RUSSIANS JrtEET REPULSE Preliminaries For (be Next Big Battle on Land. GENERAL ADVANCE OF THE JAPANESE. Russians Attack Oyama's Thrct Advancing Columns, but Art Drives Back Their Losses Art Heaviest North of Fakumen, Where the Jtpt' Shell Fire Mows Tbem Do a. Tokio (P.y Cable). Advices from Manchuria plainly show tliat the pre liminaries are in progress for another mighty struggle between the two great armies. The Russians occupy a line 4- miles long, from Yehhoching to Hsidosicn, by way of Siipingchicn, where they have good defensive positions, and are strong ly entrenched. The Japanese are ad vancing in three columns from Kaiyuan, Changtufu and Fakumen. In the Eastern field the Russians who retreated from Tunghiia and Hsingking rallied at Wanghaothc, 40 miles north of Tunglitia, hut subsequently withdrew to the ivrth. their advanced position be ing now at I.iuhochcn, 15 miles north of Wangkaote. Their main position is at Hailung ching, where General Patoriloff com mands. An official report issued by the War Department shows that the Russian rc connaisances on the morning of Thurs day included simultaneous attacks upon all three of the Japanese columns ad vancing from Fakumen, Cliangtufu and Kaiyuan. The mot determined attack was made at Xanchingtsu, to miles north of Kaiyuan. All the attacks were repulsed. The Russian losses were heaviest north of Kakumen, where the Japanese shell fVre severely punished the attacking force. The Japanese casualties were scattering and slight. Moevltcb Reedy to Accept Battle. Ounshu Pass ( 10S miles north of Tie Pass), Manchuria (By Cable). A gen eral engagement is imminent. Field Marshal Oyama is deploying heavy forces again-t Genera! Lincvitch's left, and is contracting his troops along the center, hut his base is opposite the Rus sian right. It is not yet clear which wing is mak ing a demonstration and which will de liver the main blow. It is evident from Lincvitch's preparations that Ke intends to accept a decisive battle. St. Petersburg ( By 'Cable). The War Office confirms the report from Guiishu Pass that Field Marshal Oyama is on the eve of taking the general offensive, and no doubt is entertained here that General I.inevitch will accept battle in his present positions. The genera! .staff believes Oyama"s advance was precipitated by the doubt regarding the issue of the coming naval battle between Admirals Rojcs'.vcn-ky and Togo. With an unbeaten army in front of him, Oyama's position might be critical if bis communications with Japan were interrupted, even temporarily. Russia and Contraband. St. Petersburg (By Cable). The Su perior Admiralty Court has decided the appeal in the case of the British steam er Calchas, captured by the Vladivostok squadron, overruling Admiral Jessen's protest against the decision of the Vlad ivostok court ordering her release. Ad miral Jessen contended that the steamer was subject to confiscation, on the ground that she carried Japanese dispatches. At the same time the Superior Court decided that the detention of the Calchas was legal, thus barring any claim for damages on the ground of illegal deten tion. Following the precedent set in the case of the German steamer Arabia, con fiscated by the V!aihvo-tok prize court, which recognized the American doctrine that foodstuffs are conditional contra band, the court ordered the release of 350000 pounds of tl.nir, in which Ameri cans, principally residing on the Pacific Coast, are interested, and sustained the confiscation of 36 bales of cotton and 97 b iles of limber, the latter decision be ing a rejection f Secretary Hay's con ditional contraband as to include all articles of dual u-e. The Vladivostok prize court has not yet passed on the machinery on board the Calchas. ROBBED BANK TO SAVE SON. Pathetic Conlcsstan of Employe of a Des Moines Bank. Ucs Moines Iowa ( f'pc -ial ) . Carl M. Spmccr, a former :ri employe of the lies Moinc-- National 1 '.:.:.!;, was indicted by the Federal gram! jury on a chare; of embezzlement and tor alleged fratid ttler't entries in the bank' b . is. The amount of Spencer's alleged shortage will not exceed $-.noo. There 1- a pathetic -nry in connection with Spencer's cotifes -ion, which he made pr.or to the ind;e:;nc nt. For many years inmial'y he had been taking an invalid son hast for medical treatment. He bad b"eu unable to git the expenses in curred by the medical attention, and to save the buy's life he took money from It i' employer. Another clerk -u-ptcted of the theft and .subsequently disini-scd from the li-.t'k U completely exonerated by Spen cer's confession. tltht Killed in Cothilon. Louisville, Ky. (Special). F.ight men were killed and four injured in a freight celiision near Echols. Ky. Rubbers Missed 500,000. San Francisco (Special). An attempt to rob the stamp safe at the San Fran cisco Postofiiee was frustrated by Watch man William O'Connell. wdio saw one -of the burglars drilling the safe. The burglars took alarm and escaped with only J 1,400 worth of stamps found out si'i the safi. The safe contained $14, f?X) in stamps and much money, while in the cashier's room, adjoining the stamp ('."