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COMPLETE POWER TO ACT.Work on tho Trooty of PoooO Will Bo-

gin Early In ' August—President Roosevelt Again Triumphed In In­sisting tha Envoys Have Full

Oyster Bay, L. I , July 4.—Official announcement la made by Prealdent Roosevelt of the names of the Russian and Japanese envoys to the Washing­ton 'peace conference. The character and—ability of the men selected by both belligerents Is an earnest dem­onstration of the desire of the re­spective governments to conclude. If possible, the tragedy being enacted in the far east The plenipotentiaries axe:

Russia — Ambassador Muravieff,formerly minister of Justice and now ambassador to Italy, and Baron Ros­en, recently, appointed as ambassador to the Wilted SIil States to succeed Count

Japan—Baron Komura, minister of foreign affairs, and Kogoro Takahlra, minister to the United States.

By direction of the president Secre­tary Loeb made the formal announce­ment In the following statement:

Power to Conclude a Treaty.“ The president announces that the

Russian and Japanese governments have notified him that they have ap­pointed plenipotentiaries to meet hero (Washington) as soon after the first of August as possible. The two Rus­sian plenipotentiaries are Ambassador Muravleff, formerly minister of justice and now ambassador at Rome, and Ambassador Rosen. The Japan, plenipotentiaries are Baron Komura, now minister of foreign affairs, and Minister Takahlra.

"It la possible that each side may send one or more additional represen­tatives. The plenipotentiaries of both Russia and Japan will be entrusted with full power to negotiate and clnde a treaty of peace, subject, of course, to ratification by their respec­tive home governments."

Full Power Demanded.A day or two ago the Russian and

Japanese governments formally com­municated to the president the names of the plenipotentiaries they respec­tively selected. Acting as an Inter­mediary the president communicated the names of the Japanese envoys to the St. Petersburg aovernment, and those of the Russia# representatives to ToUo. After giving both govern­ments assurances that the selections were satisfactory the president, ac­cording to his agreement with the belligerents, authorized the public an­nouncement of the’ envoys.

Some delay was occasioned In the selection of the plenipotentiaries by the Insistence of Japan that the en­voys of both governments be clothed with full power to conclude peace and to negotiate a permanent treaty. The Japanese government Indicated point­edly that the emperor would nqt per­mit his envoys to enter upon a tenta­tive conference In which Japan was define Its terms and then let Russia decide whether the eonferees should proceed with their deliberations. The Toklo government Insisted that the plenipotentiaries should have con­ferred on. them treaty making powers and that the negotiations should be entered upon In a spirit of perfect sin­cerity.

Such, too, was the position taken by President Roosevelt. He main­tained that only by clothing the en­voys with ample authority to act for their respective governments could a lasting peace be achieved. He strong­ly urged the St. Petersburg govern­ment to accede to what was regarded as a reasonable proposition of Japan. That he was successful In his presen­tation of the matter to the Russian emperor Is Indicated clearly In statement which he Issued today.

The president's announcement prac­tically concludes the preliminary ne­gotiations for peace. Minor details re­main yet to be arranged* but the con­ference now seems to be assured. While no absolute date for the meet­ing of the envoys has been fixed. It has been determined that the first session will be held In Washington about the first of August

No decision has yet been reached as to the place of holding the sessions. In this connection the word "here" In the official statement issued today Is likely to be misunderstood. It means merely “In this country.”

The sessions of the conference, of course, will not be held at Oyster Bay. although It Is expected now that tho envoys of the two conferring powers will come to Oyster Bay to pay their respects to President Roosevelt and to receive his greetings. This trip to (he president's home probably will be made In two warships, the Mayflower and the Dolphin being under consid­eration for the mission.

HUNDREDS WERE DROWNED.

Flood Sweeps Qusnajuato, Mexico, Resulting In Ruin and Death.

Mexico City, July 4.—Reports are current here that from 600 persons up­ward, with one report claiming 1000, have'been drowned In a great flood at Guanajuato, mining city, the Important seat of activity by several large American and British com­panies.

Late tidings are that Guanajuato Is completely flooded and water Is al­ready invading the higher parts of the

while there is fear that Laolla dam may give fiway, which would mean complete-and general ruin.

