EVACUATE MUCHWANG
Continued Retreat cf the Russian
Forces.
ALL OF THE FORTS ARE DISMANTLED.
Russians Evacuating Western Side ol the Llao
long Peninsula B low I'p the Magazine at
Feng Wang Chang Before the Arrival ol the
Japs Sharp righting Precede Japanese
Occupation ol That Place.
Niuchwang, (By Cable). There is
every indication that the Russians
have decided to evacuate Niuchv. img.
Forts hav2 ben dismantled and all
artillery have been place. 1 on board
trains. All the local transportation has
been commandcrcd by the Russian
authorities. There is current lure a
native rumor that Japanese tr.iops are
in " k1i-iu Hay, on the nest side of
the llaotung I'eninsuh. and about (10
nnlrs north cf Tort Arthur, but this
report lacks confirmation.
The fear is held here that if the
Russians leave and the Japanese do
not at once take possession of Niuch
wang the brigands, who arc now
across the river near Yinkow, will
ill:iKC the place. The foreign resi
dents arc prepared to resist the bri
gands should they come over. The
British consul has requested that a
gunboat be sent to Niuchwang.
The Russians probably will destroy
the gunboat Sivoutch before leaving.
.The vessel is at Niuchwang.
Japanese troops rired on what prob
ably was the last train out of I'ort
Arthur as it passed near l'ort Adams.
They used artdlery and small arms
and killed or wounded several Chin
ese. It is reported here that Viceroy
Alcxieflf was slightly wounded prior
to his departure from I'ort Arthur.
He barely escaped from there before
the Japanese closed the lines of com
munication. The Rusian general staff have
moved from Liaoyang to Mukden.
Russians here will r.ot talk of the
situation for tear that they may im
port some information. They do not
consider that their forces here are
sufficient to hold this section of the
country. It is probable that the Rus
sian troops will withdraw to Harbin.
The Russian civilians at Niucliwang
re leaving hurridly and many na
tives are tleeing the city in fear that
they will be subjected to maltreat
ment at the hands of the brigands.
The Russians are retreating to
ward Haicheng, .12 miles east-by-north
of Niucliwang, and are evacuating the
western side of the Liaotung pen
insula. On Thursday and Saturday of last
week the Japanese landed to.ooo men
at Kinchau Hay: to.ooo men at Foo
chau I'.ay and 7,000 at Pitsewo. They
occupied the towns of Wa-F'ung-Tien
and J'ulantien and destroyed several
miles of the railroad.
Heavy firing has been heard in the
direction of Kaichau, where Japanese
troops have been seen recently.
The isolation of I'ort Arthur is com
plete. Sixteen Japanese warships pro
tected the landing of troops at Kin
chau Bay, directing a sweeping fire
over the narrow isthmus before the
soldiers disembarked. Seventy-five
Russians, who were wounded in this
fighting were brought oil the last
train to arrive here.
Food is scarce at Mukden; the
troops there are eating bean cakes.
key to Liao Valley.
Niuchwang is the key to the Liao
Valley. Kinkow, at the mouth of the
Liao, is the port of Niucliwang, which
is about .10 miles distant up the river.
Kinkow is connected bv rail with the
I'ort Arthur branch of the Siberian
Railway.
Evacuation of Niucliwang bv the
Russians will certainly mean its oc
cupation by the Japs. Kinkow and
Niuchwang will give the Japanese an
other important base and a tighter
grip on thr railroad.
Some idea of distances in the pres
ent theater of operations may be gath
ered from the following figures . 1-mm
l'ort Arthur to Niuchwang is 175
miles; from Tort Arthur to Harbin is
650 miles; iron Harbin to Vladivos
tok is i;o miles. From Chemulpo
Ray to Pingyang is 150 miles.
BODY OF E. L. WESTZ FOCND.
fbe Voung Philadelphia Mao Mysteriously
Disappeared Last October.
Richmond. Va., (.Special). A spec
ial from Big Stone Gap, Wise county,
cays:
"The body of E. L. Went, who so
mysteriously disappeared October 14.
oo.l. was found near Kelly View,
irhin a mile of the place where he
was last seen Llive.
"The body, winch was lying on the
Bround in plain view, was in a state
of preservation siifi.cient for identi
fication." Voung Wrr.tz was the son of a
Philadelphia millionaire and was in
charge of his father's mines in Wi-e
countv. Since his di? appearance more
than $50,000 has beer, ottered for news
of bint.
The case has attracted a great deal
of attention, and various theories have
been advanced from time to tunc as
to the an-e of the young man's sud
den and complete disappearance
Several persons reported having
een voung Wentz after the search for
turn began, but in eidi instance the
reports hive proven untrue.
Mr. Wtntz, the lather of the unfor
tunate man. exhausted every mean.;
to locate him sod sprnt thousands of
dollars in the search, to which wa
given the entire time of a brother
of the lost man.
Fire Wipes Out VlHag.
Utica, Mich, (Special) Seventeen
business places and ten dwellings,
were destroyed in a fire which wiped
out half of this village. Practically
nothing could be dor.e in the way of
lighting the fire until the arrival ol
n engine and company of hrrmen
Irom Detroit, as L'tica has scarcely
amy fire-fighting apparatus. The fire
started in a barn of the Exchange Ho
tel. William Upton, a capitalist, is
one of the heaviest lowers by tire de
struction of property.
