Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 28, 1906, Page 1

1 The Be . ——" VOLUME 4. NUMBER 8 GROOM LOSES GAR EDITOR IVES DEAD GAM Goes to Altar in Overalls and a Blue Flannel Shirt. Friends Purloin Wedding Garments Just Prior to Ceremony. St. Hilaire Marriage Most Unique in History of Village. Minneapolis, Minn,, April 28.— Ilarry Ives, editor of the St. [lilaire Spectator St. Hilaire, Minn., arrived in this city Wed- nesday pight, a married wan, but after one of the most harrow- ing experiences to which a groom has ever been subjected on the aion of his wedding. Mr, Ives and Miss Alice Smith of St. Hilaire were to be married at the St. Hilaire Baptist church Wednesday night st 6 o’clock, and all of the fashionables of the little city had been invited to the function, For weeks Mr. Ives has been going back and forth between his home and the Twin Cities arranging a wedding ward rebe, which he had every reason to believe would be the finest and most complete that ever graced the person of a groom. Everything went well until Wednesday morning when Mr. Ives—that all might go well and nothing be forgotten—tried on the clothes in which he was 1o appearat the wedding cere- mony. With a faithful friend he was suryeying himself in all of his glory when suddenly the door of his apartments was burst open and a crowd of friends appeared upon the scene. Without a word they proceeded to take from Mr. Ives every article of clothing to be found in the room and then alse stripped the groom, leaving him in nature’s habiliment with nothing to com- fort him from the April breezes but the walls of the room and an old rug that was forgotten by the raiders. They left him and locked his door, following this with a care- ful barricade on the outside of the entyance to prevent any at. tempt at esocape. Throughout the day members of the crowd stood guard and every solicita- tion of Mr. Ives was in vain until finally a half hour before the weremony @ pair ol overalls and a 1] e flannel ghirt were thrown to the unhappy man. These he donned and nervily went to the house of his bride, after being allowed to cmerge from the room, and as promptly hastened to the church where the pair were married. Mr. Jves then borrowed an oyercoat ynd the couple yester day spent most of $he morning in the clothing stores and tailor- ing shops. Gessick Seamen. Bitter complaint is made by & French naval journal because the modern training of French naval of- ficers und seamen does not sufficient- ly habituate them to the sea. On the voyage of the Jaureguiberry from Toulon to Brest that battleship had to face a storm in the bay of Biscay which prostrated no fewer than 200 seamen and a large num- ber of officers. In the Russian flegt gt the hattle of the Japan seg there was 8 similar state of affairs, nrged that there be more cruising at séa in all weathers and a period of some years' service in torpeda craft for pfficers, with the object of giving the persapne] of the French navy FRANKLIN CELEBRATION. @tatue of American Patriot Presented to City of Paris. Parls, April-28.—The Franklin cele- bration, preceding the unveiling of the statue of Benjamin Franklin presented to the city of Paris by John H. Harjes, the American banker of this city, was Leld in the palace of the Trocadora during the afternoon. The ceremony began in the palace of the Trocadoro and was continued later before the vast crowd massed on the Trocadoro square, where the statue of Franklin overlooks the splendid esplanade and the avenues leading to the triumphal arch and the Seine. The great auditorium of the Troca doro had been handsomely decorated with flags and emblems of France and the United States intertwined. The formal exerciscs were as follow: Address by Ambassador McCormick; oration on Franklin by the delegate appointed by the Unlted States gov- ernment, - Professor Albert Hen Smyth, Philadelphia; reply by the resentative of the French government, Minister of Public Works Barthou, The ceremony was then transferred to the Trocadoro square, where the exercises continued as follows: Presentation of the statue of Frank- in to the city of Paris by Mr. Harjes; acceptance of the Statue by M. Chau- tard, president of the municipal coun- eil in.Paris. TWO CHILDREN PERISH. Burned to Death in a Strawstack in Montana. Helena. Mont., April 28.—Before the eyes of their agonized mother, Lonise and Chester Ricker, five and three years old, children ol lizra Ricker, a ranchman living near Poplar, in the extreme northeastern part of Mon- «tana, burned to death st the Robert Renz ranch. The lMttle ones, with one of the Renz children, were “playlng house” in an old strawstack. They crawled into holes burrowed by pigs, and in these started a five. Mrs. Ricker’s screams brought the father of the Renz child to the scene and he managed (o save his own child, although he was badly burned, but the, other two perished. KEven thelr bones were reduced to ashes. Effort Again a Failure. Washington, April 27.