TALK OF FORT OR-Ct?ILD

UKLI) BY T.llT MEW

THE MAN-A-L3N CO.,

COLUMBUS. CHIC. U. 3. A.

Those who prefer can ob-

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Requiring a

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The discussion of a candidate for second place

really dates from the day when news was re-

ceived from the Ohio primaries, which indicated

that Secretary Taft would have the solid dele-ration of Ohio behind him in the Chicago con-vention, but itM not so directly due to that fact

Hi its consequences. No sooner did it become

known that Ohio would be solid for Taft than

r.ew= was received from lowa that Mr. Taft

wcuid be supported by its solid delegation, and

the most encouraging information has also been

coming from many other sections.Ar.other important factor in promoting confi-

dence in administration circles has been the re-

Rxtt cf the anti-administration tactics in or-

panirir.g a contesting delegation in Florida.The course of the —IITafl allies in Floridaserved to demonstrate to the Republican or-

ganizations in every Southern state that the

"allies'" programme contemplated the elimina-

tion of the existing organization in each South-ern state, and men who were theretofore fight-

lee: for Taft because of personal preference or

l-ecause of the usual disposition of SouthernRepublicans to espouse the cause of the admin-Ifiraticn. are now fighting for Taft. because on

\u25a0.?. success their political lives depend. A

notable example of this is the case of Arkansas,

•nhich the administration had not theretoforeplaced With certainty. The action of the anti-

T2.iz forces in Florida settled the situation in

Arkansas, and General Powell Clayton, the na-

tional committe^man. announced in Chicago

yesterday that hie state would send a solid Taftdelegation, end that there would be no contest-

Ing delegation either.

rnor Guild is of about the President's age,

uon to having been a stanch Mjp-\u25a0 sidenJ M Kinloy.is heartily in sym-

: wttb the Baaaevett ponies, w-h:le Usirity would doubtless add considerably to

Hnas.ll of the ti.ke:.

The advocates of the Roosevelt policies have

for s-onie time regarded Governor Fort as a com-

ing man in the party. The nomination of Mr.

Taft -would, it is generally thought, call for anEastern man for second place, and Governor

Fert is declared to be especially well qualified

for the place. Itis asserted that hi? eight years'

Ffrvice in the Supreme Court of New Jersey has

piven him experience with the law and a judi-

cial temperament to a degree most desirable in

the man who might be called to the highest

cfSce in the land, while the views which Gov-

ernor Fort entertains on public questions are

inaccord with those of Secretary Taft and the

President. It will be recalled that PresidentRoosevelt took occasion to include in,his lastmessage to Congress a considerable extract

from Governor Fort's inaugural address, in

which the Governor expressed his convictionsrefnirdiag the relation of the state to corpora-

tions.Of course the Presidents quotation in his

rr.essare served to bring the Governor of New

Jcr^tv more prominently before the people of

the el HR country than the inaugural address

could have done, and it is intimated by some

persons close to the President that he is missing

no tricks in the political game, and taking no

action which has not iV* full significance.

The suggestion of Governor Warner of Michi-

gan that Curtis Guild, jr.. Governor of Massa-chusetts, be named for second place has also

been received favorably in circles friendly toSecretary Taft. and it is possible that there may

be developments along that line.Governor Guild is well and favorably known in

•he "West, having made an extensive campaign

trip withMr.Roosevelt, then candidate for Vice-President, in gMw. .

*

The Tuo Governors Considered- forSecond Place on Ticket.

[From The Tribune Rureau.J _T:?% VT' *""Washington. Feb. l."». -It is learned here to-

r.s?:ht that J. F*ranklin Fort. Governor of NewJersey, and Curtis Guild, jr.. Governor of Massa-

chusetts, are beins; seriously considered in ad-

ministration circles for tho second, place on the

ticket with Secretary Taft. Heretofore the at-

tention of administration Republican? has boon

so strongly centred on the race lor first place

that little thoucfit has been given to the ques-

tion of a candidate for Vice-Preridcnt, but soprcat is the confidence now felt by them regard-

ir.z the success of v- Taft in th^ Chicago con-

vention that the discussion is •turning; to the

second j>lacc

BURTOX WBNOMIN.ITED.

Congressman Also a Delegate to—Instructed for Taft.

Cleveland. Feb. 15.—Congressman Theodore E.

Barton was unanimously nsaiinsted by the R*>-

r cam cf the Bat Congress District to-day.

Ccrgres?ir.an Burton and Judc»- Fred L. Taft wereflerted as dHegat^s •-.- the district to th» Re-

rstMian National Convention to be held in Chicago

in June. The alternates chosen were Thomas W.

n*m:r.i and Joseph Carar*-!'.i. The delegates werebmrocted to vote (me the nomination of Secretary

Taft a^ the Presid~nt;al candidate. Charles A. Otis

wss chosen Presidential elector for the district.Immediately following the Congress convention

the county convention met. A few petty con-tests developed. Tli<" convention re-elected the

rr.*ir.b*-rR of the "rtpular." or pro-Taft. executivecommittee, thus removing any question as to itsl»=aLTy. it was against the old committee that the

Forkfcer followers .-..\u25a0. fight. Th' board

cf elections which recognized th» rival Forakercommittee was censured.

. t, fhe BeawoUcaas of.tha

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-ptaos, . , \u25a0 . \u25a0 reaflon. , -• .. --. aatioaal a

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-: Harry D - • electad

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Toledo. Feb. 15.— The Sth Ohio Republican Con-

rr«ri» District convention met here to-day and

elected Noah D. iwajracaadP C. Tadscn delegates

to the national convention at Chi<^aßo. They *eretßStracted to vote for William H. Taft for Presi-dent "until he is nominated." Elni-r G. McClelland*as nominated for Presidential elector.

