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Show nr " ail ASSOCIATED KlfWillC fUVUVUWMVi PRESS Mker Ltah iiwmoYiiVi J forcusl tar Wtitu SEimCL i y -!.i- NO. 83. VOL. L OGDEN CITY, UTAH. WEDNESDAY MARCH MORNING, -- 28. .,.il-,j.11: 1904. PRICE FIVE CENTS. T ALLEGED REEL THE TARGET FOR TOGOS SHELLS Troops Go to Trinidad Under Sealed Orders- -' Another Determined Assault By Torpedo Boats and Cruisers is MadeVladivostok Squadron Ordered to Intercept Ships Bought From Chile. Pitched Battle May Occur. pmvrr, Man.li S3. A proclamation Governor Peabody to(SI issued by the county of Las Ani-gmtit declaring in a state of Insurrection and reSubsequently sn order was bellion. iriiied for 300 troojw under comniand of Major Zcph.T. Hill to proceed to Trinidad, the county seat. The men Vere instructed to gather aboard train. Hid their commanders given seated ordent and told to open them at midIn his proclamation the govnight. ernor says that there exists In Lu IndiAnimas county a certain clans of viduals who are fully armed and acting together, resisting the laws of the Hite and offering violence to citizens The civil authorities ol and property. the county are quoted as authority for the statement that no lees than 1,500 anemployed men are armed in apar-n- t snticijiallon of an open conflict. U Animas county forms the larger noriiou of the southern Colorado coal Adds, where the members of the have I'nitcd Mine Workers of Anierii Ixer. on slrike for aeveial months. m. Montrose, Colo., March 22. On appli-tatiof John H. Murphy, general counsel for the Federation of Miners, today district Judge Theron Steven granted a temporary injunction against the members of the Citizens' Alliance of Telluride and nil others who may attempt to prevent the return to that un Letter Announcing Decision is Published. A Circular place of nnlon miners recently deported by a mob. Nutice of the injunction will be nerved on (he peraona named in the application tomorrow and otherwise given publicity. Judge Stevens in granting the Injunction expressed the opinion that the evicted miners were being deprived of their rights. Attorney Murphy, when seen St Petersburg, March 22. Another niter the decision had been made, said attack by the Japanese fleet on Port that the deported men would arrange with oiieratlons by immediately to go back to their homes. Arthur, beginning torpedo boats, and ending with a bombardment by battleships and cruisers, MILITIA IS CALLED OUT. took place after midnight Monday. The dispatches to the eniieror from Scab" Negroes Will Be Protected Viceroy Alexieff and private informaAnd Tellurian Exilea Prevented tion show that the Russians sustained From Returning Home. Denver. March 22. Orders were is- no great damage, having only five solsued by Governor Peabody today for diers killed and ten wounded. Vice Admiral Makarol! claims that the entire national guard of this state, numbering approximately 2.000 men, to one of the Japanese vessels waa struck be prepared for service at three hours by a shell. The emperor received the first mesnotice. No information was given out aa to .what service will be required sage regarding the attack late this afof the troops, but it la nnofficdally an- ternoon, but nothing was allowed to nounced that 300 men under Major reach tbe public until 10 oclurk. All information which has rearbra Zeph T. Hill will be sent to the aouth-etr- n coal flelils to protect negroes who St- - Petersburg shows that tbe defendhave been hired to take the places of ers of Port Arthur had taken seriously th striking coal miners. It is also re- to heart the coup of the Japanese torported that the government intends to pedo boats at the beginning of the war send troops to Ban Juan nouny to pre- and were now maintaining a sharp vent the exiled Telluride union miners lookout. The Japanese torpedo boats were from mobilizing and marching back to twice discovered sneaking toward the that place in a body. harbor entrance under cover of darkbut both times they were detected William P. Clough, George F. Baker, ness,out at sea and were driven off by far Edward H. Harriman, D. Willis James, the hot fire opened on them. The Daniel S. Lamont, John 8. Kennedy, breaking of day necessarily prevented but George W. Perkins, N. Terhune and further torpedo boat operations, Admiral Togo brought hla battleships one or more other directors. and cruisers. The divislun of hla fleet Throughout the day, when Northern waa for the purpose of making a cross Securities