—Another in- eftectual effort was made in the senate during the day to secure a vote on tie rafltoad rate blll. Senator Allison suggested that general debate be closed in a week and that amendments then bLe considercd under the ten-min- ute rule. Officers Feared Mob Violence. Janesville, Wis., April 27.—Wllliam Anderson, a barber from Beloit, Wis., Is closely guarded in jail here, having been brought from Beloit because offi- cers feared mob violence. He is charged with a serious offense against his twelve-year-old stepdaughter, BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Henry Jackson Wells Dam, the dramatist and mugazine writer of New York, is dead at Havana. Of the hundreds of San Fri refugees who reached Denver day a number received medical treat ment for hroken bones, burns and oth or injuries. The appropriation of $25,000 made by the hoard of aldermen of Buffalo for the San Francisca relief fund has been (eclared illegal by the corpora- tlon counsel. Dispatches to Dun's Review indicate that trade is progressing favorably under the stimulus of more settled weather and manufacturing plants are busily occupicd, The president has sent to the sen ate the nomination of John Peterson to be collector of customs for the dis- trict of Minnesota. Peterson is the present incumbent, MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1906, A WEEK TORNADO WIPES OUT TEXAS CITY 3 Fourteen Killed in Bellevue —Fire Follows Wind. mellevue, Tex., April 25.—A tornado here has caused the loss of fourteen lives, the injury of a large number and practically wiped out the entire town. The tornado was followed by fire, ‘which consumed the wreckage. The town of Bellevue consisted of over-200 houses. The whole business section and all stocks of merchandise were destroyed. Six hundred people are homeless and practically destitute. The tornado path was a mile wide and eight miles long. The storm lev- eled everything in its path, rulning crops and barns on the way. Conservative estimates place the loss between $150,000 and $175,000. The inhabitants of the town are not only honieless but without food or raiment and utterly destitute, all their pcssessions having been swept away. Rellef Is being hastened to them from neighboring towns. e Dispatches from Hico, 130 miles south of Bellevue, are to the effect that Hamilton, the county seat, was also devastated by the fornado and several lives lost. Two relief trains have gone from Henrietta, carrying doctors and nurses. NO SERIOUS DAMAGE DONE, Salinas, Cal, Reports Three Heavy Earthquake Shocks. Los Angeles, Cal., April 28.—A long distance telephone message to this city from a correspondent of the Asso- ciated Press at Salinas, 120 miles south of San Francisco, states that three more very heavy earthquake shocks were felt there, one at 8 p. m., another at 9:50 p. m. and the last at 2 a. m. The shocks lasted about four seconds each, but so far as known did no damage. The damage at Salinas from the earthquake shock of last week is in excess of $1,000,000. 4 The Salinas river is reported to have been sunk ten or twelve feet all along its course for miles. Nearly all of the bridges across the river have been condemned and will have to be rebuilt. A later telephone message received by the Evening Express says that earthquake shocks have been felt there daily since_thefirst - disaster, April 18, but that no further damage was done. MICHIGAN TOWN CAVES City of Quinnisec Built Over an Aban- doned Mine. Quinnisec, Mich., April 28 —Over an acre of ground in this place suddenly went down with a great roar, carrying a number of buildings with it. It was thought for a time that the entire town would go. The ground fell 100 feet and it was found to be a cavein over the workings of an abandoned mine. Considerable damage was done, the city water syslem being badly crip- pled. ‘There is fecar that the other harts of the town may fall, as mine workings exiend under a good part of it. IN. Half-Ton Safe Carried Off. Columbus, Q, April 28—Robbers entered the general store of Becker Bros,, removed the safe weighing 1,000 pounds, rolled it along a road three blocks away, pried it open and took $500 and a certified check for $2,000, One Dead, Two Fatally Hurt. Harrisburg, Pa., April 28.