*"The can-

tiidacy of James Southard, nominated for Con-trrss at the Republican primaries on Tuesday, \u25a0»\u25a0\u25a0

1-ciorsed-

ATLANTA POSTOFFICE CONTRACT.V.asnin^lon, Feb. Is.— The contract for the sup*r-

e'rur-Mjre cf the new | \u25a0\u25a0..:..

fc-iidmg ... Atlanta ha* been awarded to the rharies

iicJaul Company, of Philadelphia; at f7l<u:W.

Order byTelephone

A big retail market adver-tises that it has installedadditional telephone facilitiesand organized a special tele-phone order department, withquick deliveries, lor its tele-phone customers.

Order byTelephone

•i~W ronx TELEPHONE CO..15 Ucy Sirmcf

THIRD TRIAL TRIP OF NORTH CAROLINA. {Norfolk, Va.. Feb. 15.— The United Kate* armored I

cruiser North Carolina left Hampton Reads this Jafternoon to undertake bar third trial trip sal the jVirginia Capes, rollowlngcertain changes in valve ,

.adjustments which her builders believe willassure

a \u25a0acsaaafal oaftoi m- . ; .TO DEVELOP NEW TYPE OF MOTOR BOAT.

'•Washington. Feb. U.—The Navy Department has ;

authorized the gMai constructor of th.- ruivy to |oevelop .inew '.'.;•• of motor boat for ust in thenaval service. This work will be done al theNorfolk Navy Yard, and will Do confined to thedesign and development, of _».,?}-foot boat capable .of ten knots speed. The construction 'willbe along

"the* lines' suggested by the special board whichhome months ago "devoted itself to this subject.

I've deportment also h*a made arrangement.* v.ltu

BCRDEX LAIDOX PEOPLE.

Causes of Increased Expenses—

• Government Ownership.j Seattle, Feb. 11 (Special);— The latest news-

papers- to arrive ifrom Japan 'contain a fullaccount of the Japanese budget

'for the fiscal

year of -lOOS-'O9. This budget was recentlypassed by the Japanese parliament after a period

of active hostilities between the government andits opponents. While the government won a vic-tory, the opposition newspapers of Yokohama and

Tokio openly say that th» passage of the budget

marks the pa<?sl«g of the present government, formany of the articles adopted .-ire highly unpop-ular with the ma" of the people, and it is prophe-

sied that when the full burden i- felt by the

people a fierce antagonism will develop. In thefollowing account the figures given are all in yen,

one of which i? equal to about Mcent- in Ameri-

can money.

The budget provides for an ordinary revenue of

470. 000 yen and an extraordinary revenue of

140.450.000. or a total of 611.040.000 needed to runthe Japanese government for the next year. Theexpenditures are to be 615.950.000. leaving a deficitof 4,910.000. .which Is to be met by an increase1,1 the consumption tax on sake, sugar and petro-

leum. It is this increase on popular necessitiesthat is expected to arouse the people. Among the

foreigners there is a decided feeling, a^ expressed

in- the English press of Japan, that when the

government finds it necessary to tax commonnere=!slties the national affairs are in a bad way.

The ordinary revenue will be derived from thefollowing sources: I^and tax. 234.370,000: stamp tax,

2O2G2O00: government works-. 144.251.1300; post and

telegraph service. 35.583.G0u; government forests.

1"963 000; salt monopoly. •4C7.CQO; monopoly bureau. ;50.571.CW: railway service, 37.054.000: other receipts. j2.695.000; miscellaneous. 11.4.0,000.

The extraordinary revenue com s from loans. 41.-071000 transfer from naval account. 929.000; tem-

porary loans. 1.76C.000; carried over. 72.224.000; mis-

cellaneous. 14.452,000. ,The ordinary expenditures which must be met by ,

the government are as foil,«#: Civillist. 3.0.0X03; |foreign department. 3.C12.000: home department. |1C639.0CK>: finance. 234.000.000: war. 70.200.000: navy.

34*810.000: justice, 10.977.0C0: education. 6.285.000; agri-

culture and commerce,' <,500.000; communications.23,657,000.

GOOD GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT'

* comparison of the ordinary revenue and the jordinary expenses shows that the Japanese conduct ,

tbeh- railroads, postoffice and telegraph service In ;

splendid manner, for the net earnings are greater

than the operating expenses. Yet the rates are

low much lower, in fact, than in other countries.

The forests are* made to yield a revenue whether

owned by the government or by private individuals.Every tree cut down pays a tax. The government

likewise controls the production of salt and hun-

dreds'of mines of all kinds, which under the head |

of government works, pay handsome earnings. The

monopolies in the tobacco, match and other indus-

tries also pay well. Without these monopolies the

income of the government would be far below Us

needs.'

The increase in the ordinary expenditure* over

last year i? about 15.000.000 yen. caused largely by

the expense of maintaining railroad guards in Man-

churia and the stationing of troops in Corea. The

former feature has been prominently brought for-

ward by the opposition newspapers, and indicatesthat the Japanese are not making great efTorts to

withdraw their troops from the Chinese terrifory. jThe extraordinary expenditures planned for next

year include the following sums: Foreign depart-

ment, 3.515.000: home department, 13.2SO.OOO; finance, :17.204.000; war. 37.203.C00; navy. 46.138,000: education. ;1.727.000; agriculture and commerce, 9,941,000, and ,communications, 59,275,0C0.

