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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
van SAINT and Northern Securities.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 14.-Govern-
or Van SAINT issued statement today
with reference to the recent decision
of the United States supreme court in
the case of the state of Minnesota
against the Northern Securities com.
pany. The governor intimates that no
further legal proceedings will be taken
By the state unless the attempt to con-
solidate the Northern Pacific ard Great
Northern roads il renewed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
Rude to the Old Girl.

Miss Ann Teek-He asked me il
remembered how hot the summer or
'76 was. The idea!
Miss Pert-Yes, the idea! Just as
IL you'd tell him if you did, -Philadel-
phSa Ledger.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
OLD SOLDIER DEAD.

Noroton Heights, April 14.-Jarrett
Mansfield, civil war veteran, died at
Fitch's Soldiers home last night, and
the remains will be taken to JeWett
City to-day for burial.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
WEATHER FORECAST

Forecast for Connecticut: Fair to-
night and Friday; continued cool
weather; 49, winds, generally west
erlN
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14

st Petersburg, April 14-Vice Adj
miral Stark in an interview to-day is
quoted as saying that it was his opin-
ion the Petropavlovsk struck one of
the contact mines off Cape Laiao
Shan, which had been torn from it's
moorings by the last storm. Tt could
not have been a mine laid near the en-
trance of the harbor because these
mines are not contact mines. In navy
circles it is now believed that the ex-
plosion of the battleship was internal
and not external.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
Live stock Markets.

,CATTL Supply light; market steady;
e4Q84.15; veal calves &05.15.
I4OGS-supply light; market steady
b.66; heavy Torkars, s.. 6006. IS; light York
ers, s. &25Q5.35; pigs. b@515; roughs. $3.50
14.70.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Supply light
market steady; prime wcthers, s.. zoos so;
common sheep, S36360; choice lambs 9S25
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14
JAPAN STRIKES AGAIN.
ANOTHER VESSEL SUNK
Russian Torpedo Boat Destroyer With Almost the En-
tire Crew Sent to the Bottom-One More Battleship
Injured by Striking Mine-nessages of sympathy
Sent by France England and Germany

seventeen 1.4-ifch guns. She has six
torpedo tubes.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14

st Petersburg, April 14.-Forty five
officers and men perished on board the
Russian torpedo boat destroyer Dezs-
prashni, whose destruction by the Jap
anese was announced to-day.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-14

London, April IA special dis
patch from st Petersburg says the son
of General Kazarkof was killed this
morning as the result of a dynamite
outrage in his room at the Hotel Du
Nord. The police. it is added, discov-
cred documents indicating the author
of the outrage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-03

duce cotton at a margin of profit that VIII
compare fayorably with that involved IN
the production Of most of the. staple CROPS
of the United States by following Wnae
have become known generally as the cu,-
tured methods. involving changes ana moo-
ifcations of the system of cotton raisins
made necessary by the weevil. They were
originally suggested by careful STUDY Q,
the life. history and habits of the pest, anu
naturally any improvements that may
eventually be made will be the result OF the
continuation of that study. They have now
been tested successfully on large scale py
the division Of entomology, as well as Dy
many planters, during two very unlavor-
able seasons. OF greatest advantage is the
reducing Of the numbers of the weevils Dy
the destruction Of the plants In the fall.
The advantage thus gained is followed up
by bending every effort toward procuring
an early crop the following season.
The changes In the cotton-raising system
urgently recommended are: Early planting
with seed from as far north as possible
thorough cultivation of the fields. which IN
f1uences the constant growth and conse-
quent early maturing Of the crop; planting
the rows as far apart as feasible and thor
ough thinning out of the plants In the rows;
destruction, by plowing- up. windrowing
and burning. of all the cotton stalks IN the
fields as soon as the weevtls become so nu-
merous that practically all the fruit Is be-
ing punctured, thus destroying the very
great proportion of weevils developing late
In the autumn; and extensive use of fertii-
izers, so as to procure earlier crops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-03
Market Feeble, but Selling
Pressure Light.
PRICES ARE LOWER
NEW YORK FRACTIONS GO OFF ON
MR.. WHITNEY'S DEATH.
Losses in Pennsylvania, Delaware and
Hudson, st. Paul and the
Pacific Stocks.

