LURING ON THE RUSSIANS
Torpedo floats from Vladivostok Cum
Vessel.
6CN. OYAMA READY FCR RATTLE.
hnporlant Movemeot oa Lend ind Sea Re-vchipinl-Roicilvcnfky't
Plcel Sighted Off
Viifoof China Whereabout ol Japaoeie
Squadron Carefully Concealed Totlo Krrl
Informed of Russian Mover
Emboldened by Admiral Togo'? seem
ing inactivity or trying to divert Jap
anese attention from Koictvin-ky's fleet.
Russian torpedo-boat de-trovers from
Vladivostok have caturcd and burned a
little sailing vessel in Japanese waters,
near Hokkaido, t he northernmost of the
Japanese group of i n-!-.
Meanwhile the exact whcri abttts of
the Japanese suadron cuntinnes a secret.
It is cvidtnt that the vi! 'fugii i.' luring
Ki )(! i 11 ky on. ami will try in entrap
the win ill- or a portion if t!ie Ki:-sia:i
fieri.
If t!ie K;i-i.i:i iorpr lo-t' Mt (!. -Ti ycrs
ren west oi Hokkaido wire frm Vladi
vostok, their operation- Could scarcily
ii-i-.e escaped the vigilant eves (if the
Janatit -e patrol, a- liny appeared in
.l.vpi.n.sc waters in daylight. Togo may
he seek i up to draw out the Via hv:k
squadron I T a purpose. Tweir.y-tivt Rus
sian warships have lieen sighted oil Van
fopjr, Shantung I'linn-nla. China.
Tlir Russian Admiral'' now cou-iilcrs
(lie juncture of Admiral Neb. Kali .lT' di
vision with Rnicstvcn-ky'i maul -quad-roti
as practically assured, and arc great
ly encouraged over the pro-pec:, believ
ing that Admiral Togo will not dare
risk an open battle at sea against the
Russians.
Important military, as well as nasal,
operations seem imminent. A Japanese
movement lias begun against the Russian
left in .Manchuria, and the fi rmer ha e
omccntratcd heavy columns on the I.iao
Kiver. These movement; may be the
preliminaries to another great battle.
General Kuropaikitt is returning to St.
Fttir-burg, failing health being assigned
as the cai.se.
Naval Divisions I nitre1.
St. Petersburg ( I'.y Caii'.i I. Admiral
.''(tH.pitolf's junction with Vice Admiral
Kojestvensky is now con-idcrcd by the
admiralty as practically a--ured. and
hope for a successful issue in the ap
proaching struggle for mastery of the
sea is greatly encouraged thereby. Nc
bogatoff is regarded as the l'.iuchcr of the
situation, ami, indeed, he is -aid to resem
ble him greatly in temperament. He
may lack his strategy and tines. e, but,
like the Prussian, lie has bulldog cour
age and is a born tighter, who goes
straight for the enemy.
If Admiral Kamimura, I;ke (irouchy
at Waterloo, fails to prevent a juncture
of the Russian fleets, as the admiralty
bere believes he ha-,, the impression is
strong that Vice Admiral Togo will not
dare risk an open battle against the
united div:-i'"ts of R..jcstvnsky an I
NebornH tT. b 1 will co'V-u ' in-i'lf with
torpedo attacks, and possibly a long
range action, being prepared to draw oft
in the event tiiat he is unable to make
an impression.
Naval offici rs are prepared to see Ko
jestvensky l.i-e half his convoy, but, in
face of the united divisions, it i be
lieved that Togo will accomplish little
or nothing in the way of opposition to
the advance to Vladivostok, and that
lie must be content, with the aid of the
army, to try and invest bv land and sea,
and make Vladivostok another Port Ar
thur. If the tleet reaches Vladivostok
intact, however, naval officer- here claim
that victory is won.
Although there is a little nn re than
100,000 tons of coal at Vladivostok, with
the reinforcement of the tleet by the
Gronioboi, Russia and Bogayr and the
torpedo boats ;rpd submarines now in
the harb :r there, they claim that Ko
jestvensky could drive Togo off the sea
and leave Field Marshal Oyama's army
stranded i:i Manchuria.
There is a strong intimation that Ko
jestvensky has something up hts sleeve
which may prove a surprise. This pos-i-lly
is a diversion in the shape of the
dispatih of some fast converted crui-cr-of
the convoy into the Pacific Ocean to
raid upon Japanese commerce.
Simultaneously with the incrca-itig ten
sion over the approach of a -ea battle
comes news that field Mar-hal Oyania
is pressing the Russian right along the
I.iao River north of I-'akunan, a- 11 lie
is beginninr; a general engag. stii-m.
D;nouace Wage System.
Boston, M.:-s. (Special). Rev. Vol I
liam II. V:ri Allen, in a sirinon at lilt
Church f the Advent, den-mtved the
W.l;.'e systrr:! as a species of -la. cry, de- 1
daring It : e e -.tent wi'.i "a- it ;C,::ll''s
of the On-p 1 an 1 pr .'.'.i. -. i', ;tl -litioii.
1 le s .. : "Think tin tt-
sands upon t'.oi.-atid- u'i' A-;.t ;.:id
toil in the d.ikness tun! i',,r en:, ! to.'1
the glazing heat of the :i , 11 . . an 1 tUv
furnace- ot Pennsylvania f r Mr. C.-r
tirgie t o b-:i 1 hbrari s out of :.i - r vt
nf ti er ti i: ami eat his Ic ol ,n t'.u
.sweat of oi 1 r men's fact-."