The War Department's demands are caused by

the ,maintenance of the troops In Corea and Man-

churia and the suppression of the rebellion in For-

mosa. In the Navy Department there are pay-

ments to be made on warships now building and

contracted for. In this department the Tokio pa-

pers supporting the government lay great stress

upon the fact that:the ,construction programme

outlined previously has been postponed, effecting asaving of 45,000,000 yen in the next six years. Theactivity of the government In promoting agriculture

and commerce is seen in the extraordinary ex-pense.-, which are more than the ordinary. But

the greatest feature is the enormous sum demandedby the increase in railroads, which takes up thegreater part of the item -communication?." Thegovernment is taking over privately owned lines.rebuilding others and making hundreds of miles of i

extensions. Seres of districts heretofore without j

communication with trade centres are to be tapped

by the new extensions. This policy is. of course,

bound to he popular with the people la those dis-

tricts affected, and will bring the government forces

additional strength.

According to "The Japan Times'* there if reasonto b£ll«-ve that the govcrnrr.ent plans to extend itsmonopolies. The match making industiy will soon ;

become an exclusive government institution. While Iheavier percentages of the net earnings of plants

nhich have monopoly rights from the government

will be earn \u25a0.<'\u25a0! Gla*smakinp. ixon and n***landbrass works are receiving the attention of the gov-

ernment, and it may come to pan that these i:-

dustries will have to pay a tribute to th? Rovern-

ment. The opening of \u25a0•• mi.>< is also expected

to add considerable revenue, and if the•tir»-a;e:itr'.

move to increase the export tax on coal is .arrle.lout several million yen will be added to the rev-t.;ues within a year. .....

REDUCTION* IN ESTIMATES.The budget as passed is considerably les<= than ]

that at first outlined. The government planned

an additional expenditure of HMOMO6, but i: was :

found aeceasary to make a radical cut. These

cuts wore as foliow.«: Riparian works and works

to control water Cow. 5M,M#< roads and drainage

of swamp lands. .\or.4.i \>: Yokohama reclamation :work, -1.549.G(i0; Kote Haibor. 5.75i.C00: extension of ;

tobacco monopoly, 5.4fi9,C09; war department re- !

forms, llMSQ.OOO: re-arming and new uniforms, .3.-191,000*: warship building. -JS.SCO.OX*; other navy ex- ;penditures. 8.013.000. Part of th? expendituresplanned extended over seyeial years.

The mere fact that the government has found itnecessary to cut off the appropriations for the |army and navy 'so heavily is- an Indication of the jreal financial condition of the country. The Jap-

anese pi'ess has expressed the greatest f«:th thatthe country is able to v.enther any storm that mayarise, and even the opposition cannot conceal itsnational pride in commenting upon the fact thatthe government is sound in it- financial manage- :ment. The opposition lays Its greatest stress jon the increase In r.rmy and navy expenses, point-tag out that the needs or the country and tie |people require more works widen will give oppor-tunity- to Japanese farmers and workers in in-!du.-ttial lines. I

The rnatter'of the payment of the interest on thewar loans and the principal that is to fall due inthe lining year Is taken care of. as frill be no-ticed in the demands of the financial department,which needs a great sun—SM»oa).6Qo yen. out of

this, of course, come the expenses of collecting therevenues and the apprcpriations for the mail andsteamship sudsidies.

CHANGE IN JAPANESE EMBASSY. !Tokio. Feb. 15.—The recall of Mr. T. Miyaoka. I

counsellor of the Japanese Bsahaass at Wash- jington, was gazetted to-day. He will be sue- •

ceeded by .Mr. K. Matsul. now tilliMs the same !position at the Japanese Embassy in Paris.

\ Washington. Feb. IS.—Mr. Matsui. who has JJust bei n appointed counsellor of the Japanese i

Embassy, ha* heretofore been in Washington, \having served

' several years as secretary of [legation, beginning in 1894. in lacetsabja to Mr. jMiyaoka. whom he ißain succeed*. Mr. Miyaokaduring .i par! of UM was acting as charged'affaires, aid when the new minister arrived he \u25a0

went to Berlin. Mr. Matsui taking his place assecretary. Mr. Miyaoka will sail for home onthe steamship Siberia on March 10 from San IFrancisco. It Is expected he will be aasjaaad to

duty In the foreign ortk«» or some other post inthe diplomatic sen in which as occupies therank of minister. -

AN INDIAN ENTERS THE NAVY.Rochester. Feb. la.—Th \u25a0 record for naval —list-

meats In this city was broken when ten men WON

sworn Into service by l.!«uttnant Commander O. W. jK'»e.,ter, of the Buffalo district, to-duy One of th« ;

enlisted men is J. K. Cook, a defccendant of Chief j.Watch far of trie St..llcsis tribe 'of Indian.-., acousin of Cook is a gunner's .mate of .tii-j Ma**it- rchutetts. All tilt recruits eiarieU tor Newport,

a. 1., to-day. '\u25a0 --];\u25a0:

a private firm at Manßl Heights. X. V.. for esti-

mates and designs for the same sort of boat wtijh

will be developed by the bureau of constructionand repair.

ARMY BILL COMPLETED.

SEES »-Th« Var.kton at Valparaiso. —•-Kebman 14—Th« Scorpmn at "JJ^L.,

San Francisco, the Qulro? at fchingnal- ,BAILED- j

Februan- I+-The Buffalo, from Maxe taaaf for San

F?br^ry Cls^Tbe Supply, from Cavity for Cam.