!: rtmcnt. was a large safe which con tained nearly Syjv.ooo. Offered It light Duel? Chattitnooga, Tctin. (Special). C!;ar;.'ed with tending a challenge to fight u duel, M. D. Bl.ii ton, a well-known yoirrtrf man, wa indicted by the grand Vry a;i:l arrested. He gave a bond of Jl.tv.o for his appearance in court. It it alleged that young Wanton recently sent a Inter to Dr. C. A. Cobleigh, in v ltieh lie challenged him to fight a duel. The case was put into the hands of the rr dice and the judic'r.-.i m and arrtit followed. NEWS IN S00BT ORDER. Ttt laUil ttajpeelogs Condensed for Rapid Beading. Cones tlc Manuel Montoya, a rich stockman of Los Alamosa, N. M., cut his wife's throat with a razor while in an insane rage, tore down part of his house, broke much furniture, and then severed his own jugular vein. A New York policyholder of the F.qui tablc Life Assurance Company has writ ten to President Roosevelt asking him to order an investigation of the com pany's affairs. Additional claim1, aggregating $17,000, were filed in die United States District Court in Philadelphia against the llaight & breeze Company, brokers. The committee of the United Brrthrcn Conference, in Topeka, Kan., refused to accipt the report of the treasurer, Rev. Dr. McKec, of Dayton, O. Mrs. Mary Shepard died at her home, in Ponghkeepsie, N. Y., at the age of 104. She was born in County Kilken ny, Ireland, December J-,, 1K00. Tile president, vice ptesident and cash ier of the American National Bank of Abilene, Tex., were indicted by the fed eral grand jury. The municipal ferryboat Richmond was launched at the shipyards of the Burlec Shipbuilding Company, of Port Richmond, S. I. Minister Barrett declared in New York that sanitation presented a more difficult problem on the isthmus than the engi neering. II. Clay Grubb, who was tried at Sal isbury, N. C, on the charge of killing his brother-in-law, O. B. Davis, Was acquitted. P. J. McArdle, of Muncie, Ind.. was elected president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Work ers. Thieves killed William Strickland, watchman at the Standard Oil ware houses in Raleigh, N. C, and burned the place. The various committees made reports at yesterday's session of the American Baptist Missionary Union in St. Lpuis. The American Federation of Musi cians, in session in Detroit, decided to hold next year's convention in Detroit. The General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church decided to allow instrumental music in the church serv ices. Reports were made to the Convention of the Switchmen's Union in Indianapo lis. Andrew Carnegie has' given $1.25,000 to Wcllesley College for a library. Dr. William Osier, recently professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, sailed from New York for Liverpool rnrout to Oxford to accept a professorship. At Natchez, Miss., Peter Matheson, a book agent, killed two men and fatally wounded his mother-in-law. He also shot at a four-year-old girl, but without effect. The women connected with the Toron to (Kan.) Baptist Church, which was demolished by a cyclone, have appealed to John D. Rockefeller for funds for a new edifice. At Somerville, N. J., George II. Wood pleaded guilty to the murder of George Williams in the second degree and was sentenced to the penitentiary for 30 years. The First National Bank of Cornwall, N. Y., has closed its doors. It was cap italized at $.'5,000, and, according to a re cent statement, owed its depositors $18, 000. President Ripley, of the Santa Fe Rail way, says that Paul ..lurton. secretary of the Navy, can return to the service of the Santa Fe if he so desires. It is probable that an increase in rates will be discussed by the Royal Arcanum at its convention in Atlantic Citv. At Pueblo, Col., Frank Cowe'lls killed his sweetheart ami then himself. Philadelphia's City Councils voted to lease the city's gas works to the United Gas Improvement Company for 75 years for $-'5,000,000. The announcement of the re -i:lt wtrs received with hisses and cries of "Thieves!" from the gallery. Alienists testified in Somerville, N. J., in the case of George H. Wood, ac cused of killing George Williams, that epileptics might commit crime without knowing it while in a state of .subcon sciousness, Carl M. Spencer, a former trusted employe of the I es Moines National Bank, was indicted by the federal grand jury on a charge of embezzlement and for alleged fraudulent entries in the bot ks. Dr. D. K. Pearsons, a philanthropist," of Chicago, who has given many hun dred thousand dollars to small colleges, has donated $50,000 to Montpelier aicm inary, of Montpelier, Vt. toreign. There are prospects of a bountiful liarve-t in Ri-;u tu, year. The pram blockade i;i the .southeastern part of the country i.as been broken, aluM 90.- 000 ears ha.ug been moved in April. King Victor F.iii,ii.inii'-1 of Italy re ccicd James Stoke-., of Niw York, vice pre-ident ot the Young Men's Chri-tian A -.