TOGO'S MOVES SECRET Russians Ships Seen, But Not the Japanese. DEFENSE ZONES OF THE JAPANESE. Elghteca k'usslan Warship Sighted In Kam rash Bay, Cochln-Chlna-A Steamer it Hong, kong Repnrl Having Heard Firing North ol Matuna Islands Japanese Drive I Russian Porct In Confusion Over Peling fast. St. Petersburg (By Cable V--Thcre is no information from Vice Attniral Rn jestveusky's squadron, but the Aiiuiirai; y wonlil not In- surprised to learn of -kir-Hushing between soon: ships ami the be ginning of torpedo-b. .at warfare -oo'.i is not unexpected. The naval nrjin here express! the opinion that Togo was taken completely l.v surprise when Ro.ii -iwtisky Mi l icily i'ppearcd ai thr entrance ot the Cluna Sea, ami is now concent ruling his wide ly scattered lit t near the l'c-t ad ce-, where it is bJicvcd a ea li,;ht ;'. prob ably occur. Singapore ( By Cable). The North Gentian l.loyel steamship l'rinz llctnrich reports that she sighted IS vessels of the Russian Baltic Squadron in K.im ranh Hay at noon on Friday !a.-s. The steamer did not sight any Japanese war ships. Kainranli Hay is in Cochin-China, about 200 mdes northeast of Saigon. Admiral Togo's movements continue veiled in secrecy. Hongkong ( Ily Cable). Steamer Tcl emachus reports that she hear 1 firing 150 miles north of the Natnna Nland at 3:20 o'clock in the afternoon of April 12. Defense Zones Proclaimed. Tokio (By Cab'.cl. The Navy De partment has proclaimed defen-c 1 ' iUCS 1.111.1 and the surrounding the 1 c-eadorc-, t:ie I of Okinawa, in the l.ooc'ioo group, the Islands of O-hinia and I'.n'.i, ol't province of O.uuii. The usual uav turn restrictions apply. On account of lie pre-ence if Russian Baltic sqitadr mi in l'ac:!ic !ers the J.tpatlt se steam-Lip lints o ating between Japan and Aim-r'.c.i planning temporar.Iy '.o su pend ir Pacific operations, i: is esp.cled that the For:no.saii st'-.-.m-hip lines discontinue running steamer- un:;! danger of seizure hy Ku-sian wars lias ended. i.-a- l'-e are .1 :i - will , ! I lI ; . hip, "Retreated In Disorder." Tokio (Hy Cable). The following an nouncement was made here: "The force advancing north from Singking, driving the enemy before -.'i. m. occupied Yingcchcng, 38 miles north of Shirking, April 14. "A detachment of the same force, co operating with cavalry, occupied Pachi atzu the same day. "The enemy's force near Pachitittm consisted of seven detachments of caval ry and one battery of artillery. "They first retreated toward Yingc rheng, then came back to I'achiaizu. Finding it occupied, they were thrown into confusion, and they retreated in great disorder over Pcling pas-, two miles north of Pachiatzi!." Japan's Army Strength. Sipinghai (By Cable). Captured Jap anese spies place the number of the Jap anese army at 400,000 and state that the losses at the battle of Mukden are already being replaced by drafir from home battai'ins. Lieutenant K"tnaa shi, one of the spies, calculates ilia he Japanese losses at Mukden were over 100,000. iWMitRS LOOT A BANK. Wife of the Senior Partner Shot By the Outlaws. Clierubiisio, lud. (Special!. Six un known robbers roblx-d the private bank of Oscar Candy & Co.. of $.540. Mrs. ('andy, wife of tiie banker, was shot in the neck by one of the two guards sta tioned outside while the safe was being Mown open with nitroglycerin, .she will recover. The explosions, three in num ber, by which the safe was blown were heard for several squares and a number of people were aroused. The Candy home is near the bank, and Mrs. Candy was one of the first to make her ap pearance out'ide the house. After the robbery the men jumped into a buggy and drove toward ilmucrtown. Slabbed By a Preacher? Lebanon, lud. (Special). Excitement was created when Rev. John I Judge, pas tor of the Holiness Church, was arret ed, charged with having stabbed Os car John son, a member of Ins congie gatiou, in a quarnj which an .-e during a meet inj; held to consider the 11 liisi liilily of allowing a negro to preach 10 the congregation. 1 hiring a heated ai gnmeiit between Miss Mamie Chamlr. r. and iho pastor the former slawx-d the preacher's face. The act angered the pastor's wife, who engaged Mi s Cham bers in a physical encounter. A; this juncture, it is alleged, Os:r Johns., n took pari in the encounter, and almost insiautly, it is alleged, he was attacked by the preacher. bZZ.iSi knights ol Pythias. Richmond, hid. ( Special ). Charles E. Shivcly, Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, has received from R. I,. C. While, nf Nashville. Tenn., Su preme Keeper of Records and Seal, the oliicial count ol the members of the or der. The report shows that the total membership is o.'J,,t5.' a net gain dur ing the last year of 27, 583. A Battle Willi Bandits. Owingsvillc, Ky. (Special). A hun dred men are hunting the mountains of Estill county for a gang of bandits which rolilicd the postoliice at Wager-ville. A running battle has already taken place, in which one robber was fatally wound ed, lie is in jail at Irvine, Estill coun ty, ilis companions escaped into the lulls and ure believed to have taken refuge in a cave, from which it will be almost impossible to