BIBS FOR DIEIGIBIE BALLOONS.Washington. Feb. 15-Another effort was made

to-day at the signal office to obtain satisfactoryi

bids for the construction of a dirigible kalian jwhen proposals were opened in General Allen

office A month ago the signal office made a simi-

lar effort, and at that time six bids were received, j

out because of the incompleteness of the spec.nca- ;

tions. accompany them, all were rejected. Later j

another advertisement was published, the speciS- I

cations in which were somewhat more exacting in .some details than those originally given. The mam

difference, however, was a provision that the ma-

terial for the gas bag should be furnished by thebidder and approved by the government, whereas

In the original advertisement the silk was to be |famished by the government. The elimination or,this feature In the proposals called for to-day jnecessarily limited the number of bidders. The

specifications cover the construction of a dirigible

balloon to carry a combined weight of three nun- I

dred and fifty pounds and at least on» hundred .pounds of ballast. Itis to be designed to have a jspeed of twenty miles an hour in still air. but the ,bidders were required to submit proposals for cost Jdepending on the speed attained in the trial flight,.according to a schedule of lesser speed down 10 ,sixteen miles or a greater speed up to twenty-four

mile?. There is to be a trial endurance flightof |

two hours, in which the airship is to travel corw

tinuously at an average speed of 70 per cent of

that which the balloon accomplished in the trial

flight for 'speed. The trial flights will be at Fort ;Myer. Virginia. |

Bids Vere received from some well known manu- :ractnrers, and one from Paris. France. Louis Lv- (

petts. offered to construct a balloon in ninety days i

for \u2666?!">. miii The absence of any mention in the .specifications issued by the Signal Office regarding

the nationality of the bidders left the contest open

to foreign as well as domestic individuals and con-cerns. All the proposals will be submitted to a ;

board for examination and report. The following'

is a list of the bidders:Marry B. Schiller, of Philadelphia. $33,500. 130 j

a<!nren C P.ockman, of Philadelphia, $23,000. ISO |

days. ' . iRaymond Arißtemire. of Chicago, no price stated, j

"Biimbunsn & Hehnann. of St. Louis. JIO.OOO. 250 i

days. • (

I"

oui* Linens, of Paris. t20.0«0. SO days.Carl E. Miers. of Frankfort. N. V., $11,334, 131 j

days.neiferscheld & Co.. of Streator, 111..I\u25a0>Vi'i.'i i RHferscheid

••'"\u25a0 ol Blfaator. 111.

«8 i'io. 150 days.Chrrles n:!;s, of Toledo. Ohio, 510.000; no time ,

stateif.Thomas P. Baldwin, of New Ycrk. ?6.T50. 130 j

days.P*tnr Cooper Hewitt of New York. $20,000. TOO

days. :ThejS!?n;il Office ir.r announced that G. F. j

Myer. of Hammond* K. V. had submitted a :

1id. His Bears was IS.M#. th? hall oa to be aXtv- ;ored I-. !•• days, Mi Myer. therefore, is the low- ;e-r H.ld«r, 'ii

-ptcpusal J?ein?? 1734 less than that j

••i Thoma3 S Baldwin. ,

.'RRIVKP

ORDERS ISSUED.—

The followins orders have

been issued:ARMY.

Contract Snrßron WILLIAM II SMITH, from FortLeavenwctth t> Fort Moultrle.

First Lieutenant JOHX V sTAOAJBR Hth lnfcr.trj-.from general bccpttal. Wasblrstcn barrack.-.

Lieutenant. Colonel ERASMUS M. WEAVER. coast ami-.pry corps, from otii.

-chief OX artillery to duty as

chief division of militia affairs In sata secretary or

Chaplain BARTON W. PERRY roast artillery corps.

transrerr^l to 3d Field Artillery.Fort Myer

Secoml Lieutenant FRANK L. BEALB rrora l«n to 1-tn

Seconnd

au?ute. lflnt GEORGE F. VAIGB from 15th to

lGth Infantry- .Lieutenant W. SMITH, .'. taebed "recruiting party No. 3;

SurJSrm'x*^. "kksSMT, detacted recruiting ssrt* No.

BUiJfjm T. TT. RICHARI>S. from Medical School Kcs-pltsl.-Washlr.Kton; to

tismi th» minis: '. • bmSunieOT G. B. WrLSOX, detached the Coloraio. V> tJ>« ;

l__WrT*l Ssoass R. a HEINEH. Reached th.

VtS^S^SSSSSjS^. BAKER, to

—Ho.

aSSS SSM-£i HELKNAP. detuoh-d the W.fcash:

Ass llVn?SoT^ nF.-7^nF.-7^AI£LKR.l£LKR.g^g 0101svlvania to the Relief. «r-in 'n nav> van!.

Pa?!">d AMis^ant Paymaster G. P. ALLJ>. .on»o n» j.Mare Island.

MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS.-The tollowin? ;

movements of vessels have been reported to the \u25a0

Navy Department:

[From Th« Tribune P'Jr'au.] .Washington,- February 13.

ALASKAN' MILITARYROADS?.— Major <v\ P.

Richardson. 9th Infantry, who is president of the

Board of Alaskan Road Commissioner*, is in

V/ashington for the winter preparing the plans

for the work next summer. He obtained frontSecretary Taft the approval of hi* estimate of$100,000 for contlnuins th« work, but the Housemilitary committee ha* reduced the amount to

j:50.O0O. Itwas Major Richardson's Idea that ''on-

gress should appropriate for t'*" years' work.that there might be no delay in arranpinir for theconstruction of roads that far in advance. What-ever is appropriated is used in addition to the

funds collected by tax moneys outside of incor-porated town" in Alaska. The money which 13

to be appropriated this session »ili serve, there-fore, for only one season's work. It will be ap-plied altogether to the construction of two prac-

tical wagon road"? having coast terminals re-spectively at Vaidos and Halnes's Mission, which

are two of the most important gateways to theinterior. Major Richardson and his associateshave come to the ceactasasa that it is necessary

to • build an al'.-yccr-round wagon road fromValdez, inasmuch as the people who have con-templated railroad construction have not kept

their promises, and it ha« become necessary to

have a regular wagjaa road to accommodate theconstantly Increasing traffic from Valdez. Ofcourse, if the railroad is built the project willhaabandoned.