-ociation, and spoke of tije associa tion's good work in that country. The United Hungarian 1 ppo-itioii has decided to appoint Count Andrassy as their representative to pri-.ent to the King the program on winch liny will support the cabinet. Tile Austrian Minister of Marine has placed an order for 6 torpedo-boat de stroyers and 10 torpedo boats with a shipbuilding firm at Finnic, Hungary. The celebration in Berlin of the wed ding of Crown Prince Frederick Wil liam and the Duchess Cecilia will last four days, beginning June 3. The third anniversary of the inaugu ration of the Cuban Republic was ap propriately celebrated at Havana and other Cuban cities. The Russian commission will recom mend the e-tablishment of a representa tive assembly with limited legislative powers. Two thousand Albanians surround the town of Guillane, Albania, and threat en .to massacre the Servian population. Moorish pirates attacked a small Brit ish vessel and riddled the British flag with bullets. Fight persons were killed by lightning and many injured in Silesia. A critical condition of affairs exists in Servia. The newspapers bitterly at tack the King. The first-class battleship Africa (16, 350 tons) was launched at Chatham, Knglaud. She is of the King F.dward VII. type. Secretary of Slate Hay will have fin ished the prescribed cure this week at Bad-Nauhenn and will then go to Paris. King Edward narrowly escaped in juiy in a driving accident while return ing from a rare course. A Russian workman stumbled with a bomb in his pocket in Warsaw, the ex plosion killing him and two detectives who were closely watching him. The bomb, it is believed, wan intended for 1 governor General Maximovitch. ANNULS ASPHALT GRANT The Venezuelan Court Defies United States. MAY NOW SCiTTHE PROPERTY. Thlt Government Now Expected to Take Prompt Action and Insist I poo Submission of the Controversy to Arbitration Repre sentatives of the Asphalt Company Say They Have Fulfilled Their Contract. Washington, D. C. (Special). The decision of the High Federal Court of Venezuela, the highest judicial tribunal in that country, made at Caracas, an nuling the concession of the New York and Bernnidez Asphalt Company, and ordering that company to pay the gov ernment damages sustained by the al leged complicity of the company in the Matos revolution, will probably bring quick results front the United States government, which has been waiting to take action only until the case has been finally disposed of in the Venezuelan courts. In response to the various de mands of the State Department, whose officials hold that there has been a de nial of justice to the asphalt company, President Castro litis always replied 'that he would nut arbitrate anything until the case had passed through his courts in the proper manner. Holding the position it does, it -is not likely that this government will engage in controversy with President Castro much longer. It is openly asserted that the patience of President Roosevelt and other officials of the government has long been exhausted at the altitude of the Venezuelan executive, and there is every possibility of a renewal of demands upon him. It is unlikely, however, that any action will be taken until the pres ent phase of Venezuelan affairs, the Bowen-Loomis case, has been settled. The first step to be taken will be an investigation of the merits of the case just decided by the High Federal Court. If it is found that there has been a denial of justice, and this is expected by government officials here, who have no faith in Venezuelan courts and who think that Castro runs them to suit him self, representations will be at once made to President Castro. These, it is said, will consist in a renewal of the demand for arbitration by a tribunal. The last communication in the Vene zuelan government concerning the as phalt case was a demand for arbitration with threat of forcible action. The gov ernment here has done nothing to carry out the threat implied in this communi cation, which amounted to an ultima tum. Since then the State Department has merely been waiting for a decision of the federal court at Caracas, waiting to see what the outcome would be, and to then renew representations when President Castro would have no excuse for prolonging the negotiations. The. State Department has had no confirma tion or details of the decision of the high federal court, but it is expected that Mr. Hutchinson, charge d'affaires of the American Legation at Caracas, will make a report immediately. FORT WORTH STRUCK BY TORNADO. One Mao Killed and Much Damage Done Buildings Wrecked. Fort Worth, Tex. (Special). A heavy windstorm, blowing at the rate of 70 miles an hour, struck this city from the southwest at 6.30 o'clock P. M. Part of the west wall of the Texas an Pa cific station was blown in and John Young, a train dispatcher, killed. The storm was most severe west of the city, and all telephone and telegraph wires in that direction are down. A passenger on a Texas and Pacific train from the West reports that the town of Mineral Wells was partly blown away. One church belonging to the African Methodist Episcopal Church here was demolished. Many business buildings lost their roofs, including the First Na tional Bank Building, a seven-story structure. The Baptist and the Episcopalian churches in North Fort Worth were partly wrecked, while the roofs of the Grand Hotel, in East Weatherford street, and of the Johnson House, in West Bluff street, were torn away. Fifty dwellings in various parts of the city were damaged. The Second Ward School building was partly wrecked. The storm extended as far