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PROSPERITY IN MANITOBA

Winnipeg, Man, March Io.. Here as
well as in other parts OF Manitoba there
Is, great activity, in anticipation of the
great influx of immigrants and The large
amount of business expected thisayear.
4 he report of the Manitoba department
of agriculture, issued Just now, shows
that the season Of Ioo5 was The most
prosperous in the history Of this prov.
.lnee The total grain crop was lis ,ooo,-
600 bushels, Of which over 5o.ooo,ooo
We're wheat Already over aooo, 900
acres have been prepared for crop next
season The influx Of Immigration last
year was great and promises to Be even
greater this year. Many Americans are
settling in Manitoba, as well AS in. All
5berta and Saskatchewan, the two larger
provinces west of Manitoba. Z,
immigration prospects for-~ western,
canada were never better than they are
this year. tits believed that within the
next few months not far short Of 5000
new settlers will86nd their way into the
country OF these, it is estimated, that
perhaps 90, 900 will be Americans. IN
connection with the influx from across
the border the officials Of the ifnrnigra-
ton department. express the fear that
Il Is going to be a difficult matter to pro-
vide transpo facilities. During
the present month 5000 cars will Be re-
Rqtired 10 carry the settlers ana flleir.
live stock aud effects. A little later OH
several large excursioris viii BE rtii,
from the state of Iowa; CARRYING pros
peetiye settlers into Canada. The effort
TO bring across the Atlantic the unoccu-
pied classes of Great Britain viii be
continued and less attention will BE paid
to immigration from continental Eu-
rope The first instailment Of the 10000
English emigrants selected BY The SALIVA
Etion Army is now on the way. These
people were selected from about 10000
applicants and, il is said. they will CON
stitate a particularly desirable body Of
settlers.
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LIKE WASHINGTON, THEY
CROSSED THE DEL EN ARE

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philadelphia, Pa. March 10. Ending
pursuit BY a Wrathful mother and !
mounted policeman. pair Of lovers ac,
lcomplished the thrilling and romantic
feat of eloping iii row boat from til.
lefty across The Delaware river to- tlit
Jersey shore. 4 r
s The participants ia this romance 81
the Delaware were Lizzie Price, u pret.
" I67year-old brunette, and James
Bright, who is 23 years old. The girl
lived with her mother al: 1o7 Reed
street and the young man lii this pari
OF the southern section of the city
known as Martins village. ~. 8ss
z Lizzie doesn't remember the day wlief,
she didn't know Jimmy and of late they
have been the very best of friends; That
they contemplated AN elopeineilt never
entered the minds ofsfheif friends Liz
zie left her home and met Jimmy al
Front and Reed streets. 81 E.
When The agill and the young man
started toward the riyef front Mrs.
Price started after them They. saw, her
coming and ran In less than a minute
Mrs. Price had summoned Mounted Po-
liceman Selby of the Third and Dick
ifson streets station, who was passing
along Reed street, and the two were
racing after the young couple. .55 4.l 4
They had good start, but at every
leap the policeman's horse gained on
then, and it looked assif they would be
overtaken and the girl brought back to
her home. n But youth is feet and strong
and Jimmy and his bride to be reached
the wharf at Jackson street first. There
wasn't any ceremony in the way they
climbed into a rowboat, but that didn't
really matter. #sE>@
AS the craft bearing the young people
leaped over5the water with each pull Of
the oars by the sturdy young BRIDE
groom to be the angry and disappointed
mother and the mounted policeman
stood on the wharf at pier 80 at the foot
ofss jackson street ehagfined : at ! their
defeat. 5s-y r *:
= The high wind and tile passing, steam
ships tugs and ferry3 boats, rolled up
waves that hooked as IF they would
swamp the Towbeat and throw the oc-
cltpants7 into the river. But two such
daunt1ess lovers deserved to- succeed and
fate was evidently of the same opinion
A quarter OF an shour was required TO.
make the trip and when The boat ground
ed on the shore the young man jumped
out, pulled up the boat on the sand
and, taking the hand of his companion,
landed her2safely on dry land l"}'nE-a.'.t
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CARRIED MAD DOC
TO VETERINARIAN