NO CITY PAY FOR CANDIDATES.Plttaburp. Feb. !•>.—Orders were baaed to-day i

that all city empHyes runnins: f(^r public rfflee jmust apply for les>\f cf absence from their duties !

while miking their campaigns. The leave will hegranted without ptejwdlce. Director Lane of theDepartment of Public Safetj- said to-t!ay ha could !not see

-hy they should b**drawins ray from the

\u25a0•;•> v.-i i• devoting t:\cir time to running for .-flu-*. '\u25a0

Mans employes are affected.

MILITIAMEN FCR ARMY OFFiCERS•

V.'a hlhgton, Feb. IZ.—President Ro \u25a0:•\u25a0• . \u25a0- \u25a0 has jr!e. •;\u25a0',•'» to filmit members of the crgunized militiato cempetition for appointments to the era-!- of jsecond lieutenants in the army. Candidates for ,•:c er:imin itton BKlsi be unmarried, must not te ;le.-'s'than tweatjr-one or more than twenty-seven jyears cf age and mt:st have been member? of the :

militia of the state from whtea. th^y are de»!snated jcontinuously for not less thoa two ;curs prior to

being named for »\u25a0\u25a0- .rr. nuilop. i

Master electricians and master signal tr^sJm*STo: engineers. ifcC: regimental sergeants cia.o..r-ginuntal quart*™ sergeants regiateaWMcommissary *etgeant3. servants major ****£*grade* coast artillery, battabon sercesm^ ma]o;of engineers, post <iuartenni>ster «r«af£"' *£m*commissary sergeants, post ordnance **iSasavbattalion quartermaster sergeants of «°>XEfcssergeant? Ctnrt class) hospital «»2**«*2*3£2j-<rgear.ts <Krst class*. WtfMtl(first class);«*««cvrps and first sergeant* 145; battalion sergcinta

major of Infantry tad field artill.-ry. '&**&££•;geants major .•: infantry and «e!d artillery, squad-ron sergeants tr.ajor. sergeants major ountorgrade)oast artillery, battalion quartermaster sergea...-isffftiJ class), sergeants of engineers, armancsand signal corps. .iuartenn»««ter sergeants of engi-

neers i-n-J -oli.r s-ergeantd. C". sergeants and 3a-tenuaster .-ers»arts «>f cavalry, artillery and in-

fantry, sergeant? of th' hospital corps. ' ••\u25a0\u25a0«> anaiceoks, iUO. and rr.t?H sergeants J6 a rnontit trr aacu-tion to their pay: corporal* of tngtaee-s. ordnance,

signal •orn= and hospital corps, chiei mecnan^cs

and mechanics c;a?t artillery. $2i; corpo.-BU •ic&VHlry. artillery »"d infantry, mechanics or neia

artillery, blacksmiths and farriers', saddsstsi wag*

oners and rtifl ers. V*:privates tfirst class) of *""Fin?*-r«. ordnance, signal corps and hospital fcorps.$ls: /privates liesrital corps. IK: trumpeters, «•>sicians cf ir.x.»nir'\ artillery and engineers, fn.

privates cf c.ivn-ry. artillery, infantry. sicnal corps.«n«l privates «s*coiid class) of entdru-ers Jf

—ord- "

nanct f& An hor.orttbly dlscharcsd soKwr whohas served the pciicd of his -••lent will »«entitled to continue us service p.»y if he re-enlistswithin three mor.:--\ on the foliowTng scat*: Trtr«e>

dolUi-

mtntMy. during t:»? »««MUi a:i<i tnntt en-listments e*»-h for privates, cavalry. arv.:i?ry. sig-

nal «or'»s. hik! Li-monthly duri.ig «-aeh subsequenter.lHtment up to und incrodlnx tli? seventh, afterwhich t>re »,U!. ho r.o furrbcr increase. SotdlersauaUfvtncr as mark>-men «tll reeeiv« ad'litionat pr»yof sr ;v m<~ntl>; as *barpshoottrsL'S3 a month: j«

expert riflemen. X a month: a.-< second c!ass san-£H-r« \u25a0_ a mon::i:-«s \u2666irst rla<«! guncers. $J m '"\u25a0"• "\u25a0'- '\u25a0

ss run ttliV.r». cun •oinnsa.^dfr!'. obs<rv»rs (secondclaspi. clii'f.rtaitrsr.4 and chief loader*. S7 a month::i» ilottcr:;. "otscrvew »2rst class* and casemaaaei'i'trieians. ti--

\u25a0 •> "har.Ke fc» made in rates of increase for far-;

•ii^n service-. The p3y of cn!iste<i men of militarybands, exclusive of the band al :he Military*Aca-demy, is tlxed as follows:

Chief muiri.-iarj. STC: prtncipa; musl»:lans and chi»Ctrumpeters. W*.». sersetnts atW tirusu niajors. $m:cvrpore^. f :̂-». ar«i priv^tt-s. Cl. with ccntintiorrs

•scr\ice pay. It ts pru\idcrt tl~.ai <trmy bunds ormemfcen thereof shall not receive remtinerationfor furn:-sh»:r4 music out -ide i!;«» iiir.it.-« of •nil:t*ry'jMi-tts when this places iiiem m con-ipetition withlo«al {civilianmusician.*.