cast as Terrell, but did no particular damage at that point. Handley seven miles east of Fort Worth, suffered much property damage. Shot and Killed Hla Father. Bellport, R. 1. (Special). Joseph O'Connell, a boy, shot his father, Thomar O'Connell, through the he;irt. The boy claims that he shot his father in self defense. He has not been arrested. Jo seph and his father engaged in a fierce quarrel and the latter attacked Joseph with an axe. The son was severely gashed and is seriously injured. The father died almost instantly. Moro Chief Killed. Manila (By Cable). News has been received that Pala, the outlaw Moro chief, who has been pursued the past two weeks on the island of Jolo by troops under the command of Gen. Leonard Wood, has been killed. His few sur viving follower are being trailed by the ..troops. At the beginning of the uprising Pala was reported to have a following of 600 well-armed men, most of whom have been killed. Women Accused as Coiners. Philadelphia ( Special). Secret-service operatives arrested three women and a man who are charged with counter feiting silver coins. Mrs. Koe Wein stein, Bessie, her daughter, and Charles Nabesky were captured in the Wein stein home and Kate MalenkofT was ar rested in her own home, several blocks away- In both places were found many spuricus half-dollars, quarters and dimes, besides the paraphernalia for manufacturing the money. Wealthy Woman Insane. Mount Vernon (Special). A sheriff's jury at White Plains declared Mrs. Sa rah Ann Mead, a prominent resident of Bedford, insane and incompetent to man age her large estate. The woman's hal lucinations are, it is said, that relig ious societies and colleges should have all her money. Mrs. Mead is 78 years old, and lately has been trying to; turn all mortgages and notes that she owns into cash, so she could give it away fpr charitable and religious purposes. CHINA TO RETALIATE. Propose to Boycott American Ooods Here after. Washington, D. C. (Special). China will oppose to Chinese exclusion its boycott of American goods. This was announced officially by the Chiiie-e Lega tion here. Asked what was meant by the action of China in deciding not to purchase American goods, the Chinese Minister said : "It means business. China will not buy a yard of American goods whil America violates her treaty obligations by excluding or deporting Chine.c." The Chinese diplomat explained that the treaty of tSoS between China and America gave full freedom of inter course. Chinese under that treaty could come to America, and America could trade with China. This treaty was modified by the treaty of tSHo, which provided that the United States and China might make an agree ment excluding Chinese laborers. This was done in S)4 by a treaty limited to to years, which treaty expired last year. The expiration of this treaty, the Chi nese diplomat asserts, places the two countries in the position in which they were placed by the treaty of tfsSo. Every Chinaman excluded or deported is ex cluded or deported in violation of the treaty obligations of the United States to China. The only way in which there can be such exclusion, the Chinese hold, is by treaty providing for it. No such treaty is now in force. Not only will China boycott American goods, the diplomat says, but it is col lecting data to make a basis for claims for indemnity of the exclusion and de porting of Chinamen contrary to treaty rights. SAYS SHE BORROWED $900,000. Mrs. Cbadwlck Tells About Seme of Her Financial Operations. Cleveland (Special). Mrs. Cassic L. Chadwick made a statement concerning her affairs, in which she told of the beginning of her financial troubles. "Since January 1, 1901, I have had $3,210,000. Of this amount I borrowed not over $900,000, the remainder coming from a trust fund and some sales. "In April or May, 1901, I owed cmly $5.1.000. I paid (flat debt. I was then induced to make an investment which called for almost $400,000. I took no security for this investment, and the transaction, so far as I am concerned, never materialized. The investment was made upon the advice of a friend." After relating her experiences while abroad, during which time her husband and her niece were ill for several months, Mrs. Chadwick says : "Early in the month of February, 1002, after my return home I was informed that my investment was a loss and that I was in debt $400,000. Besides that sum there was an additional loss which I had incured of $200,000. In order to meet these obligations F made large loans, for which I paid heavy commis sions. "I have borrowed in all $900,000. I obtained $175,000 on my own note. A loan of $240,000 was secured by me on the indorsement of a prominent New Yorker. The other $400,000 I have men tioned before. "I have been offered bail by a promi nent Clevelander, who wishes his name kept secret. 