THE RUSSIANS REPULSED
Attacked Forces at Chu-Ch!a-Tun, But
Had to Retire.
JAP DIVERS WILL REMOVE MINES.
Oenenl Kuroki Reports the Remit of sa En
counter With Sli Hundred Cossacks Near
Sim a til A Force of 2,000 Russians Press
lo Japanese Cavalry Engaged by Large
Japanese Force and Retire to Tellshu.
Tokyo, (By Cable). The Japanese
nd Russian forces located north of
Pulaticn, which were in a scries of
brushes during the early part of last
week, had another encounter mar
Chu-Chia-Tiin. On that day the Ja
panese cavalrymen met the Russians
t noon.
The Russians numbered i.ooo men
nd were composed of infantry, de
tachments of cavalry and artillery.
.They weae pressing the Japanese cav
alry when the Japanese assembled
their entire force and endued the
enemy. The Russians drew off grad
ually and at 5.30 o'clock in the after
noon they retired to Tclishu. The
Japanese suffered four men killed
and four men wounded in this fight
ing. Cossacks Defeated.
A report has been received here
from General Kuroki saying that on
Friday last a detachment was dis
patched from Ai-V'ang-Cheng (Ai-Yang-Pienmcn?),
to the cast of Fcng-Yang-Cheng,
to make a rcconnoi
ance toward Chaimatsi (Simatsi,
thirty-five miles north of Fcng-Wang-Cheng).
This detachment encounter
ed 600 Cossacks, and after a brik
engagement the Russians retreated.
General Kuroki reports that the
Russian loss was heavy. The Japan
ese suffered only one man killed and
three wounded.
Wireless at Port Arthur.
It is suspected here that the Rus
sians at I'ort Arthur are communicat
ing with points on the Chinese coast
by means of wireless telegraphy. It
was reported that a wireless station
had been erected secretly at the vil
lage of Teh-Wang, on Takin island,
one of the Miao-Tao group, situated
in I'echili strait, and the Japanese
cruiser Chitose visited the island to
investigate. She did not find any
thing. It is reported that another
iuch station has been erected near
Shan-lIai-Kwan, and the Japanese
are investigating this matter.
The Chitose steamed in close to
Uao-Shan promontory and discovered
four maMs and a watchhouse near the
coast One of these masts evidently
was fitted lor wireless telegraphy op
erations. Emplacing New Batteries.
The Chitose reports having heard a
series of explosions at I'ort Arthur
nd believes them to have resulted
from blastings preparatory to the em
placing of new batteries.
The Janpanesc torpedo boat de
stroyer Ikaruchi discovered and cx-
doded a large mine off San-shan is
and at the entrance to Talienwan bay.
Divers Removing Mines.
The Japanese naval authorities en
gaged in clearing out the mines in
the vicinity of Talienwan bay are
employing Japanese shell divers from
Kushiu province for the purpose.
These divers volunteered for this
work and are wonderfully expert. It
is said that with their diving para- .
phernalia they can stay under water 1
lor half a day at a time.
re volunteering to assi-t in clearing
away Russian mines, and it is proba
ble that some of them will be used
for this work. These voluntary offers
re taken to illustrate the unity of the
Japanese people in the war.
PASSENQER TRAINS COLLIDE.
Colorado Flyer Crashes Into the Accommoda
tion Trmp Killed.
Kansas City, Mo., (Special). By
the headon collision of two Missouri
Pacific passenger trains near Mastin,
t2 miles south of Kansas City, one
tierson has been killed anil ig have
iecn injured, most of the latter being
rassengers. The trains were No. 1
he Colorado Flyer, westbound, and
No. 36, a Hoisington, Kan., accommo
dation train casthound.
I'.oth trains were behind their sched
ule and were trying to make up time.
No. 36 had orders to take a siding at
)ilastin, but had not reached that sta
tion, and was met on a culvert a mile
leyond Mastin by the flyer. Both en
lines were demolished. The day
loach on the accommodation train
was telescoped, as was the mail car on
;he flyer. All the cars of both trains
ere thrown from the track and the
(rack and roadbed completely wreck
id. A reln f train was 'int from Kansas
City with a dozen physicians. Some
if the injured were made comfortable
It Mastin, and others were brought
to Kansas City.
Peace In Santo Domingo.
Washington, D. C, (Special). The
Navy Department has received the
following cablegram from Rear Ad
miral Sigsbee, dated Porto Plata, San
to Domingo.
"Representatives met aboard the
Petroit, according to arrangements
made with the commanding officer of
the Detroit. Peace has been agreed
cm in Santo Domingo and a cessation
of hostilities for the next two days to
obtain the consent of the recognized
government. The Newark arrived op
portunely as the conference made
Letter arrangements.
Murderer Lochcd.
Crangeville, Idaho (Special). T.
M. Myers, who killed George Brown
lee and wounded Wallace Bennett,
near Crooks Corral, three weeks ago,
was taken from a party of officers
near Wliite Bird and lynched. The
lynchers were masked and outnum
bered the officers three to one. The
Officer rode on to Grangcville. The
method of death is not known. Myers
u being taken to the county jail
when the lynching party overtook
tbe officers.