dislodge ll'.ein. Da s Would Pardon. Danville, Ark. (Special). hi a speech here to a large gathering of farmers and business men advocating a reduction of cotton acreage, Gov. Jefferson Davis combated the idea that the organuatiin of fanners with a view to securing bet ter prices for cotton was in violation of the new Anti-Trust law of Arkansas, If it were held otherwise by the courts, the Governor declared, he would par don all farmers convicted under the ik w act. NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. The litetl Happenings Condensed for Rapid Reading. ComesHc The nude body of Annie Kintop was discovered near Little Kails, Minn., with every indication of the woman having been murdered after a violent struggle. Posses are searching for two negroes who were seen ill the vicinity of the crime. For the first lime in six years all places of business in St. Louis, includ ing saloons, restaurants, cigar stands, barber shops and book'ilack stands, were do ied tig'itlv Sunday. Trr.-tce I.'ord. nf the Mil'er jjo cr cent, syndicate, h is brought suit in New ork to recovir $1,-0.000 left by Edward SchVs'nger. one of the syndicate, who died abroad. Mr;. Howard Dunham, of Norritown, Pa., -ec.ned a verdict of Jio.ojo from Miss I-'.. Winnie McMiekacl for alienat ing the alTtCtiotis of her husband. In a head-on collision between1 two freight trains on the Eric Railroad two fir men were killed. The engineers saved tin ir In es by j I' liping. Dr. Hainbridge delivered a lecture at the New York Skin am! Cancer Hos pital on "Cancer. Its Growth, Causes and Cure." Governor Polk, of Missouri, has par doned a young man of u years on con dition that he give up whisky and cigar ettes. After having been in the courts for five years, a suit involving 76 barrels of cider has been settled in Haverhill, Mass. Thomas W. I.awson says he has been planning a company to idler gas at 75 cents to New York consumers. There have been four victims of knock out drops in Allentown, Pa., within a week. Cell. I'iizhugh I.ee, of Virginia, presi dent of the Janiesiown Kxpo-ition, called upon Governor Higgin-, at Albany, and -ect'red his co-operation f ir New York's pa r icipatioii in the Kxposition. lo mier Governor Black, of New York, and f run r Governor Yale-. ..f Illinois. W'll aid in the defer.se of Caleb Power-, who i- charged with the murder of G..ver!',.r Got be!, of Kentucky. At Burlington, la., Mr;. Craven, wh 1 li :ure-l in a suit agiiiist Senator pair's estate. Claiming ihat she was his C"intnoii law wife, lu?s been declared to be :n- s.'l tl;'. Because of tltep snow at New Castle, (.V:.. where tiie President has planned to kill grizzlies, lie will have to defer Ins i-it or content himself with small game. Tite seventh annual meeting of the Woman's Hoard of Home Missions f the Methodist Kpi-copal Church is being livid at .Montgomery. Ala. "Central" Jacob S. Coxey, of "Com monweal Army" fame, has been declared at Columbus, ()., to be a bankrupt. His liabilities are $jS5.ooo. At Reading. Pa., argument was heard by the court upon the application of Sam uel Creason, under sentence of death for murder. At Wichita, Kan., Carrie Nation and two other women were fined ami im-pri-oiled for wrecking a wholesale liquor store. Marion Parr, a young mill operative, was hanged at Columbia. S. C. for the murder of Clarence Sheahy, a millboy. A Chicago husband ki-sed his wife and children gootl-hy. jumped from a fourth story window and killed himself. Two persons were injured as the re sult of the ditching of a train on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad near Harden Station. Mrs. S. W. Vidlcr shot ami killed Mrs. H. C. Douglass, whom she found in a room with her husband, in Cripple Creek. Col. William Murplty. of New York, de spairing of winning the girl he loved, shot himself near the heart and is ex pected to die. The New York legislature passed bills to take from tiie New York City Hoard of Aldermen the power to grant fran chises. W. J. De Jough. a former Boer gen eral, was sentenced in Chicag to fme ss.)iUo.w Jiuissittl joj uosud 111 jua.f checks. The federal grand jury in St. l.oui . returned a new indictment again-t United States Senator Ralph Burton, of Kan sas. The annual meeting of the stockhold ers of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company was held in Jersey City. Robbers loot id the private bank t.f Oscar Candy & Co.. in Chcrubtisco, Intl., and shot the wife of Mr. Candy. Mrs. Desrocher and her raughtcr An nie v. ere murdered in their home, in l'eiietan-Ciiishene, Ontario. Dr. Wilev II. 1'orsvthe. formerly of i Vcr-aiUcs, Ky., was mutilated by ribels ' in Korea. I Another unavailing effort was made I to put an mil to tiie strike in Chicago, i The Pennsylvania ligi-latttrc adiourn I ed for the ses-i 111 of 11)05, lorciin. The porcelain -inkt-n in Limoges, i France, are bcco'iung violent and are j particularly bitter ag.nn-1 the American linn of Haviland. A package of car : mdges were exploded lit fore the house ; "f the manager of the works but with lout floing much damage. Tile Italian government will pre-ent I a gold medal to J. Pierpont Morgan commemorative ot bis returning the cape t..!iii from the Cathedral at A.