Orange, Nd March 1o.--4In spite Of
the declarations Of hefFfriends stitatlti,e
dog had hydrophobia, Miss MI L.
Parnllee, Al society woman, Shugged her
2-year-old fox terrier Gyp in her arms
and carried ii to the Office of Veterinary
Am Smith at East Orange. where
the animal died in coflvulsions During
tale Journey the dog snapped and growl-
ed and did its best to sink its teeth
ifi her hands, but she held on bravely
and escaped without a scratch s$
The dog was taken sick, I, snapped al
other dogs, killed a number of chick
ems and chased children who tried to
pet it Miss Parnlee remembered that
il had recently been bitten by a strange
dog and she at once seized the animal
and took ii to the veterinary. Or. Smith
diagnosed the dogs ailrneiit al acute
h.ydropho hohia and advised that il be kill
ed. ss Is
Il Miss Parfnlee, however, begged him
10 do all in his power to save the animal
and he shut sit UP ir a cage, hoping for All {
opportunity TO give il treatment. The
dog however, became steadily worse.
going into one eonvulsion after another
Until If died &.
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FOR METROPOIsITA

Providence, r, Z, March mag
i,ificeiit bronze group, modelled BY Zut-
son Borgluin, the sculDtor, and commits
sioned BY James Stillnan, president Of
the National city bank of New York, has
Just been completed I'M the works of
the Gorham Manufacturing Co iii this
city The group. which isl entitled The
Horses Of Dion1edes, Is intended by Mr..
StillinaIl9 as al gift to the Metropolitan
museum of arts In New York The
group is fine work Of art and measures
eight feet, Sin inches iii height, BY four
feet, one inch, by FIVE feet four inches.
It shows Dioliiedes olingfng naked to
the back Of one of his devonrihg steeds
i1isthe vain hope of escaping from the
others hve in number, that press close
behind and beside him, with feafinG
hoofs and open Jaws
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CITY TO SIJF

jamestown, NJ Dss March 10 The
city council of Jamestown has passed 4
resolution instructing the city attorney
to bring suit against the owners OF the
lot abutting the place where Ellen
Pyke was injured and sustained injur-
les for which the district court gave
her $4,000 and the supreme court sus4
tanned the Judgment, \ IF, the owner Of
the lot is liable this will relieve, the CITY
and warn owners Of city property to
take notice of the conditions Of. their
Sidewalks. = % 49, - : 81
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CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS haa
UNDER AN OLDs LAW
90 -.IlAs..l. no

..>WLashington, March To- complis
atice with, afjoint resolution of congress,
approved March h; 1906, in the matter
OF the relation of common carriers to
coal and oil and the transp otration of
the same. the interstate commerce conn.
I mission has direoted that proceedings
Of inquiry and Investigation be ifistitut-
.ed at once and that such persons Be
required to appear and testify OF to-
produce books, documents land papers
as. the commission may hereafter d.
rect. f a..!} @ s5 NJ, * s;s If 1 t.s B s
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INTERESTED WAsfiINdTO
CONTINUED From Page One. q