The city is built in a great gorge the mountains and the streets n

the mountainside In picturesque fashion.

The lower streets became raging torrents as the water poured In »Avers down the upper streets. Doors' were smashed in by the force of the water and windows were no protection against the furious flood.

A dispatch to President Robinson of the Mexican Central railroad says there are 1000 dead at Guanajuato.

The town of Marafllo, Just below Guanajuato, was completely wiped out.

The raging water la carrying the dead through every street of Guana­juato.

In Guanajuato the water Is up to the second story of the Hotel Union. Great damage has been wrought to the street car line. There is only one way the people get to Marafllo, which la with mules or afoot. Telegraphic communication wltu Guanajuato Is cut off and It Is supposed Laolla dam was completely destroyed, but this

• confirmed.The Mexican Central northbound

passenger train ran into a washout north of Irapuato and was derailed, the water running over some of the cars.

Advices from Queretaro are to the effect that there was no telegraphic' communication with Guanajuato last night.

Messengers who managed to get out of the city say the water stands from three to four feet deep In houses and shops In the lower part of the city, and that the citizens have gone to the mountains carrying their valuables.

Four War Ports In 8 w*den.Stockholm, July 4.—The govern­

ment has issued a proclamation be­coming effective Immediately, declar­ing Stockholm, Karlskrona, Gothen­burg and Farosund to be war ports and excluding all foreign warships from them.

MUTINEERS CONTROLBATTLESHIP IN1AZ .P O T M llN E

DOANS THE BLACK SEA.It la estimated that 100,000 head

of sheep will be shipped from Welser this season.

WILD 8 CENE8 IN ODESSA.

Women and Girls Help 8 et City Afire.

Groups of soldiers are station* t at every 100 paces In the streets of Odes­sa and by order of the governor the electric lights and gas were cut leaving the streets In darkness. Rail­way communications to the north were Interrupted for four day a Later In the day a private message was re­ceived from Odessa saying that the

were extinguished and that the sender anticipated the town would resume its normal state in a few days, directly after the trouble with the fleet Is settled.

It Is stated tnat 300 corpses of vic­tims of the fire of Wednesday night are lying In a heap In one of the har­bor sheds. Describing the incendiar­ism, a correspondent says:

T saw women and young girls help­ing to carry bundles of straw and fire wood, saturated them with paraffine and then lighting torches which were thrown In through the small doors and windows until the whole harbor front was aflame. A mob of from 12.000 to 15,000 persons fell back slowly and re- slstingly before the rifle volleys of the troops until the machine guns were brought Into action when they mowed down the frenzied ranks.1

The correspondent estimates the number killed at 1400 without count­ing those burned to death.

Railroad Rata Legislation. Testiyfing before the Senate Commit­

tee at Washington, Inter-State Com­merce Commissioner Pronty said In dUonaslng the proposition to give to that Commission the power to regulate railway rates:

“ I think the railways should make their own rates. I think they should be allowed to develops their own busi­ness. I have never advocated any law, and I am not now in favor of any law, whioh would put thq rate making power into the hands of any commis­sion or any oourt While it may be neoeasary to do that some time, while that is done In some states at the pres­ent time, while it is done in a countries, I am opposed to i t The railway rate is property. It is all the property that the railway has got The rest of its property i* not good U f anything unless it can charge a rate. Now it has always seemed to me that when a rate vus fixed, I f that rate an unreasonable rate, it deprives the railroad oompany of its property pro tanto. It is not neoeasary that yon should oonfisoate the property of a rail­road; it is not neoeasary that you should say that it shall not earn three or lour ber cent When you put in a rate that is inherently unreasonable, yon have deprived tlpU oompan of its rights, of its property, and the oircuit oourt of the United States haa jurisdic­tion under the fourteenth amendment to restrain that **"*I have looked at these oases a great many times, an can only oome to the oonolnsion that a railroad oompany is entitled to charge a fair and reasonable rate, and if. any order of the commission, i f any statute of a state legislation takes away that rate, the fourteenth amend­ment pvoteots the railway oompany."

TEATea is coarse or fine, tea

or weed, harsh or smooth,

keen or soft, heavy or bright;

but words are empty.Wrfu fev «V b a U s M , A M S ^ A

Tolstoy is in no sense a popular writer, yet his works have a wider cir­culation than any living writer, it is said. Up to the present his books have been prlnted in 46 languages.