1 shall not accept freedom on such a condition. The person who makes the offer is wealthy'.' A Monument at Ncwbern. Newbem, X. C. (Special). With im pressive ceremonies and in the pres ence of many people there was unveiled in the Newbem National Cemetery a monument commemorating; the valor of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer In fantry in the Civil War. The monu ment is 17 feet high and is surmounted by a lifelike figure of a uniformed sol dier at parade rest. 200,000 I Missing. Boston (Special). James D. Colt, re ceiver for the Tfaight & Freese Company, stock brokers, filed a bill of complaint in the United States Circuit Court here, in which he charged that $200,000 of the concern's funds is missing. LIYE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS, Justice Martin F. Morris, of the Dis trict of Columbia Court of Appeals, hav ing indicated to the President his inten tion soon to retire, the President has announced that he will appoint former Senator Louis E. McComas, of Mary land, as Justice Morris' successor. Associate Justice Anderson, of the Su preme Court of the District of Columbia, issued an order temporarily enjoining John W. Hayes and associates, claiming to be officer of the Kniglua of Labor, from performing duties of those offices. Secretary Taft has decided, for the present, at least, not to buy ioreign-built ships and material for the Panama Canal in foreign markets. In the taking of evidence before a Washington notary in the case of the Baroness von Roquc, mother of Mrs. Maybrick, for recovery of lands, an affi davit was read from a New Y'ork physi cian stating that Mrs. Maybrick was suffering with rheumatism. In the Criminal Court Attorney Worthington filed a motion for a sepa rate trial for George W. Crawford in the case of Machcn, Lorenz and Craw ford, charged with conspiracy to de fraud the government. Mr. W. W. Ludlow, who has been appointed chief clerk of the Treasury to succeed the late Wallace Hills, has entered on the discharge of his new duties. Dr. Jacob H. Hollander, of Baltimore, explained to the President the result of his mission to Santo Domingo. Mr. Whitelaw Reid called at the State Department and received his final instructions preparatory to leaving for his post at London. A petition of the government for a rehearing of the Philippine tariff ordet of the President by the Supreme Court was filed . J. Hampton Moote, of Philadelphia, has resigned as chief of the Bureau of Manufactures, Department of Commerce and Labor. Dr. John W. Bayne, president of the medical board of Providence Hospital and professor of clinical surgery a' Georgetown University, is dead, aged 59 years. Minister Bowen denies that he ever filed any "charges" against Assistant Secretary Loomis. The twentieth annual conference of. State and Provisional boards of health was held. Officers were elected. Dr. William Osier was a leading figure in the meeting of the Association of American Physicians in Washington. The President gave a dinner in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid. JOHANN JIOCH GUILTY Chicago Jury Recommends tbe Death Penalty. THE PRISONER STOOD IN A STUPOR. End of the Trial of the German Who la Ac cused ot Having Married Porty Womeo, Many of Whom Died Uoder Susplc ous Circumstances His Crlmt Was Character lied at Artistic Assassination. Chicago, (Special). Johann lloch. who by his own confession is a polyga mist and who is charged by the police with having married at least 40 women in the last 15 years, was found guilty of murdering the next trwhis last wife, Ma rie Wclcker-Iloch, and the death sentence was recommended by the jury in Judge Kersten's court. lloch had been married to Mrs. Welck er only a short time when she took sud denly sick and died. He then formed an alliance with the sister of the dead wom an and, securing the sister's money, tied from Chicago. This Mrs. Hoch told the police that lloch had poisoned her sister and a search for Hoch was begun, fie was found two weeks later in Nov York and brought back to Chicago and con fronted by several alleged wives. During the trial expert testimony was offered by the State that lloch had poisoned the woman by administering arsenic. The verdict was reached in less than half an hour. Three ballots were taken. The first ballot was unanimous at to I loch's guilt and then a ballot followed as to the punishment to be indicted. This ballot showed to in favor of the death penalty and two for life imprison ment. A third ballot resulted in the 12 jurymen voting for the death penalty. "Well, I guess it's all off with John," groaned Hoch as the verdict was read in court. He was greatly affected. He had sat in a stooping position, hut when the word "death" was read he hinted pale, stared hopelessly at the jurors and then sank limp in his chair. 1 loch's attorneys will ask for a new trial, although the condemned man de clared he was ready to die and would be better satisfied if they did not make an effort to save him. ."I wish they would hang me tonight, now that I have been found guilty," de clared Hoch. I am not afraid to die. and the sooner it is over with the better." Hoch expressed great surprise at the finding of the jury and declared that the jurors did not ti-ke time to consider the evidence. "The evidence was all circumstancial," he said, "and my life was 'guessed' away by the jury, which did not give sufficient consideration to the testimony offered." Hoch denied positively that he had murdered a number of wives, as has been alleged, and displayed some bitterness in speaking of the matter. "Such talk is foolish," he said. "The reports have