STILL AFTER RUSSIANS
Jap's Operations in Sakhalin and
Northern Korea.
RUSSIANS HOLD ONLY TWO POSITION.
Bettered They Are Concentrating for Reeo
kit Stand Against Japanese Advance
If' Vladivostok Japanese Victory it
ttarliae Nam Assures Their Occopatlos ol
Santhcra Sakhalin.
Tokio (By Cable). Reliable informa
tion has been received here (hat the Rns
.Lu forces in Northern Korea have
gradually turn (inven northward since
Usl month, and now hold only two
ft-iitunn south of the Tumcn River.
The latent information from the front,
Nwvrr, reports the advance south of a
tvrge force froni Vladivostok, but it is
Vx-hered the Russians will halt at Nc
tirrsk, north (if the Tnmen, anil con
ecturale their forces to make a resolute
Maul there again. I the Japanese ad-
III c.
1 he rainy -e.ison
rhuria. and prssin
lias set in in
s nun Tim n;s
Man
on a
-irgc scale.
1. is officially announced that the Rus-s--K!i
center, holding Darlinc and vicin
ity, n:.i a:tacked July it, and offend
Mtil.lvirn resistance.
The attack was renewed at dawn of
July j, when the Japanese di-lodged
the Rus-ian, driving them in the di
rection of Mauka. This victor- injures
complete occupation of Sent h Sakhalin
J-y the Japanese.
Eighty prisoners were t;ikn by the
Japanese, aiming whom was Lieutenant
Maximta.
leur field pieces, one machine gun
and ammnnitioii warehouses were cap
tured. The Japanese loss was about
jo men killed or wounded. The Rus
sians lost ifio men.
Admiral Yanuda, commanding a
squadron sent north on a reconnais
sance, n ports that the Ru-si.iii cruiser
I'umntd is .1 complete wreck, and that
there is no hope of refloating her. 'Tin
! lies beached, heading we-t-sonth-itc,;,
on the northern point .f the south
ern entrance to Vladimir l!ay, about 200
mi';s nnnhe.i-t of Vladivostok.
A report by Captain Baron Fer.:cn. oi
toe Izumrud, said that during the bat
tic i.f the Sea of Japan the Izumrud was
cut cfi from the rimainder of t lie licit,
and steamed at full speed for Vladivos.
tisk with Japanese cruisers in pursuit.
Sidi-enuently he changed his ccur-e and
made for Vladimir Ray, arriving then
mi '!' night of May 2 At 1.30 o'clock
art the morning of May jo the Izumrud
mn on a reef at the entrance of the
Vit. and, being short of coal, the captain
t ri.ereii me crew a.-nore and t.ew
the TesstL
up
Sitoatlon in Manrburia.
Gunshu Pass, M anchuria ( Ry Cable).
Reports that the Russian army is in a
precarious situation appear to be wih
tn foundation,. Investigations made by
i it-respondent, show i i:.it neither flank
lias U-en turned, an.l that, in fact, the
Russian wings are more advanced th.fr.
tile center.
The Japanese center is strongly forti
fied. Many siege guns have been em
fdaced along the Changtufu-Nanchenzc
line, and there i- a triple ring of for:,s
commanding the Mandarin road.
The Japanese- are using novel elephant-trap
style of interenchmcnts, con
sisting of ditches covered with platform
which are balanced in the middle and
which tilt into vertical positions under
the feet of attackers.
The Japane-e have a captive balloon
eight tniies south of Nanchenze.
Terribly Beaten By Cossacks.
Odessa (Ry Cable). Severe measure
have been taken to nprc-s the unruly
ftrasants in the povernni.-nt of Kherson.
One thousand and -ixty anc--a have
in made in the Pa rut ine di-irirt. The
fin inert were- terribly beaten by Cos
Barks. The disorders- have somewhat
subsided there, but continue at Khar
It off and Kursk.
8 A ROM ROSEN AT SAGAMORE BILL.
Boesiu Ambaasador and Plea potentiary
Presents His Credentials.
Oyster Ray, I I. ( Special) .Baron
Rosen, the Russian ambassador and Rus
sian peace plenipotentiary, was presented
to President Roosevelt at Sagamore
Hill. The presentation occupied only
2 few minutes. N0 formai exchanges
lictween the President and the Ambas
sador were made. Tin- intrud-ctiou-rri:
pronounced by Herbert 11. 1).
Pttree. third assistant secretary of stati.
Amhassador Rosen laid before the
President the letter of the- Ru-:an Km
peror recalling Count Cass-ini. and pre
sented his own credentials as the am
Viss.idor in .mvi.-s-ion to, Count Ca--.:n..
'ihe Pie si, lent expre-scd hi, p'easure jn
rlcoiniitg Rai-011 ko-t :i again to this
country, and the Ambassador in replv
gave assurances of hi- own an 1 hi-i-.iiiper(-r's
high regard tor t In- pn-,idi 11:
and for the country an 1 people of Aimri
fa. Th: ceremony over, the Pres.,;, n;
introduced Aniba--ador Ro-en to G v .
fVekniau Wiiiihrop. of Porto Rico, and
Cluef Justice Edward C. Kent, of Ari-
Ji-.r.a. who were his guests. Soon aft
ter-
ward luncheon was announced
Ambassador Ro-en and Assistant Sic
Tftary IVircr remained as the guests of
President Roosevelt nniil ., P. M.,
when they were ronveved in 'the Pre'si-'
!ents carriage :,. the pier, and thence
W.relcd the naval yacht Sylph to return
tf New Wk. Th. y expio! to proceed
eivrtrt fromJW York to Washington.