New Flyiag Macbiae.
MidJIetown, N. Y., (Special). Wil
liam Roctohcr. the well known vio
linist, who has been working for the
last twelve yetrs on a flying machine,
has completed it and will tett it in a
few days. Roctcher, besides being a
stoted musician, is a natural mechanic
nil draughtsman. He studied at a
polytechnic school in Berlin. He
iuilt the machine himself in a large
factory which he rented in this city.
He is averse to notoriety, and it was
onlv by accident that the fact cf his
tiaving invented the machine was dis
MWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happenings Condensed tor Rapid
Reading.
Domestic
Charles S. Rebcr, formerly a book
keeper lor McXcely Company, manu
facturers of kid, in 1'hiladelphia, was
committed to prison in default of $6,
000 bail, charged with forgeries aggre
gating $.5.ooo.
Bishop Stephen N Merrill, of Chi
cago, senior member of the board of
bishops, presented n petition to the
Methodist Gen. ral Conference, in Los
Angeles, t-king to be retired from ac
tive service.
The executive- committee of the
Nation;. I Civic Federation at a meet
ing in .W-w York adopted resolutions
culogir.ig the late president of the
Federation, "Senati r lLanna.
Rev. Dr. Emanuel Vogel Gcrhart.
president of the Theological Semin
ary of the Reformed Church ot the
United States, died ;.t his home, in
Lancaster, Pa.
Capt. John I!;.'l:.,,i. veteran of I.'
years' fighting 111 the l.i.i. k Hau l:. I
Seminole ami Mexican Wars, died in j
Oshkosh, Wis. lie was So years old.
Three more New York brokerage j
firms ucr-j expelled from the Co..s..,- 1
idated Stock Exchange for shad
practices. j
Homesteaders at Mineral Lake,'
Wis., wire obliged to tlee in their
night garments to escape from the
forest tires.
Secretary Shaw had a conference
with New York financiers and ar
ranged for the payment of the forty
millions to the Panama Canal Com
pany through J. P. Morgan & Co.
Two were killed and seven in
jured by r.11 explosion of gas in the
No. 11 Colliery of the Lehigh and
Wi'.kcsbarre Coal Company, at Ply
mouth, Pa.
Charles Cunningham, the Oregon
sheep kino pleaded guilty to the
charge of conspiring to defraud the
United States government of public
lands.
Judge Adams, in the United States
Circuit Court in New York, ordered
the deportation of jo Italians involved
in the naturalization frauds.
A gas explosion demolished the
house of James McDanicl, in Marion,
lnd., injuring fatally Mrs. McDaniel
and her two children.
Five thousand Loot and shoe makers
were locked out of the six largest
factories in Chicago. The factories
will run as open shops.
WTiliam L. Hartley, white, and
James Edwards, colored, were exe
cuted in Pittsburg for murder.
The German and French Buildings
at the World's Fair were dedicated
yesterday.
The United States cruiser Denver
was put in commission.
Plans have been drafted for a re
organization of the Red Cross Socie
ty, which will probably be accepted by
both sides to the controversy.
Several witnesses testified in the
trial of General Tyner and Harrison
J. Barrett, charged with conspiracy
to defraud the government.
Dr. W. E. Woodend, of V. E.
W oodend & Co., the suspended stock
brokerage firm, was arrested at his
home, in New York.
James C. Cook, known as the oldest
practical printer in the United States,
died at Milford, Mass., aged f7 years.
New England cotton mills may shut
down, curtailment not having met the
situation of overproduction.
New York's offer of $37,000,000 of
city bonds at .i- per cent, was over
subscribed seven times.
Foreign.
The German Rcistag adopted a res
olution asking the government to in
troduce a bill revising the military
penal code so as to reduce the mini
mum punishment in cases where
private practices resort to violence
against their superiors. The two con
servative larties voted in the nega
tive. The annual demonstration of the
Primrose League attracted an enor
mous gathering at Albert Hall, Lon
don, being the centenary year of the
birth of the late Lord Beacoiistield.
Prof. Maxwell Soinmerville, the dis
tinguished g!yptu!nzit. of the Univer
sity f Pcnn.-yU ania, died ill Paris of
heart disea-e.
The German Swamer Kurfucrt.
winch went ashore on the coast of
Portugal, is a total wreck.
Foreign Secretary Lansdowne
stated 111 the British House of Com
mons that if greater progress was
not made 111 the solution of the Mace
donian situation the powers might
be confronted with a grave problem.
King Edwar 1, Queen Alexandra
oiid tl.e Princess Victoria returned to
London from their tour of Ireland.
Andrew Carnegie presided at the
aniiuai meeting of the Iron and Steei
Institute 'ii London.
The Venezuelan Congrr-s has con
ferred dictatorial powers up.m Presi
dent Castro.
The Dutch fonts captured the
Atchine'e position at Tjuiitoe. Java,
alter a desperate fight, 111 which loo
Atclnnese were killed. The Dutch
casualties were " killed and 5 officers
and ,H men wounded.
