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2 THE SAN FRANCISC) CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1901 I HAES L APPEAL | T0 OCLE S But America Refuses| | | fo Act Regarding | Ma@yia. | Japan the Only Power to‘l Oppose the Treaty With | Russia. et to The Call { #6 G STREET, N March 2%.—China > United States ipport her in de- | s sign the an treaty to- | v Russia. This | to Secretary Hay | he Chinese Minister, . ed by Chinese he Govern d. 1t was further | 5 messages from S the powers to £ Russia to in- aty, b objection this Govern- seems to be of the pow- of Japan, is dis- » state its posi- is interfere_will be s from the Emperor Hung ¢ s the ing United State: »f the treat however, had assurances that there i e treaty prejudicial to the in- sts of the United States ower expected to pre- i g of the convention she will go beyond such ac- t be learned here. It is thought c circles that a Jap- s uchau and Amo the province of - 4 JAPAN MEANS TO FIGHT. Legation Official at London Makes a Sensational Statement. ONDON —In the absence of J in London,- Baron first, seeretary of afternoon stence, China’s~ helpjess:) ble victory df Russiai : bring ws to the rot eply. concerned treaties have alleged make documents Japan. the treaties, and the . But y will go and get. With Ja- E- we are to-fight now or to fight her later on. She Manchuria and if she se- I belleve, is comsid- eves are wide open driven to precipifate ngoists of Japan, who, are liate ‘war. Yet unavoidable they N CONCERT. Not Withdrawn OCo-operation With Other Powers. LONDON, March - RUSSIA STILL I Has ¥ a a had presented China greement regarding Russia had with- concert of y, Lord Cran- understood of the proposed agreement nder discussion, but he was ve statement on vernment, he erms nake any pos Government of Russia has no inten- awing co-operation with the in China i in_regard Russian ession at Tientsin, Lord Cranborne i Hung Chang signed an agreement Russia & considerable tract of ich the Russians had previously by right of conquest.: The Minis- “oreign Affairs was aware by what Hung Chang sigred the con- e Chirlese Government hal dity and therefore. it must for further examination. msdorf made a similar declara- MURDERED AT A FERRY. Stonehouse Was Killed While Aiding Starving Villagers. TIENTSIN, March 2.—Inquiries show t Rev. J. A. Stonehouse of the London sionary Soclety, who, as announced in hes ‘yesterday, was killed by fourteen miles east of Tientsin, iered at the ferry of the village ngalo on the Hunho River, ten st of Tunganhsien, while distrib- lief to the starving villagers. - to the BRITISH TROOPS ASSAILED, Afiray at Tientsin in Which Germans | Are the Aggressors. NTSIN, March 25.—In an affray last ng two members 6f the Welsh Fu- #ileer Regiment and a member of the Vie- torian contiugent. who were acting as po- ficemen, were sabered and bayoneted, = It ®ed that Germans were the prin- BULGARIAN FAMILIES MASSACRED BY TURKS Men, Women and Children the Mur- derers’ Victims in a Small Town Near Salonica. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 25.—Ac- eording to private advices from Mace- €onia, a band of Turks massacred th, Bulgarian families, men, women and chi! @ren, in the village of Aghamahalleh, near Seres, a town forty-seven miles northeast of Salonica. Detalls of the out. rage have not been received. The news created a profound sensation. It is re ported that a village near Monastir, in Macedonia, with a_mixed population of Yussulmans and Burgarians.‘has besn urne — A Month’s Test Free. 1f you haveRheumatism, writeDr. Shoop, Racine, ‘Wis , box137,for six botties of bisRheumaticCure, express pald. Send no money. Pay $5.50 if cured® aking any such ac- | legation,‘who Sas fnter- | made a compre- | of the issues;involved. | o, in which | the changes | \CARRIE THE SMASHER ESCAPES DIRE PERIL Parleys With the Keeper of the “Nation” Saloon, Who Was Prepared to Kill Her. * | }‘ MRS. CARRIE NATION, THE KANSAS SALOON WRECKER, WHO VIS- | ITED ST. LOUIS YESTERDAY AND PARLEYED WITH THE Pg{OPRI- ETOR OF A RESORT STYLED “THE NATION.” ! : T. LOUIS, March 2.—Mrs. Nation stopped in St. Louis - to-day for thirty minutes, en route to Cincin- pati and Lexington. While wait- ing in the union station to meet her Eastern connection somebody told her the proprietor of the Nation saloon, not far from the union station, had threatened dire vengeance if she even entered his | place. | “I'd just like to see that man, | | tion exclaimed, and her: ey | “Who'll show me where he is | The crowd melted like springtime. Nobody volunteered. { Nation went trotting off to find a police- | Mrs. { man. She found two or three. | | "*“Where is the Nation saloon?’ she | ask “Take me there.