TEAYour grocer has also our

coffee baking-powder e x ­tracts spices and soda.

A ll alike as to truenessand goodness.

YELLOW FEVER ON I8THMU8.

Hundreds of Refugees Coming to United 8 tatea.

New York.—When the Panamasteamship Zeguranca came into port she brought the largest number of refugees from yellow fever'and ma­laria that any recent incoming vessel has yet carried. There were 149 cab­in passengers -aboard, all the ship could hold, and applicants for passage back to the United 8 tates had been turned away by the dozen at Colon.

Those who came brought unpleas­ant tale* of the condition existing all along the line of the canal, stories of sickness and sudden deaths, of almost criminal negligence In caring for em­ployes In the great work, charges of all sorts against officials in charge, stories of favoritism, blacklisting, filth and hunger.

Inventors are now turning their at­tention to the smaller details of the automobile. One of the most reoent patents is applied te a wire frame ar­ranged to sweep the rubber tires. This, it is olaimed, will avoid many puno- tures, alnoe it w ill remove tack« and bits o f glass as soon as ploked up.

Alfonso X IIL is said to have inherit­ed his father’s remarkably steady eye and sure hand, and’ Is now aooounted one ot the best shots in Spain. j

TAFT NOT TO BE PREMIER.

8 ays He Does Not Expect 8 tate Port­folio.

Omaha, July 3.—Secretary Taft and party, en route tor the Philippines, passed to rough Omaha early 8 unday, leaving for the west

Secretary Taft, when asked: “Are>u to become the premier of the ad­

ministration?” replied:‘No, I do not expect to become sec­

retary of state. I wired to the presi­dent for Instruction when we learned of Secretary Hay’s death, and he or­dered us to proceed. That does not look as If I was to become secretary of state.” *~

Letters are dropped two or three times a day on to' a wren which Is sit­ting on her eggs In the letter box of D. Baker, an English draper, but the bird keeps Its place.

The Indiana of the Uhootaw tribe, ( la Indian territory, have formed a good road* association.

Rev. Joseph White, who recently died at Malvern, Australia, was one of six young Wesleyan missionaries who went to the Fiji Islands In 1860 and assisted' in the evangelization of the Islands For uie last 30 years he had been preaching In Australia.

TEAHow mucir mbney do we

return to dissatisfied people ?

A ll that our grocers get asked for.

Vo« i m i — fmrmmtr k m.

Lord Roberts, the famous British army offloer, w ill visit this country some time next fall. He has announced his intention to his old friend, Colonel W. Gordon MoCabe of Riohmond, Va., who is accustomed to spend a good por­tion of his time in London.

TEAI t rouses new life and al­

most satisfies hunger.

A oeremonial drink called assine of the Amerioan aborgines was prepared by the women in stone vessel« and boil­ed by mean» of heated -«tones.

TEAThe m jdestest thing in the

vorld is tea. It is only tea!

Governor Warfield of Maryland has had made a large scrapbook of news­paper dippings on the death of Lloyd Lowndes of his state to be filed In the state archives at Annapolis.

TEAThink o f the cheer in a

cargo o f tea I

A dispatch from SL Petersburg states that General 8akharoff, minis­ter of war, !

Admiral Kruger and Officers Could Not Depend on His Own Men to Capture Pirate 8 hlp, 8 o Withdrew— Fires Drawn Beneath Hla Own Ships and Officers and 8 alloiV Go Ashore.

St. Petersburg, July 4.—The unpre­cedented spectacle of a powerful mod­ern batUeship cruising around In the Black sea m the hands of a crew who under the rules of International law can not be regarded as other than rates, and ot the admiral In command of the rest of the euxlne fleet frank­ly confessing his Inability to cope with the situation and ordering the fires of his warships to„be drawn, has stupefied the Russian admiralty.

The whereabouts of the errant bat­tleship Kniaz Potemklne Is unknown here; no plans for capturing her have been devised, and the policy ot nonin­terference seems to be at present In vogue. The situation would make a good libretto for a comic opera were not the elements of the plot so seri­ous.