NEW YORK, February 3-There was a
fall of ~ In Metropolitan Street Railway
on account of the death of w. c. Whitney
at the opening of the stock exchange. and
the general market was unsettled and some
what irregular, with small declines predomi-
mating. Renewed uneasiness over the war
outlook was factor in. the unsettlement.
Metropolitan Street Railway was promptly
supported and rallied. Realty preferred and
Chicago Union Traction preferred rose
point and General Electric ~ Operators
in stocks kept one eye on the cotton market,
and the wild fluctuations there caused
stocks to sag and trading to become pro-
foundry duh. Wisconsin Central preferred
lost point and Pennsylvania large frac-
ton.
Prices continued to drOop under light SELL
ing pressure with no sign of resisting pow
err in the market Pennsylvania, Brooklyn
Transit and Metropolitan securities lost
point. Westinghouse Electric ~, Twin City
Rapid Transit IL, Minneapolis, St Paul
and Sault St Marie "a, Pump and Della
ware and Hudson IA. Bonds were heavy
at noon.
Brooklyn Transit broke with some vfo-
1ence 2a and Metropolitan Street Railway
was carried 22 under last night. Declines
reached point for Southern Pacific. st.
vile, Chesapeake and Ohio, the AtchisOns
Manhattan Sugar, Virginia Carolina Chemi-
cal, Smelling preferred and Colorado Fuel
There were 2-point losses in North Ameri-
can and ST. Louis and San Francisco sec
ond preferred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-03
SUIT DISCONTINUED.
The Ending Of a Sensational Trial at
Martinsburg, W. Va.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
MARTINSBURG, W. Va, February g.
The case of John P. Creque, a bartender.
against United States Fish Commissioner
George M Bowers. in which the former
sued the commissioner for $4,000 for al
legged alienation of the affections of his
Wife, was ended late yesterday by discon-
tinuance of the proceedings on motion Of
the attorney for the plaintiff.
The case first came up for trial January
~, but the court granted a continuance on
the plea OF the attorney for the plaintiff
that the leading counsel was i'll and not
able to attend, and for that reason he was
not willing to have the case come to trial at
that time. The case was called again yes
terday morning, and the p .intiff through
his attorney, sought again 70 get a post
ponement of the case on the ground that
he had not been able to secure other coun-
sci, claiming that on account of the posi-
tion and influence of the defendant he the
plaintiff, was unable to secure the services
of a competent attorney.
After an argument of over an hour, in
which former Senator Charles J. Faulkner
attorney for the defendant, made a strong
plea for his client, Judge e. Boyd Faulk-
ner of the circuit court handed down his
decision, in which he gave the attorney for
the plaintiff the alternative of either going
to trial or discontinuing the suit without
prejudice and paying the costs.
The plaintiff then tried to get a postpone
ment of the trial on the ground that i'm
portant witnesses were absent. After sew
eral hours of debate, which carried the case
well on Into the evening, Judge Faulkner
decided that 1t was impossible for the court
to act favorably on the motion.
The attorney for the plaintiff then refused
to go on trial. and took the privilege Of dis
continuing the suit.
Whether or not new suit will be brought
is not known, but 1t Is regarded as not like
ly that the plaintiff Will try again soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-03
MR.. ROOT RESUMES Law.
Former Secretary of War a Private
Citizen.