shares were booming on the fire uixm the harbor In the hope of curb and its affiliated stocks and the destroying the town aud of damaging Pacifies, Union Pacific were advancing the Russian ships lying in the basin, or by leaps and bounds on tbe stock ex at least of demoralizing tbe personnel change, the air was full of rumors, of the defending fort. 9th some at them of an alarming charac The bombardment of March ter. showed to the Russians tbe advantage Dealings in Union Pacific common to tbe enemy of the position off Liaot-shi- n which Admiral Togo's ships took aggregated over forty per cent, of the total outstanding Issue. It was declared Mp this morning and Vice Admiral r in various quarters that the sought to minimize this advangan party had for some reason deemed tage by so stationing the battleship it necessary to buy heavily into this Retvlxsn that her sheila could ream The fan stock. the Japanese battleships. The belief in this rumor was height- that the Retvlzan waa used for this ened by the fact that brokers who purpose proves the falsity of the reoften represent Morgan interests, were port that her great guns had been rePigheavy buyers of Union Pacific all the moved and installed as a battery at eon bay. and it has given rise to the way up. Large amounts of Southern Pacific Impression that there ia an inadequacy shares also changed hands, and Bales of great guna at Port Arthur, as otherof Great Northern preferred, of which wise a battery would have been erected the floating supply la very small, to protect aa vulnerable a part from amounted to 1,000 shares. In the bond the aea. When tbe first official dispatches division, Oregon Short Line 4s. Union Pacific convertible 4s and Burlington were received, tbe belief gained ground 4a were in demand at substantial ad- that Vice Admiral Makamff had put to sea and that a naval fight had taken vances. After the close of the market a long place. While this la in keeping wlh officer, conference was held at the offices of his character aa an intrepid hla use indicated by J. P. Morgan A Co. Those who at- which Is further it was not tended included Mr. Morgan, Mr. Har- of a cruiser as bis flagship,of the Rusriman. Mr. Hill, Mr. Lamont, Air. Per- in accord with the plans authorities. king, J. P. Morgan, Jr., Francis Lind sian Stetson of counsel to J. P. Morgan A London. March 22. A dispatch to Co. and Bunn of Minnesota, Reuter. Telegram company from St. Mr. Hill's personal legal advisor. "Japanese torpedo Messrs. Hill and Harriman left the Petersburg says: off Port Arthur at midboats appeared Morgan banking house arm in arm apaud of the night of March parently the best of spirits.. Both de- night Uie shore batteries and guard ships clined to make any statement by say- sltellod the fort twenty minutes. The ing that a perfect understanding had retreated but reappeared lieen reached all around. Mr. Hill de- Japanese four hours later when they met with nied that there had been any differ- tlie same reception, when they reences respecting the dissolution plan. tired again. At K a. m. a Japanese Mr. Morgan and his partners had no of two divisions composed of squadron comment to make, but Mr. Morgan and eleven ships, and accomfour seemed pleased with the day's events. by eight torpedo boats, appearAt the banking house of Kuhn, Loeb panied ed. At 9 a. m. the Japanese ships havA Co. the chief financial backers of ing fired several shots at Liao Tisshin the Harriman system of railroads, no aud sheltered behind the statement of any sort was forthcoming. commenced a bombardmentpromotory of Port r Tbe street heard that the Arthur. would interests be gan given representation in the Union Pacific read, n Later advices established the fact for which Union Pacific interests that ihe admiral had idmply gone with would be asked lo take n place in the the undamaged portion of his fleet to Northern Pacific director. the outer roads, where he could more Bales of Union Pacific common ag- effectively supiiort the batteries and gregated over 40,000 shares at a net at the same time take advantage ol advance of 8 4 points. Southern Pa- any weakness which might develop in cific was traded in to the extent of tna enemy's attack. over 161.000 shares, gaining net 2 4 Parts, March 23 The Echo De Paris points. The advance in the 1,000 shares of Great Northern preferred was correspondent gt St. Peterslirug says it 2 points. All the Pacific In is rumored In naval circcs that eta Vladivostok Retxenstelna fact, the general