- T won't smash. | T just want to see the man who said he | laying for me if I ever came. to St. | Loul: 3 | | The policemen smiled, tipped their, hats | and blughed. They didn't volunteer to act | as escort Well,” sajd Mrs. Nation, “I want to | | 8o, but'l must tend to my satchels first. | I have pot got long and I'must put them | where 1 can get them quick.” } She checked them in thé ‘main lunch- room and gathering a score of small boys { about her started for the saloon, o growd fcllowed her down Market street at | # run. Mrs. Nationvalked in at the front door, the boys still fallowing.” Sauerbur- ger. 'the proprietor. was behind the bar.| A crowd filled the doors and the street in front. They yelled and cheered her on. | Parleys With the Proprietor. “Who are you?" said Sauerburger, his eves popping out and *a determined ex- sion_coming over his face. m Carrie Nation,” was the reply “Well, you'd better get out of here. L R CUBANS RELY ON UNCLE SAM Majority of People in the | Island Not Inclined to | Objection. gl Special Dispatch to The Call. | HAVANA, March 25.—From news re- {ports which have been received here it is evident that there is a wide discrep- ancy between the official reports of the | political situation in Havana and those sent by the small group of correspond- ents stationed here. Granting for a mo- | ment that the action of the convention is doubtful, it may be said with accuracy that the officlal reports and various pri- vate reports which indorse the official, can only be based upon a general ground | of belief that the convention will come | to see the error of its way and to a reali- | zation of the hopelessness of struggling | against the inevitable. The contrary view, that of the corre- | | | spondents, is based directly upon the positive statements of the members of | that convention. Of those who advocate | the acceptance of the Platt amendment | because they abhor it, I have found not | one. Such advocacy as I have found has | \reated in the general proposition that a| disagreeable dose had best be swallowed | | and the best made of a bad bargaih, lest | worse should follow. | Neither disorder nor disturhance is | anywhers manifest on the island. There | | has been and is political unrest in many | sections, some feeling, and numerous | wholly peaceful public manifestations - of | | support of the convention in its atti-| | tude. In the event of the acceptance of | the Platt amendment by the convention, | there may be disturbance, though not | extensive, in Santiago Province and po: | sibly in Santa Clara Province. H Opposition to Convention. Within the last two weeks there has | developed a recognizable sentiment of op- position to the ‘convention. It is not ex- tensive and finds representation in two | or three papers of no important stand- ing. They make much of the recent dis- patches asserting a marked opposition | to the convention in Santiago Province and in Clenfuegos. To-day, as for the |last two weeks, all evidence obtainable | from members of the convention points | to some more or less direct rejection of the terms of the Platt amendmeént. There is a desire to come to some acceptable mutual agreement upon the matter or relations. Action may be taken by the conven- | tion at any time. One member declares that the present intention is to reply to the amendment in detail by clauses, ac- cepting this and declining that and glv- | ing the reasons for speclal action upon | each. Of any probability of acceptance | in_toto; there is no sign in the body it- | self. Evidence of that is only found in | American official assertions. s WASHINGTON, March 2.—Genera | Miles returned to Washington to-day from | Havana, confident that Cuba will accept the Platt amendment to the army appro- | priation law, defining the rélations that shall exist between the island and the United States. Although General Miles, accompanied by his aid, Colonel H. H. Whitney, went to Cuba to make a miii- tary fnepection, he was charged by the President with 'a special message to the Cubans. & P “Tell the people of the island,” the Pres- mi; | Sau : pect of the acquisition of the Isle of . “If you want me to get out, put me ou Mrs. Nation gathered her long black about her head and stood still. “hat are you doing here? That's what want to know.,” “That's what shouted. “I'm running the saloon.” “What do you call it?" “The Nation saloon.” “I. don’t like that. named after me.” “I've got a right to call it that’ I be- long to the nation and so do-all these men. So do you, don't you?'" *Yes, but 1 don’t want any such place named after me:"” ¢ Then to a. man who was drinking a cer she exclaimed: I'm here for,” she I don't want hell “You will go to hell, sir.” ‘You ought to stop that. £ “You'd better get out, Mrs. Nation,” said Saverburger again. “If you-want me to-go out, put me out."” Sauérburger went in search. of_a police- man, but could not find one, Mrs. Na- tion stayed as long as ‘she could without ing: her train. Then