Mlocrs May Not Strike.
Tamaqu.-i, Pa., (Special). Pending
the result of the effort to be made
by the conciliation board to compro
mise the differences between the Le
high Coal and Navigation Company
and its employes, the meeting of the
three executive boards of the United
Mineworkers, which was to have been
Tie Id in Lansford on Monday, has been
postponed If the conciliation board
lads to accomplish its purpose, the
executive board will be convened as
originally planned and pass upon the
advisability oi ordering a general
atiike.
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happening Coodeosed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic.
Tornadoes ilid consierable ('Image
in Dallas, Tex., Joplin, Mo.. Arkan
sas City. Kan., and other places in
the southwest. A number of people
arc reported injured. Floods have
demoralized railroad traffic in Kansa.
and Missouri.
The Philadelphia and Lehigh Val
ley Traction Company's bondholders
have adopted a reorganization plan
by which the entire system will be
made compact, with a new first mort
gage for .$4.fioo,ooo.
The convention of the. Western
Federation of miners adopted the re
port and recommendations of the
committee on affiliation with other
labor organizations.
Counterfeit United States half dol
lars and quarters arc abundant in
Vancouver, li. C. Thrv are the same
make that lately flooded the Sound
cities.
The cash embezzled bv Douglas
M. Smith, teller of the National
Tradesmen's Hank of New Haven,
Ct., is estimated at S.wi.ono.
Supreme Master Workman William
II. Miller, of the Ancient Order
United Workmen, died at a sanitar
ium in Battle Creek, Mich.
Confucianism and Taoism were
discussed at the International Mis
sionary I 'nil -ii, in session in Clifton
Springs, X. V.
The Missouri and Indiana build
ings at the World's Fair, in St. Louis,
were dedicated.
Twelve hundred miners suspended
work in vicinity of Terre Haute, Ind.,
to assist in search for the four-year-old
son of Dr. Bycrs, who has been
missing from home since Sunday.
1'onds and abandoned mines were
searched and gypsy camps exam
ined. C. L. Saylor, general manager of
the Armour packing interests in
South Omaha, committed suicide. He
has been suffering from nervous de
pression. Doughlas M. Smith, paying teller
in the National Tradesmen's Bank in
New Haven, Ct., was arrested on the
charge of being a defaulter.
Twenty persons were injured,
some seriously, by the tornado that
swept the town of Tekamah, Neb.
The property loss is $50,000.
J he mutilated bo.ly ot . a soldier ;
was found in the rifle range at Fort
Ethan Allen. The officers refused
to give information.
Arthur A. Fddy was sentenced to
prison in F.1 I'aso, Tex., for 00 years
lor the murder of Daniel Mitchell.
Oliver W. Stewart, chairman of the
National Prohibition Convention,
says the nomination of Gen. Nelson
A. Miles for the presidency by the
FroliTbitionists may not be available
in view of the absence of a statement
by him setting forth his position.
The first national convention, or
conference, of young people's socie
ties of the different denominations,
called the Young People's Mission
ary Movement, will be held at Wi
nona Lake for 10 days, beginning
June 17.
The platform adopted by the Ne
braska Democratic Convention was
framed by Mr. W.. J. Hryan and is a
reaffirmation of the Kansas City
platform of 1900. Mr. P.ryan will be
a delegate to the national convention.
Samuel R. Calloway, president of
the American Locomotive Company,
and former president of the New
York Central Railway Company died
at his home, in New York, aged 54
years.
I he Wyoming delegation to the
Democratic National Convention will !
be instructed to vote for Hearst. I
ihe murder several months ago
of Andrew H. Green, known as the
father of the Greater New York, and
one of New York's most prominent
public men, was recalled when suit
was brought by John R. Piatt against
Hannah Llias, a mulattress, to recover
certain real estate and money in
banks, held in her name, and which
Mr. Piatt claims was obtained on
threats to expose his relations with
her.
The suspension of S. Munn, Son &
Co. was announced on the New York
Cotton Exchange. The firm is one j
of the oldest in the cotton trade in that
city. The head bookkeeper and cash
ier disappeared about 10 days ago,
and the firm believes that as soon
as its accounts are straightened out
it will be able to resume.
Four masked robbers gagged and
bound three employes of the Delawars
County Klectric Railway, at Philadel
phia, and blew open two safes, secur
ing only $150 in cash.
Foreign.
Officers of the North Atlantic
squadron vere entertained at Lisbon
by the King and (Jut-en of Portugal.
Prendcnt I.oubet received Gov
ernor Odcil at the Llysee Palace, in
Paris.
Dr. Baernreither, former Austrian
inmister of commerce, and Count !
.Merveltt, lori'ier governor of the I
Provinces of I yro and Silesia, will '
tour the United State, and Canada !
to study educational institutions audi
to visit the chief industrial centers
An Italian cruiser arrived at Tan-
gier. A delegation ot chiefs of the
Angerra Tribe will appeal to Rai- '
souh, the bandit chief, to release Per-'
dicaris and Varley in order to pre-I
vent the occupation of Morocco by
foreigners opposing the Moslem
taith.
