BOMBIHROWFRS ARE BUSY
Chief of Police and Hi Policemen Are
Wounded in Warsaw.
FORMES WAS BATED BY PEOPLE.
Oo Boob Hurled Into a Polks S:itioi, Whtra
too Men Were AssembHox For Duty The
Thrower Wounded tad Captured Aoother
Bomb Tbrowa lata Ibe Carrlat al Nolken,
(be Chief, Serloosly Wonodlng Him.
Baron von Nolken, the hated chief of
police of Warsaw, has been seriously
wouitdrd by a bomb hurled at his car
riage, in which he was hurrying to a
police station into which another bomb
had been thrown, wounding ix police
men. While the terrorists are reporting to
bloodshed and daily becoming bolder in
their attacks, the commercial classes in
the large Russian cities arc declaring in
favor of the liberal demands for the ces
sation of the war and for a constitution.
The peasant movements also contimi.'
to spread. Thus, all the, industrial
classes, including even the millionaire,
are working to the same end as the revo
lutionists. Some of the wealthy merchants are
even helping the terrorists, and supplies
of arms and bombs have been found at
the home of a rich business man at Mos
cow. A conspiracy to distribute arms
has thus been disclosed, in connection
with which 800 arrests have been made.
For the first time since the war 1ick;ui
Field Marshal Oy.ima, commander-in-chief
of the Japanese armies, has spoken
for publication. He says he has a high
regard for the Russians. The officers
and "ni'-n arc brave and able and tight
well. The modern Japane-c army, lie
says, was drafted from all classes, yet
it had fully realized the government's
hopes.
Disorders have broken out at laiia,
in the Crimea, where shops along the
quay and in the bazar have been pil
laged. The French Foreign Oiuce coiitiriiH
the news of the departure of Russian
warships from the French waters of
Madagascar several days ago.
Jews at KishcnetT are greatly alarmed
over a renewal of the anti-Semitic agi
tation. The Governor is taking ener
getic measures to prevent racial colli
sions. More Victims ol Bombthrowera.
Warsaw (By Cable). A bomb was
thrown into the carriage of Huron von
Nolken, chief of police of Warsaw. The
Baron was seriously wounded. The at
tack was the result of a conspiracy of
the revolutionary party. Shortly before
8 o'clock an elegantly dressed man went
to the police station at Praga, 'a large
suburb of Warsaw, on the other side of
the Vistula, and threw a bomb into a
room of the station, in which the men
Were assembling bcfoie going 1111 duty.
Six policemen were wounded and all
the furniture as well as fine wall was de
stroyed. The bomli'.hrower in Irving to
escape met a policeman and shot twice.
Wounding the officer in the stomach. Tlur
prisoner himself was wounded and has
been placed in the hospital.
A telephone message was immediately
Sent to Karon von -Nolken at the City
Hall, ini'irming him of the outrage.
The Baron, accompanied by a police
official, took a carriage and started im
mediately for Prima.
When painp the ca-tie where the
go vi rnor general resides a man ,andina
0:1 ihe payment threw a b'.reh at the
rarrir'.ge. Ban n v- n Nulls it "'i'.i w is
sitting on the side nearest the assailant,
received the full charge of the bomb,
while his companion r-'.-ape.l unhurt. The
ei.nrhiii.nt was thrown ir. -n t lie box and
tlie carriage was sni.'tO !.
li-iriitt von Nolken was removed to the
;City Hail and doctors were summoned,
ly.'io found he had received injifis 0:1
ihe head, neck, arm and leg.
Meanwhile the police official a.ri.m-Ipv-ying
Baron von Xolketi saw the
bomb-thrower tiering and pur.iicd
and
taujdit up with him, but the
T-rovcd the stronger and tore
tuvay.
riinina!
himself
Jules Verne Dead.
I'.irin.--Jul-.- - Yt rut J:.-.l at .1.10 P. M.
at hu old Lome in Amiens.
Hi
was at liis bedside.
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Idinbcics. but it did not a-.tiuie
inspect
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I'.u-a until shortly b.-i.jr.' Ins
Lr'itu being the last organ u
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fail, lie
Clthi.ly f. rcsaw death, called the members
of his family to his bed-ide and ihs
eusird hU departure. The piil.ii-h. r of
Id .Verne's workj was amoeg tho-e who
Wrrr ndmitted to his bedside during l,;s
last hours, but M. Verne did not mog
llijo him,
Illinois and The Jamestown Fair.
Eprir.gficLI, 111., ( Special ). Governor
Prnrcn sent a message to the Hou-e of
Representative) here inclosing a letter
from Gen. Fitzhugh Lee inviting the
Eil.tu of Illinois to participate in the
Jun:ei.towii ( Va. ) Hxnosition, to re!e
fcriile the establishment of the first Kng
Ib'l-cpcaking colony in America. Gov
ernor Dcncen requested tiiat the invi'a
tioil ba investigated and considered.
Mlot Scandal In Cbioa.