2,SIo feet, Pila, e2,73o feet and Taffia,
langltiS, 1910, rise TO the dignity sot
mountains. Mount Daio is s2.Ioo fee,
high The Jolo archipelago is iflflab.
tied by two races, Jolos ana sSisnnas
the former Malay people who have
been prosecuted ;to, M ohanmedanisnl
l he sultan lives in a native town near
the city of Jolo and is the nominal head
OF all MorosiEin Mirfandao. The lat
ter recognize him, however, only al
their convenience q Two or three DAT
tos have always resisted the, sultan
claims and there has always been war
between. them; The sultail's control
therefore IS but limited and with two
tor three warning factions in the IS
land, the jealousy caused by the sup
port OF the Americans for one4sids, Is
quite enough to keep them in constant
tubulehce.s suppose one of the. fac
tons thought they had men enough
and they were immune from death, So
they Weret Just cleaned out BY the
way, the econstabulary, so highly prais1
ed in General Wood S dispatch for edit
duct in the engagement, we're made up
Of :Mofos s themselves. It has reyear
been tfif6tuH to enlist. them III our Ser -,
VICE to- fight,againstq their powil people
when sailed upon probably owing to
the 'ilufrtber of factions in the island
The heavy mortality among the Meros
IN the engagement would probabiyT7be
explained by their method of. fighting.
1t would have been impossible, to have
effected the same loss on the Northern
Filipinos. The latter. have a way sof
disappearing before the troops In 4l1e
interstices of the jungles- and conduct
ing guerilla warfare; But the Moros
on the approach OF an enemy sound the
alarm and gather everybody inside
their forts where they will fight to The
end Probably, the loss in this case
was caused by the fire ofstl1e soldiers
artillery: The bluejackets were prob
ably called up to assist in getting sthis
artillery up the steep heights of aile
mountains, because of their knowledge
of blocks and tackle. d rs. s.,s -5SS.st 5s5,
y mo, Il have not the least feafsthat
this movement will extend TO- the 9th
er islands and in fact. I think thar the
heavy blow struck the Moros will have
az strongly deterrent effect aupofl tliefft. y
"a "a During 1901 and; 1902, /, Lieut.. f1 L.
United, States engineer. lied
several extended rec con1loiteririp lfffps
through The. Island Of Jo1o,s s%w where es9lhe
recent fight with the Moros took place
He visited alI~parts of the islands and
the reports he 4taade, shed some light on
the geographical Aspects Of theT cattn.
try9and the character Of some 5of the.
tFibes,Ns eteral ofa whom up foj that dime
had never seen "a white man and were
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-10
READY FCR EMFRGFNl.y 3 D,

u Pekiag, March & 10. Tie American le-
gatloil in this city lis prepared for ANY
emergency and the reports of serious
anti-toreign riots in various parts 0f
China have no terror for tile fi,efnbers
OF the legation. who live within their
fortified enclosure as lii al City tby them
selves. The last preparations have beef,
completed and, il il should become nee nee
essary, the legation will be able to stand
a long siege. The American legation
~ this city is a regular fortress and IS
the first official residence owned BIZ. the
American government in any country.
The buildings were constructed by
sydney w Meeley, assistant stipervis-
ing architect of the treasury department,
who was sent TO China after The Boxer
troubles, more than three years apo. ] for
the purpose of building a safe retreat for
the members of the American legation.
He completed his task recently and re-
turned to the United States.
he building are 4of brick and stone
and OF very solid construction The
largest building is for the use Bof. the
minister. Surrounding it are buildings
for the secretaries, the cflancellery build
ing and number of smaller structures.
They are all built closely together and
are surrounded BY a formidable wall Of
masonry short distance back of the
wall on one side is the great city wall,
lon which has been constructed al
American fott equipped with small
gums The American legation isA now
as well protected as any of the other
Legations. III 4 case Of energenoy the
American residents Of Pekin Could find
refuge in the legation quarters.
The present garrison Of the American
fort is not very strong, but should 1t
become necessary there are enough
troops available III Manila and two trans
ports are in the harbor Of Manila, ready
to bring strong sforce of American solN
|disrs to Pekln IN case of trouble. &
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AROUND WORLD
In A CANOE
CAPTAIN V0SS HAS
COMPLETED pHRILoUS TRIP
Was Accompanied Part Of the Way BY
Norman Luxton, a Winnipeg Boy
Daring Traveller Witnessed d Rattle
In South america. tsg s .s's2.s ". l..5 1s.5