been spread that I am a modern 'Bluebeard.' This is untrue. All that can be said against me is that 1 have committed bigamy. As to the talk that I had nearly a dozen wives, it is non sense, as are the stories that I made away with them. There was no evidence that I had another sweetheart and wanted to get rid of the woman I am accused of poisoning. I spent money to get her, but this part of the evidence was ignored by the jurors." Hoch said he preferred the death pen alty to life imprisonment. He then com menced to whistle a lively air as he re turned to his cell. MR. MORTON TO QUIT JULY I. Considering Fonr Oilers to Oo Into Private Business. Washington, (Special). Secretary of the Navy Morton desires to leave public life as soon as possible, and by July I he will have relinquished his present post to some other man and will in all proba bility have gone to Europe for a brief stay. Mr. Morton is now weighing the re spective advantages of at least four im portant position in business life which have been offered to him. Not all of these arc railroad positions. Secretary Metcalf is expected to suc ceed him, and it is reported that if Mr. Metcalf does not get the Navy post hu will in all probability retire from public life. He is not a wealthy man. Secretary Morton replied to the com munication received by him from the Human Society of the City of Galves ton, Texas, in which they call attention to the alleged inhumane treatment of the crew of the cruiser Galveston during the recent stay of that ship at Galveston. Mr. Morton says that the facts related "constitute the most ample excuse for any unlawful action which any commanding officer of a naval vessel might take to preserve order and discipline." Pronounced a Real Durer. Heidelberg, (By Cable). A life-size bust picture by Albrecht Durer of the Saviour crowned with thorns has been found in the bouse of an obscure resident of Offenburg. The can. as bears Durer' monogram and the date 1524. Emperor William, during his recent visit 10 Karls ruhe, went with the Grand Duke of Baden to see the picture. Prof. Hans Thoma, the artist and director of rtie Hall of Art at Karlsruhe, is one of those who pronounce the picture to be a gen uine Durer. Captain Haysoo Murdered. Manila, (By Cable). Capt. Hayson, of the constabulary, who was stationed at Seassi, has been shot and killed by his own Moro sentinel The motive for the murder is not known. Ambush Qermans In Africa. Berlin, (By Cable). Captain von Rappard's company, while marching 'o attack Chief Frederick in German Southwest Africa, was ambushed on May 3 at the junction of llw Kutip and Kuums rivers by Chief Frederick with 300 men. Six Germans were killed and six wounded, among them being Cap tain von Rappard, who was asvercly hurt. Capt. Haum Gaertel, according to an official telegram, relieved Captain von Rappard by a focced march of 46 rrours and drove off the natives. Aeronaul'i Narrow Escape. Los Angeles, Cal., (Special). Wil liam Morton, an aeronaut, was severely injured and had a narrow escape from death at Chutes Paik by being dashed against a telegraph pola as his balloon arose from the ground. Morton was rendered unconscious, but, being strapped to the bar of the parachute, he did not fall. The balloon rose rapidly, carrying the tmconsdous man dangling frorn ,le bar, but gradually lost its lifting pWer from gas evaporation, and soon settled to the ground a short distance from the park. Morton wa still unccuueious. RUSSIANS' LOSSES 89,000. The Figures Cover Battle and Retreat From Mukden. Gunshit, Pass, Manchuria, (By Cable). Some to weeks have passed since the last echoes of the titanic Mukden com bat have died away, but the discussions and talcs of those hard days of fighting and retreat have not lessened, but on the contrary, grew louder and louder. Here in the army the newspaper articles and telegrams portraying a disastrous rout ol the Russians, were read with amaicmcnt and indignation. The reality was as follows : The attack on the Russian positions by the Japanese began February 19. The first Manchurian army and parts of the Third Army repulsed all attacks, and as to the character of this repulse the best proof is the fact that on March 7, after the repulse of the last attack on the Gaotu Pass, the Japanese in com plete disorder, abandoning on their bi vouacs manj objects, ammunition, car tridges, conserve' and rice, retired almost four milev The same thing took place on the remainder of the front of the first army. The second Manchurian army, repulsing all the desperate attacks on the western front, was unable, how ever, to throvy. back the Japanese forces, which were encircling Mukden from the north, This success of the Japanese compelled the Russians to withdraw the first and tnird armies to the fortified positions on the line of the Hun River. On March 9 the Japanese succeeded in breaking through the Russian position on the Hun River, which, together with the armies of Nogi advancing to the rail road from the west and with Oku's as sistance, forced the commander to give the oler to all three armies to retreat to Tic Pass. In spite, qf the extremely difficult circumstances tnc retirement of the troops from the advanced position took place in