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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-15
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.

Postmaster General Cortelyou says
that while self-sustaining condition OF
the Postoffice Department would be
gratifying, he is less concerned about the
deficit than the efficiency of administra-
ton. For the fiscal year 1905 the total re-
ceipts from all sources were $I52826, 585,
and total expenditures $I67, I8I,o5o, leav-
ing deficit of $I4,572,584.
Commissioner General Sargent, of the
Bureau of Immigration, in his annual
and gravity of the problems presented
by the growth of the alien population OF
the country. There were I,o26,4oo i'm
migrants during the year, an increase
of 2I3,62o over the preceding year.
In his annual report Indian Commits
sioner Leupp recommends that Indian
music be preserved by instructing Indian
pupils at the same time they are taught
English music.
The Panama Canal emergency appro-
priation bill will be the most important
measure before the Senate this week.
No serious obstacle to its passage is an
ticipated.
1t is not expected that any serious con-
sideraton will be given in Congress to
tariff revision, except to Senator Lodges
bill providing for minimum and maxi
mum rates.
1t is stated that United States Dis
trict Attorney BLIZZARD, of the Northern
District of West Virginia, will be re-
appointed.
The congressional recess for the hol-
ladys will begin on December Fl.
To date there have been 1903 bills in
PRODUCED in the House
Secretary Bonaparte will this week dis
cuss with President Roosevelt the find
ings in the case of Midshipnran Meri-
wether. 1t is understood that the court
martial has acquitted Meriwether OF the
charge of granddaughter, but has found
him guilty of the less serious charges
and sentenced him to dismissal.
In the senate Mr.. Tillman Is. Co. in
troduced resolution calling for an in
by insurance companies. He made
vestigation of campaign contributions
characteristic speech.
An explosion at the plant of the WASH
ington Gaslight Company caused loss
of $4,000 Thomas Woods, night en-
gincer, was blown through an opening,
but not badly hurt Other employees were
slightly injured.
The President has summarily removed
from Office United States Marshal I. X.
Matthews of the district of Nebraska Tor
misconduct.
In the Senate, at the instance of Mr..
Gallinger. a resolution directing the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs to investigate
the condition of the old frigate Constr
tuition with view to its repair was
adopted.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-15
Tooth Costs Senator's Life.

Portland. Ore, Especially. = United
States Senator John H. Mitchell died at
the Good Samaritan Hospital, in this
city, death resulting from complications
which followed the removal of four teeth.
Hemorrhage of unusual severity follow
ed the removal of the teeth, and, despite
the application of the most powerful styp-
tics known to dental science. the flow
of blood could not be stayed. Physicians
were summoned to the dental Office, but
the combined scientific knowledge of the
dentists and physicians could not stop
the flow of blood.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-15
TO SHOOT WAY
OUT OF PRISON
A Desperate Plot is Nipped in the
Bud.
REYOLYERs HIDDEN IN DARK CELL.
Two Convicis We're to Fire on the Guards,
While Aaother Man Opened the Doors.
But Third Man FaItered at Murder and
DIvuIged Scheme to Superintendent Mann
Of Penitentlary.

Fl;,abeth Civ NJ G (Snecial).-A
q, -, ~ .a.;.a,
piol 10 iliuluer inc sudia a. 'ie pe'
tiary was discovered by means OF IN
formation given by one of the trio who
sought 70 escane Wilcox. the alleged
Murderer If Nell cronsev and Utlv. who
l. CHARGED with Killing a man in Fay-
ettevi1le obtained nossess;on of two re-
volvers and exnected to shoot their way
10 l;bertv They found that thew would
needed The services of a third man in or
der ~ have Their mans work successfully.
AMI, thew asked one whom thew thought
thew could trust # he wished TO escape.
Tbev unfolded their scheme which
Was ~ wait for a SIGNAL and all three
~ on tooether the two SNORING and the
other going ahead to omen the way. The
aileoed man of murder caused the third
ma, ~ hes;tate He lost no time in tell
mo SUPERINTENDENT Mann of the peni-
tent;sry what W;lcox and IItlv had nro-
nosed 70 do
NJ Man, MT both prisoners IN the
dsrt cell without giving anv explanation
for bic .ct;one Two ar three DAYS
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-15
nLosr IN STEAMER WRECK.
Member Of Canadian Parliament Perishes In
Disaster.