Victoria, B, C.,JMarch Io.--How pol
itfes "and incidentally reyoluti ionss ar,
runiips Ecuador is told by Captain ]. c
Voss, F.. r. C; s., whoSaeft herein foool
oaeifettrnaVigate the globe in The In:
dian canoe Tillikunl, heWn from 4
single tree, trunk, The adventurou.
cruise was, successful and the Tillikur
is now on exhibition in London.
Captain Voss returned to New York
shortly before Christmas and became
interested in an Ecuadorian mining
venture that looked we'll on paper
where allowance need not be made for
the revolutionary eccentricities of the
South american temperament Ar
irving at Guayaquil on Jan. IS, the cap
tain found revolution in the air, fever
rampant and business the last thing
thought, Of. .> -. E.' :.
'FOn Jan 18,' he says, ~ witnessed
the battle in which the Ecuadorian rev
olutionists, who, / afterward learned,
had been planning for some time, went
off .toothe, Guayaquil police station,
rushed the place. grabbed. their rifles
from the gnardsmen, broke open the
doors ana took supply Of arms and
ammunition. With the captured, mri-
nitions they began shooting up the
town promiscuously, firing III the air
and up and down the streets making if
decidedly unsafe for the, innocent by
standefS. @rr s,ts #. tl-sa@ tes'"s-
Then as they gained recruits, led
byua man named O}FarreE~ they march
ed to the government. barracks, eight
or nine blocks away, and attacked the
troops, The latter met, them and they
had a fierce battle in the wide street,
all being packed pretty solid. 1t was
bad fighting, for the two hours no few
er than 253 were killed and more than
800 wounded. "" a.. s.. ~. -.
This battle ended the revolution.
he government troops surrendered to
the reVblutionists. Next morning the
government at Quito followed suit. The
revolutionists> took charge of things
and Our mining concession was not
worth the paper it was writer, on,
left Guayaquil, crossed, to Colon and
came home" as&jE4. H.
Captain VosS' cruise began at Vic
torla on May FL, 1901, with N. .K.' Lux
ton as his companion. He sailed first
to Cuya Fiji where Lttxton: left him,
being replaced by a sailor named Be
gene. The latter fell overheard when
I 200 miles off Sidney, taking the com.
pass with him, and -Voss made the the
journey to New South Wales without
compass, navigating by dead reckon
ing and the set of the ocean swell. Z
Fierce, electric storms - a. series OF
bad water spouts and, the difficulties of
navigation without compass saved
him from madness. He stibsequently
went with the canoe to Melbourne, Hoz
bart, Tasmania; New Zealand the New
Hebrides, where he was captured By
cannlbals and barely missed being eat
EN-: Thursday island and Durham. The
canoe was thence taken overland and
at Johannesburg and Pre-
toria:- Re-embarking at East London,
voss voyaged around the Cape; OF Good
Hope to- Port Elizabeth ] and /, Cape
| Town, afterward sailing to St, Helena.
Petnambuco, the Azores and. London.
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DULUTH CASH.
LOCAL MARKETS.
LIVE STOCK.

South St. Paul, March 1o-Hogs-
Receipts, 1.8oo. steady. Light, $3.50
Cos; mixed and medium, S. o5@61o
heavy, $6G6I5; pigs, $4.5o05.
Butchers cattle steady.
Sheep and lambs steady.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-10
DISTINGUISHES, 3 soIpIER. : I.lI3l II ) !.