J. Pierpont Morgan stated in Paris
tr.t the United States has appointed
the Morgan Company fiscal agents
for tl.e payment 111 Paris ot the $.40,
oco.ooo to the Panama Canal Com
pany. It is reported in ienra that thre
were serious anti-Jewish riots in the
Bearabaii town of Bender, and that
the mob entered louses and threw
woiiitn and children out the windows.
financial.
Sir.ce April 7 $i8,"?5,ooo has been
exported.
Snow makes a bullish report this
week on the wheat crop.
Details of United States Steel's ab
sorption of the Clairton Company
were perfected yesterday.
President Ripley has won a victory
for tl.e Atchison by getting a drastic
injunction against strikers.
Cincinnati has had a spasm of econ
omy. City Councils reconsidered a
$1,000,000 loan and will borrow only
half that sum.
Speyer is again accused of "holding
up" the Lake Superior plan. But the
truth is that he merely wishes to get
his money out.
Elair & Co., of New York, have
purchased the $2,000,000 guaranteed
loan certificates cf the Canadian Im
provement Company, due May 1, 1906
Mexican Central bulls now say
there will be no assessment on the
stock. But if the road doesn't need
more money why is it being reorgan
ized? While the railroad kings are bat
tling or its control, the Northern Pa
cific Railroad goes on earning money
lor its Unitholders.
CONFESSEDJTO FRAUDS
Charles Cunningham and Associates
Guilty in Land Cases.
ALL ESCAIE TTrISON SENTENCE.
Oregon Sheep King, Who Was Leader ol Con
spiracy, Must Pay $5,000, While Hi Tools
Escape fur $109 Each Convictions the Out
come of the Trial cl Land oflicc Receiver
Thompson-The Benton Case Will Follow.
Portland, Oreg., (Special). The
cases of Charles Cuniiini'liaui, the
Eastern Oregon sheep king; Glen H.
V. Sailing, Shelby Jones, and Dallas
O'Hara, charged with conspiracy to
defraud the United States government
of public lands, were brought to an
abrupt and unexpected conclusion by
pleas of guilty being made when these
defendants were arraigned in the Uni
ted States District Court here.
Mi rk Shackelford was the only one
to (dead not guilty, an.l his trial was
commenced later. Kate James was
d - l-.arged tor want of probable cause.
tm ningham, as the ringleader, was
'..mediately sentenced to pay a fine
ol $5,000. The others, being con
idered only tools of Cunningham,
were let olf with a fine of $100 in
each case. None of them was sen
tenced to a term of imprisonment.
These convictions are the direct out
growth of the trial of Asa Thompson,
received of the La Grande, Oreg., land
office, last fail. During his trial the
defendants in the present case, who
were witnesses in the Thompson case,
made admission on the stand which
placed Inspector A. R. Greene, of the
Interior Department, in possession of
evidence necessary to convict. A few
weeks subsequent to the Thompson
trial Cunningham and the others were
arrested.
Interior Department Notified.
The Secretary of the Interior re
ceived the telegram from Portland,
Oreg.. regarding the action in the
land fraud cases.
This information was gratifying to
the Interior Department, where the
policy has been to vigorously prose
cute offenders against the land laws.
Secretary Hitchcock has followed the
presecutions closely, seeing to it that
the department anil its employees af
fordcd every possible facility to the
law officers.
It is the understanding of the de
partment that other Oregon land caej
will be brought to trial soon. The
case of Mary Ware and others will
probably be taken up about May 16.
Good progress is also being made
with the hearings before the commis
sioner in San l'rancisco in the case
of F A. Hyde rr.d others, who are
wanted to answer to indictments here.
John A. licnson, whose indictment
here caused a sensation last winter,
has recently returned to New York.
The hearing there for his removal
to this jurisdiction on one of the in
dictments pending was concluded re
cently, resulting in an order favorable
to the government. It was met with
habeas corpus proceedings, w hich are
to be heard May IQ, before Judge La
combe. The case is said in many par
ticulars to resemble that of George
W. Reavers, indicted for alleged viola
tions of the postal laws. As the gov
ernment has won in its efforts to have
Heavers taken to the jurisdiction
where lie has been indicted, the gov
ernment is not anticipating any serious
difficulty, except in delay, with the
case of Benson.
CASTRO MADE DICTATOR.
Lnususl Pomers Conferred on the Venezuelan
President.
Caracas, Venezuela (By Cable).
The Venezuelan Congress, after hav
ing declared itself a constitutional as
sembly, conferred on General Castro
full dictatorial powers for a year,
with the title-of provisional president.
General Valle was appointed second
vice president.
General Castro was elected Presi
dent of Venezuela in October, 1001,
alter having acted as president for
a year. According to a decision of
Congress, ),e was to hold office for a
term of six years from February jo,
I'lOJ. It was announced from Ca
racas. May 2, that the Constitutional
Assembly had approved the r.ew con
stitution, dividing the republic into
i.t states, and giving the president a
term of six years, instead of four.
Dictatorial powers were probably
conferred on General Castro in order
that he may put the new constitution
in force.
Minister From Panama.