The New York Herald of today says:
Ehhu Root brushed the dust from his law
books yesterday morning and dropped back
into the quiet life of a private citizen as II
the Office of Secretary of War. which he
had left only the day before, were thing
of the remote past. Arriving from Wash
ington late Monday night, he went directly
to his home. at No. 20 East Goth street.
and early yesterday was in his law Office,
on the fourteenth floor OF No. 81 Liberty
street.
The furniture was put in place in the
same room he used to occupy. ink bottles
were filled. the Office boys were back in
their usual places and in fifteen minutes
after reaching the building the former Sec
Rotary of War was again "EHhu Root, at
torney and counsellor at law"
When a reporter for the Herald called
Mr.. Root greeted him with hts old-time
cordially. 1T seems very good to get
back into the old work." he said, and
hope have not forgotten how to practice
law. am a private citizen now. and as
such the people are not interested I'm any
thing I might say"
Asked IL, as a private citizen, he would
not give his views Of the eastern situation
he replied that he did not feel that he
should talk of those matters at this time.
During the day Mr.. Root had several
callers. mostly lawyers. and he frequently
inquired over the telephone about the con-
diuon of William c. Whitney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-03
APPARENTLY PREHISTORIC.
Remains Of a Dixie Discovered in
Northeren Idaho.

A local wonder of apparently prehistoric
origin has been discovered recently by
surveyor in northern Idaho. 1t is the we'll
preserved remains of dixie, and lies along
the east side of swamp known as Hoodoo
lake. in Kootenai county. in country
thickly covered with timber and under
brush
The dixie is 5000 feet in length, Is built
carefully of rock and covered with earth.
In dimensions 1t is feet In height and 8
feet wide on top. The dixie is broken in
two or three places for rod or two, and
at one point apparently it has been cut in
recent years There are also evidences
that parts of the dixie have been broken
and swept away by foods in times long
past. Trees over a hundred years old
growing on the crest of the dixie also attest
in some degree to its antiquity.
The surveyor, William Ashley, was at
first inclined to the belief that 1t was an
old MORAN OF the glacial period such as
are frequently encountered in the north
west. Upon close Investigation, however.
he was convinced that 1t was the work of
man, owing to the singular regularity of
its form and the materials which compose
it, The earths surface must have UNDER
gone some great changes since the con-
structton Of this dixie, for the present geo.
logical formation of the locality renders II
useless either for reclamation purposes or
to keep back the water. It could not have
been the work Of Indians It's ORIGIN r.
suggestive OF vast expanses of time and
recalls the work Of the ancient mound
builders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-03
Philips SUCCEEDS RocKEFE11ER
Reported That He Represents the II
terests Of Mr.. Carnegie.

The New York American OF today says:
AS part of the agreement under which
John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie
with their allies hold the steel trust which
they have captured from ]. P. Morgan and
his associates Mr.. Rockefeller retired from
the board of directors yesterday, and was
succeeded by Henry Phipps.
Mr.. Phipps stands for Mr.. Carnegie. and
his entrance into active management of
the trust is an earnest of good faith from
Mr.. Carnegie. which the common stock
holders have been SO noisily demanding.
Mr.. Phipps is perhaps the closest business
associate Mr.. Carnegie has, and his reputa.
ton as steelmaker and dividend Garner
Is unexcelled.
This change in the directorate was made
at brief meeting yesterday afternoon at
No. II Broadway. Aside from this action
only routine matters were considered, bat
the change was SO significant that 1t made
the steel stocks strong in the midst Of a
demoraliZed market.
The report that Mr.. Phipps Is to succeed
President w. E. Cory persists, but If the
change is made it will mean nothing so far
as control of the company Is concerned.
as both men stand for the same interest
It is likely that Mr. Cory is of more value
to the trust in the mills than in Wall
street. having had no financial training.
So thoroughly does Mr.. Carnegie hold his
young partners under control that at his
slightest wish Mr.. Cory would retire from
his high position and return to the mills
and toll for the general good of the cor
poration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-03
SENT TO THE SENATE.
Mass of Correspondence Regarding
Events on the Isthmus.

The President sent to the Senate today
mass of correspondence in response to
Senator Germans resolution calling for the
dates and circumstances under which the
t-ssted States used military forces in the
internal affairs of New Grenada or Colon
bia. and whether such uses of military
forces were on the initiative of the United
States or by the request of New Grenada or
Colombia, or in consequence of any official
representation of either. The resolution
also called for copies of the orders by the
Navy Department, relating to such use of
military force.
The circumstances under which forces
We're landed are given by the President in
detail, but orders by the War and Navy
departments concerning the inner working
of such departments and which constitute
a part of the records of the offices of mill
tary and naval intelligence are withheld
On the groGSd that the disclosure of such
confidential matters would be incompatible
with the public interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-03
ARE OF LITTLE VALUE.
This Government Cares Nothing for
the Islands Off Borneo's Coast.