Stevens Point, Wis, March o.-,aps
tam filachlin, one of those aWhokled
the decisive assault on the Moro fortress
IN the fslantfTof .Joio, Is a distinguished
Wisconsin soldier, whose home is in.
this city He graduated from West; Point
~ 1913 and since then has held respon-
slble commands .in the artillery se ervice:.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-10
ACCOMMODATING 4

Cleveland Leader 4 Say, I'm tired Of
calling every day to get you To pay this
old bill When are you going to settle?v
What day would suit you best D.
n Friday. z
{ Well, after this you may call on
Fridays,
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-10

Henry Kinds is aresident of North
Dakota and. was formerly a student ali
The state university at Grand Forks. He
expects to take his final examination
for the Oxford B A. degree next June
and will thus complete a three years.
course I'M two years. b. ii
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-10
THE MARKET REPORT.
GRAIN MARKET.
MAY WHEAT.

c. E. Wheeler & Co furnish the fol-
lowing grain quotations:
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-10
DAKOTAN in ENGLAND a.
is AN OARSlMAN

4 Oxford, England, March 10. Among
the tWenty-four Rhodes scholars now
remaining III the Torpids, the name
given to the annual races for men who
have not roWed in the summer tEighths''
of the previous year, is the name of
Henry Kinds of Queens college There
are thirteen other Americans.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-10

gooda. 8sS M l gs .ss D 81 3.
"a Unprime No. Z, 3 and skins and poorly
handled at their market valuss
The Washington times., 1906-03-27
NATIONALS RETURN
TO FINISH TRAINING
Nothing Doing at Charlottesville and
Stahl Gave it Up in
Disgust.

The National baseball club. thirteen
strong, including Trainer Quirk. arrived
in Washington last night from Char
lottesville.
Those who comprise the party are:
Manager Garland Stahl. Lave Cross.
Geor-e Mil. II. Schal11y. Charley Hick-
man Noah Henline. c.. Smith, Manuel.
Mccoy, Hardy, Starkell. and Williams
NH. Cross. Stahl. Stanley and Hickman
Will leave this afternoon for Chester,
Pa, 70 attend the funeral OF Joe Cassidy.
They Will be met at Chester by John
Anderson.
The strategy committee of the local
club decided after much discussion that
IL would be best for the men who were
at Charlottesville TO return TO Washing
ton for the remainder Of the training
period. since nothing was TO bo gained
there because of the weather. As soon
as the manager and the others who went
TO Pennsylvania return. arrangements
will be completed for the engagement OF
indoor quarters In which the men may
work out until clear weather is assured.
when all the work VIII be done on the
local grounds, in connection with the
Providence team. which arrived here
last night and has made arran gements
TO use the American League Park at the
head of Seventh street for their Southern
training quarters.
Malachi Kittredge has written Stahl.
stating that he will arrive in the Capital
CITY some time today or tomorrow. This
coupled with the news that Catcher
Dun. WaShington's latest acquisition.
will also be here in a few days is well
come indeed TO the National manage
DUFF should make good. Last year he
was secured fresh from Manhattan Col
Iege by the New York Americans. for
whom he did well until he was forced
to give up the game because Of an In
jury to his hand, which kept him ou,
for the remainder of the year
The Washington times., 1906-03-27
AUGUSTUS Q. BOSTROM.
NAVAL EXPERT. DIES
Was Designer of the
Steel Turrets Used on
Battleships.

Augustus o. Bostrom. mechanical ex-
pert for the Navy Department, died at
his home, 5Sl Seventh street northeast,
last night as the result of an acute at
tack OF fatty degeneration of the heart
Mr.. Bostrom had been in the best OF
health. and neither he nor the inine-
diate family expected that he was seri-
ously i'll when he first complained, about
one week ago. He did not attend his
once In the Navy Department Satur-
day one week ago on account of pains
about the heart Last night. In the
presence OF his wife and his two chill
dren' the noted mathematician. chemist
ana electrician passed away
When mere boy Mr. Bostrom. who
Is native Of Sweden. graduated from
RENSSELAER, Institute in the civil engi-
neering department in 1871 He secured
a position in the Washington Navy Yard
ana nrEt won recognition as a deSsner
by his plans that were adopted for the
manufacture of refrigerator machines
Tor the Navy Department In 1884 he
accepted a position In the Blreau of
construction and Repairs IN the NAVY
department IT was then thar he wo1
recognition as the designer and mar
entee or the great steel turrets that are
~ present used on all the ironclads in
the service OF the United States.
Aside from lis connection with fbA
United states Government Mr.. Rogtrono
was IN the front rank OF teachers OF
The Washington times., 1906-03-27
COLORED BELL|GERENTS
HELD BY AUTHORITIES
Both Badly Injured as Result of Alter
cation Growing Out of Crap
Game.