market, went higher Captain with the boom in the Northern Securi- squadron has been ordered to overtake, at a certain point in the Pacific, the ty stock. On the curb Northern Securities battleship and two cruisers bought made n net gain of 6 points on sales from Chile by Japan and return with of about 23.000 shares. The stock them to Vladivostok. The correspondent says it is also touched 99 and closed at 99. rumored that Emperor William of GerRUMORED BLOCKADE. many has refused to accept three cruisers built at Kiel and Stattin on the London. March 28. A correspond- ground that, they do not conform to the ent of the Times at Tokio, under yes- terms of the contract, and that Russia terday's date, t ables that It ia rumored is negotiating for their purchase. The Russian general staff, the correthat the Japanese hare succeeded in biorksding the entrance to Port Ar- spondent suys, estimates that the number of Japanese troniis landed in Korea thur. does not exceed 73.000. Ma-kar- Hill-Mo- Capital Stock ia Reduced 99 Per Cent, and Exchanged for 8hares In Component Companies. Following a of great excitement in the stock market and number of conferences among the leading financial interests the new plans of the Northern Securities was made public In a circular letter to holders of Northern Securities. The letter says in part: The stock of the Northern Securities was issued solely for the shares of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railway and other properties purchased by It. The companys acquisition of Northern Pacific and Great Northern sharrin was made in the full belief that such purchases were in no wise obnoxious to any law of the United States an opinion which has received the approval of four justices of the Supreme court of the United States, namely, Mr. Chief Justice Fuller and Associate Justices Edward White. Rufps IV. Peckham ami Oliver Wendell Holmes in the suit brought by the 1 uited Stales against the right of the company lo hold and vole the shires. However, the majority of the court, dlte regarding ax irrelevant any beneficial of commerce, wag of the opinion t hat as a matter of law your company's holding of the stocks of the two railway comitanlcs in itself constituted restraint of interstate commerce prohibited by the Sherman act of Jmn. Accordinly, the railway companies have been forbidden to permit Four company to vote or lo collect dlvk l"ud on tlie shares held by it. Therefore, your directors, at a meeting held this day, have, under .the advice of counsel, derided that in or-'- r to fully and promptly comply with h" decree in this suit it ia necessary fo reduce the capital stock of the company, and to distribute lo its shareholders the shares of stock of said railway companies now held by.it. To this end they have adopted reso- iv ions recommending to the stockholders: First, that the capital stock of this fnmpany be reduced from 3,954,000 narea, now outstanding, to 39,540, h tag a reduction of 99 per cent. Second, that 99 per cent, of the Present outstanding shares be called lllJ')r surrender and cancellation. Third, that against each share of he stork of this company so to be surrendered, there will be delivered 3:9.27 stock of the Northern Pacific Railway company 130.17 stock of the Orem Northern, and proportionate amounts of each fraction of stork.' As required by tbe laws of the state v Jersey under whtrh the was created, a special meeting of shareholders has been called fgr April 21st. 1904, at 11 o'clock a. m. th office of the company in Ho-'New York, March 23. day so-call- com-pau- t 1' "n. For the purpose of this meeting the transfer books will be closed s''lf h v!l 18th." Tlie new plan was formally adopted 8 l, -- meeting of the directors whirh the morning and lasted until Inin the afternoon. There were al this meeting President Kill. rU In i 21-2- 2, Hill-Mo- . re-tar- 1-- 3-- 3-- 4 7-- 8 CREW 19 MISSING. San Francisco. March 22. Captain G. G. Grant who commanded the March 22. The Rus- St Petersburg. sians are continuing preparations for American ship Clarence S. Bement a prospective siege of Port Arthur by rushing large quantities of supplies tc which waa burned at sea December According to the Novi 23rd, near Cape Horn, arrived here that point. as many aa forty cars loaded with today on on the City of Sydney. With Krai chickens and other foods arCaptain Grant arrived First Mate barley,there rive daly. The and Trnhy, Carpenter Orindley of the crew, whn other twenty-on- e London. March 