FASHION iuil) FAT.Isn't it fortunate that arista fashion drrnaruJs

slender gracefulness of women who have to

break corset- laces to male- themselves evenpresentable that science steps a and makesth*-ir task easy?

For diftlns and exercising I:has substituteda pleasant wholesome mixture that van be ob- vtamed at smalt vest from any druggist, vts.: >

4 <

ounce Marmola. ounce Fluid Extract Cascan*Aromatic, and V>\* ounces Syrup Simplex.

\u25a0 Oivs ttaspoonful of this mixture, after, meals ;

anil at bedtime mW take- oST* four tw^agi m ;pounds of fat a week without causing wrinkle*, rinterfering \nIth the diet, or distressing it** <

stomach in the slightest.

House Committee's Schedule of In-

creased Pay Made Public.Washington. Feb. -Th*» Hoes- Commit-- on.

Military Affairs agreed to-day to report the army

appropriation bill, having completed the amend-ment increasing the pay of enlisted men of the

various grades, of \u25a0\u25a0 ill\u25a0 The bill, •- it will be

reported to the House, will carry $55.ia5.<M1. OT

«. 4iCosl less than the estimates submitted. The

amendment increasing the pay of enlisted men is

intended to place the army service on a ico«n«comparable to the naval service. The scale agrosa

on is as follows:

PLAN FOP. JOINT NAVAL MANCEUVRESJ jWashington. Feb. IS.— A ?U: is \u25a0• \u25a0 feet at the ',

Navy Department to have jcint mahoethrrcs te-' Jtv«-en the naval militias of the AtNnti'- Coast .states and the torpedo flotilla, the submarines and ,the "mother" shi»,s. Assistant Secretary New berry :baa .-'lit lent is to the governor* of various states '.inviting their tO-rpCTathni in 'lie movement. It'isproposed to have the aiaassavsss ofT Gardiner**

'Bay. at the tavern cad of Lung Island, probably |the •••!\u25a0 part «f JuTy. Eleven states have shi£s :

assigned to their naval militia by the Navy Df- .partuient, and they are mostly converted yachts. |Great benefit, it ts thought, will artrue to the

civilian ml'lthiaMai by actual a".'.;-'-; .-.<. these pro- jpcfeed joint manoeuvres with the regulars.

JAPAN'S GREAT BUDGET

ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN ELECTED.\li:rpli\si 111.. \u25a0 Feb. . 15.— Returns from seven

counties in the 9kb Illinois District indicate theelection of Captain N. B. ThistlewooJ. regular Re-publican, cf Cairo, by 4,200 plurality over SenatorWilliam Warder, Democrat; Sam TV Brush, tem-perance Itepubjiean and mine owner, and DanielBo«_ne, Socialist. Many Democrats rated for Tui3-U«woe4 to pravtiu « temperance victory.

PROTEST ACAIN3T RACING LAW CHANGE.Buffalo. Feb. 15.— At .imeeting held hen yester-

day cf the Western New York Fair Managers' As-

\u25a0odattcn. thirteen societies bstai represented, to

perfect plans for the approaching season, a resolu-tion was unanimously adopted p. iite. !!:,-\u25a0 against

.\u25a0 . change in the present racing law, known 113

the Percy-Gray act. Albert E. iirown, of Batavia,

wus re-elected president: P. li. iaalai i4as^aaaaVCent and b- W. Hart secretary and treasure*,

KANSAS WHEAT FOR THE PHILIPPINES.

Washington, Feb 15.— commissary general of

the army has decftled to purchase for shipment to

the Philippines Kansas wheat, which shows the

best results in mixture with California flour. This

means that no more contracts willbe awarded for

Australian flour, which has hitherto been shipped

to the islands. The Kansas-California blend hasbeen found an equal of the Australian product andIt is the policy of the government to buy us mili-tary supplies from domestic sources wherever pos-sible.

MILITARYSUPPLY DEPOT AT FORT MASONWashington, Feb. 15.—Plans and specifications

have been completed in the quartermaster general's

office Car the extensive work which is contemplatedat Fort Mason, California, where there, will be

established a general military supply depot. Con-

gress has authorized an expenditure of J1.500.000 forthe construction of buildings and piers at thatplace. Itwill be. the most important shipping pointand troop transfer station in the country.

HORSEMANSHIP TESTS IN PHILIPPINES.

Washington, i-eb. 15.— According to reports re-ceived at the War Department from the Philip-pines regarding the horsemanship tests held there

this week, all of the officers on duty in the islandwho were ordered to take the rile, w-r.- foundqualified, with one exception, that being Major John

H. Lynch, of the pay department. He has beenordered before a retiring board.

ANiaVZESAEY OF LOSS OF THE MAINE.Washington. Feb. IS.- With the yiew to the rais-

ing of the ill fated battleship Maine and "the

proper burial for its dei ! now lying with the hullof that vessel in the hJrbor of Havana, Cuba,"

Representative Sulzer. of New York, to-day intro-

duced iresolution calling upon the Secretary of

the•

ivy for papers and correspondence bearing on

the international status of the question and the

rights of the government of the United States in

the matter.Chaplain Couden in bis Invocation in the House

to-day referred to the destruction <>f the Maine andprayed that war might never visit this country

again.

H.-ivani. Feb. ]3.—The tenth anniversary of th*.

destruction of the Maine was observed here to-day

with custon.ary ceremonies. A fleet of tugs and

launches gathered about the wreck of the battle-ship. «>*> which were deposited wreaths sent by the

DHtiirhtera of the American Revolution, GovernorMagooti, _\|- Morgan, the American Minister;

Major General Harry, coz&maiider <»f the Americanforces hi Cuba; the American Club and the ruralguard.

l, is expected that the wreck will be removed

within the fear to dear the entrance to wharves

about to be const rutled by the government,

Boston, Feb. 15.— The destruction of the battle-phipe Maine in Havana Harbor ten years ago to-

day was recalled by the lirlngat noon of twenty-

one minute guns at the Cliarlcstown Navy Yardand at the torts In the harbor. Flags were alsolowered to ii«If >; at tin- government posts.