Rev. Dr. Prison Dead.
Q-.iiricy, I!!. f Spc -ial). - ev. J)
Charles Pearson, pa ir r of Unitarian
Church of this city, is dead in London,
Ki:jr., where he was visiting his daugh
ter. He was for i.7 years professor ,,f
l.-!rature a; Northwestern L'niver-ity,
Chicago, and was the central figure of
a famous heresy trial in the Methodi-t
Church. lie afterward affiliated with
the I'ni'arians. Dr. Pearson was the
-author of several volumes of poems and
tlieohica! works.
Two Wrccki an Same Line.
PaJem. V. Vj. (Spc.-i,-,D. Eastboitml
train No. 12, the St. Louis and New
York fa-t express on the Baltimore and
Ohio, jumped Ihe track at Morningville
derailing the tender, mail and baggage
ijts, day coach. ladies' coach :im dining
r;r, having nothing but tin- New York
.ct;T 011 the track. Over 65 passen
ger ere aboard, and all escaped with
out even a scratch.' About an hour latir
a rtljnml freight train jumped the
track at Ftritol, derailing 11 cars loaded
with foal and tearing tip about loo
yardi of track.
MWS IN SHORT ORDEP.
T1i liteat Happenings Condense far Rapid
Beading.
Comailk;
It is said that the reason for Mayor
Pimm's refusal to give out the report
of the Scotch expert, Dalrymple, on the
trpction system of Chicago is due to the
for "tainted money" for the Chicago
without gloves. Another report confin
ing itself to the traction problem has
bein asked for.
Hitched to a plow by a rope, with the
pasti r holding the handles and Rev. 1..
K. Itiilingslcy. of Wesley Methodist
Church, steadying the beam, nienihtrs of
the Fir-t Methodi't Episcopal Church,
in Ie Moines, broke ground for their
new building.
John Harrcnbcrg was hot dead on the
State nrlc range at Sea Girt, N. J.,
Saturday afhrnoon. He ventured out
of the rifle pit when there was some
-kirmish tiring going on and a stray
bullet struck him.
Prof. A. N. Fox. who recently tele
graphed to John D. Rockefeller begging
r ":..:!ud money" for the Chicago
Tlno". .gtcal Seminary, has been disiniss
id from the faculty of that institution.
Mrs. Janet Wilson, who tied from the
Unison River State Hospital and came
to Bridgeport. Ct., with Walter I.atig
.!. n. shot herself at the W i-hingtoti
Bridge Tavern and will probably die.
Albert Nuhy, of Fi-liers Landing, N.
V., brutally assaulted Mrs. Fanny Dar
ners and her daughter, who caught him
burglarizing their home in Clayton, N. V.
Dr. Charles A. Lin-icy. secretary of
;ht Connecticut Hoard of Health, rec
ommends isolation oi the nurses and
'lalunts in ca-es of ci rcbro--pina! men
ingitis. Superintendent of Insurance Hen
dricks, of New York, gave out an an-
ti u I lie eiiiieisms oi ll is ' mum
connection with the Equitable in
vestigation.
Tile condition of Senator William A.
Clark, of Montana, who underwent an
operation for an ab-ce-s in the middle
car. was pronounced very satisfactory.
The police of Urooklyn promise sensa
tional developments in the ca-e of Fred
erick C. Carlton, who is being held on
the charge of poisoning his wife.
The nn -t cured claims against the es
tate of defaulting Ranker Rig-!"v.
am uming to nearly $.'.000,000, wi.1 gt
1 n: 10 0. lit- on the dollar.
The I'nited States training ship Hart
fort arrived at Newport, R. I., ftotn
Gardmers Ray. L. V. with a detachment
of naval cadets.
In Chicago a verdict oi not guilty was
announced by Judge A. H. Chctlam, of
the Superior Court, ill the case of Presi
dent Albert A. G. Wheeler, of the Illi
nois Tunnel Company, and scleral for
mer municipal officers on trial for al
leged alteration of public records. The
iury in the case was discharged.
Twelve new directors of the Eqititab'e
Life As-iirancc Society were elected.
Among them are former Judge I). Cody
11 1. . e :.i D...I... r,.l.,.,,l,l-,
iiewiLK, fu-iwiii iMiuei, o. v. .
1 nurrs, iy, aim cuiikics-iiuh ..uiu-.u.
of Maine.
Walter Scott, the gold miner of Heath
alley, caused a sensation in the finan
cial district of .New York, his anto-
.ooi ,.e iia.isoin ue.nj: io,,oew u s . o , ,
1'iai yelleel 10 mm 10 '.o-s 0111 ins iuu
Richard Ware-ham. the olde-t mem
ber of the Knights of 'thias. died at
Rock Island. I'd., aged ;o years.
A New York man went to sleep on
the roof of a hoc.-e and fell five stories,
lie was fatally injured.
Three persons were killed and seVcn
injured in a coili-irn between two rail
road trains at Steiger. III.
Near Rraintree, Ma-s., a Pole mur
dered his wife by nearly severing her
head from her body.
