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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-28
BEAN FOUND GUILTY
Of Ep:;raim Roots Murder in Second
Dearee-Exeeptions Filed.

Woodstock. Vt. Jan. o1.-Jos. Eean
was fGl.nd guilty Of murder in the sec
ohi degree. by Il jury here. "Wednesday.
for having killed t,rhrain Root near
this place. last October. The verdict
WAS returned in the county court at
lilo o'clock Wednesday forenoon FIX
cepiions were taken by Beams counsel
and he case win so to the supreme
court Of Vermont.
Sl!nr,ly after noon. Bean WAS brought
into coart to receive sentence He WAS
then i'll u state OF complete collapse
" hen Tie court asked if he had any
thing to say before the penalty for
the crime WAS announced. the convict
cd ,:!dn tried 20 speak but sCeincd I'M
able 20 make a sound. Lawyer Stick
rey for the defendant, then arose and
said that Bean felt rs he did because
he was an innocent m;tn. A sentence
Of imprisonment for life ut Windsor
W:$ then imposed. Execution of the
sentence WIS deferred until the filing
of Il formal bin of exceptions.
The sentiment of the community
her" IS that the verdict was unfair 10
Bean. and not i'll accordance with the
cVi;i.Ice
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ALL ARE DEAD.
Continued from page -

main entry explored. The party has
hot Yet been i'll tn. north entry and il
j. here that most OF the bodies. it is
thought. will be found. Inspecto.
Cunningham says hardly Il body is
Recognizable. SO terribly are they
burnch. bruised and mulilatcd.
Beds of living have been stripped
CT clothing TO cover the CHASTITY corpses
as they We're brought out of the mines.
The police squad on duty has orders
To prevent the bodies from being
vic we'd at the shaft mouth in order /"
minimize the suffering of the families
that await every accent OF the cage.
y carload of collins was brought to
ChosWicli On the first train and taken
to the mines.
TWO Polish women arrived at Ches-
wick. last night, from Poland, and not
being able to reach HarWick. where
their husbands We're employed in the
milt'. slept all night in the station.
Both men are i'll the mine and II sad
scene WAS enacted. today. when the
women learned Tor the first time that
they Grere widows. Neither can speak
English.
No relatives are permitted in the
temporary mOrgue, as it is necessary
that there be no interruption to the
work of the undertak1rS and emhalm-
crs. Th2re will be great difficulty in
Identifying III" bodies, because of their
inuiilated condition. About the only
way ii can be done Will be by the brass
weight checks found on most OF them.
The cOroncrS' deputies are searching
for the man who, gives out these
checks to aiI in the identification.
When all the recovered bodies are
br0U&ht up The families and friends
will he allowed to view them and assist
III III" work OF Identification.
Tin" work Of br.,tticing and tearing
away thu falls SO that it Will be safe
FOR resru- rartios to go into amy part
of th~ mine has been rushed and it is
expected 10y night fall any part Of the
workings Will he safe, and many more
lo4,s will be found.
Another rcScucr has met death in the
miin DAY i'll Lyslc. Il volunteer miner,
from I.ccchburg. Pa. went down the
shalt last night, and when his conf
u:,ninnS came IN. today. they reported
that LySic has been overcome by gas
and had died before any assistance
could be rendered him. His body was
found. today.
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THE CREW ESCAPED
From Wrecked Schooner Dorothy
Ashore al Cape Porpoise.

Cape porpoiSc, Me. Jan. o1.--Whilr
trying To make Il har,or during the
binding SNOW storm, last night, the
Beverly fishing schooner Dorothy went
ashore on Green Island and was to-
tally wrecked. The crew escaped in
safety but had no time 10 save their
effects. The schooner went TO pieces.
today.
III" Dorothy had been fishing off tho
ral.r and had several thousand pounds
of fish aboard when the storm came
M yesterday afternoon. Captain Me
i\"y made preparations at once to
reach this port for Il harbor. but in the
a,AucSS and heavy SNOW he WAS I'M
able to distinguish the beacon lights
ana ran onto Green Island. The crew
had 10 difficulty in reaching shore.
Captain Mckay remained at his home
here while the members of the crew
returned To Massachusetts. today.
The Dorothy was Il comparatively
nov vessel. having been built ut Essex.
Mass. in 1891. She registered 60 tons
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IN $4,000 BAIL.
Alleged Burglars AL Held at
the Lynn Hearing.
Hayden Admits That He Was in the
Danvers Break.
Others Refuse to TaIk-Scyeral lden.
tifcations Made.