Mr. Russell, thc American diplomat
ic representative at Panama, cabled
Secretary Hay that the Panamaiau
government has decided to appoint
Don Jose Domingo de Olxildia as
minister of Panama to the United
Slates. Mr. Russell added that Senor
and wife and child of the master
Obaldia was a senator from the De
partment o( Panama in the Colom
bian Congress which rejected the
Hay-IIerran Treaty; that he was gov
ernor of Panama at the time of the
independence movement last Novem
ber, and is ikiw second vice president
of the Republic. The new minister
expects to leave Panama for Wash
ington on the first steamer in June.
Tibetans Attacked British Column.
Loudon, (Special). The Daily
Mail's Simla correspondent says that
Hoo Tibet'irs, coming from the direc
tion of Shigatse. attacked thc British
mission at Gyangtso at dawn on April
5. The Tibetans were repulsed with
iieavy loss and fled. The British had
only two Sepoys wounded.
Portland Exposition Raises Money.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Sat
isfactory evidence has been presented
to the treasury department by the di
rectors of the Lewis and Clarke Ex
position of Portland, Ore., to the ef
fect that they have complied with the
law and have $600,000 cash, subscrip
tions and appropriations. Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Taylor ac
cordingly, has issued orders for the
preparation of plans for the govern
ment exhibit.
For KIMaf Two Wentn.
Plattsburg, N. Y. (Special). Allan
Mooney, the condemned murderer,
who shot and killed two women at
Saranac Lake, N. Y., on Novembrr 4,
190a, was put to death in the electric
chair at Clinton Prison, Dannemora.
Foar Caildrea Killed By Llgblnlnr.
Hobart, Okla. (Special). The farm
house of Ptter Schtuitt, at Bessie, 35
miles north of here, was struck by
lightning and lour children, aged
eight, six, four and two, were killed.
The children were asleep upstairs.
LIVE WASHINGTON AITAIRS.
We Now Own Panama Caoal.
The President has received the fol
lowing report from the Attorney Gen
eral on the Panama Canal transfer:
"Department of Justice, May 4, 1904.
"The President:
"I have the honor to report that I
have made an arrangement with the
new Panama Canal Company and
Morgan & Co. whereby Morgan & Co.
have been designated agents to make
the transfer of the money due by. the
United States to the canal company.
"The $.;o,ooo,coo is to be deposited
with Morgan & Co. at once, upon the
delivery by the canal company to the
United States of all the property in
cluded in the purchase. So that the
deposit of $40,000,000 with Morgan &
Co. by the United States is accepted
by the canal company as equivalent
to a payment for the purpose of a
delivery of the property to the United
States.
"Owing to the fact that a part of
this money is due to the liquidator of
the old company under an arbitration
authorized end subsequently confirmed
by the French courts, all parties en
titled to the money agreed that Mor
gan & Co. would bind themselves to
make the distribution of the funds
that delivery of the property need not
await actual payment.
"Morgan & Co. will make the dis
tribution cs follows
"The will place 20,000,000 frances
in the Rank of I-'rance to the credit
of Jean Pierre Gautron, the liquidator
of the old Panama Canal Company.
This represents the value of the Pana
ma R,iilroad shares, the title to which
was not to pass 1 the new company
until the completion of the canal un
less 20,000,000 frances were paid there
... ,
for to the liquidator of the old com-
pany. Five million ranees will be
paid into the Bank of France to the
credit of the new I'anama Canal yom-j
pany, which, under the award of the
arbitrators, is due to the new company
to reimburse ,it for the 5 000,000
frances paid-in April, 1000, for the
extension of the concession. Of the
remainder of the $40,000,000 40 per
cent, thereof is to be paid into the
Bank cf France to the credit of the
new company and 60 per cent, to the :
credit of the liquidator of the old
company, as provided by thc decree .
of the I'rench courts confirming the
award of the arbitrators.
"As this arrangement was made
for the accommodation o the French :
parties, all expenses incident thereto :
are borne by them and the United
States is protected from all costs
whatever. ,
'iw'tl! f,n.ncisc'r.' ,,he arrangement has practically begun. js lc recommendation of thc court
is that the French interest accept our . The Russian military authorities , , . . ...
deposit with Morgan & Co. as cquiva- seem reconciled to the cutting off of f f '(lu,ry appointed to investigate
lent to payment for all purposes of their stronghold, but thev are con- the explosion in the after turret of the
delivery of the property." vinccd that the fortress is impregnable Missouri on April 13. The court finds
"The new Panama Canal Company against attack by land or sea. ' Though the explosion was due to a "llare
in liquidation has given a mandate or; the enemy may invest the place, the back" caused by an inexplicab' ; corn
power of attorney to Renaudin, their authorities here do not believe thc bination oi oxygen with certain un
representative upon thc isthmus, with Japanese will undertake to storm the usually laUt.t gases in smokeless
complete instructions concerning the position. It is' believed that the powder. The ol'ncers n'Wl crew of the
delivery of thc property. This de- greater numljer of thc troops have Missouri nor only are relieved from
partment has cabled similarly to been withdrawn and that Lieutenant all responsibility for the accident, but
Major Brooke, who was designated General Stoesscl's forces, including are warmly commended for the brav
by the Honorable Secretary of War thc garrjson of Port Arthur, numbers cry they showed after its occurence
for that purpose to act for the gov- aboht 10.000 men. Some estimates . in rescuing the victims.
crnment in accepting delivery. 1
"The canal company has likewise
placed at the disposition of the Uni- j
ted States the personnel of its organi-
x. :...i.... tw 4i.
pose of temporary service in thc pre-'
servation .of the works and property
pending the preparations by the canal
commission to undertake active opera-
tions. !