Several ni'. n in New York became in
sane trom the heat. One man who was
overcome feil from a roof anil fractured
his skull. Heat and humidity are re
sponsible for an epidemic of suicides in
Utica. N. Y.
Mabel Thurston, aged 16 years, was
Ki.ieel ny iigntnmg anil .virs. .viartin .no- i
ian paraiyzeii miring a s'orm in v 11-
lani-pc-rt. l a.
The Citizens'
Rank of Yello
springs
1 O
, lu-pended payment and all business
the village was brought to a stand-
n
President Roosevelt has declined the
invitation id the commonwealth govern
ment of Australia to Miss Roosevelt.
After a number of attempts at suicide
Pauline Muff, of Brooklyn, finally suc
ceeded by drinking carbolic acid.
Herman Rartels died in Bay City,
Mich., from lockiaw, the result of a
Fourth of July accident.
J. J. Jitsserand, the French ambassa
dor, and Mr-. Jus-eraud sailed iroiu New
York for Havre.
In various towns of Wiscon-in Indian
girls are- being employed as domestic
-erv at-.! s.
G
Iorace Porter returned to New
the sUanier Deu'.sciiland.
I ercign.
it ii
wiir,- ;
tti tlie
.ippears that 4 of the 14
-.lair lives while inipr:
iii'ki :i French -itbiii.irim-at
Tunis were droivned
vessel went down.
men
- lied
boat
soon
i'art.n
after !
The Bulg.irian government
I;
as asked
protec
pie. F.U-
Turki-h
Hie powers if
tint of Rulg
r. ipean Turke.
nilcrveii'- for tl.
rians in Adr-ani
, from -v -tciiiatic
persecution.
.Michel I'.phru-ir'.s Fina--cur. with the
American jockey Nash up, won the Re
public Slakes in the race at Maiden
Lattice. France.
The French national holiday was ap
propriately oh-crvei! in France. There
was a brilliant military review at Long
champ, attended by President Loubet.
The Italian Foreign Mm;-ter will con
fer with Premier Ruuvicr. of France, on
the proposed recall the French and
Italian troops- from Crete.
The French Chamhi r of
passed a bill reducing letter pos
three to two ci nts.
The Danish Mini-try are in
Deputies
'.age- from
tavor
Prince Char.es accepting th
crown
N; may.
F.niprror William has appoint! d King
Oscar a grand admiral .11 the German
Navy.
Chinese at Honolulu arc raising a $iO.
000 fund to assist in the boycott - of
American goods in China.
The Franco-American Financial As
sociation was incorporated at Paris with
a capita! of $10,000,000.
King Oscar and Crown Prince Cus
lave arrived at Getle, Sweden, and vis
ited Emperor William and Chancellor
von Biiclow,
An independent section of Ulster
Orangemen in Ireland has issued a
manifesto urging the burial of sectarian
ism. During debate in tlie Fren.-ti Cham
ber of Deputies on the amnesty bill, M.
Lasies, an anti-Semite, called General
Andre, former minister of war, a reptile.
J. S. and II. C. Phipps, sons of Henry
Phippa, of Pittsburg, were released on
$j,5oo bail in Scotland on the charge
of recklessly discharging firearms.
OFF FOR THE NORTH POLE
The Pear j' Expedition Starts From
New York.
GETS AN ENTHUSIASTIC SENDOFF.
With the Start and Stripes Flying Prom Her
Mlneo Track, Ibt Sturdy Roosevelt
Sail for Ihe Frigid North The Explorer'!
Family Aboard Tb Camera Fleod Wat
Alio There.
New York ( Special). With the sun
shining brightly on the big American
Hag whipping in a bri-k southwest
breeze at her mizzen truck and with the
screaming whistles of passing steam
craft and the sharp reports of saluting
cannon on shore bidding the doughty
vessel godptcd, the Roosevelt steamed
out through the Narrows late Sunday
.-if'ernoon, her voyage toward the North
Role begun.
Members of the Peary Arctic Club,
with Rolurt E. Peary, watched tier de
parture from the decks of the navy
yard tug Pentucket, and, gathering
around the intrepid explorer, wished
hint, too, god-peed and success. He
rVturned to she. re to take his departure
for Sydney, C. R.. on the midnight train
from the Grand Central Station, deem
ing the trip on the Roosevelt to that
point unnecessary.
Tin re was not a hitch in the starting
of the Roosevelt from her anchorage
off Twenty-ninth street in the North
River, and no ship ever sailed under fair
er skies. Long before the starting time,
fixed as 3 o'clock, those invited to go
with Commander l'eary and the Roose
velt to bid him farewell to quarantine
had gone on board in all sorts of har-
bor conveyances, and in one instance
i i .... .....
I
una s it iiiuinn cseijic num a seii-
ous accident in the choppy sea along
side the vessel. Prof. Monroe Smith,
of Columbia College, in attempting to
land from a launch at the gangway,
slipped overboard, but he was quickly
gra-pul by one of the crew of the
Kooscelt and dragged aboard.
On the decks of the Roosevelt there
had as-itnbled Herbert L. Rridgman and
1 L. L. lliialield, secretary and treasurer,
1 re-pectiveiy, of the l'eary Arctic Club;
; Prof. Holland E. Stone. Gen. J. Rus
sell Lowell, Charles M il liken. Freder
1 ick P. Delatield, P. W. Geer, Philip K.