good order. The retreat was rendered more difficult by the panic in the wagon trains. One of the rear guards, under com m:inda of Major General Gancfield, and a few battalions, losing the direction which had been given them for the re treat, were surrounded, and after a furious fight, succeeded in partly break ing through, with heavy losses. In this way began the sudden confusion, which became a panic, among the wagon trains, communicating partly to those batteries and parks which, owing to the duststorm, lost their way and got between the wagons. The troops of the line were almost untouched by the panic, and re tired fighting steadily, defending suc cessive positions, while the rear guard hal to repulse the Japanese with the bayonet. Under the protection of these slowly retreating, bleeding and worn out soldiers, work on the railway was continued until night of March II, and all the rolling stock and all the wounded were gotten away, with the exception of 400 especially seriously wounded, who were left in several hospitals in Mukden, together with 450 wounded Japanese. The Russian losses for the wdiole period of ,thc fighting from February 19 to March consisted of killed, wounded and missing as follows : . Two generals, both severely wounded and now both prisoners. Staff and other officers, 1,985. Privates, 87,677. Dividing the latter figure into classes there would be in round figures about s.s.ooo wounded gathered up, 15,000 killed, 7,000 to 8,000 taken prisoner and 10,000 to 12,000 left on the field and missing. Of the hist two classes the number of those taken prisoners must be calculated at not more than 5,000 or 6.000. Of guns the Russians lost 33, including 26 quick-firers. As to the siege artillery, every gun of it, with the ammu nition, was sent north two days before the retreat began. The blow was a very heavy one, and the armies passed through a period of severe trial, increased by the warped ac counts which have found their way into the foreign press. The information con cerning the losses given, above was re ceived by the Associated Press corres pondent from the staff of the new commander-in-chief and has the authoriza tion of the chief of staff, General Karke vitch. INSANE MAN'S CRIME. Killed fill Oodmother, Who, He Said, Had Bewitched Him. Detroit, Mich., ( Special). Walking up to Patrolman Dacey on the street here at noon, Frank Lcsner, aged 26, a na tive of Trenton, told him that lie had murdered his godmother, Mrs. Michael Hanimernick, in her home, at Trenton, and inquried the way to the station, where he coull take a train back to his work in the dairy at the Asylum for Criminal Insane at Ionia. Lcsner, who is evidently mentally irresponsible, told the officer that Mrs. Hamniernick had bewitched him and his whole family, and for that reason he had come from Ionia for the express purpose of killing her. Mrs. Hanimernick was found dead in bed by her husband when he returned to their home, in Trenton, from a neigh bor's. There were five bullet wounds in her body and her head was crushed by a blow from a chair. Shot In Public Garden.. Ufa, Russia, (By Cable). Major-General Sokolovs-ky, Governor-General of the Province of I' fa, was fired at several times and severely wounded in the pub lic garden during an entertainment. His assailant disappeared. General Sokolov sky'ii life is despaired of, though he re tains consciousness. Vice - Governor BogAanovitch has taken over tie ad ministration of the province. FINANCIAL "We are making money," said an offi cial of the Susquehanna Steel Com pany. Wab;h expects to get 1,000,000 tons of freight from the United States Steel plants in Allegheny County. N. J. Miller and J. G. Marshall, both of New York, were elected members of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. Minority bondholders of the Philadel phia St Lehigh Valley Traction Com pany have decided to accept a settle ment on a basis of 45. It was reported that Thomas W. Law son would make a bid for the Philadel phia gas lease. Opinions on the market were never more directly divergent than now. .Bull, Hudson, Morse and other regular Wall Street "advisers" are still very bearish. Randolph, Strong-Sturgis and others are equally bullish. "It is curious," observed a Lank presi dent, "to hear how many railroadi art going to increase their dividends as soon as the market starts upward. These fabrications arc row worn so thin jiat I do not think any one is fooltd by them." SCME PAPERS MISSING, Mf. Bowen Sent Them With Charges' Ajainst Mr. Lco.nis. BOTH OFriCIALslwAY BE DROPPED. Sufficient Progress Has Keen Made In the Inret ligation of the Charges Against Mr. Loomla Forwarded From Caracas By Minister Bow en to Convince the Administration That Its Courst la Quite Clear on Two Points. Washington, D. C, (Special). Her bert W. Bowen, Acnirican Minister to Venezuela, who transmitted to the Slate Department reports that affected the of ficial integrity of Francis B. Loomis, As sistant Secretary of State, informed Sec retary Taft that two important papers which he had sent to the State Depart ment in connection with these charges were missing from the mass of reports, dispatches and documents returned to him for the purpose of rendering a com