she laughed at erburger. Displays a Loaded Revolver. “I didn’t mean to smash anything,” she sald, and waving her hand to the crowd who siood about started oh the return to | tije station. After ghe disappeared Sauer- | burger pulied fromghis right coat pocket | a loaded revolver. i “4¢ &he bad even made a anything I would have killed her. sure;” 1t was while eating a sandwich at the ounter before her visit to the sa- loon that Mrs. Nation said she would not smash if she could only vote. She had j haken hands with a dozen small ove to smash T e going to take when i'm done. They can vote, and the Vote is the best hatchet. If I could vote Fwould 1ot smash any mor up my work ident said to General Miles, “that the ac- tion taken by Congress and the policy pursued by the United States are for their good and that the questions confrontin them now are insignificant compared wit the obstacles they have overcome. Con- vey to them the best wishes of the Ameri- can people for their prosperity and the prosperity of their island.” Cubans Gain Confidence. “At first,” General Miles sald to-night, “the Cubans seemed to be affected by a feeling of distrust, doubt and uncertainty, but after talking to them very frankly the emed to gain _confidence, and T think Plat; amendment will be sub: | stantially accepted. The Platt amend- ment does not seem to me. to be a serlous problem. The Cubans are very happy and they are grateful to the United States for assisting them in their struggle for independence. They are all at work and prosperous. It is altogether a matter of | opinion as to whether they are now fit for self-government. Certainly they are as ualified as any o South of the Rio Grande. .’ ‘"o republics General Miles was asked if the pros- the United Stat w i &nes o es was caus y mment in Cuba. SRR T ‘There is a .question as to whether the Isle of Pines does not belong to the United States under the treaty of Parls,” he replied. ““That treaty provides for the relinjuishment of Cuba by Spain and then cedes Porto Rico-and all other islands in the West Indies belonging to Spain to the United States. Under the Platt amend- ment the disposition of this island {s left for future negotiation. T do not think it Dresents a question of importance. General Miles added that the Presi- dential question is attracting little inter- est, and he expressed an opinion that General Gomez would decline the office f it be tendered to him. He found the American troops healthy and sanitary ar- rangements at the posts were excellent. —— PRESIDENT APPOINTS CIVIL SERVICE OFFICIAL Prospect That the Selection of the St. Louis Exposition Commission- ers May Now Be Made. WASHINGTON, March 2.—The Presi- dent has appointed ex-Representative W, A. Rodenberg of Tllinois a member of the Civil Service Commission to succeed the late Hon. Mark S. Brewer, and E. I. Allen of Auburn, N. Y., Commissioner of. Pat- ents to succced Commissioner, Duell, re- signed. » » The selection of Rodenberg removes one cf the factors which has delayed the ap- pointment of the S$t. Louis Exposition Commissioners. 1t is generally believed | that Mr. Rodenberg’s_candidacy clashed directly with that of Professor Northrup of Minnesota. The announcement of the commissfon is now expected within a few days. PHILLIPS ONCE MORE KING OF THE CORN PIT| | her since. His Holdings Are Estimated in the Millions and Shorts May Have a Hard Time, CHICAGO, March 2%.—The News to-day says: George Phillips {s again the corn pit king and his reign promises to be a hard one for the shorts. Urider the dicta- tion of the young speculator, the cereal to-day sold to 42% and fll;shlur May deliv- ery, the highest price touched this season. The demand was sufficient to carry. the market up in the face of heavy realiza- tions by longs. A featre of the present bull campaign is that the country is hea ily represented on the long side of the market and will profit by the vu*ce Phillips’ holdings are estimated to be: i the millions. —————— To Cure a Cold in One Day. Lexative Bromo-Quinine Tablets, = 25c. Take DELAREY'S FORCE MEETS _ereic - WITH DEFEAT British Troops Take (uns, Ammunition and Lrisgners. . However, the Boers Continue Active and Batile Bravely. LONDON, March 26.—The War Office has received the following dispatch from Lord Kitchener: “PRETORIA, March 25.