1 Walcott, Wallace iJowney and the new
; Iv appointed surgeon of the expedition,
I T'r. Louis J. Wolf,
i Mrs. Peary, with her mother, Mrs.
I Magdalena lhcbitsch, and her sister,
j.Mis.s Diebitsch, and Miss Rabh went
j with the party down the bay, as did also
; little Miss Marie Anighuito Pearv and
kihert E. l'eary, Jr. Mrs. Peary was
t the only person of this lumber who
i did not sail away on the Roosevelt on
j the trip to Sydney.
1 It was seven minutes past the hour
appointed when, with the Pentucket
1
! alongside as a convoy,
the Roosevelt
. lfli nnrlior
and swung around
j against a strong ebb tide and headed
i down the stream. There was a scat
tering flotilla of small launches and row
; boats in the immediate vicinitv, but the
r . vcr w;,s ,n0 rnop.,y f,,r s,na ,,-,.. to
navigate- in comfort to their occupants.
Capt. Frank A. Houghton, who is in
command of the Roosevelt on her trip
to Sydney, took his place in front of
the big hand wheel amidships of the
vessel, the marine telegraph jingled in
the engine room, there was a shiver of
the stanch hull as the engine turned
lover the propeller deep astern and the
voyage was begun.
There had been a silence on the river
among the passing vessels, only the
sharp blasts f.f steamers warning others
of their cours-e. until the white churning
foam behind the Roosevelt told of the
voyage just started. Then from every
steamboat, tug and ferryboat within hail
ing distance broke out three long and
telling blats. The ovation had begun
ami for full two hours, until the Roose-
V(.t
was hull down in the main shin
hannel there was scarcely a moment
! that
! ship
the deep-toned whistle of the Pearv
was not sending back to saluting
craft appreciation of the honors.
Witte In Place of Muravleff.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). M. Mu
raviefT has resigned his position as chief
peaoe plenipotentiary. It may be re
garded as practically certain that he
will be replaced by M. Witte, president
of the committee of ministers, who all
aiong has been Considered the Russian
statesman pre-eminently qualified to un
dertake the difficult task of negotiating
peace with Japan. Though the Emperor
on two previous occasions has flatly de
clined to accept M. Witte, he has now
indicated his readiness to make the ap
pointment. Would Lynch Bandit.
WinfiiM, Kan. Special). There
were threats during the- night of lynch
ing William Chadburn, the surviving
bandit of the two who -hot and killed
Detective Calhoun, and he was guarded
closely at a physician's office by the
Sheriff and a force of deputies until he
could lit taken to jail at Sedan for safe
keeping, lie may recover from his
wounds. Chadburn was released from
the Federal penitentiary at Fort Leaven
worth a week ago, after serving a three
year sentence.
Packing Estabilthmeat Burned.
Columbus, O. (Special). The plant of
the Columbus Packing Company was de
stroyed by fire. The president of the
ompany estimates the loss at $tS;.ooo
Tl
insurance is $05,000. The- tire is
believed
to have been incendiarv :u i!
broke out
three different place-.
Hit Leg Flew Oil.
York (Special). A singular accident
happened here at the Northern Central
railway station. John K. Geist, a fore
man at the plant of the York Safe and
Lock Company, entered a cab to be
driven to his home. In some way the
cab collided with a shifting engine.
Geist's leg was seel) to fly off. and it was
thought that the man was severely in
jured. A call for an ambulance was
sent in, but it was found that Geist wore
a wooden leg and that it was his arti
ficial member that had been knocked off.
Alleged Sale of Paene.
Pittsburg (Special). Baltimore and
Ohio police officials, as well as the Pitts
burg Bureau of Detectives, who made
five arrests in connection with the alleged
sale of passes, admit that they have re
ceived 75 passes from Pittsburg to the
seashore held by 75 different persons,
each pf whom declares he or she bough:
them lately. The police, however, are
satisfied that each and all of the pur
chasers of these passes did so not know
ing the gravity of the offeiise, and the
chancel are that they will not be tirosc-cuted.
SECRET SERVICE WORK.
Aiding Government Lawyer! In Coltea-Lesk
Probe.
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
Secret Service has been called in to
render assistance to the Department of
Justice in its investigation of the cotton-leak
scandal, which is now in the
hands of Acting Attorney-General lloyt
and District Attorney Morgan II. Beach,
of the District of Columbia. The plan
of action to be pursued has been out
lined to a large extent, and the second
investigation will he deeper and more
far-reaching than the one conducted by
Secretary Wilson.
Mr. Richard Cheatham, secretary of
the Southern Cotton Growers' Associa
tion, who arrived in Washington with
President Harvie Jordan, of that asso
ciation, intends to remain in Washing
ton until the matter has been settled to
the satisfaction of the cotton growers.
Mr. Cheatham has been reticent since
his return and is not talking for publi
cation because he feels certain that Dis
trict Attorney Reach is making a thor
ough investigation. Mr. Cheatham says
he has not publicly expressed any opin
ion concerning the integrity of Mr.
Hyde.
Secretary Cheatham spent a very busy
day in Washington. Early in the
morning he left his apartments at the
New Willard Hotel and went to the
office of District Attorney Beach, where
he remained until I o'clock. He also
conferred with Acting Chief Moran, of
the Secret Service, and with Acting Attorney-General
Moyt, of the Department
of Justice. It is understood that Mr.