-eoli. The great Putiloff Iron Works, in St. Peter-burg, swarm with troops and po lice owing to the lockout of workmen. Henry White, the new American am bassador to Rome, presented his cre dentials to the King. The moveuuiit to establish a customs tanlT for Hungary alone is gaining strength. A general strike of railway employes in Italy bigan Monday. The Car's rescript creating a commis sion to consider the question of peas ants' tenure of land is a recognition oi tiie peril impending, but, as a Russian nobleman says, "like ail the acts of the autocracy, it comes too late." The Briti.h Royal Commission .which inquired into the Scottish churches' dis pute, recommends that the Kree Church .should hand over lo the United Church all property it cannot hselt adequately administer. Count von Tattenbach-Ashuld, who is arranging for a special German-.Morroc-can treaty, declares that, while recogniz ing the open-door policy, Germany wails upon the preservation of the Sultan's sov ereignty. The Sultan of Turkey has made a com plete and definite settlement of the French claims, and agrees to use a third of a loan of $12,000,000 for ordering warships and artillery from French firms. Owing to the poor health of Maim Gorky, the Russian author, and flimsiucsj of the evidence against him, the Russian government will not bring him to trial, PAIL JONES' BODY FOUND Discovered in C Id St. Louis Cemetery at Faris. BODY WAS IMMERSED IN ALCOHOL. Ambassador Porter' Lon Search for Re mains of Famous American Admlraf Sue cessful Hundreds of Caskets Unearthed The Body Found Well Preserved In Leaden Casket. Paris, (By Cable). The remarkable search which Ambassador Porter has conducted f..r the body of Paul Jones has been crowned with success by the dis covery of the body and its identification by the highest French medical experts as unquestionably that of the famous American admiral who founded the American navy. Ambassador Porter cabled the news to Washington. The body is in a good state of preservation, considering that the interment took place over 100 years ago. The circumstances leading to the dis coviry arc particularly interesting? Gen eral Porter had conducted the search for five years, and when Congress recently took no action upon the President's rc comendation for the expenses incident to the search the Ambasador continued the extensive labors at his own expense. A large force of workmen had been en gaged night and day tunneling and cross tunneling the old St. I.yuis Cemetery. This constituted a huge operation, em bracing nearly a block covered with buildings and requiring a system of sub terranean mining. Hundreds of wooden coffins were found but not until Wednesday were unearthed four of lead, which gave promise of con taining the hotly of the Admiral. Three of them bore plates designating the names of the deceased. The fourth showed superior solidity of workmanship. No plate was found 011 this coffin, and it i- supposed it was removed when anoth er coi'iin was put upon it. The leaden chili was opened in the presence of General Porter, Colonel Hailly-Blan-ciianl. the second secretary of the Amer ican Kmbassy, and I'.ngincer Weis, who has been directing the excavation. The body was found to be well preserveo, owing to its being immersed in alcohol. It was wrapped in a sheet, with a pack ing of straw and hay. Tho-e present were immediately struck by the resem blance of the head to that on the medal lions and busts of the Admiral. As was anticipated, no uniform, decor ation or sword was found, as all such articles had been accounted for after the burial. The coffin is shaped like a mummy coffin, which pattern was common at that period, widening from the feet to the shoulders, with a round top fitting over the head. The coffin was taken to the Medical School, where Drs. Capitan and Papil laut, distinguished professors of the School of Anthropology and recognized authorities 011 such investigations, were charged with making a thorough exam ination for the purpose of identification. To facilitate this the Ambassador fur nished them with portraits and medal lions, two busts by Houdin and authentic descriptions of the color of the Admir al's hair and the height and measure ments of his body. The hotly was carefully packed. The limbs were wrapped in tinfoil, presuma bly for sea transportation, as indicated in a letter of the Admiral's nearest friend and pallbearer at his funeral, Colonel Biackdcn, who said : "His hotly was put in a leaden coffin, so that in case the United States, which he had so essentially served, should claim his remains, they might be more easily removed." Finding that all the internal organs were singularly well preserved, the doc tors made an autopsy, which showed dis tinct proofs of the disease from which the Admiral is known to have died. The identification was pronounced com plete in every particular. PENSION OFFICIALS ACCUSED. Mr. Warner Invcstigitet Series of Charges la His Office. Washington, 1). C, (Special). Com missioner of Pensions Warner is not dis posed to be leniut with the members of the board of review