Evening journal., 1905-04-14
THE WORLDS NEWS
WASHINGTON.

Controller Tracewem issued state-
ment regarding the railroad rebates given
the Government on account Of the irri-
CATION reclamation service, saying that
the Department of the Interior did not
believe the interstate commerce law was
being violated.
Mr.. Leger the Haitian Minister, again
protested to the State Department re-
garding the statement Of Mr. Powall,
American Minister at Port au Prince,
that the Haitian Government would be
unable to maintain peace in connection
with the deportation of syrians.
Germany's note concerning Morocco has
been referred to the President without
action.
The Transcontinental Railroad will fight
| Ike announced policy of the Government
to reduce rates by the Panama Railroad.
4 Washington is now of the belief that
there will be no action in the asphalt
cases even after the Presidents return
from the West.
The National Council of Women adopt
ed a resolution condemning polygamy.
FOREIGN.
Lord Tnverclyde chairman of the Cum
ard Line, announced the failure of the
/ transatlantic rate agreement.
Secretary John Hay received a visit
from Ambassador White at Nervi, Italy,
and discussed principal questions inter-
! esting Italy and America. His condition
has improved greatly. =
The French Chamber of Deputies pass
ed the first paragraph of the bill for the
separation of Cnurch and State by ma
jority of 104
British tarin reformers adopted a plat
form said to be a compromise to reunite
the Unionst party
Lord Lansdowne. British Foreign Min
! lister, declared Britain in hearty accord
with the American plan for a second
peace congress.
The Premier Of Newfoundland inserted
a clause in the anti-American fishing bin
reserving power of suspension. which, he
said, would be necessary were the Bond
Hay treaty ratified.
THE WAR.
The Russian fleet was sighted east
ward of Saigon, sailing northeastward
toward Formosa, manifestly challenging
Togo TO battle. Forty-eight hours more.
conditions remaining unchanged, Rojest-
vensky would be a days sail from the
coast of Formosa, well within she zone
of the probable Japanese concentration.
] "A laNAAtf AhtiNAhAts AillEllA ltElH aA any
moment after that interval, II indeed Ad-
miral Togo did not accept the Russian
challenge farther from the coast. Ameri-
can cruisers are on watch as the centre
/ of action moves eastward nearer Phil
/ ippine waters. In Manchuria the Russians
have advanced through ten miles of the
neutral zone between the armies. Cavalry
slxirmishes continue. Reinforcements are
being hurried to VladivostoS. The army
of defense numbers 100000 men, and the
port is provisioned for siege.
RUSSIA.
The Tsar has created a commission to
provide peasant reforms. The revolt has
rapidly spread in rural districts Of the
Caucasus. Peasants are burning and pill
Laying public buildings. Russian women
have called a congress. It is expected
that a demand for governmental reforms
will result.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society
announced that it will pay its general
agents an additional commission, because
the present trouble I'm the corporation has
Z cut down their incomes. and Hyde repre-
sentatiyes are quoted as saying that this
is an effort to obtain large number OF
policy holders who favor a company con-
! trolled by policy holders.
William Jennings Bryan and Mayor
Dunno. at the jefferson dinner in Chicago,
advocated platform based on super
vision Of railroads and control Of other
public utilities as the basis on which the
Democratic party could gain a national
| victory.
Eleven old women entered walking
contest in Cleveland. The winner was is
/ years old
! A five-point-rise in the price Of Northern
/ Securities followed a rumor that James
/ J.. Hin had plan by which stock Of Great
Northern Railway Company would be in
: creased 50 or 100 per cent