—J. F. Good, engineer, was killed and C. H. Le Fever, fireman, and 1. J. Wallower, brakeman, were fatally injured by the explosion of an eastbound freight loco. motive on the Pennaylvania 1ailraad, R At Publication of Land Notices. ‘Washington, April 28—A . bill amending the existing laws relative to notices of land entries so as to re- quire that papers in which they are printed shall be published in the coun- ty or district in which the lands are located was passed by the senate dur: {ng the day. Minuneapoli: April 27.—Wheat- May, 75% @75%c; July, 18%ec; Sept., 777%ec, On track—No. 1 hard, 787%c; No. 1 Northern, 783%e¢; No. 2 Narthern, T6%e. Ruluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, April 27,—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No, 1 Northern, 793%c; No. 2 Northern, 77%ec; May, T9%c; July, 79%c; Sept,, T8¢, Flax—To arrive, on track and May, $1.17%: July, $1.19%: Sept,, $1.191%; Oct., $1.- 1714, St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, April 27, cholce steers, § 50; common to tuir, $3.50@4.00; good"to choice cows and heifers, $3.00@ 1.50; veals, $1.50@ 4.50. Hogs—3$6.20@6.35. Sheep—Year- ling wethers, $5.25@6.00; good to choice lambs, $6.00@6.50. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Itis, - Chiengo, April 27.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.00@6.15; cows and heifers, $1.76@ 5.20; stockers and feeders, $2.75@ 4.85; Texans, $2.90@4.70. ags— Mixed and butehers, $6.25@46.53; good heavy, §6.45@6.57%; vough heavy, $6.20@6.35; light, $6.26@6.62%; pigs, $5.85026.40. Sheep, $3.85@6.40; lambs, | 475G 740, Cattle—Good to ! Will Cantinue ag Heretofore. Buffalo, April 28.—The committee which had been considering the ad- visability of consolidating the publish- ing houses of the Methodist Fplscopal church adjourned during the afternoon after unanimously voting to coutinue the publishing work at Cineinnati and New York. z American Fishing Boats Seized. I Washington, April 28.—The state de- partment has received the following dispatch from Edward H. Thompson, American consul at Progresso, Mex.: “Three American fishing sma seized by Mexican gunhoaf. Particu- lags by mail.” Emergency Bill Passed. A Washington, April 27.—My. Lijtauer (N. Y.) in the house presented the emergency apprapriation bill carrying $170,000 for ‘the navy and postofiice departments tg be expended at Ean PFraneiseo. The pill was psss z ————— ¥ s Canal. Port Said, Egypt. April 28—The United States drydock Dewey, on. her way to the Philippine islands in tow, entered the Suez canal during the.day. |DRASTI GACTION TAKEN APPREHEND ELEMENT FO- MENTING DISORDERS. LABOR HALLS RAIDED BY POLICE INCRIMINATING' PAPERS FOUND IN HOMES OF ROYALIST SYMPATHIZERS. Paris, April 28.—The police adopted decisive measures during the morning to apprehend the element which is fomenting. disordér and ‘capture the sources of its supplies. Early in the day a search was made of the lrcad- quarters of the Confederation of Lahor and also of its fifty branches through- out the city. Simultaneously ihe po- lice searched the homes of a numboer of royalist sympéthizers, who were suspected of encouraging disorder in the hope of effecting a ‘“coup d’etat.” The onices of La Croix, a reactionury paper, were also searched. . Important pajers, it is understood, were found at the homes of some of the royalists. The search of the headquarters of the Confederaticn of Labor yiclded negative results. The firmness of the government in making searches and gathering large military forces has led the executlve committee of the Conlederation of L. bor to consider the ddvisability of post- poning the demonstration from May 1 to June 16. The committee is holding secret sessions, . ‘The police and militdry precautions are not being abated. Six thousand police, 800 cavalry and 8,000 infantry have been detailed to guard the buunks, railroad stations and the plants of the slectric, gas and water companies, Paradee Rigorously Prohibited, The formation of processions in col- umnsg Is rigorously prohibited and all groups will immediately be dispers The pretect of police, M. Lepine, will take absolute control of the city, in- cluding ~authority over the troops, which will act as reserves subject to ‘his call. The prefecture-of police speeifically. denies having knowledge of any au- archistic plot. I declares that public _uneasiness s not-warranted, as the police -and 'military- safeguards are merely precautionary, A considerable element of the pop- ulation, hewever, continues to be nerv- ous and appreliensive. People are lay- ing In stocks of provisions and the large provision stores are doing a thriving business in canned goods, oil and mineral waters, Among the houses searched were ; those of Count de lLargle, Count Du- rand de Beauregard, the imperialist leader; Xavier Feullant, a former offi- cer of the imperial guard, and Jacquies Plou, president of the Liberal league’ Besides the residences of the per- sons named the-police searched the apartments of many imperialists, mon- archists, anarchists and agitators of lesser importance. RUSSIANS GET THE MONEY. Lean Is Oversvubscribed in Spite of Opposition of Jews. Vienna, April 28.