the Islands OFF Borneo's Coast.
Ernest W. Birch, governor OF British
North Borneo, who has just arrived III
London. is reported as saying that Gen.
Leonard Wood. while recently at samoa
kan. capital of North Borneo, informed MIN
that the question of the ownership of the
islands off the coast of Borneo, over which
a United States war vessel had hoisted the
American flag, would be amicably settled.
as there was no strong desire on the part
of the Americans to keep them.
The governor claimed that although there
was no documentary evidence thereof. the
islands undoubtedly belong to the Charter
ed Company of North BorneO, which has
administered them since 1888 He thought
the Americans were not aware OF this,
as the islands lie outside the limits or the
companys treaty with the Sultan OF Sulu.
The governor added that the Europeans
were so friendly to the Americans that they
have no doubt the United States govern
ment will relinquish its claims.
Investigation here shows that General
Wood was fully authorized to make the
statement attributed to him relative to an
amicable settlement of the ownership of
the islands of the coast of Borneo. The
issue as to ownership of these islands was
made by the dispatch to those waters by
Admiral Evans of the gunboat QuirOs,
which hoisted the United States flag on
some of the islands. They are said here
to be practically worthless. but fearing that
the Sultan of Jolo might undertake to be-
stow them on some other nation, the ques-
ton of title was placed in the hands of
General Wood, with the single understand
ing that the islands are to be declared
part of either the British or the American
possessions. 1t is presumed that General
Wood will report to Washington in accord
ance with his statement to the governor of
North Borneo and that the question of title
will be finally settled by a treaty or proto-
col between the United States and Great
Britain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-03
ADVANCE IN MAY WHEAT.
Manipulation of the Chicago Market
by Armour Interests.

CHICAGO, February 3.-An advance Of
Oh and 2k cents a bushel was made today
in the price of wheat. The May option
sold up to 81 cents. The closing price yes
terday was 941s. Manipulation OF the
market by Armour interests was credited
with being leading cs''se of the sharp
rise, but reason of perhaps greater
potency was the increasing evidence OF the
imminence of war in the orient.
The close was at 1885 and 93H. Other ce-
real markets jumped even more excitedly
to new high record prices for the season.
The May delivery of corn showed gain
of 3h cents bushel. The option touched
IS cents, and the close was practically at
the top. Oats advanced ia and III. selling
at 46A for May delivery. Provisions shared
in the general advance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-03
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The business conditions here. as far as
they are manifested in the demand for
money loans, are regarded as favorable at
this time AS compared with the closing
weeks Of the past year. the volume of bust
ness Is considerably larger. While there is
no. great demand for money. still the vari-
GUS financial institutions find 1t not difficult
to keep employed a good proportion of their
available funds. There Is no change In the
rates. and per cent Is still obtained on
commercial paper and per cent on col
lateral loans. There are no Indications
as yet Of return to the lower rates that
were In use during the early part of last
year. For real estate loans the rate is 5
per cent. and there Is practically no Az
per cent or per cent money on the market.
In New York the rate on time loans has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-03
LOAN FOR THE FAIR
Senator Tillman Denounces
It as a "Steal.
BAILEY ALSO OPPOSED
SENATE TAKES UP URGENT DE-
FICIENCY BILL.
Why the Government is Asked to Aid
the Exposition at st.
Louis.
BAILEY ALSO OPPOSED