It was announced in the British
House of Commons that no repre
sentations bad been made to Russia
or Japan regarding the placing of
naval mines in the F'ar East outside
of territorial limits.
After living 57 days on bread and
water four Newfoundland fishermen
brought to St. Johns, N. F, a fishing
vessel which had been a Irift in an ice
floe all winter.
A treaty of arbitration has been
signed between Spam and Portugal.
The United States European squad
ron, under Rear Admiral Jewell, ar
rived at Tangier. The .Unite States
government has sent a message to
the Sultan of Morocco declaring that
the brigand Raisouli must be held
personally responsible for any harm
coming to Perdicaris.
The United States battleship Kear
sarge, fiying the bag of Rear Admiral
Barker, commander of the North
American fieet. and the battleships
Alabama and Maine have arrived at
Lisbon.
Count Lamsdorff, the Russian for
eign minisier, was attacked in the
street in St. Petersburg by Prince
Dolgoruky, who is regarded as being
not entirely responsime mentally,
Paul Dupuy, assistant director of
the Petit Fan-dan and delegate from
associations 01 the t rench press to
St. Louis, left Paris for ,the United
Mates.
About 2000 men are idle in Syd
ney, C. It , as a result of the stike
which went into effect at the Domin
ion Iron and Steel Company's works.
Sir Henry Irving; said at recep
tion in London that he would retire
in 1906, after being 30 years on the
taua. 1
CATASTROPHE IN PEORIA
A Large Distillery and Stock Yards
Burned.
DEATH IN BLAZING WHISKEY.
Ten Men Crushed Beneath Burning, Rulot and
Over Three Thousand Cattle Are Suffocated
and Slowly Roasted to Death Thirty
Thousand Barrels of Whiskey Burst Immedi
ately Into Flame.
Peoria, III., (Special). An explo
sion which occurred in the eleven
story warehouse of the Corning Dis
tillery, the second largest in the
world, completely wrecked the build
ing. The ruins immediately took fire
and communicated to three adjoining
buildings, burning them to the ground.
Ten men were buried beneath the
ruins and burned to death and s'
others were seriously injured. The
loss on buildings and whisky and
spirits stored will approximate $!,
000,000. The fire spread to the Stock
Yards district, where a dozen large
cattle Barns, filled with cattle for
market, were burned.
The cause of the explosion cannot
yet be determined.
The Wildest excitemen prevailed af
ter the explosion, the immense plant
was surrounded by thousands of peo
ple, who, however, were unable to
get close to the structure on account
of the intense heat.
The warehouse, containing in the
neighborhood of 30,000 barrels of
whisky, was instantaneously a seeth
ing caldron, and it was seen that no
one inside the big structure could
escape. The warehouse in crushing
the smaller structure nearby set that
on fire, and the whiskey from the
bursting barrels flooded everything
in that section. Large streams ran
down grade toward th'e river, and in
a short time there was a foot of whis
ky in the cattle pens, east of the
warehouse, where 3,00 steers were
chained fast. Their distress lasted
but a few moments, however, for they
were soon roasted to death or suffo
cated. They were the property of Dood
fir Kieter, 01 Chicago, it is impos
j sible to compute their loss, but it
will amount to thousands of dollars.
The two fermenting houses were
speedily food for the flames. They
are two structures of good dimensions
and both of them were practically de
stroyed. The firemen got near the fire with
difficulty, and the water had little or
no effect. A high wind was blowing
and fanned the flames in the direction
of the Monarch Distillery, and for a
time it was feared that the fire would
sweep along the entire river bank.
However, the heroic work of the fire
men began to tell, and at 7 o'clock the
fire seemed under control, with no
likelihood of a further spread.
PRISONER SHOT DEAD.
Tried to Throw Captor Into River and Was
Killed.
Minneapolis, Minn. (Special
Two military prisoners at Fort Snell
ing made an attempt to escape and
one of them, Tony Wisch, was shot
dead by Private Kennedy. Private
Reilly, who managed to get to cover,
was retaken later.
Th min Vinfl sr.'inefl from the
t(.tint-U while at work and had
crossed on the bridge leading to St.
paui Reillv was retaken and led the
way to a saloon where Wisch was
found. The party started back across
the bridge to the fort, and when in
tire middle the prisoners tried to
t)irow Kennedy over the run into the
river below. Kennedy thereupon shot
Wisch, who lived only two minutes
Head-On Collision.
Kansas City, Mo. (Special). Nine
persons are reported to have been
killed and many injured in a coll is-
jon 0f passenger trains on the Mis
souri Pacific Railroad, near Martin
City, fifteen miles south of Kansas
City. Ihe trains, which met head
on, were the westbound Colorado
limited No. 1 and the eastbound Hoi
sington (Kan.) accommodation No.