Mr. Sims Says a "Reign of Terror" Exists inthe Capital.

Washington. Feb. —The charge that a reignof terror exists in Washington was made in theHouse of Representatives to-day by Mr. Sims, of

Tennessee. He referred to the robbery of a womanlast evening in front of the British Embassy, andsaid it was the twenty-first of such crimes com-mitted in this city since September. He denouncedthe police of the city, and said that, although therewere a regiment of cavalry and a regiment of ma-rines within quick call by telephone, their serviceshad not been enlisted to run down the criminals,

who were, as a rule, negroes.

Mr. Sims charged in reply to a question by Mr.Tawney. of Minnesota, that the increase of crimeIn the District of Columbia was due to. an ineffi-cient polite administration. He declared that at

the present rate of crime it would be necessaryto have a policeman on every corner. These crimes.Mr. Sims said, grew out of the sale of cheap liquor

to an id!'- class of criminals who had migrated t:>

Washington. "Close your eight hundred licensedsaloons here." he exclaimed, "and there won't beanother of these occurrences."

Later in the Cay Mr. Webb, of North Carolina,

introduced a Ml! for the stricter punishment of va-grants in the District of Columbia.

Discussion in the House to-day dwelt mainly onamendments providing for increases in the sala-ries of the surveyor general of the .states. Inoitrh case the amendment was rejected. Littleprogress was made on the legislative bills.

ACCEPTS STATUE OF J. L. M. CURRY.Washington, Feb. 13.— concurrent resolution

was passed by the House of Representatives tc-dayaccepting in th. name of the United States th?

statue of .la!i7. Lamar Monroe Curry, presented by

the State or Alabama for a place in Statuary Hallat the Capitol. Mr. Curry was a well known edu-cator and was once United States Minister to Spain.

EMPLOYERS' LIABILITYEILL HEARINGS.Washington, Feb. l"

- Th» Senate Committee onEducation and Labor decided today to give public

bearing! on Friday and Saturday next on the La

Follette employers' liability bill. Representatives

of railroad organizations willbe heard first in sup-

port of the measure. The Knox bill on the tame

subject was referred to the Committee on Inter-state Commerce. Although introduced in the Sen-

ate on the day following the decision by the Su-preme Court of the United States declaring the

law unconstitutional the Kr.ox bill has not beenconsidered. The indications are that the La

Follelte bill will be the first to reach the Senatecalendar.

After eliminating the "favorite son" candi-dates

—Cannon. Fairbanks. Hughes and La Fol-

lette—

the Taft managers here in Ohio add thedelegates who willcast complimentary votes forthose four men to the Secretary's column. Thatwould give him 7S from New York. ."4 fromIllinois, .'!<• from Indiana. Uli from Wisconsin andbring his total up to 511, or 2O more than liem-eds.

Senator Knox will have Pennsylvania's sixty-eight delegates and Delaware is expected to

give him six. [>HllillLa Follette is expected tocome ir.to the convention with twenty-two votesfrom Wisconsin and eleven from Minnesota.From present indications Colorado's eight dele-gates will b<- against Taft. Thf states of Idaho,

Maine. New Jersey. Rhode Island and West Vir-ginia are battlegrounds not claimed as yet bythe Secretary's managers.

No. ofI No ofdelegates delegates

Plates, for Hu;!.t-'States. for Hughes.

Connecticut 7 New York 7*Massachusetts 25 Vermont 8New Hampshire 8

-—Total ...... 126

Vice-President Fairbanks of course has every

one of the thirty delegates from Indiana, butthe Taft men believe that practically every oneof them will swing into line for the Secretary

after the hopelessness of the Vice-President'schances are recognized. Speaker Cannonswagon will drive into the convention with thefifty-four Illinois delegates ready to cast one ortwo complimentary votes for the Speaker. Afterthat the Taft men figure on the entire Illinoisdelegation. The District of Columbia willgive

the Speaker two votes. He expects about eight

from Michigan and he may pick up a few scat-tering delegates from other states. Congress-man MeKinley, who is managing Mr. Cannon'scampaign, figures his strength at eighty-six

votes.

No. of|i No. ofdeirsates 1 delegates

Ftaten. for Tart'

States. for Taft.California ;» Ohio 46Connecticut 7 Oregon

"lowa 26 South Dakota

"Kansas •, 20!Utah

*Maryland Hi Washington 10Massachusetts TjWisconsln *Michigan 2<V Wyoming •»Minnesota 11(Alaska .... -Missouri 14 Arizona 2Montana r, Hawaii 2Nebraska 1R! Philippines

-Nevada T. «!Pcrto Rico • 2North Dakota 8|

——Total 267The present apparent strength of Taft is fig-

ured as follows:

Total niimbrr of vofs in the national convention.... 9*oNumber. noc,l«i to no;ninatr 401Number of votes credited to favoritp son? other than

Taft 250Nenitxr of d«"l»pat»>s in th* South tseats to be con-

tested) 280

The present aparent strength of Taft is figuredas follows:

Figuring Out a Majority in the Con-

vention for Taft.[ Bjr T>»'pfrrat>h to Th \u25a0 Tribune.)