| Lynn. Mass. Jan. 2.-Thc police
! court room WIS crowded when the Es-
! sex county safe breakers were called.
/ Clerk Leighton read the warrant
charging Them With the National pon
Corn 90. break and all pleaded not
guilty.
Chief of Police RurckeS simply stated
to Judge Berry that the government
was not ready To go on III present ana
50 wanted It continuance until Satur-
day. Against Ncstor. Higgins ana Car
Yer. he said. there WIS not sufficient ev-
idence TO convict ana asked for their
disc barge This Judge Kerry ordered
ana then remarked that in fixing bail
he must consiicr the probable identifi-
cations made of some of the men by
people i'll other places and the serious
nature of the crimes alleged against
III" men. Therefore he proposed to fix
bail high enough TO hold them. He
stated 5000 us the amount for each.
There is little chance of this being fur
nished. The men will be held in Lynn
until Saturday and not taken To Salem
Jail as first proposed.
The men under arrest We're given Il
searching croSS-oX1minatiOu during the
evening hy officers here and State OH
Ger Neal. but nothing WAS CLEANED from
L icm. Hayden alone talked to any cX-
tent ana then did not admit anything
ether than his connection with the as
SAUL on Station Agent Whitman NJ
DanVorSport, Tuesday morning. On
that he said that as the police had ii
on him he might as we'll admit: there
WAS II" use in bluffing: he was there all
right. but on the East boston ease he
refused To talk other than Ia deny any
Knowledge of it. ana 10 persist in his
denial that he shot any member OF the
gang there or had shot anyone.
Further identification of the. men is
expected by The police. today. and the
days following. All those in Essex
county who encountered safe breakers
since thr first Of November. 1903. have
been asked To come to Lynn to look at
the i.l"n now in custody.
Hayden has been identified as the
big man. who. with three others. bought
drinks III McNarthy K Cronin's saloon
in Havcrhill. Nov. :. on the afternoon
before The safe was blown and $500
stolen that night. This was done by
the bartender. who came 10 Lynn, to-
day. with Captain Mack of Haverhill.
He WAS not positive about Dart, but
thinks lie was in tie party.
The police have fragments of evil
dencc on hand that connects the gang,
nj least Dart. with breaks at The Brown
feed store in Lynn. Jan. 3. ana the
break ut the Little Folks Publishing
90. ri Salem. Jan. {.
chief of Police Merrill of Danvers.
came. this morning, to demand that
Hayden be surrendered to him FOR the
Danv"T&port affair. but he decided fin
ally that he could wait until the grand
jury has the cases and get an indict-
ncnt 1hrn.
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STILL PENDING.
Russia's Response to Japanese
Note Not Been Sent.
St. Petersburg Announces No Change
in Situation.
,.,,rese Minister Has Received NO
Instructions on Subject.

{, Petersburg, Jan. :'.-The ex-
..,,.,,,,r... ,t..;lrt.ing the russian fesi'ons
I.-,,ncsc note are stu pending
~ ~. foreign office here announces
,'4a, that there is no change IN Inc
;.,,.,,inu. The JAPANESE legation doeS
~, c,edit the report from TOXIC that
,.n has requested Russia 10 hasten
w.. .,5v. NJ. Kurino. the japanese
.r ,....,.r has received no instructions
'' - ,a.. subject. On the contrary he
va ,,..u,Iy rallies that the delay is
,'..,,i,nt,5 Oh exchanges between -.
,,a.,.r-hure. Viceyoy AleSieii. and
n..r,a j, i;,sen, the Russian ah'ba"-
s..9nr at Toxic ,,.
~, ~ t.,,riuo r-iterates his opinion th'--
,a..n viii not press Russia for a re-
ply .,.is,. that the move
,,art. Of .,ussl2n ships III the it.isn-
f hari ,.,I Of Fort Arthur are entirely
,.ithoat Significance H., :, :.
T,,nv was diplomatic DAY ~ p
ra..rs,ur... Count l4aHls"oi'i' III,
81. n,laister. did not receive.
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MANY INJURED.
Parlor Car and Rear Coach Derailed
in Massachusetts,.

