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Show j CREAM OF THE NFWS. j President Roosevelt has sent a message to Congress, accompanying . plans' for coast defense prepared by a Joint board of army and navy officers, in which he emphasized the. necessity for. further defenses de-fenses and reviews the history of the defensive de-fensive works in this country. The President Pres-ident calls special attention to the recommendation rec-ommendation of the board that ' the entrance en-trance to Chesapeake bay be added to the list of places in the United States to be defended. He says the insular possessions posses-sions caiwbt be longer, neglected j if. the United States desires to hold them. Defenses De-fenses are'.reoommended for Manila bay, Pearl haKbor. Honolulu. Ouantanamo, Cuba. Guam and San Juan. Porto Rico, because of their strategic location. ; Defenses De-fenses are recommended for. entrances to the Panama canal.' . , . ) . j .. : In the French Chamber of Deputies War Mtntater Etienne, answering inquiries regarding re-garding the condition of war supplies, said every branch of supplies and ammunition was completely, assured in its mobilisation of troops. ' - ' ... . - . The Lortdon Exprers says that in consequence con-sequence of repeated raids by the Waziras nnd other warlike tribes "on the northwest frontier of India, the authorities contemplate contem-plate sending ' powerful expedition to the disturbed districts. - ' In the hope . of finally ending the race war the leaders of the Tarters and Armenians Ar-menians held a session under the presU deacj iotj -CounV Tofontxoa-DMhkoff Viceroy of the Caucasus, to arrange termi i of peace. J. A. Wall, a former Recorder of Ormsbi county, committed suicide at Rye Patch . fourteen miles from Tonopah. Tho body of Lieut. -Gen. John M. Schc-l field was shipped to Washington from 8t) Augustine, Fla., for Interment at Arllng ton. Brief burial services were conducted at the late residence. . According to the Tokio correspondent o the Dally Telegraph. Japanese residents; of China having requested protection, the) Government has decided to send the warship war-ship Takachino to Chinese waters. t . ' George E. Thomas, ai retired banker oC Philadelphia, has given J10O.0OO to thej beard of missions of -the Protestant Episcopal Epis-copal church, . to be used for home missionary mis-sionary - work at the discretion of the board. . j ! The United Mine-Workers' international executive board has been called to meet in Indianapolis March 14. The Supreme court of the United States has denied the apnllcation of Columbia George and Toy Toy, both Indians, for leave to file a petition for a writ of habeas ha-beas corpus. - . - . v - . . .. ' Mrs. Charles F. Sauer, better known as Margaret Graham, a Los Angeles, Cal., Ker and psychic, who was arrested thero Saturday .on a fugitive warrant from San Antonio. Tex.,' where she is charged with ernbezrllng W0.00O. will make a strong fight against extradition. - . . Tbe schooner Mary Foster, while leaving leav-ing Honolulu with a cargo of sugar, for Ban Francisco, went ashore on the outer fi4 of the phannsl near, the dredgsni .Tbi " . . ' " ' ' ;' ' . i accident 1s believed to be the result of dredging operations. Charges that the German Emperor is seeking a quarrel with France by the course of Germany in the Algesiras conference con-ference are denied. . It is said that China is arranging her troops as If contemplating some strategic move. The House Committee on Interstate Ccmmerce has agreed on a pure-food bill similar to the Heyburn measure. ' Three" men were burned to death in a wreck on the Baltimore) & Ohio Short Line at Smlthneld. W. Vs., last night. ' . ' The extreme cold In the famine districts dis-tricts of Japan Is adding to the suffering. . John R. Walsh, president of the Chicago National bank, has offered -his interest In U i Southern Indiana and Chicago Southern South-ern railroads for sale, to liquidate - the affairs of the bank. The railroad property amounts to $27,600.000. . . George Roberts, alias Jackson, accused of having robbed W. L.' Parry of Los Angeles, An-geles, Cal., has jumped his bond in San Francisco. -. . . . ' . Capt. 'John S. Pershing Is soon to be advanced ad-vanced to the rank of Brigadier-General. .... . ... . ,.,.., , . . " Plain, simple ceremonies marked the last rites over the body of former Gov. Hogg at Austin. Tex. His favorite 'song, "Su-wanee "Su-wanee River," was sung by a large choir at the services. ... , ;'. , . , j; , . . ; . .... ..v."-'.. Russia takes the position In. the Algesiras Alge-siras conference that France and Spain, should have control of the Moroccan police |