23. With the exceplast heard of, were on their way from tion of the official dispatches no newn to Falkland Islands, Port Stanley, baa reached London of the latest bomMontevideo. The Japar The Bemen hail a cargo of Baltimore bardment of Port Arthur. bad nothing to coal for Newport News. When the neae legation last night, communicate. fire was discovered, the ship was headNews ia recelveJ from New Chwang Islands. Falkland ed for that a south wind in dispersing the ice, which means the beginning of active operations that at Iasi will reveal the carefully concealed Japanese plan of campaign. According to the Standard's St. Petersburg corresiiondent, the Russian government ia privau-l- informed that since the outbreak of tlie war exactly 190.000 troops have been forwarded to the Far East by tile Kilierian railway. in last nlght'a Gazette the lward of trade. In publishing a list of the articles, declared to be contraband, warns the masters of British vessels that they muat not resist being stopped or searched by warships, of either of the belligerents for contraband. Tbe Daily Telegraph's Seoul correspondent. cabling i' mter date of March 22nd, reporta the rising of a mob of Koreans against Japanese soldiers at Smuug, north of Oman. The Japanese dispersed the mob. killing five men and wounding twenty. The Daily Chronicle publishes unconfirmed rumors from Out Koo and New Cbwmng of bombardments of Port Arthur on March 13th and 15th, flva Europeans and many Chinees being killed in the town and two gun being dismantled and fifty soldiers killed in the latter attack. The Standard's Shanghai correspondent nays .that a recent arrival from Port Arthur declares the Russians recovered 13 Japanese torpedoes from the harbor nnexploded because In their excitement the Japanese forgot to withdraw the safety pegs. St. Petersburg, Jiinh 22. Vico Ad- miral Togo's activity at Port Arthur is being emulated by the commander of tbe Japanese forces In Korea. Tha report of General Mlstrhenkow shows that, the Japanese have taken the precaution to erect, earthworks near An-j- u. which are being held by a Japanese division until the remainder of the first army con conies lip from Ping Yang, about 40 miles away. Tbe advance of tha Japanese shows that they are losing no time and that they are more rapid than the Russians exiiecded. Nevertheless the fortlflcationa of Anju shows the Japanese operations are accompanied by all proper m Hilary precautions. So far aa the Russians are concerned, they have no intention of attacking Anju, but the province of the 5.000 or 6.000 cavalrymen under General Mlstchsnkow will be to harass and retard the Japanese in every way possible.. London, March 22. The Toklo correspondent of the Times saya it ia rumored that the Korean government yesterday decided to open Yongampho to foreign trade. The authorities here believe that It will be only a matter of a short time now when active land operations begin. but at first these will take the form of aklrmUhes, as tho main Russian force remains in occuiiation of strategic points on tho Yaulu river. St. Petersburg. March 22. The following dispatch has been received from Viceroy Alexieff dated Mukden, March 22. General Mistchenkow report that on March 17th our acouti approached Anju and observed on the left bank of the Cheng-Cben- g river, opposite Anju, 'ntrenchmenu made by the enemy. Up to that date the enemy had not appeared at Ynng Pyon (15 miles north -ast of Anju). It is supposed that there la one Japanese division ait Anju and that the remainder of tha first irmy corps is at Ping Yang. "In consequence of the report that of the enemy had ar'wo squadron rived at Pakchong, (15 miles northwest or Anju). 2d0 of our cavalry waa dispatched for the purpose of prevent-nf- g the enemy from crossing the Pak-rho- ng river. Our cavalry found three Japanese squadrons on the left bank of the river, but they withdrew toward Anju on the arrival of our detachment without fighting. The Japanese squadrons number about 190 each. "On the night of March 19th two dispatch riders encountered a Jaiianese mil patrol between Kazan, (about 50 Chen-chu, north by west or Ping Yang) and (about 12 miles north of Kazan). disThe! patrol opened fire, but our patch riders escajied unhurt. According to a report, 3,000 of the enemy's cavalry occupied Yong Pyon March 19th. and material for pontoon bridges has been placed In readme , for use south off Anju. preiwring for (he possibility of military reverses in Manchuria, but