Great harrington. Mass. Jan. 2I.-Iiy
the derailmcnt of Il parlor ear and Il
rear coach Of the Pitt Siield-Ncw York
express at Housatonic, this afternoon.
III. following persons were injured:
Mrs. Walter Bliss, New York and
Lenox, wrist fractured.
Eugene Stott, Great harrington, hcac
cut.
Mrs. Frank Durham. back injured.
Mrs. Leon Dobrll, cuts and bruises.
Mrs. George Holmes. back injured.
Conductor Jauu2. slight injuries.
Several others sustained triiling in
injuries. In no case was anyone scr!-
otisiy hurt. With the exception of
Mrs. Bliss all of those injured live in
Great harrington or neishborinS towns.
Tia. train left Great harrington over
the BERKSHIRE division o: the New York.
New Haven & Hartford railroad ut l. -.
and was due in Titts'i"ld ~ Ia. Tho :,c-
cid.nt occurred at \ point "pi"Sit" th''
MONUMENT cotton mills. half Il mile from
the village of Iiousaionic and on The bank
OF the Honeatonic river. Spreading fti!s
caused tho leirlor car and q coach. the TWO
rear ears OF III" Train. t" leaE" tiir tract
Tfr COUPLINGS broke. allowing III" two
ears to fall over the cmbankm ut and
down a distance of :" feet ont" the iH.' in
| the river. The ears tUrnf'; over on th''n
sides and although The u SSrnrcrs W"rc
hurled from their seats htor. they had
TIM tn escape, no on" Was killed or. iii
| fact seriously injured. nh" train Was
mad" up OF an engine. combination Sin"k-
Ter. iirst-claSS coach and pariur car. In
| the rear ears there We're only :i"Ht n
fioZcn pasScnGcIS and nearly an WEI"
somewhat injured. although several S'tS-
famed nothing more than trii:;uG bruises.
l The ice in the river did not liV, Way . ID
| il WAS due. In its 1irmn"Ss that IL" ari-
dent was not more serious y hheIhal
| carried word uf the accident into iIniISa-
1 tonic ana assistance Wa:i linm"IiiIt "ly
| sent to the scene of the wreck.
| The last coach of tie train waS o"cu-
| piad by Ai- and Mrs Walter Bliss OF
| New York Mr.. EliSS waS badly shaken
J M nut was not injured. His wife. how
ever. WA cut about he" fac ANA arms,
i.nt the most serious injury wal It fric-
u!r., OF the wrist.
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EPIDEMIC OF GRIP
is Worrying Both Doctors and the Pee
pie at Boston.

Boston. Jan. a7.-Local physicians
are reporting to the board of health
many cases of colds with symptoms
similar to those which We're noted four
years ago when IN epidemic of grip
prevailed in the city. Scores of cases
are being treated by many physicians
and attention is concentrated at the
present time on the prevailing cOndi-
ton because several prominent men
are victims Of the indisposition. Among
hem are BiShop Lawrence. who has
been confined 10 his he'd for several
days: Pres. Eliot of Harvard tniver-
S:ty: Chief Rufus +. Wade OF the state
police. ana s;upt. Pierce OF the city po-
lice department. III no instance is the
illness considered serious.
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LUMBER YARD FIRE.
Loss Of St5oy00o Along North iona.
wanda Water Front.

Tonawanda. y. Y. Jan. PA fire
which started shortly before midnight
destroyed all the lumber in the yards
of White. Rider x Frost. one Of the
largest along the North Tonawanda
water front.
At 1899 the fire appeared to be be-
You'd the control Of the local fire fight
crs and an appeal for help was sent to
Eu.talo and Niagara Falls. Word came
from Buffalo that Il fire tug had been
sent.
Silverthornc's yard WAS the next
place to burst into flames. 1t is sur
rounded on three sides by water apd
the hremon succeeded in checking tho
| fire.
1t was believed 1T ! o'clock this
morning. that the fire will be under
control before the arrival of the Buff
| faio fire tug. The loss at l o'clock was
| estimated ut $4,000
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SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The public schools at Pejepscot have
been closed on account of diphtheria.
Fred Il. Spear of Rockland, in speak
iW.c of tho success liz obtaining sigma
lures OF creditors of his estate who
we're willing to accept the offer of 30
cent on the dollar. made at the last
meeting of the creditors through his
attorneys. said that il had not been
entirely successful and as there ap-
peared n disposition of most of the
creditors TO accept 80 cents neSota-
tonS for Il settlement upon the latter
basis would be made shortly. At the
last meeting Of the creditors when 80
cents were offered. two Interested
parties who represented 100000. one of
whom WIS the attaching firm. significd
their Willingness to accept that Offer.
but later opposition to such acceptance
developed locally, it seems.
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CONCLUDES RECOMMENDATIONS
Secretary Moody Speaks Before Com.
n1ittee of Nays Needs.