Shanghai (Py Cable). The pr ivineial
mints have been issuing unlimited quan
tities of debased copper currency, wliere
liy officials have profited to the extent
of 18,000,000 taels (about $i.!,cxki,ojo.
aamially.
Woman 103 Vaars Old lo Vole.
CofTeeville, Kan. (Special). The reg
istration book for the local election
closed Friday night. More than 1,000
women registered. Mrs. Sallir Water
house, 103 years old, was among them.
leaves $40,000 lo Nur.
Middletown, N. Y. (Special). As a
result for her faithful services in the
capacity of nurse, Mrs. Alida H. Crav,
employed in the State Hospital here, will
receive $40,000 from the estate of a pa
tient. Mrs. Gray, who is 25 years old,
is the widow of Howard Gray. Mr. and
Mrs. Gray were at one time employed
at (he Poughkeepsie State Hospital and
later conducted a sanitarium at Kllrn
ville. Mrs. Gray1 refuses to c'ivr.Ljo ihe
name of the peidon through whose gen
erosity she is to receive the forlun:, but
says she will kooii come into pjsscisio.i
of the money.
HEfS IK SEOIT ORDER.
Tttt latest Dappealnii Condensed (or Rapid
Read lag.
Domestic
United States Commissioner Herbert
decided, in New York, that Atlantic
Transport Company must reimburse Mrs.
Francos M. Barnes for $6,088 stolen from
her saterojm on the steamer Minnttonka.
"The United States as a World
Power" will be the subject discussed by
distinguished speakers at the meeting
of the American Academy of Political
and Social Science in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Mary Wai-h and her baby, aged
one year, were found dead at Larks
vilie, Pa., having been smothered by
gas, which escaped from a coal stove
in an adjoining room.
Four of the live persons who were
in a rowhoat that capsized during a
squall near Ocean Beach, Fla., were
drowned.
A number of passengers were injured
by the collision of a trolley car and a
cable car in Chicago.
There was a run on the Union Sav
ings Hank and Trust Company of Cin
cinnati, which the ollicials say is due to
a conspiracy.
The court in Cleveland granted a
divorce to the American wife of Count
Tackaes de Kis Joka, a Hungarian
nobleman.
The funeral of Dr. Elmer H. Capcn,
president of Tufts College, took place
inMe.lf.ird, Mass.
The Mormons are said to have decid
ed to re-establish churches in Illinois.
Maurice Harrymorc, the actor, died
at a sanitarium at Amityville, X. J.
Two hundred persons were killed by
gas in New York city Iat year.
At Albany, N. Y., Supreme Court
Justice Warren H. Hooker's alleged con
nection with the ownership and rental
of the postolhcc biiildiiw at Dv.-kirlc
was brought before the Assembly Judi
ciary Committee.
Mi-s l.nella Hcustis. an attractive
girl, ai;i'd -'J years, died in a New
York ho.pital after being in a trance for
1; day-, II. r mother is now in a stupor
and is slowlv sinking.
At New Orleans Joseph Cohen, of
Pitt -burg, was elected chief justice of
the Court of Appeals of the Constitu
tional Grand Lodge of B'nai B'rith.
A joint re-oiution to return to Ala
b.una the (lag of the, First Regiment of
that state, cap'ured in iSfn, was passed
by the Wiscon-m Senate.
At Ahoona, Pa., the Milters' Conven
tion adjourned until next Wednesday,
when the joint scale committee will re
sume its sc-sion.
Andrew Carnegie has given $40,000
for a library to be erected on grounds
owned by Pomona College, at Claramont,
Cal.
Vice President Fairbanks and party
visited the site of the Revolutionary bat
tleground at Guilford Courthouse, X. C.
Lewis W. Lyons was hanged in New
Orleans for the murder of J. Ward Gur
ley, a prominent attorney, in 1903.
A I.3-ycar-old school girl of Chicago
stole a purse containing $71 to gratify
her taste for fashionable clothing.
The fund for the relief of the suf
ferers because of recent explosion at
Brocton, Mass., amounts to $21,552.
George Calhoun, colored, was hanged
ar Montgomery, .-Via., for the murder of
his wife.
Several women and children were res
cued from a burning tenement in New
York.
In the Cleveland Criminal Court Dr.
Chadwiek renewed his bond of $5,000.
A ?4.o,io diamond robbery was suc
cessfully executed in Cleveland, O.
Pre-ident Arthur You Breiscu, of the
L.i-'iil Aid Society of New York, has
received a letter from President Roose
velt r.ccrptmg tiie honorary vice presi
l t.cy of tlie society.
Judge K. II. Scott, of the District
Court, in Sheridan. Wyo., denied a di-v.-r.-r
to Buffalo Bill, stating that the
."harircs made acaiust his wife were not
proven.
Members of a religious sect calling
themselves the L'.-t Tribes of Israel ar
rived at New York from Australia. They
are bound lor Benton Harbor, Mich.
Abigail Becker, who saved the crew
' 'he s-hooner which was wrecked at
l.-i.-r Point, on Lake I'.rie. died at her
''.lie, '.