that, whatever happens, aha intends to hold fast to Korea. Should she fail to expel Russia from Chinese territory aud lie compelled to defend the Korean frontier, the existence of a railway in tha rear running to a port within a short distance of Japan would be of value. Japan has 3.0U0 engluetra working on tlie railway, and 100 miles of material obtained from disused lines in various parts of Japan are now awaiting shipment to Ping Yang. This scheme ia designed to be completed by September next The work will afterward be made permameut and extended to Wiju. 8t. Petersburg, March 22. Tha emperor has received the following telegram from Viceroy Alexieff: "Lieutenant General Btoneanl report that at midnight of March 21st Japanese toriiedo boat were discovered by our searchlight. Our guard ships and fort batteries opened fire upon them, the firing lasting twenty minutes. At 4 oclock in tha morning the attack waa renewed. "At 9:30 in the morning four of the enemy'a ships appeared in the south, followed by the whole squadron of eleven ahli and eight toriiedo boats. Our squadron loft the roadstead to meet the enemy. At 9 o'clock tbe enemy'a battleships opened fire on Liaotshln, after whirh the they took up a position behind bom-of rocky eminence of Liaotschln and Port Arthur. Viceroy Alexieff adds (hat ha ia waiting for details. A later dispatch from tha viceroy to th emperor says: "According to a supplementary dispatch from Lieutenant General Stoesael the enemy's fleet consisted of six batI tleships and twelve cruisers. About o'clock in the morning the fleet dividboat ed, the battleshiHi and torpedo Liaot-shin taking up a position between and Golublnaia bay (Pigeon bay), while the cruisers formed up ia two divisions to the south and southeast of Forth Arthur. At 9:M tha battleship Retvlzan opened up over the crest against tha enemy'a battleships whirh replied by firing on (he town. Meanwhile our fleet formed up in lino in tha outer roadstead. "About 11 o'clock in tha morning, the cannonade slackened, and Japanese fleet, reuniting, drew off slowly to tho southeast and at 12:30 had disappeared. During the bombardment five soldiers were killed and nine were One soldier on tha shorer wounded. waa bruised. Another telegram from Viceroy Alexieff to tbe Emperor gives Vice Admiral Makaro!Ts report aa follows: "At midnight of March 21st, two of tha enemys torpedo boats approached the outer roadstead, but were discovered by the searchlights of the batteries and fired uixni by the forts and by the gunboats Uobr and Olvazuy. They were obliged to retire. at. 4 - second attack was mads oclock tn tha morning by three torpedo boats, which also were repulsed. At daybreak three detachments of tne enemys fleet, consisting of six batsectleships, six armored cruisers, six ond and third class cruisers and eight all torpedo boats approached fromcomsides. At 7 o'clock our squadron menced to leave tha Inner harbor, tha cruisers leading with the Askold flying my flag, at their head and the battleships following. "The enemy'a bat.Maelilp approached and fired twelve shells from their guna at Port Arthur. "Our shells, fired at a range of 80 cables, were well placed. About 10 o'clock a Japanese battleship waa struck by a shell and retired. "We lost no men during tho bombardment, which ceased at 11 o'clock, when the enemy's ships reassembled and after passing along the outer roadstead. drew off without attacking our 12-in- ch fleet LAND FRAUD PROSECUTION. San Francisco, March 22. Tha preliminary examination of F. A Hyde and Henry P. Dlmond, charge! In an indictment of the federal grand Jury of Washington. D. C.. with obtaining government land by fraudulent means, be gan today. On motion of tha government attorney. the bond of Hyde waa raised to I3U.000 and that of Dimond to $15,000. Both furnished the required bond anf the rase was continued until tomorrow. TO BE INVESTIGATED Stockmen Claim Adverse Discrimination and Manipulation of Markets. Washington, March 22. The department of commerce and labor, through tha bureau of corporations, la making an investigation into the oiieratlons of A. part of "Beef Tru-- L the tha Investigation Is being conducted in accordance with a resolution passed by the House of Representatives rerently. Prior to the adoption of the resolution the department, through lie regular channels, had collected and tabulated certain information regarding tho beef trust The resolution, which waa dratted by Representative Martin, of South Dakota, requested