now under fire in the Bureau for violation of the law in granting pensions to Pennsylvania militia never mustered into the service of the Government. About fsV) nun are involved, including Assistant Commissioner Davenport and Chief Clerk P.aglcy, although the Assist ant Commissioner, and the Chief Clerk may go unscalhed. Thomas W. Dalton, of Pennsylvania, chief of the board of review, has been implicated as having given the order that these cases were to be passed. Davenport has been accused of having given the order making President Roosevelt's Ortler 78 retroactive to the extent of almost a mouth that is, he is accused of having some of the pensions issued under it dated as of March 15 in stiad of as April i,y The pension money thus collected will be refunded to the Government. There is no fault being found with the pull of Congres.sman in the office. Spe cial slips signed by Congressmen give cases fif favored constituents precedence. It is held that all cases should be treated alike. Secretary Hay Improving. Nervi, Italy (By Cable). The condi tion of Secretary Hay improves daily. He received a visit from Ambassador White, who stopped here on his way to Rome. Mr. Hay discussed the principal questions interesting Italy and America, chiefly emigration matters, and King Vic tor Emmanuel's proposal for the estab lishment of an international chamber of agriculture, giving verbal instructions to Mr. White 011 the subject. No Blame For Explosion. Brockton, Mass. (Special). The R. Ft. Grover Company and its agents were declared to be blameless for the explo sion which destroyed its shoe factory here, on March 20, and caused the death of 57 persons, by the finding of Judge Fred M, Bixby, acting as conorer. The explosion is held to be due 1o a defect which could not have beenforeseen. Aerostatic Inventor Dead. Paris (By Cable). Colonel Renard, director of the Mcudon Military Balloon Park and well known as) an aerostatic inventor, died suddenly off heart 'disease. ROGERS SLED FOR THREE MILLIONS. Frenzied Finance the Basil of the Pre ceedlni. Philadelphia, Pa. (Special). Frenzied finance is the basis for the big legal fight that has just been begun by Phila delphia lawyers for the recovery, of $3,- 000. 000 from Henry II. Rodgcrs, Stand ard Oil king, as result of his connection with the Hay State Gas Company of Del aware. The taking of testimony has been completed, and an immediate trial of the case will be urged. The main charge in the present pro ceedings, which have been instituted by George Wharton Pepper, the receiver'of the Bay Stale Gas Company, is that Rogers carried out a deal that virtually amounted to the selling out of the big gas corporation. It is alleged that when Rogers was the trustee of the Hay State Gas Company of New Jersey, one of thf affiliated concerns, he sold nut his inter est in two gas companies for $0,000,000, the same company offered by him to the Delaware corporation several months previous for $0,000,000. It is declared by the Philadelphia lawyers that the $,,.000,000 excess was for the control of the New Jersey company turned over lo (he purchaser, the New Kngland Gas ami Coke Company, owned by Henry M. Whitney, of Boston. There is a possibility that Thomas V. 1. awson will be called as a witness against Rogers, although the lawyers will neither deny nor affirm this. REVOLUTION IN RAILWAY SERVICE. Succcs of Gasoline Motor Car Demonstrated on the Union Pacific Omaha, Neb. (Special). Railway of ficials who made a 200-mile trip in the Union Pacific gasoline motor-car, which will be placed in commission by that road, express the opinion that the suc cess of the car will result in a revolu tion of suburban and branch line railroad passenger anil freight ser.ice. Satur day's test of the Union Pacific car was the final one before placing it in practical service between Grand Island and St. Paul, Neb., where it will make two trips daily as a branch train. The car, which was built purely as an experiment, seats 20 persons, and in the forward end, where is located the gaso line motor, is a space reserved for bag gage. The regular service cars con struction of a number of which will be gin at once, will be 50 feet long, will seat 55 passengers and accommodate their baggage. . The cars will have a motor of sufficient horse-power to haul two "frr.ilers" when it is found necessary to to use extra equipment. The expense of operating the gasoline car will be very small. The idea of a railway motor car serv ice on the Harriman lines was conceived by Vice President A. L. Mohler, of the Union Pacific. LOTTERY ON THE ISTHMUS. Interesting, Question Presented to the Su preme Court. Washington, D. C. (Special). A case which may involve a conflict between the laws of the United States and those of the Republic of Panama in the canal zone has been filed in the Supreme Court of the United States. The case is that of Oli . Nifou, a Chinaman, w ho was placed under arrest last October by the zone authorities on the charge of selling tickets of the Panama Lottery Company a ntl, subsequently sent to prison by the zone Circuit vourt. He has brought the case to the Supreme Court