Dispatches from Odessa and Sebas­topol, which were confirmed by the ad­miralty, clear up fully the present situation. The Knlax Potemklne has sailed from Odessa and la now at large, and her crew, reinforced ny sympathizers from shore, is sUll In control of the vessel.

On the Georgi Pobledonosetz, which cast in Its fortunes with the Kniaz Potemklne after its arrival at Odessa and landed its officers, the more loyal or more timorous portion of the < again gained tne upper hand and agreed, to surrender and disarm the ship.

The rest of the squadron returned to Sebastopol without venturing take up the gauntlet thrown down by the mutineers on the Knlax Potem­klne, and Admiral Kruger, after a council of war, finding that he could not depend on his crews, ordered the Ores drawn beneath the boilers of his ships and gave permission to all the disaffected oincers and sailors to quit the vessels and go ashore.

The sailors of the Ekaterina II. were known to be so mutinous that the battleship was left behind when the squadron started for Odessa, the whole crew dismissed and the ship disarmed.

The Kniaz Poiemklne, which was steering a southerly course when she left Odessa, would within a few hours be south of Russia limits and may next be heard from at some Balkan Turkish port

PROCLAMATION BY PRE8 IDENT.

- - - - - /Flags Ordered Half Masted at the

Embassies.Oyster Bay, July 4.—President

Roosevelt has prepared the formal proclamation announcing the death of John Hay, secretary ot state, and it will be promulgated tomorrow Washington. The proclamation will be forwarded by mall to ajl ambassa­dors and ministers of the United

a foreign countries and also will be transmuted officially to the diplomatic representatives at Wash­ington of foreign nations.

The following la the full text of the announcement:

“A proclamation by the president ot the United States.

“John Hay, secretary of state of the United States, died on July L His death, a crushing sorrow to friends, is to i-e people of the c try a national bereavement and In ad­dition Is a serolus loss to man! for to him It was given to stand as a leader In the «Sort to better world conditions by striving.to advance the cajise of International peace and jus­tice.

"He entered the public service as the trusted and Intimate companion of Abraham Lincoln, and for well nigh 40 years he served his country with loyal devotion and high ability In many positions ot honor and trust, and finally he crowned his life work by serving as secretary of state with such far sightedness In the future and such loyalty to lofty ideas as to con­fer lasting benefit* not only upon our

country bat upon all the nations of the world.

suitable expression of na­tional mourning, I direct that the dip­lomatic representatives of the United

In all foreign countries display the flag at half mast for 10 days; that

like period the flag of the Unit­ed States be displayed at half mast at all forts and military posts and at all naval statons and on all vessels of the United States.

”1 further order that on the day of the funeral the executive departments of the city of Washington be closed and that on all public buildings throughout the United States the na­tional flag be displayed at half mast

“Done at the city of Washington, this, the third day of July, 1905, and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and twenty-nlntn.”

•THEODORE ROOSEVELT.” By the president: Herbert D. Pierce,

acting secretary of state.

“LID" IS OFF IN 8 T. LOUI8.

Thlraty Throngs Have no Trouble Se­curing Booxe.

SL Louie, July 3.—The “ lid” was rn completely off In SL Louis county

Sunday, and drinks were obtainable In dozens of places by anyone who had the price.

A condition; not a theory, i fronts Governor Folk in SL Louis county, and he will have to call out the militia to enforce his Sunday clos­ing order or admit that he is Impotent to execute all the laws on the statute

X)k.In this city the "lid was on tighter tan ever, not a case of violation of

law being reported to police head­quarters up to 9 p. m., and consequent­ly not an arrest was made up to that

King N<*0 In White Top HaLAt the races this year King Edward

appears In the height of fashion. He generally wears a silk hat, frock coat, a light vest and gray trousers, a pair of field glasses slung across his shoul­ders. His majesty Is well known as

authority on men's fashions and last year he adopted the white top hat for races and similar occasions. The prince has also been known to wear the white ‘‘topper.” and has recently

Come N ow O w n U p

You don’t like those gray h*lrs,doyou? And your hus­band certainly doesn’ t like them. Then why not try a bottle of Ayer’s Hair Vigor? it restores color to gray hair every time, all the deep, rich color of early life. And It cures dandruff also.