the department officials to ascertain, if possible, the causa for tha difference in price of It beef on tha hoof and dressed beef. was pointed out that Western stock-me- n believed that they were brtug discriminated against by the trust, and were that tha market of the country being manipulated to their detriment. March 23. cor-wbi- Neither Secretary Conrtelynu nrar Commissioner Garfield of tlie bureau of corporations will discuss the invcwUe gatlon In any way. It is made pore fectly dear, however, that this investigation, as well as all others conducted by that deitarttm-ni- , will be made bj Hie officials of the deiiartmrnt them-selvwithout, assistance; that the department will not. stoop to detect i va work la he conduct of the luqulry, and that tha proceedings will be devoid oC any spectacular features. There will tie no public hearings, and publicity will be avoided so far as jioMdlila Tha pending investigation is being conducted by commissioner Garfield under the direction of Secretary Cortelyou. Beyond that fact, practically nothing In obtainable. Whether the results of the Investigation are to be made public at its conclusion will depend entirely on President Roosevelt. es OF MISSION SITS nr Attorney Dyer Opens Case Senator's Connection With - Letter of Instructions From Roosevelt is Read. the Indictment. Rialto Grain and Sacurltiaa Company. He Lays Special Stress Upon Attorn tlen to Sanitary Condition and Health. St. Louis, March 21; At the continuation of Senator Bartons trial today. United State District Attorney Dyer made the opening statement for the Indictgovernment. . After reading the the against charges ment he said that Senator Burton were based upon section 1782 of the revised statute of the United States. "According to the Statute, said Col. or Dyer. "It is unlawful for any senator fees to accept pecuniary representative for any service rendered to any person or concern in any matter in which the ingovernment in either or indirectly terested. The government will endeavor to show by witnesses that tho defendant accepted certain sums of money from the Rialto Grain and Securities company at fit Louis for his influence in certain matters pending before the Postofflce department in which the ingovernment was either directly orcondirectly interested. It la not the tention of Ute government that Senator Burton used hla Influence for any matter that In itself ia unlawful. The government contends that while comand plaints against the Rialto GrainInvesSecurities company were being tigated by the Postofflce department and before any final action had been taken, the Rialto Grain and Securities company offered 50l) a month to Senator Burton to take charge of Its interests in the Investigation and that five installment of 8500 each were paid to and accepted by him." Judge Chester II. Krum. leading counsel for the defense followed. He said that tbe recapitulation of the offenses charged in the indictment Is whether certain sumo were received by Senator Burton from the Rialto Grain and Securities company aa compensation for certain services. He admitted the employment of Senator Burton by the Rialto company. The agreement waa that Senator Burton would be employed as general counsel and that his name would be used on the company's literature as a Raid guarantee of ita reputability, Judge Krum. "It will will be shown that Senator Burton had asserted on the agreement, that he. Senator Burton was not to be required to represent the company before any department of the Uanited Slated In any rapacity. "Senator Burton did go to the Post-offic- e department on the request of Major Dennis, president of the Rialto company, but it was because Major Dennis has received in an Indirect way reports that complaints bad been made against the Rialto company and requested Senator Burton simply to verify the report and not. to represent the company in any matter before the department. "On another occasion Senator Burton visited the Post office department to inquire regarding the standing of an alleged postofflce inspector who hod approached Major Itennis in St. Louis. He found that the man was an imposter, and so notified the attorney for the Rialto company. In regard to the amounts alleged by the government to have been received by Senator Burton as compensation for services before a government department, General Krum stated that according to Senator Burton's contract as general counsel he was to be paid each month in advance; and It was