"I have notified the commission of
the situation, and nothing now remains
to be done except to take possession;
of the property and direct the deposit !
of the consideration with Morgan Ik i
Co., in accordance with the terms of ,
the contract." i
In connection with these payments!
it is caid tlii. Trrasnrv Drnarlmenl
that Morgan & Co. will be designated !
as disbursing agents of the govern-
mcnt and following the invariable rule ' the coast near Cape terminal Md short djs1ancr from Washing
in such sascs they will be required: (about 15 miles ; southwest of 1 itsewo) - Dynanlitc uas scd to cffcct an
to drnosit !?JO 000 ooo in bonds as e-i under cover of artillery fire. ,'1' I'ynam'tc was uscu 10 eneci an
10 aiposu t-m,uuu,uuu 111 uoiiiis as .c . .,hr,nt m tr-in- 'entrance to thc building. The exp o-
curity to the 'government. I he pay- At tins moment jtiout (o trans- awakened the citizens who
ment will be madt as soon as the ports were observed bearing down up- MO' awjKcniu mc mucus, wno
ment w in dc mani as oon as 1111 1 ,.,i,r,i frn, .,,,,1 nur , ! turned out armed with shotguns and
bonds have been received, which o" the w Hole Iront ana our posis re- weanons The oosse and the
orobablv will be in a dav or two 1 tired from the shore. . oilier weapons. 1 lie posse ana tnc
probacy will JjOiV cr two. aj . oft.Cf af pit. , bandits exchanged many shots, hut
Consular Appointments. i sewo were removed lnd the Rifjsian " was killed on euner side. The
Ti e following consular annoint- 1 inhabitants abandoned the town. : bandits finally separated and the pur
ll.e following consular appoint ..Arcor(iiI1B to Chinese reports, bv was abandoned.
inents were made by the 1 resident: j
William F. Wright, Pennsylvania,
cousin general at .Municn; james 11.;
W'onnan. now at Munich to be con-!
sul at Three Rivers, Canada; Leo,
Bergholz, now at 1 hrec Rivers, to be
consul at Dawson City. 1
L. A. Dent, recently appointed con-
sul at Dawson City, has tendered his:
resignation and it has been accepted.!
Mr. Wright is a resident of Phila-!
delphia and was for some years pri-!
vatc secretary to Senator Quay. I
I)r. flerria to Return.
H'.r.uug.i Mr. Andrews, the Colom-1
bian consul general in New ork. the 1
Mate Department has learned that
Dr. Ilerran, the Colombian charge
who formally withdrew from Wash
ington about two mouths ago, will
soon return to this city in the same
capacity, indicating a complete res
toration of friendly relations between
the United States and Colombia.
Secretary ol New Commission.
Mr. Winthrop L. Marvin, of Bos
ton, has been appointed secretary of
the Merchant Marine Commission, ap
pointed at the last session of Con
gress. M-. Marvin is a newspaper
man, and is considered to be espe
cially adapted to the work.
Contressioaal and Departments.
Maryland' G. A. R. men are in
dignant -it Corporal Tanner, now
register of wills in the District of
Columbia, for removing Col. John R.
Rouzcr. of Frederick, irom the office
of deputy register.
The trial of former Assistant Attor
ney General Tyner and his assistant,
Harrison Barrett, was continued be
fore Judge Pritchard.
The Navy Department has declined
to grant a third trial for the cruiser
Denver, which was delivered to the
government.
Lieutenant Commander C. C. Rod
ger was selected to be commandant
of the naval station at Guantanalno,
Cuba.
The delegates to the convention of
the National Society of Colonial
Dames were received by the Presi
dent. Secretary Wilson has issued an or
der prohibiting the importation of hay
and straw from continental Europe.
Russell P. Goodwin was appointeJ
assistant attorney general for the Post
Office Department.
The President has determined to
appoint Col. Albert L. Mills to be
brigadier general.
PORT ARTHUR BESIEGED
The Japanese Cut Off All Russian
Communication.
THEIR SECONDARMY IS LANDED.
Now Occupy Railroad Which Conned Port
Arthur with the Russian Military Bate,
Having seized It al Peinta About Forty Miles
Prom the Port About 30,000 Japanese
Landed and more to lollow.
St. Petersburg, (My Cable). Jap
anese troops swarming across the
narrow neck of the Liaotung Peninsu
la, the railroad and telegraph com
munications cut, and Port Arthur, the
Russian Gibraltar,, isolated and left to
its own resources. All this the Rus
sians seem to accept with great
stoicism
Vice Admiral SkrydlofT, who is en
route to Port Arthur to take command
of the naval forces in the Far East,
will be unable to reach his destina
tion. Viceroy AlcxicfT and the Grand
Duke lioris, who left Port Arthur
Friday, just got away in time. The
Viceroy has joined General Kuropat
kin near Mukden.