in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, based on the ground that the lottery comapny was in existence before the treaty between the United States and Panama went into effect and that the proescution is an in terference with vested rights. The De partment of Justice has intervened in' the case to the extent of asking permis sion to file a brief in the case, which was granted by the court. The request was presented by Solicitor General Hoyt, who said that the case has a very im portant bearing upon the relations of the United States to the canal zone. MORE EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS. Hundreds Killed at Mandl and Also at Sullanpur. Lahore, Punjab, India (By Cable). Later reports from Mandi, capital of Mandi state, say that at least 400 per sons were killed in the city by the earth quake. The palace, temples and resi liences were leveled. Estimates of the number of people killed at Sultanpur vary from 200 to 700. Lady Curr.on, wife of the Viceroy, has invited all the Europeans and Indians injured during the recent earthquake who arc able to be moved to come to the Walker and Ripon Hospitals at Simla as her guests. The invitation was sent through the beuttenant governor of the Punjab, with an intimation that the American Vicereine will gladly defray the expenses. LIYEImNGTON AFFAIRS. Resolutions touching the questions of the true family life and the progress of woman's influence were adopted by the National Conference of Women. ' Many prominent railroad men have been summoned to give evidence before the Senate Committee on Interstate Com merce. Secretary Shaw has sent a letter to Senator Ilaiisbongh defending the draw back allowed on export flour. . Secretary Metcalf, of the Department of Commerce and Labor, awarded the contract for the construction f a new island, to be a part of the Ellis Island Immigration Station, to the New Jersey Dock and Bridge Company for $110,000. The National Council of Women, de spite the protest of Miss Susan B. An thony, pledged the organization to co operate with church and state in ascer taining the causes of divorce. The fourteenth annual congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution will begin in Wash ington on Monday. The executive committee of the Pan ama Canal Commission will draw up specifications' to govern in the employ ment of labor on the canal. " The court-martial record in the case of Capt. G. V. Kirkman, who was sen tenced to dismissal, was received in Washington. Charges of discrimination were filed with the Interstate Commerce Commis sion against the Illinois Central Rail road Company. COLOMBIA'S NEW POLICY Reyes Sends a Minister to Propose a Settlement THE STATUS PANAMA INVOLVED. Colombia Willing to Submit Differences to the United States Supremo Court For Arbltatlon The Independence of Panama Has Beeo Recognized Dy lh Great Powers ot the World. Washington, D. C. (Special). When President Roosevelt returns from his pursuit of mountain game he will find in Washington one of the ablest statesmen of South America waiting to take up with him the subject of the differences which have arscn between this country and the Republic of Colombia through the establishment of the Republic of Panama. The independence of Panama has been recognized by the great powers of the world and by every South American Rt pubiic, with the exception of Ecuador and the mother country Colombia. Co hmibia openly disputes the sovereignly of the Republic of Panama, still insists on her rights in that strelch of territory and will endeavor to c-tablish these rights through diplomacy or arbitration. The Colombian statesman who has been designated to carry on the diplo matic negotiations in Washington is Senor Diego Mcndoza, who has been ap pointed Minister from Colombia to the United States, ami sailed for this coun try on March 30. He is expected to ar rive in Washington on April 25 or 28. He will be the first minister who has represented Colombia in the United Stales since December, ttjo2, when Senor Jose Vincente Concha, who presented his credentials as Minister to the United States in Iarch, 1002. suddenly departed after failing to come to an agreement with Secretary Hay respecting the treaty they were negotiating relative to the construction ot the Panama Canal. After the departure of Senor Concha the negotiations for the treaty were car ried on between Secretary Hay anil Senor Ilerran, the late Charge d'Afl'aircs to the Colombian Legation, ami a treaty was signed and sent to the Colombian Congress for ratification. Then came the establishment nf the Government of Panama, after which Gen. Rafael Reyes, who is now the President of Colombia, came 10 the White House to see Prci dent Roosevelt respecting the Panama question. Learning that it was the un alterable policy of the United States to recognize the sovereignty of Panama and treat with it as a sovereign state. Gen eral Reyes went to Paris and then to Colombia, where he was elected Presi dent of the country. He has now suc ceeded in harmonizing the various politi cal factions of the republic and has de cided to send Senor Mcndoza to Wash ington, with