in accordance with that agreement that the several checks were sent to Sena- le The Seoul adin precipitancy deprecating ministrative reconstruction. Japan recommends that Korea shall gradually eliminate foreign adviser of the govTHE QUEEN CITY. ernment and appoint no more for the are who Victoria, B. C.. March 22. It was reMany of the foreigners, mostly French, occupy advisory ports ported here this afternoon that the with emolument- aggregating U'Xt.WO, steamer Queen City waa on nd hall of the e posts are abrolute missing (he rocks at Hesquoit bay, west const sinecures. The Japanese are displaying great of Vancouver Island. Indiana were rail- , said to have seen the vessel there, hut vigor in the nits'. ruction of a light Is not accepted by shipway to Ping Yang and other strategic tills report ping men. Tbe government steamer tor Burton. projects, according to the correspondCourt adjourned until ent. who says that aa an evidence of Quadra passed Clayoqnot this morning thoroughness of her plans, Japan is northbound In search. Innlon, TRUST 10 o'clock , Washington, Mareh 22. Preliminary work was begun today by the Isthmian ranal commission. The first full meeting of the commission was held in tha offices of Admiral Walker, the chairman. Little of consequence waa accomplished, tbs session resolving itself Into an informal discusdon of the various features of the preliminary work and of tbe preparations for tha first visit of tba commission to Pailhma. During luncheon with the president thore waa a discussion of various phases of tbe ranal ' question. General Instructions to tbe members were contained in a letter from President Roosevelt to Ji commission under date of March 8th. Tbs letter which was read at the meeting, is as follows: "I have appointed you ns the commission which is to undertake the roo- -t important and also the most formidable engineering feat, that haa hitherto been attempted. You are to do worlc the doing of which. If well done, will reflect high honor upon this nation, and when done well le of Incalculable benefit, not only to this nation, but lo civilized mankind. Aa you yourselves must Individually know, I bare chosen you with reference to nothing save my belief, after full and patient inquiry, that you are among all the available men of whom I have knowledge those bext fitted to bring this great task to a You have been sunessful conclusion. chosen because of your personal aud profexlonal reputation for integrity and ability. You repinont tlie whole rounfry. You represent neither section nor party. I have not nought to find Iitlcs of a single one of you, out the and, Indeed, as to tbe majority of yon I have not the alighted Idea what your political affiliations are. 1 believe that each one of you will serve not merely, with entire fidelity, but with tho utmost efficiency. If at any lime 1 feel that any one of you Is not rendering the best service which it in imssible to to disprocure I shall foci called regard alike my feelings for the man and the man's own feelings and forthwith to substitute for him on the commission some other man whom I deem callable of rendering better service. Moreover. I shall expect, if at any time any one of you feels that the work is too exhausting and engrossing tor him to do in the bst poslble manner, that he will of his own accord so Inform me. in order that 1 may replace him by some man who to the requisite ability joins the will and the strength to give all the effort needed. But so long as you render efficient service of the highest type In the work you are appointed lo perform you may rest assured of my hearty support and backing in every of tba commission un way. These are the conditions under which you have been appointed and under which I shall expect you to d. I shall furthermore expert yon to apply precisely the same principle tn tbe choice of subordinates who da him out of hand; I shall expert tusi your choice and Shall apply in your retention. I shall expert you to appoint no man for reasons other than your belief In the aid he (An render you tn digging the canal. If. hating appointed any man. you find that your expectation about him are not fulfilled or that from any reason he falls abort of his duty, I shall expect you to dismiss him out of band; I hall expect that under such circumstance you will pay not the slightest heed to any backing or Influence the man may have. I assume as a matter of course that tn dealing with contractors yon will arc (Continued on Tag 1J. |