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hitario.
ag. d 00 years, one
Daughters of the
died at the home
P .r. Wis.
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Gesder Ron
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Mbi.no. of
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the ii.iinbitrg-
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oof. I'.oth were seriously
readied their docks and
s-eligcrs.
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rt to the I rr-nch govern-
pe.iks of ihe great bcmtits of
ntro! -n the Philippines,
lists at Canea, I .land of
are demanding Grcik rule,
R. voluii.
Crete, who
lip'. I III, o
Cretan gendarmes. Prince
'org.- urg.-s the people not to encourage
the levohiiionary movement.
The French Premier has strongly ap
proved the project to establish a l-'ranco-Ainrrican
financial institution in Paris.
Acting Premier Tittoni, of Italy, an
nounced to parliament that the entire
Cabinet had resigned,
Secretary and Mrs. May arrived at
I'oul.i Dclgada. Aore-., on the steamer
Celtic ,and the Secretary said he was
ii ding very wdl.
The Car has direct.-, 1 tu. Ku-sian
Miui-ter of Finance to i--ue a 5 per cent,
internal loan of $ioo,(X),ooo.
Queen Alexandra left Lisbon for Ca
di, where she will visit the Countess
of Paris, and then proceed to Gibraltar.
The Warsaw police discovered Ho
bombs hidden 111 a grave in a cemetery.
The steamer Celtic sailed from (Jueens
town with 1,040 Irish emigrants for
America.
Maxim Gorky, the Russian author,
will be prosecuted for drawing up revolu
tionary proclamations.
The Netherlands government will take
vigorous measures to secure release of
Hutch sailors illegally imprisoned on
Venezuela.
The German Foreign Office announces
that it is satisfied to leave Santo Domin
go and her obligations to foreigners en
tirely in the hands of the United States.
The strikes in the coal and iron dis
tricts of Sosiiovice and Dembrona have
ended and quiet has be restored.
The Italian Cabinet, headed by Acting
Premier and Minuner of Foreign Af
fairs Tittoni, received a vote of con
fidence in the Chamber of Deputies, the
governrtent's majority being 120,
The Hamburg-American Line is fittinir
a steamship with an invention to reduce
ihe rolling of vessels at fea to a inini-
mur-.i.
500,000 RUSSIANS LOST
Tremcndons Cost in Men Due to "Un
preparedness. SOME SENSATIONAL SECRETS ARE OIL
Disclosures Are Made By tba Russian War
Ofllcs la a Statement Replying to Critlcam,
It Being Admitted That Up to March 12, 13,
087 Officers, 761,467 Men, 146,408 Horses, 1,521
duns and 316,321 Tons of Ammunition.
St. Petersburg (By Cable).Ptung by
the wholesale criticism lately heaped
upon the War Office for its unprepared
ncss and incapacity in providing the
Manchurian army with men, guns and
munitions, the army organ lays bare
what has hc.cn done since the opening
of hostilities, giving the exact figures.
From these it seems that up to March
u the War Office had dispatched 13,07
officers, 761467 men, 146.408 horses,
I.521 guns and 3i6vt sons of munitions
and supplies to the front, declaring the
transportation strained the Siberian rail
road to its utmost capacity. The army
organ admits that the army in the Par
F.ast when the war opened was hardly
worth the name (no figures being given,
but it is known that the troops did not
exceed 60,000 men), defending this on
the ground that Emperor Nicholas de
sired to avoid war aixl therefore re
frained from sending icinforcements,
which surely would have provoked it.
The criticism of the War Ofhat's fail
ure to adequately supply Port Arthur
is met by the statement that it was pro
visioned for a garrison of 12 battalions,
the decision to put .10 battalions there
being taken so late that the original cal
culations could not be remedied.
While affirming that the quick-firing
guns and field guns of the Russians arc
superior to those of the Japanese, the
War Office explains that the misfortune
in the insufficiency of the mountain guns
I was due to the fact that when the war
broke out Russia was just adopting a
new pattern.
It is denied that the War Office was
deceived in regard to the available
strength of the Japanese army or the
organization of the Japanese reserves,
but the army organ frankly admits that
the talents of the officers and the won
derful spirit of the soldiers were miscal
culated. The publication of this article has cre
ated a sensation among military men and
in public circles, many of the former
censuring the General Staff for disclos
ing valuable military secrets and the lat
ter finding from the figures a practical
admission that the war has cost almost
half a million men in killed, wounded,
prisoners and sick, as the whole effective
force in the Far East is now believed not
to exceed ,-,00.000 men.
The preliminary press consorship on
books in Russian as well as foreign lan
guages has been removed. The books
now printed go to the censor, by whom
their sale must be authorized within
seven days, or if it is alleged that they
violate the criminal law the question of
confiscation must immediately be sub
mitted to and decided by the courts.
Heretofore mauuscripts were sent to the
c.ensor and sometimes were held for
months and years. He had the arbitrary
right to prohibit their publication with
out any confirmation of his decision by
the courts.
RUSSIANS STILL RETIRING.