instructions to take up the Panama question with the American Government. It is understood that Senor Mendor.a will endeavor by negotiations to induce this government to define just what rights Colombia possesses under the gen eral treaty of peace, navigation and com merce which this government signed in 1846 with New Granada, which in 1862 changed its name to the United States of Colombia. Under this treaty, the United States guaranteed the neutrality of the Isthmus of Panama, free transit from sea to sea across the Isthmus, and also the rights of sovereignty which New Granada possessed over that terri tory, , Colombia contends that under this treaty she possesses the right of sover eignty over Panama, and that if it had not been for the presentation of a mem orandum from the American naval com mander at Panama forbidding the Co lombian Government to attempt to put down the revolution at Panama imme diately after it ocenred she would have been able to establish her sovereignly over Panama by force of arms. Colom bia is desirious of reaching an agree ment with the United States for. a set tlement of these questions. If this can not be effected by diplomacy, she wishes to have the matter submitted to the Su preme Court of the United States or any other tribunal for settlement Uy arbitra tion, to be based entirely upon documen tary evidence, such as the treaty of 184(1 and the orders and correspondence of the State Department from the time of the establishment of Panama until after the special mission of General Reyes to Washington. A PLUCKY LAD. Bravely Endnres Two Operations, But to No Purpose. Chicago, 111. (Special). "Go ahead and do it," said 13-year-old Roland Wan gemaim, as he lay with a mangled leg on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad tracks. Dr. J. M. Nicholson found that an immediate operation was necessary. As he started to work the boy, conscious, through suffering great pain, said: "What are you going to do?" "Oh, just cut your trousers," respond ed the physician. . "You can't fool me; you are going to cut my leg off. All right, go ahead and do it," and the boy watched the physi cian without a tear and with only an occasional moan. The boy was later taken' to St. Joseph's Hospital, where a, second operation was performed, but without avail. The boy died. Carrie Nation Punished. Wichita, Kan., (Special). Carrie Na tion, Myra Mcllenry and Mrs. Lucy Wil hoit were found guilty of destroying the windows of a wholesale liquor place last September, and sentenced by Judge Wil son. Mrs. Nation was fined $250 and given four months in jail. Mrs. Mcllenry two month and a fine of $150, and Mrs. Wilhoit 25 days in jail and a fine of $150. Sentence was suspended pending good behavior. Savings Bank and loveslmenls. Albany, N. V. (Special),"Vhile I am governor of the state no special bill legajing the securities of any railroad company as a proper investment for sav ings bank and trust funds will be ap proved by me." This statement was made by Governor Higgins after the de bate in the Senate on the Savings Bank Investment Bill, wliich establishes gen eral regulations for the investment of sayings bank and trust funds in the bonds of certain classes of cities and railroad corporations. FAVORABLE FOR FARMING. Planting Reported to B Well Advanced, oa the Average. Washington, D. C, (Special). The following is a summary of the weekly crop bulletin just issued by the Weather Bureau : The week was very favorable for farming-operations in the central valleys and Rocky mountain and Pacific coast dis tricts, and was generally favorable in the Atlantic coast and East Gulf States, where, however, the latter part of the week was unseasonably cool, with more or less damagin,r frosts as far South as Northern Georgia and Alabama and the western portions of the Carolina. K-iins of the latter part of the previous week interrupted work in the Dakotas and Minnesota, but very poor progress with spring work has been made in these States. Preparations for planting corn have been active under favorable soil con ditions in the central valleys, and have begun in the southern portion of the lake region. A large part of the corn area in the Southern States has been planted, and much is up to good standards. All reports indicate that the outlook for winter wheat throughout the coun try is unusually fine, and that the crop has made satisfactory progress. In California the condition of the crop is excellent in all sections, and the heav iest crop in years is promised. The seeding of spring wheat is well advanced over tiie southern part of the spring wheat region. In the northern portion of the spring wheat region delay in seed ing was caused by the rains of April I to 3 and subsequent freezes. Oat seeding is largely finished in the States of the lower Missouri valley, and is well advanced in the upper Mississippi and Ohio valleys. Excellent germina tion is generally indicated, Very little cotton has been planted ill Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, but planting is becoming general over the southern portion of the Eastern districts and in Texas, where germination has been