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Stop Boycott.. . . __China haa taken steps to stop the

•«•“ “ “ “ ■ H « 'against American goods. Minister Rockhill, at Pekin, cabled the state department that after repeated and urgent representations from the American legation orders have been Issued from the Chinese foreign of­fice to all viceroys and governors In the empire to cease anti-American agi­tation and attempted boycott against American goods.

It Is stated by the London Express that a well educated Parisian^ named George Teyron, earns a comfortable livelihood by figuring as the 14th guest at dinner parties which other­wise would be attended only by 13

Reed Meyer, who died at the Ger­man hospital, Philadelphia, a few days ago,was son a of Conrad Meyer, inven­tor of the iron frame whioh made poss­ible the latter day development of the

The Russian painter, M. Stepanoff, has appealed to Amerioan Consul Gen­eral Wattaat 8L Petersburg to assist In the reoovery of Russian paintings lost after the olose of the SL Louis ex-

Convlcted of Land Fraud.Fargo, N J)., July 6.—Frederick

Nuremberger, charged with land frauds, was convicted In the United States court here.

In Japan every boy up to the age of 13 is known In his own family by a child name (“Osana-na” ), which he then exchanges for the appellaUon to be borne through life.

Sample« by mall receive prompt attention Placer gold, retorts end end rich oree bocchi tend lor tree mallin* envelope« end price li <

CASTOR IAPor Infant» and Children.

I t i Kind Yon K a n A l « a j t Bought

A serum for hay fever Is used by physicians In the Island of Heligoland.

Justice Brewer of the United States supreme oourt said recently: "Japan,it would seem, have made the Goddess of Liberty her hired girl.”

Four filths of Zu Inland has been de­clared unfit for European habitation by the British delimitation Loommis-

An East India medical Journal ports the discovery, by Captain Rost, of a cure for leprosy. It Is "leprolin,' a substance analogous to Koch's “ tub­erculin."

HOWAKD X. BURTON, Amrrrnnd Chem- l«t. Specimen price«—«old Bll'er and Lead, II; Gold and blfver, 70c; Zink or Coppar, (1; Cynlde ie*t. Mailing envelopaa and foil price- Hat lent on application. Control and Umplra work aollclied. Leadvllle, Colorado. Refer­ence, Carbonate National Bank.

Josef Hofmann, the great pianist, is a clever electrioian, and devotee nearly all his spare time to the solenoe. .

For bronchial troubles try Plso'a Cure for Consumption, It Is a good oonah medicina. At droggiata, price 2* oeut«.

The German empreM is an early riser, and sits down to breakfast with the emperor, winter and rammer, punctually at 8 o'olock.

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup the best remedy to ass (or their children daring teething period

The common little rhyme beginning, "Thirty days has September," i f not as old as the hills, at least Is as old as 1696, for in that year It was printed In London In an old arithmetic.

Those afflicted with Eczema know more than caa be told of the suffering imposed by H»la ■•flesh fire." It usually begins with a slight redness of the akin, which gradually spreads, followed by blisters and pustules discharging a thin, sticky Sold inn» dries « s i^ - «— « ® — - 1 —.— — *1— -- •• ■dries and scales off, leaving an inflamed surface, and at times the itch­ing and burning are almost unbearable. While any part o f the body is liable to be attacked, thehands, feet, back, arms, face Eczema made its appearanee on my left limb ths and legs are the parts most of my thumb in 1893, and spread until it was often afflicted. The cause o f “ my hand, burning, itching and painingEczema is T to o add condi- *“ • “ d »Wch I could get no relief, u£ttUs£ tioa of tile blood. T ie dr- F j— ?»— «•?■ f t T°u I - t t . . » jdJU i™ breomo, l . a d e d S 'with fiery, odd poison, that M .r«u , ¿ ¿ T J. H. B n > Care fo r c e d through theglands and pores of the skin which set the flesh aflame. Since the cause of the disease u in the blood it is a waste of time to try to cure it with local applications; the cause must be removed before a cure can be effected. S.S.S.

haa no equal as a remedy for Eczema; it enters tho blood and forces out the poison through the natural channels, and builds np the entire system. The skin becomes smooth and soft again, and the Eczema is cored. Cases that have persistently refused to be

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