No Serious Fighting Is Expected for Some
Weeks
St. Petersburg (I!y Cable). General
Linevitch continues the retirement of
the bulk of his army northward.
The General Staff now declares it is
certain that Field Marshal Oyama has
been compelled to relinquish the idea of
a pursuit in force for the present. The
Japan, se forces on the Russian flanks are
too htdit to constitute a serious danger,
and a lull in heavy fighting for several
weeks, if not months, is predicted by
some of the correspondents.
A Russian correspondent warns the
St. Petersburg authorities of the dan
gers of Japanese activity in Mongolia,
where lie says their emissaries are en
listing the Lamas and arousing their
old warlike spirit.
A late dispatch from General Line
vitch says:
"A Russian patrol has been fired upon
by Japanese cavalry and infantry occu
pying the village of Puljuchu.
'"Th'-re has been no change in the po
sition of the armies during the day.
'"On March 23 a detachment of Rus
sian cavalry drove back a force of Jap
anese cavalry approaching the station of
Shuaningaiisa. The same day several
Japanese squadrons attacked a small
Russian mounted detachment on the ex
treme Russian left alut four miles from
the station of Xanshentsi. Russian cav
alry reinforcements were sent there and
forced the Japanese who refused to face
a charge, back to Xanshentsi, their re
treat being covered by infantry."
A Woman Deputy Sheriff.
Colorado Springs, Col., (Special).
Mrs. Elizabeth Cass Goddard was ap
pointed a deputy sheriff of F.l Paso Coun
ty. She is the only woman occupying
such an office in Colorado. The ap
pointment was made to help her in the
protection of mistreated animals, but she
has the full powers of the at'i'wv of depu
ty sheriff.
Peace Without Indemnity.
Moscow (By Cable). With the ex
ception of the Moscow Gazette practi
cally all the newspapers of this city
are for peace, on condition that there be
neither cession of territory nor payment
of indemnity. At a banquet a promi
nent merchant declared that "the happi
est end of the war would be immediate
peace, but if the Government consents
to indemnity we will throw the bomb.
Enough Russian gold has been spent in
Manchuria."
Heroic Southern OlrL
Montgomery, Ala. (Special), A spe
cial to the Advertiser from Scottsboro,
Ala., tells of a daring attempt at a jail
delivery thera, which was frustrated by
Miss Lula Austin, the young daughter
nf Sheriff D. O. Austin. After three
of the steel bars leading into the main
corridor, which would have practically
given them theinJiberty, had bwen cut,
Miss Austin learned ihe condition, of af
fairs and herself forced the prisoners to
turn over to her the saws which had
been used tn the operation six Su num
ber.
LITE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
President Roosevelt made an address
and delivered the diplomas to the grad
uates of the United States Medical
School. Dr. Welch, of tho Johns Hop
kins, also delivered an address.
The Dominican government has pro
posed a tentative plan for the collection
of the customs duties at the Southern
ports pending action on the Dillingham
Sanchez treaty.
The President has completed the or
ganization of the commission which is
to investigate and report to Congress
upon the reform of the naturalization
law.
William C. Fox, chief clerk of the
Riireau of American Republics, is to
become director, to succeed W. W. Rock
hill. '
The President sigiicd John W.
Garrett's commission as second secre
tary of the American Embassy at Berlin.
A consignment of life-preservers were
rejected by the steamboat inspectors at
New Orleans.
The Cabinet discussed the situation in
Santo Domingo, and it was the gen
eral opinion that nothing there warrants
any change in the present method of pro
cedure. The af-ent of the United States
government will make an investigation
for the purpose (f obtaining the infor
mation asked for by the Senate.
The President has apppointed A. S.
Van Valbcnburgh United States district
attorney for the Western district of Mis
souri to succeed Major Warner, elected
United States senator.
Don Manuel Azpiroz, Mexican am
bassador, is dead, after a lingering ill
ness. President Roosevelt has appointed
Trof. J. 11. Hollander to go to Santo
Domingo and make an investigation of
the financial conditions tJierc.
Herbert G. Dering, second secretary of
the Uritish Embassy at Washington, soon
will be promoted to a European post.
President Roosevilt approved the sen
tence of dismissal inflicted by court-martial
on Midshipman Arrowood.
President Roosevelt lias appointed
Tnimaji H. Newh-rrv. of Detroit, assist
ant secretary of the Navy.
Don Manuel dc Aspiroz, the Mexican
ambassador, is seriously ill.
The Japanese- government has beeH
requested to a'Jow Major Edward J.
McClernand to take the place of Major
Crowdcr with the Japanese army. Ma
jor Crowdcr is ill.
Secretary of War Taft is looked upon
as the successor of Secretary of State
Hay if the latter withdraws from the
Cabinet.
George C. Cole, of West Virginia, will
be appointed United States consul gener
al at Buenos Ayres.
The President's yacht Sylph has been
ordered from" Washington to Jackson
ville. The Readers', version of their nego
tiations with President Morales were
officially denied by the Dominican agent
at Washington.