satisfactory. Preparations for planting are unusually backward in the lowlands of Louisana and Arkansas. Slogle Factory Burned. Huntington, W. Va., (Special). Fire which broke out here early in the day raged fiercely for three hours, completely destroying the five-story wholesale gro cery of Blake Brothers & Co., and the seven-story building occupied by the American Stogie Company. Several smaller buildings were crushed by fall ing walls. The loss will exceed $130,000, of which Blake Brothers & Co. suffer $-0,000 and the American Stogie Com pany $45,000. The insurance is only partial. For Anatomical Research. Philadelphia, (Special). The object of the conference of anatomists who held a two days' meeting at the Wistar Institute was accomplished at the final session. It was decided to establish an anatomical institution, which probably will be named the American Institute of Anatomy, to be under the direction of the Wistar In stitute. This city w ill become the center of anatomical research in America, and the Wistar Instilute will be made a gen eral clearing house for specimens, ideas and methods. Died From Tight Lacing'. St. Louis, Mo., (Special). Tight lac ing, in which she persisted despite her physician's warning, caused the sudden death here of Mrs. iolct O'Connor, 28 years old, of Baltimore, who fell in a faint within a few hlpcks of the Washing ton Hotel, wdiere she was a guest. Three physician said cerebab apoplexy probably caused her death, but an inquest will be held. The hotel people say she admitted having been warned that the way she was lacing was dangerous. Scalded, But Saved Ills Train. Sayrc, Pa., (Special). Engineer John Gartside, of the Erie Railroad, saved his passenger train by a heroic deed. His train was two miles cast of Waverly when the throttle valve burst and the cab was instantly filled with escaping steam. The train sped along for four miles be fore the engineer could bring it to a stop. He fell out of the cab door and crawled on the running board, where he lay badly scalded ami gasping for air. Collapse of Crldgo Acrosi Kiver. Danville, Va., (Spccnl). By a partial collapse of the new bridge across the Dan River seven men and some machinery were precipitated into the stream, 25 feet below, resulting in the injury of four-of them. Charles Moore, of Cincin nati. O., and (Jra Beaman, of Indian apolis, hid., escaped without injury. Mr. Patterson emerged from the stream with his cigar still clenched in his teeth. The accident was due to defective planking. German Lottery Barred From Mails. Washington, D. C, (Special). The Postofficc Department issued a fraud order against the Ilessisch-Thuringischen Slaats-Lotterie at Neuslerlitz, Germany. The lottery laws of the United States are rigid in regard to the matter of using the mails for the promotion of such schemes. The lottery offered a first premium of 750,000 marks and ran down to a com paratively small sum. Four Burned to Death. Clarksburg, W. Va., (Special). The home of George T. Mall, on West Bal timore street, was entirely destroyed by fire and four of his children were burned to death. The parents, with an infant child, had barely time to escape from the burning building. The charred bodies of the four children have been recoverd. FINANCIAL Seaboartl Air Line's net earnings in February decreased $164. Copper was higher last week than it was before Lawsou's attacks began, Northern Pacifies gross earnings last month gained $0ji),O'o aver March, '1904. "Morgan is in sympathy .with this bull movement in United States Steel," de clared John W. Gates. The sensational rise of 7 points in American . Smelters was partially due, no doubt, by covering for bear traders. Norfolk & Western has ordered nine locomotives and the Mobile & Ohio ten locomotives from the Baldwins'. United States Ruliber declared the regular quarterly dividend of j per cent, on tfie preferred and an extra dividend of i'j per cent. , An insider in Warwick Steel advised his customers who already have a profit of 50 per cent, on their stock to hold it for $10 a share. James S. McCord has issued a ard in which he says that John Hayes Ham mond's last (examination showed the Tonapah Mine to contain $104,000,000 worth of ore. FOR RUSjSUN REFORM! A Central Bodr Organized By the4 Lawyers. TO I'NITE ALL PROFESSIONAL MEN.1 Despite the Police Who Forbade the Meet' ing an organization Was' Perfected Whose,' Purpose li to Secure a Representative Par liament and a Responsible Ministry Spec ial Honor Shown to Hit Poles. St. Petersburg, (By Cable). The radical position taken by the Pan-Russian Congress of Attorneys, which has been meeting here, in its denunciation of the bureaucracy and its demands for a con stitution, and the similar stand taken at a meeting of college professors have created a great sensation. All efforts of the Government to prevent the meet ings by prohibiting the delegates from assembling in public were futile. The newspapers were then forbidden to mention the gatherings, and for dis obedience in referring to the attorneys' meeting the morning's issue of the Sot) of the Fatherland was confiscated. The Russ also boldly defied the