Ernest Cant colored OF Alexandria.
Is at the Emergency Hospital. suffer
ing from a fracture of the skull. Joseph
Hillman. colored. twenty-one years old.
of 466 L street southwest. is locked uD
at the Fourth precinct station as a re-
suit of a free-for-all fight at Seventh
and c streets southwest. yesterday aft
ernoon.
According TO the story told Lieutenant
Matthews. the fight was the outcome
OF an alteration over crap game. yes
terday afternoon. Hillman and Cant
are said to have been the ringleaders.
II is alleged that Hillman hurled brick
at Cant. and fractured his skull near the
base of the brain. After being struck
Cant drew A pistol and shot Hillman
through the left arm.
Hillman's injury was dressed at the
Emergency Hospital. and he was later
locked I'm a cell. Cant is held prisoner
at the Emergency Hospital AS soon as
Gait is able TO go to the Police Court
the two prisoners will be arra'gned on
charges of engaging in an affray ana
diSOrC 6rly conduct.
The Washington times., 1906-03-27
Subsidy Bill Wedged
Tightly In Pigeon Hole

The prospects OF ship subsidy ieeisla-
ton at this session of Congress are
gradually growing more remote. Speaker
cannon has given no encouragement 10
the New England members who sent
delegation 10 urge him TO give consider
alton 10 the measure which has passed
the Senate. and which has been pigeon
holed. with the House Committee cn
Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Of
which General Grcsvenor os Ohio Is
chairman.
The feeling IN the committee is ty 10
means a unit. On the contrary. II Is so
closely divided. that those who are op-
posed 10 ship subsidy legislation claim
a victory on the ground II an alleged
tie In the committee They say that
the vote stands 9 20 9, and that because
OF this fact It will be impossible TO
The Washington times., 1906-03-27
ROBERT |. O'BRIEN GOES
TO BOSTON TO RESIDE
Transferred to Home Office Of Tran
script of That City and James
7. Williams Succeeds.

Robert Lincoln O'Brien. who has been
for nearly eleven years the Washington
correspondent OF the Boston Evening
Transcript. has resigned his position. 10
go 70 Boston in the home office OF the
Transcript. He will be succeeded here
bv James T Williams. tr.. who has for
several years been connected with the
Associated Press. and assigned TO the
Navy Department and Diplomatic Corps.
Mr. O'Brien is among the best known
OF the newspaper correspondents of this
city. He came here In 1888. as the per
sonaI secretary OF President Cleveland.
but two years later resigned his posi-
ton at the White House TO return TO
newspaper work. He Is a member OF
the Cosmos and Gridiron Clubs. the
Washington Literary Society. and the
washington Economic Society The
Economic Society was founded by him
in conjunction with Charles A. Conant.
now treasurer of the Morton Trust Com
pany Of New York. who was then q
Washington correspondent
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and Mrs. ]. c. Miller. OF 1913 p street
northwest. The groom, a prominent
West End merchant. is a son Of Mr.
and Mrs. P. II. Sheehy. OF street.
Washington.
The marriage was a surprise TO the
friends OF the contracting parties. their
plans having been well kept Both be
ing members Of the Catholic Church.
the ceremony was solemnized under a
special dispensation.
The bride. a petite brunette. was 6du-
Gated at the Convent Of the Sacred
Heert. Torresdale. Pa. and at the Vlsi-
tation Convent. at Frederick. Md M
Sheehy is a graduate OF ST. Johns Col
lege, Washington
Nr. and Mrs. Sheehy Will spend their
honeymoon IN visiting several Of the
Northern cities.