36. A message received by Mis
souri Pacific officials here ordered
them to send a relief train as soon
as possible and to get all the sur
geons obtainable, from which it is
inferred that many passengers were
hurt.
Qet-Fal-Qulck Scheme.
Chicago (Special). The "get-fat-quick"
contests were abolished by
the Chicago Civil Service Commis-
sion. Three candidates for positions
in the city fire department who have
1 1 1 t ,
"" '"tiK nd xcrc,s,g for a week
111 a" r"c'rl lo reach 140 pounds, the
standard required by the civil service
rules, failed to accomplish the task.
unt canniuaie siuceiueci, increasing
ms weight seven and a half pounds,
l'cad of following the example of
,,,s fellows the successful candidate
'r'rd what he termed the "rest cure."
Microbe of Phlhis's.
Naples (By Cable). Professor
Schron, the discoverer of life in crys
tals, gave a public demonstration that
he had found a new microbe which
causes phthisis, a microbe quite dif
ferent from that causing tuberculosis.
Professor Schron affirms thft this
discovery explains why Dr. K.ich'ii
serum not only did not cure phthisis,
but aggravated it.
Boodlinf Cases Remanded.
Jefferson City, Mo., ( Special) The
Missouri Supreme Court reversed and
remanded the cases of T. Kdward Al
bright, Jerry J. llannigan and John
A. Sheridan, former members of the
St. Louis municipal assembly, convict
ed on the charge of bribery and sen
tenced to five years each in the peni
tentiary. The cases wefe reversed on
the brief of the attorney general that
the informations were not verified by
affidavits as required by law.
Troops Trailing the Dalto All.
Manila, P. I. (Special) Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood has returned from
Zamboanga Island, of Mindanao,
where lie has been organiyiag a puni
tive expedition dispatched In pursuit
of the Datto Ali and his band of
Moros from the Rio Grande, who, on
the lath inst. surprised and massacred
fifty-three, Filipinos, men, women and
children, employees of the government
at) Cape Overtton. Unitld States
troops are now trailing Ali, determined
to either capture cr destroy him and
I Lis (oUowera.
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS,
No Surplus ThlaVear.
For the first time in five years the
Government will be confronted by a
deficit at the close of the present fis
cal year, which will end on June 30
next. Secretary Shaw, in his annual
report to Congress last December,
declared his belief that there would
be a surplus of $14,000,000 in the
Treasury at the end of the present
year. The fiscal experts of the Gov
ernment hesitate about making state
ments for publication, but privately
admit that the Secretary shot wide
of the mark. The deficit will be due
to decreased Federal receipts, in
creased Government expenditures, es
pecially for the military establish
ment; the $50,000,000 payment on the
purchase of the Panama canal prop
erty and the appropriation of $4,600,
000 for the St. Louis Exposition.
For it months of the present year
the total receipts of the Government
have been $403,300,230 and the total
expenditures $545,Jn5..3M, or a deficit
of $51,065,138 -for the II months of
the present fiscal year. "Compared
with the Treasury statement of May
3'. 1003, the above figures are ex
ceedingly interesting. For the 11
months ended May 31, 1903, the re
ceipts of the Government were $510,
533.47' and the expenditures $4"l,
5K4.855. leaving the Government with
a surplus of $38,948,616 on that day.
It is pointed out by the officials of
the Treasury that much of the short
age this year has been due to the
Panama Canal and St. Louis Exposi
tion expenditures, and that if this
total of $54,(00,000 were deducted
from the expense account of the Gov
ernment there would be a surplus of
$2,334,611 for the first 11 months of
'the current year, as against a sur
plus of $38,946,619 for the same period
a year ago.
As compared wjth a year ago, the
receipts of this fiscal year have fallen
off about $17,000,000, and the expendi
tures for ordinary purposes have in
creased about $22,000,000. Including
the Panama and St. Louis expendi
tures the expenditures are $75,000,000
greater than a year ago.
To Save China Whole.
No matter how the war in the Far
Fast may eventually result, the
United States government intends
to insist upon the integrity of the
Chinese Empire.
This fact was learned from the
i best of official authority.
For scime time there has been a
feeling in official circles th.it Euro
pean powers were planning to seize
parts of China at the termination of
the war between Russia and lanan.
1 and that no matter which won, plans
were ticmg laid by outside countries
to take slices of China, as was the
case c.f the end of the Japan-China
war. All of the now powerful infl
ence of the United States will be
used to prevent such a grasping pol
icy, and there is every reason to be
lieve that if Japan is victorious she
will work in harmony with the
United States to save China.
Should Russia be victorious the sit
uation would be more complicated,
but even so, the State Department
would hope to save China, with the
possible exception of being forced to
recognize the special Russian inter
ests and domination in Manchuria.
Postmaster Upheld.