At the Russian War Office it is
stated that no strong opposition was
made to the Japanese lauding at Pit-1
sewo, on the east coast of the Liao
tung Peninsula, about 40 miles from
Port Arthur. Pitscwo is a suburb of
Kinchau.
It is supposed that there was a
sharp engagement at the railroad be
fore the Japanese succeeded in cutting
off communication and seizing the
railroad, which runs from Port Arthur
to Mukden and Harbin, the Russian
military base in Manchuria. The seiz
ure ot the railroad is a most important
gain for tile Japanese. According to
1 omciai iniormaiion, t ie aiming ol
, , f to lriin;lnrts , ;,.
tancoiisly at F.tsewo and Cape
j Terminal.
official information .1,,. I,.,,!;.,,," i
No, nnlc) srrms to bc known ()f
anhcr rtporlcd successful landing
. of thc japa,K.se at iort Adams, which
: is situatcd on an arlll (lf Society Bay,
,, .1., wct ........ nf .....I,,..,!:,
(jrc.ctiy opposite and about jo miles
fron1 I'jtsewo. The railroad also lias-
scs close to Port Adams
jt is understood that 60 transports
disembarked two divisions of Japanese
troops, part of that mysterious sec-
on army concerning the whereabouts
cf which there lias been so much
speculation. Ten thousand men were
landed in the evening and sonic 20,000
more next morning.
Vice Admiral Togo has undoubtedly
scaled the harbor of Port Arthur,
arid the seige of the great Russian
fortress both bv land and sea forces
piace ineni at oniy 5,000. runner
operations on the peninsula on a large
scale are dependent upon the develop-
mejit of the campaign on the main-
l..n,l
It is understood that thc landing at
Pitscwo was prcceeded by a bom- j
bardment of the shore and was rf-
fected under the guns of Japanese !
warships, but it was practically unop-j
posed by the Russians.
The Ministry of War received the 1
toiiowmg telegram irom .Major iicn-;jf
eral mug, cnicl 01 tnc military Stan:
"According to the information I
have received, seven of the enemy's
transports, and afterwards about 40,
appeared opposite IHitscwo on the
evening of Mav 4.
"On the morning of May 5, the
Japanese began to land at Pitscwo and '
,. ..venjK 0f May $ about 10,000 of;
the enemy's troops had landed and;
taken up quarters in t lie cinnese vn-
ages near the point of debarkation,"
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uusnrnt vr n. ii.i-.
t , n .
A Former Promioeot Cabinet minister uuil.y
ol Theft.
Rome (By Cable) There was a
,.. , : ,1... rh-imher of
Preat "ns"U " ,,lR. U, "T" of
deputies at tnc conclusion 01 1. e par-
I liamcntarv inuuiry into the adminis
! tration of Signor Nasi, former minis-
iry pr((.d sl fniiXy n( ,c llisiip.
propriation of large sums of money,
the falsification ot ilocumeiiis. tne sup
pression of evidence anil continuous
peculation.
The law courts presented to the
chamber a (U'ui.ind that thev be al
lowed to proceed against Nasi nd
arrest him. but under the rules of the
chamber the discussion of this de
mand was postponed.
Meanwhile the news that Nasi had
been decjared guilty of the charges
against him spread, and the former
minister, believing all to be lost. fled.
Nasi was a strong politician, and it
was believed he was destined to be
come premier.- The result of the
arliamcntary inquiry into his conduct
las caused great excitement.
A Horrible Death.
Chicago (Special). Making a mis
step while walking on the edge of a
vast caldron of boiling metal, llainey
Anderson, an employe of the Illinois
Steel Company at South Chicago,
clung for life to the end, while his feet
burned off. Then, his strength gone,
he slipped with a shriek into the seeth
ing mass below. In a lew moments
his body was literally consumed. One
of his fellow-workmen fainted with
horror at the spectacle.
Shot Mae Who Attacked His tyile.
Alton III. (Special). While defend
ing two women from the attack of
the husband of one of them, Marshall
SchefT, 19 years edd, shot and killed
F.dward Cardwell, 35 years old. Scheff
surrendered to trie police; Accord
ing to the story told by Mrs. Card
well and her sister, Miss Kate Lay
ton, Cardell without provocation at
tacked the two women with a knife.
Scheff interfered and was infurn, as
saulted by Cardwell, it is said. Scheff
drew a revolver and fired two shots,
instantly killing Cardwell.
DEATH BENEATH AUTOMOBILE,
Chicago Man Drowned In Ditch While His
Fiancee Witnessed Tragedy.
Chicago, III. (Special). While his
financee and another young woman
vainly tried to lift the heavy vehicle,
II. S. Ringl, of Chicago Heights, was
crushed to death in the mire of a
ditch beneath his overturned automo
bile. The accident occurred in the North
Chicago road, nearly a mile from the
village of Chicago Heights. The oc
cupants of the automobile besides
Mr. Ringi were Miss Florence Bnrn
holdt. his fiancee, and Miss Elizabeth
Cancdy.