Cheatham made valuable suggestions and
furnished some important information
to the District .Attorney. The Southern
Cotton Growers' Association wants the
matter probed to the bottom, and in this
regard it is in accord with President
Roosevelt, whom President Jordan will
see about the case.
Leading men of the Southern Cotton
Growers' Association are greatly pleased
with the result of Mr. Cheatham's first
visit to Washington. He ran up against
a stone wall when he first laid the
charges before the Secretary of Agri
culture, and it was with the greatest
difficulty that he succeeded in getting
the investigation started. Rut after the
services of the Secret Service men were
enlisted the investigation proceeded rap
idly, although it was not given wide lati
tude and was confined largely to the
conduct of former Associate Statistician
Holmes.
AMERICAN FLAG TRAMPLED.
Orangemeo's Celebration it London, Ont,
Enda In Disorder.
London, Ontario ( By Cable). An
American flag was torn down from in
front of the City Hall here and tram
pled under a hundred feet as the result
of a remark made by an American vis
itor at the Orangement's demonstration.
About 1S00 Americans came over from
Michigan and during the day carried the
Stars and Stripes through the streets
without unfavorable comment being ex
cited. At night the Americans were
gathered in freint of a hotel, when .some
one cried, "To h with Canada; she
never showed us yet.
Instantly the American flag owned by
the Tort Huron (Mich.) Lodge was torn
from where it waved to the breeze and
was ripped into shreds and trampled
under the feet of an angry mob.
Peirt Huron Orangemen nay they did
not resent it, as they believed the in
sult to Canada was uncalled for.
Takea Severe Meaaurei.
Boston (Special). Dr. Henry Hull,
Supreme Grand Master of the Orange
Institute, "announced today that he has
taken official action looking to the pun
ishment of all members of the order
who were concerned in the insult to the
American flag at London, Ont., yes
terday. Dr. Hull has ordered the immediate
suspension of every American member
of the order who participated in the
affair, and he has demanded that Su
preme Grand Master Sproule, of Can
ada, suspend the Canadian members who
tore down and trampled on the Ameri
can flag. Dr. Hull says that if his wishes
are not respected he -will suspend the
lodges to which the Americans are ac
credited. 60 Killed By Falling Roof.
Fermo, Italy (By Cable). The roof
of the chapel of the Women's Hospital
fell in during the celebration of mass.
killing 16 women and 50 children. Six
teen women and a large number of
children were injured. The injured have
been taken from the ruins.
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte has
revoked the orders recently issued, trans
fer of Civil Engineers J. W. (5. Walker
and F. R. Harris from the Charleston
( S. C.) Navy Yard to other stations,
and severely commented on the meth
ods tha,i had been employed by the con
tractors to have them transferred.
Secretary Bonaparte suggested ithat
the names of the colliers about to be
built be changed to names selected by
him.
The report of J. W. Schofield, receiver
of the Frederick National Bank, shows
its financial condition to be very poor.
Secretary Ronaparte has declined to
recommend a half holiday for the em
ployes at the Washington Navy Yard.
The Census Bureau has issued a bulle
tin giving industrial statistics of Balti
more and Maryland.
President Roosevelt named D. W, Ba
ker for United States attorney for the
District of Columbia. The appointment
will take effect upon the retirement of
District Attorney Morgan H. Beach on
August .?!. Mr. Baker is a former
Marylander.
District Attorney Morgan H. Beach
favors a legal inquiry into the charges
bearing on the giving of advance in
formation on cotton-crop statistics.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw heard
a number of representatives of woolen
manufacturers in relation to the im
portation of hair pressed cloth.
The report of the Board of Visitors
to the Naval Academy recommends the
restoration of the four-year course,
Robert W. Criswell, publisher of the
New Yorker, was arrested in New
York on a warrant charging him with
criminal libel. The complainant in the
case is Congressman Joseph L. Rhinoch,
of Covington, Ky. '
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson turn
ed over to the Attorney General all pa
pers in connection with the cotton-leak
investigation.
The representative of the Sultan of
Morocca report the defeat of the Pre
tender jauu Ujda.
M. WITTE CHIEF ENVOY
Nicholas Sends Rim to Peace Meeting
With Plenary Powers.
BE INOWS THE SITUATION WELL.
Tbe Peace Party la Overoyed at (be Fad
Thai tbe Negotiation Have Been Placed
Id M. Wllte'i Hands It Hal Been loth
mated That Japan Formally Objected to
Certain Utterance! of Muravlcff.
St. Pclcrsburg (By Cable ). Emperor
Nicholas has signed the appointment of
M. Sergius Witle, President of the Com
mittee of Ministers, to be chief pleni
potentiary representing the Russian gov
ernment in the peace negotiations in the
United States.
The appointment, which was signed
after midnight, clothes M. Witte with
plenary powers.
Official notification of the designation
of M. Witte to head the mission was for
warded to Washington. M. Witte will
take passage on the North German
Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhrlm der
(5ros.se, which sails from Cherbourg
July 20.
It has hern intimated that Japan for
mallv objected to certain utterances at
tributed to M. Muravicff reflecting upon
the Japanese nation, but inquiries made
here have failed to obtain any confirma
tion of the rumor.