Justice Brown delivered the opinion
of the United States Supreme Court
in the case of the Puobc Clcnriii,?
house vs. F. E. Coyne, postmaster of
Chicago. The case was brought to
j enjoin the enforcement of a fraud or
der prohibiting the delivery of mail
matter addressed to the clearinghouse,
which has a co-operative scheme by
which it promised large returns to
subscribers. They were required to
pay $3 cash and $l per month for 60
months, with the promise of large
returns at the end of that time. The
court held that the Postmaster Gener
al had not exceeded his authority in
issuing the order saying that the suc
cess of the enterprise depended on
getting a constantly increasing num
ber of subscribers, with the certain
ty that those who held on to the last
would lose their money. It therefore,
said the court, lacked every element
of a legitimate enterprise, and its mail
was properly withheld in the protec
tion of the public. Justice Teckham
dissented.
President's Plans.
While only tentative arrangements
have been made for the President's so
journ during the summer at Oyster
Bay, it has been decided that he will
leave Washington for his summer
home on the morning of Saturday,
July 2. He has decided to receive his
notification of the nomination at Oys
ter Bay. The date will depend very
largely on the desires of the mem
bers of the notification commitiee.
It probably will be early in July. It
is expected that the President will re-
...I,, .... a?iiiiiKii,ii hi me iasi ween
of July, to remain here until about the
middle of August, when he will re
turn to Oyestcr Bay for perhaps a
month. When he returns to Wash
ington, in September, he will re
main here until election day, going
then to Oyster Bay to cast his vote.
Congressman Oct's Plum.
After a conference it h the President
Attorney-General Knox announced
the following appointments:
William Banning, Trenton, N.
J., to be United States District Judge
for the district of New Jersey. Mr.
Laniiing now repre ents the Fourth
New Jersey district in the house of
representatives and succeeds the late
Judge Andrew Kirkpatrick.
Edward A. Mann, of Las Crnces,
New Mexico, to be assistant judge of
the New Mexico Supreme Court.
This is a new position created by the
last session of Congress.
Congressional and Departments.
Elaborate arrangemnts have been
made for the entertainment of the
Filipino visitors in Washington.
The annual conference of officers
o( the Marine Hospital Service was
held in Washington.
The coinage of gold during May
was $44,109,000; silver, $380,000.
Judge Pritchard, of the Fourth
United Stites Circuit Court, granted
a temporary writ of habeas corpus to
Josephus Daniels, of the Raleigh
News and Observer, who was com
bined by Judge Purnell for contempt.
Former Director of Census Mer
riant is believed to be a candidate to
succeed former Secretary Cortelyou
when the b.tter resigns.
The President has appointed James
S. Young, of Pittsburg, a special as
sistant attorney general to investi
gate the charges against the gov
ernor and several judges in Alaska.
The President has signed the pro
clamation providing for the opening
of the ceded lands on the Devils Lake
In ban Reservation, in North Dakota.
Willard II. Myers, general book
keeper of the National Savings and
Trust Company, has disappeared He
is alleged to be a defaulter.
MAY LET PERDICARIS GO
The Negotiations With the Brigand
Raisuli.
HAS COMMLNICATEdI'ITH CAPTIVES.
Ths Sultan's Representative and the French
Dlpiomats Have 1 Plan That They Believe
Will Bring About Release of Captives-May
Be Settled by End of Week -Mrs. Varley
Olves Story of kidnapping;.
Tangier (By Cable). The rumor
to the effect that the American war
ships would land armed parties June
6 if Messrs. Pcrdicaris and Varley,
captured by brigands headed by
Raisuli, were not liberated, has, upon
investigation, been proved untrue.
The Sultan's reply to the representa
tives of the powers has not yet been
received, but it is said on high au
thority that the matter probably will
be settled by the end of this week.
Paris (By Cable). The officials
here now take a more hopeful view of
the situation at Tangier. Reports show
that Mohammed Ll Torres, the rep
resentative of the Sultan at Tangier,
whose first efforts to obtain the re
lease of Messrs. Perdicaris anJ Var
ley failed, has another plan for secur
ing their release, which is believed to
be acceptable to the Sultan and Rai
suli, tij.e brigand chief.
London (By Cable). Mrs. Crom
well Varley lias sent her relatives in
Norfolk an interesting description of
the seizure of Ion Perdicaris and Mr.
Varley, her husband, by bandits near
Tangier, Morocco.
After describing the sudden attack
of the bandits and the capture of the
outbuildings, she continues:
"Hearing a noise, uncle and Crom
well rushed out to see what was the
matter. They 'were immediately sur
rounded, overpowered and bound.
When we reached the scene the ban
dits threw mother and myself down
a flight of steps, warning us not to
interfere in any way, so we retired.
One of the maids, however, with
great pluck and presence of mind,
slipped away to the telephone and
shouted:
"'Thieves! They are killing us.'
"Before she could say more Rai
suli dashed the instrument from her
hand and said he would shoot us if
we called for help.
I We waited ten minutes while un
cle, as we thought, was arranging
terms with the bandits, when a sol
dier informed us that Raisuli haJ car
ried off uncle and Cromwell."