On approaching the village Mr.
Ringi attempted to turn out to pass
a farmer's wagon. The heavy ma
chine swerved into a ditch at the road
side, and the occupants were thrown
from their seats.
Miss Eornholdt was severely iri
jurcd by striking the further bank of
the ditch, and was made unconscious.
Miss Cancdy was thrown into the
water and escaped uninjured.
When Miss Bornholdt regained con
sciousness the young women began
a search for their companion, and saw
him struggling in the water and move
beneath the overturned machine.
PERL' WILL RESIST.
Foreign Minister Pardo States Position of lllf
Country.
Lima, Peru, (By Cable) Regard
ing the existing troubles between Bra
zil and Peru, Foreign Minister Pardo
states that his government was pre
paring to resist the "unjust aggres
sion" of Brazil.
It was, Scnor Pardo asserted, a
political whim of Baron Rio Branco,
Brazil s foreign minister, to annex
V '"ruories 01 nuo-j urua ana aiio-
"ru5 inventing as a nasis tor sucn
1 : ,, ; . .
action stones of Peruvian invasions:
I anfl ,lT",l Mmwtcr Pardo said, had
now sent troops to occupy the coveted
regions
i tie truth, said Senor Pardo, is that
,,as ',rv.cr, move'l from P,r";
1 slle I'as occupied for many years, and
; in proof of tins he aserted that when
Vrazl1 'posed the formation of the
: "rrf syndicate her foreign office urged
! as t' c I.'r'nc'Pal arctimcnt against thc
1 rn'iccssion the rights of Peru to the
very same territory."
i 1 et a few months later, concluded
' i"'''!" Pardo, "Baron Rio Branco
'orPt Brazil's words and decided to
'-"'Py this territory, which had pre-
vinusly been declared to be Peruvian
-but is very rich in caoutchouc."
! 7. . . , .
Caused By Flare Back.
Washington. D. C, (Special). That
-in further nrorpeilimrs ;ir- in t.iL-e-i
Four Perish in Flames.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, (Special).
Three men and a boy were burned to
lfa,h in a boxcar in the Northwc-tcrn
yards here. They are believed to have
been tramps trying to steal a ride,
i he car was discovered to be on fire
while being switched, and cries for
help were heard by the trainmen, but
ai follr succimbed before they'could
reached. Thc car was filled with
bedding, and it is supposed the fire
was started by the men smoking.
Dynamite Used in Dank.
Washington (Special). Five men
uttcmpted in true Western style to
rob thc savings bank at Sandy Springs,
Edgar Fawcett Dead.
London, (By Cable). Edgar Faw-
cett, the American author, died here'
after havinn been unconscioin for
- - --
several days. Death was due to cir.
j-,osis of the liver. Mr. Fawcett was
born in New York in May, 1847, and
"1S a graduate of Columbia College,
New York. He had lived in England
for several years.
FACTS WORTH REMEMBERIML
The radium salts closely resemble
u mnine.
Japan produces one-twelfth of the
world's raw silk.
The Romans had no hinges; their
doors turned on pivots.
There is one leper for every 500
..t .t. 1.1..
OI llie KUllUR JllJII(dllUII.
The coal mine employes of Great
Britain number 8411,006.
The Siberian sable, unless protected
by law, will soon be extinct.
Americans buy about $500,000 worth
of licorice root annually in Smyrna.
The licorice from it is used almost
entirely in chewing tobacco.
Of the four great lumber districts
of the United States, the Southern
pine region s.tauds first. In it are 4.1
per cent, of the sawmills and half
the lumbermen.
Thc production of all the petroleurr
oil fields east of Indiana is falling off
in spite of large numbers of new
we lis This is true of the Ruesiar
fields as well.
The deaths from bubonic plague in
India are from 30,000 to 40,000 pet
week. In Johannesburg, South Afri
ca, 128 cases and 70 deaths have oc
curred in two weeks.
The loss ol the government througl
the bale of land at $2.50 per acre
under the timber and stone act, is es
t mated by the Commissioner of thi
General Land Office at 1 100,000,001
to 115,000,000.
America's trade with Great Brit
ain last year aggregated 1,000,000,
000; next in importance is our trade
with Germany, which is little mort
than one-third at much.
Count Zepplin, who wrecked his air
ship and at the itmt time his fortune
in Lake Constance, Italy, has raisec
$.(,000 by subscription tor the pur-
poe of building another ship.
During the journey of United Statei
Consul General Skinner through Abys
sinia, which occupied weeks, Empjrroi
Menelik was kept informed of) the
progress cf the' American parti b
teirpnone.
1
ENTOMBED IN A BL'RNINO BL'ILDINO.
One la a Rescued Who Went Too Far Into
the Workings.
Shamokin, Pa. (Special). Five min
ers are entombed and believed to be
dead as a result of n fierce fire which
is burning in the Locust Gap colliery
of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company. They are:
John Boglan, Michael Boglan, Mich
ael Shannon, John Debo, Win. Mas
saskie.