—The Russian loan has been twice coversd in -Austria- Hungary. Bulgarla subscribed $2,000,- 000. The result in Vienna is below ex- pectation, owing partly to the publica- tion of circulars on the eve of sub- seription demonstrating the political and financial unsoundness of lending to Russia and partly to the viplent ap- | position of the Jews, who at a mass meeting denounced the loan. One speaker appealed to the audience to | prove the falsity of the saying that ' business was always business tor the Jew and to leave the lucrative oper- ation to banlears who were no longer Jews, but only mere cash machines. LI INDIANS MAY SELL LANDs, Benate Agreea to Bill of Interest to Northern Minnesota, ‘Washtngton, April 28.—Millions of acres of land heretofore held by Indian allottees in sixteen states and all of FIRST ARREST ~ FOR SHOOTING Militiaman Placed in Jail for Reckless Use of Firearms. e 8an Francisco, April 28.—The first arrest for alleged reckless shooting hy- members of the state militia, which, it 18 asserted, has made unsafe streets in certain sections of the city controlled by the national guard, was made shortly before midnight. Ernest Wil- der, a military sentry, was taken in custody and disarmed by Captain B. F. Rittenhouse of the United States ma- rine corps, who turned him over to the police, Captain -Rittenhouse charged Wilder with leaving his post and “shooting up” the district commanded by Rit- tenhouse. The marines patrol the hest residence part of the city leit un- touched by the fire and are extremely jealous of the splendid order main- talned without unnecessary harshness or stoppage of citizens whose business requires theni to be on the streets after dark. For several nights there has been considerable shooting in the vicinity of Fllis, Eddy, Geary and Fill- more streets, where the districts cf the militia and the marines touch. It Work Begun on New Tcwn of Gary, in Lake County, Ind. Chicago, April 28—The stupendous work of bullding a model city to ac- commodate 100,000 people was begun when 100 woodcutters were set at work clearing a 6,000-acre tract on the shore of Lake Michigan in Lake coun- ty, Ind. At the same time another 100 labor- ers began the work of levelling the huge sand dunes to the east of the mouth of the Girand Calumet river, where the newly organized Indiana Steel company proposes to build the largest steel mills in the world at a cost of $10,500,000. The new eity i be built to accommodate the toiler: the mills. The new Indiana Steel company is a subsidiary corporation ta the United States Steel corporation and wus or- ganized recently. The new city is to be known hy the name of Gary, being named after the chatrman of the board of directors of the Steel corporation. became so unsate on the streets that the police refused to go into that dis- trict patrolled by the militia, declaring that they were afraid of being shot. It was not uncommon for the militia sentries even to stop police officers. GROSSLY EXAGGERATED, General Greely’'s Opinion of San Fran- cisco Casualties. San Francisco, April 28.—It is the opinfon of General Greely that the number of casualties has been over- estimated. “So many and-grdssly exaggerated reports of the number of deaths due to the earthquake have been sent out that we have determined to make a systematie inveatigation,” he said. “For Instance, it has been stated that there were as many as seventy-five llves lost in the Valencia hotel, but so far as we have been able to ascertain the loss did not exceed twenty, 1 he: lieve that there are.slmilar discrep- ancies which will be discovered latey after a thorough examination of the. records and search of the ruing” TO PREVENT GCOMPLICATIONS. Presiclent Suggests That Governor Re- . quest Feddral Troops. Washington, Aprll 28 —Secretary Taft has telegraphed to Gavernor Par dee of California a suggestion from the president that in arder to avoid any possible legal complicutions the gov- ernor should call upon the president formally for the use of United States troops in San Francisco. Rain Makes Refugees Miserable, Oakland, Cal, April 28.—A heavy downpour of rain set in at midnight and continued throughout the morning. It made things miserable for the un- fortunate refugees from San Fran- ciseco now lving under canvas In the vavious eamps established for their aecommodatin in this eity. 4ECRETARY METCALF REPORTS. Wires President of Conditions as He Finds Them. Washington, April 28.