The peace party is overjoyed at the
fact that the negotiations have been
placed in M. Witte's hands. It is the
firm belief that this not only insures a
successful termination of the negotia
tions, hut that M. Witte will secure the
best possible terms for his country. Some
of the Grand Dukes and courtiers of the
Emperor's entourage, however, are re
ported to be furious at M. Witte's selec
tion. Rusila't Leading Liberal.
Sergius Witte, the chief Russian peace
plenipotentiary, may be regarded as the
leading Liberal statesman of Russia. For
the last 13 years he has been one of the
strongest personalities in the Russian
bureaucracy, although his political for
tunes suffered a setback when he was
compelled to resign the portfolio of Min
ister of Finance in August, igoj, and
again when, after being appointed Presi
dent of the Council of Ministers in the
same month, his office gradually lost its
importance, until rumors of his intention
to resign and go abroad were persist
ently circulated.
M. Witte is about 56 years old and
has steadily worked his way up from the
position of an underpaid railroad clerk,
who occasionally acted as porter, to that
of ihe leading statesman of Russia, in
spite of the fact that his enemies are
numerous and include some of the most
powerful men in Russia. His honesty
and ability, however, have never been
fiicstioned, even by his worst enemies.
One of the reasons for his unpopularity
is the fact that he is only remotely
Russian. His father was of" Dutch de
scent and he himself was born at Tiflis,
Caucasia. He was created, a count in
toot, but has generally been referred to
as ittc.
M. W'itte is thoroughly familiar with
the F'ar Eastern question in all its bear
ings. He understands the Japanese po
sition, and fully realized before the war
that the aggressive policy being pur
sued under the lead of Viceroy Alexiefi"
and M. BezobrazofT, president of the
Yahi Timber Company, and the coterie
of adventurers connected with them
would drive Japan to take up the sword.
At one time M. Witte talked over the
situation with Marquis Ito, President of
the Japanese Privy Council, and one of
the leading statesmen of Japan. Prac
tically it was Witte's disapproval of Rus
sia's Far Eastern policy and the creation
of a viceroyahy in the Far East which
caused his downfall as Minister of Fi
nance. During his trip to Port Arthur,
in HXM, he was invited by the Japanese
government to visit Japan, which would
indicate that the Janane.se nrobahlv will
welcome his selection to conduct the
peace negotiations in behalf of Russia.
Scion of Noble Family Killed.
, La Porte, Ind. (Special). A man
about 65 years old, believed to be the
scion of a noble German family, has
been killed on the tracks of the Grand
Trunk Railroad near here. From pa
pers in his pockets, it is believed the
name of the deceased was Joseph Wet
lack. A letter from a brother, sent
from a castle a.t Egg, Bavaria, notified
Wetlack to return home and claim an
inheritance left by a sister. Wetlack
carried on his shoulder a pack weigh
ing 150 pounds, and containing manv
worthless articles that he had presuma
bly picked up in his wanderings.
Wholeaale Drowning.
Victoria, B. C. (By Cable). News
was received by the Empress of India
of the drowning of over 500 Chinese as a
result of the collapse of an overcrowd
ed mat shed on the banks of the West
River, near Canton. Outside Szui city,
northwest of Canton, a large gathering
had assembled to witness the dragon
boat festival. Dense crowds flocked to
a mat .shed built over the river. The
structure gave way and precipitated all
into tlie river. A few saved themselves,
but the others wi re drowned.
For Proaecutlooa of kallroadi.
Chicago Special). Plans for the
prosecution of railroads for the grant
ing of rcbatc-s to large industrial com
panies in violation of the Elkins Law
and of injunctions issued by the federal
courts here and in Kansas City, have
been completed, and the first steps in
the new attack of the government will
be made in Kansas before the. end of
this week.
Ruisla to koumanla.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). The gov
ernment will begin regular proceedings
for the extradition of the crew of the
Kniaz Potemkin as ordinary criminals.
In the diplomatic exchanges on the sub
ject the Russian Foreign Office pointed
out that Rouniania's promise to give the
mutineers an asylum was made before
Roumania had been aimrised of il nih.p
crimes committej by thf Russian sailors.
HesuJes. the foreign Office reminded
Roumania thai, according to the Rou
manian faw, deserters are extraditable.
Cashier Shoots Himself.
St. Louis (Special). E. W, Warfield,
cashier of the St. Louis County Bank,
at Clayton, a suburb, shot himself
through the head while seated at bis desk
and died instantly. He was Co years old
and had been identified with the bank for
many years. He was considered one of
the wealthiest men in Clayton. It is sup
posed that brooding over ill health
caused him to take his life. Mr. War
field had been transacting business stead
ily and had given no intimation that he
cauUmyUlul suicide
CALBOLN TO VENEZUELA.
Will Try to Settle ffae Long Controversy
Report to President.
Oyster Bay, L. I. (Special). Judge
William J. Calhoun, of Chicago, has
been appointed by ' President Roosevelt
to be a special commissioner to Vene
zuela. Judge Calhoun will make a thor
ough investigation into the conditions
in Venezuela so far as they relate to the
United States and its interests.
The following official announcement
was made: .
