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Show . The official record of precipitation for the month of March just closed shows that only twice since the establishment of the Weather Bureau service bere In 1S7C has there 'been as much. The total was 3.99 Inches; in March, 1S7C, there was ! inches even, and In March, 1891, there was 4.66 inches. The average for the mouth for thirty years is 1.99 Inches; so that the precipitation for the month just passed was a trifle more than double the average. The accumulated accu-mulated excess of precipitation since January 1st is 2,90 Inches, so that the three months of 1904 that havo passed havo been months of unusual moisture. The compromise agreement for the opening of the Uintah reservation on the first of March next, instead of postponing post-poning It till October, 1905, Is a good step. The spring is the best time to throw the lands open, for then the settlers set-tlers can get right to work. Tho only doubt about It Is the possibility of getting get-ting ready; the surveys must all be completed by September 20th next, and then the plats must be made and approved ap-proved and the Indian allotments made before the settlers can be allowed to file on the lands. It will make bus-, work to get ready, but If It can De aone. that Is the "best time to throw open the lands. The changes in administration in Korea Ko-rea go forward steadily, no doubt stimulated stim-ulated by the visit of Marquis Ito. The latest announcement, that of the selection selec-tion of Kim Ka Jin to be Minister of Foreign Affairs, Is not only a victory for Japan, but for Korea, as he is a sturdy reformer, who has suffered for .his opinion that Korea sholud shake off the lethargy and corruption of the past, and enter upon the race of modern progress.- Such changes as that make for good in the Hermit kingdom. Accepting tho conclusion that Nicaragua Nica-ragua is forced to abandon hope of the inter-oceanic canal, President Zelaya has In the field a corps of engineers surveying sur-veying and locating the line for a railway rail-way from San Miguclito on the southern south-ern short of Lake Nicaragua to Mon key Point, on the Caribbean Sea, along a line formerly surveyed by British engineers for an English syndicate. The route is favorable, but the promise of business for the road Is poor, there being be-ing but sparse population and no local transportation worth mention. The hope of President Zelaya Is to build up a paying through business, which Is rather a forlorn outlook, and It Is doubtful doubt-ful if capital can be had for the construction. |