Halifax, N. S. (SpeciaD Eleven lives
were lost in the wreck of the steamer
Lunenburg which went ashore off Am
herst Harbor, Magdalen islands.
The steamer had crew of ~, and
probably carried several passengers, in
Guiding R. J. Leslie, a member of the
Canadian Parliament and member of
the firm of Leslie, Hart & Son, which
owns the vessel
The Lunenburg had been running be-
tween Pictou and the Magdalen Islands
since last spring. During a high gale,
accompanied by binding snow hurries, it
is thought that the steamer went out of
her course in trying to make Amherst
harbor and brought up on rocks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-15

Washington (Special) Pensions for
the lonely are provided for in petition
laid before the Senate by Vice President
Fairbanks. The petition is signed by
Miss Sarah Miranda Clymer of Bridge
ton, N. J., who asks that bill be passed
instructing the United States Treasurer
10 make monthly payments of not less
than $50 nor more than $500 to all per-
sons "alone in the world when they can
not maintain themselves" The petition
was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-15
PLUMS in THE HOUSE.
Speaker Cannon Announces List Of Com.
mittees.

Washington, D. c., (SpeciaD.- Speak
er Cannon announced the committees of
the Fifty-ninth Congress.
The following are the chairman Of the
important committees:
Ways and Means-Payne OF New
York
Appropriations Tawney of Minnesota
Judiciary-Jenkins of Wisconsin.
Inter- State and Foreign Commerce
Hepburn of Iowa.
Foreign Affairs-Hitt of Illinois.
Military Affairs-Hull of Iowa.
Naval Affairs-Foss of Illinois.
Postofice and Post Roads-Overstreet
of Indiana
Insular Affairs-Cooper of Wisconsin.
Banking and Currency = Fowlar of
New Jersey.
Coinage, Weights and Measures =
Southland of Ohio.
Rivers and Harbors-Burton of Ohio
Merchant Marine and Fisheries :
Grosvenor of Ohio.
Agriculture - Wadsworth of New
York.
Public Lands-Lacey of Iowa.
Indian Affairs = Sherman of New
York.
characterization of Michigan
Manufactures ibley of Pennsylvania.
Public Buildings and Grounds Bart
holdt of Missouri
Labor-Gardner of New Jersey.
Invalid Pensions-Sulloway of New
Hampshire.
Observation-Disclosures of New Jer-
sey.
District of Columbia-Babcock of Wis
consin.
Irrigation of Arid Lands-Mondell of
Wyoming.
migration and Naturalization-Ho
ell of New Jersey.
Census-Crumpacker of Indiana.
Library-McCleary OF Minnesota.
PRINTING!. B. Lands of Indiana.
Industrial Arts and Expositions =
Gardner of Massachusetts,.
Elections-No. /, Mann of Illinois.
Elections-No. 2, Ilmstead of Pennsyl-
vania
Elections-No. 8, Driscoll of New
York.
By unanimous consent resolution
was passed amending the rules by in
creasing by one member the following
committees:
Ways and Means, Judiciary, Banking
and Currency, Interstate and Foreign
Commerce, Rivers and Harbors, Mer-
chant Marine and Fisheries, Agriculture,
Foreign Affairs, Postofiices and Post
Roads Public Lands, Indian Affairs.
Terriforics Tnsr1ar Affairs RAILWAYS
and Canals, Mines and Mining, Public
Buildings and Grounds, Militia. Patents.
Invalid Pensions. Pensions. District of
Columbia. Irrigation of Arid Lands. Ceu-
sus, and Industrial Art and Expositions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-15

Buffalo, N. Y. (Special)-James L.
Blodget, the hermit banker of Hermitage,
Wyoming county, was burned TO death
in his house, which burned to tie ground.
He was estimated to be worth 100000.
He was a graduate of Yale College, in
the class of 1850.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-15
To Exclude the Japs.

Washington (SpeciaD.-The Califor-
MIA delegation in the Senate and House
held meeting and agreed ON bill for
the exclusion from the United States OF
Japanese and Koreans The bill will
be introduced in the House by Represen-
tative Mckinley. newly elected member
who for the past four years was Assist
ant District Attorney in San Francisco.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-15
To Succeed Mecurdy.