—Babington's force, including Shekleton’s column, at- tacked Delarey, 1500 strong, southeast of Ventersdorp, and, having defeated him, followed him up rapidiy, with the result that the Boers’ rear guard was driven in and their convoy -captured, including the guns captured at Vaalsbank. Our troops displayed great gallantry and dash. They captured two 15-pounder guns and one pompon, six Maxims, 320 rounds of big ammunition, 15,000 rounds of small ammu. nition, 160 rifies, 53 wagons and 24 carts, besides taking 140 prisoners. Our loss was slight. Many lfuers were killed or wounded.” The officlal casualty list issued last evening indlcates renewal of active opera- tions since the fallure of the negotiations between Lord Kitchener and General Botha. At Hartebeestefontein, March 22 and 23, two officers were -killed and three wounded and four men killed and twenty wounded. There also scems to have been heavy fighting at a place near Gredde- dacht March 18, and near Ventersburg March 1. £ Ventersdorp, the Scene of the defeat of | Delarey, is about twenty-five miles north- east from Hartebeestefontein. It is possi- ble, Yherefore, that the advices as to fight- ing at these points really refer to the same engagement. “The Pretoria correspondent of the Stan- dard says that it is obvious some months | must pass before Boer resistance can be | crushed. . . The Amsterdam correspondent’ of the Daily Express says he understands that Mr. Kruger has advised Acting President Schalkberger to formulate peace terms. A special from Queenstown, Cape Col- ony, says: The town guard here has been called out, awing to reports that a force of Boers is near the town. Business has been shut down in order to allow the em- ployes to man the trenches and forts day and night. The Boers, who are sald to be twenty miles off, alleged to have crossed the railroad near Drummond. Colonial Secretary Chamberiain, when asked in the House of Commons yester- day if it was possible to change the offer of peace terms to the Boers, said the ne- gotiations were closed’and there was no intention of reopening them. - DEWET’'S NEW POSITION. Daring General Made Hoofd Com- mandant of the Boers. LONDON, March 26.—According to the Times' Johanneshurg correspondent Gen- eral Dewet has been appointed hoofd com- mandant of the Boers. Phillp Botha was appointed to succeed him as fighting gen- eral,” but he was killed the other day at Doornberg, There i3 nothing to indicate whether the new appolntment involves General Dewet's withdrawal from active leadership in the field. e is supposed to now be with General Louls Botha mnorth of the Delagoa Bay railway line. Philip Botha was represented as being General Dewet's right-hand man and a leader of whom the foreign officers entertained the highest opinion. oo MANY DEATHS IN THE SWIRL OF THE WINDS Continued From First Page. town to-night, doing considerable dam- age. Several persons are reported killed, among them the child of J. D. Harrell. Mrs. Harrell, che wife, had a leg broken. The residences of Messrs. Woodall and Bethune were also blown down. Fifteen or twenty negro cabins were blown down, one negro child of Tke Russin being killed and several others seriously injured. TLANTA, Ga., March 25.—A cloud- burst is reéported at Greenville, S. C.. and a cyclone at Adairsville, Ga. No lives* are reported lost. GALVESTON, Tex., March 25.—At Dou- ble Bay, a hamlet thirty miles north of Galveston, the storm of Friday night as- sumed _cyclonic proportions. ~Mrs. Fish and a 7-year-old girl, a daughter of Rich- ard Measle, were killed. Three people were injured. Three houses which with- stood the September storm collapsed. MO TRACE IS.FOUND OF THE MISSING WOMAN Vigorous Search Is Made by Rela- tives of Mrs. Neville Castle, but Without Success. NEW YORK, March 25.—Hospitals, pri- vate sanitariums and the morgue were searched yesterday by friends and rela- tives of Mrs. Neville Castle, who is miss- ing from her home, No. 220 West Forty- fifth street, but no trace of her was found. Mrs. Castle disappeared Saturday night after a dinner given in her honor by Mrs. Goddwin of No. 467 Central Park West, She left at 8 o'clock, n.{lng she was go. ing home, but nothing has been seen of Mrs. Castle’s brother, who married the daughter of Admiral’ Sam; son, has been notiffed of her ance, and he is expected here to-day to join other relatives and friends in the gearch, The police of many clties have been furnished with a description of the missing woman. Bl Rk T CITY AND COMPANY AT WAR OVER WATER Attempt Made to Deprive Ogden Peo- ple of Supply, but Corporation Officers Are Arrested. OGDEN, Utah, March 2%.—War was de- clared to-day between the City Council and the Ogden Water Works Company, The city claims the water works system and has notified all consumers not to pay their water rentals pending the termina- tion of the suit. The company began turning off the wa- ter to-day, and the entire Police - ment, reinforced by 100 specials, arrested the agents of the compapy and ihey were jailed without bonds. e officers then turned the water on again. Great excite- ment prevails here. ——- SIX ROBBERS LOOT AN OHIO BANK’'S SAFE/ Fifteen Hundred Dollars in Coin and a Large Amount in Bonds Taken Away. s COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 2.