President Roosevelt approved the sen
tence of dismissal imposed on Second
Lieutenant Albert J. Mohn, of the
Fourth Cavalry.
President Roosevelt has appointed
principals and alternates, candidates for
West Point Academy to appear for ex
amination. Senator Carter says that none of the
World's Fair awards thus far announced
are legal.
MAIL ROI1BER ESCAPES.
Albert Bell Breaks Out of the Federal Prison
on McNeils Island.
Tacoma, Wash., (Special). Albert F.
I'eH, one of the most noted mail-pouch
robbers in the United States, has made
a successful dash for liberty at the
United States prison on McNeils Island
and escaped into the heavy woods near
tlac prison. Bell covered his tracks so
thoroughly that alA trace of him was lost
soon after entering the timber, and a gen
eral alarm was turned in at the prison,
guards being sent out to scour the woods
and guard all avenues of escape from the
island. The bloodhounds at the prison
were immediately pressed into service.
Bell is wanted in many cities in the
United States, and was arrested here last
April for stealing a muil pouc.li at Seat
tle and sentenced to two years' imprison
ment. He made a most daring escape
from federal officers two years ago by
jumping from a passenger train while
being taken from Denver to Philadelphia
on a charge of stealing mail pouches.
LEFT SLEEPING BABY ON A TRAIN.
An Absent-minded Molber Forgot About It Till
Bedtime Arrived.
Hillsdale, 111., ( Special). The six-week-old
babe of Mrs. E. R. Merryman
arrived home here after having been
carried 200 miles by rail before the aux
ions mother discovered what had be
come of the child. Mrs. Merryman and
her baby daughter were visiting in a
nearby town. On returning home the
mother was met at the train by her sister.
Mrs. Merryman was so anxious to get
home that she forgot about her sleeping
infant and hurried away, talking about
her pleasant visit. After a time she
went to the bed-room, where she thought
she had placed the child, but the infant
was gone. Mrs. Merryman, after collect
ing her thoughts, discovered that she
had forgotten the baby. Telegrams were
sent after the train, and in Iowa the child
was found siill sleeping. In the care
of trainmen it was sent home.
FINANCIAL.
Since July I Wabash's gross earnings
have fallen $l.75'J,ooo, or 11 per cent.
The Quaker City National Bank in
tends to increase its circulation, having
bought $100,000 of Government 2s.
Iirown Brothers have sold all of the
$3,000,000 of Norfolk & Western bonds
which they recently purchased.
The Pittsburg Coal Company has or
dered 1400 new cars, which is another
symptom of the rising tide of the fuel
business.
In the opinion of men who ought to
know, the talk of a 5 per cent, dividend
on American Locomotive common is
extravagant. A smaller dividend is
quite probable.
A suit for $850,000 has been brought
by the Lehigh Valley Railroad against
the I-ehigh Navigation Company for
damages, resulting to the former's prop
erty by the bursting of a navigation dam.
Not much difference in the credit now
adays of Japan and Russia. The 4 per
cent, bonds of the two countries sold in
London the other day re-.nectivrly at 87
and &7'j- Japan's new 6s which were
put out at ') lire now 10554.
PAID LARGE COMMISSIONS
Mrs. Cbadwick Testifies as to Financial
Conditions.'
SAYS TIIAT lilE OWES $750,000.
Slit Declares on the Witness Stand Tbat
)26S,0Oa Went to Money Lenders Tells
of Note Shavln(-Wlllln to Assist Trustee
Jewelry as Security Dr. Chadwiek Re
news Ball.
Cleveland, Ohio, (Special). In bank
ruptcy court here Mrs. Cassic L. Chad
wiek detailed some of her financial trans
actions in the course of an examination
by Attorney Louis J, Grossman, acting
for Trustee Nathan Locser.
Mrs. Chadwiek said that she was not
able to give as many details of these
transactions as she would like to be
cause of the absence of papers which
were held in a number of cities. She
had sent for the papers and expected
them when the hearing is continued next
Thursday.
Mrs. Chadwiek testified that the total
indebtedness would not exceed $750,000.
Of this sum, borrowed from various per
sons, she had leceived only $517,000,
leaving $XiS,ooo for commissions to the
money lenders. She says she owes
certain banks in Cleveland $.200,000. The
names of these institutions she was
willing to give to Mr. Loeser, trustee
for the creditors, privately.
Mrs. Chadwiek walked from the
county jail to the Bankruptcy Court, a
distance of one block. She looked well
and appeared cheerful. Mrs. Chadwiek
expressed her willingness to tell all that
she could of her financial affairs. Some
of the questions that were put to her
were not answered, because she did not
care to give a reply from memory.
The examination disclosed additional
assets of $.200,000. Of this amount $;H,-
oo'o is due from Charles II. Stewart, of
Cleveland, and SisO.ooo worth of iewelrv
held by Wolfrrs Bros., of Brussels, Bel
gium. Mrs. Chadwiek asserted that there
are other assets, consisting of jewelry
and valuable articles, held by other
persons for her.