Ou ii'i Big Bond Issue.
Cliicr.f.'! ( Special). A. -cording to ;,
plan annouii'.-e'i by John AV.ander Dow
ie in a gitieral apij-o,!;..- 1-t.er, all the
win iti'li!-! r:es are to be e'lU-' -iidateil
into cue organisation, to Ik l:u. -.vn a',
".ion Consolidated Annuities." The -e-curiiiis
of the various Z1011 industries
will be purchti-ed by the is-ue ,
000.003 of 7 per cent, gob', bond-. Th
issue will be a lien 0:1 all of 1, caii 's
per-tonal proper'y as well as a'l U:c Zion
industries.
I orinir Pilctier Drowned.
Parkersbut, W. Va. ( Special). Al
bert Mays, aged 48 years, once pitcbei
for the New York National League Pa-c-lw!l
Club, was drowned at Ph.nui rlia-set
Island, in tin- Ohio River. The boat
he was in w is ups"t by the current. Mays
was thrown out in three feet of water
arid was unable to get lo his fe t be
cause of the current. Frank Huff, who
was with Inui, was caught by the b .at
and htbl fa.t, so that Ve saw Mays
drown.
Ten B.-nkrrs la One "Pea."
Columbus, Ohio (Special). A. I!.
Sprar, late ca-.liier of the O'neilin bank,
which Casue L. Cliadwiek swin iied, va
rrceiied at the penitentiary to enter up i.i
lit seven year term. J ft- brought with
bint a letter from District Attorney John
J. Sullivnn, i-i which the official request
ed Warden Gould to give the prisoner
clerical work. Spfar took his imprison
ment with ram good humor. Pecause
there are now 10 bankers in the peniten
inrv. nil of whom have been assigned to
clerical work.
KEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Tfie latest r!arpcnln(s Condensed for Rapid
Reading.'
Comesttc.
The will of Miss KiU n J. McKec, who
din! at Asheville, N. C. May I. ha.
been filed in St. Louis. She was the
daughter of the late William McKec.
founder of the St. I.onis Clobc-Democrat,
and owned the controlling interest
in that newspaper. Her estate is valued
at J.'.pcyi.ooo.
There was little rioting in Chicago,
as the police h.ne broken up the march
ing of mobs alter vagoiu. Charges of
selling out have been made agaui-t the
labor leader and Nfaycr Dunne has ap
pointed a commission to investigate.
The will of Mrs. Clement P. Newbold.
daughter of the late Th-mas Scott, 0 at
tains a bccpicst of S.v.ivo to the mission.!
of tin- Prote-iant Ppi-copal Church and
Jto.oco to the din-nans' Fund of the
Diocese of Pennsylvania.
l'ir-t I. Untenants Juan A. P.oyle and
Charles I.. Woodhof.sc, of the Fourth
I'nited States Infantry, were drowned
in I.agunu Lake. Philippine 1 -.lands, l.ieti
tt'i,.iit ll.r.Ie was a Mai yland'-r.
Ati explosion of dynamite in the Cats-
I. ill c mi nt Company's linn -tone (p.iarry.
. : S n;th'- Lauding. N. Y.. killed one and
b.i lly injured tw laborers.
The engagement i- announci.d of Cap:.
Iii hiuoiul I'. Ili li-in to M--s t'.rii.eida
II. Hull, of Tuxe.l 1 Park. X. Y.
Scwral people were killed and much
property was de-troyed by a fn rce -torm
which swept over Indian Ti rritory.
The Wel-h Congregational Ch'irch at
King ton. Pa., was wrecked by a dyna
mite cp!o-iotl.
A -tatue was unci iled in New Lon
don, Cu in memory of John Win'.lirop
the younger.
The cotton manufacturing indu-try in
New L'.ngland is reported to be prosper
ous. About 250 union carpenters tit Harris
burg went on strike.
William Heffeliugeii. of P.crgeti, O.,
was lined $joo for double man-laughter.
He tired a pistol from his porch, the
bullet causing a woman's death. Anoth
er woman fell dead when she heard of
the tatality.
During the trial i"f Johann loch in
Chicago on the charge of poisoning his
wife a trained nur-e testified that while
hi- wife was ill he .spent most of hts
tune courting his -i-tir-in-law in the
kitchen.
The statement is mmle from fticial
-oitrce- that George Could will succeed
J -ipli Ramsey. Jr., a- president of the
Wabash when the latter retires at the
next meeting of the board of directors.
Governor Pcnnypackcr has signed bills
making the beads of two important I'lnl
ii Klphia ciiv department elective by the
city councils instead of being appointed
by tile mayor.
One of the mo-t remarkable ovations
ever given an American in Llngland was
the farewell dinner to retiring Ambassa
dor Choate at the Lord .Mayor's house,
in London.
Congressman Frank P.. P.randcgce was
selected by cauctH to be United States
senator to succeed the late Orville 11.
Piatt, of Connecticut.
The New York Senate passed the bill
extending the terms of the mayor and
f other elective officers of New York
ruin two to four years.
A federal warrant charging Thomas A.
Ncai, clerk of the i-ourt of the First Ju
dicial district of Oklahoma, with embez
zlement has been .-worn out by C. K.