Washington. Jan a1-Sccretary Moody
colcRidcd his recommendations today
before the House committee on naval az
,.rE. ne Presented two plans prepared
by the general board Of the navy as the
buiid'nE program for the next year.
The 1irst plan was based on the cxpcnli-
turc OF N'l.NW.nn and included provision
tor one battlcship. one arlrored cruiser.
thrt" protected cruisers. four scout cruis-
erS tWo squadron Golfers and two sub
marine boats. N
The second plan provides for an expend-
ittr" or $5o.nv."1 and is n duplicate OF the
l'rS' program with the elimination Of two
of the scout cruisers -
ire secretary recommended building na
val stations at Guantanamo Ir,o aud
SubiS Bay. +. !. 49,
While nothing definite WIS decided on
the General discussion. n desire was re-
Neal"d that the strength of the navy by
i'i3 should be rs hattlcShips and half that
nnmh' Ct arm"red cruisers. with auxilIa-
r. beats in proportion
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FORMAL APPLICATION
Fer Recognition Of Morales Govern
rent Made at Washington.

Washington. Jar. o7-Formal arpiica
tic, for the recognition by the United
States of the Morales government i'll San
Domingo WAS made to Acting Secretary
Loonlis, today. by General Juan Francis
60 Sanchez The minister Of foreign affairs
of the Morales party. who is clothed with
special powers as a minister to Wash
inGton. Minister Powell had reported that
American interests were unIhvorahiy at-
fc>t"d 10y the disturbances at Macoris
AMI the navy department had been Obliged
to hurry The cruiser Columbia to San Do
minco from Guantanamo to regulate th..
sit uatinh. Mr.. i4oomiS told his callers he
that minister.
As General Sanchez has not been recoS-
niZet! as minister. no cScquatur can DC
issued To Emilio Ionhcrt rs consul general
Mt Kew York. bat in the interest of bust
ness; ht tween New York and San DoInin-
e" some sort of Il provisional arrange
m, mt il; likely t" he reached which will
permit him to cNcrci*c, by courtesy. con-
Slllnr functions
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2.
ANOTHER EDITION READY.

owing to the very large demand for
our Artistic Portrait Calendar. We
found II necessary 10 discontinue our
oncr FOR 2 short time. We have Just
completed another edition and shall be
pleased TO renew our 6ffer and send to
any address on receipt OF a two-cent
stamp for postage. The Portrait Cal
endar is a reproduction OF AN oil paint
ing and is enclosed in gold oval frame,
embossed. and mounted on n crimson
background. -. by inches. Enclose
stamps loose. Address Art Calendar
Department. Father Johns Medicine.
Lowell, Mass.
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BOUND TO WE'D.
Baltimore Man and Woman EIope, in
Defiance of Families,

Philadelphia. Pa. Jan o7.-AIoncure
t'o'ihsnh ana sarah SisSon Albeit mem
hers of two Of Bultimorr's richest and
most fashionable families have cloped to
hester. IA. where they were married by
M:iNof Howard II. Houston.
ThcT came to Chester. where Eohinso,'.
nr"thcr-in-law has a country home. and
me wedding had been arranged to TAX,
place IN u church of which the bride is a
ha'nlhrr' whcn "a telegraph from the high
"r ccClcSiaSticS in Baltimore mt n SION
to the ceremony.
Ihr police also appeared with kilograms
commanding them to stop the wedding
i'ut The party went before the ma yor and
S'ttl:'lcu nm that the license was rccu-
Etr Alter the bride had sworn She was
81 age, n made them man and wife rh,.
too late.
Differences in religion are said to have
cause" the attempt to stop the clone
mont. i
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"JAPS ARE ALL RIGHT"
Gen. Joe Wheeler Says They'll Hold
Their Own with Russians.