New York (Special) -Charles A. Pea
body probably will be elected president
of the Mutual Life Insurance Company
at the meeting of the Company's board
of trustees. Mr.. Peabody is interested
in number of financial institutions. and
is the American representative OF William
Waldorf Aston.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-15
Settling with Inc Sultan.

Constantinople (By Cable).-The am
bassadors of the six powers at confer
ence just held have accepted some of the
notifications proposed by the Porte to
the original scheme for the financial con-
troll of Macedonia, and an amended
agreement has been forwarded to their
respective governments for ratification.
This is expected promptly, when the in
cident will be closed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-15
Arrested at Panama.

Kansas City. Mo-, (Special)--M. NJ
Let's, former station agent for the At
Gibson. Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
at Princeton, Kans., who is charged with
stealing $4,000 worth of railroad tickets
in 1903 and then burning the depot to
hide the theft, has been arrested at Pa
mama, where he was working under an
assumed name as a clerk for the Canal
Commission. Let's escaped from OF
tawa, Kans.. in sensational manner
some time ago after having been CON
victed of arson and robbery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-12-15

Samuel H. Cohen, manager Of the new
Montauk Theatre, in Brooklyn died fol
lowing an operation for cancer of the
throat. Mr.. Cohen was widely known
in theatrical circles.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-03-02
Thinks the Old Are Useless.

Baltimore. Feb. 27.-Dr. William Os-
Ter Of the Johns Hopkins university
whose age limit address at the com
memorative exercises of the university
last Wednesday. has been the subject
Of widespread comment, to-day gave
out the following statement:
Il have been so mlsquotej in the
papers that / would like to make the
following statement:
First, / did not say that men at sixty
should be chloroformed. That was the
point in the novel to which / referred
and on which the plot hinged.
Second, nothing in the criticisms
have shaken my conviction that the
telling work of the world has been
done and is being done by men under
forty years of age. The exceptions
which have been given only illustrate
the rule.
Third. 1t would be for the general
good II men at sixty were relieved from
active work. We should miss the en-
orgies OF some young old men, but on
the whole it would be of the greatest
service TO tha sexagenary to them
selves"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-03-02
JAPANESE AGAIN WIN.
Reports of Battle in Progress on Rus.
sian Left Flank.

st. Petersburg. Feb. 27, :35 a. M
An action of no mean proportions is in
progress on the Russian left flank. The
advantage thus far is on the side of the
Japanese. though at heavy cost. From
adyices from the front it is difficult to
say how severe the losses have been
or how decisive the reverse. and
whether the japanese are likely to at
tempt to d,1ve in the Russian left
much further.
General Kuropatltin evidently has
been trying to establish his left tlnak
far in advance. to command the cross
ings of the Taitse river, the operation
being counterpart of General Grip
penberg's movement on the right flank
to secure the fords of the Hun river
preparatory to the breaking up of the
Ice in the spring.
The scene of the operations Is fifty
miles southeast of Mukden. beyond Da
pass, an important defile commanding
the road to Fushun, both armies occu
pying apparently impregnable POSITIONS
on the centers. General Kuropatkin
evidently planned to inaugurate widely
sweeping operations on both TANKS
but the japanese countered hard.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-03-02
Russian Strikes Political.

St. Petersburg. Feb. 27.-Eyidence
is Increasing that the strikes through.
out the empire. and especially those in
St. Petersburg, are not economic in
their origin, brit inspired by definite
political plan. The government and
employers are embarrassed by the tao
ties Of the workmen. whose discomfort
is being fed and who are increasing
demands with each new concession.
This condition is believed to have
been fomented by crafty political agi-
tators, who are stirring up the men
and at the same time holding them in
leash, apparently waiting some signal
for concerted action. Fear is enter
tanned that this widespread agitation
may be connected with plan 10 await
a possible outbreak in the spring with
which general strike will be syn
chroniZed. the workmen joining
hands with the peasants. The cleo
ton Of labor representatives to the i'm
perial commission which is TO invesli-
gate the causes of discomfort III ST
PASSED off quietly.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-03-02

Denver, Feb. 2S.-colorado secured
pretty financial plum yesterday by
the filing of articles of Incorporation,
of the Great Western Sugar Company
of New Jersey. The filing fee amounted
to sG.025, and there is yet fat tax to-
be collected, amounting to another
thousand.
The Great Western Sugar Company
is the owner of numerous sugar fac
tories in the northern district Of Colo
RADIO, at least II controls the stock Of
several factories built by Messrs.
Morey and Boettcher OF this city. The
capital stock of this company, which
was organized in New Jersey several
years ago, is $40 100000. The, Colorado
fee for filing is $50 for the first $4,000
of capitalization and 80 cents a thou
sand for each 81 900 thereafter.
The object of the fling was to desig-
nate c. s. Morey as the companys
agent in Colorado. and to name Denver
as the place of principal business and
location of Offices in the state.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-03-02
Monster ReservoIr PLANNED.