The fire started last night in tli
slope, and Massaskie, Shannon and
the Boglans were cut off from escape
before they were warned. Rescuing
parties were at once set to work,
and up to tonight -their efforts to
bring out the men have been un
successful. Debo, notwithstanding
thc protests of others, went far into
the workings and has not been heard
from since, and it is believed that he
has succumbed to smoke and gas.
Deadly Duel With Knives.
Wilksboro, N. C, (Special). As the
result, it is undtrrtood, of an old
feud, Hillary Key is dead, killed by
Frceland Johnro:t in a furious com
bat with knives, and Johnson himsell
lies at the point of death, suffering
from ghastly wounds H is reported
that Johnson went over to Key's field
to hunt for some strav sheen Whil-
there he engaged in an altercation with
ueorpc Key and fired at him twice,
but failed to hit him. Hillary Key,
George's brother, th?n tork u the
tjuarrel, and Johnson attacked him
with a knife. Hillary's blade instantly
flashed out, but Johnson was too
quick for him.
Transfer of Miners.
Milwaukee, Wis.-, (Special). The
Milwaukee Branch of the Polish Na
tional Alliance, which proposes to es
tablish new .homes for the joo,ooo
Polish miners employed in the coal
fields of Pennsylvania, expects shortly
to close a deal whereby 5.000 of the
miners will be brought to Wisconsin,
Thc members of the Milwaukee coin-
mission will go to Marinette to nego
tiate for 150,000 acres of land for the
establishment of a Polish colony.
Texas Town Burred.
Pans, Tex., (Special). Thc busi
ness portion of Dc Port, twenty miles
southeast of Paris, near thc line of
Red River county, was destroyed. The
fire started in J. W. Registers' store
and consumed eighteen buildings, all
the business portion except thc De
Port bargain store and the First Na
tional Bank. The telephone communi
cation was cut eff and no further par
ticulars arc obtainable. The loss will
approximate $50,000.
Tourists lo PcrlL '
Livingston, Mont., (Special). A
party of Eastern tourists, traveling
through Yellowstone Park, have had
a narrow escape from being dashed
to death in a chasm along thc Golden
Gate road which leads into thc park
from Gardiner. The coach was caught
by brush and its descent stayed for
an instant, during which the pas
sengers managed to txtricatc them
selves and escape, clinging to the
rocks and brush. The coach soon fell
with a crash to the bottom of the
canyon, 700 feet below, killing the
horses and demolishing the vehicle.
Two Millions lor Poor
St. Faul, Minn., (Special). Judge
Bunne, of the Ramsey County Dis
trict Court, decided that the clause
in the will of the late Mrs. Fanny S.
Wilder, widow of Amherst H. Wilder,
:reating a $2,000,000 trust fund, "for
the worthy poor" in this city, is valid,
Eleven nieces and nephews of the de
:esed contested the will. The con
test was made on the ground that the
words "worthy poor" were not specific
ind therefore the bequest was illegal.
It is possible that an appeal will be
taken to the Supreme Court.
Miners Have Narrow Escape.
' llazleton, Pa. (Special). An aban
doned portion of the Harlcigh work
,ngs, operated by Stauffer & Rowe,
:avcd in and iS miners employed in
one section of the slope had a nar
row escape from death. It was at
first feared that all had been killed,
put by wading through piles of culm
;hat had dropped into the mine they
merged safely from the gangway an"
.lour after thc fall occurred. Several
thousand people were gathered at the
mouth of the slope until thc men
reached the top.
The $40,000,000 Check.
The Treasury warrant for $40,000,"
000 to be delivered to J. P. .Morgan
& Co., of New York, on account of
the Panama Canal purchase was taken
to that city by Secretary of the Treas
ury Shaw, i'hc Secretary also took
with him certain bonds which have,
been deposited with the government
as security for pu' lie moneys which
arc to be returned to the banks sur
rendering their deposits.
Mr. J. II. Edwards, private secre
tary to Secretary Shaw, accompanied
him to New York.
Celebration Kills Tweoly-Ooe.
Tokyo, (IJy Cable). During the
popular demonstration in honor of
the victories achieved by the Japanese
forces twenty-one persons were killed
and forty injured. The killed and in
jurrd ore mostly boys, who were
caught against a closed gate at an an
gle in the old palace walls by the
throng and crushed or drowned in an
old moat.
Tne Lake Submarine.
Bridgeport, Conn., (Special). Capt
Simon Lake, who has arrived herd
from Newport on the submarine tor
pedo boat Protector, was asked about
the reported sale of the boat to the
Japanese government He rcplieJ:
'You can say for me that I have re
ceived no offers from any foreign
government." He added that it was
true that the boat hud been examined
within a few days by Japanese offi
cers, but that naval attaches of other
governments have also looked it over,
Murder la Cenrtboase.
Charleston, S. ,C. (Special). At
Manning, Clarendon County, under-court-house
portico and while court
was in session, Magistrate S. M. You
mans shot and instantly killed Lawyer
JohnR. Keels, Youmans 'filed' five
shots, all taking effect, and immediate-, '
ly gave himself up to the sheriff. The
quarrel was over a business transact '
tion, but details of the tragedy are
lacking, the manslaycr refusing to,
make any statement, and bystanders,
being too excited to talk rationally