The examination was conducted in the
presence of Mrs. Chadwick's four attor
neys, who at times interposed an objec
tion to the questions of Mr. Grossman
and with whom Mrs. Chadwiek frequent
ly consulted before she replied to some
of the attorney's questions.
MINE EXPLOSION KILLS SIX.
Four Others Injured, Two ol Tliem Fatally, at
Princeton, Ind.
Princeton, Ind., (Special). Six min
ers dead and four injured, two fatally,
is the result of an explosion in the mine
of the Princeton Coal and Mining Com
pany. Their bodies were rescued two hours
after the explosion, the delay being
caused by the inability of the rescuers
to combat after-damp. The five in
jured, including George Dill, who later
died, were brought to the surface thirty
minutes after the explosion. They were
found heaped together in an unconsious
state. When the explosion occurred most
of the miners had left the mine. Wheth
er the explosion was a premature shot
or an overcharge is not known.
Within a short time fifty women, rela
tives of the miners, surrounded the
mouth of the shaf' and anxiously awaited
each ascension of the cage. The miners
worked hrrcically and a number were
overcome by the foul air which filled the
mine. The explosion hurled supporting
timbers in every direction. In conse
quence the slate roof gave way in many
places and the rescuers were in constant
danger from this source.
This is the second serious disaster in
the mine, an explosion some years ago
having killed nine men. The mine was
then the property of the Manic Coal
Company.
ACT 01' JEALOUS HUSBAND.
J. T. Andrews Shoots Mis Wile and Then Sends
Bullet Into His Head
Newport News, Va., (Special).- Driv
en to desperation by conflicting emotions
of love and jealousy, J, T. Andrews shot
his wife, Lily Andrews, at the home of
her sister here and a few minutes later
put the same revolver lo his own head
ami fatally wounded himself.
Andrews went to the house and had an
interview with his wife, threatening to
kill himself if she did not return to him.
She ran out of the house, around to the
front door, and Andrews, following her,
stood on the front porch, tiring at her
retreating figure five limes through a
glass panel 111 the door.
One bullet struck Mrs. Andrews in
the back, but a steel-ribbed corset de
flected the ball, and the wound wan only
slight. Seeing his wife fall, Andrew's
stood on ihe porch and n loaded his
revolver, during which time a crowd had
gathered, and they started for the man.
He ran up the street to Washington
avenue, pursued by a mob and two
policemen.
Afler running a half mile he turned,
fired two shots at his pursuers and then
sent three bullets into his own ..ead.
The wounded man was taken lo the hos
pital, where" the balls were extracted.
Carried Bonds In Her Clothing.
Cincinnati, ( Special ). While work
ing over a washtub, Mrs. Anne Ells
worth Werner, wife of a contractor,
dropped dead from heart trouble. In
preparing the body for burial $.t,ooo in
bonds and $151 i.i cash was founil in lit r
clothing. ,
Aed Lawyer lo Jad For Life.
Fayettevillr, Ga. ( Special) Col. Steph
en R. Renfrcc, a lawyer about 77 years old,
was convicted of the murder of his
daughter-in-law. The jury recommend
ed him to the mercy of the court. Ik
was sentenced to serve the remainder of
his life in the State penitentiary. Renfrcc
quarreled with his daughter-in-law about
a cabbage patch, the quarrel ending in
his shooting her with a shotgun. He
claimed sclLdefensc.
Is Arbitration I Fallurt?
Chicago, (Special). Manufacturers
and other employers of labor were ad
vised at the convention of the National
Metal Trades' Association that their
best interest lay in opposing all idea nf
compulsory arbitration. The principal
address along this line was made by J.
Kirby, Jr., of Dayton, O., who has been
identified with the movement for cm-
nf rtvf. rt' nccor in I ii intt cit-iis tl,M C...
- - . ,,,, uii sf,.
ciety was orfniired. The subject of his
HO'lls-is v,is 1 1 vi-t"mieiii i Opposing
evils in trades unionism."
PEACE NEAR AT HAND?
Russia Is Now Said to Be Wllllof to Bat
tba War.
St. Petersburg (By Cable) -The part;
within the Government which is urging
the Emperor to indicate to Japan Rus
sia's willingness to end the war if a rea
sonable basis can be reached, as related
in these dispatches before, has been
greatly encouraged the last few days, and
an actual pacific proposal may be just
ahead, The stihject has occupied much
of the attention of the conferences at
Tsarskoe-Sclo.
Certain Grand Dukes, supported by
General Cakharoff, the Minister of War;
Admiral Avcllan, the head of the Ad
miralty, and what is known as the war
party, arc still bitterly opposed to the
idea of peace under present circum
stances; but the exception of the Minis
ters' of War and Marine, the Emperor's
Ministers, backed by M. Witte, solidly
favor this crmi.se, and ihe convincing
arguments, they offer arc telling.
i iench influences in the same direc
tion are now being supported by German
opinion. If Emperor Nicholas decides
to approcah Japan it will be through
France, and that negotiations will be
conducted either between M. Delcassc,
the French Foreign Minister, and Dr.