- The Senate took up the urgent deficiency
appropriation bill at the beginning of to-
days session.
When the amendment providing for a loan
of 81 600 OCO for the ST. Louis exposition was
reached Mr.. Bailey reserved the right to
make point of order against 1t. but he per-
mitted the reading of the bill to continue 20
the end before presenting his point.
The exposition amendment was amended
at the instance of Mr.. Culberson so as to
authorize the exhibition of range cattle at
the exposition, regardless of the fact as to
whether they come from north or south OF
the quarantine line.
There were no other important amend
ments to the bill. and when the first read
ing vas concluded Mr.. Bailey formally pre-
scented his point of order. which was that
the proposed exposition loan Is g 4ncral leg
islation not authorized by existing law. rte
said he thought the item should be orlttcd,
but added that he had very little confidence
that 1t would be.
Mr. Hale in charge of the bill. responded
by saying that he was in sympathy win
Mr.. Bailey concerning the amendment.
Mr.. Bailey asked If the exposition act did
not stipulate that no further appropriation
should be made for the exposition.
Undoubtedly" replied Mr. Hale. ne
then went on to explain that the govern
ment had great interest in the exposition
and that the united states was ShoiS
holder to the extent of the receipt OF one
third of the proceeds. Mr.. Hale also eX-
planned that the government had paruc-
ipated to the extent of inviting foreign gov
erEments to participate.
Mr. BAILEY argued that as Congress had
especially provided that 1t was not to De
committed to further appropriations the
senator from Maine could not contend tina.
ths. proposed amendment was to carry out
existing law.
President Pro TEN Frye then announced
that he would submit the point Of order 10
the Senate.
Mr.. Tillman Calls It Steal.
Before this could be done Mr.. Tillman
said he wanted to say something on this
loan or gIft'-the latter he thought, as II
was not likely that the government Woald
ever get anything back. In the course OF
his remarks he said South Carolina had e
share of the steal that had been secured by
other cities and he had helped to get IT,
What he meant was that this expenditure
of money was unlawful and unconstl-
tutional
Mr. Spooner remarked that the senator
frcm South Carolina had put himseif on
record as participating in a steal.
What ] mean" declared Mr.. Tillman.
sis that when Congress takes money from
the people and gives 1t away for expositions
II amounts to a steal. What I want 20
know is how far we are to go ana now
much longer we are to participate III
Here Mr.. Tillman hesitated.
Steals" interjected Mr.. Spooner.
yes, steals" said Mr.. Tillman. defiantly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-03
Citizenship of Porto Ricans.

Resident Commissioner Degetau of Porto
Rico. taking advantage of the enlarged
powers granted him by the House yester-
day. introduced a bill to expressly declare
the citizens of Porto Rico are citizens of
the United States" The bill provides as
follows: That the citizens C Porto Rico
whose permanent allegiance is due to the
United States, the organic law Of whose
domicile was enacted by the United States
and is enforced through officials sworn to
support the Constitution of the United
States, are hereby expressly declared to be
citizens of the United States" The bill was
referred TO the committee on insular af-
fairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-03
ADMIRAL sIGsBEE's NEW DUTIES
Assigned to Command the South At
lantic Station.

Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee was to-
day ordered to be detached from the COM
mand of the League Island navy yard to
assume command of the south Atlantic
station, in place of Admiral Benjamin P.
Lamberton. Admiral Sigsbee will sail from
New York on the 18th to assume his new
command, falling in with his flagship at
Culebra.
The choice of this command lay be-
tween Admiral Sigsbee and Admiral Chad
wick. now in command of the Naval War
College.
Amiral Lamberton appeared at the Navy
Department today, having just returned
from Culebra. His eyesight failed and he
was detached from the command which
he had only held few months by order
of n medical board. His eyes are in bad
condition and he will be placed on indefi-
mite leave in Washington under expert
treatment until the character of his all
ment is ascertained and the chances of
recovery established.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-03

Thayer petition did not represent the real
sentiment of Yale College
Replying briefly to Mr.. Sperry, Mr.. Dins-
more (Ark.) called attention to the petition
as merely q list of names. There were, he
said. no reasons given. The petition would
be characterized as ''platitude' by the
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Grosvenor). he
said. II Mr.. Grosvenor were on the demo-
cratic side of the House. However. he re-
marked. when the gentleman from Ohio
said the most brilliant star In the diadem
of the President was the Panama matter"
he did not utter platitude. He was simply
inaccurate. 1t was a mistake.
The Presidents action in this matter was
not quite as bad as robhing safe with q
Jimmy; but, he concluded. ut is neverthe-
less reprehensfble and unjustifiabi e.