Denver. Feb. 2s-'rhe Cheesman
dam OF the Denver city water works
has been considered a marvel of the
world in water dam construction. IqH
IL is to become pigmy. II the plans
for reservoir. the plats for which was
filed yesterday. are carried out. The
plats are for the Two Forks reservoir
and were filed in the Office Of the state
engineer This dam is to be con-
structed below the north and south
forks of the South Platte river. and
will be in both Douglas and Jefferson
counties. The station house of the
Colorado & Southern at South Platte
is in plain sight OF the proposed reser.
voir.
c. p. Allen and J. T. Maloney. both
OF Denver, made the filing. Both are
civil engineers and Mr.. Allen was for
merly engineer with the Denver Union
Water Company. which built the
Cheesman dam Work was started on
the new enterprise on January 18th
This dam is to have a capacity or
5.76s .000. 900 gallons OF water. or one
and one-third billions more gallons
than is contained in Lake Cheesman.
The face OF the dam will be 2b6 feet
from the ground to the top. which is
forty-four feet higher than. the other
dam. Its total length will be 1913 feet
Water is claimed in the Platte river
for storage, domestic, mechanical.
power and other purposes specified. II
is claimed that the project Is Well
financed and that the dam will be CON
structed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-03-02
Great New Orleans Fire.

New Orleans. Feb. 27.-F'ire involv-
ing millions of dollars loss in physical
property and that strikes a serious if
temporary blow at the immense export
trade in New Orleans, swept the river
front last night and wiped out the vast
freight terminals of the Illinois Cen
trail. known as the Stuyvesant docks.
Nearly a dozen squares of modern
wharves and freight sheds. two mag
slificent grain elevators, hundreds of
loaded cars and vast quantities of
freight, including 10000 bales OF cot
ton. were destroyed. together with a
large number of small residences. The
fire was still raging furiously at mid
night. at which time it had almost
reached the upper end of the Illinois
Central property.
1t has not been determined whether
there has been any loss of life. The
ocean-going shipping seems to have es-
capped serious damage. A number of
fremen and employees Of the docks
were injured. Actual estimates of the
losses are impossible yet. though they
may exceed s5.000,000.
The Stuyvesant docks extend from
avenue almost 10 Napoleon
savenue. a distance of twelve squares.
The wharves between these two points
were covered with miles of trackage
and steel and iron shed ran the whole
distance.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-03-02
SEA LEVEL FAVORED
BY PANAMA CANAL ENGINEERS
Estimate that Work Can Be Finished
in Ten or Twelve Years-cost of
Excavation Can be Lessened.

Washington. Feb. 27.-rhe first def
mite engineering plans for the con
struction of the Panama canal have
just been laid before the Isthmian Ca
nal Commission by the Engineering
committee of that body. consisting of
Commissioners Burr, Parsons and Da-
Wis. The principal recommendations
are summed up in this resolution:
Resolved, that this committee APP
proves and recommends for adoption
by the commission a plan for sea
level canal with bottom with of $50
feet and a minimum depth of water
OF thirty-hve feet and with twin tidal
locks at MiraAores, whose disable di-
mansions shall be 1000 feet long and
100 feet wide, at a total estimated cost
OF $3.50, $500 Such estimates in
cludes an allowance for administration,
engineering. sanitation and contingeu-
cies, amounting TO SIS 10000, but
without allowance for interest during
construction, expense of zone govern
ment and collateral costs. and water
supply sewers or paving of Panama or
Colon which last items are to be repaid
by the inhabitants of those cities
The committee estimates that n sea.
level canal can be completed within
ten or twelve years from the present
time.
These recommendations are the con
clusions of a report TO the committee
prepared in the canal zone under date
OF February 18th last and based on
complete engineering reports on all OF
the problems involved.
The committee decided that under
no circumstances should the surface
OF the canal be more than sixty feet
above the sea and estimates that al
this level the cost would be $l7S.0l3..
4OG, \ thirty-foot level is estimated
TO cost S19i.2l3,4OG
II is recommended that the Chagres
river be controlled by a dam at Gam
boa, built to crest height of 200 feet
and the waters of the lake thus created
disposed of through tunnels. The
work on the foundation of the dam
Will require from one to one and
half years should the work begin at
once. The dam at this place. it is said
involves no formidable obstacle, which
is not the case at the Bohio location.
Actual work with the new American
steam shoyels in the Culebra cut has
demonstrated that the entire excava-
ton can be done at a cost of so cents
cubic yard. The former Isthmian
commission estimated this cost at so
cents. This reduction amounts to a
total of S15.000O00 and is given as
justification of the recommendation OF
the sea-level canal.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-03-02
Japanese Pushing Forward.