Chicago. Feb.—

A correspondent of "TheTribune." writing from Cleveland, says that th-great majority of tho Republicans of Ohio be-lieve that William Howard Taft will be thenominee of the national convention for President.They are hog-inning; already to look upon him asthe next President, They believe that th •strength of Hughes, Cann.m. Fairbanks and LaFollette will be expended after the usual com-plimentary votes. Here is the way Ohio ad-mirers of the Secretary of War figure out hischance.--:

BRYAX HAS OKLAHOMA.

Indorsed for President in EveryConniliPrimary.

Guthrie. Okla.. Feb. IT,.—ln the Democraticprimaries lieid to-day to elect delegates to thestate convention. W. J. Bryan was indorsed forPresident by every one of the seventy-five coun-• -

Th> d* 1« crate? were instructed to select aninstru' t- d Bryan delegation to the Denver con-vention.

Incidentally Congressman Fowler said his co-laborers in Congress were afraid to ait. and de-

clared that they feared "the people back home"

in all transactions that came before Congress.

"It is for you to settle this question, gentle-men," be said, "and not Congress, for Congress

doesn't know enough to settle it."

HITCHCOCK TO RESIGN MONDAY.

Tells Business Hen They Must Settle Ques-tion, as Congress Doesn't Know Enough. ,Indianapolis. Feb. 15.—Congressman Charles N*.

Fowler, of New Jersey, told an audience of Indian-apolis business men last night of bis plans for a

monetary system which will eliminate the possi-bilityof future financial panics. He advocated theestablishment of a reserve fur.d of JTOO.OOO.uOO as aguarantee against bank failures and the ultimatewithdrawal] at ail state banks and trust companies

from the financial world unless they become na-tional institutions.

FOWLER ON CURRENCY.

WillSoon Begin Management of Taft Cam-

paign, withHeadquarters in Washington.Washington. Fen 15.—Frank H. Hitchcock, First

Assistant Postmaster General, closed his service

with the government to-day and on Monday will

hand bis resignation to the President. In \u25a0 short

time he will take up the work of managing the

Taft Presidential campaign in the South and East.

Mr Hitch<-ocK may*take a few days" vacation be-

fore he enters actively on his political work. He

\u25a0rill make his headquarters in this city.

Mr Hitchcock will be succeeded as First Assist-

ant Postmaster General by Dr. Charles M. Grand-Oeld now chief clerk in that office. Dr. Grand-

field's nomination will be sent to the Senate anMonday, and un the nomination is confirmed hewiij \u25a0[\u25a0• m tine first assistant.

Commerce Commission Replies to

Tillman Resolution.Washington, Feb. f.15.-That railroads are .con-

stantly tending toward combination, with virtualcontrol vested in the controlling company of thesystem, is -reiterated, and that express companies

have large Interests in the railroads Is said in areport which the Senate has received from the In-terstate Commerce Commirslon In response to Mr.Tillinan"s resolution asking whether any corpora-tions engaged in -interstate commerce own.any ofthe capital stock of other corporations transportingpassengers and freight. The resolution was de-signed to throw light on the availability of railroadbonds as securities under the provisions of theAldrich currency bill As to concentration, HenryC. Adam*, statistician of the commission, reports

that while practically no cases have occurred whereroads .had been taken out from other systems ofwhich they wore part on June 30. 1904. a large num-ber of railway companies then considered inde-pendent have been brought under 'control of sys-

tems. The concentration, he says, has taken placeon both the financial and operating sides.

An exhibit showing the holdings of railroadstocks by the express companies points out' thatthe Adams Express Company holds $in.S'3j.?Co instocks and MMMin bonds, the American Express

Company JS,OO2,SCO in stocks and $5,730,003 in bonds,

and the United States Express Company $IKI,COO in

stocks and $3,454,000 in bonds. The total holdingsof the express companies are shown to be $22,213,-950 in stocks and $12,324,000 in bonds.

CHILD LABOR IN WASHINGTON.

BillFavorably Reported by Senate Com-mittee on Education.

Washington. Feb. 15.—The Galllnger child laborbill, which applies only to the District of Colum-bia, was ordered favorably reported to-d;iy by theSenate Cosoaatttoe on Education and Labor. The-bill prohibits children under the age of fourteenyears from b>ing emplo\ ed or suffered to workin any factory, workshop, mercantile establish-ment, store, business office, telegraph office, res-taurant, hotel, apartment house, theatre, bowlingalley or in the distribution or transmission ofmerchandise or m< ssaire^. It provides also thatno child under fourteen years shall be employedin any work performed for wages or othe?compensation during school hours or before 6o'clock in the morning or after 7 o'clock in theevening. This '•\u25a0xception is intended i<> permitchildren to engage in such occupations as selling

newspapers and delivering messages in tac morn-ing and evening.

INTERSTATE COMMERCE RULINGS.

Personally Conducted Tour Arrangements—

Limited Excursion Tickets. ,Washington. F«b. 13.— The Interstate Commerce

Commission to-day in formal rulings announcedthat a carrier in arranging personally conductedtours must keep separate charges for transporta-

tion and for meal- and hotel aecomm.oiiatior.s.leaving to the patron the right to accept thetransportation wlihout tho other accommodations.Carriers are rx?rmitte<%to stimulate travel by pro-viding entertainments at points on lines to whichit may contribute, but such contribution must bemade in a definite sum and be in no way dependentupon the number of tickets sold.

A passenger tiavelling on a special limited ex-cursion ticket mill stopover privileges missingr

connections through successive delays of trains is

entitled to have his ticket made good ifout of datewhen he mak*? the return trip. The commissionalso ruled that, passes granted to State Railro.tdCommissioners cannot be used in interstate jour-neys

WASHINGTON POLICE DENOUNCED.

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CONSTIPATIONAnd the Many Ailments

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