Sherwood, special agent of the Depart
ment of Justice, y
The New York Produce Exchange has
forwarded to the State Department at
Washington a protest against the "tip
parent intention of the German govern
ment to discriminate again-t American
trade."
The New Jcr-ey Hoard of Pardons re
fused to commute the (h-atli sentence of
Anna Valentino, who wa sentenced to
be hanged at I lackensack on May 1J for
the murder 01 Ko-a Suva.
The New York As-einbly pas-ed over
Mayor McCle'lan's veto the bill transfer
ring the right of granting public fran
chises from the Hoard of Aldermen to
the Hoard of Estimates.
I oreiga.
'J .ie seconds of Hcrr Poz-gay, a mem
ber of the opposition party in the Hun
garian Diet, have declined to give Ti-a
satisfaction as a result of the dispute in
the Diet on the ground that Premier ha
hitherto allowed similar interruptions to
ia-s unnoticed.
Sensational report- that roreign Min
ister Dclcassc of France intended to re
sign because of differences with Premier
kouvicr over foreign affairs are de
nied. The Republican and Liberal leaders
:i Spain op;, -e King .V.ton-o'- vi-it to
l-'r, lie-, ehoi-iipg i: will, c-'intuit Spain
' 'he -up;.- rt of the French .Moroccan
Pr. ie .1 '.'id. uhiitli, oT H.-rhn claim
to ha-.,- --!:,':,': ',,-.! the -iiiulari-y of the
l.:' i d - f 1 :.''!ur in-' a - e: ap - and
liunriu In :i
A. .'.'
the F
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1 p.-:) 1 r ",i -1
Torelliil.
in
v:.-. 1
In- :i i.v.uu In-i!
., n much b, nr.
i ir p. atid will
o 1 1 ,i .rraoii .
F.mp: r--r Wii'iani io-li'e-i
by in- Mediterr.in
:. . e 'o ant' eii' Piluur oi
'1 be ci iiteiinial of the death oi .s-. r
be on-r.-ved in l i t n cue iuid uuivcr
ity town 111 Germany next Tin -day.
1 .ie -tat, a- of Victor Hugo present! d
by the ! raneo-Italian League of pans
to - r-ity cf K .me. was unveiled.
J. Picrpem More 1:1 has been decorated
by 1 lie Sultan oi Turkey.
German Foreign Office officials ex
press the hope that rrpre-entatives 01
the L tilted States and Germany will meet
early in the autumn to negotiate a c mi
ni' rcial treaty, and thai the exchange
of preliminary 'proposal; will take place
-o-neiime late in the summer.
Premier Halfotir, ad Ire-sing 10.000
per-ons in London, predicted the country
would never return the Liberals to pow
er while the latter upheld the dise-.iab-l;-hment
of church and home rule.
The Russian Prince Mestcher-ky eu
logizes the granting of f.berty of reli
gion, expressing; ngret, however, that
the imperial decree doe- not permit a
reform of the Orthodox Church.
There will be no Hritis'n naval man
euvers this year because the g' 01 riinient
is anxious to Inue a large tint in home
waters during the vi-it of the French
iptadroii.
As the n-sult of a bitter li-ais,ion in
the lower luui-e of ihe Hungarian Diet
here Xvill likely be a duel between Pre
mier Ti-za and Herr Posgay.
President Pahna, of Cuba, has vetoed
1 bill appropriating $l,5,i.o.frei to assi-t
in the salutary work of all the munici
palities. Prof. Fain! Stengel, husband and teach
er of Marceila Sembrich, the singer, died
in Herlin as the result of an operation.
Cuba ltas eliminated the favored na
tions clause from a commercial treaty
just signed with Great firitain.
A rule has been issued placing immi
gration inspectors in the classified list.
PLOT AGAINST BRAZIL
A Former Official of Spanish Court
Arrested.
BIG CONSPIRACY IS REVEALED.
Documents Found In Residence ol Snrrlos de
Iterrerfl, In Madrid, Show that Thousands
of Men Had Been Recruited l.i England.
Franc and Spain, Including Many Spanish
Reserve Olficers.
Madrid ( P,y Cable). Sarricn de Her
rera, former king-at-arms of the Span-i-h
court, has been arrested at the in
stance of the I'.razilian minister here on
tile charge cf cou-piring with others
agaiu-t the government of Ilrazil.
A search of the residence of Senor de
Herrera resulted in the discovery of a
numlur of commissions for officers wdio
ware to organize an army in the State
of Ktinani. The commissions bore the
stamp of that state.
The Prazihan mini-ur here confirms
the i!i-covery of the plot. A published
detail taken from the captured documents
show- ihat the plot was financed by a
committee having headuarlers in Lon
don, and which had long been working
for the independence of the Kunani ter
ritory. This territory i- between the
nortlurn frontier of i'razil anJ French
Guiana.
It is stated that the committee, with a
view to controlling the gold mines oi
Kunani, ha 1 been organizing an insur
rection and had recruited men in Eng
land. France and Spain, who were repre
sented as colonists, but, who. in reality,
were intended eventually to become sol
diers. Documents taken from De llerrtra's
residence show that organization wa
proceeding on a vast scale and that
nearly 4.000 men had already been re
cruited in England, 4.000 in France and
4.000 in Spain, among the last named
being included many Spanish reserve of
ficers, some of whom arc actually serv
ing as active officers.