Mulsden, Feb. 2s.-The Russian re-
port that the Japanese are in posses.
sion of falling. and also the pass be.
tween falling and Katou1ing. The
possession OF falling threatens Flu
sharn. Tiehling and Hiegesway. falling
is regarded as of the same eonse
quence to the Japanese in their opera
tons against Mukden as was Mo1tien
ling in relation to Lao Yang. In case
the japanese push on from the south
east. their operations will be among
the hills.
The Japanese crossed the Shake
river Sunday evening. having driven in
the plckets OF the Russian vanguard.
On the right flank all Is quiet. buf
movements OF the Japanese indicate an
intention of attacking the Russian cen
ter. at least in the way of demonstfa-.
ton. Heavy firing continued to tire
eastward.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-03-02
KANSAS VS.. COLORADO
TESTIMONY AT WASHINGTON
Use of Water for irrigation as Opposed
to the Old Common Law Doc
trine Of Riparian Rights.

Washington, Feb. 26.-Hearings in
the case of Kansas versus Colorado
were commenced yesterday
Attorney General Miller. Judge Hayt
and C. C. Dawson were present on be-
half OF Colorado. S. II. Ashbaugh rep
resented Kansas. and A. C. Campbell
represented the government.
The following witnesses testified:
Delegate Rodey, Representative Bell OF
California and Jones of Washington.
and George H. Maxwell OF the National
Irrigation association.
Delegate Rodey testified in effect
that there had been reclaimed by irri-
cation in New Mexico about $4,000. 600
acres. and that about 100000 acres
could be added by impounding and us
ing flood and other waters which now
go to waste. That this land. if re-
claimed would support several mil
lions of population. and that II the
contention Of Kansas was sustained,
large parts of the already irrigated
area would be rendered arid and unin-
habitable, and there would be practi-
cally no future development in New
Mexico along agricultural or horticul-
tural lines.
Representative Jones stated that
while it was true that the supreme
court of his state had decided that the
doctrine of riparian rights prevailed
there. yet that such doctrine was not
enforced in the arid sections of the
state. and if enforced the result would
be that lands which are now irrigated
would be greatly damaged, if not de-
stroyed, and that several hundred
4 ~ 1nre IN th.a q vii
lion. which are capable of irrigation
would forever remain unproductive and
uninhabitable. and that under such
doctrine the reclamation act could not
be enforced in his state. Further, that
the legislature of Washington was now
considering a bill which would in eff
feet make the reclamation act oper-
alive
Representative Bell stated, among
other things, that from l2,000.0OO to
IL. 900 600 acres could be added to the
irrigated area in California. thus in
creasing its wealth many millions Of
dollars and adding to its population
many millions, but that no future de-
velopment could be made if the doc
trine of riparian rights, as contended
for by Kansas. was sustained and APP
piled in his state.
MT MdAWell Sldieu tHdt uhutl INC
reclamation act and under the doctrine
of appropriation of water OF streams
Tor beneficial uses. about 15O.0OO.O00
acres of lands now arid and unproduct-
i've in the arid region. could be made
productive and profitable, and placed
in a high state of cultivation, but that
no future development could be had in
the arid regions. nor could the policy
OF the government as seen in the re-
clamation act be enforced, If the CON
tention of Kansas was sustained.