-. T., - o., Io.anh vvbcal-s
Nv ,'fh, ''.a' r,',i,a, 10 tb,.
~ ~ u , LIZ "'i s ard ,I,.t ~.
l'H,sm', n'.'n ~" 'i,,n tro,,, Isn.:ritv Of
l|lS ""u'' mo- H"'''' ''o'''
.r.. ,,.,...,, :. -, Tho ,,-,ldorr- Victoria
Tx E'h,l. - - ~ ',,,o|, .,,d 49,, th.,f
Inv ''N'' W. W." > -
/ ~, y ~" I.n,,r;o, l., tho Far
=, W. ',r ''n " ,'.,i,;ls 80, .,;t
. FL. w N't'r'u '.oil HI - ,,,, J,r,,
"''',' S'Niii u ~ 10, Ia ,,', .;,., i.
4 inu> H''l i'uS,t Soyts. - ,,,,,.
III 'r"uN.r poNi'i1h ~" '",,'i ''',
w. ~ w, inutt- i.uS3s" - " i,',,,,,. H..
~ =, ss i,,,,;;,J, G;.
t ttr' " f.a ~ -
ea'' a.'N l',.s. 80, ~, - IN
,,' s AZ fnri;,i
if"\ meats 3nds tn$ 5pHtnS "i i"i q
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TO AVOID WAR.
nns.;,r and Japanese Ministers Confer
"No at St. Petersburg.

r Official aHvic1s rectitto
=" .,om -. Petersburg sE"w th"a
nig, Minister I.amsdori u; l", 7i,n,-
AZ answer has chN'" ~ ~ min
ne. minister. NJ h'ili.'. I'm th,. view
-. az, now comforting Win ny .
Ftci' shauiu,. the rrSp"nS" rs L" "No''t q
q! ~ 'rhj,; is considered I" ~, IN
'' ,a,..,,inn If thc ,iiSI.atch from ,h"' >
| iina, 1,tau has; b,vn !r'iu'@''i'E
hasten to reply. ,,t I-u,;,,o or,
/ -, ,ouf,rcncr. prior /" tii'' S'"i1li
iiHi'Tr ,h,. rcI,Iv. il is regarded ''T ~!
Si"i ", t.,nou's inSiStcnce Of an earn! an
1 .,rrr and nf Russia'5 wish L" 'N.n,i rs
thing which might prtciii'''tt 1','..r, in.
Tnnnt IamSdurff'S course III CONF -; 'i';
..,,b VI kurjuo before answering il 'it.''
W .hn,yiu.- i,nsSi;ts wiillnci.'SS t, :" !,
r., i',,f limit To- avoid war; but it Is Il ~,
80 II the ..ffcrtS of RUSSIA IAN ST. IL
" nra,,.. ~ 10 strikc vciN nara hIo"S
from the outset .,..,,.,,, tho highest
,,t.rs here tend, To show That M cit
4 .ie {, ntiuurS acute. 1t appears l" n' ~
rrc,,t,,i ronViCtion il 3nN"Tnfnchtai th
4 ,I,.s that TIM inai determination h''"r',
,,c,. md war clunot long Dc utitFitu
A .i, ,,ntri,Is continue to hope lot peace
,,,, INV MIX the reservation that TIE
A ,g.ro,ir.I..iu.. aspect the situation has AS
,5,nrt ,ilrilir the last Few days mas h:"'
amrliurttr'i - ca. .,
I-ttt Gpli,'iii 't'i.i.tl - ci'''
1r,,,r,. is concerned. I" the Ickin report
| ,hat the French minister is t.ikin" i.iir'
i, negotiations with q view To the inedia
,',i ~ Frlucc Great Britain ana ths
,jted states. Foreign Minister lGlcaSst
has no. given any instructions tn the MN.
i1t,.r al Palm permitting exchanges ii
u ,+.,i character .,n,i The minister has no
II l,.mltrd grrh = movement.
.ilri portinn ot the report rcpr3.t' tlns
T,.',,. rs h,irg Ichind Russia in ufEfnf
mediation .,nd tho United States ans
Urea, Ertaiu ~ opposed Is media ion. d
| r,nSuliod ~ re AZ an effort To crta TO, III
im,r,ssinn that Great l'ritan ;ad y IN
rit-d Sl1trA ar. acting together ai.t
an,ri from France" whereas TIL. o:iciai
r,u tain 1nat there has not been th'
4 slightest di,crrcnc" Of formation of an,
rolitital ctut;Iiss between the powers q
A lnrnl" and -\m"ric't concerning IN
i mrtiiS Of avoiding It conflict.
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w. c. r. U. LEADERS
On Their Way for Long Stop at Ma
tional Headquarters.