An ex-revolutionary Spanish captain,
who headed the rising in Padajos in
holds a commission of colonel in
the future army of Kunani, and it is
stated that he is already receiving pay
through an English banking-house, at
which funds are depo-ited.
De Herrera styled himself minister
pleninotentiary of Spain for the State
of Kunani. The Prazilian government
got wind of the affair and communicated
with its minister at Madrid. The Span
ish authorities were notified and acted
promptly, and the arrest of l)e Herrera
followed.
JAPS VIOLATE NEUTRALITY ?
Rojestvcnsky Complains Tbey Are la Dutch
Waters.
Paris, (By Cable). The Japanese rep
resentatives in Paris continue to make
almost daily visits to the Foreign Office
to inquire what steps are being taken to
compel the Russian second Pacific squad
ron to maintain the neutrality of French
waters and also to present the informa
tion reaching Tckio showing that the
Ru-sian warships are receiving supplies
from French ports.
It is evident that the Japanese arc
showing growing .solicitude. It seems to
be conceded that the Russian wsscls are
outside the three-mile limit, so the ques
tion no longer hinges upon their being
within French territorial waters. Hut
the Japanese information indicates that
the Russians, while they are outside neu
tral limits, keep up communication with
the shore, thus retaining the practical
advantages of remaining inside neutral
waters. Admiral de Jonquieres' depart
ure from Saigon with a portion of the
French squadron was for the purpose
of carrying out the strict orders sent to
him from here against permitting any
infringement of neutral rights, particu
larly along the coast about Cape St.
James, where the Japanese information
indicat the Ru-sians have secretly been
taking supplies on board.
A di-patch to the 1 lavas Agency from
St. Petersburg says Admiral Roje.-t-vensky
has informed the Russian Ad
miralty of the presence of Japanese warship-
in the territorial waters of the
D itch por'ion of the Island of Borneo.
1 the r'-ports be verified, it is added,
K::-sia will protest to the Netherlands
loveriiment.
00T $20,000 IN OOLO DL'ST.
But Robber Was Compelled By Pursuit to
Abandon Treasure.
' Seattle. Wa-h., (Special). A dispatch
from Fairbanks, Ala-ka, state- that u
l uie man. roughly dressed and with fea
tures concealed by a cloih ma-k, en
tered the cabin of J. P.. Knox and at
the point i f a revolver demanded a quiin
lity of gold dii-t which he a-serted he
kin w to be in the cabin. There were
pn -int at the time, in addition to Knox,
hi- wife and II. C. Hamilton.
In one conn r of the room was ,1
-r. :ig le.x, with fjo.ooo in du-t, the re--ult
of the winter's work n Knox and
I liuiiiltoii n their claim on Cleary Creek.
'I in- box wa- enve-rd with clothing,
which the robKr dragged off, all the
time helping the inmates covered with
hi- revolver. He demanded a kev to
open the box. but this bring refused, he
-honld'-red the box and backed out
i.1'0 tin- night.
Knox ami Hamilton immediately gave
the alarm and in a few moments a
pos-.e of miners was 011 the trail. About
a mile from the cabin they found the
box, badly denied, evidently by blows
of the bandit's revolver, but with its
contents untouched.
Charged With Whltecapplng.
Jackson, Miss., (Special). The Feder
al grand itjry returned 300 indictments
ayainst citizens of Franklin county on
the charge of whitecapping, the specific
charge being the intimidation of Gov
ernment homesteaders. Some of the per
sons indicted are prominent, including
Dr. A. M. Newman, Sheriff of the coun
ty, who was arrested by the l'ni:cd States
Mar-hal, and fave bond for $i,ioo. The
indictments were made on evidence fur
nished by Detective Hoyt, who was em
ployed by Governor Vardunan.
Result ol Forgelfulnesu
Pridgeman, Minn., ( Special). James
Hunter, a farmer living near here, put
some dynamite, with which he intended
to blow out some stumps, in the kitchen
stove oven to thaw. He then forgot
about it ami went to town. Shortly af
terward an explosion wrecked the house
and killed his wife and two children.
One of the children, a boy, was; blown
through a window. When Huriter re
turned home and found what had re
sulted from his forgetfulness he be
came violently insane and is now under
restraint.
BANK IO0TED BY MASKED MEN.
Dandlta Terroritt Village la New York
State.
Oneonta, N. Y., (Special). A bnnd
of masked robbers rode into the village
of Gilbrrtsvillc, about 18 miles fm:n
here, at 3 o'clock A. M., blew open the
modern and supposedly burglar proof
safe in the private bank of E. C. Brewer,
and made good their escape with booty
estimated at between $5,000 and $10,-
eoo. hen the startled villagers were
awakened by the muffled roar of the
explosion and had been halted by the
pistol fire of the retreating bandits, they
found that the robbers had completely
isolated Gilbertsville from the outside
world by cutting all the telegraph and
teli phone wires. Efforts to communicate
with neighboring towns were futile and
when the village folk finally started in
pursuit, the robbers had gained a lead
which could not he overcome.
