lao Yang.
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-06
Heartbrokcn Mothers suicide

Springfield. III, Aug. i--lIeartbroken
because her wayward daughter was
to be sent to the rescue home in this
city, Mro Clara Allison took carbolic
acid at the Brunswick hotel, from the
effects Of Which she died
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-06

Iiao Yang, Aug. 2--Delnyed In
tinnsmisSion--The Russians Mt
tempted 10 push bnck II numerically
superior force of Japanese from
I<uuchint,er, on July 81, resulting
In an admitted Russian loss OF i,OOO
nIcn.
The Van Buren press., 1904-08-06

st. Petcrsburg, Aug. 2-0:20 y. MI
1t is officially announced that the
Yang he pass, but nre holding their
positions on the snimntsza rOnd.
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Successful Air-hip Test.

San Francisco, Aug. A ouccessful
ascension was made Tuesday In Oak.
land by Capt 7 8 Baldwin in his new
airship The craft assembled about 500
feet, made circep and landed in the
space from which II had started.
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Cotton,

Quotations fof cotton range aH followsi
~ Louis. io1,o New YORK 1900 Mons
phla lul,c.
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GENERAL KUROKI
COMES OFF VICTOR
The Russians Defeated in Two Sep
arate Actions at Yushulikzu
and Yang Ze Pass.
GENERAL kUROPATKIN REPORTS
THAT JaPS OCCUPIED IKHaVUERE.

The Feeling At the Russian WaS
Office In st. Petersburg IL DE-
tinctiy GloDmy over the DiscOur-
aging News and Lack OF News
From the Front.
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WRANGLHNG
AN OLD COUPLES TROUBLES.

There is an old couple of Hillsdale. Kansas, the
husband Il and the wife 81 who made a discovery
late In life that would have saved lots Of their
trorbles. something they learned about diet
The old gentleman says: Zone day the doctor
told me my wife's trouble not heart disease
but her stomach, but she thought he mistaken.
As had read several statements In the papers
about Postum Food Coffee my mind made
up and It was In the fall Of 1901 that I got a
package of Postum. asking my wife to try 1t.
''She said she lid not believe 1t would help her.
and so 1t was laid aside and she suffered all the
winter drinking coffee all the time until about the
first OF May when she was in terrible distress.
Zone night about our bed time she said she must
have the doctor, but before you go ix a little
Postum and will try 1t.
$50 I prepared half pint Of Postum according
to directions. and as soon she had drank 1t she
felt warm and nourished all over and in little
while her pain was gone, It was like magic. For
a few meals she used a. little coffee and then a
wreEgllng began In her stomach each time, SO
finally she gave UP coffee altogether and used Pos
tum only. Better and better she got and grew
stronger and finally all the old disease left.
s.Since that time we have used nothing but Pos
tum. nor have we had any occasion to call FOR the
doctor since and now advocate Postum TO every
one meet" Name given by Postum Company,
Battle Creek. Mich.
So many people say. Coffee don't hurt" and
then tell you they know man 40 years old who
has drank It all his life" That doesn't prove
that you can drink It. Zone mans meat is an
Others poison, If coffee agrees and the drinker
keeps well. stick to It, but II any kind of ails or
disease show. better heed the warning and quit
coffee
There's reason
Look in each package for the famous little book.
THE Road to Wellyille.''
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Rear Admiral Harrington favored the
building of steel ships, and said that the
laws Of the United States should be chang
ed so as to permit the merchants OF this
country to run American ships as cheaply
as foreign owners can run them Just as
the controlling principle in the composition
and construction Of the American navy Is
determined by the constitution OF foreign
fleets he said, just SO in commercial rival
nv this country must abandon means which
have failed and seek new implements which
will meet the measures of foreign compeIl-
tors He declared that the merchant ON
GERS of the United States are not all that
can be desired in the matter of competence
and that as regards education and training
they do not compare favorably with for
eign merchant officers.
Can't Usher and Commissioner Chamber
lain and Assistant Postmaster General Shall
lenberger were heard. The latter SAID IL
was an imperative duty at this time to eX-
tend the United States ocean mail service,
because being confronted now by the Eng
lish on the Atlantic it will otherwise be
difficult to keep the mails in American
vessels. .
The commission then went into executive
session Senator Gallinger announced that
no further witnesses would be heard.
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RAILWAY CONGRE S
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBIT IN
WASHINGTON NEXT MAY.
Details of Project Before Commissioners
Promoters Desire to Erect Building
on Monument Grounds.