authorities by printing the resolutions adopted by the professors. The action of these influential bodies serve to emphasize the growing outcry against the Bouligan Commission, which is proceeding with its work without any representatives of the people, thus furnishing the Liberals with justification for the charge that the execution of the reforms outlined in the imperial rescript is completely in the hands of the bureaucracy, against which all classes of society arc fighting. The resolutions adopted by the pro fessors were preceded by a strong pre amble declaring that the closing of ail the higher schools was only insignificant evidence of the general crises in Russia. '"The whole of Russia," it was added, "awaits impatiently a complete reform in the organization of the Government. We believe it to be our duty to declare that the country is on the verge of a precipice. The poverty-stricken Russian people arc driven by the malevolence of the Gov ernment into agrarian ami industrial re volt. The social anil economic questions cannot be solved by the bureaucracy. Political reform is imperative. Each minute of delay increases, the anarchy and revolt. The Government should be reformed in accordance with modern principles ; representatives of the people should have the principal influence and the bureau cracy should be regulated to a minor role. The reformed government should be absolutely democratic. The people's representatives should make the laws and control the administration and the bud get. All class privileges, political or re ligious, should be obliterated. "The principle of universal suffrage should be adopted, which will never be accomplished through the bureaucracy. Consequently the obolition of every re striction on liberty of speech, meetings and the press should precede the con vocation of the representatives of the people." It was decided that the title of the attorneys' association shall be the Con stitutional Democratic party. The formation of a national profession al reform league to unite the activities of lawyers, doctors, teachers engineers and other professional classes of Russia to bring about the democratization of the Government and the institution of a rep resentative parliament and a responsible ministry is the ambitious project set on foot by the congress of lawyers which finished its work here last night. The plan proposed is the formation of nation al associations of the various profession al classes, each of which shall elect dele gates to a central bureau, which is to direct and co-ordinate the efforts of the "intellectuals" in the direction of re fonwj. Another Zemstvo congress has been called to meet in Moscow on May 8, in which representatives of the nobility also will participate. From three to five dele gates from each provincial Zemstvo have been invited. It is reported that an en deavor will be made to align the moder ates with the nobility in favor of re forms without going to the length of the constitutionalism of Western Furope. TIDE-LEVEL CANAL. Eoginecr Wallace li la Favor of Sucb Waterway. Washington, D. C, (Spe:ial). The Panama Canal Commissioners had a satisfactory interview with Secretary Taft regarding the work ahead of them. The labor problem was discussed at length, and it was resolved that con tracts should be made for the employ ment of 2,000 Japanese and 2,000 Chinese ' coolies in the canal construction. This is merely a preliminary and experimental move, but if it succeeds the engineer will have an almost unlimited force of labor to draw on. No opinion has yet been had from the Attorney General as to the right of the commission to employ its labor more than eight hours daily, but it has satisfied itself that there is no legal obstacle to the employment of this coidic labor under contract. This conclu sion is based on lh theory that while the United States exercises control over the canal zone for administrative pur poses, yet the titular soverignty over the strip remains in Panrfma,, over which noj American labor law can be held to ex tend. , Judge Hargli 00 Trl.il. Lexington, Ky., ( Special). After sev eral adjournments because of the absence of witnesses for the Stale, the trial of Judge James Hargis, Senator Alex Har gis, Filbert Hargis and Sheriff Edward Callahan, fo'r the murder of Marshal Cock-rill was called for trial. The prose cution elected to try' Judge James Hargis first. The work of empaneling the jury was at once begun, 500 men having been summoned as a special venire. Much excitement prevails here over the trial. The courthouse was crowded. Standard Oil Denies a Trust. Jefferson City, Mo., (Special). In the Supreme Court A. D. Eddy and Frank Ilagertnan filed separate returns of the Standard Oil Company and the Republic Oil Company in answer to the ouster proceedings instituted by Attorney Cen tral lladley.'qn the ground that the oil companies have formed a trust combina tion. The,1 returns deny specifically the allegations, and then, plead that they! should not be held to answer to the infor-i mation, declaring that the anti-trust law U unconstitutional.
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