The letter confirms the receipt of
communications from Mr. Pcrdicaris
acknowledging that he is well treat
ed. The captives are lodged in a
Moorish hut, with an antiroom, in
whi-.h one of Perdicaris' soldiers
sleeps. This soldier voluntarily be
came a captive so that he might ac
company 1'erdicaris. The letter con
cludes: "I have been able to send them
clothing and provisions."
Washington (By Cable). The
Navv Department is advised bv cable
that the Marietta left Gibraltar fur i They were the strangest fellows 1
Tangier, having gone to Gibraltar for ; rver met j tne North. They did not
stores for the combined squadrons 1 say y.,0 ,i,cy were They did not even
now at Tangier. " thank me for staying with their dead.
Rear Admiral Chadwick, command- They did not even ask me to join them
ing the South Atlantic s.quadron, now ilt ,leir meai bt tney buried the man,
at Tangier, Morocco, reported to an,i, rolling up their things in a blank
Washington that conditions remain et, they started across country in the
practically unchanged in the case of . direction of the Koyukuk.
the kidn ;ipptui of the Ampriciin citij Hcf f re rf,'K np of them came
zen, Ion Perdicaris, and his stepson, , to me abruptly. 'See here,' he said,
Cromwell Varley, a British subject. I 'you've seen and heard what you've
JEALOUSY PROMPTS TRAGEDY.
Pittsburg Married Man Killed a Woman and
Blew Out His Brains.
Pittsburg, Pa., (Special"1.-Shortly
before daylight Irvin Wise, a me
chanical engineer, shot Katie Cr.iff
through the heart, instantly 'silling her.
and then turned his revolver on him- ,
self, sending another bullet into his
own heart and ending his life almost
instantly. The shooting occurred at
the boardinghouse at 300 St. Mary's
court, Allegheny, of which the CralT
woman was proprietress. N 1 one wit
nessed the murder and suicide, but
when the police arrived the arrested
three young women, who wire askip
in the house at the time, and held them
as witnesses.
The motive for the double crime is
at present unknown, but as Wwc hftd
been paying attention to the Cra'T
woman for some time it is believed
to have been iealousy
That the ciime was preincc.itated is
shown by a message found on the
union card discovered in Wise's pocket.
The card reads:
"My name is Irvin Wise. Notify
my mother, Mrs. R. V. Ue, Lewisburg,
Union county. Pa."
Wise was married and had one son.
Town Swept By Tornado.
Norton, Kan., (Special). A torna
do which struck the little town of
Selden, West of Norton, on the Rock
Island railway, demolished a church,
live dwellings ana much tarm prop
erty. A funeral service was being
conducted in the church at the time
and 300 persons were in attendance.
A dozen persons were hurt, none ser
iously, however. Much damaee was
done to farm property in the path of
the storm beyond selden, but no loss
of life has been reported.
JIOO.000 Fire lo Orecn Bay.
Green Bay, Wis., (Special) A loss
of nearly $100,000 was caused by
fire in Albert Delation's clothing store
and adjoining buildings. The loss
is partially covered by insurance.
$2,030,000 to School Fuod.
Portland, Ore., (Special). Mrs.
Amanda W. Reed, who died at Pasa
dena, Cal., a few days ago, has pro
vided in her will for the funding of
an institution here, to be known as
Reed Institute, in memory of her
husband, the late Simon G. Reed, a
pioneer and rapitalst of Portland.
The bequest will amount to about $2,
000,000. Her will specifies that the
instil ne shall combine instruction in
the fine arts and sciences anJ man
ual training.
Brakeman Lllteo Killed.
Martinsburg, W. Va., (Special).
George Litten, a Cumberland Valley
brakeman, died at the King's Daugh
ters' Hospital here after being injured
at the intersection in this city.
Young Litten boarded a runaway car
to stop it, when it ran into another,
sidewiping the second. He was
thrown between, the two cars and
crushed. Mr. Litten was 20 years
old. He is survived by a widow,
whom he married recently. His fath
er and brother live at Cherry &ua.
TASCOTT DIES IN ALASKA.
Murderer of Chicago Millionaire Snell-Mys-tery
of Fifteen Years.
Victoria, B. C, (Special). If the
voluntary declaration of a dying man
is to be believed, finis has been writ
ten to the historic Spall tragedy of
15 years ago and Tascot, the long
sought murderer, self-identified, has
paid the penalty of his crime with
penitence nnd now fills an unmarked
grave in the heart of the Alaskan
wilderness, whither he had fled for
the efTaceineiit of his individuality.
Philip Robertson, a strictly relia
ble man, prospector and miner, re
ceived the dying man's confession and
tells the story simply and dramatical
ly. Robertson left the Klondike cap
ital, he says, late last fall in a small
boat bound for the new placer
grounds at Fairbanks. He reached a
point near Dahl River in a particularly
desolate and forbidden region, when
the forlorn wailing of a dog surprised
his cars. He found the dog. a half
starved shepherd, seemingly in much
distress. Following this animal Rob
ertson was brought to a seemingly
deserted cabin ,omc 400 yards above
the river concealed in a clump of
spruce.