"The President has appointed Mr. -W,
J Calho.i'ii, of Chicago, special com
tnitsioner to Venezuela. The President
has been familiar with Mr. Calhoun'!
services in connection with the report on
Cuba which he made for President Mc
Kinley's private information, and has
also known of his work as interstate
commerce commissioner. He has been
designated as special commissioner to
examine fully into the situation in Vene
zuela, and report to the President ex
actly what the differcrces are between
Venezuela and the I'nited States, and
Venezuela and other foriign powers, and
also as to what has been arranged fot
the other foreign powers that in any way
conflicts with the interests of the United
f ialcs. He is also to examine, although
necessarily in a rather general way, into
the complaint made by American com
panies as to the conduct of the Venezue
lan government, and report to the Presi
dent exactly as to which the equities are
in these cases."
Judge Calhoun will make no inquiries
relating to the Bowen-Loomis case. The
President regards that as practically a
closed incident. Judge Calhoun visited
l lie President about 10 days ago. The
President at that time tendered him this
appointment, and shortly afterwards he
indicated his acceptance of it. The in
vestigation which he is to make is not
strictly defined by his instructions, but
he is to go thoroughly into all phases of
the Venezuelan matters, so far as they
may affect ihe interests of the United
States. His mission is in a nature con
fidential, and his report on it will be
made directly to the President. What
disposition the President will make of
the report cannot be foretold. He may
authorize its publication but the possi
bility is that he will treat it as Presi
dent McKinley treated that of Judge
Calhoun on Cuba.
MOSCOW'S CHIEF OF POLICE SHOT.
Anoiber High Olflclal a Victim of Revolu
tionists. Moscow (By Cable). Major General
Count ShouvalofT, prefect of police hert
and formerly attached to the ministry
of the" interior, was assassinated while
receiving petitions. One of the pe
titioners drew a revolver and fired at
the Prefect, who fell dead.
The assassin was arrested.
It appears he awaited in the anteroom
of the perfecture till the other petition
ers had been received and then, entering
the audience-room, he advanced toward
Count ShouvalofT, firing 'five shots at
close range. The bullets passed through
the body of the Prefect.
Tlie assassin, who was dressed as a
peasant, has not been identified. He
was recently arrested as a political sus
pect, but escaped from the police sta
tion before his examination.
DOWIE HAS PAID LP.
All Bankruptcy Proceedings Against Him Are
Dismissed.
Chicago (Special). John Alexander
Dowie had all bankruptcy proceedings
against him dismissed in the United
States District Court by Judge S. H.
Bethea. ,
The petition in bankruptcy originally
made by the H. B. Smith Machine Com
pany was annulled upon the recommen
dation of Referee in Bankruptcy Sidney
C. Eastman. The machine company had
failed to comply with the court's orders
to file an amended petition. As none of
the other petitioning creditors have com
plied with the court's ordtr to amend,
all petitions were - declared to he no
longer in force. According to Dowie's
attorneys, all of the claims mentioned
in the original petition, amounting to
something like $400,000, have been sub
stantially paid off, with interest. More
than -a year and a half has been con
sumed in the controversy.
PIES BLOCKED RAILROAD.
Engineer snd Fireman, Who Ate Them, tf
came Very Sick.
Toptka, Kan. ( Special). Neils Jor
gennon and W. D. Johnson, engineer
and fireman of a Santa Fe freight train
running out of Emporia, devoured two
railroad lunch-counii r pies and then lied
up the system for two hours. Both men
grew deathly sick as they approached
Saflordvillc, and stopped the train.
F'or two hours they lay on the floor ol
the engine cab in mortal agony, unable
to move the train, which hack completely
blocked the main line of the Santa Fe.
It is supposed that the pics poisoned
the men. Both were able to talk at the
hopital here tonight, and both uttered a
warning again-t tue lunch-counter pie.
Impaired Eyesight; Suicide.
New Y'ork (Special). Desperate be
cause treatment for which he came to
this city had failed to help his rapidly
failing eyesight, W. B. Howell, a well-to-do
cotton planter of Pine Bluff, Ark.,
committed suicide in the Hotel Navarre
here by shooting. Howell left three
telegrams explaining his act. These
messages, all identical, read: "Treat
ment unsuccessful. That is the cause
of it all."
FINANCIAL
In May Union Pacific's net profits in
creased inK.Mjo and Southern Pacific's
increased $j()4.(xj.
The cry from the wheat States is
still too much rain. But granger rail
road shares rise anyhow.
In his breezy way Tom Lawson'told
a Chicago reporter: "I'm looking for
a receive for Standard Oil."
In the first half of 1005 only five rail
roads went into the hands of receivers.
In the first half of 1ijo4 six became in
solvent. Charlie Schwab is enlarging his Tono
pah mine enterprises.
Some estimates put United Slates
Steel net earnings fur 1905 at $113,000,
000. After liberal allowances are made
this would be about 7 per cent, on the
cammon slock,
A Philadelphia cotton broker said :
"Our cu stomers made some profit j ori
the recent bulge in cotton, but not near
ly o much as they should have, made
had they listened to reason."
The belief on the street is almost
unanimous that Union Pacific directors
will increase the dividend to ner rmr
at their uct muling.
SIDELIGHTS pF NEW YORK
New Yokk City, N. V.
In Portland, Maine, Mayor James P.
Baxter denounced the "tip" to waiters
as an insult to citizenship, representing
social distinction between the giver and
the receiver, and advised student waiters
to resent such an insult at all times.
But in New York, contrasting in about
the proportion of black and white, Ja.
Farrell, a cafe waiter at 121 University
place, was held by Magistrate Brcen
for taking a compulsory tip from Miss
Violet Monroe.