—A tele- phone message from Somerset, Perry County, received at the police station at 2 a. m. stated that six men had ridden into the city and blown N?on the safe in the local bank and secured $1500 in money amount in bonds. The rob- PESRICL KIEL, ;hr:h ‘—TMAMQM:Q ngemn teamer us, fr Seotl; has been 105t with all on board: 2 and a large rs escaped. MINE OPERATORS SILENT s W F o JOHN MITCHELL, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA. + K EW YORK, March 2%.—President Mitchell of the Miners' Union sent the foliowing statement to ‘Wilkesbarra to-day: . “I have had no conference with J. P. Morgan or any other railroad presi- dent or coal operator. ~Contrary to re- ports we, the committee, did not come to' New York in response to any invitation. BRITHI STATES THE OBJECTIONS State Department Makes Public the Canal Docu- ment From London. WASHINGTON, March 25.—The com- munication from the British, Government glving the reasons why that Government declined to accept the Senate amendments of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, which was delivered to Secretary Hay by Lord Pauncefote on March 11, was made public to-day. Lord Lansdowne, Secretary of State far Foreign Affairs, sets forth at some length the circumstances under which the con- vention was signed by Lord Pauncefote and the Secretary of State, showing that the negctiatlons were initiated by the United States and that the British Gov- ernment accepted the convention uncondi- tionally as signal proof of its friendly disposition and of its desire not to’im- pede the execution of the project declared to be of national Importance to the people of the United States. Lord Lansdowne then considers separately the three amendments of the Senate. He bdgins by saying: The Clayton-Bulwer treaty is an interna- tional compact of unquestionable validity, a contract which, according to the laws of in- ternational usage, ought not to be abrogated or modifled save with the consent of both parties to the contract. In spite of this usage, his Majesty's Government finds itself con- fronted by a ‘proposition, communicated to it by the United States Government without any previous attempt to ascertain its views, for the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. The Matter of Fortification. Lord Lansdowne shows that under arti- ¢le I of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty the two parties agreed that neither would oc- cupy or fortify or colonize or assume or exercise any dominion over any part of Central America, nor attain any of the foregoing objects by alllance with any state or people of Centfal America. There is no sim{lar agreement in the convention. If, therefore, the treaty were wholly ab- rog‘amd both powers would, except in the vicinity of the canal, recover entire free- dom of action in Central America. This change, he thinks, would certainly be of advantage to the United States and might be of substantial importance. The other two amendments, in the opin- fon ;of Lord Lansdowne, present more formidable difficulties. The first of them— the so-called Davis amendment, which re- serves to the United States the right of taking any measures which it may find necessary to secure by its own forces the defense of the canal—appears to his Ma- Jesty’s Govérnment to involve a_distinct departure from the principle which has until now found acceptance with both governments, namely, that in titme of war as well as in time of peace the passage of the canal is to remain unimpeded and is to be maintained by the power or powers responsible for its control. .With this amendment added to the con- vention the United States would be, it is presumed, within its rights if af any moment when it seemed to it that its safety required it, in view of war- like preparations not yet commenced, but contemglated or supposed to be contem- plated by another power; it resorted to warlike acts in or pear the canal—acts clearfy consistent with the neutral char- acter which it has always been sought to give it, and which would deny the free use AND STRIKE IS ITITTINENT nt [litchell Says He Has Received No Offers of Compromise but Is Hopeful. —— So far as I know the miners have not, up to this time, becn offered or granted any concessions. Of course we all hope to avert the strike and we are putting forth our most urgent efforts to that end. We came to New York for the purpose of holding a confercnce if possible and | in doing so we are simply carrying out the wishes expressed by a majority of those who attended the late conference at Hazleton.” Senator Hanna visited several places in the finangial district to-day. When asked “whether his presence here had any con- nection with coal sirike rumors: the Sen- ator réplied emphatically that it had none. “I am here on other matters,” he said. “I have nothing to do with this affair and I do not know anything about it save what I have heard and read the last few days. 1 .have not been