—Secretary Metcalf, who went to. San Francisca as the representative of the national administration, with instructions from the president to report to him regard- ing the conditions in the stricken city as he should find them, has wired the president-a complete summary of the situation, He thinks the loss of life will not exceed 300, the injured being about 1,000. The loss to government buildings is not so hedvy as the early reports indicated. Sedretary Metcalf says, however, that th€ industrial and commercial losses are appalling, There is no suffering fram lack of provisions or water. Everything considered the health of the people is excellent. The people are confident and hapeful, The secretary recommends that congress make appropriations at once for the repafr and reconstiuction of govern- ment buildings, GREAT QUANTITY OF SUPPLIES. Provisions Reaching San Francisco in Abundance, IS the territories may be released from the twenty-five years’ trust period and deeds issued to the Indians, provided the secretary of the interior shall de- any Indian, mixed or full- capable of managing his or . according to the terms of the Burke allotment bill, as amended by the senate. In Minnesota it will work some- thing of an innovation in the northern section of ‘the state. Probably the his lation, tion:‘of the f tween judicial power and* { jurjsdiction. Replylng to Mr. Bailey i he said that owing to the fact that the powers are totally different it cannot be:said that one is greater than' the. ARAFPPPFPATIA\I DA™ Osakland, Cal., April 28.—Sixty car- loads of provisions from various por- | tions of the country arrived gver the Southern Pacific the Qakland mole | during the day. The supplies were immediately taken in charge by the relief committee for distribution in Oakland, San Francisco, Santa Rosa and San Jose, So great is the quan- tity of supplies that are now arriving that natices have been sent to the in- terior cities and towns of the state to hold cansignments until the trainloads on the way here have been used. Q0 ABOLISH GOLD BASIS. Venezuela Figuring on National Bank and Paper Currency: New York, April 28—The Tribune says: The government of Venezuela is to establish a national bank and substi- ‘tute a paper currency for the gold basis on which the country has been operating. Among the missions with _which J. Torres Cardenas, secretary general of Venezpela, and Manuel INDICTED FOR PERJURY. Former President of Washington Life Insurance Company. New York, April 28—Willlam A, Brewer, Jr., formerly president of the | Wishington Life Insurance company, has been indicted by the grand jury for perjury. The charge grows out of a report made ta the state superin- tendent of insurance in 1903 regurding the candltion of the company. According to the perjury indictment the report ta the state superintendent of insurance made it appear that the company had a surplus of about $200,- 000, when there was really & deiicit of $80,000. DOWIE’S ILLNESS DENIED. 8aid He ls in Better Health Than fora | Long Time. Chicago, April 28.—At the apart- | wments of John Alexander Dowle at the Auditorivm Annex it was emphatically denfed that reperts announcing his serlous illness have the slightest foun- dation, _It-was announced by the secretary that the health and physical condition of Dr. Dowie has been better the past three days than at any time-since Dr. | Fail to Reach Agreement. -Clearfield, Pa., April 28.—The con- | ference between the operators and | miners’ scale committees of the Sec- ond bituminous district of the United Mine Workers of America has ad- journed without coming to an amicable | settlement and it was announced that a strike would be declared in this dis- trict. Fields and Others Subpoenaed. New York, April 28.—Subpoenaes for Aundrew C. IMields and also certain members of the legislature to appear before the grand jury in connection with the insurance investigation have been issued, according to a report cir- culated around the criminal court | building. NEW PROPOSAL OF MINERS. Ask Increase of Wages but Eliminate Other Demands. Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 28.—Presi- | dent Mitchell of the United Workers has made public two propo- sitions, together with a request for another joint conference, submitted by the miners’ committee to President Baer und his associates. ¢ un increase in wages vanging from 5 to 15 per cent. The sec nd asks for an advance equal to 10 cents per ton upon the to- tal production of coal, to be added to the wages of employes and appor- | tioned in such percentage as wmay be agreed upon. Commenting on the proposition the miners’ communication says: “We have eliminated every feature .