The proposed plan of the representatives
of the American railway appliance exhibit
ton to obtain legislation permitting the
manufacturers to locate a building on the
monument grounds to contain the exhibit
to be opened here in connection with the
international railway congress next May
was formally approved today by the Dis
trict Commissioners Mr.. George A. Post
and Mr. ]. Alexander Brown of New York,
chairman and secretary, respectively, OF
the exhibition, today called on the Com
mssioners accompanied by Mr.. b. II.
Warner of this city, and submitted the
project to the Commissioners in board ses-
sion.
The exhibitors desire to erect large
temporary structure within the monument
grounds along B street, and in this 1t Is
proposed to display the railway appliances
manufactured by several hundred manu-
facturers in the United States. The pro-
ject is considered as one OF unusual I'M
portance and magnitude. Since the pro-
posed site of the building is in public res
ervation 1t is necessary for Congress TO
adopt a joint resolution giving the ex-
hibitors permission to use the ground, ana
this permission will be subject to the reSu-
latfons of the War Department and the
Commissioners of the District, so that the
public interests may be properly safe
guarded.
Project Approved.
Messrs Post and Brown discussed the
project with the Commissioners and at the
close of the conference the Commissioners
not only stated that they would approve
the legislation in the event it is presented
to them but also that they heartily ap-
proved of the project to hold the exhibition
In Washington and considered that 1t would
be source of great benefit to the city.
The international railway congress will
meet In Washington in May. 1905. This will
be the first meeting of the congress In the
United States. The congress. 1t is stated.
Is composed of the high officials of rail-
WAYS throughout the world, and 1t Is ex-
pected that about 500 foreign and 500 Amer
lean railroad officials will participate In the
sessions of the congress.
Invited by President Mckinley.
An invitation to the congress to hold its
meeting in this country was extended by
the late President Mckinley, through Secre-
tary of State Hay, in 1900, and at the last
session of the federal Congress an appro-
priation was made to defray the expenses
of representatives thereto Of the United
States government.
Tn the interest of extension of American
trade 1t is desired to hold, In connection
with the International railway congress, an
exhibition of American railway appliances.
Several hundred manufacturers Of such APP
pliances whose factories are located IN
nearly all the states Of the Union, have sig
nifed desire to participate in SUCH an
exhibition.
The representatives OF the exhibition
stated today that no appropriation viii be
asked of Congress for this exhibition. but
only the permission to utilize portion OF
the Monument grounds as a slee Tor the
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Americas Action Welcomed in Paris.

PARIS, November 25.-Foreign Minister
De!casse. answering a question in the
chamber of deputies today relative to the
proposal of the United States for the re-
assembling of The Hague peace conference,
said the American initiative had received
a most sympathetic welcome, the general
policy of France being an assurance OF a
friendly attitude toward the proposition,
but definite action awaited an arrangement
of the details of the program and the ma
turing of the sentiment of the chamber
and public.
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Reserve Supply of Magazine Rifles.

1t is announced at the War Department
that sufficient number of magazine rifles
have been accumulated to create what is
believed to be a sufficient reserve supply,
and consideration is being given to the
sale of a number of the old single shot
rifles of the old AS caliber, which had been
held as reserve supply.
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Building Permits.

The following building permits were is
sued today:
A. G. Daniel, two-story and attic frame
dwelling. on Blair road near Piney Branch
road northwest; cost $500.
w. w. Prescott, two-story and attic
frame dwelling, on Blair road near Piney
Branch road; cost, s., 500.
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Alleged Robber Awaiting Extradition.

LONDON, November 25.-James Wilson,
who was arrested at Liverpool yesterday
charged with stealing stock certificates to
the value of $4,000 from Edward Breitung
a banker of Marquette, Mich, was brought
to Bow street police station here today. The
prisoner will be arraigned tomorrow. when
he will be remanded to await extradition pa
pers. Wilson was accompanied from the
United States by a girl from Marquette.
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building 1t Is calculated that the holding
of this exhibition here will be OF great
financial advantage TO the people, owing 10
the large number of prominent railroad men
to the city by the international railway
congress and the manufacturers exhibit.
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Admiral baee's Views.


Rear Admiral Eaice fead letter recently
submitted by hinf t0sisecretary Morton to
be laid before the eonimission, in which he
referred to the nhiituA9 dependence Of the.
merchant marine and the navy. He as
serted that the money paid to foreign car
riers of producfsiiof This country goes to
enrich the countries with which the United
States may some day be at war. thereby
Indirectly aiding the navies of those coun-
tries and their naval reserves at the ex-
pense of our own. He favored subsidies as
a means of building UP the merchant
marine.
Capt. Mahan Heard.
Declaring that it was through nursing
particular British industry-the carrying
trade--that England owes her. supremacy
of the seas today. Captain MalIah said that
American shipping should be encouraged to
come into existence and to compete with
the carrying trade Of the world. He ut
tered note of warning, however, concern
ing the development of a force upon which
the United States could expect something
but from whom, he said, too much should
not be expected. He admitted that the
value of merchant marine as an auxiliary
to the navy in time sof war would be i'm
mense He suggested that one way to form
the nucleus of a large trained naval service
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Chief Clerk Dawson in st. Louis.

Chief Clerk Edward NJ. Dawson OF the In
terror Department has gone to St. Louis.
where, as a member of the board in charge
of the government exhibit, he will assist In
the reception of the President. Mr.. Daw-
son will probably return to Washington
with the presidential party.