She testified that when she showed
no intention of tipping Farrell he de
manded an explanation. She, fright
ened, offered him a dime all the change
she had. Then, she testified:
"You're a cheap sport," Farrell said,
snatching her gold chain and locket
from her neck and striking her on the
bead. She told her troubles to a police
man, who did the rest.
j& j&
Mrs. Josephine E. Ware, of Denver!
in a criminal action against Dr. An
drew Linn Welden, a youth-renewing
doctor, declares that beauty is skinned
deep. According to Mrs. Ware, who
has caused the doctor's arrest and de
tention in the Tombs on the charge of
.obtaining money under false pretenses,
she went to him to have some wrinkes
removed, but instead of removing the
wrinkles the doctor gave her a scarred
and seared face with a carbolic wash,
and turned her into a genuine "fright."
She paid him $iOO for the cure that
didn't cure, she alleges. Several pa
tients were found in Welden's sanatori
um, one awaiting an operation to move
her ears back.
JS
Soporific hospitality is what led to
the arrest of Frederick E. Carlton, tcS
Sands street, Brooklyn, against whom
Henry J. R. Schwab, chief machinist
of the New York Navy-yard has filed a
complaint of receiving $700 by fraud.
The money was paid to Carlton, it is
alleged, on a fictitious real estate deal.
Carlton plied Schwab with whisky, he
said, that made him sleepy, and offered
him a filled pipe which he intimated
contained somerug to steal his senses.
Now Coroner Flaherty has .started an
investigation into the "deaths of two of
Carlton wives in 10 months, both caused
apparently by tetanus. In each case
Carlton collected a considerable amount
in life insurance.
J0 UP J&
The new general directory of Brook
lyn, just issued, contains 174,720 names.
This is an increase of 18,000 over last
year. The Smiths still enjoy the dis
tinction of being the most numerous
family, there being 2200 Smiths in the
borough. The Johnsons, Millers and
Browns are having a close race for sec
ond place. The shortest name in the
directory is Re. Among the tongue
twisters, Zabliawiczus is supreme. Or
nithologists will be interested to find
39 Birds in the directory, with many
sub-divisions of the hird family, such
as Cranes, Sparrows, Hawks, Swallows
and Parrots. The one Fireman is a tai
lor, the lone Lawyer a salesman.
cr & T
Rev. William H. Russell, who is 81
years old, has set tongues a-wagging by
tnarryinn Mrs. Catherine Armour Dif
fley, who is 46, at Asbury Park. The
aged minister is the father of Prof.
Isaac Franklin Russell of the New York
University Law School, and met Mrs.
Difflcy when she went to live at Ocean
Grove a few months ago.
It is understood that both families
were strongly opposed to the match, and
advised delay, hoping that Rev. Mr. Rus
sell' might pet over his infatuation, but
his ardor was not to be cooled.
Caught in the act of firing a house at
618 Union avenue, Brooklyn, Samuel
Levine, 22 years old, m Norfolk street,
Manhattan, was taken to headquarters.
He was waiting for the Bertillon onera-
tor, when suddenly lie made a wild dash
lor tne window, leaped through, and
fell five stories to the street below, land
ing on his back on a nile of iron (rirl-
crs. Nearly every bone in his body was
broken,. but he whs conscious when pick
ed up. His recovery is impossible.
Patrons of the Hotel Astor roof were
finding it hard to cool off the other
evening when there entered a fashiona
bly gowned woman wearing a fur cape.
She immediately became the chief centre
of interest. Everybody had a different
theory to suggest for her appearance in
Arctic garments on such a night. The
lady herself was apparently oblivious of
the great interest she. aroused.
School to Instruct Paymasters.
Washington, D. C. (Special). -Upon
the recommendation of Rear-Admiral II.
T. B. Harris, Paymaster-General of the
Navy, the Secretary of the Navy has
authorized the establishment of a school
of application for the instruction of
newly commissioned paymasters. The
school will be opened at the Navy Medi
cal School in Washington on August
I. the course to continue from six to
eight weeks.
lolures North Carolina Cotton.
Norfolk, Va. (SpeciaD.The heavy
rains of the last two weeks are reported
to have seriously injured crops in East
ern Virginia and Islorth Carolina, par
ticularly cotton in Eastern North Caro
lina, and it is feared that cotton grow
ers in that section will lose heavily as
a result. .
Salaries In Equitable.
New York (Special). Sweeping re
ductions in the salaries of various offi
cials and employes of the Equitable So
ciety were announced by Chairman Mor
ton. The decreases will amount to 20
per cent, on all salaries over $15,000 per
annum; 15 per cent, from all annual sal-'
aries between $9,000 and $15,000, both
inclusive; mul 10 per cent, decrease from
all salaries above $2,500 and below $9,000
per year. 'These changes become opera
tive on August I nexP, and effect a sav
ing of from $150,000 to $200,000 a year.
800,000 People Idle.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). The Na
shadzin describes the ruin of Odessa by
the rioters, as irreparable. It places the
losses at least 40,000,000 roubles. It says
that manufacturers in Odessa and the
vicinity are slight and that 500,000 ner
sons have lost their means of livelihood
through the destruction of factories, etc.
Oilier ports are unable to take Odessa's
place as an export center, and the ne-v
ces-ity for exporting by means of round
about routes must handicap Russia's
competition in ' the European markets
with America.