Montono, the Japanese Minister at Paris,
or M. Hannand, the French Minister
to Japan, and Count Katsura, the Ja
panese Premier at Tokio.
The Russian Government now feels
certain that Japan will not make the
first move nor disclose her position un
til overtures arc made authoritatively in
the Czar's name, on the ground that he
alone is capable of binding Russia. Ja
pan, it will be remembered, declined to
treat with China for peace until Li
Hung Chang, accompanied by Gen. John
W. Foster, went to Tokio clothed with
full powers. The China-Japanese negotia
tions were begun in December and peace
was concluded in the following April.
Meanwhile the Japanese made a winter
campaign in Manchuria.
In the conferences concerning the
question whether Russia should now in
dicate her willingness for peace all
agreed, first, that preparations to con
tinue the war shall n.t be relaxed, ami.
second, to reject humiliating terms.
There would probably be two points on
which Russia would be found impla
cable, namely, cession of territory and
indemnity, to neither of which,' it is
said, would Emperor Nicholas ever
agree.
It is pointed out, however, that if Ja
pan seriously desires enduring peace on
collateral questions Russia might be
ready to offer liberal compensatory con
siderations. For instance, in lieu of di
rect indemnity she might turn over to
Japan the proceeds of the sale of all
their righls and property of the Port
Arthur and Dalny and the Chinese East
ern Railways and liberally pay for the
maintenance of Russian prisoners in Ja
pan, and, while refusing to cede Sak
halin, ifiight grant rights to the fish
eries there or even relinquish all the
valuable seal fisheries on the Comman
der Islands.
BANK MESSEMiER HELD UP.
Robbed of 510,000 By Two Men Near Oak
land, Cal.
Berkley, Cal. ( Special). J. E. Daly,
an Oakland liveryman, who wa"s acting
as a messenger for the Central Bank of
Oakland, was held up and robbed of
$10,000. He was on hi.i -.v-ay to the
Standard Oil refinery, at Point Rich
mond. There were two highwaymen,
one of whom was tall and the other
short and stout. Both carried revolvers,
but only the taller of the men wore a
mask. The short man had a heavy black
beard.
The robbery took place on the, road
way between Stege and Point 'Rich
mond. The highwaymen jumped out of
a clump of brush at the side of the road,
and at once covered Daly and former
Deputy Sheriff Roach, who was riding
with him. At the point of revolvers,
Daly and Roach were compelled to jump
from the buggy and give up the sack
01 gold. Then the robbers tied the men
lo a fence and gagged them. Daly and
Roach freed themselves after much diffi
culty and proceeded half a mile to Stege
station. ,
It had been the custom of , Ihe bank
to send out $10,000 each month to the
Standard Oil plant to pay employes, and
the robbers were undoubtedly acquainted
with the fact.
rirlng Doesn't Hurt Ihe Fish.
Washington, D. C, (Special). The
Navy Department, having received pe
titions from New England people com
plaining that target practice by war
ships off their coast interfered with fish
ing interests and drove away the fish,
has obtained a statement from 'the United
Slates Fish Commission to the effect
that the filing of the guns does no
damage so far as the fish are concerned.
Sultan In Trouble.
Constantinople, (By Cable).--The
Minister of War has been ordered to
hold further battallions in Teadiin s; for
service in Yemen province, Arabia, but
meanwhile the Government is unable
to obtain ships to convey to Arabia the
troops already awaiting transportation.
Reinforcements are urgently needed. The
casualties of the imperial forces i.ince
the outbreak of the insurrection are al
ready estimated at 4,000 to 5,000 men.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
At Savannah W. F. Crawley, an at
torney, of Waycross, and Thomas J.
McClellan, a former sheriff of War
county, pleaded guilty to the charge uf
peonuge.
A freight train southbound 011 ihe At
lanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway
was wrecked near Jellico Junction, Tcun.
The engineer and fireman were caught
beneath the engine and roasted to death.
A bill has been introduced into the
Illinois legislature providing for state
control of industrial insurance.
Charles F.rd, a lawyer, of St. Louis,
Mo., was found wounded, in his apart
ments in the Hotel Imperial,' iii New
York. He declared that he shot himself
accidentally. He will recover.
The Fore River Shipbuilding Com
pany at Quinry, Mass., has signed a con
tract to construct four submarine tor
pedo boats cf the Holland type for tho
United States government.
The Governor of Alabama has nsked'
the Wisconsin General Assembly to re
turn the battle flag of the First Ala-1
damn Regiment, captured at Island No. I
10, April 7, 1802. 1
.
AMERICA MAKES DEMAND1
Venezuela Mast Arbitrate tlie Asphalt
Dispute.
MINISTER DOTrT-PRESENTS NOTE.
Unless Castro Ajre.s to Reler Asphalt
Controversy to the Hajue Tribunal Other
Methods Will Us Employtd-Msy Call
Extra Session ol Congress French Govern
menl Looking to Unlied States.