Parties are searching the woods in
every direction, in the hope that the
robbers have sought shelter in the thick
ets and will seek to leave the vicinity
1 f their daring exploit under cover of
darkness. Several teams which had been
stolen from various barns, and used by
the robbers 111 their approach to the
village and their subsequent flight, were
found abandoned by the roadside. Day
light found the bandits not far from
Gill. 1 rt-vi!e. and it is believed they (hen
left the highway and went intu the
woods afoot. The bold attack rivals in
the details of its thoroughness, its daring
and its success the exploits of the most
notorious bandits of the Western coun
try. It is b.iirvcd there were five men in
the band. That all were heavily armed
was shown by the frequency of their
fire when the villagers arrived near tin:
bank. The men first pried open the
front door of the bank. Not a light
glimmered in the village, and they evi
dently set about their work leisurely.
Two holes were drilled into the heavy
steel door of the newly installed safe,
and into these the explosives, believed to
have been nitroglycerine, was inserted.
The explosion which followed wholly
wrecked the safe and shattered every
window in the bank bidding.
The robbers hastily gathered up all
the money exposed by the explosion
and started on a run ju-t as the first of
the awakened villagers reached the
secenc. Other residents quickly came
up, but in the mean time the invaders
were making good their escape, firing
as they went.
CHINESE MAY MAKE TEST.
Minister Issues Circular Ref ardlnf Exclusion
Law.
Washington, D. C, (Special). Sir
Chentung Liang Cheng, the Chinese Min
ister, has issued a confidential circular of
proclamation to all Chinese in the United
States requesting that he be furnished
with reports of all cases oi applicants
who have been denied admission to this
country and of all deportations on the
ground of non-registration which have
been decided since the expiration of the
Exclusion trtaty of I004.
Some lawyers of repute hold that
there are phases in the Chinese Exclu
sion law which will not stand a test in
the courts, and it is understood to be
the intention of inlhiential Chinese organ
izations in this country to institute legal
proceedings by which the rights of in
dividual Chinese will be adjudicated.
Heavers Pleads Not Oullty.
Washington, D. C, (Special).
George W. Heavers, formerly chief of
the salary jtnd allowance division of
the Postoffice Department, appeared in
Judge Wright's branch of the Criminal
Court to answer to the charge of con
spiracy with others to defraud the
government, but his formal arraignment
was postponed until next Thursday in
order to afford him an opportunity to
secure local surety. Beavers pleaded
not guilty to the six indictments against
him. He was released in furnishing
bail in the sum of $.o,ooo, which was
furnished by a local surety.
Alexander Resigns His Trusteeship.
New York, (Sepcial). President
James W. Alexander, of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society resigned as trus
tee of the majority stock left by the late
Henry Ii. Hyde. It was said that Mr.
Alexander was moving to take this
course because of Jaities H. Hyde's
charge that he had been disloyal to his
trust.
Ape Broke Indiana Law,
Pontbbfud, Ind,, (Special). During
the performance of a trained animal
-how here a constable served a war
rant on the management because a trained
ape .smoked a cigarette during the per
formance. The trial will be held in a
justice'- court. This is the most rigid
enforcement of Indiana's new Anti-Cigarette
law yet reported.
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
The Isthmian Canal Commission de
vised plans to make life in the canal zone
more agreeable for the employes.
Col. Harry II. Brogden died at the
Providence Hospital.
Rear Admiral Stirling was placed on
the retired list.
Delegates to the International Railway
Congress were given a reception, at the
White House, where they were greeted
by Vice President Fairbanks in the ab
sence of President Roo.sevelt.
Secretary Taft has ordered Governor
Davi-, of the Panama Canal zone, to re
turn to Washington because of an at
tack of malaria.
Secretary Hay will return home early
in June.
H. R. Meyer, a-sistant professor of
econoniniics at tiic University of Chicago,
gave his views of the railroad rata prob;
lem to the Interstate Commerce Com
mittee. James J. Hill, president of the Great
Northern Railway, was the star witness
before the Senate Committee on Inter
state Commerce.
Major George S. Wheeler, U. S. A.,
retired, died at his home, in New York.
The trustees of the George Washing
ton University have authorized the or
ganization of Columbian College and
the Washington College ofTeclmology
under the charter. of the university.
China has informed the United States
that she is using every effort to prevent
the departure from her waters df the
Russian cruiser Askold and the Russian
torpedo-boat destroyer now interned at
Shanghai.
Secretary Taft has selected Paul Charl
ton, of Nebraska, to succeed Judge Ala
gnoii as law officer of the Insular Bureau.
CAN REGULATE RATES
The Tower is Amply Vested in the
Government.
WHAT COMMISSIONS HAVE DONE.
Oplnon of Attorney Oeneral Moody In Lelter
Addressed to Chairman Elklns, ' ol the
Senate Committee 00 Interstate Commerce
Authorities Quoted to Prove Hit Position
Authority ot States.
Washington, D. C, (Special). Attorney-Gen.
William II. Moody trans
mitted to Senator Stephen P. Elkins,
chairman of the Senate Committee on
Interstate Commerce, bis opinion on the
power of the international Government
to regulate railroad rates.
After an exhaustive review of the
opinions of the Supreme Court in many
cases, the Attorney-General thus sums
up his conclusions :
"j. There is a governmental power
to fix the maximum future charges of
carriers by railroad, vested in the Leg
islatures if the States with regard to
transportation exclusively within the
States, and vested in Congress with re
gard to all other transportation.