prehensive brief of his position. This caused a commotion in the State Dep.trt ment and in Secretary Taft's office. Mr. Bowen explained that he had sent the charges, which were current in Car acas, to Mr. Hay, accompanied by vari ous documents vital to the matter. He 1 .i. .1 - ...u:..i. 1.. auiu nidi uiiitniK tiiisc ,,t a, wuicii lie received back from Secretary Taft, he failed to find a letter written by Presi- dent Castro, of Venezuela, to Mr. Loim is, then Minister to Venezuela, or an as signment made to Mr. Loomis by . F. Jaurctt, then editor of the Venezuela Herald, since rxjiell-'J from Venezuela by President Castro and t. whose br- half the State Department is now press ing a claim of $25,000 against the South American Republic. What kind of i,n assignment Mr. Jaurett mido to Mr. Loomis cannot be learned. Secretary Taft immediately sent to the State Department an inquiry about the matter. But the State Department of ficials could not find the papers. Mr. Taft learned' from various sources that the communication from Mr. Bowen, presumably containing the documents now missing had long laid upon the desk of Secretary Hay. Early in March Mr. uoomis was aliout to make a trip to Cal ifornia. Secretary Hay handed to him the entire correspondence and, Secretary Taft is informed, directed Mr. Loomis to take therefrom such papers as be longed to him. Mr. Loomis did so. Among the papers which he took, Sec retary Taft is informed, was a certifi cate of stock which Mr. Bowen says had no relation to the present case. There were also other papers, presumably left at the American Legation in Caracas when Mr. Loomis left. Mr. Loomis promptly told Nlr. Taft that he was perfectly willing that Minis ter Bowen should replace the missing documents with dulicates if he had them. Mr. Bowen said that he had and he handed them to Secretary Taft later. Sufficient progress has been made in the investigation of the charges against Assistant Secretary Loomis forwarded from Caracas by Minister Bowen to con vince the Administration that its course is quite clear on these two points : That Mr. Bowen must be requested to leave the diplomatic service because of his indiscretion in bandying the charges about when his statements, if made at all, should be made only to his official superiors. That Mr. Loomis should not remain in the office of Assistant Secretary of; State. It is the view of the Adminis tration that he should be promoted to! an Ambassadorship if further investi-; gation of the charges proves them un founded, or that he should be requested to resign 'from the service if they should be substantiated. INSANITY CAUSE FOR DIVORCE. Governor Pennypacker Signs Quietly Passed Law. Philadelphia, (Special). One of the most important and far-reaching bills ever introduced into the Legislature of this State in regard to divorces just be come a law through the signature of Governor Pennypacker. The bill estab lishes insanity as a cause for divorce. Under the new law a woman can readily obtain a divorce from an insane hus band, or vice versa. The bill was introduced in the House by Representative Stroup, of Dauphin, and previous to its introduction the proposed legislation had aroused a storm of comment. In the face of this it was passed quietly and quickly by the Legislature. It was at first common talk that the bfll was in the interest of a prominent politician of the western part' of the State, but Mr. Stroup denied this emphatically, saying that its purpose wrs for the good of humanity in general. Rat's Bilt Kills Child. Columbus, Ohio, (Special). The one-mojith-old child of Henry Yantcs, which was bitten by a rat about a week ago, is dead. The baby was left in the cradle by its mother, who went to an other portion of the house on some house-hold errand, and when she re turned she saw a rat gnawing the face of the screaming baby. The rat had bitten its nose and face in many places.' Burglar Fatally Shota Officer. Chillcothe, Ohio, (Special). Wet two officers attempted to arrest a colored burglar he fatally shot one of them in, the breast and escaped, although the other officer fired five shots without cf-1 feet. A posse finally captured thve man two milefc below this city. Morgan la tbt Scheme. , London, (By Cable). The committee of the House of Commons has com menced the consideration of the bill providing for the installation in London of el.tctric-light and pneumatic tube sys tems ssiniilar to those in use in America. J. Pierpont Morgan is among the pro-t moters of the company, which has a capi tal of $20,000,000. Ninety-fije miles of double tubing and 173 stations are. pro posed. ) Convicted of Ctnsplracy. Toronto, Ont (Special). The first conviction ever secured of a Christian Scientist in Canada was recorded at the Assizes Court. M(s. Sarah Goodfellow, mother of Wallace Goodfellow, a young man who died whilt! under Christian) Science treatment; Isabelle Grant, Eliza-, bcth Lee and William Bruudrette, werej charged with unlawfully conspiring oni January 4 to deprive Wallace Cioodfel-l low of proper medical care and nursing, whereby his death was caused. The) jury was out for three hours and re-, turned verdict of guilty.
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