consulted regard- ing this matter at al he Herald to-morrow will say that the .operators of the anthracite coal mines | and the executive officers of those rail- | roads that are largely interested in that | industry are unanimous in the opinion that there will be no strike ordered on | April 14n the Pennsylvania coal regions. | There seemed to be equal positiveness in | the assertion that as an organization the United Mine Workers will not be recog- ni: by the operators. It secems to be pretty well established that Mr. Mitchell will not have an oppor- | tunity of holding any conference as the | representative of the United Mine Work- | ers with any of the anthracitg coal opera- tors or any person representing them. The operators are averse to giving any recognition to the organization.. Several of the railroad officials received dispatches “from the coal region to-day and the re- cipients sald that all were of %he same tenor—that the miners were anxious to avert a strike. of lltd(o the commerce and navies of the world. Suez Canal Comparisons. He goes on to show that there is no anomaly between the tenth article of the Suez canal convention and the Davis amendment, adding; The banks of the Suez Canal are within the dominions of a territorial sovereisn who was & party to this convention and whose estab- Iished ‘Interests it was necessary to protect; whereas the Nicaragua canal will be con- | structed in territory belonging mot to the | United States but to Central Amenican states, of whose sovereign rights other powers cannot claim to dispose. Lord Lansdowne states his objections to the amendment which strikes out article | III of the convention, under which the | high contracting parties engeage immedi- | ately upon the convention being ratified to bring it to the notice of other powers and to invite théir adherence. “If that adherence was given the neu- trality of the canal would be secured by the whole of the adhering powers; with- | out that adherence it would depend ouly | upon the guarantee of the two contracting | powers." The amendment, Lord Lansdowne thinks, not only removes all prospect of | the wider guarantee but places Great | Britain in a position of marked disadvan- tage compared with other powers. Iie| says: | It his Majesty's Government were to agree | to such an amendment, while the United States would have a treaty Tight to Interfere | with the canal in time of war or apprehended | war and while other powers could, with a clear conscience, disregard any of the restric- tions imposed by the convention, Great Britain alone. in spite of her enormous possessions on the American continent, and In spite of her Australian colonies and her interests in the East, would be dbsolutely precluded from | resorting to any action or from taking meas- ures to secure her interests In and near the canal. Lord Lansdowne instructs the British Embassador to explain to the Secretary of State the reasons set forth in this dis- patch why his Majesty’'s Government feels unable to accept the convention in {he shape presented to it by the Amer- ican Embassador and why it prefers, as matters stand at present, to retain un- modified the provisions of the Clayton- Bulwer treaty. He continues: His Majesty's Government throughout these negotigions ‘gives évidence of ita earnest desire to meet the views of the United States, It would in this connection have beed ready to consider In a friendly spirlt any amendments of the Government of the United States not inconsistent with the principles of both Governments which the Government of the United States might propose, and It would sincerely regret a failure to come to an amicable understanding ip regard to this important subject. | CUT IN THE PRICE | OF EXPORT PRUNES | California Cured Fruit Association Meets President Bond’'s Suggestion. SAN JOSE, March 25.—A meeting of the board of directors of the California | Cured Fruit Association was held to-day at which President Bond, who has just | returned from Europe, submitted a report | covering his observations concerning the | prune market in the East and abroad. | While no official statement has yet been made public it is understood that he ad- vised a cut in prices 6n prunes for export. A modification was made In prices on such prunes. The official announcement will not be made public before to-morrow or Wednesday, but it is understood that prunes for export are cut another quarter of a cent a ‘Jound, and possibly some re- strictions holding the export trade in the hands of California packers are removed. —_—— Switchman Loses His Life, SEATTLE, March 2.—Roy Thornburg, a_switchman in the employ of the Great Nofthern Railway, met death under the wheels of a freight train,at Interbay, a station near this city, this afternoon. Big ADVERTISEMENTS. Not Meving! 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