"I ventured :o the door of the shack
and knocked," says Robertson, "and
there was a feeble 'come in.' All was
darkness inside and there was no sign
of a fire. I caught sight of a bit of
candle, which I lighted, and then ad
vanced to where a man lay.
"With a feeble effort he turned and
stared at me for fully a minute.
Then he said: 'Are you an officer?'
"'Ihe question amazed me a bit.
'No,' I said, T am a miner, and if
there is anything 1 can do for you 1
want to do it.'
"1 soon had a fire going and again
approached the bed. The man's hair
was white as snow, his face had a
color in it that looked like death, and
he had the most terrified aiwl hopeless
expression 1 nave ever seen on a hu
man being.
" 'Partner,' he said, finally, rolling
over on his side and little more than
whispering, T am leaving a world
that 1 did not appreciate. fn going
to , where 1 belong.'
"He lapsed into silence again, and
what I thought was a sleep came
over him. Two hours pissed and he
suddenly wakened with a shriek and
then sank back in bed.
"In a few minutes he gave another
scream and straightened up in bed.
Then, in a voice you would think
came from a good, strong man, he
said: 'See here, bovs. my name is
Tascot t. I'm Tascott. Do you under
stand? I'm Tascott that they've been
hunting like a wolf for years. I can
not run any more. I'm getting paid
for what I did. I know I'm dying,
and 1 know where I'll go. Tell the
boys when they come back that I am
Tascott, and you can tell the world,
too, for the world has hunted me a
long time.'
"About 3 in the morning I heard
a noise like a man expelling all the
air from his lungs. I rushed over to
the bed and felt the man's pulse and
heart. He was dead.
"The next d:tv his nsrtners irot bnrV
1 nn,i t mlH thrm what hannrrx-H
heard. You can't make anything by
talking about it. He's dead, and that's
all there is to it.1
"Before I rnnWI nslf liitn nnvtliinp
! he had struck the trail, and that was
the last I saw of him. I have never
told about this im'il now, but that
dead man asked mc to make his strk
public, and sc I do so. I .-.olcmnly be
lieve that he was tortured to death
hv thinlriniT of hii own lif nnH lh
belief that he was alwavs the obiect of
pursuit, and I as surely believe that
he told the truth in saying that he
was Tascott. It's my opinion that
his partner knew it, too."
ELECTRIC CAR WRECKED.
Passenger and Package Freight Cars
Head-On.
Norwalk, O. (Special). In
Met
the
most terrible accident in the history
of the Lake Shore Railway, six per
sons were killed and many others
badly hurt late in the afternoon as a
result of a collision between an east
bound fast electric passenger car and
a westbound "package freight" car at
Wells Corners, a few miles east of
this city.
The accident occurred at a point
quite distant from any immediate
means of communication, and assist
ance was sent from Norwalk, where
every physician and nurse in the city
was called into service and hurried
to the place of accident on a special
car.
When the injured had been attend
ed to they were placed on a car and
brought to this city.
All those who were killed were in
the smoking compartment of the pas
senger car, and death came instantly,
the bodies showing no sign of life
vfhen the rescuers went to work after
they had recovered from the fm(:
shock of the accident.
The injuries of several of those
hurt are so serious that they may re
sult fatally.
Just why the accident occurred is
not known.
Superintendent Strelau. of the Fre
mont division of the road, arrived
shortly after the accident and will
make a thorough investigation..
FINANCIAL
"Traffic is steadily on the decline,"
says a New. York Central official.
Call money is as cheap again as it
was prior to the extensive gold ex
ports. ,
There over 7,000 creditors of Pettl
gill Hi Co., of Boston, who failed for
$1,217,000.
In the third week of May, gross
earnings ot the Louisville & Nash
ville decline J $66,392.
Atchison has earned this fiscal year
about 8 per cent, on its common stock
and it pays 4 per cent dividends.
Detroit Southern preferred tumbled
from IS to 10 when it was announced
that the June bond interest would be
defaulted. The common fell from 8
to 3li-
A Pittsburg estimate, alleged to
come from a director 'of the company,
puts Utinitcd States Steel's net earn
ings for this quarter at $10,000,000.
Last quarter they were under $14,-
000.000.
The cross profit of the bankers
who have floated Cuba's $35,000,000
is 92,275,000, anj (he profit on Ja
pans .loan is 14,000.000 gross. But
there are some large expenses to be
deducted from these figures.
JAPS CAVALRY ROUTED1
Cossacks in Fierce Charge Literally Cat
Squadron to Pieces.
BRAVERY DISPLAYED BY MIKADO'S MEN.
tnsslan Squadrons Said to Have Made Spec
facular Showing as They Rushed Like a
Whirlwind Across Ihe Field Japanese
Tried to Advance, Bui Were Forced by tbe
Rissian Batteries to Scatter and Retire.
Liao-Yang, (By Cable). The Ja
panese lost 200 killed and a number of
horses in the fight at Vagcr.fuchu.
The Russians opened fire at 8 in the
morning, and after two hours and a
half long range firing the Japanese,
tinder Genera!' Akkiama, prepared to
charge and crush the force which had
been harassing them for twenty-one
days.
