Show THIS FROM WASHINGTON Tho United States Minister to Columbia reports to the State department under dato of March 3rd that during the pro ceding week tho Government troops had steadily advanced occupied Important positions near Bogota which had boon vacated by tho revolutionary forces It Is UKaln spcclllcally stated In Washington Wash-ington that no demand has been made Inrton Turkey In connection with Miss Stones case Thc action taken by Minister ncton ister Lclshman as reported from Constantinople Con-stantinople was Imply to conserve nny rights which ntlght bo developed hereafter here-after nCer Respecting 0 TiruSsclH dispatch pub Iltihed In London as to the attitude or the Unltod States Government toward the Unltld sugar convention Just agreed upon In the Belgium capital by tho roprcncntfitlveH or tho bcctpugiir powers It Is stated hero that this requires no action whatever on tho part of the United States rIme Civil Service Commission has adopted a report exoneratIng Postmaster Roberts of Brooklyn from an > v wilful violations vio-lations of the civil Bervlco law and rules clvl6enlco as charged by the National Civil Service Reform league The report was made by Commissioner Foulke who Investigated tho charge |