Boston. Jan. "1.-Mrs. Lillian NJ. n
Stevens ana Miss Anna Gordon, ma
tional president ana vice president 1T
large respectively of the WOman'S
Christian Temperance Union. who ar
rived here. Tuesday. from Portland.
have left the city for Philadelphia.
where they are to be met by a COM
mittec for the purpose of selecting the
meeting place there OF the next ma
tiOn:!l convention.
From Philadelphia Mrs. Stevens ard
Miss Gordon will go 10 Washington for
several days to watch proceedings in
the Senate. Then they will leave for
the rational headquarters ut Evanston,
H.. ana stay until spring.
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KEROSENE AT NINE CENTS.
Bill Presented to Massachusetts Legis.
ture Limiting Price.

BOSTON. Jan. 3,.-To prevent unauthor.
iZcd performances and the taking Of
persons and using them in other perform
ancts. Senator Peters of Boston. intro
duccd q hill. today. to prevent unauthor-
lied performances of unpublished ana un-
dedicated dramatic and musical compost
tons.
The bill, which comes in as Il petition.
provides a fine OF 500.
\ bill was also introduced forhidding
persons riding; in automobiles in front Of
IT,. man in charge Of the machine.
Mr.. i cilry Of Boston filed hill in the
House limiting the price Of Kerosene to
ninc cents Il gallon. corporations viola ding
tn provision 10 be fined $iGH.
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UNION MADE GARMENTS.
The National Union Says Business
Never Was So Unsatisfactory.

New York, Jan. 27.-'The Union
Made Garment Manufacturers of Amer
lea have opened thSir annual cOnven-
ton in this city. Representatives are
present from all the leading factories
of the country. While officers reports
Indicated thai the organization has
grawn steadily III membership and
strength. it W.; arread that business,
conditions We're never 50 InsatiSfact-
cry AMI the cause ascribed was the
high price of cotton and the increas-
ing cost OF deninlS
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HAVE REACHED UNDERSTANDING
Germany and Denmark Have Compact
in Case of War.

Paris. Jan. 2s.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Paris edition of
the New York Herald has telegraphed
IN extraordinary story to the effect
that Germany and Denmark have
reached an Understanding under the
terms Of which. in the event of Great
ltritain lighting with Japan against
Russia, Germany will amicably occupy
Copenhagen with powerful force.
thus effectively closing the Baltic and
preventing the Russians from leaving
or the british from entering that state
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vii! Make New York Her Home.

St. Louis. Jan. .1.-Mrs. James l..
Blair, widow OF the former general
counsel of the Louisiana Purchase FIX
position. left St Louis. today. fo"
New York. where it is said she will
make her home.
Practically all the companies carry
ing Blair Insurance have paid then
obligations. with the exception OF one
New York company. The total insur-
auce amounted to more than 81 O00, 900
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CUBAN CABINET
Discuss Payment Of Interest on Revo
utionary Bonds.

Havana. Jan. o1.-At n cabinet meeting
tins morning. the manner of the Daymeur
of IN" interest on tho Cuban revoiution-
tiN bonds was discussed and the tariff
schedule ;tS revised bv President Palma
win ne assistance of treasury and Gus
toms officials. was also taken no II is
expected that the new tariff act will be-
promulgated in time to take eject in me
beginning of February - -.
Special care has been taken in incr>as-
ing the Cuban duties to avoid upsettine
he reciprocity arrangement with the
! mt"d St.trs or damaging American
made. American spectators in the int
nor of the island are. buying the pay
claims Of veterans of the revolution. Of
i"rin; in som" cases only ~ per cent. of
the flcc value.