| of our former proposils to which you have objected except that of wages and in the matter of wages we have kept in mind your oft repeated state- ment that to grant our original de- mands would result in advancing the cost to the consumer of domestic coal $1.20 per ton, “While we have not been able, even Dby the most caretul maalysis, to ascer- tain by what process of reasoning you have reached your conclusions as to the alleged necessity of such an ad- vance we beg to assure you that we ! have no desire, neither would we con- sent, to become parties to any com- pact that would increase the cost of domestic fuel to such an extent.” Committee Favors Appropriation. ‘Washington, April 27.—The senate comniittee on naval affairs has author- ized a favoraBle report on the bill in- troduced by Seuator Flint authorizing the expenditure of $200,000 at the Mare Island navyyard, San Francisco. ‘GREAT STRIKE AVERTED. Manchester Cotton Operatives Get In- 3 crease of Pay Asked. Manchester, Iing,, April 28.—A great strike of cotton operatives has been aypided by the employers’ federation Corao, who arrived here from Caracas on Monday, are charged IS the neg tiation for the national bank contem- -plated by ex-President Castre. ! granting. the cardroom workers their | demand of 5 per cent increase in i wages. More than 100,000 aperatives ‘were involved. i STEFL TRUST'S MODEL CITY. Mine | DOWIE ENTERS HIS ZION CITY TODAY IRECGEPTION IS CHlLLY ‘“There Will Be No Trouble,”’ Says Deposed “Profit.”’ Expects to Hold Services As Though Nothing Had Happened. Voliva Advised Followers to Stay Away and Avoid * Disturbance. Chicago, April 27.—In a voice, the firmness of which belied the reports that he is on the verge of death, John Alexander Dowie, in an interview tonight lasting overan hour, went into a com. plete history of the troubles that have beset Zion Qity. Althongh his voice was clear and firm, he was bothered with an incessant cough, and his features bore evi- dence of the ravages of disease. “Lam going to Zion City to-| morrow afternoon, but I am not, {going to create any disturbance.| Tam going to talk to the peopla| quietly. On Sunday I shall hold services in Shiloh tabernacle and again on Wednesday night.” John Alexander Dowie for the lirst time since the defection in the church will go to Zion City | tomorrow = morning. Prepara- tions are making for his recep- | tion at the Shiloh house and for a meeting in the tabernacle Sun- day to beaddressed by Dowie. | 1t is admitted that Dowie will be obliged on account of illness to sit while making his address. | No trouble is anticipated at the | meeting, as Voliva has advised the people to stay away. Demands Affect 42,000 Men. New York, April 28.—Demands have been formulated by the Rockmens and avators’ union to go into eftect May 1 for higher wages and the nine- hour workday. Frank de Mott, busi- ness agent of the union, says 42,000 men will be affected. The demands will he sent to the Contractors’ Pro- tective association. Chicago Grain and Provtsions. Chicago, April 27.—Wheat—May, T0@70%c; July, T9@79%ec. Corn— May, 467 . 46@46%ec. Oats— 30% @31c. Pork— $15.77%. Flax-— Northwestern, $1.15; Southwest- ern, $1.08%; May, $1.17. Butter— Creameries, 18@20c; dairies, 14@18c. Eggs—15@15%c. Poultry- -'Turkeys, chickens and springs. 12%ec¢. How They Crossed. A father and his two sons wish to cross a river, which it is impossible to do without a boat. They have a boat which will carry only sixteen slone (224 pounds), but the father weighs sixteen stone, and each of the sons weighs eight stone. Yet in less thanchalf an hour they are all across the river. How do they man- ageit? The riddle is an old one, but a new answer, offered by an English paper, is more ingenious than the trick solutions that the reader prob- ably remembers. - Here it is: he two sons cross in the boat. One goes back to the father. The father then crosses. The other son goes back again with the hoat, and then the'two sons cross together. Suakin, on the Red sea, has proved antinsatisfactory port and is to be superseded by a brand new rival which has been built up out of coral work and desert sand by the Lgyptian authorities. The rival is’ Port Sudau, the latest addition to the cities of the British empire, and an enthusiast says that it is destined to be a place of magnitude and im- shall have made it the New Orleans of the east. The place has hitherto been called Mersa Sheikh Barud. It is about 680 miles south of Suez and is capable of holding a dozen vessels of moderate size. The entrance is 600 feet across, and the land around is six feet above sea level. i ortance in the days when cotton -