"2. Although kgislative power, prop
erly speaking, cannot be delegated, the
law-making body having enacted into
law the standard of charges which shall
control, may intrust to an administra
tive body not excrcii-ing in the true sense
judicial power the duty to fix rates in
conformity with that standard.
"3. The rate-making power is not a
judicial function and cannot be con
ferred constitutionally upon the courts
of the United States, cither by way
of original or appellate jurisdiction.
"4. The courts, however, have the
power to investigate any rate or rates
fixed by legislative authority and to de
termine whether they arc such as would
be confiscatory of the property of the
carrier, and if they are judicially found
to be confiscatory in their effect, to re
strain their enforcement.
"5. Any law which attempts to de
prive the courts of this power is uncon
stitutional. "(1. Any regulation of land transpor
tation, however exercised, would seem
to be so indirect in its effect upon the
ports that it could not constitute a pref
erence between the ports of different
States within the meaning of Article 1,
Section 9, paragraph 6 of the Constitu
tion. "7. Reasonable, just and impartial
rates determined by legislative authority
are not within the prohibition of Article
I, Section 9, paragraph 6 of the Constitu
tion, even though .they result in a vary
ing charge per ton a mile to and from
the ports of the different States."
VAST CROWD HONORS LEE.
Thousand! lo Lonj- Procession at Rich
mond. Richmond, Va., (Special). Wrapped
in the flag of the "Lost Cause," for
which he so gallantly fought, and while
blue and gray vied with one another m
paying homage to his illustrious memory,
the body of Fitz.hngh Lee, soldier and
patriot, was laid in its final resting place
in Hollywood Cemetery beneath the green
sod of a slope overlooking the James
River guarded by thousands of his com
rades. Not since the ceremonies attending the
reinterment of the remains of Jefferson
Davis in Hollywood 12 years ago has
the South witnessed so imposing a pa
geant as that which escorted the body
of Lee to the grave. Practically all the
residents of Richmond and thousands
from near and far saw the funeral pro
cession, and it is estimated that 40,000
persons thronged Hollywood Cemetery
to witness the last rites. Veterans in
blue and gray, officers of the United
States Army, the entire National Guard
of Virginia, United States Senators, Gov
ernors, men, women and children, white
and black, turned out to honor the illus
trious dead.
A NOVEL IDEA.
Bank Clerki Ordered lo Have Their Photo
graphs Taken.
Milwaukee, Wis. (Special) Every em
ploye of the First National Bank of Mil
waukee has been ordered to have his pho
tograph taken and one copy turned over
to the officers of the institution. In ad
dition 10 the photographs certain meas
urements will be taken of each employe.
Notice to this effect was posted in the
bank. President Fred Vogel, Jr., when
asked about the order, confirmed its is
sue, but denied that any minute meas
urements, such as the P.ertillion method,
would be taken. Mr. Vogel said as the
head of the First National he was ac
quainted with few of the employes, ami
by studying their photographs he hoped
to be belter able to recognize them if he
met them on the strict.
Man Tarred and Feathered.
Benwood, W. Va., (Special). John
Jackman was found in an empty box
car with two boys. A number of men
stripped him of his clothing and covered
him with lar and feathers. When his
tormentors left he crawled to a shed.
After daylight several persons brought
him articles of clothing and a Humane
Society officer from Wheeling look him
in charge and placed him in jail. Jack
man suffered intensely from his ex
posure. Former Policeman Atwell Yost
has been arrested, charged with being
a party to the tar-and-feather incident.
Suicide With Shoestring.
New York, (Special). Mattie Van
Ranst, a daughter of the late C. W. Van
Ranst, a publisher of this city, was
found dead in her apartments on Si.
Nicholas avenue. A shoestring was tied
tightly about her neck. Miss Van Ranst,
who was 44 years old, left a note in
which she said she was tired of life. She
had not been seen since last Saturday,
and physicians said she had been dead
several days. Locked in the room with
the body was a pet bull dog, almost dead
from starvation. "
Halll Rivet to Marry ?
Asbury Park, N. J. (Special) Friends
of Hallic Arminie Rives, the noted
Southern writer, are convinced that she
is soon to marry Post Wheeler, the well
known journali't. Miss Rives and Mr.
Wheeler, after spending the winter in
Ocean Grove with Rev. Dr. lleny
Wheeler, father of the journalist, sailed
no the same steamer 10 days ago for
Europe. While Dr. Wheeler denied that
the marriage was contemplated, he re
fused to deny that the couple were engaged.
A MONUMENT TO NURSES.
la Memory of Those Who Died la the Spanish
Wor.
Washington, D. C, (Special). A
huge monument of rough-hewn granite,
erected by the Spanish-American war
nurses as a lasting tribute to the women
who gave up their lives in the service
of their country during the Spanish
American War, was unveiled in the
National Cemetery at Arlington.
The monument stands 7 feet 6 inches
in height and is 6 feet square around
the base. H is surmounted by a Maltese
cruss in heroic size.
Af'er the invocation by father Mc
Gngan, Dr. Anita Ncwconih McOce,
president of the hfsociatioii, made the
opening address. Her daughter, Miss
Klotho McGee, unveiled the monument
to the music of "The Star-Spangled
Banner," played by the Seventh Cavalry
Band.
The orator of the day was Mrs. Don
ald McLean, president of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, who paid
a tribute to tnc women who had lost
their lives in the service of their coun
try. Addresse- were made by Chaplain
Pierce, of Fort Myer, and Dr. George
Dudley, chaplain of the United Spanish
American War Veterans. The closing
prayer was made by Chaplain Robinson,
United Stales Army, retired.