In the meantime General Simsonoflf
was approaching Vagenfuciiu with a
strong force of cavalry. It wa a
sight worth seeing, when at t'.i" word
of command the Russian squadrons
formed and rushed like a whirlwind
across the terribly cut tip C'Vtntry,
clearing away all obstacles, the bat
teries at the same time trotting along
ihe frightful road. Having passed
I Le railroad station the troop came
under the tire of the Japanese machine
Sims, but withdrew without suffering
much loss.
Annihilated With Lances.
The fourth and sixth companies ol
the Eighth Siberian Cossacks furious
ly charged the Japanese cavalry with
Jances, attacking both flank. " In a
(few minutes they literally cut the
whole squadron into pieces." This was
Ihe first time lances were used and
they struck terror into the enemy. In
some cases the lances pierced th'e rid
ers through and wounded their horses.
Some of the lances could not he with
drawn from the bodies into which they
had entered.
The Japanese infantry, numbering
four battalions of 300 men to acom
pany, and eight squadrons f cavalry
attempted to advance, but the Russian
batteries opened, and soon the slope
up which the enemy was advancing
was covered with black spots and the
tnemy was forced to sca'.ter a:; 1 retire.
Some of the Japanese calvary were
wonderfully dashing, charging with
shouts upon the Russians, who met
and scattered them.
Decapitated an Officer.
A Cossack who had lost his lance
and sword wrenched a sword from a
Jaapnese officer and cut off the of
ficer's head.
The Cossacks picked up boots which
had been taken off by the Japanese in
order to facilitate thcr flight and flour
ished them on their lances as trophies.
The Japanese used the Boer trick
of displaying dummies, but the Cos
jacks did not waste a shot on them.
Cornet a Hero.
Kai-Chou, Liao-Tung, (By Cablel.
A Russian, who was wounded in the
fight near the station at Vagenfuchu,
ays General' Samsonoff attacked the
Japanese near the railroad, a mile
from Vagenfuchu station. A cornet
sf the frontier guards was the hero
Df the fight. His sergeant was ly
ing wounded and a Japanese officer
was about to ride over him when
the cornet unhorsed the Japanese,
mounted the larter's horse and placet
the wounded man on his own charg
rr. The Japanese cavalry engaged
was the Thirteenth Regiment. Theil
horses were splendid animals.
Sakharoff's Report
St. Petersburg, (By Cable). Gen.
;ral Sakharoff has telegraphed as fol
lows to the general staff:
"According to reports the Japanese
commander in the action of May 30,
near Vagenfuchu, had three battal
ions of infantry in reserve. Our
losses were 17 men killed and 23
wounded, and Lieutenant Meyer and
another officer, whose name has not
been ascertained, wounded. The Ja
panese losses were very considerable.'
"One squadron of the Thirteenth
Japanese cavalry was annihilated in a
hand-to-hand encounter and another
squadron, which came to its assist
ance, suffered great loss from the fire
nf our frontier guards and riflemen.
We captureed nineteen horses." '
West Was Good Marrier.
Washington, D. C. ( Special).
Officials of the pension iftice have)
been considering the case of an ap
plicant for government aid who has
Ihe most extraordinary matrimonial
career, according to his own account,
of any man who has ever applied for.
a pension. The man is Peter West,'
a veteran of the Seventh Ohio Caval
ry. He has been married ten times,
and to do so has been compelled to
divorce himself eight times. I
Commissioner Ware recognized in
the much married West a comrade of
the Civil War. j
West was born in Prussia and is
63 years old. In bis application for
a pension he gives the list of his
wives, the last one of whom is still
living. I
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Killed By Folding Bed. j
Minneapolis, Minn. (Special).,
Mrs. A. M. Woodward, wife of the
president of the South Side Stat
Bank, died as the result of a folding
bed accident., The bed suddenly,
closed during the night. Mr. Wood
ward got one arm out of tie bed and
beat on the floor until help came,
when it was found that three of Mrs,
Woodward's cervical vertebrae were)
broken.
Wealthy Man's Tragic Death.
Doylcstown, Pa. (Special). Robt,
Steel, wealthy wholesale liquof
dealer of Philadelphia, was found
dead here with his neck broken. His
body was found lying at the foot of
an outside stairway leading to Vaux'a
store. Mr. Steel was the owner of a
large stock farm near here, and came
home from Philadelphia on the mid
night train. It is supposed he fell
down the stairway leading: to (ho
store. 4
Overcome By Perfume. ;
New York (Special). Six firemen
were overcome here by the fumes o!
perfumery while fighting a fire in
building in Duane street in which
Lazell, Dalley & Co., manufactures
of perfumes, occupied the fifth floor.
Several carbons of perfumery were
broken open during the- fire. The
liquid ran over the floor and into the
names, producing innies so over
powering that the firemen were re
peatedly driven away by them. Theirl
comrades carried mem to safety, and
under treatment by a hospital sur-J
aeon iney an recoverea.
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