Willemstad (By Cable). The Vene
zuelan Government, it is announced from
Caracas, has received a note from the
American Minister, Mr. Bowcn, requir
ing an answer as to whether Venezuela
will arbitrate the questions pending, and
saying that in case of a refual the
United States will feel free to take the
steps which may be necessary to secure
justice,
The Charge d'Affaires of the Nether
lands has advised the Venezuelan Gov
ernment that Holland will use coercive
measures in view of the fact that she
has been unable to secure the release
from imprisonment in Venezuela of five
Dutch sailors who have been illegally
kept in prison for seven months.
Washington, D. C. (Special). In call
ing upon President Castro for an answer
to his proposition to submit to arbi
tration the issues between the United
States and Venezuela, Minister Bowen
is acting in accordance with specific in
structions from the State Department
which have recently been placed in his
hands.
Mr. Bowen made a proposition of this
kind to the Venezuelan Foreign Office
several months ago, and there was an
exchange of notes 011 the subject, but its
further consideration was cut off by the
abrupt departure from the capital of
President Castro at a moment when his
own decision was required.
The Venezuelan Government at that
stage had made a counter proposition to
Mr. Bowen looking to the arbitration of
the dispute by The Hague tribunal, but
with the important qualification that the
tribmuil should arbitrate as a prelim
inary the question as to whether or not
the United States Government had the
right under international law to inter
vene at all as between the Venezuelan
Government and American concession
aires for their protection.
This was construed here as an at
tempt to bring into play the old Calvo
doctrine, which the United States has
resolutely and repeatedly refused to ac-1
cept in its negotiations with the South
ern republics. 1
Mr. Bowen reported to the State De
partment the fact of President Castro's
departure, and asked for instructions.
These were prepared with great care,
nd afler Attorney General bloody had,'
upon call from the President, furnished
an opinion to the effect that the pro
ceedings in the Venezuelan courts in
volving the asphalt company's proper
ties were so irregular as to amount prac-'
tically to a denial of justice.
Therefore, Mr. Bowcn was told to re-,
new his proposition for a free arbitra
tion of the issues betwean Venezuela
and the United States at the first oppor
tune moment, and this, it appears, ho
has now done.
Besides the New York and Bermudez
asphalt case, there are three other mat
ters which arc suggested as proper sub
jects for arbitration, namely, the Critch
field claim, also based on an asphalt con
cession ; the claim of the Orinoco Steam
Navigation Company, based on a vio
lated franchise, and the claim of the
newspaper correspondent Jaurett for
damages arising from his summary ex
pulsion from Venezuela.
If President Castro rejects this last of
fer of .Mr. Brown to arbitrate these
case, it is expected that he will prompt
ly report that fact to the State Depart
ment, and it will be determined what
course to pursue.
The Minister's presentment of this
matter, therefore, is poj, an actual ulti
matum, for the way is still open for
further negotiations if the Department
decides that the time has not yet ar
rived to withdraw its Minister and adopt
tonic coercive measures.
UNDER SUSPICION IN STANFORD CASE'
Son Francisco Police Say Tbey Will Be Able
to Salve Poison Mystery.
San Fraiici.-.co, (Special). It is an
nounced at police headquarters that
ivilhin the next 48 hours the mystery
uirroundiug the presence of strychnine
poison in the bottle of Poland water with
which Mrs. Stanford quenched her thirst
Dn the" evening of January J4 at her
California Street home will have been
completely solved, and that possibly one
or two persons toward whom the strong
est suspicion is directed will be arrested.
The report of the local detectives just
returned from Honolulu has been filed
with the acting chief of police and the
captain of declectives giving the result
of their investigations into the death of
Mrs. Stanford at Honolulu. The report
shows that the detectives made Dr.
Humphris of Honolulu, who was in!
charge of the case, contradict himself
on points so material that the detectives
are unable to arrive at the conclusion
that murder was committed. Briefly,
their findings are to the effect that an
overloaded stomach, a weak heart ex
cited by overindulgence in exercise at
tending the aged woman's outing on the
day of her death, and the use of cascara
with strychnine improperly prepared,
combined to bring about her death.
Revival Reforms Town.
Sterling, 111. (Special). As a result
of a great revival which lias just clesed
in Dixon, five dancing clubs have dis
banded, and aLout aooo converts have
taken an oath not to frequent barrooms,
dance or play. curds. The Kendal Club,
a charitable organization, gave to Wil
liam A. Sunday, the "baseball evangel
ist," $.1.(00. In all he" received $5000.
During the revival three bartenders were
converted and a number of gambling
dens were closed. About 180,000 peo
ple attended the meetings.
To Haodlt American Shares.
Paris, (By Cable). Arrangements
have been completed for the organiza
tion of a French company for the batter,
handling of American securities in
France. The company, which will hi,
tailed the Societe Financiers. Franco-'
Amcricainc, will be organized tinder the
mspices of Speyer & Co., of New York,!
ind the Banquc de l'Union Parisienne,!
of Paris, The Initial capital will be1
f5,ooo,ooo. The company will invest in
American securtiet and issue its own
obligations against such securities, these
obligations being placed in France.