The ceremonies concluded with the
sounding of "tups" -by the Seventh
Cavalry Baiid.
The names of the nurses which are
engraved upon the monument arc Min
erva Turnhull, of New Orleans; Mrs.
Isabella R. Bradford, of New Orleans;
Miss Margaret Greenfield, of St. Paul;
Miss Katlircine Stansbury, of Chicago;
Miss Kllcn May Towers, of Detroit;
Miss Clara Wood, of Rochester, N. Y.,
and Miss Irene Toland. of St. Louis.
There arc also mention of "five Sisters
of Charily from St. Joseph's Hospital,
in Eniinilsburg, Md., who lost their
lives at Montauk, from typhoid fever."
Their names are not given on the monu
ment, but the are Sister Mary, who
was formerly Miss Annie l.arkin, of
Brooklyn; Sister Anastacia, formerly
Miss Mary Ellen Burke, of Brooklyn;
Sister Mary Agnes, formerly Miss Mary
Sweeney, (if Baltimore; Sister Caroline,
formerly Miss Caroline, of Frederick,
Md., and Sister Mary Elizabeth, for
merly Miss Mary Flanagan, of Ireland.
All of these women were trained nurses.
Of the great army of women who
voulenteered their service and who lost
their lives arc buried at Arlington arc
seven Sisters of Charity from the famous
Charity Hospital of New Orleans. They
were inutilities and rendered service in
the camps of Jacksonville, Chickamanga
and Tampa, but no record is in the War
Department of 'their names or their
services. Letters have been sent to the
Charity Hospital for a record of them,
which they probably have in that insti
tution, but the reply obtained was that
"if their martyrdom was no better ap
preciated by their country, it might rest
that way." The authorities at the insti
tution refuse to send the names of these
brave women.
Some action will be taken by the
nurses at their convention this week
by which the records of the volunteer
nurses will be kept, just as are the
records of the nurses who sign contracts
with the Government.
BANDITS KILLED DV POSSE.
The Galea Brother Close Long Career of
Crime.
Winnipeg, Manitoga, (Special). The
last chapter in the Mission Junction hold
up has been played, and the bandits who
held up the Canadian Pacific train, the
Continental Express, are now 'lying cold
in death, according to dispatches re
ceived here from Sebar, N. M.
The Gates boys, two of the most dar
ing criminals who ever stuck up a stage,
rilled an express car or robbed any de
pository of wealth, and who were two
of three daring men who held up the
westbound Continental Express last Sep
tember, will never answer for their many
crimes. After robbing tht Southern ex
press car last August, they crossed into
Canada and there committed the first
railway holdup recorded in the annals
of Canada.
Their end was due to holding up a
saloon in Lordsburg, N. M., on March
15, in which the barkeeper was killed.
A posse started in pursuit, and after
a h.trd chase the bandits were shot down.
Bill Minor, the other participant in
the crime, is still at large. George Gates
was J2, and his brother Vernon 26.
They were sons of a well-to-do miner
in Alamaya. Arnot, another brother, is
lost to the world.
Mrs. Bolkln al Son' Bier,
San Francisco, (Special). Mrs. Cor-,
delia Bolkin, convicted of the murder
of Mrs. John P. Dunning, of Dover,
Del., by means of poisoned candy sent
through the mails, was permitted to
leave the county jail, in charge of a
deputy sheriff, so that she might view
the remains of her only son, who died
a few days ago. She placed a few roses
in the coffin and gave evidence of deep
grief, but did not lo.-e her (iclf-coiitrol.
FINANCIAL.
...peaking of wheat conditions in the
West, Vice President Kendricks, of the
Atchison, says : "The crop is absolutely
perfect at this time."
Among the many other promised "good
things" that didn't come to pass was
that Southern iron merger. As a result
Tennessee Coal shares have dropped
down about 20 points.
Wabash directors niel, but President
Ramsey didn't resign as was expected
he might do.
T. H. Price has faced about after a
year's successful campaign as the lead
ing bear on cotton and is now a bull.
John W. Gates Came out with a most
bullish statement in regard to United
Slates Steel. He said underlying con
ditions everywhere are sound.
The French government has desig
nated M. Oueard as the French member
of the Board of Consulting Engineers
attached to the Isthmian Canal Com
mission. Referring to Gould's latest undertak
ing, of building his Western Pacific Rail
road from Salt Lake City to San Fran
cisco, somebody said : "Gould is not
big enough to expand to both the At
lantic and the Pacific."
Mrs. Lucinda 11. Simmons is dead at
Fast Orarge, N. J. Her father, Wheat
Beals, of Vermont, built the first railroad
track in the United States, and her
grandfather was a member of the Boston
tea party.
Gould brokers wcre openly supporting
Missouri Pacific. Gould's retirement
from the Union Pacific Board was in
terpreted as a rather ominous sign.
THE JURY , DISAGREES
Third Trial of "Nan" Patterson Ends
As Did Second.
COURT WAS CALLED AT 2 A. M.
Recorder (lolf Had Gone Down Especially lo
Receive Ih Verdict His Instructions al the
Clot of Ihe Case Seemed Fair ti Ihe Pile,
oner Young's Coal and Vest, as Well it
Skeleton tied In Jury' Deliberations.
New York, (Special). Shortly before
a o'clock Thursday morning the jury in
the case of "Nan" Patterson, charged
with the murder of "Caesar" Y'oung in
a cab, after having deliberated since I
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, announc
ed to the court, which had been spec
ially convened by Recorder Goff for the
purpose, that it was unable to agree, and
was discharged.
At i. .10 o'clock A. M. the jury was
called into the courtroom by Recorder
Goff. When the i men were in their
places and the court officials had all
arrived the Kecorder asked why the de
fendant had not been brought into court.
A deputy sheriff replied that she had
been feeling ill and had retired, but was
then being dressed.
After a wait of 12 minutes Miss Pat
terson appeared, looking pale and in a
highly nervous slate.
"Gentlemen, have you been able to
reach an agreement?" asked the Record
er of the jury.
"No, sir," replied the foreman.
"Is there any question of law or of
evidence in which I can instruct you?
Is there any way in which the court can
help you?"
The foreman looked for an instant at
his fellow-members of the jury, then
turned to the Recorder and said :
"No, sir; I don't believe you can help
us."
"Then you will retire to reconsider the
matter."
The jury filed out and the courtroom
was cleared. Recorder Goff remained
in his chamber a while and later called
the jury back and discharged it.
It will now rest with the court wheth
er "Nan" Patterson will be released on
bail and with tV District Attorney
whether she shall be tried again, anil if
so, when.
If the prosecution insist. it is likely
that the former chorus girl may be kept
in prison to await another trial.
It is not unusual in such cases, how
ever. , for the defendant to be released on
bail and the case dropped.
With the jury which was considering
her case out. Nan Patterson sat the
greater part of the night in her cell
at the Tombs bouyed up by the hope
that at the end of their deliberation the
twelve men would agree to a verdict of
not guilty. Miss Patterson's hopes were
based partly on rumors which were cur
rent about the Criminal Courts Build
ing in the afternoon that the first ballots
taken in the jury room were decidedly
in her favor. The jury had the case
since shortly after I P. M.
PRODUCED RAIN IN CALIP0RMA.
I C. Hatfield Successfully G.nerated and Dis
charged Gas la Midair.
Los Angeles, Cal., (Special). Charles
Hatfield, a "rainmaker," wdio has been
working since December 15 last to pro
duce 18 inches of rain for southern Cali
fornia by May I, on a pledge of a num
ber of Los Angeles merchants to pay
him Si.ooo if he succeeded, has completed
his demonstration, and has been paid
a hirge proportion of the sum promised.
The remainder of the amount guaranteed
him will be paid shortly, it is said. The
fall of rain in Los Angeles during the
season ending May I has been 18.96 in
ches, which far exceeds the fall last sea
son, and is above the normal annual pre
cipitation for this secson. Hatfield es
tablished his "rainmaking" plant in Al
tadena, in the foothills of the moun
tains, some i'O miles from Los Angeles,
on December 15, and the amount of rain
fall from that date in the immediate lo
cality of his plat has been 26.49 inches.
Hatfield's method is in generation of gas
and its discharge into the atmosphere
from a chimney, which has the result,
he claimed, of attracting-forces in nature
which compel moisture to form and be
precipitated in the shape of rain.
30,982 RURAL ROUTES.
Illinois, Ohio and Iowa Have Over 2,000
Each.
Washington, D. C, (Special). Fourth
Assistant Postmaster-General De Graw
made public a report on the rural free
delivery service in the United States,
showing a total of 30,1,8.2 routs in opera
tion May 1, with 4. 70S petitions for the
service pending in the PoMofiice Depart
ment, April I last there were 29,0) routs in
operation and 4,5-M petitions pending. Of
the 4,?(xS cases pending 884 have been
asssigned for establishment cither May
15 or June I, leaving 3,824 petitions un
acted upon.
By States, the largest number of
routes in operation is 2,478 in Illinois;
Ohio, with 2,lK6; Iowa, 2,068; Indiana,
1.934; Pennsylvania, 1,737; Ncw.Y'ork,
1.030. and Missouri, 1,598, are next in
order.
Pennsylvaol Editor Dead.
Tyrone, Pa. (Special). Major Chas.
S. W. Jones, of the Sheridan Troop, of.
this place, and editor and proprietor of
the Tyrone Herald,, died at his home
here. He served in the Civil War and
commanded the Sheridan Troop in Porto
Rico during the Spanish War.
Korean "Grafter" Removed.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Minis
ter Allen, at Seoul, Korea, reports to the
State Department that a magistrate at
Penyang, who was charged with invading
the treaty rights of many Americans and
with extorting great sums of money il
legally from ihe people, finally has been
removed from office. The magistrate's
peculations, according p the report, were
more than $100,000.
Ex-Banker Perry Freed.
Chicago, (Special). Isaac N. Perry,
formerly president of the National Bank
of North America, was acquitted of tha
charge of -netting fire to the Chicago,
Car and Locomotive Company' plant
at Ilegewiscfi, 111., to secure the insur
ance money. The jury was out only 10
minutes. The locomotive works were,
burned several months ago while idle.
The National Bank of North America
had lent the car company several hun
dred thousand dollars and Mr. Perry
was charged with having set tire to the
plant to recover ihe insurance to meet,
the claim of bia bank- 1